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

Legislation tracker › 36th Ward: Gilbert Villegas

• Record number: R2023-0002804
• Type: Resolution; category: Committee/Public Hearings
• Status: In Committee (Referred)
• Sponsor: Gilbert Villegas (36th Ward)
• Co-sponsors (1): Maria E. Hadden (49th 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

Impact report

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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

Timeline

• Jul 19, 2023: Referred, City Council. The matter was referred.

Documents

• W36 - LSLR Hearing Resolution.pdf (Legislation)

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)
• Little Village Environmental Justice Organization: LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE RECOMMENDATIONS (1 filing, Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023; Brenda Santoyo Gomez; matched by semantic tfidf)

Alderpersons who received money from these interests

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