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neighborhood. The proposed building(s) should be developed at a scale that would complement and embrace the park rather than be obtrusive and offensive. In addition. the developer must provide City income projections to assist in evaluating the financial feasibility of using revenues from the project to upgrade and maintain the 6 acre park site. 3.0 GENERAL BACKGROUND 3.1 City of Roseville - The Community: The City of Roseville, encompassing an area of 14.3 square miles. has over 35.000 residents and is a well planned. first ring suburb strategically located on the northern side of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area (refer to location map -1). In 1998. the City celebrated its SOli>. year as a city. Roseville's strategic regional location and excellent access have influenced the location of many businesses including Unisys. Advanced Circuits. Multech. Micron. Computype. Pentair. Hughes Institute. Diametrics Medical. U.V. Color. Liberty Check. and the Rosedale Regional Shopping Mall Interstate 35W (110.000 trips per day) and State Highway 36 (70.000 trips per day) provide quick and easy access to St. Paul. Minneapolis. the International Airport. and the rest of the metropolitan area. The City has many high quality residential neighborhoods and a housing base with over 15.000 units. 9.000 of which are single family. Roseville has experienced new single family and townhome construction in the past few years. including Owasso Hills move- up single family and townhome units. Southwinds single story Townhomes. Rose Villa Townhomes. Rose Town Ridge Townhomes and Concordia Townhomes. In addition. the City continues to provide housing rehabilitation programs to ensure that there are resources available for reinvestment in the established neighborhoods. The reinvestment in neighborhoods is evidenced by the increase in remodeling permits over the past several years. In 1998. over 150 single family renovation permits were issues with a value of over $2.5 million. A senior housing study. completed inl998 by Health Planning and Management Resources. Inc.. illustrated that the City has over 1,100 senior housing units and nearly 700 nursing home units. There is a need in the community for over 125 moderately priced units for seniors on fixed incomes. A survey of Roseville residents. completed in 1998 by Decision Resources. Ltd.. found that residents are very satisfied with the quality of life in the community; that the median length of residency was over 13 years and the median adult age was 50.2 years. with 41 percent of the adults being over the age of 54. Median household income in the community was reported as $46.850. Seventy-six percent of the housing units are owner occupied. with the median value reported at $127.500. City of Roseville Page 20f7 Lexington & B - RFP