PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 05/06/19
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CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATON BY MINUTE ACTION TO RATIFY ISSUANCE OF A LETTER TRANSMITTED ON APRIL 25, 2019 TO LYTTON RANCHERIA BAND OF POMO INDIANS TRIBAL CHAIRWOMAN MARGIE MEJIA FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR KINNEY REGARDING FEDERAL LEGISLATION H.R. 1388 - "THE LYTTON RANCHERIA ACT OF 2019"
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Major Policy Goal: Focus on Economic Development Diversification; Municipal Services Agreement between the City of San Pablo and Lytton Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians is contained in the adopted FY 2019-21 City Council Adopted Workplan, effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On April 25, 2019, on behalf of the San Pablo City Council, Mayor Kinney executed and transmitted a letter to Ms. Margie Mejia, Tribal Chairwoman, Lytton Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians (Lytton Tribe) regarding federal legislation H.R. 1388 - "The Lytton Rancheria Act of 2019." Recently, according to the U.S. Congressional Record, this federal legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 26, 2019, and is now being addressed in the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (See Attachment).
On February 27, 2019, the H.R. 1388 legislation was introduced by Congressional Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-2). If adopted by both Houses of Congress and enacted into law, H.R. 1388 would facilitate the Lytton Tribe's long-term goal to develop a permanent homestead for the Lytton Tribal community complete with proposed tribal community facilities, resort and viticulture operation near the incorporated Town of Windsor in Sonoma County, CA.
In August 2018, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors entered into a revised Memorandum of Agreement with the Lytton Tribe regarding specific conditions and terms ass...
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