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to needed to seek a variance to the code. Hardship for the property ovvners These property ovvners already are challenged with the unique lot configuration and location of their property. These thru lots have two front yards, a hardship unique to their property. They also are located across the street from an active rail line, and industrial uses that adversely impact the privacy of these property owners. As you can imagine, having their property taken for the widening of an A- minor arterial has these property owners concerned about their future ability to use their back yards. The impact of a wider street would be a reduction in the buffer between the traffic and their homes, as well as traffic and their backyards. This would increase their exposure to traffic noise, and potentially diminish their ability to use their property as they have in the past. None of these hardships are of their creation. In the interest of mitigating the impacts of the widening of the street, and the taking of these easements, we have discussed with them the construction of an 8- toot tall, uniform, wood aesthetic fence, to replace their existing tences. The homeowners are very supportive of this proposal, and want the County to constmct this tence as a pmi of their project. We have attached letters of suppOli from these property owners. The proposed tence would be constructed of cedar and sealed to protect it from graying. We have attached a picture of the proposed tence design. As you can see it is a "good neighbor design"; one that looks attractive from both the street and yard side. As a part of the City's streetscape project we would install vines, perennials, and shrubs along the fence to soften the appearmlce along the street side. All of these improvements are consistent with the County Road C streetscape manual reconunendations. . Page 2