CIVIC ARTS COMMISSION AGENDA PACKET 030424

Page 9 of 10 Staff Comments: The application and all documents were completed and submitted on time. With a request of $5,700 and an estimated 20,000 Pleasanton residents reached through marketing materials, the cost per resident for this initiative is $.28. Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council has received the following funding over the past five years from the City of Pleasanton through the Community Grant Program: • 2018/19: $6,208 Treasurers of Japan: Sumie, Bonsai, Haiku • 2018/19: $2,817 PCAC Community and Opportunities Awareness • 2020/21: $5,981 Native Art: Past and Present Voices (extended to June 2022) • 2020/21: $3,582 Program Enhancement and Audience/Community Outreach (extended to June 2022) • 2021/22: $4,494 Marketing and Community Outreach In a Covid and Post-Covid World • 2021/22: $6,189 Rebuilding Community Through Art • 2023/24: $5,800 Marketing Support and Program Advertising. EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY The City provides the Community Grant Program for non-profit organizations serving Pleasanton residents in the areas of arts, culture, and youth programs. The mission is to enhance the quality of life in Pleasanton. One of the five funding criteria established by the commission is to provide equitable access to the arts for the Pleasanton community. OUTREACH   Outreach included a press release, a City website, and commissioners sharing the information in the community. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT   This action advances the following Citywide goals and strategies:   ONE Pleasanton Citywide Strategic Plan (Attachment 3) • Building a Community Where Everyone Belongs, Strategy 1 – Apply strategies from the City’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Action Plan to increase equitable access to City programs and services for the community • Building a Community Where Everyone Belongs, Strategy 3 – Implement high- priority items from the Library and Recreation Strategic Plan to continue to deliver activities and programs that meet the needs and interests of the community. Library and Recreation Strategic Plan (Attachment 4) • Goal A: Programs, Plans and Services – Deliver exceptional programs and services that meet the needs and interests of the community. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is $40,000 budgeted in the FY 2024/25 Operating Budget for the Community Grant Program in the Civic Arts category.