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---DRAFT--- Roseville RHRA Neighborhood Dialogues Summary Report Draft - May 17, 2005 Introduction The Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Authority (RHRA) hosted a series of meetings to better understand community issues and concerns about housing and their neighborhoods. They contracted with the Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance, a nonprofit organization with no ties to the City, to facilitate the meeting and summarize findings. During the months of March, April, and May 2005, a total of five neighborhood meetings were held along with one meeting each for multi-family housing owners or property managers and realtors. A joint meeting of realtors, the Roseville and Mound View School Districts and the RHRA was also held. Who attended? In total, 160 people participated. The majority of those participating were single-family house owners, many of whom have lived in the city and their neighborhoods for more than 20 years. There were almost an equal number of males and females, and there was good representation from the age groups 36 to 50, 51 to 65, 66 to 75, and 76 and older. (See appendix for details.) What was the format? All meetings were facilitated by the Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance. Depending upon the size of the group and group wishes, discussions were held in some combination of small or large group format. After brief introductions and welcome from a representative of the RHRA, the facilitator led the group through discussion. Although each meeting took on its own flavor, the common format included identification and discussion of housing-related issues from the community's point of view, City staff presentation of housing trends as seen in demographic and other data, and discussion about ideas or solutions for City and citizen action to address issues and trends. Community input was gathered through flipchart notes and written feedback sheets. Ninety-two percent (92%) of those given feedback sheets completed and returned them. The findings in this report use flipchart notes, feedback sheets, and consultant observations as sources. (See appendix for details and summaries of individual meetings.) The consultant prepared a public handout summarizing each of the neighborhood meetings. This handout was posted on the RHRA web site, mailed out to participants, and distributed at subsequent meetings. This Report The report has been structured to reflect the general flow of conversation over the course of the dialogue. The first section captures the issues- both housing and non-housing-that participants raised through the dialogue process. It is prefaced with a summary of what participants value most about their neighborhood (a question on the feedback sheet). The second section identifies promising actions that the City and citizens can take to address the issues that were identified. The final section is the conclusion, which synthesizes input from all meetings into a set of critical issues and options for action. Roseville RHRA Corrununity Dialogue on Housing - ---DRAFT --- Prepared by the Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance 1