Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the City of Columbus to accept, appropriate and expend payments totaling up to $3,000,000 through the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds will allow the Lead Safe Columbus Program to provide property owners with grants for lead safe, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines by providing lead abatement activities in accordance with HUD guidelines, including but not limited to, lead level testing and clearance tests performed on city lead hazard control and/or home repair projects as well as outreach, education and training.
This legislation is submitted as an emergency to prevent the interruption in the delivery of vital program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation requests the appropriation of $3,000,000 and the expenditure of $1,513,811 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to accept payments totaling up to $3,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program; to authorize the appropriation of $3,000,000 in several divisions and object levels within the General Government Grant Fund for the implementation of Lead Safe Columbus Program; to authorize the expenditure of $1,513,811 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,000,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program; and
WHEREAS, HUD funding will provide grants for property owners for lead safe, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines; and
WHEREAS, activities will include, but are not ...
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