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wwkw SH"L+E <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: November 22, 2010 <br /> Item No.: 13.a <br /> Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> Item Description: Review and Approve Questions for a Resident Survey <br /> 1 BACKGROUND <br /> Aga At its October 25 meeting the City Council approved conducting a residential survey to assess <br /> aV��� citizens' satisfaction with various city services. The survey instrument from Cobalt Community <br /> Research is also designed to engage residents in budget and planning decisions. <br /> 5 City Council members have expressed a desire for greater citizen input on budget matters. To <br /> 6 help ensure that the survey will provide the data that Councilmembers will find most helpful in <br /> making budget decisions, the Council included two stipulations in the motion to authorize the <br /> 8 survey: <br /> 9 1. Questions must come before the City Council prior to their release; and <br /> 10 2. The Budget module must reflect the priorities as considered in the annual Budgeting <br /> 11 for Priorities process, including non-levy areas of the budget. <br /> 12 Communications staff and the department heads reviewed the Budgeting for Priorities categories <br /> 13 and the proposed performance standards to indentify items to be included in the survey. The <br /> 14 items were then reviewed by Cobalt Community Research. Some titles used in the Budgeting for <br /> 15 Priorities process may be technical in nature and not easily understood by the public so those <br /> 16 titles have been modified for use in the survey. <br /> 1 7 Following approval, staff will work with Cobalt Community Research on the logistics of <br /> 18 conducting the mail survey of the scientifically selected, statistically valid sample and the on-line <br /> 19 survey that will be available for the general public. The survey will be conducted in January and <br /> 20 data should be available for the Council in time for its annual goal setting meeting in February. <br /> 2 1 STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br /> 22 Provide feedback on the proposed questions and approve the final slate of questions. <br /> 23 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br /> 24 A motion to approve the questions for the resident survey. <br /> Prepared by: Tim Pratt,Communications Specialist <br /> Attachments: A: Proposed questions for the resident survey <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br />