Explanation
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into an agreement with CAPA for sponsorship of 2011 Festival Latino and provide for the appropriation of said funds from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. This event continues to provide cultural and educational benefits serving the Hispanic/Latino population and community at large.
Festival Latino began in 1996, and since the Department of Recreation and Parks has been a primary sponsor of the event. CAPA joined as event producer in 2009. Since the first year as a CAPA production, the original elements of Latin cuisine, music, dancing, and community resources were retained, but the event was refocused to become more family-friendly. The 2009 Festival drew 20,000 people. The 2010 Festival drew 35,000 people, including local residents, people from across Ohio, as well drawing tourists from the entire Midwest.
On August 13-14, 2011 at Genoa Park, festival goers will enjoy an increase the number of children's activities and a strengthened partnership with COSI, an increase in the number of Latino artists participating in the Artists' Showcase , an expand Latin Culture Fashion Show, and additional Latino-owned restaurants participating as food vendors.
It has been a top priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to continue to foster the city's major cultural and artistic events that are essential to the cultural fabric of Columbus
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To authorize and direct the transfer of $10,000 within the Hotel/Motel Cultural Services Fund, to transfer and appropriate $10,000 from the Cultural Services Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund, to authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with the Columbus Association of Performing Arts, and to declare an emergency ($10,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Festival Latino began in 1996, and since the Department of Recreation and Parks has been a primary sponsor of the event. CAPA joined as event producer in 2009; and
WHEREAS, the 2009 Festival drew over 20,000 people and the 2010 Festival drew 35,000 people, including local residents, people from across Ohio, as well drawing tourists from the entire Midwest; and
WHEREAS, on August 13-14, 2011 festival goers will enjoy an increase the number of children's activities and a strengthened partnership with COSI, an increase in the number of Latino artists participating in the Artists' Showcase , an expand Latin Culture Fashion Show, and additional Latino-owned restaurants participating as food vendors; and
WHEREAS, funds are being transferred and appropriated from the Cultural Services Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for services necessary for the operation of the 2011 Festival Latino; and
WHEREAS, this legislation will authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with CAPA in the amount of $10,000 for services necessary for the operation of Festival Latino; and
WHEREAS, City Council continues to foster the city's major cultural and artistic events that are essential to the cultural fabric of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and transfer said funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $10,000 from the Hotel/Motel Tax Cultural Services Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund as follows:
FROM:
Fund Type Fund Object Level 1 OCA Code Amount
Cultural Services 231 5501 012484 $10,000
TO:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Operating 51-01 285 3337 516567 $10,000
SECTION 2. That $10,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund as follows:
Fund Type Dept # Fund OCA Code Object Level 3 Amount
Operating 51-01 285 51657 3337 $10,000.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the Director if Recreation and Parks be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract CAPA for services necessary for the operatoion of the 2011 Festival Latino.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.