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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 08,2011 Page 8 Mr. Miliotis advised that he had been asked to speak as the representative of a large group supporting keeping C-2 closed. Mr. Miliotis thanked City staff and the Traffic Engineering Consultant firm, SRF, for their work to-date; and opined that the data gleaned from the recent traffic survey served to remove the emotions and results spoke for themselves. Mr. Miliotis reviewed that data and current 2011 traffic as well as 2030 projec- tions in the area; and the findings that at neither time do or will traffic volumes exceed capacity. Mr. Miliotis referenced the staff comments in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated August 8, 2011, and supporting documents (Attach- ment A-Traffic Survey), and staff responses (Attachment B) to public questions to-date regarding the County Road C-2 Traffic Study. Mr. Miliotis opined that opening up County Road C-2 didn't make sense from a traffic volume, safety or financial perspective. Mr. Miliotis opined that by keeping County Road C-2 closed, it underscored the fact that the collecting arteries were operating well-below their capacity and spe- cifically addressed questions 49 and 50 in the staff responses related to regional traffic and who would potentially pay for connecting County Road C-2 as a tho- roughfare for regional traffic. Mr. Miliotis noted that the City and State were al- ready facing significant cuts in needed funding for other vital infrastructure and community needs; and opined that, beyond the data actually supporting the bene- fits for not connecting County Road C-2 based on safety and financial issues; there was an ethical consideration. Mr. Miliotis opined that the residents of Josephine Road requesting this connec- tion had a poor grasp of facts; and were based on myth rather than fact. Mr. Mili- otis advised that comments that County Road C-2 was once a connecting road and should therefore be reconnected were false; and that it had actually never been connected. Mr. Miliotis advised that the width of County Road C-2 was not accu- rately portrayed, and that instead of being 66' wide, it was actually only 35' wide. While Josephine Road residents arguing that there had been an increased volume of traffic, Mr. Miliotis noted that there had only been an increase of 200 vehicle trips per day in the last six (6) years. Mr. Miliotis noted the argument that there were not engineering reasons to not open County Road C-2, which had now been disputed with the traffic study. Mr. Miliotis displayed a copy of a flyer received by area residents, encouraging them to sign the e-petition to open County Road C-2; and reviewed, in his opi- nion, the inane comments and rationale for opening County Road C-2 that it pro- vided. In conclusion, Mr. Miliotis opined that there was no factual evidence provided by those supporting connecting County Road C-2 through existing established neighborhoods; and that it would only serve to destroy those neighborhoods to ac-