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NEED/JUSTIFICATION Wind Mitigation Need: Indian River County is a county located in the Treasure Coast region in the state of Florida. It is approximately 617 square miles with a population estimate of 141,994 and resides just off of the Atlantic Ocean. It is highly susceptible to wind hazards from storms that are strengthened by the presence of the Atlantic Ocean. Indian River County also has an abundance of older homes dating back before the 2002 Hurricane Andrew Building Codes. Florida Hurricane Impacts Indian River County as a whole, has seen a history of susceptibilitji.to hurricanes. Tropical Cyclones do not distinguish between jurisdictional boundaries and cancausFeFwind gusts of above 145 mph. S� i c: Indian River in particular has seen twelve (12) tropical cy I peYs-since 2000, of which, both Hurricane Frances a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained4inds�of105-mph, when it hit Indian is tn�•,.,t c= ,, River, caused an estimated $850 million in damage to insured property in Indian River County. Hurricane Jeanne a Category 3 hurricane with windsestirnated at 121mph, caused an estimated $2 billion in damage to insured property Indian RiverµCounty. Hurricane Fraeces impacted fifty-four (54) single family dwellings, while Hurricane Jeanne caused structural damage'°to'over 110 single family residences. According to the National Climatic Data.Center Storm Events Database (htto://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents ), there have been twenty (20) tornado events reported in Indian River County between 1950 and 2014. Eight w4ere:FO, four were EFO, six were EF1, and two were F2 magnitude events. NCDC data -indicates that the'reth`as_been one tornado=related injury, no deaths, and $1,940,000 in property darnage.associated withktornado events in the County. Much of =1 ni-'c'1� 44•q•.�� the damage caused to residential homesT -o h':these storms�and:�winds could have been prevented or limited through mitigation retrofits. Tropi,aI Sto.rrn� saac produce widespread urban and lowland flooding across much of the County impacting many residents. Twenty seven (27) manufactured ri. . �F{�+ni� :r}-R"a homes and two single family ,homes were damaged. Indian:.River County has experienced a total of eight (8)jsignificant flooding"eye ts, between the periodsof�.M194;7-2015 therefore there is a twelve percent (I12%) annualfch hce of#ai nificant fl odin'g`event tokoetur in Indian River County. • Hurricane Vulnerability 4 ' i iv-" According to the 2010 U.S e,nsus,datarfor Indian River County, there were approximately 14,409 homes builtsbetween.1990 and�January=.1 1999. Another 15,896 homes were built between 2000- i:F -7 iia- of {�3:. 2' Y-.� tG'(:vy 2005. Tha_t;iflu'strates:a potential��of�;some 62.9:8:homes;that were built prior to the Andrew Building Codes which was brou`ghtcabout in'`March of 2002The State of Florida is under extreme hurricane danger��for:six (6) months,du`ring the: h rricane season. In addition, Indian River County is also susceptible to, other severe w d, eventS4ccurring from tornadoes, thunderstorms, tropical storms, tsunami, in-lWooding and or_easters4fFlo ida is the most vulnerable state in the nation to the impacts of hurricanes and tropicarstorms. The Indian River area is largely a flat, low-lying plain. The potential; for prope4y damage a rdhuman casualties in Indian River County has been increased by the rapid growth of41)e-County oviel-ithe last few decades, particularly along the coastline. According to the Indian River county Unified��L'ocal Mitigation Strategy, approved June 2015, the residential building occupancy exposure ineandian River County for 2014 was 12,906,280 ($1000), which is 79.1% of the total. Financial Need: According to census data, 14.7% of Indian River County residents were at or below the poverty line. There is 'also an estimated 27.2% of the population that are over the age of 65, which is greater than thejFlorida average of 17%. With a large portion of Indian River County's residents residing near the coastline and the highest estimated number of persons below the poverty level. Indian River is an excellent candidate for financial assistance. ' 15 115