PL PACKET 11171987 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

• 1 Sundland 'indicated he would.: be interested.:to: f ind. out .j us.t how the 2 ' residents- felt a bout-' the 'condition their own streets were in. be- 3 cause he recalled-`some of the .Couh'Cil ten years ago had been quite 4 surprised`to have ."a majority: of .the residents respond .to the ques- 5 ' tion in. the survey -dealing -with that same question.- by indicating 6 they thought their streets were' 'in good condition; 7 . commented:-that no matter what the engineers tell the Council 8 - about the: condition. of the .streets, what counts. is what the -resi- 9 dents themselves _ believe_ about their streets because they' re the - 10 ones.- who have to -pay for any reconstruction'; 11 recalled most of: the written comments residents had included in 12 that previous questionnaire had been quite negative. 13 Makowske said she .thought` most people in St. Anthony were so 14 _ nice they- just- never complained about things that really bothered " 15 them; 16 as an example, she pointed out the City to this day didn' t have a 17 real accurate count on how many basements had been ruined during 18 the July .23rd storm because a lot of people just figured there. had . 19 been a lot of people in. the same boat-- and "just took it on the 20 chin" without complaining to the City; 1021 said. she. considered a survey would be a good way to find out just 22 what ' s .bothering a lot .of the residents. 23 Marks said the City is in the business of. providing services to 24 its residents and this would be. a good way of knowing what 2.5 services they are" getting; ' 26 added, however, that he was somewhat bothered to see the City 27 spend $4 ,800 for this service when the Council had quibbled over 28 spending to support the Youth Service Bureau, which he perceived 29 - also provided a lot of necessary services for a lot . of people in 30 the community. 31 Enrooth disagreed, saying he perceived the City had spent a -lot of 32 money, in that instance on services the City should. not be in the 33 business of providing; 34 agreed the survey.-would be a natural follow up to the market 35 -_ _ study the H.R.A. had done and should be undertaken as such. 36. Marks and Enrooth' both .said they would like to see questions 37 related to recycling included in the surveys; 38 Enrooth said if he were answering such a question, his suggestion 39 would be that the City do something to make-it easier .for resi- .40 dents to recycle their natural wastes for composts all year round; 9