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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-12-06 94-31 RESOLVEAssigned to Councilors Blanchette and Popper 94-31 December 6, 1993 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Ftmo n,_..._.. _...-Callirg-upon -.rile- raise, Barneas., Pacing -ones: +.,.n..w.- lhent a l ;carve to conduct off-lratk Betty to an operator Barad wlthln the Corporate Limits of the City of Bangor ................ ....... __. _.__. -... Bee ady coawil ofthe My of Banner. B BLVBD, 4diHteAS, hemses xscug ham been cemAoted within the city of Bangor at the City's ems Park Complex and petleCeSsor facilities on a regular basis for mora then 120 years; ai [gffieAS, the operatua of a harreas rating facility at the city of Bangor's Bora Park is of critical importance to the cont nt i suooees and cnoreacial viability of the harmea xacip iiustry within the State of Maine as a whole; and ugffiR8i•S, the harness racing industry, and Bangor's continuing Support of that inrhestry, provide npoxtant ecavafc terefice m the State of Malone as a whole; and va>�r•.ns, for rtany }ears, By or taxpayers have been tomd to anppo tle wet of o rata g lwaes and capital and impmvaomt of time Bass Park Cun lex withwt assistance or cwntrilanr:.,. from the State of Mavens, the Mefne harness Racing Cammisaion or ft® the taxpayers of other Maine nmmnicipalitim; and WI�tBPS, over the last five racing seasons, taxi ers of the city of tn pr base subsidimei the moral harness racing nest through contributing approximately $400,000 in tax dollars; and rnlent mamt¢ns w Title 9-A, Moue Beviei Statutes, pto off-track letting have mile possible the devel.opsant of an off-trsek botty udmatry that is liRoly to generate significant tax arcl non -tax tevem as for the State of sane, for the Maine Barrens pacug C ssion, and for participants m the harness racing tuustry; end t9ffi+&AS, the ancillary economic benefits of off-track betting Should belong to those Haire communities aRese residents have providad substart]a1, ongoing Support to the harness racixg industry; and W®iHaS, a nm3er of businesses taus applied to the Maine BarreSs Racing G aission for a licase to cvayhxc off-track betting M locations in the City of ems; and 94-31 FaOBl45 these a}pllcarK Ftaoe d lcp d az �a EaoA�aele dliCh wi11 wa..it in oc®eaful gsxatfone which wP Lathe State of meine. the Meuse dams Facing Camdasion puYicipanis in the haxneee rvcin9 iMsatsy, grid the msirffint aM t� of the City of Begot; MJW • m PP PF59 N m CPM CCHRJ:ff. w 11ffi cm oB BAMi92, ' l the City Wm U of the City Bangor urges the Maine Harness Pacug Camiitsion to gt a off-track l turg to an apemtor udn wlll locate tle FaiPosed facility within Ue crspozate limits of the City of Smgor. IN CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 6, 1993 VOTE FOR PASSAGE 5 YES ISO 3 ABSENT VOTING YES BLANCHETTE. COHEN, POPPER. SOUCY, TYLER, VOTING NO SULLIVAN ABSENT BALDACCI, SHUBERT, STONE 94'- 31 A E S 0 L V E CALLING "ON THE MAINE HARNESS FACING COMNISSION TO GRANT A LICENSE TO CONDUCT On TRACK BETTING TO AND OPERATOR LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LMITS OF THE CITY OF &VIGOR