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Resident urges committee to honor survey results, not rework questions
Summary
During public comment, a resident named John criticized committee discussion of the street design survey, urging the Mobility Planning and Coordination Committee to incorporate the survey results into the draft design guide rather than altering survey methods to obtain preferred answers.
John (resident) used the public comment period to press the committee to accept and use the public survey results. He said that the committee’s post-survey discussion focused on criticisms of respondents (age skew, comprehension) rather than the substance of the responses themselves and urged the committee to “take the results of the survey, incorporate those results into the draft street design guide, and move forward.”
The comment prompted questions and a brief exchange about how many people responded (a member later stated 260 respondents). John framed the issue as one of civic respect: he said respondents are residents and taxpayers and their views should be reflected in committee work rather than the committee “changing the survey” to reach preferred outcomes. The committee agreed to place fuller discussion of the public comment on the next meeting agenda.
