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<br />Araiza, Fatima <br />From:Matt Williams <mattisstuck@hotmail.com> <br />Sent:Monday, May <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Arts Funding - Item 30 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Mayor and city council, <br /> <br />I am writing to you today to make a public comment in support of robust arts funding in our city. <br /> <br />Notes and talking points: <br /> <br />1. Artists Grants and Event Sponsorships <br />We advocate for the city to fund this at 1 million dollars a year. <br /> <br />2. Artwalk <br />We advocate for the city to fund artwalk directly every year. <br /> <br />3. New and private development <br />1% funding to be given to the arts budget from every new private development in the city. <br /> <br />4. Fund the Arts Culture Master Plan fully <br /> <br />5. Arts and Culture Department <br />To act proactively and request sponsorships and funding from outside the city like every other <br />department in the city does. Why doesn’t our Arts and Culture Department do this already? <br />Lack of leadership? Infrastructure? <br /> <br />6. Bowers Museum <br />Request to review current processes and data. Redirect funding to be allocated directly and <br />centralized within the Arts and Culture Department that will fund artist grants and event <br />sponsorships directly. <br /> <br /> <br />Best Regards, <br />Matt Williams <br />Santa Ana Resident <br /> <br />1 <br />