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Resolution 2004- 91 RESOLUTION NO. 2004-91 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY SUPPORTING PROPOSITION lA AND OPPOSING PROPOSITIONS 68 AND 70 WHEREAS, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the city leaders of California are united in their joint commitment to restore the fiscal health of California state and local governments; and WHEREAS, during 2004 the Governor, Legislature and local officials throughout California worked in common cause for a historic Local Government Budget Agreement that provides additional short-term support to the state while providing long-term financial stability to both state and local governments. This agreement is embodied in Proposition lA which will appear on the November 2, 2004 statewide ballot; and WHEREAS, city officials across the state support the efforts of Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature to erase the state budget deficit and restore the state budget to fiscal health; and WHEREAS, one of the keys to restoring fiscal health of state government is the negotiation of fair agreements with the Indian tribes of California that engage in gaming under federal law which provide an appropriate level of financial contribution to the state; and WHEREAS, Governor Schwarzenegger recently negotiated compacts with several gaming tribes that will add more than $1 billion to the state's bottom line in the current fiscal year and hundreds of millions more every year; and WHEREAS, the recently negotiated tribal gaming agreements also require mitigation of the impacts of gaming operations on local facilities and require the preparation of tribal environmental impact reports on new projects; and WHEREAS, the recently negotiated tribal gaming agreements provide unprecedented protection and revenue support to the state and local governments of California; and WHEREAS, Proposition 68 is bring promoted by card clubs and race tracks and proposes that all Indian tribes consent to give the State 25 percent of their gambling revenue and agree to certain environmental, labor and consumer protection laws. If any of the tribes refuse to accept these provisions within 90 days of the measure passing, five race tracks and 11 card clubs would get licenses to operate a total of 30,000 slot machines; and WHEREAS, Proposition 70 was drafted by a single Indian gaming tribe and would grant tribes 99-year casino gaming agreements; continue their monopoly on casino gambling; eliminate caps on the number of casinos on tribal land and the number of slot machines in them; and expand games that can be played to include roulette, craps and any other casino games; and RESOLUTION NO. 2004-91 -1- WHEREAS, Proposition 70 would effectively destroy Governor Schwarzenegger's recently negotiated agreements and would have negative impacts on cities throughout California; and WHEREAS, in recognition of the importance of stabilizing and restoring the fiscal health of the state and its local governments, the League of California Cities has joined Governor Schwarzenegger in endorsing Proposition lA and opposing Proposition 68 and Proposition 70; and WHEREAS, the League of California Cities urges its member cities to adopt similar positions on these ballot measures in order to support the Local Government Budget Agreement and the Governor's recently negotiated tribal gaming agreements; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy recognizes the need to work in common cause with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to reform the state and local fiscal relationship while also working to improve the fiscal health of both state and local governments, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Gilroy declares its support for Proposition lA and urges all Californians to vote "yes" for this ballot measure, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Gilroy declares its opposition to Propositions 68 and 70 and urges all Californians to vote "no" on these ballot measures. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 2004 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CORREA, DILLON, GARTMAN, MORALES, VALIQUETTE, VELASCO, and PINHEIRO NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE APPROVED: ~. a-~ ~ert mheiro, Mayor ATTEST: ~ Rhonda Pellin, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. 2004-91 -2- I, RHONDA PELLIN, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certifY that the attached Resolution No. 2004-91 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy ofa city resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of October, 2004, at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 19th day of October, 2004, ~~ (Seal)