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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-05-19 PACKET 04.B.REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ITEM # DATE 5/19/2010 PREPARED BY City Clerk Caron Stransky ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT HEAD COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST Consider authorizing issuance of a single- occasion gambling permit to The Phoenix Residence to conduct a raffle at River Oaks Golf Course on June 14, 2010. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Authorize issuance of the single- occasion gambling permit. During the required background investigation, no facts were found that would constitute a basis for denial of the application. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ® MEMO /LETTER: Memo from Craig Woolery dated 5/4/2010. ❑ RESOLUTION: ❑ ORDINANCE: ❑ ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATION: ❑ LEGAL RECOMMENDATION: ❑ OTHER: ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS City Administrator /0 Date COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: APPROVED ❑ DENIED ❑ OTHER Document2 City of Coftage Grove KAM PUBLIC SAFETYIPOLICE DIVISION • • To: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder From: Director of Public Safety Craig A. Woolery Date: May 4, 2010 Subject: TEMPORARY GAMBLING LICENSE APPLICATION — SINGLE OCCASION INTRODUCTION All charitable organizations which are exempt from the requirements of the Minnesota Charitable Gambling Control Board and who desire to conduct lawful gambling within the City of Cottage Grove, must obtain a gambling permit. The issuance of lawful gambling permits is subject to local approval by the City Council. BACKGROUND Pursuant to City Ordinance, Jean Sands Schmidt, on behalf of The Phoenix Residence, Inc., 330 Marie Ave. E., West St. Paul, Minnesota 55118, 651 - 227 -7655, has submitted an application for a Temporary Single Occasion gambling permit, for the conduct of a raffle, to be held at the River Oaks Golf Course, located at 11099 South Highway 61, Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016, on June 14 2010. The Department of Public Safety is required to conduct a police investigation of the applicants. DISCUSSION The application, as submitted, is complete, in compliance with our ordinance and is exempt from the licensing requirements of the Minnesota Charitable Gambling Control Board. We have investigated the applicants and have not found any facts which would constitute a basis for denial of this application, under the provisions of the City's Gambling Ordinance. RECOMMENDATION Recommend that the City Council approve the single occasion Gambling Permit application for The Phoenix Residence, Inc. Craig A. Woolery Director of Public afety