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Docket #0645 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($199,100.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY19 Local Cultural Council Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be administered by the Office of Arts and Culture. The grant will fund Boston Cultural Council subgrants
A
Special
events
I
want
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
and
that
it
is
being
recorded
on
television
broadcast,
live
on
channels,
Comcast,
eight
RCN,
82
and
Verizon
1964
and
webcast.
It
can
be
found
on
the
bus
city
of
Boston
website
at
City,
Council
TV,
I'm
gonna
ask
everyone
to
silence
their
cell
phones.
If
anyone
wishes
to
testify
at
this
hearing,
they
may
do
so
by
signing
up
here.
A
We're
going
to
begin
this
hearing
on
docket
number
zero,
six,
four
five
with
a
presentation
from
the
administration.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
the
mayor's
office
and
referred
to
the
Committee
on
arts
and
culture,
and
special
events
on
April
10th
I
will
read
the
docket
for
the
record,
and
then
we
will
begin
with
your
presentation.
A
Thank
you
so
much
so
for
docket,
zero,
six,
four,
five,
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
one
hundred,
ninety
nine
thousand
dollars,
99
and
$100,000
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fiscal
year.
Nineteen
local
cultural
council
program
awarded
by
the
mass
cultural
Council
to
be
administered
by
the
Office
of
Arts
and
Culture.
This
grant
will
fund
Boston,
Cultural,
Council
sub
grants
and
with
that
we
will
open
up
with
a
presentation
from
our
chief
thank.
B
Given
the
budget
that
was
just
approved
one
difference
this
year
in
our
grant-making,
we
piloted
a
new
model
equity
award
on
top
of
the
regular
awards.
These
were
awards
of
$5,000
to
organizations
that
we
felt
like
really
lived.
The
equity
statement
that
the
Boston
Cultural
Council
drafted
this
year,
which
was
a
new
process
for
them,
the
three
awardees
from
that
where
bands
fest
arts
connect
international
and
Urbano
project.
B
So
three
organizations
they're
doing
really
important
work
across
the
city
that
we
wanted
to
recognize,
and
that
was
a
part
of
our
grantee
reception
as
well
this
year.
So
an
exciting
time
for
the
BCC,
I
think
they're
thinking
about
what
it
means
to
do
this
work
equitably
and
how
we
can
think
about
what
neighborhoods
were
reaching
mapping
our
grantees
and
really
re-evaluate
the
process
for
next
year.
So
we'll
probably
continue
to
see
some
tweaks
in
the
application.
Probably
another
round
of
these
model
equity
Awards,
as
they
continue
that
work.
B
Was
the
first
time
so
the
Cultural
Council
drafted
an
equity
statement.
They
did
a
lot
of
work
looking
at
what
the
NEA
has
written
looking
at
what,
after
Americans
for
the
Arts
has
in
terms
of
definitions,
around
equity
and
grant
making
grant
makers
in
the
arts
as
well
as
a
national
organization.
That
has
a
lot
to
say
about
how
to
do
equity
and
philanthropy
and
based
on
some
of
that
research.
They
put
together
a
working
equity
statement
which
is
available
on
the
website,
and
then
they
wanted
to
put
that
into
practice
and
pilot
something.
B
So
we
added
questions
to
the
application
this
year
that
asked
about
representation
and
diversity
in
leadership
and
staff
and
board
and
in
programming
and
left
it
pretty
open
and
then
used
the
answers
from
that
to
come
up
with
these
three
model
equity
organizations
that
seem
like
they
really
had
that
figured
out.
It
was
a
part
of
the
values
of
what
they
were
doing.
B
A
B
I
think
it's
a
great
question,
we're
thinking
about
for
all
of
our
grants.
Right
now,
I
mean
one
thing
that
we
do
is
we
map
everything
and
we
think
a
lot
about
geography
as
a
way
to
understand
what
our
reach
is.
That's
kind
of
limited
in
some
ways,
but
it's
one
way
for
us
to
think
about
it,
and
we've
actually
made
some
strides
in
the
opportunity
fund,
which
is
for
individual
artists
and
open
year-round.
A
B
A
Can
I
come
back
to
the
the
equity,
the
model
equity
award,
which
a
great
I
love,
that
there
is
a
working
definition
I'll
have
to
take
a
look
at
it,
I
have
not
seen
it
and
that
language
has
been
incorporated
into
the
RFP
I.
Think
that's
exactly
the
right
thing
to
be
doing
when
you
want
to
be
intentional
around
equity,
to
put
it
out
there
and
say
here's
what
we're
looking
for
I
just
want
to
be
clear
and
my
understanding
we're
talking
about
220
organizations
spending
close
to
$200,000.
A
B
B
B
A
A
B
An
online
application,
it's
a
couple
of
pages
plus
we
ask
for
some
additional
information
like
a
budget
and
any
kind
of
collateral.
We
try
to
make
it
super
accessible,
but
it
is
definitely
easier
for
a
large
organization
that
has
a
development
staff
to
spend
the
time
filling
it
out.
The
other
thing
we've
been
talking
about
is
that
the
the
limit
on
this
grant
is
actually
fairly
small
for
a
large
organization.
B
It's
up
to
$5,000,
so
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
really
good
question
of
whether
or
not
it
makes
sense
to
award
$5,000
to
a
multi-million
dollar
organization.
So
I
think
we
are
looking
at
that
really
seriously
right.
Now,
it's
a
matter
of
the
BCC
doing
some
final
commission
votes
on
how
to
execute
a
change
like
that
in
time
for
the
next
deadline,
which
is
an
application
that
opens
September
1
every
year,
so
we're
in
the
moment.
Right
now,
if.
A
B
I
there
are
I
think
the
idea
would
be
if
we
continue
doing
that
to
rotate
those
organizations,
and
it's
really
about
thinking
about
the
equity
in
multiple
ways,
so
one
would
be
focusing
on
the
smalls
one
would
be
rewarding
those
that
are
doing
a
really
good
job
of
it.
Explicitly
like
the
three
organizations
we
mentioned.
Another
is
thinking
more
about
technical
assistance
throughout
the
year
with
the
grantees.
So
thinking
about
what
else
we
can
do
to
help
make
sure
that
smaller
organizations
know
how
to
access
resources.
B
How
to
work
budgets
can
leverage
getting
a
small
grant
from
us
in
order
to
get
more
funding
from
other
places,
but
the
other
piece
is
also
just
understanding
what
these
organizations
need.
So
no
one
in
Boston
right
now
is
really
focusing
on
small
small
organizations
and
understanding
kind
of
what
they're
providing
how
to
talk
about
it,
lifting
up
their
work
understanding.
You
know
how
to
advocate
for
more
resources
for
them,
so
I
think
part
of
this
change
would
be
to
really
think
about
not
just
data
collection
but
relationship
building
with
those
organizations.
B
A
B
B
We've
done
the
most
work
with
bands
fest,
and
they
also
received
a
project
partnership
grant
from
us,
which
is
explicitly
about
funding
recurring
events
or
projects
that
provide
opportunities
for
artists
who
are
underrepresented,
and
that
has
been
a
really
interesting
learning
experience
of
just
working
with
the
director
of
Bam's
fest
on
what
else
can
the
city
do?
How
can
we
leverage
city
partnerships?
Are
there
other
kind
of
networking
opportunities
or
funding
opportunities
that
we
can
help
with?
B
Are
there
any
barriers
that
our
city
processes
that
we
can
help
remove,
and
so
that's
probably
where
we've
done
the
most
of
that
work,
but
we're
actually
going
to
invite
those
three
organizations
into
a
conversation
about
the
model
equity
award
and
about
equity
in
the
BCC
grant
making
process
so
we'd
love
to
have
them
as
thought
partners,
and
how
can
other
organizations
learn
from
what
they're
doing?
How
can
we
keep
telling
their
story,
which.
A
B
A
B
A
Anything
that
I
can
do
to
help
spur
that
I'm
happy
to
do
any
so
I'll
tell
you
what
I'm
interested
in
moving
forward.
One
I
would
be
interested
in
the
220
organizations,
understanding
their
size
in
terms
of
staff
and
in
terms
of
dollars
to
kind
of
get
a
sense
of
who's,
big
and
who's
small,
as
well
as
their
makeup
around
staffing
and
board.
A
You
know
demographic
makeup
and
what
other
lessons
we
can
glean
from
the
three
without
over
taxing
them,
I
think
would
certainly
be
helpful,
but
I'd
love
to
kind
of
understand
of
the
220
organizations.
Where
else
we
may
see
diversity
besides
the
three
who
got
the
model
equity
award
because
I'm,
hoping
that
it's
more
than
just
the
three
that
you've
named
I,
know.
A
Them
because
they
were
good
examples,
but
I'm,
hoping
that
in
that
half
million
dollars,
that
there
is
much
more
City
there
than
what
I'm
hearing
at
this
hearing.
So
could
you
get
that
that
follow-up
to
me
in
terms
of
the
breakdown
that
would
be
helpful
and
then
anything
that
I
can
do
as
chair
of
the
committee?
A
B
A
B
Interestingly,
for
artists,
specifically
we're
going
to
be
putting
aside
some
funding
for
a
communications
campaign
this
year
that
talks
about
how
we've
supported
individual
artists
across
our
programs
and
who
they
are
and
kind
of
telling
their
story.
One
of
the
challenges
with
funding
individual
artists
is
that,
unlike
funding
an
organization
then
you're
just
that
person,
it's
on
them
to
talk
about
that
grant
or
you
know
it
kind
of
goes
to
an
individual
and
it's
harder
to
capture
all
of
the
impact
of
that.
B
A
I
think
how
we
tell
the
story
is
important:
how
we
really
showcase,
who
we
are
as
a
city,
is
important
and
how
we
lift
up
some
of
the
non-traditional
artists,
people
who
do
a
lot
of
public
art,
whether
we're
talking
about
murals
or
graffiti
people
who
are
in
that
space,
I'd
love
for
there
to
be
opportunities
for
them
to
be
recognized
and
to
take
advantage
of
the
resources
that
this
city
has
to
offer.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
we've
been
joined
by
my
colleague,
councilor
Anita,
sabi
George.
Did
you
have
any
questions?
A
B
Think
we
have
some
follow-ups
here
that
we'd
be
happy
to
share
with
you
and
maybe
even
walk
through
some
of
what
we
learned
from
asking
those
equity
questions
on
the
application,
because
it
was
a
it
was
revealing
as
to
who
could
even
report
numbers
on
some
of
those
things
or
you
know
specific
initiatives,
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
to
learn
in
there.
Wonderful.