65B - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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Santa Ana Arts Future Community Arts and Cultural Master Plan Several recommendations to develop a fund for arts infrastructure include: Voluntary millage fee promoted via utility bills « Dedicating a percentage of business taxes and fees Dedicating Hotel/Motel tax dollars Applying for grants such as: o ArtPlace America Grant (up to $500,000) o National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant (up to $250,000) o California Arts Council Creative California Communities Grant (up to $70,000) If the City decides to proceed with a live -work venue, a combination of a bond issue, tax increment and private fund-raising could augment the resources that the nonprofit developer would be raising. Comparative cities Identified for their similarity of size or high Hispanic population and as examples of aspirational arts cities. Over the longer term, the City should seek to institute a dedicated revenue stream to fund its arts and cultural development programs. Examples include: Many cities, including many in California, allocate a portion of the Transit Occupancy (Hotel) Tax for the arts. More than 600 municipalities allocate between 1 % and 2% of CIP project budgets for public art. Some cities extend the percent for art requirement to new private commercial, industrial and residential development. Some cities broaden the definition of public art in their percent for art policy to include arts programming in public spaces. Some cities (Denver, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh) have created arts and cultural funding districts that dedicate sales or property tax to fund the arts. It should be noted that such dedication of taxes to specific purposes requires a 2/3rds vote of the citizens under California's Proposition 13. Sometimes Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) collect funds to support funding for the arts. « There are many cities that have created Friends of the Arts organizations or foundations 26 65B-30 FY2016 Budget Data for City Arts Funding in Comparative Cites City Population Hispanic City Funding for theArt PerCapita Source i CityTOT Notes onUse Riverside 314,000 52 $ 3,754,372 $ 11.96 General Fund 13° City Arts and City Owned Museum Oxnard 204,000 76° $ 1,657,249 $ 8.12 General Fund 10 City Arts Pordand 632,309 P $ 4,279,440 $ 6.77 General Fund and % for Art 6°/ Funds Regional Arts and Culture Council San Antonio 1,380,000 63 $ 9,300,000$ 6.74 TOT H City Arts and City Owned Museum El Paso 835,593 81 $ 4,438,156 $ 5.31 TOT 9°/ City Arisand City Owned Museum Santa Ana 331,00079°/ $ 1,649,84 $ 4.98 General Fund 11°/$175K City Arts; $1.47MBowers San Jose 1,003,000 38° $ 2,442;322 $ 2.44 General Fund 10° CIryN s Comparative cities Identified for their similarity of size or high Hispanic population and as examples of aspirational arts cities. Over the longer term, the City should seek to institute a dedicated revenue stream to fund its arts and cultural development programs. Examples include: Many cities, including many in California, allocate a portion of the Transit Occupancy (Hotel) Tax for the arts. More than 600 municipalities allocate between 1 % and 2% of CIP project budgets for public art. Some cities extend the percent for art requirement to new private commercial, industrial and residential development. Some cities broaden the definition of public art in their percent for art policy to include arts programming in public spaces. Some cities (Denver, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh) have created arts and cultural funding districts that dedicate sales or property tax to fund the arts. It should be noted that such dedication of taxes to specific purposes requires a 2/3rds vote of the citizens under California's Proposition 13. Sometimes Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) collect funds to support funding for the arts. « There are many cities that have created Friends of the Arts organizations or foundations 26 65B-30