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UM, GOOD MORNING.[Call to Order]
MORNING.UH, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:06 AM UM, SETH, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? DWAYNE NELSON.
EXCUSE IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
BILL LANEY, SENIOR SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, JENNY EZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, AND MYSELF, JUDY.
PLEASE READ THE STATEMENT ABOUT INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
I NOW READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, 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.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT ON MONIES AT HAND.
NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENT ORDERS 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, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
AS PER CITY CODE SECTION ONE SIX DASH 2 3 6, THANK YOU.
PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED TO MEETING FORMAT.
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMITED POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID 19.
THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
THESE MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS 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 DOV SLASH GSP OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN TWO ZERO SIX.
LINE TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE ARE FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
PLEASE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL OR ASKING SPEAK CALLS DURING MEETING.
THE OWNER HAS LIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THE RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEM.
PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOLLOWING A PRESENTATION BY THE OWNERS.
STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED.
STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL, CLASSMATES, OR THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK.
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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THANK YOU.[Approval of Minutes]
A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? YES.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE, UH, APRIL 1ST, 2021 MEETING.
SECOND MOTION FOR MR. TAPIA TO A SECOND.
CAN WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? MR. NELSON? AYE.
UM, CAN WE GET STAFF REPORTS PLEASE?
[(CD-7) 415 Brandywine Ave]
GOOD MORNING.BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ.
I HAVE ONE ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
UH, IT'S AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FOUR 15 BRANDYWINE IN CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT SEVEN WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 22ND, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED ON MARCH 30TH, 2021.
I DO HAVE, UH, JUDY HAS PHOTOS THAT SHE'S RUNNING THROUGH RIGHT NOW FOR THE BEFORE AND AFTER THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL
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HEARING ITEMS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST HAVE ONE, UH, 1 3 0 STREET.OFFICER MORENO, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? UH, YES MA'AM, I'M HERE.
CARMEN CAN SUE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HELLO? HELLO.
OKAY, WE'LL GET STARTED, UH, MOMENTARILY.
UH, CHAIR MICHAEL? YES, THIS IS ROBERT.
CAN WE HAVE A CLARIFICATION ON THE, UH, ON THE CASE? WE'RE ABOUT TO.
WAS IT THE FIRST ONE OR THE SECOND ONE? TWO 19 GLASS OR ONE 30? MIRANDA? UH, ONE 30 MORDA.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT ONE 30 STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ONE 30 MEREDITH STREET IS BEING PRESENTED.
THE BOARD, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 2 5 2 8 BLOCK F BLOCK FIVE, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ANITA C ALBO WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF ONE 30 MEREDITH STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 7.
THERE IS A CARMEN CANTU HERE TO SPEAK.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021 30 MEREDITH STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING ONE 30 MEREDITH STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 30TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 3RD, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON AUGUST 10TH, CLAIMED WITH A SIGNATURE NOT LEGIBLE
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ON MARCH 29TH, 2021.THE NOTICE FOR THE B S C HEARING WAS POSTED AT ONE 30 MEREDITH STREET ON MARCH 29TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S C HEARING WAS MAILED TO ANITA C MONTALVO AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON APRIL 8TH, 2021 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE WHOLE PROPERTY ITSELF.
UM, TO THE LEFT IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND, UM, TO THE REAR PART OF THE PROPERTY IS THE MAIN, HERE'S THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THERE'S, UH, QUITE A BIT OF GRAFFITI.
THE WOOD PLANT SIDING IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THERE IS A SMALL PORTION OF SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE TOP RIGHT, UH, UNDERNEATH THE ROOF.
UM, IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
THIS IS WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE FIRE DAMAGE HAPPENED.
UM, THE ATTACHED PORCH SPAWNING IS CHARRED.
THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE ALSO CHARRED.
UM, ALSO THE FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION, UM, FOUND THE POSTS ARE ROTTED AND THEN THE BEAM IS TWISTED.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CHARING AND THE FIRE DAMAGE.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT WOODEN BEAM TWISTING UNDERNEATH.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, CEDAR POSTS ARE STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
THIS IS THE REAR OF ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE, UM, ROOF AND OVERHANG ARE MISSING ON THIS PORTION.
THIS IS GOING INTO THAT LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE HAPPENED.
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF AND THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF FIRE DAMAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT, AND A LOT OF ITEMS INSIDE.
THIS IS ANOTHER AREA OF THE, THAT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, A LOT OF THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING, OR, UH, FIRE DAMAGE, SMOKE DAMAGE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING JOISTS, RAFTER AND DECKING HAVE, UH, CHARRING AND ARE FIRE DAMAGE.
ANOTHER PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, THIS IS MOSTLY FIRE, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE AND A LOT OF DEBRIS INSIDE ANOTHER ROOM.
UM, A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE IN THIS ROOM AS WELL WITH A LOT OF DEBRIS.
ANOTHER SECTION OF THE PORTION, UM, THE DECKING AND THE CEILING JOISTS HAVE, UM, FIRE DAMAGE.
MOSTLY THE SHEET ROCK IS SMOKE DAMAGE AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS.
AND THEN THE LAST PORTION ALSO HAS A LOT OF FIRE DAMAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE AND JUST SHOWING MORE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE, THE CEILING JOIST.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE SECOND PORTION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THIS PORTION, UM, IS WHERE, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WATERS.
SO JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
UM, THE SUBFLOORING IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
UH, WINDOWS ARE BROKEN OR MISSING.
UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS INSIDE.
UM, WALKING THROUGH THIS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF, UH, URINE AT THIS TIME AND SIGNS OF DRUG USE.
UM, IN THIS PART OF THE KITCHEN, THERE WAS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF SMOKE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE THAT HAPPENED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AND A NEEDLE TO SHOW THAT THERE IS DRUG USE AT, AT THE PROPERTY HERE.
UM, THIS FLOOR IS SO SOFT WHEN I STEPPED ON IT, UM, IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN.
UM, THIS IS THE BATHROOM AREA.
THE TOILET'S ACTUALLY SINKING INTO THE FLOOR.
UM, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF TRASH DEBRIS THROUGHOUT.
THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, IT WAS PROBABLY USED AT ONE POINT, UH, FOR LIKE, LIKE A MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITE.
UM, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION, THE FRONT PORCH.
THE WOODEN BOARDS ARE ROTTED, UM, AND STARTING TO DETACHED.
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THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.UM, HERE, THE FOUNDATION SECURITY IS MISSING AND THEY JUST PUT UP, UM, UH, PAPER OR PLASTIC BAGS UNDERNEATH.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, STRUCTURE'S BEING HELD UP BY, UH, CEMENT BLOCKS.
AND THE CEMENT BLOCKS ARE STARTING TO SINK INTO THE GROUND.
THIS IS THE REAR PORTION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
SO YOU CAN SEE A BETTER VIEW OF THE CEDAR BLOCKS THAT ARE HOLDING UP THE, THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE, AND AGAIN, THE CEDAR BLOCKS ARE STARTING TO, UH, GO INTO THE GROUND DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GOING IN TO THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AND THERE IS A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE VAGRANT.
UM, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY STARTING FIRES INSIDE.
SO THE SHEET ROCK, UM, IN THE CEILINGS HAVE A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE AND THERE IS A LARGE, LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI IN HERE AS WELL.
UM, AND HERE'S A BETTER VIEW TO SHOW THE SMOKE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRES THAT THEY'RE STARTING.
THIS WOULD'VE BEEN THE KITCHEN AREA, UM, FLOOR COVERING MISSING AND DAMAGED AND A AND TRASH AND DEBRIS, AND AGAIN, SOME MORE SMOKE DAMAGE AND EXPOSED WIRING.
ONE 30 MERIDA STREET CONSISTS OF A MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE HAS SUFFERED FIRE DAMAGE ON THE LEFT PORTION.
EITHER POST OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED.
THE WOOD PLANK FIGHTING IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS AND HAS FIRE DAMAGE ON THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS MULTIPLE HOLES AND THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED ALONG WITH FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE LEFT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS CEMENT BLOCKS BEING USED AS POSTS FOR THE FOUNDATION.
THE FRONT PORCH, WOODEN AND BOARDS ARE ROTTED.
THE INTERIOR HAS SMOKE DAMAGE FROM FIRES BEING STARTED BY SQUATTERS.
BOTH THE MAIN ACCESSORY HAVE GRAFFITI THROUGHOUT.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT ONE 30 MEREDITH STREET ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND SUBSECTION 2, 8, 11, 12 15, AND 17.
FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING.
AND THEY HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS, OF DILAPIDATION, OF CENTEREDNESS OR ON FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF ONE 30 MARIUS STREET.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER FROM THE BOARD? THIS ROBERT TAPIA, HAVE WE CONCLUDED THE, UH, FIRE, UH, INVESTIGATION AND, AND THE GR UH, GRAFFITI, UH, INVESTIGATION FOR, FOR ANYTHING? FOR, FOR A MATTER OF RECORD? UM, THERE'S NO INVESTIGATION FOR THE FIRE.
IT ACTUALLY WASN'T EVER EVEN REPORTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS GRAFFITI, EVERY TIME WE ABATE THE PROPERTY, WE WOULD PAINT IT OVER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? NO.
I BELIEVE I HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, YES, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
WE HAVE SS A D OFFICER JOHNNY MORENO, AND THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM CARMEN.
OFFICER MORENO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS OFFICER MORENO ON BEHALF OF SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE CENTRAL SAFE UNIT.
UH, MY WORK ADDRESS WOULD BE 5 1 5 SOUTH RIO.
I'M HERE TODAY IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE 30 MELA.
PLEASE BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
GOING BACK TWO YEARS FOR THIS LOCATION, WE'VE HAD 78 CALLS, UM, FOR SERVICE.
24 OF THEM WERE SAFE INITIATIVE CALLS, UM, ALL RANGING FROM CODE, ASSISTING CODE, UH, CLEARING OUT THE VACANT HOME.
UH, WE'VE MADE SEVERAL CALLS, 24 OF THEM BEING DISTURBANCES, SIX OF THEM BEING FOR NARCOTICS, 11
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OF THEM BEING FOR VIOLENT, UH, OFFENSES SUCH AS ASSAULTS, BURGLARIES IN PROGRESS, KNIFE DISTURBANCES, FIGHTS, UH, FOUR MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS.UM, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS IN THE AREA, ONE BEING PROMESA ACADEMY LOCATED AT 6 0 3 MEIDA STREET, UH, WHICH IS A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE AREA.
SEVERAL PARENTS AND THE, THE C E O AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE, OF THE SCHOOL HAVE CALLED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE, UH, LOCATION.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE OUT OF THE LOCATION, UH, FROM WARRANTS TO NARCOTICS, UH, EMERGENCY DETENTIONS WERE, WERE ALSO CONDUCTED THERE ON PROPERTY.
UM, SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE, I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO CENTRAL SAFE GOING ON TWO YEARS, AND JUST IN THOSE TWO YEARS, IT'S BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN A BURDEN.
UM, I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CENTRAL SERVICE AREA FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, AND I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL RUN-INS WITH THAT HOUSE.
UM, IT'S KNOWN FOR NARCOTICS, IT'S KNOWN FOR HOUSING, UM, WANTED INDIVIDUALS WITH VIOLENT CRIMES.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A NUISANCE IN THE AREA FOR AS LONG AS I CAN KNOW.
AND, UM, I'M JUST HERE ON BEHALF AND ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? MR. ROBERT TAPIA.
SO, OFFICER, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO BRING IT TO THIS POINT? UM, AS LONG AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THUS FAR AS COMING TO B S B OR JUST IN GENERAL? THE, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VACANT.
UM, FOR, FOR SOME TIME NOW, UM, MS. ANTA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO BE CONTACTED TO PROVIDE ANY FORM OF A CRIMINAL TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT TO WHERE WE CAN AFFECT ARREST.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN HARD ON US TO TRY TO FIND THE OWNER OR GET IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER TO HELP US WITH THE WHOLE CRIMINAL TRESPASS ASPECT OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CALLS FOR EVERYTHING.
THE FIRE OBVIOUSLY ASSISTED WITH SOME OF, YOU KNOW, IT BEING CLEARED OUT, BOARDED UP.
UM, BUT I, I MEAN, THE QUESTION, HOW WIDE DID IT TAKE SO LONG? WE, WE, WE HAVE DOCUMENTS AND PAPER TRAIL ON, ON THAT HOUSE BEING AN ISSUE AND US TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE CASES ON IT.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN A HASSLE.
AND I MEAN, YOU THROW COVID IN THE MIX AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A NUISANCE FOR US.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I, I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER ON WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO DO ANYTHING.
ANY, UH, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? NO.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT COMMENT, PLEASE.
YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND, UH, ADDRESS YOUR ADDRESS.
YOU CAN, UM, PLEASE BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
I HIRED JUST, UM, A CONTRACTOR TO, UM, KNOCK DOWN THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS BURNED AND, UH, WE GOT THE PERMITS TO, UM, REDO THE HOUSE AGAIN.
AND THOSE REPORTS IS THAT PEOPLE KEEP GOING IN THERE AND, UH, THEY'RE DRUG ADDICTS AND I CALLED MYSELF THE OFFICERS, BUT THEY KEEP GOING IN THERE, BREAKING IN THERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT STARTED THE FIRE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
UH, MR. KENTE, YOU, YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER, CORRECT? YOU'RE THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S BEEN HIRED TO FIX THE HOUSE? NO, UH, I GOT THE, THE BILL OF SALES, BUT I HAVEN'T, UH, TRANSFERRED TO THE COURTHOUSE, UM, ANITA THAT MY AUNT AND SHE'S A DECEASED.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE PURCHASING THE HOUSE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I PURCHASED THE HOUSE, YES.
UM, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY SCOPE OF WORK OR ANY, ANY BIDS OR ANY FINANCIAL PROOF OF ABILITY TO DO THE WORK, ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR US? I'M, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
OH, I SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY BIDS AND SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIAL PROOF OF ABILITY TO DO THE WORK, UH, THAT YOU CAN PRESENT TO US TODAY? YES, I DO.
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AND, UH, I THINK HE CAME AND GOT THE PERMIT, BUT HE'S, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.I DON'T KNOW IF HE, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
SO, DO I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY THAT YOU HAVE PULLED PERMITS? 'CAUSE I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE CODE OFFICER THERE WERE NO PERMITS PULLED.
I BELIEVE, UM, THE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW TAKING THE PAPER TO I GUESS TOO LONG.
BUT HAVE YOU PULLED ANY PERMITS FOR ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION? WELL, HE WAS HERE, UH, HE WAS THE ONE THAT CAME OVER LAST WEEK, UHHUH
AND WHAT ARE YOU, UM, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING THE BOARD TO DO TODAY? OR WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION WITH THE PROPERTY? WELL, THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, UM, DEMOLISH THE, THE PART THAT WAS BURNED AND FIX UP THE WHOLE HOUSE AGAIN.
WE, WE REMODELED THE WHOLE HOUSE.
AND HAVE YOU HIRED A, A CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT WORK? YES, I DID.
AND THE OFFICE HAS TAKEN THE PAPERWORK TO, I GUESS I JUST GAVE HIM THE PAPERWORK.
UH, MS.
SHE JUST GAVE US STAFF, UM, SOME DOCUMENTS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA SCAN IT OVER TO ME AND I'LL GET WITH ERIC.
ERIC, WE CAN APPROVE IT TO PRESENT IT TODAY.
UM, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, JUDY, HOW LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE? UM, SHOULDN'T BE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.
AND MS. CANTU, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK TO THE PROPERTY? I'M SORRY.
UH, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK AND TO BRING THE PROPERTY UP TO SAFE STANDARDS? UM, WELL, HE SAID THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA WORK ON IT.
DO ANY, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A QUESTION? UH, I WANNA KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS IS EVELYN, UM, MR. IS IT CANTU? MM-HMM.
WHAT, WHERE, UM, DID YOU ACTUALLY BRING IN, UH, A SCOPE OF WORK AND THE CONTRACTOR'S BID ON THE PROPERTY? AND WHO IS HE THAT YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT? UH, FREDDY.
WHO, I MEAN, WHAT IS HE? HE'S A, HE'S A CONTRACTOR.
HE'S A, UH, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GONNA DO THE, THE WORK AT THE HOUSE.
DID YOU BRING IN THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE FINANCIAL YES.
HE FEASIBILITY THE OFFICE? YES.
OFFICER'S TAKING IT TO YOU? I'LL WRITE DOWN.
OH, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING US.
NOW, NOW ON THE, ON THE PERMITS, DID YOU OR, UH, MR. UH, FREDDY DO THE, THE, UM, THE PERMIT? NO.
HE, HE WAS THE ONE THAT CAME IN BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT CERTIFIED WITH THE, WITH, UH, LICENSE.
SO HAVE YOU SEEN THE PERMIT, SIR? HE SHOWED 'EM TO ME, BUT HE, HE, HE HAS SOME AND HE SUPPOSED SUPPOSED TO BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE SCOPE OF WORK? YES.
WHAT DID IT SAY, SIR? WELL, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE PAPER.
WE, WE ARE NOT THERE, SO WE CAN'T SEE WHAT'S ON THE PAPER, SIR.
I JUST WANTED HIM TO, HE TOOK HIM TO BE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
YEAH, WELL, HE HAS SOME PAPERWORK.
HE JUST TOOK IT TO Y'ALL AND I DON'T HAVE NOTHING ON ME RIGHT NOW.
HE HAS IT BECAUSE THE PAPERWORK WITH HIM.
SO I GUESS THAT'S, HE'S GONNA DO IT TO YOU, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS DWAY NELSON.
THE QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER, UH, WHEN DID THE FIRE OCCUR? IT'S UNAWARE WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER REPORTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I ACTUALLY CAME UPON THE STRUCTURE MYSELF AND SAW THAT IT WAS FIRE DAMAGED AND CREATED A CASE FOR IT.
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VERY GOOD.OKAY, MR. CANTU, CAN YOU ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME PLEASE? WHY HAVE THERE BEEN SO MANY, UH, CALLS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY? 78 CALLS AND ALL 24 FOR, UM, FOR SAFETY AND SIX FOR NARCOTICS.
SO, AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T LIVE THERE, RIGHT? NO, I DON'T, MA'AM.
NO, I DON'T, BUT I, THE HOUSE WAS BEING RENTED, BUT WHENEVER THE FIRE STARTED, PEOPLE JUST STARTED GOING IN THERE USING THE HOUSE FOR DRUGS.
AND WE'VE BEEN CALLING OFFICERS OUT THERE, BUT THEY, THEY JUST LEAVE FOR HOUR AND THEY COME BACK INSIDE AGAIN.
AND YOU DIDN'T SECURE THE PROPERTY? YES.
DID WHAT? DID YOU SECURE THE PROPERTY OR NOT? YES, WE DID.
AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO SECURE THE PROPERTY? WELL, WE BOARDED OUT, BUT THEY KEEP KNOCKING THE, THE BOARDS DOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND I KEEP CALLING OFFICERS OUT THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THEY JUST LEAVE WHILE THEY'RE THERE AND THEN THEY GO BACK IN THERE.
THEY'LL FIND A WAY TO GO IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY ALL THE, A FURNISH OR WHATEVER IT IS INSIDE THERE, THEY STARTED LIKE MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME.
I WENT TO THE CO UM, EV GET 'EM EVICTION.
THEY DID, BUT THEY KEPT COMING BACK.
I SAID, WHY DO YOU, WHY DO YOU JUST LIKE MY HOUSE TO DO THAT? UH, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO START THE WORK? UH, IF WE GRANT AN EXTENSION TODAY IN TIME TO DO THAT WORK, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO START THAT WORK? POSSIBLY THAT WITHIN, WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DOCUMENTATION, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UM, SIR, HOW'S YOUR HEALTH? DO YOU HAVE HELP? I'M SORRY.
UHUH, YOU'RE DOING THIS BY YOURSELF? NO, I'M NOT DOING, I HIRED SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA DO THAT.
HE'S LICENSE HOW LARGE IS HIS CREW? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HOW MANY WORKERS HE HAS.
I, I, THE LAST TIME I SAW WAS, I THINK IT WAS FIVE WORKERS.
AND WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME, SIR? UH, I REALLY DON'T, I KNOW HIS NAME IS
I JUST, I NEVER ASKED FOR HIS LAST NAME, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE, ON THE CONTRACT.
YOU DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME, BUT YOU'RE GONNA ENTRUST HIM WITH YOUR PROPERTY TO FIX YES.
YEAH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO BE, UH, ASKING HIM PERSONAL QUESTIONS OFF HIS HEALTH IS, UH, AND EVEN TO BRING IN THE, UH, HOW MUCH HE'S GOING TO PAY OR HOW MANY CONTRACTORS PERSON ASKED CONTRACTORS IS HIRED CONTINUOUSLY TO DO SPECIFIC JOBS.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE A COUNT ON IT.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DID NOT APPROVE YOU.
SO, UH, I I THINK WE DO NEED TO ASK HIM HOW MUCH YOU SPENT.
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IS, I THINK THAT IS RELEVANT.
BUT, AND NOT, AND NOT THE, UH, HOW MUCH HE'S GONNA PAY FOR IT AND HOW HE'S GONNA DO IT.
AND ESPECIALLY, YOU CAN'T ASK THE CONTRACTOR'S NAME OR IF THEY WERE SO, I, I DISAGREE.
I'M SORRY, BUT I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
HE'S GONNA ENTRUST THIS MAN WITH A CONTRACT TO, TO DO HIS HOUSE, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HIS LAST NAME.
UH, AND NOT TO US IT ISN'T, NOT TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. ANY, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SUBMITTED TO BE, UM,
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REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND THEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, SIR.SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT.
AND MS. AND CHAIR? I AM, I AM LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU, ERIC, MR. CHAIR, I'VE LOOKED AT THOSE DOCUMENTS AND I'M GOING TO RELEASE THEM TO YOU.
AND I BELIEVE JUDY WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
OH, ARE THOSE GONNA COME TO US VIA EMAIL OR YOU GONNA THROW 'EM UP HERE? UM, THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN.
I CAN SEND THEM TO YOU BY EMAIL IF YOU LIKE AS WELL.
BOARD MEMBERS, DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU? CAN YOU SEE THEM? OH, YEAH, WE CAN.
WELL, I CAN, YES, I CAN SEE THAT.
AND THIS IS A BILL OF PROVIDED BY CARMEN SHOWING THAT AN BE MONTALVO HAS, UH, A SELLER HEREBY SELL AND TRANSFER TO
THE, THERE'S NO SIGNATURE WHEN THIS DOCUMENT WAS, THERE'S NO SIGNATURE FOR, FOR CANTU.
THERE NO DATE? IS THAT WHAT YOU, THERE'S NO DATE AND NO SIGNATURE.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THERE IS A SIGNATURE, I'M SORRY.
SIGNATURE AND MONTALVO, BUT THERE'S NO DATE.
UM, QUESTION FOR LEGAL, DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A, A VALID DEED TO TRANSFER THE, THE PROPERTY? UH, WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A BILL OF SALE SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES NOW, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT SELLING PROPERTY, UM, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO AN ACTUAL, UH, CONTRACT.
THIS BILL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TWO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS THAT DECIDED TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN, UH, WITH THE SIGNATURES OF BOTH.
I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THIS BOARD TO LOOK AT AND TO TAKE IN, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, IN REGARDS TO WHETHER, UH, MR. CONTU IS THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND UNDERSTOOD WHATEVER HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO.
UH, MR. CANTU, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU SAID THE SELLER WAS, WAS DECEASED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UH, AND SO WHEN, WHEN WAS THIS SIGNED? UM, I'M GUESSING OBVIOUSLY BEFORE, BEFORE THE PERSON PASSED, BUT WHAT WAS, WHAT'S THE DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT? UH, WELL, WE WENT TO A, A LAWYER AND, UH, WE HAD SOME WIN WITNESSES, UH, PRETTY SURE THERE ON THE, ON THE BILL OF CELLS? MM-HMM.
IS IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS MARCH 6TH, 2002, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
JUDY, THAT IS SIGNED BY THE NOTARY PUBLIC? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, WHAT OTHER DOCUMENTS DO WE HAVE? WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A CONTRACT COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL, ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND IT STATES, THIS CONTRACT IS FROM SELECT FRAMING.
SELECT FRAMING WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFTING ALL THE BURN PARTS OF THE HOUSE AND BRINGING IT UP TO CODE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS IS ONE 30 MEIDA STREET, ANTONIO, TEXAS 72.
THERE IS NOT A DATE WHEN THE CONTRACT WILL END.
THE INITIAL PAYMENT WOULD BE FOR $10,000 IN ADVANCE, AND THE REST OF THE MONEY WILL BE PAID IN PAYMENTS OF $7,000.
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FROM ACCIDENT, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE.ALL THE MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED.
THIS SIGNED SECOND DAY OF APRIL, 2021 AND NOTARIZED AS WELL.
UH, MR. KENZIE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL OF THIS BID? IT SAYS 10,000 DOWN PAYMENT, 7,000 A WEEK.
WHAT'S THE TOTAL OF THIS BID? UH, 16,000.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
WELL, SO IT'S 10,000 AND THEN 7,000 PER WEEK.
SO THE FIRST WEEK IT'S GONNA EXCEED 16,000.
IS THAT SIGNED? 20 22 5 23, 20 22.
I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN AN NOTARY, UM, EXPIRATION DATE.
OKAY, THEN, MR, WHAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF OF YOUR ABILITY TO PAY THIS CONTRACT? UH, EITHER A LOAN OR, OR CASH ON HAND OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? UH, NO, I DON'T.
HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PAY THIS CONTRACTOR? I HAD THE, THE ONE FOR $600 THAT, UM, THAT I HAD GIVEN HIM THAT I, I HAVE IT AT HOME.
BRING IT KNOW, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE HAS IT.
HE HAS THE, THE, THAT RECEIPT AND HE CAME OVER AND I, AND, UH, HE, UM, CUT THE PERMITS FOR THE FRAMING ELECTRICAL AND, UH, UH, WITH A WATER, UM, ON THE, HE GOT THREE, UM, PERMITS AND HE HAS THEM WITH, WITH HIM.
UH, MR HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PAY FOR THIS WORK, SIR? I HAVE A BUSINESS AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE PAYING HIM CASH MONEY.
AND YOU HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT? I'M SORRY? UH, DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW TO PAY THIS CONTRACT? YES, I DO.
MR. BROWN BROWN QUESTION? YES.
MR. CANTU, ARE YOU THE LEGAL OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY? YES, I AM.
DID YOU GO TO PROBATE COURT TO GET THE PROPERTY FROM, UH, ANITA MBO? UH, I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.
HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT TRANSFERRING THE DEEDED FROM HER NAME TO YOURS? THAT'S THE DOCUMENT THEY PROVIDED.
WE WENT TO GET THIS SIGNED, BOTH OF US.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE STAMP ON IT.
AND, UM, AND WE HAD WITNESSES THERE HAVE SEEN, YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THIS BILL OF SALE, CORRECT? FOR $16,000? YES.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S JUST THE BILL OF SALE.
THERE'S NO, I DON'T, WE DON'T SEE ANY DOCUMENTS TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY TO HIM.
SO AS FAR AS I'M, I HAVEN'T BEEN, I HAVEN'T DONE, I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
I, UM, I HAD CONTACTED MY, MY, UM, LAWYER SO THAT HE WOULD GET THIS, UM, IN, IN COURT, BUT I CAN LEGALLY BE THE OWNER.
I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE NO PERMITS, UH, PULLED, BUT HE'S SAYING THERE WERE PERMITS PULLED.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO, MR. CANTU, SO YOUR CONTRACTOR TOLD YOU HE PULLED PERMITS, BUT THE CODE OFFICER IS SAYING NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED.
HE, HE SENT ME THE PICTURES AND HE WENT AND TOOK THE, THE PERMITS TO ME.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE COPIES OF THOSE PERMITS? NO, HE HAD 'EM, HE HAS THEM BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE WAS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN ON THAT
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NEEDED TO BE, UH, HE NEEDED THOSE PERMITS, OTHER PART, SO HE HAS 'EM, BUT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT REALLY DIDN'T CALL HIM.HE CALLED YESTERDAY THAT HE WAS COMING OVER.
HAVE ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE MUTE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR, I'M SORRY, SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE CONTINUE? I'M SORRY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, FOR MR. KENTU? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE LEGAL OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
WELL, HOW CAN YOU, HOW CAN YOU TELL THERE'S SUM A BILL OF SALE IF THERE IS NO, HE DIDN'T GO TO PROBATE COURT.
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HIS OR HOW CAN YOU TELL JUST FROM THIS BILL OF SALE, RIGHT, MS. CHAIR, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, AND, AND EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIR AND THE REST BOARD.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UM, UM, STEPS THAT HE NEEDS TO TAKE FOR IT TO REFLECT ON BCAT AND OTHER PLACES, BUT HE OWNS THE PROPERTY.
THIS WAS DONE PRIOR TO LEGAL COUNSEL LETTING YOU KNOW HE OWNS THE PROPERTY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE OWNER? OKAY.
UH, MR. CANTU, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO US? UH, NO, SIR.
AT THIS TIME, THE, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE MAIN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT ONE 30 MARITA, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT'S DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ONE, FIVE, EXCUSE ME, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO 8 11, 12 15, AND 17.
AND THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE A, UH, HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, REASONS THAT STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND THAT THE MAIN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ARE BEYOND THE PHYSICAL REPAIR, UH, FEASIBILITY, FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF BEING REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT BOTH MAIN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A DEMOLITION ORDER WITHIN 30 DAYS UNDER SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 BY MR. NELSON.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. BROWN.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
STAFF, IF YOU WOULD CALL A VOTE, PLEASE, MR. NELSON.
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SEE RIGHT HERE.UM, RIGHT HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UH, A LOT OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE EXTERIOR WALL, THE WOOD, THE PLYWOOD IS DETERIORATED, NO WEATHERPROOFING.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, WHERE THE SIDING IS DETERIORATING, BECAUSE THE ELEMENTS ARE, ARE, ARE, UH, DETER, MAKING IT DETERIORATE FASTER.
UM, THE BACK, THE, THE ATTACHMENT RIGHT THERE IS, UH, DETERIORATING, UH, MORE PICTURES OF THE DETERIORATING SIGHTING.
UM, UH, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PERMITS, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PERMITS.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE INTERIOR, YOU COULD TELL IT WASN'T JUST BUILT, BUT IT,
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IT WASN'T, UM, IT WASN'T A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE HOUSE.SO, UM, THIS IS THE DETERIORATE, MORE OF THE INTERIOR SIDING.
THE PLYWOOD IS JUST THAT THE ROTTING AWAY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SLAP ON GRADE IS CRACKED.
UM, ON THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S, UH, BROKEN.
A PIECE OF IT'S MISSING, UM, BUT IT, EXTERIOR WALL IS BREAKING AND INTERIOR.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE PATCHWORK.
THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO COVER THE HOLES ON THE WALL WITH PLYWOOD.
ANY PIECE OF PLYWOOD THEY CAN FIND.
YOU SEE THE ROOF IS, UH, APPLICATED A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR WALL IS BROKEN, UM, AND DETERIORATING.
YOU SEE MORE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE ROOF.
YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK.
UM, UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS CASE, THERE WAS VAGRANTS BREAKING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, BUT, AND IT WAS FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, BUT THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN CLEANED UP BY SOMEONE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THEY REMOVED ALL THE TRASH AND EVERYTHING, SO IT'S EMPTY RIGHT NOW.
I WANTED TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPOSED WIRING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
AS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, THE FAN WAS DOWN, SO THERE IS A LOT OF EXPOSED WIRING.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN.
SOME OF THE FLOOR COVERING IS DETERIORATED.
SOME OF THE WALLS ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT DETERIORATED OR THE, THE FLOOR OF THE KITCHEN.
NOW, THIS IS THE BACK ATTACHMENT WHERE THE, WHERE THEY HAD THAT, UH, THEY JUST BUILT IT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE, UH, INTERIOR, UH, THE ROOF IS DILAPIDATED.
UM, THE FLOOR IS JUST GR UH, SOME OF IT IS GRAY.
UM, IT ISN'T HALF, IT IS MAINLY A CONCRETE SLAB, BUT I THINK THEY BUILT OVER IT.
AND, UH, RIGHT THERE WHERE IT'S DETERIORATED MORE, IT IS, IT IS ON GRAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE MORE THE EXPOSED WIRING.
UM, THEY WERE JUST PUTTING IT THROUGH THERE JUST TO TRY TO GET ELECTRICITY INTO THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS COMING IN THE RIGHT HERE, WHERE IT'S BROKEN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S SITTING ON GRAY, THE, THE FOUR JOISTS AND JUST ROTTED JUST FROM THE, THE WATER DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST PATCHWORK IN THERE.
UH, THE ROOF IS TAGGING A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THAT ROOM WHERE I SEE WHERE THERE'S THAT BIG OLD HOLE RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE WHERE THE ELEMENTS ARE COMING IN.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE FLOOR IS A LITTLE BIT DAMAGED FROM THE WATER COMING IN THROUGH THAT HOLE.
THIS IS THE RESTROOM TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DETERIORATION.
THE, THE WALLS ARE DETERIORATING.
THE, AROUND THE KUBOTA 'CAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THE VAGRANTS THAT WERE BREAKING IN, UH, THERE WAS NO WATER TO THE PROPERTY, DETERIORATING THE WALLS.
AND THEN THE TOP RIGHT THERE, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, WHICH HAS EXTERIOR SHINGLES AND HAVE THE BOW IN THE ROOF.
EXTERIOR WALLS ARE BROKEN OR MISSING OR CAUSING STRUCTURE TO BE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENT BACK.
ADDITION OF THE STRUCTURE IS DILAPIDATED WITH FLOOR JOINTS SITTING ON GRAY.
INTERIOR IS DILAPIDATED WITH BROKEN SHEET ROCK AND SEAT SEVEN.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT TWO 19 GLASS ARE IN, IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTION FOR THE MAIN 2 5 7 8 11 12 15.
AND WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE HAS, ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS DEFECTS HEREAFTER 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 OF OR UNFIT FOR YOU, HUMAN HABITATION, THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREATS TO LIFE OF PROPERTY OR STAFF, RECOMMEND DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2 95.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CUTOFF? SIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
DO YOU, DO YOU FIND ANY WATER DAMAGE OR IS THE ROOF ACTUALLY, UH, WATERPROOF? UM, THROUGHOUT THE, THE MOST OF THE WATER DAMAGE APPEARED IN THAT BACK ATTACHMENT, UM, RIGHT THERE.
UM, IT, MOST OF THE, LIKE THAT ROOM THAT HAD THE HOLE IN IT, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJOR WATER DAMAGE WAS RIGHT THERE, WHERE THAT HOLE IN THE EXTERIOR WALL.
BUT MOST OF THE ROOF DAMAGE WAS IN THAT BACK ATTACHMENT.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE ITSELF HAS NO WATER DAMAGE THAT YOU'VE SEEN?
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NO, NOT THAT I'VE SEEN, SIR.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. OFFICER? IS THERE ELECTRICITY HOOKED UP HERE, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO WATER, BUT IS THE ELECTRIC STILL HOOKED UP? NO, MA'AM.
THE ELECTRICITY HASN'T, UH, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ELECTRICITY, UH, ON THE PROPERTY FOR A WHILE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS, YES, THIS IS MEGAN RODRIGUEZ.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, YOU SAID THAT YOU DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HEIRS OF THE ESTATE? YES, I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH JOE SANCHO, JENNIFER SANCHO AND RUTH ES.
BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, SO A MONTH AGO? YES.
UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES ARE WITH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THE ATTACHMENT IN THE BACK, YES.
UM, YEAH, THE ATTACHMENT OF THE ATTACHMENT BUILDING.
YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND LIKE THE DETERIORATED SHINGLES ON THE ROOF, BUT THAT'S THE MOST OF THE ISSUE WHERE THAT ATTACHMENT.
THIS MIGHT BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION, UM, BUT, UH, DO WE COUNT THAT ATTACHMENT AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR DO WE COUNT THAT JUST WITH THE MAIN, UH, WE, WE COUNT THAT WITH THE MAIN BECAUSE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE, SO IT IS COUNTED AS ONE WHOLE BUILDING.
ANY, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT OFFICER FROM THE BOARD? YES, JUST ZUNA.
UH, OFFICER, YOU SAID YOU MET WITH HIM, UH, THE HEIRS, UH, DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY DIRECTION OF WHEN THEY GONNA START THE WORK, OR ARE THEY GONNA START IT AT ALL? NO, THEY DIDN'T GIMME AN EXACT DATE ABOUT IT, ABOUT IT.
UM, THE PROPERTY'S NOT PROBATED.
SO WHAT, WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THEY CANNOT, UM, THE HEIRS ARE WANTING TO REPAIR IT, BUT THEY CAN'T AGREE WHO'S GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR, THE, THE STRUCTURE.
SO BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS, IS, UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT TO THE PROPERTY.
SO I MEAN, THEY, THEY WANT ONE SINGLE ORDER TO THE PROPERTY.
BUT, UM, THANK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MR. SANCHO, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, YES, MY NAME IS, UH, JOE SANCHO.
UM, MY CURRENT ADDRESS IS 1 3 0 2 NORTHBOROUGH, UH, 7 8 2 5 3 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
YOU CAN BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
UM, WE WEREN'T, UH, I GUESS RUTH WAS THE ONE MA PRIMARILY SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING THE PROPERTY AND STUFF.
UM, UH, ME AND MY SISTER JENNIFER WEREN'T AWARE THAT SHE WASN'T KEEPING UP WITH IT.
UH, SO MY SISTER WAS FINE WITH JUST MOVING BACK INTO THE PROPERTY AND STARTING TO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THE PROPER PERMITS AND GET THE WORK DONE, WHATEVER, TO MAKE IT.
UM, THIS IS JENNIFER, TO MAKE THE PROPERTY LIVABLE AGAIN TO GET THE ROOF FIXED AND SUCH.
UM, AND OF COURSE, ALL THE SIDING AND STUFF, THE, THE BACK STRUCTURE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST ADDED ON, BUT IT WAS, I KNOW IT WAS EVERYTHING BEING INCLUDED AS PART OF THE HOUSE.
NOW THAT'S FINE, BUT IT WAS, UM, IT WAS INTENTIONALLY, WELL, WHEN IT WAS MADE, IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A, LIKE BASICALLY FOR STORAGE, JUST FOR, IT WASN'T, UM, IT WASN'T LIVING ANYTHING.
UM, THERE WAS NO APPLIANCES GONNA BE IN THERE.
IT WAS JUST BASICALLY GONNA BE JUST FOR STORAGE, JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE LAWNMOWER AND JUST LITTLE, LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KEEP INSIDE THE HOUSE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, I GUESS WHEN ME AND JENNIFER FOUND OUT ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON, UM, I GUESS THE HOUSE HAD ALREADY BEEN BOARDED UP AND STUFF, SO WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO INSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE, WHAT KIND OF WORK WAS NEEDED.
UM, THE ROOF WAS OBVIOUS AND THE WALLS WERE OBVIOUS WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT, UM, THERE WASN'T ANY, WE COULDN'T GET, ACTUALLY GET IN THE HOUSE TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY, WHAT WORK WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE.
UM, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MEETING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UM, WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN FIRST BEFORE WE COULD, THAT THEY WOULD LET US KNOW IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EVEN GO IN THERE AND
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TRY TO FIX IT BECAUSE, UM, IT IS BASICALLY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I TALKED TO, UM, THE APPRAISER WAS THAT, UM, IT WAS GONNA, YOU GUYS WERE GONNA DETERMINE WHETHER THE HOUSE WAS GONNA BE, UM, DEMOLISHED OR NOT.UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WAITING FOR.
UM, ME AND MY SISTER HAVE THE MEANS TO, UH, START FIXING THE HOUSE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S AN ISSUE AS FAR AS THAT ALL OF US ARE LISTED ON THERE, BUT MY SISTER WAS GONNA MOVE IN ON THE PROPERTY.
JENNIFER, UM, WAS GONNA MOVE IN AND WE WERE GONNA START GETTING THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PERMITS WE NEEDED TO GET THE PROPERTY UP TO CODE.
HAVE YOU, UH, PROVIDED US WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK AND, UH, ANY BIDS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, I DID NOT.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, WHEN I HAD SPOKE TO THE, I BELIEVE MR. ES, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS, UM, WE, HE WAS TOLD HE WAS, HE TOLD US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO COME UP WITH THAT.
LIKE WE, WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY GET INSIDE THE HOUSE OTHER THAN SAY LIKE, OKAY, WELL WE NEED THE ROOF REDONE.
BUT IT'S LIKE, WELL, WELL WHAT ABOUT INSIDE THE HOUSE? IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IN THE HOUSE 'CAUSE IT'S BOARDED UP.
AND SO IT'S LIKE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU CAN'T GO INTO PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BLOCKED UP RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE WHAT WOULD WE NEED DONE IF WE CAN'T GET INSIDE THE HOUSE AND WITHOUT GOING IN THERE, BREAKING THE BOARDS DOWN OR, AND, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR DOING THAT.
SO, UM, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WANTED TO DO, BUT WE COULDN'T, LIKE I SAID, WE COULDN'T GO.
WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THE PROPERTY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN TROUBLE OR CAUSING ANYTHING WHERE WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE.
UM, OFFICER BARTOS, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S PREVENTING THE OWNER FROM ACCESSING THEIR OWN PROPERTY? NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PREVENTING ANY, THE OWNER FROM ACCESSING HIS OWN PROPERTY.
UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S IMPORTANTLY LIKE WHO'S TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, WHEN I WAS THERE, WHEN RUTH EZ WAS THERE, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT SECURED IT.
SO, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE, UH, THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO, NO TRESPASSING POSTING ON THAT SIGN TOO.
SO YEAH, THE CITY HAD, UH, NOT PREVENTED THE ORDER FROM ACCESS T PROPERTY.
DID THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. SANCHO? THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. SANCHEZ.
UH, SIR, WHAT WAS THE DATE OF DEATH OF THE, OF THE OWNER? UM, SHE PASSED AWAY, UH, AUGUST, UH, 2015.
UH, THERE WAS A DEATH CERTIFICATE FILED FOR A DEEDED IN 2013.
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? THAT WAS MY FATHER THAT PASSED AWAY IN 2013.
SO FATHER DEEDED TO SOME OTHER, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH PROBATE? UH, THE, MY SISTER WAS THE ONE THAT, RUTH WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING.
UM, INITIALLY I GUESS SHE CAME OUT AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE BIG OLD FAMILY ISSUES MESSES WHERE SHE'S THE ONE THAT WANTED TO JUST SELL THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, KICK EVERYBODY OUT.
AND, UM, AT THE TIME WHEN ALL THAT HAPPENED, MY BROTHERS WERE LIVING THERE.
MY SISTER HAS HER OWN PLACE TO LIVE.
WHEN I, MY JENNIFER, UM, SHE WANTED TO KICK EVERYBODY OUT.
AND SO MY BROTHERS, SHE WANTED TO KICK THEM OUT AND THEY DON'T, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO AT THE TIME, AND SHE WAS TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY.
AND, UM, IT WAS ONE OF, IT'S A BIG OLD, IT WAS A BIG OLD MESS.
AND SO MY BROTHERS WERE THERE, UM, PART OF THE WHOLE THING WITH HER BEING THE MAIN ONE IN CHARGE SUPPOSEDLY, UM, THAT SHE HAD TOLD MY MOM THAT SHE WAS GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AND TAKE CARE OF MY BROTHERS AND SUCH.
AND SO WE JUST LEFT IT AT THAT.
I, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, I GUESS RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING, UM, SHE WAS STILL PAYING FOR SOME OF THE BILLS OR STUFF AND LIKE PROVIDING FOR MY BROTHERS, BUT THEN SHE STOPPED, UM, DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY AND WE WEREN'T MONITORING IT.
UM, UM, I WASN'T GOING TO CHECK IN ON THE PROPERTY OR ANYTHING BECAUSE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF IT, AND I GUESS SHE STOPPED AT SOME POINT.
UM, SO THE SISTER, YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT, THE SISTER YOU'RE REFERRING TO, NOT JENNIFER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT'S RUTH IS THE ONE THAT'S NOT JENNIFER.
JENNIFER'S THE ONE THAT, OKAY.
SHE WANTS TO MOVE INTO THE PROPERTY NOW.
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SO, UM, WHAT, IT DEPENDS WHAT, UM, WHAT, UM, WHAT FIXES WE NEED TO GET DONE, JUST TO BRING IT UP TO CODE.BUT, UM, UP TO $6,000 RIGHT NOW, JUST WITHOUT EVEN APPLYING FOR A LOAN OR ANYTHING, JUST, JUST CASH.
UM, AND ALSO BE, IT'D BE MY SISTER JENNIFER, AND IT'D BE MY SISTER JENNIFER, AND I WOULD BE, I WOULD, THAT WAS MY PART, BUT MY SISTER JENNIFER WOULD BE THE ONE LIVING THERE.
UM, WE WOULD BOTH BE WORKING ON IT.
AND WHAT WAS THE PLAN THAT YOU HAD FOR THE ATTACHMENT? UM, IF NEEDED, WE COULD JUST TAKE IT DOWN.
UM, LIKE I SAID, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONSIDERED PART OF IT, IT WAS LITERALLY JUST, UM, BASICALLY JUST THE WALLS AND THE ROOF THAT WAS PUT RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOUSE.
THE CONCRETE WAS PUT DOWN, BUT, UM, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A LIVING SPACE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST SIMPLY FOR STORAGE.
AND THE $6,000 YOU REFERRED TO AS YOUR, YOUR OWN, UH, PLAN OR YOUR OWN FINANCIAL ABILITY RIGHT NOW? YES.
AND JENNIFER WOULD BE ADDING TO THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.
DID ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS CASE.
AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD, UH, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.
I HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY FOR LEGAL.
APPROXIMATELY, UH, I GUESS I, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND PROBATE ISSUES.
UH, IF, IF THE FAMILY IS NOT IN AGREEMENT ON PROBATE, IS THE PROBABILITY OF ACHIEVING A PROBATE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, MEANING THREE TO SIX MONTHS A POSSIBILITY? OR IS THAT TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OVERLYING ISSUES ARE GONNA BE.
UM, SO THE BEST ANSWER I CAN JUST GIVE YOU IS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, THAT I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN EXPAND ON THAT ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, UM, A TRUE, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
SO I I I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW FAST, UM, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE WRAPPED UP.
I CAN I MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE.
IF IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TOGETHER ON WHO, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AND THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO PROBATE BECAUSE IT PROBABLY, THE, THE MOTHER PROBABLY DIED IN TEST STATE WITHOUT A WILL, SO THEY HAVE A LONG, A LONG ROAD TO HOLD BEFORE THEY GET TO PROBATE.
UM, YES, I, I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER THIS BOARD DECIDES, IT DOES RUN WITH THE LAND.
UM, SO, UH, ALTHOUGH, UM, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH WHO OWNS IT, I WOULD, OR, OR WHO HAS AUTHORITY TO DO IT? IT DOES LOOK, UH, I, I I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD MAKES THE DETERMINATION BASED ON THE, THE PROPERTY, UM, AND A PERSON COMING BEFORE YOU THAT IS, UM, STATING WHATEVER THEIR WISHES ARE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, GO AHEAD, MR. NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 19 GLASS AVENUE AS A PUBLIC NUISANCES DEFINED BY ARTICLE 8 6 56 SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, UH, DUE TO THE STATE OF DETERIORATION OF THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY CAN BE FEASIBLY REPAIRED AND FINANCIALLY REPAIRED, AND AS A RESULT, I WOULD ORDER THAT THE REPAIRS BE STARTED, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT REPAIRS BE COMPLETED IN ONE 20 DAYS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR REPAIR, 120 DAY REPAIR ORDER.
LET ADD, LEMME ADD A SHORT AMENDMENT TO THAT, AND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAIN, UH, SECURE.
AND VACANT OR JUST SECURE UNDER THE PRESENT CONDITIONS.
IT, UH, AND BECAUSE OF BANKRUPTCY, IT NEEDS TO REMAIN
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VACANT.SO WE HAVE A REPAIR 120 DAY REPAIR ORDER WITH, UH, THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN VACANT AND SECURE, UH, UNDER SUBSECTIONS 2 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND MR. ZUNIGA, IS THAT A SECOND? YES.
WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. ZUNIGA.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY, HEARING NONE, UH, STAFF, CAN WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? MR. NELSON? AYE.
MR. ZUNIGA? YES, MS. RODRIGUEZ? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO VOTES.
AND YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS GOING FORWARD.
[Administrative Items]
DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? YES, SUNGA.UH, IS MR. RAMIREZ STILL IS RAMIREZ? YES, SIR.
THIS IS, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER HOUSE ON GLASS AVENUE THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR SOME YEARS AND WE TALKED YEAH.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT, UH, PROPERTY? I, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THOSE UPDATES RIGHT NOW, SIR.
WHAT I DO, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL HAVE JUDY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OFFLINE AND, UH, WE'LL GET THE ADDRESS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY? OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? YES, THIS IS MEGAN RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, JUST BECAUSE THIS HAS COME UP FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT CASES, UH, THE PROBATE ISSUES AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING WITHIN THE BOARD IS TIED TO THE LAND ITSELF, BUT A LOT OF OUR DETERMINATIONS AND A LOT OF OUR VOTES ARE KIND OF DEPENDENT ON THE OWNER TAKING SOME KIND OF ACTION TO REMEDY THE SITUATION WITH THE LAND.
SO IF THE OWNERSHIP, I THINK IS DISPUTED, THEN I THINK IT, IT, IT DOES KIND OF PLAY SOME SORT OF A ROLE IN, UM, OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON, UH, PROBATE ISSUES AS THEY AFFECT, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT OR, UM, ANY KIND OF BUILDING, STANDING, BUILDING STANDARDS, BOARD CASES THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO US.
I WAS ON A CALL THE OTHER NIGHT, UM, I THINK IT WAS MONDAY OR TUESDAY, AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES ABOUT, UH, PROBATE AND SOMETHING CALLED A TODD CAME UP.
UM, AND IT WAS THE, THE CALL WAS EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT PROBATE ISSUES AND, UM, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE, DON'T LEAVE WILLS.
AND IF YOU DON'T LEAVE A WILL OR YOU DON'T DO HAVE A TODD, THEN THE, ALL, ALL OF THIS STUFF HAS TO GO TOWARDS THE TEXAS, UH, TEXAS WILL DIVIDE THE PROPERTY IF THE OWNERS OR THE HEIRS CANNOT SETTLE THEIR ISSUES.
AND A LOT OF THESE CASES, WHEN THEY HAVE 7, 8, 9 CHILDREN AND NOBODY CAN GET, UH, YOU KNOW, NOBODY CAN GET HOLD OF THE PROPERTY, THEN IT'S JUST GONNA WIND UP IN, NOT IN PROBATE COURT, BUT IN, IN COURT ITSELF, WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL DIVIDE THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING CALL.
THERE WAS, UH, TWO LAWYERS ON THE CALL, ONE FROM ST.
MARY'S AND ONE FROM TRINITY, AND THEY WERE TALKING EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT PROBATE ISSUES.
YEAH, THAT IS VERY INTERESTING.
YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF DID THAT A BIT MORE, RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, UM, PROBATE ISSUES REALLY ACCORDING TO WHAT I'D LEARNED FROM THE CALL, I DON'T KNOW IF PROBATE ISSUES REALLY HAVE A PLACE WITH OUR BOARD BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL ISSUES AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO JUDGE THE PROPERTY ON WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE CLIENTS ABOUT WHAT THEIR, THEIR OPTIONS ARE.
BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF PROBATE WOULD REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT HERE UNLESS, UH, YOU, UNLESS THE CLIENT BROUGHT IN THE WILL OR THE TODD AND SAID, HEY, I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND I, OUR ORDERS, EXCUSE ME, GO AHEAD.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK IF WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH AN OWNER OR WITH ANY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING REPAIRS TO ENSURE THAT
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REPAIRS WILL BE MADE OR THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF A PLAN IN PLACE, WHETHER THAT'S FOR DEMOLITION OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF, UM, FUTURE USE OF THE LAND, IT, IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH WE NEED TO, UH, HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE RIGHT PERSON WHO HAS THE ABILITY EXACTLY.SO THAT, THAT'S JUST WHERE MY CONFUSION IS KIND OF COMING IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS LEGAL.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, IF A PROPERTY COMES BEFORE THIS BOARD, UM, AND YOU GO AHEAD AND RELY ON, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S COME IN AND SAID THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE GROSS REPAIRS, UH, AND THOSE REPAIRS SUBSEQUENTLY DO NOT GET MADE, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO A IF THEN ELSE TYPE OF ORDER WHERE REPAIR IT IN 30 DAYS OR REPAIR IT IN 120 DAYS OR DEMOLISH.
WE CANNOT, WE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GONNA WANT TO DO.
SO ANY PROPERTY THAT IS BY THIS BOARD THAT IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS AND THEN THOSE REPAIRS END UP NOT BEING MADE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THAT PROPERTY BACK IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
UM, I, I, I CAN SAY, UM, I, I, THE BOARD DEFINITELY SHOULD TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION.
I, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE MIGHT BE ISSUES IN REGARDS TO, UM, UM, PROBATE, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD, IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT, UH, IN GOOD FAITH COMES BEFORE YOU AND SAYS THEY WANT TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHAT THEIR PROPOSAL IS.
UM, AND, AND DO NOT THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS IN PROBATE OR HAS NOT YET TO BE IN PROBATE, UH, MEANS THAT THOSE THINGS, I WOULD HOPE THE BOARD TAKES EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING A DETERMINATION.
LET ME, LEMME JUST GIVE SOME
UH, I, I DID A REAL QUICK ESTIMATE.
THEY WERE LOOKING IT TO ALMOST $12,000 TO DO THE REPAIRS TO MAKE THE HOUSE, UH, OR BRING THE HOUSE TO CODE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF COURSE, THAT THEY ACTUALLY REMOVED, UH, THE ATTACHMENT TO IT BECAUSE THE DETACHMENT IS GONNA HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED.
THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD SPEND THE MONEY TO BRING IT UP TO CODE, UH, EVER.
BUT THE HOUSE ITSELF FOR 12, $15,000 CAN BE REPAIRED AND ONE MEMBER IS WILLING TO SPEND 6,000 ON THEIR OWN.
ANOTHER MEMBER'S WILLING TO SPEND SOME MONEY, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THEORETICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR OR $5,000.
AND WITH THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AT LEAST, UH, IT WOULD NOT BE VERY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT HOUSE, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, LIVABLE TO CODE, BUT ALSO THE TAXES COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE, UH, SUFFICIENT OR BE SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, JUST SETTING OUT THERE, BUT IF WE DEMOLISHED IT, THEN WE LOSE THE TAX BASE ALTOGETHER.
UH, SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE PRIMARY REASON FOR IT.
THE OTHER REASON, OF COURSE, WAS THE FACT THAT THE ORDER DID RUN WITH THE LAND, UH, KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT IF I MADE A MISTAKE, THAT IF I MADE A MISTAKE IN THE MOTION AND DIDN'T GET REPAIRED, IT COMES BACK AND WE CAN DEBOS IT LATER ON.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY THOUGHTS THAT I HOPE THEY CAN GET TOGETHER AND FIX IT, FIX THE HOUSE UP.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS I KNOW THE $6,000 IS NOT GONNA START TO DO, TO FIX THE, TO DO THE REPAIRS, BUT SHOULD IT COME BACK IN 180 DAYS, WELL THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR ANSWER RIGHT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? NO.
WELL THEN, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10 59.
EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.