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e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: April 12, 2000 TO: Joe Lynch, City Administrator Terrance Post, City Accountant (ff;i) City of Arden Hills Code Discussion Regardiug Charitable Gambling Trade Area Restriction FROM: SUBJECT: Backl!round At the April I 0, 2000 regular Council meeting, a premises permit application for St. Katherine Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Resolution #00-17) was tabled until the April 24, 2000 regular Council meeting. Staff was directed to include an agenda policy discussion item for the April 17 , 2000 Council work session regarding the charitable gambling trade area restriction portion of the City Code. e Situation The charitable gambling premises permit application by St. Katherine Orthodox Church represents a unique situation in that it represents the first premises permit application received from an organization with a "bricks and mortar" presence within the trade area. As a 501 (c) (3) organization, the church, under the current ordinance language, has the opportunity to expend up to ninety (90) percent of the net charitable gambling profits to itself to support church activities. Issue Is it the intent of the Arden Hills City Council to allow licensed charitable gambling organizations to satisfY the ordinance trade area spending requirement by expending more than fifty (50) percent of net profits for internal organizational purposes (assuming it is located in the trade area); or must at least fifty (50) percent of the net profits be spent for lawful purposes with other organizations within the trade area? Discussion This is a policy matter for Council discussion and consideration. Council may conclude that existing ordinance language is appropriate or direct staff to create an ordinance revising section 4-43 "Trade area restriction", of the existing City Code. .