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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'LL HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING INTO SESSION STAFF.
COULD WE PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? LENCIA GUILLORY.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AMIN TAMMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, AND MYSELF, JUDY KRUM.
B S B LIAISON CHAIR AORM IS PRESENT.
CAN WE HAVE OUR INTERPRETERS READ THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING? GOOD MORNING.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
A PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
HOWEVER, A OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION OF THE CODE VIOLATION.
AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN THE NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU ARE SUBMITTED, THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS YOUR DILAPIDATED DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CO OFFICER.
SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1 9 0 1 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FALL AN APPEAL AND THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING OR PER CO CITY CODE SECTION ONE SIX DASH 2 3 6.
ALSO, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE THE TWO MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE, WHICH IS KAYLA MIRANDA, WHICH IS COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M ALSO A PUBLIC HOUSING TENANT, SO I LIVE AT THE ARIZONA COURTS.
AND THEN, UH, JOEL SICE, REPRESENTATIVE OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
I AM FORMERLY WITH THE NATIONAL AL MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION, NEMA, UM, AS A, UH, CONFORMING ASSESSMENT MANAGER.
SO LOOKING AT PRODUCT SAFETY, ALSO WAS LOOKING AT, UH, DOING, UM, UH, ELECTRO TECHNICAL STANDARDS OF HARMONIZATION THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, INCLUDING US, MEXICO, AND CANADA, UH, THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED KINA.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
HAS ANYONE, HAS EVERYONE HAD A
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A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS.ALRIGHT, STAFF, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? VOTE FOR THE MINUTES.
MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
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CONTINUE WITH STAFF REPORTS, PLEASE.CAN YOU HEAR OKAY? JUST MAKING SURE.
I'M A CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UM, ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS TO READ INTO THE RECORD AS EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS.
THE FIRST ONE, UH, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1247 COLEBRA ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WAS, UH, DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE DEMOLITION DATE OF THIS, UM, OF THIS ACTUAL, UM, PROPERTY OCCURRED ON DECEMBER THE SECOND OF 2021.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER WE GOT BOTH OF THOSE UP.
NEXT LOCATION WAS AT ONE 10 SHEA IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE THAT DID OCCUR ON DECEMBER THE SEVENTH OF 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER, A ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE DEMOLITION FOR THIS PROPERTY OCCURRED ON DECEMBER THE 11TH OF 2021, AND THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER NEXT LOCATION, THREE 14 VINE STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON DECEMBER THE 13TH OF 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE DEMOLITION FOR THIS PROPERTY DID OCCUR ON DECEMBER THE 14TH OF 2021 AND NEXT PROPERTY 24 12 HICKS AVENUE IN COUNCIL.
DISTRICT THREE WAS PARTIALLY, I'M SORRY, WAS FULLY DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE THAT DID OCCUR ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED ON DECEMBER THE 28TH OF 2021 IN THE LAST LOCATION AT, UH, ONE 30 MEIDA STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS WAS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY THE SIXTH OF 2022.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON JANUARY THE 11TH OF 2022.
AND WE HAVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS AS WELL.
UM, THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT FOR THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ONE OF THESE, UM, PROPERTIES FROM THE BOARD.
DOES BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL CASES, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UM, CONDUCT SOME ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OF THE SELECTION OF OUR, UH, B CHAIR, VICE CHAIR WELL SELECTION OF OUR PANEL B VICE CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, FRED ANDES FOR, UH, PANEL B, VICE CHAIR FRED ANDES, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS NOMINATION? NO OBJECTION.
JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? OKAY.
OH, CAN WE GET A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON SECOND.
JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A VICE-CHAIR.
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THANK YOU.LET'S BEGIN WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEMS. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT THE FIRST ITEM, PLEASE.
FOR THE RECORD, 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 FIVE 30 BLAZE WITH A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT SIX STATUTE ONE 60.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FIVE 30 BLAZE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JULY 29TH, 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.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 12 1 15 BLOCK 22, LOCATED IN, EXCUSE ME, LOT EIGHT, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS, UH, KITTY SEAVERS WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF FIVE 30 BLAZE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 8.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020 21.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THERE IS NO OWNER PRESENT HERE TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021, AND THEIR CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2021.
THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO MEET WITH THE OWNER'S SON WHO WAS LIVING AT THE PROPERTY, RONALD SEAVERS.
UM, MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2021, JANUARY 13TH, 2022, AND JANUARY 20TH, 2022.
ON JANUARY 13TH, 2022, THE NOTICE FOR A B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT FIVE 30 BLAZE ON JANUARY 13TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO KITTY SEAVERS, AND ON JANUARY 15TH, 2022, CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS, WAS SIGNED NOT ELIGIBLE ON JULY 29TH, 2021 AND JANUARY 20TH, 2022.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE OF WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD ON OCTOBER 14TH, UH, ATTEMPTED TO DO A CON, UH, A, UH, A REINSPECTION, AT WHICH TIME THERE WAS AN OCCUPANT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE HOUSE BY THE NAME OF WYNN, HUGH VANN.
HE PROVIDED US ACCESS TO THE, UM, TO DO A INTERIOR INSPECTION.
AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER ACCREDITOR OR ENGINEER'S.
REPORTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE ARE NO, NO CURRENT PERMITS ON, UH, ON RECORD.
THE LOCATION OF FIVE 30 BLAZE IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM KRU.
KRUGER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS JUST ABOUT HALF A BLOCK DOWN FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022.
WE DID CONDUCT AN ABATEMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
WE DID OBTAIN A WARRANT TO DO THE ABATEMENT, WHICH WE CLEANED THE BACKYARD, MA MAJORITY OF THE BACKYARD, LOT OF DEBRIS, TRASH, TRASH BAGS, UH, DISCARDED MATERIALS.
UH, NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON JULY 30TH, 20 2022, AND THE ELECTRIC METER WAS DISCONNECTED ON JULY, UH, JANUARY 30TH, 2022 DUE TO, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
UH, WHEN WE WENT BACK OUT ON, UH, JANUARY 20TH, WE DID DISCOVER, UM, WE DID DISCOVER SOME MORE TAMPERING TO THE METER BOX.
UM, THEY DID PUT SOME, UH, LITTLE METAL PIECES IN THE METER BOX OR WHERE THE METER'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, WHICH GIVES IT A HOT CURRENT, UM, STEADY CURRENT.
UH, CURRENTLY THE WATER, UH, REMAINS ON.
SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR THE WATER AND IT IS CURRENT.
UH, SS A P D IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF THE CRIMINAL HISTORY.
IT IS EXTENSIVE, AND I'LL LET THEM SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, CRIMINAL ASPECT.
THIS IS THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION.
UM, SO SS A P D NOTIFIED US OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, A LOT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY, UH, GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, WHEN WE CONDUCTED THE DART INSPECTION, UH, THE OWNER'S SON, UH, MR. RONALD SEAVERS WAS THERE, UM, MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
THERE WAS MULTIPLE ROOMS WITH LOCKS ON 'EM, BEDROOMS WITH LOCKS CAUSING UNSAFE MEANS OF EGRESS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THERE WAS, UH, A COUPLE OF JUNK
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VEHICLES, UM, THAT WERE REMOVED.UM, BUT WE DID FIND SOME NEW VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY, UH, AT OUR LAST INSPECTION.
NEXT, UM, SO THIS WAS JUST TAKEN ON, UH, JANUARY 20TH, 2022.
THIS WAS A TIME ABOUT THEY USED SOME COPPER WIRING.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST ELECTRICAL WIRING, UM, THAT THEY PULLED OFF AND, AND INSTALLED IT THERE.
SO WE DID NOT, LIKE I SAID, I, WE DID NOTIFY C P S TO, UM, HAVE IT RE UH, REVIEWED AND POSSIBLY, UH, DISCONNECTED FROM THE POLE.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE PATCHWORK HERE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, THERE IS SOME WATER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR CEILING.
UM, THE ROOF IS A LITTLE WORN.
IT'S NOT EXTENSIVE, BUT IT IS WORN.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE MADE SOME, SOME ATTEMPTS TO PATCH UP THE ROOF.
YOU DO SEE THESE BURGLAR BARS.
THERE'S NO ACCESS, NO KEY, NO LOCK LOCKING MECHANISM FROM THE INTERIOR.
SO IF THERE IS A CASE OF FIRE, UM, IT, IT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A TRAP.
IT'S, UM, UNSAFE EGRESS, AND YOU SEE THAT FRONT LEFT WINDOW, IT IS BROKEN, IT'S BOARDED FROM THE INSIDE.
THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION, UM, SIDE WINDOW.
THERE'S SOME SHEET ROCK THERE.
PUT INSIDE THAT, UH, THE WR IRON BARS THERE.
UM, THAT WINDOW IS ALSO BROKEN.
SO THERE'S BEEN JUST A LOT OF LACK OF MAINTENANCE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THIS WAS THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, AND THERE'S, THERE WAS ALSO A, A, A VERY BAD BROKEN SEWER.
THEY ACTUALLY TRENCHED THE BACKYARD.
IT WAS, THEY, IT, THEY JUST MADE A BIGGER MESS THAN WHAT THEY NEEDED TO.
UM, IT WAS A VERY BAD SMELL OF SEWER, UH, LEAKING FROM UNDER THE HOUSE.
UM, FROM, FROM FROM MY INSPECTIONS.
I DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK THE SEWER CAUSED ANY SHIFTING TO THE FOUNDATION.
UM, THEN LATER ON, MR. SEAVERS HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY DID GET A PLUMBER TO FIX IT.
I ASKED FOR A RECEIPT TO SEE IF THEY WAS A LICENSED PLUMBER TO SEE IF THEY HAD A PERMIT.
UM, HE NEVER PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION, BUT THEY DID, UH, COVER UP ALL THE TRENCHES AND ALL THE STAGNANT WATER.
UM, SO IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE IF THE PLUMBING WAS DONE CORRECTLY.
THIS IS THE, UH, WEST ELEVATION.
THAT'S JUST SOME, UH, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
UH, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD'VE PAINTED THE HOUSE, UH, TO PROTECT THE, THE, UH, THE WOOD MATERIALS.
THIS IS FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, FROM THE BACKYARD LOOKING INTO THE GARAGE.
THERE'S A, A GARAGE DOOR THERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GRAFFITI INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AGAIN, MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
UM, IT DIDN'T SEEM MR. SEAVERS KNEW EVERYBODY'S NAMES WHEN WE WERE THERE.
UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY STAYING AT THE HOUSE.
UH, SO THERE'S SOME, UH, INTERIOR VANDALISM, UH, THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS SOME ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS.
THIS IS RIGHT ABOVE THE WATER HEATER.
THIS WAS, UH, LATER AFTER, UM, THE DART INSPECTION.
THEY HAD SPLICED THIS, UH, ROMEX DIRECTLY TO THE WASHER.
UH, VERY UNSAFE, UH, POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD.
UM, AND THEN THE CONCERN IS DUE TO THE, UM, BLOCKED EGRESSES IN CASE THERE IS A FIRE, UM, PUTTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AT DANGER.
THIS IS ON, UH, JANUARY 20TH, 2022.
UH, THE, THE WASHER WAS REMOVED, UM, BUT THERE'S STILL HOLES IN THE WALL, UM, YOU KNOW, BROKEN, UM, WALL COVERINGS.
SO THIS IS COMING IN FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S YOUR KITCHEN.
UM, IT IS A CONCRETE FOUNDATION.
THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF PLYWOOD, UH, ON THE FLOOR.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT PLYWOOD WAS BROKEN, CHIPPED, UM, PILED, UH, ON OTHER PIECES OF PLYWOOD CAUSING TRIPPING HAZARDS.
YOU SEE THE BROKEN SHEAR ROCK RIGHT ABOVE THE, THE STOVE THERE, THERE WERE SOME EXPOSED WIRES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CEILING, THERE'S HOLES IN THE CEILING.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WATER DAMAGE AROUND THAT SHEET ROCK AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME MORE CURRENT RX WIRING THAT WAS NOT USED WHEN THESE HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED.
AND THIS IS RIGHT BEHIND THAT STOVE.
YOU SEE THE, THE MISSING PLATES, THE, THE RECEPTACLE PULLED OUT.
UM, JUST, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, ELECTRICAL HAZARD.
THERE, YOU SEE THE SPLICING IN THE, IN THE CEILING THERE.
UM, IT'S NOT CONTINUOUS, SO IT, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT OR WHERE THAT SPLICE WIRE WAS RUNNING TO.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE THE STOVE.
YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF PLYWOOD.
UM, MY LAST INSPECTION, NEXT SLIDE.
ON THE LAST INSPECTION, YOU CAN SEE THEY LAID DOWN SOME LAMINATE.
UM, HOWEVER, IT IS A LITTLE, UH, MULTILEVEL DUE TO THE PLYWOOD THAT WAS UNDER IT.
AND THEN THEY DID COVER UP THE, THE HOLES IN THE ROOF OR CEILING,
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EXCUSE ME.UM, IN THE, THE HALLWAY, UH, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE MECHANISMS ARE BROKEN.
THIS IS IN THE HALLWAY BEHIND THE SHOWER.
THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE TUB, UH, SHOWER TUB.
UM, AT OUR FIRST INSPECTION, THAT WAS ALL THAT SHEET ROCK WAS BROKEN OUT, LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD A WATER LEAK, A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE.
UM, AND SINCE THEN THEY TRIED TO SPLICE IT WITH SOME PEX PIPE.
UM, AND AGAIN, NO PERMITS ARE ON FILE FOR ANY PLUMBING WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND THE WATER DID NOT MEET ONE 10, UM, ON EITHER, EITHER DAY OF ANY OF THE INSPECTIONS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS RIGHT PAST.
YOU WALK INTO PAST THE BA, EXCUSE ME, PAST THE KITCHEN.
UH, WHEN WE CONDUCTED THE DART, THIS IS THE BEDROOM.
AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK MISS, UH, THE OFFICER WILL BE SPEAKING UPON THIS.
UM, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE RUN OUT OF THIS ROOM.
UM, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIDING IN THERE.
NOW IF YOU SEE THAT CHEST, UM, THERE'S A DOOR THERE, SUPPOSED TO BE A DOOR THERE.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN OPEN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
AND IF YOU JUST MOVE THAT CHEST, IT'S JUST OPEN.
UH, HOWEVER, THE LAST TIME WE WENT THERE, THERE WAS, UH, IT WAS LOCKED WITH A CHAIN.
SO AGAIN, JUST MAKING IT UNSAFE, EGRESS.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT IS OPEN.
UM, NATURAL ELEMENTS ARE ENTERING THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF THE CHEST, THAT'S PLYWOOD.
THERE'S SOME NATURAL LIGHT ALSO COMING IN THROUGH THAT PLYWOOD AND THROUGH THE WALL SYSTEM.
AND THERE IT'S, YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL LIGHT THROUGH THAT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO.
UH, THEN WE TAKE THAT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO, SO YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN FROM THE WALL.
AND, UH, EACH INSPECTION THAT WE CONDUCTED, UM, THERE WAS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE DID ABATE THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE DID HAVE THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR CLEANED FROM JULY TO JANUARY.
UM, THEY DID NOT CLEAN THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THEY WOULD CLEAN, REMOVE SOME ITEMS, BUT THEN JUST PILE STUFF BACK IN THE BACKYARD.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FIVE 30, BLAZE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF 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 DEFECT OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY.
AND UNDER CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT SIX, STATUTE ONE 60, UNDER AUTHORITY, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO 14.001, SUB CHAPTER EIGHT, DANGEROUS STRUCTURES UPON HEARING A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE ORDERED, DEMOLISHED, VACATED, SECURE, OR REPAIRED, AND OR ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED IF FOUND TO BE DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, AND UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE.
OR TWO, REGARDLESS OF ITS STRUCTURAL CONDITION, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEATED CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, UNOCCUPIED, UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNERS LEASES OR OTHER INVITEES, THE BUILDING IS UNSECURED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY NCE OR OTHER INTENT INVITED PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBAGE OR COULD BE ENTERED OR BE USED BY CHILDREN, STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR FIVE 30 BLAZE.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER AT THIS TIME? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, YOU STATED EARLIER AS OF, UH, 1215 2021, AS OF JANUARY, 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN 70 CODE CALLS.
HOW MANY PRIOR TO THAT? PRIOR, I WOULD'VE TO GO FURTHER BACK, WELL, I, THAT'S AS FAR AS OUR RECORDS WOULD GO.
UH, SO WE WOULD, WE, I WOULD PROVIDE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE.
SO YEAH, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT PROBABLY MORE POSSIBLY.
AND IN ALL OF THOSE CODES, HOW MANY TIMES WAS IT ABATED? UH, JUST ON THAT DATE THAT I GAVE, UH, THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE, WHICH WAS JANUARY 20TH, I BELIEVE.
SO ALL OF THE OTHERS WERE FOR A VARIETY OF CODE VIOLATIONS.
UH, SO B M C, UH, LOOKS LIKE MAYBE SOME S A P M C ISSUES, BUT THEY WOULD COME INTO COMPLIANCE EITHER, UM, EITHER, EITHER IT ESCALATED, RIGHT? SO EITHER THEY CLEANED, UM, UH, REMOVED THE TRASH OR THEY REMOVED THE JUNK VEHICLES, BUT THEN LATER THEY WOULD PROBABLY BRING SOME BACK.
WHEN YOU GAVE THE PERMIT, I MEAN THE, UH, EVICTION
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ORDER, THE NOTICE TO VACATE, RIGHT? WHEN THAT WAS GIVEN FROM THE TIME IT WAS GIVEN TO THIS TIME, IS THERE BODY STILL ON THERE? DO THEY STILL GO BACK? YES, THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE THERE.UM, ON JANUARY 20TH WHEN WE CONDUCTED OUR WARRANT, THERE WAS NOBODY THERE AT THAT TIME.
UM, HOWEVER, SOMEONE DID ARRIVE, UH, RIGHT BEFORE I LEFT, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK WITH ME.
SO, UH, THEY WENT AROUND TO THE REAR OF THE, UH, STRUCTURE.
I DID SEE THAT SAME GENTLEMAN THERE BEFORE, BUT HE WAS NOT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IN ORDER TO SECURE THE PROPERTY, THE BURGLAR BAR'S ON IT AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S THE ONLY SECURITY YOU HAS RIGHT NOW? CORRECT.
UH, WE DID BOARD THE FRONT DOOR WHEN WE LEFT THAT DAY.
UM, THE BACK, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE DOORS, UH, WHEN, UH, WE ENTERED THE PROPERTY WERE THEY COULD, THEY COULD BE LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE.
SO WE DID LOCK UP THE, THE STRUCTURE.
SO THE ONLY THAT BACK ROOM, THAT BACK ROOM WHERE I MENTIONED THAT CHEST, IT DID, IT DID HAVE A LOCK ON IT FROM THE OUTSIDE ON THAT DAY.
SO, SO THEY COULD STILL GET IN IF THEY WANTED TO FROM THAT, IF THEY HAD THE KEY, YEAH.
AND AGAIN, MR. SEAVERS HAS NOT MADE ANY CONTACT WITH ME.
HE HAS NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT ME.
SO THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEY CAN, THEY CAN GO IN AND GO OUT.
SO, AND THE ONLY WAY IN RIGHT NOW IS THAT FRONT DOOR, UNLESS THEY HAVE A KEY TO ONE OF THE, TO THE SIDE DOOR.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, 3 1 1 CALLS? WELL, YES.
A LOT OF THOSE CALLS THAT CAME IN, UH, ARE HISTORY.
THOSE 70 CODE CALLS, MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE, ARE COMING IN FROM 3 1 1.
WE DO HAVE, UH, S A P D HERE TO SPEAK.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE, UH, THE OFFICER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.
COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? YES, MA'AM.
YOUR ADDRESS? UH, OFFICER LARRY NORMAN, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALRIGHT, AND THE, UH, THE LOCATION THAT YOU WORK OUT OF? UH, 36 35 EAST HOUSTON WILL BE THE EAST, THE EAST SIDE SUBSTATION.
COULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE CASE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I CURRENTLY AM ASSIGNED TO THE EAST SIDE, UH, SAFE UNIT, UH, FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, I HAVE 20 YEARS ON, ON THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS SOON AS I, UH, TOOK OVER THIS ASSIGNMENT OVER AT EAST SAFE UNIT, THIS ACTUALLY WAS THE FIRST ADDRESS THAT CAME UP FOR MY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, SO WHAT I'M HERE TODAY IS JUST TO REPRESENT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
UM, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT HAS GONE ON BEFORE I GOT HERE, OR BEFORE I WAS ASSIGNED TO THAT UNIT, AND THEN ALSO WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEEN GOING ON SINCE I TOOK OVER THAT AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, I WENT BACK AND I GRABBED THE HISTORY OF THIS LOCATION, UH, FOR THE INCIDENT CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO DISPATCH, UH, SINCE 2010, THERE'S BEEN 289 CALLS TO THIS LOCATION.
THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED ARE, OF COURSE, THE CODE ISSUES THAT, UH, THAT, UH, RAM JUST WENT OVER.
UH, OF COURSE THE, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT BECAUSE I WAS PRESENT FOR A LOT OF THOSE TOO.
AND I ALSO CALLED FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
UM, THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, THE ABANDONED VEHICLES, UH, POSSIBLY THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP, AND THEN THE EXPOSED PIPING AND THE WIRES AND STUFF WITH SOME THINGS THAT I HAD, UH, EXPERIENCED WHEN I WAS WITH HIM OR WITNESSED IT.
UH, SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WITHIN THE HOUSE OR OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UH, PEOPLE SCREAMING, UM, UH, ARRIVING THERE SOMETIMES GETTING SOMEBODY TO ANSWER THE DOOR AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY.
AS FAR AS THE THEFTS INVOLVED, UH, WE HAVE RECOVERED SEVERAL STOLEN VEHICLES FROM THERE.
UM, ALSO THERE HAS BEEN, UH, UH, WITNESSES STATING ABOUT PORCH PING WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEN RETURNING TO THAT LOCATION, UH, ASSAULTS INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE ALSO.
AND THEN NON-FAMILY, UH, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS INVOLVING, UH, GUNS.
UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, DEADLY CONDUCT, UH, SHOOTING, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING FIREARMS AT THE LOCATION OR JUST DISCHARGING THE FIREARMS WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY.
UM, THE NARCOTIC LAWS, UH, WANTED PERSONS.
WE'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL WANTED PERSONS OUT OF THERE.
EMERGENCY DETAINMENTS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.
UH, SEVERAL OTHER WEAPONS OFFENSES, UH, AND OF COURSE THE RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY OF VEHICLES AND FIREARMS
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AS OF DECEMBER OF 2021.AND, UH, AND UP TO JUST LAST WEEK, OR ACTUALLY THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY, WE'VE GOTTEN TWO WANTED PERSONS OUT OF THERE.
ONE FOR ROBBERY, ONE FOR WEAPONS CHARGE, UH, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
UH, I BELIEVE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A STOLEN FIREARM.
UM, STOLEN PROPERTY SUCH AS STOLEN LICENSE PLATES, AND THEN ALSO A U-HAUL FULL OF PROPERTY, BUT JUST UNCONFIRMED, WHETHER THAT WAS STOLEN PROPERTY OR NOT.
AND, UH, AND THEN JUST BEING A SAFE OFFICER.
THE, UH, THE MANY CALLS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED JUST FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE GOT, WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE LIVED THERE.
THEIR WHOLE, THEIR WHOLE LIVES.
AND THEN WE HAVE SMALL CHILDREN VERY NEAR THAT HOUSE, UH, WITH THE GUNFIRE GOING OFF.
SO IT'S A DANGER TO, IT'S, IT'S A DANGER AND IT'S PRODUCED A LOT OF FEAR IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE, UH, THE CRIMINAL ASPECT OF IT.
OR DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, MADAM CHAIR? I DO.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, CLARIFY ONE FOR RIGHT NOW IN THE RECORD, IT SHOWS 2 79 TIMES, YOU SAID 2 89.
UH, THE 2 79 WAS, UH, UP TO OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO THE ONES THAT FROM DECEMBER NOW 10, 10 MORE ADD TO THAT UP UNTIL TUESDAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THERE'S ALSO A REPORT IN HERE OF SOMEBODY BEING SHOT.
THE PEOPLE, THE OWNERS, DID THEY EVER REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT TO GET A, UM, WHAT'S THE DOCUMENT WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ARREST ANYBODY? TRESPASSING DOCUMENT.
DID THEY EVER REACH OUT? NO, SIR.
THEY'VE NEVER REACHED OUT TO, TO ME AND I DO NOT.
AND I DO NOT HAVE ONE ON FILE FOR THAT.
THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THE SAFETY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO THAT'S NOT BEEN DONE BY THE OWNERS, SO THEY'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MINIMIZE NO, SIR.
ANYTHING OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THERE? NO, SIR.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO HELP THEMSELVES.
THEY'VE ALLOWED EVERY CRIMINAL ELEMENT AND EVERY, ALMOST EVERY CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO COME THROUGH THAT LOCATION AND, AND PROVIDE SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM, BASICALLY.
AND IF I REMEMBER THE TESTIMONY, IT'S WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT RAM YES.
SO THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR IT.
HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN THREATENED, SIR? NO, SIR.
JUDY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? JULIAN? WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS SHIRLEY ESCOBEDO AND I LIVE AT 5 4 3 BLAZE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET AND UP A COUPLE OF HOUSES.
I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1976 WHEN THE PREVIOUS OWNER, THE MOTHER OF THIS MR. SEAVERS WAS THERE.
IT WAS A VERY NICE PLACE THE LAST SIX YEARS, I GUESS THE CURRENT OWNER DUMPED A BUNCH OF MACHINE, WHAT I WOULD CALL SHADE TREE MECHANICS AND OBNOXIOUS PEOPLE INTO THAT PLACE.
AND THEY'VE RUN A MACHINE SHOP THERE EVER SINCE.
UH, IT HAS BEEN, THE NOISE ALONE HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
THERE ARE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SINGLE, OLDER, ELDERLY, RIGHT NEXT TO THEM NOW IS A FAMILY WITH FOUR OR FIVE CHILDREN WHO FREQUENTLY TAKES HIS KIDS OFF BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID OF THINGS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I BACK UP DOUBLE EVERYTHING THAT EITHER OF THE OFFICERS HAVE SAID, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT OFFICER SEGARRA SHOWED ME THAT IT WAS MUCH WORSE THAN I IMAGINED.
THEY NORMALLY, THAT THE PICTURES OF THE FRONT YARD THAT YOU SAW WERE BEAUTIFUL COMPARED TO WHAT IT NORMALLY WAS.
ALL THIS TIME THEY HAD PICKUP TRUCKS PARKED IN THE FRONT YARD, PILED FULL OF TRASH.
I DON'T THINK THEY USED A TRASH CAN.
THEY JUST THREW IT IN THE PICKUP TRUCKS.
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MUDFLATS INSTEAD OF A YARD.WE'VE HAD, AS HE SAID, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE CARS AND PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND THEY LAY OUT IN THE STREET AND WORK UNDERNEATH THE CAR WITH THEIR LEGS AND FEET OUT IN THE ROAD.
THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT.
UH, THEY HAVE, LET ME SEE, I DON'T WANNA FORGET ANYTHING.
WAY BACK, THEY GOT MINERS CAPS AND THEY WERE OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NIGHT BANGING AND THUMPING AND RUNNING MOTORS.
SO THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE WEEKEND PARTIES OR IF THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING TO COLLECT THEIR VEHICLES AND WERE UNHAPPY WITH THE WORK, BUT THERE WAS SCREAMING AND FIGHTING AND BANGING AND, YOU KNOW, BREAKING GLASS AND ALL KINDS OF THIS SORT OF THING.
SO THEY WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE HANGING OUT, SITTING IN THE YARD.
THEY HAD TRAVEL TRAILER SITTING IN THE FRONT YARD, A TRAVEL TRAILER IN THE BACKYARD AT VARIOUS TIMES.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LOOK VERY APPETIZING, WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET WITH BACKPACKS.
THEY ALSO HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD ALL BLACK BICYCLES.
THEY'RE USING BICYCLE TRAFFIC AND THEY DON'T HAVE HELMETS, THEY DON'T HAVE LIGHTS, THEY DON'T HAVE REFLECTORS, AND EVERYTHING IS ALL BLACK.
AND THERE, THIS WHOLE PAST WEEKEND, THERE HAS BEEN A U-HAUL TRUCK THERE, PEOPLE IN THE YARD SITTING IN THE YARD.
NOT THE DRIVEWAY, NOT THE CURB IN THE YARD.
THEY'VE HAD MANY, MANY THINGS GOING ON LIKE THIS.
AND IT'S REALLY BEEN VERY, AND, AND MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK CELLULAR ON PATROL AND DID IT FOR YEARS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, LIKE PEOPLE DRIVING UP TO THE, THANK YOU, MISS.
DRIVE TO THE WALKWAY, MS. ESCOBEDO FOR TWO OR THREE MINUTES, AND PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE, MS. ESTO WALKING UP TO THE CAR TWO OR THREE MINUTES BACK IN THE HOUSE.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW FROM MY CELLULAR AND PATROL TRAINING THAT THIS ISN'T FAD.
PARDON? I'M TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
PARDON? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
CHAIR, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT JUST SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
UM, AS, AS A REMINDER, UH, THE OWNERS HAVE UNLIMITED TIME, HOWEVER, THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP HAVE THREE MINUTES.
DANGEROUS PREMISE, OFFICER RAMO GURA.
UM, I JUST WANNA, UM, PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM C P SS.
THEY JUST, UM, SENT ME AN EMAIL THAT WHEN THEIR TECHNICIAN WENT OUT, UM, AFTER WE FOUND THE BOX, UH, RIGGED, UH, THEY SAID THAT THE ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL SERVICE WAS BEING POWERED BY A U-HAUL, UH, WITH A U-HAUL TRUCK BATTERY WITH AN EXTENSION CORD GOING INTO THE WIN THROUGH THE WINDOW INTO THE HOME.
AND THEY ALSO HAD A NEW, UH, PIPE, UH, PIPE PLATE ON THE METER, UM, AND WITH ANOTHER LOCK.
SO THEY ALSO FOUND THAT THE GAS METER WAS TAMPERED WITH.
AND C P S RE DISCONNECTED THAT AND PUT A LOCK ON IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
SO THE NEXT IN LINE IS TO, TO SPEAK THE OWNER, RON SEAVERS.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, RON SEAVERS FIVE 30 BLADE DRIVE.
SPEAK WITH YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE.
YOU CAN PROCEED WITH THE TESTIMONY.
UH, UH, YES, I, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT THE LADY SAID.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TROUBLE THERE AND I HAVE BEEN DOING MY BEST TO HOLD ON.
ANYWAYS, UH, YES, I AGREE THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UH, PROBLEMS THERE IN THE PAST AND AS FAR AS, UH, SHE'S SAYING ABOUT THE NOISE WITH THE CARS AND ALL THAT'S BEEN REMOVED, IT WAS A TENANT THAT I HAD THERE AND HE LIKED TO BRING CARS AND WORK ON 'EM THERE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TROUBLE FROM THAT, THAT ALL THE CARS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OUT AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THE ACTIVITY ARE GONE.
AND I'M DOING MY BEST TO REPAIR THE PLACE.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.
I'VE CLEANED UP THE YARDS, THE FRONT YARD'S COMPLETELY CLEAR, AND THE BACKYARD'S COMPLETELY CLEAR NOW.
AND I PAINTED THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THE SIDE AND THERE'S NO MORE NOISE AT NIGHT.
AND, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WAS ALL THE PEOPLE COMING
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THAT WERE NOT EXACTLY INVITED AND I, AND A LOT OF THE DETECTIVE ABOUT THE SHOOTING, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.I WORKED AT U WORKED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND ST.
SO I'M NOT THERE MOST OF THE TIME TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I'VE DONE MY BEST TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION.
I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO FIX THE HOUSE COMPLETELY UP, MAKE SOME MORE REPAIRS ON IT BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S AN OLD HOUSE, BUT IT'S STILL IN GOOD, GOOD SHAPE.
AND THAT'S MY INTENT TO DO THAT 'CAUSE IT IS MY MOM'S HOUSE.
AND THEN I FEEL SORRY THAT IT GOT NEGLECTED AND JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME OR, OR ANYONE REALLY TO HELP ME TO REFURBISH IT.
BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY.
HOW LONG HAS THE FAMILY BEEN OUT OF THAT HOME? EXCUSE ME? HOW LONG HAS YOUR FAMILY BEEN OUT OF THAT HOME? UH, SINCE 2008.
MAY I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR POINT OF WATER, SIR.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BUSINESS INSIDE HERE.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PASSING OUT ANY BUSINESS CARDS OR ANYTHING.
SO YOU COULD REFRAIN FROM THAT.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER PLANS IN WRITING? YES.
BUT, UH, MY HOUSE WOULD'VE BEEN BROKEN INTO AND MY BACKPACK THAT I HAD, ALL MY IMPORTANT PAPERWORK WAS TAKEN AND I DON'T KNOW A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF THE IMPORTANT PAPERS WERE IN THERE, SO THAT KIND OF LIKE SET ME BACK TO, BUT I MEAN, I DO HAVE PLANS TO FINISH RE REPAIRING WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
'CAUSE I HAVE THE LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
THE COURT CODE ENFORCEMENT GAVE ME THE, THE PAPERWORK WHERE I HAVE TO FIX THE ELECTRICAL STUFF AND EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THE PLUMBING IN THE BACKYARD'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
THERE IS A, A, A BROKEN LINE AND, AND, UH, AND THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, LEAKING IN THE BACKYARD.
BUT THAT'S, IT'S BEEN RESOLVED.
IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT YET, BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THERE.
WELL, YOU REALIZE THAT THIS BOARD IS, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, RIGHT? AND DECISION TO DEMOLISH AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
WELL, I INVITE ANYONE TO COME THROUGH THERE AGAIN AND LOOK AT IT AND THEY COULD SEE THAT THERE'S NO, NO REASON TO DEMOLISH THAT HOUSE.
IT'S IN PERFECT SHAPE, EXCEPT NOW THE ELECTRICITY IS NOT THERE.
SO, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T DO A LOT OF STUFF TO CLEANING WISE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.
BUT I DO HAVE THE, THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO, UH, TO CARE OF THAT SITUATION.
I HAVE A LOT OF, UH, STOCKS INVESTED.
'CAUSE I RETIRED FROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
I'M WORKING FULL-TIME PRETTY MUCH AT BAPTIST ST.
SO I HAVE A STEADY INCOME AND I HAVE, I HAVE THAT MEANS DID YOU RESPOND TO THE PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT WAS YEAH.
AND THAT'S THAT WHAT GOT TAKEN.
IT WAS ALL IN MY BACKPACK IN BRIEFCASE.
I HAD SOME OTHER STUFF TAKEN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THAT KIND OF WAS GONNA BE KIND OF SET ME BACK A LITTLE BIT.
ALL I JUST NEED IS SOME MORE TIME AS FAR AS, UH, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY CAUSING PROBLEMS NO LONGER LIVE THERE.
YOU SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HAPPENING THERE, BUT AS OF LAST TUESDAY, THERE WAS A WARRANT OR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A WARRANT TOOK OFF THE PROPERTY.
WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? NO, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT 289 CALLS ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A PROPER NUMBER TO ME.
WELL, IT'S LOGGED IN THE POLICE LOGS.
I CAN, THEY JUST DON'T SHOW UP.
I PERSONALLY SAYING CAN ONLY THINK OF 2020 TO THE 30 TIMES WHEN I WAS THERE.
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, 70 FROM CODE COMPLIANCE ARE, I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS, 70.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THE PROPERTY AND HOW LONG YOU WERE ON THE PROPERTY OR HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPENT AT THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT KIND OF TELLS ME THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO SOMETHING.
IF YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND YOU WERE ON THE PROPERTY, THAT'S EVEN WORSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE NOT ALWAYS BEEN ON THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE COMING IN AND ALL THE TIME THAT THE CODE COMPLIANCE
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GAVE YOU TO RESPOND.'CAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T HIT US THE NEXT DAY.
SO THAT TIME, DID YOU EVER TRY TO CONTACT THE CODE COMPLIANCE OR EVEN CODE DEPARTMENT WHEN THE BACKPACK WAS STOLEN? UH, NO, I HAVE NOT.
I WHAT, WHAT CAN THEY DO FOR THAT? THERE'S NOTHING THEY, WELL, THAT WOULD'VE MADE YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO CONTACTING THEM.
SO YOU COULD START WORKING THE PROCESS OF SOMETHING.
SEE THAT MAY HAVE STOPPED IT FROM BEING HERE.
NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO GIVE YOU TIME ON SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.
YOU'RE A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL? WELL, NO, NO ONE'S ACTUALLY PERSONALLY COME UP MY DOOR.
NO NEIGHBOR'S ACTUALLY COME TO MY DOOR AND SAID ANYTHING IS WRONG.
IT'S THAT YOU, NOT ONE PERSON HAS COME TO ME.
THE DOCUMENTS AREN'T HERE FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT MR. SEA.
BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS NOBODY, UH, COMPLAINING TO ME AT ALL ABOUT ANYTHING.
AND STUFF THAT HAPPENS IS NOT WHEN I'M NOT THERE.
MR. SEAVERS, THE POINT THAT'S IN FRONT OF US IS DEMOLISHED.
DO YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW THAT YOU HAVE, UH, FINANCIAL MEANS AND SCOPE OF WORK? YES, I DO HAVE THE DOCUMENTS.
DO YOU HAVE THEM WITH YOU TODAY? UH, NO, BUT I CAN, I I DO HAVE THEM.
I MEAN, I, I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS.
BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE THEM WITH YOU TODAY? UH, NO MA'AM, I DO NOT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? UH, NO.
WE ALSO HAVE ASHTON LOVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
HELLO, MY NAME'S, UH, ASHLYN LOVE.
UH, I, UH, STAY AT 48 27 CASTLE BRIDGE, BUT I WAS A, AN ACCIDENT AT A FIVE 30 BLAZE.
AND, UH, JUST TO HEAR, START OFF SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HEAR THE OFFICER MAKING SAYING THAT THEY MADE NO CHANGE AT ALL.
IT WAS ALMOST INSULTING TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO TO BUILD BLAZE FIVE 30 BLAZE.
UM, I, WHEN I STARTED, I MET RON, HE STARTED PLAYING CHESS TOGETHER.
HE'S A GRAND, AND THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED MY CHESS SKILLS.
UH, FIVE 30 BLAZE IS, IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TO WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
UH, IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE DAYS OR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN, AND WE HAVE NO PLACE TO GO, I I WANNA SAY OVER LIKE 30 PEOPLE A MONTH NOW, LIKE WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY IS, IS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, MAN, JUST GIMME A SECOND REAL QUICK.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE DID ANY RESEARCH ON GATEWAY ACCESS POINT FOUNDATION.
IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT ACTUALLY IS HOME ADDRESS IS FIVE 30 BLAZE THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLISON.COM, WHICH OFFERS 7,000 COURSES ONLINE FOR FREE.
WE PROMOTE MS. CHAIR, THIS IS, I'D, I'D LIKE TO, WHILE WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ALLOW EVERYBODY TO SPEAK.
I'D LIKE FOR, UH, THE FOCUS TO REMAIN ON HOW, UM, THIS DANGEROUS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AND ABATED IF THERE IS A GAME PLAN TO DO THAT.
CAN YOU KEEP THE TOPIC GERMANE TO THE PROPERTY ITSELF? YES, MA'AM.
BUT, UH, THE, UH, THE FACTS THAT I WAS SAYING NOW ABOUT GATEWAY ACCESS POINT FOUNDATION IS HOW WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, IN FIRST PLACE.
GATEWAY, GATEWAY IS NOT A PART OF THE PROPERTY.
THE, THE ADDRESS TO THE GATEWAY ACCESS POINT FOUNDATION IS FIVE 30 BLAZE RELEVANCE WITH E I N NUMBER.
UH, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PREMISES OF BLAZE, RIGHT? SO ME AND RON HAVE WENT OVER, UH, A PLAN TO FIX ALL THE CORRESPONDING, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE NOTED BY CODE APPLIANCE.
UH, HE ALSO HAD HIS BANK STATEMENTS PRINTED OUT AND THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, SHOW HIS FINANCIAL STABILITY, UH, LIKE HE SAID THAT HIS BAG GOT STOLEN, BUT THOSE COULD BE EASILY REPRINTED OUT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL DO ANYTHING I HAVE TO DO TO HELP RON, UH, SAVE FIVE 30 BLAZE FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO ME AND FOR WHAT IT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I JUST, I HATE THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY, EVERYONE'S EYE IS, IS IN A NEGATIVE VIEW AND DON'T REALLY GET TO SEE THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON FIVE 30 BLAZE AND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS, AGAIN, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT RON COULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THOSE ACTIONS, IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST REVIEW OUR PLAN TO MAKE SURE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY EDITS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO FIX THAT PLAN,
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UH, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO CODE AND UP TO COMPLIANCE, WE'LL DO THAT.WE ALSO HAVE THOMAS BURNS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
HOW ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE MIC, PLEASE? MY NAME IS THOMAS BURNS AND I'LL BE THE NEW REIDING TENANT AT, UH, FIVE 30 BLAZE.
YOU COULD TURN IT DOWN SO YOU CAN SPEAK.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, MY NAME IS THOMAS BURNS FIVE 30 BLAZE.
SO I AM THE NEW TENANT AT THAT RESIDENCE.
HOWEVER, JUST, UM, THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, I WAS PULLED OVER BY SOME OFFICERS THAT SAID THERE WAS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OR SOMETHING DUE TO PAST PRIORS OR WHATEVER, WENT ON AT THAT LOCATION, WENT THROUGH A HORRIBLE HARASSMENT, YOU KNOW, DUE TO ME HELPING MR. SEAVERS WITH THE PROPERTY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ONE OF THE TENANTS THAT'S BEEN THERE IN THE PAST.
I'VE SOMEWHAT BEEN AWARE OF WHAT HAD WENT DOWN WITH THE LAST TENANT, BUT I WASN'T AWARE IT WAS SOMETHING SEVERE, YOU KNOW, TO COME TO A POINT OF WHERE I WOULD BE PULLED OVER AND HARASSED, LIKE THE WAY I DID, YOU KNOW, NOW THE U-HAUL THAT SHE SPEAKS OF FOR THE PAST, SHE SAID WEEKEND OR WHATEVER.
SO IT HAS BEEN ABOUT FOUR DAYS I'VE BEEN THERE REMOVING STUFF FROM THE PAST TENANTS AND ALSO GETTING IT UP TO DATE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A, UM, LARGE U VEHICLE, SO I'VE BEEN USING THAT TO PURCHASE STUFF FROM HOME DEPOT AND CARRYING, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE U-HAUL.
BEING PARKED ON THE PREMISES, THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY.
SO I HAD TO BUY AN INVERTER TO ACTUALLY USE THE POWER FROM THE, THE TRUCK TO ACTUALLY GIVE ENERGY TO THE HOUSE.
THAT WAS THE ONLY MEANS OF WORKING, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY HAVING LIGHTING AND ALSO POWER TOOLS TO ACTUALLY MAKE ANYTHING UP.
SO, I MEAN, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENT TO THE PLACE, BUT IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING IT, EVERY TIME I LEAVE OFF THE BLOCK, YOU KNOW, I'M DEALING WITH HARASSMENT FROM OFFICERS AND I'M NOTIFYING THEM.
I AM THE NEW TENANT HERE, NOT THE PAST TENANT.
YOU KNOW, I LITERALLY SAT FOR MAYBE THREE HOURS AFTER BEING HARASSED, YOU KNOW, AND THEY BROKE ALL TYPE OF BELONGINGS OF MINE POWER TOOLS, WHICH I DID HAVE WITH ME PRIOR TO WORKING ON THAT PROPERTY.
THEY CAME AND KICKED THE DOOR DOWN.
BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET THE PROPERTY INTO CODE THOUGH? I, I'M DOING EVERYTHING TO ACTUALLY REBUILD WHAT HAS NOT BEEN UP TO CODE.
SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UP TO DATE PRETTY SOON, BUT I HAVE HAD A MINOR SETBACK AND THE BAG THAT BEEN MISSING OF HIS, HONESTLY, I SEEN A SEARCH WARRANT ON THE DOOR AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THAT IT WAS GONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IT HAD BEEN, I WOULDN'T SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT, BE SURE THAT IT IS S A P D DIDN'T HAVE IT IN PROPERTY, BUT I'M LEANING MORE TOWARDS THAT BECAUSE I HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHY ONLY THOSE BELONGINGS WOULD BE GONE OUT THE HOUSE.
HOWEVER, THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS PULLED OVER AS WELL, THEY TOOK SOME OF THE PROPERTY THAT I HAD AND TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF IT, MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
UM, I, I, I'M, I'M CONCERNED WITH ONE, THE ALLEGATIONS THAT SOMEBODY IS MAKING, AND TWO, THE FOCUS IS NOT ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO REPAIR THIS PROPERTY LEGALLY.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE LADY THAT SAID, UM, THERE WAS A U-HAUL THERE.
I AM THE DRIVER OF THE U-HAUL, SO I FELT THAT WAS MY ABILITY TO SPEAK ON IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO ANYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH JUST THE PROPERTY AND THAT OH YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE WHOLE INTENTIONS IS TO GET IT UP TO WHERE THERE IS NO PROBLEM AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE TO BRING US INTO THIS SITUATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SARAH, IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE NO MORE, UH, IGNORANCE AS IT, IT WAS BEFORE IN THE PAST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YES, UH, WHAT TYPE OF WORK ARE YOU DOING AND DO YOU HAVE LICENSES TO DO ELECTRICAL? UM, YES, I DO.
I'M A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN AND THEN ALSO I HAVE DONE A LOT OF CARPENTRY, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH WORK TO DO.
I SAID I HAD TO REMOVE, YOU KNOW, BELONGINGS THAT WAS THERE STILL OF OTHERS CONSIDERING MR. SEAVERS HAD MANY TENANTS THAT WAS THERE AND THEY DID NOT TAKE BELONGINGS WITH THEM.
SO I REMOVED ALSO THOSE BELONGINGS AND THEN ALSO I HAD TO BRING IN THINGS TO REPLACE SUCH AS DRYWALL, YOU KNOW.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT YOU'RE DOING SOME WORK.
HAVE YOU PULLED ANY PERMITS AT ALL? PARDON ME? UH, THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING THAT'S FAR AS ELECTRICAL OR ANYTHING YET.
I HAD THE, THE MAJORITY OF WORK THAT I'VE DONE HAS BEEN, UH, JUST CLEANING STUFF.
PAINTING, DIFFERENT STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I DIDN'T NEED A PERMIT YET.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, I DO.
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TENANT.I SAID I'LL BE THE NEW TENANT RESIDING AT THAT ADDRESS.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE IF THERE HAS BEEN AN EVICTION POSTED ON THAT HOUSE, THAT MEANS NOBODY CAN MOVE IN? I HAVE BEEN DOING THE UPDATING ON THAT HOUSE, AND, AND FAR AS I KNOW AS THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, IT HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING THAT CAME ACROSS THAT SAID THE HOUSE WAS SEIZED OR FORECLOSED.
ONCE IT WAS WRITTEN, IT'S POSTED.
ALSO, YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, GAS, OR WATER.
SO HOW ARE YOU LIVING OR GOING TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE? UM, I'LL BE DOING THAT AFTER IT'S ALL COMPLETED.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN DOING REPAIRS.
I MEAN, WE ARE CLEARLY AWARE THAT THERE'S NO LA NO POWER, UM, NO HEATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I AM AT MY OTHER LOCATION AND SO ASHLEY CAN RESIDE THERE.
AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE RIGHT NOW TO INCLUDE MISCELLANEOUS SHEET ROCK, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SHEET ROCK DONE.
I MEAN, THERE'S ACTUALLY SLABS OF IT THAT I'VE PURCHASED THIS THERE.
I MEAN, I'VE, I STATED I BROUGHT MATERIAL.
I HAVEN'T STATED THAT I'VE REPLACED ANY SHEET ROCK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR STARTED ANY ELECTRICAL WORK.
SO YOU HAVEN'T NO, I SAID, I HAVE NOT STATED THAT IN THE RECORDS IT DOES SHOW SHEET ROCK'S BEEN, SO IT WAS PROBABLY DONE BEFORE YOUR TIME.
I'M NOT SURE WHO, WHO STATED THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY CLEANING UP.
I'LL BE THERE AT THAT LOCATION RIGHT NOW.
BEEN KNOWING HIM ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW.
ARE YOU BEING PAID? PARDON ME? ARE YOU BEING PAID, UH, ON THE BEHALF OF BLAZE? I'LL DO IT ON THE, JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW.
THAT, THAT'S, UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. THOMAS? ALL RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MAD CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 30 BLAZE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE, BUT BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.
AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SUBSECTIONS, UH, EXCUSE ME, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1, 5 6 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AGAIN, THAT'S 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BEING REPAIRED.
THAT IT BE KINETICALLY DISASSEMBLED IN 30 DAYS AND THAT THE VACATION VACATE ORDER, UH, STAY IN PLACE AND IT STAY VACANT AND STAY SECURE UNTIL DEMOLISHED.
ALRIGHT, ROBERT, TOP YOUR SECOND.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DAY KINETIC DISASSEMBLY ORDER FOR FIVE 30 BLAZE AVENUE AND THE FOR ONE, TWO, AND THE, UH, SUBSECTIONS ARE 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND THAT THE VACATE ORDER IS ENFORCED BY MR. NELSON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, 'CAUSE I SEE COUNSEL OVER THERE WITH A LOOK ON FACE KINETIC DISASSEMBLY.
UH, I I I, I'D SAY IT'S MORE OF A FRUITFUL TERM AND I I KNEW THAT THAT TERM WAS COMING, SO OH, OKAY.
YEAH, I, UM, I, I, I, I WILL STATE TO THE BOARD, UM, THAT MY, MY, THE, THE, THE ORDERS THAT ARE FOR REVIEW AND SIGNING CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE, UH, BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO SAY, UM, THE TRADITIONAL LANG LEGAL LANGUAGE THAT WE USE, WHICH IS BE DEMOLITION OR DEMOLISH.
I NEED, THIS WAS TO COME UP, BUT I, BUT I DO LIKE IT.
WELL THAT'S THE NEW TERMS NOW.
UM, ALSO, MADAME CHAIR, I'D ALSO LIKE TO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UH, MR. NELSON, WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTED? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO, WELL, KINETIC DISASSEMBLY WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF PRIORITIZATION AND THEN THE ENFORCEMENT OF A VACATE.
UH, JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, MR. SEAS, IF YOU COULD GET MS. GET WITH MR. ERRA AND HE WILL LET YOU KNOW FURTHER STEPS.
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ALL RIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ON NOW WITH CASE NUMBER 7 8 1 1 FREDERICKS ROAD, WHICH IS AN APPEAL.FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JENNIFER GARZA, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN AND EIGHT.
THE PROPERTY THAT I AM BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS PART OF AN APPEAL BY NOTICE, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 8 1 1 0 FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 9.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 1 3 6 6 2 LOT 26 LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS PROPERTY IS BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS LA ADA, L L C 1 1 1 0 4 MAGNOLIA BOULEVARD, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 9 1 6 0 1.
THE PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED AT, UM, 8 1 1 0 FREDERICKSBURG, UH, IS LOCATED IN THE FREDERICKSBURG NORTH COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER, WHICH IS IN A C THREE ZONE AND IS CURRENTLY TENANT OCCUPIED.
THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 5 0 5 0.4 WATER HEATING FACILITIES, WATER HEATING FACILITIES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, MAINTAINED AND CAPABLE OF PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF WATER TO PROPERLY INSTALLED.
MAINTAIN, UM, SORRY TO BE DRAWN AT EVERY REQUIRED SINK, LABORATORY, BATHTUB, SHOWER, AND LAUNDRY FACILITY AT A TEMPERATURE OF NOT LESS THAN 110 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
A GAS BURNING WATER HEATER SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN A BATHROOM, TOILET ROOM, BEDROOM, OR OTHER OCCUPIED ROOM NORMALLY KEPT CLOSED UNLESS ADEQUATE COMBUSTION AREAS PROVIDED AN APPROVED COMBINATION TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGE PIPES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED ON WATER HEATERS.
MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, ALL THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES, FIREPLACES, SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES AND COOKING APPLIANCES AND WATER HEATING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE WORKING CONDITION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE INTENDED FUNCTION.
A BOARD, UH, STAFF IS ASKING, UH, FOR THE NOTICES TO, TO BE UPHELD AND AFFIRMED.
UH, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE INVESTIGATION.
IT STARTS WITH THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION.
ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2021, A THREE ONE ONE CALL WAS RECEIVED FOR A REPORT OF NO HOT WATER SERVICE AND THE, AND THE AC UNIT NOT WORKING PROPERLY AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 1 1 0 FRED, FOR ROAD.
SPECIFICALLY AT THE, IN THE CUT BARBERSHOP CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE TENANT, WILLIE CRAWFORD, AND THE OFFICER OBSERVED THAT NO HOT WATER WAS PRESENT AT THE HAIR WASHING STATION, A BATHROOM SINK.
THE AC THERMOSTAT WAS OBSERVED TO BE SET TO COOLING SETTING, AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE BUILDING WAS WARMER THAN THE SET TEMPERATURE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THE INITIAL INSPECTION.
A NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON RECORD.
THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022.
OUR OFFICE RECEIVED THE REQUEST FOR THE APPEAL ON JANUARY 6TH, 2022.
HOWEVER, THE DATE STAMP, UH, WASN'T ATTACHED TO THE PHOTOS.
WHEN THE OFFICER WENT ON JANUARY 6TH, 2022, A TEMPERATURE READING OF THE WATER WAS TAKEN AND REGISTERED AT 67.3 DEGREES.
THE AC AND HEATING SYSTEM WAS OBSERVED NOT TO BE IN WORKING CONDITION ON JANUARY 11TH, 2022.
A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
HOT WATER HAD NOT BEEN RESTORED, AND THE AC AND HEATING SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON THAT DAY.
NOTICE OF THE APPEAL WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 13TH, 2022.
FOR TODAY'S HEARING, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS FOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 5 0 5 0.4 AND WATER HEATING FACILITIES 6 0 3 0.1, MECHANICAL APPLIANCES BE UPHELD AND AFFIRMED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? DO WE HAVE A ZIP CODE FOR THE PROPERTY? IT IS 7 8 2 2 9.
THIS COMPLAINT CAME IN HOW THROUGH A 3 1 1 COMPLAINT.
SO PROBABLY A PATRON THAT, UH, YES, I BELIEVE SO.
AND TO THIS DATE, IT'S STILL, YES.
I, I ACTUALLY WENT AND MADE A LOCATION, UM, THIS PAST TUESDAY.
AND, UH, I OBSERVED, UH, THAT AGAIN, THE WATER WAS NOT REGISTERING, UH, HOT.
AND, UM, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, UH, AND HEATING, I
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SWITCHED IT, UH, TO THE ON POSITION FOR HEATING.IT DID NOT, UH, IT STAYED AT THE SAME TEMPERATURE AT THE, THE WHOLE TIME.
I WAITED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN I SWITCHED IT TO THE COLD SETTING, AND IT, AGAIN, IT STAYED AT THE SAME TEMPERATURE.
YOU HEARD THE, THE UNIT KICK ON, BUT IT WAS NOT BLOWING OUT ANY AIR.
IT JUST FELT REALLY, UH, WARM IN THERE.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE OR MAJOR.
SO THEY'VE NEVER, WHOEVER'S OCCUPYING IT, NOT THE OWNERS.
'CAUSE THE OWNERS ARE IN CALIFORNIA, CORRECT? YES.
SO WHOEVER'S OCCUPYING IT HASN'T MADE THE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE, THE, WELL, WE ISSUED THE NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE, UH, ONE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING REPAIRS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THE, THE TENANT IS ACTUALLY HERE.
IF YOU HAVE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AS WELL? OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? ALL YES.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR THE ADDRESS.
HELLO? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YEP, YOU CAN.
IS THAT BETTER? YOU CAN MOVE IT UP TO YOUR HEIGHT.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, I AM THE MANAGING AGENT FOR LA MIADA.
AND THE RECORD OF YOUR HOUSE RECORD WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR RESIDENCE RECORD.
I'M A BEAR COUNTY SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT FOR 53 YEARS.
YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME, AND YOUR ADDRESS OF YOUR HOUSE.
FOR THE RECORD, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 40 11 SONG HEIGHTS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 23 YEARS.
I'M THE MANAGING AGENT FOR LA ADA, UH, FOR 22 YEARS.
UM, SO THE TENANT IN QUESTION, MR. CRAWFORD HAS BEEN A, A TENANT IN THIS PROPERTY, OPERATES A BARBERSHOP PARA SALON SINCE 2017.
WHAT IS THAT DATE? OCTOBER 1ST.
HE'S BEEN A TENANT SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, 2017.
UM, A LEASE AGREEMENT WAS COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY LANDLORD AND TENANT IN OCTOBER, 2017.
THE AIR CONDITIONING IN QUESTION AND THE HOT WATER HEATER, ALL THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WERE DELIVERED TO THE TENANT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER IN 2017.
UM, IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT THE TENANT HAS DONE LITTLE OR NO MAINTENANCE ON ANY OF THE MECHANICAL OR AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, UM, THUS LEADING TO THE FAILURE AND NOT WORKING OF THE AIR CONDITIONING AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
UM, IT IS VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE LEASE THAT THE TENANT IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE AIR, AIR CONDITIONING, UH, ANY OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE HOT WATER HEATER.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE BOARD, IF WE MAY.
LEGAL, HAVE YOU SEEN THESE DOCUMENTS? I HAVE NOT.
MAY I I HIGHLIGHTED THE MS AND MS CHAIR.
I I I, I WANNA MAKE SURE SEEING THE, SEEING THE ANY TYPE OF CONTRACT OR EXECUTED CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS WHETHER THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT OR THE, THE, I'M SORRY.
JUST THE, THE, UH, THIS IS AN SS A JUST BECAUSE THE, THERE'S AN ALLEGATION OF S A P M C ISN'T GOING TO ABSOLVE ANYBODY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THE, THE WATER HEATING FACILITIES.
I CAN SAY THAT THE S A P M C ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, AND THEIR CODE OFFICERS TO, UM, TO ISSUE CITATIONS TO THE OWNER AND OR THE AGENT THAT IS IN CHARGE.
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MY NAME IS M MARIE RUSSO.I LIVE AT 4 0 6 MILLWOOD LANE IN SAN ANTONIO.
I'M ALSO AN AGENT FOR THE OWNER.
UH, AS MR. KOBO WAS SAYING THAT THE, THE MECHANICAL APPLIANCES AND WATER HEATING FACILITIES WERE DELIVERED IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND WERE UP TO CODE AND WE BELIEVE, AND WE KNOW, UH, DUE TO THE TE TENANT'S NEGLIGENCE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, MA REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF REPAIR, IT, IT, UH, STOPPED WORKING.
AND NOW THE TENANT'S SAYING THAT IT, IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DELIVERED.
AND THAT WE HAVE PROOF OF AN AIR CONDITIONING PERSON GOING AND DELIVERING IT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
AND I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TRIPLE NET LEASE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH TRIPLE NET RETAIL LEASES.
AND IT'S VERY CLEAR IN THE LEASE THAT, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THE MAIN MAINTENANCE OF IT AND KEEPING IT UP TO CODE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TENANT.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TO HEAR IT.
SO AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY OF FIXING IT, IT AT THIS POINT? YES.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EVAN? YES.
OH, YOU STATED, UH, THAT THE APPLIANCES WERE DELIVERED.
DOES THAT INCLUDE INSTALLATION? YES, THERE WAS AN EXISTING HVAC UNIT AS WELL AS A HOT WATER HEATER.
UH, BOTH WERE EXISTING PRIOR TO THE OCCUPANCY OF THE TENANT, AND BOTH WERE DELIVERED BY DOCUMENTATION OF THE LEASE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AT THAT TIME.
AND YOU SAW THE FINAL RECEIPT AS TO DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION.
THE, THE HVAC SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY, SO YES, I DID AS WELL AS THE HOT WATER HEATER, SIR.
HOW, HOW LONG BEFORE THE OCCUPANCY WERE THEY INSTALLED? AT LEAST 10 YEARS.
SO YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF WEAR AND TEAR, NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.
THERE IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, BUT THE TENANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, NOT THE BUILDING OWNER.
CAN YOU TELL ME, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION YOU'VE HAD WITH A LEASE HOLDER ON THESE TWO ISSUES? UM, THE LEASE HOLDER, UM, COMPLAINED THE PAST YEAR ABOUT NON OPERATIONAL OR NON-WORKING AIR CONDITIONER, AND WE TOLD HIM TO FOLLOW THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND CALL HIS AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE COMPANY TO, TO MAINTAIN IT, TO CHANGE FILTERS, TO, TO HAVE ANNUAL, UH, MAINTENANCE TUNEUPS.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN NO DOCUMENTATION THAT ANY OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER FIVE YEARS.
AND SO, UM, BASICALLY THE, THE TENANT, WE BELIEVE HAS DONE ZERO MAINTENANCE, AND HE IS OBLIGATED TO DO THAT.
DOES YOUR LEASE AGREEMENT INCLUDE YOUR ABILITY TO GET INTO AND INSPECT THE PROPERTY? YES, SIR.
MS. MS. CHAIR AND BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT, UM, EVERYBODY TO THE SS A P M C CHAPTER FIVE, THE SCOPE AND UNDER SCOPE, UM, 5 0 1 0.2 STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE STRUCTURE, THE OWNER OF THE STRUCTURE SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SUCH PLUMBING FACILITIES AND PLUMBING FIXTURES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS.
A PERSON SHALL NOT OCCUPY AS AN OWNER OCCUPANT OR PERMIT ANOTHER PERSON TO OCCUPY ANY STRUCTURAL PREMISES, WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER.
IN REGARDS TO, UM, WHAT HE'S STATING, THAT IS A CIVIL ARGUMENT THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS, IS THERE A VIOLATION OF S A P M C 5 0 5 0.4 AND UNDER 5 0 5 0.4 IF THEY, IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THERE IS A VIOLATION, IT IS THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
SO AT THIS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE JUST NEED IT FIXED AND WE JUST NEED AN ANSWER WHEN IT CAN BE FIXED.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT SECTION 1 0 6 0.4 OF YOUR CODE.
BUT THIS WAS FILED UNDER S A P M C 5 0 5, WHICH MEANS, WHICH MEANS I, I, I JUST READ IT TO YOU, SIR.
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WE UNDERSTAND.IT'S THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAT IS CONTROLLING HERE.
UNDER THAT IT STATES WHAT THE SCOPE IS AND WHAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS BOARD IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS WHETHER A, A TENANT OR A, OR A TENANT IS RESPONSIBLE.
WE'RE, WE'RE THE, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT IT IS THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND IF THERE IS A, A, A, AN, UH, AN ORDER FROM THIS BOARD TO REPAIR THAT ORDER IS GONNA GO TO THE OWNER.
UM, YOU'RE A POINT OF CLARITY.
YOU'RE NOT DECIDING THE RESPONSIBILITY, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHO LEGALLY IS SUPPOSED TO REPAIR IT.
YOU'RE JUST SAYING THE PROPERTY CODE SAYS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE, WHAT I, WHAT I AM SAYING IS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, IF THIS BOARD ORDERS THAT THE REPAIRS BE DONE, THEY'RE ORDERING THE OWNER TO DO IT.
AND IF THE OWNER IS NOT, IT DOESN'T DO IT, THEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THE CITY CAN GO AFTER THAT OWNER FOR THE FAILURE OF THOSE REPAIRS NOT BEING PERFORMED.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M NOT GETTING INTO ANY CIVIL ISSUE OR ARGUMENT THAT YOU HAVE.
THIS BOARD IS NOT GOING TO GET IN IT.
THE BOARD IS HERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S A VIOLATION OF SS A P M C 5, 0 5 0.4.
BUT IT, IT IS NOT TO DO WITH YOUR LEASE, SIR.
YOUR TERMINOLOGY, SIR, IN YOUR CONTRACT STATES THAT THIS ORDER MR. WAS DELIVERED, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LEASE.
THAT AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
IT CAN'T BE DELIVERED IF IT WAS ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY.
BEFORE IT WAS LEASED OUT, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ULTIMATELY, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT'S STILL YOUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PROPERTY MANAGERS.
THE, THE AIR CONDITIONING AND ALL THE MECHANICAL, UH, EQUIPMENT IN THAT SUITE WERE DELIVERED IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
MR. CHAIR, THE LEGAL ADVICE HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT, AND I'M TRYING TO GET HIM TO UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT IT'S IRRELEVANT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE MANAGERS OF THE PROPERTY.
IF SOMEBODY'S IN THERE OR NOT, YOU ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE.
NO, WE'RE THE, THE LEASE NO, NO LEASE OR NOT.
LIKE I JUST SAID, YOU'RE THE ONLY, REGARDLESS OF ANYBODY, IF IT WAS VACANT, I, I, YOU WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE.
MS. CHAIR, MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE AND POINT OUT, AND I BELIEVE, UM, UH, OUR CODE OFFICER HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS WHAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ASKING.
SO AGAIN, BOARD, UH, STAFF IS ASKING THAT, UM, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 5 0 5 0.4, AND THE WATER HEATING FOR WATER HEATING FACILITIES AND 6 0 3 0.1 MECHANICAL APPLIANCES BE UPHELD AND AFFIRMED JUST THE NOTICES THAT WE ISSUED.
JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.
SO, BUT SORRY, POINT OF CLARITY.
SO BY THAT RESPECT, LIKE SHOPPING CENTERS, LIKE HENER OAKS AND THE RIM A ANY
I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA STOP US RIGHT HERE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IS FRONT OF THIS BOARD, NOR IS THIS BOARD GOING TO ANSWER ANY, UM, ANALOGIES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO AT THIS POINT, MR. NELSON, DO YOU HAVE AN ORDER, A MOTION CHAIR? YES.
WOULD YOU HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OH, YES.
MR. CRAWFORD, YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS WILLIE CRAWFORD.
I AM, UH, THE OWNER, CURRENT TENANT RATHER OF, UH, THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS QUESTION YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR LIVING ADDRESS.
BRYCE WOOD TREE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UM, FAR AS THE, UM, AC UNIT, I DO HAVE A RECEIPT WHERE SOMEBODY CAME OUT TO CHECK THE CONDITIONING OF THE AC UNIT, WHICH THEY, I HAVE RIGHT HERE.
THEY CAN, THEY ACTUALLY SENT AN EMAIL TO THE LANDLORDS, WHICH TOLD THEM THAT THE CO SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY SHOT.
IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH THEY NEVER DID.
WE'VE BEEN THERE WITH WITHOUT ANY AC.
AND IF YOU GUYS KNOW, LIKE THE LAST, LAST MONEY WAS REALLY HOT, SO I, I'M LOSING BUSINESS
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AND I'M, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PRESSURING ME FOR THE RENT, SO I'M LIKE, HEY, I'M, I'M LOSING CUSTOMERS.SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T HAVE 'EM IN THIS PLACE LIKE THIS.
UM, THE, THE WATER HEATER DOESN'T, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THE WATER.
SO I, I MEAN, I CAN'T CONTINUE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS THIS WAY AND BE PROFITABLE, SO I'M JUST THROWING AWAY MONEY, BASICALLY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, YOU GUYS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CRAWFORD? OKAY, I DO.
UM, FOR HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAVE, HAVE THE SYSTEMS BEEN NOT WORKING SINCE THE FIRST DAY I, I CAME IN TO, TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE, UH, ESTABLISHMENT.
AND HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? FIVE YEARS AGO.
I'VE BEEN ASKING HIM EVERY YEAR TO CAN YOU, EVERY SUMMER, CAN YOU JUST GUYS DO SOMETHING WITH THE AC? SO THAT'S NOT, THEY ALWAYS SAY IT'S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
THE AC IS ISN'T EVEN IN THE UNIT.
SO I'M LIKE, OKAY, SINCE IT'S ON TOP OF THE ROOF, IT'S NOT WITHIN MY, MY AREA THAT I'M RENTING, SO WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS FIX THAT FOR ME? UH, WE'LL FIX IT.
JUST, JUST GIVE US AN ESTIMATE.
AND I'VE DONE THAT AND THEY'VE YET TO COMPLY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
MY BUSINESS IS FAILING RIGHT NOW.
AND HOW DO YOU SANITIZE? UH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUCH AS FAR AS WHAT I, IF YOU HAVE NO HOT WATER, HOW ARE YOU SANITIZING? I DO THE BEST I CAN, MA'AM.
I BLEACH IS ALL, IS ALL I CAN DO.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 81 1 OH FREDERICKSBURG WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 5 0 5 0.4 AND 6 0 3 0.1, AND THEY REMAINED TO BE IN VIOLATION AT THE PRESENT TIME AND ORDER THAT THE, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS BE UPHELD.
MR. NELSON HAS A MOTION THAT 5 0 5 0.4 AND 6 0 3 0.1 ARE UPHELD.
DO YOU HAVE A, I SECOND? UH, WHAT, ONE MOMENT? UM, TIMEFRAME.
UH, THEN WE'RE JUST UPING WE'RE JUST UPHOLDING AT PRESENT TIME.
THE, THE VIOLATIONS THEMSELVES? YEAH, THAT THEY'RE APPEAL.
THERE'S NO APPEAL OF THE ACTUAL, UH, ACT.
IT'S JUST AN APPEAL OF THE VIOLATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR WITH THAT A SECOND.
CAN WE GET A, UM, NOT A LEGAL, SORRY.
UM, STAFF, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
UH, OWNERS AND TENANT, PLEASE GET WITH THE CODE OFFICER AND THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW.
CAN WE GET THE NEXT ITEM ON THE DOCKET? NEXT ITEM IS 9 1 5 POTOMAC STREET.
OKAY, I'M SLOW THIS MORNING, I'M SORRY.
TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED
MY NAME IS CONNIE PAQUETTE, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 9 1 5 POTOMA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON, UM, FOR THE CITIZEN AND THE NEW OWNER, SASHA JAMES JAM.
UM, I DID NOT VERSE HIM ON PROCEDURES OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
HE CAME A LITTLE BIT LATE SO HE DIDN'T HEAR THE RULES.
UM, I DO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AND Y'ALL KNOW I DON'T NORMALLY DO THAT.
UM,
THEY'RE NOT AT, UM, SOMEONE WHO IS MUCH TALLER THAN I AM.
UM, SO I DO APOLOGIZE TO THE BOARD FOR THOSE ACTIONS TAKING PLACE TODAY.
UM, AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS OWNER HAS GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME OUT THERE, I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION.
SO AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE TO THE BOARD, UH, AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 3 3 BLOCK TWO, LOT 34 AND 35, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
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IS STILL LISTED AS AUSTIN C. TAYLOR WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 3 5 GAMBLER ROAD, APARTMENT 2 2 4, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 9.ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
IN THE MEANTIME, UM, THERE IS A NEW OWNER THAT HAS COME FORTH.
HIS NAME IS SASHA JAM AND HE HAS HIS, UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS.
HE'S, I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S AN OWNER OR HAS AN INVESTMENT, BUT HIS NAME IS LEO AND I CAN'T PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME, BUT IT BEGINS WITH AN N AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
WE ALL KNOW, I CAN'T SAY PEOPLE'S NAMES.
THERE HAS, UM, BEEN CONTACT WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER OVER THE PHONE AND I DID TELL HIM BEFORE SELLING THE PROPERTY, HE NEEDED TO TELL THE NEW OWNERS ABOUT THE BUILDING STANDARDS REVIEW BOARD CASE AND THAT I WAS REQUESTING DEMOLITION THAT WAS NEVER CONVEYED TO THE NEW OWNERS.
UM, AND SO HERE I COME AND, AND I GET TO TELL THEM AND THEY THEM AND THEY FOUND OUT LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, SO I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH A NEW OWNER ALMOST DAILY THAT I WORK SINCE IN THE LAST 10 DAYS, UM, OVER IN PERSON BY TEXT, EMAIL, AND PHONE.
UM, THE NEW OWNER IS SAUSAGE JAM AT (210) 556-9005 IS HIS PHONE NUMBER.
UM, HE HAS PROVIDED, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUIRED OF HIM IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THE OFF AND I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO ASK IF, UM, IF I MAY PROCEED WITH THE CASE.
AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE A A FUNNY DAY FOR ME.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 25TH, 2021, THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, BUT, UH, HISTORIC HAS INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE REPAIRS OF THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORIES SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROGRESS PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 9 1 15 POTOMAC WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON MARCH 9TH, 2021.
SINCE THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MADE, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 12 INSPECTIONS.
UM, ACTUALLY THE LAST INSPECTION WAS MADE THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME HERE THIS MORNING.
THE LAST CONTACT WITH THE NEW OWNER WAS, UM, THIS MORNING AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THEM YESTERDAY ALSO.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NO STRUCTURAL REPAIRS MADE ON THE MAIN, BUT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS OF THIS MORNING IS GONE.
THEY DID NOT NEED A PERMIT BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER 300 SQUARE FEET.
I ACTUALLY ASKED THE NEW OWNERS TO REMOVE IT 'CAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT SOMEONE WOULD GET HURT.
YOU WILL SEE A PICTURE OF IT LEANING.
SO AGAIN, THE NEW OWNERS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT WITH ME.
UM, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE, THE ERROR WE DID EARLIER.
THE NEW OWNER DID TRY TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO DO REPAIRS ON THE MAIN, BUT THERE WAS A LOCK ON THE CASE BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE COMING TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, THERE IS AUTOMATICALLY A LOCK IN PLACE.
THE NEW OWNER DID NOT REALIZE THERE WAS A LOCK, EVEN THOUGH THEY, THEY JUST THOUGHT THEY APPLIED AND HADN'T HEARD BACK.
BUT I LET, I WAS THE ONE THAT THEY GOT TO HEAR BACK FROM.
AND OF COURSE, I STILL HAVE THE LOCK ON, ON THE CASE.
ON JANUARY 14TH, 2022, I POSTED A COPY OF THE UPCOMING BUILDING BOARD HEARING AT 9 1 5 POTOMAC.
SO IN THE LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT THE NEW OWNER HAD THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE FINANCIAL PROOF OF MEANS THE DEEDED AND A TIMELINE OF EVENTS WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 21ST, 2022 BY THE NEW OWNER.
AGAIN, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 9 1 5 DUE TO THE LOCK THAT WE HAVE.
IF WE WERE TO LIFT THE LOCK, THE NEW OWNERS WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO APPLY FOR A FOUNDATION REPAIR.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 2ND, AND ON JANUARY 18TH, ON JANUARY 18TH.
UM, WHEN I MET THE NEW OWNER AT THE LOCATION, THEY SIGNED A LETTER OF CONSENT SO THAT I COULD GO INSIDE THE STRUCTURE AND TAKE INTERIOR PHOTOS.
AND THIS AGAIN, I WAS AT LOCATION THIS MORNING AND IT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE
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THE PICTURES I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU.I'M HOPING THAT THE OWNER HAS UPDATED PHOTOS OF THE EXTERIOR FOR YOU.
BUT THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH BRUSH THERE IS IN TREES.
THE VEGETATION IS ACTUALLY, UM, HIDING THE FRONT ELEVATION.
IT HAS WET FLAT SIDING THAT IS DETERIORATED.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE STEPS, UM, THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY MOVING TO THE RIGHT 'CAUSE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STEPS WHERE THE DOOR IS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS MOVING AND THE FASCIA BOARDS ARE ROTTED AND REQUIRE WEATHERPROOFING.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
AND AGAIN, A PORTION OF THE FRONT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE STRUCTURE RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT WHERE IT IS, UM, DETACHING FROM THE MAIN, AGAIN WITH THE, UM, DETERIORATED WOOD SIDING, MISSING WEATHERPROOFING, UM, THE FASCIA BOARDS ARE, UH, ROTTING, NEEDING SOME WEATHERPROOFING.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION, THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION WITH THE ROTTING EXTERIOR WOOD BOARD MEMBERS.
NEXT, THIS IS THE RARE ELEVATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOMEONE HAS CUT A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE TO THE RIGHT OF THE REAR DOOR.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE SAME, UH, DETERIORATOR, WOOD SLAT SIDING AND, UH, FASCIA BOARDS ARE ROTTING NEXT.
AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP SHOWING YOU THE STEPS ARE ROTTED AND MISSING THE HAND RAIL AND GUARDRAIL.
I TRIED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE LEFT ELEVATION, BUT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS SO MUCH VEGETATION THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE.
YOU SEE THE POSTS ARE LEANING.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR JOISTS ARE ROTTING.
IT'S A CLOSEUP OF THE POSTS LEANING.
I TRIED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM AND I WASN'T ABLE TO.
IT ACTUALLY IS A SHINGLE COVER, BUT THE SHINGLES ARE SO ROTTED THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CAN'T REALLY TELL THERE'S SHINGLES ON THERE ANYMORE.
NEXT, AGAIN, TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM AND THE SHINGLES ARE ROTTED AND YOU CAN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL THERE'S SHINGLES THERE.
THESE ARE THE INTERIORS THAT I WENT ON DECEMBER 2ND.
UM, THE TRASH AND DEBRIS WERE SO HIGH.
UM, WE WON'T DISCUSS HOW SOMEONE FOUR FOOT EIGHT WENT OVER THAT PILE.
AND THIS IS THE, SO YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING.
SO WE HAVE THE TRASH AND DEBRIS.
WE CANNOT SEE THE FLOOR SYSTEM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK UP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE SHEET ROCK IS, UM, FALLING, UM, FROM THE CEILINGS.
NEXT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE IS DETACHING AWAY FROM THE WALL SYSTEM.
NEXT ANOTHER ROOM WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, IT'S A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH.
UM, YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE THE BATHROOM.
THIS IS THE UTILITY ROOM I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET INSIDE THERE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
NEXT, THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA.
UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THIS IS THE DINING ROOM.
UM, I'M NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE KITCHEN AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IN A SECOND.
WHY AGAIN, UH, IT'S JUST FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THIS IS IN THE DINING ROOM AREA BEFORE THE KITCHEN DOORWAY.
IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, AND I TOOK IT WITHOUT THE, UM, FLASH ON SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE COMING THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM NEXT.
AND THEN I WENT BACK AFTER MEETING THE OWNERS ON JANUARY 18TH.
AGAIN, I HAD A LETTER OF CONSENT, SO I WAS ALLOWED TO MAKE ENTRY.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR SYSTEM.
UM, THE, YOU CAN, IT IS THE FLOORS ARE SOFT TO WALK ON AND WE DO HAVE THE CEILINGS ARE FAILING DUE TO THE, UM, ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCK IS FAILING NEXT.
AND THIS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE INTO THE RESTROOM A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE SOME ROTTING ON THE, UM, THE BEADBOARD NEXT.
THIS IS, I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE UTILITY ROOM.
UM, ACTUALLY THERE'S A SPACE, UM, GOING INTO THE DOORWAY OF THE KITCHEN.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE, UM, FLOOR BOARD BOARD MEMBERS ARE ROTTED.
UM, THIS IS IN THE DINING ROOM AREA WHERE THAT HUGE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM IS.
UM, AGAIN, THE CEILING IS THE SHEET ROCK IS FAILING.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MOLD BECAUSE OF ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN, UM, RIGHT THERE GOING INTO THE DOOR SYSTEM OF THE KITCHEN AREA
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NEXT.AND THERE'S THE HOLE IN THE FLOOR SYSTEM DUE TO THE RAIN COMING THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM.
IT JUST WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR IN THE SAME AREA AND THEY HAVE THROWN SOME BOARDS OF IT.
AND THAT'S THE ROOF SYSTEM, UM, AT THIS POINT NEXT.
AND I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE KITCHEN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO, UM, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT BAD.
BUT NEXT, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE MOLD BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE ELEMENTS COMING IN FOR WHO KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS.
UM, THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS, BUT IT IS NO MORE.
AND THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
I'LL JUST SHOW YOU THE PICTURES OF BEFORE.
SO I TRIED TO BE FAIR WITH MY PHOTOS SHOWING YOU WHAT I WAS GONNA BE PRESENTING TODAY.
HAD I NOT MET WITH THE OWNER AT LOCATION AND GOT THE LETTER OF CONSENT SIGNED.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 1 5 POTOMAC WAS BUILT IN 1929.
IT IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE LOCATED IN AN R FOUR ZONE.
THERE'S A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH SHINGLES SHINGLE COVER WITH NOTED SAGS AND ROTTED FACIA BOARDS.
THE INTERIOR NOTES, THERE ARE HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT ARE ALLOWING OUTSIDE ELEMENTS INTO THE INTERIOR.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE WHATS FLAT SIDING THAT IS ROTTED, MISSING SOME OF THE BOARDS AND MISSING THE WEATHERPROOFING.
THERE'S A POST IN BEAM FOUNDATION.
SOME OF THE POSTS ARE LEANING.
THE STRUCTURE HAS MOVED TO THE RIGHT, NOTED BY THE FRONT STAIR SYSTEM ON THE INTERIOR.
THE SHEET ROCK IS FALLING FROM SOME OF THE CEILINGS.
SOME OF THE WALLS ARE DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
SEVERAL CRACKS NOTED ON THE INTERIOR WALLS INDICATING A FOUNDATION ISSUE.
A PORTION OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS MI MISSING.
AND I WON'T READ ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN REMOVED.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 1 5 POTOMAC IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARDS, OR UNFITNESS OR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 9 1 5 POTOMA.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CALL OFFICER? I GOT A FEW.
IT IS STATES IN THE NOTES THAT THERE WAS NO CONTACT MADE BETWEEN THE OWNER, BUT THERE'S A RONALD TAYLOR, I'M ASSUMING RELATED TO THE OWNER.
I HAD SAID THE THE OWNER ON RECORD WAS O AUSTIN C. TAYLOR.
AND, UM, THAT I HAD HAD CONTACT WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER.
OKAY, WELL IT SAYS DELIVERY, BUT I'M SORRY.
THAT OWNER AND, AND THIS OTHER INDIVIDUAL, THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YOU ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE SALE UNTIL A FEW MONTHS, OR I'M GONNA SAY TWO TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE SALE.
I WAS VERY EXPLICIT WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS THAT THEY NEEDED TO DISCLOSE THAT THERE WAS A CASE COMING TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS REVIEW BOARD AND THAT I WAS ASKING FOR DEMOLITION.
I REITERATED IT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I SPOKE WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS.
IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION FROM THE NEW OWNER THAT THAT WAS NEVER TOLD TO THEM.
SO BETWEEN THE TIME THE NEW OWNER RECEIVED THE PROPERTY, THE OLD OWNERS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT AND JUST LET IT CUT CONTINUOUS.
SO THE NEW OWNER GETS IT AND STARTS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND WELL NOT MODIFICATIONS CLEAN UP, DEMO THE GARAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THEY'RE MAKING AN EFFORT TO CORRECT, SIR.
THEY HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THEY'VE DONE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT I'VE ASKED OF THEM AND WE ALL KNOW THAT I'M VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO HAVE DONE BEFORE COMING TO THE BOARD.
UM, SO THEY HAVE CUT AND CLEANED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE CLEANED OUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE AND THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FOR ME WITH THAT INTENT.
ARE YOU STILL ASKING FOR A DEMOLITION STAFF DETERMINES THEIR CASE PRIOR TO COMING TO B SS B WE HAVE TIMELINES.
AND AT THE TIME, SO YOU'RE GOING MADE THE DECISION OF DEMOLITION.
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WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHANGE IT.YOU'RE GOING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AS OF PRIOR NEW OWNERS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
JUDY, CAN YOU CALL THE FIRST PERSON? UM, WELL I'LL CALL, UM, MR. JAM.
I LIVE AT FIVE SIX, EXCUSE ME.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT OUR INTERPRETER CANNOT HEAR HIM AT THE MICROPHONE.
IS THIS BETTER? I BELIEVE YEAH, HE JUST MAY HAVE TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO IT.
SO, UM, I I AM IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.
I HAVE A BIG TEAM AND WE SPECIALIZE IN HIGH-END HOMES.
WITH THAT SAID, I HIRED A COMPANY THAT DO SPECIAL HIGH HOMES TO REMODEL THESE HOUSES.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO DO 40 OF THOSE.
THIS YEARS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS AND I'M, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CHANGES.
I LOVE SEEING THE CHANGES GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR, TO MAKE CHANGES AND FLIP HOUSES AND PUT THE RIGHT FAMILIES IN THE PROPERTIES.
UH, MR. LEO IS THE MAN THAT'S IN CHARGE OF ALL THESE REMODELS WITH THE COMPANY THAT HE WORKS FOR.
THEY COME VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE WANNA DO EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK.
WE, WE WILL ALWAYS PULL THE PROMISE AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THAT IT'S HERE AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO GO FORWARD, WE DEFINITELY WILL DO.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT DEMOLITION AND STARTING FROM THE FOUNDATION? I PREFER TO FIX IT 'CAUSE WE ORDERED ALL THE MATERIAL.
AS SOON AS Y GETS THE GREEN LIGHT, THE HOUSE WILL BE TOTALLY REMODELED.
WE PREFER NOT TO GO TO DE MAR ROUTE.
IT IS DUE TO THE, DUE TO THE PRICE WE PAID.
IF I, IF WE WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT IT'S GONNA GO TO DE MARRO, WE WOULDN'T OFFER THE SELLERS WHAT THEY WANT.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S WHERE WE AT.
BUT THE HOUSE WILL BE BRAND ALMOST BRAND NEW.
EVERYTHING WILL BE FULLY REPLACED.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, UHHUH
YOU, YOU, YOU PROVIDED THE UH, YES, YES SIR.
UH, LETTER OF, UM, ENGINEERS LETTER, ALL THAT WE HAVE.
EVERYTHING MR. LEO WOULD BE BETTER TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND I WILL.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW YOU WANNA DO IT 'CAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWED THE INTENT.
NOW WE GOTTA SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO FROM THERE.
AND MR. LEO WOULD BE GREAT IN ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
I UNDERSTAND I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR MS. OFFICER ETT.
I DID WANNA ADD ONE MORE TIME.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE DEEDED, THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE SCOPE OF WORK.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED FINANCIAL PROOF THAT THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT SEVEN 14 NORTH PINE STREET.
WE'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PROBABLY ABOUT 23 YEARS.
I AM VP OF OPERATIONS FOR BRUIN HOMES, BUT ALSO HR BRUIN.
WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS WITH GOVERNMENT WORK, NEW CUSTOM HOMES, WHICH WE HAVE SIX IN THE DOMINION.
WE ALSO DO, UH, REMODELING WORK BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON.
AND, UH, AUSTIN CURRENTLY HAVE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS WITH THE FLIPSTER, THE REALITY SHOW WHERE WE'VE GOT PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN AUSTIN.
UH, SASHA IS A INVESTOR OWNER WITH MY BOSS.
AND I'M STRICTLY JUST THE, THE MUSCLE.
I DO THE WORK, MAKE SURE THE WORK GETS DONE.
WE HAVE THE INFORMATION OR SOME INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS GONNA BE PUT INTO
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THIS BUILDING? THAT IS STILL CURRENTLY UNDER ASSESSMENT, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY ANTICIPATING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN 40 TO 60 GRAND.AND THEN I'LL TIMELINE AS WELL.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING A 30 TO 60 TIMELINE.
UM, WE HAD FILED THE PERMITS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER SASHA HAD BOUGHT THE, UH, THE ITEMS AND STRICTLY DID WORK THAT WAS NON-REQUIRED FOR PERMITS AND WHAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE CITY INSPECTOR.
AND TO THIS DATE, YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN PERMITS 'CAUSE IT'S ON A HOLD RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I FILED FOR THE APPLICATION, YES, SIR.
SO DID YOU ADD THAT INTO YOUR TIMELINE? DID THE DELAY? YES.
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ALMOST 45 DAYS TO GET SOME OF THE PERMITS.
WELL, UH, SO THIS IS A, UH, A, A MINOR REMODELING PERMIT.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT AS TIME CONSUMING AS HAVING A LOT OF THE OTHER ISSUES FOR WE HAVE WITH NEW HOMES, NEW PERMITS.
DID YOU APPLY FOR A FOUNDATION, I'M SORRY, YOU APPLIED FOR A FOUNDATION PERMIT? WE, WE APPLY REQUIRE, EXCUSE ME, REQUESTED FOR REMODELING.
AT THAT TIME WHEN WE REQUESTED THAT WE WEREN'T ADVISED OF THE, THE, UH, FOUNDATION, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TWO QUOTES FOR THE FOUNDATION REPAIRS.
THAT WILL BE ADDED, BUT YOU HAVEN'T YEAH, BUT THAT'S THE PERMIT THAT'S GONNA TAKE YOU A LITTLE LONGER.
WE BOTH UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH GENERAL CONTRACTORS, SO THAT STILL WITHIN YOUR TIMELINE AND WHEN YOU ASKED ME THE TIMELINE, I'M TALKING ABOUT AS OF TODAY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
MS. CASE, MR. AS SOON AS THIS IS LIFTED, IT'S GONNA BE A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS, SO I UNDERSTOOD.
SO YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE SET TO GO FOR 60 DAYS IS WHAT YOUR TOTAL WAS? 30, 60 DAYS? YES, SIR.
THAT'S KIND OF OUR TIMELINE THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT ACCOMPLISHED BY.
I, IT, IT, IT WAS SOMETHING MINOR AND I, I I THOUGHT I, I, I THOUGHT MR. ANDES WAS DONE.
I I JUST NEEDED THE PROPER SPELLING OF LEO NAGARS LAST NAME.
I'VE ALSO GIVEN MS. JUDY MY, UH, MY CARD JUST SO IT'S EASIER
'CAUSE WE CAN'T REACH A HANDWRITING
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY HAS PROBLEMS WITH IT BECAUSE NORMALLY WE SEE THE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF US, SO WE'RE GOING TO A NEW SYSTEM WHERE EVERYTHING'S UP THERE, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, SO 60 DAYS IS WHAT YOU'RE MATCHED AT RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT IS OUR GOAL THAT WE ANTICIPATE.
NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION WORK, BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT ONCE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE PERMITS THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH.
THAT'S, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A 60 DAY CALCULATION.
AND WE DO HAVE TWO BIDS ALREADY FOR THE FOUNDATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION CHAIR? OH, YES.
THE OWNER ALSO PRO PROVIDED SOME PHOTOS.
TO CLARIFY THAT WAS THAT LEFT SIDE, RIGHT? YEAH, THE LEFT, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE FENCE WAS.
DANGER'S PREMISE OFFICER PACA.
THIS IS THE REAR, AGAIN, THE BACKSIDE.
SORRY, I KNOW MY CASE IS DARK.
UH, I DID WANNA PRESENT THOSE PICTURES MOSTLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'VE PROBABLY HAULED OFF ABOUT THREE AND A HALF DUMPSTER LOADS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND, UH, MRS. CONNIE'S REQUEST, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAR THE LEFT SIDE SO THAT THAT HOUSE COULD BE VIEWED AS WELL.
NOW WAS THAT JUST THE OUTSIDE OR THAT WAS JUST THE OUTSIDE? WE HAVE, WE HAVE, I MEAN, WE'RE WELCOME TO TAKE PICTURES INSIDE, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY WORK.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE INSIDE LOOKED LIKE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR ITSELF, SO YES, SIR.
IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF WORK.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT NINE 15 POTOMAC IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
UH, AND IT IS FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO CODES CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT SECTIONS 1, 5 6 SUBSECTIONS, UH, EXCUSE ME FOR JUST A MOMENT.
UH, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED IN 60 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF PERMITS, UH, THE PROPERTY BE SECURED THROUGHOUT THE, UH, REPAIR PROCESS, UH, AND THAT THE TRASH AND DEBRIS CONTINUED TO BE KEPT CLEAN.
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60 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY CONTINUES TO BE SECURED DURING THE REPAIR PROCESS.AND ADDITIONALLY, THAT TRASH AND DEBRIS CONTINUES TO BE CLEANED AND KEPT, KEPT, KEPT CLEAN.
I SECOND THE MOTION, BUT I WANNA MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, EH, UH, UH, THE CODE COMPLIANCE EVERY 30 DAYS.
KEEP UP WITH THE, UH, PROGRESS OF THE PROPERTY.
MR. NELSON, DO YOU ACCEPT THAT ACCEPTED? SO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS THAT THE OWNERS PROVIDE A 30 DAY, UH, PROGRESS REPORT TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
WILL YOU STILL BE ON MS. POCKET? NO, YOU WILL NOT BE.
WHO IS TAKING YOUR PLACE? I GUESS THAT IS FOR FUTURE, BUT WELL, WHOEVER IS GOING TO TAKE HER PLACE, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO HER.
UM, AND MR, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? UM, YOU WERE JUST, I SECOND.
SO MR. ANDIS, UH, PROVIDED THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION.
UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE WEATHER PERMITTING? IT, IT DID INCLUDE PERMITTING AND THE, THE TIME PERIOD TO START WAS AFTER RECEIPT OF PERMITS.
SO PERMITS OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THEY, UH,
AND, AND JUST TO, JUST TO, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO SOME OF THE, THE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE BOARD GIVES THEM 60 DAYS, UM, WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS, IS WATCHING THEM AND, AND STAYING IN CONTACT IF THEY NEED A COUPLE MORE DAYS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS NOT GONNA BRING THE, THE PROPERTY BACK.
THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UM, SIGNIFICANT COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND I CAN LET, I CAN LET, UM, MS. RAMIREZ EXPLAIN MORE AND, AND DEFINITELY THAT COMES UP FROM TIME TO TIME.
BUT OUR, OUR REQUIREMENT IS TO MAKE THE HOME NO LONGER A DANGEROUS PREMISE.
IT MAY NOT BE LIVABLE, THERE MAY NOT BE ACTIVE PLUMBING IN IT, OR THE ELECTRICITY STILL MAY BE FALTERING, BUT AS LONG AS THOSE ARE NOT CREATING ACTUAL HAZARDS, UM, THAT WOULD BE SUSTAIN, THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GET IT TO THE STATE IS THAT IS NO LONGER A DANGEROUS PREMISE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ROOF IS IN REPAIR, THE, THE FOUNDATION IS REPAIR AND THE WALLS ARE NO LONGER IN DANGER OF FALLING, COLLAPSE, OR CAUSING ANY INJURY TO ANYBODY AT THAT TIME.
DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE, MAKE IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME LIVABLE THAT WOULD THEN PUT IT INTO A DIFFERENT FOCUS, BUT DEFINITELY NO LONGER DANGEROUS PREMISE.
MADAM CHAIR, MS. MIRANDA DOES MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT IN TERMS OF THE MOTION ITSELF.
THE MOTION SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED SPECIFICALLY PERMITS AND THEN 60 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF ANCE.
SO RESTATE THE PERMIT, RESTATE THE MOTION.
UH, THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDED MOTION THAT IT INCLUDE PERMITS.
SO A 60 DAY REPAIR ORDER TO INCLUDE PERMITS, SECURE THE PROPERTY, CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, CLEAR THE PROPERTY AND MAKE IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR OF TRASH.
AND THEN ALSO A 30 DAY PROGRESS UP UPDATE.
UM, AND MR. ES PROBABLY SHOULD SECOND THE CORRECTION OR THE CLARIFICATION OF THE PERMITS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU SAID THAT I, IT WAS JUST ALREADY CLARIFICATION BUILT INTO THE THING BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SAID IN THERE WHEN YOU SAID AFTER THE PERMITS WERE, SO THAT WAS ALREADY BUILT IN.
YEAH, ITS JUST A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION TO THE MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF 6 2 0.
MR. SASHA AND MR. LEO, PLEASE GET WITH MS. POTT AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU THE FURTHER STEPS.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS 4 1 4 REGINA STREET.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR
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THE RECORD.MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 4 1 4 REGINA STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF 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 8 9 6 7 BLOCK TWO LOT NORTH 67 69 FEET OF SIX, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS EMMA RODRIGUEZ WITH A MILLION ADDRESS OF ONE 13 MOON SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR EMMA RODRIGUEZ, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 29TH, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 1 4 REGINA WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 27TH, 2021.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 5TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON MAY 11TH, 2021 ON JANUARY 13TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 4 1 4 REGINA STREET ON JULY 13TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
THE FOLLOWING PERMITS, I'M SORRY, AS OF JANUARY 25TH, 2022, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 4 1 4 REGINA STREET.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1946 WITH A, WHICH HAS SUSTAINED, LEMME SEE, WHICH HAS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE, UH OH, I'M SORRY.
LEMME RE LEMME RESTART THIS OVER.
UH, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 14TH, 2022.
SO MOVING ON INTO THE PHOTOS HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THE PATIO PORCH AREA IS, UH, IS DAMAGED FROM WATER DAMAGE UNDERNEATH, WHICH WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDES.
THE FOUNDATION SHOWS SIGNS OF REPAIR FROM THE OWNER.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO HERE WHERE THE BEAM IS AT.
THAT IS ALL NEW WOOD MEMBERS RIGHT THERE.
THIS PHOTO HERE IS GONNA BE TAKEN FROM UNDERNEATH THE PATIO, JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE OF WATER TO THE DECKING AND THE RAFTERS.
NEXT PHOTO AGAIN FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE, OF THE, THE PATIO AREA.
JUST SHOWING AGAIN THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT WATER HAS SUSTAINED TO THE DECKING AS WELL AS THE WOOD MEMBERS.
HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE FOUNDATION SHOWING THAT THAT WOOD IS NEW AGAIN, WORK WAS, HAS BEEN DONE TO THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT PERMITS.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT THE, UH, OF WHAT THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXTERIOR WALL'S LOOKING LIKE.
UM, THERE'S SOME SLIGHT, UH, DE UM, SEPARATION ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS UNDERNEATH THESE, UH, THE PHOTO OF THE TWO WINDOWS TOWARDS THE BACK.
AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE REAR ELEVATION CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE REAR.
AGAIN, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, TO THE FOUNDATION WOOD FROM THE FRONT TO THE RACK BACK.
THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT THERE IS WORK BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY.
PHOTO HERE IS JUST SHOWING THAT, UH, THE OWNER OR SOMEONE AT ONE POINT HAS TRIED TO PATCH THIS WALL UP.
UH, THEY DID TRY TO MAKE SOME, SOME COVER UP TO THE WALL TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE INSIDE.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO.
THERE IS SEPARATION TO THE WALL THAT DOES GO FROM THE GROUND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK GOING TOWARDS THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AGAIN, SEPARATION TO THE WALL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ENTIRE, UH, SUBFLOOR HAS BEEN REMOVED AS WELL AS THE DECKING, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE FLOOR JOISTS AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION.
UH, AND POST FROM THE, A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THE FRONT OF THE DOOR, JUST TO KIND OF
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GIVE YOU AGAIN, IDEA HOW MUCH OF THE SUBFLOOR AND THE DECKING HAVE BEEN REMOVED.IN THIS PHOTO HERE, IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU THAT THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT, UH, EXPOSED WIRING AS WELL AS SOME WOOD NEW WOOD MEMBERS ABOVE THE CEILING JOISTS, AS WELL AS THE DECKING, AGAIN, SHOWING MORE SIGNS OF REPAIRS BEING DONE TO THE STRUCTURAL WITHOUT PERMITS.
IN THIS SLIDE HERE, IT, THERE IS A, A GAP IN BETWEEN THE DECKING AT THE, AT THE TIP OF THE RIDGE, WHICH IS INDICATING THAT THE, THE RIDGE BOARD IS POSSIBLY MISSING FROM THIS STRUCTURE AS WELL.
UH, MOVING INTO ONE OF THE NEXT ROOMS, IT IS JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS OF ITEMS THAT ARE INSIDE, UH, PREVENTING ME TO GO ANY FURTHER INTO THAT ROOM TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOS.
THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE IS GONNA SHOW IN THIS ROOM IS JUST SHOWING THE SEPARATION TO THE FLOORING FROM THE ROOM OF THE, THAT MAIN ROOM GOING INTO THE BATHROOM.
JUST SHOWING SIGNS OF SEPARATION TO THE FLOORING AS WELL.
AGAIN, UH, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF ITEMS I WASN'T ABLE TO GO ANY FURTHER.
UH, MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ROOM IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET IN THERE, BUT AGAIN, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN MOVING THINGS AROUND TO PREVENT ME OR PREVENT ANYONE FROM GOING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
JUST THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S INSIDE, SHOWING SOME DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK DUE TO POSSIBLE, UH, WATER DAMAGE OR AS WELL AS SHIFTING TO THE STRUCTURE AT THIS CORNER HERE YOU'LL SEE SEPARATION TO THE WALL AS WELL AS THE FLOORING, UH, WHICH IS INDICATING THE LIGHT COMING IN.
AGAIN, JUST THE SAME AREA, BUT JUST SHOWING THE FLOOR FROM WHERE I WAS STANDING AT, JUST SHOWING MORE SEPARATION.
MOVING ONTO THE BACK, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THE HOLE WHERE THEY HAD TRIED TO PATCH UP THAT, THAT DOOR, BUT THERE'S STILL, UH, ELEMENTS COMING INSIDE.
AND THEN JUST SHOWING SOME OF THE, THERE'S SOME SLIGHT WATER DAMAGE THOSE WOOD MEMBERS ABOVE AS WELL AS A NEW SHEET ROCK THAT WAS PLACED UP THERE.
AND THIS ROOM HERE IS JUST, IS JUST TO KINDA SHOW THAT THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT MAYBE THERE IS SOME WORK BEING DONE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE WORK, UH, PLACING SOME MATERIAL IN THERE.
AND THEN IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SOME MORE WALL SEPARATION AS WELL.
THAT'S STARTING TO GO TOWARDS THE TOP TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS TO THE FLOORING.
THE SINGLE STORAGE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1946, WHICH AT THIS TIME HAS NO PERMITS ON FILE.
THERE HAS BEEN REMOVAL OF THE SUBFLOOR AND THE, THE, UH, DECKING TO THE FLOORING WITH SIGNS OF REPAIRS BEING CONDUCTED TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION WITHOUT PERMITS.
THERE'S ALSO SIGNS OF SEPARATION FOR THE EXTERIOR WALL AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR WALL, UH, FOR WATER TO WALL SEPARATION.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 4 1 4, REGINA IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 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 SUB NESS OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 4 1 4 REGINA STREET.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COURT? OFFICER MARTINEZ, I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATIONS.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW FOR REFERENCE, THIS RIGHT HERE, THE FIRST RIGHT HERE HOLE? YES, IT WAS SPACED.
WHERE IT'S SHOWING THE, THERE, THE REASON IT'S SPACED LIKE THAT IS FOR THAT VENT.
INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE TURBINES ON NOW, NOW THEY'RE GOING TO RIDGE VENTS.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE THE SPACE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE? THIS RIGHT HERE, STILL CONNECT.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CUT THIS OUT.
IT'S AN INCH SHOT, TWO INCH SPACE.
THEY JUST SHINGLE OVER IT TOO.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION.
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IT'S NOT A DEFECT.NOW AS LONG AS THE MEMBERS CONNECT, THEN IT'S STILL STRUCTURED.
WHEN I DID, UH, MAKE THIS INSPECTION, I DID SPEAK WITH A BUILDING OFFICIAL, WHICH THEY WEREN'T UNSURE WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO AND THEY HAD TO INDICATE, STATED TO ME THAT IT COULD BE THE RIDGE BOARD MIGHT HAVE TO BE THERE.
UH, BUT IT WAS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT THERE WAS THAT SEPARATION.
'CAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF THE RIDGE BOARD WAS SUPPOSED TO OR IF THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY DESIGNED IT, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT WORK WAS BEING DONE WITHOUT THE PERMITS.
YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY I POINTED THE TOP OUT BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE SHINGLED OVER, SO YOU MAY NOT SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE THAT IS A VENT ACROSS TO DRAW ALL THE HEAT OUT.
SO WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THAT, AGAIN, THAT COULD BE ONE OF YOUR REASONS, IT'S NOT A DEFECT, IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT THAT'S THE NEW RIDGE VENTS THEY'RE PUTTING IN.
SO OFFICER MARTINEZ, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THE OWNERS OR ANYBODY ON THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU'VE BEEN THERE? SINCE I'VE TAKEN THIS CASE OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS OFFICER AND CONFIRMING WITH HIM, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CONTACT AT ALL WITH THE OWNER.
UH, HE HAS TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT, UH, AS FROM THE MOMENT I'VE TAKEN THIS CASE OVER, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH ANYBODY OR NO ONE'S CONTACTED ME AS WELL.
AND BASED ON THE PHOTOS, I SEE THAT IT'S BEEN BOARDED UP, BUT HAVE THERE BEEN CONTINUOUS MEANS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEEN SECURED? THE, THE, THE CONCERN FOR ME IS THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE SUBFLOOR IS GONE.
AND YOU ARE ABLE TO CRAWL UNDERNEATH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USUALLY, WE DO NOT SECURE IS THAT, THAT SKIRTING PART, BUT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WHERE WE'RE GONNA COME AS THE DOORS AND WINDOWS IS SECURED, BUT I STILL SEE IT AS A, AS A POINT OF ENTRY IF THEY WERE TO CRAWL UNDERNEATH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YEAH.
ON ONE OF THE PHOTOS, YOU SHOW A TOOL BAG OUT BY THE BACK DOOR.
IS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE'S TOOL BAG OR WAS THAT SOMEBODY WHO WAS OPENING IT UP SO YOU GUYS COULD GET IN? THAT RIGHT.
THERE WAS US GETTING IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
THAT MIGHT BE WHOEVER'S DOING SOME OF THESE REPAIRS.
THEY'RE JUST LEAVING THEIR TOOLS INSIDE.
AND THE NEIGHBORS, DID YOU TALK TO ANY OF THEM AND THEY RELAYED TO YOU THAT THERE WAS PEOPLE IN AND OUT OR THE NEIGHBORS HAD, DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT ANYONE GOING IN AND OUT, BUT THEY JUST, THEY DON'T LIKE THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT, THAT THEY, THEY WANT IT GONE.
UM, I DID EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF A HEARING AND THAT WE WOULD GO FROM THERE.
YOUR, UM, ZIP CODE, YOUR TESTIMONY WAS 2 0 7, BUT YOUR PAPERWORK SAYS 2, 2 3.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY AT 4 1 4 REGINA STREET, SEVEN EIGHT SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 2 3 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AND ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR 4 1 4 REGINA STREET FOR SUBSECTIONS 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT THE PROPERTY ALSO BE SECURED AND IF IT DOES NOT MEET OR DOES NOT DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS TO MOVE IT TO THE PRIORITY LIST, MR. TAPIA.
UH, ALL RIGHT, SO THE FRIENDLY ADDITIONAL TO THE, UM, MOTION IS THAT IT'S SECURED AND PRIORITIZATION OF THE DEMOLITION AND MR. ANDES SECOND DEMOTION.
DO WE HAVE A, UM, JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS 7 1 3 BERNARD DRIVE.
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GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 7 31 BERNARD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 1 1 6 1 BLOCK FIVE, LOT 98, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GUZMAN US USTA GIL, C O MARGARET DEIS, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 26 5 31 EL INDIO ROAD.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR MR. GUZMAN OR MS. DICE, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 16TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 7 31 BERNARD DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 15TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 18TH, 2020 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2020.
THE NOTICES FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 7 31 BERNARD DRIVE ON JANUARY 13TH, 2022.
THE NOTICES FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND A CERTIFI RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING PERMITS AS OF JANUARY 25TH, 2022, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 7 31 BERNARD DRIVE.
THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF SCHULTZ ELEMENTARY AND JEWEL C WHITTELL CENTER.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1946, WHICH HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
DECKING, RAFTERS AND CEILING JOISTS ARE DAMAGED DUE TO THE FIRE, EXTERIOR WALL COVERING DAMAGE, EXPOSING INTERIOR STUDS TO THE ELEMENTS AND WALL SEPARATION ALONG THE LEFT ELEVATION.
I'M SORRY, THERE'S NO WALL SEPARATION TO THAT.
OH, THERE IS, THERE IS WALL, WALL SEPARATION TO THE LEFT ELEVATION FOUNDATION.
HIS COMPROMISE WITH SIGNS OF THE POST SINKING AND SHIFTING THROUGHOUT IN THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS WILL BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE IS SOME SHIFTING TO THE FOUNDATION, UH, WHERE AT THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER POST IS CURRENTLY NO LONGER SITTING CORRECTLY ON THE UH, WOOD MEMBERS.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THAT, JUST SHOWING THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS SHIFTED.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION SHOWING THAT WATER WALL SEPARATION RIGHT IN THE CENTER AS WELL AS A LARGE HOLE TO THE WINDOW THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED RECENTLY.
UH, CLOSE PHOTO SHOWING THAT THERE IS SOME SHIMMING TO THE WOOD POSTS FOR THE FOUNDATION TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE REAR ELEVATION SHOWING THAT THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE WOOD, EXTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS, UH, WOOD SIDING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, UH, LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AS WELL AS SHOWING THE, THE LOCATION OF THE POST ON HOW MUCH THEY HAVE SINKING INTO THE GRADE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION SHOWING THAT THERE IS SOME WALL SEPARATION THAT'S STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, IF NOT FALLING DOWN AGAIN.
UH, PHOTOS OF THE FOUNDATION, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S SOME MORE SIGNS OF, OF SOMEONE SHIMING THE, THE POSTS OR PUTTING CINDER BLOCKS THERE JUST TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT FOUNDATION FROM POSSIBLY COLLAPSING.
UH, AGAIN, UH, JUST SHOWING THAT THE STR THE FOUNDATION IS COMPROMISED.
THEY'VE PUT SOME, SOME MORE POSTS UNDERNEATH JUST TO TRY TO HELP PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE TO THAT, TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, DIFFERENT ANGLE, UH, SHOWING THAT THE BEAM RIGHT THERE IS CURRENTLY RESTING ON GRADE AS WELL AS THEM PLACING SOME MORE WOOD MEMBERS BETWEEN THE, AND THE, THE FLOOR JOISTS,
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UH, FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.LOOKING TO THE LEFT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SOME MORE SHIMMING AS WELL WITH THOSE POSTS THAT THEY'VE PLACED THERE.
UH, FROM THAT WINDOW YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SOME DAMAGE TO THE, TO THE INTERIOR WALLS AS WELL AS THE SHEETROCK THAT HAS FALLEN.
UM, AS WELL AS THE LARGE, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THE SAME SPOT, JUST A DIFFERENT AREA.
UH, JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH DEBRIS THAT IS ON THE FLOOR AS WELL AS THE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK.
MOVING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, JUST MORE DAMAGE OF, OF SMOKE DAMAGE.
UH, IN THE BACK ROOM YOU'LL SEE IT, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR AS WELL AS TIRES THAT ARE THROWN IN THERE.
UH, THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE, THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN SUSTAINED TO, TO THE ITEMS INSIDE AS WELL AS SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT MOVING INTO THE FRONT ROOM.
UH, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE FLOORING AS WELL AS THE, UH, AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S INSIDE THAT'S COVERING A LOT OF THAT DAMAGE UP A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
JUST AGAIN, JUST KIND OF PAINTING THAT PICTURE OF HOW MUCH DEBRIS IS CURRENTLY IN THIS ROOM.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM MY LEVEL, UH, FROM ME JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW CLOSE I AM TO THE CEILING JOIST DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S IN THERE.
AGAIN, JUST MORE DEBRIS AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM FROM THE PREVIOUS PHOTO.
HERE'S ANOTHER ANGLE JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S SOME HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHETHER THAT WAS PART OF THE VENT THAT JUST CAME OFF AS, AND THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS JUST SHOWING THAT THE, THE CHARRING TO THE, TO THE DECKING AS WELL AS THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 31 BERNARD DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE 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 OR DILAPIDATIONS OF CENTEREDNESS OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF DOES RECOMMEND DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 7 31 BERNARD DRIVE.
UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OFFICER MARTINEZ? I, I'VE GOT ONE.
ANY UH, IT'S BEEN CLEANED SEVERAL TIMES.
FROM THE PREVIOUS OFFICER'S NOTES, IT HAS BEEN CLEANED SEVERAL TIMES.
I DO HAVE A CASE AS OF RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THAT, UH, WINDOW SECURED AGAIN AND I'M WORKING ON GETTING EXPEDITED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 'CAUSE IT IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, BUT THERE'S NO COST ON THE AMOUNT, SO THEY'RE UP TO DATE ON THEIR SUPPOSEDLY IF THERE'S NO COST OF ABATEMENT, I WASN'T, I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL THAT, THAT, UM, THAT PRICE OR HOW MUCH, UM, IS OWE OR IF ABATEMENT AT THIS TIME.
AND AS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE OUT THERE, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ABATED AGAIN.
EXCEPT FOR THE WINDOW FROM THIS ON JANUARY 14TH WHEN I TAKE THESE PHOTOS, I DID, UH, NOTICE THAT LARGE HOLE IN THE WALL.
SO I AM WORKING ON ABATING IT TO GET IT SECURED AGAIN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY POLICE REPORT? I DON'T HAVE THAT.
THE, THE, THAT PAPERWORK ON ME.
UH, WHEN I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ONE OF THE PATROL OFFICERS THAT WAS EX EXECUTING THE WARRANT FOR ME TO GO INSIDE, HEY, THAT WAS HIS FIRST TIME BEING THERE, BUT I KNOW USUALLY SAFE OFFICERS ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT WOULD, UH, ADDRESS THESE CASES AND I WASN'T ABLE TO TO SPEAK WITH THAT SAFE OFFICER AT THAT TIME OR AT THIS TIME.
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION ON ME.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
THIS IS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 7 3 1 BERNARD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 2 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 15 6 WITH SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
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SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION BY MR. TAPIA FOR 4 7 3 1 BERNARD DRIVE, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND WITH AMENDMENTS IF ACCEPTED.
UM, SECURE IT, WHICH IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THERE AND THEN MOVE TO TOP OF THE LIST IF IT'S NOT MET WITHIN THE 30 DAYS.
SO, UH, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS TOO SECURE AND PRIORITIZATION OF DEMOLITION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MR. GUI? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, AND THAT WAS OUR LAST CASE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS EITHER FROM THE BOARD OF STAFF FOR THE RECORD, UH, TO STAFF? THIS ONE IS NOW WORKING.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH IT, BUT IT DID WHAT? START TO WORK AGAIN.
REQUEST THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED BY THE UNANIMOUS DECISION AND THE TIME IS NOW 1127.