92-1028 Repeals 92-1014 • ci !oat
RESOLUTION
REPEALING RESOLUTION PASSED OCTOB:R 14, 1992 ENTITLED
"RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING ELGIN RIVER:OAT RESORT IN ELGIN"
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCI OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS, that it hereby repeals 'ts resolution passed
October 14, 1992 entitled "Resolut'on Reaffirming Elgin
Riverboat Resort in Elgin" , printed at page 572 of Volume LVII
of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Elgin.
s/ Georoe VanDeVoorde
Georg: VanDeVoorde, Mayor
Presented: October 28, 1992
Adopted: October 28, 1992
Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded:
Attest:
s/ Dolonna Mecum
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING ELGIN ' IVERBOAT RESORT
IN ELGIN, ILLINsIS
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin has ap.roved by resolution
dated November 13, 1991 , the location •y Peter Simon, Michael
Ensign, William Richardson and David B: lding, d/b/a Elgin
Riverboat Resort, of a riverboat gamin• facility on the Fox
River within the corporate limits of E gin; and
WHEREAS, the City has entered int. a development
Agreement with Elgin Riverboat Resort, a partnership
consisting of Peter Simon, Michael Ens 'gn, William Richardson
and David Belding; and
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin has previously refused to
entertain a request by Mirage Resorts, Inc . , to locate a
riverboat operation in the corporate l 'mits of the City of
Elgin; and
WHEREAS, the City has learned tha • Mirage Resorts, Inc . ,
has filed an application to operate a •iverboat gaming
operation within the corporate limits if the City of Elgin
with the Illinois Gaming Board for a r'verboat gaming license;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that the City of Elgin hereby
reaffirms that Peter Simon, Michael En-ign, William Richardson
and David Belding, d/b/a Elgin Riverbo.t Resort, is the
approved and accepted riverboat gaming operator for an
operation to be conducted within the c•rporate limits of the
City of Elgin; and
FURTHER, that the City of Elgin w' ll refuse to accept or
approve the Mirage Resorts, Inc . , as a riverboat gaming
operator in the City of Elgin, even if they become a licensee.
FURTHER, that the City of Elgin dies hereby request and
encourage the Illinois Gaming Board to issue a license to
Peter Simon, Michael Ensign, William R' chardson and David
Belding, d/b/a Elgin Riverboat Resort, to operate a riverboat
gaming operation in the City of Elgin .t the earliest
opportunity when such license is avail.ble.
Dated this 14th day of October, 1. 92 .
s/ G:or.e VanDeVoorde
Geor•e VanDeVoorde, Mayor
Presented: October 14 , 1992
Adopted: October 14, 1992
Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 2
Recorded:
Attest:
s/ Dolonna Mecum
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk