[Canyon] Density survey early returns

[Tom Fiddaman]

Thank you to the 46 people who have already responded to the density survey.
Keep them coming!

I won't bias you by revealing the results until more have had a chance to
respond. However, I'd like to comment on one point that has been raised.

Two respondents argued that the survey was biased. I would agree that it
surely is, in a variety of ways. We're trying to start a conversation about
density, not write a statistically perfect academic paper, and it would
probably cost us upwards of $10k in consulting fees to do a better job than
the BCPOA board was able to do on a volunteer basis.

It's actually much easier to have a conversation about density face to face
in a room with a big map of the canyon on the wall. Unfortunately, apart
from a few dedicated individuals, there has been no attendance at public
meetings on the zoning update process. (There's one tomorrow night - see
http://bcpoa.net/calendar.html - and a larger meeting is planned for this
spring; there's a lot of material at http://zoning.posterous.com ). Yet I
have to believe that it's just logistically tough to attend, not that no one
cares about zoning or density.

It's incredibly hard to write a question that elicits someone's vision of a
place, or their philosophy of government regulation, in a multiple choice
format. So, if you think the survey is biased, or its choices don't
encompass your ideas, all the more reason to respond - just use the comment
field to elaborate, or respond to this email, and we'll share your notes
with the board. We honestly want to know what you think, because playing in
the snow (if there is any) is much more fun than writing zoning provisions
that aren't widely desired.

Thanks,

Tom Fiddaman
BCPOA chair

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