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TOWN COUNCIL
MEETING
INFORMATION
TOWN OF MARANA
MEETING DATE: September 6, 2005
AGENDA ITEM: I. 2
TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL
FROM: Jocelyn C. Bronson, Town Clerk
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 2005-114: Relating to Off-Track Betting;
approving and authorizing the application of Old Father Inn and
Tucson Greyhound Park for an off-track horse and dog racing
wagering facility to be located at 4080 W. Ina Road.
DISCUSSION
The state of Arizona through the Arizona Department of Racing and the Arizona Racing
Commission regulates and approves all aspects of the pari-mutual wagering and racing industry,
including the installation and operation of additional wagering facility sites. The Council must
approve the location of a facility by resolution prior to application to the state.
Tucson Greyhound Park currently has seven horse and dog racing off-track betting/wagering
facilities within the City of Tucson. Resolution No. 2001-113, passed by the Council on
September 18, 2001, transferred a wagering facility permit from Old Father Inn to Silverado
Steak House. The Silverado Steak house is no longer in operation at that location, thus the
permit is extinguished. The Old Father Inn and Tucson Greyhound Park now wish to again
install and operate a wagering facility at Old Father Inn at 4080 W. Ina Road under a new permit.
There is no history in Tucson or anywhere else in the state of any regulatory or law enforcement
trouble associated with these facilities. Tucson Greyhound Park is located in South Tucson and
is one of the oldest and largest employers in that area.
ATTACHMENT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the application by Old Father Inn and Tucson Greyhound Park for
the issuance of an off-track betting/wagering permit to Old Father Inn, located at 4080 W. Ina
Road.
SUGGESTED MOTION
I move to adopt Resolution No. 2005-114.
MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2005-114
RELATING TO OFF-TRACK BETTING; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
APPLICATION OF OLD FATHER INN AND TUCSON GREYHOUND PARK FOR
AN OFF-TRACK HORSE AND DOG RACING WAGERING FACILITY TO BE
LOCATED AT 4080 W. INA ROAD.
WHEREAS, the Old Father Inn is located at 4080 W. Ina Road, Marana, Arizona;
and
WHEREAS, the Old Father Inn and Tucson Greyhound Park wish to install an
additional wagering facility at the Old Father Inn; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. S 5-111(A), an establishment requesting a permit
from the Arizona Racing Commission must first receive approval from the Town before
the establishment may handle wagering; and
WHEREAS, Tucson Greyhound Park has provided the Arizona Racing
Commission with notice that it wishes to install and operate an additional wagering
facility permit to the Old Father Inn; and
WHEREAS, a formal application will not be submitted to the Arizona Racing
Commission unless and until Tucson Greyhound Park and the Old Father Inn receive
approval from the Town Council ofthe Town of Marana; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has determined that it is in the best interests ofthe
Town and its citizens that approval be granted to Tucson Greyhound Park and the Old
Father Inn to install and operate an additional wagering facility at the Old Father Inn.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Town
of Marana, Arizona, that approval is hereby given to the Old Father Inn and to Tucson
Greyhound Park to install an additional wagering facility at the Old Father Inn, located at
4080 W. Ina Road, Marana, Arizona.
Marana Resolution No. 2005-114
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 6th day of September, 2005.
ATTEST:
Mayor Ed Honea
Jocelyn C. Bronson
Town Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Frank Cassidy, Town Attorney
Marana Resolution No. 2005-114
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