- Sale of Sugar Camp
- Sports activities and green space
- Pedestrian safety in the Business District
- Protecting property
- Health/special needs services/protection
- Enforcement of refuse in streets
- Look at other communities similar to Oakwood for best practices
- Use of invisible fencing
- Perception of Oakwood-negativity
- Moving of families after children leave nest; housing for empty nesters
3. List, in order of importance, the three (3) most important issues discussed thus far.
The issues rated most important by Committee members related to: a) aging infrastructure; b) rec-reation and open space; c) housing and neighborhoods; d) financial solvency and taxes; and e) de-velopment.
Infrastructure (18)
- Aging infrastructure (14)
- Infrastructure on a clear schedule (2)
- Infrastructure repair and maintenance
- Maintaining infrastructure
Recreation and Open Space (14)
- Recreational/athletic facilities (4)
- Lack of green space (3)
- Inadequate recreation facilities for all citizens (3)
- Sports activities (2)
- City should buy and develop NCR playing fields
- Lack of outdoor recreation facilities within Oakwood City limits
Housing and Neighborhoods (12)
- Maintain housing stock (2)
- Development of senior residence condos (2)
- Housing ‘empty nesters’ in Oakwood (2)
- How to keep ‘empty nesters’ from leaving Oakwood?
- Aging housing stock
- Preserving historic homes and character
- Decrease of rental properties/single family homes
- Architectural integrity of neighborhoods
- Sale of housing stock
Financial Solvency and Taxes (11)
- Increase revenue without increasing rates (2)
- Financial spending (2)
- Financial solvency
- Long-term solvency
- Source of tax revenues
- High taxes
- Property tax unit
- Financial support for operations
- Broadening our tax base
Development (10)
- Subdivision of estate lots; decide what will approach be (2)
- Development of northwest corner of Schantz and north on Far Hills