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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 approximately 3% per year. The rental units within Roseville have a turnover rate of nearly 25% per year. Of those residents who relocate, 25% find another home in Roseville. New residents are coming from homes within a three mile crescent around the east, south and west edges of Roseville. Residents who leave the community generally are moving to suburbs east and north. Staff estimates that slightly less than 40% of the Roseville housing units are classified as "affordable" to a family of four. The Twin Cities median income in 2002 according to U.s. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards was $76,700. 8. How do job growth and housing growth compare? Over the last ten years, both Roseville (6,000 jobs, 15% growth) and the rest of Ramsey County have seen job growth outpace the growth in housing units. Roseville'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 (NEDC)? 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. A first phase feasibility plan was created in 2002 by Ramsey County's Rail Authority. 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 1990? Roseville Comprehensive Plan - 2002 Update Executive Summary -Page 4 of 16