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New Brighton Citizen Survey Page ~4 ' <~ -Almost all respondents who had an opinion wished to see the current level of emphasis on commercial and industrial development maintained or expanded. (See Table IX. A.) Owners were more likely than renters to desire more emphasis. (See Tables IX. D., E.) -One-fourth of respondents had not heard of Brandywine (See Table X. A.), with those not having heard of it representing all ages fairly equally (See Table X.C.). -The Minneapolis Star and Tribune, the New Brighton-Bulletin, and the City Hall Newsletter were the most frequently named sources of information about City news. (See Table XI. A.) However, 18% of respondents claim they do not receive the Newsletter, and another 25% stated they never or seldom read it. (See Table XI. 6.) As indicated in Table XI. F., most who do not receive the Newsletter are renters, who simply may not pick up the NewsT-etter when it is available in apartment lobbies (but not delivered through the mail). The majority of renters as well as home owners said they read the New Brighton Bulletin. (See .Table XI. D.) -Only 27% of respondents stated that noise was seldom or often a problem; 65% stated that it never. is. (See Table ~' XII. A.) Motor vehicles constitute the most often cited source of noise. (See Table XII. B.) -Most respondents wish to see services maintained at current levels. (See Table XIV.) Planning and development services for the City were the services which the largest number of respondents wished to see increased -- 47% (See Table XIV.), with neighborhood police patrols and animal control also eliciting "Increase" responses from at least 20% of participants. As Table XV. indicates, increases in planning and development services are most likely to be desired by those who also wish to see increases in commercial and/or industrial development. -Knowledge .about the current allocation of the local tax dollar differs a great deal from respondent to respondent, but most have poor information: 38% gave no response to the question and the majority of respondents answers de- parted widely from the actual allocation. (See Table XIV. A.) Most respondents who gave an answer over-estimated the percentage of the local tax dollar going to the City. -Sixty-seven percent of respondents who had an opinion wished to see taxes raised by about 10% to maintain services, despite the generally inflated idea of the percentage of the ~~ local tax dollar going to the City. (See Table XIV. B.)