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Item 1.I.
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| City Council Regular | |
| Date: | 05/28/2024 |
| Title: | Acceptance of Donations for Mobilize the MAGIC City project |
| Presented by: | Elyse Monat |
| Department: | Planning & Community Services |
| Presentation: | No |
| Legal Review: | Not Applicable |
| Project Number: | N/A |
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council accept $4,000 in donations in support of the "Mobilize the MAGIC City" project.
BACKGROUND (Consistency with Adopted Plans and Policies, if applicable)
The City of Billings was awarded an Our Town creative placemaking grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of its Mobilize the MAGIC (Making Art Grounded in Community) City Project. The grant from the NEA is for $50,000. This project is a partnership between the City of Billings, the Billings Arts Association, Healthy By Design, Triia (a subsidiary of the Native American Development Corporation) and the NEA. The grant from the NEA must be matched dollar-for-dollar. Part of the match will come from in-kind donations such as volunteer time from committee members. The other part of the match will be a cash match. This agenda item is to provide approval of three donations to the City in support of this project totaling $4,000. The North Park Task Force donated $500, Partners for Parks donated $2,000, and the BIRD donated $1,500.
With previous donations, these contributions total $32,910 raised by private donations given to the City. The RiverStone Health Foundation also applied for, and was awarded, $5,000 from the Billings Community Foundation for the project. RiverStone Health used these funds to pay one of the project bills directly. The private funds directed toward this project therefore total $36,910. In addition, Billings City Council contributed $10,000 of contingency funds to the project. Through the "Mobilize the MAGIC City" project, the City contracted with local artist Terri Porta as the City's Artist In Residence for a year. The project seeks to develop a process to involve art and artists in everyday civic life to improve economic development, road safety, health outcomes, and more. Project outcomes include two placemaking hubs (community-informed public art) created by Terri, one creative placemaking hub focused on Indigenous identity by Mariah Gladstone, a Placemaking Playbook, and a Public Arts Committee Feasibility Study.
With previous donations, these contributions total $32,910 raised by private donations given to the City. The RiverStone Health Foundation also applied for, and was awarded, $5,000 from the Billings Community Foundation for the project. RiverStone Health used these funds to pay one of the project bills directly. The private funds directed toward this project therefore total $36,910. In addition, Billings City Council contributed $10,000 of contingency funds to the project. Through the "Mobilize the MAGIC City" project, the City contracted with local artist Terri Porta as the City's Artist In Residence for a year. The project seeks to develop a process to involve art and artists in everyday civic life to improve economic development, road safety, health outcomes, and more. Project outcomes include two placemaking hubs (community-informed public art) created by Terri, one creative placemaking hub focused on Indigenous identity by Mariah Gladstone, a Placemaking Playbook, and a Public Arts Committee Feasibility Study.
ALTERNATIVES
City Council may:
- Accept the donations; or,
- Not accept the donations. Council previously approved the grant application to the NEA with the understanding that part of the match would have to be fund-raised. Not accepting this donation would be in contradiction to the Council's previous approval of the grant.
FISCAL EFFECTS
If the Council accepts these donations, they will provide $4,000 in support of the "Mobilize the MAGIC City" project.