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Assigned to Councilor Stone
November 22, 1993
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Ae801Ue,_. Supporting, Application . .... ........... .............to
the Maine Harness Racing Commission for a License to Conduct
Off -Track Betting
By tn. City Couwit ofMw G\ty ofRanYar:
RESOLVED,
WHEREAS, harness racing has been conducted within the City of
Bangor at the City's Bass Park Complex and predecessor facilities
on a regular basis for mare than 120 years; and
WHEREAS, the operation of a harness racing facility at the City of
Bangor's Bass nark is of critical importance to the continued
success and ccummercial viability of the harness racing industry
within the State of Maine as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the harness racing industry, and Bangor's continuing
support of that industry, provide important economic benefits to
the State of Maine as a whole; and
WHEREAS, for many years, Bangor taxpayers have been taxed to
support the cost of operating losses and capital maintenance and
improvement of the Base Park Complex without assistance o
contribution from the State of Maine, the Maine Harness Racing
Commission or from the taxpayers of other Raine municipalities; and
WHEREAS, recent amendments to Title B -A, Maine Revised Statutes,
pertaining to off-track betting have made possible the development
of an off-track betting industry that is likely to generate
significant tax and non -tax revenues for the State of Maine, for
the Maine Harness Racing Commission, and for participants in the
harness racing industry; and
WHEREAS, the ancillary economic benefits of off-track betting
should belong to those Maine communities whose residents have
provided substantial, ongoing support to the harness racing
industry; and
WHEREAS, has applied to the Maine Harness Racing
Commission for a license to conduct off-track betting at a location
in the City of Bangor; and
WHEREAS, has promised and agreed to donate %
of its gross revenues from off-track betting to the City of Bangor
for the purpose of funding capital maintenance, replacement and
improvements to the Bass Park Complex, thereby relieving Bangor
taxpayers, in part, of their burden of supporting this State-wide
industry,
WOW, THEREFORE, By the City Council of the City of Bangor,
RESOLVED,
THAT the City. Council of the City of Bangor hereby endorses and
supports the application of - now pending before the
Maine Harness Racing Commission for a license to Conduct off-track
betting within the City of Bangor; and
be it further
RESOLVED,
THAT the City Council of the City of Bangor hereby Strongly urges
the Maine Harness Racing Commission to approve the application of
for an off-track betting license.
In city Council November 22, 1993
Indefinitely Postponed Vote ] yes
LfRaict ITEaS�o Mr�oWan; Shubert,
oti g No P per Ab t Stone
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94-24
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Supporting Application of
to the Maine Harness Racing Commission Far
License to conduct Off Track Betting
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