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buffer in industrial areas). At present there are some holes in the buffer due to loss of trees, the naturallimbing up of pine trees growing to the sun, and in some cases the trimming of lower branches and under story growth. There is also a change in topography from north to south with the rear yards of the residential homeowners rising approximately 8 to 10 feet above the elevation of the industrial area. Current Issues: Since the public hearing in March of 1996, the City has received complaints from the neighborhood concerning the storage of a fifth-wheel trailer on the MIDC site within the 40-foot setback area. An administrative offense ticket was issued, and the trailer was moved. As a part of the Pavement Management Program, the City is currently reconstructing Rose Place and has noted the visual hole in the screening at the end of the cul-de-sac presenting a view of outside storage in the rear yards of the Albrecht Company and the Carlson Equipment Company. As a part of the reconstruction project, the City will add some pla.ntings to screen this view. Dealing with the interface between industrial users and residential neighbors is not new to the City of Roseville. Other examples dealing with similar concerns include: . Advance Circuits, Inc.lOasis Park sound and noise wall and berm . Pavilion Place fence . Screening of storage and parking sites throughout the community. Property Values: One of the concerns expressed at the March 1996 public hearing by the neighbors on Rose Place was the fear that the interface with the industrial properties to the north could have a negative impact on the homeowners' property values. This is an important consideration and was reviewed closely with all industrial commercial/residential interfacing. For this particular situation, staff accessed Ramsey County property records. The GIS map # 1 indicates that the property values from 1988 to 1996 generally increased for the residential homeowners and had a mixture of decline and increase in the industrial properties' values. These findings, alone, do not reduce the need for buffers and transitions between residential and industrial properties. 5