I'm sorry. What was that, Pauline?
Oh, I'm sorry. We're live now. I just went to 3-2-1. We're good.
Thank you.
I think attendees are starting to come in.
Okay. We'll give you a few minutes, Yvette, and then you'll let us know when you're ready.
reminder only promote those who are presenting open up audio for people who just need to speak
okay okay good morning tanya how are you good to hear your voice good morning fearless leader
oh god you must be talking to carol not me
we're ready to go chair thank you very much good morning again everyone my name is frank
de chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment i'll be participating in today's
hearing along with our vice chair miss carol denari board secretary confessor plaza and board
members Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James Snell. Board Administrator Yvonne Benton and
Board Attorney Sharon Saleta are also in attendance. For those of you who haven't yet participated
in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through some of the basics of what you can expect.
First we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their testimony. Second
we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded and that by participating you
acknowledge your agreement to be recorded and when this recording will be available to the
public on the web or otherwise third for anyone participating by phone if you wish to testify
you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself
I'll repeat for anyone participating by phone if you wish to testify you must raise your hand by
hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself finally to enter an appearance statement
call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue
I will repeat, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
And I would also like to remind everyone that please do not attempt to testify in the chat.
Any comments should be directed to our board administrator, Ms. Yvonne Benton.
uh with that i will read off a list of cases that have been uh requested to either be withdrawn or
continued uh after i get done reading we'll ask if anyone has any concern with the request for
continuance and then we will ask if there are any further requests sorry no
all right you you do that drink yeah mi 2020-002610
1254 sydney street is withdrawn number five on our list mi 2020-002439
2401 North 33rd Street is continued. Number seven on our list MI 2020-002-420
2549 North 32nd Street is continued. MI 2020-002-421-3110 West York Street is continued.
Number 11 on our list, MI 2020-000299-4363 Main Street is continued.
Number 15 on our list, MI 2020-000108-5000 North 12th Street is continued.
and I believe that is those are all the cases that we have asked that have been asked to be
continued or withdrawn. If anyone disagrees with any of those cases please raise your hand at this
time no hands at this time chair thank you we'll now entertain any other requests for continuance
Other requests for continuance or withdrawals, please raise your hand at this time.
or with continuances or withdrawals please
If you're requesting a continuance or withdrawal and has not been already read into the record,
please raise your hand at this time.
No hands at this time, Chair.
okay i believe with that we can begin carol okay two on our list
uh do what about the uh oh the add-ons i'm sorry the add-ons okay the add-on calendar number
0296 810 north 12th street i didn't participate in the original hearing i will not be voting
on this consideration for a reconsideration issue.
Xin Jin is the applicant.
We are not, this is simply a vote on the request
to reconsider and rehear the case.
They won't be presenting argument.
Okay, my vote is yes to reconsider and rehear.
Yes, reconsideration and rehearing.
Yes, to reconsideration and rehearing.
Yes, to reconsideration and rehearing.
Okay, now with that, we can go to number two
on our regular list, Carol.
Okay, calendar number 0340, 1530 West Champlist.
Madam Vice Chair, does it say who the attorney is on that?
no it does not it looks like it might be a pro se
it is the property owner's names are
Andrew and Andrea Walker yes okay and we've also received a letter from or an email from Charles
Richardson on this which I will in a moment send to the board Andrew Walker you've been promoted
to panelists you may uh put your case forward now sure mr walker yes can you put your name
and address on the record please and spell your last name where you put that instead
mr walker can you hear me yes on the answer yes can you put your name and address on the record
please and spell your last name andrew walker andrew walker a-n-d-r-e my last name is w-a-l-k-e-r
first name she's just the last name okay excuse me before you begin um can i remind the board that
you did this morning receive i forwarded by email um the rco's letter on this matter with attachments
yes we did
sir do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth
you may proceed
good morning mr chairman members of the board
My name is Andrea Walker.
Andrea needs to be sworn in as well.
Do you swear for him to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, Mrs. Walker?
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you. You may proceed.
My name is Andrea Walker. This is my husband, Andrew Walker.
Sorry, I'm a little nervous, but please bear with me as I present our project.
In this project, we will show the following.
uh a refusal we're not seeing your screen ma'am you need okay share your screen with us please
share screen okay
it's in the uh i'm sorry ma'am do you see the share screen button along the bottom
yes ma'am okay great you click that it's in here um this one
it's a refusal letter are you seeing that
yes oh no i'm sorry we see no i think you need to open it
Thank you.
It is open. I opened it.
Just a minute.
Do you have more than one screen?
No, I only have one screen. I'm only on one laptop. No, I don't have more than one screen.
We see your Explorer window where you have a list of your files.
Oh, I need to take that off. Okay. All right. Give me one second. All right.
Share screen.
This one. Are you seeing it now?
Okay. Thank you. So that's our refusal letter.
We also have a project information form.
am i going too fast no okay we have a deed for the property
this is the certificate of um tax clearance
and this is the uh plans for the property
i'm sorry madam chair um sharon did you look at the tax clearance
oh good it appears as though it's not the zoning board's tax clear
um i will look the property up now on the revenue site
thank you
should i continue
i'm sorry um i'm also this is the side picture
uh i'm gonna can you rotate yeah okay thank you
that's the side picture
this is also
uh these are the side pictures this is the side
These are the posted zone in picture.
These are the impacted neighbors.
These are the petitions.
It's going to be two copies.
This first copy wasn't showing too good.
so I redo it and put another and that's why we ended up with two copies in there.
Excuse me, this is Sharon Saleta. I checked and the property is tax compliant.
Thank you, Sharon.
You're welcome.
these are the list of contents and these are the um the other clearer copy of the um petitions
and the rc the rco did not have a regular meeting um they proposed some questions and answers
some questions and these are the answers that we provided could you rotate that yes sir
You can see a little bit.
You can see a little more.
More today.
And this proof of distribution.
and i'm early this morning received a letter from the rco stating that they did not
um approve of the project however there was no vote for that letter
and we do have member um impacted members i promise to come on here to
speak on our behalf and could you go back to the
did you go back to the uh beginning and uh i'd like to see the drawings the floor plans the plans
oh right here okay yeah should you rotate that yes sir
to the left uh is that first floor ground floor what is the you have to scroll up a little bit
I can't see, no the other way. Oh the other way, okay. Chain link fence, that's
third story not used, existing steel.
Ground floor, going through this.
what was this what was the what was this property used as in the past was it a restaurant
um sir i know it was a church sir but we bought it as is so i think there was trying
they have different um settings in there i know it was a church once and before the church it
was something else i know and the dining room and all the kitchen equipment was pre-existing
when you bought it as is yeah we bought it as equipment um some of them is hers but some was
there yeah the furniture is we we um just put our front the furniture is in there a quick question
do you propose entertainment no no sir thank you
any other questions from the board no no all right anyone else like to testify in this case
if so please raise your hand
we have charles richardson chair good morning mr richardson you can speak now
good morning mr chair members of the board
charles richardson from the office of councilwoman cindy bass room 312 city hall
Do Richardson, you swear and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you, sir. Please proceed.
Councilwoman has opposition to this proposal.
RCO did send a letter this morning stating their opposition to the proposal.
They're citing the immediate neighbors, the residential nature of the block, the apartment facility right next door with special needs,
that there's not sufficient parking for the number of patrons that they probably would incur,
uh no accommodations for dumpster no access for trash pickup uh steps are hazardous and then they
also feel that the uh steps might end up being a place where people loiter
uh there's already a high crime in the area uh producing a threat to safe walkable access
And they also cite that there's more appropriate commercial corridor access about a block away.
So the Councilwoman is opposed based on the opposition of the RCO.
Thank you.
Anyone else like to testify in this case, please raise your hand.
Chair, we have a Dennis Lee.
Mr. Lee, you've been unmuted.
You can speak now.
Excuse me, this is Sharon Saleta.
I also noted that Sandra brought us from the RCO is present.
Mr. Lee, please identify yourself for the record, name and address.
I'm sorry, Mr. Chair, I raised my hand.
I'm sorry, Mr. Chair, I raised my hand inadvertently. I'm not testifying.
No problem.
Thank you. Anyone else would like to testify in this case, please raise your hand.
Chair, we have a Juanita Gatewood. Ms. Gatewood, you are muted. You can speak now.
Morning, Ms. Gatewood. Please identify yourself with a record name and address.
Spell your last name.
Good morning. Can I be heard? Can you hear me?
Yes. Good morning. My name is Juanita Gatewood. I'm the community representative for the 17th Ward 13th Division. My address is 1516 Roseland Street.
Ms. Gatewood, do you swear and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes. Yes, I do.
Thank you. Please proceed.
Okay, as I stated, I'm the community representative for the 17th Ward 13th Division, which covers the zone in which this area is being held, this in question.
I am speaking on behalf of the numerous concerned neighbors who have contacted me, along with fellow neighbors for the 1500 block of Champlst and 1500 block of Roseland, where I reside.
We are opposed to this idea, a facility being open in such a congested area, residential area, which has already been noted for growing high crime area.
It's congested in reference to parking and it's a bus route as well.
and due to the pandemic curbside services would be hazardous for pickups you know what I'm saying
this adds to concern issues of laudering and as I previously stated we've had an uproar and
crime around it that's just something that we you know are trying to work on there are numerous
eateries already around the facility and the trash and the smell in the area in reference to trash
pickup collection or whatever it would be it would just be too congested and with all due respect to
Mr. and Mrs. Walker I haven't seen anything noted for questions concerning um the community I never