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Commissioners Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Deputy Clerk of the Board
DATE: May 27, 2014
SUBJECT: AGREEMENT re: Port Townsend Community Center Facility Use
Agreement for Disaster Services Activities; No Dollar Amount; Jefferson
County Administrator; American Red Cross
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
AGREEMENT re: Port Townsend Community Center Facility Use Agreement for Disaster Services
Activities; No Dollar Amount; Jefferson County Administrator; American Red Cross
David Rasmussen, Disaster Program Manager, submitted this agreement for renewal.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve AGREEMENT re: Port Townsend Community Center Facility Use Agreement for Disaster
Services Activities; No Dollar Amount; Jefferson County Administrator; American Red Cross
REVI D BY:
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Philip Morley, o �ty Administra r Date
AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF FACILITIES AS MASS CARE SHELTERS
This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the American Red
Cross, hereinafter referred to as "Red Cross ", and JEFFERSON COUNTY, A WASHINGTON MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, hereinafter referred to as "County ", acting through the Board of County Commissioners.
Recitals
Pursuant to the terms of federal statutes, the Red Cross provides emergency services on behalf of individuals and
families who are victims of disaster. Jefferson County community center managers are authorized to permit the
Red Cross to use County owned community center buildings, grounds, and equipment for mass care shelters
required in the conduct of Red Cross Disaster Services activities, and to cooperate with the Red Cross for such
purposes.
The parties hereto mutually desire to reach and understanding that will result in making the aforesaid facilities of
the County available to the Red Cross for the aforesaid use. Now, therefore, it is mutually agreed between the
parties as follows:
The County agrees that, after meeting its responsibilities to citizens, pupils, parishioners, members, or
clients, it will permit, to extent of its ability and upon request by the Red Cross, the use of its physical
facilities by the Red Cross as mass shelters for the victims of disasters. The Red Cross agrees to
coordinate with the manager of each community center for use of said facility. It is the sole
responsibility of the Red Cross to keep a current list of contact names and phone numbers for each
County owned community center.
2. The Red Cross agrees that it shall exercise reasonable care in the conduct of its activities in such
facilities and further agrees to replace or reimburse the County and /or Community Center managers for
any foods or supplies that may be used by the Red Cross in the conduct of its relief activities in said
mass shelters.
3. This Agreement shall be for a term of five years commencing on May_, 2014 and ending on May
1 2019.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of County Commissioners has caused this instrument to be executed by
and in the name of said County of Jefferson the day and year first above written. The American Red Cross ha:
caused this agreement to be executed by the Olympic Peninsula Chapter.
Dated this day of , 2014
Olympic Peninsula Chapter, American Red Cross
David A. Rasmussen, Disaster Program Manager
SEAL:
ATTEST:
Carolyn Avery
Deputy Clerk of the Board
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
John Austin, Chairman
/Approved as to rm only: t
David Alvarez Date
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney