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Elk Memorandum River To: Mayor and City Council From: Tina Allard, City Clerk Date; May 30, 2014 Subject: Visioning Plan and City Community Survey In the Council adopted Visioning Plan there are two Action Steps (under the Innovation and Community Development goals) listing a community survey as tasks. The tasks state: "The city.should ealaGlish a metric gstemfor the evacuation of ci f programs;eliminate services no longer available as once ryas;and mi im programs for three testy; 1) Regzrired f mandated/core service;2)Qmakty of life;3)Service teat others protide." By surveying residents, businesses, and community organizations, there is a better understanding of the needs and desires of the community and the city is better able to allocate resources to address these priorities. The survey acts as a planning tool and performance metrics program. By monitoring the city's performance over the long-term, Council can determine if service is improving or declining, and whether resources need to be adjusted in particular areas. When the city budget is prepared, the Council can use the performance metrics from the survey to evaluate what the city is getting for the money it spends, rather than simply how much it's spending. The city uses the measures to try to determine whether it is providing the community good value for the tax dollars they pay. Council should discuss the value of a community survey program in Elk River. If a survey program is implemented staff would recommend establishing an ongoing survey program in the budget every 3-5 years. If the Council feels a community survey is not needed at this tithe, the task should be removed from the Visioning Plan. P0IMERER B1 C:\Users\tsirnon\AppData\Local\N ticrosaFt\Windovvs\'1•emporary lntcmet Fiics'Content.Outlook\70NQQY72\Surveti- INAMPE1 Mem Memo(2).does