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Huber Heights Pressure Contour Map December 2016
Click the download icon to the right to get updated city water pressure contour map presented at the Jan 3rd Council Work session. It is 8 mb and takes a long time to render on most computers.
If you are unfamiliar with the discussion of the North Pressure Zone you can read this article. Here are some of the points made:
Water Pressure
After the project is complete the average water pressure in this new pressure zone will be 80 psi [1]. The typica…
What the City Council is allowed to consider when making a zoning decision.
The attached document was provided to council in response to the question, "What is City Council allowed to consider when making a zoning decision?".
I've also copied and pasted the content below.
Question:
What is City Council allowed to consider when making a zoning decision?
Answer/Explanation:
Municipalities that have adopted a charter follow procedures in the charter or local ordinances when making zoning decisions. Ohio Case Law invol…
Huber Heights Comprehensive Plan Nov 2011
SUMMARY
The Huber Heights Comprehensive Plan is presented in three parts:
Part I: Introduction: introduces the purpose and intent of the plan, the planning process and the
background research and key findings.
Part II: The Vision: presents the vision statement, goals and objectives for the community and a
physical plan including the character action areas, the future land use plan, and the infrastructure
description and recommendations.
Part III: Im…
Music Center and Aquatic Center financing projection
The attached file is a scan of papers the city provided as the response to my Freedom of Information Act request. In that request I asked for two items:
1. The audit/report done by the Montgomery County TID in 2011 that showed the city would be able to finance the Aquatic Center using TIF funds.
2. The report done by city staff that showed the city would be able to finance the new Music Center using TIF funds.
I've just sat down and spent about…
Music Center Validation Study Report
The city authorized $140,000 in order to do due diligence to determine if the Music Center was an economically feasible endeavor. This report was the result of the last $40,000 spent. Download is in .pdf format
The Music Center Validation study available here at HuberResidents.org has not be published by the city and the content raises concerns about the operation and revenue expectation.
Here are the notes I used when I spoke to council. You can…
Huber Heights Trash Feasibility Study October 11, 2012
This document also available directly from the city's website: Public Works Meeting Agenda 10/17/2012
Introduction
Currently, Huber Heights’ residents living in single family homes, have the opportunity to choose their own waste collection provider. There are several companies who service the city and residents can choose the options and services that best meet their needs. The Huber Heights City Council has requested that City Staff look into the fea…
Single Hauler Trash Collection Bid responses Feb 2013
Update:
The council approved the ordinance on April 8, 2013. Here is a link to the agenda item. You can find the Resolution as an attachment as well as the contract.
Original ________________________________________________________________________________
The city has been looking into contracting with a single trash hauling company to provide residential service for the city. Three companies responded to the Request for Proposal (RFP). This documen…
Huber Heights TIF Districts - Map (circa 2011/2012)
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a substitution for traditional property taxes. This is a map of the TIF Districts in Huber Heights that was provided by the city in early 2012.
The Heights - Tax Revenues Generated for Various Government Entities
Executive Summary:
The Heights retail, hospitality and office development will significantly increase the economic activity in the region and generate millions of dollars of public funds for the City of Huber Heights, Huber Heights Consolidated School District, Montgomery County and the State of Ohio.
This document was revealed on the day the residents first learned about the Heights Development Project
The Heights - 201/202 CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
This is the first contract between the city and the developer for "The Heights" development project.
Proposed Budget for 2014 and 2013 City of Huber Heights
The download is still of the 2013 proposed budget. Here is a link to the 2014 budget long version
and 2014 budget short version
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This is a compressed copy of the 2013 Huber Heights Budget as proposed in the Nov 2012 Administration Committee meeting. The first reading of this budget will be done in the 26 Nov 2012 City Council Meeting. Approval of the budget will occur in the Dec 10, 2012 meeting.
If you do not like the for…
Parks_and_Rec_Water_and_Waste_Collection_Survey
In 2010, the City of Huber Heights contracted with the Center for Urban and Public Affairs (CUPA) at Wright State University to conduct a random telephone survey to assess resident perceptions of parks and recreation in Huber Heights, as well as waste collection services and water softening. This summary report will provide an analysis of the data collection which occurred from August-October of 2010.
The city council often quoted this survey to justif…
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Excellent
Hope to see you there.
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from my college psychology textbook (cira 1988) Southern New Hampshire University
1.) Set questions with set answers (meaning the person taking the survey actually has to pick a certain answer even if it does not fit with how they feel on the subject.
2.) No way to expand on your answers. When I am asked a question I do not like to give just a yes or no answer I like to state my reasoning behind my decisions or my though process
3.) Giving surveys you have to make sure that it is being answered by a variety of people. I find most surveys are limited to a certain group, ie houswives, working mothers, students, middle class, etc,. To get the most out of the survey it has to be offered to everyone from everybackground, race, nationality, religious and political background this is a daunting task
4. ) Incentive to take the survey. If the survey takes more than a few mins then people will not complete it or even start it. Time is valuable and we all have so little of it.
5.) I know personally from taking a few surveys that it is aggravating not to know what has been deemed from the survey, I feel I have taken time out of my day to answer the survey at least I could be informed of the results.
6.) With surveys or really any other test you can never be sure if you are be given the truthful answer or the answer that the survey taker thinks you want to hear, So scientifically they provide no real data.
Here are some more,
Checklist of Potential Problems with Random Surveys
A. Sampling Procedures
1. Is the sample a haphazard (nonprobability) sample or some variant of a probability (random) sample?
Examples of haphazard samples are: "person-on-the-street" interviews, letters to the editor, call-in polls, "straw" polls, Literary Digest, etc. Problems are bias, nonrepresentativeness.
Probability samples give each individual from the population an equal chance of being selected. They allow for generalizability with some degree of sampling error.
2. What is the size of the sample? What is the "sampling error," or the "accuracy level" of the survey and how does this affect the interpretation of the survey findings?
Smaller samples (especially less than about 600 respondents) begin to yield intolerably high levels (4% and higher) of sampling error â€" the error or inaccuracy in being able to generalize from sample results to the population. For example, for a sample size of 600 and a sampling error of + or - 4%, if we find that 50% of the respondents in the sample prefer candidate X to candidate Y, this actually means that we are relatively certain (there is a 95% probability) that between 46% and 54% of the American public prefer candidate X to Y.
Also, sampling errors are larger for smaller subgroups (e.g., women vs. men) of the survey. Of course, if accuracy isn't all that important, higher levels of sampling error may be tolerable.
3. Was the interviewing done face-to-face or over the telephone? How does this affect results? If a telephone interview, was random digit dialing used to select respondents?
4. What was the "response rate" of the survey–i.e., percentage of those selected who refused to participate? How can this affect the survey results?
5. Note: Sampling errors are just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of problems or errors with public opinion polls and reporting response rates, sampling errors, etc. in articles on political polls tends to give the reader a false sense of the accuracy of polling results, as if such errors are the only ones we need to know about and that most of the â€ceerror†in a survey can be estimated with scientific precision.
In fact, other problems associated with question wording, question order and the interpretation of survey findings are often more important than sampling errors. In fact, if the poll is done by a reputable firm, the sampling procedure is probably one of the least important aspects of the survey to know about.
B. Question Wording
1. Is the question "loaded" or biased in some way? Does it "lead" respondents to answer in a particular manner? Does it present different sides of an issue fairly?
2. Is the question susceptible to social desirability biases so that some answers might appear more socially acceptable or "politically correct?"
3. Is the question clear and unambiguous, simple and straightforward? Or are there several issues at stake in an unnecessarily complicated question? And does the question require knowledge that many people may not have, or use terms that some people might not understand? If so, the question may be "testing" familiarity and measuring "nonattitudes" rather than soliciting real opinions.
4. Are responses affected by the context of the question–i.e., previous questions, question order, and the like?
5. Other question wording effects (see Erikson and Tedin, Ch 2): Are there likely to be framing effects? Are the arguments balanced? Are multiple Likert items balanced?
C. Interpreting Survey Results
1. Is there any reason to think that the polling organization or sponsor is distorting the results of the poll for its own benefit?
2. Are there alternative interpretations or explanations for the results, besides those being reported or intimated? Could differences in responses across groups, over time, etc. be due to some other reason than those suggested in the article?
3. What are the goals of the analyst? Mere description, explanation, or prediction?
4. What "model" of polling and public opinion do pollsters and reporters seem to have in mind in describing and interpreting the results of a poll? Two typical types of interpretations of political polls of candidate or policy support:
Public opinion as â€ceelectionsâ€: Is the public opinion poll being interpreted as a sort of "interim election" or a "mandate from the people" that should be followed by the nation's leaders (George Gallup's position)? Are the results being used to predict political behavior or support weeks and months from now? If so, the political attitudes being measured must be salient, stable, and "strong" so that the â€cesnap-shot†picture provided by the public opinion poll is not a serious distortion.
Public opinion as a â€cepuzzle†that needs further probing and explanation: Or is the poll being used to understand the sources and dynamics of public opinion, which is acknowledged to be complex and ever-changing? If so, is it acknowledged that much of public opinion is often subject to change, and is sometimes amorphous, somewhat weak and passive, with only a minority mobilized pro or con? Is there an attempt to understand how public opinion changes in response to events and how those changes produce trends in the "climate" of public opinion? Is there an attempt to document trends in public opinion over time, to understand the origins of public opinion, or document and explain differences in public opinion across different social, political, and information groups in the population?
How do politicians, journalists, social scientists and the public differ in the way they are likely to interpret polls, based on their goals?
5. Would using other methods in addition to, or in lieu of surveys help us to overcome limitations of opinion polls?
Use depth interviews or focus groups to: delve beneath the surface of superficial survey responses and understand how people arrive at their opinions in the first place?
Use lab experiments or survey experiments to disentangle causes from effects in public opinion?
· Use Q-methodology to understand the different meanings and subjective frames of reference that people use to interpret terms and questions?