AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY/SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR A LEAD HAZARD TESTING AND ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

WHEREAS, the City of Lorain, through its Building, Housing and Planning Department (BHP), desires to enter into a subrecipient agreement with the Erie County Health Department (ECHD) for the provision of lead hazard control services; and

WHEREAS, said agreement shall provide for the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($125,650.00), consisting of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and the remaining balance of Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($25,650.00) from previous years; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of this program is to identify and remediate lead-based paint hazards, with a particular focus on protecting households with young children; and

WHEREAS, ECHD was awarded $1.5 million dollars from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through HUD’s Lead Hazzard Reduction funding to address Lead-Based Paint/Lead Hazard Testing and Abatement; and

WHEREAS, On June 6, 2017, Lorain City Council Approved Resolution 23-17 for match funding for the Lead-Based Paint/Lead Hazard Testing and Abatement Program administered by the ECHD and in partnership with the Lorain County Health District; and

WHEREAS, ECHD is permitted by HUD to allocate a maximum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) per home; and

WHEREAS, ECHD will utilize a combination of grants they receive from their Local Home Beautification, State Revolving Loan and owner/landlord match funding to assist Lorain City owner occupied and qualified rental units whom homes were constructed pre-1978 with correcting lead-based paint hazards especially in homes with young children; and

WHEREAS, The City of Lorain will match at a maximum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) of the total per unit project cost in correcting lead-based paint hazards; and

WHEREAS, Priority shall be given to families or occupants with children from birth to six (6) years of age who have been diagnosed with lead poisoning or exposure; second-tier priority shall be given to residents with children from birth to six (6) years of age or pregnant individuals; and third-tier priority shall be given to applicants with children from birth to six (6) years of age who visit the home for at least six (6) hours per week; and

WHEREAS, ECHD has budgeted relocation funding assistance if necessary for approximately 100 families from other funding sources and will have the responsibility of identifying alternate housing that may be affected if relocation is required utilizing HUD’s occupancy standards and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions policies Act of 1970 (42.USC.4601 and 49 CFR part 24).

Consideration and passage.