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Department Approval <br />Item Description <br />BACKGROUND <br />f�� <br />� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: Feb. 10, 2014 <br />Item No.: 14.c <br />Citv Mana�er Abproval <br />��....-��� <br />Discuss Community Survey Content, Length and Budget <br />On January 13, 2014, the Council approved negotiating a contract with the Morris Leatherman <br />Company to conduct a community survey of Roseville residents. Council also directed Staff <br />develop a framewark of questions, themes and topics for the survey. Additionally, the City <br />Manager advised the Council that Staff would seek input from the Council on survey content. <br />Having received input verbally and in written farm, a proposed set of questions (Attachment A) <br />as well as input from Mayor Roe (Attachment B) are attached for consideration. <br />Due to the nature of the Morris Leatherman's pricing proposal (Attachment C), this discussion <br />serves to identify what survey content the Council desires as well as the survey's length. <br />The 2014 budget includes $15,000 for a resident survey. Morris Leatherman has proposed <br />conducting a 70-80 question survey of 400 residents at this price, with a cost of $135 for each <br />additional question. <br />BUDGET IMPLICATIONS <br />The 2014 budget includes $15,000 for a citizen survey. Morris Leatherman has proposed <br />conducting a 70-80 question survey of 400 residents at this price, with a cost of $135 for each <br />additional question. Raising the survey length to 100 questions may add as much as $3,000 to the <br />final cost of the survey. <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff requests the City Council provide direction as to the appropriate number of questions as <br />well as the final budget for a community survey of Roseville residents. <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />Provide direction as to survey content, the appropriate number of questions, and final budget for <br />a community survey of Roseville residents to be conducted by The Morris Leatherman <br />Company. <br />Prepared by: Garry Bowman, Communicarions Managaer <br />Attachments: A: Proposed questions/topics prepare by staff <br />B: Additional proposed questions submitted by Mayor Dan Roe <br />C: Morris Leatherman Project Pricing Proposal <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />