I'll be participating in today's hearing along with our vice chair, Ms. Carol Tenere,
Board Secretary, Confessor Plaza, and board members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James Snell.
uh board administrator is that who is that today i apologize i wasn't here
thank you and uh board attorney ms sharon sletta are also in attendance for those of you who haven't
yet participated in one of our virtual hearings i'll go through some of the basics of what you
can expect first we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their testimony
Second, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded, that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded and that the recording will be made available to the public on the web or otherwise.
Third, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
I repeat. For anyone participating by phone if you wish to testify you must raise your hand by
hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself. Finally to enter an appearance statement
call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
I will repeat that as well. To enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
I'd also like to remind everyone, please do not attempt to testify in the chat. Any comments should be directed to our board administrator, to our board director, our board administrator.
I think we've got everything covered.
With that, Carol, we'll call that 930 case.
Thank you.
Calendar number 2198, 1904 South 7th Street.
The applicant is Maria Linares-Esteves Rosario.
There is no opposition from Councilman Scuola.
um court reporter can you check and see if you can unmute yourself please
i'm sorry not court reporter translator can you check to see if you can unmute yourself please
ma'am i have a per individual with the with the number ending in two six two two zero with their
hand raised? I'm not sure who that is. Do I allow him to speak? Yes, you can.
Sir or madam, you have been allowed to speak. Please wait to be sworn in and identify yourself.
hola hola excuse me um chair you're muted are you the interpreter
okay hello
mi nombre is maria no this is maria chair not the interpreter maria is the applicant
all right uh why don't we do this we'll hold maria off again uh until we find the interpreter
um i believe they're here interpreter can you unmute yourself
number engine 6354 hi are you the interpreter
hello um i'm an intro hello yes i'm interpreter there's a lot of confusions right here um
How many interpreters do we have online?
Am I the only one?
I believe so.
Tanya, we only have one, correct?
Yes, correct.
Yeah, so you can identify yourself for the record, sir.
Name and please spell your full name.
My name is Carlos.
ID number 13613.
That's the name?
That will be Martinez, M-A-R-T-I-N-E-Z.
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes i do okay carol i need you because i don't have that paperwork um is the applicant available
and to the interpret if the applicant's available we need her to spell our full name
okay senora yes okay so the
Señora. Yes. OK, I would like her to put her name and address on the record and spell her last name.
Bueno, señora, quiero que diga su nombre completo para el record, para la grabación y quiero que me deletre su apellido, por favor.
Maria Estevez Rosario, apellido E-S-T-E-V-E-Z, Rosario, S-R-O-S-A-R-I-O.
Okay, my name is Maria Estevez Rosario.
So, last name Estevez will be Echo, Sam, Tango, Echo, Victor, Echo, Zebra.
Rosario will be Roger, Alpha, Sam, Alpha, Roger.
india oscar thank you can you ask her if she will swear or affirm to tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
thank you
has an emailed packet with exhibits been sent with proof of ownership
Can you ask for that?
Okay, my assistant, well actually the lady, she was the one who sent all the information
through email, and it's ready for you guys to see it on the computer if you guys want
This is Sharon.
I can confirm that we received everything.
We did.
Great.
You may proceed.
Thanks, Sharon.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Can I interject, please?
Ms. Estevez, is Bedita available to show your exhibits on our screen?
Señor Estevez, ¿está listo para que le digan en la pantalla para que vea usted?
If we can ask.
It looks good.
Thank you.
Muchas gracias.
So, Ms. Estevez, you have to do the presentation while Badisa shows the exhibits.
You can start now, please.
Hi, my name is Maria Estevez Rosario.
Soy de la dirección 1904 Sur de la Siete, Philadelphia PA 19148.
Yo vivo encima del restaurante de paquete zone.
My name is Maria Esteve Rosario.
I live in 1904 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148.
I live right on top of the restaurant Porlo.
Yo estoy aquí hoy para cambiar el uso del primer piso de comerciar a un restaurante de comida caliente
para menos de 30 personas para comer adentro y para llevarse comida.
Mi horario son las 7 de la mañana a las 8 de la tarde.
No vamos a tener licor, no vamos a tener nada de fumar.
I'm sorry, we're going to have to pause and interpret the sentences.
You go along, please.
Buena señora, por favor, quiero que de su respuesta en partes para que yo pueda hacer una interpretación mejor.
Okay, por favor.
Oh, okay, desculpa.
Okay, the reason why I'm here is because I'm calling because I want to open a restaurant at the first floor.
It's going to be a restaurant where it's going to serve warm food, no alcohol, no smoking.
It's going to be between the hours between the 7 in the morning to 8 o'clock.
There's going to be a takeout food also, and it's going to be for not too many people.
You can continue, Maria.
Continue, señora.
Okay, um, este list, yo entré en este list febrero primero del 2020, pero después la pandemia se pasó.
pero después la pandemia pasó y no pude hacer nada más pero desde el día que tengo el list
yo he podido sometir aplicación y esperar para tener el zoning me he comunicado con la comunidad
y ellos me apoyaron y mandaron una carta de apoyo a zoning
Okay, this visa happens in 2020, but due to the pandemic, I have to postpone it, but
I also sent a letter to the opponent to be supported by this, and I'm still waiting.
Go ahead.
maybe, Ma.
Okay, Torres, I wanted to know that
I'm going to have people,
I'm going to pay for people to pick up the trash
once or three times a week, also
to dispose of the oil
and recycle. We're going to have
a person to do that, and we're going to have
a start at the beginning of the opening of the restaurant,
which is going to be only two persons working,
probably more later in the future.
So, would you ask her a question,
where will the trash be stored?
on the back
is there a yard space
okay and the commercial commercial pickup
correct y eso hace una levantada de comercial verdad sí claro thank you of course gracias
there's a roof mounted exhaust system
well no tenemos techo ya puesto tenemos un exhaust
puesto señora todo eso tenemos una campana para el humo y todo
okay now there's no um exhaust from nothing right now like i said before i got this list
on february 1st 2020 so i was getting the uh a permit and i was wearing an authorization
for you guys to be able to do everything well my question is there will be i thought i saw it on
the plan right there on the right it'll be it'll be a room is that a roof mounted
okay yes all right um it seems to be pretty straightforward any questions from the board
no no anyone else like to testify in this case please raise your hand
i see no further hands at this time mr chair thank you planning commission
this is uh ron bednar city planning
Ron, please identify yourself, spell your name, and I'll swear you in.
His first name is Ronald, R-O-N-A-L-D, last name Bednar, B-E-D-N-A-R.
We're going to affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Thank you, sir. Please proceed.
This property is indicated for multifamily use on the city plan.
Given the proposal is consistent with the current character of the corridor,
we recommend that the quest for variance
be granted
Carol I don't have that number
so you can call it up and we'll vote
calendar number 2198
South 7th Street
my vote is yes
my vote is yes
my vote is yes
chair if I could just briefly
apologize to the applicant
for the mix up I do apologize
for future reference we'll try to
always get an interpreter here for you. Thank you very kindly, Chair. Thank you. And to the
thank you very kindly chair thank you and uh to interpret it would you pass that along to maria
interpreter, would you pass that along to Maria?
thank you yeah are we on uh number one if not before you go carol on the 330 list
the following cases have been requested to be continued number two on our list mi 2021
0 0 0 3 7 0 3 4 0 9 goodman street calendar number number seven on our list calendar number
mi 2021 dash 0 0 0 3 6 9 7 2 1 9 woodland avenue anyone is anyone in disagreement with
those two requests for continuances if so please raise your hand
i see no hands at this time mr chair thank you anyone else would anyone else
request is anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal if so please raise your hand at this
once again no hands at this time mr chair okay thank you carol then
we can begin with number one on the 330 list um excuse me excuse me chair this is sharon um i'm
wondering would you like to in case someone is waiting for it call out the one case that has
no exhibits to see if anyone is here for it that's number four yes mi 2021-000376
Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, I apologize. That was no worries. Okay, already, already continue. The only one is number eight. There are no letter in the exhibits, correct?
That's correct. Oh, no, Sharon, you should answer that.
tater street
all right well charmer's looking for that we'll continue i'm sorry i was on mute um the um
i believe the meeting was held so perhaps when they're called they can explain
what happened at the meeting. Very good. Thank you. Carol, number one.
Calendar numbers 0362-199 West Champlest Avenue. The applicant is Marvin Amy.
I have a Ms. Patrice McCants with her hand raised right now.
I can allow her to speak if that is all right.
Please do, ma'am.
Please identify yourself for the record.
Spell your full name.
patrice mccance p-a-t-r-i-c-e m-c-c-a-n-c-o-s
excuse me tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes and you are
excuse me this is sharon um the name listed in the list is the property owner miss mccann
though is the um she's leasing the property so she can go forward and she is listed as an
individual on the lease okay thank you okay all right miss mccance please proceed okay so you
want me taking my name again no no i'm sorry miss tenere will give you some uh ask you some