City staff outlined proposed code clarifications and selective changes after inviting roughly 500 contractors to submit concerns; recommendations include an optional manual dimmer mandate, clearer guidance on sprinklers vs. firewalls for small multiunit buildings, requiring smoke alarms in rooms that could become bedrooms, and a local energy‑table option to ease prescriptive R‑value requirements.

The Board approved three small home-repair contracts funded through program year 2023 CHIP/LSO accounts and heard a county update on an outreach campaign and free trainings to expand the pool of certified contractors for CHIP and Lead Safe work.

The Strategic Development Team praised Home Energy 101—over 650 participants—and recommended elevating contractor education and simple KPIs to measure outreach impact, while exploring business engagement and neighborhood targeting for future outreach.