From: Joy Huertas

To: Lily Reynolds; Kelley Yemen; Christopher Puchalsky

Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.
Subject: Fw: Our Family"s Experience with Traffic Violence
Date: Monday, February 7, 2022 4:35:59 PM
Attachments: ICS Support Washington Ave.pdf

Redacted

From: Chelsea Reed <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 4:32 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>
Subject: Fw: Our Family's Experience with Traffic Violence

Ooof flagging this one too.

From: Will Tung <Redacted >

Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 2:10 PM
To: James Kenney <[email protected]>; Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>;
Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Cc: OTIS <[email protected]>; Genevieve Tung <Redacted >; Tanya Ruley-Mayo
Redacted >; Jenny Hoedeman-Eiteljorg <Redacted >; ICS PTA
Redacted
Subject: Our Family's Experience with Traffic Violence

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Dear Mayor Kenney, Councilmembers Johnson and Squilla, and OTIS staff,

To hear that the original plan for Washington Avenue is being scrapped for another vision that
compromises safety is disappointing. We have participated in the public input process which
has, on every occasion, overwhelmingly come out in favor of safety measures. For these plans
to get rolled back because of a few loud, politically-connected voices who are concerned about
waiting a few extra seconds per block, is hard for us to fathom as Philadelphia residents.

Back in February 2020, our entire family, including our 6-year-old daughter were struck by a
careless driver while crossing the street, in a marked crosswalk, here in Philly. Our little girl
suffered the most with fractures in her mouth and missing teeth. The outcome could have
From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds
Subject: Fw: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan
Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:48:32 PM
Attachments: Washington Avenue 2020-2021 update.pdf

Redacted

From: Chelsea Reed <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:41 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>
Subject: Fw: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan

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From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:37 PM
To: Patty Pina Slutsky <Redacted >; James Kenney <[email protected]>; OTIS
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan

Patty,
Thank you for reaching out for my position on choosing a safety design for Washington Avenue.
Councilmember Johnson and I have been working with the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure
and Sustainability (oTIS) who is leading the community engagement on a design that can make
Washington Ave safe for all users. oTIS has informed us that they will present a plan with us when
their engagement process is completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing engagement over the
past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies who were under-
represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of several public meetings
followed by the convening of an informal working group which included at various times: neighbors
on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition
and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that give more info on what has been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways. They feel
some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering ways we can address
this input through design. oTIS hopes to wrap that up and bring all of this to a close next month and
will meet with the community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the process has been
completed.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Patty Pina Slutsky <Redacted >

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:24 PM
To: James Kenney <[email protected]>; OTIS <[email protected]>; Mark Squilla
<[email protected]>
Subject: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan

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City leadership -

Please advance the plan for a safer Washington Avenue - the 3 lane option. We cross
Washington Avenue as a family often. This city pledged to achieve ZERO roadway deaths by
2030 and their professional responsibility to design the safest road possible.

We are counting on leadership to do the right thing. Safety should not be up for political
negotiation and compromise.

We are supposed to be the party of public goods and we are failing. What happens in Philly has
statewide and national implications. Please do the right thing and work on making this city better.

Patty Slutsky
Redacted
From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Lily Reynolds; Christopher Puchalsky; Kelley Yemen
Subject: Fw: Tour of new police HQ?
Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 1:26:08 PM

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 1:21 PM
To: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

Ok, sounds good. I'll send some times that work for him next week. We'll be posting tomorrow at
4:15 p.m., upon the conclusion of the open-door working group meeting. I can send embargoed
copy later this afternoon.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 1:09 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

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Thanks for the updates, Joy.

Yes, I'm following all the chatter on Twitter and would be happy to talk to Mike. It's not a
rush, so any time next week would be fine. Feel free to send me the blog in an embargoed
status. I probably should read that before speaking with Mike. When are you posting it?

I'll follow up with Paul on the old Roundhouse.

Talk soon, Inga

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 1:01 PM Joy Huertas <[email protected]> wrote:
Good afternoon Inga, see responses below. Stay well!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 11:31 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

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Hi Joy,

This is your regular annoying email from me about the date for the tour of the Police
Administration Building. Any word yet on the exact date? Just trying to plan and juggle lots
of stories. Checking on this, last time I heard they hadn't set a date yet, but will follow
up asap and get back to you.

Also, where will the 3/1 meeting on Washington Avenue be held? We're still finalizing the
___location for the open house. Hope to have more details within the next two weeks.
However, I actually wanted to touch base with you on background regarding
Washington in general. Seems to be a lot of unfounded rumors going around. We'll be
posting a blog post tomorrow with various updates on where we are at with the project
+ 2022 construction timeline. Happy to set up a call with Mike C, or can send you an
embargoed copy of the blog and we can handle any follow ups you may have via email.
Let me know!

Also, are you involved in the outreach hearings for the old police hq? Planning is leading
this effort, you can connect with Paul Chrystie.

Thanks for your help.

Best wishes, Inga

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 11:05 AM Saffron, Inga <[email protected]> wrote:

Thank you, Joy. I hope the architects will be part of that tour, and that I can get some extra
time inside the building. Best wishes, Inga

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:55 AM Joy Huertas <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Inga,

Happy new year to you as well. It was USA architects. DPP seems to be on track to do a media
tour at the end of February, will make sure you get details closer to the date.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:43 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

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Hi Joy,

Is it too late to say Happy New Year?. Anyway, I hope your year is off to a good start.
I'm writing because I just wanted to remind you of my strong interest in seeing the new
police headquarters. I hope I made clear that everything doesn't have to be 100 percent
for me to review it. Also, tell me who the architect of record was?

Thanks a lot.

Best wishes, Inga

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Joy Huertas <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Inga,

Yes, contractor and DPP are firm on the same timeline (end of February) for any media
tours. They're happy to accommodate your request on the same day they will have a press
tour (exact date TBD).

Regarding bike lanes, we're working on a progress update that will publish this week. I'll
make sure to forward that once published. Also, Jeannette Brugger is available to chat
further next Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon if that works for you.

Let me know, thanks!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 5:56 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

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Hi Joy,

Hope you had a great weekend. What have you heard back from the contractor on the
new Police Headquarters? It would be great to set up a tour in January.

I'm also working on another piece about new bike lanes around the city. Can you help
me set up a phoner with someone at OTIS to catch up on the latest? I was intending to
work it into a piece on the new bike lane on the Delaware waterfront.

Thanks for your help. Inga

On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:19 AM Joy Huertas <[email protected]> wrote:

Good morning Inga, just confirming DPP is checking with the contractor on this.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Inga Saffron <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, December 3, 2021 3:03 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

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Hi Joy,

Thanks for looking into this. I’m not surprised there will be a press tour. Because
I’m so focused on architecture and space issues, I tend to need a specialized tour
where I can spend a little more time discussing those issues. Do you think it would
be possible to set up a solo tour with the architect-project manager/ or the police
department person who managed the project. It doesn’t have to be immediately, but
when the space is nearly done. I can’t tell you which spaces because I don’t know
what’s there. Maybe an advance phone conversation with the project manager would
help? Thanks again.

Best wishes, Inga

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:06 PM, Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
wrote:

Hi Inga, sorry for the delay on this.

Most of the construction is completed, however, the Medical Examiner's

Office (MEO) is still moving into the building as well as major parts of
PPD. So far, 45 percent of occupants have moved into the building. For
safety reasons and to avoid disruptions, the Department of Public Property
(DPP) is unable to provide tours at the moment but will facilitate a press tour
once all are in the building. We anticipate this will be by the end of February
with the exception of the 911 call center.

In the meantime, we would like to know if there are specific areas/locations

you would like to visit so DPP can request approval by each department and
area.

Thank you!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 11:34 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tour of new police HQ?

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government. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you
recognize the sender.

Thanks, Joy!

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:35 AM Joy Huertas

<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Inga,

Confirming receipt, will get back to you on this.

Thanks,

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Saffron, Inga <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 11:07 AM
To: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Tour of new police HQ?

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government. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you
recognize the sender.

Hello there!

I would like to review the new police administration building, and

explore the future of the old one. I know some staff have already
moved into the Broad Street building. How can I set up a tour? I'll
also want to speak to the appropriate person about the future of the
Roundhouse. Thanks for your help.

Best wishes, Inga

--
Inga Saffron
Architecture Critic
O: 215-854-2213
Redacted
[email protected]
Twitter: @ingasaffron
Facebook: Inga Saffron
Instagram: Inga Saffron
From: Lily Reynolds
To: Brian Clinton
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.
Subject: FW: Washington Ave Meeting
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 2:01:05 PM

Sure thing, Brian. Here you go.

Mike – per Brian’s point – see that Mr. Littlepage only mentions Washington Avenue in the email
below. Not sure why, since we’ve talked several times about the dual purpose of this meeting… but
people may be expecting only Washington.

-Lily

From: Claudia Sherrod Redacted >

Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 10:51 AM
To: Albert Littlepage <Redacted >
Cc: Redacted
>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
Adell Mack <Redacted >, "Redacted
, ANNETTE RANDOLPH
<Redacted >, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave Meeting

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Thanks, I'll be there.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 10:49 AM Albert Littlepage Redacted > wrote:

Hello Everyone,

Just a reminder:

Tonight!!! September 14th, 2021 @ 6:00 p.m. we will meet to discuss to proposed project on
Washington Ave.

The meeting will be held at St. Simon 1401 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa, 19146. Please arrive on
time!

I look forward to seeing you there. Thanks!

From: Joy Huertas
To: Jacqueline O. Davis; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Alex Yarde; Lily Reynolds; Tara Woody
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:04:38 PM

Front page.

https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/washington-avenue-safety-plan-philadelphia-
20220206.html
From: Joy Huertas
To: Lily Reynolds; Christopher Puchalsky; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Tara Woody
Date: Saturday, February 5, 2022 4:24:45 PM

Blog post is live: https://www.phila.gov/2022-02-05-update-on-washington-avenue-repaving-

and-improvement-project/
From: Joy Huertas
To: Lily Reynolds; Christopher Puchalsky; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Tara Woody
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:09:01 PM

SAVE THE DATE ! On Tuesday, March 1 at 6 p.m. the City will host a public open house
on Washington Avenue which will provide an opportunity for anyone who is interested to join!
The meeting will be held in-person following COVID-19 safety guidelines and will include ways
to join virtually. Stay tuned for more details!
From: Joy Huertas
To: Jacqueline O. Davis; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Alex Yarde
Date: Friday, July 23, 2021 10:32:38 AM

7.23.2021

Pending Items

Traffic congestion mitigation efforts, WHYY - Darryl Murphy

Hot topics/pressing

Street Furniture - Chris

Inquirer- Alison: Police use of radar + automated speed enforcement 7/21/21
MLK Drive - Reopening to cars beginning Aug.

Latest statement and constituent responses

Inquirer, Philly Voice, 6ABC, NBC10, The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
Washington Avenue

Ed board
https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/south-philly-washington-ave-traffic-deaths-
protected-bike-lanes-pedestrian-improvements-20210718.html
https://www.phillyvoice.com/washington-avenue-philadelphia-construction-delayed-
improvement-safety/

I-95 Penn’s Landing Park (Philly Voice, WHYY).

Outdoor Dining
SEPTA - ongoing

Upcoming:

Indego expansion briefing - postponed until Sept.

Omnibus - release TBD

Parking bill - Chris met with PPA and SEPTA

Hoping to get this out before council goes off session

BGE

Blog post: https://www.phila.gov/2021-07-08-improvements-in-progress-at-broad-

germantown-and-erie/

Digital:

OTIS migration:
From: Joy Huertas
To: Jacqueline O. Davis; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky
Date: Friday, June 11, 2021 10:33:42 AM

Pending Items

Walnut/Chestnut project

https://www.phillyvoice.com/west-philly-walnut-chestnut-streets-traffic-safety-
construction/

Traffic congestion mitigation efforts, WHYY - Darryl Murphy

Traffic patterns now that the city is reopened. Do you have any updates on the city’s
plans for the Chestnut and Market Street corridors now that the city is open? Blitzes,
pilots, etc?

Does the city have a plan to revamp its traffic congestion mitigation efforts?

Hot topics/pressing

MLK Drive - Opening to cars beginning Aug.

Latest statement and constituent responses

https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/inga-saffron/philadelphia-parking-cycling-
driving-mlk-drive-20210524.html?outputType=amp

Washington Avenue

Outdoor Dining

Upcoming:

Indego expansion, stations on-going

7 or 8 coming up in the next few weeks

Shelter installs in June

Ribbon-cutting? reopening?

Omnibus - 2 weeks from being release

Parking bill - Chris met with PPA and SEPTA

Hoping to get this out before council goes off session

BGE

Ariel drafting forthcoming blog post to post on June 18th

Digital:

OTIS migration, Chestnut Walnut, Complete Streets

From: Joy Huertas
To: Jacqueline O. Davis; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky
Date: Friday, May 28, 2021 10:43:29 AM

5.28.2021
Pending Items/past

Roosevelt Blvd Plan (5/14 @2:30 pm)

Univision 65 and telemundo 62. Inq.NBC10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/new-plan-suggests-sending-part-of-
roosevelt-blvd-underground-by-2040/2815064/

Hot topics/pressing

MLK Drive - Opening to cars beginning Aug.

Latest statement and constituent responses

https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/inga-saffron/philadelphia-parking-cycling-
driving-mlk-drive-20210524.html?outputType=amp

Washington Avenue

Prepared statement

Kelly Drive Crash

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/05/20/joyce-roberts-julian-durant-juwan-
johnson-3-teens-killed-2-others-injured-after-car-suv-collide-on-kelly-drive/

Upcoming:

June 1: SEPTA/Ready Set Philly/City event @10am

Indego expansion, stations on-going

Walnut/Chestnut project

Omnibus - 2 weeks from being release

BGE (Bi-weekly check-in cancelled due to the Holiday)

Updates to program page - Joy sent to OIT

Ty is working on SM toolkit - need to send to Bria and Sarah once completed

Ariel drafting forthcoming blog post to post on June 18th

Digital:

OTIS migration, Chestnut Walnut, Complete Streets

From: Joy Huertas
To: Jacqueline O. Davis; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky
Date: Friday, April 30, 2021 10:32:15 AM

Pending Items

President Biden’s visit / Amtrak 50th Anniversary

WURD Transit Plan Interview on 4/20

Zipcar/OTIS event- April 21st

CBS - Ukee Washington

Transit Platform Protection Regulations - shared the blog with Mayor’s office

Blog

Document page (can you review?)

SEPTA bus network redesign

BGE

Traffic safety blog update

Washington Avenue

Safe Spaces for Cycling

CBS, WHYY + others

Eakins Oval/Parkway

WHYY, KYW

MLK Drive

1 constituent email sent to Mayor

Roosevelt Blvd Plan (5/14).

Date set and confirmed with SEPTA, PennDOT and Mayor. Need to confirm
___location.

Digital

Website transition (complete streets, SRP, OTIS, other document pages)

From: Joy Huertas
To: Jacqueline O. Davis; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Andrew Simpson
Date: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:36:03 AM

Transit Plan Release

Positive press coverage + inquirer editorial

Interview with Troy (WURD) 3/10 10:25-10:40. Need Skype ID from Mike.

Andrew writing blogs

BGE

Waiting on next steps about on-going communications

Consider framing future communications around public safety and overall

improvements for the area

Washington Avenue

No major stories/tweets about zoom bombing

Help with future meetings?

Anything else that could resurface in the press?

MLK Drive

Any updates on permanent closure?

Randy BCGP

Parkway RFP

https://whyy.org/articles/phillys-iconic-ben-franklin-parkway-to-get-a-major-redesign/

Safe Routes Philly

Event with MQS at APM 3/29. Mayor confirmed.

Need Mayor’s TPs and content for release

Private media briefing with presentation by Tara and Kelley Y

Roosevelt Blvd Plan

Media event, what’s the timeline for this?

We will also work with Mr. Littlepage to try and find a way for us to do a COVID-safe, in person
meeting. Hopefully that will make it easier for folks to participate and in any case we won’t likely
have any such incidents take place.

Again I want to share my disappointment with how this evening was derailed and I look forward to
continuing this conversation with you all under better circumstances,

Thank you,

Michael Carroll
Deputy Managing Director
Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability
[email protected]

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:42 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Cc: Press <[email protected]>; Keisha McCarty-Skelton <[email protected]>; Crystal Jacobs
<[email protected]>
Subject: Fw: Ch6 Question

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From: McDade, Chuck J. <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:28 PM
To: Press <[email protected]>
Cc: Keisha McCarty-Skelton <[email protected]>
Subject: Ch6 Question

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.
Hey there,

We are getting several calls from angry citizens who were on a ZOOM call tonight about Washington
Avenue improvements. They say the ZOOM was hosted by the Streets Department, when someone
signed on and used racial slurs to interrupt the meeting.
This continued until the meeting had to ultimately be canceled. Has the city been made aware of this
incident? If so, what steps are being taken to investigate and prevent something like this from
happening again?

Thanks,

Chuck

Chuck McDade
Assignment Editor
Weekend Planner
WPVI-TV
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From: Jacqueline O. Davis
To: Kelly Cofrancisco; Lily Reynolds; Michael Carroll P.E.
Cc: Kelley Yemen; Joy Huertas; Christopher Puchalsky
Subject: Re: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project
Date: Monday, September 21, 2020 1:03:31 PM
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From: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 1:02:57 PM
To: Jacqueline O. Davis <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

Okay thanks, so we can set it up for 2:30?

From: Jacqueline O. Davis <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 1:02 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

I just spoke with Mike and he will participate.

Get Outlook for iOS

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 12:57:28 PM
To: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>; Jacqueline O. Davis <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll,
P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

I am free at 2:30 if Mike is not available to take the interview.

-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E lily.reynolds@phila gov
 Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

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From: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>

Date: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 12:53 PM
To: "Jacqueline O. Davis" <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>, Joy Huertas <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

Redacted

From: Jacqueline O. Davis <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 12:14 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas
<[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 11:44 AM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Jacqueline O. Davis <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas
<[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

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From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Date: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 11:39 AM
To: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Joy Huertas
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

Redacted

From: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 10:58 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

Redacted

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 10:57 AM
To: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Announces Chosen Layout for Washington Avenue’s Repaving & Improvement Project

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To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave

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Good Afternoon,

I am a writer with the Inquirer's Editorial Board and I was hoping to talk briefly about what's going on
with Washington Ave. If you have time tomorrow, that would be great.

Thanks,
Daniel Pearson

Daniel Pearson, Staff Writer

Editorial/Opinion
Philadelphia Inquirer
801 Market St Philadelphia, PA 19107
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From: Joy Huertas
To: Kelly Cofrancisco; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds
Subject: Re: Interview Inquiry
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:09:25 PM

Thanks Kelly. Not sure how Dylan was redirected, I don't see an email on the OTIS inbox either but
thanks for forwarding.

Joy Huertas, MA
Vision Zero Communications Manager
Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, & Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

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From: Kelly Cofrancisco <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 5:20 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>;
Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Interview Inquiry

Redacted

From: Dylan Brown <Redacted >

Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:55 PM
To: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Interview Inquiry

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To Whomever it may Concern,

My name is Dylan Brown and I'm a student at Temple University studying Community Development.
Im currently working on a project regarding the public participation process for the repaving of
Washington Avenue and was wondering if we could schedule a time for an interview. Either in
person, virtual or over the phone works. Looking forward to hearing back. I emailed OTIS but I was
redirected to this address :)

Best,

Dylan Brown
---
Dylan Brown
Temple University, Class of 2021
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Dylan Brown on LinkedIn
Redacted

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:54:04 PM
To: Dena Driscoll Redacted
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Meeting today

Hi Dena,

Cc'ing Mike so he can respond.

-Lily

On 1/26/22, 4:09 PM, "Dena Driscoll" <Redacted > wrote:

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________________________________

Lily and Mike,

Today Squilla and Johnson let’s know OTIS no longer supports the 3 lane plan. Can you confirm?

Dena

Sent from my iPhone

From: Michael Carroll, P.E.
To: Joy Huertas; Kevin Lessard
Cc: Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds; Cowan, William C. [Will]; Richard Montanez; Federico, John E.
Subject: RE: Petition Supporting Your 3-Lane Plan
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 12:24:00 PM

Redacted

Redacted

Redacted
Redacted

From: Jonathan R. King Redacted >

Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 2:11 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Petition Supporting Your 3-Lane Plan

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Dear Mike:

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me Saturday. Attached is the petition I mentioned
urging you to move forward with your previous plan. I hope you will take a moment to read their
comments.

Your point that this decision couldn't be made by popular referendum is well taken. However,
since you say you reconsidered your decision because of "strong opposition to the City’s
proposed changes," I feel I owe it to the people who signed the petition to point out that far more
residents supported your decision than opposed it.

I will do my best to summarize the explanation you gave me on Saturday. However, if OTIS would
like to provide a written explanation, I will forward it to those who signed the petition so they can
get a more detailed and more accurate understanding of why you will no longer move forward with
the 3-lane option. If there is anything you can suggest we do to increase the likelihood that you
will be able to move forward with the safest possible option, please feel free to reach out to me.

Finally, for me personally, I'm still curious how the traffic speed analysis of the 3-lane plan was
revised from "an increase of only 0.5 seconds per block" in July 2020 to "a few seconds delay
each block" last Saturday. I'm also curious to hear more about your statement that 10 percent of
current traffic being diverted, which was previously characterized as the "worst-case scenario,"
was actually required for the 3-lane Washington Avenue to handle existing traffic.

Thank you,
J.R.
From: David Kanthor
To: Anne Fadullon; Catherine Califano; Eleanor Sharpe; Michael Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Deborah Mahler
Subject: RE: State Mu ti-modal grants
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:25:27 PM

Hi – here is the list of DCED MTF applications that PCPC provided support letters (as of October 2020).

Applicant Project Planning District Project Cost Grant Request Notes

Roxborough Development Corp Lower Ridge Ave Streetscape (Walnut Lane/Shurs Lane Intersection) LNW $300 000 $210 000 Not submitted
City of Philadelphia Christian to Crescent SOU $47 000 000 $710 000
SRDC Scchuylkill River Trail 58th to 61st LSW $1 040 000 $800 000
PHL Baggage Tug Tunnel Improvements LSW $15 000 000 $3 000 000
PHL Fort Mifflin Tunnel Rehabilitation LSW $5 000 000 $3 000 000
Morris Steel Pier Rehabilitation NDEL $5 943 946 $3 000 000
City of Philadelphia Broad Germantown & Erie project NOR $6 000 000 $3 000 000
DRWC Washington Avenue Connector Phase 1 SOU $4 225 000 $1 250 000
Cobbs Creek Foundation Pedestrian Safety Project Phase 1 WPK $2 850 000 $1 955 000
Lubert-Albert Palmer Street Extension at the Battery RW $1 782 562 $1 247 793
Chestnut Hill College Travelways project (including Multi-use Path) UNW $5 552 869 $3 000 000
Glen Foerd on the Delaware Parking lot design NDEL $651 000 $49 750
SHIFT Sharswood Shopping Center LNOR $450 828 $315 580
St Joseph's University Pedestrian Safety Underpass WPK $10 432 000 $3 000 000
Brandywine 3151 Market St Streetscape UCSW $10 000 000 $3 000 000
Brandywine Byberry North FNE $7 100 000 $3 000 000
Brandywine 3025 JFK Boulevard UCSW $10 000 000 $3 000 000
FMC Powerplant development RW $3 000 000 $2 675 000
FMC Sterling Paper Lofts NOR $2 000 000 $1 735 000
Total $138,328,205 $37,948,123

From: Anne Fadullon <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday March 4 2021 2 46 PM
To: Catherine Califano <[email protected]>; Eleanor Sharpe <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Deborah Mahler <[email protected]>; David Kanthor <[email protected]>
Subject: RE State Multi-modal grants

Looping in Dave Kanthor who works on this on behalf of DPD.

From: Catherine Califano <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday March 4 2021 2 34 PM
To: Eleanor Sharpe <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Anne Fadullon <[email protected]>; Deborah Mahler <[email protected]>
Subject: State Multi-modal grants

Multimodal state grants out of DCED We met with the economic development lobbyist today The CFA meets on 3/23 to review /award projects

The Airport has put forth a request for funding to update the bag tunnels, seeking a $3M DCED grant funding

Do we know if the City has other requests going in this round? Jessica at PIDC is looking to see if they have a list Sarah’s checking Commerce

Deb asked if I would reach out to see if there are other projects that are a priority to the city and who has this list And does PCPC provide letters of support?

Please share-

Thanks!

Catherine Califano
First Deputy
Department of Planning and Development
City of Philadelphia
1515 Arch St 13th Flr
Philadelphia PA 19102
she/her
-currently working from home email is primary way to connect-
From: Meeka Outlaw
To: Lily Reynolds; Joy Huertas; R.O.A.D. EMAILS; Frantz Pierre; Joshu Harris; Kenyatta Johnson
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Kelley Yemen; Christopher Puchalsky
Subject: Re: Washington Avenue meeting
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:55:04 AM
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Good Morning Ms. Reynolds,

I am sorry I missed your call. I was in the middle of teaching class at the time. I do appreciate
your call and this email and for clearing the matter up for me. I look forward to
communicating with you again as the work continues with this project.
Respectfully,
Meeka Outlaw

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:46 AM
To: Meeka Outlaw <Redacted >; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; R.O.A.D.
EMAILS <Redacted >; Frantz Pierre <[email protected]>; Joshu Harris
<[email protected]>; Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>;
Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Avenue meeting

Hi Ms. Outlaw,

Thank you for your email. I left you a voicemail this morning – if you can, please call me back at Red
. We clearly didn’t do a good enough job explaining the outreach efforts at the meeting on
Monday. My apologies. In our presentation we listed the RCO’s and neighborhood organizations that
we met with, and you were included in that list. We did not list who we received letters of non-
opposition from. I agree with you – we never received a letter from you and we have not reported
that we received a letter from you.

We unfortunately were not able to have a productive meeting on Monday because it was zoom
bombed and disrupted. However, we are committed to getting out into the community and having
more conversations with the people in Point Breeze that we missed in our outreach last year. We
have not gotten our plans together yet, but we are hoping to have some sort of in person meeting in
the coming months.

I will be sure to keep you in the loop and I hope that we can meet sometime soon and keep the
doors of communication open about this project.
many without knowing whether they were for or against it.
Respectfully,
Meeka Outlaw
President
Residents Organized for Advocacy and Direction (ROAD)
From: Vanessa Davies
To: James Kenney; Mark Squilla; Kenyatta Johnson
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Lily Reynolds; Redacted
Subject: Thank you for Washington Avenue outreach
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:48:40 PM

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Dear Mayor Kenney, Councilman Johnson, and Councilman Squilla,

I am writing to express my thanks to representatives from OTIS, specifically Mike Carroll and
Lily Reynolds, for their efforts throughout the recent process of community engagement.
Because of their efforts, business owners and residents who were previously unrecognized by
the online survey now feel that their voices have been heard.

It is so gratifying to see the compromise positions that have been offered.

Thank you for the City's efforts these past few months to engage with community members.

With best wishes,

Vanessa Davies
local business owner and resident of East Point Breeze
From: Jim Byrne
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Anne Kelly; Lily Reynolds; Mark Squilla
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving
Date: Friday, January 28, 2022 11:04:13 PM

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Thanks, Michael. Appreciate you responding.

I am not sure I understand your point that there is a stark disagreement among residents about
which process is more data driven or transparent. And can you elaborate on what you mean by
cultural perspective?

I agree that more engagement is better than less engagement. Can you describe what you mean
by both methods and which methods OTIS used in 2019/20 as compared to which methods
OTIS used in 2021?

You said that the process is not going to be shrouded in mystery but you have not described
the process. Can you please outline the process or let me know when OTIS is making the
process “abundantly public”?

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 6:37 PM Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]> wrote:

Thank you, Jim. I should have mentioned that since we have been remote, managing the
voicemail box has not been prioritized well. I apologize.

I think it is fair to say there is a very stark disagreement among residents which process was
more data driven or transparent. This is likely a cultural perspective but I think the whole
process was better off using both methods so now we are in a position to evaluate the merits
of more rather than less input – which is what we had before. More engagement is better
than less engagement.

I would encourage everyone not to panic over concerned that the reasoning for whatever
becomes the ultimate decision in the paving project will sit shrouded in mystery. We are
committed to documenting the process thoroughly and making that documentation
abundantly public.

Thank you,

Michael Carroll
Deputy Managing Director

Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability

[email protected]

From: Jim Byrne Redacted >

Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 5:00 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>;
Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for getting back to me. To clarify, your email address is not listed on the OTIS site
so I left voicemails. I emailed multiple people who said they were going to forward my
inquiry to you but they did not include me on the email.

Thanks for sending over the deck. The process in 2020 seemed much more transparent, data-
driven, and thorough than the current process. I am still struggling to understand how you
are using the quantitative data collected in the paper survey, the anecdotal information
gathered in the closed door meetings, and the petitions to inform the decision that you are
going to make. What exactly are the inquiries that were created in the planned that was
approved in 2020? What are the other ways that you are going to address the safety issues?
What are the options that you are considering (ie, are they the same three options that you
were evaluated in 2020?)? How do we you weight the feedback from RCOs and commercial
businesses as compared to residents in the neighborhood?
Thanks and appreciate your help.

Jim

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 4:49 PM Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

wrote:

Jim I apologize, for being unresponsive but I can’t find any emails from your address.
Can you confirm you have the correct email for me? Note my email is *not*
[email protected].

In any case, to give you a concise answer, there has been ongoing engagement over the
past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies that were under-
represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of several
public meetings followed by the convening of an informal working group which included
at various times: neighbors on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and
advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that
give more info on what has been going on.

I can say these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways. We
feel some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering ways we
can address this input through design. We hope to wrap that up and bring all of this to a
close next month and will meet with the community at that time.

Michael Carroll

Deputy Managing Director

Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability

[email protected]
From: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 11:28 AM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

Redacted

From: Jim Byrne <Redacted >

Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 9:25 AM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Hi Mark / Anne,

Despite reaching out to Mike Carroll and OTIS multiple times, I never heard back from
anyone about the process and plan to reevaluate the original decision on the redesign of
the Washington Avenue repaving. I have heard about closed door meetings but was never
invited. I - also - filled out the terribly unactionable "paper survey" that they made
everyone fill out again (despite the more robust process they undertook 2 years ago) but
never heard any recap of the results. Can you please outline transparently the next steps
and how they are going to make the decision and what data / input they are taking into
account?

Thanks,
Jim

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 3:25 PM Anne Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:

oTIS is continuing outreach for affected constituencies and they plan to will share their
findings with our office upon completion. Mike Carroll is the best point of contact.

Mark

From: Jim Byrne Redacted >

Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 1:04 PM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Thank you Mark for responding. Your message was definitely a stark contrast to the
condescending, patronizing, and unprofessional response that I got from Vincent in
Kenyatta's office.

One thing that I am still unclear on: the previous process that OTIS went through to
make a recommendation was thorough, transparent, and clear with a score of public
community meetings, a PR campaign (or at least wide-spread press), and an extensive
and actionable survey. This almost seems like a sham process to appease a small vocal
minority of people who are clearly not traffic engineers or infrastructure experts. Prior
to the proposal being given to your office, has OTIS outlined clearly the process and
steps they are taking to make another proposal? Is Mike Carroll from OTIS the best
point-of-contact to receive that information?

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:17 AM Anne Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your input on the Washington ave plan. We will
continue to work with oTIS and community/business residents as the Streets department
finalizes a proposed plan that represents the community input . oTIS is continuing to meet
with the community and said that they are close to sendind us the proposal.
I will share with you when we get a proposal.

Sincerely

Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council

City of Philadelphia

332 City Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19107

p. 215-686-3458

f. 215-686-1931

e. [email protected]

From: Philadelphia City Council <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 12:50 PM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Cc: Redacted
Subject: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Name: James Byrne

Email: Redacted

Phone
(Redacted
Number:
What is
your Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving
concern?:
Message: Hi Mark,

I live at Wharton and 7th street and wanted to find out more information
about the repaving and redesign of Washington Avenue. After the project
was delayed due to Covid-19, there has not been a lot of transparency and
from what I can gather, a small vocal minority of community members
 led by Albert Littlepage and Kenyatta Johnson’s office are trying to
override the plans that OTIS put forward that were based on an extensive
survey and community engagement. They are sending a vague paper
survey out to replace the digital survey that really doesn’t capture any
data or information that would help with the decision making. Can you
help me understand the next steps and your office’s involvement?

NOTE: The sender's email address is Redacted

Please REPLY ALL when responding so the Constituent will receive the message.

--

Jim Byrne
Redacted

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Jim Byrne
Redacted

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Jim Byrne
Redacted

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Jim Byrne
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From: Nicole Brunet
To: Joshu Harris; Christopher Sample; Kenyatta Johnson; Mark Squilla; Anne Kelly; OTIS; Michael Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Counselorking; Will Tung; Redacted
Subject: ATTN: Petition Signers in favor of 3-lane plan for Washington Ave
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 11:02:42 AM
Attachments: CMSquilla Petition.pdf
CMJohnson Petition.pdf

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Hello Council Members and staff,

I wanted to say thank you again for meeting with residents of your districts and myself last
Wednesday. We appreciate being able to communicate our position and hope that we were
able to shed some light on why there is support for the 3-lane plan released by oTIS.
As we mentioned in the meeting we have been working with a resident to collect petition
signatures in favor of the 3-lane plan. We currently have collected over 2,600 signatures (non
duplicates) in favor and I wanted to share that with you including the signers from your
districts.

Since our meeting we have also started to reach out to other members of oTIS's working group
individually and hope to show more community support for the 3-lane plan.

Please reach out with any questions or ways we can help move this process along.

Best,

Nicole Brunet
Field Organizer, PennEnvironment

__________________________________
Petition Language:

Dear Councilperson Squilla and Councilperson Johnson:

We urge the City of Philadelphia to move forward with the Washington Avenue
Repaving and
Improvement Project, without modifying the Final Design Decision, and without
additional
delay.

Washington Avenue is one of the most dangerous roads in Philadelphia. Just last
week, a
woman in a crosswalk was struck by a vehicle turning onto the road. Reducing the
number of
travel lanes from five to three will improve pedestrian safety by providing buffer zones
for
pedestrians and reducing the distance across traffic to safely cross the road.
We fully support the Final Design Decision and urge the city to begin repaving
Washington Avenue as soon as possible.

Before deciding to remake Washington Avenue as a 3-lane road, the city conducted
37 meetings

with 26 community organizations and received 5,434 survey responses from nearby
residents.
71 percent of nearby residents preferred the 3-lane option. However, the city delayed
those broadly popular and desperately needed pedestrian safety so they can continue
“engagement
with community stakeholders and elected officials to capture additional neighbor
feedback as we refine our traffic safety concepts.”

We assure the city that its Final Design Decision does not need to be refined. Having
already
engaged with over 5,400 members of our community, they can feel confident that
their Final Design Decision is consistent with the needs and desires of a wide cross
section of nearby residents. Any additional feedback will undoubtedly be less
representative of the nearby communities than the large number of responses they’ve
already
considered. And delaying the project to conduct even more engagement with
community
stakeholders and elected officials has its own cost, prolonging the amount of time that
we must
cross Washington Avenue in its current, dangerous condition and increase the
likelihood that
yet another pedestrian will be injured or even killed.

Thank you.

--

Nicole Brunet
PennEnvironment
Eastern PA Field Organizer
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From: Anne Kelly
To: [email protected]; Joshu Harris; Christopher Sample; Kenyatta Johnson; Mark Squilla; OTIS; Michael
Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Counselorking; Will Tung Redacted
Subject: RE: ATTN: Petition Signers in favor of 3-lane plan for Washington Ave
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:32:50 PM
Attachments: Washington Avenue 2020-2021 update.pdf

Nicole,

We have gotten many emails recently about Washington Ave. Below is CM Squilla's response. Let
me know if you have any questions. --Anne

Thank you for reaching out for my position on choosing a safety design for Washington Avenue.
Councilmember Johnson and I have been working with the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure
and Sustainability (oTIS) who is leading the community engagement on a design that can make
Washington Ave safe for all users. oTIS has informed us that they will present a plan with us when
their engagement process is completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing engagement over the
past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies who were under-
represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of several public meetings
followed by the convening of an informal working group which included at various times: neighbors
on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition
and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that give more info on what has been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways. They feel
some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering ways we can address
this input through design. oTIS hopes to wrap that up and bring all of this to a close next month and
will meet with the community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the process has been
completed.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]
From: Nicole Brunet <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 11:01 AM
To: Joshu Harris <[email protected]>; Christopher Sample <[email protected]>;
Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>; Mark Squilla <[email protected]>; Anne
Kelly <[email protected]>; OTIS <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>
Cc: Counselorking <Redacted >; Will Tung <Redacted >;
Redacted
Subject: ATTN: Petition Signers in favor of 3-lane plan for Washington Ave

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links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hello Council Members and staff,

I wanted to say thank you again for meeting with residents of your districts and myself last
Wednesday. We appreciate being able to communicate our position and hope that we were able to
shed some light on why there is support for the 3-lane plan released by oTIS.
As we mentioned in the meeting we have been working with a resident to collect petition signatures
in favor of the 3-lane plan. We currently have collected over 2,600 signatures (non duplicates) in
favor and I wanted to share that with you including the signers from your districts.

Since our meeting we have also started to reach out to other members of oTIS's working group
individually and hope to show more community support for the 3-lane plan.

Please reach out with any questions or ways we can help move this process along.

Best,

Nicole Brunet
Field Organizer, PennEnvironment

__________________________________
Petition Language:

Dear Councilperson Squilla and Councilperson Johnson:

We urge the City of Philadelphia to move forward with the Washington Avenue Repaving
and
Improvement Project, without modifying the Final Design Decision, and without additional
delay.

Washington Avenue is one of the most dangerous roads in Philadelphia. Just last week, a
woman in a crosswalk was struck by a vehicle turning onto the road. Reducing the number
of
travel lanes from five to three will improve pedestrian safety by providing buffer zones for
pedestrians and reducing the distance across traffic to safely cross the road.
We fully support the Final Design Decision and urge the city to begin repaving
Washington Avenue as soon as possible.

Before deciding to remake Washington Avenue as a 3-lane road, the city conducted 37
meetings

with 26 community organizations and received 5,434 survey responses from nearby
residents.
71 percent of nearby residents preferred the 3-lane option. However, the city delayed those
broadly popular and desperately needed pedestrian safety so they can continue
“engagement
with community stakeholders and elected officials to capture additional neighbor feedback
as we refine our traffic safety concepts.”

We assure the city that its Final Design Decision does not need to be refined. Having
already
engaged with over 5,400 members of our community, they can feel confident that their Final
Design Decision is consistent with the needs and desires of a wide cross
section of nearby residents. Any additional feedback will undoubtedly be less
representative of the nearby communities than the large number of responses they’ve
already
considered. And delaying the project to conduct even more engagement with community
stakeholders and elected officials has its own cost, prolonging the amount of time that we
must
cross Washington Avenue in its current, dangerous condition and increase the likelihood
that
yet another pedestrian will be injured or even killed.

Thank you.

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will present a plan with us when their engagement process is completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing
engagement over the past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from
constituencies who were under-represented in the online surveys undertaken in
2020. This took the form of several public meetings followed by the convening of
an informal working group which included at various times: neighbors on both
sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and advocacy groups including the Bike
Coalition and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that give more info on what has
been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design
created inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in
other ways. They feel some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances
are considering ways we can address this input through design. oTIS hopes to
wrap that up and bring all of this to a close next month and will meet with the
community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the
process has been completed.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Feb 5, 2022 11:12 PM, Michael Cunningham <Redacted

wrote:
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________________________________

Dear Mark and Mr. Carroll,

A couple of years ago, OTIS released a final plan to make Washington Avenue in
South Philadelphia safer. Now the office and the current administration thinks it can go
back on this plan which it admits is the safest plan for Philadelphia residents? The plan
is overwhelming preferred by residents.

How can OTIS not chose the option to make Washington Avenue safest … which the
office itself admits is the three lane option? How many people will be injured for your
cowardice? How much will the City pay in liability claims?

Please come to your senses and make Washington Avenue safer for pedestrians and our
school children.

Sincerely,
Mike Cunningham
Sent from my iPhone
——
Michael Cunningham
Redacted
<Washington Avenue_2020-2021_update.pdf>
FYI

-----Original Message-----
From: David Yurky Redacted
To: Redacted
Sent: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 11:17 am
Subject: Video 2 - The 3-Lane Layout

https://www.loom.com/share/9d38c9d4b58c4aee83494903c83d7199

Sent from my iPhone

From: Karen Lowry
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Anne Kelly; Kelley Yemen; Mark Squilla
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. Plan
Date: Monday, February 7, 2022 4:08:49 PM

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Thank you, your response is much appreciated!

Ren

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 4:03 PM Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

wrote:

Thank you Councilmember, Public Health was not involved directly as a Stakeholder since
this falls within OTIS area of responsibility. OTIS evaluates the crash data that is available
for corridors like Washington Avenue and develops recommendations based on
transportation practice.

Public Health is represented on the Vision Zero Task force and participates on developing
policy on a citywide basis as well as promoting collaboration on specific initiatives that
address their areas of focus.

Thank you,

Michael Carroll

Deputy Managing Director

Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability

[email protected]

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 3:53 PM
To: Karen Lowry Redacted ; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>
Cc: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Washington Ave. Plan

Karen

I have copied Mike Carroll to see if Health was involved with any of the outreach for
Washington ave.

Sincerely,

mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council

City of Philadelphia

332 City Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19107

p. 215-686-3458

f. 215-686-1931

e. [email protected]

From: Karen Lowry Redacted >

Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 3:43 PM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. Plan

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Dear Councilman Squilla,

Thank you for your response. I would additionally like to know whether Philadelphia Public
Health was involved as a stakeholder in this decision and if not, is there a reason?

It seems as though this issue overlaps with the public health purview in that it has to do with
the built environment and injury prevention.

Thanks,

Ren

On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 11:35 PM Mark Squilla <[email protected]> wrote:

Ren

Thank you for reaching out for my position on choosing a safety design for Washington
Avenue. Councilmember Johnson and I have been working with the Office of
Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) who is leading the community
engagement on a design that can make Washington Ave safe for all users. oTIS has
informed us that they will present a plan with us when their engagement process is
completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing engagement
over the past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies who
were under-represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of
several public meetings followed by the convening of an informal working group which
included at various times: neighbors on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and
advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that
give more info on what has been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways.
They feel some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering
ways we can address this input through design. oTIS hopes to wrap that up and bring all
of this to a close next month and will meet with the community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the process
has been completed.

Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council

City of Philadelphia

332 City Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19107

p. 215-686-3458

f. 215-686-1931

e. [email protected]

On Feb 6, 2022 5:19 PM, Karen Lowry <Redacted > wrote:

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Good day,

As a person who commutes by bike, and a public health student in this city, I am
incredibly disappointed in hearing that OTIS is taking consideration of the 3-lane option
off the table for Washington Ave. repaving plan.

This plan meant the safest possible option for all modes of transportation in this city and
while there may have been community opposition, I personally rode my bike all over
South Philadelphia to hand deliver paper surveys for residents to complete because the
online support alone for this was not enough to persuade city politicians to back this plan.

Washington Ave. is a major thoroughfare for all commuters and needs to reflect the
diversity of transportation now and to promote future diversity. I commute to and from the
University of Pennsylvania, where I am staff and a student, yet I avoid this roadway
because even though there is a bike lane, there is far too much double parking (in the bike
lane), cars speeding past, and the danger of being doored by a parked car.
If OTIS does commit to another plan, I would like to see what the EVIDENCE is for
choosing that plan (e.g. evidence that the final plan is safer) and would like the
decision making process to be made transparent. For example what, besides community
support, funding, was important in reaching the final decision and how were those
weighted against each other in the decision making process.

Thanks you,

Ren Lowry
From: Jim Byrne
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Anne Kelly; Lily Reynolds; Mark Squilla
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving
Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 9:28:51 AM

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Hi Michael,

I just wanted to follow up again regarding the questions above. Can you also outline when a
decision is going to be made, what data is factoring into that decision, and what the plan is for
the meeting on Saturday?

Thanks,

Jim

On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 2:52 PM Jim Byrne Redacted > wrote:

Hi. Just want to follow up here.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:03 PM Jim Byrne <Redacted > wrote:
Thanks, Michael. Appreciate you responding.

I am not sure I understand your point that there is a stark disagreement among residents
about which process is more data driven or transparent. And can you elaborate on what
you mean by cultural perspective?

I agree that more engagement is better than less engagement. Can you describe what you
mean by both methods and which methods OTIS used in 2019/20 as compared to which
methods OTIS used in 2021?

You said that the process is not going to be shrouded in mystery but you have not
described the process. Can you please outline the process or let me know when OTIS is
making the process “abundantly public”?

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 6:37 PM Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

wrote:

Thank you, Jim. I should have mentioned that since we have been remote, managing the
voicemail box has not been prioritized well. I apologize.

I think it is fair to say there is a very stark disagreement among residents which process
was more data driven or transparent. This is likely a cultural perspective but I think the
whole process was better off using both methods so now we are in a position to evaluate
the merits of more rather than less input – which is what we had before. More
engagement is better than less engagement.
I would encourage everyone not to panic over concerned that the reasoning for whatever
becomes the ultimate decision in the paving project will sit shrouded in mystery. We
are committed to documenting the process thoroughly and making that documentation
abundantly public.

Thank you,

Michael Carroll

Deputy Managing Director

Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability

[email protected]

From: Jim Byrne Redacted

Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 5:00 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>;
Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for getting back to me. To clarify, your email address is not listed on the OTIS
site so I left voicemails. I emailed multiple people who said they were going to forward
my inquiry to you but they did not include me on the email.

Thanks for sending over the deck. The process in 2020 seemed much more transparent,
data-driven, and thorough than the current process. I am still struggling to understand
how you are using the quantitative data collected in the paper survey, the anecdotal
information gathered in the closed door meetings, and the petitions to inform the
decision that you are going to make. What exactly are the inquiries that were created in
the planned that was approved in 2020? What are the other ways that you are going to
address the safety issues? What are the options that you are considering (ie, are they the
same three options that you were evaluated in 2020?)? How do we you weight the
feedback from RCOs and commercial businesses as compared to residents in the
neighborhood?

Thanks and appreciate your help.

Jim

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 4:49 PM Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

wrote:

Jim I apologize, for being unresponsive but I can’t find any emails from your
address. Can you confirm you have the correct email for me? Note my email is
*not* [email protected].

In any case, to give you a concise answer, there has been ongoing engagement over
the past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies that
were under-represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form
of several public meetings followed by the convening of an informal working group
which included at various times: neighbors on both sides of Washington Avenue,
businesses, and advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition and 5th Square. I have
attached a deck that give more info on what has been going on.

I can say these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways.
We feel some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering
ways we can address this input through design. We hope to wrap that up and bring
all of this to a close next month and will meet with the community at that time.
Michael Carroll

Deputy Managing Director

Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability

[email protected]

From: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 11:28 AM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

Redacted

From: Jim Byrne <Redacted

Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 9:25 AM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Hi Mark / Anne,

Despite reaching out to Mike Carroll and OTIS multiple times, I never heard back
from anyone about the process and plan to reevaluate the original decision on the
redesign of the Washington Avenue repaving. I have heard about closed door
meetings but was never invited. I - also - filled out the terribly unactionable "paper
survey" that they made everyone fill out again (despite the more robust process they
undertook 2 years ago) but never heard any recap of the results. Can you please
outline transparently the next steps and how they are going to make the decision and
what data / input they are taking into account?

Thanks,

Jim

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 3:25 PM Anne Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:

oTIS is continuing outreach for affected constituencies and they plan to will share
their findings with our office upon completion. Mike Carroll is the best point of
contact.

Mark

From: Jim Byrne <Redacted

Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 1:04 PM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving

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Thank you Mark for responding. Your message was definitely a stark contrast to
the condescending, patronizing, and unprofessional response that I got from
Vincent in Kenyatta's office.
One thing that I am still unclear on: the previous process that OTIS went through to
make a recommendation was thorough, transparent, and clear with a score of public
community meetings, a PR campaign (or at least wide-spread press), and an
extensive and actionable survey. This almost seems like a sham process to appease
a small vocal minority of people who are clearly not traffic engineers or
infrastructure experts. Prior to the proposal being given to your office, has OTIS
outlined clearly the process and steps they are taking to make another proposal? Is
Mike Carroll from OTIS the best point-of-contact to receive that information?

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:17 AM Anne Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your input on the Washington ave plan. We
will continue to work with oTIS and community/business residents as the Streets
department finalizes a proposed plan that represents the community input . oTIS is
continuing to meet with the community and said that they are close to sendind us the
proposal.

I will share with you when we get a proposal.

Sincerely

Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council

City of Philadelphia

332 City Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19107

p. 215-686-3458

f. 215-686-1931

e. [email protected]

From: Philadelphia City Council <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 12:50 PM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Cc: Redacted
Subject: Web Form Submission | Next steps for Washington Avenue Repaving
From: Vanessa Davies
To: James Kenney; Mark Squilla; Kenyatta Johnson
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Lily Reynolds; Redacted
Subject: Thank you for Washington Avenue outreach
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:48:40 PM

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Dear Mayor Kenney, Councilman Johnson, and Councilman Squilla,

I am writing to express my thanks to representatives from OTIS, specifically Mike Carroll and
Lily Reynolds, for their efforts throughout the recent process of community engagement.
Because of their efforts, business owners and residents who were previously unrecognized by
the online survey now feel that their voices have been heard.

It is so gratifying to see the compromise positions that have been offered.

Thank you for the City's efforts these past few months to engage with community members.

With best wishes,

Vanessa Davies
local business owner and resident of East Point Breeze
From: Mark Squilla
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Cobau, Nilo Teixeira Campos
Subject: Washington Avenue
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2022 12:13:41 PM
Attachments: Washington Avenue 2020-2021 update.pdf

Nilo
Thank you for reaching out for my position on choosing a safety design for Washington
Avenue. Councilmember Johnson and I have been working with the Office of Transportation,
Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) who is leading the community engagement on a
design that can make Washington Ave safe for all users. oTIS has informed us that they will
present a plan with us when their engagement process is completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing engagement
over the past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies who were
under-represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of several
public meetings followed by the convening of an informal working group which included at
various times: neighbors on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and advocacy
groups including the Bike Coalition and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that give more info
on what has been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways. They
feel some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering ways we can
address this input through design. oTIS hopes to wrap that up and bring all of this to a close
next month and will meet with the community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the process has
been completed.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Feb 5, 2022 8:48 PM, "Cobau, Nilo Teixeira Campos" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Mike,

I really enjoyed the time you provided to come talk to us in Leslie's class on Friday, and I know
you're probably being bombarded right now, but you said to reach out, and if my email can do
even a little bit of good, I figured it was worth it.

I'm just writing to reiterate that the city should really pick the 3-lane option on Washington
Avenue. I know you know the technical details, but I'll just restate them for the record. First,
the 3-lane option is safer for cyclists, pedestrians and transit riders waiting for the bus.
Second, as shown in OTIS own technical analysis delay for vehicles in the 3-lane option is 3.5
seconds less per block compared to the 4-lane option or 3 seconds less per block on average
than the mixed lane option.

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend,

Nilo Cobau
From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Lily Reynolds
Cc: Imani Harris
Subject: Fw: KYW Newsradio request (for tonight): Washington Ave. plan
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 11:18:26 AM

FYI.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Press <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:56 AM
To: Nina Baratti <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: KYW Newsradio request (for tonight): Washington Ave. plan

Nina, see below. You can attribute to a City spokesperson.

>>
The City has been in conversation with the community since 2013 and the announced
mixed lane design responds to what we have heard from the community. While this
announcement is the culmination of the community engagement process for the repaving
project, the City will continue to communicate about Washington Avenue to the public,
residents, and businesses.

Proposed parking and loading regulations will go through a City council process. This
process will include public hearings where members of the public can provide
testimony.

Repaving work will begin later this year. Community members and businesses will be
notified by the City via Registered Community Organization (RCO) networks, email
channels, no parking signs, automated calls, and more, before and during construction.

From: Nina Baratti <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 7:19 PM
To: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: KYW Newsradio request (for tonight): Washington Ave. plan

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Good evening,
This is Nina Baratti with KYW Newsradio.

Around 4:30 this evening, a small group of people were at Washington Avenue between 16th
and 17th.

They, with the help of some officers, shut down one of the lanes heading eastbound, so (as
they say), drivers could see what Washington Avenue could be like for drivers. According to
the City's plan, that block would stay four lanes.

I wanted to see if the City had any statement I can add to my story, after the group was out
there.

I also wanted to see if you know what the "next steps" are, at this point, for Washington
Avenue. Are there more opportunities for community feedback? What is next on the City's
end?

This story is set to air later tonight, so a prompt response is appreciated.

Call me if you have any questions Redacted

Thanks!

Nina Baratti
Reporter | KYW Newsradio
From: Joy Huertas
To: Lily Reynolds
Subject: Fw: MEDIA REQUEST: Layout plans of Washington Avenue project
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 4:22:06 PM

FYI.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Savage, Henry <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 4:06 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: MEDIA REQUEST: Layout plans of Washington Avenue project

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Hi Joy,

Thank you very much for all the materials and context information provided. I also appreciate
you understanding the broadness of this explainer, there's a lot of coverage and materials from
the city that get into the thick of the plan, so for this specific article we wanted to keep it to the
basics so more readers understand what's going on who haven't been close to the story. Trying
to contain as much nuance as possible without getting too much into the weeds. So, thank you
for following up as well with these clarifications. We'll update that pro's bullet point!

Also for the wording "Mixed-layout" we kept that phrase out for the most part and instead
chose to write it as a "three lanes in some areas and four lanes in others" to make it as
clear as possible what the mixed layout means for residents. We made sure to
include all the proposed options in graphics form, too. For example, when referring to
the plan in the article: "The plan will either have three lanes in some areas and four
lanes in others, or will make the entire corridor four lanes." So, that's why mixed-
layout isn't used as much in this piece.

Thank you again for your help on this one. I'll be working with the Inquirer to create
short explainers on civics topics, like taxes, healthcare, and local government, so
please reach out in the future if there are new programs or initiatives that
Philadelphians should know about!

Best,
Henry
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 1:33 PM Joy Huertas <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Henry, appreciate the informative coverage on Washington Avenue. Wanted to share a point
for clarification, and just a general note.

Regarding a ‘pro’ for the 4-lane:

Pros
• Businesses don’t have to adapt to big changes in parking, deliveries, or

traffic.

The parking and loading proposal is the same for all options. The difference with the 4 lane is it
maintains (on one side) the ability for businesses to double park in a travel lane and load
unload. May be too nuanced to correct, but we wanted to make it clear for your awareness.

We also noted the article does not list the “mixed layout” as an option, which is being considered
as well.

Thanks again!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 10:57 AM
To: Savage, Henry <[email protected]>
Cc: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: MEDIA REQUEST: Layout plans of Washington Avenue project

Henry, apologies this took a little longer than expected but hope this is what you're looking for.
Someone from OTIS can also walk you through the options if that's helpful. Also, in 2020, the City
did these videos which are an actual walk through of the options and the trade offs.

The attached pdf shows the options side-by-side. For each option you can see which blocks will
have which layout. You can also see the layout as a cross section as if you were standing on the
street.

Please note that on the maps for the ‘mixed option’ and the ‘3-lane’ option, one block (Grays Ferry
– 25th St.) that was updated for accuracy to show a 4-lane (blue) layout. This is unrelated to any
layout choice, it is just an update for accuracy and was inaccurately shown in 2020.

For information on the intersection layouts, you can see an example intersection for the mixed
lane and 4-lane layouts on page 11 of the presentation boards here.
We also want to point out this background information, based on the continued misinformation
online.

Regarding the options: 10 of the 17 major blocks originally considered for three lanes would
remain at three lanes and six of those blocks would be narrowed to four lanes instead of three.
The segment from 25th Street to Grays Ferry Avenue was originally proposed as three-lane but
this is not feasible as part of the project due to the physical configuration of the 25th Street
Viaduct.

Regarding pedestrian crossings: The actual distance from curb to curb is the same in all the
alternatives. The “effective” narrowing is achieved by reducing the exposure of pedestrians to
vehicles in active travel lanes. All intersections that would have been narrowed to 3-lanes, will be
narrowed to either 3 or 4-lanes in the remaining options. The 1500 block and the 1200 block
would have been narrowed to 4 lanes under the 3-lane option and the City will consider the
approach to those blocks in developing a revised proposal. Additional traffic calming measures
will be considered as well.

For clarity, in the 3-lane option the blocks between 15th -13th did not have any effective
narrowing.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 9:11 AM
To: Savage, Henry <[email protected]>
Cc: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: MEDIA REQUEST: Layout plans of Washington Avenue project

Good morning, Henry.

Confirming receipt. Will circle back.

Joy

From: Savage, Henry <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 8:59 AM
To: Joy Huertas
Subject: MEDIA REQUEST: Layout plans of Washington Avenue project

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Hi Joy,

I hope your day is starting well! This is Henry Savage, the civics reporter for The Inquirer.
I'm currently working on a short explainer of what the situation is surrounding the
Washington Avenue improvement project and we want to include graphics of what the plan
entails.

I see that there are materials online (attached a screenshot) that show the layout, but I was
wondering if you could send me PDFs or graphics of just the individual layouts themselves?

We want to be able to show what each plan would look like:

- Existing layout
- 3 lane layout
- 4 lane layout
- Mixed lane layout

We're trying to publish this morning, so if you are able to send those over at your earliest
convenience, that would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if I can provide any additional
information.

Thank you so much and have a great day!

Best,
--
Henry Savage (he/him)
Civics Reporter, Service

E: [email protected]
@mediabyhenry

--
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Henry Savage (he/him)
Civics Reporter, Service

E: [email protected]
@mediabyhenry
From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky; Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds
Subject: Fw: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan
Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:48:32 PM
Attachments: Washington Avenue 2020-2021 update.pdf

Redacted

Reda
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From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:37 PM
To: Patty Pina Slutsky <Redacted >; James Kenney <[email protected]>; OTIS
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan

Patty,
Thank you for reaching out for my position on choosing a safety design for Washington Avenue.
Councilmember Johnson and I have been working with the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure
and Sustainability (oTIS) who is leading the community engagement on a design that can make
Washington Ave safe for all users. oTIS has informed us that they will present a plan with us when
their engagement process is completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing engagement over the
past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies who were under-
represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of several public meetings
followed by the convening of an informal working group which included at various times: neighbors
on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition
and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that give more info on what has been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways. They feel
some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering ways we can address
this input through design. oTIS hopes to wrap that up and bring all of this to a close next month and
will meet with the community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the process has been
completed.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Patty Pina Slutsky <Redacted >

Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 3:24 PM
To: James Kenney <[email protected]>; OTIS <[email protected]>; Mark Squilla
<[email protected]>
Subject: Please support the Washington Avenue Safety Plan

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

City leadership -

Please advance the plan for a safer Washington Avenue - the 3 lane option. We cross
Washington Avenue as a family often. This city pledged to achieve ZERO roadway deaths by
2030 and their professional responsibility to design the safest road possible.

We are counting on leadership to do the right thing. Safety should not be up for political
negotiation and compromise.

We are supposed to be the party of public goods and we are failing. What happens in Philly has
statewide and national implications. Please do the right thing and work on making this city better.

Patty Slutsky
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From: Lily Reynolds
To: Joy Huertas; Kevin Lessard; Imani Harris
Subject: FW: Washington Avenue update
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:02:04 PM
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Washington Avenue CouncilBriefing 2022-02-25.pdf

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 at 12:57 PM
To: James Kenney <[email protected]>, James Engler <[email protected]>, Brian
Clinton <[email protected]>, Christina Hernandez <[email protected]>,
Vanessa Garrett-Harley <[email protected]>, Mary Horstmann
<[email protected]>, Charlotte Castle <[email protected]>, Aubrey Powers
<[email protected]>, Richard Montanez <[email protected]>, Carlton
Williams <[email protected]>
Cc: "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Avenue update

Hi all,

Please see the attached presentation for Washington Avenue. Later today OTIS will present to
Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Squilla. The presentation outlines OTIS’
recommendation for a “mixed lane layout” for the roadway as well as additional design elements
that have been incorporated in response to input from businesses and residents.
On Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 OTIS will have a press briefing in the morning and an evening
community open house event.

The roadway will be repaved and improved for safety later this year.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
 Redacted

From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 12:37 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 6:38 PM
To: Casey Ross <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

Reda
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From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 10:57 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9:11 AM
To: Casey Ross <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 4:36 PM
To: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:41 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

Great thank you!

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 11:37 AM
To: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign

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From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:35 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

Redacted

From: Belmonte, Louis <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:56 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Patel, Ashwin <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>;
Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Richard Montanez <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hi Lily –

In speaking with Chris and Kelly yesterday, they suggested I forward you the below email sent to me
by Chris Zearfoss. They indicated you could coordinate directly with the individuals in best position
to provide point by point responses to Mr Zearfoss’s questions and concern, and provide that to
PennDOT for our consideration as we provide a response to him. As you are aware, Washington Ave
is a city-owned federal-aid route, and while we have done some review and commenting on your
project, PennDOT does not have all the information requested.

Please note that Mr Zearfoss also copied George Fleagle of FHWA. I will coordinate with George to
keep him in the loop on this matter, and pass along any questions or concerns.

Thanks.

Lou

Louis Belmonte P.E. | Assistant District Executive - Operations

PA Department of Transportation
Engineering District 6-0
7000 Geerdes Blvd | King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: 610.205.6550 | Fax: 610.205.6598
[email protected] / www.dot.state.pa.us
passed-through and administered by PennDOT.

It seems counter-intuitive to constrict capacity on Washington Avenue, the only other wide, bi-
directional, multi-lane crosstown arterial within the 2.5 mile distance between Market Street and
Oregon Avenue. Virtually all other South Philadelphia crosstown streets are narrow and one-way,
with mainly residential frontages. Nearby Christian Street and Snyder Avenue are two-way, but
provide only one traffic lane in each direction. Christian Street is also mainly residential.
Washington Avenue frontages are mostly retail and commercial, with little residential presence.
Near its eastern and western ends it makes convenient connections with I-95 and I-76, respectively,
and so it serves not only local, but regional and long-distance traffic.

Messrs. Belmonte and Fleagle

October 22, 2020
Page 2

News articles on the Washington Avenue project cite 250 “reportable” crashes and four fatalities
over a seven-year span (2012-2018). This broad-brush statement raises numerous questions.

Is this crash record really atypical for a seven-year span (an average slightly less than three crashes
per month), entailing a 2.4-mile major arterial with complex retail and commercial adjacent land
uses?

How many of the 250 crashes entailed serious injuries?

Where did the fatal crashes occur? If any were at the busy intersections with Grays Ferry Avenue,
Broad Street, or Columbus Boulevard (beyond the project scope), maybe the causes lie with those
streets, not Washington Avenue.

Were the four fatalities spread among four separate crashes?

How were the fatalities and serious injuries arrayed among vehicle drivers/occupants, pedestrians,
transit riders and bicyclists?

How prevalent was substance abuse in the crashes? How many occurred after dark, in inclement
weather, and/or entailed ER vehicles?

Do any of the police reports for these 250 crashes suggest that the proposed project scope would
significantly help to prevent similar crashes in the future, such as those involving violations of red
lights, stops signs and direction of travel regulations, illegal or careless execution of turning
movements, jaywalking, and unsafe behavior by children, the elderly and those in an impaired
state?

News articles say that “more than half” of the 5,600 people who submitted project survey
comments “live in the four zip codes closest to the corridor”. Regarding “more than half”, is that
51%, 99% or what? I assume these are Zip Codes 19145-46-47-48. Someone like myself who lives a
mere 1/4 block outside Zip Code 19146 would be excluded from the four “prioritized"
zip codes' input, even though I live closer to Washington Avenue (0.6 mile)

Messrs. Belmonte and Fleagle

October 22, 2020
Page 3

than those who live in Zip Codes 19145 or 19148 south of Mifflin Street. Why not have confined, or
given greater weight to, input from those who live, conduct or transact business, or own property
within, say, one mile of Washington Avenue? Did the survey process verify residency, in order to
prevent persons residing outside the area from using the address of a relative or friend who lives
near Washington Avenue?

News articles advance the implausible claim that reducing traffic lanes from five to three will
lengthen travel time per-block by only 15 seconds. This assertion warrants reassessment by
additional pairs of eyes. It’s astonishing how some basic tenets of traffic engineering (reducing travel
times and the incidence of delays) are being turned upside down, under the guises of “traffic
calming” and “complete streets“. These efforts come across as little more than punitive campaigns
against not only private motorists, but commercial, institutional and public entities, whose vehicles
use Washington Avenue. This includes SEPTA’s bus route 64 which serves all but one block of
Washington Avenue. The project description admits that some adversely-affected drivers (including
truckers) will likely divert onto parallel narrow residential streets, where congestion and crash
incidences inevitably will increase. And how does “traffic calming” enhance the environment, when
it also erodes fuel efficiency and worsens air pollution?

Improved traffic signal progressions, timed at about 20 mph, and selected intersection refinements
probably can accomplish more to calm - and also expedite - traffic flow, and enhance safety for all
who use Washington Avenue, with less expense and operational disruption, than reconfiguring the
street to reduce capacity. Funds saved could be redeployed to address the backlog of roadway
repairs in the Philadelphia region.

Thank you for your attention and consideration.

Sincerely,

Christopher Zearfoss

On Oct 22, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Belmonte, Louis <[email protected]> wrote:

I cant open the attached to read it. can you send in another format?

Thanks.
Louis Belmonte P.E. | Assistant District Executive - Operations
PA Department of Transportation
Engineering District 6-0
7000 Geerdes Blvd | King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: 610.205.6550 | Fax: 610.205.6598
[email protected] / www.dot.state.pa.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher E Zearfoss R Redacted >
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:52 AM
To: Belmonte, Louis <[email protected]>
Subject: [External] Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign

ATTENTION: This email message is from an external sender. Do not open links or
attachments from unknown sources. To report suspicious email, forward the message
as an attachment to CWOPA [email protected].

Please find attached a letter on this subject for your consideration.

Thank you.

Chris Zearfoss

<Washington Av 10-20 Rev 1.pages>

From: Lily Reynolds
To: Casey Ross; Kelley Yemen
Cc: Joy Huertas
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign
Date: Monday, December 7, 2020 10:53:48 AM
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From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 10:57 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9:11 AM
To: Casey Ross <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 4:36 PM
To: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

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From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:41 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

Great thank you!

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 11:37 AM
To: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign

Redacted

Redacted

From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:35 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed
Redesign

Redacted

From: Belmonte, Louis <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:56 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Patel, Ashwin <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>;
Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Richard Montanez <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hi Lily –

In speaking with Chris and Kelly yesterday, they suggested I forward you the below email sent to me
by Chris Zearfoss. They indicated you could coordinate directly with the individuals in best position
to provide point by point responses to Mr Zearfoss’s questions and concern, and provide that to
PennDOT for our consideration as we provide a response to him. As you are aware, Washington Ave
is a city-owned federal-aid route, and while we have done some review and commenting on your
project, PennDOT does not have all the information requested.

Please note that Mr Zearfoss also copied George Fleagle of FHWA. I will coordinate with George to
keep him in the loop on this matter, and pass along any questions or concerns.

Thanks.

Lou

Louis Belmonte P.E. | Assistant District Executive - Operations

PA Department of Transportation
Engineering District 6-0
7000 Geerdes Blvd | King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: 610.205.6550 | Fax: 610.205.6598
[email protected] / www.dot.state.pa.us

From: Christopher E Zearfoss <cRedacted >

Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 1:40 PM
To: Belmonte, Louis <[email protected]>
Subject: [External] RESEND of Letter; Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign
ATTENTION: This email message is from an external sender. Do not open links or
attachments from unknown sources. To report suspicious email, forward the message as an
attachment to [email protected].

Sorry for the hiccup. I suspect the problem lies in my using an Apple iMac and software, which often
cause glitches with folks in the PC/Windows world. Anyhow, I’ve cut and pasted the text of my
letter, below. Also, I neglected to mention that I’ve sent “originals"/hard copies via USPS both to
you and George Fleagle.

Thanks much for your prompt acknowledgment.

Redacted

October 22, 2020

Mr. Louis R. Belmonte, Jr., P.E.

Assistant District Executive for Operations
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 6
7000 Geerdes Blvd
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Mr. George B. Fleagle IV, P.E.

Senior Transportation Engineer
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
228 Walnut St, Room 508
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1720

Re:
Washington Avenue, Philadelphia - Proposed Redesign

Dear Sirs:

I write to convey my opposition to the proposed redesign for Washington Avenue in South
Philadelphia, which would reduce the number of traffic lanes over most of its length from five to
three. I understand that this project has $15.8 million of earmarked U.S. DOT funds, which will be
passed-through and administered by PennDOT.

It seems counter-intuitive to constrict capacity on Washington Avenue, the only other wide, bi-
directional, multi-lane crosstown arterial within the 2.5 mile distance between Market Street and
Oregon Avenue. Virtually all other South Philadelphia crosstown streets are narrow and one-way,
with mainly residential frontages. Nearby Christian Street and Snyder Avenue are two-way, but
provide only one traffic lane in each direction. Christian Street is also mainly residential.
Washington Avenue frontages are mostly retail and commercial, with little residential presence.
Near its eastern and western ends it makes convenient connections with I-95 and I-76, respectively,
and so it serves not only local, but regional and long-distance traffic.

Messrs. Belmonte and Fleagle

October 22, 2020
Page 2

News articles on the Washington Avenue project cite 250 “reportable” crashes and four fatalities
over a seven-year span (2012-2018). This broad-brush statement raises numerous questions.

Is this crash record really atypical for a seven-year span (an average slightly less than three crashes
per month), entailing a 2.4-mile major arterial with complex retail and commercial adjacent land
uses?

How many of the 250 crashes entailed serious injuries?

Where did the fatal crashes occur? If any were at the busy intersections with Grays Ferry Avenue,
Broad Street, or Columbus Boulevard (beyond the project scope), maybe the causes lie with those
streets, not Washington Avenue.

Were the four fatalities spread among four separate crashes?

How were the fatalities and serious injuries arrayed among vehicle drivers/occupants, pedestrians,
transit riders and bicyclists?

How prevalent was substance abuse in the crashes? How many occurred after dark, in inclement
weather, and/or entailed ER vehicles?

Do any of the police reports for these 250 crashes suggest that the proposed project scope would
significantly help to prevent similar crashes in the future, such as those involving violations of red
lights, stops signs and direction of travel regulations, illegal or careless execution of turning
movements, jaywalking, and unsafe behavior by children, the elderly and those in an impaired
state?

News articles say that “more than half” of the 5,600 people who submitted project survey
comments “live in the four zip codes closest to the corridor”. Regarding “more than half”, is that
51%, 99% or what? I assume these are Zip Codes 19145-46-47-48. Someone like myself who lives a
mere 1/4 block outside Zip Code 19146 would be excluded from the four “prioritized"
zip codes' input, even though I live closer to Washington Avenue (0.6 mile)

Messrs. Belmonte and Fleagle

October 22, 2020
Page 3

than those who live in Zip Codes 19145 or 19148 south of Mifflin Street. Why not have confined, or
given greater weight to, input from those who live, conduct or transact business, or own property
within, say, one mile of Washington Avenue? Did the survey process verify residency, in order to
prevent persons residing outside the area from using the address of a relative or friend who lives
near Washington Avenue?

News articles advance the implausible claim that reducing traffic lanes from five to three will
lengthen travel time per-block by only 15 seconds. This assertion warrants reassessment by
additional pairs of eyes. It’s astonishing how some basic tenets of traffic engineering (reducing travel
times and the incidence of delays) are being turned upside down, under the guises of “traffic
calming” and “complete streets“. These efforts come across as little more than punitive campaigns
against not only private motorists, but commercial, institutional and public entities, whose vehicles
use Washington Avenue. This includes SEPTA’s bus route 64 which serves all but one block of
Washington Avenue. The project description admits that some adversely-affected drivers (including
truckers) will likely divert onto parallel narrow residential streets, where congestion and crash
incidences inevitably will increase. And how does “traffic calming” enhance the environment, when
it also erodes fuel efficiency and worsens air pollution?

Improved traffic signal progressions, timed at about 20 mph, and selected intersection refinements
probably can accomplish more to calm - and also expedite - traffic flow, and enhance safety for all
who use Washington Avenue, with less expense and operational disruption, than reconfiguring the
street to reduce capacity. Funds saved could be redeployed to address the backlog of roadway
repairs in the Philadelphia region.

Thank you for your attention and consideration.

Sincerely,

Christopher Zearfoss

On Oct 22, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Belmonte, Louis <[email protected]> wrote:

I cant open the attached to read it. can you send in another format?

Thanks.

Louis Belmonte P.E. | Assistant District Executive - Operations

PA Department of Transportation
Engineering District 6-0
7000 Geerdes Blvd | King of Prussia, PA 19406
From: Lily Reynolds
To: Noelle Marconi; Michael Carroll, P.E.; James Kellett
Cc: Imani Harris; Joy Huertas; Kevin Lessard; Kelley Yemen
Subject: Re: City Council comment process
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 4:18:23 PM
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Thank you, Noelle. Imani, Joy and Kevin, Kelley for FYI

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Noelle Marconi <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 2:24 PM
To: "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds
<[email protected]>, James Kellett <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Council comment process

It can be an email.

Noelle Marconi

Director of Legislative Affairs

Streets Department

(215) 686-7743 (O)

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From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 2:23 PM
To: Noelle Marconi <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; James
Kellett <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: City Council comment process

Written testimony means a physical letter only or could it be an email?

From: Noelle Marconi <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 11:18 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; James Kellett <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Council comment process

They can submit written testimony that is made part of the record if they can't call in to the
meeting.

Noelle Marconi

Director of Legislative Affairs

Streets Department

(215) 686-7743 (O)

Redacted

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 11:16 AM
To: Noelle Marconi <[email protected]>; James Kellett <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Council comment process

Thank you, Noelle!

To confirm – there is no way for someone to write testimony and have it recorded as part of the
Council hearing? Someone would have to phone in by voice and speak their testimony and then it
will be typed by the Clerk court reporter?

-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
 Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Noelle Marconi <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 11:09 AM
To: James Kellett <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: City Council comment process

Hi Lily,
Once the bill is introduced, it will be referred to Committee. Once the bill is scheduled for a
hearing, the public can reach out to the Chief Clerk's office and request to testify or contact
the Council office who is running the Committee hearing. The hearing is viewable on Channel
64 as there are no in person sessions right now with Covid. Those who want to testify will
have to call in to the hearing. There is a court reporter who dictates Council meetings so
there is a public record of the hearing and the transcripts can be requested through the Chief
Clerk's office.

Once the bill moves out of Committee, the full Council will vote on the bill. The public can also
provide public comment during the Council session which again, is over the phone right now
with Covid. The public can sign up through the Chief Clerk's office and their comment is
limited to three minutes.

Hope this helps. Let me know if yo have more questions.

Noelle Marconi

Director of Legislative Affairs

Streets Department

(215) 686-7743 (O)

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From: James Kellett <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 10:27 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Noelle Marconi <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: City Council comment process

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 5:39 PM
To: James Kellett <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: City Council comment process

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From: Lily Reynolds
To: Joy Huertas; Michael Carroll, P.E.
Subject: Re: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP
Date: Friday, December 17, 2021 2:45:27 PM
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Putting to top of Mike’s inbox

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 9:05 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E."
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP

I think it went well, just one follow up from Sophia below:

>>

I want to just make sure I’m understanding where the specific ‘road diet’ aspect of the plan is
– Is it correct to say that OTIS is still committed to pursuing a road diet, but the number of
lane is being revisited, OR is it accurate to say that the road diet concept itself is being
revisited?

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director

From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Lily Reynolds
Subject: Re: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP
Date: Friday, December 17, 2021 3:03:47 PM
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Thanks Mike!!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, December 17, 2021 2:55 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 9:05 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP

I think it went well, just one follow up from Sophia below:

>>
I want to just make sure I’m understanding where the specific ‘road diet’ aspect of the plan is
– Is it correct to say that OTIS is still committed to pursuing a road diet, but the number of
lane is being revisited, OR is it accurate to say that the road diet concept itself is being
revisited?

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]
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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 5:17 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP

Redacted

From: [email protected]
When: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM December 14, 2021
Subject: HOLD: WHYY-Washington Avenue Interview/PREP
Location: Teams Meeting

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From: Joy Huertas
To: Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds; Kevin Lessard
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Imani Harris
Subject: Re: Inky Video
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022 10:24:38 AM

Thank you both, just chatted with Mike C and he will clarify on the call.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 10:22 AM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Kevin Lessard
<[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inky Video

Yes, the problem is that the way they have phrased the point of comparison is unclear
whether it is one option to another or comparing the options to the existing.

Kelley Yemen
Director of Complete Streets
Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, & Sustainability |
City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 1430 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

T (215) 686-2142 | E [email protected]

phillyotis.com

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 9:52 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inky Video

Thanks for handling this, Joy.

I don’t think Kelleys point is that it is more crossing distance between the 4lane/ mixed Vs 3
lane (40 ft Vs. 33 ft). Instead she is pointing out that their video makes it sound like our
current proposal is more length than today, which is inaccurate.

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

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Subject: RE: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 4:30 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>;
Casey Ross <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:47 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>;
Casey Ross <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

Ok, thanks!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:31 PM
To: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Casey Ross <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

Give me a day or so to think this one over.

From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:09 PM
To: Casey Ross <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds
<[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

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From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:07 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

I will leave this to Kelley, Mike, and Chris. Lily is on vacation and I have not been involved in the
recent Point Breeze outreach.

Casey

Casey C. Ross (she/her)

Transportation Planner
Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, & Sustainability |
City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

phillyotis.com

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Date: Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:41 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
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From: Fitzgerald, Thomas <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 4:34 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Avenue

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hi Joy,

I'm just checking in, wondering when work is going to begin on the "road diet" for Washington
Avenue in South Philly.

Last I saw it was slated to begin in the paving season of 2021, but my understanding is no work is
underway yet. Please let me know if that info is out of date, and what is going on with this safe
streets project.

I would love an update; next week is fine. Just wanted to send you a note while I was thinking about
it. Hope you're doing well!

Best,
Tom

--
Thomas Fitzgerald
Transportation reporter
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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E: [email protected]
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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Sunday, February 6, 2022 5:26:43 PM
To: Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>;
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Sunday, February 6, 2022 5:05 PM
To: Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>;
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inquirer- Washington Avenue

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Subject: Washington Avenue

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links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hi Joy,

Does OTIS want to respond to the uproar of criticism over the Washington Avenue decision by the
vocal advocate groups?

We put your rationale in the story from the statement post yesterday, but would like to make sure
the department has ample opportunity!

Tom

--
Thomas Fitzgerald
Transportation reporter
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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E: [email protected]
Follow me: @tomfitzgerald
To: "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Joy Huertas
<[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Meeting today

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From: Michael Carroll, P.E.

Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:32 AM
To: Joy Huertas
Cc: Lily Reynolds; Kelley Yemen
Subject: RE: Meeting today

Redacted

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:45 AM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Meeting today

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From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:42 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Meeting today

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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:54:04 PM
To: Dena Driscoll <Redacted >
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Meeting today

Hi Dena,

Cc'ing Mike so he can respond.

-Lily
On 1/26/22, 4:09 PM, "Dena Driscoll" <Redacted > wrote:

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open attachments unless you recognize the sender.
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Lily and Mike,

Today Squilla and Johnson let’s know OTIS no longer supports the 3 lane plan. Can you confirm?

Dena

Sent from my iPhone

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From: Kelley Yemen <Kelley.Yemen@Phila gov>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:59 PM
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds
<[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <Nino.Ranjo@Phila gov>; Nicholas Baker
<[email protected]>; Nathan Powers <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

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From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:43 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <Kelley.Yemen@Phila gov>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

Will do.

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
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From: Joy Huertas <Joy.Huertas@Phila gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:35
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <Kelley.Yemen@Phila gov>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

He's publishing asap, but the Axios newsletter goes out tomorrow morning. So at least by EOD so he can update.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
joy.huertas@phila gov

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:33 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <Kelley.Yemen@Phila gov>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

How soon do we need the answer?

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
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From: Joy Huertas <Joy.Huertas@Phila gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:32
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <Kelley.Yemen@Phila gov>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

Just flagging Axios will report the Administration doesn't have an estimate.

Redacted

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
joy.huertas@phila gov

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:28 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Joy Huertas <Joy Huertas@Phila gov>; Lily Reynolds <Lily Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <Kelley.Yemen@Phila gov>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

We will update the current estimate breakdown per corridor that we have based on the bid prices, and share the cost for Washington with the group within a
day or two.

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
Redacted
From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:22
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <Vadim.Fleysh@phila gov>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios
Importance: High

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From: Joy Huertas <Joy.Huertas@Phila gov>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:16 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Mike- Axios

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From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Vadim Fleysh; Trevor Booz; Lily Reynolds
Cc: Imani Harris; Kelley Yemen
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2:48:37 PM

FYI, Jack at Metro just reached out with the same question.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2:48 PM
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

Ok fantastic. Thanks, guys.

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2:44 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Joy
Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

We are working on the actual numbers based on the bid, will send shortly

Washington was 91K sqyds paving , out of 263K for CW 107

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
Redacted

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 14:35
To: Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds
<[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios
Redacted

From: Trevor Booz <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:26 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily
Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

Hi Mike,
What type of estimate, just the cost of paving and striping attributed to Washington Ave?

Thanks,
Trevor

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:21 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz
<[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:16 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Mike- Axios

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From: Joy Huertas
To: Vadim Fleysh; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Lily Reynolds
Cc: Imani Harris; Trevor Booz; Kelley Yemen; Nino Ranjo
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:35:19 PM

He's publishing asap, but the Axios newsletter goes out tomorrow morning. So at least by EOD so he
can update.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:33 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily
Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

How soon do we need the answer?

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
Redacted

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:32
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>;
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

Just flagging Axios will report the Administration doesn't have an estimate.

Redacted

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]
From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:28 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily
Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

We will update the current estimate breakdown per corridor that we have based on the bid prices,
and share the cost for Washington with the group within a day or two.

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
Redacted

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:22
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz
<[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios
Importance: High

Redacted

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:16 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Mike- Axios

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Redacted
From: Joy Huertas
To: Michael Carroll P.E.; Vadim Fleysh; Nathan Powers; Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds; Christopher Puchalsky
Cc: Imani Harris; Trevor Booz; Nino Ranjo; Nicholas Baker
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:24:03 AM
Attachments: image001.png
image002.png

Sending corrections now, thanks!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
joy.huertas@phila gov

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:23 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <Vadim.Fleysh@phila gov>; Nathan Powers <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>; Nicholas Baker
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

Excellent Vadim, thank you. So Joy the paving project will cost $6.2 and roughly $1.24 is coming from the City budget.

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:22 AM
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael.A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Nathan Powers <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>; Nicholas Baker
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

Ok, so once again.

How much will the Washington Avenue paving project cost (what's the 80% and what's the 20% City match)?

And how much will the additional improvements cost?

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
joy.huertas@phila gov

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:18 AM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Nathan Powers <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>; Nicholas Baker
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

Mike, this is the entire Citywide. The Washington is $6.2M. Again, including ramps and incidentals.

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
267-265-4822 (c)

From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:13 AM
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <Joy.Huertas@Phila gov>; Nathan Powers <Nathan.Powers@Phila gov>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>; Nicholas Baker
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

Vadim is 15.2M the whole Citywide or just Washington Ave.?

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:12 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael [email protected]>; Nathan Powers <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>
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From: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:59 PM
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <Joy.Huertas@Phila gov>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds
<Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo <[email protected]>; Nicholas Baker
<[email protected]>; Nathan Powers <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

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From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:43 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael [email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

Will do.

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:35
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael.A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

He's publishing asap, but the Axios newsletter goes out tomorrow morning. So at least by EOD so he can update.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
joy.huertas@phila gov

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:33 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael [email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

How soon do we need the answer?

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
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From: Joy Huertas <Joy Huertas@Phila gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:32
To: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <Michael.A.Carroll@Phila gov>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mike- Axios

Just flagging Axios will report the Administration doesn't have an estimate.

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Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
joy.huertas@phila gov

From: Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:28 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <Lily.Reynolds@Phila gov>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Nino Ranjo
<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios

We will update the current estimate breakdown per corridor that we have based on the bid prices, and share the cost for Washington with the group within a
day or two.

Vadim Fleysh
215-686-5538
Redacted
From: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:22
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vadim Fleysh <[email protected]>; Trevor Booz <[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen
<Kelley Yemen@Phila gov>
Subject: RE: Mike- Axios
Importance: High

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:16 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Mike- Axios

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From: Lily Reynolds
To: Imani Harris
Bcc: Joy Huertas
Subject: Re: Our Family"s Experience with Traffic Violence
Date: Friday, February 18, 2022 6:05:15 PM
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From: Imani Harris <Redacted >

Date: Friday, February 18, 2022 at 4:36 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Our Family's Experience with Traffic Violence

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

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Imani Harris (she/her)
Communications and Marketing Strategist
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Imani Harris (she/her)
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-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>

Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 12:24 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>, Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>,
"Cowan, William C. [Will]" <[email protected]>, Richard Montanez
<[email protected]>, "Federico, John E." <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Petition Supporting Your 3-Lane Plan

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proposed changes," I feel I owe it to the people who signed the petition to point out that far more
residents supported your decision than opposed it.

I will do my best to summarize the explanation you gave me on Saturday. However, if OTIS would
like to provide a written explanation, I will forward it to those who signed the petition so they can
get a more detailed and more accurate understanding of why you will no longer move forward with
the 3-lane option. If there is anything you can suggest we do to increase the likelihood that you
will be able to move forward with the safest possible option, please feel free to reach out to me.

Finally, for me personally, I'm still curious how the traffic speed analysis of the 3-lane plan was
revised from "an increase of only 0.5 seconds per block" in July 2020 to "a few seconds delay
each block" last Saturday. I'm also curious to hear more about your statement that 10 percent of
current traffic being diverted, which was previously characterized as the "worst-case scenario,"
was actually required for the 3-lane Washington Avenue to handle existing traffic.

Thank you,
J.R.
From: Lily Reynolds
To: Vincent Thompson; Joy Huertas; Imani Harris
Subject: Re: Presentation
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 5:08:32 PM

Thanks for the insights, Vincent.

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From: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 5:01:10 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Presentation

Thank you Lily for letting me know.

I really think you are going to have a crowd attending tonight's event that are going to want to ask questions of OTIS officials in
a public forum. They want to vent.

I don't know if the open house concept is going to fly and might make people really angry, according to the stuff I have been
reading on social media and in emails to our office. The media will also be in attendance as well.

I will see you soon.

Sincerely,
Vincent Thompson
Communications Director
Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
215-686-3412/3413 (leave a voicemail message by hitting the number 7)
[email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 4:56 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>; Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Presentation

Hi Vincent,

The goal of the open house is to provide as much opportunity as possible for the community to ask 1:1 questions of OTIS staff
and consultant engineers who we have asked to attend. Therefore we will not have q&a after the presentation. That includes
staff and council.

After mikes presentation we will go directly to open house and will be available for any questions from community up until
8:30 when the Y needs to start closing. We are available to join in any conversation or answer any questions that may come
up from CM Johnson or Squilla.

Thank you,
Lily

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 3:27:15 PM
To: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>; Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Presentation

Hi Vincent,

No further edits beyond what was lastly sent to you last night. Release went out this morning, do you receive the City's press releases?
Let me know, so we can add you to the distribution list. Also, link below for reference.

www.phila.gov/2022-03-01-city-releases-2022-washington-avenue-repaving-and-improvement-project-design-plans/

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of he Mayor
[email protected]

From: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 3:10 PM
To: Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Presentation

Thank you for the information. Do you have a link to the press release? I never saw the final copy....

Also, what is going to be the event format for today. I'm asking just in case any changes were made:

1. I know Mike Carroll will make opening statements and talk people through the new plan. Will Councilmembers Johnson
and Squilla have a chance to speak to the public and answer questions if they want to?
2. If the public wants to comment on the new plan, will they have the opportunity to do so? Will they be able to come up
to a mic and ask questions? Please advise.

Sincerely,
Vincent Thompson
Communications Director
Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
215-686-3412/3413 (leave a voicemail message by hitting the number 7)
[email protected]

From: Imani Harris <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:54 PM
To: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Presentation

Hello Vincent,

As requested, please see the presentation deck attached. It is also available for the public to view in a blog post here.

Also, here's the link to the recording of zoom briefing. It will expire in 7 days so I suggest you download it as soon as possible!

Topic: Washington Avenue Embargo Briefing

Start Time: Mar 1, 2022 08:44 AM

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Thank you,

Imani Harris (she/her)

Communications Manager

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, & Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

E: imani [email protected]
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From: Joy Huertas
To: Lily Reynolds; Christopher Puchalsky; Kelley Yemen; Michael Carroll, P.E.
Subject: Re: Spring Garden/Washington Ave Mention:Inquirer
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 4:07:57 PM
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From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:54 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>; Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Spring Garden/Washington Ave Mention:Inquirer

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From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 9:08 AM
To: Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>, Kelley Yemen
<[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E."
<[email protected]>
Subject: Spring Garden/Washington Ave Mention:Inquirer

ICYMI: “The city moved a step forward Friday with a redesign of Spring
Garden Street that would include parking-protected bike lanes and other
traffic-calming changes. And construction is expected to begin this summer
on a safety overhaul of the dangerous Washington Avenue corridor in South
Philadelphia.”

https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/biden-pete-buttigieg-
transportation-climate-change-racial-justice-philadelphia-20210215.html

Joy
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From: Joy Huertas
To: Eric Gripp; Bill Wasser; Redacted
Cc: Keisha McCarty-Skelton; Crystal Jacobs; Casey Ross; Lily Reynolds
Subject: Re: Washington Ave Parking
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 4:21:46 PM

Thank you Sgt., appreciate your prompt response.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Eric Gripp <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 3:49 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Bill Wasser <[email protected]>;
Redacted >
Cc: Keisha McCarty-Skelton <[email protected]>; Crystal Jacobs
<[email protected]>; Casey Ross <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave Parking

Hi Joy,

I spoke with Captain Mike O'Donnell, commanding officer of the 17th District. While he was
not aware of any prior reports or concerns in the area that the constituent is referring to, the
district will be more than happy to look into this.

I would refer the individual to the 17th District Community relations officer, Officer Kimberlee
Hickinson, so that she can work with him being as this is apparently an ongoing issue. She can
be reached at [email protected]

Thanks,

Eric

Sgt. Eric Gripp

Acting Public Information Officer
Social and Digital Media Manager
Public Affairs/Media Relations
Philadelphia Police Department
215-686-3388
@PPDEricGripp

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 3:25 PM
To: Bill Wasser <[email protected]>; Redacted
Redacted >; Eric Gripp <[email protected]>
Cc: Keisha McCarty-Skelton <[email protected]>; Crystal Jacobs
<[email protected]>; Casey Ross <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds
<[email protected]>
Subject: Fw: Washington Ave Parking

Hello PPA and PPD.

Please see below, this came through our press inbox but it's not a reporter. Forwarding so you can
look into this and propose a response to the constituent. Adding in Streets and OTIS for awareness in
case they'd like to include proactive messaging about the Washington Avenue repaving and
improvement project which proposes improvements to the existing parking and loading conditions
along the avenue.

Thanks all,

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: mike <Redacted >

Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:40 PM
To: Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Washington Ave Parking

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

---------- Forwarded message ---------

From: mike <Redacted >
Date: Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 2:36 PM
Subject: Washington Ave Parking
To: <[email protected]>

I have contacted the PPA, the PPD and the Councilmember for this area and apparently no one
seems interested in doing anything..

There are two garages one at 17th and one at 21st that both park cars on an angle. There are
signs all up and down Washington that say "No Angle Parking''/ PPA says it is not
their jurisdiction, and apparently the PPD could care less. Not that the second is a surprise.
These cars are parked illegally and they also block the bike lane. Just curious as to whom is
getting paid off or is it just an attitude problem?
Next contact will be the press. Thank you
From: Joy Huertas
To: Lily Reynolds
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting
Date: Friday, December 10, 2021 11:07:04 AM
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Thank you!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:36 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, December 10, 2021 at 9:50 AM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>,
Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>, Kenyatta
Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Hello all,

An update for you on the Washington Avenue working group.

The group met on 11/9 and reviewed large scale block-by-block plans of the different
roadway layout options and the existing layout and discussed pros and cons. The group met
again on 11/30 and discussed what decision criteria should be used to evaluate and
determine the roadway layout. Attendance at the meetings has continued to be around 30-40
people.

Next week on 12/14 the group will meet for a working session to tabulate the results of the
community led survey that was created by the group.

Business outreach has continued. This week on 12/7 the team met at CK Auto to review more
detailed issues expressed by businesses. The team is gearing up for more individual business
outreach.

The project team is in the process of meeting with subject matter experts on the criteria that
will be used by the City to evaluate the roadway layout options. The team is also reviewing
additions/adjustments to the project to meet requests or comments from public/business
input.

The sixth meeting of the working group will take place on 1/11/22. The focus of that meeting
will be the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different roadway options based on the
evaluation using the criteria. We also aim to demonstrate how community input has resulted
in any adjustments to the options.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

 Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5:38 PM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>,
Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>, Kenyatta
Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Hi all,

A short recap on Washington Avenue progress this week for you:

We are confirmed for our next working group meeting next week on Tuesday, November 9th at
Hawthorne Cultural Center. We will continue our discussion about Washington Avenue and what
elements should be included in the re-paving project. Also, I offered to print copies of the
community-led survey for the group to decide how to distribute.

We had good phone discussions this week and last week with businesses on Washington, especially
near the 600 and 700 blocks. Today Mike and I met with about 8 or so busines representatives at the
Cellular 2000 store at 7th and Washington. We heard some concerns about the project, but also a
shared goal to try to work together and reach a consensus. We invited these folks to the working
group on Tuesday and it sounded like some plan to attend.

We recognize that there were two recent crashes on Washington Avenue. One on 10/25/21 at 10th
and Washington was auto vs. auto where one vehicle flipped due to the crash. The second on
11/2/21 was auto vs. ped where the person walking was hit while crossing Washington in the
crosswalk on the walk sign. The victim was taken to the hospital but I understand is doing ok. We
also plan to acknowledge these crashes on Tuesday to the group, as well as acknowledge the
protest/rally against the project that took place two weekends ago on Washington with a reported
10-15 people participating.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>,
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>,
"Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Ok
Great
Thank you

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Nov 3, 2021 2:37 PM, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Councilmember Squilla,

This is a community led survey. At this time, I am not aware of community members’ plans to
translate and offer in multiple languages.

The City’s survey was released in 2020 in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Spanish. I could look into
printing copies of the City’s survey from 2020 in these languages.

The City’s explanatory videos of layout options and mailed postcards/flyers were all translated into
these multiple languages. Videos are up available on our website here:
Videos (English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese)

-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
 & Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, October 29, 2021 at 9:15 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>,
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>,
"Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Thank you Lily

Will these surveys be Available in different languages?
Thanks
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Oct 29, 2021 4:54 PM, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all,

A short Washington Avenue update as we end the week.

When the working group met last week 10/19, they decided to create a community led survey about
Washington. They also decided to finalize the survey this week 10/28 so it could be printed by 11/2.
(Some people wanted to be outside of polling places to get awareness.)
Attached is the survey and the original photos of flip chart from 10/19. You can see many of
the original questions are in the final survey. I assisted by typing up the questions in a google
form.
 OTIS has emphasized this is an exercise, not a scientific survey, and we will discuss how to
interpret responses at our next meeting.
OTIS has offered to print up to 500 copies, but the City will not be distributing any surveys. It
is only paper form now, no electronic version, because this is a response to a desire for a
different type of survey.
Email chain with the working group is attached.

We also had good discussions with business owners this week from AAPI businesses near 6th and
Washington. Looking to go in person to meet with printed visuals soon. Also touched base with
Danielle from 9th Street Business to ensure awareness of working group.

The next working group meeting is Tuesday, November 9 ___location tbd.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 4:29 PM
To: Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E."
<[email protected]>, Mark Squilla <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo,
Katie" <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Good afternoon,
Thank you for the meeting earlier this week about the ongoing dialogue with community
stakeholders on Washington Ave.

On Tuesday evening we held a working group meeting that was well attended by both constituents
in favor and opposed to changes on Washington Avenue. The meeting had a different tone than
previous meetings. We were able to break up into two groups, which provided the opportunity for
people exchange ideas and hear each other’s opinions. One group worked on drafting a new
community-led survey. A Point Breeze resident had the good idea to finalize the survey before
election day so that it could be distributed outside polling places.

Another theme of the meeting was having better business representation at the next meeting. We
are working on additional outreach.

We agreed to meet in three weeks on Tuesday, November 9th.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
From: Lily Reynolds
To: Joy Huertas
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:55:16 PM
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Thank you!

From: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 6:54 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Sorry, was working on a request for NBC. Yes, they worked for me.

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director

Office of the Mayor

[email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:46 PM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Washington Ave. working group

Can you confirm the links work in my email below? The FB one is acting wonky on my end

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 6:42 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba <Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
<cRedacted , Annette Randolph < Redacted t>, Adell Mack
<Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
<Redacted >, Charlie Reeves <Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
<Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik <Redacted >, "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, "Redacted
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Albert Littlepage Redacted >, Jerome Fordham <RRedacted >, Dena
Driscoll <Redacted , Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone <Redacted >, Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
"Redacted " Redacted , Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer Hurley <[email protected]>, Charles
Brown <[email protected]>, WENDY SOLOMON Redacted >,
Young < Redacted >, Jo Paulas <j Redacted >, Janice
Just a reminder that the working group meeting will take place on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at
2pm – 4pm. The ___location is YMCA at 1724 Christian Street.

At this meeting the City will present back information from the evaluation we have conducted of the
different roadway options.

This will be the last scheduled meeting of the working group.

On Tuesday, March 1st at 6pm, the City will host a public open house, which will provide an
opportunity for anyone who is interested to join. The meeting will be held in-person following COVID
safety guidelines and will include ways to join virtually. Details of that meeting forthcoming. For now,
you can share the save the date for that meeting on social media (twitter) and (facebook).

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 12:05 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >, Annette Randolph <Redacted >, Adell Mack
R Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
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<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
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Brown <[email protected]>, WENDY SOLOMON R Redacted ,
Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas Redacted >, Janice
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N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne Mitchell <Redacted >, Al Custis
<[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci <Redacted Lorenzo Leonard
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Subject: POSTPONED due to snow event Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

Due to the pending snow event, we have decided to postpone the meeting for this Saturday to next
week Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 2pm – 4pm. The ___location will be the same at the YMCA on
1724 Christian Street.

Take care all and stay safe,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, January 7, 2022 at 10:46 AM
To: Madeline Shikomba <Redacted , Claudia Sherrod
Redacted , Annette Randolph Redacted t>, Adell Mack
R Redacted , Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
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Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
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<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer Hurley <[email protected]>, Charles
Brown <[email protected]>, WENDY SOLOMON <RRedacted >,
Young < Redacted >, Jo Paulas Redacted >, Janice
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N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis
<[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard
Redacted , Adolphus Robinson Redacted >, Ralanda King
Redacted >, Vanessa Davies <[email protected]>,
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Eleanor Ingersoll
<[email protected]>, Mary S Redacted
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

Happy new year to everyone. I hope all are well.

Our next meeting for the working group will be on Saturday, January 29 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at
the YMCA on 1724 Christian Street.

Thanks to the Y, their gym ___location will hopefully have better acoustics and space for us. Please note,
as part of our agreement with the Y and as part of our agreement to each other, it is more important
than ever that everyone wears a mask at all times in the building.

I’ll follow up closer to the date with a draft agenda for the meeting.

Note we will not be meeting on January 11.

As always, reach out with any questions.

Take care,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
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Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group - new ___location and time

Hello all,

The next Washington Avenue working group meeting is next week Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at
5:30 pm – 7:30pm. We will meet at the Wharton Square field house at 2300 Wharton St. The
building is closest to the corner of 23rd and Wharton St. Please note the earlier start time (if you can
only join at 6, please do!).

As we mentioned at the last meeting, on Tuesday we will be focusing on tabulating the results of
the community-led survey. Please bring any paper copies you may have of the survey from
neighbors. We can talk at the beginning of the meeting how to tabulate the results and making the
best use of the time we have.

The next meeting in January will be on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Location tbd.

Thank you!
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

 E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:15 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted , Annette Randolph R Redacted , Adell Mack
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>, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted , Charlie Reeves Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
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Albert Littlepage Redacted >, Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone <Redacted >, Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
"Redacted , Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer Hurley <[email protected]>, charles
<[email protected]>, WENDY SOLOMON Redacted t>, Young
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Redacted t>, Adolphus Robinson Redacted >, Ralanda King
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Thank you and happy holidays,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Monday, November 15, 2021 at 5:05 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba <Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >, Annette Randolph <Redacted t>, Adell Mack
Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted >, Charlie Reeves <cRedacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted , Eugene Desyatnik < Redacted >, "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage <Redacted Jerome Fordham Redacted , Dena

Driscoll <Redacted Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone <Redacted >, Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted >, Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted t>, Young <Redacted >, Jo Paulas
Redacted m>, Janice Lanier Redacted , lewis
Redacted , cw Redacted >, N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard <Redacted >, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>, Redacted
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<[email protected]>, Patrick Fitzmaurice Redacted
DANIELLE RENZULLI <Redacted >, Binh Nguyen Redacted
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

Thank you for those who attended the working group meeting last week on 11/9. We are in the
process of combing through the written comments we received. This is taking a bit longer than usual
due to the number of comments received. We will share the transcription with the group when we
have completed it.

In the meantime, we have received several questions about the community-led survey. For those
who are distributing the paper copies – please collect any filled out surveys and bring with you to the
next meeting on 11/30. If you have given out copies to others in your neighborhood for distribution,
please work your neighbors to collect them and bring them on the neighborhood’s behalf at the next
meeting.

Speaking of which, please mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 30th at 6:00pm for the next
working group meeting. Location TBD.

Thank you and take care,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted >, Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
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<Redacted >, Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

We received a few good questions yesterday including: a request to list some context about what
the survey is for, adding a survey question about parking, a plan for fair distribution and counting,
and questions about the electronic vs. paper version.

Please see the attached updated version that has:

Text at the top for context: “Neighbors are distributing this survey to get opinions about
Washington Avenue to provide input to the City of Philadelphia about re-paving next year.”
A question about parking: “Do you drive, if so where do you park?”
A question about email information: “What is your email address? (Please share so we can
stay in touch. Your email will also help verify you are a valid responder.)”

In order to make sure that the same survey is being distributed (i.e. no edits are made to the
questions) and the survey is fairly counted, we can work together in person to tally responses at an
upcoming working group meeting. We will all be able to see what the paper versions are and what
the responses are.

One of the main differences between this effort and the City’s effort last year is a paper survey
(instead of electronic). For now, let’s only do paper version because this is a response to a desire for
a different type of survey. We can discuss this further at our meeting on November 9 and can always
decide as a group to also distribute electronically.

To clarify, the City is not distributing any paper surveys. We are simply offering to print up to 500
copies. Feel free to make your own copies. Let me know if you want paper copies and we can
coordinate.

The next meeting is Tuesday, November 9 ___location tbd. We propose an agenda item is discussing
the project elements and goals you have for Washington Avenue.

Thank you and have a great Halloween weekend,

Lily
 Lily Reynolds, AICP
she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 3:20 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >, Annette Randolph Redacted >, Adell Mack
Redacted , Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted R >, Charlie Reeves Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted e Redacted
>, Eugene Desyatnik < >, "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted , Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted , Theresa Rose
Redacted Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted , Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted >, Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
Redacted >, Janice Lanier Redacted >, lewis
Redacted >, cw Redacted >, N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted , Lorenzo Leonard Redacted >, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted >, Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

Thank you Cynthia, Tyrique, and others who added edits for the community survey.

There were a few people who responded to the draft survey on accident, thinking it was finalized
before it was.

Please see the survey as pdf attached and as electronic form here. I kept the “what is your closest
intersection to Washington Ave.” question in because I heard strong agreement among the group at
our last meeting about this question. Also, this will help answer the near neighbor question better
than zip code or what street do you live on.

The City is able to print up to 500 copies of the survey and can coordinate with you to distribute. Get
in touch with me if you want copies. If you choose to print more copies, please let us know and how
many copies you’re printing so we can get a sense of response rate.

There have been conflicting opinions about having the survey outside polling places next week. If
you choose to be at a polling place, you must ensure you follow all elections laws.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:06 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba <Redacted , Claudia Sherrod
<Redacted >, Annette Randolph Redacted t>, Adell Mack
<aRedacted , Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
<Redacted >, Charlie Reeves <Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted , Eugene Desyatnik Redacted , "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted >, Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted , Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted >, Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted >, Young <Redacted Re >, Jo Paulas
Redacted d
, Janice Lanier <Redacted >, lewis
Redacted cw Redacted , N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell <Redacted Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard Redacted >, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted com>, Ralanda King <Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave. working group

Hi All,

Good to see many of you last night at Hawthorne Cultural Center. We had a productive meeting and
made some progress on two main items:
1. Survey
a. See notes attached.
b. Goal is to create a new survey that the community can distribute about Washington
Ave.
2. Project elements
a. See the notes attached. Also typed up notes.
b. Goal is to get more agreement on what project elements should happen/should not
happen on Washington Ave. We continue to hear that everyone agrees that
Washington Ave should be re-paved next year. We will have more discussion about the
project elements at the next meeting.
c. I’m also attaching the slides and the paper copies we shared.

More about the Survey

People had a good idea to distribute a paper survey on election day outside the polls
 (following all election guidelines) on November 2, 2021. So, we agreed that the group will
work on the survey by email between now and October 28, 2021 so paper copies can be
printed for Nov. 2.
Here is the draft of the survey that people made last night. Please help us add/edit the
questions before October 28. I made everyone receiving this email an editor of the Google
Form.

Next meeting:
Tuesday, November 8, 2021
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location TBD

As always, reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thank you!
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
From: Lily Reynolds
To: Casey Ross; Kelley Yemen; Joy Huertas
Cc: Imani Harris; Imani Harris
Subject: Re: Washington Avenue Blog Post - Feet First Philly
Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 10:32:02 PM

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From: Casey Ross <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 3:10 PM
To: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Joy
Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Washington Avenue Blog Post - Feet First Philly

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From: Nick Zuwiala-Rogers <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:44 PM
To: Casey Ross <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; Redacted
Subject: Re: Washington Avenue Blog Post - Feet First Philly

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hi Casey,

I appreciate your note and thoughtful dialogue here. I know how hard you are working on this
project and imagine this is a really difficult time to be in your shoes.

I want to be clear that there are two pretty specific subjects of the blog post/statement on our
website: the 3 lane option being taken off the table, despite it being shown as the safest option and
having widespread support; and our disappointment in how that decision was made. The subject is
not what happens to Washington Avenue going forward, and we aren't intending to be misleading
by not including that. I think the public discourse deserves to take a moment to reflect on what was
lost and how we got here, and for those reasons we stand by what we said and I don't believe what
is written is misleading.

That being said, all 3 of us have a lot of respect for you and think we can accommodate your request
and update the post to mention the two options still on the table, as well as the March 1st meeting.
Please let me know if you feel there is a specific line or phrase that is misleading outside of the
omission of these remaining options.

I would also like to take you up on your offer to discuss more so we can better understand how the
city got to its decision, and better understand the options that are still available. Please let us know
times that work for you to meet.

Thanks for all your work on a difficult project,

Nick

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 5:24 PM Casey Ross <[email protected]> wrote:

Hey Jen, Will, and Nick,

I’m writing you regarding the blog post Feet First Philly published about Washington Avenue on
February 7th, 2022, linked here. I understand (and share) the frustration conveyed in the post, but
I believe it is misleading. While nothing written is untrue, the post implies that the City has
abandoned all plans for Washington Avenue when, in truth, either the 4-lane or mixed option will
be installed by the end of 2022.

I understand that neither of those configurations is ideal, but both will provide safety benefits to
Washington Avenue roadway users compared to the existing condition even if they don’t
accomplish all safety goals in all ways at all locations. (Not even the 3-lane option would have
accomplished that.) The problem is that the blog post doesn’t make clear that any improvement
options are still on the table. Omitting the City’s plans to advance one of two remaining
 alternatives implies that we abandoned all plans to improve to Washington Avenue when the 3-
lane configuration became infeasible. That omission is misleading – the City is not abandoning
safety improvements on Washington. That’s just not true.

So, I’m writing to you as a colleague and a friend to ask that you please update the blog post to
clarify that Washington Avenue isn’t staying the same just because the 3-lane configuration is no
longer feasible. I ‘m not asking you to change the tone, message, or critiques in the blog post, but
I feel the text of the current post is misleading. The outcome may not be what many of us hoped
for, but one way or another roadway safety measures benefiting pedestrians will come to
Washington Avenue by the end of the year. I ask that the information Feet First Philly provides
online reflects that reality.

In the end, whatever changes come out of this process - whether they’re transformative or move
the dial less than any of us would like - they’re only the most recent in what has been and will
continue to be years of work dedicated to making Washington Avenue safer. Please believe me
when I say that Washington will remain a target for ongoing safety improvements beyond
anything installed in 2022 – this isn’t the end.

Please let me know your thoughts. I hope I’ve conveyed my thoughts and request respectfully and
clearly, which is my intention. I respect you all as colleagues and friends and believe what I’m
asking is reasonable. I’m also happy to discuss further if you feel otherwise or have any questions.
Just let me know!

Warmly,
Casey

Casey C. Ross (she/her/hers)

Complete Streets Project Manager
Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, & Sustainability
City of Philadelphia
O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA
T (215) 686-4936 | E [email protected]
www.phila.gov/otis

--
Nick Zuwiala-Rogers (he/him)
Transportation Program Director
Clean Air Council | 135 S 19th Street, Suite 300 | Philadelphia, PA 19103
215.567.4004 x 110 | @CleanAirCouncil | @GoPhillyGo | @FeetFirstPhilly
From: Brian Clinton
To: Lily Reynolds
Subject: Washington Ave Questions
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 11:07:00 AM

Below are the questions. Anything that isn’t relevant to OTIS just let me know and I will get that
information elsewhere.

How much federal money in the fiscal year was given to the City of Philadelphia?
Probably a bit vague but I believe she is asking how much money was given for
things like paving

City representatives informed us that federal money was given for the Washington Avenue
Re-Paving Improvement Project.

If this is true, how much federal money was given for this project? Can federal money be
earmarked for a specific project?

If there is federal money for this project, are there guidelines/requirements as to how and
when the City of Philadelphia must spend the federal money.

Does the City of Philadelphia have a timeline as to when to spend federal money for this
project?

Does the federal government give money to the City of Philadelphia without stipulations? Can
the City of Philadelphia use federal money any way the City wants to use federal money?

Is it possible for you to return an email with this information about federal money for
Washington Avenue by close of business on Friday, February 25 or Monday, February. 28.

We are. preparing for a Tuesday, March 1 community meeting with the City of Philadelphia
regarding this project. We would like to be prepare for the meeting, please.
From: Lily Reynolds
To: Anne Kelly
Cc: Joy Huertas; Kevin Lessard; Imani Harris
Subject: Washington Avenue 3/1
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:09:10 PM
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Hi Anne,

I just provided this update to Vincent Thompson, Communications Director for Councilmember
Johnson, so I’d like to provide it to you as well:

Yes, the public will have an opportunity to engage in dialogue with staff about the project on 3/1.

The run of show for the event on 3/1 will be roughly:

6:30 event starts and shortly thereafter Mike Carroll will give a short presentation describing
the administration’s design plans for construction
Around 6:50 or 7:00 an open house where members of the community can ask questions of
members of our staff and provide their thoughts via dialogue. In particular, we will be looking
for input on what things people think we should be monitoring and evaluating after
installation.
Event will end at 8:30

Please note that on Tuesday morning at 9:00 we will hold a press briefing. Mike will be making an
announcement at that briefing and taking questions from press.

Thank you and have a great weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
From: Mark Squilla
To: Vanessa Davies; Kenyatta Johnson; James Kenney
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E.; Lily Reynolds; Redacted Gabriel Pechaceck
Subject: RE: RCO statement on Washington Avenue
Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 10:26:33 AM
Attachments: OTIS-Washington-Ave-presentation-20220205.pdf

Vanessa,
Thank you for reaching out for my position on choosing a safety design for Washington Avenue.
Councilmember Johnson and I have been working with the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure
and Sustainability (oTIS) who is leading the community engagement on a design that can make
Washington Ave safe for all users. oTIS has informed us that they will present a plan with us when
their engagement process is completed.

To be totally transparent, oTIS has shared with us that there has been ongoing engagement over the
past six months focused on obtaining direct feedback from constituencies who were under-
represented in the online surveys undertaken in 2020. This took the form of several public meetings
followed by the convening of an informal working group which included at various times: neighbors
on both sides of Washington Avenue, businesses, and advocacy groups including the Bike Coalition
and 5th Square. I have attached a deck that give more info on what has been happening.

oTIS stated that these conversations generated feedback that the proposed design created
inequities for many users to solve safety issues that could be addressed in other ways. They feel
some of the feedback was unfounded but in other instances are considering ways we can address
this input through design. oTIS hopes to wrap that up and bring all of this to a close next month and
will meet with the community at that time.

It would not be in the best interest of the community for us to weigh in until the process has been
completed.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Vanessa Davies Redacted >

Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 10:14 AM
To: Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>; Mark Squilla <[email protected]>; James
Kenney <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>;
Redacted ; Gabriel Pechaceck Redacted >
Subject: RCO statement on Washington Avenue

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Dear Councilman Johnson and Councilman Squilla,

I wanted to draw your attention to a statement by the RCO East Point Breeze Neighbors about the
Washington Avenue repaving project. The complete statement is available on the RCO website. An
excerpt is pasted below.

Thank you,
Vanessa Davies
local business owner and resident of East Point Breeze

"Regarding repaving and restriping Washington Avenue, East Point Breeze Neighbors (EPBN)
supports a compromise position
that addresses residents’ concerns and is viable for Washington Avenue business owners.

EPBN board members hold a range of personal perspectives on the issue of lane
configuration. Board members view the outcome of
the City’s extra outreach as successful because the process included voices from historically
underrepresented groups and because
two compromise positions were reached."
From: Mark Squilla
To: Kimberly Washington
Cc: Lily Reynolds; Anne Kelly; Nikil Saval; Michael Carroll, P.E.
Subject: RE: Update on meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 3:14:12 PM

Sorry
Wednesday the 23rd?
Thanks
mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Kimberly Washington <Redacted >

Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 3:12 PM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>; Anne Kelly <[email protected]>; Nikil Saval
Redacted >; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Update on meeting

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Yes, that works for me. What day because today I'm not available. I am available tomorrow.

Kim

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 3:03 PM Mark Squilla <[email protected]> wrote:

Kim
Would a meeting at Hawthorn at 6pm work to meet with the businesses and oTIS on the
Washington Ave Loading and parking plan?
Thank you
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Kimberly Washington Redacted >

Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 11:58 AM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>
Cc: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>; Nikil Saval Redacted >; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Update on meeting

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Sounds good, thank you.

Kim

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 11:08 AM Mark Squilla <[email protected]> wrote:

Kim
I have copied Mike Carroll to see when the parking and loading designs will be complete to set
up a time to meet.
Sincerely,
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Kimberly Washington <Redacted >

Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:10 AM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>; Mark Squilla <[email protected]>; Nikil Saval
<Redacted
Subject: Update on meeting

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.
Good morning,
I would like to thank y'all for giving me the opportunity to express our concerns at the meeting
on last Friday. I have talked to a couple of people in the community activists some of the
businesses on Washington Avenue I let them know that a meeting will be coming up soon.
Councilman squilla can you please let us know the date and time for the meeting.

Activist Kimberly Washington

From: Mark Squilla
To: Lily Reynolds; [email protected]; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Joshu Harris; Christopher Puchalsky;
Rambo, Abby E.; Kenyatta Johnson; Longo, Katie
Subject: RE: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting
Date: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:17:40 AM
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Lily,
Thank you for the update
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 9:51 AM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Michael Carroll, P.E.
<[email protected]>; Joshu Harris <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>; Rambo, Abby E. <[email protected]>; Kenyatta Johnson
<[email protected]>; Longo, Katie <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Hello all,

An update for you on the Washington Avenue working group.

The group met on 11/9 and reviewed large scale block-by-block plans of the different
roadway layout options and the existing layout and discussed pros and cons. The group met
again on 11/30 and discussed what decision criteria should be used to evaluate and
determine the roadway layout. Attendance at the meetings has continued to be around 30-40
people.

Next week on 12/14 the group will meet for a working session to tabulate the results of the
community led survey that was created by the group.
 Business outreach has continued. This week on 12/7 the team met at CK Auto to review more
detailed issues expressed by businesses. The team is gearing up for more individual business
outreach.

The project team is in the process of meeting with subject matter experts on the criteria that
will be used by the City to evaluate the roadway layout options. The team is also reviewing
additions/adjustments to the project to meet requests or comments from public/business
input.

The sixth meeting of the working group will take place on 1/11/22. The focus of that meeting
will be the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different roadway options based on the
evaluation using the criteria. We also aim to demonstrate how community input has resulted
in any adjustments to the options.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5:38 PM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>,
Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>, Kenyatta
Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Hi all,
A short recap on Washington Avenue progress this week for you:

We are confirmed for our next working group meeting next week on Tuesday, November 9th at
Hawthorne Cultural Center. We will continue our discussion about Washington Avenue and what
elements should be included in the re-paving project. Also, I offered to print copies of the
community-led survey for the group to decide how to distribute.

We had good phone discussions this week and last week with businesses on Washington, especially
near the 600 and 700 blocks. Today Mike and I met with about 8 or so busines representatives at the
Cellular 2000 store at 7th and Washington. We heard some concerns about the project, but also a
shared goal to try to work together and reach a consensus. We invited these folks to the working
group on Tuesday and it sounded like some plan to attend.

We recognize that there were two recent crashes on Washington Avenue. One on 10/25/21 at 10th
and Washington was auto vs. auto where one vehicle flipped due to the crash. The second on
11/2/21 was auto vs. ped where the person walking was hit while crossing Washington in the
crosswalk on the walk sign. The victim was taken to the hospital but I understand is doing ok. We
also plan to acknowledge these crashes on Tuesday to the group, as well as acknowledge the
protest/rally against the project that took place two weekends ago on Washington with a reported
10-15 people participating.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>,
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>,
"Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Ok
Great
Thank you

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Nov 3, 2021 2:37 PM, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Councilmember Squilla,

This is a community led survey. At this time, I am not aware of community members’ plans to
translate and offer in multiple languages.

The City’s survey was released in 2020 in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Spanish. I could look into
printing copies of the City’s survey from 2020 in these languages.

The City’s explanatory videos of layout options and mailed postcards/flyers were all translated into
these multiple languages. Videos are up available on our website here:
Videos (English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese)

-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, October 29, 2021 at 9:15 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>,
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>,
"Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Thank you Lily

Will these surveys be Available in different languages?
Thanks
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Oct 29, 2021 4:54 PM, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all,

A short Washington Avenue update as we end the week.

When the working group met last week 10/19, they decided to create a community led survey about
Washington. They also decided to finalize the survey this week 10/28 so it could be printed by 11/2.
(Some people wanted to be outside of polling places to get awareness.)
Attached is the survey and the original photos of flip chart from 10/19. You can see many of
the original questions are in the final survey. I assisted by typing up the questions in a google
form.
OTIS has emphasized this is an exercise, not a scientific survey, and we will discuss how to
interpret responses at our next meeting.
OTIS has offered to print up to 500 copies, but the City will not be distributing any surveys. It
is only paper form now, no electronic version, because this is a response to a desire for a
different type of survey.
Email chain with the working group is attached.

We also had good discussions with business owners this week from AAPI businesses near 6th and
Washington. Looking to go in person to meet with printed visuals soon. Also touched base with
Danielle from 9th Street Business to ensure awareness of working group.

The next working group meeting is Tuesday, November 9 ___location tbd.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
 & Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 4:29 PM
To: Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E."
<[email protected]>, Mark Squilla <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo,
Katie" <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Good afternoon,

Thank you for the meeting earlier this week about the ongoing dialogue with community
stakeholders on Washington Ave.

On Tuesday evening we held a working group meeting that was well attended by both constituents
in favor and opposed to changes on Washington Avenue. The meeting had a different tone than
previous meetings. We were able to break up into two groups, which provided the opportunity for
people exchange ideas and hear each other’s opinions. One group worked on drafting a new
community-led survey. A Point Breeze resident had the good idea to finalize the survey before
election day so that it could be distributed outside polling places.

Another theme of the meeting was having better business representation at the next meeting. We
are working on additional outreach.

We agreed to meet in three weeks on Tuesday, November 9th.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia
O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA
E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
From: Anne Kelly
To: Lily Reynolds
Cc: Joy Huertas; Kevin Lessard; Imani Harris
Subject: Re: Washington Avenue 3/1
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 9:31:25 PM
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Thanks Lily - have a good weekend!

Anne

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:09 PM
To: Anne Kelly <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>; Imani Harris
<[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Avenue 3/1

Hi Anne,

I just provided this update to Vincent Thompson, Communications Director for Councilmember
Johnson, so I’d like to provide it to you as well:

Yes, the public will have an opportunity to engage in dialogue with staff about the project on 3/1.

The run of show for the event on 3/1 will be roughly:

6:30 event starts and shortly thereafter Mike Carroll will give a short presentation describing
the administration’s design plans for construction
Around 6:50 or 7:00 an open house where members of the community can ask questions of
members of our staff and provide their thoughts via dialogue. In particular, we will be looking
for input on what things people think we should be monitoring and evaluating after
installation.
Event will end at 8:30

Please note that on Tuesday morning at 9:00 we will hold a press briefing. Mike will be making an
announcement at that briefing and taking questions from press.

Thank you and have a great weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
From: Mark Squilla
To: Michael Carroll, P.E.
Cc: Kelley Yemen; Lily Reynolds
Subject: RE: Writing an Op-Ed re: Wash Ave
Date: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:54:08 PM
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Ok
Great
Thank you
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Feb 28, 2022 4:52 PM, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]> wrote:
We are working on this. So you are aware PPD data is not the official data for Crash analysis because
it is not “cleaned” or supplemented by other sources recognized by the state. OTIS gets crash data
directly from PennDOT which is recognized as the official source for all crashes in Pennsylvania.

Redacted

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 2:24 PM
To: Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Writing an Op-Ed re: Wash Ave

Red
acte
d
etc. https://bicyclecoalition.org/trafficvictimsphl/

Secondly, I basically bullied James Lentz, who works for Rybinski Engineering (which consults with
OTIS) to provide stats that show where Washington Avenue lands in terms of being on the "high
injury" network. He gave me a link to a raw data dump of *all* accidents in the state of PA. I said
it was outrageous that he and others were advocating for Wash Ave as "high injury" when they
couldn't provide any data to show exactly where it fit. Well, he finally coughed up this analysis,
which shows Washington Avenue as landing at 62nd in rank of "high injury" streets. In other
words, not even on the map. There are 61 streets more dangerous than Wash Ave. Wash Ave is
just a gentrification target, plain and simple. If they cared about safety, they'd fix the other 61
first.
Source: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?
id=8fdbf046e36e41649bbfd9d7dd7c7e7e&fbclid=IwAR1NOikGDzoQThTSGX3DGf8QJugwapEiN6G
-g9jcbfkMASoLm6nYGgoi-EE

So, the only argument they have is for "transportation safety" and it's clear that Wash Ave is not a
high priority. 4 fatalities from 2012 to 2018.

Meanwhile, also look into Vision Zero: it has been a failure in other cities and some indication it
has disproportionately harmed Black/Brown communities. it's a *business* organization that
seems uncannily tied to the cities that have been targeted for gentrification. Check out the
Wikipedia entry to see their history of cities.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 3:56 PM Jenny Chen Redacted wrote:

Hi Val,

Hope you're doing well! I wanted to get in touch to say I've really appreciated your
sharing the coverage of the Washington Avenue repaving project and your analysis of the
biased reporting.

I just got off the phone with Ms. Shikomba (North of Washington Avenue Coalition) who
has been part of the community push against the proposed changes to the corridor. We
wanted to reach out to you because we think it would be critical to put out an op-ed that
centers the voices of long-time community residents and small business owners as this
fight continues, not just in South Philly but city-wide.

We wanted to ask if you might have any time and capacity to support NOWAC, VietLead,
and other community organizations that have been doing anti-displacement work on
Washington Avenue to write an op-ed about what this fight was really about and put
forward the community's vision. This could look like advising us on
structure/format/outreach, providing edits/comments, or helping us to co-write
something - whatever you might have interest and time for! Let us know what you think
and we'd be happy to discuss more over email or phone.

Thanks,
Jenny
VietLead
From: Vincent Thompson
To: Lily Reynolds; Imani Harris
Cc: Joy Huertas; Kevin Lessard
Subject: Re: Update on the Otis Washington Ave meeting March 1.
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:16:44 PM
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Thank you for the update:

Just to be clear, will the media briefing be at 9:00 am on March 1? If that is the case, I would love the
opportunity to listen to the press briefing and hear what is said and what questions are asked. I don't need
to have a comment, just listen in.

Sincerely,
Vincent Thompson
Communications Director
Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
215-686-3412/3413 (leave a voicemail message by hitting the number 7)
[email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:06 PM
To: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>; Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>; Kevin Lessard <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Update on the Otis Washington Ave meeting March 1.

Hi Vincent,

I apologize for the late response.

Yes, the public will have an opportunity to engage in dialogue with staff about the project on 3/1.

The run of show for the event on 3/1 will be roughly:

6:30 event starts and shortly thereafter Mike Carroll will give a short presentation describing
the administration’s design plans for construction
Around 6:50 or 7:00 an open house where members of the community can ask questions of
members of our staff and provide their thoughts via dialogue. In particular, we will be looking
for input on what things people think we should be monitoring and evaluating after
installation.
 Event will end at 8:30

Please note that on Tuesday morning at 9:00 we will hold a press briefing. Mike will be making an
announcement at that briefing and taking questions from press.

-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 6:01 PM
To: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Imani Harris <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Update on the Otis Washington Ave meeting March 1.

I will add the email and the telephone number to our social media posts. Many citizens like to
have both options of emailing and contacting a city agency by phone.

Do you have a tentative run-of-show available? After the general public has a chance to see
the new layouts, will a part of the event be devoted to OTIS explaining it to the public? Will
the public have a chance to give feedback on site.

Sincerely,
Vincent Thompson
Communications Director
Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
215-686-3412/3413 (leave a voicemail message by hitting the number 7)
[email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 4:19 PM
To: Imani Harris <[email protected]>; Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>
Cc: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Update on the Otis Washington Ave meeting March 1.

If a phone number is needed our Washington Avenue /OTIS number while working remotely is Red
This works for texting and phone, and often functions as a voicemail box that is checked
regularly by OTIS staff.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Imani Harris <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 4:15 PM
To: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Update on the Otis Washington Ave meeting March 1.

Hello Vincent,

For any inquiries, please direct people to [email protected].

Also, please see the flyer attached and the social media toolkit with messaging and assets
here. If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Best,
toolkit with messaging/flyer once ready.

Thanks!

Joy Huertas, MA| pronouns: she/her/hers

Deputy Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
[email protected]

From: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 9:21 AM
To: Joy Huertas <[email protected]>
Cc: Vincent Thompson <[email protected]>
Subject: Update on the Otis Washington Ave meeting March 1.

Joy:

Happy Monday and Happy Valentine's Day.

Just trying to find out if OTIS has selected a ___location for the Washington Ave meeting on
March 1? I know it is going to start at 6 pm but what time will it end? Will OTIS have other
public meetings or will this be the only one?

What is the tentative agenda for the meeting? Will it be live-streamed on OTIS Facebook or
other social media sites since I think this meeting will have lots of interest, including media
who will attend? Please advise.

If I can be of any assistance, please let me know at Redacted

Sincerely,
Vincent Thompson
Communications Director
Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
215-686-3412/3413 (leave a voicemail message by hitting the number 7)
[email protected]
From: Joshu Harris
To: Lily Reynolds
Cc: Kelley Yemen; Christopher Puchalsky
Subject: Re: Washington Ave Meeting
Date: Friday, May 21, 2021 10:40:08 AM
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Thanks, we'll have a staffer in attendance.

__________________________
Joshu L. Harris
Director of Legislation
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
City Hall, Room 580
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Ph: (215) 686-3412/3
F: (215) 686-1932

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2021 2:50 PM
To: Joshu Harris <[email protected]>
Cc: Kelley Yemen <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Washington Ave Meeting

Hi Joshu – this was in my drafts box for some reason. Here is a message I thought I sent earlier this
week:

Hope you are well.

We are continuing to work closely with Mr. Littlepage of Point Breeze CDC to follow up on our
engagement from last summer for Washington Avenue. Next week on Wednesday 5/26 5:00-
7:00pm (rain date 5/27) he is hosting a meeting at Wharton Square Park. We will be in attendance
sharing information with the community about the three options for the roadway layout we showed
last year (4-lane; 3-lane; mixed). We are going to have the survey we put out last year available in
paper hard copy as well.

Best,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
 Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Albert Littlepage Redacted >

Reply-To: Albert Littlepage <aRedacted >
Date: Friday, May 7, 2021 at 11:46 AM
To: "Redacted
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Redacted
, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
Redacted

Carmetta Dickerson
<[email protected]>, "Redacted

"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
Redacted

Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Redacted

"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Cc: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kimberlee Hickinson
<[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave Meeting

External Email Notice. This email comes from outside of City government. Do not click on
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender.

Hello Everyone,

I hope this message finds you well.

On Wednesday, May 26th 2021 at 5:00 p.m. there will be a Community meeting taking place at Wharton
Square Park.

City Official will be on hand to discuss the Washington Avenue paving, and potential redesign. They will
also field all of your question(s).

The rain date will be Thursday May 27th, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Please follow the mandated COVID protocol.

Please share we need the entire Community to participate in this process. If you have any questions ,
please feel free to contact me. Thanks!

Albert Littlepage
From: Joshu Harris
To: Lily Reynolds; Mark Squilla; [email protected]; Michael Carroll, P.E.; Christopher Puchalsky;
Rambo, Abby E.; Kenyatta Johnson; Longo, Katie
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting
Date: Friday, December 10, 2021 11:19:26 AM
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Thanks for the update, Lily.

____________________________________
Joshu Harris
Director of Legislation
Office of Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson
Ph: (215) 686-3412
E: [email protected]

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 9:50 AM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>; [email protected]
<[email protected]>; Michael Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Joshu
Harris <[email protected]>; Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>;
Rambo, Abby E. <[email protected]>; Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>; Longo,
Katie <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Hello all,

An update for you on the Washington Avenue working group.

The group met on 11/9 and reviewed large scale block-by-block plans of the different
roadway layout options and the existing layout and discussed pros and cons. The group met
again on 11/30 and discussed what decision criteria should be used to evaluate and
determine the roadway layout. Attendance at the meetings has continued to be around 30-40
people.

Next week on 12/14 the group will meet for a working session to tabulate the results of the
 community led survey that was created by the group.

Business outreach has continued. This week on 12/7 the team met at CK Auto to review more
detailed issues expressed by businesses. The team is gearing up for more individual business
outreach.

The project team is in the process of meeting with subject matter experts on the criteria that
will be used by the City to evaluate the roadway layout options. The team is also reviewing
additions/adjustments to the project to meet requests or comments from public/business
input.

The sixth meeting of the working group will take place on 1/11/22. The focus of that meeting
will be the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different roadway options based on the
evaluation using the criteria. We also aim to demonstrate how community input has resulted
in any adjustments to the options.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5:38 PM
To: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>,
Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher Puchalsky
<[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>, Kenyatta
Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting
Hi all,

A short recap on Washington Avenue progress this week for you:

We are confirmed for our next working group meeting next week on Tuesday, November 9th at
Hawthorne Cultural Center. We will continue our discussion about Washington Avenue and what
elements should be included in the re-paving project. Also, I offered to print copies of the
community-led survey for the group to decide how to distribute.

We had good phone discussions this week and last week with businesses on Washington, especially
near the 600 and 700 blocks. Today Mike and I met with about 8 or so busines representatives at the
Cellular 2000 store at 7th and Washington. We heard some concerns about the project, but also a
shared goal to try to work together and reach a consensus. We invited these folks to the working
group on Tuesday and it sounded like some plan to attend.

We recognize that there were two recent crashes on Washington Avenue. One on 10/25/21 at 10th
and Washington was auto vs. auto where one vehicle flipped due to the crash. The second on
11/2/21 was auto vs. ped where the person walking was hit while crossing Washington in the
crosswalk on the walk sign. The victim was taken to the hospital but I understand is doing ok. We
also plan to acknowledge these crashes on Tuesday to the group, as well as acknowledge the
protest/rally against the project that took place two weekends ago on Washington with a reported
10-15 people participating.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>,
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>,
"Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Ok
Great
Thank you

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Nov 3, 2021 2:37 PM, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Councilmember Squilla,

This is a community led survey. At this time, I am not aware of community members’ plans to
translate and offer in multiple languages.

The City’s survey was released in 2020 in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Spanish. I could look into
printing copies of the City’s survey from 2020 in these languages.

The City’s explanatory videos of layout options and mailed postcards/flyers were all translated into
these multiple languages. Videos are up available on our website here:
Videos (English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese)

-Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Mark Squilla <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, October 29, 2021 at 9:15 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>, Christopher
Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Rambo, Abby E." <[email protected]>,
Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>,
"Longo, Katie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting
Thank you Lily
Will these surveys be Available in different languages?
Thanks
Mark

Councilmember Mark Squilla

1st District City Council
City of Philadelphia
332 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
p. 215-686-3458
f. 215-686-1931
e. [email protected]

On Oct 29, 2021 4:54 PM, Lily Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all,

A short Washington Avenue update as we end the week.

When the working group met last week 10/19, they decided to create a community led survey about
Washington. They also decided to finalize the survey this week 10/28 so it could be printed by 11/2.
(Some people wanted to be outside of polling places to get awareness.)
Attached is the survey and the original photos of flip chart from 10/19. You can see many of
the original questions are in the final survey. I assisted by typing up the questions in a google
form.
OTIS has emphasized this is an exercise, not a scientific survey, and we will discuss how to
interpret responses at our next meeting.
OTIS has offered to print up to 500 copies, but the City will not be distributing any surveys. It
is only paper form now, no electronic version, because this is a response to a desire for a
different type of survey.
Email chain with the working group is attached.

We also had good discussions with business owners this week from AAPI businesses near 6th and
Washington. Looking to go in person to meet with printed visuals soon. Also touched base with
Danielle from 9th Street Business to ensure awareness of working group.

The next working group meeting is Tuesday, November 9 ___location tbd.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
 Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 4:29 PM
To: Christopher Puchalsky <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E."
<[email protected]>, Mark Squilla <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Kenyatta Johnson <[email protected]>, "Longo,
Katie" <[email protected]>, Joshu Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave recap 10/19 meeting

Good afternoon,

Thank you for the meeting earlier this week about the ongoing dialogue with community
stakeholders on Washington Ave.

On Tuesday evening we held a working group meeting that was well attended by both constituents
in favor and opposed to changes on Washington Avenue. The meeting had a different tone than
previous meetings. We were able to break up into two groups, which provided the opportunity for
people exchange ideas and hear each other’s opinions. One group worked on drafting a new
community-led survey. A Point Breeze resident had the good idea to finalize the survey before
election day so that it could be distributed outside polling places.

Another theme of the meeting was having better business representation at the next meeting. We
are working on additional outreach.

We agreed to meet in three weeks on Tuesday, November 9th.

Have a nice weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
215-686-1932 Fax

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 3:49 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba <Redacted >; Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >; Annette Randolph Redacted >; Adell Mack
<Redacted >; Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>; Meeka Outlaw
<Redacted >; Charlie Reeves Redacted >; Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted >; Eugene Desyatnik Redacted >; Desyatnik, Eugene
<[email protected]>; Redacted
Albert Littlepage
Redacted >; Jerome Fordham Redacted >; Dena Driscoll
Redacted >; Demetrius Richardson <[email protected]>; Daniel
McGlone <Redacted >; Theresa Rose <Redacted >; Lor Song
<[email protected]>; Amy Bernknopf Redacted >; Miguel Garces
<[email protected]>; Redacted
Tyrique Glasgow Redacted >; Tiphanie White <[email protected]>; Randy
LoBasso <[email protected]>; Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>; Michael
Carroll, P.E. <[email protected]>; Jennifer Hurley <[email protected]>; charles
<[email protected]>; WENDY SOLOMON Redacted R ; Young
Redacted >; Jo Paulas Redacted >; Janice Lanier
Redacted >; lewis Redacted >; cw Redacted >; N Carr
<[email protected]>; Dianne Mitchell Redacted >; Al Custis
<[email protected]>; Tom Donatucci Redacted >; Lorenzo Leonard
Redacted t>; Adolphus Robinson Redacted ; Ralanda King
Redacted >; Vanessa Davies <[email protected]>;
Redacted

[email protected] <[email protected]>; Patrick Fitzmaurice

Redacted >; DANIELLE RENZULLI <Redacted >; Binh Nguyen
Redacted >; John Dizzley Redacted

[email protected] <[email protected]>; Redacted

; [email protected]
<[email protected]>; Redacted
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<[email protected]>;Redacted
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<[email protected]>; Redacted

[email protected] <[email protected]>; Redacted

Eleanor
Ingersoll <[email protected]>; Mary S <Redacted >
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group - new ___location and time

Hi all,

Just a reminder that tonight we are meeting from 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Wharton Square Park. The
focus of the meeting is tabulating the community-led survey. Come ready to roll up your sleeves &
ready to discuss how to best use the 2 hours we have to work together.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 10:17 AM
To: Madeline Shikomba <Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >, Annette Randolph Redacted R , Adell Mack
Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted Charlie Reeves Redacted Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted , Eugene Desyatnik Redacted "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted >, Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted , Theresa Rose
Redacted , Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer Hurley <[email protected]>, charles
<[email protected]>, WENDY SOLOMON Redacted >, Young
Redacted >, Jo Paulas Redacted >, Janice Lanier
Redacted >, lewis Redacted >, cw Redacted >, N Carr
<[email protected]>, Dianne Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis
<[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard
Redacted >, Adolphus Robinson Redacted >, Ralanda King
Redacted >, Vanessa Davies <[email protected]>,
Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Patrick Fitzmaurice Redacted
DANIELLE RENZULLI Redacted >, Binh Nguyen Redacted , John
Dizzley Redacted >, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
Redacted
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>,Redacted
"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Redacted

>, Gabriel Pechaceck Redacted

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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Redacted

, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Redacted

Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group - new ___location and time

Hello all,

The next Washington Avenue working group meeting is next week Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at
5:30 pm – 7:30pm. We will meet at the Wharton Square field house at 2300 Wharton St. The
building is closest to the corner of 23rd and Wharton St. Please note the earlier start time (if you can
only join at 6, please do!).

As we mentioned at the last meeting, on Tuesday we will be focusing on tabulating the results of
the community-led survey. Please bring any paper copies you may have of the survey from
neighbors. We can talk at the beginning of the meeting how to tabulate the results and making the
best use of the time we have.

The next meeting in January will be on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Location tbd.

Thank you!
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis
From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:15 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >, Annette Randolph <Redacted , Adell Mack
Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted Charlie Reeves Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik Redacted >, "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted , Jerome Fordham Redacted , Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone <Redacted >, Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll,
P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer Hurley <[email protected]>, charles
<[email protected]>, WENDY SOLOMON Redacted , Young
Redacted >, Jo Paulas Redacted >, Janice Lanier
Redacted >, lewisRedacted >, cw Redacted , N Carr
<[email protected]>, Dianne Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis
<[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard
Redacted , Adolphus Robinson Redacted >, Ralanda King
Redacted >, Vanessa Davies <[email protected]>,
Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Patrick Fitzmaurice Redacted
DANIELLE RENZULLI Redacted >, Binh Nguyen Redacted >, John
Dizzley Redacted >, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
Redacted
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Redacted
, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Redacted

Redacted
Redacted

Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,
Reminder that we are meeting tonight for the Washington Avenue working group.

Tuesday, November 30th at 6:00pm. We will be at Hawthorne Cultural Center.

Looking forward to seeing many of you there.

Best,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 5:36 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
<Redacted >, Annette Randolph Redacted >, Adell Mack
Redacted , Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted >, Charlie Reeves <Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted Eugene Desyatnik Redacted , "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted >, Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMONRedacted >, Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
Redacted >, Janice Lanier Redacted >, lewis
Redacted , cw Redacted >, N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell Redacted , Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard Redacted t>, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted >, Ralanda King < Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>, Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Patrick Fitzmaurice Redacted
DANIELLE RENZULLI Redacted >, Binh Nguyen Redacted
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

Hope everyone is getting ready for time with family and friends.

For next week, we will meet on Tuesday, November 30th at 6:00pm. We will be at Hawthorne
Cultural Center again, however, our hosts are looking to provide a second break out room to
improve the acoustics when we get into discussion.

Our goal for this next meeting is to discuss the components of a draft decision framework and get
input on from the group. We also want to share a ‘what we heard’ and ‘how we responded’ follow
up from the last meeting. This will also be a draft work in progress, but in the spirit of the working
group, we want to keep the conversation going as we move forward. Finally, we want to talk about
the community-led survey and petitions. If you have collected any paper copies of the survey from
neighbors so far, please feel free to bring them to the next meeting and we can collect them. But as
mentioned last time, we will use the following meeting (likely in December) to do the final
collection/tally of the community-led survey.

Thank you and happy holidays,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
 Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Monday, November 15, 2021 at 5:05 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
Redacted >, Annette Randolph Redacted >, Adell Mack
<Redacted , Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted >, Charlie Reeves Redacted , Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik Redacted >, "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted , Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted , Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted , Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted , Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
Redacted >, Janice Lanier Redacted , lewis
Redacted >, cw < Redacted >, N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard <Redacted t>, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted >, Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>, Redacted

, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Patrick Fitzmaurice <Redacted
DANIELLE RENZULLI Redacted , Binh Nguyen Redacted
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

Thank you for those who attended the working group meeting last week on 11/9. We are in the
process of combing through the written comments we received. This is taking a bit longer than usual
due to the number of comments received. We will share the transcription with the group when we
have completed it.

In the meantime, we have received several questions about the community-led survey. For those
who are distributing the paper copies – please collect any filled out surveys and bring with you to the
next meeting on 11/30. If you have given out copies to others in your neighborhood for distribution,
please work your neighbors to collect them and bring them on the neighborhood’s behalf at the next
meeting.

Speaking of which, please mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 30th at 6:00pm for the next
working group meeting. Location TBD.

Thank you and take care,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5:27 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted , Claudia Sherrod
Redacted , Annette Randolph Redacted >, Adell Mack
Redacted , Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted >, Charlie Reeves Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted , Eugene Desyatnik Redacted , "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, "Redacted

Redacted Jerome FordhamRedacted Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted , Theresa Rose
<Redacted Redac Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted t d
>, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted >, Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
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Mitchell <Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
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Redacted >, Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>, Redacted

"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hi everyone,

We are confirmed for our next meeting on Tuesday, November 9th at 6:00PM to meet at
Hawthorne Cultural Center at 1200 Carpenter Street.

Parking: The staff at Hawthorne informed me that parking after hours is a possibility at the U-Haul
lot off Washington Avenue as well as the lot behind the CAPA High School Center for Performing Arts
off Broad St. and Washington Ave.

Our goal is to continue our discussion about Washington Avenue and what elements should be
included in the re-paving project. Also, I’ll bring copies of the community-led survey and we can
discuss how to distribute and tabulate responses once the come in.

We will also provide updates on business outreach and will likely be joined by some business owners
from the corridor that Mike and I met with today. If you can’t make the meeting and you’d like to
Mitchell <Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard <Redacted t>, Adolphus Robinson
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<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group

Hello all,

We received a few good questions yesterday including: a request to list some context about what
the survey is for, adding a survey question about parking, a plan for fair distribution and counting,
and questions about the electronic vs. paper version.

Please see the attached updated version that has:

Text at the top for context: “Neighbors are distributing this survey to get opinions about
Washington Avenue to provide input to the City of Philadelphia about re-paving next year.”
A question about parking: “Do you drive, if so where do you park?”
A question about email information: “What is your email address? (Please share so we can
stay in touch. Your email will also help verify you are a valid responder.)”

In order to make sure that the same survey is being distributed (i.e. no edits are made to the
questions) and the survey is fairly counted, we can work together in person to tally responses at an
upcoming working group meeting. We will all be able to see what the paper versions are and what
the responses are.

One of the main differences between this effort and the City’s effort last year is a paper survey
(instead of electronic). For now, let’s only do paper version because this is a response to a desire for
a different type of survey. We can discuss this further at our meeting on November 9 and can always
decide as a group to also distribute electronically.

To clarify, the City is not distributing any paper surveys. We are simply offering to print up to 500
copies. Feel free to make your own copies. Let me know if you want paper copies and we can
coordinate.

The next meeting is Tuesday, November 9 ___location tbd. We propose an agenda item is discussing
the project elements and goals you have for Washington Avenue.

Thank you and have a great Halloween weekend,

Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her
 Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets
Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 3:20 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba R Redacted , Claudia Sherrod
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>, Annette Randolph < >, Adell Mack
<Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted >, Charlie Reeves Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik Redacted >, "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>, Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted >, Jerome Fordham Redacted >, Dena

Driscoll Redacted >, Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted >, Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted >, Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted >, Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
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Redacted >, cw Redacted >, N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted >, Lorenzo Leonard Redacted >, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted >, Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Washington Ave. working group
Hello all,

Thank you Cynthia, Tyrique, and others who added edits for the community survey.

There were a few people who responded to the draft survey on accident, thinking it was finalized
before it was.

Please see the survey as pdf attached and as electronic form here. I kept the “what is your closest
intersection to Washington Ave.” question in because I heard strong agreement among the group at
our last meeting about this question. Also, this will help answer the near neighbor question better
than zip code or what street do you live on.

The City is able to print up to 500 copies of the survey and can coordinate with you to distribute. Get
in touch with me if you want copies. If you choose to print more copies, please let us know and how
many copies you’re printing so we can get a sense of response rate.

There have been conflicting opinions about having the survey outside polling places next week. If
you choose to be at a polling place, you must ensure you follow all elections laws.

Thank you,
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis

From: Lily Reynolds <[email protected]>

Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:06 PM
To: Madeline Shikomba Redacted >, Claudia Sherrod
<Redacted , Annette Randolph Redacted >, Adell Mack
Redacted >, Lynne Wilkins <[email protected]>, Meeka Outlaw
Redacted >, Charlie Reeves <Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik
Redacted >, Eugene Desyatnik Redacted , "Desyatnik,
Eugene" <[email protected]>,Redacted

Albert Littlepage Redacted , Jerome Fordham Redacted , Dena

Driscoll Redacted , Demetrius Richardson
<[email protected]>, Daniel McGlone Redacted , Theresa Rose
Redacted >, Lor Song <[email protected]>, Amy Bernknopf
Redacted >, Miguel Garces <[email protected]>,
Redacted >, Tyrique Glasgow
Redacted >, Tiphanie White <[email protected]>, Randy LoBasso
<[email protected]>, Jonathan Goins <[email protected]>, Ayse Unver
<[email protected]>, "Michael Carroll, P.E." <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Hurley <[email protected]>, charles <[email protected]>, WENDY
SOLOMON Redacted , Young Redacted >, Jo Paulas
Redacted >, Janice Lanier Redacted , lewis
Redacted cw Redacted , N Carr <[email protected]>, Dianne
Mitchell Redacted >, Al Custis <[email protected]>, Tom Donatucci
Redacted Lorenzo Leonard <Redacted >, Adolphus Robinson
Redacted Ralanda King Redacted >, Vanessa Davies
<[email protected]>
Subject: Washington Ave. working group

Hi All,

Good to see many of you last night at Hawthorne Cultural Center. We had a productive meeting and
made some progress on two main items:
1. Survey
a. See notes attached.
b. Goal is to create a new survey that the community can distribute about Washington
Ave.
2. Project elements
a. See the notes attached. Also typed up notes.
b. Goal is to get more agreement on what project elements should happen/should not
happen on Washington Ave. We continue to hear that everyone agrees that
Washington Ave should be re-paved next year. We will have more discussion about the
project elements at the next meeting.
c. I’m also attaching the slides and the paper copies we shared.

More about the Survey

People had a good idea to distribute a paper survey on election day outside the polls
(following all election guidelines) on November 2, 2021. So, we agreed that the group will
work on the survey by email between now and October 28, 2021 so paper copies can be
printed for Nov. 2.
 Here is the draft of the survey that people made last night. Please help us add/edit the
questions before October 28. I made everyone receiving this email an editor of the Google
Form.

Next meeting:
Tuesday, November 8, 2021
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location TBD

As always, reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thank you!
Lily

Lily Reynolds, AICP

she/her

Deputy Director, Office of Complete Streets

Managing Director’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure,
& Sustainability | City of Philadelphia

O 1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 780 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | USA

E [email protected]

Eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030. Learn more at visionzerophl.com

www.phila.gov/otis