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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Review the Notice of Application seeking acceptance of title to real property "in trust" by the United States of America for the Shingle Springs Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
2) Provide direction to staff in cooperation with County Counsel to coordinate, and prepare to submit within the 30-day comment period, a comprehensive response on behalf of the County that incorporates the assessed impacts of the Federal Government accepting the specified parcels "in trust" that includes, but is not limited to, confirmation of the Legal Land Descriptions/Site Locations as provided within the Notice, assessment of the impact from the removal of the specified parcels from the tax roll, impact to surrounding land use and infrastructure, and impact to the delivery of County services; and
3) Authorize the Chair to sign a letter to the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs to formally request an extension on the comment period by an additional 30 days.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The County has received from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, via Certified U.S. Mail delivery, a copy of the Notice of Non-Gaming Land Acquisition Application on November 3, 2023. The County has until December 3, 2023 to respond or request an extension to the comment period. The CAO recommends the Board request a 30-day extension to the comment period in order to work with other County Departments to draft a thorough and comprehensive response. The Notice was reported to have been provided to agencies and individuals reflected on a "Distribution List" included as an attachment to the Notice. This Distribution List included the Assessor, Treasurer-Tax Collector, Planning and Building Department, and Sheriff's Office, as well as the Board of Supervisors.
Per the notice, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Ind...
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