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TROY OHIO

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TO:

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

Martha

Baker

President,

Troy

City

Council

Patrick E

J

Titterington

100 S Market

Street. P

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Box

3003

Troy, Ohio 45373-7303

phone

(937) 335-1725/fax: (937) 339-86

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titterlngton@froyohio.gov

Patrick E J Titterington, Director of

Public Service and

Safety

April 27 2016

FOLLOW

UP

INFORM TION FROM OPER TION

RECRE TION LEVY WORKSHOP

At its April 25th Committee of the Whole workshop, City Council requested additional information,

based on to several questions

asked

by members of Council, as well as the Park and Recreation Board

members. The questions and answers are as follows:

1 What

does

the

City parcel on which

the

driving range

would

be

built

look like?

A copy of the parcel map is attached.

2.

Is there an individual

or

committee assigned for grants, fundraising?

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Should funding goals not be reached, each component would be scaled back

proportionally

based

on their percentage

of

the overall vision. One

of

the decisions may

be

that

the project is not completed

if

the overall resources aren t enough to provide a

minimum

amount

of

benefit. That

would

have

to

be

a decision made

after

any re

assessment.

5. Why should Troy s landowners fund these improvements when participants from

outside

of

Troy may use them?

First, providing these amenities provide more and better recreational amenities and

opportunities

for

all

age

groups, especially Troy s youth. Second,

it

creates a

further

draw for tourism, visitors, and economic development dollars, by property owners and

outsiders. Property owners will

see

significant indirect benefit through attracting

participants, spectators, and tourists

from

within and outside of the Miami Valley.

Ultimately, improving

our

recreational amenities and offerings should attract workers

and families to Troy, which will improve not only the

workforce

availability

for

our

companies but ultimately our local economy. Third, the number of outsiders using

these improvements would be minimal.

6. What

is the

need

for

these improvements?

a. The Knoop Fields have experienced severe annual flooding events since those

programs moved to that location. Hundreds

of

thousands

of

dollars have been

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requested would take

an

ent ire season

to

construct,

if

not longer. Given

the

seasonality

of the amenities, any delay past the November

gth

Presidential Election will add at least

a year to the availability

of

these improvements for use. Sources historically tapped to

repair Knoop Fields after flooding events have indicated

their

desire

to

continue

to

provide funding will be discontinued.

As

for

reviewing and understanding, the stakeholders are merely asking City Council

to place the issue on the ballot for voters to decide. They recognize that this

is not

a

City-endorsed levy and that

they

and they alone are responsible for education,

marketing, and campaigning to convince voters to support this limited capital levy. Of

course,

the

City

staff

will provide any detailed

information

necessary

to

answer

questions, based on the fact that we are the owners of

the

land, amenities, and

facilities. However, it

is

strictly at City Council's option

whether

it would wish to

officially endorse the Operation Recreation Levy Committee's campaign.

8.

What is ballot schedule?

Working backwards,

the Presidential Election

is

November

gth.

A City Council ordinance

asking for the issue to be placed on the ballot must be certified to the Miami County

Board of Elections on or before August

10th. To

ensure 3 readings and the 30 days

before an ordinance becomes effective, the first reading of that ordinance would be on

June

5th.

Before

that

ordinance

can

be read,

the Miami

County

uditor

must officially

certify the amount of millage needed to support the amount requested for each of the

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