Ask everyone

While there are all sorts of issues over how valid such a survey would be, I favor asking everyone who lives within 2 miles of Obey Creek, and anyone else who either works in that area or perhaps parks in the Southern Village park and ride lot what they feel they NEED at Obey Creek that they do not have. This could be set up online in such a way that only one entry per household, or per person, would be permitted, and this could be divided as well between those who live in the area and those who have some other connection. Everyone could be told by mail that they will have this one opportunity and everyone can choose to use it or not; those who do not then simply accept whatever decisions are made by others. I think each responder could be offered a periodic e-mail update on the project as well, including summaries of responses of all. This would be a chance to pin down what people feel is important and lacking in their lives that could be satisfied on the land that is Obey Creek. With all of the human and other resources being expended on this project, what could be a better thing to do than the ask the people most affected, and anyone else who chooses to express a view, what it is that they feel they NEED (not just "want"). (They survey would NOT be posed in terms of "what would you like to see included in the Obey Creek development?", but rather "what do you NEED that you don't have in life that some use of Obey Creek land could provide?".) With those responses in hand, I think the whole process could move a lot more intelligently toward answering the core question: What would justify any change in existing zoning for Obey Creek?