For the 13th year, Scottsdale will be submitting grant applications for Proposition 202 funds from local Native American tribes and nations on behalf of city-operated programs.
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For the 13th year, Scottsdale will be submitting grant applications for Proposition 202 funds from local Native American tribes and nations on behalf of city-operated programs.
Prop 202 was approved by Arizona voters in November 2002, which is known as the “Indian Gaming Preservation and Self-Reliance Act.”
The proposition established conditions pursuant to which the governor entered in to a new tribal-state gaming compact. One legal requirement of the gaming compacts provides the tribes contribute a certain percentage of gaming revenues for public health.
On June 30, Scottsdale City Council approved a resolution to move forward with submitting Prop 202 grant applications to various tribes on behalf of city-operated programs during the period of July 1 through June 30, 2021. This is the 13th year of this process, a city staff report stated. The initial request was approved in 2007.
Scottsdale has pending grant applications with the Gila River Indian Community and Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation. Additionally, the city expects to process grant applications with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community and Tohono O’odham Nation as well.
Twelve percent of a tribe’s total annual contribution is to be shared with cities, towns and counties of the tribe’s choosing to be used for government services that benefit the general public, the staff report stated, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, and promotion of commerce and economic development.
Any money comprising the 12% not distributed by the Native American tribe is required to be deposited in the commerce and economic development commission local communities fund.
Tribes that are subject to these requirements can make the contributions whenever they choose, as long as it is done by the end of their fiscal year, the staff report stated.
In addition to receiving funds for city-sponsored programs, Scottsdale may be asked to accept and pass through funds to local non-profit organizations who have also required tribal funding for programs benefiting the public.
Examples of organizations who have received funds in this manner in the past include Hospice of the Valley, Experience Scottsdale and Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services, also known as STARS.
Any acceptance of grants will be contingent upon City Council approval, the staff report noted.
Melissa Rosequist Managing Editor | East Valley @mrosequist_
I first started my journalism portfolio at the age of 15 while in high school before going on to study at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Being in the journalism field is the only professional avenue I was ever interested in, and have worked hard covering topics from school boards to hard news while working for the Independent, where I have been awarded for my reporting.
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