Zoo, Arts & Parks

July 2008: Tier I and Zoological Update

The Tier I Advisory Board Recommendation will (hopefully) be on the August 5, 2008 Council Agenda.  The Council organizes and decides on agenda items and I believe this is the date they are considering.  Notices for Council meeting agendas are distributed the Friday prior to the Tuesday of their meetings.  Therefore, the agenda for August 5th will be posted on the County website the afternoon of Friday, August 1, 2008.

If all goes well and the Council approves the recommendation on August 5th, a notary and contract update meeting will be held on Friday, August 8 @ 9:00 a.m. Please note this date and time on your calendar and ask your PR coordinator to attend.  You will be asked to sign the ZAP contract and we will discuss application issues and the updated ZAP Style Guide.

July 2008: Tier II Update

The Tier II Advisory Board will continue to review applications throughout the summer.  A recommendation will be made to the Salt Lake County Council either at the end of August or the beginning of September.  A notary event will be scheduled after the Council approves the recommendation, either in September or October.  Similar to last year, funds will be available approximately 4 weeks after the contracts are fully executed (probably November and December of 2008 for your first payment).

The April 2008 Newsletter is available -

all ZAP recipients and applicants are encouraged to read the newsletter!

Cultural Facilities Master Plan

County is embarking on a county-wide cultural facilities masterplan.  The purpose of this study is to ...

• Identify Current Arts & Culture Facilities
• Determine Current Use of Existing Facilities
• Identify the Gaps
• Develop Key Recommendations (How to Better Utilize Current Facilities, Potential Types & Locations of Future Facilities & Possible Future Funding Sources)
• Policy & Criteria on how County will Support Future Facility Requests

Since, the cultural facilities planning consultants will be in town on March 6th, we thought it would be a good opportunity for them to attend this meeting.  This will be an initial dialogue.  If you are unable to attend or have to leave early, there will be other opportunities for ZAP recipients to be involved.

Budget Wisely: 2008 ZAP Revenues Less than Projected

The January 2008 ZAP revenues have been reported to Salt Lake County recently.  In analyzing the data it appears that the 2008 projections may be less than originally anticipated.  The amount received for January 2008 is about the same as the funding received from January 2006.  If this trend holds throughout the year, revenues will be about 8 1/2% less than in 2007. Please keep this in mind as you budget for future ZAP funding.   The ZAP program encourages you to be fiscally conservative as you build your 2008-2009 budgets.