HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2020-112RESOLUTION NO. 2020-112
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION OF CITY LICENSE FEES FOR SEVEN MILE
CASINO WHILE IT IS PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING DUE
TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.7.2.1.B OF THE CHULA VISTA GAMING PLAN
WHEREAS, under the terms of the City’s approved Gaming Plan, Seven Mile Casino is
obligated to pay the City a quarterly license fee based on the number of state and locally approved
tables; and
WHEREAS, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Seven Mile Casino was forced to
cease operations on March 15th in compliance with the Governors emergency orders; and
WHEREAS, because they are unable to generate any revenue from ceased operations,
Seven Mile ownership has approached the City to request that the license fees be suspended for so
long as the casino is not allowed to operate; and
WHEREAS, under these unique circumstances, staff is supportive of this request
retroactive to April 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 2.7.2.1.b of the Gaming Plan, reasonably
interpreted, would allow the City to accommodate such a request, without the need to amend the
Gaming Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
as follows:
1. With respect to the Seven Mile Casino located on Bay Boulevard in Chula Vista,
California, commencing April 1, 2020, and continuing for so long as its cardroom
operations are prohibited under State or County emergency orders issued in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the quarterly license fees for Seven Mile Casino otherwise due and
payable under the terms of the City’s Gaming Plan shall be suspended.
2. Upon the elimination of the above-described State and County prohibitions, the license fee
payment requirements under the City’s Gaming Plan will immediately resume.
3. Seven Mile Casino’s obligation to pay license fees in advance will be prorated from the
date such prohibitions are eliminated, until the end of the applicable quarter.
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Resolution No. 2020-112
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Eric C. Crockett Glen R. Googins
Deputy City Manager/ City Attorney
Director of Economic Development
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of May 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2020-112 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of May 2020.
Executed this 26th day of May 2020.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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