Title
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Gaming Grant (Ordinance S-48949)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and accept up to $253,337 in new funding from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community under the 2022 funding cycle. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds as directed by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in connection with these grants.
Report
Summary
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 12 Percent Gaming Grant application process is by invitation only. The tribe will select and identify which municipalities and agencies to invite to apply for funding consideration. An invitation to apply is not a guarantee that the application will be selected for funding.
If awarded, the funds would be applied, as directed by Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, towards the following:
City Application
- City of Phoenix, Parks and Recreation Department: $253,337 for the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park for two permanent exhibits for reinterpretation: Hohokam: The Land and the People, a presentation regarding Hohokam material culture, and Dig It! Explore Archaeology, a child-centered exhibit about the science of archaeology. Both galleries are organized around topics, not integrated themes, and both feature typical interpretive practices of two decades ago, reflecting the perspective and practices of academic archeology at the time.
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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa 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 and no general-purpose funds are required. Entities that receive gaming grants are responsible for the management of those funds.
Location
4619 W. Washington St.
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Office of Government Relations.