Board meeting, Apr 8, 2025

Board meeting, called to order 10:12, adjourned 11:26. Records we hold: agenda, approved 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 (10): Herbert Wetzel, Darwin Beauvais, Cornelius Brown, Nicholas Dema, Maria Gonzalez, Andrew Goodman, Jenny Greenberg, Kelvin Jeremiah, Michael Johns, Rebecca Lopez-Kriss
Not at roll call: Majeedah Rashid
Arrived after roll call: none listed
Left early (where a transcript says so): Michael Johns

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 10:12 am; Executive Session held before Public Session (Mr. Rodriguez reviewed agenda and updated Board on Land Bank process to start acquiring properties at Sheriff's sales)
I	Roll call; quorum present; public comment policy reviewed
II	Approval of March 11, 2025 Board meeting minutes	Approved
III	Executive Director's report: ED-approved max sales price increases under Res. 2023-32 (Fine Print Construction, LLC, 2nd District, 26 affordable units $250,000 to $280,000, 80% AMI; Civetta Property Group, LLC, 2609-27 Sears Street, 12 uni…
IV.A	Interagency transfer of Fifth Council District properties to Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC) for Minority Developer Program: 1437, 1438, 1539, 1544, 1546, 1610 and 1613 Ogden Street; 863 N. 15th Street; 841, 845 and 851…	Approved	unanimous
IV.B.1	Amendment to Resolution No. 2024-21 (adopted June 11, 2024): revise max sales price and AMI for 58 affordable homeownership units, 8th Council District, from $250,000 at 80% AMI to $280,000 at 100% AMI (423-27 and 429 E. Ashmead Street and…	Approved with amendments	unanimous
IV.B.2	Amendment to Resolution No. 2024-48 (adopted October 8, 2024): revise max sales price and AMI for 22 affordable homeownership units from $250,000 at 80% AMI to $280,000 at 100% AMI (1520-40 West Venango Street and 1600-20 West Venango Stre…	Approved	unanimous
V.A.1	Mixed-income development (unsolicited): disposition of 100 Emily Street, 2315 South Marshall Street, 518 Pierce Street, 2549 South 3rd Street, 2117 South 6th Street to BVG S Philadelphia AH, LLC; 3 affordable homeownership units (3BR/2BA,…	Approved	unanimous	2 / 0
V.B.1	Affordable rental housing (unsolicited): disposition of 1610 South 56th Street to DMCV, LLC for renovation of 2-unit duplex (2BR/1BA, approx. 1,050 sq ft each) at or below 80% AMI, max rent $2,066/month, 30-year restrictive covenant	Approved	unanimous	1 / 0
V.B.2	Affordable rental housing (unsolicited): disposition of multiple parcels on W. Girard Avenue (4947-49, 4951, 4953, 4955, 4957, 4967, 4969-73, 4979, 4981, 4983, 4985, 4987, 4989, 4989 1/2, 4991, 4991 1/2) to Cathedral Park Homes, LP for 40…	Approved	unanimous	4 / 3
V.B.3	Affordable rental housing (unsolicited): disposition of 1412, 1416, 1421, 1429 and 1435 North 17th Street to Pathways Housing Wellness Corporation for 40 LIHTC rental units at 20-50% AMI (Building A 19 units, Building B 21 units, 12-space…	Approved	unanimous
VI	Public comment (old and new business)			1 / 0
VII	Adjournment

Documents

Certified transcript in the meeting package (scanned pages)

Meeting package (PDF, 131 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Review of meeting agenda by Mr. Rodriguez; Update on status of Land Bank process to start acquiring properties at Sheriff's sales