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6—4 <br />Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br /> CHAPTER 6 - Community Needs Assessment and Public Input 6 <br />The following section tabulates all of the responses <br />together, for a full picture of what these two <br />cross-sections of county residents had to say about <br />the questions asked in our survey. NOTE: For <br />brevity, the statistical random sample survey is <br />abbreviated as the “SRS survey.” <br /> <br />1. Parks and Recreation Facility Usage Questions <br /> <br /> The most frequently-used facility in both the <br /> random-sample and online surveys was the Triangle <br /> Sportsplex, which was visited by 46% of the <br /> respondents in the past year. Central Recreation <br /> Center was next with 28%, followed by Little River <br /> Regional Park and Natural Area (20%), Eurosport <br /> Soccer Center (19%), River Park/Farmers Market <br /> Pavilion (19%) and Cedar Grove Park (18%). These <br /> figures reflect an average of low visit rates among <br /> those in the SRS survey, and much higher rates of <br /> stops for those who took the online survey of the <br /> targeted surveys. This includes the substantial <br /> number of SRS survey respondents who were not <br /> familiar with County facilities as noted previously. <br /> <br /> When asked what facilities were used most- <br /> frequently, the answers were similar across the <br /> different surveys - Triangle Sportsplex, Central <br /> Recreation Center, Eurosport Soccer Center and <br /> Little River Park were the largest vote-getters in that <br /> order. Many of the responses listed more than one <br /> facility as a frequent stop. <br /> <br /> Forty-five percent (45%) of respondents traveled <br /> outside of Orange County to visit a park or <br /> recreation facility on either a quarterly or annual <br /> basis. Twenty-three percent (23%) indicated they <br /> never leave the county for parks and recreation <br /> facilities. <br /> <br />2. General Information <br />Surveyed households were asked about current <br />facilities, maintenance, service provision and the <br />impact of parks and recreation programs on health, <br />safety and the economy. Table 6-1 on the <br />subsequent page shows the respondent answers to <br />these 15 questions. <br />B. Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment <br />Survey Results <br /> <br />The following section presents a summary of the <br />combined survey results, totaling 835 respondents. <br />As noted above, the individual surveys results can be <br />found in Appendix 6-3 through 6-5: <br /> <br />A total of 835 Community Needs Assessment <br />surveys were received through the statistical <br />random sample (520), the online survey (301) and <br />the supplemental targeted surveys for African- <br />American and persons of Hispanic origin (14). While <br />the means of collecting the data, and the responding <br />populations, are different, the survey administered <br />was identical. A comprehensive review of the <br />combined results would be appropriate with this <br />caveat – especially since the online survey and the <br />statistical survey appear to have reached different <br />component audiences within the county, both in <br />terms of geography and in knowledge of County <br />parks and programs. The differences in the survey <br />cohorts is elaborated on at the conclusion of this <br />section after the reporting of survey results. <br /> <br />68