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CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 1E <br /> <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: March 13, 2017 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Consider Approving Application for an Exempt Raffle Event <br />for Abiding Branches Cooperative Preschool <br /> <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Abiding Branches Cooperative Preschool has applied for permission to conduct a <br />raffle at their Annual Ice Cream Social fundraiser to be held in Lino Lakes at St. Joseph of <br />the Lakes Catholic Church. The event is scheduled for April 21, 2017. Non-profit <br />organizations are allowed, under the State Gambling Statutes, to conduct exempt gambling <br />(raffle) with a state issued permit if they conduct lawful gambling on five or fewer days <br />and remain under a cap for prizes awarded. Abiding Branches Cooperative Preschool has <br />submitted the information necessary to determine that their event is exempt. <br />The application and background information are on file in the city clerk’s office. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve the issuance of Exempt Raffle Event for Abiding Branches Cooperative <br />Preschool. <br />