RESOLUTION NO. 2023-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND AMENDING THE FY 2022-23 CITY OPERATING BUDGET TO INCREASE REVENUE ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS BY $238,814 UPON EXECUTION OF THE MOU WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles Community Development Authority is implementing the Lead Based Paint Hazard Mitigation Program or the Lead Free Homes L.A. Program, which is funded from the $134 million lead paint settlement received from paint manufacturers; WHEREAS, Lead Free Homes L.A. aims to protect children from lead paint poisoning by removing lead based paint hazards in 4,000 to 5,000 homes within the County in the next 8 years. It targets properties built before 1951 in low-income communities that has a high prevalence of children under the age of six years; WHEREAS, Lead Free Homes L.A. has been implemented in areas affected by the Exide plant, the 4TH and the 5TH Supervisorial Districts and L.A. County is now planning to launch and implement the program in the City of Pomona; WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Community Development Authority wishes to partner with the City of Pomona particularly in the areas of outreach, community engagement and program enrollment; WHEREAS, the City of Pomona similarly wishes to partner with the County of Los Angeles to maximize the number of residents reached by Lead Free Home L.A. Program, and to align Lead Free Homes L.A. Program activities with that of the Lead Education Awareness Control and Healthy Homes (LEACHH) Program, which is also being implemented in the City; WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to formalize this partnership by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding that will define the service area, scope of work, timetable of implementation, and the funding necessary to do the work; and, WHEREAS, upon execution of the Memorandum of Understanding, the City Council desires to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-23 City Operating Budget to increase revenue and expenditures by $238,814, which shall fund the Lead Free Homes L.A. – Pomona community engagement, outreach and enrollment activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Los Angeles County Community Development Authority and the City of Pomona for Lead Based Paint Hazard Mitigation Program Management Services; SECTION 2. The City Council authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Memorandum of Understanding and all related documents, subject to review by the City Attorney’s Office.
SECTION 3. Upon execution of the MOU, the City Council authorizes the amendment to the FY 2022-23 City Operating Budget to increase revenue estimates and appropriations by $238,814. The budget breakdown is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, and it shall become effective immediately upon its approval.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of March, 2023.
CITY OF POMONA:
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Tim Sandoval
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ______________________________ Sonia Carvalho Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Attorney City Clerk
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Pomona at a regular meeting thereof held on March 20, 2023 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Clerk
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