Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JUNE 15, 2016
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: POTENTIAL BALLOT MEASURE PUBLIC INPUT AND POLLING RESULTS
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the Potential Ballot Measure Public Input and Polling Results.
Issue
ISSUE
The Metro Communications Team implemented a multi-faceted public outreach and input process across Los Angeles County to educate the public about the Potential Ballot Measure and get feedback on the proposed plan.
The public input process occurred through four main sectors of the community: Elected Officials Engagement, Key Stakeholder Engagement, Public Engagement, and Media Engagement.
Metro staff attended 84 stakeholder and community presentations and meetings, conducted numerous briefings with elected officials, held nine public meetings and one virtual online meeting, co-hosted two meetings with stakeholder partners, and conducted 14 telephone town hall meetings.
As another means of soliciting feedback, Metro also conducted a public opinion poll about the potential ballot measure to gage voter sentiment on a local sales tax measure to ease traffic and improve transportation. Staff collaborated with the professional polling firm FM3, which conducted the telephone survey May 21-June 1 in English and Spanish to 2,125 likely voters.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The public input process provided an opportunity for the public to submit their input through various ways - online comments, US Mail, voice mail, flip charts at the public meetings, comment cards, and social media. Metro received a total of 1,567 comments.
In addition, Metro received 91 letters from elected officials, city councils, key stakeholders, community groups, and business organizations. The comments were evaluated and compiled into major themes that emerged. The major general feedback falls into the following topics:
* Build fewer projects, get th...
Click here for full text