Resolution 5799 - Dignity Health Foundation - Ak-Chin

City of Chandler — Study Session (2024-06-10)

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RESOLUTION NO. 5799 
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 AK-CHIN 
INDIAN COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION 
IN THE AMOUNT OF $206,648. 
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, 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 Ak-Chin Indian Community on its 
behalf in the amount of $206,648; and 
WHEREAS, the funding sought is for the purpose of supporting a pilot Behavioral Health 
Program Manager position to guide the development of a Behavioral Emergency Response 
Team in the emergency room and to support nurses to teach teen Mental Health First Aid in 
CUSD high schools, 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 Ak-Chin Indian Community.

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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 Ak-Chin Indian 
Community on behalf of Dignity Health. 
Section 3.  
Authorizing acceptance of the grant on behalf of Dignity Health in the amount of 
$206,648 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 Ak-Chin Indian Community 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 Ak-Chin Indian Community 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 the Dignity
Health; or
c.
Supervising or taking any responsibility regarding the actions or activities
undertaken by the 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 June, 2024. 
ATTEST: 
CITY CLERK 
MAYOR

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CERTIFICATION 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5799 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, 2024 and that a quorum was present thereat. 
CITY CLERK 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
CITY ATTORNEY