HomeMy WebLinkAbout18358 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/6/1994 RESOLUTION NO. 18358
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA AGREEING TO
TITLE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY WITHIN
SECTION 14 BE PLACED IN TRUST FOR
THE AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA
INDIANS
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WHEREAS, over 8,700 acres of the land within the exterior
boundaries of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation (the
"Reservation") are located within the City of Palm Springs (the
"City") ; and
WHEREAS, ever since at least 1977, the City and the Agua
Caliente Indian Band of Cahuilla Indians (the "Tribe") have
cooperated in numerous ways to promote the orderly and expeditious
development of the trust lands on the Reservation within the City,
consistent with sound land use and planning principles; and
WHEREAS, a cornerstone of this cooperative relationship is the
1977 Land Use Contract between the City and the Tribe, which has
been approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior; .and
WHEREAS, under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of October 17,
19813, the Tribe has the right to conduct a gaming enterprise
anywhere on its Reservation, including that portion of the
Reservation within the City; and.
WHEREAS, in an effort to stimulate economic development: of the
entire community for the benefit of the Tribe, its members, the
City, and its citizens, the Tribe has selected a site on the ,
Reservation for its planned gaming enterprise near the downtown
area of the City, within walking distance of major hotels, retail
enters, restaurants, and the Cit.y's Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, the intended site of the gaming enterprise includes
four primary parcels (Lots 67, 68, 69, and 70 of Section 14, T. 4
S. , R. 4 E. , SBBM) , title to which the Tribe has already asked the
United States to take into trust for the Tribe, and two access
parcels (Lots lb and 2b(6) of the same section) , regarding which
the Tribe intends to make a similar request; and
WHEREAS, title to three of these six parcels (Lots 67, 68, and
lb) is already in the United States in trust for certain members of
the Tribe, title to the one parcel is in the CRA in fee (Lot 70) ,
and title to the other two parcels (Lots 69 and 2b(6) ) are in
private parties in fee; and
WHEREAS, the Tribe and the City have both approved a
Memorandum of Understanding) setting forth the terms of their
agreement on how various aspects of the Tribe's gaining project will
be ]handled in a spirit of cooperation; and
WHEREAS, under this Memorandum of Understanding the City will
assist the Tribe's project in numerous ways, including selling one
parcel of Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") owned land (Lot
70) to the Tribe as part of the gaming project site, and devoting '
the proceeds thereof and of the sale of another related CRA owned
parcel to the benefit of this project; and
WHEREAS, because title to Lot 70 is in the CRA itself and
title to Lots 67, 68, and lb is already in trust, none of these
four parcels provides any ad valorem property tax to the City; and
WHEREAS, while Lot 69 does yield property tax to the City, the
amount is very small because the parcel is undeveloped and is used
only as a parking lot; and
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WHEREAS, while Lot 2b(6) is developed with occupied and
unoccupied small commercial structures, it is within a
redevelopment district, the structures on Lot 2b(6) are in
disrepair and are the kind of urban blight that the redevelopment
process is intended to eliminate, and Lot 2b(6) yields minimal
property tax to the City; and
WHEREAS, even though the proposed action of the United States
in taking title to Lots 69 and 2b(6) into trust for the Tribe will
result in a very small tax decrease to the City, the overall impact
of the project on the City, the City's tax base, and the overall
community economy will be overwhelmingly more beneficial to the
City than this relatively minute tax decrease;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Palm Springs that:
Section 1: For the above reasons, the City does not
object to the small loss of tax base to it
that will result from the taking of title to
Lots 69 and 2b(6) Section 14, T. 4 S. , R. 4
E. , SBBM by the United States into trust for
the Tribe; and
Section 2 : Due to the enormous expected overall benefit
of the Tribe's gaming project on the City and
the community as a whole, the City
enthusiastically supports the request of the
Tribe for the United States to take title to
Lots 67, 68, 69, 70 lb and 2b(6) of Section
' 14, T 4 S. , R. 4 E. , SBBM into trust for the
Tribe, and urges the authorized representative
of the Secretary of the Interior promptly to
approve such request.
ADOPTED this 6th day of April , 1994.
AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CIT OF PALM SPR. ALIFORNIA
By
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