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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 09, 2004 6 . Ms. Wolfe stated it would be possible to approve the motion regarding the permits tonight and hold the motion for amending the trade area. She noted the two items did not need to be tied together. Councilmember Holden stated her only objection to this was approving the applications, which cost money, and then changing the trade area spending requirements, which could effectively say some organizations would not be able to do business in the City. Councilmember Larson asked what the issue was regarding the Light Brigade requesting the City to deny MinnesotalUSA Wrestling's application. Mayor Aplikowski replied the City did not have the power to deny the MinnesotalUSA Wrestling application as long as they followed the process. Mr. Belgea stated he also represented St. Kate's, which was in Arden Hills and noted this would also affect them, Gerry McCouley, 621 Foundation, stated the 621 Foundation was an organization that gave their funds to the teachers and students in a classroom. He noted they gave approximately $90,000 to Mounds View classroom projects. He stated all of their proceeds went to the Mounds View School District. . Dan Chandler, Minnesota/USA Wrestling, stated they were a statewide group and had a club at Mounds View High School. He noted they had an office in South Minneapolis. He stated they contributed to some sites in St. Paul, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc. He stated they have also given money to the cities and the cities gave the funds out. He stated at the current time they had four gambling operations, but they would be losing one shortly and they hoped to pick up the Arden Hills operation at The Blue Fox. Councilmember Larson asked if they were comfortable with the 90% trade area spending requirement. Mr, Chandler replied their mission was to help kids succeed in wrestling as well as life and the north area was a strong area for wrestling and they had no issues with the 90% requirement. Don Hewitt, Light Brigade, stated their organization contributed a lot to the City of Arden Hills, including capital improvements and improvements to the City parks. He stated they were in the process of losing The Blue Fox lease. He recommended proceeding with the Ordinance change to keep the money within Arden Hills. He noted he did not believe the MinnesotalUSA Wrestling association would keep the money in the City, He stated he believed the Ordinance change was an excellent proposal. Councilmember Holden asked for further information regarding The Blue Fox lease. Mr, Hewitt rcplied their lease at The Blue Fox expired at the end of March and it would then be leased by the MinnesotalUSA Wrestling organization. .