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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFCS-12-136 - Social Gaming Event - Beth Jacob Congregation1 Staff Report Kl~rt;x~.~T~R finance and Corporate Services Department www.kitchenerra REPORT TO: Finance and Corporate Services Committee DATE OF MEETING: August 13, 2012 SUBMITTED BY: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk, 2809 PREPARED BY: Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing, 2854 WARD(S) INVOLVED: 9 DATE OF REPORT: July 24, 2012 REPORT NO.: FCS-12-136 SUBJECT: SOCIAL GAMING EVENT -BETH JACOB CONGREGATION -OCTOBER 17, 2012 RECOMMENDATION: That the City of Kitchener has no objection to a Provincial Lottery Licence being issued to the Beth Jacob Congregation to conduct a social gaming event at the Beth Jacob Synagogue, 161 Stirling Avenue South, Kitchener, on October 17, 2012. BACKGROUND: Provincial Regulations require that Social Gaming Events must be approved by Council before a Provincial Lottery licence will be issued by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). REPORT: A request has been received from the Beth Jacob Congregation for permission to hold a social gaming event on October 17, 2012 at the Beth Jacob Synagogue, 161 Stirling Avenue South, Kitchener. A social gaming event is a lottery event conducted as a secondary or complementary component of a social occasion such as a dinner or a dance that is sponsored by the licensee of the Social Gaming Event. This event will include blackjack tables and a wheel of fortune. The proceeds from the Social Gaming Event will be donated to the Grand River Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital and Beth Jacob Congregation. Similar requests by the Beth Jacob Congregation have been approved by Council for the past several years. ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN: N/A FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: None COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: N/A ACKNOWLEDGED BY: D. Chapman, Deputy CAO and City Treasurer, Finance and Cor orate Services