Please answer questions as they relate to you. For most answers, check the boxes most applicable to you or fill in the blanks. All of your answers will be kept confidential; the City of Gahanna will only analyze and view the results of all surveys compiled together.
Living in Gahanna
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How would you rate the overall quality of life in Gahanna?
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In terms of being a good place to live, do you think Gahanna is headed in the right direction or do you feel that Gahanna is headed in the wrong direction?
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Can you describe what you mean?
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For about how many years have you lived in Gahanna?
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Briefly, what do you find most desirable about Gahanna?
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Satisfaction with Services in the past 12 months
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How satisfied are you with police response when you or others have called them in the past year?
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How satisfied are you with snow removal in your neighborhood over the past year?
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How satisfied are you with trash and yard waste pickup over the past year?
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How satisfied are you with the services provided by the water department over the past year?
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How satisfied are you with street maintenance (such as repairing pot-holes and keeping pavement in good condition) over the past year?
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How satisfied are you with the recreation programs sponsored by the Gahanna Parks and Recreation Department in the past year?
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How satisfied are you with police coverage of the part of Gahanna where you live in the past year?
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How satisfied are you with the sense of safety from crime in Gahanna in the past year?
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In the past two years, have you visited a Gahanna City Park?
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Which one park have you visited most often?
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In the past year, how satisfied are you with the way parks have been maintained?
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Officials and Departments
Service Level Over Time
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In the past three years, would you say that police protection has become better, worse or has not changed since then? |
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In the past three years, would you say that maintenance of Gahanna City parks has become better, worse or has not changed since then? |
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In the past three years, would you say that maintenance of streets has become better, worse or has not changed since then? |
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In the past three years, would you say that snow removal has become better, worse or has not changed since then? |
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In the past three years, would you say that responsiveness of City officials when you call has become better, worse or has not changed since then? |
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In the past three years, would you say that the City's effort to stimulate jobs and economic growth has become better, worse or has not changed since then? |
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In the past three years, would you say that the programs sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department have become better, worse or have not changed since then? |
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General City Questions
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In the past two years, have you called, visited or emailed any City office for any reason?
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Which office or department did you contact most recently?
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Did you contact them for city information or to resolve an issue?
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Did the people you reached provide the information you needed?
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Regardless of whether it turned out as you wished, how satisfied were you with the people you reached?
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Regardless of how your inquiry turned out, were you treated in a courteous, respectful manner?
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Have you heard of the new development in Gahanna called Creekside that was opened earlier this year on Mill Street?
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It is the new development on Mill Street, Route 62, that includes restaurants, stores, offices, residences and parking. Do you know it?
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Have you gone into the Creekside development?
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Some people say that the Creekside project represents the kind of development project Gahanna needs. Other people say that Creekside is not the kind of development project Gahanna needs. How do you feel about this?
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Can you explain why you feel this way about the Creekside project?
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Community Center
Several communities in Franklin County including Westerville, Groveport and Worthington have built multi-purpose community centers that have facilities for all ages, from children to seniors. The first five questions ask if a community center were built in Gahanna, which amenities you would want to see as part of that center?
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Rooms for community groups to meet
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A fitness area with exercise equipment
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Recreation Area with activities
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Of the five items, which one would be the most important?
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Of the five items, which one would be the least important?
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If a community center included those kinds of facilities, what kind of need do you think there is for it?
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Local Priorities
City of Gahanna would like citizen input into some other local priorities. Various people have proposed projects of various types. Please read each project idea and let us know if you personally feel there is a need for each one.
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Build a system of walking and bike trails connecting various parts of Gahanna, and connecting with trails leading to other parts of Franklin County.
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Improve the storm water drainage system to handle local flooding during storms.
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Speed up the street repaving schedule so that most of Gahanna's streets would be newly paved in the next fifteen years.
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Of those three projects, which, in your personal opinion, is the single most important need?
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Which one is most important when compared with the community center mentioned earlier?
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Keeping these projects in mind, some people in Gahanna say that Gahanna needs to keep investing in these types of projects to keep moving ahead even if it requires a small increase in local taxes. Others say that Gahanna is fine as it is and simply needs to maintain itself and avoid any tax increase. Which view to you agree with?
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If you read in the paper or heard in the news that the tax rate a Gahanna resident pays to the City for every $100 of income had not increased in thirty years, would you probably think that report was accurate or not accurate?
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Communications
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Which of the following sources do you look into for information about City issues, services and events?
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Do you have Internet access at home?
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Have you visited the City of Gahanna's website in the past twelve months?
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Did you find what you were looking for on the website?
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If the City of Gahanna offered an electronic newsletter e-mailed on a regular basis to inform you of events, projects and policies, would you sign up to receive it?
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Demographics
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Do you have children under the age of eighteen living in your household?
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What is the highest level of education you have completed?
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In what year were you born?
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Are you employed outside the home?
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Are you retired, unemployed or a homemaker?
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Do you work in Gahanna or is your place of employment outside of Gahanna?
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Do you rent or own your home?
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Which range did you total household income fall into last year?
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Under $15,000
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$15,000, but less than $25,000
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$25,000 but less than $35,000
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$35,000 but less than $50,000
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$50,000 but less than $75,000
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$75,000 but less than $100,000
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$100,000 or more
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Have you any other comments about the City of Gahanna?
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Sometimes in surveys like this, our research personnel like to ask a follow up question by email. Would you be willing to share your email address for this purpose?
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