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will share your response with the City of Durango staff. Do you also want your response shown on this website?
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show it with my name
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Sign in and let others know who you are and what you think. You can sign in now or after you submit your response. You'll be able to read your response on this website and change it if you change your mind.
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Sign in and let others know what you think. Only OpenGov will know who you are. You can sign in now or after you submit your response. You'll be able to read your response on this website and change it if you change your mind.
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Even though your response will be shared with staff, it won’t be shown on this public website so other community members won’t have the opportunity to see it.
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What is a disruptive statement?
A statement
containing personal attacks, profanity, commercial advertising or content which is entirely off-topic, and/or
from a user who has falsified their registration information with the intent to post multiple statements in one topic or to misrepresent their city of residence.
Why does Open Town Hall monitor for disruptive statements?
OpenGov is a non-partisan company dedicated to building public trust in government and broadening civic engagement. Many people will not participate if the forum has disruptive statements.
Does Open Town Hall find many disruptive statements?
No. Disruptive statements are quite rare - less than one in a thousand statements are disruptive.
What does Open Town Hall do if they find a disruptive statement?
Open Town Hall
moves the statement to a different web page,
describes the problem in an email to the author, and
invites the author to change the statement.
Does Open Town Hall ever edit or delete statements?
Never. Only the statement's author can edit or delete a statement.
If I disagree with someone, can I post my opinion?
Yes. Open Town Hall encourages open dialog which, by necessity, includes disagreements.
How do I know if my statement is a 'disagreement' or a 'personal attack'?
Personal attacks are disparaging remarks which impute motives to a person's action. Statements of fact, or of your own opinion are generally not personal attacks.
Here are some examples of statements which are, and are not, personal attacks.
Personal Attack
Not A Personal Attack
He lied.
He said he did X, but in fact he did Y.
She misrepresented the truth.
I don't trust her.
He is greedy.
He is making plenty of money.
It is merely a power play on her part.
She will announce her candidacy soon.
Virtual City Hall has two participation channels :
The Registered Channel: Sign in before or just after you submit your response. Either way, Community Feedback will show your response on this website.
The Unregistered Channel: Don't sign in and remain anonymous. Community Feedback will just share your response with Durango staff.
Note: The first time you sign in, you'll need to register (establish an account on Virtual City Hall). Registration is free.
The City of Durango has contracted with Community Feedback to monitor responses shown on this website.
To prevent any single user from dominating the forum, the City of Durango restricts the number of responses any one user can post on selected topics. Registration helps Community Feedback enforce this restriction.
Users, staff and government leaders often want to know the neighborhood from which a response is posted. Community Feedback uses registration to show the neighborhood next to each response (not the address).
If a user posts a response that does not meet the City of Durango guidelines for civility , Community Feedback uses the user's email address to invite the user to resolve the issue.
Community Feedback will get your contact information. The company is under contract with the City of Durango to hold it in strict confidence per their privacy policy .
Since you'll see your own response on Virtual City Hall, you'll be able to confirm that your response was posted as you intended.
You'll be able to change and/or delete your response as long as the topic is open.
Yes. Sign out, then set your privacy preference to be "No - just show it without my name to staff". You won't need to register.
While no authentication procedure can perfectly detect every fraudulent registration, Community Feedback is able to secure the registered channel against systematic fraud : cases where users submit enough statements with fraudulent registrations to sway the overall interpretation of the feedback.
Community Feedback is unable to secure the unregistered channel against systematic fraud, because unregistered users are anonymous.
Neither the registered nor the unregistered channel represent a certified voting system or ballot box - and that caveat is footnoted on every page of feedback. Instead, both are additional channels for feedback to government.
Users can participate on the registered channel (by signing in) or on the unregistered channel (by remaining anonymous). The City of Durango offers both channels in order to broaden participation and maximize decision makers' insights.
The registered channel enables users to assure decision makers that their feedback comes from a real person in a specific neighborhood. It also enables users to participate in a public discussion on the website, as well as manage their own response after posting it.
The unregistered channel is for users who want to provide quick feedback without registering, and/or whose privacy concerns would prevent them from participating if required to register. Because many users with valuable insights will only share them anonymously, this channel gives decision makers the option to consider those insights in their deliberations.
OpenGov is a non-partisan company whose mission is to broaden civic engagement and build public trust in government. The City of Durango has contracted with OpenGov to administer Virtual City Hall.
Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicle (EV) describes any vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. EVs refer to both fully-electric and hybrid vehicles that require an electric charge to function.
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) run 100% by electric motor (e.g., Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model 3)
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) have an electric motor that burns fuel when the electric charge is depleted (e.g., Chevy Volt)
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) contain both an electric motor and a gasoline engine; however, no external battery charger is used (e.g., Toyota Prius Hybrid)
Do you own or lease an EV?
* required
Please skip the next three questions if you do not own/lease an EV.
What type of EV do you own?
What influenced your decision to purchase an EV? (select all that apply)
Where do you primarily charge your EV?
If you do not own/lease an EV, what is preventing you from doing so? (select all that apply)
What is a disruptive statement?
A statement
containing personal attacks, profanity, commercial advertising or content which is entirely off-topic, and/or
from a user who has falsified their registration information with the intent to post multiple statements in one topic or to misrepresent their city of residence.
Why does Open Town Hall monitor for disruptive statements?
OpenGov is a non-partisan company dedicated to building public trust in government and broadening civic engagement. Many people will not participate if the forum has disruptive statements.
Does Open Town Hall find many disruptive statements?
No. Disruptive statements are quite rare - less than one in a thousand statements are disruptive.
What does Open Town Hall do if they find a disruptive statement?
Open Town Hall
moves the statement to a different web page,
describes the problem in an email to the author, and
invites the author to change the statement.
Does Open Town Hall ever edit or delete statements?
Never. Only the statement's author can edit or delete a statement.
If I disagree with someone, can I post my opinion?
Yes. Open Town Hall encourages open dialog which, by necessity, includes disagreements.
How do I know if my statement is a 'disagreement' or a 'personal attack'?
Personal attacks are disparaging remarks which impute motives to a person's action. Statements of fact, or of your own opinion are generally not personal attacks.
Here are some examples of statements which are, and are not, personal attacks.
Personal Attack
Not A Personal Attack
He lied.
He said he did X, but in fact he did Y.
She misrepresented the truth.
I don't trust her.
He is greedy.
He is making plenty of money.
It is merely a power play on her part.
She will announce her candidacy soon.
Fields marked with * are required
Do you own or lease an EV?
What type of EV do you own?
No response.What influenced your decision to purchase an EV? (select all that apply)
No response.Where do you primarily charge your EV?
No response.If you do not own/lease an EV, what is preventing you from doing so? (select all that apply)
Did you get your current car(s) new or used? Do you lease? (select all that apply)
What might encourage you to purchase or lease an EV in the future? (select all that apply)
What are the make(s), model(s) and year(s) of vehicles owned by people in your household? (e.g., 1999 Ford F150, 2018 Toyota Camry, 1985 Subaru Outback, 2019 Nissan Leaf)
99 Toyota Corolla, 2014 Ford e 350, 2016 Toyota Highlander
How often would you use an EV carshare if it were available in Durango? (Carsharing is a model of car rental where a driver pays for access to a network of cars, typically by using an app to unlock the car in real time)
Electric bikes (ebikes) are another type of EV. Which ebike program(s) would you like to see in Durango? (select all that apply)
Are you aware of any EV charging stations in or around Durango?
If yes, where are these charging stations?
Smiley building and the DoubletreeWhere would you like to see public charging stations in or around Durango? (select all that apply)
What type of home do you live in?
Do you rent or own your home?
Are you aware of federal and state tax credits for EV purchases?
Are you aware of LPEA’s EV Charger Rebates for homes?
How did you hear about this survey?
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