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Orinda council gives staff direction to proceed with private-road resident questionnaire, consultant to be engaged
Summary
The council endorsed the infrastructure committee's request to hire FM3 Research to survey households on private roads about road and drainage maintenance options, with an estimated cost around $22,500 to be absorbed in the current budget and executed under the city manager's authority.
The Orinda City Council on April 7 gave staff direction to proceed with the infrastructure committee’s funding request to contract FM3 Research for a questionnaire and needs assessment of households on private roads.
Councilmember Gee, who led the infrastructure committee effort, said the study is intended to gather representative input from the roughly 1,600 addresses the city has identified as located on private roads, to better understand resident preferences and form options for potential policy or funding responses. The committee and staff recommended a targeted questionnaire (not an anonymous poll) mailed to those addresses, supplemented with matched voter and contact data so phone or text follow-ups can lift response rates.
Dave Metz of FM3 Research explained the firm could match city…
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