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Councilms~ber Cox stated that he did initiate the special Council meeting. Councilmember Cox stated that a Community Festival is being planned in order to raise funds to match the Lutheran Brotherhood park donation of $13,000; a condition of the Lutheran Brotherhood donation is that Ramsey match the donation with a fund raising effort. A con~ittee has been formed and working on the C~m~unity festival for about 5 weeks. Counciln~mber Cox stated that at the June 11 Council meeting he informed Council that the Lions' were handling the raffle and were requesting a loan of $1200+ frc~ the City with which to purchase a boat and trailer for the raffle. Councilmember Cox stated that there was some discussion as to whether the City could be involved in the raffle but it was determined at that meeting to issue a check to Twin City Marine. Oouncilm~mber Cox stated that when he requested that check from City Staff there was some question as to which account the loan would come out of and the check was not issued. Councilmember Cox stated that the Lions were under a time frame for the gambling license application; their application had to be su~itted to the State by June 20 and in order for the license to be effective by the date of the community festival, it was necessary for the City to waive the 30 day time period the State has allowed for city's to react to gambling applications. Councilm~mber Cox stated that he doesn't like to conduct any more meetings or incur any more cost than is necessary but in this case 3 accountable councilpersons met to do what had to be done and passed a motion to waive that 30 day waiting period with respect to the license application. Councilm~mber Cox stated that he is happy that the job got done and the project is moving on. Susan Beale inquired if the gambling license is for a one day event or will it be an on-going license. Councilmsmber Cox stated that he did not see the application. Susan Beale inquired if the gambling license includes 'pull tabs'. City Attorney Goodrich stated that the State issues gambling licenses; Council only waived the 30 day reaction time; whatever the State charitable gambling license includes is what the Lions got. Mr. Berg referred to Ms. Beale's earlier cogent regarding Counciln~mber Reimann stating that the issue not being on a regular Council agenda was Staff ' s error. Ms. Beale reiterated that Councilm~mber Reimann told her that the issue was not on a regular agenda due to Staff error. Mr. Berg stated that he was not aware of any gambling license application until he received a call from Councilm~mber COx requesting that a special Council meeting be called. Mr. Berg stated that through normal channels, that gambling license application would have been on a Council agenda for denial or taking it's normal course; taking it's normal course, the license would not have been effective in time for the community festival and Councilm~nber Cox requested a special meeting to waive the 30 days and expedite the license procedure. Councilm~mber COx stated that any mix up as far as City Staff is concerned came about when the check for the boat and trailer was not issued; the Lions June 25, 1985 Page 6 of 23