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/- <br />~lk Ri <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TfiPm 5.7 <br />v TO: Mayor and City Council <br />• ~~ FROM: Sandra Thackeray, City Clerk <br />DATE: May 8, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Consider Amendment to Charitable <br />Gambling Ordinance <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The City presently requires all charitable gambling organizations in the city <br />of Elk River to spend seventy-five percent (75%) of its expenditures in the <br />city's trade area. The Elk River's trade area consists of the cities of Elk <br />River, Otsego, Ramsey, Rogers, and Zimmerman. <br />BACKGROUND <br />At the request of the Mayor, I have researched the possibility of the city <br />• increasing the required 75% expenditure. According to state law, a statutory <br />city may require a licensed organization conducting lawful gambling within <br />its jurisdiction to expend all or a portion of its expenditures on lawful <br />purposes conducted or located within the city's trade area. <br />Listed below are the charitable organizations that have operated in Elk River <br />since 1991 and the amount of expenditures expended in the city's trade. <br /> TRADE AR E A PERCENT A GE CHART <br /> <br /> <br />ORGANIZATION 1991 <br />TRADE AREA <br />PERCENTAGE 1992 <br />TRADE AREA <br />PERCENTAGE 1993 <br />TRADE AREA <br />PERCENTAGE 1994 <br />TRADE AREA <br />PERCENTAGE <br /> Jaycees 94% 89% 100% --- <br /> Am. Legion $g% 89% 84% 94% <br /> ~'W 93% 99% 94% 96% <br /> Eagles 85% 90% 87% 90% <br /> Camp Confident 81% 71% 75% 0% <br /> Celebrity Bowl 100% 100% <br /> E.R. Hockey <br />• Elk River Lions 100% <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />