SATISFACTION SURVEY
Development Community Survey
RE: Clearwater’s Development Review Processes
Q1. Rate each process you have used for how well you feel each is working to meet your
overall development needs.
Process Excellent Good Fair Poor
Level 1 (staff approval)
Minimum Standard
Flexible Standard
Level 2 (Community Development Board approval)
Flexible Development
Level 3 (City Commission approval)
Annexation
Future Land Use Plan Map amendment
Rezoning
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q2. Rate each process you have used for its ease of understanding, relative to obtaining final
development approval, including understanding the necessary steps between submission
and final approval.
Process (with final approval stage) Excellent Good Fair Poor
Level 1 (staff approval)
Minimum Standard
Flexible Standard
Level 2 (Community Development Board approval)
Flexible Development
Level 3 (City Commission approval)
Annexation
Future Land Use Plan Map amendment
Rezoning
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q3. Rate each process you have used with respect to the appropriate level of submission
requirements (e.g., applications, affidavits, surveys, site plans, studies, etc).
Process (with final approval stage) Excellent Good Fair Poor
Level 1 (staff approval)
Minimum Standard
Flexible Standard
Level 2 (Community Development Board approval)
Flexible Development
Level 3 (City Commission approval)
Annexation
Future Land Use Plan Map amendment
Rezoning
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q4. Rate each approval process you have used with respect to the timeliness of development
approval.
Process (with final approval stage) Excellent Good Fair Poor
Level 1 (staff approval)
Minimum Standard
Flexible Standard
Level 2 (Community Development Board approval)
Flexible Development
Level 3 (City Commission approval)
Annexation
Future Land Use Plan Map amendment
Rezoning
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q5. Provide an estimation of the number of staff persons and departments you are in contact
with for each process, as well as how many meetings (both with the staff and various
boards) you or your development team must attend, and the number of required visits to
City Hall.
Process (with final approval stage) Persons Meetings Visits
Level 1 (staff approval)
Minimum Standard
Flexible Standard
Level 2 (Community Development Board approval)
Flexible Development
Level 3 (City Commission approval)
Annexation
Future Land Use Plan Map amendment
Rezoning
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q6. If you answered Q5, rate the quality of the service or assistance you received.
Quality Excellent Good Fair Poor
Responsiveness
Accuracy
Professionalism
Staff knowledge
Helpfulness
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q7. Rate each approval process application for its overall level of complexity.
Excellent Poor
Application Form (easy to Good Fair (difficult to
understand) understand)
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q8. List the title of the article or section of the Community Development Code that you use
most often and then rate its complexity.
Excellent Poor
Article or Section (easy to Good Fair (difficult to
understand) understand)
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q9. Next to the form of contact below, please give the percentage of time you use each and
then rate the response you received (i.e., how well each of these forms of contact met
your needs or answered your questions). Use N/A if this does not apply to you.
Form of Contact Percentage Excellent Good Fair Poor
Walk-in
Telephone
Email
Fax
Web site
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q10. Rate the timeliness of the response using each form of contact. Use N/A if this does not
apply to you.
Excellent Poor
Form of Contact Good Fair
(answered (extensive
immediately) delay)
Walk-in
Telephone
Email
Fax
Other -
Please explain or provide any extra comments you may have: ______________________
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Q11. Have you ever accessed the MyClearwater.com web site?
Yes No
Q12. If you answered “yes” to Q11, rate the characteristics of the web site relative to
development approval (e.g., obtaining development approval information and Code
requirements).
Characteristics Excellent Good Fair Poor
Ease of use
Information usefulness
Content is up-to-date
Links are helpful
Ease of navigation
Your suggestions for web site improvements: ___________________________________
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Q13. Are there different ways to communicate with you concerning development approval
processes, development status, and other information that would be more beneficial or
convenient to you?
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Q14. Are there any suggestions that you have concerning how the process can be improved
with respect to clarity, ease of use, process steps, level of complexity or any other areas
that you may feel would benefit the development approval process (attach extra sheets if
necessary)?
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Q15. Please let us know what parts of the development approval process work well, or that
need small adjustments to work well, so as to ultimately meet your needs (attach extra
sheets if necessary).
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