Welcome to Agenda Edina, a program summarizing the actions taken at city hall that affect you most. I'm your host, Dorothia Marty. The Edina City Council has officially approved a new ordinance allowing lawful gambling in the city for the first time. Edina had previously been one of the only major suburbs in the metro area that did not permit lawful gambling. That changed earlier this month following council approval of an updated ordinance. When the ordinance was first introduced in February, it included limits on the number of premises permitted and restricted organizations to just one permit each. After further research into the number of nonprofits in the community, the council removed those limits, opening the opportunity more broadly. It opens up an additional avenue for nonprofits to uh raise funds in the city of Adina. It is um quite an undertaking for the nonprofit that would like to do this. Um they do need to be uh organized um and then they must also form a relationship with a liquor licensed establishment um in order to get a premise permit. Under the new ordinance, organizations licensed to conduct lawful gambling in Edina must spend at least 70% of their expenditures within the city's trade area. This ensures that funds raised through gambling activities directly benefit the local community. The ordinance also includes a 3% local gambling tax, which will help offset the city's regulatory costs. A separate proposal to collect an additional 10% of net profits for a city administered fund to support community priorities was considered but ultimately not approved. Several local nonprofits including the Edina Education Fund and the Edina Hockey Association have expressed interest in exploring permits >> for the kids. The cost of hockey keeps going up all the time. The cost of all extracurriculars really keeps going up and pull tabs might be a way to offset some of those costs and provide more opportunities for kids in our community to be able to participate. With the ordinance now in effect, eligible einabased nonprofits can immediately apply for a license through the Minnesota Gambling Control Board.