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Mayor Jacob Frey joins Council Members Jeremiah Ellison and LaTrisha Vetaw, City leadership from both the Health and Regulatory Services Departments, as well as community partners to highlight $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding dedicated to programming that will put Minneapolis on a path to eliminate childhood lead poisoning from housing by 2035.
The proposed investment will help Minneapolis be the first in the nation to eliminate lead poisoning in rental homes starting in our environmental justice communities with historically high levels of lead poisoning first. Interventions would primarily be window replacement. This would be a data-driven program acting in neighborhoods that we know have lead risks for children. This program addresses the need to find and remove hazards before children encounter them.
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we're
not
there
yet,
but
this
provides
us
with
the
necessary
shot
in
the
arm
that
we
need
to
get
started
to
protect
kids
and
thus
to
protect
our
city.
There's
a
lot
of
people
that
have
been
working
on
this
over
the
last
several
years,
and
so
this
this
hasn't
come
to
fruition
just
overnight
in
this
arpa
round.
Two
big,
thank
you
to
health
and
cped
and
regulatory
services
who
have
been
working
together
to
make
this
happen:
patrick
hanlon,
lisa,
smestad,
fordosa,
omar
and
director
garnett
hachuli.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
A
Also
to
our
incredible
community
partners,
many
of
whom
are
here
with
us
today
we
have
ann
koetz
with
urban
homeworks
and
rachelle
menento
palesco
with
sustainable
resources
center.
Your
work
is
really
making
a
difference
for
the
health
and
safety
for
children
in
our
city.
So
together
we've
really
set
these
aggressive
goals
again.
The
goal
is
that
we
will
be
the
first
city
in
a
country.
Excuse
me,
the
goal
is
that
we
will
be
the
first
city
in
the
country
to
end
childhood
lead
poisoning.
A
Hopefully,
by
the
year
2035.,
we've
already
set
the
plan
of
attack.
Now
we
just
need
to
execute
it,
so
this
is
going
to
take
a
collective
effort.
It's
going
to
take
mayor
city,
council,
all
of
our
departments
and,
of
course,
community
advocates
and
nonprofits
as
well
and
we're
all
at
the
table.
That's
what
you
see
right
now
and
so
first,
I
am
proud
to
bring
up
our
city
council,
member
for
ward
4,
latricia
vita,
who
is
a
real
advocate
and
done
some
incredible
work
in
this
area.
Council
member
vito.
Thank
you
mayor.
B
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
latricia
vita
and
I
represent
this
neighborhood
on
the
city
council.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
to
talk
about
an
issue
that
I'm
very
passionate
about
lead.
Poisoning
can
lead
to
a
lifetime
of
problems
for
children,
learning
disabilities,
decreased
impulse,
control
and
increased
aggression.
We
know
that
it
is
our
black
and
brown
children
who
suffer
most
from
lead
poisoning.
B
The
good
news
is,
we
know
how
to
fix
this
problem.
The
solution
is
expensive,
but
it's
actually
quite
simple.
We
just
need
to
remove
lead,
that's
it.
We
just
need
to
remove
it
once
it's
gone,
it's
gone,
that's
a
good
thing.
This
is
a
one-time
investment
and
it
will
have
a
lifetime
of
positive
ripple
effects
for
the
family
who
lives
in
these
homes.
Thank
you,
mayor,
frye,
for
including
me
and
including
the
funding
in
this
round
two
for
american
rest.
The
american
rescue
act
proposal.
B
I
also
want
to
thank
oh
ourselves,
you,
mayor
fry,
see,
you
see
what
happened
right.
I
was
trying
to
give
you
that
big
shout
out
and
the
plane
is
like
no.
Thank
you.
No
thank
you
mayor.
This
is
a
huge
investment.
This
is
a
huge
investment
for
our
city,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
city
staff,
who
has
been
doing
such
great
work
to
make
sure
that
this
happened.
You
know
round.
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C
Thank
you,
mayor
frye,
and
I
think
that
I
think
the
helicopter's
done
circling
just
came
out
for
you
latricia.
You
know
I
I
really
want
to
give
it
up
to
our
staff,
patrick
and
his
team.
Cped
mayor
hanlon
and
his
team
really
have
done
a
lot
of
work
to
educate
elected
officials
about
this
issue.
I
know
that
I've
been
hearing
about
lead
poisoning
for
years
prior
to
even
running
for
office
and
getting
an
office,
and
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
I
asked
when
I
got
into
office
was
well.
C
How
do
we?
How
do
we
find
out?
How
do
we
find
out
who
who
gets
poisoned
and
the
team
said?
Well,
you
know
historically
when
a
kid,
when
a
kid
is
having
adverse
effects
from
lead
poisoning.
That's
when
you
find
out-
and
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
our
staff
has
done
is
that
they
are.
They
have
worked
diligently
to
educate
elected
officials
and
the
public
about
how
to
make
sure
we
can
get
ahead
of
this
problem.
C
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
for,
for
doing
that
with
this
arpa
funding
here,
our
staff
are
the
ones
who
execute
this
plan
that
keep
our
community
safe,
and
so
I
want
to
give
it
up
to
our
staff,
and
I
want
to
thank
our
community
for
fighting
diligently
for
decades
to
to
tell
the
city
to
tell
the
state
to
tell
the
federal
government.
This
is
an
issue
that
our
kids
are
facing,
and
so
you
know
with
that.
A
Thank
you.
Member
jeremiah
ellison,
really
appreciate
your
and
council
member
vita's
work
on
this.
You
know
this
is
the
kind
of
issue
where
the
more
you
learn
about
it,
the
more
passionate
you
get
you
know
it's
not
like.
I,
nor
most
council
members
ran
for
office
to
begin
with,
specifically
to
combat
childhood
lead
poisoning.
But,
as
you
learn
about
this
particular
issue
and
the
drastic
repercussion,
it
has
on
a
child,
a
school
and
a
community.
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D
Hi
I'm
lisa
smestad
and
I
am
the
manager
for
the
lead
hazard
control
program
and
healthy
home
program
inside
of
the
minneapolis
health
department,
and
our
mission
is
to
stop
childhood
lead
poisoning
and
we
finally
have
been
granted
the
funds
that
will
allow
us
to
move
forward
to
do
this.
So
often
our
programs
are
designed
to
be
reactive,
we're
very
good
if
a
child
has
been
lead
poisoned,
we're
out
there
right
away,
getting
that
getting
that
house
fixed
and
taking
those
hazards
away
from
that
child.
D
But
we
need
to
get
in
front
of
it
and
the
only
way
we're
going
to
do
that
is
to
inspect
the
houses
and
correct
the
hazards
before
a
child's
poison,
and
with
these
arpa
fundings,
we
finally
will
have
the
resources
to
provide
to
both
homeowners
and
rental
property
owners,
the
money
to
allow
them
to
get
those
lead
hazards
away
from
their
children,
and
so
we
are
so
excited
to
be
able
to
work
to
prevent
this.
This
terrible
issue
that
impacts
child's
developing
brains
and
has
lifelong
repercussions
for
their
learning
in
school.
D
A
E
Thank
you
good
morning.
Everyone
really
excited
to
work.
Alongside
of
our
council
members,
the
mayor
is
also
cped
and
reg
and
health
they're
leading
the
way
we
know
that
lead
is
an
issue
in
my
department,
we're
responsible
for
our
housing
stock
in
the
entire
city.
The
biggest
question
is
now
we
know
this.
What
are
we
going
to
do
about
it?
How
do
we
stay
on
top
of
it?
My
team
inspection
services
is
fully
engaged.
We
inspect
properties
for
rental
inspections.
A
lot
of
these
incidents
of
child
led
are
in
rental
properties.
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65
inspectors
in
our
inspection
services
have
had
certification
with
info
on
background
on
practices
needed
to
repair
paint
and
repair
and
paint
issues
in
homes
that
we
know
have
led
in
those
identified
zip
codes
that
we
have
had
we
know
so
now.
It
is
as
we
move
forward,
we're
incorporating
into
the
in
the
way
that
we
are
being
and
also
investing
in
our
housing
stock,
we're
stopping
it,
so
it
doesn't
impact
our
next
generation.
Our
future
so
again
excited
to
be
a
part
of
this
really
moving
forward
being
active
in
the
issue.
E
That
is
what
we
are
doing
along
with
health.
We
continue
to
work
together
as
we
evolve.
This
money
was
just
invested,
but
now
we
have
the
people
and
the
knowledge
to
do
the
work
moving
forward.
So
our
goal
is
to
make
that
goal
by
20,
35
right
and
we're
gonna
do
it,
and
my
team
and
kelly
rose
jones
has
been
a
huge
advocate.
She
is
the
director
of
inspection
services
and
we're
gonna
make
this
happen.
So
thank
you
for
the
partnership
and
the
opportunity.
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F
Thank
you,
hi
everyone.
As
you
said,
I'm
ann
ketz,
the
real
estate
director
at
urban
homeworks.
We
are
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
rehabbing
and
selling
this
house
to
an
80
ami
buyer
after
the
lead
remediation
work
is
complete.
First
urban
homeworks
has
a
focus
on
housing
justice
and
we
do
that
by
providing
and
developing
affordable
rental
and
home
ownership
opportunities.
Our
homeownership
work.
F
In
particular,
we
have
focused,
probably
90
percent
of
it
in
north
minneapolis,
heavily
disinvested,
predominantly
by
paw
community,
and
we
are
working
to
reduce
the
home
ownership
disparity
rate
between
buy
pocket
and
white
households.
Part
of
that
is
providing
safe,
dignified,
affordable
housing
opportunities
to
buyers
at
or
below
80
percent
of
the
ami
and
folks
that
ideally
live
in
the
community
and
are
looking
for
homeownership
opportunities.
F
The
partnership
with
the
city
and
the
lead
remediation
work
has
been
pivotal
in
being
able
to
pass
those
opportunities
on
to
the
homeowners,
and
we
work.
We've
done
a
lot
of
rehabs.
We
know
that
most
of
these
older
houses
have
lead
work,
lead
abatement
work
to
be
done,
and
so
we
really
really
just
are
so
appreciative
of
this
partnership
with
the
city
and
grateful
for
the
investment
to
further
further
this
remediation
work.
That
needs
to
be
done
all
over
our
city.
A
G
Thank
you
thanks.
So
much
everyone
and
thanks
for
being
here
good
morning.
My
name
is
rochelle
menento
palesca
and
I'm
the
director
of
education
training
and
outreach
at
sustainable
resources
center,
which
is
a
non-profit
organization
dedicated
to
the
advancement
of
healthy
homes.
We
have
a
long-established
relationship
and
partnership
with
city
of
minneapolis
and
I'm
really
happy
for
them
and
thrilled
to
be
here
also
to
share
a
little
bit
about
what
we
do.
As
a
community
agency
to
combat
childhood
lead
poisoning
as
a
community
partner,
sustainable
resources
center.
G
We
think
of
us
as
the
groundhood
the
word,
the
first
level
of
defense,
okay,
we're
out
there
doing
grassroot
work
and
we
offer
free
in-home
visits
to
qualifying
low-income
families
to
identify
lead
hazards
in
the
home,
and
we
assist
the
families
into
enrolling
into
the
city
of
minneapolis's
grant
program.
So
you
see
this
home,
it's
very
possible
that
some
of
our
staff
went
in
and
we
assisted
the
families.
We
identified
the
lead
hazards
and
we
were
able
to
get
the
families
enrolled
into
their
lead
grant
program
for
lead
remediation.
G
G
We
also
provide
training
and
educational
materials
for
families
to
get
to
know
what
is
lead,
what
are
the
hazards
and
what
can
families
do
to
protect
themselves
from
getting
poison
from
their
home
environment?
During
my
many
years
at
sustainable
resources
center,
I
have
seen
the
devastating
health
effects
of
lead
poisoning.
I
have
worked
with
families
living
in
inadequate
housing
and
have
consoled
heartbroken
families
and
parents
who
didn't
know
that
their
home
were
had
all
these
lead
hazards.
G
G
Do
some
more
neighborhood
testing
if
they
don't
go
into
the
clinics
or
be
able
to
do
more
outreach
awareness,
education
about
lead
hazards
and
preventative
measures,
we're
able
to
assist
more
families
with
the
resources
such
as
the
the
resources
that
the
city
of
minneapolis
is
receiving
and
the
grant
enrollment
and
ultimately
the
goal
is
to
rehab
more
homes
to
keep
our
families
and
communities
healthy
and
safe.
Thank
you.
D
D
It
is
a
hefty
goal,
but
we
know
the
neighborhoods
where
most
of
the
lead
poisoning
takes
place,
they're
in
the
low-income
neighborhoods.
So
we
are
focusing
our
resources
to
the
low-income
neighborhoods,
where,
where
historically
the
lead
poisonous
happen,
because
that's
going
to
be
the
most
effective
way
to
end
this
and
then
hopefully
there
will
be
additional
education
for
all
the
other
property
owners.
D
A
D
That
that
is
correct,
because
the
more
affluent
homeowners
are
maintaining
their
lead
paint.
So
it's
it's
when
lead
paint
becomes
deteriorated
and
starts
chipping
and
peeling
that
it
becomes
a
hazard
for
the
children
it
becomes
accessible
to
the
children,
so
keeping
you
the
lead,
paint
intact.
Keeping
a
good
coat
of
paint
on
it,
which
many
affluent
families
do
is,
is
one
of
the
key
preventative
measures.
F
D
Call
call
311
and
ask
to
speak
to
the
lead
program
or
go
online
at
health
minneapolismn.gov
and
reach
out
to
us,
and
we
will
reach
back
to
you
and
we'll
we'll
either
come
out
and
do
an
education
visit
and
we'll
tell
you
about
the
resources
we
have
and
and
and
offer
them
to
you
as
appropriate
to
what
we
find
on
the
ground.
Because
every
house
is
a
little
different.