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goal, agreed to by seventy-six percent is: "a more affluent, well-educated cammunity placing an emphasis on natural beauty, recreationaZ opportunities, and limited c�mmercial and retail development." They are satisfied with the current balance -- eighty-six percent feel it is reasonable; but, they are concerned about the future. In other words, residents want a more rational, and perhaps, slower approach to new growth: balancing tax base needs against residential livability. Residents also expressed strong opinions about future development initiatives. Majorities support initiatives by the City to aggressively attract more single family homes, senior citizen apartments and/or condominiums, and light industrial oppartunities. They also support active discouragement of more apartment buildings, condominiums, mobile homes, retail shopping centers, and commercial affice bui�dings. They are divided about the approach to townhouses and retail and service businesses. If there is a unifying theme, it is an antipathy toward high density residential, commercial, and retail possibilities. A general majority consensus was also evident on the trade- off between property tax base and traffic congestion. Fifty-five percent would support some new development to help keep taxes down, but only if the impact on traffic congestion is moderate. However, thirty-seven percent, a substantiai minority, would opposed most new development adding to the current traffic congestion problems. In the future, traffic considerations should be paramount in any development decisions. NIMBY -- "not in my backyard" is certainly present in Roseville. Seventy-eight percent of the sample would oppose new commercial, office, or retail development on sites adjacent to their neighborhoods. Opposition is based upon the perception that Rosevi�le has enough of these types of developments, a fear about losing neighborhood cohesiveness, and declining property values. A slim majority, fifty-one percent, would oppose n�w adjacent development even if it would mean city service cutbacks and property tax increases in the future. Locating new development next to existing neighborhoods wi11 be a major public relations problem for the foreseeable future. Residents would like to see a mix of primarily office and light industrial development with residential opportunities on the truck terminals land in the western part of the city. They would prioritize jobs creation and housing for this area, along with improving the tax base. Recreation and aesthetics fell far behind as priorities there. By nearly two-to-one, residents would support the use of incentives to attract high quality development to that area. They only appose two types of expan- sions on this site: retail malls and heavy industrial with pollution potential. On average, household members take about six one way trips per day to destinations in Roseville. They take about two per day to points outside of the community. The farmer figure is �