Report

City Council Report
Date: October 26, 2026
To: City Council
Through: Miranda DeWitt, Director of Strategic Initiatives
From: Sharon Skinner, Grants Coordinator
Subject: Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into an
Intergovernmental Agreement with Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian
Community (SRPMIC) to accept Proposition 202 funds and administer
awarded funds. (Citywide)
Purpose and Recommendation
This requested resolution will approve and authorize the City Manager to enter into
an Intergovernmental Agreement with Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community
(SRPMIC) to accept Proposition 202 funds and administer awarded funds.
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) Community wishes the City
of Mesa to receive and distribute $1,450,000 from its 2026 12% revenue award cycle
for grants as follows:
$300,000.00 to the City of Mesa for four city programs: Fire and Medical
Department, Community Health Immunization Program ($100,000);
Downtown Transformation, Heritage Corridor ($25,850); Mesa Police,
Forensics Training ($24,150); Transportation, South Canal & Lehi Path
Design ($150,000).
$200,000.00 to A New Leaf for Emergency homeless and domestic violence shelter
service programs.
$ 50,000.00 to U.S. Vets – Phoenix to support Phoenix meals for Homeless and At-
Risk Veterans.
$ 100,000.00 to the Child Crisis Center for the Parenting Education & Support
continuum.
$ 50,000.00 to Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Center for the Safe Havens &
Creative Sanctuaries: Supporting Youth Through Accessible Arts.
$ 20,000.00 to Visit Mesa for costs associated with the organizations podcast.
$175,000.00 to the United Food Bank for the Emergency Food Assistance Produce
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Box Program.
$175,000.00 to the Paz De Cristo for relief services to empower individuals that
include: food assistance, clothing, and empowerment services.
$ 40,000.00 to First Tee Phoenix for the Youth Development Through Golf
program.
$300,000.00 to the Mesa Public Schools for the 2027 Pathway to Success initiative
to strengthen community partnerships.
$ 40,000.00 to the Strong Enough Boxing Club for the Strong Enough to Lead:
Youth Boxing and Character program.
Background
Proposition 202, passed with the 2002 Gaming Compact in Arizona, directs
participating Tribal Governments to share 12% of their gaming revenues with
surrounding local governments. Nonprofit organizations are only eligible to receive
awards with a local government agreeing to serve as a pass-through agent.
Discussion
A resolution of support for this grant request will complete the necessary
documentation for Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community to move forward with
funding the selected awardees. Proposition 202 Indian Gaming Grants has returned
over $10 million to our community since its passage in 2002 from five surrounding
tribal governments.
Alternatives
The only alternative to adopting this resolution would be to not adopt. Such an action
would deny the awarded organizations access to this funding source, including
$300,000 in funding for the City of Mesa Fire and Medical Department, Police,
Downtown Transformation, and Transportation.
Fiscal Impact
$300,000 will support City of Mesa Departments in providing programmatic services.
Overall operations and maintenance expenses will not increase due to this grant.
The other pass-through grants will have a negligible fiscal impact in the form of
administration costs to accept payment and cut checks for fund disbursement.
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