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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 10, 2016 Page 10 Mr. Callaghan stated he found it interesting that the three different traffic studies had been performed at three different locations, even though there had been a dramatic drop in traffic from his perspective anyway, and even though there were different points of view expressed. Mr. Callaghan reminded all that there were still no sidewalks available. Peter Funnel, 3140 Shorewood Drive (Arden Hills) Mr. Funnel admitted this was a tough decision, and recognized interesting cases had been made either way. However, Mr. Funnel agreed with Ms. Lacy 100%, opining a more effective way to reduce traffic would be through restricting traffic with calming options (e.g. speed bumps) rather than blocking off Wheeler Street. While understanding concerns, Mr. Funnel noted the objective was to get traffic under control, and suggested that while the simplest thing was a"Road Closed" sign, it was proving even more disharmonious and suggested a more effective way to keep the control and alleviate the situation. Mr. Funnel thanked the City Council for reconsidering this, offering his great respect for each speaker, no mat- ter their opinion. Tom Duvere, 3053 Wheeler Street Mr. Duvere stated the temporary closure had left him feeling boxed in and re- quired rerouting, and opined that the traffic would only further increase with de- velopment of Twin Lakes Parkway. While the citizen petition originally said it was a temporary closure, but was ending up to be a permanent closure, from his perspective, Mr. Duvere opined it wasn't an improvement at all, but simply trapped residents. Mr. Duvere opined that whoever determined who the 42 resi- dents making up the neighborhood consisted of, the closure should have sought opinions from a broader neighborhood (e.g. Langton Lake, either side of Lydia, Hamlin and Snelling Avenues). Mr. Duvere noted city closure of a roadway in- volved many more than just 42 residents on Wheeler Street, even though residents on Wheeler would end up paying for the closure. Mr. Duvere stated he would prefer to change the street back to how is was when he purchased his property in 1997, since his intent wasn't to live on a cul-de-sac; and asked that Wheeler Street remain open. Nadine Bordhos, 3100 Shorewood Lane (corner lot) Ms. Bardhos expressed appreciation to the City Council for listening to everyone, including Arden Hills' residents from that immediate neighborhood. With closure of Wheeler Street, and even with traffic directed onto County Road D, re- alignment of driveways, and dealing with the 5-way stop, Ms. Bordhos stated she wouldn't change that closure in a heartbeat. Ms. Bordhos reported traffic obser- vations before and after the temporary closure of Wheeler Street, and removal of