Incorporation leader Eva Galambos has posted a survey on the Committee for Sandy Springs' Web site asking visitors to weigh in on the top issues or problems facing the community of 86,000.

Galambos said it is a reaction to the possibility that legislation granting Sandy Springs residents the right to vote on forming a city might finally gain approval.

She said organizers remain squarely focused on getting legislation to Gov. Sonny Perdue this year.

"It might not happen until the very last night," Galambos said.

And it still might not happen at all.

The issue has died in every previous session going back to 1989, and has an even longer history than that.

What is different this year is a sense that Democratic control of the House is becoming less certain as time goes on, particularly in light of a court-drawn redistricting map that Republicans say would give them both houses of the Legislature.

Democrats friendly toward Sandy Springs are trying to get the issue resolved to prevent the possibility of a Republican House approving incorporation without any financial buffer for Atlanta and Fulton County.

Also, Democratic Sandy Springs opponents say they are certain Republicans will try to hold up legislation on a sales tax for Atlanta sewer repairs until Sandy Springs legislation gets passed.

Galambos said the unscientific survey is designed in part to get residents thinking about how they would want their city government to look.

But it also is meant to give future members of the first Sandy Springs City Council some ideas to work with, she said.

If legislation passes both houses, voters would be asked to go to the polls in July. That doesn't leave much time for planning, Galambos said.

Although pending bills call for a lengthy transition period between county and city government, land use and zoning matters would transfer to the city's control immediately.

The survey covers issues such as traffic, development, public safety and the environment, and it will remain posted indefinitely, Galambos said.