Meeting Minutes - 09/21/2023

• Call to order – 7:03 by Jeff

• Old Business

  • Acceptance of Meeting Minutes from 8/24

    • Motion – Len

    • Second – Kevin

    • Aye – 11

    • Nay – 0

    • Carried

  • Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report

    • Verbally provided by Jeff

  • Overlay Update

    • Stacy Holder provided an update

    • Draft is in progress

    • Will be presented to Josh Cohen

    • Next steps with the commissioner and Stacy to contact Aaron Holly, the area planner

• New Business

  • Bylaw Suspension – Nominating Board Members for the upcoming year

    • Article 7, Section 6 – Election Panel

      • Suspending for 90 days to allow Board to act in the stead of a nominating committee for the 2023 nomination process

      • Motion – Vicki

      • Second – Jeff

      • Aye – 11 (all present members)

      • Carried

    • Article 7, Section 15 – Board Nominee length of membership

      • Suspending for 90 days to allow nominees of less than 1 year of membership due to age of re-formed Association in 2023

      • Motion – Vicki

      • Second – Jeff

      • Aye – 11

      • Carried

    • Article 7, Section 16 – Board President & Vice-President officer within the last 5 years

      • Suspending for 90 days to allow nominees for President & Vice-President outside of current Board members and open to any current members in good standing within the last 30 days

      • Motion – Vicki

      • Second – Jeff

      • Aye – 11

      • Carried

  • Committee Changes

    • New Committee – Digital & Tech

      • Motion to make the temporary Digital & Tech committee as created by the Vice-President earlier this year as a permanent Committee of the Association

      • Motion – Kevin

      • Second – Rufus

      • Aye – 11

      • Carried, Committee made permanent

    • New Committee – Active Transit

      • Motion to make the temporary Active Transit Committee as created by the Vice-President earlier this year as a permanent Committee of the Association

      • Motion – Vicki

      • Second – Jeff

      • Aye – 11

      • Carried, Committee made permanent.

    • Committee Change – Tree Tenders

      • Changing name from Tree Tenders -> Neighborhood Beautification

        • Will focus on general neighborhood beautification initiatives and will coordinate with the PHS Tree Tenders moving forward.

      • Motion – Vicki

      • Second – Isabelle

      • Aye – 11

      • Carried, Name and primary focus changed

  • Street Safety

    • Street directionality, Speed Cushions, other safety measures

    • Contact Harry Hua – Chief of Traffic Engineering, new to the role (as provided by Josh Cohen)

    • Invite Traffic Engineering to October meeting

• Discussion

  • SEPTA Update – Wissahickon Transportation Center

    • Presented by

      • William Kunkel – Project Manager

      • Nolan Green – onsite Project Engineer

    • Project Update - William

      • 5-6th Design Iteration

      • Adding new connections to West Philly & North Philly

      • They have done years of traffic studies to understand the traffic patterns. “organizing the chaos”

      • Dedicated left hand turn lane into the new transportation center will be added – it will also allow for 2.5 regular buses, or 1 regular & 1 articulated

      • Roadway will be pulled south to allow for the addition of the dedicated turn lane

      • Roadway will also be moved toward the current Deke’s location to allow another dedicated bus only lane for stopping on the opposite side

      • Adding 1 new light and 1 new crosswalk for pedestrians – walk signs timed to lights

      • Widening the sidewalk on the North side (Deke’s location) to give 6 feet of clearance

      • Sidewalk on Transportation side to have 14 feet of clearance

      • Facility Building Update

        • Wissahickon Schist material for external style materials

        • Brick

        • Dark Gray metal seam roof on front of building

        • Green roof on back section of building

    • Construction Update – Nolan

      • Phase 1 – 18-month project, underway

      • Phase 2 – starts Fall 2024

        • Demo of Deke’s building

        • Includes the new retaining wall and traffic improvements

        • Targeting Early Spring 2025 for completion

      • Phase 3 – Late Spring/ Early Summer (July) 2025

        • Pedestrian Island

    • Questions

      • When will any part of the project start being operational?

        • Possibly Summer of 2024

      • Cycling Traffic improvements? (Kevin)

        • City project for SRT to wrap the traffic off of Kelly drive around and connect to trail

      • Crosswalk Timing Clarification (Jeff)

        • Timed with lights

      • Will Deke’s be removed? (Len)

        • Yes, it will be demoed, they have already moved their primary operation to their other location in Roxborough

      • Will the bridge damage be repaired? (Stacey)

        • Not part of this project and is handled by a different city department/entity

      • Was flood plain planning taken into consideration? (Kevin)

        • Yes, they worked with the city flood plain manager

      • Will they be adding any wall in front of the electrical substation? (Len)

        • No, not part of this project.

      • How will the rock outcrop be handled? (Stacey)

        • Retaining wall is 10-11 feet tall

    • Wendy Green-Harvey read a statement regarding support for the project and thanked William & Nolan

  • Safety Update – Suzanne Hagner

    • Representing several groups including the Bicycle Coalition

    • Requested additional help with going to Harrisburg to petition, office-to-office

    • More information at thebicyclecoalition.com

    • Bills

      • Automated Speed Cameras

        • Continue on Roosevelt Blvd

        • Add to Henry, Lincoln, Ridge

      • J Bill

        • Hit & Run Alert to repair shops

• Motion to Adjourn

  • Motion – Vicki

  • Second – Kevin

  • No dissent

  • Meeting adjourned @ 8:23 PM