Board meeting, May 14, 2024

Board meeting, called to order 10:07, adjourned 11:49. Records we hold: agenda, draft minutes, transcript.

Dispositions heard: 6 approved, 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.

Arrived after roll call
none listed
Left early (where a transcript says so)
none listed

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.

ItemWhatOutcomeVoteSpeakers / letters
IRoll call
IIApproval of April 9, 2024 minutesApproved
IIIExecutive Director's Report
IV.AAppointment of Herbert Wetzel as Board Chair until full elections (replacing Anne Fadullon, resigned December 2023)unanimous2 / 0
IV.BResolution setting June 11, 2024 as date for election of all officers and the 11th Board memberunanimous
IV.C.1BMK Properties LLC: convert 5 of 14 market-rate homes (2037, 2039, 2047, 2050, 2052 E. William St) to Turn the Key homes at or below 100% AMI, max $280,000Approvedunanimous2 / 0
IV.C.2West NoMa Revitalization Group LLC: reconvey 759, 761, 763, 773, 783 Pallas St to Land Bank due to structural damage; retain 4041 Cambridge St (1 unit)Approvedunanimous1 / 0
IV.C.3Mosaic Berks LP, 1901-09 and 1911-15 N. 33rd St: cure construction completion default; revise to 27 condominium homes in 3 phases (14 TTK-eligible at or below 100% AMI, $270,000-$299,000; 13 market rate about $330,000-$349,000)Approvedunanimous1 / 0
IV.DInteragency transfers to Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation: 1944 W. Westmoreland St (CD 8) and 5019 N. Camac St (CD 9), $1 eachApprovedunanimous
V.ASide/rear yard: 2839 N. Orianna St to Pedro Alejandro Mencia Brito and Aryam Vargas Almonte; $1 plus 30-year mortgage $12,999Approvedunanimous1 / 1
V.B.1Civetta Property Group LLC: 2806, 2903, 2907, 2913, 2917-19, 2925, 2937-39 Cecil B. Moore Ave; 9 single-family TTK homes at or below 100% AMI, max $280,000; 3 stories, about 1,200 sq ft, 3 BR / 2 BA; price $900Approvedunanimous6 / 1
V.B.2Disposition of 45 properties for affordable homeownership development in Council District 7Tabled
VIPublic comment (old and new business)
VIIAdjournment

Documents

Certified transcript in the meeting package (scanned pages)

  • Meeting package (PDF, 111 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Rodriguez reviewed the agenda and discussed the process for running the meeting and the election to occur at the next meeting

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