Resolution 5583 Dignity Health Foundation Ak-Chin

RESOLUTION NO. 5583 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, 
ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN 
INDIAN GAMING REVENUE SHARING GRANT TO THE AK-CHIN INDIAN 
COMMUNITY ON BE HALF OF DIGNITY HELATH-EAST VALLEY IN THE 
AMOUNT OF $500,000. 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 5-601.02, Indian tribes entering into a tribal-state gaming 
compact shall contribute monies to “… cities, towns and counties … for government services 
that  benefit the general public, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of, and promotion 
of commerce and economic development”; and 
 
WHEREAS, those Indian tribes entering into a tribal-state gaming compact have various grant 
application procedures for evaluating which cities, towns and counties, and which government 
services, will receive gaming revenue sharing contributions pursuant to A.R.S. § 5-601.02; and 
 
WHEREAS, it has become a common practice for cities to authorize the submission of grant 
applications for such Indian gaming revenue sharing grants on behalf of 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
organizations that are deemed to be providing government related services that benefit the 
general  public; and 
 
WHEREAS, Dignity Health Foundation – East Valley, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has 
requested that the City authorize the submission of an application for such Indian gaming revenue 
sharing grant funding to the Ak-Chin Indian Community on its behalf in the amount of $500,000; 
and 
 
WHEREAS, the funding sought by the Dignity Health Foundation – East Valley  is intended to 
support the renovation and construction of current hospital space for infrastructure needed for 
its new Graduate Medical Education Program, including an auditorium, classrooms, and 
simulation laboratory, as more specifically described in the application materials prepared by 
Dignity Health Foundation – East Valley, which application materials are incorporated herein 
by reference; and 
 
WHEREAS, the City Manager’s Office has reviewed the application materials and believes that 
the funding request described in the application materials qualifies as being for government related 
services that benefit the general public and is consistent with the City’s Administrative Regulation 
regarding such grant applications. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, 
that: 
 
Section 1.  
Dignity Health Foundation – East Valley is hereby authorized to submit this 
Resolution and the application materials prepared by Dignity Health Foundation 
– East Valley to the Ak-Chin Indian Community

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Section 2.  
The Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized to execute the application in 
conjunction with the grant application to be submitted to the Ak-Chin 
Community on behalf of the City. 
 
Section 3.  
Within ten (10) days of the City's receipt of any grant funds from the Ak-Chin 
Indian Community pursuant to a grant application on behalf of Dignity Health 
Foundation - East Valley, City staff is directed to mail a check to Dignity Health 
Foundation - East Valley, covering one hundred percent (100%) of the funds 
received by the City from the Ak-Chin Indian Community pursuant to such 
application. 
 
 
 
Section 4.  The City, by virtue of this Resolution, is simply acting as a financial conduit 
 
between the Ak-Chin Indian Community and Dignity Health Foundation - East 
 
Valley, and is in no way: 
 
a. 
Agreeing or obligating itself to monitor or report on the expenditure of any 
grant funding distributed to or on behalf of Dignity Health Foundation - 
East Valley; or 
 
b. 
Guaranteeing or warranting the accuracy, completeness or truthfulness of 
the information set forth in the application materials prepared by the Dignity 
Health Foundation -East Valley; or 
 
c. 
Supervising or taking any responsibility regarding the actions or activities 
 
undertaken by the Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley; or 
 
d. 
Representing that Dignity Health Foundation -East Valley, either has, or 
does not have, other sources of funding relating to the intended use of grant 
funding set forth in this Resolution, including funding from grant 
applications made on behalf of Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley, to 
other Indian tribes.  
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ___ 
day of June 2022. 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
CITY CLERK 
MAYOR

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CERTIFICATION 
 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5583 was duly passed 
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held 
on the ____  day of June, 2022 and that a quorum was present thereat. 
 
 
CITY CLERK 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
CITY ATTORNEY