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DECISION RESOURCES, LTD. Mounds View Residential
<br /> 3128 Dean Court Tax/Spending Issues
<br /> Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 April, 1992
<br /> • Hello, I 'm of Decision Resources, Ltd. , a polling firm
<br /> located in Minneapolis. We have been retained by the City of
<br /> Mounds View to speak with a random sample of residents about
<br /> issues facing our community. I want to assure you that all
<br /> individual responses will be held strictly confidential; only
<br /> summaries of the entire sample will be reported.
<br /> 1. Approximately how many years have TWO YEARS OR LESS 8%
<br /> you lived in Mounds View? THREE TO FIVE YEARS. . . 21%
<br /> SIX TO TEN YEARS 20%
<br /> ELEVEN - TWENTY YEARS23%
<br /> OVER TWENTY YEARS 29%
<br /> 2 . As things now stand, how long in TWO YEARS OR LESS 11%
<br /> the future do you expect to live THREE TO FIVE YEARS13%
<br /> in Mounds View? SIX TO TEN YEARS 5%
<br /> OVER TEN YEARS 12%
<br /> REST OF LIFE (VOL) 34%
<br /> DON'T KNOW/REFUSED25%
<br /> 3 . How would you rate the quality of EXCELLENT 23%
<br /> life in Mounds View -- excellent, GOOD 65%
<br /> good, only fair, or poor? ONLY FAIR 9%
<br /> POOR 1%
<br /> DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 1%
<br /> 4 . What do you like MOST about living in Mounds View?
<br /> NO ANSWER, 10%; LOCATION, 29%; QUIET, 17%; SCHOOLS, 7%;
<br /> . PEOPLE, 6%; NEIGHBORHOOD, 8%; SMALL TOWN, 6%; SUBURBAN,
<br /> 6%; PARKS, 4% ; SAFE, 4%; HOUSE-LOT, 4%.
<br /> 5. What do you like LEAST about it?
<br /> NO ANSWER, 28%; NOTHING, 16%; TRAFFIC, 8%; TAXES, 10%;
<br /> CITY GOVERNMENT, 5%; LOCATION, 3% ; NO STORES, 5%; CITY
<br /> SERVICES, 8%; CRIME, 2%; URBAN DECAY, 8%; STREETS, 3%;
<br /> SCATTERED RESPONSES, 5%.
<br /> 6. In general, how would you rate the EXCELLENT 4%
<br /> Mounds View City Government on GOOD 51%
<br /> spending of tax revenues effec- ONLY FAIR 25%
<br /> tively and efficiently -- excel- POOR 7%
<br /> lent, good, only fair, or poor? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . 13%
<br /> 7. In what areas, if any, do you feel tax money is not spent
<br /> effectively and efficiently?
<br /> NO ANSWER, 58%; SCHOOLS, 7% ; PARK AND REC, 9%; STREETS,
<br /> 12%; OVERALL, 4% ; SENIOR CENTER, 1% ; PLOWING, 2%;
<br /> SALARIES, 2% ; SCATTERED, 5%.
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