90-NNNNRESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, TO SUPPORT
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION
FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ACT OF 1965 AND
CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR THE ARTS, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITIES AND THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM
SERVICE FOR FY-1991 WITHOUT RESTRICTIVE
LANGUAGE.
WHEREAS, the arts enhance our quality of life for helping to
define a nation's and a community's identity, values and heritage,
contributing to cross-cultural communication and developing creative
problem-solving skills; and
WHEREAS, public investment in the arts stimulates economic
growth, attracts business and corporate investment to communities,
promotes downtown and neighborhood revitalization, spurs tourism,
enhances the image of our communities and nation, and encourages inno-
vation and inspiration in society; and
WHEREAS, the National Endowment for the Arts' twenty-five
year stellar history of promoting creativity and cultural vitality has
~enabled a flourishing of the arts to reach every state and community
and made the arts available to every citizen of our nation; and
WHEREAS, in its twenty-five year history the National
Endowment for the Arts has made over 85,000 grants and funded the pre-
sentation or creation of over 1,000,000 images of which only 25 pro-
jects have become controversial; and
WHEREAS, the restrictive language approved by Congress in
1990 would have the effect of promoting censorship and inhibiting
creativity at the expanse of quality within the arts community, and
gives Congress the power to micro-manage the Endowment and define
obscenity rather than the courts; and
WHEREAS, the Endowment's citizen-involved panel system, local
matching requirements for grants and reviews by the Presidentially-
appointed National Council on the Arts and its Chairman provide
appropriate checks and balances in regard to federal funding for the
arts; and
WHEREAS, President Bush supports reauthorization of the NEA
without restrictive language and has submitted legislation to that
effect in Congress; and
WHEREAS, President ~ndon B. Johnson, in sponsoring legisla-
tion to establish the NEA, proclaimed, "We fully recognize that no
government can call artistic excellence into existence. It must flow
from the quality of the socie~ and the good fortune of the nation.
Nor should any government seek to restrict the freedom of the artist
to pursue his goals in his own way. Freedom is an essential condition
for the artist, and in proportion, if freedom is diminished so is the
prospect of artistic achievement."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the
City of Boynton Beach, Florida, that:
Section 1. The Mayor and City Commission resolves to support
reauthorization of the National Foundation for the Arts and humanities
Act of 1965 and continued funding for the National Endo~ent for the
Arts, National Endo~ent for the Humanities and the Institute of
Museum Service for FY-1991 without restrictive language.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~-~ day of June, 1990.
ATTEST:
C~y C1 erk
{Corporate Seal
Commissioner