California
Casino Study Results Revealed
As reported by the Amador Ledger
Dispatch: "A nine-month study of a casino's
potential impacts on Plymouth's infrastructure
came to a rough end number last Thursday when
a consultant said the toll on the city of 1,050
people could run as high as $13.4 million.
"Gary
Goelitz, vice president of Matrix Consulting
Engineers, told the Plymouth City Council the
estimated impacts a proposed world-class Indian
casino and hotel facility could have on the
city, after his company studied the Ione Band
of Miwok Indians' proposed casino using only
an Environmental Impact Statement prepared by
the tribe's own engineers, Toma & Anderson.
"…Goelitz
would not divulge the size of the casino as
listed in EIS plans used in the Matrix study.
But he said that its size relative to existing
casinos and lack of ground water, meant that
the casino would need to resort to surface water
provided by an Amador Water Agency pipeline.
"He
said the casino's size, and the fact that it
would serve alcohol in many areas of its facility,
would require an 11-member police department
with a $1.1 million operating budget and a start-up
cost of $600,000. He based the finding on an
existing contract with the Amador County Sheriff's
Office, for $118,000 a year…"
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