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forums and hearings. She said one of the key concerns is impact to the existing neighborhood. She said the committee agreed that a multi-use low speed road is needed with careful attention to parking and traffic calming. She said Alternate C best met the criteria. She said the next step in the process is for Council to consider the matter. Mr. Lynch thanked Ms. Tucker for a great job dealing with the committee. He said he is a proponent of Alternate C as it will allow the most economic development out of the commercial area. He said the road should be low speed, safe and have a neighborhood and urban quality to it, and should maintain parking. He said the neighbors should be commended as they made it a much better project. He said a grant has been identified to fund the study and safety features were added. He said he believes we can come up with a solution that will be beneficial to everyone. Mr. Lynch said that citizens can find more information on the Hillsdale Drive website. MINUTES: JANUARY 27 AND 28 AND FEBRUARY 7 On motion by Mr. Lynch, seconded by Mr. Schilling, the minutes of January 27 and 28 and February 7 were approved, as amended by Mr. Lynch, by the following vote. Ayes: Dr. Brown, Mr. Caravati, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Noes: None. Absent: Ms. Hamilton. PUBLIC There were no matters by the public. COUNCIL REPORTS Mr. Caravati encouraged the City Manager make sure Fluvanna County representatives are informed about our point of view regarding the James River pipeline. Mr. Caravati said the newspaper article about the pizza delivery discrimination bothers him but he is not sure what to do about it. He said it seems as though other vendors regularly deliver to those areas and there are police substations next to those neighborhoods. He said crime rates have gone down. He said all the affected neighborhoods have high elderly populations. Mr. Lynch echoed Mr. Caravati's concern, and asked if the crime data mirrors what the vendors are saying. He said there may be a four year old stereotype that may no longer be true. Mr. Caravati said he would like to find out if the reasons for non-delivery are valid. Dr. Brown said he thinks perhaps times have changed. He asked for Council's support to write a letter to the vendors to make sure there is no discrimination and to assure that there are adequate City services. He said this also affects a population that often does not have cars. He said he will draft a letter to circulate to Council. Mr. Lynch said he and the Mayor met with County representatives regarding the Meadowcreek Parkway and it was a very productive meeting. He said a number of concerns were put on the table, including the eastern connector and park land. He said that if a location study is done for the eastern connector Council may want to consider supporting some portion of that study. He said he knows we need to alleviate traffic in the City. He said the study could cost $500,000 and that at the meeting with the County he had proposed that we may want to put half of that on the table, with the County providing matching funds. He now believes it would be preferable for the City and County to each put up $125,000 for the location study, with VDOT putting up the remainder. Dr. Brown agreed that the County meeting was very productive. He said that a presentation was made at the recent PACC meeting about University housing, and he asked that that presentation be forwarded to Council. He said the University currently houses about half of its undergraduates.