BUENA PARK : Surveys Will Ask Residents’ Concerns
In an effort to shape the future of Buena Park, 30,000 surveys are being distributed this week asking residents what they think of the city.
The questionnaires are part of Vision 2010, a citywide planning project recently approved by the City Council.
“What we are trying to do is get a survey into the hands of every resident, one per household,” said Andy Rich, chairman of the special task force overseeing the project. “We are looking for perceptions.”
As many as 10 resident committees may be formed to study issues found to be most critical, Rich said.
The questionnaires kick off a yearlong campaign to get residents and business owners involved in the city’s planning process. Since June, a committee of 10 people selected by the council have worked to launch the project. The questionnaires are due by Aug. 24, but officials estimate that recommendations to the City Council won’t be completed until next June.
The survey, which is being distributed in two local newspapers, asks residents open-ended questions such as what is good about the city, what needs improving and what Buena Park should be like in 20 years.
A questionnaire in Spanish will also be circulated, Rich added.
Committee member Phil Walsh said 94 surveys have been returned so far and that the major concerns cited were traffic, gangs and graffiti.
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