TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Anthony Halstead - Director of Library Services and Community Outreach
REPORT BY: Anthony Halstead - Director of Library Services and Community Outreach
SUBJECT: FY 2024-25 Arts & Culture Grant Agreements for Recipients
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize 17 agreements with 14 different organizations for Napa County Arts and Culture Advisory Committee grant awards and a Napa Valley Tourism Improvement District-Unincorporated grant award for the term July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. (Fiscal Impact: $267,753 Expense; General Fund $242,753 and Napa Valley Tourism Improvement District [NVTID]-Unincorporated $25,000; Budgeted; Discretionary).
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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 F...
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