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City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2025-02-11)

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2024 Resident Survey
Report of Results

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Resident Survey
• Polco conducted a resident survey for Glendale and 
provide the analysis
• Between July 15th and Oct 21st 
• Two options
–Invite Only
–Open Participation

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• Invite Only
–Randomly sampled 
households from across 
the city
–9,500 received an 
invitation by postcard to 
participate
–Of those, 402 
completed the survey
–5% response rate
• Open Participation
–Billboards, Council 
Newsletters, Channel 
11, and Social Media 
were used to request 
participation
–369 residents 
completed the survey
Participation

Survey Contents
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•Custom Survey
–Community Services Focused
• Housing
• Human and Public Services
• Etc.
–Communication
• City-wide communication 
• Parks and Recreation events/services
• Special Event Communication
–Demographic Section

Likert Scales
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Resident Priorities for Glendale
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Housing Services
*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Housing Types
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*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Business & Economic Development
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*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Infrastructure Improvement
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*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Public Services
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*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Human Services
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*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Neighborhood Improvement
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Community & Public Facilities
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*On a five-point scale from Very important to Not important with a No opinion option

Key Findings
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Living wage employment and 
housing were identified by survey 
respondents as the greatest 
challenges faced by low-income 
households.
Organized neighborhood clean-up 
is deemed as the most important 
activity for neighborhood 
improvement.
Retention of existing businesses 
was considered the most 
important area of investment for 
businesses and economic 
development.
Most housing services for 
people with low or moderate 
incomes are considered 
important by at least two-
thirds of respondents.
Road improvements and 
water and sewer systems are 
considered the most 
important infrastructure 
improvement activities.
When asked to prioritize 
across all areas, housing and 
homelessness topped the 
agenda

Next Steps
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• Integrate feedback into Department level 
Strategic Plans – Tier II Balanced 
Scorecards
• Departments will establish new 
initiatives where necessary to address 
the concerns, perspective, and needs of 
residents
• Where necessary Departments will 
provide Council with information, results, 
or request direction

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•2025 – National Community Survey
•2026 – Custom Survey
•2027 – National Community Survey
Future Resident Surveys

Questions
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