POWAY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER $1M GRANT FOR ARTS CENTER

A $1 million grant to create an endowment for the Poway Center for the Performing Arts is on the agenda for the Poway City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The $1 million grant offer is from the Mccarthy Family Foundation, said Wendy Kaserman, assistant city manager. The council will be asked to authorize staff to work with the foundation on an agreement clarifying the grant’s financial terms.

The grant offer was introduced at a workshop on the PCPA held at the April 6 council meeting. The funds offered are to be used for a feasibility study to ensure a new endowment and related fundraising is realistic, Kaserman said. It will also serve as the endowment’s initial seed funding. The council requested more information on the terms of the grant at the workshop.

The conditions of the grant state an initial $30,000 is to be used for the feasibility study, Kaserman said. The study results will need to be approved by the Mccarthy Family Foundation board of directors and a new endowment established. Following this, Poway will receive the remaining $970,000.

• Be asked to approve establishing guidelines for city issued proclamations. City Manager Chris Hazeltine said staff is asking for a set of guidelines to be established that will reinforce a true Poway connection for proclamations and refrain from issuing duplicative proclamations that have a federal, state or county focus.

Due to COVID-19, the meeting will be held virtually. For the complete agenda, go to poway.org. The council meeting can be viewed live at poway.org/councilmeetings or on TV via Cox Communications Channel 24 and Spectrum Channel 19. Members of the public may speak and participate via poway.org/ meeting or by calling (877) 853-5247 with meeting ID 623291-9830.