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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 08,2011 Page 25 Councilmember McGehee questioned if the road was not vacated, would the City still retain access that could be used for a playground or green area. Ms. Bloom advised that a pathway was proposed as part of the Josephine Woods project; but noted that this was ultimately a City Council policy discussion and decision. Mayor Roe advised that if a right-of-way was designated for future road purposes, it would be inappropriate to put a park on such a right-of-way, since other steps would then need to be taken. Councilmember McGehee opined that using the right-of-way for green space or a park didn't preclude its future use as a•road; and the use could be discontinued; and could used now to enhance the neighborhood rather than underused. In order to address comments he'd heard from the public during the recess, Coun- cilmember Willmus clarified that some citizens were under the impression that the City Council would not be taking action on this issue tonight, and therefore had left the meeting already. Mayor Roe advised that it was not his intent that any action would be taken to- night. As part of her decision-making process, Councilmember Pust requested informa- tion from staff on a potential cost to construct this segment of County Road C-2. Mayor Roe questioned the level of detail Councilmember Pust was requesting. Councilmember Pust advised that she was only looking for a range, not such that would be detailed in a Request for Proposals (RFP) type of situation; but if this construction were to come forward as a priority at this time, staffs engineering estimate. Councilmember Johnson opined that staffs recommendation to not vacate the segment of County Road C-2 seemed somewhat of an ambiguous directive; sug- gesting more of the same. From his interpretation, Councilmember Johnson ques- tioned whether fellow Councilmembers concurred. Councilmember Pust opined that her interpretation was that staff was not willing to say or believed that County Road C-2 be opened now; however, they were not confident that it wouldn't be needed in the future, thus they were not recommend- ing permanently vacating the right-of-way. Mayor Roe questioned Ms. Bloom on her projected availability for the additional information requested.