Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Arts Foundation of Olde Towne, a non profit entity, for the support of their Hot Times Community Arts & Music Festival.
Arts Foundation of Olde Towne (AFOOT) serves as an arts and humanities incubator for projects in, about, or produced by people from, the Near East Side of the City of Columbus, Ohio. AFOOT has been presenting the Hot Time Community Music & Arts Festival for over 40 years. This annual free, family-friendly festival, features art cars, craft vendors, a poetry slam, drum circles and numerous live music performances.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure funding is available in advance of the festival in September.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Arts Foundation of Olde Towne for the support of their Hot Times Community Arts & Music Festival; to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,400.00)
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WHEREAS, Arts Foundation of Olde Towne (AFOOT) serves as an arts and humanities incubator for projects in, about, or produced by people from, the Near East Side of the City of Columbus, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, AFOOT has been presenting the Hot Time Community Music & Arts Festival for over 40 years; and
WHEREAS, the annual free, family-friendly festival, features art cars, craft vendors, a poetry slam, drum circles and numerous live music performances; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Arts Foundation of Olde Towne for the support of their Hot Times Community Arts & Music Festival in time to allow for event planning prior to the September event thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and we...
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