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Bend Public Survey To Guide City Council

BEND, OR -- City Councilors will get public feedback on potential future goals, through a 10-minute survey that launches Thursday.

“It's a very general, open-ended kind of set of questions to ask people what are their priorities, or where do they think the city should be prioritizing its resources and time,” Anne Aurand, Communications Director for the City of Bend, says it will roll out in two parts, starting with phone calls and texts to 400 people selected at random adding “This first round is that representational, kind of ‘gold standard’ of survey methodology, with the phone survey. And not everyone will get called.”

The second phase is an online survey, starting December 12th asking the same questions and open to everyone who lives in the city.

Aurand says City Council will use the feedback during goal-setting sessions scheduled for January, “It’s taken in context; and they’re going to get input from all of their advisory committees - they’ve got a handful of advisory committees, and different community groups and neighborhood associations will all be able to come as part of this listening session. So, it’s not the only input that influences them.”

Surveys are conducted every two years after a Council election. Past feedback has pushed for prioritizing transportation and affordable housing.

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