PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 12/09/2024
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CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY A PUBLIC COMMENT LETTER TRANSMITTED ON NOVEMBER 19, 2024 BY SAN PABLO MAYOR PONCE TO VALLEJO MAYOR AND CITY OF VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM NO.9-E - ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO THE PROPOSED APPLICATION TO PLACE LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF VALLEJO IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRIBE (POSTED FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2024)
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Authorize by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Major Policy Goal: Build a Healthy Community is an adopted policy contained in the FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA
BACKGROUND
Following policy discussion via minute action by the San Pablo City Council on August 5, 2024, the City of San Pablo continues to monitor the large-scale Class III Native American gaming facility currently proposed by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians (Scotts Valley Tribe) within the incorporated limits of the City of Vallejo, CA.
Previous City Council Direction from August 5, 2024
On August 5, 2024, following transmittal of an official public comment letter on July 22, 2024 to the US Department of Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs (DOI/BIA) regarding the need to provide an extensive environmental review of all associated environmental and socio-economic impacts under a full, comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), under NEPA, and after meeting with all US Senatorial and Congressional representatives to express the City's ongoing concerns regarding the impacts of this proposed large-scale, Cl...
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