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1996 City of Lino Lakes Residential Survey g Town Center Establishments: In reacting to a list of sixteen establishments which could be attracted to a Town Center, only two were rejected by a majority of respondents. Over eighty percent supported attracting a quality restaurant and a family-style restaurant. Between seventy percent and seventy-nine percent favored attracting a grocery store, an indoor recreation center, walking trails, and retail stores. Between sixty percent and sixty-nine percent favored a medical and dental clinic and senior housing. Majorities between fifty percent and fifty-nine percent supported day care facilities, a public plaza for socializing,professional services, and middle income housing. A forty-nine percent to forty-five percent judgment favored a fast-food restaurant. At the bottom of the preference list, fifty-three percent opposed townhouses, while sixty-two percent opposed low- income housing. Lino Lakes Community Center: Residents were asked to consider the types of facilities they would like to see included in a Lino Lakes Community Center,if such a facility were constructed. In assessing eleven potential facilities, all were supported by a majority of respondents. Over eighty percent favored the inclusion of a senior citizens' center and a teen center. Between seventy percent and seventy- nine percent supported an indoor family fun leisure-type swimming pool, a gymnasium, an exercise and fitness center, and a walking/running track. Between sixty percent and sixty-nine percent supported the inclusion of smaller meeting rooms, a trail head area for walking and cross country skiing, and a day care center. Fifty-eight percent favored the inclusion of racquetball courts,while a narrow forty-seven percent to forty-two percent judgment supported including large banquet rooms. In concept, seventy-eight percent favored the construction of a Community Center in the City of Lino Lakes. Only eighteen percent opposed its construction. When the topic of a property tax increase to fund construction of a facility, support dropped to sixty percent, while opposition rose to thirty-two percent. Similarly,the topic of lower property tax increases through private ownership of certain facilities --with potentially higher user fees --was discussed:by a seventy- three percent to twenty-two percent margin,residents supported this approach. Characteristics of the Community: Residents were read a list of fifteen characteristics of a community. They were then asked to indicate if they thought Lino Lakes had"too many or too much," "too few or too little,"or"about the right amount." Majorities or pluralities felt that Lino Lakes had"about the right amount"of eight characteristics: the number of people residing in the community, rental units, high cost housing opportunities,condominiums and townhouses, income diversity, parks and open spaces, 1011-4 2'DRL