MARICOPA COUNTY - AGUA FRIA FOOD BANK AWARD LETTER.PDF

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NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD
October 7 ,2026
The Honorable Kate Brophy McGee
Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson Street, 10th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Dear Chairman Brophy McGee,
The Gila River Indian Community is pleased to inform you that we have approved the application
to our State Shared Revenue Grants Program for Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank.
Award Date October 'l ,2026
Grantee: Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank
Proiect Title: Agua Fria Food and Clothing Barr*. 2026
Award Amount: $2s,000.00
Grant Period of Performance: 1/112027 - 12131/2027 1 year grant
Payment Terms: $2s,000/1
Enclosed for your records is a signed resolution authorizing the approval ofthis grant by the Gila
River Indian Community, Community Council. Payment for the 2026 grant award will be mailed
to the Municipality under separate cover. Additionally, we will send a grant agreement directly to
the grantee specifuing terms and reporting requirements.
Congratulations on the award! We are excited about the opportunity to support your work in
providing valuable services for citizens in the great State of Arizona.
Sincerely,
Stephen R. Lewis, Governor
Gila River Indian Community
cc: Leanne Leonard, Executive Director
525 West Gu u Ki . P.O. Box 97 Sacaton, Arizona 85147
Teleohone: 520-562-9841 Fax: 520-562-9849 . Email: executivemail@sric.nsn.us

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4,/2oN\ SACATON, AZ 85147
RESOLUTION GR-2I5-26
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE GILA RIVER
INDIAN COMMUNITY'S STATE SHARED GAMING REVENUES TO
MARICOPA COUNTY FOR AGUA FRIA FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK
WHEREAS, The Gila River Indian Community (the "Community") is a federally
recognized Indian tribe and sovereign nation; and
WHEREAS, The Gila River Indian Community Council (the "Community Council") is
the legislative goveming body of the Community; and
WHEREAS, The Community entered into the 2021 Amended and Restated Gaming
Compact ("Compact") with the State of Arizona under which the
Community operates and regulates Class III gaming on the Gila fuver
Indian Reservation and which became effective on May 24,2021; and
WHEREAS, The Compact allows that up to twelve percent (l2yo) of the Community's
state-shared revenue can be retained by the Community for distributions to
cities, towns, or counties for govemment services that benefil the general
public, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, or
promotion of commerce and economic development; and
WHEREAS, The Community Council, as an exercise of the Commurity's sovereignty,
decides the manner in which those fi.rnds distributed to cities, towns, and
counties should be disbursed so as to improve the overall quality of life of
residents of Arizona and
WHEREAS, The Community Council has reviewed a proposed application from Maricopa
Corinty for Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Gila River Indian Community
desires to support this proposal for a term ofone year and hereby approves
a grant in the amount ol$25,000.00 (Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars) to be
paid by October 25. 2026 to Maricopa County for Agua Fria Food and
Clothing Bank.

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is the grant recipient's responsibility to manage
Tribal grant funds in accordance with the grant application. The Community
reserves the right to terminate a grant and may withhold or delay any payments
due, or may request a repayment of grant funds, for substantial noncompliance
in spending or reporting.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Community's Office of Special Funding is
authorized to sign and submit such documents as are necessary to effectuate
and administer this grant.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Govemor, or in his absence, the Lieutenant
Govemor, is hereby authorized to sign and execute such documents as are
necessary to fulfill the intent of this resolution.
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to authority contained in Article XV, of the amended Constitution and Bylaws of
the Gila River Indian Community, ratilied by the Tribe January 22,1960, and approved by
the Secretary ofthe Interior on March 17,1960, the foregoing Resolution was adopted on
the 7(h day of @!SE9I, 2026, at a Regular Community Council Meeting held at the
Governance Center Sacaton AZ at which a quorum of !! members were present by a
vote of: !f FOR; [OPPOSE; 0ABSTAIN; 4 ABSENT: 0 VACANCY
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