You see the file now? Can you see it?
no can you see this yes can you open maximize the document so we all can see
maximize document yes yes very well yeah i'm sorry you can go through with your presentation
it's perfectly fine thank you kindly yes i'm just uh trying to see uh by the way your honor the uh
the uh gca approved my uh my um my request uh actually they conducted uh their own um meetings
and everything and then i have letters here that prove okay so why don't why don't you show us that
letter yes uh hold on uh proviso letter uh this is the proviso date they actually uh set up for the
property. Owners will be responsible to keep all sidewalks clean and passable during deliveries.
Workers will not disrupt the lives of the neighboring homeowners by parking cars or
trucks on the sidewalk. Deliveries must not disrupt the normal traffic patterns in the area. We
owner get exterior security cameras and register with them with the city of philadelphia safe time
program trash must be hauled by a private disposal company if it exceeds city limits or creates a
worded problem uh business can only sell items directly related related to its baking um business
Can I see where they say they approve it, where they're not opposed?
Here is a letter.
Dear Mr. Disseco, typically this section would be...
Go up a little bit more.
I want to see the final position.
Hold on.
Go up a little bit.
Here is the final position.
support with provisos attached and it says not opposed with provisos attached so we have mr
chair sorry this is hillary i this is not the letter that i received regarding this application
um so yes we received a letter of opposition i'm gonna check on the date to see if that it was
the if it was dated before or after this letter but we just i just want to note for the record
we did not receive this letter from the RCO.
Yeah, this was sent in February 9th.
Oh, it's brand new.
This is a brand new letter.
So this is a new letter, Hillary?
Yes, this is a brand new letter then.
Yes, we did not receive this letter.
Do me a favor.
Could you show a couple of photos of your property?
We'll go back to the file that I had before.
and I'll show you, hold on one second.
Should go to,
ah, hold on.
No, I wanna move this, hold on.
I wanna move this and as soon as I move this,
I'll be able to show you a couple of pictures
of the property, no, that's not that.
Where is it?
I'm sorry, exhibit M,
oh yeah yeah i'm gonna have to pull another i'm gonna have to pull uh for them if this would be
opened golden can you see this one too this is from my email yep that's fine let's just see some
photos of the place you can see that and you will see you will see i can't sorry okay yes hold on
one moment can you see that now i i can i need to see the photos the photos i will i will i'm
bringing you down, as long as you can see this file. Okay,
thank you. You will see them. Hold on, I'm bringing you down
Hold on, I'm bringing you down to them.
to them.
I'm sorry for all this, by the way.
I had to run, get my kids out of school while you were doing this.
I was stressed, everything.
For autistic children, I have to take care of.
It's not easy.
Hold on, start.
So this is Pauline. Do you have it open in one of the other tabs that you have up top?
Yeah, hold on. Every time I click on it, it seems to be giving me a hard time. The pictures
are all the way on the bottom on the uh if you just give me a little bit don't get this stress out
all right well the almost almost there
okay that's the uh that's the posting that's the thing uh okay thank you yes and uh and we're
I mean, that's the front, which is 7,200 Marsden.
That's the house and the property.
And if you go down, you will see the other pictures,
which has to do with the welding.
The entrance to the storage, right?
That's inside.
Yes, yes.
This is the inside where the bakery would be located,
where I would normally put the instruments.
and and this is this is the interior uh is the entrance is the entrance on the side of the
building uh on this side yes on willington it's not even on masden this is what i was going to
show you uh hold on this is where that white brick is right exactly this is where it is and
There's stairs on the back where we can do a back entrance to the home.
And this is the entrance of the store right there.
And the front is, yes.
And then there are other pictures to actually clear that up.
And the store is going to be a bakery, am I right?
A bakery, yes.
We had this bakery in New York.
in new york uh and this bakery has been there for 47 years almost 48 years baking bread yes
so i move here i move here with my four children which are autistic and i'm looking for a better
way and i bought the property the property cost me $380,000 because it was uh conceived as a
mixed-use property and perfect for family with autistic with children with autism because i can
just drop there the bus pick them up i can walk here i have a master's degree in sustainability
management i could walk elsewhere but the bakery has been my lifeline in order to be able to take
care of the children and that's exactly why i actually moved to philadelphia and look for the
mixtures property here to be able to uh to take care of them okay and um and this is a letter from
the uh from the um forgive me the presentation it was that that those like this is a letter from
the infinite uh mortgage which sold us the property which actually explained why actually
i bought the property they agreed upon it to look for that this kind of property for me
to be able to function all right your honor if you have any question if the board has any
okay mr land mr land okay questions from the board no mr chairman
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Mr. Chair, this is Hillary.
I just have a quick question for Mr. Leon.
Regarding the proviso letter that you showed previously, did you have a chance to review those provisos?
And are you in agreement with any or all of the provisos?
And it's because of whatever the award system would agree upon within the minutes and also with the online process where we had a lot of residents gave comments.
we had a lot of residents uh gave comments and they set up the proviso and i agreed upon the
And they said.
proviso and then that's how the tca uh allowed me to uh continue with the project okay so you
are in you are in agreement with all of the provisos that they listed in their letter okay
thank you thank you very much yes questions or comments from the virtual audience i see no hands
chair planning thank you sir david vecto city planning commission the comprehensive plan
recommends no change the residential single family zoning at this location this property
has a documented history of ground floor retail accordingly the planning commission recommends
the board grant the use variance okay thank you hillary how do we how do we want to handle the
proviso mr sheriff since um i have not uh had a chance to look at the letter and determine what
provisos could be added to a decision by the board if we can hold for one week um that will
be ample time okay so mr leon yes thank you for your testimony number one we're going to close
the record on this and then we're going to go look at the provisos and see what's appropriate
and what's not we will vote on this next week at 2 p.m at 2 p.m okay all right and thank you very
much yes if you if you could please forward the letter to us that you shared in your presentation
that would be great yes and i could ask i i could ask him i could ask um mr um uh to actually send
you that letter but if you give me the email right now that would be excellent yes yeah the emails
the emails that you have been using to communicate with with the board are the same emails you can
send the letter to him okay okay i will definitely be after the meeting right away i'll send it right
thank you thank you mr leon thank you thank you very much thank you and thank you and god bless
you thank you very very much thank you thank you yeah um is there anyone whose case has not been
called on the 2 p.m list i see no hands too okay so let's take a five minute break and then we'll
come back and we'll handle the uh the 3 30 list okay five minute break okay okay chair
Thank you.
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are we looking
uh court reporter are you back yes i am thank you
Court reporter, are you back?
Yes, I am.
Thank you.
Everyone else back?
Mr. Tom?
Yes, I'm here.
So, Chair, you can begin.
Why don't we start recording?
We are good to go, sir.
Ready to go?
Good afternoon. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing the 330 ZBA hearings.
With me is our Vice Chair, Ismail Shahid.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Member, Tom Holliman.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
And our Board Member, James Snell.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also present is Hillary Emerson, our attorney, and our executive director, Tanya Sunkett.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting tanyasunkett at phil.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you participated by phone, if you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email and the address of the property in question.
And finally, the question and answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony.
All comments should be directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Sunken.
Let's look at continuances that we have for this afternoon. So number one, MI 2022, 6,200 Dickens.
Dickens, that case is continued. Number four, MI 2021, 004, 011, 223 East Springer. That case is
continued attorney moving party. And number five, MI 2021-004-012-225-E Springer, that case is
continued attorney moving party. Are there any comments relative to those three cases?
I see no hands, Chair. Are there any requests for continuances?
um i see mr steve masters with his hand raised hi mr masters could you state your name and spell
for the court reporter please um good afternoon mr chair members of the board my name is steve
masters s-t-e-v-e-m-a-s-t-e-r-s right do you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth i do your case is mi 2022 001 771 2641 west york street
That's correct.
And you would like a continuance?
We would.
The RCOs have requested that our clients engage in certain due diligence activities concerning his plans and the various other items connected to opening up the restaurant.
And we require additional time for that.
Thank you, Mr. Masters.
That case is continued.
So MI-2022-001-771-2641 West York Street, that case is continued.
Are there any other requests for continuance?
I see no more hands, Chair.
We also have a case that we do not have exhibits for.
MI-2022-001-767-2544 Turner Street.
Daniel Wu is the owner.
It's a pro se.
No exhibits.
Second listing.