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1 I'm not here to s <br /> peak against � ' <br /> 2 here to speak in favor of coexistencePwithethe Bingo <br /> 17 3 <br /> hall with Northwest Amateur Hockey and continue to <br /> 4 honor the ten-year lease that the <br /> 5 Y have existing, � <br /> Some ten years plus about three months. I know how <br /> 6 much the � <br /> Y put into this facility because our <br /> � organization did the financin <br /> 8 q for the facility in <br /> excess of 5380, ppp in just tentative improvements. <br /> 9 That did not imclude e <br />� quipment. They still owe our <br /> 10 orqanization some mone <br /> Y, but that is not our concern. <br /> il our concern is the � <br /> Y provide a valuable service to the <br />�d' � .' • 18 12 community. They are our sister orqanization. We work <br /> 13 hand in hand. <br />, They pro�ide a program for our youth to <br /> 14 go on into adult <br /> years with hockey and further <br /> 15 development as well as <br /> youth hockey, <br /> 16 In reviewin I <br /> q the document that was prepared <br /> 17 under the economic im act <br /> p . I noticed one glaring thing <br /> 1B that was missin <br /> q and it �as talking about taxes. The <br /> 19 Binqo hall of Northwest Amateur hocke <br /> Zp Y pays the City <br />� 19 of Eveiett 5100, 000 per year in gamblin I <br /> zl sure the city would miss that if that orqanization I'm <br /> zz would have to close. <br /> The displacement factor is that <br /> z3 it is ver 'I <br /> y difficult. The Binqo industry is VerY <br /> Z4 saturated. You can't � <br /> 4a further north because of the <br /> 25 Sovereign Nation of the Indian reservation. You can�t II <br /> li I <br /> CENTRAL COURT REPORTING � <br /> (206) 7q7-3016 <br />