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1 CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY PLANNING BOARD : TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED REGULAR MEETING : : PROCEEDINGS ____________ ____________: City Hall 3715 Palisade Avenue Union City, New Jersey Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Commencing at 6:05 p.m. M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: YDALIA GENAO, Mayor’s Designee ALICIA MOREJON CAROLINA FERNANDEZ RUDY RIVERO FRANKLIN MEDINA ALEJANDRO VELAZQUEZ, Alternate No. 1 JOSE GUARENO, Alternate No. 2 DIANE CAPIZZI, Chairperson M E M B E R S A B S E N T: BRIAN P. STACK, Mayor CELIN VALDIVIA, Commissioner JEANNE KOEHLER, Vice Chairperson A L S O P R E S E N T: CARLOS VALLEJO, Secretary to the Board WILFREDO J. ORTIZ, II, ESQ. Attorney for the Board DAVID SPATZ, Consultant Community Housing & Planning Associates, Inc.  2 A P P E A R A N C E S: BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, 32nd & 33rd Street, Union City, LLC BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, Dominic Turzy BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, 3510-3520 Bergenline Ave., LLC BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, Zohastan, LLC BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, 1216 Kennedy Blvd., LLC  3 I N D E X PAGE CALL TO ORDER 7 OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT 7 SALUTE TO FLAG 8 ROLL CALL 8 ADOPTION OF MINUTES 10 RESOLUTIONS 12/14 HEARINGS/APPLICATIONS 32nd & 33rd Street, Union City, LLC 17 Dominic Turzy 27 3510-3520 Bergenline Ave., LLC 22 Zohastan, LLC 38 1216 Kennedy Blvd., LLC 73 ADJOURNMENT 81  4 I N D E X Dominic Turzy - 315 16th Street WITNESS PAGE Manuel Pereiras 29  5 I N D E X Zohastan, LLC - 646 38th Street WITNESS PAGE Manuel Pereiras 39  6 I N D E X 1216 Kennedy Blvd., LLC - 1216 Kennedy Blvd. WITNESS PAGE Manuel Pereiras 73  7 1 THE SECRETARY: May I have your attention, 2 please? 3 MR. ORTIZ: Thank you, sir. 4 THE SECRETARY: Ready? 5 Please take notice that on Tuesday, 6 February 27, 2017 (sic), at six p.m., a Regular 7 Meeting is scheduled for the City of Union City 8 Planning Board, to be held in the Municipal 9 Chambers of the City Hall, 3715 Palisade Avenue, 10 Union City, New Jersey. 11 This is a meeting called in compliance with 12 Chapter 231, Public Law 1975, of the Open Public 13 Meetings Act. 14 Notice of this meeting has been provided as 15 follow: 16 Notice of the meeting, setting forth the 17 time, date, location and the agenda, to the 18 extent known was forwarded to The Jersey Journal, 19 The Record, and The Hudson Reporter, has been 20 posted on the bulletin board in City Hall, and 21 has been -- been made available to the public in 22 the Office of Municipal Clerk. 23 Before we call roll for this evening, will 24 everybody kindly rise to salute the flag? 25  8 1 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was 2 said by all.) 3 4 THE SECRETARY: Thank you. 5 6 ROLL CALL: 7 8 THE SECRETARY: Roll call for tonight’s 9 meeting. 10 Mayor Brian P. Stack? Absent. 11 Ydalia Genao? 12 MS. GENAO: Yes. 13 THE SECRETARY: Commissioner Celin 14 Valdivia? Absent. 15 Alicia Morejon? 16 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 17 THE SECRETARY: Diane Capizzi? 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Here. 19 THE SECRETARY: Carolina Fernandez? 20 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 21 THE SECRETARY: Rudy Rivero? 22 MR. RIVERO: Yes. 23 THE SECRETARY: Franklin Medina? 24 MR. MEDINA: Here. 25 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Koehler is absent.  9 1 Alejandro Velazquez? 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Here. 3 THE SECRETARY: Jose Guareno? 4 MR. GUARENO: Here. 5 THE SECRETARY: Let the record indicate 6 that eight members present. 7 We have a full quorum for tonight’s 8 meeting. 9 * * * 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  10 1 ADOPTION OF MINUTES: 2 3 ( 1) Regular Meeting held on January 23, 2018 4 5 THE SECRETARY: Adoption of Minutes. 6 Regular Meeting held on January 23rd, 2018. 7 Can I have a motion to adopt this meeting 8 -- transcripts? 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 10 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 11 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Second. 12 THE SECRETARY: Second by Mr. Velazquez. 13 Roll call on the motion. 14 Ms. Capizzi? 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 16 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 17 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 18 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 19 MS. GENAO: Yes. 20 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 21 MR. MEDINA: Here. 22 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 23 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 24 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 25 MR. RIVERO: Yes.  11 1 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 3 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 4 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 5 THE SECRETARY: Motion carries. 6 Eight -- eight in favor. 7 * * * 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  12 1 RESOLUTIONS: 2 3 ( 1) Hudson Yards West, LLC, 3309 Hudson Ave. & 4 3308-3310 Palisade Ave., Block 200, Lots 5, 6, 5 24-28, 40. A new mixed use building comprising 6 of 71 residential units and one commercial unit 7 and supporting 165 parking spaces. Application 8 was denied at the previous meeting. 9 10 THE SECRETARY: Adoption of the 11 Resolutions. 12 First Resolution on tonight’s agenda, 13 Hudson Yard West, LLC, 3309 Hudson Avenue and 14 3308-3310 Palisade Avenue. 15 The application was denied at the previous 16 meeting. 17 Can I have a motion to adopt the denied 18 Resolution? 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 20 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 21 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I second. 22 THE SECRETARY: Second by? 23 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Alex. 24 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Alex. 25 MR. SPATZ: Alex.  13 1 THE SECRETARY: Thank you, Mr. Velazquez. 2 Second by Mr. Velazquez. 3 Roll call on the motion to deny this appli 4 -- to adopt this Resolution. 5 Ms. Capizzi? 6 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 7 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 8 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 9 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 10 MS. GENAO: Yes. 11 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 12 MR. MEDINA: Yes. 13 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 14 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 15 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 16 MR. RIVERO: Abstain. 17 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 18 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 19 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 20 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 21 THE SECRETARY: Seven in favor, one 22 abstention. 23 Motion carries. 24 * * * 25  14 1 RESOLUTIONS: 2 3 ( 2) ADR RE, LLC, 525-531 32nd Street, Block 170, 4 Lots 15-18 and 46. Resolution was memorialized 5 April 28, 2015. Applicants are seeking for one 6 year extension. (First extension was approved on 7 March 28, 2017) 8 ( 3) 1507 West St. LLC, 1507 West Street, Block 9 78, Lot 5. Basement legalization and new rear 10 addition to the existing two story building. 11 Approved 12 ( 4) 914 16th Street, LLC, 914 16th Street, Block 13 35, Lot 12. Legalization of basement apartment 14 in an existing two family dwelling to become a 15 three family. Approved 16 17 THE SECRETARY: Adoption of Resolution 2, 18 3, and 4. 19 Resolution 2. 20 ADR RE, LLC, 525-531 32nd Street. 21 Resolution number 3. 22 1507 West Street, LLC, 1507 West Street. 23 Resolution number 4. 24 914 16 Street, LLC, 914 16 Street. 25 Can I have a motion to adopt these  15 1 Resolutions? 2 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I make a motion. 3 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 4 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Second. 5 THE SECRETARY: Second by Mr. Velazquez. 6 Roll call on the motion to adopt these 7 Resolutions. 8 Ms. Capizzi? 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 10 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 11 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 12 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 13 MS. GENAO: Yes. 14 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 15 MR. MEDINA: Yes. 16 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 17 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 18 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 19 MR. RIVERO: Abstain. Abstain. 20 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 21 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 22 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 23 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 24 THE SECRETARY: Seven in favor, one 25 abstained.  16 1 Motion carries. 2 * * * 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  17 1 32nd & 33rd Street, Union City, LLC - 2 412-418 32nd Street & 407-413 33rd Street: 3 4 THE SECRETARY: First application on 5 tonight’s agenda, 32nd & 33rd Street, Union City, 6 LLC, 412-418 32nd Street and 407-413 33rd Street. 7 Ms. Pereiras, please? 8 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you very much. 9 Good evening. 10 Bianca Pereiras, on behalf of the 11 applicants. 12 This is one that’s actually been continued, 13 and we’re going to ask for one final adjournment 14 on this. My client, unfortunately, is out of the 15 states, and he’d like to be present for this 16 matter to go forward. 17 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Sure. Okay. Fine. 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you. 19 THE SECRETARY: Motion to adjourn? 20 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 21 THE SECRETARY: Motion to adjourn by Ms. 22 Capizzi. 23 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Second. 24 THE SECRETARY: Second by Ms. -- Ms. -- 25 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Mr. Velazquez.  18 1 THE SECRETARY: -- Mr. Velazquez. 2 Roll call on the motion to adjourn this 3 application. 4 MR. SPATZ: March 27th. 5 THE SECRETARY: To March 27. 6 Right? 7 MR. SPATZ: Right. 8 MR. ORTIZ: Well, -- 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: What’s the matter? 10 What? 11 THE SECRETARY: Roll call -- roll call on 12 the motion. 13 Mrs. Capizzi? 14 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Hold on. 15 THE SECRETARY: To adjourn this 16 application. 17 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Wait a minute. 18 MR. ORTIZ: If -- if I might? 19 The only issue that there is, is there’s 20 currently, what, eight presentations on for 21 March? 22 THE SECRETARY: We have already -- 23 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Eight? No. 24 THE SECRETARY: -- eight. 25 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: We can’t add another  19 1 one. No. 2 MR. ORTIZ: I -- I just -- 3 MS. PEREIRAS: We have no problem 4 adjourning it -- 5 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: No. 6 MS. PEREIRAS: -- to the following month. 7 That’s fine. 8 MR. ORTIZ: Okay. 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. Because we 10 can’t stay here -- 11 THE SECRETARY: Let me see, the next 12 meeting -- 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- until ten o’clock. 14 THE SECRETARY: -- will be on -- 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: No. No. 16 MR. ORTIZ: I just wanted to point that out 17 to the Board. 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Right. 19 Thank you. 20 MR. VELAZQUEZ: For March? 21 MR. ORTIZ: Yeah. 22 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: How many are on 23 April? 24 MR. SPATZ: Twenty-fourth. 25 THE SECRETARY: The 24th, that’s April, I  20 1 think -- I think is two we have. 2 All right. Let the record indicate that 3 this -- 4 MR. SPATZ: Yeah. 5 THE SECRETARY: -- application will be 6 adjourned for April 24, 2018. 7 Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 8 Second by Mr. Velazquez. 9 Roll call on the motion. 10 Ms. Capizzi? 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 12 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 13 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 14 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 15 MS. GENAO: Yes. 16 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 17 MR. MEDINA: Yes. 18 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 19 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 20 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 21 MR. RIVERO: Yes. 22 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 23 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 24 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 25 MR. GUARENO: Yes.  21 1 THE SECRETARY: Eight in favor. 2 Motion carries. 3 MR. SPATZ: Okay. If I -- 4 THE SECRETARY: No new notice require. 5 MR. SPATZ: I’m sorry. 6 If I could ask a question? 7 The original review of this had 79 units. 8 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. 9 MR. SPATZ: Is that what it still is, 10 because the -- 11 MS. PEREIRAS: No. That -- that’s being 12 reduced drastically. 13 MR. SPATZ: Okay. 14 MS. PEREIRAS: And that’s one thing that 15 we’ve been going back and forth with the 16 applicants. 17 MR. SPATZ: Okay. All right. You’ll need 18 to submit the revised plans. 19 MS. PEREIRAS: We will submit revised 20 plans. 21 MR. SPATZ: Okay. 22 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. 23 MR. SPATZ: Okay. 24 MS. PEREIRAS: Definitely in time. 25 MR. SPATZ: All right.  22 1 3510-3520 Bergenline Ave., LLC - 2 3510-3520 Bergenline Ave.: 3 4 MS. PEREIRAS: And counsel, there’s another 5 one that’s on the agenda. I think it’s item 8, 6 hearing number 3, which is the same applicant. 7 If we’re able to adjourn that, as well, to 8 the same date, that would be greatly appreciated. 9 MR. ORTIZ: Do we know what’s on for -- 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: What’s on for April 11 already? What -- what do we have on -- 12 THE SECRETARY: April 24. 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yeah. How many do we 14 have so far? 15 THE SECRETARY: I -- if I don’t mistake, 16 with adjourn -- with the adjournment, we have 17 three. 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 19 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Mr. Secretary, just -- you 20 know, we already got three. Big project’s on, so 21 just keep that in mind, please. 22 MR. ORTIZ: I was going -- I was going to 23 ask as a -- for a proffer on the one that you’re 24 requesting adjournment. 25 MS. PEREIRAS: Sure.  23 1 MR. ORTIZ: At least from the title in the 2 agenda. 3 How many units -- is it a large project -- 4 MS. PEREIRAS: For the last one? 5 MR. ORTIZ: -- or is it a small one? 6 MS. PEREIRAS: 3510, I think, right now, 7 we’re looking at eight residential units. 8 MR. ORTIZ: All right. So, it’s not 9 tremendously -- 10 MS. PEREIRAS: No. 11 MR. ORTIZ: -- large. 12 MS. PEREIRAS: No. 13 MR. ORTIZ: Okay. 14 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Ortiz, let me -- let’s 15 -- let’s put on the record. 16 So, we’re talking about item number 3, 17 3510-3520 Bergenline Avenue, LLC? 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. 19 THE SECRETARY: Right. 20 This application will be adjourned for 21 April 24. 22 MR. SPATZ: Um hum. 23 MR. VELAZQUEZ: You got to space out the 24 present -- the -- buildings and then the 25 basements, you know?  24 1 THE SECRETARY: Right. Let me see. 2 MS. PEREIRAS: I’m happy to work with the 3 Board if, for any reason, you have too many on 4 for that day and we have to adjourn this one, 5 we’ll be fine doing that. 6 MR. ORTIZ: Thank you. 7 THE SECRETARY: All right. 8 THE SECRETARY: Madam Chairwoman, you make 9 a motion to -- 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Sure. I’ll make a 11 motion. 12 THE SECRETARY: Motion to adjourn this 13 application. 14 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Second. 15 THE SECRETARY: By Diane Capizzi. 16 Second by Alejandro Velazquez. 17 Roll call on the motion. 18 Ms. Capizzi? 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 20 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 21 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 22 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 23 MS. GENAO: Yes. 24 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 25 MR. MEDINA: Yes.  25 1 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 2 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 3 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 4 MR. RIVERO: Yes. 5 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 6 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 7 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 8 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 9 THE SECRETARY: Eight in favor. 10 Motion carries. 11 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you very much. 12 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re welcome. 13 I don't know if you’re here for those two 14 that were just adjourned? I think you -- 15 A CITIZEN: Which one was adjourned? 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay, 32nd & 33rd 17 Street, 412-418 and also, 3510-3520, I don't know 18 which one -- 19 MR. ORTIZ: Anybody? 20 A CITIZEN: Hudson Yards? 21 MR. ORTIZ: Hudson Yards -- well, Hudson 22 Yards was heard last time. It was voted on 23 today, just to memorialize the Resolution. 24 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: We denied that 25 application.  26 1 MR. ORTIZ: At this point, at our level, 2 we’re done with Hudson Yard. 3 A CITIZEN: They have to resubmit again? 4 MR. ORTIZ: No, no. They -- they haven’t 5 -- the decision, quite honestly, to either appeal 6 our decision or not. I mean, I -- and I can’t 7 speak for them. 8 A CITIZEN: Fine. I just wanted to make 9 sure I was -- (indiscernible). 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Right. I wasn’t sure 11 why you were here, and we did adjourn two. Okay? 12 A CITIZEN: Good. 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: All right. 14 A CITIZEN: Thank you. 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re welcome. 16 Okay. 17 * * * 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  27 1 Dominic Turzy - 315 16th Street: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: Now, we are going to move 4 to number 2 on the -- on the agenda. 5 Dominic Turzy, Block -- 6 Oh, sorry. 7 -- 315 16th Street, Block 75, Lot 15. 8 Ms. Pereiras, please? 9 MR. ORTIZ: Madam Chairwoman, I’ve had an 10 opportunity to review submissions by counsel. 11 Everything seems to be in order, giving 12 jurisdiction to the Board. 13 This I don't need. This -- this you can 14 take. 15 (Whereupon, there was a pause in the 16 proceedings.) 17 MS. PEREIRAS: Number 2, 315 16th Street. 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Oh, 315 16 th. 19 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. 20 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. Yup. 21 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you. 22 Again, Bianca Pereiras, on behalf of the 23 applicant, for 315 16th Street, also known as 24 Block 75, Lot 15. 25 Currently, onsite, we have a two family  28 1 home. The applicant is looking to legalize 2 another unit, so that if approved, this 3 application would be for a three family. 4 We have one expert, who unfortunately is 5 looking for parking at the moment. Traffic was 6 tough this morning -- this afternoon. 7 So if the Board would just indulge us just 8 a few minutes, I’ll have him come in and -- and 9 testify on this application. 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Is he also -- 11 MS. PEREIRAS: He is. He’s for the other 12 two, as well. 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Number 5? 14 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. 15 MR. DILLON: Do you want to go -- Carlos, 16 do you want to go off? 17 MR. ORTIZ: Yeah. Go off the record. 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you. 19 Sorry about that. 20 (Whereupon, the Board recessed from 6:18 21 p.m. to 6:21 p.m.) 22 MR. ORTIZ: You’re -- you’re ready to go? 23 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. We are. 24 Thank you so much. 25 Again, Bianca Pereiras on the applicant for  29 1 315 16th Street. 2 Our expert, Mr. Manuel Pereiras. 3 MR. PEREIRAS: Manny Pereiras, 4 P-E-R-E-I-R-A-S, with Pereiras Architects 5 Ubiquitous, 1116 Summit Avenue. 6 MR. DILLON: Getting ahead of yourself. 7 MR. PEREIRAS: I did. 8 MR. DILLON: Please raise your right hand. 9 Do you swear the testimony you’re about to 10 give this Board is the whole truth? 11 MR. PEREIRAS: I do. 12 MR. DILLON: Can you just state your name? 13 MR. PEREIRAS: Manny Pereiras. 14 MR. DILLON: I didn’t want to stop you; you 15 were already going. 16 MR. PEREIRAS: I’m sorry. 17 MS. PEREIRAS: And for purposes of the 18 record, Mr. Pereiras has been -- 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 20 MS. PEREIRAS: -- accepted? 21 Thank you so much. 22 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Absolutely. 23 MS. PEREIRAS: Mr. Pereiras, are you 24 familiar with 315 16th Street? 25 MR. PEREIRAS: I am.  30 1 MS. PEREIRAS: And did you prepare the 2 drawings that are before the Board this evening? 3 MR. PEREIRAS: I have. 4 MS. PEREIRAS: And would you kindly walk us 5 through the application? 6 MR. PEREIRAS: I will. 7 Thank you, Board members. 8 This is a very simple project in the sense 9 that we have an existing two family house. We’re 10 legalizing an existing basement apartment. We 11 are basically taking this opportunity to bring 12 everything up to Code. It’s been like that for a 13 long time. 14 So, let me talk to you, first, a little bit 15 about the site. 16 We have a site that’s slightly undersized. 17 It’s 2,375 square feet. That’s because it’s 18 slightly shy of the hundred foot requirement. 19 It’s 95 feet in depth. It is the full 25 feet. 20 The site is slightly irregular. It’s 21 skewed slightly and the house actually has a 22 weird jut into it, where it goes straight and 23 then it steps to the left and goes back, so that 24 it creates a gap between it and the adjacent 25 houses, both of them along the front and along  31 1 the rear, the houses are butting up against each 2 other. 3 This doesn’t effect us in our design very 4 much, because it’s all interior within the -- 5 within the existing building. 6 There is an existing nonconformity also for 7 side yard, because it has that zero setback along 8 the rear portion of the building and along the 9 front portion, and along the other end. 10 And there’s an existing nonconformity for 11 off-street parking, which we’re actually 12 expanding because of the new unit that we’re 13 proposing. 14 We are -- and the proposed -- the proposed 15 plan is in the middle of the sheet, Sheet Z02, 16 which is -- which are the same documents that 17 were submitted to the Board. 18 We are moving things around from the way 19 they were, to make them a lot safer. We’d like 20 to bring the -- the bedrooms towards the front of 21 the house, in case there’s ever an emergency, 22 they could escape through the emergency egress 23 window that we are creating along the front of 24 the house. 25 So that -- it gives direct access to the  32 1 public right-of-way. So by relaying -- relaying 2 out the apartment, it creates a safety of the 3 sleeping quarters near the back. 4 It would be a one bedroom apartment, and 5 the rest of the apartment is an open floor plan 6 layout. We’re creating a new kitchen, living 7 room, dining room area along the front. 8 The ceiling height is currently undersized, 9 and they’re going to be excavating and making it 10 up to Code, to meet the requirements of the 11 Building Department. 12 And the entire square footage of this 13 basement apartment is 670 square feet. It’s 14 actually a little bit over, 670.6 square feet. 15 We’re isolating the boiler room and 16 creating a two hour fire safety separation for 17 that boiler room, so that the apartment from 18 upstairs, you could go down the stairs and access 19 that -- that boiler room, and it doesn’t 20 interfere with the apartment itself that we’re 21 proposing. 22 The upper floors are no changes proposed to 23 those areas. We show them on the diagram so that 24 the Board has a good understanding of what’s 25 existing and what’s there.  33 1 I’m open for your questions. 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: When they’re doing the 3 excavation, it’s going to be inside by hand. 4 MR. PEREIRAS: Yes, that's correct. 5 So, the process that we do, and we do this 6 very often, almost every project that we come 7 before you, very often, we have to excavate in 8 order to bring it to height. 9 This is done carefully and by hand, and the 10 Union City Building Department is part of the 11 entire process. We do this in four foot 12 sections, where they actually have to excavate 13 and leave open six feet in between it, and do 14 this piece by piece and call for inspections. 15 I’m always part of the entire process. I 16 verify it first, to make sure it’s okay. When 17 it’s ready, we call for inspections from the 18 Building Department. And it’s done very 19 carefully, and all by hand. 20 MR. VELAZQUEZ: And will you be using a 21 dumpster at all on this project? 22 MR. PEREIRAS: More likely they will 23 require a dumpster. Yes. 24 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Just if they can, because 25 this -- this is a new street and new sidewalk, --  34 1 MR. PARLAVECCHIO: Um hum. 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: -- it would be -- the 3 plywood underneath the wheels and that -- 4 MR. PEREIRAS: Absolutely. 5 MR. VELAZQUEZ: You know? Okay. 6 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. 7 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Because that’s a brand new 8 sidewalk, I don't want it to be scratched and all 9 that. 10 MR. PEREIRAS: Absolutely. It’s gotten to 11 a point where since we do so much work in Union 12 City, it’s part of my specifications in the -- in 13 the Building Department drawings. Just to avoid 14 having a problem, it’s actually already in there. 15 So, I know the requirements that Union City has 16 for sidewalks. It’s different from every other 17 town. 18 I know the requirements that they have for 19 cleanliness and protecting the streets. So, it’s 20 already built into the specifications of my 21 drawings. 22 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Because you know, you’re 23 right by Colin Powell. 24 MR. PEREIRAS: Um hum. 25 MR. VELAZQUEZ: So, the main thing, too, is  35 1 when they’re not working, if that dumpster is 2 still out there, if you could park it over, like 3 the weekend, and all that, because you don’t want 4 -- 5 MR. PEREIRAS: Absolutely. 6 MR. VELAZQUEZ: -- the neighborhood 7 throwing all their garbage. 8 MR. PEREIRAS: That’s absolutely right. 9 And that’s why we’re here today, to take an 10 illegal condition and make it legal and make it 11 proper. 12 I hate to have an illegal unit that’s prone 13 to fires and prone to a lot of problems, right 14 next to the school. This will alleviate that 15 problem. 16 MR. GUARENO: How much excavation is being 17 done? How far down? 18 MR. PEREIRAS: So, they’re only missing 19 four inches, but in order to get four inches, 20 they actually have to over-excavate and go 21 another 12 inches beyond that. So, they’re going 22 down 16 inches. This is something normal. We do 23 it all the time. 24 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Does anyone on the 25 Board have any questions or comments?  36 1 Anyone in the public have any questions or 2 comments? 3 Okay. 4 Seeing none. 5 Then, I’ll make a motion to approve the -- 6 the application. 7 THE SECRETARY: Motion to approve the 8 application by Diane Capizzi. 9 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I second it. 10 THE SECRETARY: Second by Alejandro 11 Velazquez. 12 Roll call on the motion to approve this 13 application. 14 Ms. Capizzi? 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 16 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 17 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 18 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 19 MS. GENAO: Yes. 20 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 21 MR. MEDINA: Yes. 22 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 23 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 24 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 25 MR. RIVERO: Yes.  37 1 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 3 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 4 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 5 THE SECRETARY: Eight in favor. 6 Motion carries. 7 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you very much. 8 * * * 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  38 1 Zohastan, LLC - 646 38th Street: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: Okay. We move to next one. 4 Give me two seconds. 5 (Whereupon, there was a pause in the 6 proceedings.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Next application on 8 tonight’s agenda, Zohastan, LLC, 646 38 th Street. 9 Ms. Pereiras, please? 10 MR. ORTIZ: I’ve had an opportunity to 11 review the submissions by counsel. Everything 12 seems to be in order, giving jurisdiction to the 13 Board, Madam Chairwoman. 14 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 15 MS. PEREIRAS: Again, Bianca Pereiras, on 16 behalf of the applicant, Zohastan, for property 17 at 646 38th Street, also known as Block 261, Lots 18 7 and 8. 19 Currently, onsite, we have a three family 20 home. The application before the Board this 21 evening is to demolish that three family and 22 create new -- two new three family homes on the 23 site. 24 We have one expert, and that is our 25 architect, Mr. Manuel Pereiras.  39 1 MR. DILLON: You’re still sworn. 2 MR. PEREIRAS: I recognize I am still under 3 oath. 4 MS. PEREIRAS: Mr. Pereiras, are you 5 familiar with the property located at 646 38 th 6 Street? 7 MR. PEREIRAS: I am. 8 MS. PEREIRAS: And did you prepare the 9 drawings that are before the Board? 10 MR. PEREIRAS: I have. 11 MS. PEREIRAS: Would you kindly describe 12 the application for the Board? 13 MR. PEREIRAS: I’d be very happy to. 14 This is our second attempt at this site. 15 We came before the Board and we presented a 16 project. Since we were in the RN zone, we 17 presented a multi-family eight unit building. We 18 and the applicant heard loud and clear that the 19 Board did not want this multi-family. 20 So, what we did, in turn, is presented the 21 alternative, what I think the Board was inclined 22 to, and I hope we had your -- we got -- we got it 23 right this time. 24 We’re basically doing two three family 25 houses. One right next to each other, butted up  40 1 against the -- the center of them. 2 We chose to butt them up against the -- the 3 center, because it gives us the opportunity to 4 create a greater setback along the sides. It 5 makes it very attractive. 6 We have a site that is 50 wide by a hundred 7 deep, perfectly square. And our building, and 8 I’m just going to turn right now to the proposed 9 layout, the existing building that’s there is on 10 -- basically, on the property line, along the 11 side. They have an enclosed deck along the back 12 that shares that -- hugs that property line. 13 So, we’re improving on that. We’re setting 14 our building back the three foot one along the 15 side on this side, and three foot one along this 16 side. 17 And then, they’re basically two three 18 families, side-by-side. Stairs at the two ends, 19 with a driveway down the middle, curb cuts for 20 each one at 14 feet, as proposed. 21 We have a rear yard setback of 15 foot nine 22 inches proposed, which allows for us to have a 23 three bedroom unit inside, comfortably. 24 So, explaining the plans, since there’s a 25 very strange topography to the site, we have  41 1 parking at the -- at the datum, at the street 2 level. And then, what we did is we split the 3 building up so that we won’t have a tall 4 building, and we created apartments below the 5 parking level, on the lower end, since the site 6 slopes significantly. 7 So, we have a three bedroom unit, 8 basically, on the lower level of this apartment. 9 We have -- you go down the stairs and you have a 10 kitchen, dining room, living room along the rear 11 portion, that opens up to the rear yard very 12 nicely, and then you have three bedrooms with the 13 master at the end. And it’s basically a master 14 suite, walk-in closet and master bath. 15 On the ground level datum, we have parking. 16 We satisfy the parking requirement by having six 17 cars on each of the three family houses. They 18 are tandem, triple layered back, so that we 19 provide six cars in total and the bonus room 20 along the rear of the property that’s accessed 21 from the apartment above. 22 And then, the apartment above is a very 23 simple layout. You have living room, dining room 24 area along the back of it, and then the three 25 bedrooms along the back that access and are  42 1 connected to that small area behind the 2 apartment. 3 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Why did you decide to 4 go so far back? 5 MR. PEREIRAS: With the parking? 6 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: With the whole 7 building? The lot? What’s -- what’s the -- and 8 the -- the rear yard. 9 MR. PEREIRAS: We gave it a 15 foot rear 10 yard. The reason we did that is very simply it’s 11 what the -- the Board has historically been okay 12 -- 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: That’s not what I -- 14 but why did you do it? 15 MR. PEREIRAS: In order to -- 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: It’s not what we do. 17 MR. PEREIRAS: In order to -- 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Why did you do it? 19 MR. PEREIRAS: -- get three bedrooms in 20 each of the apartments. 21 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Oh. Okay. 22 MR. PEREIRAS: I think that’s important, 23 otherwise it becomes a two bedroom apartment, if 24 we don’t go to -- if we don’t give it that rear 25 yard setback.  43 1 As it is, the living room area is already 2 pretty small. So, if we don’t give it that -- 3 that full depth, because remember, we’re giving 4 ten feet in the front to comply with the 5 Ordinance. 6 So, if we don’t give a little bit more in 7 the back and ask for that rear yard variance, 8 then we lose the three bedrooms. We lose the 9 family opportunity that we want in these units. 10 MR. VELAZQUEZ: So, it will go right to the 11 property line of the sidewalk. Are there fences 12 here? 13 MR. PEREIRAS: So right now, we’re going -- 14 we’re stepping back ten feet, which I think it 15 fits nicely with the -- the neighbor -- the 16 character of neighborhood. I think it’s nice to 17 have that stepped back. 18 We did new house -- new houses across the 19 street that are stepped back in the same way. 20 There’s another house a little bit further down 21 that’s stepped back. It’s actually creating a 22 nice pattern to that block that I think is 23 important. 24 So I think it’s fair and important to have 25 that ten foot setback in the front. And I think  44 1 it makes a lot of sense to give that rear yard 2 variance in order to get the three bedrooms in 3 the units. 4 And if the Board didn’t think that that’s 5 acceptable to have that rear yard variance, then 6 it simply changes the application and it becomes 7 two bedrooms units, and it gets smaller. 8 MR. ORTIZ: When you say you stepped back, 9 Manny, from the existing or -- 10 MR. PEREIRAS: The front yard setback, I 11 believe, is ten feet. And I’ll just go to the 12 site plan, to make it clear. 13 So, here’s our property line. You go ten 14 feet back. That’s the building line. That’s 15 exactly in compliance with the Ordinance. 16 The existing house is pretty much on the 17 property line. Their porch actually overlaps on 18 the property line. So, we’re eliminating that 19 condition and providing a ten foot setback, as 20 the Board -- as the Ordinance requires. 21 MR. ORTIZ: Well, the only reason I’m -- 22 I’m confused, and maybe I’m misreading something 23 in my old age -- 24 MR. PEREIRAS: Um hum. 25 MR. ORTIZ: -- is it says existing three  45 1 point -- three -- three feet nine inches on the 2 front yard. Right? And then, it says proposed 3 two feet. 4 Am I misreading something? 5 MR. PEREIRAS: Let me see. 6 MS. PEREIRAS: Existing, 3.9; proposed ten. 7 MR. ORTIZ: Yeah. I have -- 8 MS. PEREIRAS: That’s how I have it in the 9 chart. 10 MR. ORTIZ: -- proposed two. 11 Am I reading that wrong? 12 MR. PEREIRAS: I think you have the old 13 drawings for the multi-family building, because 14 that was only two. 15 The -- these drawings and -- 16 MR. ORTIZ: All right. Then -- all right. 17 Then -- 18 MR. PEREIRAS: My drawings -- 19 MR. ORTIZ: That may be. 20 MR. PEREIRAS: -- show ten feet. Yeah. 21 What you’re looking at is an eight unit building, 22 which is -- 23 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Ten feet. 24 MR. PEREIRAS: -- no longer being 25 presented.  46 1 MR. ORTIZ: Yeah, no. I’m just saying what 2 I have. That’s all. 3 MR. VELAZQUEZ: You gave him the wrong one. 4 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: What do we have? 5 THE SECRETARY: They have a stamp that say 6 revised. 7 MR. VELAZQUEZ: You got revised plans. 8 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I have revised. 9 THE SECRETARY: Yeah. That’s -- that’s 10 what they provide me. I stamped it the same day. 11 MR. VELAZQUEZ: No, no. But it says 12 revised? Here’s a -- 13 THE SECRETARY: Over here. 14 MR. ORTIZ: Where would it say revised? 15 MS. MOREJON: Does it say revised? 16 (Whereupon, there was a pause in the 17 proceedings.) 18 MR. PEREIRAS: No. That one’s not revised. 19 That’s the old one. 20 MR. ORTIZ: That’s why I’m confused. 21 MR. PEREIRAS: I would be confused, too. 22 THE SECRETARY: Revised. 23 MR. ORTIZ: That’s right here. 24 THE SECRETARY: Revised one. 25 Thank you.  47 1 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: That says revised. 2 THE SECRETARY: Yeah. 3 MR. ORTIZ: This one says ten feet. 4 Thank you. 5 That’s why I was confused. I apologize. 6 Okay. That makes a lot more sense. 7 THE SECRETARY: Did we have a revised 8 application -- 9 MR. VELAZQUEZ: So the front -- 10 THE SECRETARY: -- on that? 11 MR. VELAZQUEZ: The front of the house 12 almost has that same feel like on 6th Street. 13 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. They’re very similar. 14 MR. ORTIZ: What I have -- 15 MS. PEREIRAS: We did. 16 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Like greenery and all that 17 in there? 18 MS. PEREIRAS: I’m sorry? 19 MR. PEREIRAS: Well, there’s very little 20 opportunity for greenery because we have, 21 basically, driveway. That’s why I prefer to have 22 a building. 23 But actually, no. We create an 24 opportunity. 25 So, we have two feet on the left side,  48 1 between the stairs, and then we have three feet 2 on the other side. 3 So yeah. We actually created a lot of 4 landscaping there. 5 MR. ORTIZ: Wait. 6 MR. PEREIRAS: Nice. 7 MR. ORTIZ: I have two other -- 8 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: And what’s in the 9 back? 10 MR. PEREIRAS: In the back, it’s grass. 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I mean, is there a 12 building behind it? 13 MR. PEREIRAS: There is the backyard of -- 14 I’ll show it. Hopefully, it’s described well in 15 the -- in the site plan. 16 Alex knows this neighborhood very, very 17 well. 18 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 19 MR. PEREIRAS: There are -- 20 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Six fifty -- 21 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. It looks like -- 22 MR. VELAZQUEZ: -- three. 23 MR. PEREIRAS: It looks like -- 24 MR. VELAZQUEZ: 653 39th Street. 25 No, 649.  49 1 MS. MOREJON: 649 is next to the park. 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Um hum. 3 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: So, let’s not -- 4 MR. VELAZQUEZ: We’re at the opposite of 5 648. 6 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: We’re not going to 7 rush this because if you’re not sure of what 8 you’re looking at -- 9 MR. PEREIRAS: Well, no. There’s nothing 10 that impacts the neighbors. I mean, we have -- 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: No. I’m talking -- 12 MR. PEREIRAS: -- less of a setback -- 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- about the 14 paperwork that he’s reviewing. 15 MR. PEREIRAS: Oh. 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: So, I want him to 17 have the correct paperwork -- 18 MR. PEREIRAS: Of course. 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- in front of him, 20 reading what he’s supposed to read. 21 MR. PEREIRAS: As you should. 22 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Why -- 23 MR. ORTIZ: Is there -- is there -- I’m 24 sorry -- 25 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: No.  50 1 MR. ORTIZ: -- Madam Chairwoman. 2 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’m just wondering 3 why -- 4 MR. ORTIZ: Is there a revised -- 5 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- one family, -- 6 MR. ORTIZ: -- application? 7 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- three family, and 8 we’re going to two three family houses. 9 THE SECRETARY: I don't have revised 10 application. 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: It seems like we’re 12 doubling -- 13 THE SECRETARY: Whatever was in the 14 previous plans -- 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- the density again. 16 And that’s -- 17 MR. PEREIRAS: No. 18 THE SECRETARY: -- I give it to you. 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: We are. 20 MS. PEREIRAS: We actually -- we actually 21 have two lots. 22 MR. PEREIRAS: There’s 50 -- 23 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I understand that. 24 MR. PEREIRAS: It’s 50 wide. 25 MS. PEREIRAS: Um hum.  51 1 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I understand that but 2 you have one three family house. 3 MS. PEREIRAS: Correct. 4 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: And now you want two 5 three family houses. So, you’re doubling the 6 density -- 7 MS. PEREIRAS: We want -- 8 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- of the people 9 living -- 10 MS. PEREIRAS: Correct. 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- and so forth. 12 MS. PEREIRAS: We want one three family on 13 each lot. 14 MR. PEREIRAS: But -- 15 MS. PEREIRAS: That’s what we’re proposing. 16 MR. PEREIRAS: But we’re in compliance a 17 hundred percent with the -- 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I understand. 19 MR. PEREIRAS: -- density of Union City. 20 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’m not -- 21 Did I say that you weren’t? 22 MR. PEREIRAS: I’m not saying -- I -- I’m 23 just -- 24 MR. ORTIZ: This one is not. 25 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Did I?  52 1 MR. PEREIRAS: -- Miss Capizzi. 2 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: But you know, you’re 3 twisting what I’m saying. I’m asking the 4 question and you’re saying you’re in compliance. 5 I never said you weren’t. I’m asking a question. 6 MR. PEREIRAS: Yes, ma’am. 7 MR. ORTIZ: Excuse me? 8 Was there a -- was there a revised or 9 updated application submitted with this? 10 MS. PEREIRAS: There was as well, because 11 we submitted this back in January, before -- 12 THE SECRETARY: Only -- 13 MS. PEREIRAS: -- the last meeting. And 14 then, this Board asked me to re-notice, and 15 that’s the reason we were adjourned. 16 MR. SPATZ: I have to look at my file. 17 THE SECRETARY: No, there’s no revised 18 application. 19 MR. ORTIZ: Okay. No I just don’t have it 20 in front -- 21 MS. PEREIRAS: But they were submitted, as 22 well. 23 MR. ORTIZ: I’m -- again, just I don't have 24 it in front of me. And that’s important, as you 25 know, that I write my -- the Resolution off of  53 1 them. 2 THE SECRETARY: Did -- did you receive the 3 -- the revised plans? 4 MS. PEREIRAS: Not a problem. I know it 5 was submitted. 6 MR. SPATZ: I have the revised plans. 7 THE SECRETARY: Did you receive -- did you 8 receive the revised application? 9 MR. SPATZ: I have to look at my file to 10 see if I have that. 11 THE SECRETARY: If you don’t have it -- 12 MR. SPATZ: Yeah. 13 THE SECRETARY: -- I don't have it, we 14 didn’t receive it. 15 MR. SPATZ: Yeah. I can’t disagree with 16 that, I’m just -- I would have to look at my 17 file. 18 MS. PEREIRAS: And -- and what we could 19 have done is submitted this as two separate 20 applications and looked at one lot individually, 21 and then looked at the other lot individually. 22 In this case, I think we’re saving some 23 time and some trouble and providing them both at 24 the same time. 25 MR. ORTIZ: My major concern, at the  54 1 moment, is purely paperwork. 2 MS. PEREIRAS: Okay. 3 MR. ORTIZ: I didn’t even get into the 4 substance of the application. 5 I don't have a revised application and that 6 is one of -- administratively, this Board’s pet 7 peeves, because that’s what I write the 8 Resolution off of. 9 THE SECRETARY: I just look -- I just 10 looked with the number, we have the previous 11 application only. 12 Yes. Everything say with eight units and 13 parking. 14 I have -- I got only revised plans. 15 MS. PEREIRAS: Usually, we submit it 16 together, paperclipped to each drawing. 17 THE SECRETARY: Usually you stop -- you put 18 a staple on the -- on the blueprints. 19 MS. PEREIRAS: We paperclip them. Yeah. 20 THE SECRETARY: Oh. 21 (Whereupon, there was a pause in the 22 proceedings.) 23 THE SECRETARY: I review the entire folder 24 -- 25 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I hate that house. I think  55 1 it’s ugly. 2 THE SECRETARY: -- and I didn’t see any 3 one. I -- I wish I had one here. 4 MR. VELAZQUEZ: This house. 5 MR. ORTIZ: The existing house. 6 MR. VELAZQUEZ: The existing house is ugly, 7 so’s the lot. 8 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, if you -- if you could 9 at least -- I mean, I’m going to leave it to the 10 Board’s discretion, but if the Board doesn’t have 11 an objection, and if you do, please voice it, 12 that counsel submits kind of a backwards, the 13 revised application, depending on what the Board 14 decides. 15 MS. PEREIRAS: Right. 16 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, I don't need it until I 17 draft the Ordinance anyway. 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Right. It’s -- it’s a very 19 minor modification. 20 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, the Resolution. 21 MS. PEREIRAS: It’s a very minor 22 modification to the application, because we 23 always reference the drawings that are attached. 24 MR. ORTIZ: No, but it -- it does matter, 25 one, for the record --  56 1 MS. PEREIRAS: Oh, absolutely. 2 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, for the file to be 3 complete. 4 MS. PEREIRAS: And I’ll -- I’ll be happy to 5 provide one. 6 MR. ORTIZ: And that’s -- 7 MS. PEREIRAS: I just think for the Board’s 8 -- 9 MR. ORTIZ: And then -- 10 MS. PEREIRAS: Right. 11 MR. ORTIZ: A month from now, when I’m 12 drafting the Resolution. 13 MS. PEREIRAS: I understand. And I’m happy 14 to provide one. I just don’t think for the 15 Board’s purpose, the minor modification wouldn’t 16 -- wouldn’t effect -- 17 MR. ORTIZ: If the Board’s okay with that. 18 MS. PEREIRAS: -- their reasoning. 19 MR. ORTIZ: I -- 20 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re the attorney. 21 That’s -- you know -- 22 MR. ORTIZ: I mean -- 23 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: If you say -- 24 MR. ORTIZ: Techni -- 25 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- technically --  57 1 MR. ORTIZ: Technically, it’s against our 2 -- technically, it’s against our rule. 3 We have set this precedent, at least for 4 the last few years, that the application and the 5 plans have to be revised, otherwise it’s not 6 complete. 7 MS. PEREIRAS: And counsel, I’m happy to 8 provide that revised application --- 9 MR. ORTIZ: And -- 10 MS. PEREIRAS: -- to you right away. 11 MR. ORTIZ: I guess -- I guess we can go 12 forward on it. 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 14 MR. ORTIZ: I mean -- 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 16 MR. ORTIZ: Just, please, because when I’m 17 drafting the Resolution -- 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Of course. 19 Thank you. 20 MR. ORTIZ: Now to the substance of the 21 application. 22 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Right. 23 MR. ORTIZ: It’s a nice design, everything 24 nice and all, and I’m -- I don't have a vote on 25 this Board, as I’ve said often, but they’re going  58 1 all the way to the -- the back. 2 I agree with the Chairwoman that do we have 3 to go that far back? 4 MR. PEREIRAS: No. We could -- we could 5 bring it back and create a larger setback. 6 MR. ORTIZ: It gives a little open space -- 7 MR. PEREIRAS: We could definitely do that. 8 MR. ORTIZ: -- to things. That’s all. 9 MR. PEREIRAS: But then we don’t have a 10 three bedroom unit, we have a two bedroom unit. 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Um hum. 12 MR. PEREIRAS: Does the Board -- 13 MS. PEREIRAS: And -- 14 MR. PEREIRAS: -- think that that’s better? 15 Or -- or do you think that -- would you prefer 16 that? 17 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’m not living in the 18 house. What I’m looking at, overall, is that 19 application. 20 MR. PEREIRAS: That’s -- 21 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: And then, also, the 22 density issue that we seem to be having in -- in 23 the City, where people are building on top of 24 each other. And it does impact the neighborhood. 25 MR. PEREIRAS: Absolutely.  59 1 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: And that’s the way I 2 look at it. 3 MR. PEREIRAS: I totally agree with you on 4 that, -- 5 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 6 MR. PEREIRAS: -- and I think that the City 7 should look at the Ordinance, and maybe make it 8 so that two families are what’s permitted on 25 9 by a hundred. 10 But right now, it’s a three family that’s 11 permitted. 12 MS. PEREIRAS: And one of the reasons we 13 try to include a three family in some of the 14 previous applications that we’ve been here, there 15 was actually a need expressed by this Board, in 16 particular, saying that they wanted, or that you 17 wanted three bedroom homes to provide for 18 families. 19 So that’s one of the reasons that we went 20 to the drawing board on this one and tried to 21 include that. And that was really the only way 22 that we can make sizable units that accommodated 23 a family. 24 MR. ORTIZ: And I agree with you a hundred 25 percent. The only thing is that it doesn’t have  60 1 to be on every piece of property that it goes to 2 the back. 3 MR. PEREIRAS: No, and we agree. And we 4 could -- and we could look at this and we could 5 revise the drawings accordingly, if you give us 6 the opportunity. 7 And -- and just as a comment -- 8 MR. ORTIZ: If you’re -- 9 MR. PEREIRAS: -- I’d like to -- 10 MR. ORTIZ: And if you’re -- obviously, 11 that would -- I think at least the changes would 12 have to be presented to the Board at the next 13 meeting. 14 MR. VELAZQUEZ: And what would be -- 15 MR. PEREIRAS: Sure. 16 MR. VELAZQUEZ: -- the egress -- the egress 17 in between the houses? 18 MR. PEREIRAS: I’m sorry? 19 MR. VELAZQUEZ: The egresses between the 20 houses? 21 MR. PEREIRAS: We have three foot one on 22 the sides on there to egress. 23 MR. ORTIZ: That’s not a variance? 24 MR. PEREIRAS: Correct. 25 Well, it technically is a --  61 1 MS. PEREIRAS: But we do -- 2 MR. PEREIRAS: -- variance because we are 3 putting the houses butting up against each other. 4 So, we don’t have a total of five foot -- 5 MR. ORTIZ: Oh, on the middle. 6 MR. PEREIRAS: -- side yard. 7 MR. ORTIZ: In the middle. 8 MR. PEREIRAS: Right. In the middle. 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Right. 10 MR. PEREIRAS: Does the Board feel 11 comfortable with that? 12 Yeah? 13 I think it’s important to -- to talk about 14 this and maybe there’s a better place to talk 15 about this. 16 But I understand that we’re worried as a -- 17 as a city for -- of gentrification. And I think 18 that having a two family house instead of a three 19 family house is not what we want as a city, 20 because you’re basically creating two bigger 21 apartments that are going to be higher cost and 22 more expensive for the general public, whereas in 23 a three family house, you have three smaller 24 units. 25 So, if we don’t want gentrification, we --  62 1 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Well, that’s one way 2 to look at it. 3 MR. PEREIRAS: -- we should push -- 4 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re right. That 5 is -- 6 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. 7 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- one way to look at 8 it. 9 I look at it in a different way. That’s -- 10 that’s one view. Correct. 11 MR. ORTIZ: I -- I mean, I think the -- the 12 bigger concern here is that on -- you don’t need 13 a three family on -- 14 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: It’s a narrow street. 15 MR. ORTIZ: -- every single -- 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Correct. 17 MR. ORTIZ: -- plot of land in the city. 18 And again, every now and then, a little open 19 space -- 20 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Right. 21 MR. ORTIZ: -- is not going to hurt the 22 city, as dense as we are already. 23 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Then also -- 24 MR. PEREIRAS: And it should be zoned like 25 that.  63 1 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 2 But also, we’re here to like -- to make 3 like -- to make a decision. So, I think that we 4 try and follow the law. 5 Correct? We have an attorney here. And 6 then, we have questions of the application. 7 MR. PEREIRAS: Absolutely. 8 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: So on that narrow 9 street, how do these six cars -- one, two, three, 10 four, five, six here -- six here, get out? 11 MR. PEREIRAS: Each car gets out one a 12 time. 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. That doesn’t 14 make sense to me, but -- 15 MR. ORTIZ: I -- you know, again, it’s up 16 to the Board. 17 MS. MOREJON: It’s a narrow street. 18 MR. ORTIZ: But I -- I think we need -- 19 MS. MOREJON: It’s very narrow. There’s a 20 park there. 21 MR. PEREIRAS: It would be equally as 22 narrow -- 23 MS. MOREJON: It’s very congested. 24 MR. PEREIRAS: -- as a two family. It 25 would be equally as narrow as a one family.  64 1 I understand. I understand your comments. 2 And I appreciate them, but I don't see, as an 3 architect, how that could change in any way. 4 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 5 MR. ORTIZ: I -- I think -- you know, and 6 again, it’s -- I don't have a vote on this Board, 7 but that is the biggest problem with the 8 application is, I think, going to the -- to the 9 back of the property. I think that -- 10 MS. PEREIRAS: The rear yard is the issue. 11 MR. PEREIRAS: Okay. 12 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, again -- 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I also do have an 14 issue with two three family houses. We go from 15 one three family house to two three family 16 houses. And again, it’s dense. 17 That’s my opinion. There are other Board 18 members who should surely -- you know, share 19 their opinions. I’m one person. 20 MR. ORTIZ: It’s up to you if you want to 21 redesign this at all. 22 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. Let’s -- 23 MR. ORTIZ: It’s your call. 24 MR. PEREIRAS: Let’s redesign. 25 MS. PEREIRAS: So, if this Board wouldn’t  65 1 -- wouldn’t mind carrying this application so 2 that we can sit back down with our client, after 3 hearing your comments, and see if there’s any way 4 that we can redesign the application. 5 MR. ORTIZ: Madam Chair? 6 MR. VELAZQUEZ: See, what’s a little scary 7 what you got to understand, right across on 39 th 8 Street, you got a vacant building that’s been 9 vacant for ten years. 10 MS. MOREJON: Ten years. 11 MR. VELAZQUEZ: They go, they hang out in 12 the back of 649, which we get numerous 13 complaints. 14 I don't want them trying to get into the 15 area of the new house, or something like that. 16 MR. PEREIRAS: And that’s why we should 17 develop and have families living there and make 18 it into a good neighborhood. 19 That’s -- that’s what I think we all want. 20 That’s exactly what we want to avoid. 21 MS. PEREIRAS: I think, currently, as it 22 is, it’s unsightly. 23 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. 24 MS. PEREIRAS: We’d love to -- to improve 25 it.  66 1 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. 2 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, I think you -- you’ve 3 heard from one of the -- one of the Commissioners 4 of the Board here, members of the Board clearly 5 say how much he loves the house that’s consistent 6 with -- that’s currently there. 7 That’s a joke. 8 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I can tell you the dog that 9 comes out from there. 10 MR. ORTIZ: But if you -- if you want to 11 redesign and you’re requesting an adjournment, 12 Madam Chairwoman, is that okay with you? 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: That’s fine. 14 MR. ORTIZ: Is there a motion then to grant 15 the -- 16 And this is your -- your request. 17 Correct? So the record’s clear. 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Yes. I’m -- I’m requesting 19 the adjournment. 20 MR. ORTIZ: Okay. 21 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 22 THE SECRETARY: Motion to -- 23 MR. GUARENO: May I -- may I ask a question 24 before -- 25 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Sure.  67 1 MR. GUARENO: -- we adjourn? 2 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. Yes. Yes. 3 MR. GUARENO: I’m trying to -- 4 MR. PEREIRAS: We’re going to make it 5 smaller. 6 MR. GUARENO: No, no. As far as the 7 height. 8 MR. PEREIRAS: Um hum. 9 MR. GUARENO: Because I see the third floor 10 and third floor loft. 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Right. 12 MR. PEREIRAS: We’ll -- 13 MR. GUARENO: How many -- 14 MR. PEREIRAS: We’ll redesign that. We’ll 15 make it smaller. 16 MR. GUARENO: I’m just trying to figure out 17 how many floors you going to have here. I mean I 18 know you have -- 19 MR. ORTIZ: Four. It’s going to be -- 20 MR. GUARENO: Four? 21 MR. ORTIZ: -- four as of right there. 22 MR. PEREIRAS: I never even finished my 23 presentation. 24 We’re redesigning, so -- 25 THE SECRETARY: Motion to adjourn the  68 1 application for April 24. 2 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Not another one, 3 Carlos. We just put two on. We just put two 4 applications on April 24th. 5 MR. ORTIZ: Let’s go to May. 6 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: We cannot do another 7 one. 8 MR. DILLON: Who second that? 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: We just put these two 10 on. 11 THE SECRETARY: (Indiscernible). 12 MR. ORTIZ: Hmm? 13 THE SECRETARY: These -- (indiscernible) -- 14 two lots together or only separate lots? 15 MR. ORTIZ: Well, the way they’re doing it, 16 if it’s attached, it’s fine that it’s separate 17 lots. That’s fine. 18 THE SECRETARY: What do you want? What do 19 you want? The next date? Want to go -- 20 MR. ORTIZ: Will be May. 21 THE SECRETARY: -- May? 22 MR. ORTIZ: Yeah. Only just -- we’re -- 23 got some large -- 24 THE SECRETARY: May. When is May? 25 MR. SPATZ: The 22nd.  69 1 MR. DILLON: Carlos, who second it? 2 THE SECRETARY: Huh? 3 MR. DILLON: Who second? 4 THE SECRETARY: Hold on one second, please. 5 Let’s check the -- 6 MR. SPATZ: It’s May 22nd. 7 THE SECRETARY: May 22nd. 8 Right. We have a motion on the table to 9 adjourn this application for May 22nd, -- 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I make a motion. 11 THE SECRETARY: -- 2018. 12 Can I have a second on the motion to 13 adjourn this application -- 14 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I second. 15 THE SECRETARY: -- for May 22nd? 16 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I second. 17 THE SECRETARY: Second by Mr. Velazquez. 18 Roll call on the motion to adjourn this 19 application. 20 Ms. Capizzi? 21 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 22 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 23 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 24 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 25 MS. GENAO: Yes.  70 1 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 2 MR. MEDINA: Yes. 3 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 4 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 5 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 6 MR. RIVERO: Yes. 7 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 8 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 9 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 10 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 11 THE SECRETARY: Eight in favor. 12 Motion carries. 13 MR. ORTIZ: Please submit revised 14 application. 15 THE SECRETARY: Need the revised -- 16 MS. PEREIRAS: Absolutely. 17 THE SECRETARY: -- application and revised 18 blueprints. 19 (Whereupon, there was a pause in the 20 proceedings.) 21 MR. ORTIZ: Thank you. 22 There is one other issue I just thought of 23 with the other application. 24 Is it going to be a total redesign, because 25 is -- is --  71 1 MS. PEREIRAS: No. We’re going to sit down 2 with our clients -- 3 MR. ORTIZ: No, because it’s a matter of 4 notice is really where I’m going with this. If 5 it’s a total redesign, notice -- 6 I just -- I’m just thinking and I’m trying 7 to ask -- that’s the question. 8 MS. PEREIRAS: Regardless it would -- 9 MR. PEREIRAS: It will still be a three 10 family. 11 MS. PEREIRAS: -- it would either be the 12 three families or smaller, so I would hope there 13 wouldn’t be any need for re-notice. 14 MR. ORTIZ: Okay. Could you just -- 15 MS. PEREIRAS: We’re not going larger. 16 MR. ORTIZ: Once you decide with your 17 client what you’re going to do -- 18 MS. PEREIRAS: Um hum. And then I’ll 19 confirm with your office. 20 MR. ORTIZ: Please. 21 MS. PEREIRAS: Okay. Absolutely. 22 MR. ORTIZ: Okay? 23 MS. PEREIRAS: Not a problem. 24 MR. ORTIZ: I mean, if it’s -- if it’s the 25 same thing, just reduced, I agree.  72 1 MS. PEREIRAS: Sure. 2 MR. ORTIZ: There’s probably no need to re- 3 notice. 4 MS. PEREIRAS: Okay. 5 * * * 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  73 1 1216 Kennedy Blvd., LLC - 1216 Kennedy Blvd.: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: May I have your attention, 4 please? 5 Just follow up the agenda. 6 Next application on tonight’s agenda is 7 1216 Kennedy Boulevard, LLC, 1216 Kennedy 8 Boulevard. 9 Ms. Pereiras, please? 10 MR. ORTIZ: Yes. Madam Chairwoman, I’ve 11 reviewed the submissions by counsel. Everything 12 seems to be in order, giving jurisdiction to the 13 Board. 14 MR. VELAZQUEZ: You’re not going to change 15 this part of the restaurant. 16 Right? 17 MS. PEREIRAS: Again, Bianca Pereiras, on 18 behalf of the applicant, for 1216 Kennedy 19 Boulevard, also known as Block 57, Lot 22. 20 Currently onsite, we have a two family 21 home. The application before the Board this 22 evening is to legalize one unit. 23 We have our expert, Mr. Manuel Pereiras. 24 MR. PEREIRAS: I recognize I am still under 25 oath and I’m still Manny Pereiras.  74 1 MS. PEREIRAS: Mr. Pereiras, are you 2 familiar with 1216 Kennedy Boulevard? 3 MR. PEREIRAS: I am. 4 MS. PEREIRAS: And did you prepare the 5 drawings before the Board? 6 MR. PEREIRAS: I have. 7 MS. PEREIRAS: And would you -- 8 MR. PEREIRAS: Just to give a brief 9 history. 10 The owner purchased this a little bit over 11 -- well, almost like 18 months ago. It’s a 12 series of properties. He’s been systematically 13 repairing, and making everything legal and 14 correct and safe. 15 And this is the last piece of that property 16 that requires this type of intervention. 17 Currently, there’s an -- well, he vacated 18 it when he purchased it, but there was an illegal 19 unit on that lower level. 20 What we’re doing today is legalizing that 21 unit in the existing two family house, to create 22 a three family house on this lot, in accordance 23 with the -- the Ordinance of the City for three 24 family houses. 25 We are slightly undersized, whereas 25,000  75 1 (sic) square feet is required. We’re at 2,362. 2 However, this is a very odd, irregularly shaped 3 lot. It’s 74.83 feet in depth on one side, 72.79 4 on the other, and it has a width of 32 feet. 5 Slightly irregular along the front, also. 6 Kennedy Boulevard has a little bit of an angle to 7 it. 8 We’re not proposing any changes to the 9 structure except cosmetic, repairing it. They 10 already repaired the one wall facing north. They 11 repainted it. 12 The front steps to get into the property 13 are going to be redone and made to be Code 14 compliant. 15 If I turn now to -- there’s a bunch of 16 existing nonconformities. There’s an existing 17 nonconformity for lot area. There’s an existing 18 nonconformity for lot depth, existing 19 nonconformity for front yard depth. We’re at 20 zero feet, whereas ten feet is required. 21 Rear yard, whereas 25 percent of the depth 22 is required, we’re only at 14 feet six inches at 23 this application. 24 Where the side yard, you need two feet on 25 one, five feet on both. We have zero on one  76 1 side, eight foot two on the other. 2 We have existing nonconformities for 3 building coverage. No. Building coverage is 4 good. 5 For lot coverage; 85 percent is the maximum 6 required. We are actually at a hundred percent. 7 Off-street parking. 8 We are required to have 7.4 cars in total. 9 We only have zero. 10 The building is an opportunity to fix and 11 make it comply with all Code requirements of 12 today. We are isolating the mechanical room, 13 creating a fire separation between the common 14 hallways, the mechanical room, and the rest of 15 the apartment. That’s going to be accessed from 16 the main stair coming down from the apartment 17 above. 18 We have a kitchen, living room, dining room 19 space, and the one bedroom along the back. 20 Since we have a big side yard, we could 21 keep the bedroom in the back, because it leads to 22 a public right-of-way very comfortably. 23 We’re opening the window, creating an 24 emergency egress window there. We are creating 25 -- using the existing door along the front for  77 1 the main entry of the building. 2 We have a secondary entrance along the back 3 and along the center common hallway. 4 The upstairs apartments remain as is. 5 There were already permits taken out and 6 completely renovated the upstairs floors, where 7 there are existing four bedrooms per each of 8 those units. That’s an existing condition that 9 we look to remain. 10 So, to repeat. We have an undersized lot, 11 but we’re legalizing the three family on this 12 lot. Four bedrooms on each of the two top units 13 and one bedroom is what we’re proposing on the 14 lower level. 15 It’s going to be fire suppressed, with a 16 domestic line fire suppression system. It’s 17 going to have a two hour fire separation between 18 that unit and the units above. It’s going to 19 have an alarm system that complies with all of 20 today’s Codes and standards. 21 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: And just one 22 question. 23 You have expand in here. What does that 24 mean? For off-street parking? 25 MR. PEREIRAS: It means that --  78 1 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Expanding. 2 MR. PEREIRAS: -- before this application, 3 it was two units. Those two units would have 4 required roughly four and a half parking spaces. 5 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 6 MR. PEREIRAS: When we legalize a unit, 7 that unit requires parking, as well. 8 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 9 MR. PEREIRAS: So, it goes from having four 10 and a half to having required seven and a half. 11 Therefore, we’re expanding the requirement. 12 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. Got you. 13 Any Board member have any question? 14 MR. VELAZQUEZ: They’ll park across the 15 street. 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: There you go. 17 MR. PEREIRAS: They can. There’s a huge 18 lot there. 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Any Board member? 20 MR. PEREIRAS: Same owners. 21 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Any -- any member of 22 the public have any questions? 23 Comments? 24 Okay. 25 Seeing none.  79 1 I’ll make a motion to approve the 2 application. 3 THE SECRETARY: Motion on the table to 4 approve the application by Chairwoman Capizzi. 5 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I second. 6 THE SECRETARY: Second by Mr. Velazquez. 7 Roll call on the motion to approve this 8 application. 9 Ms. Capizzi? 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 11 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Fernandez? 12 MS. FERNANDEZ: Yes. 13 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 14 MS. GENAO: Yes. 15 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Medina? 16 MR. MEDINA: Yes. 17 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 18 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 19 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 20 MR. RIVERO: Yes. 21 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 22 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 23 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 24 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 25 THE SECRETARY: Eight in favor.  80 1 Motion carries. 2 Thank you. 3 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you all very much. 4 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re welcome. 5 MS. PEREIRAS: Good night. 6 See you next month. 7 MR. PEREIRAS: Thank you, everyone. Good 8 night. 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Good night. 10 * * * 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  81 1 ADJOURNMENT: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: There being no other 4 application on tonight’s agenda, can I have a 5 motion to close tonight’s meeting? 6 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 7 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 8 Second by? 9 MR. RIVERO: Aye. 10 Rudy. 11 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Rivero? 12 MR. RIVERO: Yeah. 13 THE SECRETARY: Roll call on the motion. 14 All in favor, say aye. 15 16 (Whereupon, there was a chorus of ayes.) 17 18 THE SECRETARY: The ayes have it. 19 Thank you have a good night. 20 Let the record show up -- 21 MR. RIVERO: Same to you. 22 THE SECRETARY: -- the meeting has ended. 23 Please, next Special Meeting, March 6. 24 (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded 25 at 6:59 p.m.)  82 1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY : 2 : 3 COUNTY OF ESSEX : 4 5 6 I, DEBRA A. 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