MARICOPA COUNTY - RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AWARD LETTER.PDF

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NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD
Oclober 7 ,2026
The Honorable Kate Brophy McGee
Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson Street, l0th 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 Ronald McDonald House@ Central and Northem
Arizona.
Award Date: October 7,2026
Grantee: Ronald McDonald House@ Central and Northem Arizona
Proiect Title: Repairs and Maintenance
Award Amount $50,000.00
Grant Period of Performance: 1/1/2027 - 12131/2027 1 year grant
Payment Terms: $50,000/l
Enclosed for your records is a signed resolution authorizing the approval ofthis grant by the Gila
fuver Indian Community, Community Council. Payment for the 2026 $ant award will be mailed
to the Municipality under separate cover. Additionally, we will send a grant agreement directly to
the grantee specifring 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, Govemor
Gila River Indian Community
cc: Kerry Schulman, President & Chief Executive Officer
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

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
SACATON, AZ 85147
RESO L I.;TION GR-222.26
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE GILA RIVER
INDIAN COMMUNITY'S STATE SHARED GAMING REVENUES TO
MARICOPA COUNTY FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE@ CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN ARIZONA, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TO ROANOKE
HOUSE
WHEREAS, The Gila River Indian Community (the "Community") is a t'ederally
recognized Indian tribe and sovereign nation; and
WHEREAS, The Gila fuver lndian 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 lll gaming on the Gila River
Indian Reservation and which became effective on May 24,2021; and
WHEREAS, The Compact allows that up to twelve percent (12%) of the Community's
state-shared revenue can be retained by the Community for distributions to
cities, towns, or counties for govemment services that benefit the general
public, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, or
promotion of commerce and economic development; and
WIIEREAS, The Community Council, as an exercise ol the Community's sovereignty,
decides the manner in which those Iiurds distributed to cities, towns, and
counties should be disbursed so as to improve the overall quality ol life of
residents of Arizona; and
WHEREAS, The Community Council has reviewed a proposed application from Maricopa
County for Ronald McDonald House@ Central and Northem Arizona, Repairs
and Maintenance to Roanoke House.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Gila River Indian Community
desires to support this proposal for a term olone year and hereby approves
a grant in the amount of$50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) to be paid by
October 25,2026 to Maricopa County for Ronald McDonald House@ Central
and Northem Arizona, Repairs and Maintenance to Roanoke House.
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 ofgrant 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 ofthis resolution.
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to authority contained in Article XV, of the amended Constitution and Bylaws of
the Gila River Indian Community, ratified by the Tribe January 22, 1960, and approved by
the Secretary of the Interior on March 17, 1960, the foregoing Resolution was adopted on
the 7th day of @ISD9I, 2026, at a Regular Community Council Meeting held at the
Governanc e Centc r Sacaton AZ at which a quorum of 13 members were present by a
vote of: !! FOR; LOPPOSE; 0ABSTAIN; {ABSENT; q VACANCY.
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