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ZBA Hearing - July 28, 2021

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Jul 28, 20213h 38m

we have started yes we um mr nary can you give us two minutes okay

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Okay, Ms. Tenere, as you wish.

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Thank you.

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Good morning, everyone.

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My name is Carol Tenere.

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Today I will be the Acting Chair for the Zoning Board of Adjustment Hearings.

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I'll be participating in today's hearing along with Board Secretary Confessor Plaza

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and Board Members Thomas Holloman and James Snell.

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Board Administrator Jason Hand and Tanya Sunkett will also be present.

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Board Attorney Sharon Saleta will be in attendance.

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For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings,

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I'll go through some of the basics of what you can expect. First, we will be administering oaths

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to individual participants prior to their testimony. Second, we'd like to advise everyone

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that this proceeding is being recorded and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement

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to be recorded. This is available to the public and also on the web or otherwise. Third, for anyone

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participating by phone if you wish to testify you must raise your hand by hitting star nine

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then star six to unmute yourself let me repeat that if you wish to testify you must raise your

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hand by hitting star nine then star six to unmute yourself to enter an appearance statement call

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267-270-5548 and leave your email address and address of the property at issue.

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The number again is 267-270-5548. Fourth, the Q&A box is not for testimony.

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Any comments are to be directed to Ms. Sunkit or Mr. Hand.

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okay this is where i call out the continuances that we know of

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i'm sorry carol interrupt but we need to do the add-on

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so i'm okay the add-on list first okay so for 9 30 uh the add-ons

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i'm going to do a 15 15 and 16 i believe yes that's correct um mi-2021-001231

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1918-22 east haggard street

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there's a companion to it in 16 count yeah right calendar number mi-2021-1 a dash strike that

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at 001232, 1929-45 East York Street.

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Again, this is Frankie Chico.

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I will not be voting on these cases.

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I did not attend the original hearing.

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Confessor Jim and Tom will be voting.

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So can you identify yourselves and vote on the case?

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Yes, Confessor Plaza.

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My vote is, after receiving the amended refusal, my vote is yes to both.

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James Snell, yes to both

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Thomas Holloman, yes to both

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Okay, calendar number

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MI2020-000118

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4715 Green Street

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This one I will be voting on

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This is Frank DiCicco, my vote is no

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this is carol tenery my vote is no confessor plaza my vote is no

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james snell my vote is no thomas holloman my vote is no calendar number mi-2021-001262

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92 32 melrose street this case will be voted by um the chair frank de chico tom and myself

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we received the uh i think we were waiting for a deed that's correct we did receive

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i think we were waiting for a deed that's correct we did receive it yes

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so uh on this case this is frankie chico my vote is yes

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my vote this is carol tenere my vote is yes

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and tom thomas holliman my vote is yes

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excellent okay carol so i'll be exiting now and uh i'll call back at some point thank you

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Okay, no problem.

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Okay, there are, yes.

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Can I make an announcement if it's okay with you?

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Sure.

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Please note all attendees do not raise your hand unless directly requested to speak or your case is being called or you're answering a question.

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Please keep your hands down unless directed to raise them.

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Thank you very kindly. Thank you, Chair.

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Thank you, Tanya.

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Okay, as I see, there are no continuances we have.

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Is there anyone in the virtual audience requesting a continuance?

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Madam Chair, Mr. Justin Crick has his hand raised. I will allow him to speak at this time.

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Thank you.

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Please wait to be sworn in, sir.

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Good morning, Mr. Crick. Name and address, please.

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Yes, Justin Crick, J-U-S-T-I-N-K-R-I-K. Address is 1500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 630, Philadelphia PA 19102.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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Yes.

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Okay, and your request?

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This is for calendar meeting ID MI2021-001467.

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The property is 222 Market Street, and I am requesting a brief continuance as we are exploring a couple of facts about the property.

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I have communicated this with the zoning administration.

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Okay, and what about your exhibits? Do you have any of them?

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We do not. We're waiting on a couple things for the property that we're looking into regarding the rear of the property,

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But they will be submitted in time for the next after we've completed our, you know, the last couple of things we're trying to figure out.

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Okay.

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Calendar number MI2021-001467 will be continued.

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The address is 222 Market Street.

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And this is Carol Tenere speaking for the court reporter and for the attorney.

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and madam chair there also was a continuance request for number seven

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okay thank you calendar number mi-2021-001471 22 north st bernard street

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is the attorney here

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no this was requested in advance madam chair okay okay this case is continued

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and calendar number mi 2020 003148 4114 cambridge street this case is continued

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Ms. Saleta, are there any other requests that I've missed for continuance?

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No, there are no other requests that I've received for continuances.

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However, Cambridge Street probably should allow Mr. Lambert, if he is here to speak,

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he did not request a continuance, but the exhibits were not submitted until yesterday afternoon.

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Right. Is Mr. Lambert in the audience?

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Mr. Lambert has been allowed to speak, ma'am.

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Mr. Lambert, can you put your name and address on the record?

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Hi, good morning.

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My name is Michael Lambert, I am number 88422.

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I am here with regards to 4114 Cambridge Street.

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Hi, do you swear for him to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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I do, ma'am.

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Okay, I just announced your case and I continued it.

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Would you like to put something on the record?

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No, I apologize.

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I think I may have misheard that.

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I just wanted to make sure that everything's fine.

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I am perfectly fine, and I appreciate your time.

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Sorry for the interruption.

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Thank you so much.

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May I be accused?

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You may.

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I apologize again.

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Have a great day.

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I'm still learning.

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You too.

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Have a great day, folks.

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Have a great day, folks.

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Bye-bye.

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Bye-bye.

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To the attorney, Ms. Saleta, number 26.

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To the attorney, Ms. Saleta, number 26.

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I believe that's on the two o'clock list.

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You're right.

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And the numbers are confusing this week.

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I acknowledge.

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Yes, yes, I know they are.

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Everything is confusing.

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I know.

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if you could because of the problem with the exhibits if you could next one by one call those

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cases that are listed as having no exhibits please okay i will start with on the regular list

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number one i'm sorry ma'am um if we could before you do that we have another hand up mr anastasio

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okay thank you thank you miss socket to speak um mr anastasio name and address please and i'll

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swear you in good morning madam chair verne anastasio a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o 1315 walnut suite

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1006 philadelphia 19107 do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth

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i do okay thank you may proceed thank you i'm here for 1725 fairmount um 1725 fairmount should

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have been withdrawn previous to this today's hearing it very well may have been but i did

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want to put it on the record it was scheduled for this morning at 9 30 and we are withdrawing 17 25

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fair amount um miss salata i do not have that on my list

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uh neither do i okay which means it's been previously withdrawn by the administrator and

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Thank you all.

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So that case is withdrawn.

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Yeah, thank you.

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Does anyone else have their hand raised

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in the virtual audience?

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No, Madam Chair, that is all for right now.

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No more further hands.

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Thank you, Jason.

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I'll start with the regular list.

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calendar number 1434 1132 south 56th street

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janet sharp and sonia walls there are no exhibits are you present in the virtual audience

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this wall has been promoted to panelist madam chair thank you

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Ms. Walls, can you put your name and address on the record, please?

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Yes. My name is Sonia Walls, and the address is 1132 South 56th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19143.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Have you submitted any exhibits? We do not have a record of you submitting the exhibits that are required.

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Yes, all the exhibits were submitted. My engineer, Ambrose, submitted everything.

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Do you know when and to whom?

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He should be on here, so he might be having some difficulties in connecting to answer that question.

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But he submitted them based off of the email that I have was back in.

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uh let's see there's email confirmation

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miss aletta do you have any exhibits i i don't but as i explained in executive session there

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were problems with some of the exhibits this week i did not receive the emails

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so if it's possible um is it miss walsh who's yes ma'am yes yes would it be possible if you

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have the exhibits in your sent folder if the you or the engineer could resend them to my email

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address which is seleta s-u-l-e-t-a-z-b-a at gmail.com okay could you go slower what was that

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sure i'm sorry it's s-u-l-e-t-a-z-b-a at gmail.com and that was one of the addresses listed in

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the instructions you may already have sent them but if you would please resend I would appreciate

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it thank you uh okay would you like for him to do it now um if you could yes please I'm sorry

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there are certain things I have to review before you start and if I could interject that it's

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resent not a new email recent email that was already sent thank you and Ms. Sunkett would

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Thank you.

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Ms. Sunkett, would it be possible for your staff also to check?

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it be possible for your staff also to

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Yeah, I sent you an email, Ms. Saletta, of everything that they reviewed already.

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That wasn't one that I believe we have.

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I'm not sure.

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Okay, thank you.

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So we can talk, if you wish, offline.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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So once I call him, do you want me to just put my hands back up and let you know that he sent it to you?

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Is he in attendance?

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If he is in attendance, maybe we could call him now.

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Mr. Sanders, do I want him to speak?

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He should be in attendance.

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Yes.

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Yes, he's here.

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He's been a lot to talk, man.

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Hello?

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Yes, name and address, please.

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My name is Ambrose Chukunanyan, spelled C-H-U-K-W-U-N-E-N-Y-E.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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I do.

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Okay.

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You may proceed.

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Yeah, the exhibit was sent to the, not to Soledad directly, but to the ZBA email.

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I sent it to the other RCOs.

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Yes, you were required to copy me as well. It tells you that in the instructions. Could you please

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Now, if you could forward what you sent to the RCO so that we can confirm that it was submitted on time, forward it to me.

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I will do it right now.

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Okay.

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And do you have that?

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Did you write down my email address?

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Yeah, it says S-U-L-L-E-T-A with Z-B-A dot Gmail or at gmail.com.

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