City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0295R

• File #: 11-0295R
• Version: 0
• Name: Lead Abatement Review Commission
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/13/2011
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 8/15/2011
• Title: Lead Abatement Review Commission FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting that the Mayor appoint a Lead Abatement Review Commission to throughly evaluate the City’s current lead abatement efforts, make recommendations to address any deficiencies in lead abatement reporting or practices, and establish a mechanism for providing regular annual reports on the City’s lead abatement efforts to the City Council and the Mayor.
• Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Rochelle Spector, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/15/2011	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
8/15/2011	0	City Council	Adopted
7/18/2011	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/16/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/16/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/13/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
6/13/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Lead Abatement Review Commission

FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting that the Mayor appoint a Lead Abatement Review Commission to throughly evaluate the City’s current lead abatement efforts, make recommendations to address any deficiencies in lead abatement reporting or practices, and establish a mechanism for providing regular annual reports on the City’s lead abatement efforts to the City Council and the Mayor.
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Recitals

Poisoning from lead in lead based paint continues to be a scourge affecting far too many young people in Baltimore City. Exposure to even small amounts of lead paint dust can lead to life-long disabilities. Although lead paints are no longer used in residences, dust from paint applied decades ago is still present as a threat in parts of the aging building stock throughout the City.

Baltimore has wrestled with this problem with varying degrees of success for many years. Great strides have been made in reducing our children’s exposure to lead. Early on in the fight against lead paint poisoning, the City’s lead abatement effort was so successful that it was hailed as a model for how to address the problem nationwide.

Unfortunately, over time, this early success faded - and earlier this year the Health Department was ruled ineligible to receive any Federal lead abatement fun...