Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2016 09 01 JT

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City of Louisville Citizen Survey June 2016 However, some declines in ratings of parks and recreation services were seen from 2012 to 2016, including maintenance and cleanliness of the Louisville Recreation Center, overall quality of the Senior Center, current recreation programs for adults and overall quality of the community Recreation Center. Of those who had an opinion about the Library and Museum, nearly all respondents gave favorable ratings to library programs, services, the building and the overall performance of the Public Library. Nine in 10 awarded high marks to Historical Museum programs and the overall performance of the museum. A number of services provided by the Louisville Public Works Department received favorable ratings, with about 9 in 10 respondents rating wastewater, quality of City water, storm drainage and the overall performance of the department as excellent or good. Respondents prioritize maintaining streets and the appearance of Louisville. When asked to rate the importance of the City funding several projects in Louisville, about 9 in 10 indicated that maintaining, repairing and paving streets was essential or very important, while 8 in 10 prioritized maintaining the City's appearance/attractiveness. Less of a priority for residents were providing new outdoor multi-purpose turf fields or expanding the Historical Museum. When asked to select their top three priorities from the list of 15, maintaining, repairing and paving streets topped the list by far, with almost 6 in 10 residents selecting as one of their top three priorities. Maintaining the City's appearance/attractiveness, subsidizing affordable housing, encouraging sustainability, providing additional recreation facilities and amenities and using incentives to create business and employment opportunities were each selected as one of the three top priorities by about one-quarter of respondents. Most Louisville residents support extending the Historical Preservation Tax, are on the fence about rezoning for housing and oppose to changing their trash service. Three-quarters of residents supported continuing the Historic Preservation sales tax until 2028 and over two-thirds supported extending the tax and dedicating a portion of the proceeds for operation costs for the Louisville Historical Museum. When asked about their level of support for rezoning the former Sam's Club for different types of residential housing. Six in 10 strongly or somewhat supported senior housing and about half supported subsidized or multifamily housing; however, about 4 in 10 were strongly opposed to subsidized or multifamily housing options. Respondents were also asked a similar question about different housing types in the US36/McCaslin area. While just over half supported each of the three housing options, about one-third were strongly opposed to each. When asked to indicate their level of support for decreasing the frequency of trash pickup from once a week to once every two weeks and increasing the frequency of compost pickup from every two weeks to once a week, over half of respondents were strongly opposed to decreasing trash service; only one- quarter of participant strongly or somewhat supported the change. Report of Results 3 9 Prepared by National Research Center, Inc.