Do you have a...
Hold on, excuse me, excuse me, Mr. Chair.
Ma'am, do you have currently a lease with the owner of the property?
um yes they asked me to submit the deed and he gave me the deed to submit but yes I do
okay so ma'am you can only present if you have some sort of legal interest in the property and
that is if you have a signed lease if you do not have a signed lease unfortunately you will not be
able to present only the owner would be able to present because we only have proof that he has an
interest in the property. Okay, I can call him now and ask him to get on. I thought he would
have been on here. I don't know why he's not, but I'm going to call him right now and ask him to get
on. I didn't know. They didn't ask me. They asked me to submit a deed, and I did. I would have
submitted the deed. We did not know. That's why. We said deed lease. It depends on what applies
to you, and for you, Elise, is what applies if you would like to present. But yes, Mr. Chair,
go ahead. I'm going to go
I'm going to go past you a minute
call him and I'll come back in about
15 minutes okay?
Number two
MI 2024
005359
6450 Haverford Avenue
Makamba Kalabali
is he there?
Yes chair
I'm going to promote
him to penalize
Macomba Kalubali, please accept the promotion to become a panelist.
I did.
hi could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer
my name is macumba koulibaly you want me to spell it as well please m-a-k-a-m-b-a-c-o-u-l-i-b-a-l-y
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes this application is for a child care center on the first floor and a single family household
living on the second floor all in the same existing structure. The proposed use child
care center is prohibited in the RM1 zoning district. Our vice chair has a few questions for you.
Good afternoon. Ma'am, have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that's needed
and required to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
Yes, I have my husband here with me. He provides you with where she sent everything to.
Okay, you can proceed to share your screen, and you need to turn your camera on as well.
Hey, my name is Musa Cdibi.
So, I think your wife is the one that's going to testify, okay?
All right, sure.
All right, start your presentation.
um can can i do the presentation with her with her i can testify that uh that i will be truthful
and honest as well i know i know but what i'm saying it's it's her business right we we own
the business together but the you know she is in the application she's the one who found so so
you know so she's gonna have to do the testimony okay we'll get her through the testimony don't
worry okay no problem all right so we're gonna share no no no no you you you can't testify she's
going to testify sorry sorry sorry my fault no that's okay it's okay
pardon me chair this is the court reporter could i have the gentleman uh give his name please
um my name is musa sidibe m-o-u double s as in sam a as in alpha last name sidibe s-i-d as in
David, I, B as in
boy, E as in Edward.
Thank you.
All right.
And forgive us because we lost...
No, no, no. Do me a favor. She's going to testify, sir.
She's going to testify.
On your screen.
Let me start sharing.
It should be that green button on the bottom.
It should be that green button on the bottom, see it's share screen.
See, it's share screen.
Yeah, no, I am sharing my screen.
However, I have to find the file that I'm doing it with first.
All right.
You have to open your file first and then share screen.
Are you seeing the screen now?
Yeah. Okay. Let me try again.
I'm doing it from a phone.
Bill OIT.
All right. Once you hit the share button, does it ask you what you wish to share?
Yes, it's asking me what I want to share, but it's not really like...
Can I say something, sir? Is that okay, please?
Hold on a moment. Let's see if we get her through this, please.
bill it she's on the phone too right unfortunately so here it is here it is here it is
all right
so um i already have a daycare right next door which is on um which is at 64 48 harryford avenue
okay with the capacity of 32 children um we passed on in with that one um so
how many children are you looking to have in here um we haven't we haven't done that yet
so we don't know how many kids we are allowed yet okay sure um this is our floor plan
how many floors you're going to be on one
and the second floor is a residence yes can you blow that up a little bit so we can say it it's
kind of hard to say sure where do you want me to start thank you that where the daycare is right
here um i will no this is the top floor i believe and this is the second floor that's the daycare
there the first floor yes i'm sorry okay the second floor is the private residence yes okay
keep going so you went to the rco yes we passed
Do you have photos of the place?
Yes, we do.
So this is across the street from the daycare center.
This is also 65th and Habibford, the intersection of the daycare center.
This is also another across the street is the cleaners.
This is the cleaners across the street.
This is a seafood restaurant here.
This is a corner store across the street and a hair salon at the corner.
This is the Chinese store at the corner of 65th and Haverford.
This is also a hair salon right next door to the property that we're here for.
And this is the property right here, 6450.
And the daycare center that we're occupying right now,
So the building that I can find right now is 6448.
That's you posted your building.
That's the inside.
So it's all fit out and ready to go?
That's the bathroom in the corner there?
No, that's the door to the basement.
Back here is the door on the left-hand side is the door to the bathroom.
This is the door to the back.
The other door straight ahead is the door to the back.
This is the bathroom.
That's the door to the back.
The one on the right-hand side is the entrance to the upstairs.
The one on the right-hand side is the entrance to the upstairs, and the one on the left-hand side is the entrance into the place that we want to make the daycare center.
That's your application for appeal.
How long have you been in business next door?
Six years.
And it's just to the point it's too crowded in there? Is that what it is?
Just to expand.
Expand.
Okay. And that's where you're going to move into the one with the glass you just showed us?
All right.
All right.
Questions from the board.
You got a question.
In your current daycare, is it the same footprint or the same size as the one space that you're proposing to go into?
Sorry about that.
Smaller or larger?
Sorry about this.
That wasn't true.
You said, is it smaller or larger?
Current daycare.
The current daycare.
I believe it's larger.
How many children do you have there?
I have the capacity of 32 kids, so we're at full capacity at the moment.
All right.
So the intent is not to move sites, but just to have another site next door?
Okay, thank you.
how many uh people do you have working at the uh center that you have now and how many do you
anticipate you're going to have in the new facility um so at the moment i have seven
staff members working in the facility in the building that i'm in now so i anticipate having
about three to four um staff members um um again we're just expanding so i want to make it doesn't
need it just for the infants so yeah the infants are four to one so depending on how many kids
they allow me that'll be the um that'll let me know how many staff members i'll need to have here
and you said that was from like four months to one year is that the age of the children
um no we i'm starting six weeks six weeks okay
any other questions from the board
questions or comments from our attorney not at this time mr chair
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chairman, and good afternoon.
David Fecta with the City Planning Commission.
Chairman and board members, the comprehensive plan recommends a change in zoning at this location from RM1, residential multifamily, to RSA5, residential single family.
The zoning of this property dates to the original 1933 zoning code and maps.
This property has a documented history as ground floor commercial use with dwelling units above.
The City Planning Commission recommends that the Board grant the proposed use variance for a child care center.
MI 2024, 005359, 6450 Haberford Avenue, I vote yes.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.
Tannetta Graham, my vote is yes.
Iowa, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Fahid, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
Number three, MI 2024, 005-639-2350 Reed Street.
Alok Sokoloff is the attorney.
Letter of support from Point Breeze Development Coalition.
The vote was five to one.
Applicant also provided 19 form letters, six from the block.
Mr. Sokoloff.
oleg sokolov has been promoted to penalties good afternoon to the board could you please
state your name and spell it for the court's sonographer yep oleg sokolov on behalf of the
applicant swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Could you identify your client, a relationship to this property?
Could you identify your client, a relationship to this property?
The client, the representative for the client who's going to be on the line is Matt Mullen.
The entity itself is 2350 Reed Street, LLC.