RIVER ROAD RESIDENTS VIEWS OF ANNEXATION <br />Perceptions of Services <br />This section surveys the perceived importance of urban (Eugene) services <br />then checks attitudes on whether these services would change for the better <br />or worse if River Road were annexed to the City. <br />In evaluating this data, it should be noted that services are almost always <br />considered important. Therefore, the analysis should revolve around the <br />relative importance of the various services. <br />Here is the importance scale, accompanied by a mean average which <br />consolidates findings into a single score. (4.0 =highest attainable or most <br />important rating) <br />Importance of Servfc:es (Read Across) <br />Very Somewhat Not too Not at all <br />Important Important Important Important Undecided Mean <br />Fire & Emerg. 85% 12 1 1 0 3.8 <br />Police Protect. 71 % 23 4 2 0 3.6 <br />Traffic Safetv 62% 30 4 3 1 3.5 <br />Road Maint. 42% 46 8 3 1 3.3 <br />Parks & Rec. 27% 47 15 10 0 3.0 <br />Lib ar 23% 37 21 19 0 2.6 <br />(Results may not rotal to 100% due to rounding) <br />PAGE 6 <br />