Title
Resolution Recognizing the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Inc. 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 Street Art Fair, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which increases public knowledge and appreciation for contemporary fine arts and fine crafts by creating opportunities that connect artists, the Ann Arbor community and the general public to their mutual benefit.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Inc. to hold a raffle at the Townie Street Party, which is an event for the Art Fair on East Washington Street in Ann Arbor. 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 Street Art Fair, Inc., 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 Street Art Fair, Inc., is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its efforts to increase public knowledge and appreciation for contemporary fine arts and fine crafts by creating opportu...
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