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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />� }���1114C]= ,'�a�1�1Ti]�':L: � <br />� � �� � <br />Lu��r :1�pCak'u�_ <br />i ; _ � <br />�, �. � �1. � �� � <br />�� '� <br />Item Description: Consider Conducting a Community Survey <br />Date: 2/14/2005 <br />Item No: 9. <br />�� ��'nclo-� ;ti� �tit i n: <br />��i�iy� ��,-,t�r{� <br />Background <br />In an effort to determine the types of programs and services desired by the Community, Staff <br />utilizes a variety of information and feedback tools to help guide how resources are allocated and <br />to assist in long-term planning. <br />The information tools currently used by Staff, while providing valuable insight, are limited in a <br />number of ways, and over time their effectiveness and relevance can be diminished. To continue <br />realizing the value of citizen input achieved in prior years, new measures to gauge the public's <br />interests must be utilized. <br />Available Information Tools <br />There are a number of sources that can <br />Some of the more common tools include: <br />� General feedback <br />J Calllogs <br />� Commissions l Task Force <br />C7 Targeted Q & A <br />Ll Town Hall meetings <br />be used to gather information on the public's interests. <br />❑ Community survey <br />❑ Focus groups <br />❑ Wrap/Web/feedback foz'nr�s/direct mailings <br />❑ Council zneetings/study sessions <br />Over the past year Staff has been evaluating the effectiveness of the current information sources <br />being utilized. What has emerged from these discussions is that a void exists with the Citv's <br />abilitv to measure a collective and re�resentative o�inion on the ty�es of services that are in <br />demand, as well as the �ublic's willingness to �av for those services. Also lacking is the abilitv <br />to gau e� the public's interest in new ventures or o�ortunities. <br />Based upon this evaluation, Staff has concluded that a community survey will best meet the void <br />that exists. <br />