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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 08,2011 Page 23 that time, Ms. Bloom noted that residents on state aid roads were not assessed. However, Ms. Bloom advised that the policy had changed in 1991 to a blanket 25% assessment for all streets no matter their zoning designation. Ms. Bloom ad- vised that it was staff's charge to cite current City Policy, which was currently at 25% for any road. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Ms. Bloom clarified that residents on Jo- sephine Road had not been assessed 25%, since the construction occurred prior to the 1991 change in the Assessment Policy. Councilmember Willmus questioned, if County Road C-2 was opened, would it have to be re-graded to make it safe to navigate; or could other mitigation meas- ures be used.. Ms. Bloom advised that stop sign installation at those grades would mitigate the concerns, as determined in her consultations with the traffic engineer. Councilmember Johnson noted the mitigation concerns addressed by Ms. LaPalm on page 20 of the traffic study; and concerns about a 90' wide road. Ms. Bloom clarified that the traffic consultant had been asked to provide an anal- ysis of what issues would occur on County Road C-2 as discussed at previous City Council meetings and possible mitigation options. Ms. Bloom further clari- fied that the consultant had provided one (1) possible solution, even though many things had not been taken into consideration in that one (1) option, including road drainage, the hill, the vertical curve (not slope), and the high point. Ms. Bloom noted that the concern of Ms. LaPalm's was that the vertical curve would need to be 90' long, not 90' wide; from the beginning to the end of the curve 170; and 20 mph for visibility purposes. At the request of Councilmember Johnson, Ms. Bloom further clarified that the minimum width required for an MSA road was 26' and 32' to accommodate park- ing. Mayor Roe sought individual Councilmember comment related to direction to staff on this issue, or any additional information requests. Councilmember Willmus noted that when the issue had last come before the City Council, he had asked Ms. Bloom for staff's recommendation on whether to open County Road C-2 or keep it closed; and staff's recommendation on whether to va- cate the right-of-way. Ms. Bloom provided staff's analysis and recommendation that remained similar to their recommendation when the Josephine Woods development project came for- ward: that any need to extend County Road C-2 was not currently apparent based