HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 082-2004RESOLUTION NO. 82_2004
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME URGING
OPPOSING THE ADOPTION OF THE GAMING REVENUE ACT OF 2004
(PROPOSITION 68) AT THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004, ELECTION
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Burlingame, California:
WHEREAS, owners of horse racing tracks and card clubs in the State have drafted and
qualified an initiative measure Proposition 68, known as the Gaming Revenue Act of 2004
("GRA") to be submitted to California voters at the November 2, 2004, election without
consultation with or input from local citizens or government officials; and
WHEREAS, the GRA provides that unless every one of the many Native American
gaming compacts in the State have been successfully renegotiated within 90 days of the passage
of the GRA, the owners of horse racing tracks and card clubs sponsoring the GRA will be
allowed to operate some 30,000 slot machines at their facilities without any local government
input or oversight; and
WHEREAS, this State intrusion would override local general plans and land use
regulations without regard to a particular community's interests or needs and without any clear
environmental or planning review at any level,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The City Council of the City of Burlingame urges opposition to the adoption of
Preposition 68, the Gaming Revenue Act of 2004, at the November 2, 2004 election.
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MAYOR
I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day
Of— September- , 2004, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCB, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, NAGEL, O'NAHONY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
PTY CLERK