The Lakewood City Council held a regular meeting on March 17, 2026 (the meeting convened on the evening of March 16, 2026 and extended into the early hours of March 17). The Council addressed a broad agenda, including passage of a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) ordinance for community cats, a front yard planting ordinance, resolutions supporting a school levy and honoring local institutions, and deferral of multiple proposed charter amendments.
All right. Thanks for your patience, everyone. We'll call full council to order. If you are able, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Now pause for a moment of silence. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Vice President Baker. Here. Councilmember Bixenstein. Councilmember Bullock. Here. Councilmember Evans. Here. President Keppel. Here. Councilmember Hamilton Steiner. Here. Councilmember Streebig. Here. Reading and disposal of the minutes of the regular meeting of council held March 2nd, 2026. Move to approve without the necessity of a reading. Second. Motion's been made and seconded. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. And that motion passes. Without objection, we have I would like to move items 14 through 18 to the top. We have a series of resolutions. We'll probably do a photo with each one, but look, we'll get through all four of them and then we'll come down for pictures. But hearing no objection, item 14. Item 14 communication from Councilmember Bixenstein regarding 40th anniversary of the Shore Restaurant. Councilmember Bixenstein. Thank you, President Keppel. Dear colleagues, much has changed in our city over the last 40 years, but one establishment located at Detroit and Hopkins Avenues near the eastern edge of our city remains a beloved diner style eatery in landmark four decades later. Lakewood residents Angelo and Tina Scantzos first opened shore restaurant for business on March 25th, 1986. Since then, this Lakewood institution has become renowned for its delicious food and kind hospitality. To this day, as Angelo and Tina continue to operate their eatery with help from their son Steve and Mike, Shore Restaurant serves as an outstanding and unpretentious spot for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or a coffee meeting. My personal favorite dish is the corned beef omelet. Perhaps no situation better exemplifies Angelo and Tina's commitment to their business and their community than a setback they endured in 2014. A sudden collapse of ornate facade from the front of their historic building left a pile of rubble on the sidewalk below. As Tina told 19 Action News at the time, we are so happy that nobody was hurt. We have insurance. Angelo and Tina committed to rebuilding in the spirit of the structure's historic architecture and spent the better part of two years doing just that. Terracotta tiles in all. Today, the building that houses Shore Restaurant continues to reflect the same historic splendor passers by have enjoyed for more than a century. Thank you, Angelo and Tina, for your longtime commitment to the Lakewood community, and congratulations on 40 years of Shore Restaurant. We are grateful to have you, your family, and your business in this community. Can't wait to stop in for breakfast again soon.