# Call for hearing(s) regarding lead service line replacement programs

- Record number: **R2023-0002804**
- Type: Resolution; category: Committee/Public Hearings
- Status: In Committee
- Sponsor: [Gilbert Villegas](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/36) (36th Ward)
- Committee: Joint Committee: Environmental Protection and Energy; Economic, Capital and Technology Development
- Submitted Date: Jul 17, 2023
- Introduction Date: Jul 19, 2023
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=81072D3E-AF24-EE11-9CBD-001DD804E11C)

## Impact report

> Written by AI from [the official document](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/matterattachmentspublic/c981fbaf-9628-4973-8afa-26f1572beef1.pdf). AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

This resolution asks two City Council committees to hold a joint hearing on Chicago's lead water service line replacement programs.

**Who it affects**

- **Children and pregnant women**: The resolution names them as the groups most at risk of serious health problems from lead in drinking water.
- **Minority and low-income communities**: The resolution says these communities are especially affected by lead service lines and are least likely to afford replacing them.
- **Residents with lead water service lines**: The hearing would look at programs to replace the city's roughly 400,000 lead service lines with safer pipes.
- **Water safety experts and officials from other cities**: They would be invited to testify about best practices for removing and replacing lead service lines.
- **City water, infrastructure, and public health leaders**: The Commissioner of Water Management, the Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure and Services, and the Commissioner of Public Health would be asked to attend and report on current programs.

**What changes**

- The Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development and the Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy would hold a joint hearing on lead service line replacement.
- Outside experts and officials from other cities would be invited to share what has worked elsewhere.
- City department leaders would be asked to explain the current state of Chicago's lead service line replacement programs.
- The hearing would consider how to use available State and federal funding for lead line replacement.

**Where**: 36th Ward; 49th Ward

## Lobbying and money

> Computed links; money near a vote is not evidence that it influenced the vote.

**Who lobbied on it**

- Illinois Environmental Council: LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT (3 filings, Apr 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023; Iyana Simba, Lisa Koerner; matched by semantic embedding)

**Alderpersons who received money from these interests**

| Member | Amount | From |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Desmon C. Yancy](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/5) | $50 | Iyana Simba (lobbyist for Illinois Environmental Council) |

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