And I certainly appreciate the property owner's willingness to speak with him to see what, though, again, it's not a zoning issue.
There's no zoning denial here on that, but to try to find something that I think that can provide more accessibility.
But other than that, we 100% support this application.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Any other requests from the virtual audience?
no hands chair okay um planning commission thank you chair bergman and board members good morning
david vecto with the city planning commission the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the
commercial mixed use zoning at this location the appellant's proposed non-residential roof deck
is substantially in keeping with the commercial nature of the frankfort avenue and gerard avenue
commercial corridors. The City Planning Commission recommends that the board grant the proposed use
variants for a non-residential roof deck. Thank you very much. MI 2023-001-894-1148
to 62 Frankfurt Avenue. I vote yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes. Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
thank you mr chairman and members of the board thank you very much um we're going to number 14
um mi 2023 000 276 69 26 east roosevelt boulevard thomas kenny is the attorney for the owner
we do not have feedback from the coordinating rco
we do have three letters of support from parents who have used her services in the past
mr kenny thomas kenny is promoted
good morning mr kenny could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer
Mr. Kenney?
Excuse me, Mr. Chair.
I see Jacob Reeder has their hand raised.
Mr. Reeder is an assistant to Mr. Kenney, so Mr. Kenney may be with him.
Thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Kenney.
Unmute yourself, please.
Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Kenny.
Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Kenny.
Good morning. Thank you.
Good morning. Thank you. I was not able to hear some of the dialogue because when I was getting promoted, some of it got caught off.
So why don't we do this first? Why don't you state your name and spell it for the court stenographer?
Representing appellant is Thomas Kenny, bar number 77611, K-E-N-N-Y.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I do. And the dialogue I mentioned was we do not have anything from the coordinating RCO, but we do have three letters of support from parents who have used the services.
Yes. Mr. Kenny, could you identify your client in relationship to this property?
board and chairman i have the pleasure today of representing uh miss steers uh she is the owner
of the property of 6926 roosevelt boulevard uh mr reader is my paralegal and i'll have him
if he's allowed to have access as well he'll pull up the documents i think he can pull the documents
up for you but before we do that our vice chair has just a few questions for you sir yes
good morning counselor do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to his
accuracy i do sir have you have you emailed in all the required documents that is needed to
proceed with this case five days in advance of the hearing yes we have thank you please proceed
and share your screen thank you very much um sir as i said i do represent miss steers
She is the owner of this property, 6926 East Roosevelt Boulevard.
I'd like to point out to the Honorable Board that about two months ago, I represented a
similar client in a similar situation.
This is a somewhat, I don't think it's a controversial issue.
There's no construction going on.
She is a small business owner.
She's got the right to have six young folks in a daycare center.
That's what she has the right to do.
She's got the permits.
This is the title, and we can just pull up after that.
Jacob, if you go to the permit from DHS, so she's permitted by the state of Pennsylvania to do this business.
And what she has is she's asking for the right to make this a 7 to 12 additional students, kids that can be in her place.
okay stop right there great so she's already she's already licensed by the state she complies
of all the rules and regulations what happened here was she'd like to expand to make the 7 to 12
again like i said there'd be no construction changes uh there would just simply be the right
to have the additional folks we did submit a letter and it's in our package about contacting
RCO. We made over five attempts to have a meeting. I can only presume by them not,
meaning that they really didn't oppose. Sometimes silence means consent. I have no
other way to interpret it other than that. I will say that my client speak in a few moments.
She is a mother of eight. She raised eight children successfully.
Her voice might be a little cracky in a few moments. She just lost her mother
on Sunday night I asked her if she wanted to continue today because she's obviously in the
grieving process she says no my mom is the one who inspired me to bring this program and start
this company many years ago so she does want to speak in a few moments and I'll have her speak
they're really like I said I don't I don't have we have some folks here witnesses I have a letter
support from
a picture of the
property? Yes.
Could you show the picture?
Okay, why don't you bring your client on?
Ms. Steers, can you raise your hands?
Ms. Steers has been allowed to speak.
Can you unmute yourself and wait for the chair?
Good morning, Ms. Steers.
Could you state your name and spell, please, for the court stenographer?
p-a-t-r-i-c-i-a last name is s-t-e-e-r-s i will apologize about my voice that's okay
that's okay do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes proceed mr kenny thank you chairman
Proceed, Mr. Kenney.
Thank you, Chairman.
Ms. Steers, before I ask you to adopt my testimony, are you feeling okay?
Are you okay going through with this right now?
Yes, I am.
I explained to you this morning that my mom, I lost my mom on Sunday, and my mom was the reason why I aspired to do this dear care.
She named it, so I do want to go on with it.
Okay. Ma'am, if any reason during this, if you want to stop, I'll be glad to ask the chairman for a continuance, okay? Do you adopt everything I've said? Have you heard the entire everything I've said so far?
And everything I've said, is it true and accurate to your best belief?
Yes, it is.
I have some witnesses ready to say some other things but would you like to tell the board why
you feel this would be a good change for the community in addition I've been doing this for
16 years I'm a single mom and I adopt seven wonderful kids all my kids are grown they're
doing excellent and I just want to get back to services and help other single moms teens I deal
with parents that are in the shelter to try to help them to help their kids and plus make their
life better and easier. I love my job dearly, and I just want to provide more help for the community.
Thank you, Mr. Kenney. Chairman, may I call the witnesses briefly? Well, how many witnesses do
have i have a list of a few i have uh i can call the neighbor mr uh peter touches uh who's the
adjoining neighbor and he can maybe shut some light mr kenny why don't we do this i'm going
to open it up to the audience and they can come on then okay great thank you quite questions from
the board no mr chairman no chair questions or comments from our attorney hillary emerson
not at this time mr chair comments from the virtual audience
no hands raised yet chair okay
oh there's one um it's diana diana alamo i will allow to speak hi could you please
Could you state your name, please?
It's spelled for the court stenographer.
Hello?
You have to unmute yourself, ma'am.
Hello?
Hello?
Hi, could you state your name, please?
It's spelled for the court stenographer.
I'm sorry.
Giana, L-M-O, G-I-A-N-N-A, A-L-A-M-O.
Do you swear or affirm, tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
I forward.
I'm sorry.
I'm going with this.
I forward.
Well, let me ask you this.
Are you in favor of this property, of this project?
All right.
And you've used the project in the past?
Mr. Kenney, I think that's enough.
Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Yes, Chair Brenda Adair.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Brenda, could you state your name, please?
is there anyone else in the virtual audience
hello hi good morning my name is brenda brenda g-a-r-c-i-a right do you swear or affirm to
tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i swear are you in favor of this project
yes okay and have you used this project in the past yes okay um thank you very much for taking
the time to cause is there anyone else in the virtual audience yes kelly burnett
is that one of yours too mr kenny yeah kelly burnett was the applicant who got a successful
application a few months ago. There are colleagues in this work, and she would also make a favor.
Could you state your name, please, Kelly, and spell for the court stenographer?
Hi, good morning. My name is Kelly Burnett, K-E-L-L-E-Y-B-U-R-N-E-T-T.
Hi, good morning. My name is Kelly Burnett, K-E-L-L-E.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Are you in favor of this project?
Definitely. Her passion is shown through just being here with all the things that are going on with her family.
Okay. Oh, thank you so much for taking the time to call in. We appreciate it. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Bernadette, Bernadette Grauber.
Is this one of your clients too, Mr. Kenny, your witnesses?
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, my name is Bernadette Grauber, G-R-A-U-B-E-R.
You swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Are you in favor of this project?
Yes, very much.
Are you familiar with this operation?
Thank you very much for taking the time to call us. We appreciate it. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
Yes. It was a caller. There we go. Caller at the number ending 5782 has been allowed to speak.
Could you state your name, please, and spell it for the court stenographer?
Good morning.
Rhonda Jordan.
Hi, could you spell it for the court sonographer?
Yes, R-H-O-N-A, and last name J-O-R-D-A-N.
Okay, thank you.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Are you in favor of this project?
And are you familiar with this project?
Thank you very much for taking the time to call us.
We appreciate it.
Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
no more hands chair planning commission thank you chair bergman and board members good morning
david effecta with the city planning commission the comprehensive plan recommends no change to
the residential single family zoning at this location the appellant has shown that the proposed
group daycare will not cause detrimental impacts beyond what might be expected the city planning
commission recommends the board grant the proposed special exception for a group daycare thank you
MI 2023-000276-6926 East Roosevelt Boulevard.
I vote yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you, counsel.