Good morning, everyone. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's meeting
of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. With me is our Vice Chair, Teneda Graham, our Board
Secretary, Shel L. Gaston, four members, Michael Johns, Taya Nguyen, and Ron
Ryan McAdams.
President, Mr. Chairman.
Also, here is our board attorney, Lynn Reuter-Huber, our executive director, Ian Haggerty, and our board administrator, Lakeisha Dandy.
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you. So let's look at our schedule for this morning. Number one on the list and our, so the
board knows, our number is four MI 2025-004-525-451-55 East Wyoming Avenue. That case has been
withdrawn. Number seven, MI 2025 007-847-531-43 South 52nd Street. We have no exhibits. This
is the second listing and the owners listed owner is um tracy smith
good morning chair this is doreen and i will be co-hosting this morning i see no hands so
mi 2025 007 847 531 to 42 south 52nd 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 I am McAdams my vote
is to dismiss I own my vote is to dismiss number number three on the the order of appearance list
and number eight on our list MI 2026-000-971-5152 Paris Street this case is continued until 217 at 9.30 a.m.
what was that yeah yeah oh you're you're right i i i gotta try
excuse me chair there's a sabrina weiss with her hand up would she be a part of that case
there's a sabrina weiss with her hand up would she be a part of that case sure okay i will allow
her to speak which one is that this is number eight we just want to continue that
Sabrina Weiss, you're allowed to speak.
Sabrina.
Sabrina Weiss, you have your hand raised and you're allowed to speak now.
Please unmute.
i'm sorry that was hi my name is sabrina wise i'm sorry um i just hit the for 51 52 i didn't really
mean to raise my hand i apologize but i am here for you case well that case is now being continued
right yes okay thank you very much okay so that's eight number ten
Number 10 and number four on the regular list is MI 2026 002 037 5726 Thomas Avenue.
This case is continued until 2 17 27 at 9 30 a.m.
Let's see here, we have, hold on, number 12, okay, number 12 on our list and five on the
regular list
MI 2026
Sandy Road
no exhibits this is the
first listing
the owners are
Pavlo and
Harbor
and also Albert Perez there are no hands raised here so MI 20 26 002 104 99 66 Sandy Road this
case is continued on two till 2 17 27 and we'll be at 9 30 a.m and Mark must be heard
Number 14, MI 2026-002-165, 1638 South 18th Street, no exhibits, first listing,
elite service and contracting, contracting is listed applicant, third-party professional.
Chair, I have Joseph Vaccaro with a hand raised. I will allow to speak.
Good morning. This is Attorney Joe Vaccaro.
Good morning, Mr. Vaccaro. Could you please state your name as Bell for the stenographer?
Good morning. May it please the board, Joseph Vaccaro, V-A-C-C-A-R-O, attorney for 1638 South 18th Street.
All right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Joe, did you just get engaged in this?
Yes, I just got engaged in this matter.
And there is a matter that my client also needs to work out with the landlord on this.
So we'd greatly appreciate.
So this case will be continued, Joe, until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
And Mark must be heard.
Much appreciated. Thank you.
Have a good day.
All right.
chair tamika mccoy has her hand up also okay okay she will be allowed to speak
good morning morning tamika could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer
sure tamika mccoy t-a-m-i-k-a last name is m-c-capital-k-o-y
right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth told you it's nothing but the truth
Yes I do. What case are you interested in? 5152 Parish Street. You just said that it was
you just um said that it was continued i'm actually here on that matter uh we did not
continued. I'm actually here on that matter.
request the continuance i believe a continuance was requested in this in a different matter that
had already been withdrawn um mr chairman if you want me i can why don't you speak on that yes
um hello this is lynn reidel huber board council this case was continued because the exhibits were
not received um in the two-week requisite period before this hearing so it was continued
and you also received notice from the staff that it would be continued
okay i don't believe i got notice of that um we did submit the materials but um
all right if it's continued can we have the earliest available date
that is the earliest available date that was provided by the chairman
all right what they can can you repeat the date was 2 17 27 at 9 30 a.m
wow okay all right thank you thank you i mean you can call the office if you want to talk to
the staff but that's the date that it's been continued to as of this time okay i'll do that
thank you all right number 15 mi 2026 002 167 2053 north 9th street um seth johnson is the listed
owner um no exhibits first listing the only hand i see up is sabrina weiss
what was that sabrina weiss has her hand back up but no seth johnson
all right bring her on no we we can move on chair that's from the previous case okay all right so
so MI 2026 00216 2053 North 9th Street this case is continued until 2 17 27 at 9 30 a.m
and Mark must be heard.
That was 2055.
Be right with you.
Number.
Number two, MI2025, 000686, 418 North Salford Street, Vern Anastasio is the attorney.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning.
Could you please state and spell your name for this stenographer?
It's Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O, on behalf of Reverend Anifa Wessu.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Vern, could you give us an update on this case, please?
Yes, Mr. Chair.
We were able to, you know, after lots of conversations with the community and the RCO, we were able to amend our refusal this summer.
I have it in hand, and we are scheduling a final RCO meeting with them now that we have it.
Okay, so this case, Vern, will be scheduled at 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m., and Mark must be heard.
Thank you very much.
All right, thank you.
Number five, MI-2025-007-616-9401 Frankfurt Avenue.
This case is continued until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
10. Must be heard.
Number nine. Yeah. Yes, sir. Was that your case? Yeah. Oh, okay.
why don't you state your name and spell for the stenographer mark morrison m-a-r-k m-o-r-r-i-s-o-n
Morrison, M-A-R-K, M-O-R-R-I-S-O-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
And, Kurt, sir, what case are you, why don't you own records say the case you're interested in?
94, excuse me, 94-01 Frankfurt Avenue.
We have a note that this would be continued.
Could you give us?
I just want to know how many times they get to continue a case like this, because they did meet with the Civic Association, and we sent all our documentation in.
And I'm just curious, because I am a board member of the East Tarzell Civic Association.
Oh, so we'll make this will be the last continuance.
Thank you.
You already said must be heard.
I did.
I said that.
Oh, I did not know.
yeah that must be heard means they have to go on the next time oh okay okay thank you
thank you very much thank you for coming down we appreciate it
So, number nine, MI 2026, 001559, 5013 North 9th Street.
That case is continued until 2-17-27 at 9.30 a.m.
Number 11.
MI 2026-002-072, 2638 East Clearfield Street.
This case is continued until 2, 1727 at 9.30 a.m.
And number 12.
MI 2026-002-104-9966. Sandy, we did that one already?
We did that one.
Okay. All right. Is there any other?
Yeah. Is there any other requests for continuances?
I see no. Oh, yes, I do. Strawberry Mansion Community Concern has a hand raised.
Hold on one minute.
We got to do 18. Yeah.
let me let me do 18 first
mi 2028 002 280 2019 north van pelt street this case has been withdrawn is there any other request
i see no answer okay thank you
okay so let's go to our add-on list
MI2025-006074-222-Hartell Avenue.
The vote on this has been moved until September 30th at 9.30 a.m.
And number two, MI 2026-002-176. Our attorney has something to say about this. Am I correct?
Yes, this is for the property at 3856 Fairmont Avenue. The board is opening the record to receive
and review the revised plan submitted by the appellant, and the vote is rescheduled for next
wednesday september 30th so september 30th 2026 at 9 30 a.m okay thank you um now let's go to our
our our regular list number one mi2025 000622 6441 north 20th street um ramon jacoas is the uh
applicant this is also a Spanish interpreter I see one hand up by Brad
Adams good morning my name is Stephen I'll be the Spanish interpreter my
morning Stephen up hello good morning hi Stephen could you please state and
spell your name my name is Stephen Albain my last name is spelled a u b a i n
in interpret ID YM288. Do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately, completely,
and impartially from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English? Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.
Could you please tell the applicant to state his name and spell for the stenographer?
Could you please tell the applicant the statement?
Sí, por favor, nos puede proveer su nombre y deletrarlo para el reportero.
Mi nombre es Ramón María Hacke.
Ramón María Hacke.
Y me puede deletrear su nombre, por favor.
so it's uh ramon maria hagas ramon r-a-m-o-n maria m-a-r-i-a hagas j-a-g-u-z easy
Could you please ask him, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth?
Usted jure y afirma decir la verdad.
Yo puedo hablar de la verdad.
The whole truth.
Y toda la verdad.
Nothing but the truth.
Y nada más que la verdad.
All right.
Our vice chair has a statement to make here relative to this.
good morning have you submitted your documents and exhibits 14 days in advance of this hearing
you understand that you're here for
to family living as well as retail sales on the first floor así que para su entendimiento
usted entiende que está aquí para este vivienda de dos familias y también una tienda de ventas
en el primer piso 10 and you understand that you are denied because that use is