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  • City extends online survey deadline for Pedestrian Master Plan

    City extends online survey deadline for Pedestrian Master Plan

    Have concerns about walking or biking in Citrus Heights? The City says it still wants to hear from you.

    pedestrian walk sign, Citrus Heights Sentinel
    Pedestrian walk sign, stock photo.

    As part of developing a Pedestrian Master Plan, the City is actively seeking community input through an online survey to help identify needs and concerns surrounding pedestrian, biking and transit activity in Citrus Heights.

    Although previously due by February 13, a statement on the City’s website says responses are now being accepted through March 1 — with answers being used “to plan and guide investment in sidewalks, street crossings, and other pedestrian improvements,” according to an introductory statement on the survey.

    The City says community input “will play a key role” in developing its plan to “enhance and encourage” pedestrian-related activity, hoping to gather feedback through the 21-question online survey in addition to hosting a “kick-off” workshop at the Community Center last month.

    The survey takes about 10 minutes to answer, asking questions like how often you walk, how safe you feel, how far you travel when walking and your least favorite areas to walk in. Another question asks if items like lack of sidewalks, curb ramps or lighting plays a role in how often one walks in the city, and a final question leaves a space for entering additional comments.

    The workshop on January 29 was designed to give attendees a chance to learn more about the Pedestrian Master Plan and ask questions to staff, according to a flier promoting the event. The flier also encouraged teens to attend, saying it’s “about planning for their future and future generations as well as for today.”

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    Online survey: www.surveymonkey.com/s/CitrusHeightsPMP
    More info: www.WalkCH.net

  • Final Day for Input on Citrus Heights ‘Community Needs’ Funding Survey

    Want to tell the City how you feel? Now’s your chance.

    As part of the City of Citrus Heights’ plan to identify, prioritize and address community needs using federal, state and local funds, resident and agency input is being sought through a short survey posted on the City’s website.

    City survey
    Citrus Heights asks respondents to rank needs in the community.

    With questions addressing funding priorities for sidewalk and street needs, economic development, housing assistance and public service/facility needs, the City’s “10-minute” survey asks respondents to rank needs, ranging from “very low need” to “critical need.”

    The survey also has several fill-in-the-blank questions regarding community opinions on common barriers faced in obtaining services, and “critical issues” that affect the provision of local program services. It also asks for feedback on “unmet service needs or gaps in your community,” as well as providing a spot for additional concerns or suggestions.

    Asked whether the City really reads the survey responses, and if residents should feel its worth the 10 minutes to fill out, Vice Mayor Sue Frost urged community members to take the time.

    “If the people aren’t there to tell us what they think, how can we represent them?” said Frost, encouraging residents to provide input on the survey.

    “Our city tries really hard to engage with the citizens because the citizens know what’s going on,” said Frost, who sits on the City’s Community Development Committee. “They see things from a vantage point that the City maybe can’t see.”

    Containing about a dozen questions for citizens, the survey includes an additional nine questions directed to respondents who represent agencies and organizations serving Citrus Heights residents.

    The survey will be used by the City to develop a Consolidated Plan, a federally required five-year planning document for the use of Community Development Block Grant funds, according to a statement on the City’s website. Once completed, the Plan will serve as “a comprehensive strategy to address the needs of low-and moderate-income households in Citrus Heights” from 2015 through 2019.

    The City is requesting responses to be submitted before September 24.

    The survey can be accessed at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HR9NVNB