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City of Lino Lakes Charter-Comm fission March 21, 1997 establish such a fund. STRONGLY FAVOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% SOMEWHAT FAVOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36% SOMEWHAT OPPOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13% STRONGLY OPPOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% DON`T KNOW/RE-FUSED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1$% However, about one-third of the community was in the"somewhat favor" category, indicating that a solid information effort would be required prior to a referendum on this issue. Supporters were most apt to be 35-44 year olds, Precinct 4 households, and White Collar households. Opposition was highest among households with seniors, empty-nesters, Precinct 2 households, Blue Collar households, and retirees. Summary and Conclusions While most residents rated the condition of city streets favorably, a majority supported a City Charter change to allow for the development of a comprehensive plan. The majority, though, was not sufficient to guarantee-success in a-referendumr election,-irrfactt a substantiaf information, effort would be needed to insure a positive vote. A key portion of the information campaign must beto a taxcincrease-will-not passage &this type-of charter change. The character of the opposition strongly suggested that it was due to the feeling that a-successftd-referendum woutcfentai}a-tax-increase, as-in-the-case of most school-district apd city bond or levy requests. Residents, then, will need to be convinced that the City Charter change-sim*permits-a process--which-will-be subjecm scratinyby-the-pubfrc--trrbegio. Once that message is communicated, the referendum will have a much higher probability of passage. Page 5 of 5