File #: 24-0822   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 5/29/2024 Final action: 5/29/2024
Title: Gila River Indian Community 2024 Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50899)
District: Citywide

Title

Gila River Indian Community 2024 Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50899)

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $12,433,354.28 in funding from the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) under the 2024 funding cycle. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds as directed by GRIC in connection with these grants, including sub-recipients associated with a project.

 

Report

Summary

Grants for programs and projects can range in total from $1,000 to $300,000 and can be paid out in installments to support the program for at least one but no more than three years. Detailed and well justified budgets are essential. GRIC will determine the final amount and length of all grant awards; this may vary from the requested amount.

 

GRIC will also consider capital funding requests of up to $500,000 to be paid out in installments for at least one but no more than five years, however the ultimate level of capital contribution will be at the discretion of the GRIC Tribal Council based on interest in the project and available funding.

 

If awarded, these monies would be applied, as directed by the GRIC Tribal Council, towards the following:

 

City Applications

  • Office of Arts and Culture: $298,000 (over one and half years) for the Museum Gallery Content Development at S'edav Va'kai Museum, which will develop the content for a total redo of the museum's permanent galleries.
  • Housing Department: $100,000 (over two years) for the Pedestrian Place Keeping through Storytelling and Oral Histories project, which will develop place keeping public art projects by storytelling and oral histories, that enhance the pedestrian experience in Choice Neighborhoods communities (e.g., way finding signs).
  • Human Services Department: $198,500 (over three years) for the Professional Resume Writing and Resume Fundamental Training in the Business and Workforce Development Division, which will provide individuals seeking Workforce Development through the Human Services Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult or Dislocated Worker programs.
  • Human Services Department: $144,000 (over three years) for Family Advocacy Center Clients, which will provide therapeutic services to victims of violent crimes (domestic violence, homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault) and continued support for crime victims through the purchase of therapeutic services and clothing items.
  • Neighborhood Services Department: $234,975 (over three years) for the Love Your Block: Connecting Neighborhoods One Block at a Time project, which will create more desirable neighborhoods through increased engagement and economic development.
  • Office of Environmental Programs: $300,000 (over three years) for the Building a Circular Food Economy for South Phoenix project, which seeks to disrupt and transform wasteful, linear food systems through the lens of food justice. The project seeks to design a hyper-local, circularized food system for 50 to 70 households within a 10 square mile area in South Phoenix. The pilot project will feed more than 300 South Phoenix residents, based on an average household of four, with fresh, healthy produce and products from local, small Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) farmers, decrease food waste by providing these same residents with a composting service conducted by a local small business, who in turn will return the compost to the farmers providing the food, thus creating a circular food economy.
  • Office of Heat Response and Mitigation: $300,000 (over two years) for the We're Cool: Phase II project, which will support the second phase of the communication campaign and summer outreach program to prevent heat-related illness and death. The program will work with volunteers and caseworkers to distribute heat relief supplies, share information about community cooling resources, and connect residents to critical social services including shelter, housing, identification, food, hygiene facilities, and transportation. Phase II of the program will expand outreach to patrons of highly attended Downtown Phoenix special events by partnering with local organizations and Visit Phoenix. During outreach, volunteers will provide pre-filled aluminum water bottles in areas with limited access to public drinking water.
  • Office of Innovation: $254,000 (over three years) for the Access to Chilled Drinking Water in Public Spaces project, which will provide free access to chilled drinking water in high-density mobility corridors, fostering resiliency to extreme heat by supporting hydration and preventing heat-related health challenges.
  • Office of Public Health: $300,000 (over two years) for the Art of Prevention program, which will increase access to art and culture experiences for youth as a prevention for mental health and substance use issues.
  • Office of Sustainability: $60,000 for the Low-Income, Multi-Family-Electric Vehicle Charger Installation project, which will fund electrical improvements and equipment needed at one low-income, multi-family property to install one Level II dual port electric vehicle charger.
  • Phoenix Fire Department: $10,002.50 for the Automated Traffic Scenario Simulator which will improve fire apparatus training programs by incorporating situational realism.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $500,000 (over three years, capital funding request) for the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Technology and Training Enhancement program, which will enhance forensic capabilities, technology procurement, and training opportunities for the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $373,000 (capital funding request) for Bomb Squad equipment, which will strengthen the community's safety through the implementation of advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal equipment, comprehensive training programs, and community engagement initiatives.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $422,199.30 (capital funding request) for the Community Health And Outreach for Individuals with Coordinated Encouragement (CHOICE) project which will equip the program with technology, transportation, and adequate staffing to connect unsheltered citizens with the correct entities to provide the unsheltered with needed assistance and to keep the community safe by removal of blight concerns and proactively addressing open air drug use and nuisance crimes.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $65,000 for Crime Impact Unit Light Packages which will obtain emergency lights for undercover vehicles in the Fugitive Apprehension Investigations Detail Fleet.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $127,518.91 for the Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer Instrumentation (GC/MS) program, which will purchase a new GC/MS instrument with greater sensitivity that will allow for the identification of all controlled substances, especially fentanyl.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $300,000 (over three years) for Crime Stop Call Reduction, which will provide the 9-1-1 Communications Bureau with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to better serve residents on the non-emergency line.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $500,000 (over five years, capital funding request) for Digital Forensic Investigative Unit Tools, which will sufficiently equip the Digital Forensic Investigative Unit with equipment and training necessary to conduct forensically sound and thorough digital forensic investigations, which will aid in ensuring the safety and security for each person within the community.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $130,000 for Dive Team diver safety equipment, which will provide enhanced diver safety through updated equipment, technology, and training.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $500,000 (capital funding request) for the Drones as a First Responder program, which will purchase the necessary equipment to launch a Drones as First Responder Program.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $71,550 for the Employee Wellness Center, which will renovate/refit a space for all employees, in which peer supporters, mental health clinicians, resilience professionals, and rehabilitative specialists work side by side providing care and referrals for visitors.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $386,866.90 for a Green Wagon, which will update existing transport vehicles for the Central Booking Detail.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $27,352 for Air Support Unit Maintenance Laptops, which will purchase laptops for seven aircraft maintenance technicians.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $96,000 for MPU5 Data Transmitting Devices, which will purchase seven MPU5 (smart radio device) data transmitting devices.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $300,000 for Lab Sexual Assault Kits 2024, which will process victim sex crime evidence kits for DNA through the use of outsource vendor laboratories that process evidence associated to sexual assault investigations to reduce the backlog.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $400,000 (capital funding request) for a Special Assignments Unit Armored Vehicle, for use of an armored vehicle when necessary to apprehend violent criminals.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $34,502.22 for Statewide Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, which will purchase scales to weigh commercial vehicles to ensure that they are in compliance with federal motor vehicle carries regulations.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $182,699 for Speed License Plate Reader Trailers, which provide mobile, multi-purpose equipment to assist in reducing vehicle speed on roadways, studying traffic patterns, and gathering real-time intelligence to enhance overall safety in identified target areas.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $173,200 for the Street Racing Task Force, which will continue to enforce illegal street racing.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $167,285.25 for the Violent Crimes Bureau Technology Upgrade, which will be to purchase iPads for violent crime investigators.
  • Phoenix Public Library: $300,000 for the Library Safety and Security project which will improve safety and emergency communications at Phoenix Public Libraries.
  • Planning and Development Department: $300,000 (over three years) for Rio Reimagined Community Plan Phase II, which will continue ongoing community planning efforts to activate and transform the Salt River (Rio Salado) into a local and regional tourist destination, while identifying opportunities for improving connectivity, housing, health, recreation, economic development, and cultural expression across the river corridor.
  • Water Services: $125,000 for the Stormwater Awareness Outreach program, which will enhance the community's knowledge of how to minimize the impact of urban activities on the quality of stormwater.

 

Non-Profit Applications

  • ACCEL: $25,000 for the Adaptive Education for Children Who Have Special Needs, which will support unique educational needs for youth who have developmental disabilities.
  • Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children: $50,000 for the Improving Outcomes for Children and Cancer and Their Families program, which will provide social, emotional, and financial support to primarily low-income families and their children who have pediatric cancer with the goal to alleviate the stress these families face and improve outcomes for both the child and their family.
  • Arizona Education Foundation: $25,000 for the Our World: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program, which provides diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training for schools, businesses, nonprofits, and higher education.
  • Arizona Forward: $300,000 (over three years) for the Arizona Forward Advance: Nurturing Leaders, Recognizing Excellence, and Broadening Summits for a Greater Future project, which is a comprehensive funding initiative to support the organization's overarching mission covering programs, operations, events, and essential functions aimed at fostering sustainable development and making a positive impact on communities throughout the state.
  • Arizona Humane Society: $20,000 for Animal Welfare Youth Education programs, which will be used to help scale the reach of the organization's youth education programs by 15 percent.
  • Arizona Science Center: $50,000 for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Learning Programs for Low-Income Children, which will provide free educational field trips and classroom programs for 3,223 Title 1 students.
  • Asian Pacific Community in Action: $151,275 for Diabetes Care for Immigrants, Refugees and Displaced People in Urban Phoenix, which will cover the costs of a comprehensive community diabetes prevention initiative.
  • Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents: $25,000 for the Embracing Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Families program, which will provide support to foster, kinship and adoptive families.
  • AzDA Cares Foundation: $40,000 (over two years) for the Give Kids a Smile program, which will help AzDA Cares to provide free dental care to under-served Phoenix children and youth ages 6-12, improving immediate and long-term oral health.
  • Catholic Education Arizona: $300,000 for the K-12 Disabled or Displaced Student Scholarships program which will provide tuition assistance for K-12 students with physical/learning challenges and/or those who have been in the Arizona Foster Care System.
  • Chrysalis Veterans Services, Inc.: $300,000 (over three years) for the Improving Economic Security by Strengthening the Veteran's Job Readiness program, which will provide funding to assist veterans with obtaining greater economic security and essential needs sustainably and with dignity. 
  • Desert Botanical Garden: $278,134.85 (over two years) for the Invasive Species Trail Sign Education and Action project, which will capture the attention of park and preserve visitors enjoying local recreation areas, to teach about risks of invasive species and simple ways and reduce spread and negative impacts of invasive plans in Central Arizona.
  • Duet: Partners in Health and Aging: $35,000 for the Improving the Health, Safety and Wellness of Vulnerable Homebound Seniors project, which will help improve seniors' health, wellbeing, safety, and quality of life through the program's free-of-charge services that help seniors remain living in their homes for as long as possible.
  • Elaine: $30,000 for the Transportation Assistance program, which will serve Phoenix's most vulnerable adult individuals (age 18+), including people who are extremely low-income, elderly, mentally or physically disabled, and/or experiencing homelessness, by transporting them at no charge to social and community services (Social Determinants of Health locations) vital to their health and wellbeing.
  • Elevate Phoenix: $35,000 for the Improving At-Risk Youths' Academic Success and Futures program, which will provide academic, life skills, substance prevention, and other programming delivered through a unique relationship-based model that has helped thousands of low-income, at-risk youths stay in school, graduate, advance to college and secure a well-paying job in the career of their dreams.
  • Fresh Start Women's Foundation: $50,000 for the Economic Development for Arizona Women project, which will empower Arizona women through workforce training and career readiness support as vital aspects of achieving and maintaining self-sufficiency.
  • Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation: $30,000 for the Connect to Work AZ project, which will connect qualified unemployed and underemployed candidates in the Greater Phoenix region directly to local hiring managers, positively impacting economic mobility in Phoenix's historically underinvested and underserved communities.
  • Heard Museum: $10,000 for the Heard Museum K-12 School Tours and Free Admission program, for educational programming.
  • Homeward Bound: $50,000 for the Career and Community Services program, to support families facing or experiencing homelessness with workforce development programming, housing and resource navigation, and additional services to address barriers to long-term economic stability.
  • Human Services Campus, Inc., dba Keys to Change: $50,000 for the Brian Garcia Welcome Center, which will support the Brian Garcia Welcome Center which serves as the primary access point for Coordinated Entry for single adults experiencing homelessness in Maricopa County.
  • Kid in the Corner: $25,000 for the Penny Pledge Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness program which will provide suicide prevention and mental health awareness education to grade 4-12 students. Uniquely, the Penny Pledge program educates youth about ways to reach out and support each other, along with reducing stigma and normalizing mental health.
  • Liberty Wildfire: $100,000 for the Liberty Wildlife Environmental Education program which will cover operating support of education programs.
  • Lights Camera Discover (LCD): $80,000 (over two years) for the LCD Mental Health and Anti-Bullying for Kids Using Digital Arts program which allows LCD to facilitate their youth programs and assist with program implementation.
  • Live and Learn Program: $25,000 for the Women's Economic Empowerment program which will provide women with education empowerment and a structured pathway to economic independence.
  • Lost Boys Center for Leadership Development: $280,500 (over three years) for the Mentorship Education and Leadership Development for African Youth program which provides meaningful educational, social, and leadership opportunities for second-generation Sudanese and other African refugees so they may thrive within their families, schools, and Arizona communities.
  • Maggie's Place, Inc.: $40,000 for the Safe Shelter and Substance Use Disorder Recovery Support for Pregnant Moms Experiencing Homelessness program which will provide substance use disorder programming and wrap around supportive services for pregnant/parenting women experiencing homelessness at the Magdalene House in Phoenix.
  • MentorKids USA: $26,250 for the iLEAD My Generation program which will support the innovative high school mentoring and Leadership Development Program.
  • Mission of Mercy: $30,000 for the Access to Healthcare for Uninsured Individuals and Families program which will provide fee primary care and chronic disease management to those without health insurance.
  • New Pathways for Youth, Inc.: $150,000 (over three years) for the Level Up: Leveling Up Education Outcomes for Low-Income, High-Risk Phoenix Youth program, which will assist high-risk Phoenix youth (ages 13-21) to build pathways to academic, economic, and professional success through a comprehensive Level Up program.
  • NourishPHX: $90,000 (over three years) for the Job and Resource Center which will cover operating funds for the center and funds for one-time client expenditures related to employment.
  • Opportunity, Community and Justice for Foster Kids: $30,000 for the Restoring Dignity Room to support programming designed to improve the physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being of girls dealing with the trauma of pre-foster care abuse.
  • Rancho Feliz: $25,000 for the Volunteer Educational Exchange program to foster cross-cultural growth/education and create lasting positive change.
  • Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC): $250,000 (over five years, capital request funding) for the SARRC A-to-Z and Everywhere in Between Capital Campaign program which will fuel the expansion of critical autism services and establish five additional campuses across Arizona. Once all five campuses are fully open and operational, SARRC will serve 2,500 additional individuals and their families across the new locations.
  • Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center: $200,000 (over two years) for the Parent Training and Community Outreach program, which will offer an evidence-based parent training program for families across Arizona and/or living in rural or remote areas of Arizona who support a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and provide outreach, training, resources, and education to community organizations in rural and remote areas throughout the state.
  • School of HipHop PHX: $25,000 for the HipHop, Jazz and STEM After School program which will provide the HipHop, Jazz and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) After School Program for up to 1,000 underserved students in the 2024-25 school year.
  • Scottsdale Philharmonic, Inc.: $200,488.50 (over three years) for the Scottsdale Philharmonic Children's program, which will provide funding for free ticket programs, children's concerts, and support the Scottsdale Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
  • Sonoran University of Health Sciences: $142,500 (over three years) for the Roosevelt Health Center, which will support Sonoran University's Roosevelt Health Center and its patients with a Spanish interpreter, lab tests and supplies, and medical imaging services.
  • Southwest Center: $50,000 for the Client Care Fund, which will provide free services for patients who are under or uninsured.
  • Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation: $20,000 for the Camp Sunrise and Sidekicks program, which will provide medically approved recreational wellness activities for pediatric cancer patients in a group camp setting.
  • St. Mary's Food Bank: $100,000 for the St. Mary's Food Bank Skills Center, which will help homeless and/or formerly incarcerated adults become employed in jobs that offer advances and raises to they can become financially secure, obtain and maintain housing.
  • St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix: $150,000 (over three years) for the Increasing Health Equity through Diabetes Management and Prevention for High-Risk Arizonans program, which will reduce chronic health issues in Arizona, specifically, diabetes and co-morbidities.
  • Stand for Children Leadership Center: $15,000 for the Growing Readers program which will provide programmatic funding.
  • The Gentry Foundation: $25,000 for the Early Autism Identification - It Matters program, which is an early autism identification program.
  • The Joy Bus: $8,291.85 for the Joy Bus Meal Delivery program, which delivers fresh and healthy meals to cancer patients to improve the lives of patrons through good food and company.
  • The Phoenix Symphony: $104,263 for the In-School Assembly program, which will promote music education to Title 1 students.
  • Treasures 4 Teachers: $25,000 for the Free and Low-Cost Supplies for Teachers and Students program, which will provide much-needed school supplies to teachers and their students in Maricopa County. 
  • UMOM New Day Centers: $300,000 (over three years) for the United Methodist Outreach Ministries (UMOM) Workforce Development and Education program, where clients are provided with intensive workforce education and training with the goal of obtaining a livable wage job before they leave the shelter.
  • Upward for Children and Families: $40,000 for the Lifting Children Upward Early Education program, which will provide continued support for the Inclusive Early Care and Education program for children with and without disabilities, helping to fill a service gap as many childcare centers remain closed in the aftermath of the pandemic and ongoing staffing shortages.
  • Valley of the Sun YMCA: $225,000 (over three years) for the Community Care Initiative program, which will improve health outcomes for Phoenix seniors.
  • Valleywise Health Foundation: $15,000 for the Family Resource Centers: Serving and Supporting Families and Strengthening the Community program, which will support and enhance programming within Family Resource Centers.
  • Vista College Prep: $100,000 for the Vista College Prep Transportation program, which will provide student transportation to and from Vista College Prep.

 

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 public including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming and promotion of commerce, and economic development. GRIC 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 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.