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Home My WebLink About7A - 1994 AMM Legislative Committee Policiesj AGENDA NUMBER: PREPARED BY: SUBJECT: DATE: INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND: DISCUSSION: RECOMMENDATION: AOEN.WRT 7A KAY KUHLMANN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER REVIEW ASSOCIATION OF MElROPOLITAN MUNICIPAlITIES (A.M.M.) LEGISLATIVE POUCIES FOR 1994 OcroBER 18, 1993 On October 4 the City Council was scheduled to discuss the AMM policies. Unfortunately, the entire General Legislative Policies were not included in the packet and the Council decided to postpone the discussion until October 18. This agenda item is again on the Council Agenda for discussion of the policies by the City Council. You will note that instead of including only the General Legislative Policies for 1994, staff has included the entire packet from AMM for the proposed legislation for 1994 which Councilmembers received together with the October 8, City Manager's Update Memo. This incorporates all of the legislative policies proposed by all five AMM subcommittees. The five AMM subcommittees that confer regarding proposed legislation put together one conclusive packet to be distributed to all AMM members for discussion. Staff would like to request Council input on these policies in order to assist us with voting on the policies at a later date. The previous Agenda Write-Up highlighted each of the policies under General Legislation. This agenda item will not do that because of the length of the attached document. We will be prepared at the October 18 meeting, to review with the Council policies which may merit additional consideration. Prior Lake City staff recommends that the Council discuss the policies and give specific comments back to the staff regarding any policies that they disagree with. We will convey major concerns about the proposed policies at the November 4 Annual AMM Legislative Policy Adoption Meeting. 4629 Dakota 51. 5.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 4474230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPlDYER We also discussed the preparation an annual "menu for club contributions". Organizations would select a project or projects from the menu and their funds would be ear marked to accomplish those projects. The biggest problem is whether the city's list of projects includes those activities which the organizations would like to dedicate their funds. AL TERNA TIVES: I suggested that the menu would normally reflect the Capital Improvement Program for that year. It would also be possible for organizations to make suggestions for additions to the list. The Council would be the final determiner of which projects would be included in the menu. Since the Optimists prepare their next year's budget in October, the VFW in July, and the Lions in June, we agreed that the menu should be prepared by May of each year. The organizations indicated that if these issues were addressed, they would not oppose the amendments. I advised them that I would place this item on the October 18, City Council Agenda for final action if at all possible. The Council has the following alternatives: 1. Adopt the revisions as proposed. 2. Adopt amendments other than those recommended. 3. Take no action. RECOMMENDATION: Adopt amendments to Title 3, Chapter 8 as set forth in this memorandum, and the attached Ordinance 93-10. AGENDG - 3 - CITY OF PRIOR LAKE ORDINANCE NO. 93-10 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PRIOR LAKE CITY CODE TITLE 3, CHAPTER 8. The City Council of the City of Prior Lake does hereby ordain: I. The second paragraph of Section 3-8-3 of Prior Lake City Code 1s hereby amended to read as follows: Licenses shall be approved by the City only if the applicant is a fraternal, religious, veterans or other nonprofit organization which has been in existence for at least three (3) years, has at least fifteen (15) active members and has its principal location or office within the City. For purposes of this section, an organization shall be deemed to have its principal location or office within the City if it owns or leases a bUilding or place of business, or a portion of a building or place of business, within the City which is used by the organization as a meeting place for all general membership and other business meetings and is otherwise generally available for use by the organization and its membership. An organization shall also be deemed to have ita principal location or office within the City if it has conducted at least seventy-five percent (15\) of its general membership rn~et1nga and other business meetings at a location or locations within the City, as documented by the organization's official records or minutes, for at least one year prior to filing an application for a license; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent an organ1.zation from conducting more than twenty-five percent (25\) of its meetings per year at a location or locations outside the City limits if they can demonstrate a hardship which precluded them from using their principal location or office. II. The second paragraph of Section 3-8-4 is hereby amended to read as follows: City gambling permits shall be issued only to fraternal, religious, veterans or other nonprofit organizations which hove been in existence for at least three (3) years, have at least fifteen (15) active members and have their principal location or office within the City. For purposes of this section, an organization shall be deemed to have its principal location or office within the City if it owns or leases a building or place of business, or a portion of a building or place of business, within the City which is used by the organization as a meeting place for general membership meetings and other business meetinga and is generally available for use by the organization and its membership. An organization shall also be deemed to have its princ1pal location or ott1ce within the City it it has conducted at least seventy-five percent (75\) of its general membership meetings and other businesl meetings at a location or locations within the City, as documented by the organization'. official records or minutes, for at least one year prior to filing an application for a license; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent an organization from conducting more than t~enty-five percent (25\) of its meetings per year at a location or locations outside the City limits if they can demonstrate a hardship which precluded them from using their principal location or office. III. Section 3-8-5 is hereby amended to add two new paragraphs which shall read as follows: An organization conducting lawful gambling within the City must contribute ten percent of its net profits derived from lawful gambling to a fund administered and regulated by the City for disbursement by the City for lawful purposes. At the time an organization contributes monies to such fund, the organization may request that the City expend the monies being contributed by the organization on lawful purposes specified by the organization, and the City shall consider such request, in its discretion, prior to disbursing the monies contributed by the organization. Upon application for renewal of a city gambling permit or state license, an organization conducting lawful gambling within the City must provide written documentation of its compliance with this Chapter to the City. Failure to do so may result in nonrenewal of a city gambling permit or disapproval by the City Council of the renewal of a state license. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication. Passed by the City Council of the City of Prior Lake this ____ day of , 1993. ATTEST: City Manager Mayor Published in the Prior Lake American on the ____ day of 1993. Drafted By: Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A. 1800 IDS Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402