good afternoon mr elliot good afternoon chair members of the board could you state your name
please and spell for the court stenography my name is peter elliot p-e-t-e-r-e-l-l-i-o-t
right do you swear or further tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do could you identify your client the relationship to this property yes my client
IS 13 HOMES OPPORTUNITY LLC, WHICH IS THE OWNER AND APPLICANT.
OUR VICE CHAIR HAS JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL, DO YOU AGREE TO WAVE THE READING OF THE REFUSAL AND STIPULATE
TO ITS ACCURACY?
HAVE YOU EMAILED IN ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND EXHIBITS THAT ARE NEEDED AND REQUIRED TO
PROCEED WITH THIS CASE FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS HEARING?
YES, I DID.
please proceed and share your screen
is the board able to see my screen it's up it's up now sir okay
great okay so this property 5028 north 12th street is located in the logan section of the
city. So I'm just trying to orient you here with a satellite
image. This is exhibit five. And so the blue icon is where the
property is located. And the yellow boxes slightly to the
left, run up and down Broad Street. And the grass towards
the bottom of the image has Roosevelt Boulevard just below
it. So we can go down. So as you can see, this is another map of the same area showing the streets
as opposed to being a satellite image. That's West Roosevelt Boulevard down in the lower right-hand
corner. And the property is located near to the intersection of Lindley and 12th Street.
near to the intersection of Lindley and 12th Street.
So this is the image of a zoning map as the city has currently zoned.
It's in the RSA 3 district. As you can see, it's two blocks off of Broad Street, which has a much greater density along that corridor.
so this is a head-on image of the property it's the yellow one on the left as far as the twin
houses go this next image is looking straight down 12th street southbound again the property
is on the right it's the yellow house and this is looking northbound on 12th street
it's on the left this time it's the yellow house
so uh just by way of general introduction to my client 13 homes opportunity llc
uh the board may remember that we were here on two presentations previously on july 19th
relating to 31 1321 west wing of hawking street and 4645 north north 13th street those were
what we described as part of a scatter site proposal, and this is a continuation of that
scattered site proposal. So 13 Homes Opportunity LLC is a mission-driven LLC that strives to
eliminate societal prejudice and inequities. So they're committed to providing affordable
and workforce housing using high-quality building materials, renewable and sustainable technologies
with an energy-efficient design.
They install energy-efficient appliances,
brand new, in all of the units.
The goal here is to keep local families
in Philadelphia in the neighborhood.
I'll bring Leslie Hollins,
the real estate manager, on shortly,
but she will tell you that the goal
is to keep local families
who are either low-income or single parents
and give them a place to stay.
So they work with services, nonprofits, to keep families in their home.
The nonprofits help to screen.
Mr. Elliott.
It looked like it may be his Internet share.
This is how I noticed.
yeah i think you're right
yeah we have a hand up with kevin greenberg could that be his associate or well kevin
kevin greenberg's an attorney okay all right so what let's let's see maybe it's his associate
okay kevin greenberg you're free to speak yes members of the board hello good afternoon um
thank you for uh peter is my colleague he is down okay just for the record kevin state your name
please and spell for the course greenberg g-r-e-e-n-b-e-r-g right do you swear for him to
tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth of course mr chair i'm sure can you pick
up where he was um i cannot because he has this the the display on his screen and not here he has
texted me that his computer has crashed and he is rebooting so if you can hold on for a minute or
We'll hold for a couple of minutes.
Thank you very much, members of the board.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. Greenberg, are you still on?
Yes, I am.
I am texting him again to see what's going on.
Yeah, just see if he can't reboot.
If not, we can pick it up.
We will figure out a way to get the presentation back up.
And I can certainly put Ms. Hollins on and have her adopt the testimony because this really is essentially a version of the same program.
have her adopt the testimony, because this really is essentially a version of the same program you
saw. Yeah, we've heard from them before. So I appreciate this. I know we're the last one on a
long day. So. If you want to take a two-minute recess, Your Honor, we will be back up either
from my computer or his by then if you want to if you can he get to you yeah he's i'm going to go
down the hall i just have to figure out how to get oh okay okay all right i have to figure out
how to get to the slideshow is the problem okay all right we're going to wait two minutes all
right you got it i'll be right back okay
Bye-bye.
Thank you.
Mr. Chairman, he's in the process of re-registering.
He will be right back.
The computer is back online.
All right.
That's great.
Thank you.
Thank you.
he's coming back in as a panelist chair okay
okay peter
i apologize for that no that's okay peter uh so i i think i know where you were here's a question
for you. On that block where you're putting this on 12th Street, are the other homes multiple?
Absolutely. Yes. By our estimation, more than 50% of those homes are multiple units. They're
not legalized by our review. But there's plenty of parking on that block. I've parked with no
issue every time I've stopped by. And you can tell by the mailboxes and the meters on the
properties that those are multiple units. And the neighbors at the meeting said so as well.
So why don't you bring on the representative?
If Leslie Hollins is here, she can raise her hand and we will.
I'll ask her to unmute herself.
Leslie, please let us know when you are unmuted.
Leslie Hollins is free to speak.
Hi, Leslie, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Sure. Leslie Hollins, L-E-S-L-I-E, Hollins, H-O-L-L-I-N-S.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed, counsel.
So, Leslie, first, I'd just like to ask you if you could explain just a little bit more about the 13 Homes Mission on a national level and at the Philadelphia level.
Sure. So our family office does social impact infesting in mainly marginalized and disinfested neighborhoods.
And for the 13 Homes Project, we partnered with social service partners like Mr. Elliott stated, and we take housing that is blighted.
And we take housing that is blighted and return it back to the community.
Great. And so, Leslie, is the goal here to change the property as it is currently existing in terms of its shape or how many units are existing in it?
Right. Okay. And so, Leslie, did you hear all of my statements that I made previously before I got kicked off the system?
And would you agree with those statements?
I agree.
And would you adopt it as your own testimony?
So, members of the board, I can walk you through the exhibits that we have, but we have a letter of support from the community organization.
We have a letter of support from the city council member that came in this morning.
We do.
We have that.
We have Logan Civic and also the council member Phillips.
And so the neighborhood was unanimous.
All right.
So questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Chair.
No, Chair.
Questions or comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson?
Not at this time, Mr. Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no handshare.
Planning Commission?
Ron Bednar, City Planning.
Properties indicated for residential use on the city plan,
given the physical circumstances of the site.
We recommend, we have no objection to the granting advance.
Thank you.
MI 2023
002865
5028 North 12th Street
I vote yes
Thomas Holliman
my vote is yes
James Snell
my vote is yes
you have your three votes sir
thank you very much
thank you Mr. Elliott
and tell Mr. Greenberg
thanks too
we appreciate it
I'm sorry about that
thanks again
no no no it's fine
that's fine members of the board thank you for bearing with us we do appreciate it thank you
thank you thank you is there anyone in the virtual audience whose 3 30 case has not been called
i see no hands chair uh thanks everyone we're done for the day thank you bill all right
good night all thank you