Thank you.
okay chair we have 33 attendees and we can start as you wish thank you good morning everyone my
name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning's meeting before we begin let me read this
statement for you before hearings any documents or other information that parties wish to submit
to the ZBA for hearings must be submitted through the ZBA's new online upload tool, ZBA Case
Document Submission. Information on how to access and use the submission tool will be included
with the hearing notices and zoning posters. Please note that the applicant documents are due
five calendar days prior to the hearing. Documents submitted by any other party should be submitted
at least 48 hours prior to the hearing to allow sufficient time for processing.
In addition, the filing information should continue to be submitted through email only
and not through the upload system.
Requests for continuances, withdrawals, reconsiderations, and amended refusals,
as well as requests for attorneys to enter or withdraw appearances.
If you have any questions about the ZBA case document submission tool,
please contact RCOZBA at phil.gov. Thank you. With me today is Ismail Shahid, our Vice Chair.
President Chairman. Cheryl L. Gaston. Present Mr. Chairman. Our Board Member Kaneda Graham.
Chairman. Our Board Member Michael Johns. Present Mr. Chairman.
And our board member, Taya Nguyen.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also present is Hillary Emerson, our attorney, and Ian Haggerty, our executive director.
Here's our virtual format.
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answer box on the screen is not for test note. All issues should be directed to our executive
director. That's ZBA executive director at Philadelphia. Let's look at our schedule for
today. Number two, MI 2024, 000763, 2601 North 31st Street. Joseph Bernardino is the listed
applicant. This is the third listing. I understand there has not yet been a zoning board RCO meeting.
Strawberry Mansion Community Concern is also involved. Is anybody involved in this case online?
Yes. Good morning, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Hand. I will be your co-host for today.
I have a hand up from Strawberry Mansion Community Concerns.
I have allowed them to speak.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Can you hear me?
I can.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Good morning, Mr. Chairman.
My name is Bonita Cummings, B-O-N-I-T-A, B-U-M-M-I-N-G-S,
Strawberry Mansion Community Concerns.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Could you give us an update from the RCO's perspective on this case?
This case, with the adequate time, was sent to the attorney for a meeting that was held, which they did not attend.
And I did send all of that information back to the attorney, to board counsel, to say that we, as the RCO, held our responsibility of scheduling.
To say that we, as the RCO, held our responsibility of scheduling that meeting, and there was no attendance from the applicant.
Is Mr. Bernardino online?
Mr. Chair, I do not see him in the virtual audience this morning.
And Mr. Trey, I also don't see the owner, Arthur Casambos. Yeah, I do not see him in the audience either.
So we're going to continue this one more time. So MI 2024-000-763-2601 North 31st Street. Cases continue. The case will be heard. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Cummingson.
Number three, MI 2024-000820-1212 South 51st Street. That case is continued.
Number 13, MI 2024-004-292-122 South Peach Street.
We do not have listings, and the council person has requested it continues in this case.
Is Darvish Jones or Kenneth Johnson available?
I did not see any hands raised for that matter, Mr. Chair.
So MI 2024-004-292-122 South Peach Street.
Case is continued.
Mark must be heard.
And number eight, oh, pardon me, is there any other requests for continuances?
Yes, Mr. Chair, I have a hand up from Joseph Vaccaro. I have allowed him to speak.
Good morning, Mr. Vaccaro.
Good morning. How are you today?
I'm good. Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Certainly. My name is Joseph Vaccaro, V-A-C-C-A-R-O, attorney for the applicant.
Mario Rodriguez.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
What's the address of your case?
5300 Haverford Avenue.
I have Daryl Williams as the listed owner.
Right.
He's the owner.
This is an application for a grocery store.
So this is the first listing.
We still don't have the exhibit, sir.
Yes. We also have a letter of opposition. So we'd like to work with the RCO to try to turn that
letter of opposition into a letter of opposition. Thank you. So MI 2024-004-244-5300-202 Haverford
Avenue. Cases continued. Mark must be heard. Thank you. All right. Number 10, MI 2024-004-284-5523
Bayton Street. David
Upton is the attorney. This is
the first listing and we do not have exhibits.
Sure. I have a hand up from
a number ending in 3552.
Do I want them to speak?
Please. I'll have them to speak
right now.
Could you please state your name and spell
for the sonographer?
Hello? Yes.
I'm sorry, I'm actually asking about another address
Alright, so let me handle this one and I'll get back to you, okay?
Alright, is David Uftah
in the audience?
Alright, so MI2024-004-284-5523
Bayton Street, this is the first listing, we don't have documents
Case should continue, but Mark must be heard
Number 14, MI 2024-004-294-1822 North Van Pelt Street.
Tiffany Massey is the listed owner.
Schaefer Investments is the listed applicant.
Schaefer Investments is the listed owner.
No exhibits, first listing.
Mr. Chair, I have a hand up from Naseba Ibra Gamova
Do I allow him to speak?
Understood
Good morning
Good morning
Hi, could you please, are you involved in this case at 1822 North Van Pelt?
18, no, I'm at 403 Renard Street.
18, no, I'm at 403 Renard Street
All right, so we'll have to get back to you later, okay?
All right.
So, well.
We're working on this right now, okay?
So 1822 North Van Pelt, Tiffany Massey or Schaefer Investments?
I do not see any hands for that, Madam Mr. Chair.
All right, so MI 2024-004-294-1822 North Van Pelt Street.
Case is continued. Mark must be heard. And then number nine, MI 2024-004-253-9995 East
Roosevelt Boulevard. That case has been withdrawn. We're going to go to our list and we're going to
start with number four.
Number four.
MI 2024.
Excuse me, Chair. Before we go into that,
can you see if there's any other requests for
continuance? I think two other people would like
to speak. Oh, sure. Sure.
Any other requests for continuances?
Yes, I have a hand up from the
number ending. Well, it was up,
but it went back down.
Okay, now it's back up. It's ending from
3552. They've been about to speak.
Thank you.
Whoever.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Oh, Adrian, right?
Adrian Fernandez.
Bonfaital Neighborhood Parts Association, RCO.
My last name is F-E-R.
I'm sorry.
F-E-R-N-A-N-D-E-Z.
You swear, Fern, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What case, Adrian?
um i just have one question for clarification about 2601 north 31st street and i'm just
asking if you can clarify will that be a continued must be heard i said that yeah in fact what i said
was that case will be heard the next time okay i wasn't sure just to make sure that um yeah have
a must be heard on the record all right thank you oh it is it is thank you very much we have another
hand up. Jason, anyone else? No, sir. No further hands at this time. Okay. All right. We're
going to go to number four. Number four, MI 2024-002-427-403 Renard Street. Naseba
Igramava and
Zakir Mamavadova are the
listed owners. This is a pro se.
There's unanimous
opposition from
Somerton Civic Association,
29 members, and a letter of
opposition from Council Member O'Neill.
I'll be coming
back in as a panelist for me, sir.
Thank you. Sure.
Hello?
Hi. Could you please state your name?
Could you please state your name
is spelled for the sonographer uh nasiba it's uh first name n-a-s-i-b-a last name i-b-r-a-g-i-m-o-v-a
where affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes could you please uh turn on your video video yes there we go uh allow
is it on okay there are you let me ask you this are you the owner uh yes and that's him good
morning good morning okay so who so you and him own the property yes all right so this application
is for the removal hold on one minute uh you're going to do the testimony right yeah it's just
doesn't really know much english that's why yeah but what i'm what i'm saying you only the owners
of the property can testify yes so but you don't own the property we're both on the we're both on
the there did who who testified at the rco who went to the rco meeting me and him were there
okay all right good all right this application is for for the removal of an existing interior
parking space resulting in no accessory off street parking for an existing single family
detached structure one accessory off-street parking space is required per dwelling unit
in the rco2 zoning district our vice chair has a few questions for you okay okay
hello yes
hello yes ishmael oh okay
have you sent in all your documents prior in with it prior to five days everything yeah right
yep everything's in if you guys want i think if i'm able to share i could share why don't you
start sharing your documents for us uh let me see i don't know how to use this so let me see if i'm
able to figure out share am i gonna be
says your bandwidth how am i supposed to share like
i don't know i'm trying to figure out how you have a computer do you have a computer
uh no i'm just on my phone am i like i have it on my phone
the host asked you to start it personal
uh yes what was that he was asking for me um so when you hit the share but do you see a share
button on your phone uh yes there's a share button okay and when you hit the share button
does it ask you what you want to share or what happens uh it's saying uh share screen photos
iCloud or website URL you should probably share your screen unless you have it stored in the