Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 12-20-2016
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Office of Tourism
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Approval of and authorization to execute a services contract between the City of Broken Arrow and ARTSOK to assist with development and programming of the Center for Arts, Innovation and Creativity
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Background:
In 2008, Broken Arrow residents approved $1,400,000 to purchase land and a building for an arts center. The facility originally contemplated for acquisition was owned by the Broken Arrow Public Schools. Following the election, School representatives decided to retain the building for use by the School District. On August 26, 2014, City representatives submitted to the voters a question authorizing that the original General Obligation Bond Proposition be repurposed to change the location to central Broken Arrow and to make it primarily for acquisition of land and use of any remaining funds for construction of a building.
The repurposing of the prior bond authorizations was approved by the voters. The repurpose plan is to build a creative arts center in the downtown Rose District, so that residents may create and display their art. ARTSOK proposed a Center for Arts, Innovation and Creativity to be located at the current site of Arkansas Valley Bank's downtown Broken Arrow branch location at the corner of El Paso and Main Street. The Broken Arrow Convention and Visitors Bureau previously supported and approved, a proposal for a two-year professional services contract with a projected annual cost of $50,000.00 starting in the FY15 CVB budget.
At their November 14, 2016 meeting, the CVB approved a professional services contract with ARTSOK to assist with the development and programming for the Center for Arts, Innovation and Creativity. The term of the Contract expires June 30, 2017. The Contract will automatically renew on a month-to-month basis for a cost of $3,500....
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