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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-15-07 WS Item 1D ~ /],\~HILLS DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: October 15, 2007 AGENDA ITEM: ID MEMORANDUM Mayor and City Council . I I Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator \~~~ Community Survey - Revisions since September Work Session BACKGROUND At the September 17 Work Session, the City Council reviewed an August version of the proposed City Survey (Attachment A). At that time, Council requested a total of 48 revisions (see Attachment B). I forwarded those changes to the consultant, Peter Leatherman at Decision Resources. DISCUSSION Attachment C is a revised version of the survey dated October 2007. Most of the requested changes were made. However, please note at the end of Attachment C, a one-page summary of comments from Mr. Leatherman. In relation to several questions, he wants to advise the City that if the requested change is made, the question will not be consistent with their database. What this means is that we will not be able to make comparisons of our results to those of other cities. Before proceeding with the changes in those cases, we both agreed that we wanted Council to make sure they still wanted to change, knowing such comparisons cannot be made. For a few other questions, he is looking for additional input. We should review this list at the Work Session on Monday night. DIRECTION REQUESTED Provide staff with input regarding the revised survey. Attachments MW \lmetro-inetlardenhillslAdminlCity AdministratorlCity SurveyllO-15-07 Memo RE Revised Survey.doc DECISION RESOURCES, LTD. 3128 Dean Court Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 City of Arden Hills Residential Survey REVISED 2.0 AUGUST 2007 Hello, I'm of Decision Resources, Ltd., a polling firm located in Minneapolis. We have been retained by the City of Arden Hills to speak with a random sample of residents about issues facing the community. This survey is being conducted because the City Council and City Staff are interested in your opinions and suggestions about current and future city needs. I want to assure you that all individual responses will be held strictly confidential; only summaries of the entire sample will be reported. 1. Approximately how many years have you lived in Arden Hills? LESS THAN TWO YEARS.....1 TWO TO FIVE YEARS. ..... .2 FIVE TO TEN YEARS. .... . .3 TEN TO TWENTY yEARS.... .4 20 TO 30 yEARS.... .... ..5 OVER THIRTY YEARS.......6 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......7 2. What do you like most, if anything, about living in Arden Hills? 3. What do you think is the most serious issue facing Arden Hills today? 4. How would you rate the quality of life in Arden Hills -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor? 5. How would you rate the sense community among residents cellent, good, only fair, or of ex- poor? EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR...............3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 11 I( H{\ 6. All in all, do you think things in Arden Hill are generally headed in the right direction or do you feel things are off on the wrong track? 7. If you were going to move from your current home, how committed would you be to stay in Arden Hills -- very committed, somewhat committed, not too committed, or not at all committed? Moving on. . . . RIGHT WRONG DON'T DIRECTION........ .1 TRACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 KNOW/REFUSED.... ..3 VERY COMMITTED..........1 SOMEWHAT COMMITTED......2 NOT TOO COMMITTED.......3 NOT AT ALL COMMITTED....4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 As you may know, the City of Arden Hills has held a community celebration in the past called "Celebrating Arden Hills." 8. Did you or members of your house- hold ever participate in "Cele- brating Arden Hills?" 9. Would you favor or oppose the City holding a community event in the future? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? IF "STRONGLY FAVOR" OR "FAVOR," ASK: yES..... .......... . .... .1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED..... .3 STRONGLY FAVOR... .......1 FAVOR.................. .2 OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STRONGLY OPPOSE. . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... ..5 10. What type of activities would you most like to see included in a community event? 11. Would you be willing to pay for specific activities, such as food and games, at a com- munity event? YES.. . . . ... . ......... ...1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED... ...3 I would like to read you a list of characteristics of a community. For each one, please tell me if you think Arden Hills currently has too many or too much, too few or too little, or about the right amount. MANY FEW/ ABOUT D.K. / MUCH LITT RIGHT REF. 12. natural areas and open space? 1 2 3 4 13 . parks? 1 2 3 4 14. trails and bikeways? 1 2 3 4 15. service establishments? 1 2 3 4 16. retail shopping opportunities? 1 2 3 4 17. entertainment establishments? 1 2 3 4 18. dining establishments? 1 2 3 4 Moving on... . As you may know, property tax are divided among the City of Arden Hills, Ramsey County, and the Mounds View Public School District. 19. 20. Do you consider the city portion of your property taxes to be very high, somewhat high, about average, somewhat low, or very low in comparison with neighboring cities? For each dollar of the property taxes you pay, about what per- centage do you think goes to city government? (READ #1-#6) VERY HIGH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 SOMEWHAT HIGH. . .. ..... ..2 ABOUT AVERAGE. . .. ..... ..3 SOMEWHAT LOW. ........ ...4 VERY LOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....6 TEN PERCENT OR LESS. ....1 11 TO 20 PERCENT........2 21 TO 30 PERCENT........3 31 TO 40 PERCENT........4 41 TO 50 PERCENT.... ....5 OVER 50 PERCENT.........6 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......7 In 2007, the actual percentage of your property taxes going to the City of Arden Hills was 21 percent. 21. Would you favor or oppose an in- crease in YOUR city property tax if it were needed to maintain city services at their current level? FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....3 I would like to read you a list of a few city services. For each one, please tell me whether you would rate the quality of the service as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? (ROTATE) EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK/R 22. Police protection? 23. Fire protection? 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 3 3 EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK/R 24. Recycling and brush pick-up? 1 2 3 4 5 25. Storm drainage and flood control? 1 2 3 4 5 26. Animal control? 1 2 3 4 5 27. Code enforcement? 1 2 3 4 5 Now, for the next three city services, please consider only their job on city-maintained street and roads. That means excluding interstate highways, state and county roads that are taken care of by other levels of government. Hence, Interstate 35W, Highway ,Highway ,County Road or should not be considered. (these will be listed) How would you rate EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK/R 28. City street repair and maintenance? 1 2 3 4 5 29. Snow plowing? 1 2 3 4 5 30. Ctrcct lighting: 1 2 3 4 5 31. When you consider the property taxes you pay and the quality of city services you receive, would you rate the general value of city services as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR...............3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED... ...5 Now, I would like to read you a list of potential projects the City of Arden Hills could undertake. For each of the following, please tell me if you strongly support a property tax increase for it, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose a property tax increase for it. (This is the new question-PTRC) 32. More public transportation opportunities? 33. Improving the quality of the city's lakes, streams and wetlands? 34. Expand and connect the city's trail system? 35. Improve roads to reduce traffic congestion on city streets? STS SMS SMO STO DKR 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 36. I would like to re-read you that list, which one is your top priority for the City of Arden Hills to undertake? 37. Is there one project you would strongly oppose? PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES......... .1......1 IMPROVE QUALITY OF LAKES.................... .2......2 EXPAND/CONNECT TRAIL SySTEM................. .3......3 IMPROVE ROADS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . .4 NONE (VOL.).................................. 5 . . . . . . 5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 6 38. Are there any other projects or facilities you think the City of Arden Hills should consider? Moving on. . . . 39. In general, how would you rate re- development in the City of Arden Hills excellent, good, only fair, or poor? EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR...............3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 IF A RATING IS GIVEN, ASK: 40. Why do you feel that way? The City is considering the development the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden Hills, also know as the TCAAP property. For each of the following types of development, please tell me if you feel the City of Arden Hills should attract that type of development for the TCAAP property, discourage that type of devel- opment or take no action one way or the other for that property. If you have no opinion, just say so.... 41. affordable housing, defined by the Metropolitan Council as a single family home costing less than $205,000? 42. affordable rental units? 43. luxury rental units? 44. condominiums? 45. townhouses? 46. starter homes for young families? 47. "move up" housing? 48. higher cost housing? 49. senior housing? 50. parks and open spaces? 51. trails and bikeways? 52. service establishments? 53. retail shopping opportunities? 54. entertainment establishments? 55. dining establishments? *Note: Questions 41-55 will be rotated each call. ATT DIS DKR NOA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 As the City of Arden Hills continues redevelopment.... 56. Do you support or oppose the City providing financial incentives to attract specific types of develop- ment? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? Changing topics.... 57. Other than voting, do you feel that if you wanted to, you could have a say about the way the City of Arden Hills runs things? 58. How much do you feel you know about the work of the Mayor and City Council -- a great deal, a fair amount, very little, or none at all? 59. From what you know, do you approve or disapprove of the job the Mayor and City Council are doing? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) And do you feel strongly that way? STRONGLY SUPPORT........1 SUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STRONGLY OPPOSE..... ....4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 YES. .. .............. ....1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....3 A GREAT DEAL........ ....1 A FAIR AMOUNT....... ....2 VERY LITTLE......... ....3 NONE AT ALL......... ....4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 STRONGLY APPROVE........1 APPROVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DISAPPROVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 STRONGLY DISAPPROVE. . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 61. 62. IF A JUDGMENT IS GIVEN, ASK: 60. Could you tell me why you feel that way? How much first hand contact have you had with the Arden Hills City staff -- quite a lot, some, very little, or none? From what you have heard or seen, how would you rate the job per- formance of the Arden Hills City staff excellent, good, only fair, or poor? IF A JUDGMENT IS GIVEN, ASK: QUITE A LOT.............1 SOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 VERY LITTLE.............3 NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR...............3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED... ...5 63. Could you tell me why you feel that way? Thinking about another topic.... 64. 65. Are there areas in Arden Hills where you would not feel safe walking alone at night? Do you feel safe in your immediate neighborhood walking alone at night? yES................... .1 NO ....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.....3 YES. . .. ................1 NO.................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.....3 I would like to read you a short list of public safety concerns. 66. Please tell me which one you consider to be the greatest concern in Arden Hills? If you feel that none of these problems are serious in Arden Hills, just say so. 67. Which do you consider to be the second major concern in the city? Again, if you feel that none of the remaining prob- lems are serious in the city, just say so. FIRST SECOND Violent crime............................. 0 . . . . . . . . . .0 Traffic speeding......................... .1. . . . . . . . . .1 Drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . 2 Youth crimes and vandalism............... .3..........3 Identi ty theft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . .4 Business crimes, such as shop- lifting and check fraud............. .5........ ..5 Residential crimes, such as burglary, and theft........ . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . .6 ALL EQUALLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 NONE OF THE ABOVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . 8 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9. . . . . . . . . .9 68. How would you rate the amount of patrolling the Ramsey County Sher- iff's Department does in your neighborhood -- would you say they do too much, about the right amount, or not enough? 69. How would you rate the amount of traffic enforcement by the police in your neighborhood -- too much, about right amount or not enough? Moving on. . . . . 70. How would you rate the park and recreational facilities in Arden Hills excellent, good, only fair, or poor? TOO MUCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT......2 NOT ENOUGH..............3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....4 TOO MUCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT.... ..2 NOT ENOUGH. . . . . . . .......3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......4 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR...............3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... ..5 The Arden Hills park system is composed of larger community parks and smaller neighborhood parks, trails, and community ballfields. For each these facilities, please tell me if you or members of your household frequently use the facility, occasionally, rarely or never use the facility? (Examples will be provided for 71 & 72.) FRE OCC RAR NEV DKR 71. Larger community parks? 1 2 3 4 5 72 . Smaller neighborhood parks? 1 2 3 4 5 73. Trails? 1 2 3 4 5 74. Community ba.llficldo: 1 2 3 4 5 75. In general, do you feel that existing recreational facilities offered by the City meet the needs of you and members of your household? IF "NO," ASK: YES... ... . . .............1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 76. What additional recreational facilities would you like to see the City offer its residents? 77. Have you or members of your house- hold participated in any City park and recreation programs? IF "YES," ASK: 78. Which ones? yES....... . . . . . . ........1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 79. Were you satisfied or dis- satisfied with your exper- ience? 80. Does the current mix of City park and recreation programming meet the needs of your household? IF "NO," ASK: SATISFIED. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .1 DISSATISFIED. . ..........2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 YES.. . .. .......... . .... .1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... ..3 81. What program(s) do you feel are lacking? 82. Do you or members of your household currently leave the city for park and recreation facilities or activities? (IF "YES," ASK:) What would that be? Moving on. . . . 86. 83. Do you leave the City of Arden Hills on a regular or daily basis to go to work? IF "YES," ASK: 84. How many minutes does it take you to get to work? 85. How would you rate the ease of getting to and from work excellent, good, only fair or poor? How would you rate the ease of getting from place to place within the City of Arden Hills -- ex- cellent, good, only fair or poor? IF "ONLY FAIR" OR "POOR," ASK: yES...... . . . .. ... . ......1 NO..................... .2 NOT EMPLOYED/RETIRED....3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... ..4 FIVE MINUTES OR LESS. ...1 SIX TO TEN MINUTES......2 11 TO 15 MINUTES........3 16 TO 20 MINUTES.... ....4 21 TO 25 MINUTES... .....5 26 TO 30 MINUTES... .....6 OVER 30 MINUTES... ......7 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......8 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR...............3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 87. What road, street or intersection is most congested? 88. Have you used public transporta- tion during the past two years? IF "YES," ASK: YES. . . ....... ...........1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 89. What public transportation have you used? IF "NO," ASK: 90. Why haven't you used public transportation? Moving on. . . . The City of Arden Hills is about to update its 20 year Comprehen- sive Plan. This plan represents the City's long term plan for the future. The plan was last updated in ____; it includes the 20 year goals and policies for the land use, transportation, parks and open space, water, storm water and sanitary sewer system. I would like to read you a list of statements about key issues the City could address as part of updating the Comprehensive Plan. For each one, please tell me if you strongly agree with the statement, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree. 91. Housing quality and property main- tenances are declining? 92. Parks, trails, and open spaces fail to meet my needs? 93. A greater range of housing alter- natives is needed in the City? 94. Traffic congestion is getting worse in the City? 95. The City needs more transit alternatives? 96. The quality of the city's lakes, streams and wetlands are a growing concern? 97. The City needs to implement more sustainable building practices, such as and (Needs to be completed) 98. The City needs to do more to attract and retain businesses? 99. The City needs development stan- dards implemented across the whole city? Moving on. . . . . . STA SMA SMD STD DKR 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 5 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 100. What is your principal source of information about Arden Hills City Government and its activities? 101. How would you prefer to receive information about Arden Hills City Government and its activities? 102. During the past year, did you receive and read "Arden Hills Notes," the City's monthly news- letter? 103. Does your household currently sub- scribe to cable television? IF "YES," ASK: 104. How often during the past year have you watched Arden Hills City Council Meeting telecasts on Channel frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? 105. Do you have access to the Internet at home? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you have access to the Internet at work? IF "YES," ASK: 106. Have you accessed the City' web site? IF "YES," ASK: YES... .. . . .. . . ..........1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....3 yES................. ....1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. .... .3 FREQUENTLy........ ......1 OCCASIONALLy.... . . .... . .2 RARELY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 NEVER.................. .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 HOME ONLy........ . . . . . . . 1 WORK ONLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 BOTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NEITHER................ .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 yES............. . . .... ..1 NO.............. . ..... ..2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 107. Were you able to find what you were looking for? yES.................... .1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 108. What information were you looking for? Now, just a few more questions for demographic purposes.... Could you please tell me how many people in each of the following age groups live in your household. 109. Persons 65 or over? NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ONE. . . ... ... . . . .. . ......1 TWO OR MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . .2 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 110. Adults under 65? NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ONE.................... .1 TWO.................... .2 THREE OR MORE.... ... ... .3 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 111. School-aged children or pre- schoolers? NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ONE.................... .1 TWO.................... .2 THREE OR MORE........ ...3 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 112. Do you own or rent your present residence? OWN.................... .1 RENT................... .2 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 113. What is your age, please? (READ CATEGORIES, IF NEEDED) 18-24.................. .1 25-34. . . . ... . . ....... ...2 35-44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 45 - 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 55-64.................. .5 65 AND OVER......... ....6 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 And now, for one final question, keeping in mind that your answers are held strictly confidential. ... 114. Is your pre-tax yearly household income over or under $50,000? IF "OVER," ASK: Is it over $75,000? (IF "YES," ASK:) Is it over $100,000? IF "UNDER," ASK: Is it under $25,000? Thank you for your time. Good-bye. UNDER $25,000...........1 $25,001-$50,000........ .2 $50,001-$75,000........ .3 $75,001-$100,000....... .4 OVER $100, 000 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....6 115. Gender (DO NOT ASK) MALE....................1 FEMALE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 116. REGION OF CITY \\metro-inet\ardenhills\Admin\City Administrator\City Survey\2007 Survey August v.DOC Community Survey comments: 1. Add a question regarding street lights - something to gauge interest in having them and willingness to pay. 2. Will Bethel students be included? 3. Questions #32-35 - Need to quantify, check with Decision Resources 4. Question #2 - Delete "if anything" 5. Delete Q #11 6. Question #6 - Want a follow-up question to expand "why". Also, consistent wording between both:" direction" or "right/wrong track" (use one or other.) 7. Question #9 - "Would you favor or opposed some kind of community event in the future knowing it has a cost?" Also - need a question that gets at having a similar event to the past vs. something different. Move questions re: celebration to later in the survey. 8. #15 - Define service establishments or delete 9. #16 - delete "shopping" 10. #12-18 - can you rotate these when making the calls? 11. #11- Add a "not applicable". Should "N/A" be added anywhere else? 12. Language prior to Question #19 - "tax" should be "taxes" 13. Delete sentence between #20 and #21 14. #21- Add an additional question similar to this asking about increase in taxes for increased services. 15. Early in the survey- new question: "Do you consider living in Arden Hills to be a good value?" 16. #24 - Delete "brush pick up" 17. Paragraph prior to #28-29: 2nd line, 1st word, changes "their" to "the". Instead oflisting all, give a few examples of county roads. 18. Delete #30 19. Add a #35A - Expand the # of street lights (this may take care ofItem #1 at the top ofthis list?) 20. #35 - Delete "improve roads" and start sentence with "to reduce. . . ." 21. #34 - two separate questions - expand, connect (expand trails, connect trails - aren't' necessarily the same thing in some people's minds so ask both). This also means changing #37 to separate expand and connect in to two separate items. Also on #37 - add street lights, and change "improve roads" to "reduce congestion" 22. #39 - insert "commercial" before "redevelopment" 23. Paragraph after #40 - delete "considering" and replace with "moving forward with" and change "development" to "redevelopment of TCA.AP" 24. #47 - Remove "move up housing" and replace with "housing like the median- priced house in Arden Hills" 25. #48 - change to "Executive Homes" 26. #52 - Define or delete "6/( 27. #42 - change to "apartment rental units" 28. #56 - Move to right after #40 as a general question. Insert "public" financial incentives and change "development" to "redevelopment". "Do you support or oppose the City providing public financial incentives to assist with the redevelopment of TCAAP?" 29. #57 -" . . .do you feel that you could have an impact on the way Arden Hills runs?" 30. #59 - After "doing" insert "overall" 31. #68 - Add answers: "Don't know" "Have not seen" a. Add/change:" I feel the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department patrols my neighborhood: too much, about right, have not seen them, not enough" 32. Delete #69 33. #70 - change "facilities" to "amenities" 34. I st sentence of paragraph before #71 - delete "community ballfields" at end of sentence. Also take out word facilities in that paragraph. 35. #71 & 72 - Just one category of "parks", not split to larger and smaller 36. #74 - include and call "athletic fields" instead of community ball fields 37. #75 - change "facilities" to "amenities"; do the same for #76 38. #83-85 - add a question - how many miles do you drive to work 39. #84 - add "on average" 40. #85 - re-word, make into two questions. Ease to get to St. Paul, east to get to Mpls 41. Delete #89 (we only have bus service) 42. Paragraphs prior to #91 - Delete first paragraph. End of 1st sentence, 2nd Paragraph, add "for the next 20 years". 43. #91- change "maintenances" to maintenance" 44. #92- re-frame in a positive manner 45. #92 - Include parks and trails, delete open space 46. #99 - re-word - City Planner to address 47. #103 - change to "does your household have access to cable television?" 48. #105 - "Do you have access to the Internet? If yes . . ." Ilmetro-inetlardenhillslAdminlCity AdministratorlCity SurveyI9-17-07 Council Changes. doc "(1/ Michelle Wolfe IIp'( From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: James Lehnhoff Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:33 AM Michelle Wolfe Karen Barton; Meagan Beekman RE: Survey I am not sure if we can expand question 99 to two questions; however, here is my suggestion for rewording question 99: 99.A The City needs architectural design standards for new buildings and additions in commercial and industrial areas? 99.B The City needs architectural design standards for new homes and additions in residential areas? I think people may have different opinions on design standard requirements in commercial/industrial areas compared to residential areas. Does "architectural design standards1t seem clear enough? Original language: 99. The City needs development stan- dards implemented across the whole city? James 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 02 DECISION RESOORCES, LTD. 3128 Dean Court Minneapolis, Minne~ota 55416 I'C 1\ City of Arden Hills Residential Survey REVISED 3.0 OCTOBER 2007 Hello, I'm of DecisJ.on Resources, Ltd., a polling firm located in Minneapolis. We have been retaJ.ned by the City of .A.rden lUlls to speak with a random sample of residents about issues facing the community. This survey is beJ.ng conducted because the City Council and City Staff are interested in your opinions and suggestions about current and future city needs. I want to a.ssure you that all individual r.esponses will be held str.ictly confidential; only summaries of the entire sample will be reported. 1. Approximately how many years have you lived in Arden Hills? LJ;:,SS THAN TWO yEARS..... 1 TWO TO FIVE YEARS.......2 FIVE TO TEN YEARS.......3 TEN TO TWENTY YEARS.. ...4 20 TO 30 YEA.RS.......... 5 OVER THIRTY YEARS.......6 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED... ...7 2. What do you like most about livJ.ng in Arden Hills? 3. What do you think is the most seri01.1s issue facing Arden Hills today? 4. How would you rate the quality of life in Arden Hills -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor? 5. How would Y01.1 rate the ,sense community among residents cellent, good, only fair, or of ex- poor? EXCELLENT...............1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR............... 3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... ..5 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ONLY F.A.IR............... 3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 10/11/2007 09:50 5129201059 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 03 6. All in all, do you think thj.ngs in Arden Hill are generally headed in the right direction Or do you feel things are off on the wrong track? IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: 7. Why do you feel thOlt way? RIGHT DIRECTION.........1 WRONG TRACK.. . . . . . . . . . . .2 DON'T KNOw/Rep.USED......3 8. If you were going to move from your current home, how committed would you be to stay in Arden Hills -- very committed, somewhat committed, not too committed, or not at all committed? Moving on.... VERY COM~lITTED..........J. SOMEWHAT COMMITTED......2 NOT TOO COMMITTED.......3 NOT AT ALL COMMITTED....4 DON'T KNOW/REP.USED......5 As you may know, the City of Arden Hills has held a community celebrOltion in the past called "Celebrating Arden Hills." 9. Did you or members of your house- hold ever participate in "Cele- brating Arden Hills?" YES. ....................1 NO......................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 If it required the uSe of city funding.... 10. Would you favor or oppose the City holding s, community event in the future? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? IF "STRONGLY, FAVOR" OR "FAVOR," ASK: STRONGLY FAVOR...... ....1 FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .2 OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 STRONGLY OPPOSE.........4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 1.1. What type of activities would you most like to see included in s community event? 10/11/2007 09:50 5129201059 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 04 I would like to read you a IJ_st of characterist;ics of a community. For each one, please tell me if you thJ.nk Arden Hill,:; currently has too many or too much, too few or too little, or about the right amount. (ROTATE) MANY FEW/ ABOUT D.K./ MUCH LITT RIGHT REF. 12. natural areas and open space? 1 2 3 4 13. parks? 1 2 3 4 14. trails and bikeways? 1 2 3 4 15. service establishments? 1 2 3 4 16. retail opportunities? 1 2 3 4 17. entertainment establishments? 1. 2 3 4 18. dining establishments? 1 2 3 4 Moving on.... As you may know, property taxes are divided among the City of Arden Hills, Ramsey County, and the Mounds View Public Schaal District. 1:3. 20. 21. 22. Do you consider the city portion of your property taxes to be very high, somewhat high, about average, somewhat low, or very low in comparison with neighboring cJ. tj.es? For each dollar of the property taxes you pay, about what per- centage do you think goes to city government? (READ #1-#6) Would you favor or oppose an in- crease in YOUR city property taxes if it were needed to m.aintain city services at their current level? Would you favor Or oppose an in- crease in YOUR city property taxes to enhance or improve city services? VERY HIGH............... 1 SOMEWHI\.T HIGH...........2 ABOUT AVERAGE......... ..3 SOMEWHAT LOW........ . . . .4 VERY LOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......6 TEN ?8RCENT OR LE88.....1 11 TO 20 PERCENT. .......2 21 TO 30 PERCENT........3 31 TO 40 PERCENT.... ....4 41 TO 50 PERCENT.. ......5 OVER 50 PERCENT.........6 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... ..7 FAVOR.. _ _ -..............1 OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 OP?OSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 10/11/2007 09:50 5129201059 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 05 I would like to read you a list of a few city services. For each one, please tell me whether you would rate the quality of the service as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? (ROTATE) EXC:r., GOOD FAIR POOR DK!R 23. Police protection? 1 2 3 4 5 24. Fire protection? I 2 3 4 5 25. Storm drainage and flood cont!:"ol? 1 2 3 4 5 26. Animal control? 1 2 3 4 5 27. Code enforcement? 1 2 3 4 5 Now, for the next three city services, please consider only the job on city~maintained :;treet and roads. That means excluding interstate highways, state and county roads that are taken care of by other levels of government. Hence, Interstate:; 35W and 694, state highways 10 and 51, and county roads such a:; 0, E, EC,2, Lexington and Ha.mline Avenues should not be consi.dered. How would you rate .... EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK!R 28. City street repair and maintenance? 29. Snow plowing? J. J. 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 30. When you consider the property taxes you pay and the quality of city service:; you receive, would you rate the general value of city services as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? EXCELLENT...............l GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ONLY FAIR............... 3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T ~NOW!REFUSED......5 Now, I would like to read you a list of potential projects the . City of Arden Hills could undertake. For each of the following, please tell me if you :;trongly support a property tax increase for it, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose a property tax increase for it. STS SMS SMa STO DKR 3l. Mo!:"e public transportation opportunities? 1 2 3 4 5 32. Improving the quality of the city's lake:;, streams a,nd wetlands? 1. 2 3 4 5 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 06 STS SMS SMO STO DKR 33. Expand the city's .trail system? 1 2 3 4 5 34. Connect the city's trail system? 1 2 3 4 5 35. Reduce traffic congestion on city streets? 1 2 3 4 5 36. Expand the number of street lights throughout the city? 1 2 3 4 5 37. I would like to re-read you that list, whi.ch one is YOUr top priority for the Ci.ty of Arden Hills to undertake? 38. Is there one project you would strongly oppose? PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES.. ........1.... ..J. IMPROVE, QUALITY OF LAKES....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . .2 EXl?AND TRAIL SySTEM.......................... 3. . . . . .3 CONNECT TRAIL SySTEM........................ .4......4 REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION....................5......5 EXPAND NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTS........ .......6......6 NONE (VOL.)............. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 7 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . .8 39. Are there any other projects or facilities you think the City of Arden Hills should consider? Moving on.... 40. In general, how would you rate commercj.al redevelopment in Arden Hills excellent, good, only fair, oT. poor? EXCELLENT......... ......1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ONLY FAIR....... _ . . . . . . .3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. .....5 IF A RATING IS GIVEN, ASK: 41. Why do you feel that way? 10/11/2007 09:50 5129201059 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 07 The City is moving forward with the redevelopment the Twin Cities Arsenal Property in Arden Hi.lls, also know as the TCMP property. AS the City of Arden Hills continues redevelopment.... 42. Do you support or Oppose the City providing public financial incent- ives to assist with the redevelop- ment of TeMP? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? STRONGLY SUPPORT........l SUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 OPPOSE. . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 STRONGLY OPPOSE.........4 DON'T [<NOW/REFUSED. '" ..5 FOl: each of the following types of development, please tell. me if you feel the City of Arden Hills should attract that type of development for the TCA~ property, discourage that type of devel- opment or take no action one way Or the other for that property. If you have no opinion, just say so.... (ROTATE) 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 5Q. 5I. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. ATT DIS NOt\. DKR affordable housing, defined by the Metropolitan Council as a single family home costing less than $205,000? 1 2 3 4 apartments? 1 2 3 4 condominiums? 1. 2 3 4 townhouses? 1 2 3 4 starter homes for young families? 1 2 3 4 t'move up" housing? 1 2 3 4 higher. cost housing? I 2 3 4 senior housing? 1 2 3 4 parks and open spaces? I 2 3 4 trails and bikeways? 1 2 3 4 service establishments? 1 2 3 4 retail opportunities? 1 2 3 4 entertainment establishments? 1 2 3 4 dining establishments? 1 2 3 4 Changing topics.... 57. Other than voting, do you feel. that if you wanted to, you could have a say about the way the City of Arden Hills r.uns things? yES.................... .1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 10/11/2007 09:50 61. 62. 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 08 58. How much do you feel you know about the work of the Mayor and City Council -- a great deal, a fair amount, very little, or none at all? 59. From. what you know, do you approve or disapprove of the job the Mayor and City Council are doing over- all? (WAIT FOR RESP.ONSE) And do you feel strongly that way? IF A JUDGMENT IS GIVEN, ASK: A GREAT. DEAL............I ~ FAIR AMOUNT...........2 VERY LITTLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NONE AT ALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW!REFUSED......5 STRONGLY APPROVE........l APPROVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 DISAPPROVE..............3 STRONGJ.,Y 01 SAPPROVE. . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 60. Could you tell me why you feel that way? How much first hand contact have you had with the Arden Hills City staff -- quite a lot, some, very little, Or none? From what you have heard or seen, how would you rate the job per.- formance of the Arden Hills City staff excellent, good, only fair, or poor? IF A JUDGMENT IS GIVEN, ASK: QUITE A LOT.............l SOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 VERY LITTLE.............3 NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DONTT KNOW!REFUSED......5 EXCELLENT...............l GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .2 ONLY FAIR............... 3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DONTT KNOW!REFUSEO......5 63. Could you tell me why you feel that way? Thinking about another topic.... 64. Are there areas in Arden Hills where you would not feel safe walking alone at night? yES..................... .1 NO ....................2 DON'T KNOW!REFUSED.....3 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 09 65. Do you feel safe in your immediate neighborhood walking alone at . night? yES.................... J. NO.................... .2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.....3 I would like to rea,d you a short list of public safety concerns. 66. Please tell me which one you consider to be the greatest concern in Arden Hills?' If you feel that none of these problems are serious in Arden Hills, just say so. 67. Which do you consider to be 'che second maj"or concern i.n the city? Again, if you feel'that none of the remaining prob- lems are serious in the city, just say so. FIRST SECOND Violent crime............................. O. . . . . . . . . .0 Traffic speeding........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . 1 Drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '.' . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 2 youth cd.mes and vandalism........ . . . . . . . .3. . . . . . . . . .3 Identity theft..... _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . .4 Business crimes, such as shop- lifting and cheek fraud............. .5..... .....5 Residential crimes, such as burglary, and theft.............. ... .6..... .....6 ALL EQUALLy....................... . . . . . _ . .7. . . . . . . . . .7 NONE OF THE ABOVE. . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . . . . .8 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED............. . . . . . . . . . . .9. . . . . . . . . .9 68. Do you think the ~amsey County Sheriff's Department patrols your neighborhood - too much, about the right amount, not enough, or have you not seen any patrolling in Your neighborhood? Moving on..... 69. How would you rate the park and recrea~ional amenities in Arden Hills excellent, good, only fair, or poor? tOO MUCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT......2 NOT ENOUGH..............3 NOT SEEN ANY. . . . . . . _ . _ _ . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 EXCELLENT............. ..1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:2 ONLY FAIR.............".3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 The Arden l-lills park sys.tem i.s composed of larger. community parks and smaller neighborhood parks, trails and athletic ballfields. 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 10 70. Larger community and smaller neighborhOod parks? 71. Trai.J.s? 72. Athletic ballfields? 1 1 1 2 ;Z 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 For each these, plea,se tell me if you or members of your household frequently use it, occasionally, rarely or never use it? PRE OCC RAR NEV DKR 73. In general, do you feel that existing recreational amenities offered by the City meet the needs of you and members of your household? YES . ~ . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . 1 NO ....4................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 IF "NO," ASK: 74. What additional recreational amenities would you like to see the City offer its residents? 75. Have you or members of your house- YES.....................l hold participated in any City NO....... ......... ......2 park and recreation programs? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 IF "YES," ASK: 76. Which ones? 77. Were you satisfied Or dis- satisfied with your exper- ience'? SATISFIED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 DISSATISFIED............2 DON'T KNOW!REFUSED......3 78. Does the current mix of City park YES.....................1 and recreati.on programming meet NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 the needs of your househOld? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 IF "NO," ASK: 10/11/2007 09:50 5129201059 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 11 79. What program(s) do you feel are lackin.g? 80. Do you or members of your household curren.t1y 1ealTe the city for park and recreation facilities or activities? (IF "YES," ASK:) What.would that be? Moving on.... 81. Do you leave the City of Arden Hills on a regular Or daily basis to go to work? IF "YES," ASK: 82. What cJ.ty do you work in? YE,S. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .1 NO..................... .2 NOT EMPLOYED/RETIRED....3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......4 83. On average, how many minutes does it take you to get to work? 84. How would you of getting to excellent, OJ; poor? rate the ease and from wo.rk good, only fa.!.r 85. How would you rate the ease of getting from place to place within the City of Arden Hills -- ex- cellent, good, only fair or poor? IF "ONI,Y FAIR" OR "POOR," ASK: FIVE MINUTES OR LESS....l SIX TO TEN MINUTES......2 11 TO 15 MINUTES........3 16 TO 20 MINUTES.... ....4 21 TO 25 MINUTES........5 26 TO 30 MINUTES........6 OVER 30 MINUTES.........7 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......8 EXCELLENT...............1 GOOD................... .2 ONLY FAIR............... 3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ONL Y FAJ:R....... _ . . . . . . . 3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. .....5 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 12 86. What road, street or intersection is most congested? yES...... ......... .. ....1 NO..................... .2 DON'T. KNOW/REFUSED.... ..3 87. Have you used public transporta- tion duxing the past two years? IF "NO," ASK: 88. Why haven't you used public transportation? Moving on.... I would like to read you a list of statements about key issues the City could address as part of updating the Comprehensive Plan for next twenty years. For each one, please tell me if you strongly agree with the statel11.ent, somewhat agree, somewhat disagrea, or strongly disagree. 89. Housing quality and property main- tenance are declining? 90. Parks and trails meet the needs of my househOld? 91. A greater range of housing alter- nati ves j.s needed in the City? 92. Traffic congestion is getting worse in the City? 93. The City needs more transit ",lternatives? 94. The quality of the city's lakes, streams and wetlands are a growing concern? 95. The City needs to implement mo:r.e sustainable building practices, such as energy efficient design and .the use of environmenta.lly friendly building materials? 96. Tha City needs to do more to attract and retain businesses? STA SMA SMD STD DKR 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1. 7. 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 7. 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 13 STA SMA SMD STD DKR 97. The City needs architectural design standards for new buildings and add~ itions in commercial and industrial areas? 1. 2 3 4 5 98. The City needs archi tecturaJ. design standards for new homes and additions in res.i.dential areas? 1 2 3 4 5 Moving on...... 99. What is your principal source of information about Arden Hills City Government and its activities? 100. How would you prefer to receive informatJ.on about Arden Hills City Government and .i.ts activities? 101. During the past year, did you receive and read "Arden Hills Notes," the City's monthly news- letter? 102. Does your household currently sub- scribe to cable television? IF "YES," ASK: 103. How of.ten during the past year have you watched Arden Hills City Council Meeting telecasts on Channel frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? yES.................... .1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 yES.................... .1 NO .....................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......3 FREQUENTLy........... ...1 OCCASIONALLY............2 RARELY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 NEVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 14 104. Do you have access to the Inter- net? IF "YES," A.SK: 105. Have you accessed the City' web site? IF "YES," ASK: 106. Were you able to find what you were looldng for? YES. ....................1 NO......................2 BOTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 yES............... _.. _..1 NO..................... .2 DON'T KNOW/R8FUSED......3 yES.......................... .1 NO. 1.......................2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....3 107. What information were you looking for? Now, just a few more questions for demographic purposes.... Could you please tell me how many people in each of the following age g~oups live in your household. 108. Persons 65 or over? l.09. Adults under 65? 110. School-aged chj.J.dren or p~e- schooJ.ers? 111. Do you Own or rent your present residence? NONE,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ONE.. 1........................1 TWO OR MORE.............2 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NONE,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ONE.................... .1 TWO.....................2 THREE OR MORE..... ......3 REFUSED. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .4 NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ONE.................... .1 TWO.................... .2 THREE OR MORE...........3 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 OWN.................... .J. RENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 REFUSED. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 10/11/2007 09:50 6129201069 DECISION RESOURCES PAGE 15 112. What is your age, please? (READ CATEGORIES, IF. NEEDED) 18-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .1 25-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 35-44. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 45-54................... .4 55- 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 65 AND OVER.............6 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . '. . . . .7 And now, for one final question, keeping in mind that your. answers are held strictly confidential.... 113. Is your pre-tax yearly household income over or under $50,000? IF "OVER," ASK: Is it over $75,000? (IF "YES," ASK:) Is it over $100.000? IF "UNDER," ASK: Is it under $25,000? UNDER $25.000...........1 $25,001-$50,000.. .......2 $50,001-$75,000.........3 $75.001-$100,000........4 OVER $100, 000 . . . .. . . . . . . 5 DON'T KNOw/REFUSED......6 Thank you for you.r time. Good-bye. 114. Gender (DO NOT ASK) MALE....................l FEMALE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 115. REGION OF CITY . Questions #31-36 can be quantified with dollar amounts for each of the items on the list ifthe City can provide the information. . We have used the "right direction/wrong track" question for over the past twenty years, we would recommend keeping the language the same so comparisons can be made in our database. . A question on having an event similar to the past one is difficult. A lot of people are new to the community or didn't attend the previous event, so it would be difficult for them to respond. We could put together a description of the event and its activities and have them respond to that if desired. . Defining service establishments is difficult in the survey. If we say "such as laundry mats and accountants," people will answer the question thinking about laundry mats and accountants. We would recommend if you are interested, in following up the question with "What service establishments are needed?" if they answer "too few." . Adding the question "Do you consider living in Arden Hills to be a good value?" needs further explanation. What is the comparison: neighboring communities, communities they previously lived? What is the value: home price, property taxes? Let us know what you are looking for and we would be happy to put together a question around the topic. . We strongly recommended keeping in the value of city services vs. the property taxes they pay question. This is an important question for cities and gets to the heart ofthe property taxes vs. services debate. . We would recommend keeping the language "move-up housing" and "higher cost housing" the same so comparisons can be made in our database. . In Question #57 we would recommend keeping the language the same so comparisons can be made in our database. . In the commuting section, we added the question "What city do you work in?" We can cross tab this question against minutes in the car and ease of getting to and from work.