Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators

Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, Maloney, Provenzano, and Rodriguez)

Legislator Richard A. Gerentine and Legislators Briggs and Lopez offer the

following:

WHEREAS, the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act of

2013 (Chapters 174 and 175 of the Laws of 2013) (hereinafter “the Gaming Act”)

was enacted on July 30, 2013; and

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2013, New York voters passed the public

referendum amending the State Constitution authorizing casino gambling in New

York State; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Gaming Act, four (4) casinos are to be sited

within three (3) regions of the State; and

WHEREAS, one of the regions is the Catskills/Hudson Valley region which

includes Ulster County; and

WHEREAS, the Gaming Act creates the Resort Gaming Facility Location

Board to review and evaluate the applications submitted to make selections of who is

eligible to apply for a commercial gaming license in New York State; and

WHEREAS, as a condition of filing, each applicant must illustrate to the

Board’s satisfaction that local and community support has been demonstrated; and

WHEREAS, the Gaming Act was enacted to assist in job growth and increase

school and property tax relief; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Division of Budget projects that a casino

will generate approximately $2 Million dollars annually in school and property tax

relief in Ulster County; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Division of Budget further projects that a

casino will provide approximately $2,287,985 annually in local government aid in

Ulster County; and 

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Resolution No. 144 April 15, 2014

Supporting The License Approval And Operation Of A Casino At

The Former Nevele Grande Hotel And Country Club In The Town

Of Wawarsing

WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 154 passed on June 19, 2012, the Ulster

County Legislature supported the placement of a casino at the former Nevele Grande

Hotel and Country Club in the Town of Wawarsing because it would create

thousands of direct and indirect jobs and provide an economic stimulus in the

southern part of Ulster County; and

WHEREAS, the County Executive has demonstrated his strong support for a

casino being sited at the Nevele site; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Wawarsing has unanimously

approved and supported locating a gaming casino at the Nevele site through passage

of Resolution No. 11 of 2012; and

WHEREAS, the Village Board of the Village of Ellenville has unanimously

voted to support the revitalization of the Nevele site by the construction of a casino

by Nevele Investors, LLC as evidenced by Resolution No. 022712-15; now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, the Ulster County Legislature supports the awarding of a

gaming facility license for the operation of a casino at the former Nevele Grande

Hotel and Country Club in the Town of Wawarsing; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Legislature shall send a copy of this

resolution to the Resort Gaming Facility Location Board,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Briggs)

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on April 15, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE

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Resolution No. 144 April 15, 2014

Supporting The License Approval And Operation Of A Casino At

The Former Nevele Grande Hotel And Country Club In The Town

Of Wawarsing

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster have compared the

foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said

Legislature on the 15th Day of April, 2014, and that the same is a true and correct transcript of said resolution and of the

whole thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 16th Day of April in

the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

17th Day of April, 2014. 22

nd Day of April, 2014.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella |s| Michael P. Hein

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive

Ulster County Legislature