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Okay. Number one, MI 2025, 007, 519, 1108 Knights Road. The vote on this has been moved to 21727 at 9.30 a.m.
that's good right all right and and number two mi2026 002 608 1804 south 13th street
the vote on this has been moved to 217 27 at 9 30 a.m number three is continued
Number three, MI 2026, 002-689-1935, South 3rd Street.
That case is continued until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
Number four, MI 2026, 002-693-2102, North 20th Street.
That case is continued until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
Number five, MI 2026-002-694-2104 North 20th Street.
That case is continued until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
And number six, MI 2026-002-713-101 East Pastoria Street.
That case is continued until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
And number seven, MI 2026-002-744-7241 Cottage Street.
We have no exhibits.
This is the first listing.
Vern Anastasio is the attorney, and Joseph Gill is the listed applicant.
Good morning, Chair.
This is Doreen.
I will be co-hosting this morning.
I will promote Vern Anastasio.
good morning mr chair morning counsel could you please state and spell your name for the
Good morning, Mr.
stenographer certainly verne anastasio a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o on behalf of mr gill cottage street
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do counsel could you give us an update on this case i just understand that this case is being
continued okay so that was my that was my understanding okay all right so the case is
going to be continued till 2 17 27 at 9 30 and mark must be hurt thank you are there any other
requests for continuances yes chair i have it when i see somebody right here has a hand up come on
no which whoever wants to testify oh sit sit and relax sit relax
could you please stay and spell your name william ford w w-i-l-l-i-a-m ford f-o-r-d
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i swear what case sir uh 101 pastoria street
oh we um did we do that that was continued continued yes the second give me what do you
want to talk about the case to me yes what happened was i got an email at 12 o'clock
and they said at four o'clock they was going to cancel it i have to pay a hundred and some
dollars more because i didn't respond within four hours who that's what i got the email that's well
um no i i mean um number six right uh i i don't you i had this listed i had this listed as
the case to be continued okay to counsel it is continued if you want me to address it i sure
This one, you didn't have your certain documents by a certain time, and you were sent an email with regard to that.
Four hours? I mean, is that the greatest period that we usually have? Four hours?
All right.
Excuse me, Chair. This is Keisha. If he has additional questions, he can speak to the supervisor.
Here's the thing. The case has to be continued. When you go in the back, somebody's going to explain to you why.
okay thank you you have to come up here please
all right hold on hold on hold on wanting to speak at the mic please state and spell your
name for the stenographer do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the
truth miss ford please give me your comments so get a little closer to the mic
yep um the concern we have about the continuance and the fee that they're i'm assessing
is that our paperwork was submitted into um the calendar or september the 14th
since september the 14th i have called okay all right so man asking for let's speak it's been
continued the woman in the back will explain to you what you have to do and why it was done okay
we just can't do it right here, okay?
There's going to be somebody waiting to see you in the back.
But the fairness of it, that's the fairness of it.
Well, I think she'll try to explain to you why we thought it was fair, okay?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Excuse me, Chair.
Vern Anastasio has his hand back up.
Should I go ahead and let him speak?
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just for the record, state your name.
Vern Anastasio.
In case you look in the continuum.
I was talking, I was 1803, 1804 South 13th Street.
Mr. Hegarty did answer my question, and I understand it's been continued.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
All right.
We're going to go to our add-on list.
Number one, MI 2024-006-086-7777 State Road.
7 7 7 7 state road.
The vote on this matter has been moved to 10 28 at 9 30 AM.
Number two,
MI 2026 002 258 549 Selma street.
Is there a Georgian interpreter in the audience?
Yes, I see someone named Dari, last name beginning with M. I will promote.
Good morning, Your Honor.
Good morning.
Just for the record, could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Yes, it's D-A-R-I, first name and last name, M-O-R-N-E-A-U-L-T.
Right.
Do you swear or firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Interpreter, we've found that we do not need you for this case, but we wanted to call you
on and thank you very much for getting on for us, okay?
Thank you very much.
Have a great day.
Bye-bye.
All right.
So 549 Selma Street, the vote on this matter has been moved until 11-4 at 9.30 a.m.
Number three, MI 2026-000-228-610-40 High Street.
The vote on this matter has been moved until 11-4 at 9.30 a.m.?
Mr. Chairman, I was just informed by, well, Hillary, that we should move it to instead October 28th.
Okay, so we will now move this to October 28th at 9.30 a.m.?
Correct.
Thank you.
Number four, MI 2026-002-415-7029 Sprague Street.
I vote yes.
Michael John, my vote is yes.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes.
Do we have enough votes?
Number.
We have four.
Number five.
MI 2025-007-219-828, Brooklyn Street.
I vote yes.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes.
I'm sorry.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes.
number six mi20260026525821wayne avenue i vote yes michael johns my vote is yes
carol gaston my vote is yes tanetta graham my vote is yes layla bb my vote is yes
Thank you. We're going to go to our regular list. So number eight, MI 2026-002-688-1903 South 7th Street. Joseph Consul is the attorney. There's a letter of non-opposition from Council Member Squilla and a letter of support from East Paschonk Avenue Civic Association.
Joseph Consul is coming in as a panelist. Thank you.
Good morning. Good morning, Mr. Consul. What's his name?
Hey, how's it going? Good morning, Mr. Consul. Good morning.
All right. Could you please state and spell your name for the
stenographer? Yeah, Joseph Consul. It's J-O-S-E-P-H-C-O-N-S-O-L-E.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Mr. Counsel, could you please identify your client, the relationship to this property?
Yeah, I've got Shandra Locke and her daughter, Sookie Lang.
They're the tenants in the property.
All right.
Our vice chair has a few questions.
Good morning.
Have you submitted your documents and exhibits for this case 14 days in advance of this hearing?
And do you weigh the reading of your refusals and stipulate to their accuracy?
All right.
Thank you.
You can share your screen and proceed with your case.
All right.
And Chair, pardon the interruption. This is Ian Hegarty. We do have an interpreter reserved for this proceeding. Mr. Counsel, would you be requiring an interpreter for this case for the entire case, or would you prefer to have the interpreter only interpret questions to the client and the result of the disposition?
And Chair, pardon the interruption. This is Ian Hegarty. We do have an interpreter reserved for this.
Well, it's a mother and daughter. The mother is technically the leaseholder. She does require an interpreter. Her daughter can do that, but maybe it makes sense to just roll through the whole thing. If you're okay with that, it's not going to be a long presentation.
Yes. So why don't we make sure that if the leaseholder or the person with equitable ownership has to be asked anything or state anything on the record, that it goes through the interpreter, please.
Okay. So the interpreter has been promoted.
is this um and what what the nationality
it's mandarin direct yes i'm sorry that's correct all right okay
did they gotta be sworn in interpreter and you say are you here
i'm here sir this is the interpreter speaking sorry i just want to check in earlier did you
say mandarin he he said mandarin uh unfortunately i'm not a mandarin interpreter i'm sorry i'm
going to misspoke on that i don't have my notes on on the language cambodian is the language
okay okay sorry can you please state and spell your name for the stenographer yes your honor
my first name is spelled n-i-s-a-y and my last name is spelled h-e-n-g right do you swear or
firm that you will interpret accurately completely and um and partially from uh cambodian to english
and from english to cambodian i do your honor counsel hi uh good morning uh chair bergman
members of the board tell tell do you want her to interpret every word that's said or tell me
how you want to do this uh could i perhaps promote my client to to just see why don't you bring your
client on it. Come on. Ms. Shendralok and Silky Lime, could you raise your virtual hand?
I heard a pop.
person with the last name top has been promoted yes
uh yes i'm here hi soki lang that's attorney console
So because your mother has to adopt my testimony, should we have the interpreter interpret my entire presentation or just the the end of the presentation where I ask her the required questions?
I think if you think it's appropriate at the end of it would be fine for the interpreter.
OK, yes. Yes. OK, so, Joe, that's not your client. Am I correct?
Why don't we get your client on the swearer in?