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File Number: 14-344 <br />Convert vacant retail spaces into art or music studios <br />Lower Levels of Interest: <br />“Activating” the Bay front <br />Provide community members with a reason to “stay home” <br />Work with other public agencies to promote art <br />Utilize social media and traditional media to promote art and culture <br />Harness Arts sections of local media <br />Recognition of Youth-involved activities <br />Infuse art into public infrastructure such as park benches, bike racks, bus benches <br />Expand the beautification and aesthetic appeal of bike lanes <br />Promote temporary art displays such as chalk art <br />Fiscal Impacts <br />The labor cost of overseeing an Arts Commission is estimated at $24,047. The additional cost <br />will be offset by savings from the downgrade of the vacant manager position to a supervisor <br />position and from part-time staff duties to be absorbed by the new supervisor position in the <br />Recreation and Human Services Department. <br />Budget Authority <br />Staff will present a variety of funding possibilities and estimated project expenditures to the <br />Arts Commission which will then make recommendations to the City Council. Staff will return <br />to the City Council to request appropriation of funding for the costs associated with the Arts <br />Commission’s recommended projects. The following are potential revenue streams identified <br />thus far to possibly fund the Arts Commission projects: <br />·Medical Marijuana Dispensaries <br />o A percentage of revenue on a medical marijuana tax (to be determined) which <br />requires a revenue measure on the ballot <br />o Revenue designated from the sales tax <br />·Public Art Requirement on public construction projects (1%) <br />·Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) increase - limited based on the number of current <br />hotel rooms within the city <br />·Capital Improvement Project (CIP) construction costs designated annually (1%) <br />ATTACHMENT <br />None <br />PREPARED BY: Breyana Riggsbee, Recreation and Human Services Manager, Recreation <br />and Human Services Department <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/26/2014