PDAC: Submission #1197 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Quality of Life

2. Project title Gaunt Park Pool Essential Maintenance

3. Short description The YS Gaunt Park Pool is the only public pool in Greene County, welcoming visitors from across the region along with residents. Maintaining a public pool is a major challenge for a small municipality, but the Village is committed to sustaining this amenity with significant equity, job and quality of life contributions. Immediate needs are repairing the walls and funding the "Swimming for All" program. We currently see an annual loss of $50K and need support for this vital regional service.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Village of Yellow Springs

5-8. Address 100 Dayton Street
Yellow Springs, Ohio. 45387

9. County Greene

10. Recipient organization Same

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16. Organization type Government

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Johnnie Burns

18. Title Village Manager

19. Organization Village of Yellow Springs

20. Telephone 9377671279

21. Email jburns@vil.yellowsprings.oh.us

22-25. Address 100 Dayton Street
Yellow Springs, Ohio. 45387

26. County Greene

27. Additional contacts Amy Kemper, Village of Yellow Springs, 937-767-7204, akemper@vil.yellowsprings.oh.us

Location Details

28. City Yellow Springs

29. County Greene

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 90000

32. Total Cost 280000

33. Other sources of funds Yellow Springs Community Foundation - 30000, Village of Yellow Springs General Fund - 160000

34. How the funds will be used Construction or Capital

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. Yes

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) As indicated in Question 33, the Village of Yellow Springs feels confident that our local Community Foundation will fund a portion of the total project cost, and we have Council support for directing the balance of the project cost from our General Fund, which will contribute to deficit spending but is critical to our local taxpayers and the regional community.

37. Budget No

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Immediately

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify The Village of Yellow Springs has been highly successful with securing federal, state and local grants, and we are dedicated to actively searching for funding opportunities to sustain a healthy, thriving community that contributes significantly to Greene County via sales tax, not to mention property tax, and to the entire state by providing a unique recreation and entertainment destination that is welcoming to people from all backgrounds and abilities. Currently, we have not been able to identify other sources to support this project beyond what has been identified earlier.

Community Details

40. Community Need The Yellow Springs Gaunt Park Pool is the only public pool in Greene County and serves a diversity of residents and visitors from across the region. Not only does the Pool provide meaningful jobs to youth who are just starting out their careers, but it also supports important recreational opportunities to people of all ages and abilities. The Gaunt Park Pool is a hub for a variety of community events, including a youth swim after the 4th of July fireworks and a dog swim when the Pool closes on Labor Day. While individuals from all backgrounds share this public regional amenity, the shift in Ohio and across the country to mostly private pools underscores the importance of a public pool to ensure that those from disadvantaged backgrounds have equitable access to swimming and social connections.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. The Village of Yellow Springs has requested several earmarks, including for our Yellow Springs-Clifton Connector shared-use trail and Springs-Net municipal broadband projects, but these have typically been in years that while we were on the list, the earmark process did not move forward in the budget. Although not an earmark, we are currently implementing a $1.8 million federal surface transportation grant that is creating a multi-modal path along the main entrance to the Village with complementary traffic calming features. Additionally, Representative Turner, Senator Brown and Senator Vance have written letters in support of our RAISE grant application to develop the YS-Clifton Connector.

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43. Existing jobs retained? {Empty}

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. {Empty}

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? {Empty}

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48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

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Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

GauntPoolSupport.pdf (320.9 KB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. Brian Housh

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 9377769566

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. brianhoush@vil.yellowsprings.oh.us

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? Yes

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. My project is not on the list of ineligible projects.

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. Yes, we received a $25,000 capital appropriation in FY2019-20 to support development of our Yellow Springs-Clifton Connector Trail project, and the Village of Yellow Springs has also support local institutions such as the Glen Helen Nature Preserve and WYSO in securing state capital appropriations.

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: Department of Youth Services, Department of Developmental Disabilities

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