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IF "B" IS CHOSEN, ASK: <br /> <br />30. <br /> <br />Under what conditions would you vote for a tax increase <br />for park and recreational facilities development? <br /> <br />DON'T KNOW, 23%; JUSTIFIED NEED, 24%; SMALL INCREASE, <br />14%; MORE TR3%ILS, 14%; MORE PLAYGROUNDS, 7%; MORE <br />PARKS, 7%; NEED MORE INFO, 10%. <br /> <br />Suppose the City of Elk River proposed park and recreational <br />facilities development which you considered to be a reasonable <br />approach. The proposal would be placed on a referendum ballot <br />for approval by the voters. In order to fund construction, <br />residents would be asked to approve a property tax increase for a <br />fifteen year period. <br /> <br />31. <br /> <br />How much would you be willing to <br />see your property taxes increase <br />to fund this construction? Let's <br />say, would you be willing to see <br />your YEARLY property taxes in- <br />crease by $ ? (CHOOSE RANDOM <br />STARTING POINT; MOVE UP OR DOWN <br />DEPENDING ON RESPONSE) How about <br />$ <br /> <br />NOTHING ............... 20% <br />$10 00 ................ 13% <br />$20 00 ................ 18% <br />$30 00 ................ 19% <br />$40 00 ................ 10% <br />$50 00 ................. <br />$60 00 ................. 4% <br />DON'T KNOW ............ 10% <br /> <br />per month? (REPEAT PROCESS) REFUSED ................ 3% <br /> <br />Moving on .... <br /> <br />32. <br /> <br />Do you agree or disagree with the STRONGLY AGREE ........ 19% <br />following statement: "A good AGREE ................. 36% <br />Elk River park and recreation DISAGREE .............. 23% <br />system will increase the value of STRONGLY DISAGREE ..... 10% <br />my property." (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) DON'T KNOW/REFUSED .... 13% <br />and do you feel strongly that way? <br /> <br />Changing topics .... <br /> <br />I would like to read you a list of a few city services. For each <br />one, Please tell me whether you would rate the quality of the <br />service as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? Please keep in <br />mind that the City of Elk River is not responsible for county or <br />state parks, highways, and other facilities. <br /> <br />EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK/R <br /> <br />33. <br /> <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />4O <br /> <br />Maintenance and repair of city <br />streets? <br />Snow plowing? <br />Street lighting? <br />Sewers and water? <br />Drainage and flood control? <br />Animal control? <br />Police services? <br />Fire protection? <br /> <br />5% 43% 36% 16% 1% <br />12% 52% 23% 11% 2% <br />5% 53% 25% 13% 5% <br />7% 53% 9% 2% 29% <br />8% 58% 14% 6% 15% <br />8% 59% 16% 8% 10% <br />19% 66% 11% 1% 3% <br />19% 63% 8% 1% 10% <br /> <br /> <br />