City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2008 04 22

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16. Following are a list of information sources. First, please select how often do you use the following sources to gain information about the City of Louisville and wh at is your opinion of the quality and reliability of the information from that source? Always Fregtaently Sometimes Never Excellent Good Fair Poor Don't know Attend or watch a City Council meeting or other program on cable TV, municipal channel8 ........................................................1 ~ 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 CCTV Channel ~4 (public access channel on cable) 1 :? 3 ~l 1 2 3 4 5 Community Update (bi-monthly City Newsletter) 1 :? 3 4 1 2 3 4 S The Louisville Times ............................................ I :? 3 4 1 2 3 ~} 5 The_Daily Camera ................................................. i :? 3 4 l 2 3 4 5 The City of Louisville Web site (www.ci.louisville.co.us) .............................. 1 :? 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 17. When thinking about preserving the character of Louisville, how important, if at all, do you think it is for the City to allocate funding and staff time for each of the following: Very Somewhat Not at all Don't Essential important important important know .Historic downtown ...........................................................................J 2 3 4 ~ Open space ....................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 Additional recreation facilities ...........:............................................. l 2 3 4 ~ Community events ........................................................................... I 2 3 4 Passive/active recreation amenities (e.g., trails, recreation center, parks) ............................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Residential neighborhoods ............................................................... l 2 3 4 5 Ability to work and live in Louisville..........,,...., ............................. 1 2 3 4 _S Safety'low crime .............................................................................. l 2 4 ~ Transportation system (streets, hig~~ays, bus system, trails) ,........1 2 3 _ 4 ~ Support for businesses (a business friendly climate) .......................1 2 3 4 5 Tree-lined streets/median landscaping ............................................ i ? 3 4 Convenience/close to retail/shopping .............................................. 1 ? 3 4 5 PerSOnal contact with City staff ......:. ...........................................1 ? 3 4 5 18. All things being equal, you have the option to shop in Louisville, other cities or on the Internet. Please rate how important it is to you to shop in Louisville. ^ Essential ^ Very important ^ Somewhat important ^ Not at all important ^ Don't know 19. How familiar, if at all, are you with the Shop Louisville program? ^ Very familiar ^ Somewhat familiar ^ Not at all familiar 20. As the downtown area and Highway 42 area are redeveloping, please rate how important, if at all, each of the following development guidelines or characteristics is to Louisville. Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly Don't SUppOrt support oppose oppose know Increasing height limits on buildings from 3 story to 4 story ........,. 1 2 3 4 ~ Increasing density of commercial and residential areas ................... l Z 3 4 ~ Building streets between downtown and east of the RR tracks .......1' 2 3 4 5 Building parking lots/structures ....................................................... l 2 3 4 5 Putting utility lines underground ......................................................1 2 3 4 5 Providing green spaces and parks .................................................... l 2 3 4 ~ Making the area pedestrian friendly ................................................. l 2 3 4 5 21. A "Use Tax" is similar to a Sales Tax, though a Use Tax applies when items are purchased outside the City and the items are delivered to or used in the City and no City Sales Tax was paid. Currently, the City imposes a Use Tax only on the purchase of automobiles and commercial building materials. Expanding the City's current Use Tax to cover all taxable goods and services, like some of our neighboring cities, would help pay for City services and facilities. To what extent do you support or oppose the City expanding the Use Taz to cover all taxable goods and services? ^ Strongly support ^ Somewhat support ^ Somewhat oppose ^ Strongly oppose ^ Don't know 22. To what extent do you support or oppose using City-owned open space for wind turbines (a rotating machine that converts wind energy into electricity)? ^ Strongly support ^ Somewhat support ^ Somewhat oppose ^ Strongly oppose ^ Don't know 2008 Louisville Citizen Survey Page 4 of 5