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Shorewood 2011 SURVEY Report FINAL  3005 30th St • Boulder, CO 80301 • 303‐444‐7863 • www.n‐r‐c.com        Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey Report of Results   December 2011        Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 1  SURVEY BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 3  SURVEY RESULTS ..................................................................................................... 6  Quality of Life and Community .................................................................................................... 6  Participation in the Community .................................................................................................. 15  Services Provided in Shorewood ................................................................................................. 20  City Government and Administration Performance ......................................................................... 31  Potential Improvements and Initiatives ......................................................................................... 34  Public Information .................................................................................................................. 38  APPENDIX A: RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................... 41  APPENDIX B: RESPONSES TO SURVEY QUESTIONS ............................................................ 43  APPENDIX C: RESPONSES TO SELECT SURVEY QUESTIONS COMPARED BY RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................................. 59  APPENDIX D: JURISDICTIONS INCLUDED IN BENCHMARK COMPARISONS ................................. 82  APPENDIX E: SURVEY METHODOLOGY ......................................................................... 89  APPENDIX F: SURVEY MATERIALS ............................................................................... 93    Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     List of Figures Figure 1: Ratings of Aspects of Quality of Life ................................................................ 7  Figure 2: Ratings of Community Characteristics ............................................................ 10  Figure 3: Contact with Neighbors .............................................................................. 11  Figure 4: Ratings of Aspects of Community Character ..................................................... 12  Figure 5: Ratings of Community Safety ....................................................................... 13  Figure 6: Crime Victimization .................................................................................. 14  Figure 7: Crime(s) Reported .................................................................................... 14  Figure 8: Frequency of Participation in Community Activities ........................................... 16  Figure 9: Participation in Community Programs and Events .............................................. 17  Figure 10: Use of City Recreation Facilities .................................................................. 18  Figure 11: Participation in City’s Spring Clean-up Drop Off Program .................................. 19  Figure 12: Overall Quality of City Services .................................................................. 20  Figure 13: Ratings of City Services ............................................................................ 23  Figure 14: Code Enforcement Issues .......................................................................... 24  Figure 15: Water is Supplied by City .......................................................................... 25  Figure 16: User Ratings of Aspects of City Water .......................................................... 25  Figure 17: Reasons for Not Having City Water ............................................................. 26  Figure 18: City of Shorewood 2011 Action Chart™ ....................................................... 28  Figure 19: Contact with City Employees ..................................................................... 29  Figure 20: Ratings of Employee Interactions ................................................................. 30  Figure 21: Ratings of Government Performance ............................................................ 32  Figure 22: Ratings of City Administration Performance ................................................... 33  Figure 23: Ratings of Importance of Potential Improvements ............................................ 35  Figure 24: Ratings of Importance of Potential Park and Recreation Projects .......................... 36  Figure 25: Level of Support for City Initiatives .............................................................. 37  Figure 26: Level of Awareness about City Issues and Operations ........................................ 38  Figure 27: Internet Access at Home ........................................................................... 39  Figure 28: Type of Internet Access ............................................................................ 39  Figure 29: Use of Information Sources ........................................................................ 40    Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results       List of Tables Table 1: Aspects of Quality of Life ............................................................................... 6  Table 2: Community Characteristics ............................................................................ 9  Table 3: Aspects of Community Character ................................................................... 12  Table 4: Community Safety ..................................................................................... 13  Table 5: Community Participation ............................................................................. 15  Table 6: Aspects of Spring Clean-up Drop Off Program ................................................... 19  Table 7: City Services ............................................................................................ 22  Table 8: Aspects of City Water ................................................................................. 25  Table 9: Employee Interactions ................................................................................. 29  Table 10: Government Performance .......................................................................... 31  Table 11: City Administration Performance ................................................................. 32  Table 12: Importance of Potential Improvements ........................................................... 34  Table 13: Importance of Potential Park and Recreation Projects ......................................... 36  Table 14: Support for or Opposition to City Initiatives .................................................... 37  Table 15: Information Sources .................................................................................. 40  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 1 Executive Summary Survey Background The 2011 Shorewood, Minnesota Resident Survey provided residents the opportunity to rate the quality of life in the city, as well as the service delivery and overall workings of local government. The survey also gave residents a chance to provide feedback to government on what is working well and what is not and share their priorities for community planning and resource allocation. This is the first general survey of Shorewood residents that the City has conducted. A randomly selected sample of 1,330 households were mailed the 2011 Shorewood Resident Survey. Of these, 1,307 were delivered to occupied households. A total of 613 completed surveys were received, for a response rate of 47%, which is an excellent response rate. It is customary to describe the precision of estimates made from surveys by a “level of confidence” (or margin of error). The 95% confidence level is typically no greater than plus or minus four percentage points around any given percent based on community-wide estimates. Survey results were weighted so that respondent age, gender, tenure (rent versus own) and housing type (single versus multi-family) were represented in the proportions reflective of the entire city. The City of Shorewood’s results were compared to results of surveys conducted by other jurisdictions around the nation as well as to a subset of these jurisdictions that had a population size of less than 10,000. These comparisons are made possible through National Research Center’s (NRC’s) national benchmark database, which contains resident perspectives gathered in citizen surveys from approximately 500 jurisdictions, including cities and counties. Survey results also were compared by demographic characteristics of respondents. Survey Results Shorewood residents reported a high quality of life and were generally satisfied with various aspects of their community. Nearly all believed that the City was an “excellent” or “good” place to live and raise children, and that the overall quality of life in Shorewood was “excellent” or “good.” When Shorewood ratings were compared to ratings given by residents across the country (national benchmarks) and to residents in jurisdictions of a similar population size (small city benchmarks), Shorewood’s ratings were generally much higher than both these benchmarks. Nine out of 10 respondents agreed that the air quality, the quality of the overall natural environment, the overall image of Shorewood and educational opportunities in Shorewood were “excellent” or “good.” Fewer, but still at least half, felt positive about Shorewood’s sense of community, the ease of walking in the city, and the availability of affordable quality child care and housing. Fifteen of the 18 community characteristics that could be compared to the benchmarks had ratings that were much above or above the benchmarks. Sense of community and ease of walking in Shorewood were similar to the national benchmark and below or much below the small city benchmark. A majority of respondents reported talking or visiting with their immediate neighbors at least several times a month. However, when asked the extent to which they agreed or disagreed that “Shorewood had tight- knit neighborhoods,” only 57% of respondents agreed. More residents agreed that Shorewood was a safe community with a low crime rate, the City offered the best schools and that the City provided and protected open space. Given that the highest proportion of respondents agreed that Shorewood is a safe community with a low crime rate, it is understandable that they would report a high sense of safety in their neighborhoods and Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 2 from various types of crime. When compared to the national and small city benchmarks, Shorewood’s safety ratings were much higher than those in these other jurisdictions. Shorewood residents reported relatively low rates of participation in 12 specific community activities, programs or events. Two-thirds or more reported never having participated in seven of the 12 activities. Generally, this participation level was lower or much lower than the national and small city benchmarks. Sixty percent of residents said they had not participated in any of the 12 Shorewood programs and events in the year prior to the survey. Respondents were most likely to have used the various recreation facilities in Shorewood. Overall, residents gave high marks to the quality of City services, with 7 in 10 rating them as “excellent” or “good” (above both benchmarks). Ratings for individual services also were scored highly. Twenty-six of the 36 services received “excellent” or “good” ratings from at least two-thirds of respondents. Of the 31 services that could be compared to the nation, 25 received ratings above or much above the benchmark, four were similar and two were below or much below the benchmark. Of the 29 Shorewood services that could be compared to the small city benchmark, 23 were rated above or much above, two received similar ratings and four were lower or much lower than the benchmark. A special analysis, called a key driver analysis, was conducted for the City of Shorewood to help focus service improvement efforts on those services that most influence residents’ perceptions (key drivers) about overall City service quality. Three services were identified as key drivers of overall City service ratings, meaning that if these services are rated highly, overall City service quality is more likely to be rated positively as well. Shorewood’s key drivers were: snowplowing on city streets, storm drainage and land use, planning and zoning. The City may want to keep a watchful eye on these services to maintain their favorable ratings and the correlated high rating for the overall quality of City services. City employees received encouraging evaluations from residents with whom they had contact. Ratings for interactions with City employees were much higher than the national and small city benchmarks. Most aspects of the City government’s performance also received positive marks from residents, with a majority of ratings being above or much above the benchmarks. However, respondents believed that the City government could do a better job at taking into consideration what people like them think. When asked about the importance of potential improvements in Shorewood, respondents were more likely to think that improving roads and the environment, expanding trails and walkways and improving the municipal drinking water system should be the highest priorities. Other potential park and recreation projects in Shorewood were viewed as less important. Four out of the five potential initiatives in Shorewood were supported by three-quarters or more of respondents. Increasing recycling options for residents received the most support, while having a single trash hauler contracted by the City (instead of multiple haulers) received the least support. In Summary Overall, a majority of residents reported that they were happy with the quality of life and community in Shorewood and the services provided in the City. Two-thirds of the ratings that could be compared to the national benchmarks were much above or above ratings given by residents in other jurisdictions across the country. While strong ratings were seen in most areas covered by the 2011 Shorewood survey, opportunities to strengthen resident appreciation of local services, the City government and community quality may be found in bolstering residents’ sense of community, improving communication and showing residents that elected officials care what they think. Additionally, focusing on ways to make Shorewood a desirable place to retire, by increasing the availability of affordable quality housing and the “walkability” of the City, for example, could impact resident’s longevity in the City. Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 3 Survey Background Survey Purpose The City of Shorewood contracted with National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) to conduct its first community-wide resident survey. The Shorewood Resident Survey serves as a consumer report card for Shorewood by providing residents the opportunity to rate the quality of life in the city, as well as the community’s amenities, service delivery and their satisfaction with local government. The survey also gives residents a chance to provide feedback to government on what is working well and what is not, and to communicate their priorities for community planning and resource allocation. The focus on the quality of service delivery and the importance of services helps council, staff and the public to set priorities for budget decisions and lays the groundwork for tracking community opinions about the core responsibilities of Shorewood city government, helping to assure maximum service quality over time. This type of survey addresses the key services that local governments provide to create a quality community. It is akin to private sector customer surveys that are used regularly by many corporations to monitor where there are weaknesses in product or service delivery before customers defect to competition or before other problems from dissatisfied customers arise. Survey Methods A randomly selected sample of 1,330 residential addresses within or near the city boundaries was mailed the 2011 Shorewood Resident Survey. Of these, 1,307 were delivered to occupied households. A total of 613 completed surveys were returned, for a response rate of 47%. Survey results were weighted so that respondent age, gender, tenure (rent versus own) and housing type (single versus multi-family) were represented in the proportions reflective of the entire city. More information about the survey methodology can be found in Appendix E: Survey Methodology. How the Results Are Reported Either the full frequency distribution (the percent of respondents giving each possible response to a particular question) or the “percent positive” is presented in the body of the report. The percent positive is the combination of the top two most positive response options (i.e., “excellent” and “good,” “strongly agree” and “somewhat agree,” “essential” and “very important”). On many of the questions in the survey, respondents gave an answer of “don’t know.” The proportion of respondents giving this reply is shown in the full set of responses included in Appendix B: Responses to Survey Questions and is discussed in the body of this report if it is 20% or greater. However, these responses have been removed from the analyses presented in the body of the report, unless otherwise indicated. In other words, the majority of the tables and graphs in the body of the report display the responses from respondents who had an opinion about a specific item. When a table for a question that only permitted a single response does not total to exactly 100%, it is due to the common practice of percentages being rounded to the nearest whole number. Precision of Estimates It is customary to describe the precision of estimates made from surveys by a “level of confidence” (or margin of error). The 95 percent confidence level for this survey is generally no greater than plus or minus four percentage points around any given percent reported for the entire sample (613). For comparisons among subgroups, the margin of error rises to approximately plus or minus 5% for sample sizes of 400 to Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 4 plus or minus 10% for sample sizes of 100, and for smaller sample sizes (i.e., 50), the margin of error rises to 14%. Comparing Survey Results by Demographic Subgroups Select survey results were compared by demographic characteristics of survey respondents and are discussed throughout the body of the report (a full set of these results can be found in Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics). Comparing Survey Results to Other Jurisdictions Jurisdictions use the comparative information provided by benchmarks to help interpret their own citizen survey results, to create or revise community plans, to evaluate the success of policy or budget decisions, and to measure local government performance. We do not know what is small or large without comparing. Taking the pulse of the community has little meaning without knowing what pulse rate is too high and what is too low. When surveys of service satisfaction turn up “good” citizen evaluations, we need to know how others rate their services to understand if “good” is good enough. Furthermore, in the absence of national or peer community comparisons, a jurisdiction is left comparing its fire protection rating to its street maintenance rating. That comparison is unfair. Streets always lose to fire. How residents’ ratings of fire service compare to opinions about fire service in other communities is the real question. A police department that provides the fastest and most efficient service – one that closes most of its cases, solves most of its crimes, and keeps the crime rate low – still has a problem to fix if the residents in the city it intends to protect believe services are not very good compared to ratings given by residents in other cities to their own objectively “worse” departments. Benchmark data can help that police department – or any city department – to understand how well citizens think it is doing. Results may lead to a new understanding of where services need improvement or where communications about services are lacking. Citizen opinion should be used in conjunction with other sources of data about budget, personnel, and politics to help managers know how to respond to comparative results. NRC’s database of comparative resident opinion is comprised of resident perspectives gathered in citizen surveys from approximately 500 jurisdictions whose residents evaluated local government services. Conducted with typically no fewer than 400 residents in each jurisdiction, opinions are intended to represent over 30 million Americans. NRC innovated a method for quantitatively integrating the results of surveys that we have conducted with those that others have conducted. These integration methods have been described thoroughly in Public Administration Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and in NRC’s first book on conducting and using citizen surveys, Citizen Surveys: how to do them, how to use them, what they mean, published by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Scholars who specialize in the analysis of citizen surveys regularly have relied on our work [e.g., Kelly, J. & Swindell, D. (2002). Service quality variation across urban space: First steps towards a model of citizen satisfaction, Journal of Urban Affairs, 24, 271-288.; Van Ryzin, G., Muzzio, D., Immerwahr, S., Gulick, L. & Martinez, E. (2004). Drivers and consequences of citizen satisfaction: An application of the American Customer Satisfaction Index Model to New York City, Public Administration Review, 64, 331-341]. The method described in those publications is refined regularly and statistically tested on a growing number of citizen surveys in our proprietary databases. Jurisdictions in NRC’s benchmark database are distributed geographically across the country and range from small to large in population size. Comparisons may be made to subsets of jurisdictions (in this report, jurisdictions with 10,000 residents or fewer). Most commonly (also in this report), comparisons are made to all jurisdictions. Despite the differences in jurisdiction characteristics, all are in the business of providing local government services to residents. Though individual jurisdiction circumstances, resources, and practices vary, the objective in every community is to provide services that are so timely, tailored, and Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 5 effective that residents conclude the services are of the highest quality. High ratings in any jurisdiction, like SAT scores in any teen household, bring pride, and a sense of accomplishment. Comparison of Shorewood to the Benchmarking Database National benchmark comparisons and small city (jurisdictions with a population size of less than 10,000) benchmark comparisons have been included in the report when available. Jurisdictions to which Shorewood was compared can be found in Appendix D: Jurisdictions Included in Benchmark Comparisons. Benchmark comparisons have been provided when similar questions on the Shorewood survey are included in NRC’s database and there are at least five jurisdictions in which the question was asked, though most questions are compared to more than five other jurisdictions across the country. Where comparisons for quality ratings were available, the City of Shorewood’s results were generally noted as being “above” the benchmark, “below” the benchmark or “similar” to the benchmark. For some questions – those related to resident behavior, circumstance or to a local problem – the comparison to the benchmark is designated as “more,” “similar” or “less” (for example, residents contacting the City in the last 12 months). In instances where ratings are considerably higher or lower than the benchmark, these ratings have been further demarcated by the attribute of “much,” (for example, “much less” or “much above”). These labels come from a statistical comparison of Shorewood’s rating to the benchmark where a rating is considered “similar” if it is within the margin of error; “above,” “below,” “more,” or “less” if the difference between Shorewood’s rating and the benchmark is greater the margin of error; and “much above,” “much below,” “much more” or “much less” if the difference between your Shorewood’s rating and the benchmark is more than twice the margin of error. Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 6 Survey Results Quality of Life and Community The 2011 Shorewood Resident Survey gauged residents’ perspectives about different aspects of quality of life in Shorewood. Respondents also were asked to evaluate a number of characteristics of the community, identify statements that best describe Shorewood and rate how safe they felt in and around the City. Aspects of Quality of Life Shorewood as place to live, raise children and the overall quality of life in the City was believed to be “excellent” or “good” by nearly all respondents. Nine in 10 felt that their neighborhood was an “excellent” or “good” place to live (92%). Fewer, but still a majority, said that Shorewood was an “excellent” or “good” place to retire (69%); only 1 in 10 felt it was “poor.” It should be noted that about 20% of respondents selected “don’t know” when rating Shorewood as a place to retire. Percentages shown here and throughout the report body are for those who had an opinion. A full set of responses to each survey question, including “don’t know,” can be found in Appendix B: Responses to Survey Questions. Shorewood’s ratings for the different aspects of quality of life were compared to ratings given by residents in other jurisdictions. Two comparison groups were used: all jurisdictions from across the nation that were in the NRC database (the national benchmark) and those jurisdictions with a population size that was similar (less than 10,000) to Shorewood (the small city benchmark). When compared to the nation and to municipalities with populations fewer than 10,000, Shorewood residents gave much higher evaluations than those living in other places. Table 1: Aspects of Quality of Life Please rate each of the  following aspects of quality  of life in Shorewood. Excellent Good Fair Poor Total  National  comparison  Populations under  10,000  comparison  Shorewood as a place to live 53% 44%3%0%100%Much above Much above Shorewood as a place to  raise children 58% 39% 3% 0% 100% Much above Much above  Your neighborhood as a  place to live 58% 34% 7% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Shorewood as a place to  retire 29% 40% 22% 9% 100% Much above Much above  The overall quality of life in  Shorewood 45% 51% 3% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 7 Figure 1: Ratings of Aspects of Quality of Life Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups Responses to select survey questions were compared by respondent demographic characteristics. Residents living in the city for 10 years or less, those who rent their homes and younger respondents (age 18-34) were more likely to give favorable ratings to the city as a place to retire than were other residents. A complete set of responses by respondent demographic can be found in Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics.   96% 69% 92% 97% 97% 0%25%50%75%100% The overall quality of life in Shorewood Shorewood as a place to retire Your neighborhood as a place to live Shorewood as a place to raise children Shorewood as a place to live Percent"excellent" or "good" Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 8 Community Characteristics Survey respondents were provided a list of 23 different characteristics of the community and asked to evaluate the quality of each as they related to Shorewood as a whole. Half or more rated each community characteristic as “excellent” or “good” (see Table 2 on the following page). The characteristics receiving the most positive ratings included air quality (93% “excellent” or “good”), the quality of the overall natural environment (91%), the overall image or reputation of Shorewood (90%) and educational opportunities (86%). Sense of community (60% “excellent” or “good”), ease of walking in the City (57%), availability of affordable quality child care (57%) and the availability of affordable quality housing (54%) received the lowest ratings. Between 25% and 64% of respondent said “don’t know” when rating each of the following characteristics of Shorewood: opportunities for senior/older adult activities, opportunities to attend Southshore Community Center activities, opportunities to volunteer, availability of affordable quality housing and availability of affordable quality child care (see Appendix B: Responses to Survey Questions for a full set of responses to each question, including “don’t know”). Eighteen of the 23 community characteristics were available for comparison to the national and small city benchmarks. Fifteen were much above or above the national or small city benchmark:  opportunities to participate in community matters,  air quality,  quality of overall natural environment in Shorewood,  overall image/reputation of Shorewood,  educational opportunities,  ease of car travel in Shorewood,  overall appearance of Shorewood,  recreational opportunities,  traffic flow on major streets,  opportunities to participate in social events and activities,  variety of housing opportunities,  ease of bicycle travel in Shorewood,  availability of paths and walking trails,  availability of affordable quality child care  and availability of affordable quality housing. Opportunities to volunteer were rated similar to both benchmarks. Sense of community and ease of walking in Shorewood were similar to the national benchmark and below or much below the small city benchmark.   Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 9 Table 2: Community Characteristics Please rate each of the  following characteristics as they  relate to Shorewood as a whole. Excellent Good Fair Poor Total  National  comparison  Populations  under 10,000  comparison  Air quality 42% 51% 6% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Quality of overall natural  environment in Shorewood 41% 50% 8% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Overall image/reputation of  Shorewood 35% 55% 10% 0% 100% Much above Much above  Educational opportunities 40% 46% 12% 2% 100% Much above Much above  Ease of car travel in Shorewood 25% 57% 16% 2% 100% Much above Much above  Overall appearance of  Shorewood 21% 61% 17% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Recreational opportunities 28% 52% 17% 2% 100% Much above Much above  Opportunities to attend family‐ oriented events/activities 21% 55% 22% 3% 100% NA NA  Opportunities to volunteer 18% 56% 24% 3% 100% Similar Similar  Availability of open space 24% 49% 23% 4% 100% NA NA  Opportunities to attend  Southshore Community Center  activities 25% 47% 22% 6% 100% NA NA  Traffic flow on major streets 12% 57% 26% 4% 100% Much above Much above  Opportunities to participate in  social events and activities 17% 53% 27% 3% 100% Much above Much above  Opportunities for senior/older  adult activities 20% 49% 28% 4% 100% NA NA  Variety of housing opportunities 14% 54% 26% 6% 100% Much above Much above  Opportunities to participate in  community matters 16% 53% 27% 4% 100% Above Above  Ease of bicycle travel in  Shorewood 23% 44% 21% 12% 100% Much above Much above  Availability of paths and walking  trails 29% 38% 23% 10% 100% Much above Much above  Ease of access to shopping  opportunities 19% 44% 30% 7% 100% NA NA  Sense of community 15% 46% 33% 6% 100% Similar Below  Ease of walking in Shorewood 24% 33% 27% 16% 100% Similar Much below  Availability of affordable quality  child care 17% 40% 30% 13% 100% Much above Much above  Availability of affordable quality  housing 9% 44% 35% 12% 100% Much above Much above  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 10 Figure 2: Ratings of Community Characteristics   54% 57% 57% 60% 63% 67% 67% 69% 69% 69% 70% 70% 72% 73% 74% 75% 80% 82% 82% 86% 90% 91% 93% 0%25%50%75%100% Availability of affordable quality housing Availability of affordable quality child care Ease of walking in Shorewood Sense of community Ease of access to shopping opportunities Availability of paths and walking trails Ease of bicycle travel in Shorewood Opportunities to participate in community matters Variety of housing opportunities Opportunities for senior/older adult activities Opportunities to participate in social events and activities Traffic flow on major streets Opportunities to attend Southshore Community Center activities Availability of open space Opportunities to volunteer Opportunities to attend family‐oriented events/activities Recreational opportunities Overall appearance of Shorewood Ease of car travel in Shorewood Educational opportunities Overall image/reputation of Shorewood Quality of overall natural environment in Shorewood Air quality Percent "excellent" or "good" SShorewood, MN     Compari Generally years of ag characteri Questions C Neighbo When ask Shorewoo they talk t (28%). 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H tact with their igure 3: Con st about every 19% Severau  ho  more than 20 s than $50,00 ounterparts (se d with their im heir neighbors rs several time han several tim s across the n However, whe r immediate n ntact with N y day l times a week 29% 0 years, men, 00 gave lower ee Appendix C: mmediate neig s just about ev es a week (29 mes a month. nation, Shorew en compared t neighbors. Neighbors k those with ch r ratings to the : Responses to S ghbors, about very day. Thr 9%) or several wood resident to other small Severa m 2 Less t time hildren under e different Select Survey one-fifth of ee in 10 said t l times a mon ts reported a l communities al times a  month 28% han several  s a month 25% Page 11 18 that nth s,   Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 12 Shorewood’s Character Four statements about the character of Shorewood were provided to respondents who were asked to indicate the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with each. Ninety-three percent of respondents “strongly” or “somewhat” agreed that Shorewood was a safe community with a low crime rate. Eight in 10 agreed that the City offered the best schools (85% agreement) and that Shorewood provided and protected open space (82%). A smaller proportion of residents agreed that Shorewood had tight-knit neighborhoods (61% “strongly” or “somewhat” agree). Ten percent, or fewer, of respondents disagreed with these statements about Shorewood’s character. Table 3: Aspects of Community Character To what extent do you agree or  disagree, if at all, that each  statement below describes the  City of Shorewood?  Strongly  agree  Somewhat  agree  Neither  agree nor  disagree  Somewhat  disagree  Strongly  disagree  Don't  know Total  Shorewood is a safe community  with a low crime rate 65% 28% 6% 1% 0% 0% 100% The City offers the best schools 46% 27% 10% 2% 1% 13% 100% Shorewood provides and protects  open space 29% 45% 13% 2% 1% 10% 100% Shorewood has tight‐knit  neighborhoods 20% 37% 27% 7% 3% 6% 100% Figure 4: Ratings of Aspects of Community Character     Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups Residents living in the city for 10 years or less, females and those with children under 18 were more likely to agree that Shorewood had tight-knit neighborhoods than were other residents (see Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics for a full set of breakdowns).       61% 82% 85% 93% 0%25%50%75%100% Shorewood has tight‐knit neighborhoods Shorewood provides and protects open space The City offers the best schools Shorewood is a safe community with a low crime rate Percent "strongly" or "somewhat" agree Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 13 Safety in Shorewood Shorewood resident assessed how safe they felt in their neighborhoods and from different types of crime and hazards. They also were asked if they or any other household member had been a victim of a crime in the last 12 months. Overall, respondents reported a strong sense of personal safety in Shorewood, with 9 in 10 saying they felt “very” or “somewhat” safe in their neighborhoods, during the day and at night, and from various types of crime and environmental hazards. These ratings were higher or much higher than ratings given by residents in other jurisdictions across the US and in those with population sizes of less than 10,000. Table 4: Community Safety Please rate how safe or  unsafe you feel...  Very  safe  Somewhat  safe  Neither  safe  nor  unsafe  Somewhat  unsafe  Very  unsafe Total  National  comparison  Populations  under 10,000  comparison  In your neighborhood  during the day 84% 14% 2% 0% 0% 100% Much above Above  From violent crime (e.g.,  rape, assault, robbery) 74% 21% 4% 1% 0% 100% Much above Much above  From environmental  hazards, including toxic  waste 63% 30% 6% 2% 0% 100% Much above Much above  In your neighborhood  after dark 58% 34% 6% 2% 0% 100% Much above Much above  From property crimes  (e.g., burglary, theft) 41% 47% 8% 2% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Figure 5: Ratings of Community Safety   89% 91% 92% 95% 97% 0%25%50%75%100% From property crimes (e.g., burglary, theft) In your neighborhood after dark From environmental hazards, including toxic waste From violent crime (e.g., rape, assault, robbery) In your neighborhood during the day Percent "very" or "somewhat" safe SShorewood, MN     Only 8% those who The rate o that repor 10,000. 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N 92 N 23 victim of a crim id they had re reported by r cross the natio pared to both rime Victim Crime(s) Rep in the last 12 m me of less tha wners, men an an be found in No 2% No 3% me in the 12 m eported the cr respondents, w on and in thos benchmarks. mization ported months.  an $50,00 wer nd those with n Appendix C: R months prior rime or crime was much low se with popula re less likely t h higher house Responses to Sel Y 8 Yes 77% to the survey s to the police wer or lower t ations of less t to feel safe in ehold incomes lect Survey Que Yes 8% Page 14 y. Of e. than than     their s. (A estions Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 15 Participation in the Community Several questions on the survey measured respondents’ level of participation in a number of events and activities in Shorewood. The community activities respondents most frequently participated in were recycling used paper, cans, bottles or cardboard from their home (96% reported having done this at least once in the last 12 month period), reading the Shore Report (95%), providing help to a friend or neighbor (94%) and visiting a Shorewood park (87%). Sixty-five percent of residents said they had recycled used paper, cans, bottles or cardboard more than 26 times in the last 12 months. Volunteering their time to some group or activity in Shorewood (27% had done this at least once in the last 12 months), attending a meeting of a local elected official or other local public meeting (24%) and participating in a club or civic group in Shorewood (19%) were the activities with the lowest rates of participation. For seven of the 12 activities listed, two-thirds or more of respondents said that they had never participated. All of the activities were available for comparison to the benchmarks. Shorewood residents reported much higher rates of participation in recycling used paper, cans, bottles or cardboard and reading the City newsletter when compared to both benchmarks. Residents visited the City’s website with similar frequency when compared to jurisdictions across the US and visited more compared to jurisdictions with a population size of less than 10,000. The frequency with which Shorewood respondents provided help to a friend or neighbor and visited a park in Shorewood was similar to the national and small city benchmarks. Residents reported lower or much lower rates of participation in all other activities when compared to the benchmarks. Table 5: Community Participation In the last 12 months, about how many  times, if ever, have you or other  household members participated in the  following activities in Shorewood?  Ne v e r   On c e  or   tw i c e   3 to  12   ti m e s   13  to  26   ti m e s   Mo r e  th a n   26  ti m e s   To t a l   National  comparison  Populations  under 10,000  comparison  Recycled used paper, cans, bottles or  cardboard from your home 4% 2% 8% 21% 65% 100% Much more Much more  Read the Shore Report – the city  newsletter 5% 10% 64% 13% 7% 100% Much more Much more  Provided help to a friend or neighbor 6% 25% 45% 14% 9% 100% Similar Similar  Visited a park in Shorewood 13% 28% 32% 13% 13% 100% Similar Similar  Visited the Shorewood Web site (at  www.ci.shorewood.mn.us) 39% 33% 23% 3% 2% 100% Similar More  Participated in a recreation program or  activity 64% 22% 11% 2% 2% 100% Much less Much less  Watched a meeting of local elected officials  or other Shorewood‐sponsored public  meeting on cable television, the Internet or  other media 69% 21% 8% 2% 1% 100% Much less Much less  Participated in religious or spiritual  activities in Shorewood 70% 7% 6% 6% 11% 100% Much less Much less  Used Southshore Community Center 70% 24% 4% 1% 1% 100% Much less Much less  Volunteered your time to some group or  activity in Shorewood 73% 14% 7% 3% 3% 100% Much less Much less  Attended a meeting of local elected  officials or other local public meeting 76% 18% 4% 1% 0% 100% Less Much less  Participated in a club or civic group in  Shorewood 81% 8% 6% 3% 2% 100% Much less Much less  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 16 Figure 8: Frequency of Participation in Community Activities Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups Respondents who had a longer tenure in Shorewood and older residents (age 55+) tended to more frequently use the Southshore Community Center and attend or watch public meetings of local elected officials than did those who had lived in the city for a shorter period of time and those who were younger (see Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics).   19% 24% 27% 30% 30% 31% 36% 61% 87% 94% 95% 96% 0%25%50%75%100% Participated in a club or civic group in Shorewood Attended a meeting of local elected officials or other local public meeting Volunteered your time to some group or activity in Shorewood Used Southshore Community Center Participated in religious or spiritual activities in Shorewood Watched a meeting of local elected officials or other Shorewood‐sponsored public meeting Participated in a recreation program or activity Visited the Shorewood Web site (at www.ci.shorewood.mn.us) Visited a park in Shorewood Provided help to a friend or neighbor Read the Shore Report –the city newsletter Recycled used paper, cans, bottles or cardboard from your home Percent who reported having participated in the last 12 months Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 17 Residents were asked to select all the specific Shorewood programs and events in which they had participated over the last 12 months. Sixty percent of residents said they had not participated in any of the programs or events listed on the survey. Music in the Park had the highest rates of participation, with 23% saying they had attended in the last 12 months. Ten percent or fewer mentioned having participated in any of the other programs or events. Figure 9: Participation in Community Programs and Events Totals may exceed 100% as respondents could select more than one response.   0% 60% 0% 1% 2% 2% 2% 3% 4% 4% 7% 7% 8% 10% 23% 0%25%50%75%100% All of these None of these Skateboarding Camp Youth Cooking Classes Safety Camp Art/Paint Classes Garden Fair Movie in the Park Kayaking Tennis at Badger Oktoberfest Free Fridays in Freeman MCE Summer Rec Program Arctic Fever Music in the Park Percent of respondents Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 18 When asked to select each City recreation facility they had used in the 12 months prior to the survey, 80% of respondents said they had used the paths and trails in Shorewood. One-third reported using playground equipment (38%) and about one-quarter said they had used the ice skating area (26%) or the warming house (22%). Less than 20% of respondents said they had used the other recreation facilities. Fourteen percent mentioned that they had not used any of the City recreation facilities in the 12 months prior to the survey. Figure 10: Use of City Recreation Facilities Totals may exceed 100% as respondents could select more than one response.  0% 14% 1% 4% 14% 17% 18% 18% 22% 26% 38% 80% 0%25%50%75%100% All of these None of these Volleyball court Multi‐use building Picnic shelter Baseball field Tennis court Picnic tables / grills Warming house Ice skating area Playground equipment Paths / trails Percent of respondents SShorewood, MN     Forty-thre program i program. drop-off s that the co and 7% sa If you HAV rate each o Ease of use Convenien Cost of dis Asked only o   Compari Younger r participate and those Respondent   N Citizen Surv ee percent of in the last 12 m At least half g ite location an ost of disposin aid it was “poo Figure 1 T VE used the Sp of the followin e  nce of drop‐off  posing of item of those who rep isons by Dem residents (18- ed in Shorewo with a longer t Characteristics In the last 12  or other hou participated Spring Clea vey 2011 Repor respondents s months. 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Seven i % said “poor.” Fair 14% oor 6% Page 20 6 with in 10 Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 21 City and Special District Services The survey included a list of 36 services provided by the City or by special districts and residents were asked to assess the quality of each. Twenty-six of the 36 services received “excellent” or “good” ratings from two-thirds or more of respondents (see Table 7 on page 22). At least 90% of residents gave “excellent” or “good” ratings to each of the following services, with one-third or more rating each as “excellent”:  fire district's response to calls,  public schools,  Shorewood parks,  fire district services overall,  fire district's education and prevention,  ambulance or emergency medical services  and police response to calls. Street lighting (48% “excellent” or “good), street resurfacing (45%), street maintenance/repair (i.e., filling potholes, 44%) and cable television (39%) received the lowest ratings. About one in five residents said that street lighting, resurfacing and maintenance/repair were “poor” and one-third felt that cable television services was “poor.” It should be noted that for 23 of the 36 services, between 21% and 84% of respondents selected “don’t know” when rating the quality. These included fire district's response to calls, fire district's education and prevention, fire district's visibility in the community, fire district services overall, police response to calls, police education and crime prevention, police services overall, ambulance or emergency medical services, animal control services, traffic enforcement, sanitary sewer services, park and recreation programs or classes, Southshore Community Center program or classes, Southshore Community Center overall, building inspections, land use, planning and zoning, code enforcement (weeds, abandoned buildings, etc.), services to seniors, services to youth, services to low-income people, cable television, emergency preparedness (services that prepare the community for natural disasters or other emergency situations), preservation of natural areas such as open space and greenbelts. A full set of responses to each question, including “don’t know,” can be found in Appendix B: Responses to Survey Questions. Thirty-one of the 36 services could be compared to the national benchmark and 25 were given ratings above or much above this benchmark. Fire district services overall, street signage and street markings, street cleaning/sweeping and street maintenance/repair (i.e., filling potholes) received ratings similar to the national benchmark. Two were rated much lower when compared to the nation: street lighting and cable television. Of the 29 services that could be compared to the small city benchmark, 23 were rated above or much above the benchmark. Traffic enforcement and fire district services overall received similar ratings to the benchmark. Four were given ratings lower or much lower than the small city benchmark: street lighting, cable television, street cleaning/sweeping and street maintenance/repair (i.e., filling potholes).   Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 22 Table 7: City Services Please rate the quality of each of the  following services in Shorewood. Excellent Good Fair Poor Total  National  comparison  Populations  under 10,000  comparison  Fire district's response to calls 59% 39% 2% 1% 100% Much above NA  Public schools 56% 40% 3% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Shorewood parks 34% 60% 6% 0% 100% Much above Much above  Fire district services overall 43% 51% 6% 1% 100% Similar Similar  Fire district's education and prevention 39% 52% 8% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Ambulance or emergency medical  services 48% 43% 5% 3% 100% Above Above  Police response to calls 47% 43% 8% 2% 100% Much above Much above  Park and recreation programs or classes 27% 60% 11% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Southshore Community Center program  or classes 26% 61% 11% 1% 100% NA NA  Sanitary sewer services 21% 66% 11% 2% 100% Much above Much above  Police services overall 32% 55% 11% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Southshore Community Center overall 26% 62% 11% 1% 100% Much above Much above  Fire district's visibility in the community 39% 45% 13% 2% 100% NA NA  Sidewalk/trail maintenance 20% 61% 16% 2% 100% Much above Much above  Applying salt/sand on icy streets 23% 58% 16% 3% 100% NA NA  Police education and crime prevention 26% 53% 16% 4% 100% Much above Much above  Police visibility in the community 28% 52% 17% 3% 100% Much above Much above  Services to youth 19% 61% 18% 3% 100% Much above Much above  Preservation of natural areas such as  open space and greenbelts 18% 61% 17% 4% 100% Much above Much above  Snowplowing on city streets 26% 51% 19% 4% 100% Much above Much above  Services to seniors 15% 60% 20% 4% 100% Above Much above  Street signage and street markings 14% 60% 22% 4% 100% Similar NA  Storm drainage 12% 62% 20% 7% 100% Much above Much above  Traffic enforcement 15% 57% 20% 8% 100% Above Similar  Emergency preparedness (services that  prepare the community for natural  disasters or other emergency situations) 16% 52% 26% 6% 100% Above Much above  Animal control services 20% 47% 23% 9% 100% Much above Much above  Building inspections 12% 50% 27% 11% 100% Above Much above  Land use, planning and zoning 8% 52% 29% 11% 100% Much above Much above  Street cleaning/sweeping 9% 51% 32% 9% 100% Similar Below  Road condition 8% 50% 32% 10% 100% NA NA  Code enforcement (weeds, abandoned  buildings, etc.) 7% 51% 30% 12% 100% Much above Much above  Services to low‐income people 18% 33% 30% 19% 100% Above Much above  Street lighting 8% 39% 36% 16% 100% Much below Much below  Street resurfacing 6% 39% 35% 20% 100% NA NA  Street maintenance/repair (i.e., filling  potholes) 6% 38% 37% 19% 100% Similar Below  Cable television 7% 32% 28% 33% 100% Much below Much below  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 23 Figure 13: Ratings of City Services   39% 44% 45% 48% 51% 57% 58% 60% 60% 62% 67% 68% 72% 73% 74% 76% 77% 79% 79% 80% 80% 81% 82% 84% 87% 87% 88% 88% 88% 90% 91% 92% 93% 94% 96% 98% 0%25%50%75%100% Cable television Street maintenance/repair Street resurfacing Street lighting Services to low‐income people Code enforcement Road condition Street cleaning/sweeping Land use, planning and zoning Building inspections Animal control services Emergency preparedness Traffic enforcement Storm drainage Street signage and street markings Services to seniors Snowplowing on city streets Preservation of natural areas such as open space Services to youth Police visibility in the community Police education and crime prevention Applying salt/sand on icy streets Sidewalk/trail maintenance Fire district's visibility in the community Southshore Community Center overall Police services overall Sanitary sewer services Southshore Community Center program or classes Park and recreation programs or classes Police response to calls Ambulance or emergency medical services Fire district's education and prevention Fire district services overall Shorewood parks Public schools Fire district's response to calls Percent "excellent" or "good" SShorewood, MN     Compari Overall, r likely to g shorter pe Respondent Code En In addition much of a of respond problem a   T ru o N Citizen Surv isons by Dem residents havin give positive ra eriod of time a t Characteristics nforcement n to rating the problem, if a dents viewed and one-third To what degre un down buildi or junk vehicles Shorew vey 2011 Repor mographic S ng lived in Sho atings to most and younger r s). t e quality of co at all, run dow these as a “ma said these cod Fig N e, if at all, are  ings, weed lots s a problem in  wood? 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Most (69%) said that there was no connection to municipal water available, one-quarter said that it was too expensive to connect and one-fifth reported “some other reason.” Seven percent of respondents said that the reason they did not have City water was because they were concerned about the water quality. Figure 17: Reasons for Not Having City Water Asked only of those who reported that their water is not supplied by the City. Totals may exceed 100% as respondents could  select more than one response.    7% 19% 27% 69% 0%25%50%75%100% Concerned about city water quality Some other reason Too expensive to connect No connection available Percent of respondents Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 27 Key Driver Analysis Knowing where to focus limited resources to improve residents’ opinions of local government requires information that targets the services that are most important to residents. However, when residents are asked what services are most important, they rarely stray beyond core services – those directed to save lives and improve safety. In market research, identifying the most important characteristics of a transaction or product is called Key Driver Analysis. The key drivers that are identified from this analysis do not come from asking customers to self-report which service or product characteristic most influenced their decision to buy or return, but rather from statistical analyses of the predictors of their behavior. When customers are asked to name the most important characteristics of a good or service, responses often are expected or misleading – just as they can be in the context of a citizen survey. For example, air travelers often claim that safety is the primary consideration in their choice of an airline, yet key driver analysis reveals that frequent flier perks or in-flight entertainment predicts their buying decisions. In local government, core services – like fire protection – invariably land at the top of the list created when residents are asked about the most important City services. And core services are important. But by using Key Driver Analysis, our approach digs deeper to identify the less obvious, but more influential services that are most related to residents’ ratings of overall quality of local government services. Because services focused directly on life and safety remain essential to quality government, core services should remain the focus of continuous monitoring and improvement where necessary – but monitoring core services or asking residents to identify important services is not enough to understand what drives residents’ opinions about local government. A Key Driver Analysis (KDA) was conducted for the City of Shorewood by examining the relationships between ratings of each service and ratings of the City of Shorewood’s overall services. The key services that correlated most highly with residents’ perceptions about overall City service quality were identified; these are the key drivers of resident opinion about the City. By targeting improvements in these key services, the City of Shorewood can focus on the services that have the greatest likelihood of influencing residents’ opinions about overall service quality. The City of Shorewood 2011 Action Chart™ on the following page combines two dimensions of performance:  Comparison to the national benchmark. When a comparison is available, the background color of each service box indicates whether the service is above the norm (green), similar to the norm (yellow) or below the norm (red).  Identification of key drivers. A black key icon next to a service box notes a key driver. Since this is the first general resident survey for Shorewood, comparisons to previous survey results were not available. Results from future Shorewood survey administrations will permit the addition of a third dimension of performance to be included in the Action Chart -- arrows indicating whether results are trending up or down. Nineteen services were included in the KDA for the City of Shorewood. Three of these services were identified as key drivers for the City: “snowplowing on City streets,” “storm drainage” and “land use, planning and zoning”. Each of the key drivers was rated much above the national benchmark.   Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 28 Considering all performance data included in the Action Chart, a jurisdiction typically will want to consider improvements to any key driver services that are trending down or that are not at least similar to the benchmark. In Shorewood, since all key drivers were much higher than the benchmarks, these are services on which the City may want to keep a watchful eye to maintain favorable ratings of the overall quality of City services. Measuring resident opinions in future years and comparing ratings to the baseline established in this 2011 survey can help in this quality assurance process. Services with a high percent of respondents answering “don’t know” (i.e., more than 50%) were excluded from the analysis because they are expected to be less influential. See Appendix B: Responses to Survey Questions for the percent “don’t know” for each service. Figure 18: City of Shorewood 2011 Action Chart™   Overall Quality of City of Shorewood Services Legend Above Benchmark Similar to  Benchmark Below Benchmark Key Driver Community Design Civic Engagement Street maintenance   Road condition Code  enforcement Snowplowing  Land use and  zoning Applying salt on  icy roads Sidewalk/trail  maintenance Recreation and Wellness City parks Public  schools Cable television Public Safety Traffic  enforcement Fire district  services overall Police services  overall Street lighting Street cleaningStreet signage Environmental Sustainability Preservation of  natural areas Sanitary sewer  services Storm  drainage SShorewood, MN     City Em Half of sur prior to th across the Those wh or more o knowledg Where co interaction What was  the emplo Shorewoo contact? (R characteris Courtesy  knowledge Responsive Timeliness Follow‐up  Overall im Asked only o   N Citizen Surv mployees rvey responde he survey. 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Eight i ’s courteousn eraction. employee Population under 10,00 compariso Much abov Much abov Much abov NA NA Much abov Page 29 onths s 00. in 10 ness, ns  00  on  ve ve ve ve Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 30 Figure 20: Ratings of Employee Interactions   85% 80% 84% 87% 88% 90% 0%25%50%75%100% Overall impression Follow‐up Timeliness Responsiveness Knowledge Courtesy Percent "excellent" or "good" Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 31 City Government and Administration Performance The 2011 survey asked respondents to rate different aspects of City government and City Administration performance. It should be noted that for nearly all of these questions, between one-fifth and one-half of respondents selected “don’t know” when rating the performance of the City government and administration. Of those who had an opinion about the Shorewood government performance, two-thirds believed the overall direction the City is taking was “excellent” or “good.” Six in 10 felt that opportunities to participate in government decisions (62%) and running the City government in the best interest of residents was “good” or better. Fewer, but still at least half, said that the other aspects of the government performance were “excellent” or “good.” Ratings for the overall direction the City is taking and the value of services for the taxes paid were higher or much higher than the national and small city benchmarks. Opportunities to participate in City government decisions had higher ratings than the national benchmark, running the government in the best interest of residents received similar ratings to the nation and elected officials caring what people think was rated lower than the national benchmark. Comparisons to jurisdictions with a population size of less than 10,000 were not available for the three previously mentioned areas of performance. No comparisons were available for ratings of “Shorewood's government as an example of how best to provide services.” Table 10: Government Performance Please rate the following  categories of Shorewood  government performance. Excellent Good Fair Poor Total  National  comparison  Populations  under 10,000  comparison  The overall direction  Shorewood is taking 8% 59% 28% 5% 100% Much above Much above  Opportunities to participate  in City government decisions 9% 53% 27% 11% 100% Above NA  Running Shorewood's local  government in the best  interest of residents 9% 50% 33% 8% 100% Similar NA  The value of services for the  taxes paid to Shorewood 8% 49% 37% 7% 100% Above Above  Shorewood's government as  an example of how best to  provide services 8% 45% 40% 7% 100% NA NA  Shorewood's elected officials'  consideration of what people  like me think 10% 43% 31% 16% 100% Below NA  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 32 Figure 21: Ratings of Government Performance   When looking at the performance of the City Administration, ratings were slightly more favorable than those given to the City government. Of those with an opinion, three-quarters said that the quality of the City’s Web site was “excellent” or “good” and 70% felt the online services available through the City Web site were “good” or better. About two-thirds said that public meetings about City plans were “excellent” or “good.” Six in 10 rated the administration’s response to resident complaints and concerns (63%), information about City plans and programs (62%) and transparency and accountability (57%) as at least “good.” Table 11: City Administration Performance Please rate the following categories of performance of the City of  Shorewood Administration. Excellent Good Fair Poor Total  Quality of the City's Web site (www.ci.shorewood.mn.us)13%65% 21% 1% 100% Online services available on the City's Web site 10%60% 27% 3% 100% Public meetings about City plans 12%57% 25% 6% 100% Response to resident complaints and concerns 14%49% 27% 11%100% Information about City plans and programs 10%52% 27% 10%100% Transparency and accountability 10%47% 31% 12%100% 53% 53% 56% 59% 62% 67% 0%25%50%75%100% Shorewood's elected officials' consideration of what people like me think Shorewood's government as an example of how best to provide services The value of services for the taxes paid to Shorewood Running Shorewood's local government in the best interest of residents Opportunities to participate in City government decisions The overall direction Shorewood is taking Percent "excellent" or "good" Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 33 Figure 22: Ratings of City Administration Performance Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups Newer residents, women, those 35 years and older and those with higher household incomes typically gave more positive ratings to the City government performance than did their counterparts (see Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics).   57% 62% 63% 69% 70% 78% 0%25%50%75%100% Transparency and accountability Information about City plans and programs Response to resident complaints and concerns Public meetings about City plans Online services available on the City's Web site Quality of the City's Web site (www.ci.shorewood.mn.us) Percent "excellent" or "good" Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 34 Potential Improvements and Initiatives A number of survey questions were devoted to assessing resident perspectives about the importance of potential projects and improvements in Shorewood, as well as their level of support for a variety of initiatives. Respondents were asked to think about the next five years and to rate the importance of potential improvements for Shorewood, knowing that the City has $1.8 million in available funds. Road and environmental improvements topped the list of the most important potential projects (76% and 67% “essential” or “very important,” respectively). About half felt that expanding trails and walkways and making improvements to the City drinking water system were “essential” or “very important.” Less than 30% of respondents believed that park improvements (28%) and expanding recreational land and social programs for all ages (21%) was important. Between one-fifth and one-quarter of residents said that improvements to the municipal drinking water, parks improvements and expanding recreational land and social programs were “not at all important.” Table 12: Importance of Potential Improvements Thinking about the next 5 years, please  indicate how important, if at all, each of the  following potential improvements is for  Shorewood, knowing that the City has $1.8  million in available funds (about half of which  came from the sale of the liquor stores).  Essential  Very  important  Somewhat  important  Not at all  important Total  Road improvements (i.e., reconstruction,  resurfacing) 27% 49% 22% 2% 100%  Environmental improvements (i.e., diseased  trees, lake water quality) 21% 47% 26% 6% 100%  Expand trails and walkways 19%33%35%13% 100% Municipal drinking water system improvements  (i.e., expansion, additional treatment) 18% 29% 33% 20% 100%  Park improvements (i.e., updated play  structures, additional shelters, lighting for  tennis courts) 5% 23% 52% 21% 100%  Expand recreational and social programs for all  ages 3% 18% 54% 25% 100%  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 35 Figure 23: Ratings of Importance of Potential Improvements Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups Renters, those living in attached housing units and those who had lived in the city for 10 years or less were more likely to believe that the potential improvements in Shorewood were “essential” or “very important” than were other residents. (A full set of responses compared by respondent demographics can be found in Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics.)   21% 28% 47% 52% 67% 76% 0%25%50%75%100% Expand recreational and social programs for all ages Park improvements (i.e., updated play structures, additional shelters, lighting for tennis courts) Municipal drinking water system improvements (i.e., expansion, additional treatment) Expand trails and walkways Environmental improvements (i.e., diseased trees, lake water quality) Road improvements (i.e., reconstruction, resurfacing) Percent "essential" or "very important" Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 36 The importance of potential projects related specifically to parks and recreation also were evaluated. One- third or more of respondents believed that each of the seven potential park and recreation projects was “not at all important” and one-quarter or less said that each was “essential” or “very important.” Those deemed the most important were programs for seniors and older adults (25% “essential” or “very important”), lights on ball fields at Freeman Park (19%) and new recreation or Community Center programs (18%). Less than one-fifth of residents said that the other potential park and recreation programs were at least “very important.” Table 13: Importance of Potential Park and Recreation Projects Thinking about the next 5 years, please indicate  how important, if at all, each of the following  potential Shorewood park and recreation projects  is to you or other household members. Essential Very  important  Somewhat  important  Not at all  important Total Programs for seniors and older adults 5%20%41%34% 100% Lights on ball fields at Freeman Park 4%15%39%42% 100% New recreational/Community Center programs 2%16%41%41% 100% Updated skate park facilities 2%11%38%48% 100% Lights on tennis courts 3%9%33%55% 100% Additional basketball courts 2%6%25%66% 100% New tennis courts at Badger Park 1%6%32%62% 100% Figure 24: Ratings of Importance of Potential Park and Recreation Projects   7% 8% 12% 14% 18% 19% 25% 0%25%50%75%100% New tennis courts at Badger Park Additional basketball courts Lights on tennis courts Updated skate park facilities New recreational/Community Center programs Lights on ball fields at Freeman Park Programs for seniors and older adults Percent "essential" or "very important" Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 37 Respondent support for, or opposition to, five different initiatives in Shorewood was gauged. Four out of the five initiatives were supported by three-quarters or more of respondents, with at least twice as many “strongly” supporting each of these than “strongly” opposing them. Increasing recycling options for residents received the most support (89% “strongly” or “somewhat” supporting this), while having a single trash hauler contracted by the City received the least support (50%). Table 14: Support for or Opposition to City Initiatives To what extent do you support or oppose each of the  following in Shorewood?  Strongly  support  Somewhat  support  Somewhat  oppose  Strongly  oppose Total Increasing recycling options for residents 41%48%8% 3% 100% Providing organic material collection (yard and food  waste) 36% 46% 11% 7% 100% Encouraging more community gardening (i.e., growing,  harvesting and distributing produce, flowers, etc.) 24% 54% 14% 8% 100% Increasing environmental education and public  awareness programs 24% 52% 15% 10% 100% Having a single trash hauler contracted by the City,  rather than multiple haulers 21% 29% 21% 29% 100% Figure 25: Level of Support for City Initiatives Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups Residents with a longer tenure in Shorewood, homeowners and men were less likely to support most of the City initiatives than were those who had lived in the city for a shorter period of time, renters and women (see Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics).      50% 76% 78% 82% 89% 0%25%50%75%100% Having a single trash hauler contracted by the City, rather than multiple haulers Increasing environmental education and public awareness programs Encouraging more community gardening (i.e., growing, harvesting and distributing produce, flowers, etc.) Providing organic material collection (yard and food waste) Increasing recycling options for residents Percent "strongly" or "somewhat" support SShorewood, MN     Public About fou issues and they were Compari Residents household operations Respondent   H d a N Citizen Surv Informat ur in 10 respon operations in e “not well inf Figur isons by Dem who had lived ds with childre s than were o t Characteristics How informed  do you conside about local gov and operation Shore vey 2011 Repor tion ndents said th n the City. 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Abo et through the her sources lis ss at Home net Access Totals may exce 52% 7 spondents e. Those who out half repor eir cell phone sted. eed 100% as resp No 6% 75% o had Internet rted using a ca e or PDA (26% pondents could s 100% Page 39 able %) select  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 40 Residents were asked how frequently they used a list of 10 different information sources to get information about the City. The Shore Report newsletter (91%) and word of mouth (87%) were the most frequently used sources to gain information about the City. The Sun Sailor newspaper (75%) and the City’s Web site (64%) also were used by a majority of residents. Less than one-fifth of respondents said they had used social networking sites (18%) and the Lake Minnetonka Communications Commissions Web site (14%) to get City information. Table 15: Information Sources How frequently, if ever, do you use the following sources  to gain information about the City of Shorewood? Always Frequently Sometimes Never Total Shore Report newsletter 35%35%21% 9%100% Word of mouth 6%29%52% 13%100% Sun Sailor newspaper 19%27%29% 25%100% The City's Web site (www.ci.shorewood.mn.us)4%14%46% 36%100% Excelsior Bay Times newspaper 5%13%31% 52%100% The Laker newspaper 6%16%24% 54%100% Email messages 3%10%27% 60%100% Local Cable Government Access Stations (channels 8, 12, 20,  or 21) 0% 5% 25% 70% 100% Social networking sites (i.e., Facebook, MySpace, Twitter,  etc.) 1% 4% 12% 82% 100% Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission Web site  (www.lmcc‐tv.org) 0% 1% 13% 86% 100% Figure 29: Use of Information Sources   14% 18% 30% 40% 46% 48% 64% 75% 87% 91% 0%25%50%75%100% Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission Web site Social networking sites Local Cable Government Access Stations Email messages The Laker newspaper Excelsior Bay Times newspaper The City's Web site Sun Sailor newspaper Word of mouth Shore Report newsletter Percent who reported having used each in the last 12 months Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 41 Appendix A: Respondent Characteristics Characteristics of the survey respondents are displayed in the tables below. Question D1 How many years have you lived in Shorewood?Percent N Less than 2 years 9% 53 2 to 5 years 13% 80 6 to 10 years 15% 90 11 to 20 years 31% 188 More than 20 years 32% 197 Total 100% 609 Question D2 Which best describes the building you live in?Percent N One family house detached from any other houses 86% 526 House attached to one or more houses (e.g., a duplex or townhome)10% 61 Building with two or more apartments or condominiums 3% 21 Other 0% 0 Total 100% 609 Question D3 Do you rent or own your home? Percent N Rent 9% 56 Own 91% 553 Total 100% 609 Question D4 Do any children 18 or under live in your household?Percent N Yes 40% 245 No 60% 363 Total 100% 608 Question D5 Are you or any other members of your household aged 65 or older?Percent N Yes 24% 146 No 76% 461 Total 100% 608 Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 42 Question D6 In which category is your age? Percent N 18 to 24 years 0% 2 25 to 34 years 12% 74 35 to 44 years 13% 81 45 to 54 years 34% 205 55 to 64 years 20% 120 65 to 74 years 13% 79 75 years or older 7% 43 Total 100% 604 Question D7 How much do you anticipate your household's total income before taxes will be for the  current year? (Please include in your total income money from all sources for all persons  living in your household.) Percent N  Less than $24,999 5%29 $25,000 to $49,999 11%59 $50,000 to $99,999 24%134 $100,000 to $149,999 19%108 $150,000 to $199,999 14%78 $200,000 to $249,999 8%47 $250,000 to $299,999 6%35 $300,000 or more 12%65 Total 100%554 Question D8 What is your gender? Percent N Female 52%309 Male 48%286 Total 100%594 Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 43 Ap p e n d i x B: Re s p o n s e s to Su r v e y Qu e s t i o n s Th e f o l l o w i n g p a g e s c o n t a i n a c o m p l e t e s e t o f r e s p o n s e s t o e a ch q u e s t i o n o n t h e s u r v e y , i n c l u d i ng t h e “ d o n ’ t k n o w ” r e s p o n s e s . Qu e s t i o n 1 Pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  as p e c t s  of  qu a l i t y   of  li f e  in  Sh o r e w o o d .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Sh o r e w o o d  as  a pl a c e  to  li v e   53 % 32 1 44 % 26 7 3%   16 0% 1 0% 0100%606 Yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  as  a pl a c e  to  li v e   58 % 35 1 34 % 20 9 7%   41 1% 8 0% 0100%608 Sh o r e w o o d  as  a pl a c e  to  ra i s e  ch i l d r e n   51 % 30 6 35 % 20 9 2%   15 0% 1 12 % 74100%605 Sh o r e w o o d  as  a pl a c e  to  re t i r e   23 % 14 1 33 % 19 7 18 %   10 8 7% 42 19 % 116100%604 Th e  ov e r a l l  qu a l i t y  of  li f e  in  Sh o r e w o o d   45 % 27 2 51 % 30 8 3%   18 1% 3 0% 0100%602   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 44 Qu e s t i o n 2 Pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ch a r a c t e r i s t i c s  as   th e y  re l a t e  to  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a wh o l e .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Se n s e  of  co m m u n i t y   14 % 84 44 % 26 4 32 %   19 4 6% 36 3% 19100%597 Ov e r a l l  ap p e a r a n c e  of  Sh o r e w o o d   21 % 12 5 61 % 36 8 16 %   99 1% 7 1% 3100%602 Va r i e t y  of  ho u s i n g  op p o r t u n i t i e s   12 % 75 47 % 28 6 22 %   13 4 5% 30 13 % 79100%604 Ea s e  of  ac c e s s  to  sh o p p i n g  op p o r t u n i t i e s   19 % 11 3 43 % 26 2 30 %   17 9 7% 45 1% 4100%603 Re c r e a t i o n a l  op p o r t u n i t i e s   27 % 16 4 50 % 30 3 17 %   10 0 2% 14 3% 20100%601 Ed u c a t i o n a l  op p o r t u n i t i e s   36 % 21 5 41 % 24 7 11 %   66 2% 9 10 % 62100%599 Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  so c i a l  ev e n t s  an d   ac t i v i t i e s   15 %   92   48 %   28 5   24 %   14 3   3%   18   10 %   62 100% 599  Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  at t e n d  fa m i l y ‐or i e n t e d   ev e n t s / a c t i v i t i e s   18 %   10 6   47 %   28 5   19 %   11 2   2%   15   14 %   83 100% 601  Op p o r t u n i t i e s  fo r  se n i o r / o l d e r  ad u l t  ac t i v i t i e s 11 % 68 29 % 17 1 16 %   97 2% 12 42 % 251100%600 Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  at t e n d  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y   Ce n t e r  ac t i v i t i e s   17 %   10 2   32 %   19 1   15 %   88   4%   25   32 %   190 100% 597  Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  vo l u n t e e r   13 % 75 40 % 23 8 17 %   10 1 2% 11 29 % 171100%596 Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  co m m u n i t y  ma t t e r s 13 % 77 43 % 25 3 22 %   13 2 3% 19 19 % 112100%592 Ea s e  of  ca r  tr a v e l  in  Sh o r e w o o d   25 % 14 9 56 % 33 7 16 %   96 2% 13 0% 2100%598 Ea s e  of  bi c y c l e  tr a v e l  in  Sh o r e w o o d   21 % 12 9 40 % 24 1 19 %   11 6 11 % 66 9% 54100%606 Ea s e  of  wa l k i n g  in  Sh o r e w o o d   23 % 14 2 33 % 19 9 26 %   15 8 16 % 98 1% 8100%605 Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  pa t h s  an d  wa l k i n g  tr a i l s   28 % 17 0 37 % 22 5 22 %   13 4 10 % 60 3% 17100%606 Tr a f f i c  fl o w  on  ma j o r  st r e e t s   12 % 73 57 % 34 3 26 %   15 8 4% 24 1% 6100%604 Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  af f o r d a b l e  qu a l i t y  ho u s i n g   7% 43 33 % 19 9 26 %   15 8 9% 52 25 % 148100%599 Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  af f o r d a b l e  qu a l i t y  ch i l d  ca r e   6% 35 14 % 85 11 %   64 5% 27 64 % 379100%589 Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  op e n  sp a c e   21 % 12 8 43 % 25 8 20 %   12 2 4% 22 12 % 74100%604 Ai r  qu a l i t y   40 % 24 3 48 % 29 1 6%   35 1% 3 5% 32100%605 Qu a l i t y  of  ov e r a l l  na t u r a l  en v i r o n m e n t  in  Sh o r e w o o d 41 % 24 6 50 % 29 9 8%   47 1% 5 1% 7100%604 Ov e r a l l  im a g e / r e p u t a t i o n  of  Sh o r e w o o d   33 % 20 3 54 % 32 6 9%   56 0% 3 3% 19100%606 Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 45 Qu e s t i o n 3 To  wh a t  ex t e n t  do  yo u  ag r e e  or   di s a g r e e ,  if  at  al l ,  th a t  ea c h   st a t e m e n t  be l o w  de s c r i b e s  th e   Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ?   St r o n g l y   ag r e e   So m e w h a t   ag r e e   Ne i t h e r  ag r e e   no r  di s a g r e e   So m e w h a t   di s a g r e e   St r o n g l y   di s a g r e e   Do n ' t  know Total  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t  N Percent N  Sh o r e w o o d  is  a sa f e  co m m u n i t y   wi t h  a lo w  cr i m e  ra t e   65 %   39 3   28 %   17 0   6%   35   1%   5  0%   0  0%   2 100% 606  Sh o r e w o o d  ha s  ti g h t ‐kn i t   ne i g h b o r h o o d s   20 %   11 9   37 %   22 2   27 %   16 2   7%   45   3%   15   6%   38 100% 602  Th e  Ci t y  of f e r s  th e  be s t  sc h o o l s   46 % 27 8 27 % 16 6 10 % 63 2%   13 1% 4 13 % 80100%604 Sh o r e w o o d  pr o v i d e s  an d  pr o t e c t s   op e n  sp a c e   29 %   17 6   45 %   27 1   13 %   77   2%   13   1%   6  10 %  63 100% 605    Qu e s t i o n 4 Ab o u t  ho w  of t e n ,  if  at  al l ,  do  yo u  ta l k  to  or  vi s i t  wi t h  yo u r  im m e d i a t e  ne i g h b o r s  (p e o p l e  wh o  li v e  in  th e  10  or  20  ho u s e h o l d s  th a t  are  cl o s e s t  to  yo u ) ?   Percent N  Ju s t  ab o u t  ev e r y  da y   19%113 Se v e r a l  ti m e s  a da y   29%175 Se v e r a l  ti m e s  a mo n t h   28%168 Le s s  th a n  se v e r a l  ti m e s  a mo n t h   25%151 To t a l   100%606   Qu e s t i o n 5 To  wh a t  de g r e e ,  if  at  al l ,  ar e  ru n  do w n  bu i l d i n g s ,  we e d  lo t s  or  ju n k  ve h i c l e s  a pr o b l e m  in  Sh o r e w o o d ? PercentN No t  a pr o b l e m   32%194 Mi n o r  pr o b l e m   46%279 Mo d e r a t e  pr o b l e m   12%73 Ma j o r  pr o b l e m   3%16 Do n ' t  kn o w   7%41 To t a l   100%603 Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 46 Qu e s t i o n 6 In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ha v e  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐up  Dr o p  Of f  pr o g r a m ? PercentN Ye s   41%249 No   55%331 Do n ' t  kn o w   4%24 To t a l   100%604   Qu e s t i o n 7 If  yo u  HA V E  us e d  th e  Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐up  Dr o p  Of f   pr o g r a m ,  pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  as p e c t s .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Ea s e  of  us e   57 % 14 4 37 % 93 5%   14 1% 1 0% 0100%251 Co s t  of  di s p o s i n g  of  it e m s   30 % 75 41 % 10 3 18 %   46 7% 18 4% 10100%251 Co n v e n i e n c e  of  dr o p ‐of f  si t e  lo c a t i o n   52 % 13 1 37 % 93 9%   24 1% 4 0% 1100%251 As k e d  on l y  of  th o s e  wh o  re p o r t e d  ha v i n g  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  Ci t y ' s  Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐up  Dr o p  Of f  pr o g r a m  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s .   Qu e s t i o n 8 Pl e a s e  ra t e  ho w  sa f e  or  un s a f e   yo u  fe e l …   Ve r y  sa f e   So m e w h a t   sa f e   Ne i t h e r  sa f e  no r   un s a f e   So m e w h a t   un s a f e   Ve r y  un s a f e   Do n ' t  know Total  Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Fr o m  vi o l e n t  cr i m e  (e . g . ,  ra p e ,   as s a u l t ,  ro b b e r y )   74 %   45 1   21 %   12 4   4%   26   1%   4  0%   0  0%   0 100% 606  Fr o m  pr o p e r t y  cr i m e s  (e . g . ,   bu r g l a r y ,  th e f t )   41 %   24 9   47 %   28 5   8%   51   2%   12   1%   3  0%   2 100% 603  Fr o m  en v i r o n m e n t a l  ha z a r d s ,   in c l u d i n g  to x i c  wa s t e   60 %   36 3   28 %   17 1   5%   33   2%   11   0%   0  4%   24 100% 603  In  yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  du r i n g  th e   da y   84 %   50 5   14 %   82   2%   12   0%   2  0%   0  0%   0 100% 602  In  yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  af t e r  da r k   58 %   34 7 33 % 20 1 6% 38 2%   13 0% 2 0% 2100%603 Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 47 Qu e s t i o n 9 Du r i n g  th e  pa s t  12  mo n t h s ,  we r e  yo u  or  an y o n e  in  yo u r  ho u s e h o l d  th e  vi c t i m  of  an y  cr i m e ? PercentN Ye s   8%48 No   91%553 Do n ' t  kn o w   1%6 To t a l   100%606 Qu e s t i o n 1 0 If  ye s ,  wa s  th i s  cr i m e  (t h e s e  cr i m e s )  re p o r t e d  to  th e  po l i c e ? PercentN Ye s   77%35 No   23%10 Do n ' t  kn o w   0%0 To t a l   100%45 As k e d  on l y  of  th o s e  wh o  re p o r t e d  be i n g  a vi c t i m  of  a cr i m e  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s .   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 48 Qu e s t i o n 1 1 In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ab o u t  ho w  ma n y  ti m e s ,  if   ev e r ,  ha v e  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s   pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ac t i v i t i e s  in   Sh o r e w o o d ?   Ne v e r   On c e  or  tw i c e   3 to  12  ti m e s   13  to  26   ti m e s   Mo r e  th a n  26  ti m e s  Total  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N Percent N  Us e d  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r   70 % 42 2 24 % 14 7 4% 26   1% 4 1% 3100%603 Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  a re c r e a t i o n  pr o g r a m  or  ac t i v i t y 64 % 37 9 22 % 13 1 11 %   64   2% 9 2% 10100%594 Vi s i t e d  a pa r k  in  Sh o r e w o o d   13 % 78 28 % 16 6 32 %   19 2 13 % 80 13 % 79100%597 At t e n d e d  a me e t i n g  of  lo c a l  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s  or   ot h e r  lo c a l  pu b l i c  me e t i n g   76 %   44 8   18 %   10 8   4%   26   1%   5  0%   1 100% 588  Wa t c h e d  a me e t i n g  of  lo c a l  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s  or   ot h e r  Sh o r e w o o d ‐sp o n s o r e d  pu b l i c  me e t i n g  on   ca b l e  te l e v i s i o n ,  th e  In t e r n e t  or  ot h e r  me d i a   69 %   40 8   21 %   12 4   8%   46   2%   10   1%   4 100% 591  Re a d  th e  Sh o r e  Re p o r t  – th e  ci t y  ne w s l e t t e r 5% 29 10 % 62 64 %   38 2 13 % 77 7% 45100%595 Vi s i t e d  th e  Sh o r e w o o d  We b  si t e  (a t   ww w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s )   39 %   23 3   33 %   19 7   23 %   13 5   3%   19   2%   9 100% 594  Re c y c l e d  us e d  pa p e r ,  ca n s ,  bo t t l e s  or  ca r d b o a r d   fr o m  yo u r  ho m e   4%   21   2%   13   8%   46   21 %   12 7   65 %   386 100% 593  Vo l u n t e e r e d  yo u r  ti m e  to  so m e  gr o u p  or  ac t i v i t y  in   Sh o r e w o o d   73 %   43 0   14 %   84   7%   42   3%   17   3%   20 100% 593  Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  re l i g i o u s  or  sp i r i t u a l  ac t i v i t i e s  in   Sh o r e w o o d   70 %   41 7   7%   40   6%   36   6%   34   11 %   65 100% 592  Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  a cl u b  or  ci v i c  gr o u p  in  Sh o r e w o o d 81 % 48 7 8% 47 6% 34   3% 17 2% 14100%600 Pr o v i d e d  he l p  to  a fr i e n d  or  ne i g h b o r   6% 37 25 % 15 2 45 %   27 1 14 % 87 9% 55100%603   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 49 Qu e s t i o n 1 2 Pl e a s e  se l e c t  wh i c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  pr o g r a m s  or  ac t i v i t i e s ,  if  an y ,  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s  ha v e  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  ov e r th e  last 12  mo n t h s .  (P l e a s e  se l e c t  al l  th a t  ap p l y . )   Percent N  Ok t o b e r f e s t   7%39 Ar t / P a i n t  Cl a s s e s   2%11 Ga r d e n  Fa i r   2%10 Fr e e  Fr i d a y s  in  Fr e e m a n   7%40 Ka y a k i n g   4%21 Sa f e t y  Ca m p   2%10 Te n n i s  at  Ba d g e r   4%25 Yo u t h  Co o k i n g  Cl a s s e s   1%5 Sk a t e b o a r d i n g  Ca m p   0%1 Mu s i c  in  th e  Pa r k   23%135 Mo v i e  in  th e  Pa r k   3%19 Ar c t i c  Fe v e r   10%62 MC E  Su m m e r  Re c  Pr o g r a m   8%45 Al l  of  th e s e   0%0 No n e  of  th e s e   60%356 To t a l s  ma y  ex c e e d  10 0 %  as  re s p o n d e n t s  co u l d  se l e c t  mo r e  th a n  on e  re s p o n s e .   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 50 Qu e s t i o n 1 3 Pl e a s e  se l e c t  wh i c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  Sh o r e w o o d  re c r e a t i o n a l  fa c i l i t i e s ,  if  an y ,  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s  ha v e  us e d  ov e r  th e  last  12  mo n t h s .  (P l e a s e  se l e c t  al l  th a t  ap p l y . )   Percent N  Pl a y g r o u n d  eq u i p m e n t   38%228 Pi c n i c  ta b l e s  / gr i l l s   18%107 Pi c n i c  sh e l t e r   14%82 Te n n i s  co u r t   18%108 Vo l l e y b a l l  co u r t   1%8 Ba s e b a l l  fi e l d   17%104 Pa t h s  / tr a i l s   80%484 Mu l t i ‐us e  bu i l d i n g   4%22 Wa r m i n g  ho u s e   22%130 Ic e  sk a t i n g  ar e a   26%155 Al l  of  th e s e   0%2 No n e  of  th e s e   14%86 To t a l s  ma y  ex c e e d  10 0 %  as  re s p o n d e n t s  co u l d  se l e c t  mo r e  th a n  on e  re s p o n s e .   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 51 Qu e s t i o n 1 4 Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   se r v i c e s  in  Sh o r e w o o d .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  re s p o n s e  to  ca l l s   24 % 14 3 16 % 94 1%   4 0% 1 59 % 356100%599 Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  ed u c a t i o n  an d  pr e v e n t i o n   23 % 13 6 30 % 18 1 4%   27 0% 2 42 % 247100%593 Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  vi s i b i l i t y  in  th e  co m m u n i t y   31 % 18 2 36 % 21 1 11 %   62 2% 11 21 % 127100%593 Fi r e  di s t r i c t  se r v i c e s  ov e r a l l   25 % 15 0 30 % 17 9 4%   21 0% 2 41 % 241100%594 Po l i c e  re s p o n s e  to  ca l l s   27 % 15 9 24 % 14 5 4%   26 1% 8 43 % 258100%596 Po l i c e  ed u c a t i o n  an d  cr i m e  pr e v e n t i o n   15 % 89 31 % 18 0 9%   54 2% 14 43 % 252100%589 Po l i c e  vi s i b i l i t y  in  th e  co m m u n i t y   25 % 14 5 46 % 27 0 15 %   87 2% 14 13 % 76100%592 Po l i c e  se r v i c e s  ov e r a l l   24 % 14 3 42 % 24 5 9%   51 1% 6 24 % 143100%588 Am b u l a n c e  or  em e r g e n c y  me d i c a l  se r v i c e s   18 % 10 4 16 % 94 2%   12 1% 7 63 % 375100%592 An i m a l  co n t r o l  se r v i c e s   6% 38 15 % 90 8%   44 3% 18 68 % 397100%588 Tr a f f i c  en f o r c e m e n t   12 % 68 45 % 25 7 16 %   92 6% 36 21 % 121100%574 St r e e t  ma i n t e n a n c e / r e p a i r  (i . e . ,  fi l l i n g  po t h o l e s ) 5% 32 37 % 22 0 36 %   21 4 19 % 11 1 2% 15100%592 St r e e t  cl e a n i n g / s w e e p i n g   8% 50 48 % 28 5 30 %   17 9 8% 48 6% 33100%595 St r e e t  re s u r f a c i n g   6% 35 38 % 22 3 34 %   19 9 19 % 11 1 4% 25100%593 St r e e t  li g h t i n g   8% 47 37 % 22 1 34 %   20 1 15 % 92 5% 32100%593 St r e e t  si g n a g e  an d  st r e e t  ma r k i n g s   14 % 82 59 % 35 2 22 %   12 8 4% 22 1% 9100%593 Sn o w p l o w i n g  on  ci t y  st r e e t s   25 % 14 7 48 % 28 7 18 %   10 5 4% 24 5% 31100%593 Ap p l y i n g  sa l t / s a n d  on  ic y  st r e e t s   21 % 12 5 54 % 32 1 15 %   91 3% 16 6% 36100%590 Ro a d  co n d i t i o n   8% 46 50 % 29 3 31 %   18 4 10 % 57 2% 11100%590 Si d e w a l k / t r a i l  ma i n t e n a n c e   17 % 98 51 % 29 8 14 %   79 2% 10 17 % 100100%585 St o r m  dr a i n a g e   10 % 56 51 % 29 9 16 %   95 6% 35 17 % 101100%586 Sa n i t a r y  se w e r  se r v i c e s   17 % 98 52 % 30 6 8%   49 1% 7 22 % 127100%588 Sh o r e w o o d  pa r k s   31 % 18 5 54 % 32 2 5%   31 0% 2 9% 53100%592 Pa r k  an d  re c r e a t i o n  pr o g r a m s  or  cl a s s e s   13 % 76 28 % 16 7 5%   31 1% 3 53 % 313100%590 So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  pr o g r a m  or  cl a s s e s 9% 56 22 % 12 9 4%   23 0% 3 64 % 379100%589 So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  ov e r a l l   10 % 58 24 % 13 9 4%   25 1% 3 62 % 365100%591 Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 52 Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   se r v i c e s  in  Sh o r e w o o d .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Bu i l d i n g  in s p e c t i o n s   6% 36 24 % 14 2 13 %   77 5% 32 52 % 306100%592 La n d  us e ,  pl a n n i n g  an d  zo n i n g   4% 24 26 % 15 4 15 %   87 5% 32 49 % 291100%589 Co d e  en f o r c e m e n t  (w e e d s ,  ab a n d o n e d  bu i l d i n g s ,   et c . )   3%   20   26 %   15 1   15 %   91   6%   36   49 %   290 100% 588  Se r v i c e s  to  se n i o r s   5% 30 20 % 11 8 7%   40 1% 8 67 % 397100%594 Se r v i c e s  to  yo u t h   8% 47 26 % 15 2 8%   45 1% 6 58 % 341100%591 Se r v i c e s  to  lo w ‐in c o m e  pe o p l e   3% 17 5% 32 5%   28 3% 19 84 % 491100%587 Pu b l i c  sc h o o l s   45 % 27 0 33 % 19 4 2%   14 1% 5 19 % 111100%594 Ca b l e  te l e v i s i o n   5% 27 22 % 13 2 20 %   11 6 23 % 13 3 31 % 182100%590 Em e r g e n c y  pr e p a r e d n e s s  (s e r v i c e s  th a t  pr e p a r e  th e   co m m u n i t y  fo r  na t u r a l  di s a s t e r s  or  ot h e r  em e r g e n c y   si t u a t i o n s )   6%   36   21 %   11 9   10 %   60   2%   13   61 %   353 100% 581  Pr e s e r v a t i o n  of  na t u r a l  ar e a s  su c h  as  op e n  sp a c e   an d  gr e e n b e l t s   14 %   81   48 %   28 2   14 %   79   3%   17   21 %   123 100% 582  Qu e s t i o n 1 5 Ov e r a l l ,  ho w  wo u l d  yo u  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  se r v i c e s  pr o v i d e d  in  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ? PercentN Ex c e l l e n t   17%98 Go o d   62%367 Fa i r   14%82 Po o r   6%35 Do n ' t  kn o w   2%13 To t a l   100%595   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 53 Qu e s t i o n 1 6 Is  yo u r  wa t e r  su p p l i e d  by  th e  Ci t y ?   Pe r c e n t N Ye s   45 % 272 No   54 % 324 Do n ' t  kn o w   1% 7 To t a l   10 0 % 603 Qu e s t i o n 1 7 If  yo u  HA V E  mu n i c i p a l  wa t e r ,  pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e   fo l l o w i n g  as p e c t s .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Qu a l i t y  (e . g . ,  ta s t e  of  wa t e r )   31 % 83 46 % 12 4 15 %   39 7% 19 1% 2100%267 De p e n d a b i l i t y  of  se r v i c e   47 % 12 5 44 % 11 7 6%   15 0% 0 3% 9100%266 Co s t   9% 23 37 % 97 37 %   98 11 % 30 6% 17100%265 As k e d  on l y  of  th o s e  wh o  re p o r t e d  th a t  th e i r  wa t e r  is  su p p l i e d  by  th e  Ci t y Qu e s t i o n 1 8 If  yo u  DO  NO T  ha v e  mu n i c i p a l  wa t e r ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e  wh y  no t .  (P l e a s e  se l e c t  al l  th a t  ap p l y . ) PercentN No  co n n e c t i o n  av a i l a b l e   66%210 To o  ex p e n s i v e  to  co n n e c t   26%82 Co n c e r n e d  ab o u t  ci t y  wa t e r  qu a l i t y   7%22 So m e  ot h e r  re a s o n   18%58 Do n ' t  kn o w   5%16 As k e d  on l y  of  th o s e  wh o  re p o r t e d  th a t  th e i r  wa t e r  is  no t  su p p l i e d  by  th e  Ci t y .  To t a l s  ma y  ex c e e d  10 0 %  as  re s p o n d e n t s  co u l d  se l e c t  mo r e  th a n  on e  re s p o n s e .   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 54 Qu e s t i o n 1 9 Th i n k i n g  ab o u t  th e  ne x t  5 ye a r s ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e   ho w  im p o r t a n t ,  if  at  al l ,  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   po t e n t i a l  im p r o v e m e n t s  is  fo r  Sh o r e w o o d ,   kn o w i n g  th a t  th e  Ci t y  ha s  $1 . 8  mi l l i o n  in  av a i l a b l e   fu n d s  (a b o u t  ha l f  of  wh i c h  ca m e  fr o m  th e  sa l e  of   th e  li q u o r  st o r e s ) .    Es s e n t i a l   Ve r y   im p o r t a n t   So m e w h a t   im p o r t a n t   No t  at  al l   im p o r t a n t   Do n ' t  know Total  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t  N Percent N  Pa r k  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  up d a t e d  pl a y  st r u c t u r e s ,   ad d i t i o n a l  sh e l t e r s ,  li g h t i n g  fo r  te n n i s  co u r t s )   4%   26   21 %   12 6   48 %   28 5   19 %   11 5   7%   43 100% 595  Ex p a n d  tr a i l s  an d  wa l k w a y s   18 % 10 8 31 % 18 8 33 %   20 0 13 % 77 4% 25100%599 Ex p a n d  re c r e a t i o n a l  an d  so c i a l  pr o g r a m s  fo r  al l   ag e s   3%   18   16 %   94   49 %   28 8   23 %   13 7   9%   52 100% 590  En v i r o n m e n t a l  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  di s e a s e d  tr e e s ,   la k e  wa t e r  qu a l i t y )   20 %   11 9   45 %   26 7   25 %   15 1   6%   35   3%   20 100% 593  Ro a d  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  re c o n s t r u c t i o n ,   re s u r f a c i n g )   26 %   15 7   48 %   28 4   22 %   12 9   2%   13   2%   13 100% 595  Mu n i c i p a l  dr i n k i n g  wa t e r  sy s t e m  im p r o v e m e n t s   (i . e . ,  ex p a n s i o n ,  ad d i t i o n a l  tr e a t m e n t )   15 %   91   25 %   14 9   28 %   16 7   17 %   10 3   14 %  82 100% 593  Qu e s t i o n 2 0 Th i n k i n g  ab o u t  th e  ne x t  5 ye a r s ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e   ho w  im p o r t a n t ,  if  at  al l ,  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   po t e n t i a l  Sh o r e w o o d  pa r k  an d  re c r e a t i o n  pr o j e c t s   is  to  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s .   Es s e n t i a l   Ve r y   im p o r t a n t   So m e w h a t   im p o r t a n t   No t  at  al l   im p o r t a n t   Do n ' t  know Total  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t  N Percent N  Ne w  re c r e a t i o n a l / C o m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  pr o g r a m s 2% 13 14 % 83 36 % 21 8 36 % 21 8 11 % 66100%598 Ad d i t i o n a l  ba s k e t b a l l  co u r t s   2% 10 6% 33 22 % 13 0 57 % 33 9 14 % 87100%600 Pr o g r a m s  fo r  se n i o r s  an d  ol d e r  ad u l t s   4% 26 17 % 10 3 35 % 21 0 29 % 17 6 15 % 88100%604 Ne w  te n n i s  co u r t s  at  Ba d g e r  Pa r k   1% 5 5% 29 26 % 15 8 51 % 30 9 17 % 102100%603 Li g h t s  on  te n n i s  co u r t s   3% 17 8% 46 28 % 17 2 47 % 28 6 14 % 84100%605 Li g h t s  on  ba l l  fi e l d s  at  Fr e e m a n  Pa r k   4% 21 13 % 81 34 % 20 6 37 % 22 0 12 % 74100%604 Up d a t e d  sk a t e  pa r k  fa c i l i t i e s   2% 13 10 % 59 33 % 20 0 42 % 25 1 14 % 82100%604 Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 55 Qu e s t i o n 2 1 To  wh a t  ex t e n t  do  yo u  su p p o r t  or  op p o s e   ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  in  Sh o r e w o o d ?   St r o n g l y   su p p o r t   So m e w h a t   su p p o r t   So m e w h a t   op p o s e   St r o n g l y   op p o s e   Do n ' t  know Total  Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Ha v i n g  a si n g l e  tr a s h  ha u l e r  co n t r a c t e d  by  th e   Ci t y ,  ra t h e r  th a n  mu l t i p l e  ha u l e r s   18 %   11 0   26 %   15 4   18 %   11 1   26 %   15 6   12 %   70 100% 601  Pr o v i d i n g  or g a n i c  ma t e r i a l  co l l e c t i o n  (y a r d  an d   fo o d  wa s t e )   33 %   19 6   43 %   25 4   10 %   59   7%   40   8%   47 100% 598  In c r e a s i n g  re c y c l i n g  op t i o n s  fo r  re s i d e n t s   38 % 23 0 45 % 27 1 8% 45   3% 15 6% 37100%598 En c o u r a g i n g  mo r e  co m m u n i t y  ga r d e n i n g  (i . e . ,   gr o w i n g ,  ha r v e s t i n g  an d  di s t r i b u t i n g  pr o d u c e ,   fl o w e r s ,  et c . )   20 %   12 0   45 %   27 0   11 %   68   7%   41   17 %   100 100% 599  In c r e a s i n g  en v i r o n m e n t a l  ed u c a t i o n  an d  pu b l i c   aw a r e n e s s  pr o g r a m s   21 %   12 8   45 %   27 1   13 %   77   8%   51   13 %   76 100% 602  Qu e s t i o n 2 2 Ha v e  yo u  ha d  an y  in ‐pe r s o n  or  ph o n e  co n t a c t  wi t h  an  em p l o y e e  of  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d  wi t h i n  th e  pa s t  12  mo n t h s ? PercentN Ye s   54%331 No   46%278 To t a l   100%608   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 56 Qu e s t i o n 2 3 Wh a t  wa s  yo u r  im p r e s s i o n  of  th e  em p l o y e e ( s )  of  th e   Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d  in  yo u r  mo s t  re c e n t  co n t a c t ?  (R a t e   ea c h  ch a r a c t e r i s t i c  be l o w . )   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t   N  Pe r c e n t  N Percent N  kn o w l e d g e   41 % 13 4 45 % 14 9 9%   28 3% 10 3% 9100%330 Re s p o n s i v e n e s s   41 % 13 6 45 % 14 7 7%   23 6% 19 1% 4100%329 Fo l l o w ‐up   30 % 98 37 % 12 1 11 %   35 6% 19 17 % 57100%329 Co u r t e s y   51 % 16 8 39 % 12 8 7%   22 4% 12 0% 1100%330 Ti m e l i n e s s   41 % 13 5 41 % 13 4 10 %   32 6% 19 3% 11100%331 Ov e r a l l  im p r e s s i o n   43 % 14 2 41 % 13 6 9%   30 6% 20 0% 1100%331 As k e d  on l y  of  th o s e  wh o  re p o r t e d  ha v i n g  ha d  co n t a c t  wi t h  a Ci t y  em p l o y e e  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s . Qu e s t i o n 2 4 Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ca t e g o r i e s  of  Sh o r e w o o d   go v e r n m e n t  pe r f o r m a n c e .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Th e  va l u e  of  se r v i c e s  fo r  th e  ta x e s  pa i d  to  Sh o r e w o o d 7% 42 42 % 25 7 32 %   19 5 6% 35 13 % 76100%604 Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  Ci t y  go v e r n m e n t   de c i s i o n s   6%   38   38 %   23 3   19 %   11 7   8%   48   28 %   170 100% 606  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s '  co n s i d e r a t i o n  of  wh a t   pe o p l e  li k e  me  th i n k   7%   43   30 %   18 0   22 %   13 2   11 %   67   30 %   180 100% 602  Ru n n i n g  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  in  th e  be s t   in t e r e s t  of  re s i d e n t s   7%   43   38 %   23 0   25 %   15 0   6%   37   23 %   141 100% 602  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  go v e r n m e n t  as  an  ex a m p l e  of  ho w  be s t   to  pr o v i d e  se r v i c e s   6%   36   33 %   19 8   29 %   17 5   5%   29   27 %   165 100% 603  Th e  ov e r a l l  di r e c t i o n  Sh o r e w o o d  is  ta k i n g   7% 41 47 % 28 5 22 %   13 5 4% 23 20 % 119100%602   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 57 Qu e s t i o n 2 5 Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ca t e g o r i e s  of  pe r f o r m a n c e   of  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d  Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n .   Ex c e l l e n t Go o d Fa i r   Po o r Do n ' t  knowTotal Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t   N Pe r c e n t N Pe r c e n t NPercentN Re s p o n s e  to  re s i d e n t  co m p l a i n t s  an d  co n c e r n s 7% 43 26 % 15 6 14 %   86 6% 34 47 % 283100%601 Pu b l i c  me e t i n g s  ab o u t  Ci t y  pl a n s   7% 42 33 % 19 7 14 %   85 4% 22 42 % 250100%597 Tr a n s p a r e n c y  an d  ac c o u n t a b i l i t y   5% 32 26 % 15 7 17 %   10 3 7% 40 44 % 265100%597 In f o r m a t i o n  ab o u t  Ci t y  pl a n s  an d  pr o g r a m s 7% 41 36 % 21 1 19 %   11 1 7% 42 32 % 188100%594 Qu a l i t y  of  th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e   (w w w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s )   8%   45   38 %   22 5   12 %   73   1%   5  42 %   249 100% 597  On l i n e  se r v i c e s  av a i l a b l e  on  th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e 5% 31 30 % 18 0 14 %   82 2% 10 49 % 291100%593 Qu e s t i o n 2 6 Ho w  in f o r m e d  or  no t  in f o r m e d  do  yo u  co n s i d e r  yo u r s e l f  to  be  ab o u t  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  is s u e s  an d  op e r a t i o n s of  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ? PercentN Ve r y  in f o r m e d   4%22 Mo d e r a t e l y  in f o r m e d   39%232 Sl i g h t l y  in f o r m e d   32%193 No t  we l l  in f o r m e d   25%149 To t a l   100%596 Qu e s t i o n 2 7 Do  yo u  ha v e  ac c e s s  to  th e  In t e r n e t  at  ho m e ? Pe r c e n t N Ye s   94 % 569 No   6% 38 To t a l   10 0 % 606   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 58 Qu e s t i o n 2 8 Pl e a s e  in d i c a t e  wh e t h e r  yo u  ha v e  In t e r n e t  ac c e s s  th r o u g h  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g .  (P l e a s e  se l e c t  al l  th a t  ap p l y . ) PercentN DS L   44%243 Ca b l e  mo d e m   51%280 Sa t e l l i t e   5%26 Di a l ‐up   3%14 Ce l l  ph o n e / P D A   25%141 Ot h e r   2%10 No n e  of  th e s e   0%0 Do n ' t  kn o w   2%9 As k e d  on l y  of  th o s e  wh o  re p o r t e d  th a t  th e y  ha v e  In t e r n e t  ac c e s s  at  ho m e .  To t a l s  ma y  ex c e e d  10 0 %  as  re s p o n d e n t s  co u l d  se l e c t  mo r e  th a n  on e  re s p o n s e . Qu e s t i o n 2 9 Ho w  fr e q u e n t l y ,  if ev e r ,  do  yo u  us e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  so u r c e s  to  ga i n  in f o r m a t i o n  ab o u t  th e  Ci t y  of   Sh o r e w o o d ?   Al w a y s   Fr e q u e n t l y   So m e t i m e s  Never Total  Th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e  (w w w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s ) 4% 14 % 46%36%100% Sh o r e  Re p o r t  ne w s l e t t e r   35 % 35 % 21%9%100% Su n  Sa i l o r  ne w s p a p e r   19 % 27 % 29%25%100% Th e  La k e r  ne w s p a p e r   6% 16 % 24%54%100% Ex c e l s i o r  Ba y  Ti m e s  ne w s p a p e r   5% 13 % 31%52%100% Lo c a l  Ca b l e  Go v e r n m e n t  Ac c e s s  St a t i o n s  (c h a n n e l s  8,  12 ,  20 ,  or  21 ) 0% 5% 25%70%100% La k e  Mi n n e t o n k a  Co m m u n i c a t i o n s  Co m m i s s i o n  We b si t e  (w w w . l m c c ‐tv . o r g ) 0% 1% 13%86%100% Wo r d  of  mo u t h   6% 29 % 52%13%100% Em a i l  me s s a g e s   3% 10 % 27%60%100% So c i a l  ne t w o r k i n g  si t e s  (i . e . ,  Fa c e b o o k ,  My S p a c e ,  Tw i t t e r ,  et c . ) 1% 4% 12%82%100% Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 59 Ap p e n d i x C: Re s p o n s e s to Se l e c t Su r v e y Qu e s t i o n s Co m p a r e d by Respondent Ch a r a c t e r i s t i c s Ra t i n g s f o r s e l e c t s u r v e y q u e s t i o n s a r e c o m p a r e d b y r e s p o n d e n t d e mo g r a p h i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i n t h is a p p e n d i x . C e l l s s h a d e d g r e y indicate statistically si g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s ( p  . 0 5 ) . As p e c t s o f Q u a l i t y o f L i f e b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e   fo l l o w i n g  as p e c t s  of   qu a l i t y  of  li f e  in   Sh o r e w o o d .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n Respondent gender 10   ye a r s   or  le s s   11 ‐20   ye a r s   Mo r e   th a n  20   ye a r s   Ov e r a l l   De t a c h e d   At t a c h e d   Ov e r a l l   Re n t   Ow n   Ov e r a l l   Fe m a l e  Male Overall  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a pl a c e  to   li v e   99 %   96 %   96 %   97 %   97 %   10 0 %   97 %   10 0 %   97 %   97 %   97% 97% 97%  Yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  as  a  pl a c e  to  li v e   89 %   92 %   95 %   92 %   92 %   89 %   92 %   79 %   93 %   92 %   91% 93% 92%  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a pl a c e  to   ra i s e  ch i l d r e n   99 %   97 %   95 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   96 %   97 %   97 %   98% 96% 97%  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a pl a c e  to   re t i r e   83 %   65 %   61 %   69 %   65 %   93 %   69 %   89 %   67 %   69 %   72% 66% 69%  Th e  ov e r a l l  qu a l i t y  of  li f e   in  Sh o r e w o o d   98 %   95 %   96 %   96 %   96 %   10 0 %   96 %   10 0 %   96 %   96 %   96% 96% 96%  Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 60 As p e c t s o f Q u a l i t y o f L i f e b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of   th e  fo l l o w i n g   as p e c t s  of  qu a l i t y   of  li f e  in   Sh o r e w o o d .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e Ch i l d r e n  18  or  un d e r Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r Ho u s e h o l d  income 18  to   34   ye a r s   35  to   54   ye a r s   55   ye a r s   or   ol d e r   Ov e r a l l   Ye s   No   Ov e r a l l   Ye s   No   Ov e r a l l   Le s s   th a n   $5 0 K   $5 0 K  to   le s s   th a n   $1 0 0 K   $1 0 0 k   to  le s s   th a n   $2 0 0 K  More than $200K Overall  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a  pl a c e  to  li v e   10 0 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   96 %   98 %   97 %   95 %   99 %   99 %  94% 97%  Yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d   as  a pl a c e  to  li v e   82 %   93 %   94 %   92 %   90 %   94 %   92 %   98 %   90 %   92 %   86 %   95 %   91 %  95% 92%  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a  pl a c e  to  ra i s e   ch i l d r e n   10 0 %   97 %   96 %   97 %   98 %   96 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   97 %   91 %   99 %   96 %  98% 97%  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a  pl a c e  to  re t i r e   97 %   65 %   67 %   69 %   71 %   68 %   69 %   73 %   68 %   69 %   74 %   72 %   71 %  65% 70%  Th e  ov e r a l l  qu a l i t y   of  li f e  in   Sh o r e w o o d   10 0 %   97 %   95 %   97 %   98 %   95 %   96 %   95 %   97 %   97 %   94 %   99 %   98 %  95% 97%  Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 61 Co m m u n i t y C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ch a r a c t e r i s t i c s  as  th e y  re l a t e   to  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a wh o l e .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Se n s e  of  co m m u n i t y   67 % 59 % 54 % 60 % 60 %   62 % 60 % 58 % 60 % 60 % 66%54%60% Ov e r a l l  ap p e a r a n c e  of  Sh o r e w o o d   84 % 81 % 81 % 82 % 81 %   89 % 82 % 83 % 82 % 82 % 84%80%82% Va r i e t y  of  ho u s i n g  op p o r t u n i t i e s   77 % 67 % 61 % 69 % 69 %   65 % 69 % 69 % 69 % 69 % 68%69%69% Ea s e  of  ac c e s s  to  sh o p p i n g  op p o r t u n i t i e s   63 % 64 % 61 % 63 % 60 %   78 % 63 % 71 % 62 % 63 % 66%60%63% Re c r e a t i o n a l  op p o r t u n i t i e s   84 % 83 % 74 % 81 % 82 %   73 % 81 % 73 % 81 % 81 % 81%80%80% Ed u c a t i o n a l  op p o r t u n i t i e s   90 % 90 % 79 % 86 % 88 %   77 % 86 % 73 % 87 % 86 % 88%83%86% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  so c i a l  ev e n t s  an d  ac t i v i t i e s 79 % 69 % 62 % 70 % 69 %   78 % 70 % 77 % 70 % 70 % 78%62%70% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  at t e n d  fa m i l y ‐or i e n t e d  ev e n t s / a c t i v i t i e s 80 % 77 % 70 % 76 % 76 %   75 % 76 % 75 % 76 % 76 % 80%71%76% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  fo r  se n i o r / o l d e r  ad u l t  ac t i v i t i e s 84 % 71 % 57 % 69 % 66 %   80 % 69 % 76 % 68 % 69 % 78%57%69% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  at t e n d  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r   ac t i v i t i e s   75 %   75 %   67 %   72 %   71 %   80 %   72 %   70 %   72 %   72 %  81% 63% 73%  Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  vo l u n t e e r   74 % 73 % 74 % 74 % 74 %   75 % 74 % 72 % 74 % 74 % 75%73%74% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  co m m u n i t y  ma t t e r s 71 % 70 % 65 % 69 % 69 %   66 % 69 % 66 % 69 % 69 % 70%67%69% Ea s e  of  ca r  tr a v e l  in  Sh o r e w o o d   83 % 80 % 81 % 82 % 81 %   88 % 82 % 89 % 81 % 82 % 86%76%81% Ea s e  of  bi c y c l e  tr a v e l  in  Sh o r e w o o d   73 % 66 % 61 % 67 % 65 %   81 % 67 % 84 % 65 % 67 % 69%65%67% Ea s e  of  wa l k i n g  in  Sh o r e w o o d   58 % 58 % 54 % 57 % 55 %   69 % 57 % 68 % 56 % 57 % 57%58%57% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  pa t h s  an d  wa l k i n g  tr a i l s   71 % 68 % 61 % 67 % 65 %   80 % 67 % 75 % 66 % 67 % 68%67%68% Tr a f f i c  fl o w  on  ma j o r  st r e e t s   75 % 73 % 60 % 70 % 69 %   72 % 70 % 74 % 69 % 70 % 74%66%70% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  af f o r d a b l e  qu a l i t y  ho u s i n g   62 % 54 % 43 % 54 % 53 %   57 % 54 % 49 % 54 % 54 % 56%50%53% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  af f o r d a b l e  qu a l i t y  ch i l d  ca r e   63 % 56 % 50 % 57 % 59 %   46 % 57 % 38 % 59 % 57 % 60%55%58% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  op e n  sp a c e   77 % 72 % 68 % 73 % 74 %   63 % 73 % 54 % 74 % 73 % 78%67%72% Ai r  qu a l i t y   95 % 92 % 92 % 93 % 94 %   88 % 93 % 87 % 94 % 93 % 92%94%93% Qu a l i t y  of  ov e r a l l  na t u r a l  en v i r o n m e n t  in  Sh o r e w o o d 95 % 90 % 89 % 91 % 92 %   89 % 91 % 88 % 92 % 91 % 94%88%91% Ov e r a l l  im a g e / r e p u t a t i o n  of  Sh o r e w o o d   91 % 92 % 86 % 90 % 90 %   89 % 90 % 88 % 90 % 90 % 90%89%90% Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d " Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 62 Co m m u n i t y C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ch a r a c t e r i s t i c s  as  th e y   re l a t e  to  Sh o r e w o o d  as  a wh o l e .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or   ol d e r   Household income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Se n s e  of  co m m u n i t y   62 % 61 % 59 % 60 % 66 % 57 %   60 % 64 % 59 % 60 % 57 % 62%64%59%61% Ov e r a l l  ap p e a r a n c e  of  Sh o r e w o o d   89 % 80 % 83 % 82 % 83 % 82 %   82 % 80 % 83 % 82 % 83 % 86%84%77%82% Va r i e t y  of  ho u s i n g  op p o r t u n i t i e s   64 % 78 % 59 % 69 % 79 % 61 %   69 % 66 % 70 % 69 % 59 % 63%73%74%69% Ea s e  of  ac c e s s  to  sh o p p i n g  op p o r t u n i t i e s   48 % 66 % 65 % 63 % 66 % 61 %   63 % 68 % 61 % 63 % 61 % 69%63%58%63% Re c r e a t i o n a l  op p o r t u n i t i e s   78 % 85 % 76 % 81 % 84 % 79 %   81 % 77 % 82 % 81 % 68 % 79%83%85%80% Ed u c a t i o n a l  op p o r t u n i t i e s   74 % 93 % 82 % 86 % 93 % 81 %   86 % 79 % 88 % 86 % 74 % 86%87%92%86% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  so c i a l  ev e n t s  an d  ac t i v i t i e s 52 % 78 % 68 % 70 % 79 % 64 %   70 % 69 % 71 % 70 % 66 % 67%78%66%70% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  at t e n d  fa m i l y ‐or i e n t e d  ev e n t s / a c t i v i t i e s 65 % 81 % 72 % 76 % 84 % 69 %   76 % 76 % 76 % 76 % 67 % 80%83%67%75% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  fo r  se n i o r / o l d e r  ad u l t  ac t i v i t i e s 28 % 79 % 69 % 69 % 81 % 64 %   69 % 69 % 69 % 69 % 68 % 70%80%57%69% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  at t e n d  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r   ac t i v i t i e s   45 % 75 % 77 % 73 % 75 %   71 %   72 %   78 % 70 % 72 % 74 % 73%77%66%73% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  vo l u n t e e r   72 % 73 % 75 % 74 % 75 % 73 %   74 % 75 % 73 % 74 % 68 % 73%74%75%73% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  co m m u n i t y  ma t t e r s 61 % 73 % 67 % 69 % 73 % 66 %   69 % 66 % 70 % 69 % 55 % 68%76%66%68% Ea s e  of  ca r  tr a v e l  in  Sh o r e w o o d   93 % 76 % 85 % 82 % 81 % 82 %   81 % 89 % 79 % 82 % 79 % 84%85%76%81% Ea s e  of  bi c y c l e  tr a v e l  in  Sh o r e w o o d   77 % 65 % 67 % 67 % 70 % 65 %   67 % 66 % 68 % 67 % 66 % 68%67%67%67% Ea s e  of  wa l k i n g  in  Sh o r e w o o d   64 % 55 % 57 % 57 % 53 % 59 %   57 % 53 % 58 % 57 % 59 % 54%55%59%57% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  pa t h s  an d  wa l k i n g  tr a i l s   96 % 63 % 63 % 67 % 67 % 67 %   67 % 64 % 68 % 67 % 67 % 70%69%61%67% Tr a f f i c  fl o w  on  ma j o r  st r e e t s   66 % 72 % 69 % 70 % 75 % 66 %   70 % 71 % 69 % 70 % 61 % 67%75%71%70% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  af f o r d a b l e  qu a l i t y  ho u s i n g   59 % 58 % 46 % 54 % 63 % 46 %   54 % 46 % 56 % 54 % 39 % 47%63%54%53% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  af f o r d a b l e  qu a l i t y  ch i l d  ca r e   58 % 59 % 53 % 57 % 62 % 52 %   57 % 40 % 60 % 57 % 40 % 41%62%72%56% Av a i l a b i l i t y  of  op e n  sp a c e   69 % 77 % 68 % 73 % 79 % 69 %   73 % 72 % 73 % 73 % 50 % 73%79%77%73% Ai r  qu a l i t y   88 % 96 % 92 % 93 % 96 % 92 %   93 % 88 % 95 % 93 % 84 % 94%96%94%93% Qu a l i t y  of  ov e r a l l  na t u r a l  en v i r o n m e n t  in  Sh o r e w o o d 98 % 92 % 88 % 91 % 93 % 90 %   91 % 89 % 92 % 91 % 80 % 94%94%92%91% Ov e r a l l  im a g e / r e p u t a t i o n  of  Sh o r e w o o d   96 % 92 % 87 % 90 % 92 % 88 %   90 % 87 % 91 % 90 % 81 % 93%94%88%90% Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d " Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 63 As p e c t s o f C o m m u n i t y C h a r a c t e r b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s To  wh a t  ex t e n t  do  yo u  ag r e e  or  di s a g r e e ,  if  at  al l ,  th a t  ea c h   st a t e m e n t  be l o w  de s c r i b e s  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years or  less  11‐20 years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Sh o r e w o o d  is  a sa f e  co m m u n i t y  wi t h  a lo w  cr i m e  ra t e 91 % 94 % 96 % 94 % 95 %   87 % 94 % 76 % 95 % 94 % 95%93%94% Sh o r e w o o d  ha s  ti g h t ‐kn i t  ne i g h b o r h o o d s   68 % 57 % 55 % 60 % 61 %   56 % 60 % 50 % 61 % 60 % 64%55%60% Th e  Ci t y  of f e r s  th e  be s t  sc h o o l s   89 % 83 % 82 % 85 % 84 %   88 % 85 % 84 % 85 % 85 % 85%85%85% Sh o r e w o o d  pr o v i d e s  an d  pr o t e c t s  op e n  sp a c e 89 % 82 % 76 % 82 % 81 %   90 % 82 % 86 % 82 % 82 % 85%79%82% Pe r c e n t  "s t r o n g l y "  or  "s o m e w h a t "  ag r e e   As p e c t s o f C o m m u n i t y C h a r a c t e r b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s To  wh a t  ex t e n t  do  yo u  ag r e e  or  di s a g r e e ,  if  at   al l ,  th a t  ea c h  st a t e m e n t  be l o w  de s c r i b e s  th e   Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Sh o r e w o o d  is  a sa f e  co m m u n i t y  wi t h  a lo w  cr i m e   ra t e   92 %   93 %   95 %   94 %   93 %   94 %   94 %   94 %   93 %   94 %   89 %   93 %  97% 92% 94%  Sh o r e w o o d  ha s  ti g h t ‐kn i t  ne i g h b o r h o o d s   49 % 66 % 56 % 60 % 65 % 57 % 61 %   58 % 61 % 60 % 55 % 60 % 64%60%61% Th e  Ci t y  of f e r s  th e  be s t  sc h o o l s   87 % 87 % 82 % 85 % 92 % 79 % 85 %   84 % 85 % 85 % 76 % 94 % 83%85%85% Sh o r e w o o d  pr o v i d e s  an d  pr o t e c t s  op e n  sp a c e 89 % 84 % 78 % 82 % 86 % 79 % 82 %   78 % 84 % 82 % 79 % 88 % 80%82%83% Pe r c e n t  "s t r o n g l y "  or  "s o m e w h a t "  ag r e e   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 64 Pa r t i c i p a t i o n i n C i t y ' s S p r i n g C l e a n - u p D r op O f f P r o g r a m b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ha v e   yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d   me m b e r s  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in   Sh o r e w o o d ' s  Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐ up  Dr o p  Of f  pr o g r a m ?   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n Respondent gender 10   ye a r s   or  le s s   11 ‐20   ye a r s   Mo r e   th a n   20   ye a r s   Ov e r a l l   De t a c h e d   At t a c h e d   Ov e r a l l   Re n t   Ow n   Ov e r a l l   Fe m a l e  Male Overall  In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ha v e   yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d   me m b e r s  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in   Sh o r e w o o d ' s  Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐ up  Dr o p  Of f  pr o g r a m ?   31 %   51 %   49 %   43 %   45 %   29 %   43 %   21 %   45 %   43 %   43% 43% 43%  Pe r c e n t  of  re s p o n d e n t s  re p o r t i n g  th e y  ha d  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s Pa r t i c i p a t i o n i n C i t y ' s S p r i n g C l e a n - u p D r op O f f P r o g r a m b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ha v e  yo u  or  ot h e r   ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in   Sh o r e w o o d ' s  Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐up  Dr o p  Of f   pr o g r a m ?   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34  years  35 to 54  years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ha v e  yo u  or  ot h e r   ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  Sh o r e w o o d ' s   Sp r i n g  Cl e a n ‐up  Dr o p  Of f  pr o g r a m ?   28 %   43 %   47 %   43 %   39 %   46 %   43 %   41 %   44 %   43 %   44 %   37 %  48% 43% 43%  Pe r c e n t  of  re s p o n d e n t s  re p o r t i n g  th e y  ha d  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 65 Co m m u n i t y S a f e t y b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  ho w  sa f e  or  un s a f e  yo u  fe e l . . .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e Re n t / o w n Respondent gender 10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall  Female Male Overall  Fr o m  vi o l e n t  cr i m e  (e . g . ,  ra p e ,  as s a u l t ,  ro b b e r y ) 95 % 95 % 95 % 95 % 96 % 85 %   95 % 82 % 96 % 95 % 92%97%95% Fr o m  pr o p e r t y  cr i m e s  (e . g . ,  bu r g l a r y ,  th e f t ) 88 % 87 % 91 % 89 % 90 % 83 %   89 % 80 % 90 % 89 % 88%90%89% Fr o m  en v i r o n m e n t a l  ha z a r d s ,  in c l u d i n g  to x i c  wa s t e 93 % 91 % 93 % 92 % 93 % 91 %   92 % 93 % 92 % 92 % 89%96%93% In  yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  du r i n g  th e  da y   98 % 97 % 98 % 97 % 98 % 96 %   97 % 96 % 98 % 97 % 97%98%97% In  yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  af t e r  da r k   89 % 93 % 92 % 91 % 93 % 80 %   91 % 79 % 93 % 91 % 89%94%91% Pe r c e n t  "v e r y "  or  "s o m e w h a t "  sa f e Co m m u n i t y S a f e t y b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  ho w  sa f e  or  un s a f e  yo u  fe e l . . .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Fr o m  vi o l e n t  cr i m e  (e . g . ,  ra p e ,  as s a u l t ,   ro b b e r y )   91 %   96 %   95 %   95 %   96 %   95 %   95 %   95 %   95 %   95 %   84 %   96 %  97% 98% 95%  Fr o m  pr o p e r t y  cr i m e s  (e . g . ,  bu r g l a r y ,  th e f t ) 78 % 91 % 90 % 89 % 91 % 88 % 89 %   93 % 88 % 89 % 81 % 90 % 92%90%89% Fr o m  en v i r o n m e n t a l  ha z a r d s ,  in c l u d i n g  to x i c   wa s t e   98 %   92 %   91 %   92 %   93 %   92 %   92 %   92 %   92 %   92 %   85 %   95 %  94% 92% 93%  In  yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  du r i n g  th e  da y   10 0 % 97 % 98 % 98 % 98 % 97 % 98 %   97 % 98 % 98 % 94 % 97 % 98%99%97% In  yo u r  ne i g h b o r h o o d  af t e r  da r k   82 % 94 % 92 % 91 % 95 % 89 % 91 %   92 % 91 % 91 % 82 % 88 % 94%97%92% Pe r c e n t  "v e r y "  or  "s o m e w h a t "  sa f e   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 66 Co m m u n i t y P a r t i c i p a t i o n b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ab o u t  ho w  ma n y  ti m e s ,  if  ev e r ,  ha v e   yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e   fo l l o w i n g  ac t i v i t i e s  in  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Us e d  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r   25 % 29 % 37 % 30 % 26 %   53 % 30 % 26 % 30 % 30 % 33%25%30% Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  a re c r e a t i o n  pr o g r a m  or  ac t i v i t y 41 % 37 % 30 % 36 % 36 %   38 % 36 % 29 % 37 % 36 % 41%30%36% Vi s i t e d  a pa r k  in  Sh o r e w o o d   90 % 88 % 81 % 87 % 87 %   87 % 87 % 88 % 87 % 87 % 87%87%87% At t e n d e d  a me e t i n g  of  lo c a l  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s  or  ot h e r  lo c a l   pu b l i c  me e t i n g   14 %   26 %   32 %   24 %   24 %   23 %   24 %   6%   25 %   24 %  23% 23% 23%  Wa t c h e d  a me e t i n g  of  lo c a l  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s  or  ot h e r   Sh o r e w o o d ‐sp o n s o r e d  pu b l i c  me e t i n g  on  ca b l e  te l e v i s i o n ,   th e  In t e r n e t  or  ot h e r  me d i a   25 %   30 %   37 %   31 %   32 %   21 %   31 %   22 %   32 %   31 %  26% 34% 30%  Re a d  th e  Sh o r e  Re p o r t  – th e  ci t y  ne w s l e t t e r 93 % 95 % 97 % 95 % 96 %   87 % 95 % 83 % 96 % 95 % 95%96%95% Vi s i t e d  th e  Sh o r e w o o d  We b  si t e  (a t   ww w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s )   68 %   63 %   50 %   61 %   65 %   32 %   61 %   37 %   63 %   61 %  61% 61% 61%  Re c y c l e d  us e d  pa p e r ,  ca n s ,  bo t t l e s  or  ca r d b o a r d  fr o m  yo u r   ho m e   94 %   98 %   98 %   96 %   98 %   88 %   96 %   73 %   99 %   96 %  96% 97% 97%  Vo l u n t e e r e d  yo u r  ti m e  to  so m e  gr o u p  or  ac t i v i t y  in   Sh o r e w o o d   21 %   32 %   30 %   28 %   27 %   31 %   28 %   19 %   28 %   28 %  27% 27% 27%  Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  re l i g i o u s  or  sp i r i t u a l  ac t i v i t i e s  in  Sh o r e w o o d 21 % 34 % 35 % 30 % 31 %   23 % 30 % 15 % 31 % 30 % 26%32%29% Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  a cl u b  or  ci v i c  gr o u p  in  Sh o r e w o o d 14 % 23 % 20 % 19 % 18 %   21 % 19 % 10 % 20 % 19 % 21%16%19% Pr o v i d e d  he l p  to  a fr i e n d  or  ne i g h b o r   92 % 95 % 96 % 94 % 95 %   88 % 94 % 77 % 96 % 94 % 92%96%94% Pe r c e n t  wh o  re p o r t e d  ha v i n g  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 67 Co m m u n i t y P a r t i c i p a t i o n b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s In  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s ,  ab o u t  ho w  ma n y  ti m e s ,  if   ev e r ,  ha v e  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s   pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ac t i v i t i e s  in   Sh o r e w o o d ?   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Us e d  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r   23 % 20 % 45 % 30 % 21 % 37 % 30 %   50 % 24 % 30 % 43 % 37 % 25%20%30% Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  a re c r e a t i o n  pr o g r a m  or  ac t i v i t y 39 % 40 % 30 % 36 % 52 % 25 % 36 %   32 % 37 % 36 % 34 % 33 % 39%39%37% Vi s i t e d  a pa r k  in  Sh o r e w o o d   93 % 94 % 78 % 87 % 96 % 81 % 87 %   77 % 90 % 87 % 74 % 92 % 89%88%87% At t e n d e d  a me e t i n g  of  lo c a l  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s  or   ot h e r  lo c a l  pu b l i c  me e t i n g   5%   20 %   33 %   24 %   18 %   28 %   24 %   36 %   20 %   24 %   26 %   26 %  20% 23% 23%  Wa t c h e d  a me e t i n g  of  lo c a l  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s  or   ot h e r  Sh o r e w o o d ‐sp o n s o r e d  pu b l i c  me e t i n g  on   ca b l e  te l e v i s i o n ,  th e  In t e r n e t  or  ot h e r  me d i a   16 %   30 %   36 %   31 %   25 %   35 %   31 %   35 %   29 %   31 %   32 %   33 %  29% 30% 31%  Re a d  th e  Sh o r e  Re p o r t  – th e  ci t y  ne w s l e t t e r 90 % 96 % 96 % 95 % 95 % 95 % 95 %   97 % 95 % 95 % 84 % 98 % 98%96%95% Vi s i t e d  th e  Sh o r e w o o d  We b  si t e  (a t   ww w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s )   59 %   71 %   49 %   61 %   73 %   53 %   61 %   46 %   65 %   61 %   33 %   62 %  69% 68% 61%  Re c y c l e d  us e d  pa p e r ,  ca n s ,  bo t t l e s  or  ca r d b o a r d   fr o m  yo u r  ho m e   96 %   96 %   97 %   96 %   97 %   96 %   96 %   99 %   96 %   96 %   92 %   98 %  97% 98% 96%  Vo l u n t e e r e d  yo u r  ti m e  to  so m e  gr o u p  or  ac t i v i t y   in  Sh o r e w o o d   14 %   27 %   32 %   27 %   30 %   26 %   28 %   31 %   26 %   28 %   20 %   31 %  25% 32% 27%  Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  re l i g i o u s  or  sp i r i t u a l  ac t i v i t i e s  in   Sh o r e w o o d   10 %   32 %   32 %   29 %   36 %   26 %   30 %   36 %   28 %   30 %   24 %   25 %  35% 31% 30%  Pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  a cl u b  or  ci v i c  gr o u p  in  Sh o r e w o o d 2% 18 % 26 % 19 % 21 % 17 % 19 %   23 % 17 % 19 % 18 % 19 % 19%18%19% Pr o v i d e d  he l p  to  a fr i e n d  or  ne i g h b o r   91 % 95 % 94 % 94 % 94 % 94 % 94 %   96 % 94 % 94 % 87 % 94 % 97%94%94% Pe r c e n t  wh o  re p o r t e d  ha v i n g  pa r t i c i p a t e d  in  th e  la s t  12  mo n t h s   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 68 Ci t y S e r v i c e s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  se r v i c e s  in   Sh o r e w o o d .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years or  less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  re s p o n s e  to  ca l l s   10 0 %   99 %   95 %   98 %   97 %   10 0 %   98 %   10 0 %   97 %   98 %  100% 96% 98%  Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  ed u c a t i o n  an d  pr e v e n t i o n   99 %   88 %   87 %   92 %   92 %   89 %   92 %   84 %   92 %   92 %  97% 85% 92%  Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  vi s i b i l i t y  in  th e  co m m u n i t y   84 %   87 %   82 %   84 %   84 %   86 %   84 %   77 %   85 %   84 %  90% 78% 84%  Fi r e  di s t r i c t  se r v i c e s  ov e r a l l   98 %   94 %   89 %   93 %   93 %   98 %   93 %   10 0 %   93 %   93 %  95% 92% 93%  Po l i c e  re s p o n s e  to  ca l l s   93 %   87 %   90 %   90 %   89 %   94 %   90 %   88 %   90 %   90 %  91% 89% 90%  Po l i c e  ed u c a t i o n  an d  cr i m e  pr e v e n t i o n   89 %   77 %   75 %   80 %   81 %   70 %   80 %   64 %   81 %   80 %  88% 70% 80%  Po l i c e  vi s i b i l i t y  in  th e  co m m u n i t y   74 %   82 %   85 %   80 %   80 %   82 %   80 %   67 %   81 %   80 %  82% 78% 80%  Po l i c e  se r v i c e s  ov e r a l l   89 %   86 %   86 %   87 %   86 %   94 %   87 %   92 %   87 %   87 %  90% 84% 87%  Am b u l a n c e  or  em e r g e n c y  me d i c a l  se r v i c e s   93 %   90 %   91 %   91 %   91 %   94 %   91 %   91 %   91 %   91 %  94% 88% 91%  An i m a l  co n t r o l  se r v i c e s   81 %   61 %   65 %   68 %   67 %   72 %   68 %   56 %   69 %   68 %  67% 69% 68%  Tr a f f i c  en f o r c e m e n t   76 %   67 %   72 %   72 %   70 %   81 %   72 %   79 %   71 %   72 %  78% 66% 72%  St r e e t  ma i n t e n a n c e / r e p a i r  (i . e . ,  fi l l i n g  po t h o l e s )   50 %   37 %   43 %   44 %   43 %   47 %   44 %   47 %   43 %   44 %  45% 43% 44%  St r e e t  cl e a n i n g / s w e e p i n g   63 %   55 %   60 %   59 %   59 %   61 %   59 %   47 %   60 %   59 %  61% 57% 59%  St r e e t  re s u r f a c i n g   49 %   38 %   48 %   45 %   45 %   47 %   45 %   39 %   46 %   45 %  43% 48% 45%  St r e e t  li g h t i n g   46 %   44 %   53 %   48 %   47 %   50 %   48 %   44 %   48 %   48 %  48% 47% 48%  St r e e t  si g n a g e  an d  st r e e t  ma r k i n g s   73 %   71 %   79 %   74 %   74 %   78 %   74 %   70 %   75 %   74 %  72% 76% 74%  Sn o w p l o w i n g  on  ci t y  st r e e t s   74 %   78 %   79 %   77 %   76 %   82 %   77 %   81 %   77 %   77 %  77% 77% 77%  Ap p l y i n g  sa l t / s a n d  on  ic y  st r e e t s   82 %   78 %   81 %   81 %   82 %   74 %   81 %   75 %   81 %   81 %  78% 84% 81%  Ro a d  co n d i t i o n   66 %   49 %   58 %   58 %   58 %   62 %   58 %   68 %   57 %   58 %  58% 58% 58%  Si d e w a l k / t r a i l  ma i n t e n a n c e   85 %   79 %   80 %   82 %   81 %   88 %   82 %   97 %   80 %   82 %  84% 79% 82%  St o r m  dr a i n a g e   80 %   70 %   68 %   73 %   72 %   81 %   73 %   85 %   72 %   73 %  73% 73% 73%  Sa n i t a r y  se w e r  se r v i c e s   89 %   86 %   88 %   88 %   88 %   87 %   88 %   87 %   88 %   88 %  87% 88% 88%  Sh o r e w o o d  pa r k s   98 %   91 %   92 %   94 %   93 %   98 %   94 %   10 0 %   93 %   94 %  94% 94% 94%  Pa r k  an d  re c r e a t i o n  pr o g r a m s  or  cl a s s e s   94 %   85 %   82 %   88 %   87 %   89 %   88 %   88 %   88 %   88 %  94% 78% 87%  Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 69 Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  se r v i c e s  in   Sh o r e w o o d .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years or  less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  pr o g r a m  or  cl a s s e s   95 %   84 %   84 %   88 %   85 %   97 %   88 %   10 0 %   86 %   88 %  93% 78% 87%  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  ov e r a l l   95 %   82 %   84 %   87 %   87 %   90 %   87 %   83 %   88 %   87 %  92% 80% 87%  Bu i l d i n g  in s p e c t i o n s   66 %   57 %   62 %   62 %   61 %   67 %   62 %   60 %   62 %   62 %  67% 57% 61%  La n d  us e ,  pl a n n i n g  an d  zo n i n g   68 %   58 %   56 %   60 %   60 %   60 %   60 %   53 %   61 %   60 %  65% 57% 60%  Co d e  en f o r c e m e n t  (w e e d s ,  ab a n d o n e d  bu i l d i n g s ,  et c . )   63 %   54 %   56 %   58 %   57 %   64 %   58 %   61 %   57 %   58 %  53% 61% 58%  Se r v i c e s  to  se n i o r s   93 %   69 %   70 %   75 %   74 %   80 %   75 %   90 %   74 %   75 %  81% 68% 76%  Se r v i c e s  to  yo u t h   85 %   77 %   76 %   79 %   80 %   77 %   79 %   67 %   80 %   79 %  83% 74% 79%  Se r v i c e s  to  lo w ‐in c o m e  pe o p l e   56 %   43 %   52 %   50 %   53 %   41 %   50 %   26 %   55 %   50 %  42% 62% 51%  Pu b l i c  sc h o o l s   99 %   96 %   94 %   96 %   96 %   98 %   96 %   10 0 %   96 %   96 %  96% 96% 96%  Ca b l e  te l e v i s i o n   37 %   38 %   41 %   39 %   39 %   38 %   39 %   37 %   39 %   39 %  40% 37% 39%  Em e r g e n c y  pr e p a r e d n e s s  (s e r v i c e s  th a t  pr e p a r e  th e  co m m u n i t y   fo r  na t u r a l  di s a s t e r s  or  ot h e r  em e r g e n c y  si t u a t i o n s )   71 %   66 %   67 %   68 %   68 %   69 %   68 %   68 %   68 %   68 %  67% 68% 68%  Pr e s e r v a t i o n  of  na t u r a l  ar e a s  su c h  as  op e n  sp a c e  an d  gr e e n b e l t s   86 %   72 %   79 %   79 %   78 %   87 %   79 %   91 %   78 %   79 %  81% 76% 79%  Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 70 Ci t y S e r v i c e s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   se r v i c e s  in  Sh o r e w o o d .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Household income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than $50K  $50K to less than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  re s p o n s e  to  ca l l s   10 0 %   98 %   97 %   98 %   97 %   98 %   98 %   97 %   99 %   98 %   97 %   10 0 %  96% 98% 98%  Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  ed u c a t i o n  an d  pr e v e n t i o n   97 %   93 %   90 %   92 %   98 %   88 %   92 %   92 %   92 %   92 %   83 %   93 %  92% 94% 91%  Fi r e  di s t r i c t ' s  vi s i b i l i t y  in  th e  co m m u n i t y   88 %   83 %   84 %   84 %   86 %   84 %   84 %   86 %   84 %   84 %   85 %   87 %  82% 84% 84%  Fi r e  di s t r i c t  se r v i c e s  ov e r a l l   96 %   94 %   92 %   94 %   95 %   93 %   94 %   89 %   95 %   94 %   90 %   97 %  91% 95% 94%  Po l i c e  re s p o n s e  to  ca l l s   91 %   87 %   93 %   90 %   86 %   91 %   90 %   91 %   89 %   90 %   89 %   91 %  89% 90% 90%  Po l i c e  ed u c a t i o n  an d  cr i m e  pr e v e n t i o n   87 %   81 %   78 %   80 %   83 %   77 %   80 %   83 %   79 %   80 %   71 %   82 %  82% 80% 80%  Po l i c e  vi s i b i l i t y  in  th e  co m m u n i t y   85 %   76 %   84 %   80 %   75 %   84 %   80 %   84 %   79 %   80 %   80 %   83 %  79% 77% 80%  Po l i c e  se r v i c e s  ov e r a l l   93 %   84 %   89 %   87 %   84 %   89 %   87 %   90 %   87 %   87 %   84 %   92 %  87% 86% 88%  Am b u l a n c e  or  em e r g e n c y  me d i c a l  se r v i c e s   94 %   87 %   94 %   91 %   85 %   94 %   92 %   94 %   90 %   91 %   89 %   93 %  91% 90% 91%  An i m a l  co n t r o l  se r v i c e s   91 %   66 %   64 %   68 %   70 %   67 %   68 %   72 %   66 %   68 %   68 %   73 %  64% 67% 68%  Tr a f f i c  en f o r c e m e n t   77 %   70 %   73 %   72 %   75 %   70 %   72 %   77 %   70 %   72 %   71 %   80 %  67% 69% 71%  St r e e t  ma i n t e n a n c e / r e p a i r  (i . e . ,  fi l l i n g  po t h o l e s )   50 %   43 %   44 %   44 %   45 %   43 %   44 %   49 %   42 %   44 %   37 %   51 %  46% 40% 44%  St r e e t  cl e a n i n g / s w e e p i n g   76 %   56 %   60 %   60 %   58 %   60 %   59 %   63 %   58 %   60 %   52 %   71 %  63% 48% 59%  St r e e t  re s u r f a c i n g   57 %   42 %   46 %   45 %   44 %   46 %   45 %   54 %   43 %   45 %   37 %   52 %  47% 41% 45%  St r e e t  li g h t i n g   46 %   47 %   49 %   48 %   44 %   51 %   48 %   49 %   48 %   48 %   42 %   47 %  51% 45% 47%  St r e e t  si g n a g e  an d  st r e e t  ma r k i n g s   83 %   72 %   76 %   75 %   73 %   75 %   74 %   80 %   73 %   74 %   68 %   80 %  75% 71% 74%  Sn o w p l o w i n g  on  ci t y  st r e e t s   62 %   73 %   85 %   77 %   75 %   79 %   77 %   85 %   75 %   77 %   77 %   79 %  75% 77% 77%  Ap p l y i n g  sa l t / s a n d  on  ic y  st r e e t s   93 %   79 %   79 %   81 %   83 %   79 %   81 %   81 %   80 %   81 %   69 %   86 %  84% 80% 81%  Ro a d  co n d i t i o n   73 %   56 %   56 %   58 %   58 %   59 %   58 %   65 %   57 %   59 %   50 %   69 %  55% 53% 57%  Si d e w a l k / t r a i l  ma i n t e n a n c e   93 %   84 %   75 %   82 %   86 %   78 %   82 %   75 %   83 %   82 %   76 %   81 %  84% 80% 81%  St o r m  dr a i n a g e   81 %   74 %   69 %   73 %   78 %   70 %   73 %   73 %   73 %   73 %   66 %   75 %  76% 71% 73%  Sa n i t a r y  se w e r  se r v i c e s   97 %   86 %   86 %   88 %   87 %   88 %   88 %   90 %   87 %   88 %   79 %   90 %  92% 85% 88%  Sh o r e w o o d  pa r k s   10 0 %   94 %   92 %   94 %   96 %   93 %   94 %   92 %   95 %   94 %   88 %   95 %  96% 94% 94%  Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 71 Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   se r v i c e s  in  Sh o r e w o o d .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Household income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than $50K  $50K to less than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Pa r k  an d  re c r e a t i o n  pr o g r a m s  or  cl a s s e s   10 0 %   89 %   85 %   88 %   90 %   86 %   88 %   91 %   87 %   88 %   81 %   88 %  89% 87% 87%  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  pr o g r a m  or  cl a s s e s   10 0 %   89 %   86 %   88 %   86 %   89 %   88 %   88 %   88 %   88 %   94 %   89 %  85% 83% 88%  So u t h s h o r e  Co m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  ov e r a l l   10 0 %   90 %   84 %   88 %   86 %   88 %   87 %   90 %   86 %   88 %   83 %   91 %  87% 84% 87%  Bu i l d i n g  in s p e c t i o n s   65 %   64 %   60 %   62 %   65 %   60 %   62 %   73 %   59 %   62 %   53 %   61 %  64% 59% 60%  La n d  us e ,  pl a n n i n g  an d  zo n i n g   73 %   64 %   55 %   61 %   65 %   58 %   60 %   62 %   60 %   60 %   42 %   70 %  65% 61% 62%  Co d e  en f o r c e m e n t  (w e e d s ,  ab a n d o n e d  bu i l d i n g s ,   et c . )   49 %   61 %   56 %   58 %   58 %   57 %   58 %   56 %   58 %   58 %   66 %   59 %  61% 47% 58%  Se r v i c e s  to  se n i o r s   10 0 %   86 %   69 %   76 %   82 %   74 %   76 %   71 %   80 %   76 %   71 %   74 %  85% 79% 77%  Se r v i c e s  to  yo u t h   91 %   86 %   69 %   80 %   81 %   78 %   79 %   82 %   79 %   80 %   63 %   88 %  78% 81% 79%  Se r v i c e s  to  lo w ‐in c o m e  pe o p l e   44 %   66 %   45 %   52 %   49 %   51 %   50 %   63 %   46 %   51 %   38 %   52 %  49% 79% 52%  Pu b l i c  sc h o o l s   10 0 %   98 %   93 %   96 %   98 %   95 %   96 %   93 %   97 %   96 %   92 %   97 %  98% 95% 96%  Ca b l e  te l e v i s i o n   28 %   40 %   42 %   39 %   34 %   42 %   39 %   51 %   35 %   39 %   30 %   52 %  42% 31% 39%  Em e r g e n c y  pr e p a r e d n e s s  (s e r v i c e s  th a t  pr e p a r e  th e   co m m u n i t y  fo r  na t u r a l  di s a s t e r s  or  ot h e r  em e r g e n c y   si t u a t i o n s )   65 %   71 %   66 %   68 %   69 %   67 %   68 %   71 %   67 %   68 %   59 %   81 %  63% 66% 68%  Pr e s e r v a t i o n  of  na t u r a l  ar e a s  su c h  as  op e n  sp a c e   an d  gr e e n b e l t s   94 %   78 %   76 %   79 %   78 %   80 %   79 %   80 %   79 %   79 %   71 %   80 %  82% 77% 79%  Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 72 Ov e r a l l Q u a l i t y o f C i t y S e r v i ce s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Ov e r a l l ,  ho w  wo u l d  yo u   ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of   se r v i c e s  pr o v i d e d  in  th e   Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n Respondent gender 10   ye a r s   or  le s s   11 ‐20   ye a r s   Mo r e   th a n  20   ye a r s   Ov e r a l l   De t a c h e d   At t a c h e d   Ov e r a l l   Re n t   Ow n   Ov e r a l l   Fe m a l e  Male Overall  Ov e r a l l ,  ho w  wo u l d  yo u   ra t e  th e  qu a l i t y  of  se r v i c e s   pr o v i d e d  in  th e  Ci t y  of   Sh o r e w o o d ?   87 %   77 %   75 %   80 %   79 %   83 %   80 %   86 %   79 %   80 %   83% 77% 80%  Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d " Ov e r a l l Q u a l i t y o f C i t y S e r v i ce s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Ov e r a l l ,  ho w   wo u l d  yo u  ra t e   th e  qu a l i t y  of   se r v i c e s  pr o v i d e d   in  th e  Ci t y  of   Sh o r e w o o d ?   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e Ch i l d r e n  18  or  un d e r Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r Ho u s e h o l d  income 18  to   34   ye a r s   35  to   54   ye a r s   55   ye a r s   or   ol d e r   Ov e r a l l   Ye s   No   Ov e r a l l   Ye s   No   Ov e r a l l   Le s s   th a n   $5 0 K   $5 0 K  to   le s s   th a n   $1 0 0 K   $1 0 0 k   to  le s s   th a n   $2 0 0 K  More than $200K Overall  Ov e r a l l ,  ho w  wo u l d   yo u  ra t e  th e   qu a l i t y  of  se r v i c e s   pr o v i d e d  in  th e   Ci t y  of   Sh o r e w o o d ?   84 %   80 %   80 %   80 %   82 %   78 %   80 %   83 %   79 %   80 %   75 %   86 %   79 %  80% 80%  Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 73 Im p o r t a n c e o f P o t e n t i a l I m p r o v e m e n ts b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Th i n k i n g  ab o u t  th e  ne x t  5 ye a r s ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e  ho w   im p o r t a n t ,  if  at  al l ,  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  po t e n t i a l   im p r o v e m e n t s  is  fo r  Sh o r e w o o d ,  kn o w i n g  th a t  th e  Ci t y  ha s   $1 . 8  mi l l i o n  in  av a i l a b l e  fu n d s  (a b o u t  ha l f  of  wh i c h  ca m e  fr o m   th e  sa l e  of  th e  li q u o r  st o r e s ) .    Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Pa r k  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  up d a t e d  pl a y  st r u c t u r e s ,  ad d i t i o n a l   sh e l t e r s ,  li g h t i n g  fo r  te n n i s  co u r t s )   37 %   25 %   18 %   27 %   25 %   49 %   27 %   46 %   26 %   27 %  33% 22% 27%  Ex p a n d  tr a i l s  an d  wa l k w a y s   60 % 52 % 42 % 52 % 52 %   51 % 52 % 52 % 51 % 52 % 58%44%52% Ex p a n d  re c r e a t i o n a l  an d  so c i a l  pr o g r a m s  fo r  al l  ag e s 24 % 17 % 21 % 21 % 18 %   40 % 21 % 38 % 19 % 21 % 27%15%21% En v i r o n m e n t a l  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  di s e a s e d  tr e e s ,  la k e  wa t e r   qu a l i t y )   68 %   69 %   65 %   67 %   65 %   83 %   67 %   74 %   67 %   67 %  73% 62% 68%  Ro a d  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  re c o n s t r u c t i o n ,  re s u r f a c i n g ) 76 % 77 % 74 % 76 % 74 %   86 % 76 % 85 % 75 % 76 % 78%72%75% Mu n i c i p a l  dr i n k i n g  wa t e r  sy s t e m  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  ex p a n s i o n ,   ad d i t i o n a l  tr e a t m e n t )   52 %   50 %   38 %   47 %   42 %   80 %   47 %   72 %   45 %   47 %  58% 35% 47%  Pe r c e n t  "e s s e n t i a l "  or  "v e r y  im p o r t a n t "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 74 Im p o r t a n c e o f P o t e n t i a l I m p r o v e m e n ts b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Th i n k i n g  ab o u t  th e  ne x t  5 ye a r s ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e   ho w  im p o r t a n t ,  if  at  al l ,  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   po t e n t i a l  im p r o v e m e n t s  is  fo r  Sh o r e w o o d ,   kn o w i n g  th a t  th e  Ci t y  ha s  $1 . 8  mi l l i o n  in   av a i l a b l e  fu n d s  (a b o u t  ha l f  of  wh i c h  ca m e  fr o m   th e  sa l e  of  th e  li q u o r  st o r e s ) .    Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34  years  35 to 54  years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Pa r k  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  up d a t e d  pl a y  st r u c t u r e s ,   ad d i t i o n a l  sh e l t e r s ,  li g h t i n g  fo r  te n n i s  co u r t s )   40 %   25 %   26 %   27 %   36 %   21 %   27 %   22 %   29 %   27 %   27 %   27 %  31% 26% 28%  Ex p a n d  tr a i l s  an d  wa l k w a y s   56 % 59 % 41 % 52 % 61 % 45 % 52 %   38 % 56 % 52 % 40 % 54 % 56%56%53% Ex p a n d  re c r e a t i o n a l  an d  so c i a l  pr o g r a m s  fo r  al l   ag e s   16 %   18 %   27 %   21 %   21 %   20 %   21 %   27 %   19 %   21 %   28 %   26 %  15% 20% 21%  En v i r o n m e n t a l  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  di s e a s e d   tr e e s ,  la k e  wa t e r  qu a l i t y )   56 %   68 %   71 %   68 %   64 %   70 %   67 %   69 %   67 %   67 %   73 %   64 %  70% 67% 68%  Ro a d  im p r o v e m e n t s  (i . e . ,  re c o n s t r u c t i o n ,   re s u r f a c i n g )   70 %   76 %   78 %   76 %   79 %   73 %   76 %   80 %   74 %   76 %   77 %   78 %  74% 74% 76%  Mu n i c i p a l  dr i n k i n g  wa t e r  sy s t e m  im p r o v e m e n t s   (i . e . ,  ex p a n s i o n ,  ad d i t i o n a l  tr e a t m e n t )   38 %   46 %   51 %   47 %   50 %   45 %   47 %   51 %   46 %   47 %   54 %   48 %  45% 44% 47%  Pe r c e n t  "e s s e n t i a l "  or  "v e r y  im p o r t a n t "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 75 Im p o r t a n c e o f P o t e n t i a l P a r k a n d R e c r e a t io n P r o j e c t s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Th i n k i n g  ab o u t  th e  ne x t  5 ye a r s ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e  ho w   im p o r t a n t ,  if  at  al l ,  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  po t e n t i a l  Sh o r e w o o d   pa r k  an d  re c r e a t i o n  pr o j e c t s  is  to  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d   me m b e r s .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Ne w  re c r e a t i o n a l / C o m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  pr o g r a m s 18 % 17 % 18 % 18 % 16 %   31 % 18 % 29 % 17 % 18 % 25%11%18% Ad d i t i o n a l  ba s k e t b a l l  co u r t s   11 % 6% 9% 9% 9%   7% 9% 5% 9% 9% 10%7%9% Pr o g r a m s  fo r  se n i o r s  an d  ol d e r  ad u l t s   21 % 25 % 28 % 25 % 22 %   47 % 25 % 33 % 24 % 25 % 32%17%25% Ne w  te n n i s  co u r t s  at  Ba d g e r  Pa r k   7% 7% 6% 7% 6%   13 % 7% 8% 7% 7% 9%4%7% Li g h t s  on  te n n i s  co u r t s   13 % 10 % 13 % 12 % 12 %   15 % 12 % 11 % 12 % 12 % 14%11%12% Li g h t s  on  ba l l  fi e l d s  at  Fr e e m a n  Pa r k   20 % 19 % 20 % 19 % 17 %   37 % 19 % 38 % 18 % 19 % 25%14%19% Up d a t e d  sk a t e  pa r k  fa c i l i t i e s   13 % 13 % 15 % 14 % 12 %   26 % 14 % 26 % 13 % 14 % 18%10%14% Pe r c e n t  "e s s e n t i a l "  or  "v e r y  im p o r t a n t " Im p o r t a n c e o f P o t e n t i a l P a r k a n d R e c r e a t io n P r o j e c t s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Th i n k i n g  ab o u t  th e  ne x t  5 ye a r s ,  pl e a s e  in d i c a t e   ho w  im p o r t a n t ,  if  at  al l ,  ea c h  of  th e  fo l l o w i n g   po t e n t i a l  Sh o r e w o o d  pa r k  an d  re c r e a t i o n   pr o j e c t s  is  to  yo u  or  ot h e r  ho u s e h o l d  me m b e r s .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34  years  35 to 54  years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Ne w  re c r e a t i o n a l / C o m m u n i t y  Ce n t e r  pr o g r a m s 18 % 16 % 21 % 18 % 20 % 17 % 18 %   18 % 18 % 18 % 26 % 20 % 21%11%19% Ad d i t i o n a l  ba s k e t b a l l  co u r t s   19 % 8% 6% 9% 11 % 7% 9%   6% 9% 9% 6% 5%14%8%9% Pr o g r a m s  fo r  se n i o r s  an d  ol d e r  ad u l t s   7% 19 % 37 % 25 % 20 % 28 % 25 %   36 % 21 % 25 % 42 % 29 % 20%18%25% Ne w  te n n i s  co u r t s  at  Ba d g e r  Pa r k   5% 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 7%   8% 6% 7% 7% 7%8%6%7% Li g h t s  on  te n n i s  co u r t s   13 % 13 % 10 % 12 % 15 % 10 % 12 %   10 % 13 % 12 % 10 % 12 % 13%15%13% Li g h t s  on  ba l l  fi e l d s  at  Fr e e m a n  Pa r k   30 % 18 % 18 % 19 % 24 % 16 % 19 %   16 % 20 % 19 % 30 % 21 % 16%19%20% Up d a t e d  sk a t e  pa r k  fa c i l i t i e s   15 % 13 % 14 % 14 % 17 % 12 % 14 %   15 % 13 % 14 % 24 % 15 % 11%13%14% Pe r c e n t  "e s s e n t i a l "  or  "v e r y  im p o r t a n t " Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 76 Le v e l o f S u p p o r t f o r C i t y I n i t i a ti v e s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s To  wh a t  ex t e n t  do  yo u  su p p o r t  or  op p o s e  ea c h  of  th e   fo l l o w i n g  in  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Ha v i n g  a si n g l e  tr a s h  ha u l e r  co n t r a c t e d  by  th e  Ci t y ,  ra t h e r  th a n   mu l t i p l e  ha u l e r s   60 %   45 %   44 %   50 %   48 %   67 %   50 %   72 %   48 %   50 %  58% 41% 49%  Pr o v i d i n g  or g a n i c  ma t e r i a l  co l l e c t i o n  (y a r d  an d  fo o d  wa s t e ) 87 % 79 % 79 % 82 % 81 %   90 % 82 % 95 % 81 % 82 % 86%77%82% In c r e a s i n g  re c y c l i n g  op t i o n s  fo r  re s i d e n t s   93 % 89 % 85 % 89 % 89 %   93 % 89 % 96 % 89 % 89 % 93%86%89% En c o u r a g i n g  mo r e  co m m u n i t y  ga r d e n i n g  (i . e . ,  gr o w i n g ,   ha r v e s t i n g  an d  di s t r i b u t i n g  pr o d u c e ,  fl o w e r s ,  et c . )   79 %   80 %   75 %   78 %   76 %   89 %   78 %   80 %   78 %   78 %  86% 69% 78%  In c r e a s i n g  en v i r o n m e n t a l  ed u c a t i o n  an d  pu b l i c  aw a r e n e s s   pr o g r a m s   77 %   75 %   75 %   76 %   74 %   85 %   76 %   79 %   75 %   76 %  84% 68% 76%  Pe r c e n t  "s t r o n g l y "  or  "s o m e w h a t "  su p p o r t   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 77 Le v e l o f S u p p o r t f o r C i t y I n i t i a ti v e s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s To  wh a t  ex t e n t  do  yo u  su p p o r t  or  op p o s e  ea c h   of  th e  fo l l o w i n g  in  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Ha v i n g  a si n g l e  tr a s h  ha u l e r  co n t r a c t e d  by  th e   Ci t y ,  ra t h e r  th a n  mu l t i p l e  ha u l e r s   52 %   47 %   54 %   50 %   52 %   48 %   50 %   49 %   50 %   50 %   58 %   49 %  48% 52% 51%  Pr o v i d i n g  or g a n i c  ma t e r i a l  co l l e c t i o n  (y a r d  an d   fo o d  wa s t e )   98 %   83 %   76 %   82 %   84 %   81 %   82 %   79 %   83 %   82 %   81 %   83 %  84% 83% 83%  In c r e a s i n g  re c y c l i n g  op t i o n s  fo r  re s i d e n t s   93 % 90 % 87 % 89 % 91 % 88 % 89 %   82 % 91 % 89 % 90 % 84 % 91%93%90% En c o u r a g i n g  mo r e  co m m u n i t y  ga r d e n i n g  (i . e . ,   gr o w i n g ,  ha r v e s t i n g  an d  di s t r i b u t i n g  pr o d u c e ,   fl o w e r s ,  et c . )   82 %   77 %   78 %   78 %   79 %   78 %   78 %   78 %   78 %   78 %   83 %   77 %  78% 76% 78%  In c r e a s i n g  en v i r o n m e n t a l  ed u c a t i o n  an d  pu b l i c   aw a r e n e s s  pr o g r a m s   73 %   74 %   79 %   76 %   77 %   75 %   76 %   79 %   75 %   76 %   80 %   77 %  80% 69% 76%  Pe r c e n t  "s t r o n g l y "  or  "s o m e w h a t "  su p p o r t   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 78 Go v e r n m e n t P e r f o r m a n c e b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ca t e g o r i e s  of  Sh o r e w o o d   go v e r n m e n t  pe r f o r m a n c e .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Th e  va l u e  of  se r v i c e s  fo r  th e  ta x e s  pa i d  to  Sh o r e w o o d 59 % 60 % 50 % 56 % 55 %   67 % 56 % 55 % 56 % 56 % 67%46%57% Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  Ci t y  go v e r n m e n t  de c i s i o n s 63 % 68 % 56 % 62 % 62 %   63 % 62 % 56 % 63 % 62 % 68%56%62% Sh o r e w o o d ' s  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s '  co n s i d e r a t i o n  of  wh a t  pe o p l e   li k e  me  th i n k   58 %   56 %   46 %   53 %   52 %   55 %   53 %   47 %   53 %   53 %  60% 46% 53%  Ru n n i n g  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  in  th e  be s t  in t e r e s t  of   re s i d e n t s   66 %   62 %   51 %   59 %   59 %   63 %   59 %   51 %   60 %   59 %  63% 57% 60%  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  go v e r n m e n t  as  an  ex a m p l e  of  ho w  be s t  to   pr o v i d e  se r v i c e s   61 %   52 %   49 %   54 %   53 %   55 %   54 %   44 %   54 %   54 %  62% 46% 54%  Th e  ov e r a l l  di r e c t i o n  Sh o r e w o o d  is  ta k i n g   81 % 63 % 58 % 67 % 67 %   72 % 67 % 76 % 67 % 67 % 75%60%67% Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 79 Go v e r n m e n t P e r f o r m a n c e b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ca t e g o r i e s  of   Sh o r e w o o d  go v e r n m e n t  pe r f o r m a n c e .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Th e  va l u e  of  se r v i c e s  fo r  th e  ta x e s  pa i d  to   Sh o r e w o o d   38 %   59 %   59 %   57 %   58 %   55 %   56 %   58 %   56 %   56 %   55 %   57 %  58% 55% 57%  Op p o r t u n i t i e s  to  pa r t i c i p a t e  in  Ci t y  go v e r n m e n t   de c i s i o n s   62 %   64 %   61 %   62 %   63 %   62 %   62 %   65 %   61 %   62 %   51 %   72 %  62% 64% 63%  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  el e c t e d  of f i c i a l s '  co n s i d e r a t i o n  of   wh a t  pe o p l e  li k e  me  th i n k   31 %   56 %   54 %   53 %   56 %   51 %   53 %   56 %   52 %   53 %   44 %   55 %  55% 55% 53%  Ru n n i n g  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  in  th e   be s t  in t e r e s t  of  re s i d e n t s   47 %   65 %   57 %   60 %   66 %   55 %   59 %   61 %   59 %   60 %   43 %   68 %  66% 59% 61%  Sh o r e w o o d ' s  go v e r n m e n t  as  an  ex a m p l e  of  ho w   be s t  to  pr o v i d e  se r v i c e s   34 %   59 %   52 %   54 %   58 %   51 %   54 %   57 %   53 %   54 %   44 %   59 %  59% 55% 55%  Th e  ov e r a l l  di r e c t i o n  Sh o r e w o o d  is  ta k i n g   78 % 72 % 61 % 68 % 75 % 63 % 67 %   68 % 67 % 68 % 60 % 76 % 73%61%69% Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 80 Ci t y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n P e r f o r m a n ce b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ca t e g o r i e s  of  pe r f o r m a n c e  of  th e   Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d  Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n .   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Re s p o n s e  to  re s i d e n t  co m p l a i n t s  an d  co n c e r n s 78 % 57 % 55 % 63 % 62 %   67 % 63 % 77 % 62 % 63 % 67%58%62% Pu b l i c  me e t i n g s  ab o u t  Ci t y  pl a n s   69 % 72 % 66 % 69 % 69 %   71 % 69 % 55 % 70 % 69 % 73%64%69% Tr a n s p a r e n c y  an d  ac c o u n t a b i l i t y   61 % 55 % 56 % 57 % 56 %   65 % 57 % 73 % 56 % 57 % 63%51%57% In f o r m a t i o n  ab o u t  Ci t y  pl a n s  an d  pr o g r a m s 62 % 63 % 61 % 62 % 63 %   58 % 62 % 38 % 64 % 62 % 67%58%62% Qu a l i t y  of  th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e  (w w w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s ) 77 % 81 % 73 % 78 % 77 %   82 % 78 % 83 % 77 % 78 % 78%77%77% On l i n e  se r v i c e s  av a i l a b l e  on  th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e 72 % 72 % 62 % 70 % 68 %   80 % 70 % 88 % 68 % 70 % 74%66%70% Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d "   Ci t y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n P e r f o r m a n ce b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Pl e a s e  ra t e  th e  fo l l o w i n g  ca t e g o r i e s  of   pe r f o r m a n c e  of  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d   Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n .   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n  18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Household income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than $50K  $50K to less than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Re s p o n s e  to  re s i d e n t  co m p l a i n t s  an d  co n c e r n s 58 % 65 % 61 % 63 % 68 % 59 % 63 %   60 % 64 % 63 % 56 % 65%69%60%63% Pu b l i c  me e t i n g s  ab o u t  Ci t y  pl a n s   61 % 73 % 67 % 69 % 73 % 68 % 69 %   73 % 68 % 69 % 55 % 71%77%69%70% Tr a n s p a r e n c y  an d  ac c o u n t a b i l i t y   66 % 58 % 56 % 58 % 58 % 57 % 57 %   62 % 56 % 57 % 53 % 64%62%54%59% In f o r m a t i o n  ab o u t  Ci t y  pl a n s  an d  pr o g r a m s 66 % 61 % 64 % 63 % 59 % 64 % 62 %   70 % 59 % 62 % 50 % 69%64%64%63% Qu a l i t y  of  th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e   (w w w . c i . s h o r e w o o d . m n . u s )   82 %   77 %   77 %   78 %   79 %   77 %   78 %   83 %   77 %   78 %   65 %   81% 82% 73% 78%  On l i n e  se r v i c e s  av a i l a b l e  on  th e  Ci t y ' s  We b  si t e 60 % 71 % 73 % 70 % 74 % 66 % 70 %   68 % 70 % 70 % 56 % 72%73%66%70% Pe r c e n t  "e x c e l l e n t "  or  "g o o d " Sh o r e w o o d , M N C i t i z e n S u r v e y 2 0 1 1 R e p o r t o f R e s u l t s    Page 81 Le v e l o f A w a r e n e s s a b o u t C i t y I s s u e s a n d O p e r a t i o n s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Ho w  in f o r m e d  or  no t  in f o r m e d  do  yo u  co n s i d e r  yo u r s e l f  to  be   ab o u t  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  is s u e s  an d  op e r a t i o n s  of  th e  Ci t y  of   Sh o r e w o o d ?   Le n g t h  of  re s i d e n c y   Ho u s i n g  un i t  ty p e   Re n t / o w n   Respondent gender  10 years  or less  11‐20  years  More than  20 years  Overall  Detached  Attached  Overall  Rent  Own  Overall Female Male Overall  Ho w  in f o r m e d  or  no t  in f o r m e d  do  yo u  co n s i d e r  yo u r s e l f  to  be   ab o u t  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  is s u e s  an d  op e r a t i o n s  of  th e  Ci t y  of   Sh o r e w o o d ?   31 %   49 %   49 %   43 %   44 %   37 %   43 %   21 %   45 %   43 %  41% 44% 42%  Pe r c e n t  "v e r y "  or  "m o d e r a t e l y "  in f o r m e d Le v e l o f A w a r e n e s s a b o u t C i t y I s s u e s a n d O p e r a t i o n s b y R e s p o n d e n t D e m o g r a p h i c s Ho w  in f o r m e d  or  no t  in f o r m e d  do  yo u  co n s i d e r   yo u r s e l f  to  be  ab o u t  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  is s u e s   an d  op e r a t i o n s  of  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ?   Re s p o n d e n t  ag e   Ch i l d r e n 18  or   un d e r   Ad u l t s  65  or  ol d e r   Ho u s e h o l d  income  18 to 34 years  35 to 54 years  55 years or  older  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Yes  No  Overall  Less than  $50K  $50K to less  than $100K $100k to less than $200K More than $200K Overall  Ho w  in f o r m e d  or  no t  in f o r m e d  do  yo u  co n s i d e r   yo u r s e l f  to  be  ab o u t  lo c a l  go v e r n m e n t  is s u e s  an d   op e r a t i o n s  of  th e  Ci t y  of  Sh o r e w o o d ?   14 %   40 %   53 %   42 %   35 %   47 %   43 %   49 %   40 %   43 %   40 %   43 %  41% 44% 42%  Pe r c e n t  "v e r y "  or  "m o d e r a t e l y "  in f o r m e d Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 82 Appendix D: Jurisdictions Included in Benchmark Comparisons Listed below are the jurisdictions included in the National benchmark comparisons provided for the City of Shorewood followed by the 2010 population according to the U.S. Census. Listed at the end of this section are the jurisdictions included in the small city benchmark comparisons (populations under 10,000). Jurisdictions Included in National Benchmark Comparisons   Abilene, KS .......................................................... 6,844  Airway Heights, WA ............................................ 6,114  Alamogordo, NM .............................................. 30,403  Albany, GA ........................................................ 77,434  Albany, OR ........................................................ 50,158  Albemarle County, VA....................................... 98,970  Alpharetta, GA .................................................. 57,551  Ames, IA ............................................................ 58,965  Andover, MA ....................................................... 8,762  Ankeny, IA ......................................................... 45,582  Ann Arbor, MI ................................................. 113,934  Apple Valley, CA ................................................ 69,135  Arapahoe County, CO ..................................... 572,003  Archuleta County, CO ....................................... 12,084  Arkansas City, KS ............................................... 12,415  Arlington County, VA ...................................... 207,627  Arvada, CO ...................................................... 106,433  Asheville, NC ..................................................... 83,393  Ashland, OR ...................................................... 20,078  Ashland, VA ......................................................... 7,225  Aspen, CO ........................................................... 6,658  Auburn, AL ........................................................ 53,380  Auburn, WA ...................................................... 70,180  Aurora, CO ...................................................... 325,078  Austin, TX ........................................................ 790,390  Avondale, AZ ..................................................... 76,238  Baltimore County, MD .................................... 805,029  Baltimore, MD ................................................ 620,961  Barnstable, MA ............................................... 215,888  Batavia, IL ......................................................... 26,045  Battle Creek, MI ................................................ 52,347  Bedford, MA ..................................................... 13,320  Beekman, NY .................................................... 14,000  Belleair Beach, FL ................................................ 1,560  Bellevue, WA .................................................. 122,363  Bellingham, WA ................................................ 80,885  Beltrami County, MN ........................................ 44,442  Benbrook, TX .................................................... 21,234  Bend, OR ........................................................... 76,639  Benicia, CA ........................................................ 26,997  Bettendorf, IA ................................................... 33,217  Billings, MT ..................................................... 104,170  Blacksburg, VA .................................................. 42,620  Bloomfield, NM ................................................... 8,112  Bloomington, IL ................................................. 76,610  Blue Ash, OH ..................................................... 12,114  Blue Earth, MN ................................................... 3,353  Blue Springs, MO .............................................. 52,575  Boise, ID .......................................................... 205,671  Borough of Ebensburg, PA .................................. 3,351  Botetourt County, VA ....................................... 33,148  Boulder County, CO ........................................ 294,567  Boulder, CO ....................................................... 97,385  Bowling Green, KY ............................................ 58,067  Bozeman, MT .................................................... 37,280  Branson, MO ..................................................... 10,520  Brea, CA ............................................................ 39,282  Breckenridge, CO ................................................ 4,540  Brevard County, FL ......................................... 543,376  Brisbane, CA ........................................................ 4,282  Broken Arrow, OK ............................................. 98,850  Brookline, NH ...................................................... 4,991  Bryan, TX ........................................................... 76,201  Burlingame, CA ................................................. 28,806  Burlington, MA ................................................. 24,498  Cabarrus County, NC ....................................... 178,011  Calgary, Canada ........................................... 1,230,248  Cambridge, MA ............................................... 105,162  Canandaigua, NY ............................................... 10,545  Cape Coral, FL ................................................. 154,305  Carlsbad, CA .................................................... 105,328  Carson City, NV ................................................. 55,274  Cartersville, GA ................................................. 19,731  Carver County, MN ........................................... 91,042  Cary, NC .......................................................... 135,234  Casa Grande, AZ ................................................ 48,571  Cedar Creek, NE ..................................................... 390  Cedar Falls, IA ................................................... 39,260  Cedar Rapids, IA .............................................. 126,326  Centennial, CO ................................................ 100,377  Centralia, IL ....................................................... 13,032  Chambersburg, PA ............................................ 20,268  Chandler, AZ ................................................... 236,123  Chanhassen, MN ............................................... 22,952  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 83 Charlotte County, FL ....................................... 159,978  Charlotte, NC .................................................. 731,424  Chesapeake, VA .............................................. 222,209  Chesterfield County, VA .................................. 316,236  Cheyenne, WY................................................... 59,466  Chittenden County, VT.................................... 156,545  Chula Vista, CA ................................................ 243,916  Clark County, WA ............................................ 425,363  Clay County, MO ............................................. 221,939  Clayton, MO ...................................................... 15,939  Clear Creek County, CO ...................................... 9,088  Clearwater, FL ................................................. 107,685  Cococino County, AZ ....................................... 134,421  Colleyville, TX .................................................... 22,807  Collier County, FL ............................................ 321,520  Collinsville, IL .................................................... 25,579  Colorado Springs, CO ...................................... 416,427  Columbus, WI ..................................................... 4,991  Commerce City, CO ........................................... 45,913  Concord, CA .................................................... 122,067  Concord, MA ..................................................... 17,668  Concord, NC ...................................................... 79,066  Conyers, GA ...................................................... 15,195  Cookeville, TN ................................................... 30,435  Cooper City, FL .................................................. 28,547  Coral Springs, FL .............................................. 121,096  Coronado, CA .................................................... 18,912  Corpus Christi, TX ............................................ 305,215  Corvallis, OR ...................................................... 54,462  Corvallis, OR ...................................................... 54,462  Coventry, CT ....................................................... 2,990  Craig, CO ............................................................. 9,464  Cranberry Township, PA ................................... 16,066  Crested Butte, CO ............................................... 1,487  Crystal Lake, IL .................................................. 40,743  Cumberland County, PA.................................. 235,406  Cupertino, CA .................................................... 58,302  Dakota County, MN ........................................ 398,552  Dallas, TX ..................................................... 1,197,816  Dania Beach, FL ................................................. 29,639  Davenport, IA .................................................... 99,685  Davidson, NC..................................................... 10,944  Daviess County, KY ............................................ 96,656  Davis, CA ........................................................... 65,622  Daytona Beach, FL ............................................ 61,005  De Pere, WI ....................................................... 23,800  Decatur, GA ...................................................... 19,335  DeKalb, IL .......................................................... 43,862  Del Mar, CA ......................................................... 4,161  Delaware, OH .................................................... 34,753  Delray Beach, FL ............................................... 60,522  Denton, TX ...................................................... 113,383  Denver, CO ...................................................... 600,158  Des Moines, IA ................................................ 203,433  Destin, FL .......................................................... 12,305  Dewey‐Humboldt, AZ ......................................... 3,894  District of Saanich,Victoria, Canada ................ 108,265  Dorchester County, MD .................................... 32,618  Dover, DE .......................................................... 36,047  Dover, NH ......................................................... 29,987  Dublin, CA ......................................................... 46,036  Dublin, OH ........................................................ 41,751  Duluth, MN ....................................................... 86,265  Duncanville, TX ................................................. 38,524  Durango, CO ..................................................... 16,887  East Providence, RI ........................................... 47,037  Eau Claire, WI.................................................... 65,883  Edmond, OK ...................................................... 81,405  Edmonton, Canada ......................................... 782,439  El Cerrito, CA ..................................................... 23,549  El Paso, TX ....................................................... 649,121  Elk Grove, CA .................................................. 153,015  Ellisville, MO ....................................................... 9,133  Elmhurst, IL ....................................................... 44,121  Englewood, CO ................................................. 30,255  Ephrata Borough, PA ........................................ 13,394  Escambia County, FL ....................................... 297,619  Escanaba, MI ..................................................... 12,616  Estes Park, CO ..................................................... 5,858  Eugene, OR ..................................................... 156,185  Eustis, FL ........................................................... 18,558  Evanston, IL ....................................................... 74,486  Fairway, KS .......................................................... 3,882  Farmington Hills, MI ......................................... 79,740  Farmington, NM ............................................... 45,877  Farmington, UT ................................................. 18,275  Fayetteville, AR ................................................. 73,580  Federal Way, WA .............................................. 89,306  Fishers, IN ......................................................... 76,794  Flagstaff, AZ ...................................................... 65,870  Florence, AZ ...................................................... 25,536  Flower Mound, TX ............................................ 64,669  Flushing, MI ........................................................ 8,389  Forest Grove, OR .............................................. 21,083  Fort Collins, CO ............................................... 143,986  Fort Worth, TX ................................................ 741,206  Fredericksburg, VA............................................ 24,286  Freeport, IL ....................................................... 25,638  Fridley, MN ....................................................... 27,208  Fruita, CO .......................................................... 12,646  Gainesville, FL ................................................. 124,354  Gaithersburg, MD ............................................. 59,933  Galt, CA ............................................................. 23,647  Garden City, KS ................................................. 26,658  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 84 Gardner, KS ....................................................... 19,123  Geneva, NY ....................................................... 13,261  Georgetown, CO ................................................. 1,034  Georgetown, TX ................................................ 47,400  Gig Harbor, WA ................................................... 7,126  Gilbert, AZ ....................................................... 208,453  Gillette, WY ....................................................... 29,087  Gladstone, MI ..................................................... 4,973  Goodyear, AZ .................................................... 65,275  Grand County, CO ............................................. 14,843  Grand Island, NE ............................................... 48,520  Grand Prairie, TX ............................................. 175,396  Green Valley, AZ ............................................... 21,391  Greenwood Village, CO ..................................... 13,925  Greer, SC ........................................................... 25,515  Guelph, Ontario, Canada ................................ 114,943  Gulf Shores, AL .................................................... 9,741  Gunnison County, CO........................................ 15,324  Gurnee, IL ......................................................... 31,295  Hampton, VA .................................................. 137,436  Hanover County, VA ......................................... 99,863  Harrisonville, MO .............................................. 10,019  Hartford, CT .................................................... 124,775  Henderson, NV ................................................ 257,729  Hermiston, OR .................................................. 16,745  Herndon, VA ..................................................... 23,292  High Point, NC ................................................. 104,371  Highland Park, IL ............................................... 29,763  Highlands Ranch, CO ......................................... 96,713  Hillsborough County, FL ............................... 1,229,226  Hillsborough, NC ................................................. 6,087  Honolulu, HI .................................................... 953,207  Hopewell, VA .................................................... 22,591  Hoquiam, WA...................................................... 8,726  Hot Sulphur Springs, CO ........................................ 663  Houston, TX ................................................. 2,099,451  Howell, MI .......................................................... 9,489  Hudson, CO ......................................................... 2,356  Hurst, TX ........................................................... 37,337  Hutchinson, MN ................................................ 14,178  Hutto, TX ........................................................... 14,698  Indian Trail, NC ................................................. 33,518  Indianola, IA ...................................................... 14,782  Irving, TX ......................................................... 216,290  Jackson County, MI ......................................... 160,248  Jackson County, OR ........................................ 203,206  James City County, VA ...................................... 67,009  Jefferson City, MO ............................................ 43,079  Jefferson County, CO ...................................... 534,543  Jerome, ID ......................................................... 10,890  Johnson County, KS......................................... 544,179  Joplin, MO ......................................................... 50,150  Jupiter, FL .......................................................... 55,156  Kalamazoo, MI .................................................. 74,262  Kamloops, Canada ............................................ 86,376  Kannapolis, NC .................................................. 42,625  Keizer, OR ......................................................... 36,478  Kelowna, Canada ............................................ 106,707  Kettering, OH .................................................... 56,163  Kirkland, WA ..................................................... 48,787  Kissimmee, FL ................................................... 59,682  Kitsap County, WA .......................................... 251,133  Kutztown Borough, PA ........................................ 5,012  La Mesa, CA ...................................................... 57,065  La Plata, MD ........................................................ 8,753  La Vista, NE ....................................................... 15,758  Laguna Beach, CA ............................................. 22,723  Lakewood, CO ................................................. 142,980  Lane County, OR ............................................. 351,715  Laramie, WY ...................................................... 30,816  Larimer County, CO......................................... 299,630  Lawrence, KS ..................................................... 87,643  League City, TX .................................................. 83,560  Lebanon, NH ..................................................... 13,151  Lebanon, OH ..................................................... 20,033  Lee County, FL ................................................. 618,754  Lee's Summit, MO ............................................. 91,364  Lexington, VA ...................................................... 7,042  Liberty, MO ....................................................... 29,149  Lincolnwood, IL ................................................. 12,590  Little Rock, AR ................................................. 193,524  Livermore, CA ................................................... 80,968  Lodi, CA ............................................................. 62,134  Lone Tree, CO ................................................... 10,218  Long Beach, CA ............................................... 462,257  Longmont, CO ................................................... 86,270  Los Alamos County, NM .................................... 17,950  Louisville, CO..................................................... 18,376  Loveland, CO ..................................................... 66,859  Lower Providence Township, PA ...................... 25,436  Lyme, NH ............................................................ 1,716  Lynchburg, VA ................................................... 75,568  Lynnwood, WA ................................................. 35,836  Lynwood, CA ..................................................... 69,772  Lyons, IL ............................................................ 10,729  Madison, WI.................................................... 233,209  Maple Grove, MN ............................................. 61,567  Maple Valley, WA ............................................. 22,684  Marana, AZ ....................................................... 34,961  Maricopa County, AZ ................................... 3,817,117  Marion, IA ......................................................... 33,309  Maryland Heights, MO ..................................... 27,472  Maryville, MO ................................................... 11,972  Mayer, MN .......................................................... 1,749  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 85 McAllen, TX ..................................................... 129,877  McDonough, GA ............................................... 22,084  McKinney, TX .................................................. 131,117  McMinnville, OR ............................................... 32,187  Mecklenburg County, NC ................................ 919,628  Medford, OR ..................................................... 74,907  Medina, MN ........................................................ 4,892  Menlo Park, CA ................................................. 32,026  Meridian Charter Township, MI ....................... 39,688  Meridian, ID ...................................................... 75,092  Merriam, KS ...................................................... 11,003  Merrill, WI ........................................................... 9,661  Mesa County, CO ............................................ 146,723  Mesa, AZ ......................................................... 439,041  Miami Beach, FL ................................................ 87,779  Midland, MI ...................................................... 41,863  Milton, GA ......................................................... 32,661  Minneapolis, MN ............................................ 382,578  Mission Viejo, CA .............................................. 93,305  Mission, KS .......................................................... 9,323  Missoula, MT .................................................... 66,788  Montgomery County, MD ............................... 971,777  Montgomery County, VA .................................. 94,392  Montpelier, VT .................................................... 7,855  Montrose, CO ................................................... 19,132  Mooresville, NC ................................................ 32,711  Morgantown, WV ............................................. 29,660  Morristown, TN ................................................ 29,137  Moscow, ID ....................................................... 23,800  Mountain View, CA ........................................... 74,066  Mountlake Terrace, WA .................................... 19,909  Multnomah County, OR .................................. 735,334  Munster, IN ....................................................... 23,603  Muscatine, IA .................................................... 22,886  Naperville, IL ................................................... 141,853  Nashville, TN ................................................... 601,222  Needham, MA ................................................... 28,886  New Orleans, LA ............................................. 343,829  New York City, NY ........................................ 8,175,133  Newport Beach, CA ........................................... 85,186  Newport News, VA ......................................... 180,719  Newport, RI ....................................................... 24,672  Noblesville, IN ................................................... 51,969  Normal, IL ......................................................... 52,497  Norman, OK .................................................... 110,925  North Branch, MN ............................................ 10,125  North Las Vegas, NV ....................................... 216,961  North Palm Beach, FL ....................................... 12,015  Northglenn, CO ................................................. 35,789  Novi, MI ............................................................ 55,224  O'Fallon, IL ........................................................ 28,281  O'Fallon, MO ..................................................... 79,329  Oak Park, IL ....................................................... 51,878  Oak Ridge, TN ................................................... 29,330  Oakland Park, FL ............................................... 41,363  Oakland Township, MI ...................................... 16,779  Oakville, Canada ............................................. 165,613  Ocala, FL ............................................................ 56,315  Ocean City, MD ................................................... 7,102  Ogdensburg, NY ................................................ 11,128  Oklahoma City, OK .......................................... 579,999  Olathe, KS ....................................................... 125,872  Oldsmar, FL ....................................................... 13,591  Olmsted County, MN ...................................... 144,248  Olympia, WA ..................................................... 46,478  Orange Village, OH.............................................. 3,323  Oshkosh, WI ...................................................... 66,083  Ottawa County, MI ......................................... 263,801  Overland Park, KS ........................................... 173,372  Oviedo, FL ......................................................... 33,342  Palatine, IL ........................................................ 68,557  Palm Bay, FL .................................................... 103,190  Palm Beach County, FL ................................ 1,320,134  Palm Beach Gardens, FL ................................... 48,452  Palm Coast, FL ................................................... 75,180  Palm Springs, CA ............................................... 44,552  Palo Alto, CA ..................................................... 64,403  Panama City, FL................................................. 36,484  Park City, UT ....................................................... 7,558  Park Ridge, IL .................................................... 37,480  Parker, CO ......................................................... 45,297  Pasadena, TX ................................................... 149,043  Pasco County, FL ............................................. 464,697  Pasco, WA ......................................................... 59,781  Peachtree City, GA ............................................ 34,364  Peoria County, IL ............................................. 186,494  Peoria, AZ ........................................................ 154,065  Peters Township, PA ......................................... 21,213  Petoskey, MI ....................................................... 5,670  Philadelphia, PA ........................................... 1,526,006  Phoenix, AZ .................................................. 1,445,632  Pinal County, AZ .............................................. 375,770  Pinellas County, FL .......................................... 916,542  Pinellas Park, FL ................................................ 49,079  Pitkin County, CO .............................................. 17,148  Plano, TX ......................................................... 259,841  Platte City, MO ................................................... 4,691  Pocatello, ID ...................................................... 54,255  Port Huron, MI .................................................. 30,184  Port Orange, FL ................................................. 56,048  Port St. Lucie, FL ............................................. 164,603  Portland, OR ................................................... 583,776  Post Falls, ID ...................................................... 27,574  Poway, CA ......................................................... 47,811  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 86 Prescott Valley, AZ ............................................ 38,822  Prince William County, VA .............................. 402,002  Provo, UT ........................................................ 112,488  Pueblo, CO ...................................................... 106,595  Purcellville, VA .................................................... 7,727  Queen Creek, AZ ............................................... 26,361  Radford, VA ....................................................... 16,408  Rancho Cordova, CA ......................................... 64,776  Rapid City, SD .................................................... 67,956  Raymore, MO .................................................... 19,206  Redmond, WA ................................................... 54,144  Rehoboth Beach, DE ........................................... 1,327  Reno, NV ......................................................... 225,221  Renton, WA....................................................... 90,927  Richmond Heights, MO ....................................... 8,603  Richmond, CA ................................................. 103,701  Rio Rancho, NM ................................................ 87,521  Riverdale, UT ...................................................... 8,426  Riverside, IL ......................................................... 8,875  Riverside, MO ..................................................... 2,937  Roanoke, VA ..................................................... 97,032  Rochester, MI ................................................... 12,711  Rock Hill, SC ...................................................... 66,154  Rockford Park District, IL ................................ 152,871  Rockville, MD .................................................... 61,209  Roeland Park, KS ................................................. 6,731  Rolla, MO .......................................................... 19,559  Roswell, GA ....................................................... 88,346  Round Rock, TX ................................................. 99,887  Rowlett, TX ....................................................... 56,199  Saco, ME ........................................................... 18,482  Salida, CO ............................................................ 5,236  Salina, KS ........................................................... 47,707  Salt Lake City, UT ............................................ 186,440  San Diego, CA ............................................... 1,307,402  San Francisco, CA ............................................ 805,235  San Jose, CA .................................................... 945,942  San Juan County, NM ...................................... 130,044  San Luis Obispo County, CA ............................ 269,637  San Marcos, TX ................................................. 44,894  San Rafael, CA ................................................... 57,713  Sandusky, OH .................................................... 25,793  Sandy Springs, GA ............................................. 93,853  Sandy, UT .......................................................... 87,461  Sanford, FL ........................................................ 53,570  Santa Barbara County, CA ............................... 423,895  Santa Monica, CA .............................................. 89,736  Sarasota, FL ....................................................... 51,917  Sault Sainte Marie, MI ...................................... 14,144  Savannah, GA .................................................. 136,286  Scarborough, ME ................................................ 4,403  Scott County, MN ........................................... 129,928  Scottsdale, AZ ................................................. 217,385  Sedona, AZ ........................................................ 10,031  Seminole, FL ...................................................... 17,233  Shenandoah, TX .................................................. 2,134  Sherman, IL ......................................................... 4,148  Shorewood, IL ................................................... 15,615  Shorewood, MN .................................................. 7,307  Shrewsbury, MA ............................................... 35,608  Sioux Falls, SD ................................................. 153,888  Skokie, IL ........................................................... 64,784  Smyrna, GA ....................................................... 51,271  Snellville, GA ..................................................... 18,242  Snoqualmie, WA ............................................... 10,670  South Daytona, FL ............................................. 12,252  South Haven, MI ................................................. 4,403  South Lake Tahoe, CA ....................................... 21,403  South Portland, ME ........................................... 25,002  Southlake, TX .................................................... 26,575  Sparks, NV ......................................................... 90,264  Spokane Valley, WA .......................................... 89,755  Spotsylvania County, VA ................................. 122,397  Springboro, OH ................................................. 17,409  Springfield, OR .................................................. 59,403  Springville, UT ................................................... 29,466  St. Cloud, FL ...................................................... 35,183  St. Louis County, MN ...................................... 200,226  Stafford County, VA ........................................ 128,961  Starkville, MS .................................................... 23,888  State College, PA ............................................... 42,034  Steamboat Springs, CO ..................................... 12,088  Sterling, CO ....................................................... 14,777  Stillwater, OK .................................................... 45,688  Stockton, CA ................................................... 291,707  Suamico, WI ...................................................... 11,346  Sugar Grove, IL .................................................... 8,997  Sugar Land, TX .................................................. 78,817  Summit County, CO .......................................... 27,994  Sunnyvale, CA ................................................. 140,081  Surprise, AZ ..................................................... 117,517  Suwanee, GA ..................................................... 15,355  Tacoma, WA .................................................... 198,397  Takoma Park, MD ............................................. 16,715  Tallahassee, FL ................................................ 181,376  Temecula, CA .................................................. 100,097  Tempe, AZ ....................................................... 161,719  Temple, TX ........................................................ 66,102  Teton County, WY ............................................. 21,294  The Colony, TX .................................................. 36,328  Thornton, CO .................................................. 118,772  Thousand Oaks, CA ......................................... 126,683  Thunder Bay, Canada ...................................... 122,907  Titusville, FL ...................................................... 43,761  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 87 Tomball, TX ....................................................... 10,753  Tualatin, OR ...................................................... 26,054  Tulsa, OK ......................................................... 391,906  Tuskegee, AL ....................................................... 9,865  Twin Falls, ID ..................................................... 44,125  Upper Arlington, OH ......................................... 33,771  Upper Merion Township, PA ............................ 28,395  Urbandale, IA .................................................... 39,463  Valdez, AK ........................................................... 3,976  Vancouver, WA ............................................... 161,791  Vestavia Hills, AL ............................................... 34,033  Victoria, Canada ................................................ 78,057  Village of Howard City, MI .................................. 1,808  Virginia Beach, VA ........................................... 437,994  Visalia, CA ....................................................... 124,442  Volusia County, FL .......................................... 494,593  Wahpeton, ND .................................................... 7,766  Wake Forest, NC ............................................... 30,117  Walnut Creek, CA .............................................. 64,173  Walton County, FL ............................................ 55,043  Washington City, UT ......................................... 18,761  Washington County, MN ................................ 238,136  Washoe County, NV ........................................ 421,407  Wausau, WI ...................................................... 39,106  Wentzville, MO ................................................. 29,070  West Des Moines, IA ......................................... 56,609  West Richland, WA ........................................... 11,811  Westlake, TX .......................................................... 992  Westminster, CO ............................................. 106,114  Wheat Ridge, CO ............................................... 30,166  White House, TN ............................................... 10,255  Whitehorse, Canada ......................................... 26,418  Whitewater Township, MI ..................................... 202  Wichita, KS ...................................................... 382,368  Williamsburg, VA .............................................. 14,068  Wilmington, IL .................................................... 5,724  Wilmington, NC .............................................. 106,476  Wind Point, WI .................................................... 1,723  Windsor, CO ...................................................... 18,644  Windsor, CT ...................................................... 28,237  Winnipeg, Canada ........................................... 694,668  Winston‐Salem, NC ......................................... 229,617  Winter Garden, FL............................................. 34,568  Winter Park, FL ................................................. 27,852  Woodbury, MN ................................................. 61,961  Woodland, WA ................................................... 5,509  Woodridge, IL ................................................... 32,971  Worcester, MA ............................................... 181,045  Yellowknife, Canada ......................................... 18,700  York County, VA ................................................ 65,464  Yuma County, AZ ............................................ 195,751  Yuma, AZ ........................................................... 93,064  Jurisdictions Included in Small City Benchmark Comparisons   Abilene, KS .............................................................................................................................................................. 6,844  Airway Heights, WA ................................................................................................................................................ 6,114  Andover, MA ........................................................................................................................................................... 8,762  Ashland, VA ............................................................................................................................................................. 7,225  Aspen, CO ............................................................................................................................................................... 6,658  Belleair Beach, FL .................................................................................................................................................... 1,560  Bloomfield, NM ....................................................................................................................................................... 8,112  Blue Earth, MN ....................................................................................................................................................... 3,353  Borough of Ebensburg, PA ...................................................................................................................................... 3,351  Breckenridge, CO .................................................................................................................................................... 4,540  Brisbane, CA ............................................................................................................................................................ 4,282  Cedar Creek, NE ......................................................................................................................................................... 390  Clear Creek County, CO .......................................................................................................................................... 9,088  Columbus, WI ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,991  Coventry, CT ........................................................................................................................................................... 2,990  Craig, CO ................................................................................................................................................................. 9,464  Crested Butte, CO ................................................................................................................................................... 1,487  Del Mar, CA ............................................................................................................................................................. 4,161  Dewey‐Humboldt, AZ ............................................................................................................................................. 3,894  Ellisville, MO ........................................................................................................................................................... 9,133  Estes Park, CO ......................................................................................................................................................... 5,858  Fairway, KS .............................................................................................................................................................. 3,882  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 88 Flushing, MI ............................................................................................................................................................ 8,389  Georgetown, CO ..................................................................................................................................................... 1,034  Gig Harbor, WA ....................................................................................................................................................... 7,126  Gladstone, MI ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,973  Gulf Shores, AL ........................................................................................................................................................ 9,741  Hillsborough, NC ..................................................................................................................................................... 6,087  Hoquiam, WA.......................................................................................................................................................... 8,726  Hot Sulphur Springs, CO ............................................................................................................................................ 663  Howell, MI .............................................................................................................................................................. 9,489  Hudson, CO ............................................................................................................................................................. 2,356  Kutztown Borough, PA ............................................................................................................................................ 5,012  La Plata, MD ............................................................................................................................................................ 8,753  Lexington, VA .......................................................................................................................................................... 7,042  Mayer, MN .............................................................................................................................................................. 1,749  Medina, MN ............................................................................................................................................................ 4,892  Merrill, WI ............................................................................................................................................................... 9,661  Mission, KS .............................................................................................................................................................. 9,323  Montpelier, VT ........................................................................................................................................................ 7,855  Ocean City, MD ....................................................................................................................................................... 7,102  Orange Village, OH.................................................................................................................................................. 3,323  Park City, UT ........................................................................................................................................................... 7,558  Petoskey, MI ........................................................................................................................................................... 5,670  Platte City, MO ....................................................................................................................................................... 4,691  Purcellville, VA ........................................................................................................................................................ 7,727  Rehoboth Beach, DE ............................................................................................................................................... 1,327  Richmond Heights, MO ........................................................................................................................................... 8,603  Riverdale, UT .......................................................................................................................................................... 8,426  Riverside, IL ............................................................................................................................................................. 8,875  Riverside, MO ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,937  Roeland Park, KS ..................................................................................................................................................... 6,731  Salida, CO ................................................................................................................................................................ 5,236  Scarborough, ME .................................................................................................................................................... 4,403  Shenandoah, TX ...................................................................................................................................................... 2,134  Sherman, IL ............................................................................................................................................................. 4,148  Shorewood, MN ...................................................................................................................................................... 7,307  South Haven, MI ..................................................................................................................................................... 4,403  Sugar Grove, IL ........................................................................................................................................................ 8,997  Tuskegee, AL ........................................................................................................................................................... 9,865  Valdez, AK ............................................................................................................................................................... 3,976  Village of Howard City, MI ...................................................................................................................................... 1,808  Wahpeton, ND ........................................................................................................................................................ 7,766  Westlake, TX .............................................................................................................................................................. 992  Wilmington, IL ........................................................................................................................................................ 5,724  Wind Point, WI ........................................................................................................................................................ 1,723  Woodland, WA ....................................................................................................................................................... 5,509  Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 89 Appendix E: Survey Methodology Developing the Questionnaire General citizen surveys, such as this one, ask recipients for their perspectives about the quality of life in the city, their use of City amenities, their opinion on policy issues facing the City and their assessment of City service delivery. The citizen survey instrument for Shorewood was developed through an iterative process that started with Shorewood staff reviewing sample surveys provided by NRC from other jurisdictions. Relevant questions from the sample surveys were selected and a list of topics and ideas for new questions was generated. New questions were created, all questions were prioritized and an optimal composition of topics and questions were selected. Through this iterative process between City staff and NRC staff, a final five-page questionnaire was created. Selecting Survey Recipients “Sampling” refers to the method by which survey recipients are chosen. The “sample” refers to all those who were given a chance to participate in the survey. All households located in the city boundaries were eligible for the survey. Because local governments generally do not have inclusive lists of all the residences in the jurisdiction (tax assessor and utility billing databases often omit rental units), lists from the United States Postal Service (USPS), updated every three months, usually provide the best representation of all households in a specific geographic location. NRC used the USPS data to select the sample of households. A larger list than needed was sampled so that a process referred to as “geocoding” could be used to eliminate addresses from the list that were outside the study boundaries. Geocoding is a computerized process in which addresses are compared to electronically mapped boundaries and coded as inside or outside desired boundaries. All addresses determined to be outside the study boundaries were eliminated from the sample; addresses exactly on the boundary can be included or excluded. While households immediately outside city limits may not receive all of the same services (or at least the same level) as residents, any survey recipients just outside the boundaries who chooses to participate are within a “sphere of influence” of the City and likely utilize Shorewood services and amenities and can provide valuable feedback. A random selection was made of the remaining addresses to create a mailing list of 1,330 addresses. Attached units were over sampled as residents of this type of housing typically respond at lower rates to surveys than do those in detached housing units. Due to some unique geographic and street-naming features of Shorewood, approximately 130 sampled households were sufficiently outside of Shorewood’s boundaries to not be considered part of the study (and therefore were not sent all three of the mailings). An individual within each household was randomly selected to complete the survey using the birthday method. The birthday method selects a person within the household by asking the “person whose birthday has most recently passed” to complete the questionnaire. The underlying assumption in this method is that day of birth has no relationship to the way people respond to surveys. This instruction was contained in the cover letter accompanying the questionnaire. Survey Administration and Response Each selected household was contacted three times. First, a prenotification announcement, informing the household members that they had been selected to participate in the Shorewood survey was sent. Approximately one week after mailing the prenotification, each household was mailed a survey containing a cover letter signed by the mayor enlisting participation. The packet also contained a postage-paid return Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 90 envelope in which the survey recipients could return the completed questionnaire to NRC. A reminder letter and survey, scheduled to arrive one week after the first survey was the final contact. The second cover letter asked those who had not completed the survey to do so and those who had already done so to refrain from turning in another survey. The mailings were sent in October 2011 and completed surveys were collected over the following six weeks. About 2% of the 1,330 surveys mailed were returned because the housing unit was vacant or the postal service was unable to deliver the survey as addressed. Of the remaining 1,307 households, 613 completed the survey, providing a response rate of 47%. This is an excellent response rate; average response rates for a mailed resident survey range from 25% to 40%. 95% Confidence Intervals The 95% confidence interval (or “margin of error”) quantifies the “sampling error” or precision of the estimates made from the survey results. A 95% confidence interval can be calculated for any sample size, and indicates that in 95 of 100 surveys conducted like this one, for a particular item, a result would be found that is within plus or minus four percentage points of the result that would be found if everyone in the population of interest was surveyed. The practical difficulties of conducting any resident survey may introduce other sources of error in addition to sampling error. Despite best efforts to boost participation and ensure potential inclusion of all households, some selected households will decline participation in the survey (potentially introducing non-response error) and some eligible households may be unintentionally excluded from the listed sources for the sample (referred to as coverage error). While the 95 percent confidence level for the survey is generally no greater than plus or minus four percentage points around any given percent reported for the entire sample, results for subgroups will have wider confidence intervals. Where estimates are given for subgroups, they are less precise. For each subgroup from the survey, the margin of error rises to as much as plus or minus 14% for a sample size of 50 to plus or minus 5% for 400 completed surveys. Survey Processing (Data Entry) Mailed surveys were submitted via postage-paid business reply envelopes. Once received, staff assigned a unique identification number to each questionnaire. Additionally, each survey was reviewed and “cleaned” as necessary. For example, a question may have asked a respondent to pick two items out of a list of five, but the respondent checked three; staff would choose randomly two of the three selected items to be coded in the dataset. Once cleaned and numbered, all surveys were entered into an electronic dataset. This dataset was subject to a data entry protocol of “key and verify,” in which survey data were entered twice into an electronic dataset and then compared. Discrepancies were evaluated against the original survey form and corrected. Range checks as well as other forms of quality control were also performed. Weighting the Data The demographic characteristics of the survey sample were compared to those found in the 2010 Census and the 2005-2009 American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for adults in the city. Sample results were weighted using the population norms to reflect the appropriate percent of those residents in the city. Other discrepancies between the whole population and the sample were also aided by the weighting due to the intercorrelation of many socioeconomic characteristics. Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 91 The variables used for weighting were respondent gender, age and housing unit type. This decision was based on:  The disparity between the survey respondent characteristics and the population norms for these variables  The saliency of these variables in differences of opinion among subgroups  The historical profile created and the desirability of consistently representing different groups over the years The primary objective of weighting survey data is to make the survey sample reflective of the larger population of the community. This is done by: 1) reviewing the sample demographics and comparing them to the population norms from the most recent Census or other sources and 2) comparing the responses to different questions for demographic subgroups. The demographic characteristics that are least similar to the Census and yield the most different results are the best candidates for data weighting. A third criterion sometimes used is the importance that the community places on a specific variable. For example, if a jurisdiction feels that accurate race representation is key to staff and public acceptance of the study results, additional consideration will be given in the weighting process to adjusting the race variable. Several different weighting “schemes” are tested to ensure the best fit for the data. The process actually begins at the point of sampling. Knowing that residents in single family dwellings are more likely to respond to a mail survey, NRC oversamples residents of multi-family dwellings to ensure they are accurately represented in the sample data. Rather than giving all residents an equal chance of receiving the survey, this is systematic, stratified sampling, which gives each resident of the jurisdiction a known chance of receiving the survey (and apartment dwellers, for example, a greater chance than single family home dwellers). As a consequence, results must be weighted to recapture the proper representation of apartment dwellers. The results of the weighting scheme are presented in the figure on the following page. Shorewood, MN 2011 Resident Survey Weighting Table Characteristic Population Norm1 Unweighted Data Weighted Data  Housing   Rent home 9% 4% 9%  Own home 91% 96% 91%  Detached unit2 87% 83% 87%  Attached unit2 13% 17% 13%  Sex and Age   Female 51% 59% 52%  Male 49% 41% 48%  18‐34 years of age 15% 5% 13%  35‐54 years of age 46% 39% 47%  55+ years of age 39% 56% 40%  Females 18‐34 7% 4% 7%  Females 35‐54 24% 24% 25%  Females 55+ 19% 31% 20%  Males 18‐34 8% 1% 5%  Males 35‐54 22% 15% 23%  Males 55+ 19% 25% 20%  1 Source: 2010 Census  2 American Community Survey 2005‐2009   Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 92 Analyzing the Data The electronic dataset was analyzed by NRC staff using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). For the most part, frequency distributions are presented in the body of the report. A complete set of frequencies for each survey question is presented in Appendix B: Responses to Survey Questions. Also included are results by respondent characteristics (Appendix C: Responses to Select Survey Questions Compared by Respondent Characteristics). Chi-square or ANOVA tests of significance were applied to these breakdowns of selected survey questions. A “p-value” of 0.05 or less indicates that there is less than a 5% probability that differences observed between groups are due to chance; or in other words, a greater than 95% probability that the differences observed in the selected categories of the sample represent “real” differences among those populations. Where differences between subgroups are statistically significant, they have been marked with grey shading in the appendices. Shorewood, MN Citizen Survey 2011 Report of Results     Page 93 Appendix F: Survey Materials A copy of the survey materials appear on the following pages.   De a r S h o r e w o o d R e s i d e n t , Yo u r h o u s e h o l d h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d at r a n d o m t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a n an o n y m o u s s u r v e y a b o u t t h e C i t y o f S h o r e w o o d . Y o u w i l l re c e i v e a c o p y o f t h e s u r v e y n e xt w e e k i n t h e m a i l w i t h in s t r u c t i o n s f o r c o m p l e t i n g a n d re t u r n i n g i t . T h a n k y o u i n ad v a n c e f o r h e l p i n g u s w i t h t h i s i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t ! Si n c e r e l y , Ch r i s t i n e L i z é e Ma y o r   De a r S h o r e w o o d R e s i d e n t , Yo u r h o u s e h o l d h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d at random to participate in an an o n y m o u s s u r v e y a b o u t t h e C i t y o f S h o r e w o o d . Y o u w i l l re c e i v e a c o p y o f t h e s u r v e y n e xt week in the mail with in s t r u c t i o n s f o r c o m p l e t i n g a n d returning it. Thank you in ad v a n c e f o r h e l p i n g u s w i t h t h i s i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t ! Si n c e r e l y , Ch r i s t i n e L i z é e Ma y o r   De a r S h o r e w o o d R e s i d e n t , Yo u r h o u s e h o l d h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d at r a n d o m t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a n an o n y m o u s s u r v e y a b o u t t h e C i t y o f S h o r e w o o d . Y o u w i l l re c e i v e a c o p y o f t h e s u r v e y n e xt w e e k i n t h e m a i l w i t h in s t r u c t i o n s f o r c o m p l e t i n g a n d re t u r n i n g i t . T h a n k y o u i n ad v a n c e f o r h e l p i n g u s w i t h t h i s i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t ! Si n c e r e l y , Ch r i s t i n e L i z é e Ma y o r   De a r S h o r e w o o d R e s i d e n t , Yo u r h o u s e h o l d h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d at random to participate in an an o n y m o u s s u r v e y a b o u t t h e C i t y o f S h o r e w o o d . Y o u w i l l re c e i v e a c o p y o f t h e s u r v e y n e xt week in the mail with in s t r u c t i o n s f o r c o m p l e t i n g a n d returning it. Thank you in ad v a n c e f o r h e l p i n g u s w i t h t h i s i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t ! Si n c e r e l y , Ch r i s t i n e L i z é e Ma y o r Pr e s o r t e d Fi r s t C l a s s M a i l US P o s t a g e PA I D Bo u l d e r , C O Pe r m i t N O . 9 4 Ci t y o f S h o r e w o o d 57 5 5 C o u n t r y C l u b R o a d Sh o r e w o o d , M N 5 5 3 3 1 Presorted First Class Mail US Postage PAID Boulder, CO Permit NO. 94 Ci t y o f S h o r e w o o d 57 5 5 C o u n t r y C l u b R o a d Sh o r e w o o d , M N 5 5 3 3 1 Pr e s o r t e d Fi r s t C l a s s M a i l US P o s t a g e PA I D Bo u l d e r , C O Pe r m i t N O . 9 4 Ci t y o f S h o r e w o o d 57 5 5 C o u n t r y C l u b R o a d Sh o r e w o o d , M N 5 5 3 3 1 Presorted First Class Mail US Postage PAID Boulder, CO Permit NO. 94 Ci t y o f S h o r e w o o d 57 5 5 C o u n t r y C l u b R o a d Sh o r e w o o d , M N 5 5 3 3 1 Dear Shorewood Resident: The City of Shorewood wants to know what you think about your community and local government. That is why you have been randomly selected to participate in the City of Shorewood 2011 Resident Survey. Please take a few minutes to fill out the enclosed survey. Your answers will help the City government make decisions that affect your community. You should find the questions interesting and we will definitely find your answers useful. Please participate! To get a scientifically reliable sample of Shorewood residents, the adult (anyone 18 years or older) in your household who most recently had a birthday should complete this survey. Year of birth of the adult does not matter. Please have the appropriate member of the household spend a few minutes to answer all the questions and return the survey in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Your responses will remain completely anonymous. You may complete the survey online if you would prefer, at the following Web address: www.n-r-c.com/survey/shorewood.htm (please be sure to type the address exactly as it appears). Your participation in this survey is very important – especially since your household is one of only a small number of households being surveyed. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Julie Moore at 952-960-7906. Thank you for your help and participation. Sincerely, Christine Lizée Mayor CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 Country Club Road • Shorewood, Minnesota 55331 • 952-960-7900 Fax: 952-474-0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityhall@ci.shorewood.mn.us Dear Shorewood Resident: About one week ago we sent you this survey that asks for your opinion about the City of Shorewood. If you have already completed the survey and returned it, we thank you and ask you to disregard this letter. Do not complete the survey a second time. If you haven’t had a chance to get to the survey, please complete it now. We are very interested in obtaining your input. Please take a few minutes to fill out the enclosed survey. Your answers will help the City government make decisions that affect your community. You should find the questions interesting and we will definitely find your answers useful. Please participate! To get a scientifically reliable sample of Shorewood residents, the adult (anyone 18 years or older) in your household who most recently had a birthday should complete this survey. Year of birth of the adult does not matter. Please have the appropriate member of the household spend a few minutes to answer all the questions and return the survey in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Your responses will remain completely anonymous. You may complete the survey online if you would prefer, at the following Web address: www.n-r-c.com/survey/shorewood.htm (please be sure to type the address exactly as it appears). Your participation in this survey is very important – especially since your household is one of only a small number of households being surveyed. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Julie Moore at 952-960-7906. Thank you for your help and participation. Sincerely, Christine Lizée Mayor CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 Country Club Road • Shorewood, Minnesota 55331 • 952-960-7900 Fax: 952-474-0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityhall@ci.shorewood.mn.us The City of Shorewood 2011 Resident Survey Page 1 of 5 Please complete this questionnaire if you are the adult (age 18 or older) in the household who most recently had a birthday. The adult's year of birth does not matter. Please select the response (by circling the number or checking the box) that most closely represents your opinion for each question. Your responses are anonymous and will be reported in group form only. 1. Please rate each of the following aspects of quality of life in Shorewood. Excellent Good Fair Poor Shorewood as a place to live ............................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know Your neighborhood as a place to live ................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Shorewood as a place to raise children ............................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Shorewood as a place to retire .......................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 The overall quality of life in Shorewood ............................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 2. Please rate each of the following characteristics as they relate to Shorewood as a whole. Excellent Good Fair Poor Sense of community .......................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know Overall appearance of Shorewood .................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Variety of housing opportunities ....................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Ease of access to shopping opportunities ......................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Recreational opportunities ................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Educational opportunities ................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities to participate in social events and activities .............................. 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities to attend family-oriented events/activities ............................... 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities for senior/older adult activities .................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities to attend Southshore Community Center activities ................... 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities to volunteer ................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities to participate in community matters ......................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Ease of car travel in Shorewood ........................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Ease of bicycle travel in Shorewood .................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Ease of walking in Shorewood ........................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Availability of paths and walking trails .............................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Traffic flow on major streets ............................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Availability of affordable quality housing .......................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Availability of affordable quality child care ....................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Availability of open space .................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Air quality ........................................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Quality of overall natural environment in Shorewood ...................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Overall image/reputation of Shorewood ........................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 3. To what extent do you agree or disagree, if at all, that each statement below describes the City of Shorewood? Strongly Somewhat Neither agree Somewhat Strongly Don’t agree agree nor disagree disagree disagree know Shorewood is a safe community with a low crime rate ................. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shorewood has tight-knit neighborhoods ..................................... 1 2 3 4 5 6 The City offers the best schools ..................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shorewood provides and protects open space ............................. 1 2 3 4 5 6 4. About how often, if at all, do you talk to or visit with your immediate neighbors (people who live in the 10 or 20 households that are closest to you)?  Just about every day  Several times a week  Several times a month  Less than several times a month Page 2 of 5 5. To what degree, if at all, are run down buildings, weed lots or junk vehicles a problem in Shorewood?  Not a problem  Minor problem  Moderate problem  Major problem  Don’t know 6. In the last 12 months, have you or other household members participated in Shorewood’s Spring Clean-up Drop Off program?  Yes Go to question 7  No  Go to question 8  Don’t know Go to question 8 7. If you HAVE used the Spring Clean-up Drop Off program, please rate each of the following aspects. Excellent Good Fair Poor Don’t k Ease of use .................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 now Cost of disposing of items ........................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Convenience of drop-off site location ........................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 8. Please rate how safe or unsafe you feel… Very Somewhat Neither safe Somewhat Very Don't safe safe nor unsafe From violent crime (e.g., rape, assault, robbery) ................................ 1 2 3 4 5 6 unsafe unsafe know From property crimes (e.g., burglary, theft) ........................................ 1 2 3 4 5 6 From environmental hazards, including toxic waste ........................... 1 2 3 4 5 6 In your neighborhood during the day .................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 6 In your neighborhood after dark ......................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 6 9. During the past 12 months, were you or anyone in your household the victim of any crime?  Yes  Go to question 10  No  Go to question 11  Don’t know  Go to question 11 10. If yes, was this crime (these crimes) reported to the police?  Yes  No  Don’t know 11. In the last 12 months, about how many times, if ever, have you or other household members participated in the following activities in Shorewood? Once or 3 to 12 13 to 26 More than Never twice times times Used Southshore Community Center ................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 26 times Participated in a recreation program or activity ................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Visited a park in Shorewood .............................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Attended a meeting of local elected officials or other local public meeting ..... 1 2 3 4 5 Watched a meeting of local elected officials or other Shorewood-sponsored public meeting on cable television, the Internet or other media .................. 1 2 3 4 5 Read the Shore Report – the city newsletter .................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Visited the Shorewood Web site (at www.ci.shorewood.mn.us) ...................... 1 2 3 4 5 Recycled used paper, cans, bottles or cardboard from your home ................... 1 2 3 4 5 Volunteered your time to some group or activity in Shorewood ...................... 1 2 3 4 5 Participated in religious or spiritual activities in Shorewood ............................ 1 2 3 4 5 Participated in a club or civic group in Shorewood ........................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Provided help to a friend or neighbor ............................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 12. Please select which of the following programs or activities, if any, you or other household members have participated in over the last 12 months. (Please select all that apply.)  Oktoberfest  Kayaking  Skateboarding Camp  MCE Summer Rec Program  Art/Paint Classes  Safety Camp  Music in the Park  All of these  Garden Fair  Tennis at Badger  Movie in the Park  None of these  Free Fridays in Freeman  Youth Cooking Classes  Arctic Fever 13. Please select which of the following Shorewood recreational facilities, if any, you or other household members have used over the last 12 months. (Please select all that apply.)  Playground equipment  Tennis court  Paths / trails  Ice skating area  Picnic tables / grills  Volleyball court  Multi-use building  All of these  Picnic shelter  Baseball field  Warming house  None of these The City of Shorewood 2011 Resident Survey Page 3 of 5 14. Please rate the quality of each of the following services in Shorewood. Excellent Good Fair Poor Fire district’s response to calls ........................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know Fire district’s education and prevention ............................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Fire district’s visibility in the community ........................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Fire district services overall ............................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Police response to calls ...................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Police education and crime prevention ............................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Police visibility in the community ...................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Police services overall ........................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Ambulance or emergency medical services ................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Animal control services ...................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Traffic enforcement ..................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Street maintenance/repair (i.e., filling potholes) .............................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Street cleaning/sweeping ............................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Street resurfacing .............................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Street lighting .............................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Street signage and street markings ................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Snowplowing on city streets ........................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Applying salt/sand on icy streets ....................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Road condition ............................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Sidewalk/trail maintenance ............................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Storm drainage ............................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Sanitary sewer services ...................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Shorewood parks ......................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Park and recreation programs or classes ........................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Southshore Community Center program or classes .................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Southshore Community Center overall ............................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Building inspections ..................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Land use, planning and zoning ........................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Code enforcement (weeds, abandoned buildings, etc.) .............................. 1 2 3 4 5 Services to seniors ............................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Services to youth ......................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Services to low-income people .......................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Public schools .............................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Cable television .................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Emergency preparedness (services that prepare the community for natural disasters or other emergency situations) ................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Preservation of natural areas such as open space and greenbelts ................... 1 2 3 4 5 15. Overall, how would you rate the quality of services provided in the City of Shorewood?  Excellent  Good  Fair  Poor  Don’t know 16. Is your water supplied by the City?  Yes  Go to question 17  No  Go to question 18  Don’t know  Go to question 19 17. If you HAVE municipal water, please rate each of the following aspects. Excellent Good Fair Poor Quality (e.g., taste of water) ....................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know Dependability of service ............................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Cost ............................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 18. If you DO NOT have municipal water, please indicate why not. (Please select all that apply.)  No connection available  Some other reason  Too expensive to connect  Don’t know  Concerned about city water quality Page 4 of 5 19. Thinking about the next 5 years, please indicate how important, if at all, each of the following potential improvements is for Shorewood, knowing that the City has $1.8 million in available funds (about half of which came from the sale of the liquor stores). Very Somewhat Not at all Don't Essential important important important know Park improvements (i.e., updated play structures, additional shelters, lighting for tennis courts) ..................................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Expand trails and walkways ........................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Expand recreational and social programs for all ages ................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Environmental improvements (i.e., diseased trees, lake water quality) .................... 1 2 3 4 5 Road improvements (i.e., reconstruction, resurfacing) .............................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Municipal drinking water system improvements (i.e., expansion, additional treatment) .. 1 2 3 4 5 20. Thinking about the next 5 years, please indicate how important, if at all, each of the following potential Shorewood park and recreation projects Very Somewhat Not at all Don't is to you or other household members. Essential important important important know New recreational/Community Center programs ........................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Additional basketball courts ....................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Programs for seniors and older adults ........................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 New tennis courts at Badger Park .............................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Lights on tennis courts ................................................................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Lights on ball fields at Freeman Park .......................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Updated skate park facilities ...................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 21. To what extent do you support or oppose each of the following in Shorewood? Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly Don’t support support oppose oppose know Having a single trash hauler contracted by the City, rather than multiple haulers ....... 1 2 3 4 5 Providing organic material collection (yard and food waste) ................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Increasing recycling options for residents .............................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Encouraging more community gardening (i.e., growing, harvesting and distributing produce, flowers, etc.) ............................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Increasing environmental education and public awareness programs .................. 1 2 3 4 5 22. Have you had any in-person or phone contact with an employee of the City of Shorewood within the past 12 months?  Yes  Go to question 23  No  Go to question 24 23. What was your impression of the employee(s) of the City of Shorewood in your most recent contact? (Rate each characteristic below.) Excellent Good Fair Poor Knowledge ............................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know Responsiveness ...................................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Follow-up ............................................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Courtesy ................................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Timeliness .............................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Overall impression ................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 24. Please rate the following categories of Shorewood government performance. Excellent Good Fair Poor Don't know The value of services for the taxes paid to Shorewood ................................................ 1 2 3 4 5 Opportunities to participate in City government decisions .......................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Shorewood’s elected officials’ consideration of what people like me think ................ 1 2 3 4 5 Running Shorewood’s local government in the best interest of residents .................. 1 2 3 4 5 Shorewood’s government as an example of how best to provide services ................. 1 2 3 4 5 The overall direction Shorewood is taking ................................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 The City of Shorewood 2011 Resident Survey Page 5 of 5 25. Please rate the following categories of performance of the City of Shorewood Administration. Excellent Good Fair Poor Response to resident complaints and concerns ........................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Don't know Public meetings about City plans .................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Transparency and accountability .................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Information about City plans and programs ................................................................. 1 2 3 4 5 Quality of the City’s Web site (www.ci.shorewood.mn.us) .......................................... 1 2 3 4 5 Online services available on the City’s Web site .......................................................... 1 2 3 4 5 26. How informed or not informed do you consider yourself to be about local government issues and operations of the City of Shorewood?  Very informed  Moderately informed  Slightly informed  Not well informed 27. Do you have access to the Internet at home?  Yes  Go to question 28  No  Go to question 29 28. Please indicate whether you have Internet access through each of the following. (Please select all that apply.)  DSL  Cable modem  Satellite  Dial-up  Cell phone/PDA  Other  None of these  Don’t know 29. How frequently, if ever, do you use the following sources to gain information about the City of Shorewood? Always Frequently Sometimes Never The City’s Web site (www.ci.shorewood.mn.us) .......................................................... 1 2 3 4 Shore Report newsletter ............................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 Sun Sailor newspaper ................................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 The Laker newspaper .................................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 Excelsior Bay Times newspaper .................................................................................... 1 2 3 4 Local Cable Government Access Stations (channels 8, 12, 20, or 21)........................... 1 2 3 4 Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission Web site (www.lmcc-tv.org) ................ 1 2 3 4 Word of mouth ............................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 Email messages ............................................................................................................. 1 2 3 4 Social networking sites (i.e., Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.) .................................. 1 2 3 4 30. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions that you would like to make regarding the City of Shorewood and/or the City government's services and performance? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our last questions are about you and your household. Again, all of your responses to this survey are completely anonymous and will be reported in group form only. D1. How many years have you lived in Shorewood?  Less than 2 years  11-20 years  2-5 years  More than 20 years  6-10 years D2. Which best describes the building you live in?  One family house detached from any other houses  House attached to one or more houses (e.g., a duplex or townhome)  Building with two or more apartments or condominiums  Other D3. Do you rent or own your home?  Rent  Own D4. Do any children 18 or under live in your household?  Yes  No D5. Are you or any other members of your household aged 65 or older?  Yes  No D6. In which category is your age?  18-24 years  45-54 years  75 years  25-34 years  55-64 years or older  35-44 years  65-74 years D7. How much do you anticipate your household's total income before taxes will be for the current year? (Please include in your total income money from all sources for all persons living in your household.)  Less than $24,999  $150,000 to $199,999  $25,000 to $49,999  $200,000 to $249,999  $50,000 to $99,999  $250,000 to $299,999  $100,000 to $149,999  $300,000 or more D8. What is your gender?  Female  Male Thank you for completing this survey. Please return the completed survey in the postage-paid envelope to: National Research Center, Inc., PO Box 549 Belle Mead, NJ 08502