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Attachment A The MorrisLeatherman Company May 2018 higher 90.8%, again well within the top 10% of summary ratings in the Metropolitan Area. Over 95% rate police protection, fire protection, emergency medical services, sewer and water, building inspections, and code enforcement as either “excellent” or “good.” Between 90% and 94% favorably rate drainage and flood control, animal control, and pathway repair and maintenance in the parks. Between 83% and 89% similarly rate snow plowing, trail and pathway plowing in parks, trail and pathway plowing in neighborhoods, and pathway repair and maintenance in neighborhoods. The only outlier:fifty-eight percent rate street repair and maintenancefavorably, while 42% rate it unfavorably. This service rating is below the Metropolitan Area norm. The decrease in the average rating can be attributed to aspects of snow plowing and a significant drop in the rating of city street repair and maintenance. In addition, concern about flooding becamea more intense concern in this study. Property Taxes: Roseville residents became more fiscally conservative during the past two years. Fifty-three percent, a nine percent increase since the last study,think their property taxes are “high” in comparison with neighboring suburban communities, while 34%, a nine percent decrease,see them as “about average.” Eighty-fivepercent, a nine percent decrease,view city services as either an “excellent” or a “good” value for the property taxes paid; this endorsement level continues to place Roseville within the top quartile of Metropolitan Area suburbs. While 51% of the sample would opposean increase in theircity property taxes to maintain city services at their current level, 35% would support an increase under these circumstances; this split dramatically reverses the 2016majority,58%-38%,supporting this type of tax increase. Solid majorities endorse theCity continuing to invest in long-term infrastructure projects. By an 99%-1% margin, residents support investing in city roads. A 94%-4% majority favors investments in water and sewer pipes, and an 83%-16% majority feels the same about city buildings.An 82%-18% majority is in favor of continued investment in pedestrian pathways, and a 75%-25% majority endorses continued investments in bikeways. Overall, the average change in support in comparison with the 2016study is +5.4%, reflecting the growing consensus in favor of long-term investmentsduring the past four years. City Government and Staff: Respondents give the Mayor and Council a job approval rating of 82%, down 11% in two years, and a disapproval rating of 17%. The current almost five-to-one approval-to-disapproval rating 3 22