City of Ceres Parks and Recreation

Questionnaire

As a community member and user of Ceres park facilities and recreation programs, your input is invaluable in helping us continue to service the community’s needs. Please take a few moments to complete the following questionnaire; it is only 18 questions and should take less than 5 minutes. If you are uncomfortable answering a question, please leave it blank. Your feed-back is greatly appreciated.

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* 1. How many City recreation facilities have you visited in the past year? (choose one)

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* 2. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the number of facilities available: (1=Dissatisfied/10=Completely Satisfied)

Why? What is your favorite park to visit?

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* 3. How many City recreation programs have you participated in during the past year? (choose one)

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* 4. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the recreational programs available: (1=Dissatisfied/10=Completely Satisfied)

Why?

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* 5. How many times in the past year have you reserved a facility? (choose one)

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* 6. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the reservation process: (1=Dissatisfied/10=Completely Satisfied)

Why?

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* 7. Are there enough sports fields to meet the needs of the community sports groups? (choose one)

Not enough

Somewhat lacking

Adequate

More than adequate

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* 8. How often do you visit your closest park facility? (choose one)

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Frequently

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* 9. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the proximity to your closest park: (1=Dissatisfied/10=Completely Satisfied)

Why?

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* 10. Please rate the quality of each of the following services provided as they relate to parks and recreation:

	Don't Know	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	N/A
Quality of Services	Quality of Services Don't Know	Quality of Services Poor	Quality of Services Fair	Quality of Services Good	Quality of Services Excellent	Quality of Services N/A
Recreation Facilities	Recreation Facilities Don't Know	Recreation Facilities Poor	Recreation Facilities Fair	Recreation Facilities Good	Recreation Facilities Excellent	Recreation Facilities N/A
Programs	Programs Don't Know	Programs Poor	Programs Fair	Programs Good	Programs Excellent	Programs N/A
Parks	Parks Don't Know	Parks Poor	Parks Fair	Parks Good	Parks Excellent	Parks N/A
Access to information	Access to information Don't Know	Access to information Poor	Access to information Fair	Access to information Good	Access to information Excellent	Access to information N/A
Other (Please rank and enter your answer below)	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Don't Know	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Poor	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Fair	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Good	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Excellent	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) N/A

Other (with ranking)

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* 11. Please rate your satisfaction of each of the following services provided as they relate to parks and recreation: (1=Dissatisfied/5=Completely Satisfied)

	1	2	3	4	5	N/A
Quality of Services	Quality of Services 1	Quality of Services 2	Quality of Services 3	Quality of Services 4	Quality of Services 5	Quality of Services N/A
Recreation Facilities	Recreation Facilities 1	Recreation Facilities 2	Recreation Facilities 3	Recreation Facilities 4	Recreation Facilities 5	Recreation Facilities N/A
Programs	Programs 1	Programs 2	Programs 3	Programs 4	Programs 5	Programs N/A
Parks	Parks 1	Parks 2	Parks 3	Parks 4	Parks 5	Parks N/A
Access to information	Access to information 1	Access to information 2	Access to information 3	Access to information 4	Access to information 5	Access to information N/A
Other (Please rank and enter your answer below)	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 1	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 2	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 3	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 4	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 5	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) N/A

Other (with ranking)

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* 12. Which of the following benefits of parks, recreation and trails are most important to you? (1=Not important/5=Very important)

	1	2	3	4	5	N/A
Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors 1	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors 2	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors 3	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors 4	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors 5	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors N/A
Improve health, wellness and fitness	Improve health, wellness and fitness 1	Improve health, wellness and fitness 2	Improve health, wellness and fitness 3	Improve health, wellness and fitness 4	Improve health, wellness and fitness 5	Improve health, wellness and fitness N/A
Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community 1	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community 2	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community 3	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community 4	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community 5	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community N/A
Protect our natural environment	Protect our natural environment 1	Protect our natural environment 2	Protect our natural environment 3	Protect our natural environment 4	Protect our natural environment 5	Protect our natural environment N/A
Support youth development	Support youth development 1	Support youth development 2	Support youth development 3	Support youth development 4	Support youth development 5	Support youth development N/A
Provide special events and social opportunities	Provide special events and social opportunities 1	Provide special events and social opportunities 2	Provide special events and social opportunities 3	Provide special events and social opportunities 4	Provide special events and social opportunities 5	Provide special events and social opportunities N/A
Provide opportunities to learn new things	Provide opportunities to learn new things 1	Provide opportunities to learn new things 2	Provide opportunities to learn new things 3	Provide opportunities to learn new things 4	Provide opportunities to learn new things 5	Provide opportunities to learn new things N/A
Attract residents and businesses	Attract residents and businesses 1	Attract residents and businesses 2	Attract residents and businesses 3	Attract residents and businesses 4	Attract residents and businesses 5	Attract residents and businesses N/A
Other (Please rank and enter your answer below)	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 1	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 2	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 3	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 4	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) 5	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) N/A

Other (with ranking)

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* 13. How well does the City fulfill the following?

	Don't Know	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	N/A
Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors Don't Know	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors Poor	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors Fair	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors Good	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors Excellent	Provide opportunities to enjoy nature/outdoors N/A
Improve health, wellness and fitness	Improve health, wellness and fitness Don't Know	Improve health, wellness and fitness Poor	Improve health, wellness and fitness Fair	Improve health, wellness and fitness Good	Improve health, wellness and fitness Excellent	Improve health, wellness and fitness N/A
Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community Don't Know	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community Poor	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community Fair	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community Good	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community Excellent	Strengthen families, neighborhoods & community N/A
Protect our natural environment	Protect our natural environment Don't Know	Protect our natural environment Poor	Protect our natural environment Fair	Protect our natural environment Good	Protect our natural environment Excellent	Protect our natural environment N/A
Support youth development	Support youth development Don't Know	Support youth development Poor	Support youth development Fair	Support youth development Good	Support youth development Excellent	Support youth development N/A
Provide special events and social opportunities	Provide special events and social opportunities Don't Know	Provide special events and social opportunities Poor	Provide special events and social opportunities Fair	Provide special events and social opportunities Good	Provide special events and social opportunities Excellent	Provide special events and social opportunities N/A
Provide opportunities to learn new things	Provide opportunities to learn new things Don't Know	Provide opportunities to learn new things Poor	Provide opportunities to learn new things Fair	Provide opportunities to learn new things Good	Provide opportunities to learn new things Excellent	Provide opportunities to learn new things N/A
Attract residents and businesses	Attract residents and businesses Don't Know	Attract residents and businesses Poor	Attract residents and businesses Fair	Attract residents and businesses Good	Attract residents and businesses Excellent	Attract residents and businesses N/A
Other (Please rank and enter your answer below)	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Don't Know	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Poor	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Fair	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Good	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) Excellent	Other (Please rank and enter your answer below) N/A

Other (with ranking)

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* 14. What do you like most about the City's recreation facilities?

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* 15. What do you dislike most about the City's recreation facilities?

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* 16. How likely would you be to recommend City recreational programs to a friend? (choose one)

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

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* 17. What keeps you from visiting City parks more often?

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* 18. Because of funding limitations, the City and County currently struggle to staff and maintain their parks and recreation facilities. How do you think park maintenance, programs, and new parks and facilities should be funded? (Select your top two answers.)

User fees (visitors pay more than residents)

User fees (same price for everyone)

A bond measure (with money to build new things)

A tax measure (with money to take care of new and existing parks)

Sponsorship programs by local businesses

Volunteer efforts (Park Partnerships)

Efforts by non-profit groups

I don't know

Thank you very much for your input!