HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Resolution approving COTA Summer 2026 Special Grant ContractsRESOLUTION NO. 26-152
RESOLUTION APPROVING COMMISSION ON THE ARTS (COTA) SUMMER 2026
SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT CONTRACTS
FOR THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA
WHEREAS, on March 2, 2026, COTA finalized its recommendations for Summer
2026 Special Project Grants. Seven grant requests were received totaling $11,450. COTA
has $6,579.50 in funding available for Summer 2026 Special Project grants. The requests
and COTA's recommendations are described in the table below:
ORGANIZATION PROJECT REQUEST COTA
REC. CHANGE STAFF
REC.
Ames Community
Arts Council
Empty Bowls 2026 Bowl
Making Workshops $2,500 $760 $444 $1,204
Friends of Ames
Strings
Youth Education and
Performance Opportunities $2,500 $1,950 ($1,950) $0
ACTORS "Come From Away" Set
Expenses $1,500 $1,060 $440 $1,500
KHOI FM Documentary Film Series $700 $700 - $700
KHOI FM "Map of My Kingdom"
Production $1,500 $875 $443 $1,318
Ames Town & Gown Twelfth Night Early Music
Ensemble Outreach $750 $570 $180 $750
Octagon Center for
the Arts
Ames Documentary Film
Festival $2,000 $648 $443 $1,091
TOTAL $11,450 $6,563 $0 $6,563
WHEREAS, Special project grants help advance participation in and awareness of
the arts in the Ames community, which is a key goal of the Commission on the Arts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,
Iowa, that the Commission on the Arts (COTA) Summer 2026 Special Project Grant
contracts are hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 24th day of March, 2026.
_______________________________ _________________________________
Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Junck, Gartin, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 24th day of March, 2026.