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by  Larry Luzod

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CITY OF PONTIAC
BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
5:00 p.m.
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Agenda: )
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Petitions from )
Building Inspector, )
Code Enforcement Officer, )
Rick Bolek )
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Show Cause Hearing before a
Board of Appeals at 47450 Woodward Avenue, Pontiac,
Michigan, on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.
PRESENT FROM THE CITY:
Dan Kolbe - Clerk
Kevin Klopocinski - Code Enforcement Officer
BOARD MEMBERS:
Jeff Spencer - Chairperson
Ben Tiseo
Chuck Kummer
Jeff Stewart
Mona Hofmeister
OTHERS PRESENT WHO SPOKE ON PROPERTIES:
Al Patrick
Addrell Magee
Jerry Hendon
Luke Holsworth and Lindsey Taylor
David Moran
Elizabeth Peralta
Gary Swan
Danyal Ati
Richard Bair
LaFrance Marshall
Eric Brown
Sharon Muradian
Dorothy Herring
Danny Hill
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1 OTHERS PRESENT WHO SPOKE ON PROPERTIES: (Continued)
Crystal Martin-Levier, Rodney Drapper and others
2 Jujan Smith
Harry Stennis
3 Eric Laperriere
Metjana Mithaj
4 Nitzia Rodriguez and Russell Simmons
Troy McGimpsey
5 Patrick McClusky
Christopher Astfalk
6 Michael Brown and unidentified female
7 REPORTED BY: Mona Storm, CSR# 4460
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9 PROPERTY INDEX
10 ADDRESS RULING PAGE
(In numerical order)
11 15 N. Tasmania St. Remains on list 222
16 Rose Ct. Demo 215
12 22 Murphy Ave. Stays on list 208
27 Kimball St. Demo 201
13 33 N. Marshall St. Tabled until May 48
35 Short St. Tabled until May 66
14 42 Mark Ave. Stays on demo list 203
54 Lewis St. Tabled until May 147
15 63 LeGrande Ave. Tabled until May 39
67 Forest St. Tabled until May 51
16 74 N. Ardmore St. Tabled until May 21
78 Fiddis Ave. Tabled until May 28
17 78 Hudson Ave. Removed from demo list 144
80 Mechanic Amended 229
18 83 Spokane Dr. Tabled until May 222
86 Blaine Ave. Removed from demo list 131
19 87 N. Edith St. Demo 197
91 S. Paddock St. Stays on demo list 210
20 94 Sheffield Ave. Postponed until May 194
94 Wall St. Demo 223
21 103 Blaine Ave. Postponed until May 133
105 S. Marshall St. Tabled until May 57
22 144 W. Brooklyn Ave. Tabled until May 193
155 Willard St. Demo 225
23 171 Willard St. Tabled until May 169
177 E. Wilson Ave. Demo 226
24 178 Russell St. Demo 216
216 Going St. Demo 199
25 228 Richard Ave. Tabled until May 62
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1 266 E. Wilson Ave. Stays on demo list 227
302 E. Wilson Ave. Removed from demo list 174
2 333 S. Anderson Ave. Kept on demo list 122
370 W. Ypsilanti Ave. Demo 228
3 373 Irwin Ave. Remains on demo list 145
390 S. Marshall St. Remains on demo list 112
4 400 S. Paddock St. Kept on demo list 213
402 Irwin Ave. Kept on demo list 97
5 407 S. Paddock St. Demo 214
413 N. Perry St. Remains on demo list 157
6 413 Perry St. Remains on demo list 157
415 Auburn Ave. Remains on demo list 13
7 429 N. Paddock St. Kept on demo list 109
443 S. Marshall St. Tabled until May 149
8 444 Osmun St. Stays on demo list 208
448 Osmun St. Stays on demo list 209
9 502 N. Johnson Ave. Demo 200
508 Whittemore St. Stays on demo list 224
10 546 Luther Amended 195
665 Melrose St. Stays on demo list 204
11 680 Stanley Ave. Tabled until May 69
698 Livingstone Ave. Postponed until May 202
12 711 Melrose St. Demo 205
823 Emerson Ave. Tabled until May with proviso 85
13 that four permits are obtained
within two weeks
14 882 S. Stirling Ave. On demo list 164
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1 Pontiac, Michigan
2 February 19, 2014
3 5:14 p.m.
4 CHAIRPERSON: I'll start the meeting here for
5 the Destruction Board of Appeals -- or actually the
6 Board of Appeals. And it's about 14 after 5:00. If we
7 could all say the Pledge of Allegiance.
8 (Pledge of Allegiance recited by all.)
9 MR. KOLBE: Jeffrey Spencer.
10 CHAIRPERSON: Here.
11 MR. KOLBE: Mona Hofmeister.
12 MS. HOFMEISTER: Here.
13 MR. KOLBE: Chuck Kummer.
14 MR. KUMMER: Here.
15 MR. KOLBE: Kevin Stewart.
16 MR. STEWART: Here.
17 MR. KOLBE: Ben Tiseo.
18 MR. TISEO: Here.
19 CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Mike's not on. Okay.
20 There we go. Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen.
21 If you haven't signed in, please sign in, as
22 I indicated before, in the order that you came in.
23 We'll take your petition that way, instead of making
24 you wait until something else might come up on the
25 agenda when there's nobody here for that petition.
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1 But this is the Board of Appeals Show Cause
2 Hearing. We have somewhere in the neighborhood of 52
3 to 60 homes we're going to discuss tonight, or
4 addresses. And the purpose of the meeting is to take
5 action in respect to the repair and/or demolishing the
6 structures. First we will listen to the hearing
7 officer, Rick and Kevin, then we will -- they will
8 indicate what the recent on-site inspection and the
9 condition of the structure is. They also take
10 pictures. We have all of that here.
11 And then, at that time, when we call you,
12 come up to the podium and announce your name and your
13 association with the property, if you would, please,
14 and explain, you know, your concerns, your ambitions of
15 fixing the property. We may ask you even about the
16 money, do you have the money to fix the property. And
17 when we see properties are behind in taxes or -- yes,
18 behind in taxes, we know that you have that debt
19 already in front of you, so all -- all that type of
20 things will be in our decision-making.
21 I guess with that said, we'll start with Item
22 Number 1, which is -- okay. This is --
23 MR. KOLBE: 415.
24 CHAIRPERSON: -- 415 Auburn, we have to make
25 a motion to bring that off the table.
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1 MR. TISEO: I'll make a motion.
2 MR. KUMMER: Second.
3 CHAIRPERSON: All in favor, say "aye".
4 BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
5 CHAIRPERSON: Any opposed?
6 Hearing none, that's off the table.
7 Go ahead, Rick.
8 MR. BOLEK: 415 Auburn Avenue posted 2-6 of
9 '14. This is a vacant structure that's had the roof
10 collapse, the windows were open and the owner has
11 boarded them.
12 We're recommending it remain on the
13 demolition list.
14 CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Mr. Patrick, what -- I
15 can't remember what we came to -- we -- you -- we were
16 going to work on something to try to show that you're
17 making -- trying to make progress on this?
18 MR. PATRICK: That is correct.
19 CHAIRPERSON: Okay.
20 MR. PATRICK: And we've done that. I'd like
21 to show you guys just a quick video. It will only take
22 four minutes. It won't take very long.
23 CHAIRPERSON: Okay.
24 (Played video.)
25 CHAIRPERSON: Mr. Patrick, how long is this
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1 video?
2 MR. PATRICK: About another --
3 CHAIRPERSON: A couple seconds? Okay.
4 MR. PATRICK: Yeah.
5 CHAIRPERSON: Can we cut that off. I think
6 we understand what you're trying to show us. If you
7 don't mind, we got quite a few folks in here.
8 MR. PATRICK: Yes. The reason I wanted you
9 to see that video was because I view myself as the
10 same, just an ordinary guy who live and work in this
11 community, trying to do something to give something
12 back. You know, my thought is that we had been over
13 this and you guys want to consider tearing it down.
14 I'm trying to put something up that will give the City
15 of Pontiac a viable tax base to move forward.
16 I live in this community and there's a lot of
17 need in the community. I feel that, given the
18 opportunity, we can make this happen. I'm not asking
19 anybody for any money. You asked me did I think I had
20 the finances in place. I gave you a one hundred
21 percent resounding yes. All I'm asking for is a little
22 time. Let me just give you a couple things.
23 You asked me to file a site plan with the
24 City. I've been in contact with Mr. Bowdell. I been
25 in contact with Mr. Szabo. Right now, they cannot
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1 accept a site plan from me because you guys are
2 wavering on whether you're going to demo the building
3 or not.
4 In the video, they had the same issue; they
5 had an opportunity to move forward, they had a hole in
6 their ceiling where they had some collapse. You guys
7 asked me and I told you, I'm all in. So what we
8 decided to do is, because we don't own the additional
9 properties that we trying to acquire, you have a
10 concept site plan and it's a concept because we're
11 still talking about me being able to attain the
12 additional properties that we would be able to acquire
13 in order to move it forward.
14 You also have a picture in front of you of
15 what the building would look like once this project is
16 complete. You asked me to go out and get that boundary
17 survey from Nowak and Fraus and I was telling you guys
18 that they didn't do anything -- couldn't do anything
19 because of the weather. And as you can see, I did not
20 receive it until the 12th of this month. But I pressed
21 my architect and he was able to come up with a concept
22 in which we all felt was pretty good, if we can get the
23 additional properties which we feel that we can;
24 because that's our goal.
25 I keep telling you over and over again, I'm
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1 all in. I'm trying to put something here that will
2 work. If I -- right now, the way it sits, if I was to
3 make this into the retail building that we anticipate,
4 it still would not be enough parking even to support
5 that. If you look at it, it almost show you there is
6 six -- there would be six available parking slots. At
7 a minimum, we feel that we would need somewhere between
8 eight and twenty-three. So, in order to do the retail
9 shop as well, I still need to be able to get the other
10 property so that we can have at least 41 sites
11 available.
12 And that's where we are. I'm not kicking the
13 can down the street, I'm trying to make things happen.
14 You know, I can't get the property but I'll certainly
15 do my best to get it and that's the only holdup that we
16 have right now.
17 So my final thing that I want to say to you
18 is that all I'm asking for is just a little time to be
19 able to acquire the property and make things happen. I
20 don't know what else to tell you, it rest in you all's
21 hands. I think that this is a good project. You have
22 a concept, you can see what we're trying to do and so
23 I'm just asking for a little time to be able to attain
24 the additional property so that I could have enough
25 parking to make the project move forward.
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1 So what you have is that boundary survey from
2 Nowak and Fraus, we have a concept from my architect
3 and you have a picture of what the project would look
4 like upon its completion.
5 CHAIRPERSON: Okay.
6 MR. TISEO: Could I add a couple things?
7 CHAIRPERSON: Yeah, go ahead.
8 MR. TISEO: I referred back to my notes when
9 you were here before us on November 20th, that's three
10 months ago. At that time you were proposing to use it,
11 you said, as a hall. Now I see you're changing it to
12 retail.
13 MR. PATRICK: That is correct. And the
14 reason --
15 MR. TISEO: And why --
16 MR. PATRICK: I'm sorry.
17 MR. TISEO: And why is that?
18 MR. PATRICK: And the reason for that is
19 because I'm not sure a hundred percent that we're going
20 to get the property that -- you know, like I say, I'm
21 willing to challenge anybody in terms of bidding on the
22 property. But because I wanted to go up two levels, it
23 would require more property. And so what I had done
24 with my architect --
25 MR. TISEO: Okay. That answers my question.