Midas Apartments

Longtime resident who supports the zoning cleanup but sees Midas traffic as a lost cause without state legislative change.

44-year resident worried train backups, school traffic, and spillover onto Third and Fifth Streets will worsen, questioning home values.

91-year-old Midas Avenue homeowner of 40+ years, firmly against the project, citing daily train blockages and school traffic.

Young adult who supports the project as his only realistic path to affordable independence in his hometown.

Argonaut Avenue resident since 1987 who believes safety is being compromised for developer profit.

New parent skeptical of subsidized affordable housing but blames state law, not the council, for the bind.

20-year resident who uses Midas daily and doubts the developer's traffic analyses and funding claims.

Urged the council to push for emergency-vehicle-only access on Midas and questioned the modest parking additions.

Cyclist and yard worker who describes daily gridlock trying to turn onto Midas from Clover Valley Road.

Lifelong resident, veteran, and tow truck driver who has witnessed roundabout near-misses and rejects the traffic assumptions.

50-year Fifth Street resident who wants the Midas exit eliminated because Fifth Street is already dangerous.

Midas resident and Montessori school operator who supports affordable housing in principle but says this location will gridlock the area.

ER trauma nurse who warns pedestrian-versus-auto injuries will rise with added traffic on Midas.

Father of two who implores the council to fight the project on legal grounds rather than accept it as inevitable.

Reverend with Placer People of Faith Together who urges approval, sharing stories of seniors and workers priced out of housing.

Parent who questions the lack of a formal traffic study and describes daily school drop-off chaos at Parker Whitney.

Invokes the 1973 Roseville rail explosion in urging the council not to exempt the project from a full CEQA review.

37-year resident who estimates the project plus the Pacific Street complex would add thousands of residents without a current traffic study.

Oak Creek father skeptical of transit and parking claims, describing daily school-run gridlock on Midas.

Supports affordable housing generally but argues the pipeline and rail proximity creates an unmitigable safety risk requiring denial.

Retired Meadow Way resident afraid to walk her dogs near speeding Midas traffic, asking for safety fixes at Oak Creek.

Presented a tongue-in-cheek 'Rock on Rocklin' concert hall proposal and defended Placer County Transit's usefulness.

Lives up Midas off Oak Creek and questions whether a family would want to raise kids beside an active rail line.

Mother of two whose school commute already takes 40-60 minutes; fears compounding traffic and e-bike dangers.

44-year resident who says the project affects the whole city and asks the council to deny it regardless of litigation cost.

Zoom commenter citing a deputy attorney general on safety trumping housing law, demanding a radiant heat study of the pipeline.

Final speaker arguing a four-story complex would permanently change the established neighborhood's character and safety.

A 40-year resident and former planning commissioner supported affordable housing but demanded a site-specific pipeline risk and consequence analysis, citing a 2006 aviation fuel finding on the site.

A Midas Avenue resident since 1977 said he is 100% against the apartments, citing traffic and parking.

He suggested flipping the buildings to the back of the site so the street frontage looks like a park, and asked for pools.