The City of Wichita has been working with National Research Center to conduct The National Citizen Survey™ that will be distributed to 3,000 randomly selected Wichita citizens. The citizen survey is a general survey of resident attitude about local quality of life, quality of service delivery, resident activity and resident demography. It does include questions of local policy significance.
A citizen survey provides the vehicle through which the voices of those who are the typical recipients of government services are joined with those who usually chart the direction of local government. The typical resident is no governmental expert, lobbyist or leader. The typical resident has less time to attend public meetings and budget hearings. A citizen survey offers to elected officials and administrators the perspectives on service delivery and community quality that cannot be deduced from records of complaints or comments at public hearings. The National Citizen Survey™ allows the City of Wichita to conduct a survey of residents and compare those results to those found across America in over 600 other cities.
The 3,000 Wichita citizens will find out this week that they have been selected. Postcard mailers were mailed today, April 17. Beginning the week of April 24, those recipients will receive the official survey in the mail.
For others that are interested in participating in the survey voluntarily, it is posted on the City of Wichita’s website at www.wichita.gov listed under “Hot Topics.” Download either the English version or the Spanish version of the survey. The survey must be printed and filled out in its entirety, only completed surveys will be counted. Mail the completed survey to the City Manager’s Office, 455 N. Main, 13th Floor, Wichita, KS 67202. Fax completed surveys to 268-4519. These surveys will be counted and measured, but the responses will be kept separately from the scientific survey conducted by National Research Center.