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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 23,2011 Page 16 Mayor Roe supported staff's recommendation, noting that the Planning Commis- sion may prefer that process as well, based on their recent comments at the joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:14 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 8:20 p.m. c. Discuss Petition to Research Street Closure Options for Wheeler Street at County Road D Public Works Director Duane Schwartz briefly reviewed the petition received from residents of the Shorewood Neighborhood to study permanent closure of the north end of Wheeler Street, as detailed in the RCA dated May 23, 2011. Mr. Schwartz advised that, in staff's review, there appeared to be 36 of the 43 homes fronting on subject streets represented on the petition. Mr. Schwartz noted the pe- tition's minimum request to temporarily close Wheeler at County Road D to through traffic during construction of the Presbyterian Homes project scheduled to start this spring. Mr. Schwartz noted that a number of neighbors were in atten- dance at tonight's meeting. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff was recommending no action be taken until the previously City Council-requested Neighborhood Traffic Management Policy could be developed, as part of the City Council Work Plan for 2011/2012, and is- sues that could benefit from this type of policy, and other options, were studied. Mr. Schwartz advised that such a policy would guide and lay out procedures for traffic management on residential streets throughout the City. Mr. Schwartz advised that the City's Public Works, Environment, and Transporta- tion Commission would be significantly involved in this policy development and recommendation; estimated to take approximately six (6) months to research, de- velop and review the policy with the City Council. Mr. Schwartz noted that this policy would pertain to other neighborhood traffic concerns recently received and discussed with the City Council from Josephine Road residents and the Dale Street reconstruction project that included discussion of traffic calming measures such as speed tables. Mayor Roe asked Public Works staff for their recommendation on the requested temporary closure during construction at the Arden Hills Presbyterian Homes project. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff had no recommendation, noting that they would monitor the situation; however, he noted that Arden Hills had taken the City of Roseville's previous written comments seriously when conditions were identified in that letter written last year to ensure construction traffic did not use local resi- dential streets.