2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Issues facing the City

Participants were asked from their perspective, and recognizing that not everything is within City control, what are the most important local issues facing the City at the present time (On a scale of 1-13, with 1 being the most important)? The average rankings placed the options in the following order (average rank for each option in brackets):

1. Housing/accommodations (4.3)
2. Social issues (4.79)
3. Health/public health (5.49)
4. Cost of living (5.75)
5. Physician recruitment (5.97)
6. Environment/climate change/sustainability (6.92)
7. Economy/jobs/economic issues (7.33)
8. Health and vitality of the downtown (7.35)
9. Arts, culture and heritage (7.49)
10. Infrastructure/transportation (7.52)
11. Crime/criminal activity (7.56)
12. Governance and transparency (9.48)
13. Provision of recreation facilities (9.91)