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April 17, 2014
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City, schools OK agreement permitting TIFs
By JENNIFER NOBLIT THISWEEKNEWS.COM
An agreement that will help fund infrastructure within the Bridge Street District got the OK from Dublin City Council and the Dublin Board of Education this week. Both council and board members unanimously approved an agreement April 14 that will allow the city to establish taxincrement financing districts, within the Bridge Street District until Dec. 31, 2046. The city has already used TIF districts to help fund infrastructure projects, but the TIFs within the Bridge Street District will not reimburse the school district for property taxes. TIFs help pay for infrastructure by putting any increases on property taxes in the district into a TIF fund that reimburses the city for money spent on infrastructure. Per the agreement approved this week, any TIF districts created in the Bridge Street District will put funds from property tax increases towards infrastructure. The school district, which is primarily funded by property taxes, will continue to receive the amount of property
Egg hunt treats Hundreds of Dublin area youngsters attended the annual Easter egg hunt in Coffman Park Saturday, April 12. ABOVE: Dressed in bright spring colors, (from left) Taylor Johnson, Nora Swerens and Campbell Lawson, all 5 years old, check out their haul after grabbing candy-filled eggs during the egg hunt, organized by the Dublin Kiwanis Club. RIGHT: Maggie Flock, 2 of Dublin uses a twohanded approach as she gathers candy-filled eggs during the annual Easter Egg Hunt. LAURIE STEVENSON/THISWEEKNEWS
taxes it gets when the TIF is created; increases in property tax revenues, however, will go to the city through the TIFs. According to the new agreement, Dublin will provide Dublin City Schools with funding for technology needs for allowing TIF districts. Dublin will pay the school district $1.5 million annually from 2014 to 2045 and $2 million in 2046. The school district will get at least $50 million over the term of the agreement. The money is expected to be used for technology improvements throughout the district. According to the agreement, Dublin schools will also receive 10 percent of property tax increases in TIF districts between years 16 and 30. The Bridge Street District, which is expected to add urbanstyle, walkable redevelopment to Dublin’s core, needs roads and other improvements, which will be funded partially with TIFs. “This could not move forward without this agreement,” said Stephen Osborne, Dublin City School District treasurer. School Board President Lynn May applauded the city
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April 27 event fundraiser for Strides for Sobriety
By JENNIFER NOBLIT THISWEEKNEWS.COM
During his time in rehab, Mike Coyle saw lots of people leave before they were ready. The 16-year-old Coffman High School junior is hoping to right that problem for local teens with the help of his family.
Strides for Sobriety was established this year by the Dublin family that will work to raise $30,000 to help one teen defeat addiction with in-patient care. The first fundraiser is a 5K run and walk slated for April 27. “There were people that really wanted to be there, but some insurance (companies) wouldn’t cover it,” Mike said of others he saw in rehab.
“It really stuck with me.” According to his mother Ramona Penland-Coyle, some insurance companies only cover in-patient care for someone who is suicidal or harmful to others. “Once insurance was up most parents couldn’t afford to keep their kids in,” said Barry Penland-Coyle, Mike’s father.
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The Coyles were able to financially manage 30 days of in-patient care for Mike and 90 days of intensive outpatient care. “All the kids looked like kids from our community,” Mr. Coyle said of other patients at the Indianapolis inpatient center. “They all had the same problems but some weren’t given time to recover.
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They went right back into the same environment.” Mike never got into heroin, but said he took whatever he could find. With a strong support system of family, friends, Coffman High School and AA, Mike has more than 18 months of sobriety under his belt.
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