City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0265R

• File #: 11-0265R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Health Department - Loss of Federal Lead Paint Abatement Funding
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/7/2011
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 5/2/2011
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Health Department - Loss of Federal Lead Paint Abatement Funding FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Housing to address the City Council on the loss of Department of Housing and Urban Development funds for the abatement of lead-based paint in homes of low income residents with children; to report on what remedial efforts are being taken to correct the error that resulted in the loss of funding; and to present reported plans to transfer the lead paint abatement program to the Department of Housing and Community Development to remedy compliance issues and to restore the City’s eligibility for future funding.
• Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, President Young, James B. Kraft, Carl Stokes, William H. Cole, IV, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch, Rochelle Spector, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/2/2011	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
5/2/2011	0	City Council	Adopted
3/14/2011	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/10/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/10/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/10/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/7/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
3/7/2011	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.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Middleton, Curran

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Health Department - Loss of Federal Lead Paint Abatement Funding

FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Housing to address the City Council on the loss of Department of Housing and Urban Development funds for the abatement of lead-based paint in homes of low income residents with children; to report on what remedial efforts are being taken to correct the error that resulted in the loss of funding; and to present reported plans to transfer the lead paint abatement program to the Department of Housing and Community Development to remedy compliance issues and to restore the City’s eligibility for future funding.
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Recently print and broadcast media has inundated the public with reports that the Baltimore City Health Department lost anticipated funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Grant Program that awarded nearly $127 million in grants to 48 local projects to conduct a wide range of activities intended to protect children and families from potentially dangerous lead-based paint and other home health safety hazards.

Reports are that HUD officials said that the City Health Department was not included in the grant funding because it failed to fix u...