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LEMME FIND MY LITTLE SCRIPT HERE.
I KNOW JUDY SENT IT TO ME AND EVERYTHING, BUT, HEY, ROLL CALL.
[Call to Order]
GOOD MORNING.IT'S UH, 9:09 AM UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
WILL, UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL, UH, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL MS. BROWN HERE.
FRED, I HAVE TO KEEP MY MUTES NOT WORKING RIGHT.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMIN TAMMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND MICHAEL UI DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
UH, V S C LIAISON, CHAIR OF FORM IS PRESENT.
OKAY, SO WE, UH, CALLED TO ORDER.
[Approval of Minutes]
CALL.HAS THAT EVERYBODY, DID ANYBODY GET A CHANCE TO, OR DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? HOW OLD DID WE ACCEPT THEM AS? THIS AYE SECOND.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A, A SECOND ON THE MINUTES.
JUDY, COULD WE GET ANOTHER ROLL CALL PLEASE FOR THE MINUTES? AYE.
MR. TAPIA? MR. TAPIA, I AM SORRY I DIDN'T GET THE MINUTES, BUT, UH, SO YOU, UH, TWO MINUTES WERE SENT UP MORNING WITH THE EMAIL DOCUMENTS.
DID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ABSTAIN? UH, YES.
UM, MR. ZUNIGA? YES, THANK YOU.
THE MOTION DOES PASS WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0 2 1.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INTERPRETATION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE INTERPRETATION SERVICES NOW.
SPANISH, UH, TRANSLATION SERVICES.
[Additional Item]
MS. CHAIR.I, I WANNA A PRIVILEGE MINUTE RIGHT NOW.
I, UH, SINCE MR. KAMASA IS HERE, UH, AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, AT OUR WORKSHOP, UH, WE HAD, UH, MR. DANNY LING THE OTHER DAY AT A PLACE, AND, UM, HE WENT AHEAD AND HE MADE A, A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, HE SHOULD BE COMMENDED BECAUSE HE NEARLY TOOK THE WHOLE HOUR AND A HALF, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT I MEAN, HE, HE MADE A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION AND, YOU KNOW, MADE THE LEADERSHIP, UH, OF THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD AND MADE IT CORRECTLY.
AND I WANT TO, WELL, ALL OF US THAT WERE THERE AROUND 30, WE WANNA COMMAND, YOU KNOW, DANNY, FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
AND I'LL CERTAINLY THANK, THANK YOU MS. ZUNIGA.
YEAH, I'LL CERTAINLY THANK YOU.
AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, WE HAVE EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS.
EXCUSE ME, MS. BROWN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
OH, YOU WANT ME TO READ THE CHAIRMAN'S? OKAY.
PLEASE SOLEMN YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE,
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YOU WILL HAVE ABOUT, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE, UH, SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED, UH, THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED PROPERTY CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, EXCUSE ME.
UH, DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPER FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE CITY SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN 1901 SOUTH ALAMOS, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 204-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PET SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
PER SEC CITY SECTION CODE 16 DASH 2 3 6 THANK YOU.
IN FORMAT IS PROTECTED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID 19.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
THESE MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETING ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY 50, WWW SAN ANTONIO DOV SLASH GSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN TWO ZERO SIX FIVE TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
THE OWNER HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE OWNER.
STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED.
STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK, WE'LL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENT.
MANAGED INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE OWNER WILL THEN BE GIVEN
OKAY, SO WE'VE DONE A APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
LET'S, UH, HAVE STAFF REPORTS.
[(CD-5) 201 W Lubbock St]
STAFF REPORTS, SORRY.GOOD MORNING BOARD, MICHAEL ESTI, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
TODAY WE HAVE, UH, NO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WE HAVE TWO STRUCTURES FOR EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 0 1 WEST LUBBOCK STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, UH, FOR FACILITY REASONS, UH, WAS FULLY DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THIS, UH, UH, STABILITY ISSUES ON, UH, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2000, SORRY, DEMOLITION DATE, MARCH 1ST, 2021 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
[(CD-1) 1028 Menchaca St]
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 0 2 8 MENCHACA IN COUNCIL.COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WAS FULLY DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON, UH, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2021 TO CHA UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX
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DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER IS ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.OKAY, SO I GUESS WE CAN START OUR CASES NOW.
WE ONLY HAVE THREE, IS THAT CORRECT, JUDY? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
WE SHOULD BE OUTTA HERE IN AN HOUR, MAYBE.
HEY, WE, WE ARE JUST, WE, UH, PLEASE.
[1. 21-2082 (CD-4) 7618 Stagecoach Dr]
OKAY.OUR FIRST CASE IS, UH, 76 18 STAGECOACH DRIVE.
OKAY, JUDY, I'M JUST GONNA CONFIRM THAT THE OWNER IS ON THE LINE.
MR. MURPHY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM.
HAVE THE OWNER ON THE LINE, MR. MR. KEVIN MURPHY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR APPEARING THIS MORNING.
UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR, UH, CODE OFFICER START THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 76 18 STAGE COACH LANE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIRS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 5 5 3 1 BLOCK 0 1 7, LOT 35, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
GOING ON RECORD IS MURPHY KEVIN WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS IS 7 6 18 STATE COACH LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR MURPHY, KEVIN AND HAVE, AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
I HAVE MET WITH THE OWNER, MR. MURPHY.
IN THE CASE PROCESS OF THE STRUCTURE, MR. MURPHY WAS GIVEN THE UNDER ONE ROOF APPLICATION ON AUGUST 6TH, 2019.
THE NOTICE OF VACATE WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE AUGUST 23RD, 2019 DUE TO THE OWNER LIVING ON THE PROPERTY.
MR. MURPHY WAS ALSO MADE AWARE OF THE NOTICE OF VACATE.
WELL, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE BROAD HISTORIC FABRIC.
FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE, THE EVENT REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS, THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 76 18 STAGE BUSH LANE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 13TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED FROM CLAIM ON 2019 ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2019.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AND GIVEN TO THE OWNER TO THE PERSON, UM, AND ORDER TO, UH, AT 76 18 STATE COACHING LANE, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2021, THE NOTICE FOR B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON AUGUST 16TH, 2019, A NOTICE TO VACATE UTILITY DISCONNECTS WERE POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE.
NO SCOPE OF WORKER, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
THE OWNER HAS STATED THAT HE DID HAVE A ONE ENGINEERING REVIEW THE STRUCTURE
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AS OF MARCH 5TH, 2021.THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR SEVEN SIX WAS A FIRE REPORT THAT WAS AND THAT WAS, UH, CONDUCTED AND THE FIRE DID OCCUR.
PHOTO, PHOTO PRESENTATION'S GONNA CONSIST OF A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1966 THAT HAS FIRE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR ROOF SYSTEM.
DECKING REPORTS AFTERAFTER STEALING JOISTS SHOW FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
INTERIOR JUDGE SHOW SMOKE AND SOME LIGHT FIRE DAMAGE ALONG THAT'S HALF THE STRUCTURE OVERHANG OVERHAND, CORNER OF THE FRONT AND LEFT.
THE FRONT LEFT ELEVATION HAS THE SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE WITH THE TRANSIT SITE SHOWING SIDE DAMAGE TO THE FIRE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 26TH, IT'S GONNA BE THE FRONT ELEVATION.
UM, AGAIN, THE FIRE, THE DAMAGE WILL BE THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THERE'S MAINLY JUST SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE OVERHANG, WHICH CAN'T BE SEEN IN THE PHOTO HERE.
THE LEFT ELEVATION, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE OVERHANG IS SHOWING FIRE DAMAGE PLUS SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERNEATH THE OVERHANG, THE STEP CORNER.
SOME OF THE SIDING HAS FALLEN DUE TO THE, WHAT THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED.
THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO THE OVERHANG.
THE EXTERIOR, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE AT THE EXTERIOR AND IT WAS MELDING TO THE TOP PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
REAR ELEVATION JUST GAVE ME AN IDEA.
THERE'S A SLIGHT SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG THE EXTERIOR WALL.
UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH SAGGING TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
VERY TRULY NOT NOTICEABLE FROM PHOTO HERE.
WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK RIGHT ELEVATION.
UH, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE MAYBE THE FIRE HAD DID OCCUR, WHERE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURED.
THE OWNER HAS DONE SOME WORK, UM, TO THE, TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, UH, MAKING REPAIRS.
HE HAS NOT REMOVED THE ORIGINAL, UH, WOOD MEMBERS FOR THE ROOFS.
UM, WHAT HE STATED THAT HE WAS DOING WAS HE WAS JUST PUTTING THE FOUR BEAMS UP, UH, WOOD MEMBERS UP COURT, THE ORIGINAL, NOT LOOKING AT REMOVING ANY OF IT.
THIS PHOTO SHOWING WHAT HAD BEEN DONE AT THE TIME FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, WALKING IN FROM THE FRONT ROOM TO THE FRONT DOOR, THAT
THERE'S NO WHERE THE MALL IS MAINLY GONNA BE THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER ANGLE FROM THE KITCHEN AGAIN TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHAT WORK HE HAS DONE.
TIME, A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THE KITCHEN AS WELL.
YOU COULD BETTER LOOK AT WORK WAS DONE.
MOVING INTO THE, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, THIS IS WHERE MAINLY THE FIRE WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THERE'S NO SHEET ROCK CLOSING.
ALL THE STUDS YOU SEE ON THE STUDS, YOU SEE A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, MORE TO THE TOP PORTION OF MOVING INTO THE ROOM.
SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG THE WALLS TO THE CEILING AND BE MAINLY THE RAPTORS IN THE DECKING THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE.
THAT HAS CHARRING AGAIN FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, UH, MOVING INTO THE OTHER ROOMS, ONE OF THE HALLWAYS GOING INTO THE OTHER ROOM AS WELL, SHOWING THAT THERE'S NO SHAKE BOX EXPOSED AT THE TIME.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT MAIN, THE MAIN DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM WAS GONNA BE THE RAPTORS AND THE DECKING.
UH, SOME OF THE PORTION FOR THE CEILING JOIST BREAKER SMOKE ARE CHARRING AS WELL.
WE NEED ANOTHER ROOM BE HERE WHERE
HERE'S A CLOSEUP IN THE SAME ROOM.
UH, THIS IS THE BATHROOM SHOWING THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE IN THE BATHROOM AS WELL.
THE OWNER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY
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AND, UH, HE'S BEEN MAKING SURE THE PROPERTY IS SECURED, STATES THAT HE DOES NOT LIVE AT THE PROPERTY, UH, BUT DOES GO DAILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS TAKEN CARE OF AND NO ONE'S TRYING TO GET INSIDE.THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 6 18 STAGE COACH LANE IS IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 4, 7, 8, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE PETITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING OR A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS, OF MANNERNESS OR FITNESS, HUMAN APPLICATION FOR THE THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH PROPERTY THAT RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AT HELLO.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY PRESENTATION? UH, I'M SORRY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE OFFICER SOONER? YES, MR. ZUNIGA? UH, YES.
UH, WE'RE STATING HERE THAT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN SECURED.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE OWNER.
OH, UH, THAT WAS OCTOBER THE 19TH.
AND AGAIN, UH, OCTOBER 20 AND AGAIN, FEBRUARY 21ST.
UH, HOW IS THAT SECURED? I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, BOARDS OR THE LIGHTS ON THE WINDOWS.
AND SUPPOSEDLY THAT'S NOT LIVABLE.
THE OWNER DOES NOT LIVE AT THE HOME.
UH, HE STATED TO ME THAT HE'S LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS AT THIS MOMENT.
THE WINDOWS ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE HAS, HE HAS SECURED THEM WITH, WITH SOME, UH, HOUSING MATERIALS.
UM, WHEN I GO OUT THERE, I DO CHECK THEM.
THERE'S NO WAY ANY, I'M NOT ABLE TO MOVE THEM.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE VERY STURDY.
THEY'RE NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF ANYONE TAMPERING WITH THEM.
UH, WHEN HE IS NOT THERE, THE DOORS ARE LOCKED IN THE FRONT IN THE BACK.
THE OWNER'S GIVING ME PERMISSION TO WALK THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
UH, KNOWING THAT, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS NOT UNSECURED.
AND EACH TIME I'VE GONE OUT THERE, THE PROPERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECURED EXCEPT FOR THE TIMES THAT THE OWNER IS ON SITE.
THAT'S WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN BECAUSE HE'S ON SITE AND HE JUST, LIKE HE STATED, HE STATED TO ME, HE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS, IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
YEAH, BUT I, I THOUGHT BEING SECURE, UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHICH I HAVE A PROBLEM HERE.
UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PLYWOOD AND THE LIGHTS THERE ON THE DOORS AND WINDOWS WHEN WE DUPLICATE THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTORS DO.
WE THEY USE THE PLYWOOD AND THEY DO PAINT IT TO KEEP IT WEATHERED.
UM, BUT THE OWNER DID MAKE HIS ATTEMPT TO TRY TO SECURE IT.
AND WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AGAIN, I WAS MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE, HE, HE SCREWED 'EM INTO THE, INTO THE, THE FRAMING OF THE STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE NOT GONNA COME DOWN.
SO THERE'S NO, UH, SCHOOLS AROUND THERE AND A HUNDRED, A THOUSAND FEET WHERE SHE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH.
THERE IS A SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET.
IT'S THE WESTWOOD, UH, TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GUESS IT WAS MY, MY WRONG INTERPRETATION OF WHAT SECURING THE BUILDING WOULD BE.
UH, AND HE, HE, UH, HE'S BEEN WORKING SINCE TWO YEARS AGO.
THEY A ONE ENGINEERING AND, UH, HE'S STILL WORKING WITH THEM.
BUT I MEAN, AS HE GOT ON THE DECISION OF WHAT HE'S GONNA DO, HE, HE WANTS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE.
WHEN I NOTICED THAT HE WAS DOING THE WORK, I DID REQUEST THAT HE TO STOP DOING WORK 'CAUSE THERE'S NO PERMITS ON FILE.
AH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I SEE IT WORKED THERE AND, UH, SUPPOSEDLY NO PERMITS WHATSOEVER HERE, BUT THE ENGINEER COMPANY WAS TAKING OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, HAVE TO, UH, GIVE HIM A NOTICE.
I DOES HAVE, I'M SORRY, BOARD.
HE DID SAY TO ME THAT HE DOES HAVE THE ENGINEER, UH, PAPERWORK THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM HIM FROM A ONE ENGINEERING.
UM, EACH TIME I'VE GONE OUT THERE, HE, HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR IT AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH, WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET AN ADDITIONAL COPY SO HE CAN PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD AND JUST DIDN'T HAVE
UH, DOES HE HAVE, UH, PAPERWORK SO HE CAN PRESENT TO US TODAY
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AS I GUESS IS SENT OUT AND, AND THE NOTICE TO HIM TO, ON THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT HE'S DOING, GONNA BE DOING? WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET.HE IS NOT, AND YOU KNOW, IT TIES UP WITH THE ENGINEER AGAIN, IT, HE, IF THE ENGINEERS TELL 'EM SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I MEAN, WE'RE HERE FOR SENDING THIS CASE AND, YOU KNOW, TO REPAIR.
BUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
BUT THE THING IS, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SCOPE WORK HERE THAT I CAN TRULY, MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW THE OTHERS HERE, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CAN SAY, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA DO.
THIS IS WHAT THE HOUSE NEEDS, ET CETERA.
I MEAN, I COULDN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT HAVING THE PRESENTATION.
THEY HAVE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF ON THAT.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T HAVE A, DOES DID HE SUBMITTED A SCOPE OF WORK TO YOU ALL? IS THAT PROVIDED ME ANY DOCUMENTS? I DID EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT WE WERE NEEDING.
UM, HE JUST HASN'T PROVIDED ANYTHING TO ME.
WHEN I LAST SPOKE WITH, HE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET IT, HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT AT THIS MOMENT.
SO HE DOESN'T HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE CAN LOOK AT RIGHT NOW? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO, SIR.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION OR I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
UM, SO HE, YOU MENTIONED THAT HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS, BUT AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE, UM, THE DOCUMENTATION HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE HEIRS, IS HE AN HEIR OF THE, OF THE PARENT? THE, UH, THE HYDE H JOHNSON? YES.
IS THAT YOUR PARENTS? WAS THAT YOUR PARENTS? NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A NO, THAT'S A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
SO YOU ARE LIVING AT A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY'S HOUSE.
SO THIS IS NOT EVEN YOUR HOUSE? NO, MA'AM.
AND, UH, HILDA, THE OTHER PERSON ON THE DEEDED IS ALSO A FRIEND OF FAMILY.
AND MY PARENTS, MY, MY, MY LAST NAME IS MURPHY.
AND THIS IS IS MY HOUSE? YES, MA'AM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF THAT THIS IS YOUR HOUSE? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE, UH, BEAR COUNTY, UH, IT, IT SAYS THAT THIS IS THE PROPERTY OF THE, UH, OF THE HYDE FAMILY.
OF THE HIDON FIELD OF JOHNSON.
UM, IT SHOULD BE, BOTH OF MY NAMES COME UP ON THERE.
IT SHOULD BE UNKNOWN AREAS OF KENNETH R. JOHNSON, A STATE OF KENNETH R. JOHNSON.
YEAH, THAT'S, HE PASSED AWAY EARLIER, LIKE FIVE YEARS PREVIOUS TO HER.
BUT HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT THE PROPERTY? LIKE HE SAID, I WAS AN HEIR THROUGH THE, THROUGH, UM, THROUGH A WILL MS. CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU, YOU ALL KNOW, ACCORDING TO BCAT, THE PROPERTY IS THE OWNERS ARE, UH, HYDE JOHNSON AND, UH, MURPHY KEVIN.
SO, UM, HE IS AN OWNER AND IS RECOGNIZED BY BCAT AS ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
THANK AND I'LL GO ONE, ONE MORE THING TO CODE OFFICER.
UM, DID YOU STATE THAT THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF TERRACE HILLS ELEMENTARY? UH, YES.
AND SO THE SECOND, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE? DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF EXPERIENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS KIND OF WORK, SIRAM, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT YES, MA'AM, PUT ITAM YOU WERE PUTTING IN RAFTERS, BUT YOU DIDN'T CHANGE OUT THE CHARRED DECKING OF THE ROOF.
THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A PROCEDURE TO NOT, TO HAVE TO TEAR THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OPEN AND LEAVE IT OPEN AND, AND EXPOSE TO THE WEATHER.
WHEREAS IF WE DID THE RAPTORS RIGHT NEXT TO THE EXISTING ONES WITHOUT TEARING IT DOWN, THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN THE ROOF COULD BE TAKEN OFF AND THEN DONE VERY QUICKLY WITHIN, SO WITHIN THAT WEEK.
AND YOU DID NOT PULL ANY PERMITS FOR THIS? NO, MA'AM.
I WAS NOT AWARE THAT I NEEDED ONE FOR AS FAR AS, LIKE, I THOUGHT I, MY ASSUMPTION WAS FOR REPAIRS, I DID NOT NEED ONE IF I WAS NOT REMOVING ANYTHING STRUCTURALLY.
AND, UH, AS SOON AS JOSH HAD, MR. MARTINEZ HAD, HAD MENTIONED THAT TO ME.
UM, I, I DID, I DID STOP WORK.
UM, THE TIME, I GUESS, WELL, I GUESS SO I, I CAN SPEAK ON THAT LATER AS FAR AS WHY THE AMOUNT OF TIME HAS BEEN SUCH, SEEMS SO, SO LONG FROM AUGUST OF 2019 UNTIL NOW.
I THINK MR. ZUNIGA WAS SORT OF HAD, UM, A QUESTION ABOUT OR CONCERN OF, OF WHY IT WAS SO LONG.
I THINK WE ALL DO LIKE, YEAH, WELL THE PROCEDURE WAS WHEN WE, UH, I HIRED A ONE ENGINEERING, UM, TO COME OUT HERE.
HE, HE DID A INSPECTION, TOOK FOR A MONTH FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND SCHEDULE THAT.
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SO THEN HE CAME OUT HERE, HE DID HIS WALKTHROUGH.HE DID ALL HIS, UM, ANY, ANYTHING THAT HE NEEDED TO LOOK AT.
HE LOOKED AT AND TESTED, THEN HE WENT BACK TO THE OFFICER AND THERE WAS LIKE ANOTHER, I THINK IT WAS LIKE THREE, FOUR MORE MONTHS BEFORE HE EVEN GOT THE PLANS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT HAPPENED THERE, BUT HE DID SEND US A, A SET OF PLANS OUT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A SET OF PLANS.
I THINK I'VE SHOWED THEM MR. MARTINEZ, AND HE, HE PLEASE PHOTOGRAPH THEM ALSO.
BUT THEY IS THROUGH A ONE ENGINEERING AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET UP WITH THEM YESTERDAY AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT DUE TO MY PARENTS, UM, HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
UH, SOMETHING CAME UP WITH EMERGENCY, SO I WAS NEVER ABLE TO MAKE, BUT WITHIN A WEEK I CAN PROBABLY MEET HIM AGAIN AND GET THE LETTERS.
SO YOU BROUGHT IN NO SCOPE SCOPE.
SO YOU BROUGHT IN NO SCOPE OF WORK, YOU DIDN'T BRING IN THE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, NO PAPERWORK FOR US TO SEE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I DID NOT BRING ANY OF THAT IN.
LIKE I SAID, I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THAT YESTERDAY.
AND DUE TO UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WAS JUST, I MEAN, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET THIS MAN.
DID HE'S BEEN ON THE, PARDON ME.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK? THE SCOPE OF WORK WOULD'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN, UH, NO, I DON'T.
WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, UM, SEE THE SCOPE OF WORK WOULD BE, WELL, HIS PLANS, THE WAY THEY SHOWED, UM, WHATEVER I NEEDED TO REPAIR STRUCTURE WAS ON THE, ON THE BLUEPRINT, WHICH I DO HAVE.
UM, AND THEY'RE STAMPED AND SEALED, YOU KNOW, BLUEPRINTS AND I THINK MR. MARTINEZ HAS TAKEN SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THOSE THAT HE TOOK WHILE HE WAS AT MY HOUSE.
UH, AND THAT WAS BASICALLY MY SCOPE OF WORK ON THERE.
BUT AS FAR AS A WRITTEN PAPER, I DID NOT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THAT.
AS FAR AS, WELL YOU GET, I WAS GONNA TURN IT IN WITH YOU, GET THE SCOPE, GONNA TURN IT IN FROM THE WORK, YOU GET THE SCOPE OF WORK FROM A CONTRACTOR, SIR, WHO IS GOING TO DO THE WORK OR YOU.
AND, AND I WAS, THAT WOULD BE ME AND I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, YOU HAVEN'T PRESENTED ANY KIND OF, UH, CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE OR ANYTHING TO US TO KNOW, FOR US TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SAY I KNOW HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE AND BUILD IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL THAT STUFF, SIR.
I, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING IN, SO RIGHT NOW I COULDN'T SUPPORT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THIS ROBERT TAPIA? YES.
OH, I GOT A QUE QUESTION FOR THE OFFICER.
SO HAVE WE NOT ASSIGNED SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS REPAIR? I, I DID NOT ISSUE ANY TICKETS.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I DID REQUEST FOR HIM TO STOP DOING THE WORK.
AND HE, HE REALLY DIDN'T, HE, HE THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE HE WASN'T REMOVING ANY OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD FRAMING AND HE WAS JUST PUTTING SUPPORT WOOD UP TO SUPPORT THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM, HE DIDN'T NEED PERMITS.
WHEN I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE PROCESS AND WHY THE PERMITS WERE NEEDED TO BE PULLED, HE APOLOGIZED AND COMPLETELY STOPPED.
I DID GO BACK AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE NO WORK WAS DONE.
UH, I DID MENTION IF HE DID CONTINUE DOING WORK, I WASN'T GONNA BE ISSUING CITATION FOR THE WORK WITHOUT PERMITS.
UH, BECAUSE WE WERE TAKING TO THE BOARD, HE WAS UNABLE TO PULL ANY PERMITS AT THAT TIME BECAUSE HE, HE STATED TO ME THAT HE WILL PULL THE PERMITS, BUT HE COULDN'T BECAUSE WE PUT A HOLD ON THAT BECAUSE IT WAS COMING TO THE BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER OR, UH, THE OWNER? UH, SUNGA? YES.
SO YOU DIDN'T PUT A STOP ORDER THERE, UH, SIR.
BUT YOU DID WELL, JUST TOLD HIM VERBALLY NOT TO WORK ANYMORE, HONOR.
BUT YOU DIDN'T PUT A STOP ORDER? YES SIR.
YOU DIDN'T, I DIDN'T DO A STOP WORK ORDER.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A STOP ORDER ON A SITUATION LIKE THIS? HUH? BECAUSE HE COULD GO IN THERE AND DO THE, DO THE WORK OR WHATEVER AND YES, SIR.
UM, I CAN GO BACK OUT THERE AND PLACE A STOP WORK ORDER.
I DO HAVE SHOWING WHAT HE HAS DONE.
AND AGAIN, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, UM, THIS WEEK, HE HASN'T DONE ANY WORK SINCE.
OH, SO, SO THE FIRST TIME I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE OFFICER.
SO THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT OUT THERE AND YOU SAW THE WORK AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PERMITS OR, UH, HE DIDN'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR DOING THE WORK AND YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T CHECK IF, SEE IF HE HAD A LICENSE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PUT A STOP WORK ORDER ON HIM THEN? AND THEN
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HE WENT BACK A SECOND TIME WHEN I WENT OUT THERE TO TAKE MY PHOTOS, UH, TO PRESENT FOR THE, THE B S B HEARING, WHICH WAS ON, UH, THE 26TH.THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THE WORKFORCE THAT THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED.
I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE DID STATE TO ME THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF THAT BECAUSE HE WASN'T DOING ANY KIND OF REMOVING.
I, AGAIN, EXPLAINED EVERYTHING TO HIM AND WHERE THIS CAN LEAD.
UM, HE WAS, HE STATED HOW SORRY HE WAS, HE DIDN'T UNDER, HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UH, HE DID HIS RESEARCH, BUT AGAIN, I EXPLAINED IT.
I DIDN'T GIVE PLACE STOP WORK ORDER.
UM, AGAIN, I TOLD HIM I WAS KEEPING AN EYE OUT.
AND WHEN I WENT BACK OUT THERE AGAIN ON THE 26TH AND NOW HE HAS NOT DONE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE PROPERTY.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE HAD, HE HAD DONE THAT TWICE.
THE FIRST TIME YOU TOLD HIM TO STOP AND THEN HE WENT BACK AND DID SOME MORE WORK.
UM, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE ON THE 26TH TO TAKE MY PHOTOS, THAT'S WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE, THE, THE WORK BEING CONDUCTED WHEN I WENT AGAIN THIS WEEK TO GIVE HIM THE, THE, THE P TO B HEARING PACKET, UH, HE LET ME INTO THE HOUSE AGAIN JUST TO SHOW THAT NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
I DID VERIFY THAT NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE, NO ADDITIONAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE THEN.
SO, SO SIR, UH, YOU DID GIVE HIM THE PACKAGE, UH, WHERE THE, UH, OFFICER, UH, YOU DID GIVE HIM THE PACKAGE AND THEN THAT PACKAGE, WAS THERE ANY, UH, INFORMATION ON GETTING A, WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING HERE? THE SCOPE OF WORK? YES, I DID GIVE IT TO FILLED OUT SINCE THE ENGINEER, I THINK, UH, HE ALSO WAS TELLING ME THAT HE WANTED TO PULL THE PERMIT, BUT HE COULDN'T BECAUSE THE CITY PUT A HOLD ON THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE WE WERE ALREADY PRESENTING, PRESENTING THIS CASE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO ANY PERMITS FROM THE, THE, FROM THE 26TH WHEN I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT HE'D GET PERMIT.
SEE, I, I AGREE WITH YOU ALL THAT, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S REPAIRABLE.
SO, BUT I MEAN, AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, UH, A PROPONENT OF, UM, DEMO, DEMO ALL, ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT CONDITION.
BUT YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK.
THE ENGINEER HASN'T TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE HE'S PROBABLY GONNA GO ON THE ENGINEER'S WORK AND SO, SO WOULD I, IF I WOULD BE PAYING.
AND, UH, YOU TELL ME HE IS TO LIVE IN THE LIVING ESTATE OWNER.
THE, THE LIVING ESTATE IS HIS.
SO WHY I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD, I CAN, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M, UH, LIKE OUR CHAIRMAN, I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UH, COULD WE, I'M ASKING THE BOARD AND THE CHAIRMAN, COULD WE RESCHEDULE IT SO THEY CAN COME WITH A WHOLE PACKAGE DEAL AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, APPROVE IT, DISAPPROVE IT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE THIS, I'M LIKE, FRED MAN, UNDERSTAND.
I, I WANNA SEE THAT, THAT NOBODY GOES IN THERE AND YOU STOP OVER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, YEAH.
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DO THE ROOF? I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT.
IT SHOWED ME A VERY LARGE GROUP BLUEPRINT FROM A ONE ENGINEERING.
I DID ASK HIM IF, IF HE CAN GET THAT, UM, EMAILED TO ME OR IF HE CAN GET COPIES FROM ME SO I CAN PRESENT THAT FOR THE BOARD.
BUT HE HAS, AGAIN, WHAT HE STATED, HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET THAT DOCUMENT FOR ME.
SO I'M SORRY, I, I DID VERIFY THAT HE HAD A VERY LARGE BLUEPRINT FROM A ONE ENGINEERING.
HE JUST WAS TRYING TO GET COPIES SO I COULD PRESENT THAT FOR THE BOARD.
SO IT'S, UH, UP TO WHAT HE WANTS AND WHAT THE CHAIRMAN WANTS TO GIVE.
UH, DO WE WANNA GO GET THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED AGAIN? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M IN NO POSITION TO VOTE YES OR NO ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, SIR.
I WOULD, MAY I, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CONFIRM THE, THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WITH, WITH YOU, WITH THE BOARD AND LEGAL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATED CORRECTLY, IT WAS WESTWOOD TERRACE, WESTWOOD, I'M SORRY, SAY THAT.
OKAY, MR. MURPHY, FOR THE RECORD, MA'AM, CAN YOU PLEASE MA'AM, STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE? MY FULL NAME IS KEVIN LEE MURPHY AND MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 7 6 1 8 STAGECOACH LANE,
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SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 2 7.AND IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING ALSO, MAY I, UH, SAY SOMETHING ELSE? YES, PLEASE.
OH, OH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK FOR MORE TIME TO RESCHEDULE THIS SO I CAN GET THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION THAT I NEED TO PROVIDE IN THE WORKUP.
I MEAN, TO PROVIDE TO, I NEED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD.
UM, IF I COULD GET A RESET, I COULD TAKE, I CAN, I CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
SIR, COULD YOU STATE YOUR, JUST UNFORTUNATELY YESTERDAY, COULD YOU STATE THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU STATE THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU ARE PRESENTLY LIVING? YES.
9 2 1 8 RIDGE POST 7 8 2 5 0 OH.
SO, AND OKAY, THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU, YOU GET AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, SIR, IS FOR STRUCTURAL PURPOSES.
WE NEED, WE NEED THE SCOPE OF WORK FROM A CONTRACTOR.
HOW MUCH WORK IS PROPOSED THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THE PRICE OF EACH ITEM.
THAT'S WHAT WE, WE, THAT'S WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO SEE.
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT IS FOR STRUCTURAL PURPOSES ONLY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, HE, HE'S, HE'S NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A SCOPE OF WORK.
HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU STRUCTURAL, UH, WHETHER CORRECT THE BUILDING IS STURDY OR YOU KNOW, THE, UM, WHETHER THE WALLS CAN STAND UP BY THEMSELVES, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO YES, MA'AM, WE NEED THE SCOPE OF WORK.
AND THE ENGINEER'S LETTER IS BASICALLY STATING TO THE CONTRACTOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET UP TO STRUCTURAL.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CON CODE YEAH.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT, THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M, I, I UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION AND THAT I THINK IT WAS TOLD TO ME BY A GENTLEMAN, UH, FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY CAME OUT HERE, THAT THE TYPE OF WORK THAT I WAS DOING, I COULD HAVE DONE BY MYSELF.
'CAUSE I HAD DONE WORK LIKE THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST, AND THEN IT WOULD BE INSPECTED, UM, AS FAR AS JUST THE PROPER, YOU KNOW, INSTALLATION.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE TO PULL PERMITS.
BUT YOU NEED TO GET A CONTRACTOR.
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU NEED A CONTRACTOR.
TO GIVE YOU THE SCOPE OF WORK AND A PRICE FOR EACH ITEM SO THAT THE BOARD CAN SEE THAT.
SO WOULD, UH, COULD WE GET A, UM, A MOTION PLEASE FROM SOMEONE, MS. CHAIR? MY UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE HAVE TWO VOICE MESSAGES THAT WILL BE PLAYED INTO THE RECORD.
BOTH, UM, NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
THE PLACE, UH, IT WAS BURNED, THE HOUSE THAT IT WAS BURNED IN 1919, I THINK IT WAS IN 2019.
AND, UM, CONCERN ABOUT THE PLACE, BECAUSE IT'S A DANGEROUS AREA RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING AND GOING IN THE NIGHT, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE.
UH, CONCERN ABOUT MAYBE CITY CAN FIX IT.
AGAIN, THAT MESSAGE WAS FROM A
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO GO IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY AT NIGHT.
AND, UM, ASKING THAT THE CITY, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE.
I'M CALLING, UM, THE HOUSE ON 7 6 16 H COACH.
UH, MY SPIRIT ARE THAT THAT HOUSE IS NEVER GOING TO BE FIXED OR REPAIRED BECAUSE IT'S
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DANGERS.I THINK ALL OF US THAT LIVE AROUND HERE AND THAT TEND TO LIVE TO GET THE ELECTRICITY FROM THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET, AND THERE'S NOT ANY SIGN OF
UM, HE'S BUILT OR A SHED ON TOP OF HIS, A DRIVEWAY FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
AND I DO NOT WANT A NAME OR ADDRESS.
I, I WANNA REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND NOT GIVE OUT MY PHONE NUMBER.
BUT I DARE TO THINK THAT, UH, THAT HOUSE SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED, I THINK BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING REPAIRED.
THAT MESSAGE IS ALSO FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, STATING THAT THE STRUCTURE AT 76 18 STAGECOACH LANE, UM, SHE'S CONCERNED WITH THE HOUSE THAT IT'LL NEVER BE, UH, REPAIRED OR FIXED.
UM, SHE STATES THAT IT CAUSES A DANGER.
UM, ALSO STATED THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT LIVES THERE IS RECEIVING ELECTRICITY FROM A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET.
SHE'S SAYING THE HOUSE IS NOT, UM, ALSO FEELS THAT THE HOUSE SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
BOTH MESSAGES WERE RECEIVED YESTERDAY ON MARCH 10TH, AND BOTH RELATING TO 7 6 18 STAGE CODE DRIVE.
CAN I RESPOND? MAY I RESPOND? GO AHEAD, SIR.
YEAH, AS FAR AS, YES MA'AM, THIS IS KEVIN MURPHY.
CAN I RESPOND TO THOSE? UM, AS FAR AS ELECTRICITY, THE ONLY TIME I RAN THE ELECTRICITY, JOSH MARTINEZ, I, WHEN I WAS STARTED DOING THE WORK, I RAN THE PORT FROM TO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ACROSS SPEAK TO RUN MY SAW.
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT THERE WAS EVER ELECTRICITY.
AND I WAS TOLD TO STOP AND I DID STOP.
AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ELECTRICITY RUN ACROSS THE STORE, THE STREET SINCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN JUST SPEAK ON THAT.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS DANGEROUS, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN SEALED OFF.
NOW, THE REASON IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE PLYWOOD ON, AND, AND EVERYTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE, LIKE MR. ZUNIGA WAS ASKING WAS BECAUSE WHAT I DID WAS I, I I, I CONCEALED THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, SECURING OF IT JUST TO MAKE IT MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S A DILAPIDATED HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT THE PLYWOOD TO SHOW, SO I PUT SOME BLINDS, THOSE WITH THOSE, UH, CLOSET DOORS OR SOMETHING THAT LOOK LIKE MINI BLINDS OR SOMETHING OVER IT TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND NICER FROM THE STREET VIEW.
AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY INSTANCES WHERE ANYBODY'S BEEN OUT HERE OR ANY COM UH, ANY AS FAR AS, UH, S A P D CALLS OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M KNOW OF FOR ANYBODY BEING ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AS FAR AS PEOPLE IN THAT HERE, IN AND OUT OF NIGHT, I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE, IT SOUNDED TO ME AS IF SHE WAS SAYING IN THE AREA THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT AND AROUND IN THE AREA.
MAYBE NOT SPECIFICALLY MY HOUSE, BUT MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT MR. MR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO VANDALISM.
I MEAN, UM, AND, AND THE HOUSE WILL BE PREPARED, REPAIRED IF YOU LET ME.
MR. MURPHY, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE, UM, EIGHT TO 19 AND CORRECT.
AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING TO IT, AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE HAD, HAD AMPLE TIME TO REPAIR IT.
AND I, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE NOT A BOARD THAT JUST GOES AROUND TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THINGS REPAIRED IF POSSIBLE.
BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
BUT I DID EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A, A LOT OF OTHER VARIABLES HAPPENING ALSO.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF MY PARENTS ALSO WITH THE COVID, AND IT'S VERY, VERY TIME CONSUMING TO, I MEAN, THEY'RE ELDERLY.
I MEAN, THEY'RE IN THEIR EIGHTIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I PRETTY MUCH, THEY DON'T GO OUTTA THE HOUSE.
SO, I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO DO DOUBLE THINGS RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN MY BROTHER HAS MOVED BACK, SO IT'S RELIEVE A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF OF ME TO WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY BE DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO THE HOUSE.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAYS BUTT.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED AN APOLOGY, SIR.
WE JUST NEED TO SEE SOME WORK DONE, MAAM.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO, AND I WILL, I'LL, I'LL YOU WILL, IF YOU GIMME THE OPPORTUNITY, I WILL GET SOME WORK DONE WITH PROPER PERMITS AND CONTRACTORS IN PLACE.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE COURT SAYS.
UH, WE GO DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THIS
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THING HERE.NOW, UH, THERE ARE, ARE PEOPLE TRANSITING IN THERE OR ALLEGED NOW WE DON'T HAVE POLICE REPORTS, AND MAYBE THE NEXT TIME THEY CAN BRING, IF THERE'S ANY, BRING THE CITY POLICE IN IT SO WE CAN COPY IT.
AND, UH, COULD SOMEBODY, UH, TELL ME WHEN OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS? APRIL THE FIRST? WHEN IS OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING? UH, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR PANEL B ISN'T UNTIL, UM, APRIL THE EIGHTH.
THAT'S SO EVEN SOME TIME, OKAY.
AND I WANNA MAKE IT, UH, REAL, REAL CLEAR HERE THAT THAT HOUSE NEEDS, YOU KNOW, IF THE BYLAW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I AS THAT IF WE NEED TO BOARD UP THE HOUSE, OKAY.
REGARDLESS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU KNOW THERE'S A REASON, AND THERE PROBABLY IS, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACCORDING TO THE OFFICER.
UH, SO TO INTERPRET THAT LAW, YOU KNOW, SO I MOVED IN THE PROPERTY, ADAM, AT, UM, 7 6 1 8 STATES COAST DRIVE.
OKAY? NEW CITY BLOCK 1 5 5 3 1 BLOCK, 0 1 7 DOT 3 0 5.
IT, IT IS, IT'S TO BE RESCHEDULED TO APRIL THE EIGHTH, 2021.
AND IN THE MEANWHILE, FOR THE HOUSE TO BE BOARDED UP FOR NO WORK, TO BE THERE FOR A STOP ORDER TO BE PUT ON THE, ON A HOUSE, OKAY? AND, AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL CHILDREN THERE TOO, AND IF THERE'S SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES, WELL, WE'LL HANDLE 'EM ACCORDING TO WHAT THE OFFICERS DOES STAY HERE.
AND THAT AT THAT TIME THAT THE LIVE, LIVE ESTATE OWNER BRING, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSS WITH THE OFFICER, THE BEST TIME WOULD BE RIGHT NOW TODAY AND BRING WHAT IS ASKED OF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND THE HOUSE TO BE IMMEDIATELY TO BE SHELTERED AND, UH, THE, THE, TO BRING THE SCOPE OF WORK TO OUR NEXT MEETING AND, UH, WE'LL GO OVER AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY FEEL HE FEELS US, THAT HE NEEDS TO, TO BRING TO US.
AND, UH, TO BE, LIKE I SAID AGAIN, APRIL 8TH.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU, SIR? YES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE VIOLATIONS THERE, BUT WHAT, WHAT WE, UH, THE OFFICER WILL TALK TO YOU, YOU ASK SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS, PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW, AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
THEY MIGHT PICK UP YOUR PHONE OR NOT.
BUT YOU, YOU BETTER START TODAY BECAUSE THIS, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON TOO, TOO LONG.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIND OUT THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT OR YOU STILL DOING WORK, WE'LL THEN ASK FOR FENCE AROUND IT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS AND FOR SOMEBODY TO GO IN THERE, TRAVEL.
SO, BUT AT THIS TIME NOW, NO, AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT I'M, I'M CALLING FOR, AND THIS IS, UH, THE MOTION THAT I'M MAKING THAT YOU, YOU COME BACK APRIL 8TH, UNLESS OTHER THINGS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT YOU GO AHEAD BOARD UP YOUR HOUSE, OKAY? AND, UH, STOP DOING ANY WORK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S NO EXCUSE.
YOU CAN JUST PICK UP THE PHONE.
CALL THREE ONE ONE AND POINT OF ORDER.
JESSE, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE THE MOTION OR NOT LECTURE THE MAN? NO, I'M TRYING TO LECTURE YOU.
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I WANT YOU TO BE CLEAR.OKAY? SO, UH, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REAL, REAL QUICK.
UM, JUDY, CAN YOU, BEFORE WE GET A SECOND ON THIS MOTION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, IS, IS IT FEASIBLE FOR US TO PROVIDE ENOUGH NOTICE FOR THIS PROPERTY TO COME BACK ON THE, THE 6TH OF APRIL? THE EIGHTH? EIGHTH? I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH TIME TO, UM, BRING IT BACK ON APRIL 8TH ONLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO ALLOW THIS ORDER TO EXPIRE BEFORE WE CAN HEARING, OKAY.
UM, I, I, MR. ZUNIGA AND, AND, AND BOARD, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE, THE INTENT AS TO WHAT YOU, UM, YOU HAVE MR. ZUNIGA, UM, IS FEASIBLE.
I, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF PUTTING THE, THE SPECIFIC DATE IS GOING TO WORK BASED ON NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND HAVING, NEEDING THIS ORDER TO EXPIRE BEFORE.
SO FOR AT THE NEXT, OH, THE NEXT, NEXT, NEXT OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT'S IT.
THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING, IS THAT, IS THAT BETTER? CORRECT.
THAT LANGUAGE COULD WORK, YES.
WE CAN MAKE THAT LANGUAGE WORK THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING.
SO LET ME, LET ME REVIEW THIS.
UH, MR. ZUNIGA MADE THE RESET MOTION TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING, UH, TO BOARD UP THE HOUSE, NO WORK AND A STOP WORK ORDER PLACED ON THE PROPERTY AND BRING A SCOPE OF WORK AT TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING, WHENEVER THAT IT WILL BE.
SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER THEN? DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION? HELLO EVERYBODY.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UM, I, I THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL, UH, PROTOCOL AND VERBIAGE FOR THE MOTION FOR THE INCLUDE TO ALLOW SUCH AND SUCH DAYS TO REPAIR SUCH AND, UH, 14 DAYS TO GET THE PERMITS SECURE THE PROPERTY WELL, AND BE SPECIFIC ABOUT, UH, I DON'T, ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE HEARD, ROBERT, THE, THE, THE STOP WORK ORDER HAS TO BE LIFTED, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO BE.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING ABOUT THE PULLING THE PERMIT PART, IF I'M CORRECT.
IS THAT CORRECT, OFFICER? THE STOP WORK ORDER I CAN PLACE TODAY.
I CAN PLACE THE STOP WORK ORDER AND A CASE ON IT TODAY FOR THAT STOP WORK ORDER.
AND SO DOES, COULD HE HAVE 14 DAYS SUPPORT PERMITS? IS THAT ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN THE STOP WORK ORDER AND, AND TO LIFT WHATEVER IT IS? ALSO ON THE HOUSE, YOU WOULD'VE TO CONTACT THE OFFICER TOO? I MADE CONTACT WITH THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT AND, UH, MY SUPERVISOR'S PERMIT WHEN HE PULLS PERMITS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S ALL GOOD.
SO YOU ARE GONNA PULL THE START WORK ORDER AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT PERMITS ARE PULLED.
I'M, I'M SORRY, JUST TO, THIS IS, THIS IS LEGAL AGAIN.
THIS IS LEGAL AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, IF MR. SPIN'S, UH, UH, MOTION FAILED FOR STARTING A NEW ONE? YES, YES.
AND IF WE ARE REQUESTING IT TO BE RESET PULLING PERMITS DURING A RESET, UM, IS THE, THE, IT'S CONFLICTING.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
WE'RE EITHER DOING A, A, A REPAIR OR, OR A RESET TO ALLOW HIM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
I JUST, I, I'M A LITTLE, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD, WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP.
SO, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A RESET, BUT THE MOTION WAS FOR A RESET, BUT WE COULDN'T GET A SECOND.
IF THERE'S ALREADY A STOP WORK ORDER IN PLACE VERBALLY OR WRITTEN, YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT ANOTHER STOP WORK ORDER.
IF THEY'RE SECURE OF THE PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THE HOMEOWNER, YOU DON'T NEED TO BOARD IT BACK UP.
WE'RE GOING BACK OVER STUFF THAT THE PERSON HAS ALREADY AGREED TO DO AND HAS DONE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE PERSON IN THE HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE REPAIRS NEEDED.
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OKAY.WELL THEN WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE, SINCE THE MOTION FAILED, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE SECOND MOTION? WELL, MR. TAPIA HAD A GOOD POINT.
THE HOMEOWNER NEVER SPECIFIED THE TIME BECAUSE NOBODY ASKED HIM HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE HIM TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO UNDER THAT CIRCUMSTANCES, SINCE WE'RE IN A MOTION, WE CAN'T ASK HIM THAT.
SO I RECOMMEND OR PUT ON THE FLOOR THAT WE GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM A, UNTIL THE FIRST APPEARANCE NEEDED TO BE, WHICH WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD, GIVE HIM 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE HE CANNOT PULL ANY PERMITS UNTIL WE AUTHORIZE HIM TO DO IT.
AND PUTTING STOP WORK ORDERS DOESN'T GET THAT DONE.
HE CAN'T PULL PERMITS UNTIL AFTER THIS IS THIS, THIS, UH, WHOLE CASE IS PUT ASIDE.
OKAY? THE OFFICER SAID HE WAS GOING TO PULL THE STOP WORK ORDER TODAY, BUT HE STILL CAN'T PULL THE PERMIT BECAUSE THIS IS A PENDING CASE UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED.
THE DISPOSITION HAS TO BE DONE FIRST.
YOU CAN PULL EVERY STOP WORK ORDER YOU WANT, AS LONG AS THE DISPOSITION OF THIS CASE IS UNDECIDED.
HE CAN'T PULL PERMITS, HE HAS TO PROVE TO US THE DOCUMENTATION, AND THAT HAS TO COME AT THE EARLIEST CONVENIENCE, WHICH PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN IN 30 DAYS.
AND THIS BOARD'S IN LIMBO? YEP.
WE CAN RESET THE, MR. ZUNIGA, COULD YOU MAKE ANOTHER MOTION JUST TO, UH, RESET? I'M SAYING MY MOTION IS WE SET FOR THE EARLIEST CONVENIENCE OF THE BOARD, AND THEN HE HAS ENOUGH TIME TO GET HIS DOCUMENTATION READY BECAUSE HE CAN'T TOUCH THE PROPERTY.
THE CO COMPLIANCE GOES OUT THERE ALREADY, SO WE DON'T NEED TO FORCE CODE COMPLIANCE OUT THERE ANY SPECIFIC TIME.
HE ALREADY CHECKS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE DO A 60 OR A 60 DAY REPAIR AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION IN HAND.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE THE ORDER? MR. MR. ZUNIGA? MR. ZUNIGA? MR. ZUNIGA, ARE YOU THERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.
WE, UH, YOU WANT TO REVISE THIS ORDER? YEAH, I THINK TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, DIDN'T HEAR, UH, THE OWNER SAID OF WHAT HE PUT, UH, THE SHADES OR THE LIGHTS REAL NICE INSIDE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IS PLYWOOD NO, IT'S THE SHADES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A CORRECTION I WANTED GONNA MAKE, THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD ALWAYS LISTEN.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT ON, UH, 76 18 STAGE FOOT DRIVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, UH, GIVEN 45 DAYS TO GO AHEAD, WITHIN 45 DAYS THAT THE BOARD SET A MEETING.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY TO MAKE IT CORRECT THAT THE NEXT MEETING AVAILABLE.
YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA PUT A REPAIR ORDER ON THAT WITHIN FOUR TO FIVE DAYS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? OR TO RESET THE CASE SCOPE? RESET THE CASE.
AND AT THAT TIME, BRING IN THE SCOPE OF WORK.
AND, AND, AND EVEN HE'S GOING TO TAKE, GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ORDERING IT UP.
I THINK MR. TAPIA HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ON THERE.
MR. TAPIA SCREEN, OR, UH, IS THE SCREEN ALREADY OKAY WITH YOU, MR. TOP? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BYWOOD.
NO, I'M, I'M JUST LISTENING AND, AND TRYING TO GET THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS DOWN AND, AND SPOKEN OF AS TO THIS RESET, UM,
ON A, ON A RESET, THIS IS MR. ANDES ON A RESET.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC LANGUAGE EXCEPT RESETTING A DATE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE NEXT, WHERE THE BOARD SETS UP THE MEETINGS, WHICH COULD BE 60 DAYS, IT COULD BE 120 DAYS, COULD BE ANY TIME.
SO WE REALLY CAN'T SET A TIMELINE ON WHEN HE DOES REPAIRS IF IT HASN'T COME TO THE BOARD YET.
THAT HAS TO BE DONE WHEN WE SEE THE DOCUMENTATION.
IS THAT CLARIFY? THAT'S CLEAR, BUT IT JUST NOW IT LEAVES, IT LEAVES MR. ZUNIGA THE DIFFICULT, UH, VERBIAGE TO PUT IN THE EXACT DAY WHEN TO COME IN, WHEN TO HAVE A MEETING.
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THE BOARD STAFF WHEN THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING WOULD BE FOR HIM, NOT, NOT MR. ZUNIGA OR THE BOARD ITSELF BOARD.ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SPEAK AT A TIME BECAUSE WE CAN'T, IT'S THAT, UH, THE BOARD OF BORDER POINT OF BORDER.
PLEASE, LET'S HAVE ONE PERSON SPEAK AT A TIME IF YOU NEED IT.
MR. ZUNIGA, IF YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION, MAKE THE MOTION.
THE, UM, THE ORDER IS TO RESET THE CASE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, UH, UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE LOAD A QUESTION.
OH, IS IT, UM, AM I OUT OF TURN OR CAN I SPEAK? YEAH, THIS IS LEGAL.
UM, MR. MURPHY, WE ARE NOW IN, YES, THE BOARD IS NOW, UM, DISCUSSING, I'S DETERMINING WHAT TO DO.
SO, UM, I, I, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOUR YOUR TIME TO SPEAK IS, IS, IS DONE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I JUST HAD TO YES, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS SPEAKING.
MR. UH, UH, MR. PROPERTY OWNER, YOUR, YOUR TIME IS OVER.
WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A, WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? UH, AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SIR.
AND, UM, YOU'LL GET A NOTICE, YOU NEED TO BE IN CONTACT WITH YOUR, UM, WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE, FROM THE, UM, STAFF OF WHEN YOU SHOULD APPEAR NEXT.
[2. 21-2083 (CD-5) 3602 W Martin St]
CASE, IT IS, UM, 36 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET AND WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE OFFICER COME IN AND SPEAK AND CHAIR FOR THE RECORD.UM, MRS. JUDY, WE DID NOT, UM, RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND WE AND THE OWNER DID NOT REQUEST A CALL BACK DURING THE LIVE MEETING OR DID THEY SUBMIT ANY ITEMS FOR REVIEWING THEM? THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 33 6 0 2 WEST MARCH STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION INATE, THE CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 36 0 2 WEST MARCH STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 3 5 0 BLOCK TWO LOT 17 AND 18, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JESSE ORTA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 0 6 LAMAR STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, WE DO.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAVE CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 27TH, 2023.
6 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 6 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2019.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2019,
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AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JANUARY 8TH, 2020.THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 6 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO JESSE ORTA AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2021, 15.
UM, THE FRONT PORCH WAS, WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE FRONT EX EXTERIOR WALL, UM, WHEN A VEHICLE DROVE INTO THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE ALSO THE, UM, LOOKS LIKE FIGHTING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECT PROTECTION IN THE CORRUGATED METAL ROOF.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE STRUCTURE AND LACKING PROTECTION, AND THE CORRUGATED METAL ROOF IS RUSTED AND, AND STARTING TO DETACH.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE, UH, RIGHT ELEVATION, SORRY.
UM, ALSO LACKING THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND THE OVERHANG IS, UH, STARTING TO BROAD.
UM, HERE AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK FIGHTING, UH, IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION HERE.
THIS THE CLOSER VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION.
THE WOODEN BEAM IS STARTING TO TWIST AND THE CEDAR POST IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR ELEVATION DOOR.
THE FOUNDATION IS COMPLETELY GONE.
THERE IS NO FLOOR SYSTEM AT ALL.
UM, THAT IS THE ACTUAL GROUND UNDERNEATH THE HOLE THAT YOU WALK IN ON.
THIS IS THE SHOWING THE DECKING.
IT DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME SUNLIGHT COMING IN AT THE TOP RIGHT PORTION OF THE PICTURE.
ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SHEET ROCK HAS, UH, BEEN REMOVED OR ROTTED, AND YOU CAN SEE SUNLIGHT COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER CORNER OF THE KITCHEN, UM, WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO DETACH, UM, AND IT IS HAVING SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH.
UH, THE SUBFLOOR IS GOES, THERE'S FLOOR COVERING.
UM, THE SHEET ROCK IS DETACHING FROM THE WALL AND THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DEBRIS IS, UM, WHERE THE VEHICLE HAD DROVE IN THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS TO THE SHEET ROCK.
HERE'S A BETTER VIEW OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE DROVE INTO THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT DID NOT PROPORTION OF THE WALL DOWN.
THIS IS WHERE THE, THE VEHICLE DID DRIVE THROUGH.
UM, WE HAD THE CITY CONTRACTOR BUILD A KIND OF TEMPORARY WALL TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE SECURED.
THIS IS JUST THE OTHER HOUSE OF THAT ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK FOR THE WALL AND THE SHEET FOR THE CEILING IS COMING DOWN.
UH, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY, WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, I'M SORRY, SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL.
WITH STRUCTURED DAMAGE, A VEHICLE DROVE THROUGH THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE ON 2019 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ATTACHED FRONT AND FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE CEDAR POST OF THE POST FOUNDATION HAS UNK INTO THE GROUND.
THE PLAIN HIDING IS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE METAL ROOF COVERING OF THE GABLE ROOF IS RESTED IN THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 36 0 2.
WEST MARTIN STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECT HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE SEEN TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD.
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITION OF DEFECT OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS
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FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE HELP PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3 6 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? IS I DO MS. GIL HERE, UM, OFFICER TOWN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ACTIVITY, UM, AROUND THE HOUSE? IT'S NOT SHOWN HERE, BUT SINCE IT'S AN OLDER HOUSE AND IT'S NEAR SCHOOL, THERE HASN'T, HAS THERE BEEN ANY REPORTED ACTIVITY WITH VAGRANTS GOING IN AND OUT? NO.
AND IT'S BEEN SECURED FOR THE MOST PART, CORRECT? YES, IT IS.
AND SINCE IT'S AN OLDER STRUCTURE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY UTILITIES GOING THROUGH THIS AT ALL.
BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE, ARE THEY? NO.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? I, NO.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COULD WE GET A MOTION, PLEASE? SO YOU HONOR, YES.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 3 6 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET IS, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5, A 8, 12, 15, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMO, UH, FOR 36 0 2 WEST MARTIN STREET.
UM, AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE SECOND IT.
MR. ANDERS SECONDS IT, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ALL FOR THE QUESTION? I'M SORRY, WHO IS THAT? WHO IS THAT? WHO IS THAT? SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A QUESTION? A VOTE.
OH, WE'RE GETTING THERE, MR. ZUNIGA.
UH, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
LET'S HAVE, LET'S HAVE A MO ROLL CALL PLEASE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
[3. 21-2085 (CD-5) 2422 Commerce St W]
MOVE ON TO THE THIRD, UH, STRUCTURE 24 22 COMMERCE STREET WEST.MR. ANDY, PAT, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM ON THE LINE, MA'AM.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? DOING WELL, MA'AM.
AND I'VE GOT, UH, UH, SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT, UH, WAS, WILL PROVIDE SOME, UH, SUPPORTING EVIDENCE AND, AND DETAILS ON THE PROJECT THAT 24 22 WEST COMMERCE.
AND DOES THAT INCLUDE CHRISTOPHER BUSH, RUSSELL LAN, SERGIO, ANI, LON, AND RODRIGUEZ, DAVID GIANNIS, OLI, EVERYONE IS WITH YOU? THAT'S CORRECT.
MR. YEZ HAS NOT, UH, HAS NOT ANSWERED.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GONNA MAKE IT TODAY.
UM, HE DID HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE.
I SAID HE'S GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS NOT CONFIRMED MR. LANDER.
RODRIGUEZ HAS CONFIRMED AND, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
I JUST ASK THAT BEFORE EACH INDIVIDUAL SPEAK SO THEY CAN JUST STATE THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M SORRY, JUDY, WHO, WHO ARE WE SPEAKING TO? WHO IS THAT ON THE PHONE? THIS IS REGARDING THE HI MA'AM.
I'VE, UH, ADDRESSED A QUESTION TO, UM, TO OUR STAFF PEOPLE.
SO PLEASE REMAIN SILENT BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA ANSWER.
UM, THIS IS RELATING TO THE CASE AT 24 22 WEST COMMERCE STREET.
I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE NEW OWNER AND, UM, REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVES ARE ON THE LINE IN WHICH THEY ARE.
OKAY, BUT WHO, WHO IS THE OWNER?
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I MEAN, WHO'S SPEAKING? WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? I DIDN'T GET THE NAME.OH, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, RIGHT NOW I WAS SPEAKING WITH MR. ANDY LAN.
I'M SORRY, ANDY WHAT? LAN? T A T L A N.
BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL AS SIGNED UP.
SO, UH, BUT THE OFFICER, UH, COME FORWARD AND, AND PRESENT YOUR CASE, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSH MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PERMANENT OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 24 22 WEST COMMERCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS M C B 2 3 1 7, BLOCK 12, LOT B 59.5 FEET OF NORTH OR 10 FEET OF SIX.
LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL IS FIVE.
THE INFORMATION I'M ABOUT TO STATE HERE, UH, FOR THE OWNER ON RECORD IS THAT WAS, WAS ALL GONE FROM DCA.
AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED.
UM, JUST WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT OR BE MADE AWARE.
UH, THE OWNER ON RECORD BEHEAD WAS AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE ASSETS TRUST, EACH OF BANK NATIONAL ON ADDRESS 24 22 WEST COMMERCE, ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 7 ON NOTICES OF HEARING OR PROPERTY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
AND DO HAVE THE NEW OWNER AND SEVERAL PEOPLE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
ANDY PATMAN, CHRISTOPHER BUSH, RUSSELL FALLON, DYLAN SERGIO, LENA RODRIGUEZ.
DOES THE BOARD WISH ME TO PROCEED? YES.
BEFORE THE NEW OWNER, NO NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE AS TRUST SHIP
I DID MEET WITH THE NEW OWNER AT THE TIME, WAS A POTENTIAL BUYER, ANDY PAT ON MAR ON MARCH 3RD, 21.
I EXPLAINED TO MR. TALLON THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS AUTHENTIC CASE ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT IT WAS SET TO BE HEARD IN FRONT OF THE BILLING CENTER FOR ON MARCH 11TH, 2021.
I ALSO DID EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND WHERE WE STAND ON THIS CASE TO BE MADE AWARE OF THAT THE OFFICE OF THE STORE PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2019.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK, WHERE ATION WAS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF AN OVERALL FLOOR FABRIC.
FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS, THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 24TH CENTURY WEST COMMERCE STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2019.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON APRIL 1ST, 29.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AND GIVEN TO THE FIRST OWNER OF COMMERCE, I'M SORRY, THE POTENTIAL OWNER, UM, AT THE 24 22 WEST COMMERCE, WHICH MR. ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURN ON CLAIM.
SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF LETTER, CREDIT AND ENGINEER REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOLLOWING PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED AND ARE ON FILE FOUNDATION PERMIT AND MINOR REPAIR PERMIT.
BOTH PERMITS PULLED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2021.
PROPERTY IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET
IN REGARD, NURSERY PHOTO PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A TWO STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1936.
THE OVERHANG DECKING IS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO FISH BOARD AND CARRY THROUGHOUT EXTERIOR WALL.
SIDING HAS FALLEN ALONG THE REAR ELEVATION DE ATTACHES THROUGHOUT, AS WELL AS DETACHED THROUGHOUT FOUNDATION, SHOWING SIGNS OF THINKING ALONG THE LEFT REAR STRUCTURE.
REAR RIGHT CORNER BEAM IS NO LONGER RESTED ON THE FOOT CORRECTLY.
INTERIOR SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED OR HAS FALLEN CLOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS AND THUS SHOWING WATER DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR, NOT LEVEL THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ENTIRE FIELD.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 3RD, 2021.
THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, SIDING STARTED DETACHED ALONG THE FRONT WALL.
THE OVERHANG STATION BOARDS ARE ROTTED JERRY, AS WELL AS START THE DECKING.
THE OVERHANG STARTED TO DETACHED FROM THE STATION BOARD ALONG THE LEFT SIDE.
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NEXT SIDE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION AND JUST SHOWING THE, THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.AND SO IN SOME AREAS IT'S SO HARD TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THE SIGHTING IS STARTING TO GET ATTACHED.
THE REAR ELEVATION BACK DOOR WAS OPEN AND SECURE AT THIS TIME.
THE PROPERTY DID HAVE GRAS INSIDE.
UM, WHEN I SPOKE, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MR. PATMAN, HE WAS CURRENTLY WORKING ON PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.
HE DID SAY TO ME THAT HE'S BEEN GETTING THEM ALL OUT OF THERE, CLEAN THE PROPERTY AND SECURITY, EXCUSE ME, THIS TIME.
UH, HERE'S A CLOSE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM BACK, RIGHT, UH, POST BOARD AND IT, THE FOUNDATION UNIT HASN'T SHIFTED WHERE IT NO LONGER SIT, CORRECT CORRECTLY ON THAT POLE.
THE RIGHT ELEVATION, AGAIN IS SHOWING THE LACK OF BLOOD PROTECTION IN SOME AREAS WHERE THE SIDE STARTED.
UH, THIS COULD BE THE FLOOR SUBFLOOR.
AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCKS EXPOSED THE WOOD MEMBERS, UH, SHOWING SIGNS, THE WATER DAMAGE CURATION COULD BE THE ROOF.
THE CEILING, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT Q ROCK HAD FALLEN, SHOWING HE SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE CREATION WOOD, THE LOOK SAME AREA FRONT, THE NEXT ROOM SHOWING THAT THE FLOOR DAMAGED THE FLOOR LIKE IT IS DROPPING IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER.
AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, IT WASN'T A MAJOR, IT WASN'T METAL.
AND THE ROOF, THE CEILING JOINT HAD FALLEN WATER.
THEIR SHEET WALK HAS BEEN DRIPPED OFF OR IT DAMAGED EXPOSED THE STU.
THIS AREA, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE.
THE LEFT SIDE GOING TOWARDS THE REAR.
THIS IS WHERE IT'S NO LONGER LEVEL.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE
IT'S SHOWING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN BOTH.
AGAIN, APOLOGIZE TO TAKE SIDE DOWN, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE THAT BUBBLE IS IN THAT ROOM AS WELL, WHERE NOT LEVEL.
AND ALSO AT THIS PHOTO HERE TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE IS A PROPERTY, THERE'S A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE SHEET ROCK SIGNS OF NT SUSTAINED IN THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE DID HAVE A CASE OPEN FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR THE VNS AND THE DEBRIS THAT WAS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE, UH, ENTIRE PROPERTY.
AND MR. PALLIN HAS CLEANED IT UP AND SECURE THE STRUCTURE.
WE'LL MOVE IT UP TO SECOND FLOOR IS SHOWING THAT THE, OF THE FIRE, THE CEILING WITH THE DETERIORATION WATER DAMAGE, THE SHEETROCK, AS WELL AS WOOD MEMBERS, ONE OF THE ROOMS IS SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS INSIDE, ABLE TO GET FURTHER IN SECOND ROOM AND SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO THAT ROOM AS WELL.
MR. PAT WAS WORKING ON CLEANING THIS ENTIRE, THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, GETTING ALL THE, THE ITEMS THAT THE GRA LEAVE BEHIND.
THAT'S WHY THOSE TRASH BAGS ARE THERE.
THAT WAS FROM HIS CONTRACTORS UP.
SUBMITTED THE NEXT ROOM TO SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF MOLD DETERIORATION TO THE FORWARD, AS WELL AS, UM, SHOWING WATER DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK.
DIFFERENT ANGLES FROM THE SAME ROOM.
UH, THAT IS A STUD, UH, TWO BY FOUR, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DOORWAY.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE SHEET ROCK FALLEN WITH MEMBERS SHOWING THAT THERE'S WATER DAMAGE FLOW,
I WAS TRYING TO GET IN WITH THE CAMERA, BUT MY LIGHT WAS PROBLEM.
BUT THE SHEET ROCK WAS FALLING.
IT RUN A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE TO THIS ONE ROOM AS WELL AS CURATIONS OF
THIS IS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE IN THE SAME ROOM.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 24 22 WEST COMMERCE IS IN VIOLATION
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OF CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE SIX, SUBSECTION 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 BEFORE THE MAN IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS, OR, OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS FOR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE SEEN.THE DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY HAZARDS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AT SUCH POSITION, DEFECTS, APPLICATION STANDARD OR UN FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE, THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 0.4 20 FOOT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE OFFICER, PLEASE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, MS. BROWN, THE CHAIR.
THIS PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED THE FIRST TIME IN, UM, 19, AND IT, YOU CONTINUED INSPECTIONS ALMOST EVERY MONTH AND THERE WAS NOTHING DONE ON IT FROM 20 19, 20 20 UNTIL YOU MET WITH, UM, THE OWNER FOR REPAIRS.
WHY WASN'T THIS CASE BROUGHT TO US BEFORE? NOW, THE PREVIEW OFFICER THAT HAD WORKED THIS CASE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK AS TO WHY THIS CASE WASN'T BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
UM, WHEN I DID TAKE THIS CASE OVER, IT WAS ALREADY BEING, THERE WAS ALREADY A BOARD HEARING FOR IT, AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED MEETING WITH THE OWNER.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY MET WITH THE OWNER AND THE CASE OVER AS WELL.
BUT I MET WITH A POTENTIAL BUYER ON MARCH, MARCH 3RD.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
YOU WANNA PRESENT YOUR CASE, PLEASE? I, I DO WANT TO PRESENT MY CASE, MA'AM.
UM, SO I, I WANNA START WITH PRESENTING MYSELF AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAM.
WE'VE GOT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, CONTRACTOR, SERGIO TANI.
I'VE GOT MY ASSOCIATE BROKER, CHRISTOPHER BUSH RE AND WITH, UM, MY PARTNER LEONARD RODRIGUEZ.
WE ARE LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS.
I'M A 17 YEAR REAL ESTATE AGENT, REAL ESTATE BROKER.
WE ARE WORKING SEVERAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, INCLUDING ABOUT SIX PROJECTS IN THAT WEST SIDE AREA.
UH, WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ON 24 22 COMMERCE.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND, MA'AM, THAT THERE IS A, A LENGTHY HISTORY THERE OF, OF NOTHING BEING DONE WITH THE BUILDING.
UH, WHEN WE WENT TO GO LOOK AT IT, UH, LAST YEAR, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, WE SAW THAT IT WAS IN, IN, UH, DISARRAY.
AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A A HOMELESS PROBLEM, UH, WITHIN THAT BUILDING.
AND, AND, UH, WE, BUT WE ALSO SAW THE POTENTIAL, UH, THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THAT BUILDING BASED ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WORKED IN AND AROUND THAT AREA.
WE INITIALLY BID ON THE FORECLOSURE BACK IN NOVEMBER.
UH, UH, WE WERE NOT THE WINNING BID AT THE TIME, AND SO WE SUBMITTED A BA BACKUP BID.
AND THIS IS RELEVANT, MA'AM, BECAUSE, UH, IT, IT JUST, IT GOES ALONG THE LINES WITH WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE BUILDING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE, WITH IT BEING BANK OWNED, UH, THEY HAD VERY LITTLE IMPETUS, UH, AND VERY LITTLE INCENTIVE TO, TO REVITALIZE THE BUILDING.
UH, OUR OFFER, OUR BACKUP OFFER WAS THEN, UH, SUBMITTED THE PRIMARY OFFER IN JANUARY.
UH, I ASSUME THE, UH, THE FIRST ROUND OF BUYERS JUST COULDN'T CLOSE ON THE DEAL.
UH, WE ENDED UP, UH, SUBMITTING OUR, OUR OFFER AS A PRIMARY IN JANUARY, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
UH, WE THEN FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS SET FOR DEMOLITION.
UH, WE CONTINUED TO PRESS FORWARD WITH CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY SINCE WE WERE ALREADY ABOUT HALFWAY INTO THE TRANSACTION.
AND POWER HAD ALREADY INCURRED SEVERAL COSTS.
UH, AND AT THAT POINT, SUPPOSED TO TELL IN THE FEBRUARY, WE WERE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO CLOSE.
WE ALSO MET UP, UH, WITH, UH, MR. JOSHUA ACTUALLY ENDED UP TALKING TO MR. ALONSO, WHICH WAS, UH, JOSHUA'S COUNTERPART BEFORE HE RETIRED.
AND MR. ALONSO EXPLAINED TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEMOLITION PROCESS, CONDEMNATION PROCESS.
UH, WE DITO, UH, MR. ALONSO OF OUR PLANS TO REVITALIZE THE BUILDING.
IN FACT, I HAD A COUPLE OF AT LENGTH CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.
UH, HE DID SAY HE WAS GOING TO BE RETIRING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THAT HE WOULD BE HANDING OVER THE FILE TO MR. JOSHUA MARTINEZ.
UH, WE MET MR. JOSHUA MARTINEZ
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LAST WEEK ON SITE.WE WALKED THE PROPERTY WITH HIM.
AND THEN LET ME JUST, UH, MAKE IT KNOWN THAT IN THE ONE WEEK SINCE WE'VE HAD THE PROPERTY, UH, WE'VE ALREADY SECURED THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'VE REMOVED OR ASKED ALL THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WERE STAYING THERE, THE SQUATTERS, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, UH, TO, TO PLEASE REMOVE THEMSELVES OF THE, UH, OF THE PROPERTY IN ORDER FOR US TO SECURE IT.
SO WE'VE, UH, WE'VE SECURED THE PROPERTY, UH, THROUGH THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER.
WE PUT, UH, PLYWOOD, UH, TWO BY FOURS ANYWHERE WHERE THERE COULD BE ANY SORT OF ACCESS POINTS.
WE'VE CLEANED UP THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE HAULED OFF ABOUT, UH, ONE OR TWO DUMPS FULL OF TRASH, INCLUDING, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, UH, JUST PARAPHERNALIA, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, ANOTHER DEBRIS THERE THAT, THAT WAS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, THAT PEOPLE COULD REALLY, UH, HURT THEMSELVES WITH.
SO WE'VE DONE ALL THAT IN ONE WEEK.
WE'VE GOT A, UH, SO WE ARE THE NEW OWNERS, LONG STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS.
WE, WE'VE HAD IT, UH, AT THIS POINT, WE'VE ALSO PULLED PERMITS FOR FOUNDATION.
WE'VE GOT AN ENGINEER'S LETTER.
ENGINEERS MET US OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW.
UH, WE SUBMITTED CREDIT WORTHINESS, PROOF OF FUNDS, UH, AS I MENTIONED THE END YEAR'S LETTER.
WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED A PORTFOLIO OF OUR WORK, MA'AM, THAT WE'VE DONE IN AROUND THAT SAN ANTONIO AREA, INCLUDING A, UH, ONE OF THE MOST RECENT, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE UNDERTOOK OVER IN THE WOODLAWN LAKE AREA, WHICH IS A, WHICH WAS A HOUSE AND VERY IN VERY MUCH SIMILAR SHAPE AND DISARRAY, UH, THAT WE REVITALIZED AND, UH, PRACTICALLY MADE BRAND NEW AGAIN, NEW PLUMBING, NEW WIRING, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW FRAMING.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT PROPERTY BACK ON MARKET.
AT THIS POINT, MA'AM, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, KEEP THE ORIGINAL SHAPE, UH, OF THIS BUILDING.
KEEP THE ORIGINAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS BUILDING, UH, TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN WHILE ALSO MODERNIZING IT WITH NEW PLUMBING, NEW ELECTRICAL, NEW ROOFING ROOF.
UH, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A, A FOUR UNIT, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH.
AND, UH, WE FINALIZE PRESERVING AS MUCH AS WE CAN OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN GOING AHEAD.
AND SO WE HAVE A SIX MONTH TIMELINE ON THIS.
WE HAVE ABOUT A $220,000 BUDGET.
UH, WE'VE CLOSED ON THE BUILDING.
WE'VE PULLED PERMITS, WE'VE SECURED IT, WE'VE CLEANED IT OUT.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE DONE A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT ON IT IN THE VERY MIDDLE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD IT.
UH, WITH ME NOW, MA'AM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. RUSSELL LAN.
HE'S WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING TEAM, UH, THE ENGINEER THAT PROVIDED THE, UH, THE LETTER IS MR. LEWIS ROCKET.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY HE IS, UH, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
BUT, UH, RUSSELL'S GONNA SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.
AND IN FACT, RUSSELL HAS A HOME IN THAT SAME AREA.
AND SO RUSSELL HAS A, YOU KNOW, HE COULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PRESERVING, UH, WHAT IS WEST SIDE SAN ANTONIO.
AND THEN WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH INTO PERSONAL DETAILS, UH, I WAS BORN IN, IN WEST SIDE SAN ANTONIO.
UH, LIVED IN SOUTH SAN ANTONIO FOR, FOR MUCH OF MY LIFE.
WENT TO AL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO AUSTIN FOR, FOR COLLEGE.
UH, BUT NOW COMING BACK HOME, COMING BACK TO MY ROOTS IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, I REALLY FEEL THAT THE WEST SIDE, UH, NEEDS, UH, IMPROVEMENT NEEDS SOME, SOME CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CAPITAL OUTLAY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TOO TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ALL, UH, REAP THE REWARDS OF, OF JUST HAVING BETTER HOUSING THERE.
HAVING SOME, SOME, UH, SOME OF THE STUFF REVITALIZED AROUND THERE.
BUT ENOUGH OF THAT, MA'AM, ON MY END, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. RUSSELL
I'M SORRY, WHO? HELLO? HELLO? EXCUSE ME.
WHO WAS THAT SPEAKING JUST NOW? WAS THAT ANDY SPEAKING? YES, THAT WAS ME, MAAM.
THE NEXT FINISH NOW, AND I'M GETTING READY.
THE NEXT PERSON THAT SPEAKS, PLEASE NAME, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
YEAH, RUSSELL LAN, 24 10 WEST COMMONS ON TWO PROPERTIES OVER ON THE SAME BLOCK.
UH, I'VE BEEN AT THE LOCATION STREET FOR 20 YEARS, YEARS.
UH, I WENT TO CROCK SCHOOL BACK IN THE SIXTIES.
UM, MY OFFICE DESIGNED BUS AT THAT ADDRESS, 24 10.
AND, UH, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT, THAT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS PROJECT, WE HAD COME UP WITH RENDERINGS AND, AND FLOOR PLANS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENSIVE WORK
AND, UH, I'VE TURNED THOSE IN YESTERDAY SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO IT.
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GONNA MAKE A, A GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON OUR BLOCK AND THE WOOD.WE CAN SAVE THIS PROPERTY AND DO, UH, A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TO THE PLACE, SECURE IT, AND THEN RENT OUT THE LITTLE APARTMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO WITH WORKING WITH LEWIS, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM IN MANY PROPERTIES HERE AT SAN ANTONIO.
UH, IT CAN BE LEVELED, IT CAN BE SAVED, AND WE CAN SECURE IT FOR IT TO BE A, A, A GREAT PROPERTY THERE ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND NOW IT'LL BE TOTALLY, TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.
DO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. PALLON, CAN I GET YOUR, UM, MAILING ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, IT'S ANDY.
LAST NAME IS P A T L A N, PETM, UH, ADDRESS IS ONE ZERO.
LET GIVE YOU 44 11 MEREDITH WOODS DRIVE.
44 11 MEREDITH WOODS DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
AND THEN NEXT ON THE, ON MY LIST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF, OF HIS WORK AND, AND WHAT HE HAS TO DO.
YEAH, WE JUST, WE JUST, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY, UH, AND, AND SEE THE SCOPE OF WORK AND WE CAN MAKE A, UM, A MOTION.
MADAM CHAIR? YES, IT'S MS. ANDIS.
I NEED TO ASK, UH, I GUESS, UM, WHOEVER'S ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU STATED THAT YOU HAVE PERMITS PULLED, IS THAT CORRECT? FLOOR PLAN? YES.
WALTER RUSSELL
AS FAR AS ANY PERMIT THEY WERE SUBMITTED THAT THE EXTENT OF WHATEVER WE DID.
YEAH, WE PULLED PERMITS ON FOUNDATION AND WE PUT PERMITS ON JUST SOME LENGTH GENERAL, UH, WORK SO THAT WE CAN CLEAN AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
WE DIDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ANY PERMITS.
SO, UH, ONCE YOU START A REHAB PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU SAID YOU SUBMIT FOR THE PRELIMINARY PERMITS TO START WORK AND THEN WE GET WITH AN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAM AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, AND THEN WE SUBMIT PERMITS FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SIR, CAN YOU TAKE A BREAK FOR ONE MINUTE? UM, I THINK SOMETHING ON YOUR END IS AN AUDIO PROBLEM, BUT I NEED TO TALK TO THE CODE OFFICER BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCREPANCY HERE.
IS THE CODE OFFICER AVAILABLE? WHAT, WHAT IS THE DISCREPANCY? IS A CODE OFFICER THERE YES.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS WAS A PENDING CASE ALREADY.
WE HAD A PENDING CASE ON THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS IN 2019.
IF IT WAS A PENDING CASE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE BOARD WHEN THIS DATE? YES, SIR.
HOW DID THEY GET PERMITS? IF IT'S A PENDING CASE? THE, FROM WHAT I VERIFIED, THE PERMITS WERE PULLED RIGHT BEFORE WE PUT A STOP, UH, A STOP ORDER FOR THE PERMIT ON THE PROPERTY.
THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED RIGHT BEFORE THAT.
WILL YOU SUBMIT TO STOP WORK ORDER? MR. AND JUST LEMME STOP YOU REAL QUICK.
AND MY, MY, JUST A CLARIFICATION FROM THE CODE OFFICER, THIS IS A, A QUICK QUESTION FOR CODE OFFICER.
I, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT PERMITS WERE PULLED ON A PROPERTY THAT'S COMING THAT'S PENDING BEFORE THE BOARD? WHEN I WENT ON MARCH 3RD IS WHEN I WENT AND I MET WITH, UH, MR. PATMAN.
UM, WE DID, WE HAD SAW SOME HIS CONTRACTORS THERE.
UM, WE WERE GETTING READY TO DO A STOP WORK ORDER AND WE'RE POSTING IT, BUT THEN WE REALIZED THAT PERMITS WERE PULLED.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED FURTHER INTO IT, BECAUSE FROM MY, AT THAT TIME, OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HOLD, UH, AS FURTHER INVESTIGATION WENT ON THAT DAY, WE FOUND OUT THAT THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED, UH, I BELIEVE THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, I HAVE THE DATE HERE.
THEY WERE PULLED FEBRUARY 12TH.
AND I BELIEVE WHEN WE PUT THE HOLD FOR ANY PERMITS TO BE PULLED, 'CAUSE WE'RE TAKEN TO THE BOARD THAT WAS CONDUCTED A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER FEBRUARY 12TH.
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BEFORE WE, UH, BEFORE WE PLACED THAT HOLD ON, ON THE OTHER PROPERTY, WERE THEY, WERE THEY PULLED? WERE THEY PULLED? UM, AFTER NOTICE WAS GIVEN UP THE HEARING, UH, THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED RIGHT BEFORE THEY BECAME THE OWNER.BUT NOTICE HAD ALREADY GONE OUT, IS THAT CORRECT? MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS PERMITS WERE PULLED ON A PROPERTY THAT, UH, ACCORDING TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION.
SO I'M CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT PERMITS WERE PULLED ON A PROPERTY WHERE NOTICE WAS ALREADY GIVEN THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD.
WITH THE CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS.
UH, THEY WERE LOOKING INTO IT.
UH, BUT JUST RECENTLY WHEN WE FOUND OUT AND VERIFIED THAT THESE PERMITS WERE CLOSED RIGHT BEFORE WE PLACED, UH, THAT ORDER TO, TO NOT PULL ANY FURTHER, FURTHER, FURTHER.
AND SIR, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS UNBEKNOWNST TO US.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAD NO IDEA THAT ALL THIS WAS EVEN HAPPENING ON THE BACKGROUND.
AND, AND SO WE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE ON THIS, UM, THAT FIRST, SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY.
AND IT'S, THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH, UM, THE CONDEMNATION BECAUSE THE TITLE COMPANY, UH, NOTIFIED US THAT, THAT THEY HAD TO GET A, A WAIVER.
WE HAD TO SIGN A WAIVER, UH, UH, SPECIFYING THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS A, THE CONDEMNATION AND WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS AT THIS POINT.
WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH THE REGULAR MOTIONS OF PURCHASING THE BUILDING, STARTING ON OUR END WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK, PULLING PERMITS.
WE WERE, WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH PROJECTS SO THAT WE'RE, WHEN WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ONCE WE ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN I REACHED OUT TO MR. ALONSO.
SO I'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. ALONSO, UH, PRIOR TO ALL OF THIS EVEN WAS COMING ABOUT.
UH, AND AT NO POINT WERE WE EVER TOLD, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS OR YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
UM, IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TOLD, AND I I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO THAT WAS, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT ONCE WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING, SIR, WE WERE GONNA BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT OUR CASE AND GIVEN 30 DAYS TO, UH, REALLY OUTLINE OUR SCOPE OF WORK AND BEGIN, UH, IMMEDIATELY BEGIN WORKING ON THE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COULD SEE PROGRESS.
AND THEN THEREFORE THE CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION WOULD BE A, A MOOT, UH, POINT.
UH, I I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, SIR, REAL QUICK.
UM, THIS IS LEGAL AGAIN, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO ME.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, AFTER YOU GUYS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY COMING BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS YOU GUYS DECIDED TO START WORK WITHOUT, UH, PERMISSION ON THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
AND I, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER, COURT AND, UH, LEGAL.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THESE PERMITS WERE POOLED BEFORE HE WAS THE OWNER AT THAT TIME WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT PERMITS WERE PULLED, HE WAS ESSENTIAL BUYER.
WELL, WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS MR. ANDIS AGAIN.
UM, AND COUNSEL, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE PERMITS WERE PULLED WHEN THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO.
NOW, BACK TO THE OTHER PART OF THIS, IF THE PERMITS WERE PULLED PRIOR TO THESE PEOPLE OWNING IT, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE PERMITS.
IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THIS PARTY'S NAME.
THEY'RE, THESE PERMITS ARE ACTUALLY UNDER THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR, SERGIO TANI.
HE'S THE ONE THAT PULLED THE, THE PERMITS, WHICH IS MR. PATTON'S CONTRACTOR.
OKAY, SO THEY'RE UNDER THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S DEALING WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? YES.
SO LET ME GO BACK TO THE HOMEOWNERS NOW, OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT CLEAR.
ARE YOU THERE, SIR? TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE JUST CONFIRMING WHY THE PERMITS WERE PULLED AND WE WERE JUST DOUBLE CHECKING TO SEE IF WE HAD PUT A HOLD ON IT.
UH, THE HOLD DID GET SENT OUT A WEEK OR TWO LATER AFTER THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED ON OUR END.
THAT'S, WE WANNA MAKE, WE WANT, HOLD ON, LET ME GET THESE OUTTA THE WAY.
SIR, SIR, LET ME GET THE QUESTION AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER 'EM.
THE PERMITS THAT WERE PULLED ARE FOR FOUNDATION AND WHAT ELSE? THE FOUNDATION AND MINOR REPAIR PERMITS, WHICH I DID EXPLAIN TO MR. PATMAN WHY THERE WAS A MINOR REPAIR PERMIT PULLED WHEN I KNOW THAT HE WANTED TO DO AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK.
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AND HE HAD MENTIONED THAT THAT'S JUST WHAT HE STARTS OFF.BUT AS HE GETS HIS ENGINEERS MORE INVOLVED, THEN THE, THE OTHER PERMITS ARE COMING INTO PLAY.
AND I JUST, I KIND OF JUST STRESS THAT I, TOWARDS HIM, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PERMITS ARE PULLED BEFORE ANY WORK GETS STARTED.
NOW LET ME GO BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE PERMITS DID PULLED, THERE IS A STOP WORK ORDER.
IS THAT CORRECT? THERE THERE IS NO VERY STOP WORK ORDER WHEN THE PERMITS WERE PULLED? UH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
THERE IS A STOP WORK ORDER RIGHT NOW AS THE STOP WORK ORDER'S BEEN LIFTED.
WHY WAS IT LIFTED? IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A DEMOLITION PROCESS, IT SHOULD NOT BE LIFTED.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THE STOP WORK ORDER LIFTED FOR THIS IS DANGEROUS PREMISE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, UH, STATE THAT BECAUSE THE PERMITS WERE PULLED BEFORE WE PUT A PLACE WHEN WE WERE, WE WERE ALREADY PLACING THE STOP WORK ORDER AND THAT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, BUT WE ALSO CONFIRMED TO MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE EVEN ALLOWED TO DO WORK.
'CAUSE WE, AGAIN, WE WERE CONFIRMING WHY THE PERMITS WERE PULLED, BUT HE WASN'T THE OWNER AT THE TIME.
BUT BECAUSE THE PERMITS WERE PULLED BEFORE WE PLACED ANY, UH, HOLD ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WE DID EXPLAIN THIS TO THE OWNER THAT BY DOING WORK AND HIM NOT BEING THE OWNER, THAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SOMETHING BETWEEN HIM AND THE, THE OWNER AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT WE, WE DID REMOVE THE STOP WORK ORDER BECAUSE PERMITS WERE PULLED.
BUT IT, THIS PROPERTY WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION THEN YOU CANNOT DO ANY WORK ON THE PROCESS UNTIL THE DISPOSITION OF THE CASE IS HEARD.
IS THAT CORRECT? LEGAL? THAT IS CORRECT.
I'M, I AM CONCERNED THAT, THAT THAT PERMITS WERE PULLED ON A PROPERTY NOT ONLY BY SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT OWN IT, BUT ALSO BY, UH, UH, THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS COMING BEFORE THIS BOARD.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT A WORK ORDER WAS LIFTED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE UNTIL THE DISPOSITION THERE.
THIS IS THE, THE, THE BOARD CHAIR.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS CASE.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS CASE.
STARTING WITH THE PERMITS, WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY, WHEN THE PERMITS WERE PULLED, AND THE STOP WORK ORDER.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS CASE, AND I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH, WITH LEGAL AT THIS POINT, AS I ALWAYS DO, BUT I I, I DON'T SEE US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
WHO PULLED THE PERMITS? WHY WOULD THEY PULL IF THERE WAS A STOP WORK ORDER THERE? UH, MR. OFFICER BOARD, MAY I INTERJECT, PLEASE? THIS IS THE OWNER AGAIN, BOARD.
NAME YOU SAID POINT OF ORDER PLEASE.
WHEN THE BOARD CHAIR IS SPEAKING, YOU MUST REMAIN SILENT.
I'M TALKING TO THE OFFICER NOW.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS MR. JUST A MOMENT.
I'M SPEAKING TO THE OFFICER, MS. BROWN.
I'D LIKE TO MENTION, I JUST CONFIRMED RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN THE CITY PLACED A HOLD FOR NO PERMITS ON THE PROPERTY, IT WAS, IT WAS DONE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021.
AGAIN, THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED ON.
THE PERMITS WERE PULLED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2021.
WHEN THE PERMITS WERE PULLED, SO THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED BEFORE HE WAS THE OWNER.
BUT HE DID SUBMIT THE WARRANTY DEED THAT HE IS NOW THE NEW OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND THE WAS PULLED BY HIS CONTRACTOR, SERGIO TANI, WHICH IS PRESENT IN THIS CALL AS WELL.
BUT THAT WAS BEFORE HE WAS THE OWNER YES.
SO HE, HE WENT TO THE CONTRACTOR TO PULL THE, TO PULL THE, UM, THE, THE, UH, PERMITS BEFORE HE WAS THE OWNER AND THE, AND THE, AND THE CITY APPROVED THEM, AND THERE WAS A DEMOLITION ORDER ON THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WE DIDN'T PLACE THAT, THAT HOLD FOR NO PERMITS TO BE PULLED UNTIL FEBRUARY 23RD.
BUT BEFORE THE, THE HOLD, UM, ON OUR END WAS BEING PRESENTED DOWNSTAIRS WITH THE PERMITS, HE HAD, THESE PERMITS WERE ALREADY PULLED BEFORE THAT.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE RIGHT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING.
AND I FOUGHT THE CITY FOR THAT BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE COULD'VE ISSUED THESE PERMITS.
SO I I'M SORRY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY
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LEVELS HERE THAT ARE WRONG.MS. BROWN? YES, THIS IS MR. ANDES.
CAN I HAVE THE CONTRACTOR? I'M SORRY.
CAN I, UH, THE CONTRACTOR? CAN HE GET ON THE PHONE? WELL, HI, I'M SERGIO, JOHNNY.
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE.
PLEASE ADDRESS SERGIO
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YOU PULLED PERMITS IN FEBRUARY OF 2021, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AT THAT TIME, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DID NOT OWN THAT PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES.
DID YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUS CONSENT TO PULL PERMITS ON HIS PROPERTY? NO.
UH, WELL, I DID, UM, PULL THE PERMIT BECAUSE TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THAT TIME, UM, THAT WAS THE CLOSING DAY TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY, AND I WAS READY TO PULL PERMIT AND, UH, SECURE, SECURE THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHY I ONLY PUT A PERMIT FOR FOUNDATION.
DID YOU HAVE THE CONSENT OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER TO PULL THE PERMITS BEFORE THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD? NO.
SO HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU PULL, THIS IS THE, THE BOARD CHAIR SPEAKING.
HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO PULL PERMITS FOR DEMOLITION THAT WAS PROBABLY POSTED AND PULL PERMITS WITHOUT THE OWNERS? YES OR NO? HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? UH, WELL, UH, UH, THE TRUTH ONLY, PLEASE.
WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY CLOSED.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, SEE AND, UH, PRESENT MY, UH, CREDENTIALS AND, UH, THE LETTER OF THE ENGINEER, UH, STATING THAT, UH, HE WAS GONNA OVERSEE THE FOUNDATION PROGRESS AND, UH, I PAID THE FEE.
NO, I'M, I'M ASKING HOW WERE YOU ABLE, DID YOU TALK TO THE, TO THE PEOPLE IN THE PERMIT SECTION? HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO PULL THE PERMITS WHEN ALL THIS STUFF WAS GOING ON WITH THE DEMOLITION? THAT NO NEW, NO NEW OWNER, UH, I MEAN, ALL THIS STUFF WAS GOING ON AND YOU WOULDN'T PULL PERMITS.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HAVE A TALKING TO.
SO THESE PEOPLE, IT'S THE CITY, THE CITY PEOPLE.
THIS IS, THIS IS LEGAL, THIS IS LEGAL, UH, BOARD AND, AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS, UM, I, I, I THINK THAT THE ONUS IS GONNA HAVE TO BE ON THE CITY IN REGARDS TO ALLOWING THOSE PERMITS TO BE PULLED.
UM, I, I DO BELIEVE, AND IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT, UH, THE, THE NEW OWNERS, NOW WERE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH AND TRYING TO GET IT DONE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, WITH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
UH, ALONG WITH, UH, ONCE NOTICE IS PROVIDED ON THESE, ON THESE, UH, UH, THESE HEARINGS, THESE PROPERTIES, UH, THAT ARE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD NEED TO HAVE A, IN ESSENCE, A STOPPED WORK ORDER.
NO, NO WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE ON PROPERTIES ALREADY COMING BEFORE THE BOARD.
HOWEVER, IN, IN, IN REVIEWING ALL THIS, IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT THE, THE CURRENT OWNERS, UM, THE LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS ACTED, UM, WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOOD FAITH.
UH, SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT THE BOARD, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AND SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO PROCEDURALLY HOW THE, UH, THOSE PERMITS WERE OBTAINED, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TELL THE BOARD THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND, AND CONTINUING TO, TO FIND OUT ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE GAME PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY IS AND HOW THEY PLAN ON HANDLING IT.
AND THIS BOARD BELIEVES, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS, IS REPAIRABLE.
MS. BROWN, CAN I, UH, GO AHEAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK BACK TO THE, I GUESS THE MAJOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY, ANDY? YES.
SO I, I AM THE, UH, I'M THE OWNER OF LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS AND, AND, UH, OF THE 24 22 COMMERCE BUILDING.
AND, AND THEN, UH, AS I STATED, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH BILL INTENTIONS.
UH, AND, AND THE CONTRACTOR IS HERE AND HE'S, HE'S GETTING A LITTLE ANXIOUS 'CAUSE HE KIND KIND OF FEELS HE MAY HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG, UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM BY PULLING PERMITS PREMATURELY, UH, I GUESS IS THE, IS THE BEST WORD.
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SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE THAT FIRST WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE WAS PROACTIVE IN PULLING PERMITS.AND THEN WE HAD THAT SNOWSTORM, AND I THROW ALL THAT IN THERE BECAUSE ALL OF THIS CAUSED DELAY, DELAY, DELAY.
WE'D ALREADY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. ALONSO, UH, WHICH WAS JOSHUA MARTINEZ'S COUNTERPART THAT RETIRED.
AND WE TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AT NO POINT DID ANYONE EVER TELL US, MA'AM, YOU CAN'T PULL PERMITS, YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD ON THIS DEAL.
YOU, I MEAN, WE, WE WOULD'VE TAKEN THAT, UH, ADVICE AND, AND LIKELY MAYBE EVEN GONE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS, UH, SET FOR CONDEMNATION.
WE WERE TOLD THAT, UM, IF AND WHEN WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND CLOSED ON IT, WE WOULD BE GIVEN, UH, SOME TIME TO, UH, PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A SCOPE OF WORK, WITH A FINANCIAL PLAN, WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE, WE ALREADY HAD PREPARED ON THE BACK END, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THAT TO OUR LENDER ANYWAY.
SO WE ALREADY HAD SOME OF THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS NEED, UH, FOR YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE, UH, READY AND PREPARED LEGAL.
MR. PATMAN, I'M GONNA STOP YOU.
THIS IS LEGAL AND I UNDERSTAND THE CON THE THE EXPLANATION YOU'RE GIVING, BUT TO BE FAIR, AND TO BE BLUNT, YOU GUYS HAD YOUR OWN CONTRACTOR PULL, UM, PERMITS ON A PROPERTY YOU DIDN'T OWN.
SO WHILE WE ARE, WE ARE GOING WHILE I'M GONNA GO, GO AHEAD AND SAY, HEY, BOARD AS YOUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, LET'S MOVE ON.
I, I WOULD URGE US TO, I WOULD, I'M URGING YOU TO MOVE ON BECAUSE AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS THIS.
YOU GUYS PULLED PROPERTY, YOU GUYS PULLED PERMITS ON PROPERTY YOU DON'T OWN, YOU DON'T, YOU DID NOT OWN IT AT THE TIME.
YOU DID ALLOW ME TO FINISH IT, SIR.
ALLOW, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO FINISH BECAUSE THIS IS BEING RECORDED.
PERMITS WERE PULLED ON PROPERTY YOU DID NOT OWN.
I AM ASKING MY BOARD TO LET'S, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
I DO BELIEVE YOU ACTED IN GOOD FAITH, BUT FOR YOU TO TRY TO DEFEND, DEFEND IT IS, UM, WE ARE STILL MISSING THE POINT AS TO WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS PREMISE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE HANDLED.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU ONE LAST TIME TO LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND FOCUS ON THAT.
I'VE ALREADY GIVEN MY BOARD MY LEGAL ADVICE.
WE HAVE A SIX MONTH PLAN TO REVITALIZE THIS BUILDING.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A $220,000 SCOPE OF WORK BUDGET.
UH, WE'VE HAD THE ENGINEER GO OUT THERE NUMEROUS TIMES.
UH, HE IS GOING TO SUBMIT A FRAMING SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT STEP.
HE'S ALREADY GIVEN US A FOUNDATION SCOPE OF WORK WE'VE SUBMITTED TO THE, THE BOARD TO MR. MARTINEZ, THE FLOOR PLANS THAT WE INTEND TO USE.
UH, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDED THAT WE ARE GIVEN THE PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WE'RE GONNA START SUBMITTING FOR PLANS AND PERMITS TO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO DO OUR JOB, SIR, WHICH IS TO REVITALIZE THIS BUILDING IN WEST SIDE 10.
AND NOW WITH THAT, IN IN MIND, YOU SAID SIX MONTHS, UH, COMPLETION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW, IS THAT, ARE YOU CONTINUING TO LEAVE IT AS A, A FOURPLEX? YES.
WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE KEEPING WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS AS CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL DAY OUT THAT IT CURRENTLY HAS.
WELL, THE ORIGINAL DURING THAT TIME WAS A SINGLE HOME.
IF IT'S A 1930 MODEL, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SO FOR ME TO HEAR SIX MONTHS FOR FOUR UNITS KIND OF ALSO GOES INTO SOME OTHER ISSUES.
UH, IF YOU LOOK THIS, IF YOU, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS THAT WE DID, UH, THE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS, IT SHOWS THERE'S TWO UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, TWO UNITS ON THE SECOND BEFORE THERE WAS ALL THESE OPENINGS TO ALL THESE ROOMS. WE WE'RE GETTING RID OF ALL OF THAT AND SECURING EACH, EACH UNIT ON EACH FLOOR.
TWO, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF, UH, FOURPLEX THAT WAS JUST KIND OF PIECED TOGETHER, BOARD, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY DIVIDING WALLS.
UH, THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S ALREADY SEPARATE KITCHENS AND BATHS OR IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS SOME, SOME, SOME SORT OF SEMINARS, KITCHENS AND BATHS.
I'M SORRY, LEMME ASK YOU THIS.
YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ALREADY A FOURPLEX.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT WAS TURNED INTO A FOURPLEX AND DOES IT AMOUNT TO THE ZONING CODES AND THE BUILDING CODES AT THIS TIME? WELL, IN REALITY, I LIVED NEXT DOOR FOR 20 YEARS.
THAT PLACE WITH DESIGN, THAT THAT PLACE IS INDIVIDUAL ROOMS THAT PEOPLE WOULD RENT AND THEY HAD THE BATHROOM ON
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FIRST FLOOR THAT EVERYBODY WOULD USE AND THE BATHROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR THAT EVERYBODY WOULD USE.BUT THERE WERE INDIVIDUAL ROOMS AND THAT WAS IT.
SO EACH ROOM HAD A DOOR THAT LED INTO THE, INTO THE CORRIDOR.
SO
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT MEETS THE CODE OF TODAY.
IF IT'S NOT ZONED FOR A FOURPLEX, THEN YOU CANNOT PUT A FOURPLEX THERE UNLESS YOU GET A ZONING VARIANCE, BUT YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S ZONED FOR THAT BOARD BOARD.
UH, A LOT OF THIS COMES UP AS WE PROCEED THROUGH WITH, ONCE WE SUBMIT PLANS AND PERMITS TO THE CITY, WE IMMEDIATELY FIND OUT, HEY, THAT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE.
AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE ENCOUNTERED PROJECTS WHERE WE GO IN WITH THE PLAN AND THEN WE HAVE TO MODIFY A PLAN THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOVERNMENT.
BUT YOU'RE COMING TO THE BOARD SAYING THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT A FOUR PUNCH THERE TODAY SAYING, WE DON'T TEAR IT DOWN, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS TO IT.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THEY SAID IT'S ZONED FOR A FOURPLEX.
WELL, WE HAVE TO, WE'RE ONLY SUBMITTING THAT IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THAT PROPERTY.
IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE, THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLANNING, UH, TO THE ZONING CHANGE TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND IF AT THE END OF THE DAY, SIR, WE HAVE TO MODIFY THAT TO MAKE IT WHAT ADHERES TO THE CURRENT THING, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
WE, WE WERE GOING WITH THE FOREX PLAN BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOUT CURRENTLY, NOW YOU TELLING ME THAT THAT MAY BE A UNPERMISSIBLE LAYOUT THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
UM, THAT IS IF YOU WALK THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHAT IT IS NOW.
SO OUR ASSUMPTION WAS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
MR. MS. CHAIR, JUST, THIS IS LEGAL AGAIN, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE, IT'S ZONED A, I WANNA SAY A C THREE, UH, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW, UH, A FOURPLEX, IT WOULD NEED TO DO NON-CONFORMING USE OR APPLY FOR NON-CONFORMING USE ON THAT.
SO, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO STILL GO BEFORE THE, UH, ZONING BOARD IN ORDER TO GET THAT CHANGED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
WE'LL BE DOWNGOING TO, TO, UH, TO A MULTI-FAMILY MEANTIME.
AND WHAT, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO DO THAT? IMMEDIATELY? IMMEDIATELY.
AS SOON AS YOU GIVE US THE OKAY THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT, THEN WE'LL SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK IN ON MONDAY AND, AND, AND BOARD.
LET ME, LET ME ADD THAT WE HAVE CLEANED THE PREMISES ENTIRELY.
WE'VE REMOVED MORE SYRINGES THAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
UH, BUCKETS OF HOME, OF, OF HOME DEPOT BUCKETS FULL OF SYRINGES, TRASH, DEBRIS.
AND THE ONE WEEK THAT WE'VE BEEN OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE DONE MORE AS THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, THAN ANYONE HAS DONE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS FORWARD, UH, WITH MAKING SURE THAT THAT BUILDING IS SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE PROUD OF AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT IT TURNS OUT TO BE.
WELL, SIR, MY CONCERN IF YOU PRESENTED A FOURPLEX TO US WITHOUT EVEN CHECKING THE ZONING PERMIT, JUST BECAUSE YOU ASSUMED THAT IT WAS ALREADY A FOURPLEX UNDER WHATEVER, THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT AT THE SAME TIME AS A BUILDER, HOLD ON.
AS A BUILDER, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD ALL OF THAT AND YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US A FOURPLEX AND NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ZONE FOR THAT.
ALL THAT BLOCK IS C ALL THAT BLOCK IS C THREE.
WE'RE IN THE, WE, WE KNOW IT'S A C THREE.
SO, AND, AND THE PROPERTY IN MINUS IS THE BEST THING TO DO FOR THAT PROPERTY, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS RESIDENTIAL MAYBE 20 YEARS AGO.
SO ALL THAT BLOCK HAS CHANGED UP TO C THREE ON BOTH SIDES.
SO IT SAYS WE GOT A DOWN ZONE, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO DOWN ZONE.
AND I'VE MADE A CALL WITH SHIRLEY FOR DALLAS, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR CITY COMP WOMAN TO LET HER KNOW WE WERE GOING TO DOWN ROAD.
SHE HAS NOT RETURNED MY CALL YET.
SO WE'VE ONLY, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THIS PROJECT FOR LESS THAN A WEEK, SO WE'VE GOT WHEELS GOING.
THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR US.
BUT AS SOON AS SHE CALLS ME, THEN THAT PAPER WILL GO IN AND THEN THAT IS CORRECT.
THE APPRAISER THAT APPRAISED THE PROPERTY, UH, MR. FELLO, THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAM HAS STATED THAT, UH, WE CAN'T PETITION FOR A DOWN ZONING.
AND SO WE'RE SUBMITTING THE FOURPLEX PLAN WITH THE, UH, BEST INTENTIONS
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OF, OF PROVIDING HOUSING IN THE AREA, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY.UH, NOW IF AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU GUYS, UH, DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, THEN WE DO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN B.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER IDEAS IN PLACE.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE FOURPLEX PLAN AND, AND WE ARE GONNA SUBMIT FOR A DOWN ZONING.
AND THAT'S BEEN SAID FROM THE ARCHITECT TO THE ENGINEER TO THE APPRAISER APPRAISER.
BUT THAT MAY BE THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, SO, AND THERE ARE OTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND MULTI-FAMILY UNITS IN THAT AREA ON THAT STREET.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, AN ANOMALY.
UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME, UM, SOME PERMISSION FOR AND, AND WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SUBMITTING PLANS THAT, UH, WE FEEL ARE, ARE GONNA BE SO OUT OF THE, UH, LEFT FIELD THAT JUST WON'T GET APPROVED.
WE, WE FEEL THAT THESE, THESE PLANS ARE, ARE, UM, UH, CAN EASILY BE DONE AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT, THAT THE BUILDING IS ALREADY THERE AND BEING, WAS BEING USED IN THAT MANNER.
UH, IN FACT, THE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MOST PREVIOUS OWNER PRIOR TO THE BANK FORECLOSURE, UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A RESIDENCE.
YOU'RE SITTING THERE ASSUMING THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YET, CORRECT? YES.
AND YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH CONSTRUCTION? NO, THAT WE'RE ONLY SECURING THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO LEVEL THE PROPERTY WHETHER WE DO PLAN A OR PLAN B.
PLAN B IS IS AN OFFICES FIRST FLOOR, SECOND FLOOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE WERE LOOKING AT PLAN B BEING OFFICES, WHICH WE ARE GOING FOR C THREE.
WE WANTED TO GO WITH DUPLEXES OR CONDOS BECAUSE IT, IT HELPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO EITHER PLAN A, WE, WE CHANGE THE ZONING OR PLAN B, WE KEEP THE ZONING AND PUT OFFICES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE WANTED TO DO THE CONDO THING TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE NEED MORE, WE NEED MORE CONDOS OR MORE APARTMENTS IN THE AREA.
WELL, THAT'S NOT AN APARTMENT.
LEMME JUST STATE THAT, THAT THE, EVERYTHING HAS KIND OF BEEN DERAILED, UH, BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY.
AND SO WE WERE PREPARED TO TAKE IT TO THE ZONING COMMISSION.
WE WERE PREPARED TO, TO START MAKING HEADWAY ON THE PLANS AND PERMITS.
UM, BUT THIS HAS BECOME OUR MAIN FOCUS, RIGHT? FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE NOW HAD TO FOCUS ON THE BUILDING NOT BEING DEMOLISHED.
SO PARDON US FOR NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD TO REFOCUS OUR TIME, RESOURCES, AND ENERGIES TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUILDING IS NOT DEMOLISHED.
AND ONCE SUBMITTED FOR THAT MONEY, IF IT WERE TO GET THROWN DOWN, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE NOW, YOU STILL GAMBLING ON SIX MONTHS COMPLETING AND NOT KNOWING IF THE BOARD'S GOING TO APPROVE THE ZONE OR NOT.
WE FEEL WE CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO THAT BUILDING, UH, WITH RESPECT TO LEVELING THE FOUNDATION, WITH RESPECT TO REFRAMING THE PERIMETER WITH RESPECT TO REROOFING, PUTTING WINDOWS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UH, WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING FULL LAYOUT IN PLACE.
AND, AND, AND MAINLY THE FOUNDATION THAT'S GONNA BE FIRST AND FOREMOST, GETTING THAT BUILDING BACK UP TO BAR, PUTTING SOME NEW PUR BEAMS DOWN THERE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S GOT CEDAR POST, PUTTING SOME NEW FRAMING, PUTTING SOME FIREWALLS IN THERE, UH, PUTTING SOME NEW ROOFS.
SO WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, SIR, UH, YOU WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THAT BUILDING.
AND, AND IF ALL GOES WELL, WE MAY EVEN BE, UH, NEAR COMPLETION ON OUR PROJECT, SHOULD WE GET THE AUTHORITY AND PERMISSION TO GET THE, UH, PLEX DONE.
YOU DID MENTION IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FOURPLEX, AND YOU MENTIONED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS NEEDED IN SAN ANTONIO EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THE, THE, THE RATES AND THE, UM, HOUSING AND EVERYTHING IS JUST GOING SKY HIGH AND MINIMUM WAGE.
PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD 300, $400,000 FOR A A FOR A HOME AND, AND 1800, $2,000 FOR AN APARTMENT.
SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, NOW I JUST, THIS IS JUST PERSONAL FOR ME.
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU ARE
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ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FOURPLEX, WHAT KIND OF RENTS ARE YOU LOOKING AT TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT 15 TO $1,800 A MONTH.SO, UH, IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO A FOURPLEX AS RENTALS, UH, THESE, THESE, UH, ONE BEDROOM AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ONE BEDROOM, UH, APARTMENTS SHOULD RENT IN THE AREA OF ABOUT 800 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS, MA'AM.
FULLY, FULLY REDONE NEW PLUMBING, NEW CENTRAL HEAT AND AIR.
YEAH, NEW APPLIANCES, NEW WINDOWS, ENERGY EFFICIENT FOAM INSULATION, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND OTHER PROJECTS, UH, AND, AND, AND RIGHT IN IN THE HEART OF WEST SIDE, DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SHOULD WE ALSO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND BE ALLOWED TO CONDO WISE, UH, THIS BUILDING? AND THAT'S A, THAT'S ALSO A PLAN, RIGHT? WE, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANS IN THE MIX.
UH, UH, IF WE IZE THEM, UH, WE'RE THINKING OF SELLING THESE UNITS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 90 TO 120,000 PER UNIT, DEPENDING ON THE FLOOR PLAN.
SOME ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE LARGER THAN OTHERS.
UM, AND THOSE THAT, THAT WE FEEL IS AFFORDABLE.
UH, THERE, THERE AREN'T ANY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SUB HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CATEGORY ALMOST GONE.
I'M SURE YOU, THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING A 3000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, KB HOME.
UH, BUT WE FEEL PEOPLE WANNA LIVE IN THAT, THAT CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND WE DO WANNA BRING SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME REVITALIZATION.
AND WITH THAT DOES COME, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S GOT A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION, BUT I'LL USE THE WORD GENTRIFICATION.
UH, THERE DID, THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE OF A, OF A YOUNGER AGE GROUP, YOUNGER THAN ME.
I'M, I'M 46 IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES THAT HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY'D LIKE TO COME BACK INTO WEST SIDE SAN ANTONIO.
THEY'D LIKE TO LIVE NEAR THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR GRANDPARENTS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE FOR THEM TO MOVE INTO.
UH, SO WE WANNA THAT PRODUCT TO MARKET.
I WAS JUST ASKING FOR MY OWN, UH, MY OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO IS MISSING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THIS CITY.
AND THE, THE WAGES HERE, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE EAST SIDE ARE VERY LOW.
YOU'RE TALKING $10 AN HOUR JOBS, YOU KNOW, 10 OR $12 AT THE MOST.
AND, UH, SO, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE COST FACTOR THERE.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, WELL, LET ME ASK LEGAL A QUESTION FIRST.
LEGAL, SHOULD WE SEND THEM BACK TO, UM, TO THE ZONING IN ORDER TO GET THE ZONE FOR FOUR FOURPLEX BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? OR SHOULD WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING THE GOOD FAITH ASPECT OF THIS AND JUST LET THEM GO AHEAD WITH THE FOURPLEX EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ZONED FOR FOURPLEX, UM, AND LET THEM GO AHEAD AND DO THIS IN GOOD FAITH.
WHAT, SO WHAT THIS BOARD, WHAT THIS BOARD HAS IN FRONT OF THEM IS TO, UH, MAKE THEIR DETERMINATION IF THEY BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE SLASH DANGER STRUCTURE.
AND IF SO, UM, WHAT ARE THE, UM, THE OPTIONS TO ABATE IT, TO ADDRESS IT? UM, IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE REPAIRED, THEN UH, I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO MAKE IT A REPAIR ORDER.
UM, THE, AND, AND GIVE THEM THEIR, THEIR TIMELINE, ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO DO, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE UP TO THEM.
ARE THEY GONNA NEED TO DO IT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU GIVE THEM? YES.
UM, AND IF THEY, THE, THE ISSUE IS THEY DECIDED TO, UH, GO INTO PURCHASE A PROPERTY THAT IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD, THAT IS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
SO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, SOME HURDLES THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, JUMP.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE IN GOOD FAITH, SO I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO, UM, MAKE A DETERMINATION SOLELY BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE PROVIDED.
UM, AND THEN IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT, UH, UH, REPAIRS CAN BE DONE, THEN MAKE A REPAIR ORDER.
IF THIS BOARD DOESN'T BELIEVE THOSE REPAIRS CAN BE DONE, THEN THE BOARD HAS A DEMOLITION OPTION.
IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT THEY STILL NEED SOME INFORMATION, THEY CAN RESET IT.
UM, BUT I WOULD URGE YOU NOT TO, OH, WELL THEY HAVE TO GO HERE, SO LET ME, LET ME HOLD OFF ON THEM GOING THERE.
IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE BASED SOLELY ON THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A FEW PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, MS. CHAIR BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY TYPE OF, UM, UM, A MOTION.
OKAY, MA, MS. JUDY, COULD WE HAVE THE, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT WANTED TO MAKE COMMENTS? YES.
SO WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONFIRM IS CHRISTOPHER BUSH WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ANY TESTIMONY?
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YES, I AM.OKAY, SIR, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, I'M HERE.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE.
YES, IT'S CHRISTOPHER BUSH, 7 1 3 1 GLEN GROVE DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 9.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M A MEMBER OF LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH ANGIO, UH, AND ANDY LIN AND SERGIO GIANI FOR PROBABLY SIX YEARS NOW.
UM, WE, UH, WORKED ON A SIMILAR PROPERTY, UM, ON 10 40 CRAIG.
IT HAS THAT SIMILAR DESIGN AND, UH, THAT OVERHANG OVER THE FRONT PORCH.
KIND OF A SIMILAR, UH, 50 DESIGN, IF YOU WILL, OR SOMEWHAT HISTORIC WHERE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS KIND OF LAYOUT.
WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK WORK.
UH, WE, WE'VE, UH, REHABBED SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT, UH, PROPERTY DOWN THE STREET, UH, FROM 24 22 WEST COMMERCE.
IT'S CALLED ROOTS AND IT'S AT 25, 22.
SO I REALLY LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, THEY'VE ALSO REHABBED THE PROPERTY THERE AND MADE IT, UH, LEASED IT OUT FOR ARTISTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL CREATORS.
UM, THEY'VE REALLY DONE SOMETHING COOL THERE, SO THAT'S AN IDEA WE HAD AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON 24 22 WEST COMMERCE, UH, IT'S GOT GOOD BONES, IT'S GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
UH, WE REALLY, UH, WE, WE DON'T WANT IT TORN DOWN WHEN IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, USED FOR, UH, MORE THAN ONE GOOD USE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, FURTHERMORE, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKE, WE'RE TAKING A, A BIG CHANCE HERE AND PUTTING OURSELVES OUT THERE AND GIVING THE CITY WHAT THEY WANT FIRST, UH, BY SIGNING A, UH, WAIVER, UH, EXCUSE ME, A, UH, WITH THE TITLE COMPANY TO, TO HOLD THEM HARMLESS WITHOUT THE WARRANTY DEEDED.
WE HAVE A LOAN ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WITH STILL NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WON'T BE TORN DOWN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES OUT THERE, IF YOU WILL, UH, BOLDLY AND TAKING A BIG CHANCE, UM, HOPE, HOPING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, COOPERATE AND, UH, SUPPORT, UM, UM, OUR ENDEAVOR HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE CITY REQUIRES AS FAR AS ZONING, BUT, UH, WE DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE, WE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY RECENTLY LAST, UH, FALL.
SO, UH, HAD, WE WISH WE WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT SOONER SO THAT THE, THE SUBJECT OF CON CONDEMNATION WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE NOW.
AND WE HOPE IT WILL NO LONGER BE, UM, IN THE COMING SIX MONTHS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE GOING TO VERY TO GET SUPPORT.
AND MS. ELENA RODRIGUEZ, I KNOW WE TRANSFERRED YOU INTO THE LINE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO STATE ANY TESTIMONY? YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, MY NAME IS ELENA RODRIGUEZ.
MY ADDRESS, WANNA TAKE YOU OFF SPEAKER.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 5 1 2 CRESCENDO LANE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
I'M ONE OF TWO FEMALES AT CO-OWN AND MANAGE LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS, ALONG WITH CHRIS BUSH AND ANDY PALLIN.
UH, WE DO WANNA REHAB THE PROPERTY, AS YOU'VE HEARD, MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OBVIOUSLY REP REVITALIZE THE AREA AND PROVIDE THAT HOUSING THAT'S SO NEEDED.
UH, OF COURSE OUR EXPERIENCE YOU CAN SEE THERE.
UM, WE'VE DONE PROPERTIES OF THIS SCALE, UH, WORK WAS COMPLETED PER THE SCOPE OF WORK.
OUR WORK PASSED CITY AND COUNTY INSPECTIONS, LENDER REQUIRED INSPECTIONS.
THEY'VE GONE ON MARKET, THEY'VE PASSED LICENSED HOME INSPECTORS AND APPRAISERS.
SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO THIS WORK AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
AND JUST WANNA CONFIRM IF DAVID EZ WILL BE, UH, WRITING ANY TESTIMONY.
WE TRIED TO CALL HIM, BUT WE DID NOT GET HIM, UM, ON THE LINE.
SO IS THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WE HAVE TO SPEAK? JUDY? WE ALSO HAVE, UM, LOUIS
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WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF HIM.OKAY, SO WE HAVE EXHAUSTED WE THE FUNERAL.
WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WANT TO SPEAK.
WE DO ALSO HAVE ONE PO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL BE PLAYING THAT INTO THE RECORD NOW.
EZ AND I AM THE CHAIR FOR HISTORIC PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
CAN YOU START WITH RESIDENT ASSOCIATION, THE PROPERTY AT 20 20 14 22 WEST COMMERCE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 6TH, I SAW THE AMERICANS HOME MORTGAGE, WHICH LISTED AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND WAS INFORMED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS AUCTIONED OFF ON MARCH 5TH.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE WE DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY.
OUR, OUR, OUR O IS WITH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS AT THIS POINT, WE NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROPERTY PLAN THIS.
AND IT IS UPSETTING TO US THAT WE ARE NOT IFIED BY B D WITH ENOUGH TIME TO ALLOW US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OWNERS.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS AMELIA EZ AND I'M WITH ADDRESS 24 22 COMMERCE STREET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AGAIN, THAT WAS AMELIA VALDEZ, CO-CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 24 22 COMMERCE STREET WEST.
SHE RECEIVED NOTICE ON MARCH THE SIXTH, UH, REGARDING THE V S D HEARING TODAY.
SHE DID CONTACT, UM, THE OWNER, WHICH WAS AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE, UM, THE LISTED OWNER AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS AUCTIONED ON MARCH THE FIFTH.
SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THE NEW OWNER, UM, TO LIKE, TO SAVE EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE BOUNDARIES OF, UM, THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION AND STATES THAT IT IS UPSETTING THAT SHE DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH NOTICE FROM THE BBC TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE NEW OWNER PRIOR TO TODAY'S HEARING.
AGAIN, THIS WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY, MARCH 10TH, REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 24 22 WEST COMMERCE STREET.
UH, MR. UH, IS IT LAN? ANDY? THAT'S YES, MA'AM.
MR. PAT, THIS IS, THIS IS THE CHAIR SPEAKING.
I WOULD SUGGEST, AND THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION ON MY PART THAT YOU CONTACT THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION.
THEY ARE VERY, VERY OUTSPOKEN PEOPLE AND I THINK THEY WANT TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENT OVER THERE ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO MY SUGGESTION TO YOU WOULD BE TO GO AND PLAY NICE AND REALLY, REALLY, UH, TELL THEM WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AND WHATEVER OTHER PLANTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TALK ABOUT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S BADLY NEEDED IN SAN ANTONIO.
IT, WE WILL SET UP A MEETING FOR TOMORROW IF WE CAN, SO WE CAN SHOW THEM THE DESIGN, GET THAT DONE.
SO WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL GET WITH THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN.
HEY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU.
UH, THIS PROPERTY HAS, HAS BEEN AN EYE SOURCE FOR YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION IT HAS GOTTEN AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SORRY THAT THEY, THE NEW OWNERS HAVE, HAVEN'T, UH, SPOKEN TO MS. VALEZ OR OTHERS THERE.
AND I SURE HOPE YOU SPEAK TO 'EM AND I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
BUT I MEAN, UH, YOU BETTER SPEAK TO 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT PROPERTY, WHAT THE, THE OWNERS OF WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT CAMPING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WAS DRUG, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHY I GUESS THEY WANTED TO DEMOLISH IT ALTOGETHER.
BUT LET ME, UH, LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST MAKE THE MOTION RIGHT NOW, PLEASE, MR. ZUNIGA.
UH, WELL, WELL, THAT, THAT WAS MY, MY CONCESSION SINCE THEY LOOK.
I, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT 24 22 COMMERCE STREET WAS, IT'S A PUBLIC
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NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS 5 7 8 11 12 15, 17 18.BUT, OKAY, SO DUE, DUE TO THIS, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME CAN FEASIBLY BE REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE OWNER BE ALLOWED, UM, 120 DAYS TO REPAY THE MAIN STRUCTURE, OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, WHICH IN 40 TO REMAIN VACANT, PENDING COMPLETION OF REPAIRS, PROPERTY IS TO BE, WAS SECURED W WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AND SECURED THE PROPERTY IN SEVEN DAYS AND REMAIN SECURED DURING THE PENDING OF REPAIRS.
AND THE FRAUD REPORT BE SUBMITTED TO CODE COMPLIANCE EVERY 30 DAYS.
AND AGAIN, LET ME EMPHASIZE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, DAYS OF, OF TODAY.
ANY A MOTION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR HU MAY I MAKE, SORRY, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UM, I JUST, UM, MR. ZUNIGA, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, INSTEAD OF 120 DAYS, CAN WE MAKE IT THE 180 THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH WOULD BE SIX MONTHS? I ACCEPT YOUR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE 180 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR, UM, PERMITS, WHICH THEY ALREADY HAVE.
BUT ANYWAY, IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL PERMITS, PLEASE PULL THEM.
THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE VACATED, UH, CONTINUE TO BE VACATED AND WE HAVE A SECURE IN, UM, SECURE THE PROPERTY IN SEVEN DAYS AND, UM, SECURE IT DURING THE REPAIR, UH, PHASE OF THE WORK.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS EFRIN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALSO THE QUESTION? DO WE HAVE ANY, JUST A MOMENT, MR.
I HAVE TO ASK IF THERE'S DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY, COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
THE MOTION DOES PASS WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO TWO.
OKAY, MR. UH, PAT PATTON PATON? YES, MA'AM.
THIS, THIS IS JUST SOME, UH, UH, FOOD FOR TH PLEASE DON'T EVER COME BEFORE US AGAIN WITH PERMITS ALREADY PULLED THAT YOU DON'T, FROM PROPERTY THAT YOU DON'T OWN BECAUSE WE MAY NOT BE SO KIND.
WE ARE DOING THIS IN GOOD FAITH.
WE ARE, WE ARE DOING THIS IN GOOD FAITH BECAUSE IF YOU CAN RESTORE THAT BUILDING AND MAKE, UH, UH, SOME AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES OUT OF IT, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. YAY,
FOR BUSINESS, I WOULD JUST HAVE TO SAY I'M, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER BEEN, UM, APPLAUDED
YEAH, IT WAS NEW, RIGHT? I, I LIKE IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, NOTICE I SAID AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE NEED THAT IN, IN SAN ANTONIO.
WITH UH, WITH NO MORE CASES AND WITH UNANIMOUS DECISION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AND I APPRECIATE THE APPLAUSE.