I come, come, good, yep, okay, fine.
Not a problem.
Not a concern, Tom, thank you.
Right.
Okay, Chair, we have 20, we have 30 attendees and we can start when you wish.
Thank you. Good morning. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing today's EBA hearings. With me is Carol Tenere, our vice chair.
Present, Mr. Chair.
Ishmael Shaheed, our board secretary.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Thomas Holliman, our board member.
He's here. He just got off the phone with me.
and James Snell, our board member. Present, Mr. Chairman. Also here is our board attorney,
Hillary Emerson, and our ZBA hearing supervisor, Lakeisha Dandy. Before we begin, here's our
virtual format. The proceedings are being recorded by participating in a knowledge agreement to be
recorded. The video will be available by contacting tonyasunkett at phila.gov. But for the benefit of
our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone, if you wish to testify, press star nine to raise your hand
and star six to unmute. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548. Leave your email
address and the address of the property in question. And lastly, the question answer box
on the screen is not for comments or testimony. Any comments have to be directed to our executive
director, Tony Summers. So let's look at continuances for this morning's hearing.
Number two, MI 2022-003-753-825 South 13th Street. That case is continued.
Is there anyone in the audience who has a comment relative to that case?
good morning mr chair my name is jason hand i'm coasting this morning
we have a hand up from miss paula carter i have allowed her to speak okay
yes good morning i just good morning paul could you state your name and spell for the court reporter
please yeah paula carter c-a-r-t-e-r right do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes i do are you are you relative to case number two uh the property
address is 886 north judson street uh i would say so i so do you have a request for a continuance
for that case no i just you know i just was expecting to see myself on the zoom so i just
wanted to make sure that i was part of the okay all right so i'm still on 825 south 13
what's the Jetson case? Mr. Chair, that is number 13. We did not receive any exhibits for that case.
All right, Paul, I'm going to call that case in a couple minutes, okay?
Mr. Chair, are you going through the add-ons first?
No, I'm doing the continuance first, Carol. Okay. So I was on number two
of the continuance. Number two is continued.
Okay. And then what I'm going to do is I'm going to go to the ones that we don't have any.
Is there any other requests for continuances?
Mr. Chair, this is Hillary.
We received a request for continuance for number 9, 1529 West Butler Street.
Okay. All right.
So MI 2022-003-653-1529 West Butler Street.
That case is continued.
Are there any other requests for continuances?
Are there any other requests for continuances?
Thank you.
Mr. Chair, there was a hand raised a moment ago, but it has since gone down, so I will say that there are no further continuances at this time.
Okay, so I want to go now to cases that we don't have any exhibits.
number three MI 2022 003 655 1021 Dickinson Street Frank Mortarano is the owner we have
no exhibits this is the first listing I don't see any hands Mr. Chair okay so that's the first
listing, so MI-2022-003-655-1021 Dickinson Street. That case is continued. We also have number four,
MI-2022-003-648-513 North Holly Street. Matthew Regana is the applicant. No exhibits, first listing.
again for this case Mr. Chair no hands okay so MI 2022 003 648 513 North Holly Street
that case is continued number six
MI 2022 003 512 941 Dorset Street. Sonny Rochelin is the listed applicant. This is the first listing.
Again, Mr. Chair, wait a minute. There's a hand up for Mr. Franz Pierre. I have allowed him to speak.
Okay. Sir, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Mr. Pierre, please unmute yourself.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Hello?
Yeah, Mr.
Pierre is uncut off.
I'm sorry.
Jason, is his hand up?
No, he must have
uncut off, sir.
My apologies.
All right, so MI 2022
003 512
941 Dorset Street.
That case is continued.
Number seven.
MI 2022
003 671
1825 South 22nd Street. Rene Adams is the owner. No exhibits, first listing.
Ms. Adams, if you're in the virtual audience, please raise your hand.
Ms. Adams has been allowed to speak, sir.
Hi, Ms. Adams, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
okay and spell for the court reporter please r-e-n-e-e last name is adams adams right do
you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes um for your case
we do not we have not received any exhibits i have exhibits this is based on an airbnb
so ma'am ma'am ma'am i'm aware but you have to send the exhibits in to the zoning board i did i
do uh we don't have any exhibits for you ma'am um could you i the person name is salty i can't
pronounce the last name is s-u-l-e-t-a-b-a i sent it to rzcba at philly.gov okay um
hillary we have no we don't have anything for this right now right
um no i'm i'm checking i'm checking now i'm not seeing anything come up for
for miss adams um and i know this the staff had already checked the rcozba box and did not
see any so so miss miss adams this case is going to be continued what i want you to do is contact
the zoning office and they'll make sure for the next one that everything's intact okay okay all
right. Thank you. Thank you very much. So MI 2022 003 671 1825 South 22nd Street. That case is
continued. Number nine. That's continued. Number 11. MI 2022 004 490 218 West Tabor Road.
0-0-4-4-9-0-2-18 West Tabor Road. Daniel Franklin is the owner. No exhibits first listing.
I did not see any hints for that case, Mr. Chair. So MI 2022, 0-0-4-4-9-0-2-18 West Tabor Road.
That case is continued. Case number 12, MI 2021-000-981-5415 Cedar Avenue. Lisa Bethay is the owner-applicant. No exhibits. This is the second listing.
no hands for that case either so mi 2021 000 981 5415 cedar avenue that case is continued
mark must be tried and number 13 mi 2022 003 652 886 judson street paul carter who originally was on
Please come back.
Ms. Carter?
Carter, if you're still in the...
Wait a minute.
Okay, I have her allowed to...
Okay, I'm here. Thank you.
Okay, Ms. Carter, you were already sworn,
and your name was spelled for the court reporter.
This is the first listing for this case.
We do not have your exhibits.
can you give me more information about what you're looking for okay so here's here's what
i want you to do we're going to continue your case today you call the zoning office and they
will help you for the next case to make sure that you have everything in order okay
what's how do you reach someone when you call the zoning department um
Lakeisha, what should we should we direct her to the chat? What do we want to do with that?
Lakeisha? She's muted. Yes, Chair, I'm sorry, I couldn't unmute myself. That's okay. So could you
direct her proper way to get a hold of the zoning board? If that's in the chat, whatever you want to
do. Yes, we're going to put the email in the chat. Can somebody put the RCOZBA email in the chat and
you can email us and reach out to us that way. And we want to put the phone number in the chat also.
Okay. I go to this chat down here for that. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. So,
0-0-3-6-5-2-18-8-8-8-6, Judson Street.
That case is continued.
Okay, so we're going to go to our add-on list.
Number one, MI-2022.
Excuse me, Mr. Chair.
Sorry, just one second.
I just wanted to note for the record that Mr. Holloman has now joined us.
Oh, good.
Thank you.
I know he was there.
I know he was there. We spoke on the phone. Yes, it just took him a minute to get on.
All right, so MI2022-004-396-2901 Grant Avenue.
First thing I'm going to do is I want to certify that I watched the video of this case.
And Ishmael? Yes, Ishmael Shaheed. I would like to certify that I watched this video
prior to moving forward with this case.
Okay, so I vote no for this case.
Carol?
Am I revoting it?
My vote is yes.
Carol Tenere.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
okay number two mi2022 000477228 north 63rd street parcel a brandon saberman is the attorney
i vote no
mr chair i'm not voting on that case thomas thomas holloman my vote is no
james snell my vote is no
ishmael shaheed my vote is no
Number three, MI 2022-00.
Number three, MI 2022-003-078-4011 Meriden Street. Lynn Nichols is the attorney. This is a request for reconsideration. I vote yes.
Carol Tenere, my vote is yes.
Excuse me, Mr. Chair, can you specify yes to reconsideration and rehearing, please?
I vote yes for reconsideration and rehearing.
Carol Tenere, my vote is yes for reconsideration and rehearing.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is no.
James Snell, my vote is yes to reconsideration and rehearing.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes to reconsideration and rehearing.
Number five, MI 2021-003-524-321-47 North 16th Street. I vote yes with proviso. Revised plans,
two pages, stamped by ZBA on November 30th, 2022, maximum 43 units, interior storage of trash and
recycling, roof access for maintenance only, old bicycle parking structures located within
the deed of property lines, and garbage disposal in all units.
Mr. Chair, I don't vote on that.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with provisos.
My vote is yes with proviso.
James Snell
Ishmael Shaheed
my vote is yes
we'll provide those
okay thank you
we're going to go
to the regular list
excuse me Mr. Chair
we missed number four
on the add-on list
what was four
50th Street
okay yep
I'm sorry
MI 2021
South 50th Street
I vote yes
Excuse me, Mr. Chair, Carol needs to certify that she viewed the video of the hearing.
Thank you.
Carol Tenere, I did view the video of this hearing, and my vote is yes.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Okay, now we go to the regular list.
MI-2022-003-664-4656 Brown Street, letter of support from Mill Creek Advisory Association,
letter of support from the affected RCO Drexel Area Property Association.
Attorney is Samantha Lyons.
All right, Ms. Lyons has been promoted to panelist.
Hi, Ms. Lyons, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Ms. Lyons, S-A-M-A-N-T-H-A-L-Y-O-N-S.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir, I do.
Could you identify your client, a relationship to the property?
The client is known as the Men of Mill Creek.
They're a nonprofit organization that owns the property.
Okay. Thank you.