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Ms. Gardner questions the process of the TMP, once finalized by the PWET Commission, at the City Council level. Mr. Schwartz advised that, once approved by the PWET Commission for recommendation to the City Council, staff would introduce it to the City Council, anticipating that this would be sometime in early 2012; and at that point, depending on the amount of City Council-level discussion and potential revisions, the process would be further impacted by whether those potential revisions or other issues brought up during discussion by the City Council could be sufficiently addressed at a staff level, or if the City Council would send it back to the PWET Commission for additional work and resubmission. Member Vanderwall noted that the TMP is probably not on the City Council's highest priority list. Mr. Schwartz concurred, noting the many unknowns at this time; and opining that the City Council's most immediate issue would probably be, if found to be an acceptable policy, the TMP could be funded with existing budget resources or if other funding sources would need to be found for implementation of any of the TMP's tools. Roger Toogood, 601 Terrace Court Mr. Toogood had provided his written comments via e-mail dated November 3, 2011; and disseminated by staff as a bench handout at the meeting, attached hereto and made apart hereof. Mr. Toogood verbally expounded on those written comments. In response to Mr. Toogood's perspective on inconsistent speed limits in some areas, Member Vanderwall stated that the PWET Commission's focus and discipline had been to develop the TMP aimed at neighborhood streets, not arterial streets. Mr. Schwartz concurred, noting that potentially, there may be speed limit inconsistencies; however, he noted that they would require a more comprehensive review. Mr. Schwartz advised that speed consistencies had never been looked at comprehensively throughout the City; since many of them were County roads. In response to Mr. Toogood's question if the City could influence the County and request a speed study, Mr. Schwartz cautioned that the state commissioner would reset speed limits if indicated following a speed limit study, often resulting in those speed limits being increased based on an average, and often the opposite of what most neighborhoods were initially seeking. At the request of Mr. Toogood, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that standard speed limits, if not posted on roadways, was 30 MPH. Page 10 of 16