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Commissioners agree survey rules and consider accessory dwelling units as first survey topic
Summary
Harvey County commissioners agreed to require name and address on public-survey forms to verify residency/ownership (responses kept private), to limit surveys to one or two topics at a time, to offer paper and online options, and to consider accessory dwelling units as the initial survey topic for regulation updates.
The Planning & Zoning Advisory Board discussed how to conduct public surveys to seek input on potential regulation updates and agreed on several procedural rules: require name and address on survey forms to verify residency or land ownership, keep individual responses private, solicit one or two topics per survey, and offer paper, phone, email and online submission options.
Commissioners discussed what a first survey topic should be and identified accessory dwelling units as a likely starting point; they also began brainstorming specific questions to include. The board emphasized balancing verification measures (to limit fraudulent submissions) with respondent privacy: according to the transcript, commissioners said names and addresses should be collected to “prevent scams” but pledged that individual responses would not be publicly released. Staff will develop question wording and formats for future discussion.
