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Methods Site Description Prior to European settlement in 1843, the land on which the City of Roseville sits today was home to the Dakota and Ojibwa tribal communities. In 1950, Rose township, which includes present day Roseville, Lauderdale, Falcon Heights, and portions of Minneapolis and St. Paul, was established and named after Isaac Rose (one of the first settlers who conducted the area survey). Up to 1930, the area was predominantly farms and nurseries until commercial development emerged due to the strategic location and open land. In 1948, the township form of government could not handle the rapid growth, which resulted in the division of the township into separate villages: Roseville, Falcon Heights, and Lauderdale (City of Roseville, n.d.). Currently, the City of Roseville is a suburban community of 33,660 residents located within Ramsey County in the northern Minneapolis - St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota (Figure 1). The city is conveniently located off I -35W and Highway 36 in the north of Twin Cities metropolitan area, and provides easy access to most of the area's major freeways including I - 35E, I-694, and Highway 280. It is less than a ten-minute commute to either Minneapolis and St. Paul downtown area (City of Roseville, n.d.). The resident demographic of the city is fairly diverse consisting of White (81.3%), Asian (7.3%), African American (6.2%), American Indian (0.5%) and Native Hawaiian and Pacific islanders (<O.1%) (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). There is a total of 14,623 households in the city with the average of 2.2 people/household (City of Roseville Demographic Information 2010). City of Roseville Relative to Ramsey County & Minnesota o So wo zoo Miles Boundaries - City of Roseville Ramsey County N - Minnesota Geeg�he CeeNwtSastem WDB;Cevt�uevs USAA@en Repvedba� Lhiseeieam-Sepeembe�z8; zein a.z5 z5 5 Miles Figure 1. City of Roseville relative to Ramsey County and the State of Minnesota (Source: LCC -GIS Office, 2007; RCGISAdmin, 2017).