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E EVERETT <br />Project title: National Endowment for the Arts Grant Application <br />City Council Agenda Item Cover Sheet <br />Council Bill # <br />Agenda dates requested: <br />2/9/22 <br />Briefing <br />Proposed action <br />Consent 2/9/22 <br />Action <br />Ordinance <br />Public hearing <br />Yes <br />No <br />Budget amendment: <br />Yes No <br />PowerPoint presentation: <br />Yes No <br />Attachments: <br />Department(s) involved: <br />Administration <br />Contact person: <br />Nichole Webber <br />Phone number: <br />425-257-7119 <br />Email: <br />nwebber@everettwa.gov <br />Initialed by: <br />Department head <br />Administration <br />Council President <br />Consideration: Authorize city to apply and mayor to sign all grant forms <br />Project: National Endowment for the Arts Grant <br />Partner/Supplier : National Endowment for the Arts <br />Location: Everett <br />Preceding action: None <br />Fund: Fund 009 <br />Fiscal summary statement: <br />City of Everett Staff are requesting to apply for an <br />arts matching grant award that would help to fund a <br />Land Acknowledgment art piece. There is funding <br />approved 2022 budget. Grant awards are available up <br />to $100,000. <br />Project summary statement: <br />The City of Everett plans to commission an artist to <br />create an outdoor public art piece to acknowledge the <br />original indigenous inhabitants of the land that is now <br />the City of Everett. <br />The piece intends to serve as a lasting symbol of the <br />City's official land acknowledgment, which was <br />created in partnership with the Tulalip Tribes in 2021. <br />This project will honor and celebrate the city's commitment to this land <br />acknowledgment in a way that a written statement cannot, as art has <br />memorialized significant moments and shared virtues between sovereign <br />nations throughout human existence. <br />The final art piece will be free and open for public viewing; it will be <br />outdoors, on public property, and maintained by the City. The artist and <br />final form are to be determined; the City is beginning to develop a call for <br />artists with local tribal input. <br />Recommendation: <br />Authorize city staff to apply for and, if awarded, authorize the mayor to sign <br />all necessary documents and agreements with the National Endowment for <br />the Arts regarding the application, acceptance, and utilization of the FY <br />2023 Land Acknowledgment Grant for up to $100,000. <br />