CITY OF VANCOUVER
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
Judy Rogers, City Manager
Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager

M E M O R A N D U M

DATE: April 2, 2002

TO: Mayor and Members of Council

FROM: Judy Rogers, City Manager

CC: Syd Baxter, City Clerk

SUBJECT: 2002 Operating Budget: Public Consultation Process

On December 11, 2001, Council instructed the City Manager to implement a public consultation initiative related to the service levels and taxation choices required to balance the 2002 Operating Budget. The process involved two components:

- a public opinion survey was undertaken by MarkTrend Market Facts, a local polling company. The survey sought the opinions of 600 Vancouver residents on a range of service and taxation options.

- The City Choices 2002 process involving an information flyer, a message line and e-mail box for comments and a mini-questionnaire that could be faxed or mailed back to the City. This flyer was also made available on the City's website where the questionnaire could be completed on-line.

This consultation process will be documented in a Council report to be included in the April 9, 2002 agenda. However, as staff are currently completing the analysis of the City Choices questionnaire responses to include in that report, it will not be distributed until later this week.

In the meantime, the report from MarkTrend is attached to this memo, outlining the results of the public poll and comparing the results with those from similar surveys done in 1997, 1999 and 2001.

Judy Rogers
City Manager
judy_rogers@city.vancouver.bc.ca
opbudget.wpd

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