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The National Citizen SurveyT`" <br />A majority of residents rated the overall condition of City streets as excellent or good and one -third rated it as fair. <br />When asked about potential approaches to funding a long -term street reconstruction program, 40% of residents at <br />least somewhat supported special assessments of benefitting properties, versus 33% for electric and /or gas utility <br />fees and 29% for property tax increases. <br />Figure 10: Overall Condition of Streets <br />Please rate each of the following characteristics as they relate to Ramsey as a whole Overall condition of City <br />maintained streets <br />Excellent <br />9% <br />Poor <br />11% _II <br />Good <br />49% <br />Fair- <br />32% <br />Figure 11: Street Reconstruction <br />The City is developing a long -term street reconstruction program for maintaining over 174 miles of public streets <br />throughout Ramsey which will require a reliable funding source. Please indicate to what extent you would support <br />or oppose each of the following funding options for this purpose: <br />■ Strongly support Somewhat support <br />Special assessments from benefitting <br />properties to re -pay the City for 20% or �, 30% 40% <br />more of applicable project costs, <br />typically over 5 to 15 years <br />Electric and /or gas utility fee increases, <br />approximately $8 per utility, per month 227 33% <br />I <br />Property tax increases 26% 29% <br />