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2 change were posted but she was not able to comment. She said the issue did not come to the neighborhood association. She said she realizes the street is narrow, but feels the issue could be resolved in a better way. She said a sidewalk could be removed instead. She said there is little parking on the street and she feels unsafe having to park a block away. Mr. Tyler Magill, 710 Anderson Street, said his neighborhood association president was not aware of the plan to remove parking on Anderson Street. He said his neighborhood is seeing more commuter parking. Mr. Randy O’Neill, Carter Mountain Road, who operates an after school mobile fitness program, said he has worked well with Police Chief Longo and Officer Mike Dean. Ms. Christina Cox, 311 Fairway Avenue, said she is disappointed with the idea and funding for the proposed sister city statue. She said we need to have human contact and suggested having an exchange program with high school students. She said the statue is a waste of money. Ms. Alia Anderson, 1517 Broad Avenue, Executive Director of ACCT, encouraged Council and the public to attend the Virginia Light Rail symposium in th Richmond on November 17. nd Ms. Elke Schwartz, 211 B 2 Street, N.W., proposed that the City become a Tree City USA. Mr. Scott Brown, 1407 Lester Drive, a teacher in City schools and member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, asked that Council support the Park and Recreation capital improvement plan developed as a result of the report the Director recently made on the condition of recreation facilities. Ms. Nataska Sienitsky, 741 Nalle Street, said she received a traffic calming survey from the City, but the plan was changed after the survey was mailed. She said having alternating parking on the street may prevent people from seeing children playing in the street. She proposed that different traffic calming methods be looked at and that the survey be revisited. COUNCIL RESPONSES TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC Mr. Norris said he would be curious to know the process regarding traffic calming and why the process was not the same for Nalle Street and Anderson Street. Ms. Hamilton said she has heard concerns about parking on Anderson Street. She said it does not seem to be the best candidate for parking only on one side. She thanked Ms. Cox for coming forwarding regarding the sister city sculpture. She said many people are anxious for a student exchange. Mr. Taliaferro said we need to revisit the parking on Anderson Street and Nalle Street and need to do a better job of communicating. He said he agrees with the problems with Parks and Recreation facilities as well as other City buildings. Mr. Lynch said he concurs regarding Anderson Street. Dr. Brown said Charlottesville is in the process of becoming a Tree City USA. He thanked Ms. Cox for her comments. He said there is value in developing relationships with international sister cities, and he feels we can do more to institutionalize the relationships. Mr. Lynch asked if approval of the statute will be coming to Council, and Mr. O’Connell said funds are trying to be raised before it goes to Council.