Title
Tohono O'odham Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50070)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept, and as awarded, to enter into related agreements for up to $77,100 in new funding from the Tohono O'odham Nation 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 Tohono O'odham Nation in connection with these grants.
Report
Summary
These monies would be applied, as directed by the Tohono O'odham Nation towards the following:
Non-Profit Applications
- Arizona Centers for Comprehensive Education and Life Skills (ACCEL): $10,000 for an adaptive learning program.
- Furnishing Dignity: $7,500 for a home furnishing program.
- one.n.ten: $10,500 for a youth center.
- Veterans Medical Leadership Council (VMLC) Charities: $20,000 for the Returning Warrior program.
- Waste Not: $5,000 for the Feeding Children and Youth in Maricopa County program.
- Planned Parenthood: $24,100 for a health care center.
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, and promotion of commerce and economic development. The Tohono O'odham Nation will notify the City, by grant-in-aid agreement, of the Tribal Council's decision, if it desires to convey to the City or local nonprofits a portion of its annual 12 percent local revenue-sharing contribution.
Financial Impact
There is no budgetary impact to the City 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 City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Office of Government Relations.