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MLAKE OWASSO RESIDENCE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL <br />210 NORTH OWASSO BOULEVARD <br />SHOREVIEW, MN 55126 <br />(612) 484 -2234 <br />February 26, 1990 <br />Mr. Joel R. Hanson <br />Administrator - City of Little Canada <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS: <br />JANETTHUL, President <br />LUELLA HAUSSNER, Vice President <br />BETTY STROHBEEN, Manager <br />PAMELA DARSOW, Secretary <br />JOAN JENKINS, Treasurer <br />FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE: <br />SHARON FOLLAND, <br />Volunteer Activities Director <br />In response to your letter of January 31, 1990, requesting <br />comments from the Lake Owasso Volunteer Council concerning the <br />issues of a potential geographic boundary definition for the <br />gambling trade area and the minimum percentage of lawful purpose <br />expenditures that are to occur in this trade area the following <br />are our thoughts: <br />Lake Owasso Residence is a "live -in" facility for 64 mentally and <br />physically handicapped persons. Although it is located across the <br />street from the Little Canada boundary it serves Ramsey County, <br />which includes Little Canada, and many of its staff and volunteers <br />live and /or work in Little Canada. In addition, whenever <br />possible our purchases are spent locally in and around the area. <br />It is our understanding the original intent of the law concerning <br />trade areas was to protect communities from "foreign" charities <br />collecting local monies and taking them out of the state for use <br />.elsewhere. <br />Recently when Betty Strohbeen and Luella Haussner met with the <br />Gambling Control Board, some board members were surprised that the <br />law was in effect and being misinterpreted. <br />In addition, Betty and Luella met with Tony Bennet, House <br />Representative, who discussed this matter with Tom Anzelc, <br />Director of the Department of Gamings Gambling Control Division, <br />to clarify and change the provisions of the law. <br />Our feeling is that until the law is further clarified this issue <br />should be put on hold. There is some confusion, as described in <br />your January 31 letter, in the statement "requiring up to 100% of <br />the proceeds generated by charitable gambling to be spent in a <br />city's trade area" versus "charities operating within the city <br />have donated much more than 50% of their profits to organizations <br />within the city." <br />Page 16 <br />