210990
Version
Substitute 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. JOHNSON
Title
Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cooperative Agreement in support of the Environmental Collaboration Office’s Healthy People, Homes, and Neighborhood Project.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Environmental Collaboration Office to accept a State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program (SEJCA) grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of $200,000 with a grantor share of $200,000 and a City share of $0. The purpose of this grant is to support ECO’s Healthy People, Homes, and Neighborhood Project to provide resources via mobile resource teams, provide healthy homes resource guides and ECO neighborhood toolkits and workshops to residents in 53204, 53205, 53206, 53208, 53210, 53215, 53233.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for grant funds from the EPA; and
Whereas, Health and economic disparities in Milwaukee are well documented, including the disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. The City of Milwaukee and community partners will coordinate a Healthy People, Homes and Neighborhoods campaign to conduct outreach and education to predominately African American and Latinx neighborhoods; and
Whereas, The City will work with local non-profits Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers (SSCHC) and Walnut Way Conservation Corporation as well as the City of Milwaukee Health Department and Wisconsin Department of Health Services to develop and distribute resources and conduct workshops; and
Whereas, This campaign hopes to achieve increased awareness in two neighborhoods greatly impacted by COVID-19, energy poverty and the need for increased green space; and
Whereas, This project represents the first time Milwaukee-area COVID mitigation efforts will be linked with outreach around healthy homes and environmental justice. The program will serve as a resource to state and federal efforts determining cumulative impacts on the public health of underserved communities and vulnerable populations; and
Whereas, the operation of this grant from 10/01/2021 to 9/30/2023 would cost $200,000 of which 100% would be provided by the grantor share and 0% would be provided by the city; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Environmental Collaboration Office shall accept this grant without further approval unless the terms of the grant change as indicated in Section 304-81, of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is authorized to:
1. Commit funds within the Project/Grant Parent of the 2021 Special Revenue-Grant and Aid Projects the following amount for the project titled: EPA SEJCA Grant:
Project/Grant GR0002100000
Fund 0150
Org 9990
Program 0001
Budget Year 0000
Sub Class R999
Account 000600
Project Grantor Share
Amount $200,000
2. Create the necessary Grant and Aid Project/Grant and Project/Grant levels; budget against these Project/Grant values the amount required under the grant agreement;
3. Establish the necessary City Share Project Values; and, be it
Further Resolved, that these funds are budgeted for the Department of Administration- Environmental Collaboration Office which is authorized to:
1. Expend from the amount budgeted for specified purposes as indicated in the grant budget and incur costs consistent with the award date, including contracting with the Walnut Way Conservation Corporation and Sixteenth Street Community Health Center.
Requestor
Environmental Collaboration Office
10/20/2021