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7. How has housing affordability changed in the last ten years? Over the last ten years, affordable housing has proven to be difficult to find in Roseville. The turnover rate among single-family homes is less than 3 (X, per year. The rental units within Roseville have a turnover rate of nearly 300;;, per year. Staff estimates that less than 40% of the housing in Roseville is classified as "affordable" to a family of four. The Twin Cities median income in 2000 according to U.s. Department of I-lousing and Urban Development standards was $68,600. 8. How do job growth and housing growth compare? Over the last ten years, both Roseville (6,000 jobs, 150ft) growth) and the rest of Ramsey County have seen job growth outpace the growth in housing units. RoseviUe's job to housing ratio is 1.2, exceeded only by Edina in the Metropolitan area. 9. Where has traffic congestion changed? Over the last five years, traffic volumes have increased. Portions of I-35W near Highway 36 now carry a peak load of 153,000 vehicles per day. Highway 36 carries 82,000 at peak in one area. Snelling now carried 45,000 at peak in one area near Rosedale. However, traffic levels at each of the monitoring checkpoints have remained near the standard target level of service. 10. What is happening in the proposed Northeast Diagonal Corridor (NED C)? Ramsey and Hennepin County, as the rail authorities, are planning to purchase the western abandoned portion of the NEDC, which is an old rail line. Initial planning on the portion that runs through Roseville as a commuter line from White Bear Lake to Minneapolis has begun. The NEDC plan projects commuter use for 2010 or beyond. 11. Public Safety - Have crime rates and fire calls changed dramatically? In the past five years, from 1995 through 2000, crime rates in Roseville have declined by 18 to 22%. From 1995 through 2000, fire calls per year have declined by 25% to a low of 610 in 2000 due in part to an active fire prevention program. The property lost averaged $0.33 million per year, while the property saved averaged more than $45 million. 12. Where has the City made capital investments since 19907 The area where most of the City capital investment has occurred since 1990 is the sy~.tem. Nearly $20 million has been spent to rebuild Roseville's road system. The Park system has acquired over 80 acres of new parkland at a cost of nearly $2 million. In addition, the City built the Oval Skating Center, a state-of-the-art Gymnastics Center and two new shared school-city gymnasiums. It also refurbished many of the 28 parks. Maps within the Plan Roseville Comprehensive Plan 200 I Update Executive Summary -Page if of 15