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City <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Item #3.7.* <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Joan Schmidt, City Clerk <br />January 12, 2004 <br /> <br />Consider Premises Permit Renewal for Community Charities <br /> <br />REQUEST <br />Community Charities has requested to renew its premises permit to conduct charitable <br />gambling at the Elk River Bowl. The permit will run for two years from April 1, 2004 until <br />March 31, 2006. <br /> <br />APPLICANT <br />Community Charities - operating at Elk River Bowl. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City's ordinance requires that 75% of the lawful purpose expenditures must be spent <br />within the City's trade area. The trade area for Elk River includes the cities of Elk River, <br />Ramsey, Otsego, Rogers, and Zimmerman. The attached chart shows that the amount of <br />expenditures spent in the trade area during the past two years has been 85%. <br /> <br />The City's ordinance does not allow gambling organizations to operate in the City if the <br />headquarters is not located in the City or in a city contiguous to Elk River. Community <br />Charities is grandfathered. <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />A motion from Council adopting the attached resolution approving a premises permit for <br />Community Charities to conduct lawftfl charitable gambling at Elk River Bowl, 13161 <br />Highway 10. <br /> <br /> <br />