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ZBA Hearing - July 28, 2021

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

Yes, S-U-L-E-T-A Z-B-A.

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Your last name is Z-B-A at gmail.com.

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Yes, that's right.

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Thank you.

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Okay. Madam Chair, if you could move then to the next.

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Move on to number two. Calendar number 1414, 1222 East Columbia Avenue.

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Is Terrence Dowd in the virtual audience?

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Madam Chair, I do not see Mr. Dowden in the virtual audience at this time.

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There are also no exhibits for this case.

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Can we see if anyone else is present for this case?

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Sure.

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Is there anyone else here?

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There for the case for Columbia Avenue?

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If so, please raise your hand.

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Mr. Bob Everett has his hand raised.

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I will allow him to speak at this time.

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Thank you.

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Mr. Everett, name and address for the record, please, and then I'll swear you in.

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I can't hear anybody.

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Can you hear what I'm saying?

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I have no volume.

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Can you hear me now?

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Mr. Everett, are you still available?

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Okay, am I back?

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Yes, you're back.

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Can you hear me?

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all right somehow i've lost my volume i'll put it in

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well maybe you hear me maybe you don't uh this case never came i i do sorry rco

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It sounds as though he is representing the RCO, not the applicant.

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If the applicant is not here, this is the first listing.

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This would be continued.

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Okay, calendar number 1414, 1222 East Columbia Avenue.

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This case is continued.

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The next one.

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Calendar, I'm going to go down to number 10.

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Calendar number, M-I-

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Excuse me, Madam Chair, number eight, I believe.

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Number eight, I see.

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Calendar number 1429312 North 41st Street.

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312 North 41st Street is Carrie Dupree here.

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Carrie Dupree has been promoted to panelist at this time.

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Thank you, Mr. Hand.

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Jason, we're only going to be allowing them to speak for future reference.

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Okay, thank you.

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

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Carrie Dupree, 312 North 41st Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104.

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

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Yes, I do.

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According to our list here, we have no exhibits. Have you submitted exhibits?

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um yes i believe uh my architect lisa armstrong has submitted exhibits she should be here

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we need to know where they were exhibit where they were sent to and when

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can we check to see if ms armstrong is in the virtual audience sure can

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Ms. Armstrong, are you there?

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Ms. Armstrong is here and she's been allowed.

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Madam Chair.

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Ms. Armstrong, can you hear me?

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Yes, I can. Can you hear me?

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Yes, I can. Can you put your name and address on the record and I'll swear you in?

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Yes, I'm Lisa Armstrong with AK Architecture, 2011 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103.

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

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Yes, I do.

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Thank you.

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Have you submitted the exhibits for this case?

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So actually, this is the first time I've done the Zoom meeting.

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Submitted in the refusal appeal all of the drawings, and I have them up on my screen to share today, but I did not email them to you separately.

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I can do that, though, immediately.

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No, it will have to be continued.

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they have to be in five days in advance so just so that i understand um so when we

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so we can talk offline you can send the email to rcozba with questions please continue

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thank you calendar number 1429 312 north 41st street will be continued

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next case is calendar number one two five three fifty four thirty two vine street

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it's number ten Lisa didn't submit the there are no exhibits and this is third listing

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this is going to be dismissed

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dismissed

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Thomas Holloman

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dismissed

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did we check to see if anyone was present

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for that

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no I don't think we usually do

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after the third listing

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I did receive

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an email from Mr. Sokolov

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I believe he's had some problems

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contacting his client. I'm not sure if he's in attendance. Okay. Mr. Sokolov, are you in

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attendance? If you are, can you raise your hand? Madam Chair, I do not see Mr. Sokolov in the

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virtual audience at this time, unfortunately. Okay. My name is Carol Tenere, calendar number

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one two five three the case is dismissed confessor plaza my vote is dismissed

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james snell dismissed thomas holloman dismissed

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moving to 13 board calendar number zero zero six six sixty four fifteen harbison avenue

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The attorney is James Murray.

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James Murray.

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Is Mr. Murray in the virtual audience?

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I'm not going to see him in the virtual audience either, Madam Chair.

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Okay.

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Is there anyone else here regarding that case?

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no hint at this time okay calendar number mi 2020 000066 6415 harbison avenue this case is

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No hands at this time.

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Okay.

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a calendar number.

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continued and this is carol tenere voting um excuse me madam chair but this is a 2020 number

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so it is at least the second it's probably the third listing okay let me revote this

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calendar number mi-2020-000066-6415 harvison avenue my vote is to dismiss

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confessor plaza my vote is dismissed james snell dismiss thomas halliman dismiss

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number 14 board calendar number 1476731 north uber street the attorney is roger purry excuse me

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madam chair we have now received those exhibits they were submitted on time for which case this

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is number 14 the one-on-one okay yes it was sent to my other email address but i didn't find them

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Okay.

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Mr. Parry, can you hear me?

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Yes, I'm here. Can you hear me?

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Yes, I can. Can you put your name and address on the record and spell your last name, please?

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Thank you. My name is Roger Parry, P-E-R-R-Y.

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My address is 734 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19147.

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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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Do you agree to weigh the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?

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Unfortunately, as a first case, I cannot because there is a mistake.

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Okay, excuse me, we're getting into the merits now. But Mr. Perry, I had you listed as not having submitted exhibits because you sent it not to the email address listed in the instructions.

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and at first we thought that the paralegal who works with me because she only has access to that

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email address that's let as eba she listed this as having no exhibits i did find them so this can

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go forward but in the order it's listed okay i'm sorry that was that's okay just my email okay my

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email probably just copied the exhibit the one that i have and i did send them to planning and

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did send them to the zoning board. I know that you did. Thank you. Sorry for the confusion. Okay.

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Can I share them? Yes, please. So I would like to put on record that we do have exhibits

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with proof of ownership, tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, photos and or plans

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of the property. And you've met with the RCO and have a letter. I'm sorry. She does, but we will

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call this in the order that it is listed. We're right now only confirming that if exhibits were

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received oh okay thanks uh miss you're welcome it's i know we're just it's a confusing it's very

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confusing um number 15 board calendar number 1431 800 south 57th street the attorney is william

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Schwartz. Again, this is a case that I have listed as no

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exhibits. Mr. Schwartz is presenting can confirm that he

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sent them. Is he in the audience?

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i do not see mr schwartz in the uh virtual audience at this time this in which case this

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is the first listing madam chair okay so calendar number 1431 800 south 57th street

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will be continued and if we could now go back to the first case that you called um the

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on the regular list for sonia walls yes i've now um the exhibits have been

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forwarded to me but they do not include the exhibits that we need

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if we could call her forward again okay miss walls

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can you hear me yes i can hear you can you hear me you're still you're still under oath

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the attorney is the attorney is saying that we do not have the exhibits we need

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well can i ask also did was there a registered community organization meeting on this

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yes ma'am there was okay um the exhibits that were just forwarded to me include only a plan

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Okay. The exhibits that were just forwarded to me include only a plan, a refusal, and a sample letter. There is no deed, no photos, no project information form.

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My engineer, the one that has all that information, and it should have been sent to you.

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Can we call him forward again, please?

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Ms. Wolves, who was the RCO?

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Ambrose.

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you know the RCO the registered community organization you had the meeting with

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there were several of them I'm not sure but Ambrose they they wrote a letter they said

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they was going to send it to you guys with the approval and um okay can we have Mr uh I'm sorry

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I cannot pronounce his last name your engineer name Ambrose Ambrose are you in the virtual

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audience please raise your hand and you're still under oath he's been allowed to speak my chair

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ambrose yes yes i'm sorry i cannot pronounce your last name can you please

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well so when i become the mayor you're not going to pronounce my last name

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I can't. It's it's Chuck. When it. When.

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No different than you know what to say to them.

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Yeah. Okay, took one.

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Yeah, Tom can pronounce it.

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Okay, I did Mr.

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Chukunay you did forward me exhibits just now.

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There were only three attachments.

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Is that what you've submitted to the RCO mailbox?

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Yes, that's what I submitted to the RCO mailbox.

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But the project description was submitted with the appeal.

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I didn't think I needed to submit that again.

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You had to submit exhibits, including the deed, the photos.

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Did you submit those?

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No, I did not submit photos.

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Did you submit a deed?

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That was submitted earlier, but I didn't think I had anything.

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Madam Ferris, could you continue this case, please?

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Yes, I'm sorry.

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I think we have to.

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calendar number 1434 1132 south 56th street this case is continued

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the next case calendar number 1477 151 mayland street the attorney is verne anastasio

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Mr. Anastasio

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Please raise your hand, sir

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He's been allowed to speak

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Hi, Mr. Anastasio, can you put your name and address on the record, please, and spell your last name?

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Sure. Good morning again.

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Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 1006, Philadelphia, 19107.

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And you're still under oath, but do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?

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I do.

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Have you emailed the exhibit packet?

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Yes.

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I'm sorry, Madam Chair, please, I'm sorry for the interruption, but this is just to confirm that exhibits were submitted timely.

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i believe that we've now moved on to the regular list we've gone through all of the

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exhibit oh i'm sorry i'm sorry excuse me okay have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof

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of ownership tax compliance refusal referral photos and or plans of the property five days

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in advance of this hearing and have you met with the rco and do you have a letter yes

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Thank you. You may proceed.

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I would like to share my screen.

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I'll promote you to a panelist right now, sir.

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Hilby, we're joining as a panelist.

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Okay. Good morning.

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i'm going to share my screen now and my apologies for my voice today i'm fighting a cold

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madam chair 151 mayland street is for application for the legalization of an existing

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two-family dwelling here are the plans

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I'm having some scrolling issues for some reason, please.

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I'm having some scrolling issues for some reason. Please bear with me. I'm sorry.

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Anyway, here are the plans and this is the property in question.

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