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Attachment F Public Comment ЊЏЊ Amanda Kappes, 10761 Smetana Road, Apt. #111, Minnetonka, MN; Metro Interfaith ЊЏЋ Council on Affordable Housing (MICAH) ЊЏЌ Ms. Kappes advised that their organization, MICAH, had been in discussion with the Good ЊЏЍ Samaritan Society and their proposal for senior housing gin Roseville for approximately nine ЊЏЎ months now. Ms. Kappes noted that initially they had been asked to get involved with the ЊЏЏ community engagement process and what the community would most like to see. Ms. ЊЏА Kappes noted that MICAH’s first response had been whether or not Good Samaritan had ЊЏБ spoken to community members themselves, which prompted working on an open house with ЊЏВ MICAH staff available to help answer questions. ЊАЉ One of the questions at the open house, as well as brought forward tonight was whether there ЊАЊ was a market demand for senior housing at this time. Ms. Kappes stated there was a huge ЊАЋ focus on that option, and was asked for much more often than indicated by the Governor’s ЊАЌ request and currently pending legislative action by the house and senate. Ms. Kappes noted ЊАЍ that, at this time in MN, the state’s senior population is the fastest growing homeless ЊАЎ population; and as well as looking at affordable units, across the state there were 25,000 ЊАЏ units, with an additional 150,000 senior households who could qualify for those affordable ЊАА units. Ms. Kappes clarified what “affordable” housing actually indicated, not housing units ЊАБ for the lowest income residents, but based on 60% of the area median, identified for a ЊАВ household with typically only 1-2 persons/unit, an annual income of roughly $24,000 to ЊБЉ $30,000 annually. Ms. Kappes noted that this income usually applied to retirement and/or ЊБЊ disability benefits; with 54% of renters in MN over 55 years old, and currently paying over ЊБЋ 30% of their household income. Ms. Kappes reiterated the great need for affordable senior ЊБЌ housing that would continue to grow. ЊБЍ Ms. Kappes referenced the City of Roseville’s comprehensive plan numbers and ЊБЎ Metropolitan Council guidelines at or below 30% of area income at 72 units; and when ЊБЏ looking at 31% to 50% of median income, Roseville could add an additional 50 units; and if ЊБА looking at 51% to 80% of median income, Roseville could add an additional 20 units; for a ЊББ total of 142 units. In looking at the 60% median income level, Ms. Kappes opined that 62 ЊБВ units would go a long way in reaching that total number of units. ЊВЉ Given the fact the Metropolitan Council supports this effort, and the state may help fund it, ЊВЊ Chair Boguszewski asked if this was the right site for this project. ЊВЋ Ms. Kappes responded that, based on the traffic study indicating the project would only add a ЊВЌ delay of a matter of seconds during peak times, and given the previous nursing home use ЊВЍ with more traffic than this development would indicate given those previous employees and ЊВЎ shift change traffic, Ms. Kappes opined that there should be no noticeable impact from the ЊВЏ proposed development. Ms. Kappes opined that as an affordable housing advocacy group ЊВА working in the region since 1986, MICAH strongly supported this project. ЊВБ Gary Kwong, 1700 Fry Street, Falcon Heights, MN ЊВВ Mr. Kwong reviewed his residencies near the Midway Park area for some time, and his ЋЉЉ father’s history of nursing home living on this site, noting the changes he’d observed in ЋЉЊ Roseville over the years. Mr. Kwong noted the changes in the schools, more diversity in the ЋЉЋ population, and new transportation available soon along Snelling Avenue, as well as the ЋЉЌ proximity of this proposed development close to the Ramsey County Library – Roseville ЋЉЍ tğŭĻЎƚŅБ