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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9.a. Presentation of Residential Survey THE MORRIS LEATHERMAN COMPANY 2014 CITY OF ROSEMOUNT 3128 Dean Court RESIDENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 FINAL APRIL 2014 Hello, I 'm of the Morris Leatherman Company, a nationwide polling firm located in Minneapolis . We 've been retained by the City of Rosemount to speak with a random sample of residents about issues facing the city. The survey is being taken because your city representatives and staff are interested in your opinions and suggestions . I want to assure you that all individual responses will be held strictly confidential; only summaries of the entire sample will be reported. (DO NOT PAUSE) 1. Approximately how many years LESS THAN ONE YEAR. . . . . . 2% have you lived in Rosemount? ONE OR TWO YEARS . . . . . . . . 5% THREE TO FIVE YEARS . . . . 10% SIX TO TEN YEARS . . . . . . . 26% ELEVEN - TWENTY YRS. . . . 27% TWENTY - THIRTY YRS. . . . 15% OVER THIRTY YEARS . . . . . . 15% REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% 2 . In what city and/or state were you DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% located immediately prior to your SAINT PAUL. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14% residence here? MINNEAPOLIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% APPLE VALLEY. . . . . . . . . . . 15% EAGAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20% WEST SAINT PAUL. . . . . . . . . 2% OUTSIDE MINNESOTA. . . . . . 11% RURAL MINNESOTA. . . . . . . . . 9% ALWAYS ROSEMOUNT. . . . . . . . 4% BURNSVILLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% BLOOMINGTON/EDINA. . . . . . . 5% INVER GROVE HEIGHTS . . . . . 2% LAKEVILLE/FARMINGTON. . . . 3% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% 3. Thinking back to when you moved to DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% Rosemount, what factors were most HOUSING/NEIGHBORHOOLD. . 29% important to you in selecting this OPEN SPACE/NATURE. . . . . . 14% location? SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% SCHOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17% CLOSE TO FAMILY. . . . . . . . 11% CLOSE TO JOB. . . . . . . . . . . 16% CONVENIENT LOCATION. . . . . 2% SMALL TOWN FEEL. . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 4 . As things stand now, how long in LESS THAN TWO YEARS . . . . . 4% the future do you expect to live TWO TO FIVE YEARS. . . . . . . 6% in Rosemount? SIX TO TEN YEARS. . . . . . . 15% OVER TEN YEARS. . . . . . . . . 70% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 5% 5. How would you rate the quality of EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46% life in Rosemount -- excellent, GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% good, only fair, or poor? ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 6. What do you like MOST, if any- DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% thing, about living in Rosemount? NOTHING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% CONVENIENT LOCATION. . . . . 8% CLOSE TO FAMILY/FRIEND. 18% CLOSE TO JOB. . . . . . . . . . . . 8% SAFE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% HOUSING/NEIGHBORHOOD. . . 17% PARK AND REC. . . . . . . . . . . . 4% OPEN SPACE/NATURE. . . . . . 120 SMALL TOWN FEEL. . . . . . . . 100 SCHOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% QUIET/PEACEFUL. . . . . . . . . . 3% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 7 . What do you think is the most DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% serious issue facing Rosemount NOTHING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25% today? HIGH TAXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% CITY SPENDING. . . . . . . . . . . 6% RISING CRIME. . . . . . . . . . . . 4% TOO MUCH GROWTH. . . . . . . . 24% TRAFFIC CONGESTION. . . . . . 3% LACK OF JOBS. . . . . . . . . . . . 6% LACK OF RETAIL. . . . . . . . . . 9% STREET REPAIR. . . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% 8 . How would you rate the City of EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46% Rosemount as a place to raise GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% children -- excellent, good, only ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% fair or poor? POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% 9. And, how would you rate Rosemount EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28% as a place to retire -- excellent, GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59% good, only fair, or poor? ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% 10 . Do you feel accepted, valued and YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97% welcomed in the City of Rosemount? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% IF "NO, " ASK: (n=7) 11 . Why do you feel that way? UNFRIENDLY PEOPLE, 29%; NOT ENOUGH DIVERSITY, 29%; DON' T KNOW ANYONE, 29%; T00 OLD, 14% . When residents are asked what comes to mind when they think of their communities, many things can occur to them. Minneapolis residents think of the lake system, Stillwater residents think of their riverfront, and Saint Paul residents think of the State Capitol. 12. What image comes to mind when you DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 3% think about the City of Rosemount? NOTHING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% IRISH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23% SHAMROCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% HIGH SCHOOL. . . . . . . . . . . . 10% RURAL/QUIET. . . . . . . . . . . . 11% SMALL TOWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13% PARKS AND TRAILS . . . . . . . . 2% HOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% FARMS/CORNFIELDS . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% 13 . How would you rate the general EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38% sense of community among Rosemount GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55% residents -- excellent, good, only ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% fair or poor? POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: (n=398) 14 . Why do you feel that way? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% FRIENDLY PEOPLE. . . . . . . . 47% GOOD NEIGHBORS . . . . . . . . . 39% COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS. . 6% NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS. . . . . 3% PEOPLE NOT FRIENDLY. . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 15 . What things could be done to DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 6% improve the sense of commun- NOTHING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56% ity in Rosemount? MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS. . 20% MORE NEIGHBOR EVENTS. . . 14% FARMERS MARKET. . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 16. Now which of the following state- STATEMENT A. . . . . . . . . . . . 37% ments comes closest to your STATEMENT B. . . . . . . . . . . . 53% feelings? STATEMENT C. . . . . . . . . . . . 10% A. I feel a real tie to the entire NONE (VOL. ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% Rosemount community. DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% B. I have strong ties to my neigh- borhood, but weak ties to the rest of Rosemount . C. I have neither strong ties to my neighborhood nor the comm- unity as a whole. 17 . In which neighborhood in the City of Rosemount do you live? DON' T KNOW, 15%; NEIGHBORHOOD NAMED, 58%; SOMETHING ELSE NAMED, 27% . Moving on. . . . . 18 . All in all, do you think things in RIGHT DIRECTION. . . . . . . . 88% Rosemount are generally headed in WRONG TRACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% the right direction, or do you DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% feel things are off on the wrong track? IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: (n=386) 19 . Could you tell me why you DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% feel that way? GOOD COMMUNITY. . . . . . . . . 43% NO PROBLEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . 30% GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT. . . 12% HIGH TAXES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% POOR CITY SPENDING. . . . . . 2% LACK OF RETAIL. . . . . . . . . . 3% GOOD GROWTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% I would like to read you a list of characteristics of a community. For each one, please tell me if you think Rosemount currently has too many or too much, too few or too little, or about the right amount . (ROTATE LIST) MANY FEW/ ABOUT D. K. / MUCH LITT RIGHT REF. 20. Affordable rental units? 12% 170 57% 150 21 . Luxury rental units? 10% 14% 61% 16% 22 . Condominiums? 11% 7% 71% 11% 23 . Townhouses? 130 6% 71% 10% 24 . Starter homes for young families? 5% 27% 61% 7% 25. "Move up" housing? 11% 160 690 5% 26. Higher cost housing? 14% 80 71% 7% 27 . Senior housing? 2% 250 62% 12% 28 . Affordable housing, defined by the Metropolitan Council as a single family home costing less than $177, 500? 6% 33% 540 8% 29. Parks and open spaces? 12% 9% 78% 20 30 . Trails and bikeways? 11% 140 73% 3% 31 . Service establishments? 3% 27% 69% 1% 32 . Retail shopping opportunities? 2% 49% 48% 1% 33. Entertainment establishments? 3% 45% 52% 1% 34 . Dining establishments? 40 38% 58% 1% 35. Day care opportunities? 1% 7% 63% 290 36. Are there any specific retail DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% shopping opportunities you would NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47% like to see offered in Rosemount? TARGET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18% (IF "YES, " ASK: ) What would that WAL-MART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% be? HOME DEPOT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% WHOLE FOODS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% BOUTIQUE SHOPS. . . . . . . . . . 9% DEPARTMENT STORE. . . . . . . . 5% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% As the City of Rosemount continues development and redevelop- ment. . . . 37 . Do you support or oppose the City STRONGLY SUPPORT. . . . . . . 140 providing financial incentives to SUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59% attract specific types of develop- OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18% ment? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you STRONGLY OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . 5% feel strongly that way? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 5% Moving on. . . 38 . Do you think the pace of commer- TOO RAPID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% cial and retail development in the ABOUT RIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . 65% city has been too rapid, about NOT FAST ENOUGH. . . . . . . . 29% right, or not fast enough? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% 39. And, do you think the pace of TOO RAPID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23% residential development in the ABOUT RIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . 73% city has been too rapid, about NOT FAST ENOUGH. . . . . . . . . 3% right, or not fast enough? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% As I read the following statements about residential and business development, please answer "yes" or "no. " YES NO DKR 40. There is a good mix of business and residential development in the City. 74% 25% 1% 41 . During the past few years, the appear- ance and maintenance of business pro- perties has improved. 87% 10% 3% 42 . Residents have adequate opportunity to make their feelings known about pro- posed development or redevelopment projects . 88% 80 4% 43. There is sufficient open and natural space in the community. 90% 10% 0% As you know, schools grade students on a scale from A to F, including pluses and minuses. 44 . Using this scale, please give an A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% overall rating to development in A- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% the City of Rosemount? B+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18% B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24% B- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13% C+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% C- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% D+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% D-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% F+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% NO ANSWER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% On another topic. . . . City Council continues to have the redevelopment of Downtown Rosemount as a goal . 45 . How would you rate the progress on EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% this goal - excellent, good, only GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61% fair or poor? ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23% POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% Moving on. . . . As you may know, property taxes are divided between the City of Rosemount and various other units of local government. Thinking about the amount going to the City. . . . 46. Do you think the city portion of VERY HIGH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% your property taxes, which funds SOMEWHAT HIGH. . . . . . . . . . 29% City services in Rosemount is very ABOUT AVERAGE. . . . . . . . . . 55% high, somewhat high, about average SOMEWHAT LOW. . . . . . . . . . . . 3% somewhat low or very low in com- VERY LOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% parison with nearby suburban com- DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 5% munities? As you may know, the City share of the property tax is about 40 percent, which is about $879 on a $203, 000 home in the city. I would like to read you a list of a few city services . For each one, please tell me whether you would rate the quality of the service as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? EXC GOO FAI POO DKR 47 . Police protection? 500 460 2% 1% 1% 48 . Fire protection? 47% 50% 1% 0% 2% 49. Storm drainage and flood control? 18% 65% 14% 3% 0% 50. Park maintenance? 32% 63% 5% 0% 1% 51 . Athletic field maintenance? 31% 56% 7% 0% 7% 52 . City-sponsored recreation programs? 36% 53% 6% 0% 5% 53. Animal control? 170 62% 14% 2% 6% 54 . Quality and taste of drinking water? 24% 50% 19% 5% 3% Now, for the next four city services, please consider only city- maintained street and roads. Do not consider state and county roads, which are taken care of by other levels of government. How would you rate . . . . EXC GOO FAI POO DKR 55. City street repair and maintenance? 12% 49% 31% 80 0% 56. Snow plowing? 17% 70% 11% 1% 1% 57 . Snow plowing of trails? 13% 59% 14% 2% 12% 58 . Street lighting? 9% 68% 22% 2% 0% 59. When you consider the property EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% taxes you pay and the quality of GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80% city services you receive, would ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% you rate the general value of city POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% services as excellent, good, only DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 3% fair, or poor? 60. Would you favor or oppose an in- FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36% crease in city property taxes, OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61% if it were needed to maintain DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% city services at their current level? 61. Would you favor or oppose a FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% property tax increase to expand or OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76% improve city services? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% IF "FAVOR, " ASK: (n=81) 62 . What city services would you DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 90 be willing to pay higher pro- PARKS AND RECREATION. . . 47% perty taxes to expand or im- POLICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% prove? STREET REPAIR. . . . . . . . . . 33% FIRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Most communities have one of two systems for garbage collection. In an open collection system, like the City of Rosemount currently has, residents choose their hauler from several different companies serving the community. Other cities use an organized collection system, where the City contracts with haulers for collection throughout the city. 63 . Would you favor or oppose the City STRONGLY FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . 7% of Rosemount changing from the FAVOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34% current system in which residents OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31% may choose from several different STRONGLY OPPOSE. . . . . . . . 21% haulers to a system where the City DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 8% chooses specific haulers for the whole community? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: (n=369) 64 . Could you tell me one or two DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% reasons for your decision? LIKE CURRENT HAULER. . . . 15% WANT CHOICE. . . . . . . . . . . . 35% CHOICE/LOWER COST. . . . . . 12% LESS TRUCK TRAFFIC. . . . . 13% LESS STREET MAINTENANCE. 6% LESS NOISE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% LESS POLLUTION. . . . . . . . . . 2% ORGANIZED/LOWER COST. . . 11% IF `OPPOSE" OR `STRONGLY OPPOSE" IN QUESTION #63, ASK: (n=211) 65 . Would you still oppose chang- YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56% ing to an organized collec- NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39% tion system if you could save DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% money on your garbage bill? Thinking about another topic. . . . 66. Do you generally feel safe in your YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99% home? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 67 . And, do you generally feel safe YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94% walking in your neighborhood alone NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% at night? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% 68 . What do you consider to be the most serious crime issue in Rosemount? (READ LIST) VANDALISM AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% BURGLARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% SHOPLIFTING AND THEFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% DRUGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14% GANGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND SPEEDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15% DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% ASSAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% INTERNET CRIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% IDENTITY THEFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% NONE (VOL. ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% 69. How would you rate the amount of TOO MUCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% police patrolling in your neigh- ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT. . . . . 88% borhood -- too much, about the NOT ENOUGH. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% right amount or not enough? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% 70 . Have you called 911 during the YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18% past three years? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% IF "YES, " ASK: (n=71) 71 . Was your call handled in a YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96% timely and efficient manner? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% Turning to fire prevention programs and outreach. . . . 72 . Do you think the Fire Department ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT . . . . . 90% offers about the right amount of TOO MANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% fire prevention programs and out- TOO FEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% reach, too many or too few? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 5% Again, as I read the following statements, please answer "yes" or "no. " YES NO DKR 73. This neighborhood is a good place to raise children. 980 1% 1% 74 . People have pride and ownership in our neighborhood. 940 6% 0% 75. I feel a part of my neighborhood. 940 6% 0% 76. Business and residential neighbor- hoods are enjoyable and stable places to live, work and recreate in Rosemount. 92% 7% 2% 77 . I have recently or plan to sign- ficantly remodel my residence in the next couple of years . 32% 67% 1% 78 . During the past year, I have participated in a neighborhood activity, such as a block group, homeowners' association or Night to Unite? 72% 27% 1% 79. Using the scale of A to F, in- A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% cluding pluses and minuses, please A-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% give an overall rating to your B+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26% neighborhood? B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26% B-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% C+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% C-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% D+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% D- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% F+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% NO ANSWER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% 80 . Does your family have an emergency YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61% preparedness plan? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% 81 . Should the City help organize nei- YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65% ghborhoods to establish neighbor- NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32% hood emergency plans? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% The City hopes to become a more sustainable community in the future. To accomplish this, the city must give increased emphasis to energy conservation and renewable energy sources; continue to take steps to preserve natural resources, and encourage resi- 85 . Have you or household members DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% attended in any other community NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61% events or activities during the CONCERTS IN THE PARK. . . . 9% past two years? (IF "YES, " ASK: ) NIGHT TO UNITE. . . . . . . . . . 6% Which ones? HOLIDAY EVENTS. . . . . . . . . . 3% SPORTS EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . 5% HALLOWEEN TRAIL. . . . . . . . . 3% PUPPETS IN PARK. . . . . . . . . 3% KIDS ACTIVITIES. . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% Continuing. . . . 86. How would you rate the quality of EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26% the community' s public open space GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% and park system - excellent, good, ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% only fair or poor? POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% The Rosemount park system is composed of larger community parks and smaller neighborhood parks and trails . For each of the following facilities, first, tell me if you or members of your household have used it during the past year. Then, for those you have used, please rate them as excellent, good, only fair or poor. If you have no opinion, just say so. . . . NOT EXC GOO FAI POO DKR 87 . Larger community parks, such as Central or Erickson? 13% 44% 42% 0% 0% 2% 88 . Smaller neighborhood parks, such as Meadows or Chippendale? 12% 36% 50% 1% 0% 2% 89. Trails? 10% 37% 41% 7% 30 2% 90. Are there any park and recreationalDON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% facilities missing from the commun-NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60% ity you would like to see in Rose- FITNESS CENTER. . . . . . . . . 11% mount? (IF "YES, " ASK: ) What are INDOOR POOL. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% they? SENIOR CENTER. . . . . . . . . . . 3% TEEN CENTER. . . . . . . . . . . . 10% TRAILS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% WATER PARK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% 91. Have you or members of your house- YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35% hold participated in any City NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65% park and recreation programs? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% IF "YES, " ASK: (n=141) 92 . Which ones? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% SOFTBALL/BASEBALL. . . . . . 18% YOUTH SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . 49% SUMMER PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . 18% SWIMMING LESSONS . . . . . . . . 4% ADULTS SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . 6% THEATER/ARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 93. Were you satisfied or dis- SATISFIED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99% satisfied with your exper- DISSATISFIED. . . . . . . . . . . . 1% ience? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 94 . Have you or members of your house- YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23% hold participated in any Rosemount NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77% Area Athletic Association -- R- DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% Triple A -- programs? 95 . Do you or members of your house- DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% hold currently leave the city for NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62% park and recreation facilities or LAKES/BOATING. . . . . . . . . . 17% activities? (IF "YES, " ASK: ) GOLF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% What would that be? SPORTS LEAGUES. . . . . . . . . . 4% TRAILS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% WATER PARK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% CAMPGROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% 96. How likely would you or members of VERY LIKELY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% your household be to use community SOMEWHAT LIKELY. . . . . . . . 29% gardens - very likely, somewhat NOT TOO LIKELY. . . . . . . . . 31% likely, not too likely or not at NOT AT ALL LIKELY. . . . . . 33% all likely? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% I would like to read you a list of facilities which could be constructed by the City of Rosemount . Keeping in mind that the construction of each facility would require a property tax in- crease for EACH, please tell me if you would strongly support the city constructing that facility, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the city constructing that facility. (ROTATE) STS SMS SMO STO DKR 97 . A multi-use facility for indoor sports with a walking track? 22% 44% 18% 13% 30 98 . A second sheet of ice? 19% 27% 280 22% 5% 99. An indoor pool? 23% 37% 21% 15% 4% 100 . Are there any other additional DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% services beyond those currently NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93% offered you would like to see the TRAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% City of Rosemount provide? OUTDOOR POOL. . . . . . . . . . . . 1% TEEN CENTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% Moving on. . . . 101. Do you leave the City of Rosemount NO/WORK IN ROSEMOUNT. . . 20% on a regular or daily basis to go NOT EMPLOYED/RETIRED. . . 24% to work? (IF "YES, " ASK: ) How YES/5 MINUTES OR LESS. . . 2% many minutes does it take you to YES/6 TO 10 MINUTES . . . . . 5% get to work? (IF "NO, " ASK: ) Do YES/11 TO 15 MINUTES . . . . 8% you work in Rosemount? YES/16 TO 20 MINUTES. . . 12% YES/21 TO 25 MINUTES . . . 10% YES/26 TO 30 MINUTES . . . . 8% YES/OVER 30 MINUTES . . . . 12% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 102 . How do you normally commute to DRIVE ALONE. . . . . . . . . . . . 67% work -- drive alone, ride in a van VAN OR CAR POOL. . . . . . . . . 1% or car pool, take the bus from TAKE BUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% near home, use a park and ride PARK AND RIDE LOT. . . . . . . 1% lot, walk or bike or something WALK/BIKE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% else? SOMETHING ELSE. . . . . . . . . . 1% DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% NOT APPLICABLE. . . . . . . . . 24% IF "DRIVE ALONE, " "VAN OR CAR POOL, " OR "WALK/BIKE, " ASK: (n=272) 103 . If it were convenient, would YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25% you be willing to commute NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74% using public transit? DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% 104 . Which major highway do you use most often for commuting to work? REFUSED, 30; NONE, 15%; 35W, 6%; HIGHWAY 77, 150; HIGHWAY 3, 21%; HIGHWAY 52, 19%; 35E, 80; COUNTY ROAD 42, 100; 494, 2%; SCATTERED, 2% . 105 . Have you used public transporta- YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26% tion during the past two years? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 106. How familiar are you with the VERY FAMILIAR. . . . . . . . . . 11% Minnesota Valley Transit Authority SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR. . . . . . 34% or MVTA -- very familiar, somewhat NOT TOO FAMILIAR. . . . . . . 34% familiar, not too familiar or not NOT AT ALL FAMILIAR. . . . 22% at all familiar? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 107 . Are you aware of the new park and YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75% ride built across from City Hall? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% Now, I would like to read you a list of potential services that could be offered by public transit . For each one, please tell me if it would make you much more likely to use public transit, somewhat more likely or would it make no difference to you. MML SML NOD DKR 108 . Service to events in Downtown Minneapolis for events like Twins Games or concerts at Target Center or Target Field. 29% 240 47% 0% 109 . Service to events in Downtown St . Paul for concerts or sporting events at the Xcel Center. 230 28% 49% 0% 110 . Service to the Minnesota State Fair. 24% 25% 52% 0% 111 . More frequent service in my local community including service to ValleyFair, Canterbury Park or the Renaissance Festival. 17% 25% 59% 0% 112 . More bike trails with connections to public transit service. 18% 16% 66% 1% 113. Specialized service for senior and disabled populations. 120 220 66% 1% 114 . Service to area Community and Technical Colleges, such as Normandale, Inver Hills, or Dakota County Technical College. 80 19% 73% 1% 115 . Free Wi-Fi on Buses 150 15% 70% 0% 116. Are there any other changes you DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% would make to public transit so NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75% it is more convenient for you? MORE CONVENIENT TIMES. . 10% MORE PICK-UP STOPS. . . . . 11% EXPRESS BUSES. . . . . . . . . . . 3% Changing topics. . . . 117 . Other than voting, do you feel YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86% that if you wanted to, you could NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% have a say about the way the City DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% of Rosemount runs things? IF "NO, " ASK: (n=42) 118 . Why do you feel you cannot DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 5% have a say? DON' T LISTEN. . . . . . . . . . . 67% DIDN' T GET WAY. . . . . . . . . . 5% PREFER TO VOTE. . . . . . . . . . 5% NOT AWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% NO OPPORTUNITIES. . . . . . . 10% ONLY A RENTER. . . . . . . . . . . 2% 119. How much do you feel you know GREAT DEAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% about the work of the Mayor and FAIR AMOUNT. . . . . . . . . . . . 48% City Council -- a great deal, a VERY LITTLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 44% fair amount, or very little? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% 120 . From what you know, do you ap- STRONGLY APPROVE. . . . . . . 20% prove or disapprove of the job SOMEWHAT APPROVE. . . . . . . 70% the Mayor and City Council are SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE. . . . . 8% doing? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) And do STRONGLY DISAPPROVE. . . . . 0% you feel strongly that way? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% 121 . How much first-hand contact have QUITE A LOT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% you had with the Rosemount City SOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40% staff -- quite a lot, some, very VERY LITTLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 34% very little, or none at all? NONE AT ALL. . . . . . . . . . . . 22% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 122 . From what you have seen or heard, EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13% how would you rate the job per- GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75% formance of the Rosemount City ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% staff -- excellent, good, only POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% fair, or poor? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 2% 123 . During the past year, have you IN-PERSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% visited or contacted Rosemount TELEPHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% City Hall in person, or on the NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74% telephone? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% IF "IN-PERSON" OR "TELEPHONE, " ASK: (n=106) 124 . On your last contact with the POLICE DEPARTMENT. . . . . . 11% City, which Department did FIRE DEPARTMENT. . . . . . . . . 5% you contact -- the Police De- WATER AND SEWER. . . . . . . . 12% partment, Fire Department, PLANNING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Water and Sewer, Planning, PARK MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . 4% Park Maintenance, Street STREET MAINTENANCE. . . . . . 9% Maintenance, Building Inspec- BUILDING INSPECTIONS . . . 13% tions, Engineering, Commun- ENGINEERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% ity Center/Arena, Recreation COMMUNITY CENTER/ARENA. . 4% Services, General Information RECREATION SERVICES. . . . 13% Desk, and Administration? GENERAL INFORMATION. . . . 14% ADMINISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . 7% DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% Thinking about your last contact with the City, for each of the following characteristics, please rate the service as excellent, good, only fair, or poor. . . . EXC GOO FAI POO DKR 125. Ease of reaching a City Staff member who could help you? 43% 53% 3% 1% 0% 126. Courtesy of the City Staff? 41% 55% 50 0% 0% 127 . Efficiency of the City Staff? 31% 59% 9% 1% 0% Moving on. . . . 128 . What is your principal source of DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% information about Rosemount City NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% Government and its activities? CITY NEWSLETTER. . . . . . . . 42% LOCAL NEWSPAPER. . . . . . . . 26% CITY WEBSITE. . . . . . . . . . . 15% CABLE TELEVISION. . . . . . . . 4% WORD OF MOUTH. . . . . . . . . . . 8% MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2% 129. How would you prefer to receive DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% information about Rosemount City NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% Government and its activities? CITY NEWSLETTER. . . . . . . . 44% LOCAL NEWSPAPER. . . . . . . . 25% CITY WEBSITE. . . . . . . . . . . 14% CABLE TELEVISION. . . . . . . . 5% WORD OF MOUTH. . . . . . . . . . . 7% E-MAIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% SCATTERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 130 . Do you or any household members YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88% regularly read the City' s news- NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% letter, "The Rosemount City News?" DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 131 . Does your household currently sub- YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68% scribe to cable television? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32% REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% IF "YES, " ASK: (n=273) As you may know, the City currently cablecasts City Council and Planning Commission meetings . 132 . How often do you watch City FREQUENTLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% Council or Planning Commis- OCCASIONALLY. . . . . . . . . . . 20% sion meetings -- frequently, RARELY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23% occasionally, rarely, or NEVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52% never? DON ' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 133 . Have you accessed the City' s web- YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44% site? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% IF "YES, " ASK: (n=177 ) 134 . Were you able to find what YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97% you were looking for? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% 135 . What information would you like to see on the City of Rosemount ' s web site? UNSURE, 12%; NOTHING, 540; REC PROGRAMS, 7%; CITY EVENTS, 6%; CITY NEWS, 3%; CITY SERVICES, 2%; ROAD CONSTRUCTION, 4%; DEVELOPMENT, 3%; CRIME STATISTICS, 4%; SCATTERED, 5% . 136. Do you use Facebook or Twitter? NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 (IF "YES, " ASK: ) Have you used YES/YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% either of the City' s Facebook YES/NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28% page or Twitter account in the DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 0% past year? IF "YES/N0, " ASK: (n=113) 137 . Why haven' t you used any of DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 4% the City' s social media? NOT AWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% DON' T USE FOR INFO. . . . . 73% DIDN' T THINK OF IT. . . . . . 2% NO INTEREST. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 138 . Are you or anyone in your house- YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% hold interested in volunteer act- NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90% ivities in the City of Rosemount? DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% IF "YES, " ASK: (n=39) 139. What types of activities would you be most interested in? UNSURE, 15%; FOOD SHELF, 8%; NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP, 3%; LIBRARY, 70; CHILDREN' S EVENTS, 10%; YOUTH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, 8%; BLOCK PARTIES, 3%; SENIORS, 10%; ART COUNCIL, 5%; SCHOOLS, 3%; CITY-WIDE EVENTS, 5%; CONCERTS IN PARK, 3%; YOUTH SPORTS, 5%; NATURE/WILDLIFE, 3%; ANYTHING OUTDOOR, 8%; SCATTERED, 4% . Now, just a few more questions for demographic purposes. . . . Could you please tell me how many people in each of the following age groups live in your household. Let ' s start oldest to young- est. . . . 140 . First, persons 65 or over? 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83% 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% 2 OR MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% 141 . Adults under 65? 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63% 3 OR MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% 142 . School-aged children? 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54% 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22% 3 OR MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% 143. Pre-schoolers? 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90% 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% 2 OR MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% 144 . Do you own or rent your present OWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88% residence? RENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% IF "OWN, " ASK: (n=350) 145 . When was your residence SINCE 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28% built? The decade of con- 1990-1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28% struction is close enough. 1980-1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21% 1970-1979. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% 1960-1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% 1950-1959. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% 1940-1949. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% 1930-1939. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% BEFORE 1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% DON' T KNOW/REFUSED. . . . . . 1% 146. What is your age, please? 18-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% 25-34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% 35-44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30% 45-54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27% 55-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% 65 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . . . 12% 147 . Are you employed by a public en- PUBLIC ENTITY. . . . . . . . . . 25% tity, such as state and local gov- PRIVATE COMPANY. . . . . . . . 42% ernment or a school district, a OWN BUSI/SELF-EMP. . . . . . . 6% private company, self-employed or NOT WORKING. . . . . . . . . . . . 27% own a business, or currently not REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% working? 148 . Do you operate a home business? YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94% REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% 149 . Which of the following categories WHITE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88% represents your ethnicity -- AFRICAN-AMERICAN. . . . . . . . 4% White, African-American, Hispanic- HISPANIC-LATINO. . . . . . . . . 3% Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander, ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDE. . . 5% Native American, or something NATIVE AMERICAN. . . . . . . . . 0% else? (IF "SOMETHING ELSE, " ASK: ) SOMETHING ELSE. . . . . . . . . . 0% What would that be? MIXED/BI-RACIAL. . . . . . . . . 1% DON'T KNOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% 150 . Gender MALE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% FEMALE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% 151 . ZONE PRECINCT 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 PRECINCT 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% PRECINCT 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19% PRECINCT 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% PRECINCT 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% PRECINCT 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% PRECINCT 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%