[CPEO-IRF] Pt. Molate (CA) casino suit settled

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Richmond, Casino Developers Settle Lawsuit By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Legal Action Begun by Environmentalists Ends With Amendment

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Berkeley Daily Planet
January 10, 2006

The City of Richmond and the developers who hope to install a Las 
Vegas-style casino at Point Molate have reached a tentative settlement 
to a suit filed by environmentalists and supported by the state.

The Richmond City Council has scheduled a vote on the settlement during 
Tuesday’s council meeting, as well as a vote on a proposed amendment to 
the sale agreement which was challenged by the lawsuit. It would allow 
for development of the site to occur in stages.

...

The settlement ends a legal action begun 13 months ago when Citizens for 
East Shore Parks (CESP) filed suit, seeking to void an agreement between 
the city and Upstream Point Molate LLC that transferred the former U.S. 
Navy fuel depot to the developer.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=01-10-06&storyID=23160

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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