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MOUNDS VIEW of Mounds View Staff R To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nyle Zikmund Item Title/Subject: TCG and Charitable Gambling Item No: 04 Meeting Date: May 2, 2022 Type of Business: Work Session City Administrator Review: Introduction: Twin City Gateway has informed us we have just under $8,000 in grant money for marketing and promotion of tourism events in the city. In the past the money has been used to help fund festival events and marketing the event center. Several Council members have expressed desire to have some discussion regarding what Council can do to aid local non -profits. The Charitable Gambling "annual license" fee has resulted in about $8,000 in collections. State Statute provides details on what it can be used for. Barb provided that Andover Football, whom you just approved, is going to be providing payment monthly and based on the recent $1,800 check, they had a good month! Discussion: Both funds/topic are wholly at council discretion with parameters defined. Twin City Gateway — Has to be tourism related Charitable Gambling: isUnder Minn. Stat. § 349.213, cities may require organizations conducting lawful gambling within the city to contribute ten percent (10%) of their net profits derived from lawful gambling to a fund administered and regulated by the city. The city may disburse the funds for lawful purposes. Lawful purposes for which these funds may be expended are listed in Minn. Stat. § 349.12, subd. 25. Cities may also expend these funds for police, fire, and other emergency or public safety - related services, equipment, and training, excluding pension obligations. A city making expenditures authorized under this paragraph must by March 15 of each year file a report with the Board, on a form the Board prescribes, that lists all such revenues collected and expenditures for the previous calendar year. Minn. Stat. § 349.213, subd. 1(j9(2). Cities must also acknowledge the financial contributions of organizations conducting lawful gambling to the community and to the recipients of the funds when administering a fund under Minn. Stat. § 349.213. Minn. Stat. #349.12 Subd. 25.Lawful purpose. (a) "Lawful purpose" means one or more of the following: (1) any expenditure by or contribution to a 501(c)(3) or festival organization, as defined in subdivision 15c, provided that the organization and expenditure or contribution are in conformity with standards prescribed by the board under section 349.154, which standards must apply to both types of organizations in the same manner and to the same extent; (2) a contribution to or expenditure for goods and services for an individual or family suffering from poverty, homelessness, or disability, which is used to relieve the effects of that suffering; (3) a contribution to a program recognized by the Minnesota Department of Human Services for the education, prevention, or treatment of problem gambling;