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T 1996 City of Lino Lakes Residential Survey 5 Nature Center,a swimming beach, fishing,and a hiking trail. Sixty-eight percent favored the City coordinating efforts and funds with Anoka County in the future development of additional trails; twenty-three percent expressed opposition to this intergovernmental cooperation. City Forestry Programs: Majorities gave high ratings to the effectiveness of current city forestry programs. Fifty-five percent rated the planting of trees along city boulevards as"excellent"or"good;"thirty-one percent were more critical. Sixty percent rated tree preservation efforts as"excellent"or"good," while nineteen percent considered them to be"only fair"or"poor." The Oak Wilt Program for disease control was rated highly by forty-seven percent and lower by ten percent; but, forty-four percent did not have enough knowledge to form a judgment. City Services: Among those offering opinions,snow plowing,police services,and fire services each posted approval ratings over ninety percent. At the next level of overall satisfaction, sewers and water, drainage and flood control,and animal control received between eighty and eighty-nine percent approval ratings. Only one city service received a lower approval rating: city street repair and maintenance at sixty-seven percent. But, even so,this rating was well above the Metropolitan Area suburban norm. Value of City Services: Thirty-one percent of the sample did not know the percentage of their property tax dollars going to the City of Lino Lakes. Among those offering an estimate,the median response was 21.3 percent. In considering the general value of city services in the light of property taxes paid,fifty- four percent felt they were"excellent"or"good." Forty-three percent saw them as"only fair"or "poor." This value rating placed Lino Lakes in the lower third quartile of suburban communities. In comparing city property tax levels with neighboring suburban communities, sixty-three percent regarded local property taxes as"very high"or"somewhat high,"while thirty-two percent felt they were"about average." Clearly,the value rating was being driven down by perceived high taxes,not by perceived inferior city services. Empowerment: Sixty-two percent felt they could have an impact on the way things were run in Lino Lakes; h thirty-four percent thought they could not. This level of efficacy was slightly above the suburban 2rDRL