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Page 7 f�age 51 Very Somewhat Not too Not at all Important Important Important Important Not sure 9. Maintaining city buildings ...................................35.06........ 42.78........ 15.10 ............5.33...........1.73 140 ........... 171 ............. 60................21 ................7 10. Planting and preserving trees ............................41.80........ 33.66........ 17.41 ............6.28...........0.85 167 ........... 135 ............. 70................25 ................3 11. Building a Fire Department training tower ........25.13 ........ 33.21 ........ 19.85 ..........12.64...........9.17 101 ........... 133 ............. 79................51 ..............37 12. Converting playing fields to synthetic s u rfaces ...............................................................13.29 ........ 27.09 ........ 22.20 ..........30.56 ...........6.87 53 ........... 108 ............. 89..............122 ..............27 13. Maintaining the city's storm drainage system ..64.71 ........ 23.82.......... 7.15 ............2.17...........2.14 259 ..............95 ............. 29.................. 9 ................9 14. Replacing and upgrading traffic lights ...............39.33........ 33.37........20.11 ............5.30...........1.89 157 ........... 133 ............. 80................21 ................8 15. Cities receive money from a number of sources. Do you know whether or not there is a tax on utility bills like electricity, gas, telephone and cable TV in Redwood City? % n Knowsthere is a tax ...........................................................................53.49 ............. 214 Does not think there is a tax ...............................................................12.29 ............... 49 Don't know/not sure ............................................................................34.22 .............137 16. Redwood City has had a tax on utiliry bills for the past 24 years. The tax is based on the amounts city residents and businesses pay for electricity, natural gas, telephone, cable TV and for cell phones. The tax provides the city with money to help pay for capital improvements, like those we've been talking about. Do you think this tax on utiliry bills is a good idea or a bad idea? % n Good idea ............................................................................................61.47 ............. 246 Bad idea ...............................................................................................32.89.............132 Don 't know/not sure ..............................................................................5.64 ............... 23 17. The tax rate is five percent, which means if a utility bill is $100, the tax is $5. The average household in Redwood City pays about $15 per month in utility taxes. Do you think this tax is too low, too high or is it about right? % n Toolow ..................................................................................................7.31 ............... 29 Toohigh ...............................................................................................31.77.............127 About right ...........................................................................................55.63 ............. 223 Don 't know/not sure ..............................................................................5.30 ............... 21 18. The language of the portion of the tax that covers telephone service may need to be changed. Due to a change in federal law, Redwood City's tax on telephone calls could be declared invalid unless it is worded differently. The money the city could lose if this part of the tax is invalid would be about two million dollars a year of the $9 million that the city currently receives from the utility tax.