Title
Resolution Recognizing Washtenaw Alano Club as a Civic Nonprofit Organization Operating in Ann Arbor for the Purpose of Obtaining a Charitable Gaming License
Memorandum
To obtain a charitable gaming license under Michigan law, a nonprofit organization is required to submit a resolution from its local governing body recognizing it as a community-based organization.
The Washtenaw Alano Club is a local non-profit organization with a mission to provide a facility and an environment conducive to spiritual growth for recovery from addictive behavior. Washtenaw Alano Club achieves its mission by owning and operating a support center that is home to the largest and most diverse offering of 12-step recovery meetings in Washtenaw County. With more than 55 recovery meetings a week, 1,500 - 1,700 visitors each week and 10 distinct 12-step programs, the Washtenaw Alano Club strives to build an accessible and vibrant recovery support community.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Washtenaw Alano Club to host a Poker Palace night at Belmark Lanes in order to fundraise money to further its mission. This resolution is required in order to obtain final approval from the Charitable Gaming Division of the Bureau of State Lottery for the event.
Staff
Prepared by: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Sponsored by: Councilmember Easthope
Body
Whereas, P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, requires that local civic nonprofit organizations be recognized by resolution adopted by the local governmental subdivision in which the organization conducts its principal activities and that a copy of said resolution be filed with any application for a license to conduct a bingo, raffle or charity game(s);
Whereas, The Washtenaw Alano Club has requested that it be recognized as a nonprofit organization operating in the community for the purpose of obtaining a charitable gaming license;
Whereas, The Washtenaw Alano Club is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of...
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