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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 CON HUD Grant - Healthy Homes GrantCity of National City, California COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT October 4, 2005 MEETING DATE 3 AGENDA ITEM NO. / JTEM TITLE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTIIORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS IN TI-IE AMOUNT OF $996,495.00, THE INCURRING OF AN OBLIGATION, 'I'IIE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT ANI) ANY AMENDMENTS TI IERETO, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO SECURE A HEALTHY HOMES DEMONSTRATION PREPARED B�RANT FROM HUD. DEPARTMENT EXT. Kathleen Trees, Director Building & Safety EXPLANATION In June 2005 the Building and Safety Department applied for a Healthy I Iomes Demonstration Grant from HUD. On September 21, 2005, it was awarded the grant in the amount of $996,495.00. Attached is a resolution authorizing the City Manager sign the contract and receive the funds. The program abstract submitted with the grant application is attached. This grant will pay the salary of 1 City housing inspector for a 3-year period to perform housing inspections in the target area that is west of I-805. As part of the grant the City will contract with the Paradise Valley Hospital Respiratory Unit to provide housing inspections for environmental hazards such as mold and mildew and asthma triggers. PVH will also provide in - home asthma assessment and training. The Environmental Health Coalition will provide outreach and education to the residents on health and safety concerns in the home. In addition, as a part of this program, the Burn Institute will provide the City residents with smoke detectors that will be installed by the contractor and inspected by the housing inspector. The program will also make available free fire extinguishers to those residents attending education programs presented by the Fire Department. (Environmental Review X N/A MIS Approval Financial Statement Grant Funds awarded in the amount of $996,495.00 Approved By: Finance Director Account No. STAFF RECOMMENDATION� Approve the Resolution. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION N/A ATTACHMENTS ( Listed Below ) Resolution National City Healthy Homes Demonstration Program Abstract C2oor-Si Resolution No. ,a005r 20 A-200 (Rev. 7/03) RESOLUTION NO. 2005 — RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $996,495, THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO SECURE A HEALTHY HOMES DEMONSTRATION GRANT FROM HUD. WHEREAS, the City of National City wishes to receive an allocation of funds through the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program; and WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has issued a Super Notice of Funding Availability ("SuperNOFA") for the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program, and HUD is authorized to approve funding allocations for the program, subject to the terms and conditions of the SuperNOFA and program application forms. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City hereby agrees to use the funds for the inspection and remediation of healthy and safety hazards in National City housing units in the manner presented in the application as approved by HUD, and in accordance with the SuperNOFA and application package. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the Standard Agreement and all other documents required by HUD for participation in the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program. Said Agreement is on file in the office of the City Clerk. PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of October, 2005. Nick Inzunza, Mayor ATTEST: Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, III City Attorney National City Healthy Homes Demonstration Program Abstract The National City Healthy Homes Demonstration Program (NCHHP) will demonstrate that by requiring regularly scheduled Healthy Homes inspections for rental units (annual or bi-annual depending on the condition of the unit) to ensure the absence of health and safety hazards prior to the rental of a unit, the number of sick or injured children will be reduced. This will in turn reduce the number of absences from schools, the number of EMT calls and ER visits due to asthma, poisoning, injuries and lead poisoning. The end result would be a savings in medical costs, and healthier, safer homes for National City families. The NCHHP will inspect 480 older deteriorating housing units where low-income children under 6 reside to assess any existing health and safety hazards and will evaluate children's respiratory health and risk of illness. The NCHHP will then repair/rehab 165 of the children's homes using grant funds. Of the total 480 units inspected, 215 rental units will be repaired using landlord resources and 93 owner occupied units using incentives. Lead hazards will be referred to the existing Lead Hazard Control Program. Our target area includes seven National City inner-city neighborhoods: West Side, Bay Side, El Pueblo, Civic Center, Central City, Olivewood, Sweetwater and Summercrest. These neighborhoods were selected because 86% of the housing stock was built before 1978 and 35% of the residents have children under the age of 6 who are living below the federal poverty level. Children under the age of 6 make up 11% of the population and 67% of the children in the area are Latino, a traditionally underserved minority group. National City is one of three cities in the County with the largest proportion of housing units in need of rehabilitation according to the AI. Seventy-six percent of the units are rentals and a majority of those have absentee landlords. It has the lowest median household income in the county with the highest concentration of minority populations. Area statistics indicate that children in the area have the highest rate of unintentional injury deaths among ages 0-19 and the 2"d highest number of children born with low birth weight. Twenty-six percent of the Latino population does not have medical insurance. The National City Building and Safety Department is the lead agency and fiscal agent for the proposed Healthy Homes Demonstration Program, a coalition of local government, community -based nonprofit organizations, and health organizations including two core program partners: the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), and Paradise Valley IIospital (PVH). Other participants include the National City Fire Department, Christmas in July, Metropolitan Area Advisory Agency (MAAC) Weatherization Department, the Burn Institute and a broad array of faith and community -based nonprofit organizations. National City will administer the finances and coordinate the project activities including; the identification and inspection of units, writing job specifications and bids, performing final inspections, leverage existing weatherization and rehabilitation resources and monitoring contract compliance. EHC will provide outreach, education, inspection services and perform training on toxic hazards in the home. PVH will provide inspection services, in -home education on asthma triggers and health care referral for respiratory illness in children. All program participants have experience in housing inspection, education and outreach. The Environmental Health Coalition is a 25 year old nonprofit environmental justice organization that promotes a holistic approach to health promotion, looking at both community and household factors that impact health since 1987, developing bilingual Spanish -English educational materials, providing training and outreach, and providing lead testing through a variety of funding sources. EHC staff will be creating education and outreach materials for the program as well as performing inspections. Paradise Valley Hospital Respiratory Care Department provides the only "in -home" asthma education program, exclusively utilizing respiratory therapists. The staff are licensed respiratory therapists and certified asthma educators (AE-C). The South Bay Asthma Advocacy Program was established in 2002 and provides in -home asthma education, environmental assessment and case management for asthmatic patients and their families. The staff is comprised of multi -racial, multi-lingual professionals whose mission is to create the preferred asthma disease management program. National City is committed to providing safe and healthy homes for the residents of the City. In addition to directing the Building and Safety Department to apply for a FY2005 Healthy Homes Demonstration grant, the City implemented a housing inspection program in 2001 that included lead inspections. In 2001 the Building and Safety Department received a State grant for Housing Code Enforcement and for Code Enforcement Capital Expenditures in 2003. It applied for and received a Lead Hazard Control Reduction grant in 2003. In 2004 the City formed an Asthma Committee to look into the increasing number of cases on asthma in the City. The City will provide housing inspections of electrical, structural, mechanical, fire safety and plumbing systems. The City will use it's code enforcement powers to require that all landlords not interested in having their unit repaired to fix their units with their own resources. We request $996,495.91 in HUD funds to implement our Healthy Homes Demonstration grant. Our matching funds are $ 370,903.78, compriscd of $15,675.23 in -kind services from EHC, $ 27,219.00 in -kind services from PVH, $43,000 in -kind services from Christmas in July, $1,000 in -kind services for National City Fire Department, $75,000 in - kind services from MAAC, $5,000 in -kind services from the San Diego Burn Institute for smoke detectors and $204,009.55 in -kind services for National City Building and Safety Department. In addition, we will use code enforcement methods to enforce the California Health and Safety Code, which makes sub -standard housing and lead paint a violation of the law. The NCHI-IP will leverage at least $109,000 from property owners. The proposed program will contact 1260 units in order to identify 480 units to inspect. The inspection will consist of an initial EHC contact and visual inspection to see if environmental hazards exist and inspect for roaches and carbon monoxide, then inspections by PVII to perform an in -home environmental inspection for asthma triggers and the City to perform an inspection of the electrical, plumbing, fire safety and structure will be completed. A completed report will be sent to the landlord and 165 units that qualify will be referred for repairs using grant funds. If the unit does not qualify the owner will receive a notice to repair the unit at their own expense. All jobs will be bid. A follow-up inspection will be done to educate the tenant on the prevention of environmental hazards. EHC will provide education and outreach for the program. The City will work on an ordinance to require regular inspections for all rental units in National City and will present the program to other code enforcement groups. Costs will be kept low by training local contractors and maintenance workers and by working with the Urban Corps, a local group that performs job training for at -risk teens and by using previously developed lost cost methods of repair. RESOLUTION NO. 2005 — 208 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $996,495, THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO SECURE A HEALTHY HOMES DEMONSTRATION GRANT FROM HUD. WHEREAS, the City of National City wishes to receive an allocation of funds through the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program; and WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has issued a Super Notice of Funding Availability ("SuperNOFA") for the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program, and HUD is authorized to approve funding allocations for the program, subject to the terms and conditions of the SuperNOFA and program application forms. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City hereby agrees to use the funds for the inspection and remediation of healthy and safety hazards in National City housing units in the manner presented in the application as approved by HUD, and in accordance with the SuperNOFA and application package. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the Standard Agreement and all other documents required by HUD for participation in the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program. Said Agreement is on file in the office of the City Clerk. PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of October, 2005. ATTEST: fi Mich el R. Da a, 'sty Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, III City Attorney Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on October 4, 2005, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers, Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Zarate. Nays: None. Absent: Inzunza Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: NICK INZUNZA Mayor of the City of National City, California H CI rk of the City o City f ational City, California By: Deputy I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2005-208 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on October 4, 2005. City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: Deputy