Thank you.
okay chair we have 52 attendees and you can start as you wish thank you good morning everyone my
name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning's eba hearings with me is our vice chair
ismail shaheed president mr chairman and also our alternate board member lebaron leonard palmer from
and the Division of Development Services.
President, Mr. Chairman.
President also here is our attorney, Hillary Emerson,
and our executive director, Tanya Sunket.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting
tanyasunket at phil.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer,
we ask attorneys and witnesses
to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone and you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To win an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email and the address of the property in question.
And finally, the question and answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony.
All comments should be directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Sumter.
Let's look at our schedule today for continuances.
I have a request here for number nine.
Number nine, MI 2023-000-901-140 Wharton Street.
Mr. Vern Anastasio is the attorney.
Mr. Anastasio, if you're in the audience, please raise your hand.
Good morning, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Handel. I'll be your co-host today.
Mr. Anastasio has been allowed to speak.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Counsel. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court sonographer?
Yes, sir. It's Vern Anastasio on behalf of Ms. Deborah Drake, the owner of 1402 Wharton Street.
Do you swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
I understand you're looking for a contingence for this.
Yeah, it's an unusual request because I know that's been several listings. We did get this case late last year. And we did, in fact, have an RCO meeting just recently at the end of February. And the RCO did ask us to return one last time. So respectfully requesting a final continuance. And for the sake of time, if it's okay with you, I'd like to be named the moving party.
All right. Thank you. So, number nine, MI2023-000901-1402-Warrant Street,
Cases Continued, Attorney Moving Party. Mr. Anastasio, please stay on the phone.
Number 16, MI2022-007-359-7105 Grays Avenue. I understand you're looking for a continuance there.
I am. I'm working with the Southwest RCO Coalition. Craig, I believe, is in the hearing room today. We have come to an accord and a path. We just need to memorialize it. Therefore, I ask that we continue this and I be named a turning moving party. And it can be must be heard.
Thank you. So number 16, MI-2022-007-359-7105 Grays Avenue. This case is continued. Attorney moving party and also must be heard next time. Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
We're going to go and look at several cases that we do not have.
Exhibits.
number one mi2023 0001 4647 north front street vanel rosario is the owner applicant this is
a pro se i believe we have an interpreter in the audience
Thank you.
the interpreter has been allowed to speak mr chair
morning sir could you could you please identify yourself
and spell your name for the court stenographer
carla k-a-r-l-a jacobson j-a-c-o-b-s-o-n
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
I'm going to call this case, and could you please call it, also interpret.
So this case is 4647 North Front Street.
Vanilla Rosario is the owner applicant.
This is the third listing.
Could you please see if she's in the audience?
Mr. Chair, I do not see them in the virtual audience.
There's no hand going up.
thank you so mi2023 0001 4647 north front street this is the third listing i vote to dismiss
Ishmael Shahid, my vote is to dismiss.
LeBaron Leonard Palmer, my vote is to dismiss.
Interpreter, thank you very much for your help.
We appreciate it.
You're welcome.
Thank you, sir, for using our services.
Thank you.
Number four.
MI 2022-002-822-6701 Rising Seminole Avenue.
No exhibits, fourth listing.
11-23 there was a hearing
Rogerio Santos appeared
Attorney has stopped
Responding to them in the past week
They need a new attorney
Is the appellant here?
Mr. Chair
Mr. David Orphanidis
Has the hand raised
I have allowed them to speak
And not see the main applicant in the office
Good morning, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning.
Could you just state your name, please, and spell it for the court stenographer?
It's David Orphanides.
His last name is O-R-P-H-A-N-I-D-E-S.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Do you represent the client now?
He came to me at the end of last week.
I've had dealings with him in the past.
He was under the impression that everything was in order, but apparently nothing was submitted.
I just don't think he's familiar with the process.
I did email Tanya and Hillary yesterday or last evening and also included the Longcrest Community Association and Council Member Phillips office in the email.
um um long crest did respond with a copy of their letter of non-opposition dated september of 20
28th of 22 that's when they actually had the rco meeting um i it's i think at this point it's really
just getting the necessary documentation assisting him like the like the tax clearance i'm not
positive how the notices were mailed for the community group meeting so little details like
that just to make sure everything was done properly. And we will assist Mr. Santos, who is
the operator of the business there, to get that together. So we would respectfully request one
more listing. And by then, I think we should be good. All right. Thank you. So MI 2022-002-822-6701
Rising 7 Avenue. Case is continued. Mark must be heard. Thank you. May be excused. Yes, you can.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Have a good day.
Number eight.
MI 2023-005-760-1333 North 21st Street.
Alec Sokoloff is the attorney.
We have no exhibits.
This is the first listing.
They have been allowed to speak, Mr. Chair.
Morning, Mr. Sokolov.
Morning, Mr. Sokoloff.
Good morning, Chair. Good morning, members of the Board.
Good morning, Chair.
Good morning, members of the board.
We would just request a continue.
We were just requesting.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Sure. Oleg Sokolov, O-L-E-G, last name S-O-K-O-L-O-V.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do, Chair.
Could you tell us where we stand with this case?
Sure, Chair. We're just requesting one continuance on this matter.
this is the first listing. We had to reschedule the RCO meeting, and it should be rescheduled
for this month. I'm in communication currently with the Brewery Town Sharkswood Community
Civic Association to get information for the notice letters. Thank you. I appreciate it. So
number eight, MI 2023-005-760-1333 North 21st Street. Cases continued. Mark must be heard.
Thank you, sir. Thank you. Number 12.
Now, OK, that 12 is going to go on. 13 is going to go on. And number 19.
MI 2023-001-707-1639 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Leon Bowie is the listed applicant
Yellen B. C. B. M. Associates are listed owner
we have no exhibits this is the second listing
Mr. Chair, there are no handswaves for that matter.
Thank you.
So, MI 2023-001-707-1639, Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
This is the second listing.
There was a request for continuance on 10-11-23.
There is no one who answers today.
I vote to dismiss.
LeBaron Leonard Palmer, I vote to dismiss.
Ishmael Shaheed?
You're winning out on me, Chair.
Can you hear us?
A little bit.
Okay, I can hear you now.
Yeah, that was a vote to dismiss we had.
It's much I hate my voters to dismiss.
Thank you.
We're going to go to our add-on list.
Excuse me, Mr. Chair, before we do that, can we go to, I believe it's number two.
We had insufficient exhibits for that case to move forward.
I just want to see, well, actually we need an attorney.
I want to see if anybody is here on that case.
Yep, sure. That's funny. Thank you.
So, MI 2023-005-846-6150 Lebanon Avenue.
Modern Living LLC is the listed owner.
Igor Andruska is the listed applicant.
There were exhibits submitted.
We need copies of letters that were mailed to the RCO.
Also, has there been an attorney retained?
this is the first listing
Igor Andruska has been allowed to speak sir
good morning sir could you please state your name
and spell for the court stenographer
yes good morning this is Igor Andruska
Igor I-G-O-R Andruska
A-N-D-R-U-S-C-A
and my attorney is here as well
hold on one minute
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Do you have your copy?
Who's your attorney, sir?
Bill Thompson.
Bill Thompson?
Bill, are you here?
Yes, we see Mr. Thompson here.
Mr. Andruska, did you meet with the RCO, and do you have a letter from them?
yes we did and they did submit it uh via email and i've seen it okay please forward that to us
as soon as possible because that is um that is the one piece that we don't have in your exhibits
um we also weren't aware if you had an attorney so now that we know you have an attorney you can
proceed but we do need a copy of the rco letter so please forward that and we will circle back
get back to you in about 10 minutes thank you okay all right i'm going to go to our add-on list
first so mi 2023 002 760
So MI 2023-002-760-4720 Richmond Street, the vote in this matter has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 13th at 9.30 a.m.
Let's see here.
I guess we're going back to number two, right, Holra?
Yes, Mr. Chair.
actually no i'm sorry there is a 18 yep that's great i knew there was one thank you
so mi 2023 005 775 595 adams avenue victoria core is the owner applicant it's a pro se
the application is for a sit-down restaurant and an existing structure
Okay, Mr. Chair, the core has been promoted to panelists, you will be rejoining shortly.
Thank you.
Morning, Victoria.