Title
Citizen Survey Results and Community Indicator Dashboard
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Receive a briefing on the results of a citizen survey and the Action Plan Indicator Dashboard in preparation for City Council's January retreat.
Report
Issue:
City Councilmembers will receive an in-depth briefing on the results of a statistically rigorous citizen survey conducted by Elway Research, and receive a briefing from staff on the Action Plan Indicator Dashboard.
Staff Contact:
Stacey Ray, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8046
Presenter(s):
Stacey Ray, Senior Planner
Stuart Elway, Elway Research, Inc.
Background and Analysis:
In 2014, City Council (Council) adopted a broad and ambitious Comprehensive Plan vision for our community, and shortly after accepted a new and strategic approach to achieving that vision, called the Action Plan (Attachment 1).
The Action Plan identifies strategies and actions for achieving the vision, organizing them into five different action areas: Community, Safety & Health; Downtown; Economy; Environment; and Neighborhoods. It also establishes 31 community indicators to help us track, share, and evaluate our progress in each of these action areas. Council received a briefing in early 2017 on an initial subset of about one-third of the indicators. Now, all but two measures have data and are being updated on the City website. [Note: The two measures not included don't have current data readily available. They are: number of historic and cultural sites and percent of business owners rating Olympia as a good place to do business.]
2018 will be the first year in which the City can now use data from these indicators to inform its priorities in department work plans, the capital facilities plan and budget. Attachment 2 shows how this can be accomplished through an annual cycle that emphasizes performance, priorities, a...
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