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I I Decision Resources, LId. f' February, 1997 I A consensus has developed, though, around the appropriate formula for the cost-sharing arrangement between impacted residents and city as a whole: seventy-seven percent would continue the current pavement management program, while only eleven percent would move to I paying all costs out of general property tax revenue. Similarly, fifty-five percent would oppose the City underwriting a higher share of the costs of street improvement though the use of property tax revenue. I Lakes and Environmental Concerns: I While seventy-three percent rated the quality of the lakes in Arden Hills as "excellent" or "good," forty-seven percent rated their clarity as "only fair" or "poor." Reflective of the latter I result, by a sixty-eight percent to twenty-one percent margin, residents favored the City requiring the use of phosphate-free lawn fertilizers. I Twin City Army Ammunition Plant Property: Ie Eighty percent of the sample was aware of the current plans for multiple uses of the TCAAP property in Arden Hills. By a decisive sixty-nine percent to nineteen percent judgment, they I favor the current plans for re-use of the land. And, fifty-nine percent indicated that either a "top priority" or "high priority" should be assigned to the City guiding future development of the site, I New City Hall: I By a sixty-seven percent to twenty-seven percent judgment, residents felt the new City Hall should include community space or meeting rooms for use by citizens and local community groups. A narrower margin, forty-three percent to thirty-seven percent, endorsed including office I space in the facility leasable by other local, state, or federal agencies. The latter result showed a decrease in support for a multi-use facility since the 1990 benchmark study. In making suggestions about the new City Hall, thirty-four percent urged the City Council to "keep costs I reasonable." I Communication Channels: I The City has lost the very well developed and focused communications system found in the 1990 study with the passing ofthe old "Town Crier." Newspapers were relied upon almost as equally as the city newsletter for information about community events and relied upon more heavily for t' Page 8 I