Good morning, sir. Could you spell your name and could you state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Good morning.
Jean-Pierre, can you please unmute yourself?
He may be having technical issues, sir.
Try one more time.
Mr. Jean-Pierre-Louis, could you please unmute yourself?
He's not unmuting, Chair.
Okay, sir.
Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Chair, we have Anat Madar.
They have been unmuted and allowed to speak.
Good morning.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Good morning, Anat Madar.
Madar M-A-D-A-R
Right. Do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Please proceed.
I'm from the community. I came for the community meeting.
I really like
the exterior and what the owner
represents, and I support
the project.
Thank you very much. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Chair, we have
Ada Volabueva.
Annabelle Labueva has been unmuted
and allowed to speak
Good morning everyone
My name is Annabelle Labueva
Hi, could you state your name
and spell it for the court stenographer
It's A-N-N-A
My last name
My last name, V-O-L-O-V-U, like umbrella, A-E-V-A.
V-O-L-O-B-U-L
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Please proceed.
I'm here for the community, and I just want to say that I support Duplex.
and it's a great idea
and it supports us
to develop
in development
our community.
Ma'am, are you a neighbor?
Thank you.
Anyone else from the virtual audience?
Chair, we have Daniel Tartaglini.
They have been
unmuted and allowed to speak.
Good morning. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, sir. It's Daniel D-A-N-I-E-L, Tartaglini, capital T as in Tom, A-R-T-A-G-L-I-N-I.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I do. Yes, sir.
Are you a neighbor?
I am a neighbor. That's correct.
Please proceed.
I fully support this project. That vacant lot there, to me, it really ruins the community.
There's a lot of good things happening in the area, and I fully support the development of this project.
Thank you for taking the time to call us in. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Chair, we have Jose Rivera. They have been unmuted and allowed to speak.
Good morning. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Jose Rivera, please unmute yourself.
Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Chair, I see no hands at this time.
Planning Commission.
This is Ryan Bednar, City Planning.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential zoning at this location.
Given the site's history, the City Planning Commission recommends that the board approve the proposed use variance for two dwelling units.
Thank you.
Excuse me, Mr. Bednar, is that the recommendation for both 2600 and 2602 Wharton Street?
Thank you.
Bill Ramos, we're going to vote these together.
So that's fine.
MI 2023-004-702-2600 Wharton, number TA150137, and number MI 2023-004-722-2602 Wharton Street, I vote yes to both.
James Snell, my vote is yes to both.
LeBaird and Leonard Palmer, my vote is yes to both.
Thank you, Mr. John.
Thank you, counsel.
Thank you, counsel.
Number eight, MI 2023-004-725, 2800 to 10 Southampton Road.
Leonard Altieri is the attorney.
Recommendation of support from the Parkwood Civic Association.
Vote was unanimous.
A letter of non-opposition from Council Member Squill.
chair lennon altieri is coming back in as a panelist now good morning sir could you state
your name please and spell for the court stenographer yes good morning mr chairman
leonard altieri l-e-o-n-a-r-d altieri a-l-t-i-e-r-i with the law firm of claire harrison in center
city philadelphia you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
But you identify your client, the relationship to this property.
My client is the tenant of the property, Concentra, which is the property located at 2810 Southampton Road.
Do you waive the reading of the refusal and agree to its accuracy?
Okay. Have all your documents been within in the last five days?
The original submission packet was submitted before the five-day deadline.
I then received a letter of support from Councilman O'Neill's office, which I supplemented to the board yesterday.
Okay. Thank you. Share your screen, please.
Can you see my screen, Mr. Chairman?
We can. We're fine.
All right. Perfect.
So, again, Mr. Chairman and members of the board, for the record, my name is Leonard Altieri from the law firm of Claire Harrison for the property located at 2810 Southampton Road.
Southampton Road. What we are here for this morning is for a variance for the property,
what we are here for this morning.
which is located in the I-1 zoning district. It is also subject to the Northeast Overlay District.
As I noted in my opening statement, my client is Concentra, which is based in Texas and runs
approximately 520 locations across 44 states. The areas of concentration include occupational health,
physical therapy, health and wellness, and urgent care.
Concentra is currently operating in this structure,
and what they wish to do is now just expand within the existing structure
so they can provide more occupational therapy space for their patients.
As you're seeing on the screen right now, this is the notice of refusal.
As I noted, we are in the I-1 zoning district as well as the Northeast Overlay district.
that the use, excuse me, for group medical, dental, and health practitioner requires a
variance. And since this is also an expansion in the expansion of the use, we're also seeking a
variance on that. The property, as I said, is already operating. So this is the current
footprint of the building right here. It's around 4,827.99 square feet. What my client wishes to do
is just, again, within the existing walls of the structure, just expand the essentially leased area
to 1,785.38 square feet. And again, this area will be used for occupational therapy. As I noted,
we did receive a letter of support from Councilman O'Neill's office, which I'm showing right now.
in addition to the letter of support from councilman o'neill we also received a letter
of support from the parkwood civic association again just for reference this is an aerial of the
location street view of the location and then just proof of the zoning posters
in the map uh at that time at this time mr chairman if there's no questions for me i do
have Matthew DeLong, who is with Concentra, as well as Jeff Hansen from Little Architects that
I would call to adopt my testimony. Why don't we bring your client on and let him adopt your
testimony? Okay. Matthew, if you can raise your hand and be permitted to a panelist, please.
Hello. Can you hear me, Tara? We can. Could you please state your name and spell for the
court stenographer. Sure. Matthew DeLong, M-A-T-T-H-E-W, last name DeLong, D-E-L-O-N-G.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I do. Please proceed, counsel. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Good
morning, Matthew. Were you on the call when I went through the presentation?
Yes, I was. And did you hear everything that I presented
to the board? I did, yes. And is everything that I presented true
and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief yes and if i would have called you would
you have would you have given the same testimony today yes and lastly would you adopt the testimony
that i provided as your own yes that's all the questions i have for uh matthew mr chairman all
right counsel i have one question the square footage on the floor plan doesn't match what's
listed in the lease it's less is that right i think the lease has a higher had a higher square footage
than what I saw on the floor plans.
I think that's accurate.
I have two different tabs. One is the hearing presentation,
so you don't have to go through all the other nuances here.
i think it was in one of the one of the um the amendments i think it said it was it was like a
total of 7 000 square feet now here we go yeah seven thousand zero six five okay which i don't
think there was quite it's not the existing is around the existing is around 4,849 and then 17
I mean I'll do that math real quick for everyone
I'm having technical difficulties.
That's why I went to law school, so I don't have to do math as quick.
I went to law school so I didn't have to do math as quick.
7, 8, 5.
So it's 6,613.37.
Is there extra square footage somewhere else?
I just was a little confused.
I would not have that answer, Hillary.
I think that they'll probably just built that in, to build that in, to be honest with you.
not a problem thank you for the clarification questions from the board
no mr chair sorry chair i was having fine i didn't want to unmute no question
thank you boy i i understand you why should you additional comments from our attorney hillary
emerson not at this time mr chair questions or comments from the universal audience
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Southern Ryan Bednar City.
Planning.
Our adopted comprehensive plan recommended a change in zoning at this location from industrial one medium, industrial two, industrial two medium, industrial.
The proposed use is an extension of the existing medical facility.
the city planning commission recommends that the board grant the proposed use
variance for the extension of this facility thank you thank you MI 2023-004-725-2800 to 10
Southampton road I vote yes James Snell my vote is yes ah here we go LeBaron Leonard Palmer my
vote is yes. Thank you, counsel. You have your votes. Mr. Chairman, have a good day. Thank you.
Number 12, MI 2023-004-827-1322 North Hancock Street, T-1-247286. Henry Clinton is the attorney.
letter of support from South Kensington Community Partners.
Applicant also has five letters of support from neighbors on Hancock and Pailthorpe Street.
Morning, Mr. Chairman. Henry Clinton here.
Henry, as you know, you've already been sworn.
Could you identify your client and the relationship to the property?
Sure. My client is Kumars, K-U-M-A-R-S, Kermites, K-E-R-A-M-I-T-S.
And he is on the call.
Do you waive the reading of the refusal and agree to its accuracy?
And all your documents have been within in five days?
Correct.
One question.
Your tax clearance?
Yes, we have tax clearance.
We have it?
We have a proof that there's zero tax balance.
Okay, good.
Share your screen and please proceed.
uh again good morning mr chairman henry clinton on behalf of soho llc the principal of which is
kumars karamadis who is on the call table of contents a1 through a10 i'll walk through each