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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 17, 2007 Page 6 Public Comment Tam McGehee, 77 Mid Oaks Lane Ms. McGehee noted that she spoke to staff earlier today regarding the state rec- ommended widths; and assured Mayor Klausing that she had not brought the issue to Councilmember Kough's attention. Ms McGehee opined that this was a policy issue, and it was common practice for this Council make policy based on court ac- tion; that it was not good decision and policy-making practice; and that the City needed to have clear and concise policies in place that didn't allow for interpreta- tive errors. Ms. McGehee further noted that the City Council had decided that it didn't want off-street parking. Mayor Klausing corrected Ms. McGehee's statement; noting that the City Council had not finished their discussions, or made a decision, on off-street parking at this time. Gary Boryczka, 2250 Acorn Road Mr. Boryczka expressed confusion in identifying pages he was commenting on, due to a lack of page numbers. Mr. Boryczka commented on several issues, in- cluding: 1) Based on Section 5.2 of the staff report, opined that there was no way to make those cul-de-sacs conforming, based on their differing radii; 2) Why change cul-de-sac widths to meet the project, but make them go through a vari- ance process; 3) Apparent lack of design standards for cul-de-sacs; and minimum roadway standards, needing to clarify whether it was right-of--way or blacktop di- ameters; 4) Why should the Public Works Director have the power to decide if code changes were allowed, rather than a variance procedure in place; 5) There appeared to be no reference in the Planning Commission notes that the Fire Mar- shal, or any emergency personnel had provided any input; and 6) questioned why the proposed ordinance was retroactive to May 21, 2007 as indicated on the draft copy. City Attorney Squires clarified that the court order had addressed problems with language and staff s interpretation of current code; did not provide directives or prohibitions, and that this language amendment was recommended for revisions to conform to those past practices. Mr. Boryczka did not concur with City Attorney Squires legal opinion. Mr. S. Ramalingam, 2182 Acorn Road Mr. Ramalingam expressed his frustration, opining that "this whole thing is a joke;" further opining issues with original notification of the project; lack of ade- quate and effective listening and response by the City Council; and further opined that "you make any law that you choose, and on top of that, you raised my taxes 16% for next year."