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1998 Ciry �fRoseville Residential Sti.rclv Decision Resources, Ltd July, 1998 s The preferred average level of general funding for senior aCfordable housing was 47.0%. � "I�he preferred average lcvel of general funding for Fall leaf pick-up was 44.4%. • The preferred average level of general funding for youth recreation programs was 39.0%. • The preferred average level of gcneral funding for the operation of the Roseville Skatirng Center was 27.8°/o.. City Government and Staff.• 5ixty-five percent, a five percent increase since ihe 199(.) study, f�lt they could have a say about the way things were run in this cammunity. • Twenty-three percent felt they could not. � Critics felt "the City does not listen," "it ignored issues," and "renters have little say." `I"ae typical resident offering a response placed the City's share of the property ta�: at 19.6%. • Forty-one percent were unable to even hazard a guess. • Twenty-eight percent felt it was in the "10% to 20%" range. � Seventeen percent saw it in the "21% to 30%" rangc. By a solid fifty-eight percent to twenty-se.�en �ercent margin, resid�nts supported a city property tax increase if it were needed to maintain city services as their current level. o Forty-seven percent saw RoseviZle property taxes as "a�out averag�" in comparison with nearby areas. • Thirt_y-six percent felt they were comparati�•ely "high," while two percent felt they �vere compacatively "low." • Eighty-sevcn percent viewed the value of city services in terms of the property taxes paid as "excellent" or "good." If it wcre required to expand or improve basic city services, the typical resident would support a property tax increase of $2.55 per month beyond the rate of inflation. • Sixteen percent would support "no increase_" • Tweniy-seven percent would support a$S.QO per monxh incrcase beyond the rate of inflation. Thirty-four percent, down six percent since the 1990 study, felt they knew "a great dcal" or "a fair amount" about the work of the Mayor and City Council. • An unasuaily high sixty-two percent "approved"of the job of the Mayor and City Council. • Nine percent expressed "disapproval," while twenty-nine percent were unable to provide a rating. Page 6