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City of Roseville Page 2 The Council at its June 24th and August 12th meetings requested that the parties try to come to a compromise. In general, the Slaters have proposed to build a fence along the property line, plant three trees, not store boats within 70 feet of the property line and not park cars within 35 feet of the property line. We have proposed that the fence be moved back 20 feet from the property line and that we be given a purchase option for 15 feet of the marina's lot for $5,000 or an easement for 15 feet for $2,000. The following comments are made relating to these proposals: One of our major concerns is the visual effect of the adjacent marina operations if the zoning is approved. Although the Slater's proposal includes a buffer zone and a fence between the two properties, both parties agree that this would not solve our screening concerns. During our conversations, I proposed additional landscape screening besides the three trees they had proposed, however, the Slaters felt that this would be too costly. Since a house constructed on our lot would most 1ilœly be a walk-out style, the proposed fence and three trees would have only a minimal effect. The Slaters wrote in an August 3, 1991 letter to me that although they propose the 70 feet and 35 feet buffer areas they dä1 intend to make use of their property, so the area "will not be void of use". We have concerns on how effective this buffer would actually be. The Slaters said during the August 12th Council meeting that selling part of their property probably would not work because Robbins had a contract for deed on the property, and he may not approve the sale. The Slater's attorney told me that since Robbins represented in the purchase agreement that their property was properly zoned, he would mostly likely be receptive to a release request. The Slaters told· me that they did not want to sell any marina property to us· because if they subsequently sold the total marina to a developer that they would regret having sold any property to us. I would hope that the concerns and issues we are discussing are the marina operations and not future development possibilities. Our lot is currently for sale for $864 per running foot. Our proposal to purchase part of the marina's property equals $333 per running foot. The price for our lot is significantly higher because it is the price for a whole residential lot on which a new house can be constructed. Also, under our proposal, the cost of the additional landscape screening would be paid by us and not by the Slaters. With large spruce trees costing $500 each, the additional screening would be significant.