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Birmingham commissioners workshop draft community survey, push for clearer wording on funding and Woodward questions
Summary
Commissioners and residents gave detailed line-by-line feedback on a draft community survey, especially the "dollar-bill" tax graphic, wording about funding unimproved roads, and whether state-controlled Woodward Avenue should appear on a city survey.
The Birmingham City Commission spent an extended portion of its March 23 meeting reviewing a revised draft of the city's community survey and returned it to staff with detailed edits and clarifications. The working group that revised the draft recommended a shorter questionnaire and added contextual material, but commissioners pressed for changes in phrasing, follow-up text boxes and clearer explanations of jurisdictional limits.
Planning staff and…
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