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�� Rose�lle Housing and Redeve3apmentAuthority Background Information HRA Community Dialogues on Housing S outh East Area Dialogue Apri126,2005 National Guard Armory The IZosEVili� Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA)wants to better understand community concerns about housing issues. To achieve this goal, the HRA, with support of the City Council, is holding a series of five neighborhood z�eetin�� and two meetings with businesses and organizations. These dialogues are being facilitated by the Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance. There will be a report to the City Council, which will include what was learned from IisEening to the community and recommendations about ways to address housing issues now and in the future. In an effort to share information as the process unfolds, a sum�nary of each dialogue is being made available to the public. Summaries willbe available at neighborhood dialogues, on the HRA web site, and upon request to the City. For more information, go to www.citvofroseville.comand click on the "Housing & Redevelopment Authority" linlc or call I-IIZA staff at 651-792-7015. South East Area Summary Who Attended? Thirty-three (33) residents attended. �iii Maje- rus, HRA Chair, welcomed everyone and opened the dialogue. Staff members of the City's Community Devel- opment Deparfrnent �vere present and shared statis- tical information about the different plai�t�ing dis- tricts included in the South East area. Twenty-eight (28) of the 33 participants com- pleted feedback forms. Twenty-seven (27) respon- dents live in the South East area. One respondent lives in the South West Area. Nearly all � the re- spondents: •;- live in a single-family house; •:� own their home; and � plan to be living in the same home three years from now. Two respondents rent apartments, and one respon- dent p]�s to be living in another city in �Iiree years. On average, respondents have lived in �oseville for 19 years and in their neighborhoods for 18 years. There were slightly more men than women. Nine- teen (19) of the respondents were between the ages of 36 and 65, and eight � the respondents �vere 66 and older. What do participants value about their neighborhoods? Respondents mentioned the following characteris- tics most often: �� Neighbors and "neigk�borliness" (18times) :• Convenient location (16 times) ;* Quiet and/or safety (15 times) � Parks and Open Space (8 times) Other qualities that were mentioned three to five times included: �� oseville government and services (5 times) 3 Housing Maintenance (4 times) •3 Schools (3 times) -;+ Diversity (3 times) �• The setting—lakes, neighborhood, ete. (3 �imes}