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I TO:Mayor Jabbour and City Council Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator FROM: DATE: Brad Bressler, Planning Assistant December 2,1997 ^'^yor - ■ ^•‘^ovo SUBJECT : Navarre Housing Study Throughout the summer I had woiked on a study addressing the housing needs of the Nav^e area of Orono. The jtudy is comprised of mo parts. The first is a mail survey which was sent to 247 residents in the defined study area. The surveys were color coded to break the study area into four specific sub-areas to identify differences in needs within the study area. The second portion of the study is a survey for which I walked the neighborhood and evaluated several features of the properties from the street. This involved the evaluation of 248 properties. A property without a residence was evaluated, which accounts for the discrepancy in numbers between the two surveys. By using a checklist form, each pioperty was evaluated by giving it a rating of one through five where one is excellent, mo IS good, three is fair, four is poor and five is dilapidated. Also noted are various features of the property such as type of siding and driveways. The map attached in the following report shows where these study areas G-IV) are located. Overall, this portion of the study provides an account of existing conditions and a method for determining whether a visual inspection of the study area coincides with the mail survey. The following report is a summary of my findings for the two portions of the study. • i ! i i ,