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Home My WebLink AboutExhibit 2King Mango Productions, Inc., 3001 Ponce de Leon Blvd #211, Coral Gables, Florida 33134 July 6, 2012 Commissioner Marc Sarnoff City of Miami District 2 3500 Pan American Drive Coconut Grove, Florida 33133 Re: City Of Miami Special Events Fund Dear Commissioner Samoff, We have been informed that there is $18,000 remaining in the City-wide Special Events' fund that can be allocated to events that meet the criteria (historical and/or cultural). .King, Mango Productions, Inc. (KMP) would like to apply for these funds to help produce the King Mango Strut Parade and off -set $18,500 in permit expenses (police, solid waste, etc) and permit -related expenses (barricades, insurance, security) required by the City. Please send us the application or information required to apply for these funds and advise of any deadlines that may apply. This year's parade will be our 31' and is scheduled for Sunday, December 30, at 2 p.m. It is a parody and satire of holiday parades that has contributed greatly for 30 years to marketing Miami and Coconut Grove as a fun, quirky destination. Our parade garners local, national and even international coverage on television, radio and in print. "The Strut" has become more than a parade — it's a happening! Our entire parade budget is under $35K. It is a small budget for the size and scope of the event. KMP is a Florida not -for -profit 501c3 tax exempt organization. It depends 100% on its volunteers and in -kind services to help make this very popular event possible. We do not charge entry fees for any floats or groups to be in the parade. We reach out to the community to invite groups and organizations from all parts of Miami that do not participate in parades because of entry fees. We do not sell tickets to view the parade. We do not have any food, drinks or merchandise vendors competing with the businesses in the area. We have people that travel specifically to attend the parade and stay at local hotels. The King Mango Strut is worthy of the City of Miami's support. We have been praised by the media as "the satirical parade that always captures the spirit of the community," and "for proving that the most valuable commodity in South Florida is its great sense of humor." Help us to continue our great Miami tradition of making sense of the sublime and the ridiculous and to show off Miami in an upbeat and positive way. cc: Ron Nelson enc. Close out of 2011 event SiF61111,. NT0 OR, z - oo 75-.? -Eh,6,t2 King Mango 5trut„ 1600 5 Bayshore Lane, 8B, Miami, Florida 33133 January 31, 2012 Coconut Grove Business Improvement District 3390 Mary Street, Suite 130 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 Re: Close out for 2011 Signature Event Grant Dear Marketing COmmittee Members &IB1D Board Members, Attached please find our affidavit and income/expense statement for the 2011 Kng Mango Strut Parade per your reqUest. We have met the committee's requirement of matching funds. When you review this close-out and the BID's $13,506 contribution to this event as it relates LO improving business in Coconut Grove, please consider that not only is there a tangible return on your investment many times over your contribution but, that our 100% volunteer organization :has contributed greatly for 30 years to the Coconut Grove brand that showcases Coconut Grove as a fun place to go. We have outlived many better financed events. In spite of the 10% cut to our grant amount, 50% increase in police services costs and 24% increase in the BID's Supplemental Fee requiring us to cut street closure hours, we were able to keep Commodore Plaza closed until 6 p.m. to keep the party going so people would stay longer and spend money in the Grove. Reports from the bars and restaurants were that they were full of MangoHeads and parade attendees as late as 8 pin; 4.5:hours after the parade ended. We do not keep track: of the:value of all the in kind donations in material, labior and services but we can say without hesitation that if we were to pay for all the materiallabor, promotion: and entertainment that put on this. event, the Strut would cost three,four times as.much. The 1st• Strut was created as a counter to the rnega eXPenSive-genetically-rnodified Orange Bowl Parade. We proved then and still today that you don't have to spend big bucks to put on a parade that attracts thousands of people, lin ing the streets. Since we had no vendors competing with; Coconut Grove merchants, allthe money that people spent on food and drinks went straight to the Coconut Grove bars and restaurants. We evenLencoarageci.the bars and restaurants in extending their liquor licenses so that they could bringtheir chairs and table out onto the streets and be able to serve drinks outside their restaurants. The participating restaurants -- feltthat the$100 permit fee and the 2-3 hours to process the permit was well worth it. We hope that we can continue to count an the BID'S support of our great Coconut Grove tradition ot making sense of the sublime and the ridiculous. SjP e 5, Antoihette Baldwin, President AFFIDAVIT :BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority appeared Antoinette Baldwin, who after being duly sworn, deposes and says -of her own personal knowledge: .I. Your. affiant, Antoinette Baldwin, is the- president of the corporation King Mango Strut, Inc., which organizes an event known as the King Mango Strut, which was held for the 30`h time.on Saturday; December 31, 2011. 2, Attached is an income/expense .report including all checks, deposits and cash :to date. associated with this year's event. 3. All bills and invoices received have been paid. to date. There are no known outstanding bills or invoices that are not included in the income/expense report. 4. In -kind donations values are not included and/or not available: to be included as part of this.packet. 5. The purpose of King Mango Strut, Inc. is to put•on a- parade and street - party the last Sunday of the ear in Coconut Grove. The event was well attended and covered by local national and 'international media including TV, radio, Internet, newspapers and rriaga2ines.. To that end, ourgoai, was.achieved. In Witness whereof she has ,liereto,sether hand: 1*, c , a Notary Piiblic of the County and State aforesaid, hereby certifythat gIj,J personally known to me to be the affiant in the foregoing affidavit,personally appeared before me this day and having been by me duly sworn deposes and says that the facts set forth in the above affidavit are true and correct. Witness my hand and offi ial al this the 3/ .day of (SEAL) MyCOmmiss on expires: 10 / 42 / -20/ 3 CiEBOFiAH ANN MILER COMMISSION DO 928000. • EXPIKES: 0Clober,12, 2013, e .iscread IMO uart S!*5 30th King Mango Strut Parade Budget Income/Expense Report for BID Grant.Close-out January 31, 2012 Proposed Actual Income: BID Signature Event Grant $15,000 Donations $5,000 53,390 Fundraisers $7,500 $8,090 Sales of King Mango Merchandise $7,500 $5,141 Total Incorne $35,000 $30,121 Expenses (that are not waived or donated): Administrative 8. Marketing Costs Administrative (includes $984 spent on,501c3 application) $750 $1248 Advertising & Promotional -$1,500 $2;085 Fundraising Costs $500 $440 Poster Production Cost (300 Posters) $500 $454 Total Administrative & Marketing Costs $3,250 $4,227 King MangoMerchandise Costs $3,750 $2,987 Perrnit Expenses City of Miami Fees .& Services $8,000 $7,067 25% Coconut Grove Supplementary User Fee $2,000 $1,754 Parking Meter Spaces $1,100 $1,040 Permit Costs (Notices to Property Owners & MOT) $900 $1,017 Total Permit EXpenses si2,000 $10,879 Permit -related expenses Barricades for Street Closure Insurances (Special Event Liability) Private Securrty Total Permit -related expenses Parade Logistics & Production Expenses Street Party Paid Entertainment $3,500 $3,424 $1,500 $1,327 $3,000 $2,871 $8,000 $7,622 $5,000 $3,622 $3,000 $2,100 Total Expenses $35,000 $31,438 Net Profit/Loss $0 ($1,317) 3Oth King (Mango Strut Parade Budget Income/Expense Report for BID Grant Close-out January 31, 2012 2011 King Mango Strut parade costs $ ,438 Business Improvement District has cut its funding completely to the King Mango Strut which is 43% of its budget -$13,5 Amount left to produce 2012 King Mango Strut $17,938