• Maintaining architecturally and historically significant homes and buildings (2)
• Protecting homes
• Housing preservation/history awareness
• Lack of historic housing/zoning regulations
• Architectural style/integration
• Tearing down historic homes to build modern structures that do not complement the historic landscape
• Preservation - encourage restoration instead of demolishing and contemporary construction
• Maintaining older buildings
• Preservation of houses of architectural interest
• Historic preservation - maintaining our uniquely built environment
• Preservation of historic homes

• Possibility of local historic preservation legislation
• Lack of unified architectural preservation policy and design standards
• Establish a qualified board for architectural review
• Need an architectural review board on equal footing as our planning committee but still report directly to Council
• Plan for the future, more or better zoning laws on ground lines for building
• Granting variances
• Regulations about demolition of sound houses
• Appearances of infrequent property rights
• Underground wiring
• Tougher zoning
• Property inspections appear to be overdone

• Redevelopment of land
• Avoid the urban decay that has impacted so many other suburbs located next to a declining inner city
• How to protect and keep the identity and uniqueness of Oakwood with its trees, green space, and historic value
• Managing existing assets (uniqueness of community) housing stock, historical significance
• Maintain Oakwood as an attractive choice for young families who often opt for Centerville or Kettering
• Excessive power of builders and developers to get what they want
• Poor condition of Shroyer Rd.
• Edging properties - Shroyer and field on Irving and Shafor
• Aging property - keeping it maintained
• No room for expansion

• How does the City achieve efficiency gains?
• Prudent and frugal management of town coffers
• Fiscal accountability
• Increase in City government spending