we are not thank you okay tanya let you let us know when you're ready yes thank you
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay Chair, we're ready.
thank you um just give me a second continuance all right again uh thank you good morning everyone
my name is frank t chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment i'll be participating
in today's hearing along with our vice chair miss carol denari board secretary confessor plaza and
board member Thomas Holloman. Board Administrator Tanya Suckett will also be in attendance. Miss
Sharon Saleta is actually in another proceeding. She may jump in at some point during this morning's
hearing. For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings,
I will 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, for the benefit of anyone participating by phone,
we ask that attorneys and witnesses identify themselves prior to speaking or testify.
Third, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded
and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.
Fourth, 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'll repeat that as well. For anyone participating, excuse me, to enter an appearance statement,
call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
With that being said, we can begin, but before Ms. Tenere calls our first case, we'd like
to ask if anyone is requesting a continuance or withdrawal of an appeal listed to be heard
this morning.
If so, please raise your hand if you have a request for continuance or withdrawal.
Please give us the calendar number at the time that you are requesting a continuance
and or withdrawal.
so chair i have quite a few a couple of continuances if i can put on record
yeah i got the same list but you go over yours because i'm working from my phone
what what do you what cases do you have number one 1439 south 20th a request for continuance
from the rco pbc dc and attorney steve masters okay i have that one that case will be
Okay, we'll have that one.
That case will be continued.
continued
And then I also have number three,
continuance requested by the attorney of record.
From the notes I've seen,
if they're listening,
apparently no exhibits were offered.
We've received no exhibits, correct?
Well, they've requested a...
Continuance.
continuous a while ago so they wouldn't say it all right very good
number four i have um continued requested by attorney nicolas coochie jr
my understanding from notes uh received from sharon that they've already received a continuance
just a second request
i wouldn't know that all right well okay let's we'll grant it and if there's any issues we can
raise it later today but according to what sharon put out uh second continuance no exhibits okay
all right and i think that's it well i have additionals that were given to me by uh
shaman does anybody anyone have their hand up
yes okay
we have slone folks slone folks you can unmute yourself and speak to a continuant
thank you good morning mr folks good morning chairman chico and zba board sloan folks sloana
fs on fire o l k s office of councilwoman maria quinones sanchez 508 city hall where's the firm
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes sir i do thank you sir please
proceed we'd like to request a calendar number three nine one four nine two three four zero
orthodox street we'd like to request continuance the applicant has not met with the uh convening
coordinating rcl okay um calendar number three correct me if i'm wrong mr folks calendar number
39149 yes sir 2340 orthodox street continue and we have a second which one what where is that
what on the list what number was orthodox i'm sorry yeah number seven seven okay because i'm
going to check that off as we go okay number seven thank you next one and the final one is calendar
number three eight one six zero one three six six anchor street again the applicant has not
of the RCL requesting a consent is we're on the list 13 13 okay because I'm again I'm checking off
on my list with what is that christian street 5405 christian no no no 1366 anchor street
i apologize i'm working off my phone and it's not uh yeah i don't have that i don't have that
on my list it's not we don't have it listed for this you know what uh councilman chico i apologize
I scribbled over. That's 3.30, so I only had one this morning.
I apologize. I'll be back at 3.30. I'm sorry.
No worries. No worries. No worries.
All right. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you.
You're welcome, son.
All right. So anyone else, Tanya?
Yes, we have Brett Feldman.
Brett Feldman, you can unmute yourself and speak to a continuance.
Mr. Feldman, please spell your name and give us your address for the record.
Sure. Members of the board, good morning. Brett Feldman, 1835 Market Street, B-R-E-T-T, F-E-L-D, M-A-N.
Where are you from to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do. I do. I have, I guess, two matters before the board. The first one is, I believe, number six
on your list, 2100 Benson Street, calendar number MI-2020-000735.
That was continued?
excuse me I think that was continued okay yeah and this is we've heard no
Excuse me?
I think that was continued, right?
Okay, yeah.
response from the RCO now this is our second continuance request not sure what
to do at this point but we will do our best to get them to meet with us for the
next meeting date and otherwise I'd ask the board at that point to hear the case
but this is the second continuous request
where we've heard nothing after four or five emails
with Ron Hurst Civic Association.
And for what period of time?
It's been, I don't know, four months, five months.
I'm not prepared to go ahead today
and we will do our best,
but I try to put this on the record
that if we can't communicate with them by the next hearing,
um we would we would ask to be able to proceed and i don't know hold the vote or something like
that but uh heard no response we've tried to call we've tried to email um we reached it we
lost we'll also reach out i guess to the council person's office but uh okay one of those right
now all right thank you and then i have i have one other i i wanted to make sure it's on the
agenda to vote today i was told by miss selena this was a case that was heard by the board um
This is 12131 Knights Road, heard by the board back on August 25th.
And I was told that this was going to be on the agenda for today to vote.
I don't know if it is.
She told you today and not tomorrow?
I believe it was today.
If it's on for tomorrow, that'd be great.
I just, this is August 25th, heard by the board.
The RCO did not meet with us.
We've tried repeatedly.
Most likely it'll be tomorrow.
Yeah, typically they vote on Wednesdays.
Is there a way to find out whether it's on the list for tomorrow?
Just so I can.
It wouldn't be on the list.
Okay, so we'll confer with Sharon.
And typically they vote on Wednesdays after the executive sessions.
thank you very much uh-huh take care you uh chair we also have strawberry mansion
hey good morning chairman administrator i was just um wanting i couldn't hear excuse me excuse
me you gotta give us your full name please for the stenographer bonita cummings strawberry mansion
community concern director and you swear in the firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
but the truth yes thank you please proceed i just i couldn't hear the addresses for i think she said
number one and four so is there a list we should be seeing or how do we hear of the addresses when
it's not from the um applicant do you have a particular case of interest um well i have two
for this morning one was uh 2450 north 29th street and the other was um 3019 dawson
are you asking for continuances on those cases no i wanted to know whether those addresses that i
didn't hear may have been what i'm listening for so i just was trying to figure out what
is the process for hearing the addresses mr chairman west dolphin is withdrawn
that's number 11 it's number 11.
what's that address again carol it's 3019 west dolphin street case is withdrawn
the other 29th street is going to be heard
what number is that number eight okay yeah i can that uh corresponds with my notes as well
i just want to go back on the record of benson street i'm not sure if we
voted that or not not voted if i if i put it on the record so mi 2020-000735-2100 benson street
is being continued any other any more um cases tanya excuse me
because i have two more i don't have anything else and there are no other hands up
i have two more on my list that was given to me by sharon so bear with me folks for a minute
number 13 on the list
number 13 on the list
5405 christian street yeah mi 2020-000029 5405 christian street is a request from councilwoman
for that case to be continued and count on number 14 on the list
um mi-2020-000087-5506 baltimore avenue that case is being requested continuance by
councilwoman gotta uh and if there are any issues with what we've uh just uh all those
cases we just continued if anyone has an issue with that please raise your hand
here we have george gossett
mr gossett please spell your first and last name for the stenographer give us your address please
yeah it's uh 4840 old york road philadelphia pa 19141
What about your last name, please?
G-O-S-S-E-T-T.
We're infirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Oh, thank you.
Okay, what's your concern?
I just wanted to gain clarity, because I know the last request was on our part.
We did complete the...
what is for what case sir i'm sorry this is christian street
please state the address thank you 5405 christian street
that's the one uh five four
number five
number 13 number 13 according to my notes the councilwoman got the a requested it
based on and this is on my note is that there was no meeting with the rco okay we have completed the
actual meeting with the rco and i'm not i'm not contesting the um continues i just wanted the
uh the board to know that we have in fact completed the uh meeting with the rco okay i
suggest that you uh if you haven't already done so you reach out to the councilwoman's office and
advise them her legislative assistant is a gentleman by the name of Andy Goodman okay
we'll do right I'm sorry sir what's your relationship to the case I'm the attorney
for the applicant okay thank you you're welcome
any other requests or concerns about the list that just been read off
we also have Kyle Sampson Kyle Sampson you can unmute yourself and speak to a continuance
My name is Mr. Sampson. Please spell first and last name and give us your address.
K-Y-L-E Sampson, S-A-M-P-S-O-N, regarding 5405 Christian Street. I am with the West
Philadelphia Economic Development Council. The RCO held a meeting. The RCO notified the
councilwoman's office we sent a report both to the uh zoning board the findings of our
rco meeting and we sent it to the council person's office sorry did we get an address for this one
5405 christian the same one that the attorney just spoke on right before this gentleman
the the the meeting the report from the rco was sent to the zoning board and the council person's
office when was that sent do you happen would you happen to know when it was sent yesterday morning
well apparently i'm assuming the councilwoman's office had not received it yet and that's why
yeah i had spoke to andrew goodman and he said okay i'm going to withdraw that request i'll make
a suggestion yes sir we won't continue this case uh i would suggest you call mr goodman and ask
him to contact us or miss sunken uh does that work uh tanya if they contact you and they give us
the okay to hear the case um yes um however if everything is in place
um i'm not sure how he's going to reach out to me but um i'll say yes all right let's give that
all right mr sampson you want me to do that now is that what you're saying yeah yeah if you can
Councilwoman is okay with the case going forward.
uh okay with the case going forward we'll hear that case this morning now i know the attorney
We'll hear that case this morning.
Now, I know the attorney...
was on mr sampson and not mr sampson gossett mr gossett if he's still on uh i'm not sure if he's
still on or not we'd have he would you would need to speak to him also i had a mr chairman
initially last week prior to the RCO meeting, I had sent a request to Ms. Suckett asking that we
have a continuance. She said that was not possible in an email to me, so we rushed and had the RCO
meeting, just for the record. All right, understood, but again, there's a mix-up here. It's no one's