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Council expands Wheat Ridge resident survey sample to 5,000 and requests edits to policy questions
Summary
Staff presented the city's biannual scientifically based resident survey Feb. 2; council agreed to raise the household sample from 4,500 to 5,000 for this iteration (no additional immediate cost) and asked staff to flip two policy questions, consider separating Anderson Pool as a distinct line item, add stormwater infrastructure/stormwater utility, and clean up ambiguous language.
City staff presented the draft 2026 resident survey to Wheat Ridge City Council at the Feb. 2 study session and received direction to increase the sample size and revise some policy items before finalizing the instrument with the consultant.
Cole Hayslip explained that the survey is composed of a recurring "consumer report card" section and a second block of policy questions that change each iteration. He stressed the survey’s scientific approach: random sampling, representative weighting (including multi‑unit adjustments), neutral…
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