Thank you.
Raymond, please.
We can spell it for you
if it would be helpful.
I know.
Mustafizur Rahman, right?
Mustafizur Rahman,
Mr. Mustafizur Rahman,
Mr. Mustafizur Rahman,
so interpreter i'm going to continue this case um so
mi 2024 006 063
2137 north a street
cases continued to 325 26 at 9 30
Interpreter, thank you very much for your work.
You're welcome.
Thank you very much for doing your service.
Thank you.
Number four, MI 2024.
zero zero six zero nine four forty six twenty six north penn street no exhibits second listing
andrew pierre saint is the listed owner applicant
andrew pierre saint if you're in a virtual audience please raise your virtual hand
I see no hands.
Okay, so MI 2024, 006094, 4626 North Penn Street.
Cases continue to 325-26.
number eight mi 2025 001 281 94 18 frankfort avenue abu fatah abdul is the listed owner
no exhibits first listing please come up sir good morning could you turn on the mic
and pull it back real close to you.
Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
My name is Abdul Fattah Abdullah.
A-B-D-U-L-F-A-W-T-H.
Your mic going?
Why don't you stay a little closer to the mic?
Start over again.
A-B-D-U-L-F-A-W-T-H.
Abdullah.
A-B-D-U-L-L-A-H.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Sir, we don't have your exhibits.
So I emailed you.
I emailed them a couple times and called them a couple times,
so they never responded to me.
Last time I called to the office, and they asked me to send an email,
and then they sent an email to the community to schedule an appointment,
but they never responded even to them or to me.
Right.
Um, since we, we received, um, we did receive an email from you with documents at, after
11 o'clock last night.
And unfortunately we need to receive them further in advance.
So we have time to review them and make sure they are complete.
So, um, fortunately we can't move, move forward today.
Um, but I suggest that, that you call, call the office for assistance and making sure
that you're able to to upload them and and get all of what you need in um within five days for
your next hearing date okay okay i should i think i upload them last night date yes yeah and we need
we needed them before um yeah so that we could review them and make sure they were complete so
i'm sorry we're not able to move forward today okay i'm here for first time yeah i do understand
any questions you have call the office we'll try to okay okay thank you so mi2025 001 281
Okay, thank you. So MI 2025, 001-281, 9418 Frankfurt Avenue. Cases continue 325-26 at 9.30 a.m.
Thank you.
All right. Thank you, sir.
Number 11, MI 2025, 001-308, 5252 Saul Street.
Felix Pimentel is the listed owner.
E.B. Reyes is the listed applicant third-party professional.
This is the first listed.
felix pimento if you're in a virtual audience please raise your virtual hand
i see no hands so mi 2025 001 308 5252 soul street cases continued to 325 26 at 9 30 a.m
And number 12, MI-2025-001-309-1014 Fanshawe Street.
Did we do that?
All right, we're ready to start here.
We're going to go with number one, MI 2024-002-622-10916, Nandina Lane, Serhiti and Savantlana Reva are the applicant and owners.
Sir Haley and Syveta Reva, if you're in a virtual audience, please raise your virtual
Mr. Chair, we're trying to secure an interpreter for this applicant, so if we could just move
on to another case, and we'll come back and see if we can get this done today.
Thank you.
number five mi-2025-001-246-4024 ridge avenue eric bottson is the attorney
good morning good morning sponsor could you please state your name and spell for the sonographer
Yes, Eric Bodzin, B-O-D-E-R-I-C, B-O-D-Z-I-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
So this is a resumptive hearing, Mr. Bodzin.
Here's what we have scheduled.
There will be an update from you, including discussion of revised plans, questions from the board, public testimony related to it, planning commission recommendation, and then we'll vote.
So why don't you start, sir?
Wonderful. Well, good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the board. Eric Bods in a blank Rome on behalf of Radix Property Group. My client in the virtual audience is Anthony Massiri. With him is architect Ben Estepani.
and I understand that Ms. Rosalie Cooper of RAH Civic Association is also in attendance in the
virtual audience. Thank you for the opportunity to promptly resume this hearing to address the
two discrete matters raised at the prior hearing. That is, first, so that the owners could meet with
the existing resident to ensure that the lease is fully honored with no construction during the
tenancy. And second, while doing so, taking the opportunity to submit revised proviso plans
here on your screen that incorporate the very specific and helpful feedback of this board.
First, ground floor lobby space exclusive to residents with wall-mounted mailboxes and both
interior and exterior package drop off second in the rear now a ventilated fire rated trash room
with 65 gallon commercial trash containers for each and every unit directly accessible to all
units via the rear stairwell and also accessible directly to a rear alleyway to keep the regular
three times a day, I'm sorry, three times a week trash service off the primary frontage.
The upstairs units have been, thirdly, the upstairs units have been substantially
enlarged, reduced from nine to six units, so as to eliminate the three smallest units, all one and two bedrooms, no studios, the smallest of the units is 712 square feet, and each unit now equipped with its own trash room, as well as access via the rear stairwell to the trash rooms, I'm sorry, to the trash storage that I mentioned.
enlarged, reduced from nine to six units so as to eliminate.
No changes to the roof.
The first screen you can see here is the first, second, and third floor plan.
The second screen has the fourth floor as well as the roof layout.
No changes proposed there.
No changes to the design.
And no changes to the footprint, which is summarized here with what's new in white and what's existing in pink.
The first floor rear should also be in pink.
And you can see here the scale of the pink building to the rear, which is 15 feet taller.
It's the self-storage facility that was recently approved and the 415-unit Dobbs apartments across the street.
To refresh very briefly, the refusal itself is quite simple.
the request of relief is to continue the existing multifamily non-parking condition
of this property that exists throughout this block. You may recall this is the wedge of
1920s-era row homes between Roosevelt Boulevard and the start of Fairmount Park.
um and um all of those row homes have ground existing ground floor commercial with multi-family
above um like the rest of the neighborhood um you can see multi-family development in the
neighborhood including the dobson and and um sherman apartments which are the other two
industrial zone parcels in the neighborhood um we mentioned at the last hearing that this area of
the North District and the comprehensive plan circled in purple with the letter D is actually
encouraged for restorative development of this type of mixed family use. There is major transit
access along this arterial. You have, of course, Roosevelt Boulevard, the Schuylkill Expressway,
bus routes 1 and 60, which connect to Center City, as well as nearby regional rail.
And as mentioned at the last hearing, the existing condition of the units on the street
are between two and seven units.
The revised proviso plan brings this proposal within that scale.
Just for context, there are some aerials that show the adjacent self-storage facility.
as well as the across-the-street
DOBS apartments, both about 15 feet
higher than the proposed addition here.
And we are pleased, as I mentioned,
to be joined by, I understand,
Ms. Rosalie Cooper of RAH Civic Association.
This is the letter of unanimous community support
after extensive community engagement
by the applicant.
Again, Mr. Chair, members of the board,
we really appreciate the opportunity
for this prompt resumption hearing just to summarize briefly the requested relief is in
alignment and in fact in furtherance with the spirit and harmony of the city's code and its
comprehensive plan as i mentioned based on the physical layout and surroundings of a long
landlocked mixed-use building that has never and cannot strictly conform with the icmx zoning
district having said that with the minimal modifications we presented today we submit
that this proposal will maximally benefit without adverse impact, the character congestion,
health and safety, adjacent properties, public facilities, and environment of the neighborhood,
all in accordance with the code and underscored by the community support for this proposal.
Okay. So why don't you bring your client in?
Yes. My client, if he can raise his hand, is Mr. Anthony Massiri.
Anthony Massiri, please accept the promotion to panelists.
anthony right anthony anthony yes good morning could you please state your name and spell for
the stenographer sure anthony masserie a-n-t-h-o-n-y m-a-s-c-i-e-r-i right do you swear
C-I-E-R-I.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but
Counsel?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Anthony. Have you heard the entirety of my testimony this morning?
And the information I presented, is it correct and accurate to the best of your knowledge?
And would you now adopt and affirm my testimony as your own?
I do, yes.
Thank you, Mr. Messiri.
So, Eric, I'm going to open up to the board.
If we need the architect, we'll bring him on.
And just real quick, so you went from nine units.
Nine units to six.
You took out the three suites, incorporated them into the other six, right?
Exactly.
So now you have six.
Yes, Mr. Chair.
Questions from the board?
Definitely appreciate the changes that you made based on the comments that were raised by our group.
So I definitely appreciate those changes.
I think it's a much better plan.
I have a question about the structural issues that the tenant raised about the cracks or something in the wall and seeing if they were addressed yet or still pending.
So my understanding is that the ownership, including Mr. Maceres, on this hearing has met on several occasions with the tenant, as I mentioned, to make sure that to clearly communicate that the lease will be honored at all times and to address any issues with the unit itself, including the structural issues.
And, of course, the purpose of this project, and one of the reasons that RAH has been so supportive through the process, is that this is an older building in need of some restoration.
We appreciate your consideration.
Thank you.
Questions or comments from our attorney?
I just wanted to note, for the revised plans, there are two pages that we can stamp.
And I'm sorry, I didn't write.
I want to say it's the Z100 and Z101.