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WE'LL BE BEGINNING MOMENTARILY.
UH, DO YOU GUYS GOT ME ON THE THING? BECAUSE I DON'T GOT NOBODY ELSE.
DID YOU JOIN THROUGH THE WEBEX? YEAH, I'VE GOT A CAMERA, BUT I DON'T HAVE YOU GUYS.
UH, AND NEITHER DOES, UH, ROBERT TOP YOU.
I'M ON CAMERA ON THE THING, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE.
SO, JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU CANNOT SEE OUR SCREEN? NO, I SEE MINE AND I'M ON THE CAMERA, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE'S.
I JUST CLICKED JOIN MEETING TO SEE WHAT, NOW I'M SEEING FACE, UH, NAMES AT THE TOP.
NOW I'M GONNA TRY TO GET IN ANOTHER WAY.
OKAY? I SEE ROBERT AND I SEE THE CHAIR AT THE, AT, AT THE OFFICE.
DO YOU SEE MS. BROWN ON YOUR TV ON YOUR I DO COMPUTER? I DO.
TELL HER TO PUT THE DONUT DOWN.
AND MY, MY AUDIO IS LOW ON MY END.
IS THAT ON YOUR END OVER THERE? 'CAUSE IT WAS LOUD EARLIER.
YOU MAY HAVE TO, UM, ADJUSTED VOLUME ON YOUR END, SIR.
WHAT? I'VE ADJUSTED MINE'S ALL THE WAY UP ON MY PHONE.
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WELCOME.[Call to Order]
TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.OUR FIRST MEETING, OUR FIRST, UH, IN-PERSON MEETING AND I, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW LONG, BUT EVERYBODY WELCOME.
AND WE HAVE DONUTS FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.
OKAY? COULD WE GET, UM, A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. BROWN? HERE.
ALSO PRESENT FROM THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMIN TAMAZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
OKAY, SO, UM, LET READ WHAT'S NEXT HERE.
UH, WE HAVE GONNA HAVE, UM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
DID EVERYBODY GET A COPY OF THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR? I, I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A MINUTES.
WAS THAT FRED? YES, THAT'S FRED.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A MINUTES.
MAYBE I GOT OFF THE SCRIPT HERE.
JUST GOING BY, UH, MY CALL OF ORDER HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION FIRST
NOW WE'LL DO THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC 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 BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING, EXCUSE ME, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN THE NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A, UH, PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE CAUSE FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS, UH, FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
NUMBER THREE, UH, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SIR, ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED
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WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD SHALL, UH, FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT'S AN UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE.
EXCUSE ME, OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY SECTION CODE 16 DASH 2 36.
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF C OVID 19, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL HOLD THIS MEETING IN PERSON AS WELL AS BY VIA TELEPHONE.
THESE MODIFIED STANDARDS SHALL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OR UNTIL THE STATE DISASTER DECLARATION EXPIRES OR IS OTHERWISE TERMINATED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW SAN ANTONIO.GOV/DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN TWO ZERO SIX LIVE.
[Public Comment]
PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES.THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
THE OWNER HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THE RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEM.
PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE OWNER.
STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED.
STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE I SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK, WE'LL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENTS.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE OWNER WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH AN UNLIMITED TIME LIMIT, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS BOARD QUESTIONS.
[Approval of Minutes]
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.DID EVERYONE GET A COPY OF THE MINUTES TO READ THE BOARD? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, PUT A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES.
DO WE GET A SECOND? DWAYNE HAS SECOND.
UH, DWAYNE AND UH, ROBERT TAPIA.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
ALRIGHT GUYS, WE ALL, NOW WE HAVE A
[Selection of Panel B Vice Chair]
SELECTION OF PANEL B, VICE CHAIR BECAUSE MR. VIGAR HAD TO RESIGN.SO WE NEED TO SELECT A VICE PRESIDENT OF, UH, VICE CHAIR.
SO, DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF, FRED ANDIS.
FRED, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS? NO OTHERS.
SO WE HAVE ONE PERSON NOMINATED FOR PA UH, VICE, VICE CHAIR OF, UH, PANEL B.
SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UM, FRED TO TAKE OVER THAT POSITION.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL MS. BROWN? AYE.
MS. GUILLORY? UH, MR. ANDES? AYE.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, FRED AGAIN.
OKAY, I THINK WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM, UH, MS. RAMIREZ.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
[(CD-5) 235 Humboldt]
FIRST LOCATION IS GOING TO BE 2 35 HOME BOLT.THIS IS, UH, THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON AUGUST THE 26TH OF 2021, DUE TO, UM, WORK WITHOUT PERMITS THAT LEFT A SMALL PORTION OF THE FRONT STRUCTURE BRACED IMPROPERLY PURSU PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, AND THERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS, UM, THAT JUDY WILL RUN THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.
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NEXT LOCATION[(CD-2) 615 Frank St]
IS, UM, STRUCTURE LOCATED AT SIX 15.FRANK STREET WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON AUGUST THE 26TH OF, UM, 2021 DUE TO A FIRE, WHICH DID OCCUR ON JANUARY THE SECOND, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS, IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS PROPERTY, THE OWNERS HAD BEGUN THE DEMOLITION BUT NEVER COMPLETED IT.
SO THAT IS WHY WE WERE, UM, NOTIFIED, STEPPED IN, AND TOOK ACTION ON THAT PROPERTY.
[(CD-10) 12430 La Lira St]
AND THE LAST LOCATION IS, LET'S SEE, STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 12 4 30 LATA STREET.THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WAS DEMOLISHED ON AUGUST THE 31ST OF 2021.
THE FIRE OF THIS, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY OCCURRED ON AUGUST THE 18TH OF 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED, UH, BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
AND THERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS AS WELL.
AND THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT FOR THIS MORNING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.
[4. 21-5288 (CD-1) 506 Craigmont Ln]
IS GOING TO BE CRAIG MA.MY NAME'S RAMIRO GUERRA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 0 6 CRAIG MONT, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
UH, MONT IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JUNE 1ST, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 1 3 86, BLOCK 25, LOT 31, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ANTONIO, EXCUSE ME, ACADA.
ANTONIOS THE THIRD WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 0 6 MONT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 3.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 22ND, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 10TH, 2021.
A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS, HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO MEET WITH ANTONIO O KALO REMAIN A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 21, BUT THE OWNER WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 0 6 MONT ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ANTONIO SAL KADA II AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING, RETURNED ON JUNE 1ST, 2021, IT SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS.
REPORTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
THERE IS NO SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET.
AND ON JUNE 25TH, TWO, 2021, WE DID CONDUCT AN ABATEMENT OF THE EXTERIOR PROPERTY.
WE DID DO A POST-IT NOTICE TO VACATE ON JUNE 10TH, 2021, DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS, UM, EGRESS ISSUES AND, UH, ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND A, UH, BROKEN SEWER LINE.
HOWEVER, UM, C P S CONFIRMED THAT ON, UH, JULY 19TH, UH, THE OWNER TAMPERED WITH THE METER.
SO ON AUGUST 9TH, UM, C P SS RETURNED, REMOVED THE METER AND CUT THE POWER AT THE POLE.
UH, NORMALLY THOSE METERS CAN BE DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR, UM, UM, HEADQUARTERS.
GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT OUR, UM, AT OUR PHOTO PHOTO PRESENTATION.
I DO WANT TO, UM, MENTION THAT THIS IS AN R FOUR ZONE.
THERE'S AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT CONSISTS OF A, UM, LITTLE TRAILER, UM, KIND OF THE, THE KIND OF TRAILERS YOU PULL ON A TRUCK, UM, THAT WAS OCCUPIED, UM, WAS USED AS, UM, LIVING PURPOSES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FRONT ELEVATION
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HERE.UM, YOU SEE THAT IT IS A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, THERE WERE ABOUT, UH, SIX TO EIGHT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY.
UM, ON THE FIRST INSPECTION DATE ON JUNE 1ST.
THE OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO, WE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS PROPERTY.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS FRONT ELEVATION, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE TRAILER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
NEXT PHOTO, THERE'S A TRAILER.
THIS TRAILER HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE BACK BY THE OWNER.
IT IS JUST MOVED, BEEN MOVED TO THE BACK.
UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME WATER THERE AT THE FRONT.
UH, UH, UH, UNDER THAT FIRST STEP.
UM, THE BROKEN SEWER, THE WATER LEAK IS IN THE BACK AND THE WATER IS LEAKING ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
UM, IT WAS CAUSING A, UH, SLIPPING HAZARD THERE.
THIS, UM, ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE, YOU SEE, UH, WHAT'S IT'S, IT'S A CARPORT.
UM, IT WAS ENCLOSED AND THERE WAS PEOPLE LIVING IN THERE, AND THERE WAS OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS.
SOME DOORS THAT WERE PROPPED UP TO TRY TO ENCLOSE THIS CARPORT SO THEY CAN LIVE IN THERE.
YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, UM, OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS TO THE LEFT.
UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REAR AND TO THE RIGHT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM THE FRONT, THIS IS THAT CARPORT.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR WOOD DAMAGE THERE.
UM, THERE IS A CEILING JOIST, UM, THAT MIGHT BE COMPROMISING THE WALL.
UM, IT, IT MIGHT BE OVER OVERLOAD.
NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE LISTING OF THAT WALL THERE LEANING INWARD.
THIS IS THE BROKEN SEWER, AND THERE'S REPORTS GOING BACK TO 2019 OF, UH, WATER LEAKS AT THIS PROPERTY.
SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS, UM, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME.
UM, AND THE WATER GOING UNDER THE FOUNDATION, WE ARE, WE'RE REQUESTING AN ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE FOUNDATION, UM, DUE TO POSSIBLE SHIFTING DUE TO THE LONG-TERM WATER LEAK.
AGAIN, ALL THE POOLED WATER AROUND THE, AROUND OF THIS, AROUND THE FOUNDATION.
THIS IS SOME TYPE OF DECKING THAT WAS THERE, JUST ROTTED, DETERIORATED, BROKEN PIECES, UM, UNSAFE TO WALK ON.
THAT'S THE SIDE ENTRANCE IN THE REAR.
AND THIS IS, UM, JUST OUTSIDE THAT BEDROOM.
THIS IS THE, THE REAR ELEVATION.
THERE'S, UH, EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK IN THIS AREA.
UM, THE SOLE PLATE IS JUST SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTING TO THE WOOD ON THAT SOLE PLATE THAT'S RESTING ON THE FOUNDATION.
AND THEN THERE'S A STUD RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THAT PIPE THAT'S JUST EXTREMELY ROTTED AND DETERIORATED.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WALL COVERING IN THERE AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S LOOKING FROM THE INTERIOR.
SO THIS IS EVIDENCE OF A LONG-TERM LEAK, UM, WATER DAMAGE TO THAT AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD FLOOR, UH, SHOWING SIGNIFICANT ROTTING AND, AND DAMAGE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CONCRETE THAT'S, UM, BEEN EXPOSED DUE TO THE ROTTEN WOOD, UM, UH, BEING DETERIORATED.
SO THIS IS IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, DUE TO THE WATER GOING UNDER THE FOUNDATION, IT'S CAUSING SHIFTING TOWARDS THE FRONT.
JUST OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN AREA IS WHERE THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS, WHERE THE WATER'S COMING OUT TO THE FRONT FROM THAT WATER LEAK, YOU SEE THE PIN THERE.
UM, THE PIN SLIDES RIGHT UNDER THE, THE, THE, UH, LEVEL THERE SHOWING THAT THERE IS DIPPING IN THAT FOUNDATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPACE THERE BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND THE UM, LEVEL.
IT'S DROPPING, UH, TOWARDS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
SO THIS IS BETWEEN THAT CARPORT.
THERE'S A, LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A ROOM ADDITION THAT WAS MADE BETWEEN THE CARPORT AND THE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE KITCHEN OR THE SIDE ENTRANCE OF THE KITCHEN.
SO THERE'S A ROOM IN BETWEEN THERE THAT IT WAS ADDED.
UM, NO, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PERMITS THAT WERE OBTAINED.
UM, YOU SEE THE BROKEN ELECTRICAL FIXTURE THERE HANGING THE, THE PANELING THAT'S AT THE TOP IS ALSO DETACHING, UH, SAGGING.
AND THIS IS JUST ABOVE WHERE THAT LEVEL IS, OR JUST OUTSIDE WHERE THAT LEVEL AREA WAS.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME DROPPING IN THAT IN THIS LITTLE AREA ALSO, UH, ON THE FOUNDATION AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN AREA IN THAT ROOM ADDITION, UM, THERE'S POORLY CONSTRUCTED, UM, THE TOP PLATE THERE.
SO YES, EXCUSE ME, THE HEADER, UM, THERE IS DROPPING DOWN TO THE LEFT AND THE DOORS ARE SAGGING.
SO THERE'S JUST SIGNS OF THE FLOOR BEING UNLEVEL.
AND YOU SEE THE, THE BROKEN WOOD HERE, THE DETERIORATION.
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THERE'S ALSO A RED PEX PIPE.UM, THAT WAS NOT, UM, THAT DID NOT EXIST BACK IN 1954 WHEN THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED.
THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF PERMITS OF ANY PLUMBING WORK, UH, FOR THE PLUMBING WORK.
SO THE PEX PIPE WAS INSTALLED ILLEGALLY.
SO THIS ELECTRICAL CONDUIT HERE IS ALSO A NEWER TYPE OF CONDUIT THAT WAS NOT USED BACK IN 1954 WHEN THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THIS PIPE GOES, ACTUALLY, THIS, EXCUSE ME, THIS WIRING ACTUALLY GOES OUT TO THE FRONT ELEVATION AND DOESN'T LEAD ANYWHERE, BUT IT IS CONNECTED TO THIS LIGHT HERE.
THE DATA THAT, UM, THE DART INSPECTION, WE TESTED THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER SHOULD BE REACHING ONE 10.
IT DID NOT, IT WAS ONLY GOING UP TO 75 DEGREES, SO IT WAS OCCUPIED WITHOUT HOT WATER.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE WATER, THE SINK WAS NOT OPERABLE.
THE WATER FAUCET WAS NOT TURNING ON.
YOU HAVE ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS STRUCTURE, UM, WITH NO HOT WATER, UM, WITH SOME OF THE, THE PLUMBING FIXTURES NOT WORKING.
UM, WHEN WE WERE IN THERE, UM, THIS PROPERTY HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STATION.
UM, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING THE AMOUNT OF MOSQUITOES AND FLIES.
AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S TO THE STAGNANT WATER THAT'S BEEN CREATED BY THAT, THAT BROKEN THAT LONG-TERM BROKEN SEWER LINE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. UM, THOSE ARE THE WINDOWS.
AND, UH, THEY GOT THESE BED FRAMES, UM, SCREWED INTO THE WINDOWS.
THIS IS CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT, UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY FIRE HAZARD.
IN CASE OF A FIRE, THEY CANNOT GET OUT OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT'S ALSO POSING A DANGER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IF THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THIS FIRE.
THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THIS PROPERTY.
SEE THE GAS, UM, HEATER THERE.
UM, A LOT OF THE FIXTURES JUST THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, THE, THE, THE HEATERS, THE ELECTRICAL PLATES, THE RECEPTACLES, TOGGLE SWITCHES, MISSING COVERS, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS, ALL POSES INTO DANGER.
UH, IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THE SEWER LINE THERE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S NO SS TRAP THERE.
GOING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE PLUMBING, THEY'RE USING A BUCKET TO CATCH THE WATER.
UM, THIS IS, UM, IF YOU, THE AMOUNT OF MOSQUITOES AND FLIES.
I DO BELIEVE IT'S ACCUMULATION OF WATER COLLECTION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, EXPOSED PLATES, MISSING PLATES, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, UM, I, I COULD HAVE TAKEN MANY MORE PHOTOS OF OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS, UM, SPLICE WIRES, UM, WIRES UNDER BED COVERS, UM, JUST WAITING FOR A FIRE.
AND THERE WAS, UM, DRUG PER PARAPHERNALIA FOUND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
AND BACK TO THE FRONT ELEVATION.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 0 6.
WE'RE GONNA, YEAH, WE'LL DO THE ACCESSORY.
GO BACK TO THE, LET'S GO LOOK AT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HERE.
YOU SEE THE, UM, THE VINYL SIDING THERE, DETACHED FULL OF TRASH FROM THE INSIDE.
NOW IT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE BACK.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S, UH, THE CEILING IS DETACHING FROM THE FRAMING OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE, THERE IS A, UM, SKYLIGHT THAT'S MISSING AND JUST EXPOSING THE ELEMENTS TO THE INTERIOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE WALL COVERING, UM, IS FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THE FLOORS ARE SOFT AND SPONGY.
UM, THIS WAS ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 2ND, LIKE I SAID, AFTER THEY MOVED IT TO THE REAR.
UM, C P S CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS METER TAMPERING AND THEY WERE TRYING TO RUN ELECTRICITY TO THE ACCESSORY.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 0 6 MONT IS IN VIOLATION.
THE STRUCTURES, UH, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 5 0 6 MONT IS ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 2 5 8 11 12 15 17.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UN FITNESS OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY.
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UNDER CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE 60, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE TEXAS LO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION TWO 14.001 SUB CHAPTER, A DANGEROUS STRUCTURES UPON HEARING A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE ORDERED, DEMOLISHED, VACATED, SECURED, OR REPAIRED, AND OR ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED IF FOUND TO BE DILAPIDATED, DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, OR REGARDLESS OF ITS STRUCTURAL CONDITION, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEATED CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNERS LEASES OR OTHER INVITEES, THE BUILDING IS UNSECURED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY VAGRANTS OR OTHER INVITED PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBAGE OR COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY CHILDREN.THAT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 8 5 9 1 5 AND TWO.
AND THAT'S DATED FROM APRIL 17TH, 1997.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 5 0 6 REMONT.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? MS. GUILLORY HERE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MS. GUILLORY HAS A QUESTION.
MS. GURA, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY ITSELF, IS IT STILL OCCUPIED? THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL, UM, TIMES THAT WE'VE GONE OUT THERE AND PEOPLE ARE STILL ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, THERE WAS A MAN BY NAME OF TONY, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ANTONIO, THE OWNER, UH, HE WAS NOT, THE OWNER WAS NOT THERE, BUT THIS, UH, GENTLEMAN, TONY SAID HE'S FRIENDS WITH ANTONIO AND THAT HE WAS ALLOWED TO BE THERE.
SO, AND ON, UH, YEAH, SO THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THAT, UM, I THINK ON THE JUNE 10TH, UM, THE OWNER WAS ALSO AT THE PROPERTY AND THAT WAS AFTER THE NOTICE TO VACATE.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, AS FAR AS THE UTILITIES, THEY HAVE BEEN CUT OFF? YES, WE DID HAVE THE WATER CUT OFF, UM, UH, THE, THE METER REMOVED AND THE, UM, DISCONNECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES.
AND THAT WAS AFTER THE METER HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED, UM, FROM THE, FROM, FROM THE MAIN SERVICES OF C P S.
BUT THEN THEY HAD A LATER RETURN BECAUSE THERE WAS TAMPERING TO THE METER.
AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABATED.
IS THERE ANYTHING OUTSTANDING ON THAT? IT'S CURRENTLY OVERGROWN.
WE DID POST A NEW, UH, NOTICE FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE, UH, CUT AND CLEAN.
UH, FRED, MS. SANDERS, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I DID.
UH, WHEN YOU SAID YOU CUT ALL THE POWER, UH, UTILITIES OFF, DOES THAT MEAN THE GAS TOO? I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT LAST PART.
DOES THAT MEAN, DID THAT MEAN THE GAS HAS BEEN SHUT OFF TO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY RECORD OF THE GAS BEING CUT OFF, BUT I CAN, WE CAN VERIFY THAT.
AND IF IT IS DIS IF IT IS, HASN'T BEEN DISCONNECTED, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES.
AND DID YOU PUT A, UH, AN ORDER TO VACATE? YES.
THAT WAS JUNE 10TH AND THERE'S STILL SOMEBODY ON THE PROPERTY OR NOT? THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, TIMES THAT WE GO BY THERE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE PROPERTY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, I THINK THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE, UM, SS A P D.
IS IT MR. MCCALL? OFFICER MCCALL, AND THEN OFFICER FLORES? YES.
MY NAME IS OFFICER DAVID MCCALL, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CENTRAL SAFE UNIT.
YOU WANNA STATE YOUR CASE PLEASE? YES.
UM, I LOOKED INTO THE, UH, CALL HISTORY AT FIVE OH SIX MONT IN THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS.
UH, WE HAVE HAD 200 CALLS DIRECTLY TO THE ADDRESS AND THERE WOULD BE MORE FROM, UH, SURROUNDING HOMES CALLING IN DISTURBANCES.
BUT I HAD TROUBLE FILTERING ALL OF THAT OUT.
UM, OF THOSE 200 CALLS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DISTURBANCES THERE WITH A LOT OF 'EM, UH, BEING BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE OWNER ALLOWS TO HANG OUT THERE.
UH, THE OWNER HIMSELF HAS CAUSED, UH, DISTURBANCES, UH, MULTIPLE NARCOTICS ARRESTS AT THE LOCATION.
UH, THERE WAS A CASE, UM, A, UH, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING THAT SOMEHOW WAS LINKED BACK.
I HAD TROUBLE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT THOUGH, BECAUSE THE, UH, VICTIM WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THE DETECTIVES.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT CONNECTED
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BACK THERE.UH, BUT THAT CASE WAS LINKED BACK TO THAT ADDRESS ALSO.
UM, IT'S, UH, THE LOCATION HAS BEEN A NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS, UH, SURROUNDING THAT, UH, HOME.
BUT, UH, THE BIG THING IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD 200 CALLS IN TWO YEARS.
IS THAT IT? UH, UH, THAT'S IT.
UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY HIS DISTRICT.
UH, SO HE KNOWS, UM, A LOT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS THAT HE'S HAD TO DEAL WITH THERE.
ALSO EIO FLORES, SPELLING E J I N I O.
THE SAN WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE.
AND, UH, I MONITOR ALL THAT AREA.
AND, UH, I DO HAVE A LOT OF NUMEROUS CALLS COMING FROM THAT ADDRESS WITH, UH, NARCOTICS USAGE AND THEN A LOT OF NARCOTIC DEALINGS.
AND, AND, UH, HE ALSO HOUSED A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN HAVING WARRANTS OF, I'VE ALSO HAD NUMEROUS STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED FROM THAT AREA.
AND, UH, EVERY SINGLE TIME HE'S, UH, THE OWNER'S ALSO BEING CALLED IN.
'CAUSE HE, HE LIKES TO SCREAM AND HOLLER EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, 'CAUSE I MONITOR EVERYTHING AND THE NEIGHBORS CALL ME DIRECTLY.
AND, UH, AND HE'S ALSO, HE'S OUT IN THE STREET PLAYING WITH HIS KNIVES AND HIS HANDS AND STUFF.
AND HE ALARMS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND, UH, PEOPLE CAN'T WALK THROUGH THERE 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE AFRAID.
AND, UH, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S GOT OUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN FEAR.
AND, UH, AND THEN DUE TO THE STRUCTURE THAT, UH, THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE SEEN, IT, IT, IT'S ALL CORRECT.
AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY THEY STILL THERE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN STAY THERE.
AND THE ONLY REASON THEY STAY THERE IS BECAUSE THE DRUG USAGE, A LOT OF NEEDLES, UH, METH, HEROIN.
AND IT, IT'S, IT IS A NUISANCE.
AND, UH, THAT'S ONE OF MY AREAS THAT HAS A LOT OF CALLS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL ME.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK BOTH OF YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU COME UP AND, AND, UH, COULD WE PLEASE DO SOMETHING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING IN HERE OR NOT? I'M ABOUT TO FREEZE.
I'M NOT A PIECE OF MEAT HANGING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN, UH, PRESENT YOUR CASE.
UH, MY NAME IS ANTONIO SALAZAR OCA III.
UH, I'M THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER AT 5 0 6.
CRAIG MONT LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 3.
YOU WANNA STATE YOUR CASE? UH, YES, MA'AM.
UM, PRETTY MUCH WHEN OFFICER MCCALL WAS SAYING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE BECAUSE OF MYSELF.
UH, AND WHAT IT IS, IS, UH, THEY, THEY'RE PAINTING A PICTURE OF ME BEING, UM, UH, LIKE A VIOLENT OR, OR, UH, TRYING TO TERRORIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
IN FACT, WHEN I GET OUT THERE, UH, I LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY AWARENESS IS THAT, UH, THERE'S A GROUP THAT IS TARGETING PEOPLE, TARGETING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT THEY WILL, UH, GANG STALK THEM.
THEY WILL, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE, I MEAN, I, I'VE HAD PLENTY OF PEOPLE AT MY, AT MY OWN BE FOLLOWED, UH, BY, UH, UH, NUMEROUS VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY WOULD LEAVE, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, HARASSED, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THIS WHOLE, UH, THING THAT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON HAS BEEN A HARASSMENT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THAT IT'S A, THAT IT'S A, A DRUG RELATED ESTABLISHMENT, THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY, UM, SIGNIFICANT, UH, UM, ACTUAL SEIZURES OF, OF, UH, OF, OF DRUGS.
IN FACT, UM, I WASN'T THERE FOR, FOR ONE OF THEIR, UH, WARRANTS.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE PLEASE FOCUS ON THE STRUCTURE, THE CONDITION OF THAT STRUCTURE, AND WHAT IS THE GAME PLAN FOR THAT STRUCTURE.
UH, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE I WAS NOT GIVEN THE INFORMATION, UH, IN PERSON, I WAS NOT GIVEN THE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, MR. GURA GAVE ME, UH, THE PAMPHLETS YESTERDAY, IN FACT.
UH, AND THEN HE, UH, ALSO TOLD MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO, WHO, UH, RE IS RETIRED FROM SAS, UH, NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT.
SO JUST WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE HEARING.
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SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.UM, I, I'M REQUESTING TO HAVE A RESET JUST SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY GO AND GET THINGS PROPERLY DONE AS FAR AS THE BIDS AND THE FIND OUT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT EVEN PROVIDED ANY INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT SPECIFICALLY NEEDS TO BE.
UM, LIKE, UH, JUST TAKEN CARE OF, UH, WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE PICTURES THAT HE PRESENTED.
UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY, THAT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED WITH ME PERSONALLY.
UH, WHEN I'VE HAD, UM, ENCOUNTERS WITH CO COMPLIANCE IN THE PAST, THERE WAS ALWAYS A, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICER WOULD COME IN, UH, AND, AND EXPLAIN, LOOK, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LET ME, LET ME KNOW AND THEN GIMME A DATE.
YOU KNOW, AS, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE TIME THAT THEY NEED TO BE, UH, FIXED.
UH, RECENTLY THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT AT ALL.
UH, THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF, UH, NOT EVEN, UH, LOOK KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, NOT EVEN, UH, TRYING TO MAKE THEMSELVES BE, UM, BROUGHT TO OUR, OUR AWARENESS.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT THEY ARE MAKING ACCUSATIONS OF, THEY ARE ASSUMPTIONS.
UM, SO LIKE WITH THE ELECTRICITY, UH, I DID NOT TAMPER WITH ANY METERS.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE, AND AGAIN, IT BECOMES A HEARSAY THING.
UH, MY WHOLE THING IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME SO I CAN ACTUALLY GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY GET IT DONE PROPERLY.
BECAUSE THEY PRETTY MUCH DID NOT DELIVER ANYTHING TO ME PERSONALLY.
A LOT OF THE MAT, UH, A LOT OF THE, THE MAIL THAT I RECEIVED, UH, IT WAS BY MY ROOMMATE.
UM, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I I LIKE SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT IT WAS, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, TYPED OUT.
OKAY, SIR, I, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS MYSELF.
I DOUBT SERIOUSLY IF THIS CASE WILL BE RESET.
BUT, UH, YOU LIVE THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM, I DO.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR HOUSE? WELL, NO, NO.
I, I, I DO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE HOUSE, BUT THE THING IS, AND WHY DOES SOMEBODY HAVE TO TELL YOU? WELL, OKAY, BUT THIS GOES BACK TO WHY, WITH THE WHOLE YELLING THING.
WHY, YOU KNOW, IS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE BEING TARGETED AND BY, BY TARGET.
DON'T THINK I DON'T, I I'M, I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR TARGETED, SIR.
I DON'T THINK, BUT, WELL, I'M AT LEAST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TARGET ANYONE BUT DRUG HOUSES.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF ONE, UH, UH, THE, THE HARASSMENT.
AND THEN TWO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SENDING PEOPLE IN TO SABOTAGE THE HOUSE, SIR, YOU KNOW, I, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S ALL, IT, IT GOES BACK TO ALL HEARSAY AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHERE MADAM CHAIR, I'M TRYING TO BRING POINT, POINT OF ORDER.
MADAM CHAIR POINT OF WHAT? LET'S GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION OF YES, THE HOUSE ITSELF AND THE CONDITIONS OKAY.
OF THE HOUSE AND WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT THE HOUSE.
AND, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS BEING BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION NOW BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T NOT GIVE US ANY INFORMATION AS FAR SPECIFICS.
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON YOUR PROPERTY, SIR.
IF YOU LIVE THERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIX IT.
BUT YOU HAVE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE LIVING THERE.
ACTUALLY, MA'AM, THE, YOU COULD SEE, WELL, YOU COULD SEE THAT FROM THE PICTURES THAT WERE OKAY, BUT THAT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THIS WHERE I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE, I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE WITH YOU, SIR.
I I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM.
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IS YOU'RE ONLY LISTENING TO THEIR SIDE OKAY.
WITH, AND YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE GETTING THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR VERSION OF WHAT THE PICTURE IS REPRESENTING, LIKE, LIKE WITH THE, WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE WOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED.
I DO NEED TO, I DO NEED TO MAKE SOME, UH, UH, REPAIRS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, MR. JOSE MARTINEZ, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.
MY NAME IS JOSE E. MARTINEZ, UH, RETIRED ELECTRICIAN AT SA.
UH, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS, UM, I DID YOUR ADDRESS, SIR.
UH, THREE 50 FUTURE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE IS I WANNA REPEAT WHAT MR. GUERRERA SAID TO ME WHEN I, UH, HIS MOM IS MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO HER DAUGHTER FOR 31 YEARS.
AND, UH, AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HER 'CAUSE 'CAUSE SHE'S CONFRONT SHE'S, DOES THIS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, SIR? YES, IT DOES.
WHAT, DOES SHE LIVE IN THE PROPERTY? NO, MA'AM.
SHE LIVES, SHE'S GOT HER OWN HOUSE.
THEN, THEN WE ARE HERE ONLY TO DISCUSS THE PROPERTY.
MR. GURA, I WAS GONNA GET BIDS AND EVERYTHING AND I WAS GONNA GO, 'CAUSE I'M A RETIRED ELECTRICIAN.
I GOT A MASTER ELECTRICIAN, I COULD GET PERMITS.
HE SAID, EDDIE, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME.
DON'T DO NOTHING TILL AFTER THE HEARING.
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UH, WE'LL GET YOU LIST ON WHAT'S GOTTA BE DONE AND EVERYTHING.AND THEN WE COULD GO IN THERE AND ATTACK THIS.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW DID NOT WANT TO GET BIDS AND EVERYTHING 'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DISCLOSE HER FINANCES BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL.
AND SHE'S A STUBBORN OLD WOMAN.
SHE'S 80 YEARS OLD, AND I FEEL FOR HER.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M, I AGREE WITH TONY.
AS FAR AS A LIST OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT'S OBVIOUS A LOT OF IT'S GOTTA BE DONE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO MISTAKE TO IT.
YES, THERE'S, UH, DAMAGES TO THE HOUSE.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS BRINGING IT BACK INTO COAT COMPLIANCE, I WAS READY TO DO IT ELECTRICALLY.
AND HE SAID, WAIT, DON'T DO NOTHING TILL AFTER THE HEARING.
UM, AND THEN I DID ASK HIM IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOSE THE COURT CASE AS FAR AS CAN WE APPEAL? WE GOT 30 DAYS OF 40 DAYS OF APPEAL.
AND CAN WE, I GOT HER ABOUT, TALKED INTO ABOUT SELLING IT TO AN INVESTOR, JUST WASH HER HANDS WITH IT AND REPAIR HER HOUSE WHERE SHE LIVES AT.
AND, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.
IF IT ALL ELSE FAILS, UH, WE COULD TALK HER IN THAT DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE DOING YOUR JOB.
Y'ALL ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB.
I WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 25 YEARS AND, UH, UH, IT'S JUST A SAD SITUATION.
UM, IT SHOULD NEVER GOT IN THAT CONDITION.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARTINEZ? OKAY.
THIS IS JUDY KRUM WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION REPORT WAS MILLED WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING, AND THAT WAS MILLED ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
THE REPORT DOES INCLUDE THE LIST OF DEFICIENCIES FOR EACH STRUCTURE.
AND I, I, I WAS SURE OF THAT, SO THANK YOU.
OFFICER, DANGEROUS PREMISE, DANGERS PREMISE.
OFFICER RAMIRO GET, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UM, REGARDING SOME OF THEIR TESTIMONY.
UM, ONCE A V S B DATE IS SET, UH, WE PUT HOLD ON PERMITS, UH, BEFORE IT COMES TO B S B.
UH, WE TELL OWNERS THAT BEFORE THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE AND NOTICE IS MAILED.
UM, BUT AFTER THAT, ONCE THAT V SS B DATA IS SET, THEN WE PUT A HOLD ON PERMITS.
UM, SO WHEN WE DISCUSS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS OR ANYBODY INVOLVED, WE TELL 'EM TO GET THE, THE PROPER BIDS TO MAKE, UH, WHAT AND, AND DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THOSE COSTS OF THE BIDS ARE GONNA AFFORD TO, TO MAKE REPAIRS THROUGH THE STRUCTURE AND PRESENT THAT HERE TODAY.
UM, I DID SPEAK WITH ANTONIO'S, UH, MOTHER, EL MA OKADA.
I MADE A COUPLE OF TRIPS OVER THERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPERTY WITH HER.
IF SHE HAD TALKED TO TONY, BECAUSE I HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM.
UM, AT WHICH TIME SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE WANTED TO HELP HIM AND MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE THAT SHE HAD POWER ATTORNEY, BUT SHE NEVER PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THE HOUSE IS NOT IN HER NAME.
UM, THE HOUSE IS NOT IN EDDIE MARTINEZ'S NAME.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE, UM, MR. MARTINEZ WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.
HIS INTENT WAS TO HELP, UH, UH, ANTONIO, THE OWNER.
UM, BUT THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY DOCUMENTATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR TESTIMONY REASONS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MS. ROBERT TOP? YEAH, I CAN PRESENT THAT MOTION.
MR. TAKIN, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? WE CAN.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
I MOVE THAT THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AT 5 0 6 CRAIG BOND LANE, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 1 3 ARE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 2, 5 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18.
AND THAT THE, UH, BOTH STRUCTURES, THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ARE BEYOND FEASIBILITY OF, UH, BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT BOTH THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR, UH, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? NOT A SECOND YET.
MS. BROWN, UM, MR. TAPIA, WILL YOU ACCEPT
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THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF PRIORITIZATION AFTER THE 30 DAYS? UH, SAY THAT AGAIN.PRIOR TO THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE DEMOLITION AFTER THE 30 DAYS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AS SOON AS THE 30 DAYS HITS, THEY PRIORITIZE THE DEMOLITION.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THAT.
YES, YOU COULD TAKE OFF YOUR MASK IF YOU WANTED TO, WANTED TO, BUT, UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN CLEAR IT UP.
WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS, AFTER THE 30 DAY, AFTER THE 30 DAYS HAVE PASSED AND THE DEMOLITION HAS NOT HAPPENED, AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN APPEAL, WHAT SHE'D LIKE FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE MOVED UP AS A PRIORITY PROPERTY, AS TO WHEN CODE IS DECIDING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, EXCUSE ME, IS DECIDING WHEN TO, UM, UH, DECIDE WHICH PROPERTIES ARE, ARE GOING TO BE IN LINE FOR DEMOLITION.
THAT THIS ONE WOULD BE CONSIDERED BE CONSIDERED TOP, TOP PRIORITY.
SO WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, MR. TAPIA? SURE.
MADAM CHAIR, DWAYNE NELSON, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ALSO FOR AN IMMEDIATE VACATE.
I THINK THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
IS THAT NOT TRUE? UH, THE ORDER WAS PLACED, BUT IT IS STILL BEING OCCUPIED.
I ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS WELL.
ALSO, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM FRED ANDES IS TO ALSO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE SOME FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, UH, SECURE THE PROPERTY IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SECURED.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A, AFTER THE 30 DAYS IS OVER AND THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN DEMOLISHED, THAT THESE, THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE TOP PRIORITY, UH, AS ON TOP OF THE, I GUESS, TOP FIVE LIST.
AND ALSO, UM, IMMEDIATE VACATE IF THERE IS ANYBODY LIVING THERE.
SO CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? CAN, CAN MS. BROWN? YES.
YEAH, THERE WAS NO SECOND YET.
I, I'M SORRY, WHAT? THERE WAS NO SECOND DWAYNE NELSON SECOND.
SO NOW CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
OKAY, MR. UH, OTA YOU SHOULD GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND HE WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED HERE.
IT FEELS LIKE A MEAT LOCKER IN HERE.
OUR NEXT CASE IS ITEM NUMBER 3 9 0 2
[3. 21-5287 (CD-5) 902 San Eduardo S ]
SAN EDUARDO SOUTH CHAIR.WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THEY WILL BE SPEAKING, UH, OVER THE TELEPHONE, SO WE ARE TRANSFERRING.
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HELLO? GOOD MORNING.IS THIS MR. CORTEZ? UM, I'M MR. CORTEZ.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
WE'LL GET STARTED IN JUST A MINUTE.
OFFICER PEREZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? MS. ALICIA KAMAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I'M ON THE LINE.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
OFFICER PEREZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM.
I'M AN INTERPRETER, SPANISH INTERPRETER FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PARA MARTINEZ.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 9 9 0 2 SOUTH SAN EDUARDO AVENUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD, SAN EDUARDO AVENUE.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 9 8 0 BLOCK SEVEN, LOT W WEST, 86.8 FEET OF ONE AND TWO LOCATION LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS 9 0 2 SOUTH EDUARDO LAND TRUST WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1370 PATON WAY NUMBER ONE 90 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 9 S SOUTH SAN EDUARDO
ALL NOTICES WERE PROPERTY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
HECTOR CORTEZ, ALICIA CASTLEMAN, ROLANDO MANZU, AND OFFICER PEREZ.
ROLANDO MAN ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES.
PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND AND HAVE SP AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER'S TRUST, UH, OWNER'S, TRUSTEE ATTORNEY HECTOR CORTEZ AND EL ALICIA KASMAN
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DELMAN.A PHONE CONFERENCE WAS SET ON JUNE 22ND, 2021.
DURING THE CONFERENCE, I DID EXPLAIN AND FIND OUT THAT THE OWNER WAS WANTING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021.
MS. CASTLEMAN STATED THAT THE PROPERTY IS UNDER CONTRACT TO SELL, AS IS THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 4TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 9 0 2 SOUTH SAN WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 24TH, 2020.
SOUTH SAN EDUARDO IS ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 30TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 9 0 2 SOUTH SAN ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED.
SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER, LETTER OF CREDIT AND ENGINEER'S REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
A RESIDENTIAL REPAIR PERMIT WAS PULLED AND OBTAINED ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021 AND AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING BUILT IN 1962 WITH THE GABLE ASPHALT WORN ROOF SYSTEM WITH SAGGING.
THE EXTERIOR MISSIONARY WALLS ARE DAMAGED WITH CRACKS ALONG THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR CORNER ELEVATION.
INTERIOR SHEET ROCK SHOWS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE WITH SIGNS OF UN AS, AS WELL AS SIGNS OF UNWANTED GUESTS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
DRUG PER PARAPHERNALIA WAS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
MOVING ON TO THE PHOTOS, THIS GONNA BE THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING THAT THERE IS GRAFFITI ON THE PROPERTY.
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AND IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ROOF IS SHOWING SIGNS OF SAGGING.THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF CRACKING, WHICH AT ONE POINT WAS, UH, BEING WORKED ON OR REPAIRED POSSIBLY BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER OR THE RECENT OWNER.
AT THIS POINT, THE LEFT, THE LEFT IS CRACKING.
UH, IN THIS PHOTO HERE IS A CLOSEUP TOWARDS THE RIGHT ELEVATION ALONG THE, GOING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S SOME MORE DAMAGE TO THE WALLS WHERE AT ONE POINT THEY'VE TRIED TO PATCH THE WORK, DID SOME PATCH WORK TO IT, AND THIS PHOTO IS GONNA BE THE REAR ELEVATION.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING ALONG THE ENTIRE ENTIRE REAR ELEVATION.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE BECAUSE OF THE, THE SHADOW FROM THE TREE.
THIS IS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
ALONG THE REAR ELEVATION, YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT SAGGING IN THE ROOF SYSTEM AGAIN.
IN THIS PHOTO ALONG THE WALL, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME MORE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS UNDERNEATH THAT WINDOW FRAME.
THERE'S A CLOSEUP TO THE LEFT REAR ELEVATION AS WELL AS THE, UM, SHOWING THAT THERE IS SOME SEPARATION IN THIS CORNER WALL, AS WELL AS MORE CRACKING AND DAMAGE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT, THE, I'M SORRY, THE LEFT ELEVATION.
AGAIN, THERE'S MORE SAGGING TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS GRAFFITI ALONG THE, UH, THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
THE CITY HAS HAD TO ABATE THIS PROPERTY, UM, IN THE PAST AS WELL AS WHEN WE FINALLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE, UH, CURRENT OWNER.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A BETTER JOB AT KEEPING IT CLEAN AT CLEANING THE PROPERTY FROM THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AS WELL AS THE DEBRIS AND TRASH GOING INSIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SIGNS OF IGRAS, UM, GOING, LIVING IN INSIDE THE, THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS FROM THE FRONT, UM, LIVING ROOM.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE IS SOME SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING.
IN THE SAME ROOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WAS SIGNS OF, UH, POSSIBLE FIRE, UH, STARTING MAYBE TO POSSIBLY KEEP HIMSELF WARM OR COOKING SOMETHING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE IN A DIFFERENT ROOM.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE THERE'S SCATTERED DEBRIS THROUGHOUT.
JUST AGAIN, SIGNS OF NCES ARE GOING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE RESTROOM, JUST SHOWING DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK, SHEET ROCK, AGAIN FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE IN THE RESTROOM, JUST SHOWING MORE DAMAGE AS WELL AS WATER DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK THAT'S COMING FROM THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM.
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HERE'S JUST, UH, A PHOTO OF THE ROOF SYSTEM SHOWING THAT THE SHEET ROCK IS STARTING TO, UM, SHOW SIGNS OF COLLAPSING DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE STORAGE ROOM THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURE ALONG THE REAR.
I WAS, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO TAKE THE PHOTO FROM THE WINDOW DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF THE DEBRIS THAT'S INSIDE OF THAT ROOM.
THIS IS ALSO THE ROOF SYSTEM IN THE SAME ROOM.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT AGAIN, SINCE THE CITY HAD TO AB BAIT THE PROPERTY AFTER THAT, WHEN WE FINALLY MADE CONTACT WITH MS. CASTLEMAN AND MR. CORTEZ, UH, EACH TIME THAT'S WHEN THE STRUCTURE WAS UNSECURED, I WOULD GIVE THEM A CALL AND THEY WOULD SECURE THE STRUCTURE AGAIN TO, TO PREVENT ANY UNWANTED GUEST.
T TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 0 2 SOUTH SAN EDWARDO IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBJECT 7 8 11 12 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS STRUCK BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS SUB NESS OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 9 0 2 SOUTH SAN EDUARDO EN SOUTH SAN EDUARDO AVENUE.
WAS THAT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? MS. BARNA? DO MS. GILBERT.
MR. MARTINEZ, MARTINEZ, UM, WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE PERMIT AGAIN? LET ME GET THAT FOR YOU.
THE OWNER OR THE POTENTIAL BUYER HAD OBTAINED A PERMIT ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021.
THE CITY DID PLACE A HOLD ON THE PROPERTY AUGUST 26TH, 2021.
SO THEY DID PULL THE PERMIT BEFORE WE HAD PLACED THE HOLD ON THE PROPERTY.
ALSO, ADDITIONALLY, IT DID REPORT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NTS.
UH, I DO HAVE S A P D HERE THAT CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH THAT.
THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE I WAS ON THE PROPERTY WHERE I'VE, I'VE GRAS ON THE PROPERTY.
WHEN THEY DID SEE ME THERE, THEY DID, THEY WOULD GET UP AND LEAVE THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY AWARE THAT, UH, WITH DEALING WITH S A P D AND THE OWNERS, THAT THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
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YES, MA'AM.SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.
JUDY, WHO'S OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN, IN LINE OF, IS IT MR. CORTEZ OR DO YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE CAN START OFF WITH OFFICER PEREZ.
MR. PEREZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS, PLEASE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YES, THIS IS OFFICER JOHNNY TIS UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
UH, AGAIN, UH, MY NAME'S OFFICER JOHNNY TI WITH THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WEST SAFE UNIT AT 7,000, UH, CULEBRA ROAD.
AND SO I'M JUST, UH, I I DID WANT TO COME IN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ADD ON TO, UH, OFFICER MARTINEZ.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROPERTY, UH, LONG BEFORE OFFICER MARTINEZ, PROBABLY SINCE ABOUT, UH, JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF 2018.
UH, WHEN I CAME TO THE SAFE UNIT, IT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEM AREAS THAT NEIGHBORS HAD BEEN HAVING COMPLAINTS THAT, UH, VAGRANTS WERE COMING IN, PEOPLE WERE DOING DRUGS, UH, PROSTITUTION, AND, UM, AND IT WAS HAPPENING OVERNIGHT.
UH, THEY WERE SLEEPING IN THERE.
UH, I KNOW IT HAD BEEN ABATED BEFORE.
AND, UH, VAGRANTS WERE CONTINUING TO TEAR THE BOARDS DOWN, UM, ENTER THROUGH BREAK, BREAK WINDOWS TO ENTER INTO THE HOME OR INTO THE STRUCTURE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUE TO SLEEP THERE AND, UH, DO DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION.
UH, ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH IT IS, UH, WITHIN A, WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET, MAYBE 200 FEET OF THE STRUCTURE IS EMMA FRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND IT'S A, IT, IT, IT'S NOT A ACTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT THEY DO HOUSE STUDENTS AND OTHER SERVICES FOR THE EDGEWOOD, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT CONTINUED TO CALL.
SO, UM, IT WAS A DAILY BASIS ALMOST THAT I WAS GOING OVER THERE AND I WAS, UH, REMOVING PEOPLE FROM THERE.
UH, ONCE WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET IT SECURED AND, UH, BOARDED UP, WINDOWS BOARDED UP, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD TEAR OFF THE BOARD.
UM, THERE WAS THE, I HAD NO, I HAD, I HAD, I WAS NEVER ABLE TO, UH, GET AHOLD OF THE OWNER OR ANYBODY IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IT WAS CODE COMPLIANCE AND, AND THE DANGEROUS PERIMETERS THAT WERE THE ONES HELPING ME KEEP IT SECURED ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT SECURED.
UM, LAST YEAR, UH, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET IN, THEY DECIDED TO SET UP CAMP IN THE BACKYARD OF THE STRUCTURE.
SO THEY HAD, UH, THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BACKYARD.
THEY SET UP A TENT, THEY SET UP A CANOPY, UM, TARPS.
THEY HAD AN OLD VEHICLE PARKED IN THERE.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S WHEN I WAS ABLE TO START WORKING WITH OFFICER MARTINEZ AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THAT REMOVED, UM, SINCE HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH IT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO MONITOR IT, GO BY THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEM ON FIRST NAME BASIS.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE VAGRANT OUT.
UM, BUT ONCE I, ONCE I MOVE ON TO ANOTHER PROJECT OR THERE'S OTHER THINGS I NEED TO DEAL WITH AND I'M NOT AROUND FOR, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR TWO IN THE AREA, THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE BACK IN.
SO I, I FEEL THAT BEING SO CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE AND, AND WHERE THEY HOUSE, THEY DO HOUSE SOME CHILDREN AND THE PROXIMITY OF THAT SCHOOL AND, AND THE NEIGHBORS AROUND, UH, I I FEEL LIKE IT IS A, IT IS A DANGEROUS PREMISE.
AND IT, IT, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY UNLESS, UH, UNLESS IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S INHABITING IT OR IT, IT'S DEMOLISHED.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, TEST YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY.
OUR INTERPRETER WAS, WOULD BE TRANSLATING THE INFORMATION IN SPANISH FOR THE OWNER WHO WAS ON THE LINE.
I, I WENT TOO FAST, I'M SORRY.
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YES.I'M, I'M SORRY,
WAS THAT IT? WAS THAT THE, WHAT DR.
I WAS EXPLAINING TO, UH, WHAT DR.
DID YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? UM, NO.
I'M THE INTERPRETER AND MY ADDRESS IS 19 500 HIGHWAY, UH, 2 81 NORTH, UH, 5 2 1.
MR. HECTOR CORTEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I AM AN ATTORNEY AND THE TRUSTEE FOR THE TRUST.
MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 9 0 2 KITTYHAWK SUITE 1 7 0 1 5 7 UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS 7 8 1 4 8.
AND, UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TRUST.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT FIRST OFF, WE INTEND TO GO FORWARD.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD AND PROVIDE THE BOARD INFORMATION AND GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD.
AND, UM, FIRST OFF, UM, THE REASON I THINK, UM, WE HAVE A, A, A PROCEDURAL ISSUE HERE AS FAR AS WE HAVEN'T HAD ADEQUATE NOTICE, BUT I STILL WANT TO GO FORWARD IN GOOD FAITH.
AS OFFICER MARTINEZ SPOKE, HE, HE DID SAY THE FIRST TIME HE SPOKE TO ME AND MS. ALICIA CASTLEMAN WAS JULY 21ST OF THIS YEAR.
AND ACTUALLY IT WAS IN JULY OF THIS YEAR WHERE ALICIA CASTLEMAN, WHO WILL SPEAK LATER AT LENGTH AT THE REHAB, UM, PROCESS AND MYSELF, UM, BECAME AWARE THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS A NUISANCE OR, OR HAD BECOME AN ISSUE WITH THE CITY.
NOW, UM, YOU PROBABLY ALSO HEARD THAT OFFICER MARTINEZ, UM, SENT SEVERAL NOTICES BY MAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY, UH, 2020 A YEAR PREVIOUS BEFORE WE HAD ANY NOTICE OF IT.
SO I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WHY THERE'S A DISCONNECT WITH THE NOTICES AND WHY THE TRUST AND THE OWNER OF THE TRUST, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY NOTIFICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS OF THIS HOUSE UNTIL JULY OF 20, UH, UNTIL JULY OF THIS YEAR, 21.
AND WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING.
UM, IT'S, UM, ANY WRITTEN NOTICE OF THIS HEARING.
AND WE AS THE TRUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TRUST, WE WERE KIND OF LUCKY WE'RE HERE, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION.
SO IF THE BOARD WILL JUST HOLD MY MOTION IN ABEYANCE OF MAY OF, WE HAVE NO NOTICE AND WE MIGHT NEED A RESET, UH, UNTIL AFTER YOU HEAR EVERY, ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, REGARDING NOTICE PROBLEMS. HERE'S, UM, LET ME GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS I KNOW AND REMEMBER SOME OF IT MY INFORMATION'S MISSING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ADEQUATE NOTICE TO PREPARE.
HOWEVER, I, I KNOW I KNOW ENOUGH, I KNOW A LOT ACTUALLY.
SO, UH, REGARDING THE NOTICE, SO THE TRUST IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY AN AUSTRALIAN, UH, GROUPS OF AN AUSTRALIANS CAME IN 2015 TO SAN ANTONIO OR BELOVED CITY TO INVEST IN IT.
AND THEY INVESTED IN THESE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEIR INTENTION WAS TO REHAB THEM AND MAKE THEM, MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD, ON THE LOWER END OF THE, UH, FINANCE SPECTRUM CAN AFFORD TO RENT OR OWNER FINANCE THEM.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY, UM, PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
THEY, THEY SENT MONEY FOR ORIGINAL REHAB AND THEY
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WENT BACK TO AUSTRALIA AND THEY HAD CERTAIN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUPS MANAGE THEIR PROPERTIES WELL OVER THE YEARS, UM, I THINK THE, THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REHABS AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUPS, AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE TO MONITOR O OVERSEE THE HOUSE.SO WHAT WE HAVE IS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE, THE BENEFICIARY IS CYNTHIA WHITE CHURCH, AND SHE'S JUST AN AUSTRALIAN, UH, WHO IS, WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO AUGMENT HER RETIREMENT.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHO WE'RE, THAT'S WHO THE ULTIMATE OWNER IS.
HOWEVER, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE POINT WAS WAS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP, UM, WAS, WAS, WAS AT THE PANTHEON WAY ADDRESS THAT IT IS LISTED AT THE NOTICE, UH, OF ADDRESS THAT I SEE FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS HEARING.
SO I ASSUME ALL THE NOTICES WERE GOING TO THAT OLD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP.
AND THE TRUST HAD NO ACTUAL, UM, NOTICE, UM, OF, OF THE, OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE, SINCE 2020.
AND REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TRUST MS. WHITE CHURCH AND HER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP LISTED AT PANTHEON WAY, BUT SOMEHOW THOSE NOTICES NEVER REACHED THE TRUST.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A TERMINATION BETWEEN THEM OR, OR WHAT OCCURRED, BUT THAT ADDRESS ON PANTHEON WAY IS NO LONGER THE TRUSTEE.
W WAS, WAS NOT, WAS NOT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE, FOR THE LAND TRUST.
UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT.
UM, NOW HOW DO I COME INTO THE PICTURE? WELL, UM, IN 2015, I ACTUALLY FORMED THE L L C FOR MS. WHITE CHURCH, UH, FOR HER TO INVEST IN PROPERTIES IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO SHE REACHED OUT TO ME IN EARLY JANUARY, 2020, A YEAR AGO, JANUARY, THE YEAR OF COVID, AND ASKED ME TO TAKE OVER AS TRUSTEE.
UH, OF COURSE, I TOOK OVER AS TRUSTEE.
UH, WE, WE REDID HER LAND TRUST AND I WAS TRUSTEE.
NOW, ME BEING AT THAT POINT, I AM NOW HER TRUSTEE.
I'M NOW HECTOR CORTEZ ATTORNEY HERE IN MY UNIVERSAL CITY OFFICE.
AT THAT POINT, I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE HOUSE, AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I GUESS I COULD HAVE TAKEN MORE PROACTIVE MEASURES TO MAKE THE, THE NEW ADDRESS KNOWN, BUT I JUST DIDN'T, I I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN, BUT, SO I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ANY NOTICES.
ANYWAY, FAST FORWARD TO, UM, 2021 JULY.
UM, WE, AT THAT POINT, BY THAT POINT, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME THAT THIS PROPERTY HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY, UM, WE HAD ADVISED MS. WHITE CHURCH, HEY, LET'S REHAB THE HOUSE AND LET'S JUST SELL IT AND GET IT OUTTA YOUR HAIR BECAUSE OF COVID.
SHE'S IN AUSTRALIA, SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO TRAVEL FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, I SAID, AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THE DECISION, LET'S REHAB THE PROPERTY AND LET'S SELL IT AND GET IT OUTTA YOUR HAIR BECAUSE THIS THING IS NOT MAKING ANY MONEY FOR YOU FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT SHE'S TOLD ME.
SO, UM, I SENT MY, UM, I SENT MY ASSOCIATE, UM, UH, WITH THIS PROPERTY, UH, ALICIA CASTLEMAN, WHO'S A LOCAL REALTOR WHO, WHO, UM, HAS A STERLING REPUTATION.
SHE WENT OUT THERE TO START TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND START TO REHAB IT.
AND THAT'S WHEN SHE RAN INTO, AND SHE'LL TESTIFY THAT THAT'S WHEN SHE RAN INTO THE NOTICES THAT WERE POSTED ON THE DOOR.
SUDDENLY, WE KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN JULY BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE WE APPEARED ON THE SCENE.
NOW, NOW, AS OFFICER MARTINEZ AND OFFICER PEREZ HAVE TESTIFIED SINCE THEY HAVE, SINCE WE HAVE, UH, ENGAGED WITH THEM, WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE THESE LAST THREE MONTHS.
UM, ALICIA CASTLEMAN HAS, HAS, HAS SUBMITTED A SCOPE OF WORK.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SUBMITTED AND SHE, AND SHE'LL TESTIFY THAT TO WHAT WE'VE SUBMITTED TO GET THIS THING GOING.
AND WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN AT PROACTIVE, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN SITTING IDLE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, WHICH KIND OF SOUNDS, WHEN YOU FIRST HEAR WE'VE ONLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS, AND WE ARE, WE'RE ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE.
AND I WILL LET ALICIA CASTLEMAN SPEAK TO OUR SCOPE OF WORK AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REHAB AND THE MONIES WE'RE READY TO PUT IN INTO IT.
BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL NOTICE WE HAVE, UM, WE DIDN'T GET ANY WRITTEN NOTICE.
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SAY TOO, REGARDING THIS HEARING, UM, DESPITE, UH, OFFICER MARTINEZ HAD, HAD MY NUMBER, HAD MY EMAIL, WE NEVER GOT AN EMAIL COPY OF THIS NOTICE.THE ONLY REASON I KNEW TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WAS BECAUSE I THINK ALICIA CASTLEMAN, AGAIN WENT, CONTINUED TO GO OUT TO THE PROPERTY AND SHE SAW THE WRITTEN NOTICE AGAIN AT THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS YESTERDAY, SO WE WERE ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, WE WE'RE HEARING GOOD FAITH.
WE WANT TO GO FORWARD, WE WANNA PROVIDE INFORMATION, BUT, UM, WE HOPE THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THIS PROJECT VERY SHORT TIME AND WITH PROBABLY WITHOUT LEGAL NOTICE.
AND IF YOU COULD HOLD THAT IN ABEYANCE, IF WE DO NEED A RESET, IF THERE IS INFORMATION YOU NEED THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, IF YOU CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, WHAT? IS HE THE ATTORNEY OR WHAT? HE'S THE ATTORNEY FOR THE OWNER, BUT THE TRUSTEE? WELL, THE TRUSTEE.
I NEED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRANSLATOR TO, TO TRANSLATE, PLEASE.
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MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.I'D LIKE TO, UH, JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSING.
UM, THE TRANSLATOR, SHE'S TRANSLATING FOR THE OWNER.
CAN WE GET THAT OWNER'S NAME? WELL, AND THIS IS HECTOR CORTEZ.
UM, THE LAST MR. CORTEZ, THIS IS LEGAL.
HOLD ON, PLEASE JUST GIMME A SECOND PLEASE.
UM, SERIAL, THIS IS, THIS IS HECTOR CORTEZ.
UM, AGAIN, THE TRUSTEE FOR THE LAND TRUST.
AND I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED TOO.
JUST, JUST TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.
UM, WE DON'T, MR. CORTEZ, MR. CORTEZ, MR. CORTEZ, MR. CORTEZ, THIS IS, UM, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD AND I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I WOULD JUST LIKE, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO, I'M ASKING THE TRANSLATOR FOR A QUESTION.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SHE'S TRANSLATING FOR THE OWNER.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD.
AND WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS ALL THE PLAYERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE INVOLVED.
SO JUST GIVE ME A SECOND AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR UP A FEW THINGS.
UH, BOARD, WHAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
AND, AND, AND MR. CORTEZ WAS, UM, WAS PRETTY CLEAR ON THAT HE REPRESENTS, UM, THE LAND TRUST.
UM, THE TRANSLATOR THAT IS SPEAKING IS NOT SPEAKING ON OR TRANSLATING FOR THE OWNER.
SHE'S TRANSLATING FOR THE PERSON WHO'S WISHING TO BUY THE POTENTIAL BUYER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND WHO IS THAT? AND THAT IS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF ROLANDO MANZU, M A N Z U R.
AND MR. CORTEZ, I, I APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU COULD, UM, JUST CLARIFY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IS IT CORRECT THAT, UM, THE LAND TRUST IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? YES.
THE LAND TRUST IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
I, AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO CLARIFY, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS, BECAUSE WE, WE WERE TOLD BEFORE YOU GOT ON THAT WE WERE TRANSLATING FOR THE OWNER WHEN ACTUALITY WE ARE TRANSLATING, THE TRANSLATION IS FOR THE POTENTIAL BUYER.
AND YOU REPRESENT THE OWNER WHO IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? THAT IS PRECISELY RIGHT.
AND ACTUALLY, YOU CLEARED THAT UP FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHY WE WERE GETTING A TRANSLATION WHEN WE DIDN'T NEED IT.
SO I, I, I THANK, UH, THE ATTORNEY.
MAY I SAY SOMETHING? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS SAVI RAI FROM LEGAL.
UH, MR. CORTEZ, I'M ALSO AN ATTORNEY FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF DOCUMENTS, UH, CONTRACTS FOR SALE, UH, TO SA TECHS L L C.
AND THAT PROPERTY IN TURN, UH, WAS SOLD TO THE CONTRACT INDICATED WAS SOLD TO A MR. MANZER.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY, ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THIS PROPERTY? NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, IF YOU ARE, IS SAT X L L C AND MR. MANSOR, THE POTENTIAL BUYERS.
UM, I WILL PASS THAT QUESTION TO ALICIA CASTLEMAN, WHO'S ACTING AS THE REALTOR IN THIS CASE.
SO SHE'S THE ONE CONTRACTING TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU COULD, UM, IF SHE CAN KEEP IT BRIEF.
'CAUSE SHE IS NOT AN ATTORNEY FOR THE OWNER, SO SHE CAN SPEAK FOR HIM.
IS THE PROPERTY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD? 'CAUSE THE BOARD WILL NEED TO KNOW WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE REPAIRS.
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AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE OUR, MY INFORMATION MAY BE INCOMPLETE, BUT ABSOLUTELY THE HOW THE PROPERTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD.I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY TWO TITLE COMPANIES TO START FORWARDING OUR OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE LAND TRUST.
SO I CAN TESTIFY AND ANSWER UNDER OATH THAT WITHOUT DOUBT THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD.
AS FAR AS THE DETAILS THAT YOU MENTIONED OF, OF, OF WHO, LIKE MR. MAZER, I HAD NOT HEARD THAT NAME TILL TODAY.
THAT'S BEING HANDLED BY THE REALTOR.
WHO IS MY CL WHO IS I? I I SHE'S WORKING WITH THE LAND TRUST.
SHE'S, SHE, SHE'S THE REALTOR FOR THE LAND TRUST.
AND SHE'S DUE TO SPEAK NEXT AFTER ME, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL DO THAT OUT OF TURN OR IF YOU'RE GONNA WAIT FOR HER TO SPEAK.
S SAVITA SAVITA, THIS IS ERIC.
JUST TO ALSO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE, UH, BEFORE SANTEC FINANCIAL, THERE'S ALSO FINANCIALLY FREE L L C THAT HAD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, WHO'S LOOKS LIKE SANTEC, THEN PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM WHO? NOW WE HAVE THE MENZO GROUP.
SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN ADDITION TO THE LAND TRUST, FINANCIALLY FREE, L L C TEX FINANCIAL, L L C, AND THEN THE CURRENT POTENTIAL BUYER WHO IS ON THE LINE WHO ARE TRANSLATING FOR THE MANSOR GROUP? L L C.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE, MR. CORTEZ, IS THERE A CONTRACT FOR SALE? HAS IT BEEN FINALIZED? UH, THIS QUESTION WOULD BE BEST ANSWERED BY THE REALTOR WHO IS FORWARDING AND LISTING THE PROPERTY, IS LISTING THE PROPERTY ON THE MARKET, AND SHE FORWARDS THE CONTRACT.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SHE'S THE REALTOR FOR OUR LAND TRUST AND SHE WILL BE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
SO MAYBE WHEN SHE SPEAKS NEXT, I WOULD, UM, ASK THAT THIS QUESTION BE, UM, POSED TO HER.
JUDY, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, UH, I REQUEST THAT WE MOVE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS.
PLEASE DO YOU HAVE THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION? OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, SABITA, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
OH, YOU WANNA HAVE AN EXECUTIVES SESSION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
MADAM CHAIR, UH, UH, LEGAL IS REQUESTING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS.
THE TIME NOW IS, UM, IS THAT 10 46, 10 15? IS IT 10 15? 10 10 46.
[*Additional Item* Executive Session]
AND, UH, THE BOARD WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, MR. CORTEZ AND MS. CASTLEMAN AND MR. MANZER, THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECON TO CONVENE INTO, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE ARE GOING TO DISCONNECT THE LINE, BUT WE WILL CALL YOU BACK AS SOON AS THE MEETING RECONVENES CHAIR.
WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL JUST TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S STILL PRESENT.
MS. GUI? PRESENT? MR. NELSON? PRESENT.
UH, I THINK THE NEXT PERSON THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM IS, UM, MS. CASTLEMAN? YEAH, MS. CASTLEMAN.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES.
MY NAME IS ALICIA CASTLEMAN AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 3 3 1 GREENHILL DRIVE, CANYON LAKE, TEXAS 7 8 1 3 3.
WE HAVE A, A STATEMENT FROM THE TRANSLATOR JUST TO CONFIRM IF THE POTENTIAL BUYER, MR. MANZER DOES NEED TRANSLATION SERVICES.
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UM, MM-HMM.SO HE WANTS ME STAND BY IN CASE HE, HE NEEDS, UH, SOME TERM OR, OR ANYTHING TO BE CLARIFIED THAT THAT'S OKAY.
UH, HE SHOULD JUST, UH, INTERRUPT YOU, UH, TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OR WAIT TILL TO THE END SO I CAN INSTRUCT HIM.
WHY DO YOU PREFER THIS TO WORK? UH, I DON'T THINK THAT SHE'S GONNA BE ON THE LINE TOO LONG.
MS. CAL, MS. COUNCILMAN? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR HER, AND I DON'T THINK SHE'S GONNA BE ON THE LINE TOO LONG.
SO HE, IF HE, IF HE CAN JUST WAIT AND YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO HIM IN TOTALITY.
OKAY, MS. CASTLEMAN, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I AM.
UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO STATE YOUR CASE AND WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY THIS CAME TO MY NOTICE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING THE PROPERTY, SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY SERVICING, UM, BROUGHT IT TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY AND WE NEED IT SECURED AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO IN THE BEGINNING, THE, UM, BENEFICIARY OF THE LAND TRUST, CHRISTINA WANTED TO FIX IT UP HERSELF.
AND THEN WHEN SHE FOUND OUT HOW MUCH THAT WAS GONNA BE, UM, SHE DECIDED THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE BETTER OFF TO SELL IT BECAUSE SHE DOES HAVE ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT SHE WANTS TO PUT THE MONEY IN THAT'S IN BETTER CONDITION.
AND SO WE FOUND, WE HAVE A BRANCH OF OUR COMPANY WHO PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT WITH HER AT AN AGREED UPON PRICE, AND, UM, THEN MARKETED IT.
SO, UM, THEY MARKETED THE, UM, PROPERTY AND, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT IT WERE NEW WESTERN ACQUISITIONS, WHICH PURCHASES PROPERTY UNDER TEX FINANCIAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE AWARE, THERE'S SEVERAL LARGE, UM, COMPANIES IN TOWN THAT WORK WITH A GROUP OF, UM, INVESTOR BUYERS AND, UM, SO THEY JUST HAVE READY AND WAITING BUYERS.
COULD WE ASK
IF YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED IN INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PRETTY COMMON.
WELL, WITH ALL YOUR LLCS, WE WOULD JUST WANNA KNOW ONE QUESTION.
WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY NOW? UM, THE 9 0 2 SAN EDUARDO LAND TRUST OWNS THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE SELLING IT TOO TRUSTEE THAT ARE PART OF IT.
THEY ARE SELLING THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO THEY WENT UNDER CONTRACT WITH FINANCIALLY FREE L L C, WHO HAS ASSIGNED THE PROPERTY TO, UM, NEW WESTERN FINANCIAL, WHOSE PURCHASE ARM IS TEX FINANCIAL.
SO TEX IS PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND THEN THEY ARE RESELLING IT TO MR. MANSER, WHO IS THE FINAL END BUYER.
DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT ON THIS PROPERTY FROM MR. MASSEUR? I DO NOT.
SO SAY TEXT FINANCIAL DOES? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO, UM, TO, UM, TO MS. CASTLEMAN? I'D LIKE TO FINISH MY TESTIMONY IF I CAN.
YEAH, WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO HEAR ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM.
UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN SHUT DOWN IN A HEARING BEFORE.
I WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE BENEFICIARY YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WHAT? THE BENEFICIARY OF THE LAND TRUST.
WE, WE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE, UH, FROM THE ATTORNEY AND WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF MR. MASSE WAS GOING TO, IS THE OWNER OR IS THE LAND TRUST STILL THE OWNER? AND IS HE GOING
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TO BE THE OWNER? DO YOU HAVE A VALID CONTRACT IN HAND, ANN? SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, YES, WE HAVE A VALLEY CONTRACT TITLE IS OPEN WITH NET CO TITLES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND MONTE BRUCE IS THE TITLE AGENT.UM, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLEAR THE LAND TRUST DOCUMENT, WHAT WE ARE WAITING ON IN ORDER TO CLOSE THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT HAS TAKEN SO VERY LONG IS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NOT GIVEN US A RELEASE OF, OR THE FINAL AMOUNTS ON THE LIENS THAT ARE OWED TO THE CITY IN ORDER FOR US TO CLOSE.
ALRIGHT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANN, IF I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE, UH, REALTOR? YES, GO AHEAD.
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S SITTING ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE WHO IS SAYING HE'S THE OWNER? HE IS NOT.
HE'S SAYING YOU, WELL, YOU HAVE A CON AN BUYER, RIGHT, BUT HOLD, HOLD ON.
YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
THREAT, MR. ANDIS? MR. ANDES, THIS IS LEGAL.
MS. COUNCILMAN, I NEED YOU TO PLEASE ALLOW EVEN IF THE, IF YOU, EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION'S GOING TO BE, I NEED YOU TO ALLOW, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS TO FINISH THEIR QUESTION COMPLETELY.
WE ARE BEING RECORDED AND WE ARE ALSO ON VIDEO CONFERENCE.
UM, I'D ALSO ASK THAT ANYBODY ELSE, ONCE THEY'RE SPEAKING, PLEASE ALLOW THAT PERSON TO FINISH SPEAKING SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING ON RECORD.
SO YOUR CONTRACT IS NOT WITH THE FINAL PARTY, YOUR CONTRACT IS WITH ONE OF THE OTHER LLCS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE OTHER L L C SELLING IT TO THE OTHER L L C, WHICH IS SELLING IT TO THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY THE FINAL BUYER? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO TECHNICALLY NOBODY OWNS THAT LAND EXCEPT FOR THE MEMBER OF THE TRUST WHO IS REPRESENTING THE OWNER? THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A, UM, A MOTION CHAIR? WE DO YOU HAVE MR. MANZER ON THE LINE TO SPEAK? OH, SORRY.
MR. MASU, UH, MR. MANSOUR, UM, MR. MONZER CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YEAH, MY NAME IS ROLANDO MANSOUR AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 3 8 VIA BELCANTO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UM, IN MY CASE IT'S THAT, UM, I'M A LOCAL INVESTOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND, UM, I ALREADY BOUGHT SOME PROPERTIES FROM SAY, TEXAS FINANCIAL OR WESTERN.
UM, AND THEN THEY ARE THE WHOLESALERS.
UH, I ALREADY PAID ON EARNEST MONEY OF $5,000 AND I'M JUST WAITING, UH, PRACTICALLY FOR A RELEASE OF A TITLE OR SOMETHING, UM, TO BE DOING THE CLOSING.
UM, I'M ALMOST READY FOR THE REHAB.
UM, AND, UM, BUT HERE SITUATION IS I HAVE, I HAVE LIKE TWO MONTHS, UM, WAITING FOR THE TITLE COMPANY TO HAVE LIKE ALL THAT PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING SET UP FOR THE CLOSING.
BUT, UM, IN MY SITUATION, UM, I, I'M READY.
IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? MM-HMM.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE OR CHAIR? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
DO WE NEED, UH, MAKE TIME TO TRANSLATE THAT THE LAST TWO PEOPLE? I DON'T, I THINK SHE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD IT.
YES, I ASKED, UH, MR. MANSUR IF HE NEEDED, UM, INTERPRETATION SERVICES ALL THE WAY, AND HE SAID ONLY WHEN HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING AND HE'S UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING SO FAR.
OTHERWISE HE WOULD LET ME KNOW.
AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S BEEN NO PLAN IN WRITING FINANCIALS OR THE TIME REQUIRED TO DO TAKE THE NEXT STEP? CORRECT.
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OKAY.UM, AS AN INVESTOR, I NEED TO BUY A PROPERTY, PROPERTY WITHOUT TITLE PROBLEMS THAT I CAN, UM, REHABILITATE WITH WITHOUT PROBLEMS. I SAVE THOSE MESSAGE.
THE, UH, ON EARNEST MONEY I TAKE, I'VE BEEN READY SINCE TWO MONTHS AGO, READY TO PAY OFF THE PROPERTY TO START, UH, THE PLANS FOR THE REHABILITATION IN TWO WEEKS AFTER, BUT SINCE TWO MONTHS AGO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE TO CLOSE THE, THE AGREEMENT, UH, THIS IS DUE TO THE LACK OF DOCUMENTATION AND BECAUSE OUR OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROCESSED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, UH, I'M JUST WAITING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS CASE? MADAM CHAIR? THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT WE RESET THIS CASE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING, AT WHICH TIME WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THIS BOARD REQUIRES.
AND THAT IS, DO WE HAVE FINANCIAL MONEY? DO WE HAVE A TOTAL LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE? AND INDEED WHO IS THE PROPER OWNER, ET CETERA, AS FAR AS TIMELINE IS CONCERNED.
AND IT ALSO RESOLVES MR. CORTEZ'S ISSUE ON PROPER NOTICE BECAUSE HE OBVIOUSLY IS INDEED BEING NOTIFIED THAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEARING THIS CASE AGAIN.
WE HAVE, UH, EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE, HAVE, UM, UM, A MOTION FOR RESET THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
AND AT THAT TIME, ALL FILES, RECORDS AND, UM, FINANCIALS, UM, CONTRACTS, ANY KIND OF PAPER THAT IS NEEDED SHOULD BE, UH, HERE AND PRESENTED WITH THE CASE AT THAT, AT THAT TIME.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MR. CORTEZ? MR. CORTEZ, ARE YOU THERE? YES.
DID YOU I AM HERE LISTENING TENTATIVELY.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE MOTION? YES, PERFECTLY.
I WILL WE BE GIVING NOTICE AS FAR AS THE DATE OF THE CASE OF THE RESET? YES MA'AM.
US NOT NOW WE NEED TO MAKE A JUDGMENT AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS MORE RELEVANT THEN.
I'M SORRY, MEAN TO DO, I KNOW I'M SAYING THAT IF WE, HE NEEDS TO WAIT UNTIL YEAH, NOT, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MS. BROWN? I SECOND THAT.
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RESET.OKAY, WE HAVE A RESET FOR, UH, I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. ANDERS.
AND, UH, COULD WE GET A, UM, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
WHOEVER'S ON THE LINE, UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE MS. MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, JUST LET MR. CORTEZ KNOW THAT BASED ON THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, NOTICE IS PROPER, IF WE SEND IT TO THAT ADDRESS, EXCUSE ME, IF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SENDS IT TO THAT ADDRESS, I WOULD ASK, UM, THAT YOU PLEASE, UM, TOUCH BASE WITH, UH, B A D AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER ADDRESS FOR THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY IS, IS CORRECTED.
AND IF YOU WOULD ALSO, UM, TOUCH BASE WITH OUR, UH, DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICER TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PROPER ADDRESS IS BEING SENT.
YES, I'M GOING TO, UM, DO BOTH.
I'M GOING TO CONTACT YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICER AND SEND A FORMER LETTER REPRESENTATION WITH MY CURRENT ADDRESS.
SO, SO, UH, SO THEY WILL HAVE APPROPRIATE NOTICE AND WE WILL CONTACT VCA AND SEE, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAST AS WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THEM TO UPDATE THAT, BUT WE WILL DO SO AND I APPRECIATE IT MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION FROM THE BOARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP TODAY.
DID, DO YOU NEED TRANSLATION SERVICES ON THE ORDER? UH, NO FOR NOW.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, UH, SS A P M C.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS, UH, 8 87 22
[1. 21-5285 (CD-8) 8722 Cinnamon Creek]
CINNAMON CREEK.MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 87 22 CINNAMON CREEK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 6 3 5 3 9 AC INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCE SUB, UH, S U B D TWO AND SW I I R R 3 41 0.3 OF 3 4 3 6 7 AC LOCATED IN COUNCIL.
OWNER OF RECORD IS 19 OH, UH, 1901 EQUITY, D E L L C.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED.
THIS PROPERTY IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UH, VIOLATED ARE 3 0 2 0.7 0.1 FENCES.
ALL FENCES FACING THE STREET, FRONTAGE OF THE PREMISE OR ADJACENT TO A PUBLIC WAY, SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUNDING GOOD REPAIR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED.
NUMBER ONE, ANY FENCE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF OUT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT BY MORE THAN 15 DEGREES.
TWO, ROTTED OR DAMAGE ROTTED DAMAGE, FIRE DAMAGE OR BROKEN WOODEN SUPPORT POSTS OR CROSSMEMBER SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
THREE, BROKEN OR FIRE DAMAGE WOODEN SLABS SHALL ALSO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
FOUR BROKEN OR SEVERELY BENT METAL POSTS OR TORN CUT RIPPED METAL FENCING MATERIALS SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
FIVE, ANY FENCE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF HAVING LOOSE BRICKS, STONES, ROCKS, MORTAR, MASONRY, OR OTHER SIMILAR MATERIALS SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
THE RE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT PROHIBIT OFFENSE OR ANY PORTION OF THEREOF FROM BEING REMOVED.
IF THE REMAINING PORTIONS ARE SAFE AND IN GOOD CONDITION AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
AND THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE OF THE FENCE IS NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, UH, DOOR WINDOW FRAMES, CORNICES PORCHES, TRIM BALCONIES, AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY RESISTANT
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WOODS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND DECAYED BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT.ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS, AS WELL AS THOSE BETWEEN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE PERIMETER WINDOWS, DOORS, AND SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED.
WEATHER RESISTANT, WATERTIGHT, ALL MATERIAL SURFACES TO RUST OR CORROSION SHALL BE COATED TO INHIBIT SUCH RUST OR CORROSION.
AND ALL SURFACES WITH RUST OR CORROSION SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FUTURE RUST AND CORROSION.
OXIDATION STAINS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM EXTERIOR SURFACES.
SURFACES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR STABILIZATION BY OXIDATION ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT.
NEXT IS 3 0 4 0.4 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FREE FROM DETERIORATION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SAFELY SUPPORTING THE IMPOSED LIVE, UH, DEAD OR LIVE LOADS.
NEXT 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS.
ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES AND BREAKS, LOOSE OR ROTTING MATERIALS MAINTAINED WATER, UH, WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED WERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION.
3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS.
ALL OVERHANGING EXTENSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS, METAL AWNINGS, FIRE ESCAPES, SAND PIPES, AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO KEEP THIS, KEEP IN SOUND CONDITION WHEN REQUIRED, ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODICAL.
PERIODIC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR OTHER SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT, 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES, EVERY STAIR, STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, BALCONY, AND ALL APPARATUSES ATTACHED THERE TO SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING LOADS.
UH, 3 0 4 0.12 HANDRAILS AND GUARDS.
EVERY HANDRAIL AND GUARDS SHALL BE FIRMLY FACETED AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING NORMALLY IMPOSED LOADS AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
3 0 4 0.13 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, AND DOOR FRAMES.
EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR, WEATHER TIGHT.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION, SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR.
ALL EXTERIOR DOORS, DOOR ASSEMBLIES AND HARDWARE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
LOCKS IN ALL ENTRANCES TO DWELLING UNITS AND SLEEPING UNITS SHALL BE TIGHTLY SECURE.
SHALL TIGHTLY SECURE THE DOOR LOCKS ON MEANS OF EGRESS DOORS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 0 2 0.330 5.3 INTERIOR SURFACES.
ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS, DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN SARY CONDITION, LOOSE PLASTER, DECAYED WOOD, OR OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACE CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED.
3 0 5 0.4 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES EVERY STAIR RAMP, LANDING BALCONY, PORCH DECK, OR OTHER WALKING SURFACE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
3 0 5 0.5 HANDRAILS AND GUARDS.
EVERY GUARD RAIL, UH, HANDRAIL GUARD SHALL BE FIRMLY FACETED, CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING NORMALLY IMPOSED LOADS, AND SHALL BE MAINTAINING GOOD CONDITION.
ALL STRUCTURES SHALL BE KEPT FROM FREE, FROM INSECT AND RODENT INFESTATION.
ALL STRUCTURES IN WHICH INSECTS AND RODENTS ARE FOUND SHALL BE PROMPTLY EXTERMINATED BY APPROVED PROCESS THAT WILL NOT BE DANGEROUS TO HUMAN HEALTH AF AFTER THE EXTERMINATION, PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT REINFESTATION 5 0 4 0.1 GENERAL PLUMBING.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, MAINTAINED IN WORKING ORDER, AND SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, DEFECTS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE FUNCTION IN WHICH THE PLUMBING, PLUMBING FIXTURES WERE DESIGNED.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE, SANITARY AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION.
PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS WERE FOUND THAT PLUMBING SYSTEM IN A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD, THE OCCUPANTS OR THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE, INADEQUATE VENTING, CROSS CONNECTION, BACKAGE, IMPROPER INSTALLATION, DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE FOR SE FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIALS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.
6 0 3 0.1 ME MECHANICAL, UM, APPLIANCES, ALL MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, FIREPLACES, SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES, COOKING APPLIANCES AND WATER HEATING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, MAINTAINED IN A SAFE WORKING CONDITION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE INTENDED FUNCTION.
6 0 4 0.3 WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD, THE OCCUPANTS OR THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE, IMPROPER FUSSING, INSUFFICIENT RECEPTACLE AND LIGHTING OUTLETS.
IMPROPER WIRING OR INSTALLATION DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE ARE FOR SIMILAR REASONS.
THE CODE OFFICIALS SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
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CONS CORRECTED AND ELIMINATED THE HAZARD.THE, UM, PROPERTIES, INSPECTIONS ON JULY 16TH, 2021.
THE FIRST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED IN, THEY INSPECTED THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND THE INTERIOR OF 12 UNITS.
WE MAILED OUT NOTICES OF THE VIOLATIONS.
NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS GIVEN TO THE MANAGER ON JULY 23RD, 2021.
WE MET WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER, EXPLAINED THE POP UH, THE VIOLATIONS, PROVIDE CONTACTS FOR COMMUNICATION AND STRESS.
THE NEED FOR A PLAN OF ACTION FOR REPAIRS ISSUED A ADDITIONAL WRITTEN NOTICES OF VIOLATION AND PROVIDED THE PROPERTY MANAGER WITH A MEMO OF REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
ON AUGUST 8TH, 2021, UH, WE DID A REINSPECTION, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE, MET WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
UM, PROPERTY MANAGER MANAGEMENT WAS WAITING ON BIDS.
WE MET WITH THE MANAGER AND NO PLAN OF ACTION HAD BEEN SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME.
MANAGER DID LATER THAT DAY EMAIL A VAGUE BASIC PLAN OF ACTION OF FOUR LINES TO THE INVESTIGATORS ON AUGUST 31ST AND SEPTEMBER 1ST, THE REINSPECTION FOUND REPAIRS MADE FOR ONE LOCATION SLASH UNIT, BUT NO OTHER REPAIRS HAD BEEN STARTED FOR THE SAME TYPES OF VIOLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
IF, UH, YOU'LL LOOK AT THE, THE PHOTOS THAT IS, UM, IT IS THAT THAT PARTICULAR DISHWASHER LEAKS AND IS NOT PROPERLY ANCHORED AND THESE PHOTOS ARE GOING TO BE EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
WE ELIMINATED THE NUMBER OF PHOTOS JUST TO SHOW YOU EXAMPLES.
THAT IS THE, UM, THE IS FALLING AND THE, THE CEILING IS SAGGING FROM A WATER LEAK HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED.
UM, NEXT, THE, UH, STAIRWELLS, YOU CAN SEE THERE THE DETERIORATION OF THE, UH, METAL AND THE, THE ACTUAL SURFACE.
THE SURFACE OF THE LANDINGS WHERE THE SURFACE COVER IS BROKEN AND ALLOWING THE WOOD UNDERNEATH THE DETERIORATE AND THE CONNECTION POINTS BETWEEN THE STAIRS AND THE LANDINGS TO DETERIORATE.
NEXT, THAT IS A BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE THE STAIRWELL IS COMING AWAY FROM THE LANDING BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER GETTING INTO THESE, UH, BETWEEN THESE STRUCTURES, THIS IS, UM, THAT IS A DOORFRAME THAT HAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE WALL.
UH, THAT IS THE GAP THAT'S BEING, UH, CREATED.
YOU SAYS THIS NEXT, UH, THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE INFESTATION WE SENT.
WE SAW SEVERAL UNITS WITH HIM, INFESTATION.
THOSE ARE THE, UH, THAT IS THE FENCING AROUND THE AIR CONDITIONER UNITS.
THE FENCING IS DILAPIDATED AROUND THOSE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.
AND THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS THEMSELVES ARE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY, ALLOWING ACCESS TO, UH, THE MAIN, UH, POWER LINES.
THE, UH, THOSE PANELS WERE NOT, WERE NOT PUT INTO PLACE.
UM, THE WINDOW FRAME IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE WALL.
NEXT PICTURE, THAT IS ANOTHER WINDOW FRAME WHERE THE, UH, THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME IS FALLING OFF.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD IS, IS BOEING FROM THE, UH, WEATHER.
THAT IS THE FLOORING IN A UNIT THAT THE POLE IN THE BACKGROUND IS STRAIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT IS CAUSING A TRIP HAZARD TO FLOORING IS ACTUALLY BOWING UP UNDER THAT SUBFLOORING IS BOWING UP UNDERNEATH THE FLOORING.
NEXT, THOSE ARE CLEANOUTS FOR THE SEWER.
UH, THE SEWER CAP CLEANOUTS WERE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND WE DID SEE REMNANTS OF WHERE THERE HAD BEEN SEWER LEAKS, THAT THE MATERIAL WAS AROUND IT, IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO DRY OR NOT COMPLETELY CLEANED.
AND THAT IS THE MEMO THAT WE ISSUED TO MANAGEMENT SO WE COULD, UH, COMMUNICATE, UH, CONCISELY.
STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
SUBSECTIONS 3 0 2 0.7, FENCES 3 0 4 0.230 4.2.
PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.4.
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, 3 0 4 0.6.
EXTERIOR WALLS, 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAY DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES.
WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS AND DOOR FRAMES.
STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES 3 0 5 0.5.
3 0 9 0.1 INFESTATION, 3 0 5 POINT OR 5 0 4
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0.1.6 0 3 0.1 MECHANICAL APPLIANCES AND 6 0 3, UH, UH, 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS AND THAT IT BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIR, NECESSARY REPAIRS, AND OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DOES, UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, MA'AM.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
DID UH, THE LANDLORDS OR THE PROPERTY MANAGERS GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC TIMELINE WHEN THEY WERE GONNA TRY TO DO THIS COMPLETION? NO, UH, AS WE WERE VISITING THE PROPERTY, WE WERE RECEIVING, WE RECEIVED A REAL VAGUE, UH, FOUR LINE PLAN OF ACTION.
AND IT ALL, IT WAS, WAS WAITING ON BIDS.
UM, THIS WEEK IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AND REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT A MORE CONCISE PLAN OF ACTION, BUT WE NEVER RECEIVED ONE.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ONE AS OF TODAY.
SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THEIR TIMELINE ON HOW TO FIX ALL THIS OR WHEN THEY WANT IT FIXED.
OH, WELL THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK.
THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT PHRASE.
YOU PRESENTED THIS WITH 17 DIFFERENT ISSUES.
UH, IS THIS A ONE ISSUE IN A SINGLE APARTMENT OR IS THIS AN ISSUE THAT IS REPEATED OFTENTIMES IN OTHER APARTMENTS? THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF ISSUES THAT ARE REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE, WE'VE SEEN THESE OCCURRING AT LEAST THREE, FOUR, SOME OF 'EM 10, 15 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
SO MR. RUSSELL, WERE, DID YOU MAKE ALL MADAM ONE MOMENT FRED.
UM, DID YOU MAKE ALL OF THESE INSPECTIONS YOURSELF OR DID YOU HAVE A TEAM? UH, WE HAD A TEAM.
UM, I DID SEE ALL, ALL THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE PHOTOS.
I DID SEE, I WAS THERE FOR THOSE.
AND, UH, WE DID HAVE A TEAM THAT WAS MAKING THE INSPECTIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, GOING THROUGH THEM, THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS ON THE 16TH OF JULY.
HOW IN THE MAJORITY OF THEM, THE VIOLATION WAS GIVEN ON THE 16TH OF JULY.
BUT THERE WAS ONE THAT SAID THE VIOLATION WAS GIVEN ON THE 17TH.
SO I JUST NEED TO SH MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THE 17TH.
'CAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ONE SEPARATELY.
AND ALL, ALL THE VIOLATIONS WERE DISCUSSED ON THE 16TH.
UH, WE REALIZED THE, IN THE PAPERWORK, UH, ONE DIDN'T OF THEM, DIDN'T COME OUT, DIDN'T PRESS THROUGH.
SO WE DID ISSUE THAT SECOND ONE TO BE CLEAR.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHY WE ISSUED THE MEMO SO WE CAN BE CLEAR ON WE WE'RE DEALING WITH CARBON, UH, COPIES.
FRED, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.
IS THAT, AM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TWO, THERE'S THE 16TH AND THEN THE 17TH.
ARE WE DOING 'EM ALL ON ONE ORDER? NO, THERE'LL BE TWO.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? GOOD MORNING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE, UH, RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR SHIP PROPERTIES.
THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR AXIO ADDRESS IS 1515 SOUTH CAPITAL OF TEXAS.
AND SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE.
PUT THE, SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME THERE? IS THAT BETTER? OKAY.
SO, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, OFFICER RUSSELL.
WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION, UH, PLANNED FOR THIS PROPERTY.
A LOT OF THE WORK WE'VE STARTED ALREADY, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, BALCONY REPAIRS, ROOF LEAKS, UH, PLUMBING REPAIRS, ELECTRICAL REPAIRS.
WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE INVOICES HERE.
WE'VE PROVIDED PHOTOS TO OFFICER, UH, RUSSELL, UH, TODAY, EARLIER TODAY, UH, OF THOSE REPAIRS THAT WE'VE STARTED.
UH, AND SO THE NEXT STEP IS GONNA BE THE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES.
UH, THOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE MAJOR SCOPE, UH, UH, A BID ALREADY.
WE'RE GONNA GET A COMPARATIVE BID FOR THAT, UH, SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN, 10 DAYS SO THAT WE CAN START THAT AND FINISH THAT WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER THAT.
SO THAT'S PUTS OUR TIMELINE ABOUT 30 DAYS FOR, FOR THOSE MORE, MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
UH, THE NEXT THING WOULD BE, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE REALLY, THE TRIM WORK AND, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT LIFE SAFETY.
WE STILL HAVE THE PLAN TO COMPLETE THOSE.
AND, AND BY THAT I MEAN THE, THE PAINTING AND, AND SURFACE REPAIRS OF, OF THE OTHER ITEMS. SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE
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COMPLETED WITHIN 60 TO 90 DAYS.UH, SO IN THE PHOTOS, I THINK ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
AND THIS IS ALL JUST IN THE LAST 30 DAYS THAT WE'VE STARTED ON.
SO, UM, WE, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO, TO GET ALL OF THIS ADDRESSED.
WE'VE DONE AN A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE HAD CONTRACTORS OUT THERE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AS WELL.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR INITIAL BID.
WE'RE GONNA GET A COM COMPARATIVE BID AND ATTENTIVELY START WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 DAYS.
UH, WE DON'T EXPECT THAT WORK TO TAKE MORE THAN THREE WEEKS.
SO THE INITIAL WORK SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
HOW DID YOU ALL I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE GETTING EIGHT TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR RENT, YOU KNOW, AND THESE PROPERTIES AND YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE LIKE THIS WITH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT I, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR THINKING, UH, OF, OF THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS PROPERTY GOT LIKE THIS AND YOU DON'T FIX YOUR REPAIRS? YES.
IT'S NOT ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UH, JUST IN THE RECENT MONTHS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S YEARS AND YEARS.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YEARS AND YEARS, BUT YOU ALL DIDN'T TAKE ANY KIND OF EFFORT TO FIX IT UP AND YOU'RE STILL COLLECTING YOUR RENT EVERY MONTH.
YES, IT'S 460 UNITS AND A LOT OF TIMES IT DOESN'T GET REPORTED TO US BY A RESIDENT.
WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, I THINK WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO, UH, UH, UM, MUL MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS ON THE PROPERTY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, THAT, I MEAN, WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AND REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON THIS DEAL, WHICH IS WHY EXACTLY NOW WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE, OKAY, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE FUNDS FOR IT AND, AND WE STARTED THAT PROCESS NOW.
BUT YOU DIDN'T START IT UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION? NO, NO.
LIKE I SAID, UH, IT STARTED IN FEBRUARY AND, AND THE LOAN PROCESS, IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S A LONG PROCESS.
AND SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN START THE WORK AND, AND GET IT DONE.
I KNOW YOU ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE LIKE THIS AND PAYING YOU ALL RENT EVERY MONTH.
AND I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T EVEN SAY THAT, BUT I JUST HATE TO SEE OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS OF APARTMENTS COME IN HERE WITH THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS.
AND YOU ALL HAVE CONTINUED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS, I I JUST THINK IT'S TOTALLY DISGUSTING.
I MEAN, YOU ALL MUST BE TERRIBLE PROPERTY MANAGERS TO DO THAT.
YEAH, NO, I, I GUARANTEE YOU, UH, THAT THAT IS NOT THE LANDLORD THAT WE, THAT WE STRIVE TO BE.
WE WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE PROPERTY THAT THEY LIVE IN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOT ONE.
UH, FRED? SARAH, ARE YOU THERE ON, ON THE ONE PHOTO WHERE IT SHOWED THE STAIRS SEPARATING FROM THE, UH, UPPER BALCONY? ARE THOSE PEOPLE STILL IN THOSE APARTMENTS OR WERE THOSE APARTMENTS VACANT FOR LIFE SAFETY ISSUE? UM, CAN, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PHOTOS? I'M NOT SURE WHICH PHOTO.
THERE'S ONE WHERE IT SHOWED A, A STAIRWAY TO A BALCONY OR TO AN UPPER FLOOR THAT WAS BREAKING AWAY FROM THE, UH, ONE OF THE UPPER, UH, APARTMENTS.
AND I DIDN'T GET THE NUMBER OF IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY BE, LOOKS THERE, HERE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY BE THE PHOTO.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS AN OCCUPIED OR A VACANT UNIT, BUT, UH, WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT LOOKS TO BE ONE THAT WE WOULD MAKE PRIORITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS REPAIRED.
WHETHER, WHETHER IT'S IT'S OCCUPIED OR VACANT.
YOUR LIFE SAFETY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
AND IF THIS IS A STARE THAT LEADS TO A DWELLING WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVE IT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT IN THERE FOR THE TIME YOU'RE REPAIRING THAT.
COULD WE GO BACK TO THOSE PICTURES THAT HE BROUGHT IN? 'CAUSE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I SAW.
UH, UH, THE PAINT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT, UH, THAT'S A RAILING THAT WAS REPAIRED THERE.
THE, THE, THE STEPS OR THE, UH, THE, THE RAILING, THE, THE, THE, THE WALK RAILING.
AND THIS IS, UH, ASPHALT WORK THERE.
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THERE'S SOME EXTERIOR BUILDING REPAIRS.THIS WAS, UH, FROM THE FREEZE, UH, THE LINES HAD BUSTED HERE.
AND SO, UH, WE WENT BACK AND REPAIRED THIS.
SO THIS WILL JUST BE PAINTED AFTERWARDS.
THIS ONE'S ALSO ANOTHER RAILING.
BUT THE, THE, THE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MASONRY PORT PORTION OF IT IS, IS IT? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING A LOOSE ON THESE TWO ENDS ON THE TWO END.
OH, AT THE ENDS, I THINK THOSE ARE JUST JOINTS FOR, FOR THE BUILDING? YEAH, THEY ARE THE JOINTS.
BUT THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY ARE TOGETHER.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SEPARATING.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT HERE AND HERE.
AND LOOK AT THE, YEAH, IT GOES ALL THE WAY.
AND THE NEXT ONE, MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE NOT SEEING, I'M NOT SEEING ANY OF THE PHOTOS THAT'S BEING REPRESENTED.
I'VE STILL GOT, UH, A SCREEN THAT SHOWS PHOTO 54.
WELL LET ME, LET ME TELL JUDY AND UM, SO THEY CAN'T SEE THE PHOTOS.
HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE.
AND THIS STAIRWELL DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S ATTACHED TO HERE TO THIS LANDING.
AND THESE ARE NEW POSTS FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS LANDING HERE.
SEE WHERE THE STAIRWELL IS? OH, YES, YES.
I, THAT, THAT'S ALSO JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
I SEE THE LINE THAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK IT'S THE ANGLE OF THE PHOTO THERE.
ANOTHER, UH, RAILING THAT HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, REPAIRED.
THIS IS A BUILDING EXTERIOR ALSO REPAIRED.
UH, PAINTING WILL COME, PAINTING WILL COME AFTERWARDS.
WHAT IS THIS HERE THAT'S HANGING DOWN MS. MS. CHAIR.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE JUST HOLD OFF AND WAIT.
'CAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SEEING, UH, THE SAME THING THAT YOU ARE SEEING.
I JUST CONFIRMED WITH OUR, UM, TECH REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CAMERA'S NOT CONNECTED.
SO MR. ANDIS, MR. TAPIO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED.
UM, IT MAY HELP SCAN VIDEO AND PRESENT THEM THROUGH YOUR VIDEO.
WE CAN SCAN 'EM IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST TO, UM, RUN UPSTAIRS AND DO THAT REALLY QUICKLY.
GIVE US JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE.
WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, CAN I ASK A QUESTION TO THE, UH, CODE OFFICER? YES, SIR.
HAVE WE ISSUED ANY FINES? NO, WE HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY FINES FOR, UH, ANY STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
DO WE HAVE ANY 3 1 1 CALLS? YES.
WE HAVE SEVERAL 3 1 1 CALLS TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT HISTORY WITH ME, BUT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL 3 1 1 CALLS.
MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE RESPONDING TO WHEN WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE INITIAL INSPECTION.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY THE CITY DIDN'T CLOSE THEM DOWN? WELL, WE ARE, WE'RE IN BELIEF THAT IT CAN BE REPAIRED.
I'M NOT SAYING THEY CAN'T BE REPAIRED, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING THERE AND THEY'RE MAKING THESE REPAIRS.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE CHILDREN LIVING THERE.
YOU KNOW, CHILDREN ARE, ARE FAMOUS FOR GETTING INTO STUFF.
YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN FOR WHILE THE REPAIRS SHOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, UH, BEING, UH, REPAIRED.
YES, THE, THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROPERTY.
THIS IS, UH, OVER 300 MINUTES.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 150,000 UNITS AND THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN.
THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT IT TO THIS BOARD WITHIN 60 DAYS.
LET ME ASK THE PROPERTY MANAGER IF I COULD.
UH, YOU HAD, YOU HAD ISSUED SOME TIMELINE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'D PLANNED TO DO, UH, OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SEEN PRESENTED TODAY, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO COMPLETE ALL OF THOSE REPAIRS IN ALL UNITS? UH, LESS THAN 90 DAYS AS STATED, UH, PRIORITY IS THOSE WE
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WANT TO TAKE PRIORITY ON ANYTHING THAT IS MAJOR LIFE, LIFE SAFETY, UH, THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 DAYS.BUT EVERYTHING ALTOGETHER, INCLUDING PAINTING AND ALL OF THE WORK WITHIN THE 90 DAY PERIOD.
AND YOU ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU TESTIFIED THAT YOU STARTED A PROJECT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
Y THAT'S WHEN THE INITIAL INSPECTION STARTED IN FEBRUARY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND AGAIN, HOW MUCH WAS THE REMODEL, UH, BUDGET? UH, UM, $1 MILLION.
AND BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU AB ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRO ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE REPAIRS WITH THAT $1 MILLION BUDGET? YES.
AND YOU HAVE CONTRACTORS LOCALLY TO TAKE OVER THIS PROJECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, THE INITIAL BID ONLY CAME IN AND THEY, AND THEY INSPECTED THE FULL PROPERTY, LOOKED AT ALL THE RAILINGS, LOOKED AT ALL THE STAIRS, THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT, THAT INITIAL, UH, ESTIMATE CAME IN ONLY AROUND, UH, 225,000.
SO, UH, IT, IT'S, UH, AS, AS OFFICER RUSSELL MENTIONED, IT'S, IT'S 22 BUILDINGS, UH, OVER ALMOST 400 UNITS.
SO, UM, UH, THE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE SECOND BID NOW, UH, WE SHOULD, WE EXPECT THAT TO HAVE, TO HAVE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS WITH THE WORK STARTING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT.
UH, AND, AND THE WORK SHOULD NOT TAKE LONGER THAN THREE WEEKS.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE BULK OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ARE YOU USING A SINGLE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR ARE YOU USING MULTIPLE GENERAL CONTRACTORS? MULTIPLE, YES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WILL HELP US MOVE, UH, QUICKLY ON THIS.
SO, SO FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, WERE CON WERE PERMITS PULLED? UH, MOST OF THOSE WERE ALL REPAIRS.
I THINK THERE'S ONE, THE RETAINING WALL, UH, WE, WE SAW WE NEED A PERMIT ON THAT.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WE DO NEED TO PULL PERMITS ON.
UM, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE BULK OF THE WORK IS GONNA BE DONE THESE NEXT 30 DAYS, BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE, THESE IMMEDIATE REPAIRS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THOSE WERE REPAIRS AND DID NOT REQUIRE THE PERMITS.
WE HAVE THE PHOTOS THAT THE OWNER HAS BROUGHT IN.
UM, FRED AND, UH, ROBERT, DO YOU SEE THE PICTURES? I SEE 'EM.
ROBERT, DO YOU SEE 'EM? YES, MA'AM.
THESE ARE REPAIRS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE.
THIS IS, I GUESS, THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
IS, IS THAT AN ISSUE? UH, IT WAS PRIOR.
UH, YOU'LL, YOU SEE IT'S REPAIRED NOW, BUT, UH, POTHOLES, THIS WAS THE EXTERIOR BUILDING.
UH, THIS WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE STORM AS WELL.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
UM, STAIR, UH, UH, STAIRWAY RAILING HERE, UH, HAS BEEN REPAIRED, UH, THIS STAIR, UH, THIS STAIR, UH, LANDING.
UH, WE POST, WE PUT IN NEW POSTS HERE.
THIS ONE, OH, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER STAIR, UH, STAIR LANDING.
UH, THE RAILS THERE HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
EXTERIOR BUILDING HERE ALSO HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
AND WE'LL GO BACK TO ALL OF THOSE AND JUST REP, REPAINT EVERYTHING, BUT, OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UM, OPERATIONS MANAGER? ALL RIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER? NO.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MS. BROWN? I HAVE A MOTION.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 7 2 2.
CINNAMON CREEK DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY.
MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4
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0.15.DOORS 3 0 9 0.1 INFESTATION, 5 0 4 0.1.
PLUMBING SYSTEMS HAZARDS 6 0 4 0.3.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND HAZARDS VIOLATED ON JULY SEVEN 16TH AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED IN 30 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
ALSO, UM, SECTIONS 3 0, 2 0.7 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, I MEAN PROTECTIVE TREATMENT.
3 0 4 0.4 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS 3 0 4 0.10.
WINDOWS SKYLIGHTS, 3 0 4 0.1, 3.1.
3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES, 3 0 5 0.4 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES AND 6 0 3 0.1.
MECHANICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD BE REPAIRED WITHIN 60 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
IS THAT IT? THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.
HUH? THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, YES.
OKAY, SO, UH, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR 3 0 2 0.7 0.1 FENCES.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THREE 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR 3 0 2 0.7.
UH, YOUR WRITING IS A LITTLE SMALL HERE.
THIS IS, BUT WHERE ARE YOUR, THESE ARE THE, OKAY.
SO THAT'S A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER.
AND THESE ARE THE 60 DAY REPAIR ORDERS HERE? YES.
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS? STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON SECOND.
DO YOU MEAN PERMIT AS REQUIRED? YEAH, PERMIT AS REQUIRED.
WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS A PERMIT AS, UH, HE MUST PULL PERMITS AS REQUIRED FOR WHATEVER THE SITUATION MIGHT BE.
AND, UH, CAN WE GO TO, UM, A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
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ONE.I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 7 2 2.
CINNAMON CREEK DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.6 VIOLATION DATE OF JULY 7TH AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
DWAYNE NELSON WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.
IT, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THE SAME, UH, PERMIT AS NEEDED.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR JULY THE 17TH.
UH, 30 DAY REPAIR FOR 3 0 4 0.6, UH, EXTERIOR WALLS.
AND WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM MR. ANDERS FOR PERMITS, UH, PULLED AS NEEDED.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. BROWN? AYE.
I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, OH, NO, WE HAVE ANOTHER, I'M SORRY.
[2. 21-5286 (CD-5) 222 Kirk Pl]
TWO.FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA G UH, BARRAS DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 2 2 KIRK PLACE WHERE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 34 97, BLOCK 14, LOT 12 C SLASH S LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FLAVIO AND GUADALUPE CFAS WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 2 2 KIRK PLACE.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR FLAVIO AND GUADALUPE CFAS, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER AND NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE.
THE OFFICE OF, UH, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 2ND, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 2 2 KIRK WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 1212 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 2 2 KIRK ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT YET RETURNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING THERE.
THE ALSO NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR THE PROPERTY AS OF, UH, AS OF 9 9 20 21.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLEANED SEVEN TIMES BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH A TOTAL BALANCE OF $7,992 AND 5 CENTS.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, IT IS A DOUBLE, UH, IT IS A DOUBLE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, UH, WITH ASPHALT SHINGLES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE SHINGLES ARE DETERIORATED.
UH, WATER IS GETTING INTO THE, UH, ROOF SYSTEM, UH, DAMAGING THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WEATHER, THERE'S NO WEATHERPROOFING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE ASBESTOS SIDING IS BREAKING THROUGH AROUND THE STRUCTURE AS WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PICTURES.
THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATED SHINGLES, UH, THERE'S A SLIGHT SAG THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
ON THE PHOTO AT THE BOTTOM HALF, THERE IS BRAKING OF THE ASBESTOS SIDING, UM, CRACKING.
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SUNK DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE SHINGLES ARE GOING INTO THE, INTO THE, UH, GRAIN.UM, I COULDN'T GET PICTURES OF THE GRADE BECAUSE THE SKIRTING ALL AROUND.
IT WAS PRETTY SEALED SHUT, SO I COULDN'T OPEN IT TO SEE THE FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH.
BUT IT IS OPPOSED TO BEING FOUNDATION DUE TO THE VENTS ON THIS SIDE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE NO WEATHERPROOFING ON THE, UH, ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
UM, THE ROOF IS, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE DETERIORATED SHINGLES HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM THE OWNER.
UM, THEY USE ROOF, UH, ASPHALT SHINGLES TO COVER THE HOLE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE BRO, UH, SOME OF THE BROKEN, UH, ASBESTOS SIDING.
HERE'S A BETTER PICTURE OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THAT, UM, VEGETATION HAS GROWN ON DUE TO THE OWNER NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE VEGETATION, UH, AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE STRUCTURE DOES CHANGE FROM ASBESTOS, SIDING TO, UH, WOOD SIDING, AND IT IS CRACKING AND, AND, UH, AND BROKEN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S USING, UH, UH, THIS WAS A DOOR.
UM, THE STAIRWAY HAS BROKEN AND HE'S USING THE, WHOEVER WAS USING, UH, CONCRETE BRICKS TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE.
HERE YOU GO TOWARDS THE BACK, RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FRAME STARTING TO, TO, UH, SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER DUE TO THE, UM, UH, NOT MAINTENANCE OF THE, THE HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN, UH, ASBESTOS SIDING.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, UNDERNEATH THE WOOD SIDING UNDERNEATH THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DETERIORATION DUE TO NO WEATHERPROOFING.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT CHANGES TO WOOD SIDING, WHICH IS DETERIORATING DUE TO NOT BEING WEATHERPROOF.
AND IT IS BREAKING AT THE BOTTOM, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS IT IS SINKING IN.
MORE TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE, OF THE STEERING WALLS.
NOW, THIS IS THE BACK PORTION, THE ATTACHMENT, UM, OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT VAGRANTS HAVE, UH, BROKEN.
THEY, THEY'RE SNEAKING ON INTO THE HOUSE UNDERNEATH THERE, UM, TRYING TO GET IN, OR, UH, ALSO IT'S, IT'S A HARBOR FOR RODENTS TRYING TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE EXTERIOR WALL IS NOT WEATHERPROOFED.
THAT, THAT, THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE IS THE WATER, UH, SORRY.
UM, IT'S STARTING TO, UH, TRYING TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION, NO SORRY, THE LEFT ELEVATION.
YOU GUYS, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE WALLS THAT HAVE NO WEATHERPROOFING.
UM, THIS SIDE IS STARTING, ISN'T SINKING IN AS MUCH AS THE OTHER SIDE.
MORE OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS DETERIORATING.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, SEPARATION AS THE ATTACHMENT WASN'T, WAS BUILT A WHILE BACK AND IT WAS STARTING TO, UH, DUE TO THE SHIFTING, STARTING TO SEPARATE.
THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE, UH, OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S THE FLOOR COVERING IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE DUE TO THE WATER COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE TOO, THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, TRASH ITEMS JUST SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY, SOMETIMES BLOCKING EXITS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE RIGHT CORNER, UM, BACK CORNER, UM, IT IS DETERIORATED DUE TO THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN DOWN DUE TO POSSIBLE WATER DAMAGE.
MORE A MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS JUST THROWN IN THERE.
UM, WE HAD RECEIVED PORT REPORTS EARLY ON IN THE CASE THAT THERE WAS VAGRANT BREAKING INTO THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHY THE CITY HAD TO SECURE IT AND CLEAN IT.
THIS IS JUST MORE, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE AT THE BO AT THE B AT THE BACK, RIGHT THERE IN THE, THE EDGE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE A CRACK DUE TO FOUND DUE TO POSSIBLE FOUNDATION ISSUES.
UM, IT'S JUST FULL OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS BEING STORED THERE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, POSSIBLE VAGRANT, UH, BEING, UH, JUST GOING THROUGH THERE, RUMMAGING THROUGH STUFF.
AS YOU GET TO THE, TO THE, UH, MORE TOWARDS THE LIVING ROOM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE'S A SHEET ROCK THAT HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, POSSIBLE DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.
THERE WAS WATER SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS INSPECTION WHERE THERE'S THE, THE ROOF.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
THAT ACTUALLY IS FROM THE SHEET ROCK FALLING DOWN IN THE HALLWAY.
UM, THERE IS MORE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS COMING THROUGH THERE.
UM, PICTURES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THERE.
UM, WATER SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE CEILING, UM, DUE TO POSSIBLE LEAKAGE FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, MORE OF THE, THE SHEET ROCK CEILING.
STARTING TO, TO SEPARATE AGAIN, POSSIBLE POSSIBLE WATER DAMAGE.
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TO THE BACK, THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE, THIS IS THAT ATTACHMENT THAT WAS BUILT.UM, IT'S JUST, UH, DEBRIS AND, UH, TRASH EVERYWHERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SUNLIGHT COMING IN THROUGH THE BACK DUE TO THE HOLES IN THE WALLS.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THAT BIG HOLE IS AT THE BACK OF IT.
I COULDN'T TAKE A PICTURE, UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS A BIG PILE OF TRASH AND AS, AS I WAS CLIMBING IT, UM, THERE WAS A, IT WAS HARD JUST TO MANEUVER AROUND IT TO THE BACK.
BUT, UM, MORE OF THE SHEET ROCK BROKEN AND DETERIORATED.
JUST THIS, THIS ATTACHMENT WAS JUST BUILT, UM, JUST STUCK TOGETHER.
YOU COULD SEE THE SHEET ROCK, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHEET ROCK, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAINT.
UM, IT WAS JUST DETERIORATING.
UM, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH THE DILAPIDATED GABLE ROOF SYSTEM THAT, THAT IS ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR CEILING AND WALLS, EXTERIOR WALLS, ASBESTOS SIDING, WHICH ARE BROKEN AND MISSING IN THE BACK OF STRUCTURE, ALLOWING EXTERIOR ELEMENTS TO ENTER.
THE, THE INTERIOR FOUNDATION IS POSTED AND BEAM, WHICH HAS SHIFTED, CAUSING INTERIOR FLOORS TO BE UNEVEN.
UM, INTERIOR CEILING ROOF IS SHEET ROCK AND HAS FALLEN FROM WATER DAMAGE.
THE INTERIOR IS ALSO FULL OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS CAUSING EGRESS AND INGRESS CONCERNING.
UM, VAGRANT HAVE ALSO BEEN STAYING IN, UH, HAVE ALSO BEEN SEEN STAYING INSIDE OF STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 2 2, KIRK IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITION DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
SAFETY ED WILL FAIL PROVIDED AS SUCH.
CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS, DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARDS, OR UN FITNESS OF HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRE PRESENTATION OF 2, 2 2, KIRK PLACE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OFFICER BETTY.
SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT AT ALL WITH ANYONE? NO, I'VE, I'VE CONTACTED THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR AND THEY SAID THAT THE OWNER'S JUST UP AND LEFT ONE DAY AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SEE IF THEY'RE DEALING WITH PAST CASES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT LABEL IT, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE ADDRESS.
2, 2, 2 UP, UP ON THE, UP ON THE TOP.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2 2, 2 KIRK PLACE.
BUT I'M, I'M SAYING ON THE, UH, THE, THE HOUSE ITSELF.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? NOW? WHAT, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? I, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THERE ISN'T A NUMBER ON THE HOUSE.
OH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT ANSWER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MS. BROWN? I HAVE A MOTION.
MS. GUILLORY, SHE IS MOTIONING TODAY.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 2 2 2 KIRK PLACE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT'S DEFINED BY CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTIONS 1, 5 6.
UH, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 ARE THE ISSUES MENTIONED BY, UH, THE CODE OFFICER, MR. ES, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED.
AN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER ON SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND THERE'S ALSO A 7,990 $92 AND 5 CENTS ABATEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY ALSO.
UH, THAT WE'VE CLEANED SEVEN TIMES.
IT'S BEEN CLEANED SEVEN TIMES BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SEVEN 30 DAY, UH, 30 DAY, UH, DEMO ORDER.
WHO WOULD GET A ROLL CALL? MS. BROWN.
THE MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
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WE, MR. CHAIR, I HAVE ONE ITEM.JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANTED TO CONFIRM TODAY'S ATTENDANCE TO NOTATE WHICH MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AND VIRTUAL.
UH, OUR IN-PERSON MEMBERS WERE MS. BROWN, MS. GUILLORY, AND MR. NELSON.
AND OUR VIRTUAL MEMBERS WERE MR. TAPIA AND MR. ANDIS.
AND WITH MS. BROWN AS A PRESIDING CHAIR.
SO BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, EVERYBODY READY TO GO? WE'RE OUTTA HERE.