Thank you.
Thank you.
Chair, it looks like the number is stable, so whenever you want to start, it should be okay.
Thank you. And Jason, Yvette is on.
You'll be assisting us. Good morning, Chair. This is Yvette. I'm here.
Okay. Thank you. Okay. We'll begin. Good morning, everyone.
Excuse me. One more. I just want to say, Tanya, for some reason,
I see you three different times and I don't know if that'll cause a problem at all with your sound.
So if you want, we can test it.
So if you are speaking, we're not hearing you.
I told you that woman tries to be three places at one time.
See that?
Okay, sir, I think she's gone out and coming back in.
Tanya, I see you, but we still don't hear you.
Good morning, Tanya.
Good morning.
i'm sorry i'm having technical problems oh i figured oh no worries we're ready to go pauline
we are we are good to go okay thank you good morning everyone my name is frank de chico i'm
the chair of the zoning board of adjustment i'll be participating in today's hearing along with
our vice chair ms carol tenere board secretary confessor plaza and board members mr thomas
Holloman and Mr. James Snell. Board Administrator Yvette Benton and our Board Attorney Ms. Sharon
Saleta 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. Second, we'd like to advise everyone
that this proceeding is being recorded and that by participating you acknowledge your agreement
to be recorded and that the recording will be available to the public on the web or otherwise.
Third, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by
hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself. I'll repeat, for anyone participating
by phone. If you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six
to unmute yourself. Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548
and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue. I will repeat that as well.
to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and the address of the property at issue. I would also like to remind everyone,
please do not attempt to testify in the chat. All comments should be directed to our board
administrator, Ms. Benton. With that, I will read off a list of requests for continuances.
I will read off a list of requests for continuances on the 930 list.
Case number six MI 2020-002811 590 Rector Street. MI 2020-001222 5909 Elmwood Avenue.
excuse me chair you got muted
did you hear what was the last one you here to continue with elmwood yes okay next case to be
Thank you. Next case to be continued is MI 2020-002-759-6324 Newton Avenue.
That request, that continues as a request by the applicant's attorney.
Number 11 on our list, MI 2020-002-751-683 North Broad Street.
and i believe that is the list of continuances if anyone has any objection to the any of those
cases that have been requested to be continued please raise your hand at this time excuse me
chair this is sharon saletta we just heard from um hillary emerson of councilwoman parker's office
that um number eight on the list the applicant is requesting a continuance and that um hillary
said her office is working they've had trouble scheduling an RCO meeting her office is working
with them to schedule one so if we could add that to the continuance list okay thank you MI 2020-0012745871
North 6th Street is continued again if anyone has any objection to any of the cases that have been
call to be continued. Please raise your hand at this time. Chair, we have Craig Melodosian.
Mr. Melodosian, you can unmute yourself and speak.
Good morning. Craig Melodosian, M-E-L-I-D-O-S-I-A-N,
coordinating rco ward 40 republican rco po box 3 3 3 5 5 philadelphia 1 9 1 4 2
you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i do please proceed i'm speaking in regards to 5909 elmwood avenue
uh the applicant has not met with the community the applicant has not made any posts for any of
his hearings on the subject property and uh my opinion is that the applicant is a predator
business along a residential corridor and has the street stacked full of cars that they're working
on so even though their application says no body work the nature of the wrecks excuse me
getting into the case are you requesting that we we uh dismiss this case yes sir well we're
on behalf of the community we're requesting that it be dismissed
i believe it could be listed must be heard but because the um the applicant's attorney
was told it would be continued
we're going to continue it it must be heard all right and at this point may i ask who is the
attorney of record at this point sure it's ryan boland do you want me to send you his contact
information i i i have his contact information thank you very much for your consideration we
appreciate it is is there a listing date at this point or should i wait for that you'll have to
wait for that. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. So let me go back. MI 2020-001-222-5909
Elmwood Avenue is continued. Must be heard. Any other objections? Any of the cases that have been
asked to be continued? Please raise your hand. Chair, we have a Christopher Labovitz.
you can unmute yourself and speak morning sir please identify yourself for the record spell
your full name and provide us with your address my name is chris labovitz chris last name l-a-b-o-v-i-t-z
i'm calling on behalf of the tachoni civic association and just as you were reading the
continuous list, my computer rebooted, and I was just checking on 6948 Keystone Street.
6948 Keystone Street. MI 2020 002817. That has not been requested to be continued. I will ask if
there's anyone here on that case. We did not even get any exhibits as of last night. No, we have
not. The woman who's filing for it was very confused about how the process works. So I said
that I would make sure it was continued
so that we could meet with her.
I don't, with the community.
So I'm requesting it to continue
on behalf of the owner of the property.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you.
So MI 2020-002817-6948 Keystone Street is continued.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Anyone else?
Chair, we have a Joseph Consul.
Consul, good morning.
Hey, good morning, Frank, and the rest of the board.
I'm here on...
No, just please identify yourself.
I'm sorry.
Joseph Consul, Consul Madison, 1 West 3rd Street, Suite 204, Media PA 19063.
Consul is spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-E.
That's right.
You swearing the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
I'm here on meeting ID 2020-001317.
It's 3101 Cotman.
And I'm just seeking, I guess, a little bit of advice.
My clients met with the RCO twice prior to getting me involved.
They were unable to get a letter.
I have proof of their mailings and the meetings and everything.
I got involved and I reached out to the RCO to see what was going on with the letter.
And they said there was some language barriers and some miscommunications.
We need to meet with them again.
And so they want to meet with us next week.
They emailed a request this morning for a continuance.
I guess it was too late to make it onto your list here.
But my clients are concerned about getting this pushback even further based on that.
So I'm just seeking some advice.
so we have no letter but we have proof that we met with them and the proof of the mailing and
all that um so but i also didn't want to ignore the fact that they there was the emails that came
from the mayfair civic association and from uh the one of the wards this morning as well excuse
me this is sharon sletta um karima did forward that request that email request to me just now
for continuance yes from the rco all right mr council i mean
if we hear the case we're not going to be voting on it until we get
communication from the rco i'm i'm okay with that we can do that
excuse me um mr council you have though met with them is that correct
The applicant themselves met twice.
They were trying to do it themselves.
They got me involved in December when they weren't able to get a letter, and that led
to the RCO scheduling a new meeting saying that they needed to meet with me since I was
going to represent them now.
But my clients were concerned that it would get pushed back really far, so they wanted
me to explain that they've already met.
They sent all the notices out.
They had two virtual meetings, but they weren't able to get a letter.
And the RCO had told me that there was some level of miscommunication language barrier that really confused both of the meetings to a point where they didn't feel comfortable writing a letter at that time.
So we do an attorney moving party or does that help him?
I mean, this is your call.
Again, this is one of those cases where they the applicant has complied.
There has been a meeting.
You're not going forward in cases where there hasn't been a meeting.
but we can hear the case and hold and uh it would have to be a resumption hearing
yeah i'm i'm fine with that i i feel i feel confident that we can we can get it all all
straightened out we'll do it that way right we'll do a resumption yeah maybe ask miss sunkit if she
is on the line um i will have to come up with a date okay but you have no objection to them
handling it this way since there have been two meetings nope no problem at all thank you okay
so we'll hear the case right yes and i can give a resumption date okay very good all right mr
council hang in there thank you any other uh any other objection to any of the cases that
have been called to be continued please raise your hand here we have andrew goodman mr goodman you
Mr. Goodman you can unmute yourself and speak. Hi good morning. Good morning Mr. Goodman please
You can unmute yourself and speak.
Hi, good morning.
identify yourself with the record and I'll swear you in. Andrew Goodman G-O-O-D-M-A-N here representing
the office of third district council member Jamie Gaudier. We're going to affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth. Yes I do. I believe you have a request in for continuance
but proceed please yes thank you sorry wasn't wasn't sure um but yeah we're here to formally
um request a continuance for agenda item number five mi 2020-001-231 4614-16 chester avenue
we understand the applicant has planned revisions but has not yet met with the with the community
so we ask that the case be continued to allow that community meeting to take place
Thank you, so noted. So MI 2020. Excuse me, Chair, this is a third party request. If you could call the property owner, who is Elwood VanSkyver. He has submitted exhibits.
MI 2020-001-231-4614-16 Chester Avenue. Is Mr. VanSkyver available or someone who's representing this application?
Mr. VanSkyver, you can unmute yourself and speak.
Good morning, Mr. VanSkyver.
Please identify yourself, the record first and last name, spell your last name.
My name is Elwood VanSkyver, V as in Victor, A-N-S.
If you can get a little closer to the microphone or increase the volume, that would be helpful.
let me see can't hear you elwood vance hold on maybe if i that's better is that better sir yes
sorry i apologize for that no worries no worries elwood vance skyver v as in victor a n s-c-i-v-e-r
uh 243 monument avenue malvern pennsylvania we're infirm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes sir you heard the request from the councilwoman's office about a
continuance yes uh i had contacted the uh once i got the notice of the continued date for the
hearing i contacted the rco to uh chat with them about setting up another meeting the revisions are
relatively minor i was advised by the rco chairperson that unless the revisions were major
their position would not change so uh the the revisions we made are relatively minor to the
plan so we'd like to go forward with it and get you know the board's decision upon it
excuse me this is sharon saleta i have the proviso plans form in front of me the changes are
overall height of proposed building reduced from 38 to 32 feet roof deck at third floor eliminated
those are the only changes right and and actually the the height change was made uh after the
refusal was received and prior to the first meeting with the rco so that wouldn't that you
know that wouldn't impact the rco's decision i anyway the rco sent sent the letter of opposition
you know that yes sir i'm aware of that
and it appears that the councilwoman's office would like to have our staff involved
to see if they can address some of the issues that may have led to the opposition
would you rather go ahead with this hearing you're saying uh well
Well, frankly, I had not understood that the council person wanted to be to discuss it further.
As I said, when I reached out to the RCO, the RCO advised me unless there were substantial changes to the plan, they would not be changing their opinion.
So we did not make substantial changes to the plan.
uh adam you there let's see mr goodman are you still on oh yes yes i'm here yeah i mean i i did
not i figured that there would be an interest in going back to the community to reflect updated
plans uh so i'm a little i'm a little surprised um but if the applicant wants to proceed with
opposition as reflected, then that's their prerogative.
Sir, it's your call.
If you want to go ahead with the case.
uh well that's that's where i am sir yes i mean was the updated was the updated hearing
Well, that's where I am, sir.
date posted so that neighbors would have would have known that they had the opportunity to testify
today yeah all right we'll go ahead with the hearing
hello mr gubman and if you want to get on the record at the time of the hearing
state the position of the councilwoman yep we absolutely will thank you sir okay thank you
at this time i will ask are there any other requests for continuances or withdrawals on
the 930 list. Chair, we have Sloan Foulkes. Mr. Foulkes, you can unmute yourself and speak.