HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/19/2003 - STAFF REPORTS (27) RESOLUTION NO.
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, 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
THAT PLAN.
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 allocating and distributing the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund; and
WHEREAS, TASIN and the Local Government Committee strongly believe the majority
of the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys should be returned to 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 establishes 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 the 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
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WHEREAS, AB 1385, which ratified the Tribal-State Compacts in 1999, calls for the
Legislature to appropriate moneys from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund;
and
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;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Palm Springs hereby 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 that plan,
ADOPTED this day of 2003
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
By
City Clerk City Manager
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM
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