Board meeting, Mar 14, 2023

Board meeting, called to order 10:04, adjourned 13:10. Records we hold: agenda, draft minutes, transcript.

Dispositions heard: 2 approved, 1 no decision, 1 tabled.

Who was there

From the minutes' roll call, and from the transcript where it records someone leaving. These are counts and names of what happened; the record does not say why anyone was absent.

Present at the start (8 of 11): Anne Fadullon, Majeedah Rashid, Rick Sauer, Andrew Goodman, Richard DeMarco, Maria Gonzalez, Michael Koonce, Rebecca Lopez-Kriss
Not at roll call: Alexander Balloon, Michael Johns
Arrived after roll call: none listed
Left early (where a transcript says so): Maria Gonzalez

A vote fell short of six approvals.

Agenda items

Every item in the minutes, with the outcome and the vote as recorded. Dispositions link to their project. Fewer than six approvals is no decision, not a denial.

Item	What	Outcome	Vote	Speakers / letters
I	Roll call; executive session held before public session (reviewed agenda)
II	Minutes of February 14, 2023 meeting	Approved
III	Executive Director's Report
IV.A	Termination of the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for 3028 N. American St and non-imposition of penalties for HACE's incurable default under the PDA/DORC (HACE conveyed the premises to Good Lands Trust, which sold the improvements an…		unanimous	2 / 1
IV.B	Issuance of Consent to Sell letters and Certificate of Completion for homes at 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 E. Somerset St and 3022, 3024, 3026 N. American St, subject to developer's compliance with PDA (HACE only partially compliant with EOP; achie…		unanimous	2 / 1
IV.C	HACE request to amend Resolution 2021-17 so land and improvements at 19-27 E. Somerset and 3022, 3026 N. American transfer to Good Lands Trust (sell improvements only, lease land); staff recommended against (models differ: 99-year lease, n…	Tabled	withdrawn	2 / 1
V.A	Disposition of Hartranft 9th & Diamond RFP properties in the 5th District to Civetta Property Group, LLC for 70 single-family homeownership units at <=100% AMI; $7,000 total; EOP; 15-year affordability; POA and reverter	No decision (fewer than six approvals)	5-3 (voice vote then roll of nays); 6 votes required (value over $50,000)	10 / 3
V.B	Conveyance of 1901 N. Ringgold St and 1910 N. 24th St to Sanctuary Farm Phila. for a community garden (organization already farms 1906 and 1908 N. 24th St); $2.00 plus 30-year mortgage of $74,998; permanent garden restriction; no EOP	Approved	unanimous	2 / 0
V.C	Three side/rear yard dispositions, each $ plus 30-year mortgage: 1217 Pennock St (5th District) to Jonathan D'Alba and Lianne Earley, $1.00 + $39,999 (res. 2023-8); 2032 E. Boston St (7th) to Charles J. Kessler and Colleen Foster, $1.00 +…	Approved	unanimous	1 / 1
VI	Public comment (old and new business): 30-year self-amortizing mortgage on community garden dispositions			13 / 30
VII	Adjournment

Documents

Certified transcript in the meeting package

Meeting package (PDF, 85 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Review of the meeting agenda