XCC Special Session Meeting Minutes, 01-28-10, Page 7 about the question, Councilman Louderback said he was surprised Fire and Police were not #1. Mr. Percival said if you look at the responses about what people thought the city should spend Jess money on, people are saying fire and police are important. Nobody says spend less money on fire and police, which is the critical thing to take away from this particular slide. Councilman Louderback said it is all in how it is presented. If the question was reworded and people were asked if they would chose the option to lay off police and fire personnel, there ‘would have been a different response. In that regard, he thought police and fire would be #1 Vice President Mills said she also wanted to spend the same amount of dollars, but she also does not want her services reduced; however, that was not one of the questions. Mr. Percival said 77% of respondents said they did want their services reduced. Vice President Mills did not think the above slide reflected her statement. Mr. Percival said that was why it is critical to know that 71% of respondents indicated the City should maintain the current level of service, even it if means spending more money. Councilman Louderback noted on the flip side, 49.5% of respondents indicated they would not support any additional ballot initiatives, regardless of type. Mr. Percival noted the survey results state, “The highest percentage of support was for a street improvement levy, with 74.2 percent of respondents indicating that they would support such a levy. More than half of respondents also expressed support for a fire levy that created a new fire Station (55.7 percent) and a parks improvement levy (55.7 percent). Less than half of respondents (45.3 percent) expressed support for a police levy that would build a new criminal justice center.” Councilman Caupp thought it was intriguing that 52.4% of the people said the City has a problem with its image, but indicated the city needs to spend additional money on: (#1) Improving the condition of streets and curbs (63.7%); (#2) Downtown improvement and revitalization (62.3%); (#5) Property maintenance enforcement (37.4%); and (#6) Park maintenance (37%), which all goes back to the perception of our city. Mr. Percival agreed. Prioritizing the Needs of Xenia: ‘Serio aliepaie Downtown revitalization 45.0% Maintenance of streets, curbs and sidewalks Build a recreation center Recreation programs ‘Quality offre and EMS services Speed enforcement in neighborhoods Hiring additional police personnel Management of trafic low (Progress Dr, tc.) Hiring additional fire personne! Effective communication with the public ‘other tities Mr, Percival thought this was another set of responses that may be a bit skewed. He believes people want to see street improvements. They have talked a lot about the downtown and how the city has applied and received grants for downtown revitalization, President Felton asked what “revitalize downtown” really means. Do people want businesses as opposed to not caring how