File #: 23-1140   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 8/28/2023 Final action: 8/28/2023
Title: Gila River Indian Community Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50074)
District: Citywide

Title

Gila River Indian Community Gaming Grants (Ordinance S-50074)

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply, accept, and, if awarded, enter into related agreements for up to $9,398,594.91 in funding from the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) under the 2023 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.

 

Report

Summary

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

 

City Applications

  • Human Services Department: $264,900 (over three years) for the support of Family Advocacy Center clients, which will provide therapeutic services to the victims of violent crimes (domestic violence, homicide, sexual assault) and continue support for crime victims through the purchase of gift cards and clothing items.
  • Office of Heat Response and Mitigation: $197,100 (over three years) for the We're Cool campaign, which will support a communication campaign and summer outreach for the campaign. The campaign will 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.
  • Office of Homeless Solutions: $300,000 for the Phoenix emergency shelter site operations, which will provide operational support to a new, innovative emergency shelter currently being constructed that, when complete, will be a City-owned facility and the first of its kind for the city. This shelter site will shelter up to 280 people per night.
  • Office of Sustainability: $50,000 for the Student Council Sustainability Officer Initiative, which seeks to develop student sustainability leaders, educate secondary students on how to implement community projects on 16 school campuses, and improve civic engagement. This project also works to expand and build the capacity of local school districts in providing environmental education through student-led models.
  • Office of Sustainability: $200,000 (over two years) for the Electric Vehicle Outreach and Education Program, which will provide public education to inform on the benefits of electric vehicles and increase public awareness and attitudes.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $210,644.02 (capital funding request) for the Verde Park Playground renovation, which will purchase and install new playground equipment and amenities.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $75,000 (over three years) for the Desert and Mountain Preserve Trail Counters, which will secure and implement additional trail counters and counter posts at trails Citywide.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $402,256.69 (capital funding request) for the Sweetwater Park Playground renovation, which will purchase and install new playground equipment and amenities.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $149,898.56 for the Critical Incident "Go Buckets" for Parks and Recreation facilities, which will purchase supplies for preparedness kits to be used in the event of a violent critical incident, resulting in lock down or shelter-in-place procedures to be implemented in Parks and Recreation's public-serving facilities.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $392,015.65 (capital funding request) for the Homestead Park Playground renovation, which will purchase and install new playground equipment and amenities.
  • Parks and Recreation Department: $77,613 for the Mobile Community Engagement Trailer and Equipment project, which will purchase a trailer and recreation equipment to increase community engagement through programs and events in parks.
  • Phoenix Police Department: $160,000 for the L37-Trace project, which will fund the purchase of a Leeds Trace-Z comparison microscope. The new comparison microscope would be an upgrade over the existing comparison microscope and will add the capability of fluorescence microscopy, greatly increasing efficiency in analyzing fibers, paints, and miscellaneous materials.
  • Phoenix Public Library: $325,000 (over two years) for the Pop-Up Bookmobile, which will fund the purchase of a pop-up bookmobile to provide mobile library services to under-served communities Citywide.
  • Planning and Development Department: $300,000 (over two years) for the Rio-Reimagined Community Plan, which will develop a community-led planning document that will activate and transform Rio Salado (Salt River) into a local and regional tourist destination. The plan will improve adjacent communities by identifying opportunities for improving connectivity, housing, health, recreation, economic development, and cultural expression.

 

 

Non-Profit Applications

  • A Permanent Voice: $25,000 for the Shoot Your Shot literacy and life skills program, which will provide an immersive, 12-week literacy and life skills education and mentoring program for up to 50 at-risk youth from under-served communities.
  • Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo: $500,000 (over three years) for the Outdoor Native Species Conservation Complex, which will enhance the Zoo's propagation-for-release programs to boost wild populations of Arizona species in need of conservation support, particularly Chiricahua leopard frogs, narrow-headed garter snakes and native fishes.
  • Act One: $50,000 for the Act One Field Trips, which will support the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area In-Person and Virtual Reality Field Trips programs, which bridge the arts education equity gap for Arizona students attending Title I schools by breaking down economic, geographic, and logistical barriers to accessing arts education experiences.
  • Arizona Latino Leaders in Education: $75,000 for the Parent Educator Academy, which will provide program support.
  • Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels: $25,000 for the Mother Mentoring program, which will provide direct services such as mentor support, counseling to mothers who have children with cancer.
  • Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children: $50,000 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 Humane Society: $15,000 for the Humane Teens: Animal Welfare, a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM)-focused service-learning program, which will support the STEAM-focused Humane Teens program and will enable 40 Maricopa County teens to participate in the experiential service-learning program during the 2023-2024 school year, giving students the unique opportunity to explore STEAM-based careers within animal welfare.
  • Arizona Pet Project: $100,000 for the Arizona Pet Project 2023-2024 Outreach Services program, which will remove pet-related barriers to housing and safety.
  • Arizona Sustainability Alliance: $46,750 for the Sow It Forward program, which will improve access to healthy, fresh produce and related educational content in low-income, food desert regions by expanding the Sow It Forward to ten new schools.
  • Assistance League of Phoenix: $50,000 for the Operation School Bell Wardrobes for Children in Poverty program, which will help Operation School Bell continue to expand to meet the growing need by providing new school wardrobes, including a hygiene kit and new book, to grade K-8 children in poverty and attending Phoenix Metro Area Title I schools.
  • Banner Health Foundation: $300,000 for the Advancing Pediatric Imaging Services supporting Children's Health Care Needs in Maricopa County program, which will support the search for and recruitment of two new pediatric radiologists to staff Banner Children's hospital.
  • Chrysalis Veterans Services, Inc.: $300,000 (over three years) for the Providing Mobility Assistance for Older and Service-Related Injured Veterans, which will assist veterans with mobility issues who don't qualify for mobility assistance from Veterans Affairs, to get around the house, the neighborhood, across town, or the world.
  • 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.
  • Desert Botanical Garden: $270,000 (over three years) for the Engaging Arizona to Save Our Iconic Species program, which will provide community science programs for education and conservation.
  • Duet: Partners in Health & Aging: $35,000 for the Improving Health and Wellness of Vulnerable Seniors program, which will support the provision of free-of-charge services (grocery shopping, transport to medical appointments, etc.) to help homebound seniors remain living in their homes for as long as possible.
  • Educare Arizona: $60,000 for the Child Development Associate Certificate: A Two-Generation Anti-Poverty Program, which will enable low-income individuals, primarily mothers, to begin new careers while improving early childhood education for thousands of young children in Arizona.
  • Elaine: $69,598 for the Transportation Assistance Program, which will serve Phoenix's most vulnerable adult individuals, 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 vital to their health and wellbeing.
  • Elevate Phoenix: $35,000 for the Improving At-Risk Youths' Academic Success and Futures program, which will change the life trajectories of thousands of low-income, at-risk youths through relationship-based and accredited programs that improve academic success, life skills, health, and futures.
  • Esperanca, Inc.: $20,000 for the I Choose Wellness program, which will educate 300 under-resourced, low-income Latino children in grades 4-8 living in Maricopa County about nutrition, physical activity, and oral hygiene.
  • Fresh Start Women's Foundation: $75,000 for the Empowering Women to Achieve Self-Sufficiency program, which will empower women to achieve self-sufficiency through a holistic approach that focuses on family stability, health and well-being, financial management, education, and careers.
  • Foundation for Senior Living (FSL): $20,000 for the ReCreacion: Medical-Model Adult Day Health Services program, which will support FSL's ReCreacion program, which enables vulnerable seniors and adults with disabilities to age in place by providing the day health services they need to restore/maintain health and independence and by enabling caregivers to work or get respite.
  • Fulfillment in Training (F.I.T.): $179,400 (over two years) for the F.I.T. Community Cares After School Program, which will provide an after-school program for youth living in the Edison-Eastlake Community.
  • Furnishing Dignity: $100,000 for the Essential Home Furnishing Program, which will provide assistance with supplies, moving costs and a year's rent in commercial warehouse space.
  • Gabriel's Angels: $25,000 for the Pet Therapy Program, which will expand their pet therapy program to serve additional vulnerable children.
  • Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Council: $25,000 for the Girl Scouts program, which will support Girl Scout programming that promotes academic achievement, mental wellness, and overall positive life outcomes for girls in Maricopa County.
  • Heard Museum: $25,000 for the Heard Museum K-12 free admission and free school tour program, which will provide educational programming.
  • Homeward Bound: $50,000 for the Career and Community Services program, which will 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.
  • Hope Community Services (HCS): $30,000 for the Specialized Trauma Therapy for Low-Income Children and Youth program, which will support HCS Specialized Trauma Therapy program for low-income children who have experienced extreme, ongoing trauma.
  • IndiJ Public Media/ICT: $300,000 (over two years) for the ICT Education initiative, which will provide educational programming for K-12 and post-secondary students as well as the public.
  • Human Services Campus, Inc. $50,000 for the Respiro Shelter program, which will provide shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness.
  • Kid in the Corner: $15,000 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.
  • Kids In Focus: $25,000 for the Photography Mentoring Program for At-Risk Youth program, which will provide mentoring and enrichment programming for at-risk youth.
  • Life More Abundantly Pregnancy and Family Resource Center: $15,000 for the Decreasing Maternal/Infant Mortality and Increasing Family Stability program, which will support contract program staff, program supply acquisition and community health care education.
  • Maggie's Place: $40,000 for the Family Success Center Supporting Formerly Homeless Moms and Children program, which will complete wrap-around services for pregnant/parenting, formerly homeless moms, and their children.
  • Mission of Mercy: $25,000 for the Access to Health Care for Uninsured Families program, which will provide free primary care to uninsured families so they can manage acute and chronic illnesses, thereby avoiding preventable hospital visits and medical debt.
  • Mountain Park Health Center: $74,578.99 for the Clinic Playground at Mountain Park Health Center, which will help establish an accessible playground at a new clinic, the playground will be open to the public, promoting increased physical activity and positive health outcomes for the entire community.
  • Native American Connections: $150,000 for the Homeless Youth Services program, which will provide funding for two emergency homeless youth shelters with wraparound services, and one transitional housing service site to stabilize homeless youth preparing to re-enter the community.
  • Neurodiversity Education Research Center: $300,000 (over two years) for the Neurodiversity science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) transition to work program, which will support stability and better career opportunities for individuals who are neurodivergent, particularly those on the autism spectrum, between the ages of 16 and 24.
  • New Pathways for Youth (NPFY) , Inc.: $150,000 (over three years) for the LEVEL UP by NPFY: Leveling Up Education Outcomes for Low-Income, High-Risk Phoenix Youth program, which will engage an additional 75-100 low-income, high-risk Phoenix youth annually, building pathways to academic, economic, and professional success to under-served youth exposed to severe poverty, trauma, and other adversities.
  • Opportunity, Community & Justice (OCJ) for Foster for Kids: $30,000 for the Restoring Dignity Room program, which will improve the health and well-being of girls dealing with negative impacts of pre-foster care abuse through several services provided in OCJ Kids' new Restoring Dignity Room.
  • Phoenix AKArama Foundation: $110,610 (over two years) for Ultimate Technology Extra-Curricular Education programs, which will support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) extra-curricular educational programs targeting underrepresented students.
  • Phoenix Revitalization Corporation: $14,200 for the Community Events Supply Trailer program, to provide supplies which will be utilized for community events including health fairs, public safety events, vaccination events, back-to-school giveaways, mobile food pantries, and other community engagement activities.
  • Phoenix Sister Cities, Inc.: $250,000 for the Phoenix Global Forum 2024, which will support the first annual Phoenix Global Forum in 2024, an international economic development conference.
  • Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc.: $24,000 for the Supporting Patient Care for Residents of Phoenix and West Phoenix, which will provide financial support for low-income, underinsured patients' access to care.
  • ResilientMe, Inc.: $50,000 (over two years) for the R's of ResilientMe program, which will provide youth aging out of the foster care system with a trauma-informed and research-based curriculum helping increase self-sufficiency and advocacy and overcome trauma.
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona: $300,000 (over three years) for the Cambridge House Renovation Project and Nights of Rest for Families in Need program, which will keep families together and close to their hospitalized children in the safest, most comfortable, and functional environment possible.
  • Rosie's House: $50,000 (over two years) for the Free After School Music and Leadership program for under-resourced kids, which will support after school music education and leadership opportunities for 600 under-served students ages 4-18.
  • Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired (SAAVI): $50,000 for the Reaching Empowerment through Achievement and Learning (R.E.A.L.) Program for Blind Children program which will help Phoenix children who are blind recover from learning loss of the pandemic.
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul: $175,000 (over three years) for the Employee Technology Upgrade program, which will replace outdated laptops/desktops for employees to ensure service capacity.
  • 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: $300,000 (over three years) for the Client Care Fund, which will provide free services for patients who are under or uninsured.
  • Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation: $118,950 (over two years) for the Arizona Camp Sunrise and Sidekicks program, which will provide a summer camp free of charge to kids with cancer and their siblings.
  • 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 gain skills needed to find a job in a career that offers advances and raises so they can become financially secure and obtain and maintain housing.
  • Swift Youth Foundation: $15,000 for the Swift Youth Enrichment program for low-income, high-risk youth program, which will help support the Youth Enrichment program expansion efforts.
  • TechForce Foundation: $75,000 for the Women Techs Rock program, which will increase diversity in the transportation technician field by engaging females in the technician workforce through technical or vocational education opportunities, while also working to reduce the technician shortage that currently exists within the industry.
  • The Opportunity Tree: $25,000 for the Tree Fort Youth Transitions program for youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities program, 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.
  • The Phoenix Symphony: $79,565 for the Symphony for All program, which will promote music education to students in low income and Title I schools.
  • Trellis: $50,000 for the Community Development through Equitable Homeownership program, which will assist first-time home buyers with financial literacy counseling and lending.
  • UMOM New Day Centers, Inc.: $275,000 for UMOM's Family Emergency Shelter program, which will provide family emergency shelter and services to help homeless families secure permanent housing, income, and a safe, sustainable future.
  • Upward for Children and Families: $40,000 for the Lifting Children Upward inclusive early care and education program, which will provide continued support for their inclusive early care and education program for children with and without disabilities, helping to fill a tremendous service gap as many childcare centers remain closed in the aftermath of the pandemic and the staffing shortages.
  • Valleywise Health Foundation: $33,015 for the Vulnerable Patient Assistance project, which will underwrite medications for patients treated in the emergency room who are uninsured/underinsured and cannot afford a co-pay or pay a sliding fee but need these critical medications to be discharged home.
  • Xico, Inc.: $40,000 for Xico 2023, which will support Latinx and Indigenous art and artists.

 

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.