City announces cooling stations, free transit to centers and rollout of annual citizen survey

The City Manager (speaker 2) told the council the city has opened cooling stations at recreation centers, libraries and community centers and is offering free transit to and from those locations for residents who need respite from heat.

She also reminded the council that many city services, including transit, will be closed Monday, Sept. 7 for Labor Day and that four pools will be open during the last weekend of the season with splash pads remaining open through September.

On public engagement, the City Manager said the annual citizen survey will invite about 6,500 residents and that the questionnaire contains roughly 15 questions, including one about proposed sales-tax feedback; staff said typical response volumes are around 450 returned surveys but final statistical margins will depend on the return rate.

Staff indicated the survey will be sent within about two weeks and that the administration will share the survey instrument with council members for comment prior to deployment.