[CPEO-MEF] Pt. Molate casino

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Parks supporters file suit over casino

By Rebecca Rosen Lum
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
December 16, 2004

Citizens for East Shore Parks sued Richmond and a casino developer 
Wednesday, claiming the city was remiss in not undertaking a thorough 
environmental review of Point Molate before agreeing to sell it for a 
massive casino complex.

The Richmond City Council embraced the proposed casino complex in 
November after a high-stakes battle by ChevronTexaco, which planned to 
use the land as a security buffer, and Upstream Point Molate LLC, which 
plans a hotel/gaming complex with 1,100 hotel rooms, a 
150,000-square-foot entertainment venue and 300,000 square feet of 
retail space.

If the casino option fails to win federal and state approvals, Upstream 
will pursue building housing, hotel and some retail space on the site.

The federal Base Closure Act required the city to place some sort of 
revenue-generating development on the former navy fuel depot, which was 
conveyed to Richmond in September 2003.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/transportation/10429869.htm?1c

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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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