HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 98-057RESOLUTION NO. 98-57
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING TRIBAL
COMPACTS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Indian gaming activities have had a significant positive economic effect in
Riverside County 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; and
WHEREAS, gaming revenues generated by Riverside County Indian tribes has 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 lack of certainty in the Indian gaming industry has created turmoil and
confusion and should be resolved;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, urges the
governmental officials and the tribal officials currently involved in the conflict under tribal compact
activities in California should make every attempt to resolve such dispute by mutual agreement for
the benefit of all concerned.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this l4th day of May, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:/
Crites, Spiegel, Benson
Ferguson, Kelly
None
None
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BY'� ���✓� ‘U
SHEILA R. GILLIGAN
City Clerk
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`3E.AN-'ENSON, Mayor
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