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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />Assistant County Administrator / <br />Department of General Services <br />INFORMATIONAL ITEM <br />7-g <br />Date: <br />To: <br />Thru: <br />From: <br />October 3, 2017 <br />The Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator <br />Subject: Fairgrounds License Agreement — State of Florida, Department of Children & <br />Families Services — Disaster SNAP Program <br />DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: <br />In response to Hurricane Irma and the declaration of the State of Emergency by the Governor, the <br />Florida Department of Children & Families Services is administering the Disaster Supplemental <br />Nutrition Assistance Program (D -SNAP) (also known as Food for Florida) throughout the state. A <br />location for Indian River County that could accommodate the number of individuals who may <br />apply for benefits under this program was sought. Because of the size and location, the Indian <br />River County Fairgrounds was the preferred location to host the Indian River County D -SNAP <br />program. <br />Up to 80,000 individuals are identified as being eligible for the program in Indian River County <br />and an anticipated 20,000 individuals are expected to attend the registration process from October <br />6-10, 2017. The D -SNAP program provides short-term food assistance benefits to families who <br />were living or working in the disaster area at the time of the disaster. Eligible individuals and <br />families must have suffered a disaster -related loss, such as damage to their homes or self- <br />employment property, loss of food, reduction or loss of income, or have incurred other disaster <br />related expenses. Eligible households receive one month of benefits, equivalent to the maximum <br />amount of benefits normally issued to a SNAP household of their size. <br />The Fairgrounds License Template Agreement was modified to waive fees and modify certain <br />insurance requirements. The modified agreement was approved and signed by the Assistant <br />County Administrator, Michael Zito, under Jason Brown's authority pursuant to Resolution 2016- <br />120. The Fairgrounds Agricultural Expo Pavilion, parking and restrooms will be utilized by the <br />Department of Children and Family Services from October 3, 2017 -October 1, 2017, for the <br />purposes of the D -SNAP program. All fees have been waived for this event. <br />Attachments: <br />Attachment A — Executed Fairgrounds License Agreement <br />Attachment B — D -SNAP Information <br />P4 <br />