File #: 23-1528   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 8/28/2023 Final action: 8/28/2023
Title: Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50075)
District: Citywide

Title

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50075)

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $671,000 in new funding from Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation under the 2023 funding cycle. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, funds by Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in connection with these grants.

 

Report

Summary

If awarded, these monies would be applied, as directed by Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation towards the following:

 

City Application

  • Planning and Development Department: $50,000 for the Rio Reimagined Community Plan, which will conduct public outreach and engagement as part of a community-led planning process that will activate and transform Rio Salado (Salt River) into a local and regional tourist destination.

 

Nonprofit Applications

  • Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels: $25,000 for the Comfort and Care program, which will provide mental health care for children experiencing cancer and their families.
  • Arizona Cancer Foundation: $10,000 for the Improving Outcomes for Children with 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.
  • Arizona Science Center: $50,000 for the Arizona Science Center Focused Field Trips and Science on Wheels Initiatives, which will sustain science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning programs for over 3,700 low-income children from Title I schools in the 2023-2024 academic year.
  • Center for the Rights of Abused Children: $10,000 for the Pro Bono Children's Law Clinic for Aging Out Foster Youth program, which operates the singular pro bono Children's Law Clinic in Arizona helping children and their families one-on-one in their court cases and providing free emergency legal assistance to children across the country. The application seeks funding to expand legal services to Arizona youth aging out of the foster care system to ensure their transition to adulthood is supported.
  • Creighton Community Foundation: $296,000 (over three years) for the Creighton Community Urban Wetlands Project, which will develop and implement a demonstration wetland habitat in the Creighton community.
  • Dress for Success Phoenix: $25,000 for the Mobile Career Center, which will bring services to clients, serving more than 4,500 women hoping to access dress for success programs.
  • Esperanca, Inc.: $10,000 for the I Choose Wellness program, which will empower 300 under-resourced, low-income Latino youth to improve health outcomes through culturally appropriate lessons about nutrition, physical activity, oral hygiene, and healthy food options to eat at home.
  • Heard Museum: $10,000 for the Heard Museum K-12 Free Admission and School Tours, which will provide free museum tours and learning activities for K-12 schools.
  • Hope Community Services: $20,000 for their specialized trauma therapy for low-income children program, which specializes in children who have experienced ongoing, extreme trauma.
  • Kid in the Corner: $10,000 for the Penny Pledge Youth Suicide Prevention Program which will provide suicide prevention and mental health awareness education to grade 4-12 students.
  • Maggie's Place, Inc.: $20,000 for the Family Success Center, which supports mothers experiencing or at risk of homelessness and their children living in Maggie's Place housing, and alumnae mothers, by providing emergency support, maternity and infant supplies, educational and parenting classes, job searching, financial literacy education, bus passes, counseling, camaraderie, support and love.
  • Native American Connections: $25,000 for the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center, which will provide operational support for the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center.
  • Raising Special Kids: $25,000 for their coaching and support for families and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities program, which builds a family's capacity to understand their child's disability, advocate for, and secure health and education services, and can lead to better outcomes for the child.
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona: $25,000 for the Keeping Families Together Program, which would underwrite 234 nights of rest for families in need of temporary housing close to their hospitalized children in Phoenix.
  • Ryan House: $15,000 for the Child Life Program, which provides life-enhancing therapeutic activities to improve the quality of life of children who have life-limiting or terminal conditions.
  • The Opportunity Tree: $15,000 for the Tree Fort Youth Transitions Program for youth with intellectual and development disabilities, which will support youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they are transitioning out of high school to find employment, gain independent living skills, and pursue their passions.
  • Treasure House: $15,000 for the Employment and Life Skills Training Program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, which will provide employment and life skills training to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities become independent.
  • Treasures 4 Teachers: $15,000 for the Free School Supplies Program for low-income teachers and students, which will provide teachers and students in low-income schools with access to high-quality school supplies.

 

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 education, public safety, health, environment, economic and community development. The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation will notify the City, by intergovernmental agreement of the Tribal Council, 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 Fund dollars 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.