ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

We are surveying the residents of Franklin Township to help us prioritize our Mission Statement based on your interests and concerns about our local environment. 

Using our numerical rating system (0, which means low priority/concern to 5, which means high priority/concern), please click on each circle for the priority you think the Township and the Environmental Commission should give to the following:
Low
High
Survey Category
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1
2
3
4
5
1.

Well Water
2.
Public Water
3.
Water conservation/drought
4.
Storm water/management
a. Neighborhood drainage
b. Flooding in heavy rain
c. Ponding in heavy rain
5.
Air pollution (general)
a. From local auto traffic
b. From local industry and commerce
6.
Noise pollution (general)
a. From motor vehicles
b. From local industry and commerce
c. From neighboring residential sources
7.
Loss of farmland/open space
8.
Loss of wildlife habitat
9.

Loss of the Township’s suburban and rural character
10.

Impact of added housing development
11.

Impact of added industrial or commercial development
12.
Traffic congestion
13.
Illegal dumping
14.
Roadside litter
15.

Litter in/from commercial parking lots
16.
Retention basin litter
17.

Property maintainence (e.g., overgrown yards, disrepair, junk)
18.
Abandoned buildings
19.

Hazardous spills and discharges

            
a. Industrial/Commercial
b. Transportation
c. Residential
20.

General township environment
Please answer the following questions as indicated

21. Which of the following household solid waste items do you regularly recycle?
(Check the box(s) below for as many as you do.)

Glass                           Batteries                                Plastic
Paper                          Aluminum                            Newspapers
Cardboard                  Consumer Electronics

22.

Indicate your interest in construction of more of the following in the township.
(0 equals no interest to 5, strong interest).
  a. Bicycle paths
  b. Hiking trails
23.

Would you approve a small increase in your taxes (1 cent/$100 assessed value, which would equal $10 per $100,000 value of your property per year) to pay for the preservation of more open space?  The current rate is 5 cents per $100, i.e., $50 per $100,000 assessed value of your property. 
YES   NO

24.

Please use the comment box below if you would like to provide additional comments or concerns.


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Thank you for participating in this survey.  For more information on the Franklin Township Environmental Commission, please go to: www.franklintwpnj.org/environmental_commission.html. 

Our meetings are open to the public and take place on the first and third Monday of each month at 7:30 pm in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Complex.

 

If you download this survey for yourself a friend or another family member, completed questionnaires can be mailed to: Franklin Township Environmental Commission, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873. Click here to download the survey.