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Thank you.
okay madam chair we have 45 um and our attendance for today starting off you can proceed when you
like okay good morning everyone my name is carol tenere and i'll be chairing the zoning board
today um i would like the board members to say their names as present so we know who's here
and who isn't here. Professor Plaza present. James Snell present. Thomas Holloman present.
Thank you. I'll be participating in today's hearing along with Board Secretary
Confessor Plaza and Board Members Thomas Holloman and James Snell. Board Administrator
Jason Hand is also president. Well, he's not president yet, but he is present. I'm here.
Not yet. And board attorney Sharon Saleta and Rebecca Cole 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. Two, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding
is being recorded and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.
This is available to the public. And why am I lost here? By contacting Tanya Sunkit
at tanya.sunkit at philadelphia.gov. Third, for anyone participating by phone,
if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine, then star six to unmute
yourself. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and address of the property at issue. Again, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine,
then star six to unmute yourself. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548
and leave your email address and address of the property at issue.
Four, if you are an LLC, an LLP, or a religious organization, you must be represented by an
attorney. If you do not have an attorney, we will not be hearing your case. Number five,
the question and answer box is not for testimony. Any comments are to be directed to Ms. Tanya
sunk it. Continuances. Calendar number MI2021-002193, 1804 Pratt Street. That case is continued.
Calendar number MI-2021-002462-2367 North Leithgow Street.
That case is also continued, as well as calendar number MI-2021-002201-2365 NLFG Street.
That case is continued.
Does anybody have an objection to any of those continuances?
If you do, please raise your hand.
Excuse me, Madam Chair, for number three.
Excuse me, Madam Chair, for number three.
Pratt Street, can you do a must be heard?
Calendar number MI-2021-002193, 1804 Pratt Street.
This case is continued and it is a must be heard.
Thank you, Mr. Plaza.
Hi, this is Tanya, the administrator.
Could we just check to make sure no one is here for that case as well?
Sure. Is there anyone here for that case?
And if you are, please raise your hand in the virtual audience.
The owners are Richard and Rosalind Smith.
there are no heads at this time madam vice chair
thank you are there any requests for continuances
on our regular list
if you have a request please raise your hand
Madam Chair, I see no hands.
Okay, then we will begin.
Calendar number MI-2021-002097, 1826 West Thompson Street.
The Attorney is Paul Turner.
we have um a non-opposition letter from councilman squilla planning commission is opposed because
there is no hardship the rco beach community services supports this
miss tenere this is rebecca cole on record i'd just like to note it was councilman clark
and not councilman squilla who is in non-opposition to this project
okay our notes have okay so councilman uh council president daryl clark is in non-opposition
so this is a straightforward vote correct
yes okay calendar number 2097 my vote is no
Professor Plaza, my vote is no.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is no.
Sorry about that, I was trying to mute James, we're on mute.
James Snell, my vote is no.
Thank you.
Calendar number MI-2021-001569-7605, South 18th Street.
My vote is no to reconsideration and rehearing.
Professor Plaza, no to reconsideration and rehearing.
James Snell, my vote is no to reconsideration and rehearing.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is no to reconsideration and rehearing.
Calendar number MI-2020-002205, 1413 West Pacific Street.
The letter that I'd like to read in. At this time, the community's directly affected residents,
13th wards rco committee and adjacent rco nicetown rco cdc are requesting our elected
officials and zoning board members support this zoning variance at this time my vote is yes on
this case confessor plaza my vote is yes james snell my vote is yes thomas holliman my vote is yes
i'm moving on to the regular list calendar number 2533 116 west rockland street
the owner is oswaldo cantero if you're here please raise your hand
madam chair mr carlos dick dickwell has his hand raised i will promote him at this time if that is
all right uh yeah i guess we'll find out who he is i'm sorry you don't have to promote him right
now if you could just allow him audio right away it's been done
it's been done sir can you put your name on the record spell your last name
sir can you put your name on the record
and i'll swear you in
carlos are you there oswaldo oswaldo quintero yes
spell your last name please
Q-U-I-N-T-E-R-O
your address
961 Putnam Boulevard
Wallingford PA 19086
and the property address is
116 West Rockland Street
do you swear
do you swear our firm to tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
yes I do
If you email the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance.
Madam Chair, please, I apologize for interrupting.
But is it okay to question this applicant about their exhibit package?
Oh, sure.
Sir, did you submit your exhibit package five days in advance to the attorney of record?
No, I'm sorry.
No, I couldn't do it.
Right.
so that that's I'm sorry sir last time we uh spoke to you you came in front of the board
we had explained to you that you needed to submit uh your documents uh five day prior to the hearing
yes uh not really I do apologize I just have few issues for the last couple of weeks with
being short with three of my employees and my store in South Philly my head was running
like crazy so i do apologize if there is any inconvenience i don't know you tell me what i
can do uh but i do apologize i've been able to the problem is the problem is you're holding up
somebody else case that we could have been you know here you know we could have heard somebody
else case you know this is like the second third time you've been in front of the board
no this is my first time it's your second time sir no first time okay the last the only meeting
I have with Esperanza Housing and Economic Development. That's the only meeting I have
for these properties since I applied last February. Okay well sir I apologize but unfortunately
because your exhibits were submitted at 6 30 p.m yesterday we're going to continue your case.
Must be heard. Thank you. And it is a must be heard.
thank you confessor calendar number 2198 1589 east euston street
the owners are taziana and charlotte bonasisi
And there's a letter of support
from Fishtown Neighbors Association.
Madam Chair, Ms. Bell,
Tatiana Buonassisi has been promoted to panelists.
Thank you.
Tatiana, can you hear me?
okay can you put your name and address on the record spell your last name and i'll swear you in
sure uh my last name is buonassisi b-u-o-n-a-s-s-i-s-i
and your address 1589 east houston street philadelphia
Thank you. Do you swear if I'm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Have you emailed 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?
And have you met with the RCO? And do you have a letter?
Yes. Yes to all of those things.
Okay, you may proceed. And I did say in the beginning, the Fishtown neighbors do support your project. So you may proceed.
Okay, should I start my video or it doesn't matter.
No, it does. Can you start it.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah, I'm just here to present my project to the board.
um i purchased this property a few years ago um and was working on it myself i'm a contractor
by trade and i discovered some structural problems with part of the house so um basically
my request is to demolish the addition on the back of my house and rebuild it to be structurally
and rebuild it to be structurally sound i'm actually you can you share plans and drawings with
sound i'm actually can you share
us yeah let's see um so this is the general plan which i can zoom in a bit more to show you but i
think actually what illustrates my project best is this second page um blown up oh sorry
so you can see here um my existing property line i'm actually expanding the rear yard from
the old line was uh three feet six inches and now the new line would be five feet four inches
so i'll be aligning with my neighboring properties um so i am requesting a variance to be able to
fix my home and actually bring the house back a bit
tom do you have any questions no madam chair does the board have any questions
No. Is there anyone in the virtual audience who would like to testify about this?
No hands, Chair. Thank you. Planning Commission?
Good morning, Chair Tenari. Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
that's h-e-g-a-r-t-y do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes i do madam chair you may proceed the uh the proposed dimensional variance in this case is
commensurate with the size of the lot and with the adjacent non-conforming structures and so
the city planning commission recommends that the board grant this variance thank you calendar number
2198 1589 east euston street my vote is yes confessor plaza my vote is yes
james snell my vote is yes thomas halliman my vote is yes good luck all right thank you so
much everyone appreciate it sure calendar number 2197 2056 ellsworth street
is there anyone here on this case
there are no exhibits and it's the first listing and there's again a letter of support
can the owner or the attorney just please raise their hand
only put your hand up if you're representing this case and it's 2056 ellsworth street
hi i have jennifer
yes um jennifer are you here on 2056 ellsworth i am yes are you an attorney i i'm not i thought
my attorney was going to be here i'm wondering are you the owner of 2056 i'm the executive
of director of the neighborhood gardens trust um which owns the property yes
so we need an attorney yes i i i know that i i expected that he was on it
with dwayne morris um it was uh going to be um daniel mita
yes i saw his name daniel mita yeah daniel mita if you're here for this case please raise your hand
and he's getting promoted to panelists now
mr mita
yes good morning good morning can you put your name and address on the record spell your last
name and i'll swear you in certainly my name is daniel mita last name is spelled m-i-t-a
i apologize for my background seems we're having a moment here
I apologize for my background.
It seems we're having a moment here.
And my address is 30 South 17th Street, 5th floor, Dwayne Morris Plaza, 19103.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Do you agree to waive the rating of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal, 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?
We have no exhibits. Is that correct, Ms. Sunkett?
That's what the attorney's letter stated.
So, if I could ask Mr. Mita, where were the exhibits emailed?
Let me just check. I have to confirm. My colleague, Greg Duffy, I understand, transmitted the ZBA package, which included the applicable exhibits.
And who sent the email, exactly?
It would have come from my colleague, Gregory Duffy, and or Carol Jacoby.
Okay, if I could ask the ZBA staff to research the email box for that exhibit package, and Madam Chair, would it be okay to move on to the next case?
Sure, we'll move on to number seven.
Thank you.
calendar number two one nine six calendar number two one nine six twenty five eighty
frankfort avenue the attorney is leo mulvihill and we have a letter of support from fishtown