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Roseville, MN - Official Website Page 4 of 22 Further highlights included specific facilities visited or used, many dependent on whether the household had children, or was specifically targeted to individual needs and/or interests, and included the skating center, City Hall/civic center meeting rooms, HANC; with 79% of respondents having used some facility over the last twelve (12) months. The overall rating of those facilities' physical conditions (or most visited/used) indicated excellent at 40%, good at 57%, and fair at 3%. The second part of the presentation included the level of support of respondents for the V%community vision" for the future of the City's Parks and Recreation system, indicating the following: • Community vision has been captured through the planning process to-date; • Maintenance of the current system is of high importance; • A high percentage of households would use indoor facilities; • A high percentage of households would support acquisition of open space and parkland; and 0 A majority of households with children would support improvements of sports facilities. Mr. Vine noted that, throughout the survey, 15-23% of respondents were satisfied with the status quo and chose ""none" as their typical response. The ""top three" priorities indicated from the survey results indicated that over 500/0 of the households would %Nvote in favor" or support the following: maintenance of existing trails and sidewalks; additional walking and biking trails in existing parks; and additional sidewalks along streets. Mr. Vine advised that throughout all sectors, the most important and least controversial improvement supported by households and their support for funding with tax dollars was improved walking and biking trails. The ""top two" priorities indicated acquisition of properties that preserve local open spaces; and acquisition of properties adjacent to existing parks. Related to indoor programming spaces, over 80% of responding households indicated that they would use at least one indoor programming space if available (walking and jogging track); however, Mr. Vine noted that there were many differences in preferred indoor water use features (e.g. leisure pool; lanes for lap swimming; warm water for therapeutic purposes). Options to fund the costs for operating a new indoor multi- purpose community center indicated that 68% of respondent households feel costs should be paid through user fees and taxes, with fees supported by a majority of respondents. Support for outdoor athletic fields and programming spaces indicated similar support, whether for lighted baseball, soccer or softball fields, and similar in all four (4) survey sectors, with support for a football / Lacrosse field the highest in the NW sector; with 60% of respondents indicating operating costs should be paid through a combination of user fees and taxes; however, Mr. Vine noted that this may be based on 70% of the responding households not having children in the home using those facilities. Funding and voting on the ""Community vision" indicated the following: ■ A majority of households would support some level of tax support for improvements that are most important to their households; and ■ A majority of households would vote in favor, or might vote in favor, of improvements that are most important to their households Based on a scenario for funding over the next twenty (20) years at $3.00 per month, per household, 61% of responding households indicated that amount was about right; 140/0 would not support it; 6% thought it was too low, and another 6% thought that amount was too high. Questioned on the maximum amount per month from $4 to $25, responses ranged from 9% to 20%; with Mr. Vine noting that the type of projects for requested funding was the key for the majority of respondents. If a bond election or tax increase was brought forward for the public for the type of project their specific household would support, and at the amount of money they indicated they'd support, 69% of respondents http://www.cityofroseville.com/Archive.aspx?AMID—&Type—&ADID-1 125&PREVIEW—YES 7/25/2011