Thank you.
Thank you.
Getting a guess for Raju, if either of them can unmute themselves, have they?
have they
i guess not um
Guess not.
you conclude yeah i'll conclude okay thank you uh questions from the board no no so just so you
know nagesh has texted me and said he's not able to unmute so no problem yeah no problem is there
For anyone else who wishes to testify in this matter, please raise your hand.
Chair I have Debra McCarty, Debra, you can unmute yourself, wait to be sworn in to testify.
Good afternoon, Ms. McCarty, would you please identify yourself with a record, spell your
yes good afternoon my name is debra mccarty d-e-b-r-a m-c-c-a-r-t-y i live at 3608
hamilton street debra do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
but the truth i do thank you please proceed so i just wanted to uh reaffirm the civic association
the RCO's position, on this reuse of the church, and we appreciate that they have worked with us
and made some revisions to the plans. We believe this would be a really good project for the
community and look forward to working with the property owners on making it a good place for
folks to live. And that's about it. Thank you. Thank you, Debra, and good to hear from you.
Anyone else who wishes to testify, please raise your hand.
Nijaru, now you have it. Yeah, hi, this is Negesh Ribikanti, one of the owners.
you need to identify yourself sir spell your name for the for the
stenographer my name is Nagesh Ravikanti N-A-G-E-S-H is the first name the last
name is Ravikanti R-A-B-I-K-A-N-T-I I live at 43 Zaits Farm Road
West Windsor New Jersey 08550
though. He was, I'm sorry, he was sworn, correct? We're in the firm to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you, I'm sorry. Nikesh, did you hear the statements
that I made to the board this afternoon? Every single thing. The only one correction, David,
at one point you said we have reduced the number of units from 25 to 20. I just want to show for
the record it's it's going down from 25 to 22 22 correct but you misspoke okay thank you for that
early on he said 22 later in this presentation he may have said 20. you got it right you got
it right the first time first time all right i was batting 500 so at least we take that any day
right now but um nagesh did uh other than that that that correction is uh was everything else
that i stated true and correct that is correct yes we adopted as adopt me statements as your
own i do and is there anything you would like to add for the board um no we're uh we're just
thankful we're looking forward to you know moving ahead with this project if it's approved thank you
anyone else wishes to testify please raise your hand
no hands at this time chair thank you planning commission
this property is indicated for residential use on the city plan we support the conversion of
this church into multi-family based on the changes made to the plans and the reduction
of units we have no objection to the granting of the revised variances thank you uh how many pages
david three calendar number three nine nine six two three seven two seven baring street
my vote is yes with proviso revised plan three pages approved today my vote is yes proviso
yes with proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso all right this concludes the three
excuse me chairman chico i'm sorry um
ms sunken believes that you did not add the proviso to the ellsworth street decision if you could
revote that
i'm sorry have the dog reloaded with proviso one page one revised plans one page
have the dog
revote
uh hold on let me get my uh okay all right that's the alarm to let you know that you didn't
it wasn't fun david if you keep talking that we're going to sig that dog on you so
wouldn't be the first time calendar number three nine nine five six
one zero one two ellsworth street my vote is yes with the proviso one page stand approved today
my vote is just proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso
okay we'll take a 15 minute break be back at four o'clock to start our 3 30 session
can i ask a question sure um sharon did we put on a continuance for fairmount
oh my god sharon you there
are you speaking fairmount on 3 30 we don't have it no two o'clock
Did we put that on record
that it was continued?
If not,
could we state it?
Yeah, I think we should.
Yeah, we should state it.
I have it on my list.
So what is the...
I apologize.
I missed that one.
It is...
No problem.
Just give me the calendar number
and the...
calendar number 39429 387 3857 north fair hill street
correct i'm sorry sharon um if i could mention that this address of question is calendar number
3883 1714 washington avenue we were waiting to see if the attorney showed up uh because we didn't
get exhibit packages so we're going to state that it's continued at this time that's right
all right thank you kindly all right be back around 405 thank you chair and vice chair thank
you thank you tanya okay
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Let's see. All the board members are here. Tanya, Sharon. Yep. Everybody's here.
we ready you can shake your head then you affirm it thank you
okay good afternoon everyone my name is frank di 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
tenere our board secretary confessor plaza and board members thomas holloman and james snell
along with board member board administrator tanya sunken and board attorney sharon saletta
will also be in attendance for those of you who haven't yeah haven't excuse me for those of you
who haven't participated in one of our virtual hearings i will go through some of the basics of
what you can expect first we'll begin this afternoon session by reading a list of cases
to be continued if you believe any announced case is being continued in error we will give
you an opportunity to respond after reading the continuance list and receiving any feedback
we will take any additional continuance request then once we've confirmed which hearings are
being continued vice chair carol tenere will begin calling the remaining cases listed for this session
When a case is called, we ask that attorneys representing applicants or other interested
parties in the matter identify themselves for the record. We will then hear the applicant's
presentation followed by any presentation by attorneys representing other parties.
Interested parties and members of the public not represented by counsel will then be given
an opportunity to testify we will finally hear the recommendation of the planning commission
at the hearing's conclusion we will either vote the matter immediately or hold it for discussion
in executive session any case held for discussion will be voted at the next scheduled wednesday
meeting wednesday morning meeting 9 30 a.m please note the following changes related to the
9.30 a.m. Please note the following changes related to the virtual format. First, we will
be administering oaths to individuals' 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 testifying. 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 repeat, anyone participating by phone,
If you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star 9 and then star 6 to unmute yourself.
Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google pound 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
Again, that is Google pound 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
With that said, we'll begin.
But before Vice Chair Tenere recalls our first case, we'd like to announce the following matters as being continued.
calendar number 39462 1410 alden street no exhibits calendar number 39427 1501 south 12th
street calendar number four excuse me calendar number four zero zero six five one one nine three
four stevens road i would ask at this time if anyone believes that a case is being continued
in error please raise your hand mr chairman yes on calendar three nine nine five nine twenty
21 north randolph street this is one of five properties on the same block of randolph that
are going to be heard if it could be continued until two o'clock tomorrow all the properties
could be considered together thank you thank you for clearing that thank you for clearing that up
and is there anyone who has any objection to that um statement that has just been read
it read into the record by Ms. Saleta if so raise your hand I just want to mention Sharon it should
be 3 30 right
While we're waiting for Sharon to get back on, is there anyone who believes that a case
is being continued in error.
If so, please raise your hand.
I believe that it's
2 o'clock. There's a
Randstead rather than Randolph.
That's being heard at 3.30,
but Randolph is at 2.
Tanya, I believe Leonard
wants to be on mute.
Sorry, confessor, I didn't
hear that.
yeah not at the spot he's for pine street okay i'm sorry no worries no worries i just have
isaac slepner with his hand up isaac yes uh good afternoon board um sharon slay is
isaac excuse me identify yourself for the record please uh sure thing isaac slepner uh with
matione limited 100 north independence mall west suite 5a northwest philadelphia pa 19106
um you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do um i i spoke with miss saletta this morning about 2021 north randolph street and she is
correct it um it was going to be continued to uh tomorrow august 19th at two o'clock
thank you i'm counsel on that i just wanted to uh chime in on that but thank you
so i have nothing further today thank you all right thank you okay one more time is there
anyone else out there who believes the case as was called in continuance as as being an error
anyone wishes at this time to request a continuance or withdrawal please raise your hand
Please raise your hand.
There's no hands up, but Chair, if you could,
could we hold one second while I speak to legal counsel?
This goes here.
Thanks, Chair. We're ready.
Thank you. Carol?
Calendar number 38817, 221 Pine Street.
This is an appeal against L&I filed by the Society Hill Civic Association.
I believe the attorneys are Vern Anastasio and Paul Bonney.
also leonard reuter for the city you know carol if you don't mind just before we begin
i think there's another case that wasn't on our schedule 1408 reed street calendar number three
nine nine five one i'm just wondering if that would be we should take that first because
generally appeals against an online take a little bit longer yes that's why i wanted to
ask our attorney if we could do that it would also allow the planning commission um representative
to leave after this is an excuse so uh mr bonnie and mr anastasia we'll get to you next we'll get
this other case out of the way all right thank you thank you okay calendar number three nine
nine five one 1408 reed street um darwin are you here for that it's darwin and i think meredith