RESOLUTION NO. 220993

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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson

RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop a funding plan to designate approximately $425,000.00 to support the City's membership in the UNESCO Creative City Network and the implementation of Creative City KC, Inc.'s Global Music Economic Development Strategy.

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WHEREAS, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates cities around the world on a biennial basis as culturally significant to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN); and

WHEREAS, the City was so designated by UNESCO and became the first and only UCCN City of Music in the United States on November 16, 2017; and

WHEREAS, Kansas City's membership in the UNESCO Creative City Network is consistent with the City's plans and policies focused on Climate Action and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals - including reducing poverty, providing decent work and economic growth, being an industry innovator, offering quality education, addressing gender equality, and supporting sustainable cities and communities; and

WHEREAS, Creative City KC, Inc. is a nonprofit organization registered with the State of Missouri and the official focal point organization under UNESCO established to develop, implement, manage, and sustain Kansas City's membership in the UNESCO Creative City Network; and

WHEREAS, Creative City KC, Inc. has worked for the past five years to establish Kansas City's leadership in the UNESCO Creative City Network which currently has 246 member cities around the world; and

WHEREAS, Creative City KC, Inc. has worked locally to promote Kansas City neighborhoods, cultural organizations and creative industries through participation in UNESCO Creative Network activities shared with international audiences; and

WHEREAS, Creative City KC, Inc. is tasked with creating a Global Music Economic Developme...

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