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I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF
[Call to Order]
THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD TO ORDER.CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? VOTE, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEL RUSSELL.
CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR JUDY KRUM.
B S B LIAISON, AND MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ.
I'LL NOW READ 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 THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT ON THE MONIES AT HAND.
AND THREE, 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 AND WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER.
ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 3 6.
THANK YOU 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.SANANTONIO.GOV/DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN TWO ZERO SIX LIVE.
TO INCORPORATE 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 OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEM.
PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE OFFICE.
THE OWNER STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED.
STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK, WE WILL 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 ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
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THE BOARD QUESTION.[Approval of Minutes]
OKAY.HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE PRIOR MEETING? ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE MINUTES? I DON'T, UH, EXCEPT THE MINUTES THAT'S READY.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. ZUNIGA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FOR MS. BROWN.
IF WE CAN GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
[Emergency Demolitions]
GOOD MORNING.FOR THE NAME FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR, UH, DISCUSSION TODAY OR FOR PRESENTATION TODAY.
THE, UH, STRUCTURES LOCATED AT SIX FOUR, UH, 6 4 1 RUIZ COUNCIL.
DISTRICT FIVE WAS PART, UH, WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON DATE, AUGUST 1ST, 2000, 2021 DUE TO EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 16TH, 2021, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 1 75, 1, NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I THINK THE DATES ARE TRANSPOSED.
I THINK THE FIRE WAS ON THE FIRST AND IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON THE 16TH.
THE SECOND ITEM IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 1 31 TAMPA COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON AUGUST 14TH, 2021 DUE AN EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 5TH, 2021 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6, 1 75.
THE THIRD PROPERTY WAS 28 0 2 STONE MIST IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON AUGUST 19TH, 2021 DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON MAY 29TH, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL GO TO OUR FIRST CASE TODAY, WHICH IS THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UH, 5 8 3 8 SUNDANCE LANE.
MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NAVAL CHAIR.
WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS CASE.
UM, IF WE CAN JUST GIVE STAFF A FEW MINUTES TO GET THEM ON THE CALL.
I, OFFICER PEREZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, MA'AM, I AM.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
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[1. 21-5350 (CD-7) 5838 Sun Dance Ln]
MA'AM.PLEASE CONTINUE FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING FOR YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 8 3 8 SUNDANCE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 8.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 1 3 4 8 1 BLOCK 20 LOT 14 LOCATED IN COUNCIL.
OWNER OF RECORD IS THERESA RANGO.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IT IS CURRENTLY TENANT OCCUPIED.
THE SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED ARE 1 0 8 0.2.
UNSAFE EQUIPMENT INCLUDES ANY BOILER HEATING EQUIPMENT, ELEVATOR, MOVING STAIRWAY, ELECTRICAL WIRING OR DEVICE FLAMMABLE LIQUID CONTAINERS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT ON THE PREMISE ARE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS IN SUCH REPAIR, DISREPAIR OR CONDITION THAT EACH EQUIPMENT THAT SUCH EQUIPMENT IS A HAZARD TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY SAFETY, OR OTHER PUBLIC OF THE PUBLIC OCCUPANTS OF THIS PREMISE OR STRUCTURE, THREE OR 4.15 DOORS.
ALL EXTERIOR DOORS, DOOR ASSEMBLIES AND HARDWARE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
LOCKS AT ALL ENTRANCES TO DWELLING UNITS AND SLEEPING UNITS SHALL BE TIGHTLY SECURE.
THE DOOR LOCKS ON MEANS OF EGRESS DOORS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 0 2 0.330 4.1, 3.1 GLAZING.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SOLID CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
1 0 8 0.1 ACCUMULATION OF TRASH OF RUBBISH OR GARBAGE.
ALL EXTERIOR PROPERTY AND PREMISE SHALL BE, AND THE INTERIOR OF EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE FREE FROM ANY ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH AND GARBAGE.
EVERY HABITABLE SPACE SHALL AT LEAST HAVE ONE WINDOW OF APPROVED SIZE FACING DIRECTLY TO OUTDOORS OR TO A COURT MINIMUM.
TOTAL GLAZED AREA FOR EVERY HABITABLE SPACE SHALL BE 8% OF THE FLOOR AREA OF SUCH ROOM.
WHEREVER WALLS OR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE FACE A WINDOW OF ANY ROOM AND, AND SUCH OBSTRUCTIONS ARE LOCATED LESS THAN THREE FEET FROM THE WINDOW AND EXTEND TO A LEVEL ABOVE THE CEILING OF THE ROOM.
EACH WINDOW SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO FACE DIRECTLY TO THE OUTDOORS, NOR TO A COURT AND SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE REQUIRED MINIMUM TOTAL WINDOW AREA FOR THE ROOM EXCEPTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, WHERE NATURAL LIFE FOR THE ROOMS OR SPACES WITHOUT EXTERIOR GLAZING AREAS IS PROVIDED THROUGH AN ADJOINING ROOM.
THE UNOBSTRUCTED OPENING TO THE ADJOINING ROOM SHALL BE AT LEAST 8% OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE INTERIOR ROOM OR SPACE, NOT, BUT NOT LESS THAN 25 SQUARE FEET OF THE EXTERIOR.
THE EXTERIOR GLAZING AREA SHALL BE BASED ON THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA BEING SERVED TO WHERE INSTALLED OR CONSTRUCTED LAWFULLY 6 0 5 0.1 INSTALLATION.
ALL AL EQUIPMENT WIRING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE AND IMPROVED MANNER.
GENERAL, SAFE AND CONTINUOUS AND OBSTRUCTED PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM ANY POINT IN THE BUILDING OF THE STRUCTURED TO PUBLIC WAY, MEANS OF AGGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.
THE PROPERTY INSPECTIONS ON MAY 4TH, 2021.
WE CONDUCTED OUR FIRST INSPECTION AS PART OF A DART ACTION.
ALL VIOLATIONS WERE NOTED ON MAY 6TH, 2021.
NOTICES OF VIOLATION WERE ISSUED AND SIGNED BY THE TENANT
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ON MAY 10TH, 2021.AND AFTER ACTION MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE OWNER AND SEVERAL POINTS WERE AGREED ON FOR COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT.
ON JUNE 3RD, 2021, THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT WAS DROPPED OFF FOR THE OWNER'S REVIEW AND SIGNATURE.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE NO VISIBLE CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY'S CONDITION.
ON JUNE 7TH, THE OWNER SIGNED THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT.
IN THIS AGREEMENT, SHE AGREED TO VACATE THE PROPERTY FOR 90 DAYS.
JUNE 17TH, THE RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE OWNER, UH, HAS NOT FILED THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT, PROPERTY STILL IN VIOLATION, AND THE PROPERTY WAS STILL OCCUPIED.
JUNE 26TH, A RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
INTERIOR INSPECTION COMPLETED PROPERTY STILL IN VIOLATION, PROPERTY STILL OCCUPIED JULY 30TH.
DUE TO NO CHANGE IN CONDITION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY, CITY CONTRACTORS REMOVED ALL THE TRASH AND RUBBISH AND OUTSIDE PLACEMENT THAT WAS THERE AT THAT TIME.
AUGUST 20TH, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD NOTICE WAS POSTED, AND ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, WE REINSPECTED THE INTO EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR.
SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN REMA MADE, REMOVING THE ACCUMULATION FROM THE INTERIOR.
HOWEVER, ALL THE OTHER VIOLATIONS REMAIN.
UH, LOOK AT THE PICTURES THAT IS THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS STILL OUTSIDE PLACEMENT ALONG THE FRONT, UH, THAT WAS PUT THERE AFTER THE CLEANING.
NEXT PICTURE, THAT IS THE, UH, INTERIOR, UM, GARAGE AREA THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED ILLEGALLY INTO A ROOM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S WIRING, UH, HANG.
THERE'S EXPOSED WIRING AND EXTENSION CORDS BEING USED AS PERMANENT WIRING AND THE DOORS HAVE BEEN SEALED.
NEXT PICTURE THEN IS THE INTERIOR OF THIS, THE STRUCTURE NEXT PICTURE, AND THAT IS THE ACCUMULATION OF THE INTERIOR IN THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, THAT IS THE ACCUMULATION, BLOCKING AND THE EXIT WAY FOR, UH, OUT OF THE GARAGE.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE BACK ROOMS WHERE THEY'RE USING IT FOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS THAT IS EXPOSED ELECTRICAL, AGAIN, EXPOSED ELECTRICAL, UH, WITHOUT THE FACE PLATES.
AND THAT HAPPENS AT SEVERAL PLACES.
THERE AGAIN IS EXPOSED ELECTRICAL, AND THAT IS THE, UH, A SLEEPING AREA NEXT.
THAT IS THE, UH, BACK SHOWER THAT THE, THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED.
UM, IT'S THE, UH, BACK WALLS HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, PUT ON THE SHOWER AND THE PLUMBING HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED, THE HOLES IN THE WALLS.
NEXT WE HAVE BROKEN WINDOWS, UM, AND REPAIRED WITH CARDBOARD.
NEXT, AND AGAIN, THAT IS ANOTHER BROKEN WINDOW, BROKEN CLEANSING.
THAT IS PARAPHERNALIA THAT WAS FOUND ON THE LOCATION DURING THE INSPECTION.
THAT IS A GENERATOR THAT'S BEING STORED IN THE LIVING ROOM.
GAS GENERATOR SHOULDN'T BE STORED INSIDE.
UH, OCCUPIED LOCATION, OCCUPIED SPACE NEXT, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 1 0 8 0.1 0.2.
UNSAFE EQUIPMENT 3 0 4, 3 0 4 0.15.
DOORS 3 0 4 0.131 GLAZING 3 0 8 0.1, ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH AND GARBAGE, 4 0 2 0.1 HABITABLE SPACE, FIVE, UH, 6 0 5 0.1, INSTALLATION ELECTRICAL, 7 0 2 0.1 GENERAL EGRESS AND THAT THEY BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS AND ISSUE A NOTICE OF VACATE UNTIL ALL.
AND WE'RE ASKING THAT THE BOARD ISSUE A NOTICE OF VACATE UNTIL ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN HAVE PASSED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, I THINK WE'LL HOLD QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER UNTIL WE'VE HEARD FROM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE OWNER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
UM, OFFICER PEREZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN.
UH, MY NAME IS OFFICER JOHNNY PEREZ WITH THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WEST SAFE UNIT, AND I WORK OUT OF THE WEST SUBSTATION AT 7,000 CULEBRA ROAD.
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IF I CAN'T, IF I MAY, I, I'LL, I'LL BEGIN.UM, I AM, UH, I'M THE LEAD DART OFFICER, DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM OFFICER FOR THE WEST PATROL, UH, SAFE UNIT.
AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO, UH, WE DO CONDUCT, CONDUCT INSPECTIONS ON PROPERTIES THAT, UH, DEEMED TO BE NUISANCES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT TO US BY, UH, H O A, UH, THE H O A PRESIDENT BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, AND OF COURSE BY THE OFFICER THAT WORKS THE AREA OFFICER JESSE LOPEZ.
SO THE, UH, THE PROBLEMS WE WERE HAVING WITH THIS PROPERTY IS, UM, THE RESIDENT OR THE PERSON STAYING THERE NAMED MARK REER, UM, HE, HE HAD PRETTY MUCH ALMOST ANY, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT YOU COULD THINK OF.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS DRUGS, A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, UH, DUE TO THE DRUGS.
UH, THEY WOULD HOUSE, UH, STOLEN VEHICLES THERE.
UH, THERE WAS TIMES WHERE WE FOUND STOLEN VEHICLES, UH, AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND HE HAD, UH, NORMALLY EVERY TIME WE'D GO BY THERE, THERE WAS PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE, UH, SOMETIMES EVEN SIX PEOPLE THAT, UH, WERE STAYING THERE OR, OR JUST SPENDING THE NIGHT, UH, BRINGING, BRINGING DRUGS AND BRINGING THESE VEHICLES.
UM, AND ALSO AS, AS FAR AS THE NUISANCE, THERE WAS, THEY HAD THE JUNK VEHICLES OUT IN THE CAR IN THE, IN THE STREET.
UH, WE WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT VEHICLES IN THE BACK, AND I'LL SAY THIS, UM, SINCE WE'VE DONE THE DART WARRANT OR THE INVESTIGATION OR INSPECTION, THE, UM, THE OFFICER JESSE LOPEZ HAS BEEN DOING PATROL BYS JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT ANY MORE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
AND THIS JUST THIS MORNING HE SENT ME A PICTURE OF A, UH, A TRUCK THAT'S BEEN ABANDONED IN BEHIND THE PROPERTY, UH, IN THE EASEMENT WHERE A CHURCH HAD SOME PROPERTY, UH, THAT WAS OWNED.
AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE STORING VEHICLES THERE AND A TRAILER THERE AT ONE TIME.
AND TODAY, THERE IS ANOTHER JUNK VEHICLE THERE, UH, A PICKUP TRUCK THAT HE'S GONNA CHECK ON TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS TO BE STOLEN.
SO WITH, WITH ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY AND PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, IT'S BEEN CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR THE STREET.
UH, THERE WAS REPORTS OF PEOPLE RIDING LOUD MOTORCYCLES UP AND DOWN THE STREET, UM, UH, LATE AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD BE SLEEPING, AND THE MOTORCYCLES WERE VERY LOUD, WAKING UP THE NEIGHBORS AND POLICE WERE CALLED FOR THE, FOR THOSE REASONS ALSO.
SO WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS PERSON THAT'S BEEN STAYING THERE, UH, HE HAS BEEN BRINGING ALL THE PROBLEMS, AND I DO RECOMMEND THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE THERE ANYMORE, AND THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD, UH, ELIMINATE ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THERE.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
WE'LL HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE, UH, THE OTHER PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THERESA RANGEL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
DID I WHAT? IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
TERESA, T H E R E, SS A RONEL, R A N G E L.
YOU MAY BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE.
WHAT, YOU MAY BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GIVE A TESTIMONY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE IS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY NEPHEW, UH, AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I FELL AND BROKE A HIP AND I'M NOT ABLE TO DRIVE OVER THERE, BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE AND HE HAS TRIED TO COMPLY WITH MANY OF THESE, UH, THINGS WERE CITED, UH, AS ILLEGAL.
UH, THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON LIVING EXCEPT HIM AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.
UM, ALL THE TRUCKS AND CARS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BACK, ANOTHER CAR IN THE BACK.
UM, I HAVE NOT DRIVEN BY THE PROPERTY.
AS I SAID, I CANNOT DRIVE BECAUSE OF MY BROKEN HIP.
AND ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN, UH, GIVEN TO ME BY PHONE FROM YOU AND, UH, FROM HIM.
AND HE HAS TRIED, UH, TO REMEDY ALL OF THIS.
HOWEVER, HE HAS NOT BEEN AS, UH, COMPLIANT AS I WOULD HAVE HIM BE.
AND, UH, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ASK HIM TO VACATE MY PROPERTY BECAUSE HE'LL BE OUT ON THE STREET.
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CONTINUE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE HIM, UH, FIX WHATEVER IS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, AND, AND TRY TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER, UM, UH, STATEMENTS THAT SAID WE WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH.UM, AT THIS TIME, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK, AM I GOING TO BE GIVEN A WRITTEN, UM, REPORT ON ALL THE, UM, REMAINING VIOLATIONS OR, UH, MR. CHAIR? THIS IS LEGAL.
UH, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS PRESENTED TO THIS BOARD THAT WILL BE ANSWERED.
UH, MR. RONAL, YOU CAN ASK YOUR CODE OFFICER AFTER THIS HEARING.
WE UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I, SO WHAT DO I DO? UH, TALK WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AFTER THIS, UH, AFTER THIS BOARD HEARING, AND THEY WILL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED.
AND MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL AGAIN.
UM, I BELIEVE MSEL SAID HER REPRESENTATIVE, UM, IS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, LEGALLY, IS SHE SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO AN ATTORNEY? MS. RANGE, DO YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY? I HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN, I HAVEN'T REQUESTED AN ATTORNEY.
MS. MS. RANELL, THIS IS LEGAL.
CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHO YOU, WHO YOU WERE REFERENCING WHEN YOU SAID YOU, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE HAD A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD TODAY? I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE IN MY HOME.
UM, MY OTHER SISTER, BUT I, I, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, UH, A STATEMENT WAS THAT, UH, WILL I BE GIVEN A WRITTEN REPORT OF THIS HEARING AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY NEPHEW SO HE DOESN'T BECOME HOMELESS WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN, TO, TO TRY TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE, UH, SLIDINGS FROM THE CITY.
AND THE OTHER THING FOR THE RECORD IS THAT, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY IS A COUSIN, AND TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY IS JUST AN, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT THEY HAVE CALLED THE POLICE 62 TIMES ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY THINK ARE IN VIOLATION.
AND, UH, MANY OF THEM, THE POLICE HAVE FOUND TO BE NOT IN VIOLATION.
THEY HAVE TALKED TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND TALKED TO THEM.
UH, SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT I GO TO THE, UH, TEXAS, UH, DISABILITY, AGING AND DISABILITY AND, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING AND THE COMPLAINTS COME TO ME AND I THINK IT'S HARASSMENT.
UM, AND I THINK I'VE BEEN HARASSED BY THE NEIGHBORS ON BOTH SIDES OF MY HOUSE.
I'VE WRITTEN THEM A LETTER AND EXPLAINED TO THEM, UH, HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE CALLED THE POLICE, AND THE POLICE HAVE COME TO THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND, UH, NOTHING TO BE COMPLAINED ABOUT.
MS. RANGA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR STATEMENT? NO, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES.
MS.
THE CURRENT ADDRESS THAT I LIVE IN NOW? YES.
MY CURRENT ADDRESS IS 1 1 0 1 1 POMONA PARK DRIVE, 7 8 2 4 9.
I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
CHAIR, WE DO HAVE, UM, ALFRED PAOLO JR.
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
MR. PAOLO MAS, IF YOU CAN, UM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I AM THE NEIGHBOR OF WHICH SHE SPOKE, SHE SPOKE OF, CAN YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? UH, AT I AM AT, UH, 58 34 SUNDANCE LANE.
OUR NAMES ARE ALFRED, MY WIFE, AND WE LIVE AT 58 34 SUNDANCE LANE NEXT TO
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THE PROBLEM HOUSE AT 58 38.OUR PROBLEM STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO IN THE SUMMER OF 2016, WHEN THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE BROUGHT HER NEPHEW, MARK REER, HIS TWO KIDS AND A WIFE TO LIVE WITH HER AND THREE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ALREADY LIVING THERE.
ON ARRIVAL, THEY UNLOADED THEIR U-HAUL TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND MOST OF THAT STUFF JUST STAYED THERE.
A FEW DAYS LATER, HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT MARK KNEW SLEPT IN CARS, PARKED ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
IN THE MORNING, THEY WOULD GET UP, URINATE ON THE STREET, AND THEN WASH IT DOWN WITH A WATER HOSE.
ALL REPORTS TO SS A P D WERE RESPONDED TO AND EXPLAINED OFF AS THE STREET BEING PUBLIC PROPERTY.
BEFORE THE END OF 2016, THERESA ANGEL RENTED THE DUPLEX RE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AT 58 41 SUNDANCE LANE FOR MARK REEDER AND HIS FAMILY.
HE TOOK HIS TRASH FROM ONE YARD TO THE OTHER.
SOON AFTER WHEN THE RENT WAS NOT PAID, THE OWNER, MR. PAUL SCHREYER, STARTED THE EVICTION PROCESS.
BY NOW, IT W IT WAS GETTING TO BE MARCH OF 2017, AND MARK WAS EVICTED BACK TO 58 34 SUNDANCE LANE WITH ALL OF HIS TRASH.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017, THAT
THE TWO KIDS DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL, AND EVENTUALLY THEY GOT OLDER.
ONE OF THEM BEGAN TO RIDE A MOTORBIKE AND PROVINCE BEGAN TO SURFACE WITH THE NOISE ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
SO I CALLED S A P D TO HAVE A TALK WITH THEM.
I THOUGHT WE HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT, BUT MARK TOOK OFFENSE AND CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT OF RETALIATION.
THE RETALIATION CONSISTENT OF CONSTANT STALKING OF MY WIFE AND MYSELF.
EVERY TIME WE STEPPED OUT OF THE HOUSE, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, IF WE WALKED FROM THE FRONT YARD TO THE BACK, HIS PEOPLE, AS I CALLED THEM, WOULD FOLLOW US AROUND DAILY, CONSTANTLY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND IF WE LEFT THE HOUSE, HE WOULD STATION SOMEONE IN THE FRONT PORCH OF HIS HOUSE.
THEY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, OH, EXCUSE ME, IN, IN FRONT OF THE PORCH OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE ON THE STREET, SO THAT WHEN WE GOT HOME, THEY WOULD EITHER GO IN THE HOUSE OR DRIVE OFF.
THE NEIGHBORS SAW THIS, THEY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING AND ARE WILLING TO STAND BEHIND US ON THAT AND OTHER STORIES.
THIS HAS REALLY DAMAGED OUR HEALTH AND NERVOUS SYSTEM TO THE POINT WHERE MY WIFE RECENTLY HAD EXTENSIVE TESTING DONE TO ENSURE THAT ALL IS WELL.
IN ADDITION, WE DON'T STEP OUTSIDE LIKE WE USED TO, BUT OTHER NEIGHBORS DON'T EITHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS SITUATION, MY WIFE HAS BEEN VERBALLY ASSAULTED BY THE YOUNG MAN NEXT DOOR, AND HE ENCOURAGES HIS YOUNG FRIENDS TO CALL HER NAMES AND MAKE FINGER GESTURES AT HER.
IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY EVENING AS WELL.
IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, MARK'S MOM AND SISTER MOVED OUT, HIS WIFE AS WELL, LEAVING MARK AND THE TWO KIDS ALONE, BUT NOT FOR LONG, BECAUSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS BEGAN TO LIVE THERE AS WELL.
THEY ARE NOISY, DIRTY, AND NOISE MAKERS.
THEY DON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT AND MAKE ALL TYPES OF NOISES AT TWO AND THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, SUCH AS FIRING UP CHAINSAWS AND REVVING THEM UP, WEEDED EATERS, SLEDGEHAMMERS, DISMANTLING CARS IN THE BACKYARD AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, FIRECRACKERS WHAT APPEAR TO BE GUN NOISES AND BARKING DOGS.
A C F HAS BEEN CALLED MANY TIMES TO PICK UP THE DOGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET OUTTA THEIR CARS WHEN THEY GET HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE OR OTHER PLACES THEY GO TO.
THE INTENT OF THIS LETTER IS TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THIS SITUATION HAS AFFECTED OUR PERSONAL LIVES.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON SUNDANCE LANE OR SENIORS.
IN ADDITION, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE.
HOUSE HAS BEEN ABATED THREE TIMES EACH TIME WITHIN A WEEK.
IT LOOKS THE SAME AGAIN, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR HELPING US BY APPLYING THE LAWS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS SUCH ISSUES AND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CASE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS HOUSE ARE RELOCATED OR ASKED TO LEAVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN SEEING ANYBODY ARRESTED OR GOING TO JAIL.
THE 62 CALLS THAT SHE REFERENCED OF A MINUTE AGO ARE NOT THE ONES THAT WE MAKE.
THEY'RE MADE BY EVERYBODY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BEING AFFECTED.
JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THEY TOOK OIL AND THEY RAN IT THROUGH ABOUT THREE BLOCKS, STARTING ON CALLAHAN ROAD, DOWN THUNDER ACROSS SPEARHEAD.
AND THEN THEY TURNED AROUND IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE BACK OUT THAT WAY, AND THE STREETS WERE FULL OF OIL.
JUST TWO DAYS AGO, STREET SWEEPERS
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CAME OUT AFTER BULKY PICKUP, THEY WOULDN'T MOVE THEIR CAR SO THAT THEY COULD RUN THOSE SWEEPERS THROUGH THERE AND CLEAN UP THE MESS.AND I DID KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO TRY TO ADVISE THEM.
MS. PALMS, DID YOU ALSO WANNA SPEAK? MY NAME IS TERESA PAEZ.
UH, MY HUSBAND SAID A LOT OF, UH, MOST OF THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENED PLUS MORE.
I JUST WANNA ADD THAT, UH, AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A 25TH, UH, ABOUT 25 FEET LONG MOTOR HOME IN THE BACK OF THE YARD WITH THE TRASH AND THE CARS, AND THERE WAS PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
AND EVERY TIME THEY, I WILL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND URINATE, UH, FORCING ME.
WE HAVE SOME BUSHES THAT BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES, BUT DURING THE TIME THE THE FREEZE CAME, THAT THING WAS ALL EXPOSED AND WE WERE HARASSED.
I WAS HARASSED, PUT FINGERS, FAKE THINGS.
AND THAT LITTLE BOY IS NOT A LITTLE BOY ANYMORE.
HE DRIVES BETWEEN MY FRONT YARD AND THE BACKYARD WITH TRUCKS.
HE'S ONLY SINCE HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD, HE'S BEEN DOING THAT.
AND NOBODY TAKES HIS VEHICLES AWAY.
SO HE CONTINUES DOING, I'M ACTUALLY AFRAID OF A 13 YEAR OLD.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS FRYER WAS GIVEN TO US IN ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, SIR, THEY BREAK EVERY LAW, EVERY LAW ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND HERE IT SAYS THAT YOU DON'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE, UH, TRASH NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS.
WELL, THIS IS MONTHS, THIS IS YEARS.
AND THE LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED TO THERESA AND BAKER TO HELP US, SHE SAID THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PRAY THERESA AND HELP HIM.
IT IS JUST, I'M BEGGING YOU TO HELP US BECAUSE IT'S IT THAT JUST RUINED MY HUSBAND AND THE NEIGHBORS.
IT'S RUIN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN IF, IF IT, IT DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF.
AND I'M AFRAID THE CONSEQUENCES IS GONNA HAPPEN AFTERWARDS.
AND, UH, I WANNA THANK THE COACH, THE PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN CLEANING THE PROPERTY THREE OR FOUR TIMES ALREADY.
IF NOT SIR, IT'S LIKE LIVING NEXT TO A TRASH KIT, A TRASH FIELD.
MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH FOR AN INFECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME FROM THERE.
SO, UH, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
AND, UH, THE OWNER, ONE OF THEM FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD ME THAT IF WE DON'T LIKE IT, WHY DON'T WE JUST MOVE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE BEEN THERE 44 YEARS.
PROPERTY IS VERY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW, AND WHO'S GONNA BUY MY HOUSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, WE HAVE NANCY MORGAN.
UH, MS. MORGAN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HI, MY NAME IS NANCY MORGAN AND I LIVE AT 58 42 SUNDANCE LANE.
I AM THE OTHER NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
AND, UM, I HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH THE NOISE, THE TRASH, THE SMELL, THE PEOPLE URINATING IN THE BACKYARD, THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, THE YELLING, THE SCREAMING, THE MOTORCYCLES.
I HAVE NOT SLEPT A NIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR FIVE YEARS BECAUSE OF WHAT GOES ON NEXT DOOR.
AND I'M OFFENDED WHEN SHE SAYS SHE'S BEING HARASSED.
I CAN'T EVEN GO IN MY OWN BACKYARD AND ENJOY IT BECAUSE OF WHAT GOES ON NEXT DOOR.
I'M AFRAID TO COME HOME AND GET OUTTA MY CAR BECAUSE OF THEIR DOG.
YES, I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE NUMEROUS TIMES FOR LARGE FIRES THAT THEY BUILD BECAUSE THEIR DOGS ARE CONSTANTLY OUTSIDE TRYING TO ATTACK ME WITH NO LEASH.
THEY SHOT MY CAR WITH BBS IN 2000 DECEMBER OF 2018 WITH A BB GUN.
AND I SAID TO MARK, DON'T SHOOT MY CAR WITH BBS.
AND HE SAID TO ME, SHUT UP OLD LADY, OR WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
WHO'S GONNA BUY MY HOUSE WITH WHAT LIVES NEXT DOOR? MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE WORTHLESS BECAUSE OF WHAT IS NEXT DOOR.
I'M VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THIS
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HAS BEEN GONE ON FOR SO LONG.AND THERESA, I SAID, EVICT THEM.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA LIVE? UNDER A BRIDGE? I DON'T KNOW.
THEIR KIDS DON'T GO TO SCHOOL.
THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME FUTURE THAT THEIR FATHER HAVE.
IT'S REALLY SAD, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE OR SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND YES, PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THE TRAILER BEHIND, BECAUSE I GOT BILLS FROM THE CABLE COMPANY FOR THE PEOPLE IN UNIT TWO AT THAT ADDRESS.
WHAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LEGAL, TO BE LIVING IN A TRAILER IN YOUR BACKYARD.
BUT THEY DID IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
WE SEE THEM ON A DAILY BASIS, AT LEAST TWO OTHER GENTLEMEN AND A GIRL.
I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD SEE THEM EVERY DAY IF NOBODY LIVES THERE, I'M DONE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES.
UM, LYDIA PEREZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, YES, IT'S, UM, LYDIA PEREZ AT 58 30 SUNDANCE LANE.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA TAKE MYSELF OFF SPEAKER.
AND DID YOU GET THAT OR I HAD YOU ON SPEAKER? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
UM, WELL, MY COMPLAINT IS, IS, IS THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE IS.
THEN I WAS TRYING TO MAKE NOTES OF THINGS, UM, THAT PERHAPS MAYBE, UM, WEREN'T MENTIONED.
UM, AND THERE WAS A, A FEW THINGS AND, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT I'M GOING TO MENTION, UM, I HAVE CALLED IN AND HAVE MADE CITATIONS FOR.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST, UM, ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A TAXPAYER, UH, PERSON, IF I WAS TO VIOLATE THESE, UM, VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WOULD BE IN JAIL NOW.
BUT, UM, ONE OF 'EM BEGINS WITH, UM, VIOLATION FOR AUTO REPAIR.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LITTLE MINI BUSINESS THAT THEY DO IN THE YARD AND ALSO LATE AT NIGHT.
UM, WHICH, UM, MY, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS CHANGING OIL, UM, TAKING PARTS OFF THE CARS, AND THEN THEY CONVENIENTLY PUT 'EM, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR BACKYARD THERE.
RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING BEHIND MY BACKYARD AND THE TRUCK THERE, LIKE THE OFFICER HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR THE CITY, MY TAX DOLLARS TO COME AND PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO THE JUNKYARD.
SO THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY VALUE, THEY'LL PUT IT IN THEIR BACKYARD OR PUT IT IN THEIR YARD, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO, UM, SO THEY GOT A LITTLE BUSINESS GOING ON THAT THEY GET AWAY WITH.
I'VE CALLED THIS IN MANY TIMES TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE OIL.
THE OIL'S GOTTEN WORSE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CITATIONS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HAVE BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GET FINED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DO IT THE FIRST TIME AND GOD FORBID I DO IT THE FIRST TIME.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I ALREADY HAVE A TICKET, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, UM, THEY ARE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH SO MANY VIOLATIONS.
THE SECOND ONE, WHICH I'VE CALLED IN MANY TIMES AND EVEN YELLED AT THE YARD BECAUSE THEY, UH, DO BONFIRES, UH, TR BURN TRASH IN THE BACKYARD.
I'VE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MANY TIMES.
UM, THERE WAS ONE FIRE THAT GOT OUT OF CONTROL, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UM, THE BOYS WERE BACK THERE AND, AND I WAS YELLING AT THEM TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
AND THEY, THEY, OF COURSE, THEY WERE, THEY SAID THEY WERE, THEY WOULD, THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE JUST GOT SO BIG
I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THAT.
AND THERE'S MANY, MANY TIMES, UM, I ASKED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I SAID, WELL, DO YOU ALL GIVE CITATIONS? I MEAN, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO START? UM, WHEN Y'ALL CHARGED THEM FOR COMING OUT TO PUT OUT THEIR FIRES AND, AND, AND, AND BURNING TRASH? AND SO I REALLY DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT THERE, IT'S ON RECORD, YOU KNOW, THE MANY TIMES THAT THEY'VE COME OUT, OUT TO PUT OUT THE FIRES.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, THE VIOLATION OF LETTING THEIR DOGS, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE SOME PETS.
UM, IF I LET MY PETS ROAM UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND GO AND DO THEIR BUSINESS ON MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD, I, I, I'M GONNA GET A FINE, I'M SUPPOSED TO GET A FINE FOR THAT.
UM, THEY DON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR, UM, THE DOGS, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS ARE ALSO, UM, UM, NOT FED PROPERLY OR TAKEN CARE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY DON'T, UH, GET IN TROUBLE
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FOR ANIMAL ABUSE.UM, YOU KNOW, FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF ONE OF THE ANIMALS HAS MEANS SO BAD.
SO, MA'AM, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.
WE'VE OUR TWO MINUTE, UM, TWO MINUTE TIME.
CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR STATEMENT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IMPORTANT YOU THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER IN THIS CASE? AND THEN HOMELESS PEOPLE SITTING ON THE CURB, UH, SLEEPING IN THE CARS, WAITING FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FOR DAYS, WAITING THERE, NOISE VIOLATIONS, UM, HARASSMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HARASSED BY THEIR CHIL BY HIS CHILDREN IN THE PARK.
I'VE CALLED THE POLICE ON THEM A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE I'M OUT ON OVER HERE AT THE, UM, UH, JANE DOLAN PARK WALKING MY DOG.
AND, UM, AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE THERE WITH HER FRIENDS AND STARTED HARASSING ME.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A WOMAN THERE THAT I'VE CALLED THE POLICE THAT, UH, THAT'S BEING ABUSED.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S, SHE'S COME OUT MANY TIMES TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THEM, AND EVEN A NEIGHBOR HAS TAKEN, TAKEN, TRIED TO TAKE HER TO A SHELTER.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THE OFFICERS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, WHATEVER, WHATEVER ELSE WE NEED TO DO, I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO.
WHAT ELSE I NEED TO DO TO THANK YOU, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY BEFORE THEY SPEAK THAT THE OWNER HAS UNLIMITED TIME.
EVERYONE ELSE HAS A TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPERTY CODE VIOLATIONS WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TODAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS THE PURVIEW OF THIS BOARD.
WE DON'T HAVE POWERS TO ADDRESS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, SO COMMENTS NEED TO BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE THINGS, PLEASE.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO, UH, RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS CASE, THOUGH.
I HAD PUT IT IN MUTE ANYWAY, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE THUNDERBIRD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, MR.
AND, UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO CLEAR IT IF YOU, ME, YOU KNOW.
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH MR. ZUNIGA NOT VOTING? YES.
WE HAVE THE NEXT PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE.
AND, AND MR. CHAIR, IF WE CAN, FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE THAT, UM, WHAT MR. ZUNIGA SAID SO WE KNOW THAT AND WE HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, SO MR. ZUNIGA HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE HE KNOWS A PARTY INVOLVED IN THIS CASE, SO HE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THIS CASE.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TO CONTINUE WITHOUT HIS VOTE.
UM, CHAIR, WE DID RECEIVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
CODE SLASH CIVIL VIOLATIONS WITH RESIDENTS AT 58 38 SUNDANCE LANE.
7 8 2 3 8 DATED AUGUST 24TH, 2021.
THE RESIDENT AT THIS LOCATION, MARK REER IS THE NEPHEW OF THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE AT 58 38 SUNDANCE LANE.
HE HAS TWO BOYS AGES APPROXIMATELY 13 AND 15.
THE MOM DOES NOT LIVE AT THIS ADDRESS.
IN ADDITION, AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS RECITE THERE.
ALSO, THEY APPEAR TO BE HOMELESS AND THEIR BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS THEIR DESCRIPTION.
THEY ARE NOISY, DIRTY IN APPEARANCE, AND LITTER THE PLACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
THIS INCLUDES THE STREET, FRONT, YARD, BACKYARD, AND ALLEY.
APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, WE REPORTED MARK AND HIS OLDER SON TO SS A P D FOR RIDING THEIR MOTORBIKES ACROSS OUR FRONT LAWN ON A DAILY BASIS.
BECAUSE OF THIS, MARK CREATED A CULTURE OF INTIMIDATION TOWARDS US, AND THAT, AND THEN THAT INTIMIDATION SPREAD ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STALKING MY WIFE AND I GET FOLLOWED AROUND THE YARD ON A DAILY BASIS.
IF WE GO FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACKYARD, THEY ARE THERE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.
THE SUN TRESPASSES ACROSS HOMEOWNER'S LAWNS AS HE PLEASES BECAUSE THERE IS A WIDE STRETCH OF PROPERTY BEHIND OUR HOMES DUE TO A GAS EASEMENT, WHICH BELONGS TO THE CHURCH AT THE END OF THE STREET.
THEY DRIVE THROUGH THERE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THERE WAS A GATE WITH A LOCK THAT THEY TORE DOWN TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT DRIVING ON THE STREET.
THAT ACCESS ALLOWED FOOT TRAFFIC ON A DAILY BASIS TO THEIR HOUSE.
MANY TIMES THEIR COMPANY STOPPED AT THE FENCE LINE AND SHOUTED OBSCENITIES AND MADE FINGER ADJUSTERS.
THE PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE DO NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT.
THEY DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO MAKING NOISE AT TWO AND 3:00 AM ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS BY FIRING UP POWER TOOLS SUCH AS CHAINSAWS, WEED EATERS, FIREWORKS, DISMANTLING CARS IN THE BACKYARD WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS, ET CETERA.
FOR MANY MONTHS, THEY WOULD NOT KEEP TWO LARGE DOGS PINNED UP.
THEY WOULD ROAM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DAILY, CREATING HAVOC FOR ANYONE ARRIVING, AND THEY COULD
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NOT GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY SENIORS AND THEIR GROCERIES.A C F SPENT MANY A DAY CHASING THESE DOGS.
THEY ALSO PREVENTED KIDS FROM GETTING ON THE SCHOOL BUS.
THE INDIVIDUALS LIVING THERE WORKED ON CARS IN, ON THE STREET ON A DAILY BASIS, BEGINNING AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.
MANY TIMES THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.
WEEK AFTER WEEK, SAME CAR OIL ALL OVER THE STREET.
NOISE BEGINNING AT 5:30 AM TILL DARK, UNBELIEVABLE TRAFFIC ALL NIGHT FROM DUST TO DAWN.
THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN ABATED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
EVERY SQUARE INCH WITH FILTHY DIRTY TRASH UN UNSIGHTLY AND UNHEALTHY.
AFTER EACH ABATEMENT, THE TRASH REAPPEARED IN MATTER OF DAYS.
ONCE ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TOLD ME THAT THE INSIDE OF THAT HOUSE WAS WORSE THAN THE OUTSIDE, SELDOM DID THEY PUT THEIR TRASH OUT FOR A WEEKLY PICKUP.
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THEY DUMPED THEIR TRASH OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
TWO YEARS AGO, MS. MORGAN'S CAR WAS SHOT UP WITH A BB GUN, AND THE DAMAGE WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE.
WHEN SHE BROUGHT THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION, MARK TOLD HER, SHUT UP OLD LADY, OR WE WILL DO IT AGAIN.
RECENTLY, A GENTLEMAN DOWN THE STREET HAD HIS TRUCK STOLEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, AND HE IS CONVINCED THAT THE PERSON WHO TOOK HIS VEHICLE CAME FROM THIS ADDRESS.
ON MANY OCCASIONS, S A F D WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THEIR FREQUENT BONFIRES, WHICH CREATED A FOUL ODOR.
RESIDENTS COULD NOT OPEN THEIR PATIO DOORS DURING SPRING AND AND FALL TO ENJOY THE COOL WEATHER.
AND IN FACT, THE MAIN WIRE FROM THE CITY POLE TO THE HOUSE WAS DAMAGED, AND THEY ENDED UP WITH NO ELECTRICITY FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS.
MANY TIMES S A P D HAS PICKED UP VEHICLES THERE BECAUSE THEY REMOVED THE WHEELS AND THE CARS JUST SIT THERE OR THEY PARK THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE MAILBOX OR FACING THE WRONG DIRECTION.
ON THIS LAST ABATEMENT TWO WEEKS AGO, WITHIN THREE DAYS, THEY HAD A VEHICLE WITH NO WHEELS IN THE ALLEY ALONG WITH THE TRAILER AND A BUNCH OF NEW TRASH THERE, AND NEW TRASH IN THE BACKYARD, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PUT OUT FOR BULKY PICKUP, BUT THEY DID NOT MOVE THEIR VEHICLE SO THE CITY COULD NOT PICK IT UP.
THIS BACKYARD HAS HAD A 30 FOOT TRA TRAVEL TRAILER WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN IT, A 20 FOOT DUMPSTER TRAILER, AND SEVERAL VEHICLES AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
THE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE TRAILER DID NOT HESITATE TO URINATE IN PLAIN SIGHT SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINTS WERE VOICED ON THE OLDER TEEN THROWING ROCKS AT THE HOUSE WITH A POLE DOWN THE STREET.
THE SAME TEEN WOULD RAISE HIS MOTORBIKE THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1:00 AM MANY NIGHTS, AND KEEPING PEOPLE FROM SLEEPING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
WE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, AND WE WERE ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF IT AND NOT GET INVOLVED.
IN ADDITION, A WRITTEN LETTER WAS SENT BY THE OWNER TO REINFORCE THE SAME MESSAGE OF STAY OUT OF IT AND LEAVE THEM ALONE.
AT THIS POINT, WE WORK STRICTLY WITH CITY SERVICES, SS A P D CODE, COMPLIANCE, A C F, DISTRICT SEVEN REP AND METRO HEALTH.
THEIR SUPPORT IS GREAT, GREATLY APPRECIATED, AND A HUGE LOAD OF THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED.
IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THEIR INTIMIDATION TOWARDS US, INCLUDING FINDING A HATCHET AND ACTS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT PEOPLE THROW THROUGH WINDOWS.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ENDURED FIVE YEARS OF CONSTANT NONSTOP HARASSMENT FROM THE RESIDENCE AT 58 38 SUNDANCE LANE.
ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ON ONE SIDE OF THE 5,800 BLOCK OF SUNDANCE ARE SENIORS.
COLLECTIVELY, WE PETITION THE COURT OR THOSE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING US IN THIS CASE TO APPLY THE LAW TO THIS CASE.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH YEARS.
NONE OF US HAVE EVER SEEN OR EXPERIENCED SUCH RUDE BEHAVIOR AND DISREGARD FOR THE LAW.
WE TRUST THAT YOU COLLECTIVELY WILL RIGHT THIS WRONG.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION FOR A POSITIVE OUTCOME ON THIS MATTER.
RESPECT RESPECTFULLY, RESIDENTS OF SUNDANCE LANE AND THUNDERBIRD THUNDERBIRD HILLS.
AND THIS, UM, LETTER WAS SIGNED, UM, WITH OVER 15 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE.
SO THAT ENDS THE TESTIMONY ON THIS CASE.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE QUESTIONS TO THE, OR OPEN THE BOARD UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, MY INITIAL QUESTION IS TO THE HOMEOWNER.
MA'AM, ARE YOU STILL ON THE PHONE? I'M ON THE PHONE.
SO AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY TODAY, IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO CONTINUE ALLOWING YOUR NEPHEW TO LIVE AT THIS PROPERTY? DO I WHAT? UH, AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY TODAY, IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO CONTINUE ALLOWING THIS RESIDENT TO LIVE AT THIS PROPERTY AS HE'S BEEN DOING? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE NO MORE HOMELESS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
UH, SECONDLY, MY NEPHEW HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT.
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MR. CHAIR POINT OF ORDER.THE THE QUESTION NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED DIRECTLY, IF SHE WOULD PLEASE.
MR. ELL, I'M SORRY, BUT YES, COULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, WHICH IS OUR, IS IT YOUR INTENTION TODAY TO CONTINUE HAVING YOUR NEPHEW LIVE IN THIS HOUSE? YES.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER.
AT, AT ANY, I KNOW YOU ISSUED AN ORDER TO VACATE AT ANY POINT IN TIME WAS THE PROPERTY VACATED? UH, WE, WE NEVER ISSUED A NO ORDER TO VACATE.
VACATE ACTUALLY WAS IN A COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS SIGNED ONTO BY THE, BY THE OWNER.
AT NO TIME WAS THE PROPERTY VACATED.
UH, DO ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, MR. THERESA? YES.
WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR NEPHEW AND, UM, YOUR, I'M SORRY, YOUR, YOUR BROTHER OR YOUR NEPHEWS OR NEPHEW, UH, WHO DID? NEPHEW, YEAH, YOUR NEPHEW AND YOUR, UH, OTHER, OTHER LITTLE NEPHEWS CON CONTINUE TO LIVE IN YOUR PROPERTY WITH ALL THIS HABIT GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO, WHO ARE YOU THAT'S SPEAKING.
I'M ON THE BOARD AT THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, AND I HAD JUST ASKED THE QUESTION.
I SAID, WHY WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO LIVE THERE IN YOUR PROPERTY? BECAUSE HE HAS NO OTHER PLACE TO LIVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WENT OUT IN THE, IN THE, UH, GET A REAL ESTATE AGENT OR SOMETHING AND FIND THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE THIS PROPERTY DOWN TO VACATE IT, ULTIMATELY VACATE IT AND CLOSE IT DOWN.
IS THAT LEGAL? IS IT WHAT? IS IT LEGAL TO DO THAT? YES, MA'AM.
THIS BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
WELL, IT'S YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
WELL, HE HAS, WE'VE DONE, OR HE HAS DONE A LOT OF THE REPAIRS.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE LIVING IN THE HOUSE BUT HIM AND HIS TWO SONS.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT HE HAS TRIED TO REMEDY A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE SAID.
I THINK MANY OF THE THINGS THEY SAID ARE IN THE PAST AND THAT, UH, HE HAS TRIED TO FIX EVERYTHING THAT, THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN, UM, AT THIS TIME.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE THERE AND YOU DON'T TAKE ANY DRIVE-BYS THERE.
YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE PROPERTY ACCORDING TO YOUR STATEMENT.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, I'VE BEEN TO THE PROPERTY THREE TIMES TO GET, UM, THE, UH, TRY TO GET THE INSIDE BATHROOM FIXED BECAUSE IT FELL DURING THE, UM, ICE STORM THAT WE HAD.
SO I WENT THERE TO GET THE APPRAISALS FROM THREE OF THE, UH, UM, BATH AND SHOWER BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO FIX IT.
AND, UH, BECAUSE, UH, I COULD NOT GET OUT WITHOUT A WALKER.
I KNOW I DID NOT GO INSIDE THE HOUSE.
OKAY, SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE, MA'AM.
AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE STATEMENTS FROM THESE NEIGHBORS AS SAYING THAT ALL OF THIS STUFF IS STILL GOING ON, SO YOU DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON IT.
MA'AM, YOU DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY.
YOU DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON YOUR NEPHEW AND YOU DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I THINK WE, WE WILL PROBABLY JUST, UH, UH, WE MIGHT VACATE THE PROPERTY.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, UH, MS. AL DID ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT SHE WOULD SPECIFICALLY REMOVE HER NEPHEW AND, UM, HIS SONS AND, AND SHE WOULD ALSO MAKE THESE REPAIRS IN THAT SAME AGREEMENT.
SO IT WASN'T JUST A VACATE, IT WAS TO VAC SPECIFICALLY VACATE THOSE PERSONS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THESE, UH, THE ISSUE BEFORE US TODAY? OKAY.
HEARING ENTERTAIN MOTION, MR. CHAIR WAYNE NELSON.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 58 38 SUNDANCE LANE WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES OH 8 3 0 4 0.3 0.30, 4.1530 8.140 2.60, 5.70 2.1, UH,
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AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE TODAY.I ALSO FIND THE PROPERTY TO CONTINUOUSLY BE IN VIOLATION FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, THE PROPERTY AT LOCATE LOCATED AT 58 38 SUNDANCE LANE SHOULD BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY.
THERE WILL BE A $100 FINE PER DAY WHERE THERE ARE VACATE WHERE THE HOUSE IS NOT VACATED.
ALL VEHICLES, INCLUDING TRAILERS AND RVS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.
ALL PETS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY UNTIL ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON THE HOME, AND THOSE REPAIRS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND REVEREND.
I THINK WE GOT A SECOND FROM MS. BROWN IN THERE.
FIRST, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY, ONE MOMENT.
STAFF IS CONSULTING WITH LEGAL.
MR. CHAIR, THIS IS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND THIS IS CORRECT.
WE ARE GOING TO NEED TWO MOTIONS.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, ONE, UH, WITH WAS, UH, 3 0 8 0.1 ACCUMULATION OF TRASH RUBBISH.
UH, THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS GIVEN ON 7 29.
THE REMAINING ONES WERE GIVEN ON SEVEN 30.
I'LL CONTINUE MY MOTION THEN AS A SECOND MOTION.
UH, ACTUALLY LET'S CONCLUDE THIS MOTION.
RIGHT? SO YOU'RE GONNA REMOVE THROUGH OH 8.1 FROM YOUR CURRENT MOTION.
I WILL REMOVE THROUGH OH 8.1 FROM MY MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION AS IT STANDS? OKAY.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO VACATE THE PROPERTY, REMOVE ALL TRUCKS AND TRAILERS, REMOVE ALL PETS A FINE OF $100 PER DAY AND 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE ALL REPAIRS, UH, FOR SECTIONS 0 8 3 0 4 3 3 0 4 5 4 0 2 6 0 5 0.1 AND 7 0 2 0.1.
STAFF, CAN WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? DU NELSON? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO 0 2 1.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION? MR. CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 58 38 SUNDANCE LANE WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 8 0.1, UH, AND THAT THIS, UH, RUBBISH AND GARBAGE MUST BE CLEANED IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
UH, AND IF IT IS NOT CLEANED IN 30 DAYS, THERE WILL BE A $50 FINE PER DAY THAT IT REMAINS UNCLEAN.
THE PROPERTY, UH, SHOULD THEY BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY AND ALL RUBBISH REMOVED IN THE 30 DAY PERIOD.
CAN WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FOR MS. BROWN.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IT IS A MOTION TO VACATE A 30 DAY CLEANUP UNDER SECTION 3 0 8 0.1 A FINE OF $50 PER DAY AFTER THE 30 DAYS.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
CAN WE HAVE A VOTE PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON.
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ALL RIGHT.OUR NEXT CASE WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 4 1 3 1 4 COMMERCE STREET, COMMERCE STREET EAST.
THIS IS A RESET FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
MY NAME IS CONNIE PAQUETTE, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A RESET, WE DID NOT ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WITH THE READING OF MY NOTES.
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THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 5 9 7 BLOCK A LOT FOUR AND EAST 21.34 FEET OF THREE LOCATED IN CITY DA CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.THE OWNER ON RECORD IS LAWRENCE J MJA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 4 4 1 0 BRIAR STONE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL IS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
THERE HAS BEEN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER IN PERSON AND OVER THE PHONE THROUGHOUT THIS CASE.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION DUE TO HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THIS CASE WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO ME BY THE VACANT BUILDING PROGRAM.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1314 EAST COMMERCE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON AUGUST 14TH, 2020.
SINCE THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MADE, I HAVE MADE AN ADDITIONAL 16 INSPECTIONS.
THE LAST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO STRUCTURAL REPAIRS MADE OR PERMITS OBTAINED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021.
I POSTED A CO COPY OF THE UPCOMING B S B HEARING AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF, LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1314 EAST COMMERCE.
THE LOCATION IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF IDEA CARVER COLLEGE PREPARATORY AND IDEA CARVER ACADEMY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE, WE'RE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021.
I AM SO USED TO THE LITTLE COMPUTER THAT I CAN SEE BETTER.
I THINK I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY OTHER GLASSES.
THIS IS 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET.
THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
IT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED ON THE STREET OF SHADROCK.
THIS IS WOULD BE THE FRONT ELEVATION.
DUE TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF VEGETATION, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO WORK WITH FROM THE FRONT ELEVATION.
NEXT, THIS IS ALSO THE FRONT ELEVATION.
I, UM, WAS ALLOWED ON PROPERTY.
SO I WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT.
UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO GET TO HERE, BUT I DID.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION FOR THE OVERHANG.
UM, WE, THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS REQUIRE PAINTING.
UM, THE SILL PLATE IS ROTTING AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A BOARD THAT'S HO HOLDING UP THE STRUCTURE SO THAT THE FOUNDATION DOESN'T MOVE TOWARDS SHADROCK.
NEXT, THIS IS STILL THE FRONT ELEVATION.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE, UH, OF THE PORCH AS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED.
UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE THE DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS.
AGAIN, A PICTURE OF THE SILL PLATE.
UM, WE HAVE SOME DEBRIS FROM THE STRUCTURE ON THE GROUND.
NEXT, A CLOSEUP OF THE COLLAPSED PORCH AGAIN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE IS A DETERIORATED WOOD BOARD SIDE MEMBERS.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE PORCH SYSTEM IS COLLAPSED.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO TAKE PICTURES BETWEEN, UM, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THE FENCE LINE AND THE VEGETATION.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED AS WELL AS THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS, AND IT IS MISSING, UH, WEATHERPROOFING.
UH, MOST OF THE GLAZING IS MISSING THROUGHOUT, BUT MOST OF THE OPENINGS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP BY THE OWNER, BUT NOT ALL.
NEXT, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
I WENT TO THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESS TO TRY TO GET A BETTER PICTURE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF MINE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
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UM, YOU WILL NOTE SOME, UM, WE SPOTS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S SOME ROOF LEAKS, AGAIN WITH THE ROTTED BOARD MEMBERS, UM, REQUIRING SOME, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO BE RE REPLACED.OTHERS, UH, JUST NEED TO HAVE WEATHERPROOFING PROVIDED.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE BOARDED UP WINDOW OPENINGS 'CAUSE THE GLAZING IS MISSING.
NEXT, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A FIRE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO, UH, OBTAIN A FIRE REPORT.
UM, SO THE WOOD BOARD MEMBERS DO NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL.
WELL AS, UH, THE WINDOW, UM, THIS WINDOW, OF COURSE, YOU SEE IT, UH, THE GLAZING IS MISSING AND IT HAS NOT BEEN BOARDED UP.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE STRUCTURE, SO I'M NOT ABLE TO GET BETTER PHOTOS.
AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM BETWEEN THE BACK OF THIS STRUCTURE AND THE BACK OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE NEXT.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE REASONING FOR THE WAY I TAKE THE PHOTOS.
I'M STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE REAR ELEVATION.
IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION AS THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD BEND BOARD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING.
UM, THIS ONE ACTUALLY DOES HAVE THE GLAZING NEXT.
THIS, AGAIN, IS THE REAR ELEVATION.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPE OF PHOTOS.
UM, THE OVERHANG, UM, THE DOORWAY IS ROTTED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS BACK HERE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK BACK HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME OF THE TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I, I THINK HE'S STORING, UM, THE ITEMS FOR, I'M NOT SURE WHY.
THESE ARE THE PORCH STAIRS, UM, FOR THE BACK ENTRANCE.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE FRONT ENTRANCE WITH THE COLLAPSED PORCH SYSTEM.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE ROTTED STAIRS, AND THERE IS A HOLE DIRECTLY, UM, AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.
UM, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GO ACROSS.
UH, IT'S, I ACTUALLY NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, THIS IS THE, THE DOORWAY I CAME THROUGH.
AGAIN, ITEMS ARE JUST BEING STORED IN THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE WAY THIS STRUCTURE IS SET UP, IT'S, UH, LIKE THREE AISLES.
AND WE'RE ON THE, THE LEFT SIDE.
IF YOU WALK IN THE BACK DOOR, SO THERE'LL BE A ROOM HERE, AND THEN YOU WALK INTO ANOTHER ROOM AND INTO ANOTHER ROOM.
SO THIS IS THE, THE ONLY RESTROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FLOOR IS SUNING DUE TO, UM, THE POOR FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH THAT I'M WASN'T ABLE TO GET PICTURES OF FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
NEXT, UM, THIS IS GOING INTO THE NEXT ROOM.
I KEPT THE, UH, CAMERA FLASH OFF 'CAUSE I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE OUTSIDE WHERE THE, UM, WALL IS SEPARATING FROM THE FLOOR SYSTEM.
NEXT, THIS IS, IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S A HALLWAY THAT GOES FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT.
UH, NEXT, THIS IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE RIGHT.
THERE'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE YOU GO FROM ONE ROOM TO THE NEXT ROOM TO THE NEXT ROOM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE CEILING IS FAILING.
UH, SOME OF THE CEILING MEMBERS ARE ALREADY GONE.
UM, WE HAVE SOME, UH, CRACKING ON THE INTERIOR WALLS DUE TO, UM, OBVIOUS WATER LEAK FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT, THIS IS THE SAME ROOM AGAIN.
IF YOU LOOK FORWARD, YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTO ANOTHER SECTION WHERE IT'S A ROOM, AND THEN THE NEXT ROOM, AND THEN THE NEXT ROOM.
UM, BUT THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, UM, SHEET ROCK IS REMOVED.
UM, THERE IS NO FLOOR COVERING.
UM, UH, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY, UM, THERE WAS CARDBOARD ON THE FLOOR.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS HOLES IN THE FLOOR SYSTEM, BUT IT WAS, UH, VERY DANGEROUS TO WALK ON.
NEXT, I WENT TO THE LEFT, SO THAT I COULD SEE, UM, INTO THE NEXT ROOM.
AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION.
UM, THERE WAS ITEMS BEING STORED.
THIS WINDOW OPENING IS MISSING THE GLAZING, WHICH ALLOWS THE ELEMENTS INTO THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK ON THE FLOOR FROM THE CEILING NEXT, AND THIS IS THE NEXT ROOM.
UH, MR. MAJA DID MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO START CLEANING UP AFTER THE RESET THAT WE HAD.
UM, BEFORE THE RESET, I WOULD NOT,
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UM, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE FLOOR AGAIN.IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION ON THE WALLS.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CRACKING.
NEXT, AGAIN, UH, THE FLOOR WAS CLEANED UP SINCE THE RESET.
UM, AND ALSO HERE WE HAVE THE SHEET ROCK THAT IS FAILING.
UM, BUT MR. OTT DID DO A GOOD JOB OF, UH, STARTING THE CLEANUP NEXT.
UM, WE'RE IN THE FINAL SECTION GOING FROM ONE ROOM TO THE NEXT.
WE HAVE THE CEILING THAT'S FAILING DUE TO AN OBVIOUS ROOF LEAK.
UM, SOME OF THE GLAZING IS MISSING, AND AS YOU SEE, THE TRASH AND DEBRIS IS UP AS TALL AS THE KITCHEN COUNTERS NEXT.
AND THIS IS TO THE LEFT OF THE KITCHEN AGAIN, UH, HOW HIGH THE TRASH AND DEBRIS WAS.
I JUST TOOK PICTURES FROM THE OTHER ROOMS. NEXT.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE KITCHEN.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE NEXT ROOM THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE KITCHEN AREA, UH, AGAIN, FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, I DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ROOM NEXT.
IT'S FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, WE HAVE SOME CRACKING ON THE WALLS.
UH, SOME, THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING OFF THE CEILINGS NEXT.
THIS ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES IN THE FLOOR SYSTEM.
UM, THE, THE CEILING IS, UH, FAILING DUE TO WATER LEAKS, NO GLAZING, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS IN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE VEGETATION IS ACTUALLY GROWING THROUGH THE MISSING GLAZING.
NEXT, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1314.
EAST COMMERCE WAS BUILT IN 1948.
IT IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A AE ONE ZONE.
THERE IS A CROSS GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH A SHINGLE COVER WITH NOTED SAGS DETERIORATED SHINGLES AND ROTTED FACIAL BOARDS.
THE INTERIOR NOTES THAT THERE ARE LEAKS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE WOOD SLATT SIDING THAT IS ROTTED, MISSING SOME OF THE BOARDS AND MISSING THE WEATHERPROOFING.
GLAZING IS MISSING FROM SOME OF THE WINDOWS.
THERE IS A POST IN BEAM FOUNDATION.
THE SEAL PLATE IS ROTTED IN PLACES AND THE SKIRTING IS MISSING.
THE FRONT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED ON THE INTERIOR.
THE SHEET ROCK IS FAILING FROM SOME OF THE CEILINGS AND WALLS.
THE ELEMENTS ARE COMING THROUGH THE MISSING GLAZING AND THE ROOF LEAKS.
A COVER ARE SOFT TO WALK ON AND HAVE HOLES.
THE INTERIOR IS OPEN TO ANIMALS AS NOTED BY THE FECES THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1314 EAST COMMERCE.
WE HAVE THE OWNER HERE TO SPEAK.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CHAIRMAN.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF THAT? HE YIELD HIS TIME.
I NEED TO HEAR FROM HIM FIRST.
YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AFTER HIM.
UM, I JUST WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD, UM, THAT JESSE ZUNIGA IS PRESENT FOR THIS CASE AT 1314 COMMERCE STREET EAST.
WHO, WHO IS, WHO IS THE, UH, YEAH, THE BOARD MEMBER THAT RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE PRIOR CASE IS NOT RECUSING HIMSELF FROM THIS CASE.
SO WHAT, SO, YES, SO MR. ZA, GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR CASE, YOUR STATE, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND THEN YOUR LAWRENCE MAG.
I LIVE AT 1414 BROADSTONE AND OUR BUSINESS IS 140 YEARS OLD WITH OLDEST GROCERY STORE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THE HOUSE BEHIND THE THING WAS NOT BUILT IN 1948.
WE'RE IN THE INSTITUTE OF TEXAS CULTURE.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS THERE IN THE POLISH SECTION.
HE STARTED THE POLISH PAPER IN 1883
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AND THE HOUSE HE LIVED IN, AND MY DAD HAD CANCER AND THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE.AND, UH, THERE WAS, UH, THE LADY MOVED OUT AND THEY WERE ON, UH, SOME KIND OF, THEY WERE IN THIS UNIT WHERE THE CRIME METER SOMETHING, THEY DID A LOT OF VIOLENCE AND STUFF.
MY DAD HAD CANCER, SO I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE HOUSE AT THE TIME.
THE HOUSE IN SOLID CONDITION, THE ROOF AND STUFF, WE WERE GONNA TAKE SOME OF THE WOOD DOWN AND BUILD A HOUSE ON THE ROOF.
ALL THE ROOF, ALL THE WOOD IS SOLID.
IT'S NOT ROTTEN OR NOTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THE PICTURES ARE NOT LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE HOUSE, UH, THEY TOLD ME TO CLEAN IT ALL OUT.
SO I TOOK TWO LOADS OF THE DUMP.
ALL THE INSIDE IS ALMOST CLEAN.
THERE'S ONLY ONE ROOM LEFT, UH, TO CLEAN THE KITCHEN AREAS.
AND IT'S ALMOST THAT THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR HAVE A DUMPSTER AND THE HOUSE CAN BE LEVELED.
MARCO RIGHT HERE HAS A HOUSE IN THE SAME CONDITION THAT HE DID ON THE NEXT BLOCK ON IDAHO.
AND CHERRY DID THE SAME THING.
AND YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE HOUSE TODAY.
MARCO, WOULD YOU COME, COME UP AND WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED WITH YOUR TESTIMONY, WE'LL HAVE HIM COME UP AND GET THIS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET THINGS DONE INTO THAT MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THINGS DONE WITH THE COVID OVID 19.
BUT, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SOLID STRUCTURE AND IT CAN BE FIXED UP ALL THE HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, UH, THERE WAS THE HIGH HOUSES ON IDAHO THAT HAVE IN THE SAME CONDITION THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED UP AND FIXED UP REAL NICE.
OKAY? AND, AND THE HOUSE IS NOT, UH, THERE WAS A, THEY HAD A BARBECUE TRAILER BACK THERE ONE TIME AND IT JUST STARTED A LITTLE FIRE AND THEY GOT IT OUT.
BUT I MEAN, WE CAN FIX ALL THAT.
ALL THE WOOD IS IN REAL PERFECT CONDITION.
EVEN WHEN THE POLICE OFFICER CAME THERE SEVERAL TIMES, HE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING BY YOUR CASE.
'CAUSE YOU'RE ALL FENCED IN AND NOBODY CAN COME IN THEIR, YOUR PROPERTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND HE SAID, AND HE SAID, MAN, THE WOOD IS OLD WOOD HERE.
THIS IS, UH, EXCELLENT WOOD AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE WOOD.
AND I SAID, YEAH, NO, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY LOOK AT THAT TOO.
YOU KNOW, SO THE HOUSES AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT LIKE THAT.
BUT THE HOUSE IS, UH, I WISH YOU'D SEE THE HOUSE ON CHERRY STREET THAT THEY DID, UH, MISS DUKE'S HOUSE.
THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND THEY FIXED IT ALL UP.
AND THE OTHER HOUSE TWO DOORS DOWN OVER THERE, THEY BUILT THAT HOUSE AND BUILT A BIG TWO STORY HOUSE IN THE BACK OF IT.
A LOT OF WORK IS BEING DONE ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, BUSINESSES COMING TO THE EAST SIDE.
AND SINCE THE ALAMO DOME, YA UH, ROSEMARY CADENCE PROPERTY, NOTHING'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
NOTHING'S BEING DONE IN THE FREDERICK BUILDING AND THE OWNER OF THE HOTEL, UH, YOU KNOW, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, THE LADY, I WENT TO HER AND TALK TO HER.
WHAT WERE THEY GONNA DO ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, ON THE CORNER? AND SHE SAYS, UH, I DON'T WANT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
AND THE OWNER OF THE HOTEL CAME ACROSS THE STREET AND HE SAID, ONE OF THE OWNERS.
AND HE SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY SAYS, UH, ALL THE INVESTORS OF THE HOTEL THAT WE JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT BUYING ALL YOUR PROPERTY.
AND I SAYS, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
AND I SAID, WELL, ANYWAY, I WANNA KNOW SOMETHING.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH THE, ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE SAYING ON THE EAST SIDE? AND HE SAYS, NO, THEY HAVEN'T SAID NOTHING TO ME YET.
YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S BEING SAID.
YOU'RE A DEVELOPMENT CENTER, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DEVELOPING? WHAT ARE YOU DEVELOPING? WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LAST 26 YEARS ON THE EAST SIDE? WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING.
I I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE, UM, I MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON 13 FOURTEEN'S ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
13, 14 COMMERCE STREET'S ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AND MARCO CAN COME UP HERE AND SPEAK THE REST FOR ME.
SIR, I, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION FOR US IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK BIDS FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE? OKAY.
UH, UM, I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE, UH, I WAS BUSY CLEANING UP, TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP AND I DIDN'T.
AND SHE TOLD ME, ASKED ME TODAY, AND I, I FORGOT.
SO I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BRING THAT.
AND MARCO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH HIS STUFF, SO HE'S GONNA HELP ME TO GET ALL THIS STUFF SOLVED.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T NEED TO.
I, HE'S BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH HIS PROPERTY SO HE CAN KIND OF GUIDE ME ALONG THE WAY.
AND WE'LL HOLD OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
AND THEN IF SIR, YOU'LL STAY UP TOWARDS THE FRONT.
WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN A MINUTE.
UH, MR. CARMONA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR CASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MARCO CARMONA.
I LIVE AT 1 32 SOUTH CHERRY STREET, DIRECTLY NEXT TO MR. MAGGOT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR Y'ALL SERVICE.
UH, I'M THE SECRETARY OF THE ALAMO DON GARDENS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, I RECEIVED THE LETTERS ON THIS CASE AT MY HOUSE 'CAUSE MY WIFE IS THE PRESIDENT.
UH, I CAN PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING WHERE WE DID DISCUSS THE PROPERTY AND THE LETTER THAT WE SENT.
UH, IT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S OPINION THAT HIS, HE, HE'S THERE AT THE PROPERTY EVERY DAY.
HE'S ACCESSIBLE AND HE WANTS TO FIX THE HOUSE.
UH, OUR HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION
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IS PRETTY UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE.WE, UH, ACTUALLY BOUGHT A HOUSE THAT WAS IN WORSE CONDITION THAN HIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIX IT UP.
AND SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HELP HIM GET IN CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT CONTRACTORS, GET YOU GUYS A SCOPE OF WORK, AND, UH, PRESERVE THIS JEWEL.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE HE GREW UP THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, SINCE HE WAS A BABY.
AND HIS FAMILY HAS A GREAT LEGACY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO PRESERVE IT AND, UH, BE A CHANNEL FOR YOU GUYS TO SPEAK WITH AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK OR ANY OTHER THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED.
IS THAT YOUR COMPLETE TESTIMONY? YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? NO.
UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER, THE OWNER OR MR. CARMONA? YES.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ZUNIGA.
FOR STAFF, FOR THE COURT OFFICER.
UH, FIRST, UH, WHY WAS THIS CASE RESET? IT WAS RESET BECAUSE WE HAD TECHNICAL ISSUES THE FIRST TIME IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY HEARD, BUT WE HAD TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO WE HAD TO RESET IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS FAIR TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE OWNER ANYWAY, AND THEN IT WAS RESET.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK THE OWNER DOESN'T HAVE WITH THEM AT, AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HASN'T HAD ANY, UH, ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER ON IT.
IS THAT TRUE? WHAT OFFICER? YES.
THIS IS DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER POCKET.
UM, NO, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY SCOPE OF WORK.
UH, OR NO TIMELINE OF EVENTS, NO PERMITS OBTAINED.
UM, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND, UM, AN OPEN GROCERY STORE THAT MR. MACHA ALSO OWNS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING THROUGH THE, UH, THE TIMELINE EVENTS IS THAT AT SOME POINT IT BECAME, UM, SOMEWHAT TENSE OR CONFRONTATIONAL THE BETWEEN YOU AND THE OWNER.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.
UM, MR. MAJA IS VERY, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A CORRECT WORD FOR SAYING IT.
UM, BUT IN OUR LINE OF WORK, WE'RE USED TO BEING TALKED TO POORLY.
SO I DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST MR. MAJA AT ALL.
AND I DID GO THROUGH AND CARRY OUT THE, THE PROCESS THAT I NEEDED TO CARRY OUT.
UM, BUT HE, HE IS VERY PASSIONATE, UH, ABOUT KEEPING THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE VERBALLY, BUT HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT WE REQUEST.
AND HE HAS SAID THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO DO ANY REPAIRS AND HE WAS NOT GONNA, UH, PROVIDE A TIME TIMELINE OF EVENTS OR A SCOPE OF WORK.
UM, I HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR FINANCIAL PROOF.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW AS A, THE TEAM KNOWS THAT HE IS FINANCIALLY ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE LOCATION, BUT MR. MAJA CHOOSES NOT TO DO THAT.
UM, HE HAS SAID BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO IS JUST BUILDING A LOT OF STRUCTURES RIGHT NOW AND DOING A LOT OF REMODEL JOBS.
SO IT'S NOT COVID THAT IS STOPPING, UH, THE REPAIRS.
IT'S MR. MJA, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE SOME FOR THE OWNER.
YES, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, SIR.
AND YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT STORE MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND IT'S, IT'S SURPRISING TO ME THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO FIX YOUR PROPERTY.
IT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LIKE TERRIFYING TO ME THAT YOU DON'T WANNA FIX YOUR PROPERTY.
WELL, I, I DO WANT TO FIX MY PROPERTY.
O OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T, THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE, UH, 9, 14, 20.
WE RESET IT OF THIS YEAR AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
WELL, I, I'M HAULING OFF A LOT OF TRASH SO I CAN GET IN AND CLEAN OFF.
I'VE DONE TWO LOADS OF TRASH AND I HAVE JUST ONE MORE LOAD STUFF TO GO, AND THEN I CAN START DOING SOMETHING.
I WAS TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING OUTTA THE WAY SO I COULD START SEEING WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.
WELL, THE PITCHES DON'T REFLECT THAT, SIR.
WELL, THE THING IT IS, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO START DOING THINGS AS IT IS.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY WELL, YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT, SIR.
AND YOU, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YEAH.
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YES.WELL, I MEAN, UH, LIKE I SAID, I HAD OTHER THINGS THAT GET DONE AND I HAVE A BAD KNEE AND I WAS AT THE DOCTOR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WELL, WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING, SIR, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SO, AND I MEAN, I AM, NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND ALL THE SITUATION, I WILL BE GETTING ONTO IT AND TAKING CARE OF ONCE I HAVE MARKLE HERE TO, TO ASSIST ME AND TO HELP ME.
WELL, YOU MIGHT BE A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD TIME TO DO THIS.
MAY I ADDRESS THE BOARD PLEASE? UM, I THINK WE CAN LET HIM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARMONA? YES.
UH, MR. ZUNIGA DOES MR. CAR, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, MR. ZUNIGA HAS QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, AS YOU, YOU'RE SAYING, SIR, IS THAT MARK WAS HELPING YOU ALL THAT, UH, DID YOU, DID YOU GET ANY, UH, DID STRUCTURES ON HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA COST, ET CETERA? UH, THE PLAN OF ORDER? YES.
AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THE ORDER THAT APPROVE WHAT WHATEVER THIS AND THAT, YES, I CAN, UH, BRING, BRING THAT PAPERWORK TO THE COURT AS, UH, OR OR TO THE BOARD AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.
AND, AND, AND IN HIS DEFENSE, UH, NAVIGATING CONSTRUCTION IS A MINEFIELD.
I JUST RESTORED A HOUSE FROM 1897, AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARDER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK.
AND BEING HIS NEIGHBOR AND HIS FRIEND, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE STEAL MONEY FROM HIM, CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE.
AND SO YOU'RE NAVIGATING A MINEFIELD? UH, HE HAS A FRIEND NOW.
WHEN WE, WE RECEIVED THE LETTERS A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE INTEREST IN HIS PROPERTY AND REPAIRING IT, WE APPROACHED HIM.
AND, UH, UNLIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, HE OPENS THE DOOR.
HE WILL LET ANYBODY FROM THE CITY COME LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
AND NOW THAT HE HAS, UH, HIS COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN IT, WITHIN JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I CAN PROVIDE HIM WITH CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT TAKE HIS MONEY AND ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.
IT IS A TOUGH THING TO RESTORE A HOUSE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONTRACTORS OUT THERE THAT AREN'T VERY GOOD.
AND SO I'M, I'M HERE THAT I'VE RECENTLY DONE IT.
I FOUND THE PASSION FOR RESTORING OLD HOUSES.
AND, UH, I THINK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT HOUSE DONE.
AND, UH, HE'S OPEN, HE'S OPEN TO IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
HOW LONG WOULD YOU NEED TO, TO GET THE PROOF OF FUNDS, GET THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND GET THE WORK STARTED AND THEN COMPLETED? I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THE FOUNDATION AND THE ROOF WITHIN A YEAR.
IT'S A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO PEOPLE AROUND IT.
SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED MUCH SOONER THAN THAT.
I, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THE FOUNDATION WITHIN THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S A, AN ENGINEER WOULD SIGN OFF ON, ON AN ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING OR SOMETHING.
IT, YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.
I'VE RENOVATED TWO DOZEN HOMES MYSELF.
IT, IT COULD BE DONE IN 90 DAYS IF EVERYTHING WAS, WAS THERE TO GET IT DONE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS OR SOME LIMITATIONS, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU HOW LONG, IF THE BOARD WERE TO CONSIDER GIVING YOU TIME TO RENOVATE THIS PROPERTY, HOW LONG WOULD YOU NEED TO GET IT DONE AND MAKE IT NO LONGER A DANGER AND A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I, I'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE, LIKE, UH, LIKE BY FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, SINCE WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY TAXES STUFF COMING IN.
SO IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO GET THINGS.
I CAN START LEVELING IT ALL UP AND GET THAT DONE.
THAT WAS THE BOARDS AND STUFF WE TOOK DOWN FROM THE CEILING.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE DID THAT 'CAUSE UH, WE WERE GONNA, EVENTUALLY, WE WERE GONNA TAKE THE HOUSE DOWN, BUILD A HOUSE FROM MY, ONE OF MY NEPHEW'S SONS.
AND MY BROWN BROTHER SAID, NO, WE, SO WE WENT UP USING THAT'S WHAT ROOF DOES NOT LEAK.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO F UH, FLOOR IS SOLID.
HIS PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY FENCED AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN HOMELESS OR TRANSIENT IN HIS PROPERTY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YES.
ANYONE ELSE? SO, YES, MR. JENGA.
UH, MR. KELLER, WHILE GIVE, GIVING HIM ADVICE ON THE REMODELING AND THE PROCESS, UH, THE NEXT TIME, MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE HIM SOME, UH, ADVICE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THERE.
YOU GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY MIGHT HELP YOU.
AND I'M, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE MORE THAN ADVICE.
I ACTUALLY DEDICATE MY TIME TO RESTORING THESE OLD HOUSES.
I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM RESTORED INSTEAD OF TORN DOWN.
SO I CAN GIVE HIM MORE THAN ADVICE.
I CAN ACTUALLY CONTRACT WITH HIM.
WELL, YES, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT ADVICE, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE NEIGHBORS AND ASK HIM WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THERE IN THE FUTURE, UH, THE PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT CAN HELP YOU WITH IT.
SO, SO I THINK WHEN HE'S SPEAKING OF, OF WHEN THE OWNER SAID THAT HE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED AROUND, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT IF YOU GO TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEY, OH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU BETTER INFORMATION, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS, THIS HERE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS CASE FOR THE OWNER OR MR. CARMONA? YOU, YOUR TIMELINE IS REALLY OFF.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ANOTHER YEAR TO TRY TO FIX THE, A
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ROOF ON A, UH, FOUNDATION, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A, A MOTION.
MAY I SAY SOMETHING? MS. MS. BROWN? UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH A TIMELINE THAT YOU FEEL IS REASONABLE.
WE'RE, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A TIMELINE, SIR, AND IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOU ALL TO ASK US QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE A, A MOTION AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
I FIND THE PROPERTY OF 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET, UM, A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND, UH, ORDER A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER.
UH, WE HAVE A MO A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE NEED LIST THE, UH, OH, THE CODE SUBCODES, PLEASE.
THE CODE SUBSECTIONS MS. BROWN, ONE, TWO, MS. BROWN, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND LIST THE CODES AS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
UH, I FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1314 COMMERCE STREET EAST TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY, UH, CHAPTER, CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE SEVEN, I'M SORRY, EIGHT, UH, SECTIONS.
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 8, SORRY, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND ORDER A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION ORDER UNDER SUBSECTIONS.
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND NELSON? WE'RE COPY SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, WE HAVE AN OWNER HERE WHO, WHO MIGHT'VE BEEN HESITANT OR, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, COMBATIVE IN THE BEGINNING ABOUT DOING THE PROPERTY.
IT SEEMS THAT HE'S HERE AND WANTS TO DO IT.
WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S HERE THAT HAS A HISTORY OF, OF RENOVATING PROPERTY THAT WANTS TO HELP.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO CONSIDER IF, IF THEY'RE WILLING, A RESET OF THIS CASE FOR THEM TO BRING BACK.
I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE PROPER DOCUMENTATION HERE TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE HERE WILLING TO WORK ON THE PROPERTY.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME AND, AND THAT, THAT DOES WEIGH ON DECISIONS OF THIS BOARD.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE HERE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, OR AT LEAST SAY THEY ARE.
AND I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO CONSIDER GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO THAT.
THAT REQUEST NEEDS TO GO TO MS. BROWN WHO MADE THE MOTION.
BUT THIS CASE HAS ALREADY BEEN SET RESET ONE TIME AND NOW HE'S, HE'S HERE AND HE DIDN'T BRING ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION WITH HIM, YOU KNOW, SO I, I RESPECT THE ORDER AND I'M ALL FOR PRESERVATION, BUT I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT IS, IS GIVING ME A PRESERVATION NOTICE THAT HE'S GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN WILLING TO DO THAT.
I JUST THINK IF WE WERE TO RESET THE CASE AND GIVE THEM SPECIFIC ORDERS OF WHAT TO BRING BACK, AND THEY DID IT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT, AND NOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS INVOLVED WHERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED BEFORE, UH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE, GET SOMETHING DONE.
AND THAT'S MY MY OPINION, BUT I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE HAS, IS GONNA WEIGH THIS DIFFERENTLY.
I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR.
THE REASON THIS PROPERTY WAS, UH, RESET WAS, UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ESTHER, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL AND CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, RIGHT? IT WAS OUR SIDE.
WE, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS WHY I'M NOT TRYING TO YEAH.
CHANGE ANYTHING JUST TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS CLEAR.
AND I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MS. BROWN, BUT I BELIEVE YOUR POINT IN THAT WAS THEY HAD NOTICE OF IT, EVEN THOUGH IT RE WAS RESET, THEY STILL HAD NOTICE THEY HAD MORE TIME AND THEY STILL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AND THEY STILL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A FINANCIAL ISSUE BECAUSE I, I, YOU KNOW, KNOW OF HIS BUSINESS, UH, BEING FROM THE EAST SIDE MYSELF, AND, UH, THEY DIDN'T, HE GOT NOTICES, I'M SURE THAT HE HAD GOTTEN NOTICES.
HE HAD TWO NOTICES, BASICALLY.
HE HAD NOTICE THE NOTICE OF THE FIRST AND THEN THE NOTICE OF THE RESET, RIGHT? AND YOU'VE HAD ALL KINDS OF, UH, NOTICES, YOU KNOW, SAYING WHAT YOU NEED.
'CAUSE THEY, 'CAUSE THE CODE OFFICERS WILL PIN STUFF ON YOUR FENCE OR ON YOUR HOUSE OR, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT IS.
SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IF IT'S NOT FINANCIAL.
AND YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNEW ABOUT IT.
LET ME, LET ME TAKE THAT BACK.
NOW I OUTTA CONSIDERATION FOR OUR BOARD CHAIR RIGHT NOW, I WILL CONSIDER THAT.
AND IF YOU WANT ME TO, UH, TO READ, UH, TO RESTRUCTURE THIS AS, UH, A 30 DAY, UH, 30 DAY MOTION TO, TO GET SOME PAPERWORK TOGETHER TO BRING TO US AND SEE WHAT HE
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DOES.YOU WOULD NEED TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION, YOUR INITIAL MOTION.
I'LL WITHDRAW THE, THE DEMO ORDER AND, UH, POSE ANOTHER ONE, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1314 COMMERCE STREET EAST, UH, WE'RE GOING TO RESET THIS MOTION AGAIN.
AND, UH, IT WILL NOT BE BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL ISSUES.
YOU NEED TO BRING IN ALL YOUR PAPERWORK REQUESTED.
YOU NEED TO BRING IN A SCOPE OF WORK, YOUR FINANCIAL ABILITY TO REPAIR THE BUILDING AND THE TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO FIX THE BUILDING UP.
OKAY? IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, IT'S GOING DOWN AND I'LL MAKE ANOTHER ORDER FOR THAT AT THAT TIME.
OKAY? I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION TO LEGAL, UH, RATHER THAN RESET THE CASE CASE, UH, BASICALLY THE FEELING IS FROM THE CONVERSATION, AT LEAST I GET THAT PART OF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST HAVE THE BUILDING REPAIRED.
DO WE NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY ORDER THE BUILDING REPAIRED, UH, UNDER A TIMEFRAME? BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD TESTIMONY.
I THINK CONNIE SAID THAT SHE WAS NOT QUESTIONING THE ISSUE OF MONEY, THEREFORE SHE'S ONLY QUESTIONING THE ISSUE OF REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
UH, SO IS THERE NOT A REASON WHY WE'VE NOT EVEN JUST AUTOMATICALLY SAY WE'RE GOING TO ORDER THE BUILDING REPAIRED? OKAY, I CAN DO THAT.
I CAN ORDER THE BUILDING REPAIRED.
WELL, LET ME, LEMME JUST, LET ME LET LEGAL ANSWER THE QUESTION.
CAN WE DO THAT? IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, THAT THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR A, A, A, A SCOPE OF WORK, UM, AND, UM, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE, UM, UH, FINANCIAL SITUATION, UM, IF THE BOARD DOESN'T THINK THAT THEY'RE YES, THE BOARD COULD, COULD USE THAT AND BASE THE, UH, A REPAIR ORDER BASED ON THAT TESTIMONY.
IF THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT THAT TESTIMONY HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT, IF A, UM, UH, ENGINEER'S REPORT OR, OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF FORM IS NEEDED BASED ON, UH, THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BY THE, THE CODE OFFICER, UH, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN ALSO ASK FOR IN THOSE REPAIRS.
BUT YES, IN ESSENCE, THE, THE TESTIMONY PROVIDED THAT, UH, CAN, UM, SUFFICIENTLY, UM, ACHIEVE, UH, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, A, A SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIAL PROOF THAT THAT INFORMATION AND THAT TESTIMONY CAN BE PROVIDED ORALLY AND IF THIS BOARD ACCEPTS IT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE IN WRITING.
CAN WE, CAN WE MAKE AN ORDER THAT'S CONDITIONED ON COOPERATION? AND IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE GIVE 90 DAYS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY, BUT WITHIN 30 DAYS NOTHING HAS HAPPENED, CAN WE ORDER, MAKE AN ORDER CONDITION ON SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE EVENT THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT COMES BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD? WELL, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO IS GIVE, I WANNA GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED IF WE'RE GONNA ORDER A REPAIR.
BUT IF NOTHING HAPPENS, I DON'T WANT THAT ENTIRE TIME TO JUST SIT THERE AND TICK AWAY.
WELL, UM, IF, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO, THEY CAN FORM A MOTION OR, OR AN ORDER THAT ALLOWS CERTAIN REPAIRS TO BE DONE WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, AND AS LONG AS THOSE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE DONE, UM, UH, UP TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE, OF THE CODE OFFICER, THEN THEY CAN CONTINUE.
THE BOARD CAN ASK FOR A STASH REPORTS WHERE IF, UH, THOSE STASH REPORTS AREN'T SUFFICIENT OR, UH, TO THE, UM, THE SATISFACTION OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEN THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DECIDE TO BRING THE, THE PROPERTY BACK TO THE BOARD IF, IF THEY SO DESIRE.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE LIKE SOME TYPE OF TRIGGER IF, UH, THEY DON'T DO A WITHIN 30 DAYS, THEN IT IMMEDIATELY COMES BACK TO THE BOARD.
I THINK THE STATUS REPORTS SOLVES THE ISSUE.
OFFICER PKE, MAY I PLEASE ASK? YES.
THE BOARD FOR, I'M REQUESTING THAT, UH, MR. MAJA BE COOPERATIVE WITH ME AND NOT BE VERBALLY ABUSIVE TOWARDS ME.
UM, I PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO OBTAIN A WARRANT EVERY TIME I GO TO HIS LOCATION.
I HAVE TO GAIN A WARRANT AND HAVE S A P D.
OKAY, SO AT, AT THIS 0.3, UH, I THINK YOU WERE, WE WERE MAKING A MOTION.
UH, YEAH, LET'S, DO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT, LET'S RE YEAH, LET'S REDO THIS THING OVER AGAIN.
OKAY, SO STARTING THE MOTION OVER.
SO I FIND THE PROPERTY AT 1314 COMMERCE STREET EAST, UH, TO BE A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT CAN BE REPAIRED AND, UM, I ORDER A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER.
YOU ARE TO BE KIND TO THE CODE OFFICER AND TALK TO HER IN A REASONABLE TONE
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AND A 90 DAY REPAIR AND, UH, AN ENGINEER'S REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS WORTHY OF STANDING AND, UH, 30 DAY REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER.OKAY? EVERY 30 DAYS SHE'S GONNA COME AND VISIT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS, UH, GOING ALONG FINE.
BUT MR. MR. CHAIR, I, I APOLOGIZE.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A, A REPAIR ORDER.
I, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE CAN GIVE 30, 90 DAYS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO WRITTEN SCOPE OF WORK.
NOW YOU CAN, UM, UH, BASED ON THEIR ORAL TESTIMONY CAN SAY, OKAY, THAT'S, I, WE BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE REPAIRS, BUT THERE'S NO SCOPE OF WORK.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S TANGIBLE THAT WE CAN RELY ON TO GIVE MORE THAN, UM, 90 DAYS.
YOU CAN DO A CONDITIONAL AS LONG AS A, B AND C IS DONE.
AND, UM, IF THEY WANT, IF THIS BOARD WANTS TO, YOU CAN WISH TO CONTINUE THAT.
BUT IT CAN'T BE A LONGER THAN A, A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S PROVIDED.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST I WAS GOING TO, UH, END THE ORDER I WAS GONNA PUT IN THERE THAT HE HAS TO BRING IN, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE FINANCIALS IN WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT, AND THAT, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALLOWABLE.
SO IN TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS TIME, YOU ARE TO BRING IN A SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIALS.
YOU, I BRING MS. KANYE, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE, SIR.
UH, IN TWO WEEKS YOU HAD TO BRING IN A, UM, FINANCIALS SCOPE OF WORK AND THE TIMES NEEDED TO REPAIR THE ORDER.
AND YOU HAD TO GIVE THE REPORTS TO, UH, MS. ETT SO THAT SHE CAN REVIEW THEM WITH THE BOARD.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS TO ALSO INCLUDE ALL PERMITS REQUIRED YES.
AND ALL PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED CAN BE OBTAINED HERE IN THIS BUILDING, UH, DOWN THE HALLWAY.
UH, IS THAT ALL OR DID I MISS ANYTHING?
30 DAYS, IT'S A 30 DAY REPAIR WITH CONTINUOUS WORK BEING DONE AND IT CAN GO ON.
AND A SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIAL PROOF TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN TWO WEEKS TO THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, AND 30 DAY UPDATES TO THE CODE OFFICER YES.
AND COOPERATION WITH THE, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE CODE OFFICER.
WE, WE EXPECT THAT THEY BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? D I NELSON SECOND.
UM, MR. CHAIR SAVITA RYE WITH LEGAL, CAN I INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND? YES, MA'AM.
UM, MS. BROWN, ON THE ORDER, IF, IF I HEARD IT CORRECTLY, IF, UH, FOR 30 DAYS CAN CONTINUE, IF THERE'S WORK SHOWN, UM, WE NEED A MAXIMUM DEADLINE FOR WHEN THE WORK NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.
SO, UH, UH, DID YOU INCLUDE A MAXIMUM DEADLINE OF, UH, 90 DAYS OR WHATEVER? OKAY, SO UNDERSTOOD THE DATA.
YEAH, THEY, UH, THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE THE 90 DAYS AND TWO WEEKS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE REPORTS AND THE 30 DAYS FOR MS. ETT.
AND IF WE SEE THE ONGOING PROGRESS, THEN THE, THE, UH, 90 DAYS CAN BE EXTENDED, BUT NOT TWO OR THREE YEARS
90 DAYS AND MAYBE HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES AT THAT TIME TO REPAIR.
AND SHE'LL BE GIVING US UPDATES THERE, THERE DOES NEED TO BE A, A FIRM NUMBER OF DAYS.
AND THEN ALL REPAIRS MUST BE COMPLETED IN 90 DAYS.
ALL REPAIRS MUST BE DONE IN 90 DAYS.
UM, WE'RE WITHIN TWO WEEKS TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL PROOF AND A SCOPE OF WORK.
UM, AND THE BIDS FOR THE REPAIRS SHOWING WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO DO THAT WORK, UM, WITHIN 30 DAYS TO START AND CONTINUE WORK TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 90 DAYS, 30 DAY UPDATES TO THE CODE OFFICER, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, DID I GET EVERYTHING? ENGINEERS AND AN ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE, THE BUILDING AND ALL PERMITS ARE PULLED FROM THIS, THIS BUILDING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE YES, MR. AGAIN? YES.
UH, ALL AGAINST THIS, UH, WE'RE RESETTING AND WE'RE GIVING ME HIM MORE TIME.
AND, UH, IF WE HAVE TO GET A WARRANT EVERY TIME BECAUSE THE PERSON IS COMBATED TOWARDS OUR COURT OFFICERS, I MEAN, IT'S, UH, A SITUATION THAT I WOULD SAY RESET IT AND LET HIM BRING THAT, THE SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL ABILITY, AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE INSTEAD OF SAYING, HEY, DO IT, DO THE REPAIRS ON IT.
I'M, I'M FOR SAVING THE HOUSES AND NOT DIM THEM.
BUT WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE,
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MEAN, ARE, ARE, ARE WE GOING? IT'S EASY.JUST GONNA IGNORE, LIKE MS. BROWN WAS SAYING, I MEAN THIS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I I I CAN'T GIVE HIM THAT MUCH TIME TO COME BACK AGAIN AND DO SOME REPAIRS THAT HE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
UH, DO YOU SECOND THE MOTION AS AMENDED? I DID SECOND THE MISSION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE, ON THE MOTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF US AT THE MOMENT? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UM, I, I KIND OF WANNA REITERATE WHAT MR. ZUNI HAS SAID ABOUT ANY TIME OF ABUSE THAT OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE GOING THROUGH, AND IF WE HAVE TO ISSUE A, ALLOW THEM TO ISSUE A FINE ON ANY ABUSE THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT UP WITH, IF THAT'S, THAT HAS TO STOP.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
SO IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, BUT, OKAY.
WAS THAT A MOTION? IT'S A CONCERN OF MINE TO AMEND THE, THE MOTION OR JUST SORT OF MAKING A COMMENT RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
CAN WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
YOU CAN GET WITH, UH, OFFICER ETT AND SHE'LL HELP YOU GOING FORWARD.
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NEXT CASE IS ITEM 2 5 1 6 OASIS SOUTH.AMELIA VALDEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED, OKAY? OKAY.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA G ES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT FIVE 16 SOUTH ES WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THE, THIS CASE IS A RESET FROM JUNE 3RD, 2021.
THE BOARD OF HER ORDERED A RESET FOR, UH, TIME TO CONTACT THE OWNER, AND AS OF TODAY, OWNER HAS NOT BEEN REACHED BY BY CITY, UH, CO BY THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 2 3 7 9 LOT 15, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DALIA MORALES WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF FIVE 16 SOUTH NUIS.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR DALIA MORALES, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 23RD, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS IS A TIMELINE OF THE EVENTS FOR THE STRUCTURE.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING FIVE 16 SOUTH NEWES WAS CONDUCTED ON 9 26 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 9 30 20 19, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON TEN SEVEN 2019, ON 9 3 20 21.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT FIVE 16 USS ON 9 2 20 21.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND A CERTIFIED WAS, HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AS OF, OF AS OF TODAY.
UM, IT IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF LANIER HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE, FOR THE STRUCTURE.
I ALSO WANNA MAKE NOTE BEFORE WE START THE PICTURES THAT THE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THERE, THE VEGETATION IS OVERGROWN.
UM, IT HAS BEEN, UH, ABATED SINCE THEN.
SO THE, THE VEGETATION WAS, UM, WAS, UH, ABATED BY THE CITY, BY THE CITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE EXTERIOR WALL IS WOOD PLANKING.
IT IS NOT, UH, WEATHERPROOFED.
SOME OF THE WOOD PLANKING THROUGHOUT THOSE STRUCTURE IS BREAKING, UM, OR IS MISSING IN PLACES WHERE THE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE INTERIOR STUDS.
UH, THERE WAS A FIRE ON THIS PROPERTY AND, UH, IN SEPTEMBER AROUND, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2019, UH,
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THAT SEVERELY DAMAGED THE LEFT PORTION OF THE WALL WHERE IT HAS COLLAPSED.THE CITY DID HAVE TO SECURE IT, UH, TO KEEP FROM VAS BREAKING IN.
UM, THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS OF VAGRANT BREAKING INTO THE PROPERTY MAYBE TWICE A MONTH, AND THE CITY'S, UH, SECURING IT AND ABATING THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS A, THIS IS A FAR VIEW, UH, PICTURE OF THE CORRUGATED METAL ON THE ROOF.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS RUSTED, UM, DUE TO THE DETERIORATION AND, UH, AND SOME PARTS IT'S EITHER MISSING, UM, OR IS LIFTING FROM THE DECKING.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE, UH, CORRUGATED METAL TOWARDS THE FACIAL BOARDS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY LIFTING.
AND THERE'S, UH, A FEW PARTS WHERE THE METAL HAS, UH, LIFTED SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, TO EXPOSING THE DECKING.
THIS IS THE, UH, RIGHT ELEVATION, BUT, UH, BOTTOM TOWARDS THE SEAL, THE SEAL BEAM, UM, IT IS SHIFTED TO WHERE MOST OF THE SEAL BEAM IS SITTING ON GRADE, AND MOST, SOME OF IT HAS DETERIORATED AND BROKEN.
UH, SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FLOOR DRILLS AREN'T EVEN SITTING ON, UH, THE SEAL PLATE ANYMORE.
IT'S SITTING ON THE, UH, GRADE NEXT PHOTO RIGHT HERE.
YOU GUYS IS A EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SEAL PLATES SITTING ON GRADE.
UH, DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES, UH, MOST OF THE, UH, PIERS HAVE SLIPPED OFF THE BEAM.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF, UH, ONE OF THE WOOD PLANKINGS MISSING FROM THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S GRAFFITI FROM THE VAGRANTS BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE EXTERIOR WALLS, MOST OF IT WERE REMOVED POSSIBLY BY VAGRANT TO TRY TO BREAK IN, TO TRY TO GET WARM, TRY TO SLEEP IN THERE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE, UH, SKIRTING.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THE, THE STRUCTURE HAS SHIFTED AS THE SKIRTING IS STARTING TO BOW OUT.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE, UH, EXTERIOR WALLS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WALLS, AGAIN, WHERE PLANKINGS ARE MISSING.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE INTERIOR STUDS.
UH, AGAIN, THE CITY DID ABATE THE PROPERTY, THE WINDOWS, THE DOORS, UM, WE'VE HAD TO RE ABATE IT A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE OF THE VS.
KEEP BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS UNDERNEATH, YOU CAN SEE BACK THERE TOWARDS THE, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, PIERS ARE ACTUALLY, UH, DETERIORATING.
THE, THE, THE CEDAR, THE CEDAR POSTS IN THE BACK.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SEAL PLATE.
UM, ONLY, UH, SOME OF IT IS SITTING ON GRADE AND IT'S BROKEN ON THAT PICTURE.
SO THIS IS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE GABLE POINT IS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE.
AGAIN, THE FIRE DID HAPPEN MAINLY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AND DID, UH, UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM DID, UH, SUFFER SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE TOO.
NEXT, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ROOF.
UH, THE, THE FACIAL BOARDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE, THAT'S WHERE THE CITY ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT BOARDS.
UH, THE WALL DID COLLAPSE AND THE ROOF DID COLLAPSE ON THAT PORTION OF IT WHERE THE FIRE WAS.
AND THE CITY HAD TO GO IN THERE AND BASICALLY PUT A, UH, TO KEEP FROM BAKERS BREAKING IN.
WE HAD TO PUT, UM, UH, SHEETS OF BOARD THERE TO TRY TO PREVENT ANYBODY FROM BREAKING IN.
YOU SEE RIGHT HERE WHERE THE FIRE DAMAGE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE CORRUGATED METAL IS ACTUALLY, UH, GOING INTO.
THIS IS LIFTED AND IT'S COLLAPSED INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE WALL THAT WE HAD TO REPL, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE BASICALLY HAD TO REPLACE A PICTURE OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE, FIRE DAMAGE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE DECKING, THE ROOF IS MISSING FROM THERE BECAUSE IT HAS COLLAPSED PARTIALLY INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SEPARATION, UM, DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES, UH, IT'S STARTING TO SEPARATE, CAUSING A, CAUSING A GAP IN BETWEEN THE, THE STRUCTURES.
I TOOK A PIC, THIS PICTURE, 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE HOLES ARE AND THE FACIAL BOARDS COMING, COMING IN FROM THE FIRE DAMAGE.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE FOUNDATION.
UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE, THE FLOOR JOISTS ACTUALLY SITTING ON, UH, REALLY CLOSE TO THE GROUND 'CAUSE IT HAS SUNK.
THIS IS THE FRONT PORCH, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, RIGHT BOTTOM SIDE.
UM, THERE IS A, A CRACK IN THE, UH, SLAB.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT HALF AN INCH TO PROBABLY ABOUT AN INCH THICK.
AND, UM, DUE TO, UH, THE, THE, THE SLAB AND THE FOUNDATION MOVING, THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THAT CRACK.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE, THE, THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE FLOORS, THE CEILING, AND THE WALLS OF THE SHEET.
ROCKS, UM, ARE ALL FIRE DAMAGE.
AND THERE IS FIRE DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE, THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE FIRE.
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AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, UH, THE ROOF, YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM.YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE, UH, CHARRED OR SMOKE DAMAGE AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE FLOOR, UM, IT WAS HARD TO MOVE AROUND IN THERE DUE TO THE FIRE DEBRIS LEFT FROM THE FIRE
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE FIRE.
UM, JUST MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, HOMELESS PEOPLE RUMMAGING THROUGH 'EM, JUST THROWING THEM THERE.
UH, THIS IS THE, THE RIGHT, THE BEDROOM GOING INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE, UH, LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SHEET ROCK IS CHARRED.
THE CEILING IS ACTUALLY CHAR UH, SMOKE DAMAGE TOO.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FLOOR.
UM, THE FLOOR IS SMOKE, IS FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, THE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE INTERIOR WALLS ARE CHARRED.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN THE BACK.
UM, RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW OF THE SUNLIGHT COMING FROM THE ROOF.
IT IS JUST FULL OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. UM, IT WAS FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, UH, THOSE ITEMS ARE POSSIBLY FROM VAGRANTS BREAKING IN, TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING.
YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING HAS COLLAPSED ON SOME OF, UM, SOME OF THE KITCHEN.
UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE ROOF FROM THE, THE, THE CEILING JOISTS.
THE, UH, OUR CHARRED AND THE STUDS ARE, UH, MISSING ON SOME PARTS OF IT.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ROOF.
THE, THE HOLE IS ACTUALLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, DUE TO THE CORRUGATED METAL LIP SEPARATING, UM, CAUSING LIKE INTERIOR, EXTERIOR WEATHER TO COME IN.
UM, MICE, POSSUM, ANY ANYTHING COMING IN, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE WALL GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
UM, THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE POSSIBLY STARTED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR WALLS.
OUR CHARRED, UH, THE ROOF IS CHARRED.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED ON THAT PART.
UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HOLE, UH, FOR THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN.
HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED, UM, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE EXTERIOR ELEMENTS.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE ROOMS, JUST FIRE DEBRIS.
UM, THE CHARGE STUDS, UH, BEING USED FOR STORAGE.
UM, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM FROM THE FIRE.
THIS IS THE GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE DAMAGE, UH, STUDS.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE TOO.
UM, HERE'S A BETTER PICTURE OF THE HOLE OF, UH, THE HOLES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS IS WHERE WE FIND MAINLY THE VAGRANTS BREAKING INTO BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ROOM THAT'S NOT REALLY THAT DAMAGED BY THE FIRE.
THERE'S SMOKE DAMAGE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH.
THE DEBRIS BACK THERE TO BE BLOCKING EM FROM STAYING IN THERE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE, OF THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE, THE HOLE FROM, UH, THE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE.
UM, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION IN THE FLOOR SYSTEM RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
THIS STRUCTURE, UH, THAT IT HAS A SUSTAINED SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, WHICH HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
EXTERIOR WALLS ARE BROKEN AND COLLAPSED, WOOD PLANKING AND, AND THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE IS SMOKE AND FIRE DAMAGE FOUNDATION IS DETERIORATED AND BEAMS ARE EITHER BROKEN OR HAVE SLIPPED OFF THE POSTS, UH, WHICH ARE DETERIORATED AND LEANING.
INTERIOR IS FIRE DAMAGE AND FULL OF DEBRIS.
UM, A DEBRIS AND A CEILING HAS COLLAPSED.
FLOORS ARE FIRE DAMAGE AND BROKEN EXPOSING INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FIVE 16 SOUTH NEWES IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8 12 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS, HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, SAFETY, WELFARE, WAIT, HOLD ON.
AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN HAZARD PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS, DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, 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 OF FIVE 16 SOUTH ES.
CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR REAL QUICK AND CONFIRM THE CODE SECTIONS THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT? I THINK THE ONES YOU READ OUT WERE DIFFERENT THAN ONE.
I'VE GOT, WELL, OH, I'M SORRY.
IT'S ACTUALLY 2 4 7 8 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY WHY THIS WAS RESET? UH, IT WAS RESET DUE TO THE, UH, UM, WEST SIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS, UH, GONNA MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO REACH THE OWNER TO TRY TO GET AHOLD OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
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HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE OWNER, UM, OR, OR ANYTHING, UH, OR ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY TO TRY TO TRY TO GET PERMITS OR ANYTHING TO, TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GONNA FIX IT.HAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BEEN SILENT OR HAVE THEY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION? THEY JUST HAVE NOT REACHED THE OWNER.
UH, I DON'T, I, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM EITHER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UM, CHAIR, THE OWNER DID NOT REQUEST A CALL BACK DURING THE LIVE MEETING AND DID NOT SUBMIT ITEMS FOR REVIEW.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, AND THAT'S AMELIA VALDEZ WITH HISTORIC WESTSIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
UM, MS. VALDEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS, UH, AMELIA VALDEZ AND I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
I RESIDE AT 1635
WE, AS THE ASSOCIATION RECEIVE NOTICES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, WHETHER IT'S ZONING OR B S B, WE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED SINCE 2017.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CLOSE TIES TO WORK WITH THE CODE COMPLIANCE, INCLUDING MEETING WITH MICHAEL SHANNON TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONNECT WITH SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, UH, THE OFFICER JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UH, WE GET NOTICES ALL THE TIME.
WE GET NOTICES FAST AND WE HAVE TO GET TO THOSE NOTICES.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, 'CAUSE THE PROCESS IS REALLY HARD TO WORK WITH.
UM, WE HAVE A HOME THAT'S OVER 60 YEARS OLD.
IT IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE SCARCE HOUSING PROBLEMS, NOT ONLY IN THE CITY, BUT IN THE NATION.
WE, AS A HISTORIC
UNFORTUNATELY, THE RESIDENTS, AND TO MY DEEPEST HEART, THESE RESIDENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY IN 2002.
I DID LEAVE SEVERAL MESSAGES WITH CO COMPLIANCE.
UH, MS. RO DID COME AND MEET ME AT THE BEGINNING.
WE DID GET A LETTER IN 2021, BUT THE OWNERS HAD ALREADY, OR THE CO COMPLIANCE HAD ALREADY BEEN SENDING OR STARTED THIS PROCESS SINCE 2019.
THE HISTORIC WEST WEBSITE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION TRIES TO CONNECT WITH THEIR RESIDENTS TO EDUCATE 'EM, WHETHER IT'S A SCOPE OF WORK, WHETHER THEY NEED TO GET ELECTRICIANS AND CARPENTERS.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR AVERAGE INCOME IN OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDER 14,000, DO DOLLARS.
AND ALSO WE HAVE THE MOST PUBLIC HOUSING THAT THEIR ANNUAL INCOME IS LOWER.
I AM HERE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THOSE BRIDGES SO WE CAN GET A SCOPE OF WORK.
YES, BUT THERE WAS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT TODAY CITY COUNCIL IS MEETING FOR BUDGET AND WE ARE RE DIRECTING FUNDS FROM DISTRICT FIVE TERRY S AND TERRY CASTILLO, WHO WAS APPOINTED FOR DEMO PREVENTION MONEY.
SO WE ARE HERE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FIVE 16 SONOS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, RESIDENT RESIDENTS HAVE PASSED ON.
WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, WE HAVE THE MOST DEMOLITION IN DISTRICT SITES.
EARLIER I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT DISTRICT FIVE, SCOPE OF WORK AGAIN, HAS NOT BEEN DONE BECAUSE THE OWNERS ARE DECEASED.
I NEED A POSTPONEMENT TO BE ABLE TO GET CONNECTED WITH MR. BAREZ AS TO INFORMATION.
I HAD OBTAINED A PHONE NUMBER.
I LEFT MESSAGES WITH THE MORALES FAMILY, AND I WANNA THANK THIS BOARD TO BE ABLE TO HELP ME TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON, TO KEEP OUR SCARCE HOUSING, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS HISTORICAL HOME.
DON'T, LET'S FIX SOMETHING THAT'S BROKEN OKAY? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY EMPTY LOTS AND WE NEED TO
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SAVE OUR HISTORICAL HOMES.DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? ALSO, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR, UM, CHAIRMAN.
YOU, YOU ALL HAVE THE, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A CONSERVATION DISTRICT THERE YET? NO, SIR.
WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF THAT, BUT DUE TO COVID AND THE FREEZE NO, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY.
UH, SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK INTO WHAT MR. WHATEVER, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF HE LEFT A WILL, UH, OR WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
YES, WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THAT RESEARCH TO FIND, I MEAN, WE, WE GOT VERY LUCKY WITH OUR NEIGHBOR, WHO'S THE NEIGHBORS WHO GAVE US A PHONE NUMBER.
BUT THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE NEED MORE TIME, UH, WHETHER IT'S THREE MONTHS TO DO THIS RESEARCH, TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT MORE WITH OUR CODE COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY WORKING.
UH, AS YOU SEE, WE GOT MORE INFORMATION THAN THEY DID BECAUSE WE'RE MORE COMPASSIONATE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT, BUT WE, THE PROCESS FOR US IS TO SIT DOWN WITH WHOEVER NEEDS TO, NEEDS HELP WITH THIS RESIDENT.
MA EZ UH, LIKE I SAY, UH, YOU'RE FROM THE ASSOCIATION, NO PROBLEM.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT WE GOTTA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SPREAD.
YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, SOME OF THIS OLDER HOMES, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE PEOPLE THAT THAT, UH, THAT HAD LEFT THERE ARE GONE AND THE KIDS DON'T WANT THE HOUSE OR THIS AND THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, SECURE, UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILE, SHE'S, UH, GONNA GET SOME MONEY FROM 'EM THAT'S GOING BE ALLOCATED TO HER, THAT DISTRICT.
BUT THE THING IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LOTS ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN TO HER OR WHATEVER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYMORE.
UH, MY CHAIRMAN HERE, WHICH SAYS THE CHAIRMAN HERE IS FROM DISTRICT FIVE, AND HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF A WHOLE BOARD, UH, MR. MICHAEL.
SO HE'S GIVEN ME THIS TIME, AND YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SAY IS WE GOT TO LOOK AT IF THEY HAVE A WILL OR NOT AND WHO WANTS TO PAY WHAT.
SO IT'S INCUMBENT ABOUT YOU TO TRY TO GET 'EM TOGETHER, I GUESS.
MS. MAREZ, AMELIA, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE WAY IT IS.
AND, AND I BELIEVE MS. BROWN HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR MS. VALDEZ.
UM, MS. VALDEZ, THIS IS, UH, MS. BROWN WITH THE BOARD.
IS IT YOUR INTENTIONS TO, TO BUY THE PROPERTY OR WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE PROPERTY? WELL, HOPEFULLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND, AND, AND OTHER PROPERTIES TOO.
AND THEY'D BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD WITH US.
BUT ALSO TO TRY TO FIND, WITH THE MONIES, HOPEFULLY THAT PASS THROUGH THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT AND TO BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY TO PURCHASE HIS HOME BECAUSE IT, IT, IT HAS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
IT HAS A CHANCE TO, TO HOUSE A FAMILY, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS A NEED BECAUSE IT'S SO SCARCE AND, AND, AND NATIONALLY IT'S SCARCE TOO, YOU KNOW.
SO WE, WE JUST NEED THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO AND TO FIND SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, CARPENTERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS SO EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE JUST NEED MORE.
WE JUST NEED MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALLOW ME THREE MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST, UM, SEE WHAT MR. ZIKA WAS SAYING WAS SOMETHING LEFT, YOU KNOW, I WON'T, I WON'T KNOW, BUT PLEASE SAVE OUR HISTORICAL HOMES.
I, I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, IS IT YOUR PLAN TO, TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY FOR THE, THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING OR YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THE HEIRS SO THAT YOU ALL CAN LEGALLY BUY THE PROPERTY? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN FIX UP SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE HEIRS, THE HEIRS, UM, HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE'RE NOT THINKING OF PURCHASING THE HOUSE FOR, WITH THE ASSOCIATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION NOW.
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WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP OUR HOUSING STOCK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM.
IT'S ABOUT PRESERVATION, BUT IF THERE'S NOBODY THERE YES.
THAT CAN LEGALLY, UH, FIX THE PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WE DON'T KNOW YET, MRS. BROWN.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME HERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW MS. VALDEZ, THIS IS, SO YOU JUST ALLOW ME, YES.
THIS IS MICAH HARPER, THE BOARD CHAIR, AND ALSO THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY THAT WERE SHOWN TO US TODAY? YOU KNOW WHAT? I HOPE THAT THEY OBTAIN A WARRANT TO GO IN THERE BECAUSE I WASN'T ALLOWED TO GO IN THERE.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT QUESTION.
I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO AND ASSESS ANYTHING, OR THE ASSOCIATION WASN'T, EVEN THOUGH WE GET LETTERS FROM Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, TO SAY, HEY, SUPPORT.
YES, WE, WE NEVER GOT ANYTHING.
SO, BUT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PHOTOS.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER OF THE CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR.
IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
IT'S, IT'S IN VERY, VERY POOR CONDITION.
AND I'M ALL FOR SAVING HOUSES THAT ARE SAVEABLE.
BUT THIS ONE IS IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION.
YOU KNOW, I SEE WORSE HOUSES, THE LEAST I HAVE, BUT I'M GONNA SAY THIS.
NO, WE WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A WALKTHROUGH.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING, WHETHER THEY GOT, DO THEY GET WARRANT, UM, DO THEY GET WARRANTS TO GO IN, IN THE, IN THE FACILITY? THEY DO.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE UNDER A WARRANT THEY CAN LET, UH, CIVILIANS INTO PROPERTIES.
AND I, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO FAR OFF THE SCOPE OF THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I BELIEVE A WARRANT ALLOWS FOR CITY OFFICIALS TO VIEW THE PROPERTY FOR SPECIFIC REASONS AND NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY TO ALLOW YOU ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
AND THE RIGHT TO VIEW IT IS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF TAKING PHOTOS AND ASSESSING CONDITIONS.
SO, UH, PUTTING, UH, THE, MR. BARTOS HAS LEAST MADE A CONTACT WITH US AND AT LEAST SHARED SOME OF THE PICTURES.
AT LEAST GET SOME SCOPE OF WORK OUT OF THAT BECAUSE, BUT WE DIDN'T.
THERE ANY, MAYBE NOW WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH IT TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THIS HOUSE.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND, UM, MS. VALDEZ, BUT WE CAN'T GIVE YOU THREE MONTHS TO WORK ON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY OR YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
LIKE MR. ZUNIGA SAID, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPERTY.
YOU'VE GIVEN TIME TO PEOPLE BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS MEETING ALL DAY TODAY.
THERE'S BEEN THINGS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN WORSE THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL I'M SAYING TO YOU IS TO ALLOW ME THIS, FOR THIS EXTRA INFORMATION THAT I JUST RECEIVED TODAY TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 16 AT HS, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SUBSECTIONS 2, 4 7, 8 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ROBERT TAPIA.
WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. TAPIA.
SO WE HAVE A DEMOLITION ORDER WITHIN 30 DAYS ON THE PROPERTY UNDER SUBSECTIONS 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD ON THAT MOTION? THIS IS JOSHUA BARENT, UH, CITY, UH, DANGERS PREMISE OFFICER.
UH, I'LL ALSO MAKE LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, UH, ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO, UH, PUT A VACATE ORDER ON THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE DO BREAK INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THAT WAY IF SOMEONE BREAKS IN, WE HAVE THE, WE CAN REMOVE THEM.
OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION BY ADDING A VACATE ORDER, IMMEDIATE VACATE OF THE BUILDING AND STAY VACANT AND MAYBE TO HAVE IT SECURED AND HAVE IT SECURED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
STAFF, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
[3. 21-5352 (CD-5) 1410 19th St SW (reset)]
OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CASE, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA.1 4 1 0 19TH STREET SOUTHWEST.
THIS IS ALSO A RESET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, FIVE.
THE DISTRICT IS I KNOW, I KNOW.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 4 1 0 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 1 4 1 0 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 2 4 9 4 BLOCK FIVE, LOT 23 AND 24 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARIA LUISA SOTO, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 0 1 7 EAST HIGHLAND BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 0.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT HERE TODAY.
WOULD THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? WE DO.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 8TH, 2021.
SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 4 1 0 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 23RD, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 29TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON JULY 14TH, 2020, ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 4 1 0 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO MARIA LUISA SOTO AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON AUGUST 26TH, 2021 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY
HERE'S THE, UM, THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS NOT BEING MAINTAINED BY THE OWNER OR HEIRS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE ELEVATION WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE.
UM, THE WOOD PORTION DOES HAVE DAMAGE, WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION AND ALSO IT DOES HAVE AN ATTACHED CARPORT THAT HAS SLIGHT SMOKE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE THAT OCCURRED AND, UH, ALSO DOES HAVE HOLES.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE WATER, DAMAGE OF THE CARPORT AND THE SLIGHT SMOKE DAMAGE.
AND HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF A HOLE IN THE CARPORT.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES, UH, LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
HERE THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION AND WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
UM, WINDOWS ARE MISSING AND BOARDED UP IN CLOSER VIEW.
THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS WALKING INTO THE FRONT DOOR, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM VAGRANT ACTIVITY.
THIS IS THE LEFT ROOM WHERE THE FIRE DID OCCUR.
MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE IS JUST SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SMOKE DAMAGED, UH, CEILING JOISTS AND RAFTERS AND DECKING.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING.
UM, THE LAST PICTURE THAT I PRESENTED ON JUNE 3RD, THE SHEET ROCK WAS ACTUALLY STILL ATTACHED TO THE CEILING.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL.
THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOLD IN THE KITCHEN AND YOU CAN SEE SUNLIGHT COMING IN FROM UNDERNEATH THE SINK.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CEILING OF THE MOLD GROWING.
THIS IS THE DINING, ANOTHER DINING AREA WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE VAGRANTS.
THIS BACK ROOM AGAIN, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE VAGRANTS AND MOLD GROWING ON THE WALLS AND THE CEILING.
HERE AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING.
SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET CONSISTS OF A SMALL OF A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD PLANK SIDING AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
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THE CEDAR POSTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED AND LEANING.THE WOOD PLANK SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THE ROOF COVERING IS MISSING, LEAVING THE SHEATHING AND DECKING EXPOSED.
THE DECKING HAS WATER DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS.
THE INTERIOR HAS SMOKE DAMAGE IN THE LEFT FRONT ROOM FROM A SMALL FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE 22ND, 2020.
THERE'S ALSO MAJOR WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD IN, IN THE KITCHEN.
THERE ARE SIGNS OF VAGRANTS STAYING AT THE PROPERTY.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 4 1 0 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 4 1 0 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET.
CAN YOU REFRESH OUR MEMORY AS TO WHY THIS WAS RESET? THERE WAS A POTENTIAL BUYER, UM, INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY, UH, HOWEVER THAT SALE DID NOT GO THROUGH.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? NO, WE DO NOT.
SO THE OWNER OR THE BUYER, NONE OF THEM, NO.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION SOGA, MR. ZUNIGA? GO AHEAD.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1410 19TH STREET.
SOUTHWEST IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED.
AND AT THIS TIME IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, 1 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THIS ISSUANCE OF THE ORDER AND ANY SUCH ORDERS AS ABATEMENTS AND A MOTION.
DO WE, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION ORDER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? VACATE THE PROPERTY AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION WITH THE VACATE AND, UH, ORDER TO SECURE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND WE, THE COPY IS SECOND.
WE'VE GOT A SECOND FROM MS. BROWN.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION? CAN WE GET A VOTE? DWAYNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
[5. 21-5354 (CD-4) 129 Lovett Ave]
ON TO OUR NEXT CASE.MS. BUENO, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I'M HERE.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 29 LUT AVENUE 20.