Good morning. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's ZBA Board
of Adjustment hearing. With me is our board member, Cheryl L. Gaston. Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our board member, Tanetta Graham. Present, Mr. Chairman. Our board member, Michael Johns.
Present, Mr. Chairman. Our board member, Taya Nguyen. Present, Mr. Chairman. And our board
member ryan mcadams president mr chairman well so here is our board attorney hillary emerson
and our zoning board director in haggarty recording in this hearing will be posted on
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Number six, MI 2024-007-432-1525 Chestnut Street.
There was a request from the Councilman's Office for a continuance.
It's Brett Feldman or Andrea Solomon in the audience.
good morning chair this is jason and i will be your temporary calls for the session
mr feldman
mr chair i do not seem to see uh mr feldman or miss salomon in the virtual audience so you may
proceed they're not in the audience no sir okay thank you so mi 2024 007 432 1525 test retreat
this case is continued will be marked must be heard to 218 26 at 9 30 a.m
number 10 mi 2025 000 993 this case has been continued till 2 18 26 at 9 30 a.m
number 13
MI2025
001-202
4810 Aspen
Street. There's a request from
Counsel Gauthier's office for
a continuance and
the owner is, the listed owner is
Paulette, Ahmad,
Philly, Permit Expenditures
and Equity Ventures Advisory
Group, LLC. Is there
anyone in the audience from that group?
here i have uh verne anastasio with the hand raised i have allowed them to speak
okay good morning mr chair members of the board good morning
verne could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer sure it's verne anastasio
a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
Yes, sir.
Is 4810 your case?
It is.
it is i represent the owner now okay all right so uh the council person has a continuance
I represent the owner now.
All right.
So the council person has a condition.
requesting for this um and we have as you know no uh i don't believe we have any uh
exhibits no sir i'm totally okay with the continuous thank you we're going to continue
this mark must be heard to 2 18 26 at 9 30 a.m thank you okay
Number 15, MI-2025-001-237-2864-Frankfurt Avenue.
Yashan Kalabar and Anna Shmolik are the owner applicants.
yeah you have then uh coast car has been allowed to speak
uh i'm here i could you please state your name as fellow for the sonographer
Yevon Kozakar, Y-E-V-H-E-N, last name K-O-Z-H-U-K-H-A-R.
I'm the owner of 9864, Frank.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Sir, we do not have your documents, and there's not been an RCO meeting.
This is the first time this has ever happened to me.
I've been notified.
I tried to upload as many documents as I can.
um last night i just want to get rid of the problem or for you guys to tell me what to do
um well i i think what we what we need to do is we need your documents at least five days before
the hearing and you need an rco meeting okay this case is going to be continued to 2 18 26
at 9 30 a.m and if you have any questions of all of what to do please call the office and
we'll work with you okay okay thank you so much thank you very much and number 16 mi 2025 001
245 1440 hellerman street this case has been continued to 218 26 at 9 30 a.m
do we have any other requests for continuances
yes chair vernon de cezo has his hand up again i will allow him to speak
good morning again mr chair yeah vernon is this 6610 hasbrook avenue that's one of them yes okay
so i have that one here it's just getting ready there's no exhibits for that that's correct that'll
be MI2025-001-198-6610 Hasbrook Avenue. Case will be continued to 2-18-26 at 9.30 a.m.
Thank you. What's the other case?
Of 1344 East Luzerne.
Okay. All right. So that MI2025-001-212-1344 East Luzerne. That case is continued to 2-18-26
at 9.30 a.m. Thanks for calling in. We appreciate it.
Thank you.
All right, and then we have number eight, MI 2025, 000153, 1333 South 9th Street.
That case has been withdrawn.
Any other cases for continuance?
I do not see any further hands, Mr. Chair.
We're going to go to one of our add-on cases.
So MI 2025-004-154-1541 South Dover Street.
I vote appeal granted on the basis of vested rights only.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes.
Do I need to say that also?
So appeal granted on vested rights only.
On appeal granted on vested rights only.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is that the appeal is granted on the basis of vested rights only.
Tanetta Graham, my vote that the appeal be granted on the basis of vested rights only.
Iowyn, my vote is that the appeal be granted on the basis of vested rights only.
Iowyn, my vote is that the appeal be granted on the basis of vested rights only.
Thank you. We're going to go to our list, and we're going to start with number four.
MI 2024, 005-585-4022 North Free Street.
This case has a Spanish interpreter. Interpreter, please.
Mr. Stephen Albain has been promoted to panelist.
Good morning.
My name is Stephen Albain and I'll be the Spanish interpreter.
Just for the record, Stephen, could you spell your name further?
My name is Stephen, S-T-E-V-E-N, last name Aubain, A-U-B-A-I-N, interpret ID Y-M-288.
Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately, completely, and impartially from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English to the best of your ability?
Yes, I do.
Okay. So, Stephen, this is – the applicant in this case is Lydia Paulino, and this is a resumptive hearing.
And do you want me to call them on the line, correct?
Please, yeah.
Así que si Lidia Paulino, si puede levantar la mano para entrar a esta audiencia.
Esta es una audiencia de resoluciones.
They have promoted to panelists.
Thank you.
Sí, buenos días. Aquí estoy.
Okay, could you ask...
Good morning, here I am.
Good morning.
Could you ask her, please, to state her name spelled for the stenographer?
Así que si puede letrar su nombre para el reportero.
Lidia Paulino, L-I-D-I-A-P-A-U-L-I-N-O.
Lidia Paulino, L-I-D-I-A-P-A-U-L-I-N-O.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Juro y afirma decir toda la verdad y la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad.
Claro que sí.
So this is a resumptive hearing, and what we need now is a discussion from the applicant
of the updated plans that we have received.
A plan show full, well, tell her that first, please.
de los planes que hemos recibido correcto correcto and and and just before she starts
the plan show a full bath and kitchenette in the basement as well as a separate entrance
and the plan shows a den in the first floor unit that would be that appears to be completely
enclosed so when she discusses her updated plans please include both those issues
Así que antes de que comience, los planos enseñan que hay un baño entero, una cocina en el sótano y también una entrada separada. Los planos también enseñan que hay un den en el primer piso y la unidad se ve completamente encerrada. Así que esas son cosas que tuviera que explicar en los planos actualizados.
and the other thing is could she please show photos
of those two locations i just spoke of
and can i begin yeah please
so this is the interpreter speaking um i i don't know if she's trying to share her screen because
she's explaining um an image but i'm not seeing an image no no she has to you tell her she has to
to have her screen shown.
Should be coming up now.
image, and here is where the machine is going, and here it is.
Y aquí está donde la máquina de lavar y aquí está el baño que él me estaba hablando.
So here, permítame, here's the basement and here is the washing machine and the bathroom.
Aquí es el primer piso, esta es la entrada principal. Uno entra por aquí y coge para el primer piso aquí.
so here is the first floor and here's the front entrance
so here's the entrance here's the entrance and we move the kitchen here and here's the dining room
But this isn't a wall.
I don't know why they put it like this in the plans.
This is open.
Yeah, eso coge para atrás.
Y después está el baño aquí, está el segundo cuarto, y aquí está la yarda.
So then here's the secondary room, and then next to it is the yard.
Y después cogemos para arriba.
so here is the living room interpreter could you do me a favor could you ask her if she
could make the screen a little bit bigger it's hard to see everything on the screen
and um there's the interpreter speaking can someone explain to her how to make it bigger
bill is there any way you can help with that
again i think if she pushes pushes that button right there i think that makes it
There you go, you're good.
Yeah, it's better.
Thank you.
Así es mejor.
So como estaba explicando, esta pared de verdad no existe.
Esto es un paseo.
So this wall right here, this wall right here doesn't exist.
This is an open walkway.
In the second floor, there's the living room, the bathroom.
Here are the stairs to go up.
The bathroom and then the kitchen in the back.
And I'll show you pictures now.
That's the front entrance.
That's a zoning letter.
This is from when you come in through the front entrance to the first apartment downstairs.
This is going up the stairs.
That's the yard.
that's the yard as well
Eso es uno de los cuartos arriba.
That's one of the bedrooms upstairs.
Ese pasillo de entrada es del principal.
That's the front entrance, the walkway in the front entrance.
That one was the kitchen in the second floor.
And this is the front room in the second floor.
And those are the only pictures that I have.
Does she have pictures of the basement?
I didn't see the basement