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RAt"1SEY LIONS CLUB TO CITY OF RAt1SEY, COMI-1EhITS Ol-..J PROPOSED CHARITABLE GAMBLING ORDINANCE (Continued). 130.122. Notice; approval or disapproval. The Minnesota Charitable Gambline Board ~.h....ll notify the Cit>' Council in t"Jriting... COMMENT: Nor'mal practice is that the t1inne~.ota Charitable Gambling Corltr'ol Board will notify the 1 icensee of a pending renewal due of their 1 icense. It i~. the requir'ement of the 1 icense appl icant to then notify the City of Ramsey of this 1 icense appl ication or renewal and to obtain their approval. The 1 i cen~.e appp 1 i can t mu<;;.t de 1 i uer a COPy of the 1 i ce-nse app 1 i ca t i c.n to the City of Ramse-y and obtain their signature indicating receipt. S~e Minnesota statute 7860.0040, subpart 4, Local Approval. 131.123.a. and b. Location... (a.) In the licen~.ed c.rgarliza.tion/<;;. ha.11 where it has its regular me-e-tings. No organization whall rent, lease, or occuPy, directly or indirectly, any other property for the purpose of conducting gambl ing, except an on-sale establ ishment as permitted in this chaptel". (b) In 1 icensed cln-~.ale 1 iquc.r, !,I,line, and beer establ i<;;.hment-:.. COMMENT: This would 1 imit sale to on-sale 1 iquol" establ ishments only. Other establ i~.hmenbt~., i.e., off-S~.le 1 iquor' ~.tc'l"e-:., publ ic/pl"ivate hall~., grocery stores, etc. would be barl"ed fl"om entertaining licensed charitable gambl ing on their premises. We are not aware of any state statute 1 imi ting the 1 oca.tiC1rl for licensed cha.r.j table gambl jng. 131.124. CClnd it j orl<;;. (c) No mOl"e than one hundred four (104) bingo occasions each year and two (2) bingo occasions each week... COMMENT: Should include the waiver, >>unless written approval is obtained from the Mjnne~ota Charitable Gambl ing Control Board per Minnesota statute 7860.0230, subpart 11. You should also consider that this rule has a proposed chanae currently in the leoislature that will chanoe the- 1 imit of two (2) bingo-sessions per we-eK to ~ix (6) bingo occasions ~erweek per 1 icensed oroanization. The total annual binco occasions would also chance acc6~djnglY: This change would al~6 e-l iminaie the need fer a waiver by - the bc.ard. ( d ) l'.,j C. c. r a Ct. n i z a t ion ~. h a. I 1 h 0 1 d m c. r. e t h ant h r. e- e (3 ) g am b 1 i n 9 locations in the- City of Ramsey. i cen~.e~. for CDt1t"1EI'-..lT: Th i 'E. par' tic u I a.r' ~.u bp ar Ct.gr' ap h WOIJ 1 d 1 i mitt h e F:a.m'E.e)' Lion s. to Nil)' thr'ee 1 I cen-:.ed Sl tes in the Ci ty elf F.:~.ms.ey. It-I i ~ cClu1 d i Imi t the F:E-.msey Lions and we fail to see what good it will do for the Ci ty of Ramsey. We bel ieve that the Ramsey Lions can do more- good for the- many charitable ne-eds of the City of Ramsey and its citlze-ns by maximizing the- locations for charitable gambling 1 ice-nsed to the Ramsey Lions Club. 32