HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-106-08/20/2024-APPROVING FORT FUND SPECIAL EVENTS GRANT DISBURSEMENTS (2)RESOLUTION 2024-1 06
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING FORT FUND SPECIAL EVENTS GRANT
DISBURSEMENTS
A.Providers of lodging accommodations in the City are required by Section
25-242 of the City Code to pay three percent of all revenues derived from such lodging
accommodations to the City as a lodging tax.
B.The Fort Fund Grant Program (“Fort Fund”)supports projects and activities
that provide arts and cultural programming to the Fort Collins community and visitors.
Established in 1989,Fort Fund distributes lodging tax revenues deposited in the City’s
Cultural Development and Programming Account and the Tourism Programming Account
in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-244 of the City Code.
C.Local organizations may apply to Fort Fund for cultural and tourism event
support.There are three Fort Fund funding programs available for applicants:Special
Events;Program Support;and Cross-Sector Impact.
D.The City’s Cultural Resources Board reviews applications from the
community for Fort Fund monies and makes recommendations to the City Council in
accordance with Section 2-145(b)of the City Code and the administrative guidelines for
Fort Fund (the “Fort Fund Guidelines”).
E.At its meeting on July 25,2024,the Cultural Resources Board
recommended funding for various proposals in the Special Events category based on the
criteria and considerations set forth in Section 2-145(b)of the City Code and the Fort
Fund Guidelines.
F.The use of lodging tax revenues will provide a public benefit to the Fort
Collins community by supporting cultural development and public programming activities
within the City.
G.The City Council has determined it will advance these purposes to approve
Fort Fund grant disbursements as set forth in Exhibit “A,”which is attached hereto.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.The City Council hereby finds that the distribution of funds through
the Fort Fund program as set forth on Exhibit “A”will promote the cultural and economic
health of the community and in doing so will serve a recognized and valuable public
purpose.
Section 2.Funds in the total amount of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000),
comprised of Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($10,750)from the City’s
Cultural Development and Programming Account and Six Thousand Two-Hundred Fifty
Dollars ($6,250)from the Tourism Programming Account,are hereby approved for
distribution as set forth in Exhibit “A”.
Passed and adopted on August 20,2024.
ATrEST:
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Effective Date:August 20,2024
Approving Attorney:Ted Hewitt
EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION 2024-106
FORT FUND GRANT PROGRAM
2024 Special Event Grant -July Deadline
Approved Funding
PERCENT
CULTURAL OF
FUNDING DEVELOPMENT&TOURISM UNFUNDED REQUEST
APPLICANT PROPOSED EVENTIDATE REQUESTS PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMING BALANCE FUNDED
BodylSpeak 2025
CSU Dance 2)7-8/2025 $5,000 $3,384 $1,616 68%
The Family Concert
Friends of the Symphony Ill 9/2025 $7,500 $5,375 $2,125 72%
My Vintage Valentine:Macabre Movements for
a Deadful Date Night
Soda Shop Movement Company 2/112025 $7,500 $5,375 $2,125 71%
VAN’!Day Fort Collins
The YAYI Foundation 10/512024 $4,000 $2,866 $1,134 72%
Totals $24,000 $17,000 $7,000 71%
I Scorns are based on application rnatedals and Fort Fund’s tdteria for Funding.I I I I I