middle. There have been salons on the first floor, real estate office, and my client is going to be
opening up only the third franchise of a bubble tea phenomenon that is sweeping the area, and I'll
get through that with you in a moment but typically this is just a special exception
and we went through here's the interior here's an interior door here where there's some tables and
chairs and then there is a point of sale contact people get their their bubble teas and all sorts
of other frothy drinks and sit down and or take out.
Let me show you some lighting plan.
There's a power plan.
My client is a graduate of the business school here at Temple.
This is his first venture.
We've got a trash area over here.
There will be commercial trash pickup.
Here are some of the renderings. As you can see, the counter space, individual stools,
lots of lighting to keep it bright.
All high-end finishes. And then some information about where the teas are grown. This is just not
a regular tea shop. It's an actually pretty interesting place. We'll get into that in a
minute ADA compliant restroom. Here's the front of the property.
Here's the interior. The chain is called Gong Cha. There is, I'm going to zoom in here if I can, found in 2006 in Taiwan.
Here's the interior.
Uh, the
They deal with fresh tea brewing all day, pearls and bubbles, freshly prepared to perfection.
The tea is sourced from the finest tea estates in Taiwan, and there are strict controls for all ingredients.
Right now, we have 1,800 locations worldwide of Kung Cha across 20 countries.
so i think it would be behoove philadelphia to get in on that action
things like winter melon dirty brown sugar tea a creme brulee brown sugar milk tea which still
comes in under 650 calories we have a creme brulee strawberry latte you know pretty uh pretty tasty
stuff if you're into that uh and not going to uh bust the waistline here is where my cursor is
where we would we would sit uh it's right across the street from excellent cafe which is got a
very well a good name for itself as does han dynasty and the plow on the stars we know all
these places. And Amada and Forsythia and Budokan are right down the street, not to mention the
National Liberty Museum. So we believe it'll be a wonderful addition to probably what is one of
Philadelphia's most exciting restaurant and dining scenes. So like I said, there are three
places in philadelphia right now one in chinatown on arch uh one in the wing fat plaza i believe at
12th and washington avenue uh and then one in the cherry hill mall but so which could couldn't be
more different than chinatown or wing flat plaza but it shows that it does attract folks of all
stripes. I did not, was not able to pull because of the system, a tax cert, but there is proof
that I've submitted of zero tax balance from the Office of Property Assessment. We met with the
old city RCO of full support. I know Jen sent over a letter from Councilman Mark Squilla's office
also expressing his support. I have proof of mailing that went out to 71 individual households
within 300 and some odd feet of 130 chestnut. And we have our flyer that went out as well.
This is page one of the flyer that went out. In addition to the photos provided,
I move into evidence the additional photo I sent Attorney Emerson that shows the proof of posting prior to the weather tearing it down.
But we were. And Mr. Mr. Asazio, I can confirm I did just receive the email that you sent with the updated packet and the photo.
Thank you very much. Thank you. You're quite welcome.
With that, if there's nothing else, I'd like to ask Mr. Tanner Tran to raise his virtual hand.
so we can get him on the record. Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Hello, good morning. My name is Tanner Tran. It's spelled T-A-N-N-E-R. Last name is Tran,
T-R-A-N. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do. Proceed, counsel. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Tran, did you hear my presentation
to the board this morning yes is it true and accurate to the best of your knowledge
yes and do you adopt it as your own testimony yes and with that i'm going to close the case
mr chair and open it up for any questions questions from the board no mr chairman
questions or comments from the virtual audience
i see no hands chair planning commission thank you chair bergman ian hegarty for the philadelphia
city planning commission board members the proposed special exception is not likely to
cause detrimental impacts to the neighborhood beyond what would normally be expected for the
use the city planning commission recommends that the board grant the special exception
Thank you. MI 2022, 004-467-130 Chetson Street. I vote.
0-0-4-4-6-7-1-30 Chetson Street.
I vote yes.
Harold Sinneri, my vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shahi, my vote is yes.
Thank you, counsel.
Have a good morning.
Is there anyone in the virtual audience whose case has not been called?
I see no hands, Chair.
um okay thanks everyone it was short day but i i want to thank the staff for that
the case we had uh in south philadelphia that without the staff we would have not got through
that so i want to thank everybody um and we'll see everybody tomorrow oh no we're done
come on phil let's just make up some cases
we can talk talk a little more about the quality of the tea
that's right i was hoping it was going to be chai tea i love chai tea
maybe somebody could go down there and talk to them i don't know everybody have a nice day
you too have a good one thank you everyone as well i'm gonna see you tomorrow