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CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3159-2020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND
APPROPRIATING A MUNICIPAL ARTS & CULTURE MATCHING GRANT FROM THE
RASMUSON FOUNDATION IN THE COVID-19 CARES ACT RECOVERY FUND.
WHEREAS, the City applied for and received a $50,000 Municipal Arts & Culture Matching Grant
from the Rasmuson Foundation; and,
WHEREAS, the Municipal Arts & Culture Matching Grant Program was designed to increase
municipal allocation of Alaska's CARES Act "Direct Municipal Relief' funds to arts and culture
organizations; and,
WHEREAS, the City issued five CARES Act grants to local not for profit, arts and culture
organizations including the Kenai Historical Society, the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra , the Kenai
Performers, the Performing Arts Society, and the Peninsula Arts Guild; and,
WHEREAS, providing supplemental funding in the amount of $10 ,000 to each of these
organizations utilizing grant funds received from the Rasmuson Foundation is in the best interest
of the City and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
as follows:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $50,000
from the Rasmuson Foundation and to expend the funds in accordance with grant provisions and
this ordinance .
Section 2. That the estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows:
COVID19 CARES Act Recovery Fund:
Increase Estimated Revenues -
Other Grants $50.000
Increase Appropriations -Business and Not-for-Profit Recovery Grants
Grants $50.000
Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to ex ecute a grant agreement and to expend
the funds pursuant to that agreement and this ordinance.
Section 4. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction , such
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved
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in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered , and shall not affect or impair
the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances .
The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even
without such part, provision, or application .
Section 5. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.0?0(f), this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 2nd day of September,
2020.
ATTEST:
BRIAN GABRIEL SR., MAYOR
Introduced : August 19, 2020
Enacted: September 2, 2020
Effective: September 2, 2020
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
Paul Ostrander, City Manager
August 13, 2020
Ordinance 3159-2020 -Rasmuson Foundation Arts and Culture Grant
The City applied for and received a $50,000 Municipal Arts & Culture Matching Grant from the
Rasmuson Foundation to support local arts and culture organizations. The Municipal Arts &
Culture Matching Grant Program was designed to match municipal allocation of CARES Act
funding to arts and culture organizations that received federal CARES Act funding through
municipalities.
The City issued five CARES Act grants to local nonprofit arts and culture organizations that
applied for grants through the City 's First Relief and Recovery Grant Program Period. The
application period was open for two weeks, June 5 , 2020 to June 19, 2020 and re-opened from
July 10, 2020 to July 17, 2020 and was open to nonprofits that provide services to residents of
the City. The arts and culture organizations that received funds under the program and are eligible
for the additional funding are the Kenai Historical Society, the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra, the
Kenai Performers, the Performing Arts Society, and the Peninsula Arts Guild .
Ordinance 3159-2020 provides additional funding in the amount of $10,000 to each of these
organizations utilizing grant funds received from the Rasmuson Foundation and will allow the City
to distribute the funds.
Your consideration is appreciated .