Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to accept and execute a reimbursable Lead-Safe Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Grant. This grant will be utilized by the Department of Development and Columbus Public Health. This grant originated from Ordinance 2808-2023 which expired June 30, 2025. The State of Ohio wishes to allow the City to utilize the remaining dollars from this original grant and have it be terminated on June 30, 2026. The city will be entering into a new agreement since the original grant term expired June 30, 2025 and the Ohio Department of Health is willing to extend the agreement to allow the city to utilize the remaining funding from the original grant.
On October 30, 2023, Columbus City Council approved Ordinance 2808-2023 which authorized the Director of the Department of Development to accept and execute a reimbursable Lead-Safe Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Grant, in an amount up to $1,424,543.00, from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). The grant would be utilized by the Department of Development and Columbus Public Health. The term of the grant was to end on June 30, 2025, however after further review the Ohio Department of Health has offered to extend the grant with the city through June 30, 2026 to utilize the remaining funding.
The ODH-RRP grant has allowed the department to continue to create lead-safe housing in high-risk zip codes by conducting lead-safe renovations on windows, doors, and porches in homes built before 1978. These grant funds have been used in conjunction with other Division of Housing program funds to address both interior and exterior lead issues.
These grant funds have also been used to fund training for aspiring contractors to receive their RRP certification thereby increasing the number of small to medium sized RRP contractors and strengthening the local lead hazard control workforce. In partnership with Columbus Public Health...
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