ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

Date: July 10, 2001
Author/Local: AN/6007

RTS No. 2134

CC File No. 2051

Council: July 24, 2001

TO:	Vancouver City Council
FROM:	Director, Office of Cultural Affairs
SUBJECT:	2001 Project Grants: Second Deadline

RECOMMENDATION

THAT Council approve 13 Project Grants totalling $39,600, as listed in Table 1, source of funds to be the 2001 Cultural Grants budget.

GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

The General Manager of Community Services RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.

COUNCIL POLICY

Council established the annual civic grants program in March 1978. City Council confirmed the criteria used in assessing Cultural Grant applications on Feb. 3, 1987, and approved the current Cultural Grant categories on Dec. 14, 1989.

On Nov. 22, 1994, Council approved a new two-step grant approval process whereby undisputed staff recommendations are approved first, while applicants requesting reconsideration are given a second review and are presented to Council at a later date.

Approval of grant recommendations requires eight affirmative votes.

PURPOSE

This report presents staff recommendations on Project Grant requests received for the June 1^st, 2001 deadline.

BACKGROUND

For the June 1^st Project Grant cycle, 23 grant requests were received, two of which proved ineligible: one applicant did not complete an application form or provide the required information; the other ineligible applicant has not been in existence for the minimum six-month period. Requests from the 21 eligible applicants total $116,200.

DISCUSSION

Staff are recommending 13 grants totalling $39,600, as listed in Table 1. These recommendations are based on clearly articulated eligibility and evaluation criteria, including artistic interest, organizational competence, diversification of revenue sources, and financial need. The recommendations also reflect support for diversity and artistic innovation. All applicants have been informed of the recommendations in writing.

In making their recommendations, staff have tried to balance the value of assisting promising first-time applicants with the need to support the artistic and organizational development of groups that have been contributing to Vancouver's cultural ecology for a number of years. Detailed information about applicants, their projects, and staff recommendations is presented in Appendix A (on file in City Clerk's Office), which consists of the front pages of the applications.

Table 1
Recommendations
2001 Project Grant: 2^nd Deadline

Applicant	Requested	Recommended
Artropolis (A.T. Eight Artropolis Society	$10,000	$5,400
B.C. Boys Choir	$5,000	$0
B.C. Society of Tapestry Artists	$2,500	$500
Blinding Light Cinema	$8,000	$3,000
Caravan World Rhythms Society	$7,500	$3,000
Co. Erasga Society	$10,000	$2,000
India Music Society	$5,000	$0
Kinesis Dance	$5,000	$0
Musica Intima	$5,000	$2,000
Neworld Theatre Society	$11,000	$5,500
Opera Breve Vancouver	$4,000	$0
Plan B dance productions	$8,000	$4,000
Secret Lantern Society	$3,000	$0
Seniors' Research Groups of Chinese Opera	$3,000	$1,200
Showcase Productions	$2,200	$0
Sub-TERRAIN Literary Collective Society	$1,000	$0
Tandem Productions	$5,000	$0
Theatre MOM	$7,000	$6,000
Vancouver Adapted Music Society	$4,000	$1,000
Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art	$5,000	$2,000
Westcoast Sacred Arts Society	$5,000	$4,000
Total	$116,200	$39,600

CONCLUSION

This is the last report on Project Grants for the year 2001. Reports on other Cultural Grant programs, the 2001/2002 Theatre Rental Grants, Arts Partners in Organizational Development, and Diversity Initiatives, will be presented to Council in the coming months. Pending approval of the current recommendations, there will be no unallocated balance in the Operating and Project categories of the 2001 Cultural Grants budget.

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