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In 1979 (with a population of 35,820) the City prepared its third comprehensive plan. Some of the major features of the 1979 Comprehensive Plan included: 1. The redevelopment of the area between Fairview Avenue and Interstate 35W from industrial usage to a commercial area. 2. Development of multiple family housing south of Highway 36 between Snelling and Cleveland A venue and in the northeast corner of the city along Rice Street. 3. Continuation of the orderly development of residential land uses. The 1994 Comprehensive Plan was the fourth comprehensive planning program. Now with a population of 33,600, the year 2002 update to the 1994 comprehensive plan is intended to keep the document current as to statistics and programs. Roseville's Comprehensive Plan is intended to meet specific short-range (3-5 years) and long-range (10-15 years) objectives and the needs of the City, while at the same time dealing with the county and regional needs and objectives of the larger area surrounding Roseville. An understanding of the objectives of regional planning is necessary for proper appreciation of the role the City of Roseville has within the larger regional context. There are several historical books about Roseville, including: The History of Roseville, Volume 1; Roseville The Story of Its Growth; Lexington School: Its Story, Its Community; Heritage Trail Tour Map and Site Descriptions. Note: For general reference, the City Street Map is included at the end of this section. B. Regional Planning Planning at the regional level may be defined as physical and infrastructure planning in a comprehensive manner for a geographic area united by common economic interests, geography, and/or common area-wide development problems. The need for such planning has been brought about by the important social, economic, and political changes which have far reaching impacts on local units of government such as Roseville. Changes include population growth and age changes, urbanization, sprawl, demand for affordable housing, worker shortages, traffic congestion and the redevelopment of limited access highway systems, transit design and adjacent development, increasing agricultural and industrial productivity, rising income levels and leisure time, recreational needs and pursuits, intensive uses, and consumption of natural resources and proliferation of public and private water supplies and sewage disposal systems, and the development of extensive and inter-related power and communication networks. These changes have created region-wide development concerns of an unprecedented scale and complexity. In order to deal with these problems Roseville Comprehensive Plan 2002 Update The Plan & Updating Process - Page 2 of 9