Resolution 5739 - Dignity Health Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community

RESOLUTION NO. 5739 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, 
ARIZONA, APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT 
BETWEEN THE SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY 
AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PASS-
THROUGH INDIAN GAMING REVENUE SHARING GRANT IN THE 
AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION-EAST 
VALLEY AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF THE RELATED PASS-
THROUGH GRANT APPLICATION.  
 
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, Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, 
submitted an application for an Indian gaming revenue sharing grant to the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community and in return received written confirmation of award approval in 
the amount of $50,000 for the purpose of prescription medications, medical services, and 
medication access services for underserved patients, 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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community requests that the City enter into 
an intergovernmental agreement to govern the payment and distribution of the pass-through 
Indian gaming revenue sharing grant in the amount of $50,000 to Dignity Health Foundation-
East Valley. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, 
that: 
 
Section 1.  
Approving the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Salt River 
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the City of Chandler for the distribution 
of a pass-through Indian gaming revenue sharing grant in the amount of $50,000 
to Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley and authorizing the Mayor or his 
designee to execute the IGA on behalf of the City of Chandler. 
 
Section 2.  
Authorizing the submission of the Dignity Health Foundation-East Valley grant 
application materials to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for a 
pass-through Indian gaming revenue sharing grant.

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Section 3.  
Within ten (10) days of the City’s receipt of any grant funds from the Salt River 
Pima-Maricopa 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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community pursuant to such application. 
 
Section 4.  
The City, by virtue of this Resolution, is simply acting as a financial conduit 
between the Salt River Pima-Maricopa 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 September, 2023. 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
CITY CLERK 
MAYOR

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CERTIFICATION 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5739 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, 2023 and that a quorum was present thereat. 
CITY CLERK 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
CITY ATTORNEY