Title
Resolution Recognizing Spirit’s Legacy Fund 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.
Spirit’s Legacy Fund is a 501(c)3 civic nonprofit organization that was created to ensure that an animal does not suffer from a curable medical condition due to a family’s limited financial resources. By providing financial assistance, Spirit’s Legacy Fund is able to comfort both the humans and animals and honor the spirit of that relationship.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Spirit’s Legacy Fund to hold a raffle at a booth on Liberty Street during the 2016 Ann Arbor Art Fair, as well as at the Compassionate Care Animal Hospital, located at 2200 S. Main Street, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Passage of this resolution is required in order to obtain final approval from the Charitable Gaming Division of the Bureau of State Lottery for this event and any future events.
Staff
Prepared by: Anissa R. Bowden, Council Administrative Coordinator
Reviewed by: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
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, Spirit’s Legacy Fund has requested that it be recognized as a nonprofit organization operating in the community for the purpose of obtaining a charitable gaming license; and
Whereas, Spirit’s Legacy Fund is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for ensuring that animals do not suffer from curable medical conditions due to a family’s limited financial resources and for providing financial assistance for sick and injured pets;
RESOLVED, That City Council hereby approve recognition of the Spirit’s Legacy Fund as a local civic nonprofit organization operating in the Ann Arbor community for the purposes of its charitable gaming license application as required by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended; and
RESOLVED, That the City Clerk be directed to provide a certified copy of this Resolution to Spirit’s Legacy Fund and to take all necessary administrative actions to provide notice of this Resolution to the Charitable Gaming Division, Michigan Department of Treasury.
Sponsored by: Councilmember Krapohl