Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lizelle Lirio de Luna, Director, Family Health Services
Subject: Agreement with Rebuilding Peninsula Together for Lead Paint Remediation Coordination Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Rebuilding Together Peninsula to plan, pilot, and establish a Lead Paint Hazard Remediation Program for the term of May 15, 2023, through May 14, 2026, with an option to extend the term to May 14, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $6,050,251.
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BACKGROUND:
After nearly 20 years of litigation, ten California jurisdictions, including our County, reached a settlement that provides $305 million to clean up the lead paint that poisons tens of thousands of children across California each year. San Mateo County will receive approximately $11.7 million, distributed in annual payments from 2019 through 2025. Funds may be used to address the public health hazards related to lead paint, such as:
(1) Developing or enhancing programs that abate lead paint from housing, particularly housing occupied by low-income individuals;
(2) Providing services to individuals, particularly children, who have been exposed to lead paint;
(3) Educating the public about hazards caused by Lead Paint and the best means of avoiding exposure to and remediating the harms caused by Lead Paint, including the availability of funding for lead abatement.
DISCUSSION:
In preparation for launching a Lead Paint Hazard Remediation Program (LPHRP) consistent with the Settlement guidelines, County Health conducted a Scoping Session early on in the process, learned from other entities which participated in the Settlement, collaborated with the Department of Housing, which administers similar Minor Home Repair programs and issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) June 9, 2022.
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