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RESOLUTION NO. 8662 -13 <br />BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, <br />Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. <br />A RESOLUTION honoring Lakewood Ward 4 business owner Ralph J. Lukich <br />on being named 2013 Business Person of the Year by the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. <br />WHEREAS, Mr. Lukich has become a familiar, "can do" leader among small <br />business owners and artists in what the neighborhood fondly calls "The Screw Factory, " and <br />WHEREAS, Ralph J. Lukich had vision enough to turn an old manufacturing <br />plant on Athens Avenue into an artist space, organically creating an artistic and economic <br />incubator, and <br />WHEREAS, Mi•. Lukich and other investors, many of whom had roots in the old Lake <br />Erie Screw facility formed the Pride One Omni Group, transforming the historic Birdtown building to <br />what it is today, and <br />WHEREAS, Omni Lakewood continues to expand, presently having nearly 100 tenants <br />ranging from heavy industrial companies, manufacturing, warehousing, storage, print shops, office space, <br />all manner of fitness activities to a multitude of artists working in a variety of media, and <br />WHEREAS, the Templar Motor Car museum honors Lakewood's past on Athens Avenue <br />because Mi•. Lukich respects where we came from and looks forward to where we are going. <br />WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that this Council and Mayor join the Lakewood <br />Chamber of Commerce in recognizing the monetary, emotional and physical investment Ralph J. Lukich <br />has made to our community, especially for his investment in Ward 4; now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br />Section 1. That this Council and Mayor, for and on behalf of the citizens of Lakewood <br />hereby honor Ralph J. Lukich, on being named 2013 Business Person of the Year by the Lakewood <br />Chamber of Commerce. <br />Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and is hereby authorized and directed to forward <br />a copy of this Resolution to Mr. Ralph J. Lukich and that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the <br />minutes of the meeting. <br />Adopted: 2 ✓ i 3 <br />Approved: <br />PRESIDENT <br />PAK <br />pC <br />MAYOR <br />