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total or about $225 per month for 10 years. For a quarter -acre lot size, the assessment <br />could be $9,000 total or about $75 per month for 10 years. Would you support or oppose <br />this option? Do you feel strongly? <br />• Favor, Strongly <br />• Favor <br />• Oppose <br />• Oppose, Strongly <br />• Don't know /Refused <br />14. Option 2: The city could initiate a citywide property tax levy that charges all property <br />owners for the total cost of a long -term maintenance and reconstruction program. Your <br />portion of the citywide tax would be based on your property value. For an average <br />$150,000 home, this could amount to $24 per month and $51 per month for a $450,000 <br />home. The tax would be added to your property tax bills and would be payable for the <br />next 40 years. Would you support or oppose this option? Do you feel strongly? <br />• Favor, Strongly <br />• Favor <br />• Oppose <br />• Oppose, Strongly <br />• Don't know /Refused <br />15. Option 3: The city could initiate a citywide franchise fee that charges all customers, <br />including tax exempt properties, an equal amount of the total cost of a maintenance and <br />reconstruction program. In other words, the franchise fee would be the same whether <br />you own a $150,000 home, a $450,000 home. This could amount to about $28 per <br />month for every residential customer and $54 per month for commercial customers. The <br />fee would be payable for the next 20 -40 years. Would you support or oppose this <br />option? Do you feel strongly? <br />• Favor, Strongly <br />• Favor <br />• Oppose <br />• Oppose, Strongly <br />• Don't know <br />16. Of these three options — a standard assessment of just affected property owners, a <br />citywide property tax based on the value of the property, or a standard citywide franchise <br />fee charging everyone the same amount — which do you most prefer? <br />The following are statements that some have cited in support of city -wide long -term road <br />maintenance and funding program. Please tell me if you find these statements very convincing, <br />convincing, not too convincing or not at all convincing. <br />17. The road maintenance and reconstruction program will spread out the cost over a long <br />period of time so property owners are not burdened by large annual assessments. <br />18. This program more fairly distributes the cost of a road maintenance program to all <br />property owners, all of whom benefit from well- maintained roads. <br />19. A long -term road maintenance program and dedicated funding source are needed to <br />ensure road projects are not delayed and ultimately cost us more. <br />20. We need this program to ensure our local roads and streets are safe for pedestrians and <br />drivers. <br />21. Ramsey's streets are a citywide asset. Investing in them is necessary to attract new <br />residents, businesses and jobs. <br />Himle Horner Draft 3 — May 2, 2011 3 <br />