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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 17,2011 Page 11 along County Road C. Ms. Harper opined that there was no justification to de- stroying a neighborhood for that option. Mitchell, Linda,2852 Huron Street (4 houses south of county road c-2 If the point is to get additional east/west connectivity, Ms. Mitchell questioned why additional lanes weren't added to County Road C, rather than this attempted solution. Ms. Mitchell advised that there were congestion issues on County Road C, as well as in front of the High School, and since those were two main tho- roughfares through the community, it didn't make sense to her to not increase ca- pacity on those two roads. Ms. Mitchell further opined that Josephine Road was not unlike other metropolitan roads around a lake that experienced excessive traf- fic. Patricia Rantanen,2846 Churchhill Street Ms. Rantanen advised that she had spoken to several City Councilmembers since last week's meeting, and had some additional thoughts on design capacity stan- dards on MSA roads, and whether they were set by the state. Ms. Rantanen opined that, if C-2 were opened, it would totally disregard design standards for MSA roads. Ms. Rantanen opined that it would cost approximately $1 million for a project to open C-2 safely; and that this was not in the budget, nor was it on any priority documents or resident survey documents. Ms. Rantanen further opined that if this money was going to be spent that it be taken out of reserves; however, she spoke in support of using funds for projects that would benefit the greater community, such as walkability, through installation of sidewalks on those streets currently without them; and through addressing traffic congestion in front of Roseville Area High School—both better projects and uses of$1 million than this project. Bob Henniker, 1241 County Road C-2 Mr. Henniker spoke in opposition to opening C-2; opining that there could be ac- cidents on the steep hill on C-2 daily; and questioned why this issue kept coming up when he thought it was a dead issue. Ms. Cere Peterson (Husband: Tyler), 1020 West County Road C-2 Ms. Peterson noted the long-term family-owned home of her parents, and her family's moving back into that home due to the quality of life in Roseville from its educational facilities and other amenities. However, Ms. Peterson advised that her one frustration was the City Council allowing this issue to continue as long as it had, serving to create further neighborhood battles. While hearing people say they wanted to "share," Ms. Peterson opined that they weren't doing so; and through their blatant wearing of red for solidarity tonight, it served as additional evidence supporting their unwillingness to share. Ms. Peterson opined that, if opening C-2 was the right decision, it would have been made by now; and even though money was spent on traffic studies supporting not opening C-2, the City and neighborhoods seemed to be stuck in a parliamentary procedure quagmire,