Subcommittees
Design & Infrastructure
Agendas & Minutes
The Design & Infrastructure Subcommittee will focus on the physical housing stock, including existing structures and new construction and recommend changes necessary to encourage a diversity of housing types in established neighborhoods and targeted areas of the City. The subcommittee will also have the opportunity to “stress test” development scenarios and discuss housing prototypes associated with income level affordability and will consider strategies to implement mixed-use and mixed-income developments that promote neighborhood integration.
Co-Chairs: Shane Coleman - Lima / Allen County Regional Planning Doug Olsson - Greater Lima Region
Members: Bryan Albright - The Ohio State University at Lima Patrick Beam - Beam Designs Robbin Clay - CCR Realty Tamara Curtis - Allen County Veterans Services Matt Elling - Allen County Health District Jackie Fox - West Ohio Community Action Partnership Scott Frenger, New Lima Housing for the Future Jermaine Harper - Urban Impact Community Development Corporation Bill Jackson - Resident April Nester - Resident Holly Rex - Regional Transit Authority Tammy Rodden - Allen County Council on Aging D.J. Valentine - Huntington National Bank Lorenzo White - J&C, LLC
The Innovation & Sustainability Subcommittee will focus on reviewing creative partnerships and innovative funding mechanisms to jump start and increase the supply of housing units in Lima. The group will also discuss incentives and resources needed to spur housing preservation and development.
Co-Chairs: Peggy Ehora - Lima City Council Shannon Tyler - Premier Bank
Members: Amber Basares - Resident Michael Blass - Blass Residential Services Dr. Arthur Butler - Lima Area Black Ministerial Alliance Helen Douglas - Family Promise Jessica Doyle - Ohio Means Jobs, Allen County Jeff Dulmage - Hartsock Realty Dan Faraglia - Coleman Services Derry Glenn - Lima City Council Bruce Hilty - Habitat for Humanity Beth Keehn - Mercy Health Marcel King - UMADOP Gwendolyn Lane - Lima African American Chamber of Commerce Shane McCrory - The Ohio State University at Lima Jed Metzger - Lima / Allen County Chamber of Commerce Anna Schnippel - Allen Metropolitan Housing Authority Derek Stemen - The United Way of Greater Lima
Policy & Implementation
January 21, 2021 Agenda
The Policy & Implementation Subcommittee is tasked with assessing a variety of housing policies for both short and long term implementation. This subcommittee will analyze best practices nationally and locally, focusing on preserving housing affordability, building mixed income communities, and measures for anti-displacement. This committee will also conduct a long-term analysis of the legal, financial, and organizational capacities to support new policies and programs aimed at achieving the goals of the task force.
Co-Chairs: Carla Thompson - Lima City Council T.C. Harris - Resident Patrick Maloney - Legal Aid of Western Ohio
Members: Shaunna Basinger - Downtown Lima, Inc. Ricardo Duncan - J&R Home Improvement Dr. Marin Harbur - Data 2 Equity Jeri Moyes - Crossroads Crisis Center Dr. Jeanette Passmore - Rhodes State College Jessie Roark, LACNIP Brandi Schroeder - Lima’s Samaritan House Tim Stanford, Superior Plus Realtor Russ Thomas, We Care Regional Quality Recovery Housing Tami Trenkamp - State Bank Josh Unterbrink -Activate Allen County JaMesha Williamson, Esq. - Millennial Action Pact