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Trinity Church Project-Trinity Church project was awarded to Scalish Construction Co. who is partnering with Dimit Architects to move Scalish’s offices into the church space, install tenants into the retail spaces, and develop housing along Westlake Ave.The classroom building on site will be used to create 6 apartments as well. The development agreement is in process, with the details of the deal remaining to be fleshed out. In total the Trinity Church project is a $3.5 million redevelopment consisting of an adaptive reuse of the church, 10 apartments, and the preservation of 2 retail buildings. St. Clement Reuse-Ms. Milius stated that the St. Clement school building was purchased by Liberty Development who will be demolishing the school portion of the property and will go through the city’s planning process to put 16 townhomes on Marlowe Ave. Energy Initiatives–Two electric vehicle chargers have been installed. The one at Marc’s plaza has about 50 users a month, with even larger usage numbers being seen at the Winterhurst charger. These stations appear on apps made available by electric car companies, such as Tesla. Another charger has been purchased and will be installed near Raising Cane’s next year. CouncilmemberBullock questioned if there were any immediate plans for more chargers using left over NOPEC grant dollars. Director Sylvester indicated there are no current plans, but his department is interested in expanding and has been giving thought as to where to place them in the future. Ms. Milius also noted that the department is in the process of updating the community vision and has been working with the Resiliency Taskforce over the past 2 years. Program Manager Leigh gave an overview of the Planning & Development Department’s Housing Forward Strategy. The department has spent the past year shaping a strategy for affordable housing in Lakewood moving forward and has shared some of its work with the Housing Committee over several meetings. Some programs available to middle to low-income individuals through the city include low interest loans, down payment assistance, selling vacant/foreclosed parcels to low-income individuals after building or rehabbing a home on the property, etc. The city also has a landlord assistance program that enables a property owner to receive grants/low-interest loans to make improvements to units that are occupied by low-income renters. Moving forward, the department seeks to alter the community reinvestment area to provide new affordable housing units for individuals in the 80%-120% AMI range. Chairman O’Malley questioned if income guidelines for the homeowner rehabilitation program were set locally or federally. Ms. Leigh indicated the limits area set federally and they are currently at their maximum in Lakewood.Discussion ensued among councilmembers and the department regarding Council’s efforts to support source of income protection for tenants and lead safety efforts. It was determined that it is not currently illegal to prohibit various sources of income in ads for rental properties. Landlords have the opportunity to partner with the LeadSafe Cuyahoga County program to get a risk assessment done on their properties. City property maintenance inspections do not include lead at this point, however interest was expressed in having them included moving forward. There are obstacles to hiring qualified building inspectors and training them however. Director Sylvester expressed that he needs CMHA at the table in order to make headway on lead inspections. Further discussion revealed that affordable housing is largely driven by private ownership. Ms. Leigh gave examples of the city working with private landlords and various non-profit organizations such as Eden or Habitat for Humanity to promote affordable housing in Lakewood and resolve tenant property issues. A question and answer period for Councilmembers followed Ms. Leigh’s presentation.Chairman O’Malley highlighted some of the adverse impacts of Lakewood’s burgeoning real estate market on constituents in his ward. He urged the need to be strategic to satisfy market demand without displacing low-income tenants. Members asked questions regarding discrepancies between allotments for economic