Other Development Issues (8):

• Comprehensive land management
• Architectural review board comprised of citizens with professional experience
• Architectural/zoning regulations
• Maintain the ambience of the City
• Reduce inspections of development pre-sales
• Partner with Dayton and Kettering to deal with decaying border areas
• Zoning
• Have defined circumstances where variances are granted

Preservation (7):

• Preservation legislation (2)
• Save Hawthorn Hill property, possible museum
• Historic overlay zoning and design review board
• Annual preservation awards
• Stop razing the historic district
• Historic status

Taxes and Fiscal Issues (7):

• Create a tax increment financing district
• More commercial and maintain/increase tax base
• Save money for rainy days
• Tax abatement or some sort of financial credit
• Look at tax base - how to finance growth and schools without so much emphasis on base and fixed incomes
• Lower taxes
• Fiscal conservation to build up a rainy day fund

Demographics (2):

• Diversity - more welcoming community
• Greater emphasis on cultural incorporation

Other:

• Encourage diversity on the City Council (2)
• Term limit on City Council
• Better communication of rules and regulations
• Some rules need to be revised
• Communicate the plans as appropriate or just the fact that there are plans
• Pet control
• Figure out a good way to solve property sales and development
• Guidelines for tree removal
• Do not permit planting materials or yard debris left in front yards
• Cleanup bike/walkways on the east side of Hills and Dales
• More town hall type meetings to find out what people think
• Ideas can be posted in newspapers
• New positive image campaign
• Marketing of Oakwood
• License yard workers and give them rules to work by
• Remind people to take better care of pets
• More recognition of individual property