This dataset contains more detailed information on the recommendations and resolutions identified by the Office of the City Auditor in their special request report on gentrification and displacement.
See report at:
To complete this special request project, we categorized recommendations and resolutions based on the following definitions:

Directly related to displacement or gentrification ("direct"):
Clearly and immediately impacts the population experiencing gentrification and displacement (e.g., creation of affordable housing units).

Indirectly related to displacement or gentrification ("indirectly"):
An initiative designed to support direct efforts (such as monitoring or increasing funding for staffing). Alternatively, an indirect initiative may be one that is designed to affect the broad population (e.g., overall tax decrease), or the language is so vague or broad that the precise intention is unclear.

Actionable recommendations and resolutions ("actionable"):
Recommendations that are specific and implementable as written; recommendations that detail the specific site of an action.

Not actionable recommendations and resolutions ("not actionable"):
Things that do not appear to be legal; recommendations that are not implementable as worded or that would require significant additional clarification/research.

This table contains data from the community survey conducted as part of an Audit of the City's Cultural Centers. We surveyed members of the Austin community using a survey developed by the audit team. Survey questions generally asked respondents' opinions on cultural center programs, staff, fees, and facilities. The survey opened January 3 and closed January 27, 2020. Austin community members were invited to take the survey through social media outreach and direct email invitations. The survey and outreach materials were written in English and translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, and Simplified Chinese. A total of 1,330 community members responded to the survey. Respondents were asked only to respond for centers they had visited in the last two years and could respond for more than one center. The comments detailed in this table were in response to open-ended survey items that allowed respondents to give opinions or suggestions about each center's programming, fees, staff, and facilities. Any open-ended responses answered in Spanish, Vietnamese, or Chinese were translated prior to analysis. To gauge the general sentiment of the responses, each was categorized as "Positive," "Negative," "Suggestion," or "N/A." During analysis, some comments were deemed more relevant to other open-ended survey items than the items for which they were originally written. These responses were re-assigned to the survey items that more closely aligned with their subject.

This table contains data from a survey about the Millenium Youth Entertainment Complex, conducted as part of an Audit of the City's Cultural Centers. This survey was sent out to stakeholders based on reports from City and Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex staff. The survey opened on December 20, 2019 and closed January 10, 2020. Of the 5,181 individuals invited to complete the survey, 695 responded. Percentages in the tables of the appendix may not total 100 due to rounding.

This table contains data from a survey about the Millenium Youth Entertainment Complex, conducted as part of an Audit of the City's Cultural Centers. This survey was sent out to stakeholders based on reports from City and Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex staff. The survey opened on December 20, 2019 and closed January 10, 2020. Of the 5,181 individuals invited to complete the survey, 695 responded. The comments detailed in this table were in response to open-ended survey items that allowed respondents to give opinions or suggestions about the center's programming, fees, staff, facilities, and how well it meets the community's needs. To gauge the general sentiment of the responses, each was assigned an analysis category. During analysis, some comments were deemed relevant to multiple open-ended survey items. These responses were copied and assigned to all analysis categories that aligned with their subjects.

This table contains data from the community survey conducted as part of an Audit of the City's Cultural Centers. We surveyed members of the Austin community using a survey developed by the audit team. Survey questions generally asked respondents' opinions on cultural center programs, staff, fees, and facilities. The survey opened January 3 and closed January 27, 2020. Austin community members were invited to take the survey through social media outreach and direct email invitations. The survey and outreach materials were written in English and translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, and Simplified Chinese. A total of 1,330 community members responded to the survey. Respondents were asked only to respond for centers they had visited in the last two years and could respond for more than one center. In this summary of question responses, those who selected "strongly agree" or "agree" were included in the total for "agree" and those who selected "strongly disagree" or "disagree" were included in the total for "disagree." Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

The audit team surveyed City staff from January 29th, 2024 to February 14th, 2024. All employees who received the survey link were eligible to respond. See the full audit report at: https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Auditor/Audit_Reports/Citywide_Retention_August_2024.pdf