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Hearing video

ZBA Hearing - March 3, 2021

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Mar 3, 20214h 25m

MI 2020-002721, 1641 Jackson Street.

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Number three on our list, MI 2020-003-237-7345 Oxford Avenue.

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Number four on our list, MI 2020-003239, 7347 Oxford Avenue.

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If anyone disagrees with those continuances that I just read into the record, please raise your hand at this time.

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Only if you object to any of those that I read into the record.

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No hands at this time.

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Thank you. There's only one hearing left on our regular list. That's MI 2020-02733. 9721, I'm not sure if it's D-Dacker Street, D-E-D-A-K-E-R. Is there anyone here on that case?

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I have a Lisa DiCicco.

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Fire away. Lisa DiCicco. Please identify yourself for the record.

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Hi, this is Lisa DiCicco. 9721 Dedeker Street. Sold off to PA 19115.

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You prepared to go forward with your case?

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Yes, sir.

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Just let me check. Rebecca, would you happen to know, because the notation on here was there were no exhibits.

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I have no additional information, no receipt of additional documents.

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Ms. DiCiucco.

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Yes.

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Have you mailed in the documentation?

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Yes, I did.

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I sent an email.

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What was that?

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And Mr. Hand said that they received everything.

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And what was that?

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Did you send it to Sharon Simota?

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I just sent it to Katina.

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Katima and Mr. Hand, they said that they received everything and they will be, they would be submitted. Everything was received.

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Okay. The requirement is Sharon Saleta, the attorney of Rutgers, as the RCO ZBA email box.

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She has to review all documents before hearings.

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but i i did sent them i sent them last week and i asked for um a response and they said yes we

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received them they will be they will be submitted well they they probably were received but the

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attorney has to review them before we hear the case yeah but i understand she's saying that she

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did send them in in due time um i don't know if obviously sharon's not here but sharon did make

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the notation there were no exhibits um tanya correct i'm sorry you broke up

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so that's why i'm asking because typically you have to review the paperwork that you get and

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it tells you who the information has to go through go to correct and i sent it i sent it to the email

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correct and I sent it I send it to the email did you send it to Sharon Saletta at gmail

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it was it was a couple different emails on the document

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so that's why we're asking that's required

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Lisa do you happen to know if you sent it to Mr. Saletta

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i sent it to mr hand and and fatima and fatima yeah and they said everything was okay they'll

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be submitted so it has to be continued yeah this should be continued is there a way we can get

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this done like sooner rather than later by the way mr chico is not related to me so

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i'm not asking for any special favors here uh apparently there's a mix up

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i don't believe this this is happening okay all right it's the world we're living in

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unfortunately all right tell me what i have to do just hang in there a minute okay

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tanya could we get a resumption or something sooner rather than later

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uh we can't do a resumption um because we didn't we're not hearing it right

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so we're going to hear it could we hear it and do a resumption

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without the exhibits so right we can't do it

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we haven't sharon is the only one who released this exhibit i don't have it

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and the requirement is to the zba email box not to employees i just want to make sure that's clear

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I send it to all three. I send it to Karima, ZBA, and Jason Hand, and he answered. He said,

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yes, we received it. It will be included with the exhibits for the case.

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Who's the third person you sent it to?

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R-C-O-Z-B-A at phil.gov. Karima Quintana and Jason Hand.

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Okay. Unfortunately and sadly, the attorney has to receive it, Sharon Saleta.

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and that's right I didn't get that I didn't get that's right on the information that you have

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why didn't Mr. Hand tell me that Tanya is that correct that is correct there's a requirement

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it's on the documentation and that's not for the employees to specify exactly what you should do

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that's why the law department drew up the documentation for us you have to follow that

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when is this what what can we do here uh we can just continue it here

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this would be normally do okay yeah i know i didn't know if it was all right

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uh unfortunately who do i send it to i don't have that information for some reason i do not have that

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you want to go offline tanya

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i'm sorry go offline miss uh the chico is asking who she wants to make sure she doesn't make the

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same and not make the same mistake does it wants to send it to the correct people

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and she says who she's asking who does she send it to it's in it's in the directions all right

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right yes the sharon saletta s saletta at gmail zba at gmail as well as the zba

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not to employees do you see that uh mr chico no i don't see it but i'll have to look at my papers

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again miss aletta okay and she's a she's the attorney okay yes sorry about that yeah

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okay so so what does this mean now we have to wait a continuance what date will it be can can

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it can it be soon we will you will get that information emailed to you do it as soon as we

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can oh my god all right sorry thank you thank you okay thank you uh with that we gotta go back we'll

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go back to the uh add-ons for today mi 2020-002459 3445 division street my vote is no

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My vote is no.

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My vote is no.

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My vote is no.

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My vote is no.

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Okay, now we have a resumption hearing for MI 2020-002-454, 441 East Mentor Street.

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And this was a resumption hearing because I think we were having problems with the presenter

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when we last heard this case.

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is there anyone here could I ask a question sure

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um what did we resolve um Mr. Dwyer's case this morning as he's back on line

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case this morning as he's back on line i'm sorry what was your question what was your question

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quake craig we had quake why yeah yeah he was on uh earlier in the number

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1957 north 24th street did we resolve that yeah that was the one member mary jones wanted to check

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to see who the RCO was

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and we

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I believe we voted in the affirmative

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you did vote

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okay I'll just let him know

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he's back online

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yeah Ms. Jones check remember we held it for

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we held it for a little bit

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then she went and double checked and got the

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she was able to find

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who the RCO was

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okay thank you chair

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all right

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the add-on

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441 East

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Mentor Street. Anyone

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here?

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Mr. Chair, I have

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Linda Norris with her hand raised.

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And I think it's Jacqueline Torres, right?

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Yeah, allow Ms. Torres to speak

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first.

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What do I do?

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Yes, I believe it's Jacqueline.

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We can ask her.

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She's the owner.

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miss torres yes hello good afternoon miss torres yeah are you prepared to go forward with your

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case today i think so okay now let me uh spell your full name full name is uh j-a-c-k-e-l-i-n-e

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last name is t-o-r-r-e-s you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the

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truth yes and you're here for 441 east mentor street correct okay so if you're ready please

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proceed with your hold on carol's got to ask you some questions do you swear for him to tell the

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whole truth and nothing but the truth yes and you did put your name and address on the record

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yes have you emailed the exhibit packet with the required documents proof of ownership tax

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compliance a copy of the refusal or referral photos and plans of the property five days in

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advance of this hearing and have you met with the rco and do you have a letter yes you may proceed

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okay so um what i'm trying to do into the um 401 east mentor street is i'm trying to extend

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a room in front of the house

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due to

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the house is too small

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I have only two

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rooms I'm sorry about that

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it's outside

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Ms. Torres excuse the interruption

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do you have any exhibits you can share with us

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yes

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please if you can bring those up as you're

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describing it that would be helpful

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yes

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are the new PRs green

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you want the pictures

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yes

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yes

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I'm trying to see how you

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yes give me one second I'm sharing it right now

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the pictures of the house

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pictures

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floor plans

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whatever you have any exhibits you have

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I don't know if they can see it

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how can I bring this

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to the chat room

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do you have

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a computer that you're using

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yes

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So if you open up your exhibit package, and then on the Zoom screen, look at the bottom, you'll see a green share screen button.

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The share screen button is not there because it's up as a Q&A.

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Oh, I'm sorry. We'll promote you. Jason, can you promote him?

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Jason, you there?

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Yes.

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I'm here, please.

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Excuse me.

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Miss Torres has been promoted to a panelist.

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Yeah.

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All right, which is good.

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Okay, so it's downloaded right now.

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It's opening.

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So click on this.

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Give me one second, we're getting there.

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here is the house okay can you see the pictures

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yes is your house the one on the right or the left this one is the construction one

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yes is your house the one on the right or the left this one is the construction

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under construction

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right there

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okay can you see all the pictures that i just put in there we see a few of them yes okay so in this

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one is the one that is the way it was before. Can you maximize it a little bit? Sure. It's

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just blurry a little bit. That was taken out from the Google, so that's the way the house

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used to be before when did you start do construction on this house we started last year

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um sometime in uh probably april or may

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and your contractor did he get permits uh that's what we're trying to do right now the uh legalize

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i know yes i'm trying to because i didn't know that i was supposed to get these permits

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um so the person who's in charge is iv construction

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the neighbors on either side of you have they uh are they in support of this yes they have the uh

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Also, the papers, all the neighborhood signed.

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So, is this going to be a single-family house, or is it multifamily?

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Yes, it's a single-family home.

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I mean, it's to continue living.

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It's to continue using as a house, single-family dwelling.

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Do you have any plans

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on what the inside looks like?

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The plan.

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Will it look?

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I just had that opened.

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That one right there.

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Can you see it?

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Yes, I can.

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Okay, thank you.

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That's me.

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I just went out of the power.

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Excuse me, Chair.

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We still can hear you, though.

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I'm back, I think.

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I don't know.

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Anybody have any questions?

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yeah can i see a picture of the one you showed with the construction uh the front of the house

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with the blocks yeah sure

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