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1 during April and May, 1988, related to the replacement of the Foss <br /> • 2 Road Sanitary Sewer lift station. <br /> 3 motion carried unanimously. <br /> 4 REQU�3.STED PUBLIC APPEARANCE - REN GIRAW AND WES HENRY, ST. ANTHONY <br /> 5 LIONS <br /> 6 Pull Tab Issue Revisited <br /> 7 The Lions Club representatives indicated they were present to request <br /> 8 the Council reconsider their previous decision not to change the <br /> 9 City's Charitable Gambling Ordinance to allow the sale of pull tabs <br /> 10 in St. Anthony. Their argument was that the Council's reluctance to <br /> 11 make a selection from the many service organizations who had <br /> 12 indicated an interest in obtaining such a license might be alleviated <br /> 13 somewhat by the possibility that a group of these were considering <br /> 14 forming a coalition which would be willing to share equally in the <br /> 15 profits from such an enterprise. <br /> 16 Girard indicated his organization would be meeting with the St. <br /> 17 Anthony Chamber of Commerce President sometime within the next few <br /> 18 weeks to discuss the possibility of creating a coalition of <br /> 19 organizations interested in having pull tab operations in St. <br /> 20 Anthony. He mentioned the Sports Boosters Club as another possible <br /> 21 member. <br /> • 22 The Lions Club President went on to say: <br /> 23 *the Lions Club had been in St. Anthony since 1966 and ever <br /> 24 since then had contributed as much as they could from available <br /> 25 revenues towards City causes, including those supported by some of <br /> 26 the organizations which might be joining the coalition; <br /> 27 *he personally believed it would be better for the City and <br /> 28 those organizations if each club had its own license but he was <br /> 29 willing to discuss the possibility of only the coalition applying <br /> 30 for a license if, as Mayor Sundland had previously indicated, that <br /> 31 might make pull tabs "more palatable" to the rest of the Council; <br /> 32 *the Lions were willing to promise to donate 50% of their net <br /> 33 proceeds from pull tab sales back to the area, which would be five <br /> 34 times more than the State Charitable Gambling Law required; <br /> 35 *it is estimated that 99% of the pull tab sales in the <br /> 36 Stonehouse Bar would be made to non-residents but a good portion of <br /> 37 the proceeds would remain in the City to support St. Anthony <br /> 38 charities; <br /> 39 *he saw five likely locations for pull tab licenses - the <br /> 40 City's two bars, two bowling alleys, and the Alternative Non- <br /> 41 Alcoholic Bar; <br /> • 4 <br />