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Thank you.
okay chair looks like we're good to go thank you tanya good morning 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 vice chair ms carol tenere board secretary confessor plaza and board members
thomas holloman and james smell snell board administrator tanya sunken and board attorney
Sharon Saleta are also in attendance. For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of
our virtual hearings, I'll go through some of the basics of what you can expect. First, we will be
administering oaths to individual 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, for 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. I'll
repeat, for 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
To enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
I'll repeat that as well.
To enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
With that said, we can begin, but before Vice Chair Tenere calls our first case, we'd like
to ask if anyone is requesting a continuance or withdrawal of an appeal listed to be heard
this morning.
If so, please raise your hand.
Ms. Sunkit will recognize you.
We have John Sabatina.
You can unmute yourself
And wait to be sworn in
And then speak to a continuing
Mr. Sabatina would you please
Spell your full name and
Give us your address
John Sabatina
It's J-O-H-N
S-A-B-A-T-I-N-A
Castor Avenue second floor
You swear and affirm to tell the truth
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Please proceed
I did put in for a continuance earlier on a written form yesterday, but I wish to make sure that it gets in.
I'm requesting a continuance because we've had a difficulty getting a meeting with the RCO.
Could you give us the calendar number, please?
Calendar number is 39966.
39966. And the address?
1541 Adams Avenue
okay calendar number 39966
1641 Adams Avenue is being continued
in addition I would like to request that the
continuance date be November the 10th
3 30 p.m. to coincide with the continuance that I have
for a property appearing before the same RCO
Mr. Sabatine, if you can discuss that offline with Ms. Sunkit.
Thank you, John.
Thank you.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
long folks mr folks please identify yourself and give us uh i'll swear you in and then you'll give
us the address and calendar number of the week for the request for continuance good morning
chairman and zba uh sloan folks that's sloane f as in fire o l k s office of councilwoman maria
can you only sanchez room 508 city hall you swear to firm to tell the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth yes sir i would like to request uh continuance on two cases before the
zba today the first is calendar number three nine nine zero three one six six five harrison street
um as of uh yesterday the rcos reported that they have not met with the uh applicants uh so
therefore we are requesting a very uh continuance um uh so that was that harris or harrison harrison
harrison street 1665 harrison street thank you number four okay all right calendar number three
3-9-9-0-3-1-6-6-5.
Harrison Street is being continued.
Do you have another case?
Yes, Chairman DiCicco.
Calendar number 39848, 1383 Sanger Street.
Again, the applicant has not met with the RCO,
and we would like to give them a chance to, well, by law, they have to meet,
so they need to meet.
What number is that?
uh the calendar number again is 39848 um oh that's that's that's 330 case i apologize
that's that's okay so um let me make sure we make sure i apologize um okay um and on the first
request could we see if anyone else is here yes please yeah i'm gonna ask that i'll ask that
question is there any uh do you have any others mr folks okay um i'm sorry chairman we see 20
seconds today yeah okay so 50 41 harrison is our adams in 1665 no sir no no sir not this morning
uh anyone else anyone else
mr chair which case was the sabatina case where there was the continuance request
1641 adams 1541 adams chairman no i'm talking about a different case okay i'm sorry that was
mr sabatina calendar number three nine nine six six got it any other requests for continuances
or withdrawals thomas medina
you can unmute yourself and speak to a continuance and if i could make the
correction it is 15. of course 1541 adams 1541 okay all right thank you uh
thomas medina
i do not see audio i don't see that either i'm gonna move to the next person
caller ended in 484 please unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in and speak regarding a
concern you. Yes, my name is Mary Catherine Bauer. I'm an
attorney. I represent Fremco. Excuse me, Ms. Barrow, would
you please spell your name for the stenographer? B as in boy, A
as in apple, U as in umbrella, R as in rabbit. And your address?
The address involved is 1665 Harrison Street.
that was just a request from the councilwoman's office for
yes i'm calling for continuance because i sent i sent in a request because uh mr robeson just had
open heart surgery okay so he can't justify mr folks from the council councilwoman sanchez's
office just made that request that case will be continued i heard that but i just want to make
sure that um they they know that yes we're on top of it it's just we can't uh testify right now
thank you thank you so any other requests for continuance or withdrawals or does someone anyone
any other requests for continuance or withdrawals or does someone anyone believe that a case
believed that a case.
is being continued in error here we have michael meacham michael you can unmute yourself and speak
to a continuance mr meacham would you please spell your full name for the stenographer and
give us your address. Michael, M-I-C-H-A-E-L, M-E-A-C-H-E-M, 2330 North 29th Street.
Where are the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes. Please proceed.
Oh, well, I'm calling on...
Give us the calendar number and the address of the property, please.
MI-2020-000224, 2330 North 29th Street.
You're asking for a continuance?
Okay. MI-2020-000224-2330 North 29th Street is being continued.
Yes, I didn't meet with the- We understand you're continuing, which is granted.
Mr. Medina please or Medina please stop unmuting yourself you're causing feedback
we will address you when appropriate
I'm sorry chair you can continue. Okay anyone else?
Medina you can now unmute yourself and speak to the continuance
yeah i'm calling about property 1541 adams avenue mr medina excuse me would you please spell your
first and last name and give us your address yes medina m-a-d-i-n-a my address is 4224 romaine
street for devil p at 19124 you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but
the truth yes please proceed give us the calendar number and the address of the property you're
concerned about. The address of the
property is 1541 Adams
Avenue, and I don't
know if it was today at 930 in the morning.
We already have a request in, Mr.
Sabatina. The attorney
on the case already made that request for
a continuance. Are you
in agreement with that?
They just keep postponing the date
so that nobody can fight for what they're trying to do
Are you the applicant, sir?
No, I'm not.
You're interested in a party?
Yes, I'm just a party.
I don't want them to come in and do what they want to do here.
As long as you put your appearance in, you'll get communication about the next date.
All right.
Thank you.
Any other requests?
We have a call-in user.
Call-in user.
There's no number.
Hello?
Good morning.
Please identify yourself.
First and last name.
Adrienne Fernandez,
Swampoodle Neighborhood Possibles
Association, RCO.
I'm calling to...
Adrienne, hold on. Do you swear
and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth? Yes.
Please tell us what case you're
concerned with. Okay, the
address is 2404
Lehigh Avenue.
you have a calendar number yes it's three nine eight six two questioning a continuance
yes um was it a continuance already granted i didn't hear the applicant speak and there's been
no um public meeting no one no one asked for a continuance yet but you okay so chair yes
the attorney of record sean ward submitted a request for continuance okay thank you
all right calendar number 39862 2404 lehigh avenue is being continued any other requests
that's all chair you can proceed all right carol again i don't have my sheet so if you don't mind
call the case calendar number 39612 1627 ritner street the attorney is leo mulvihill
i don't see leo present
if leo is not here can we move it to the end of the session because there was some confusion
about the scheduling sounds good i'll pull the other the next case 1019 arch street mi-2020-000730
the attorney is pascual colavita
i'm sorry that's a clerical error the attorney is in jen
and Zin Jin is being promoted to panelists.
Mr. Zin Jin, you can unmute yourself and share your screen.
Good morning.
Thank you, Tanya.
Mr. Jin, can you put your name and address on the record?
Zin Jin, Z-H-E-N-J-I-N, 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard,
Suite 1838, Philadelphia PA, 19103.
Here on behalf of the applicant.
And do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
You may proceed.
Thank you.
This is a second appearance before the board on the same application.
I'm going to go ahead and share the screen at this time.
Let me put the information up on the screen.
So, this is an application, particularly with an issue of FAR, the floor area ratio.
Just to refresh the board's memory, we had a presentation before.
The refusal itself indicates an FAR currently of 590%, whereas the permitted is 500%.
However, we were asked to go back to PCDC, who at the time voted strongly in opposition
of this case to represent an alternative status and see if there will be a substantial change
in the way the case would be voted through the community. We did two things. We went back to