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lead exposure. Mayor Summers stated that the City has the desire and capacity to do that type of training. Councilman Rader asked when a city inspector sees peeling paint, does the law require that the work be completed by a lead safe contractor. The group concluded that yes, that is the case, however the homeowner also has the option to do the work him or herself. Ms. Urbanek stated that Lakewood Alive does home education classes and encourages people to call the organization to get guidance on how to do projects safely. She added that people are starting to think before they start their projects, as she frequently gets calls with questions. John Sobolewski stated that this problem is fundamentally a housing issue and the goal to solving it is to prioritize primary prevention. Lakewood's robust rental registry and regular inspections are good practices and put them in a stronger position to stop lead contamination among children than neighboring communities, such as Cleveland. He proposed adding RRP contractor requirements and Yd party clearance requirements to the rental registry as ways to enhance Lakewood's efforts to remediate lead paint. These components, along with a robust rental registry, stem from a program originated in Rochester. He stated that Lakewood's housing stock has value and does not raise concern about rent stability, making these efforts doable. 75% of lead exposures are coming from rental properties and these exposures can be largely eliminated in Lakewood over a couple 3 year cycles of rental registry inspections. Mr. Sobolewski then transitioned into efforts the Cleveland is taking to ensure safety from lead paint exposure. Lead Safe Cleveland introduced 33 draft recommendations to Cleveland City Council recently, with the first 16 being focused on primary prevention efforts. He detailed some of the dialogue the Lead Safe group had with Cleveland City Council. He stressed that a strong rental registry is the way to make this project go. Councilman Litten engaged Mayor Summers on ways the City could beef up its response to the lead exposure issue and proposed forming a task force to come up with recommendations to combat the issue. The mayor committed to dedicate time in the City's upcoming landlord training programs to educate people on lead paint and its effects. Mayor Summers did not believe a task force was needed to address the issue at this point, as many of the solutions appeared to be administrative and that a potential task force would not have any clear goals or deliverables upon its creation. Litten stated that he did not want momentum to stop with just a committee conversation. Mayor Summers stated the reality that the City is not able to take incidents and work them backwards to find the source of a lead exposure and that it would be helpful if the City had access to the data to do that, however HIPPA stops that. Mr. Sobolewski added that 80% of single-or-two family homes in Lakewood have a chance of being a lead exposure. He stressed that the only way to move forward is with primary prevention. He brought up an example of Toledo delegating authority to their county health department and their effort failing. He added the main effort must come from the City because it is the only one that can legislate action. Mayors Summers asked Mr. Sobolewski if the county possesses data on where the kids