Let me know what people are in, Todd.
Yes, Chair, will do.
Chair, we have about 28 attendees, we can start when you wish.
Thank you very much.
Good morning, my name is Bill Bergman and I will be chairing this morning ZBA hearings.
With me is Carol Tenere, our vice chair.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Ismail Shahid, our board secretary.
Present, Mr. Chair.
Thomas Holloman, our board member.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
And James Snell, our board member.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also here is our executive director, Tanya Sunkit, and our board attorney, Hillary Emerson.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, proceedings are being recorded. By participating, you acknowledge your agreement
to be recorded. A video will be available by contacting Tanya Sunkett at philip.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify
themselves before testifying. If you are participating by phone, if you wish to testify,
press star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute. To enter an appearance statement,
call 267-270-5548. Leave your email and the address of the property in question.
And lastly, please note the question answer box on the screen is not for testimony or comments.
Any comments have to be directed to our executive director, Tanya Sunken. Now let's look at
at continuities for today, this morning's hearing. Number 12, 2022, 001359, 9216 North
Delaware Avenue. That will be continued. 13, MI 2022, 001365, 9212 North Delaware Avenue.
That will be continued. Number 14, MI 2022, 001-367-9218 North Delaware Avenue. That is
continued. And number 15, MI 2022, 001-362-9214 North Delaware Avenue. That is all continued.
All four of those cases are continued. Is there anyone in the virtual audience that has any
comment relative to those cases i see no hands chair are there other requests for continuance
chair we have oh they just put the hand we have will we have william taylor
okay good morning could you state your name and spell for the court reporter please
uh william taylor t w-i-l-l-i-a-m-t-a-y-l-o-r do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth i do what case sir would you like to give me the would you like
the address or the calendar number give me give me the address one two one seven south 50th street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1-9-1-4-3.
Are you continuing this?
Are you requesting a continuance?
Yes, Chairman.
This was the second listing.
Next case must be tried.
Understood.
Thank you.
Any other requests for continuance?
4-9-1-1, Frankfurt Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
Wait, hold on one minute.
That number one case was MI 2021-003-844-1217 South 50th Street.
And you have another case too, sir?
Excuse me, this is, sorry, excuse me, this is Hillary.
Mr. Taylor, are you the attorney for the applicant on that case?
Yes, I am.
Okay, because I have a John Taylor listed.
So are you John Taylor?
Yeah, the full name's William John Henry Taylor.
Yes, I am John Taylor.
Thank you.
Okay. All right. Thank you.
You have 4911 in Frankfurt Avenue?
Yes, Chairman.
Yes, Chairman.
Okay. All right. So are you new for that case?
Okay. All right. So are you...
I am new for this case.
Okay. So that one was marked must be tried today, but what we'll do is the next case must be tried.
All right. Thank you.
So MI 2021-003-847-4911, Frankfurt Avenue, that case is continued.
Thank you.
Okay. So any other requests for continuance?
Yes, Chair. We have Keon Stokes.
Hi. Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Keon Stokes. K-I-O-N-S-T-O-K-E-S.
You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
What case are you talking about, sir?
The 1723 South 20th Street.
okay um you're requesting a continuance no okay what what is it why oh no i wasn't requesting
to continue i didn't because last time i was i couldn't see like the unmuted or was we on zoom
or not yet so that's why i raised my hand it wasn't for continuance okay all right thank you
your case will be called later mr chair um can we actually that case we we're gonna have to
continue because we don't have exhibits can we bring him back on mr stokes
all right mr stokes yes all right first of all spell your name for the court reporter again
k-i-o-n last name stokes s-t-o-k-e-s do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes okay mr stokes we have no exhibits for that case you have to get your
exhibits in so the case will be continued so we i believe we submitted everything back when we did
like our first we submitted all the documents that were supposed to be submitted already
we have no documents for you at all yeah mr mr stokes you have to in order to file the appeal
there's documents you have to submit but in order to have a hearing there's an exhibit package that
you have to submit five days before and we did not receive that exhibit package
if you if you have further questions you can contact the office and we will assist you
okay mr stokes
mr stokes yes what office am i contacting number email like
um you could uh email rco i'm sorry i'm sorry it's the same information you received via email
we can move on thank you okay is there any other requests for continuances
i see no hands here okay we're going to go to an add-on case i'm sorry chair yes uh we have mary
jones okay uh good morning uh this is morning mary how are you could you state your name and
spell for the court reporter please of course uh mary jones uh uh from council president daryl
clark's office right uh firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
What case, Mary?
It is 914 West Gerrard Avenue.
I've spoken with the applicant, and I know for a fact that they haven't had a community meeting,
and I thought that he might call in to request a continuous, but at any rate, that will need to be continued.
Let me just see if he, Demetrius Ware, are you in the audience?
We don't have any exhibits for this anyway, Mary.
Mr. Ware?
Chair, there's no one with their hand up or listed as Ware.
Okay, that case is going to be continued.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mary.
Any other requests for continuance?
Yes, Chair.
We have Diane Monroe.
Monroe, excuse me.
Good morning.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Diane Monroe, D-I-A-N-E, Monroe, M-O-N-R-O-E.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
What case do you want to continue?
It's the 914-18 West Derrida Avenue.
him um the gentleman he did contact me about two weeks ago
He did contact me about two weeks ago.
Who are you, ma'am?
Ma'am, ma'am, who are you?
We just did that with Mary Jones.
Yeah, we just did that case.
Yeah, that's what I'm about to continue to say since Mary interjected, you know, about a continuance for this project.
Right, we continue to do that.
So I understand.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
That's great.
It's great, ma'am.
Thank you.
any other requests for continuance chair we have mark fineman okay
good morning mr fineman could you state your name and spell for the court reporter
yes i hope you can hear me good morning it's mark fineman f as in frank e-i-n-m-a-n
all right do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Yes, I do. Thank you. Good morning. I'm here in reference to 1737 Bergen Street. I believe it's MI 2021.
Yeah, I have that. Tell me, this is the fourth listing, Mr. Feynman.
Yeah. What I'm trying to determine is whether or not the exhibits ever made it in.
No, we have no exhibits.
And that's why I raised my hand, having heard that a few matters have already been continued because of the exhibits.
For some reason, I did not show them as having been sent. We have everything together now, and I know it's been continued multiple times. Part of that has been the coordination with the community organization. We've had that meeting. They support the matter.
So, Mr. Feynman, this is the fourth listing. We'll go one more time, but it has to be tried.
I understand. And it's only because we just need to get those exhibits in. So we'll have that all ready for everyone.
This case must be tried. Thank you, Mr. Feynman.
Greatly appreciate it.
MI 2021 00128 1737 Bergen Street. This case is continued.
Any other requests for continuance?
I see no handshare.
The add-on case, MI 2020-002-336-2222 North Front Street.
I vote yes with provisos.
Her amended refusal dated 10-19-21, maximum seven units, take not to exceed 55 feet.
um mr chair i'm not voting that case okay thomas holliman my vote is no
james snell yes with proviso ishmael shaheed yes with proviso
Thank you.
Now, going to our regular list.
Number two, MI2022, 001291, 1628 Green Street.
Letter of support from Spring Guard Civic Association.
Adam Laver is the attorney.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the board.
Adam Laver of Blank Room, 1 Logan Square, on behalf of the applicant.
Mr. Laver, just spell your name for the record for the court reporter.
Yes, Chairman Bergen.
Adam Laver, L-A-B-E-S-N-V-E-R.
Right. Do you swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Good. Could you identify your client and relationship to the property?
Most certainly. I represent Albert Wachlin, Jr., W-A-C-H-L-I-N, Albert Wachlin, Jr., who is the owner of the property at 1628 Grand Street.
Right. Our vice chair, Carl Tenere, has a few questions.
Good morning, Mr. Labor. Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate with its accuracy?
Good morning, Madam Vice Chair. Yes, I do.
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal or referral,
photos under 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 to all. And we have an enthusiastic letter of support from the Spring Garden Civic Association.
Well, that's great. You may proceed and begin with sharing your screen.
Thank you.
Mr. Chairman, members of the board, up on the screen is an aerial shot to place this
in context.
And I would like to say that Mr. Walkland, the owner of the property, is with us.
And I would like to say that Mr. Walkland, the owner of the property, is with us observing the hearing today.
Where my virtual hand is, right next to the Masterman School parking lot, is the property 1628 Green Street.
To place this in context, to the south of the property, you can see Masterman School and the property fronts on Green Street.
Mr. Laver, is it possible you could like turn your volume up a little bit?
You're kind of low.
I'm going to speak much louder.
Does that help?
I guess that's fine.
That's fine.
Go ahead.
I apologize.
And let me just take a very quick look at the volume here.