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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 21,2011 Page 25 tional parking prohibitions could be addressed for construction workers, seeking to keep them off public streets and internal to the site as much as possible; with staff and the developer working together and incorporating neighborhood com- ments and concerns into those discussions and negotiations as applicable. Ms. Newcome Ms. Newcome reiterated her allegations that the traffic study and its assumptions were flawed; and asked for additional information on that analysis. City Engineer Bloom expressed her confidence in the traffic study and its assump- tions; and offered to follow-up with Ms. Newcome outside the meeting. Ms. Bloom noted that the study being requested by Josephine Road residents of pend- ing and/or future development impacts was completely different and had not been done to-date; but that traffic studies were based on specific developments as they came forward. Ms. Bloom advised that the Pulte development and traffic projec- tions for an additional 268 daily trips did not indicate any degradation of service levels at the five intersections nor did it create any additional safety issues; there- fore, no mitigation was proposed based on those results, or any additional traffic control issues recommended. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Ms. Bloom clarified the map referenced on Page 11 of the Traffic Study and location of the current cul-de-sac bulb and pending revisions to address drainage following further plan refinement and staff review. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Ms. Bloom addressed past discussions on retaining the right-of-way, based on the reality of documents already refe- renced by members of the public, and a 1988 motion to vacate the County Road C cul-d-sac right-of-way that failed on a 3/2 vote. Further discussion among Councilmembers and Ms. Bloom included County Road C-2 being a State Aid road and comparison of this segmented road with oth- er State Aid roads; examples by Ms. Bloom of'/2 mile segments for the Ramsey County system; and review of comprehensive transportation plans for residential and connector streets for functionality. Ms. Bloom advised that, from an engineering perspective, connecting County Road C-2 through would benefit the overall transportation system; however, without additional study of additional signals from Lincoln to Victoria and im- pacts for those intersections and other safety concerns, the actual ramifications remained unknown. Johnson moved, McGehee seconded, approval of the PRELIMINARY PLAT of the property located at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road C-2, pursuant to Roseville City Code, Title 11 (Subdivisions); based on the � I it