Okay. Yeah. Could you have any one there? Yeah, that's your daughter.
All right. Interpreter, do your thing.
Interpreter, could you please ask her to state and spell her name for the stenographer?
C-H-E-N-D-A
And last name
The name is Chandaluk. It is C-H-E-N-D-A. Last name, L-O-K.
Could you ask her, does she swear or affirm to tell the truth?
The whole truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Mr. Consul.
All right.
Good morning, Chair.
Joe Consul again here for the tenant on the first floor of 1903 South 7th Street.
Pull up the refusal.
Here, property is leased by my client, who.
Property is leased by my client, who is on the call, and the proposed first floor salon will be operated by her under a lease, which we included in our packet.
This is a narrow use variance request.
The only refusal is for personal services because this property is zoned RSA 5.
we're asking to use this existing first floor commercial storefront space as a hair salon
with the two residential dwelling units above remaining exactly as they are and as they are
approved no sign on this application and no building is occurring the refusal itself as you
can see tells the history of the property was approved in 1988 for a retail grocery store
in 1996 it was approved
as a coffee shop
again with two apartments
as I'll show you
as you're talking why don't you start showing
what it looks like and if you have plans
you got it there are no plans
I'm showing you a white box space that will be
improved as a salon
there's the space
there's another photo of the space
leads into
area with restrooms
we included all of our historical documentation in our submission we included the lease
and the deed we included our letter of rco support their only variant or their only proviso
was because it's personal services they want it limited to a hair salon use to um to mitigate any
other personal services being approved there without their approval so we're totally fine
with that use variance to be granted solely for use as a hair salon no problem they were great
our application you don't need to see that uh tax compliance proof of mailing
and the taped up posters uh with that i'll have my my client uh adopt my testimony
and so we'll go from there
um interpreter could could you uh i i know the thing is the uh uh the appellant has had
contact with the attorney before could you ask her is it okay if the attorney if she adopts if
the attorney adopts if she adopts the testimony from the attorney right and that he's going to
testify for her is that okay
Okay, and Joe, as an officer of the court, we will accept your testimony anyway.
So, questions or comments from the board?
so can can i see the pictures of the exterior that is that the door where people are going to enter
the okay um that's the door where people are going to enter the salon i think there's a i think
there's a pull-up behind that yeah interpreter could you ask um my client how they enter the
salon, is it through the door on the left or is there a pull-up space in one of the two
doors there?
It's through the pull-up doors on the right side, on both sides.
that's the door
see it right there
where the exit sign is
that's behind the roll down
how many stylists
are you planning to have
on site
And is this limited to hair?
Are you going to be doing other cosmetic services?
Just cutting hair.
I don't have any further questions.
I don't have any further questions.
Any other questions?
Any other questions?
Questions from our attorney?
No questions at this time, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
No hands.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chairman, and good morning.
David Fecto, F-E-C-T-E-A-U, with the City Planning Commission.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, told truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir, I do.
please proceed sir thank you sir uh chairman and board members the comprehensive plan recommends
a change in zoning at this location uh from rsa 5 residential single family to rm1 residential
multi-family the city rezoned this neighborhood in 1996 and a council requested map change this
property has a documented history as commercial use and one dwelling unit above dating to 1941.
the city planning commission recommends the board grant the proposed use variance for personal
services thank you counsel is that a proviso uh i mean use yeah use limited to first floor you can
do that he had put it in his description but you can do that so mi 2026 002 688 1903 south 7th
street i vote yes with proviso use limited to hair salon oh no no i thought you meant to first floor
No, no, we wouldn't do the proviso to the hair salon.
All right.
That's what they asked for.
I don't know.
We can ask.
All right.
So we won't do that.
Use limited to first floor.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso.
And McAdams, my vote is yes with proviso.
Talia Nguyen, my vote is yes with proviso.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes with proviso.
Thank you, Mr. Counsel.
Number nine, MI 2026-002-772-4861 North Howard Street. David Garcia Valera role is the attorney.
David Garcia has been promoted.
Sorry, Mr. Chair. There we are.
Good morning. Could you please state and spell your name for the stenographer?
Absolutely. It's David Garcia, ID number 54351.
Last name G-A-R-C-I-A.
the whole truth nothing but the truth uh yes i do counsel could you identify your client
the relationship to this property yes sir he's the owner mr david davy it's a twiggy laura
okay he should be in the okay and what's the relationship to the property he's the owner
he is the owner mr chairman mr chairman i can't hear you very well i i um i hear myself pretty
Well, I'll tell you that.
I don't, I don't.
Tough too.
Let me.
Maybe your volume's down or something.
I mean, I.
Yeah, that's what I'm checking right now.
Okay, sure.
That is what it is.
All right.
Let me just get closer.
And counsel, just so you know, there's a letter of support from the new 42nd Ward, RCO, and also a letter of non-opposition from council member Lozada.
Our vice chair has a few questions.
Good morning.
Have you submitted your documents and exhibits 14 days in advance of this hearing?
Yes, ma'am.
But I also last night added some supplemental photographs as well as a letter of support from the RCL.
Thank you for that.
And do you waive the read note of your refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes, ma'am.
All right.
Thank you.
You can share your screen and proceed with your case.
And again, pardon the interrupt to Mr. Chair.
This is Ian Hegarty.
we do have a spanish interpreter available for this matter um attorney attorney via real or would
you um be interested in having the entire case interpreted or would you rather that the interpreter
only interpret direct questions to your client um and the disposition of the case um
i would rather the whole hearing be interpreted for him just to make sure okay so thank you for
responding uh chair the interpreter has been promoted and is available to be sworn in okay
Interpreter Rocio, are you present?
I am present.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Could you please state and spell your name for the stenographer?
Of course.
My name is Rocio.
R as in Romeo, O as in Oscar, C as in Charlie, I as in India, O as in Oscar.
All right.
Do you swear?
do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately completely and impartially from
english to spanish and from spanish to english i swear okay um did you go yeah
okay all right uh counsel why don't you start your presentation uh yes sir um just briefly
what we're attempting to do here is to legalize the attachment of an exterior staircase leading
Counsel, wait a minute. Remember, you just said you want the whole thing interpreted, so you can't go on. So you want everything that you're saying interpreted for your client, you're saying?
That is correct.
Okay, so then you're going to have to, you know.
I'll go slower.
You can't speak in a paragraph.
No, no, I'll go slower.
ahead um and by the way mr chair just just to clarify just for the record uh my client does
understand english um he certainly can defend himself the purposes of requesting interpreters
just to just to make sure well why don't we do this why don't we do this if he speaks english
want to be if he if there's something that he doesn't understand we can bring the interpreter
on is that okay he can raise his hand that would be why don't we raise his hand see where he stands
So then what we'll do is we'll go with the case.
When there's things that he doesn't understand,
he can just state it and the interpreter will do it.
Because this could be a lengthy case if he has each word you say.
Correct.
Right.
So if I could just have the interpreter make that request of Mr.
Lohr or Mr.
Ask him to come on, please.
Ask the interpreter.
Could you ask the one of you tell the interpreter,
the name?
I'm promoting him.
Okay, thank you.
You're welcome.
She'll be coming in as a panelist.
Hello?
Hi, could you ask him to please state his name and spell for the stenographer?
Por favor, diga su nombre y deletreelo para el taquígrafo.
Okay, David, Echautegui, Lora.
David es D de dedo, E de elefante, I de iglesia, B chica y de yate.
Lora, L-O-R-A.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?