Board meeting, May 13, 2025

Board meeting, called to order 10:17, adjourned 11:04. Records we hold: agenda, approved minutes, transcript.

Dispositions heard: 4 approved, 3 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 (7): Herbert Wetzel, Cornelius Brown, Nicholas Dema, Jenny Greenberg, Kelvin Jeremiah, Rebecca Lopez-Kriss, Majeedah Rashid
Not at roll call: Darwin Beauvais, Maria Gonzalez, Andrew Goodman, Michael Johns
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 at 10:17 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
II	Approval of Board minutes of March 22, 2025 and April 8, 2025	Approved
III	Executive Director's report: ED-approved maximum sales price increases to $280,000 (Fine Print Construction, 8 units, CD2, 80% AMI, from $250,000 to $267,000 to $280,000; FE West Poplar, LLC, West Poplar-Melon Street, 52 units, 100% AMI; H…
IV.A	Authorization for Purchase of Insurance: payment of commercial general liability insurance premium under joint policy with PRA and PHDC, May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026; $379,638, a 30% reduction and $166,087 savings from prior $545,725; $91…		unanimous
IV.B	Authorization of Spending Authority to Acquire Tax Delinquent Properties: $5 million through end of next fiscal year ($3.5 million general tax acquisitions; $1.5 million for properties with U.S. Bank liens paid off by the City; primarily g…		unanimous
IV.C.1	Interagency Transfer: conveyance to Philadelphia Housing Authority of 1400-1420 North 8th Street (5th Councilmanic District) and 92, 96, and 98 Collom Street and 5128 Wakefield Street (8th Councilmanic District)	Approved	unanimous
IV.C.2	Interagency Transfer - REMOVED FROM AGENDA	Removed from agenda
IV.D	Amendments to Approved Dispositions: amend Resolution No. 2023-40 (adopted September 12, 2023; Civetta Property Group, LLC) to reduce affordable homeownership units from 22 to 16, raise maximum sales price from $250,000 to $275,000 (80% AM…	Approved	unanimous	1 / 0
V.A.1	Development - Affordable Housing (unsolicited) - REMOVED FROM AGENDA	Removed from agenda
V.A.2	Development - Affordable Housing (unsolicited) - REMOVED FROM AGENDA	Removed from agenda
V.A.3	Development - Affordable Housing (unsolicited): disposition of 23 parcels to Civetta Property Group, LLC for affordable single-family homes (about 1,375 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 baths) at maximum sales price $280,000, purchasers at or below…	Approved	unanimous	0 / 1
V.B	Development - Side/Rear Yards: disposition of 2847 Boudinot Street to Cindy Xuan Ho for use as a side yard (applicant owns and lives in adjacent property; 30-year mortgage; permanent side-yard use restriction)	Approved	unanimous
VI	Public Comment (Old & New Business)
VII	Adjournment

Documents

Transcript status uncertain

Meeting package (PDF, 126 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Review of meeting agenda and update on status of Land Bank process to start acquiring properties at Sheriff's sales