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Council discusses FlashVote pilot, sample-size goals and first survey topics
Summary
Staff updated the council on a FlashVote pilot to solicit resident input; council members debated first-topic selection and representation goals (about 600 responses preferred) and suggested promotion through the newsletter, QR codes, citizen committees and targeted outreach before launching substantive topic surveys.
Staff briefed council on a FlashVote (rapid-survey) pilot and recruitment so far. The platform had several hundred registrants and staff expects participation to grow once the first survey is distributed. Council debated whether the first topic should be a general satisfaction survey to establish baseline representation or an issue-specific survey (short-term rentals, walkability) that may require a larger sample.
Council members suggested promoting the pilot broadly — newsletters, QR codes at public counters, citizen-committee distribution and targeted outreach — and proposed that council members each nominate a topic for early rounds. Staff and council agreed not to rush a narrow-topic survey until the sample is demonstrably representative.
What happens next: staff will continue recruitment and report back on registration numbers; council will finalize the first round of topics and promotion strategy ahead of the initial distribution.
