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Receive and consider approving the draft workplan on the Lead-based Paint Hazard Mitigation Program; Provide direction to staff on proposed methodology to administer the program; Delegate authority to the County Administrator or designee to execute Appropriation Transfer Requests within budgeted appropriations; and Delegate authority to the County Administrator or designee to execute agreements as necessary to administer the program
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Departments of Resource Management and Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommend that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive an update on the Lead-based Paint Hazard Mitigation Program;
2. Consider approving the draft workplan, direct staff to implement the program, and provide direction to staff on proposed methodology to administer the program;
3. Delegate authority to the County Administrator or designee to process Appropriation Transfer Requests (ATR) within budgeted appropriations to complete transfers to other funds and Departments within the $4,986,945 dollars available from the Lead-based Paint Abatement Settlement Agreement; and
4. Delegate authority to the County Administrator or designee to execute agreements as necessary to administer the program including project management, education and outreach efforts, and soliciting and hiring contractors for lead assessment and abatement to perform work.
SUMMARY:
After a 19-year legal effort, Solano County, along with nine other counties and cities, reached a settlement agreement with three major paint companies (Sherwin-Williams Company, ConAgra Grocery Products Company, and NL Industries Company) for abatement of lead-based paint hazards in homes in August 2019. The settlement provides a total of $305 million dollars paid in installments over a six-year period and provides flexibility to each of the 10 jurisdictions to...
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