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~ Arden Hills Council 6 June 28, 1993 Mayor Sather asked if the City could change City gamblinq regulations in order to grant a bingo hall license to Cavanaugh. Filla stated that the City has the power to allow more than one site for Class A gambling if the Council so chooses and takes appropriate action to revise the City's gambling regulations, however, current City regulations allow only one site (presently the Pot-O-Gold site),- Council discussed possible scenarios if a second bingo hall site were allowed for a specific period of time with a specific "sunset" date. Council acknowledged that, from a business standpoint, if two bingo halls were allowed for a limited period of time, competition between the sites would occur and the marketplace would determine which hall were more successful; however, many elements (such as lease terms, time scheduling, etc.) would affect the interim period and it may be complicated, difficult or impossible to return to only one bingo hall at the sunset date. Dennis Cavanaugh said the idea of a bingo hall at the vacant ~ former supermarket space at Arden Plaza was conceived several months ago when a charitable gambling organization (currently licensed and operating at the Pot-O-Gold bingo hall) approached C G Rein expressing interest in the Arden Plaza space because they were dissatisfied with the food service, lighting, signage, accessibility, etco of the Pot- O-Gold site. He added that he believes that three of the organizations presently operating at the Pot-O-Gold site would transfer to the Arden Plaza site when their leases with Pot-O-Gold expire this year. Councilmember Probst expressed his opposition to the proliferation of bingo halls in the City, but said he would support moving those activities to a new location if a sound process to do so could be devised. Councilmember Malone commented that he favors only one bingo hall in the City, but would support two sites for a specific time period in order to foster competition and allow the marketplace to dictate which site should continueo Councilmember Aplikowski asked how other tenants in the Arden Plaza center would be affected by the proposed bingo hall at that location. Cavanaugh stated that many attempts have been made to no avail to attract a supermarket anchor ~ tenant to the Arden Plaza center, and although the existing tenants in the center realize that a bingo hall is less preferred than a supermarket, it would be acceptable.