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Pet Problems, Noise, Accidents, Tirespassin8, Behavior Problems, Aesthetics, and <br />property Values. As was mentioned earlier, Pet Problems was mentioned fifty per cent <br />of the time as something that became Worse in trail areas. It received twelve ratings of <br />,SYgnificantly Worse and thirty-nine of Slightly Worse. Only Litter, Noise, and Aesthetics <br />received a rating of Significantly Worse and it was mentioned once for each of these <br />three categories. Several respondents stated that the problem had to do with' dog <br />droppings and I would have to guess that nearly all of them are related to dogs. <br />Unfortunately, this is more of a people problem than a dog problem, and one comment <br />we received was that you had to enforce leash laws. With this information, we can get <br />started immediately on plans to address the issue and avoid serious complaints. Litter <br />was the second biggest problem, but with only thirteen ratings on the negative side of the <br />scale. This was twenty-five per cent of Pet Problems. I thought this would have been <br />mentioned much more often. <br />Aesthetics was mentioned eleven times as Slightly Worse and ironically it received the <br />most ratings, tied with Vandalism, in regard to the situation being either Slightly or <br />Significantly Better.with fifty-three. There were also several comments about this being <br />a very subjective issue. Part of the problem may be the extensive use of bituminous, <br />which received a lot of opposition in Prior Lake in the residential areas. It could also tie <br />back to the Pet Problems and the Litter. The good news is that this is the kind o~ issue <br />which can be addressed over time and it doesn't generally injure or damage anyone. It is <br />understandable that this would be one of the last issues addressed, since we are all on <br />very limited funds and try to avoid what may be criticized as excessive spending. <br />The graph above shows the relationships between all the categories and the <br />corresponding responses. The really surprising finding was that the trail azeas appear to <br />10 <br />