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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report : 9-4 nrior �� Q Report Number: 92-324C Report Date: 7-9-92 EW Council REPORT council Action: 0 Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE July 13, 1992 0 Public Hearings 0 Consent Agenda [X Council Business Item Description: Conducting a Secondary Community Survey Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY For several years there have been discussions among Council and staff regarding the need to upgrade and expand the Mounds View Police Department facility. The purpose of a new facility would be to provide additional operational and technical areas to address the continually changing and complex operational activities and legal requirements facing a Metropolitan area police force. Recent discussions have centered on Council desire to submit the issue to the public for consideration as a referendum in the November election. Discussions have also transpired in regards to the advisability of conducting a small sample random survey to determine resident views on the construction of a new police facility and related City Hall improvements. As per Council direction, staff contacted Decision Resources, Ltd. to determine the costs of a 250 sample resident survey. The cost is approximately $3 , 000 for a 15 question survey and related analysis. The survey could be funded out of the savings realized from the recodification of the City Municipal Code_(100-4120-323) . As per Council direction, this matter is placed on the Council Business Agenda for Council consideration of authorizing Decision Resources to conduct a 250 random sample 15 question survey at a cost not to exceed $3,000 and to be funded out •£,Account 100-4120-303 . (/'-------- OF Sam. tha Orduno City Administrator RECOMMENDATION;