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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MO FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MCC-LONGVIEW CAMPUS FLIGHTS OF FANCY MEGA KITE FESTIVAL AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
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Issue/Request:
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MO FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MCC-LONGVIEW FLIGHTS OF FANCY MEGA KITE FESTIVAL AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
Key Issues:
•Lee's Summit Arts Council is a City board which exists for the purpose of supporting and collaborating with Lee's Summit arts organizations, artists, art creators and independent art programs to increase the public's awareness, opportunities, and participation in the arts
•The City of Lee's Summit has determined that it is in the best interests of the City, and important to the promotion of cultural arts in the enhancement of quality of life and other activities in the City to allocate funds for use by the Lee's Summit Arts Council in furthering its purpose.
•The Lee's Summit Arts Council uses a portion of those allocated funds for the purpose of issuing grants to initiatives that support cultural arts in the community.
•The Lee's Summit Arts Council wishes to provide a grant in the amount of $500.00 to the Junior College District of Kansas City, MO to support the MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival.
Proposed Committee Motion:
I move to recommend to the City Council approval of an Ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Public Service Agreement by and between the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri and the Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, MO for the support of the MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival.
Proposed City Council Motion:
FIRST MOTION: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MO FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MCC-LONGVIEW FLIGHTS OF FANCY MEGA KITE FESTIVAL. I MOVE FOR SECOND READING.
SECOND MOTION: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MO FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MCC-LONGVIEW FLIGHTS OF FANCY MEGA KITE FESTIVAL. I MOVE FOR ADOPTION.
Background:
Each year, the City of Lee's Summit allocates funds for use by the Lee's Summit Arts Council for the purpose of promoting cultural arts in the community to enhance the quality of life in the City of Lee's Summit. The Lee's Summit Arts Council uses a portion of these funds to issue grants to initiatives that support and further that intended purpose.
The Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, MO hosts an annual event called the Longview Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival which takes place each year. The Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, MO has requested a grant from the Lee's Summit Arts Council to support this event.
The Lee's Summit Arts Council has determined that the MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival meets their requirements for the issuance of grants and will assist in the promotion of cultural arts in the community and wishes to provide the grant.
The Public Service Agreement, attached to the Ordinance as Exhibit A, provides for a grant of $500.00 to the Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, MO to support its program, the MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival.
Impact/Analysis:
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Timeline:
The Lee's Summit Arts Council approved the grant request at their [September 2015] meeting.
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Presenter
Presenter: Joe Snook, Interim Administrator of Parks and Recreation
Recommendation
Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of an Ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Public Service Agreement by and between the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri and the Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, MO for the support of the MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival.