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Please Complete this survey by May 21, 2001

Please use one survey per person

Section 1 - How do you feel about these things in your neighborhood? 

1. Abandoned Buildings


2. Abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles or trailers


3. Abandoned shopping charts


4. Adequacy of the building code


5. Animal feces not picked up


6. Availability of downtown shopping


7. Bars operating at late hours


8. Business property maintenance


9. Commercial development of residential neighborhoods


10. Dogs not under owner's control


11. Drug Dealers/Drug Houses


12. Excessive noise from car radios


13. Excessive noise from parties, patios, etc.


14. Favoring commercial over residential interests


15. Gangs


16. Garage and sidewalk sales


17. Garbage rules not followed


18. Graffiti


19. Group homes


20. Illegal businesses (e.g., car repair shop)


21. Illegal home occupations


22. Illegal parking lots


23. Improper lighting on private property


24. Lack of a master plan for city development


25. Lack of trees & shrubs as visual screen to lots/yards.


26. Loitering


27. Meaningful penalties for code violators


28. Motor vehicles ignoring speed limits & traffic signals


29. Non-compliant parking lots (e.g., not screened)


30. Notices posted on utility poles, etc.


31. Occupancy in violation of zoning


32. Panhandling


33. Parked cars blocking cross walks, hydrants, driveways


34. Parking in your neighborhood


35. Parking on sidewalks, lawns


36. Quality of bus service


37. Quality of taxi cab service


38. Racial Profiling


39. Residential rental property maintenance


40. Scavengers going through your trash


41. School safety


42. Sidewalk conditions for pedestrians


43. Sidewalk shoveling in winter


44. Trash/garbage on street/sidewalk


45. Trash/garbage in yard(s)


46. Unattended children, latchkey environment


47. Unlocked entrances to multi-family dwellings

Section 2 - How do you feel the City of Albany is doing in the following areas?

48. Adequacy of parking regulations


49. Availability of citizen guide to building/housing codes


50. Awareness of cultural activities


51. Correcting zoning violations


52. Dealing with repeat code violators


53. Enforcing anti-grouper law


54. Enforcing building/housing codes


55. Enforcing parking regulations


56. Keeping parks safe


57. Keeping your neighborhood safe


58. Keeping your street clean


59. Library services


60. Making the city pedestrian friendly


61. Neighborhood revitalization over commercial development


62. Overall city cleanliness


63. Police response times to 911 calls


64. Police response times to non-emergency calls


65. Preserving/protecting city heritage


66. Preserving/protecting residential neighborhood character


67. Protecting and preserving historic sites/excavations


68. Protecting existing housing


69. Public schools and education


70. Responding to building/housing complaints


71. Response time to emergency medical calls


72. Revitalizing downtown


73. Sidewalk and street repair


74. Street lighting


75. Walking neighborhood police patrols

 

Please list the top ten issues by placing their numbers (1-75) in the space below, each number separated by a coma (e.g., 3,5, 7, etc.).

Top Ten Issues:

 

Section 3  - Please provide the following information so we can count your response; your identity will be protected.

Zip plus four (if you know) In order to complete this form, you must know your nine digit zip code. To get your nine digit zip code, you can call the US Postal Service at 452-2499 or 1-800-836-877.

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Do you or your family own or rent your home?

Do you have Cable TV

We welcome your comments and all will be read.