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XIII. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT <br />Developer acknowledges that community engagement is a critical component of the Project <br />and will undertake best efforts to cooperate with the City as part of the community outreach <br />process, including by specifically engaging with property and business owners and organizations <br />in the Downtown Lakewood district, as well as residents on residential streets surrounding the <br />Development Site throughout construction of the Project. Prior to the start of construction, the <br />Developer and City will host a "kick-off' meeting in a virtual, web -based update format, which <br />will include an opportunity for a questions and answers. No less than every four months thereafter <br />during the construction of the Project (commencing with demolition and continuing until <br />certificates of occupancy are issued) the Developer agrees to host community update meetings in <br />a virtual, web -based update format, which will include an opportunity for a questions and answers. <br />The Developer shall respond to any reasonable requests made by the City regarding the status of <br />the Developer's community engagement efforts. <br />XIV. MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, FEMALE/WOMAN BUSINESS <br />ENTERPRISES, DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND SMALL <br />BUSINESS ENTERPRISES REQUIREMENTS <br />The City of Lakewood supports diversity and inclusion and encourages the utilization of <br />Minority Business Enterprises, Female/Woman Business Enterprises, Disadvantaged Business <br />Enterprises and Small Business Enterprises as prime and subcontractors, and the utilization of <br />women and minority workers on construction projects. The Developer is expected to undertake <br />best efforts to adhere to and require 10% participation by these enterprises, provided that such <br />participation is subject to availability of qualifying laborers and contractors in the Cleveland -Elyria <br />Metropolitan Statistical Area who also would satisfy the requirements of the Project Labor <br />Agreement (as defined below). It is understood that depending on market conditions, such <br />participation may not be attainable for all elements of the Project. Upon request, the Developer <br />shall provide the City with documentation that reasonably demonstrates the efforts of the <br />Developer, its affiliates, and all contractors and subcontractors to comply with the terms of this <br />Section. <br />XV. BUILDING TRADES <br />Developer recognizes the value of including building trades in the Project and will work <br />with the building trades in connection with the Project. A Project Labor Agreement (the "Project <br />Labor Agreement") shall be entered into in a form reasonably satisfactory to the City between the <br />Developer or the Developer's assignee as described in Section 23(D) hereof and The Cleveland <br />Building and Construction Trades Council and its affiliates prior to any work beginning on the <br />Project, and shall be provided to the City. <br />XVI. WAGE REQUIREMENT <br />The Developer and the City acknowledge and agree that construction of the Project is <br />subject to the prevailing wage requirements of Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4115 and all wages <br />paid to laborers and mechanics employed in constructing the Project shall be paid at not less than <br />the prevailing rates of wages of laborers and mechanics for the classes of work called for by the <br />14 <br />15785832v23 <br />