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G) <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Chair Lindquist and Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Brad Bressler, Planning Assistant^^^ <br />November 17,1997 <br />SUBJECT: Navarre Housing Study <br />Throughout the summer I had worked on a study addressing the housing needs of the <br />Navarre area of Orono. The study is comprised of two parts. The first is a mail survey <br />which was sent to 247 residents in the defined study area. The surveys were color coded <br />to break the study area into four specific sub-areas to identify differences in needs within <br />the study area. <br />The second portion of the study is a survey for which I walked the neighborhood and <br />evaluated several features of the properties from the street. This involved the evaluation <br />of 248 properties. A property without a residence was evaluated, which accounts for the <br />discrepancy in numbers between the two surveys. By using a checklist form, each <br />property was evaluated by giving it a rating of one through five ^^ere one is excellent, <br />two is good, three is fair, four is poor and five is dilapidated. Also noted are various <br />features of the property such as type of siding and driveways. The map attached in the <br />following report shows where these study areas (MV) are located. Overall, this portion <br />of the study provides an account of existing conditions and a method for determining <br />whether a visual inspection of the study area coincides with the mail survey. <br />The following report is a summary of my findings for the two portions of the study.