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[Call to Order]
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.IT IS, UH, 9:05 AM UH, AND CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. BROWN? HERE.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMME TAMMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMEZ, ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, AND MYSELF, CHAIR OF IS PRESENT.
I FORGOT TO SAY THIS WAS THE OPENING OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
WE HAVE INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT IT.
COULD WE ROLL THAT VIDEO OR AUDIO? THANK YOU.
OKAY, LET ME READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS VIRTUAL MEETING OF 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, YOU'LL 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.
UH, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR HEARING NOTICE OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT, UH, YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUEST, THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF THE DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, UH, IS THE, UM, IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING IS TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION, EXCUSE ME, OF A CODE OFFICER.
SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PRI UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON THE MONIES AT HAND REQUEST, THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT ASKED TO THE PROCESS DURING THE TIME, PLEASE CONTACT FO UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THE BOARD MAY, UH, FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBERS BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS, UH, VIRTUAL HEARING, ASK FOR SECTION CITY CODE 16 DASH 2 36.
THANK YOU TO PROTECT THE HOUSE OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID 19.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
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MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS 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 VISITING WWW DOT SAN ANTONIO.
DO GOV SLASH DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN TWO ZERO SIX ONE TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASK THEM TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
THE OWNER HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THE RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE OWNER'S.
STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED.
STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE I SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK, WE'LL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENTS.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE OWNER WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH AN UNLIMITED TIME LIMIT, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS BOARD QUESTIONS.
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UM, DID EVERYBODY GO AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, READ THE MINUTES AS PROVIDED? OKAY.MADAM CHAIR, I MOTION THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CAN WE GET A MS. BROWN? AYE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
[(CD-2) 5862 Midcrown Dr]
ITEM TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD IS 58 62, MID CROWN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH 11TH, UH, 2021 DETAIL FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 75.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE THIS.
WE DO HAVE PICTURES, UM, JUST SHOWING THE BEFORE.
[(CD-2) 5866 Midcrown Dr]
PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT 5 8 6 6 MID CROWN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 11TH, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED AS THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY ON MARCH THE 19TH, 2021.
WE DO HAVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AS WELL.
THAT DOES COMPLETE THIS REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
AND WE'LL HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL CASES PRESENTED NOW.
UH, FIRST ITEM, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS FIVE 19 LOOKOUT DRIVE.
THIS IS A REHEARING JUDA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS, UM, PROPERTY? YES, WE HAVE S A P D.
OFFICER GARCIA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
WE'RE ALSO ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT, UM, THE OWNER AND THE POTENTIAL BUYER.
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BY, OKAY.THE EMAIL PRESENTATION AT THE VERY END.
MR. MEJIA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
MR. REYES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, MA'AM.
[5. 21-2636 (CD-7) 519 Lookout Dr (rehearing)]
V S D MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RAM, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF ATTORNEY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.IN BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS 19 LOOKOUT WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE EIGHT ON THE LINE.
THE OFFICER HERE, UM, I THINK THEY HAVE EXECUTED ON JANUARY 28TH, 2021.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD ISSUED A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR FIVE 19.
LOOKOUT, PLEASE NOTE ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2020, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 1 1 5 8 4 BLOCK 41, LOT 12, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE HONOR OF RECORD IS CAROLINA MEJIA AND RAMON MARQUEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF FIVE 19 LOOKOUT ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 8 2 2 8.
MR. MEJIA, UH, RAMON MEJIA IS, UH, ON THE LINE TO SPEAK, UM, AT THE TIME OF, UH, THE OWNER'S TESTIMONY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM CAROLINA
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THE OFFICE OF THE SHORT PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2020.THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC BEVERAGE.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING FINE 19 LOOKOUT WAS CONVICTED ON JULY 17TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 18TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, SIGNED ON JULY 30TH, 2020.
ON APRIL 1ST, 2021, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH MR.
THE NOTICE WHERE THE B S P HEARING WAS POSTED AT FIVE LOOKOUT ON MARCH 25TH, 2021, THE NOTICE WHERE THE B SS P HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE CAROL TO CAROLINA MEJIA AND RAUL MARQUEZ AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIVERS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON MARCH 31ST, 2021.
ON APRIL 1ST, 2021, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INSPECTION AND OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDS FOR.
WE RECENTLY DID RECEIVE A, UH, A BID FROM A CONTRACTOR, UM, IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND I BELIEVE THAT INFORMATION IS, UH, BEFORE YOU.
IT ALSO PROVIDES, UH, FINANCIAL MEANS FROM THE CONTRACTOR.
THERE WAS A PERMIT POOLED, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR AFTER THE LAST BOARD HEARING THAT, UH, RECOMMENDED A REPAIR TO THE STRUCTURE AND THAT IS A T P 21 35 0 0 1 4 8 0.
THAT WAS FOR A ROOF REPAIR THAT WAS PULLED ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR ALSO HAD PULLED, UH, ERECTED AS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD A CONSTRUCTION FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH THAT THE OWNER OF MR. MARQUEZ HAD THAT FENCE REMOVED.
AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO ABATEMENTS.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN A THOUSAND SCHOOL OF, UH, OR A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL.
UH, ELECTRICAL METER AND SAWS, UH, METERS WERE DISCONNECTED IN JULY OF 2020.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT THE PHOTO PRESENTATION NOW.
YES, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, APRIL 1ST, 2021.
UH, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, ABOVE THAT FRONT WINDOW ALONG THE EVES, YOU CAN SEE SOME SMOKE DAMAGE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE DAMAGE, UH, AROUND THE CEILING AREA, EXCUSE ME, AROUND THE E THE EASED AREA.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE METER'S BEEN REMOVED, AND AGAIN, THERE'S MORE SMOKE DAMAGE DUE TO ALONG THE EAST, UH, THROUGH THE VENT THERE, UH, WHICH INDICATED THE FIRE THAT WAS IN THE PRI PRIMARILY IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
LOOKING AT THE EAST ELEVATION, THIS IS WHERE THE MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE, UH, WAS FOUND AND IS WITHIN THAT.
INSIDE THAT WALL IS A BEDROOM THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE DAMAGE, UH, TO THE ROOF SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED.
MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE ROOF DAMAGE IS SMOKE DAMAGE, BUT IN THIS AREA, THIS IS WHERE THE PREDOMINANTLY, UH, FIRE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
AND THIS IS JUST LOOKING FROM THE, THE STATE EAST ELEVATION, BUT THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON, UH, APRIL 1ST, 2020.
YOU CAN SEE THE, FROM THERE, UH, THE DAMAGE TO, TO THE ROOF MEMBER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE THERE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, UH, WHERE, WHERE THOSE ROOF MEMBERS ARE.
THE, THE CRIPPLES ARE TOUCHING THE, UH, TOP PLATE AND RESTING ON THAT TOP PLATE.
THOSE, THOSE ROOF MEMBERS THERE ARE COMPROMISED.
UH, THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THOSE WOOD MEMBERS IS SEVERE.
THE CLOSE LOOK, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW COMPROMISED AND DETERIORATED THOSE WOOD MEMBERS ARE DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE.
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THERE'S JUST ANOTHER REAR ELEVATION PHOTO.THERE'S NO SAGGING TO THE ROOF.
THAT'S, OH, THAT PART OF THE ROOF SYSTEM THERE IS RIGHT OVER, UH, ON THE SIDE WHERE THE FIRE DAMAGE MOSTLY OCCURRED.
UM, THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT SAGGING AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR LIVING ROOM LOOKING FROM THE KITCHEN AREA, JUST COME IN OUT OF THE GARAGE AREA.
LOOKING INTO THE, THAT LIVING ROOM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UH, HOTSPOT HOLES WERE CREATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE SHE ROCK THERE.
UM, THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT SAGGING TO THE ROOF SYSTEM THERE IN THAT ROOM.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER HOTSPOT, UM, HOLE IN THE CEILING.
THIS IS A BEDROOM, UH, THAT'S WORKED TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, UM, ADJACENT TO THE ROOM THAT'S SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE DAMAGE IN SOME OF THE FIRE DAMAGE DONE TO IN, AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME ROOM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HOTSPOT, UH, HOLES THAT WERE CREATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, DETERMINE THE TRAVEL OF FIRE.
NOW THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE THE FIRE DAMAGE ON.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EXTERIOR, YOU SEE THE, THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE ON THAT WALL ON THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE JOIST, HOW SIGNIFICANT, HOW MUCH, UH, FIRE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE THOSE JOISTS HAVE, UH, SUSTAINED.
AND YOU SEE THE NATURAL LIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, UH, DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE WALL, UM, IN THAT AREA.
AGAIN, THOSE CEILING JOISTS IN THAT AREA, UM, ARE COMPROMISED.
AND AGAIN, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DECKING.
UH, THERE'S THIS DECKING UP THERE ON THE TOP, UH, THE RIDGE BOARD, I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER PHOTO THERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE, WHERE THE RIDGE BOARD IS ALSO SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
SO THIS IS, UM, TOWARDS THE UPPER PORTION WHERE THE RIDGE BOARD, IT MEETS SOME OF THE JOISTS, EXCUSE ME, SOME OF THE RAPTORS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE DAMAGED AND COMPROMISED.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE DECKING, UH, THAT DECKING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, UM, ALONG WITH THOSE PORTIONS OF THE ROOF SYSTEM, UH, WITH THE RAPTORS.
AND THAT'S A BETTER PHOTOGRAPH WHERE YOU SEE THE RIDGE BOARD UP ON TOP AND THE RAPTORS CONNECTED TO THE RIDGE BOARD.
AGAIN, ALL THOSE ARE, UH, SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE, UH, WHICH IS COMPROMISING THE ROOF.
UH, I'LL SAY THAT THERE'S, UH, MINIMAL SAGGING IN THAT AREA.
UM, IT, BUT IT DOES NEED, UM, TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
I IS LOOKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, UH, INTO ANOTHER BEDROOM.
UH, THAT WINDOW THERE, THAT'S THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
THAT'S A BEDROOM THAT'S LOCATED TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED.
THAT'S THE, THE BEDROOM TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, MAJORITY OF IT IS, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
WHAT I CAN SEE FROM THE HOTSPOT.
UM, THE HOLE THAT WAS CREATED FOR THE HOTSPOT TRAVEL, UM, IT IS MAINLY CHARRED, UH, TOWARDS THAT ROOF SYSTEM, BUT IT, THERE IS SOME DAMAGE, UH, ON THAT PORTION OF PROOF AS WELL.
THE, THE, THE, THE ROOM THAT HAS THE MOST FIRE DAMAGE IS ADJACENT WHERE THAT WALL IS RIGHT ABOVE THE HOLE IS ADJACENT TO THAT ROOM.
AND AGAIN, ANOTHER PHOTO FROM THE REAR ELEVATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT THE ROOF IS NOT COLLAPSING INWARD AT THIS TIME.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FIVE 19 LOOKOUT IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 4 5 7 8 11 12 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS OF STANDARD OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE HEALTH PROPERTY FOR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIRS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR FIVE 19 LOOKOUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OFFICER.
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UM, AND, UM, DOES THE, UH, BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.SO IS THE OWNER HERE TO SPEAK? YES.
DO YOU HAVE SS A P D OFFICER? UM, GARCIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM FIRST? OH, YES, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD ANY OFFICERS HERE THIS MORNING.
OKAY, MR. GARCIA? OFFICER GARCIA.
OFFICER GARCIA ON OFFICER GARCIA.
Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MY NAME IS OFFICER MICHAEL GARCIA.
ADDRESS, IT IS GONNA BE 7,000 CLEVER ROAD.
YOU WANNA PRESENT YOUR CASE, SIR? YES, MA'AM.
UM, WE DID HAVE SOME, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PRIOR, UM, TO OUR SECOND, I GUESS VISIT TO THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE OWNER HAS BEEN VERY COMPLIANT NOW.
UM, HE AND I THINK HE AGREED TO REPAIR, UH, THE H O A IS IS NOW HAPPY.
UH, I KNOW THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE HOUSE, UM, AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT AS FAR AS NOW, UH, H O A IN THE AREA DOES WANT TO SEE IT REPAIRED AND, UH, THE OWNER'S BEEN GOOD.
NO, I GUESS POLICE AC ACTIVITY IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UM, OWNERS BEING, UH, COMPLIANT.
UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? MR. ROBERT TAPIA? SO OFFICER, HAVE WE COMPLETED ANY INVESTIGATIONS AND, UH, CASE CLOSED WE CAN MOVE ON WITH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE REPAIRS? UM, I BELIEVE SO.
I, IF ARSON HAD A CASE OPEN ON THIS, I DON'T THINK THEY'D ALLOW IT.
UM, I CAN DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT, BUT AS FAR AS RIGHT NOW, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY KIND OF RED FLAGS AS FAR AS, AND I THINK THEY WOULD TALK TO THE CITY, UM, IF RAM CAN CONFIRM THAT WITH ME, IF THEY WOULD, UM, TELL HIM OR NOT IF WE COULDN'T GO FORWARD WITH REPAIRS.
JENNY, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? JENNY, ARE YOU THERE? YES, MA'AM.
OH, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON, UM, ANY, ANYTHING THAT'S STILL OPEN OR PENDING ON THIS PROPERTY? UM, I HAVE TO DEFER ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE DE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, MA'AM, WITH THE, THAT WAS THE POLICE, I THINK THAT WAS SPEAKING, YES, THAT WAS POLICE SPEAKING.
UM, OUR PENDING CASES IS, IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, IS THE ONE BEING PRESENTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OPEN INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR. TAPIA WAS ASKING.
YEAH, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO THE POLICE ON THAT ONE.
REALLY? SO, UH, SO, SO I
I BELIEVE THE REFERENCE HE MADE IS TO, THERE WAS AN OPEN ARSON INVESTIGATION AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF HE UNDER, HE KNOWS WHAT THE END RESULT WAS, SO THAT'S WHY HE WAS ASKING TO SEE IF, UH, CODE OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES KNEW OF ANYTHING.
SO YOU, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A WORD, MS. BROWN.
UH, RAM RAMIRO, THE OFFICER INVEST, UH, HAVING THIS CASE UP.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE SEEN ANY UPDATES FROM ARSON THAT THEY'RE PURSUING THE CASE AT THIS TIME.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PENDING, BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN MADE PRIVY TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM ARSON.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY, NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER THEN? UH, I GUESS WE CAN HAVE THE OWNER SPEAK.
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MR. MEJIA, IF YOU CAN PRESS SIX ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD TO UNMUTE YOUR LINE, PLEASE.HELLO? YES, ARE YOU WATCHING, ARE YOU WATCHING THE MEETING, UM, ON YOUR COMPUTER? ARE YOU STREAMLINE? NO, I'M ON THE, I'M ON, I'M ON, ON, ON A PHONE AND THEN ON MY OTHER PHONE.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, MY NAME IS RAMON MEJIA JR.
MY ADDRESS IS FIVE 19 LOOKOUT DRIVE.
YOU CAN BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANTED TO OFFICER GARCIA, UM, HE WAS SAYING THAT THERE WAS CRIMINAL MISCHIEF PRIOR TO THIS CASE, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT, WHAT, WHAT IT WAS THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I'M SORRY, MR. MIHI? YES, MA'AM.
THAT'S, UH, THAT QUESTION IS NOT RELEVANT AT THIS PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE TO GET WITH THE OFFICER AND, YOU KNOW, AND ASK THAT QUESTION PERSONALLY RIGHT NOW WE JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
OH, I'M, I'M TRYING, I'M FIXING TO SELL IT HERE SOON.
SO I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE A BUYER.
UM, I THINK, UH, OFFICER GARCIA MIGHT NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AS FAR AS, UM, UH, THIS IS YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, OFFICER GARCIA DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
OKAY, WELL, YEAH, THIS IS, UM, I PLAN TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
THEY CAME BY WITH, UM, THE NUMBER THEY WANT, THE NUMBER THEY WANT FOR THE HOUSE.
AND, UM, I JUST NEED TO GET MY, THE OTHER SIGNATURE, WHICH IS CAROL HERE.
DID YOU BRING IN THE CONTRACT? DID YOU BRING IN THE CONTRACT, SIR? NO, I HAVEN'T BROUGHT NO CONTRACT IN, MA'AM.
WELL WHEN IS THIS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, SIR? HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
OKAY, WELL THIS WAS, THIS WAS THE DATE THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING, UH, BRING IN THE CONTRACT OR WHATEVER YOU WERE GONNA DO AT THE PROPERTY.
THE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UH, REPAIRING THE PROPERTY OR SELLING IT OR WHATEVER.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE SELLING IT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT.
UM, THERE'S TWO, UH, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SIGN, I CAN'T FORGE ANYBODY'S SIGNATURE.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING, SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU THAT.
THE ONLY THING, OKAY, THE ONLY THING THAT I'M SAYING IS THAT TODAY WAS THE DAY THIS CASE WAS IN BACK IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE.
IT WAS HEARD BACK IN JANUARY AND, UM, AT THAT TIME YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GET WHATEVER YOU WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY AND BRING IT IN FOR THE REHEARING.
AND NOW YOU HAVE PUT US INTO, YOU HAVE PUT US INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE MAY BE FORCED TO TEAR THIS DOWN OR REHEAR IT AGAIN, AND THAT'LL BE THREE TIMES BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR DOCUMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A LEGAL CONTRACT.
AND, UH, YOU DIDN'T BRING THAT IN TODAY? NO, MA'AM.
UM, AND LIKE, UH, LIKE I WAS ASKING EARLIER ON, UH, ABOUT GARCIA AND THE CRIMINAL MISSION THAT THEY SAID BEFORE, BECAUSE Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL TALKED TO ALL THE HOMEOWNERS IN JANUARY, CORRECT? SIR, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYONE.
THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THIS, THIS INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE WILL KNOW HOW TO RULE ON THIS.
BUT YOU SAID THAT WAS THE FIRST HEARING IN JANUARY.
IT WAS FIRST HEARING IN JANUARY, AND YOU WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT YOU NEEDED TO EITHER REPAIR THE BUILDING AND THE THINGS THAT YOU NEEDED TO DO TO REPAIR IT.
AND NOW HERE IT IS, APRIL I, I, I WAS, I WASN'T TOLD AT THAT TIME, SO THAT'S A LIE.
'CAUSE I WASN'T IN THAT HEARING.
MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL FOR CLARIFICATION.
UM, IN JANUARY WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS HEARD, NOBODY, UH, THE NEITHER OF THE OWNERS SHOWED UP.
I DO ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT IF, IF MR. MEJIA DOES HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, UH, A POLICE OFFICER OR THE CODE OFFICER, HE IS ALLOWED TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
I WILL PREVENT QUESTIONS BEING ASKED TO THIS BOARD, BUT IF HE WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UH, ANY, ANY INFORMATION, UM, THAT THE CODE OFFICER OR THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER PROVIDED, HE, HE DOES HAVE THAT RIGHT TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
NO, NO ONE, UH, WAS AT THE, UH, JANUARY, UH, MEETING OR HEARING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANTED TO ASK, SIR? NO, I DON'T WANNA ASK IT NO MORE.
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THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.UM, BUT LIKE, I'M NOT, LIKE I'M SAYING I WASN'T THERE IN JANUARY INFORMATION ON THIS HOUSE UNTIL ABOUT FEBRUARY THE 23RD.
I'M AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE I'M ABOUT TO SELL IT.
HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
I DON'T HAVE NO WRITTEN CONTRACT FOR YOU.
AND, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I STAND RIGHT NOW.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE OR, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, OKAY, I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION.
WHAT IS IT IS JUDY, I ALSO HAVE, UM, TWO EMAILS TO READ INTO THE RECORD AND WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON SIGNED UP TO SEE.
THE FIRST EMAIL IS FROM CAROL MEJIA.
SHE IS ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THIS IS RECEIVED ON APRIL 6TH, 2020, REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT FIVE 19 LOOKOUT DRIVE.
MY NAME IS CAROL MEJIA AND I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS TO THE PROPERTY AT FIVE 19 LOOKOUT 7 8 2 8.
SINCE THE FIRE IN JULY, 2020, I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH MY HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE AND THE INVESTIGATION ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY FINALLY MADE THE DECISION TO COVER THE COST OF THE HOME.
AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PROPERTY PAID OFF IN 2021, MY INTENTIONS WERE TO REBUILD THE HOME.
MY EX-HUSBAND, RAMON MEJIA, WAS INCARCERATED AT THE TIME, SO I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AND HIRE A CONTRACTOR.
RAMON WAS RELEASED FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL AND HAS MADE THIS PROCESS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED HARASSING ME ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND THREATENED TO TEAR DOWN THE FENCE I PAID TO CLOSE OFF THE PROPERTY.
IN MY OPINION, HE IS NOT STABLE AND UNABLE TO REASON WITH MY ATTORNEY HAS DRAFTED AN AGREEMENT ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND HE HAS YET TO, TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK.
OUR NEXT STEP IS TO GO BACK TO COURT.
I'M CURRENTLY PENDING A COURT DATE.
I'M AWARE OF THE DISTURBANCE AND PUBLIC NUISANCE OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY, AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE I'M NOT TRYING TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED, BUT UNTIL I HAVE A COURT ORDER TO CONTROL THE PROPERTY, I AM UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED NUMEROUS OFFICE, OFFICE FOR THE PROPERTY, BUT WITHOUT RAMON'S SIGNATURE, I CANNOT SPELL.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME AS WELL.
I AM ALSO AVAILABLE IF I NEED TO BE CONTACTED AT TWO TEN THREE TWO SIX THREE FIVE EIGHT FOUR.
AND WE DID RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL EMAIL YESTERDAY, APRIL 7TH, UM, FROM CAROL MIA AS WELL STATING, UM, GOOD EVENING.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE.
I SPOKE WITH RAM AND WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO AN ON AN OFFER.
I'LL PRESENT THIS TO MY ATTORNEY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM CAROL MACIA, ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF FIVE 19 BOOKOUT DRIVE.
WELL, I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS IT TWO OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ASSISTANT OR BROTHER? MAYBE.
THIS IS OFFICER GTA WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S, UH, HUSBAND AND WIFE OR HUSBAND? I'M NOT SURE.
EX-HUSBAND AND WIFE, BUT THEY'RE BOTH LISTED ON THE, UH, THE DEEDED WERE ON
SO ACCORDING TO MR. MEJIA, HE'S FOUND A, UM, A BUYER, APPARENTLY.
MR. MEJIA, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. IF YOU MAY HAVE TO PRESS SIX ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEY TO UNMUTE THE HELLO? YES.
SO, UH, YOU, YOU SAID IN YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU HAD FOUND A BUYER.
THEY HAD CONTACTED ME AND CAROLINA YESTERDAY.
AND, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, I'VE BEEN, WE'RE WE'RE READY TO SIGN.
UM, IT'S HARD TO GET AHOLD OF CAROL SOMETIMES.
UM, AND THERE'S, UH, HER FATHER IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S ON THE, THAT WAS ON THE, UH, ON THE, UM, ON THE LIEN, I MEAN, ON THE LIEN, ON THE, UH, ON THE TITLE AS WELL, ON FROM THE, FOR THE HOME.
BUT I GUESS, UM, HIM AND CAROL AND HER DAD TOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY, MR. GERALD MARQUEZ TOOK HIM OFF, OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL ON OR WHAT'S THE CASE WITH THAT.
SO WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE PROPERTY? THREE OF YOU.
IT'S ME, MY WIFE, AND HER DAD WAS ON THE NOTE.
I DON'T KNOW UNTIL WHEN THEY, SHE MAY HAVE TAKEN THEM OFF.
SO, SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA SELL THE PROPERTY IF THE TWO OF THEM ARE NOT, I GUESS, UH, EAR TO EAR WITH YOU? WELL, I, IN YOUR DECISION, I GUESS THEY, I GUESS THEY TOOK, TOOK CARE OF THAT WITH HER LAWYER.
UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW, ONLY HER AND I HAVE TO SIGN, BUT I KEPT ON HEARING MR. UH, RA, UH, MR. HERRERA SAYING EARLIER ON THAT, UM, SAYING RAUL MEJIA.
AND, UH, IT'S RAUL MARQUEZ, THAT'S HER DAD.
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OKAY.SO, SO WHAT DO, THIS CASE HAS ALREADY BEEN RESET YES.
AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE O OTHER THAN MR. MEJIA THAT CLAIMS HE OWNS THE PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE, THE WIFE AND THE FATHER.
AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, REGARDING WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.
SO, UH, THE PROPERTY, JUST, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MR. MEJIA, MS. MEJIA, AND OF COURSE HER FATHER WHO ALSO SIGNED ON IT, ACCORDING TO, ACCORDING TO THE EMAIL THAT, UH, UH, THAT JUDY READ INTO THE RECORD, W WAS FROM CAROL MEJIA, UM, THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE LATEST UPDATE IS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON SELLING THE PROPERTY.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE IS A THIRD PERSON TO SPEAK, OR, OR A MR. REYES TO SPEAK.
WHO IS THE, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE POTENTIAL BUYER OF THE PROPERTY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHO THEY MADE A CONTRACT OR, OR AGREEMENT WITH.
UH, I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO LET'S HEAR HIM OUT, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, I'LL, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM TO YOU, ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.
SO, JUDY, WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER HERE? YES.
MR. RAMIRO REYES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, MA'AM, I'M HERE.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND RECORD, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOU CAN ALSO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SUBMITTED.
UH, I LIVE ON, UH, 1 0 6, I MEAN 1 0 5 CLIFFSIDE HAW DRIVE.
UH, I'M THE, I'M, I'M THE, UH, I'M THE BUYER, THE CONTRACTOR THAT I SUBMITTED ALL THIS PAPERWORK.
I GIVE MR. MR. UH, MEJIA A CONTRACT OF PURCHASE, WHICH IS, UH, THE CITY, UH, UH, REQUESTED.
I GIVE, I GIVE THE CITY, UH, I SUPPOSED TO GIVE HIM THE PURCHASE CON PURCHASE OF CONTRACT, CONTRACT PURCHASE, I'M SORRY, FOR, FOR, FOR THAT, UH, TO SUBMIT ALL THE PAPERWORK.
BUT MR. MEJIA, UH, STATED THAT, UH, HE COULDN'T GET A, HE COULDN'T GET A FULL OF, UH, HIS, HIS WIFE, UH, FOR HIM, FOR HER TO SIGN.
SO THAT, UH, BUT I DID GIVE HIM THAT, UH, PER, UH, CONTRACT PURCHASE.
AND I SUBMITTED THAT, THAT A REPAIR BID.
I SUBMITTED MY FINANCIAL, UH, UH, MY FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR, TO REPAIR THE HOUSE AND TO BUY THE HOUSE.
AND, UH, I SPOKE TO MS. MS, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, UH, MISS, I TALKED TO MS. CAROLINA MEJIA, AND, UH, I TOLD HER ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WAS GOING ON, UH, BUT I WAS GONNA BE, I WAS A POTENTIAL BUYER FOR THE HOUSE, AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA, SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA GET THE PAPERWORK TIME LAST NIGHT, UH, UH, TO MR. MEJIA SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND, BECAUSE BO, BOTH OF, BOTH OF 'EM ARE THE OWNERS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE BEARCAT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE OWNERS.
UH, THE MOM, HE AND MS. CAROL CORINA MEJIA.
SO SHE CONTACTED ME YESTERDAY THAT, UH, THAT SHE WAS GONNA GO THERE AND, AND FOR HIM TO SIGN.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T, THEY HAVEN'T SENT ME, SHE HAS MY EMAIL.
THEY HAVEN'T SENT ME ANY PAPERWORK.
SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND IT TO YOU TO THE, TO MISS, UH, TO, UH, TO THE CITY, ANTONIO, WHICH IS TO, UH, THE MIDDLE, UH,
SO YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU HAVE A, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE, THE, UH, PAPER TO BUY THE PROPERTY, AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE FOR REPAIR ALSO? YES, MA'AM.
I, I, I, I TURNED IN, I, I TURNED IN, SEE THE, THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE CITY REQUESTED A FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH FINANCIAL THAT I, I COULD, FROM, FROM A BANK THAT I, I COULD PURCHASE THE HOUSE.
THEY, THEY, THEY, UH, THEY ASKED ME FOR, FOR, UH, THE, UH, THE BID AMOUNT FOR THE REPAIRS.
AND THEY, THEY ASK ME THE, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA, HOW MUCH TIME I'M GONNA TAKE FOR, FOR THAT, UH, TO FIX THE HOUSE AND FOR CONTRACT OF PURCHASE, WHICH I DID EVERYTHING.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WANNA TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, GIVE, I DIDN'T GIVE IT PERSONALLY, BUT I PUT HIM ON THE, BECAUSE AS, AS MR. MEJIA REQUESTED, I PUT IT ON HIS MAILBOX.
BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN CALLING HIM EVER SINCE.
UH, I GIVE HIM THE CONTRACT OF PURCHASE, AND HE'S BEEN TELLING ME THAT HIS WIFE, UH, IS HARD TO FIND AND HE COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF HIM AND OF HER.
BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THE CONTRACT WILL PURCHASE IS, UH, IS A CONTRACT.
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THAT, UH, TO THAT, UH, TITLE COMPANY SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, CHECK WITH, SO THEY CAN GIMME CLEAR TITLE.DID YOU BRING IN THE CONTRACT? DID YOU GIVE THE CONTRACT TO THE CITY? UH, UH, LIKE, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, UH, UH, MR. ME, I GAVE, I GAVE THE CONTRACT.
I, I, I SIGNED MY PURCHASE FOR THE CONTRACT PURCHASE.
BUT, UH, MR. MEJIA AND MR. AND, UH, MS. CAROLINA MEJIA IS SUPPOSED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY, UH, THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED ANYTHING.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M WAITING ON.
UM, COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS CASE IS, UM, CONFUSING, TO SAY THE LEAST.
SO WE HAVE, ACCORDING TO THE BUYER, HE HAD, HE, I GUESS, WROTE UP THE CONTRACT FOR SALE.
AND THIS, THIS DOCUMENT HERE IS A SALE DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, BUT IT IS SAYING, IT IS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE FUNDS HE CAN COVER BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO, AND HE GAVE THE CONTRACT TO THE, TO MR. MEJIA, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED IT.
SO, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE, UH, MR. MR. MEJIA AND MS. MEJIA, UH, NOT ONLY ARE THEY NOT TOGETHER, IT, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR COMMUNICATE, I THINK THEIR COMMUNICATION IS LIMITED.
SO, UM, ACCORDING TO WHAT MR. REYES IS SAYING, HE HAD A CONTRACT, HE'S GIVEN IT TO MR. MEJIA.
THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS NOT SIGNED IT IS MS. MEJIA.
UM, I'M ASSUMING FROM THE EMAIL THAT SHE SENT OUT TO JUDY, UM, LAST NIGHT, EARLY THIS MORNING, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, MR. REYES HAS DONE HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND, AND GETTING IN CONTACT WITH MS. MEJIA.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE MS. MEJIA HAS TAKEN THAT CONTRACT AND GETTING IT, GIVING IT TO HER ATTORNEY.
BUT I, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE RED HERRINGS IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT DOES WANT TO BUY THEM, BUY THE PROPERTY, AND IF THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH THAT, THEN THE BOARD SHOULD LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK AND PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS AND DETERMINE IF THEY BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
AND IF SO, DO THEY, UM, UM, DO THEY, UH, WANT TO TAKE MR, UH, REYES'S, UM, PAPERWORK THAT HE'S PROVIDED AND, AND, AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS OR NOT? THAT'S, UH, I, I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO THE, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE, THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT HONESTLY, WHATEVER THIS BOARD, UH, WHATEVER DECISION THIS BOARD MAKES, IT'S GONNA RUN WITH THE LAND.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN MR. REYES IN, IN MAKING THE REPAIRS, THE BOARD CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, IF YOU DON'T, THEN THE BOARD HAS OTHER OPTIONS TO MAKE.
IF THE BOARD WANTS, IF THE BOARD WANTS MORE ANSWERS, THEN THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY ALSO TO RESET IF THEY BELIEVE THEY, UH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN RESET ONE TIME, BUT THE MR UM, REYES, HE, HE PRESENTED, UM, A SCOPE OF WORK, PLUS HE HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
SO, WHICH IS IT? UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE, I GUESS IT'S, IT'S GETTING CONFUSING BECAUSE THE OWNERS HAVEN'T SIGNED THE PAPERWORK.
SO IS HE GONNA REPAIR IT OR IS HE GONNA BUY IT? WELL, I, I BELIEVE WHAT HE'S SAYING TO YOU IS HE WANTS TO BUY IT AND MAKE THE REPAIRS.
NOW, WHETHER, NOW WHETHER IT HAPPENS OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE OWNERS SELL IT TO HIM OR NOT.
UH, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT IN, IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD THAT, UM, IS MAKING A COMMITMENT TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THIS PROPERTY AND IS JUST SHOWING YOU, UM, UM, IN GOOD FAITH HIS, UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS AND HIS SCOPE OF WORK.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST WHETHER THIS BOARD, UH, WANTS TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKE A, UH, AN ORDER OR A MOTION, OR IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO AND WANTS TO GO ANOTHER ROUTE.
UH, HAS EVERYBODY SPOKEN THAT, THAT MORNING TO SPEAK TODAY? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION SO WE CAN, UH, GO AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING WITH THIS CASE? I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. REYES.
UH, MR. REYES, UH, YOU GAVE US, UH, SCOPE OF WORK.
UH, CAN YOU GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT YOU THINK, UH, THE TIMELINE, UH, FOR THOSE REPAIRS WOULD BE? HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE? WELL, YES SIR.
I THINK, UH, IT WOULD TAKE ME TO FROM SIX TO TO EIGHT MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, ON, ON, ON THE CITY PERMITS.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE CITY PERMITS, THEY, THEY TAKE A WHILE AND, UH, BECAUSE I, I HAVE TO DO A, A LOT OF, UH, TRUCTURE STRUCTURE AND ENGINEER AND ALL THAT.
SO I, I, THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE ME THE MOST, ALL THAT, UH, THAT, UH,
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PAPERWORK.BUT AS FAR, AS FAR AS THAT, UH, THAT THE WORKING IN THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ROBERT TAPIA AND, AND TO YOU, SIR, AGAIN, UM, HAVE YOU SIGNED ANY CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER TO DO THAT WORK? IS THIS JUST IN, IN WORDS, HAVE YOU SIGNED ANYTHING TO HAVE AND AGREED TO, TO DO BASICALLY THE DEMOLITION AND THE REBUILDING OF, OF THE HOME? NO, SIR.
I, I, I HAVE NOT, I HAVE NOT SIGNED ANYTHING WITH HIM BECAUSE, UH, I'M NOT PLANNING TO, TO DO ANY WORK BECAUSE, UH, I'M PLANNING TO BUY THE HOUSE, NOT NOT TO, TO DO WORK FOR, UH, TO REMODEL HIS HOUSE.
IF, IF I, IF I WORK ON THE HOUSE, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE, I'M GONNA BE THE OWNER.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION
MR. REYES ALL MEANS, GO AHEAD, MR. REYES.
SO, UM, YOU SAID THAT THE REPAIRS WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, BUT I JUST, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MAYBE A HOLDUP IN THE PAPERWORK CURRENTLY, BUT JUST SO THAT WE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN MOVING FORWARD, UM, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A TEAM IN PLACE? BECAUSE WE SEE THE ESTIMATES AND EVERYTHING, BUT DO YOU HAVE A TEAM IN PLACE TO GET THESE REPAIRS DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY, LIKE SO THAT WE HAVE ALL THE, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE ANY INSPECTIONS.
WE DON'T NEED THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT STUFF IN PLACE ALREADY? AND DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH DOING THIS, THIS IN SAN ANTONIO? YES, MA'AM.
I'M, I'M A, I'M A, I'M A, I'M A BUILDING CONTRACTOR.
I'M A, I'M A CERTIFIED, I'M, I'M, I HAVE, I'M A LICENSED CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'VE BEEN DO, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK FOR OVER, OVER 25 YEARS.
AND, UH, I, I'M A, I'M A REMODELER AND, UH, AND, UH, AND, AND NEW HOMES, BRAND NEW HOMES AND, AND, UH, UH, UH, UH, OLD HOMES THAT I REMODEL.
SO I, I HAVE A GOOD HISTORY WITH, UH, STATE OF SAN ANTONIO, DO, DOING, UH, COMPLYING WITH ALL THE PERMITS AND THE, AND ALL MY TRADES.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS CASE? KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SIGNED, NO CONTRACT SIGNED, NO REMODELING, SIGNED, NOTHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK MR. UM, OF THE CONTRACTOR WANTS TO BUY THE PROPERTY AND REMODELED IT, BUT NO ONE HAS SIGNED ANYTHING.
AND SO MR. MEJIA HASN'T SIGNED ANYTHING.
MRS. MEJIA HASN'T SIGNED ANYTHING, SO I DON'T KNOW.
KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR MOTION, PLEASE, ANYBODY, WE CAN ALWAYS REHEAR THIS.
SO THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP YOU OUT.
WELL, THIS, IF WE'RE NOT OPEN TO ANY MORE DISCUSSION, UH, TO ME THIS IS, THIS IS A DEMOLITION.
EVERYBODY CAN START OFF GROUND, FLOOR AND BUILD UP.
SO IT'S, UH, MY MOTION IS FOR A DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND I MOVE THAT THE MAIN, UM, STRUCTURE AT 5 1 9 LOCKOUT DRIVE SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 2 8 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 4 5 7 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE FIRE DAMAGE, THE ROTTEN FLOORS DETERIORATING, UH, STRUCTURE AND IT IS, UM, BEYOND FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR TODAY.
AND ORDER THAT THE BOTH, I MEAN, ORDER THAT THE MAIN STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
OKAY? UM, LET ME REPEAT THIS BACK.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR FIVE 19 LOOKOUT, ACCORDING TO SECTIONS 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND, AND 15.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MADAM CHAIR? YES.
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I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN AND IT'S NOT GIVING ME, I JUST NOW GOT IT BACK.UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION TO ASK, BUT SINCE WE'RE ALREADY IN THE VOTE, I SECOND THE MOTION.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS DURING THE DISCUSSION? PART PART, YOU, FRED, YOU WANNA ASK A QUESTION? NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT ON IT.
IT'S A FACT THAT, HOLD ON A MINUTE, LET ME GO.
UH, IN THE, IN THE STATEMENT THAT THE BANK GAVE, IT ONLY GAVE STATEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BUY THE PROPERTY, YET HE SUBMITTED A BID TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE ONLY STATEMENT I WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE, IS THE FACT THAT, UM, THE DOCUMENTS DON'T LINE UP BECAUSE NOW HE'S SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THE FUNDING FOR THE REPAIRS, NOT THE FUNDING FOR BUYING.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY PART I WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE.
SO COULD WE GO TO VOTE PLEASE? AYE.
MS. HILARY? NO, THAT WAS A NO.
THANK YOU MR. RA? NO, MR. TAPIA.
A MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO.
NEXT CASE, PLEASE, SIR, YOU CAN GET MR, MR UH, WAS IT MEJIA? MR. MEJIA, YOU NEED TO GET WITH YOUR, UH, CODE OFFICER, ARE YOU STILL THERE MR. MEJIA? HE IS ON THE LINE.
MR. MEJIA, WE CAN PLEASE PRESS SIX TO UNMUTE YOUR, YOUR PHONE.
MR. MEJIA, ARE YOU THERE? MR. MEJIA? IF YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR KEYPAD TO UNMUTE YOUR LINE CHAIR.
YOU SHOW AS ON THE CALL THOUGH.
WELL IF HE COMES BACK ON THE LINE, UH, TO YOU, CAN YOU TELL HIM TO PLEASE GET WITH HIS, UM, HIS, UH, CODE OFFICER, PLEASE? YES.
WE'LL HAVE OFFICER CONTACT HIM AND ALSO MR. REYES AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER GARCIA.
ALRIGHT, SO YEAH, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE.
[1. 21-2632 (CD-2) 1108 Gibbs St (accessory structure)]
HAVE ANOTHER DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE ITEM 1 11 0 8 GIBBS STREET, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.MY NAME IS CONNIE P, PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1108.
GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 3 4 8 BLOCK 14, LOT THREE A AND THREE B LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, THE OWNER ON RECORD.
IT IS 1108 GIBBS TRUST WITH ELLIS SAN JOSE AT TRUSTEE WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1356 NORTH MOPAR ROAD, SUITE TWO FOUR 1000 OAKS, CALIFORNIA 9 1 3 6 OH.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CONTACT WITH THE OWNER THROUGHOUT THE CASE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2020 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
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THE FOLLOWING IS TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1108 GIFTS WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 31ST, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2020.
SINCE THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MADE, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 10 INSPECTION.
THE LAST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 2ND, 2021.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO STRUCTURAL REPAIRS MADE OR PERMIT OBTAINED ON MARCH 20TH, 2021.
A COPY OF THE UPCOMINGS WAS POSTED AT THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 AND MARCH 26TH, 2021.
WE ARE ONLY GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
I HAVE NO PICTURES OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A TWO STORY.
THERE'S A GARAGE UNDERNEATH WITH AN APARTMENT ABOVE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S UM, THE SHINGLES ARE ROTTED.
THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING.
IT'S MISSING WEATHERPROOFING ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, A SHED THAT HAS BEEN ATTACHED LATER ON THAT IS ACTUALLY LIFTING.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A BETTER PHOTO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DILAPIDATED STAIRWELL THAT GOES UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
NEXT, HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE, WHAT I'M GONNA CALL THE MAIN FRONT ELEVATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS ARE ROTTED.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FACIAL BOARD ROTTING.
NEXT, THIS IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE FRONT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THIS PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE IS TO THE RIGHT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES ONGOING WITH THE, UH, ROOF COVERING.
IT'S DILAPIDATED STATION BOARDS ARE ROTTED.
WOOD BOARD MEMBERS ARE, UM, ROTTING.
WE CAN SEE THE, UH, THE DOOR DOESN'T ACTUALLY SHUT ANYMORE.
NEXT HERE IS, UH, A BETTER LOOK UP THE STAIRS.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE LIFTING TO THE LEFT.
UM, SOME OF THE STAIRS ARE NOT ATTACHED.
UM, THE STAIRS ARE NOT EVENLY SPACED, SO WHEN YOU'RE WALKING UP, UH, YOU'RE A NORMAL PERSON IS USED TO LIFTING THEIR FOOT SO FAR.
YOU DO THAT ON THESE STAIRS, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
NEXT HERE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
IT GIVES YOU A BETTER VIEW OF THE STAIRS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE HANDRAILS ARE ROTTED.
UM, THE WHOLE STAIR STAIRS ARE, ARE ROTTED.
UM, AGAIN, MISSING WEATHERPROOFING.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME OF THE BOARDS ARE, ARE ROTTED AND COMING OFF THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, HERE'S ANOTHER CLOSEUP OF THE STAIRS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED WOOD BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUES, THE ROTTEN, UH, WOOD BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID, UH, SOME WEATHERPROOFING ON THIS SIDE.
NEXT, THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA CALL THE BACK ELEVATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED WOOD BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DILAPIDATED SHINGLES ON THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE GARAGE DOORS UNDERNEATH, UH, HOW DILAPIDATED THEY ARE.
AND OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE SOME GRAFFITI GOING ON.
HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THOSE DOORS.
UM, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DOORS WORK ANYMORE.
I DID TRY TO MOVE THEM TO KITCHEN TO OPEN AND I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AT IT.
NEXT, WHEN YOU FIRST, UH, WALK INTO THE UPSTAIRS, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE AROUND THE WINDOWS THERE'S SOME SEPARATION GOING ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME LIFTING IS HAPPENING WITH THE STRUCTURE NEXT.
AND HERE'S ONE OF THE PANEL BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UH, HAVE COME APART DUE TO THE LIFTING.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE DID NOT WALK ON THE FLOOR EXCEPT FOR AROUND THE WALL.
THE EXTERIOR WALL, THE FLOOR IS SO SOFT.
UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED IF SOMEONE GOES UP THERE, THEY WILL FALL THROUGH NEXT.
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AND THIS IS, UH, THE FLOOR SYSTEM.YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UH, AROUND THE EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR WALLS THAT ARE ON THE OUTSIDE THAT THE BOARDS ARE POPPING ON.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE CRITTERS GOING INSIDE.
NEXT, THIS IS, UH, GOING INTO ONE OF THE, IT ONLY HAS A MAIN ROOM, A BEDROOM, A BATHROOM, A DINING ROOM, AND A KITCHEN.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE EXTERIOR WALLS THAT THE WOOD FLOOR MEMBERS ARE POPPING OFF THEIR ROTTING.
AGAIN, DO NOT WALK ON THE INTERIOR OF THE INSIDE FLOOR.
NEXT, THIS IS THE ONE BATHROOM.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE TOILET THAT IS NO LONGER CONNECTED.
AND THEN THE SHOWER, WHILE YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A WATER LEAK AT ONE POINT THAT SOMEONE TRIED TO REPAIR.
UM, AND, AND THEY NEVER DID FINISH THE REPAIR.
NEXT, THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE DINING ROOM AREA FROM THE LIVING AREA.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CEILING HAS STARTED TO FAIL.
THIS IS DUE TO A WATER LEAK COMING THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM NEXT.
AND THIS IS, IF YOU TURN LEFT, YOU'RE GOING INTO THE KITCHEN.
UM, I DID NOT WALK INTO THE KITCHEN, UH, FOR SAFETY REASONS.
I JUST TOOK THE PICTURES FROM WHERE I WAS STANDING NEXT.
SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE AGAIN BECAUSE NOW I'M GONNA GO INTO THE DOWNSTAIRS AREA NEXT.
AND THIS IS THAT LITTLE SECTION OF THE, WHAT I'M CALLING THE SHED.
BUT IT IS ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE ROOF SYSTEM SEEMS FINE FROM THE INSIDE, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, UH, SOME OF THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING.
AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT THEY DO HAVE A SLAB ON GRADE FOR THIS PORTION FOR FOUNDATION, AND WHICH I DID NOT SEE ANY NOTED ISSUES.
BUT I DID WANNA SHOW YOU THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING IN HERE USING IT AS STORAGE.
NEXT, AGAIN, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS MAIN ELEVATION PICTURE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO THE DOWNSTAIRS NEXT.
WHEN GOING INTO THE DOWNSTAIRS.
UM, WHEN YOU IMMEDIATELY LOOK UP, YOU SEE ELECTRICAL WIRES HANGING THROUGHOUT.
UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT COLORBLIND, SO I'M GONNA CALL BACK GREEN.
UH, THAT IS THE SUPPORT BEAM TO TRY TO, UH, HOLD THE UPSTAIRS FLOOR.
IT'S NOT DOING A GOOD JOB AND IT IS ROTTED.
THIS IS THE SECOND SUPPORT BEING THAT THEY HAD PUT UP FOR THE UPSTAIRS TO HOLD THE, UH, SECOND FLOOR FLOORING IN PLACE.
NEXT I WANNA SHOW YOU SOME, UH, ELECTRICAL ISSUES GOING ON.
WE GOT WIRES JUST HANGING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE USING THIS FOR STORAGE.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE, IT'S A DUPLEX AND IT'S OCCUPIED ON BOTH SIDES AND THEY DO HAVE CHILDREN.
NEXT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UH, THIS IS A GRAVEL FOUNDATION.
I'M NOT ABLE TO GET GOOD PICTURES OF THE GRAVEL FOUNDATION, BUT YOU CAN SEE THOSE SUPPORT BEAMS, UM, ARE NOT HELPING TO THE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ATTACHED CORRECTLY INTO THE GRAVEL.
UM, AND IT'S RIDING AT THE BOTTOM.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MULTIPLE ITEMS INSIDE HERE BEING STORED.
SO PEOPLE ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THIS, UH, GARAGE AREA NEXT.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE END OF THE, THE PICTURE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1108 DIP STREET WAS BUILT IN 1925.
IT HAS A TWO STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE AND A RESIDENTIAL DOLL.
IT HAS A CRASH GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH A PORTION OF THE ROOF SYSTEM HAVING A SHINGLE COVER AND THE OTHER PORTION HAS A METAL COVER.
THERE ARE SACKS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, DETERIORATED SHINGLES AND ROTTED FACIA BOARDS.
THERE ARE ROOF LEAKS, WHICH ARE NOTED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE EXTERIOR HAS WOOD PLANK SIDING, WHICH IS DETERIORATED IN MISSING WEATHERPROOFING MUCH AS THE GLAZING CEILING DETERIORATED
THE STEPS ARE NOT LEVEL AND SOME OF THEM ARE DETACHED IN AREAS.
THERE IS A GRAVEL FOUNDATION FOUND ON THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE SHEET ROCK ARE FAILING.
THE FLOORS ARE TOO SOFT TO WALK ON.
WHEN MAKING THE INTERIOR INSPECTION, WE HAD TO WALK NEAR THE EXTERIOR OF THE ROOM.
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UPSTAIRS DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPORT FROM BENEATH.PORTIONS OF THE UPSTAIRS CEILING ARE FAILING CEILING ON THE INSIDE OF THE FIRST FLOOR.
IT IS BEING UTILIZED FOR STORAGE.
THE CEILING, WHICH IS THE FLOORS FROM THE UPSTAIRS ARE FAILING.
THE STRUCTURE IS NOT SAFE FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO MAKE ENTRY.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1108 KIPP STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS OR HUMAN HABITATION POSE.
A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1108 GIBBON STREET.
SO THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? NO, MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THE OFFICER? UM, MS. BROWN, IT'S UH, MS. GIL HERE.
OFFICER ETT, SO THE BUILDING ITSELF IS JUST AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING USED AS STORAGE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT'S AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH AN APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND YOU SAID THAT THERE'S AND STORAGE? YES, MA'AM.
AND UM, SINCE IT'S BEEN THERE AND YOU'VE BEEN AROUND IT, THEY HAVE, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY OF ANYONE LIVING ON THAT SECOND FLOOR? HAVE YOU? WHEN I FIRST, UH, WENT TO THE LOCATION AT THE START OF THIS CASE, YES, THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE.
WELL WITH THAT QUESTION AS WELL, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY UTILITIES BEING RUN TO THIS BUILDING AT ALL? NO MA'AM.
OH, SO COULD WE GET A MOTION PLEASE, MS. GIL? HERE, I'LL DO THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT ADDRESS 1 1 0 8 GIBB STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT'S DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 DUE TO THE ISSUES AS STATED BY OFFICER PAQUETTE.
AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR A REPAIR IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY IS DEMO, UH, DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER ON THIS PROPERTY AT 1108 GIBBS, UM, THE ACCESSORY BUILDING.
UM, AND, UM, FOR SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17 AND 1830 DAY DEMO.
AND, UM, YOU DID SAY THERE WAS NOBODY LIVING THERE, IS THAT CORRECT, CONNIE? CORRECT.
THEY'RE LIVING IN THE MAIN STRUCTURE, BUT NOT THE ACCESSORY ANYMORE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER.
UM, SO COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL? OH YEAH.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE, MS. BROWN? BEFORE WE GO? WHAT? I'M SORRY.
IT'S MS. GIL HERE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
I WANNA MAKE ONE AMENDMENT TO THAT ORDER.
I WOULD LIKE IT, I WOULD LIKE IT SECURED BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE USING IT FOR STORAGE.
SO IF THERE'S SOME FORM OF, UH, SECURING THAT WE CAN DO, I WOULD PREFER THAT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE UNTIL IT'S DEMOLISHED.
SO WE CAN, UH, THAT WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE ORDER TO HAVE THE BUILDING SECURED.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND AND MR. ROBERT TAPI, IF YOU NEED A SECOND.
YOU WANNA MAKE A SECOND? JESUS.
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THINK I'M GOING CRAZY HERE.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PROPERTY? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MR. ANDES? MR. ANDES, YOU MAY HAVE TO PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR LINE.
FRED, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR US? FRED? I
WHY DON'T WE HAVE HIM DO SOME TYPE OF SIGN, SIGN LANGUAGE HERE.
I GOT THUMBS UP IF HE CAN HEAR US.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE.
LET'S, CAN WE TAKE A, A, A BREAK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND LET'S MAKE SURE, SEE IF WE CAN HELP MR. ANDIS GET HIMSELF SET UP.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO ARE WE MOTIONING TO TAKE A BREAK? OH, WELL, HE SAID GIVE, HE WANTED MR. CLEAR, IF WE COULD, CAN WE TAKE LIKE A, MAYBE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MR. ANDES IS, IS SET UP AND, UM, IF BY SOME CHANCE HE CANNOT COMMUNICATE, WE EITHER GET HIM ON THE PHONE.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OUR QUORUM STAYS WHERE IT IS.
SO WE'LL TAKE, UH, THE BOARD, UH, BUILDER STANDARDS BOARD WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
IT IS NOW 10:29 AM AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL, WILL RESUME SESSION.
[2. 21-2633 (CD-2) 530 Sterling St]
CONNIE, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT FIVE 30 STERLING WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 0 3 3 4, BLOCK 16, LOT EIGHT, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS BILL RE WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1602 OAK STREET, NILES, MICHIGAN 4 9 1 2 OH.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, WE DO.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTACT WITH THE OWNER THROUGHOUT THIS CASE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING FIVE 30 STERLING WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2019.
SINCE THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MADE, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 21 INSPECTION.
THE LAST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 2ND, 2021.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO STRUCTURAL REPAIRS MADE OR PERMITS OBTAINED ON MARCH 26TH, 2021.
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OF THE UPCOMING VSV HEARING WAS POSTED AT 30 STERLING.NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF, LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR FIVE 30 STERLING.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABATED 19 TIMES BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 19 LIENS TOTALING $10,989 AND 71 CENTS.
THE LAST ABATEMENT OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES, IT IS NEEDS TO BE ABATED AGAINST.
THE LOCATION IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 AND MARCH 26TH, 2021.
THIS IS THE MAIN ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
IT DOES HAVE A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH A METAL COVER.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE METAL IS STARTING TO POP AND THAT THE METAL IS RUSTED.
UM, THOSE POSTS ARE BARELY HANGING ON.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE FLOOR COVERING ARE DILAPIDATED TWO WEEKS TO WALK ON.
UM, THE POSTS ARE FOR THE FOUNDATION, ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTING THE PORCH SYSTEM.
NEXT, HERE'S THE CLOSEUP OF THE MAIN ELEVATION POSTER, THE PORCH COURT SYSTEM THAT HAS FAILED.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THE REASON THAT THOSE CAVITIES ARE OPEN IS THERE WOULD BE IN ANTICIPATION THAT THE CITY HAD TO ABATE SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GO INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF CONDITIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF SYSTEM IS DILAPIDATED AND, UH, THE EXTERIOR WALLS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM ARE STARTING TO ROT.
NEXT, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME LIFTING GOING ON WITH THE, UH, ROOF SYSTEM, THE STABLE ROOT SYSTEM.
THE STRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS ACTUALLY LEANING INTO THE FRONT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS UNDER, OF COURSE, THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
SOME OF THE BEAMS ARE ROTTED, AS YOU CAN TELL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR PHOTO.
NEXT, AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE'S ANOTHER ROTTED BEAM.
WE'VE GOT THE SEAL PLATE IS ROTTED.
THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE FOR THE EXTERIOR WALLS IS ROTTING.
NEXT, HERE'S ANOTHER OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
THIS IS WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU IMMEDIATELY, WHEN YOU WALK IN, IT'S THE MAIN TO THE LEFT IS THE BEDROOM.
YOU WALK THROUGH THE BEDROOM, YOU'RE GONNA FIND THE KITCHEN, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT BACK OUT TO THE BACK DOOR WHERE THERE'S A RESTROOM TO THE RIGHT NEXT YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR.
THE FLOOR IS VERY SOFT TO WALK ON BECAUSE, UH, YOU CAN, I CANNOT GET A PICTURE OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM WHERE THE, THE ROCKS OVER IT, BUT THE BOARDS ARE ROTTING UNDERNEATH.
SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THE CITY DOES TRY VERY HARD TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY SECURE.
UM, WE'RE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE.
YOU CAN, UH, THE GRAFFITI NEXT.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM OR THE FLOOR SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
UM, SOME OF THE CEILING HAS ACTUALLY FALLEN ONTO THE FLOOR SYSTEM.
NEXT, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU TOWARDS THE TOP, AT THE BACK, UM, THAT THE WEATHER ELEMENTS ARE ABLE TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE.
OF COURSE, IT DOES HAVE A FLOOR COVERING, BUT THE BOARDS ARE ROTTED UNDERNEATH NEXT.
AND I WENT FROM THE BEDROOM INTO THE KITCHEN.
UM, I, THESE FLOORBOARDS YOU CAN SEE ARE ROTTED TOWARDS THE, UH, EXTERIOR WALL NEXT.
AND THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE KITCHEN.
UH, THAT'S TO THE RIGHT, THAT LITTLE OPENING.
IT'S A KITCHEN PANTRY AREA NEXT, AND THAT'S WHERE THE DEBRIS IS FALLING FROM THE CEILING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME ROOF LEAKS.
AND HERE'S A PICTURE TOWARDS, UH, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BACK DOOR IN FRONT OF THE BATHROOM AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROOF LEAK IS LEAKING.
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THE DECKING IS ROTTING AS WELL AS THE RAFTERS.OKAY? AND THIS IS THE ONE BATHROOM THAT IS, UH,
UM, THE FLOORBOARDS ARE ROTTING NEXT AND THE TOILET IS, UH, STARTING TO SINK INTO THE FLOORBOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SOFT.
NEXT, THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THIS IS, UH, THE LEFT AND FRONT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SINKING INTO THE GROUND.
UM, THE FOUNDATION IS JUST ON THE CEMENT BLOCK.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
AS YOU SEE, THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED.
WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE, THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE SHED.
YOU CAN SEE SOME WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE, THE SHED.
AND I'M NOT ABLE TO GET PICTURES OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S ITEMS ON THE FLOOR.
THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED AT FIVE 30.
IT'S A SINGLE STORY, WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE, AND A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
IT HAS A CROSS TABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH A METAL COVER.
THERE ARE SACKS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE METAL COVER IS LIFTING AND THERE ARE ROTTED FACIA BOARDS.
SOME OF THE RAPTORS AND DECKING HAVE ROTTED AS NOTED FROM INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE INDICATING ROOF LEAK.
THE EXTERIOR HAS WOOD PLANK SIDING.
SOME BOARDS ARE MISSING AND OTHERS ARE DETERIORATED.
THE FRONT PORCH SYSTEM HAS FAILED.
THERE IS A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
SOME OF THE BEAMS SHOW SIGNS OF DETERIORATION ON THE INTERIOR.
SOME OF THE SHEET ROCK IS SAILING AND THE FLOORS ARE SOFT.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY SHED.
THE SHED ROOF SYSTEM HAS A METAL COVER.
THE SIDING HAS A PLYWOOD COVER THAT IS DETERIORATED.
THE FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF CEMENT BLOCKS, WHICH ARE SINKING INTO THE GROUND.
I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE INTERIOR FLOOR COVER.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FIVE 30 STERLING IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 2, 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF FIVE 30 STERLING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? AND NO QUESTIONS FOR THE, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, SO LET'S HAVE A, A MOTION.
MS. GUILLORY HERE? YES, MA'AM.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT ADDRESS FIVE 30 STERLING STREET AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT'S DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT SIX AND ARE NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR.
UM, AS, AS STATED BY THE, UM, CODE OFFICER, UM, MS. PAQUETTE FOR, FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18.
AND FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND SEVEN, AND 17, IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
WE HAVE A DEMOLITION ORDER FOR THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS EFRIN.
AND, UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
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OKAY.THE DEMOLITION ORDER FOR STER 1 5 30 STERLING FOR THE MAIN IS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12 15, AND 1730 DAYS.
AND THE ACCESSORY IS 2 5 7 8 11, 12 15, AND 1830 DAYS.
UH, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? YES.
WHERE IS HE? ARE YOU THERE? YES.
ARE YOU THERE? YES, WE'RE HERE.
[3. 21-2634 (CD-5) 2819 S Zarzamora]
OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 3 28 19 SOUTH OF ZAMORA, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.MORNING, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES.
AND YOUR FATHER, OMI IS THERE WITH YOU? CORRECT.
SARAH, THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS AT 28 19 SOUTH ALMORA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 9 9 7 BLOCK 32 LOT N T R I 1 9 6 0.2 0.23 FEET OF PR DASH 13.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS UR AND MARIA EZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF B TWO SHARP DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN, UH, 7 8 2 3 7 3 1 1 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY.
UM, ON THE PHONE, UR PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR THE OWNER UR AT 2 1 0 8 4 3 7 8 1.
HE WANTED TO REPAIR STRUCTURE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 12 12 19 THAT THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS IS THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2019, UH, SOUTH GMO WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED ON MARCH 25TH, 2021.
AND ON MARCH 25TH, 2021, THE NOTICE FOR THE BSED TO AND RECEIPT ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2019 MET WITH, I MET WITH MR. LOV
OWNER WAS TOLD THAT IF HE DID ANY RENOVATIONS THAT HE NEEDED PERMIT.
12 14 20 20 OWNER HAS HIRED CONTRACTORS AND STARTED RENOVATIONS ON THE CROSS STRUCTURE, BUT PERMIT WERE NOT PULLED.
SO CITATION WAS ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER PLACED AT STRUCTURE ON THREE EIGHT ON MARCH 8TH, 2021, OWNER WITHDRAWAL TO A RENOVATED STRUCTURE AGAIN WITH, WITH, WITH NO PERMIT.
UH, TWO MORE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR NO PERMIT AND STOP.
UM, AGAIN, THERE HAS BEEN NO SCOPE OF WORK TURNED IN, UM, AND NO PERMITS ALL FILED FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOS THAT WE PROVIDED WERE ARE GONNA BE, UM, BEFORE AND AFTER, BEFORE THE,
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BEFORE HE STARTED THE RENOVATION.THAT WAY I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT RENOVATION HE HAD DONE ON.
UH, THIS IS THE FRONT END, MOST OF THE DAMAGE.
UH, IT WAS A FIRE THAT OCCURRED IN, UH, FEBRUARY OF 2019.
IT OCCURRED IN THE APARTMENT ON TOP OF THE ROOF.
UM, THE REST OF THE, UH, THE REST OF THE, UH, UH, STRUCTURE IS A RESTAURANT IN THE BOTTOM.
UM, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T AFFECTED BY THE FIRE.
IT WAS JUST THE APARTMENT ON THE TOP, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE, THE APARTMENT ON TOP.
UM, JUST SHOWING PICTURES OF THE, THE BUILDING TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE, UH, BOTTOM RESTAURANT.
THIS IS A, A GARAGE THAT, UH, HE HAS WHERE HE STORES AND, UH, FOR HIS RESTAURANT AND FOR CARS.
UM, UNDERNEATH THE, THE, THE CEILING RIGHT HERE, THERE'S AN APARTMENT ON ANY, THERE'S AN APARTMENT IN THE BACK OF HIS GARAGE WHERE THERE WAS SOME FIRE DAMAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE PICTURES AS WE GO ALONG.
THERE'S MORE PHOTOS OF THE, THE RESTAURANT RIGHT HERE.
UM, YOU COULD SEE THE RENOVATION, YOU COULD SEE THE NEW EXTERIOR WALLS, THE NEW, UM, THE NEW WOOD MEMBERS.
UM, HE PLACED A NEW ROOF ON THERE, ALL THAT RIGHT THERE.
ALL THE, ALL THE, THAT, THAT'S GRAY RIGHT THERE IS BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THAT BUILDING ACTUALLY EXTENDED FLOOR TOWARDS THE, WHERE THE STAIRS ARE AND MORE, MORE, UH, OUT TOWARDS WHERE THAT TRUCK, UH, TOWARDS MORE THE, THE TRUCK.
NEXT PHOTO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, BRAND NEW WINDOWS, BRAND NEW ROOF, AND AGAIN, WITHOUT NO PERMIT.
THIS IS THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, GARAGE AGAIN IN THE BACK.
UM, THERE'S AN APARTMENT ON TOP.
THERE'S A GARAGE AT THE BOTTOM.
THE APARTMENT'S THE SAME, UH, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, FIRE DAMAGE THAT HE DID NOT RENOVATE YET.
THIS IS THE ROOF ON TOP OF THE GARAGE.
YOU SEE IT DIS CORRUGATED METAL, BROKEN WOOD MEMBERS, BROKEN SHINGLES, BROKEN, UH, UH, SOME OF THE METAL IS RUSTED NOW, UM, RIGHT HERE ON THE ROOF.
UM, WHEN YOU WALK ON IT, IT'S ALL SHINGLES.
SO WHEN YOU'RE STEPPING ON IT, YOU'RE STEPPING ON THE DECKING.
IT'S THE, AND THE SHINGLES ARE SOFT, UM, AS YOU'RE STEPPING ON IT ON SOME SPOTS.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU START WALKING ON IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S, IT'S AN APARTMENT, UH, WALKING ON EVERY DAY, THE DECKING, UM, UH, THE DECKING WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SHINGLES AND SOMEONE WALKING ON IT EVERY DAY WOULD DETERIORATE THE DECKING.
RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE COVERED THE, THE WINDOWS.
UM, RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE SHINGLES.
UM, HE TRIED TO PUT PLYWOOD TO COVER WHERE THE, WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING ON SHINGLES.
HE PUT NEW, UM, THIS WAS BACK IN MARCH 8TH, 2021.
UM, CAN SEE WHERE HE PLACED NEW STUDS.
HE'S PLACING, UM, UH, WHAT, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS CALLED.
THE, HE PUT, HE PUT, HE HAS HIS MATERIAL RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, SO THIS WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2019.
AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S FIRE DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE RE THE FROM THEN UNTIL NOW.
UH, LIKE I SAID, HE HAS RENOVATED, AND AGAIN, WITHOUT ANY PERMITS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BURN SHEET ROCK.
SOME OF THE STUDS WERE CHARRED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY, WHERE ACTUALLY THE WALL HAS, THE EXTERIOR WALL HAS COLLAPSED.
UM, THIS IS A PICTURE THAT RIGHT IN THE FAIRWAY DOWN THERE.
UM, THAT APARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN RENOVATED, BUT IT IS FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN, YOU CAN SEE THE DECKING IS CHARGED.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, WHERE THE WOOD IS, WHERE THE SHEET ROCK HAS BURNED OFF.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE RIGHT THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE DECKING AND THE CEILINGS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE WHERE THAT, WHERE THEY BUILT THAT RENOVATION.
I WANTED TO SHOW THAT RIGHT HERE.
IT HAD COLLAPSED, UM, THE WALL, UM, AND THAT THERE WAS LIKE MAYBE A MIDDLE WALL THAT WAS OPEN.
SEE, UM, IT'S ALL COLLAPSED RIGHT HERE FROM THE FIRE.
UM, AND NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES NOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S RENOVATED.
THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A NEW EXTERIOR WALL, NEW WINDOWS AND EVERYTHING THERE.
UM, THESE ARE THE UPDATED PHOTOS.
YOU CAN SEE NEW, UH, NEW DECKING.
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LIKE I SAID, HE PUT A NEW ROOF.UM, NEW, UH, NEW RAFTER, NEW UH, SEATING JOINTS, NEW STUDS, NEW, UM, BASICALLY, UH, OVERHAUL THE, THE INTERIOR OF IT.
HE PUT A SUBFLOOR WHERE HE'S GONNA PUT A FLOOR COVERING, UM, MORE OF THE NEW WOOD, NEW RENOVATIONS HE'S DONE.
UH, RIGHT HERE AS YOU GO INTO THE APARTMENT, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER APARTMENT.
UH, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEAN UNDER THAT, THAT PLYWOOD RIGHT THERE.
UM, BUT IF YOU GO IN, IT IS FIRE DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE FLOOR IS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STUDS THAT ARE CHAR.
YOU CAN SEE A HOLE RIGHT THERE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S MAINLY, IT'S MAINLY SMOKE DAMAGE, BUT SOME OF IT, THE WOOD, THE, THE RAPTORS AND SOME ARE, ARE CHARRED.
NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THE ROOM THAT SUFFERED A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE DAMAGE RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND THE CEILING, UM, MEAN IT WAS LOW TOO.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE SOME OF THE, WHERE, WHERE IT DID SUFFER SOME SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, IT WAS UTILIZED AS AN APARTMENT.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE BROKEN SHEET RODS AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
IT IS THE GARAGE UNDERNEATH THAT, UH, FIRE.
THAT APARTMENT THAT WE JUST SAW RIGHT NOW.
UM, HE'S JUST USING IT FOR, FOR STORAGE.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE ON TOP FROM THE ROOF RIGHT THERE ON THE RAFTERS.
BUT THAT'S NOTHING SIGNIFICANT DOWN THERE WHERE, WHERE IT SIGNIFY LIKE, SUFFERED ANY, REALLY ANY FIRE DAMAGE.
AND THERE'S JUST MORE STORING VEHICLES IN THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN ROOF RIGHT THERE, THERE, UM, RIGHT THERE IT IS PLASTIC THAT'S COVERING, THAT'S WHY THE SUN'S COMING THROUGH.
YOU JUST PATCHED YOU WITH THE PLASTIC.
UH, COVERING RIGHT THERE IS ACTUALLY THE BATHROOM TOWARDS THE, UH, TOWARDS THE APARTMENT.
UM, THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK IS FROM, I GUESS WHEN THE, WHEN THE FIRE DAMAGE HAPPENED.
THERE'S JUST ANOTHER ROOM IN THE, IN THE, IN THE GARAGE.
YOU SEE ALL THE SUN COMING IN AND EVERYTHING.
THIS IS A TWO STORY COMMERCIAL MAIN STRUCTURE THAT HAS THE SAME FIRE DAMAGE AND A SECOND STORY APARTMENT.
PART OF THE APARTMENT IS STILL FIRE DAMAGE BROKEN.
SHE BROUGHT, CHARGED STU AND INTERIOR TO THE OWNER.
AND THE OTHER HALF HAS, IS BEING RENOVATED WITHOUT PERMITS.
STU NEW WINDOWS AND ROOF HAS BEEN REPAIRED FLOOR WALKING INTO THE APARTMENT.
HIS SHINGLES AND SOFT AND PUNCHED OWNER HAS NOT PULLED PERMITS ON PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN SOLD MANY TIMES IN FULL PERFORMANCE.
BUT AGAIN, NOT OF, UH, APRIL 8TH, 2021.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1139, I'M SORRY, UM, AT 28 19, UH, SOUTH RA ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE 4, 5, 7, 12, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE HAS, WHICH HAS ANY OF ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER.
THE DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND HAZARDS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECT, DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR FITNESS FOR AGREEMENTS, HABITATION FOR THREAT, POTENTIAL IZE, HEALTH PROPERTY, AND
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2019 SOUTH.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? HELLO? YES, ROBERT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR, UH, VIOLATIONS CONCERNING, UM, THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN COPS? UH, NO SIR, THE RESTAURANT DIDN'T SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.
UM, WHEN I WALKED THROUGH IN THERE, UH, WHEN I WALKED INTO THERE, I CHECKED THE ROOF.
UM, I CHECKED THE, UH, I WAS JUST WALKING THROUGH THERE.
THERE WAS NO DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE IN THERE.
UM, IT WAS JUST MAINLY ALL UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE KITCHEN? NO, SIR.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY FIRE DAMAGE OR NOTHING IN THERE.
ANY STRESS WAS TO BE PUT ON THE BUILDING.
DOES HE PLAN TO HAVE ANY, ANYBODY LIVE UP THERE? I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
UM, I, I'M PRETTY SURE, UH, HE HASN'T TOLD ME THAT HE
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PLANS TO DO IT AS AN APARTMENT AGAIN, BUT DUE TO THE RENOVATIONS AND, UM, HOW QUICK HE, HE KIND OF HAD IT DONE.I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT'S HIS GOAL.
UH, BUT I, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT PART.
SO, SO HAVE WE PUT IN ANY KIND OF STOP ORDER TO, TO TRY TO CONTROL WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO WITHOUT PERMITS? YEAH, A STOP WORK ORDER WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY ON, SORRY, ON, UH, DECEMBER, UH, 14TH AND A CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR RENOVATION WITHOUT PERMIT.
AND THEN I, I DID MAKE A, I DID MAKE ANOTHER, UH, UH, ON MARCH, UH, SORRY, ON, UM, ON MARCH 8TH, 2021.
HE STILL WAS, THERE WAS STILL, UH, TO ME THERE WAS STILL OWNER HAD DONE MORE RE RENOVATIONS.
SO HE VIOLATED A STOP WORK ORDER AND TWO MORE CITATIONS FOR, SO HE SAID A, A TOTAL OF THREE STOP WORK ORDERS, THREE CITATIONS, ONE STOP WORK ORDER, ONE STOP WORK ORDER, AND THREE CITATIONS FOR NO FOR NO, UH, PERMITS.
SO, AND, AND HE UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UH, WHEN I, WHENEVER I TALKED TO HIM THE FIRST TIME, UM, HIS DAUGHTER WAS THERE.
HIS DAUGHTER TRANSLATED IT FOR HIM.
UH, WHEN I WAS THERE, TRANSLATED WHATEVER I SAID TO HIM, AND SHE WOULD TRANSLATE FOR ME, UM, EVERY TIME I WOULD MET.
AND THEN WHEN HE WOULD CALL ME TO GET MORE INFORMATION, HE WOULD HAVE HIS FRIEND, ONE OF HIS FRIENDS, OR HE'D HAVE SOMEBODY TALK TO HIM, TALK TO ME IN ENGLISH, AND THEN VICE VERSA BACK.
UM, SO, UM, HE UNDERSTOOD AND EVERY TIME I, AT ANY TIME, LIKE IF HE DIDN'T HAVE A TRANSLATOR, HE WOULD TRY SPEAK ENGLISH TO ME.
AND, UM, HE SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD ENGLISH, HE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD ENGLISH, HE JUST DIDN'T, HE'S ALWAYS SPOKE WITH SPANISH.
SO, UM, HE, UH, I, HE SAID THAT HE DID UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
EVERY TIME I TOLD HIM TO PULL A PERMIT PERMIT, UM, ACTUALLY BACK IN 2019, HE WAS ACTUALLY SEEKING BID TO DEMOLISH THE TOP STRUCTURE.
BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, HE CHANGED THAT BECAUSE THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH BECAUSE OF WHAT, UH, HE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH.
IT WAS TOO HIGH TO, UM, IT WAS TOO MUCH TO, UH, TO DEMOLISH THE TOP, THE TOP STRUCTURE.
SO HE JUST TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO, TO TRY TO REPAIR IT? YES, MA'AM.
AND EVERY TIME I TALKED TO HIM, I SAID, I ALWAYS TOLD HIM, PULL A PERMIT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PULL A PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, HE WAS ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY DID GIVE HIM PAPERWORK TO, UH, FOR A GENERAL REPAIRS PERMIT, UH, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO.
AND HE SAID HE WAS GONNA START THE PROCESS, BUT THAT WAS BACK AND FORTH THE PANDEMIC.
UM, SO IS HE EMPLOYED? UH, THAT'S HIS RESTAURANT AT THE BOTTOM.
SO YES, THAT'S HIS FAMILY BUSINESS.
YOU SAID YOU GAVE HIM ONE STOP WORK ORDER.
DID HE STOP AT THE TIME OR NOT? I GUESS NOT.
WELL, I, WHEN I CAME BACK IN, UM, WHEN I, WHEN I WAS THERE IN DECEMBER, THE INTERIOR WAS BEING RENOVATED AND
SO THAT'S WHY A CITATION WAS ISSUED.
ONE WAS CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR STILL NOT HAVING A PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO, SO, AND THEN HE HAD ANOTHER, AND THEN HE HAD, AND THEN THE VIOLATION OF STOP WORK ORDER, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE HE STILL CONTINUED TO TO, TO, UM, TO GO PAST THE RENOVATION.
SO IT IS THE, ARE THE CITATIONS JUST FINANCIAL, UM, FINANCIAL, UM, FINES OR SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM.
THEY'RE, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING CITATIONS.
AND I'M SURE HE DIDN'T, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T PAY THOSE AND HE DIDN'T STOP WORK ORDER.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? FOR THE OFFICER? UH, WELL, ARE WE GONNA HEAR THE OWNER? IS HE AVAILABLE? YES.
HE ACTUALLY IS HERE WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
HAS HE EXPRESSED, UH, ANY KIND OF TIMEFRAME AND FINANCIAL ABILITY TO, TO DO ALL THIS? UH, NO.
HE HASN'T EXPRESSED ANY TIMEFRAME.
UM, HE DID, UH, SEND A LETTER, BUT I'LL LET HIM TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT PART, ABOUT THE LETTER THAT HE SENT JUST YESTERDAY.
UM, HE DIDN'T EXPRESS ANY TIMEFRAME, UH, FINANCIALLY, HE SAID BECAUSE OF THE
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PANDEMIC, UM, THAT HE, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND, UH, SOMEBODY TO, TO DO IT ON THE, UH, LOW COST LICENSED CONTRACTOR.UM, BUT THAT'S ALL HE HE'S EVER TOLD ME HAS A DISCUSSION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEMOLITION ENTERED INTO, UM, ENTERED HIS MIND TO, UH, TO DISCUSS.
I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST, WHEN WE FIRST, WHEN I FIRST GOT THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2019, WHEN I FIRST MADE THE INSPECTION, I, UH, TOLD HIM THAT, UM, THAT EITHER A REPAIRED OR DEMOLISHED, UM, HE, UH, LIKE I SAID, HE EXPRESSED, HE DID GET BIDS FOR A DEMOLITION WITH A FEW COMPANIES.
AND BECAUSE, AND, AND I DID, UH, OFFER HIM THE HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE CITY, AND HE SAID HE WAS INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING PAST THAT POINT ABOUT THE HOLD HARMLESS FOR THAT, FOR THE, FOR THE TOP STRUCTURE.
AND, UM, I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING PAST DEMOLITION PAST THAT.
I THAT'S BECAUSE HE, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.
DOES HE HAVE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE EMPLOYEES THAT HE IS, UH, THAT HE IS EMPLOYING? UH, I HAVE NO IDEA, SIR.
UM, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM, NO, NOBODY FROM THE C MEETING OR ANYTHING AT TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY.
I GUESS WE CAN HEAR FROM, UH, THE OWNER.
IS THE OWNER AVAILABLE, JUDY? YES.
I HAVE THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER, TANYA.
UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE IN CASE YOUR FATHER WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY.
MY NAME IS, YES, EZ I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FATHER RE THE LOCATION IS 28 19 SOUTH.
YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR CASE, MA'AM.
UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, UM, MY DAD WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY HE IS AWARE OF THE WHOLE, UM, NOT PULLING THE PERMIT.
I THINK HE WAS SAFE WITH, UM, THE, WHOEVER HE HAD HIRED, I GUESS THE CONTRACTOR WHO WAS STARTING TO DO ALL THAT JOB FOR HIM.
UM, I GUESS HE MAYBE LET HIM DOWN.
MY DAD WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE POINT AND HE JUST, HE THOUGHT LIKE THAT HE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING, PULLING THE PERMIT, WHATEVER HE HAD TO DO.
UM, AND I GUESS IN THAT WAY MY DAD WAS LET DOWN.
SO BY THE TIME MY DAD WANTED TO START DOING IT ON HIS OWN, GETTING THE PERMITS OUT, THAT'S BASICALLY WHEN, UM, I GUESS COVID STARTED AND HE WASN'T REALLY SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.
UM, AND HE WAS ALSO STRUGGLING WITH MONEY BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE FIRE DAMAGE.
WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE THE RESTAURANT, THE RESTAURANT DOWN FOR A COUPLE MONTHS JUST DUE TO LIKE A SAFETY HAZARD.
SO THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND, UM, TO OPEN UP AND, YOU KNOW, START GETTING THE BUSINESS BACK AND GAINING SOME, SOME MONEY SO HE CAN ACTUALLY START SAVING UP AND REPAIRING.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, HE DOES, HE IS AWARE THAT HIS RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO PULL THE PERMIT OUT.
BUT THE WHOLE, WHENEVER THE PANDEMIC STARTED, THAT IS INITIALLY WHEN THEY STOPPED WORKING, THERE WAS NO WORK DONE AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
I HAD STARTED, YOU KNOW, CLOSING BUSINESSES DOWN AND, UH, MAKING PEOPLE STOP WORKING.
UH, THERE WAS NOBODY WORKING ON THAT, ON THAT LOCATION IN THE BACK ANYMORE.
UM, SO THEN AFTER THAT, UH, MY DAD DID GET COVID.
UM, SO HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, UM, IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR A WHILE AND ALSO DOING PHYSICAL THERAPY.
SO THEN THAT KIND OF BROUGHT HIM BACK DOWN AGAIN FINANCIALLY, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE THE RESTAURANT DOWN AGAIN.
AND THAT IS HIS PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME, I WANNA SAY.
WELL, THE WHOLE, I'M SORRY, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION, UH, FOR THE RESTAURANT? YOU AND YOUR FATHER? YES, SO, UM, FATHER, THE WHOLE REASON HE DIDN'T PROVIDE A, YEAH, HE DIDN'T PROVIDE A SCOPE OF WORK BECAUSE HE DID HAVE PLANS INITIALLY TO, UM, HE BUILD AND MAKE IT IN A, LIKE A FEW APARTMENTS UP THERE.
BUT AT THIS TIME HE IS JUST BEEN AFFECTED FINANCIALLY MORE THAN ONCE, WELL, I'D SAY MORE THAN TWICE.
AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE, UM, THAT WHOLE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE STORM THAT OCCURRED, THAT OCCURRED THAT ALSO WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN THE RESTAURANT DUE TO THE PIPES BUSTING.
SO HE'S ACTUALLY THINKING THAT HE WANTS TO, UH, GO THE DEMOLITION ROUTE INSTEAD OF MAKING REPAIRMENT REPAIRMENT.
WELL, DID IS HA HAD, DOES HE HAVE A CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEMOLITION OR WHAT? UM, HE HAS BEEN CALLING A FEW.
THEY'RE RIGHT NOW TELLING HIM THAT THEY'RE BOOKED, THAT THEY'RE KIND OF BUSY
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RIGHT NOW TO CALL BACK.UM, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS IN ANOTHER A MONTH.
SO HE'S TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO'S AVAILABLE TO START THE PROCESS A LOT SOONER THAN, THAN LATER.
SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I'M SORRY? WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT TO DEMO THE TOP PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE? WELL, UM, I WANNA SAY, I DON'T WANNA, LET ME ASK HIM REALLY QUICK.
ONLY, UM, WELL, REALLY IT'S JUST ABOUT FINDING SOMEONE.
HE SAYS HE COULD TRY TO FIND SOMEONE WITHIN, UM,
SO I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THE OFFICER TO SAY THAT THEY, HE OFFERED YOU ALL A WHOLE HARMLESS DEMOLITION AND HE AND YOUR FATHER REJECTED THAT, THAT, IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? THE OFFICER, UH, THIS, UH, THIS IS JOSHUA ANTE.
I DID OFFER HIM, UH, A WHOLE HARMLESS BACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE CASE.
UH, HE WAS INTERESTED IN IT, BUT HE JUST NEVER CONTACTED ME BACK ABOUT THE WHOLE HARM ON THE PROPERTY.
IS THAT, IS THAT OPTION STILL AVAILABLE? I WOULD'VE TO GET WITH THE, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH MANAGEMENT ABOUT THAT ON THAT.
UM, IT'S STILL AVAILABLE TO JUST BE PRESENTED UP, BE READY.
UH, THE OFFICER, UH, PRESENTED YOUR FATHER WITH A WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT AND HE, HE DIDN'T EVER GET BACK WITH HIM TO DEMO THE TOP PORTION.
OKAY, WELL, I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT MY DAD DIDN'T PLAN ON THEM DOING THE WHOLE DEMOLITION THING HE WANTED TO REPAIR.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY HE MUST HAVE TURNED IT DOWN AT THE TIME.
AND NOW, BUT NOW YOU WANT THE DEMO, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
NOW HE WANTS TO, UH, DO DEMO DEMO.
WELL, HE MIGHT WANNA GET WITH THE OFFICER, UH, TO ASK IF THAT WHOLE HOMELESS IS STILL AVAILABLE TO HIM.
YOUR FATHER HAD LEFT A LETTER WITH OUR OFFICE YESTERDAY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT TO READ INTO THE RECORD? OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OR DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? OH, NO, NO, I DON'T HAVE A COPY.
UM, FOR THIS LETTER WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY FROM ART TOTAL ADE AND MARIA H OLIVAS REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 28 19 SOUTH SAR STREET.
AND IT STATES THAT I AM WRITING THIS LETTER REGARDING THE CITATION THAT WAS GIVEN DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AT FIRST MOTION TO STATE THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY, 2019 WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED, I WAS TOLD TO SHUT DOWN MY RESTAURANT BUSINESS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, AND IT CAUSED A GREAT FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR MY FAMILY AND I, BUT THE FIRE INCIDENT OCCURRING, OUR BUSINESS BEING CLOSED AND ME TRYING TO WORK MY FULL-TIME JOB, I WAS PUT UNDER A LOT OF STRESS.
IT TOOK A FEW MONTHS TO GET OUR BUSINESS OPEN AND RUNNING, AND WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO SAVE MONEY FOR A CONTRACTOR.
THIS IS AROUND THE SAME TIMEFRAME.
JOSHUA, THE CASE MANAGER, FIRST STARTED TO VISIT THE PROPERTY AND URGED US TO TEND TO THE FIRE DAMAGE.
IT TOOK US TIME TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE LICENSED CONTRACTOR.
I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO WOULD START THE PROCESS IN FEBRUARY, 2020, AND THEY PROMISED THEY WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE PERMIT.
COVID THEN STARTED THROUGH THE WORKDAY, STARTED, CAME TO A HALT, UH, THAT SAME MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND THE PERMIT WAS NEVER TAKEN OUT.
IN ADDITION, BUSINESS TOOK ANOTHER HIT WITH THE PANDEMIC, AND UNFORTUNATELY, TENDING TO DEF DAMAGE WAS NOT A PRIORITY TO MASON.
UH, THE GOVERNMENT'S ORDER TO CLOSE DOWN BUSINESS AND LIMIT WORK CAPABILITY, THE CASE MANAGER CAME BACK TO PLACE A SOUTHPORT ORDER A MONTH LATER IN JULY ON THE ABANDONED, WHERE THERE WAS NO WORK BEING DONE AND CAME AGAIN IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
SHE CLAIMED THAT I WAS MAKING RENOVATIONS THAT IS FAULT.
WHEN I WAS AT HOME QUARANTINE BECAUSE OF COVID, I WAS IN HOSPITALIZED IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND IN REHAB FACILITY FOR THE MONTH OF, AND I'M CURRENTLY STILL NOT WORKING, NOT, SHE GAVE ME A CITATION RECENTLY IN MARCH FOR VIOLATING A SOFTWARE ORDER THAT IS FALSE.
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ALL WORK CAME TO A HALT IN FEBRUARY, 2020 WHEN COVID STARTED, AND THAT UNIT WAS, UH, UNTOUCHED.SINCE THEN, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE SECOND CITATION WAS GIVEN.
I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THE PERMIT OUT.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO OBTAIN AT THE TIME.
ONE THING OCCURRED AFTER THE NEXT, FROM THE FIRE AT MY PROPERTY, COVID, MY BUSINESS BEING CLOSED DOWN TWICE AND ME BEING HOSPITALIZED.
I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ISN'T BECAUSE I TRIED TO AVOID PAYING ANY PERMIT.
IT WAS JUST THE STRESS AND CIRCUMSTANCES I WAS IN.
AND AGAIN, THIS LETTER WAS, UM, RECEIVED YESTERDAY, APRIL 7TH FROM
UH, SO, UH, MS. OLIVAREZ, I'M SORRY.
SO, UM, IS HE, DOES HE INTEND, HE WANTS TO FIND SOMEONE TO TEAR IT DOWN, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, CORRECT.
THEN, YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD GET WITH THE, THE, UH, HIS CODE OFFICER AND TALK ABOUT THAT WHOLE HARMLESS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESENTATION BECAUSE HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME PEACE OF MIND THERE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE IT TORN DOWN AND, AND, UM, NO, UH, NO FINANCIAL BURDEN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANNA GET WITH THEM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UNLESS, UH, I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED IF THE BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DAUGHTER.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DAUGHTER? OKAY.
OKAY, SO THEN WE NEED A MOTION.
IS THIS, UH, CELIN? SO I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT 28 19.
SOUTH ZAMO IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT'S DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT CHAPTER AS A ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 4, 5, 7, 12, AND 15 DUE TO THE ISSUE STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND THE ORDER AND ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UH, 28 19 SOUTH AT ZAMORA FOR, UM, DEMOLITION AND IN 30 DAYS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED HERE? ALL RIGHT, JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, MS. BROWN? AYE MS. MR. RA A, MR. KAIA? AYE.
AND MR. ANDES? MR. ANDES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MR. ANDES, COULD WE GET A THUMBS UP OR DOWN? WHERE ARE YOU? I DON'T SEE YOU.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S ON THE CALL.
THE MOTION STILL PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR ZERO.
UH, GET MR. UH, MA'AM, GET WITH YOUR, UH, CODE OFFICER AND, UH, CO UH, MR. ES, ARE YOU STILL THERE? OKAY.
GET WITH, GET WITH MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE WHOLE HARMLESS, UH, SITUATION AND, UH, SEE IF IT'S CAN STILL APPLY.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, CALLING IN, MA'AM.
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OKAY.OUR NEXT CASE IS ITEM NUMBER 4 44 23 BUENA VISTA STREET.
THIS IS JUDY, UM, MR. AND AUDIO, UM, MS DOES HAVE TO LEAVE ALSO AS WELL.
THIS CASE WILL REQUIRE SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE RESCHEDULE THIS CASE FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE HEARING.
I, I, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, THE CONNECTIVITY ISSUES
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THAT WE HAVE WITH MR. ANDIS.SO THAT NOW PUTS US AT A POSITION WHERE WE WILL NOT HAVE A QUORUM, A QUO.
SO, UM, ONE OF OUR OPTIONS IS EITHER WE HOPE AND PRAY MR. ANDIS GETS BACK ON AND HIS CONNECTIVITY LASTS THROUGH, UH, THE LAST PROPERTY, OR WE RESET THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS LEGAL'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND MS. GUILLORY, WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING MS. GUILLORY.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE RESET THE CASE.
UM, I DO NOT WANT TO RELY ON, UM, UM, MR. ANDES, UH, CONNECTIVITY PROBLEMS TO KEEP OUR, OUR QUORUM, UM, GOING.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS THAT WE DO NOT HEAR BUENA VISTA AND IT GETS RESET AND PUT ON THE NEXT, UM, AGENDA.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT WHILE SHE'S STILL HERE? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.
YEAH, I, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO RESET IT BE BECAUSE MS. GUILLORY IS LEAVING AND BECAUSE SHE'S LEAVING, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND RESET THE CASE.
UM, JERRY, WE CAN JUST HAVE OUR SPANISH TRANSLATOR TRANSLATE THAT TO MS. RODRIGUEZ.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE LET HER KNOW THAT THE CASE WOULD BE RESET IF, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, IS THERE A DATE? WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET.
THAT IS THE LAST CASE MEETING.
ADJOURN ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
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THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR US? ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? OH, ROBERT TAPIA.UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHEN WE HAVE THAT KIND OF SITUATION WITH OUR LAST CASE, UH, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT NOBODY'S IN DANGER AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS TO BE, THERE'S NO EMERGENCY SITUATION AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND RE RESET IT, UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANYTHING, WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. WELL, CONCERNING SAFETY, RIGHT.
I I I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THE, UH, THE, THE PROBLEM, UM, IS THAT CODE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BRINGING SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE IS AN ISSUE TO THIS BOARD, THIS BOARD IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IS AN ISSUE OR NOT.
BUT WE CAN'T GET TO THERE IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, EVEN IF THERE'S A SAFETY OR A CONCERN LIKE THAT.
UM, WE JUST CAN'T OVERRIDE THE, UM, OPEN RECORDS AND, EXCUSE ME, OPEN, OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN THE, IN THE, UH, UH, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THAT.
JUST BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT BELIEVES THERE MIGHT BE A HOUSE THAT COULD POSE AN IMMEDIATE DANGER, UM, IF THEY FELT REAL STRONGLY ABOUT IT.
I GUESS WHAT WE COULD DO IS STILL TRY TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME ON TODAY.
UM, BUT THE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE WOULD HAVE IS NOTICE TO ANY, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT.
AND TWO, WE HAVE TO MEET A MAJORITY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE YEAH, AND I, AND I HEAR, I HEAR THE CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE, UM, BUT WE JUST LEGALLY WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOOTING JUST TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A QUORUM.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A A STATEMENT THAT I WANNA MAKE AND, UM, I MEAN WE CAN DO IT UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THIS.
IT'S ABOUT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
COULD YOU ADVISE ME YES OR NO? I CAN SAY IT OR NOT.
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I'M, I'M HERE.I THINK IT'S THREE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WELL, I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY IN FRONT OF THIS, THIS BOARD.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T NECESSARILY, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T, I I GUESS I DON'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A HOUSE BILL ANYWAY.
BUT, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YES, THE, UH, TEXAS LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS STILL IN SESSION, I BELIEVE THEY ARE, THEY HAVE A NEW LAW OR A NEW BILL THAT DEALS WITH, UH, PULLING PERMITS ON REPAIR ORDERS THAT IF IT GETS PASSED, UH, NOBODY WILL HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT ON A REPAIR ORDER, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING TO ME.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
AND, UM, THERE'S A FEW MORE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT THAT HAVE NOT PASSED YET.
BUT THAT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN THAT NO PERMITS HAVE TO BE PULLED ON A REPAIR ORDER BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY SAID SO.
YOU KNOW, AND SO I I I CAN TELL YOU ANY, ANY, UM, ANY PROPOSED BILLS THAT BECOME LAW HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AFFECT THIS BOARD, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM.
YOU'LL KNOW HOW THEY AFFECT, UH, ANY DECISIONS THAT THIS BOARD MAKES MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS ON THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPOSALS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES ARE GONNA PASS, BUT AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT WHICH ONES ARE WE, WE WILL, UH, DEFINITELY AND, AND THEY AFFECT THIS BOARD AND, AND, AND THE DECISIONS MADE BY THIS BOARD, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THEM.
MS. BROWN, THIS IS, UM, JENNY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE IF, UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT ONE.
WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHO DOES TRACK LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE JUST BEING PRESENTED AS A BILL.
UM, SO, UM, I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT.
UM, YES, IF THAT'S THE ACTUAL BILL, IT'S LISTED AS THREE.
YOU MENTIONED HOUSE BILL THREE, I THINK IT'S THREE.
I I BELIEVE, UH, I, BECAUSE I WAS ON A CALL THE OTHER NIGHT WITH, UH, O H P AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL BILLS THAT ARE NOT GOOD FOR, UM, ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
THEY HAD TO DO WITH, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY WERE ALL BAD.
AND I SAID, WELL, THIS MIGHT AFFECT US BECAUSE WE ABSOLUTELY TELL PEOPLE TO GIVE, TO PULL PERMITS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY MM-HMM.
AND, UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT TO YOU ALL.
IF YOU WRITE YOUR, UM, YOUR SENATOR UP THERE OR, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO, UH, OR DON'T DO ANYTHING.
WE'LL, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY BE FOLLOWING THAT ONE.
YES, I'LL DEFINITELY, UM, PUT THAT ONE ON OUR, UM, PATTERN TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
UM, I KNOW OUR DIRECTOR, WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY, UM, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD DIRECTLY AFFECT THE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, RIGHT? OR EVEN OUR STANDING WITH OUR CERTIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTED IN AND CLOSELY FOLLOWING AND OR, UM, GIVING OUR, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE AND OPINION ABOUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, IF THEY'LL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP TRACK OF THAT ONE AND TRACK THAT NUMBER DOWN.
IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY OTHER ONES, PLEASE, UH, GIVE ME A CALL OR GIVE JUDY A CALL OR SEND US AN EMAIL ON THAT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, TRACK ANY ADDITIONAL ONES AS WELL, BECAUSE YEAH, WE ALWAYS WANNA STAY AHEAD OF THOSE AND TRY TO MITIGATE THEM AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
IF NOT, GIVE OUR OPINIONS ON WHETHER WE SUPPORT OR OPPOSE 'EM.
AND, OR AGAIN, TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF THOSE ISSUES.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS CONCERNING TOO, AND IT WAS 10, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS NOW.
SO JUST CHECK BOTH OF THOSE AND SEE WHICH ONE IT WAS REFERRING TO.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
YEAH, THAT WILL AFFECT OUR BOARD TREMENDOUSLY, POTENTIALLY.
THOSE DEFINITELY EVEN HAVE IMPACT ON OUR, UH, INSURANCE.
OUR INSURANCE RATES AND THINGS LIKE, THAT'S, SO THOSE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS WE WANNA KEEP TRACK OF.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ANYBODY WANNA TALK ABOUT? UH, YES.
THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA AGAIN, UH, JENNY, UH, TO JENNY AND, UM, MAYBE ERIC AS WELL.
UH, AND IN LIGHT OF, SORT OF IN THE SAME LINE AS, AS WHAT, UH, UH, OUR CHAIR SPOKE ABOUT.
AND IN LIGHT OF THE COVID SAFETY, THE WEATHER, UM, IT MAY NOT BE OUR, OUR RIGHT OR OUR, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE, UH, SOME, SOME TOUCH-UPS TO THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL, UM, UH, PARAMETERS OF, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, VENTILATION
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IN A HOME AND WITH RECENT, UH, THE WEATHER, THE INSULATION OF PIPING EXPOSED, UH, AND, AND INCLUDING THAT IN, IN THE, IN THE CODE OR IN THE MAINTENANCE CONCERNS.UM, MR. TAPIA, I ACTUALLY HAVE A STICKY ON MY, ON MY DESK UP HERE IN MY OFFICE THAT WE ARE, UM, GONNA BEGIN LOOKING AT AND REVIEWING OUR, UM, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A COPY OF THE
BUT THAT IS ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO THIS YEAR TO BEGIN REVIEW, TO BEGIN A TASK FORCE REVIEW OF THAT, AND TO SEE WHAT NEW UPDATES ARE COMING OUT OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, I, I HAVE HEARD OF A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE UPDATES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING FOR INSTALLATION PIPING, BUT, UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AND ADDRESSED ON THAT.
SO I'LL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO MY STICKY NOTE.
WELL, BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.