Community Partnership Committee Special Called Meeting - July 25, 2025

The Community Partnership Committee of the City of Denton, Texas, held a Special Called Meeting on Friday, July 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas. The posted agenda covered officer elections, approval of prior meeting minutes, contingency fund allocation recommendations, and funding recommendations for the Hotel Occupancy Tax and Sponsorship programs for Fiscal Year 2025-26. This summary is based solely on the agenda because the meeting transcript and minutes were not provided.

Election of Officers

• Discussed and considered electing a Chair and Vice Chair for the Community Partnership Committee (Agenda Item CPC25-024A).

Approval of Minutes

• Considered approval of the minutes from the June 27, 2025 meeting (Agenda Item CPC25-025B).

Council Contingency Funds

• Received a report and discussion on allocating City Council Contingency funds: $750 to Denton Black Film Festival Institute, Inc. for the Sly Stone celebration of life event, and $1,325 to the Greater Denton Arts Council (Agenda Item CPC25-026C).

Hotel Occupancy Tax Program Funding

• Received a report and discussion on Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Program funding levels and budget requests for Fiscal Year 2025-26, covering Program Year 2026. The agenda included guidelines, financials, and requests from numerous organizations such as Denton Bach Society, Denton Blues Festival, DBFFI, Discover Denton CVB, Denton Community Market, Denton Arts and Jazz, and others (Agenda Item CPC25-027D).

Sponsorship Program Funding

• Received a report and discussion on Sponsorship Program funding levels and budget requests for Fiscal Year 2025-26, including in-kind financials and requests from many organizations (e.g., DBCOC Blues Festival, DBFFI, Friends of the Badge, Day of the Dead, Denton Arts and Jazz, Denton Holiday Lighting, GDAC, Juneteenth, NTSFA, United Way, and more) (Agenda Item CPC25-028E).

Future Agenda Items and Concluding Items

• Discussed future agenda items (Agenda Item CPC25-029F).
• Heard concluding items, including responses to committee/public inquiries under Section 551.042 and reports on community interest items under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act.

Key Outcomes

• The agenda does not record any votes or final decisions; actual outcomes are unavailable because the minutes and transcript were not supplied.