HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-07 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 84-07
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE SURVEY RESEARCH
CENTER (SRC) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN AN
AMOUNT NOT -TO -EXCEED OF $25,000.00 TO DESIGN AND
CONDUCT THE 2007 CITIZEN SURVEY; AND APPROVING A
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000.00.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
hereby authorizes the Mayor to negotiate and execute a contract with the Survey
Research Center (SRC) at the University of Arkansas in an amount not -to -exceed
of $25,000.00 to design and conduct the 2007 Citizen Survey.
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
hereby approves a budget adjustment in the amount of $25,000.00.
PASSED and APPROVED this 1st day of May, 2007.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
By: J 1 C4 By: ��an jA.4.% �P NAIAD --
DA COODY, Mayor SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
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City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Budget Adjustment Form
Budget Year
2007.
Department: General Government
Division: Miscellaneous
Program: Miscellaneous
Date Requested
5/1/2007
Adjustment Number
Project or Item Added/Increased: Project or Item Deleted/Reduced:
$25,000 is requested in the Contract Services account
for the conducting of a Citizen's Survey by the University
of Arkansas
None. $25,000 from the General Fund Use of Fund
Balance account.
Justification of this Increase:
The University of Arkansas will be conducting a 2007
Citizen's Survey.
Justification of this Decrease:
There is suffcient fund balance remaining to comply with
City Policy.
Increase Expense Budget (Decrease Revenue Budget)
Account Name
Contract services
Account Name
Account Number Amount Project Number
1010 6600 5315 00 25,000
Decrease Expense Budget (Increase Revenue Budget)
Account Number Amount
Use of fund balance
1010 0001 4999 99 25,000
Project Number
Approval Signatures
Requested By
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Date
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Depar Bent Director
Finance
Mayor
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Date
Budget Office Use Only
Type: A
Posted to General Ledger
Posted to Project Accounting
Entered in Category Log
Initial Date
Initial Date
Initial Date
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UNIVERSITYPIARKANSAS
Research Support and Sponsored Programs
Office of the Director
120 Ozark Hall
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
April 26, 2007
Mr. Paul Becker
Financial and Internal Services Director
City of Fayetteville
113 West Mountain
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Dear Mr. Becker:
(479) 575.3845
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&mail: rsspinfo@uarkedu
http://www.uarkedu/admin/rsspinfo/
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Attached is a proposal entitled "2007 Fayetteville Citizen's Survey" submitted by the
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas on behalf of Dr. Molly Longstreth of the
Survey Research Center.
All financial and/or contractual negotiations regarding this project should be
conducted with this office. If questions arise concerning the technical aspects of the
proposal, please contact Dr. Longstreth at (479) 575-4222. The University appreciates the
interest and support of the City of Fayetteville.
Sincerely,
Patricia Turner
Research Administrator
Pre -Award Services
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Enclosure(s)
cc: M. Longstreth
The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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Office of Research Support & Sponsored Programs
120 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (479) 575-3845 Fax: (479) 575-3846 Email: rsspinfo@uark.edu
UNIVERSITY
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2007 Fayetteville Citizen's Survey
A Proposal Submitted to
City of Fayetteville
Prepared by
Survey Research Center
Period of Performance: February 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
Amount Requested: $23,972.00
Submitted by
Board of Trustees
Dr. Moll ongs eth, Director
Survey Research Center
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Rosemary Ruff, [3'rector
Research Support & Sponsored Programs
UNIVERSITI'?'ARK. SAS
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123 Hotz Hall • Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-1201 • 479.575.4222 • 479.575.2474 (FAX) • src@uark.edu
Survey Research Center
Proposal to Survey Fayetteville Citizens
for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
April 23, 2007
Paul Becker, Finance and Internal Services Director
Susan Thomas, Public Information. and Policy Advisor, Project Director
Kevin Springer, Budget Manager
This is a proposal to survey the citizens of Fayetteville, Arkansas for the City of Fayetteville.
Research Design
Telephone survey
The Survey Research Center (SRC) would conduct a telephone survey of citizens of
Fayetteville, Arkansas for the numbers of completed interviews needed to assure a desired estimated
sampling error. If the budget allows, additional Fayetteville households would be screened in order
to augment the number of surveys completed by African American and Hispanic/Latino households.
Estimates in Table 1 are offered for interviews approximately 17 minutes in length. A pre -survey
letter would be sent to all sample members for whom an address is available in advance of the
telephone survey In addition, the data would be analyzed with at least one bivariate analysis so as
to indicate with more confidence phenomena of interest. Data will be compared with previous
years' results to identify trends in citizen interest in various issues as well.
Questionnaire Design & Field Testing
The SRC would work with officials of the City of Fayetteville to revise a questionnaire that
addresses the City's objectives for the survey. The 2007 questionnaire would draw on the
instrument that the City of Fayetteville used to survey its citizens in 2001, 2003 and 2005. With
City officials, the SRC would develop very few additional and/or alternative questions to solicit
opinions on issues germane to the current objectives. The 2003 survey took 17.3 minutes on
average to administer and the 2005 survey took 23.6 minutes, on average. For the 2007 survey,
questions would be limited to those which could feasibly be included in a 17 -minute survey.
SRC staff would critique the questionnaire, in consultation with the City. In addition, the
SRC, in conjunction with the City, would develop the letter, introductory scripts and any desired
press releases. The questionnaire and related correspondence must be reviewed by the University of
Arkansas' (UA) Institutional Review Board (IRB), a process the SRC would facilitate. The IRB
reviews the questionnaire and associated correspondence for its suitability for the people who would
be surveyed.
New and alternative questions would be critiqued by SRC staff. Experienced interviewers
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Proposal of a Project to Survey the Citizens of Fayetteville
for the City of Fayetteville
Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
April 23, 2007
would administer it to each other and critique it. The SRC would subsequently field test
approximately 25 questionnaires before beginning the survey. These findings would be shared with
City personnel for review. Adjustments to the telephone interview would be made to correct errors
or implement desired changes.
Prior to the start of calling, a letter would be mailed to all sample members for whom
addresses are available, informing them of the nature of the survey and their important role in taking
it. The letter establishes credibility for the survey and prepares recipients to receive the call when it
comes. City residents are more amenable to answering telephone surveys if they are aware of the
survey. The letter is even more effective than general publicity in informing citizens of the survey.
The letters would be printed on City of Fayetteville letterhead and mailed in City envelopes.
Please note that the letters would be sent to approximately one-fourth of the sample
members. In the 2003 survey, 68 percent of the respondents asked about the letter were cognizant
of having received it, although only about 50 percent of the sample members were mailed letters.
The remaining sample would be called only.
The effectiveness of the research design depends partially on personalizing the mailings.
Therefore, the SRC would print the envelopes, rather than using labels, and affix stamps rather than
using a machine stamp. Furthermore it is expected that electronic signatures of the mayor and city
council members would be printed on the letters, if they agree to this strategy.
It is the SRC's preference that the City, in conjunction with the SRC, prepare a press release
or set of press releases so as to inform the sizable fraction of residents who would not receive pre -
interview letters of the survey and its purposes.
Sample
The SRC would complete surveys of at least 379 citizens of Fayetteville. The estimated
sampling error associated with this number of surveys is + 5 percent if a simple random sample is
drawn. A random sample of telephone numbers generated for the City of Fayetteville would be
purchased. The longer the survey, the more sample needed.
In order to garner the desired number of completed interviews, each telephone number
would be called as many as six times. The SRC follows methods that are demonstrated to improve
response rates. Subject to the client's preferences, the SRC guarantees to carefully follow the
agreed-upon research design. As optimistic as the SRC are about response rates, however, they
cannot be guaranteed. Only adults (people age 18 or older) would be interviewed. To enable the
results to be generalized to individuals rather than households, these estimates include costs of
randomly selecting respondents within the household. Bilingual interviewers would interview
Hispanic/Latino respondents, if needed All interviewers are trained to forward Spanish-speaking
respondents to the bilingual interviewers. •
Oversampling Minority Ethnicity Populations
While the budget estimates do not include costs of oversampling, this technique could be
used if it is found that the project is underbudget. Therefore, the following information is primarily
meant to be informative in case, funds were to become available. According to the 2000 Census of
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Proposal of a Project to Survey the Citizens of Fayetteville
for the City of Fayetteville
Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
April 23, 2007
Population' African American and Hispanic/Latino residents compose approximately 5 percent
each of Fayetteville's population. It is likely that citizens from these two groups hold opinions on
the survey topics that differ from those held by citizens of the majority ethnicity.
Both African Amencan and Hispanic/Latino respondents tend to under -respond to surveys.
Because they compose a small fraction of the population and they respond to surveys in percentages
lower than their representation in the population, proportionately more households from these two
groups would be surveyed. To obtain an estimated sampling error of ± 20 percent, approximately
46 people need to be surveyed. This would provide 23 African American and 23 Latino/Hispanic
completed responses. Without the additional screening, it is estimated that about 11 African
American and 12 Hispanic/Latino residents would complete the survey. In order to obtain surveys
from the additional 11 Hispanic/Latino and 12 African American households the SRC would screen
households at numerous additional telephone numbers.
If oversampling were used, these numbers would be screened only. Any household members
who identify themselves as African American or Hispanic/Latino would be interviewed until the
desired number of completed interview is obtained. Please note, however, these estimates guarantee
only that the SRC would call all of these numbers at least six times, if appropriate. The SRC cannot
guarantee that 23 surveys would be completed by African Amencan and 23 by Hispanic/Latino
Fayetteville residents however diligent the effort.
If used at all, oversampling to complete additional surveys with African American and
Hispanic/Latino households would only be performed within the limits of the budgeted calling
hours.
Survey Publicity
The SRC recommends that the City announce the survey in the issues of any of its
publications or other appropriate communications media that would be published prior to or
coincidentally with the survey. The SRC would gladly provide information needed in the
announcement.
Time Line
A tentative time line is shown in Table 2. Because the survey is being revised rather than
drafted anew, the initial time period could be shortened significantly. The time line is drafted so as
to account for a review via a democratic process, however. Data collection is scheduled to begin in
late August to follow the opening of the University of Arkansas and return to school of students of
the Fayetteville Public Schools.' The later calling period is much more efficient because it is easier
'Census of Population 2000. U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, DP -1.
Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1
(SF1) 100 -Percent Data Geographic Area: Fayetteville township, Washington County, Arkansas.
Washington, DC.
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?ds_name=D&geo_id=06000US0514391283 &gr_name
=DEC_2000_SF 1_U_DP 1 &_lang=en.
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Proposal of a Project to Survey the Citizens of Fayetteville
for the City of Fayetteville
Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
April 23, 2007
to reach respondents. Furthermore, students and their families are much more likely to be heard
from because they have returned to the community from vacations and other activities.
d Time Line for the 2007 Fayetteville Citizen's Surve
Deliverables
Communication about progress would be made to the project director every week during the
period of telephoning or mailing. After the study, the SRC would provide a Data Report. It would
include a simple codebook and frequencies of the variables. The data would be delivered
electronically in Excel. A short Technical Report and graphic presentation would be written and
presented to City officials as desired In addition, a slightly more in-depth report indicating changes
over time would also be wntten. These would include revisions of charts or figures and up to six or
so bivariate analyses. Please note that the latter pertains to tables rather than variables.
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Telephone Survey
Telephone survey, with initial letter
Weeks
Dates in 2007
Revise questionnaire
5
February 21 — May 31
Submit
questionnaire and letter for IRB review
2
June 1- June 21
Program
telephone interviewing system and test
3
June 10 - June 22
Conduct field tests and review responses
1.5
June 25 - June 27
Request Council Members' and Mayor's
signatures
2
June 21 - July 5
Address, print and sign letters and mail
1
July 9 - July 10
Conduct interviews
3
August 26 — September 10
Clean and analyze data and write report
5
September
11 — October 15
Revisions and final report
2
October 16 — November 12
Deliverables
Communication about progress would be made to the project director every week during the
period of telephoning or mailing. After the study, the SRC would provide a Data Report. It would
include a simple codebook and frequencies of the variables. The data would be delivered
electronically in Excel. A short Technical Report and graphic presentation would be written and
presented to City officials as desired In addition, a slightly more in-depth report indicating changes
over time would also be wntten. These would include revisions of charts or figures and up to six or
so bivariate analyses. Please note that the latter pertains to tables rather than variables.
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BUDGET - University of Ark
Proposed to (Sponsor):
Proposed Project Dates:
UA Lead Investigator:
ansas
City of Fayetteville
February 1, 2007 - Dec 31, 2007
Dr. Molly Longstreth (Survey Research Center)
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SALARIES & WAGES
Project Director - Longstreth
Assist Director
Research Assistant 1 @
Research Assistant 2 @
Research Assistant 3 @
Hourly Employees - estimate(
Total S&W
Base Salary Type
Appointment
63,171
12
2.50%
% Effort
for
PERSON -MONTHS
Calendar
38,000
12
0.00%
27,974
12
0.75%
27,629
12
2.50%
21,447
12
15.00%
8.29
Hourly
X885
FRINGE BENEFITS
Longstreth (non -classified personnel)
Research Assistants (classified personnel)
Hourly Employees
Total FB
Total Salaries + Benefits
OTHER DIRECT COSTS.
Toll charges and Line Charges
Sample
Supplies
Postage
Printing
Subtotal Other Direct Costs
TOTAL DIRECT COSTS*
Subtotal Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)
F & A COST (MTDC subtotal x RATE):
TOTAL PROJECT COST
Institutional Rate:
Other
$1,579
$0
$210
$691
$3,217
$7,337
$13,034
26.0%
26.0%
7.8%
35.0%
$411
$1,071
$572
$2,054
$15,088
$245
$1,355
$20
$730
$318
$2,669
$17,757
$/7,757
$6,215
$23,972
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Budget and Justification
University of Arkansas, Survey Research Center (SRC)
February, 1 2007 — December 31, 2007
City of Fayetteville
Paul Becker, Finance and Internal Services Director
Questions Submitted for
2007 Fayetteville Citizen's Survey
A. Salaries and Wages for time committed to this project:
Dr. Molly Longstreth, Principal Investigator (PI) $ 1,579
The PI will be responsible for the overall program management, supervision,
and reporting.
Research Assistants (2), I 2 -month, 1.0 appointment in the SRC:
The RAs will assist with all aspects of the project.
Karen Gillow 210
Noel Sharif 691
Kimberly Gillow 3,217
Hourly Employee Wages @ $8.29hr x estimated 885 hours. 7,337
Fringe Benefits at University of Arkansas rates:
Non -Classified 26% of salary $ 411
Classified Staff (Research Assistants)26% of salary 1,071
Hourly Employees: 7.0% of wages 572
Other Direct Costs
Sample 1,355
Toll Charges are estimated based on prior experience. 245
Materials & Suplies . 20
Printing 318
Postage 730
F & A Costs 6,215
Total Costs $23,972
Susan Thomas
Submitted By
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City of Fayetteville
Staff Review Form
City Council Agenda Items
or
Contracts
5/1/2007
City Council Meeting Date
Public Information
Division
Action Required:
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General Government
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Resolution authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and execute a contract not to exceed $25,000 with the University of
Arkansas Survey Research Center to design and conduct the 2007 Citizen Survey for the City of Fayetteville; and
approving a budget adjustment for $25,000.
25,000.00
Cost of this request
1010-6600-5315-00
Account Number
Project Number
Budgeted Item
Category / Project Budget
Program Category / Project Name
Funds Used to Date Program / Project Category Name
Remaining Balance Fund Name
Budget Adjustment Attached
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Department Director
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City Attorney
Finance and Internal Service Director
4/13/2007
Date
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Date
Mayo Date
Previous Ordinance or Resolution #
Original Contract Date:
Original Contract Number:
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Received in Mayor's Office
Comments:
City Council Memo
TO: Mayor Coody and City Council
FROM: Susan B. Thomas, Ph.D., Public Information & Policy Advisor
DATE: April 13, 2007
SUBJECT: 2007 Citizen Survey
RECOMMENDATION
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and execute a contract not to exceed $25,000 with
the University of Arkansas Survey Research Center and approving a budget adjustment for that
same amount.
BACKGROUND
Every other year beginning in 2001, the City has conducted a Citizens Survey to assess citizen
opinion on issues ranging from transportation to parks to planned and managed growth. Since
2003, the University of Arkansas Survey Research Center has assisted the City with that project.
In 2005, you received critical information on citizen willingness to support additional taxes for
improved infrastructure, and each year Council can use the survey data to ensure that City
projects and programs are in line with Citizen priorities.
DISCUSSION
At Council's Agenda Setting Session on March 13, 2007, Council was informed that no funds
were budgeted for this project. During that meeting, Council requested that staff move forward,
working with the Survey Research Center, to develop a survey that would allow the City to
continue tracking public opinion I informed Council that I believed we could develop and
implement the 2007 Citizen Survey for no more than $25,000. There appeared to be general
agreement from Council that the Citizen Survey was important, useful, and something that staff
should pursue at or around a price of $25,000.
The 2005 survey cost approximately $30,000. To minimize that, we have reduced the survey
time from 23 to 17 minutes. All questions that were added in 2005 have been removed, with two
exceptions. First, in 2003 we asked one question that combined Downtown Fayetteville,
Dickson Street, and College Avenue together. Because the improvements to Dickson Street were
complete, in the 2005 survey we removed Dickson Street from the questions and split Downtown
Fayetteville and College Avenue into two separate choices. Second, we have included a
demographic question to identify likely voters. The proposed survey document is attached.
The SRC has estimated a pnce for this survey of $23,971.88. It should be noted that the estimate
does not allow for over -sampling of minority populations, which would cost an additional
$3,732.16. However, minority responses will be properly weighted to reflect their actual
population in the community. For example, the 2006 Special Census indicates that Fayetteville's
population is 6.5% Hispanic. Therefore, responses from Hispanic citizens will be weighted so
their opinions make up approximately 6.5% of the survey respondents. Additionally, if
instrument develop time is minimized (and it should be minimized since there will likely be no
new questions developed), there could be room in the budget to complete some over -sampling of
minorities. Using the weighting of answers instead of (or in addition to) over -sampling is
commonly accepted survey research practice.
BUDGET IMPACT
Funds for this project were not included in the 2007 budget. The estimated cost for design and
implementation of the survey is $23,971.88. Staff is requesting a budget adjustment of $25,000
from the Use of Fund Balance account to cover the full cost of the survey and to allow for as
much over -sampling of minorities as possible.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE SURVEY RESEARCH
CENTER (SRC) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN AN
AMOUNT NOT -TO -EXCEED OF $25,000.00 TO DESIGN AND
CONDUCT THE 2007 CITIZEN SURVEY; AND APPROVING A
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000.00.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF :T' E CI• OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
hereby authorizes the Mayor to negotiatfrkansas
id execute a:c trlit with t urvey
Research Center (SRC) at the University in%unt notexceed
of $25,000.00 to design at uct the 2 7 Citizen Suvey0.
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Section 1. /C ty Cour{c_ ,
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PASSED and APPROVED this1st day of May, 2007
City ofi ayetteville, Arkansas
A ,P OVED: _ "� ATTEST:
'15N COODY, Mayor
By:
SONDRA E SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
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Codebook for the Fayetteville Citizen's Survey 2005
Prepared by the Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
August 25, 2005
�N TOTO E: QUESTIONS HIGHLIGHTED INYELLOW WEREASKEDrON THE2003
FAYETTEVILLECITIZEN'S SURVEYQUESTIONS NOT HIGHLIGHTED
WERE NEW IN THE 2005 FAYETTEVILLE CITIZENS SURVEY.
QUESTIONS WHICH ARE CROSSED OUT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE
BUDGET BROVIDED FOR THE 2007 FAYETTEVILLE CITIZENS SURVEY.
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Let's start with your assessment of Fayetteville. How would you rate Fayetteville
as a place to live?.
Excellent
Good
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2
Neither good nor poor 3
4
Poor
Very poor `5
Don't know 8
Refused 9
Q1A
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How would you ra
e effectiveness of Fayetteville's City gove
ent?
Excellent 1
Good 2
Neither good nor poor 3
Poor 4
Very poor 5
Don't know....
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Refuse. 9
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With which one of the following city services are you most satisfied?
Interviewer: Read the whole list. Definitions: Public Safety Services include
Animal Control, the Police and Fire Departments, bicycle patrol, the Crime
Prevention Unit and the School Resource officers. These services help to ensure
that the citizens of Fayetteville can live safely.
Utilities 01
Public Safety Services 02
Transportation 03
Streets 04
Parks and Recreation Services 05
Information Programs 06
Other 07 0
Don't know 98
Refused 99
Codebook for the Fayetteville Citizen's Survey 2005
Prepared by the Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
August 25, 2005
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Here is a second list of city services. With which one of these are you most
satisfied?
Interviewer: Read the whole list
Definitions: Downtown Fayetteville includes the region of Fayetteville bordered
by College Avenue and Arkansas Avenue on the east and west and Maple Street
and Sixth Street on the north and south.
Fayetteville Public Library 01
Growth and Development 02
Surface and Ground water 03
Development of Downtown Fayetteville 04
College Avenue Improvement 05
Housing 06
A Clean and Green City 07
Other @8 O
Don't know 98
Refused 99
Which one of the following city services do you think needs the most
improvement?
Definitions: Public Safety Services include Animal Control, the Police and Fire
Departments, bicycle patrol, the Crime Prevention Unit and the School Resource
officers. These services help to ensure that the citizens of Fayetteville can live
safely.
Utilities 1
Public Safety Services 2
Transportation
Streets
Parks and Recreation Services
Information Programs
Other
Don't know
Refused 9
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=> Q3B
=> Q3C
4 => Q3D
5 => Q3E
6 => Q3F
7 0 => Q3TX •
8 => Q4.
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What aspect of utilities needs the most attention?
Garbage collection 1
Recycling 2
Water and sewer maintenance services 3
Meter reading and utility billing services 4
All of the above aspects of utilities 5
Other 6
Dont know 8
Refused 9
_> Q3TX
=> Q3TX
• Q3TX
=> Q3TX
=> Q3TX
0 => Q3TX
_> Q4
=> Q4
Q3A
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Codebook for the Fayetteville Citizen's Survey 2005
Prepared by the Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
August 25, 2005
What aspect o
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public safety services needs the most attention?
Police 1 => Q3TX
Fire 2 => Q3TX
Animal control 3 => Q3TX
Ambulance 4 => Q3TX
Disaster preparedness 5 => Q3TX
All of the above aspects of public safety services 6 => Q3TX
Other 7 0 => Q3TX
Don't know 8 => Q4
Refused 9 => Q4
What aspect of transportation needs the most attention?
Ease of car travel in the city 1 => Q3TX
Ozark Regional Transit/Public transportation 2 => Q3TX
Razorback Transit 3 => Q3TX
Alternative transportation such as bicycling and walking 4 => Q3TX
All of the above aspects of transportation 5 => Q3TX
Other 6 0 => Q3TX
Don't know 8 => Q4
Refused - 9 => Q4
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What aspect of streetsneedsthe most attention?
Street maintenance 1 => Q3TX
Cleanliness of streets 2 => Q3TX
Street repair 3 => Q3TX
Sidewalk maintenance - 4 => Q3TX
Sidewalk accessibility, such as cut -away curbs 5 => Q3TX
All of the above aspects of streets 6 => Q3TX
Other 7 0 => Q3TX ,
Don't know 8 => Q4
Refused 9 => Q4
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Codebook for the Fayetteville Citizen's Survey 2005
Prepared by the Survey Research Center, University of Arkansas
August 25, 2005
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What aspect of parks and recreation services needs the most attention?
Development of new parks 01 => Q3TX
Park maintenance 02 => Q3TX
Improvement to existing parks 03 => Q3TX
Recreational facilities 05 => Q3TX
Recreation for youth 06 => Q3TX
Recreation for adults 07 => Q3TX
Concerts in city parks 08 => Q3TX
Lights of the Ozarks 09 => Q3TX
All of the above aspects of park and recreation services 10 => Q3TX
Other 11 0 => Q3TX
Don't know 98 => Q4
Refused 99 =>-Q4
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What aspect of information programs needs the most attention?
Definitions: Government Access Channel (PEG) appears on COX Channel 16, Its
broadcasts include but aren't limited to: Fayetteville City Council Meetings,
Fayetteville City Planning Commission Meetings and Washington County
Quorum Court. Public Access Television appears on COX Channel 18. It's
operated by Community Access Television (CAT), a nonprofit organization under
contract with the city of Fayetteville. CATs purpose is to provide a channel of
free expression for every citizen. The city of Fayetteville exercises no editorial
control over CAT.
Public Access Television (CAT) 1 => Q3TX
Govemment Access Channel 2 => Q3TX
City's information system for resolving complaints 3 => Q3TX
City website 4 => Q3TX
All of the above aspects of information programs 5 => Q3TX
Other 6 0 => Q3TX
Don't know 8 => Q4
Refused 9 => Q4
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Maybe 2
No 3
Don't know 8
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improvement?
Definitions: Downtown Fayetteville includes the region of Fayetteville bordered
by College Avenue and Arkansas Avenue on the east and west and Maple Street
and Sixth Street on the north and south.
Fayetteville Public Library 01 => Q4A
Growth and Development 02 => Q4B
Surface and Ground water 03 => Q4C
Development of Downtown Fayetteville 04 => Q4F
College Avenue Improvement 05 => Q4G
Housing 06 => Q4D
A Clean and Green City 07 => Q4E
Other 08 0 => Q4TX
Don't know 28 => Q5
Refused 99 => Q5
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What aspect of the Fayetteville Public Library needs the most attention?
Hours open 01 => Q4TX
Books available 02 => Q4TX
Audiovisual items available (eg videos, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks) 03 => Q4TX
Computer resources available 04 => Q4TX
Children's and teen programs and services 05 => Q4TX
Adult programs and services 06 => Q4TX
Availability of branch libraries 07 => Q4TX
All of the above aspects of the Fayetteville Public Library 08 => Q4TX
Other 09 0 => Q4TX
Don't know 98 => Q5
Refused 99 => Q5
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What aspect of growth and development needs the most attention?
Stricter development standards 1 => Q4TX
Lower development standards 2 => Q4TX
Limiting growth 3 => Q4TX
Promoting growth 4 => Q4TX
More environmental protection 5 => Q4TX
Less environmental protection 6 => Q4TX
Other 7 0 => Q4TX
Don't know 8 => Q5
Refused 9 => Q5
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What aspect of ground and surface water needs the most attention?
Water quality 1 => Q4TX
Storm drainage " 2 => Q4TX
Flood control 3 => Q4TX
All of the above aspects of water 4 => Q4TX
Other 5 0 => Q4TX
Don't know 8 => Q5
Refused 9 => Q5
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What aspect of housing needs the most attention?
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Promote affordable housing 1 => Q4TX
Code enforcement 2 => Q4TX
Public housing 4.3 => Q4TX
Funding for safety or handicap accessibility 4 => Q4TX
All of the above aspects of housing 5 => Q4TX
Other 6 0 => Q4TX
Don't know 8 => Q5
Refused 9 => Q5
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What aspect of a clean and green city needs the most attention?
Definitions: Code Enforcement examples include enforcing city building codes
dealing with issues such as abandoned homes and cars, trash, weeds and debris.
Hillside preservation
Tree planting and landscaping
Litter pick-up and cleanliness of streets
Removal of power lines from street frontage
Stronger codes
Improved code enforcement
All of the above
Other
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