SO WHADDA YA WANT? : CITY SURVEY ASKS WHAT RESIDENTS THINK IS MISSING FROM SAUGUS.Byline: Erin Gebroe Daily News Staff Writer In a city survey designed partly to assure Saugus residents they are not being neglected, respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. are calling for more retail shops, traffic control and street repairs. Specifically but not surprisingly, people want a Nordstrom or Macy's department store and a Starbucks, said Laura Karp, special assistant to the city manager. Out of 3,600 surveys, about 500 have been returned, said Karp, who is administering the poll. The city mailed the one-page surveys to random homes within a 2-1/2-mile radius of Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
Residents who did not receive a survey but would like to participate can complete one online at www.santa-clarita.com or pick one up at Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, City Hall. Councilwoman Jan Heidt said she rarely receives calls from people in Saugus. ``So I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if they're unhappy or not. This survey will tell us,'' Heidt said. Along with wanting more retail businesses, people are saying they would dig into Verb 1. dig into - examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill" poke into, probe penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" their personal pockets for the public good. ``A lot of people have been indicating that they would be willing to contribute between $1 and $10 to help beautify the community,'' Karp said. Included in the survey are questions asking residents to identify the greatest asset in Saugus and the three greatest challenges facing the community. Using answers and comments from the survey, city officials want to stage a town hall meeting in April similar to one held in October in Canyon Country. ``It's our way of reaching out to the community because a lot of residents in Saugus feel that they are the neglected community,'' Karp said. ``We also just want to get the community out together to meet one another.'' The survey and town hall meeting plans are part of a larger effort to improve Saugus. The city is working on a number of capital improvement projects. On Haskell Canyon Road, an irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. system is being installed for trees scheduled to be planted by the end of the summer. The total project, started last month, amounts to $71,000. Seco Canyon Road is getting landscaping, too, in a $500,000 project also planned for a summer completion. And at Santa Clarita Park, a $200,000 renovation program is under way. Repair of the pool and picnic tables A picnic table (or sometimes a picnic bench) is a modified table with benches expressly for the purpose of eating a meal outdoors (picnicking). In the past, picnic tables were typically made of wood, but modern tables can be made out of anything from recycled plastic to has already been finished, and sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. and basketball court repairs should be done in June. |
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