Title
Resolution Recognizing the Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy 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.
Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that ensures people with disabilities and their families have choices, opportunities, and the support they need to be fully included in community life through advocacy and education.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy to hold a raffle at the Reddeman Farms in Chelsea, 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, Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy 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, Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its efforts to ensure people with disabilities and their families have choices, opportunities, and the support they need to be fully included...
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