City of Phoenix - File #: 18-2420

Date	Action By	Action	Action Details	Details	Video
8/29/2018	City Council Formal Meeting	adopted	Action details	Details	Not Available

Title

Tohono O'odham Nation Gaming Grant (Ordinance S-44942)

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $1,120,478.34 in new funding from the Tohono O'odham Nation. Authorization is requested 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

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

Non-Profit Applications

Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services: $40,054.34 for purchase of a case management system, three laptops, a phone system and a modest three percent raise for four employees to help clients who cannot afford lawyers and often lack the support needed to successfully navigate the justice system on their own.
Arizona Humane Society: $24,863 for the Support for Emergency Animal Medical Technicians' Field Operations Project, which will support the costs of medical diagnostics and will continue to save the lives of pets in need and better support their law enforcement partners by investigating, rescuing and rehabilitating animals from large-scale abuse/hoarding cases.
Arizona State University Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives: $50,000 for the Water Conservation Potential of Compost in Parks Project, which will evaluate the impact of the application of compost on turf grass areas using compost made from green waste collected by the City of Phoenix as opposed to the current fertilizer practice.
Ballet Arizona: $50,000 for the danceAZ Program, a new educational program that brings dance education into schools.
Feeding Matters: $10,000 for two Virtual Education Workshops to host education workshops for medical professionals, parents and caregivers to address an emerging feeding issue, facilitated by medical professionals with pediatric feeding disorders experience with the goal of offering strategies to assist professionals to better help their patients.
Keep Phoenix Beautiful: $25,000 for the Community Gardens Program which helps reduce crime, encourages community development and raises property values through urban agricultural programs, community gathering spaces and partnerships.
Neighborhood Ministries: $20,000 to cover staff salaries at the Suenos Youth Empowerment Center.
Phoenix Community Alliance: $24,000 to cover the costs for one full year of On Advertising recruiting and supervising ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication students, managing and updating the website, handling PR and configuring and managing a Google Ad campaign.
Treasures for Teachers: $15,000 for the West Valley Expansion Partnership with Pendergast Elementary School District.
Valley Youth Theatre: $10,000 for the Literacy for the Arts Program to fund 400 students in a unique learning experience that provides improved basic skills and prepares them for greater academic achievement.

City Applications

City of Phoenix Fire Department: $60,800 for the Name Panel Project to purchase 1,600 name panels for firefighter's turnout jackets and readily identify an individual member in dense smoke conditions.
City of Phoenix Housing Department: $81,571 for the Edison-Eastlake Community Public Safety Agenda to install and maintain security cameras in opportune spots and other high crime areas within the Edison-Eastlake Community.
City of Phoenix Office of Sustainability: $220,000 for the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure For Small Business Project to promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to workplace vehicle battery charging to reduce greenhouse gas emission, improve air quality, promote cost savings for businesses and residents and increase demand for electric vehicles.
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $35,700 for the FitPHX's WalkPHX program to install trail counters at 18 WalkPHX locations that do not currently have counters.
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $40,000 for the PHXteens Mobile Recreation Program to purchase a new vehicle to serve youth who do not have access to traditional brick-and-mortar facilities.
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $38,000 for the North Mountain Connector Trail, to provide a direct, safe, sustainable trail option that connects the public to the North Mountain tower road.
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $8,340 for the Pueblo Grande Museum for the Ancient Art and Technology Programming Series.
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department: $37,150 for the Steele Indian School Park - Circle of Life Interpretive Columns, to perform the panel replacement project so signage can reflect the beauty and dignity of the site it represents.
City of Phoenix Police Department: $90,000 for the purchase of 60 Hand-Held Fingerprint Identification Units to provide hand-held identification devices to front-line law enforcement officers to enhance the welfare and quality of life for the community served.
City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department: $240,000 for the purchase of two High-Intensity Activated crossWalk (HAWK) signals to improve pedestrian safety along Phoenix streets.

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 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 Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Office of Government Relations.