Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to expend previously encumbered, but unspent funds, for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program.
Lead Safe Columbus provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead based hazards in owner and tenant occupied units. Funds are provided through the 2007 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant received from the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Funds for projects are encumbered to include contingency. The $175,000 represents unspent contingency funds and/or cancelled projects. These funds will increase the production of lead safe housing units and enable the program to meet the targets of the lead grant and comply with the Title X Federal regulations.
This legislation is submitted as an emergency to allow the program's activities to continue uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation requests the expenditure of $175,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to expend funds for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program; to authorize the expenditure of $175,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($175,000)
Body
Whereas, the Director of the Department of Development desires to expend previously encumbered, but unspent funds, for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program; and
Whereas, the Lead Safe Columbus program provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead based paint hazards in owner and tenant occupied housing units; and
Whereas, the funds from the Lead Hazard Control Demonstration Grant must be expended in a timely manner; and
Whereas, these funds will increase the production of lead safe housing units and enable the program to meet t...
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