PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 08/05/2024
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CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO: (1) RATIFY A COMMENT LETTER TRANSMITTED ON JULY 22, 2024 BY SAN PABLO MAYOR PONCE TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS IN RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS MEGA CASINO AND TRIBAL HOUSING FEE-TO-TRUST PROJECT IN VALLEJO, CA (MEGA CASINO PROJECT); AND (2) RATIFY LETTERS OF CONCERN REGARDING THIS MEGA CASINO PROJECT TRANSMITTED ON JULY 24, 2024 BY SAN PABLO MAYOR PONCE TO UNITED STATES SENATORS ALEX PADILLA, AND LAPHONZA BUTLER, AND US CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SCHIFF; AND (3) OTHER RECOMMENDED POLICY CONSIDERATIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Under Major Policy Goal: Focus on Economic Development and Fiscal Diversification is an adopted policy contained in the FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA
BACKGROUND
Since 1999, the City of San Pablo and Lytton Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians (Lytton Tribe), who owns and operates San Pablo Lytton Casino, mutually maintain a 25-year economic partnership under a current Municipal Services Agreement (MSA).
Under terms of the existing MSA, the City of San Pablo (City) receives annual San Pablo Lytton Casino revenues which represents nearly 65% of the City's GF revenues annually, or approximately $33M for the FY 2024-25 period. This existing economic partnership between the City and Lytton Tribe funds critical municipal services to local residents, including but not limited to, the following local services: police and fire protection, emergency management services, building ...
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