CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-21-174 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Pe?a, by request
RESOLUTION
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Adopting The FY 2022 - FY 2023 Two-Year Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Program And Appropriating Funds For The Urban Enhancement Program's Projects (Pena, by request)
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WHEREAS, the Mayor and the Urban Enhancement Committee have formulated the Urban Enhancement Program for the City of Albuquerque, in conformance with Section 4-2-1 ROA 1994; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Urban Enhancement Program describes the proposed uses of the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund earnings anticipated during the upcoming two fiscal years; and
WHEREAS, the Two-Year Program's projects will significantly benefit the quality of life of the City of Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, the UETF Committee has worked hard to shore up resources for non-profit arts organizations and sponsored art and cultural projects and artists through the Recovery and C.A.R.E.S funding cycles; and
WHEREAS, individual, sole proprietor and non-organizational affiliated Albuquerque artists and culture bearers have been impacted dramatically by the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, artists who actively engage with the community through: music, dance, creative writing, visual art, performance art, installations, theatre, film; and by being teaching artists, arts educators and culturally-based craft workers and makers, are being left out of numerous stimulus opportunities due to their gig-economy status.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1.A. That the entire amount of previously appropriated UETF Recovery funds under R-20-39, up to $304,000, to be reimbursed by C.A.R.E.S. be appropriated for the use of artists, through appropriate and mutually beneficial non-profit arts and cultural fiscal sponsors for FY22-23; and
Section 1.B. that the UETF Commit...
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