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CITY OF APPLE VALLEY
' URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
June l, 1987
Minutes of the Urban Affairs Committee meeting of the City of Apple Valley,
Dakota County, Minnesota, held June lst, 1987, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. at City
Hall.
PRESENT: John McKay, Sharon Schwartz, Pamela Sohlberg; Councilmember Bill
Holton, City Clerk Mary Mueller, Police Lt. Bruce Erickson and City
Attorney Jim Sheldon.
ABSENT: Shirley Doering, Stanley Fedoruk and Fred Me�ry.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. It was noted that there was not
a quorum present so the meeting would consist of continued discussion. Mr.
Fedoruk has submitted his resignation which will be received by the City
Council on June 18, 1987. This will leave two vacancies on the Committee.
The Committee reviewed some of the gambling ordinance related issues
discussed May llth. Mr. Holton said he agreed with the concept of
establishing minimal controls on gambling and dealing only with the problem
areas. The Council's major concern is to restrict gambling to locally based
organizations in some manner.
The Committee concurred that one of the purposes of the ordinance should be
to keep gambling proceeds in the community. Ordinances from Burnsville,
Crystal and Eagan have been reviewed, Each one attempts to make this
restriction in a different manner. Mr. Sheldon said the Committee should
make a determination on its objectives and then staff can determine what
steps to take to achieve them.
Lt. Erickson said one concern of the Police Department is the potential for
an outside management company to run gambling activities for an organization
and take most of the proceeds for expenses. The profits would not be going
to the purpose originally intended. He does not believe it is a problem for
an organization to use an outside management company, but the operations
should be reviewed.
Ms. Mueller said state law specifies the percent of proceeds than can be used
for expenses and the State Gambling Board has established what are allowable
expenses. She will get a copy of the Board's rules for the next meeting.
Organizations licensed by the State are required to submit monthly reports to
the Board and Ms. Mueller said one condition of the ordinance could be to
require that copies also be filed with the City.
The Committee generally concurred that the ordinance should:
1. Apply to pull tabs licenses only.
2. Restrict licenses in the City to local organizations.
3. Allow licenses only in on-sale liquor and non-intoxicating malt liquor
establishments.
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4. Prohibit employees of an establishment from selling gambling chances
while at the same time performing other duties.
5. Allow those activities exempt fram State licensing to continue without
additional City restrictions or a permit.
The next meeting will be Monday, June 22nd, 1987, at City Hall.
The meeting was ad�ourned at 9:00 p.m.