uh it's it's bill we are live it's bill we're live okay thank you uh and tanya and fatina
we'll give you a few minutes yes let us know when you're ready
well we have 24 attendees are we ready to go and if you are yep okay all right good morning
everyone my name is frank de chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment
i'll be participating in today's hearing along with our vice chair ms carolton erie
present okay uh board secretary confessor plaza present and the board members mr thomas hollowman
present and mr james snell present also in attendance is our board administrator for today
ms fatina l and our board attorney ms sharon saletta also our zoning board administrator
moderator, Ms. Tanya Sunkit, is available as well. 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, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded,
pardon me, and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded
and that the recording will be made available to the public by contacting Ms. Tanya Sunkit
at tanya.sunkit at phila.gov. For anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify,
you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
I'll repeat that.
Anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
And I will repeat that.
to enter an apparent statement call google number 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and the address of the property at issue and i would like to remind everyone please do not attempt
to testify in the chat uh any questions comments or concerns should be directed to our board
Administrator Ms. Vatina L. Having said that, I will read a list of requests for continuances
and or withdrawals from the 930 list. Case number two, MI 2021-002627, 1302 North 50th Street,
That's 50 Street is withdrawn. Case number three, MI 2021-002632. 1444 South 52nd Street.
Cases continued. Case number six, seven, eight, and nine. Case number six, MI 2021-002-628-1931-33
Rawn Street continued. MI 2021-002624. 1915 Watkins Street is continued. MI 2021-002630.
1913 Watkins Street is continued, and MI 2021-002625. 911 Watkins Street is also continued.
If anyone objects to the continuance and withdrawal case that I just read into the record,
please raise your hand. Only if you object to the case that I just read into the record as
being continued or withdrawn. Chair, we have Gabrielle Joyner. Please unmute yourself and
please wait for the chair. Gabrielle, please spell your first and last name and I'll swear you in.
Gabrielle, please spell your first and last name, and I'll swear you in.
Gabrielle, G-A-B-R-I-E-L-L-E, Joyner, J-O-I-N-E-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Ms. Joyner?
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you. Please proceed.
um so i am objecting to the location of these properties being turned into from single family
zones i'm sorry ma'am what what's case what properties you're speaking to the three properties
on walkin street that case those cases are being continued what does that mean we're not hearing
the cases today they'll be continued to another date you'll posting will be put up for the next
hearing and you can testify at that case at the time of that hearing can i object to them being
allowed to be continued you can but we're going to continue them because we don't have the attorney
for the applicants no one else is here to testify but we'll note that and if you still are opposed
to the uh to the these properties being converted or whatever the case is because i don't have that
information in front of me, you're welcome to call back at the next hearing and state your
opposition. Will I be able, will they have to repost a notice for when it's going to be? Yes.
Okay. Okay. Object. Thank you. Anyone else object to any of the cases that have been
continue being continued I see no handshake and I will now ask thank you I will now ask if anyone
would like to request a continuance or withdrawal for the 9 30 list please raise your hand
chair we have house please unmute yourself and please wait for the
good morning hal please spell your first and last name and i'll swear you in
uh good morning first name is actually henry h-e-n-r-y last name is shirmer s-c-h-i-r-m-e-r
you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes i do i'm sorry for cutting in
commission. That's quite all right. Requesting a continuance for 6227 Lancaster Avenue was
retained on this case recently. We just got essentially a letter saying that these
That's not on the 930. Is that the 930 list? Yes, I believe you already read it as continued
chair. It's number 12. I didn't hear it go through. Sorry. I actually did not read it.
i apologize okay thank you we it's not marked as continued so 6327 lancaster you're requesting a
continuance correct correct all right i'll read that into the record mi 2021 i'm sorry i don't
know this is tanya the zba administrator i don't know if it's appropriate not but mr reuter is
available for this case as well mr reuter and he there was there were emails back and forth on
this case mr reuter um stated that he had no objection either and it's a case where he couldn't
have gone forward because there are no exhibits right can you please identify yourself and we'll
get you on the record thank you uh sure thank you uh may please the board leonard reuter r-e-u-t-e-r
for the city of philadelphia um yes we're firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the
truth? I do. The reason why we're involved is Mr. Shermer indicated that there's likely or there
will be an appeal against L&I added to this case, but we discussed the matter via email.
And obviously, we're agreeing to the continuance, but also, and Ms. Saleta can clarify this, I
believe the applicant may be amending their permit application. And I'm not 100% sure,
but i believe the the board would need to authorize that amendment and we're obviously
have no objection to that and that would be something that would be handled by a letter
a letter to um just a letter yeah okay i'll explain the process to mr firmer offline okay
great thank you thank you all okay so mi 2021-002621 6327 lancaster avenue is continued
Any other requests for continuance or withdrawals on the 930 list?
Chair, we have Jacqueline Baez. Please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Good morning, Ms. Baez.
Good morning, Ms. Baez.
Please spell your first and last name.
I'll swear you in.
Jacqueline Baez.
J-A-C-K-E-L-I-N.
Last name Baez, B as in boy, A-E-Z.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
You're calling regarding 1210 Elbridge Street?
Are you asking for a continuance?
yes um excuse me miss bias i i did receive all of your documents you are not you do not want to
go forward today i would love to go forward but i was told that my letter from the rco meeting um
i was supposed to do a verification uh melon uh certification letter to the um neighborhood
i mail the letters out but i did not do the melon certification part okay um but we do
have a letter from the rco in opposition if i mean if we if we can go forward you know but that was
the only thing that the rco said you know i didn't verify i didn't have my melon certificate
okay and that might have been the reason for opposing so it probably is better if you continue
and go through the necessary steps and come back.
Correct.
Thank you.
So MI 2021-002622, 1210 Elbridge Street is continued.
Must be heard.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
Chair, we have Hillary Emerson.
Morning, Ms. Emerson.
Please identify yourself.
I'll swear you in.
Yes, Mr. Chair.
hillary emerson on behalf of councilwoman sherelle parker e-m-e-r-s-o-n work for him to tell
the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes i do um i'm up can you hear me yes okay um so
here about two cases one the the elbridge um street case um we advise the applicant to request
a continuance because letters were not sent notifying the community of the meeting um so
we need to have another meeting um where the the neighbors receive notices about the meeting so i
just wanted to clarify yeah clarify that case that case is continued right right i heard that i just
wanted to clarify the reason for the continuance um the other case i'm here on is 5929 north 5th
Street, and I understand from talking with the attorney that there's a continuance that's supposed
to be requested, but I haven't heard it requested yet. I think Justin Crick is the attorney for
that case. Well, Mrs. Sharon, we didn't receive exhibits for this, so it would have to be
continued. Okay, yeah, there was no meeting held yet, but I understand Mr. Crick was being retained
and they would be requesting a continuance, but I didn't hear it. Okay, thank you, Hillary.
thank you all right uh sharon do we need to get mr crick or could we just continue it
um i think you can just announce it as continued unless he is present and raises his hand and has
an objection to that but it would have to be continued in any case all right i'll see if
he's out there is mr crick out there no chair not listed under his name okay thank you so case
number 11 mi 2021 that's zero zero two six three three five nine two nine north fifth street is
continued must be heard that only leaves us with two cases i believe um anyone else requesting
a continuance or withdrawal i see no handshake okay with that i believe we go to case number
4, MI 2021-002629, 1713 North Kroski Street. Rachel Pritzker is the attorney of record.
My notes indicate we have not yet received a letter from St. Elizabeth's RCO.
oh mr chair this is sharon you actually we did receive it after the executive session
um mary jones um reached out to the rco i emailed that letter to all the board members
okay thank you all right then we can proceed mr saverin please identify yourself and i'll
swear you in sure uh brandon saverin of pritzker law group uh b-r-a-n-d-o-n um s is in sam a v
as in victor r-a-n you swear a firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
yes i do thank you
Yes, I do.
Thank you. Ms. Teneri has a few questions for you.
Carol?
Okay, yeah, I was muted.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes, I do.
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with the required documents consisting of proof of ownership, tax compliance,
a copy of the refusal or referral photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this
hearing and have you met with the rco and do you have a letter um yes to all the above madam vice
chair except the letter and um if if i could ask sharon um is this um sharon i know that the board
was missing several letters from this rco from from you know watch brandon we've actually received
it i did not i'm i didn't copy you but i did see that when mary jones sent it she copied rachel
would you like me to send it to you right now sure was it in support no it was not it's in
opposition okay uh that's that's really out of the blue to me uh we we had a vote in support at the
meeting but um would you like to be moved back one case so that you have a chance to review this
yeah that would be very helpful thank you okay thank you all right we'll go to number 10 on our
list mi 2021-002631 536 green lane jake griffin is the attorney of record central
Roxborough Civic Association sent a letter of support.
Mr. Griffin, if you can unmute yourself, identify yourself, spell your name, and I'll swear you in.
I'm sorry, Chair, which case did you call?
There I am, sir, I believe.
Number 10.
okay i think um there was also number five i skipped five i'm sorry mr griffin if you can
hang in there a minute i have another case to go to we'll get right back to you all right case
number five my apologies mi 2021-002 613 1828 south second street the applicant uh is dorothy
vissack v-i-s-a-c-k a letter of non-opposition from councilman mark squilla i don't know if we
received a letter yet from pensport civic so miss vizack vizack if i'm pronouncing that right
i'm sure we did receive a letter we actually just received that and it is in support okay thank you
chair there's no hands being raised at this time one moment here she is
miss visek
hello hi uh please spell your first and last name and i'll swear you in
d-o-r-o-t-h-y v-i-s-a-c-k and do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth yes thank you um you are the owner of this property correct yes it's not
a corporation or an llc right no okay so tell us ma'am what what it is you're here for i'm sorry
Ms. Tenere has some questions for you.
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with the required documents consisting of proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal or referral, photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing?
And have you met with the RCO and do you have a letter?
except for I am fighting the tax
the tax
clearance. Excuse me, this is Sharon. I went to the revenue site
and the property is tax compliant.
Thanks, Sharon. Okay, you may proceed.
I'm just trying to
make more parking on the street. I didn't
I don't need the lot anymore for a yard for the kids, so I decided to make it park.
Do you have any exhibits you can share with us?
I guess I sent them all.
Are you able to share them with the board this morning?
um i can it might take me a minute just to send them no worries no worries
I can. It might take me a minute.
um send them to you
I want to forward your little stuff I forwarded to.
Ms. Vizek, to be clear, the board is probably interested in seeing any photos or plans that you can share with them.
Chair, this is Tanya.
Would it be okay if we can give her a minute offline to get set up?
and then Mr. Griffin is saying in the Q&A
that he's ready to go forward.