do you swear or affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Our vice chair has a few questions for him.
Yes, good morning.
Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits?
Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that's needed
that's
and required to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
You are.
Yes, I did it.
Thank you.
You can proceed and share your screen.
Let him share his screen.
And could you also tell him that we understand that the Somberden Civic Association has voted in his favor, and there's a letter of non-opposition from Council Member O'Neill?
or could you have him start his presentation
and when he shows things
I'll tell you if in fact we have it
we have this
document
we also have the next
document
yes I have it
keep moving
we have that project information form
yes it's here
we saw
we saw the deed
we have that
we're good
make it easier
could he move
to the plans
and also the photos of the
project.
Project is not planning.
What's his name?
That's where he died. Okay, I see. That's where
he posted. Thank you.
Rahmat.
That's the Somerton
Civic Association. We have that letter.
There's an overhead view.
Could you explain? I see where his
is. Okay. Thank you.
Rahmat.
hold on hold on one minute go back
so that's where he's parking his car right now am I correct
my car is a Hyundai Palisade it's ECV
what did he say
it's not my car it's my friend car
My car is Hyundai Palisade.
It's SUV, a big car.
My car is big.
It's not mine.
My friend's car is in.
But he has his friend's car in the parking place that he's using.
Is that correct?
Okay, so the picture was done when he visited us as a guest.
All right.
So the issue is, he's created a room in the garage, is that what happened?
but my parents arrived, and my mom and dad
My mom had the cancer and she had to go under the operation.
And so it was difficult for her to lift up upstairs as I have my little children.
So yes, there are seven, four and one and they are too noisy.
I have to create a room in the basement for this reason because of your health condition.
because of your health condition after the cancer operation.
after the cancer operation.
Does he have photos of the basement?
Yes, I have it.
Is there a bathroom in the basement?
I have a toilet.
There is a toilet and a toilet.
Okay, so, yes, there is a bathroom, but I didn't do any pictures of them.
Is there a kitchen in the bathroom? A kitchen there, too?
No, no kitchen there.
There's a room. Do they sleep down there?
yeah they sleep and have a rest
what's that again they sleep and have a rest there
there's a bathroom down there too
when they want to eat they go upstairs is that what you're saying
Yeah, we bring to the basement when we cook something.
She cannot.
Could you show us the plans? I noticed he had some plans. Let me see the plans.
So, I guess this is the plan.
All right. Questions from the board.
I did have a quick question. So the entrance into, so you have that separate stair that goes up the side that goes into the first floor for the main house.
i just want to i think i think that's what i read i know i talked too fast um but i think i
answered my own question so you have to ask him that thank you another question
but looking if he could scroll up to the plan for a second i'm just trying to see is there
going to be any delineation in the front pad uh the marking the difference between the parking
space and the pedestrian walkway to get to the door.
So this is the entrance.
Yeah, and I was asking,
is there a separate walkway
for people to get to the
like a protected walkway
for people to get to the entrance in the new
proposed plan
now that the parking space is going to
solely be outside
I think
yes I have it
I didn't have the pictures on it
but I have the
separate
to be clear there's no pictures and it's not
So, to be clear, there's no pictures and it's not demarcated on the plan, but it is already installed.
Yes, it is not drawn in a plan. However, it is there. We didn't change any plan.
the path
was there
from the old project.
thank you. Other questions
from the board?
Questions or comments
from our attorney? No, Mr.
Chair. Questions or comments
from the virtual audience?
I see no hands
at this time, Chair.
Planning Commission. Thank you,
Chairman, and good morning, David Efecto.
the city planning commission chairman and board members the comprehensive plan recommends no
change to the rsa2 residential single-family zoning at this location the city rezoned this
neighborhood in 1978 at that time this property zoning was left unchanged from the prior r4
which became rsa2 after after the adoption of the new zoning code despite the presence of garages
accessory surface parking appears to be a common if unregulated occurrence in this block face
the city planning commission recommends the board grant the proposed use variants for accessory
off-street surface parking
mi 2024 002 798 11707 stevens road i vote yes michael johns my vote is yes
Cheryl Guest, and my vote is yes.
Tinella Graham, my vote is yes.
Ayahwin, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
Thank you, Interpreter.
We appreciate your help.
Thank you.
My pleasure.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
All right.
Number one, MI2023-00633, 1307 West Sesquanah Avenue.
David Devin Eptor is the attorney.
There's unanimous support from the 37th Ward and a letter of non-opposition from Council Member Young.
Morning, Council.
Devin Uffa has been promoted to panelists.
Good morning, Chair. Can you hear me?
Good morning. Good morning, Council. Yes. Could you turn your video on, please?
yes thank you um could you state your name and spell for the court stenographer
yes devin d-e-v-i-n um last name u-q-d-a-h you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth
and nothing about the truth yes could you identify your client the relationship to this property
Yes, the owner of the property is self-inked.
It's a nonprofit, and the CEO should be joining the call.
All right, and our vice chair has a few questions for you, sir.
Good morning, counselor.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the reviews or stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits as needed and required to proceed with this case?
Five days in advance of this hearing.
Thank you, council.
I'm asking my screen.
Please. Yes.
Are you able to see my screen?
We can't share.
Okay. So this property is owned by self,
inc which i mentioned is a non-profit the address is 1307 west suskehanna avenue
just a table of contents this is a copy of the deed to self-ink
um this is pictures of the surrounding area
this is also pictures of the map of the of the area
so this is a suskehanna hair syndrome it's closer to the corner of the block
this is the letter of referral um the property the proposed used to be a group living um basically
that they're going to house it's like a transgender house where people are going
from homelessness to regular residential housing um so it's just group living
It's a picture of the outside of the property.
it's a picture of the outside of the property it's a picture of the
It's a picture of the inside of the property when you come inside.
It's multi-level.
Bathrooms, some of the setup of the bedrooms.
Again, another bedroom, another bathroom.
It's a hallway, another bedroom.
Another bedroom, another bathroom.
is this in use now yes yeah so what currently how it is used now is a cap on the amount of
people that can actually live there so what our proposed use we're going to increase the amount
of people who can live there by changing it to group living and how many how many could you give
me an idea what that means pardon me could you give me an idea what that means like how many
are there now and what's it going to go to?
Three now. It probably
will go to
over six, but not
to exceed nine.
The property is pretty large.
It's three levels. That's one of those
old North Philly houses that
are pretty massive that a lot of people turn into
triplexes.