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October 1, 1.980 Park Board Minutes Page 3 VI. Old Business A. Comprehensive Plan Anderson .passed.:-out the Park. and. Recreation Survey results. The response. was only. about 3~%. Some of the comments are very inter- esting. The comments are valid even though the return was light. Dahl expressed concern. with using-.the survey in the Comprehensive Plan because it becomes gospel when it is published. .She feels the return was not substantial enough to warrant documentation. It would be nice to use in-house. Van Hatten asked what percentage was .needed to warrant validity. Antlerson responded 100. Gunderman asked if there were any surprises in the survey. Anderson said no, it is pretty-much what was expected, but he does not feel comfortable using any. of the figures because of the light response. Gunderman stated he agreed with what Dahl said and prefers not to publish the survey but use it in-house only. The .Park Board ,got burned on the Long. Lake survey, plus the vocabulary problems that occurred. Anderson stated he would like a motion for guideline purposes to know where the Board stands. He would like to know. if, the survey. was not used in the Comprehensive Plan,-does the Park Board wish to do another survey. If so, would it be done professionally. Perhaps the Park Board wants no survey at all. There is $12,000 to be util- ized in .the Comprehensive Park Plan. The City Manager prefers the work.. be done in-house.. Van Hatten asked who could bury the survey. -Anderson said the City can bury it. It was designed by the City Manager,- Administrative Assistant.,.. himself and the Park Board. Gunderman .said the survey can't be buried. It is public: information. The Park Board can state a position of concern because of'lack of val-idity due to light response but use the survey for background information. Anderson stated that if a survey, was done professionally it would be .random sampling. Gunderman stated he was. opposed to doing the survey professionally because there are no real problems, nothing specific that we are: looking for. He prefers to spend the money somewhere else. Dahl'stated the low return could also mean that the people who did not respond were satisfied and did. not return survey because there is no major problem.