South Franklin Township & Green Hills Borough
Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan
Web Survey
Please complete all questions and then drop off completed surveys at the
South Franklin Township Municipal Building
OR
Mail to: Mackin Engineering Company, Attention Amanda Miller
RIDC Park West, 117 Industry Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
E-mail to: amiller@mackinengineering.com
Fax to: 412.787.3588
Any questions, call Amanda at: 412.788.0472
1) Where do you live? _____ South Franklin Township _____ Green Hills Borough
_____ Other (please specify) _________________________________________________
2) Did you attend the Public Meeting on November 18, 2008? _____ Yes _____ No
If no, why not? _____ Scheduling conflict _____Did not know about it
_____ Other (please specify) _________________________________________________
(For questions 3-10, rank each set of priority needs / improvements from 1 – 5, where 1 equals the most important, 5 equals the least important)
3) Municipal Services / Facilities: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Ambulance service
_____ Code enforcement
_____ Extension of public sewerage
_____ Extension of public water
_____ Fire protection
_____ Garbage collection
_____ Internet / cellular services
_____ Police response
_____ Road maintenance
_____ Recycling collection
_____ Other __________________
4) Parks & Recreation: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Adult programs / activities
_____ Children programs / activities
_____ Community center / indoor facility
_____ New / updated recreation facilities
_____ Playgrounds
_____ Public park land
_____ Public game lands
_____ Senior programs / activities
_____ Skate park / area
_____ Walking trails
_____ Other __________________
5) Transportation Network: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Bicycling routes
_____ Park-n-Ride
_____ Public transit
_____ Road safety
_____ Traffic congestion
_____ Walking trails
_____ Other __________________
6) Natural Resources: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Flood protection
_____ Illegal dumping
_____ Littering
_____ Open space protection
_____ Stormwater management
_____ Stream / groundwater pollution
_____ Wildlife Protection
_____ Other __________________
7) Historic Resources: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Documentation of historic cemeteries
_____ Historic markers placed at historic locations
_____ Listing of historic properties on National Register
_____ Protect / promote historic farms
_____ Recognition as “Home of Joe Walker”
_____ Other __________________
8) Agriculture: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Agricultural preservation through zoning
_____ Agritourism (promotion / marketing)
_____ Enrollment of farms in preservation programs
_____ Other __________________
9) Residential Development: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Duplexes
_____ Home maintenance assistance
_____ Senior housing (single-story patio homes, carriage homes, etc.)
_____ Single-family homes
_____ Townhouses / condos
_____ Other __________________
10) Economic Development: of the following, please rank the priority needs / improvements (1-5)?
_____ Gas / service stations
_____ Heavy industrial
_____ Large-scale retail
_____ Light industrial
_____ Personal service businesses
_____ Professional offices
_____ Small-scale retail
_____ No more businesses needed
_____ Other __________________
11) Growth & Development: please place a mark by the following statements that you agree with:
_____ I would like to see more commercial development on SR 18
_____ I would like to see more light industrial / commercial development near the Airport
_____ I would like to see more residential development
_____ I would like to see farmlands / open space protected from new development
_____ I would like to see public sewerage provided in the South Franklin / Green Hills
_____ I would like to see the area promoted as a “rural alternative” to suburban development
_____ Other ______________________________________________________________
_____ Other ______________________________________________________________
_____ Other ______________________________________________________________
12) Please list your following top 5 priorities that you would like to see addressed over the next 10 years:
1) ________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________
3) ________________________________________________________________
4) ________________________________________________________________
5) ________________________________________________________________
If you would like to be notified for the next public meeting for the South Franklin-Green Hills Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan, please provide your mailing address.
All information will be kept confidential and only used to mail a meeting notification.
Name ________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: ________________________________________________
Email Address: ________________________________________________
Thank you for your time & input!