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9 Ms. Ellis noted that senior services also appear elsewhere in the report. Mr. Norris said his concern is that we need to expand funding for human services, not reallocate funds. Dr. Brown said it gets at the challenges the City faces. REPORT : NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING NEEDS SURVEY Mr. O’Connell explained that the survey was not intended to look at specific City services, but rather overall satisfaction. Dr. Tom Guterbock, Director of U. Va.’s Center for Survey Research, explained that the neighborhood planning needs survey was a telephone survey that included 1,111 City residents that were interviewed during February and March 2006, and included residents for all neighborhood sectors. He said the margin of error was +/-3.0%. Dr. Guterbock reviewed the high points of the survey. Mr. Norris said he thought the survey provided very useful information, and agreed it should be done more frequently. He noted that affordable housing was identified as the #2 priority, but said we spend a miniscule amount on it, and said he hopes we will keep this in mind as we look at the budget. He said he is troubled by the divide in satisfaction with City services between the northern and southern parts of the City. He said he thinks it is appropriate to give a pat on the back to the Police Department because of their rating. Mr. Taliaferro noted that fire and emergency services were not addressed in the survey and he is not too happy with that and feels that it is therefore an incomplete report. Ms. Hamilton said it is a pleasant surprise to see such high rankings. She noted the concern about crime issues, especially in the south and south central parts of the City. She said she is somewhat shocked that 72% of respondents have either never heard of or choose not to be active in their neighborhood associations, and said that raises significant questions about our emphasis on neighborhood associations. She said we should look closer at this issue. Dr. Brown said one issue is the limitation on calling listed phone numbers. He said some families do not have phones, such as the poor or young people who use only cell phones. Dr. Brown asked how this could be made up for in the future. Dr. Guterbock said that very specific neighborhood boundaries were used, but door to door surveys can be done for addresses where there are no listed phone numbers in the areas where there is most concern about missing people. Dr. Brown said Council would like to have more input into what the survey is looking for next time. Dr. Brown asked how the survey results compare to the one done in Albemarle County. Dr. Guterbock said the County’s number one priority was also education, and while affordable housing was high, it was not as high as in the City. He said the County does not have neighborhoods comparable to those in the south and south central part of the City. He said that the County’s survey did not address regionalism. Mr. Lynch asked about responses based on education level, and Dr. Guterbock said there are several subcategories in the report. RESOLUTION : AMENDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR #3 UNIVERSITY CIRCLE (WATSON MANOR) Mr. Jim Tolbert explained that a special use permit for #3 University Circle was approved 2 ½ years ago. He said the developer cut down a tree and a stop order was issued. The owner appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals who upheld the City. He