Title
Resolution Recognizing The Ann Arbor Art Center 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 Ann Arbor Art Center is a non-profit organization located in downtown Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor Art Center was founded in 1909 and provides the community with opportunities to engage in the visual arts through education, exhibition and exploration.
Annually, the Ann Arbor Art Center hosts WineFest, its largest fundraiser. In 2009, WineFest will be held at the Four Points Sheraton on May 16, 2009 and will be in celebration of the Art Center's 100-year anniversary.
Passage of the attached resolution will enable the Ann Arbor Art Center to further its fundraising efforts by permitting the organization to conduct two raffle drawings during its annual WineFest event. 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
Approved by: Roger Fraser, City Administrator
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 Ann Arbor Art Center 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 Ann Arbor Art Center is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its efforts to engage the community in the visual arts through education, exhibition and exploration;
RESOLVED, That City Council hereby approve recognition of The Ann Arbor Art Center 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 The Ann Arbor Art Center and to take all necessary administrative actions to provide notice of this Resolution to the Charitable Gaming Division, Michigan Department of Treasury.