HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-137 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2017/09/18RESOLUTION NO. 17-137
RESOLUTION APPROVING ISSUANCE OF A PREMISES PERMIT
FOR LAWFUL GAMBLING TO BE CONDUCTED BY
COMMUNITY CHARITIES OF MINNESOTA AT
FRANK LUNDBERG AMERICAN LEGION POST #282,
6509 WALKER STREET, ST. LOUIS PARK
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 349 and St. Louis Park Ordinance Code Chapter
15 provide for lawful gambling licensing by the State Gambling Control Board; and
WHEREAS, a licensed organization conducting gambling on a premises within the City
of St. Louis Park must expend 90 percent of its lawful purpose expenditures on lawful purposes
conducted or located within the trade area; and
WHEREAS, a licensed organization is required to pay to the city a local annual gambling
tax of $3,000 per premises or 3% of gross receipts less prizes, whichever is less; and
WHEREAS, a licensed organization is required to contribute to a fund administered and
regulated by the city, for distribution by the City for lawful purposes authorized under Minnesota
Statute an amount equal to 10% of the organization's net profits derived from each individual site
within the city; and
WHEREAS, a licensed organization that either expends 100% of their lawful purpose
expenditures within the City of St. Louis Park or conducts the gambling activity on a premises
owned and operated by a nonprofit organization are exempt from making the 10% contribution to
the City; and
WHEREAS, a licensed organization is required to submit local monthly tax payments and
gambling reports to the City Clerk's Office no later than 25 days after the end of the preceding
month; and
WHEREAS, a licensed organization may not conduct lawful gambling at any site unless
it has first obtained from the State Gambling Control Board a premise permit for the site; and
WHEREAS, the Board may not issue a premises permit unless the organization submits a
resolution from the City Council approving the premises permit; therefore,
('BE IT RESOLVED by the City of St. Louis Park City Council that the applicant listed
abov mets the criteria necessary to receive a premises permit, and the application is hereby
City Council September 18, 2017
Attest -
it Kenned ,Cit Clerk