File #: 18-2113   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 8/29/2018 Final action: 8/29/2018
Title: Gila River Indian Community Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-44908)
District: Citywide

Title

Gila River Indian Community Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-44908)

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $7,301,121 in new funding from the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC). Authorization is further requested for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds as directed by GRIC in connection with these grants.

 

Report

Summary

These monies would be applied, as directed by GRIC, towards the following:

 

Non-Profit Applications

  • Aid to Adoption of Special Kids: $150,000 (over three years) for the Sibling Connections Program, which provides opportunities for foster siblings to connect and reunite, through regular hosted group activities and a one-week summer camp in Payson.
  • Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services: $225,000 (over three years) for the Legal Services for 200 Program to reach and serve more young, vulnerable people impacted by homelessness, abuse, the foster care system and human trafficking survivors of all ages.
  • Arizona Facts of Life: $145,560 for the F.A.C.T.S. Trauma Informed Care Program to implement a service model used to engage youth to build strengths in resilience related to the many faces of trauma and its impact.
  • Arizona Humane Society: $75,000 for the Large-Scale Animal Cruelty and Rescue Project to help provide medical treatment to animals removed from large-scale cruelty/hoarding/hazardous situations.
  • Arizona Jewish Historical Society: $500,000 (over three years) for the We Remember Project to construct a building that will serve as a museum for displaying and storing the collection of Holocaust survivor life-masks and paintings by renowned artist Bob Sutz, as well as administrative offices and meeting rooms.
  • Assistance League of Phoenix: $50,000 for the Operation School Bell Program to provide school uniform packages, including a hygiene kit and a new book to very low income grade K-8 children attending 87 Phoenix Metro Area public and public charter schools.
  • Ballet Arizona: $7,500 (over three years) for the Class Warm Up Program to provide dance education to K-12 students within Title I schools.
  • Banner Health Foundation: $366,000 (over three years) for the Better Beginnings: A Neonatal Intensive Care Support Program for Mother and Child which will support vital medical care and education for over 600 women and their premature infants at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix. This project will also provide direct care to opioid-addicted mothers and babies.
  • Children's Museum of Phoenix: $300,000 (over three years) for the Free First Friday Nights and Innovation Fund which opens the museum to the general public for free 10 nights per year and create new exhibits that will keep members and visitors engaged with the Museum's offerings.
  • Daring Adventures: $162,864 (over three years) for the Achieving Our Everest through Creating Sustainability Program to provide outdoor recreation to improve the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities.
  • Desert Botanical Garden: $222,000 (over three years) for the STEAM Learning at Spaces of Opportunity Program to provide STEAM education about native Sonoran Desert plants, pollinators, ecology at Spaces of Opportunity, a community initiative in South Phoenix.
  • Dress for Success: $25,000 for the Mobile Career Center which helps economically-challenged women obtain jobs and become self-sufficient.
  • Educare Arizona: $75,000 for the Extended Day Expansion Program which will support Educare's state-of-the-art campus. Educare provides evidence-based early education and family support along with research-based professional development coaching and training.
  • Elevate Phoenix: $25,000 for the Improving Urban Youths' Safety, Mental Health and Academic Achievement Program which supports the mental and emotional needs of at least 4,500 at-risk Native American, Hispanic and other youth, improve their safety in and out of school, and improve their life by keeping them in school through graduation and beyond.
  • Esperanca: $10,000 (over two years) for the Health Literacy Programs for at-risk Latino Children, Adults and Seniors which will support delivery of health literacy programs regarding nutrition, physical activity, and proper oral hygiene practices to improve health outcomes related to obesity/overweight, diabetes and poor oral health, conditions that disproportionally affect low-income, at-risk Hispanic children, adults and seniors.
  • Foundation for Senior Living: $250,000 (over two years) for the Building a Home Away from Home Capital Campaign which would support construction of a new facility to house FSL's Glendale Adult Day Health Services, the only comprehensive medical-model Adult Day Health Services program for seniors and adults with disabilities, doubling daily capacity for seniors in the West Valley.
  • Fresh Start Women's Foundation: $50,000 for the Upward Mobility for Unemployed and Underemployed Low-Income Women Program to empower low-income, unemployed, and underemployed women in Phoenix to improve their career readiness and secure careers that provide self-sufficient wages.
  • Genesis City: $300,000 (over three years) for the Genesis City Capital Campaign to secure the long-term home of Genesis City at 525 E. McDowell Road in Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Hacienda Children's Hospital: $170,000 (over two years) for the Direct Care Operation to fund operational costs related to direct-patient care at Hacienda Children's Hospital.
  • Hacienda, Inc.: $65,000 for the Disability Transportation for Hacienda, Inc. Program to provide wheelchair accessible transportation to Hacienda's developmentally and intellectually disabled clients who travel to and from Hacienda's campus and residental group homes.
  • Homeward Bound: $150,000 (over three years) for the Empowering Homeless Families through Work Program which will provide employment services and case management to create economic self sufficiency.
  • Imagine Camelback School: $74,370 (over three years) for the Guiding Garden Program a hands-on agricultural and science based program for low-income and at-risk youth.
  • Lost Boys Center for Leadership Development: $300,000 (over three years) for the Root Project which are education programs and intervention services geared at helping the Lost Boys and Girls acculturate into large Maricopa County communities.
  • New Pathways for Youth: $50,000 for the Transformative Mentoring Program, to provide Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) intervention.
  • OCJ Kids: $25,000 for the InterAct Project, Improving the Health and Outcomes of Foster Children Program, which will improve the physical and emotional health and development of foster youth who experience abuse and neglect prior to entering into the foster care system.
  • Phoenix AKARAMA Foundation: $124,580 (over four years) for the Ultimate Technology Summer Camp to address the local and national needs by improving access to STEM education in underserved areas.
  • Phoenix Day: $20,000 for the Early Childhood Education Program to provide program operating support.
  • Phoenix Symphony: $150,000 (over two years) for the Music Education Partnership Program to support music education in schools in underserved neighborhoods.
  • Phoenix Theatre: $233,700 (over three years) for the Partners That Heal Program to support two days of local service delivery of Phoenix Theatre's signature outreach program for the next three years.
  • PSA Behavioral Health: $30,000 for the Evidence-Based Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Services to support the cost of a part-time Family Nurse Practitioner to provide primary care in an integrated care setting to individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance abuse issues.
  • St. Joseph the Worker: $7,500 for the Employment Heals Communities Program to make it possible for everyone who wants to work to obtain a quality job that leads to self-sufficiency.
  • St. Mary's Food Bank: $300,000 (over three years) for the Community Kitchen Program to help low-income, homeless, formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable adults achieve financial stability through job training, personal and professional skills development and other services so they can obtain employment.
  • Stand for Children: $300,000 (over three years) for the Every Child Reads Program, the next phase of its early literacy work.
  • United Service Organization (USO)-Arizona: $90,000 (over three years) for the USO Arizona Military Children Programming, USO Arizona MEPS to provide a variety of field trips for military children to middle school through high school to discover and experience the variety of activities that Arizona has to offer.
  • United States Veterans (U.S. Vets) Phoenix: $150,000 (over three years) for the Veterans Food Assistance Program which provides meals for homeless veterans.
  • University of Arizona-College of Medicine-Phoenix: $70,000 (over two years) for the College of Medicine-Phoenix Scholarships to provide support for underserved students.
  • UPWARD for Children and Families: $75,000 for the Outpatient Therapy for Children with Disabilities Program to support medically necessary outpatient therapies for low-income children with mild to severe disabilities.
  • Valley Youth Theatre: $45,000 (over three years) for the Literacy and the Arts Program, which helps at-risk underserved students attending Title I schools in the Phoenix and Roosevelt Elementary School Districts.

 

City Applications

  • City of Phoenix City Manager's Office - Volunteer Phoenix Program: $282,000 (over two years) to support the implementation of the Phoenix Citywide Service Plan, which was created to engage diverse communities in service projects that promote healthy neighborhoods, wellness activities and public safety.
  • City of Phoenix Fire Department: $39,640 for the Phoenix Fire Department Health Center Project to purchase replacement equipment for the Health Center.
  • City of Phoenix Housing Department: $79,167 for the Edison-Eastlake Technology Integration Program to provide low income public housing residents access to electronic technology/devices which will increase digital and internet literacy, improve school performance, employability, allow easy access to health information and remove barriers to the post-secondary application process.
  • City of Phoenix Human Services Department: $62,000 for the Senior Center Mobile Computer Lab to provide computer/internet access to seniors.
  • City of Phoenix Library Department: $89,500 for College Depot at Phoenix Public Library Expansion to equip the newly constructed College Depot expansion with technology to increase programming reach to help thousands take the next step in their education.
  • City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department: $70,000 (over two years) for NSD Community and Youth Engagement Programs to support continuation and expansion of programs such as, Love Your Block, Tomorrows Involved Leaders Today, Good Neighbor Program, Neighborhood College and the Blight Buster Volunteers Program.
  • City of Phoenix Office of Government Relations: $300,000 (over two years) for Census 2020 Education, Training, Awareness and Response.
  • City of Phoenix Office of Sustainability: $220,000 (over 18 months) for the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations-Small Business Employee Parking Project to expand workplace charging in employee parking facilities for small businesses, a key action needed in support of the City of Phoenix's goal to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2025.
  • City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (WalkPHX): $31,920 for the Laveen Area Conveyance Channel to implement WalkPHX signage, mileage markers and trail counters along the Laveen Area Conveyance Channel in southwest Phoenix.
  • City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (codePHX): $300,000 (over three years) to expand and sustain the codePHX Program.
  • City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (Sunnyslope Community Center Fitness Room): $20,800 to replace and upgrade aging fitness equipment at the Sunnyslope Community Center.
  • City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (Kool Kids): $50,000 for the Kool Kids program to provide a safe, affordable swimming environment for at-risk youth in Phoenix.
  • City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (Pueblo Grande): $87,020 to repair and install interpretive trails and design, fabricate and install educational signs along the trails at Pubelo Grande Museum.
  • City of Phoenix Police Department: $300,000 for Police Officer Protective Equipment to provide personal protective equipment, in the form of respiratory protection, for front line law enforcement officers to ensure their ability to fulfill their duties of protecting and serving the community even in the presence of hazardous materials.

 

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 Gila River Indian Community 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 purpose 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.