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13 OUR GOAL 1 Local Arts Agencies: 2 The Foundation of a Strong Arts Community 3  Primary granting agency for the arts 4 o Offers arts programming 5 o Ensures arts accessibility and engagement 6 o Provides artists and organizations support 7 o Manages public arts programs 8  Supports, advances, and unites arts community 9  Manages cultural arts facilities 10  Serves as a leader in community cultural planning 11  Advocates on behalf of the arts community 12  Develops partnerships within community 13 14 WHAT TO REMEMBER 15 The Arts Mean Business! 16 More investment = more tourism, spending, jobs, and government revenue! 17 18 Commissioner McKee asked if there could be clarification regarding the wording, 19 “identify a new public source of funding.” 20 Katie Murray said most public arts commissions are funded through an allotment for the 21 arts, for example Raleigh has a $5 allotment per capita and Cary has a $1 allotment; or through 22 an admission tax or a sin tax (cigarettes, soda, etc.). She said the Orange County budget is 23 solely funded by the occupancy tax, and other options are being researched. She said the 24 current budget is about $20,000, after grant funds and personnel expenses, which is not much 25 with which to work. 26 Council Member Oates asked if the Town were to find space would there be County 27 funds to help. 28 Katie Murray said she cannot answer that at this time, but in her opinion for an arts 29 facility to be recognized as a truly countywide facility, it needs to be outside the bounds of the 30 municipalities. She said it also unlikely that any of the towns have space large enough to 31 accommodate the needs of such a facility. 32 Council Member Parker said he would like to compare Orange County/Chapel Hill with 33 its peer cities regarding arts budgets. He said it seems like there is a lot of bang for very little 34 money here, but he would like to know what other areas are spending on the arts. 35 Katie Murray said she has that information. 36 Council Member Buansi asked if there is a sense of the demographics at the meetings 37 that have been held. 38 Katie Murray said the demographics were varied in age and geography, but not in race. 39 She said diversity is needed on the Arts Board to change that in the community. 40 Commissioner Price said she questioned some of the statistics in the PowerPoint, in 41 regards to the numbers. She asked if there is anyway to insure accuracy of numbers, and not 42 count a person more than once. 43 Katie Murray said in that regards, the repeating of attendees does not matter, as 44 audience spending is determined by averages. 45 Commissioner Price said she is more concerned about the number of people in 46 attendance. 47 Katie Murray said attendance numbers come from the organizational surveys, not the 48 audience surveys. She said the organizational survey is very detailed, and goes out to all the 49 organizations. She said the amount of money spent is worked out in averages. 50