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ICMA <br />Page 1 of 24 <br />,4... <br />I�ERF RM REMEW <br />icrna. oM / porfcrrna n cr: <br />Survey Response for FY 2008 Parks and <br />Recreation <br />INSTRUCTIONS <br />Please Read these Instructions <br />Before Completing the Template <br />By completing this template, you and your staff will be able to evaluate service- delivery performance as <br />compared to other local governments participating in the Center and monitor your own service delivery over <br />time. ICMA will compile the data submitted by participants and post it to a private Web site for participants' <br />use, publish an annual data report with graphs and explanatory information, and customize whisker plot <br />graphs for your jurisdiction. <br />What follows are some important guidelines to ensure that your data are as comparable as possible for the <br />benefit of your fellow participants. Please read these guidelines carefully and contact your primary <br />coordinator or ICMA if you have questions. <br />1. ANSWER QUESTIONS AS ASKED <br />Please remember, above all else, to answer all questions exactly as asked. Your fellow participants rely upon you to <br />provide comparable data that they can use to make important management decisions. If you cannot generate an actual <br />answer that exactly matches what is requested, please check "Not available." <br />2. FULL FISCAL YEAR DATA ONLY <br />Please provide information for the full fiscal year ending in 2008. Do not provide information for any time period less <br />than the full fiscal year. Do not provide calendar year information unless your jurisdiction's fiscal year is the same as <br />the calendar year. <br />3. NO ESTIMATES <br />Do not provide estimates, averages, budgeted amounts, or data that have been rounded, unless specifically requested. If <br />you are not able to answer a question with an actual figure, please check the "Not available" box. <br />4. ZERO, NOT AVAILABLE, OR NOT APPLICABLE <br />If the accurate answer is "none" or "zero," please enter a "0" in the field rather than leaving the field blank. This <br />would be the case if your jurisdiction has zero vehicles, facilities, employees, or expenditures in a particular <br />category. Please do not use "0" as a default response when actual data are not available or not applicable. <br />Unnecessary zeros (e.g., jurisdictions entering an average age of zero months for vehicle type when they don't own <br />any vehicles of that type) artificially lower the summary statistics for a measure and must be manually removed <br />during data-cleaning. <br />If the answer is a value other than zero, but you are not able to provide it, please check the "Not available" box. <br />This would be the case if you provide a service, have staff or expenditures in a category, or own the items <br />described (vehicles, library materials, parks equipment), but are unable to report data that meets CPM's definitions. <br />Checking "Not available" indicates to other participants that you provide the service or have the resources <br />http: / /cpm.icma.org/Survey _Manager /www /PrinterTempl ate. cfm? S ection = Surveys &templa... 4/8/2009 <br />