Title
Resolution Recognizing Michigan Ability Partners (MAP) 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.
Michigan Ability Partners (MAP) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that has a mission to partner with veterans and people with disabilities in support of their self-directed transformation to self-sufficiency.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow Michigan Ability Partners to hold a fundraising raffle on November 6, 2013. 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: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Sponsored by: Councilmembers Taylor and Kunselman
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, Michigan Ability Partners (MAP) 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, Michigan Ability Partners is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its mission to partner with veterans and people with disabilities in support of their self-directed transformation to self-sufficiency;
RESOLVED, That City Council hereby approve recognition of Michigan Ability Partners as a local civic nonprofit organization operating in the Ann Arbor commun...
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