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156 Public Hearing: Proposed McIntire Road Project Location made a recommendation and it appears that it has been accepted without any question as to whether all of it or part of it or something different might be used and he thinks it would be well to get another opinion. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Buck the following resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottes- ville, Virginia, that the sum of $32,000 or as much thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund to Expenditure Account 01-61010-5406 for the purpose of providing additional services for hearing impaired students in the City public school system. A public hearing was held on this date on the proposed McIntire Road Project location. The City Manager reminded the Council that the required legal public hearing had been held by the State Highway Department last summer and the public hearing this evening has been instituted by the City Council to hear from members of the public before City Council addressed the issue of whether or not to approve the location of the road as proposed by the State Highway Department. He briefly outlined the proposed location starting at Preston Avenue and along the proposed route to Melbourne Road. He stated this project was first proposed in the Highway Thoroughfare Plan for the City of Charlottesville in 1967-68, it was approved by the Planning Commission and City Council in 1971 as part of the City's Thoroughfare Plan at that time. It is presently part of the study being done by the Highway Department and in all probability will be in the final recommendations to the Council and Board of Supervisors. He stated the route at this location is the existing McIntire Road with a proposal for some kind of grade separation at the 250 Bypass then continues along the eastern edge of McIntire P. ark to Melbourne Road. He also outlined the additions to the park since Mr. McIntire donated it to the City. Mr. Whittle Johnston outlined the gifts of Mr. Mclntire to the City and questioned the right to use a part of the park for the road. He stated that the quality of the planning has not been in proportion to the~magnitude of the p=oject. He stated his group is concerned about the cost and the damage to the neighborhood. Mr. Matt Murray stated that the legal issue needs to be eHplored and also stated that more important than the legal issue was the moral issue since the land was donated to the City for use as a park. He stated there has been no federal environmental impact study prepared for this project. He requested that the project be delayed so that the impact study statement can be completed.