Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with CardnoATC for lead based paint testing, risk assessments, healthy homes assessments, work specification preparation and final clearance testing on up to 275 units, for the Lead Safe Columbus Program. The contract will provide $120,000 from the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant fund awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The time period of the contract will be established from March 1, 2015 through November 30, 2017. This aligns within the time period of the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant agreement with HUD.
CardnoATC (contract compliance #46-0399408, expires 1/20/2017) was selected as a Lead Safe Columbus program contractor as a result of a competitive bidding process directed by the City’s Purchasing Division and Lead Safe Columbus.
Lead Safe Columbus provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead based hazards in owner and tenant occupied units.
This legislation is presented in an effort to increase the productivity for creating lead safe housing units, the numbers of which will increase as we meet the targets of our lead grant and comply with the Title X Federal regulations, which took affect September 15, 2000.
Emergency action is necessary to allow for lead hazard control projects to begin in order to comply with the HUD grant timelines and requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT: $120,000 is available in the General Government Grant Fund from a 2014 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration lead grant from HUD.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with CardnoATC, to support the Lead Safe Columbus Program; to authorize the expenditure of $120,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($120,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a...
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