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8 <br /> 1 Kramer told him Terry Taylor, who was also present, had researched that • <br /> 2 requirement and found that the Sports Boosters, who would be making that <br /> 3 application, met all the requirements for holding such a license. <br /> 4 The City Attorney indicated the state required specific locations for <br /> 5 pull tab operations and those would be identified in the ordinance <br /> 6 amendment as the only locations within the City where intoxicating <br /> 7 beverages are authorized to be served. The only two locations in St. <br /> 8 Anthony which met that criteria would, of course, be -the two City <br /> - <br /> 9 operated bars because locations for which the City only issues 3 .2 beer <br /> 10 or wine licenses would not qualify. The state law allows the City to <br /> 11 lease out and charge rent for space in those two locations and Mr. Soth <br /> 12 said he perceived the lease mechanism was the only control the state <br /> 13 allowed the City for controlling gambling activities within its borders. <br /> 14 The lease would approve the agreement reached by the coalition and the <br /> 15 City Attorney said he perceived it would be necessary to 'have that <br /> 16 lease renewed every year the same as the license to maintain City <br /> 17 control over the gambling operations. <br /> 18 Councilmember Ranallo pointed out that the state also imposes restric- <br /> 19 tions on the lease by designating the amount of space which can be <br /> 20 devoted to charitable gambling in each location and the amount of rent <br /> 21 the City can charge for that space. He said the state also mandates <br /> 22 that expenses cannot exceed 45% of the profits. <br /> 23 Mayor Sundland then addressed the coalition's request that the 60 days <br /> 24 needed to amend a City ordinance be reduced to 30 days. He told the <br /> 25 proponents that he perceived the process the City had to follow to <br /> 26 amend the ordinance would use up all 60 days. He indicated City <br /> 27 statutes required three readings of the ordinance amendment at three <br /> 28 subsequent Council meetings after which the ordinance must be published <br /> 29 within 10 days. The Mayor pointed out that even if everything went <br /> 30 along like clockwork with the Council directing staff to prepare the <br /> 31 ordinance that evening for its first reading November 8th, the third <br /> 32 reading and adoption would only be possible at the Council's December <br /> 33 13th meeting, after which the ordinance has to be published within 10 <br /> 34 days. Only then could a lease be executed and charitable gambling <br /> 35 instituted in' St. Anthony. <br /> 36 Mayor Sundland said the formation of the coalition had made the <br /> 37 acceptance of charitable gambling a lot easier for him but he thought <br /> 38 it should also be imperative that the process not be shortened because <br /> 39 the City ordinance -had been written to allow the Councilmembers enough <br /> 40 time to study the issues involved and to make any changes they deemed <br /> 41 necessary before the ordinance became law. The 60 days would also <br /> 42 give the community ample time to understand just . what the Council <br /> 43 intended to do. The Mayor then told the coalition representatives that <br /> 44 he couldn't recall any time except during a City emergency, when that <br /> 45 ordinance process had been suspended. <br /> 46 Councilmember- Makowske noted that the coalition had only proposed <br /> 47 conducting charitable gambling from 4:00 P.M. to closing on Thursday, <br />