this project or against in favor thank you very much for taking the time to call us we appreciate
next hand please who has been allowed to speak
Next hand, please.
Who has been allowed to speak?
Good morning.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Susan Mansell, S-U-S-A-N-M-A-N-C-I-L-L.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do, sir.
Are you a neighbor?
I'm a resident of Maniunk, and I am a friend of Mark and Julie's.
Okay. Are you in favor of this project or against?
I am in favor of it. And my reason being, I just wanted to bring up the one thing that I just heard from another opponent about problem houses.
I think that the way that they plan on managing this would be less of a problem house because it would be more short term.
Whereas you have landlords in Manioc who just let anyone go in and have the parties, whereas they're there for a year, two years or three years where it's very hard to get rid of them.
and i think they've thought very well about this and that's why i'm in favor of it thank you so
much for taking the time to cause is there anyone left in the audience yes we have two hands jack
jeffson has been allowed to speak first and could you please state your name and spell for the
sonographer official name is john j-o-h-n jeffson j-e-t-h-s-o-n you swear or firm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes are you a neighbor yes i actually own two houses
within three blocks of the property in question are you in favor or against this project
absolutely in favor and i just want to talk about this uh the board talking about the problem houses
or the potential hardship um but just so you know we've we've had some testimony about that
And I understand to make a comment real quick. Sure. You can make a comment. Go ahead.
The the problem houses as a long term resident down there are often rented out to college seniors in their last year at most of those universities.
And they're the ones partying. They're living there for a year plus.
So I see this as a benefit in getting not renting to them a large which could become a large frat house or other things.
um mark's taking great care of his properties and i don't see why this uh variance shouldn't
be passed thank you very much for calling us last hand please
there are no more hands okay thank you planning commission
good morning um just to state and spell my name i'm john lavacar
excuse me sorry john uh j-o-h-n lava car l-a-v-a-c-c-a-r-e but do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes i do please proceed
so the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single family zoning at this
location there is no unique physical condition or circumstance of this property that would prevent
it from being used in conformance with the zoning code therefore the city planning commission
recommends that the board deny the proposal thank you um mr catcherville please
yes sir so mark we've had testimony on on both sides of this what i'm going to do is we're going
to take this to our executive session and i believe it's july 10th is am i correct hillary the next
Yes, July 10th is our next meeting date.
On July 10th, we will come back and we will vote on this at the 9.30 a.m. meeting, okay?
Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.
Thank you for your testimony.
Okay, thank you. We're going to move on to number eight.
MI 2023-004-598-4422 Old York Road.
Vanessa and
Cosary Lattimore are the owner
of applicants?
Vanessa Lattimore
will be joining us as a panel.
I would also state
there's unanimous
support from the Logan Civic
Association. Good morning. Good morning. Could you please state your name and spell for the
court stenographer? Vanessa Latimore, V-A-N-E-S-S-A-L-A-T-I-M-O-R-E. Do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Yes. All right, so this application
is for use as a two-family household living in an existing semi-detached structure. The
The proposed use to family household living is prohibited in the RSA-5 zoning district.
The proposed use to family household living is prohibited in the RSA 5.
Our vice chair has a few questions for you.
All right.
Good morning, ma'am.
Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that is needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
Yes, I did.
Thank you, ma'am.
Please proceed and share your screen.
All right.
The green button at the bottom of your screen.
All right.
are you able to see it no not yet no it's only please make sure you have the documents open
yes I opened them then push share screen
and then it's going to ask you what documents you would like to share you
will click on those documents and it should pop right up
might I just ask what kind of computer you're using um this is a macbook
understood sorry um dp zill I mean bill you know how to do a macbook
I have no special information
from a Macbook. Is it giving you an error message
or what's happening when you hit the green
button?
Let me see. It's saying join new meeting.
Let me come out of that.
I'm not sure why that's saying
that. Okay. So it says
entire screen desktop one
or do I hit
documents at the top?
The documents you would like to share.
Whatever documents you have open.
Are you able to see it now?
No, not yet.
Really?
And this is right on my, it's right here.
I'm sorry.
No, that's okay.
so so here's what we're going to do we're going to move on to the next case and see if you can
figure out what to do or make calls to friends or whatever and we'll hold you to the end and
we'll bring you back okay so let's let's say so i'm going to move to another case but i will call
you back in probably about an hour about an hour okay okay all right thank you very much thank you
Okay, so here, let's go.
So number one, MI 2021-004-387-6809 Woodland Avenue.
Vernon Anastasio is the attorney.
Applicant has four letters of support from organizations who work with him to house individuals in the past.
There's no RCO letter or summary, but notice was sent to the nearby neighbors with proof of the mailing.
Morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, counsel. Could you please state your name and spell it for the court stenographer?
Sure. It's Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O, and I represent Mr. Kendall Singleton.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Our vice chair has a few questions.
counsel yes sir good morning good morning counsel do you agree to weigh the reading of the refusal
or stipulate to its accuracy good morning i do have you emailed in all the required documents
and exhibits that is needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing
yes sir thank you counsel please proceed and share your screen thank you mr chair and members
of the board i'm going to be asking for a hearing hold in this uh we have been meeting with the
uh southwest philadelphia coalition uh and we have a meeting of the minds it's just a matter
of putting together a cba so uh as a result i'm going to ask that we present our case today
and then you hold the vote until the rco consortium can weigh in all right please proceed fair enough
thank you
Okay, we have a 70-page exhibit packet today, and I'm going to walk you through it.
We have the application for the appeal, the floor plan, photos, and, of course, the zoning poster and proof of posting, RCO notification.
And, of course, the zoning poster and proof of posting, RCO notification, several support letters that have been submitted, and we have also the rules of the property, and then additional tax clearance and overhead views and things like that.
and of course
I'm going to close this and reshare
for some reason it's not showing up
please excuse me I'm having some technical difficulty
I'm going to pull it up again
Just bear with me one moment
while I put it into
proper format.
Okay, I hope you could see that.
We do.
Okay, thank you.
So the application is for a one family dwelling on the first floor and a single room residence above.
We're going to get to the plans.
so i can walk you through them the basement is strictly for storage and utilities uh the first
floor is a full uh two bedroom uh apartment and then the top floors are you know one large
apartment uh with a shared kitchen and one two three four five bedrooms and two shared baths
The way Mr. Singleton would operate this is many of the people who live in the five-bed single-room residence are folks looking for housing, and those folks often need something that's affordable, and it's something that is approachable.
And what we do have there is also one of the longer-term residents who are there will always serve as the caretaker of the building and the manager of the building.
Here are some photos of the area in general.
Here are some interior photos of the property.
Very well maintained.
and mr singleton has this sort of single room residence operation in other parts of the city as
well and it's ostensibly supportive housing because but for these rooms these folks would
not have clean safe and secure units to live this is the two-page letter of notification
These are the 59 households that were mailed.
And we have a proof of mailing right here from the 58 households.
Here's the poster that went up.
We've got adequate trash storage.
No 311 calls, no 911 calls to either this property, which is not fully occupied now until we get this passed,
but in any of the other properties as well that Mr. Singleton operates single room residents.
And then we've got several letters of support, CTT Community Treatment Centers,
saying that Mr. Singleton offers a pathway for many of their folks to get clean, safe,
and secure housing. RDS Home Care by Mr. Dashay Brown, again, exceptional choice for his company
to provide their clients with approachable
uh uh clients with uh approachable uh housing for low-income individuals and families
the valley youth house again uh professional relationship since 2020 and over those four
four years um mr kendall's has provided apartments for several of their young adults
in various housing programs.
And then we have yet another COO of Wellness Home Care Solutions,
where Mr. Singleton has been offering space for their clients
who need clean, safe, and secure housing.
There are strict rules and regulations to the house,
zero tolerance of any drug or alcohol activity.
Again, not 1-3-1-1 or 9-1-1 call ever an issue at any of the properties, including this one.
The first floor tenant has been there for over a decade.
And I'm going to bypass the deed and show you Woodland Avenue.
This is the subject property.
There are other types of housing, supportive housing on that block as well.
Woodland Avenue is a very high-trafficked thoroughfare with public transportation.
It makes it ideal for smaller housing units to be on that corridor.
And because of the physical uniqueness of the property, it being zoned for single-family residential, and it being completely impractical to turn what has always been historically either multifamily or commercial mixed-use property, we respectfully request that this variance be granted.
And with that, I'd like to call Mr. Singleton to the stand if he could raise his virtual hand.
Thank you.
Kendall Singleton has been allowed to speak.
Good morning, sir.
Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Kendall Singleton is K-E-N-D-A-L-L, last name S-I-N-G-L-E-T-O-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Please proceed, counsel.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Singleton, did you hear my presentation to the board this morning?
Yes, I did.
Is it true and accurate to the best of your knowledge?
Yes, it is.
Do you adopt it as your own testimony?
Will you continue to use the relationships as demonstrated in the evidence packet, those letters of organizations, to house this building?
Absolutely.
Thank you. I have no further questions.
I do believe there are maybe some folks in the gallery who might want to talk.
Thank you.
What question is from the board?
No, Chair.
No, Chair.
No, Chair.