ZBA Hearing - December 15, 2020

Good morning, everyone, and we'll give Ms. Sunkett a few minutes if she needs.

Yes, Chair, they're coming in now.

Before we open up the hearings. Thank you.

Hi, I'm Pauline.

Yes, Tanya.

Could you make Fatina L. a co-host, please?

She'll be facilitating the hearings today.

Sure, doing so now.

Thank you.

Let me just make sure everybody is, should be everybody from the CBA staff.

Is that good, Tanya?

That's perfect.

Thank you kindly.

okay chair looks like we're ready to go thank you thank you again good morning everyone my name is

frank t chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment 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. Board Administrator Ms. Tanya Sunkit and Board Attorney

Ms. Sharon Saleta 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

and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.

Third, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify,

you must raise your hand by hitting star 9 and then star 6 to unmute yourself.

I'll repeat.

For anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify,

you must raise your hand by hitting star 9 and then star 6 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'll repeat, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.

before vice chair tenere calls our first case we'd like to ask if there's anyone requesting

a continuance or withdrawal so please raise your hand at this time and i think i went out of order

yep

um i did go out of order didn't i

i'm going to read the continuance list uh that we have so far and if anyone objects to the

announced continuance uh continuance being granted please raise your hand first continuing case

is number six on our list mi 2020-001574 2500 north 31st street

MI 2020-001567, 5108 Haverford Avenue, MI 2020-001568, 5039 Worth Street,

and MI 2020-0015607810-20 Algon Avenue. If anyone objects, please raise your hand to

of those continuances that have just been read

into the record.

Chair, we have Elton Dos Santos with the hand raised.

Good morning.

Mr. Santos, you're free to speak, please unmute yourself.

we can move on hey anyone else request for continuance or withdrawal we have Celeste Hardister

Ms Hardister you're free to speak good morning ma'am please identify yourself

for the record name and address spell your name for us please my name is celeste c-e-l-e-s-t-e

hardister h-a-r-d-e-s-t-e-r 368 green lane philadelphia i'm the president of the central

roxburgh civic association uh i did not hear you swear and do you swear and affirm to tell

the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do there yes what case are you calling records

to mi2020-001562 279 grape street uh they have not presented to the rco yet

grape street i have excuse me this is sharon's

this is sharon sledder we also have no exhibits on that case yes they requested a call the app

i haven't the continued case yes they requested it is the first continuance

um i'm not even sure okay mi 2020-001562 279 grape street is continued anyone else

there are no more hands here

okay um

carol i'll call it that's the this is the add-on case

okay mi 2020-001832 2215-19 north 7th street i believe the attorney is mr jinn

he's been promoted to panelists thank you good morning mr jinn please identify yourself for the

record i'll swear you in good morning uh zen jinn z-h-e-n-k-i-n 1617 john f kennedy boulevard

suite 1838 philadelphia pa 19103 here on behalf of the applicant we're in a firm to tell the truth

the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I do. Thank you. I'm sorry. Can I just ask one

question? Mr. Zinjin, do you have your volume up on your device? The microphone may not be

close enough. Let me adjust this way. Is that better? That sounds great. Thank you kindly.

Thank you. Yes, I do swear and affirm. Thank you. This is a follow-up to a previous hearing,

correct? That's correct. Please proceed. Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and share

the screen. We basically had this full hearing with the board about a week ago and the main

issue is that during our presentation we have plans that are revised. Is this coming, is my

shared screen coming over? Yes. Okay, great. I don't know why it's not jumping to the

page, but let me go ahead and do it manually.

So when we discussed the case with the board, one key item is that one of the units originally

proposed for residential will be set aside as a commercial unit per our agreement with the

City Council President's Office. So we have revised the plan to provide it to the board

for reference, and we would ask that if the board makes a favorable decision to include this page

of the plan, the floor plan, as revised plan and be stamped, this way my client would be able to

proceed to L&I with the plans and move forward if there's an approval. Thank you. Any questions from

the board? No. Anyone else to testify in this case, please raise your hand.

there are no hands here thank you planning commission

good morning david fecteau f-e-c-t-e-a-u with the city planning commission thank you david

you swear and affirm or tell the you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth

nothing but the truth yes sir i do please proceed good morning mr chairman and members of the board

while this law is designated for multi-family residential in the comprehensive plan

it is zoned commercial mixed use the council office has recently spoken with area residents

and believes that additional residential development in the area will create a need

for more commerce in support of those efforts at acknowledging the addition of the ground

floor commercial space the staff the planning commission supports the granting of the requested

variants. Thank you. MI 2020-001832, 2215-19 North 7th Street. My vote is yes with the following

proviso. Ground floor professional office as per revised plan, one page approved today.

Yes with proviso. Yes with proviso. Yes with proviso.

up. Thank you. Calendar number 1564. I'm sorry if I could interject again as always.

There are a couple people who had technical problems getting on

and they're requesting continuances. Would you allow them? Yep very good thank you.

Rachel I believe is one. Rachel you can speak to your continuance.

thank you so much tanya um rachel r-a-c-h-a-e-l pritzker p-r-i-t-z-k-e-r 1635 market street suite

1600 philadelphia pa 1910 this is miss pritzker do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole

truth and nothing but the truth yes please proceed um i would like to request a continuance for 43

29 dexter street also known as 279 grape street that uh was continued okay i just was having

trouble with my computer and just wanted to make sure you know as the attorney no worries thank

you thank you so much thank you anyone else

we have one handshake

we have um a request from um elton i'm sorry for tina um request for hermitage street

if you could open up his mic he was the one that was having difficulty with this audio

number 10 on our sheet this person says media account um would you unmute yourself and state

who you are yes hi my name is elton dos santos i'm the owner for 487 hermitage street

Mr. Santos, excuse me, would you please spell your first and last name?

Sure. First name is spelled E-L-T-O-N. Last name is spelled Silva Dos Santos. S-I-L-V-A space D-O-S space S-A-N-T-O-S.

Thank you. And you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Yes.

Thank you. Please proceed.

Yes. I'm requesting a continuance for 487 Hermitage Street. We had 28 people attend our area meeting on October 1st, and three of our adjacent neighbors approved our plans for the house.

You're asking for a continuance, correct?

Yes.

All right. Any objection to the continuance?

this is yes this is sharon sletta i'm confused sean ryan i've been in touch with your i believe

your architect sean ryan that's correct who told me that you were planning to go forward today we

have the materials we need you want the hearing continued and not heard today is that correct

because i thought you were prepared to go forward oh yes i am prepared to go forward sorry it's my

first time doing this and also using it's my third time using zoom so yes we'll hear the case

okay um having a continuance would mean that you are given a new hearing date in a few months

but we're ready to go forward today okay thank you yeah we would like to go forward sorry about

yeah we would like to go forward sorry about that okay and i'm sorry if i could just add to make

that okay and i'm sorry if i

sure sir that you're going to present not your architect okay yes that is correct thank you

kindly thank you anyone else i see no more handshare okay thank you i think we're about ready

to go am i correct okay before you go carol hold on one minute i just like to remind everyone

please do not attempt to testify in the chat. Any comments directed to the board should be directed

to the board administrator, Ms. Tanya Sumpkin. Okay, Carol. And if one more thing, one more

housekeeping thing. Is it okay, Chair, if you announce the case that we want to go last? Yes.

that number five, right? 2116 West Tioga. We're going to go out of order. That case will be

heard at the end of the last case in this morning session. Thank you. Thank you. Ready? Ready to

roll? Yes. Okay. Calendar number 1564 1010-12 West Kelowna Street. Yes. Good morning.

Good morning. Can you put your name and address on the record, please, and spell your last name?

Yes. Zin Jin, Z-H-E-N-J-I-N, 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1838, Philadelphia PA 19103, here on behalf of the applicant.

And do you swear in a firm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

I do.

Do you also agree to wait the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?

I do.

And have you mailed an exhibit packet with the required documents, including proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal referral, photos, and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing?

And finally, have you met with the RCO, and do you have a letter?

Yes, to all questions.

Okay, you may proceed.

Thank you.

Thank you for the accommodation.

I do appreciate it.

I will go ahead and share the information with the board relating to this case.

I have before submitted the refusal community letter from the 37th Ward RCO, photos, plans,

tax compliance deed, application, the PIF form, and the hearing notice related to this case.

This application is refused because we are seeking a residential use of the lot that

is zoned in a I-2 with a NCP subarea C overlay.

However, the refusals are primarily because we are looking for residential use in an I-2

district and that normally I-2 district would require a parking spot.

In this case, we met with the community and obtained a letter of support for our application.

And I want to point out the hardship here really relates to the location of the lot

and how it relates to the I-2 zoning district.

As you can see in the photograph here, we have what is essentially abandoned residential use on the one side and active residential use on the other side.

These are actually zoned RM1, residential multifamily.

So our proposed use is pretty much consistent to what is in the area, even though the lots are zoned I2.

Now, across the street, Philabundance just built a structure which is consistent with I2 use.

However, our lot, based on the location, the small street, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to push for an industrial use here.

So what my client proposed is residential structures, two of them, because we actually have two lots to be used as multifamily.

and as you can see from the application they're to be used as two family dwellings so it's two

duplexes on the one on each lot it's 1010 and 1012 they're actually about the right size for

residential buildings the width of the lots actually fits the purpose that we're seeking

as you can see the two lots together each would end up about 15 feet wide they have about

390 square foot of rear yard for each, and the structures will be fitting between the

back of the existing multifamily and the current abandoned residential multifamily.

The layout is two units, one unit on each floor, I'm sorry, one unit is first floor

and basement, and the second unit would be the second floor and the third floor.

The height and structure of the buildings are not outside of what is normed in that area and we would ask the board for favorable consideration in this matter.

and we would ask the board for favorable consideration in this matter. I'm going to

zoom out a little bit so it's easier to see the plan layout. There is a proposed roof deck for

this upper unit and the first floor unit has access to the rear yard as well. So we have the

first floor unit which has the access to the rear and the second and third floor unit. The second

unit has access to the roof deck so trash storage would not be an issue in this case since this is

do play. I'm certainly happy to answer any questions or show any other parts of the plan

the board would use. Could you slide that exhibit over a little bit that's it yeah and shrink it

slightly. Sure. So the plan is a three bedroom? Yes three bedroom or basement. What's the means

of ingress and egress from the basement um according to the plans i only see the um the

stairs that would lead up to the main floor as well as uh egress windows front and back

any questions from the board no

Anyone else would like to testify in this case, please raise your hand.

Chair, we have Rob Cashin.

Good morning, sir.

Please identify yourself with a record, spell your first and last name and provide us with your address.

Yes, hello, my name is Rob Cashin, C-A-S-H-I-O-N.

my address is 1013 west susquehanna

do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth

i do please proceed sir i um i have the property that's in the backyard um to this property

and i want to say i'm excited that the building is going to be built and is residential um i also

have restored the building that i'm in the only question i have is if there's i don't have any

parking and phil abundance is now going to have 55 customers some of them will have cars there's

so much room in the backyard of my yard and this house backyard instead of always lining it up in

the front why can't the homes be pushed back so that there's room to have a parking space a tree

garbage cans in the front instead of everything lined up now. It's hard to store garbage

in row houses and there's no parking coming soon the more the area starts to rebuild.

I'm not suggesting it can't be done but that certainly would require a complete

redrawing of the plan. It would also trigger further variances. Off-street parking and other

variant yep yeah because the front access along with the setback requirements uh it would actually

make it a much greater variance than what it is now and i think we'd rather see the trash stored

in the rear as opposed to the front all right okay any other questions anyone else

i see no more handshare thank you um planning commission good morning

David Fecto, City Planning Commission, Mr. Chairman and members of the board.

These properties are indicated for residential single-family use in the comprehensive plan.

The I-2 zoning here dates back to 1933.

The applicant proposes to build two duplexes.

We have no objection to granting these variances.

Thank you.

MI 2020-001564, 1010-12 West Kelowna Street.

My vote is yes.

my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes thank you can we just stipulate that

my client is present and would have adopted my testimony i'm sorry i got ahead of myself sorry

about that yes thank you thank you have a good day thank you calendar number 1557 1400-38

North Howard Street. Wait a while. What about number two? East Luzerne? I just didn't want to

call it out. Sorry about that. Strike everything I said. Calendar number 1569, 1400 East Luzerne

Street. The attorney is Sean Ward. Mr. Ward, you've been promoted to panelist.

Mr. Ward, you've been promoted to panelist.

Mr. Ward, please unmute yourself.

Hi, Sean.

Can you put your name and address on the record if you can hear me?

I am getting there I see your graduation I'm not the only one having technical difficulties

there you are uh good morning uh Mr. Chair

uh good afternoon I mean good morning Mr. Chair members of the board Sean Ward on behalf of the

applicant Elizabeth Morales my name is spelled S-H-A-W-N-W-A-R-D my address is 331 East Street

Road, Trevos, PA 19053. Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but

the truth? I do. Do you agree to weigh the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?

Yes. And have you mailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal,

referral, photos, and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing? Have you

met with the RCO, and do you have a letter? Yes, to all. Thank you. You may proceed.

Okay.

Okay. At this time, I'm sharing my exhibit packet screen. If the board can confirm it,

they can see it. Yes, we can. Thank you.

I've submitted my typical exhibit packet on behalf of Elizabeth Morales.

A1 is the notice of refusal.

It's an application for personal services, i.e. a beauty salon at the first floor in the same building with an existing single family household living above.

Resulted in two refusals.

Personal services is not permitted in the district and multiple principal uses are not permitted in the district.

Accordingly, we seek a use variance today.

A2 is the application of appeal.

A3 is the project information form.

A4, proof of ownership, copy of the deed.

A5 is tax compliance.

A6 are the site floor and elevation plans.

A7 are photographs of the posting, the subject property, and some aerial views.

A8 is the RCO letter of support from Juniata Park Civic Association.

If submitted, I would ask that the district council person's letter be marked as A-9.

Usually Sloan folks participate verbally in these hearings, so I'll defer to him.

A-10 is the relevant zoning history.

Historically, this has been used as a luncheonette and a single family above.

A-11 is the zoning map.

A-12 is the aerial photograph.

Just brief comments.

The operation would entail the owner and one to two employees.

days and hours of operation Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed on Sundays,

and it will be by appointment only. So moving through the exhibits, there's a copy of our

refusal. You'll see the two refusals listed. We also have the project information form,

copy of the application of appeal.

the deed dated november november 25th 2019 property is owned by elizabeth morales and

her mother filma akino um moving on uh tax compliance as you can see taxes are paid

through 2020 21 is not due yet with regard to the plans uh basically what you have here is a

corner property in Juniata at Luzerne, 1400 block of Luzerne Street, M and Luzerne. As you can see,

it was a typical first floor commercial corner property with a dwelling above.

My client proposes a new beauty salon to occupy the entire first floor.

There is dedicated steps up to the apartment above. We have a small powder room in the rear

for customers and employees and a mechanical room and storage. Again, the property, it's an

existing two-story building at M and Luzerne. While no signs are proposed in this application,

we did review with Juniata Park the proposed signage. It would be a wraparound type awning

sign to which they had no objection, but that would need to be the subject of a separate

application as we needed to get this application in uh in a timely fashion and assigned plans

were not available so uh again some photographs you got the typical storefront there's a picture

again some photographs you got the typical storefront there's a picture

from the side the dedicated entrance to the apartment above there is ample

storage room in the rear yard a view from the rear again these are Google

photos these are not taken by me so they may not be as current as what the

property is but it gives you an idea generally what the property is and it

It had been long used as a commercial property on the first floor.

We have a picture of a copy of the posting of the notice.

The notice on the front, here's Juniata Park's letter.

Generally, debate took place around the hours of operation, trash storage and pickup, lighting, and the types of services provided.

It was then agreed on the hours of operation, again, Monday through Saturday, 9 to 7, and by appointment only,

and that they would be closed on Sunday.

There was also a condition we agreed to

that the outer door would not be kept open

during the summer to exclude music

from being heard outside of the salon.

Again, with the zoning history,

dating back to 1968,

you can see a luncheonette, one family.

1963, candy store, luncheonette, one family.

again uh and then back in 1934 it was a single family home the property is zoned rsa5 however

is adjacent to a large icmx district right behind it and then we have the aerial photograph as you

can see luzerne runs left to right along the picture and m street runs north and south

and directly behind us is a save-a-lot grocery store and a Rite Aid as part of a shopping center

on Erie Avenue. So based upon the foregoing and the non-opposition and support of Juniata Park

Civic, bringing another business into the Juniata Park section of the city, they support the

application and we would ask that the board grant the variance. My client has somewhat of a language

barrier. However, I did review this packet with her through her family member translator. She is

fully aware of what I am presenting today and I would ask the board to stipulate that she would

adopt it as truthful to the best of her knowledge and belief and she would adopt it as her own

testimony. Noted, thank you. Questions from the board? No. No. Anyone else like to testify in

this case? If so, please raise your hand. There he is. Good morning, Chairman DiCicco and ZBA board

and Sean Ward. My name is Sloan Foulkes, Office of Councilwoman Maria Keyones Sanchez,

room 508 city hall the folks just please spell your name for us oh i apologize sloan s-l-o-a-n-e

folks f-s in fire o-l-k-s you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the

truth i do sir thank you um having met with uh the coordinating rco and receiving other support

our office um the councilwoman uh does not have any opposition to this but she would like two

provisos on behalf of the community um the first proviso is that the uh the the signage for the

business if lit only stays on till midnight and the second proviso is that uh trash can be picked

up by our commercial waste disposal thank you this is sharon saletta the signs aren't before you so

right that's just gonna say okay thank you all right yeah that's a that's an application for

another date possibly understood you got it okay all right anyone else would like to testify in this

case i see no hands chair thank you planning commission good morning david effecto city

planning commission mr chairman and members of the board this property is indicated for residential

single-family use on the city's comprehensive plan. The zoning maps for this neighborhood

date back to 2018. At that time, there was no sign of recent commercial use of this property.

However, all four corners of this intersection appear to have once been commercial,

so we have no objection if the applicant wants to return the building to commercial use.

Thank you. MI 2020-001569, 1400 East Luzerne Street. My vote is yes with the following.

1-4-0-0 East Luzerne Street.

My vote is yes with the following provisos.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Ward.

Hours of operation Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed Sundays and commercial trash pickup.

Correct. No objection.

Thank you.

My vote is yes with provisos.

Yes with provisos.

Yes with proviso.

Yes with proviso.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That concludes my business until the two o'clock list. Can I be excused?

You may. See you at two.

Thank you.

Calendar number 1557, 1400-38 North Howard Street.

I see no hands for this case.

Wait a minute.

Everyone present for 1400-38 North Howard Street.

We have Hercules Grigos.

Good morning, Mr. Grigos.

Hi, Mr. Grigos.

Can you please put your name and address on the record and spell your last name?

Yes, thank you.

And Hercules Grigos, G-R-I-G-O-S, 1835 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

I do.

And you wave and stip?

I do.

Also, have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents, including proof of ownership, tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, photos and plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing?

and have you met with the RCO and do you have a letter? Yes. You may proceed. Great and I think

my client Craig Albach, A-U-L-E-B-A-C-H and or Tom Fitzgerald from Asana are on if they want to be

promoted. I'm here today representing Asana Development and its affiliate 1400 North Howard

LLC, owner of the property located at 1400 North Howard. We're here today with an application for

the adaptive reuse with almost 80,000 square foot warehouse building in the South Kensington

section. As I said, Craig Allback and Tom Fitzgerald are here representing the development

team. If I may share my screen. I'll orient everybody. This is an existing approximately

80 000 square foot uh former warehouse building in the city of south kensington section uh it's

bounded by uh north howard um master street uh master i believe jefferson to the north

we're proposing today to take this vacant building uh and do an adaptive reuse uh from

and I believe it was a former furniture warehouse

to essentially creative office and retail.

And here's some overview to the West,

just to give context across Masters, Hancock playground.

And then there's a series of townhomes and multi around us.

Just to give you some context to the street.

Some existing loading bays that we intend on reusing just one of them.

Procedurally, we met with South Kansas community partners, received support,

and a lot of support from the near neighbors.

We had two public meetings on this,

and you'll note the letter of support in your packet.

As I said, we're looking to do an adaptive reuse.

The site is zoned RSA 5.

Presumably that was,

this property was approved maybe five to seven years ago

for townhomes, but it was never developed.

And we think that it's a great opportunity

to reuse this building

and bring what we think there's a need

for some office space in the neighborhood.

As the South Kensington neighborhood

has been further developed with new residents

in proximity to developments on Fishtown,

my clients believe that there is a great opportunity

for office space and some retail.

So here's some proposed renderings.

um here's some uh proposed renderings um and how we intend to reuse the building put a new skin on

um and just um this is essentially uh some of the the pictures and the hope is that um we can include

you know some some light neighborhood retail and maybe get a larger creative office tenant

and here's just you know tenant entrances um potential for parking based on tenant needs

um refusal because it's rsa5 um the uh the uses we propose in cmx2 are not permitted

and uh meeting i think was attended by 100 people

on Zoom at SKCP, and you can see the position was to support the project.

And here's just our letter, et cetera.

So as I said, we're here today because the site's zoned RSA 5.

The requested variance is minimally, if necessary, will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood.

In fact, it meets the mixed-use character of the neighborhood,

will not impair appropriate uses of development or adequate light will not substantially increase

congestion will not be detrimental to the neighborhood as evidenced by our letter of

support i'm not sure if uh craig or tom fitzgerald are on but i would just ask them to uh affirm my

testimony and i have any questions for the board thank you any uh the gentleman who uh mr griego

just mentioned if either of you were available please uh raise your hand yes mr chairman affirm

his testimony uh name it name please all right this is tom fitzgerald t-o-m-f-i-t-z-g-e-r

tom have you heard my testimony you affirm it as your own

i think he said yes

we lose you mr grigos will you being an officer the court will stipulate that your client would

have adopted your testimony yes okay thank you any questions from the board no no no

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

mr folks i see no hands sir thank you planning commission good morning david fecto city planning

commission mr chairman and members of the board this property is indicated for residential single

family use in the city's comprehensive plan the zoning changed in 2017 at that time the block where

this warehouse stands was approved for a residential subdivision. We have reservations

about the noise and traffic generated if a proposed commercial use were to move here

since this is not a commercial corridor, but if the neighbors do not believe they would

be impacted by this proposal, then we have no objection to granting these variances.

Thank you very much. MI 2020-001557. 1400-38 North Howard Street, my vote is yes.

my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes thank you very much thank you have a good

this afternoon thank you calendar number 1575 1431 north 15th street

mr mattione has been promoted to panelists

can you put your name and address on the record please and spell your last name

Certainly.

That's Michael Matteoni, M-A-T-T-I-O-N-I, Federal Reserve Bank Building, 100 North Independence Mall, Suite 5A, Northwest, Philadelphia, 19106.

Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

I do.

Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?

I do.

And have you also emailed the exhibit packet with the required documents, proof of ownership,

tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, photos and plans of the property five days

in advance of this hearing, and have you met with the RCO and do you have a letter?

Yes. Thank you. You may proceed. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, this is 1431 North 15th Street.

This is 1431 North 15th Street.

This is similar to the applications we had last week.

This is similar.

This is a 28-unit apartment building, legal for 28 units, but there are 29 units in the building.

We have a brand-new owner, Temple Real Estate.

We were seeking to legalize the one unit that's been there.

They acquired it with the 29 units, although the 28 are legal.

We met with the Coordinating RCO Map Holistic on December 7th, an in-person meeting.

There's our tax compliance and the refusal and the plan for the building.

And we met with Matt Polistic December 7th, and they had two people showed up, and everybody supported the application.

And we have a letter.

That's the letter from Matt Polistic.

We have a separate letter from Community Land Trust Corporation, which is another RCO in the area in support.

and another letter from Friends of the 47th Ward, Louise Bundy, also in support of this application

to legalize the one unit that's not legal in this building. This building is, like I said,