- Do you think population in your community in recent years has
_____Increased greatly _____Increased moderately
_____Remained stable _____Decreased
Using the scale below, please indicate your answer by circling one of the following letter abbreviations:
HIM = High Impact
LIM = Low Impact
NIM = Little or No Impact
NOP = No Opinion
- In your opinion, what has been the impact of recent population change in your community on:
High Impact Low Impact Little/No Impact No Opinion
a. Employment opportunities HIM LIM NIM NOP
b. Availability of housing HIM LIM NIM NOP
c. Cost of housing HIM LIM NIM NOP
d. Traffic HIM LIM NIM NOP
e. Air quality HIM LIM NIM NOP
f. Water quality HIM LIM NIM NOP
g. Trash disposal services HIM LIM NIM NOP
h. Quality of municipal services HIM LIM NIM NOP
i. Access to public services HIM LIM NIM NOP
j. Local fees and taxes HIM LIM NIM NOP
k. Locally owned businesses HIM LIM NIM NOP
l. K-12 education quality HIM LIM NIM NOP
m. Quality of school facilities HIM LIM NIM NOP
n. Shopping convenience HIM LIM NIM NOP
o. Recreation opportunities HIM LIM NIM NOP
p. Cultural opportunities HIM LIM NIM NOP
q. Public parks HIM LIM NIM NOP
r. Open space HIM LIM NIM NOP
s. Birds and wild animals HIM LIM NIM NOP
t. Wilderness and habitat HIM LIM NIM NOP
u. General noise level HIM LIM NIM NOP
v. Crime HIM LIM NIM NOP
w. Local laws and regulations HIM LIM NIM NOP
x. Public civility HIM LIM NIM NOP
- What about the future? Should your community attempt to . . .
_____Discourage growth
_____Encourage growth
_____Neither encourage nor restrict growth
_____Try to manage growth and mitigate its impacts
3a. Which do you feel would be acceptable ways to DISCOURAGE growth? (You may check more than one answer.)
_____Limit new business and industry
_____Enlarge greenbelts
_____Make growth pay its own way for required services and infrastructure
_____Establish/enlarge wilderness parks
_____Limit building permits
_____Preserve farms and farmland
_____Change zoning to reduce number of dwelling units to be built on each acre
_____Change zoning to increase density and reduce sprawl
_____Establish an "Urban Growth Boundary" beyond which the city would not extend facilities such as sewer and water
—————Require identification of adequate water sources before approval of new development
_____Provide affordable family planning services to all
_____Require "responsible parenting" classes for secondary school students
_____Ensure equal education, sports and job opportunities for girls
_____Encourage small, happy, prosperous families
_____Other __________________________________________________________________
3b. Do you feel that any of the above measures would necessarily exclude persons of low or limited income from living in your community? _____Yes _____No
4a. Which do you feel would be acceptable ways to ENCOURAGE growth? (You may check more than one answer.)
_____Give new business and industry incentives to locate in your community
_____Subsidize the costs associated with new businesses and industry (such as financing roads and other infrastructure)
_____Discontinue setting aside greenbelt and park lands
_____Discontinue school assessments
_____Provide tax incentives for new employers
_____Advertise the attractiveness and advantages of your community
_____Change zoning to allow more area for commercial and industrial growth
_____Provide private family planning services, only for those who can afford it
_____Encourage teenage parenting
_____Provide incentives for having large families
_____Tolerate television promotion of large families
_____Support child-bearing as the ultimate fulfillment for women
_____Other ________________________________________________________________
4b. Do you feel that new business and industry should be recruited if it means that many people who live elsewhere would commute to your community for employment? _____Yes _____No
5. Do you feel that stabilizing population in your community would be desirable?
_____Yes _____No
6. Do you feel that population growth in your community has had, or would have, any desirable effects on your quality of life? _____Yes _____No
- What do you think the ideal population for your community should be?
_____A lot smaller
_____Somewhat smaller
_____Today’s population
_____Somewhat larger
_____Quite a bit larger
_____As large as a major city
