Could you give us anything different that we haven't heard?
I'd just like to say something a little bit personal.
I live at the 500 Block of Moore with my husband and two children.
We have a small family business about half a mile from 508 Moore.
I recently allowed my children to start walking our puppy alone around our block.
An enormous milestone as a parent dwelling in a city.
There is constant monitoring that needs to happen while allowing your children to play outside in a city neighborhood.
I fear this newfound freedom will be revoked if this halfway house of 56 male beds is permitted with a parking lot in constant use.
From the beginning, this project has stirred many concerns and questions.
When I attended the first meeting in January to hear from the developers, I left with more questions and concerns than when I had entered.
The lack of clear answers and uncertainty left me feeling confused and doubtful of the success of this project.
There are hundreds of families in either direction and their safety and the safety of pedestrians does not feel accounted for.
I do not feel confident in 3R Ventures capabilities and upholding a CBA due to lack of experience in a facility at this capacity.
People seeking rehabilitation deserve to do so in an environment that fosters expertise and safety for all.
i am strong i am in strong opposition of this project thank you thank you for taking the time
to close is there um next hand please excuse me mr chair mr bouvet has his hand uh raised
a question i i i am a little bit curious because she mentioned that it was an all-male facility
is she still on because i would like to ask if she if that's what she believes the application
is for and it's and if that's the case then there's something that was completely missed that
that i i think that should be explored if all of the if all of the protesters
are are being told especially the ones because so far the ones that have that i've spoken against
have been uh have signed the petition i'm just curious if they're being told that the project
Is she still on or is she off?
Yes, she's still on.
I'm sorry, she is off.
Can a previous speaker raise their virtual hand once again?
Krista is back on and has been allowed to speak.
Krista, did you hear Mr. Bove's question?
Since our questions weren't clearly answered, we are unaware and we are assuming
that it has to be either one male or female facility and we are under the assumption that
it's a male facility but we have not had our answers as i stated clearly our questions excuse
me our question clearly answered debove okay so you're you're you made that assumption so
you weren't what it are are you have you spoken to other neighbors and other neighbors have been
convinced that it's an all-male facility we don't have enough information you haven't provided us
with the information I'm sorry I'm asking what you did have you been talking to other neighbors
Have you been talking to other neighbors as if it's an all-male facility?
as if it's all
We're assuming that it's going to be either an all-female or all-male facility.
Okay, Darwin.
I would like to be recognized, Mr. Chair.
um this um this exhibit i'm showing you is entitled exhibit two in our binder it is the
answers and question from questions that the applicant provided at one of the community
meetings and it was read by council member squilla on p on the bottom uh of page two
it says the defined target population male adults receiving pennsylvania medicaid benefits
encompasses the individuals who meet the eligibility for medicaid assistance this group
may include individuals from various socioeconomic backgrounds ages geographic locations within the
state our expert mr harrell testified that the population that will be at this facility will be
all males so mr bouvet's protests are um bizarre um because his own app his own client has has
has basically stated multiple times that it will be all men and when our expert testified there was
no challenge or pushback to him uh so the the testimony and the record is that it will be an
all-male facility mr ministers we have that thank you very much could we go to the next witness please
hi yes my name is way lou w-e-i-l-u right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes sir and um are you a neighbor so i live uh three blocks away okay good
are you okay okay are you in favor of this project or against against it okay and we've got a lot of
reasons why is there anything new you could offer to us yes uh two two things um i have concerns
that this organization did not reach out to dickinson square park which i'm on the board of
or any other local businesses uh which i am a business owner it would have been nice as a good
act of faith that they've done so and not in a vacuum with disley who doesn't speak for all
businesses nor all neighbors and yeah and secondly um as as i'm not a near neighbor i did not sign
the petition because i believed it was for the near neighbors however i do live nearby and i
didn't hear this um uh explicitly so i do want to bring it up uh for any for any issues that that
we have as as near neighbors or as you know nearby neighbors parents like myself are completely
in the dark we will inevitably call 9-1-1 there will be a strain of city resources which are
already strained enough um we will you know i i expect and i you know will fully commit that i
expect this applicant to be on top of their game to legitimately work with the community
because you know i i will make sure that i will call 9-1-1 if i see anything out of line and that
will have a strain on city resources so i just want to make that point clear all right but thank
you very much for calling i have a question um uh ms lou uh i wanted to show you um
a uh a set of texts um are these texts between you and mr john disley yes okay can you
can you authenticate these texts so so so mr masters i think we talked about this we told you
that we were not going to approve it but that we would take everything that we saw and heard
and put it towards the character or or the the the the value of that witness okay so we don't
have to go back to that thank you well i'm just trying to establish that this is that this is
actually true evidence because but but i and i think i think i think i think we've handled that
mr masters and i thank you for trying but we've handled that already okay do we have any other
do we have any other hands
clobie green has been allowed to speak how many more hands do we have
chair there are six hands still oh okay we're going to have mr chair this is hillary i just
want to note it looks like there's at least one individual who already testified as a witness of
mr masters who's raising his hand for public testimony since we have already heard from him
i don't believe he needs to speak further but i just wanted to note that for the record all right
okay so how many how many more hands do we have minus that one person there will be six people
okay but let's give me the next one
colby green you're allowed to speak i could you please state your name and
Hi, could you please state your name and spell for the corticinographer?
spell for the courtesanographer sure thing colby green
Sure thing. Colby Green, C-O-L-B-Y-G-R-E-E-N-E.
Do you swear upon him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Are you a neighbor?
I am a homeowner at 524 Moore Street.
Okay. Are you for or against the project?
I am against.
Thank you very much for your call. We appreciate it.
Next hand.
Next hand.
Graciela has been allowed to speak.
Hi, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, Graciela Krause, G-R-A-C-I-E-L-A, last name Krause, K-R-A-U-S-S.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Are you a neighbor?
Are you for or against the project?
Against the project.
Thank you very much for taking the time to call us. We appreciate it. Next hand.
Jesse Shedd has been allowed to speak.
Hi, Jesse. Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Jesse Shedd, J-E-S-S-E-S-H-E-D-D.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, told truth, nothing but the truth?
Are you a neighbor?
Are you for or against the project?
Very against.
Thank you very much for taking the time to call us. We appreciate it. Next hand, please.
Larry Boone has been allowed to speak.
Larry Boone's already spoke.
Laura has been allowed to speak.
Hi, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, it's Laura Rakfalski, L-A-U-R-A-R-A-C-H-F-A-L-S-K-I.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Are you a neighbor?
Are you for or against the project?
Against.
Thank you very much for taking the time to call us. We appreciate it. Next hand, please.
Reggie has been allowed to speak.
Hi, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Is it Regina?
reggie please i'm years
they seem to be experiencing all right go to go to the next hand shelby wise has been allowed to
speak hi could you please state your name and spell for the court sonographer shelby weiss
s-h-e-l-b-y-w-e-i-s-s right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing
but the truth. I do. Are you a neighbor? I am. Are you for or against this project? I'm against it.
Thank you very much for taking the time to call us. We appreciate it. Next hand.
Hello. My name is Dorothy O'Burlsen. I live on the block of 4th Street.
Spell your name again, please.
can you spell your name again can you hear me spell your name please all right my last name
o-b-e-r-l-t-o-n first name dorothy d-o-r-o-t-h-y right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes i do i want to hold it hold it hold it hold it hold
it are you a neighbor yes i am i live on the block okay are you for or against the project
I am against, and my name was put on a petition without me signing it.
Thank you very much. We appreciate your call. How many more hands do we have?
We have four more hands up, Chair.
But this is no more error.
That last witness was referring to a petition that Mr. Bovee's clients or someone who was in support of the project
circulated over the last few days and submitted to the zoning board without sending a copy
to me or to my clients, claiming that there are numerous people who are in the near neighborhood
who supported it, but it appears that there were many forgeries on this. Thank you. Thank you.
Margaret Reed, you have been allowed to speak
Hi, yes
Could you state your name as spelled for the court stenographer?
Yes, Reed, R-E-I-D, Margaret, M-A-R-G-A-R-H-C
Right, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, told truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do
Are you a neighbor?
Yes, I am, for 43 years
Well, thank you
well thank you are you for or against the project against it thank you very much for
Are you for or against the project?
against it.
taking the time to call us next next name emily has been allowed to speak all right could you
please state your name and spell for the court stenographer
emily please unmute yourself
Charity seems to be experiencing
Move on, move on
We should have two left
We have Ariel with their hand raised
And they haven't allowed to speak
Hi, could you please state your name
And spell for the court sonographer
Yes, it's Ariel Salkowitz
Can you hear me?
Yeah, could you please spell your name, Ariel
Sure, A-R-I-E-L-L-E
S-A-L-K-O-W
Q-I-T-Z. Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I do. Are you a neighbor? Yes, I am. Are you for or against the project? Against. Thank you for
taking the time to close. We should have one more hand. We have a Hillary Sedgwick with their hand
raised. Okay. They haven't allowed to speak. Hi, Hillary, could you please state your name and spell
for the court stenographer? Sure. My name is Hillary Sedgwick, H-I-L-A-R-Y-S-E-D-G-W-I-C-K.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do. Are you a neighbor? I am. Are you for or against the project? I am against the project.
Thank you for taking the time to call us. We do appreciate it. Thank you. Are we done with our
hands, right? Yes, that would be correct. Okay. Planning Commission. This is Ron Bednar, City
Planning. Comprehensive plan recommended a change in zoning at this location from residential
single-family to residential multifamily. The zoning maps for this block were changed from
multifamily to single-family in 1979. The proposed group living is allowed with a special exception
in both the current and the recommended zoning districts.
The applicant has shown that the proposed group living will or should have no detrimental
impact beyond what might be expected.
The building's large size and complete lot coverage creates a hardship to comply with
the parking requirements.
City Planning Commission recommends that the board grant the proposed special exception
for group living and the proposed variance for off-street, for no off-street parking.
So here's where we are. We, for both lawyers, we'd like your summaries to be put on paper.