Yes, I can.
Hi, Drew.
Could you change your name for me, please?
Change my name.
I don't.
I'll try.
Let me see if I know how to.
what does it doesn't it just say my name is it what does it say
drew it has my name because it's it's i sent you the link oh it came in on yours yeah
um no worries thanks we just want to identify who's who yeah yeah that's totally big because
didn't realize it always defaults to my name. Got it. Thank you. Thanks, Drew.
Here we have 49 attendees and we can start when you wish.
We're ready to go. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. My name is Bill Bergman
and I will be chairing this morning's ZBA hearings. With me is Carol Tenere, our vice chair.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Ismail Shahid, our Board Secretary.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Thomas Holliman, our Board Member.
Thomas is here.
James Snell, our Board Member.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also here is our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkit, and our Board Attorney, Hillary Emerson.
Before we begin, here's our virtual format. Be advised, proceedings are being recorded.
By participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded. The video will be available by
contacting TanyaSunkett at phila.gov. For the benefit of our court stenographer,
we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you are participating by phone, if you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email and address the property in question.
And finally, the question answer box on the screen is not for testifying or comments.
Any comments should go to our Executive Director, Tanya Sumter.
So let's look at our continuities that we have this morning.
Mr. Chair, this is Tanya. Would you mind if I just ask a check?
Mr. Holloman, can you just check in and do a voice audio check?
Yes, I'm present. I was disconnected for a while.
I saw that. I just wanted to check. Thank you, Chair. May you continue.
Sure. Thank you. Number two, MI 2022-001-065-131 West Walnut Lane.
Number three, MI 2022-001-059-1830 West Erie Avenue.
Number 9. MI 2022 001 062 439 West Susquehanna Avenue. Number 12. Hold on one minute. Hold on
one minute. Hold on one minute. Oh boy. Tanya, I have to go out a minute. I just got knocked
out here in a minute i'll be right back okay no worries chair tanya are we hearing number seven
first do you remember that is the plan i would ask attorney emerson to step in and state it
yes i i can confirm that we'll be hearing number seven first okay so six is continued
nine's continued for some reason i'm so mixed up this morning i don't know why no worries
thank you tanya you can continue number 12 has continued well well we haven't gotten to
number six yet um we had i'm sorry we had we continued number nine
um and right number 12 was the next one that needed to be called out for a continuance
but 11 is continued or will be said that we will continue we will we will yeah we will discuss
but 11 is continued or will be said that we will
11 after we finish the other continuances okay hi bill uh mr chairman sorry tanya i got knocked
out i'm good sounds good chair we're waiting for you to continue the continuances i'm good so
So number 12, MI 2022, 003-880-610-40 High Street.
And number 13, MI 2022, 001-110-6619 Musgrave Street.
All these cases are continued.
Is there any comments relative from the virtual audience about these cases?
Mr. Chair, if we could, sorry, Mr. Chair, number 13, the continuance was from the RCO.
Can we see if there's anybody here for 6619 Musgrave Street before we get any other comments?
Right. MI 2022-001-110, 6619 Musgrave Street.
contingency requested by the RCO. Is there anyone else here?
Good morning, Chair. I see no hands at this time.
Thank you. So all the cases I called were continued. Are there any comments?
Chair, we have someone by the name of Marvin Kilgore with his hand up.
Mr. Kilgore, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
yes Marvin Kilgore here 24 good morning morning do you swear state your name and spell for the
court reporter please uh Marvin M-A-R-V-I-N Kilgore K-I-L-G-O-R-E do you swear for him to tell
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes okay what case do you have Mr. Kilgore
uh number 24 um 2409 2410 north 19th yep right okay that's mi2022001116
you request to continue it's mr kilgore yes i do okay mr kilgore that'll be
must be tried to your next case
okay could you say that again your next listing will be marked must be tried you have to go on
the next time um chair this is time if i could explain a little bit um mr kilgore you um have
another date that will be scheduled where you must provide the exhibits timely as well as
If you post the property for your specific and detailed instructions, please contact our office.
And then we can assist you with how you can make sure you're going to be heard at the next date, okay?
Okay, and you guys will send me the next date as well?
Yes, just reach out to our office and we'll assist you further, okay?
Sir, I'm going to ask the staff to email you and then you can reach out with the information.
provided okay no problem thank you this is yeah so sorry this is this is hillary emerson um mr
kilgore are you uh do you either own or lease this property as a business or non-profit
organization uh as a business yes okay um if you are if you own uh if you own a lease as a business
entity you will need to have an attorney representing you at the next hearing okay
Okay. So you will not be able to move forward without that. So that is something we can provide you further information with, but I wanted to flag that for you based on the information that we saw for you as the applicant. Thank you.
Okay. Are there any other requests for continuances?
Chair, we have Rachel Ergood. Ms. Ergood, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair, please.
Good morning, everybody. I'm sorry. I am a resident at 600 East High Street. And I'm just reaching out and question.
Do me a favor. Hold on. Hold on one minute. Rachel, hold on one minute. Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Sure. Rachel Ergoode. R-A-C-H-E-L-E-H-R-G-O-O-D.
right do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do well proceed okay so um it's just been um with the 610 east high street property
it's been um two continuances and um we haven't had any communication um from this
And we haven't had any communication from this property owner about this, their proposal or appeals, and it's not posted.
And I'm just curious to how many.
So here's what we'll do is that'll be marked, must be tried.
Thank you.
Any other requests for continuances?
Here we have a Ms. or Mr. Sosa.
Mr. or Ms. Sosa, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair, please.
Hello.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Yeah, my name is Dofis Geraldino Sosa.
I'm calling in reference.
Do me a favor.
Spell your name, please, for the court reporter.
Doffy's D like David, O F like Frank, I S, Geraldino, G E R A L D I N O Sosa, S O S A.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
What case, sir?
I'm on the 1830 West Erie Avenue.
yeah i'm it's gonna be very quick i just received yesterday night a notice from the zoning board
that my case will be continued okay so i know we're going to continue i i announced that case
is continued uh and yeah and my my thing is because they say it's going to be continued
i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry the cheers said the case is continued please reach out to our
office for further information.
Thank you, Chair. You can continue.
Thank you. Is there any
other requests for continuances?
Chair, we have a Mr. or
Ms. Smith.
Mr. or Ms. Smith, you can
unmute yourself and wait for the chair, please.
Hi, could you state your name,
please, and spell for the court reporter?
Yes, good morning. It's
A. Luke Smith,
L-U-K-E
s-m-i-t-h right do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do and you you're case number two right correct right and 131 west walnut lane
correct and i apologize if i missed it i was just confirming that that um has been
that case is continued okay okay thank you thank you thank you any other requests for
continue. Chair, I see no hands at this time. Okay. Mr. Chair, I'm sorry to interrupt. This is
Ian Hegarty with the Commission. I wanted to note for the record and for the staff in regard to 610
to 40 High Street, this case is also scheduled for civic design review, which will need to be
completed prior to the board hearing this item um so if and they haven't yet initiated that process
for the city planning commission so just wanted to make a note for that um tanya we can coordinate
that thank you leon i appreciate that thank you that sounds great but chair if i could
since he already spoke just make sure that ian yeah thank you right you know he'll swear in next
time. Case number 11, MI 2021-004-665-5832 Old York Road. Lori Maislin is the attorney.
Can Ms. Maislin get on, please?
Ms. Maislin, if you're in the virtual audience, can you please raise your hand?
she's coming back in as a panelist here thank you
Ms. Baselin please state your name and spell for the court reporter
good morning mr bergman my name is laurie l-o-r-i j is my middle initial and then han h-a-h-n
and maslin m-a-s-l-i-n and to make it easier for you it's just maslin thank you um do you swear
for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes we are continuing your case
today we have to have it posted the proper way and the posting has to be up for 21 days
um here's uh my problem uh we uh i entered my appearance back on march 19th uh nothing was sent
um and uh nothing was sent to me my understanding is an email was sent on march 27th i believe
27th, I believe, to the applicant. He indicates, and I believe he is on, that he has never received
to the applicant.
anything. I called the offices, the administrative offices. I was told to post the letter in advance,
which I did, and I made sure it was posted. Unfortunately, the letter did not have
the specific instructions for signing on so so listen to me the letter was not what needed to
be posted the zoning poster had to go up it didn't go up it has to be up for 21 days we're
continuing the case okay this was um and and i apologize but this has been um this was posted
this was on an expedited can we get a short date my guys have been put off what we're going to do
is we will talk to our executive director
and you can call the office
and we'll see what we can do.
But we have to move on today
and your case is going to be continued.
This is Chai Chair.
This is Tanya.
We did discuss this via email.
Ms. Maslin, if you reach out to me,
I can assist to ensure
that you will get a timely
continuing state.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you.
I appreciate your time
and uh have a great day all right thank you we're going to move to our add-on number one
mi 2021 mr chair this is hillary um uh attorney stern uh has his hand raised i believe he's trying
to request yeah i was waiting for him i didn't see him before okay thank you yes yeah he just
put it back up hi mr stern could you state your name and spell for the court reporter
mr stern please unmute yourself i'm sorry can you hear me now
we can can you hear me your name and spell for the floor reporter douglas stern
s-t-e-r-n attorney for applicant for 103 widener right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do so mi2022-001-087-103 widener street
you're requesting a continuance yes i am there's some issues i'm having with that
applicant okay all right thank you very much is it possible that i have another case listed
in october is it possible to put it on october 19th you'll have to call mr stern call the others
I'll call him. Thanks. That's all I need to know. Thank you.
All right.
Okay. Add on. MI 2022 004041 1820 West Venango Street.
I vote yes with provisos.
Maximum four units.
No balconies.
Interior trash storage.
one page of revised plans
which can be
stamped by the ZBA on July
13th, 2022.
Mr. Chair, am I voting
on this case? Yes.
Yes, everybody