How long have you lived or owned property in Sammamish (if applicable)?
40 yrs
In consideration of City surface water management functions, please rank the following in order of your personal priorities (from highest to lowest, with 1=not important, 5=very important)?
Stormwater Facilities: Fix damaged facilities and build new infrastructure to accommodate growth. - 4
Environment: Improve water quality and habitat in lakes, streams, and wetlands, for fish and recreational use. - 3
Roadways: Fix/improve drainage issues on major roads in Sammamish. - 4
Neighborhoods: Fix/improve local drainage issues in neighborhoods. - 3
Cost: I would be willing to pay a higher stormwater utility rate to see more stormwater projects implemented quickly.
Agree
Public vs Private Property: Public stormwater funds (collected from citizen’s stormwater utility fee) should be spent on privately-owned property to resolve private drainage issues resulting from growth? (*Note: growth pays for growth, but growth doesn’t pay to resolve existing conditions.)
Agree
Please select the FOUR MOST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed:
Time-sensitive opportunity: The project should be prioritized if there are opportunities to coordinate with another project’s implementation, or take advantage of a unique opportunity Ex: one-time funding, leveraging another project timeline or funding
Improves a facility maintenance issue: The project provides a long-term, cost-savings solution to on-going maintenance problem.
Maintains existing stormwater infrastructure: The project improves, corrects a defect, or removes a threat to existing stormwater infrastructure.
Accommodates growth: The project expands the effectiveness of City facilities to meet projected impacts of growth and development.
Please select the FOUR LEAST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed (list of criteria is same as above):
Safety: The project reduces a safety risk by decreasing/eliminating the safety impact or frequency of the drainage issue.
Community benefit: The project ranking method should give more weight to projects that benefit many people, as opposed to projects that may only benefit a few.
Community interest: The majority of the community or neighborhood should support the proposed project.
Meets other City priorities: The project provides other benefits, such as recreation, education, open space, riparian habitat, community livability, wildlife habitat.
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How long have you lived or owned property in Sammamish (if applicable)?
40 yrsIn consideration of City surface water management functions, please rank the following in order of your personal priorities (from highest to lowest, with 1=not important, 5=very important)?
Cost: I would be willing to pay a higher stormwater utility rate to see more stormwater projects implemented quickly.
Public vs Private Property: Public stormwater funds (collected from citizen’s stormwater utility fee) should be spent on privately-owned property to resolve private drainage issues resulting from growth? (*Note: growth pays for growth, but growth doesn’t pay to resolve existing conditions.)
Please select the FOUR MOST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed:
Please select the FOUR LEAST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed (list of criteria is same as above):