Thank you.
chair we have 30 attendees you can proceed as you wish thank you good morning everyone my name
is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning's eba hearings with me is our board
member, Cheryl L. Gaston. Present Mr. Chairman. Our board member, Tanetta Graham.
Chairman. Our board member, Michael Johns. Present Mr. Chairman. And our board member,
Ty O'Wynn. Ty should be on very shortly. Also here is our attorney, Hilly Emerson,
and also Kathleen Grady, our deputy director for planning and zone.
Here's our virtual format.
The proceedings are being recorded.
With your participation, you agree to be recorded.
The video will be available by contacting ZBA Executive Director at phil.gov.
For our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email address and the address of the property in question.
And finally, the question box on the screen is not for testimony.
All comments and testimony should be directed to Catherine Grady, our Deputy Director.
Here's our virtual. Let's look at our schedule for today.
Number one, MI 2023-007-273-2136 West Erie Avenue. That case is continued.
Number three, MI 2024, 000056, 1329 Levick Street.
This case has been rescheduled to Wednesday, October 30th at 930.
And number 18.
18. MI 2024-002-922-2123-25 Clearfield Street. This case has been continued. Are there any
other requests for continuance? Good morning, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Hand. I will be your
co-host for today. Good morning, Jason. I have a hand up from Mr. Vern Anastasio. He's been
allowed to speak. Good morning, Mr. Chair. Vern, could you please state your name and spell for
the court stenographer? Yes, sir. It's Vern Anastasio, V-E-R-N, last name A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir. What case are you interested in, sir?
I've got a couple, sir.
4219 Main Street.
On behalf of my client, Nikita Peterson, I'm asking for a continuance.
We are in discussions with the RCO, and we're…
What number is that, Hillary?
I see it.
Number nine.
So number nine, MI 2024, 002-521-42119 Main Street.
That case is continued.
Thank you.
And the other one.
Just one more.
2228 South 12th Street.
The applicant, Mr. Justin Bonner, recently hired my firm to take over the case.
And we do need to still meet with the RCO.
that's number five Mr. Chair
okay that's 2228 South 12th Street am I correct that's correct so
2228 South 12th Street, am I correct?
That's correct.
So MI 2024-000-374-2228 South 12th Street, that case should continue.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Any other requests for continuance?
Yes, sir.
I have a Tony Neng with their hand raised.
I have allowed them to speak.
sir your your case is going to be voted on today yeah yes that's what i say okay so you you don't
you don't have to be on your case will be voted on very shortly okay thanks all right thank you
any other continuities
i don't see any further hands at this time so i have a few cases without exhibits
Exhibits number four, MI 2024, 000059, 1933, North 24th Street.
This is the second listing.
No one appeared the first time.
We do not have exhibits.
Keystone Property, LLC, is the listed owner.
Dwyer and Wood, LLC, DBA are the contractors.
No hands raised for this matter, Mr. Chair.
So number four, MI 2024, 000059, 1933 North 24th Street.
This is the second listing, no exhibits, no one appeared the first time.
I vote to dismiss.
Michael Johns, my vote is to dismiss.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss.
Senator Graham, my vote is to dismiss.
I owe him my business to dismiss.
So, Hillary, number seven, we have an interpreter for that, and we have no exhibits. Am I correct?
That is correct, Mr. Chair.
So, number seven, MI 2024, 001188, 4220 Holmesburg Avenue.
We have an interpreter.
Please, could the interpreter please come forward?
Franklin Castillo is the listed applicant.
Could we do have with you the interpreter swearing in?
I can, excuse me, I can get that for you, Mr. Chair.
Interpreter, please.
Steve, last name beginning in A, could you please?
Hello, my name is Steven, and I'll be your Spanish interpreter.
Could you please state your name and spell it for the court stenographer?
Yes, my name is Steven, S-T-E-V-E-N, and last name Aubain, A-U-B-A-I-N, interpreter ID.
One minute, we'll have your swearing in.
sorry sir takes so long
um sorry mr chair um the then excuse me the oath is if uh to swear and affirm to faithfully
interpret um spanish into english and english into spanish i do
Thank you very much
Franklin
We want to call now Franklin Castillo
Who is the listed applicant
Así que si Franklin Castillo
Puede presentarse
No hands have been raised
For this matter sir
No hands
No sir
This is the third listing
So interpreter, please read MI 2024-001-188-4220-Holmesburg Avenue.
Third listing, I vote to dismiss.
Could you please read that for us?
Asi que MI 2024-001-188-4220-Holmesburg Avenida
hemos votado para despedir el caso.
with johns my vote is to dismiss
cheryl gaston my vote is to dismiss
tenetta graham my vote is to dismiss
iowen my vote is to dismiss
interpreter thank you very much thank you for using the service
excuse me mr chair um mr robin can you just indicate that this case has been in has been
dismissed by the board
Este caso ha sido despedido por la junta.
Este caso ha sido despedido por la Junta.
Thank you.
Do you require for the interpretation?
No, but thank you very much.
Thank you.
We're going to go to our add-on list.
So MI 2024-002-709-4511 Sampson Street, I vote no.
Charles, my vote is no.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is no.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is no.
Taya Nguyen, my vote is no.
Number two, MI 2024, 003-175-6709 Essington Avenue.
We're going to continue this.
Am I correct, Hillary?
Yes, that's going to be continued for one week.
we need further clarification. Thank you. We will vote on this case October 2nd at 9.30 a.m.
Now we're going to go here. We're going to go to our regular list. Number two. Oh, no,
July 2024, 002-893-1815 South 17th Street.
We do have an interpreter scheduled for this.
Interpreter, if you're in the audience, please raise your virtual hand.
we're seeking the vietnamese interpreter we are
again the vietnamese interpreter could you please raise your virtual hand
no hands raised mr chair we've received confirmation board uh myself and miss emerson
and the zba um but they're not raising their hand and we don't have a contact name
we'll continue this um let's just see if the see if the applicants
are here sure the et noggin and naga din
they have been allowed to speak
i could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer
could you spell your name please
hi um my name is mitchell m-i-t-c-h-e-l-l uh i can be the translator for them no we can't we
we can't we have to have one we have to have a court can we push this to the end chair and then
i can uh contact sure why don't we do that yeah okay thank you very much they move to number number
Number 12, MI 2024-002-622-10916, Nandina Lane, Amin Safav is the owner applicant.
good morning chair good morning board members hi um are you hamas are you the owner sir correct
I'm Hamza.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Could you please spell your name for the court stenographer?
Hamza Ayada.
H-A-M-Z-A-A-Y-A-Y-D-A-H.
The application is for the elimination of one.
Sorry, excuse me, Mr. Chair.
um we have the property owner for this case listed as ameen safaiv yep yeah that's that's
We have the property owner for this case listed as Amin Safaib.
the property owner you i don't i don't have you listed as the property owner correct i'm the
applicant hansa so sir while you completed the application you're not considered the the
applicant this is not your property the property owner is the one that needs to make the presentation
um okay i can let him uh join um you can if you can share the screen for him and show the exhibits
if you'd like but he has to do the testifying only an attorney can represent somebody before
the board oh okay can he can we you know have some time so i can bring him in person
um yes we can move this one to the end as well yep all right all right thank you thank you number 14.
mi 2024 002796 3063 north 26th street kenneth key and gifty key
they'll be rejoining as a panel shortly
they've been about to speak
Good morning. This is Kenneth Key, the owner. How is everyone?
Good morning. Hi, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, my name is Kenneth Key, K-E-N-N-E-T-H-K-E-Y.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you please put your video on?
Excuse me, Mr. Chair. I would have to promote him to a panelist before he can be allowed to show us a video. I'm sorry about that, Mr. Kea.
That's okay. That's fine. Thank you, Jason.
All right.
And now my video.
Good morning. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
So this application is for use as a two-family household living in an existing structure.
Two-family household living is prohibited in the RSA 5 zoning district, but you do have unanimous support from Community Action Group.
Okay, but please start your show your screen, show your documents and start your presentation.
okay let me um let me share my screen real quick yep should be a green button on the bottom there
green button on the bottom you know what i'm enlarging looking for oh green button on the
bottom i see it and i'm going to share i'm going to hit share desktop yeah yeah you're good you're
good it's coming up all right so i'm just going to close out this and i'm going to close out my
application i'm going to start off with um first please tell me if you can see my screen
you see your screen okay great now these documents that i'm going to be presenting
um have already been submitted we have your documents great so you can move through them
quickly great well you have the documents um you know the address and you understand what i'm
trying to do well um i'm not gonna take up a lot of your time with uh explain going over the
documents again i'll just um you know briefly i show you a few pictures of the property
and ask any questions, answer any questions that you may have, you know,