File #: 21-1633   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 7/1/2021 Final action: 7/1/2021
Title: Tohono O'odham Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-47795)
District: Citywide

Title

Tohono O'odham Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-47795)

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $470,973.42 in new funding from the Tohono O'odham Nation under the 2021 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

If awarded, these monies would be applied, as directed by the Tohono O'odham Nation, towards the following:

 

City Applications

  • Community and Economic Development Department: $50,000 for the Reinvest Maryvale Campaign, which will attract meaningful investment and development interest in the Maryvale Village, which will provide educational, recreational and economic opportunities to the residents and visitors of Maryvale.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $15,300 for the FitPHX, Zero Waste Cooking Program, which will teach community members how to prepare zero waste meals at home.
  • Phoenix Fire Department: $76,189.42 for the purchase of a mini all-terrain ambulance capable of responding to medical emergencies during special events where access is limited due to crowd size or event footprint.

 

Non-Profit Applications

  • Ballet Arizona: $6,450 for the Hoop Dance Program, which will enable Ballet Arizona to engage 20-25 Native American youth (ages 8-12) in the Hoop Dance Program, featuring introductory dance classes anchored in not only Native American history, culture, and traditions, but also those of ballet.
  • Cancer Support Community Arizona: $30,000 for the Improving Health Outcomes for Uninsured and Under-Insured Arizona Cancer Patients program, which will promote increased access to medical and mental health care for Arizona's uninsured and under-served cancer patients, it will decrease barriers to care, reduce health care inequities, and promote optimal health outcomes.
  • Creighton Community Foundation: $35,000 for the Creighton Community Gardens Program, which will seek to transform the local food system to bring inclusive, equitable, and participatory foods access to the most vulnerable communities.
  • Daring Adventures: $43,034 for the Collaborative Recreation Program, which will offer a variety of supportive services and recreational services for people of all abilities.
  • Life More Abundantly: $15,000 for the Pregnancy Testing and Ultrasound Program, which will support the Nursing and Client Services staff in the Pregnancy Resource Center.
  • Neighborhood Ministries: $30,000 for the Suenos Youth Empowerment Center which will bridge the digital divide in inner-city Phoenix while increasing academic retention, promotions, aspirations, and career opportunities to equip vulnerable youth to become healthy, responsible and independent adults. 
  • Seed Spot: $50,000 for technical assistance programming which ranges from short form workshops, two day Launch Camps to intensive six week training programs for underrepresented entrepreneurs and small business owners.
  • Southwest Center: $70,000 for HIV prevention services to ensure immediate and barrier-free medical treatment is available and to promote services to high-risk community members. 
  • USO Arizona: $25,000 for the USO Arizona operations and programs, which includes youth and family strengthening programs and the necessary expenses to provide basic needs supplies, event food, activity kit materials, COVID-19, and other sanitation supplies for USO centers, and Mobile USO program delivery, and costs associated with facilitating online family support programs, logistical support, marketing, and data tracking and evaluation.
  • Valley of the Sun YMCA: $25,000 for Childcare and Preschool Programs which will be provided to children from low-income families in Phoenix.

 

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 Tohono O'odham 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 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 City Manager Ed Zuercher and the Office of Government Relations.