this here
this is the deed of the property
right here
this is my certificate of tax clearings okay
this is the plan taking into account the streets
this is the elevation of uh of the addition that we are applying for okay
hold on i'm looking for the other ramp
also you know
the ramp you can see there the ramp for people that need um and also a different entrance in
In the front.
Also you can see here the entrance to the second floor in the rear part of the building.
This is the second floor.
This is the commercial space right here.
and the commercial area where the restaurant would be.
here you can see the first bedroom yes well we're good with the drawings we understand
We're going with the drawings.
We understand.
Está bien.
Todos los planes ya los entendemos.
No es necesario que continúe con los planes.
Esto aquí va a ser para la basura aquí atrás.
Para la basura.
Here is for garbage.
All the trash area.
Is that where the additions are going to be built there?
Ahí es donde se van a construir las adiciones.
No, no.
Va a ser aquí, la adición.
No, the aditions are over here.
Over here.
The adition was already put on it?
Ya está hecha la adición?
Cuando yo la compré, ya estaba así.
No, I bought the property just as you were seeing it here.
Aquí tenemos...
Esa es mi tienda donde tengo 21 años aquí.
and this is my store uh the warehouse uh that i have had for 21 years you can see that is well
taken care of that's where we use one walnut street it's a isla de walnuts okay thank you
and we sell hispanic food okay
So one of the things that was on this list was the RCO letter. Could you get to that for us?
Let me see that.
Did he ever contact the RCO and go back to see them again?
¿Alguna vez usted entró en contacto con RCO y regresó a verlos otra vez?
No, no, no.
va a rentar a alguien más? No, lo voy a hacer yo, me decidí a hacerlo yo. No, I decided to do it myself.
Does he have anything else to show us?
Tiene algo más que quiera mostrarnos.
the interpreter wants to uh ask for repetition
oh that's just the photos that that this is the way the the business
is supposed to look
once I'm able to open it.
So when I read this case,
it's for the erection
of a two-story edition.
So he bought it
after the edition
was already put on it?
Cuando yo estoy leyendo el caso
es para poder construir
una adición de dos
pisos. ¿Estos dos pisos
ya están allí? ¿Estaban ahí
cuando usted compró la propiedad?
Ya están ahí.
Yes, they are there already.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you.
Gracias.
Gracias.
All right, so questions from the board.
Preguntas por parte de...
No, no.
Questions from the board.
Preguntas por parte de las personas responsables.
Carol?
Carol?
No, Mr. Chair.
No, I'm good, Mr. Chair.
No, también.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Preguntas o comentarios de la audiencia virtual.
Sorry about that.
Chair, we have Mark Ruffin.
Please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Permítame un momento.
Hay alguien que va a hablar.
Hi, could you state your name and spell, please, for the court reporter?
Mark Ruffin
M-A-R-K-R-U-F-F-I-N
and we had specific
hold on one minute
do you swear for him to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes I do
we had specific questions from Mr. Rosario
with respect to
trash removal that was never
addressed, there were really specific
questions that he never addressed
for the community and I think that's part of the
problem here
Okay, thank you.
I see no other hand, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Good afternoon, Chair and members of the Board.
This is Greg Waldman, Planning Commission staff.
This property is indicated for commercial mixed use on the City Plan.
The proposed use is consistent with the documented site history
and the physical condition of the structure.
The City Planning Commission recommends that the Board grant the variance.
Thank you, Greg.
So I'm going to hold a vote on this.
When he went to the RCO, the RCO turned this down with the fact that he was giving it to, he was going to rent it out.
And now he's saying he's going to do it himself.
Before we vote on this, I want him to go back to the RCO.
Ok, el comentario por parte del señor Greg Wolfman fue que el uso comercial de la propiedad está de acuerdo con lo que ya se permite en esa y él está recomendando que esta audiencia le permita realizarlo.
Sin embargo, el juez nos está indicando que él en este momento quiere esperar para votar al respecto.
Cuando usted acudió a RCO, usted presentó sus documentos diciendo que usted iba a rentar la propiedad a alguien más.
Y ahora me dice que lo va a hacer usted mismo.
Entonces, antes de poder nosotros votar y darle el permiso, necesito que usted regrese una vez más a hablar con RCO.
And what we're going to do is, Lakeisha, I want to have this listed again within a month.
So we'll give them time to get to the RCO and make his presentation.
And then we'll get a letter from the RCO about where they stand.
Y en este momento, entonces, vamos a volver a enlistar su casa
para volver a presentarnos en audiencia dentro de un mes.
Con eso, usted va a tener tiempo suficiente para volver a acudir a RCO,
tener la cita con ellos y que nosotros recibamos una carta de parte de ellos
citando lo que ellos opinan.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Are we going to leave the record open so we can have testimony?
I think I'm going to close the record other than the communications from the RCO.
La carpeta quedará cerrada para cualquier otro testimonio.
Lo único que se va a mantener abierto es poder recibir la carta, la comunicación por parte de RCO.
Thank you, everyone.
Gracias a todos.
Thank you, interpreter.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We're going to move to number eight.
MI 2022-003-194-800-Cottman.
Amy Farrell is the attorney.
Our attorney, Hillary Emerson, is recusing herself.
Amy Galler will be filling in.
Recommendation of support from the Burholm Community Town Watch and Civic Association.
Recommendation of support from the Burholm Community Town Watch and Civic Association.
Chair, one moment, I'm trying to promote the...
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair.
I just want to clarify, this is 800-Cottman Ave.
Which is M-I-222-003-194?
Okay, great.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
My name is Julie Bernstein.
It's J-U-L-I-E, last name Bernstein, B-E-R-N-S-T-E-I-N.
Could you, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you.
Could you identify your client in relationship to the property?
Newtown Park Association is my client.
and they are the owner of the property. Okay, thank you. Our Vice Chair,
Carol Tenere, has a few questions. Hi, good afternoon. Do you agree to
wave the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy? I do.
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership
tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral,
photos under plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing,
and have you met with the RCO, and do you have a letter? Yes,
to all of the above okay great you may proceed and begin to share your screen
here we go can everyone see the screen okay
hi again my name is Julie Bernstein I represent Newtown Park Association
of 800 Cotman Ave. They are the owner. This property is owned as RM2 and consists of a
multi-story residential apartment building with a one-story component along Cotman Avenue frontage
that's historically housed several commercial tenants. The property has a long history of
small scale commercial tenants on this first floor that cater to the building residents
and the applicants here tonight or this afternoon to seek a variance for unit number five to provide
eyelash services in a salon setting as well as a general accessory salon service for hair and nail.
This is a personal service use and in addition to all of the other uses that are currently on the
property. Just to streamline the process, I'll quickly go through the table of exhibits and I
would like to have them entered into the record. I also have two witnesses with me in case there
any questions, I have the owner's representative, Dave Waterman and L'Oreal Colon, who is the tenant.
First, we have exhibit number one, which is our deed, demonstrating that Newtown is the owner.
Then we have our tax clearance as number two. Exhibit number three is the notice of the refusal.
and number four is our appeal we have at five our project information form and at number six
we have posting prop the posting for the property for tonight this afternoon
and okay so here we have some aerials just to
get everyone oriented. So this is the location of 800 Cotman Avenue. It is, although it is zoned
residential, it's along a corridor that has mixed use that you can see. There used to be a Wawa
across the street. There's a car wash next door and a bunch of fast food restaurants down the
street. This is the building and the renovated commercial front area. Regency unit number
five is this one that's within the circle. And it has this nice parking right in front,