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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Apply For, And If Awarded, Accept The 2019/20 Florida Department Of State Cultural Facility Grant For Construction Of A New Arts Education Building To The Hollywood Art And Culture Center Facility In The Approximate Amount Of $500,000.00; Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute All Applicable Grant Documents And Agreements; Amending The Fiscal Year 2019 Operating Budget (R-2018-301).
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Staff Recommends: Approval of Resolution.
Explanation:
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts in partnership with the Hollywood Art and Culture Center (“ACC”) are requesting to apply for the Florida Department of State’s Cultural Facilities grant for $500,000.00.
Building an arts and education building addition to the existing Art and Culture Center building owned by the City was an approved project on the 2019 General Obligation Bond. The new building will have a multipurpose dance/drama room, distance learning arts broadcast and video/sound recording studio and classrooms for music and the visual arts. This grant funding, if awarded would allow us to maximize the GO Bond funding.
The DOS Cultural Facility Grant provides funding for renovation, construction or acquisition of cultural facilities and both the City and ACC have been successful in receiving funding from this source in the past.
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will partner with ACC to complete the application and support materials for this grant.
The required minimum match for the FY 2019/20 DOS Cultural Facilities grant is 2:1 or $1,000,000.00, for a total project cost of $1,500,000.00, and will be paid from a GOB funding account once they are set-up.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Renee Richards, Acting Assistant Director, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts
David Vazquez, Interim Director, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager Sustainable Development