30 <br />CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES (Q58-Q59) <br />Nearly half (48%) of respondents say that it is very important that the city engage in <br />environmentally sustainable practices, -while only 7% feel that the city is doing an "excellent" <br />job of employing such practices. The importance of the city engaging in sustainable practices has <br />a mean .rating of 4.2, compared to a mean rating of 3.5 for the city's performance in this <br />category. <br />Importance: Environmentally Sustainable Practices <br />~~' 4e°r° <br />Performance: Environmentally Sustainable Practices <br />Excellent ~ ~ ~ ;~_7% <br />4 36°l0 <br />____ <br />3 ! 33% <br />2 ' ' 6% <br />Poor '2% <br />Don't know ~~ ~~~ 17% <br />0% 10°l° 20% 30% 40% 50% <br />City's environmental practices <br />Importance Performance Difference <br />2006 4.2 3.5 0.7 <br />2005 4.3 3.3 1.0 <br />2004 4.2 3.4 0.8 <br />Ward One residents are more likely than. others to feel it is very important that the city engage in <br />Advanced Marketing Research, nc. <br />U% 'IU% ZU ~° JU ~° 4U ~° bV% <br />