He is now speaking.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Hello.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, I am Otabek Mohamedo, O-T-A-B-E-K, my last name M-A-K-H-A-M-E-D-O-V.
Right, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
What case are you involved with, sir?
11707 Stevens Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19116 okay are you are you prepared to go on today sir
yes okay so what tell me why your hands up I mean I'm going to call your case shortly okay
okay okay all right and when you when you when I call your case you're gonna have to come on the
screen right you're gonna have to go on video all right okay i'll call your case shortly
thank you okay any other requests for continuance
also also i have a case here mi 2024 002 747 3265 south 61st street devin logan is the applicant
and SRA Incorporated
is the listed owner.
No exhibits first listing.
Devin Logan, SRA Inc.
Devin Logan,
raise your hand.
Chair, I have a hand raised
with a phone number
1415-412-8255.
bring them on all right they're allowed to talk hi could you state your name please and spell for
the stenographer yeah jason meyers json m as in mary y ers i'm the one having issues rejoining
the zoom link i know i i i have to wait your case is going to be called next i have to handle this
particular case i have now okay so you're going to hear me call you in a little bit okay
Is there anyone here from 3265 South 61st Street?
okay so there's i'm sorry chair we have a craig melodosian with their hand raised
I'm sorry.
yeah well he would yeah and craig you've already been sworn so just state your name for the record
craig melodosian i just wanted to indicate to the board that
uh the rcos have had no contact from this applicant at this time
Okay. Councilperson Gauthier has sent a note saying the same thing.
Thank you.
So, MI 2024-002-747-3265-61st Street. This is the first listing. This case will be continued. Mark must be heard. Thank you.
We're going to start with number four. MI2024-002-621-1428 Hope Street. Jason Myers is the listed owner. Mr. Myers.
Yes, good evening.
Good evening, Mr. Myers. Could you state your name and I'll swear you in?
Jason Myers. Can you spell it?
I think we're okay with that
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Mr. Myers are you prepared to present your case
I am over the phone
Yeah I don't have my visuals
Because I can't get into the zoom
But my case is pretty straightforward in my opinion
Yeah but we'd have to see it
I can't hear your case without seeing your visuals
Yes Mr. Joe
I did try to
I did try to send Mr. Myers a direct panelist link for the Zoom.
Unfortunately, he was unable to open it.
Mr. Myers, we unfortunately have to have a hearing, and we have to be able to see your exhibits.
We cannot handle this over email.
So, unfortunately, we will need to reschedule your case.
The staff will work with you to get you.
I know the staff will work with you to get you back as soon as they can.
so just keep an eye on your email and the staff will be in touch with you and i'm sorry for the
inconvenience number four mi 2024 002 621 1428 hope street that case has been continued
okay we're gonna
i'm gonna start with one all right hillary
um hold on one second mr chair um if you could actually do number six next that is another
thank you mi 2024 002 798 11707 stephens road amas alaydon
there's a letter of support from somerton civic association
and a letter of non-opposition from council member o'neill
good evening could you state your name i think i already swore you in am i correct sir
yes yes all right could you uh share your go on your video and share your screen
is that mr meyers
it looks like Mr. Myers was able to get on Mr. Chair
Mr. Myers can we just come back to you in a second since we're already started on the next case
no problem thank you yeah he's
we cannot share the screen because somebody else in the screen
his screen is
already being shared right Hillary Mr. Myers no one is
sharing their screen right now
Yeah, we don't have the ability to share the screen with you guys.
You need to.
Where's our tech guy?
Yes, excuse me.
He's still in the attendees.
Let me.
All right.
Take him up.
Hold on one second.
Thank you.
He'll be rejoining as a panel shortly.
Thank you.
uh this is my appeal for uh copy okay we see it yes not so refusal
keep moving that's your application for appeal we're good
Project Information Forum. Yeah.
project information forum yeah
Indeed. Indeed, yes.
Check to get off the clearance zoning board.
You're posting? Yeah. Posting sticker.
Notes from zoning applicants.
what's in civic association
tell us what tell us first of all what tell us what you're trying to do
why don't you do that first show us the pictures first and tell us what you're trying to do
excuse me i'm here i'm here just to help him with the english sir
well you can't we you can't do that he has to do it himself we had to know that beforehand sir
yes i i change it guys you want you you're so what you're trying to do is is to close your
garage up? Yes. And you're going to want to park your car outside instead of in the garage,
am I correct? Yes, outside. And tell me why are you closing your garage off?
My car is big and it's not fixed. You want to have, you're making your apartment bigger?
and I need a room
for my parents
making a room for your parents
in the garage
let me ask you how many other houses
on the block have done that
did you hear my question
yeah can you repeat
are there other houses on the block
who have closed their garage up yet you know how many uh i don't know
you went to the somerton civic association i correct yes let me ask you do you have a drawing
of what you're putting in the garage what what the room's going to look like are you putting
plumbing in there, bathroom? Tell me what you're doing there.
Gibson board. I put
Gibson board. Putting the kitchen in there?
No. Does it sound like you said
drywall, gypsum board? Drywall. Oh, gypsum board. Okay.
And you're just having a room, right? I mean,
you're going to let your parents live in the garage?
And you went to the Somerton Civic Association
and voted 12, 4, and 10 against.
Am I correct?
Do you have anything else there to show us?
No, I don't know.
questions from the board yeah i don't know how we make a decision on without seeing plans for this
i mean to close it off a garage and making it a room i don't know and for your parents and
i can't you know what is their bathroom down there out what's that's you know big chips
that's an elevation and that's fine but we don't know what's happening on the inside i don't i
don't know how we make it there's nothing inside you already done that you've already done it yes
that's that there's there's no bathroom there's nothing else there but that
there's no other bathroom
or anything in the basement
yeah there is
one bathroom which is originally
in the basement
so there's a powder
what's the rest of the basement look like i mean i this is like the this is a duplex right
no so single home and but that there's nothing else on the first floor there the garage level
right yes what's what's there sir
What's what's there, sir?
He's telling you what is in the first.
Excuse me, Mr. Chair.
I think that we may need to resume this matter with an interpreter.
I agree.
I agree.
Sir, what language do you need an interpreter for?
Uzbek language.
Uzbek?
So we're going to continue the case and get you an interpreter.
And have some plans we can look at.
I mean, I don't know how we feel.
There's a person there that can talk to them.
We've got to see what the rest of the downstairs looks like.
I mean, it's.
So MI 2024-002-798-11707, Stevens Road.
The case is continued.
and uh mr chair uh yes uh mr chair um just going back uh mr myers i'm sorry i misspoke
um because we already continued this case we have to wait wait to hear it again we will
mr myers we will put this on next week at 2 p.m okay uh all right i i'm sorry but because we
already continued it and people may have left, we can't bring it back. So we have to continue
until next week at 2 p.m. So you'll get some follow-up information from the staff. We do
apologize for the inconvenience and you will be able to get on the right Zoom at 2 o'clock next
week. All right. Thank you for your patience. Number one, MI 2023-006-254-648 North Udall
Street. Henry Clinton is the attorney. Chair, they will be coming back in as a panelist.
good evening mr chairman members of the board mr clinton you've already been sworn could you
just state your name for the record sure henry clinton c-l-i-n-t-o-n could you identify your
client relationship to the property sure jeffrey jones he's the principal of jones
these properties, and he is on the call
along with his wife.
You stipulate to the
reading of the refusal,
and you agree with the accuracy?
And we have a letter of opposition
from HMC Squared,
and we have a petition
of support with 25 signatures
and eight letters of support
from neighbors.
Why don't you begin?