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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 17,2011 Page 20 30 year experience as a Roseville resident, Councilmember McGehee opined that she had not seen a traffic increase, and actually thought it was decreasing, even without the current push for more transit options, and future needs for less vehicu- hr traffic. Councilmember McGehee opined that there was no need to do this at this time; and that if Councilmember Pust was not satisfied with the funding and study that she had proposed, and her alleging that the City Council had not done its due diligence, it only served as further evidence that the City Council should do nothing, since there was nothing to indicate that the overall community needed this connection. Councilmember McGehee noted that the City's Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission was currently studying traffic management through- out the City, as well as the Public Works Department work plan currently evaluat- ing and rating all city streets. If anything was done, Councilmember McGehee opined that the most reasonable thing to do would be to delay or defer action to let those groups complete their work and make a recommendation to the City Coun- cil with those comprehensive plans, never done to-date in Roseville. Council- member McGehee opined that there was no reason to rush into this, and no need to do any harm; but that C-2 should remain closed, with the City not vacating its right-of-way. Mayor Roe stated that he couldn't agree with Councilmember McGehee more in finding fault with the study, but then proceeding without further study. Mayor Roe opined that this bothered him; and while he might have been supporting of proposing area people time to adjust their lives or rearrange them accordingly in a certain amount of time, he could not support doing so immediately, when the evaluations as referenced by Councilmember McGehee were in process, and this action was seeking to move forward without the benefit of that analysis in place. Mayor Roe opined that he was very concerned with not taking into account in- creased lanes on County Road C, since it had been built accordingly, in addition to the things happening with Highway 36 that he had referenced that would ad- dress impacts to traffic on other east/west connectors and related areas. Mayor Roe stated that he was unable to support the motion as currently stated. Councilmember Pust reiterated that she respected the differing views of all par- ties, whether those citizens in the audience or at the dais; and asked that Council- members vote their conscious. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus: Johnson; and Pust. Nays: McGehee and Roe. Motion Carried.