Title
Resolution Recognizing the Wild Swan Theater 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.
Wild Swan Theater is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to producing the highest quality of professional theater for families and to making that theater accessible to all, including “differently-abled” and underserved audience members.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Wild Swan Theater to hold a millionaire poker party at the Plymouth Palace Bowling Alley in Plymouth. 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, The Wild Swan Theater 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, The Wild Swan Theater is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its efforts to producing the highest quality of professional theater for families and to making that theater accessible to all, including “differently-abled” and underserved audience members;
RESOLVED, That City Council hereby ap...
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