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Survey: 92% of Plantation residents rate city 'excellent' or 'good'; traffic and affordable housing named top priorities
Summary
An independent survey of 649 Plantation residents found 92% rate the city as an excellent or good place to live; top priorities for emphasis over the next two years are traffic flow, street maintenance and affordable housing, city and surveyors told the council Aug. 7.
An independent community survey presented to the Plantation City Council on Aug. 7 found strong resident satisfaction with city life, with 92% of respondents rating Plantation as an "excellent or good" place to live.
Derek Harvey of ETC Institute, which conducted the survey, told the council the work included 649 completed responses and had a margin of error of 3.83 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. "92% of your residents rate Plantation as an excellent or good place to live," Harvey said, adding that the city outperformed state and national benchmarks on most measured items. The survey was delivered by mail and online in English and in Spanish online/phone for Spanish speakers.
The survey asked residents to identify which city services should receive more emphasis over the next two years. Harvey said flow of traffic on major roadways, maintenance of city streets and sidewalks, and pedestrian and bicycle mobility rose to the top as the community's highest priorities. "Flow of traffic on major roadways is a clear, most important one for residents," he said.
Assistant City Administrator Laura Carpavichuta said the administration hired ETC as an independent third party and recommended repeating the survey every two years to track progress. She noted staff will share geocoded response maps and cross-tab data with council members so they can identify whether satisfaction varies by neighborhood. "You will also hear tonight the priorities that our community identified for improvement," Carpavichuta said.
Council members praised the turnout and recommended wider public distribution of the results. Councilmember Reinstein asked for neighborhood breakouts to ensure high average scores are not masking local pockets of dissatisfaction. Staff said the full dataset and maps would be distributed to council, and Derek Harvey said the city can run additional cross-tab analyses and focus groups with respondents who volunteered contact information.
The council discussed how to present the results publicly; staff suggested social-media graphics and a newsletter link so residents can explore the data.
