Board meeting, Aug 12, 2025

Board meeting, called to order 10:03, adjourned 11:37. Records we hold: agenda, approved minutes, transcript.

Dispositions heard: 3 approved, 1 no decision, 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 of 11): Herbert Wetzel, Nicholas Dema, Andrew Goodman, Cornelius Brown, Maria Gonzalez, Kelvin Jeremiah, Michael Johns, Majeedah Rashid, Jenny Greenberg
Not at roll call: Darwin Beauvais, Rebecca Lopez-Kriss
Arrived after roll call: none listed
Left early (where a transcript says so): Jenny Greenberg

A vote fell short of six approvals.

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
II	Approval of Board minutes of July 8, 2025	Approved
III	Executive Director's report
IV.A	Election of Board Officers: Resolution Electing Officers of the Philadelphia Land Bank to Hold Office Until 2026 Annual Meeting (Wetzel Chair, Dema Vice Chair, Lopez Cruz Treasurer, Goodman Secretary)		unanimous
V.A	Disposition of 2806, 2903, 2907, 2913, 2917, 2919, 2925, 2937 and 2939 Cecil B. Moore Avenue to HOW Affordable Housing, LLC: nine single-family homes, 3BR/2BA, ~1,400 sq ft, max price $280,000, first-time buyers at or below 100% AMI via Tu…	Approved	unanimous	1 / 0
V.B.1	Civetta Property Group, LLC (unsolicited; previously tabled): 30 single-family homes (15 two-story, 15 three-story, 3BR/2BA, ~1,375 sq ft), max price $280,000, first-time buyers at or below 100% AMI via Turn the Key	No decision (fewer than six approvals)	5-4	6 / 4
V.B.2	Macey's Enterprises, LLC (unsolicited)	Removed from agenda
V.C	Disposition of 4200 and 4204 Viola Street and 4205 Leidy Avenue (resolution lists 4200, 4202, and 4204 Viola Street and 4205 Leidy Avenue) to Neighborhood Gardens Trust for permanent community garden use	Approved	unanimous	3 / 5
V.D	Disposition of 2230 North 3rd Street to David Oliver, adjacent homeowner, for side yard use (30-year mortgage, permanent deed restriction)	Approved	unanimous	4 / 0
VI	Public Comment (Old & New Business)
VII	Adjournment at 11:37 a.m.

Documents

Certified transcript in the meeting package (scanned pages)

Meeting package (PDF, 81 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Review of agenda; updates on strategic planning, operational assessments, and sheriff's sales; first day Land Bank acquires properties at sheriff's sales under the new Memorandum of Understanding