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LL: City of Louisville SPRING 2000 • 4111 ,,)1:,K, _.,.,._ ....),„. •..„.1_,;1_ _ . 11111111111100000 ommunity ,p ate 11111111111111 ,„„0000000000000111 9 C 9i % ......% IIIIII ii/ii„ ,( ,1111111,1 Mayor Torn Davidson In June of 1999,the City asked the Colorado State University Cooperative (303) 666-8573 Extension/Colorado Department of Local Affairs to help develop and conduct a citizen Ward 1 attitude survey. The same agency assisted Louisville in a similar survey effort in 1994. In the Mayor Pro-Tern Chuck Sisk spring of 1999, a citizen task force was formed to help with the survey. Task force members (303) 665-6889 worked to review the survey from 1994,develop new and revised questions, and review a number of draft questionnaires. The survey was finalized in September. Jay Keany (303) 665-4818 Surveys were mailed to a random selection of 1,600 Louisville households on October 29, Ward 2 1999. 432 surveys (26.4%) were completed and returned. With over 400 completed surveys, Kevin Howard the results can be considered statistically valid at a 95% confidence level—within a range of (303) 673-0978 plus or minus 5%. That means that the "true" score for the entire community is either 5° Torn Mayer above,or 5%below, the score for any particular question found in the document. (303) 665-5415 Highlights of the survey include: Ward 3 Uniformly good or very good responses for City performance Don Brown /Answers showed improvement in responses for every question that was on both the 1994 (303) 673-0648 and 1999 community opinion surveys Arnold Levihn 1,-Pri0rities as identified by respondents are: (303) 665-2024 1. Open Space 2. Library 3. Public Transportation City Administrator: Some specific scores are as follows: William Simmons 11.-.89.5°/i,of respondents ranked the safety of their neighborhoods as either good or very good. (303) 666 6565, ext. 350 iii-Over 70% of respondents ranked the appearance and design of downtown as good or very P� . � c° Me�e�tio �� . good. u � ' � !, n�g� '82.6%of respondents scored the overall performance of the Public Works Department at either good or very good. City Council: 11.-82.4%of respondents scored the overall performance of the Police Department at either The first and third Tuesdays of good or very good. each month at 7:00 PM at just over 80%of respondents ranked the overall performance of the Parks&Recreation City Hall, 749 Main Street Department in the good or very good category. Planning Commission: 777.5%of respondents ranked the Recreation Center as either good or very good. The second Tuesday of just over 64%of the respondents feel that the overall performance of the Library is good or each month at 7:00 PM at very good(19.5%No Opinion). City Hall, 749 Main Street yOver 70% of the respondents feel that Louisville should continue to oppose scheduled passenger service at Jeffco Airport. p Th o, IL^.00 �, 'Nearly 92% of the respondents feel that trails should be included in open space. In�i 1 I5 " 11.-81%of respondents agree or strongly agree that the City should support additional mass transit options between Louisville and the Metro area. Highway.42/96"Sfreet City staff would like to thank all of those on the steering committee for their help developing Connection p.2 the survey and all of those residents who answered the questionnaire. The information from Censaslnfonnation P3 the survey is valuable to both the City Council and staff as we work to meet your needs. The Library News PP 4-5 results of the survey will be used to determine goals and budget allocations for the future. Cty'sNew WebSite p.6 Arts,&HumcmihesEven1s p.7 If you would like to get a copy of the survey results,please call (303) 666-6565, ext. 351, stop HowtoReach Us p.8 by City Hall (City Administration 2nd Floor), or review the copy at the Library.