Resolution No.5686 Authorizing the Submittal of a Tribal Application from Dignity Health Foundation to Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation

RESOLUTION NO. 5686 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, 
ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR 
AN INDIAN GAMING REVENUE SHARING GRANT TO THE FORT 
MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION ON BEHALF OF DIGNITY HEALTH 
FOUNDATION - EAST VALLEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000. 
 
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, 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 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation on its behalf in the amount of 
$25,000; and 
 
WHEREAS, the funding sought is for the purpose of supporting Dignity Health Foundation’s 
Graduate Medical Education Program in the East Valley; specifically, to train new physicians in 
the residency program on point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) devices, as described in the 
application materials prepared by Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley, which 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, 
as follows:  
 
Section 1.  
Authorizing Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley to submit this Resolution and 
the grant application materials prepared by Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley 
to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.

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Section 2.  
Authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the application form or letter in 
conjunction with the grant application to be submitted to the Fort McDowell 
Yavapai Nation on behalf of Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley. 
 
Section 3.  
Within ten (10) days of the City’s receipt of any grant funds from the Fort 
McDowell Yavapai Nation pursuant to a grant application submitted 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 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation pursuant 
to such application. 
 
Section 4.  
The City, by virtue of this Resolution, is simply acting as a financial conduit 
between the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 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 Dignity 
Health Foundation-East Valley; or 
 
c. Supervising or taking any responsibility regarding the actions or activities 
undertaken by 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 April, 2023. 
 
ATTEST: 
 
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CITY CLERK  
 
 
 
 
MAYOR

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CERTIFICATION 
 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5686 was duly passed and 
adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the 
_______ day of April, 2023 and that a quorum was present thereat. 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
            CITY CLERK 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
CITY ATTORNEY