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hoads, schools, parks, and peacefulness were also positive attri- <br />butes. A strong niriety-faur percent rated the quality of life as <br />either "excellent" or "good;" the thirty-nine percent rating it <br />as "excellent" is at the �edian for suburbs within the Metropali- <br />tan Area. Residents are very satisfied with their lives in the <br />city. On the other hand, rapid growth and poor city services <br />were the most unpopular feature of the community, cited by <br />twenty-four percent. High property taxes were next as eight <br />percent. Development issues and the trade-off between city <br />services and property taxes appear to be the greatest cancerns <br />currently facing residents. <br />Citizen empowerment was at a moderately high level. An <br />average number of residents -- twenty-six percent -- felt that <br />they could not have a say about the way the City of Roseville <br />runs things, if they wanted. Most communities score between <br />twenty percent and thirty percent on this query: the Roseville <br />percentage is at the middle of this range. As such, the ability <br />to influence decision-makers is not a major issue. <br />Eighty-three percent of the sample also reported a"very <br />strong" or "somewhat strong" sense of cominunity identity among <br />residents. This ranks among the top of Metropolitan Area <br />suburban communities. Cohesiveness, then, is not a major concern <br />in Roseville. These ties are also shown in the extent of <br />volunteerism. While only twenty-nine percent were aware of <br />current city-sponsored volunteer programs, a higher than normal <br />thirteen percent of the residents said they currently <br />participated in those programs. <br />23 <br />