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File #: 24-1476    Version: Name:
Type: Recommendation Status: Passed
File created: 9/19/2024 In control: County Administrator
On agenda: 10/29/2024 Final action: 10/29/2024
Title: Approval of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council's funding recommendations for Arts and Cultural Affairs Grants for Cultural Tourism for FY 2025 and Blockbuster and Special Events Grants for FY 2025 (Arts and Cultural Affairs Office)
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - FY25CT Scores Ranking Funding Rec-FINAL - 24-1007, 2. 2024-10-29 PPP File 24-1476 Discussion Arts & Cultural Affairs
Interoffice Memorandum

DATE: September 19, 2024

TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners

THROUGH: Carla Bell Johnson, AICP, Deputy County Administrator

FROM: Vicki Landon, Administrator, Arts and Cultural Affairs Office

CONTACT: Vicki Landon

PHONE: 407-836-5540

DIVISION: Arts and Cultural Affairs Office

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council's funding recommendations for Arts and Cultural Affairs Grants for Cultural Tourism for FY 2025 and Blockbuster and Special Events Grants for FY 2025 (Arts and Cultural Affairs Office)
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PROJECT: N/A

PURPOSE: The Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council ("Advisory Council") has carefully created an application procedure that complies with the statutory requirements for the use of Tourist Development Tax (TDT) funds and also meets the Advisory Council's goal of elevating Central Florida's arts and culture to a status befitting a world-class community. At the October 29, 2025 Board Meeting, the recommendations for Arts and Cultural Affairs grants for Cultural Tourism Funding will be presented.

The Advisory Council examined numerous issues, including matching requirements, caps on funding, partial funding, categories and access for funding, accountability, and the effects of the pandemic on arts and cultural nonprofit organizations. Twelve members of the Advisory Council served on the Cultural Tourism Review Panel ("Review Panel") to evaluate and score the 40 eligible applications. The Review Panel members' evaluations were complemented with financial analysis from a Certified Public Accountant, familiar with the nonprofit industry. After a thorough independent review by each Review Panel member and discussions regarding the impact to be made by the funds at a public panel meeting and subsequent Advisory Council meeting, the Advisory Council approved the Review Panel's ranking and recommendations, with no votes opposing.

The Advisory Council created a Bl...

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