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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 6 October 23, 2001 Page 6 1 Mayor Pro Tern Horst asked how the survey went from being seventy questions 2 to over one hundred questions. Prosser indicated that the additional questions 3 were mentioned by members of the Council. He added that Decision Resources 4 was more than comfortable to strike any questions that they did not want to be on 5 the survey. 6 Councilmember Thuesen asked if there were any risks involved with having 7 additional questions. Prosser stated that there is an attempt to limit questions in 8 order to not exceed the period of comfort. He indicated that the survey for the 9 City of St. Anthony was well within the comfort zone. 10 Councilmember Thuesen asked if Prosser was comfortable that the City has 11 covered their bases with the questions contained in the survey. Prosser stated 12 that,generally,there was plenty of material in the survey. He added that they 13 might want to add a few more questions that will indicate how the residents feel 14 about re-development. 15 Prosser added that it was better to focus in on several key issues when doing these 16 surveys and to do them more frequently. 17 Councilmember Hodson asked if surveying four hundred residents was sufficient. 18 Prosser indicated that surveying four hundred residents gives them a margin of 19 error that is comfortable with those types of surveys. 20 Councilmember Thuesen asked about questions 39-43, wondering with the drastic 21 changes that are taking place. Prosser stated that if the Council does not feel the 22 information is useful at this time, then do not include it. 23 Councilmember Sparks agreed that questions 39-42 could be either eliminated,or 24 condensed into one question. The Council agreed to strike questions 39-42 from 25 the survey. 26 Councilmember Sparks stated they could strike questions 48-63 because the 27 liquor stores are not an issue for the City at this time. 28 Councilmember Thuesen stated that he thought the results would be helpful for 29 Mike Larson, Liquor Manager, to help him with his decisions that will result in 30 the highest possible profits. 31 Councilmember Sparks stated she thought it was still excessive. Councilmember 32 Hodson stated that they could remove a few questions, but agreed with 33 Councilmember Thuesen that the information could be valuable. 34 The Council concluded that questions 48-63, regarding liquor could be 35 condensed. 36 Mayor Pro Tern Horst expressed concern with questions 64-75 regarding the 37 Stonehouse. Prosser suggested that they drop 64-75. The Council agreed.