Title
Approval of Inspire Olympia Cultural Access Program Improvements and Updates
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Cultural Access Advisory Board (CAAB) recommends program improvements and updates to the Inspire Olympia Cultural Access Program.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the recommended program improvements and updates to the Inspire Olympia Cultural Access Program.
Report Issue:
Whether to approve the recommended program improvements and updates to the Inspire Olympia Cultural Access Program.
Staff Contact:
Marygrace Goddu, Inspire Olympia Program Manager, Community Development Department, 360.480.0923
Presenter(s):
Marygrace Goddu, Inspire Olympia Program Manager
Amelia Layton, Inspire Olympia Senior Program Specialist
Molly Wilmoth, Cultural Access in Public Schools Coordinator
Background and Analysis:
Olympia Municipal Code 2.100.700 establishes the Cultural Access Advisory Board to "Advise the City Council concerning the formulation of processes, procedures, and criteria for carrying out the goals of the Cultural Access Program," "To review and recommend funding guidelines for cultural access programming consistent with state law" and "To review and recommend funding levels for grant applicants."
In accordance with the Code, the CAAB developed Inspire Olympia's Mission, Funding Goals, and Evaluation Criteria, which together describes the values and desired public benefit outcomes for cultural access in Olympia. These constitute the "processes, procedures, and criteria" and "funding guidelines consistent with state law" that the Advisory Board was established to develop.
The City Council approved the CAAB's recommended mission, funding goals, and criteria in 2023, and they have been published in the program guidelines for applicants each November since then. The program's implementation timeline, as presented in 2023, called for the City Council to revisit the mission and funding goals at least every other year...
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