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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 08, 2011 Page 9 commodate a handful of self-serving citizens. Mr. Miliotis reviewed City Code defining a "cul-de-sac" indicating their purpose to provide a permanent termina- tion of vehicular traffic. Mr. Miliotis expressed his personal astonishment at the lack of respect by other residents for his neighborhood; and provided a demo- graphic overview of his neighbors of all ages and situations, as well as pedestrians and bicyclists using the roadways as well. Mr. Miliotis asked that the City Coun- cil completely overlook this entitlement request to open County Road C-2, noting the hours spent by him and his neighbors on this issue based on a misguided at- tempt to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist. In the strongest terms possi- ble and on behalf of his neighbors, Mr. Miliotis asked that the City Council dis- play stewardship of their neighborhoods to permanently close the cul-de-sac on County Road C-2 to avoid this issue coming up again in the future. Stuart Shwiff, 1233 Josephine Road A letter signed by Pam Newcome and Stuart Shwiff, dated July 15, 2011, as a cover to the petition from concerned citizens living or working in Roseville, be- lieving that fully opening County Road C-2 would be in the best long-term inter- est of the greater Roseville community was provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Mr. Shwiff advised that he was representing a large group of residents of Jose- phine Road, Lydia Avenue and adjacent side streets, 140 who had signed the peti- tion to-date, to fully open County Road C-2 between Lincoln Drive and Victoria Street in Roseville. The petition included a statement that since County Road C-2 is funded as a state aid rod, but not benefitting the broader community since it is not fully connected between Hamline and Lexington Avenues. The petition was based on there being no engineering reasons why County Road C-2 could not be opened; and supporting it being fully connected to provide an additional east/west collector road to share a portion of increased traffic levels projected for the area; and in the best interest of Roseville to more efficiently utilize existing roadways to more evenly distribute traffic versus overburdening a few streets and neighbor- hoods. Mr. Shwiff advised that he had been privileged to serve on the City's 2030 Com- prehensive Plan Transportation Committee; with goals and strategies of the Plan based on the foundation established by the Imagine Roseville 2025 community vi- sioning process and documents; and commitments of the City of Roseville to the Metropolitan Council's mandates. Mr. Shwiff referenced a portion of the Situa- tion Analysis from the 2030 Comprehensive Plan's Transportation Section related to east/west routes in the community. Mr. Shwiff specifically referenced Goals 2, Policy 3.1 and Policy 3.2 of the Imagine Roseville 2025 document; noting that opening County Road C-2 was exactly a solution that would occur. While recog- nizing the numerous positive revitalizations and revisions in this immediate area, including zoning changes to medium density and the upcoming Josephine Woods Development by Pulte Homes, Parks and Recreation Department renovation of