Resolution 5620 Seton Catholic Preparatory GRIC

RESOLUTION NO. 5620 
 
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 GILA RIVER 
INDIAN 
COMMUNITY 
ON 
BEHALF 
OF 
SETON 
CATHOLIC 
PREPARATORY 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 gaming, 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, Seton Catholic Preparatory, 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 Gila River Indian Community on its behalf in the amount of $500,000; and 
 
WHEREAS, the funding sought by Seton Catholic Preparatory is intended to support Seton 
Catholic Preparatory’s efforts to renovate the school library to meet the needs of current students 
and to create a space dedicated to the study and preservation of Native American History, as more 
specifically described in the application materials prepared by Seton Catholic Preparatory, 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.  
Authorizes Seton Catholic Preparatory to submit this Resolution and the 
 
application materials prepared by Seton Catholic Preparatory to the Gila River 
 
Indian Community.  
 
Section 2.  
Authorizes the Mayor to execute the application in conjunction with the grant 
 
application to be submitted to the Gila River Indian Community on behalf of the

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City. 
 
Section 3.  
Within ten (10) days of the City’s receipt of any grant funds from the Gila River 
 
Indian Community pursuant to a grant application on behalf of Seton Catholic 
 
Preparatory, City staff is directed to mail a check to Seton Catholic Preparatory, 
 
covering one hundred percent (100%) of the funds received by the City from the 
 
Gila River Indian Community pursuant to such application. 
 
Section 4.  
The City, by virtue of this Resolution, is simply acting as a financial conduit 
 
between the Gila River Indian Community and Seton Catholic Preparatory, 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 Seton Catholic Preparatory; or 
 
b. 
Guaranteeing or warranting the accuracy, completeness or truthfulness of  
 
 
 
the information set forth in the application materials prepared by Seton  
 
 
 
Catholic Preparatory; or 
 
c. 
Supervising or taking any responsibility regarding the actions or activities 
 
undertaken by Seton Catholic Preparatory; or 
 
d. 
Representing that Seton Catholic Preparatory, 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 Seton Catholic Preparatory Dignity to other Indian tribes.  
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ___ day 
of September, 2022. 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
CITY CLERK 
MAYOR

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CERTIFICATION 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5620 was duly passed and 
adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the 
_____  day of September, 2022, and that a quorum was present thereat. 
CITY CLERK 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
CITY ATTORNEY