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1 <br /> 1 tab sales _ to charities,'-:-.and :had •'used $47 ,.717 of the- .$119 ,003. profits ..• <br /> 2 for their own building projects: • . <br /> 3 - The Councilmember said � he - would be in no hurry to reconsider thi-s . <br /> 4 issue for that reason. <br /> 5 Councilmember Ranallo indicated he knew some of the information <br /> 6 contained in that : particular. article was inaccurate because ,he - <br /> 7 personally knew of instances where between 40% and 450 of what ..is <br /> 8 taken in is distributed to charity. <br /> 9 The Counci.lmember . said he questioned Mr.- Nelson-' s statement that .the <br /> 10 City could. charge the organization running the games $500 a.-week for. <br /> 11 rent and said - he- wanted the City Attorney- to, research the issue, of.- <br /> 12 pull tabs further to clear up questions which remain unanswered <br /> 13 regarding the provisions of the state law regulating charitable . <br /> 14 gambling. <br /> 15 Mr. Soth was asked to see if he could find answers to the following <br /> 16 questions: <br /> 17 *whether the' pull tab operations could be limited to only <br /> 18 local organizations ; <br /> 19 <br /> 20 *what the "lawful purposes" are• for which the- profits can be <br /> 21 used; <br /> 22 *whether the City can impose any restrictions on those distribu- <br /> 23 tions such as limiting them only to local causes; <br /> 24 <br /> 25 *whether the City can prevent professional consultants from <br /> 26 running the operations; <br /> 27 *what controls would the .City have over the operations in its <br /> 28 own facilities and how much- return can the- City derive from <br /> 29 those operations ; <br /> 30 *what controls would the City have over pull tabs in other <br /> 31 businesses like bowling alleys , etc . ; <br /> 32 *by allowing even one operation in the City, does the City have <br /> 33 to automatically allow - as-many games as there are businesses to. <br /> 34 let them in; <br /> 35 *what ' s the strongest language the City can legally put .in an <br /> 36 ordinance -to reflect its position related to pull tabs; <br /> 37 *what age restrictions can be imposed on -these games . , <br /> 38 Mr:' -Childs said staff would sit down. with . Roger.-Franke to see how , <br /> 39 many of these - issues had already -been . addressed in other <br /> 40 communities . Mr . Soth said he would first research the larger issue • <br /> 22 <br />