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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 14,2014 Page 17 Mr. Morris noted that the "Value of city services"was outstanding and the highest favorable response in the metropolitan area with 82% saying the value of services to taxes was excellent or good. As expected, when asked about "Infrastructure investment," residents were more willing to support city roads based on previous responses; with further support for bikeways and pedestrian pathways and city buildings; with water and sewer pipes following closely, and all within the range between 67% and 76%. Mr. Morris noted that empowerment felt by residents was off the scale at 71%, which spoke highly of how the City did things beyond voting; with those respond- ing "no" at the lowest percentage (22%) across the metro. Mr. Morris indicated that this meant an overwhelming majority trusted and were willing to hand off de- cision-making to the City Council, with only 8% feeling that the City Council didn't listen to them, which he found a very low percentage across most commu- nities in Ramsey Council. Mr. Morris noted the approval rating of the Mayor and City Council at 87% strongly approving or approving of the job being done, signifying 9 out of 10 ap- proving, was the strongest their firm had seen anywhere, with only a 4% disap- proval rate. As pollsters, Mr. Morris advised that the rule was expected at 10% which they found in most every community; and congratulated Roseville on these results. Mr. Morris suggested that, with only 9% indicting they were unsure of their satisfaction levels, it appeared that the general theme was that residents liked what was going on in Roseville and the general direction the Mayor and City Council were taking the City, even though it may not be perfect. Mr. Morris reported that the question regarding respondent satisfaction with City staff indicated an approval rating of 95%, which was within the top five commu- nities across the metropolitan area. In general appearance and condition of the City, Mr. Morris noted that there was a 4-1 margin of those indicating it was excellent or good. Mr. Morris addressed the public perception of"Enforcement of nuisance codes," with respondents indicating the current council versus past council's were doing a satisfactory job, but suggested this area needed to receive more attention. Of the complaints fielded by surveyors, Mr. Morris noted that 41% indicated messy yards as a problem, 25% for rundown homes, 19% loose animals, and 16%junk cars. Mr. Morris noted that 1 in 5 residents were concerned with animal control, even though animal control was rated highly in community services; with some apparent idiosyncratic issues in play. While respondents were homing in on vari- ous things, overall residents thought the City was doing a fair to good job with code enforcement.