Alachua County Community Survey Report

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Alachua County Community Survey Report
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Report Outline

• Analysis of survey tool
• Description of population and sample
• Zip Code Response Rates
• Findings
• Other Information

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Analysis of Survey Tool

• Weakness
• This survey is NOT a formal scientific study.
• This survey does not generate a true random
  sample.
• Responses are limited to only citizens that
  choose to participate which reduces the
  confidence of any inferences.
• Can not fully distinguish between incorporated
  and unincorporated citizen perceptions.

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Analysis of Survey Tool

• Strength
• Presented an opportunity for all citizens to
  communicate directly with the Commission.
• Provides a broad overview of citizens perceptions
  and concerns.
• Most likely offers more information than one can
  gather in small social conversations

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Description of Population and Sample

• Who received the survey?
• Theoretically everyone more than once.
• An estimated 99,690 surveys were mailed
• Surveys were also available online.
• Who returned the survey?
• This year 1764 surveys were received and
  analyzed.
• 577 more surveys than last years total.

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Population Distribution by Zip Code

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• Survey Findings

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Question 1 asked citizens to rate their
perception of the following services as
Perception of Services

• Very good
• Good
• Fair
• Poor
• Very Poor
• No Opinion

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Perception of ServicesAnimal Services
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Perception of ServicesCodes Enforcement
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Perception of ServicesEnvironmental Protection
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Perception of ServicesFire Rescue
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Perception of ServicesGarbage/Recycling
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Perception of ServicesParks
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Perception of ServicesPlanning and Zoning
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Perception of ServicesPublic Information
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Perception of ServicesPublic Health
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Perception of ServicesRoad Maintenance
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Perception of ServicesSocial Services
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Perception of ServicesTourism Promotion
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Citizen / Employee Interaction

• Question 2 asked if the citizen had personal
  contact with any one employed by Alachua County
  in the past year.
• If the citizen had, they were then asked to
  describe their contact as
• Very Good
• Good
• Fair
• Poor
• Very Poor

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Citizen / Employee Interaction

• 1258 citizens indicated that they had personal
  contact with someone employed by Alachua County
  in the past year.
• Of these 1258 citizens, 1242 rated their
  experience.

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Priority For Transportation Improvements

• Question 3 asked If the County Commission
  increases the gas tax to fund transportation
  needs, how would you prioritize the following.
• Citizens were given 4 options
• New Roads
• Mass Transit
• Pave Existing Dirt Roads
• Maintain Existing Roads

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Priority For Transportation Improvements
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CHOICES Awareness

• Question 4 asked citizens How aware are your of
  Alachua County CHOICES health service Program.

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Funding for Non- Profit Organizations

• Citizens were asked if the County should provide
  funding for the following types of non-profit
  organizations
• Arts and Culture organizations
• Ecological Historical organizations
• Active Recreation organizations
• Social Services organizations
• Economic Development organizations

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Should Funding be provided
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Funding Priority for Non-Profits

• The citizens were asked to prioritize the
  organizations on a scale from 1 (High) to 5
  (Low).
• Rankings were
• recorded from those citizens who indicated that
  funding should be provided.

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Funding Priority Rankings
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Information Source

• Question 6 asked citizens, How do you get
  information regarding Alachua County government?
• Citizens were given 5 options to choose from
• Radio
• Newspaper
• Community Update e-newsletter
• Television
• Alachua County Website

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Information Source

• Citizens were asked to rate each media source,
  based on the amount of information it to provided
  them.
• Additionally, citizens were asked to identify the
  station, channel, or publication of their source.

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Continue funding Alachua County Forever

• Question 7 asked citizens if they would favor
  extending the .25 mil. ad valorem assessment
  which funds the Alachua County Forever land
  conservation program.
• Of those responding
• 46 answered Yes
• 54 answered No

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Other Information

• Comments
• Some citizens provided additional comments with
  their surveys. In the report, these comments are
  recorded as other comments and are referenced
  to the affiliated survey and the affiliated
  question when possible.

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Other Information

• Email Subscriptions
• As a direct result of this survey, 377
  respondents signed up to receive the Community
  Update newsletter via email.
• 200 more than last year.