Good morning, everyone.
Good morning, everyone.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this meeting of the Philadelphia Zoning Board.
With me is our board member, Cheryl L. Gaston.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our board member, Michael Johns.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Board member, Taya Nguyen.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
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number one
Yoakam Street
that case is
continued
attorney moving
number five
number five
MI 2024-003-394-3910 Germantown Avenue.
That case is continued, attorney moving party.
Number 13.
MI 2024
006823
5329 North 13th Street
that case is continued
number
number 14
MI-2025-000
What's wrong, ma'am?
Come on up.
Good morning, ma'am.
Hi, could you please state your name
and spell for the court stenographer.
Michelle, M-I-C-H-E-L-E.
Right.
Last name, two letters, E-L, capital E-L.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I affirm.
Please, take a seat, ma'am.
So we have a request from the listed applicant
to continue this case.
Could you give us your,
and first of all, is the listed applicant,
applicant. Natasha Watson
or Ivory and Elizabeth Jones present?
Good morning, Chair. This is Nadia and I'll be your co-host today.
Natasha Watson will be promoted to panelists.
Ms. Watson?
Yes. Good morning.
Hi, Ms. Watson. Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Natasha Watson, N-A-T-A-S-H-A-W-A-T-S-O-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Ms. Watson, you've requested a contingent.
Could you give us the reason why?
I was not able to get the text paper that was needed.
I think I was a little unclear on who was supposed to provide that.
But with the email that was sent last night, I'm actually on my way there, about 20 minutes out.
But with the information I was given last night, it was a little bit more clear.
It said that it was a real estate tax compliant.
I was very unclear on where I would get that from.
Okay, thank you.
Could you give us your – please state your reasons.
You don't want a continuance?
We've been here three times.
with continuances. We started out with part of our neighbors who opposed the appellate.
We had some of them in the local library because of their work, illness, and their conditions of
age. They couldn't get here, so we had them in the library. We have neighbors that are here today
for the, this is our third time
coming, and each time
from your point of view
she wasn't prepared
she wasn't prepared
so this is what we're going to do
we're going to continue this one more time
the case will go on the next
time whether it's prepared or not
and I'm sorry you came down
we're going to continue this
to the 6th
of august at 2 p.m and i i know it's hard but we're going to do one more time
and the case will go on and i thank you for coming into all your interest thank you okay
for the record thank you oh no thank you very much ma'am but it will go on the next time
um natasha did you hear me yes i would recommend that you call the office and find out everything
you need because the case will be heard
the next time.
Thank you so much.
Number
MI 2025
000400
Mount Vernon Street. This case
is continued until
January 7th
2026 at 930 a.m.
And number
MI 2025
000491555
Van Kirk Street. Octavia
Brown is the owner.
Could Octavia please come on.
Octavia Brown will be joining as a panelist.
Hi, good morning, everyone.
Good morning.
Could you please state your name and spell for the course?
Yes, my name is Octavia, O-C-T-A-V-I-A.
My last name is Brown, B-R-O-W-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Octavia, we need to know, was your property posted for 21 days prior to this hearing?
And you have pictures of that?
I submitted it on the DBA website, the portal where you attach the pictures.
So we just had to check on that.
I'm going to call your case later, so please remain on the line.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And we have a few cases here without exhibits.
Number four, MI-2020.
MI 2024-002-966-20 Jackson Street.
Joseph Vaccaro is the attorney.
There are no exhibits.
This is the third listing.
Joseph Vaccaro, if you're in a virtual audience, please raise your virtual hand.
I see no hands.
Okay, thank you. This case has been called. We've had this case three times. We still have no exhibits. So MI 2024-002-966-20 Jackson Street, I vote to dismiss.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss.
Ty Owen, my vote is to dismiss.
Michael. Michael, you're muted. There you are. There you go. I vote to dismiss. Thank you very
much. Yeah, my microphone went out for some reason. So number nine. MI 2024 005 624 2068 East
Ayn Street, Elliot Perez, Barrios is the listed owner.
The applicant is E.B. Riaz.
This is the second listing.
We have no exhibits.
Elliot Perez, if you're in a virtual audience, please raise your virtual hand.
I see no hands.
So this is the second listing. We will hold this one more time and must be heard. There is support from the RCO and also the council. So MI 2024-005-624-2068 East Ann Street. This case is continued to January 7th, 2026 at 930 a.m. Mark must be heard.
And number 10, MI 2024-005-636-812 McKean Street.
Hello, Lynn Wang is the listed owner.
This is the second listing, no exhibits.
There is opposition from the council person and the RCO.
if you're in a virtual audience
please raise your virtual hand
chair we have a hand
up by E.B. Reyes
so okay I think he may be
okay please let him in
E.B. Reyes please accept the promotion
to panelists
hello good morning good morning could you please state your name could you please state your name
and spell for the stenographer eb reyes um oh sorry um eb reyes um i b i r e y s right do you
swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes is this your your case
I'm sorry.
I just joined now.
I don't know if you mentioned 2068 Amstree.
That was continued.
Okay, yes, please.