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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-11-22 94-24 RESOLVEDate w 11-22-93 Item Mo.' 94-24 RESW : supp..+tra; Application of to Item *'we`Fl /Subject: Tisa :.axrsns Pac C®miasims fm a Liceree to IX>reirct Off -T &satiny Respomible Department city u Commentary: Oren the last aae a al wealm, ttexe Rea Deet emleiderable diacusaims x gating flea issue of off-track bettu as it spry affect tln City of Bangor. Earlier m, tmigbtra 8geavie 8p( aeVPSal items I t$ to S ajpplleafimlB. TCB attaclnd Aeeolva of£exa tlg Cmrcilr e}vauld it so d ixer tan opFortmtity To take an official positionrpp3r* the application are of m or mpotential OP6 erstoss cp. Please note that tln R lve b supports the application area ta'gea Tile Moue Ranges Racing �saimt to alpxQve TDe a iioation. Prior to arkptimtr flea (bmnil needs to amvxl Chia Resolve to inaert tDe appropriate rye or names of thea and xaerl operators, if any. OePomm and Manager's Comments: Ciry Maxager Anociaml Information: Pesolva & dget Approval: Fim ee Ova Legal Approval: . Al, )ary / )v alt n ai (� f ,sotiriror, n b if (Mr.�S '.w �ry 04 zo IntroducM For Passap L FirA Reading Page — of Lj Referral 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 KC ty Clerin 94-24 E E 5 0 L V E Supporting Application of to the Maine Harness Racing Commission Far License to conduct Off Track Betting iii � ,,1 ► '�;; c;