Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Community Survey topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Kennedale survey: residents rate the city highly to live and raise families; parks, trails and indoor recreation top priorities
Summary
Pavlik & Associates reported 491 survey responses (287 completed) showing strong approval of Kennedale as a place to live and high trust in core services; respondents prioritized an indoor recreation facility, street maintenance, youth sports and connected sidewalks.
City officials presented results of a community survey showing residents’ primary priorities for short-term investment: neighborhood street repairs and affordability, connected sidewalks and crossings, youth-sports opportunities, and an indoor recreation or fitness facility.
Kate Latimore Norris of Pavlik & Associates told the council the survey collected 491 responses with 287 completed forms and that the response rate (about 5.5% of the population) is high for a voluntary community survey. She said respondents rated Kennedale most positively as a place to live and to raise a family; fire/EMS, police and the library received high confidence ratings.
Open-ended comments emphasized everyday livability — shared gathering spaces, events, youth activities and park upkeep — rather than abstract policy. Latimore Norris said the top amenity priority in the survey was an indoor recreation or fitness facility (priority score 5.03), followed by water-based activities and pickleball as high-interest activities.
City management said much of the work residents asked for aligns with initiatives already underway and that staff expects to implement many prioritized items in the coming months. The council heard the report and members asked follow-up questions about using the survey to guide budgeting and planning.
City staff and the consultant said the results will inform near-term decisions on budgeting, programming and corridor/amenity investments.
