Thursday, 02 August 2007 09:25
With Deadline Looming, Negotiations with the Buena Vista Rancheria Continues
Next
Monday the Amador county negotiation team representing the county’s interests
in negotiations with the Buena
Vista Rancheria will head to Sacramento
for yet another round of negotiations with the Tribe.
According to County Administrative Officer Teri
Daly, traveling to Sacramento
is more cost effective for the county because that is where the county’s
outside legal counsel is located and this saves the county travel time charges
for the legal services provided. The negotiation deadline is fast approaching
after a 30 day extension of the original deadline for the process was already
agreed to by all parties back in July. The negotiations center around
mitigations for the impacts of the large casino under a compact that was
approved by Governor Schwarzenegger. The tribe is proposing the gaming facility
for 69 acres on Coal Mine Rd
in the Jackson Valley. The new deadline is August 10th.