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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 27, 2017 Page 28 notices be revised to provide the full scope of potential impacts by providing that more detailed information representing those impacts to taxpayers. City Manager Trudgeon noted that state statute language provided specifics, but offered to discuss timing further with Ramsey County staff. Mayor Roe stated that he would support transparency associated with school ref- erendums, such as "this is the additional amount you'd pay subject to the referen- dum passing..." Councilmember Laliberte agreed that would be more information than taxpayers were currently receiving. Mayor Roe also suggested advocating that Ramsey County tax statements include more transparency for Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) and/or EDA levies, since they're currently lumped together with"other taxing districts." Councilmember Willmus concurred with that advocacy. City Manager Trudgeon reported that he had heard county staff conversations looking to improve the statements, but also noted the cumbersome nature of that process. However, Mr. Trudgeon offered to research it further, including any leg- islative mandates related to the statement formatting. e. Consider Modifications to Roseville City Code, Chapter 304.04, Requiring 100% of Lawful Gambling Proceeds to be Expended within Roseville's Trade Area Finance Director Chris Miller summarized previous actions modifying Chapter 304 related to lawful gambling proceeds, and their 100% expenditure required in the City of Roseville's trade area, as detailed in the RCA of today's date. Mr. Miller referenced the request of Mike Byrne, Gambling Manager from the Ameri- can Legion seeking less strict requirements, allowing his and other applicable or- ganizations to expend proceeds towards Fort Snelling, Camp Ripley or hurricane efforts out-of-state, as examples. Councilmember Willmus stated his preference to retain current language at 100% Councilmember McGehee stated that Mr. Byrne made a point for organizations having a more national reach; opining that she wasn't convinced that 100% is ap- propriate. Councilmember McGehee stated that she would be happy to additional research with other cities for any deviations; speaking in support of between 10% to 20% expenditures outside this trade district in accordance with the national goals of those organizations.