HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2017-238RESOLUTION NO. 2017 — 238
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
WITH A REASON TO SURVIVE, INC. (ARTS) TO LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT
OF TWO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PROJECTS THAT INCORPORATE
ART, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LOCATED IN
THE WESTSIDE (OLD TOWN) NEIGHBORHOOD OF NATIONAL CITY
FUNDED THROUGH A $65,000 CREATIVE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES
GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL AWARDED
TO ARTS AND $65,000 IN MATCHING CITY FUNDS
WHEREAS, A Reason to Survive, Inc. (ARTS), a California non-profit
corporation, has been a catalyst in delivering arts, culture and education programs and projects
in National City, and has created a movement behind the importance of the arts as a prevention
and intervention vehicle to create positive transformation in children and youth facing adversity;
and
WHEREAS, ARTS applied for and received a $65,000 Creative California
Communities (CCC) grant from the California Arts Council to lead the development of two
creative placemaking projects that incorporate art, health, and community engagement, located
in the Westside (Old Town) neighborhood of National City; and
WHEREAS, the first project will construct a public gathering place and storefront
renovation at the northwest corner of the intersection of Coolidge Avenue and West 16'h Street,
with a focus on providing children and residents access to healthy foods; and
WHEREAS, the second project will construct a public gathering place in Paradise
Creek Park, with a focus on providing children and residents access to art and education; and
WHEREAS, the CCC grant requires a "one-to-one" match in the amount of
$65,000, for a total project cost of $130,000, and the City agrees to fund the $65,000 match to
assist ARTS with development of the projects for the benefit of the community; and
WHEREAS, the City's matching funds shall only be used for project
improvements located within the public rights of way; and
WHEREAS, the City and ARTS previously entered into a thirty-six (36) month
Maintenance and Operating (M&O) Agreement, dated December 5, 2017, wherein ARTS
agreed to maintain and operate the City -owned property located at 200 East 12th Street as an
Arts Center for the community's benefit to enrich the lives of National City residents by providing
arts, culture, and educational resources; and
WHEREAS, per the terms of the M&O Agreement, ARTS is required to deliver a
minimum of $125,000 in public/capital art projects per year; and
WHEREAS, ARTS contribution of $65,000 towards the capital art improvements
identified and funded by the CCC grant and further defined in the Agreement, would be applied
towards ARTS' annual public art requirement under the M&O Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City's contribution of $65,000 towards the capital art
improvements identified by the CCC grant and further defined in the Agreement, shall be
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considered separate and distinct from requirements under the M&O Agreement, and therefore,
will not relieve ARTS of its obligations under the M&O Agreement; and
WHEREAS, based on review of ARTS' performance and qualifications delivering
capital art projects through community engagement, the City has determined that ARTS is
qualified by experience and ability to perform the services desired by the City, and ARTS is
willing to perform such services; and
WHEREAS, ARTS agrees that upon completion of the projects, ownership of the
physical works of art installed within public rights of way shall be transferred to the City, and
ARTS waives and releases all rights of ownership to those works of art.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes
the City Manager to execute an Agreement with A Reason to Survive, Inc. (ARTS) to lead the
development of two creative placemaking projects that incorporate art, health and community
engagement, located in the Westside (Old Town) neighborhood of National City funded through
a $65,000 Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council awarded to
ARTS and $65,000 in matching City funds.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of December, 2017.
n Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
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c ael R. Dalla
Mi , y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
December 19, 2017 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Mendivil, Morrison, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
/
City Clerk of the City o/National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-238 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on December 19, 2017.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy