The fourth annual Yakima Citizen Survey will begin arriving in the mailboxes of 3000 randomly selected households today. The households that have been chosen to participate in this year’s survey have already received postcards notifying they have been selected to fill out the 2015 version of the questionnaire, the results of which will help the City Council ensure programs and services are aligned with the needs of the community.

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The completed 2015 Yakima Citizen Survey forms, which are being provided in both English and Spanish, need to be returned by August 14.

The City utilizes the survey to ask community members to help identify important challenges and opportunities facing Yakima. Results of each year’s survey are compared to the findings of previous surveys to determine if progress is being made in meeting the needs of the community and if issues identified by community members as requiring improvement are being addressed by the City.

Results of mail-in, scientifically valid version of the 2015 Yakima Citizen Survey are expected to be available in mid to late September.

A few custom questions are also asked as part of each year’s survey. In previous years the City has included custom questions concerning recycling, car tabs, potential property tax and sales tax increases, funding a potential aquatic facility, and what kinds of events people would like to see at the Capitol Theatre.

This year’s custom questions ask survey takers how important it is for the City to focus on certain areas, like improving the sense of safety in Yakima and the quality of the natural environment, and which programs or projects the City should invest in including parks and recreation facilities, roads, economic development, and code enforcement.

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