ZBA Hearing - May 26, 2021

future, the next time they're looking employees. Currently, they have six or they have seven

employees, six of whom all live in the city of Philadelphia. And so they are focused on

the community. And again, we do have the support letter. Here's the zoning context. As you can see,

the property has been rezoned as an RSA 5 property, but it's surrounded in nearby

multiple commercial uses, including CMX2 properties. And you can see there's a number

of properties that reflect the prior use as commercial buildings and industrial buildings

in the area. This is the inside of the shop. They keep it clean, as you can see, and that's

how they run their operation. And here's the tax compliance. I know it's been a long day

for the board, given that there hasn't been, we don't anticipate any opposition, and we do have

support of the community. We'd be happy to entertain questions for the board, but if Mr. Gronow is on

the line, Kenny, if you could raise your virtual hand, or I just wanted to have him adopt my

testimony, or adopt my, yeah, adopt everything I said as his testimony. This is Kenny Gronow. I

believe i'm unmuted yes please identify ourselves by your first and last name kenny grono k-e-n-n-y

last name grono g-r-o-n-o you swear if i'm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the

truth yes sir thank you mr monroe all right uh mr grono did you hear the factual statements that

i made to the board i did were they accurate and true to the best of your knowledge

they were do you adopt them as your testimony i do okay thank you any questions from the board no

would anyone else like to testify in this case if so please raise your hand

here we have sloan folks mr folks you can unmute yourself and speak now good afternoon mr folks

again please identify yourself with the record you're still on the road again good afternoon

I'm Chairman DiCicco, members of the ZBA board.

My name is Sloan Foulkes,

Office of Councilwoman Maria Keona Sanchez

from the 508 City Hall.

The applicants having met with the coordinating RCL

and receiving letter of support with provisos

that are unenforceable by the ZBA,

but also making a commitment to the Councilwoman's office

regarding hiring practices,

which she intends to work with the applicant to ensure the councilman offers no opposition to this variance request.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Planning Commission.

Ron Bednar, City Planning.

While this property is currently indicated for residential use on the city plan, given the existing artisan use, we support the granting of the variance.

Thank you.

MI 2021-000469-437 West Hewson Street, H-E-W-S-O-N.

My vote is yes.

My vote is yes.

My vote is yes.

My vote is yes.

Before you begin, Carol, Sharon, number 47736, Gilbert, you said the exhibits were illegible?

They were completely illegible.

they're just photos of the first page of each required document they're blurry

tried even printing out the refusal and could not make out what it said i can forward you one

example but i did um email ms walker twice requesting that she resubmit it explaining

that they were illegible and i got no response though she does appear to be in attendance today

Okay, so MI 2021, that's 000550.

Okay, so MI-2021, that's 000-550-7736 Gilbert Street.

Ms. Walker, are you available?

Ms. Walker, you can unmute yourself and speak.

Ms. Walker, please identify yourself.

Spell your person.

Ms. Walker, you have another device on?

Oh, okay, my phone.

Okay.

Walker.

I muted her chair until she gets her technology together.

You.

Ms. Walker, when you complete that task, you can unmute yourself and begin to speak again.

Okay.

Thank you.

Ms. Walker, please identify yourself.

Ms. Walker, spell your first and last name, please.

A-G-N-E-S-W-A-L-K-E-R.

You swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

Yes.

You heard the conversation I just had with our attorney?

We're unable to read your documents.

Which ones?

I sent a whole lot of them.

You sent 14 emails.

None of the documents were in PDF format.

None of them were legible.

It looks like you took a photo of the first page of each of the required documents.

i emailed you twice asking you to resubmit them and did not hear back from you okay and how do i

go about resubmitting them because i that's the only thing i know all right you can reach out to

to the same email rcozba at philly.gov we will give you full instructions okay

okay okay so the way i was doing it was wrong yes yes you can continue the conversation with

rcozba at phillit.gov okay you're continued thank you chair i thank you mi 2021-000-550-7736

gilbert street is continued i believe that completes the 330 list

any outstanding any outstanding business no comments um yes chair if i could um

uh mentioned that uh i appreciate everything that you guys do and thank you for making this

a wonderful place to work i appreciate you all you're gonna make me cry you guys you can't leave

on that tearful note i want to thank everyone especially those behind the scenes for making

this all happen thank you so much before you end could we just ask if there is anyone in attendance

waiting for a matter that thank you i forget i should make a note of that thing is there anyone

in attendance who did not have the opportunity to be heard please raise your hand

there are no hands at this time chair okay thank you everyone we're all blowing kisses to frank

frank is the man