City of Phoenix - File #: 24-1453

Date	Action By	Action	Action Details	Details	Video
9/4/2024	City Council Formal Meeting	adopted	Action details	Details	Not Available

Title

Tohono O'odham Nation Tribal 2024 Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-51215)

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $769,130.57 in new funding from the Tohono O'odham Nation 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 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

Human Services Department: $50,000 for the Professional Resume Writing and Resume Fundamental Training in the Business and Workforce Development Division. Funding would further its initiative, which includes three target areas: upskilling and resume writing certifications for Workforce Training Specialist and Frontline Staff, and the creation of advanced resumes for program participants.
Office of Heat Response and Mitigation: $50,000 for the Heat Response Program, which is an annual summer outreach and communication campaign aimed at preventing heat-related illnesses and deaths.
Office of Sustainability: $50,000 for the Electric Vehicle Outreach and Education Project, which will support the program by increasing public awareness and attitudes about electric vehicle benefits and attitudes.
Phoenix Fire Department: $38,092.80 to acquire four state-of-the-art respiratory fit testing machines, which would significantly enhance the health and safety of firefighters by ensuring self-contained breathing apparatus masks are properly sized and fit to provide adequate respiratory protection while working in hazardous environments.
Phoenix Public Library: $50,000 for the Saguaro Library, First Five Years Space, which will fund an interactive learning space for young children.
Phoenix Police Department: $26,250 for the purchase of 35 iPads in the Air Support Unit of the Phoenix Police Department to assist with flight planning, training, and flight operations.
Phoenix Police Department: $3,300 for the purchase of eight Stratus ADS-B receivers, which are vital to provide public safety throughout Phoenix. The Stratus ADS-B receiver collects information from fixed based radar systems, like those at large airports, and relays the information back to the receiver.
Prosecutor's Office: $44,650.27 for multimedia playback and presentation equipment to review, analyze and present footage in court to support prosecutors and their cases effectively.

Non-Profit Applications

Banner Health Foundation: $50,000 for Banner Health's Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Treatment Program, which will address the needs of pregnant and parenting women with Opioid Use Disorder and any co-occurring substance use disorder or mental health conditions, including babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Opioid addiction in pregnant women, and subsequently NAS in their infants, is a growing national public health crisis that is universally detrimental to both mother and infant.
Duet Partners in Health and Aging: $20,000 for the Family Caregiver Services Program, which address the critical community need to improve the mental health and well being of Arizonans serving as family caregivers to a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
Creighton Community Foundation: $31,837.50 for the Heritage Wetlands Space, which will create a lasting community resource designed to foster community connection, enhance environmental education, and promote sustainable practices.
Chrysalis Veterans: $100,000 for the Supporting Economic Development by Strengthening Veteran Job Readiness program, which works to meet the needs of veterans who are entering job training programs.
Cancer Support Community Arizona: $25,000 to support improved nutrition and food security among vulnerable Arizona residents impacted by cancer.
Elaine: $10,000 to provide 500 transportation services to 112 homeless and under-served individuals for critical resources.
Gabriel's Angels: $10,000 for the Pet Therapy program, an educational program to help children learn the skills to form healthy relationships.
Hope Community Services: $30,000 for the Specialized Trauma Therapy program, which serves children and youth who have experienced extraordinary complex trauma.
Liberty Wildlife: $100,000 to support the mission to nurture the nature of Arizona through wildlife rehabilitation, natural history education, conservation of wildlife and native culture in the Southwest, and by creating sustainable solutions to human-wildlife interactions.
MiKID: $50,000 for the purchase of a vehicle to allow it to provide behavioral health services to children and their families that lack transportation.
Stand AZ: $10,000 for its annual outreach to engage approximately 200 families through its Growing Readers parent literacy program.
Veterans Medical Leadership Council: $20,000 for the Returning Warrior program, which helps Arizona Veterans with various social and economic issues.

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 purpose funds are required. Entities that receive gaming grants are responsible for the management of those fund.

Department

Responsible Department

This item is submitted by City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Office of Government Relations.