Title
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Gaming Grant (Ordinance S-50141)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and accept up to $264,100 in new funding from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community under the 2024 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 local non-profits to invite to apply for funding consideration. An invitation to apply is not a guarantee that the application will be selected for funding by the tribe. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community does not consider multi-year capital campaign projects.
If awarded, the funds would be applied, as directed by Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, towards the following:
City Application
- Parks and Recreation, S'edav Va'aki (formerly Pueblo Grande) Museum: $164,100 for the S'edav Va'aki Museum Exhibit Elements Installation project, which will guide the creation of the orientation gallery, the O'odham garden extension, renovation of the children's gallery, lighting, flooring, and exhibit case upgrades.
Non-Profit Applications
- Arizona Humane Society: $75,000 for wrap-around programming to Keeping Pets and People Together program, which will support innovative, wrap-around programs that keep families intact, such as the Pet Resource Center, Veterinary Assistance Fund and Project Home Away from Home Initiative.
- Homeward Bound: $25,000 for the Shelter and Community Services program, which deliver trauma-informed services and aim to address the varying contributing factors and complex effects of generational poverty. These programs strive to improve long-term self-sufficiency and stability for families who enter their program, with a focus on the whole family unit.
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 or nonprofit 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.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Office of Government Relations.