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city funding for pay and the relire- ment fund and so.me city subsidi�cd housing. February I7, 2003 Met with: Allina Transportation, i3rian LaCroix, Executive Direclor; Dr. Charles Lick, Medical Director; Mike Pintar, Ambulance (�perations Manager for the Roscville area Allina is Roscville's PSA (Pritnary Service Arca) provider. They serve more than 75 Minnesota communi- ties, both in and outside the metro area. 1'hey havc bee� Roseville's e�nergency provider since the mid-1980's. Thcir standard for scrv- ice is response time of less than 11 minutes, 90`Io of the time. In the six n�onth period from S/]./02 to 1/31 /03, Allina ans�vcred 1,184 calls in Roseville (2,398 emergency responses in 2UO2). Average response time in Roscville is 6.9 minutes during that six cnonth peri- od, and 7 minutes, 35 scconds in all of 2002_ "Shaving secotids" is con- sidcred dangerous and is nat con- doned. They use no laxpayer dol- lars, ax�d if there is no trai�sport, lhere are no charges. Our posting sitc (location of the nearest ambu- lancc) is at the Blue Fox on L�xington in Arden Hills. Posting sites can be adjusted every b months (the next one is in May), bul emcrgcncy vehicles will be "roaming" a1l the time. Allina pro- vides ALS (Advanced Life Support) for a11911 calls. The life of an ambulance vchicle is about 4 ycars and 150,000 miles. We received response time iists from Allina for Hennepin County EMS and for all the communities that Allina serves. All three people from Allina seemed more than willing to consider sug- gestions to ent�ance tt�eir service to Roseville. Changing PSA's (such as establishing our own in Roseville) is a lengthy legal process. � . � � Rose�ille—General Population Obser�ations (Revised June 6, 2003) Source: Excensus Demographics, U of MN. 4 CURA, and Roseville Community llevelopment Staff Children: ilaseville bas one of thc lowest numbers of young residents under lhc age of 18 at 21 °I� of the totai population and declin- ing. This is similar to Richfield, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley and l�opkins. The number of children in Roseville declined by i 6°Io from 1990 - 2U40 and families (two parents} with chil- dren declined by 5°ln. Today, less than 13% of the households have children with two parenls. Roseville also has the second lowest populaLion per house- hold at less than 2.2 residents (only St. Louis Park is less). 2. Roseville owner occupied homes "turn over" at slightly more than 4% per year, but of those movcrs, 2S°lo find morc accommodating homes in Roseville. This �neans there is "housing choicc and diversity of styles" in lhc community lo accommodale difFerent stages of life_ Work F'orce: 3 Roseville is losing "tnarket sharc" of young workcrs_ From 1990 to 20�(}, the number of Roscville's 25 to 34 ycar olds declined by 23°l0. Of all the age groups, nearly fi8°Io oI thc young workers from 25 through 441eave the rental housing communi .ty permanently. Converscly only 22°Io uf this same age group is retaincd in the commm�ity_ This points out that Roscville is a "starting poinL" but not a"landing point" for young fa►nilies because of unavailability of wark forcc owner-occupied, single family detached housing. From 2000 to 2020, thc under 25 age householder group will remain stable at 4�Io of thc pop- ulation; the 25 to 34 ycar olds will decline from 15% to 12%� of thc populatian; the 35 to 44 year olds will decline from 17°�n to 12%�; and the 45 to 54 ycaa- olds will decline from 19% to 14°Io. Thc 5.5 to �4 year �lds will remain stanle at 14%; thc 65 l0 74 age grnup will incrcase from 14% to 16%; and the 75+ age group will increase from 17°Io to 27% of the total popula- tion. Seniors: 5 6. 7 Among metro citics with more than 10,000 population, Roseville has lhe 2Y'd highest percent of residents over the age of 65 (21 �Io) and ranks highest aYnong lhe iargest metro cities with over 3% of its cur- rcnt population over agc 85. This speaks well of thc quality of life and health of our seniors_ From 2000 to 2020, the 55 to b4 year olds will remain stable at 14%; the 65 to 74 age group will increase from 14% to ] fi°lo; and the 75+ age ��-oup will increase froin 17�10 to 27% of thc population. "1'he majority (57°l�) of Roseville's head of households will be more than 55 ycars of age. H�mes wiLh a hcad ofi house- hold over the age of 65 repre- sent 14% of lhe population_ Cuerently, nearly onc of e�ery three Roseville househol.ds has an individual over 65 (3l.°I�} League of Women Voter RoMaFH 20 Rosevikle Fire Department 20Q3 & Beyond