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The Morris Leatherman Company May 2024 higher 89.3%, well within the top 10% of summary ratings in the Metropolitan Area. Over 90% rate fire protection, emergency medical services, sewer and water, building inspections, animal control and code enforcement as either “excellent” or “good.” Eighty-nine percent favorably rate police protection and drainage and flood control. Key reasons for giving services an unfavorable rating include “poor patrolling,” at 31%, “flooding,” at 18%, “loose animals,” at 16%, and “poor taste of water,” at 11%. Between 79% and 89% similarly rate street repair and maintenance, snow plowing, trail and pathway plowing in parks, trail and pathway plowing in neighborhoods, pathway repair and maintenance in the parks and pathway repair and maintenance in neighborhoods. The lowest rated service remains street repair and maintenance at 79%, which is a seven percent increase from the 2020 study. This service rating is now well above the Metropolitan Area norm of 60%. Property Taxes: Roseville residents remain tax sensitive during the past four years. Forty-six percent think their property taxes are “high” in comparison with neighboring suburban communities, while 45%, a 10% increase in four years, see them as “about average.” Eighty-five percent, an eight percent increase, view city services as either an “excellent” or a “good” value for the property taxes paid; this endorsement level now places Roseville within the top decile of Metropolitan Area suburbs. While 57% of the sample, a seven percent increase from the 2020 level, would support an increase in their city property taxes to maintain city services at their current level, thirty-seven percent, also a seven percent increase, would oppose an increase under these circumstances. Solid majorities endorse the City continuing to invest in long-term infrastructure projects. By a 94%-5% margin, residents support investing in city roads. An 86%-13% majority favors investments in water and sewer pipes, and a 77%-21% majority feels the same about city buildings. An 80%-19% majority is in favor of continued investment in pedestrian pathways, and a 75%-24% majority endorses continued investments in bikeways. Overall, the average change in support in comparison with the 2020 study is an insignificant -2.7%, reflecting the stable consensus in favor of long-term investments during the past four years. 4 Qbhf!66!pg!357