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Good morning, everyone.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's EBA hearing.
With me is our board member, Cheryl L. Gaston.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our board member, Tenetta Graham.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our board member, Michael Johns.
he's there um i just got off the phone with him our board member tya winn president mr chairman
and our board member ryan mcadams president mr chairman also president is the board attorney
hillary emerson our zoning board director ian haggerty and our board administrator lakeisha
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Let's look at our schedule for this morning.
Number one, MI 2023-005-052-2021 Van Pelt Street.
That case is continued until 3-4-26 at 9.30 a.m.
Number five, MI 2024, 004-473-1000-52-Frankford Avenue.
That case is continued until 3-4-26 at 9.30 a.m.
Number six, MI 2024-006-071-328 East Rittenhouse Street.
Sherman Toppin is in the audience.
This may be a request for continuous.
Mr. Toppin.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
This is Jason Hand.
I will be your co-host for the session.
Mr. Toppin has been allowed to speak.
good morning mr chair good morning counsel could you please state your name and spell for the
stenographer oh yes my name is sherman toppin s-h-e-r-m-a-n-t-o-p-p-i-n right do you swear
or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do um for 328 east
rittenhouse could you give us an update yes i'd like to give you the update this is one of those
cases that have fallen into two cracks the first time the rco meeting was scheduled with the chewing
neighborhood neighbors community the rco chair had omitted to circulate the zoom to his own board so
we had to continue that and when we came before the board the last time the board zoom wasn't
working and all the cases were postponed to this meeting so then we we had another rco meeting
scheduled last last month the end of last month and everything would be noticed all the affected
neighbors for that and i had an emergency on the day before so i couldn't we did not have an rco
So I couldn't, we did not have an RCO meeting.
meeting so to date the two rco meetings that were scheduled
So to date, the two RCO meetings that were scheduled to notice did not occur for those
two reasons.
And we're seeking continuance so that we can have a successful or actually have an RCO
meeting.
So MI 2024-006-071-32080 is Rittenhouse.
Our cases continue until 3-4-26 and will be marked, must be heard.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you, Ms. Chair.
Number nine, MI 2025-001-560-2050, Welsh Road.
That case is continued until 3-4-26 at 9.30 a.m.
Number 11, MI 2025-001-578-2605, Germantown Avenue.
That case is continued to 3426 at 9.30 a.m.
And then number 12, MI2025-001581, 2900 North Taylor Street.
Abdul Ibrahim West is the listed owner.
The applicant is Stephen Robinson.
We have no exhibits.
This is the first listing.
We also have a request for a contingence from Swamp Poodle Neighbors Parcel, RCO.
Sorry, Abdul Abraham or Steven Robinson, are they in the audience?
Morning again, Mr. Chair.
I do not see either individual in the virtual audience this morning.
Thank you.
So this case is the first time it's listed, no exhibits.
So MI-2025-001-581-2900-NorthTaylor, that case will be continued to 3426 at 9.30 a.m.
Are there any other requests for continuances?
Yes, Chair. I have a hand up from Joseph Vaccaro. I have allowed him to speak.
Good morning. Can you hear me?
Mr. Vaccaro, I can hear you. Could you please state your name and spell it for the court stenographer?
Good morning. My name is Joseph Vaccaro, V-A-C-C-A-R-O, on behalf of Melody Gwynn, N-G-U-Y-E-N.
Hold on. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Mr. Vaccaro, where, what is the address?
Six zero one Devereaux.
Do we see that, Hillary?
Number 18, Mr. Chair.
Okay, so I was getting ready to call that.
We do not have any exhibits.
This is the first listing.
Yes, and we'd like to have a,
we're working towards having a second meeting with the RCO,
and hopefully the negative response from the RCO meeting can be reversed,
and we might have a more positive response.
Your client is here?
That's your location?
601 Devereaux?
I don't think my client is there.
Hold on.
All right.
All right.
So MI 2025, 001-676, 601 Devereaux Street.
That case is continued to 3426 at 930 a.m.
Thank you very much.
Have a good day.
All right.
And let's see here.
Number 10.
Do you have a request for a continuing, sir?
Yes, sir.
garnett morris address is 4623 cloud street uh spelling my name g-a-r-n-e-t-t-e-m-o-r-r-i-s
the property is listed under bald hair printing company llc okay um do you swear or affirm to
tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes sir that's number 19 am i right
That is number 19, Mr.
So could you give us an update of where you stand with this case?
We do not have any exhibits.
No exhibits, and I need a counsel.
Yes, I just want to make sure that was going to be my next thing, make sure you knew you needed an attorney.
So, okay, not a problem, sir.
Okay, so MI2025-001-686-4623, Cloud Street.
Cases continue to 3426 at 930 a.m., sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Take care.
So number.
Excuse me, Mr. Chair.
I'm sorry to interrupt you, but we have a hand up from Ron Anastasio.
From who?
Ron Anastasio.
I will allow him to speak if you wish.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Vern.
Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Yes, sir.
It's Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
What case?
You may have called this.
I think I did.
I called it.
I continued it over there.
1925, East Clearfield.
No, probably not.
Let me see.
what number is that okay i was just getting ready to call we don't have any exhibits
yeah right i i don't have anything ready because we need to continue thank you all right good so
mi 2025 001 561 1925 to 27 east clearfield street cases continue to 3426 at 9 30 a.m thank you sir
and number two
number two um mi 2023 00622 1654 to 58 north 57th street um that case has been withdrawn
okay we're going to go to our add-on list
so um do we have a spanish interpreter for the person yep we do
OK, thank you. The Spanish interpreter, please. Come on.
And my name is Stephen Aubain, S-T-E-V-E-N, last name A-U-B-A-I-N, interpreter ID Y-M-2-8-8.
All right. Do you solemnly swear to a firm or a firm that you will interpret accurately, completely and impartially from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English to the best of your ability?
Yes, I do.
I am going to call case number one, which is MI 2024-003-374-630 West Mayfield Street.
Why don't you start with that?
Así que vamos a llamar el primer caso, que es el MI 2024-003-374, la dirección 630 West Mayfield Street.
right and the um yasina and jose antonio adila bilen is the current owners they don't have to
they don't have to come on mr chair yeah yeah but i thought maybe yes you well you can just yes