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<br />ATTACHMENT C <br />Summary of Survey Responses <br /> <br />(Total responses = 54, includes public workshop and web site) <br />Note: not all respondents answered every question; some gave more than one answer to a particular <br />question. <br /> <br />1. How often have you come downtown last month? <br />15 or more times: 18 <br />6 - 14 times: 11 <br />1 - 5 times: 6 <br /> <br />2. What brings you downtown? (Note: most respondents gave more than one answer) <br />live/work downtown: 27 <br />professional appointments: 11 <br />retail, restaurants, entertainment: 34 <br />government services: 19 <br />Saturday or Farmers Market: 23 <br />other: 11 (such as LTD, friend lives downtown, etc.) <br /> <br />3. Have you worked on a development project downtown? <br />no: 37 <br />yes: 14 <br /> <br />4. Should FAR rules be changed? <br />no: 4 (comment: regulations seem adequate) <br />yes: 31 (common comments: need flexibility; need higher density downtown) <br /> <br />5. Should non-residential uses be required on the ground floor of new housing downtown? <br />no: 24 (common comments: housing on first floor contributes to street activity; flexibility <br />needed) <br />yes: 21 (common comments: retail needed - but not everywhere; flexibility needed) <br /> <br />6. Should we change the regulations for surface parking? <br />no: 11 (common comment: limits are OK) <br />yes: 25 (common comment: allow flexibility) <br />(There were many questions about this topic; respondents wanted to know more about existing <br />regulations. ) <br /> <br />7. Should we change the regulations for bike parking? <br />no: 14 (common comments: standards are reasonable, bike parking is needed) <br />yes: 26 (common comments: flexibility needed, consider other ways to provide bike parking) <br /> <br />8. Should boundaries in downtown be unified? <br />no: 6 (comment: decreases flexibility) <br />yes: 8 (common comments: boundaries don't make sense; need clarity and simplicity) <br />