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. 2947 City of Spring Lake Park 4 \ cc .!) 1301 Eighty First Avenue Northeast Y Spring Lake Park, Minnesota 55432 � !� tO (612)784-6491 441/1/0� � co 41y Mayor ``� July 25, 1991 Harley Wells *MI Councilmembers Jeanne Mason Don Mathiowetz Barbara Carlson Jim Hollom Ms. Samantha Orduno City Administrator Clerk-Treasurer City of Mounds View Donald B.Busch 2401 Highway 10 Deputy Clerk Mounds View, MN 55112 Barbara Nelson Chief of Police Dear Samantha: Bruce Porter Parks&Recreation As I discussed on the telephone with you and Mayor Linke, Director charitable gambling became quite an issue in Spring Lake Jay T.McCluskey Park during the first half of this year. Public Works Director The situation seemed to start with the proprietors of a Chuck Rundle couple of establishments over the money they were making from the pulltab operations. They proceeded to look for other organizations to conduct pulltab operations in their establishments. It is my belief they may have felt they could get additional money from these new groups over and above what State law allows. Again, this is just my belief. With all the new law changes in charitable gambling from the State, and the new responsibilities that cities have to handle, our City Council placed a moratorium on issuing new permits until a study could be done and a new ordinance put in place. Our Council met with the gambling compliance people from the State and our City Attorney reviewed certain issues with the State Attorney General's office and finally, a new ordinance was adopted. The next issue we had to deal with was the organizations applying for permit approval. The one that created the largest problem was our fire department. Feelings were mixed as to whether or not they belong in the gambling arena. The final action was rejection of the application. sifAr llnT