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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes ®$ May 11, 2004 Page 8 1 ordinance did not prevent that and added the City could not regulate who obtained licenses from 2 the State. 3 4 Mayor Hodson questioned if the City would have to give approval before they could operate: 5 Mr. Gilligan responded the establishment would have to come to the City for its liquor license; 6 however, charitable gambling was licensed by the State and an agreement between the charitable 7 gambling organization and the establishment could be made. 8 9 Councilmember Faust stated it was conceivable the City could have Sports Boosters in one bar 10 and a Columbia Heights organization, for example, in the northern part of the City doing the 11 same thing. Mr. Gilligan responded that was correct. 12 13 Councilmember Faust asked if one organization could have multiple locations. He also 14 questioned if the City could limit one charitable organization per bar. Mr. Gilligan responded he 15 was not familiar with the procedure regarding Councilmember Faust's questions; however, he 16 would find the answers and report back to Council. He added he did think the City could limit 17 one charitable gambling organization per bar under the liquor ordinance by making it a condition 18 of the liquor license. Discussion followed. 19 20 Councilmember Faust stated he thought the City should do what it could to insure that the profits 21 from charitable gambling helped the causes the City had chosen in the past. Mr. Gilligan 22 responded the City had control when it was the City's operation; however, the City did not have 23 control anymore. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Horst, to adopt Ordinance 26 2004-002 relating to lawful gambling; amending Section 500 of the St. Anthony City Code. 27 28 Discussion: 29 30 Councilmember Stille noted Mr. Gilligan discussed limiting expenditures to the City, which 31 included contiguous cities. He asked if wording to that effect was in the ordinance as it was 32 written. Mr. Gilligan responded it was not; however, the wording could be included if Council 33 wished. 34 35 Councilmember Stille stated the ordinance was not perfect; however, it did somewhat limit the 36 market. He indicated it would be a"stop gap"until fine tuning could be done. 37 38 Mr. Gilligan noted the provision that profits would have to stay in the trade area would mean the 39 profits could not go beyond the contiguous cities. 40 41 Mayor Hodson asked if the provision would protect the City from other gambling organizations 42 coming into the City. Mr. Gilligan responded it would not. 43 44 Mayor Hodson noted currently the Lions, Chamber, Sports Boosters, etc., did a good job 45 patrolling the profits and making sure they came back into the community. He added he was not 46 sure what protection was needed.