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MINUTES <br />City Council <br />April 13, 1988 <br />Collova asked the effect of the multiples on the survey results <br />indicating that the r•esidents of multiples ar~e paying r•ent and not <br />taxes. Collova noted that ther~e was suppor•t for• purchase of Spooner• <br />Par•k, Center~ville Road pr•oper•ty and Capitol View proper•ty. Collova <br />asked if suppor•t for~ acquisition of par~k land was evident in other~ <br />cities Decision Resources has sur~veyed. <br />Mor•r~is r•eplied that such suppor•t is unusual, but that Little Canada is <br />unique. Other cities surveyed have already owned park land. Plorris <br />r•eplied that he has never• come acr~oss such suppor•t for~ pur~chase of a <br />par•k such as was found with Spooner~ Par~k. Morr•is also felt that ther•e <br />was unease about School Distr•ict decision-making. <br />Scalze expr~essed sur•pr•ise for~ the suppor~t shown for• the addition of a <br />community room onto the City Center. <br />Morris replied that people perceive Little Canada as a good community <br />to live in and they want to be pr•oud of the City. Ther•efor~e, r•espondents <br />suppor~t a good-looking City Center•. <br />Blesener• indicated that the sur~vey confir•med a lot of feelings that he <br />had. Blesener stated that he agreed with the survey results that more <br />emphasis was needed in the ar•ea of code enfor~cement. Qlesener~ also <br />pointed out that over• the last few year~s the Cit,y has begun to develop <br />new City policies with r•egar~d to r~oad r~econstr~uction and r•epair~. <br />Scalze asked the typical r•eaction to code enfor~cement in other~ cities <br />surveyed. <br />Mor~r•is r•eplied that a 32% r•esponse for~ the need for mor•e code enfor•cement <br />was somewhat high. But the pr•oblems identified such as better• animal <br />contr•ol was consistent with the County over•all. <br />Blesener• noted that the City is developing some new neighborhoods ar~ound <br />older• neighborhoods and felt that because of this the pr•oblems of <br />junk car•s and messy yar•ds has sur~faced. <br />Blesener commented on the percentage of people who indicated that they <br />ar~e r~ecycling and felt this per•centage was high. <br />Mor•r•is agr•eed and indicated that this per•centage is equal to the City <br />of Plymouth's which has had a r•ecycling progr•am in effect for~ some time. <br />LaValle pointed out that the negative r•esponses r•egar~ding police pr~otection <br />came fr~om the ol der• popul ati on i n the Ci ty, r~ather• than the younger~ whi ch <br />usually has mor•e contact with law enfor~cement agencies. <br />Mor•r~is r~eplied that in other• cities problems of r~esponse time and r~udeness <br />on the par•t of law enfor•cement officer•s have sur•faced. <br />alesener~ pointed out that the sur~vey identified a str~eet lighting problem <br />in the City. <br />Page -4- <br />