Zoning Board of Adjustment

1 1 CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 2 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 3 : REGULAR MEETING : TRANSCRIPT OF 4 : --------------------: PROCEEDINGS 5 6 Union City High School Media Center 7 2500 Kennedy Boulevard Union City, New Jersey 8 Thursday, April 11, 2024 9 Commencing at 6:00 p.m. 10 11 M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: 12 ANDRES GARCIA, Chairperson MARGARITA GUTIERREZ 13 GERALDINE PEREZ ALTAGRACIA SAN MARTINO 14 VIVIAN O'DELL 15 M E M B E R S A B S E N T: 16 VICTOR M. GRULLON, Vice Chairperson 17 MIGUEL ORTIZ ROSIO PENA 18 MINDRY WATLEY RAYMOND CETINICH 19 A L S O P R E S E N T: 20 AUGUSTIN PANEQUE, ESQ. 21 Board Counsel 22 CARLOS VALLEJO, Board Secretary 23 24 SUSAN BISCHOFF CCR CO. 449 Columbia Blvd., Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 25 201-390-0583 SBischoffccr@yahoo.com  2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S: 2 BIANCA PEREIRAS, ESQ. Attorney for Applicant, Geoffrey Williams 3 BIANCA PEREIRAS, ESQ. 4 Attorney for Applicant, 9799 Ventures I, LLC 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 CALL TO ORDER 5 4 SALUTE TO FLAG 5 5 ROLL CALL 6 6 ADOPTION OF MINUTES 7 7 HEARINGS Geoffrey Williams 8 8 9799 Ventures I, LLC 25 2000 West, LLC 28 9 ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS 30/32/34 10 ADJOURNMENT 36 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  4 1 I N D E X 2 GEOFFREY WILLIAMS 321 5th Street 3 4 WITNESS PAGE 5 MANUEL PEREIRAS 8 6 GABE BAILER 14 7 E X H I B I T S 8 9 NO. DOCUMENT PAGE 10 NO EXHIBITS MARKED 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  5 1 MR. VALLEJO: May I have your attention, 2 please. 3 Please take notice that on Thursday, 4 April 11, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., a regular meeting is 5 scheduled for the Union City Zoning Board of 6 Adjustment to be held in the Union City High 7 School, located at 2500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 8 Union City, New Jersey. 9 Can everyone kindly please rise to 10 salute the flag. 11 12 (Whereupon the Pledge of Allegiance was 13 recited.) 14 15 MR. VALLEJO: Thank you. 16 Opening statement: 17 Adequate notice of this meeting has been 18 provided as follows: 19 Notice of this meeting setting forth the 20 time, date, location, to the agenda to the extent 21 known, was forwarded to The Jersey Journal, The 22 Record, and has been posted on the Union City 23 website, ucnj.com. 24 25  6 1 ROLL CALL: 2 3 MR. VALLEJO: Roll call for tonight's 4 meeting. Mr. Grullon is absent. 5 Ms. Gutierrez. 6 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 7 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Ortiz is absent. 8 Ms. Perez. 9 MS. PEREZ: Here. 10 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Watley is absent. 11 Ms. O'Dell. 12 MS. O'DELL: Here. 13 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 14 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Here. 15 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Pena is absent. 16 Ms. San Martino. 17 MS. SAN MARTINO: Here. 18 MR. VALLEJO: Let the record indicate 19 there are five present. 20 * * * * 21 22 23 24 25  7 1 ADOPTION OF MINUTES: 2 3 MR. VALLEJO: Now, we're going to 4 approve the previous meeting minutes, March 14, 5 2024. Can I have a motion? 6 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Aye. 7 MR. VALLEJO: Motion by Mr. Garcia. 8 MS. GUTIERREZ: Second. 9 MR. VALLEJO: Seconded by Ms. Gutierrez. 10 Roll call on the motion. 11 Ms. Gutierrez. 12 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 13 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Perez. 14 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 15 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 16 MS. O'DELL: Yes. 17 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 18 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 19 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino. 20 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 21 MR. VALLEJO: Five in favor, motion 22 passes. 23 * * * * 24 25  8 1 GEOFFREY WILLIAMS - 2 321 5TH STREET: 3 4 MR. VALLEJO: We're going to item number 5 one, Geoffrey Williams, 321 5th Street. Ms. 6 Pereiras, please. 7 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you, Mr. Vallejo. 8 Good evening, board members, Bianca 9 Pereiras on behalf of Geoffrey Williams. As you 10 may recall, this is a continuation from last 11 month. We had received approvals on this project 12 some time ago and the applicant is before this 13 board again seeking a modification to that 14 original resolution, specifically trying to 15 increase the height of the buildings so we can 16 better accommodate the needs of the applicant. 17 We had Mr. Pereiras testify at the last 18 meeting, but I'm going to ask him to just give us 19 a brief recap of exactly what the changes are, so 20 we're all fresh in our memory. Mr. Pereiras. 21 22 M A N U E L P E R E I R A S, after having been 23 duly sworn or affirmed, did testify as follows: 24 25 MR. PEREIRAS: Manny Pereiras,  9 1 P-E-R-E-I-R-A-S, with Pereiras Architects 2 Ubiquitous, located at 1116 Summit Avenue, Union 3 City. 4 MS. PEREIRAS: Mr. Pereiras, we know you 5 testified at the last meeting and gave details 6 about the modifications, but if you could just 7 give the board a brief recap as to why we're here 8 today? 9 MR. PEREIRAS: I'd be very happy to. 10 Pardon me, I'm feeling very much under the 11 weather, so if I'm not my best -- 12 MR. PANEQUE: Bianca, can I have a 13 moment? We only have five members on the board 14 tonight, do you want to proceed with just five 15 members? 16 MS. PEREIRAS: We do. 17 MR. PANEQUE: Okay. 18 MR. PEREIRAS: This application was 19 previously approved, Geoffrey Williams and his 20 wife, nice young couple. This is an owner 21 occupied building, they're going to continue to 22 live there. We're looking through the house, we 23 already got this approved, we started going 24 through construction and looking at things. And 25 the house is a lot worse shape than we expected.  10 1 They're spending a lot money out of budget, so 2 they had decided to move things around. We did a 3 big reconfiguration. Smart young couple thinking 4 ahead to the future, they wanted to add an 5 elevator to the design. So that's one of the 6 biggest changes that changed the interior layout. 7 It's not a board issue, but I want to make you 8 aware that that's a difference. 9 The ceiling heights, they want them to 10 be comfortable ceiling heights, since we're 11 reframing everything. So they wanted comfortable 12 ceiling heights at 10 feet ceiling heights. Since 13 they're spending all this money and going through 14 this renovation, they wanted the ceilings to be 15 nice and tall. I think that's completely 16 appropriate in this neighborhood. There's tall 17 structures all around and across the street. So 18 the added height, I don't think makes a difference 19 to the neighborhood and we have a planner that's 20 going to be speak a little bit about that. 21 And then the other change they're asking 22 for is that there was brick on all sides of the 23 building, that's a very expensive budget item. So 24 what they'd like to do is on the sides that are 25 not visible to have siding. So everywhere that's  11 1 visible from the street, so this beautiful front 2 facade, it's going to be one of the most beautiful 3 buildings in Union City, has beautiful detail on 4 that facade, it's all brick with great headers and 5 sills that are very ornate. The side view, where 6 it wraps the building is also going to be brick. 7 The only areas that it's siding is the back and 8 the areas that are not visible from the street. 9 That's the main reason we're here before 10 this board, to make that change. And, of course, 11 the height difference. And that concludes my 12 testimony, I'm open for questions. And just to 13 remind the board, we concluded because we had 14 balconies in the back and the question was were 15 the original drawings -- were those balconies in 16 the original drawings. And, yes, they were. 17 Those balconies were approved in the original set. 18 And the board wanted time to look at it. I hope 19 you had a chance to look at it. That's why we 20 carried it to today, so that the board could make 21 sure that that was already approved and not a new 22 approval that we tagged on. 23 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Mr. Pereiras, which 24 one -- how high were the ceiling in the prior 25 approval?  12 1 MR. PEREIRAS: They were eight feet. 2 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Eight feet. And 3 are those eight feet, you're talking about three 4 floors? 5 MR. PEREIRAS: Three floors, correct. 6 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Three floor high? 7 MR. PEREIRAS: Yes. 8 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: The prior reason of 9 requiring a height variance was because since they 10 want to put the elevator, right? 11 MR. PEREIRAS: They want to put an 12 elevator, it's just that there's -- that's not 13 really the reason why it's a higher height, but it 14 definitely is part of it. The money that they're 15 investing to have the clearance height for the 16 elevator, so it's part of the concept. 17 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: And how come they 18 went -- let me see, used to be 37, right? 19 MR. PEREIRAS: Correct. And now we're 20 at 42 feet 6 inches. 21 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: And how come when 22 you're only adding -- it's going to add two feet 23 each one, two times three is six. You're only 24 going to impact 5.5, not even six? 25 MR. PEREIRAS: Because the measurement  13 1 that there is on the cover sheet is measuring to 2 the top of the bulkhead, which is actually not the 3 actual building height. The building height is 4 42 feet, 6 inches. 5 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: I think I had asked 6 you last meeting, but let me ask you again: What 7 is in the bubble? 8 MR. PEREIRAS: So the bubble is all the 9 revisions. However, the reason that it was a 10 little confusing in the last meeting is we had a 11 bubble on the balconies as well, which was an 12 error because the balconies were there from 13 before. 14 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: So you also now are 15 requesting the roof deck? 16 MR. PEREIRAS: Yes. Was there a roof 17 deck before? 18 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: No. 19 MR. PEREIRAS: No? 20 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: I don't recall a 21 roof deck. 22 MR. PEREIRAS: We're definitely 23 requesting a roof deck now, I just don't know if 24 it was there before. 25 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: I don't recall.  14 1 MR. PEREIRAS: I'm looking at the 2 original submission, no, we don't have the roof 3 deck. 4 MS. GUTIERREZ: It wasn't there. 5 MR. PEREIRAS: So we're proposing the 6 roof deck now. 7 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Okay. I don't have 8 other questions for architect right now. You have 9 the planner? 10 MS. PEREIRAS: We do have a planner. 11 Mr. Bailer? 12 13 G A B E B A I L E R, after having been duly 14 sworn or affirmed, did testify as follows: 15 16 MR. BAILER: Gabe Bailer, B-A-I-L-E-R. 17 MS. PEREIRAS: Mr. Bailer has testified 18 before this board in the past and I ask that he be 19 accepted as an -- 20 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 21 MS. PEREIRAS: -- expert planner. 22 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. More than one 23 time. 24 MR. BAILER: Good evening, Board 25 Members. So Mr. Pereiras went over the changes.  15 1 As mentioned received approval in 2022 for three 2 three-bedroom apartments with ground floor four 3 parking spaces. The original approval was 4 37 feet, 10 inches. Now, Mr. Pereiras testified 5 the new height is 42 feet 6 inches which is 6 increase of 4 feet 8 inches as a result of the 7 elevator and the increased height of the ceiling 8 height. Mr. Pereiras also went over terms of some 9 of the facade changes and also mentioned the roof 10 deck. 11 So what is required is a (d)(6) 12 variance. With (d)(6) height variance is a height 13 of a principle structure which exceeds 10 feet or 14 10 percent of what is permitted in the zone. 15 What's permitted in the zone is 38 feet. So 16 what's the maximum permitted with the 10 percent 17 is 41 feet 8 inches, what's being proposed is 18 42 feet 6 inches, which is a difference of 19 10 inches. That's the reason for the (d)(6) 20 variance. It's still going to be four stories, 21 nothing else is changing. The footprint of the 22 building, still going to be three three-bedroom 23 apartments, and as well there's still going to be 24 the ground floor four parking spaces. 25 So for a (d)(6) variance and (d)  16 1 variances in general, I have to show the positive 2 and negative criteria. The positive criteria, as 3 the board is familiar, must be granted in 4 particular cases for special reasons. And the 5 negative criteria is the proposed variance can be 6 granted without substantial detriment to the 7 public good and will not substantially impair the 8 intent of the public zone and the master plan. 9 Also when considering a (d)(6) variance, 10 the board must consider that the site can 11 accommodate the increase in height. As mentioned 12 before, what was necessary for this increase in 13 height is to provide an elevator and an increase 14 in ceiling height. What was previously provided 15 did not have that elevator. And it's also, in my 16 opinion, de minimus in terms of the (d)6 height 17 variance where it's 10 inches. So my opinion 18 that's de minimus. 19 But what does the elevator provide? The 20 elevator provides accessibility for whole 21 handicapped individuals who may want to live in 22 this apartment on all floors. As previously 23 proposed, it was only on the first floor. So this 24 provides handicapped accessibility to all floors 25 of the building. Also, it serves the public good  17 1 as mentioned by providing handicapped access to 2 all apartments. And it's also no change to the 3 parking size of the units. 4 The resolution approval from 2022 5 mentioned that the application would not impair 6 the intent of the master plan or the zoning 7 ordinance. And it's my opinion the proposed 8 amendment will to do the same. Also, in my 9 opinion, there will be no substantial detriment to 10 the light and air of the surrounding properties. 11 There's four-story buildings down the street, it 12 will not impair the light of the surrounding 13 properties. And it will not impair the intent of 14 the master plan and zoning ordinance. 15 As well, the proposed building, which 16 received approval in 2022, the amended plan in my 17 opinion supports purpose A of the Municipal Land 18 Use Law, to encourage municipal action to guide 19 the appropriate use or development of all lands in 20 the state in a manner which promotes the public 21 health, safety, morals, and general welfare. In 22 my opinion, the general welfare, public health and 23 safety and morals are all achieved by providing 24 handicapped access for individuals to all floors 25 of the building.  18 1 Also, it promotes purpose I, to promote 2 a desirable visual environment through creative 3 development techniques and good civic design. 4 This is an attractive, aesthetically pleasing 5 building that will compliment the changing nature 6 of the block. And as well, there's a new 7 four-story building down the block, so it will 8 compliment and show the evolution and changing 9 nature of this block. 10 So my opinion, the (d)(6) variance can 11 be justified and there will be no substantial 12 detriment men to the public good. 13 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Did you have the 14 opportunity to visit the area? 15 MR. BAILER: Yes. 16 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Okay. And what 17 kind of other structure you have in the 18 surrounding area? 19 MR. BAILER: So two properties down, I 20 guess to the south, there's a new four -- 21 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: To the east. 22 MR. BAILER: Is it east? Okay. A new 23 four-story building with a brick facade that will 24 be the same as what's being proposed here. As 25 well, there's some three-story buildings. But  19 1 that building, that new building down the block is 2 the tallest building, but this one will compliment 3 that. And I don't know the height of that 4 building, but in my opinion, it's four stories, 5 this is going to be four stories. And it will be 6 similar in size and height. 7 MR. PEREIRAS: It's 45 to the roof, plus 8 the parapet, so it's taller than this one. 9 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: What is in the lot, 10 what is the current structure now? Is it a two 11 family? 12 MR. BAILER: It's a three-family house. 13 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: You're going to 14 demolish or just to -- 15 MS. PEREIRAS: We'll let Mr. Pereiras 16 talk about the actual scope of work. 17 MR. PEREIRAS: So our original intent 18 was to salvage even the floors. We can't. It's 19 in really bad condition. So we're ripping out the 20 floors. So we're keeping the exterior walls, but 21 we're putting new floor plates. That's one of the 22 reasons, we've got to replace them anyway, they 23 wanted to have a little bit more height, which I 24 thought was reasonable. 25 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: So basically you're  20 1 going to have existing condition with the 2 setback -- 3 MR. PEREIRAS: Yeah. 4 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: -- basically? 5 MR. PEREIRAS: It's existing. And if 6 you look at the properties immediately next to it, 7 they're all in the same scale. The property to 8 the west is three stories with a few steps up, so 9 it's about the same height. Then you have the new 10 building that's four stories, taller. It just 11 fits into the neighborhood. 12 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Okay. I think the 13 corner also New York and 5th is another building 14 there, three story? 15 MR. PEREIRAS: And across the street, 16 there is on the corner. 17 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: I have no further 18 questions. Any member of the board? No 19 questions? Any member of the public, step 20 forward? None. Close to the public. 21 Mr. Pereiras, I want to see you. I 22 understand basically the point of the exceeding 23 for like -- not a big difference and also seeing 24 like the 5th Street is also going down to the 25 east, it's going -- maybe you're going to see  21 1 difference from Palisade Avenue 4th Street, I'm 2 not concerned about the height. I am a little bit 3 concern about the brick, but I understand also 4 because I know a lot of prior application coming 5 to amend the materials and everything because the 6 cost of life. However, can your client go a 7 litter deeper, as much as they can, you know, with 8 the bricks? So this way -- 9 MR. PEREIRAS: I think what we did is a 10 very reasonable depth. I think it's about eight 11 feet deep into the side of the building. And if 12 you look at the site, let's see if we have a 13 photograph here. You see that there's a building 14 that's right on the property line on this side and 15 right on the property line on that side. So if 16 you wanted to look back, you'd have to be almost 17 at an angle to look at it. If you're looking from 18 walking down the street, you wouldn't see it past 19 where we have it. 20 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: We are -- 21 MR. PEREIRAS: We'll be happy to go a 22 little further if it's necessary. 23 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: What are you using 24 on the side, siding? 25 MR. PEREIRAS: Siding.  22 1 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Okay. And what are 2 you using? You're going to use the brick veneer, 3 right? 4 MR. PEREIRAS: No, it's full brick. In 5 Union City, we don't use brick veneer, it's not 6 permitted. 7 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Okay. You know 8 that we're now trying to, just for safety issue, 9 to not approve the roof deck. I understand that 10 this application has some kind of characteristic 11 that probably, you know, the elevator and also 12 seeing the location of the unit that probably you 13 could take advantage of the view to New York City, 14 probably not the Meadowlands because you have the 15 Lennox on the side. But, Mr. Pereiras, not that 16 greedy on the side. I prefer to be more 17 conservative. You know our concern regarding the 18 safety issue. I want to set back here like two 19 feet. And also let's try to -- don't take -- just 20 use like 60 percent of the roof, please? 21 MR. PEREIRAS: Understood, that's very 22 reasonable. 23 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: So set back all the 24 way. I mean not even -- this is the east side, I 25 think that is attached to the other?  23 1 MR. PEREIRAS: Yes. 2 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: So let's have at 3 least two foot setback with rail four foot high. 4 I don't know if you want to put like garden all 5 the way around, but just the 60 percent and don't 6 be so greedy with this. 7 MR. PEREIRAS: We understand. 8 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: But like I 9 mentioned before, just for safety issues, we'll 10 try to just go application by application with the 11 roof deck. I know that, like I mentioned before, 12 this is one of the application that's going to 13 bring that neighborhood to another level, and also 14 have the opportunity of the view, and also have 15 the elevator. 16 For that reason, I'm going to make my 17 motion to grant the application. Again, only 60 18 percent, I need at least two, three foot setback 19 all around for the roof deck. I make my motion to 20 grant the application with the stated condition. 21 MS. GUTIERREZ: And I'm seconding. 22 MR. VALLEJO: Motion on the table to 23 grant the application by Mr. Garcia, seconded by 24 Ms. Gutierrez. 25 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: They need to  24 1 present revised plans with the roof. 2 MR. VALLEJO: Revised plans required at 3 least 10 days before the next meeting. 4 Roll call on the motion by Mr. Garcia to 5 approve this application, seconded by Ms. 6 Gutierrez, revised application. 7 Roll call on the motion. Ms. Gutierrez. 8 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 9 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Perez. 10 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 11 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 12 MS. O'DELL: Yes. 13 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 14 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 15 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino. 16 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 17 MR. VALLEJO: Five in favor, motion 18 passes. 19 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you all very much. 20 MR. PEREIRAS: Thank you, everyone. 21 * * * * 22 23 24 25  25 1 9799 VENTURES I, LLC - 2 1219 BERGENLINE AVENUE: 3 4 MR. VALLEJO: We're going to item number 5 two, 9799 Ventures I, LLC, 1219 Bergenline Avenue. 6 Ms. Pereiras. Requesting an extension. 7 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you, Mr. Vallejo. 8 Bianca Pereiras on behalf of the 9799 Ventures, 9 LLC, for property at 1219 Bergenline Avenue. This 10 application came before the board in 2022, a 11 resolution was memorialized in February of 2022 12 approving a mixed use building on Bergenline 13 Avenue consisting of four units and one commercial 14 on the ground floor. 15 We submitted drawings to the building 16 department requesting permits. There were a few 17 comments back and forth. And the last thing that 18 happened was that those drawings were misplaced. 19 We resubmitted to the building department and at 20 that point, our approvals had expired. So we're 21 hoping to finally get permits on this and the 22 building department asked us to come back in front 23 of the board and hopefully extend this is 24 resolution. 25 So we're seeking a one year extension.  26 1 Drawings are done, all construction drawings are 2 done, it's just a matter of showing them proof 3 that the resolution is still valid. 4 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: That's the only 5 thing that you need to move forward -- 6 MS. PEREIRAS: That's it, we're ready. 7 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: -- with the 8 permanent for the construction? 9 MS. PEREIRAS: They need to issue the 10 permits. 11 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: This is the first 12 time? 13 MS. PEREIRAS: This is the first 14 extension request. 15 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: First extension 16 request. I don't see -- any questions? 17 MS. GUTIERREZ: No. 18 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: I don't see any 19 reason why not. I make my motion to grant a one 20 year extension for the -- one year or just 21 extension? 22 MS. PEREIRAS: One year. 23 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: One year extension 24 for the application. 25 MS. GUTIERREZ: I'll second it.  27 1 MR. VALLEJO: Motion by Mr. Garcia to 2 grant the one year extension, seconded by Ms. 3 Gutierrez. 4 Roll call on the motion. Ms. Gutierrez. 5 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 6 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Perez. 7 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 8 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 9 MS. O'DELL: Yes. 10 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 11 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 12 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino. 13 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 14 MR. VALLEJO: Five in favor, motion 15 carries. 16 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you all very much. 17 * * * * 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  28 1 2000 WEST ST, LLC - 2 2000 WEST STREET: 3 4 MR. VALLEJO: All right. We're moving 5 to item number three, 2000 West Street, LLC. Mr. 6 Paneque, please. 7 MR. PANEQUE: We did receive a letter 8 from Alvaro Alonso's office stating the following: 9 Dear Mr. Vallejo, this office represents 10 2000 West Street, LLC, in connection with the 11 above referenced matter currently scheduled for 12 April 11, 2024. This letter is respectfully 13 submitted as a formal request to adjourn the above 14 mentioned hearing. The statutory time periods are 15 hereby waived on behalf of the applicant. Please 16 announce the date of the next hearing to the 17 public in order to avoid the need to renotice. 18 Please feel free to contact this office should 19 there be any problems. 20 The next meeting is for May 9th. 21 MR. VALLEJO: Just for the record, we 22 received revised plans on April 1, 2024, on this 23 application. 24 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: When? 25 MR. VALLEJO: April 1st, it's on time.  29 1 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Okay. I make my 2 motion to grant this adjournment -- 3 MS. GUTIERREZ: I'll second. 4 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: -- to May 9th. 5 MR. VALLEJO: Seconded by Ms. Gutierrez. 6 Roll call on the motion. Ms. Gutierrez. 7 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 8 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Perez. 9 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 10 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 11 MS. O'DELL: Yes. 12 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 13 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 14 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino. 15 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 16 MR. VALLEJO: Five in favor, motion 17 carries. 18 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: If any member of 19 the public is here for the application of 2000 20 West, LLC, and 2000 West Street, Block 101, Lot 21 26, the application was adjourned for the next 22 meeting May 9th, no new notice. 23 MR. VALLEJO: No new notice required. 24 Thank you. Motion carries. 25 * * * *  30 1 RESOLUTIONS: 2 1. Dr. Ayman Matta - 1811 Bergenline Avenue 3 Block: 98, Lot: 5. The applicant proposes the new 4 construction of a mixed-use building with three 5 residential units, commercial space (Optometrist 6 office), and a basement. Approved 7 8 MR. VALLEJO: We're going to 9 resolutions, number one. Dr. Ayman Matta, 1811 10 Bergenline Avenue, was approved at the previous 11 meeting. Can I have a motion to memorialize this 12 resolution? 13 MS. GUTIERREZ: Motion. 14 MR. VALLEJO: Motion by Ms. Gutierrez. 15 Any second on the motion? 16 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Aye. 17 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 18 Roll call on the motion. Ms. Gutierrez. 19 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 20 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Perez. 21 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 22 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 23 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 24 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 25 MS. O'DELL: Yes.  31 1 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino. 2 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 3 MR. VALLEJO: Five in favor, motion 4 passes. 5 * * * * 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  32 1 RESOLUTION: 2 2. Felix Roque 537 45th Street. Block: 255 Lot: 3 43. The applicant proposes to legalize an 4 existing one-bedroom apartment in the basement of 5 a three-story single-family dwelling; the other 6 unit contains one bedroom. Approved 7 8 MR. VALLEJO: Resolution number two, 9 Felix Roque, 537 45th Street. This application 10 was approved at the previous meeting. Can I have 11 a motion to memorialize this resolution? 12 MS. GUTIERREZ: Motion. 13 MR. VALLEJO: Motion by Ms. Gutierrez. 14 Seconded by? 15 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Aye. 16 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 17 Roll call on the motion. Ms. Gutierrez. 18 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes. 19 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. Perez. 20 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 21 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 22 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 23 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 24 MS. O'DELL: Yes. 25 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino.  33 1 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 2 MR. VALLEJO: Five in favor, motion 3 carries. 4 * * * * 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  34 1 RESOLUTIONS: 2 3. JFK Realty 4614 Kennedy Blvd Block: 263, Lots: 3 34 & 35. Construction of a new multifamily 4 building. 12 apartments - 13 parking spaces. The 5 approval resolution was memorialized 09-14-2023. 6 The applicant's attorney requests an opportunity 7 to clarify to the board the number of bedrooms for 8 the units. Approved 9 10 MR. VALLEJO: All right. Resolution 11 number three, JFK Realty, 4614 Kennedy Boulevard, 12 was approved at the previous meeting. Can I have 13 a motion? 14 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Aye. 15 MR. VALLEJO: Motion by Mr. Garcia. Any 16 second on the motion? 17 MS. SAN MARTINO: Second. 18 MR. VALLEJO: Seconded by Ms. San 19 Martino. 20 Roll call on the motion. Ms. Perez. 21 MS. PEREZ: Yes. 22 MR. VALLEJO: Mr. Garcia. 23 CHAIRPERSON GARCIA: Yes. 24 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. 25 MS. O'DELL: Yes.  35 1 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. San Martino. 2 MS. SAN MARTINO: Yes. 3 MR. VALLEJO: Four in favor, motion 4 passes. 5 * * * * 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  36 1 ADJOURNMENT: 2 3 MR. VALLEJO: Okay. There being no 4 other applications on tonight's agenda, can I have 5 a motion to close tonight's meeting? 6 Motion by Ms. Gutierrez, seconded by? 7 MS. O'DELL: Me. 8 MR. VALLEJO: Ms. O'Dell. All in favor? 9 10 (All Board Members indicate in the 11 affirmative.) 12 13 MR. VALLEJO: The ayes have it. Thank 14 you let. The record indicate that the meeting has 15 ended. 16 17 (Whereupon the meeting was adjourned at 18 6:30 p.m.) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  37 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 3 4 5 6 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a 7 true and accurate transcript of the testimony and 8 proceedings as taken stenographically by me at the 9 time, place, and on the date hereinbefore set 10 forth. 11 12 13 ____________________________ 14 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR LICENSE NO. 30XI00233700 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25