HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-027 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 03-27
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE INDIAN
GAMING LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACT, AS
DEVELOPED BY THE TRIBAL ALLIANCE OF SOVEREIGN
INDIAN NATIONS' (TASlN) LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMI'I-I'EE FOR ALLOCATING AND DISTRIBUTING THE
INDIAN GAMING SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION FUND
WHEREAS, as set forth in the Tribal-State Compact, the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund is designed to provide grants for gambling addiction programs, grants to state
and local governments impacted by tribal government gaming, compensation for regulatory
costs incurred by the State Gaming Agency and the State Department of Justice in connection
with the implementation and administration of the Compact, payment of shortfalls in the
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, and any other purpose specified by the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, in October 2002, tribes operating more than 200 machines as of September
1999 began making contributions into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that TASIN tribal governments will contribute more than $1
billion to the fund through 2020, an estimated 2/3rds of all payments into the Indian Gaming
Special Distribution Fund; and
WHEREAS, in March 2002, the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations (TASIN), an
organization comprised of fourteen federally recognized tribes located within Riverside, San
Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties, in a cooperative spirit of government-to-government
relations to build stronger communities, invited local governments in the vicinity of TASIN tribal
casinos to form and participate in the Local Government Committee to develop a plan for
allocation and distributing the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund; and
WHEREAS, TASIN and the Local Government Committee strongly believe the majority
of the Indian Gaming Distribution Fund moneys should be returned to the local communities
impacted by tribal government gaming; and
WHEREAS, the Local Government Committee, consisting of representatives from
Riverside, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties and more than a dozen cities,
developed a plan that established a process and sets forth priorities for the distribution of funds
whereby a majority of the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys return to local
communities impacted by gaming as prescribed under section 5.2 of the Tribal-State Compact
and AB 1385;and
WHEREAS, TASIN and Local Government Committee call upon the leadership of the
Legislature to pass legislation which faithfully reflects and adopts the plan prepared by the Local
Government Committee into a law to be known as the Indian Gaming Local Community Benefits
Act; and
WHEREAS, SB 1385, which ratified the Tribal-State Compacts in 1999, calls for the
Legislature to appropriate moneys from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund; and
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WHEREAS, in light of the current state budget crisis, the need to allocate a majority of
the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to local governments impacted by tribal
government gaming has become even more urgent; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Temecula supports the Indian
Gaming Local Community Benefits Act, as developed by the TASIN Local Government
Committee, for allocating and distributing the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund, and
urges the Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign legislation implementing the Act.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
a regular meeting held on the 18th day of March, 2003.
Aq-I'EST:
City ~CI,e, rk
~~-~_~ ~rey E. Stone, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
CITY OF TEMECULA
SS
I, Susan W. Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 03-27 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of March, 2003, by the following
vote:
AYES:
5 COUNCILMEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Roberts, Stone
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Su~an W. Jon~, crvlc
.ty Clerk
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