• Contamination of good police force
  • City committees that don’t require membership check or specific experience
  • Wider range of citizen representation on public community councils
  • Public safety, aged
  • Security
  • Need for guidelines and qualifications of board members
Other:
  • Alcohol and drug abuse amongst our minors (2)
  • Too little attention paid to toxicity of pesticides, use of which seems patently encouraged (2)
  • Noise (traffic, dogs, fireworks, car sound systems)
  • Drinking and drugs in school or use by school aged kids
  • Stray/loose cats
  • Improve roaming cat control program
  • Increased crime
  • Dog leash issues - cleanup after dogs in boulevards
  • Economic removal of yard debris
  • Maintaining or restoring the “look” of Oakwood
  • Maintaining our ambience while making needed updates
  • Knowledge of environmental issues/citizen involvement
  • Indiscriminate re-evaluation of property values
  • Addressing issues in City of Dayton and their ability to impact Oakwood and surrounding areas
  • Regional economy - if Dayton prospers, so does Oakwood; if businesses pull out, then Oakwood could suffer
  • Trees over streets getting old and need to be trimmed or removed before they fall
  • Need for review and action or speed up the schedule of home inspections
  • Promote City events
  • Too much night lighting
  • Ecological architecture concerns
2. Identify the one issue or concern that you believe no one else will mention.

A wide range of issues and concerns were mentioned in reference to Question 2. While no single issue was cited by more than one person, several participants mentioned concerns related to the lack of diversity within the Oakwood community.

  • Diversity - this community is all white
  • Why are there only white people in Oakwood
  • Racial profiling - lack of diversity
  • Intentional lack of ethnic diversity
  • Important for all citizens concerns to be treated the same regardless of their station in life
  • The idea/proposal of charging for EMS in Oakwood
  • Regional economy/tax base
  • City infrastructure planning and development all favoring increased use of automobile and concomitant loss of community interaction
  • Increasing walking, cycling, and other forms of exercise in lieu of diving, improvement in community health and environment
  • Local animals in neighborhoods
Final Report: Oakwood Comprehensive Plan Update Page 102