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Louisville, Colorado • Louisville Recreation Center Tax Survey • 2016 Table 10: Question 8 In order for the recreation center renovations and expansion to occur, voters would have to pass both the property tax increase for the construction of the new features and the property or sales tax increase for the maintenance and operations of the facility once all construction is complete. Knowing this, how likely are you to vote in favor of ... Very likely Somewhat Somewhat Very likely unlikely unlikely Total A property tax increase for the construction AND a sales tax increase for the operations and maintenance A property tax increase for the construction AND a property tax increase for the operations and maintenance Table 11: Question 9 24% N =95 40% N =153 14% N =53 22% N =86 100% N =387 20% N =78 41% N =158 15% N =59 23% N =89 100% N =384 The City is currently paying on a bond that built the Library in 2006. Payments on this bond end in 2018 and your property tax will then be reduced. Paying off the library bond does not mean that money will be taken from the Library and put toward the recreation center. It just means that the City will have paid off costs of building the library. Knowing in two years property taxes for a home valued at $500,000 will drop by approximately $60 per year, how likely are you to vote in favor of the tax increases for the recreation center expansion. Would you say you would be ... Percent Number Much more likely to vote in favor A little more likely No more or less likely A little less likely Much less likely to vote in favor Total Table 12: Question 10 28% 33% 20% 6% 12% 100% N =110 N =131 N =80 N =25 N =47 N =393 The City currently has a Historic Preservation Sales Tax that is set to expire in 2018. The city is considering asking voters to continue the existing sales tax until 2028, which means the tax amount would be maintained, not increased. Knowing that the November ballot could include the two tax increases for the expansion of the recreation center and a continuation of the existing historic preservation sales tax, which of these ballot measures would you vote in favor of? Yes No Total A property AND sales tax increases for the recreation center Two property tax increases for the recreation center The extension of the historical preservation sales tax 63% N =233 37% N =139 100% N =372 44% N =154 56% N =194 100% N =348 61% N =220 39% N =140 100% N =361 Prepared by National Research Center, Inc.