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File #: 12-0274    Version: 1 Name: 3/5/12 Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club Charitable Gaming Request
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/5/2012 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/5/2012 Final action: 3/5/2012
Enactment date: 3/5/2012 Enactment #: R-12-075
Title: Resolution Recognizing the Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club as a Civic Nonprofit Organization Operating in Ann Arbor for the Purpose of Obtaining a Charitable Gaming License
Title
Resolution Recognizing the Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster 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.

Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for supporting student-athletes and varsity and club sports at Pioneer High.

Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club to hold a Millionaire Party at Roundtree Bar & Restaurant, 12203 Ellsworth, in Ypsilanti, 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, Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club 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, Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for supporting student-athletes and varsity and club sports at Pioneer High;

RESOLVED, That City Council hereby approve recognition of the Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club as a local civic nonprofit organizati...

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