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50 Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan CHAPTER 6-Community Needs Assessment and Public Input 6 Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment Survey Results The following section presents a summary of the The following section tabulates all of the responses combined survey results, totaling 835 respondents. together, for a full picture of what these two cross- As noted above,the individual surveys results can be sections of county residents had to say about the found in Appendix 6-3 through 6-5: questions asked in our survey. NOTE: For brevity, the statistical random sample survey is abbreviated A total of 832 Community Needs Assessment as the as survey." surveys were received through the statistical ran- dom sample (520), the online survey (301) and the A. Parks and Recreation Facility Usage Questions supplemental targeted surveys for African-American and persons of Hispanic origin (14). While the means • The most frequently-used facility in both the of collecting the data, and the responding popula- random-sample and online surveys was the Triangle lions, are different, the survey administered was Sportsplex,which was visited by 46%of the respond ents in the past year. Central Recreation Center was identical. A comprehensive review of the combined next with 28%,followed by Little River Regional Park results would be appropriate with this caveat — and Natural Area (20%), Eurosport Soccer Center especially since the online survey and the statistical (19%), River Park/Farmers Market Pavilion (19%) survey appear to have reached different component and Cedar Grove Park(18%).These figures reflect an audiences within the county, both in terms of geog- average of low visit rates among those in the SRS raphy and in knowledge of County parks and pro- survey, and much higher rates of stops for those grams. The differences in the survey cohorts is elab- who took the online survey of the targeted surveys. orated on at the conclusion of this section after the This includes the substantial number of SRS survey reporting of survey results. respondents who were not familiar with County facilities as noted previously. • When asked what facilities were used most- frequently, the answers were similar across the different surveys - Triangle Sportsplex, Central (tran�r r'aunr, Recreation Center, Eurosport Soccer Center and PmM onJ ltrr Little River Park were the largest vote-getters in that order. Many of the responses listed more than one facility as a frequent stop. • Forty-five percent (45%) of respondents traveled outside of Orange County to visit a park or _� , � ,r•i*"' recreation facility on either a quarterly or annual basis. Twenty-three percent (23%) indicated they never leave the county for parks and recreation x Y;x facilities. B. General Information .*+* Surveyed households were asked about current facilities, maintenance, service provision and the impact of parks and recreation programs on health, safety and the economy. Table 7-1 on the subse- quent page shows the respondent answers to these 15 questions. 6-4