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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 14, 2014 Page 20 attempting to move existing residents from their current housing to free it up for younger or new people to move into. Mr. Morris advised that this percentage was the highest connectivity they found anywhere to-date. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Morris indicated that not only the City's boosters were indicating their commitment and support, but it was found across the board and could be based on normal longevity of long time resi- dents, but also was found among newcomers, which was exactly the goal for the City. Mr. Morris advised that housing related program awareness was not at as high of a percentage as they'd like to see, and further advertising and communication ef- forts for residential improvement offerings and free home and garden workshops was indicated. Mr. Morris reviewed the question regarding"Designated hauler" in Roseville, and the reasons for opposition or support: • Opposition: 52%want choice; 9% lower cost • Support: 21%less traffic; 13% lower costs; 3% safer With those responses, Mr. Morris advised that the strong opinion was 2 to 1 for opponents, with 36% favoring a designated hauler, and 46% opposed to it. Based on their survey of several other communities, Mr. Morris advised that those re- sponses put the City of Roseville in a better position to consider change than any of those other suburbs polled; and while people were beginning to see the argu- ments in favor of designating a hauler, the issue needed more discussion. Mayor Roe clarified, with confirmation by Mr. Morris, that the percentages pro- vided in reasons for support or opposition were indicative of respondents in that category, not inclusive of all reasons of the entire community. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Morris clarified that when asked about multiple haulers in other community surveys, the responses were usually based on people supporting multiple haulers due to their preference in keeping current hauler versus basing that on whether or not someone may lose their job. Mr. Morris noted the very high marks received for the City's recycling program with 89% excellent or good, and only 4% only fair. Mr. Morris advised that the excellent rating at 26% was the highest across the metro area; and the only com- ment heard repeatedly was a desire for the program to take more materials or that it not be as much work to recycle. Regarding the City's "Communications performance," Mr. Morris opined that when working with the City on community surveys in the past, the City of Rose- ville always appeared to have a great communication system in place, and based on current responses, they still had one of the highest percentages metro-wide,