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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 17,2011 Page 13 families seeking another cul-de-sac to live on. Before voting tonight, Ms. Baneroi encouraged Councilmembers to think deeply about their decision. Mayor Roe closed public comment and this time and thanked everyone for their comments. After a brief recess, Mayor Roe advised that the City Council would return for deliberation on the issue. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 7:54 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 8:03 p.m. Staff response to public questions At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. Bloom responded to questions from the public. • Related to the number of lanes on County Road C, Ms. Bloom advised that when County Road C was constructed, the project design was for a five lane road, since county construction projects were done about every 100 years, and the thought process to build it up to a five lane capacity if found needed in the future. Ms. Bloom advised that, with few exceptions, and those mostly the re- sult of backups on Highway 36, Ms. Bloom opined that traffic on C moved pretty well with the current design between Hamline and Lexington Avenues. • Related to MSA design standards, Ms. Bloom noted the solutions as presented by staff to the City Council were not changing those design standards, but providing mitigation design options, mostly through additional signage. In order to qualify as an MSA designated street, or requested by staff to be in- cluded on the list of MSA designated streets, Ms. Bloom advised that those streets needed to have higher traffic volumes and serve as collectors. Ms. Bloom concurred that the C-2 disconnect designated as a collector street was based on the right-of-way connection of the two segments, since the plat went in, and even with the Lexington Apartment development, the right-of-way continued to be dedicated for that future connection. At the request of Councilmember Johnson, Ms. Bloom responded to public ques- tioned related to environmental issues and a process or procedure for development projects, through those projects meeting certain thresholds to determine if an En- vironmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was required to determine if an Envi- ronmental Impact Statement (EIS) was indicated. Ms. Bloom advised that neither a C-2 project would nor the Josephine Woods development project had triggered that threshold. Councilmember McGehee questioned if staff had checked with the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to see if the Josephine Woods project met those thresholds; with Ms. Bloom deferring to the City Attorney for a response. City Attorney Charlie Bartholdi concurred that, to his knowledge, thresholds for the Josephine Woods project had not been met, nor would they be met for this 175' segment of roadway. 1.11.1.M..1.11=MIMMM=