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MOINDStBil <br />Associate Members <br />CO NTY <br />3 <br />11111111111111‘131411101412n. <br />ARK <br />Champlin <br />Minnespalle <br />Ctty®1LA. <br />(A ;I 4 <br />North Metro Mayors Association <br />Resolution Supporting Running Aces Harness Park and Its Request to Permit <br />Electronic Gaming Machines at its State Licensed and Regulated Gaming Facility <br />The North Metro Mayors Association is comprised of 17 cities, two counties as Associate members, and <br />numerous business Community Partners. <br />Whereas, Running Aces Harness Park is a multi -use entertainment destination that provides visitors with <br />live horse racing; card room gaming, including poker and blackjack; live music and comedy <br />entertainment; and meeting and dining options; and <br />Whereas, Running Aces Harness park has been a good corporate citizen of the City of Columbus, the <br />County of Anoka and the entire north metropolitan area, the State of Minnesota and has provided as <br />the result of its operation more than $3.4 million annually in property, sales and other taxes to the State <br />general fund and local units of government; and <br />Whereas, Running Aces Harness Park has been an asset to the state and regional economies by <br />employing some 550 employees, both full and part-time, with an annual payroll of $17 million dollars; <br />and <br />Whereas, Running Aces Harness Park and Canterbury are the only two state -licensed and regulated <br />gaming facilities in the State of Minnesota; and <br />Whereas, permitting Running Aces Harness Park and Canterbury Park to operate video and slot machine <br />gaming options to their customers would simply mirror that allowed currently at the state's 18 tribal <br />