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Commission hears detailed critique of indoor-aquatics survey plan as staff readies $19,000 contract with consultant
Summary
City staff explained a planned statistically stratified survey of 400 registered voters to gauge public appetite for an indoor aquatics facility and financing options. Commissioners and residents raised concerns about survey wording, cost scenarios and timing; consultant ETC Institute described methodology and sample protections.
City staff and a retained survey consultant outlined plans on Sept. 2 to survey registered Manhattan voters about an indoor aquatic facility and broader SECO Park priorities; commissioners and residents pressed for clearer language, alternate cost scenarios and funding transparency.
Aaron (city parks staff) presented the draft questionnaire and said the city hired the ETC Institute to administer a stratified mail/online survey targeting 400 completed responses to achieve a 95% confidence level with a ±5% margin of error. He said the city will mail roughly 3,000 invitations to achieve that 400-sample target and that the city signed a contract with ETC for about $19,000. "The first question is: how many people are in your household just to get a sense," Aaron said as he reviewed the draft.
Jason Rondo of ETC Institute described administration steps and quality controls: "Our…
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