Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the City of Columbus to accept, appropriate and expend payments totaling up to $3,400,000.00 through the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes 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, healthier, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines. The program provides lead abatement and healthy homes activities in accordance with HUD guidelines, including but not limited to, lead paint level testing, risk assessments, lead hazard control and healthy homes interventions and clearance tests as well as outreach, education and training.
This legislation is submitted as an emergency to allow the program’s activities to begin immediately.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation requests the appropriation of $3,400,000.00 and the expenditure of $2,446,600.00 from the General Government Grant Fund.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to accept payments totaling up to $3,400,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); to authorize the appropriation of $3,400,000.00 in several divisions and object levels of the General Government Grant Fund for the implementation of Lead Safe Columbus Program; to authorize the expenditure of $2,446,600.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,400,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program. HUD funding will provide grants for property owners for lead safe, healthy, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines. Activities will include, but not be limited to, lead paint level testing, risk assessme...
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