Survey on the City of Madison Street Vending Program

Food Cart Review Process

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* 1. What category best describes you?

Food Cart Owner/Operator

Member of the Vending Oversight Committee

Member of the Food Cart Review Panel

Owner of a restaurant with a sidewalk cafe

Arts/Crafts vendor

Other type of Business Owner

Community Member

Other (please specify)

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* 2. There are currently about 40 assigned food cart sites in the “Mall/Concourse” vending area in downtown Madison. How do you feel about this number of carts?

Add more food cart sites

Reduce the number of food cart sites

Keep the number of food carts about the same as it is now

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* 3. The assignment of food cart sites in the Mall/Concourse vending area is determined by the annual Food Cart Review Process. The process consists of volunteer reviewers ranking carts over a two week period. They evaluate each cart on the basis of the food, the cart apparatus, and the cart’s originality. How do you feel about this process?

The process works great and should not be changed

It's a fair and effective process but there is room for improvement and small changes should be considered

There are things that work well but there are serious flaws and significant changes need to be implemented

The process does not work and should be completely restructured

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* 4. The following is a list of a few ideas that have been mentioned as possible changes to the Food Cart Review process. Rate how you feel about each of them.

	Good idea	Worth considering	Bad Idea
Increase the number of people on the food cart review panel	Increase the number of people on the food cart review panel Good idea	Increase the number of people on the food cart review panel Worth considering	Increase the number of people on the food cart review panel Bad Idea
Invite more culinary professionals to be on the panel	Invite more culinary professionals to be on the panel Good idea	Invite more culinary professionals to be on the panel Worth considering	Invite more culinary professionals to be on the panel Bad Idea
Require reviewers to score every cart	Require reviewers to score every cart Good idea	Require reviewers to score every cart Worth considering	Require reviewers to score every cart Bad Idea
Prohibit panelist from sharing food or not tasting on site	Prohibit panelist from sharing food or not tasting on site Good idea	Prohibit panelist from sharing food or not tasting on site Worth considering	Prohibit panelist from sharing food or not tasting on site Bad Idea
Compensate food carts for the food they are required to give away	Compensate food carts for the food they are required to give away Good idea	Compensate food carts for the food they are required to give away Worth considering	Compensate food carts for the food they are required to give away Bad Idea
Allow new food carts (reviewed on pre-determined Saturdays) to sell their food to the public while they are being reviewed	Allow new food carts (reviewed on pre-determined Saturdays) to sell their food to the public while they are being reviewed Good idea	Allow new food carts (reviewed on pre-determined Saturdays) to sell their food to the public while they are being reviewed Worth considering	Allow new food carts (reviewed on pre-determined Saturdays) to sell their food to the public while they are being reviewed Bad Idea
Lengthen the time of the food cart review process	Lengthen the time of the food cart review process Good idea	Lengthen the time of the food cart review process Worth considering	Lengthen the time of the food cart review process Bad Idea
Add points for food carts that source ingredients from local producers	Add points for food carts that source ingredients from local producers Good idea	Add points for food carts that source ingredients from local producers Worth considering	Add points for food carts that source ingredients from local producers Bad Idea
Eliminate or reduce seniority points	Eliminate or reduce seniority points Good idea	Eliminate or reduce seniority points Worth considering	Eliminate or reduce seniority points Bad Idea
Have an application and selection process for food cart review panelists	Have an application and selection process for food cart review panelists Good idea	Have an application and selection process for food cart review panelists Worth considering	Have an application and selection process for food cart review panelists Bad Idea
Require panelists to attend a training on how to conduct the review	Require panelists to attend a training on how to conduct the review Good idea	Require panelists to attend a training on how to conduct the review Worth considering	Require panelists to attend a training on how to conduct the review Bad Idea
Provide opportunities for reviewers to give specific comments and feedback to carts	Provide opportunities for reviewers to give specific comments and feedback to carts Good idea	Provide opportunities for reviewers to give specific comments and feedback to carts Worth considering	Provide opportunities for reviewers to give specific comments and feedback to carts Bad Idea

Other (please specify)

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* 1. What category best describes you?

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* 2. There are currently about 40 assigned food cart sites in the “Mall/Concourse” vending area in downtown Madison. How do you feel about this number of carts?

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* 4. The following is a list of a few ideas that have been mentioned as possible changes to the Food Cart Review process. Rate how you feel about each of them.

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* 5. What other ideas do you have to improve the food cart review process