Community Meeting

Wednesday April 18th

Jamul Primary School - Multi Use Room

7:00pm

JIV Environmental Evaluation Public Meeting

Thursday April 5th

Cottonwood Golf Course

4:00-8:00pm

Court Reporter will be present to take your comments.

JAC will post more information as we receive it.

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  Issues that have arisen since yesterday:

 From our neighbors in Dehesa Valley:  

Dear Community Members,  I have attached a letter written to Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs "Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Fee to Trust Land Acquisition, Application and Environmental Assessment" on behalf of the Dehesa Valley Community Council, Inc. The purpose of the letter is to supplement the comments already submitted by the DVCC. President Lory Walls with guidance from Cheryl Schmit (Stand Up For California) has spent many hours compiling this information and letter, in order to continue the process of protecting the interest of the community. 

See the letter here: DVCC Sycuan Letter

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Amicus Brief

 

The Supreme Court of the United States granted a oral arguements hearing on the case Salazar v. Patchak. Patchak, a homeowner in the State of Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, stating that a tribe that was not a federally recognized tribe in 1934, does not have the right to take land into trust and "A PRIVATE CITIZEN HAS A RIGHT TO OBTAIN JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FEE-TO-TRUST CONVERSIONS IN HIS OR HER NEIGHBORHOOD".

 

JAC was contacted by Cheryl Schmidt of Stand Up for California in January 2012 to join in an Amicus Brief to be read into the oral arguements. 28 community groups in California joined in support of the brief. It's time the Supreme Court enforce their decision on Carcieri v. Salazar.

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Respones from the Jamul/Dulzura Planning Group to the tribe's last EIR's. They can be found here:

 

March 14, 2001    October 23, 2003    September 26, 2006  

 

The current "EE" addresses some of the issues but does not show the issues need any mitigation.

Links to the Draft "EE" can be found here: www.jacjamul.com right column under JIV proposal. (large files, may take time to load)

 

Caltrans has yet to produce their Traffic Study. The tribe hired Kimley-Horn and Associates for the traffic portion of the EE. The traffic study Appendix 10 can be found on the website www.jacjamul.com. The study is 801 pages long but still does not address the danger of Highway 94.

 

  

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QUESTIONS Still Remain!!!!!

 

Where will the tribe get the money to build?

Where did they get the money to hire Summit Project Management and MJE Marketing?

Where did the tribe get the money to pay for the "Environmental Evaluation"?

Where will the tribe get the money to pay Lakes Entertainment back?

When will Caltrans present their "Environmental Review" of ingress and egress?

Has the Catholic Diocese been notified their landlocked cemetary will now have casino in front of it?

Rancho Jamul Estates. The tribe is tapped in before their neighborhood.  Will Otay Water put in more pumps to keep up the pressure? Who is going to pay for it?

SDG&E. Now that the substation is not going to be built on the Simpsons property, where will the tribe get enough power? Will Jamul experience brown and black outs because of the drain?

 

The past environmental reviews failed. What makes the tribe, let alone another developer and financier,

think this one will pass?

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 Send in those letters in opposition!

 

Please copy the Jamul/Dulzura Planning Group, Senator Feinstein, Duncan Hunter, Brian Jones, and Dianne Jacob on all communication to the tribe.

 

Please register and Post them for your friends and neighbors in the forum at:

 

http://jacjamul.com

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No Casino! Not Now! Not Ever!

 

The fight is not over!

 

Community Meeting April 18th 7:00pm

Jamul Primary Multi-Use Room

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