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  • From: "Jeff Cohen" <jeffreylcohen AT mindspring.com>
  • To: <mayorandcouncil AT townofchapelhill.org>
  • Cc: Kathryn Spatz <kspatz AT townofchapelhill.org>, Chpac-Staff <chpac-staff AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Chpac-staff] AGENDA #1b Future Funding of Arts Services and Programs
  • Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 02:01:41 -0400

Dear Mayor and Council:
 
A recommendation was made last year "that in future years all requests for funding of arts services or programs be reviewed by the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission with the Commission making funding recommendations to the Council." The resolution was not adopted, however, this issue has come up again in this budget cycle.
 
Last year's discussion mentioned the Human Services Advisory Board as a model for the CHPAC's review of these requests. This is not a good model because of the differences between the two boards. The Human Services Board is given a set amount of money to re-grant to applying organizations. The Arts Commission must request a budget allocation every year, and it is not clear how its recommendations of funding for other arts organizations would affect the CHPAC's funding. The Human Services Board does not provide Human Services themselves, as they are an advisory board. The CHPAC offers arts programming to the community as part of its mission to enhance and enliven Chapel Hill through public art. Other arts organizations requesting funding might offer similar programming, and we would not make a recommendation for duplicate programming.
 
It is not clear how these issues would be addressed if last year's resolution were adopted. As the resolution currently stands, it would be a conflict of interest for the CHPAC to review arts requests and make recommendations to Council. I would like to request that the CHPAC be recused from this function, and this resolution not be adopted.
 
Thank you for your time.
 
Regards,
Jeff
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Jeff Cohen, Chair
Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission
405 MLK Blvd, Chapel Hill NC 27514
web: www.chapelhillarts.org
commission: info AT chapelhillarts.org
my email: jeffreylcohen AT mindspring.com


  • [Chpac-staff] AGENDA #1b Future Funding of Arts Services and Programs, Jeff Cohen, 04/05/2006

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