Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/14/1991

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132. Would the charge of a moderate fee for a daily pass to use facilities, such as an ice arena, swimming pool, and arts and crafts rooms, significantly decrease your use of those facilities, or not? YES ..................... 1 NO ...................... 2 DEPENDS ON FEE .......... 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ...... 4 The City might also offer household memberships to facilitF users. Members would have unlimited access to facilities. 133. HoW much would you be willing to pay yearly for a family member- ship? Let's say, would you be willing to pay $ .? (DEPEND- ING ON RESPONSE, CHOOSE THE NEXT HIGHER OR LOWER CATEGORY.) How about $ ? recreational all NOTHING ................. 1 $5o ..................... 2 $100 .................... 3 $150 .................... 4 $200 .................... 5 $250; ................... 6 $300 .................... 7 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ...... 8 It might be helpful to discuss comparable fees. The family membership at the YMCA costs 8620 yearly, while U.S. Swim and FAtness.membership costs $328. Cities tend to charge less. Eden Prairielcharges its families $150 yearly, while Brooklyn Center yearly family membership fees are $228. 134. WoUld you pay $150.00 for a one year household membership to the Elk River Community Center? YES ..................... 1 NO ..... . ................ 2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ...... 3 Let's talk about recycling for a moment .... 135. Do you currently separate recy- clable materials from the rest of your garbage? YES .... . ................ 1 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ...... 3 136. If drop-off points were estab- lished instead, how likely would you be to take your recyclables to these sites -- very likely, some- what likely, or not at all likely? VERY LIKELY ............. 1 SOMEWHAT LIKELY ......... 2 NOT AT ALL LIKELY ....... 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ...... 4 137. If the City were to pick-up separ- VERY LIKELY ............. 1 ated recyclables, how likely would SOMEWHAT LIKELY ......... 2 you be to participate in that pro- NOT AT ALL LIKELY ....... 3 gram -- very likely, somewhat DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ...... 4 likely, or not at all likely? To encourage recycling, a proposal has been made to base garbage hauling charges on the volume of trash a household generates. Households which recycled would pa}, less than similar households which did not.