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DECISION RESOURCES, LTD. MOUNDS VIEW CITY SURVEY <br />3128 Dean Court City Issues Study <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 February, 1990 <br />Hello, I'm of Decision Resources, Ltd., a nationwide <br />polling firm located in Minneapolis. We've been retained by the <br />City of Mounds View to speak with a random sample of residents <br />about issues facing the city. The survey is being taken because <br />the City is interested in your opinions and suggestions. I want <br />to assure you that all individual responses will be held strictly <br />confidential; only summaries of the entire sample will be <br />reported. (DO NOT PAUSE) <br />1. Approximately how many years have <br />you lived in Mounds View? <br />LESS <br />THAN TWO YEARS ... <br />14% <br />TWO <br />TO FIVE YEARS ..... <br />30% <br />SIX <br />TO TEN YEARS ...... <br />11% <br />11 - <br />20 YEARS......... <br />25% <br />21 - <br />30 YEARS......... <br />10% <br />OVER <br />THIRTY YEARS ..... <br />10% <br />DON'T <br />KNOW/REFUSED..... <br />0% <br />2. As things now stand, how long in LESS THAN TWO YEARS ... 14% <br />the future do you expect to live 2 - 5 YEARS ........... 16% <br />in Mounds View? 6 - 10 YEARS ........... 9% <br />OVER TEN YEARS........ 13% <br />REST OF LIFE (VOL.) ... 31% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... 16% <br />3. How would you rate the quality of EXCELLENT.............26% <br />life in Mounds View -- excellent, GOOD..................66% <br />good, only fair, or poor? ONLY FAIR..............8% <br />POOR...................0% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED..... 0% <br />4. Would you say that the <br />City has <br />BETTER................59% <br />changed for the better <br />or for the <br />WORSE..................9% <br />worse during the last <br />few years? <br />NO CHANGE (VOL)....... <br />20% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... <br />11% <br />Changing topics.... <br />5. Would you favor or oppose an in- FAVOR.................40% <br />crease in city property taxes if OPPOSE................46% <br />it were needed to maintain city DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... 14% <br />services at their current levels? <br />6. How would you rate property taxes EXCESSIVELY HIGH ....... 2% <br />in Mounds View in comparison with COMPARATIVELY HIGH .... 14% <br />those of other communities: ABOUT AVERAGE ......... 59% <br />excessively high, comparatively COMPARATIVELY LOW ...... 3% <br />high, about average, or compara- DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... 23% <br />tively low? <br />Eq <br />