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61490.11 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrato^ DATE: June 14, 1990 SUBJECT: Request for Funding - Art Center of Minnesota '<0a MEETING JUN 2 51990 l i f 0F ORONO Attachment:A. Request for Funding - Art Center of Minnesota Dated 6/5/90 ISSUE - Determination by Council as to whether they desire to pursue funding discussions for the Art Center of Minnesota. A. Currently for 1990 B. As part of the budget process for 1991 INTRODUCTION - Attachment A was transmitted to inform Council of the Art Center's request for funding support. The Art Center has not indicated how the City of Wayzata has responded to the request for funding. DISCUSSION - The City may have authority to contribute to the Art Center. However, this may require a certain structuring of how the money is "granted" to the Art Center. Availability for Funding - The 1990 budget contains no specific line item for such funding as this is the initial request that the City has received. Funding for such would probably come from the City contingency for 1990. For 1991, consideration could be included in the general budget process. While the requested $8,C0o for 1990 in the overall budget is not a large amount, the City currently pays only $1,800 for its sum./ .r program through the Orono Community Education for those gc .eral recreational programs. The solicitation by the Art Center of funding from the City in part resvjlts from the reduced availability of Federal and State grants that occurred during the 1980*s and in part because private contributions have focused on the basic human service area needs, again because of the Federal and State shifts. A contribution may assist the ongoing nature of a facility that many consider to be an asset to the community. On the other hand selected other non-profits have indicated their interest in funding from the City and may in fact be a bigger priority for the Council than the Art Center.