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<br />Commissioner Dorosin said the score does not have to be a zero to warrant review. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said looked at the example of the Hillsborough Arts Council, <br />which score an 88, and received an increase of $1,462; and the Arts Center, which score a 96, <br />but only got an increase of $916. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said the Arts Council requested a larger increase ($40,000) than <br />the Arts Center ($15,000). <br />Commissioner Greene said she is not clear on this year, and asked if the problem is that <br />agencies are asking for enough money. <br />Allen Coleman said it is the percentage difference between what was received last year, <br />and the requested increase this year. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said, with this in mind, one could not go wrong by asking for <br />more. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said the agencies have to justify increases in the application, and it <br />is the difference between the base and the request, and they can get 35% of their request. <br />Commissioner Price asked if new programs are scored differently. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said a new program only gets scored on 75%, and she said it is not <br />100% grant. She said 25% of the weighted scoring is on past experience. <br />Allen Coleman said that is correct, and there is a “results” section in the scoring matrix, <br />for which a new agency would not yet have data. <br />Commissioner Price asked if 75 is the highest score a new agency could receive. <br />Allen Coleman said there are 75 total points possible, which is then divided against an <br />100-point scale. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said a new agency can score over 79, and if it scored 100, it can <br />receive 35% of its request. <br /> <br /> <br />Bonnie Hammersley said Hope Renovations is a new agency, but due to its very low <br />score, it was not recommended for funding. <br /> <br />