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Estacada DEI committee raises concerns about market-study sampling, seeks greater role in city planning
Summary
Committee members said the city—s recent market-study survey underrepresented lower-income residents and omitted race/ethnicity and disability items; they asked to be involved earlier in future surveys and plan to raise the issue with city council.
Members of the Estacada Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee told one another at the meeting that the city—s recent market-study survey produced results the committee said do not represent the full community and that the committee should have been consulted earlier in the survey design.
Committee members said the released survey results showed an overrepresentation of higher-income respondents and lacked demographic questions such as race/ethnicity or disability status. "More than 75 percent are people who make more than $75,000 a year," a committee member said while describing the released results. Members said that combination of omitted demographic…
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