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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 2004 9 B. Ordinance 348: Amendin!! the Trade Area Spendin!! Requirement for Charitable Gambliu!! Mr. Parrish stated based on past review of trade area expenditures, it appears that most of the organizations spent at least 90% of their net proceeds within the trade area. In past discussions with Minnesota Wrestling, they have indicated they were willing to comply with whatever the local requirement is. Since St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church is located in St. Paul and most of their proceeds go to fund Church operations, they are not in favor of the proposed change. St. Katherine's Ukrainian uses the charitable gambling proceeds in a similar manner, but is located in Arden Hills trade area. Mayor Aplikowski asked if all six charitable gambling organizations had been notified about this proposed change. Mr. Parrish replied all of the Charitable Gamhling Organizations had been notified. Councilmember Holden stated one of the Council's concerns was if they increased the percentage for the trade area, what effect would that have on the organizations that presently received the money. She asked who was receiving the money and how much they were receiving from the different organizations. Mr. Parrish replied the Charitable Gambling Organizations determined who they gave funds to. However, there would he an impact to the organizations that St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox church supported. He noted a lot of organizations changed their focus from year to year. He stated the primary impact if St. Mary's were no longer able to operate would he to the Northwest Youth and Family Services. Councilmember Grant asked how much St. Mary's give to the Northwest Youth and Family Services on an annual basis. Mr. Parrish stated he believed there was a $12,000 minimum paid to that organization. Frank Belgea, St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox, stated approximately $75,000 went to the trade area annually. Councilmember Holden asked what the net gain was by changing the trade area amount. Mr. Parrish replied by changing this, it would capture 40 percent additional across the board. He noted St. Mary's did contribute more broadly than most of the other Charitable Gambling Organizations. He noted this changed year-to-year depending upon what the organizations funded year to year. Ms. Wolfe noted the City now had another Charitable Gambling Organization that was not located within the City and this was to ensure that more of tile funds stayed within the trade area. Frank Belgea, stated they had been doing business in the City for 14 years and had shared 50 percent of their profits with organizations within the City. He stated they tried to spread the profits out among many organizations in the City. He summarized for Council the requirements from other surrounding Cities regarding their trade area-spending requirements. He believed a