ORDINANCE NO. 230703
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
Approving a contract in the amount of $17,500.00 from previously appropriated funds in the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund with Troost Market Collective as part of the FY 2023-2024 annual application cycle for the purpose of promoting neighborhoods and tourism through cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational, and recreational activities.
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WHEREAS, §92.336, RSMo, provides that ten percent of the proceeds of the City’s convention and tourism tax be committed to the Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund (“NTDF”), to be used for the purpose of promoting such neighborhood through cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational, and recreation events; and
WHEREAS, Council has provided a process for the NTDF Committee to make recommendations to the City Council for the expenditure of NTDF Funds in the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri (“Code”) in Chapter 2, Art. VI, Div. 9; and
WHEREAS, Council approved the NTDF Committee’s Recommendations for FY 2023-2024 projects in Ordinance No. 230306, passed on April 13, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 230306 authorized the Director of the Neighborhood Services Department to execute a contract with Creative City KC Inc. in the amount of $17,500.00 for the 18th and Vine Arts Festival; and
WHEREAS, Creative City KC Inc. is no longer able to serve as the fiscal agent for the 18th and Vine Arts Festival, and Troost Market Collective desires to replace Creative City KC Inc. as the fiscal agent for the 18th and Vine Arts Festival; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-931(2)(e) of the Code provides that no proposal for NTDF funding will be considered by the Council for approval, modification or disapproval without first being reviewed and reported to the Council by the committee, and
WHEREAS, the proposal for funding the 18th and Vine Arts Festival has been modified for the sole purpose of replacing Creative City KC Inc. with Troost Market Collective as the applicant and fiscal agent for the event; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Neighborhood Services Department is authorized to execute a contract in the total amount of $17,500.00 with Troost Market Collective for the 18th and Vine Arts Festival from the funds previously appropriated in Account No. 24-2350-672100-B. The contract is hereby approved in substantial form, as that on file in the Neighborhood Services Department.
Section 2. That the limitations established by Section 2-931(2)(e) that provide that no proposal for NTDF funding will be considered by the Council for approval, modification or disapproval without first being reviewed and reported to the Council by the NTDF Committee are hereby waived for the limited purpose of this Ordinance.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney