<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29092"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29091">It sounds like we do not know for sure. If we knew for sure we could reasonable sign or decline to sign a petition. Otherwise we do not really know what we are signing. Maybe a wall would be in good taste with beautiful landscaping added to it. Would the wall have portals to the other side? What is it blocking? etc etc.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29006"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29096" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29095"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29094"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29093"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29133"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> andre <jounx@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Bob Smith <sfmc68@verizon.net>; Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek@verizon.net>; "towntalk@riverdale-park.org" <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 7, 2016 1:58 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RP TownTalk] Purple Line Station Petition<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29134"><br><div id="yiv3358529545"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29136"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29135">I'm assuming it's on the SE corner, stretching along where the Shell station, Bank of America, Megamart are.</div><div class="yiv3358529545gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29137"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv3358529545gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29138">On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:53 PM, andre <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jounx@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jounx@yahoo.com">jounx@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv3358529545gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29143"><div class="yiv3358529545yqt2881836512" id="yiv3358529545yqt51384"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29142"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29141"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29140"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29139">There are four corners to </span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29144">E/W highway and Kenilworth Ave. Can someone please paint me a picture of where precisely this would be?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465300114682_29145"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="yiv3358529545"> </span></font><hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> bob smith <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sfmc68@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:sfmc68@verizon.net">sfmc68@verizon.net</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Bruce Wernek <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bruce.wernek@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:bruce.wernek@verizon.net">bruce.wernek@verizon.net</a>>; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 7, 2016 1:49 PM<span class="yiv3358529545"><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RP TownTalk] Purple Line Station Petition<br clear="none"> </span> </div><div><div class="yiv3358529545h5"> <div><br clear="none">Bruce, Did you read the petition and Councilman Linqua note?<br clear="none">It seems to me the petition and the note both cite a viable alternative.<br clear="none">bob smith<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 6/7/16 1:28 PM, Bruce Wernek wrote:<br clear="none">> Neighbors,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I think the Purple Line team is willing to work with the Town on the<br clear="none">> Purple Line train station at E/W highway and Kenilworth Ave. The<br clear="none">> biggest hurtle to overcome is cost. A wall is cheaper than a platform. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm not sure if a petition is really going to accomplish anything. Say<br clear="none">> you get 5000 signatures of people who don't like the wall. Then what? <br clear="none">> What's next? Time is a big issue. The quicker a decision is made the<br clear="none">> better. With a petition you go back to square one, no wall and no<br clear="none">> alternative. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I think it would be more fruitful to offer an alternative(s) to the<br clear="none">> Purple Line team not a petition. Then setup a meeting with the Town,<br clear="none">> locals, and Purple Line team to review. Doing so will open the<br clear="none">> discussion for a solution. I was thinking of perhaps a partial wall<br clear="none">> with a reasonably large platform under the tracks. It will be cheaper<br clear="none">> to build than a full length platform and may be acceptable to the Purple<br clear="none">> Line team. I'm certain there are other options. Any ideas?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Bruce<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On 06/07/16, bob smith<<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sfmc68@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:sfmc68@verizon.net">sfmc68@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks Councilman Lingua, done, saved me from looking for the link.<br clear="none">> And I do like Dwight's comment, right on the mark.<br clear="none">> bob smith<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On 6/7/16 7:39 AM, David Lingua wrote:<br clear="none">>> Neighbours,<br clear="none">>> The Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization CDC has started a petition<br clear="none">>> calling on state officials to reconsider the recently substituted solid<br clear="none">>> wall design for the Purple Line stop at Kenilworth Avenue and MD 410.<br clear="none">>> CKAR considers this a priority issue and is looking to garner 5,000<br clear="none">>> signatures. Their concern about the redesign is the use of a solid<br clear="none">>> concrete wall support at this major intersection.The main section,<br clear="none">>> supporting the station stop, will be over 500 feet long and 26-feet<br clear="none">>> high; creating a solid support structure close to a quarter mile in<br clear="none">>> length. It is their belief this structure would visually and physically<br clear="none">>> divide our community in half and that adding a wall of this magnitude<br clear="none">>> would stifle economic growth. CKAR is advocating for a column support<br clear="none">>> structure which it believes would be a positive transit solution. CKAR<br clear="none">>> believes an open design would generate quality economic development,<br clear="none">>> provide safer crossings, increased overhead weather coverage for its<br clear="none">>> patrons and a better design for the elevators and stairs with<br clear="none">>> uninterrupted visibility (from grade) to discourage crime. On this 5.6<br clear="none">>> billion dollar project, the cost difference is said to be approximately<br clear="none">>> 4.0 million dollars. 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