HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02052013 - C.36RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and Authorize the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract with the State of California,
California Arts Council, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $1,000 to coordinate the County's Poetry Out
Loud: National Recitation Contest for FY 2012-13.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The County will receive $1,000 to facilitate and coordinate the local Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.
No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County's annual Poetry Out Loud contest is coordinated by the Friends of AC5. Student from area high
schools compete by memorize and reciting poems. Winners are acknowledged by the Board of Supervisors.
Established by the Board of Supervisors in December 1996 as an official County commission and the authorized
County partner with the California Arts Council, the Arts and Culture Commission (AC5) first applied for and
received funding from the State-Local Partnership Program in July 1995 for fiscal year 1995-1996. Since that time,
the Board of Supervisors has designated and reaffirmed
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/05/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Contact: Dorothy Sansoe,
925-335-1009
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 5, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc:
C. 36
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:February 5, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Acceptance of funding from the California Arts Council
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the Arts and Culture Commission as the authorized partner of the State-Local Partnership Program of the California
Arts Council. This designation allows the County to apply for and accept funding from the State to enhance art and
culture programs in the county.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The County will not receive grant funds to coordinate the Poetry Out Loud competition.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.