CONSENT - Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk
Title
APPROVE PREMISES PERMIT FOR CHARITABLE GAMBLING FOR CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BOOSTERS AT GREEN MILL, 4355 PHEASANT RIDGE DRIVE NE, BLAINE
Background
Candace Clark, Gambling Manager for Centennial High School Football Boosters, 4707 North Road, Blaine has submitted an application for a new premises permit to allow charitable gambling at Green Mill, 4355 Pheasant Ridge Drive NE, Blaine. This is the Centennial High School Football Boosters only location at this time in the City of Blaine.
The Gambling Control Board may not issue a new premises permit for charitable gambling within a city unless a sponsoring organization obtains approval through a resolution from the City Council. A charitable gambling applicant has sixty (60) days from the date of their application to present such a resolution to the Gambling Control Board or otherwise forfeit their gambling activities.
The $250 investigation fee has been deposited with the City and the criteria set forth in Ordinance No. 88-1108 (regulating lawful gambling) has been met. An investigation has been conducted by the Blaine Police Department on the gambling activity of Centennial High School Football Boosters and found nothing that would disqualify them from being approved.
Recommendation
Adopt resolution for a new premises permit to allow charitable gambling conducted by the Centennial High School Football Boosters at Green Mill, 4355 Pheasant Ridge Drive NE.
Body
WHEREAS, the Centennial High School Football Boosters, 4707 North Road, Blaine has submitted an application for a new premises permit to allow charitable gambling to be conducted at the Green Mill located at 4355 Pheasant Ridge Drive NE, Blaine; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 349.213, Subd. 2, states that the Gambling Control Board may not issue a new premises permit for charitable gambling within a city unless the City Council approves the premises permit within sixty (60) days from the date of their application for the new premises permit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Blaine as follows:
The application for the premises permit for the purpose of conducting charitable gambling is hereby approved.
A certified copy of this resolution shall be provided to the applicant as soon as possible for submittal to the Gambling Control Board.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this 2nd day of February, 2017.