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City Council Parkway Development Work Session 1-14-2025

Dayton City CouncilSunday, March 16, 2025
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Parkway neighborhood residential development project

Infrastructure financing alternatives

City fee forgiveness and trunk fees

Pay-as-you-go tax abatement concepts

Return on investment (ROI) analysis for development

Review of project proforma and financial projections

Phased development timeline and unit capacity

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Notable Quotes (2)

If you choose to provide assistance to the project that doing so would not unduly enrich the developer.

— Jason Arsal
Financial OversightAddressing concerns regarding developer profit margins.

The risk here then is on the developer to do that... the city isn't making up the difference.

— Jason Arsal
Risk MitigationExplaining the pay-as-you-go tax abatement structure.

People (2)

Jason ArsalFinancial Adviser

Presented financial alternatives for the Parkway neighborhood development project.

2 quotes

“The developer has to absorb all of those costs for infrastructure every last nickel of that... return on investment... is less than would be required to attract equity and debt.”

Justification for public assistance.

“We look at 75% of the taxes in an abatement... you have some collection of city taxes right away to deal with that increased service demand.”

Explaining the tax abatement proposal.

Unnamed MayorMayor

Presided over the work session and queried the necessity of public financial intervention.

1 quote

“The only liability we have is Services... I have no idea how much that costs.”

Questioning fiscal risk.

Places Mentioned

Jon CityParkway neighborhood

Events & Meetings (1)

  • January 14th Work Session, Jon City Council
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