NUMB:
981617
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
981393
XXBY:
ALD. KALWITZ AND PRATT
TITL:
Resolution relating to City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County approval of future gaming amendments or compacts concerning the Menomonee Valley site or other sites in the city.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution expresses the intent of the City of Milwaukee that City and County of Milwaukee approval be obtained for future gaming amendments or compacts concerning the Menomonee Valley site or other sites in the city prior to adoption of these amendments or compacts.
BODY:
Whereas, The amendment to the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact approved by the Governor and the Tribe on December 3, 1998 stated that "...both the City and the County expressly approve the removal of the existing limitations on Class III games the Tribe may operate on the Menomonee Valley land..."; and
Whereas, The new five-year Compact as amended increased the limit on gaming machines the Potawatomi Tribe may operate from 200 slot machines authorized in the 1992 Compact up to 1,000 slot machines and 25 blackjack tables at the Menomonee Valley site; and
Whereas, The amendment to the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1992 required the Tribe to deliver City and County Approval Resolutions to the State within 120 days from December 3, 1998; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee considers that any future additional gaming on this site or other sites in the city is of paramount local interest and has an impact in the areas of economic development, tourism, public services and social services; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee desires the same stipulation in all future gaming amendments or compacts concerning the Menomonee Valley site or other sites in the city; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that it is the intent of the City of Milwaukee that City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County approval be obtained for gaming amendments or compacts concerning the Menomonee Valley site or other sites in the city; and, be it
Further Resolved, That a certified copy of this resolution be sent to Governor Tommy Thompson with the request that he include local approvals in any further gaming amendments or compacts during his term of office and that he urge his successor to do the same.
ZDPT:
DFTR:
99060-1
lme
2/25/99
IMMEDIATE ADOPTION