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Funds from the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians will help the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians through a difficult federal approval process in its bid to build an 1,100-room resort with a casino, theater, convention center, retail, and other amenties on the land at the foot of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge, said tribal spokesman Michael Derry.
The Rumsey Band will operate the casino, Derry added.
Much of the 312 acres has already been transferred to Richmond, but another 50 acres remain with the Navy, as part of an environmental clean-up effort. The Navy may turn over those acres, along with cleanup money, under an early transfer now being discussed, Derry said.
Guidiville is going to give Richmond $20 million a year if the plan materializes.
The tribe is pursuing a rarely given exemption under a federal law that prohibits Indians from gaming on land acquired after 1988.
The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, which wants a casino along Richmond Parkway, is also pushing for the same exemption.
A go vernment decision on Scotts Valley is expected much sooner than for Guidiville. Critics charge that both tribes hail from the North Bay and that their pursuit of Contra Costa casinos amounts to "reservation shopping."
Derry declined to discuss the other terms of the deal.
"It's enough of a commitment to get us through the entire process," he said.
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