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108. How much would you be willing to pay in additional property taxes to support the construction and partial operation of a Mounds View Community Center? (START WITH A RANDOMLY SELECTED CHOICE FROM #1 TO #7) Let's say, would you be willing to pay $ per year? (MOVE TO NEXT CHOICE UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON ANSWER.) NOTHING...............21% $10 ....................9% $15 ...................11% $20 ....................8% $25 ....................8% $30 ...................17% $35 ...................18% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... 18% If a community center were built, the City would have two choices on charging user fees. First, the City could subsidize the operation of the center through general tax revenue and keep user fees low. Or, second, the City could require the facility to be self-sufficient, requiring much higher user fees. 109. Which course of action would you SUBSIDIZE.............44% favor -- should the City subsi- DON'T SUBSIDIZE ....... 44% dize operating costs through gen- DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.... 12% eral tax revenues or not? 110. How likely would this household VERY LIKELY ............ 9% be to use a nursery school program SOMEWHAT LIKELY....... 12% -- very likely, somewhat likely, NOT TOO LIKELY........ 15% not too likely, or not at all NOT AT ALL LIKELY ..... 64% likely? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED..... 0% Changing topics again.... As you may know, in 1989 the Mounds View Public Works Department took over all snow plowing and sanding of city streets. The County and State still plow streets and highways under their jurisdiction. Thinking about CITY STREETS ONLY.... 111. How would you rate the snow EXCELLENT.............28% plowing and sanding of city GOOD..................48% streets during the past year -- ONLY FAIR.............12% excellent, good, only fair, or POOR...................6% poor? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED..... 5% 112. What is a reasonable response time LESS THAN EIGHT HRS ... 35% for removing snow after a major ABOUT EIGHT HOURS ..... 44% storm of, say, eight to ten inches ABOUT SIXTEEN HOURS ... 13% -- less than eight hours, about ABOUT 24 HOURS......... 4% eight hours, about sixteen hours, NONE OF THE ABOVE (VOL)1% or about twenty-four hours? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED..... 3% 113. If a major snow storm were to hit MORNING RUSH HOUR ..... 30% after midnight, do you expect city NOON..................48% streets to be cleared by morning EVENING RUSH HOUR ..... 17% rush hour, noon, evening rush LATER THAT NIGHT ....... 3% hour, or later that night? NONE OF THE ABOVE (VOL)0% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED..... 2% 11