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MINUTES City Council November~ 4, 1987 Park Sur~vey Blesener• thought the sur•vey might be late in that a major• decision Cont. has al r~eady been made to pur~chase par•k 1 and i n the Center•vi 11 e Road area. Fahey did not feel that the intention of doing a sur~vey was to ask citizens if the City should pur•chase the par~k land on Center~ville Road. Fahey agr•eed that that decision has alr•eady been made. Scal ze r~epor~ted that the Par~k Commi ssi on i s 1 ooki ng for• di r•ecti on as to what people would like to see on that land other• than ballfields. Mor•r•is agreed that the Shor•eview sur•vey center•ed on a r•efer~endum issue, however, the Roseville survey did not. Morris repor~ted that they did a sur~vey for• Plymouth that dealt with par~k and r•ecr•eation issues. In Plymouth the city had the iand and wanted t~~ know how the people wanted to see the land developed. The City had been leaning towar~ds a 1 arge Ci ty par•k, however•, the r•esul ts of the sur•vey i ndicated that r•esidents wer~e looking for• smaller tot lots and an impr•oved tr•ail system. Morr•is also reported that in Inver Grove Heights, a survey was done to determine the types of activities that people par•ticipated in to deter•mine if the city's existing facilities matched up with the inter~ests of the r•esidents. LaValle asked if Mor~r•is would design a sur~vey for• the City which would find out what the City wants to know. Mor•r•is r•eplied that the City would pr•ovide his company with the topics it wants cover~ed in the sur•vey, and they would attempt to phr•ase unbiased questions on these topics. The questions would then be r•eviewed with the City for• any input or• changes the City would like made. Fahey suggested that the Planning Commission also be appr•oached to deter•mine if they ar•e inter~ested in bein9 included in the survey. Scalze r•epor•ted that the Par•k Commission is in the pr•ocess of updating its Compr~ehensive Plan and would like factual data to base this plan on. Scalze r~epor•ted that the Par•k Commission has budgeted $5,000 for• a sur•vey and it appear~s that for~ very little additional money, other• depar•tments in the City could be included in the sur•vey. Mor•r~is r•epor•ted that his fir~m's basic fee for~ the sur~vey is $~,800 for~ 60-unit questions. Mor~r•is explained that a unit-question is not necessar•ily one question, but could be a couple of closely-r~elated questions. Each additional question-unit over• 60 would cost $60. A 400 r•andom sample is surveyed. Scalze pointed out that the Shor•eview sur~vey included 137 questions. Mor•r~is r•eplied that these 137 questions wer~e actually about 98 question- units. Page -3-