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WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
UH, THE TIME NOW IS, UM, IS THAT 9 9 15 9 17 9 7 9 17:00 AM AND WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
UM, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. BROWN FREDERICK ANDES.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE RAI BARRETT MCKINNEY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMIN TAMAZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, AND MYSELF, JUDY KRUM.
I'M GONNA READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
UH, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THE 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, UH, EXCUSE ME.
YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE AN 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, UH, WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATE SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS IN, UH, ADVANCED IN THE NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU, THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A, UH, PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND IT'S THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR DEPENDENT UPON THE MONIES AT HAND.
NUMBER THREE, UH, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK, UH, PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, EXCUSE ME.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THE BOARD, UH, OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEALS IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT TWO ZERO SEVEN FIVE FOUR TWO TWO.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT, OR TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AS PER CITY SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
WE WILL HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES NOW.
MORNING, MA'AM, WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR VIDEO? WE DON'T HAVE A VIDEO ANYMORE.
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DID THE BOARD MEMBERS GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR OF MOTION? APPROVAL OF THE LAST MINUTES.DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
CAN WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? OR SHOULD I JUST SAY ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.
I THINK WE HAVE, I THINK THE MOTION PASSES.
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OKAY.[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
STAFF REPORTS.I'M A CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'LL BE READING A COUPLE OF ITEMS INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
THE FIRST ITEM, UM, IS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 51 38 WARBUCK ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THIS PROPERTY, OR THE STRUCTURE WAS D DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON NOVEMBER THE 30TH, UM, 2021 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH OF 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS, PHOTOS OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, UH, IN QUESTION.
NEXT ITEM IS THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1264.
KEATS WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON DECEMBER THE SECOND OF 2021 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
AND THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE REMOVAL.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS.
OUR FIRST CASE IS 8 34 JOHN ADAMS DRIVE, I BELIEVE.
MY NAME'S RAMIRO GURA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 8 34 JOHN ADAMS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 8 34 JOHN ADAMS IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JULY 13TH, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 3 8 0, BLOCK EIGHT, LOT SIX, AND WEST 25 FEET OF SEVEN, LOCATED IN CITY CASTLE DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DANIEL DEMPSEY WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 8 34, JOHN ADAMS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRE UH, PRE PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING RETURN ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2021.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH DANIEL DEMPSEY.
ALSO ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2021, I SPOKE WITH DANIEL DEMPSEY REGARDING THE B S B PROCESS ON NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 8 34 JOHN ADAMS ON NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO DANIEL SEY, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING IN RETURN ON JULY 13TH, 2021.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED, UH, TO CONDUCT THE INSPECTION AND OBTAIN PHOTOS FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2021, UH, EXCUSE ME.
ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2021, DANIEL DEMPSEY DID PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE TO CONDUCT A UPDATED INSPECTION.
THE OWNER, UM, IS HERE TODAY AND HE IS PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION.
UH, ENGINEER'S REPORT, UH, SOME OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION AND SOME INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL MEANS.
UM, THOSE COPIES ARE BEING MADE RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE DURING THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU IN, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AT THIS TIME, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
UH, THERE IS NO SCHOOLS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SUMMARILY ABATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
UH, A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS ISSUED ON JULY 23RD, 2021.
THE ELECTRIC METER WAS DIS DISCONNECTED ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2021,
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AND THE WATER METER HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN LOCKED SINCE OCTOBER 22ND, 2021.UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT HERE TO ALSO SPEAK REGARDING, UH, A CRIMINAL HISTORY.
WANNA LOOK AT OUR PHOTOS? THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
UH, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
IT IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE.
UH, THE STRUCTURE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1952.
IT'S A SLAB ON GRADE, FOUNDATION, WOOD FRAME, AND A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, THE, THE ROOF COVER IN IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
UH, THE EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE SOME MINOR, UH, BROKEN PIECES OF, UH, TRANS SIDING.
UM, AS YOU ENTER THE STRUCTURE, UM, THE LIVING ROOM IS THE FIRST ROOM THAT YOU ENTER.
UM, THE, WHEN WE ENTERED THE STRUCTURE, THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE OWNER OF LIVING THERE.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, HOARDING, UH, DISCARDED ITEMS, TRASH, DEBRIS.
UH, THERE WAS NO CLEAR PATH TO THE FRONT DOOR, WHICH CAU WAS CAUSING AN UNSAFE MEANS OF EGRESS.
THIS IS GOING, UM, TOWARDS THE, UH, KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM AREA.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN ON, UH, THE, UH, SIXTH, JUST THE OTHER DAY WHEN MR. DEMPSEY PROVIDED ACCESS.
UM, HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY.
UH, THEY DID BOARD UP THE PROPERTY.
UM, UH, THEY BOARDED ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, UM, AFTER THE LAST PEOPLE THAT WERE OCCUPYING THE STRUCTURE.
SO, ON THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION, UM, THERE WAS NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF, UH, EXTENSION CORDS, SPLICE WIRES, SPLICE EXTENSION CORDS.
UH, A LOT OF IT WAS BURIED UNDER SHEETS TRASH, UH, WHICH ARE, IS ALWAYS UNSAFE.
UH, SO A LOT, LIKE I MENTIONED, A LOT OF THESE SPLICE WIRES ARE BURIED, WERE BURIED UNDER A LOT OF THE DISCARDED ITEMS IN THE, IN THE HOARDING.
SO, MR. DEMPSEY DID EXPLAIN TO ME THAT DURING THE FREEZE THIS PAST YEAR, UM, HIS POWER WENT OUT.
HE OBTAINED A, UM, GENERATOR TO KEEP THE POWER ON, AT WHICH TIME IT CAUSED A FIRE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME FIRE DAMAGE.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A LOT OF, THERE WAS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, AND IN BETWEEN TIME, UH, NEXT SLIDE, IN BETWEEN TIME, HE STARTED DOING WORK WITHOUT PERMITS TO THE STRUCTURE.
THAT TYPE OF, UH, WIRING WAS NOT USED BACK IN 1952 WHEN THE, SO WE KNOW THAT'S A, IT'S AN UPDATED TYPE OF, UH, R MIX.
NO ELECTRICAL PERMIT WAS PULLED, NO PLUMBING PERMIT WAS PULLED.
YOU CAN SEE THE NEW SHEET ROCK THAT WAS INSTALLED.
SO, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE WAS NO BEEN, NO NEW PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
WORK WAS BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
AND ON THAT, ON THAT LAST PHOTO, YOU ALSO SAW THE GO BACK ONE, GO BACK.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT STUD RIGHT THERE HAS BEEN CUT.
UM, AND SOME OF THE PIPING HAS BEEN CUT.
UM, THEY DID PAINT OVER SOME OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED INTO IN THE, UH, KITCHEN AREA AND THE GARAGE, AND STILL SOME SMOKE DAMAGE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE CEILING OR THE SHEETROCK WAS REMOVED.
UM, THEY DID BRING IN A KITCHEN COUNTER.
NOW, UM, AT THE TIME, THERE WAS NO, UH, AT THE TIME OF OUR FIRST INSPECTION, THERE WAS NO KITCHEN SINK.
AND THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE, UH, WITH NO KITCHEN FACILITIES.
NO, UH, NO PLACE TO PREPARE FOOD.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE WORK THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOARDED WINDOW THERE AFTER THEY BOARDED THE STRUCTURE AGAIN, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHERE THE RIGHT BELOW THAT, UM, WINDOW.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR KITCHEN SINK WOULD BE.
UM, AGAIN, THERE IS NO KITCHEN SINK.
UH, SO ON THE DAY OF THE DART, WE DID FIND SOME DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, SOME NEEDLES, UM, SOME ITEMS THAT ARE USED TO, UM, BURN AND MAKE, UH, SOME, SOME DRUGS.
I'LL LET P PD, UH, SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE IS LIGHTERS ON THE BED.
AGAIN, A LOT OF EXTENSION CORDS, WIRES RUNNING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
UM, SOME OF THE, SOME ITEMS ALSO USED THERE FOR, FOR, UH, DRUG USE.
UM, MEASURING CUPS WERE ALSO FOUND, UH, AROUND THESE, UH, UH, AROUND THE NEEDLES AND, AND, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE USED FOR DRUGS.
THIS IS, UH, SOME TYPE OF COPPER BRILLO, UH, PAD THAT IS USED TO HELP, UH,
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HEAT DRUGS.UM, AND I'LL LET PD SPEAK UPON, UPON THAT WE HAVE A NEEDLE.
THIS WAS THE, UH, ELECTRIC BOX, UM, CIRCUIT BOX INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
IT WAS OPEN, UM, AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE, UH, WITH A HOARDING AND ALL THESE ITEMS, THE BOX WAS JUST OPEN LIKE THAT, CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
AGAIN, MORE LIVE WIRES THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
JUST, UH, WIRES GOING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, MISSING PLATES.
UM, HE DID MENTION THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF BROKEN SEWER LINE WHERE THEY HAD TO, UH, BREAK THE CONCRETE, UM, AND OPEN UP THE FLOOR.
UH, NO PERMITS ARE ON FILE FOR THAT, UH, THAT WORK THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
AGAIN, MORE JUST, UH, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS GOING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.
AND THIS IS LOOKING OUT FROM THE DINING ROOM TO THE, UH, FRONT DOOR.
UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROPERTY, UM, UH, PD ALSO RE RELAYED INFORMATION TO ME THAT THEY ARE USING THE NEIGHBOR'S ELECTRICITY.
UH, THEY'RE RUNNING EXTENSION CORDS NEXT DOOR, UM, TO DO SOME OF THE WORK.
UM, THERE, THERE'S BEEN ALSO REPORTS THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING INTO THE PROPERTY AND STAYING THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S GOING NEXT DOOR.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 8 34, JOHN ADAMS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN R 2 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR, OR UNFIT UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY.
AND UNDER CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT SIX DASH ONE 60, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION TWO 14.001 SUB CHAPTER, A DANGEROUS STRUCTURES UPON HEARING A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE ORDERED, DEMOLISHED, VACATED, SECURED, OR REPAIRED, AND OR ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED IF FOUND TO BE ONE DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
OR TWO, REGARDLESS OF ITS STRUCTURAL CONDITION, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEATED CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNERS LEASES OR OTHER INVITEES, THE BUILDING IS UNSECURED FROM AUTHORIZED ENTRY TO AN EVENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY VAGRANTS OR OTHER INVITED PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBRIDGE OR COULD BE INFOR ENTERED OR USED BY CHILDREN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 8 34.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME FROM THE BOARD.
I HAVE ONE, UH, MADAM UH, CHAIR.
UM, YOU'RE NOT GOING AFTER A STRUCTURE ISSUE HERE, CORRECT? THERE.
THE, THE STRUCTURE IN, IN OVER THE MOST PART IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, AGAIN, WAS WITHOUT PERMITS, BUT MAJORITY OF THIS COULD BE REPAIRED WITH FINANCIAL MEANS.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS MOST OF THIS LOOKS LIKE P M C ISSUES.
SOME LIKE, BUT YOU'RE GOING AFTER IS THE CRIMINAL AND DRUG RELATED ACTIVITIES.
THAT'S PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION UNDER SIX DASH ONE 60.
UH, IN YOUR NOTES, YOU'VE ONLY GOT TWO ITEMS IN YOUR NOTES.
UM, AND NONE OF THEM SAY DRUG OR ANYTHING.
IT ALSO DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU CUT OFF POWER, WHICH YOU ADMITTED, OR, OR YOU SAID, BUT NONE OF THAT'S IN THE NOTES.
SO BASED OFF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, IT KIND OF GIVES ME THE CONCLUSION OF THAT YOU'RE, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A P M C.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T QUITE GO WITH WHAT YOU JUST STATED ON YOURS.
YOU'VE CUT OFF WATER, GAS, AND ELECTRIC, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO I'M, I'M GOING AFTER THE FACT THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING AFTER THIS FOR THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THAT'S PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
ALONG WITH, IF, UM, THOSE ITEMS WOULD STILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED, CORRECT.
REPAIRED AND, AND UNDER SIX DASH ONE 16, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN EASIER TO SAY, REPAIRED THE STRUCTURE, BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE A REPAIR OF STRUCTURE IF YOU'RE WANTING TO DEMO IT? NO.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT, UM, SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE REPAIRABLE, HOWEVER, UH, DUE TO THE SIX STATUTE, ONE 60 DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND, UH, THE CONTINUAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THERE, WE'RE GOING FOR SIX SIX DASH ONE 60 DEMOLITION RECOMMENDATION.
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OKAY.SO WHERE IS THE HISTORY, OR, OR IS THERE ANY HISTORY? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CRIMINAL HISTORY? YEAH.
WELL, ALL I SEE IS JUST THE SEVEN 13, WHICH WAS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, DART INSPECTION CONDUCTED.
SO, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER TWO YEARS THIS HAS BEEN, UH, TAKEN PLACE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO SUBSTANTIATE, YOU KNOW, THE DART WAS THE CRIMINAL HISTORY HISTORY.
SO THE CRIMINAL HISTORY, UM, IS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT WHEN, UH, S A P D COMES UP AND SPEAKS, THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED.
S A P D CRIMINAL HISTORY WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN HE COMES UP AND SPEAKS.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SEE IT UNDER THE INSPECTION NOTES, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
SEE SOME KIND OF, OF, UH, HISTORY SO THAT WE'LL KNOW WHAT HAS AS WHO, WHAT, WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND WHAT HASN'T.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE OFFICER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE, UH, DANIEL DEMPSEY HERE TO THE OFFICER.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS OFFICER VINCENT GONO.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT 22 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT OF SAFE FOR 11 YEARS'S.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT 8 34 JOHN ADAMS. UM, THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN ABATED, UH, TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THOSE TIME PERIODS.
I FIRST MET DAN, UH, MR. DEMPSEY, UH, AROUND 2017.
THE NEIGHBORS, UH, WERE CALLING, UH, SO WE HAD SOME PRETTY BIG INSTANCES OF A SHOOTING INSIDE THE HOUSE.
UH, WE HAD A WOMAN KNOCKING ON THE NEIGHBOR'S DOOR THAT SHE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN HER, IN HER WORDS, RAPE.
UM, THE QUESTION THAT, UH, YOU WERE STATING ABOUT THE HISTORY, WHAT I'VE NOTICED, AND IN MY TIME COMING TO THE, TO THE BOARD, THIS IS MY THIRD OR FOURTH TIME FOR DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AND WITH THE LETTERS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE FROM THE NEIGHBORS, THERE'S QUITE AMOUNT OF FEAR IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE 40 YEARS, UH, WHEN MR. DEMPSEY WAS THERE WITH HIS PARENTS.
AND THAT HAS CULTIVATED INTO A RELATIONSHIP UNIQUE TO JUST A DRUG DEALER MOVING IN NEXT DOOR.
DURING THAT EROSION OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, NOW YOU'VE GOT THE FEAR.
UH, IN FACT, THE LETTERS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY ARE WEREN'T, WERE NOT GONNA BE ANONYMOUS.
AND THEY FOUND OUT, UH, THERE WAS EXPOSURE TO THEIR NAME.
THEY BECAME ANONYMOUS, MAYBE NOT FROM MR. DEMPSEY, BUT FROM THE ELEMENT THAT HE CONSTANTLY INSISTS ON HAVING IN THAT HOUSE, AT LEAST SINCE I KNOW OF 2017, THE DEFIANCE THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED FROM MR. DEMPSEY SLAMMING THE DOOR IN MY FACE, UH, THE DRUG ARRESTS WILL, HE'LL MEET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND THEN STEP IT UP TO WHERE IT'S MORE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
EVEN TODAY, THERE'S A BIG OFFICE THAT HE'S MOVED A TRAILER IN THE BACKYARD SAYING, WELL, IF I CAN'T DO THE HOUSE, I'LL, I'LL STORE MY STUFF HERE.
WE CANNOT RID THE COMMUNITY OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
UH, MR. DEMPSEY HAS A, A FAIRLY GOOD INCOME, AS HE IS EXPLAINED TO ME, LEFT TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE REPAIRS WITHOUT, UH, UH, PERMITS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A, WHEN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. DEMPSEY OVER THE YEARS, IT'S LIKE I'M DOING WHAT YOU ASK ON, ON THE FACE VALUE OF THE HOUSE.
BUT EVERY DAY THERE'S BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 SERIOUS CRIMINALS IN THAT HOUSE.
THERE'S BEEN CHILDREN THERE WITH THOSE CRIMINALS BECAUSE OF THE DRUG STORE THAT THAT PLACE HAS BECOME, IN MY OPINION, IT HASN'T BEEN A HOUSE, A HOME IN AT LEAST FOUR YEARS.
UH, THERE'S BEEN FIRES THERE, THERE'S BEEN PROSTITUTES THERE.
YOU NAMED THE GAMUT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
IT'S BEEN THERE, IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SITUATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND THE MEETINGS, HE'S JUST DEFIANT.
AND I CANNOT RID THAT COMMUNITY OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE, AS YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THESE LETTERS, THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE THEIR NAMES.
THEY, THESE ARE 60, 70 YEAR OLD NEIGHBORS, AND THEY'RE
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TRULY ARE SCARED.UH, ONE, ONE LADY EXPLAINED TO ME WHERE SHE HAS PEOPLE COMING OVER, THEY'RE NOT TO STAY IN THE FRONT YARD FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE.
SHE HAS TO GET 'EM IN, IN HER THINKING, WHETHER THAT'S A REALITY OR NOT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THIS PROPERTY.
MAYBE MR. DEMPSEY'S GONNA COME AND, AND SAY, YES, STRUCTURALLY WE CAN DO THIS AND THAT.
BUT MR. DEMPSEY HIMSELF HAS DEFIED THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWED CRIMINALS AT LEAST EIGHT TO 12 HARDENED CRIMINALS.
NOT JUST, AND IF YOU SAW THESE PEOPLE, UH, JUST BY LOOKING AT THEM WITHOUT ANY, UH, NOTION OF KNOWING THEM OR EVERYTHING, YOU, YOU'D BE STANDOFFISH.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO, UH, THERE'S ALSO CONSTANT TRAFFIC THERE.
UH, WE'VE TALKED TO RESIDENTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT MATTERS EXCEPT DEFIANCE IN THIS SITUATION.
WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE, MORE THAN STRUCTURE IS BECAUSE WE CANNOT RID THAT COMMUNITY.
AND EVEN IF HE SOLD IT, YOU'D STILL HAVE THE, WHAT I CALL THE BERNIE CONNECTION OF THESE PEOPLE FROM BERNIE ARE, IN MY BELIEF, ARE, ARE MANUFACTURING AND DELIVERING THIS METH, METHAMPHETAMINE, I BELIEVE WITH THE COPPER AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, UM, THAT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
SO IF I BUY THIS PROPERTY, I'M GONNA HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO MY HOUSE LOOKING FOR THINGS, SETTING MY FAMILY IN DANGER.
I, I, THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.
UM, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS THE WORST I'VE SEEN.
UH, AND THE DEFIANCE IS THE WORST THAT I'VE SEEN, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
UM, I WOULD BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
BUT LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, JUST TO COMMENT.
FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WHO PROTECT US, THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
DANIEL DEMPSEY, YOU WANNA COME UP, PLEASE? MY NAME IS DANIEL DEMPSEY, 8 3 4 JOHN ADAMS DRIVE.
YOU WANNA PRESENT YOUR CASE, SIR? UH, YES, MA'AM.
I, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THIS OFFICER, UH, IS TALKING ABOUT.
UH, FRANKLY, UH, I HAVE FRIENDS.
I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE 62 YEARS, SAFER OF A SHORT A WHILE.
I WENT TO THE COAST BECAUSE OF THE COVID THING.
NOW, I DID LEAVE THE HOUSE IN CHARGE OF A PERSON WHO PROBABLY COME TO FIND OUT WASN'T THE BEST.
BUT, UH, I, I WENT TO THE COAST TO HOLD UP WITH MY BROTHER DURING THE, UH, PANDEMIC.
AND, UH, MR. O CONNO CALLED, UH, HAD MY GIRLFRIEND CALL ME AND THEN CURSED ME AND TOLD ME TO GO, UH, TO COME HOME, UH, IN A WEEK OR, UH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS BAD ENOUGH TO WHERE MY BROTHER TRIED TO YANK THE PHONE OUTTA MY HAND BECAUSE, UH, HE DOESN'T TOLERATE THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, THE, UH, THE HOUSE IS NOT DILAPIDATED.
IT WAS REMODELED FIVE YEARS AGO.
UH, AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT TO SAY OTHER THAN THAT I LIVED HERE.
IT WAS MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, MY PARENTS' HOUSE BOUGHT ON A GI BILL.
AND, UH, I, UH, I TAKE OFFENSE TO IT, FRANKLY.
WE'RE SORRY THAT YOU TAKE OFFENSE TO IT, SIR.
BUT WE HAVE EVIDENCE ON THESE PITCHES THAT YOU'VE PICKED UP SOME, UM, SEEDY, UH, PARTNERS ALONG THE WAY.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN YOUR HOUSE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, RUBBISH.
AND THE PEOPLE THERE 'CAUSE THE DART, THE DART, UH, ORGANIZATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR SOMEBODY CALLING IT IN OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOGNIZING THE ACTIVITY THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FEEL, YOU KNOW, OFFENDED ALL YOU WANT, BUT WE HAVE PROOF THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT NEIGHBORS WANT TO LIVE AROUND.
I, UH, HAVE NEIGHBORS, I GUARANTEE THAT WOULD JUST AS WELL SUPPORT ME,
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INCLUDING MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WHO MR. KANO HAS CONTACTED AND CURSED.UH, HE SAID, UH, THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
HE'S MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, SAID THAT, UH, HE, UH, WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO JOIN IN ON THIS, UH, LITTLE HATE FEST.
AND HE, UH, HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN DANIEL 42 YEARS, YOU KNOW, HE IS A GOOD GUY.
AND HE STARTED, HE SAID HE CUSSED A BLUE STREAK OVER IT.
BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST LIVED MY LIFE THERE.
I NEVER WANTED ANYTHING BUT TO BE LEFT ALONE.
AND, UH, THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK, UH, AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
WELL, TO ME, IT WOULD BE LIKE A SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM TO OPERATE IN.
WHO? UH, THE, THE DRUG ADDICTS, THE PROSTITUTES.
I DON'T HAVE DRUG ADDICTS AND PROSTITUTES.
OH, IS THAT WHY WE SAW OPERATING IN MY HOUSE? WHY WE, IS THAT WHY WE SAW THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIAS ON THE FLOOR? OKAY.
I'M, I'M SURE, MA'AM, THAT THERE'S BEEN DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ON THE FLOOR, BUT THAT IS NOT A CRIMINAL HOUSE.
THIS IS NOT A SHOOTING GALLERY OR A CRACK HOUSE.
AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, TO SAY, SIR? NO, MA'AM.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SIR? I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
CAN WE SEE SLIDE 17, YOU SAID THERE'S NO ACTIVITY IN YOUR HOUSE? DRUG ACTIVITY? UH, NO.
DO YOU HAVE DIABETICS IN YOUR FAMILY? YEAH, I AM DIABETIC.
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A DIABETIC NEEDLE? I USE THOSE, UH, THE PEN.
WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THIS, CORRECT? YES, IT IS.
SO WHY WOULD THIS BE IN YOUR HOUSE AND SEVERAL OTHERS LIKE THIS? IF THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY IN THERE? I, I DIDN'T PUT IT THERE.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING YOU DID IT.
THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S ACTIVITY IN YOUR HOUSE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I NOTICED YOU DID DO SOME REPAIRS.
HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE BY THE FIRE? IT WAS NOT EXTENSIVE.
IT IT, BUT IT CHARGED ONE OF MY CABINETS AND I WAS GONNA REPLACE ALL THE CABINETS.
SO WHEN YOU STARTED TO DO THE REPAIRS, YOU DID ELECTRICAL? YES.
I TOOK, UH, SOME ADVICE, BAD ADVICE FROM SOMEBODY.
UH, PLUMBING, UH, WE WERE GONNA START ON PLUMBING.
AND NONE OF THAT WAS DONE WITH A PERMIT.
SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, SIR.
ALL DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT? YES.
SO OVER THE YEARS, YOU SAID IT WAS DONE FIVE YEARS AGO, YOUR LAST REMODEL, WAS THAT DONE WITH PERMITS? YES.
SO OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEEDED PERMITS TO DO SOME OF THE WORK.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PERMITS, THEN WE GOTTA COME IN AND THEY'RE GONNA TEAR A WALL OUT TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
DID YOU BRING DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS REQUIRED ON FINANCIAL YES.
SCOPE OF WORK AND ENGINEER'S REPORT? YES.
SO MY QUESTION WITH YOU IS, WHY ARE YOU DOING IT NOW WHEN YOU'RE FORCED TO DO IT, WHEN YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER AND AVOID ALL THIS, DO WHAT? YOU COULD HAVE DONE ALL THIS EARLIER AND GOT THE PERMITS AND YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE? UH, I REALLY, UH, KIND OF, UH, DOES NOT FOLLOW.
I, I, THEY CAME THROUGH BEFORE THE FIRE AND, UH, AND DID A BUNCH OF, GAVE ME A BUNCH OF WHATEVER TICKETS AND, UH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME AND INSPECT AND, UH, THEY DIDN'T COME BACK.
AND IT, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THAT WE HAD THE FIRE AND, UH, UH, BUT YOU WERE WORKING ON THIS.
NOBODY WOULD BE HERE TODAY IF THE PERMITS WOULD'VE BEEN PULLED AND EVERYTHING WOULD'VE BEEN DONE, DONE AT THAT TIME, LEGALLY.
'CAUSE NOW YOU PUT US IN A POSITION, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE BOTHERING YOU.
BUT YOU KIND OF BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF, DID YOU
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NOT? OH, YES, SIR.I, I SAID I TOOK BAD ADVICE AND, UH, AND I, I'M, I'M A GENUINELY SORRY, UH, PART.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UM, MR. DEMPSEY? NO.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF? UH, NO.
WHERE'S YOUR, UM, WHERE'S YOUR ENGINEER'S REPORT AND YOUR, UH, I SAW ONE ON THE SCREEN.
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT IS ON THE SCREEN.
WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER OF EXTENSION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE OWNER.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY, UH, TO REMODEL THE KITCHEN, UH, AND WHAT, UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, SOME OF THE FLOOR FLOORING NEEDS TO WORK AND, UH, A COUPLE OF WINDOWS NEED TO BE REPLACED, AND I'M GONNA LIVE IN IT.
I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ANY ROOMMATES.
UH, I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON ON THAT.
I COULDN'T GET 'EM OUT AFTER THEY, I, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN A, A, A SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM STAY MOTEL, UH, EVER SINCE WE WERE TOLD TO ABANDON THE PLACE.
AND FRANKLY, UH, I COULDN'T GET THE, UH, TWO OF THE ROOMMATES QUOTE OUT.
AND SO I WAS LIVING WITH THE SPECTER OF LIVING IN THE MOTEL AND HAVING PEOPLE LIVING IN MY HOUSE.
WELL, UN UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'VE HAD THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE, SIR.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE WERE THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW.
IT, IT'S JUST, UM, I, I I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
WELL, I THOUGHT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN I LEFT THE HOUSE WITH WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND IT TURNS OUT HE PRETTY MUCH WASN'T.
WELL, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, YES.
YOU KNEW ABOUT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND YOU JUST SAID, OH, WELL.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LETTERS THAT WE WERE READING INTO THE RECORD.
DEAR SIRS, THIS IS DATED 12 8 21.
I'M WRITING THIS LETTER CONCERNING THE HOUSE AT 8 34.
JOHN ADAMS. THE OWNER OF THIS HOUSE IS DAN DEMPSEY.
THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN A DRUG HOUSE FOR MANY YEARS.
WE NEIGHBORS ARE TIRED OF SEEING ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS HOUSE.
DAN ALLOWED A FRIEND OF HIS TO LIVE THERE WITH HIM AND DO THE DRUG SELLING DAY AND NIGHT.
THE FRIEND'S NAME IS GLEN O'NEILL.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BUY THE DRUGS WOULD STAY THERE FOR DAYS.
THE PEOPLE WOULD COME WITH BACKPACKS.
I'VE SEEN WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND BABIES GOING IN AND OUTTA THE HOUSE TO DO DRUGS.
AT TIMES, THEY WOULD COOK THE DRUGS THERE AND YOU WOULD SMELL THE CHEMICALS IN THE AIR.
THIS HOUSE IS A HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARD, A DANGER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WAS A FIRE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT BURNED HALF OF THE HOUSE AND DAN HAD TO REBUILD.
THIS HOUSE IS ALSO A HEALTH HAZARD WITH RATS, MICE, AND COCKROACHES.
THE HOUSE IS VERY NASTY AND EXTREMELY FILTHY.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GO INTO THE BACKYARD AND USING IT AS A TOILET.
HOW NASTY CAN THAT BE? DAN GOES TO THE DUMPSTER AND GATHERS TRASH AND BRINGS IT TO HIS HOUSE.
HE HOARDS TRASH AND IS STILL BRINGING TRASH TO HIS HOUSE.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT PILES OF TRASH.
NOW WITH THE COVID, WITH THIS DEADLY VIRUS AND ALL THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, IT'S DAN'S HOUSE IS ANOTHER DANGER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
GLEN O'NEILL GOT SHOT IN FRONT OF DAN'S YARD ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THIS WAS DRUG RELATED.
DAN DEMPSEY HAS NO RESPECT FOR HIMSELF, FOR HIS HOUSE, OR HIS NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE ENDURED ALL OF THIS FOR MANY YEARS.
WE DO NOT WANT A DRUG HOUSE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
DAN HAS ALLOWED ALL OF THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN AT HIS HOUSE, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS AND WE DO NOT WANT THIS HOUSE TO BE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SINCERELY, AN ANONYMOUS NEIGHBOR AND WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE.
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PLEASE CONTINUE.OFFICER ANO, I AM A RESIDENT WHO RESIDES IN THE 800 BLOCK OF JOHN ADAMS DRIVE.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT AT THIS HOME FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, AND I HAVE SEEN N NEIGHBOR COME AND GO YOUNG AND OLD.
TODAY I AM SUBMITTING THIS EMAIL TO YOU REGARDING THE HOUSE LOCATED AT 8 34 JOHN ADAMS DRIVE.
OF ALL THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN MY HOME, THIS HOUSE SOON BEGAN TO BE A NUISANCE.
MOST OF THE YEARS LIVING IN MY HOME.
I WOULD ALWAYS TELL MY HUSBAND THAT MY NEIGHBORS CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR HOME IF THEY DID NOT AFFECT ME.
HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE AFFECTED ME AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT STARTED TO BECOME AN EYESORE WHEN THE TENANT BEGAN DUMPSTER DRIVING AND STARTED TO BRING IN MY OPINION, JUNK TO STORE IN THIS HOME.
WE SOON HAD RATS AND PESTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU WOULD SEE RODENTS CROSSING ON THE WIRES.
IT WAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY A, A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING AND GOING.
YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, THAT IS NOT A BIG DEAL.
WELL, THEIR LOUD, NOISY TRUCKS AND CARS WERE ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 9:00 PM TO ABOUT FIVE TO 6:00 AM THE NEXT MORNING.
THEN THEY HAD 10 TO 15 PEOPLE LIVING AT THE HOME TO INCLUDE SOME KIDS, AND KIDS WOULD BE LEFT UNATTENDED WHILE THEY CONGREGATED INSIDE.
THIS HOME WAS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN.
I HAVE SEEN ADULTS HAVING SEX IN THE CAR, PEOPLE CAMPING OVERNIGHT IN THE FRONT YARD, FIRES IN THE HOUSE.
AND I FOUND OUT ONE ADULT MALE HAD BEEN SHOT AT THAT HOUSE AND ONLY FOUND OUT BECAUSE AS I LEFT TO WORK, A NEWS REPORTER WAS IN MY FRONT YARD GETTING READY TO REPORT THE STORY.
IN ADDITION, MANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES COULD CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND I SAY IT WAS OUTTA CONTROL.
ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS WAS A WOMAN WHO CAME TO MY HOUSE, RANG THE DOORBELL AND POUNDED ON THE DOOR.
WHEN I CAME OUT TO ASK WHAT SHE NEEDED, SHE STATED IF I COULD CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY HAD TRIED TO RAPE HER IN THAT HOUSE, THERE SHOULD BE RECORD OF THAT CALL AND ALL THE, AND ALL OTHER INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT THAT LOCATION.
THE CITY HAS ALLOWED THE TENANT TO CLEAN UP THE HOUSE AND GET INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT ONLY TO START THE REPETITIOUS CYCLE AGAIN.
EVEN WHEN THE TENANT WAS ORDERED TO VACATE THE HOUSE, UNKNOWN PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING IN AND SQUATTING IN THAT HOUSE.
AS LONG AS THE TENANT ALLOWS THESE PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE, THIS WILL NEVER END.
THESE PEOPLE DID NOT RESPECT THE HOUSE THAT BELONGED TO HIS PARENTS, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIM TO STOP IT.
OFFICER GANO, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M A NEIGHBOR TO DANIEL DEMPSEY, WHO LIVES AT 8 34 JOHN ADAMS, AND I AM WRITING ANONYMOUSLY TO YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS HOW I FEEL ABOUT HAVING HIM AS A NEIGHBOR.
I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AND CONCERNED WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS AT THIS PROPERTY.
I FEEL UNSAFE TO SAY THE LEAST.
THERE ARE STRANGE MEN AND WOMEN HANGING AROUND THE FRONT YARD AND INSIDE THE HOUSE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT.
I AM ALSO VERY CONCERNED THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT GO INSIDE THE HOUSE AS WELL.
I DON'T ALLOW MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO HANG OUT OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT YARD OR ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL, WHO THEY WILL ENCOUNTER OUTSIDE.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RAIDS AT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR OVER THE YEARS.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT THIS PROPERTY ONE NIGHT AND WE FOUND OUT IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE CCCU OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE.
ALSO, THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN AN EYESORE.
DAN BRINGS TRUCKLOADS OF TRASH TO THE HOUSE IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK AND SORTS IT OUT IN THE FRONT LAWN AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE HOUSE, INTO HIS HOUSE.
I'M SURE THAT THE HOUSE IS A FIRE HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT GOES INSIDE THE HOUSE.
I DO RECALL THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE HOUSE A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE OF IT.
THE TRUCKLOADS OF JUNK THAT HE BRINGS COMES FROM DUMPSTERS DRIVING BY HIS OWN ADMISSION.
I FEAR THAT THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF NOT DEALT WITH AS IT HAS GONE ON SINCE SHORTLY AFTER WE MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE EIGHTIES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF WHAT I HAVE STATED IN THIS LETTER WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS PROPERTY.
SINCERELY, ANONYMOUS NEIGHBOR.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, MY NAME IS JOHN M DEM DEMPSEY.
AS DANIEL DEMPSEY'S BROTHER AND A A I F ON FINANCIAL MATTERS, I ATTEST THAT HE CURRENTLY HAS ASSETS TO ADEQUATE LIQUID FINANCIAL ASSETS TO AFFECT ANY NEEDED REPAIRS TO HIS PROPERTY.
JOHN ADAMS DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8.
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ASSETS ARE IN TWO FINANCE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ON F D I C PURPOSES.AND AS OF DECEMBER 8TH, 2021, A TOTAL OF THREE 338,525 AND 98 CENTS.
LIABILITIES, ANTICIPATED PAYABLE IN DECEMBER CONSISTS OF AD VALOREM TAXES OF 3,600 AND I R S QUARTERLY OF A THOUSAND.
HIS INCOME VARIES FROM MONTH TO MONTH, BUT I ANTICIPATE DECEMBER INCOME TO EXCEED 4,500 IF NECESSARY.
BANK STATEMENTS CAN BE PROVIDED TO VERIFY BALANCES.
IF I CAN BE OF ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE, FEEL FREE TO CALL AT TWO TEN EIGHT TWO FIVE SEVEN ZERO EIGHT SIX CHAIR.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM, THE LAST LETTER WAS FROM HIS BROTHER JOHN DEMPSEY FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
OKAY, SO, UM, WE'VE HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE HERE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO INTO A MOTION? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
I'M PREPARED TO MOTION YOU READY? YEAH.
THIS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVED THAT PROPERTY AT 8 3 4.
JOHN ADAMS DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
CHAPTER SIX, SUBSECTION 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMO.
THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE VACATED AND SECURED AND ACCORDING TO THE SUBSECTIONS, UH, 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR A DEMO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, DWAYNE NELSON.
WHO, WHO MADE THE SECOND? BOTH ME AND MR. NELSON MADE A SECOND.
MR. NELSON AND MR. MR. ANDERS MADE A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. BROWN? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, YOUR CODE OFFICER WILL GET WITH YOU, SIR AND WILL ADVISE YOU, UH, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
OUR NEXT CASE IS 9 0 2 SAN EDUARDO SOUTH.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 9 0 2 SOUTH SANU EDWARDO AVENUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE SECOND TIME BEING HEARD.
BEFORE THIS BOARD B S B DATE WAS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021.
THE BOARD ORDERED A 30 DAY RESET.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 9 8 0 BLOCK SEVEN LOT WEST 86.8 FEET OF ONE AND TWO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS 9 0 2 SOUTH SANU EDWARDO LAND TRUST WITH THE MELLING ADDRESS OF 1370 PANTHEON WAY NUMBER ONE 90 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 9.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED BY WITH A NEW OWNER, WHICH WE DO HAVE THAT NEW OWNER HERE PRESENT TODAY.
UM, THE INFORMATION THAT I'M GIVING RIGHT NOW IS, IS STILL, UH, NOTATED ON THE BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
MR. ROLANDO MANZU AND SS A P D OFFICER PEREZ.
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THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY.DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND AND I AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, THE TRUSTEE ATTORNEY HECTOR CORTEZ AND REAL ESTATE AGENT ALICIA CASTLEMAN.
I'VE ALSO JUST RECENTLY SPOKEN WITH MR. MANZU, THE NEW OWNER FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AS OF DECEMBER 6TH, 2021, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WAS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 4TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 9 0 2 SOUTH SANU EDWARDO AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 24TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 30TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE OF THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 9 0 2 SOUTH SANU EDWARDO AVENUE ON AUGUST 27TH.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER, OR IN THIS CASE THE PREVIOUS OWNER AT, WITH A CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURNED UNCLAIMED.
NO FINANCIAL PROOF LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, BUT MR. MANZU HAS RECENTLY JUST PROVIDED THE SCOPE OF WORK AS OF SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021.
THERE IS A PERMIT ON FILE FOR 9 0 2 SOUTH SANTA EDWARDO.
THE FOLLOWING PERMIT IS A GENERAL REPAIR FOR WINDOWS DOORS, A ONE WALL, SOME SHEET SHEET ROCK REPLACEMENT.
UH, THE OWNER DID PULL THIS PERMIT BEFORE WE DID PLACE A HOLD ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PERMIT WAS PULLED AUGUST 11TH, 2021 AND THE CITY DID PLACE A HOLD ON AUGUST 26TH, 2021.
THE PHOTO FOR THAT IS BEING PROVIDED.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2021, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2021.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1962 WITH THE GABLE ASPHALT ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS WORN SHOWING SAGGING THROUGHOUT EXTERIOR MASONARY WALLS ARE DAMAGED WITH CRACKS ALONG THE RIGHT LEFT REAR CORNER ELEVATION, INTERIOR SHEET ROCK, SHOWING SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE WITH SIGNS OF UNWANTED GUESTS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SECURED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER WITH THE PARAPET WALL.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THERE ARE CRACKS ALONG THE WALL IN THAT LEFT PHOTO IN THE LEFT CORNER PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE SOME DAMAGES AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE REAR.
AGAIN, THE OWNER, PREVIOUS OWNER HAS DONE THEIR BEST TO SECURE THIS PROPERTY.
UH, IN THIS, IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SOME MORE DAMAGE ALONG THE, THAT WINDOW.
IT'S GOING DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE GRADE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, AGAIN, THE, THEY'VE DONE SOME PATCHWORK ON IT TO TRY TO KEEP IT FROM, UH, CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE REAR REAR ELEVATION.
UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT IT IS SAGGING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, BACKSIDE OF THAT ROOF SYSTEM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, UH, AS WELL AS DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THAT RIGHT WINDOW, WHICH IS SHOWING, STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF, UH, THE INTERIOR STUDS.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THAT CORNER OF THE REAR AND, UH, LEFT ELEVATION, THERE IS A SPLIT THAT'S, UH, STARTING TO SEPARATE AS WELL AS SIGNS OF, UH, PREVIOUS PATCHWORK TO THAT AREA TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE THAT SPOT.
UH, THIS CAN BE THE LEFT ELEVATION AGAIN, JUST, UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE SIDE.
GOING INSIDE YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS SOME ITEMS, UH, SOME DEBRIS INSIDE FROM THE UNWANTED GUESTS GOING IN THERE THAT HAVE BROKEN IN.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A, A GAP IN THE FLOORING, UH, TO THE LEFT OF THAT PHOTO, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THERE IS SOME DRUG PARAPHERNALIA FOUND IN THAT CORNER RIGHT THERE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
GOING INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE MADE, UH, A BED AND STARTED PUTTING ITEMS IN THERE, UH, 'CAUSE SHOWING SIGNS OF THEM STAYING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, AS WELL AS GRAFFITI ALONG THE WALLS AND SOME SIGNS OF DAMAGE TO THE, UH, SHEET ROCK TOWARDS THE BACK END OF WATER DAMAGE.
AGAIN, JUST MORE SIGNS OF, UH, DETERIORATION DAMAGE TO THE FLOORING.
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UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE RESTROOM ON THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE RESTROOM.THE SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN RIPPED OFF AND REMOVED, WHICH IS STARTING TO EXPOSE THE STUDS, SHOWING SIGNS OF DAMAGE TO THE, TO THOSE WOOD WOOD MEMBERS.
MORE DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK, JUST SHOWING THAT IT'S GETTING READY TO START FALLING DOWN.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE KITCHEN AREA TOWARDS THE BACK.
AT THIS TIME, I TOOK THIS PHOTO.
UH, JUST, JUST SHOWING MORE SIGNS OF THE DEBRIS.
UH, THIS IS THE SAME, IN THE SAME PHOTO AND I'M SORRY, IN THE SAME AREA OF THE KITCHEN.
THIS IS THE WALL THAT GOT RIPPED OFF SHOWING THAT THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.
THEY'VE BEEN RIPPING THE COPPER OUT, UH, GOING INTO THE, ONE OF THE ROOMS, ANOTHER ROOM TOWARDS THE END NEXT TO THE KITCHEN.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE BEDROOM WITH ITEMS IN THERE, SHOWING SIGNS OF PEOPLE STAYING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
MORE DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE ATTACHED SHED TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, WITH A, A LOT OF DEBRIS INSIDE, WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM GOING ANY FURTHER IN.
I WAS ONLY ABLE TO TAKE IT FROM THIS POINT OF, UH, OF AREA FROM THAT PHOTO.
I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE OWNER, MR. MANZA, HAS SECURED THE STRUCTURE AND HE'S ALSO JUST RECENTLY PROVIDED PHOTOS SHOWING ME THAT HE'S STARTING TO REMOVE ALL THE DEBRIS.
THE STRUCTURE IS WITHIN A, WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO HE HAS MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE'S TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, WANTING TO PRE PREVENT ANY OTHER UNWANTED GUESTS ONTO THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS WANNA MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 0 2 SOUTH SANU EDWARDO IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1 2 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR ON FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 9 0 2 SOUTH SAN EDUARDO.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? I HAVE SOME.
MR. DAN, UM, THE, YOU SAID THERE WAS A PERMIT PULLED? YES, SIR.
AT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DATE WAS THAT? THE PERMIT WAS PULLED BY THE, AT THIS TIME IT WAS PULLED ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021.
BECAUSE YEAH, 'CAUSE IN YOUR CONVERSATION IN, UH, 6 22, 20 21, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE.
SO HE, THEY PULLED THE PERMIT.
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AT THIS TIME WHEN THESE PERMITS WERE PULLED, IT WAS UNDER A CONTRACT FOR MR. MANSARD TO PURCHASE.
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS REQUESTED THAT HE PULLED THE PERMITS.
SO HE DID BEFORE WE CAME TO THE BOARD.
SO ON AUGUST 26TH, 2021, THE CITY DID PLACE A HOLD FOR ANY PERMITS BEING PULLED, BUT HE DID PULL THE PERMIT BEFORE WE PLACED THAT HOLD.
WHICH IS, IS, IS GREAT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU NEXT IS WHEN YOU SAY OWNER, IT WAS DURING THAT PROCESS THEY WERE SELLING THE PROPERTY? YES.
SO IT WOULD STILL, IT WOULD BE THE, THE BUYER NOT TECHNICALLY THE OWNER.
THE BUYER AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS MR. MANZO HAD PULLED THE PERMITS, BUT THE PREVIOUS OWNERS HAD REQUESTED THE PEOPLE.
SO HE STILL HOLDS WHAT PERMIT? UH, MISCELLANEOUS.
AND HE HAS ONE PERMIT, BUT IT'S, IT STATES ON THE PERMIT THAT IT'S FOUR 10 WINDOWS, TWO DOORS, ONE WALL SHEET ROCK REPLACEMENT.
SO HE NEEDS A FOUNDATION AND A ROOF PERMIT STILL? YES.
SO HE'S GOT A MISCELLANEOUS RIGHT NOW? YES.
BUT HE, AND HE, HE DOES UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AFTER WE SPOKE OUTSIDE, BEFORE THE HEARING TODAY, AND HE SAID THAT HE, HE WILL BE PULLING ALL PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED IF, IF ALLOWED BY THE BOARD.
SO THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED, YOUR LAST ENTRY HERE IS 11 18 21 AND THERE WAS NCE ON THE PROPERTY.
HE PROVIDED SOME DOCUMENTATION JUST RECENTLY, UH, FOR THE PROPERTIES BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021.
BUT HE DID JUST PROVIDE THE, THE, UH, ALAMO TITLE AND COMPANY DOCUMENTS TO ME TODAY.
SO BETWEEN THE 18TH AND, AND NOW HE'S SHOWN IMPROVEMENT, HE HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF SECURING THE STRUCTURE AND LA LATE, LATE EVENING YESTERDAY, I, HE DID SEND EMAILS SHOWING THAT HE'S STARTING TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY.
NOW IS THAT IN SECURING THE STRUCTURE BUT NOT THE PROPERTY? HE'S JUST SECURING THE STRUCTURE OR AT ALL? HE'S JUST, HE'S ONLY SECURED AND CLEANED.
'CAUSE HE WAS AWARE ON THE SIXTH THAT WE DO HAVE HEARING FOR THE BOARD AND HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANYTHING ELSE TO GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD.
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SO YOU'RE STILL STANDING WITH DEMOLITION OR? MY RECOMMENDATION IS DEMOLITION BECAUSE NO WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER.THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN ANY WORK AND I JUST FOUND OUT FROM THAT THIS OWNER HAS, THAT THE PROPERTY HAS JUST BEEN PURCHASED BY A NEW OWNER, BUT HE HAS PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION TODAY SHOWING THAT HE DOES WANT TO START DOING WORK.
SO YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO CONSULT WITH HIGHER UP ABOUT CHANGING THE STATUS? THIS ALL CAME THIS, I GOT ALL THIS DOCUMENTS TODAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OFFICER? UM, CAN YOU CHECK THAT ZIP CODE? WHAT YOU STATED WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S ON THE DOCUMENTATION? UH, ZIP CODE 7 8 2 0 9.
DOCUMENTATION SAYS, UH, 2 3 7.
I, I GUESS I NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
SO THE, OUR ORDER WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH.
AND LEMME PULL THIS UP ON A SEPTEMBER THE 24TH.
UH, NOBODY COULD, I MEAN, UH, JULY, SO THAT GOES BACK FROM JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
OWNER, AFTER THE ORDER WAS GIVEN ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH, OWNER DID NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2 10 21.
I THINK I'M READING THIS RIGHT.
ON, ON 4 16 21, UH, A WARRANT WAS ISSUED.
SO, UM, SO IN BETWEEN THAT AND NOW, HOW WAS, HOW DID THIS PROPERTY EXCHANGE HANDS FROM THE TIME I HAD TAKEN THIS, TAKEN THIS CASE OVER AND STARTED WORKING IT.
UM, THE PREVIOUS OWNER, WHICH WAS 9 0 2 SOUTH SANTA JUAN LAND TRUST, THEY DID STATE TO ME BACK IN JUNE OF 22ND, 2021, THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF WANTING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE.
LATER ON, DURING THIS CASE, ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021, MS. CASTLEMAN, WHICH WAS THE REAL ESTATE AGENT, STATED THAT THEY WERE GONNA SELL THE PROPERTY AND WAS IN CONTRACT, WAS UNDER A CONTRACT TO SELL IT TO MR. MANZU.
THERE WERE SOME COMPLICATIONS FROM THAT POINT ON TO NOW WHERE THEY COULDN'T COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION, WHICH MR. MANSLOW HAD STATED TO ME.
UH, THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF DOCUMENTATIONS, BUT IT JUST TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO, TO GO THROUGH.
AND ONCE IT DID, THAT'S WHY HE JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
BUT HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE UNTIL HE OWNED THE PROPERTY HIMSELF.
SINCE WE GAVE THE ORDER FOR, UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS FOR REPAIRS OR, UH, IT WAS FOR REPAIRS AND HE DIDN'T MAKE THEM.
AND, UM, SO HOW COULD HE SELL IT IF THERE WAS AN ORDER PENDING FOR THE, FROM THE BOARD? UH, IT APPEARS, UH, IT WAS A RESET ORDER, NOT A REPAIR ORDER.
AND SO, UH, BECAUSE THERE HAD NOT BEEN A DETERMINATION AS TO REPAIR OR DEMOLISH BY THIS BOARD, UH, IT WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY.
WOULD IT NOT ALSO BE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ALREADY UNDER A CONTRACT AS WELL? YEAH, UH, I TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE, UH, THE SELLER, THEIR ATTORNEY, THE REALTOR WERE PRESENT AT THE LAST HEARING AND MR. MANSER WAS HERE AS WELL.
SO THOUGH, UH, I WAS AWARE THAT THE PROCESS WAS OCCURRING, BUT AT THAT TIME, UH, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOCUMENTATION.
AND SO WHEN I RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, YESTERDAY OR DAY BEFORE, UH, AT THAT POINT, UH, LEGALLY WE'RE SATISFIED THAT, UH, THE SALE HAS IN FACT GONE THROUGH.
MR. IS ALSO HERE WILLING TO SPEAK REGARDING THE DOCUMENTS THAT HE PROVIDED FOR THE BOARD.
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JERRY PETTI.I'M SORRY, JOHNNY PETTI, COULD YOU COME UP AND PRESENT YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.
I'M WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT 22 YEARS, AND WITH THE WEST COMMUNITY SERVICES OR WEST SAFE UNIT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
UM, THIS PROPERTY, UH, CAME TO MY ATTENTION BY, UH, PATROL OFFICERS, UH, THAT WORKED THE BEAT, UH, AT NIGHT.
UH, THEY WERE AWARE THAT I WAS THE ASSIGNED SAFE OFFICER, UM, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS VAGRANTS, UM, KNOWN PROSTITUTES AND DRUG USERS THAT WERE USING THE PROPERTY, UH, TO SLEEP IN TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT DEALS AND, AND, AND THE PROSTITUTION.
UH, SO I, I STARTED INVESTIGATING IT, UM, ON MY END.
UM, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY APRIL OF 2020.
UH, WHEN I REALLY STARTED LOOKING INTO IT.
UH, WHEN I DID, WHEN I DID MAKE ENTRY, THE, UH, WHEN I DID MAKE IT TO THE PROPERTY, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, BROKEN WINDOWS, DOORS WOULDN'T CLOSE, RIGHT? UH, THE BACK DOOR WASN'T EVEN, UH, ON THE HINGES.
AND, UH, THERE WERE KNOWN DRUG USERS, PEOPLE THAT I HAVE ARRESTED AND DEALT WITH AS FAR AS PROSTITUTES AND DRUG USERS WERE IN THERE.
AND, UM, SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS I, I WOULD RUN 'EM OUT, I'D GET 'EM OUT THERE, ARREST THEM IF NEEDED, AND, UH, THEY'D STILL COME BACK AT NIGHT UNTIL WE WERE, WE COULD NEVER GET, UM, FIND AN OWNER AT THE TIME.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN I, I, I STARTED LOOKING INTO IT WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND DANGEROUS PREMISES.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET THE, THE STRUCTURE SECURED AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A CASE THAT, UH, LIKE THE, THE DANGEROUS PREMISES, OFFICER MARTINEZ SAID, THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT'S DOWN THE STREET.
UM, THE VAGRANTS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE STAYING IN THAT HOME BROKE INTO THAT SCHOOL AND STOLE LAPTOPS AND, UH, AND SOME SMALL TVS AND TOOK 'EM TO THE PROPERTY.
SO THE, UM, EDGEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE WERE THE ONES THAT HANDLED THAT.
UH, THEY HAD THE REPORT ON THAT.
UH, THEY DEVELOPED THE PROBABLE CAUSE AND THE WARRANT TO MAKE, TO GET ENTRY INTO THAT STRUCTURE.
AND THEY DID IN FACT FIND THE, UH, THE LAPTOPS AND THE TVS.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANY OF THE INFORMATION FROM THAT.
UM, ASIDE FROM, UH, FROM CASE NUMBERS.
UM, AND THIS SHOULD BE IN THE CRIMINAL HISTORY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE, UH, ON JANUARY 2ND, 2020 OF THIS YEAR THAT THEY, THAT DID, THEY DID ALL OF THAT, AND THEY, AND IT, AND THAT'S S A P D CASE NUMBER.
THAT'S NOT THE EDGEWOOD POLICE CASE NUMBER.
UM, BUT GOING FORWARD, IT, IT CONTINUED TO BE THAT WAY.
I STARTED GETTING CALLS FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UM, SAYING, WHY WASN'T I DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? AND I DID, I DID LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M THERE EVERY OTHER DAY, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, AND I'M RUNNING THE SAME PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHEN I RUN THESE VAGRANTS OUT OF A VACANT HOME, THEY MOVE INTO ANOTHER ONE.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF A ROUNDABOUT THING.
UM, AND SO THEY END UP BACK, BACK AT THE SAME PLACES.
SO, UH, I'M HERE TODAY, JUST, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE BEGINNING WHEN WE CAME THE LAST TIME, LIKE I TESTIFIED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOUSE HAS BEEN A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE SCHOOL THAT'S DOWN THE STREET.
UM, AND, AND THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT HOUSE, UH, THEY'RE JUST NOT GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE WAS ONE TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY SET UP CAMP IN THE BACKYARD.
THEY HAD A CAR, AND IT, AND IT WAS A CAMPSITE BACK THERE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ACCESS TO THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO THERE, THERE AT ONE TIME, I, I TOOK PROBABLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE OUT OF THAT HOUSE IN, IN ONE DAY.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE.
I, I JUST, IT, IT'S ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT I, I REALLY NEED TO, UH, WHETHER IT'S DEMOLISHED OR FIXED OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, IT NEEDS, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S ON A CORNER LOT AND IT'S VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE JUST TO COME IN AND OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
UM, AND THEY, AND THEY WREAK HAVOC ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I CAN ANSWER 'EM.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT A QUESTION.
UH, MR. ANDERS, SINCE THE HAND, UH, THE PROPERTY'S CHANGED HANDS, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE NEW OWNER? UH, NO, SIR.
'CAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT JUST HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, WEEK OR COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE IT WAS FINAL.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO.
I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO TALKING TO THE OWNERS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE BEST TO, UH, TO HELP WITH THE SITUATION AND GET THESE THINGS, UH, REMEDIED.
UM, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, I, I'M, I'M VERY OPEN TO THAT.
AND, AND IF THAT PROPERTY'S BROUGHT UP AND, AND HE GETS PERMISSION TO RESTORE IT, THEN THAT'S LESS YOU HAVE TO MESS WITH?
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UH, YES, SIR.AND, AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT WON'T BE IMMEDIATE.
IT'LL TAKE TIME WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT.
I WILL STILL HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND, 'CAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME BACK UNTIL WE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES AND, AND WHEN I SPEAK TO HIM OR, OR WHEN WE SPEAK, I WILL RECOMMEND PUTTING UP SOME KIND OF CHAIN LEAK FENCE OR SOMETHING WHILE THEY'RE DOING WORK.
'CAUSE THAT HELPS A LOT TO KEEP EVERYBODY OUT WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE WORK.
AND IT'LL BENEFIT THE NEW OWNER BECAUSE THEY'LL COME IN AND THEY'LL START TAKING COPPER OR ANYTHING THAT'S IN THERE WHILE THEY'RE REDOING THE, THE HOME.
AND THE NEXT ONE WAS, APPRECIATE YOUR JOB AND BE SAFE OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THERE, UH, MR. ROLAND, IS IT MASSUR? IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT? YEAH, UH, YEAH.
YOU WANNA COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND STATE YOUR CASE.
GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD, AND THANKS FOR SS A P D FOR YOUR JOB TO HERE, TO THE CITY.
AND THEN, UM, SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
THEN, UM, I'M THE NEW OWNER, UM, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT MR. MANZU DID ASK THAT HE HAS A TRANS, UH, TRANSLATOR WITH HIM JUST IN CASE FOR CERTAIN WORDS HE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND.
SO I WILL HAVE A TRANSLATOR UP, UH, JUST IN CASE IF HE'S NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
HE SOUNDED PRETTY GOOD SO FAR.
BUT SHE CAN BE THERE BY ASIDE.
THEN, UH, THE REASON WHY, UH, I DIDN'T BEGIN, UH, LIKE ANY JOB AT THE PROPERTY IS JUST THAT, UH, THE CLOSING DELAYS.
UM, I, I WAS, UH, ALSO IN A, IN A MEETING BEFORE, UH, IT WAS BY, BY ZOOM AND, UM, AND THE, THE SELLER, UH, WAS GIVING ME DATES AND DATES AND DATES AND CHANGING IT.
AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS THAT, UH, THERE WAS LIKE LIENS ON THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH THE CITY, AND THAT I HAVE NO PERMISSION TO GO TO THE PROPERTY AND BEGIN DOING SOME, SOME CLEANING, SOME REHABS.
UM, I JUST PAID IT ON NOVEMBER THE 30TH, AND THEN THEY GAVE ME VERBAL PERMISSION TO GET INTO THE PROPERTY THIS MONDAY.
AND, UM, AS SOON AS I, UH, I RECEIVED THAT NOTIFICATION, UH, I SENT A CREW, UH, TO BEGIN CLEANING THE WHOLE PROPERTY OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
UH, I HAVE SOME PICTURES RIGHT NOW ON MY CELL PHONE.
UH, BUT THAT PICTURES, I MEAN, I, IT COULD BE, I CAN SEND IT TO OFFICER JOSHUA MARTINEZ TO HIS EMAIL, OR I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU.
UH, THE APPROPRIATE RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY CLEAN, UH, TO ALL THAT, UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY THAT PERMIT, IT'S FROM AUGUST, IS BECAUSE MY PLAN WAS TO BE BUYING THAT PROPERTY SINCE JULY, I THINK.
AND THEN, UH, EVERYTHING CHANGES ON THE WAY TO, AND I, I JUST BOUGHT IT.
BUT MY PLAN IS TO, UH, GET THE, ALL THE NEW PERMITS TO, UH, CHANGE THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
I, I, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE, UH, I'M WITH THE COMMUNITY TOO, AND I DON'T WANT HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE SELLING DRUGS OR DOING THAT STUFF.
UM, UH, O OBVIOUSLY, I'M, UH, I'M ALSO AFRAID TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO KIDS, TO PEOPLE AROUND TO, THAT'S COOL.
UM, I HAVE KIDS AND YEAH, MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT REHAB TO THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE GONNA BE CHANGING FLOORS.
WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, SECURING ALSO WALLS.
WE'RE GONNA BE FRAMING, WE'RE GONNA BE ROOFING.
WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THE LEC NEW ELECTRICITY, ALL NEW PLUMBING, ALL NEW KITCHEN, UH, ALL NEW TILES, ALL NEW PAINT, NEW BASEBOARDS, UH, NEW FANS.
UH, THE HOUSE, THE PLAN IS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE COMPLETELY, LIKE A NEW HOUSE.
UH, IT GONNA TAKES ME MAYBE AROUND THREE, FOUR MONTHS TO HAVE A FULL REHAB FOR, BUT WHAT IT'S GONNA BE SURE IS THAT I HAVE ALREADY THE PERMITS.
UH, THIS WEEK WE'RE GONNA BE ALSO, UH, SECURING THE HOUSE, UH, AGAIN, UM, NOT LEAVING, UH, ANY, ANY OPEN WINDOW OR ANY OPEN DOOR.
UH, AND THEN MY PLAN THAT I ALSO EXPLAINED TO OFFICER MARTINEZ IS THAT I HAVE A PLAN WITH A WELDER TO PUT ALSO, UH, THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS, UH, SOME PROTECTIONS, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN, UH, THERE'S LIKE, UH, ST STAINLESS STEEL PROTECTIONS FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS.
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AND THAT WAY I THINK IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT, UH, ALSO WE CAN, I CAN, UH, PROVIDE TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS OR TO THE CITY THAT, UH, MY PROPERTY IS NOT GONNA HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN.AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT SS A P D IS DOING.
ALSO, TAKING CARE OF ALL THESE, ALL THE COMMUNITY AND, AND PEOPLE AROUND OF THIS PROPERTY.
UH, I, I KNOW THAT I'M GONNA STILL NEED THEM TO HAVE MY PROPERTY WITHOUT ALL THESE, UH, PEOPLE AROUND OR INSIDE MY HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN FOR NOW, SAYING THAT, UH, I'M GONNA NEED, UH, LIKE A RESET, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, A RESET FOR ME, AND TO BE BEGINNING, I JUST BEGAN THE, THE, THE CLEANING.
I WANNA BEGIN NEXT WEEK, UH, TO HAVE ALL THE PERMITS.
AND THEN IN MAYBE TWO, THREE WEEKS BEGINNING THE, THE REHAB, THE FULL REHAB.
THIS IS YOUR INTENTION TO REHAB THE, THE TOTAL PROPERTY.
AND ARE YOU PLANNING TO SELL IT OR RENT IT OR WHAT? UH, I'M AN INVESTOR HERE.
UH, I HAVE SOME HOUSES FOR SALE.
HAVE SOME OF THEM ALSO FOR LEASE, FOR RENT.
UH, THAT ONE MAYBE IS GONNA BE FOR SALE.
IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY MY, MY, MY PLAN.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S THE PLAN.
FULL REHAB? THE FULL, FULL, YEAH.
I HAVE SOME OTHER, SOME PICTURES OF MY HOUSES THAT I REHAB AND HOUSES FROM EIGHTIES OR I, I'M ALSO HAVE A HOUSE FROM 1920 AND WE ARE DOING A FULL REHAB, LIVING HOUSES, LIKE NEW.
NOW YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE PERMIT, CORRECT.
THAT YOU PULLED? THAT ONE THAT WE PULLED WAS ONLY LIKE TO PUT ON SAVE THE WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE IT WASN'T MY PROPERTY AT THAT MOMENT.
SO IN FOUR MONTHS, YOU'RE LOOKING TO REHAB THE WHOLE PROPERTY? MM-HMM.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS I SAW THE, UH, ITEMIZED LIST OF WHAT WAS GONNA BE DONE RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DID YOU GET AN ENGINEER'S REPORT? NOT YET.
IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, PERMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, TO GET INTO THE PROPERTY.
UH, I JUST PAID THE PROPERTY ON 11 30TH NOVEMBER.
NOW I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE IF YOU'RE THE OWNER, WHY DO YOU NEED PERMISSION TO GET ON YOUR PROPERTY? UH, THE, THE ONE I HAVE, IT'S, IT WAS ON, IT WAS WHEN EVERYTHING WAS LIKE THE PURCHASE WAS GOING THROUGH.
SO IT'S THE TITLE CLEARED, YET IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY CLEAR FOR UNDER MY NAME.
THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON THE PROPERTY, UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING.
UH, THE FIRST TIME, UM, I WENT THIS LAST MONDAY AND I LEFT THERE A CREW FOR THE CLEANING.
BUT ABOUT, UH, I KNOW THAT THE HOUSE NEEDS ALL, ALL, ALL WORK.
I MEAN, NEW PLUMBING, NEW ELECTRICITY, AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE NEW.
WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAD TO GET PERMISSION TO GET ON THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE WE'RE TOLD YOU OWNED A PROPERTY.
HOW? NO, I MEAN, BEFORE, BEFORE I PAID IT, BEFORE I PAID IT, THE SELLER DON'T, DON'T GIVE ME PERMISSION, LIKE TO, BECAUSE IT, IT WAS WITH, UH, DEMOLITION ORDER AND THEN, UH, HE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I PAY IT OFF.
YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M ASKING, THAT IF I, WHY I DON'T HAVE PERMITS? NO.
WHY YOU CAN'T GET ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY? YEAH, I WENT THIS MONDAY WHEN THEY GAVE ME PERMISSION TO GET IN.
YOU'RE SAYING THEY GAVE YOU PERMISSION? WHO? THE SELLER EK FINANCIAL.
THE, THE PEOPLE THAT SOLD ME THE HOUSE.
WELL, THAT HE HAS PERMISSION, HE HAS HE OWN IF HE OWNS THE PROPERTY, MAYBE I'M NOT COMING ACROSS.
UH, I, I THINK THE CONFUSION IS, UH, HE WAS GIVEN BAD ADVICE, UH, BY THE SELLER'S ATTORNEY AND WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION HE COULD NOT ENTER IT UNTIL THIS WEEK, JUST BEFORE THE HEARING.
AND THAT'S WHAT, SO HE IS THE OWNER, BUT HE WAS UNDER THE
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IMPRESSION HE COULD NOT ENTER ONTO HIS PROPERTY UNTIL THE WEEK OF THE HEARING.THAT IS WHY THERE'S BEEN A DELAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING HIM THAT, BECAUSE HE KEEPS SAYING THEY HAVE TO GIVE HIM PERMISSION AND I DON'T THINK THAT IF HE OWNS IT, YEAH, HE WAS, UH, TOLD, UH, INCORRECT INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S WHY HE WAITED UNTIL, UH, THIS WEEK.
IT'S JUST THAT I, I JUST PAID IT ON NOVEMBER THE 30TH.
BUT YOU ARE TITLED, SO YOU CAN GO ON THE PROPERTY WHENEVER YOU WANT NOW.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FOUR MONTH TURNAROUND FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
AND IS THAT INCLUDING JUST THE HOUSE OR THE, EVERYTHING.
SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO FROM THIS POINT ON.
ALL YOU NEED IS THE PERMITS, THE OTHER PERMITS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MASU? NO, NO.
DO WE HAVE, UM, A MOTION HERE, MADAM CHAIR OF THIS DWAYNE NELSON? YES, MR. NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 0 2 SAN ED EDUARDO STREET SOUTH, UH, THERE'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE, UH, WHICH IS DEFINED BY, UH, CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AND THAT THE REPAIRS BE COMPLETED IN 90 DAYS.
THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED, THAT ALL PERMITS BE DRAWN BEFORE WORK BEGINS.
I WOULD ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT, UM, NOTICES BE GIVEN TO THE, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTED.
WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE ON THE NOTICES? HUH? 30 DAYS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, UM, A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER WITH PERMITS, UH, AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, 30 DAY NOTICES BE GIVEN TO THE CODE OFFICER FOR HIS INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UP TO PAR.
AND, UH, THIS IS UNDER SECTION 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR REPAIR.
UM, AND WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, I SECOND BACK.
I WANNA THROW SOMETHING OUT HERE REAL QUICK.
UM, IF HE'S GONNA TAKE FOUR MONTHS AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA GIVE HIM, UH, THREE, I'M WONDERING WHY WE JUST CAN'T GIVE HIM THE EXTRA MONTH.
WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, THE CO THE CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER CAN DO THAT ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTIONS THAT HE'LL RECEIVE FROM MR. MANSOUR.
UH, DON'T KNOW IF THEY LEGAL, IS THAT FEASIBLE? THEY CAN EXTEND IT.
IF WE GIVE A COURT ORDER THAT STATES 30 DAYS, CAN THEY EXTEND THE COURT ORDER? WELL, AT THIS POINT, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS FOR THE 90 DAYS.
AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO ADD AN AMENDMENT, UH, YOU CAN STATING, UH, ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE GRANTED BASED ON THE CODE, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER'S DISCRETION.
I I WOULD AMEND THAT MOTION TO OKAY.
SAY THAT THE CODE OFFICER DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO EXTEND THE DATES, UH, NOT ONLY ON PROGRESS, BUT ALSO ON WHETHER, AND, AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT, 'CAUSE EVEN AT 120 DAYS, HE MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR THE 120 DAY NOTICE IF WE GAVE HIM THAT, SO THAT, THAT WOULD WORK OUT BOTH WAYS.
WE HAVE A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER WITH PERMITS AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE 30 DAYS, UH, EVERY 30 DAYS THE CODE OFFICER SHOULD GIVE A, A REPORT OF PROGRESS ON THE PROPERTY AND TO EXTEND WELL EXTENDED THE PROPERTY OF THE PROGRESS.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT? LEGAL
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? A AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO
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ZERO.OKAY, MR. MASSUR, GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND THE POLICEMAN, UH, THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE CODE OFFICER, AND THEY WILL KIND OF, UM, DECIPHER WHAT WE JUST DID HERE.
WE WANNA SEE A GOOD PRODUCT NOW.
MY NEXT CASE IS 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ISRAEL V, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 9 5 7 5, BLOCK 10, LOT 19, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DEBORAH MUELLER, L AND ERIC MUELLER, STATE OF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3.
ALL NOTICES OF THE HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
MS. DE MILLER IS PRESENT HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
SHE DOES AGREE WITH THE, UH, DEMOLITION.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY, UH, FUNDS OR MEANS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS ON THE PROPERTY.
SHE HAS TRIED TO GET ASSISTANCE, UM, FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES TRYING TO GET, UM, SOME TYPE OF HELP TO GET THE PROPERTY UP, UP TO CODE INTO COMPLIANCE.
BUT, UM, THAT'S AROUND THE TIME COVID HIT.
SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY ASSISTANCE.
THE EXTRA TIME WAS GRANTED AND SHE STILL FAILED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PHONE NUMBER FOUND FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER IS 2 1 0 2 5 9 1 3 7 9.
THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER WAS, UM, BESIDES THIS MORNING WAS ON, UH, JUNE 16TH, 2020.
UH, AND AT THAT TIME, THE TIME WAS GRANTED FOR, UH, AN EXTENSION.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 22ND, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 18TH, 2020.
INDEED, ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON MARCH 25TH, 2020.
SURGERY, UH, RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN, UH, RETURNED ON NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE AND ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2021, THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AT THIS TIME.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF LETTER OR CREDIT ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN JUNE 17TH, 2020, AND DECEMBER 3RD, 2021.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE OWNER DOES DO A GOOD JOB AT KEEPING THE PROPERTY CLEANED AND UH, SECURED.
SHE DOES HAVE MULTIPLE LOCKS ON GATES AND ON THE, UH, SCREEN DOORS, UH, PADLOCK, UH, WE HAVE GOTTEN CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT THERE ARE VAS GETTING ONTO THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT EVERY TIME I GO, I, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY OUT THERE.
AT ONE POINT, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TREE BRANCH THAT FELL ONTO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY DAMAGING THE ROOF.
UH, THE ROOF IN THE REAR PORTION HAS COLLAPSED.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ON THE ROOF, IT HAS, UM, DETERIORATION, WEATHER DAMAGE.
THE OVERHANDS HAS SOME DETERIORATION.
THIS IS STILL THE SIDE ELEVATION.
UM, GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, IF YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT, UH, TREE LEANING AGAINST THE HOUSE.
THIS IS THE SAME AREA, JUST DIFFERENT VIEW.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TREE WHERE IT HAD COLLAPSED.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES ON THE ROOF.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AS WELL AS SOME OF THAT.
UH, THAT TREE BRANCH WAS THERE WHEN THE INITIAL INSPECTION OCCURRED, AND THAT TREE BRANCH IS STILL THERE FROM DECEMBER 3RD.
THIS IS THE REAR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT IS JUST THE CLOSEUP OF, UH, THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF HAS, UH, COMPLETELY WORN OUT AND THEN, UH, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ON THE INTERIOR.
UH, HAVE PHOTOS AND YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER BIT AT THE, UH, RAFTERS ARE, ARE, SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT EVEN ATTACHED TO THE LOAD BEARING WALLS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE CORNER, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SEPARATION RIGHT THERE AT THE WALL ON THE CORNERS.
WE MADE OUR WAY IN THROUGH THE KITCHEN WHEN WE FIRST MADE THE INITIAL INSPECTION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE TOP.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MOLD STARTING TO GROW.
UH, IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT GETTING AROUND
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THE PROPERTY.IT IS, UM, COVERED WITH MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THIS IS MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH AGAIN, THROUGH THE KITCHEN AREA.
UH, GOING INTO THE LIVING ROOM, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANY PHOTOS OF THE, UH, FLOOR DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF, UH, STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.
KITCHEN AREA, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION, THE DAMAGE, THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE, THE LACK OF UPKEEP.
UM, FROM WHAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE, UH, OWNER, SHE DOESN'T LIVE IN THE, ON THE PROPERTY ANYMORE.
SHE IS A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER FOR HER SISTER.
AGAIN, AS WE MAKE OUR WAY, UM, AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN, I TRY TO TAKE A PHOTO OF SOME OF THE DAMAGE ON THE FLOOR, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO, AGAIN, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LIVING ROOM AREA.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SOME OF THAT SHEET ROCK, UM, CEILING COVER HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WIRING IN, IN THAT AREA UP IN THE TOP.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WATER DAMAGE UP AT THE TOP ON THE DECKING FOR THE ROOF.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, STILL THE SAME AREA.
THIS IS JUST A PHOTO OF THAT SAME ROOM.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, DEBRIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH AND TAKE PHOTOS OF THE FLOOR.
AS WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE, UH, PAST THE DINING ROOM AREA TO THE LIVING ROOM, UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME DAMAGE, NOT A WHOLE LOT IN THIS AREA OR THIS PART OF THE HOUSE.
AND AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S IN THERE JUST MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE.
UH, AT THIS, AT ONE POINT, UM, THE OWNER DID STATE THAT SHE DID STAY EVERY NOW AND THEN AT THE LOCATION.
AND THIS WHERE HER SLEEPING QUARTERS, UM, AGAIN, SHE NO LONGER STAYS IN THE HOUSE.
SHE IS A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER FOR HER SISTER.
THIS IS WHERE THE, UM, UH, SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS WERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE OUT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE PHOTO, SOME OF THE DAMAGE DONE.
UH, THERE'S A LEAK ON THE ROOF.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MOLD STAR AND THE GRILL DETERIORATION AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE CEILING COVER.
IT'S MADE OUR WAY TO THE RESTROOM.
UH, THERE IS MOLD IN THE RESTROOM AS WELL, UH, AND MORE IN DEBRIS, UH, TO INCLUDE, UH, SOME OF THE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS IN, IN THE TUB AREA.
THIS IS THE TUB AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE THE MOLD GROWING ON THE WALLS, UH, DUE TO THE, UH, ELEMENTS GETTING IN THERE.
THIS IS WHERE THE, UH, TREE HAD, UH, FALLEN ONTO THE HOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE RAFTERS THAT ARE NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE LOAD BEARING WALLS.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES ON THE ROOF, THE DETERIORATION, UM, AND THE MOLD GROWING IN THE WALLS.
THIS IS THE SAME ROOM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM, UH, MORE OF THE SAME.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE RAFTERS ARE NOT TOUCHING THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED.
AND THEN MORE OF THE SAME WITH THE MOLD GROWING ON THE WALLS.
THIS IS THE, THE DECKING, UH, THAT SAME ROOM, UH, WHERE THE TREE COLLAPSED.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE BED THAT'S JUST BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE.
THIS IS ON OUR WAY OUT FROM THAT ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE HOW, UH, MOST OF THE ROOF, UH, OR WHAT WAS THE ROOF, IS ON, ON INSIDE THE HOUSE, IN ON THE FLOOR.
THIS IS THE, UM, IF YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE PROPERTY, IT'S BACK RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BOTTOM, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, SIDING HAS STARTED TO DETACH.
THE STRUCTURE HAS STARTED TO SHIFT AND SINK IN.
THIS ONE'S SIMILAR, HAD A TREE FALL ON IT.
THE BACK PORTION, THE BACK ELEVATION HAS COLLAPSED.
UM, THE LOAD BEARING WALLS HAVE SEPARATED AND STARTED TO BULGE.
UM, SOME OF THEM OUT, SOME OF THEM IN, IT'S VERY UNEVEN.
I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE, UH, CONDITIONS OF THE INSIDE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S IN THERE.
UH, WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN, YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WATER DAMAGE, UM, DUE TO THE ROOF.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A MAJOR LEAK UP THERE.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
THIS IS A REAR SIDE ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE BRANCHES, HOW THEY STARTED TO GROW IN TOWARDS THE WALLS AND ON THE BACK.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S, UM, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE, THE ROOF IS COMPLETELY GONE.
IT'S INSIDE THE, UM, THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WALLS, HOW THEY HAVE COLLAPSED INWARD, AND THE REAR ONE HAS COLLAPSED OUTWARD.
IT'S JUST THE CLOSEUP TO SHOW SOME OF THE RAFTERS ON THE FLOOR.
AND, UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE GLOBE BEARING WALLS HAVE IMPLODED.
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IS JUST A CONTEXTUAL SHOT.UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WALL WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING IN TOWARDS THE PROPERTY INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH A, UH, DAMAGE ANDARY ROOF SYSTEM THAT HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
RESTERS HAVE SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE AND SOME HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS.
WIND FRAME HAS SUSTAINED WEATHER DAMAGE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP.
THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION HAS PARTIALLY SANK IN.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY DETACHED GARAGE.
ASPHALT, SHINGLE ROOF COVERING HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, EXPOSING THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE TO THE ELEMENTS.
THE REAR WALLS HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE FRAMING AND COLLAPSE AS WELL.
FOUNDATION HAS STARTED TO SHOW SIGNS OF CRACKING AND SHIFTING.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 6, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN AND SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, AND OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SO, OFFICER MS. GIL, SHE HAS A QUESTION.
SO OFFICER VELA, YOU SAID THAT SHE NO LONGER STAYS THERE AND SHE DOESN'T RETURN ANYMORE.
SHE DOESN'T STAY AT THE PROPERTY.
UH, SHE'S A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER FOR HER.
AND ALSO YOU SAID SHE'S IN AGREEANCE WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM SPEAKING WITH HER THIS MORNING.
SHE DOES AGREE THAT THE PROPERTY, UM, IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR SINCE SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
AND MRS. UM, WELL PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME IS, UH, MS. DEBORAH MUELLER.
CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, MY NAME IS DEBORAH MUELLER.
I LIVE AT 1 7 4 HEATHER, I'M THE OWNER.
AND WOULD YOU WANNA STATE YOUR CASE? UH, WELL, OF COURSE I AGREE THAT THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED, BUT AS SOON AS IT'S DEMOLISHED, I'LL BE TECHNICALLY HOMELESS AND I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITH MY SISTER.
SHE DOES NOT WANT TO LIVE WITH ME.
IT'S HER APARTMENT AND I'M THERE AS LONG AS SHE NEEDS ME.
AND, UH, SHE ALWAYS LETS ME KNOW, UH, WHEN SHE NEEDS TO BE ALONE, SHE NEEDS HER SPACE.
SO, UH, SHE USUALLY CALLS ME BACK WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS TO COME HELP HER DO THIS AND THAT.
AND, UH, WHEN I'M, UH, I'M HER FULL-TIME CAREGIVER.
UH, SO, UH, THE IDEAL SITUATION WOULD BE FOR ME TO GET AN APARTMENT, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE A SECTION EIGHT HOUSING.
I WOULD LIKE AN APARTMENT IN HER COMPLEX OVER THERE ON JACKSON KELLER, WHERE SHE LIVES.
AND SO I COULD BE THERE 24 7 IF SHE NEEDED ME RIGHT THERE IN THE COMPLEX.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE, UH, FINANCIAL MEANS TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR AN APARTMENT.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, MA'AM.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR UHHUH
I KNOW HE'LL GIVE YOU A PACKET, UHHUH
UH, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M PRESSED BETWEEN BEING A CAREGIVER FOR MY SISTER AND THEN HAVING TO GO BACK AND FORTH, UH, TO THE PROPERTY.
UH, ONE MONTH AGO, UH, I SUSTAINED A, UH, PITBULL ATTACK.
I WAS ATTACKED TWICE, LEAVING MY PROPERTY.
I I HAD GONE THERE IN THE MORNING TO GET THE MAIL.
AND WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE PROPERTY, TWO FEMALE PIT BULLS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE OWNER IN BACK OF ME, WHICH HAS BECOME A NUISANCE
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FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, 2 35 CASHMERE, UH, THEY ATTACKED ME AND I WAS SAVED.I DID GET BITTEN AND THE E M S CAME AND, UM, A MAN UP THE STREET LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE.
AND THEN WHEN I WAS ESCORTED ACROSS THE STREET BY THE E M S FIREMEN, THE PIT BULLS WERE COMING FROM THE SOUTH, GOING NORTH BACK TO THEIR HOME, I GUESS.
AND, UH, BOTH OF THEM, UH, ATTACKED ME AGAIN WHEN I WAS AT THE BUS STOP AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON CLARK AVENUE, AND I WAS SAVED AGAIN FROM ANOTHER ATTACK.
SO EVERY TIME I GO TO THAT PROPERTY, I'VE GOT MACE IN BOTH HANDS JUST TO GO THERE AND GET MY MAIL.
THAT'S HOW AFRAID I AM TO GO ON THE PROPERTY.
MA'AM, YOU MIGHT WANNA GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? UH, WELL I DO, I HAVE A POST OFFICE BOX.
WELL THEN DON'T GO TO THE PROPERTY ANYMORE.
WELL, I, I STILL NEED TO GET, I'VE GOT ALL OF MY THINGS IN MY HOUSE.
I HAVEN'T, I DON'T LIVE WITH MY SISTER.
I MEAN, I HAVE ALL OF MY CLOTHING AND, UH, PROPERTY.
I'VE, I, THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD HOME.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
UH, WELL, I STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE PROPERTY TO GET MY MEDICINE.
I'VE GOT, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT I NEED.
UH, MY SISTER DOESN'T WANT ME TO MOVE A LOT OF CLUTTER INTO HER APARTMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH HER.
I, UH, I JUST, I GO AS IS AND I TAKE MY LITTLE CART WITH ME AND I GET GROCERIES FOR HER.
AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M HER CAREGIVER, I DO IT ALL.
SO MA'AM, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOU.
WE FEEL FOR YOU, BUT WE JUST CAN'T REACH OUT TO YOU.
AND THEN BE GUIDED BY WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU AT THAT POINT.
UH, BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHAT THE MAIN THING, I JUST NEED MORE TIME AND I DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING ME.
AND SO, UH, I WAS INSTRUCTED, I DO HAVE TIME TO, UH, ONCE I LEARN THE DATE OF THE DEMOLITION, I CAN EXTEND IT WITH AN MA'AM.
WE WE'RE GOING TO, IT IS GONNA BE ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS BEFORE THE PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED BECAUSE THEY'RE, THE DEMOLITION PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULES.
ONCE THE DEMOLITION STARTS, UH, THE, THE, MY LAWYER CAN'T FILE AN, UH, SOMETHING WITH THE, UH, DISTRICT COURTS TO DELAY IT.
WHAT? YOU DELAY IT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO WELL, WE HAVEN'T MADE A ORDER YET 'CAUSE I JUST DON'T, I DON'T WANNA BE, I'VE GOT MY SISTER TO TAKE CARE OF AND THEN I'VE GOT THE, THE HOUSE TO TAKE CARE OF.
I'VE GOT DECIDE WHAT ITEMS I'M GONNA KEEP BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE YOU 45 DAYS TO DO THAT, MA'AM.
YOU GO IN THERE AND GET WHAT YOU WANT AND LEAVE.
WELL, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT LOADS OF THINGS THAT ARE MINE.
IT'S PROBABLY, OH, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ADDRESS ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS.
UH, IT IS, HAVE A SEAT, MA'AM.
UH, IT IS 11, IT'S 11:00 AM THE BUILDING STANDARDS WILL, WILL, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT IS NOW 1125 AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS BACK IN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL BUSINESS WAS, UM, IMPLEMENTED OR DISCUSSED, BUT, OKAY.
I, MRS UM, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, HONEY? I S**T, IT'S MRS. MUELLER.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? 'CAUSE WE HAD TO GO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A ROLL CALL FIRST.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL MS. BROWN? HERE.
NOW CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
UH, ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 74
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HEATHER AVENUE.UH, I MOVE THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 74.
HEATHER AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, UH, WHICH IS, UH, NOT FEASIBLE TO BEING REPAIRED.
UH, AS FAR AS THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS CONCERNED, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE SUBSECTIONS IDENTIFIED BY THE CODE OFFICER 6, 8, 12, 15, 7, AND 18.
HOWEVER, I WOULD DEFER THE PROPERTY TO THE DEMOLITION DE, UH, DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE CITY.
UH, AND FURTHERMORE, I WOULD SAY THAT THE, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS NOT FEASIBLY BEING REPAIRED AND THAT THAT STRUCTURE SHOULD BE, UH, DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS AS A RESULT OF THE CODES.
UH, FIVE, SEVEN SUB CODES, EXCUSE ME.
5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
WE HAVE, UM, A 30 DAY DEMOLITION ON THAT.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 74 HEATHER AVENUE.
AND, UH, THE, UH, MAIN ACCESSORY IS UNDER SECTION 6 8 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THE ACCESSORY IS 5 7 8 11 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND BECAUSE THE OWNER IS, UM, HAS NOWHERE TO GO, WE ARE REFERRING HER TO THE DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM AND I WOULD ADD SUBJECT TO HER QUALIFICATION UNDER THAT PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR HER UNDER THE PROGRAM.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL CHAIR? THIS IS JUDY.
JUST TO CONFIRM, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS ORDERED TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN 30 DAYS IS CORRECT.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
OH, MRS. MUELLER, THE OFFICER WILL GET WITH YOU AND TELL YOU HOW, WHAT WENT DOWN HERE OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, MA'AM.
HOW YOU DOING, MA'AM? I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE YOU OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING REAL.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ELISA VALDEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2026 LYON STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS CB 2143, BLOCK SEVEN, LOT EIGHT, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNERS ON RECORD IS WILLIAMS JOE ETHEL B AND CLARENCE BEDFORD, WITH THEIR MAILING ADDRESS OF 53 27 STORMY BREEZE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
OUR NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES SUPPORT, WISH TO PROCEED? THANK YOU.
NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNER OR PERSON OF INTEREST.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 25TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2026 LION STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 6TH, 2021.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 8TH, 2021 ON NOVEMBER, 2020 SECOND, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR B SS B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2026 LYON STREET ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF FOR LETTER OR CREDIT OR AN ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE AS OF DECEMBER 4TH, 2021.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 2026 LYON STREET.
THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY SECURED AND CLEANED THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 2026 LYON STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME TAGGING ON THE PROPERTY AT THE FRONT ELEVATION.
NEXT, THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING FROM ITS FOUNDATION UP THE BOTTOM CORNER AND THE FACIAL BOARD, UM, LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION CAUSING IT ITERATION.
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THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE ISSUES TO THE ROOF AND THE SOFFIT AS WELL.
I'M SORRY, THE, UM, FASCIA BOARDS ON THE SIDE ELEVATION OF, UM, OF THIS PROPERTY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE, UM, PLANKS ARE MISSING THE SIDING THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED.
UM, IT DID HAVE A COMPLETE SIDING, A COMPLETE WALL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPERTY WAS VANDALIZED AND THIS ENTIRE SECTION WAS REMOVED.
WE THINK IT WAS, UM, TO REUSE THE MATERIAL SOMEWHERE ELSE, UM, BECAUSE WE DID NOT SEE ANY OF THE BOARDS LAYING ON THE GROUND AT THE PROPERTY.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RE ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS DETERIORATION OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SECURED THIS PROPERTY, UM, IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
NEXT, JUST A FURTHER OVERVIEW OF THE SAME PROPERTY.
NOW THERE IS DUMPING ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY ITSELF.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN DUMPING, UM, ACCUMULATED IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY NEXT, AND THERE IS A LARGE PILE AND MOUNT.
UH, AGAIN, SINCE THE PROPERTY IS UNSECURED AND VACANT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GONE IN, UH, DRIVEN BACK AND JUST DUMPED TRASH.
NEXT, THIS INTERIOR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, PORTION OF THE WALLS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
UM, SOME OF THE, UM, UH, WOODEN MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED NOW.
THERE'S BEEN A VANDALISM AS WELL WHERE ELECTRICAL WIRING HAS BEEN REMOVED AND PULLED FROM THE WALLS AS YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THOSE WALLS.
NEXT, AGAIN, ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND THOSE, UH, PIECES OF SHEET ROCK THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO REMOVE THE, UH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
AND OF COURSE, PORTIONS HAVE COLLAPSED DUE TO SOME WATER DAMAGE.
NEXT, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE HOLES ON THE WALL.
AGAIN, THEY HAD TRIED TO MAKE REPAIRS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PAST.
UH, THEY WERE NEVER COMPLETE AND THEREFORE THE STRUCTURE CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE IT DUE, DUE TO VANDALISM AND OTHER STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
NEXT CLOSER, LOOK, UM, TO THOSE SECTIONS AGAIN, YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME TYPE OF, UH, ATTEMPTED ELECTRICAL REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN INCOMPLETE.
THERE IS DEBRIS WITHIN THE INTERIORS BEING USED, UH, BY NTS.
THERE'S ALSO ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN THIS PROPERTY.
NEXT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE COMING IN FROM THE ROOF SECTION AND SEVERAL AREAS.
UH, WITH THIS CAUSING ISSUES TO THE WALLS AND THE ROOF SECTION.
NEXT, YOU CAN SEE THE, THAT WALL.
UM, FURTHER BACK, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING THE WALKING SURFACE.
NEXT, THAT SAME SECTION UP AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF, YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE HOLE DUE TO, UH, WATER DAMAGE AND ISSUES WITH THE SECTION.
ALL THAT, UH, WATER COMING IN, UM, HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE WALLS AND THE WALKING SURFACE, FOUNDATION BEAMS, ET CETERA.
NEXT, TAKING A, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A CORRUGATED METAL PREFABRICATED SHED, UH, THAT WAS PLACED ON, UM, SLAB ON GRADE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURAL ACTS, WEATHERPROOFING, WHICH HAS CAUSED, UH, DETERIORATION AND RUST THROUGHOUT.
NEXT, JUST TAKING A CLOSER LOOK.
THIS PROPERTY, THIS STRUCTURE HAS ALSO BEEN PREVIOUSLY SECURED BY CITY.
UM, NEXT, THIS IS A HOLE ON THE ROOF SECTION OF THAT SHED.
NEXT, UH, THE BOTTOM SECTION, THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY SHIFTING.
UM, THIS WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED.
SO THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY MOVING NEXT.
AND THE INTERIOR, THERE IS TRASH, DEBRIS THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY VAGRANTS AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH HUMAN FECES, ET CETERA.
NEXT, NEXT, THE SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO BE IN DETERIORATED CONDITION.
THE GABLE ROOF WITH ASAL SHINGLES ARE WORN AND DETERIORATED.
EXCUSE ME, PORSCHES ARE LIFTING FROM ROOF DECKING.
ROOF SYSTEM HAS DAMAGED RICH BORES AND HAS HOLES IN SEVERAL AREAS CAUSING INTERIOR STRUCTURE TO HAVE WATER EXPOSURE.
THERE IS A TRADITION IN RODDY TO THE FASCIA.
EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE SIDING THAT ARE MISSING BROKEN ROTTED PLANKS AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE INTERIOR WALLS HAS HAVE HOLES.
ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN REMOVED, THE FLOOR SURFACE HAS WATER DAMAGE IS AN EVEN AND ENDANGERED TO WALK ON.
FOUNDATION IS SINKING AND NEEDS MAJOR REPAIRS.
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RAFTERS AND CEILING JOISTS FOR EXHIBIT ROTTING AND MOISTURE DETERIORATION DUE TO WATER EXPOSURE.PROPERTIES BEING USED FOR, EXCUSE ME, PROPERTIES BEING USED FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF IRVING ACADEMY.
THE ACCESSORY METAL SHELL LOCATED AT REAR PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO HAVE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
STRUCTURE IS ROTTED AND THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS HOLES.
THE STRUCTURE, THE ACCESSORIES STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2026 AND THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2026 IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR MAIN STRUCTURE AND 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE, THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION SUB STANDARDIZED
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR BOTH ACCESSORY AND MAIN STRUCTURES.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION FOR 2026 LION STREET.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER MS. GIL? YEAH.
OFFICER VALDEZ, YOU STATED THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN BOARDING UP THE, UH, STRUCTURE.
UH, RECENTLY HAS IT BEEN BROKEN INTO? UM, YES.
AND IT'S BEEN, WE CANNOT BOARD AN ENTIRE WALL.
UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
I, IT'S BEEN TO WHERE I'VE BEEN TO THE PROPERTY TO TRY TO DO AN UPDATE, UM, ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE STRUCTURE OR TO LEAVE A DOOR HANG OR TO TRY TO MAKE CONTACT.
AND I HAVE FOUND THAT DRIVING UP THERE IS, UM, PEOPLE, GENTLEMEN IN FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE USING THE STRUCTURE FOR A DRIVE UP, UM, SALES ACTIVITY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL.
UH, THE SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY WITHIN A BLOCK AND A HALF OF THAT STRUCTURE WHERE CHILDREN, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CHILDREN THAT LIVE ON THAT BLOCK, THAT WALK TO IRVING ACADEMY AND IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM.
THIS IS, THIS IS AN ONGOING THING.
WELL, ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY IS I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PROACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS BOARDED UP AND THAT, UM, BUT YOU ALL HAVE REPORTED IT AS WELL TO, UH, THE POLICE AS WELL, RIGHT? YES, WE HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? OH GREAT.
GIRL
ARTICLE EIGHT SECTIONS 1 5 6 FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 18 AS DEFINED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND ARE BEYOND FEASIBILITY FOR REPAIR AND ORDER A 30 DAY DEMOLITION.
AND IF THE STRUCTURES ARE NOT BOARDED, PLE, UM, PLEASE BOARD THEM AND ALSO PRIORITIZE DEMOLITION BEFORE, UH, AFTER THE 30 DAYS, UM, 30 DAY DEMO WOULD SECURE.
AND WHAT ELSE? TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
AND PRIORITIZE DEMOLITION AFTER THE 30 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITY.
WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMO.
SECURE THE BUILDING TO PRIORITIZE THE, THE DEMOLITION AFTER THE 30 DAYS IF IT HAS NOT BEEN DEMOLISHED.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ROBERT TAPIA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, COULD WE GO TO VOTE PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
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GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.MY NAME IS ISRAEL VIA DANGERS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 25 S LEGAL STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 0 8 9 9, BLOCK 17, LOT 28, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS MANUEL PAS T STATE OF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 34 23 SOUTH GIVER STREET, SUITE FOUR, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 0.
ALL NOTICES OF THE HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOW, UM, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, WE DO.
AT THIS TIME, NO PHONE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN FOUND FOR PIS MANUEL, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 8TH, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 25 LEGAL STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON APRIL 20TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 25 LEO STREET ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS WORK HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2021.
UNCLAIMED AT THIS TIME, UH, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT ENGINEERS HAS, UH, REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF DECEMBER 8TH, 2021.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 3 25 ALIGO STREET.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2021.
UM, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR.
HE SAYS THAT, UM, VAGRANTS DO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THEY HAVE KICKED THE DOORS IN, BROKEN THE WINDOWS.
WE HAVE SECURED 'EM MULTIPLE TIMES.
UH, THE NEIGHBOR STATED THAT THEY ARE GOING FROM, UM, THROUGH A HOLE UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE AND JUST COMING UP FROM WITHIN.
AND THEN THEY LEAVE IN THE MORNING AND THEY COME BACK AT NIGHT.
THERE ARE SIGNS, I HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF, UH, VAGRANTS GOING IN THERE, UM, BUT I'M UNABLE TO FIND OUT THROUGH WHERE SO THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT SECURED.
UM, EVERY TIME THEY REMOVE THE BOARDS, WE GO AHEAD AND BOARD IT UP.
WE HAVE CUT AND CLEAN AND SECURE THE PROPERTY SEVERAL TIMES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SEPARATION ON THE SIDING ON THE FRONT.
UM, FRONT, LEFT, UH, BOTTOM SIDE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN WINDOWS AT THE TOP, WE HAVE BOARDED THEM UP IN THE PAST.
UH, AGAIN, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
SOME OF THE SIDING HAS STARTED TO DETACH.
UH, THERE ARE SOME, SOME HOLES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY, UH, VAGRANTS GETTING IN AND OUT.
WE HAVE SECURED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UH, THE BACK WINDOW, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S OPEN.
WE DID SECURE IT FROM THE INSIDE WITH THE BOARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, THERE'S, UH, SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
AT ONE POINT SOMEBODY TRIED TO COVER IT WITH THE TARP AND THEN THEY DIDN'T REMOVE THE DAMAGED TARPS AFTER THAT, THEY JUST KEEP ADDING TARPS TO THE TOP.
I'M NOT UNAWARE HOW LONG THOSE TARPS HAVE BEEN UP THERE, BUT THERE IS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOUND, UH, SIGNS OF FOUNDATION, UH, SINKING IN AND SHIFTING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.
UH, SOME OF THAT SIDING IS NOT MATCHING UP AND SOME OF IT STARTED TO BULGE OUT ALREADY.
UH, I SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBOR TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GETTING IN THROUGH AND HE COULDN'T TELL ME IF THAT'S WHERE THE VAGRANTS WERE GETTING IN UNDERNEATH THERE.
SO WE HAVE NOT SECURED THAT HOLE RIGHT THERE.
UH, AGAIN, SOME OF THE SIDING STARTING TO DETACH.
AND THEN LACK OF OTHER PROTECTION.
WHEN WE WENT INTO THE ROOM, UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LIVING ROOM AREA.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE VAGRANTS HAVE STARTED TO STEAL SOME OF THE COPPER.
THEY HAVE STRIPPED THE WALLS, UH, A LOT OF TRASH DEBRIS, RUBBISH.
UM, THERE ARE SOME HOLES ON THE FLOOR.
WE'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS ON IT COMING UP THE WINDOW THAT'S UNSECURED, UH, FROM THE FIRST PHOTOS, A COUPLE OF PHOTOS, THEY STA WINDOW RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOARDS TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
THOSE ARE THE BOARDS WE USE TO SECURE THE WINDOW.
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THE SAME ROOM.YOU CAN JUST SEE THE EXPOSED WIRING UP AT THE CEILING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME OF THE SITTING HAS JUST BEEN ACCUMULATING DUST.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN OCCUPIED.
UH, WHEN WE LEFT THE, UH, LIVING ROOM AREA, I'M SORRY, THE, UM, YES, THE LIVING ROOM AREA, UH, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE DAMAGE.
IT'S A CLOSEUP OF IT WHERE THEY STRIP THE WIRING AND THEY REMOVE SOME OF THAT SHEET ROCK.
THE INTERIOR WALL COVERINGS, THIS IS THAT SIDE ROOM.
THE SIDE ROOM AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WIRING.
YOU CAN SEE HOW WATER'S GETTING INTO THE STRUCTURE AND IT'S STARTING TO AFFECT SOME OF THAT.
THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL HOOKED UP.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER AND YOU ALSO, THE SHEET ROCKS AREN'T DETACHED.
UH, THIS IS WHERE THEY TRY TO GET SOME OF THE PLUMBING OUT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES ON THE WALL, BUT THE PLUMBING IS P V C, SO THEY LEFT THAT ALONE.
THIS IS GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE BACK BEDROOMS. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT COMING THROUGH, UH, A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE.
UM, IT EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT COMING THROUGH, SEPARATION BETWEEN THE WINDOWS AND WHERE THE, UH, FRAMING IS.
AND THEN AS YOU LOOK AT THE DECKING ON THE FLOOR, A LOT OF WATER COMING IN AND STARTING TO CREATE SOME OF THE DAMAGE DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
THIS GOING BACK TO WHAT USED TO BE A RESTROOM.
UH, THEY HAVE REMOVED ALL THE PLUMBING, THE PIPES, AND THEN IN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE HOLE ON THE FLOOR, UH, WHERE VAGRANTS, AND I'M SORRY, NOT VAGRANTS, BUT ANIMALS, THE RODENTS ARE STARTING TO COME IN THERE.
IT USED TO BE WHERE THE, UM, I BELIEVE THE LAUNDRY WAS HOOKED UP.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE TWO 20 HOOKED UP.
AND, UH, THE WIRING, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S BEEN REMOVED.
UH, AT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT COMING IN FROM THE HOLE ON THE ROOF.
STILL THE SAME ROOM YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THE HOLE THAT GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE GRADE AT, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT A, I DO HAVE A CLOSEUP.
I'M NOT SURE IF I ADDED IT TO THE PRESENTATION.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES ON THE FLOOR.
AND THIS IS THE LAUNDRY ROOM SLASH RESTROOM AREA.
THIS IS ON, I BELIEVE IT'S ON OUR WAY OUT.
UM, JUST TAKING A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE INTERIOR, UH, DAMAGE, DEBRIS, TRASH AND THEN SEPARATION RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDOW.
THIS IS, UM, WHAT I STATED EARLIER, SOME OF THE HOLES THAT THEY DID ON THE WALL.
UM, THIS IS THE SAME ROAD BUT ON THE LEFT, UH, HAND SIDE, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE BOARDED UP FROM THE EXTERIOR ON THE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS THAT ROOM I WAS SPEAKING OF.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD THAT WE ADDED ON THE EXTERIOR PORTION TO BLOCK SOME OF THAT HOLES THAT THEY DID ON THE WALLS.
AND THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA OR WHAT USED TO BE THE KITCHEN.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE CABINETS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
THE PLUMBING HAS BEEN REMOVED IN ANY WIRING.
ELECTRIC HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THERE AS WELL, WHICH IS A CLOSE.
THIS IS THE, UH, CEILING STILL IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
UM, SAME THING WITH THE ELECTRICAL.
AND THEN THIS ILLUSTRATE, UH, THIS IS ON OUR WAY OUT ON FINALLY DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SOME OF THAT, UM, SHEET ROCK WALL COVERING HAS BEEN REMOVED TO GET TO SOME OF THE WIRING THAT USED TO BE THERE.
AND THIS IS JUST A CONTEXTUAL OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT COMING IN FROM THE OXIDE IN.
THIS IS, UM, PICTURE OF THE FOUNDATION.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S STARTING TO SHIFT AND SINK IN.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SEPARATION.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LIGHTING TO ILLUSTRATE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PLUMBING HAS ALREADY DETACHED.
A LOT OF THE PLUMBING WAS P V C, SO THEY JUST KIND OF LEFT IT INTACT AND WHATEVER WAS, UM, METAL AND COPPER THEY, THEY TOOK.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH DAMAGE AND DETERIORATED ROOF SYSTEM THAT HAS SEVERE DAMAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS HAVE MISSING AND, UM, ARE MISSING AND OR DAMAGE.
SIDING, UH, BROKEN WINDOWS AND THE DOORS HAVE BEEN, UH, KICKED IN BY VAGRANT.
THE, UH, DOORS AND WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP BY CITY CONTRACTORS.
INTERIOR WALLS HAVE BEEN MISSING AND OR DAMAGED SHEET ROCK.
CEILING SHOWS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD.
WOOD FRAME HAS SUSTAINED WEATHER DAMAGE DUE TO HOLES ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP.
POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION IS SHOWING SIGNS OF SHIFTING AND SINKING IN THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 25 LEGAL STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 8 11, 12 15, 17 AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION,
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SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSTED A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 25 ALIGO STREET.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, OFFICER? QUESTIONS? I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION IF YOU'D LIKE.
OH, WELL I DO HAVE A QUESTION REALLY QUICK.
UH, IT LOOKS, WAS THIS CASE PASSED ON TO YOU? NO, UH, THIS CASE WAS OPENED, UM, BY ME.
THE REASON IT TOOK SO LONG IS 'CAUSE DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, IT JUST KIND OF PUT A HOLD ON ALL THE HEARINGS AND IT JUST KIND OF GOT DELAYED.
BUT THAT'S WHY IT, IT TOOK A WHILE.
'CAUSE I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT LIKE FEBRUARY, 2020 AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT HERE, BUT THAT'S ALL.
CAN WE ENTERTAIN MOTION PLEASE? MOTION, YEAH.
THIS IS FOR THE, UH, DEMOLITION OF A MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 3 2 5 ALIGO STREET, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 2 3 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS 8 11, 12 15, 17 AND 18.
AND THAT THE NOT FEASIBLE FOR, UH, BEING REPAIRED AND THAT, UH, AN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR THIS PROPERTY UNDER SECTIONS 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
COULD WE GO TO VOTE PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
IS THAT THE ONLY, IS THAT THE LAST ONE? OKAY.
MS. LEGAL OVER THERE, DO YOU WANT AN ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION OR DOES, UH, Y'ALL HAVE LUNCH COMING? DO THEY HAVE, OKAY.
UH, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS, UH, GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT THE HEARING AND THEN I WILL JUST TALK TO Y'ALL, UH, WHILE YOU EAT LUNCH.
SO LUNCH IS NOT PUSHED BACK FOR Y'ALL AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP, UH, A CODE HERE.
OKAY? SO, UH, THAT WAS OUR FINAL ORDER FOR THE DAY AND, UH, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT, UH, THE BOARD IS ADJOURNED AND IT IS NOW, I DIDN'T LOOK AT MY, I'M SORRY.