Survey of Austin Voters, City Council Election 2014 Take the ChangeAustin.org Survey Now! You are welcome to take this anonymously, but if you give us your name and your zip or year of birth at the end, it will help us verify your voter registration. This adds to the validity of this survey. We promise not to share your name or email with anyone. PS Please sign up to get our email alerts and help us take back our city! How important to you is it that Austin voters have the right to vote on new debt for projects and long-term contracts costing $50 million or more?1 not at all important2 not important3 neutral4 Important5 very importantHow important to you is it that the City of Austin move decisively towards making our growth pay for itself by requiring developers pay impact fees for new road infrastructure allowed by state law? (By our calculations from 2009 to 2013, somewhere between $86,700,545 and $171,902,545 for new roads for newcomers was offloaded onto current Austin residents.).1 not at all important2 not important3 neutral4 important5 very importantDo you support or oppose the current plan for rail -- known as Project Connect? (If you don't mind, please explain your answer at the end of this survey.)1 I'm voting no2 I'm leaning towards voting no3 neutral4 I am learning towards voting yes5 I support this rail planHow important to you is it that the City of Austin phase in a 20% residential homestead exemption for Austin homeowners over the next 4 years?1 not at all important2 not important3 neutral4 important5 very ImportantHow important to you is it that companies seeking incentives (aka "public subsidies") from the City of Austin be required to hire 90% of their staff from the local population that has been living here for at least 1 year?1 not at all important2 not important3 neutral4 important5 very importantHow important to you is it that the City of Austin prioritize the purchase of its goods and services from locally owned businesses, as one strategy for creating a more sustainable local economy?1 not at all important2 not important3 neutral4 important5 very importantDo you support or oppose forcing nearby rural areas to deplete their non-recharging aquifers to feed Austin's uncontrolled growth?1 I completely oppose this2 oppose this3 neutral4 l mostly support this5 it's too bad, but we're going to take the waterNote for Question Above: The aquifer that is most targeted in central Texas is in the Lee, Bastrop, Milam and Burleson counties. The recharge rate of the aquifer is 2,000 years.The historic home tax exemption program was amended to limit the city tax reduction to $2500 per year for owner-occupied historic houses admitted to the program after December 31, 2011. However, hundreds of houses admitted prior to 2012 are grandfathered and get a tax break of as much as $70K per year in combined local government taxes. Do you support or oppose extending the city's $2,500 deduction limit to all those residential properties currently in the system?1 I don't support extending the reform2 I lean towards extending the reform3 neutral4 I think the reform is important5 I think the reform is very importantHow important to you is it that the City of Austin close its lobbyist registration loopholes so that lobbyists who are compensated to influence the city must register and that the City make sure the law is, in fact, enforced?1 not at all important2 not important3 neutral4 important5 very importantNote for Question above: Clear language and heavy fines make enforcement much easier and cost efficient. We would like to hear from you about any of the questions we've asked you. On the question about rail, you might share more of your thoughts about your support or opposition or your questions about it. And, we'd love to hear more about things we haven't included in this survey that you're concerned about. Thank you!Name First Last Email Zip City Council District # or, if you don't know it, the year of your birth PhoneAre you a registered voter in the City of Austin? How did you hear about this survey (friend, an ad, you get our emails...?) Want to get involved with ChangeAustin.org? If so, say yes here and be sure to give us your phone number or call us at 512-535-0989. CaptchaEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. We hope you enjoyed taking this survey. Please share it with your Austin voting friends with the share buttons on this page. Thanks again!
