City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/10/2017
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Adopt a Resolution supporting the Fee-To-Trust application of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution supporting the Fee-To-Trust application of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians for the certain real property located within the City of Cathedral City and accepting a Fire Station Contribution from the City Urban Revitalization Corporation for the relocation of the existing Fire Station 411.
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BACKGROUND:
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians ("Tribe") will acquire approximately 12.5 acres of real property located at the northwest corner of Date Palm Drive and East Palm Canyon Drive from the City Urban Revitalization Corporation (the "Site") and separately has acquired an additional 14,009 square feet of real property located adjacent to the Site (the "Adjacent Parcels") (collectively, the "Site" and "Adjacent Parcels" shall be referred to as the "Development Site") and the Tribe will provide funds to the City Urban Revitalization Corporation ("CURC") to assist with the relocation of the existing Fire Station 411 currently located on a parcel within the Site and subsequent construction of a new Fire Station 411 on a parcel outside the boundaries of the Site (the "Fire Station Contribution").
DISCUSSION:
in order to promote the significant economic benefits that redevelopment of the Development Site will bestow, CURC is in the process of conveying the Site to the Tribe. The Tribe will develop in phases, construct and operate an entertainment and gaming facility on the Development Site, together with related amenities that may include a hotel, food and beverage facilities, retail outlets, and ancillary buildings and enterprises all of which may provide an incidental benefit to the gaming facility. In order for the Tribe to operate a gaming facility at the Development ...
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