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Elk River City Council Minutes December 3, 1990 Page 4 e Chrysler/Dodge dealerships at one location. He indicated that their original request was for an additional sign to advertise the Chrysler/ Dodge dealership; however, after further consideration, Elk River Ford had determined that it would be best to advertise by hillboard at a separate lot. Therefore, they are withdrawing their request. It was the consensus of the City Council to consider Item 5.3 as withdrawn. 5.4 Conditional Use Permit ReQuest for Auto Body ShOD/Elk River Chrysler/P.H./Withdrawn This request was withdrawn by the applicant. The City Council recessed at 7:30 p.m. and reconvened at 7:45 p.m. 7.1 ReQuest for Premise Permit for Charitable Gamblin~ at Broadwav Bar & Pizza from Minnesota TheraDeutic CamD e Sandy Thackeray, City Clerk, indicated that Larry Hennig, representing the Minnesota Therapeutic Camp, was present to request a Chari table Gambling Premise Permit to operate charitable gambling at Broadway Bar and Pizza. Ms. Thackeray indicated that Elk River Youth Hockey had been granted a permi t to operate chari table gambling at Broadway Bar & Pizza in October of 1990, but has recently voted to withdraw their gambling license. Mr. Hennig informed the City Council that he was contacted by Richard Kurth, owner of Broadway Bar & Pizza, with a request to have Minnesota Therapeutic Camp operate pull tabs at his establishment. The City Clerk informed the Council that Mr. Hennig was before the Council in Dec~mber of 1988 with the same request and further that the Zimmerman Fire Department had been before the Council in October of 1987 with a request to operate pull tabs at Elk River Bowl. She indicated that the Council denied both requests due mainly to the past practice of allowing only local organizations to conduct charitable gambling in Elk River. The City Clerk indicated that State law does not look favorably on policies set by local government to restrict the operation of gambling regulations to local residents. The City Clerk indicated that an option that the Council may wish to consider would be the developing of a trade area which would allow the Council to require gambling organizations to spend all or a portion of expenditures within the City's trade area. e Larry Hennig explained to the Council that his organization pays for the mentally handicapped to attend the Minnesota Therapeutic Camp. He stated that the City of Elk River, Sherburne County and the mentally handicapped people benefit from the gambling proceeds. He stated that the organization would employ people locally to run the chari table gambling and further that some of the mentally handicapped residents from Sherburne County and Elk River would benefit from the proceeds.