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10'• • - 053 • C. The Commission's office and files shall be lodged organizationally within the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department, Staff support shall be provided by the Director- of Parks and Recreation except as may be otherwise arranged by the County Manager from other departments and from the Triangle .7 Cultural Resources Committee and the North Carolina Arts Council.. Section 4. PURPOSES • The purposes of the Commission_ qh,*11 be as follows: • • A. To advise the Board of County Commissioners on matters involving the arts; B. Upon nomination of the Board of Commissioners and approval of the N. C. Arts Council the Commission shall be the Local. Distributing !•-• Agent. (LDA) to advise the Board of Commissioners of the annual allotment of Grass. Roots Arts Program funds. As the LDA it shall have the goal of assuring that the County's annual grassroots funding allotment is broadly and fairly distributed to serve as effectively as possible the arts needs of the citizens; ••• C. To encourage and aid the appreciation and awareness of, and participation in, the arts among all citizens of Orange County; D. To encourage cooperation and, coordination among individuals, organizations and institutions concerned with the arts in the County of Orange; E. To facilitate the- development of self-sustaining arts programs; F. To accept gifts or donations Pertaining to cultural or artistic matters that may be used to promote, aid and expand the cultural resources of the County. • Section 5. ACTIV:273S The activities of the Commi,5sion shall include the following: A. To initiate, sponsor, conduct or support, alone or in cooperation with other public or private agencies, programs in the arts; B. To serve as a clearinghouse for information about Orange County artists, arts programs, facilities, organizations and institutions and to encourage public awareness, utilization and support of such resources; • C. To arimirlister the Grassroots Program funds which shall include the - responsibility to: a) familiarize those interested in the arts with the guidelines necessary for funding, b) advertise for applications at the start of each grant cycle; c) review requests, d) recommend award decisions to the Board of Commissioner's based on applicant's meeting guideline conditions and being able to arrange matching funds, e) mail award letters and checks, and f) secure proper documentation of expenditures for inclusion in the County's annual audit. APPROVED THIS, the 4th Day of February, 1985 -------- Don Willhoit, Chair