De Soto Strategic Prioritizations Exercise

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The following survey is designed to gather input from community members regarding what they value as important challenges and ideas to address to foster a De Soto that is prepared to deal with emergencies and continue growing to better serve the community at large. Please answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability. Thank you.

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Where do you live?

A. North of Boyd St. and West of Main St.

B. South of Boyd St. and West of Main St.

C. Main St. and North Main St.

D. East of Main St . and West of the Joachim Creek

E. East of the Joachim Creek

I do not live in De Soto but I do work here

F. I do not live in De Soto

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How long have you lived/worked in De Soto?

Less than 1 year

1 to 5 years

5 to 10 years

More than 10 years

I don’t live/work in De Soto

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Do you own or rent your home?

I own my home

I rent my home

I own my home but I am also a landlord rental properties in the flood plain

I own my home but I am a landlord with rental properties outside of the flood plain

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Has your home or property ever been affected by flooding?

Yes

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How many times has your home/property been affected by flooding in the last ten years?

0 times

1 to 3 times

3 to 5 times

More than 5 times

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If a flood were to occur today, how prepared are you to deal with flooding?

Very Well Prepared

Prepared

Neutral

Unprepared

Very Unprepared

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Please select your number 1 priority - what you believe would be most important for De Soto to address in the future - for the De Soto Resiliency Plan.

Community Development & Livability - A healthy balance of resources to develop housing, amenities, recreation, and walkability in De Soto.

Emergency Preparedness & Response - Community planning and development for emergency evacuation and community readiness with expanded resources for police, fire, and medical.

Education & Engagement - Actively training staff and community members and providing open and transparent communications resources for flooding, flood risks, financial resources, and relief.

Environment & Hydrology - Forming county, state, and local partnerships to actively maintain the Joachim Creek and mitigate water runoff while promoting green infrastructure.

Infrastructure - Continually working to improve storm, sewer, electrical services with increased mobility networks inclusive of key bridges and channels.

Policy & Regulation - Actively cooperating with state and county leadership to enact best practice measures and regulatory code updates for the watershed to actively protect against development impacts and runoff.

Economic Sustainability - Forming partnerships, pursuing grants, helping protect and expand local businesses, funding city programs and amenities, contributing to buyouts.

A voluntary property acquisition program – helping residents of De Soto who have experienced and are under threat of serious flooding from the Joachim Creek move somewhere safer, using a mix of federal, state, and local funding, and converting their properties into a public, floodable open space that all residents in the community can enjoy.

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Please select your number 2 priority - what you believe would be most important for De Soto to address in the future - for the De Soto Resiliency Plan.

Community Development & Livability - A healthy balance of resources to develop housing, amenities, recreation, and walkability in De Soto.

Emergency Preparedness & Response - Community planning and development for emergency evacuation and community readiness with expanded resources for police, fire, and medical.

Education & Engagement - Actively training staff and community members and providing open and transparent communications resources for flooding, flood risks, financial resources, and relief.

Environment & Hydrology - Forming county, state, and local partnerships to actively maintain the Joachim Creek and mitigate water runoff while promoting green infrastructure.

Infrastructure - Continually working to improve storm, sewer, electrical services with increased mobility networks inclusive of key bridges and channels.

Economic Sustainability - Forming partnerships, pursuing grants, helping protect and expand local businesses, funding city programs and amenities, contributing to buyouts.

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Please select your number 3 priority - what you believe would be most important for De Soto to address in the future - for the De Soto Resiliency Plan.

Community Development & Livability - A healthy balance of resources to develop housing, amenities, recreation, and walkability in De Soto.

Emergency Preparedness & Response - Community planning and development for emergency evacuation and community readiness with expanded resources for police, fire, and medical.

Education & Engagement - Actively training staff and community members and providing open and transparent communications resources for flooding, flood risks, financial resources, and relief.

Environment & Hydrology - Forming county, state, and local partnerships to actively maintain the Joachim Creek and mitigate water runoff while promoting green infrastructure.

Infrastructure - Continually working to improve storm, sewer, electrical services with increased mobility networks inclusive of key bridges and channels.

Economic Sustainability - Forming partnerships, pursuing grants, helping protect and expand local businesses, funding city programs and amenities, contributing to buyouts.

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Are there any other ideas, issues, or concerns you would like to express? Please answer below.

Are there any specific areas of the city that the plan needs to focus on improving or remediating?

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