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Mounds View City Council February 28, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 8 • Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. E. Review and Approve Community Survey Questionnaire. City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich advised that it's recommended that the questions be dropped down to the budgeted amount since each question costs $135. He stated that the results of the survey would be presented to the Council on April 11th and distributed to the public at about that same time. There was a consensus to remove Question No. 51. There was a discussion regarding whether they would be billed for Questions 52 and 52, and City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated he would check with Decision Resources about that. Council Member Thomas stated she would like to limit Ramsey County's questions to three. Mayor Marty concurred. Council Member Gunn brought up the fact that the Park and Recreation Department had $10,000 set aside for a survey such as this. Public Works Director Lee stated that the money is there, but it hasn't been allocated. There was a consensus to have the Parks and Recreation Department pay for their proportionate share of the questions. There was a consensus to ask Questions 21 and 23, following by a combination question of 22 and 24, since they were redundant. Council Member Flaherty stated that Question No. 52 regarding gender is strictly a subjective opinion by the person doing the calling, and Council Member Gunn agreed. Council Member Thomas suggested using Question 40, and eliminating Question 39, but adding an additional answer to Question 40 that they don't have Internet access. There was a discussion regarding Question 17, and it was the consensus to change the wording to reflect, "were about the same". Council Member Stigney suggested changing Question 25 to say, "The proposal was recently made to require a referendum whenever Mounds View intended to raise the city portion of the yearly property tax by five percent or more." He suggested changing the second part of the question also, and it was decided to change it to, "A special election, if necessary, in a . nonelection year costs the City of Mounds View about $6,000 to conduct."