HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3286 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 3286
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CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE HORSESHOE
GRANDE FEE TO TRUST PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians' ("Tribe") has filed with
the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs ("BIA") an application entitled the "Horseshoe
Grande Fee-to-Trust Application" (the "Fee to Trust Application"); and
WHEREAS, the Fee to Trust Application proposes to add an additional
435 acres to the Tribe's existing territorial reservation, for the purpose of
relocating the Tribe's existing gaming operations and the construction of a new,
300 room hotel complex, multi-story parking garage, various food and beverage
establishments, retail businesses, and events arena, and a spa and fitness
center; and
WHEREAS, the development project would also include a fire station and
12 pump gas station and convenience store. The Draft Environmental Impact
Statement also states that the Tribe "may" construct a convention center in the
future; and
WHEREAS, once land is acquired in Fee on behalf of a Tribe, such land
becomes completely immune from the application of local laws, such as general
plans, zoning, development standards, building and fire codes and business
regulations; and
WHEREAS, the location of the property that is the subject of the Fee to
Trust Application is such that if the Fee to Trust Application is approved, it would
create jurisdictional islands, namely a completely surrounded Soboba Springs
Mobilehome Park and an jurisdictionally isolated Soboba Heights community;
and
WHEREAS, the Tribe and the DEIS have completely failed to explain why
the additional land is needed for the casino relocation and commercial complex
development. Specifically, the DEIS does not even attempt to explain why the
existing Tribal land reservation of 6,865 acres is inadequate for this project; and
WHEREAS, the impact on the state and its political subdivisions resulting
from the removal of the land from the tax rolls will be immediate and severe, in
that the removal of the property within the City alone will result in the loss of
approximately $73,959 in tax dollars per year, in perpetuity;
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