Board meeting, Apr 11, 2023

Board meeting, called to order 10:02, adjourned 13:40. Records we hold: agenda, draft minutes, transcript.

Dispositions heard: 7 approved.

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

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 and public comment process)
II	Minutes of the March 14, 2023 meeting	Approved
III	Executive Director's Report
IV.A	Amendment, Assignment and Assumption of Developer Obligations under Purchase and Development Agreement and amendment of Declaration of Restrictive Covenants: HACE Affordable Housing Corporation homeownership project at 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 E…		unanimous
IV.B(1)	Interagency transfer to Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) for future affordable housing (4% LIHTC project): 3230-38 Diamond St; 3010, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3108, 3110, 3112, 3200, 3202, 3204, 3206, 3214, 3222 W. York St; 2338, 2340, 2…	Approved	unanimous	3 / 0
IV.B(2)	Interagency transfer to Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC) for future affordable housing and community garden preservation: 2268 Cadwallader St; 3104-3115 Cecil B. Moore Ave (6 lots); Clifford St, W. Dakota St, W. Dauphin…	Approved	unanimous
IV.C(1)	Amendment to Resolution 2022-14 (adopted July 12, 2022): BVG Property Group, LLC, 8 affordable homeownership units on 411, 418, 424, 432, 434 Cantrell St, 424 and 426 Mercy St, and 2612 S. 9th St; max price raised from $254,999 to $274,999…	Approved	6-2-1 (six for, two against, one abstention, per Chair's count in transcript); majority of entire Board (six) required	7 / 0
IV.C(2)	Amendment to Resolution 2022-15 (adopted July 12, 2022): BVG Property Group, LLC, 12 affordable homeownership units on 2148, 2150, 2154, 2156 E. Birch St and 2154-2161 E. Stella St; max price raised from $254,999 to $264,999 and income lim…	Approved
IV.C(3)	Amendment to Resolution 2022-30 (adopted Sept 13, 2022): West NoMa Revitalization Group LLC, 7 affordable homeownership units rehabbed at 759, 761, 763, 773, 779, 783 Pallas St and 4041 Cambridge St; max price raised from $195,000 to $215,…	Approved
IV.D	Policy requiring a 30-year affordability compliance period for affordable rental units in unsolicited, unsubsidized housing projects (applies to future approvals; existing informal minimum was 15 years, never adopted by the Board)		unanimous	5 / 0
V.A	Disposition to Civetta Property Group, LLC of 70 single-family homeownership units at <=100% AMI (3 BR/2 bath, max price $280,000) on Hartranft-area lots: Diamond, Edgley, French, N. Franklin, N. Marshall, N. Percy, W. Susquehanna, N. 7th,…	Approved	unanimous	12 / 3
V.B	Side/rear yard disposition of 815 W. Firth St to Carmen Gomez (adjacent owner); $1.00 plus 30-year mortgage of $19,999; no EOP; POA and reverter; permanent side/rear yard restriction	Approved	unanimous	3 / 0
VI	Garden mortgage discussion: 30-year self-amortizing mortgage on land conveyed for community gardens and open space; no vote, no resolution			15 / 12
VII	Public comment (old and new business)
VIII	Adjournment

Documents

Certified transcript in the meeting package

Meeting package (PDF, 179 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Review of the meeting agenda and the process for taking public comment