1. 2012 State of the City Address
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Mayor Michael P. Summers
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2. Today’s
Issues
Safety
Development
Housing
Core Services
How We Succeed
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3. Census
Younger
More Educated
Increased
Poverty level
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4. 20000 18208
18000
Key Trends
16000 14312
14000
48% of our residents
12000
are between the ages
10000 8445 of 25 and 49
8000
The 21-39 age group
6000
is our largest
4000 2156 1912 demographic
2000
0
0-19 21-39 40-59 60 - 79 80 and up
Lakewood Population by Age Group (2010 Census)
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5. $44,000 Key Trends
$43,154
$43,000
2010 median
$42,000
$41,347
household income in
$41,000
Lakewood was $43,154
$40,537 Lakewood
Cuyahoga County
$40,000 Slightly higher than
$39,000
$39,168
countywide median
$38,000 Lakewood is a middle
$37,000
class community in a
2000 2010 time when the middle
class is under great
Lakewood v. Cuyahoga County median pressure
household income (2000, 2010 Census)
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6. Key Trends
46% of Lakewood’s
residents have higher-
level educational
degrees
39% have either a
bachelor’s or
master’s degree
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7. 16.00% 15.10%
Key Trends
14.00%
12.00% Our nation is coming off
a very rough decade
10.00%
8.90%
8.00% Lakewood Lakewood has 6%
higher poverty level in
6.00%
10 years
4.00%
Rising tide has not
2.00%
lifted all ships
0.00%
2000 2010
Poverty Levels in Lakewood v. Cuyahoga, 2000 and 2010
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8. Key Trends
Increased households
on the brink:
Economic needs
Mental health support
requirements
Homes in crisis:
Immediate need for
emergency food and
shelter
We cannot and must
not deny these trends
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9. 2012 State of the City Address
Safety
We must be safe and feel safe,
and we all have a role.

10. Safety
250
200
10-year average of 185
burglaries per year
150
Auto thefts down 46%
100
50 since 2007
0
MURDER/ATTEMP
RAPE BURGLARY AUTO THEFT ARSON ROBBERY FEL. ASSAULT B&E
57% drop in robberies
2002
TED MURDER
1 9 198 99 7 34 27 59
since 2006
2003 1 3 149 116 5 40 18 69
2004
2005
1
2
3
7
211
163
110
125
3
6
50
52
22
29
76
65
34% drop since high
2006
2007
3
4
11
10
216
211
136
163
12
21
80
64
30
22
63
66
year of 2006 for
2008
2009
1
0
4
8
191
154
153
108
6
3
59
46
24
34
114
77
breaking and entering
2010 0 8 177 104 1 49 24 85
2011 3 9 182 89 3 34 20 75
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11. Gun Crimes
70
60 59
Safety
50
40
42
Data is a good indicator
30
38 38 35
36 Gun Crimes
that we’re holding our
20 20
23 own, but need to follow
10
16 19
our common sense
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Each of us has to “take
our game up”
Crimes of Violence
400
341
• Maintain Full Strength
350
335 336
317 314 313
300 300
286 • 94 officers, + Part time
250
234
• Full range –f police- K9, narcotics,
200 Crimes of Violence
198
150
Investigation, community Police, -
100
heart=patrol
50
Public safety forces and
0
02
03
04
05
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10
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20
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20
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citizens must work
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12. 2012 State of the City Address
Development
Creating the capacity to invest in our future.
-Takes some of the cost burden of the homeowner
-Creates locally available goods and services- (sustainability)

13. Development
$20 million in private
commercial investment
in 2012
Business growth and
attraction:
GrafTech
Newry
Onix Networking
Citizen Groove
Clicks to Bricks –
(Home business to storefront):
KB Confections
Paisley Monkey
La Bella Cupcakes
Quality of Life: Bike
Lakewood
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14. Development
Storefront Renovation
Grant (public dollars
leveraging private
investment)
In 2011, $180,000 in
public grants supporting
$550,000 in private
investment
Startup Lakewood:
Pre-incubator
University of Akron
Lakewood
More to come …
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15. 2012 State of the City Address
Housing
Preparing our neighborhoods
for their second century.

16. Housing
32,000 total housing
units citywide
50% of our house were
built prior to 1920
70 % built prior to 1939
Housing management:
We are going on offense
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17. Housing
It takes a team to move
our housing stock forward
Partnerships –
LakewoodAlive
Cleveland Housing Network
Land Bank
County Dept. of Development
Habitat for Humanity
Neighborhood Housing Services
First Federal Lakewood
Enforce existing codes
Connect residents to
resources
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18. Many Communities - One Home - Lakewood 2012
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19. Housing
Proactive code
enforcement
12,683 one- & two-family
houses surveyed
(the WHOLE city)
85% of our housing stock
in good shape
14% need of attention
Goal: reduce 14% to 7%
in 2012
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20. Housing
One neighborhood at a
time – persistent
enforcement
Demo’s, rehabs and new
builds
Resource Open House
Mandatory landlord
training:
1,500 total landlords,
800 trained to date
Focus- strategize-execute
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21. 2012 State of the City Address
Core Services
Delivering essential services
with fewer resources.

22. State Revenue
Core Services
We are in a period of
$4,000,000
$3,568,188 $3,579,068 significant uncertainty
$3,500,000
$3,000,000 Property tax reappraisal
$2,500,000 $2,225,765 coming this year
$2,000,000 $1,659,141
Federal government has
State Revenue
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
reduced block grant money
$500,000
State government cut local
$0
2010 2011 2012 2013 support in half (loss of $1.6
million per year)
Actual Actual Budgeted Projected
State Revenue Funding for 2010, 2011, 2012, Elimination of the estate tax
and 2013 (Projected) (loss of $1 million per year)
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23. Core Services
Services we’re protecting
27,000 police, fire, EMS
calls a year
75 acres of parks
28 million lbs. of refuse &
recycling collected
2.3 billion gallons of
storm water in 2011
1.5 billion gallons of
sewage to treat
28,000 tax returns
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24. Core Services
Services we’re protecting
93 miles of streets
120 miles of water mains
166 miles of city sewers
17,000 structures
More at-risk citizens
served than ever before
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25. Core Services
Lakewood Hospital
City-owned, Cleveland
Clinic-operated
community hospital
Health care delivery is
changing dramatically
Time to think about
retooling for the next
century of care
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26. Core Services
Other Challenges
Gold Coast: Aging
infrastructure
Communicating to our
community
FCC radio mandates
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27. Core Services
Lakewood’s
“Dirty Little Secret”
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28. 2012 State of the City Address
How We’ll Succeed
Measuring progress against our goals.

29. Small Changes
for the Better
7 Wastes of Operation
Motion
Waiting
Defects
Inventory
Processing
Transportation
Overproduction
Our Tools
Direct observation
Common Sense
Operator Experience
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30. Our Goals
Always deliver core
services effectively
Reduce at-risk housing
units by 50%
Reduce government
costs by $2 million
Keep you safe and
make you feel safe
Create a capacity for
investment, and invest in
things that matter
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31. 2012 State of the City Address
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Mayor Michael P. Summers
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