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LongmontFYI
Growth Survey
The following questions represent
a portion of those asked in a 610-interview telephone survey administered in
late May and early June, 2004. The survey was conducted by The Public Information
Corporation of Littleton, Colorado for the Boulder County Board of Commissioners.
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| In
general, what do you consider to be the one most important issue
facing Boulder County today? |
| Economy
problems/other pocketbook issues |
|
-16%
(votes: 8) |
| Manage
or limit growth |
|
-43%
(votes: 22) |
| Transportation
issues (roads/transit) |
|
-20%
(votes: 10) |
| Public
school issues, general or fiscal |
|
-12%
(votes: 6) |
| Drought/increase
water resources |
|
-10%
(votes: 5) |
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| What
would be the next most important issue facing Boulder County today? |
| Economy
problems/other pocketbook issues |
|
-20%
(votes: 10) |
| Manage
or limit growth |
|
-22%
(votes: 11) |
| Transportation
issues (roads/transit) |
|
-25%
(votes: 13) |
| Public
school issues, general or fiscal |
|
-16%
(votes: 8) |
| Drought/increase
water resources |
|
-18%
(votes: 9) |
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| If
you had to choose between spending open space sales tax money to
build more trails OR to buy more property, which would you choose? |
| Build
more trails |
|
-44%
(votes: 22) |
| Buy
more property |
|
-42%
(votes: 21) |
| Other |
|
-14%
(votes: 7) |
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| When
the county buys open space it is not always in good ecological
condition. If you had to choose between spending open space sales
tax money, improving the ecological condition of an existing property,
such as restoring wetlands or native prairie grasslands, OR buying
more property, which would you choose? |
| Improve
ecological condition |
|
-46%
(votes: 23) |
| Buy
more property |
|
-44%
(votes: 22) |
| Other |
|
-10%
(votes: 5)
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| The economic slowdown
has significantly impacted the Boulder County open space
program. Open Space sales tax collections
are lagging. Even if the economy improves the County will not
be able to purchase much if any additional open space, or to
increase the level of maintenance for the current open space
areas, for a number of years. No decision has been made, but
the County Commissioners are considering suggestions that a
question be included on next November’s ballot that would
propose increasing the open space sales tax by one-tenth of
a cent. That comes to one cent on a $10 purchase or, put another
way, 10 cents on a $100 purchase. |
| If
such a question were on the ballot, and it would increase the open
space sales tax by one-tenth of a cent for a maximum of 20 years
to pay for more open space and increase the level of maintenance,
how do you think you would vote, for or against? |
| For |
|
-52%
(votes: 26) |
| Against |
|
-46%
(votes: 23) |
| Other |
|
-2%
(votes: 1)
|
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| If
such a question were on the ballot, and it would permanently increase
the open space sales tax by one-tenth of a cent to pay for more
open space and increased maintenance, do you think you would vote,
for or against? |
| For |
|
-43%
(votes: 22) |
| Against |
|
-51%
(votes: 26) |
| Other |
|
-6%
(votes: 3)
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|
| In
the past two or three years would you say that the overall quality
of life in Boulder County has gotten better, gotten worse or stayed
the same? |
| Gotten
better |
|
-8%
(votes: 4) |
| Gotten
worse |
|
-73%
(votes: 37) |
| Stayed
the same |
|
-20%
(votes: 10)
|
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| The
most frequent "better" responses were: |
| Economy
is improving/more jobs now |
|
-50%
(votes: 6) |
| More
public services/roads better |
|
-17%
(votes: 2) |
| Open
space program improving |
|
-8%
(votes: 1) |
| Better
parks, more children’s activities |
|
-25%
(votes: 3) |
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| The
most frequent "worse" responses were: |
| Too
much growth/too much home building |
|
-38%
(votes: 16) |
| Traffic
is worse/too many vehicles on roads |
|
-24%
(votes: 10) |
| Economy
is worse/loss of jobs |
|
-12%
(votes: 5) |
| Local
government issues/too restrictive on us |
|
-14%
(votes: 6) |
| Law
and order concerns/crime rising |
|
-7%
(votes: 3) |
| Lack
of good shopping/retailers driven out |
|
-5%
(votes: 2) |
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| Total Survey Participants: 51 |
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