Title
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-43595)
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 $1,221,038.20 in new funding from the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Authorization is 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
* Arizona Humane Society (AHS): $80,233 for the Compassion in the Classroom Education Program. Funding will help AHS expand the program in order to serve 18,000 youth in the coming year, underwriting costs tied to providing bilingual education options to more students and towards purchasing supplies for the safe transport of live animals for students to engage with, as part of the expanded program curriculum.
* Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services (ALWAYS): $15,000 for the New Roads to Success Empowerment Fund & Victims' Rights Education. The intended purpose of the requested amount is for the ALWAYS Empowerment Fund to allocate money for the New Road to Success Practice and for printing and travel costs for education programs concerning victims' rights.
* Hacienda, Inc: $12,000 for Technology Implementation Program Training which, will provide technology oriented classes and training for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
* Native American Connections: $50,000 for the Phoenix Indian School Visitors Center. Native American Connections is renovating the elementary building of the former Phoenix Indian School to serve as the Phoenix Indian School Visitors Center at Steele Indian School Park. With conference space and a commercial kitchen available for rent by community and tribal organizations, the Visitors Center will host activities promoting healthy living, economic and workforce development and cultural events. The focal point of the center will be an interactive gallery highlighting the history of the Phoenix Indian School. Grant funds will support a portion of the gallery expense and the first year of operating expense.
* New Pathways for Youth: $25,000 for the Transformative Mentoring program. Funding will support the Social Emotional Learning and College and Career Readiness workshops as part of the Transformative Mentoring program.
* The Phoenix Symphony: $10,000 for the Mind Over Music program. By leveraging music as a means to engage students in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) learning, Mind Over Music pairs musicians with teachers to create innovative and engaging curriculum.
* University of Arizona Project Wet: $43,000 for the Arizona Water Festivals and Teacher Workshop. It will support Phoenix teachers and students with effective water STEM education.
* Valley Youth Theatre: $135,000 (over three years) for the Literacy in the Arts program. The program uses theatre as a tool to increase comprehension and build enthusiasm for literature.
City Applications
* City of Phoenix Fire Department: $98,800 for the Phoenix Fire Department Tablet Computers project. Funding will be used to purchase tablet computers to support training programs.
* City of Phoenix Human Services Department: $130,000 for the Community Outreach and Progressive Engagement program. The goal of the program is to reduce street homelessness and improve neighborhood quality.
* City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department: $100,000 for the Neighborhood Tool Lending program. Funds would support volunteer programs by providing tools and supplies to Phoenix residents for the purpose of neighborhood clean-ups.
* City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $150,000 for the PHXteens Mobile Recreation program. Funding will help enhance current and future programming by enabling the program to purchase a vehicle and tow trailer for the gaming unit, which will be equipped with high-definition TVs, surround-sound system, internal furniture and gaming consoles.
* City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $100,000 for the CodePHX program. CodePHX is an expansion of a successful pilot in two City of Phoenix libraries to teach computer coding to children ages five and up. Funding will be expanded over three years to 29 sites, including all 17 libraries and 12 community centers.
* City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $31,320 for the PHXteens program. Funding will enhance current and future programming, including team building activities.
* City of Phoenix Police Department: $25,000 for the Event Data Recorder System in the Vehicular Crimes Unit. Funding will provide an investigative tool for serious injury and fatal vehicle collisions.
* City of Phoenix Police Department: $12,000 for the Digital Forensic System in the Digital Forensic Unit. Funding will provide an investigative tool for vehicular crimes.
* City of Phoenix Public Library: $37,985.25 for the Phoenix Works @ Burton Barr Central Library expansion project. Funding will provide equipment for 30 laptops and related materials that will allow expansion of workforce related programming at Burton Barr Central Library.
* City of Phoenix Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC): $134,000 for the RWC Real Time Spectrum Monitorinig project. Funding will assist in purchasing spectrum monitoring equipment and pay for a yearly subscription.
* City of Phoenix Youth and Education Office: $31,700 for the Free Little Libraries program. The Free Little Libraries program provides a place for families to gather and share their literature and stories via the newly formed Little Free Library, which is a "library" box in the shape of a house, school, etc., full of books where anyone can pick up a book and bring back another book to share.
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.