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The Morris Leatherman Company June 2020 Property Taxes: Roseville residents became less tax hostile during the past two years. Forty-six percent, a seven percent decrease since the last study, think their property taxes are "high" in comparison with neighboring suburban communities, while 35% see them as "about average." Seventy-eight percent, a seven 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 50% of the sample would support an increase in their city property taxes to maintain city services at their current level, 29% would oppose an increase under these circumstances; this split reverses the 2018 majority, 35%-51%, opposing this type of tax increase. Solid majorities endorse the City continuing to invest in long-term infrastructure projects. By a 93%-6% margin, residents support investing in city roads. An 89%-8% majority favors investments in water and sewer pipes, and an 72%-23% majority feels the same about city buildings. An 84%-15% majority is in favor of continued investment in pedestrian pathways, and a 80%-17% majority endorses continued investments in bikeways. Overall, the average change in support in comparison with the 2018 study is an insignificant -2.4%, reflecting the stable consensus in favor of long-term investments during the past two years. City Government and Staff Respondents give the Mayor and Council a job approval rating of 84%, virtually unchanged in two years, and a disapproval rating of 10%. The current eight -to -one approval -to -disapproval rating of the Mayor and City Council remains among the top decile of ratings in the Metropolitan Area suburbs. Citizen empowerment is still high but shows a decline in the two-year interim between studies. The number of residents -- 33%— who feel they could not have a say about the way the City of Roseville runs things is at the suburban norm. This level of alienation is 7% higher than the 2018 level. It is important to note that uncertainty on this question increased from 3% to 19% and probably reflects the current environment in which the City operates during the pandemic. Residents award the City Staff a job approval rating of 83% and a disapproval rating of only three percent. Both the absolute level of approval and the 27-to-1 ratio of approval -to -disapproval are also among the top in the Metropolitan Area suburbs. 0