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ROSEVILI,E RF.SI�EN7E' SURVEY Tim Pratt, Communications Specialist at the City of Roseville, was responsible for questionnaire design_ The yuestionnaire was developed in consultation with and using consensus approval of the Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Citi7en Advisory Committee. Christine Butteriield, Roseville Assistant City Manager, and Rossana Armson, MCSR, both provided feedback and suggestion5. Questions were asked regarding the services the city provides for recycling and garbage collection. In addition, residents were asked questions about the disposal of housel�old hazardous waste, the disposal of appliances and other electronic items, and the disposal of yard waste, leaves and brush. There were two versions of the survey: one for single-family residents and one for multi-family residents. The multi-family survey amitted questions about recycling services provided by the City of Raseville and about the disposal of yard waste, leaves and brush, that were not relevant for multi-family households. SAMPLING DESIGN Carolyn Curti, Communications Specialist at the City of Roseville, was responsible for the sarnpling design. The GIS Specialist and the Technology Manager within the City of Roseville pro�vided necessary information. A total of S00 dweliing units were selected for the sample, 585 (73%) from single-family dwellings (those with 8 or fewer units) and 215 (27°l0) from multi-family dwellings (those with 9 or rnore units). Of the single-family dweilings, 8$% were residences that were homesteaded and 12% were not homesteaded. The single- family dwelling sample was chosen by City-wide random sampling. T7�e mult�-family dwelling saznple design was a random sampling within each of the City's fQUrteen developrnent districts that have multi-family dwellings, based on population size. DATA COLLECT�ON PROCEDURE5 The procedures used by MCSR for this mail survcy were based on Ma;l ar,r� TP1Pnh�nP �IilY�ys, by Don A. Dillman. Mailing and data collection for the Roseville Resident Survey were conducted from January 2 to February 12, 2Q02_ ►�. �. . .� The first mailing was sent on January 2, 2002 and included the following: {1) a cover letter from John Kysylyczyn, Mayor of the City af Roseville, inviting participation in the survey, (2) a survey instrurnent, and (3) a self-addressed, stamped return envelopc to return the survey to MCSR_ The second mailing consisted of a reminder postcard, which was sent on January 9, 2(}02. The postcard thanked individuals if they had already filled out the questionnaire, and asked them to take time to complete the snrvey i� they had not already done so. MTNNESOTA CENTER FOR SURVEY R�S�:ARCN Pt1GE 2