Resolution - Civic Center: Consider a resolution approving the recommendation from the Cultural Arts Grant Review Committee and the Civic Lubbock, Inc. Board of Directors, for the 2021 Live Music Performance Grant Program using Hotel Occupancy Tax funds collected at the end of FY 2019-20.
Item Summary
Civiic Lubbock, Inc. (CLI) administers an allocation of Hotel Occupancy Tax to underwrite local visual and performing arts programs. The Live Music Performance Grant (LMPG) program is a new matching grant program available to local hotels and is funded through a portion of the Hotel Occupancy Tax allocation. The purpose of the LMPG program is to serve as an economic stimulus for local artists who perform live music in Lubbock and to promote what Lubbock has to offer musically to visitors. For the 2021 LMPG program, the goal is to increase opportunities for local artists to perform by 1) enhancing live music programs currently offered by local hotels and/or 2) encouraging local hotels to implement a live music program.
Of the total allocation paid to CLI for 2021 programs, $15,000 was initially set aside for the Live Music Performance Grant Program. Two 2021 Cultural Arts Grants awarded in July of 2021 totaling $15,971 were declined by the grant recipients due to the cancellation of their projects. The Cultural Arts Grant Program (CAGP) Review Committee, who also reviews applications and makes grant recommendations for the LMPG program, recommended, and the CLI Board approved, utilizing the unused $15,971 for the 2021 LMPG program, thereby making the amount available for the LMPG program a total of $30,971.
With the assistance of Visit Lubbock, information about the LMPG program was sent to approximately 70 local hoteliers. Four applications were received, by the September 1, 2021, deadline. The CAGP Review Committee has recommended full or partial funding for all four applicants.
The CAGP Review Committee, comprised of appointments by City Council and representatives of the CLI Board of Directors, submitted their recommendations to the full CLI Board at their September 22nd meeting. These recommendations are now being presented to City Council for approval.
The CAGP Review Committee and the CLI Board of Directors are requesting City Council approval of $30,971.00 in grant awards for the 2021 LMPG program.
Fiscal Impact
None
Staff/Board Recommending
Brooke Witcher, Assistant City Manager CAGP Review Committee CLI Board of Directors