We believe that the proposed light industrial use is subordinate to the retail sales use
and that the impacts to adjacent properties will be consistent with uses allowed in CMX2.
We recommend that the board grant this variance.
we recommend that the board grant this variance thank you mr chaylor we're going to have our
Thank you.
Mr. Taylor, we're going to have our attorney go.
attorney go through all the documents to make sure that everything is in order and we'll get
back to you when we vote because i'm gonna have to look at the issue of a tax for your client to a
tax cert okay understood uh mr bergman thank you very much and i'll re-forward those documents to
you. Thank you. Thank you. MI 2021-005079-7205-15 Rising Sun Avenue.
We'll have our same attorney, Mr. Aldinger, will be part of this presentation. Vanessa Simpson is
the tenant? Ms. Simpson?
Simpson, you're free to speak. Just unmute yourself, please.
Hi, Ms. Simpson, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Ms. Simpson, could you unmute yourself?
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Yes, my name is Stephanie James, J-A-M-E-S.
I'm a counsel here for Mrs. Simpson.
Can you see me?
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you identify the relationship your client has with this property?
I guess I can.
Good morning to you, Mr. Chair, and to the other board members.
Again, my name is Stephanie James here representing Mrs. Simpson.
She's the owner and operator of the establishment known as the Event Spot LLC, which is now operating and has been at 7205-7215A Rising Sun Avenue in the city of Philadelphia.
Our vice chair, Carol Tenere, has a few questions for you.
Hi, how are you?
do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy? Yes. Have you
emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax compliance, a copy of the refusal and or
referral, photos and plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing? And have you met
with the RCO? And do you have a letter? Yes. So all of the above, I believe that the letter
was to be submitted from the RZO directly to the chairman and the panel. Also, I believe that
Mrs. Hillary Emerson is going to be available to give testimony or the board's position today.
Okay, you may proceed, Mr. Bergman. Well, yeah, just so I don't think Hillary is going to give
testimony today. I don't believe. Where was the packet sent? The packet was sent, and I'm looking
here at the email addresses to rcozba at phila.gov it was also submitted to s-u-l-e-t-z-b-a
at gmail.com and then it was also forwarded to mr jason and and this was tanya do we have any
of those documents um the rco i believe we received it but the address that they sent for
was not correct.
It's Saletta
So that A was left off
and that information was not
submitted to the right email
Okay, so
Council, listen to me
a minute. Here's what we're going to do.
You have all your
documents you can put up today, right?
Yes, we do have them available
at the bottom of the screen.
Okay, so here's...
Listen, please, please, please let me talk. We're going to go on, but we're going to have to have our council examine all the documents to make sure everything is there. So you can start your case, but we're going to have to take a look at this. We go on with the case. We're not going to vote it until the documents are all going through. So start your case.
Well, good morning to you all. I'm going to try to share a little technically challenge with you, the documents that have been submitted on April the 6th to you. This is a previously approved variance that was granted to my client on.
I'm sorry.
Did you hit the share? You did hit the share button?
Did you hit the share? You did hit the share button?
I'm trying to.
I'm trying to.
You can tell me.
We don't see it.
Can you see it now?
Okay, so how do I get to the share button?
Do you see a green button at the bottom of the screen?
You're going to hit that and then hit on your exhibits so that we can see them.
And then hit share.
hit share I'll do it I hit it share again but if it's green no no share let me let me do it
you do it it's her laptop there okay so okay so I'm going to let her operate it this is
and I operate it I'm a bit technically challenged so I do apologize to the board
here we have this is just a floor plan this is a floor plan that's in front of you if you can go
just a picture of the building itself.
Do me a favor.
Could you sit a little closer to the computer
so we can hear you just a little bit better?
Oh, okay.
I'm sorry.
No, no, that's okay.
We'll have to afford seats and I'll move over.
And so you can see a list of the table contents
with all of the exhibits we're attached to.
Okay, yep.
You can scroll through.
She's going to move that over so you can scroll through.
This is just an extension of the variance
that was previously granted to my client.
And it was valid through March of 2022. So we're just really asking for an extension at this time. All these documents were previously submitted to you for the original variance letter.
So we're also requesting that this variance be granted through the duration of her lease as a tenant. And her lease will run through June 30th, 2025.
So we're asking for an additional three months extension. Everything here is listed. There's not going to be any alteration to the existing structure. This will be no upset to the adjacent properties and buildings and businesses that are operated here. And this building has been operating as such as an event for ACE before my client's leasing of the property.
so are there any questions um do you have any photos of the property i mean
she's getting down to the photos okay okay sorry and listen i think the photos are
everybody's going to get a little dizzy
the photo should be exhibit j so did you go past it because you're at if you get the arrows to the
left to the left at the top right there right there sorry it's just a little closer so you
can see it but this is just an extension of an already permitted variance I believe they've
been running for three years and she's asking for that to be three years plus an additional
three months for the duration of her lease.
I'm sorry.
As far as the pictures are concerned,
did you...
I'm trying to.
I'm sorry.
I'm trying to get to it.
I'm going to have to move over.
That's fine, Alyssa.
This isn't my technology.
We're here at Establishment, actually,
as I thought it would be best.
and i apologize this was sent over
oh wait a minute hold it
there's an email and i need to your email that it's over there you see it there yes that's the
floor plan okay oh i didn't know that we had to do this today because we submitted everything in
I would have had this on a different
but it was up and running so all you have
to do is just
it's the arrows right there
I can't get over
I can't see it
I can try at this point
it has to be over
I have to move it over
give me one second
so do you have the pictures yes yes i do i'm sorry i'm i'm trying i'm trying to okay okay
here are the pictures she's gonna move it over now okay so here are the photos of the
a little bit yeah so the down and up here in that middle seat no you're not in the right place no
here in that middle seat no you're not in the right place no no no no wait hold it
no it's on there over there in the middle you have to make it large on the screen okay
so these are some of the pictures um the photos of the building if you go down
if you use the down arrow right there down at the bottom right i know that's right there
I want to put each picture on the screen.
So this is the event space.
It's located on the first floor of the building.
And there you go.
So you can see the zoning posting that was up.
It's just a picture of the event spot here.
so can you see the photos okay we're we're good with the photos um just click could you uh
could you uh have your client identify herself and spell her name yes hi i am vanessa simpson
right could you spell for the court reporter Vanessa V-A-N-E-S-S-A Simpson S-I-M-P-S-O-N
right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes all right counsel could you have her adopt your testimony
Mrs. Simpson have you had an opportunity to hear my testimony today
yes do you adopt my testimony as your own yes are you fully aware of the regulations in order
to continue to operate this business yes at this premise and location and do you have anything you
would like to say to the board um yes if i can just add um on behalf of my council i submitted
the information in um via email and i misspelled miss sutton's name and i was dealing with jason
hand and jason mr hand said that he would forward as a courtesy um the document to um to her that's
why i didn't send it back out again we're okay with that we understand okay all right questions
from the board no no mr chairman no mr chairman no mr chairman questions or comments from the
virtual audience here we have a miss tyson with their hand up yes hi miss tyson miss tyson you've
already been sworn just state your name kiyasha tyson right go ahead proceed um hi i'm from
councilwoman sherelle parker's office um and we support the applicant's request for the temporary
permit of three years and three months to run along her lease. Thank you. Right.
Any other comments from the virtual audience? I see no other hands, Chair.
Planning Commission? Thank you, Chair Bergman. Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning
Commission. Members of the board, this is a special exception use in the CMX2 zoning district.
we believe the proposed use will not cause detrimental impacts to the neighborhood
beyond what normally might be expected for the use we therefore recommend that the board grant
the special exception thank you um council
counselor i'm sorry yes okay so so we're going to go through all the documents we'll review the
documents we're going to vote on this next wednesday okay okay next wednesday at 9 30 we'll
vote but we have to take some time to go through all the documents all right we thank you and again
this is for a period of three years and three months so we're asking i understand
right okay thank you very much thank you so much you have a good day god bless you all stay safe
Okay. MI 2021-005-123-931 South 18th Street. First listing, no exhibits that we know of this time.
I see no handshake. One moment, Chair.
I'm promoting owners to panelists now.
did you interrupt me hi good day to the board hi could you state your name and spell
could you state your name and spell for the court reporter yes uh my name is Lawrence
It's Schles, first name L-A-U-R-I-T as in Thomas, S as in Sam, last name Schles, S-C-H-L-E-S-S as in Sam, Sam.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
What's your relationship to the property?
I am the owner's rep for the previous owner.
Since we received, I believe, affirmation of our request from the SASNA RCO and the affiliated two other RCOs, with the proviso that we do some trim and architectural upgrades to the existing rear non-conforming deck of the property, the ownership has transferred to the new owner, who I believe should be here.
is the new owner on here today i emailed him sir on the this morning to make sure that he
would be attending i told him to keep a zoom on the entire time who owns who let me ask you this
who owns the property now right now if you give me one brief second i've only been in communication
with the owner for the past week. Please give me one brief second. His name is Anirud, A-N-R-U-D-H,
last name Kolambi, K-I-L-A-M-B-I. And he acquired ownership of the property between
the RCO tenant of approval with the proviso. And I've been in contact with him and his real
estate agent in the past week or so um excuse me chair we have another hand up with the same name
as the owner's rep do you want me to allow them to speak yeah let's let's see who that is okay
uh hi sorry this is anirth kalambi just confirming that i am indeed on the call
you're you're the owner sir correct could you state your name please
yes my name my name is anirudh kilambi first name anirudh a-n-i-r-u-d-h
last name kilambi k-i-l-a-m-b-i you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth i do sir have have you submitted your package
uh yes if i can't speak is that okay well well i guess what we're trying to figure out is you
represent the past owner yes sir so uh so i i i think counsel are you online yes i am um mr
schletz are you an attorney no i am an architectural designer representing the previous owner and now