CHAIR, WE HAVE 12 ATTENDEES.
YOU CAN PROCEED AS YOU WISH.
BILL BERGMAN, I WILL BE CHAIRING THIS MORNING'S EBA HEARINGS.
Before we start, we want to take just a moment of silence for Joanne Epps, Temple's great president and former dean of the law school.
She's just affected so many people in the city, suddenly died yesterday.
So we're going to just take 60 seconds of a moment of silence.
Thank you.
Thank you.
With me today is our Vice Chair, Ismail Shaheed.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Member, Thomas Holloman.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also here is Hillary Emerson, our Attorney, and our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkit.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
a 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're participating by phone and 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.
And finally, the question and answer box on the screen
is not for comments or testimony.
All comments are directed to our Executive Director,
Tanya Sunder.
Let's look at today's schedule for continuances.
MI 2023-001-348-4704 Wayne Avenue.
That case is continued.
Number eight, MI 2021-004-387-6809 Woodland Avenue. That case is continued. Mark must be tried.
Number nine, MI 2023-001-349-4706 Wayne Avenue. That case is continued.
And number 12, MI-2023-001-368-1623, North 33rd Street.
That case is continued.
Are there any comments relative to the four cases that have been continued?
Good morning, Chair.
This is Doreen Blakey, and I will be your co-host today.
Thank you, Doreen.
You're welcome.
I see no hands.
Are there any other requests for continuances?
I have a hand up from Scott Miller. I will allow him to speak.
Can you please unmute?
Yes. And following the chairman's kind remembrance, I actually knew Joanne Epps and had a lot of conversations.
she's the same age as i am so yeah i'm just kind of on shaky grounds here but i'm sure for the
benefit of everybody that may be listening in little known fact that joanne when she was in
high school was voted the i guess it's still okay to say that the most attractive uh lady in the
class so i used to kid her about that she she i think you could say that could you state your
name, please, and spell for the court stenographer. My name is Scott Miller. I'm an attorney in the
county. Mr. Miller, just for the record, could you spell your name for the court stenographer?
Well, M-I-L-L-E-R. All right. And do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth? I so affirm and swear. All right. What case? I'm appearing on the
council for the applicant on the property at 33rd street it's uh calendar number mi 2023 dash
00 1368 right and uh my the property is owned by two clients one of them is a very confident
architect the other one was supposed to have uh taken care of some of the preliminary matters
here today and i can unfortunately state that neither the community group outreach the
uh stirbury mansion development group nor the posting are compliant from my point of view
and i would respectfully request that we yeah that's right that case that that case has already
been continued mr miller let's continue all right thank you well thank you for my business thank you
All right. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. We appreciate it.
for your comments we appreciate my business
And my business here is finished. Thank you, sirs.
Is there anyone else with a request for continuance?
Yes, Chair. I have Vern Anastasio with the hand up, and I will allow him to speak.
Good morning, Vern.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Sure. It's Vern Anastasio, V-E-R-N, last name A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Case number?
I'm looking at 4825A Street, A as in apple.
Right.
I'd like to withdraw the case.
Oh, okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So number five, MI 2022-007-572-4825A Street.
That case has been withdrawn.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
Yes, Christopher Brown has a hand up and Charles Richardson.
I will give Christopher Brown, allow him to speak.
Mr. Brown, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court?
My name is Christopher Brown, C-H-R-I-S-T-O-P-H-E-R-B-R-O-W-N.
I would like to withdraw my application.
Hold on.
Hold on one minute.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
In your case, it's 7030 North Broad Street?
And you're going to withdraw?
Yes, sir.
Thank you for taking the time to call us.
We appreciate it.
So, number four, MI-2022-005-929-7030 North Broad Street, that case has been withdrawn. Thank you, sir.
Okay, I have just a few cases here.
Excuse me, Chair. I have Charles Richardson with a hand up.
Oh, sure.
He's been allowed to speak.
Morning, Mr. Richardson. Could you state your name, please, for the record?
All right, now I'm unmuted. Charles Richardson, Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass, R-I-C-H-A-R-D-S-O-N, Room 508 City Hall.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
Please proceed.
Had a question with regard to 547 High Street, and I don't know whether you might have gotten any materials. There's no meeting that has taken place as yet with the RCO.
I didn't have all those yet. Let me see here.
What number is that? Number two. Number two on the list, Mr. Chair.
So. So I have that listed as no exhibit second listing. I'm going to call that shortly.
Great. OK, thank you, Mr. Chair. Sure, sure.
Okay. Let's go to number two. MI 2022-005-923-547 High Street. Listing owner is Anthony Green. No exhibits. This is the second listing. No one's appeared at the first listing. Mark must be heard. Mr. Green.
Anthony green if you're in the audience can you please raise your hand
no handshare thank you so MI 2022 005 923 547 high street
second list and no one's appeared at the first we have no exhibits I vote to dismiss
Thomas Holloman, I vote to dismiss.
Ishmael Shaheem, my vote is to dismiss.
Thank you.
And number 11, MI 2023 001 369 1432 Sterling Street, no exhibits first listing.
Owner is Maria Palantino
Maria Palantino
Palantino
Okay, thank you
We don't see her?
No, she's not in the audience
Okay, thank you
So MI 2023
001 369 1432 Sterling Street
This case is continued
mark must be tried.
And number one, MI 2022-006-112-4226.
0 0 6 1 1 2 42 26 otter street this case has been withdrawn it's a withdrawal
all right we're going to go to our add-on case mi 2022 003 075 2050 welsh road i vote no
Thomas Holloman
my vote is no
Ishmael Shaheed
my vote is no
thank you
we're going to go to our regular list
we're going to hear two cases together
number 3 and number 13
number 3 is
MI 2023
001 377
1829 Diamond Street
and number 13
MI 2023-001-370-1825 Diamond Street.
Henry Clinton is the attorney for both these cases.
There is a letter of strong support from the 32nd Ward RCO for both cases.
Mr. Clinton.
Morning, Mr. Chairman.
Henry Clinton is promoted.
Thank you.
Mr. Clinton, could you, and you're okay with hearing both these at the same time, right?
Absolutely.
Could you state your name for the record, please?
Henry Clinton, H-E-N-R-Y, Clinton, C-L-I-N-T-O-N.
Right.
You swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you please identify your client, the relationship to the both properties?
My client is Jerry Boyce and Pete McElholt.
And Pete McElholt is not on the call, but Jerry Boyce is.
B-O-Y-C-E.
Right.
Our vice chair has just a few questions for you, sir.
Good morning, counsel. Do you agree to waive 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?
I did for the majority of the documents. Within the last couple of days, I sent in the tax compliance documentation.
and today I also have historical commission approval documents included in the package
that were not there five days ago. Thank you Mr. Clinton. Please proceed and share your screen.
Mr. Clinton this is Hillary. Is the owner the your client that you reference is that the same
for both properties because each of them has a different listed owner on the deed? Yes. Okay so
the same principle for both of the llc's right it would be jerry boyce v-o-y-c-e and pete mckelhill
m-c-e-l-h-i-l-l okay thank you thank you miss emerson
Mr. Chairman, can you see my coverage?
We can, sir.
So as Chairman suggested, we're going to hear both cases together, and I'm going to do the presentation for 1825 Diamond, Mr. Chairman.
And then after that, I'll just ask that that be adopted as the same testimony for 1829.
Would that be acceptable?
It would be.
Good morning again, Mr. Chairman.
Henry Clinton, on behalf of 1825 Diamond, R-E-L-L-C, principal of which is Gerald Boyce, who is on the call, as well as Pete McElhill, whose name I just spelled.
This is my table of contents for the presentation today, containing Exhibits A1 through A11, as well as the Historical Commission approval, which I ask to be admitted into the record for 1825 as well as 1829.
The refusal for both properties, and when I reference both properties, I do mean 1825 and 1829 Diamond Street.
Refusals are the same.
The request is for six dwelling units in an existing structure.
And the refusal is one for lot area because it is zoned RM1.
The multifamily is permitted.
And we're a mere 80 feet or so off the require for a buy-right project.
And the other refusal is for parking spaces.
And as I'll show the board, there are other multifamily properties on this block with units in excess of six.
none of which have off-street parking.
We do have a letter, and Mr. Chairman, you mentioned at the outset,
it is one of strong support from the neighborhood community group.
And again, not reading into it, but I think one of the reasons was
The reasons were, was because of the facades that these both buildings have.