HomeMy WebLinkAbout19231 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/15/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 19231
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING TRIBAL SELF-
SUFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH GAMING ACTIVITIES
WHEREAS, Indian gaming activities have had a significant positive economic effect in
Riverside County, California, through the production of an increased number of jobs and
taxable incomes; and
WHEREAS, Riverside County gaming tribes have created thousands of jobs for both Indian
and non-Indian residents of the County of Riverside and the City of Palm Springs; and
WHEREAS, gaming revenues generated by Riverside County Indian gaming tribes have
provided long-needed financing to dramatically upgrade reservation infrastructure and the
health, education and employment opportunities of tribal members, reducing their need for
welfare assistance and improving their employment capabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of California initiated gaming compact negotiations on the promise
that all California tribes would have a voice in the process; and
WHEREAS, the Governor ultimately allegedly excluded all tribes other than Pala from
meaningful or democratic participation in the process; and
WHEREAS, the process then led to an ultimatum to the excluded tribes to either accept the
compact as is or close clown operations, thereby attempting to end tribal self-sufficiency and
force tribes onto welfare and federal dependency; and
WHEREAS, the proposed compact with the Pala Band violates the spirit and letter of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and the government-to-government relationship between tribes
and other governments that has been reaffirmed by the last five Presidents; and
WHEREAS, implementing the Pala compact will have a negative impact on the Riverside
County economy, its quality of life and job opportunities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, that
it urges the President of the United States to immediately: 1) appoint a mediator to represent
the federal government's trust obligation to resolve the conflict over tribal government gaming
activities in the State of California; 2) issue an Executive Order that will protect the status
quo of tribal government gaming in California until such time as a federal mediator can meet
with California tribal governments and representatives of the State of California, and resolve
the conflict; and 3) advise the Secretary of the Interior that the proposed Pala Compact is not
acceptable and should be disapproved.
ADOPTED this 15th clay of April 1998.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OJIN ALIFORNIAy
By
City Clerk City anag
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM