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THE TIME IS NOW NINE 10 ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2022.
MY NAME IS MS. GUILLORY, YOUR PANEL CHAIRWOMAN FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
UH, JUDY, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? LENCIA GUILLORY.
HERE, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE SPANISH INTERPRETER SERVICES PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE RUI BUENO.
I'LL NOW READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'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 AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATIONS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO BE, IS TO BE DEMONSTRATED IN THE FOLLOWING.
PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS 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 THE 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 FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT TWO ONE ZERO ZERO TWO ZERO SEVEN FIVE FOUR TWO TWO.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 3 6.
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HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YES.I MOVE THAT THE NOTES, UH, BE ACCEPTED AS WRITTEN.
SO I CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION BY MS. BROWN TO HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, JUDY, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL FOR THE MINUTES PLEASE? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
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STAFF REPORTS? GOOD MORNING.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE WILL BE PULLING FROM THE AGENDA TODAY IF I MAY PROCEED.
UM, THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO WAS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATION AT 8,800 STAR CT DRIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
THAT, UM, THAT CASE IN PARTICULAR IS IN COMPLIANCE.
NOW, I DO WANNA POINT OUT WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER CASE AT THE SAME PROPERTY, BUT IT'S FOR ANOTHER BUILDING AND IT IS LISTED AS A DANGEROUS PREMISE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
CAN WE PLEASE PROCEED WITH THE, UH, FIRST ITEM?
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GOOD MORNING.MY NAME'S AMIRO GTA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR TO THE MAIN AND DEMOLITION TO THE ROOM ADDITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON DECEMBER 6TH, 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 NCB 6 8 18 BLOCK ZERO, LOT NORTH 80.03, FEET OF LOTS, 14 AND 15 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS HENSLEY REAL ESTATE, L L C WITHIN MAILING ADDRESS OF 1507 STREET HOUSTON STREET, APARTMENT 2 32, AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 5 6.
THE OWNER DOES HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE PRESENT TODAY.
ON FEBRUARY 8TH, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED AND RECOMMENDS PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THE COVERED CANOPY AND ADDITIONS TO PRESERVE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PART OF THE BUILDING.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE, PART OF THE BUILDING ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, DELIVERED, AND SIGNED ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2021 ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO HENSLEY REAL ESTATE L L C AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT RE RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING IN RETURN ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2021, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND AND TIMELINE REGARDING THIS PROPERTY, UH, WE HAVE MET MULTIPLE TIMES WITH AND SPOKEN WITH, UM, OURSELVES.
UH, D S D S A P D, UM, HAVE SPOKEN AND, AND HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE, THE, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IN THE AREA.
UM, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO TODAY.
SO ON DECEMBER 6TH WAS OUR DART INSPECTION, UH, THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT 17 0 17 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2021, A 10 DAY NOTICE TO REVOKE CERTIFICATE OF O Q M C WAS POSTED TO, TO THE CODE VIOLATIONS AND NO T B C LICENSE FOR THE, FOR THE CANTINA THAT WAS THERE FOR THE BAR AND THE EVENTS THAT WERE BEING HELD AT THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT, UM, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS REVOKED.
THEN ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2021, UM, WE SPOKE WITH A, THE, THE ADJOINING LOTS, THE NEIGHBOR OF THE ADJOINING LOTS, THEIR VACANT LOTS, THE OWNER, WE SPOKE WITH HER, UM, SHE HAD CONCERNS THAT THE GATHERINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE BAR, UM, WERE SPILLING OVER INTO HER VACANT LOTS.
UH, THEY WERE CREATING TRENCHES.
PEOPLE WERE PARKING THERE, LITTERING, DUMPING, UH, AND SOME OTHER INCIDENT.
SO WE, UM, COLLABORATED WITH HER.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO FENCE OFF THE, THE VACANT LOTS, WHICH ARE RIGHT BEHIND 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
UM, AND WE BELIEVE THAT DID, UH, A, A GOOD JOB OF PREVENTING FROM MORE PEOPLE COMING AND PARKING AT THE LOCATION.
SO DECEMBER 20TH, UM, C P SS DID DISCONNECT SERVICES.
UH, THE NOTICE, UH, TO REVOKE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD EXPIRED.
UM, THEY WERE STILL GATHERING AT THE LOCATION.
SO WE HAD, UH, SERVICES DISCONNECTED BECAUSE THAT, UH, NOTICE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD BEEN REVOKED.
SO C P S DISCONNECTED SERVICES, THAT WAS ON THE 20TH OF DECEMBER, THE 21ST OF DECEMBER.
UH, WE HAD WATER DISCONNECTED AT THIS AT THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 27TH, 2022.
UM, A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AT 1701.
UM, AND THAT'S DUE TO THAT THE GATHERINGS DID NOT STOP.
UM, ALSO ALONG WITH, UH, SOME OF THE CONDITIONS AND THE, UH, CRIMINAL ASPECT BEHIND THE, UH, PROPERTY, UM, WE HAD THE PROPERTY FENCED OFF.
UM, SO NOW WE HAVE THE 1701 FENCED OFF, AND NOW, UH, THE LOTS BEHIND IT ARE FENCE OFF ON JANUARY 27TH, 2022.
WE CLEANED THE OUTSIDE AND RESECURED THE, THE STRUCTURE.
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THEN ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022, UM, WE HAD AN EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.SO THAT'S CURRENTLY STILL IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER ACCREDITORS OR ENGINEERS REPORTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON, UH, 4 17 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE, WE STOP FOR JUST A SECOND.
I THINK WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE VIDEO STREAM.
UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE VIDEO STREAM IS LIVE AND ONGOING AT THE A BREAK.
YEAH, AT THIS MOMENT WE'LL TAKE A JUST WE'RE, ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT WE JUST GIVE JENNY A SECOND TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ON.
SO, GOING BACK, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT CREDIT WHERE ENGINEER'S REPORTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE IS A POSSIBLE BUYER ON THE PROPERTY.
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT OUR PHOTO PRESENTATION.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1701 HACKBERRY.
UM, SO THE, THE BLUE SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE, UM, THAT'S OUR ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT OF THE, WHAT'S TO BELIEVE TO BE A GAS STATION.
IT'S ABOUT 175 SQUARE FEET, UM, TO THE LEFT.
UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT DAWSON AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING, THE LEFT SIDE, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WAS A CANOPY, UH, TO THE GAS STATION.
THEN LATER ON IT WAS ENCLOSED.
UM, AND YOU SEE THOSE FOUR RED SQUARES.
THOSE ARE THE ENCLOSED, UM, ROOM ADDITIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMEND DEMOLITION ON THE, THE ORIGINAL MAIN STRUCTURE.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S TWO RESTROOMS AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A CANOPY.
YOU WALK INTO THE, TO THE, TO THE SERVICE STATION, AND YOU PROBABLY HAD TWO RESTROOMS AND MAYBE A COUNTERTOP, LIKE A REGISTER, AND THAT'S IT.
SO IT WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH A SERVICE STATION.
THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING REPAIRS TO.
SO THAT'S LOOKING FROM THE DAWSON SIDE.
THAT DOOR RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DOOR.
SO YOU SEE THE PEAK OF THE, OF THE, OF THE HIP ROOF THERE.
THE RESTROOM, UM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S ABOUT SEVEN FEET WIDE.
OKAY, THAT LEFT SIDE, THE BLACK WALL THERE, THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WAS THE CANOPY.
UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING DEMOLITION OF THAT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, SO OVER THE YEARS, THERE ARE SOME ROOM ADDITIONS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION WHY THOSE, THOSE, UH, WERE PRETTY MUCH, UM, POORLY CONSTRUCTED.
NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, JUST FROM THE CORNER THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CANOPY THERE.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A COLUMN THERE THAT'S MASONRY RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF START TO PICTURE THE CANOPY THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PART OF THE ROOM EDITION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE, WHEN I WHEN WE SEE THE SLIDES OF THE PICTURES ON THE INSIDE, THIS WILL BE THE BAR AREA.
SO NOW WE'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
HACKBERRYS ON THE FURTHER SIDE, UM, THIS, IF YOU SEE THAT, THAT WALL THERE WITH THE ART, UH, BLUE WALL THERE, THAT IT WAS A ROOM ADDITION.
WHEN WE CONDUCTED THE INSPECTION, IT APPEARED TO BE LIKE SOMEONE WAS SLEEPING IN THERE.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ROOM THAT WAS, UH, ADDED AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSIVE SAGGING TO THE ROOF.
UH, THE BO THE POOR DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF COVER.
AND THIS IS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE, OF THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF COVER DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED.
AND THIS IS FROM THE SOUTH END.
THIS IS AFTER WE CLEANED THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE DID NOT REMOVE THE PICNIC TABLES, WE LEFT THEM THERE.
BUT THIS IS, UM, YOU SEE THE PEAK THERE TO THE, TO THE ROOF.
AND THEN THE SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF IT ARE THE ROOM ADDITIONS.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE ROOM EDITION.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ENTRANCES THEY WOULD USE.
IF YOU SEE THE, THE LIGHT COMING IN THE EXIT DOOR, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE DOOR THAT WE JUST USED TO COME INTO THE BAR AREA.
SO THIS AREA, UM, FROM, FROM OUR RESEARCH, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY WOULD HAVE, UH, DJS, MUSIC BANDS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF DESTRUCTION THAT WOULD GO ON INSIDE THE BUILDING.
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AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT, UM, THEY CARED FOR THE BUILDING.SO YOU SEE THE HOLES IN THE WALL, YOU'LL SEE SOME, UM, WE FOUND SOME BAGGIES FOR DRUGS INSIDE ALSO.
UM, THIS IS AFTER OUR ORIGINAL INSPECTION.
THIS BLOOD WAS NOT ON THE FLOOR.
SO FAST FORWARD ABOUT A MONTH, AND THERE'S BLOOD ON THE FLOOR.
SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CONTINUED TO GO INTO THESE PROPERTIES.
THEY CONTINUED TO GATHER HERE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, ALSO SEE THE LITTER OF THE BEER CANS.
ALL RIGHT, SO LOOKING AT THIS PHOTO HERE, THAT BAR AREA, THAT'S, THAT RIGHT THERE IS PART OF THE ROOM ADDITION.
OKAY? UM, FROM WHERE I'M STANDING, I'M STANDING MORE IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND THAT'S LOOKING FROM THE BAR AREA TO, AND YOU SEE MORE OF THE, THE, THE SHEET ROCK.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SE THE CEILING THERE, UM, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE ADDITION.
UM, YOU SEE THAT THE SHEET ROCK'S, UH, DETACHING BROKEN.
I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO DUE TO THE POOR ROOF CONDITIONS.
IT'S NOT PROVIDED SUFFICIENT, UM, PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS.
AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S EXPERIENCED WATER DAMAGE.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS LITTLE ROOM ADDITION HERE, UM, ON THE, THE PHOTOS I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU WILL SHOW THE INSIDE OF THAT AREA.
THAT BACK PART, THAT BACK PART WHERE YOU SEE THAT SOFA, THAT'S THAT ROOM ADDITION.
OKAY, SO WHERE THAT SOFA IS, IF YOU SEE, AS YOU'RE WALKING PAST THE BAR, YOU SEE THE BEAM ABOVE IT, THE ARCH THAT APPEARS TO BE PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE.
SO ON THIS SIDE OF THE BAR, THAT'S THE ADDITION.
THAT'S THE ROOM ADDITION TOWARDS THE SOFA.
AND THAT ROOM ADDITION, YOU SEE THEIR, THEIR SEPARATION.
AND YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO TO THREE INCHES SEPARATION IN THE WALL SYSTEM.
AND THEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN BLACK AND WHITE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL ELEMENTS, THE NATURAL LIGHT COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE SEPARATION IN THE, IN THE FRAMING.
SO THIS BACK ROOM HERE WITH THE, UH, ART ON THE WALL.
IS THIS ROOM, UM, POORLY CONSTRUCTED, UM, BAD CRAFTSMANSHIP.
THE CEILING JOISTS ARE NOT RESTING ON ANY TYPE OF TOP PLATE.
UM, THE FRAMING IS POORLY CONSTRUCTED.
YOU SEE THE LIGHT ON THAT FAR BACK WALL, THE LIGHT COMING IN, AND THAT WALL, IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE PANELING.
UM, IT'S A REAL THIN, UH, PANELING.
THE OTHER DAY, I WENT BACK OUT THERE, PUT SOME SCREWS IN IT JUST TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS GETTING IN.
AND YOU SEE THE SOFA THERE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE WERE GATHERING AND, AND STAYING IN THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WERE, SOMETIMES I WOULD SHOW UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WE WOULD NOT, I WOULD HEAR NOISES, BUT NEVER CONFIRM IF THERE WAS ANYBODY INSIDE.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE POOR FAULTY CONSTRUCTION.
THE STUDS JUST RUN TO THE TOP.
AND THEN THE, UH, WHICH WHERE THE TOP PLATE SHOULD BE, IT'S RUNNING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE STUDS.
UM, SO IT'S NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTED.
IF YOU TURN AROUND FROM THAT ROOM ADDITION, THAT'S THE STUCCO THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THE MASONRY, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING UP, YOU SEE THE LIGHT.
THAT'S HOW THAT, THAT ROOM ADDITION'S CONNECTED.
IT'S NOT EVEN, UH, WELL ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU SEE THE LIGHT COMING IN.
AND THEN THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOOR, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WHEN THE RAIN, UH, WAS JUST PENETRATING INTO THAT, UH, ROOM ADDITION.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RESTROOMS. AND I DO BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF THE, THE MAIN PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE RESTROOM.
YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY WOULD MEET, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GATHERING, THIS IS THE TYPE OF RESTROOM THAT THEY HAD WHILE PEOPLE WERE GATHERING HERE.
UM, THE WATER WAS LEAKING UNDER THE SINK.
THE WATER DID NOT MEET 110 DEGREES.
THE OTHER THING IS THEY WERE HAVING FOOD TRUCKS.
SO FOOD BEING PRE UH, HAVING PREPARED OUTSIDE, UM, WHERE THEY'RE USING THESE, UH, RESTROOMS IN THESE CONDITIONS.
UM, HOPEFULLY TO WASH THEIR HANDS.
AND THERE'S THE, THE WATER TEMPERATURE THAT'S AS HIGH AS IT REACHED.
AND THEN WE DID FIND SOME, UH, BAGGIES INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY A, AN ABANDONED, UM, FOOD TRAILER.
UM, WE WOULD BE ASKING THAT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE DID FENCE OFF THE PROPERTY.
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SO TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 2 5 7 8 11 12 13 15.WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIRS TO THE MAIN DEMOLITION TO THE ROOM.
ADDITION, REMOVE THE FOOD TRUCK AND KEEP THE STRUCTURE PROPERTY SECURED, SECURED AND SECURED AND CLEAN AND FROM, UH, UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1701 SOUTH T AREA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER AT THIS TIME? I GOT SOME GO AHEAD.
MR. ANDES, YOU STATED IN YOUR TESTIMONY, WHICH ISN'T IN HERE, SEVERAL PIECES THAT ARE NOT IN THE NOTES.
UM, DID YOU HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER? YEAH, THE T R O, THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, UM, THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAVITA RYE.
UM, AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE GATHERINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AFTER THE REVO REVOCATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, AND THE, THE REPEATED CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, IF THAT WAS IN THE NOTES, THEN I, I FAILED JUST TO PUT ON, PUT THAT IN THERE.
UM, BUT YES, WE DID POST A, UH, YEAH, THERE WAS A A T R O ON THE PROPERTY ONE ABOUT FEBRUARY AND I THINK IT WAS LATER IN FEBRUARY.
'CAUSE YOUR LAST ENTRY IS FEBRUARY 7TH.
AND I THINK THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS AFTER THE 7TH OF FEBRUARY.
SO JANUARY 27TH, WE POSTED THE ORIGINAL, UH, RIGHT.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND THEN ON, THAT'S NOT IN HERE.
SO THOSE TWO ARE THE KEY PIECES.
AND WAS THERE A NOTICE OF VACATE? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ONE IN THE NOTES.
SO THE REVOCATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, IT WAS A 10 DAY, UH, RE REVOCATION OF THAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT 10 DAY? UM, IF THEY DON'T UPDATE THEIR C OF O, GET THEIR T B C LICENSE AND MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE, RIGHT, THEN IT, IT GETS REVOKED, WHICH THEN, UH, CAUSED US TO GO OUT THERE AND DISCONNECT SERVICES.
SO ARE YOU ASKING US TO WELL, WE CAN'T BECAUSE THAT'S IN FROM ANOTHER COURT.
ARE YOU GONNA AMEND FOR A VACATE? WELL, WE'RE CURRENTLY, THE STRUCTURE'S VACATED.
IT'S, IT'S ALL DONE BECAUSE OF THAT REHABILITATION AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WATER AND GAS THAT KEEPS OFF.
UM, THIS IS SAVI RYE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UH, I AM AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS TO THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AND, UH, PROVIDE THE HISTORY LEADING UP TO THE LAWSUIT AS A PRELUDE TO TESTIMONY FROM THE POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, IF THE BOARD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YES, PLEASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, AND I HEAR SOMEBODY ELSE TALKING.
IS THIS SOMEBODY ELSE TALKING IN HERE? IT'S THE TRANSLATION SURVEY.
WE DO HAVE TRANSLATION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME PEOPLE OUT FRONT AROUND THE SIDE THAT ARE SPEAKING.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN QUIET THEM DOWN.
EVELYN, YOU HAD A QUESTION? WANNA ASK JUST ONE QUESTION FOR ME.
I UNDERSTAND ONE MOMENT THAT THE PROPERTY IS SECURE.
BUT THERE'S STILL LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SIGNS OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE PROPERTY MORE, MORE RECENT.
UM, IT, IT WAS HARD TO DETERMINE IF THEY BROKE INTO IT, BUT THAT FAR WALL, UM, ON THE WEST ROOM ADDITION, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS PANELING.
IT WASN'T PLYWOOD THAT WAS USED OR ANY TYPE OF, UM, APPROVED WALL COVERING.
IT WAS LIKE A PANELING, IT DETACHED.
UM, IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS PULLED OFF.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S SO FLIMSY, IN MY OPINION, IT, IT DETACHED.
SO WE HAVEN'T, I'D SAY IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, THERE'S BEEN A LOT LESS CALLS OF PEOPLE CONGREGATE, UH, CONGREGATING AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS THAT THEY BROKE INTO IT.
UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, BEING PROACTIVE AND, AND FENCING OFF THE PROPERTY.
UM, TRYING TO ELIMINATE THEM FROM CONGREGATING AT THE LOCATION.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN LESS, UM, CALLS FOR THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF SS A P D HAS, UH, RECEIVED ANY, UM, NEW CALLS SINCE WE FENCED IT OFF.
I DID SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS.
THEY SAID AFTER WE FENCED OFF THE PROPERTY, IT GOT QUIET.
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LOT OF THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING AT TWO, THREE, OR FOUR IN THE MORNING.UM, SO IT WASN'T LIKE 10 O'CLOCK, UM, 12 O'CLOCK, IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
UM, THAT THEY WERE CONGREGATING AND, AND HAVING THESE PARTY TYPE EVENTS THERE AT THE, AT THE LOCATION.
SO WHAT, WHAT PART OF THIS ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US TO SAVE? IF WE GO BACK TO THE PLOT PLAN? SO EVERYTHING THERE IN THE MIDDLE, EVERYTHING IN RED? NO.
'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME.
OH, I THINK IT'S HARD TO TELL.
SO YOU SEE THE PEAK, THE, THE HIP ROOF PEAK.
AND THEN IT TRAVELS NORTH, EXCUSE ME, TRAVELS SOUTH.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 175 SQUARE FEET.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS AT ONE TIME TO BELIEVE A SERVICE STATION, WHICH PEOPLE WOULD PULL UP.
IT WAS JUST TWO RESTROOMS AND MAYBE A, A COUNTERTOP WITH A REGISTER.
UM, SO IT WAS A VERY SMALL STRUCTURE.
SO IF YOU JUST IMAGINE 25 FEET GOING SOUTH, THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE.
I GUESS I NEED TO KNOW WHY, WHY TO SAVE IT.
IS IT HISTORIC OR SOMETHING IN, IN CONTACT? WE, WE, WELL WE BELIEVE THAT THE, THE, THE BLUEPRINT OF THAT STRUCTURE HAS SOME SIGNIFICANCE.
UM, IT'S NOT A LANDMARK, BUT IT, IT DOES HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANCE.
WELL, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE SIGNIFICANCE, BUT I MEAN, WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO THAT? NO.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND, AND, AND YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT.
WE'VE, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND WE'VE HEARD THEIR CONCERNS AND WE UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS.
UM, SO, BUT YET YOU ALL CHOSE TO SAVE SOME OF IT? WELL, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR, FOR, FOR, OH, I'M SORRY.
BUT YET YOU ALL CHOSE TO SAVE SOME OF IT.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SAVING IT.
UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'M LOOKING AT IS IT'S SEVEN BY 25.
SO THE REPAIRS, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A BIG STRUCTURE.
UM, SO IT, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE FEASIBLE AS FAR AS FINANCIAL MEANS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG STRUCTURE REALLY.
JUST TO FOLLOW FOR ME, GIVEN THAT IT WAS A, A GAS STATION BEFORE, ARE THERE STILL BERRY TANKS THERE? HAS ALL THAT BEEN REMOVED? THAT WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THAT.
UM, NORMALLY THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED ONCE, UM, THE GAS STATIONS ARE CHANGED OVER TO A, UM, I'LL SAY THIS.
NORMALLY WHEN THEY APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, UM, THOSE ARE REMOVED BEFORE IT HAS A NEW USE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED IF IT'S A GAS STATION, BUT MAYBE A SERVICE STATION.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TIRE SHOP.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO SOME TYPE OF MECHANIC SHOP.
SO I GOT A FOLLOW UP PERMITS WERE EVER PULLED TO ADD OR MODIFY? NOT TO MY RECORDS, NO.
NO, I, WHEN I LOOKED UP, I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UH, ROOM ADDITION.
UM, I THINK THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A, A, A ELECTRICAL PERMIT PULLED AT SOME TIME.
UM, BUT IF THEY DID IT, IT WOULDN'T BE ON, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, THERE WAS ONE CONNECTION THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE THEY WOULD CONNECT TO THE, UM, TO THE FOOD TRUCKS OR FOOD TRAILERS.
UM, AND I DID NOT SEE THEIR PERMIT FOR THAT.
AVITA, YOU HAVE SOME HISTORY ON IT? ONE MOMENT.
BOARD I CAN PROVIDE, UH, BACKGROUND ON, UH, WHAT LED UP TO THE LAWSUIT, THE PARAMETERS OF THE LAWSUIT, UH, THE DETAILS WITHIN THE LAWSUIT, AND ALSO, UH, THE DISTRICT COURT'S POSITION.
THAT'LL COME WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THE POLICE OFFICER.
IF, UH, UH, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT FIRST.
'CAUSE, UH, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, HAD TO STEP OUT.
HE'S, UH, HE HAS A COUNTY COURT HEARING ON ZOOM, AND SO I CAN SHARE HIS ROLE IN THE LAWSUIT AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AS WELL.
SO, IF YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST AND THEN HAVE THE OFFICERS OKAY.
'CAUSE I SAW HE HAD A HEADPHONES IN THE ONE THAT WAS SITTING HERE IN THE FRONT.
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HE HAD THE HEADPHONES IN.HE WAS WAITING TO BE, UH, CALLED BY THE JUDGE.
OKAY, THEN CAN YOU PRESENT THEN? THANK YOU.
I AM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, UH, WHICH IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, UH, BY THE BUSINESS THAT WAS, UM, UH, BEING OPERATED, WHICH WAS, UH, TWIN SISTERS CANTINA.
SO I'LL USE THEM INTERCHANGEABLY.
UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON TWIN SISTERS CANTINA, UH, IT, UH, LOST ITS T A B C LICENSE IN 2020, UH, BASED ON THE SHOOTINGS AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS THAT WERE OCCURRING AT THE LOCATION, THE OPERATOR, UH, DISREGARDED THE FACT THAT HE NO LONGER HAD THE T A B C PERMIT AND CONVERTED INTO AN AFTER HOURS B Y O B OPERATION.
AND SO THIS LOCATION, WHICH, UH, YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, IT'S WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE CONVERTED IT INTO THE AFTER HOURS LOCATION, BUT CONTINUED, UH, SELLING ALCOHOL.
HE, AT THAT POINT, STARTED UTILIZING THE PARKING LOT AND THE BUILDING AND THE FOOD TRUCK, AND, UH, STARTED BRINGING IN BANDS AND, UM, OTHER LIVE EVENTS, UH, STARTING, UH, PRIMARILY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00 AM TO 5:00 AM THAT'S WHEN THIS, UH, ESTABLISHMENT OPERATED.
IT WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE DART UNIT APPROXIMATELY, UH, SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
BECAUSE OF THE INORDINATE AMOUNT OF SHOOTINGS, UH, WE DID WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO INHERITED THE PROPERTY, UM, FROM HIS FATHER.
THE PROPERTY OWNER LIVES IN AUSTIN.
UH, HE COOPERATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE TRIED TO REACH A VOLUNTARY RESOLUTION, UH, TO THE SITUATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAD BUILT SUCH A REPUTATION THAT BY 2021, UH, NO MEASURES WERE, UH, ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING THE SITUATION.
THE TENANT, THE OPERATOR, UH, CONTINUED OPERATING THE BUILDING AFTER, UH, WARNING LETTERS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AS TO LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, THE SHOOTINGS ESCALATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT, UH, AS OFFICER GTA MENTIONED, IT DID BECOME A DART.
AGAIN, WE ATTEMPTED, UH, TO OBTAIN A VOLUNTARY RESOLUTION.
HOWEVER, AT THAT TIME, WE ALSO OBTAINED ACCESS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND DISCOVERED, UH, THE CONDITION.
WE, UH, UH, FINALLY, UH, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS REVOKED ON DECEMBER 21ST.
A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS ALSO WITHIN THE BODY OF THE REVOCATION NOTICE AND, UM, DISCONNECTION OF UTILITIES.
HE CONTINUED TO OPERATE WITHOUT THE UTILITIES.
THE CROWDS WOULD GATHER BETWEEN TWO TO FIVE.
UH, THE OFFICERS CAN ATTEST TO, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS WOULD TIME.
BUT, UM, FROM MY REVIEW, IT WAS, UH, PRIMARILY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF, UH, THREE TO FIVE, WHERE MOST OF THE SHOOTINGS WERE OCCURRING.
UH, WE COME BACK FROM THE BREAK, AND I WAS CONTACTED BY THE NIGHT SHIFT, UH, SERGEANT AT EAST.
AND, UM, HE WAS, UH, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, UH, VERY UPSET ABOUT THE LOCATION.
'CAUSE, UH, IT WAS HIS OFFICERS RESPONDING BECAUSE THEY HAD THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT AT THIS POINT.
THE SHOOTINGS HAD ESCALATED TO THE POINT THERE WAS A SHOOTING EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
HE BECAME CONCERNED BECAUSE HE SAID, UH, THAT BUILDING IS
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THE DRAW AND, UH, HIS OFFICERS ARE GOING TO GET KILLED IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING.I, UH, FILED THE, UH, A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OPERATOR AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WE ASKED FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HIS ATTORNEY, WHO, UH, WILL BE BACK AFTER HIS ZOOM HEARING, HE'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LAWSUIT AS WELL.
AND SO WE PRESENTED TO THE JUDGE.
IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 300 CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE TO THIS LOCATION IN TWO YEARS, FROM JANUARY 3RD, 2020 TO JANUARY 26TH.
THE DAY BEFORE I WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE OF 2022, THERE HAVE BEEN 113 SHOOTINGS THE DAY WE PRESENTED TO THE JUDGE.
UH, THE OPERATOR, UH, AGAIN, UH, WAS NOT INTERESTED IN COOPERATING BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME THREAT, NOT ONLY TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO, UH, UH, UNDERTAKE THAT DANGER.
IT, IT'S PART OF THE, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OR DUTIES.
UH, SHE HAD HER FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON, UH, STAYING WITH HER FOR THE NIGHT AT, UM, APPROXIMATELY THREE IN THE MORNING.
AND BULL CAME THROUGH THEIR LIVING ROOM AND, UH, NARROWLY MISSED.
HER GRANDSON, UH, HAD OTHER NEIGHBORS CONTACT, AND THEY WERE READY TO TESTIFY.
UH, WHAT ALSO IS OCCURRING IS THE BUILDING IS DRAWING, UM, THIS TYPE OF CROWD WHERE IT, IT HAS BECOME, UM, A LOCATION TO WHICH PERSONS FEEL COMFORTABLE.
UH, DISCHARGING WEAPONS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
BUT BEYOND THAT ARE, UM, JUST A, UM, LIFE, UH, VIOLATIONS, I GUESS I WOULD PUT IT THAT WAY.
UH, THE PATRONS, BECAUSE, UH, THE BUILDING IS IN SUCH A CONDITION AS IT WAS.
THE RESTROOMS ARE, UH, WERE NOT OPERABLE.
THE PATRONS, UH, WERE GOING INTO, UH, THE RESIDENCES AROUND THEM AND DEFECATING, FORNICATING, URINATING, UM, HIDING FROM THE POLICE, UH, VIDEO WAS FORWARDED TO ME THAT, UH, WE PROVIDED TO THE COURT OF, UH, CAMERAS THAT CAPTURED, UH, SOME OF THE SHOOTERS, UH, RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSES AND BACKYARDS.
SO, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE WITH THIS LAWSUIT IS, OH, WE ADVISE THE JUDGE.
THE JUDGE COMPLETELY AGREED, THIS IS, UH, TOO BIG OF A THREAT TO, UH, THE CITY, TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS TOO BIG OF A THREAT TO THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR.
SHE GRANTED THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, WHICH IS IN EFFECT, AND SHE ORDERED THAT, UH, THE CITY, UH, BOARD AND SECURED THE PROPERTY.
SO CODE ENFORCEMENT TOOK ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
SHE ALSO ORDERED THAT OFFENSE BE ERECTED AROUND THE PROPERTY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM STILL GATHERING.
'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL GATHERING BECAUSE THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE IT'S OKAY TO DO, UH, THESE ACTIVITIES.
HOWEVER, UH, THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 27TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR GO UNTIL THE NEXT DAY TO SECURE AND PUT UP THE FENCE.
THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY THAT VERY NIGHT.
PEOPLE STILL CAME TO THE LOCATION.
THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING THE NEXT NIGHT.
THE NEXT DAY IS WHEN, UH, THE BLOOD ON THE FLOOR WAS FOUND IN THE MAIN ROOM.
UH, THE POLICE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THE VICTIM.
SO I JUST, UH, FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PERSPECTIVE AND FILING THIS LAWSUIT, THIS PROPERTY IS A COMMON NUISANCE.
NOW, UH, Y'ALL LOOK AT PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE PUBLIC
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NUISANCES, IF THEY'RE A THREAT TO HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE BASED ON THE STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS.A COMMON NUISANCE IS, IS, UM, WHEN A PROPERTY'S REPUTATION IS SUCH THAT PERSONS HABITUALLY GO TO THE PREMISES TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED A COMMON NUISANCE.
SO WE'RE, UH, WITH THE LAWSUIT AND THE DARK UNIT INVESTIGATION, THERE'S A PLAN OF ACTION TO WORK HAND IN HAND TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE, AS WE TOLD THE COURT, AND AS THE COURT AGREED, UH, THE BUILDING IS THE DRAW BECAUSE IT'S BUILT THAT REPUTATION.
UH, THE FINAL POINT, UM, YOU, UH, Y'ALL HAD ASKED OFFICER GTO ABOUT THE NOTICE TO VACATE.
UH, THERE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE TO VACATE, BUT I WOULD URGE THIS BOARD TO, UH, ALSO ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE PENDING, UM, THE COMPLETION OF, UH, WHICHEVER, UH, ORDER YOU DECIDE UPON.
SO TO MAINTAIN THE NOTICE TO VACATE AND ALSO TO MAINTAIN THE ORDER THAT NO PERSONS ARE TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY AT ALL.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF I, UH, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF SAVITA? I DO.
UM, THE REASON I ASKED THE NOTICE OF VACATE IS BECAUSE IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE ON IT.
WHEN THE JUDGE SIGNED THE TEMPORARY ORDERS.
WELL, THE NOTICE TO VACATE WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL BY MIKE SHANNON AND, OR I MEAN, TOMA.
AND THAT ADMIN NOTICE TO AK DOES NOT HAVE A EXPIRATION.
THE ORDERS BY THE JUDGE ON THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, THE FENCE, THE BOARDING AND SECURING AND NO PERSONS BEING ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, ARE ONLY EFFECTIVE UNTIL WE GO BACK FOR A FULL TRIAL ON THE MERITS, WHICH WILL BE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO THOSE HAVE A 14 DAY, UH, LIMITED DURATION.
SO YOU'RE ON EXPIRATED 14 DAYS.
SO WHATEVER WE IMPLEMENT, AND NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE IMPLEMENT STUFF LIKE THIS, WE AUTOMATICALLY CALL IT FOR SECURE BOTH FENCE AND BUILDING.
SO OUR ORDER AUTOMATICALLY TAKES OVER FROM THAT POINT.
UH, WOULD, UH, WITH THE BOARD'S ORDER, UH, THAT GOES INTO, UH, IMMEDIATE EFFECT, UH, PENDING OBVIOUSLY AN APPEAL, RIGHT.
UH, FOR, UH, DURING THE 30 DAYS AFTER MAILING OF THE ORDER.
BUT THE, THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE T R O IS THAT THIS BORDER, THIS BOARD'S ORDER REMAINS IN EFFECT UNLESS REVERSED BY A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXPIRATION ON YOUR SIDE OF IT, BUT OUR SIDE WILL GO UNTIL RESOLUTION OF THIS CASE.
I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
SO, IF THIS PLACE IS A HAZARD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S SHOOTINGS EVERY NIGHT.
THE JUDGE HAS ALREADY GIVEN AN ORDER TO VACATE TO, UH, SECURE IT AND TO PUT A FENCE AROUND IT.
AND THE PEOPLE HAVE IGNORED THAT.
SO WHY ARE WE TRYING TO SAVE ANY OF THIS BUILDING? I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT IN, IN MY TESTIMONY BEFORE YOU AS THE ATTORNEY FOR DAR.
UH, BUT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, AS NECESSARY, UH, IF YOU DEEM IT IMPORTANT TO MAKE YOUR DECISION.
BUT AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TODAY, UH, I CAN'T PROVIDE ANY, UM, INFORMATION AS TO THAT RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT, UH, MY TESTIMONY, 'CAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED TO THE REASONS FOR THE LAWSUIT, UH, THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE'S POSITION.
SO IT MAY, IS JENNY, JENNY THE ONE TO ASK MAYBE WHY ARE WE TRYING TO SAVE ANY OF THIS BUILDING WITH THE CHAOS THAT'S GOING ON? IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE YEARS.
I I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BOARD.
THIS IS SIMPLY OUR RECOMMENDATION.
THE BOARD HAS A FINAL DECISION ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING YOU ALWAYS, WE'RE WORKING TO PROVIDE DEMOLITION AS A LAST RESORT WHEN, AND IF POSSIBLE,
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WE'RE TAKING EVERYTHING TO ACCOUNT, BELIEVING THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD HOPEFULLY TAKE CARE, WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO CONGREGATE INSIDE, BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND THE SIZE OF THE FOOTPRINT.BUT AGAIN, IT IS A RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO FIND THE, TO RECOMMEND OR GO FORWARD ON A FINAL VOTE AND A FINAL DETERMINATION.
WELL, I MEAN, THE, THE PEOPLE ARE STILL GATHERING OUTSIDE TO, YOU KNOW, PARTY AND, AND DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHERE A KID ALMOST GOT SHOT.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDER, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT COMPUTING IN MY COMPUTER UP HERE ABOUT WHY WE WOULD SAVE ANY OF THIS BUILDING.
I WOULDN'T WANT MY CHILD TO BE AROUND THAT.
I WOULDN'T WANT MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO BE AROUND THAT.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY IN HERE TO BE AROUND THAT.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION.
IF I GIVE THE ORDER, IT'S GONNA BE FOR A TOTAL DEMOLITION.
MS. BROWN, WE, WE CAN GET TO THAT PART.
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
JUDY, CAN WE GET THE, UM, AGENT OR THE, UM, I THINK IT'S JACK SOLOMAN.
OFFICER FISHER CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME'S OFFICER FISCHER, UH, WORK SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE EAST SIDE SUBSTATION AT 36 35 EAST HOUSTON STREET.
I AM THE SAFE OFFICER THAT ENCOMPASSES 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
UM, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.
UM, IT STARTED SIMPLY AS, UH, LOUD NOISE DISTURBANCES, UH, THE OCCASIONAL DRUNK DRIVER LEAVING THE PROPERTY.
UH, SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANT US TO LOOK INTO.
UM, AS TIME WENT ON, THE CALLS BEGAN TO INCREASE AND GET MORE SEVERE.
UM, THE LOCATION BEGAN TO GARNER A REPUTATION FOR BEING AN AFTER HOURS PARTY LOCATION, BECAUSE IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU CAN NO LONGER SERVE ALCOHOL AFTER 2:00 AM THIS LOCATION PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANTED TO CONTINUE TO PARTY ON AND DRINK AFTERWARDS.
SO THE LOCATION WOULD, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CALLS WOULD BEGIN TO SPIKE BETWEEN 3:00 AM TO FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND EVEN CONTINUE SOMETIMES UNTIL 10:00 AM.
UM, EVERYTHING FROM LOUD MUSIC SHOOTINGS, DRUNK DRIVERS, INDIVIDUALS PEELING OUT DOWN THE STREET TO, LIKE SAVITA SAID, PEOPLE FORNICATING IN BUSHES AT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, DEFECATING IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.
INDIVIDUALS PASSED OUT DRUNK FOR HOURS UNTIL E M S WOULD SHOW UP.
UM, THE LOCATION HAS ALSO BECOME SO DANGEROUS TO OFFICERS THAT YOU CANNOT, WE CANNOT GO THERE BY OURSELVES.
IT'S A MINIMUM OF TWO OFFICERS, UM, RECOMMENDED THREE TO FOUR GO AT A TIME FOR ANY CALL.
UH, JUST TO MAINTAIN OUR SAFETY AT THE LOCATION.
UM, I LOOKED UP THE PREVIOUS, UH, MONTH OF DECEMBER AND I TRIED TO GO BACK FOR AS MANY CALLS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT WITHIN 19 DAYS THERE WERE 25 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THAT IS SLOW FOR, FOR THIS LOCATION.
UH, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON, LIKE SAVITA SAID, THAT, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF CALLS THERE.
UH, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOOTINGS.
UH, IT'S NOT ALSO ON WEEKENDS, IT'S WEEKDAYS FOR SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS HEARD.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN, UH, DRIVEWAYS, YARDS, CRIME SCENES, GOING INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S, UH, ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT ARE ADJOIN TO THE LOCATION.
UM, SOME OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME IN REGARDS TO THIS SAY THAT IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD TO A POINT AND SO COMMON THAT WHEN THEIR KIDS HEAR GUNFIRE AT NIGHT, THEY KNOW IT'S TIME TO GO GET IN THE BATHTUB BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID BULLETS ARE GONNA COME THROUGH THE WALLS OF THEIR HOUSE.
SO IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE.
UM, THE DART HAS PROVIDED TO, TO BE EFFECTIVE.
THE FENCE HAS CUT OFF A LOT OF CALLS FOR SERVICE.
I LOOKED UP THE, UH, THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS AND IT'S BEEN QUIET, WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD.
AND THE DAY THAT WE FENCED IT OFF, NEIGHBORS WERE COMING OUT THANKING US FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
UM, SHE COVERED A LOT OF, UH, SAVITA COVERED A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GONNA MENTION.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AS FAR AS LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTION OR, UM, ANY ACTIVITY WE'VE TAKEN, I'M, I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING, BUT I DID WANNA MENTION THAT UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. HENSLEY, HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM SINCE THE BEGINNING.
HE'S BEEN COOPERATIVE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR.
UM, IT'S MAINLY THE TENANT OPERATOR WHO'S BEEN ELUSIVE TO US AND CONSTANTLY TRYING TO COUNTERACT EVERY REMEDY WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENFORCE.
UM, THERE'S A SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
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WALK THROUGH THERE.'CAUSE WHEN I GO THROUGH THERE IN THE MORNINGS, THERE ARE SEVERAL AGE GROUPS WALKING THROUGH THERE.
YOU SAID SOME OF THE ACTIVITY GOES UNTIL 10 IN THE MORNING.
HAS ANY OF THIS AFFECTED TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THE SCHOOL FOR LOCKDOWNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND ARE THEIR POLICE OFFICERS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SCHOOL POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE AREA FOR THE, FOR THE SCHOOL THERE.
UM, BUT IF I WERE TO LOOK INTO IT, I BELIEVE IT WOULD'VE AFFECTED IT, YES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
JUDY, CAN YOU CALL THE NEXT PERSON? TODD TAYLOR, YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR THE OWNER.
I'D LIKE THE, UM, POTENTIAL BUYER HERE THAT'S UNDER CONTRACT WITH US TO GO FIRST AND I'LL FOLLOW HIM IF THAT'S OKAY.
OR YOU WANT ME JUST, WELL, I CAN PRESENT IF YOU WANT ME TO PRESENT.
I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR THE OWNER.
WE HAVE, UM, BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EVICTION PROCESS AGAINST THE TENANT.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, UM, OR THAT'S CONNECTED TO THIS PROPERTY OTHER THAN THE TENANT WANTS TO BE ON THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, WE WANT A JP COURT HEARING, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY SETTING IT FOR APPEAL.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN THE FENCES GO DOWN, WHENEVER THAT IS, THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXCLUDE HIM AND WHOEVER'S CONNECTED WITH HIM AS A TRESPASSER TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT TO SELL TO SOMEONE THAT OWNS A BAKERY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, HE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT HIS PLANS ARE WITH THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE A REAL NEED FOR THE BUILDING TO EXIST.
UH, MY CLIENT IS CERTAINLY DEFERRING TO WHAT THE CITY AND THE NEW BUYER ARE WANTING BECAUSE OUR OWNERSHIP IS PASSING.
UM, THE BUILDING DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO MY CLIENT.
HE WAS RENTING THIS BUILDING AND IT WAS GREAT FOR A WHILE, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GUY LOST HIS LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOL, BUT KEPT GOING AND THEN BECAME A NIGHTCLUB.
AND THAT'S WHEN ALL THE PROBLEMS AND AFTER HOURS CLUB, AND THAT'S WHEN ALL THE PROBLEMS REALLY ESCALATED.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND THE NEW BUYER.
SO, UM, I, AND I GENERALLY THINK WE'RE ALL LEANING TOWARDS A DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE.
I'VE HEARD SOME INTERESTING ARGUMENTS SAY ON SAVING THE OLD GAS STATION STRUCTURE.
IF THE NEW BUYER WANTS TO DO THAT, THEN THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED.
BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT FITS WITH HIS PLAN, BUT HE'LL ADDRESS THAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT ADDS ANYTHING BUT A HAZARD TO THE PROPERTY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, HE'S ALREADY GONE.
UM, CAN WE GIVE MR. MR. SALMON YES.
IF WE CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HI, MY NAME IS JACK SALMON AND I LIVE AT 1801, UH, SAN PEDRO AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, MY WIFE AND I, WE OWN SCRATCH KITCHEN, UM, WHICH IS, UH, IN THE ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE BOUGHT A PROPERTY CADDY CORNER TO 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY, OR SORRY, WE HAVE, UM, WE DID BUY THIS PROPERTY CATTYCORNER, WHICH IS A, A 1950S BUILDING, UM, LIKE A CINDER BLOCK STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GONNA RENOVATE TO BE A, A BAKERY, ANOTHER BAKERY FOR US, AND DO A LOT OF PRODUCTION FOR US.
UM, WE REALLY LIKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE IN THE RENOVATION STAGE OF THAT BUILDING.
WE PURCHASED THAT BUILDING IN OCTOBER AND SOON AFTER PURCHASING, WE CAME TO REALIZE THE PROBLEMS GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND WE LEARNED SOME VERY CONCERNING THINGS.
AND IN FACT, I'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT TODAY THAT I DID NOT KNOW.
UM, WE, WE OPERATE, UM, WITH OVERNIGHT BAKERS, UM, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE IN DANGER.
UM, FROM, FROM THIS PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, UM, WE HAVE BULLET HOLES IN THE GLASS OF THE BUILDING THAT WE BOUGHT.
UM, AND FRANKLY, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'D OPERATE ACROSS FROM A BAR LIKE THIS WHEN THIS PROPERTY 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY WENT ON THE MARKET, UM, I BELIEVE LATE OCTOBER, UM, WE REACHED OUT TO THE SELLER, UM, WITH A PLAN TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY AND UL ULTIMATELY SECURE IT SO THAT NO OPERATOR COULD RUN A PROPERTY LIKE THIS.
UM, AND I, I'VE SUBMITTED THE CONTRACT TO MS. ORTIZ AND, AND, AND AN AMENDMENT TO IT.
AND ESSENTIALLY IT REQUIRES THE, UM, THE TENANT TO BE EVICTED
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AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE, UM, THAT EVICTION'S IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE TENANT HAS ENOUGH LEGAL WHEREWITHAL TO, TO KEEP APPEALING THIS, THIS, THE EVICTION, WHICH IS GOING, WENT AGAINST TIMON COUNTY COURT.
IT'S NOW KIND OF IN THE PROCESS.
AND SORRY, HE LOST IN JUSTICE COURT.
THE COUNTY COURTS I UNDERSTAND ARE BACKLOGGED.
THERE WILL, AT SOME POINT BE AN EVICTION AGAINST TIMON COUNTY COURT, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A WR OF POSSESSION TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE PROPERTY.
AFTER THAT WE'LL CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, OUR PLAN WHEN BUYING IT, UM, THE DEMOLITION WASN'T ON THE TABLE AT THAT POINT.
WE WERE MOST IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED WITH GETTING THIS ACTOR OUT OF THERE.
UH, WE'VE SINCE COME TO UNDERSTAND JUST THE SCOPE OF THE TROUBLES, UM, ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND IN FACT, I, I HADN'T REALIZED, UH, THAT THERE HAD BEEN SO MANY SHOOTINGS.
UM, AND THE NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO UPDATE ME AND TELL ME IT, UH, WHENEVER THERE'S A SHOOTING.
AND IT REALLY IS EVERY NIGHT, UH, UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, UM, AND AROUND DECEMBER, THE CITY BECAME, UM, YOU KNOW, I I BECAME MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.
I BECAME AWARE OF THE CITY'S PLANS TO DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.
UM, WE, BECAUSE WE WERE AL WE WERE ALREADY FINANCIALLY STRETCHED TO, TO, TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING.
UM, WE WANNA PUT OUR MONEY TOWARDS THE BAKERY RENOVATIONS.
UH, WE, UM, THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS REALLY WHAT WE COULD AFFORD TO PUT INTO THIS, UM, 17 ONE SOUTH HACKBERRY, WHICH WAS 89,000.
ONCE WE LEARNED ABOUT DEMOLITION, WE RENEGOTIATED THE PRICE WITH THE SELLER TO LOWER IT, UM, BY ABOUT $15,000, UH, 14,000, WHICH WAS A ESTIMATE THAT WE GOT FOR A DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO NOW THE UNDERSTANDING WAS WE, UH, WE WOULD DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY UPON PURCHASING AND WE WOULD HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO BECAUSE WE'VE LOWERED THE PURCHASE PRICE.
UM, UM, SO DECEMBER AND JAN IN JANUARY, UM, WE WERE AWARE THE CITY'S STRONG, UM, COMMITMENT TO DEMOLISHING THE BUILDING.
UM, AND, AND THAT, AND THAT WAS OUR PLAN UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHTS.
UH, TUESDAY NIGHT OF THIS WEEK, WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BUILDING THAT THE CITY WOULD WANT TO PRESERVE A PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
UM, I, IT WAS, I WAS FRANKLY QUITE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT.
UM, UH, BUT WE CAME TO LEARN THAT A PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS A, UH, HISTORIC, NOT HISTORIC.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN OLD, UH, GAS STATION.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO DO SOME RESEARCH IN THE DAY I HAD YESTERDAY.
I CONTACTED THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY.
UM, IN 1983, THEY DID A SURVEY OF ALL THE GAS STATIONS, UM, KIND OF BUILT BETWEEN 1930 AND 1950, UM, AND THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, UH, THAT ORIGINAL PORTION IS, IS FELL WITHIN THAT SURVEY.
UM, I TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR THERE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPINION ABOUT DEMOLITION OF THIS BUILDING.
UM, I CAME TO LEARN THAT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WAS THE ONE THAT, UM, WANTED TO PRESERVE THIS BUILDING.
UM, I, SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE, I'VE CONSIDERED IT, UM, PRESERVING THAT PORTION.
I, I, I WAS AGNOSTIC ABOUT WHETHER TO PRESERVE IT OR NOT.
UM, BECAUSE I CAN MAKE PLANS WORK WITH OR WITHOUT IT, I THOUGHT I COULD.
UM, BUT AFTER SEEING THE PICTURES TODAY AND HEARING MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY, UM, I, I, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE FULL DEMOLITION.
I THINK THE SCOPE, UM, I, I'M SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL ABILITY, AND TIME.
I FRANKLY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER SINCE I'VE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THE CITY'S REQUEST TO WISH TO KEEP PART OF THIS BUILDING ON, ON TUESDAY EVENING.
UM, AS THE SCOPE OF WORK I AND FINANCIAL ABILITY, I, I FEAR THAT TRYING TO PRESERVE THAT PORTION IS BEYOND MY FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND AS FOR TIME, I, I COULDN'T ESTIMATE A TIME TO PRESERVE THAT BUILDING.
UM, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WHICH MAY NOT BE PERTINENT TO THE BOARD AS A SAFETY MATTER, I, I DON'T THINK THAT BUILDING SHOULD STAND BECAUSE IT WILL CONTINUE TO ATTRACT KIND OF UNWANTED CROWD AND BE A BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I PREFER, UH, TO PRIORITIZE THE, THE DEMOLITION AND, AND HOPEFULLY,
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UH, REMOVAL OF, OF ANY KIND OF ABILITY OF THIS, OF THIS PROPERTY TO BE A MAGNET FOR, FOR CRIMINAL ELEMENT.UM, MY HOPE IS THAT THE EVICTION, UM, THAT THE BOARD WILL PROVE DEMOLITION, THAT THE EVICTION WILL PROCEED AND WILL REACH A CONCLUSION.
UM, I THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN IN MARCH OR APRIL.
UM, I WISH IT WOULD HAPPEN SOONER, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S DELAYS IN THE COURTS.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE, CLOSE THE PURCHASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THAT.
AND, UH, CONTRACT TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER OUR PURCHASE.
UM, AND IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, WE WOULD USE THAT PROPERTY AS A, UM, UH, WE DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY NEED IT RIGHT NOW.
WE PROBABLY USE IT AS A PARKING LOT.
UM, AND THEN MEDIUM TERM PLAN, FIVE TO 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE WOULD MR. SIMON, LIKE TO, UM, MR. SIMON? YES.
SIRAM, CAN WE JUST ADDRESS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH IT NOW? OH, OKAY.
DID YOU, BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS? DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I JUST WANNA KNOW, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON SECURING THE LOT, UH, IF IT IS DEMOLISHED? WELL, I, I THINK WE'D KEEP THE FENCE.
I, I'M NOT SURE, UM, HOW LONG THE FENCE STAYS.
'CAUSE I'M NOT THE OWNER AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OF THESE NOTICES.
I, THE FENCE, KEEP THE FENCE AROUND THERE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, UM, ALLOWABLE AT SOME POINT, HOPEFULLY THE ELEMENT GOES AWAY AND WE CAN ACTUALLY USE IT AS SOMETHING FUNCTIONAL, LIKE A PARKING LOT.
UM, BUT SECURE WOULD BE KEEP THE FENCE THERE, WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO CALL THE POLICE WHENEVER THERE'S A TRESPASSER.
UM, SO WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY PLAN ON TAKING OVER THE PROPERTY? THAT ALL DEPENDS ON, UM, THE CONTRACT TO PURCHASE, UH, REQUIRES THE EVICTION TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE CLOSING, SO AS SOON AS THE EVICTION IS COMPLETED.
UM, JUDY, CAN YOU CALL THE, UM, THE NEXT ONES TO SPEAK, PLEASE? YES.
ANNA HARDCASTLE, YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH A PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS ANNA HARDCASTLE AND I LIVE AT 1 0 5 EAST DREXEL AVENUE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO? YES, PLEASE.
UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, MY NEIGHBORS FELT A NEED TO HAVE A PETITION PASSED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THAT INTO THE RECORD.
IT'S A PETITION TO RID OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF TWIN SISTERS CANTINA, LOCATED AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, ARE VERY CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCUR AT TWIN SISTERS CANTINA, LOCATED AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THIS BUSINESS, WHICH IS RUN BY ISRAEL CASTRO, IS A NUISANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS BROUGHT AN ELEMENT OF CRIME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO THESE AFTER-HOUR GATHERINGS.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INCLUDES NARCOTICS ACTIVITY, RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, NOISE VIOLATIONS, DISTURBANCES, AND PARKING VIOLATIONS.
THIS BUSINESS IS OPERATING WITHOUT THE PROPER LICENSES OR PERMITS REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DEN DANGEROUS PREMISES UNIT HAS FOUND CONDITIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY.
IT IS AN EYESORE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF ALL THE GRAFFITI ACCUMULATION OF TRASH FROM THE NIGHTLY GATHERINGS AND DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE.
THE PATRONS OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES OR THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES.
THESE PATRONS PARK ON OUR STREETS IN FRONT OF OUR PRIVATE RESIDENCES WITHOUT REGARD OF THE LAW.
THEY BLOCK PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS, PARK ON SIDEWALKS AND ILLEGALLY PARK ON A SIDE OF A STREET THAT IS DESIGNATED NO PARKING.
THAT SIGN IS THERE FOR A REASON SO THAT THE STREET IS NOT SO CONGESTED THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES CANNOT GET THROUGH IN THE EVENT ANY OF US REQUIRE THEIR SERVICES.
WE HAVE CAPTURED ON OUR HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS, FAR TOO MANY INSTANCES OF PUBLIC URINATION, PUBLIC DEFECATION AND LEWD SEXUAL ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE IN OUR PRIVATE YARDS, AS WELL AS DISCARDED TRASH FROM OPEN, OPEN ALCOHOLIC CONTAINERS, EMPTY FOOD CONTAINERS, AND USED FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS ON OUR LAWNS.
THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 300 CALLS TO NINE 11 ON THIS LOCATION, AND WE ARE ALL FED UP WITH LIVING, LIVING LIKE PRISONERS IN OUR OWN HOMES.
WHILE THESE ACTIVITIES CONTINUE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR FRONT DOORS, AND THEN I HAVE THE SIGNATURES,
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OKAY, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE OFF OF DREXEL AND HACKBERRY AVENUE.JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WE HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE 2019, AND MY SON AND MY THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.
MY SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ARE FAMILIES MADE UP OF SMALL CHILDREN, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, RETIRED INDIVIDUALS, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS THAT TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR PROPERTIES.
HOWEVER, THE ESTABLISHMENT AT THE CORNER OF OUR STREET CALLED TWIN SISTERS CANTINA HAS WREAKED HAVOC ON THIS COMMUNITY FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER.
THIS ESTABLISHMENT CONTRIBUTES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT PATRONIZE THIS LOCATION ARE RECKLESS AND INCONSIDERATE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THE BAR'S T A B C LICENSE WAS REVOKED, AND YET TO THIS DAY, THE EARLY MORNINGS ARE FILLED WITH CHAOS, TOW TRUCKS, POLICE CRUISERS, SHOOTINGS, AND SHOUTING.
FROM THE EARLY MORNING HOURS UNTIL AT LEAST 8:00 AM THERE WAS CONSTANT ACTIVITY SPILLING OUT FROM THE BAR INTO OUR STREETS AND INTO OUR YARDS.
ON A DAILY BASIS, ONE OF MY SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED A MAN DEFECATING BESIDE MY HOUSE AND THEN USING MY HOSE TO CLEAN HIMSELF.
ANOTHER OF MY CAMERAS CAPTURED A MAN AND WOMAN PERFORMING A SEXUAL ACT IN MY SON'S FRONT YARD.
AT 5:37 AM WE'VE HEARD DOZENS OF GUNSHOTS AND ARGUMENTS.
WE ARE TERRIFIED TO LEAVE OUR HOMES OR EVEN GO OUTSIDE DURING THESE HOURS.
MY HUSBAND LEAVES FOR WORK AT 4:00 AM ON WEEKENDS AND HAS TO RUSH TO HIS CAR TO AVOID INTOXICATED INDIVIDUALS.
I HAVE EVEN CALLED MY SON WARNING HIM TO AVOID THE INTERSECTION BECAUSE OF SHOTS FIRED AS HE'S LEAVING TO HEAD TO WORK.
A NEIGHBOR FROM WHITTIER STREET CATCHES A BUS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND IS PETRIFIED THAT SHE WILL BE HIT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF THESE RANDOM SHOOTINGS.
OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES AND HEADING TO WORK AT 6:00 AM AND YET THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE INJURED OR KILLED FROM THE ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE.
AT 1701 SOUTH HACKBERRY USED FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, ALUMINUM CANS AND GLASS BEER BOTTLES, LITTER OUR YARDS.
OUR TRASH CANS ARE MOVED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS AT THE CURB TO MAKE ROOM FOR ILLEGAL PARKING.
THE ILLEGAL PARKING IN AND OF ITSELF IS A HAZARD.
ALMOST EVERY NIGHT THERE ARE CARS LINING THE STREET, BLOCKING OUR DRIVEWAYS, PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY OF PRIVATE RESIDENCES, PARKING IN THE LOTS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SIGNS POSTED, SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITING IT WITH TOWING AND FORCED.
WHEN TOW TRUCKS ARRIVE TO REMOVE THE VEHICLES, THEY ARE MET WITH INTERFERENCE FROM THE BAR PATRONS THAT THREATEN THEM WITH HARM.
THE ILLEGAL PARKING ON THE ONE SIDE OF DREXEL AVENUE IN MY BLOCK IS WORRISOME IN THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD BE SEVERELY HINDERED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO A CALL.
OUR DAILY SCHEDULES ARE NOW DICTATED BY THE EVENTS OCCURRING AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT.
WE ARE JOLTED OUT OF SLEEP BY GUNSHOTS AND SPEND THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WATCHING OUR CAMERAS AND PEERING THROUGH OUR BLINDS IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY AND OUR LIVES.
ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE BEG OF YOU, PLEASE HELP US TO ONCE AGAIN ENFORCE ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF NORMALCY AND SECURITY WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY? NOPE.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE END UP TO SPEAK.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS YOU READY FOR? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
MADAM CHAIR, AT THIS TIME, I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 7 0 7.
SOUTH HACKBERRY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTIONS 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 13, 15, AND THAT IT CAUSES A THREAT TO POTENTIAL LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND PROPERTY.
AND I ORDER TO BE DEMOED WITHIN 30 DAYS ALL STRUCTURE WITH THESE EXCE.
UH, WITH THESE ADDITIVES, WE MAINTAIN THE VACATE ORDER AND MAINTAIN THE SECURITY FENCE AND THE BUILDING SAFETY.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DAY VACATE ORDER FOR 1 7 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY STREET DEMOLITION ORDER.
OH, DEMOLITION ORDER FOR, UM, 1 7 0 1 HACKBERRY, UH, SOUTH HACKBERRY STREET.
AND TO MAINTAIN THE VACATE ORDER, ENSURE THAT THE SECURITY FENCE STAYS AND MS. BROWN HAS SECONDED THE ORDER ALSO THAT THE BUILDING STAYS SECURED AS WELL.
THE BUILDING IS SECURED AND THERE'S A STILL A FENCE,
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AND I WANNA MAINTAIN THE SECURE OF THE BUILDING PLUS THE SECURITY FENCE.AND ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING CONTINUES TO STAY SECURED.
MS. BROWN HAS ALREADY SECONDED.
JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? IS THERE A DISCUSSION? MS. GUI? OH, ONE MOMENT DISCUSSION.
UM, EVEN AFTER THE DEMOLITION, THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO STAY UP CORRECTLY, CORRECT? LIKE IT HAS TO STAY SECURED.
THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE ORDER, THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE ORDER.
NORMALLY WHEN A, WHEN A BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED, THE SECURITY FENCE SHOULD COME DOWN BECAUSE THAT IS THE END OF THE ISSUE.
IT IS UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AFTER THAT TO MAINTAIN SECURITY OF THE PROPERTY.
IF THERE'S NO BUILDING THERE, THEN IT'S JUST BASICALLY A TRESPASSING AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY DECIDE.
AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
MR. ES, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.
IF I COULD SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY ON THAT, MY, UH, JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, UH, THE FENCE THAT IS CURRENTLY UP NOW IS CONSIDERED A TEMPORARY FENCE.
WE HAD THAT DONE BY OUR CONTRACTOR.
SO IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE THERE, THERE FOREVER.
IT IS, I THINK WE'RE PAYING MAYBE A MONTHLY CHARGE ON, ON IT AT THIS TIME, IF NOT A ONE-TIME FEE.
BUT IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE THERE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE UP FOR, FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
SO THAT, THAT IS TECHNICALLY A TEMPORARY FENCE.
IT JUST, IT CONCERNS ME THAT PEOPLE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO GO TO THE EMPTY LOT, BUT IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING, THEN YEAH, WELL, THAT'S OUR CONCERN TOO.
BUT ONCE IT'S DOWN, ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED OUR ORDER, THEN IT'S ON WHOEVER.
AND REMEMBER, THIS FALLS WITH THE LAND.
WHOEVER HAS THE PROPERTY, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FROM THAT POINT ON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, JUDY, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
THANK MS. CHAIR? YES, I'M, I'M SORRY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
I'LL, I'LL WAIT TILL THAT ENDS.
THE OWNERS, CAN YOU PLEASE GET WITH MR. GTA AND HE'LL LET YOU KNOW THE FURTHER STEPS.
I'M GONNA ASK FOR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 10 23.
THE TIME IS NOW 10 30 AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT, SO OUR NEXT CASE IS 5 4 2 7 MIDDLEFIELD DRIVE.
COULD WE PLEASE GET THE CODE OFFICER? YOU HAVE, ARE WE READY? YES.
MY NAME IS RAMIRO GURA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION AND ACCORDANCE WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE 60.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON MAY 25TH, 2021 A DANGER ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A CALIBRATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED IN SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 15 3 2 2, BLOCK FIVE, LOT 26, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ALVIN L GIBSON WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 2.
UM, IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT MR. GIBSON IS DECEASED.
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HIS SON, TROY GIBSON IS HERE PRESENT.THE OFFICE HISTORIC POSITION HAS CONFIRMED THAT AUGUST, AUGUST 4TH, 2021, THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 28TH, 2021, AND THEIR CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING RETURN.
MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO MEET WITH MR. TROY GIBSON WERE, WERE CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2021.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ALVIN L GIBSON AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING ON MAY 25TH, 2021.
AN ADMINISTRATOR WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDUCTING INSPECTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
ON AUGUST 12TH, 2021, UH, EXCUSE, UH, TROY GIBSON DID PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY TO CONDUCT A RE-INSPECTION.
SO WE DO HAVE A POSSIBLE BUYER.
THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED.
UM, THE OWNER HAS NOT PROVIDED, UH, SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORTS.
UM, THERE ARE NO NEW, UH, CURRENT PERMITS ON, UM, ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL FROM KIDS ARE ANGELS LEARNING CENTER, AND THERE IS A CURRENT, UH, NOTICE TO VACATE AND POWER HAS BEEN, UH, TURNED OFF AND THE WATER'S BEEN TURNED OFF.
AND WE DO HAVE A CRIMINAL ASPECT REGARDING, UM, THE PROPERTY.
S A P D WAS SPEAKING, BE SPEAKING UPON THE CRIMINAL ASPECT.
SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, PHOTO PRESENTATION, UM, THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER THE DART INSPECTION.
IF YOU SEE THE CAR IN THE FRONT DRIVEWAY, THE HOOD'S OPEN.
UM, AFTER NOTICE TO MAKE IT WAS ISSUED, THEY WERE RUNNING EXTENSION CORD TO THE HOUSE TO PROVIDE POWER FROM THE CAR BATTERY.
YOU SEE THE EXTENSION CORD GOING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
SO THE STRUCTURE DOES HAVE BROKEN WINDOWS, UM, MISSING GLAZING, BROKEN GLAZING, UH, BOARDED WINDOWS.
THIS IS, UH, JUST FEBRUARY 7TH.
YOU SEE THE TRASH AND THE DEBRIS.
WE DID POST NOTICE ON THE SEVENTH, UH, FOR HIM TO CLEAN THE YARD.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT ONE TIME HE HAD STARTED CLEANING THE YARD AND, AND THE YARD WAS DOING, GETTING BETTER.
UM, BUT SINCE THEN, HE HAS AC ACCUMULATE, ACCUMULATED MORE TRASH.
THIS IS THE, UH, WEST ELEVATION, THE SIDE, THE SIDEWALL.
THERE YOU SEE THERE'S BROKEN, UH, TRANS SIDING, UH, SUPPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS TO, TO THE ELEMENTS.
THIS IS THE REAR, UH, PORTION OF THE GABRIEL ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE BACKYARD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT SIDE THERE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SAG, AND THE ROOF COVER IS SHOWING SIGNS, UH, BEING WORN.
SO THIS WAS, UH, FEBRUARY 7TH.
UM, THIS IS THE KITCHEN THAT IS A BROKEN DOWN, UH, BARBECUE PIT TO THE LEFT THERE ON CINDER BLOCKS.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE USING IT TO TRY TO STAY WARM.
UM, THE STOVE, UH, AT THAT TIME WAS, UH, ON, UM, WITH GAS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE REQUESTED C P SS TO DO, UH, THE DISCONNECTS ON THAT.
UM, THE KITCHEN CABINETS YOU SEE ARE, ARE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
THE DAY OF THE DARTER INSPECTION, THERE WAS, UH, NO SS TRAP UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK WATER WAS JUST DISTRIBUTING OUT INTO THE, THE, THE BACKYARD.
THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE WALL.
AND, UH, SINCE THEN, THEY DID PUT A SRAP, BUT IT DOES APPEAR STILL TO BE LEAKING.
SO THAT WAS THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION.
AND YOU SEE THAT'S UNDER THE SINK.
THE GRADE IS, UH, EXPOSED UNDER THE CABINET.
THERE, YOU SEE THE OUTSIDE NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN.
UM, THIS IS JUST OUTSIDE THE, UH, KITCHEN AND BATHROOM THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE KITCHEN.
UM, YOU SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE SOLE PLATE THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THE TRANSLATE SIDING EXPOSED.
SO THERE, THERE'S BEEN SIGNS OF, OF WATER LEAKS IN THAT AREA.
THIS WAS SEPTEMBER, UH, EXCUSE ME, FEBRUARY 7TH.
UM, YOU SEE THE, UH, THE, THE SIK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FIXED.
HOWEVER, WE DID DISCONNECT THE WATER BECAUSE THEY HAD SEVERAL, OUR WATER LEAKS.
WATER WAS LEAKING OUT INTO THE ALLEY FROM THE, UH, THE, THE, THE WATER METER.
UM, AND WHEN I SHOWED UP ON THE SEVENTH, UM, THIS IS AFTER THE NOTICE TO VACATE.
UM, TROY CONTINUES TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE PROPERTY AND STAY AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, WHEN I ENTERED, THERE WAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THERE.
THEY STARTED SWEEPING, UM, AS IF THEY WERE CLEANING THE CLEANING INSIDE.
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THIS IS THE ALLEY.THERE'S THE WATER METER CLOSE TO THE FENCE THERE.
UH, THE, THE BATHROOM WATER ON THE FLOOR, IT'S JUST COMING FROM THE, UH, FAUCET FROM THE SHOWER.
THEY HAD A WATER HOSE CONNECTED TO THE FAUCET.
AND THIS IS DETERIORATION AROUND THE TUB.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE AROUND THAT AREA.
THERE'S THE HOSE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO.
IT'S MORE OF AN OUTSIDE TYPE FIXTURE THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE SHOWER, UH, FAUCET.
SO THIS IS SET, UH, FEBRUARY 7TH.
UM, THAT'S THE AREA WHERE THE WATER LEAKS FROM THE KITCHEN.
UM, YOU SEE THE, THE, THE MUD.
UM, IT'S CONTINUAL WATER LEAKS, UH, CAUSING THE MUD THERE.
SO ON THE DAY OF THE DARK, UM, YOU SEE, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE LIVING THERE, UM, IN A PD WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUTTA THE PROPERTY.
UM, ON, IN SOME CASES, HE DIDN'T KNOW EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE.
HE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THEIR NAMES.
UM, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS, SPLICE EXTENSION CORDS, SPLICE WIRES CAUSING A, A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD.
UM, AGAIN, SOME OF THE WINDOWS HAD BOARDS OVER THEM, SO THERE'S, UM, UNSAFE MEANS OF EGRESS.
THIS CEILING FAN, JUST DETACHING ABOUT TO FALL OFF, JUST BARELY HANGING ONTO THE WIRES THERE.
AND THAT, THAT CEILING FAN HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED.
UM, THERE'S, AGAIN, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED.
UM, THEY DID SOME PATCHWORK TO THE, TO ONE OF THE BEDROOMS THERE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, JUST MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIKE, UH, ON WHEN I MET WITH TROY, HE DIDN'T KNOW EVERYBODY'S NAME THAT WAS THERE.
PEOPLE WERE JUST COMING IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS THE CIRCUIT BOX ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT HAZARD.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS AND SHEET ROCK.
UH, AND THIS WAS ON, UH, FEBRUARY 7TH.
THIS IS ANOTHER ROOM, PRETTY MUCH BARRICADED THEMSELF INTO THE ROOM.
IT'S VERY UNSAFE IN CASE THERE'S A, UH, A FIRE.
UH, SOME OF THE ROOMS DID HAVE LOCKS ON THE, OUT OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR, UM, WITH A KEY.
THERE'S, UH, UH, A FIRE OR PANIC.
AND THERE IS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT I'VE BEEN OUT TO THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT, THAT WAS FOUND.
UM, THE DAY THE, THE DART INSPECTION, THE, THE GARAGE WAS OCCUPIED.
AND YOU SEE THE, THE BEAM THERE THAT HAD HER THERE SHOWING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF DETERIORATION AND ROT.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE FRAMING THERE IS, IT'S GONNA BE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS DUE TO THE LACK OF TRANSLATE SIDING, UM, BROKEN SIDING, BROKEN MATERIALS.
THAT WAS THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION.
THIS WAS A BED THAT WAS, UM, THIS WOMAN WAS STAYING IN.
IF YOU SEE THAT FAN THERE, UM, UNDER THAT FAN, THERE WAS MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE SPLICED ELECTRICAL, UM, EXTENSION CORDS, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS.
UM, I AM SURPRISED IT DID NOT CATCH FIRE BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER THE BLANKETS AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A FIRE TRAP.
AND THIS WAS FEBRUARY 7TH, UH, JUST THE OTHER DAY.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, I ASKED TROY WHO THIS WOMAN WAS, AND HE SAID SHE'S AN ELDERLY WOMAN, THAT HE WAS JUST HELPING HER STAY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, JONATHAN LOZANO WHO'S GOING OUT THERE TODAY TO, TO TRY TO SPEAK WITH HER, SEE WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE HE CAN PROVIDE, IF THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME LOCATION ASSISTANCE FOR HER.
UM, AND AGAIN, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUTTA THE PROBLEM, UH, PROPERTY.
AND ALSO YOU SAW THE DOG, UH, LET ME ALSO MENTION, WE DID NOTIFY A C SS.
AGAIN, THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER DOG, UH, SMALL PIT BULL THAT LOOKED MALNUTRITION AND HAD A LIMP.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, A C S GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOG.
YOU CAN SEE SOME, UH, NEW TWO BY FOURS KIND OF ERECTED THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO STABILIZE THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND SOME WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD IS, UM, IS IN OR IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SECTION SIX DASH 1 51 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 2 5 7 11 12 15, 17.
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AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE D UH, CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY.AND UNDER CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE 60, UNDER AUTHORITY OF LOCAL, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE SIX, SECTION 2 1 4 0.001, SUB CHAPTER, A DANGEROUS STRUCTURES UPON HEARING A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE ORDERED, DEMOLISHED, VACATED, SECURED OR REPAIRED, AND OR ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED IF TO BE FOUND, ONE DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
OR TWO, REGARDLESS OF ITS STRUCTURAL CONDITION, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEATED CRIMINAL EFFORTS, UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNERS LEASES OR OTHER INVITEES, THE BUILDING'S UNSECURED FROM AUTHORIZED ENTRY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY NCE OR OTHER INVITED PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBRIDGE OR COULD BE ENTERED OR VIEWS BY CHILDREN.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD.
UM, I JUST HAVE A ONE QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
UH, SO YOU RECOMMEND DEMOLITION FOR BOTH.
NOW THE INITIAL DIS UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS REPAIR OF THE MAIN AND DEMOLITION OF THE ACCESSORY.
WE'LL MAKE AN AMENDMENT THAT'S, UH, DEMOLITION ON, ON THOSE STRUCTURES.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I DO.
YOU STATED EARLIER, AND, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GONNA ASK 'CAUSE YOU STILL HAVE IT UP HERE TOO, IS REPAIR AND THEN DEMO.
BUT YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT YOU STATED EARLIER THAT YOU GAVE AN EVICTION NOTICE AND IT SHOWS IN HERE, 12 2 21.
AND IT HASN'T BEEN COMPLIED WITH.
HE CONTINUES TO STAY AT THE PROPERTY.
THE ABATEMENTS AS OF 2 7 22 IS 32 COLD CALLS.
THOSE ARE A VARIETY OF, UH, UM, SS A P M C CASES, HIGH, HIGH GRASS TRASH, DEBRIS, JUNK VEHICLES, AND, UM, PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD.
UM, SS A P M C PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ONE WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A DUMPSTERS DOOR WHERE THEY WERE BRINGING STUFF OUT IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A DUMPSTER DOOR.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DUMPSTER DOOR, YOU MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT THAT.
UH, YEAH, THERE WAS ONE THAT SHOWED THE FRONT, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A GRAYISH DOOR IN THE KIND OF, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SLIDE NUMBER, BUT THAT WAS THEIR OWN INITIATIVE, CORRECT? YES.
SO ON TOP OF THE CALLS, 32 OF THEM, HE'S STILL PULLING TRASH OUT.
YES, THERE'S STILL TRASH ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY I POSTED A NEW NOTICE.
UM, HE HAD ORIGINALLY CLEANED UP PRETTY GOOD, AND THEN, UH, WHEN I CAME BACK, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TRASH ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN.
UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN I WENT INTO THE STRUCTURE, UH, ON THE SEVENTH, UM, THEY START, YOU KNOW, PRETENDING TO BE CLEANING THE PROPERTY, UM, AND GATHERING TRASH.
UM, BUT SINCE THERE'S NO SERVICES, THEIR TRASH IS NOT BEING PICKED UP.
AND THERE'S UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PERSONS.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU'VE GONE THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
UM, BEFORE I, I WALK UP TO THE PROPERTY, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WAIT A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO SEE IF ANYBODY'S COMING IN AND OUT AND ON.
MULTIPLE, UH, OCCASIONS, A VARIETY OF PEOPLE JUST COME IN AND LEAVE WHEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SEE ME.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND THEY JUST WALK AWAY.
YEAH, THEY'LL WALK OUTTA THE HOUSE AND LEAVE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? JUDY, CAN YOU CALL A NEXT PERSON? I'M SORRY.
JUDY, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT PERSON? OFFICER PRYOR, YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, I'M OFFICER PRIOR WITH SAN ANTONIO
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.I'M OFFICER PRYOR WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BASED OUT OF SEVEN 11 WEST MAYFIELD.
I'M ASSIGNED TO THE SOUTH SAFE UNIT.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 28 YEARS, OVER 12.
THOSE YEARS I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED WITH THE SAFE UNIT.
UM, PRIOR WITH DEALING WITH THIS PROPERTY, THIS WAS A WEST PATROL, UM, ADDRESS.
AND THEN AFTER THE PRAM IT WAS ASSIGNED TO SOUTH.
AND SO EVER SINCE I TOOK OVER THIS AREA, WHICH IS IN 63 50 DISTRICT, UM, THIS IS, HAS THIS HAS BEEN GOING UP, HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF MY YEARS, UM, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING, UM, H O A MEETINGS, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.
UM, ONE OF THE PRI UM, PRIMARY UM, ORGANIZATIONS WAS THE PACE ORGANIZATION.
UM, IT'S A COLLABORATION OF VALLEY HIGH, NORTH VALLEY, HIGH SPRINGVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND VALLEY FOREST.
THIS LOCATION ALWAYS COMES UP IN EVERY MEETING.
UM, ONE OF THE, UM, UM, RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE PACE MEETINGS WAS MR. BALDWIN, WHO LIVES AT 54 31 MIDDLEFIELD RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
HE WOULD CONSTANTLY CALL ME ABOUT THIS LOCATION, FOOT TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF THE LOCATION, UM, LOOSE ANIMALS.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN MAKING CALLS FOR THIS LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, A LOT OF THE CALLS WERE COMING OUT FOR SHOTS FIRED, UM, RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES, STOLEN COPPER, UM, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THAT, UM, DETACHED.
UM, BUILDING IS, A LOT OF THE VEHICLES WERE COMING THROUGH.
THEY WERE BRINGING VEHICLES FROM OFF WHITEWOOD THROUGH THE ALLEYWAY, AND THEY WERE PULLING UP BEHIND THAT LOCATION WHERE THEY WERE STRIPPING A LOT OF THE VEHICLES AND ALSO BURNING A LOT OF THE COPPER THEY WERE STEALING.
AND A LOT OF THOSE INCIDENTS INVOLVING COPPER, UM, INVOLVED.
UM, THERE'S, UM, ME HOMES, UH, NEW COMMUNITY RIGHT ACROSS, UM, MEDINA BASE ROAD.
UM, I WAS IN TOUCH WITH MR. CUNNINGHAM, THE BUILDER.
HE WAS, UM, HAVING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THEFTS OF THE NEW STRUCTURES OF THE HOUSES, A LOT OF COPPERS BEING STOLEN FROM THE LOCATION.
AND A LOT OF COPPER WAS RECOVERED AT 54 27 MIDDLEFIELD.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAD WAS PROPERTY CRIMES, WASN'T ABLE TO ID THE COPPER BECAUSE OF COURSE COPPER DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF SERIAL NUMBERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHERE THE THEFT WAS COMING FROM.
UM, BACK IN JUNE 11TH, 2021 WAS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT SHOOTINGS WHERE A MALE WAS SHOT IN THE ARM AT THE LOCATION.
UM, WE CONSTANTLY GET, UM, CALLS FOR SHOTS FIRED.
UM, OVER MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF.
THERE'S BEEN 80 PLUS CALLS FOR SERVICE BY PD TO THIS LOCATION.
UM, LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE ROLL UP ON THE LOCATION OR WE TRY TO MAKE FIELD CONTACTS, PEOPLE AT THE PROPERTY, THEY'LL JUST RUN INSIDE THE HOUSE.
AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T GIVE CHASE CAN'T KICK DOWN THE DOORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO MAKE CONTACT.
BUT, UM, THAT'S SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING.
LAST DART WARRANT, WE DID RUN THERE.
UM, THEY HAD SEVERAL DOGS AND ALSO A SKUNK THEY WERE KEEPING AS A PET.
IT WAS A SMALL INFANT SKUNK THAT FIT IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS.
AND SO, UM, BACK IN, WHAT'S THE ADD, UM, DATE, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2020.
UM, THERE WAS A, UM, STRUCTURED FIRE WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO MAKE THE LOCATION, UM, FOR THE BACK PART OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS ON FIRE.
UM, BUT THESE ARE A LOT OF THE ONGOING INCIDENTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE.
RESIDENTS, UM, AT THE, UM, NEW SUBDIVISION ACROSS THE STREET HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME BECAUSE OF THE THEFTS THEY ARE HAVING, UM, IN THAT LOCATION.
IT IS ONE OF OUR MANY HOTSPOTS AND A LOT OF THAT FOOT TRAFFIC WE BELIEVE IS ENDING UP AT 54, 27 MIDDLEFIELD.
UM, THEY'RE GOING OUT BREAKING INTO WHETHER, WHETHER IT'S HOMES OR VEHICLES, AND THEY'RE HEADING BACK TO THAT, UM, PROPERTY.
WE HAVE RECOVERED A LOT OF STOLEN, UM, PERSONAL PROPERTY AS FAR AS LIKE TVS, UM, STUFF FROM FRONT YARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ALSO RECOVERED AT THAT PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? I GOT A FEW.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS YOU MAKE THERE, IS IT THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE OR IS IT A TURNOVER? EVERY TIME
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YOU GO THERE, THERE'S PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.IT'S LIKE ALMOST EVERY TIME WE GO OUT THERE.
IT'S SOMEONE NEW AT THAT PROPERTY.
10 OR 15 AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AT ONE TIME A WEEK.
UM, YEAH, CLOSE TO THAT I CAN SAY THAT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A DAYCARE RIGHT THERE ON WHITEWOOD.
UM, THE CLOSEST SCHOOL IS GONNA BE, UM, FRANK MADELA OVER OFF ROYAL GATE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OR LESS OR MORE.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN A THOUSAND FEET.
KIDS WALK THROUGH THAT AREA OR? YES, THEY DO.
UM, MATTER OF FACT, UM, KIDS DO WALK FROM THAT ERA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SHEPHERD BECAUSE SHEPHERD, THEY HAVE TO CROSS, UM, MEDINA BASE ROAD.
JUDY, CAN WE CALL THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK? TROY GIBSON? YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
YOU GONNA SPEAK ON HIS, YOU GONNA SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF? MELISSA RAMOS.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I RESIDE AT 10 25 FABULOUS SAN ANTONIO.
AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING ALL PARTIES INVOLVED BECAUSE I DO HAVE A BUYER FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, CAN SHOW YOU SOME DOCUMENTATION.
I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CORRECT.
YOU CAN'T REPRESENT ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
I CAN REPRESENT, UM, NEW COMFORT HOMES WHO IS, UM, ACTUALLY INITIALLY STARTED THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAD PUT IN A, A CONTRACT WITH MR. GIBSON TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS IN HIS FATHER'S NAME AND HE'S DECEASED.
WE HAD TO GET AN AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIP, THE BALDWINS, MR. AND MRS. BALDWIN'S, THE NEIGHBORS DID SIGN THAT AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIP FOR US BECAUSE THEY DO INDEED WANT TO SEE THE SALE HAPPEN.
UM, FROM THAT POINT, WE ACQUIRED ANOTHER BUYER FOR THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS FIREBIRD PROPERTIES AND STRAIGHT LINE, WHICH IS THE BID THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT IS GONNA BE DOING THE WORK ON THIS HOUSE.
SO, SO ARE YOU A REALTOR OR WHAT? I AM A REALTOR FOR, I, I AM A REALTOR.
BUT I ALSO WORK FOR NEW COMFORT HOMES FOR NEW COMFORT HOMES, NEW COMFORT HOMES.
SO I HAVE BROUGHT SOME STATEMENTS TO SHOW THAT, THAT FIREBIRD PROPERTIES HAS THE FUNDS TO REHAB THIS PROJECT.
UM, THE INTENTION IS TO, OUR PLAN WAS TO CLOSE THIS PROPERTY NEXT WEEK, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS HEARING, WE'VE GOT PUSHBACK JUST A LITTLE BIT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING FORWARD.
SO AT THIS POINT, OUR, OUR CLOSING DATE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE 18TH, UM, IN HOPES TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS MUCH SOONER.
QUESTIONS FOR ME? UM, MY QUESTION IS THE NEW BUYER, ARE THEY AWARE THAT, UM, IT IS NOW CONSIDERED A DEMO? AND ARE THOSE DOCUMENTS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN AFTER THE DEMO TO BE ADJUSTED FOR, YOU KNOW, RECONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING? IF THE, IF THE HOUSE IS, IS COMPLETELY DEMOED, THEN YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD BECAUSE WE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS HEARING.
UM, WHICH IS WHY I GOT HIS STATEMENT JUST YESTERDAY, HIS BANK STATEMENT TO SHOW THAT HE HAS PROOF OF FUNDS.
THIS IS ALL A LITTLE NEW TO US GETTING INTO NOT REALIZING THAT THIS WAS GONNA GET THROWN IN THERE AND THAT WE WERE, MR. GIBSON WAS IN THIS SITUATION.
SO THAT MAY CHANGE THE COURSE OF THINGS IF THE PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED.
BUT FROM THE CONTRACTOR'S POINT OF VIEW, HE HAS SAID THAT THE STRUCTURE IS STILL SOLID AND HE'S PUT TOGETHER A BID TO REPAIR IT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR, SO REGARDING THE BID, WAS HE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, THE CODE, UH, AND WAS HE GONNA ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE? WE, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF ALL THE VIOLATIONS.
UM, WHEN WE PUT THE BID TOGETHER, OF COURSE WE WILL COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.
WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HOUSE DOES GET REHABBED PROPERLY.
AS A REALTOR, DID YOU NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO MAKING THE DEAL BETWEEN PARTY A AND B?
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WE DID KNOW THAT MR. GIBSON HAD SOME ISSUES.WE DID KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY IS A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DID KNOW THAT HE, UM, HAS BEEN TOLD ON MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BY S A P D THAT HE IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE THERE, THAT HE'S GOT TOO MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE.
WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE FACT THAT DART HAD COME IN AND THAT THERE WERE PICTURES AND THAT THERE'S THIS EVIDENCE AND THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF.
BUT WE DID AWARE THAT WE WERE AWARE THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE TRYING TO CLOSE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WERE YOU, OR LET ME REPHRASE THIS, THAT YOU'RE NOT THE CONTRACTOR.
DID YOUR CONTRACTOR MAKING APPEARANCE TO THE PROPERTY? YES, HE HAS WALKED THE PROPERTY.
SO HE HAD VIEWED THE HOUSE AND ESTIMATED THE COST THAT HE PUT UP HERE AS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE? CORRECT.
BUT AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I SIT HERE AND LOOK AT TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I SEE MORE THAT IS NOT JUST STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THERE.
HAZARD WISE, THE OWNER DIDN'T RELAY ANY INFORMATION TO HIM ABOUT THE ONGOING SITUATIONS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
DID HE SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE PROPERTY BESIDES THE OWNER? HE HAS SEEN TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.
I, I I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION JUST TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.
THIS PROPERTY IS UNDER THE GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF ALVIN GIBSON.
I DO BELIEVE MR. GIBSON IS THE SON.
UM, IN LOOKING AT TITLE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER GIBSON'S.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, OWNERSHIP IS STRICTLY TO MR. GIB TO TROY GIBSON OR NOT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THE BOARD IS CLEAR ON THAT AS, AS I'M LOOKING AT THE TITLE SEARCH AND, AND THE NAMES ON THERE.
SO YOU ARE HERE FROM STRAIGHT LINE HOMES, IS THAT CORRECT? I ACTUALLY WORK FOR NEW COMFORT HOMES.
I ALSO WORK FOR STRAIGHT LINE WHO IS THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN I AM ALSO A REALTOR.
AND WHO IS FIREBIRD? FIREBIRD IS THE BUYER THE ONE THAT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY? OKAY, SO, SO THEN YOU CAN'T REPRESENT THEM, IS THAT CORRECT? I UNDER, I I UNDERSTAND THAT.
OKAY, SO, BUT YOUR COMPANY HAS THE CONTRACT ON THE HOUSE, IS THAT CORRECT? NEW COMFORT HOMES HAS THE INITIAL CONTRACT ON THE HOUSE.
ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
YOU DON'T OWN THE HOUSE? I DO NOT OWN THE HOUSE.
MR. GIBSON STILL OWNS THE HOUSE.
AND HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR PERMISSION AS OF NEXT WEEK, WE WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP.
JUST ONE MORE QUESTION AS WELL.
UH, REGARDING THE ACCESSORY BUILDING IN THE GARAGE, WHAT'S YOUR INTENTION WITH THAT? I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE QUOTE FOR THAT.
UM, I THOUGHT HE HAD PUT IT IN THERE.
UM, I KNOW THE PLAN WAS TO REFRAME AND STRUCTURE THAT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD PLANS FOR IT TO BE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE UNDERSTAND.
JUDY, CAN YOU CALL THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK? JUST WANNA CONFIRM IF MR. TROY GIBSON WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? NO, HE DOES NOT.
THERE ARE NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN? DO WE HAVE A DID SHE SAY THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO ADDRESS? NO, NO.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? IS EVERYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK? NO, NOT ME.
OH, UH, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD MR. ANDIS.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 5 4 2 7.
UH, MIDDLEFIELD DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 SUBSECTION FOR THE MAIN 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY IS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
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BOTH PRESENT A THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND PROPERTY.ORDER A 30 DAY DEMO WITH THESE STIPULATIONS, IMMEDIATE VACATE, SAFETY OF THE, UH, SECURITY OF THE HOUSE, AND A SECURITY FENCE IF NEEDED.
MR. ANDES, CAN YOU CLARIFY A SECURITY FENCE IF NEEDED? RIGHT.
I DIDN'T SEE A FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD.
I'M NOT SURE IN THE BACKYARD IF THERE'S ONE, BUT IF THERE IS NOT ONE, THEN, UH, TO PREVENT ANY, AS TESTIMONY EARLIER, CHILDREN OR ANYTHING FROM GOING INTO THAT AREA.
ONCE IT'S BOARDED UP, IT MAY DRAW MORE OF AN ATTRACTION.
SO IF WE CAN SECURE THAT FRONT YARD, JUST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF THE ISSUE ABOUT THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, CAN WE HAVE THAT CONTINUE ON? GRANTED? UM, THAT'S SHOULD BE PART OF THE VACATE.
UH, THAT ALL CITY SERVICES THAT WERE ADDED EARLIER AND DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE NOTIFIED TO BE UTILIZED AS ORDERED EARLIER.
SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION ORDER FOR BOTH THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
SO FOR THE MAIN WE HAVE 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 7, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND THAT THERE BE AN IMMEDIATE VACATE TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE, INSTILL A FENCE IF IT'S REQUIRED TO CONTINUE RELOCATION SERVICES.
THERE'S A SECOND BY MR. SOLES.
JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? DISCUSSION.
OH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOPE.
JUDY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, JUDY, CAN WE GET THE NEXT CASE PLEASE? ALL RIGHT, SO OUR NEXT CASE IS 8 8 0 0 STAR CREST DRIVE.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS CINDY BOTIN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 8,800 STAR CREST DRIVE, BUILDING NUMBER 14 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BEFORE.
THE BOARD LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N B N C B 1 3 8 6 8 BLOCK, NO BLOCK NUMBER, LOT FOUR AND WEST 10 FEET OF SIX LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS 8,800 STAR CREST DRIVE, L L C WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 500 WEST SECOND STREET STATE, UM, 1900, NUMBER 29, AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 0 1.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
OWNERSHIP HAS REPRESENTATION HERE TODAY AND THEY HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER, JUSTICE JEFFERSON, PHONE NUMBER (210) 421-2904 AND DREW NELSON 5 1 2 4 2 6 9 4 2 2.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESENTATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2022 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION AS A TIMELINES EVENTS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 8,800 STAR CREST DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 18TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON AUGUST 30TH, 2021 AT THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED TO THE BUILDING ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
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THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER BY CERTIFIED RECEIPT ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.A SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF FEBRUARY 4TH, 2022 BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND AS OF FEBRUARY 3RD, UH, THERE IS A TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL PERMIT APPLICATION, UM, THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH US.
OKAY, THERE IS A FILE REPORT ON HAND, UM, ON FILE.
IT'S, UH, REPORT NUMBER 2 1 0 8 1 0 4 3 2, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 10TH, 2021 AT 1340 HOURS.
THE PHOTOS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TODAY, UH, WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 14TH, JANUARY 3RD, 2020 SECOND, AND ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020 SECOND.
OKAY, THIS FIRST PICTURE IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF BUILDING 15.
CURRENTLY, THE, UM, OWNERS HAVE MAINTAINED A FENCE TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE SECURED WHILE REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE, AS WELL AS UNITS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON ARE BOARDED UP AND SECURED.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, REAR INSIDE ELEVATION.
UM, THE OWNERS HAVE AGAIN PLACED THE FENCE AROUND THE ENTIRE OF THE BUILDING, UM, PREVENTING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE CONTRACTORS FROM ACCESSING THE LOCATION TO PREVENT ANY, UM, ACCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING OF ANYONE ENTERING THE STRUCTURE.
THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY FROM THE, UH, UNIT NUMBER ONE 17 ON THE FIRST FLOOR WHERE THE FIRE OCCURRED.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR JOIST, UM, FOR THE, UH, SECOND FLOOR UNIT ABOVE THE STUDS HAVE MINIMAL FIRE DAMAGE AND THE SHEET ROCK, UM, THE MAIN FIRE, UM, DAMAGE A LOT OF THE, UH, SHEET ROCK.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ELECTRICAL FIXTURE THAT'S HANGING FROM THE CEILING THAT WAS DAMAGED, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE FIRE.
UH, THIS IS THE DINING AREA RIGHT OFF OF THE KITCHEN AS WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE, UH, FLOOR JOISTS FROM THE UNIT ABOVE.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE IS ACTUALLY JUST TO THE, UM, SHEET ROCK.
UM, THERE'S SMOKE DAMAGE AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE FLOORING.
UM, FROM THE, UH, THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING HERE WE HAVE, UM, UNIT, UH, ONE 16, WHICH IS LOCATED TO THE LEFT OF UNIT ONE 17.
THIS UNIT SUSTAINED MOSTLY, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WALLS ARE COMPLETELY COVERED IN, IN SOOT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS WITHIN THAT SAME, UH, UNIT ONE 16 OR WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE DAMAGE, HOW IT WENT THROUGHOUT THAT UNIT.
UM, THERE ISN'T ANY, UH, DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE SHEET ROCK WITHIN THE UNITS OTHER THAN THE SMOKE DAMAGE AND THE, UH, SPOT CHECKS FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, THIS IS A PICTURE OF, UM, THE ENTRANCE TO UNIT ONE, UM, 18.
THIS IS THE UNIT TO THE RIGHT OF ONE 17 WHERE THE FIRE OCCURRED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S MINIMAL SMOKE DAMAGE TO THIS UNIT.
THIS IS, UM, ANOTHER BEDROOM IN THAT SAME UNIT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ONLY DAMAGE TO THE CEILING WHERE THERE WAS, UH, THE, THE HOT HOTSPOT CHECKS.
NOW THIS UNIT HERE IS UNIT 1 21, WHICH IS LOCATED ABOVE THE FIRE UNIT ONE 17.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ALSO SUSTAINED, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE CEILING JOISTS, UM, ARE CLEAN.
UM, THE, UH, STABILITY OF THE UNIT, UM, IS INTACT.
THERE ISN'T MUCH OTHER DAMAGE THAT WE CAN SEE FROM FROM HERE.
THIS IS THE DINING AREA OFF OF THAT KITCHEN.
AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE CEILING JOIST HERE SHOW MINIMAL, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE PAST THAT WHERE YOU HAVE THE, UH, DECKING FOR THIS UNIT.
UM, THERE IS, UM, MORE SIGNIFICANT SMOKE DAMAGE, SOME CHARRING TO THE DECKING, UM, THE PURLINS AND THE, UM, ADDITIONAL WOOD MEMBERS.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM UNIT ONE 20, WHICH IS ABOVE ONE 16.
AND AGAIN, THIS UNIT SUSTAINED MINIMAL SMOKE DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE, UH, FRAMING AS EXPOSED.
UM, AND, UH, THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE FRAMING AS WELL AS VERY MINIMAL SMOKE DAMAGE TO
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THE, UM, CEILING JOISTS.UH, THIS, UH, IS THE KITCHEN OFF OF THAT AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE DAMAGE HAS MAINLY BEEN FROM THE CEILING BEING PULLED DOWN BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE TO, UM, THE, UH, CEILING WOOD MEMBERS.
UM, UH, YOU CAN SEE PAST THAT THE DECKING RIGHT ABOVE IT, UM, IS CLEAN.
THERE'S NO SMOKE DAMAGE TO THAT GENERAL AREA GOING PAST THAT.
UM, THIS, THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM FEBRUARY 3RD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE OWNER HAS CONTINUED, UM, TO CLEAN OUT THE UNITS, UM, AND CONTINUES TO SECURE THAT, UM, AS WELL.
HERE'S WHERE THE, UM, SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN STARTED TO BE PULLED OFF BY, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT HAS BEEN HIRED.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, STUDS ALSO JUST HAVE MINIMAL SMOKE DAMAGE.
THERE ISN'T REALLY ANY CHARRING TO THESE MEMBERS.
THIS IS GONNA BE A, UM, REAR ELEVATION OF UNIT 1 21 WHERE, UH, THAT'S THE ABOVE UNIT.
THIS ONE DID SUSTAIN SOME FIRE DAMAGE TO THE LANDING.
UM, AND THERE'S CHARRING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS OF THAT NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THESE ARE THE MOST RECENT PHOTOS ON FE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020 SECOND.
UM, AS OF MONDAY, THE CLEANUP, UM, AND DEMO HAS, THE INTERIOR DEMO HAS CONTINUED AND PROGRESS HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN MADE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT ELEVATION OF, UH, UNIT ONE 16.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MINIMAL DAMAGE, SMOKE DAMAGE TO, UM, SOME OF THOSE BEAMS. UM, NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS AN INTERIOR PHOTO OF THAT SAME UNIT, ONE 16 AS IT'S BEEN CLEARED OUT.
SO, AGAIN, COME BACK YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, FLOOR JOISTS FROM THE UNIT ABOVE, UM, HAVE SUSTAINED MINIMAL SMOKE DAMAGE.
THE WALLS, UM, STUDS ALSO HAVE SUSTAINED JUST SOME, UH, MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE.
THERE ISN'T REALLY A LOT OF, UH, CHARRING OR BURNING TO ANY OF THESE MEMBERS.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, UNIT 1 21 AS IT'S BEEN CLEARED OUT.
AND THIS IS, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, STUDS AND CEILING JOISTS, UM, HAVE MA UM, MAINTAINED, UH, HAVE BEEN, HAVE NOT MAINTAINED ANY DAMAGE.
NOW THIS IS GONNA BE A CLEARER PHOTO.
THIS IS THE DAMAGE THAT DID HAPPEN TO, UM, UNIT 1 21.
NOW THAT THE CEILING HAS BEEN, UH, REMOVED, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE MORE OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAS OCCURRED TO THE, UM, RAFTERS, THE PURLINS AND THE DECKING, WHERE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE CHARRING THAT'S THERE.
UM, THE, SOME, SOME OF THESE ITEMS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.
A UM, ENGINEER'S LETTER HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO GET, UH, THAT LOOKED INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, INTEGRITY OF THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN COMPROMISED.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 8,800 STARCREST BUILDING NUMBER 15 IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1 12 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEARING AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITION OR DEFECTS, DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 8,800 STAR CREST DRIVE BUILDING NUMBER 15.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I'VE GOT A FEW.
YOU, UH, UM, ON 1 14 22, YOU SAY VERIFIED PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED.
WHICH PERMITS WERE THOSE? UM, THESE ARE THE TEMPORARY PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PULLED BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO START, UH, BEGINNING THAT PROCESS.
SO FAR NO WORK HAS, UH, STARTED OTHER THAN THE CLEANUP AND THE, UM, INTERIOR DEMOLITION.
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SO WORK HASN'T FULLY STARTED ON THE REPAIRS AS OF YET.UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A, A CONTRACTOR FOR THE COMPANY.
ON THE INTERIOR DEMOLITION, DID THEY ONLY TAKE YOUR SHEET ROCK AND THE INSULATION NOW? YES SIR.
IT'S ONLY THE SHEET ROCK THAT'S BEEN PULLED.
EVERYTHING ELSE, THE WIRING IS STILL INTACT.
IT'S ONLY BEEN CLEANUP OF REMOVAL OF THE, UH, VINYL FLOORING, THE, UH, SHEET ROCK AND INSULATION.
SO NO WIRING WAS EVER PULLED OUT? NO, SIR.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ON, UH, 1 19, 20 22, NO PERMITS FOR BUILDING 15 HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
SO THE DEMOLITION PERMITS WERE PULLED, THE PROCESS HAS STARTED FOR THAT, BUT NOW IT'S ON HOLD.
THEY'RE, THEY HAVEN'T PULLED ANYTHING FOR ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, AGAIN, THE CONTRACTOR IS, IS HERE.
MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH THIS THEN.
WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR REPAIRS IF THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THOSE REPAIRS? UM, IT'S JUST TO, TO GET THE PROCESS MOVING WITH THE, UM, THE, THE OWNERSHIP.
UM, AGAIN, THE FIRE DID TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONSTRAINTS 'CAUSE IT, IT CHANGED OWNERSHIP.
AND THEN THE CONSTRAINTS WITH, UH, THE INSURANCE.
WE JUST WANNA KEEP ON TOP THAT THOSE THAT PROGRESS CONTINUES.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY IDEA WHEN YOU WILL GET THAT ENGINEERING LETTER ABOUT THE ROOF? UM, THE ENGINEER, UM, ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACTOR I I SPOKE TO THIS MORNING, THEY DID GO OUT THERE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T CONCLUDED.
BUT THEY DO FEEL THAT THE ENTIRE ROOF SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR SAFETY MEASURE.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON, ON THAT REPORT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY FINALIZED, BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THAT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. ALEXANDER, WE CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I'M THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN QUESTION.
AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? EXCUSE ME? YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
OH 2 5 1 0 3 ARROW RIDGE, SAN ANTONIO, 7 5 7 2 5.
I'M SORRY, I JUST MOVED HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UM, WELL I MAINLY THINK THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE MORE OF A TESTIMONY.
I'M JUST HERE, UM, ON BEHALF OF G V A, BUT JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE FACT THAT WE DID BUY THE PROPERTY IN SEPTEMBER AFTER THE FIRE AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING OUR DUE DILIGENCE SINCE THEN TO REPAIR EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
NOT JUST THE FIRE, BUT LIKE OTHER ISSUES THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.
AND WE'VE TRIED TO JUST ADDRESS EVERYTHING.
AND I THINK AT THIS POINT THIS IS THE LAST THING WE HAVE LEFT TO ADDRESS.
AND WE'RE ALSO DILIGENTLY, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE BUILDING AS WELL.
BUT I THINK THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT THAN I WOULD BE.
ARE YOU THE PROPERTY MANAGER? UM, NO, I'M, I'M A REGIONAL.
I'M ONE OF THE REGIONALS FOR G B A, SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT ON SITE ALL THE TIME, BUT I DO COME ON SITE AT LEAST ONCE.
ORIGINAL, WHAT? A REGIONAL MANAGER.
SO I HAVE SEVERAL OF THEIR PROPERTIES.
I I MANAGE ABOUT SIX PROPERTIES FOR G B A.
YOU, YOU ARE A PROPERTY MANAGER HERE? YES, I, I AM.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. ALEXANDER? NO, JUST ONE.
ANY IDEA HOW MUCH TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING? I THINK I WOULD'VE TO DEFER TO THE CONTRACTOR.
HE'LL HAVE MORE, HE'LL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
JUDY, CAN YOU CALL THE NEXT PERSON PLEASE? RON DAVIS.
YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, I LIVE IN WICHITA, KANSAS, AND I WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED N C R I, WHICH IS A NATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF RESTORATION INCORPORATED.
WE'RE A NATIONWIDE COMPANY THAT DOES WORK FOR G V A ALL ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE BEEN RETAINED, OUR SERVICE HAS BEEN RETAINED BY THEM AS OF LAST WEEK.
UM, I'M A NATIONAL ESTIMATOR, NATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER.
I'M INTENDED TO BE HERE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
I DO BOUNCE AROUND A LOT, SO I DO ALL THEIR, I'M THE QUALIFIER FOR ALL OF THE
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UNITED STATES, SO I GOTTA GO TO ANOTHER STATE PULL PERMITS OR SOMETHING.BUT I DO HAVE AN ASSISTANT HERE.
UM, WE HAVE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF SUBCONTRACTORS AND WE HAVE A DEMO CREW ON SITE RIGHT NOW.
UH, LAST THURSDAY I BELIEVE IT WAS, WE STARTED DOING DEMO.
IT IS, AND IT IS AN INSURANCE CLAIM.
SO THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND ESTIMATORS FROM MY COMPANY WAS OUT LAST WEEK AND THE WEEKS BEFORE WORKED UP OUR ESTIMATE THAT IS OUR SCOPE AND OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM.
UH, EVEN THOUGH YOUNG LADY HAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SOME MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE HERE AND THERE, WE'RE GONNA GUT COMPLETELY GUT ALL EIGHT UNITS, TAKE 'EM DOWN TO THE STUDS.
WE HIRED THE RETAINERS OF A STRUCTURE ENGINEER COMPANY, A LOCAL ONE.
THEY CAME OUT YESTERDAY AND STARTED, THEY, THEY COMPLETED FOUR UNITS YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK NEXT TUESDAY.
KNEW THE OTHER FOUR UNITS ONCE THE REST OF THE SHEET ROCK AND STUFF.
AND THAT WAY ALL THE STUDS ARE EXPOSED.
IT IS AN OLDER BUILDING, SO THEY DO HAVE CODE UP CO UH, CODE UPGRADE COVERAGE ON THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES.
SO WHETHER YOU GUYS OR SOMEONE FROM US PROBABLY CAN HAVE TO HAVE A, A FRAMING INSPECTION TO SAY, HEY, THESE HEADERS ARE OKAY OR NOT OKAY, WINDOWS, WHATNOT.
WE ARE, RIGHT NOW, PER OUR CONTRACT, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE 50% OF THE ROOF TRUSSES.
THE STRUCTURE ENGINEER SAYS YOU MAY BE LEANING MORE TOWARDS 70.
SO WHATEVER THAT WORKS OUT, WE ALWAYS DO CHANGE ORDERS OR ADDENDS TO OUR CONTRACT.
BUT, UH, ME PERSONALLY, I THINK THEY ALL NEED TO COME OFF.
SO THERE'S CHARRING AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
UH, IT, IT APPEARS TO ME THAT AT ONE POINT THERE'S ONE BY FOURS UP THERE.
THAT TENDS TO ME THAT USED TO BE WOOD SHAKES.
SO THEN THEY'VE CAME BACK AND PUT COMP SHINGLES ON THERE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S THREE TAB, WE DON'T DO THREE TAB ANYMORE, WE'RE GONNA GO LAMINATE SHINGLES, BUT IT'LL, IT'LL BE STRIPPED COMPLETELY DOWN.
A COUPLE OF THE DECKS HAVE TO BE REBUILT QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE STARTED A DEMO, BUT I, I WAS TOLD BY MY COMPANY, THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THIS HEARING TO LET US KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO WE HAVE SUBCONTRACTORS LINED UP THAT'S GONNA COME OUT.
ALL THE HCS GONNA HAVE TO BE REDONE.
ALL THAT I RECALL ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE, WHAT I CALL THE METER CAMS, ALL THAT INTERIOR, EVERYTHING'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REDONE JUST SO IT'S BROUGHT UP TO CODE AND SAFE FOR GET A BENEFICIAL OCCUPANCY LETTER.
SO I SEE YOU READY FOR QUESTIONS.
AS A CONTRACTOR OR A CONTRACTOR, WHEN THEY DID THE DEMOLITION, WAS THE ELECTRICAL NOT IN THE PACKET FOR DEMOLITION? RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST OP WE'RE OPENING UP THE WALLS TO EXPOSE EVERYTHING.
SO RIGHT NOW, ALL, ALL WE'RE TAKING OUT ARE CABINETS, SHEET ROCK, ON THE WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTIC INSULATION, UH, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BASED OFF THE TIMELINE WITH NUMBER OF UNITS, YOU'RE GONNA MAINTAIN THE SECURITY FENCE MM-HMM.
OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT WHEN THE ADJUSTER AND OUR ESTIMATORS WALKED IT, THEY THOUGHT AUGUST 15TH.
SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT, 120 DAYS GIVE? YEAH.
YOUR FINANCIAL OR YOUR BID, YOUR REQUIRED FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO THE ONLY THING YOU'RE LACKING IS YOUR ENGINEER'S REPORT.
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
AND THAT'S FOR THE SECOND 'CAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE FIRST FOUR.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA COMPLETE THE REPORT UNTIL THEY COME BACK.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SEND US ONE PACKAGE, THEY'LL BE BACK TUESDAY AND THEY SAID IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT FOR THEIR OFFICE TO GET IT TYPED UP AND THEY SEND IT TO US AND THEN WE'LL SEND IT TO G B A OR HOWEVER THAT WORKS.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, ONE 20 DAYS? YEAH, MINIMUM.
UH, YEAH, SIX MONTHS IS, THAT'S 180.
SO YOU WANNA ASK BECAUSE IT, IT, THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE ON THE BOARD WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THE DAYS ACTUALLY ADDS MORE PAPERWORK GOTCHA.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED SO FAR SHOULD COVER SIX MONTHS.
UNLESS I'M WRONG, COUNSEL, YOU, YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT WRONG.
IF THE TESTIMONY AND INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THIS BOARD WRITTEN AND OR, UM, ORAL IS SUFFICIENT, THEN THIS BOARD CAN CAN ORDER, UM, CAN GO AS, AS HIGH AS, UM, SIX MONTHS.
UH, MS CHAIR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, MS. UM, ALEXANDER WAS THE REGIONAL PROPERTY MANAGER FOR G B A G V A.
THE REGIONAL MANAGER, NOT THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
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SO ALL OF THAT, ONCE WE DETERMINE THIS IS WHEN YOU CAN GET ALL YOUR OTHER PERMITS AND STUFF.SO DO YOU HAVE OPEN PERMIT STILL TO DEMO OR NOT? I THINK WE HAVE A DEMO PERMIT FROM WHAT MY OFFICE TOLD ME.
SO THAT'S COVERING OTHER, WE'RE WE'RE JUST WAITING ON OUR TRADES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I WILL, I WILL SAY THIS 'CAUSE I, WE DO THIS A LOT.
I KNOW THIS, THIS WITH, WITH COVID AND ALL THAT STUFF.
IF, IF WE HAVE, UH, MATERIAL AND SUPPLY ISSUES THAT COULD PUSH THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S REAL SPECIAL.
I, WE, WE DO METAL BUILDINGS AND STUFF AND YOU CAN'T GET STEEL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH CABINETS OR SOMETHING THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THOSE FOR THREE MONTHS, THAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, 180 DAYS, GIVE OR TAKE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
BOARD, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR I'D I TO MAKE A MOTION GO AHEAD.
MR. ANDES, I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 8 0 0 STARCREST DRIVE.
BUILDING NUMBER 15 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS FEASIBLE TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN.
AND I BELIEVE IT TO BE ABLE TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 180 DAYS.
ALL PERMITS MUST BE PULLED, IS STILL MAINTAINED, VACATED SECURITY OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING AND CODE COMPLIANCE UPDATES EVERY 30 DAYS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A REPAIR ORDER FOR 8 8 0 0 STAR CREST DRIVE, BUILDING 15 THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR 180 DAYS.
PERMITS TO BE RE UH, PULLED TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN VACATE, SECURE THE AREA, AND THEN ALSO 30 DAY UPDATES TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
JUDY, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. GALLARY? AYE.
A MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
MS. ALEXANDER AND MR. DAVIS, CAN YOU PLEASE GET WITH, UH, THE CODE OFFICER AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU FURTHER STEPS? THANK YOU.
UH, UM, SO THE NEXT PROPERTY IS 3 0 5 IS 3 0 5.
NEW BROUN NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS DRIVE.
CAN I GET THE CODE OFFICER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MY NAME IS ELISA VALDES, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS CB 6 2 1 0 LOT WEST SEVEN, 70.8 OF 25 AND 26, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS MR. CLIFFORD DOTSON WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
A NOTICE OF HEARING WHERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
SO JUST TO INFORM YOU, CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNER IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON SITE, ON THE PROPERTY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND THE ISSUES.
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OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2021.THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION AS OF TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE AS OF FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS, AND WE CAN GO TO THE PHOTOS.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ISSUES ON THE ROOF SECTION, THE WALLS IN THE SOFFIT AND THE CUPBOARD AREA.
NEXT SIDE, ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE ISSUES ON THE ROOF AND IN JUST THE EXTENSION OF THE OVERHANG AS WELL.
NEXT, THIS PORTION OF THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, AGAIN, ROTTED WOOD UP IN THE TOP SECTION OF THE ROOF SECTION.
NEXT PLEASE AND JUST A CLOSER LOOK OF THAT OVERHANG.
UH, AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS ROTTED PORTIONS OF THESE OVERHANG OR THE OVERHANG, WHICH OVER 50, I'M SORRY, WHICH OVER 25 FEET IN LENGTH, UM, HAS HOLES AND IS ROTTED AS WELL.
NEXT, GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
NOW THIS USED TO BE AN OPEN BAR, UH, ON, UH, NEW BRAUNFELS STREET.
UM, SINCE THEN THE OWNERS, UM, OR THE PREVIOUS TENANT CLOSED AND IS NO LONGER AN ACTIVE BAR.
UM, THERE ARE NO ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.
NEXT, THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UM, ANY PHOTOS OR ANY, ANYTHING SHOWING THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANY MAJOR REPAIRS, UM, THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED, SUCH AS THE, UH, CEILING AND THE INTERIOR WALLS.
AND AGAIN, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR ANY REPAIRS FOR THE ELECTRICAL, FOR ANY ELECTRICAL WORK OR INTERIOR.
NEXT, THIS IS PORTION OF THE BACK, UM, SECTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE'S ISSUES WITH THE WINDOWS, THE CEILING, UM, THE WALLS, UM, ALSO, UM, IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO WALK INTO IN THE INTERIOR, JUST, UM, STRUCTURE ONE BECAUSE OF VERY POOR LIGHTING AND TWO, BECAUSE OF MAJOR STORAGE FOUND INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
NOW THE TOP SECTION OF THE CEILING, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A, IT'S AN OLDER, UM, STRUCTURE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE'S OPENINGS AND OF COURSE WATER IS COMING IN.
THERE'S SOME STEPPING ON THE, UM, ON THE C M U, ON THE WALLS.
UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN PATCHED UP, BUT NO PROPER, UM, LONG-TERM REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
THE LIGHT THAT YOU SEE AT THE CORNER IS ACTUALLY LIGHT COMING INTO THE BUILDING FROM THE ROOF.
UM, SECTION NEXT, UM, AGAIN, ELECTRICAL ISSUES.
UM, SOME OF THE, UM, SHOE ROCK HAS COLLAPSED FROM, UM, THE CEILING, UM, DUE TO WATER DAMAGE AND LONG-TERM DETERIORATION AND MOVEMENT.
NEXT, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE ON THE ROOF SECTION, ELECTRICAL ISSUES, AND SOME POORLY MADE WALLS.
NEXT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WALL SECTION WHERE THE WALL, UM, MEETS THE, THE CEILING, THERE ARE MAJOR ISSUES.
THERE ARE CRACKS ON THE WALLS AS WELL.
UM, AND OF COURSE, WATER DAMAGE.
NEXT, UM, THIS PORTION USED TO BE, UM, A COVERED AREA, UM, THAT HAD, UM, SHEET ROCK.
UM, THAT SECTION HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE, UM, AND OF COURSE EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS AND MOVEMENT.
NEXT, THIS IS PORTION OF THE BACK SECTION OF THE BUILDING.
IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT AGAIN TO WALK THROUGH, UM, THIS, UM, STORAGE AREA.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, SAME ISSUES AS BEFORE.
ISSUES WITH THE WALLS AND THE CEILING.
UH, WERE LIGHT COMING THROUGH ON SOME SECTIONS NEXT.
AND NOW THERE ARE, UH, ELECTRICAL ISSUES THROUGHOUT THIS STRUCTURE.
UM, AND THIS PORTION HAS ACTUALLY COLLAPSED, UM, WHERE THE SHE ROCK WAS AT NEXT, UH, JUST A CLOSER LOOK.
AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE FAR END, UH, PORTIONS OF THE SHE ROCK ARE, UM, COLLAPSING.
THERE'S SOME WATER DAMAGE AGAIN DUE TO THE MOVEMENT AS WELL.
NEXT, AGAIN, WATER DAMAGE IN THE CEILING SECTION.
AND, UM, THERE IS ELECTRICAL WIRING WHERE WATER IS COMING IN AND MOISTURE, UM, WHICH IS AGAIN CAUSING AN ISSUE AS WELL.
AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE FIRE HAZARD.
NEXT, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PORTIONS OF THAT SHEET ROCK THAT HAS COLLAPSED IN ON, IT'S ON THE GROUND
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AND OF COURSE, DAMAGE ON SOME OF THE WALLS.NEXT, AGAIN, ELECTRICAL ISSUES.
UM, WHEN I WENT INTO THIS BUILDING, THERE WERE WIRES RUNNING THROUGH EVERYWHERE, UM, NOT PROPERLY, UM, REPAIRED OR JUST EXTENSIONS GOING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER TO TRY TO GET SOME ELECTRICITY, UH, FROM ONE BUILDING, UH, ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE OTHER.
NEXT, AGAIN, JUST WIRES THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS PORTION USED TO BE THE, UM, KITCHEN, I BELIEVE.
AND AGAIN, UM, NOT UP TO CODE, UP TO STANDARDS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WATER DAMAGE ON THIS SIDE AS WELL.
THEY ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE ONE BY FOURS TRYING TO, UM, COVER SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SHEET ROCK DOESN'T COLLAPSE, UM, POORLY MADE REPAIRS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL MOISTURE AND WATER COMING IN NEXT, AGAIN, JUST WIRES EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
IT IS A PRETTY OLD STRUCTURE, SO THIS IS NOT UP TO CODE.
THE ELECTRICAL IS IN BACK CONDITION, THE PLUMBING, UH, AND UM, AND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
NEXT, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME, UH, WATER DAMAGE AND OF COURSE WIRES RUNNING THROUGH ONE SIDE, UM, OF THIS BUILDING.
THEY TRIED TO SECURE THE BACK DOOR, UM, OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING IN, SO THE OWNER DID WHAT HE COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY DON'T GAIN ACCESS OR ENTRY, UM, INTO THE BUILDING.
UM, THERE'S CONSTANTLY VAGRANTS IN, IN THIS PROPERTY AND AROUND THERE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE OWNER HAS TRIED TO DO WHAT HE CAN TO SECURE IT, BUT THEY KEEP GOING INTO THE PROPERTY.
NEXT, THIS IS A SINGLE-STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE IN DETERIORATED CONDITION.
THE STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES TO ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION.
THE UNOCCUPIED BAR HAS LONG-TERM ITERATION TO ALL COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.
THE STRUCTURE HAS CRACKS ON THE INTERIOR THAT SHOWED THROUGH FROM BASE AT FOUNDATION TO TOP SECTION.
THE FLAT ROOF SYSTEM REQUIRES MAJOR REPAIRS.
THE CONCRETE SLASH FOUNDATION HAS CRACKS MAKING THIS STRUCTURE SHIFT.
INTERIOR WALLS, STUDS, RAFTERS, SINCERELY, JOIST, EXHIBIT ROTTING AND MOISTURE DETERIORATION DUE TO WATER EXPOSURE.
NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED AT THIS TIME.
THE ACCESSORIES, I'M SORRY, THE, UM, THE, THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAMBLES IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THE SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE ATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION, POST THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT OFFICER? YES.
THE BUILDING ITSELF LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DIVIDED UP INTO, ACCORDING TO THE FRONT, THREE DIFFERENT, UH, COMMERCIAL SITES.
SO THE FAR END, IT WAS WHAT USED TO BE THE BAR.
UH, THE CENTER SECTION IS, UH, UNITED BY, UH, ONE OPENING FROM THE BAR INTO THAT SPECIFIC SECTION.
AND THEN THE FAR, UH, RIGHT USED TO BE A, UM, STORAGE FOR THE HEATING AND COOLING BUSINESS, UH, OWNED BY THE OWNER.
SO, UM, YES, THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, UH, INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEY'RE ALL, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND, UM, ISSUES TO THE ROOF AS WELL AS THE WALLS.
SO YOU TACKLED IT AS ONE STRUCTURE.
IT'S ALL ONE STRUCTURE JUST DIVIDED INTO, IN THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
OH, ALL ELECTRICAL'S BEEN SHUT OFF OR JUST TO THAT ONE, TO THE BAR AREA? NO, ALL OF IT.
THE STRUCTURE DOES NOT HAVE ELECTRICAL.
WATER AND GAS, UH, WATER IS STILL ACTIVE.
AND JUST ABOUT THE MECHANICALS, ANY OF IT'S OPERATING? NO, IT'S NOT OPERATING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE OWNER, UM, HAD TRIED TO INSTALL SOME COOLING SYSTEM, UH, AC UNIT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE VAGRANTS AND THE CURRENT IS ISSUES IN THE AREA, UM, VAGRANTS, CONGREGATING, THEY ACTUALLY STOLE THE UNIT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU.
JUDY, CAN YOU CALL THE NEXT PERSON PLEASE? CLIFFORD DOTSON.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND CHAIR.
THE OWNER DID PROVIDE SOME PHOTOS TODAY AS WELL.
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THANK YOU.MY NAME IS CLIFF DAWSON, 1 4 0.
YOU WANNA TRY TO ADJUST THAT A LITTLE MORE TO YOU? YEAH, TO YOU SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
1 4 0 KEEFER ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
SO WHERE DO I START? WHERE YOU WANT TO START?
THE FIRST THING THE AREA SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS MY SHOP WHERE THEY BROKE IN SEVERAL TIMES AND THE CEILING IS COMING DOWN.
AND THE ROOF WAS LEAKING YEARS AGO IN THAT AREA.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, BUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
JUST GO IN AND OUT BECAUSE I'M TOO BUSY ON THE ROAD.
THE BAR AREA RIGHT NOW IS STILL FUNCTIONAL, NO PROBLEMS. AND I DO HAVE RUNNING WATER AND FULLY ELECTRICAL ON BOTH SIDES.
UP TO NOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PLUMBING, NO PROBLEM WITH WATER.
IT'S JUST MY HEATING SIDE THAT'S KIND OF DETERIORATING.
I GOT PICTURE TO SHOW UNDER THE EVE.
I GUESS I THOUGHT I WOULD THINK IT WAS WRONG.
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S GONNA BE OPEN TOMORROW.
SO, AND THE AREA SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, LIKE I SAY, IT'S TWO PARTS, MY SHOP AND THE BAR.
AND WE WAITING ON POLICE REPORTS TO SEE HOW MUCH I GET RETURNED WITH ALL MY STOLEN GOODS FROM THAT SIDE.
AND IF YOU CAN TELL MY BUILDING IS COMPLETELY BRICK, IT'S NO WALLS FALLING DOWN.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE BACK OF THE BAR.
SHE'S GONNA CREATE A MAS PARLOR THERE.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S ALL, THAT'S THE BAR AREA AND THE Y C C HANGING, THAT'S FROM CABLE LINES, SECURITY LINES.
WHEN THEY BROKE IN, THEY PULLED A LOT OF WIRES OFF THE WALL FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM.
I MEAN, IT'S THE ROOF AT THE BAR AREA THERE.
THAT'S THE CEILING IN THE BAR.
THE BAR'S UP THE EVERYTHING UP, THE GOOD, UP THE CODE, EVERYTHING GOOD.
THAT'S THE OFFICE WHERE MY TENANTS, I HAD IT RENTED OUT DUE TO COVID.
THEY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THE BARS COULD OPEN UP.
I WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UH, AKAY MIRANDA HAS LEFT.
UH, BUT SHE WAS STARTING TO TO FEEL UNDER THE WEATHER, SO SHE DECIDED TO LEAVE.
IT IS NOT COVID RELATED, ACCORDING TO HER.
UH, THAT'S THE FLOORING AT THE BAR AREA.
THAT'S THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, FROM SURROUNDING WOOD AROUND THE EVE, THAT'S GONNA BE REPLACED.
THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH THE ELECTRICAL AND ALL THAT'S HOOKED UP.
THEY STOLE IT THREE TO FOUR TIMES.
THAT'S THE FOURTH WATER HEATER I PUT IN
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S WHERE THEY STOLE THE AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE THIRD TIME.
WELL I HAD A WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT, SO I REPAIRED THAT IN THE SLAB.
SO THE CITY PUT A NEW METER OUT BECAUSE IT KEPT CONTINUALLY RUNNING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.
SO I HAD TO BREAK THE SLAB UP AND REPAIR A LEAK THERE.
AND THAT'S THE AREA SHE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO I HADN'T DONE TOO MANY REPAIRS IN THERE IN A WHILE, SO I STAYED TOO BUSY.
SO THAT'S COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER, I HAD IT RENTED TO GREENWOOD.
SO THAT'S STILL INSIDE THE BAR.
I JUST TOOK PICTURES OF THE FLOOR.
I THOUGHT SHE MEANT FOUNDATION PROBLEM, BUT THERE'S NO PLUMBING PROBLEM
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WITH MY FOUNDATION.SEE THAT? JUST SEE THE WIRE SHE SEE HANGING WAS JUST, UH, LIGHTS FOR, YOU KNOW, PUT LIGHTS AROUND THE INSIDE SO THERE'S NO ELECTRIC.
EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING IS ALL UP TO CODE AND CONDUIT.
THAT'S JUST THE AREA TO THE KITCHEN THAT'S STILL AREA TO THE KITCHEN, I GUESS.
JUST NEED, THAT'S IN THE BACK OFFICE WHERE THEY BROKE IN AND JUST RIPPED UP EVERYTHING.
AND I'M WAITING ON THE TENANTS TO COME GET ALL THEIR PERSONAL PAPERS OUTTA THERE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S STILL IN THE BACK ROOM.
THE OFFICE, THAT'S THE BATHROOM ONE.
SO, UH, AS WE SPEAK, UP UNTIL NOW, I GOT RUNNING WATER, ALL THE ELECTRICS ON, ON BOTH SIDES.
SO UP UNTIL YESTERDAY I HAD ELECTRICAL, SO I DON'T KNOW,
MR. DOTSON, HOW LONG DID YOU BRING ANYTHING TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN GET ALL THIS STUFF FIXED BESIDES ALL THE PICTURES? AND ALSO ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION ABOUT THE PICTURES.
WHEN WAS THOSE PICTURES TAKEN? YESTERDAY, I TOOK THOSE PICTURES.
THE, THE AREA SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, WAS IT A, ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING THAT'S ALL DONE.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS NO, THE ROTTEN WOOD IN THE FRONT RIGHT HERE.
THAT WENT ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE WHOLE BUILDING AT THE TOP.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH ALL THAT'S NEW WOOD UNDER THE, UNDERNEATH THE SOFFIT THERE FROM FRONT SIDE TO SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN, BECAUSE I THINK WHOEVER, THEY JUMPED OFF THE TOP OF THE ROOF.
SO WHEN THEY JUMPED OFF THE ROOF, THEY JUMPED AND THEY JUST PUNCHED HOLES ALL IN THE ROOF.
BUT ALL THAT'S DONE UNDERNEATH AND EVERYTHING.
AND THE STRUCTURE, THAT'S A BRICK BUILDING.
SO I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE TORN DOWN.
I GOT RENTERS THAT I GOT BUYERS WANT IT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS? UM, I'M EITHER RENT IT, I OWN IT UP MYSELF.
I THINK I'M GOING TO RENT IT, SELL IT.
I'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, SO I THINK I'M, UH, EITHER RENT IT OR SELL IT.
WELL, I I'M TALKING ABOUT REPAIRING IT.
DID YOU BRING IN ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, UH, ANY KIND OF, UH, WHAT I WANT TO SAY, UH, A REPAIR ORDER OR NOT FOR MY SHOP AREA, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE.
YOU DIDN'T ANY SIX YEARS CONTRACT.
ANY KIND OF CONTRACTOR'S REPAIR ORDER OR THE COST? UH, I'M GONNA CONTRACTOR IT MYSELF.
I CAN GET MY, I CAN, I CAN GRADE.
ARE YOU THE LICENSED CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY, SIR? WELL, IN THE MECHANICAL I AM.
WHAT IN MECHANICAL? I'M STATE LICENSED IN AIR CONDITION REFRIGERATION.
ARE YOU A CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? LICENSED CONTRACTOR? NOT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UH, DID YOU BRING IN A, UM, ANY KIND OF ANYTHING FROM A CONTRACTOR SAYING WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND REPAIRS? NO, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO DO REPAIRS ON THAT SIDE.
I THOUGHT SHE TALKING ABOUT THE BAR AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAD LEAST, THAT'S THE WHOLE BUILDING, SIR.
NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO DO ON THAT SIDE.
SHE TOOK PICTURES, BUT I HAD NO, NO WORK ORDER OR ANYTHING THAT I NEED TO GET DONE IN, IN MY SHOP AREA.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS FOCUSING ON.
SO WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN THERE? I GO IN THERE EVERY MONTH,
WELL, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD.
THE BUILDING WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR THE ADDRESS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 3 0 5.
YOU JUST STATED 3 0 1 AND 3 0 5.
ARE THERE TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES THERE? TWO DIFFERENT, TWO, TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES? YES, SIR.
CAN WE HAVE A CODE COME UP AND CLARIFY THAT? MM-HMM.
SO ONE WHOLE PROPERTY AND ACCORDING TO BEAR COUNTY, ARAS 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS.
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NOW, BECAUSE THEY SEPARATED INTO THREE DIFFERENT OFFICES, OR TWO DIFFERENT OFFICES.THEY'RE CALLING IT 3 0 1 AND 3 0 5.
BUT IT'S ONE BUILDING ONE PROPERTY UNDER 3 0 5.
WHO HAS CALLED IT 3 0 1? THE OWNERS 3 0 5.
THE OWNERS HAVE PLACED A 3 0 1 AND 3 0 5 ADDRESS.
THE BUILDING IS NOT SEPARATED, CORRECT? NO, BUT IT'S GREENWOOD IS 3 0 1.
WELL, IT'S STILL MY WHOLE BUILDING, RIGHT? IT'S ONE WHOLE BUILDING 3 0 1.
MY SHOP NUMBER IS 3 0 5 OH, OKAY.
IT'S ONE WHOLE BUILDING ONE PROPERTY UNDER BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THEY PUT DIFFERENT ADDRESSES BECAUSE THEY OPEN UP DIFFERENT BUSINESSES TO THE BUILDING INSTEAD OF CALLING IT SUITE 1 0 1, 1 0 2.
YOU COME BACK UP BECAUSE YOU WERE ADDRESSING IT AS TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES AT THE SAME ADDRESS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT'S 3 0 1, 3 0 5 IN THE SAME BUILDING.
WHO DUBBED IT? 3 0 1? I BOUGHT IT THAT WAY.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ADDRESS THE STAFF FOR A MINUTE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M ADDRESS THE STAFF ABOUT.
GO LEGAL IS, IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE HE BOUGHT IT ON HIS DEEDED IS SEPARATED.
IS IT AN ERROR SOMEWHERE IN THE SYSTEM THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT YET? OR ARE WE GONNA LOOK AT THIS AS A TOTAL? NO, THERE IS NO ERROR IN THE SYSTEM.
UH, THE PROPERTY, UM, ACCORDING TO BEARCAT, IS 3 0 5.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES, UM, AND YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE, WHERE PERSONS GO IN AND THEY BREAK A PROPERTY DOWN TO TWO DIFFERENT, UM, OFFICES, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEY, THEY'LL GIVE THEM THEIR NUMBERS IF THEY WANT TO, WHICH HAS HAPPENED HERE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT, UH, UH, UH, MR. DOTSON DID IT, BUT I AM SAYING IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS DONE.
ACCORDING TO HIM, THAT'S HOW IT WAS.
UM, UM, I'M TRANSFERRED TO HIM.
THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE ENTIRE BUILDING, 3 0 5.
UM, AND IT'S BASED ON BCA AND ALSO THE MAP THAT BCA HAS.
UM, SO ALTHOUGH HE'S REFERRING IT TO 3 0 1 AND 3 0 5, I BELIEVE HE IS, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, UH, OUR, OUR CODE OFFICER WHO'S PRESENTING IT TO YOU IS CORRECTLY, UM, REFERRING TO IT ACCURATELY, WHICH IS 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ONE? RIGHT? YES.
SO IT'S ONE BUILDING WE'RE LOOKING AT MM-HMM.
AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE ONLY DOING YOUR BAR SIDE, BUT NOT YOUR OFFICE SIDE.
WHICH SEEMS BY THE PICTURES TO BE WHERE ALL OF THE DAMAGE IS DONE ON MY SIDE, YES.
WHEN YOU WERE ASKED EARLIER, DID YOU BRING ANY PAPERWORK IN TO SHOW SCOPE OF WORK THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE AND FINANCIAL, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT? NOTHING.
WHO, WHO? UM, NOW WITH THAT, IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE LIST TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
THERE'S NO OTHER, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE LISTED TO SIGN, THERE'S NO OTHER INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO 3 0 5 IS THE BAR.
THAT'S SO, SO YOU CAN ONLY TESTIFY BY BID ON WHAT HVAC AND CAU, UH, WOULD COST NOT, UH, FRAMING ROOFING STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL.
YOU CAN ONLY BRING THAT TO THE TABLE.
DO YOU, WHAT, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. DAWSON WHO SPOKE OR THE, UH, CODE OFFICER? NOPE.
JAMES DORSEY, YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
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THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.I LIVE AT 6 3 3 5 REGENCY MANOR, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 9.
I'VE KNOWN MR. DODSON FOR A LONG TIME AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUY THIS BUILDING OFF OF HIM FOR YEARS.
I HAVE CONSTRUCTION CREW THAT WAS STANDING BY.
I JUST WENT OUT TO HIS PLACE YESTERDAY AND LOOKED AT THE PLACE.
IT HAS SOME OLD DAMAGE TO IT BECAUSE IT'S AN OLD FACILITY, BUT THE ROOFING AND EVERYTHING, I HAVE PLANS WITH MY CONSTRUCTION CREW TO GO OUT AND REPAIR ALL OF THIS.
I ASK THAT YOU GUYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT HE CAN HAVE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS.
I'LL GET START PREPARING IT TODAY.
BUT THE DEAL IS, SO INDIVIDUALS WENT INTO THIS BUILDING AND DESTROYED IT FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
I MEAN, THEY STOLE AC UNITS FROM THE ROOF ON THE GROUND.
THEY TORE ALL THE CEILING OUT, FALLING THROUGH FROM TRYING TO PULL OUT THE COPPER AND EVERYTHING.
SO AS WE LOOKED AT THE BUILDING YESTERDAY, JUST YESTERDAY, I LOOKED AT HIM AND HE ASKED ME TO COME HERE WITH HIM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO SIGN IN.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO.
BUT AS I LOOK AT THE BUILDING YESTERDAY, I KNOW THIS IS REPAIRABLE.
I GOT A CONSTRUCTION CREW ON STANDBY AND THEY WILL GO IN AND REPAIR THIS BUILDING.
NOW WHETHER HE WANTS TO SELL IT TO ME OR NOT, THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER THING, BUT HE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS.
SO I ASKED THAT YOU GUYS JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT, GIVE HIM SOME TIME, AND THEN HE'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ONE QUESTION.
HOW QUICKLY, IF WE WERE TO GIVE YOU TIME, COULD YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I CAN HAVE THE PAPERWORK TO YOU.
UH, AS SOON AS TOMORROW OR TOMORROW? FRIDAY.
I CAN GET THE, THE PREPARES THE REPAIRS OR THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK.
THE PROOF OF MEANS AND THE TIME YOU REQUIRE TO GET IT.
ALL THE REPAIRS DONE AND EVERYTHING.
I CAN HAVE ALL THAT PREPARED WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
GIMME A COUPLE OF DAYS AND I WILL HAVE THAT PREPARED.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, SO IS YOUR INTENT TO JUST REPAIR THE BUILDING OR TO BUY IT? I'M INTERESTED IN BUYING IT, BUT I, HE TALK, BROUGHT ME OUT YESTERDAY AND ASKED ME, UM, WHAT DID I THINK ABOUT THE FACILITY AND STUFF.
'CAUSE HE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE'S IN LINE TO BUY IT ALSO.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND COME OUT.
SO I LOOKED AT IT YESTERDAY AND TOLD 'EM, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU KEEPING THE BUILDING.
BUT ME BUYING IT, I'LL PAY FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE COST OF WHAT I PAY FOR IT.
WELL, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MR. IS IT DOTSON? DOTSON? YES, MA'AM.
MR. DOTSON, COULD YOU COME BACK UP? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR INTENT? ARE YOU GOING TO SELL THE BUILDING? DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH YOU? THEY WAITING ON ME.
SO THIS, WHO'S WAITING ON YOU? I GOT A BUYER HERE THAT WON'T SELL RIGHT NOW, NOW, SO JUST SCAN THAT LETTER.
SO I'M DEPENDING, I'M JUST WONDERING IF I WANT TO KEEP IT, REOPENING IT AND MAKE IT ANOTHER BAR.
WHO IS WE? NO, I GOT ONE BAR IN THE COUNTRY AND I GOT ONE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF I, WHAT I WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK I'M GONNA SELL IT IF I MAY.
MA'AM, HE HAVE POTENTIAL BUYERS LINED UP RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW, BUT I WANNA KNOW IF HE HAS SELECTED ONE OF THEM WITH CONTRACT.
DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT? OH, I GOT ONE HERE.
THE DOCUMENT HE PROVIDED IS NOT SIGNED.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SEND IT OR SHOW IT TODAY TO YOU.
MR. DAWSON, I HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP.
WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN CODE WAS TALKING TO YOU, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING TO BE TWO SEPARATE UNITS? NO.
YOU UNDERSTOOD IT ALL TO BE ONE UNIT? I, NO.
WHAT SHE TOLD, I THOUGHT SHE MEANT THE BAR AREA.
'CAUSE I HAD AT LEASE FOR YEARS.
YOU UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE TWO SEPARATE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT TO BE TWO ADDRESSES, RIGHT? SO YOU ONLY TOOK CARE OF ONE SIDE OF IT INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE THING.
WELL, SHE SAID IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
I THOUGHT SHE MEANT THE EVE GOING INTO THE BAR.
SO I KNOW NOBODY GOES INTO MY SHOP.
I SAY NO ONE GOES INTO MY SHOP.
I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY? I MEAN, IT'S A STRUCTURAL BUILDING, BRICK BUILDING, BUT NOBODY GOES IN TO, UNLESS THEY BREAK IN.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU, YOU BELIEVE IT TO BE TWO SEPARATE PIECES, NOT
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KNOWING THAT SHE WAS F*****G, IT WAS SHOWN AS ONE.SO YOUR INTENT WAS TO FIX THE BAR UP FIRST.
SO NOW YOU UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO FIX ALL OF IT, ALL, ALL OF IT NOW, AND YOU HAVE A MAN THAT'S SITTING THERE WILLING TO DO IT.
AND IF WE GAVE TIME TO, TO ALLOW THAT, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE AFTER THAT.
BUT THE REQUIREMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE HERE, PROOF OF, UH, FINANCES, SCOPE OF WORK, AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT'S GONNA REQUIRE TO DO THIS.
NOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK, UH, AND I, I'M SORRY SIR DORSEY, MR. DORSEY BACK UP BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL COME IN.
NOW WHAT IS YOUR ESTIMATED TIME? IT WOULD, IF WE GRANT THAT, WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO BRING IT TO CODE? TO BRING IT TO CODE, SIR? UH, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST 90 DAYS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, THAT ROOF IS OLD AND IT'S FLAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO CHANGE THAT, THE ANGLE ON THAT ROOF TO MAKE IT A ANGLE ROOF WHERE THE WATER WON'T SIT ON TOP OF IT AND LEAK IN THERE AND REPAIR THE WHOLE ROOF.
SO I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT AT LEAST A THREE MONTHS OR SO.
AND THAT'S JUST DOING THE ROOF AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE ELECTRIC IN THE CEILING BECAUSE ALL OF THE, THE TILES IN THE CEILING ARE FALLING AND WATER.
IT GOT WATER DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS.
BUT THE WATER DAMAGE IS MINOR.
IT IS, IT IS ISOLATED TO CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CLUB.
IT'S LEADING IT'S CORNERS AND LIKE THE CENTER POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING.
SO, SO YOUR TIMELINE WOULD BE 90 DAYS? AT LEAST 90 DAYS.
AND YOU DIDN'T BRING ANY DOCUMENTS BECAUSE YOU CAME ON THIS YESTERDAY? I CAME ON THIS, I CAME ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY EVENING, ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK YESTERDAY, SIR, ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK YESTERDAY.
HE CALLED ME OUT TO LOOK AT THAT FACILITY AND STUFF AND, OKAY.
IS THIS CONTRACTOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? NO, MA'AM.
ACTUALLY, I'M A RETIRED MILITARY GUY, BUT I OWN C I OWN GUYS THAT WORK FOR ME THAT DOES CONSTRUCTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THESE GUYS ARE LICENSED BY THE CITY THAT DOES ALL MY CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ELECTRIC WORK.
HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS THAT DOES THE ELECTRIC, BUT THESE OTHER GUYS DOES CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR ME ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND HE'S LICENSED.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
I SEE YOUR FINGER HOT ON THE BUTTON, MR. ANDES? YES.
SO BASED OFF THE INFORMATION THAT THE WAS GIVEN TO US, THERE WAS NOT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PROPERTY.
THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF A RESET TO THE EARLIEST CONVENIENCE SO THAT THE CLIENT OR THE INDIVIDUAL CAN GET DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
HE HAS BUYERS, I THINK WITH THE MISCOMMUNICATION OR A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER A RESET.
SO CURRENTLY MR. ANDES HAS PROPOSED A RESET AT THE EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
DO WE HAVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND? YOU CAN SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A RESET AND A SECOND FROM MS. BROWN.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? WE HAVE A DISCUSSION FIRST.
YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT, UH, A LOT OF TIME HAS EXPIRED AND THE OWNER DIDN'T, UM, SEEM TO, UH, TAKE THE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING, UH, SERIOUSLY, AND THEN PROVIDE US WITH ANY EVIDENCE OF, UH, A SCOPE, TIME AND, AND FINANCES.
I DO KNOW THE PROPERTY IS, UH, NOT VALUED VERY HIGH AT 53,000.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THIS BUILDING IS GONNA EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.
UH, I, I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULDN'T MOVE FOR DEMO ON THIS ONE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO DEMO, I WILL SECOND THAT.
WELL, WE HAVE TO, FIRST WE HAVE TO, WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FIRST MOTION.
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ON THE FLOOR IS TO RESET IT.WE HAD A, A SECOND BY MS. BROWN.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AFTER MR. SOLIS? OKAY.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL FOR THAT ONE, MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF THREE TO ONE.
AND SIR, YOU CAN GET WITH, UH, THE CODE OFFICER AND SHE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
HELLO? GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA ES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT THREE 18 EAST PETALUMA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR 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 5 5, NO BLOCK NUMBER, LOT NORTH, 300 FEET OF EAST 52 FEET OF WEST 1 72 FEET OF 13 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MRS. BEAGLES WORTH L L C WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 1 3 LINDELL PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
ALL NOTICES, ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, ARE, UH, PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE, SETH TEAL, WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE AND HUSBAND OF THE OWNER.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FROM MRS. BEAGLES WORTH, L L C, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
UH, CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. THIEL, WHO IS THE OWNER'S HUSBAND AND REPRESENTATIVE, AND WAS INFORMED OF THE B S B PROCESS AND DOCUMENT, UH, DOCUMENTATION NEEDED.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 16TH, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS IS THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING THREE 18 EAST PETALUMA BOULEVARD WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 4TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 11TH, 2021, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON MAY 14TH, 2021 ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT THREE 18 EAST PETALUMA ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED AS OF FEBRUARY 7TH, 2021.
AS OF, UH, YESTERDAY, A SCOPE OF WORK AND A FINANCIAL PROOF HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR, UH, PROOF OF, UH, THE WORK THAT THE OWNER WANTS TO DO.
HE WANTS TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AS OF FEBRUARY 5TH SEVENTH, THERE'S STILL NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THREE 18 S UH, EAST PETALUMA BOULEVARD.
UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS ABATED BY THE CITY ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2021, AND A TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $729 AND 60 CENTS AND HAS NOT BEEN PAID.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE BUILDING HAS A SEVERE, UH, HAS, HAS FOUNDATION ISSUES WHERE IT'S SAGGING ONTO THE, ON THE, ON THAT PART IS THE, ON THE GRAIN.
UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT IS CONCRETE SLAB.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON TOP OF THE, WHERE THE GARAGE IS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A SAG IN THE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE MASONRY EXTERIOR WAS IS ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE TO THE, UH, FRONT PORCH.
THERE'S A, A CRACK RIGHT THERE, BRICK'S FALLING DOWN.
UM, AS, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE OTHER PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SIGNS OF THE BROKEN BRICK SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE, THE PORCH RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BRICKS THAT ARE MISSING BROKEN.
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CAN SEE THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED.UM, SHINGLES ARE FALLING MISSING.
UM, RIGHT THERE IN THE, IN THE FRONT PORCH RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BRICK, SOME OF THE BRICKS ARE, ARE SITTING RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT HERE IS THE LEFT FI UH, ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE SEPARATE WALL TO WALL SEPARATION, UM, DUE TO THE BRICK, THE FOUNDATION ISSUES, UH, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE STEP CRACKING ON THE MASONRY EXTERIOR WALLS RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, SEVERE DETERIORATION TO THE MASONRY WALLS WHERE THE, SOME OF THE BRICKS ARE BROKEN, FALLEN DOWN, UM, SHOWING THE INTERIOR STUDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, SOME OF THE INTERIOR STUDS ARE ACTUALLY WATER DAMAGE DUE TO THE WET, UH, ELEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE TOP CORNER, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BRICKS HAVE FALLEN DOWN EXPOSING THAT THE INTERIOR TOO.
A CLOSER LOOK, ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE INTERIOR, YOU CAN SEE THE STUDS AND THE, UH, UH, WATER DAMAGE GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE, UH, BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, UH, WOOD MEMBERS ON, UH, WOOD.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE MADE OF WOOD MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM ARE STARTING TO BLOW OUT FROM THE DECKING RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME OF THE, THE, THE WALLS STARTING TO COME OUT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR THE, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUNK INTO THE, THE GRADE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, YOU CAN SEE THE, SOME OF THE WALLS ARE STICKING WAY INTO THE GROUND.
UM, THERE'S MORE DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF SAG ON TOP.
UM, SOME OF THE, THE PATCHWORK FROM THE SHINGLES ON TOP, UH, TRY TO COVER THE, THE HOLES THAT ARE, KEEP THE WATER FROM COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, MOST OF IT IS, UH, THE CONCRETE SLAB.
UM, THERE IS CRACKING IN THE, UH, CONCRETE SLAB, MAKING THE SLAB UNEVEN, THE FLOOR SURFACE UNEVEN.
UH, WE DID PUT A, UM, LEVEL THERE TO SHOW HOW MUCH THE, THE FOUNDATION HAS, UH, UH, SUNK IN OR BECOME UNEVEN.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A SEVERE, UH, UH, IT HAS A, IT'S A SEVERE, IT'S, IT'S UNEVEN.
SO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE, IT'S TWO STORIES.
SO THERE'S A PANEL ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR, THERE'S A PANEL ON THE TOP FLOOR.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR PANEL.
AND YOU CAN SEE VAGRANTS BROKE INTO THERE TRYING TO STEAL POSSIBLY COPPER.
UM, UH, THEY JUST TORE APART THE PANEL.
THIS IS THE ONE, THE CRACK ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
THERE'S ABOUT MAYBE A HALF INCH, UH, CRACKING IN THE FLOOR.
UM, IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE FRONT ROOM.
AND THIS CRACK TRAVELS ALL INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S, UH, RIGHT HERE, THE CONCRETE SLAB HAS CRACKED SO MUCH.
UM, IT HAS A PROBABLY ABOUT A ONE TO TWO INCH GAP RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE CRACK IN THE CONCRETE SLAB, UM, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
VAGRANT BROKE IN, VANDALIZED THE INTERIOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK IS, UM, BROKEN DUE TO VAGRANT TRYING TO LOOK FOR COPPER WIRE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE OTHER ROOM, UM, THE CRACK DOES ALL THE, THAT WALL RIGHT THERE ACTUALLY IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WALL.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE ENDS.
SO IT HAS A, IT HAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN A, IN A SLAB.
UH, MORE VANDALISM THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
UH, AGAIN, MORE SHEET ROCK, BROKEN, UH, LITTLE BIT OF TRASH SCATTERED THROUGH IT.
THE INTERIOR, THE, THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CEILING IS, UM, UH, COLLAPSING DUE TO POSSIBLE WATER DAMAGE.
UM, THE WALLS ARE TORN APART, BROKEN.
YOU CAN SEE THE WIRES ARE PULLED OUT, UH, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE VAGRANTS.
UM, THIS IS GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE PANEL RIGHT UP THERE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES TOO.
AGAIN, THE SECOND FLOOR PANEL, THEY'RE BREAKING INTO IT, JUST TEARING IT APART, YOU SEE IS WIRES STICKING OUT.
UM, MORE VANDALISM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, BROKEN, BROKEN, UH, BROKEN WALLS.
THE WATER DAMAGE IS CAUSING THE, THE CEILING TO SAG TO THE POINT WE'RE STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE, UH, CEILING JOISTS.
NOW, THE OFFICER, UH, WHEN WE'RE STEPPING ON IT, SO THIS FLOOR ACTUALLY GOES, IS ABOVE THE GARAGE.
THE GARAGE HAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE OF THE WHOLE STRUCTURE.
THE, THE ROOT, THE CEILING RIGHT HERE, UH, IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE, UM, FLOOR RIGHT HERE TO BECOME SOFT.
WHEN WE WERE, WHEN WE WERE STEPPING ON IT, THE OFFICER ACTUALLY, UH,
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FELT HIS FOOT CRACKING THE, THE FLOOR.UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST FROM THE PHOTO, IT, IT DOES HAVE A SLIGHT LEAN TO THE, FROM THE RIGHT TO LEFT.
UM, THIS IS THE ONE OF THE CEILING, A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE CAUSING THE CEILING TO, UH, COLLAPSE.
AGAIN, MORE BOWING CAUSING THE INTERIOR CEILING TO BOW OUT.
AND, UH, WATER COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, MOST OF THE GARAGE IS ON GRADE.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME SIGN OF THE, OF THE CONCRETE SLAB, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, FROM THE WALLS, FROM THE FLOOR TO SHEET ROCK, A LOT OF WATER COMES INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THIS PART OF THE GARAGE, UM, RIGHT HERE YOU HAVE, UH, SEPARATION DUE TO THE POSSIBLE FOUNDATION.
THE SHEET ROCK IS ACTUALLY DETACHING FROM THE CEILING RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WATER DAMAGE CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE MOLD, POSSIBLE MOLD TO, TO APPEAR.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE GARAGE TOWARDS THE BACK, UH, BROKEN, UH, SHEET ROCK, BROKEN WALLS, UM, CAUSING THE ELEMENTS TO COME IN, UH, PESTS TO COME IN, RATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THIS IS THE OVERALL VIEW OF THE GARAGE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SEATING, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE RIGHT THERE IS WHERE THAT FLOOR WAS CRACKING.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE WATER'S COMING THROUGH, DAMAGING THE GARAGE.
SEE RIGHT HERE, THE WATER DAMAGE COMING THROUGH THE FLOOR.
AND RIGHT HERE IS THE CONCRETE SLAB WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY SUNK.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S CRACKED, UH, WHERE IT'S DETERIORATED AND CRACKED.
MORE OF THE CONCRETE SLAB IS DETERIORATED.
UM, SOME OF THAT, THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF IT IS ACTUALLY, UH, GREAT TO SEE HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH IT'S SUNK.
THE STRUCTURE IS A TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL, UH, STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1942 WITH A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WORN DAMAGE AND SAGGING EXTERIOR WALLS SHOWING DETERIORATION, SEPARATION, AND INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
INTERIOR WALLS ARE VANDALIZED DUE TO VAGRANT BREAKING INTO THE STR.
THE BUILDING ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL WIRE COMPROMISED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
FOUNDATION HAS STARTED TO CRACK WITH UNEVEN WALKING SERVICES SURFACES.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT THREE 18 EAST PETALUMA BOULEVARD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER AS 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 FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF THREE 18 PETALUMA BOULEVARD.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? OH YEAH.
I NOTICED A POWER METER AND A GAS METER.
WERE THEY DISCONNECTED FROM WHEN I TALKED TO THE, UM, THE OFFICER, UM, HE SAID THAT, UH, THERE WAS NO, THERE, THERE WAS NO, UM, ELECTRICITY TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT HE DID TELL ME THAT THEY, IT DID, IT WAS DISCONNECTED.
UM, AS FAR AS THE WATER, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, SIR.
WELL, I NOTICED THERE WAS A GAS METER TOO.
IN ONE OF YOUR FIRST SLIDES, IT WAS ON THE VERY FAR RIGHT SIDE.
UM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THIS, WHY WAS IT NOT BROUGHT IN AND WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR A REPAIR AND NOT A DEMO? UM, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST, UH, IT CAN BE A REPAIR.
AND THE OWNER HAS PROVIDED, UM, THE FINANCIALS AND THE, UM, SCOPE OF WORK JUST RECENTLY TO REPAIR IT.
UM, HE DID PROVIDE A SCOPE OF WORK AND EVERY, AND EVERYTHING TO, UH, TELL US THAT HE IS GONNA REPAIR THE STRUCTURE.
UH, I DID TALK TO THE OWNER WHEN HE SAID THAT, UH, HE SAID IT'LL TAKE UP HIM ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO REPAIR IT, UM, THE STRUCTURE.
UM, BUT WHEN HE COMES UP HERE, I'LL LET HIM MORE, EXPLAIN MORE OF THE TIMELINE TO Y'ALL.
AND YOU'RE STILL RECOMMENDING REPAIR? YES, SIR.
WE CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, MAKE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT, IT'S, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE NOTES, BUT, UH, IN YOUR TESTIMONY, YOU DID MENTION TALKING TO THE OWNER.
JUST WONDERING HOW LONG THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON.
IT, UH, TALKING WITH THE OWNER? MM-HMM.
NO, I'M LOOKING AT THE NOTES THAT YOU HAVE
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IN THE REPORT AND DOESN'T MENTION AT ALL THE TALKING WITH THE OWNER.WELL, THE OWNER JUST RECENTLY, UH, REACHED OUT TO US.
I THINK THE O UH, THE OFFICER, UM, GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER JUST PROBABLY A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
AND HE JUST TURNED IN HIS PAPERWORK, UM, LIKE I SAID RECENTLY.
SO, UM, THAT PROBABLY WAS AN ADDED TO THE NOTES ON IT, ON THE, UH, ON THE SITE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT PERSON CALL TO SPEAK? SETH TEAL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD, SETH TEAL.
1 1 3 LINDELL PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO HEAR MY CASE.
UM, MY WIFE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY WITH THE INTENTION OF US RENOVATING IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
UH, IF YOU NOTE, UH, MOST OF THOSE VIOLATIONS OR INSPECTIONS WERE PRIOR TO THAT PURCHASE, HOWEVER, AFTERWARDS WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY CONTACT FROM THE CITY COMPLIANCE BUILDING PREMISES OR ANYONE ELSE UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
SO ONCE WE FINALLY GOT WORD OF THIS HEARING, THAT'S WHEN WE PUT ITEMS TOGETHER TO PRESENT TO YOU AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RENOVATION OF THE, UH, OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THING, ITEMS OF NOTE ELECTRIC WATER AND GAS ARE NOT ON AT THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY.
IT HAS BEEN SECURED AND BOARDED UP.
THERE ARE SOME CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION, HOWEVER, THERE'S NOT SLAB FAILURE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME I HAD TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO, Y'ALL DID NOT HAVE TIME TO HAVE AN ENGINEER GO OUT AND ASSESS THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE.
BUT WE HAVE HAD A FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR COME OUT AND SAY THAT THEY CAN REPAIR AND THERE'S NOT TOTAL SLAB FAILURE.
UH, TO THAT END, PRIOR TO US ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, IT APPEARS THAT SOMEONE HAS MADE ADDITIONS TO THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PROPER PERMITTING OR ENGINEERING.
IT WOULD BE, UH, OUR DESIRE TO CORRECT THAT THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THROUGH ENGINEERING AND DOING IT CORRECTLY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME OR ANY POINTS OF CLARIFICATION THAT I MAY ADD? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YOU HAVE A LETTER HERE, UH, AND YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL STATEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE AN ITEMIZED? I DO.
AND A TIMELINE, YOU'RE SAYING SIX MONTHS, 180 DAYS, SIR.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT? NO, SIR.
I LITERALLY GOT THE LETTER FOR THIS LESS THAN 10 DAYS AGO AND, UH, PUT ITEMS TOGETHER, AND THAT'S THE FIRST CONTACT WE'VE HAD FROM ANYONE AT THE CITY, WAS THE CERTIFIED LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED.
MS. CHAIR, I'M, UH, THERE IS A CONCERN.
I, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S STATING THERE'S A NOTICE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE GIVE NOTICE OUT AND THAT NOTICE IS, IS REQUIRED BY LAW OF WHAT MR. TEAL IS STATING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO NOTICE AT ALL.
NOT UNTIL THE NOTIFICATION OF THIS HEARING.
HOLD ON A MINUTE, WOULD YOU? YES, SIR.
AND FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. TEAL ARE B A HAS YOU GUYS AS THE OWNER? MY, MY WIFE'S BUSINESS ENTITY, MRS. BEAGLES WORTH L L C, IS THE OWNER.
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THAT BUSINESS DIDN'T GET NOTICE AT ALL? NOT UNTIL 10 DAYS AGO, APPROXIMATELY WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED LETTER.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE'VE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY CODE COMPLIANCE OR ANYONE FROM THE CITY ON THIS PROPERTY.
MRS. BEAGLES WORTH L L C, CORRECT.
THE ONLY CORRESPONDENCE WE'VE RECEIVED WAS THE NOTIFICATION OF THIS HEARING, SIR.
THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LISTED AS, UH, GETTING NOTICE IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE TITLE SEARCH THAT WE DID.
UM, IF YOU LOOK, IT'S ON PAGE, UH, THE LAST PAGE OF THE, UM, NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF THE, THE, THE PERSONS THAT EVERYTHING WAS SENT OUT TO.
SO YOUR CONTACT CONTRACTOR? I AM A LICENSED CONTRACTOR HERE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'VE ALSO NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES RENOVATIONS DONE 50 OR 60 IN THE LAST 10 YEARS HERE, OVERSEEING LARGE CORPORATE CAMPUSES, OFFICE BUILDINGS, MS. TILL KIND OF SO YOU'RE NOT COME CLOSER TO THE PODIUM.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SIX MONTH WINDOW? YES, SIR.
AND THE ONLY THING YOU LAG IS AN ENGINEER'S REPORT CURRENTLY? YES.
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I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION AND HOW TO BRING THE STRUCTURE BACK UP TO CODE AND, AND SAFETY LEVELS.AND YOU CURRENTLY BOARDED IT UP, CORRECT? CORRECT.
DO YOU HAVE A, UH, IS THERE AN OPEN, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE PICTURES KIND OF LEAVES IT OPEN IN THE FRONT.
WE'VE, WE HAD IT BOARDED UP WHEN SHE HEARD NO, NO, NO.
OH, IT'S NOT, IS THAT A VACANT LOT NEXT TO YOUR IT'S NOT FENCED.
IS THAT A VACANT LOT NEXT TO YOUR THAT IT'S NOT, THERE'S AN ACRE SIZE VACANT LOT NEXT TO MINE AND THEN THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO THE RIGHT.
SO YOUR INTENT IS TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY, RENOVATE IT, AND RESELL IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. TILL? THANK YOU.
JU CAN YOU CALL THE NEXT PERSON CLAUDIA LOU WALLEN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
I LIVE AT 3 0 8 EAST PETALUMA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1.
I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I HAVE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ALL MY LIFE AND I ACTUALLY WAS RAISED IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR WHENEVER I WAS YOUNGER.
UM, MR. ESPINOZA, MR. AND MS. ESPINOZA, THEY LIVED IN AN OLD WOOD, FOUND WOOD STRUCTURED HOME.
THEY PASSED ON, THEY SOLD THE HOUSE.
THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT IT, AND I WON'T SAY WHO, BUT THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT IT IS THE ONE WHO BUILT THIS TWO STORY HOME, BUT HE BUILT IT AROUND THE HOME.
IT WAS NEVER TORN DOWN AND WAS JUST BUILT AROUND IT.
SO I KNOW THAT FOUNDATION, IT'S DIRT UNDER THERE.
UM, IT WASN'T, I NEVER SAW ANYBODY IN INSPECT IT.
UM, I KNOW FOR A WHILE, WHILE HE WAS STILL BUILDING IT, IT WAS THE DAD WHO BUILT IT, BUT HE BUILT IT ONE ROOM AT A TIME.
SOME OF THE ROOMS WERE DIRT FLOORS FOR A WHILE UNTIL HE COULD PUT THE CEMENT DOWN.
BUT AS FAR AS THAT HOUSE BEING STRUCTURALLY SOUND TO HOLD A TWO STORY HOME, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO, NO PIERS DOWN IN THE, THE DIRT TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF WEIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT HOUSE LEANING.
HE BUILT IT AND JUST, HE BUILT IT WITH WHAT HE HAD.
AND THAT HOUSE IS NOT BUILT TO BE RENOVATED.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE HOUSE LEANING.
AND IF YOU NOTICED, THE DRIVEWAY IS WAY ABOVE HERE.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, WHENEVER WE HAVE A HARD RAIN, IT FLOODS.
THERE'S TIMES THAT I'VE ACTUALLY EVEN SEEN WHENEVER THE PREVIOUS OWNERS LIVED IN THAT HOUSE, THEY WOULD BE SWEEPING WATER OUT OF THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S, IT'S GRADED.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER JUST DEMOLITION THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND AS YOU KNOW NOW, YOU KNOW, I, I GREW UP NEXT DOOR.
I BOUGHT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO MY MOM AND DAD.
SO I'M STILL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SEE THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND NONE OF US LIKE IT.
BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHENEVER THEY JUST KEEP BUSTING THROUGH TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY? SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT HOUSE GONE.
AND IF NOT, IF IT STAYS, IT'S JUST GONNA GET WORSE.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT THAT'S GONNA BE STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL CONSIDERING IT.
CAN YOU CALL THE NEXT PERSON ARTURO ALVAREZ? IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
UH, MY NAME IS ARTURO ALVAREZ.
I LIVE AT, UH, THREE 14 EAST PETALUMA, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE HOUSE WHERE,
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UH, TRYING TO GET DEMOLISHED BECAUSE, UH, I FEEL IT'S FALLING DOWN ANYWAY.BUT ALSO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE COMING IN THERE.
AND, UH, MY DAUGHTER AND MY GRANDKIDS, THEY CAN'T EVEN COME AND SEE ME BECAUSE THEY WERE APPROACHED BY SOME OF THEM AND SCARED THEM.
AND, UM, WE'VE JUST HAD TOO MANY PROBLEMS OVER.
I'VE CALLED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE GRASS WAS NEVER CUT TILL, I THINK CO COMPLIANCE FINALLY CAME AND HAD IT DONE OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND PRACTICALLY THE SECURING OF THE PROPERTY,
UH, I CALLED THE POLICE AND THE POLICE SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE BEING THERE UNLESS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WAS THERE.
WELL, I CALLED THIS REALTOR WHO'S WHO I WAS TOLD WAS THE OWNER.
I NEVER GOT ANY, ANY RESPONSE AT ALL.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE TO PETITION TO HAVE IT.
THE HOME KNOCKED DOWN IS 'CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT.
AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S ANIMALS AND RODENTS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING IN THERE.
AND, UH, THE POLICE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE FOUND PARAPHERNALIA AND DRUGS AND STUFF IN THERE.
AND, UH, THEY'VE EVEN SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE HOMELESS THERE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
SO, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF THE, THE OWNER.
SO I COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM COME AND SECURE THE HOME AND AT LEAST CUT THE GRASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT KNOCKED DOWN THOUGH.
UH, SO JUDY, SEEMS THAT WE, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO SPEAK, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
MS. CHAIR LEGAL HAS FOR CLARIFICATION, YES, WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOMOS REAL ESTATE, L L C I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF MR. TEAL IS ALSO, UM, THE OWNER OR, UM, WORKS FOR SOMOS REAL ESTATE, CORRECT? UH, CAN YOU COME TO THE YEAH.
CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, CORRECT? I AM THE, UH, MANAGING MEMBER OF SOMOS REAL ESTATE.
SO YOU DID A DEAL WITH SOMOS REAL ESTATE TO GIVE YOURSELF, UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING, WHAT'S GOING ON.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN YOURSELF WITH SOMOS AND ALSO YES.
UM, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SOMOS REALTY AND ALSO, UH, BAGEL WHARF, L L C AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO BOTH? CORRECT.
SOMOS REAL ESTATE, L L C IS A BUSINESS ENTITY THAT I RUN, WHICH IS A BROKERAGE.
THEY ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, I GUESS, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, WE HAD SINCE BROUGHT ON A PARTNER TO SOMOS REAL ESTATE, L L C, AT WHICH TIME WE LIQUIDATED ANY ASSETS AND MOVED IT OVER TO, UH, EITHER PERSONAL HOLDINGS FOR MY WIFE AND I OR A DIFFERENT L L C IN THIS CASE, MY WIFE REQUIRING THEIR PROPERTY IN UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2021 WAS MOVING THAT OVER INTO HER PERSONAL ASSETS.
AND IS IS, IS SOMOS REAL ESTATE STILL IN EXISTENCE? YES, SIR.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
LICENSE REGISTERED WITH ESTATE.
ANYTHING ELSE? IF YOU OWN THE PROPERTY, YOU AND YOUR WIFE OWN THE PROPERTY? CORRECT.
SO WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN BY THERE TO LOOK AT IT? WELL, I, I, TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SHAPE IT'S IN, I HAVE BEEN BY THERE.
WE HAVE HAD THE GRASS CUT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, IN, IN MULTIPLE INSTANCES, I GUESS THERE HAS BEEN INSPECTIONS FROM CODE COMPLIANCE.
HOWEVER, WE WERE NOT CONTACTED, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS INABILITY TO CONTACT WHATEVER ENTITY OWNED THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME.
UM, WE OWNED SEVERAL PROPERTIES.
IF I'VE EVER HAD AN ISSUE PREVIOUSLY, I'VE HAD THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, YOU POST THE RED NOTICE, WE GIVE HIM A CALL, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT.
GENERALLY TRY TO START A DIALOGUE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY WAS CONTACTED, BUT IT WASN'T ME OR MY WIFE.
BUT YOU HAVE NEGLECTED THE PROPERTY? YES, YES.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THE PROPERTY.
I SAID YOU HAVEN'T NEGLECTED THE PROPERTY.
UH, IT WAS PURCHASED IN THAT SHAPE.
I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS COULD ATTEST
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TO THAT.BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO REPAIR IT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE WERE BASICALLY WAITING POST COVID OR KIND OF WAITING FOR POST COVID JUST TO GET SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PRICES TO GO DOWN.
WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON, BUT I MEAN, OTHER THAN THAT WE'VE JUST, SOMETIMES WE SIT ON OUR ASSETS, SOMETIMES WHAT WE SIT ON OUR ASSETS, WE MIGHT NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THEM RIGHT AWAY WHILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, FIX 'EM AND KEEP 'EM UP.
YOU SAID ON YOUR ASSETS UNTIL WHAT? UNTIL THEY COME UP.
IT, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH IT.
IN THIS CASE, SOMEBODY THAT WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF MINE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, UH, IN MY STEAD AND IT HAS, UH, BECOME CUMBERSOME.
AND AGAIN, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND RENOVATE IT.
SO I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD GO TO THIS.
YOU GET A COURT RULING OR A JUDGMENT TODAY, WHICH WILL BE, ARE YOU GONNA SIT ON IT UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO TAKE CARE OF IT? NO, SIR.
I WILL, UH, COMPLY WITH WHATEVER IS, IS PRESENTED TO ME TODAY WITH YOUR BOARD'S DECISION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'M IN THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT PEN PANAMA, 3 1 8 EAST PETALUMA PETALUMA BOULEVARD IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME, AND IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT SECTIONS, UH, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTION 8 11, 12 15, 17, 18, AND THAT IT IS A HAZARD TO LIFE, UH, HEALTH, SAFETY AND OR PROPERTY.
AND THAT IT TO BE DEMOED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WITH THESE NOTES, IT IS TO REMAIN VACATED.
IT IS TO REMAIN SECURE ON THE OF, UH, ON THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR 3 1 8 EAST PETALUMA BOULEVARD THAT IT REMAINS VACATED AND SECURED.
FROM MR. SOLIS, DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, JUDY, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. GUILLORY? MR. ANDES? AYE.
MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
MR. TILL, CAN YOU GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND HE'LL LET YOU KNOW FOR OTHER STEPS.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE.
GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1 3 1 7 OF FLANDERS AVENUE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 9 3 9 BLOCK 17, LOT 43 THROUGH 46, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PAULA A DE LEON, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TOS PROCEED? YES.
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THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2020.THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
ACCESSORY ONE AND TWO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 15TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 20TH, 2020 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO PAULA A DE LEON AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON JANUARY 11TH, 2022 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE.
THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI AND THE SIDING DOES CONSIST OF, UM, SOME ROCK FACADE ALONG WITH VINYL PLANKING.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
THERE IS ROCK FACADE SIDING ALONG WITH UM, MASONRY.
THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE HERE.
UNDERNEATH THE FAR LEFT WINDOW.
THERE'S A VERY LARGE CRACK UNDERNEATH AND THERE'S A LARGE CRACK IN THE ROCK FACADE AS WELL.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE LARGE CRACK UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW OF THE ROCK ENDING IN A CLOSER VIEW OF THE LARGE CRACKS UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW.
ON THE MASONRY SIDE, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
A TWO STORY PORTION WAS BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS.
UM, HERE IT IS USED WITH, UH, IT WAS BUILT WITH VINYL SIDING ON THE OUTSIDE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THERE ARE LARGE CROP CRACKS ON THE MASONRY WALLS.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE WITH LARGE CRACKS IN THE WALLS.
HERE'S SOME V VINYL PLANK SIDING THAT IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN ALSO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THAT.
UM, SECOND STORY THAT WAS BUILT WITHOUT APARTMENT.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR DOOR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE SUBFLOOR IS ROTTED AND THERE ARE LARGE HOLES AND LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
THERE ARE THE STAIRS GOING INTO THE SECOND, UH, STORY THAT WAS BUILT.
UM, I DID NOT GO UP THOSE STAIRS TO TAKE THE PICTURES, UH, DUE TO THE SAFETY.
THAT IS, UM, THE SECOND STORY THAT WAS BUILT.
A PORTION OF IT, THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN.
THE FLOOR IS, IS ROTTED, UM, WITH WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD, A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND THAT FAR BACK WALL.
AND THE RIGHT SIDE YOU CAN SEE MOLD IS STARTING TO GROW.
THERE'S THE DECKING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND THE RAFTERS AS WELL.
THERE'S THE WATER DAMAGE FLOOR.
IT'S VERY SOFT AND YOU CAN SMELL MOLD GOING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S ANOTHER ROOM OF THE STRUCTURE.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, UM, SHOWING THAT THERE ARE, THERE IS ACTIVITY AT THE STRUCTURE.
UM, NO ONE WAS THERE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.
THE DECKING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY PORTIONS OF THE DECKING MISSING AND THAT'S THE ROOFING MATERIAL.
HERE'S ANOTHER ROOM WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
I COULD NOT STEP INTO THE ROOM.
THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK BY THE WINDOW.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF ACCESSORY ONE.
AND IT DOES HAVE WOOD PLANK SIDING AND METAL ROOF COVERING.
THE METAL ROOF COVERING IS DETACHED FROM THE, FROM THE STRUCTURE.
HERE IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY ONE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE RIGHT PORTION OF RIGHT ELEVATION OF ACCESSORY.
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INTO ACCESSORY ONE.THE SHEET ROCK DOES HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOLD AND THE FLOOR DOES HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS ANOTHER ROOM OF ACCESSORY ONE AND THE FLOOR IS COMPLETELY ROTTED WITH WATER DAMAGE.
ANOTHER ROOM OF ACCESSORY, ONE, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, BUT THE FLOOR IS A DAMAGE FROM WATER DAMAGE.
AND THE RAFTERS AND DECKING AND JOISTS ALSO HAVE EXTREME WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS ACCESSORY TWO AND THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THERE IS NO SIGHTING THROUGHOUT AND THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON CINDER BLOCKS.
AGAIN, NO SIDING FOR ACCESSORY TWO AND IT IS SITTING ON CINDER BLOCKS AND THE LEFT ELEVATION, NO SIDING AND SITTING ON CINDER BLOCKS AND REAR ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF ACCESSORY TWO.
UM, SOMEBODY, UH, IS APPARENTLY STAYING HERE AGAIN AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
UM, THE FLOOR DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE SUNLIGHT AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THIS PHOTO IN BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND THERE IS SOME WATER DAMAGE ON THE DECKING.
1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE CONSISTS OF A MAIN STRUCTURE WITH TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE.
THE CEDAR POSTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE SUNK INTO THE GROUND, LEAVING THE SO BEAM ON GRADE.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE LARGE CRACKS THROUGHOUT IN THE SHINGLES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM ARE WORN AND MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
ACCESSORY ONE IS THE SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE WITH SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION, MIXTURE OF MASONRY AND WOOD PLANK SIDING AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE SIDING IS ROTTED AND LAX WEATHER PROTECTION.
METAL ROOF COVER IS RUSTED AND WORN.
THE INTERIOR HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD ACCESSORY TWO IS A SMALL STORAGE SHED ON CINDER BLOCKS, NO SIDING AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE INTERIOR HAS WATER DAMAGE AND TRASH WITH DEBRIS.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE SUBSECTIONS 2, 8, 11, 12, 15 AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE IN SUBSECTIONS 8 11, 12 15 AND 17.
FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE HELP PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
ACCESSORY ONE AND ACCESSORY TWO.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE.
ALRIGHT, OFFICER TOWNSEND, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
CAN YOU, UM, READDRESS YOUR SUBSECTIONS? 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALIGNING WITH THE ONES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE ARE 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
IT'S GOING TO BE 2 8, 11, 12, 15 AND 17.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
SO IT'S THE FIVE THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ON YOURS.
OH, IS THAT AN AMENDMENT? NO, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, DEFINITION FIVE IS ONLY FOR THE MAIN, SO I APOLOGIZE.
IT IS SUBSECTIONS 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY ONE.
AND THEN DEFINITIONS 8 11, 12, 15 AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY TWO, TWO.
SO IT SHOULD ONLY HAVE 11, 12 AND 15 SHOULD HAVE EIGHT.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.
IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THERE LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE CURRENTLY ON OUR DOCUMENTATION IN HERE, OKAY.
WE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE.
JUNE, THE ACCESSORY TWO IS 8, 11, 12 AND 15.
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AND 17 AND 17.SO YEAH, NUMBER TWO PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OFFICER TOWNSEND? NO, THANK YOU.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO, TO SPEAK, SO HAVE A MOTION.
OKAY, MS. BROWN, I HAVE A MOTION FINALLY.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR, UH, 1317 FLANDERS AVENUE, UH, FOR, UM, UH, THAT MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1317.
UM, FLANDERS AVENUE IS PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS, UH, NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME.
AND UH, AND IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT SECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE WOULD BE, UM, 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, I'M SORRY.
IT'S, UH, TWO FOR, FOR THE ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE MAIN STRUCTURE, IT'S 2 5, 8, 11, 12, 14 AND 17.
AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, IT'S 11, 12, 15 AND 17.
AND ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, IT'S 11, 12 AND 15 AND I, UH, EIGHT.
ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, I THOUGHT SHE SAID ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE WAS 2 5 8 11 12, 15, 17.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, I GOT 8 11, 12, 15 AND 17.
OFF OF THE SHEET, IT'S 2 5, 8, 11, 15, UH, 12, 15 AND 17, HE STATED, AND I'LL WRITE THEM.
THIS IS OFFICER TOWN SPEAKING.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE FOR THE DEFINITIONS IS 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND ACCESSORY NUMBER 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY NUMBER 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
SO FOR UH, THE MAIN ACCESSORIES, THE, UM, THE, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, IT'S 2, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER 2, 8 2 8 11, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, IT'S UM, UH, 8 11, 12 15 AND 17.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
UH, AND I ORDER A 30 DAY DEMO DEMOLITION.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CURRENT MOTION OF A 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR 1 1 3 1 7 FLANDERS AVENUE FOR THE MAIN, FOR THE SUBSECTIONS OF THE MAIN 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AN ACCESSORY 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND, BUT I ALSO WANT TO HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, MR. ANDES TO MAINTAIN VACATING THE PROPERTY AND SECURE ALL BUILDINGS.
SO MS. BROWN ACCEPTS THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SO THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO, UM, STATE TO VACATE THE PROPERTY AND
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ALSO SECURE.DO I HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, I SECOND IT.
MR. AND IS SECOND, DO I HAVE A DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
JUDY, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. GUILLORY? AYE.
MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS EITHER BY THE BOARD OF STAFF? NO THANK YOU.
SO I REQUEST THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE TIME IS NOW 1258 ON FEBRUARY 10TH.