I have to have her close left, so she seems to be in a way that I do think it's wrong.
we ready okay um good morning chair we have 52 people in the virtual audience how many people
52 okay um does our executive director want to make a statement
good morning everyone welcome to the zoning board of adjustment just wanted to make a quick
announcement before we get started today there's likely to be a fire drill during this morning's
session if we do have to hold a fire drill um the meeting will be suspended until the uh
building staff gives us the all clear just wanted to make sure everyone knows there may be a
uh brief interruption in this morning's proceedings thank you chair
no we're just
it's illogical i said the same thing good morning everyone my name is bill bergman i will be
chairing this morning's meeting with me is our vice chair tenetta graham president mr chairman
board secretary cheryl l gaston president mr chairman board members michael johns president
mr chairman iowen who will be here any minute layla bb present mr chairman also here is our
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morning number one mi 2026 002 135 854 corinthian avenue that case is continued until 2 10 27
at 9 30 a.m. number two mi 2026 002 593 5024 um c street um we have no exhibits for this case
um kuang long is the listed owner
good morning chair this is doreen and i will be co-hosting this morning and i see no hands
okay um so this is the first listing so this case will be continued until 2 10
So this is the first listing.
So this case will be continued until 2-10-27 at 9.30 a.m. and mark must be heard.
Number three, MI-2026-00258-459 East Walnut Lane.
This case is continued until 2-10-27 at 9.30.
Number four, MI 2026-002-639-6402-Walnut Lane, Wood Lane, Woodland Avenue.
This case is continued until 2-10-27 at 9.30 a.m.
Before the interruption, Chair, co-host, could you please promote interpreter Tram Lay to interpret that for Woodland Avenue?
Yes, give me one second.
Tram Lay?
Tram Lay has been promoted to panelists.
Good morning, sir.
Tran Lai, you're allowed to speak.
Hi, could you please state and spell your name for the stenographer?
Do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately, completely and impartially from English to Vietnamese and from Vietnamese to English?
Thank you very much.
So the results of this case is this case is continued until 2.10.27 at 9.30 a.m.
Thank you very much for your help.
We really appreciate it.
Thank you.
thank you interpreter you're dismissed
thanks a lot for choosing our service your honor interpreter disconnect the line thank you all right
thank you very much yes number five mi2026 000 549 7343 well i'm colin pike this case is
contingent until 2-10-27 at 9 30 a.m. and number 6 MI 2026 002-447-1606 West Tioga this case has been withdrawn
we want to go to our add-ons
Number one, MI-2025-007-690-3301, grains back.
The vote in this matter has been rescheduled to October 28th at 9.30 a.m.
number um number two can we have a spanish interpreter
uh spanish interpreter will be promoted thank you very much yes mr chairman i am yeah
I'm trying to be better.
Good morning, your honor. Good morning, members. Good morning. How are you? Could you please state
and spell your name for the stenographer? Yes, sir. My name is Leonel Gillen,
spelled as a first name spelled as an L-E-O-N-E-L
last name Gillen spelled as a G-U-I-L-L-E-N
You swear or affirm that you will interpret
accurately, completely, and impartially
from English to Spanish, from Spanish to English?
I swear.
So case number two,
let's call the person on.
Mr. Ward?
Is that?
It's a vote only, though.
It's a vote only though. It's a vote only though. We're only voting.
It's a vote on.
Okay. All right. That's it. We're okay. So MI 2026 002 284 4063 North 6th Street.
Bien, entonces el caso MI2020-600228-44063. Norte, Sexta Calle.
Thank you. I vote yes and our council will read in a proviso.
Very good, I vote yes, and our vice president will read the conditions.
Lynn Weidelhubber Board Council. As the chairman indicated, the vote is yes with proviso. The proviso is the approved use. Vacant commercial space on first floor.
Muy bien, entonces, soy Lynn Weidler y como miembro del consejo se indica de que el voto es sí con condición.
La condición es que debe ser, es que es aprobado con el uso de un espacio vacante comercial, un espacio vacante comercial en el primer piso.
Use, registration required prior to occupancy. That relates to the commercial space.
Se debe tener un registro previo a que se ocupe el lugar.
Relacionado con el, y el registro debe estar relacionado con el espacio comercial.
and two household family
and a bar y un área de dos familias un área de vivienda de dos familias en la parte de arriba
michael
uh i thought that was that was the no on the commercial
it is she supposed to be a yes vote and you had no at the end am i correct no no this is the other
one michael this is just with a commercial on the first floor no michael solamente con
el con la parte comercial en el primer piso i'm confused i'm confused in it i'm sorry
So, so, so the vote is the vote is yes with proviso.
Entonces la voto es sí, ok, la voto es, el voto es sí, pero con condición, ok.
With the, with commercial on the first floor in two household above it, that's all, you're saying yes.
Sí, que es la parte comercial en la parte del primer piso y vivienda de dos familias en la parte de arriba, ok, sí.
All right, thank you.
are you voting I thought I did he said yes with proviso oh okay
wait Michael can you make sure that's on the record again I don't know if it can oh yes
michael johnson my vote is yes with proviso seeing michael johnson we vote to see a corn condition
cheryl gaston my vote is yes with proviso cheryl caston we want to seek a condition
tennetta graham my vote is yes supervisor tennetta winn
oh okay i'm sorry is this this i'm sorry because i'm still confused i know yes this this is the
one across from the school where we voted no on the commercial on the ground floor but okay for
the residential right no that that's another one that's different that's coming oh so this is not
the 20th street no no no okay okay all right okay because i have it i have a different on my list
sorry about that my apologies no no leila bb my vote is just with proviso i am when my brother
okay um number three mi 2026
zero zero two three two three 1733 west butler street i vote yes with proviso internal trash
storage muy bien ahora vamos con
thank you we appreciate your your help it's a pleasure uh may i be excuse your honor you can
it's a pleasure uh may i be excused your honor you can't sure thank you do you have uh one yes
start thank you we do have uh one yes
interpreter you're dismissed thank you michael johns my vote is yes with proviso
cheryl gaston my vote is yes with proviso
i win my vote is yes with proviso
okay number four mi 2026 002 485 1505 west gerrard avenue i vote yes
michael johns my vote is yes cheryl gaston my vote is yes iowen my vote is yes
number five mi 2025 006 um 000 622 64 41 20th street um
reviso i never mind we'll we'll come back to it in a minute
do not get online participants please stand by we're having a fire drill in the building
we'll resume shortly all right thank you everyone we appreciate your patience so we're going to move
to number six mi2026-009-460-3807 cambridge street our council has a comment here or announcement
lynn reidel huber board council
I'll go back our Council has comments relative
our so everyone knows we're on number six which is 3807 Cambridge Street our Council has an
announcement um yes lynn reidel huber board council the board is reopening the record in
this matter to conduct a resumption hearing on november 4th
um again i'll start the board is reopening this is in um 3807 cambridge street um the board is
reopening the record in this matter excuse me to conduct a resumption hearing on november 4th
2026 at 2 p.m. instead of the scheduled vote
i want to start over again okay i'll start over again lynn reidel huber board council
um this is an announcement uh the board is reopening the record in this matter to conduct
a resumption hearing on november 4th 2026 at 2 p.m instead of the scheduled vote the purpose
of the resumption hearing is to discuss any changes to the plans since the october 7th
hearing as well as to receive an update on any additional discussions with the community
regarding the project
Thank you. We're going to move to number seven. 2030 West Ontario Street. Candia Presley has filed a non-protunk hearing. Is she in the audience? We want to bring her on first.
No, I think we can just make it.
All right. So our counsel has a message for us relative to this case.
Yes. Candia Presley filed an appeal on behalf of 2030 West Ontario Street. I believe it's an LLC. The hearing in this matter will not go forward today. A new date for said hearing will be scheduled in the future.
Thank you very much. We're going to move to our regular list and we're going to start with
number seven and eight. So we'll hear this together. So MI 2026-002-514-4401 Silverwood
Street. And number eight is MI202600.
And number eight is MI-2026-002-534-4403 Silverwood Street.
John Hunter is a pro se for both, am I correct?
Correct.
Mr. Hunter.
John Hunter has been promoted to panelists.
Thank you.
john hannah you're allowed to speak
thank you good morning good morning john let me see if i see your
john could you turn your video on
it is on it should be on okay um
I don't I don't think it's on John we just see it like a white basically spot in the middle
dark screen with a white spot in the middle
I see your name yeah um I'm sorry about this
also for some reason I'm getting a delay on when I speak
okay um do you want to take a look at it and i'll come back to you i'll um i'll be back in a short
period of time i'll um let me come back in about uh 10 15 minutes how's that that's fine i'll try
and correct it, but I don't know how. Thank you, John. Number 9, MI 2025, 007-219-828
Brooklyn Street. Vernon Anastasia was the attorney. This is a resumptive hearing.
we're going to have to clarify a couple things sure burn is coming in as a panelist thank you
morning mr chair morning vernon could you please state and spell your name for this
sonographer. Yes, it's Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O. On behalf of Mr. Herbert Blackwood,
828 Brooklyn. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I do. Vern, before we start, our counsel has just a few questions she wants to ask. Sure.
Well, I have a couple others just because you indicated your client. We have your client as
foac investment holdings llc is that correct that's correct mr blackwood is the sole uh
member no problem i want to clarify that um but with regard to the actual hearing today
um it looks like we received some plans but it looks like this was held for you to submit revised
plans and it wasn't clear if these were plans were revised or not because you did not submit
a proviso form yeah these plans are revised it has the eight foot setback um which eliminates
the um one of the refusals the only other refusal being uh the use as a two-family dwelling
um the proviso form will be forthcoming and that was not submitted i i did ask the architect to
put that together for us but i don't think i've gotten it back yet so if we need to hold the vote
until then i'll be we'll make sure that that's forwarded to you this week
um the chairman will decide on that but yeah we do need the proviso form
yep thank you okay so this is this is a result of hearing um one of you um and where i see it is
you're going to make a presentation of additional evidence am i correct correct and the questions
from the board public and also planning so why don't you start understood uh this is uh this
is a lot in question uh 828 brooklyn street yeah this is the result this is the rendering of the
property it would be a two-story aligned with the cornices on the adjacent properties and
then the third story will be setback eight feet the plot plan has not changed but for the eight
foot setback pages 9 and 10 of the exhibit show the basement and the first
floor layout the change of course is the second and third floors the second floor
of course is the second and third floors the second floor had your living room with the
living room.
bedroom in the rear and then the primary bedroom with the um the eight foot setback here
we also were able to meet with the rco