Resolution No.5790 Authorizing the submittal of a Tribal Application from Dignity Health Foundation to Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation

RESOLUTION NO. 5790 
 
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 is 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 (“Dignity Health”), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
organization, has requested that the City of Chandler 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’s Chandler 
Children’s Dental Clinic, located at the Chandler CARE Center, to provide free oral health care 
and minimally invasive dental treatments to uninsured and underserved children in the 
community, as further described in the application materials prepared by Dignity Health, which 
are incorporated 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 to submit this Resolution and the grant application 
materials prepared by Dignity Health to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. 
 
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.

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Section 3. 
Authorizing acceptance of the grant on behalf of Dignity Health in the amount of 
$25,000 or any other lesser or greater amount awarded and directing City staff to 
mail a check to Dignity Health 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, covering one hundred percent 
(100%) of the funds received. 
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 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; or
b. Guaranteeing or warranting the accuracy, completeness, or truthfulness of
the information set forth in the application materials prepared by Dignity
Health; or
c.
Supervising or taking any responsibility regarding the actions or activities
undertaken by Dignity Health; or
d. Representing that Dignity Health 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 to other Indian tribes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ____ day 
of April, 2024. 
ATTEST: 
_________________________________ 
 
________________________________ 
CITY CLERK 
MAYOR 
CERTIFICATION 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5790 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, 2024 and that a quorum was present thereat. 
            CITY CLERK 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
CITY ATTORNEY