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Comprehensive Plan Update Request for Qualifications Citv of Roseville. Minnesota R Introduction The City of Roseville is requesting a statement of qualifications from consulting teams experienced in long-range land use, housing, economic develo�rnent/redevelap�nent, park and open space, transportation, and water resource planning to update its Comprehensive Plan. Roseville is located within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Caul�cil and must submit an updated comprehensive plan to the Council for review by December 31,2008. Roseville faces the challenges of an older, first-ring suburb, such as aging building stock, demographic shifts, and increasing competition from new suburb development. Yet many potential opportunities are afforded by our unique position within the metropolitan area. The comprehensiveplan update will strive to identify land use, housing, and economic develapn�ent policies and implementation techniques to promote quality residential renovation, creative iniill proj ects, and innovative commercial and industrial redevelopment to allow the community to prosper into the future. Community Profile Roseville is a fully developed, first-ring suburb in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Located just north of both Mii�neapolis and St. Paul, Roseville is the only community that shares common borders with both maj or cities. The community is well connected to the regional transportation system with direct access to Interstate-35Wand Highway 36. Metro Transit has a transit hub in Roseville making both regional downtowns accessible via bus. In addition, the Northeast Corridor, a studied rapid transit route, runs through the community. (See attached Location Map.) Roseville is 14.7 square miles and has an estimated populationof 33,882 (2005 State Demographer estimate). The community is approximately 30 percent industrial and commercial uses, which has generally occurred in the northwestern quadrant of the city (west of Snelling and north of Highway 36). This includes two large tank farms, regional shopping centers (Rosedale and HarMar}, and a mix of other manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation service facilities. Over the last 20 years, developmentand redevelopment in proximity to I-35W has been oriented toward office and light industrial flex space. Housing in Roseville is dominated by single-family homes. Most of the homes in Roseville were constructed from the 1950s to the 1970s and many of them are still occupied by the original owners. The City Council has recently enacted a 90-day moratorium (set to expire in mid-March) on single-family residential lot splits to study the impact of subdividing existing single-family lots into two or more parcels. Much of the new housing that has been constructed over the last five years has been age-restricted units. Senior housing projects, both condominium and cooperatives, have been developed and continue to be proposed in Roseville. The City has just completed a six-month long community visioning process—Imagine Roseville 2025. A steering committee guided this community-led process and received input from seven committees, which were organized around the topics of: community and economic development;