Thank you.
Chair, it looks like we have 50 attendees.
We can proceed as you wish.
Thank you.
Good morning, everyone.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's EBA hearings.
With me is our vice chair, Ismael Shahid.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our board member, Thomas Holliman.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
And our board member, James Snell.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also present is Hillary Emerson, our attorney, and our executive director, Tanya Sunket.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting tanyasunket at phil.gov.
For benefit of our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone and you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
to an interference statement, call 267-270-5548. Leave your email and the address of the property
in question. And finally, the question-answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony.
All comments should be directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Silken.
Let's look at our schedule for this morning.
number two mi 2022 000 672 8107 ratford street dan lee is the owner applicant mr lee
Good morning, Chair. This is Doreen Blakely, and I will be your co-host today.
And Doreen has been allowed to speak.
Good morning, Mr. Lee.
Good morning. Give me one second.
For some reason, I cannot turn on the video.
Mr. Lee, listen to me. State your name, please, and spell for the court sonographer.
My name is Dan Lee, first name D-A-N, last name L-I, and I'm the property owner of 8.07 Bradford Street.
All right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Mr. Lee, this is the fifth listing. We did not receive your documents until last night.
This case cannot go on. We did not have the time to view the documents.
The case is going to be continued, but Mark must be heard the next time.
Do you understand?
Yes, I got it.
Do you understand?
So MI 2022-000672-8107 Bradford Street, the case is continued.
Mark must be heard.
Number 11.
M.I. 2023-002-596-3023 Walsh Road. This case is continued.
Number 13, MI 2023-002-628-1458 North 30th Street.
Kelvin Bryant is the owner-occupant.
Mr. Bryant.
Kelvin, Bryant, if you're in the audience, please raise your hand.
i'll say just to clarify that's kevin bryant but i don't see um anyone in the audience by that name
so mi 2023 002 628 1458 north 30 street this case is continued mark must be heard and then number 18
MI 2023-006-841-5601
North Park Avenue
The case is continued
Mark must be heard next time
Are there any other requests
for continuance?
Yes, Chair
I have two hands up
The first one is Paul Bonney
and I will allow him to speak
and I will allow him to speak.
Three.
Good morning, counsel. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court sonographer?
Paul Bonni, B-O-N-I.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Could you please say what case you're interested in?
Okay. I hope I'm on the right wavelength. But I'm here for societal civic association,
And I believe there's something on your agenda, 520 South Street, and I'm hoping that it's withdrawn.
I think I've seen a letter to that effect.
Yeah, I think I let me see where that is.
Yes, that case has been withdrawn.
OK, thank you very much.
Thank you, sir.
Is there anyone else?
Yes, Darwin Bovee is allowed to speak.
Good morning, counsel.
good morning mr chairman members of the board sure could you state your name please and spell
for the court sonographer darwin beauvais darwin d-a-r-w-i-n beauvais is b as in boy
e-a-u-v as in victory a-i-s as in sam i'm at 1500
Darwin lost you.
Sorry.
I'm at 600 Market Street.
All right.
Do you swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
What case, sir?
It is the 2126 Lehigh Avenue, East Lehigh Avenue.
We are looking to have that withdrawn.
I have that, and thank you.
So MI 2021-004659, the case 2125 East Lehigh, the case has been withdrawn.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Anyone else?
Yes, a person with the first name Ortelin is allowed to speak.
Good morning.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, Ortelin Zaharigan, O-R-T-E-L-I-N.
Z-A-H-A-I-R-A-G-U-N-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What's the location of your case?
6531 North 7th Street.
That's number nine on the list, Mr. Chair.
Please, do you want to go on, sir, or do you want to continue this?
I would like to continue to the shortest date possible.
the next shortest date. Okay, so we will continue this case. You'll have to contact the office
about what the next date is. So MI 2023 002 575 6531 North 7th Street. Case has been continued.
Mark must be heard. Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Any other
Continuances
No more hands here
Thank you so 16
MI 2023
1503 East
Luzerne Street
No exhibits first listing
Listed owner is
Alfred Carroll
And Runming Lun
And listed
former owner is Ben Tron
is the applicant.
Ben Tron has his hand up.
Am I promoting him or just allowing him to speak? I'm sorry.
Allow him to speak, please. Okay, thank you. He's allowed to speak.
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court sonographer?
Yes, my name is Ben Tron.
Spell it, please.
b-i-n-h last name t-r-a-n do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but
the truth yes i do all right so so this is the first listing in this case we do not have the
exhibits we don't have the paperwork paperwork you know we don't we cannot find any paperwork
that it's been sent in yeah because i purchased this house as pre assistant doublet on november
2019 yes all right so you but but what i'm saying to you is you need to have your paperwork sent
into the zoning board i don't have any paperwork because it's already yes a mystery and you sold
the property is that correct yes i just sold the property on october 2023 and just know that the
the zona is not the double leg okay i do see um alfred carroll in
Okay. I do see Alfred Carroll in the audience. Alfred Carroll, are you able to raise your hand? I believe Alfred Carroll is one of the current owners.
Yes. Alfred Carroll is also allowed to speak.
Good morning, Mr. Carroll. Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Good morning.
My name is Alfred Carroll, A-L-F-R-E-D, last name C-A-R-R-O-L-L.
You swear a firm that tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Mr. Carroll, we do not have paperwork for this project.
No exhibits have been submitted.
Mr. Chair, I purchased the property in November.
I was not aware, after talking to both real estate agents and the seller, and I'm not
I'm sure the seller was aware that this did not have clear zoning.
There were some past violations that the former owner was still working to address, which I've now cleared with L&I.
And it was the L&I discussions where they made it clear that this was up for this hearing.
So I was invited to attend. I'm not clear what paperwork I need to submit.
So here, Mr. Carroll, here's what we'll do. You have to contact our office. They will gladly work with you and tell you what paperwork has to be submitted. Okay?
Okay. Who specifically should I contact?
You're going to see in the chat, they'll have a phone number for you in the chat where you can call. Okay?
Okay. All right. Thank you very much. So, MI 2023, 006-693-1503 East Luzerne Street, this case is continued.
I'm going to go to our adult list.
Mr. Chair, I don't think we read into the record the other withdrawal. I know Mr. Bonney appeared, but I don't think we officially read it into the record.
I thought I read that, but okay.
Number six.
Yep, I got it.
Thank you.
Number six, MI 2023-001-120-520-South Street.
This case has been withdrawn.
And I believe I did read number one into the record.
Yes, you did, Mr. Chair.
So let's go to our add-on list here.
um mi 2023 002 602 6235 lancaster avenue i vote yes temporary variance expires 4 17 27
and per referral
dated 3-19-24
Thomas Holliman
my vote is yes
with proviso
James Snell my vote is yes
with proviso
number two
MI 2023
excuse me
sorry Mr. Chair
we need Mr. Shahid to vote on that one
because
because Mr. Holloman was not present.
Was Mr. Shahid here?
Ishmael Shahid, my vote is yes with proviso.
Thank you.
So the next vote is myself, Thomas Holloman, and Jim Snell.
MI 2023-006-844-1709 Christian Street, I vote no.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is no.
james snell my vote is no thank you we're going to our regular list we're going to start with
number four mi 2022 006 757 1134 waverly street number two r malgorosata and etchenko are the
owners as a pro se. This application is for use as a visitor accommodation in an existing
structure. The proposed use of visitor accommodation is prohibited in the RSA 5 zoning district.
There's a letter of opposition from Washington Square West Civic Association and a letter
of opposition from Councilmember Squalor.
Malga Razzatop, can you please raise your virtual hands?