No TIFs No Abatments
Update August 20, 2007:
After attending the School Board meeting on abatement last week and talking with many area leaders and citizens I am reconsidering my ideas on this. I am exploring a new idea: If Harrison Township is doing a good job of restricting development to a narrow band near RT 16, clean commercial development in Pataskala may not be so bad. ONE CONDITION - The Schools have to benefit substantially if abatement is granted by the School Board.
Update January 23, 2007:
I have learned that my statement about going to 23 mils to solve the Districts TIF problem is wrong. See the above post: "SWL LSD Treasure Explains TIFS and Ohio School Funding" dated Tuesday, January 23, 2007.
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Dear Pataskala Standard Editor,
TIFs may work in depressed or impoverished areas to jump start economic development. But SWL doesn't need that. If we want quality development in SWL it is best to not to offer TIFs. It is best to have strong zoning and building codes that encourage stable high quality public and private entities to locate here. It is best to have high quality development or no development at all.
If a company locates here with an abatement they will leave if the abatement is not continued. The only way to replace them is to offer an abatement to another company to fill the vacancy.
School funding seems to drive our community to encourage any type of industrial and commercial economic development. These types of developments may relieve some of the burden on residential property owners. But I moved here knowing property taxes were a little higher and I can live with that in exchange for a nice community.
The taxpayers could remove the schools from this issue if we would just meet our States minimum 23 mill requirement and get off the 20 mill floor. We have suffered that 3 mill penalty too long.
Please encourage our leaders to stand strong and not offer abatments and TIFs to encourage unwanted development in SWL.
After attending the School Board meeting on abatement last week and talking with many area leaders and citizens I am reconsidering my ideas on this. I am exploring a new idea: If Harrison Township is doing a good job of restricting development to a narrow band near RT 16, clean commercial development in Pataskala may not be so bad. ONE CONDITION - The Schools have to benefit substantially if abatement is granted by the School Board.
Update January 23, 2007:
I have learned that my statement about going to 23 mils to solve the Districts TIF problem is wrong. See the above post: "SWL LSD Treasure Explains TIFS and Ohio School Funding" dated Tuesday, January 23, 2007.
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Dear Pataskala Standard Editor,
TIFs may work in depressed or impoverished areas to jump start economic development. But SWL doesn't need that. If we want quality development in SWL it is best to not to offer TIFs. It is best to have strong zoning and building codes that encourage stable high quality public and private entities to locate here. It is best to have high quality development or no development at all.
If a company locates here with an abatement they will leave if the abatement is not continued. The only way to replace them is to offer an abatement to another company to fill the vacancy.
School funding seems to drive our community to encourage any type of industrial and commercial economic development. These types of developments may relieve some of the burden on residential property owners. But I moved here knowing property taxes were a little higher and I can live with that in exchange for a nice community.
The taxpayers could remove the schools from this issue if we would just meet our States minimum 23 mill requirement and get off the 20 mill floor. We have suffered that 3 mill penalty too long.
Please encourage our leaders to stand strong and not offer abatments and TIFs to encourage unwanted development in SWL.
posted by Gravaman | 8:16 AM
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The taxpayers could remove the schools from this issue if we would just meet our States minimum 23 mill requirement.
I don't understand the 23 mill requirement. Can you give me an example of funding now and what funding would be if we meet the 23 mill requirement? Then explain how the TIF work with the 23 mill requirement.
"your neighbor": I have asked the District Treasurer for some help with your question. Please stand by. I will post his reply here.
Your neighbor : Please see the Janurary 23, 2007 post. It has a great response from the Treasurer.
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