Title
Tohono O'odham Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-43593)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $417,490.22 in new funding from the Tohono O'odham Nation. Authorization is requested for the City Treasurer to accept the funds and the City Controller to disburse funds as directed by Tohono O'odham Nation in connection with these grants.
Report
Summary
These monies would be applied, as directed by Tohono O'odham Nation, toward the following:
Non-Profit Applications
* Arizona Humane Society: $41,990 to investigate, rescue and rehabilitate animals impacted by large-scale hoarding/cruelty. Funding will help provide in-field emergency medical assessments of affected animals as well as provide follow-up behavior rehabilitation work with the animals so that they may safely be placed for adoption with the public.
* Child and Family Resources: $15,000 for the Maricopa Center for Adolescent Parents program for participants to receive needed curriculum, study, and practice tools, to cover the critical components of academics, life skills, parenting skills and childhood development.
* Feeding Matters: $10,000 for the Parent Support program, the first of its kind to help parents navigate the complex world of feeding disorders, by offering solutions and provide invaluable, life-changing support for fragile families.
* Native American Community Health Center, Inc. (Native Health): $25,480.40 to purchase fixtures and medical equipment for all medical exam rooms at the Central Phoenix clinic. The clinic has nine operational exam rooms; all nine rooms are used for family practice medical services.
* Phoenix Day: $21,000 to provide emergency preschool tuition assistance to children from low-income households that lose their Department of Economic Security (DES) childcare subsidy, or that face a financial crisis (loss of a job, etc.). The emergency fund will also provide these households with parenting education and access to relevant community resources.
* USO: $15,000 for the Arizona, Children and Families of Our Military program which includes the Family Resiliency Supportive program and the Physical Fitness program. Funding would enable the USO to affect transformative change in the lives and goals of service members and their families living in Arizona as they serve the country.
* Valley Youth Theatre: $45,000 for the Literacy in the Arts program. The program enables underserved and at-risk children to engage in a visual re-enactment of a story, which benefits both reading comprehension and word association.
City Applications
* City of Phoenix Fire Department: $47,200 to purchase a Mini Fire Suppression Vehicle for large planned events and unique incidents. The unit will primarily be used at special events where restricted access poses a challenge to traditional sized fire apparatus.
* City of Phoenix Housing Department: $31,315 to initiate and sustain a Community Action Team within the Edison-Eastlake Community that will increase awareness and encourage community participation in reporting of crime and provide resources for community stakeholders to collaborate in crime prevention.
* City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department: $100,000 for the Tool Lending and Volunteer Assistance program. The funding would provide additional resources for community groups to use and promote community beautification efforts. The goal of the program is to increase Phoenix adult and youth participation in their respective neighborhoods by getting involved in civic engagement activities such as attending community meetings, developing community action plans, promoting self-reliance, volunteerism and neighborhood communication.
* City of Phoenix Prosecutor's Office: $34,504.82 to update antiquated technology and equipment used in four conference rooms. The conference rooms are used to review evidence, discuss cases and important citywide issues and to present and educate fellow prosecutors, community members and other stakeholders.
* City of Phoenix Youth and Education Office: $31,000 for the Read On Phoenix-Experience Corps Tutoring Program. Funding will be used to hire an Encore Fellow, who will serve as the data specialist to manage the many different data sets in order to track and analyze the effectiveness of the program.
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.
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 management of those funds.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Office of Government Relations.