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Celebrity Bowl Charities PO Box 819, Mankato MN 56002-0819 May 25,1995 Sandra Thackeray Ells River City Clerk PO Box 490 Ells River, MN 55330 Dear Sandra: ]n response to your letter dated May 10, 1995, I would like to address the following issues regarding changes in your City's charitable gambling ordinance. Currently our internal operating procedures require us to distribute 809„ of the money raised in a community within that community- In the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995 Celebrity Bowl Charities has donated over 530,000 to civic and government organizations in the City of Elk River. (See enclosed list of donations). We would support an amendment that would require an SO% spending requirement. The issue regarding establishing eligibility requirements is much mare complicated and requires more careful analysis. If the idea behind any ordinance change is to make sure that local dollars stay in the community, then I believe the changes listed above would be sufficient. I do not think it would be good public policy, however, to establish eligibility requirements if the intent is simply to keep outside organizations from conducting business in Elk River. If the City Council does consider an eligibility requirement I would propose the following: 1.) Allow Celebrity Bowl Charities to be "grandfathered" in to any ordinance change, or 2.) Allow Celebrity Bowl Charities to designate Elk River Bowl as it's satellite office and require that organizations maintain an office in the community.