Pataskala will not be heading back to the ballot to try and gain voter support for a police department funding tax this autumn.
That announcement was one of several made during a lengthy June 15 council meeting.
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In May, amid COVID-19 and several schedule and process changes made by the state to the primary election in an effort to mitigate spread of the coronavirus, a first funding attempt by Pataskala was rejected by voters by a margin of 56.5% to 43.5%.
Mayor Mike Compton said of the half-percent, non-expiring income tax increase, the hope was if it didn’t pass, officials would still “see true numbers,” giving a better sense of voter sentiment.
He said the pandemic's effect on Ohio elections, a process which he described as turning into “just a big cluster,” instead essentially muddied the waters in terms of useful analysis of voter results.
Compton also said while he and others have been talking with residents to get a better handle on what might meet with voter acceptance, conditions this fall are not right for a ballot return.
Citing the ongoing pandemic, the insufficient amount of time to mount an effective campaign, and the fact that the regional fire district intends to seek a permanent levy in the fall, Compton said a May 2021 effort seems more realistic.
“I don’t want it to go away,” he said, “I want to go back to the ballot.”
However, next time, Compton said the issue might involve a tax credit component, as well as a more detailed itemization regarding use of funds if voters were to approve a future measure.
Sage Pointe tabled again
In other council business, another ongoing development issue has once again been tabled to allow for further exploration of a possible tax increment funding mechanism to help pay for area road improvements.
In February, Pataskala City Council voted to table a preliminary development plan for a 183-lot residential development called Sage Pointe, to be located on 84 acres of property at 6031 Summit Road.
The measure was up for another reading and vote June 15 when the developer’s representative, Connie Klema, asked that the measure again be tabled in order to pursue a potential TIF effort toward funding of road improvements to Summit.
That request came after several residents in the area of the proposed development asked that council reject the project entirely, citing variously the narrowness of the road and traffic impacts they said the housing development would trigger.
Impact on school enrollment was another factor residents offered for rejection.
One resident declared, “We want to grow on our terms, not on a developer’s terms.”
But it was also pointed out by Klema and some council members that simply rejecting the development would not address the road issues already acknowledged in the area of Summit, abutting West Broad Street.
Agreeing a TIF is ultimately worth further exploring, a majority of council members again voted in favor of re-tabling the Sage Pointe plan for the present time.
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