Okay. Ms. Woods, we're going to have to continue your case.
all right so mi 2021-002714 4938 letter b as in boys street is continued must be heard
that completes the two o'clock list it is now 3 35 take about a 15 minute break
sounds good okay see everybody back in 15 minutes thank you
Right on. Thank you.
I'm sorry.
We're going live, correct? We are live, rather.
All right. We're recording again. Yeah, we've been live. You got it.
Thank you.
All right, Madam Vice Chair.
Good afternoon. My name is Carol Tenere,
and I'm the Vice Chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
I'll be participating in today's hearing along with our Chairman, Frank DiCicco.
Present.
Board Secretary, Professor Plaza.
Present.
Thomas and Board Members, Thomas Holloman and James Snow.
Present.
Board Administrator, Tanya Sunkit and...
Jason Hand and Board Attorney Rebecca Cole are 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. This is available to the public
by contacting Tanya Sunkit at tanya.sunkit at phila.gov. Third, for anyone participating by
phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine, then star six
by hitting star nine, then star six to unmute yourself. That's star nine, then star six to
to unmute yourself.
unmute yourself. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and address of the property at issue. Again, the number is 267-270-5548. Fourth,
if you are an LLC, an LLP, or a religious organization, you must be represented by an
attorney. Fifth, the question and answer box is not for testimony. Any comments are to be directed
to miss tanya sunk it i'm gonna now turn that over to you chair yeah and the reason i was
confused i was looking at what your comments were when you said number four i was looking at the
case number four didn't realize you meant that as part of the opening statement because i don't
have that some i don't have that language on my sheet but thank you thank you sure so um
I don't see any
there are none that I see
there are no requests for continuances
I will ask now
is anyone requesting a continuance or
withdrawal for the 3.30 list
please raise your hand
anyone requesting
a continuance or withdrawal
for the 3.30 list
Ms. Kerr has her hand
she put her hand down
Mr. Patrick Jones has his hand raised
I won't allow him to speak at this time
Thank you, Mr. Jones. Please identify yourself, spell your name, and I will swear you in.
Good morning, Chair, members of the board. My name is Patrick Jones, P-A-T-R-S-E-K, Jones, J-O-N-E-S.
I am in reference to 6226 Callow Hill Street.
You swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do, sir.
Thank you. Please proceed.
In reference to 6226 Callowhill Street, my client is not available, and we're also waiting
on the tax clearance, so we'd like to continue this case.
Thank you.
That's number eight on our list, MI 2021, that's 002-288-6226 Callowhill Street.
It's continued and must be heard.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
Ms. Pritzker has her hand raised. I will allow her to speak at this time.
Thank you. Ms. Pritzker, please identify yourself. You're still under earth.
This is Rachel, R-A-C-H-A-E-L, Pritzker, P-R-I-T-Z-K-E-R, 1635 Market Street,
Sweet 1600, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
um yeah so I had had my hand raised when you called 326 Roxborough and so did Brandon
Saverin and we weren't able to be recognized I think I was having technical difficulties when
I restarted my computer was able to then be acknowledged but um we both were trying to
raise our hand and we're not able to be acknowledged for 326 Roxborough yeah howdy
this is tanya i'm sorry chair we went to another case you get figuring there was technical problems
and when we got done we went back and there was still no no hands were up yes tanya um i was just
going to state that i actually looked for brandon he was not available because i was going to call
him since we couldn't get to you yeah he told me he had raised his hand but that um he wasn't able
to be acknowledged either so i don't know what was going on i restarted my computer and at that
point we are where we are now yeah and again like uh tanya said we actually looked for everybody and
we jumped to another case figuring if there was technical problems by the time we came back to
roxborough uh someone would have been there but i i mean we can't undo it now the other witnesses
who wanted to testify i'm sure they're they're gone by now i guess i would ask then if possible
could we instead of have it now waiting two months or whatever it is is there a way to be
on next wednesday uh calendar because we got that but ms sunkett's the only one who can answer that
question because we had a lot of witnesses as well um on our end so we can discuss offline
yeah why don't you guys do that all right rachel but we can't do next week but we can discuss a
date offline. Okay. Okay. Sorry. All right. Anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal
on the 330 list? Please raise your hand.
I see no hands, Mr. Chair.
No hands, Mr. Chair. Okay. Thank you.
Okay, thank you.
First case on the 330 list, MI 2021-002205, 2265 North Park Avenue.
Shamira McCant McNeil.
samira mccant mcneil is there anyone here for 2265 north park avenue
yeah miss mcneil has uh raised her hand do i promote her please do
she's been promoted sir ma'am please spell your full name and then i'll swear you in
We just need to allow her one or two seconds to be sent out and back in as a panelist.
Thank you.
Hello.
hi ma'am please spell your full name uh samira mcneil s-a-m-e-e-r-a-h last name is uh mcneil
m-c-n-e-i-l-l do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes and you're here regarding two six excuse me two two six five north park avenue yes i'm actually
the owner of the property and i have legal representation so i'm not sure um you do have
legal representation? I do. And who is that? Steve Bertil, attorney at law. Is Mr. Bertil
out there? If so, please raise your hand. My notes indicate we have not yet received
any new exhibits. Okay. Chair, if I can interject. Sure. It appears as though someone here has
their name up named Stanley. Does that sound familiar to you? Because Steve Bertil is not
in attendance. Um, no, I don't recognize that name.
Cher, if you would allow the individual to speak just to make sure it's not a different
name written. Thank you kindly. Stanley, you can unmute yourself and state your business
as it relates to this case, please.
can you hear me uh barely spell your full name sir stanley s-t-a-n-l-e-y perry p-e-r-r-y
i have no uh uh business as it relates to this case okay then you'll need to wait
till we call your case sir are you asking for a continuance are you requesting a continuance
i am yes no no not you ma'am i'm sorry mr curry i thought i think i saw your name on an earlier
list no it was on the 330 list for crystal street oh okay i see it now uh i state the
nature of your call what are you asking for a continuance yes sir okay now we got something
all right so case number four i'll get back to you shortly uh miss mcneil uh mi 2020-001841
3469 crystal street this case is continued and must be heard mr chairman i believe this case was
fourth listing already?
Is there any reason why?
You're right.
Mr. Perry, why are you not prepared to go forward?
Mr. Chairman, I just
got appointed and
the main, the person,
the member of the
IV Realty Services,
LLC, was called back
in an emergency to
the Dominican Republic.
Not only
that, but we're in violation
of the five-day rule.
And so I need that person who is currently in the Dominican Republic to give testimony in this matter.
When did that person go back to the Dominican Republic?
Approximately a week ago.
And the last scheduled hearing was 7-21-2021.
Yeah, that was when I first ended my appearance, I believe.
Yeah, that was when I first entered my appearance, I believe.
Sir, with all due respect, this is the fourth listing.
Yeah, I agree.
We rarely allow for more than two listings.
Well, it's my understanding that the IB Realty Services didn't know that they needed an attorney.
And so I can't speak to the first two, but I believe that's why the case was continued initially.
Understood. But we're going to move to dismiss this case.
MI 2020-001841-3469-Crystal Street.
Stop interrupting.
This case, I might recommend we dismiss this case.
Carol Tenere, my vote is to dismiss.
Confessor Plaza, Dismissed.
James Snell, Dismissed.
Thomas Holliman, Dismissed.
Thank you.
Go back to the first case, Ms. McNeil.
Mr. Bertel was representing you?
When's the last time you had a conversation with him?
Do you know?
the last correspondence we had was about a week ago when I sent him the proof of my zoning notice
poster yeah yeah and he sent all the information to me so that's why I was aware of the the board
hearing well my guess is that we won't be seeing Mr. Battelle he's running for judge and it's a
second case in two days I believe he's not yet it hasn't made an appearance do you have exhibits
that you can share with us we don't want to penalize you for uh for the failure of your
attorney not appearing i'm sorry chair is it um yeah tommy he would have all of the all of that
information and i was wondering if it was necessary for her to be represented i was going to check
miss mcnail are you you're not are you a non-profit or an llc
uh salon excel is an llc um i'm actually the owner of the building i'm trying to just get
the variance to put a commercial property in the basement of the property
so you own the building yes so the fact that you have an llc for the business i don't rebecca you
can help me with this i don't think that would have any bearing on it right what is the question
miss mcneil owns the building correct she has a business that is an llc in the same building
and she's looking to expand correct me if i'm wrong well actually it's a mobile business right
now i am looking to do the renovations and put the salon in the basement of the property that
own at 2265 North Park Avenue. It's currently not zoned for commercial space so that's the reason why
I had to come before the zoning board for the variance. Yeah we understand that again unfortunately
your attorney is not present. Correct. I don't know how we can go forward without the exhibits.
We had a similar case this morning and I'm sorry the city get penalized for lack of representation.
So a question for you. Would I be able to get a continuance for this?
Yeah, we can do that. It's going to take a little while. So I'm not sure what your schedule is.
You have any any suggestions?
Yes, Chair, I would respectfully suggest that we continue this matter because it's not McNeil's fault.
I could work with her to try to get a kind of soon date.
not very soon but kind of soon date should you be able to get other representation or in touch
with your attorney reach out to me so that i can go ahead and try to reschedule you okay
okay so you won't have to wait the normal length of time for a continued hearing
we understand it's not your fault that you're not prepared today thank you okay thank you
Ms. McNeil. So MI 2021-002-205-2265 North Park Avenue is continued.
Ms. Sunkett will contact me or give me information to contact her directly.
Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate it. Okay. Thank you.
Thank you.
I think we're ready for case number two, MI 2021.
I think we're ready for case number two, MI 2021-002204, 2615 East Haggard Street, Leo
Moblehill is the attorney of record.
Old Richmond Civic sent a letter of non-opposition, as did Councilman Mark Swiller.
And before you go forward, Mr. Moblehill, I got a little off track here.
I want to make sure, is there anyone else asking for a continuance or withdrawal?
i see no further hands mr chair thank you mr mobile you can proceed identify yourself and i'll
swear you in yeah good afternoon members of the board leo wolvihill amazon michael ul via victor