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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - FEBRUARY 14, 2000 4 tenants with a signed lease. He indicated that the State of Minnesota has given him a deadline of February 15,2000 to present the signed premise permit, lease and Resolution to the State, in order for the Association to be re-licensed in a timely maimer. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she understood the ramifications of charitable gambling operations being shut down if action is not taken this evening. She did not understand why the owner of the Big Ten Supper Club signed two leases, She notcd that only one signed lease was included in the agenda packet this evening, and if the intent was for her to make a determination based on the matcrials in front of her, she could not see what the problem was. Mr. Post stated that he had not included a copy of the lease for the 621 Foundation, however, a copy was available, Councilmember Aplikowski noted that the City received a letter from Mr. Welsch which superseded the lease signing. She felt that this was not a problem for the City Council to work out Rather the problem was between the 621 Foundation and the Big Ten Supper Club. If the owner of the Big Ten Supper Club was willing to state in writing that his intcnt was to sign the lease with the North Suburban Youth Association, she could see no reason for the City to delay action, She felt that if the organization was forced into shutting down for any period oftime it would cause problcms, Councilmember Larson asked what initial communications had taken place between the Big Ten Supper Club and the 621 Foundation and if a request had been submitted to the City from the 621 Foundation asking that the Council not take action on this premises permit application, Mr. Post stated that the 621 Foundation approached the City with a premises pernlit application in early January with a signed lease dated December 23, 1999, At a later date, the North Suburban Youth Association approached the City with a similar premises permit application. At that time, the City had two premises permit applications for the same facility, Mr. Post had contacted Mr. Welsch and informed him that the City could only act on one of the applications. I-Ie asked Mr. Welsch to provide a written statement regarding which application should be forwarded to the City Council. Mr. Welsch provided the City with a written statement on February 9, 2000 which was included in the agenda packet Councilmember Larson asked if the City has had any further communication with the 621 Foundation beyond receiving the application, Mr. Post stated that the 621 Foundation had requested information Irom City staff regarding which application would bc on the agenda, Mr. Post informed the 621 Foundation that he was unwilling to forward cither application to the Council until the City reccived direction from the property owncr, Councilmember Rem noted that the City Council approved a gambling premises permit for the 621 Foundation at the last Council meeting, She asked where that gambling operation will be located, Mr. Post stated that the previous application approved by the City Council for the 621 Foundation was a Class A permit to conduct bingo operations at the Pot 0' Gold Bingo Hall. The application before the Council this evening was for a Class B permit for pull tab, tip board, and raffle operations at the Big Ten Supper Club, Councilmember Rem requested confirmation that the 621 Foundation can have more than one premises permit Mr. Post stated that this was correct