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262 Mr. Toscano offered a friendly amendment to add "the current design required further modification to be acceptable to the City," and Mr. Caravati and Ms. Richards accepted the amendment. Mr. Toscano asked that certain language be struck, and Mr. Caravati and Ms. Richards accepted the amendment. Ms. Richards said she feels it is important to talk about what planning processes are involved, including the CATS Plan and the Three Party Agreement. Ms. Richards said the CATS Plan is much more extensive than the Three Party Agreement, and noted that the eastern connector is in the CATS Plan but not the Three Party Agreement. Ms. Richards said the City representatives have been pushing for a siting study of the eastern connector. She said the Route 29 interchanges that were removed from the Three Party Agreement were put back in the CATS Plan, and the Hillsdale Drive extension will be in the CATS but not the Three Party Agreement. Ms. Richards said this shows that the reference should be to the CATS Plan not the Three Party Agreement in the letter, and offered a friendly amendment to that effect, but the amendment was not accepted. Mr. Lynch offered a friendly amendment to add "the City is willing to perform design, bid, and construction phases of this second project, all within the required oversight parameters for this type of process" to Section 4(b) and Mr. Caravati and Ms. Richards accepted the amendment. Mr. Lynch offered a friendly amendment to make the road subject to preliminary engineering fianding being available for the interchange, but Mr. Caravati did not accept the amendment. Mr. Lynch offered a friendly amendment to add language regarding park replacement, but the amendment was not accepted. Mr. Lynch offered a friendly amendment to add "we suggest 50 acres of land" in the parkland replacement section, and Mr. Caravati and Ms. Richards accepted the amendment. Mr. Lynch offered a friendly amendment to make the city's commitment to the road contingent on an agreement to update the Three Party Agreement in 90 days, but the amendment was not accepted. Mr. Lynch said Ms. Richards' comments about the CATS Plan being the regional transportation plan is well taken, but the problem is that there are no priorities about what will be built when, though they do have some ability to set priorities one, two or three. Mr. Lynch said the status of the eastern connector is somewhat nebulous, and there is no commitment that it will be funded. Mr. Lynch said the base data to create the Three Party Agreement is over ten years old, and he would like to revisit it as soon as possible. Mr. Lynch said the cooperation of the business community is needed. Mr. Caravati said he is not uncorrffortable about the process used to negotiate the language of the letter, and said he feels that he made the most compromises, and did so in order to make the best decision for the entire City. Mr. Caravati said he disagrees with Ms. Richards about the CATS Plan and agrees with Mr. Lynch, but not with including the Three Party Agreement in the letter as he knows Albemarle County will turn down the request. Mr. Caravati said he wants a regional transportation plan that includes the eastern connector and southern parkway, but the City must compromise with other communities. Mr. Caravati said direct communication is needed with Albemarle County, not just the MPO. Mr. Caravati said this road, which will be a City road with two lanes, needs to move forward and let it speak for itself. The November 30th letter, as amended, was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Caravati, Ms. Richards, Mr. Toscano. Noes: Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch.