The Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Santo Domingo (AND) and the Santo Domingo Hotels Association announced the creation of the Santo Domingo City Council. The council?s role is to promote and undertake development policies and tourism promotion for the City of Santo Domingo. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, city Mayor Roberto Salcedo, and the president of the Santo Domingo Hotels Association Roberto Henriquez Pereyra signed the inter-institutional agreement. Mayor Roberto Salcedo presides the council. The city government announced it would contribute RD$100,000 to the Santo Domingo Fiesta program coordinated by the Ministry of Tourism. The program brings live entertainment this spring and summer to the Colonial City area from Thursday to Sunday.