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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 13, 2012 Page 13 mitigate safety issues. Ms. Suncileo questioned why the stop sign was not suffi- cient when they had been told repeatedly that it would be. Ms. Suncileo opined that the public notification process was insufficient for resi- dents not attending the open house and being made aware of the Scenario 2 op- tion; however, she noted that it was a huge issue for the entire Merrill neighbor- hood, and had instigated their neighborhood's reactivation of their e-mail alert system. Immediate Staff Responses to Public Comments/Questions Ms. Bloom attempted to address some of those comments received tonight. In recognizing that some property owners may have been surprised by the proposed Scenario 2, Ms. Bloom noted that staff was repeatedly told by residents that they didn't want to be assessed, and once staff put actual dollars and quantities on pa- per over the last 2-3 weeks, they had found that funding could be addressed to make it easier for residents and for no additional surprises in the future or under a future City Council, thus the rationale for staff's recommendation at this time and to do the work now. Ms. Bloom advised that the stop sign was absolutely safe, and with a 30 mph speed, this addressed the visibility issues at the crest of the curve. While some residents may be surprised by this recommendation, Ms. Bloom advised that staff had processed it as soon as they became aware of the po- tential situation; and noted that in the long run it saved the City and its constitu- ents money and served the overall community well. Ms. Bloom advised that it was staff's intent to honor and fulfill their commitments to residents. At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. Bloom advised that the driving factor for rec- ommending the additional $225,000 cost for Scenario 2, even though the recently- installed stop sign addressed the issue, was to promote road efficiencies as stand- ard practice, with staff believing that this was the right time to move ahead with it in conjunction with the larger project and the Pulte Homes development work. Ms. Bloom noted that this situation had been identified as a deficiency in the City's roadway system, and supported their recommendation. With Councilmember Willmus noting that the original reconstruction proposed had considerable disruption to homes and driveways along County Road C-2, Ms. Bloom responded that the proposal was to build a sidewalk, and if another project was done five (5) years down the road, those sidewalks would be torn out, in- creasing overall costs rather than minimizing those overall costs by doing both components as recommended. Ms. Bloom addressed the comment requesting a single versus double yellow line by explaining that the double yellow line was for "no passing" designation and would remain as double.