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Safety concerns due to <br />illegal activity <br />Insufficient funding for <br />maintenance/expansion <br />Outdated facilities cannot <br />meet needs <br />Unequal distribution <br />throughout the city <br />Source: DHM Research, October 2016 <br />Across the other three identified challengesinsufficient funding, outdated and undersized facilities, <br />unequal distributions of parks and facilitiesmore variation was observed, with political affiliation leading <br />the way. Democrats placed more importance on each of these three challenges than Republicans did by <br />an average of 19% points. Independent voters provided responses more similar to Democrats except <br />when it came to insufficient funding, where their responses were in line with those of Republicans. <br />Additionally, those who visited a park at least once a month tended to ascribe higher importance levels <br />(an average of +12% points) to the three challenges than voters who did not. Voters ages 18-29 <br />consistently indicated higher importance levels (88-96%) than older respondents. Southwest voters stood <br />out for the importance they placed on addressing unequal distribution (84%), though caution should be <br />employed in interpreting this data due to small sample size. <br />The survey also posed a series of questions to deter <br />recreation services in Eugene (Q10), and what projects they thought were most important for the Parks <br />and Open Space Division (Q11) and Recreation Services Division (Q12) to fund. <br />Esplit between thinking that the city should keep funding for parks and recreation <br />services at their current levels, and that the city should increase funding and add services (Q10). Few <br />called for reductions to funding and cuts to services. <br />DHM RESEARCH |CITY OF EUGENE PARKS AND RECREATION SURVEY | OCTOBER 2016 <br />10 <br /> <br />