Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
Reviewed By
AMZ
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Village of Oak Park and Cook County from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for Lead Removal Activities and Authorizing its Execution
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Overview
Overview
The Village entered into a grant agreement with the Cook County Department of Public Health for a Lead Poisoning Prevention Program in 2018 funding by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which expires November 30, 2021. The Cook County Department of Public Health is applying for additional funding from HUD for this program and is requesting the Village to partner on a new grant funding application.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution.
Fiscal Impact
The grant will add revenues for staff wages and salaries as well as contracted services for lead testing and hazard controls and will reduce the Village's reliance on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds freeing those funds up for other projects.
Background
The Village of Oak Park has an agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health to manage childhood lead including managing and maintaining the state of Illinois' Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) database; a database that collects and stores childhood blood lead testing data and environmental health investigation data.
For many years, the Village used a substantial allocation from its annual Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") entitlement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist low-income households earning less than 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) in both the control of lead-based paint hazards and the rehabilitation of their homes through a Single-Family Rehabilitation Loan Program (SFR). CDBG-funded housing rehabilitation projects require lead risk assessments an...
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