* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] WHAT ELSE HERE? OKAY. [Call to Order] WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. JULY 22ND, 2021. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MORNING. OKAY. WHERE'S MY CALL TO ORDER? OKAY, CAN WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN HERE. FREDERICK ANDES. HERE. LENCIA GUI. HILLARY. PRESENT, PRESENT. PRESENT YOU. JOSHUA POWELL. RA. PRESENT. JORGE GOMEZ, ROBERT CAPITAL PRESENT. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. DANNY RAMEZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER AND MYSELF, JUDY PRUM. C C LIAISON CHAIR OF FORM IS PRESENT. RIGHT? THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA READ THE INTERPRETATION OR COULD WE HAVE THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES PLAYED, PLEASE. OKAY. SO I'M GONNA READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT NOW. OKAY. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS, UH, 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 WILL HAVE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES. UH, 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. AND AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING, UH, NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR, UH, NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED PROPERTY, UH, STRUCTURE SHOULD BE, I'M SORRY, CASE IS DEMONSTRATING THE FOLLOWING. I'M SORRY. NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS. DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE, THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUESTED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR DEPENDING ON THE MONIES AT HAND. WHAT IS THAT NOISE? UH, HERE IN MY EAR, SOMEBODY'S IS SCRATCHING. NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE CITY, UH, BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS REQUIRING, UH, PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED 1901 SOUTH ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THE BOARD, EXCUSE ME, MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL COURT, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY, UH, THE PHONE NUMBER (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, UH, PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS VIRTUAL HEARING. AS PER CITY SECTION 16 DASH 2 36. THANK YOU. OKAY. HI, MS. BROWN. I'LL READ THE FORMAT TO PROTECT THE [00:05:01] HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID 19. THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS MEETING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE. THESE STANDARDS ARE BASED ON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN ACT ISSUED BY TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE RELEASED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 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MADAM CHAIR, I MOTION THAT WE MOVE, UH, THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN AS THIS AS WRITTEN. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS EFRON RA. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? YES. MS. BROWN? UH, YES. YES. MS. HILLARY? YES. YES. UH, ABSTAIN. 4 0 1. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAD SOME STAFF REPORT. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS JENNY RAMIREZ. NO, NOTHING TO READ INTO THE RECORD OR TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S AGENDA, SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. WE'LL DO OUR, UH, INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, NOW FOR THE CASES. AND THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE [2. 21-4908 (CD-5) 1636 Allende Dr] ITEM NUMBER 2, 16 36 ALLENDALE ALLENDALE ALLEN DAY DRIVE, LINDE DRIVE. AND OFFICER JOHNNY EZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? UH, YES MA'AM, I AM. GREAT, THANK YOU. AND CHAIR, WE DID ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ABIGAIL ALA THE POTENTIAL BUYER IS SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER, SHE IS NOT ANSWERING THE PHONE AND HER VOICEMAIL IS FULL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MORNING B S B MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME'S RAMIRO GURA, S PREMISE OFFICER, COUNTY COUNTY ATTORNEY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. STRUCTURED BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1636 AE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1636 A IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. PLEASE NOTE THAT ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2020, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TO WAS CONDUCTED. THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. A LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS CB 8 0 85, BLOCK ONE, LOT 19, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE. THEY'RE ON RECORD, IS ROBERT ZA, AND WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS IS 1734 ROME, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7. THE OFFICE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED ON MARCH 24TH, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE. HISTORIC ATION. THE ORIGINAL INSPECTION REGARDING 1636, IT WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 5TH, OCTOBER 5TH, 2021. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY, MAY 1ST, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS, UH, AND RETURNED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO MEET WITH THE OWNER. UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE OWNER ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE, THE INSPECTION. UM, HE DOES HAVE ABIGAIL [00:10:01] TO LIVE WITH HIM, BUYING TO, OR RENTING TO BUY THE PROPERTY FROM HIM. UM, THE MAILING ADDRESS IS ONE STREET OVER FROM THE PROPERTY AND MS. UH, GALA, UM, LIKE I SAID, LIVES WITH THE OWNER AND SHE IS PURCHASING, UH, A RENT TO BUY CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER. SO I HAD MADE, UM, I HAD MET WITH HER SEVERAL TIMES AT THE PROPERTY ON JULY 7TH, 2021. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS POSTED AT ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2021. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS MAIL TO ROBERT COSTA AND ROSA ALIYA. THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT, IT WAS SIGNED ON JULY 7TH, 2021 ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2020, ADMINISTRATIVE WHERE WAS EXECUTED PHOTO INSTRUCTURE AND TO CONDUCT THE INSPECTION ON JULY 7TH, 2021, ABI ALA PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE TO CONDUCT INTERIOR INSPECTION AND, AND UPDATED PHOTOS. AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND NO, NO UPDATED PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. DALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS 1000 FEET FROM 16:36 AM THERE IS CURRENT, UH, A MULTIPLE AND WATER, UH, THEY CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THAT. SO I, I DID HAVE, UH, A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS, UH, LEADING UP, UH, TO THE HEARING WITH, UH, ABALA, UM, WHERE SHE HAD DID SAY, SHE DID MENTION SHE WOULD PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION NEEDED FOR B P TODAY, BUT AGAIN, SHE HAS NOT DONE SO. AND AGAIN ON JULY 7TH, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PHOTO PRESENTATION, UH, SOME OF THE PHOTOS ARE FROM JULY 7TH WHEN SHE PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE, TO THE STRUCTURE. SO IF WE GO AND LOOK AT OUR FIVE PRESENTATION, THE GRAY HOUSE THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S 1636 . THIS IS THE DATE OF THE DART INSPECTION. NEXT PHOTO, PLEASE. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY AND, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE THE PHOTOS, UH, THE CONDITIONS INSIDE, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF HOARDING, A LOT OF TRASH. THERE WAS INCIDENT INFESTATION AT THE DAY ON THE DAY OF THE INSPECTION. ALSO, IN THAT PREVIOUS PHOTO, YOU SAW A RED VEHICLE THAT'S BEEN REMOVED. UM, THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION. SO THIS STRUCTURE DOES HAVE MULTIPLE ROOM ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, CONSTRUCTED OVER, OVER THE OVER TIME. UM, THEIR APPRAISAL SHOWS THAT THE STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 500 AND SQUARE FEET. UM, BUT THAT, IN MY OPINION, DOES NOT REFLECT THE MULTIPLE ROOM ADDITIONS. THIS IS THE REAR OF ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS BACK PART, YOU CAN SEE THE GABLE ROOF, UH, PEAK OR THE RIDGE LINE AT THE TOP THERE. UM, THIS BACK ROOM WAS ANOTHER ROOM ADDITION THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED. IT APPEARS TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE OR, OR BUILD A, A UTILITY ROOM FOR WASHER AND DRYERS. THIS IS THE, UH, SOUTH ELEVATION, AND YOU SEE THE EXPOSED FRAMING THERE ALONG WITH SOME PARTICLE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN PAINTED, AND THEN SOME TYPE OF ATTEMPT TO PUT STUCCO OVER THAT. UH, PARTICLE WOOD, YOU SEE THE SEPARATION THERE WITH THE, BETWEEN THE, UH, PARTICLE WOOD AND THE, UH, STUCCO AND THE DETERIORATION TO THAT STUCCO AND HOW IT'S DETACHING FROM THE FRAMING. YOU SEE THE OVERHANG THERE WHERE IT'S SHOWING DETERIORATION AND THE PATIENT BOARD IS ROTTED AND, UH, DETACHING FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM. SO THERE WAS SOME FOUNDATION WORK. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SOME CONCRETE POSTS, AND THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1950. UM, NORMALLY THESE, UH, STRUCTURES AT THAT AGE DO NOT HAVE CONCRETE POSTS. THERE ARE NORMALLY PROB MADE OF CEDAR POST, RIGHT? AND THERE'S NO PERMIT ON RECORD FOR THE OR ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE, FOR THAT, UH, FOUNDATION WORK. YOU SEE PEC PIPE, THE RED PIPE THERE. THAT'S, UH, A NEWER TYPE OF PLUMBING, UH, PIPING THAT'S BEING USED FOR HOMES. UM, WAS NOT FORMALLY CONFUSED IN 1950. THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR. I'M STANDING RIGHT THERE. WE'RE STANDING ON THE FRONT PORCH. YOU SEE THE ELEVATION HEIGHT ENTERING THE STRUCTURE. UM, HOW MUCH HIGHER THE, THE, THE ENTRANCE IS COMPARED TO THE LANDING OF THE PORCH. THIS IS WHEN YOU WALK IN. THIS IS THE FRONT LIVING AND KITCHEN AREA. UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST INSPECTION DATE. UM, YOU SEE THE REFRIGERATOR, YOU SEE THE SOFA BLOCK OF THE REFRIGERATOR. YOU SEE SAGGING IN THE ROOF, UH, A LOT OF PATCHWORK, UH, WITH DRYWALL TO THE CEILING. YOU SEE [00:15:01] THE, THAT BACK WALL, UM, WHERE THE TWO PIECES OF, UH, DRYWALL CONNECT THAT KIND OF SINKING IN, UH, TOWARDS THE BACK. THE FRAMING IS BEEN POORLY CONSTRUCTED AS YOU SEE IN THE PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE BATHROOM. UM, EVEN THOUGH FOUNDATION WORK WAS DONE, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THEY'RE REPLACED ANY OF THE DECKING TO THE BOARD. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS WHERE SOFT IS SOFT AND SPONGY. UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE, UH, SUBFLOOR HERE. PLYWOOD IS, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT HAS WATER DAMAGE, KIND OF DARK TO WATER DAMAGE. YOU SEE WHERE THE TOILET, UM, HAS, HAS A, UH, PIECE OF PLYWOOD UNDER THERE TO, UM, KIND OF LIFT IT UP AND THE DAY, UH, WHEN WE CONDUCT THE INSPECTION. UH, NEXT SLIDE. THE WATER WAS NOT, UH, CAUGHT AT ONE 10, UH, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY MINIMUM HOUSING CODE. IT ONLY REACHED 79 DEGREES AND IT WAS OCCUPIED AT THAT TIME. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LAMINATE FLOORING HAS A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE. UM, AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE THE SUBFLOOR WAS STOPPED. AND BUNGEE, IT'S LIKE, SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT TO THE FURTHER TO, TO THE BACK OF THE PHOTO, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE. SO I'M LOOKING FROM THE, THE, THE ROOM ADJACENT TO THE KITCHEN. THAT WALL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE KITCHEN. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME WOOD, UH, CLAIM THERE. THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MAYBE THE ORIGINAL, UH, PORTION OF THE BACK WALL. UM, THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT. THOSE, UH, WELL, THERE WAS A ROOM ADDITION ADDED ON FROM THERE. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THAT BACK WALL, UH, WAS PROBABLY WHERE THE, THE BACK ELEVATION ENDED. AGAIN. THIS IS THE DAY OF THE FIRST INSPECTION. UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF HOARDING, A LOT OF TRASH IN INSIDE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. SO EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION I SHOWED THE BACK ELEVATION THAT LOOKED LIKE A UTILITY ROOM. THIS IS ADJACENT, THIS IS ALONG THE SOUTH ELEVATION. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER THAT WAS CONSTRUCTURED. YOU CAN TELL WHERE THE CEILING IS HEARD KIND OF DROPS DOWN TO THE LEFT. UM, SO IT'S OBVIOUS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE THAT THIS WAS A ROOM ADDITION. SO ALSO ON, UH, OCTOBER 6TH, YOU SEE THE EXPOSED WIRES, THE TOGGLE SWITCH EXPOSED. UM, THIS WAS COMMON THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE ON THE DAY OF THE INSPECTION. SO HERE YOU SEE THAT, THAT BACK WALL THERE AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THAT ROOM ADDITION, UM, FRAMING THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOOR, UH, THE HEADER, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH OF A HEADER. UM, THE FIRST STUD OF THAT DOOR, WHICH WOULD BE THE JACK STUD STOPS THERE, BUT THE KING STUD DOES NOT GO FROM, UH, BOTTOM PLATE TO THE TOP PLATE, WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THE DOOR AND THE CEILING. IT JUST STOPS THERE WHERE THE DOOR IS. SO, UM, AGAIN, POORLY CONSTRUCTION, UH, DID NOT MATCH YOUR BASIC CONSTRUCTION THERE. THIS IS BACK TO THE KITCHEN AREA. THIS WAS TAKEN ON JULY 7TH. UM, CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF THE CEILING HAS BEEN REMOVED. THIS AYALA DID MENTION THAT SHE STARTED REMOVING SHEETROCK, UH, TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF, UM, GETTING SOME BIDS AND CONTRACTORS TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA COST HER TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE. SO SHE DID SOME INTERIOR DEMO THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A PERMIT. UM, INTERIOR DEMO REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF PERMITTING. SO, UM, THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE FRAMING. AGAIN, JULY 7TH. UM, AND THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF THE TRASH, THE DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND. YOU SEE THE KITCHEN CABINET, UM, FOR THE PORT CONDITION WATER DAMAGE, THAT FLOOR AREA, THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE, THE FLOOR IS JUST REALLY SOFT SLIDE YOU DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. AND THAT'S THAT BACK ROOM AGAIN WHERE THERE'S A ROOM ADDITION. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE CEILING JOISTS RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE WHITE CEILING JOIST THAT'S COMING FROM THE STRUCTURE FROM THE MAIN PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. THEY JUST STOP THERE, THAT THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NOTHING SUPPORTING THEM. UM, THEN YOU HAVE A JOIST COMING ACROSS THAT'S POORLY SUPPORT SUPPORTED. UM, IT'S NOT BEARING WEIGHT, UM, ON ANYTHING. UH, THAT'S FROM A, FROM THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE. AND THEN YOU SEE THE NEW STUD THAT WE'RE JUST CONNECTED THAT TO THAT JOIST, AGAIN, POORLY SUPPORTED, UM, FOUR CRAFTMANSHIP AND, UH, CORE FRAMING. SO YOU SEE THE YELLOW AEROBICS, UM, THAT WAS NOT BEING USED IN 1950. UM, IT'S THE NEWER TYPE OF, UH, ELECTRICAL, UH, WIRING, UM, THAT WAS ADDED WITHOUT PERMITS. AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU SEE EXPOSED WIRES. [00:20:05] AGAIN, HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF, UH, TWO PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE ONE STRUCTURE, EXCUSE ME, ONE ROOM STOP, AND ANOTHER ONE STARTS AGAIN, ANOTHER ROOM ADDITION. UM, AND AGAIN, WITHOUT PERMITS, IT ALSO USED BE RIGHT THERE, THE ELECTRICAL HANGING FROM THE CEILING, THE ELECTRICAL BOX THERE, HANGING EXPOSED WIRING, AND THEN THE LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE REAR, UM, WITH EXPOSED WIRING AND THEN ADDED, UH, DRYWALL AND BACK TO THAT HEADER THAT, AS I WAS EXPLAINING EARLIER, JUST COURT, UM, CRAFTSMANSHIP, UH, THAT KING SAID DOES NOT GO TO THE TOP PLATE. IT STOPS THERE AT THE DOOR FRAME. THEN YOU CAN SEE ABOVE THE DOOR FRAME WHERE THEY ADDED, UH, LOOKS LIKE SOME OLD USED DETERIORATED, UM, TWO BY FOURS, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT DOOR FRAME. UH, THE CRIPPLES ARE, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUPPORTING THE DOOR FRAME OR THE CEILING. UH, IT'S KIND OF TOO FAR APART THERE. SO THERE WAS SOME DRUGS FOUND THE DAY OF THE DARK. UM, I'LL LET SS A P D SPEAK ABOUT THE, THEIR FINDINGS REGARDING THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND, UH, AN ARREST THAT WAS MADE THAT DAY. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1536 IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUB OBJECTIONS FOR THE REMAINING 1 2 5 7 8 11 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS DUTY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OF DE OR DEFECT DURING, AFTER DESCRIBED TO DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEEMED DILAPIDATION STANDARD OR UN OR HUMAN HABITATION WAS A THREAT OF POTENTIAL THREATS OF LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY THAT RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1636 ENDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO. OKAY. WELL, WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE? WE DO HAVE OFFICER EZ ON THE LINE TO SPEAK. UM, SIR, WE CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. UH, YES. MY NAME'S OFFICER JOHNNY FETIS. UM, I'M WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN ANTONIO FEAR FREE ENVIRONMENT STATE UNIT, AND I WORK OUT OF THE WEST SUBSTATION AT 7,000 KIA. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY. UH, YES. AND SO AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, UH, I AM THE SAFE OFFICER HERE AND, UH, 16:36 AM DATE IS IN MY DISTRICT. UM, I AM A PART OF THE DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM. UH, I CURRENTLY LEAD THAT FOR OUR, FOR OUR WEST SAFE UNIT. AND AT THE TIME I WAS PART OF THE TEAM, UM, UNDER THE, UH, PREVIOUS OFFICER, OFFICER VALERO. UM, THIS, AGAIN, THIS, UH, PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. IT IS IN THE DISTRICT THAT I PATROL. AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND NEIGHBORS AROUND, UH, THAT LIVE AROUND THE PROPERTY. AND, UM, UH, A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, HOMELESS OR PEOPLE COMING AND GOING ALL, ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. UH, SO AS I FURTHER INVESTIGATED IT, I DID, UM, NOTICE THAT THERE WAS 89 CALLS, UH, FOR POLICE AT THAT ADDRESS OF TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE DART, UH, WHICH IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY USED AS FAR AS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, TO BE BROUGHT TO THE DART MEETING. UM, AND IN THOSE CALLS, UH, THERE WERE MANY CALLS FOR DISTURBANCES WITH A GUN, MANY CALLS FOR NARCOTICS, UH, PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED FOR NARCOTICS, UH, AND, UH, POSSIBLE PROSTITUTION. UH, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, UH, THERE WAS YOUNG CHILDREN THAT LIVED ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE PERSON THAT WAS LIVING THERE, UH, VANESSA GOMEZ. AND, UH, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE CURRENT, ALWAYS RUNNING AWAY, LEAVING THE HOUSE, UM, WITHOUT HER KNOWING. UM, AND SO THERE WAS THE, THERE WAS A LACK OF SUPERVISION TO THE CHILDREN AT THE HOME. SO, UH, AS I, AS I STARTED TO INVESTIGATE IT, I DID BRING IT TO OUR, UH, DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM MEETING. AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS SHOWN THAT WE DO NEED, WE DID NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE, THE MANY CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE GOING ON. UH, SO ON THE DAY OF THE DART, UH, WE DID, UH, WE DID GET TO THE HOUSE. THEY, THEY WERE COOPERATIVE. THEY LET US COME IN. UM, AND JUST LIKE IN PRIOR INVESTIGATIONS, THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS THAT WERE, UH, LOCATED ON, ON, ON THE PERSON STAYING THERE. UH, THERE WAS, UH, METHAMPHETAMINE, UH, TWO PEOPLE WERE BOOKED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. UM, AND THERE WAS, UH, [00:25:01] TWO PEOPLE BOOKED FOR, UH, MARIJUANA. UM, THERE WAS ALSO A BLACK GLOCK NINE MILLIMETER THAT WAS FOUND, UH, ON ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WERE ARRESTED. UH, HIS NAME WAS JOSE RO. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR FELON IN POSSESSION 'CAUSE HE WAS A FELON AND HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF THE FIREARM. UM, ALSO THE, UH, THE BOYFRIEND OF VANESSA WHO LIVED THERE WITH HER, HE DID, HE WA I DID ARREST HIM PRIOR TO THE DARK FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, FOR A FAMILY VIOLENCE WARRANT, UM, THAT HE DID COMMIT AGAINST VANESSA. UH, SO WITH, WITH THOSE, UH, WITH ALL OF THAT, THERE WAS, UH, ALSO SO MUCH TRASH AND, AND POSSIBLY, UH, DRUGS THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND IT NOT BEING IN PLAIN VIEW OR ON A PERSON. UM, AND SINCE THE DART THERE HAVE BEEN ANOTHER 20 CALLS FOR SERVICE, I, I HAVE FOLLOWED UP. UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THEM THEY WERE CLEANING. UH, THE PROBLEM IS THAT SHE WAS BRINGING IN HOMELESS PEOPLE AND, UH, WELL, WHO SHE CALLED FRIENDS, UM, TO HELP CLEAN. AND THERE WERE THE ONES BRINGING NARCOTICS THEN. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MOVING THE NARCOTICS AND IT WASN'T A LARGE AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE SELLING SMALL AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS OUT OF THE LOCATION. SO AS, UH, AND, AND THE, THE CALLS HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, STOPPED AS OF JUNE. UH, I DON'T KNOW. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEONE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO BUY IT AND, AND, UH, AND VANESSA HAS MOVED OUT AND SO A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS ARE GONE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF, UH, NOTHING'S DONE AND THEY ALLOW HER TO COME BACK, 'CAUSE IT IS HER FAMILY'S HOUSE, UH, THE PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE WITH, UH, AS FAR AS THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. SO I, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE FOR ME AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE OFFICER? JUST COMMENT. CITY OFFICER, THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY, SIR. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. BACK TO YOU CHAIR. UH, ANY OTHER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER ON THIS PROPERTY? UH, SIR, DID YOU TELL US HOW MANY CALLS THERE HAVE BEEN AT ALL, OR DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? THE, AS FAR AS, UH, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THERE HAS BEEN, UH, BEFORE THE DART THERE WAS 89 CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE AND AFTER THE DART ON OCTOBER 6TH, THERE HAS BEEN 20 CALLS PER SERVICE. SO 89, IT'S 109 CALLS ALTOGETHER. WOW, OKAY. YES MA'AM. ALRIGHT. AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN DISTURBANCES AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBOR DISTURBANCES AND DISTURBANCES WITH A GUN. RIGHT. OKAY. WELL LISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK, JUDY? NO, THERE IS NOT. OKAY, THEN, UM, I GUESS I NEED, OH, YOU BE MEMBERS. THIS IS, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER. YES. WE'RE GONNA MAKE A, WE'RE GONNA MAKE AMENDMENT TO OUR DEFINITIONS OR WE'RE GONNA ADD, UM, DEFINITION 12 TO THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. RECORD. OKAY. COULD I GET A MOTION PLEASE? CHAIR, THIS IS ROBERT TOY. I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1 6 3 6 LINY DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 3 7, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 WITH SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY. HELLO? CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME? YEAH, I SECOND THE MOTION B BEFORE WE SECOND THE MOTION. CAN I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, I, MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS THAT WE DISCONNECT THE UTILITIES 'CAUSE I CAN'T HEAR, I I DON'T HAVE ANY VOLUME. CAN ANYONE ELSE HEAR ME BESIDES, UH, EVELYN? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU. I CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. UH, MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS THAT WE DISCONNECT, UH, UTILITIES AND THAT WE ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS [00:30:01] SECURED. I DON'T HAVE ANY VOLUME IF THAT HAS, THIS IS ROBERT. WE'RE TALKING IF THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE. YES, UH, I APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A, UM, ORDER TO DEMO WITHIN 30 AT THE SECOND WE HAVE SECURE AND CUT OFF ALL UTILITIES. YES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I DON'T HAVE ANY VOLUME. OKAY. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. I GOT IT. DOES EVERYBODY ELSE GET THAT? YES. WE'RE GONNA, ARE YOU THERE BOARD MEMBERS? WE'RE GONNA ATTEMPT TO CALL MS. BROWN IF WE CAN, UH, JUST STAND BY FOR A MINUTE OR SO. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HER BY THE PHONE. UM, SHE MAY NEED TO RESET EITHER HER HEADSET OR HER SYSTEM, SEE IF SHE MIGHT WANNA CALL IN TOO. I CAN HEAR YOU. WELL, I CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY. DO YOU WANNA, UM, YOUR COMPUTER COME BACK IN BOARD MEMBERS? I BELIEVE MS. BROWN IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO LOG OFF AND THEN LOG BACK IN. WE DO STILL HAVE A FORUM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. EFRAN, ARE YOU THERE? YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE NUMBER TWO. SO YOU CAN TAKE THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF THIS. SURE. UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR A 30 DAY DEMO. UH, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS MADE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY AND, UH, TURN OFF ALL UTILITIES. UM, MOTION WAS MADE BY ROBERT TAPIA AND SECOND BY MR. FRED ANDES. UH, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE, MS. HERANDEZ? UH, AYE. MS. HILLARY? AYE. MR. RIVERA? AYE. MR. TAPIA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO AND CAN THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE AMENDMENT, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS MADE BY, UM, I CAN'T SEE HER NAME ON HERE. YEAH, MS. GALLERY. OKAY, SIR, IT'S ALL YOURS. SURE. UM, [1. 21-4907 (CD-5) 2600 S Flores St, Apt #8A] WE'LL GO ON THE NEXT ITEM. UH, MR. THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. WE AND CHAIR, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC ITEM, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE OWNER DID NOT REQUEST A CALL BACK. [00:35:07] GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS RECORD. MY NAME IS ALDO FOR SUPERVISOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WEST CENTRAL AREA. THE PROPERTY THAT IS DATE IS LOCATED AT 26 SOUTH DAKOTA STREET, 7 8 4 WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF N 5 9 7 21 IN STATE DISTRICT FILE. THIS IS NOT A HISTORIC STRUCTURE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ON RECORD IS THE ADDRESS OF 85 6 DUDLEY DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 0. THIS WAS POSTED WITH THE PROPERTY ON MARCH 16TH, 2021 AND MAILED TO THE OWNER ON RECORD PER COUNTY APPRAISAL NOTICE EXPIRED ON MARCH 30TH, 2021. S A P AND C VIOLATION ARE GOING BE 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES. ALL INTERIOR SURFACE GOODY WINDOWS AND DOORS SHALL BE MAINTAINING GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND STATUARY CONDITIONS. THIS PLA DECAY, WOOD AND OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACES SHALL BE CORRECTED. 5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE. EVERY PLUMBING STA VENT WEIGHT AT SEWER LINE SHALL FUNCTION PROPERLY AND BE KEPT FREE FROM CONSTRUCTION SEATS AND INSPECT INITIAL INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON MARCH 16TH, 2021. THE COMPLAINT OF TOILET NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WATER DOES NOT DISPOSE AND LEAK OR BACKS UP LARGE HOLES AND CRACKS BOUNCE THROUGHOUT INTERIOR AND FLOORING IS LEAKED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AND NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. YES. CAN WE HAVE THE, UH, CODE OFFICER PAUSE FOR A SECOND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE CHAIR CAN HEAR US. MS. EVELYN BROWN, CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO? SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING. WE CAN HEAR YOU MS. BROWN. I CAN HEAR. I CAN HEAR. PERFECT. PERFECT. SO, UM, UH, WE PAUSED THE PRESENTATION FOR A SECOND. WE'RE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM. UM, I STEPPED IN AS THE THE VICE CHAIR, BUT I'LL, I GUESS I'LL HAND THINGS BACK TO YOU SINCE YOU'RE BACK ON. OKAY. UH, WELL IF YOU WANNA DO THIS, HAVE, HAVE THEY ALREADY STARTED ON THE, THE SOUTH FLOORS? YES MA'AM. THEY HAVE? YES. OKAY, WELL SINCE YOU STARTED IT, GO AHEAD AND FINISH IT AND THAT WAY I DON'T COME IN IN THE KINDA IN THE MIDDLE. YES MA'AM. READY, SIR? YES. OKAY. THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 16TH, 2021. COMPLAINT OF TOILET NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, WATER DID NOT DISPOSE AND LEAKS OR BACK UP. LARGE HOLES AND CRACKS WERE FROWN THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR AND FLORIAN'S LEG INTO WATER DAMAGE. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AND NOTICE WAS POSTED. A TIME OF INSPECTION CONTACT OVER THE PHONE WAS MADE TO MR. MORENO STATING HE WOULD MAKE LOCATION TO START REPAIRS IF THE INSPECTION CONNECTED ON APRIL 27TH, 2020 1, 21 WITH THE SAME OCCUPANT AND FOUND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. UPDATED PHOTOS, OBTAINED THE INSPECTION ON MAY 18TH, STILL FOUND A PROPERTY BE A VIOLATION WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS. AND UPDATED PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION ON JUNE 23RD, 2021. FOUND THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN IN VIOLATION OF THOSE UPDATED PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FOR CASE REVIEW. NOTICE THAT THE D S G WAS POSTED ON JULY 12TH, 2021. CONFIRMING PREMISES STILL REMAIN IN VIOLATION. A REINSPECTION ON JULY 14TH, 2021. STILL FOUND THE VIOLATION TO BE WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT OR REPAIR. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING REPAIRS AND DISCUSS, CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT OFFICER? OKAY. AND, UM, THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED AND I GET A MOTION ONE MOMENT BEFORE WE MOVE TO MOTION. I DO HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION. SO ALL OF THESE, THESE TWO CO VIOLATIONS, ARE THEY RELATED JUST TO THE RESTROOM? 'CAUSE IT SAYS INTERIOR SURFACE AND MAINTENANCE. SO CAN THEY BE, UM, TOGETHER, CONSIDERED TOGETHER OR SEPARATE? BUT THIS IS FOR THE CODE OFFICER. SORRY, REPEAT YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE A VIOLATION OF 3 0 5 0.3 AND THEN 5 0 6 0.2. SO INTERIOR SURFACE AND WE HAVE MAINTENANCE. SO ARE YOU CONSIDERING THEM SEPARATE OR [00:40:01] TOGETHER AS FAR AS THE VIOLATIONS, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE VIOLATIONS. GOT IT. SIMULTANEOUSLY. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE DEFINITELY TWO SECONDS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. AND, UM, IF THERE'S NO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR, UM, I WILL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION. UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND, UM, ON THE SHEET WHAT, UM, WHAT THE VIOLATIONS WERE, THE SECTION SO I CAN REFERENCE THEM. OH, 5.3 CARRIER SURFACES SIX TWO E FROM I HAD IT, I WAS LOOKING FOR IT, THAT'S WHY I WAS TAKING SO LONG. OH, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 6 0 0 SOUTH FLORIDA STREET. APARTMENT EIGHT ALPHA IS IN VIA, IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION AND MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE BROUGHT INTO CODE WITHIN 60 DAYS. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME. OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND IT. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. YES. JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE, WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE THESE VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND ON THE SAME DAY, THEY CAN STAY, BE CONTAINED IN ONE MOTION. UM, IF THEY WERE, IF THE VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND ON SEPARATE DAYS, YOU WOULD THEN ASK FOR TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. AND SINCE THEY ARE, THEY WERE FOUND ON THE SAME DAY, UH, MS. GUILLORY IF SHE WOULD LIKE AND PUT THEM IN ONE ORDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE VIOLATIONS. OKAY. SO THEN I JUST ASK THE WRONG QUESTION, BUT OKAY. THAT WAY THEN I'LL JUST MAKE IT, I'LL REPHRASE THE, UM, MOTION AND I'LL PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL REPHRASE THE MOTION. SO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 6 0 0 SOUTH FLORIDA STREET. APARTMENT EIGHT ALPHA IS A VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES AND 5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE. AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THE PROPERTY IS TO BE BROUGHT INTO CODE WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS IN OF SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. OKAY. AND, UH, CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. FRED ANDES? UH, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? UH, ABSTAIN. MR. ANDES? AYE. MS. HILLARY? AYE. AYE. MR. TAPIA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE. VOTE OF FOUR TO 0 2 1. THANK. OKAY, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. YOU KNOW, MY, MY, THE VOICE JUST CAME BACK INTO MY HEADSET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. I HAD TO UNPLUG IT AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE, SO THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T HEAR ANY OF IT. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE HAVE DILAPIDATED [3. 21-4909 (CD-1) 2315 W Martin St] TRUCTURE NUMBER THREE AT 2315 WEST MARTIN AND CHAIR. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE OWNER ON THE LINE, SO IT WILL BE JUST A MINUTE PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. JUST A MINUTE. YOU GET THE OWNER ON THE [00:45:30] MR. JUAN. KRISTEN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I SURE AM. THANK YOU. WE'LL BEGIN NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MORNING ONCE AGAIN. BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER DOMINGUEZ, DANGEROUS MEMBERS OFFICER. I'M PRESENTING THIS CASE FOR OFFICER LISA VALDEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2315 WEST MAR WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEMOLITION WARRANT WITH DEMO CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD. REPORT SERVED. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N T B B 5 41. LOT DO 14 15 16 WITH S I R R 25 OF E 60 OF ONE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS STAN PEDRO, A STATE OF THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 0 2 1 4 MASON FIELD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE, JUAN OFFICER MET IN PERSON AND BY PHONE DURING REINSPECTION TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF REQUIRED REPAIRS. SHE ALSO INFORMED OWNER OF THE THREE ITEMS REQUIRED TO PRESENT AT THE D S B HEARING. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE WORKING ON OBTAINING ALL ITEMS REQUIRED. I PERSONALLY MET WITH THE PROPERTY THIS PAST TUESDAY AS WELL AND ADVISED THEM OF WHAT DOCUMENTS TO BRING. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT ENGINEER SUPPORT HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN PROVIDED BEFORE JULY 7TH. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE IN HAND RIGHT NOW AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROPERTY, A SCOPE OF WORK BY NATURAL MEANS PROPOSAL AND AN ENGINEERING LETTER FROM A ONE ENGINEERING SUBMITTED BY THE OWNER. PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENT PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JULY 7TH, 2021. THE PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A POSTED BEAM FOUNDATION SINKING INTO THE GROUND IN SOME AREAS, A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, HEAT OF REPAIRS. WOODEN MEMBERS HAVE WATER DAMAGE BROUGHT IN, THE DOORS ARE BROKEN AND SOME ARE MISSING AT THIS TIME. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD THE, UH, TIMELINE, THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2315 WEST MARTIN WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2020. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 15TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED SHEET HAS NOT YET BEEN RETURNED ON JULY 6TH, 2021. THE NOTICE S P HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2315 WEST MARCH 23. WEST MARTIN IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MARTIN. IT ALSO SITS ALONG THE AMAZON CREEK CREEK. THE STRUCTURE IS 1,403 SQUARE FEET. I PHYSICALLY MADE THE LOCATION PAST TUESDAY. THE FRONT STRUCTURE HAS A DAMAGED PORT AND ROTTED SIDING THAT IS CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. THE WALKING SURFACE OF PORTS IS DAMAGED. CONCERNS WITH COLUMNS NOT SITTING ON A SOLID SURFACE COVER. A HIP RAPTOR IS MISSING UNDER THE PORCH, LACKING PROPER SUPPORT IN THIS AREA. THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURED STREET VIEW. NEXT PHOTO CONCENTRATES ON THE MIDDLE OF THE SECTION OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE. SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER THIS PAST, THEY, HE ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A PORCH AREA THAT IS NOW ENCLOSED, NEVER LEFT AT THIS TIME. IT IS COVERED WITH PLYWOOD AND TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE AN OPENING [00:50:04] LEFT SIDE TOWARD THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. IT'S A BETTER PICTURE OF THE DAMAGE DETERIORATED SIDING REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. THE REAR ADDITION HAS SIGHT DAMAGE ON THE BOTTOM. THE NEXT FOUR PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM A WINDOW INSIDE OF THE SECOND FLOOR RIGHT ABOVE THE CLOUD PORT NEXT TO APPEARS CONSISTENT WITH MORE DAMAGE TO THE SIDING NEXT, THAT HAS REVEALS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE SIDING UNDER THE OVERHANG. NEXT PHOTO IS THE CORPORATE AREA. THIS LINE, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS LOCATED ON TOP, NOT ALLOWED A PROPER FLOW OF WATER. THE FIRST INTERIOR PHOTO AND HOLD IS PRESENTED ON THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE SECURITY DOOR, THE FRONT DOOR, BAGS OF TRASH SHE LAID INSIDE A ROOM SHEET ROCK IS DETACHING. KITCHEN AREA IS ALSO ACCUMULATED WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS. THIS PHOTO, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE OFFICER WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IN THIS AREA, BUT IN THE, IN THE, UH, CORNER UP ABOVE THE DOOR, YOU CAN SEE, SEE A SMALL, I'M ASSUMING SOME DAMAGED SHEET ROCK IN THAT AREA. SHEET ROCK, A PICTURE OF THE RESTROOM AREA. YEAH, AREA IS OF WATER PERCH PENETRATING THROUGH THE, THE EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIOR. THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE DETERIORATED GABLE ROOF, CORRUGATED METAL SHOOTS THAT ARE WOR RUSTED AND LIFTED IT AWAY FROM A ROOF DECK. ROOF SYSTEM HAS DAMAGED RIDGE BOARD AND METAL SHEETS IN CERTAIN AREAS CAUSING THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE TO HAVE A, TO HAVE WATER EXPOSURE. DETERIORATION WAS FOUND BROUGHT INTO THE FACIA BOARD, AND EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE WOOD SIDING THAT HAVE MISSING BROKEN BY LINE. WALLS ARE POUR AND DUE TO STRUCTURES FOUNDATION. SHIFTING AND THINKING STRUCTURE LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION FOUNDATION IS THINKING, REQUIRES MAJOR REPAIRS, SERIAL WALLS, STUDS WALLS, AND SCENE EXHIBIT ROTTED AND MOISTURE DETERIORATION DUE TO WATER EXPOSURE. HOME IS NEXT TO A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURED AGAINST CONS, CONCRETE STATIONARY SIDING, BUT NOT STRUCTURALLY ATTACHED. OFFICER VALDEZ HAS SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS BY BLOWING AND INCURSION. OWNER STATED HE HAS THE MEANS WITNESS STRUCTURE 23 IS IN VIOLATION, 6 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 8, 11, 12, AND 17, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS NEAR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE, TWO FIVE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN THE HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATE WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS THAT PROTECT ADAPTATION, SUBSTANDARD. I DID THIS FOR HUMAN HABITATION FOR A THREAT OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO BUY HELD PROPERTY OR SAY STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS. THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, UH, CHRISTOPHER, UH, DO YOU HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS IN HAND? YOU SAID, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, I SURE CAN. OKAY. YOU SAID YOU HAD THESE DOCUMENTS IN HAND FOR THE, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE FINANCIAL MEANS? THAT IS CORRECT, MS. BROWN. OKAY. SO HAS THE LAWYER SEEN THEM? OH, OKAY. SPEAK OF MAGIC. HERE WE ARE. THIS IS THE, IS THIS THE ENGINEER'S REPORT OR THE, UM, JUDGE, THIS IS JUDY. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A REPORT, UM, WRITTEN BY THE OWNER, MR. . HE IS ON THE IF FOR HIM TO PROVIDE HIS TESTIMONY. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, LET'S DO HIS TESTIMONY FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DOCUMENTATIONS. JUAN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YEAH, JUAN KRISTA. UM, MY, YOU SAID MY ADDRESS COULD, YOU'RE BREAKING UP. YEAH, [00:55:01] I'M STAYING AT 360 ELK DRIVE. I PRESENTED AS, AS YOU SEE ON THERE, UH, THE THREE PAGE DOCUMENT THAT I GAVE. THE, UH, THERE'S AN INTRODUCTION AND SOME BACKGROUND AND THERE WERE A LOT OF MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THIS HOSPICE I REFERRED EARLIER. IF YOU GO, IF YOU RECALL ON SLIDE 77 OF, OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE IT HAS THE MAP OF THE, UH, OF THE PROPERTY AND BEHIND THERE THERE'S A BLUE LINE. AND MY INTRODUCTION IN MY BACKGROUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT I SAY THAT THIS WAS PARKED, THE HOME IS RIGHT NEXT BE, UH, THE NORTH, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN ABOUT 25 OR 50 FEET FROM OFFLINE CREEK. THE OFFLINE CREEK. THAT PARK IS PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY WESTSIDE CREEK PROJECT. THAT, THAT PLAN WAS STARTED BACK IN 20, UH, IN 2008. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PLAN, THE PLAN WILL SAY THAT THEY PLANNED ON ACQUIRING PROPERTY ALONGSIDE THE CREEK. THEY WEREN'T SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT PROPERTIES THEY WERE GONNA ACQUIRE. THE RIVER AUTHORITY HAD LIKE $10 MILLION OF STOCK SET ASIDE FOR, FOR LAND ACQUISITION NOTICES WERE SENT OUT THAT THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL TO ACQUIRE THE LAND FOR THE EXPANDED OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS LIKE, UH, UH, A WALK TRAIL, SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE PEARL, THE MISSION OUTREACH AND ALL THAT. SO I CONSCIOUSLY DID NOT, DID NOT DO ANY REPAIRS FOR THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T THINK I WOULD GET MY INVESTMENT BACK IF, IF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ACQUIRED BLUE ACQUISITION OR EMINENT DOMAIN. SO I KINDA HELD OFF ON THAT. AND SO WE KEPT ASK, I KEPT ASKING QUESTIONS, WELL, ARE YOU GONNA BUY IT? ARE YOU GONNA BUY IT? AND BACK IN 2008, IT WAS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN. THEN THEY STARTED DOING, STARTED DOING THE WORK. WHEN I MET OFFICER EZ, I ASKED HER, HEY, ARE THEY GONNA ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY? AND SHE COULDN'T TELL ME. SHE SAID, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT THING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE, DIFFERENT AGENCY. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. ALL I'M CONCERNED IS ABOUT THIS. OKAY. SO THEN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, 2020, I RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A HEARING ON MY PLAN TO REPAIR THIS. I SHOWED UP AND YOU'LL SEE IT, SEE THERE ON MY, UM, I THINK IT'S LIKE THE THIRD P THE SECOND PARAGRAPH ON MY BACKGROUND. I, I SHOWED UP AT THE MO BUILDING. WELL, THIS HEARING AND COVID HAD JUST STARTED. THE PANDEMIC HAD OUT STARTED, ALL THE MEETINGS HAD BEEN CANCELED. NO ONE NOTIFIED ME. I SHOWED UP THERE, THEY LET ME GO INTO THE BUILDING, AND THE LADY THERE, THEY TOOK MY NAME. NOW I TOLD 'EM I'M HERE FOR THIS MEETING, THAT THEY'VE BEEN CANCELED. BUT WE PUT DOWN THAT SHE SHOWED UP. I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING BACK FROM THE CITY, NOTHING. NEXT THING I KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS ARE CALLING ME AND THEY'RE TELLING ME, HEY, THEY'RE COPS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND SOME S****Y TRUCKS. ALL RIGHT? I CALL, I CALLED HER AND I SAID, HEY, I HEAR YOU ALL OUT THERE AND SAID, YEAH. I SAID, WELL, CAN YOU WAIT TILL I SHOW UP SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS? NO, I GOT ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN THE NEXT TIME ACTUALLY SPEAK TO HER IS THE SECOND TIME SHE DID AN, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT TO GO IN AND TO TAKE PICTURES AND TO TAKE PICTURES AGAIN. I CALLED HER, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TWO NEIGHBORS. I SHOW UP THERE AND ACTUALLY SPOKE TO HER AND THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER THERE, AND I SPOKE TO THEM. AND, AND THEN, SO HER ATTITUDE CHANGED THEN, AND THEN WE STARTED COMMUNICATING A LOT BETTER. I'M GLAD THAT I'M FINALLY GETTING TO TALK TO SOMEONE AT THE CITY THAT MAKE DECISIONS ON THIS. SO [01:00:01] SHE TOLD ME WHAT I NEEDED TO DO, NEEDED TO GET SCOPE OF WORK. I ASKED FOR SAMPLES AND, AND, AND, AND SO I GOT THOSE. FINALLY, I GOT A SAMPLE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHAT I NEEDED TO DO. WE DISCUSSED ABOUT GETTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO COME AND DO THE, DO THE STUDY, AND SHE WAS REACHABLE TO REPAIR. AND SO I DID IT. I CONTACTED A ONE, ENGINEERING, A LOCAL FIRM. THEY CAME IN AND THEY LOOKED AT THE FOUNDATION AND THEY SAY, YEAH, THIS IS HOW SHE REFERRAL FOR, YOU CAN REFER THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME WORK, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU SOME TIME, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME MONEY. SO THEN MY NEXT STEP, AND AS YOU SEE ON MY, ON MY TESTIMONY THERE, I WENT AND TALK TO SEVERAL, UH, FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION COMPANIES AND I SAW ONE. AND, UH, AND WHEN I TALKED TO THE OWNER, I DID NOT, I PURPOSELY DID NOT GIVE HIM THE ENGINEERING STUDY BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY TOLD ME AND HOW THEY WOULD MATCH. SO I SELECTED, UH, BARRA AND YOU SEE A PICTURE THERE OF THE PROPOSAL IN THERE. IT'S A, IT'S A JPEG AND HE, HE PROPOSED, UM, AND HE'S GETTING READY TO START AND IF YOU APPROVE FOR ME TO START, WE'LL SIGN A CONTRACT LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW. HE'S GONNA GET ALL THE NECESSARY PERMITS. HE HAS HIS OWN ENGINEERING STAFF AND HE KNOW, HE'S WELL AWARE HOW THE CITY WORKS. AND SO, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET STARTED. I'VE ALSO HAD SOME CONTACT WITH, UH, WITH THE PLUMBING COMPANY, UH, PLUMBING AND RICHARD AND RICHARD PLUMBING. THEY DO JOINT VENTURE WORK. AND SO GONNA CONTACT THEM. I'M GONNA BE THE PROJECT MANAGER. AND IN MY, IN MY, IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, AND I WORK 34 YEARS FOR THE AIR FORCE. AND MY LAST, MY LAST 20 YEARS, I HAD ACCEPTED THAT WE DID PRIVATE PUBLIC COMPETITIONS. AND PART OF THE PUB PART OF THAT COMPETITION WAS CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK, THE AIR FORCE CALLED PUBLIC WORK CIVIL ENGINEERING. SO I HAD ACCESS TO ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, CARPENTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY DO PART-TIME WORK, UH, AND I'LL BE THE PROJECT MANAGER. I'LL GET THE, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS GENERAL PERMIT. I HAVE REACHED MY CAPABILITY TO LICENSE CONTRACTOR TO THAT. THEY WILL GIMME THE GUIDANCE ON THAT TO DO THAT. FINANCIAL MEANS, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PRO LIST ACCOUNT THAT I HAVE IN THERE, I ALREADY TALKED TO MY FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO, UH, TO RESTRUCTURE MY PORTFOLIO SO I COULD HAVE THE ASSETS AVAILABLE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. UH, IF YOU SEE THERE'S LIKE $330,000, THAT'S A PART TO MY RETIREMENT PENSION, WHICH I GET 34 A MONTH, UH, $3,400 A MONTH. I ALSO GOT A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, UH, NATIVE ALASKAN COMPANIES TO DO CONSULTING WORK. I, I, UH, UH, IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR THAT I GET PAID FOR, UH, LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR. AND I'M JUST GONNA, I WANT, UH, MY TAX LIABILITY LAST YEAR WAS $14,000. SO THE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE HOUSE CAN BE REPAIRED BY THE ENGINEER, BUT THE, BUT THE ENGINEERING STUDY, AND THEY ALSO CAME BACK, BUT A ONE CAME BACK AND SAYS, HEY, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, ANYTHING, WE'RE HERE TO, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. I GOT THE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO, CAN, CAN DO THE INTERIOR WORK, THE EXTERIOR WORK. I GOT THE FUNDING AVAILABLE. UH, THE, AND I GAVE, I THINK I PROVIDED A SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE TIMELINE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE. AND THE DISCLAIMER I'M GOING TO USE IS THE WEATHER AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE'VE HAD WEATHER DOING THE EXTERIOR AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING IT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME, FINALLY GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT MY PLAN OF FIXING THIS HOUSE. ANY QUESTIONS? SO, MR. MR. CHRISTIAN, WHAT, WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG? I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE CITY TRYING TO BUY THE PROPERTY, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON THAT. SO WHY DID, WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO FIX THE HOUSE? THE HOUSE IS, THE HOUSE IS ALMOST IN TOTAL DISREPAIR. UH, DO YOU SURE YOU WANNA PUT YOUR RETIREMENT [01:05:01] INTO THAT? I'M WELL, WELL, YES. MATTER OF FACT, MATTER OF FACT, THE PICTURES THAT YOU SAW, THE HOUSE HAS BEEN CLEANED ALREADY. YES. YOU SAW BAGS, YOU SAW A BUNCH OF BAGS IN THERE. UH, WHAT HAPPENED WAS SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE HOUSE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES, TIMES, UH, YOU SAW THE BOARD IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AFTER THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT THAT WAS DONE. UH, PEOPLE BROKE IN. PEOPLE BROKE IN, AND THEY, THEY DEMOLISHED A LOT OF, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE BADGE. I GOT A, I I HAVE A DUMPSTER. I, I I HIRED A DUMPSTER, YOU KNOW, GUY CLEANED UP THE BAGS AND ALL THAT. ALL THE, ALL THAT STUFF IS OUT. SO YEAH, I, I DO WANNA DO THAT. I, I, I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS ROBERT . SIR, DO YOU PLAN TO LIVE IN THE RESIDENCE OR RENT IT OUT? NO, NO, NO, SIR. NO, SIR. UH, RIGHT NOW I'M STAYING AT MY FRIEND'S HOUSE RIGHT NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND THE REASON, AND THE REASON I'M STAYING IN THE, IN, IN HER, UH, THERE WAS THIS, A DOMESTIC ISSUE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE WITH HER SON, AND HE WAS EVICTED FROM, FROM WHERE SHE WAS STAYING AT. AND SO I MOVED IN WITH HER IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SECURITY FOR HER. AND SO HE WOULDN'T COME AROUND THEN AS A FOLLOW ON, UM, SHE GOT TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF HER THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS, SO I'M KIND OF HELPING THAT OUT. AND SO AT THE PLACE WHERE SHE AT, UH, SHE'S AT, SHE RENT. SO THIS WOULD GIMME AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE HOUSE, USE THE LIVING ROOM, UH, THE ROOM THAT YOU SAW THAT HAD A LOT OF THOSE BAGS, THAT WAS THE LIVING ROOM, AND TURN THAT INTO AN OFFICE SPACE. SO I CAN USE THAT FOR MY, SO WHEN I DO CONSULTING, I CAN ACTUALLY DO, WE DO A LOT OF THAT BY, BY ZOOM, BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES THAT I DO MY CONSULTING WORK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A NATIVE IAN COMPANY OUT OF A A A AND, AND THEY GOT AN OFFICE IN AND COLORADO SPRINGS. AND SO WE DO A LOT OF THAT THROUGH, THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE, THOSE, THEY'LL SEND ME THEIR PRO, UH, POTENTIAL PROPOSALS. I REVIEW 'EM, I GIVE FEEDBACK. SO YEAH, I, YEAH. OH, I PLAN ON GOING BACK HOME. THAT'S MY CHILDHOOD HOME. ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY BACK HOME WAS GOING IN 1927. IT WAS ONLY THREE ROOMS. AND MY PARENTS BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, THEY DID A, THEY DID SOME ADDITION TO THAT ROOM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIDE AT THE, UH, ON ONE OF THE, THE SIDE PICTURES THERE, THEY TURNED THE PORCH. THEY HAD A SIDE DOOR THAT WAS GOING TO THE AT, TO THE DEAD END STREET, AND THEY ENCLOSED THAT, THEY ENCLOSED THAT, AND THAT WAS MY BEDROOM FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY MADE THE ADDITION IN THE BACK. SO, YES, I WANNA INVEST, I WANNA, I'M GONNA INVEST MY, YOU KNOW, GO BACK, YOU KNOW, GO BACK. THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY ROOTS. YOU KNOW, I GREW UP JOHN TO RECREATION CENTER, JOHN TOBIN, ALL THAT. A LOT OF THOSE OTHER FOLKS HAVE DIED, YOU KNOW, I PASSED AWAY, BUT THEIR, SOME SHALL REMAIN. AND, AND WHEN I GO, WHEN I GO BY THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY COME OUT, HEY, HOW YOU DOING? AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YES. I SEE. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GO BACK TO, UM, TO MY SCHOOL, UH, TO MY ELEMENTARY. MATTER FACT, THERE'S SIX OF US GUYS THAT WENT FROM FIRST GRADE ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN WE GRADUATED, WE ALL WENT TO COLLEGE, AND NOW EVERY SIX WEEKS WITH ME TRYING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THAT IS GRADUATING AT BARRIO ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS ABOUT BLOCKS FROM THERE. SO THE ANSWER YES. YEAH. GET BACK TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE BACK FROM A CONSULTING BUSINESS, LIVE THERE, REPLACE, YOU KNOW, REPLACE THAT. OKAY. SO HOW, TELL THE BOARD ONE MORE TIME, HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED TO BRING THIS STRUCTURE INTO COMPLIANCE? IF YOU LOOK AT ON MY SCOPE, THE SCOPE OF WORK IN THERE, UH, I THINK I, I ALLOTTED LIKE, ALMOST LIKE THREE MONTHS IN THERE. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, AT PRIOR, PRIOR HEARING AND TALKING TO, WHEN I TALKED TO MS, UH, MS. UH, MS. VALDEZ, SHE, UM, SHE WAS, UH, SHE WAS SAYING, NO, YOU DON'T GOT THIS MUCH TIME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I'M LIKE, [01:10:01] WELL, I NEED TO WORK WITH YOU. AND FOR A WHILE THERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A VERY, UH, HOW WOULD I SAY? A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION, MISUNDERSTANDING. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I'LL BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS SO FRUSTRATED THAT I WAS, I WAS GETTING READY TO, TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH HER SUPERVISOR AND MY CITY COUNCIL MAN, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T GET ON THE SAME PAGE. FINALLY, FINALLY, WE GOT ON THE SAME PAGE, YOU KNOW, FINALLY WE WERE ABLE, ABLE TO DISCUSS, OKAY, THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS AND THAT. I DIDN'T TELL HER I WAS GONNA DO THAT, BUT THAT WAS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. THAT REALLY WAS BACK IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. I AIN'T DOING THAT BECAUSE I LIKE TO SET UP WORKING RELATIONSHIPS. YOU KNOW, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THE FOUNDATION OF GETTING WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND YOU DEVELOP WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE, TALK, COMMUNICATE, YOU GET THINGS DONE. OKAY, SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FORCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON, UM, ON THE PROPERTY NOW, OKAY? OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION. MS. BROWN. OKAY. I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY AT ADDRESS 2353 WEST MARTIN. IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH FIVE DASH SIX, SUBSECTIONS 1 2 8 11 12 17. DUE TO THE ISSUE STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY IS AT THIS TIME CAN BE FEASIBLY REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT WE ALLOW THE OWNER 90 DAYS TO REPAIR THE, THE MAIN PROPERTY. YEAH, I WOULD ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF 30 DAY, UH, REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER EVERY 30 DAYS. I'LL ACCEPT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL ACCEPT THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER, UH, FOR 2315 WEST MARTIN STREET AND, UH, 30. AND THEN WE HAD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF 30 DAY PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER. DO I HAVE MS. BROWN? CAN I ADD ANOTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? SURE. ALL PERMITS TO BE PULLED AND ALL PROPERTY BE SECURED UNTIL COMPLETED. YEAH. OKAY. WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT, UH, MS. GUILLORY? YES. OKAY. ALL PERMITS ARE TO BE PULLED AND TO SECURE THE PROPERTY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IT'S ROBERT TAPIA SECOND. YEAH, WE HAVE A SECOND BY ROBERT TAPIA. OKAY, SO COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL? OH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY. NO DISCUSSION. COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE, MS. BROWN? AYE. MISSES. AYE. MS. HILLARY? AYE. AYE. TAPIA. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES MR. A VOTE. 5, 2 0. ALL RIGHT. UH, MR. KRISTEN, YOU, UM, YOU GOT YOUR WISH, SO WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND, UH, DON'T FORGET THOSE 30 DAY PROGRESS REPORTS AND, UH, OH, DEFINITELY. AND YOU'LL HAVE, YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL PERMIT, HOLD ON. YOU'LL HAVE TO PULL PERMITS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD? YES, MA'AM. ACTUALLY, THE PROPERTY IS SECURED, IT HAS BUILDING, HAS BURGLAR BARS, DOORS, AND SO IT, IT'S SECURE. MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE LACKS ON THOSE. ALL RIGHT, SIR, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WELL, I WANNA THANK THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERING THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR, UH, MR. DOMINGUEZ FOR WRITING YOU REPORT REPORTS. ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. OKAY. [4. 21-4910 (CD-4) 7618 Stagecoach Dr (reset)] OUR NEXT CASE IS 76 18 STAGE COACH KAREN, THIS IS JUDY. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT THE OWNER, SO WE WILL BEGIN MOMENTARILY. ALL RIGHTY. OKAY. OH, THIS IS A RESET. OH. [01:15:54] OH, GOOD LORD. CHAIR, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE OWNER KEVIN MURPHY ABOUT THREE TO FOUR TIMES. HE IS NOT ANSWERING. WE'VE ALSO TRIED CALLING HIM THIS MORNING, AND HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL BACK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HEY, COULD THE OFFICER MAKE THE PRESENTATION? GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. OH, GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 76 18TH PAGE COACH LANE, A DIRECT RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR RECORDING CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE SECOND TIME BEING HEARD. TO RECORD THIS BOARD D S G DATE WAS ON JANUARY 28TH, 2021. THE BOARD ORDERED A 30 DAY RESET. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NC B 1 5 5 3 1 BLOCK, 0 1 7 5 3 5, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT COURT. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MURPHY KEVIN, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS, 76 18 STAGE COACH LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7. ON NOTICE OF THE HEARING WERE NOT, WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES. THANK YOU. PHONE NUMBER WERE FOUND FROM MURPHY, KEVIN AND HAVE, AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER I MET WITH WITH MR. MURPHY EXPLAINING THE CASES AND PROPERTY S INSTRUCTIONS. MR. MURPHY WAS GIVEN THE UNDER ONE ROOF APPLICATION AUGUST 6TH, 2019. A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE AUGUST 23RD, 2019. MR. MURPHY WAS ALSO MADE AWARE OF THE NOTICES TO VACATE ORDER STOP WORK ORDER WAS POSTED ON APRIL 5TH, 2021 AFTER FINDING THE OWNER STARTED, STARTED WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF POTENTIALLY SPECIFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA PART OF AN OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC FALL IS THE TIMELINE. EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS, THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 76 18 STAGE COACH WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2019. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 13TH, 2019. [01:20:01] THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2019. ON JULY 7TH, 2019, THE NOTICE TO THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AND GIVEN IN PERSON TO THE OWNER AT 76 18 ON JULY 6TH, 2021, THE DOLLARS FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER. THE CERTIFI RECEIPT WAS COMPLAINT ON AUGUST 16TH, 2019. A NOTICE OF VACATE THE COURT POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERING COURT HAS BEEN PROVIDED OR PERMIT ARE NOT ON FILE, I'M SORRY, AS OF JULY 16TH, 2021. THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR 76 18 CASE. FOLKS, THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM WESTWOOD TERRANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JULY 7TH, 21. PHOTO PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 19 SIX THAT HAS FIRE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR ROOF SYSTEM, DECKING, BRIDGEBOARD RAPTOR STEEL TO SHOW FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE. INTERIOR TOUCH SHOWED SMOKE AND LIGHT FIRE DAMAGE ALONG THE LEFT HALF. STRUCTURE OVERHANG CORNER OF THE FRONT LEFT ELEVATION HAS SEEN BAR DAMAGE WITH THE KIND SLIDING, SHOWING SLIGHT DAMAGE DUE TO THE FIRE. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION TO BE THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. THERE'S NO MAJOR SIGNS OF FIRE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THIS SIZE PHOTO. IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE FRONT, THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. AGAIN, YOU'LL START SEEING SOME SLIGHT SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOF SYSTEM. UH, THE OWNER HAS PAINTED OVER THE BRICK. TRY TO HIDE AWAY SOME OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE THAT WAS ON THE EXTERIOR WALL AS WELL. IS THERE A CLOSER LOOK OF THE OVERHANG? AGAIN, JUST SHOWING SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE OVERHANG AS WELL. AGAIN, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THIS ANOTHER AREA OF THE OVERHANG JUST SHOWING THERE. THERE IS FIRE DAMAGE TO THAT AREA. IT'D BE THE FRONT RIGHT LEFT CORNER. THIS PHOTO HERE, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE JUST SHOWING THAT THE TRANSIT SIDING IS DAMAGED ON THE FRONT PORTION TOWARDS GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT AS WELL AS THE OVERHANGING PATIENT TOWARDS SHOWING SIGNS OF SMOKE AND CAR DAMAGE. THE OWNER HAS DONE HIS BEST TO SECURE THIS STRUCTURE. UM, I HAVE CHECKED THESE, THIS AREA, THESE WINDOWS, THEY ARE SECURED. HE SCREWED 'EM IN HIMSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE'S GETTING IN OR OUT OF THE STRUCTURE WHILE IT'S BEEN VACANT. THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK ELEVATION LEFT SIDE. THERE IS SOME SLIGHT SAGGING IN THIS AREA. AGAIN, THIS IS WHEN WE GO INSIDE. THIS IS GONNA BE THE AREA WHERE THERE WAS MULTIPLE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURED SIDE. THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK RIGHT SIDE. UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW THE STRUCTURE SYSTEM LOOKS ON THIS SIDE AS WELL. THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION, SO THERE'S NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE. YOU AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT MAJORITY OF THE FIRE WAS CONDUCTED TOWARDS THE, THE, THE LEFT HALF OF THE STRUCTURE GOING INSIDE. THIS IS GONNA JUST BE ONE OF HIS ROOMS JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE ITEMS INSIDE TOWARDS THE BACK OF HIS HOUSE. UH, MOVING INTO THE NEXT ROOM, AGAIN, JUST MORE ITEMS THAT HE HAS. UH, I, EACH TIME I DO GO TO THE PROPERTY AND COMPETE WITH THE OWNER. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIM AND CONFIRMED WITH THE OWNER THAT HE IS NOT LIVING THERE. HE DOES LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS. UH, THIS IS WHERE THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE KITCHEN. YOU'LL SEE WHERE HE'S PLACED. NEW WOOD MEMBERS FOR THE CEILING JOISTS SUPPORTED THE OLD ONES DUE TO THE FIRE SMOKE DAMAGE, AS WELL AS THE RAPTORS AS WELL. THIS IS JUST A, A PHOTO OF THE KITCHEN. AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE, WHERE OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE IS AT THIS AREA. MOVING INTO THE FRONT LIVING ROOM, AGAIN, THE OWNER HAS BRAND NEW CEILING JOIST FROM THE FRONT LIVING ROOM GOING THROUGH THE KITCHEN, AS WELL AS NEW RAFTERS AS WELL THAT ARE SUPPORTING RAFTERS DUE TO THE FIRE AND SMOKE. UH, THIS IS JUST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE SHOWING THAT THERE IS THE OLD WOOD AS WELL AS WOOD AS WELL, WHAT THE OWNER HAS THERE. NOW, MOVING INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE FIRE THERE WILL BE MORE FIRE FLOW DAMAGE TO THIS SIDE. CLOSING ALL THE WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL. YOU'LL SEE HERE THE STUDS HAVE NO DAMAGE [01:25:02] MOVING INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS TO SEE. THERE'S CEILING JOISTS THAT ARE SHOWING CHARRING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS. THERE'S A PHOTO SHOWING THE DECKING, THE RAFTER, BOTH THE BRIDGE BOARD THERE, THERE IS DAMAGE TO THAT FIRE. LOOKING INTO ANOTHER ROOM. JUST GIMME AN IDEA THAT NOT ALL THE FLOODS HAVE FIRE OR SMOKE DAMAGE OR WOOD MEMBERS HERE. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME TWO WOOD, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT WOOD WAS. HE DIDN'T DO ANY WORK. WHAT I NOTICED IN THAT AREA, UH, THIS IS JUST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THE STRUCTURE, JUST SHOWING THE DECKING AND RAFTERS HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH THE, THE FIRE. THIS GONNA BE ONE OF THE BATHROOM. I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE IT DONE LOOKED OUT OF. THE STRUCTURE. UH, THIS IS GOING, THIS IS THE HALLWAY LOOKING TOWARDS KITCHEN SHOWING KIND OF WHERE THE FIRE DAMAGE HAS STOPPED THAT POINT ON IT WOULD BE MAJORITY OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE GOING INTO HIS GARAGE. SEE IF ANY SMOKE DAMAGE WAS IN HIS GARAGE. THERE WAS NONE, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF ITEMS IN THE GARAGE. I WASN'T ABLE TO WALK ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 76 18 STATE COACH LANE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 4, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR THE MAIN IN WHICH ANY ABILITY OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL CONDITIONS OR OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS STUDY. THE HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION OF NESS OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 76 18 STAGE COACH LANE. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, CASE. THAT IS CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? MS. BROWN? THIS IS MS. GUI. I DO. UM, MR. MARTINEZ, HAS THE OWNER SAID ANYTHING? DOES HE HAVE ANY PAPERWORK OR HAS HE GIVEN YOU ANY UPDATE ABOUT HIS STATUS CONCERNING THE PROPERTY? THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER, WHICH WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HE STATED THAT HE HAD DOCUMENTS AND HE WAS GONNA PROVIDE THEM FOR ME. I DID MENTION, UH, THE TIMEFRAME OF WHEN I'M NEEDING THE DOCUMENTS HE STATED HE WOULD HAVE 'EM FOR, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A CALL. AND WHEN I POSTED THE D S V HEARING ON TUESDAY, NO ONE WAS HOME. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A CALL AS WELL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY DOCUMENTS BEFORE POLICE. OKAY. AND YOU SAID THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PICTURES, YOU SAID IT MAY LOOK LIKE NEW WORK, BUT IT'S NOT. SO HE HASN'T BEEN DOING ANY WORK ON THE PROPERTY SINCE I PLACED THE STOP WORK ORDER. UH, WHEN I NOTICED THAT WORK WAS DONE, HE HAS STOPPED HAVING ANY NEW WORK DONE TRUCTURE. AND THAT WAS AS OF WHAT DATE? UM, OR ROUNDABOUT? HE HAD STARTED THE WORK BACK IN JANUARY, BUT I DID PLACE A STOP WORK ORDER ON THE 5TH OF APRIL, BUT HE HAS NOT DONE ANY WORK. OKAY. HE WOULD REQUEST A CERTAIN THINGS, I WOULD TELL HIM NO, AND HE WOULD NOT DO IT. I DROPPED BY THAT LOCATION TEACHER. HE DOES HAVE WOOD OUT THAT STATES THAT THAT IS THE WOOD THAT HE HAD PURCHASED TO DO THE WORK, BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT HE NEEDED PERMITS BY THE TIME HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS OKAY. SO HE HAS BEEN COMPLIANT. OKAY. AND SO THERE AND, AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL, LIKE HE HASN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH VANDALISM ON THE PROPERTY EITHER. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. HE HASN'T REPORTED ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. SO LEGAL. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN, UH, UH, ONE ORDER FOR REPAIR AND THIS IS A RESET AND WE HAVEN'T, UH, THE OFFICER HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE OWNER ABOUT THE REPAIRS TO BE TO BE MADE. SO DO WE NEED TO GIVE ANOTHER ORDER OR CAN WE JUST DO A DEEP, CAN WE JUST DO A, JUST JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR, MS. CHAIR, THIS, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE PROPERTY'S BEEN IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, RIGHT? THE FIRST TIME WAS A REPAIR, I'M SORRY, WAS A RESET, UM, DUE TO, DUE TO IT BEING A RESET AND THE PROPERTY COMING BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, [01:30:01] WORK IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE DONE. AND IF PROPERTY COMES, IS ABOUT TO BECOME BEFORE THE BOARD, IF IT'S A DP, UM, STOP WORK ORDERS AND, AND, AND PERMITS SHOULD NOT BE PULLED. WORK SHOULD NOT BE DONE ON THOSE PROPERTIES. UM, SO THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. I JUST WANT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU, WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT THERE WASN'T A PREVIOUS REPAIR ORDER. IT WAS SOLELY A RESET ORDER. I BELIEVE IN LOOKING AT MY NOTES, MR. MURPHY WAS HERE THE LAST TIME ALONG WITH TWO CONCERNED CITIZENS. UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS RESET. RESET TO THIS DATE. BUT HE HAD, YES, MA'AM. OKAY. BUT IN THE ORDER THAT WE HAD GIVEN, WE TOLD HIM WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO AND HE DISREGARDED. HE DISREGARDED THAT AND, UH, HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO IT. UM, AND, AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, AND JUDY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT IT SAYS IS IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT THIS CASE SHALL BE RESET UNTIL THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE WITH PANEL B. NOW, I, I DO KNOW THAT IN CONVERSATIONS, UM, DURING TESTIMONY AND COMMUNICATION WITH MR. LEE, UM, AND ALONG WITH THE CODE OFFICER, WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED HAS BEEN INFORMED. HE'S BEEN INFORMED. HE'S BEEN TOLD. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU AS TO WHY HE, HE HASN'T BROUGHT IT, UM, OR HE'S NOT HERE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN THE ORDER IT WAS ONLY A RESET. WELL, I DON'T, UH, I HATE TO PUT IT THIS WAY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO ANOTHER RESET AND HE DOESN'T SHOW UP AND THE PROPERTY DOESN'T GET FIXED. I, TO ME THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT'S JUST, AND THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THIS BOARD HAS THAT ABILITY, IF THAT'S THE DECISION THE BOARD MAKES. BUT IT, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE, THE, THE, THE BOARD'S, UH, UH, POWER OR OR DECISION MAKING TO MAKE THAT DECISION, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO. YEAH. IT'S LIKE A CAT CHASING ITS TAIL AND THEN WE CAN'T FIND HIM. HE WON'T ANSWER. I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, UH, CONSIDER THIS PROPERTY A DEMO. I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA FIX IT. HE, HE'S ALREADY HAD A RESET ORDER. HE, HE DOESN'T, UH, RESPOND TO ANY PHONE CALLS. HE DOESN'T, HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY. I MEAN, WHAT DOES HE EXPECT FROM US JUST TO CONTINUE TO PLAY A CAT AND MOUSE WITH HIM? I DON'T KNOW. HOW DOES THE REST OF THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT THIS MS. BROWN? I WOULDN'T SAY THAT HE'S COMPLETELY DISREGARDING. WHEN THE CODE OFFICER, UH, SPOKE, HE SAID THAT HE DID SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO TWO WEEKS AGO MAY SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY THAT HE DID SPEAK WITH HIM. UM, LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY, IT CAN BE REPAIRED, BUT HE MAY HAVE. JUST TODAY I'VE RUN INTO SOMETHING 'CAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE GONE AROUND THE CITY, I'VE LOOKED AT THE EAST SIDE, I'VE LOOKED AT THE WEST SIDE. SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED AND IT'S JUST A SLAB AND PEOPLE ARE PUTTING CARS ON TOP OF IT. IF WE COULD GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, OR COME BEFORE US AGAIN AND MAYBE HE'LL SHOW UP, IT WOULD BE NICE. I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE A SLAB SITTING NEXT TO TWO HOUSES. THAT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE, UH, 8 2 19 AND HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT OF VIEW. I MEAN, THE HOUSE DOESN'T LOOK BAD FROM, FROM OUR, A VANTAGE POINT RIGHT HERE. BUT THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2019 AND HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. WELL, ULTIMATELY HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AFTER HE HAD A CEASE WORK ORDER AND THEN IT'S BEEN RESET AND NOW HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY. SO THERE HIS HANDS ARE STILL TIED. ADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. YES. EVEN THOUGH HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING PHYSICALLY WITH THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, ORDER OF THE WAY IT WAS READ AND HE CAN'T PULL A PERMIT, HE ACKNOWLEDGED TO THE CODE OFFICER THAT HE WOULD GETTING THE PAPERWORK REQUIRED FOR THE PROOF THAT HE HAS FINANCES, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THE CONTRACT. AND TO THIS DATE, HE HAS NOT PROVIDED. AND THAT WAS AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO HIS LAST CONVERSATION. SO I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ISSUE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. ARE WE GONNA SET PRECEDENT WHEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE GAVE HIM AND HE WAS ALREADY GIVEN BY CO COMPLIANCE WHEN HE HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GIVE HIM TIME. I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT AS A, IF WE DO IT FOR ONE, WE'RE GONNA START DOING IT FOR OTHERS. THIS GUY HASN'T MADE AN ATTEMPT, EVEN THOUGH HE'S TALKED TO CODE COMPLIANCE. IF HE'D HAVE GIVEN HIM THE DOCUMENTS, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO ME AND HE WOULD [01:35:01] BE SHOWN ANY WILLINGNESS TO, TO GO FORWARD. AND THE RECENT ORDER WAS IN MARCH. RIGHT. AND HE AND AS HE HAD NOT GIVEN ANY DOCUMENTS. THAT'S CORRECT. AND PRIOR TO MARCH, PRIOR TO THE RESET ORDER, THERE WAS NOTHING DONE ON THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. AND SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS A STOP WORK ORDER, HE CAN'T DO NOTHING. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT IF HE DOES NOT GIVE OVER THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO CONTINUE THE, UH, REPAIR TO, TO ALLOW TO REPAIR, WE ARE RUNNING BLIND HERE. AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY, WHICH COULD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY THAT HE'S STALLING BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY. HOPING WE'LL GIVE HIM A RESET. I THINK WE NEED TO SIT BACK AND LOOK AT ARE WE GONNA MAKE A PRECEDENT OR ARE WE GONNA, YEAH, IT'S HARD THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT WE DEMOED PEOPLE'S HOUSES WHEN THEY DID BRING THE PAPERWORK. 'CAUSE IT WASN'T FEASIBLE. THIS GUY'S NOT EVEN OFFERING IF IT IS FEASIBLE. SO WE WE HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT THE, WE'RE BUYING BY THE LAW AND BY THE CODE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOUR APPOINTMENTS GUILLORY 100% AND THE PROPERTY AT THIS ANGLE DOESN'T REALLY LOOK THAT BAD. BUT HE HAS NOT COMPLIED AND, UM, HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. EVEN, HE COULD HAVE HAD THE STOP WORK ORDER REMOVED HAD HE COMPLIED WITH SOME OF THE, THE, UH, PAPERWORK THAT WE REQUESTED. UH, FINANCIAL MEANS THE SCOPE OF WORK, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HAVE ALL BEEN SET, THAT COULD HAVE ALL BEEN SET ASIDE BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, THE CODE OFFICER WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT HE WAS INTENDED TO WORK ON THE PROPERTY. AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THIS, HE HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL IT ONCE HE GETS THE NOTICE. SO IF HE'S REALLY THAT EAGER, HE SHOULD GO OUT AND GET THE PAPERWORK AND APPEAL IT, AND THEN LET THEM DECIDE, BECAUSE OUR HANDS ARE REALLY TIGHT ON THIS. I AGREE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA. I AGREE AS WELL. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A POINT IN TIME WHEN IT'S THE END OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE FOR THIS PROPERTY. IT'S OVER. AND IF YOU CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE MEANS AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO FIND OUT WHAT'S NEXT, LOOKING FOR AN INVESTOR WHO CAN COME IN AND BUILD FROM THE SLAB UP, THAT'S, THAT HAS TO GO INTO A DISCUSSION. BUT, BUT THEY'RE NOT READY FOR THAT. AND SO WE HAVE TO, IN MY OPINION, GO IN AND ENCOURAGE, I MEAN, THIS IS, UH, UNSAFE HABITAT COMPLETELY. THE THE LANDSCAPING LOOKS BETTER THAN THE HOUSE. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PITCH A TENT AND LIVE OUT IN THE YARD. SO IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION AND YET IT, IT'S, OUR HANDS ARE TIED. THIS IS, THIS IS THE END AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT, IT HAS TO BE DEMOLISHED AND A DISCUSSION HAS TO GO INTO THE FAMILY, THE OWNER, ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE PROPERTY AS FAR AS FINDING THE RESOURCES, FINDING AN INVESTOR, AND LETTING IT GO. I WOULD AGREE. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK OUR FIRST THOUGHT IS ALWAYS PRESERVATION IF WE CAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION SAYING THAT HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT. RIGHT. AND, AND THERE'S NOTHING ON HERE ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE THAT SAYS THAT HE INTENDS TO DO ANYTHING. HE'S GOT A LOT OF JIBBER JABBER DOWN HERE, BUT HE'S GONNA CONSULT A ONE ENGINEERING AND HE'S GONNA DO THIS, BUT HE DOESN'T WIND UP DOING ANYTHING. NO. SO, LEGAL, CAN YOU CHIME IN ON THIS? NO. OKAY. OKAY. . YEAH, I THINK LEGAL HAS GIVEN HIS HIS POINT ALREADY AND WE, I KNOW DELIBERATED ENOUGH ON THIS, BUT YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, SO COULD WE GET A, UM, GET A MOTION? NO MOTION. WELL, I'LL THEN I'LL DO THE MOTION. OKAY. LET ME FIND MY LITTLE, MY CHEAT SHEET HERE. UM, OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 76 18 STAGE COACH DRIVE, UM, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS, [01:40:01] UH, DEFINED BY CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT SECTIONS 4, 7, 8, 12, AND 15. AND FIND THE PROPERTY, ALTHOUGH POSSIBLY ABLE TO, UM, TO BE, UM, TO BE, UH, REPAIRED. WE SEE NO, UM, WE SEE NO DIS WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION OR REPORTS FROM THE OWNER THAT HE IS INTERESTED IN THE REPAIR. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, DEMOLISH THIS PROPERTY WITHIN 30 DAYS. I SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. OKAY. CAN WE GO TO ROLL CALL JUDY, MS. BROWN? AYE. MR. AYE, MS. ABSTAIN? NAY? NO. MR. TAPIA. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF THREE TO ONE TO ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, [5. 21-4911 (CD-5) 309 Montezuma (rehearing)] ITEM NUMBER 3 3 0 9 MONTEZUMA. THIS IS ALSO A REHEARING. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I'M HERE. YOU AND MS. LAUDERDALE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OH, I'M LAUDERDALE. I THOUGHT YOU SAID CANDACE, BUT I THINK YOU SAID GUTIERREZ. SORRY, I'M ON, I'M SORRY. I'M ON THE LINE. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WE DO HAVE MS. LAUDERDALE AND MS. GUTIERREZ ON THE LINE FOR THIS CASE AT 3 0 9. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 0 9 MONTEZUMA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS CASE IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. UH, IT WAS GIVEN, IT WAS GIVEN 180 DAY REPAIR ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS M C V 3 9 9 1 BLOCK ONE BLOCK 40, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS AMMA GUTIERREZ WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 30 20 GINGER AVENUE, EDINBURG, TEXAS 7 8 8 5 3 9. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER IS HERE TODAY TO PRESENT HER TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. UH, I HAVEN'T HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE OWNER ALREZ, BUT I DID FIND AN EMAIL FROM HER FROM BACK IN, UH, 2002, EARLY 2020. UM, HER EMAIL IS P R O F GTZ@YAHOO.COM, THE OFFICE OF A SHORT PRESERVATION. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 9 10 20 29. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THIS IS THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROP. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 0 9 MONTEZUMA WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 3RD, 2019. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2019, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS STILL IN TRANSIT AS OF, UH, AS OF 7 22 20 21 ON JULY 7TH, 2021. NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 0 9 MONTEZUMA ON JULY 6TH, 2021. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JULY 13TH, 2021. PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED ON MAY 5TH, 2021 WHEN THE ORDERS EXPIRED AND OWNER FAILED TO REPAIR. STRUCTURE FAILED, UH, FAILED TO, UH, TO COMPLY WITH B S B ORDERS. NO PERMITS ARE FOR THE PROPERTY. AN OWNER, UH, NO PERMITS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR PROPERTY. THIS IS A FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. UM, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, FOUNDATION ISSUES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE UH, STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO SINK IN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. [01:45:01] THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS A CLOSER PICTURE OF IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FRAME IS STARTING TO, UH, BEND OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VINYL SIDING IS, UH, DETACHING FROM THE, FROM THE WALL DECK. THIS IS THE ROOF. THE ROOF HAS A TARP, UH, COVERING A HOLE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE WATER IS COMING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. MOST OF THE SHINGLES ARE DETERIORATED OR MISSED. THERE'S A, THIS IS A FAR AWAY VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG TOO, IS IT'S DETACHING FROM THE, FROM UNDERNEATH THE, THE, THE ROOF. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT HANGING. THE, THE SIDING IS HANGING THE, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE WAVE, UH, THE ROOF RIGHT HERE ON, UH, THIS IS THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF, UH, ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHINGLES ARE MISSING. UM, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE WAVE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE AS THEY'RE, UH, PROBABLE PROBLEMS WITH THE, THE ROOF STRUCTURE THAT ARE PICTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LITTLE, UH, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE WAVE. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE OVERHANG, UM, BENDING, UH, BOWING IN, BLOWING OUT, THIS'S A PICTURE OF THE LEFT. UH, THE RIGHT ELEVATION, UH, PICTURE OF THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED. SOME OF THE, THE WOOD ON TOP ARE DETACHING AND WERE BROKEN OFF. CLOSER LOOK OF THE OVERHANG AND THE, YOUR WALL. THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION. YOU COULD, YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE, DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES, YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE BOTTOM SIDE IS. SIDE IS STARTING TO LIFT. THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE UNDERNEATH THE, UH, THE FOUNDATION. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A MIX OF POST BEAM AND BRICK ON, UH, BRICK ON GRAIN. UM, NOW I PRESUME THE BRICK ON GRADE WAS THE, THEY'RE PROBABLY DOING FOUNDATION WORK A WHILE BACK. AND THEY WERE USING IT TO LIFT UP THE, THE STRUCTURE WHILE THEY PUT THE, THE BEAM, THE, THE POSTS IN. YOU CAN SEE THE POSTS RIGHT THERE IS DETERIORATED. UH, THAT'S THE MOST OF THE POSTS IN THERE ARE CEDAR POSTS. SO THEY ARE DETERIORATED, BROKEN. SOME OF THE THINGS ARE DETERIORATED. UH, WEATHER DAMAGE. THIS IS THE FRONT SLAB GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG OF A CRACK. IT'S PROBABLY A HALF INCH, UH, HALF INCH WIDE. THIS IS THE FRONT ROOM. AND NOW AS WE ENTERED THE ROOM, THIS SIDE IS SINKING DOWN. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE, WHERE THE STRUCTURE'S STARTING TO, UH, THE WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT DOWNWARD, TRYING TO GO DOWNWARD. UM, IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THERE'S A GAP, BECAUSE THAT'S THE STRUCTURE'S STARTING TO DOWN. I DID USE A LEVEL TO SHOW HOW MUCH OF THE FOUNDATION HAS SHIFTED. YOU SEE, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, SHIFT. THIS IS A, UH, SUB FLOOR. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S WATER DAMAGE. UM, RIGHT HERE. THEY REMOVED THE SUB FLOOR AND MORE WATER IS COMING IN DUE TO THE ROOF, UH, ROOF DAMAGE. MORE WATER IS COMING IN. IT, IT DAMAGE THIS WALL. AS YOU CAN SEE, MORE SPOTS WHERE WATER IS COMING IN THROUGH THE, THE CEILING RIGHT HERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION ISSUE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FLOOR IS ACTUALLY GUN DOWN. AND IT'S DETACHING FROM THE, FROM THE INTERIOR WALL. THIS IS THE CEILING. YOU CAN SEE, UH, YOU CAN SEE POSSIBLY MOLD RIGHT THERE. UH, WATER IS COMING THROUGH THE DECKING CAUSING DAMAGE. UH, MORE OF THE CEILING IS DETACHED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE POSSIBLE MOLD RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE AIR VENT. THIS IS THE BACK, UH, MORE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, JUST A, A LEVEL TO MEASURE THE FOUNDATION. UH, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT, UH, IT, IT, IT'S A LEVEL. THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, THEY TORE, THEY TORE UP SOME OF THE, THE, THE CEILING. UM, THEY TOOK OFF SOME OF THE APPLIANCES. UM, THERE WAS POSSIBLE A POSSIBLE FIRE BECAUSE THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE IN THE CEILING, IN THE, IN THE CEILING. AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AS YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, MORE, MORE, UH, SMOKE DAM, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE. UM, SOME OF THE CEILING RAPTORS ARE, ARE DETERIORATED, UH, CLOSER LOOK OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE. AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE DECKING. IS IT DETERIORATED? AND, UH, AND SMOKE DAMAGE. UH, THERE ARE REPORTS OF, UH, UH, VAGRANTS COMING IN AND OUTTA THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S JUST A SYRINGE GOING INTO THE, THE GROUND. UM, THERE HAS BEEN POSSIBLE THAT THE S A P D HAS REPORTED THE STRUCTURE, HAVING VAGRANT BREAKING IN AND OUT, FINDING NEEDLES. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY, MAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS A INTERIOR ROOF THAT HAS TARPS COVERING WHERE THE SHIELDS ARE DAMAGED, CAUSING WATER LEAK. FOUNDATION IS POST AND BEAM THAT HAS DETERIORATED POSTS, POSTS AND FLOOR RAPTOR THAT IS MAKING THE STRUCTURE SHIFT. [01:50:01] GRATS ARE CONSTANTLY ON, ON PROPERTY. NEEDLES HAVE BEEN FOUND ON PROPERTY INTERIOR, HAS IT, HAS IT BROKEN. AND DAM AND WA INTERIOR HAS IT BROKEN AND WATER DAMAGED CEILING FLOORS, NOT UNEVEN. AND, AND ALSO FULL OF TRACTION DEBRIS. OWNER HAS FAILED TO REPAIR STRUCTURE AND FAILED TO FOLLOW THE BUILDING STANDARD FORWARD ORDER FROM 9 10 20 20 20 20. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 0 9 MONTEZUMA ARE IN VI, ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER THE SCRATCH, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF RESPECT, DILAPIDATION SUB SUBSTAN OR ON FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION, BOTH A THREAT TO POTENTIAL LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOTION. THIS INCLUDES MY, MY PRESENTATION OF 3 0 9. THANK YOU. UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? FOR THE CODE OFFICER? THIS IS ROBERT . UH, DO WE HAVE A, A REASON FOR THE, THE TERM REHEARING? IT WAS, IT WAS IS THIS IS A REHEARING. UM, FROM SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020. IT WAS GIVEN 180 DAY, UH, REPAIR ORDER. UM, MAY I BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK? I'M SORRY. WHO IS THAT SPEAKING? THIS IS LEGAL REAL QUICK, MR. CHAIR. AND MR. TAPIA, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. THE REASON IT'S A REHEARING AS COMPARED TO RESET IS THERE WAS ALREADY AN ORDER, UH, FOR, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S BEING BROUGHT BACK, UM, BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT CODE IS SAYING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SAYING IS THE ORDER WAS NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH. AND SO YOU'RE HAVING TO REHEAR THIS CASE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHAT CODE IS SAYING IS THAT IT'S THEIR, UH, OPINION THAT NO, NO REPAIRS WERE DONE TO THE PROPERTY. THAT'S WHY IT'S A REHEARING AS COMPARED TO A RESET. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, WHO IS THAT SPEAKING? UH, THIS IS MS. GUTIERREZ. I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. THE REASON IT'S ALSO COMING BACK AS A REHEARING IS BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, I SPOKE TO YOU PRIMARILY AND I BELIEVE A MR. ANDERS, UH, THE PROPERTY WAS BEING, WAS SET UP FOR SALE AND IT WAS THIS LOCAL BUYER FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT FLIPPED HOMES THAT WAS GONNA GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THE, THE PROPERTY. UH, THE PROPERTY COULD NOT BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE, PER THE WAY THAT I INHERITED THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A WARRANTY DEED AND IT WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH LEGAL. AND IT WAS QUITE A, IT WAS A BUNCH OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION. ALL OF YOUR GOVERNMENT OFFICES WERE CLOSED. I HAD TO DO SOME OF THE RESEARCH THROUGH MAIL AND, UM, AND ONLY MAIL. I LIVE IN SOUTH TEXAS. UM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE PROPERTY IS ON THE MARKET. UM, MY REALTOR IS ON THE LINE. UM, I'VE HAD VERY MANY, I'VE HAD A, I'VE HAD TO PRICE REDUCE THIS. AND THERE IS A CURRENT, THERE IS A CURRENT BUYER, UH, THAT MAY GO UNDER CONTRACT AS OF TODAY. IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO MS. CANDACE, I DID NOT DO ANY FURTHER WORK TO IT. UH, YOUR, YOUR, UM, OFFICER, UH, YOUR CODE OFFICER WILL KNOW IF HE'S THE SAME GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THERE. UM, I TRIED TO DO REPAIRS IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE THIS IS WHEN MY NEIGHBOR REACHED OUT TO ME THAT THERE WERE VAGRANTS AND THAT THERE WERE SQUATS. I REMOVED THE BACK, UH, GARAGE, A SMALL METAL FRAME BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. I INHERITED THIS PROPERTY FROM POSSIBLY THE ORIGINAL BUILDER. UM, MY UNCLE AND AUNT HAVE PASSED SINCE. UM, MY INTENTION WAS TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY. HOWEVER I AM, I AM A SINGLE PARENT OF TWO KIDS AND I DO NOT LEAVE THE VALLEY MUCH BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE A 96 YEAR OLD MOTHER HERE WHO WAS SISTER TO THE FORMER OWNER OF THIS HOUSE. SO MY HOPES HAD BEEN WHEN WE LAST SPOKE, AND I THINK THERE'S A MR. ANDERS THAT KNEW THE BUILDER THAT WAS IN INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, UH, ON YOUR BOARD, IF THAT'S HIS NAME, I MAY BE WRONG. UM, AND SO THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DONE DEAL, CLOSED AND SOLD. IT UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT GO THAT WAY. SO I HAVE DROPPED THE PRICE TWICE. UH, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, HE, IF IT'S THE SAME GENTLEMAN, HE WALKED ON THE PROPERTY. WHEN I WAS TRYING TO REMOVE INTERIOR PANELS, INTERIOR SHEET ROCK, I REMOVED THE FLOORING. I GOT RID AND CLEANED UP ALL OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO THE HOME. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED PICTURES OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER. SO BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DONE DEAL ON A PURCHASE AND YOU GUYS ORDERED A STOP OF, UM, TO, TO [01:55:01] REPAIR, I WAS HOPEFUL THAT IT HAD BEEN SOLD. UM, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. UH, MISS, MISS LAUDERDALE'S ON THE LINE, AND SHE'S BEEN MY REALTOR AND SHE'LL TELL YOU MORE OF, OF THE INTEREST FOR THAT HOME. UM, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO GO AHEAD AND LET YOU KNOW THIS MORNING, MA'AM, DID YOU BRING A CONTRACT INTO THE CITY SO THAT WE COULD SEE IT SO THAT OUR LEGAL COULD LOOK AT IT? I HAVE NOT BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO, MA'AM. NO, I HAVE NOT. AND RIGHT NOW, ANY DOCUMENTS I SENT IN TO MS. JUDY KRUM AND TO MS. ESTHER, THEY HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO HER. UH, I RECEIVED THE LETTER LIKE FRIDAY. I CALLED IN MONDAY, ASKED WHAT IT IS THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED. AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'VE SUBMITTED RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY. THERE IS, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS NO CONTRACT NOW. THERE WAS A CONTRACT THEN, UH, AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS A BUYER THAT IS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE LAST, UH, 24 48 HOURS. AND MY, AND MY AGENT IS ON THE LINE WITH ANY POSSIBLE DOCUMENT THAT SHE COULD SEND TO LEGALS EMAIL RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL FROM YES. YES. UH, YES. THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT WOULD, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN. OKAY. THERE WAS SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS SENT TO ME. IT WAS NOT, IT'S NOT A FULLY EXECUTED, SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES CONTRACT. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY. THEY CAN REFERENCE IT OR, OR SPEAK ABOUT IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT AN EXECUTED CONTRACT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CORRECT. WELL, AND UH, WE DID JUST RECEIVE IT THIS MORNING AT NINE 30, UM, AS ALL THIS HAS KIND OF TRANSPIRED. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD MS THIS IS MS. LAUDERDALE. THIS IS LEGAL AND IT IS, I DO BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, BUT WE WOULD NEED YOUR, YOUR NAME, UM, AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE, UH, BEGINNING PLEASE. OKAY. UH, SO MY FULL NAME IS CANDACE LAUDERDALE AND, UH, YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? WE DO. OKAY. WELL MY OFFICE ADDRESS IS 1 0 9 9 IH 10 WEST. AND THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN KEEP IT WITH THE OFFICE ADDRESS. OFFICE ADDRESS ONLY IS FINE. I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU, SIR. THE OFFICE ADDRESS IS FINE, MA'AM. OKAY. YOU WANNA PRESENT YOUR CASE PLEASE? SURE. WE'VE GONE THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS. GET, UH, WE DID RUN INTO, UM, SOME ISSUES. IT'S A QUICK CLAIM DEED THAT'S CURRENTLY ON TITLE AND WE HAD TO GET AN AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIP AND VERIFICATION AND SOME PAPERWORK SENT IN. SO WE DID LOSE TWO BUYERS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CLOSE ON TIME. AND A LOT OF THESE BUYERS WANNA CLOSE QUICK IN CASH BECAUSE THEY'RE INVESTORS. SO NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN EVERYTHING FINALLY BUTTONED UP, UM, WE'RE READY TO GO. WE DID A PRICE DROP AND HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND LITERALLY RECEIVED AN IN HAND OFFER THAT I THINK IS ACCEPTABLE. UM, I WAS GONNA GO OVER IT WITH ALMA THIS MORNING, UM, BUT WE LITERALLY RECEIVED IT AT NINE 30 AND UH, I'VE BEEN UP KEEPING THE PROPERTY AS BEST AS I CAN, UM, JUST GETTING THE MOW FROM WHAT I CAN DO. BUT WE'RE ACTIVELY TO GET IT AND WE PUT IN A LOT WORK AND EFFORT. WE'RE SO YOU DON'T HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT THOUGH? WE HAVE A, THE OFFICE THIS MORNING, RIGHT? NINE 30 AND I HAD BEEN, AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED IN. YES. OKAY. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT ALREADY WITH THE, UM, THE NEW, THE BUYER'S NAME ON IT, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? SO THE BUYER'S NAME IS ON IT. THE BUYER SIGNED. UM, LITERALLY AS WE'RE ON THE PHONE, I CAN'T UPLOAD IT INTO MY DOCUSIGN AND HAVE HER SIGN IT IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED. I JUST WAS WANTING TO GO OVER IT WITH HER, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALL JUST COME AT US PRETTY QUICKLY THIS MORNING. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, REALTOR OF THE OWNER, MS. BROWN? I DID FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. OH, I UNDERSTAND. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS MR. ANDES. YOU SAID EARLIER THAT YES, SIR. I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE BUYER. NO, NO. WHEN WE SPOKE, UM, LAST I I WANNA SAY IT WAS MAY, SEPTEMBER, UH, YOU ASKED WHO, WHO WAS THE, WHO [02:00:01] WAS THE INTERESTED BUYER AND I DISCLOSED THE COMPANY NAME. IT WAS AMERICAN SOMETHING, SOMETHING OR OTHER. AND, UH, IN COMMENT, IN COMMENT BY ON YOUR BOARD, YOU SAID, I KNOW THAT PERSON. AND IF THEY WERE TO GO AND PURCHASE IT, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD GO ABOUT GETTING IT DONE. UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS LIKE A COMMENT. I DON'T MAKE COMMENTS LIKE THAT. UM, I'LL REFRESH THE RECORD. 'CAUSE IF I MADE A COMMENT LIKE THAT, THEN I'M GONNA HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS. AND I DON'T EVER REMEMBER MAKING THAT COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. YOU KNEW THE NAME BECAUSE YOU GUYS KEPT ASKING ME WHO'S THE BUYER, WHO IS THE INTENDED BUYER? AND I HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH MY EMAIL TO SEE WHO THE NAME WAS SO THAT YOU GUYS KNEW. IF YOU RECOGNIZED, I DON'T GET INTO WHO BUYS AND WHO DOESN'T BUY. I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SO I DON'T GET INTO WHO BUYS OR WHAT HAPPENS. COUNSEL, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR? YOU, YOU MAY ASK ME A QUESTION. I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE, THIS IS LEGAL. I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S A CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING. MAKE SURE THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS SOMETHING. I, I, I WANT THAT PUT ME IN A CONFLICT. THERE IS A REPAIR ORDER ON THIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. THIS BOARD GAVE A SIX MONTH REPAIR ORDER. RIGHT. THE REASON THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW IS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO CODE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THOSE REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE. MR. AND, AND MR. ANDREWS IN, IN REGARDS TO ANY COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE PRIOR, THEY WOULD BE ON RECORD. IT IS UP TO YOU IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE, BUT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS AN ORDER MADE. UM, AND THIS PROPERTY IS BACKED BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE, THAT ORDER WAS FOLLOWED. OKAY. WELL, I'M GONNA SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD RIGHT NOW. UH, I'M GONNA SUSTAIN FROM THIS ONE. I'LL LISTEN TO IT, BUT I WILL NOT VOTE ON IT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A CONFLICT PROBLEM. AND DO YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT? IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY? AND, AND JUDY, CONFIRM WITH ME THAT WE STILL HAVE A, A QUORUM. YES, WE DO STILL HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. OKAY, MA'AM. OKAY. I'M NOT, UH, YES. OKAY, WE BACK IN, UH, LET ME SEE WHEN WAS SIGNED. THIS WAS SEPTEMBER WHEN YOUR ORDER, WHEN THE REPAIR ORDER WAS SIGNED, AND YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, UM, THE HEARING, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA FIX IT, YOU WERE GONNA DO THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, WHATEVER IT WAS. AND, UH, NOTHING WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY. AND HERE YOU ARE BACK IN, UH, IN 2021. THIS WAS IN, UH, 20 SEPTEMBER THE 20TH. THAT'S WHEN THE, THE ORDER WAS SIGNED. AND YOU ARE IT SIX MONTHS, WELL, ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DATE YOU'RE BACK AGAIN AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE TIME FOR SOMEBODY TO BUY THE PROPERTY AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO IT. I, THERE WAS A STOP REPAIR ORDER THAT WAS PLACED THAT I WAS SENT. AND SO AT THAT POINT, MY ONLY PURPOSE WAS TO GO AHEAD AND TRY AND GET THIS SOLD. I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT ACTIVELY GONE BY. I DRIVE BY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DOORS ARE CLOSED. I DRIVE BY THAT THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE REMAINS SEAL. UH, AND AT THIS POINT WE WERE JUST, UH, EXTREME. LIKE I SAID, THIS CONTRACT NOW IS OF THIS MORNING AT 9 45 THIS MORNING. SO IF THIS IS GONNA GO THROUGH, I'M WILLING TO SELL THAT PROPERTY AND ALLOW IT TO BE REBUILT AND RESTRUCTURED AND SOLD IN SAN ANTONIO. I AM FOUR HOURS AWAY FROM ANY IMMEDIACY. AND I WENT UP THERE TO GO AND TRY AND GET, UM, AGAIN, THE PICTURES YOU RECEIVED, THE PICTURES OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND HOW IT HAD BEEN VANDALIZED. AND I REMOVED THE WATER HEATER FOR IT SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY PURPOSE OR ANYTHING THERE PHYSICALLY TO DAMAGE ANY FURTHER. THEY STOLE THE EXTERIOR AC UNIT, UH, PRIOR TO FEBRUARY OR MAY WHEN YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WAS THERE, THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN GONE. UM, AT THIS POINT, I'M HOLDING ON JUST FOR THIS LAST BUYER SO THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE SOLD. BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A BUYER OR NOT, MA'AM. ALL YOU HAVE IS JUST SOMETHING RECEIVED FROM THE, THE REAL ESTATE AGENT HAS SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A MAYBE, BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SIGNED CONTRACT. IT'S NOT SIGNED ONLY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN REVIEWED IT THIS MORNING. I GOT A CALL FROM MS. SOLI OR MS. ORTI AT 10, AT 9 47 SAYING THIS COULD BE GOING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. AND I'VE HAD THE PHONE [02:05:01] CHARGING SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUE. UH, SO THAT I CAN GET THIS PHONE CALL. MS. CANDACE, I CALLED HER TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THEY ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE WITH FURTHER TESTIMONY. I MADE SURE THAT SHE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE THE PHONE CALL. SO RIGHT NOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD, IF I COULD GET 10 MINUTES TO REVIEW THIS WITH HER OR IF IT SOMETHING HAS TO BE MADE AS A DECISION RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT WE COULD GO BACK THROUGH AND FORTH ON, ON DOCUMENTS, VIA EMAIL. UH, YOU MAY VERY WELL HAVE A, BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS ALREADY SIGNED BY THE BUYER, SO BY THE SELLER'S, A CONTRACT, A LEGAL, A LEGAL TRACK CONTRACT. MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I'D LIKE TO GET US BACK ON PATH OF WHETHER THIS, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, THE SUBJECT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. THE TOPIC AND THE SUBJECT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS NOT WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD OR NOT. THE TOPIC IS, AND THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THIS PROPERTY, WHETHER THIS BOARD BELIEVES THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE OR DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. AND IF THIS BOARD DOES MAKE THAT DETERMINATION TERMINATION, HOW, HOW DOES THE BOARD MOVE FORWARD TO, TO GET IT ADDRESSED? THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER SHE HAS A SIGNED CONTRACT OR NOT. THE ONLY REASON THAT CONTRACT IS NOT IN FRONT OF YOU IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES. UM, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE A SIGNED CONTRACT SPEAKS TO WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. AND IF SO, HOW DOES THIS BOARD MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BOARD? I MEAN, WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY. SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT LAST TIME THAT WE CAME TO THE BOARD, AND I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAMES. I, I APOLOGIZE TO THE BOARD. I DON'T KNOW YOUR, I DON'T HAVE A FACE TO THE NAME. I JUST HEAR VOICES. THE LAST TIME THAT WE CAME UP, AND I GUESS IT'S ON RECORD, UH, FROM THE LAST MEETING WE WERE THERE, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN, OLDER GENTLEMAN WITH A VERY THICK ACCENT, UH, SOUTHERN DRAWL. AND HE WENT ON TO SAY AN ANSWER THAT, UM, YES, THE STRUCTURE'S OLD. YES, THE STRUCTURE IS, UH, IS IN, IN, IN NEED OF REPAIR. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS COMMENTS MADE THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS IN IN IN NEED OF REPAIR, IT WASN'T GOING TO BE FALLING OVER WITH ANY IMMEDIACY TO HURT ANYTHING OR ANYONE. THE PROPERTY HAS A FENCE. I AM IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH BOTH OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE THERE. UM, AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I DIDN'T GET UP AND GO WAS BECAUSE THIS WAS FEBRUARY AND MAY OF FULL-BLOWN COVID AND SAN ANTONIO CLOSED DOWN COMPLETELY. YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN LET HAVE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. I WAS OUT THERE ONCE TO GO OUT THERE TO GO INTO THAT AREA. AND BECAUSE IT'S NEXT TO ONE OF THE, UM, YOUTH CENTERS OF SAN ANTONIO I WAS AT. OKAY, SO LEGAL, CAN WE RESET THIS CASE FOR 30 DAYS FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND LET, UH, OR SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TREAT IT AS A DP CASE? UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. IS SHE, IS SHE STILL ON THE PHONE? YES. YES. UM, MS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR LINE TO UNMUTE. WE ARE RECEIVING A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON OUR END. CAN YOU PLEASE TRY? OKAY. YES. I, I'M HERE. HERE. OKAY, SO MS. CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW. OH, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THE, THE REST OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS HEARD. OKAY, MA'AM, WE'RE TALKING NOW, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. IN, IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION, MS. CHAIR, UH, THIS BOARD CAN CHOOSE TO, UH, RESET THIS CASE IF THEY BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE RESET. I CAN TELL YOU THIS BOARD HAS ALREADY MADE A DETERMINATION THAT THIS PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED DILAPIDATED, A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE BASED ON THE, THE PREVIOUS ORDER THAT THIS BOARD GAVE. THIS PROPERTY IS NOW IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THOSE ORDERS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN, CAN, CAN CLARIFY IF I'M INCORRECT, UH, BECAUSE THE, OR THE ORDER WASN'T FOLLOWED. SO THIS BOARD CAN CHOOSE TO, UM, TH THIS BOARD HAS A, HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS TO WHAT THEY CAN DO. BUT SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU RESET THE CASE? YOU MAY, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROPERTY IS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE AND THAT THAT DETERMINATION WAS MADE AT THE LAST HEARING, WHICH WAS, I BELIEVE, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2020. OKAY. BOARD, THERE'S A DISCUSSION HERE. DOES ANYBODY WANNA CHIME IN BOARD? THIS IS, THIS IS JOSHUA WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, DEVELOPMENT [02:10:01] SERVICE AGENT. SERVICE OFFICER. YES, SIR. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT, UH, A STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. BUT WHEN IT GOT, UH, 'CAUSE THERE WAS A COMMENT BY THE REAL ESTATE AGENT THAT, UM, ABOUT A STOP WORK ORDER, BUT AFTER THE REPAIR ORDER WAS ISSUED, UM, ANY, ANY, UM, ANY LOCK FOR THE, THE PERMITS TO BE PULLED WAS LIFTED AFTER THE REPAIR ORDER WAS ISSUED. SORRY, ANY LOCKS? YEAH. NOT, IT WAS, WAS, IT WAS, UH, WHEN I PUT THE STOP WORK ORDER, UM, BACK AROUND FEBRUARY, THAT WAS, UH, UH, IT WAS ANY, ANY LOCK THAT COULD HAVE CAME THAT CAME FROM, THAT WAS LIFTED AFTER THE SEPTEMBER HEARING. OKAY. OKAY. AND, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M THE REAL, REAL ESTATE AGENT. I DIDN'T MAKE THE, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE STOP WORK ORDER THAT WAS FROM THE HOMEOWNER AND HER EXPERIENCE. UM, I JUST KNOW MY DEALING WITH THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY ON MY END. YES MA'AM. WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. THEY SAID FROM THE REALTOR. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS CASE? ANYONE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I NEED A MOTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. IT IS ROBERT TAPIA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 3 0 9 MON MONTEZUMA SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 7, I BELIEVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 4 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING. OKAY, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED 3 0 9 MONTEZUMA. CAN I GET A SECOND? CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? MA'AM, THIS IS FOR THE BOARD. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE. MR. ANDERS SUSTAINED? NO. MR. RA. MR. RA? AYE. THANK YOU MR. TAPIA. AYE, THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE AT THREE TO ONE, ONE. MA'AM, YOUR, UH, CODE OFFICER WILL GET WITH YOU AND TELL YOU, UH, WHAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED. OKAY? THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? DOES NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TODAY. OH, GREAT. OKAY THEN BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.