Page 1 CITY OF PONTIAC BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MAY 21, 2014 5:00 pm

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by  Larry Luzod

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CITY OF PONTIAC
BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING
MAY 21, 2014
5:00 p.m.
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Agenda: )
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Petitions from )
Building Inspector Rick Bolek)
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Meeting before a Board of
Appeals at 47450 Woodward Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan, on
Wednesday, May 21, 2014.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Jeff Spencer - Hearing Officer
Ben Tiseo
Kevin Stewart
Mona Hofmeister
FROM THE CITY:
April Beasley
Kevin Klopocinski
OTHERS PRESENT:
Andre Sheppard
Yohannes Bolds, Tom Boyle and Margaret Hall
Santiago Peralta
David Bowen
Peter Torok
John Philipose
Raymond Landsberg
Derrick Walker
Nitzia Rodrigues and C. J. Felton
Rose Siebert
Eatonia Williams, James Overton and Sharnae Overton
Christopher Henderson
Katherine Graham
Gary Swan
Lee Todd
Richard Bair
Aaron Stacey and Priscilla Wright
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1 OTHERS PRESENT: (Continued)
Louis Coulter
2 Manuel Santiago
Liobarda and Leo Huantes
3 Jorge Medina and Estrella Preciado
Ken Moses
4 Franz Ivajez
Roger Amy
5 Capricia Murphy
Danyl Ati
6 Jajuan Smith
Larry Herron
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8 REPORTED BY: Mona Storm, CSR# 4460
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1 ADDRESS INDEX
2 ADDRESS RULING PAGE
11 Orton Ave Tabled until next meeting 262
3 21 Shirley St. Kept on demo list 267
30 Marquette St. Remains on demo list 257
4 31 Clairmont Place Demolition 241
33 N. Marshall St. Remains on demo list 236
5 35 Short St. Tabled 206
35 Mark Ave Remains on demo list 251
6 40 Mark Ave Remains on demo list 251
43 N. Francis Ave Tabled 163
7 47 Warner St. Remains on demo list 271
51 Gillespie Ave Kept on demo list 249
8 53 Tregent Postponed until next hearing 48
53 Florence Ave. Tabled until August 111
9 54 Lewis St. Tabled 210
56 Matthews St. Tabled until next meeting 161
10 62 Pingree Kept on demo list 53
63 LeGrande Ave. Placed on demo list 147
11 63 LeGrande Ave Tabled until next meeting 232
63 Ellwood St. Remains on demo list 244
12 67 Forest St. Approved 203
74 N. Ardmore St. Taken off list 203
13 77 Spokane Dr Demolition 269
78 Fiddis Removed from proceedings 201
14 78 Hudson Tabled until Aug 14
79 Spokane Dr Remains on demo list 269
15 83 Spokane Dr. Demolition 238
84 Oakhill St. Remains on demo list 259
16 94 Sheffield Ave Tabled 173
97 S. Francis Ave Demolition 245
17 98 Roselawn St. Put on demo list 200
103 Blaine Ave Tabled 168
18 105 S. Marshall Tabled until Aug 44
115 Augusta Ave Kept on demo list 239
19 124 Franklin Blvd Demo after obtaining local, 248
state and federal approvals
20 128 Henderson Demo 250
129 Judson St. Tabled until Aug 67
21 144 W. Brooklyn Ave Stays on list 234
148 Howard McNeil St.Kept on demo list 55
22 161 Branch St. Tabled until Aug 87
165 Howard McNeil St.Tabled 224
23 171 Willard Tabled until next meeting 95
195 Fisher Ave. Postponed until Aug 50
24 210 Sanderson Ave Demolition 267
228 Richard Ave. Postponed until Aug 119
25 286 Raeburn St. Demolition 264
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2 ADDRESS INDEX (Continued)
3 ADDRESS RULING PAGE
4 360 Cesar Chavex Ave Remains on demo list 240
364 Cesar Chavex Ave Remains on demo list 241
5 381 University Dr Demo 271
404 Osmun St. Tabled until next meeting 134
6 438 Franklin Road Tabled until next meeting 80
443 S. Marshall St. Remains on demo list 237
7 452 Ditmar Ave Remains on demo list 242
490 Ditmar Ave Kept on list 243
8 526 Whittenmore St. Tabled until Aug 120
547 Nevada Ave Kept on list 258
9 575 S. Stirling Ave Demolition 270
585 W. Kennett Rd. Tabled until next meeting 36
10 592 Markle Ave Stays on demo list 252
617 Markle Ave Demolition 253
11 621 Markle Ave Demolition 253
666 Markle Ave Tabled until next meeting 257
12 680 Stanley Ave. Tabled until next meeting 124
698 Livingstone Ave Demolition 235
13 742 W. Huron St. Kept on demo list 71
756 E. Columbia Ave Tabled 188
14 766 Pensacola Ave Removed from list 263
774 Palmer Dr. Remains on demo list 117
15 823 Emerson Ave. Tabled until next meeting 157
835 Robinwood St. Tabled 266
16 928 Cameron Ave Kept on list 100
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1 Pontiac, Michigan
2 Wednesday, May 21, 2014
3 5:05 p.m.
4 THE CHAIRPERSON: We're going to start the
5 meeting. I call it to order. It's about 5:08 right
6 now, May 21st, 2014, and this is the Board of Appeals.
7 If we could all pledge -- do the Pledge of Allegiance.
8 (Pledge of Allegiance recited by all.)
9 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. We'll do roll call.
10 Ben.
11 MR. TISEO: Here.
12 THE CHAIRPERSON: Mona.
13 MS. HOFMEISTER: Here.
14 THE CHAIRPERSON: Kevin.
15 MR. STEWART: Here.
16 THE CHAIRPERSON: And Jeff's here. Okay. We
17 do have one officer missing. I did want to bring that
18 to everybody's attention. We're actually in the
19 process of getting another member. So you will need
20 three votes in order for any motion to be passed.
21 Okay? So let me give you the introduction.
22 Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen. If you
23 haven't signed in, please sign in. Again, this is the
24 Construction Board of Appeals Show Cause Hearing.
25 There's some 60 cases here tonight on the
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1 agenda. The purpose of the meeting is to take action
2 in respect to repair or demolishing of this
3 structures -- of the structures. First, we will hear
4 from the Hearing Officer, Rick, regarding the recent
5 on-site inspections and the conditions of the structure
6 and property.
7 Then, if there is no one in the audience --
8 then, if anybody in the audience would like to speak
9 upon address and give testimony, you'll go up to the
10 microphone, please state your name, your association
11 with the property and explain to us what your concerns
12 are and -- of the -- of the property and structure and
13 how you would make it a viable property.
14 After that, we will -- the Board will make a
15 motion on the property and then a vote on the motion.
16 First, we're going to -- we're going to bring up a list
17 of all the people that were here, as I mentioned
18 before, that signed in. Some of them are on the table
19 from the last meeting, we have to bring them off the
20 table.
21 Okay. With that said, go ahead Rick, why
22 don't you start.
23 MR. BOLEK: 78 Hudson is our first property.
24 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Is that one on the
25 table or --
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1 MR. BOLEK: This one is on -- old case
2 postponed from February, so it is on the table.
3 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. So it was on the
4 table?
5 MR. BOLEK: Oh, wait a minute. Wait a
6 minute.
7 MR. TISEO: It was postponed.
8 MR. BOLEK: Hudson, yes. That is on the
9 table, yes.
10 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. So do we have a
11 motion to bring 78 Hudson off the table?
12 MR. TISEO: I'll make a motion to bring it
13 off.
14 THE CHAIRPERSON: Support?
15 MR. STEWART: Support.
16 THE CHAIRPERSON: All in favor, say, "Aye".
17 BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
18 THE CHAIRPERSON: Any opposed?
19 Hearing none, motion passes. We'll bring it
20 off the table.
21 Go ahead, Rick.
22 MR. BOLEK: 78 Hudson posted 5-8 of '14.
23 This property had a -- has been before us and needed a
24 Property Maintenance Inspection to determine that --
25 what was needed to rehab this property. The inspection
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1 was pulled on 3-18 of '14. The inspection was just
2 performed the other day. There was some rehab that
3 needed to be done in the house. The -- as I recall,
4 in -- and Dan's missing today so some of this stuff
5 didn't get on here. But the -- we required all of the
6 permits to be pulled. There was some mechanical that
7 needed to be taken care of in the basement, some
8 electrical things that needed to be taken care of,
9 some -- building permit needed for some windows and
10 door repairs, stair repairs, handrails. And there was
11 not a plumbing permit required for this.
12 MR. TISEO: There was a Property Maintenance
13 pulled on 3-18?
14 MR. BOLEK: 3-18. But it was -- the
15 inspection didn't happen until late last week.
16 MR. TISEO: Okay.
17 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Was that it, Rick?
18 MR. BOLEK: Yeah.
19 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Could we hear from
20 the --
21 MR. SHEPPARD: I'm Andre Sheppard. I had the
22 list of the stuff that needed to be done to it. The
23 reason I have been so late is because my stepfather was
24 dying. I have his obituary right here. He did pass.
25 Like I told Rick, I had the money and everything but
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1 I'm the one who had to pay for everything, as far as
2 the funeral, with my tax money. That's why I called
3 the inspection so late. So I had to deal with that. I
4 didn't have the money to fix those -- those issues.
5 But I can -- I can get the money.
6 THE CHAIRPERSON: Sorry to hear about that.
7 MR. KLOPOCINSKI: Can you turn the mike on?
8 MR. SHEPPARD: Oh, yeah.
9 MR. KLOPOCINSKI: We heard you, though. We
10 heard it.
11 MR. SHEPPARD: Okay.
12 THE CHAIRPERSON: Okay. So what -- what do
13 we need to get done to get it livable?
14 MR. SHEPPARD: The roofing, he mentioned the
15 roofing and the electrical in the basement. Also --
16 oh, and something -- a piece of -- on my furnace; that
17 was about it. But he said my plumbing and everything
18 looked -- everything else looked okay. He never
19 mentioned the windows or railings or anything like
20 that. I did have a missing stair in my basement that
21 was going to get fixed. But, like I said -- it was
22 going to get fixed but, like I said, my stepfather
23 passed. If you want the obituary, it's right here. I
24 can bring it to you.
25 THE CHAIRPERSON: No. We believe you.
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1 MR. TISEO: You know, looking at the photos,
2 there appears to be a lot more work than that needs to
3 be done. I see some roof repairs, some wall repair,
4 even window repair.
5 MR. SHEPPARD: He never said anything about
6 the windows. The only thing, like he said, the roof.
7 I have the list right here.
8 MR. TISEO: The roof looks pretty bad. You
9 mean to tell me you don't have any leaks in this house?
10 MR. SHEPPARD: Yeah, I have a leak or two.
11 He seen that. But it could be fixed. Like I said,
12 it's just money issues.
13 MR. STEWART: Are you still residing in this
14 house?
15 MR. SHEPPARD: Yes, sir.
16 MR. STEWART: Is it currently condemned?
17 MR. BOLEK: It is. It has passed through the
18 Hearing Officer -- or the Hearing Officer and now the
19 Board of Appeals. So it's -- it's technically on the
20 condemnation list.
21 MR. STEWART: Okay.
22 MR. BOLEK: But this is his opportunity to
23 get it rehabbed.
24 MR. STEWART: Uh-huh.
25 MR. SHEPPARD: This is our first inspection.