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<br />rei ---'\) <br />( ~ <br />tli< <br /> <br /> <br />'If"/; Item # > 3 . 6 . ** <br />**Item I 3.7.** <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Sandy Peine, City Clerk <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 20, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Premises Permit Renewal Request by VFW <br /> <br />The Elk River-Rogers VFW have requested to renew two premises permits to <br />conduct charitable gambling at the Sunshine Depot and the Eagles Club. <br />The permits will run for two years from 12/01/99 - 11/30/01. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The City's Ordinance requires that 75% of the lawful purpose expenditures <br />must be spent within the City's trade area. The trade area for Elk River <br />consists of the following cities: Elk River, Ramsey, Otsego, Rogers and <br />Zimmerman. The attached chart shows that the amount of expenditures <br />spent in the trade area in 1998 and the first half of 1999 were over 75%. <br /> <br />The City's Ordinance restricts the number of premises permits per lawful <br />gambling organization to one. The VFW is grandfathered for a ten year <br />period from September of 1997 to sell pull tabs at two locations. <br /> <br />The City is recommending approval of the two premises permits based on the <br />conditions of the City's ordinance being met by the VFW organization. <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> <br />. Council motion adopting the attached Resolution approving a premises <br />permit for the VFW to conduct lawful charitable gambling at the <br />Sunshine Depot. <br /> <br />· Council motion adopting the attached Resolution approving a premises <br />permit for the VFW to conduct lawful charitable gambling at the <br />Eagles Club. <br /> <br />. S:\COUNCIL\vfwpremp.doc <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />