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'~V. Recreation Program Forty-one percent of the respondents or their .family members have taken part in City recreational programs. Sixteen percent. of these people have ideas regarding new programs. According to members of the Citizen Study Committee, this is a significant number and should be explored by City staff. A survey of program users may be considered. V. Noise Levels The Citizen Study Committee has commented that approximately 35~ of the population says noise bothers them. It has been suggested by the Conunittee that the Police Department look into the-possibilities of cracking down on the noise made by automobiles. More citations for noisy mufflers or excessive acceleration are possible areas of improvements. Staff recommends denying consideration of a noise ordinance on the grounds that 730 of all respondents feel noise does not or rarely bothers .them. VI. Planning and Development Forty-one percent of the residents wish to see the amount of planning and development increased.. Residents are connecting on expanded . commercial development which. will increase the tax base and create more jobs in the community. This figure does not reflect that the City should increase its City staff. City policy should ~ontinue to encourage quality commercial development in the community. ~~'VII. Animal Control Twenty-three percent of the residents see a need to increase this service area.. This may be one area where the City might need to communicate better to the public that it does provide the service, as evidenced by the fact that 21~ had no opinion/no response. A newsletter article, or maybe a flyer mailed to residents with the water bills might solve this problem. However, if the workload gets heavy enough, the CSO (Community Service Officer) might have to re-evaluate in terms of number of hours per week, etc. (This was a Citizen Study Committee recommendation). -VIII. Newsletter About 18~ of the respondents claim they do not receive the newsletter. Staff has found that the problem appears to be that copies are not being put into individual apartment mailboxes, but are instead left in the lobby area. Staff has contacted the postal service and they have assured the City that the future newsletters will be dropped into apartment dwellers mailboxes. IX. Fiscal Policy Thirty-eight percent gave no response about the current allocation of the local tax dollar from the property taxes. Staff feels a need to communicate better in this area, either through newsletter articles or .meetings with local press. The Finance Policy Advisory ~oard could help communicate this issue. -~-