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Roseville's participation in the labor force is high. Of those households available to work, 98% do work An estimated 18% (appro�mately 3,800) of the available workers who live in Roseville, actually work in Roseville. That means that employers in Roseville rely on the metropolitan labor pool for 90% (35,000) of their employees. According to the 35W Coalition Build-Out study, we will add more than 12,000 new jobs by 2020, for a total of more than 5 1,000 jobs. Our prime, central location in the Twin Cities makes the work place location in Roseville beneficial for both the employer and the employee. Roseville employers can compete for good employees from all over the Metro area. Convenient transportation or transit is one key to the survival of Roseville as an employment center. The 35W Coalition recognizes this and ranks Roseville's access needs and Twin Lakes issues very highly. Conversely, if Roseville's employers (and employees) look for housing capacity near to these jobs, they will find that the only sizable increases in the housing market are projected to occur in Blaine and Arden Hills. If just 10% (3,500) of the Roseville's "in-commuting" employees seek to reduce their commute to 10 minutes, new homes are 5 to 10 miles north while renovated, moderate cost homes are in Roseville, Shoreview, New Brighton and Falcon Heights. For the future health of the City and School Districts, the conditions of the housing stock, civic and educational buildings ha�e never been more important. Some of the issues/ideas that Roseville needs to prepare for in the next twenty years include: 1) Matching more head-of-household jobs to the household incomes and housing costs in the community, especially as the community age structure changes. Matching more employers with local (short commute) employees through thee job training programs of our schools; creating local job fairs and marketing within the city to retain our young workers and families. 2) Recognizing how important child bearing aged woman are to the family and the work force, and how a shorter commute or `closer to home' job allows for stronger family ties, shorter shopping trips, more volunteerism, and reduced stress. 3) Creating more "in town" work opportunities creates more volunteer opportunities during the work hours, noon hours, and school hours, as well as the evenings. More residents are closer to home creating a"sense of place" and a sense of security with more "eyes on the street and neighborhood". 4� Encourage local people, making local trips to use local streets, but keep the through commuter traffic on the freeways, reducing the need to use Roseville streets as regional relievers. s� Conserving human and transportation energy for community activities by reducing the distant to work for at least one member of the household. 6) Creating the quality living, learning and working environment to compete for the ne�t generation of workers and families. Q:�comve�worch Mer�o t-3sw�a�>>aouc�emo on su�ia out (02 1502)