ZBA Hearing - July 30, 2025

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Good morning, everyone. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing the ZBA hearing this

morning. With me is our board member, Cheryl L. Gaston. Present, Mr. Chairman. Our board member,

Tanetta Graham. Present, Mr. Chairman. Our board member, Michael Johns. Present, Mr. Chairman.

And our board member, Taya Nguyen. Present, Mr. Chairman. Also, here is our attorney,

Hilary Emerson, and Ian Haggerty, our board director, and our board administrator,

Fisher Lakeisha Dandy. And later this morning, we also will have Ryan McSherry with us as our

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number six mi 2024 006 028 429 north 53rd street um hillary do we call this or just schedule it

number number six is um 429 north it's the resumptive hearing

we're gonna hear it okay all right sorry about that number eight mi 2024 006050

2979 east chelton avenue that case is continued cases continued to 2 11 26 at 9 30 a.m

And number 10.

hillary we're ready to move on number 10 um no mr chair if we could call the um attorney for

number 10 we are missing most of the required mi2025-009-992-9768 re-road david anika caro is

the attorney good morning chair this is jasmine and i will be your co-host for this morning's

session david has been promoted to panelists good morning board could you please state your name

and spell for the stenographer yes sir uh my name is david anna carico uh d-a-v-i-d last name a-n-n-e

c-h-a-r-i-c-o

do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth

i do um council um we're missing quite a few documents from you

and we believe we're gonna have to continue the case

i uh thank you uh we definitely want to get this right uh i'm a a volunteer with the church

and uh i want to make sure we get this right this is signage for uh a building that was

purchased from a synagogue and if uh you there was some uh contact point that uh i might have

to make sure sure what what i would want you to do is to call the office and the office will tell

you everything that you need so that the next time we have this hearing we can we can move forward

with it okay so this this case is going to be continued to 2 11 26 at 9 30 a.m got it thank

you very much sir thank you okay bye-bye are there any other requests for continuances

chair i have a hand up from joseph oh never mind i have a hand up from zinjin i'm going to allow

them to speak. Good morning. Good morning, Counselor. Could you please state your name

and spell for the stenographer? Yes, my name is Zenjian, Z-H-E-N-J-I-N.

Hold on, hold on. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

I do. Are you here for 10th Street? I am here for 10th Street, but the request for continuance

is actually for 7161 State Road,

which I'm not entered as an appearance attorney yet.

I was reached out yesterday by the owner of the property

to retain me as the attorney on this case.

All right, so that's number four.

And I was getting ready to call that.

Just for a point of information,

we do not have any exhibits for this, okay?

Understood, thank you.

So MI 2024-005-976-7161-69 State Road.

This case is continued to 211-26.

Thank you, Counsel.

And excuse me, Chair.

Mr. Jinn, we will enter your name as appellant attorney on that appeal.

Any other requests for continuance?

Yes, Chair.

I have a hand up from Vern Anastasio.

They will be allowed to speak.

good morning mr chair members good morning council could you please state your name

and spell for the stenographer yes sir it's verne anastasio a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o

um do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth

i do what what case call um raise my hand about 2021 stenton avenue

I believe it was scheduled for

Mr. Anastasia, we're going to address

that case with the add-ons.

Thank you. Just wanted to get it continued.

That's all. Thank you. Yes, it will be continued.

You'll hear that shortly. Thank you. Any other requests for

continuous? Yes, Chair. I have a phone number

ending in 3552. They have been allowed to speak.

Good morning.

Hello.

Good morning.

Could you please state your name and spell for the stocker?

Yes, Adrian Fernandez.

My last name is spelled F-E-R-N-A-N-D-E-Z.

Okay.

All right.

Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

Yes.

What case are you interested in?

I want to know if 2125 West Cambria Street requests a continuance or sent in the required

the required documents we have no um information about a public meeting being completed

documents. We have no information about a public meeting being completed.

yeah i'm gonna so

so you have no documents am i correct so we have no exhibit we have none let me let me call the

listed owner um the representative for 2020 incorporated is the listed owner and mr chair

This is MI-2024-006-032-2125 Cambria Street.

We also have Latoya Lloyd as the listed applicant.

I see no hands at this time, and I also see no one in the audience with that name.

Okay. We're going to continue this case one more time. So MI 2024-006-032-2125 West Cambria

Street. Cases continue to 2-11-26 at 930. Mark must be heard. Thank you.

number one mi 2023 003 719 849 north new kirk street this is the fifth listing we have no

exhibits laura brown is the listed owner applicant i see no one in the audience with that named

here. Thank you. So, MI

2023-003-719-849

North Newkirk Street, I vote to dismiss.

Michael Johns, my

vote is to dismiss.

Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss.

Tanetta Graham, my vote is to dismiss.

Taya Nguyen, my vote is to dismiss.

Number three,

MI 2024-003-378-2628

South Watt Street.

Joseph Vaccaro is the attorney.

we have no exhibits as third listing and mr chair can we just um we have not heard from the attorney

i don't see him in the audience um we do have an interpreter for this case if we could call

the interpreter to see if the applicants here could the spanish interpreter for this case please come

on good morning your honor my name is leonel spelled as an l-e-o-n-e-l last name gillen

spelled as in G-U-I-L-L-E-N.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you interpret accurately, completely and impartially

from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English to the best of your ability?

I swear.

Thank you. So I've called this case. There is an attorney named Joseph Ficarro

and the listed owner is Joseph Fiore.

Muy bien, estamos llamando al caso. Tenemos un abogado, Joseph Acaro, y al dueño registrado, a Joseph Fiore.

is there anyone in the audience

hay alguien en la audiencia con esos nombres joseph acaro el abogado y joseph fiore como el

dueño registrado no one in the audience with that name chair thank you so this is our third

listening, we still do not have documents. MI 2024-003-378-2628 South Watt Street, I vote

to dismiss. Michael Johns, my vote is to dismiss. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss. Tenetta

Graham, my vote is to dismiss. Iowyn, my vote is to dismiss. Interpreter, could you somehow

put that together for us? Yes, Your Honor. Muy bien, este es, muy bien, este es el tercero

la lista. Este es el caso número MI

024-003-378-2628

de South Watch Street.

Mi voto es

para desestimarlo.

Terper, thank you very much.

We appreciate your help.

It's a pleasure. Have a beautiful day, Your Honor.

Thank you. Number four.

MI 2024

005-976-7161-69

State Route.

did we do that already continue okay we're ready to start then right

number one in our add-on list mi 2024 007 539 5236 north broad street i vote yes

temporary variance to expire august 1st 2028

Michael Johns, my vote is yes

with proviso

Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with Proviso.

Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes

with proviso

Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso

Teneda Graham, my vote is yes with Proviso.

Diane Wynne, my vote is yes with Proviso.

Spanish interpreter, please come back on.

Hello, this is Stephen, and I'll be the Spanish interpreter.