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ORDINANCE NO. 20-499
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, APPROVING A CITY CO-SPONSORSHIP
TO THE TEXAS STORYTELLING ASSOCIATION, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$2,932 OF IN-KIND SERVICCES AND RESOURCES FOR THE 35TH ANNUAL TEXAS
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12,
THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020, AT THE DENTON CIVIC CENTER; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Texas Storytelling Association is requesting the City Council of the City
of Denton to participate as a co-sponsor for in-kind services and resources for the 35th Annual
Texas Storytelling Festival (the "Event"), which will be held on Thursday, March 12, through
Sunday, March 15, 2020, at the Denton Civic Center; and
WHEREAS, for the Texas Storytelling Festival last year on February 26, 2019, City
Council authorized a co-sponsorship not to exceed $3,703 under Ordinance 19-223; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Texas Storytelling Festival is to provide a unique regional
event that brings storytellers together from all over Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana premised
upon fostering an appreciation of storytelling as an oral tradition, a performing art, and an
educational tool ; and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton will co-sponsor up to $2,932 of in-kind services and
resources for the Event, which will include fifty percent of rental fees at the Denton Civic Center;
and
WHEREAS, in exchange for that support, the City of Denton will be considered an event
co-sponsor of the Texas Storytelling Festival at a co-sponsorship level equal to the total value of
the co-sponsorship provided herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the co-sponsorship of the Texas Storytelling
Festival serves a municipal and public purpose, and is in the public's interest; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS :
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble ofthis Ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference .
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that it is in the public's interest and a benefit to the
citizens of the City of Denton to participate as a co-sponsorship at a level not to exceed $2,932 for
in-kind services which include fifty percent of rental fees at the Denton Civic Center, for the Texas
Storytelling Festival, which will be held on Thursday, March 12, through Sunday, March 15, 2020,
at the Denton Civic Center that said participation as a co-sponsor is hereby approved.
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SECTION 3 . This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
The motion to approve this Ordinance was made by {rue-ez..y /!uv (itT~ and
seconded by V"P II ,11/ JeV .If Ill ; the Ordin ce was passed and approved by
the following voter s--12.J :
Abstain Absent
Chris Watts, Mayor:
Gerard Hudspeth, District 1 :
Keely G. Briggs, District 2 : ..1
Jesse Davis, District 3:
John Ryan, District 4 : v'
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5 :
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3/t.d day of ~ efL , 2020 .
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CHRIS WATTS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: