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Commission weighs community survey and outreach options to reach residents with disabilities
Summary
Commissioners discussed creating a community survey to gather needs from Riverside residents with disabilities, including using the city's email distribution list, QR codes, partner networks and possible text-based outreach; staff will compile draft questions for the next meeting.
Commissioners discussed Item 7: development of a community survey to reach constituents with disabilities and to raise awareness of the commission's work. Staff said the city maintains an email distribution list and suggested QR-code and partner-based dissemination as practical methods.
"We can use that email distribution list that we have and send it out through there," staff said, and commissioners recommended supplementing that channel with partner networks (RCCD/PACT, RUSD, Phoenix Gateway, chamber, libraries) and targeted in-person outreach. One commissioner stressed ease of response from texting: "That seems like a so much and easier way than putting something in paper and mail."
Commissioners raised low expected response rates from standard mail or mass email and recommended combining channels and direct invitations. Staff offered to compile submitted question ideas from commissioners and to return draft survey questions at the next meeting. Several commissioners suggested the dual purpose of the survey—both to gather input and to inform the public about the commission's existence—by distributing a QR code and information through partner groups.
Next steps identified: commissioners to send suggested questions to staff, staff to compile and circulate a draft ahead of the next meeting, and staff to explore distribution channels (email list, QR codes, partner outlets).
