65B - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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Review and Adoption of the Arts & Culture Master Plan August 16, 2016 Page 2 Many opportunities were made available for the community to give input and as a result, multiple points of view from the community were considered during the development process. The community's engagement in this process has shown an overwhelming support for the adoption of an Arts and Culture Master Plan, The Arts and Culture Master Plan (Exhibit 2) provides both a roadmap and a City and community agenda for promoting arts and culture in Santa Ana. The Plan identifies eight goals with accompanying strategies and initiatives, including recommended implementation partners, timelines, and metrics. The goals are highlighted below: Goal 1: Foster a City-wide culture of equity, inclusion, and access. Goal 2: Work collectively towards a robust infrastructure for the arts in Santa Ana inclusive of City policy, staffing, and sustained funding. Goal 3: Create the conditions where artists and creatives thrive professionally and arts and cultural organizations have the resources required for sustained success. Goal 4: Support and expand arts and cultural programming to engage all populations throughout the community. Goal 5: Support existing and create new opportunities for youth to engage in artistic and creative activities and career pathways. Goal 6: Identify community spaces for artistic and creative collaborations and create a roadmap for new cultural facility development through City and organizational partnerships. Goal 7: Preserve Santa Ana's unique heritage while creating arts and cultural opportunities through new placemaking initiatives. Goal 8: Create visible and interactive arts opportunities for engagement through public art. The City and community stakeholders both have roles to play for successful implementation of the Arts and Culture Master Plan, which is phased over a ten-year period. The City will be the primary lead, although participation of many stakeholders is required to fully accomplish each of these goals. On July 21, 2016, the Arts and Culture Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the Arts and Culture Master Plan (6-0, Alvarado absent). STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #5 - Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective #5 (Promote a strong arts and culture infrastructure), Strategy A (Work closely with the Arts and Culture Commission and local artist organizations to develop an Arts Master Plan which will ensure all cultural programming, events and activities receive appropriate attention and resource support). 65B-2