Thank you.
There he is.
And Chair, you can begin when you'd like.
Good morning, Jim.
Good morning, everyone.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning as EVA hearings.
With me is Carol Tenere, our vice chair.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Ismail Shahid, our board secretary.
Present, Mr. Chair.
Thomas Holliman, our board member.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
James Snell, our board member.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our board attorney, Hillary Emerson, is also here.
Before we begin, here's our virtual format.
Be advised the proceedings are being recorded. By participating, you acknowledge your agreement
to be recorded. The video will be available by contacting tonyasunkett at phila.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves
before testifying. If you're participating by phone, if you wish to testify, press star nine
to raise your hand and star six to unmute. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email and the address of the property in question. Finally, please note the question
answer box is not for testimony or comments. Any comments should be directed to Tanya Sunken,
our executive director. Let's start today by talking about the continuances that we have.
Number five, MI 2022 001 395 341 North 52nd Street. This case will be continued. Number seven, MI 2022 001676 3618 Sears Street. This case will be continued.
Number eight, MI 2022, 001374, 4812 Knox Street. That case is continued. Number nine, MI 2022, 001391,
5221 Haverford Avenue. That case is continued. Number 10, MI 2022, 001396, 5813 East Worcester
Street. That case is continued. MI, number 12, MI 2022, 001680, 5710 Malvern Street. That case
is continued. And number 14, MI 2021-004-044-6701, the 41 Call of the Street. That case is continued
and will be marked, must be tried. Are there any comments from the virtual audiences with
the continuances? Good morning, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Hand. At this time, there are two hands
raised. The first one is
Mr. Ken Wood. I have allowed him
to speak. Sure.
Yes, good morning.
Hi, could you state your name
and spell for the court reporter?
My name is Kenneth Wood.
K-E-N-N-E-T-H.
Last name Wood.
W-O-D.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do. What case, sir?
Regarding
25 0 7 each east allen street id number two seven three zero five seven seven five
and i got another id number is zp dash two zero two one dash zero one six six six seven you're
saying almond street sir yes yes 2507 tell me what what your issue is relative to that well
the neighbor the community was never given it the 250 foot that's why that's why i announced
that's being continued. Oh, okay. I didn't catch that address. Yeah, I did. That was one of the
oh okay i didn't catch that that address yeah i did that was one of the cases i listed
cases I listed.
i'm sorry that that case you're right well i'm going to call that shortly and the attorney
should be getting on okay yes all right do you have any other issues excuse me uh mr mr chair
um mr wood are you calling as a neighbor are you calling on behalf of the registered community
organization as a neighbor protesting i i did all the registration beforehand
hand and it said I was registered. Okay. Okay. No, that's fine. Thank you very much.
You'll be here. That's the only case you have, right? That's the only one I'm here for.
All right. Is there a request for additional continuances? What's the other hand you have up?
Chase? Okay, sir. This is a hand raised from a number ending in 3297. I have allowed this
person to speak okay good thank you i could you state your name and spell for the court reporter
joanne joanne hand j-o-a-n-n last name hand h-a-n-d right do you swear to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth yes sir what case you want to talk about uh zp
2-0-2-1-0-1-6-6-6-7-2-5-0-7
Almond Street, AL. That case will be
you're a neighbor? Yes, sir.
I'm calling for a continuance. Okay, good. You'll hear that
shortly. Okay? Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Are there any other issues relative to the case as I continue?
Sir, I have one more hand raised from Mr. Dylan Mahoney.
I have allowed him to speak.
Mr. Mahoney, please unmute and wait to be sworn in.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Hi, good morning, Mr. Mahoney.
State your name and spell for the court reporter, please.
Dylan Mahoney, D-I-L-L-O-N-M-A-H-O-N-E-Y.
Right.
Do you swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
What case do you want to talk about?
Sorry, it was 1615 Elaine Street.
This is not one you called, but one I thought you asked for additional continuances.
twenty twenty two zero zero one seven one zero what's the what's the address 1615 elaine street
that's number one on the list mr chair we don't have any exhibits for that case yeah yeah we don't
have exhibits i'm going to be continuing that shortly okay okay thank you sir sure are there
any other requests for additional continuances? Okay. I do not see any hands at this time, sir.
Okay. Case number three, MI 2022-001-494-2507 Ammon Street. That case is continued. Mark must be tried.
Mr. Chair, can we see if either the RCO, the council office, or attorney for the applicant
are present? Because we did not receive an official request for continuance from one of
those parties. I will call it again. I just called for additional MI 2022-001-494-2507
Monomin Street, Adam Laver, or Council Member Squill's office.
Mr. Kline has his hand raised.
Allow him to speak?
Understood.
Mr. Kline, if you want to speak.
Thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Mr. Kline.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Certainly.
It's Jared, J-A-R-E-D.
Last name is Kline, K-L-E-I-N.
And I'm counsel for the applicant for 2507.
All right.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Is it OK to continue that, Mr. Klein?
Yes, it is.
We had previously discussed with the RCO and the counsel's office our desire to get a continuance.
The only thing I would ask is if you could do it as attorney moving party.
OK, thank you.
MI-2022-001-494-2507-Omin Street,
continue to turn to your moving parties.
Thank you very much.
Any other requests for continuances?
I do not see any hints at this time.
I also have several cases with no exhibits.
Number one, MI 2022 001-710-1615 Elaine Street. Patrick Jones is the expert that are listed.
Mr. Jones, if you are in the audience, please raise your virtual hand.
Mr. Jones, if you're in the audience.
Cases continue.
Mark must be tried.
Case number six, MI 2022 001761 3518 G Street.
No exhibits, first listing.
see no hands raised up okay that MI 2022 001 761 3518 G Street continue mark must be tried
and number 13 MI 2022 001 399 6642 Marston Street Lewis Cruz listed applicant
No exhibits, first listing.
Mr. Cruz does not seem to be in the audience for this case.
That MI 2022, 001-399-6642, Marston Street.
Cases continued.
Mark must be tried.
Any requests for withdrawals?
i see no hands mr chair thank you jason we're going to go to our add-on case
mi 2022 000 403 31 16 clifford street i vote yes
Her corrective refusal dated 1-7-22, revised plans, one page, stamped by ZBA on August 3rd, 2022.
Carol, unmute yourself.
Carol Tsuneri, my vote is yes with proviso.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with provisos.
Thank you.
James Snell. Yes, for Proviso. Jim, you don't have to vote. We're good. We were only three
of his present that day, but thank you. Case number two on the full list. MI 2022-003-266-2416-18
South 7th Street. Attorney Jeffrey Young. Letter of support from Lower Moy-Mencing Civic Association.
letter of support from State Representative Fielder,
and letter of support from State Senator Saval.
Mr. Chair, Mr. Jeffrey Young has been promoted to panelists.
And we were joining shortly.
Good morning, members of the board.
My name is Jeffrey Young.
I'm here on behalf of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia.
Thank you.
Mr. Young, just for the record, spell your name for the court reporter.
First name Jeffrey, J-E-F-F-E-R-Y.
Last name is Young, Y-O-U-N-G.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Our vice chair has a few questions.
Good morning, Mr. Young.
Do you agree to avoid the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, photos under plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing? Have you met with the RCO, and do you have a letter?
Okay, you may proceed.
Thank you.
And please share your screen. Sure.
Thank you.
Again, members of the board, my name is Jeffrey Young.
I'm here on behalf of the, excuse me, make my screen a little, I'm here on behalf of
the Cambodian Associates Bureau of Philadelphia for property address 2416 South Southern Street.
We're here today asking for two use refusals and one zoning refusal that I will get to
later on in the presentation. Here is our tax clearance to show that we are compliant.
Here is proof of ownership for deed dated February 28th, 2001 to the Cambodian Association of
Greater Philadelphia. So I want to start off by giving the board of
So I want to start off by giving the board a sense of where this property is.
This property is located in South Philadelphia on South 7th Street.
In between, to the north is Rittner, and to the south is Porter, and we're located on the west side of South 7th Street.
And as you can see here in the map, the area in this particular neighborhood is a mixed
use area with a number of commercial properties being used in the middle of the block directly
across the street from us is a Mexican restaurant.
As you can see to the south, there's Port of Beverage, which is also in the middle of
a block.
So in this particular neighborhood, there is a mix of many commercial uses that are in
places that are not traditionally used for commercial uses. But that can be attributable
to the zoning for this particular area. Our block is zoned as a mixed block zone, CMX1
and CMX2. And also the block north of us as well as also a mix of CMX1 and CMX2. So
What we apply for is for the erection of a secretary addition to our current property, as well as to use the property as a community center and a child care center.
Two use refusals are for use as the second floor as a community center and a child care center where CMX1 only does not allow for a non-residential use on that top floor.
we're also refused for we have a zoning refusal for a minimum real yard depth but as I'll get
through the presentation you'll see that this not that we have a hardship based on this non-performing
use you have to give the board a sense of the property this is the front of our property on
uh south 7th street um as you can see it's designed as a commercial building
um and on the block uh to the north of us i'm on our side there's a a mix of uh some single
family homes as well as uh apartments and multi-family use um on this on this particular
uh side of the street um this is the view is looking south um the block isn't as narrow as
it looks it's just uh the way the pictures came out i'm gonna just to give the the board a sense
of what the block looks like directly across the street from us. As I mentioned, it's a Mexican
restaurant. There's also an interior design studio to show that there has been a mix of these