Title
Ordinance Establishing the Grant Project Budget in the Amount of $2,698,441for the City of Greensboro Lead Hazard Reduction Grant
Body
Council Priority: Maintain Infrastructure and Provide Sustainable Growth Opportunities
Department: Neighborhood Development
Council District: All
Public Hearing: n/a
Advertising Date/By: n/a
Contact 1 and Phone: Stanley Wilson, 336-373-2509
Contact 2 and Phone: Cynthia Blue, 336-433-7376
PURPOSE:
City Council approval is requested for a budget ordinance to establishing a grant project budget for the City of Greensboro Lead Hazard Reduction Grant awarded to the City by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] in the amount of $2,698,441. The grant will address lead-based paint and healthy homes hazards within the City of Greensboro.
BACKGROUND:
The City has been the recipient of five prior Lead Hazard Reduction Grants since 2002 which have made 920 housing units lead safe for low-income families.
The new grant award and local matching funds will continue address lead-based paint and other home health hazards, over the period of the next 42 months, in an estimated 122 housing units occupied by low-income tenant or owner households, prioritizing households with children under six years of age. Lead-based paint hazards can be found in homes built prior to 1978, when the use of lead-based paint was outlawed. Lead hazards can cause health, developmental and learning problems for young children. Training, outreach and education on lead safety will be provided to rehabilitation contractors and the public.
Any home addressed in Guilford County would utilize only the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant funding to remediate hazards in homes of children with elevated blood lead levels greater than 5 µg/dl, which is the Center for Disease Control’s Level of Concern for child lead poisoning.
BUDGET IMPACT:
The City has committed $555,663 in matching funds for lead hazard reduction work. The match will come from a combination of the City’s federal Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) and Nussbaum Housing Partnership allocations, the value of owner repairs, and subcontractor match sources. CDBG program matching funds will be allocated from FY20-21 grant award.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
The City Council is requested to approve of the grant budget project ordinance for the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant awarded to the City in the amount of $2,698,44l and authorize the City Manager to execute the grant agreement.