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<br />---DRAFT --- <br /> <br />Roseville HRA Community Dialogues on Housing <br /> <br />Executive Summary Draft <br /> <br />Purpose and Process <br />The Roseville Housing & Redevelopment Authority (RHRA), with the support of the <br />Roseville City Council, held neighborhood meetings to better understand what residents <br />like and dislike about the changes they see occurring and how the City might be able to <br />provide assistance. <br /> <br />Residents were invited to meetings "where you can learn about the residential and housing <br />changes in your area, express your views on what issues you see as a result of these changes, <br />and make suggestions for your neighborhood." Over 160 accepted the invitation and <br />attended one or more of five neighborhood meetings, two meetings for businesses, and <br />one with representatives of the two school districts. RHRA members and Roseville City <br />staff attended each meeting and provided welcome and closing comments, facilitation of <br />small group discussion, and responses to questions for which they could provide <br />answers. <br /> <br />Summaries of each meeting were developed and provided at each subsequent meeting <br />to support the sense of dialogue and transparency throughout the process. They were <br />also posted on the website along with the other materials provided during each meeting <br />regarding City services, programs, trend data for each planning district, and maps of <br />interest. Participants were asked to evaluate the meetings in terms of opportunity to <br />express themselves, value as being informative, and the support they had for the <br />suggestions offered during the meeting. The sessions were generally divided into three <br />sections after brief welcoming and introductions; a) what housing related issues are you <br />seeing or concerned about? b) offering of specific data related to the planning districts <br />and c) suggestions for what both the City and residents themselves could do to address <br />the issues identified. Combinations of small group/large group conversations allowed <br />each person to have his/her own individual opinion as well as hear what others were <br />saying and have the opportunity to ask clarifying questions of the other groups. When <br />RHRA, Planning staff or other public officials were present they were asked to respond <br />to specific questions to the extent they could. Questions without immediate answers <br />were recorded and RHRA staff assigned responsibility to follow up as appropriate. <br /> <br />All meetings were facilitated and summarized by the Center for Policy, Planning, and <br />Performance. This allowed for neutrality, consistency, and reduced concern that the <br />meeting held some pre-existing purpose or expected conclusion. Overall the satisfaction <br />with the meetings was very high. Seventy-six percent (76%) said they found the <br />meetings to be informative, eight percent (80%) said they had an opportunity to express <br />their opinion, and fifty percent (50%) identified at least one suggestion that they could <br />support. <br /> <br />Executive Summary ---DRAFT--- May 17, 2005 <br />