Title
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-44939)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements in the total amount of $401,645 in new funding from the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Authorization is further requested for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds for purposes of this ordinance.
Report
Summary
These monies would be applied, as directed by Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, towards the following:
Non-Profit Applications
- New Pathways for Youth: $25,000 for the Transformative Mentoring Program, which helps youth in the highest need communities, with multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences, build the relationships and skills to reverse the social, emotional and cognitive impairment that would exist without a nurturing environment and a caring adult, which contributes to development of negative behaviors that can lead to unemployment, incarceration and increased health risks. The request will focus on participant enrollment to target the most vulnerable youth in the community and provide ongoing support to change their trajectory, increasing their overall health and wellbeing.
- United States Veterans (U.S. Vets) Phoenix: $25,000 for the Excellence in Veteran Services Coordination for Phoenix Veterans which will make a critical difference in the lives of veterans who are homeless across the Phoenix metropolitan area by supporting a locally-based Veteran Services Coordinator who will provide fluidity and consistency in service delivery to veteran clients of U.S. Vets-Phoenix.
City Applications
- City of Phoenix Fire Department: $60,597 for the Forcible Entry Door Props Project, funds will be used to purchase forcible entry door props for the firefighter training program.
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $162,300 for the codePHX Program for staffing and resources for codePHX program continuation at current locations and expansion to eight additional locations starting in the fall of 2018.
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $45,268 for the Pueblo Grande Museum 90th Anniversary Exhibition.
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $50,000 for the Kool Kids Open Swim Admission to support the City of Phoenix's Kool Kids program, which provides free open swim admission to community youth under 17 years of age at 20 City of Phoenix pools in underserved areas.
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $33,480 for the fitPHX Trail Counters to deploy 29 trail counters that assist with tracking data and monitoring the usage of WalkPHX paths in flatland City parks.
The gaming compact entered into by the State of Arizona and various tribes calls for 12 percent of gaming revenue to be contributed to cities, towns and counties for government services that benefit the general public including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming and promotion of commerce, and economic development. The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation will notify the City, by resolution of the Tribal Council, if it desires to convey to the City a portion of its annual 12 percent local revenue-sharing contribution.
Financial Impact
There is no budgetary impact to the City of Phoenix and no General Funds are required. Entities that receive gaming grants are responsible for the management of those funds.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Office of Government Relations.