TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Anthony Halstead, Library Director
REPORT BY: Anthony Halstead, Library Director
SUBJECT: Community Investment - FY 2024-25 Arts & Culture Grant Award Recommendations
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve the Arts & Culture Advisory Committee's annual grant award recommendations as part of the Community Investment program for Fiscal Year 2024-25. (Fiscal Impact: $242,753; General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND CREATION AND BACKGROUND
In November 2004, Napa County voters approved an increase in the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) rate charged to visitors renting hotel and motel rooms in the unincorporated area. The increase, from 10.5% to 12% took effect on January 1, 2005, and was not dedicated to any specific purpose, thus requiring only a majority vote to pass. Although the revenue generated by the additional 1.5% TOT is fully discretionary, the Board determined that the receipt of additional discretionary revenue provided an opportunity to consider County investments in projects or programs that were a Board priority. To that end, as part of the FY 2005-06 County budget process, the Board established the Special Projects Fund (SPF) to finance programs or projects in two areas: (1) visitor management and (2) parks and open space.
On January 23, 2018, the Board discussed the SPF, including reauthorizing a new SPF funding cycle through FY 2022-23 and amending the SPF allocation formula:
* 60% - Parks and Open Space
* 20% - Affordable Housing Programs for hospitality workers
* 20% - Arts and Culture Programs or Services
In April 2023, with the SPF cycle expiring at the end of FY 2022-23, the Board amended the SPF allocation procedures. The amendment renamed the fund to the "Community Investment Fund" (CIF) to better capture the purpose of the fund and eliminated the 20% allocation towards affordable housing and assigned it to parks and open space. Napa County voters approved an additional 1% TO...
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