Resident Jean Barrick said at the council meeting that she appreciated that the council wants to find out how residents feel about using the orchard, but she said she thought the survey was biased in favor of using the orchard for play fields. Bogosian and the city staff created the questions, which council members Nick Streit and Ann Waltonsmith later helped to revise, according to Streit. He said the survey is only preliminary. The intent here is to get a pulse of what the residents of Saratoga want. We may still go back and do a professional survey, but this is a good start.
City officials encourage all Saratoga residents to complete and return the survey.
Leigh Ann Maze Saratoga News reporter Kara Chalmers contributed to this article.