HUD Healthy Homes (award letter) 4-6-10 — File 189289

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20410 OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL www.hud.gov espanol.hud.gov April 6, 2010 Philip Ercolini Director of Housing City of Somerville 50 Evergreen Avenue Somerville, MA 02145 Dear Mr. Ercolini: The Department of Housing and Urban Development is pleased to announce that your application submitted in response to the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control’s (OHHLHC’s) Fiscal Year 2009 Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program Notice of Funding Availability has been selected for a grant award $749,893.00. The OHHLHC’s goal is to negotiate and obligate this grant before May 1, 2010. I will be your Grant Officer for negotiating and awarding this grant and will be contacting you shortly to begin negotiations. In preparation for this, I encourage you to contact the Project Director you designated in your application to review your proposed budget and work plan. If any circumstances have changed since the application was originally submitted, you should be prepared to discuss this during negotiations. Your Project Director will also be contacted in the next few days by a Regional Healthy Homes Representative to provide technical assistance and review the special terms of this award. Congratulations on your award. My office looks forward to assisting you in implementing the program so that, together, we can protect children from residential health and safety hazards. Sincerely, Cherita D. Hammond Grant Officer