Board meeting, Mar 11, 2025
Board meeting, called to order 10:03, adjourned 11:20. Records we hold: agenda, approved minutes, transcript.
Dispositions heard: 2 approved, 1 postponed, 1 removed from agenda.
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)
- Herbert Wetzel, Nicholas Dema, Maria Gonzalez, Andrew Goodman, Jenny Greenberg, Kelvin Jeremiah, Michael Johns, Rebecca Lopez-Kriss, Majeedah Rashid
- Not at roll call
- Darwin Beauvais, Cornelius Brown
- 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.
| Item | What | Outcome | Vote | Speakers / letters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call to Order | Call to order and executive session announcement | |||
| I | Roll call and quorum | |||
| II | Approval of Feb 11, 2025 Board minutes | Approved | ||
| III | Executive Director's Report | |||
| IV.A | Interagency transfer of 2444 Island Avenue and 7401 Wheeler Street to City Department of Public Property (DPP) for Schuylkill River Trail expansion | Approved | unanimous | |
| V.A.1 | Development - Mixed-Income Housing (unsolicited); project not identified in the minutes | Removed from agenda | ||
| V.A.2 | C Schofield Finish Carpentry, LLC: 5108 Chester Avenue, 6130 Ellsworth Street, 4910 Kingsessing Avenue; 3 single-family homeownership units (2 affordable, 1 market-rate) | Postponed | 7 / 3 | |
| V.A.3 | ReNew, LLC: 3323 W. Allegheny Avenue, 3216 N. Newkirk Street, 2942 and 2944 W. Wishart Street, 3212 N. 33rd Street; 5 homeownership units (3 affordable, 2 market-rate) | Approved | unanimous | 0 / 1 |
| VI | Public Comment (Old & New Business) | |||
| VII | Adjournment |
Documents
Certified transcript in the meeting package (scanned pages)
- Meeting package (PDF, 72 pages; coming online soon)
Executive session topics: Review of meeting agenda; Status of discussions with Sheriff's Office on Land Bank exercise of priority bid at Sheriff's sales; Progress of Land Bank website