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-5- minutes, there are many problems associated with pull tabs as some of the Council . members and Commissioners can attest to from observing first hand that some people spend i nor,gi natehy l arge,c, amounts of,�mo.ney i;n that%_/type of activity. Mrs. Nelson indicated she would be strongly opposed to having this type of operation in the Village and, especially in her end of town. The resident said she was "sorry to see the March. of Dimes involved in this kind- of enterprise" and would be taking that fact into consideration concerni,ng.,future-idonations. Ms. Salen had previously told the Council of the much needed work Sister Giovanni , the head of Guadalupe Area Project had done in her own community, but stated that as "Sister's representative", she was certain "Sister Giovanni would never want to be associated with any project which was not welcomed, supported, and accepted by the community which has already supported and spread the word about her deserving service". The Guadalupe representative concluded her statement by saying "although the three charities present that evening were all worthwhile causes and all certainly needed money, the Lord will guide and provide and we want to be here only with your blessing and not any other way". Mr. Soth said his understanding of the Minnesota Gambling law was that "the maximum number of bingo occasions the law allows is two per week for one organization and, if there are two or more organizations, the maximum for any one location is four per week" . It would therefore be necessary for the Council to pass a resolution letting the state know that St. Anthony disapproves of any variances for occasions beyond two for any one organization or for more occasions than four for any location, the attorney suggested. • Mr. Schmidt commented that he had. "been to enough Council meetings to know when I 'm beat'. However, he suggested the City might also want to let the state know the City intends to veto any future applications like his own, being careful , of course, to make an exception for the organizations already conducting bingo in the City. The Mayor stated that he perceived the motion intent had been to only address this particular application at this time and' to let the applicants know that they can operate in the City of St. Anthony as long as they do so with only four occasions per week in the location they had designated. The City Attorney advised that, since the law is broken down into two sections, it would also be necessary for the Council to adopt a resolution which would prevent any organization who already had a building from conducting more than two gambling occasions in that building a week. Councilmember Makowske indicated she had proposed amending the last Commission finding because she had seen that what might have been a valid assessment of the public's reaction before that hearing had changed to a great extent after residents had read about the proposed activitv .i.n�.the,--Bul .et n. Motion, as amended, carried unanimously. The motion which was then developed reflected the recommendations of the City Attorney relating to the State licensing of the proposed facility. • Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to adopt the resolution which would inform the Minnesota Charitable Gambling Board that the City of St. Anthony opposes granting any variances to the minimum requirements of the Minnesota Gambling Law, which would allow more than four gambling occasions per location per week or more than two occa- sions per week for any given organization in the City of St. Anthony.