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ZBA Hearing - September 23, 2026

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Sep 23, 20267h 31m

you need to have a variance in order to use it in rsa 5 y usted entiende que se le negó porque

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para este tener ese tipo de uso necesita una variancia en la orden del rsa 5

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all right so you can begin to tell us what you're trying to do and describe any pictures

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and stuff that you want to show us to present your case ya puede comenzar a decir lo que

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está tratando de hacer y describir las imágenes y las diferentes cosas que nos quiere presentar en

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su caso

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so the interpreter can do it yes hi my name is lynn reidel huber i am board council

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i was wondering if you had pictures with you that showed your posting for today's hearing with you

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me llamo Lynn Reithuber y yo soy la representante de la junta y estaba tratando de averiguar si

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usted tiene imágenes que demuestran la publicación de la audiencia del día de hoy

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en verdad que presento por el día de hoy yo soy presentante porque yo

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So I'm just presenting what I have.

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I don't know English, so I'm speaking to you in Spanish, and I have the documents that Pablo helped me get.

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well let me ask it this way did you post your property for notice for today's hearing

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so there's someone in the audience who's raising her hand with documents

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so here is the evidence if you want me to present it

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again we couldn't read your

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if you have the photographs for what you posted for the property we couldn't tell the date on it

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We couldn't tell the date on it.

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así que si usted tiene la fotografía

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Así que si usted tiene la fotografía de lo que publicó.

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¿Puede repetirme, por favor?

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¿Usted tiene la fotografía para lo que publicó para la propiedad?

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Porque no tenía una fecha.

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Sí, señor.

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So, yes, I have it.

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¿Puede enseñarla, por favor?

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¿Lo puede enseñarla, por favor?

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Oh shit, he let's use that, he took it down, didn't ever put it on top of it.

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Thank you.

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Is that it?

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This is Lynn Reidelhuber, Board Counselor.

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I reviewed the paperwork that was just presented by the applicant with regard to posting and

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I will say that it's sufficient for our needs to indicate that he did post the property

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for the hearing today.

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Thank you.

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So, I'm Lynn Wright and I'm the representative of the Junta, and I've been represented by the applicant, and about the publication, I can say that it's enough for what we need to indicate.

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Okay, let's go back to where we were. Could he explain what it is he wants to do?

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So I want to have a business for food and providing food and then the apartment and

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so that I could pay for like taxes and to be sufficient or pay for my things legally.

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Okay, could he look at the photos that are up and would he want to comment on the photos?

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así que si nos puede enseñar la foto que tiene publicada y éste que quiere comentar en cada imagen

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en la foto para no a pierre a pierre acá arriba

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la foto que tengo la presente por ahora de entre por pisi éste puede ir por cada imagen y describir

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Okay, could you tell us what you're doing there?

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Well, what I'm going to do in my business...

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the interpreter will clarify le está enseñando fotos

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en la pantalla si puede describir esa foto que está presentando

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this is the interpreter speaking i don't think he understands the

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um the presentation um i could try explaining it again

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So that's the photo of the bodega, the business is on the first floor.

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photos go on

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Go on.

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Y puede continuar.

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Do we have any photos inside?

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Is this property?

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Esa es la propiedad.

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Yes, that's the property.

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That's the inside.

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Okay, so.

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so you want two apartments above

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así que quieres dos apartamentos arriba

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y después una tienda de comida en el piso abajo

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home yes in the first floor um do we have any other photos

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why why why could we enlarge that in

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so that's that's your store there right yeah the architect drew that for you

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so that's the first floor that's the first floor where the right

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so that's the whole image say that again sir that's the he said that's the whole image of

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that the architect drew okay um you have the is the apartments do we have drawings of the apartments

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that's the second floor yes where's the third can we see the third floor

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and the person that did the plans he created all of that okay

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um questions from the board can you go back to the second floor plan please

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Okay, and then the first floor.

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I don't have any questions.

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Thank you.

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¿Los últimos preguntas?

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Yes.

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¿Están going to sell cooked food?

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Y pregunte, ¿usted va a vender comida ya cocinada?

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Sí, comida caliente y fría.

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Both cold and hot food.

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Sí, todo soda, papa, todo de alimento.

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Y menos nada de bebida, nada de alcohol.

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The interpreter requires clarification.

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¿No va a vender alcohol?

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No, no, no hay alcohol.

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okay so um just like sodas potato chips um i'm not going to be selling alcohol nothing like that

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just food

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so is a business like a bodega for both cold and hot food

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Okay. My other question is the RCO meeting, a lot of opposition was expressed. Do you have any comments about

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was expressed do you have any comments about what the opposition to your having the store

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así que en la reunión del receo ellos expresaron su oposición usted tienen

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algún comentario acerca de este eso que ellos declararon

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so what i have to say is the entire neighborhood is in my favor i get along very well with them

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and they're okay with me putting up the business okay so one of the concerns was they were worried

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that it would the young people would like loiter and stay at your store like what would you do

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about that así que una de las preocupaciones es que los jóvenes iban a quedarse este tiempo más

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tiempo en las tiendas este que usted cree acerca de eso so i wouldn't allow that by 8 30 i wouldn't

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allow any more service to the young people so they can go to school

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other questions yes what's your plan for the take out window y cuál es su plan para la

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ventanilla de de comida para llevarse comida that's going to be close

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it's still showing on your plans pero todavía está enseñándose en los planos

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um so it's in the plans um but since it's not done i haven't started selling from there if i

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needed to sell through the window I could yes I understand it's possible I

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think I just want to understand like what the plan for it how like what's the

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queue what are the hours what types of items would you be selling through the

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window is it anything in the whole store is it restricted to specific thing I'm

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I'm just trying to understand the possible use of it, like how you envision it.

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uh ventanilla esas son cosas pero la ella tiene su puerta en negocio para entrar en todo el público

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the interpreter requires clarification así que va a usar la ventanilla no la bosa

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bueno no creo que sea necesario usarla so i i don't believe it's necessary to use it

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okay okay um i'm i want to go back to the kinds of foods are you going to have hot food and

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is it the type of food that would need uh venting for the whatever you're going to be cooking is

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food with are you going to have fryers are you going to have other types of equipment that require

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So, when it comes to the type of food that you're going to cook,

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that type of food will need ventilation?

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Like, you're going to have things that are going to freeze,

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that you're going to need some type of ventilation?

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And what type of equipment you need for that ventilation?

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It's like an air inside of the kitchen.

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The interpreter will clarify.

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As a ventilator, if he is cooking fried food, where is it going to go?

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Like ventilación, if you are cooking food free, where is the humo or vapor,

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will you have a ventilación system or will you cook food that requires ventilación?

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No, you have to have it, so that the humo goes out.

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So that it goes out, so that it goes out, so that it goes out, so that it goes out.

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The interpreter will clarify.

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So, is it going to use a ventilación system or not?

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yes so yes we are going to be using a ventilation system

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okay so is that on his plan yes

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and there's the interpreter speaking i i think he's confusing two things

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um so he's confusing the um takeout window with the ventilation system um would you like me to

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try to explain that again no no no no no okay we're okay okay thank you um questions or comments

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from our attorney no questions at this time mr chairman questions or comments from the audience

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come on

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turn the mic on please good morning hi good morning could you please state and spell your

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name for the stenographer my name is darlene rodriguez d-a-r-l-e-n-e r-o-d-r-i-g-u-e-z right

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do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes i saw you waving

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your hand several times back there would you want to give us your comments um yeah um even with the

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interpreter sometimes it's kind of hard for him to understand and um i know you guys was asking

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for the window so for that window it was glass and somebody came and tried like to come in the

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store and like rob we did have a case for that and try to go to court but the guy um the cops said

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they they was trying to look for him um we went to court one day but they you know this continued

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because it wasn't nothing so that's why i want to like to let you guys understand that part about

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the window because the window is not like it wasn't there to have um you know to sell food

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or to overnight it's not none of that just something happened and he um contracted somebody

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to cover that and for the events i'm not sure because i'm just here to help him out um do the

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is the plan on there has the events for or no yeah yes okay because from my understanding he um

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is doing this to reopen the store. All the neighbors around there is really sad because

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all the situation happened. He wants to reopen the store to have a corner store, like they

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say, bodega, to have hoagies, cheese steaks, cold and hot food, and stuff like that, like

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he said. But I just wanted to have that clear about the window. The window is not going

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uh open thank you very much for telling us we appreciate it you are is there anyone else in

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the virtual audience there are no hands planning commission

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thank you chairman and good morning david facto f-e-c-t-e-a-u with the city planning

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you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes sir i do please

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proceed thank you sir um chairman and board members the comprehensive plan recommends no

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change to the rsa 5 residential single family zoning at this location

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The city rezoned this neighborhood in 1969 in a council supported map change.

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This property has a documented history of commercial and residential use.

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and residential use esta propiedad tiene un historial documentado de uso

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ambos residencial y comercial the city planning commission recommends that the board grant

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their proposed variances el comité de planeo de la ciudad recomienda que la junta de las variancias

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propuestas. Thank you. We're going to vote on this next Wednesday at 9.30 AM. Así que nosotros

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vamos a tomar el voto el próximo miércoles a la 9 y media de la mañana. Right. We would just want

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to make sure where we stand that we know there was opposition. We've taken the testimony. We thank

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you for coming here. You don't necessarily have to come back next week. You can just listen on the

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phone, but we will vote at this for this at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday.

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Así que solamente nos queremos asegurar que todo esté bien debido a que hubo algunas

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oposiciones, pero ya hemos tomado su testimonio y le agradecemos por llegar.

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No necesariamente tiene que venir la semana que viene.

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Usted puede escuchar por el teléfono, pero nosotros vamos a tomar el voto a las 9 y media

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de la mañana el próximo miércoles.

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And, Chairman, the record's closed then?

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Oh, definitely closed.

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Everything's closed.

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Okay.

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Thank you for coming in.

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We appreciate it.

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And thank you for your help in the back there, too.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Number 14 on the list and 17 for us.

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MI 2026-002-258-549-Selma Street, number A.

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Darlene Threat is the attorney.

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do we have an interpreter for this yes chair and pardon the interruption is there a georgian

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could you and because they're a georgian interpreter in the audience if there is

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please raise your hand do we have an interpreter here for this in the audience

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i don't see a hand up for the interpreter what was the name again

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um well why don't we bring the attorney on to darlene treat is the attorney and

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katazi and kala panishva panishville is the owner applicants uh good

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i hear

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council good afternoon can you hear me commissioner yeah you would break it up a

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little bit could you please state and spell your name for the stenographer

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darlene darlene you're darling you're really breaking up let me try something okay

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Okay. Is there an interpreter in the audience for this case?

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I don't see a hand up. I just promoted cart cartozy.

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Last name beginning MP to panelist. Okay.

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Cartozy. Oh, yeah. There is an interpreter with a hand up. They are. They are promoted.

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