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Ramsey Long -Term Road Maintenance Program <br />Draft Survey Questions <br />Revised, May 2, 2011 <br />Goals <br />The following survey questions are recommended to: <br />✓ Test community attitudes /satisfaction with current city roads /services <br />✓ Learn what residents know /perceive about the city's road maintenance needs and potential <br />policy solutions <br />✓ Identify information gaps and what information residents need or want to make informed <br />decisions about road maintenance <br />✓ Better understand how to communicate that information to residents <br />Draft survey script <br />[Intro text provided by survey caller]: <br />✓ The following survey is being conducted on behalf of the city of Ramsey by Decision <br />Resources Ltd of Minnneapolis. <br />✓ The purpose of the survey is to better understand city residents' attitudes toward city <br />services and road maintenance, and to discuss with you potential options for a long -term <br />maintenance program. <br />1. Approximately how many years have you lived in the city of Ramsey? <br />• Less than two years <br />• Two to five years <br />• Five to 10 years <br />• 10 to 20 years <br />• 20 to 30 years <br />• More than 30 years <br />• Don't Know /Refused <br />2. What do you like most, if anything, about living in the city of Ramsey? <br />3. What do you think is the most serious issue facing the city of Ramsey? <br />4. How would you rate the quality of life in Ramsey? <br />• Excellent <br />• Good <br />• Only Fair <br />• Poor <br />• Don't Know /Refused <br />In Ramsey, local property tax revenues are distributed to the city of Ramsey, Anoka County and <br />either the Anoka /Hennepin or Elk River school district. In 2011, the percentage of your local <br />property taxes going to the city of Ramsey is 38 percent. <br />5. When you consider the property taxes you pay and the quality of city services you <br />receive, how would you rate the value of those city services — excellent, good, only fair <br />or poor? <br />Himle Horner Draft 3 — May 2, 2011 1 <br />