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0 BE IT RESOLVED by the Council for the City of Charlottesville that the Mayor is hereby instructed to send the following letter about the Meadow Creek Parkway to the Virginia Department of Transportation: July 20, 1999 Scott Hollis Reginald H. Beasley, Jr. Virginia Department of Transportation 1401 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219-1939 Re: McIntire Road Extension (Meadow Creek Parkway) VDOT Project No. U000-104-102; 0631-002-128 City of Charlottesville • Gentlemen: Preliminary road plans presented by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), propose four motor vehicle travel lanes crossing the eastern portion of McIntire Park at a design speed of 70km/hr (43.5 MPH). VDOT sought public comment on this proposal at a hearing held May 27, 1999. We have been given the right to submit written comment in behalf of the City. This letter is delivered to VDOT only after Council has received considerable input from many of its citizens about this project, before, during, and after a public hearing held by Council on June 21, 1999. We also have carefully reviewed the work of the City's consultant, a report done by Rieley and Associates entitled "A Study of Roadway Alternatives for the Meadow Creek Parkway in McIntire Park" dated April 27, 1999, (hereinafter "the Rieley Report"). An extra copy of that report is enclosed for VDOT's reference. The City's formal position or comment, item by item, for which there is majority support of this Council, is as follows: 1. Design Speed. Each and every member of Council opposes the roadway design speed proposed by VDOT of 70 km/hr. Instead, Council asks that the Meadow Creek Parkway be designed for a maximum speed of 60km/hr or 37.25 MPH. In conjunction with its suggestion to lower the road's design speed, Council also asks that the proposed road be sized and aligned in a manner consistent with the Rieley Report so that the road will be "blended as gracefully as possible into the existing land form." This should help to reduce the project's impact on McIntire Park.