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how many 16 in the audience okay thank you
Good morning, everyone. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this meeting of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment.
With me is our Vice Chair, Isabel Shahid.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Member, Cheryl L. Gaston.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Member, Tanetta Graham.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Member, Michael Johns.
Chairman.
Our Board Member, Taya Nguyen.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
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Okay, so let's look at our schedule for today.
Number one, MI 2023-003-382-6340-Musgrave.
Is Troy Pratter here?
Good morning.
Good morning.
Take a seat, sir.
That's your hand up by a Troy Pratter, only a Lorraine Gignard.
Okay. Sir, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Troy Prater, T-R-O-Y-P-R-A-T-E-R.
Do you swear or affirm that tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Mr. Prater, I understand you want a contingence for your case.
Could you give us an update of where the case stands?
Well, I'm trying to schedule for to have the drafts person come out and draft,
the drafting of the property itself and requesting a hearing with the neighbors in the community.
Okay. So I'm going to give you that. One more continue. It's okay. And then what I want you
to do is you have to be ready the next time. Yes. So MI 2023-003-382-6340 Musgrave,
Cases continued till 7.23.25 at 9.30 a.m.
Thank you, sir, for coming in.
Thank you.
Number seven, MI 2024-005-744-4858 Fairmount Avenue.
That case is continued. Attorney moving party. Number nine, MI 2024, 005, 757, 9212 Delaware Avenue.
That case is continued. Number 10, MI 2024, 005, 759, 9214 Delaware Avenue. That case is continued.
Number 11, MI 2024-005-780-5717, Malvern Avenue.
That case is continued.
Number 12, MI 2024-005-788-9216, Delver Avenue.
That case is continued.
Number 15, MI 2024, 005-847-7335 Montour Street.
That case is continued.
And number 17.
number 17 MI 2024-006-068-9218 North Delbert Avenue. That case is continued. Are there any
other requests for continuance? Mr. Chair, I just want to note for the record that all of those
cases have been continued to 7-23-25 at 9.30 a.m. Thank you. Thank you.
Good morning.
Two hands up.
The first one is Lorraine Ginyard.
Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
good morning good morning Lorraine could you please state your name and spell for the
stenographer okay Lorraine Ginyard Medley l-o-r-r-a-i-n-e-g-i-n-y-a-r-d-m-e-d-l-e-y
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
I do. What case are you interested in? The location? Oh, 4247 Westminster Avenue.
Okay. We haven't called that as of yet, but tell me what your interest in that case.
What my interest is? We have a notice to appear in a court today. I'm a resident.
Okay. But we're going to call that case. In other words. I don't know why you called my name.
I didn't call your name.
So, okay.
We will make sure you, we're going to hear that case today.
Thank you.
Are there any other requests for continuance?
i see no hands okay we're going to go to our add-on list
mi 2024-001-947-2314 north broad street
i vote yes with proviso no household living in basement
I vote yes with Proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Aya Wynn, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thank you.
That's 16.
so before we do our uh our list um we really want to take a moment of silence for
what happened the other night with the crash of the jet um for all the people who have injuries
people who are deceased and and also probably to recognize all the people who did so much work
there from the police to the fire to to the utility workers so we're just going to take
a moment of silence before we go any further thank you
thank you all
Case number 16, MI 2024, 005-975-9230 Cambridge Street. Galena Markova is the owner applicant. We also have with us an interpreter.
interpreter here? Okay.
Yeah, we have a hand up from Joe
Carson. This might be the interpreter.
Carson, you're free to speak.
Yes, I represent East Tarsdale Civic Association. I'm sorry, I'm not the interpreter.
can you hear me
we do sir we're waiting for an interpreter
when I can wait
maybe late a little bit
chair there's a hand up
last initial D could possibly be the interpreter
Rack, last name, beginning in D, you're allowed to speak.
Rack, last name, ending in D. Could you please speak? Are you the interpreter?
Yes. Hello. My name is Marat. Last name is Duisyebaev. My ID number is double N as in November 904.
My ID number is double N as in November, 904.
So could you do me a favor to go back and state your name and spell it for our court reporter, okay?
My first name is Marat, M as in Mike, A as in Apple, R as in Red, A as in Apple, and T as in Tom.
and the last name is
D as in David, U as in Umbrella
I as in India, S as in Sam
E as in Edward, B as in Boy
A as in Apple, Y as in Yellow
E as in Edward and B as in Victor
Thank you. You soundly swear or affirm that you will interpret
accurately, completely and impartially from English to Russian
and from Russian to English
to the best of your ability?
Yes, sir.
Could you ask
the appellant
to state her name and spell, please,
for the court stenographer?
Здравствуйте.
Можете, пожалуйста, представиться
и по буквам продиктовать
ваше имя и фамилию, пожалуйста.
Меня зовут
Галина Макарова.
My name is Galina Makarova, M-A-G-A-R-O-V-A, Makarova.
Okay, sir, could you repeat that for the interpreter, for our court reporter?
Yes, my name is Galina Makarova.
The spelling of the first name is G as in George, A as in Apple, L as in Lima, I as in India, N as in Nancy, and A as in Apple.
And the spelling of the last name is Makarova, M as in Mike, A as in Apple, K as in Kite, A as in Apple, R as in Red, O as in Oscar, V as in Victor, and A as in Apple.
Okay, could you please interpret this for her?
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please tell her to start her presentation, and as she speaks, could you interpret for us, okay?
Certainly, sir.
Хорошо, пожалуйста, начните со своей презентации,
и когда вы будете говорить, пожалуйста, представьте возможность переводчику переводить.
Спасибо.
I've been living in the United States of America for 27 years.
So probably I may speak some parts in English and some parts in Russian.
What way is the best?
Yeah, I think the best way is you're here, whatever she's comfortable with,
but you just interpret everything she says, okay?
So whatever, I think she might be better off what Russian way being that you're here.
This is the interpreter speaking?
Yes, sir.
Certainly.
Okay, please proceed.
I am an American citizen.
I will probably say a few sentences in a row.
So I never had my property.
I wanted to have a house, I wanted to have a house, I had a lot of work, I collected money, I had to pay a lot of money, I didn't have any time, I had no idea, at any time I had a house.
Finally I bought a house with a mortgage, yes, with a mortgage.
The house was very poor, for $125,000 I bought this house.
I knew that he was very small, he was poor, broken, I would have to fix it, I was ready to this.
So, when I arrived to, when I came to the United States of America, I wanted to have my own house with my own garden.
house with my own garden. This is why I worked a lot. I never had holidays. I didn't go on
This is why I worked a lot.