Thank you.
The attendees are coming in.
I'm waiting to see a phone number for Mr. Holloman, okay?
Thank you.
Take your time.
and will he also be on the uh computer so he can um see
i think this is him let me see
you want him logged in also as uh on a computer with his name
yes so he can um see the presentations perfect mr holliman
please unmute yourself yes yes good morning can you hear me we can Tom good morning you can hear
me Bill absolutely yes okay thank you I'm using my my phone and the computer perfect thank you
sir okay Mr. Holliman if you're able to okay I see you now perfect we ready to proceed as you
is chair okay thank you good morning my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning's
eba hearings with me is our vice chair ishmael shaheed president mr chairman our board member
thomas holliman president mr chairman and our alternate board member emily persico from
Development Services.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also present is
Hilary Emerson, our attorney.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by
contacting TanyaSunkett
at phil.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer,
we ask attorneys and witnesses
to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating
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and the address of the property in question. And finally, the question and answer box on the screen
is not for comments or testimony. All comments should be directed to our executive director,
time or something. Let's look at today's schedule. Number two, MI 2022-005-501-2316 Memphis Street.
That case is continued. Number three, MI 2022-005-434-5953 Master Street. That case is continued.
Number five, I-2022-005-088-4913 Lawrence Street.
That case is continued.
Number six, MI-2022-005-082-5600 Sydenham Street.
That case is continued.
And number 11, MI-2022-005-082-5600 Sydenham Street.
M.I. 2021-005-236-776 Martin Street is the owner applicant present for this.
James Hellings is the listed owner.
Good morning, Chair. This is Jebette Benton. I'll be your co-host for today.
We have someone with their hand up by the name of Jessica Rogers.
Mr. Chair, that's the co-owner on the lease.
Okay, thank you.
I mean, sorry, on the deed to the property.
They have been unmuted and allowed to speak.
Good morning.
Could you state your name, please?
It's spelled for the court stenographer.
Hi, my name is Jessica Rogers.
It's J-E-S-S-I-C-A and R-O-D-G-E-R-S.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
um so this is your fourth listing and you need another continuance correct so so this case is
going to be continued but it's mark must be tried the next time we just can't go on a fifth time
okay so this is the fourth listing the fifth will be the last okay thank you very much thank you
So this is the fourth listing. The fifth will be the last, okay?
Thank you very much.
Thank you. So MI 2021-005-236-776 Martin Street. Cases continued. Mark must be tried.
Is there anyone else who needs a continuance or is requesting a continuance?
chair I see not just a moment Mr. Orphanides just put his hand up
okay they have been unmuted and allowed to speak Mr. Orphanides could you please state your name
sure uh David Orphanides right spell for the court reporter please certainly O-R-P-H-A-N-I-D-E-S
you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth I do
Mr. Orphanidis, do you want to speak about the Adolin case?
Oh, I'm sorry.
Yes, I guess that would be, I forget where we're on the list.
No, no, no, no, it's okay.
We can do it now.
We can do it now.
Yeah, so it's 332 Delancey, MI 2022.
I have it.
And I'm still working with the Council for the Neighbors and Council for Society of
Civic Association to try to come up with a settlement here.
All right.
So MI-2022-001-058-332 Delancey Street.
This case is continued to Wednesday, August 30th at 9.30 a.m.
Thank you.
Are there any other requests for continuances?
Chair, I see no hands at this time.
Number seven, MI-2022-005-589-1320 South Capitol Street.
Ladden Carr is the listed owner, and it's also Bundy LLC.
There are no exhibits.
The coordinating, the RCO is requesting to continue it.
It's Mr. Carr here, or Ladden Carr here.
if you're in the virtual audience please raise your hand
Mr. Chair this is Hillary I just wanted to clarify that the
the RCO requested a continuance at the last hearing
oh I'm sorry I'm sorry my phone no request yeah it's okay we've received no
requests for continuance from any party for this hearing
Chair I see no hands at this time okay so
MI 2022 005-589-1320
East South Capitol Street. This case is continued. Mark must be tried.
Okay, we're going to go to our regular list.
Number 14, MI 2023-001-116-100-02-West Ainsley. It's a pro se case. Christopher Francisco,
Hillary Emerson has recused herself.
Ryan McSherry is the attorney who will be filling in for the zoning board.
Chair, Chris Francisco is coming back in as a panelist now.
There's a letter of support from the 42nd War with Proviso.
good morning sir could you state your name please and spell for the court reporter
good morning my name is chris francisco uh c-h-r-i-s last name is f-r-a-n-c-i-s-c-o
right do you swear a firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
Yes, I do.
This application is for personal services, a barbershop, at first floor with single-family household living above.
No sign on the application.
Proposed use of personal services is prohibited in the RSA 5 zoning district,
and the proposed use of multiple principal uses on a lot is prohibited in the RSA 5 zoning district.
Our vice chair has just a few questions for you, sir.
Good morning, sir.
So have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that are needed to proceed with this case all days in advance of this hearing?
Yes, it would have been sent from Cheryl.
Cheryl Paulos, she had a she's the architecture that's on the job or assisting with the job.
And she had a family emergency and had a travel to Maine this morning.
But if possible, I'd like to proceed.
But she did.
Are you are you the owner of the property?
yes i am okay um please proceed and share your screen
We see your photo, if you're up.
Oh, okay. Awesome. This is the application that was submitted. We also have
the letters that were sent to the neighborhood
the letter that was posted on the property
the property deed
Christopher, my name
We have the RCO letter of support with some provisals.
And I would like to begin if you don't have any more questions.
My name is Chris Francisco.
I currently live at 102 West Ashdale Street since 2019.
However, I moved to Philadelphia in 1996 at the age of six.
have been an only resident ever since. I went to grade school, middle school, and high school
within a few blocks from my house. Also went to college, also went to Temple for college.
So I've been a Philly native basically my whole life. In 2019, I purchased 102 West Ashdale Street
with the intent of living next door to my business. However, unbeknownst to me at the time,
at some point before me purchasing this property, it was changed from mixed-use zoning
to an RSA5. As you can see on the Google Maps, the property is structured and has always been
a business throughout time. This is 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014. There's a sign that was like a
restaurant. Same thing. This is right after purchasing the property. And this is as of March
2023. In 2019, I learned that in order to open any business in this property, I need to obtain
a variance, which I went through the process. The variance was partially granted with a few
provisals. However, the provisals that were imposed did not make it a viable business for
me to open. Basically, I wanted to open a corner store with hot food, and what was granted was a
corner store no hot food um the hot food was the the big was a big portion of the revenue i expected
to come from i attempted to rent it but could not find a tenant uh the property has been vacant for
a few years now which brings me here where i am trying to open a barbershop i obtained 30 signatures
of support from my neighbors and a letter of support from the principal of alany high school
i'll share that now
This is the letter of support from the principal.
And here are the signatures from 30 residents, 30 of my neighbors.
we had a uh some we had i had a great conversation with the principal and we talked about plans of
offering a CTE program for the high school students that want to pursue a trade instead
of college. I received the RCO support, however, with two provisals. The two provisals are I can
only open six days a week and I can only stay open until 7 p.m. While I'm very grateful and
appreciate the RCO support, the provisals that were suggested puts me at a huge disadvantage
among the other barbershops in the area.
I'm asking the board members on the call
to consider allowing me to stay open
seven days a week and until 9 p.m.
In a few minutes, I'll show you a data analysis
completed by Anthony Hill,
who is a subject matter expert in data analytics.
However, before showing you the report,
I wanted to mention that by closing at 7 p.m.,
my last haircut appointment will have to be 5.30.
Most haircuts take about 30 to 45 minutes, which would put me at around 6.15 p.m.
which would put me at around 6.15 p.m., and I would need the remaining 30 to 45 minutes
And I would need the remaining.
to clean up the shop. If I was allowed to stay open until 9 p.m., I could take appointments
until 7.30. This will allow people to get home from work and get a haircut. I'll show you the
PowerPoint now. Anthony Hill is a subject matter expert in data analytics and you may see he does
work for the Philadelphia Police Department. So where you kind of see where murders are occurring
in certain zip codes, he's the one who kind of put that information together and does work such
as that. We wanted to show all the bar or a good amount of barbershops in the 19120 zip code.
However, also wanted to see barbershops in other areas to see what time are they closing.
What I'm about to show you is 40 barbershops that we took, the majority being about 30 being
in the 19120 or surrounding areas and roughly about 10 in other zip codes.
Here are the breakdown of the data.
As you can see, 40 barbershops, and it lists the zip codes, and we also looked at what
times they're closing.
So this is the map of the barbershops, of all the barbershops we took.
As you see here, you'll see a few of them are out in the outskirts, and that's just
to see different times and different days of closing.
barbershops closing between 7 and 8 p.m. in my immediate region is or out of the 40
barbershops that we took into consideration is only four between eight and nine is
it's around 14 15 between 9 to 9 30 is about another 10 between 10 and 11 is about another
nine um you'll see here the different times so between 7 p.m here are the two barbershops 7 30
another two uh eight and nine is where you see the bulk of the barbershops and what times they
close. That's the average of the majority of the times they close. After analyzing 40 barbershops
in eight different zip codes, our findings show that 82% of barbershops were in Philadelphia
zip code 19120. Again, this is because we're trying to focus in on the area where the property
is located. In addition, the analysis concluded that over 65% of the barbershops were open seven
days a week. In addition, only 21% of the barbershops were open six days a week. The remaining
percentage opens less. Next, we analyzed the times each barbershop close in time, and the