Thank you.
How do you look, Tanya?
we have 40 attendees you can proceed as you wish sir thank you good morning everyone and well and
welcome to this morning's dva hearings my name is bill bergman with me is carol tenary our vice chair
unmute carol present mr chair ismael shaheed our board secretary
Mr. Chair. Thomas Holliman our board member. Present Mr. Chairman. And James Snell a board member.
Present Mr. Chairman. Also with us is our Executive Director Tanya Sunkit and our attorney
Sherman Toppin. Good morning Mr. Chair. Before we begin we begin here's our virtual format.
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So let's look at continuities for today. Number one, MI 2021 004590 1331 North 30th.
Number two, MI 2021-002-632-1442 South 52nd Street.
And number 13, MI 2021-004592-5901 Latona Street.
Those three cases are being continued.
Does anyone have any comments or statements relative to those cases?
Good morning, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Hand. I am a co-host. I see one hand up from Mr. David Orfanides. I can allow him this time if you wish.
Please.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Morning.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, sir?
Please spell your name for the court reporter.
Sure. David Orphanides, O-R-P-H-A-N-I-D-E-S.
Proceed, sir.
And I just wanted to state for the record that I was present for today's hearing, scheduled hearing, and that was continued for 5901 Latona MI 2021-004592 in the event there were any questions.
No, that's fine, sir. Thank you.
Thank you.
Does anyone else have requests for a continuance?
we have andy barrios i'll allow him to speak at this time please hello good morning could
you state your name and spell for the court reporter please yes my name is andy barrios
A-N-D-Y
Barrios
Barrios. B-A-R-R-I-O-S. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
B-A-R-R-I-O-S
but the truth? I do. Proceed, sir. What's your case? My client, Mr. Charles Holliday, is the owner of
1331 North 30th Street. He postponed his mouth procedure to be here. So he did initially request
to be continued but we weren't sure if it was going to be continued so he's present okay i'll
call i'll call the case shortly okay sir thank you so much all right um any other requests for
contingencies yes we have a mr frank bagley with his hand sorry i'm sorry too please note all in
the audience, only raise your hand if you have a case that you wish to request a continuance.
Thank you. Please proceed. I'm sorry, Jason. Thank you, Ms. Sunkett. We have Mr. Frank
Bagley with his hand raised. I will allow him to speak at this time, sir.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Tina Marie Russell. T-I-N-A-M-A-R-I-E-R-U-S-S-E-L-L.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What case?
1901 Westmoreland.
I wasn't sure if the attorney asked for a continuance or not.
I didn't hear the beginning.
Is that this morning?
It's the day of the 15th, yes.
today's the 16th okay yeah i must have missed it okay well i believe it was today or yesterday
i guess i was i'm off track for a day okay i i don't i don't see it listed today it must
have been the 15th okay thank you thank you sure anyone else for the continuance
um yes sir i have a ua wu with the hand raised i will allow them to speak at this time
Good morning. Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Good morning. My name is Yuewu, Y-U-E-W-U.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Which case is yours?
So I'm an RCO, and I received a continuous letter from 929 Ways Street.
But it was not on the continuous list.
I just want to make sure, just want to check if they are continuing or they're being heard today.
I don't see that on this morning's list.
Oh, what, 929 race?
It's going to be withdrawn by the attorney.
I didn't get a chance to get to that yet, ma'am.
So it will be...
It's going to withdraw.
The application is going to be withdrawn.
I'll state that in a couple minutes.
so i'm just getting the continuances okay okay any other continuances
i see no further hand at this time i have one case for withdrawal
number 15 mi 2021 002420 929 ray street the case is withdrawn by the applicant
We're going to go to, anybody else have a withdrawal?
I'm sorry, Mr. Ali Abdelaziz, raise your hand while you were in the middle of announcing that withdrawal.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Yes, my name is Ali Abdelaziz, first name Ali, A-L-I.
last name is abdelaziz a b d e l a z i z you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes i swear okay your case is
yeah my case is um for for the for my plan at my house at 4 4500 d street in philadelphia
are you ready to go on today yes i am okay so we're gonna call that
you know okay a little later okay okay but you are ready to proceed yes i am okay we'll call
your case when you hear it we'll call you up okay okay sounds good sure thank you you're welcome
We're going to go to continuances. Number one, MI 2021-004832-3135-49 West Montgomery Avenue. We'll be voting on that at 2 p.m.
okay we're gonna we're gonna go to continuances
Number one
Number two, MI 2021-005012-2400 East Fanango Street. I vote yes.
Carol Tenere, my vote is yes.
Carol, that's for Ishmael and Thomas.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, Chair.
This is Tanya.
If I could just correct the record, these are add-ons that were just voted.
I said that.
I went to the add-ons is what I said.
No, you said continuances, sir.
I just wanted to clear the record.
Thank you kindly.
Right. Number one on the regular list. MI 2021-004590-1331 North 30th Street.
Brewery Town-Chargewood Community Civic Association's Letter of Opposition.
counsel
1331 North 30th Street
Andy Barrow has his hand raised
I want him to speak at this time
thank you that is the one that
oh okay I'm sorry
so you're the counsel for this
No, I'm the design professional for Mr. Charles Holliday, the owner.
We would like to be heard if it's not too late.
Is Mr. Holliday here?
Well, he's going to have to present it, sir.
Oh, okay.
Okay, Mr. Chair, I have just promoted Mr. Holliday to a panelist.
He will be coming back in soon.
Mr. Holliday, state your name and spell for the court reporter, please.
You have to unmute, please.
To unmute, you need to hover along the bottom and then click the unmute on the bottom left of your
screen. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm Charles.
holiday um could you stick and could you spell your name for the court reporter please uh c-h-a-r-l-e-s
um h-o-l-l-i-d-a-y right do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the
truth yes sir our vice chair has a few questions yes ma'am good morning do you agree to waive the
reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy pardon he's not an attorney carol he's
not okay so have you submitted all of the required documents um that we requested such as 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 we did meet the
rco i submitted pictures to them i know i have to submit pictures to you i'm not an attorney
thank you you may proceed i'm sorry this is tanya uh no he cannot proceed he never submitted
exhibits none no mr holiday did you did you submit your forms at all
the forms i did initially yes um i'm going through this by myself i didn't hire an attorney
I'm aware, but did you send it into the zoning board?
No, I didn't.
All right.
So here's what we're going to do.
We're going to continue your case.
Yes, sir.
And then you're going to have to get a hold of the office and make sure you find out what forms you need to submit to the zoning board.
I appreciate that, sir.
All right.
Thank you.
Case will be continued.
And you have a good day, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you, everybody.
Thank you.
Oh, yeah.
Number three.
MI 2021-003845-1501-South 50th Street.
RCO, letter of support, Kelly Lewis.
sir i have mr josh joshua horvitz with the hand raised i can allow them to speak at this time
uh no first we need kelly lewis oh miss kelly lewis okay is kelly lewis available
miss lewis if you're in the audience please raise your virtual
Ms. Lewis, if you're in the audience, please raise your virtual hand.
Ms. Lewis?
I see her name, but she's not raising her hand.
As you wish, we can go forward as your call, Chair.
Let's try one more time to see if we can get her to...
Ms. Lewis?
I don't know I think so we don't see her name we don't see her anywhere
yes she's here her name is there
Miss Lewis
let's let let's let's move on and we'll make a decision what to do with that
a little bit later sounds good if we can get her
Number four, MI 2021, 004628, 1720 North 24th Street.
Lynn Nichols is the attorney.
RCO letter not yet received in our records.
Okay, sir.
Mr. Nichols has been promoted to panelists.
He will be coming back in shortly.
good morning state your name and spell for the court reporter please
good morning members of the board um my name is lynn nichols l-y-n-n-n-i-c-h-o-l-s um
right you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Yes, I do. Mr. Chair, we did receive late yesterday a letter of support from the RCO with a proviso. I wasn't able to forward it. We got it late yesterday.
All right. Thank you. Could you identify your client and their relationship to the property?
Yes. Kim Deerstein, she's the owner representative of the property.
Thank you.
And our vice chair has a few questions.
Good morning.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?