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• <br />• <br />• <br />AGENDA ITEM 1 E <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br />DATE: September 28, 2009 <br />TOPIC: Approve Application for Blue Heron Elementary PTO to <br />Conduct Excluded Bingo <br />VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority (3/5 Vote) <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Under Minnesota Statute 349.166, excluded bingo may be conducted by an <br />organization that conducts four or fewer bingo occasions in a calendar year, or in <br />connection with a county fair, the state fair, or a civic celebration if it is not conducted <br />for more than 12 consecutive days. Blue Heron Elementary PTO holds only this one <br />gambling event each year. <br />The Blue Heron Elementary PTO is requesting approval to hold its Annual "Back to <br />School Family Bingo Night". This event will be held at Blue Heron Elementary School, <br />405 Elm Street, on Thursday, November 19, 2009. There is no license fee involved and <br />there will be no charge to play bingo. <br />The application, a certificate of non -profit status and the results of the background <br />check on the applicant are on file in the city clerk's office. <br />OPTIONS: <br />1. Approve the request to conduct the bingo event. <br />2. Deny the request. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Option No. 1 <br />