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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 this <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 45% of what is <br /> 8 taken in is distributed to charity. <br /> 9 The Councilmember 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 />