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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 20, 2011 Page 4 Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 6:11 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 6:14 p.m. a. Leisure Vision Parks and Recreation Survey Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke and Assistant Parks and Recreation Director Jill Anfang were present for tonight's presentation, in addition to a ma- jority of the Park and Recreation Commissioners. It was noted that the City Coun- cil had received a copy of the full report on June 10, 2011; and a public copy of the full report is available in the Parks and Recreation Department at City Hall. Mr. Brokke advised that Ron Vine, President of Leisure Vision was scheduled to attend; however, due to flight delays in Chicago, was unable to make tonight's meeting. Therefore, Mr. Brokke introduced Mr. Vine via conference call to ad- dress the meeting by speaker phone and provide a summary of the statistically- valid community interest and opinion survey results from Leisure Vision, Inc. for presentation to the public and City Council. Mr. Brokke noted that the purpose of the survey, immediately following the Parks and Recreation Master Plan process, was to formally present and gauge the level of interest and comfort level of citizen financial support and to assist in identifying step one projects identified during the process. Mr. Vine apologized for being unable to attend; and with staff, the presentation was done by Power Point. Mr. Vine noted that the level of interest exceeded expectations; with 760 res- ponses received, over and above the anticipated 600 surveys and indicating a ran- dom sampling level of 95%, with a margin of error of+/-3.6%. Mr. Vine advised that the initial breakdown of results was done as follows: households with or without children; location of residence; gender; age of respondents; number of years in Roseville; amount of additional taxes they were willing to pay for their preferred improvements; and voting. Mr. Vine reviewed survey results and graphs by question and in detail, including items such as current usage and satisfaction with the Roseville parks and recreation system, with Mr. Vine noting that the usage is very high through all four (4) survey sectors of the City, with walking and biking trails indicated as the most-used facilities. Highlights made by Mr. Vine included 81% of the house- holds surveyed had visited Central Park over the last twelve (12) months, with that being the most-visited park in the City at 74%; and usage of parks at an 89% level in each sector, significantly higher than the national benchmark of 72%. Mr. Vine noted that the excellent ratings of the community's parks were higher than the national benchmark of 31%; with 40% of the respondents rating them ex- cellent, 55% rating them good, and 40% rating them excellent; with only 5% rat- ing them as fair. Mr. Vine alerted the City Council that, as policy maker, their