Adopt this resolution.

BACKGROUND

The Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council (CAC) was established by the Mayor and City Commission on March 5, 1997. The mission of the CAC is to develop, coordinate, and promote the visual and performing arts in the City of Miami Beach for the enjoyment, education, cultural enrichment, and benefit of the residents of, and visitors to, the City of Miami Beach. The Mayor and City Commission adopted the Cultural Arts Master Plan on June 3, 1998, identifying the following program areas for the CAC: cultural arts grants; marketing; facilities; advocacy and planning; and revenue development. Pursuant to its enabling legislation, the CAC's budget for each fiscal year shall be adopted by the Mayor and City Commission. Accordingly, the CAC recommended a $1,481,000 budget allocation for FY 2018/19 to continue implementation of its programs which was adopted through Resolution No. 2018-30499.

From January 2018 through July 2018, the Cultural Affairs staff and CAC conducted its application and review process for its FY 2018/19 Cultural Arts Grant Programs. Grants panelists, comprised of the CAC members, yielded 44 viable applications and the CAC, at its regular meeting on July 12, 2018, reviewed the grant panelists' recommendations and unanimously supported the recommended Cultural Arts awards totaling $839,000 for FY 2018/19.

At time of Cultural Arts Grant Program recommendations on July 12, 2018, Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) was involved in a private dispute regarding control of the MDPL Board and the position of Executive Director. This dispute, if left unresolved, could have potentially put MDPL in jeopardy of losing its not-for-profit status. As such, the Cultural Arts Council did not include a funding recommendation for MDPL at its July 12, 2018 meeting.

On November 9, 2018, the City received the mediation settlement agreement stating that legal actions had been fully resolved and settled by MDPL. (Attachment 1).

At its meeting on December 13, 2018, the Cultural Arts Council made a motion to recommend funding to Miami Design Preservation League in the amount of $21, 750, based on the condition that funding is available in the FY 2018/19 Cultural Arts Council budget; acknowledging that Miami Design Preservation League submitted a Cultural Anchors grant application in a timely manner; the grant application was reviewed and scored by the Cultural Arts Council; and MDPL has resolved and settled its legal issues.

Please find attached Exhibit E of Resolution No. 2018-30499 (Attachment 2) updated to reflect recommended funding in the amount of $21,750 to MDPL as part of the Miami Beach Cultural Anchors grant program.

It is recommended the Mayor and City Commission adopt an Amendment to Resolution No. 2018-30499 Exhibit E, Cultural Arts Council Grants, to include an allocation of $21,750 to Miami Design Preservation League, as recommended by the Cultural Arts Council at its December 13, 2018 meeting, for a total allocation of $861,254 for the FY 2018/19 Cultural Anchors grant program.