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<br />Charitable Gambling Code Amendments <br />September 8, 2009 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />3. 518.07, Subd 8: Similar to the options in 518.06, there may be additional standards <br />for local permit denial which the Council would not like to include. Clauses “a” and <br />“b” would seem prudent to include, while Clause “c” requires the organization to <br />have been in the City for three years. The Council may want to specify trade area <br />in this clause or it would exclude the Rotary, the shipwreck Museum, Spring Lake <br />Park Lions or the Blaine Jaycees. Clause “d” requires there to be a minimum <br />number of active members. The suggestion is 15 however the original Code <br />requires 30. (Statute requires 15 members for state licenses.) Clauses f, g, h and I <br />are the same as c, d, e and f in 518.06, so whatever is decided in that section <br />should be carried forward in 518.07 as well. <br /> <br />4. 518.12: This section related to the designated trade area, which is defined at the <br />beginning of the ordinance to be Mounds View and its surrounding communities. <br />This section proposes to require licensed organizations to spend 100% of the net <br />profits in the trade area rather than 75%. Because Section 518.11 requires that the <br />organization provide 10% of the net profits to the City, perhaps the Council would <br />prefer maintaining the 75% threshold (the organization could certainly spend more <br />than the 75% in the trade area. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Please review the proposed code amendments relating to lawful charitable gambling in <br />Mounds View. The proposed ordinance would add a new Chapter 518 and would revise <br />the text in chapter 502 and 503. The Council has some options as to what requirements to <br />include which are highlighted in yellow for easy reference. <br /> <br />If you should have any questions regarding the proposed revisions, please do not hesitate <br />to call me or Assistant Clerk-Administrator Desaree Crane. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Clerk - Administrator <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Memo from Kennedy & Graven, dated Aug 28, 2009 <br />2. StarTribune Article, “Coon Rapids Taps Gambling Profits”, dated July 22, 2009 <br />3. Draft Ordinance regarding Charitable Gambling <br />