Which methods of communication from the City of Dublin do you use to receive news and information about what is happening in the City? How can the City of Dublin better communicate with you?

Which methods do you use to gather City of Dublin information? (check all that apply)

• City of Dublin website
• E-mail news flashes and press releases
• City of Dublin Activity Guide (“The Guide to Fun in the New American Backyard”)
• Mailing information to your home or business

Please prioritize the following methods in order of importance to you:

1. Email news flashes and press releases

   Email News Flashes & Press Releases

2. Printed version of the City Report and Annual Report (annual newsletters published in March and August)

   Printed Reports

3. Mailing information to your home or business

   Mail (paper)

4. Online versions of the City Report and Annual Report

   Online Reports

5. City of Dublin website

   City of Dublin Website

What other methods of communication do you use to gather information about the City?

• Dublin Patch
• Print Newspapers (please list in follow up question)
• Other - Sometimes, word-of-mouth, which is neither efficient nor thorough. I would really like useful information and some in-depth articles pushed to me by subscription on a weekly/bi-weekly basis. I really appreciate the Open City Hall idea!

If you subscribe to or regularly access ONLINE newspapers or publications, please list them here:

Dublin Patch (infrequently access)
City of Dublin Web Site (rarely access)

Is Facebook one of the ways the City of Dublin presently shares information to residents? Is there a single site a resident can access? What is the URL?

If you subscribe to any PRINT newspapers or publications, please list them here:

East Bay Times (anything else out there like this?)
The Independent (much more useful for local news)

I am often at the Dublin Library. This would be another central location where one could pick up printed information, if mailing costs are prohibitive.

Last year, the City updated its website and mobile app. Do you have any feedback or suggestions about how we can improve communications?

The City’s website has the ability to translate into a variety of languages. Do you have any suggestions on how we can better communicate with residents that speak languages other than English?

What social media platforms do you use, generally? (check all that apply)

• Facebook
• Other - Note: I use Facebook but for personal sharing/communications. I normally don't think of it as a way of getting information from city government. However, I would use it if the information is useful and timely (not low-level details and administrivia).

What topics would you like to see covered on Open City Hall?

1. Partnership with the Dublin Unified School District to accelerate the development of a 2nd high school in East Dublin. As a parent with children attending middle school, this is our most important concern by far regarding living in Dublin!

The school board doesn't appear to care much about the plight of parents having to balance work hours flexibility with parents getting children to school on time, but this is important to many households. Having to commute across the city from the east to west side will be awful and really time-consuming, given present conditions, and it will get worse.

2. Slow down or temporarily suspend the development of housing units until there is balance with school capacity. We will only vote for people running for city council who support this.

3. Efforts to ease East<--> West traffic congestion/road related work. Build/upgrade higher capacity/faster expressways with fewer lights as alternatives to freeway to enable people to get around Dublin and adjacent cities. This especially needs to be done to ease access to Dublin High School until the 2nd high school has been built. (Is it possible to have a new expressway cut through behind the new Camp Parks housing development?) Also, information about easing 580 and 680 congestion and rebuilding the 580/680 interchange.

4. Development of a more pleasant, unified downtown region like Pleasanton, Livermore, Walnut Creek, etc. with public meeting areas and walkable areas. Avoid the strip mall approach as much as possible please! We are still unhappy that Promenade wasn't built as promised when our house was being sold to us.

5. More complete, not spotty, information about new/expanded recreational facilities, dinning, and entertainment venues and businesses (not as much as a city discussion item as much as general news provided to Dublin residents unless its a major facility, such as the waterpark)

6. Public safety related information

7. Discussion of Ikea and other major retailors and how to address traffic problems resulting from having them locate in Dublin.