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Anthony Jack 

Tribal Chairman 

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians 

2755 Mission Rancheria Road 

Lakeport, CA 95453 

RE: Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians Amended Gaming Ordinance 

Dear Chairman: 

This letter is in response to your request for the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) 

to review and approve an amendment to the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians Amended 

Gaming Ordinance (Ordinance Amendment), Resolution No. 10- 16-04-0 1, approved by the 

Tribal Council on October 16, 2004. This letter constitutes such approval under the Indian 

Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). It is important to note that the Ordinance Amendment is 

approved for gaming only on Indian lands, as defined in the IGRA, over which the Tribe has 

jurisdiction. 

g the Ordinance Amendment for review and approval. The NIGC 

o working with you and the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians on 

Chairman 

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Resolution #lo-16-04-0 1 

The General Community Council 

Of the 

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians 

Amendment to the Big Valley Gaming Act of 1994 

"Terms of Office" 

WHEREAS, The Big Valley Rancheria (Tribe) is governed pursuant to a Constitution 

and By-Laws approved by the Secretary of the Interior under the Indian Re-organization 

Act of 1934 (IRA); and 

WHEREAS, Under the Tribe's Constitution, the General Community Council, composed 

by all qualified voting members of the Tribe, is the governing body of the Tribe; and 

WHEREAS, The General Community Council has determined that it is in the best 

interest of the Tribe that the Terms of Office be staggered to a three (3) year term; and 

WHEREAS, The term of one of the present member of the Big Valley Gaming 

Commission will expire in November 2004; and 

WHEREAS, The Big Valley Gaming Act of 1994 has been approved by the National 

Indian Gaming Commission ('NIGC"), and no amendment of the Act is effective until 

approved by NIGC; and 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the General Community Council of the Big 

Valley Band of Pomo Indians here by amends the Big Valley Gaming Act of 1994 as 

follows: 

1) Section 4c., entitled "Terms of Office," is replaced in its entirety with the 

following: 

'The Commissioners shall serve for a three year staggered terms. The 

next regular election for Gaming Commissioners after the effective date of 

the Gaming Act amendment of 2004, shall occur in November 2005. At 

that election two (2) Commissioners seats shall be filled, with the 

successfU1 candidate who receives the least votes for a term of three years, 

and the other elected for four (4) years (after the four year term expires, 

that seat will revert down to a three (3) year term). 

BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED THAT; This Resolution is hereby adopted by the 

General Community Council of the Big Valley Rancheria and shall be submitted by the 

Tribal Chairman to the NIGC for approval, to be effective immediately upon its approval 

by the NIGC, or at such earlier date as provided by fwrct) 1~ y fe#~&m. 
CERTIFICATION 

The signatures below certify that the above resolution was adopted by the Tribal General 

Community Council at a duly called meeting at which a quorum was established on 

October 16,2004. Show ofhands was the majority vote in favor of motion. Motion was 

Passed. 

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Anthony Jack, fribal ~Z'rman q 

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