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Home My WebLink About12.11.13 meeting packet1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. , ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 , (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US Andover Open Space Advisory Commission Meeting Agenda December 11, 2013 Andover City Hall Conference Room A &B 7.00 p.m. 1. Call to Order 2. Resident Forum 3. Approval of Minutes —November 13, 2013 4. Open Space Acquisition Update 5. Review Community Survey 6. Other Business a. Next meeting: January 8, 2014 7. Adjournment 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US TO: Andover Open Space Advisory Commission FROM: David L. Carlberg, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Approval of Minutes — November 13, 2013 DATE: December 11, 2013 INTRODUCTION The Commission is asked to review and approve the minutes from the November 13, 2013 meeting. DISCUSSION Please share any changes to the minutes at the meeting. ACTION REQUESTED A motion, second and vote are necessary to approve the minutes. Attachment November 13, 2013 Minutes Respectfully submitted, 1; O�. David L. Carlberg REGULAR ANDOVER OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 2013 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Andover Open Space Advisory Commission was called to order by Chairperson Gretchen Sabel at 7:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Commissioners present: Drago Flores, Aaron Jarson, Kim Kovich, Jim Olson, Bruce Perry and Suzanne Van Hecke Commissioners absent: None Also present: David Carlberg, Community Development Director RESIDENT FORUM No one wished to address the Commission. APPROVAL OF MINUTES— October 9, 2013 Motion by Commissioner Kovich, Second by Commissioner Perry, to approve the minutes of October 9, 2013. Motion passed 6 -0 -1 (Flores present). OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION UPDATE Mr. Carlberg referenced the upcoming closing that had been scheduled for this Friday. He explained that during the search by the title company an error in the legal description of the property was found that needs to be corrected before a closing can occur. He provided an update on the process to correct the legal description and other information that needs to be obtained. He stated that Donna Aasness would still like to close the following week as long as the error is corrected before that time. He advised that staff will continue to follow up on the matter as both parties would still like to proceed with the transaction. He referenced the Selmer property and noted that the Comprehensive Plan amendment was approved by the City Council to include the Putnam and Ganter properties in the sewer /development plan and has been submitted to the Metropolitan Council. He advised that the Selmer purchase agreement was previously canceled by the property owner. He explained that with the proposed developments for Putnam and Ganter there may not be the opportunity to connect the Selmer property to sewer, which would affect the development value of the property. He suggested that the Commission give that property some time to wait and see what will happen, as the property owner may come back to the City if development opportunities do not come forward. He asked if the Commission would like to consider other properties within the city. Commissioner Kovich believed that the Commission should wait until the Aasness property closes before pursuing other properties. Commissioner Olson questioned the length of time before it is known if the Comprehensive Plan amendment is accepted by the Met Council. Mr. Carlberg provided an estimated review period of the issue, noting that the Met Council considers this to be a very minor amendment. He confinned that staff will continue to work on the Aasness deal and he will continue to provide updates. Regular Open Space Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes — November 13, 2013 Page 2 MARTIN'S MEADOWS UPDATE Mr. Carlberg stated that earlier today he visited the Martin's Meadows open space area and displayed pictures of erosion control efforts that were installed this summer as well as photographs that he took today for comparison purposes. He advised that red reflectors and orange fencing have been installed for the winter season to deter snowmobiles. He commended Kevin Starr for his efforts to correct the erosion problems and deter the snowmobiles and ATVs. He advised that staff will continue to meet to discuss the prairie restoration efforts. Chairperson Sabel expressed appreciation to Kevin Starr for his efforts at the open space area on behalf of the Commission. OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Carlberg stated that the City is going to do a community survey in January /February and a series of open space questions will be included. He believed that would be a good opportunity to obtain resident feedback. He noted that he should have copies of the draft questions available at the December meeting. Chairperson Sabel questioned if those with expiring teens would need to reapply. Mr. Carlberg confirmed that two or three Commissioners have expiring terms and advised that he would send a follow up email including the necessary application for those with expiring terms. He advised that Wal -Mart had opened today at 7:30 a.m. Commissioner Flores referenced the person from Anoka that would like to compile a list of birds within the open space and questioned how the City can encourage others to do similar work. Mr. Carlberg advised that an article could be included in the newsletter in the spring to give the matter some publicity and encourage similar efforts. Chairperson Sabel believed that the Commission could focus on an update of the Commission page on the City website in the next year. a. Next Meeting: December 11, 2013 Noted. Il,Z&M W1&VA The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, David Carlberg, Community Development Director Drafted by: Amanda Staple, Recording Secretary CT Y 0 F 1665 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US TO: Andover Open Space Advisory Commission FROM: David L. Carlberg, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Open Space Acquisition of Property Update DATE: December 11, 2013 INTRODUCTION Staff has continued to work with property owners to pursue acquisition of open space property east of Hanson Boulevard NW and north of 1615` Avenue NW. DISCUSSION An update will be provided at the meeting. ACTION REQUESTED A discussion will be held at the meeting. Respectfully submitted, David L. Carlberg C AI T Y O F NDOVE 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763 ) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US TO: Andover Open Space Advisory Commission FROM: David L. Carlberg, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Community Survey Update DATE: December 11, 2013 INTRODUCTION The Commission is asked to review and discuss questions from the 2006 Community Survey related to open space and recommend questions for a new community survey coming out in 2014. DISCUSSION A new community survey is currently being drafted similar to the survey done in 2006. The Commission is asked to review the questions related to open space (questions #12, #62, and #63). The Commission is also requested to provide any direction on the type of questions that should be included in the 2014 survey regarding open space. Questions related to the residents knowledge of the location of the open space properties, use and frequency of the open space areas, etc. ACTION REQUESTED Provide direction to staff if necessary. Respectfully submitted, David L. Carlberg DECISION RESOURCES, LTD. 3126 Dean Court Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 ANDOVER RESIDENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE FINAL MARCH 2006 Hello, I'm of Decision Resources, Ltd., a polling firm located in Minneapolis. We've been retained by the City of Andover to speak with a random sample of residents about issues facing the city. The survey is being taken because your city representatives and staff are interested in your opinions and suggestions. I want to assure you that all individual responses will be held strictly confidential; only summaries of the entire sample will be reported. (DO NOT PAUSE) 1. Approximately how many years have you lived in the City of Andover? LESS THAN TWO YEARS .... 5% TWO TO FIVE YEARS ...13% SIX TO TEN YEARS ...... 28% ELEVEN - TWENTY YRS ... 38% OVER TWENTY YEARS ..... 17 DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% 2. How would you rate the quality of EXCELLENT .............390 life in Andover -- excellent, GOOD ..................57% good, only fair, or poor? ONLY FAIR ..............4% POOR ...................0% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% 3. What do you like most about living in Andover? UNSURE, 2 %; LOCATION, 100; QUIET, 9 %; OPEN SPACE /RURAL, 21 %; PEOPLE, 8 HOUSE, 9 %; SMALL TOWN FEEL, 6 %; SCHOOLS, 8 %; NEIGHBORHOOD, 14 %; PARKS, 3 %; SAFE, 3 SHOPPING, 6 %; SCATTERED, 2 %.. 4. What do you think is the most serious issue facing the City of Andover today? UNSURE, 9 %; NOTHING, 10 %; GROWTH, 31 %; SCHOOL FUNDING, 4 %; TRAFFIC, 130; CRIME, 5 %; HIGH TAXES, 14 %; STADIUM ISSUE, 2 %; NEED OWN POLICE AND FIRE, 3 %; NEED MORE PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES, 2 %; NEED MORE RETAIL, 2 %; IMPROVE STREET REPAIR, 20; SCATTERED, 4 %. 5. How would you rate the sense of EXCELLENT .............19% community pride among Andover GOOD ..................69% residents -- excellent, good, only ONLY FAIR ..............9% fair, or poor? POOR ...................1% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 2% Let's talk about community characteristics in Andover. For each of the following, please tell me if you feel the city has enough, too many, or too little.... Too Too -0 'rCv,., ma+vy Li 1. ENO MAN LIT DKR 6. Rental units? 7. Townhomes? 8. Starter homes for young families? 9. "Move Up" housing? 10. Higher cost housing? 11. Senior housing? IZ: ,.'Parks and 5 13. Trails and bikeways? 14. Service establishments, such as dry cleaners, barbershops, and copy shops? 15. Retail shopping opportunities? 16. Entertainment establishments? 17. Dining establishments? Turning to city services.... 58% 9% 9% 23% 65% 19% 5% 11% 50% 5% 38% 8% 74% 5% 12% 10% 76% 14% 3% 7% 320 2% 40% 26% 6% 55% 9% 32% 5% 73% 6% 20% 1% 69% 7% 24% 0% 62% 7% 30% 20 52% 8% 410 0% I would like to read you a list of a few city services. For each one, please tell m2 whether you would rate the quality of the service as excellent, good, only fair, or poor.... 18. Police protection? 19. Fire protection? 20. Storm drainage and flood control? 21. Park maintenance? 22. Trail maintenance? 23. Animal control? EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK /R 18% 60% 14% 4% 5% 24% 65% 2% 0% 10% 12% 77% 4% 2% 6% 14% 76% 4% 1% 6% 12% 74% 2% 0% 13% 7% 730 10% 3% 8% IF "ONLY FAIR" OR "POOR," ASK. (N =137) 24. Why do you feel that way? STRAY ANIMALS, 29 %; NEED OWN POLICE AND FIRE, 18 %; POLICE AND FIRE SLOW RESPONSE TIME, 4 %; NEED MORE POLICE PATROLLING, 26 %; BETTER UPKEEP OF PARKS AND TRAILS, 6 %; FLOODING, 13%; SCATTERED, 4 %. For the next three city services, please consider only their job on city- maintained streets and roads in neighborhoods. That means you should exclude state and county roads, such as Round Lake Boulevard, Hanson Boulevard, Crosstown Boulevard and Bunker Lake Boulevard, that are taken care of by other levels of government. Keeping that in mind, would you rate each of the following as excellent, good, only fair or poor..... 25. City street repair maintenance? 26. Snow plowing? 27. Street lighting? EXCL GOOD FAIR POOR DK /R and $20.00 ................18% vices or offer additional $30.00 ................15% 11% 63% 21% 60 0% 23% 659. 11% 2% 0% 10% 64% 17% 8% 1% 28. Would you favor or oppose an in- FAVOR .................19% crease in city property taxes to OPPOSE ................72% enhance current city services or DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.... 10% offer additional city services? IF "FAVOR," ASK: (N =74) 29. How much would you be willing NOTHING ................1% to pay in additional property $10.00 ................14% taxes to enhance city ser- $20.00 ................18% vices or offer additional $30.00 ................15% city services? How about $40.00 .................40 $_ per year? (CHOOSE A $50.00 ................150 RANDOM STARTING POINT; MOVE $60.00 ................30% UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON RE- DON'T KNOW .............4% SPONSE) How about $ per REFUSED ................0% year? (REPEAT PROCESS) 30. What services would you like to see enhanced or of fered? UNSURE, 23 %; STREET REPAIR, 180; OWN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, 190; STREET LIGHTS, 12 %; PARKS AND TRAILS, 18 %; SIDEWALKS, 50; SCATTERED, 5 %. 31. Compared to nearby cities, do you think that the property taxes in Andover are very high, somewhat high, about average, somewhat low, or very low? 32. Do you feel the quality of city services has been able to keep pace with growth in the city? IF "NO," ASK: (N =47) VERY HIGH .............10% SOMEWHAT HIGH......... 33% ABOUT AVERAGE ......... 49% SOMEWHAT LOW........... 3% VERY LOW ...............1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ..... 5% YES ...................83% NO ....................12% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ..... 5% 33. What services, in particular, have not been able to keep pace? UNSURE, 6 %; ROAD CAPACITY, 30 %; STREET REPAIR, 32 %; POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE, 24 %; PARKS AND TRAILS, 6 %; SCATTERED, 2 %. 34. When you consider the city prop- erty taxes you pay and the quality of city services you receive, would you rate the general value of city services as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? EXCELLENT ..............8% GOOD ..................68% ONLY FAIR .............21% POOR ...................2% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ..... 2% Currently, the City's neighborhood street reconstruction program only assesses those.property owners who receive new concrete curb and gutter or have asphalt curb replaced with concrete curb and gutter. Typically, this amounts to about 20% of the total project cost. The asphalt street and storm sewer improvements, usually 8D% of the project cost, are not assessed to the property owners but funded through general city -wide property tax revenue. 35. Would you favor or oppose changing the property owner's assessment for these projects to a defined percentage of the total project cost rather than just the cost of concrete and gutter? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? STRONGLY FAVOR......... 3% FAVOR .................11% OPPOSE ................47% STRONGLY OPPOSE....... 17% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.... 22% IF "STRONGLY FAVOR" OR "FAVOR," ASK: (N =57) 36. Which of the following per- centages would you be willing to pay? (READ LIST) Moving on.... LESS THAN 150.........30% 15% ...................21% 20 % ...................16% 25 % ....................9% 30 % ....................0% 35 % ....................0% 40 % ....................4% MORE THAN 40 %..........7% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.... 14% 37. What do you consider to be the greatest public safety con cern in Andover? UNSURE, 15 %; NOTHING, 16 %; TRAFFIC SPEEDING, 17 %; PROPER TY THEFT, 60; BURGLARY, 5 %; VANDALISM, 5 %; TRAFFIC CON GESTION, 12 %; DRUGS, 8 %; LACK OF OWN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, 3 %; SLOW RESPONSE TIME FROM POLICE AND FIRE, 4 %; PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY, 3 NOT ENOUGH STREET LIGHTS, 3 %; SCATTERED, 4 %. 38. Do you have a second public safety concern in the city? UNSURE, 22 %; NOTHING, 550; TRAFFIC SPEEDING, 5 %; PROPERTY THEFT, 3 %; BURGLARY, 3 %; VANDALISM, 3 %; TRAFFIC CONGES TION, 2 %; DRUGS, 4 %; LACK OF OWN POLICE AND FIRE DEPART MENT, 2 %; SCATTERED, 3 %. 39. How would you rate the amount of patrolling the Anoka County Sher- iff's Department does in your neighborhood -- would you say they do too much, about the right amount, or not enough? 40. How serious a problem is traffic speeding in your neighborhood -- very serious, somewhat serious, not too serious, or not at all serious? T00 MUCH ...............1% ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT.... 63% NOT ENOUGH .......... ..35% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 2% VERY SERIOUS .......... 16% SOMEWHAT SERIOUS...... 340 NOT T00 SERIOUS....... 290 NOT AT ALL SERIOUS .... 21% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% 41. How safe would you feel walking VERY SAFE .............40% alone in your neighborhood after REASONABLY SAFE ....... 51% dark -- very safe, reasonably SOMEWHAT UNSAFE........ 80 safe, somewhat unsafe,.or very VERY UNSAFE ............ 1% unsafe? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% Moving on.... 42. How would you rate your ability EXCELLENT .............24% to get where you need to go in SATISFACTORY .......... 68% Andover in a reasonable amount MARGINAL ...............7% of time -- excellent, satis- POOR ...................1% factory, marginal, or poor? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% IF "MARGINAL" OR "POOR," ASK: (N =30) 43. Why do you feel that way? TRAFFIC CONGESTION, 83 %: T00 MANY STOPLIGHTS, CITY IS SPREAD OUT, 7 %; SCATTERED, 3 %. If you work outside of the home, please answer the next questions about your own job; if you do not work outside of the home, please answer the next questions in terms of the job of your spouse or partner, if applicable. 44. What is your average commute time to your job location? IF WORKS OUTSIDE THE HOME, ASK: DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 2% 5 MINUTES OR LESS ...... 4% 6 TO 10 MINUTES ........ 9% 11 TO 15 MINUTES....... 8% 16 TO 20 MINUTES...... 12% 21 TO 30 MINUTES...... 130 OVER 30 MINUTES....... 35% NOT APPLICABLE ........ 17% 45. In what city is your job located? REFUSED, 1 %; ANDOVER, 7 %; MINNEAPOLIS, 17 %; SAINT PAUL, 4 %; VARIES, 7 %; FRIDLEY, 5 %; ELK RIVER /ROGERS, 2 %; COON RAPIDS, 10 %; ANOKA, 7 %; BLAINE, 4 %; MAPLE GROVE /BROOKLYN PARK, 60; SAINT LOUIS PARK /EDINA, 6 %; RAMSEY, 3 %; ROSEVILLE, 2 %; SHOREVIEW /NEW BRIGHTON, 3 %; LINO LAKES, 2 %; PLYMOUTH /MINNETONKA, 2 %; BLOOM- INGTON /RICHFIELD, 2 %; ARDEN HILLS, 20; WHITE BEAR LAKE, 2 %; EAGAN /ROSEMOUNT, 2 %; OAKDALE, 2 %; HAM LAKE, 20; REST OF METRO, 2 %. 46. How do you normally commute to work -- drive alone, ride in a van or car pool, take the bus from near home, use park and ride lot, walk or something else? DRIVE ALONE....... .... 91% VAN OR CAR POOL ........ 4% TAKE BUS ...............1% a PARK AND RIDE LOT ...... 1% WALK /BIKE ..............1% SOMETHING ELSE......... 0% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% IF "DRIVE ALONE," "VAN OR CAR POOL," OR "WALK /BIKE," ASK: (N =328) 47. If it were convenient, YES ...................30% would you be willing to NO ....................67% commute using public DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 2% transit? 48. What changes would make public transit more con venient for you? UNSURE, 10 %; NOTHING, 59 %; GO MORE PLACES, 6 %; MORE PICK -UP TIMES, 5 %; MORE PICK -UP SITES, 7 %; PARK AND RIDE IN ANDOVER, 2 %; LIGHT RAIL, 5 %; EXPRESS BUSES, 2 %; MORE TRANSIT OPTIONS, 3 %; SCATTERED, 1 %. 49. Should a vehicle overpass be con- STRONGLY YES.......... 11% structed over the railroad tracks YES ...................24% on Bunker Lake Boulevard? (WAIT NO ....................28% FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strong- STRONGLY NO ........... 10% ly that way? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.... 27% IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: (N =292) 50. Why do you feel that way? UNSURE, 1 %; SAFETY, 12 %; NOT BUSY ENOUGH, 10 %; WASTE OF MONEY, 50; REDUCE TRAFFIC BACK -UPS, 25 %; NOT NEEDED, 210; LONG WAIT FOR TRAINS, 12 %; HIGH COST OF AN OVERPASS, 10 DON'T USE BUNKER LAKE BOULEVARD, 2 %; SCATTERED, 1 %. Moving on.... For each of the following, please tell me whether the City is too tough, about right, or not tough enough in enforcing city codes on these nuisances. 59. Have you or members of your house- YES ...................45% hold used the Andover Community NO ....................54% Center during the past year? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% IF "YES," ASK: (N =181) 60. Overall, how would you rate EXCELLENT .............48% the Community Center -- ex- GOOD ..................46% cellent, good, only fair, or ONLY FAIR ..............4% poor? POOR ...................20 DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.....0% IF "ONLY FAIR" OR "POOR," ASK: (N =11) 61. Why did you rate it as (only fair /poor)? REFUSED, 90; NOT ENOUGH OPEN GYM TIME, 180; NEED BIGGER FACILITY, 90; MORE FOR CHILDREN, 90; COSTS TOO MUCH, 460; MORE FOR SENIORS, 9 %. The City of Andover is considering a voter refereft' ta�h w_. acquisition of_ open- -space in the community, to conserVO''these-r parcels of land from development. TOO NOT ABO DK/ TOU TOU RIG REF 51. Loose animals? 1% 22% 72% 6% 52. Junk cars on residential property? 0% 25% 71% 4% 53. Establishment and main- tenance of lawns on residential property? 1% 15% 80% 4% 54. Storage of boats on residential property? 2% 10% 84% 4% 55. Storage of RVs on residential property? 1% 10% 85% 5% 56. Upkeep of boulevards and public right of ways? 0% 11% 85% 4% 57. Upkeep and maintenance of fences? 0% 11% 84% 5% 58. Upkeep and maintenance of storage buildings on residential properties? 1% 8% 65% 6% Turning to parks and recreation.... 59. Have you or members of your house- YES ...................45% hold used the Andover Community NO ....................54% Center during the past year? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% IF "YES," ASK: (N =181) 60. Overall, how would you rate EXCELLENT .............48% the Community Center -- ex- GOOD ..................46% cellent, good, only fair, or ONLY FAIR ..............4% poor? POOR ...................20 DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.....0% IF "ONLY FAIR" OR "POOR," ASK: (N =11) 61. Why did you rate it as (only fair /poor)? REFUSED, 90; NOT ENOUGH OPEN GYM TIME, 180; NEED BIGGER FACILITY, 90; MORE FOR CHILDREN, 90; COSTS TOO MUCH, 460; MORE FOR SENIORS, 9 %. The City of Andover is considering a voter refereft' ta�h w_. acquisition of_ open- -space in the community, to conserVO''these-r parcels of land from development. 62. Would you support or oppose the STRONGLY SUPPORT...... 33% 0. purchase of open spaces for per- SUPPORT ...............49% manent preservation? (WAIT FOR OPPOSE .................8% RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly STRONGLY OPPOSE........ 3% that way? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 8% 63. How much would you be willing to NOTHING ...............20% see your property taxes increase $10.00 ................14% in order to fund the acquisition $20.00 ................18% of open spaces? Would you be will- $30.00 .................7% ing to pay $_ per year? $40.00 .................3% (CHOOSE RANDOM STARTING POINT; $50.00 .................11% MOVE UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON $60.00 .................3% ANSWER). How about $_ per year? $70.00 .................1% (REPEAT PROCESS) $80.00 .................0% $90.00 .................1% $100.00 ................9% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.... 13% Moving on.... 64. What is your primary source of information about Andover City Government and its activities? UNSURE, 1 %; CITY NEWSLETTER, 69 %; WORD OF MOUTH, 5 %; WEBSITE, 5 %; MEETINGS, 2 %; CABLE TELEVISION, 14 %; LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, 4 %; STAR TRIBUNE, 2 %. 65. How would you prefer to receive information about City Government and its activities? CITY NEWSLETTER, 64 %; WORD OF MOUTH, 3 %; WEBSITE, 4 %; CABLE TELEVISION, 9 %; MAILINGS, 13 %; LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, 3 %; E -MAIL, 3 %; SCATTERED, 2 %. The City publishes a bi- monthly newsletter, called "Andover Today." 66. Do you receive this newsletter? (IF "YES," ASK:) How would you rate the format -- excellent, good, only fair or poor? IF "YES," ASK: (N =390) NO.....................2% YES/EXCELLENT ......... 28% YES /GOOD ..............63% YES /ONLY FAIR.......... 6% YES /POOR ...............1% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% 67. How much of the city news- letter do you read -- all of it, most of it, some of it, or very little? 68. Does your household receive cable television? IF "YES," ASK: (N =277) 69. How often do you watch An- dover City Council Meetings or City Commission meetings, such as Planning and Park and Recreation, on channel 16 -- frequently, occasionally, rarely or not at all? ALL OF IT .............53% MOST OF IT ............ 36% SOME OF IT ............ 11% VERY LITTLE ............ 1% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% YES ...................69% NO ....................31% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% FREQUENTLY ............ 14% OCCASIONALLY .......... 32% RARELY ................33% NOT AT ALL ............ 21% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% 70. Do you have access to the Internet YES /YES ...............38% at home or work? (WAIT FOR RE- YES /NO ................52% SPONSE) Have you accessed the NO ....................10% city website from either location? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% IF "YES /YES," ASK: (N =152) 71. Did you find the information you were looking for? 72. What type of internet service do you use to view the web - site -- dial -up, DSL, or Broadband Cable? YES...................85$ NO ....................14% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% DIAL- UP ...............19% DSL ...................34% BROADBAND CABLE....... 460 DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% As you may know, some cities are starting to offer for - profit services, such as high -speed wireless Internet, to their resi- dents. The high -speed wireless Internet service is somewhat faster than dial -up, but somewhat slower than cable or DSL. Also, it is less expensive than cable or DSL, but more expensive than dial -up. 73. Would you support or oppose Andov- STRONGLY SUPPORT...... 11% er offering wireless high -speed SUPPORT ...............34% NEARLY ALWAYS ......... Internet access? (WAIT FOR RE- OPPOSE ................20% PART OF THE TIME ....... RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly STRONGLY OPPOSE........ 9% way? DON'T KNOW /REFUSED.... 26% IF "STRONGLY SUPPORT" OR "SUPPORT," ASK: (N =180) 74. How much would you be willing LESS THAN $20.00......29% to pay for wireless high- $20.00 ................22% speed Internet service of- $25.00 ................28% fered by the City of Andover? $30.00 .................8% Would you be willing to pay $35.00 .................4% $_ per month? (CHOOSE RAN- MORE THAN $35.00.......2% DOM STARTING POINT; MOVE UP DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 7% OR DOWN DEPENDING ON ANSWER) How about $_ per month? (REPEAT PROCESS) 75. How would you rate the City's overall performance in communicat- ing key local issues to residents in its publications, newspaper columns, and on cable television -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor? EXCELLENT ..............9% GOOD ..................69% ONLY FAIR .............20% POOR ...................3% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% Now just a few more questions for demographic purposes.... 76. How often would you say you vote ALWAYS ................70% -- always, nearly always, part of NEARLY ALWAYS ......... 24% the time, or seldom? PART OF THE TIME ....... 2% SELDOM .................4% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 1% From time to time., cities and school districts ask voters to approve referendum proposals... 77. Thinking about past city and school district referendum elec- tions, would you say you always vote, often vote, sometimes vote, rarely vote or never vote? ALWAYS VOTE ........... 64% OFTEN VOTE ............ 24% SOMETIMES VOTE......... 6% RARELY VOTE ............ 4% NEVER VOTE .............3% DON'T KNOW /REFUSED..... 0% could you please tell me how many people in each of the following age groups live in your household. Let's start with the oldest. Be sure to include yourself. 78. First, persons 65 or over? 79. Adults, 18 to 65? 80. School -aged or pre- school children? 81. What is your age, please? NONE ..................92% ONE ....................3% TWO OR MORE ............ 6% NONE ....................5% ONE ....................6% TWO ...................75% THREE OR MORE......... 14% NONE ..................43% ONE ...................19% TWO ...................27% THREE OF MORE......... 11% 18- 24 ..................4% 25 -34 ................. 12% 35- 44 .................35% 45- 54 .................26% 55- 64 .................17% 65 AND OVER ............ 7% 82. Do you own or rent your present RENT ...................3% residence? (IF "OWN," ASK:) Which OWN /UNDER $200,000.....3% of the following categories would OWN /$200,000- $250,000.16% contain the approximate value of OWN /$250,001- $300,000.29% your residential property -- under OWN /$300,001- $350,000.23% $200,000, $200,000- $250,000, OWN/$350,001- $400,000.13% $250,001 - $300,000, $300,001- OWN /OVER $400,000......12% $350,000, $350,001- $400,000 or DON'T KNOW .............1% over $400,000? REFUSED ................1% 83. Gender (BY OBSERVATION) MALE ..................50% FEMALE ................50% 84. REGION OF CITY PCT PCT PCT PCT PCT PCT PCT PCT PCT PCT 1 .................120 2 .................120 3 ..................9% 4 ..................6% 5 ..................8% 6 ..................9% 7 .................15% 8 .................10% 9 ..................9% 10 ................100