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Decision <br />Resources Ltd. <br />SURVEY FINDINGS <br />City of Mounds View Residents <br />Methodoloctv ° <br />This study contains the results of a telephone survey of 251 <br />randomly selected residents of the City of Mounds View. Survey <br />responses were gathered by professional interviewers across the <br />community between August 13, 1992, and August 17, 1992. The <br />average interview ook fourteen minutes. Tn general, random <br />samples such as this yield results projectable to the entire <br />universe of residents of the City of Mounds View within + 6.3 <br />percentage points in .95 out of 100 cases. <br />Residential Demo_crraphics: <br />Residents were asked a very short number of background <br />questions. The median residential langevity was 11.2 years; but, <br />sixteen percent had arrived in the city during the past two <br />years, while twenty-nine percent had lived there over twenty <br />years. The average age was 42.5 yea rs old; twenty-eight percent <br />were under 35 years old, while twenty-six percent were over 54 <br />years old. Gender differences were also encountered: fifty-four <br />percent of the respondents were female, while forty-six percent <br />were male. Geographically, the four precincts ranged from twen- <br />ty-nine percent of the sample, residing in Precinct Three, to <br />twenty percent, res.iding in Precinct Two. <br />New Police Department.Buildinq Referendum: <br />Forty-three percent of the sample favored the construction <br />of a new Police Department Building and related City Hall im- <br />provements; thirty-two percent opposed the new construction. <br />Less than two year residents were more apt to be somewhat suppor- <br />tiveo A large swing group, twenty-five percent, were undecided. <br />At this time, a.majority, then, do not favor even in concept the <br />proposal. <br />Residents were read a series of facts about Police Depart- <br />ment and City Hall needs. Forty-one percent reported they would <br />be more likely to support the new construction in light of the <br />fact that the current police facilities do not offer privacy for <br />youth and people involved in sensitive crimes, such as rape, <br />domestic and child abuse. This was particularly impactful among <br />less than two year residents, 18-34 year olds, and Precinct 2 <br />3128 Dean Court • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 •(612) 920-0337