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Prepared by National Research Center, Inc. City of Louisville Community Survey June 2020 Report of Results 3 (a noteworthy 29% increase), overall quality of the Louisville Senior Center, current recreation programs for youth, current programs and services for seniors, current recreation programs for a dults, and Recreation Center fees in Louisville. It is especially noteworthy that Louisville’s score for the Recreation Center was #1 out of 283 municipalities in the national benchmark database that asked a similar question and #1 out of 19 Front Range communities.  Virtually all Louisville residents gave favorable ratings to Louisville Public Library programs, the Louisville Public Library building, services at the Library, Library services online, overall customer service at the Library, and the overall performance of the Library. All of these ratings remained stable over time except for Louisville Public Library materials and collections, which increased in 2020. The overall performance of the Louisville Public Library was evaluated much higher than the n ational and Front Range benchmarks.  For the Public Works Department, about 9 in 10 residents rated waste water, quality of City water, and storm drainage as excellent or good. At least 8 in 10 respondents also awarded positive marks for overall performance of the Louisville Public Works Department, overall customer service, solid waste/trash service, and street lighting, signage and street markings. Most ratings for public works services remained stable from 2016 to 2020 and most of the services for which benchmark comparisons could be made received ratings that were higher or much higher. Environmental sustainability and maintaining pristine outdoor spaces are priorities for Louisville residents.  To help the City prioritize potential projects in 2020, resid ents were asked to rate how much of a priority, if any, they felt the City should place on 11 different aspects of Louisville. About 9 in 10 residents or more rated Open Space and Trails, Parks, and Environmental Sustainability as high or medium priorities. At least 5 in 10 respondents felt each of the listed items were high priorities.  When asked to select their top three priorities from the list of 1 1, Open Space and Trails and Environmental Sustainability were near the top of the list, with about 4 in 10 residents selecting these as one of their top three priorities.  Survey respondents rated the quality of 10 services provided by the Parks and Open Space Divisions and more than 8 in 10 gave positive reviews to all aspects (ranging from 86% excellent or good for maintenance of medians and street landscaping to 95% for maintenance of parks, e.g., landscaping, turf areas, playgrounds, and picnic areas). Ratings in 2020 improved for maintenance of parks and maintenance of open space; other scores remained stable since 2016.  Residents evaluated a list of aspects related to Louisville’s vision for sustainability and indicated whether they thought each was a high, medium or low/not a priority. Virtually all residents rated encouraging water efficiency and water quality efforts as a high or medium priority, and about 9 in 10 felt that reducing energy consumption and increasing use of clean energy should be priorities , with about two-thirds identifying these as high priorities.  When asked to indicate their level of support for a charge on single-use carryout bags in Louisville in an effort to achieve the City’s Sustainability Action Plan goal of zero waste, residents indicated a high degree of support for this measure: more than half of residents strongly supported a charge on single- use carryout bags and another one-quarter somewhat supported this.  About three-quarters of Louisville residents supported a tax initiative that would provide additional revenue to the City to meet 100% of the community’s electric needs from carbon free sources, with about 4 in 10 in strong support. Only about one-quarter opposed it.