Title
Resolution to Accept a Fair Food Network Grant for the Ann Arbor Farmers Market for $45,000.00 and Appropriate Funds (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve an agreement with
Fair Food Network (FFN) to administer the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market and to accept and appropriate a total of $45,000.00 in funding into the Major Grants Fund.
DUFB is a national program providing incentives to facilitate better fresh food access for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The program directly benefits low-income families and local farmers alike while positively impacting future food and nutrition policy. The DUFB program provides a match of up to $20 per person per day to those customers using SNAP to purchase locally grown fruit, vegetables, herbs, and food plants at Michigan farmers markets.
Participation in this program relates closely to multiple Sustainability Goals:
• Engaged Community
• Human Services
• Economic Vitality
• Local Food
Since 2010, the City of Ann Arbor has received grant funding from the FFN to administer the DUFB program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. This grant provides a total of $45,000.00 to the City of Ann Arbor to administer the Double Food Bucks program.
The Park Advisory Commission unanimously recommended approval of this agreement at their May 17, 2022 meeting.
Staff
Prepared by: Josh Landefeld, Parks and Recreation Services Manager
Reviewed by: Derek Delacourt, Community Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Body
Whereas, DUFB is a national program providing incentives to facilitate better fresh food access for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, which directly benefits low-income families and Michigan farmers alike while positively impacting future food and nutrition policy;
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor has received grant funding from the Fair Food Network since 2010 to administer the Double Up Food Bucks program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market; and
Whereas, The Park Advisory Commission unanimously recommended approval of this agreement at their May 17, 2022 meeting;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve a grant agreement with the Fair Food Network to administer the Double Up Food Bucks program at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market;
RESOLVED, That City Council accept and appropriate funding in the amount of $45,000.00 from the Fair Food Network establishing a grant revenue and expenditure budget in the Major Grants fund for the DUFB program without regard to fiscal year; and
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute the agreement after approval as to substance by the City Administrator and approval as to form by the City Attorney.