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CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
IT IS 9:15 AM ON THE 3RD OF MARCH, 2022.
AND, UM, COULD WE GET A CALL OF WATER, PLEASE? OH, THAT WAS A CALL OF ORDER.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON.
BRETT ANDIS, PRESENT CHAIR QUORUM IS PRESENT.
THE NEXT THING ON THE ORDER IS, UM, THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT, WHICH I WILL READ A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
PLEASE SOLEMN YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING, UH, ASSISTANCE.
AND I GUESS WE SHOULD RUN THE, THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
COULD WE GET THE TRANSLATION VIDEO COME UP AND SPEAK? OH, OKAY.
UH, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A LACK OF DATA STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE, WITH THE COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATIS TO THERE, THERE AGAIN.
UM, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR 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, UH, CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED 1901 SOUTH ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT.
AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT 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 CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF, UH, BY PHONE AT TWO ONE ZERO TWO ONE ZERO TWO OH SEVEN FIVE FOUR TWO TWO.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY SECTION CODE 16 DASH 2 36.
WE WILL DO THE TRANS, UH, SPANISH TRANSLATION VIDEO.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE DO HAVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE NEEDING THESE SERVICES.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO APPROACH THE, THE INTERPRETER'S CABIN LOCATED WHERE THE RED CURTAINS ARE NEXT TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE VIDEO ANYMORE.
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APPROVAL.DID UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, DANNY LIGA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, WELL, EXCUSE ME, CODE ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
UH, THERE ARE FIVE EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS, UM, THAT I'M GONNA READ INTO THE RECORD.
THESE STRUCTURES HAVE ALL BEEN DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY, UH, DUE TO EXTENSIVE FIRE, UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 1 75.
UM, SO AFTER I'M DONE READING INTO IT, NO FURTHER ACCIDENT NEEDED FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE FIRST PROPERTY, UM, IS 2 0 4 PLEASANTON ROAD LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
UH, THE REASON WAS, AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS A FIRE.
UH, IT WAS SUDDEN ACT ON JANUARY 28TH, AND YOU SEE WE'RE GOING THROUGH A FEW PHOTOS HERE.
UH, THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED, UH, BY THE CITY ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH, UH, 2022.
THE NEXT ITEM IS 1 26, A STREET CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AGAINST ANOTHER STRUCTURAL FIRE.
UH, THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WAS FEBRUARY THE NINTH, 2022, AND THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022.
THE NEXT ADDRESS, 1708 GUADALUPE STREET, LOCATED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WAS FEBRUARY THE 10TH, 2022.
THE CITY PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022.
NEXT ITEM IS 54 35 GODICK AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
ANOTHER STRUCTURAL FIRE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WAS FEBRUARY THE 12TH, 2022, AND THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2022.
AND THE LAST ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD IS GONNA BE 8 27 WEST FORMOSA BOULEVARD IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
ANOTHER STRUCTURAL FIRE, UH, THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WAS FEBRUARY THE 18TH, 2022, AND THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? LEMME GO.
UH, IT'S SELF, UH, QUESTION ON, UH, UH, 1 26 EIGHTH STREET AND GUADALUPE STREET.
THERE WAS NO, NO RESPONSE TO, TO, IT WAS TOTALLY DONE AND WE DIDN'T NEED ANYBODY TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT IT.
I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING YOU WITHOUT THE MIC.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION, SIR? OKAY.
THE QUESTION WAS, THERE WAS NO CHALLENGE ON ONE 26TH EIGHTH STREET AND 1708, UH, GUADALUPE STREET.
YEAH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SIR, WAS NO ISSUE, SIR.
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OUR CASE PRESENTATIONS NOW, AND, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE EIGHT 11 NORTH MAIN STREET.SINCE OUR, UH, SS A P D IS HERE, JUST MAKING SURE MY PHONES ARE TURNED OFF.
B S B MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S AMIRO GURA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT EIGHT 11 NORTH MAIN, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EIGHT 11 NORTH MAIN IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATIVE INSPECTION WITH THE VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 8 7, BLOCK SEVEN LOTS, EAST IRREGULAR, FEET OF 14 AND SOUTHEAST, 12
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FEET TRIANGULAR OF 13, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.THE OWNER OF RECORD IS SAN ANTONIO REHABILITATION CENTER WITH THEIR MAILING ADDRESS OF ONE CARRIAGE HILLS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 7.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, WE DO.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING IN RETURN ON FEBRUARY, ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
UH, WE TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, ACTUALLY WE TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, UM, WITH, UM, WITH NO, NO RETURN CALLS, UM, OR ANY LETTERS RETURNED BACK TO US ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2022, EXCUSE ME, ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING, EXCUSE ME, LEMME GO BACK.
ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2022, THE NOTICE WHERE THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT EIGHT 11 NORTH MAINE AND ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 17TH, 2022, THE NOTICE WHERE THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO SAN ANTONIO REHABILITATION CENTER WITH A CERTIFIED RECEIPT THAT REMAINS PENDING IN RETURN ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 AND FEBRUARY 23RD, 2, 20 22, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRE, UH, TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER OR CREDIT OR ENGINEERS HAS BEEN REPORT, UH, HAS BEEN REPORTED OR, OR PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
UM, SINCE 2000 19TH OF FEBRUARY, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 38 CALLS TO THIS LOCATION.
WE HAVE BAITED THE PROPERTY 12 TIMES, UM, WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000 225 19 CENTS.
THERE IS NO SCHOOL WITHIN A, EXCUSE ME, THERE IS A SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET.
IT IS, UH, CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CENTER DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND MADISON MADISON SQUARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
ELECTRIC SERVICE WAS DISCONNECTED ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2019.
THE GAS WAS DISCONNECTED ON AUGUST 13TH, 2016.
SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS DISCONNECTED SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2019.
AND WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS, UH, FOR SERVICE FOR SS A P D AND S A P D IS PRESENT TO, UM, PRESENT THE CRIMINAL ASPECT OF THE PROPERTY.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE REPORT AT THE TIME.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THERE IS, UH, ISSUES WITH GRAFFITI ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO WE'LL GO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PHOTO PRESENTATION.
THIS WAS TAKEN SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2000, UH, 21.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS PROVIDING AN ENTRY TO THE BUILDING.
UM, WE DID HAVE THE PROPERTY, UH, FENCED OFF.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WITH THE PROPERTY IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SQUATTERS ENTERING THE LOCATION.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY FROM, UH, SAN PEDRO AND FOUR 10, UH, EXCUSE ME, 35.
THERE'S A, UM, A QUICK TRIP THAT'S NEARBY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GO BACK AND FORTH.
THEY PURCHASE ITEMS AND THEY COME BACK TO THE BUILDING.
UM, ANOTHER ISSUE, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERPASS THERE, UH, WHERE THE BUILDING, UM, IS STANDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OR THE NORTH SIDE OF, EXCUSE ME, THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO CONGREGATE THERE.
AND THEN ALONG UNDER THE BRIDGE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCRETE WHERE A LOT OF THE SQUATTERS TEND TO CONGREGATE.
SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE OVERPASS, AND THIS IS THE, UH, NORTH ELEVATION.
SO THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THESE FISHY CRACKS HERE, UM, THAT ARE ALONG THE, UH, THE WALL THERE CLOSE TO THE, TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, THE FISHY CRACKS ARE GETTING WORSE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE STARTING TO, UH, SEPARATE, UM, AND OPEN UP MORE.
AND ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THE PROPERTY FENCED OFF IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SQUATTERS ARE SLEEPING RIGHT UNDER THIS.
SO THE FEAR IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THOSE, UH, BRICKS MIGHT COLLAPSE, FALL OFF AND, UM, INJURE SOMEONE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S STARTING TO, UM, SINK IN THERE.
AND I ALSO DO BELIEVE THERE'S A ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE DUE TO 35.
AND YOU CAN SENSE THE VIBRATION, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT'S CAUSING SOME OF THE, UM, MAYBE SOME SHIFTING IN THE FOUNDATION THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THE FEW SHOOT CRACKS.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION THERE.
THIS IS, UH, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
AND THIS IS, UH, UM, THIS IS US, UH, OBTAINING.
UM, WE OBTAINED OUR WARRANT AND GOT ACCESS TO THE STRUCTURE.
SO THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
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THE PLYWOOD YOU SEE THERE, THAT'S THE FRONT ELEVATION.THAT WOULD BE THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT THE FIRES, UH, CAUSED TO THE METAL THERE.
NOW, SOME OF THAT METAL IS FROM THE, UM, THE FOAM TILES THAT YOU HAVE ON A CEILING, LIKE INSIDE A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
SO THIS WAS OBVIOUS, SOME TYPE OF, SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL SUPPLY OFFICE AT ONE TIME.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A HOLE IN THE CEILING THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE SOME VENT.
UM, WE DON'T THINK IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO GET IN.
UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, SQUATTERS HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN THE ELEMENTS ARE ENTERING THIS, ENTERING THROUGH THE HOLE.
IT'S, UM, UH, MOLDY, SOGGY, A LOT OF THE, UH, DEBRIS INSIDE IS WET AND SOGGY.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE FIRE DEMONSTRATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS BACK TO THE FRONT ELEVATION ON THE LEFT.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE BOARDS THAT WE'VE HAD USED TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE.
NOW AS YOU CAN SEE THE CORRUGATED, UM, UH, METAL SHEETS THERE.
UM, IT'S MORE OF A FLAT ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, YOU DO SEE THE CORRUGATED METAL WHERE IT'S CO UH, HAS A LOT OF, UM, UH, FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, AND IT'S STARTING TO SWAY A LITTLE BIT AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SAG TO IT AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE OFFICE ROOMS. YOU CAN SEE THE ELECTRICAL HANGING THERE.
UM, PRETTY MUCH THIS BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE PRETTY MUCH GUTTED FOR, FROM SHEET ROCK, FROM, UH, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING.
UM, IT WOULD BE A COSTLY REPAIR.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, INTERNAL VANDALISM, A LOT OF DUMPING INSIDE THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS, UM, EVIDENCE OF CANDLES, NEEDLES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, SOUTH ROOMS. UM, YOU CAN TELL WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE.
UM, THERE WERE SOME MEDICAL BEDS IN THIS, UH, IN THIS PLACE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S A, THAT BENCH THERE WITH THE SLEEPING BAG WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONGREGATING SLEEPING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S EVIDENCE OF WRAPPERS, FOOD WRAPPERS, CUPS, NEXT SLIDE.
BEER THAT HAS, UH, FALLEN FROM THE CEILING.
SO THIS HAS JUST BEEN A REPETITIVE LOCATION, UH, WHERE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE.
UM, TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT FROM THE STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TASK SINCE WE PUT UP THE, THE SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
SS C P D, UM, SAYS IT'S, IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL SINCE THEN.
IT WAS BACK ON, UH, SEPTEMBER, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER, EXCUSE ME.
AND THIS IS ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, RIGHT UNDER THE BRIDGE.
AND WE CLEANED THE PROPERTY ON THE 23RD.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OF OUR CONTRACTORS.
SO WHEN THE OFFICERS THERE STANDING THERE, UM, THAT'S WHERE NORMALLY THEY WOULD CONGREGATE, KIND OF STAND THERE.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE CHAIRS, TENTS.
UM, AGAIN, THAT BACK WALL IS THAT FISH SHOE CRACKS.
UH, IT IS CONCERNED THAT THERE'RE SLEEPING AROUND THERE, AND WE HAD TO RUN 'EM OFF ON MULTIPLE TIMES.
NEXT SLIDE TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT EIGHT 11.
NORTH MAIN IS IN VIOL IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHOULD BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
SAFETY, WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS, A DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION THAT, THAT THE PROPERTY REMAIN CLEAN AND SECURE.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR EIGHT 11 NORTH MAINE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OFFICER? I HAVE ONE.
I DIDN'T READ IN HERE AND I DIDN'T HEAR MAYBE I'M, UH, UH, OVERHEARD OR DIDN'T HEAR.
DID YOU POST, UH, NO VACANCY? SO ON THIS PROPERTY, WE, WE WOULDN'T BE ISSUED A NOTICE TO VACATE BECAUSE, UH, IT WOULD BE A ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY, JUST PEOPLE BREAKING IN.
SO MOST OUR NOTICE OF VACATES, IT'S WHEN SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE, UH, IN THE PROPERTY, UH, LEGALLY.
UM, SO IT, IT WOULDN'T BE ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE ACTUALLY JUST ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE.
BUT THE CHAINING FENCE ON THE LAST PITCH, IF I REMEMBER IT RIGHT, SHOWED AN OFFICER STANDING THERE AND A GAPING, OR THE FENCE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
WELL, THERE, THERE IS A, UM, AN ORIGINAL FENCE, RIGHT? UH, LIKE AN ORIGINAL FENCE, BUT THEN WE PUT UP OUR FENCE.
UM, THOSE FENCES ARE PRETTY MUCH JUST TIED DOWN.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE LOCKS ON 'EM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT I, AS I MENTIONED, UH, S A P D HAS BEEN, BEEN REG MAKING REGULAR STOPS AT THE LOCATION.
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'EM WILL STOP AND MAKE REPORTS THERE.UM, JUST HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT SENSE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICE, UM, MONITORING.
UM, WHICH HAS HELPED, HELPED A LOT WITH, UM, THE SQUATTERS NOT GOING INTO THE BUILDING.
SO, SO WHEN YOU DRIVE BY IT, DO YOU, OR WHOEVER IS IT THAT IS BESIDES S C P D, DO YOU SEE ANYBODY INSIDE THAT FENCE? YES, I HAVE ON, ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS.
UM, AND I, WE SPOKE, I SPOKE TO OFFICER BROWN, UM, AND THAT GENTLEMAN'S BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT HE'S BEEN IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE, I'VE ASKED THE GENTLEMAN THE SAME, IT'S BEEN THE SAME GENTLEMAN THE LAST TWO, THREE TIMES THAT I'VE GONE OUT THERE AND WE'VE ASKED HIM TO LEAVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANY ARGUMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY, THEY JUST LEAVE OR HE LEFT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YEAH, I GOT A QUESTION.
UH, OFFICER, UH, YOUR TESTIMONY, YOUR TESTIMONY STATED THAT YOU CLEANED UP THE PROPERTY.
DO YOU MEAN OUTSIDE? INSIDE EVERYTHING? YES.
NORMALLY WE DO NOT DO INTERIOR ABATEMENT.
SO'S NORMALLY ON THE OUTSIDE THAT WE DO IT.
AND IF THAT'S THE UNSAFEST PART, WHY DON'T WE, I MEAN THAT, THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A LEGAL ISSUE, UM, IN INSIDE OF, INSIDE OF A STRUCTURE.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME.
IS IT BROWN? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
STATE YOUR NAME AND GOOD MORNING.
UH, WHERE YOUR OFFICER, DIANA BROWN WITH SS A P D, UM, AND TO PIG BACK OFF OF, UH, OFFICER GARROW IS TALKING ABOUT EIGHT 11 NORTH.
THING'S BEEN A, A PAIN FOR US.
UM, ALL THE HOMELESS, UH, PEOPLE, THEY, THEY, WELL, THEY REFUSE TO GO TO THE SHELTER.
THEY'D RATHER GO INTO THIS, UM, ABANDONED HOUSE.
UH, THEY'VE HAD IT BOARDED UP SEVERAL TIMES.
THEY TEAR DOWN THE WALLS, THEY GET INSIDE.
WE FOUND 'EM IN THERE WITH STOLEN ITEMS. UM, THEY'RE PROSTITUTION, ROBBERIES, UM, EVERYTHING'S IN THERE.
THEY HAVE NEEDLES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S A HAZARD TO EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THERE.
THEY'VE STARTED THEIR OWN FIRES 'CAUSE OF THE COLD.
THEY DON'T BELONG IN JAIL, SO WE TRY NOT TO, AND WE DON'T HAVE A HOMEOWNER TO SIT THERE AND SAY, I WANT THEM TO GO TO JAIL.
WE'VE ISSUED CRIMINAL TRESPASSES.
WE'VE ISSUED, UH, CITATIONS, UM, EVERYTHING TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE.
WE STARTED, UH, CLEANING UP THE OUTSIDE.
THEY'RE USING DRUGS, EVERYTHING.
UH, WE FOUND STOLEN VEHICLES, STOLEN BIKES.
UM, THEY'RE JUST CAMPING OUT THERE.
ONCE WE GOT IT CLEANED UP, WE HAD THE, UH, FENCE AROUND IT.
SO EVERY SINGLE, THAT'S MY AREA.
SO EVERY SINGLE MORNING I GO OUT THERE, THERE'S NEW TAGGING WHERE THEY'LL JUMP THE FENCE, TAG THE BUILDING AND LEAVE.
THIS IS DURING, UH, THE NIGHT.
SO IN THE MORNINGS WE JUST DOCUMENT IT AND JUST CONTINUE MONITORING THIS, UH, PLACE.
UH, GI I FORUM IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND THEY'VE CALLED US AND COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES.
THESE PEOPLE WANNA GO THERE AND JUST LOAD AROUND THEIR, UH, THE VAS GO OUT THERE AND THEY WANNA ASK 'EM FOR MONEY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS AN EYESORE FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
AS SOON AS THEY CLEAN THIS UP, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LOT BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY COULD DO WITH THIS BUILDING EXCEPT, UM, TEAR IT DOWN.
AGAIN, THE OWNER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THEM FOR ANY REASON, FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, OFFICER? YES, I DO.
WELL, LISTEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THIS IS KIND LOW, 38 CALLS SINCE FEBRUARY, 2019.
NO, THAT, THAT'S, UM, PROBABLY A DIFFERENT THING.
I, I HAVE 60, NO, I'VE GOT THREE PAGES.
UM, AND THAT'S EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SHIFT.
AND THAT'S NOT AN EXCLUSIVE, THAT'S A ARRAY OF CRIMES THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S JUST A PLACE FOR THEM TO HANG OUT.
UM, AGAIN, THEY, THEY, THEY REFUSE ALL SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED TO THEM, AND THEY JUST PREFER TO JUST STAY OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THE RULES.
WHICH IS COMMON IN MOST OF THESE.
UM, ON YOUR PATROL, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, OR IS IT, THEY'RE THEY'RE DIFFERENT ONES ALL THE TIME.
WE GIVE 'EM A WARNING, THEY TAKE OFF A WEEK LATER THEY'LL COME BACK AGAIN THINKING WE FORGOT.
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SEES IT'S BEEN CLEANED UP, THEY TRY TO GO AND CAMP OUT AGAIN AND JUST, IT'S AN ONGOING THING.WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY RELATIVELY SAFE.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT 11 NORTH MAINE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBS CODES, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY BE KINETICALLY, DISASSEMBLED IN 30 DAYS THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINED VACANT AND THE PROPERTY, UH, BE CONTINUED TO BE SECURED.
MR. NELSON HAS, UM, HAS, UH, GIVEN THE, UM, OH, THE, THE MOTION HERE, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. JESSE.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? NO.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, UH, UH, SORRY.
KINETICALLY, DISASSEMBLE THIS BUILDING, WHICH IN LAYMAN'S TERM IS A DEMO.
AND, UH, ACCORDING TO 1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, 20 21 58 STEVES AVENUE.
I'M THE EAST CODE SECTOR SUPERVISOR.
I'M GIVING A PRESENTATION FOR THE OWNER'S APPEAL OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS AT 2158.
STEVES, THESE VIOLATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS, 3 0 2 0.4 WEEDS.
ALL IMPROVED PREMISES AND EXTERIOR PROPERTY SHALL BE MAINTAINED FREE FROM WEEDS OR PLANT GROWTH IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IN HEIGHT.
ALL NOXIOUS WEEDS SHALL BE PROHIBITED, WEEDED SHALL BE DEFINED AS ALL GRASSES, NATURAL, I'M SORRY, ALL GRASSES, ANNUAL PLANTS AND VEGETATION OTHER THAN TREES OR SHRUBS PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE CULTIVATED FLOWERS AND GARDENS, NATIVE GRASSES, PERENNIALS, OR ANNUAL PLANTS INSTALLED AS PART OF A LANDSCAPING DESIGN OR NATURAL OR MANMADE ROUGH AREAS AS PART OF A GOLF COURSE IN CURRENT OPERATION.
UH, 3 0 2 0.1, EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE.
ALL EXTERIOR PROPERTY AND PREMISES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A CLEAN, SAFE, AND SANITARY CONDITION, AND FREE OF OUTSIDE PLACEMENT, HAZARDOUS VEGETATION OR SURFACE HAZARDS.
THE OCCUPANTS SHALL KEEP, KEEP THE PART OF THE EXTERIOR PROPERTY, WHICH SUCH OCCUPANT OCCUPIES OR CONTROLS IN A CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION.
WE HAVE TWO CASES OF THAT AND 3 0 8 0.1 ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH OR GARBAGE, ALL EXTERIOR PROPERTY AND PREMISES.
AND THE INTERIOR OF EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE FREE FROM ANY ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH OR GARBAGE.
THE, UH, TIMELINE GOES, THE OFFICER CONDUCTED THE INITIAL IN INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 6TH, 2022, AND OBSERVED THE VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT WAS VEGETATION EXCESSIVE, 12 INCHES, FALLEN TREES AND OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
THE OFFICER POSTED A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATION ON THE FRONT FENCE OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS NOTICE, UH, INFORMED THE OWNER OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY OF VIOLATION AND THAT THE OFFICER RETURN ON OR AFTER JANUARY 22ND, 2022 PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT THAT TIME.
THE OFFICER RETURNED FOR A FALL FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022, AND FOUND THE VIOLATIONS, REMAINED AND UPDATED HIS PHOTOS.
THE OWNER MADE THE FORMAL REQUEST THE APPEAL OF VIOLATION ON AND ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2022, THE OFFICER POSTED A BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AND NOTICE OF HEARING A CHECK FOR FOR COMPLIANCE IS ALSO MADE.
AND THE OFFICER FOUND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022.
THE OFFICER CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION, PREPARATION OF THIS APPEAL, UH, TO WHICH THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS HERE.
UM, WE CAN JUST GO THROUGH 'EM, I GUESS.
UM, THIS IS THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED.
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OKAY.THIS IS THE, UH, FRONT OF THE PROPERTY OF SOME OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, THE SIDE, AGAIN, THE FRONT, AND THESE ONES ARE INITIAL, UH, INITIAL INSPECTIONS.
THIS IS THE REAR YARD THAT'S THIS TAKEN FROM A ADJOINING, UH, PROPERTY.
AND THESE ONES ARE FEBRUARY 2ND HERE.
SOME OF 'EM ARE DARK, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, VEGETATION IS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES.
UM, THERE'S SOME FALLEN TREES FOR HAZARDOUS VEGETATION.
UM, YOU DID SEE SOME OUTSIDE PLACEMENT IN THE FRONT, UH, THE PROPERTY SIDE AND REAR.
AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE TAKEN JUST, UH, ON THE 28TH.
AND STAFF IS JUST REQUESTING THAT THE SS A P M C NOTICES BE AFFIRMED AND UPHELD.
AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, UH, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, YOU ALL WERE SENT OUT TO CLEAN UP THE YARD, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
CUT THE, CUT THE VEGETATION AND CLEAN THE YARD.
SO COULD YOU GET IN, COULD WE GET IN UHHUH
BUT, 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN BEYOND THE, THE GATE.
WE, WE, WE DIDN'T GET INSIDE TO THE BACKYARD OR ANYTHING.
WE TOOK EVERYTHING FROM A PUBLIC VIEW.
SO, UM, I GUESS THE OWNER IS HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
IS IT RACHEL? IF YOU COME RIGHT HERE TO THE MICROPHONE.
RACHEL, COME RIGHT AROUND HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHAIR? DO YOU WANNA SEE THAT CHAIR? OH, ROCHA.
I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY, MA'AM, IS YOUR NAME RACHEL OR YES, MA'AM.
WE CAN GET YOU A CHAIR AND THEN, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE YOUR LAST NAME.
YEAH, TO SIT BEHIND HERE OR HER? YES.
YOU HAVE TO SIT BEHIND THE PODIUM.
AND THEN THE MICROPHONE SHOULD BE ALRIGHT.
AND COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
I AM THE OWNER OF 2158 STEVES AVENUE.
YOU HAD SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE.
IS THIS BETTER? YEAH, THAT IS.
UM, I WAS TOLD THAT YOU ALL DID RECEIVE A COPY OF MY APPEAL.
HAVE, CAN YOU VERIFY THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THAT? THANK YOU, SIR.
AND THEN I ALSO BROUGHT ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TODAY, WHICH I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED.
IF YOU SEE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE'S THREE DOCUMENTS, MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A DOCUMENT THAT THIS THE CITY'S NOT, AND LEGAL DID NOT BELIEVE IS A, IS RELEVANT TO WHETHER THERE IS AN SS A P M C UH, VIOLATION.
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IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE WAS A TIMELINE.UM, THERE'S ALSO A, I, I BELIEVE AN INFORMATIVE SHEET REGARDING FIGHTING FOR WILD YARDS.
UH, THERE IS SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS IRRELEVANT AS TO WHETHER, UH, THERE WAS A VIOLATION ON THE SPECIFIED DAY.
SO, UM, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE, UH, PROVIDED.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SIR, MAY I HAVE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.
REPRESENTATIVE, SIR, MA'AM, I CAN'T EVEN HEAR YOU.
MAY I HAVE THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME? YES, MA'AM.
ERIC BURNS, AND I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, MA'AM, UH, MR. BURNS, I, UM, I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU I WOULD NOT BE SUBMITTING THAT DOCUMENTATION IF IT WERE NOT, IF I WERE NOT HERE TO SHOW YOU WHY THIS IS RELEVANT.
I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MA'AM, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS BOARD'S, UH, TASKS AND ABILITY IS.
THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THERE IS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UM, VIOLATION IN REGARDS EXACTLY IN REGARDS TO THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD ON THERE.
IT IS IRRELEVANT IN THE CITY'S OPINION, LEGAL OPINION AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A VIOLATION ON THE DAY OR VIOLATIONS ON THE DAY IN QUESTION.
AND THAT, THAT'S UN UNFORTUNATELY, MA'AM, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE UP FOR DEBATE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO FILE MY DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT.
I I BELIEVE THAT WE, WE ARE BEING RECORDED AND, AND THAT, UH, YOUR, YOUR DISAGREEMENT ON, ON THAT IS, IS I, I BELIEVE, UM, PRESERVED.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO YOU DO HAVE THE TIMELINE.
I SEE YOU DON'T HAVE THE PHOTOS OF WHEN MY DOG WAS LYNCHED BY MY NEIGHBOR OR ALL THE DEBRIS THAT SHE HAS DROPPED INTO MY YARD.
AGAIN, I I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR.
AND, UH, MS. CHAIR, I WOULD ASK THAT WE STAY ON TASK YES.
AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A SS A P M C VIOLATION, NOT WHETHER THERE ARE ANY PRIVATE MATTERS BETWEEN, UM, NEIGHBORS.
THAT IS NOT THE, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, MA'AM, HOLD ON.
IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
AND IF I NEED TO, I WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, REMIND THE BOARD AND SPECIFICALLY THE CHAIR IN REGARDS TO THAT MATTER.
I UNDERSTAND MR. BURNS, BUT GIVEN THE ONGOING RELATIONSHIP THAT PAUL CANTU CLAIMS TO HAVE WITH THAT NEIGHBOR, THAT WOULD BE WHY THIS IS APPROPRIATE AND WHY I THINK THAT IS GERMANE TO SAYING THAT HE IS NOT ACTING ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
MS CHAIR, I, I, AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
IT'S NOT GERMANE AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATION IN REGARDS TO THE ACCUMULATION OF WEEDS TO THE, UM, THE ALLEGATION OF, OF OUTSIDE PLACEMENT TO THE ALLEGATION OF THE LENGTH OF, UM, OF VEGETATION AND TO THE ALLEGATION OF ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH OR TRASH.
YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE WILDFLOWERS AND WE ALL LOVE WILDFLOWERS, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT MORE THAN WALL FLOWERS IN YOUR YARD.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, DEAD TREES, UH, BRANCHES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ADHERE TO ADDRESS YOU.
BUT YOU, YOU ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE DEBRIS AND WHY HAVEN'T YOU MAINTAINED YOUR YARD APPROPRIATELY? THAT'S ALL.
UM, I HAVE THE, THE TIMELINE HERE AND THE TIMELINE IS NOT, IT'S NOT GERMANE TO THIS.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE HERE AND THAT YOU ARE GIVING YOUR TIME HERE TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK THEN, BUT THIS IS NOT RELEVANT.
UM, DO WOULD NOT PRESENT ANYTHING TO YOU IF I DID NOT THINK IT WAS RELEVANT.
WELL, WE DON'T THINK IT'S RELEVANT AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS HERE.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR NICE BROCHURE, BUT ALL OF THIS IS NOT, UH, RELEVANT TO YOUR CASE THAT'S PENDING RIGHT NOW.
I MOVE THAT WE UPHOLD THE DIRECTOR'S DECISION ON THIS APPEAL.
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THE, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.I'LL MOVE, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UPHOLD THE DIRECTOR'S DECISION ON THIS APPEAL.
I, I'M SORRY, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE MICROPHONES HERE.
YOU MOVE THAT WE UPHOLD THE YEAH.
TO, UH, TO UPHOLD THE, UH, TO UPHOLD THE VIOLATIONS, UH, YES TO, UH, I MOVED AND UPHOLD THE ACTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND EX EXECUTING THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT AND DO NOT WAIVE THE ACTUAL COSTS AND ADMINISTRATION FOR ABATE CLEARANCE, IF ANY.
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, BUT MAY I FINISH MY PRESENTATION? YES.
I WAS GONNA, I WAS, I WAS GONNA ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO LET'S ALLOW OH YEAH, THE HONOR TO PLEASE, UM, PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS SHE CAN THAT'S GERMANE TO THE CASE.
YOU MUST KEEP IT RELEVANT TO THE ISSUES AT HAND, MA'AM.
WELL, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT 1900.
WE
AND, UH, WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 2022.
OH, IS THAT, WELL, MA'AM, IS, IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS, IS IN MY APPEAL ALSO STATES.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE WAIT LIST FOR EDITOR TREE SERVICE SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR.
THAT'S MY REGULAR TREE SERVICE.
AND AS IT MENTIONED IN MY APPEAL, WHICH I'M SURE YOU READ, UM, MICHAEL NWI, WHO IS THE FORMER URBAN FORESTER OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, IS THE PERSON WHO WALKED EVERY BIT OF MY YARD AND SAID HE COULD NOT MOVE ME UP THE WAIT LIST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY HAZARDOUS ITEMS IN THE YARD.
I ALSO CONTACTED TYLER BARKETT AND BOOKER ARRADONDO, WHO ARE ALSO I S A CERTIFIED ARBORISTS, AND TELL ME THAT THEIR WAIT LIST IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE ONE FOR REE CARE SERVICE.
UH, OKAY, MA'AM, I, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SORRY TO HEAR THAT, BUT IT'S STILL YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAN UP YOUR YARD.
I MEAN, I CAN, WE HAVE PICTURES HERE.
COULD YOU BRING UP SOME OF THOSE PICTURES OF HER YARD? MAYBE YOU DIDN'T SEE THE TRASH THAT'S IN IT HERE ON YOUR NO, I WOULD DENY THAT I HAVE ANY TRASH ON MY PROPERTY.
BUT THE PICTURES, MA'AM, THEY'RE RIGHT DOWN THE SCREEN.
DO YOU SEE? LOOK UP ON THE SCREEN.
YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF DEBRIS IN YOUR YARD.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC MA'AM? IT'S TRASH.
WELL, NO, THEY'RE NOT MY REFRIGERATOR'S.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IT IN, LOOK AT ALL OF THIS.
I'M SEEING THE HOSE, I'M SEEING THE BENCH.
LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT THE DEAD TREES HERE.
I SEE A BAG OF COMPOSTS THAT'S NOT COMPOST.
LET, AND THAT'S A BAG OF COMPOST.
LOOK AT THE TRASH ON YOUR YARD.
OKAY, LET'S START, LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT MAKE EXCUSES.
WELL, YOU NEED SOMEWHERE TO PUT THAT STUFF, MA'AM.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE A, YOU COULD BUY A, I DON'T KNOW, A SOMETHING TO PUT 'EM IN OR TO STORE 'EM IN A STORAGE CONTAINER, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS? UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS HER.
UH, CAN WE PUT SLIDE 60 UP, MA'AM, ON THIS SLIDE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ZOOM IT.
CAN WE ZOOM IN? BECAUSE I CAN ZOOM MINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ZOOM THAT.
THE SECOND X DOWN STATES HAZARDOUS VEGETATION.
WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR ARBOR, DID YOU SHOW HIM THIS? THAT THE CITY SAYS IT'S A HAZARDOUS, THE ARBORIST DID THE TOUR OF THE YARD IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
I'VE BEEN ON THE WAIT LIST SINCE THEN.
BUT YOU DIDN'T CALL HIM SINCE THEN AND SAY, HEY LOOK, THE CITY SAYS IT'S HAPPENED.
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HIM TWO DAYS AGO AND SAID, BY THE WAY, COULD YOU, UH, PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF STATEMENT OR SOMETHING TO, TO SAY THAT? CAN YOU SEE THE DATE AT THE TOP ON THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS DATE 1 6 20 22 ON THIS DOCUMENT? YES, SIR.AND YOU CALLED HIM TWO DAYS AGO, BUT DIDN'T TELL HIM THAT THE CITY REQUIRES MADAM SHARE IT TO BE DONE.
THE OTHER ONE WE WE'RE HERE, BILL 8.1, WE'RE HERE FOR THE LAST DEAL.
THIS IS, IT'S ALREADY BEEN COVERED.
THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S LOOKING AT.
SO WE'RE ASKING WHAT YOU'RE DOING ABOUT THAT.
WELL, SIR, THE DAY THAT, UM, MR. CANTU ISSUED THIS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE, UM, INVESTORS WHO OWN THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN UNDER CON CONTINUOUS DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION AT 2154 STEVES AVENUE SINCE JULY WITHOUT A PERMIT DUMPED APPROXIMATELY 200 POUNDS OF ROOF.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY, NOTHING ELSE.
YOUR, THE FOUR CORNERS OF YOUR PROPERTY.
WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WITH THEM DUMPING SO MUCH IN MY YARD, IT, THAT ALONE TOOK TWO WEEKS OF FILLING UP THE GARBAGE BIN JUST TO REMOVE THE ROOFING MATERIALS THAT THEY THREW OVER THE FENCE ON JANUARY 4TH.
SO I AM FILLING UP THE BIN AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME, UM, AND HAULING IT OUT EVERY WEEK.
MA'AM, THE ONLY THING WE WANNA KNOW IS ARE YOU GONNA CLEAN UP YOUR YARD? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU COULD DO THIS? WELL, THE, WITH THE ARBORIST, THIS IS A NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ARBORIST.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE YARD? I AM CONTINUALLY WORKING ON MY YARD.
I, I ADMIT THAT I HAVE, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL THAT THINGS ARE NOT THE WAY I WANT THEM TO BE MYSELF, BUT I ADMIT I HAVE BEEN VERY INTIMIDATED BY THE ONGOING, BY PEOPLE SITTING ON THE ROOF AND YELLING ACROSS THE FENCE FROM THE, THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN ONGOING NEXT DOOR SINCE JULY, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM.
YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE'RE GONNA, I'M JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CITE YOU AGAIN FOR NOT CLEANING UP YOUR YARD AND JUST GO WITH YES MA'AM.
GO WITH ANOTHER MOTION BECAUSE YOU, YOU ARE GOING WAY OFF BASE HERE.
I WORK IN MY YARD A MINIMUM OF TWO, TWO HOURS EVERY DAY.
WELL, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WAY.
OR MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT RECENTLY, MA'AM.
YESTERDAY, MA'AM? I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID, BUT YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP ALL THAT.
THAT HAD THAT WASTE THAT'S IN YOUR YARD AND THOSE TREES, YOU NEED TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO HELP YOU, MA'AM.
ALL OF THIS HERE, ALL OF THIS AND ALL OF THE TRASH THAT'S AROUND YOUR WINDOWS AND ALL THOSE DEAD PLANTS, I'M SORRY THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THOSE UP.
IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA CITE YOU AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, THAT, THAT STUFF THERE DOESN'T BELONG IN A FRONT YARD.
WELL, IT'S A DANGER TO YOU MA'AM, AS WELL.
I, I SEE YOU'RE ON A, ON A WALKER THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU AND ANYBODY WHO GOES OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU CLEAR THIS OUT.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU, WELL, AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, SIR, IT'S AN AWARD-WINNING LANDSCAPE.
I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE CONCERNED AND I APPRECIATE THAT MR. TOP TAPIA TAPIA.
I, UM, AS I SAID, THINGS ARE NOT THE WAY I WANT THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN EVER FOR A LONG TIME, EVER SINCE WHEN I WAS MY PARENTS' LEGAL GUARDIAN, I DO WORK IN THE YARD TWO HOURS A DAY, UM, MINIMUM SOMETIMES UP TO IF I HAVE A DAY OFF, UP TO EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
AND IT DOESN'T TAKE ME A LONG TIME.
I'VE BEEN A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT MYSELF.
THIS IS A WHOLE CREW EVERY DAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
MR. TAPIA BECAUSE, AND I FIND QUITE FREQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CHURCH GROUPS I, I PAID FOR INTO THEIR MISSION FUND FOR THEM TO COME DO SOME WORK IN THE GARDEN.
WHAT I FIND IS THAT THE WORK THAT PEOPLE THINK THEY WANNA DO TO HELP ME AS A DISABLED PERSON TO SELDOM ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I'M ABLE TO DO I NEED IS PEOPLE WHO CAN CLIMB ON A LADDER.
IT'S, IT'S A SUBJECTIVE BIAS VIEW VERSUS YOUR SUBJECTIVE BIAS
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VIEW THAT, OR YOU GET EVEN FURTHER HURT, DISABLED OR ANYBODY ELSE COMES ONTO THE PROPERTY AND TRIES TO HELP YOU CAN GET HURT DOING THIS.SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO UPHOLD AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE.
THIS HAS GOT TO GET FIXED OR SOMETHING.
THE CHILDREN, SOMEBODY, WHOEVER VISITS YOU, YOUR HELP IS A PROBLEM.
UM, ALSO BECAUSE THE CITY DOES REQUIRE A CITY LICENSE FOR ANYONE TO DO ANY TREE WORK, AND VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE THAT LICENSE OTHER THAN A CERTIFIED ARBORIST, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT FIND SOMEONE WHO HAS A CITY LICENSE WHO COULD DO SOME OTHER WORK.
WELL, MA'AM, THAT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET, OKAY.
THIS IS YOUR YARD, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I HAVE, AS I SAID, I HAVE BEEN ON THE WAIT LIST AND CONTACTED A ARBORISTS.
WELL, I, I AM BEING, BUT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ARBORISTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE THE CITY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO UPHOLD THE ACTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTING THE SUMMARY OF BATEMAN, IF ANY, AND DO NOT WAIVE ACTUAL COSTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES FOR EVADING CLEARANCE AT 2 1 5 EIGHTS STEVES S T E V E S AVENUE IN A MOTION.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE CHARGES AND THE, UM, I GUESS THE ACTIONS OF THE, UH, OF THE, UM, OF THE OFFICER.
AND, UM, AND DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.
MA'AM, YOU JUST NEED TO CLEAN UP YOUR YARD, OKAY? AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPORT TO MR. UH, THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER IS GONNA COME BY YOUR HOUSE ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS AND CHECK ON IT.
SO WE, WE DON'T WANNA FIND YOU HERE AGAIN.
OKAY? UM, I WOULD ASK IF I CAN MEET WITH MR. KELLY TO DETER, DISCUSS THAT.
I WOULD OBJECT MOST STRENUOUSLY GIVEN, MA'AM, YOU CAN OBJECT ALL YOU WANT TO.
THIS IS, WELL, I THINK SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE, MA'AM.
SO TO, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T NOT WANT THAT PARTICULAR OFFICER COMING BACK BY.
WELL YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE OUR RULING, YOUR NEXT STOP IS THE COURT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, MA'AM.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THE RECORD THAT WE WILL, UH, AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ASSISTANCE FOR HER.
I JUST WANNA LOOK AT THAT ON, YES, THANK YOU.
YOU CAN HELP HER, BUT WE CAN'T.
OUR NEXT CASE IS, UM, ONE 50 EAST MALLY BOULEVARD.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT ONE 50 EAST MALLEE BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1 WITH THE, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY 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 2 5 BLOCK 26 LOT WEST 360 4 FEET OF 1 37 AND WEST 2 69 FEET OF 1 38 THROUGH 1 41 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
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THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JA V S SERENA, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF ONE 50 EAST MALLE BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1.ON NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE, MS. JA ERENA AND A POTENTIAL BUYER, MR. LEO LEON, ON RECORD, UM, IS PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES.
A PHONE NUMBER WAS FOUND FOR MS. REINA AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022.
RECENTLY, I DID EXPLAIN THE B SS B PROCESS AS WELL AS THE OWNER STATING TO ME THAT HER CURRENT STATE REGARDING THE FUNDING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO STRUCTURE, SHE HAS STATED THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS, BUT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY, AS IS.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON JULY 16TH, 2022.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 50 50 EAST MALLE BOULEVARD WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 27TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT MAY 4TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, SIGNED ON MAY 11TH, 2021 ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT ONE 50 EAST MALL ON FEBRUARY 21ST.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH, 22, 20 22.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR ONE 50 EAST MALLE BOULEVARD AT THIS TIME FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND GAS.
UH, THERE IS NO ACTIVE ELECTRICAL FOR THE STRUCTURE AND THE GAS METER HAS BEEN REMOVED OFF THE PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2022.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1956 WITH THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT'S WORN AND DAMAGED WITH HOLES THROUGHOUT EXTERIOR WALL CURVING, DETERIORATING, OR HAS FALLEN, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR STUDS TO THE MAIN INTERIOR CEILING.
ROCKS AND WALLS ARE DAMAGED OR HAVE FALLEN WITH WATER DAMAGE.
THE ACCESSORY GARAGE ROOF DRAFTERS ARE COMPROMISED WITH COLLAPSING THROUGHOUT THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
WALL IS LEANING WITH THE WOOD FRAME DETACHING FROM THE SLAB FOUNDATION.
MOVING ON TO THE, TO THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S INDICATING WHERE THE MAIN STRUCTURE'S AT, AS WELL AS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT LEFT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WOOD SIDING HAS STARTED TO DETERIORATE AND FALLEN, WHICH IS NOW EXPOSING THE INTERIOR STUDS AS WELL AS DETACHING TO THE LEFT SIDE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A MISSING, UM, ASPHALT SHINGLES.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION TO GIVE YOU A BETTER LOOK OF THE DETERIORATING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO, AS WELL AS THE PAINT STARTING TO DE DETERIORATE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM TOWARDS THE FRONT.
WITH THE, THE WOOD PANEL STARTING TO DETACH TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THIS STRUCTURE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED AND ROTTED.
THE DECKING HAS ROTTED AS WELL, WHICH IS STARTING TO HAVE THE, UH, CAUSE THE ASPHALT SHINGLES TO, UH, STARTING TO COLLAPSE BETWEEN THE RAFTERS.
SO THE BACK ELEVATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S DETACHING TO THE WOOD, TO THE SIDING, AS WELL AS, UH, EXPOSING SOME OF THE WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL.
GOING INSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE SCATTERED, WHICH IS MAKE IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S MORE DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR.
THIS IS THE, THE CEILING SHOWING THAT THE, UH, THE CEILING SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED.
THERE'S WATER DAMAGE, SLIGHT WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
MOVING INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LARGE PILE OF, OF ITEMS, UH, IN THIS AREA HERE, THE CEILING, THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE DECKING, WHICH SHOWS THE MAJOR SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE TO IT, AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE LIGHT COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE, THE DECKING AREA.
IN THIS, IN THIS SPOT, THIS IS THE BATHROOM, WHICH
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SHOWING A LARGE A, A HOLE IN THE DECKING, WHICH IS RIGHT ABOVE THE TUB, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS A POOLED WATER.UH, MOVING INTO THE, ANOTHER NEXT ROOM.
THIS IS GONNA BE JUST, AGAIN, JUST MORE DEBRIS AND ITEMS JUST SCATTERED THROUGHOUT, WHICH AGAIN, IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE HOLES IN THE DECKING AS WELL, WHICH IS STARTING TO ROT AWAY THE, UH, THE REST OF THE DECKING AS WELL AS THE, THOSE RAFTERS.
SO MOVING INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AGAIN, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS IS SCATTERED.
A SMALL LITTLE TRAIL GOING IN BETWEEN EVERYTHING.
JUST TO WALK THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.
MOVING INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FRAME OF IT IS ACTUALLY LEANING TO THE RIGHT AS WELL AS DETERIORATING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
UH, IN THIS PHOTO HERE IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ROOF SYSTEM IS STARTING TO COLLAPSE AND BOTH INWARDS IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS PART IS CONNECTED TO THE, THAT ACCESSORY.
IT'S, UH, LOCATED IN THE BACK.
IT HAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED TOWARDS THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
THE WOOD MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY ROTTED, DETERIORATED, THEY'RE ALSO DETACHING AS WELL AS THE METAL COVERING STARTING TO FALL DOWN TOWARDS THE GRADE, UH, SHOWING THAT, THAT IT HAS STARTING TO COLLAPSE COMPLETELY.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE CARPORT AREA THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN TOWARDS THE BACK GOING, LOOKING TOWARDS THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS STARTING TO COLLAPSE IN THE FRONT AS WELL AS THE POST IS ALREADY GIVEN.
MOVING INSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO KIND OF WALK IN ORDER TO WALK THROUGH THERE.
I WAS HAVING TO STEP ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IN THIS PHOTO.
UH, THE RAFTERS HERE HAVE BEEN, HAVE DISCONNECTED, WHICH ARE NOT COMPROMISED.
UH, SOMEONE AT ONE POINT HAS TRIED TO, UM, PUT SOME SUPPORT WOOD MEMBERS THERE TO PREVENT IT FROM GETTING ANY FURTHER, UH, REGARDING THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A TWO BY FOUR THAT IS RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO, UM, THAT IS UNDERNEATH THAT BEAM, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT IS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE, THE SIDE DOOR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LIGHT COMING IN, WHICH IS THAT WALL IS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE RAFTERS.
AND THIS PHOTO HERE, AGAIN, THE, THE POSTS FOR THAT DOOR FRAME, THE DOOR FRAME AS WELL AS SOME OF THE, THE STUDS HAVE, ARE, ARE NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE SLAB AND ARE STARTING TO, AGAIN, DETACHING AND PULLING AWAY, WHICH IS OUTWARDS TO THE LEFT OF THAT, THAT STRUCTURE.
SO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT ONE 50 EAST MALLE BOULEVARD ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN AND 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS TO HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR ONE 50 EAST MALLEE BOULEVARD.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, MA'AM, I DO.
UH, IN YOUR REPORT, THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT THERE ARE SOME FOUNDATION ISSUES.
I DID NOT HEAR YOU STATE, UH, ANYTHING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION.
UH, BASICALLY IT SAYS THAT THE, UH, FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE LEVELED.
UH, AND IT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORT ELEMENTS.
UH, CAN YOU TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT EITHER THE, THE PIERS, UH, FOR THE BUILDING, THE I FROM THIS PHOTO HERE, UH, THE STRUCTURE WAS, WAS THE, UH, THE INITIAL INSPECTOR OFFICER VIA HAD WORKED THIS CASE.
WHEN I DID GO OUT THERE, I DID NOT, UH, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MAIN, BUT, AND THE, THERE WAS SIGNS OF SHIFTING FOR THE ACCESSORY, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FRAME IS ACTUALLY PULLING AWAY.
BUT THERE WAS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO REALLY SEE.
THE LEANING WALLS ALSO WOULD INDICATE THAT THE REPORT IS CORRECT THEN? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY.
WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A, WELL, I TELL YOU IT'S WRITING A SVI.
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WE WILL BE HAVING THE INTERPRETER COME UP TO HELP TRANSLATE FOR HER.COULD WE GET AN INTERPRETER, PLEASE? OH, OKAY.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
THE ONE I LIVE OR THE ONE I HAVE THE ONE THAT YOU LIVE IN, MA'AM.
IT'S 3 1 5 OLD PLEASANTON ROAD.
YOU WANNA STATE YOUR CASE? YES.
THAT'S ALL TO DO WHATEVER THE, THE OFFICER WANT ME TO DO.
THAT'S ALL TO DO WHATEVER THE OFFICER WANTS ME TO DO.
THIS PROPERTY IS UP FOR DEMOLITION? YES.
SO, SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YES, MA'AM.
WELL, I SEE WHERE YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL, IT SAYS POTENTIAL BUYER.
DO WE HAVE A CONTRACT ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY OR NOT? NO, NO, NO.
DO NOT HAVE A, SO THIS LOU ANGUIANO, I GUESS LEONARDO, IS IT A
UH, I DID SPEAK WITH HIM OUTSIDE BEFORE THE HEARING, AND THEY WERE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS TO START THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY, HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION HERE AND HE WANTED TO BE PRESENT HERE BEFORE THEY PROCEED WITH IT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HE DID STATE THAT HIS, HIS PLANS WERE TO DO DEMOLITION FOR THE STRUCTURES AS WELL.
HE WANTS THE DEMOLITION ONCE, ONCE HE CLOSES ON THE CONTRACT AND OWNS THE PROPERTY.
HE, HIS PLANS STATE THAT HE STATED TO ME WERE TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURES.
HE STATED HE CAN EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE TESTIMONY THEN.
HE, EVERYBODY'S IN, HE DID STATE THAT HE DOES WANT TO PRESENT HIS SIDE AS WELL.
AND MS. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MS. RENA IS, IS DONE SAYING ANYTHING THAT SHE'D LIKE TO SAY.
ONLY IF YOU CAN PLEASE GIMME TIME SO THAT I CAN COMPLETE MY ENTIRE PROCESS.
ONLY IF YOU CAN PLEASE GIMME TIME SO THAT I CAN COMPLETE MY ENTIRE PROCESS.
SHE, SHE'S STATING THAT SHE'S ASKING FOR THE TIME THAT THAT IS ALLOWED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER THE DECISION IS FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION REGARDING THE PROPERTY.
WE DON'T, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU TIME.
WE CAN'T ALLOW YOU TIME TO SELL IT.
WE GIVE THE ORDER FOR DEMOLITION AND THE NEXT IS UP TO THE, THE PERSON THAT COMES OUT THERE TO DEMOLISH IT.
SHE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
LEO ANGUIANO, UH, ADDRESS TEN THREE HUNDRED SOUTH IH, UH, 35 AUSTIN, TEXAS.
UH, YEAH, SO WE, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE CONTRACT FILLED OUT WITH HER, BUT SHE'S STATED TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WITH THE DEMO.
UH, SO BASICALLY WHAT I WAS TALKING TO, UH, AGENT MARTINEZ WAS, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN HAVE SOME TIME, UH, SO WE CAN FINISH THE SALE PROCESS, THE TITLE PROCESS, UM, AND THEN WE COULD DO THE DEMO OURSELVES AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY DOING IT AND THEN SHE HAVING TO PAY OUT OF HER OWN POCKET.
UH, SO BASICALLY WE WOULD JUST NEED TIME TO, UH, FOR TITLE TO CLEAR AND THEN FINALLY CLOSE, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THE DEMOLITION AND BASED OFF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON OTHER PURCHASES WE'VE HAD, WE THINK THAT A REALISTIC TIMEFRAME IS WE WOULD CLOSE AROUND MAY 25TH.
THAT'S, THAT WAS THE DATE THAT WE HAD IN MIND.
BUT OF COURSE, IF WE CAN CLOSE SOONER, THEN, THEN WE DEFINITELY WILL.
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THAT'S BASICALLY ALL, I'M ALL, I'M HERE TO SAYTHERE, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A, A MOTION HERE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE, THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO, I'M CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR LEGAL.
UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRACT THE DEMOLITION TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY? NO, THERE'S NO REASON THAT THOSE NO REASON THAT SH SHE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I CAN TELL THE BOARD THAT, UM, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE, THE CURRENT OWNER AND POTENTIAL BUYER SEEM, SEEM RELATIVELY SEEM THAT THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO THIS BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO STILL, UH, ORDER WHATEVER THIS BORDER BELIEVES NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT ALSO EXTEND OUT THE TIME PERIOD TO NOT ONLY, UM, ALLOW THAT IF, FOR INSTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS BOARD DECIDED TO DO A DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION ORDER WITHIN 60 DAYS, FIVE DAYS, UM, NOT EVEN 90 DAYS IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE DEMOLITION CAN HAPPEN, BUT YOU STILL WANNA ALLOW THAT PROPERTY, UH, TO CHANGE HANDS TO ALLOW, UM, A NEW OWNER TO BUY IT KNOWING THAT THAT NEW OWNER IS ON BOARD WITH WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENTS, UM, UM, UH, RECOMMENDING.
SO, LEGAL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
IF WE GIVE THEM 60 DAYS FOR A DEMO, CAN THEY STILL DO THE CONTRACT WHILE THE DEMO IS PENDING? I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF, IF YOU GIVE THEM 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THOSE 30 OR 60 DAYS, UM, THEORETICALLY YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THE DEMOLITION DONE IN, IN THOSE DAYS.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO KIND OF GIVING A TIMEFRAME OF THE APPEAL PROCESS.
SO IF HE DOES NOT APPEAL THE DECISION OF THIS BOARD, THE DEMOLITION ORDER STANDS, BUT IT STILL DOES ALLOW, UM, THE CURRENT OWNER AND POTENTIAL BUYER TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE SALE IF THEY WANT TO.
UM, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF, AGAIN, IF ALL PARTIES ARE ON BOARD THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SEND THE PROPERTY INTO A CONTRACTOR, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO DO IT, UM, ON THEIR END.
MS. CHAIR, DOES THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? JUST CLEAR AS MUD.
BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO AS THE BOARD AGREES, IS TO GIVE YOU THE 60 DAYS TO GET THE CONTRACT GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GET HER TO SIGN IT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEMOLITION ORDER MIGHT BE PENDING, I THINK THE SALE, AS LONG AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS, UM, IS, IS IN THE LOOP.
I THINK IT CAN BE, IT CAN, IT CAN BE STOPPED.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE DEMOLITION CAN BE STOPPED AS LONG AS THEY WELL, I, I, AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR BASED ON WHAT HE'S SAYING, HE WANTS TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THE DEMOLITION ORDER DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO STOP.
WHAT IT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD PREVENT OR, UM, RE REMOVE THE CITY FROM HAVING TO BEAR THE COST OF THAT DEMOLITION.
UM, SINCE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE OWNER, UM, AND POTENTIAL BUYER ARE, ARE LOOK, ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SO ORDERING THE, UM, WHATEVER THIS BOARD BELIEVES SHOULD HAPPEN ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, YOU DO HAVE THAT RIGHT TO DO IT.
UH, HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE AT THE END OF THOSE 60 DAYS, THE PROPERTY AUTOMATICALLY COMES DOWN BY THE CITY.
IT IT, IT WOULD ALLOW THE ANY OWNER OR POTENTIAL OWNER OR NEW OWNER TO STILL HANDLE THAT, UH, DEMOLITION PROCESS.
SO THE QUESTION GOES TO THE OWNER, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT AND DO THE DEMOLITION? YEAH, WED YOUR BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WE WERE THINKING, UM, CLOSING WOULD TAKE AROUND 60 DAYS ON IT.
AND THEN, YEAH, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
CAN PULL, START PULLING CONTRACT OR, UM, PERMITS TO, TO DEMO THE PROPERTY.
SO WE CAN, BUT THE, JUST KEEP IN MIND THE DEMO IS STILL, YOU KNOW, OVER YOU, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT CAN UM, BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE TO HAPPEN ON DAY 60, IT MIGHT HAPPEN ON DAY 65.
SO AS LONG JUST TO TO DOUBLE CHECK AS LONG AS WE CLOSE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME AND THEN WE CAN START, WE CAN STILL START PULLING PERMITS AND THEN DEMO IT OURSELVES.
I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT, IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD, BUT I
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I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UM, CAN'T ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOLLOWING.UM, AND IF BY SOME CHANCE HE CAN'T ANSWER THEM, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, WE DO HAVE MANAGEMENT HERE FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT CAN ASSIST ALONG WITH, UM, THE PERMIT OFFICE RIGHT HERE.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, COUNSEL, UM, MAY I ASK THIS, IF WE GIVE AN ORDER FOR 60 DAY DEMO, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD IF THEY START DEMOING, IF AN, UH, AN AMENDMENT BE MADE THAT THEY TELL CODE COMPLIANCE SO THEY CAN TELL THE CITY TO PULL IT FROM THE SHEET, OTHERWISE THE CITY'S GONNA SEND THE CREW OUT THERE? MM-HMM.
UM, I COULD TELL YOU THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS A, I, THEY, THEY STAY IN THE LOOP.
SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEND A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE IF THERE'S ALREADY A CONTRACTOR THAT'S BEEN HIRED BY, UM, A THIRD PARTY TO, TO HANDLE IT.
SO I I I THINK YOU'LL BE OKAY WITHOUT PUTTING ANY OF THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE IN ANY, ANY, ANY ORDER.
THERE IS A, IS A PERMIT REQUIRED FOR THE DEMOLITION THAT IT IS OKAY THEN THAT THEN TAKES CARE OF THE ISSUE? WELL, YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD A STIPULATION BECAUSE AS SOON AS HE GOES TO BURTON TO GET THE PERMIT, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION.
BUT THE PERMIT IS FOR DEMOLITION.
SO IF A PERMIT HAS BEEN PULLED AND HE PULLS THAT PERMIT FOR THE DEMOLITION THAT'S SCHEDULED, THEN THAT IT'S NOT GONNA GET, IT'S NOT GONNA GET SCHEDULED.
I'M NOT, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
I'M TELLING YOU EXACTLY HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
I CAN TELL YOU AND, AND, UH, WITH MR. LIGA RIGHT NEXT TO ME, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE A A, A SET PROCESS THAT DOUBLE CHECKS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UM, THERE'S NOT TWO CONTRACTORS GOING OUT THERE TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO IT'S, IT WOULD DO THE SAME AS AN AMENDMENT WOULD DO.
DO 'CAUSE IT ALREADY TRIGGERED THEM.
SO WE GIVE THE 60 DAY DEMO ORDER.
THAT IS NOT GONNA PREVENT THE SALE FROM GOING THROUGH OR HIM PULLING A PERMIT TO DEMO THE PROPERTY HIMSELF.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL PREVENT, UH, THE, THE, THE STOP OF A PRIVATE SALE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT, OH, BOARD, YOU CAN DO THIS.
HIS PRIVATE SALE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH, THAT'S, THAT'S A PRIVATE MATTER.
SO I, THERE ARE OUTSIDE FACTORS THAT COULD, THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY THAT I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF.
UH, WHAT I AM STATING, UM, IS THAT THIS BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO STILL MAKE THAT ORDER, UM, KNOWING THAT ALL PARTIES ARE ON BOARD.
THIS BOARD ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANT TO, TO RESET THE CASE, TO ALLOW IT TO COME BACK.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT THIS BOARD HAS.
UM, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE DEMOS A DEMOLITION ORDER WOULD, UM, RUIN AND YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL BUYER HERE WOULD RUIN HIS, UM, DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO WANT THAT PROPERTY.
NO, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE'VE HAD CASES TO COME IN HERE THAT HAD A DEMO ORDER ON THE PROPERTY AND IT HAS PREVENTED THE SALE.
WE'VE HAD CASES LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO STOP, STOP PRODUCTION OR STOP WORK.
LOOK, LOOK, I, AGAIN, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT A TITLE COMPANY'S GONNA SAY OR, OR, OR, OR, OR WHAT CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
UM, YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE POTENTIAL BUYER WHAT, WHAT CONCERNS HE MIGHT HAVE IN REGARDS TO PURCHASING A PROPERTY THAT HAS A DEMOLITION ORDER ON IT, EVEN THOUGH HE WANTS TO DEMOLISH THAT STRUCTURE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD BE ON, UM, UM, ANY POTENTIAL BUYER ON THAT PROPERTY TO, UM, TO LET YOU KNOW IF IT'S AN ISSUE OR NOT.
I CANNOT TELL YOU IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR HIM.
UH, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, THE DEMOLITION ORDER DOES GET, GET FILED.
UH, BUT IN REGARDS TO, UM, UH, A PROPERTY BEING SOLD THAT HAS A DEMOLITION ORDER ON IT, IT IS NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY PREVENT IT FROM BEING SOLD.
I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION HERE.
YEAH, LET'S DO A MOTION AND THEN DISCUSS.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T RESET UNTIL WE DISCUSS BOARD, IF THAT'S THE, IS THAT THE ACTION? THIS IS DANGEROUS PREMISE.
I'M ALSO ASKING THIS JUST DURING THIS TIMEFRAME OF, I'M ASKING AS WELL THAT DURING THE DISCUSSION THAT WE TAKE CONSIDERATION TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE TO REMAIN SECURED FROM, FROM THIS POINT ON UNTIL THE DEMOLITION OCCURS IF THE OWNERS DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO YOU'RE AMENDING YOUR REQUEST.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS IN THE IT I'M JUST ASKING IF WE CAN
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ALSO ADD THAT TO YEAH, YEAH.WELL, THAT WAS GONNA PROBABLY BE, BUT IF YOU WANNA ADD THAT, THEN WE'LL ENFORCE IT.
UH, UH, STEPH, UH, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT COLONEL ASKED ON YOUR FOUNDATION.
UH, YOU SAID YOU HADN'T SEEN IT OR YOU HAVEN'T TESTED, WAS IT CRACKED OR, FROM WHEN I WAS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEBRIS THAT WAS COVERING IT.
AND THEN FROM THE EXTERIOR IT WAS HARD TO GET A PHOTO FOR THE MAIN, JUST TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, BUT THE PREVIOUS OFFICER THAT HAD MADE HIS INITIAL INSPECTION WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT I DID TAKE THIS CASE OVER AT THE END OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO DURING MY INSPECTION I DID NOT, I WAS UNABLE TO, TO SEE THE FOUNDATION, BUT THERE IS A CONCERN FOR THE SHIFT.
IT WASN'T SLAB FOUNDATION, THE FOR THE ACCESSORY, THERE'S A SLAB AND THERE'S A BIG CONCERN FOR DUE TO THE, THE SHIFTING OF THE STRUCTURE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE 50 EAST, UH, MALL MALLOY, M A L L Y BOULEVARD, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, SECTIONS 1, 5 6 SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, AND THE BUILDING BE DEMOLISHED IN 60 DAYS AND IT BE SECURED UNTIL IT IS DEMOLISHED AND PERMITS REQUIRED FOR THE DEMOLITION.
WE HAVE A MOTION OF, UM, 60 DAY DEMO, UM, WITH, WITH THE POOL PERMITS AND TO REMAIN SECURE ON SECTIONS, UH, FOR THE MAIN 2 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. ZUNIGA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH.
VERY, VERY CONFIDENT IN, UH, VOTING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY BUILDING HERE.
AND I FEEL YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS NO WAY THAT REALLY A PERSON CAN, UH, REHAB THAT PROPERTY.
SO BY IT BEING DEMOLISHED, UH, I'M WHOLEHEARTED A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT THAT'S THE, THE VOTER OF THE B S B.
SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A 60 DAY, UM, DEMOLITION ORDER ON IT, IF THE CITY DEMOLISHES IT, YOUR SALE CAN PROBABLY STILL GO THROUGH IF I'M, IF I'M HEARING ALL THIS CORRECTLY.
'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE GONNA START WORKING ON THE SALE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY WILL COME OUT FAVORABLE IN THIS AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR, YOUR OFFICER INFORMED, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
ON THIS DISCUSSION, YOUR QUESTION WAS EARLIER THAT THAT WOULD AFFECT OR HOLD UP.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE IT'S PENDING, IT HOLDS A TITLE.
ONCE DISPOSITION IS DONE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT SHOULD FREE IT UP TO BE SOLD BECAUSE THE OWNERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN MICAH WAS HERE WHEN HE EXPLAINED IT, THAT AS LONG AS THE, IT HASN'T BEEN ADJUDICATED OR REVIEWED THAT IT HOLDS THE TITLE, ONCE IT'S NOW HAS A DISPOSITION, IT NOW OPENS LETTING THE NOTE THE OWNER KNOW, OR THE POTENTIAL BUYER THAT IT IS IN THIS SETTING.
NOW THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, IF THAT CLEARS IT UP FOR PEOPLE.
ALRIGHT, NOW, WELL THE DECISION GOES WITH, WITH A PROPERTY REGARDLESS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S NO PROBLEM THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF THE TITLE'S HELD UP BECAUSE OF IT'S NOT MAKING IT TO THE BOARD YET, NOW THAT IT'S MADE IT TO THE BOARD'S DISPOSITION NOW OPENS IT TO BE SOLD WAS THE WAY MICAH GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION IT WAS WHEN HE EXPLAINED IT AND HE WAS THE REALTOR LAWYER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY I INTERPRET IT.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE CASES LIKE THIS, IT'S NOT THE DEMOLITION THAT HOLDS THE,
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UM, UH, SALE UP.IT'S THE ACTUAL, NOT KNOWING THAT THE CASE IS PENDING, DOESN'T KNOW HOW THE OUTCOME IS.
SO YES, THE RULING RUNS WITH THE LAND, BUT NOT WITH THE TITLE NECESSARILY TO TRY TO BUY LAND.
THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING I GOT.
WELL THEY GOT 60 DAYS TO DO WHATEVER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, COULD WE GO TO ROLL? I MEAN, COULD WE GO TO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND HURRY UP AND GET YOUR SALE GOING.
OUR NEXT CASE IS CHAPTER, CHAPTER DURA ERA.
UH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT, THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
CHUCHUCHU, IS IT? CHAPPA CHUPA CHUCHUCHU
OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 6 1 9 SOUTH CHUPA DERA STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 6 1 9 SOUTH CHUPA STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 2 3 9 8, BLOCK SEVEN LOT EIGHT A LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ADA MORAN MORAN WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 6 1 9 SOUTH CHIRA STREET.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? WE DO.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 16TH, 2021.
6 1 9 SOUTH JUPI STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 6 1 9 SOUTH JUPI STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 14TH, 2021.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 23RD, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON AUGUST 5TH, 2021 ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 6 1 9 SOUTH CHUPA STREET ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ZAIDA MORAN AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 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 6 1 9 SOUTH JUPI STREET.
THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, HAS MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE.
THE, UH, OVERHANG DOES HAVE SOME FIRE DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE SIDING.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE HERE THAT YOU CAN JUST SEE SOME SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE SIDING.
HERE'S THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
THE CEDAR POSTS ARE ROTTED AND SOME HAVE SUNK INTO THE GROUND ALREADY.
THIS IS THE BACK PORTION OF THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO SEE THE DAMAGE OF THE OVERHANG ON THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION IS SIDING HAS CHARRING AND THERE IS A HOLE IN THE WALL.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION AND THE VIEW OF THE REAR PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION SHOWING THE CHARRING
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OF THE SIDING.HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS SIDING DOES HAVE CHARRING.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR DOOR.
THE ALL INTERIOR WALLS DO HAVE CHARRING AND THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THE STRUCTURE.
AND AGAIN, LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THE STRUCTURE AND ALL WALLS HAVE CHARRING IN THAT BACK WALL.
YOU CAN SEE SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH.
AND AGAIN, TO THE LEFT, THERE IS A LARGE HOLE.
HERE IS ANOTHER ROOM WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND HOLE IN THE WALL.
AND THE CEILING DOES HAVE CHARRING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A LARGE HOLE IN THE FLOOR, UM, UNDERNEATH SOME DEBRIS.
THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I COULD GET TO THE BATHROOM DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THE HOLES IN THE FLOOR.
UM, BUT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE, UM, TO EVERYTHING.
6 1 9 SOUTH CHUPE STREET CONSISTS OF A ONE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT SUFFERED MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE.
THE CEDAR POST OF THE FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED THE FRONT RIGHT AND REAR ELEVATIONS ARE FIRE DAMAGE WITH HOLES.
THE INTERIOR IS FILLED WITH DEBRIS AND THE FLOORS HAVE MULTIPLE HOLES THROUGHOUT AND WALLS ARE CHARRED ALONG WITH CEILING JOIST, RAFTERS, AND DECKING.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 6 1 9 SOUTH CHUPA STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR ON FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 6 1 9 SOUTH CHUPA DEIS STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THAT LAST PHOTO.
THE HOUSE THAT SAYS TO THE RIGHT OF IT THAT THEY WERE DOING WORK ON, DID THAT CATCH FIRE FROM THIS STRUCTURE? YES, IT WAS AFFECTED AND THEY DO HAVE PROPER PERMITS AND THAT OWNER'S ACTUALLY HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON SOME OF HER HARDSHIPS.
BUT THAT DUE TO THAT FROM THAT FIRE.
BUT IT IS FROM THAT FIRE THAT DAMAGED THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE? YES, IT DID.
AND PROBABLY THE TREE THAT WAS THERE THAT I SAW CUT.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK? UH, MILES DONNELLEY, COULD YOU COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? HELLO, MY NAME IS MILES DONNELLEY.
MY, UH, ADDRESS IS SIX 19 EAST MANDALAY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
YOU CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE UP.
SO, UM, I AM THE OWNER OF 2201 SAN FERNANDO, A PROPERTY DIRECTLY ADJACENT.
I'D BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION THERE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
I TH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS.
BUT WITH THAT BUILDING BEING UNSECURED MULTIPLE TIMES AND PEOPLE JUST GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING, MY WIRES AND FOUNDATION AND PLUMBING HAD BEEN CUT MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
IT'S JUST A, IT'S BEEN A NUISANCE SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE'RE RIGHT NEAR A SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AT SIX 19 UBAIS THAT JUST NEED, AND I THINK, UM, A DEMOLITION CAN HELP CLEAR THAT AND JUST REALLY HELP BRING UP THAT BLOCK.
AGAIN, I'VE, I'VE PURCHASED A, MY OWN SECURITY FENCE AROUND MY PROPERTY TO, UH, TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO HELP THAT OUT.
AND, UM, STARTING REWORKING ALL THE ELECTRICAL, I HAVE ALL MY PERMITS AND EVERYTHING ON THAT PROPERTY.
I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING AND WORKING.
AND THIS PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPERTY ADJACENT HAVE JUST BEEN CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE NEIGHBOR, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NEIGHBOR IS HERE AS WELL TO SPEAK.
AND WE'VE TALKED MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT JUST WHY THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SUCH A NUISANCE.
OKAY, THERE'S SIR, SIR, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SPEAKING.
AND THE OTHER IS, IS IT PUENTE? RENEE BEAL.
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BERNAL.STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE MY NAME IS RENEE BERNAL.
I LIVE IN 1700 SOUTH HAMILTON, APARTMENT 62 0 1.
BUT THE HOUSE THAT YOU SAID WAS ADJOINING IS MY IN-LAWS, WHICH IS SIX 15 SOUTH RAS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT BACK UP BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS LIVING AT THAT TIME WHEN THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE.
UH, THERE WERE SQUATTERS IN THAT HOUSE.
WHAT, WHICH ACTUALLY CAUSED THE FIRE.
UM, THEY HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE.
LIKE MR. MILES HAS SAID, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY STOLE THE MIDDLE FENCE LINE, GIVING THEM ALL THE ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY.
I ACTUALLY NEEDED JUST THE WALL AND THE ELECTRIC, THE ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE FIRE.
I'M SORRY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE SQUATTERS ARE ACTUALLY JUST, THEY JUST WALKED THROUGH.
THEY'VE ALREADY STOLE MY PLUMBING.
I, NOW I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEY'VE ALREADY BROKEN ALL MY WINDOWS, WHICH I HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN HAVING TO, UM, PUT A FENCE LINE BECAUSE THEY STOLE THE FENCE LINE.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY STEALING THE OUTSIDE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU WHERE THEY WERE CUTTING ON THE BOTTOM TO STEAL MY OTHER FENCE LINE.
UH, IN ESSENCE, IT HAS BEEN A, IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE SUPPORTING DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.
IN ESSENCE, YOU ARE SUPPORTING DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN.
IS THERE ANYBODY, I GUESS THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION CHAIR? UM, MS. BROWN, WE DO HAVE A, A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
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A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WILL BE READING TO THE RECORD.UM, THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION REQUEST A CONTINUANCE FOR B S B HEARING REGARDING THE STRUCTURE AT SIX 19 SOUTH EZ.
THE H W R A RECEIVED AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION OF THIS HEARING FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST ESTHER ORTIZ AT 7:22 PM ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022.
THE H W R A HAS REQUESTED THAT D S D PROVIDE EARLIER NOTIFICATION OF THESE HEARINGS TO OUR ASSOCIATION SO THAT WE CAN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE OWNER AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
WE HAD BEEN RECEIVING NOTICES AT LEAST THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO HEARINGS AND REQUESTED EARLIER NOTIFICATION INSTEAD OF BEING INFORMED.
EARLIER ON THIS CASE, WE HAD ONE WEEK TO LOOK INTO THE CASE AND TRY TO LOCATE THE OWNER.
BECAUSE OF THIS, WE ASK THAT V S B APPROVE A CONTINUANCE FOR THIS HEARING.
MAY I SAY SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER? SHE HAS ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY.
UM, UH, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM, MA'AM, I APOLOGIZE.
YOU NEED REINSTATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS RENEE BRUNA, UH, 1700 SOUTH HAMILTON 62 0 1.
I'M TALKING ON REGARDS OF SIX 19 SOUTH RAS THE OWNER, WE KNEW THE OWNER.
WE WERE TRYING TO BUY THE PROPERTY FROM HER, HER SIBLINGS, BUT THERE WAS A FEW THAT THEY DIDN'T WANNA SELL, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM.
BUT THAT OWNER HAS PASSED AWAY, SO THAT'S THE REASON YOU CANNOT FIND THE OWNER.
UM, THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT IN IS FROM LETICIA SANCHEZ WITH HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
WERE THERE ANY OTHERS? WERE THAT'S IT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX 19 CHUPA, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SUBSECTIONS 1, 5 6 OF 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS AND REMAIN SECURED.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
THE MOTION IS, UH, FOR A DEMO 30 DAY DEMO, AND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS SECURE UNDER SECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SUNGA? YES, MR. ZUNIGA? UH, I, I GUESS THIS IS STAFF OF LEGAL.
UH, WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, THIS EMAIL GOT SOMETHING BEFORE, BUT THIS EMAIL HERE, THERE'S
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WAS MAIL SENT OUT.LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
DO THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE GET A COPY OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR B S B OR NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT US? MR.
UH, WELL, LET, LET ME, THIS IS LEGAL.
LET'S, LET'S STOP, LET'S FINISH THE MOTION AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO ADMINISTRATIVE, WE'LL, WE'LL ADDRESS IT.
SO WE WILL ADDRESS IT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.
SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE HAVE, UM, UH, THE EYES HAVE IT, AND NOW, UM, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE, I, I BELIEVE MOTION AS MR. RIGHT.
SO LET, LET ME MAKE SURE, AND I, I HAVE MR. LIGA HERE WITH ME JUST IN CASE I'M INCORRECT.
WHEN NOTICES ARE SENT OUT TO, UM, OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, LIEN HOLDERS, SO HAVE YOU, IT ALSO GETS SENT OUT TO COUNSEL.
UM, THERE IS A EARLY NOTICE, UM, LIKE A EARLY HEADS UP THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES SEND TO COUNSEL AT TIMES.
UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO, UM, DO THEY GET NOTICE? YES.
THEY, THEY, THEY GET NOTICE WHEN, WHEN THE OWNERS GET NOTICE.
SO, UH, THEY DO, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS DO NOT GET NOTICE BEFORE THE OWNERS.
UH, THEY GET NOTICE WHEN THE OWNERS GET NOTICE AND WHEN COUNSEL GET NOTICE.
WOULD THAT BE CORRECT, DANNY? SO, SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, IF THE HOME ASSOCIATION OR THE HISTORIC WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND HERE, THEN IT IS THE PERSONS OR THE HOME ASSOCIATIONS OR THE HISTORIC, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO LOOK AT THE GOVERNMENT LISTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING UP, WHAT I, I GUESS THEY GO FROM BY A MONTH, MONTH.
AND YOU SEE, BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD.
THE THING IS, IS THEY DON'T GIVE US AN, AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE GOING TO DO WHAT WE GOING TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN THIS IN INHERITANCE OR, YOU KNOW, NO, NO.
WILL WE, WE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT MY THING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, I WAS INVITED TO GO TO A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CO MEETINGS AND, UH, BY OUR UNIT.
SO I'LL PROBABLY GO TO THAT AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET WITH YOU ERIC OR SOMEBODY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS TO GO OVER IT AND JUST, WELL, I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE PERSON THAT ISSUED THAT EMAIL WAS THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT ISSUED THAT.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT DANNY HAS SOME INFORMATION THAT HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, ABOUT THE UPCOMING S A P M C REVIEW.
BUT I WOULD ALSO, I I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS AND WE TRY TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE AND EVERYBODY ELSE AWARE, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS, UH, LET ME USE THE TRAIN REFERENCE, THE CABOOSE.
IF WE ARE DEALING WITH PROPERTIES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES NOT BELIEVE IS THEY'RE GETTING ANY TYPE OF HELP OR ASSISTANCE OR, OR THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYONE WORKING WITH THEM, THEN, UH, THEY WILL TRY ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, CITATIONS.
THEY'LL TRY THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THE NOTE, THE, THE ACTUAL VIOLATION CRIMINAL CASE.
UM, PROPERTIES THAT ARE REALLY BAD AND, AND NUISANCE PROPERTIES FOR YEARS, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL ASK THE, THE DART UNIT TO LOOK AT THAT.
BUT IF THE PROPERTY HAS COME AND IT BECOMES IN FRONT OF YOU AND IS PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, IT IS BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY, UM, THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY COOPERATION OR ANY POSITIVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR IMPROVEMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO THEY COME TO THIS BOARD WHO HAS JUDICIAL, UH, QUASI-JUDICIAL POWER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION, WHICH MEANS IF YOU, IF YOU, UM, GO IN FAVOR OF, OF, OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECOMMENDATION FOR A HOMEOWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER TO, UM, APPEAL THAT DECISION THAT THIS BOARD MAKES, THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT TO DISTRICT COURT.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS THE LAST STOP.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, START WORKING WITH SOME OF THE
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HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM.I KNOW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD TO ACTIVELY ADDRESS THOSE PROPERTIES.
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PROPERTIES AND CERTAIN STRUCTURES THAT ARE, UH, DILAPIDATED OR, OR HAVE PROBLEMS OR CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN START ADDRESSING THOSE PROPERTIES BEFORE IT COMES HERE.
LIKE I SAID, AND I CAN, I CAN USE MY SOAPBOX BECAUSE I'M ON MY WAY OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST GET TIRED OF PEOPLE WALKING TO A PLACE AND THE, THE FIRST THING THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, IS YOU ALL AIN'T DOING YOUR JOB.
OR I HEAR AT THE CONVERSATION, EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO LIKE I SAY, I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M ON MY SOAPBOX.
LIKE I, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HATE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ON MY WAY OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SHUT MY MOUTH, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY, THAT'S BAD.
THERE, THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE THAT O H P WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE ON JULY THE SECOND OF 2021.
UH, AND O P'S FINDING WAS THAT THE HOUSING WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
SO IN ESSENCE, UH, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ISSUE OF COORDINATION WITH O H P, WITH THE WEST SIDE HISTORICAL DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEREFORE, UH, I SORT OF DISCOUNTED THE REQUEST BECAUSE, UH, ON JULY THE SECOND OF 2021, THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE TAKEN ACTION IN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
UH, AND ON TOP OF THAT, IF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WANTS TO APPEAL, THEY NEED TO ALSO COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE SAME THING THAT THE OWNER WOULD TALK TO US ABOUT.
AND THAT IS, HERE'S THE FUNDING SITUATION, HERE'S THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'VE GOT, HERE'S THE PLAN OF ACTION TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.
UH, SO THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IN THIS CASE ONLY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE REQUEST OR COMMENT, UH, I TOOK AS BEING AN INVALID COMMENT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN, IN DISTRICT TWO FOR, EXCUSE ME, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, DEMOLITIONS OR WHATEVER, OR ZONING CASES, THERE'S A 200 FOOT RADIUS THAT NEIGHBORS ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE, UM, NOTICES ABOUT A CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT DISTRICT MIGHT GET, UH, THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS MIGHT GET A NOTICE AND THE OTHERS DON'T.
SO I'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME AND, UH, WHY ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS DON'T RECEIVE NOTICES.
I MEAN, WE HAD A CASE IN POINT JUST, UH, LA THIS WEEK WHERE THERE'S A, UH, ONE PROPERTY AND A LADY LIVES RIGHT BEHIND THAT PROPERTY, AND SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY KIND OF NOTICE.
AND SHE'S DEFINITELY WITHIN THE 200 FOOT.
SHE'S LIKE THE NEIGHBOR BACKDOOR.
AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 200 FOOT RADIUS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A NOTICE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON THE CITY.
SO, DANNY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT OR NOT ZONING IT? YEAH, IT'S CODE.
IT'S EITHER CODE OR, UH, UM, WHEN YOU GET IN A ZONING YEAH, A REZONING THAT'S, THEY GIVE IT 200 FEET FROM THE PREMISE.
200 FEET AROUND, WHICH ANYBODY WITHIN THAT AREA, TO BE FAIR, I, I, I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY BIGGER THAN FEET.
'CAUSE I, I GOT NOTICE RECENTLY OF THIS IS POSSIBLY BEING BUILT.
WHAT I WOULD SAY I WOULD, I, WHAT I DON'T WANT US TO DO IS GET INTO THINGS THAT ARE OFF TOPIC IN REGARDS TO BUILDING STANDARD BOARD AND WHAT COMES IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
UM, BUT I WILL ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT THE, UH, THE NOTICES THAT THEY SENT, MAYBE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KEEP A COPY OF THE NOTICES SENT AND THE PEOPLE THEY SEND IT TO.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES, LOOK, I'M, I, NO ONE IS PERFECT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, HEY, I DIDN'T GET NOTICE.
DOESN'T MEAN NOTICE WASN'T SENT TO YOU.
I DIDN'T GET NOTICE MEANS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE CHECKED OR YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION.
UM, IT WOULD BE STRANGE AND OUTTA THE ORDINARY WORKING FOR CODE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR 15 PLUS YEARS, OR BEING THEIR ATTORNEY, THAT THEY'RE GONNA SEND NOTICE OUT TO A, B, D, E AND F.
BUT WE'RE GONNA JUST FORGET ABOUT C AND E FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.
I, I, I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, UH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN PROVIDE PROOF THAT THEY SENT NOTICE TO EVERYONE THAT WAS IN A, FOR INSTANCE, A 300 FOOT RADIUS OR A 400 FOOT RADIUS, 200.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE, AND DANNY HEARS ME, HE KNOWS I'M, I'M SAYING I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
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RECORDS OF WHO WE SEND INFORMATION TO, TO BACK UP OR TO SHOW SHOWED, HEY, WE DID SEND NOTICE TO YOU.HERE'S, HERE'S THE PROOF AND WE'RE SORRY YOU DIDN'T GET IT.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO, WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANNA FAIL ON PROVIDING IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
I I DON'T WANT US TO GET OFF ON ZONING, UM, BUT I, AS, AS AN ATTORNEY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS ADDRESSED.
YES, JODY CRUM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I ALSO WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT YES, ONCE WE PUBLISH THE AGENDA TO THE PRIME GOV, THE ONLINE SYSTEM, WE ALSO DO NOTIFY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF, UM, BY EMAIL.
AND THIS IS DONE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE HEARING.
WE ALSO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH EMAIL AND BY MAIL AS A COURTESY, BUT THEY NEVER HAVE ANY RESPONSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR CITY COUNCIL'S, PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT THEIR DISTRICTS AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WANT DEMOLITION AND THEY DON'T WANT THIS, THEY DON'T WANT THAT.
I JUST KIND OF BLOW IT OFF BECAUSE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED, THEY WOULD BRING YOUR BUTTS DOWN HERE AND SIT AND SEE WHAT WE DO AND, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE TAKE A RIDE THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHO CAN I HELP TODAY? BUT THEY DON'T.
THEY SIT UP THERE IN THEIR LITTLE IVORY TOWERS AND THEY DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I AM GONNA ASK, UNLESS WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES IN REGARDS TO, UH, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
ALL RIGHT, WE DONE WITH THAT? COULD I, THAT'S OKAY, CHAIR.
ALL RIGHT, JUDY, I HAVE AN MINUTES GO AHEAD.
I ALSO WANTED TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE VACANCIES YOU WANNA GO? IS THAT OKAY? JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT CORY, TY, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR WAS A PAIN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD ON FEBRUARY 17TH, UH, 2022, AND HE'LL BE ON PANEL A.
UM, RECENTLY, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 24TH TO CONSIDER THREE AT LARGE APPLICANTS AND ONE REAPPOINTMENT TO THE B S B.
THE MOTION PASSED TO MOVE THE ITEMS FORWARD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING APPLICANTS AND WEINER AT LARGE POSITION ISH GUPTE AND AT LARGE POSITION, AND ROBERT TAPIA AN AT LARGE REAPPOINTMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOTION TO APPROVE MICAH HARPER FOR THE AT LARGE, UM, AT, OR THE AT LARGE APPOINTMENT FAILED WITH THE MOTION OF, WITH THE VOTE OF A 1 3, 2, 1.
SO MR. HARPER WILL NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO THE AT LARGE POSITION FOR THE B S B.
SO THE APPLICANTS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE MARCH 17TH AGENDA.
AND MR. NELSON, YOU'RE ALSO SCHEDULED, UM, FOR A REAPPOINTMENT ON THIS DATE AS WELL, AND A NEW APPOINTMENT.
DAVID D. GARZA FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, WHICH WILL LEAVE TWO VACANCIES FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THEN ADDITIONAL AT LARGE POSITION.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY ON, UH, MICHAEL HARPER, UH, WE LOST A PERSON THAT WAS FAIR AND BALANCED AND HAD AL AL ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO ATTRIBUTE TO D S G B S B.
AND HE'LL, SORRY TO HEAR HIM, BUT HE'LL PROBABLY WIND UP WITH HOUSING SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.
HE WILL BE MISSED, I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL BE MISSED.
AND HE HAD A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE USED TO PLAY OFF OF, AND, UM, SO I HATE THAT HE DIDN'T GET THE APPOINTMENT OR THE UM, UH, OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, I REALLY HATE THAT, AND I HATED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST HIM.
HE, HE WAS REALLY AN OUTSTANDING PERSON.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I GOT ONE MORE JENNIFER ITEM.
AND I BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER, AND I'M PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD, UH, BECAUSE IT MAY GIVE A POTENTIAL, UM, ETHICS ISSUE.
SO I'M BRINGING IT TO THE RECORD.
UM, I HAVE A CLIENT THAT THE C P S IS PUTTING OR GETTING READY TO DO A INSPECTION ON A SOLAR ARRAY.
UM, MY CLIENT ASKED ME TO LOOK AT THE GROUNDING AREA BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT TO HER.
SHE'S AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, AND I TOLD HER, LET ME CRACK SOME BOOKS AND SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.
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CAME OUT LAST FRIDAY FROM THE COMPANY AND STARTED TO DO THEIR CORRECTIONS, WHICH WEREN'T IN CODE.WHEN I ASK HIM ABOUT IT, HE'S CORRECTING, BUT EVERY TIME I SHOW HIM, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE N E C SAYS.
HE GOES, WELL, WE GO BY CITY CODE.
I SAID, THE CITY CODE IS N E C.
I, WITH THAT SAID THIS, THIS IS LEGAL.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR.
THIS, WE, WE RECORD, WE STREAM.
IS THIS REGARDING B S B? IT TO A DEGREE, BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF IN THE ELECTRICAL AREA CAN BE BROUGHT UP AS A CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO, AND NOT JUST THIS AREA, WHAT I RIGHT, BUT BEING, HOLD ON.
IT BEING A POTENTIAL B S B ISSUE AS COMPARED TO IT IS A B S B ISSUE PRETTY MUCH IN ALL CODE ISSUES, COULD POTENTIALLY BE A BUILDING STANDARD BOARD, UM, ISSUE.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DISCUSS AT BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD ON STREAM.
I, I AND I, I'M, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT IT HEAR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA GO BEHIND A DOOR AND SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, THAT WAS AN ETHICAL ISSUE.
YOU SHOULD, YEAH, THAT'S, I'M, IT, IT'S NOT, IF YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING'S AN ETHICAL ISSUE, WHAT I WOULD URGE YOU TO DO IS YOU CAN DRAFT A, AN, AN EMAIL, UM, TO, TO SAVITA AND YOU CAN CC CC ME AND, AND SAM ADAMS. AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS, BASED ON THE CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE, WE CAN TELL YOU HOW TO PROCEED WITH IT.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THE, THE, THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED OR CONCERNING BUILDING STANDARDS, BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I, I WANT TO, AS YOUR ATTORNEY, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA FIND OUT.
I WANT TO LAY IT AND THEN I'D IT, I URGE I'D, I'D URGE YOU TO SEND US AN EMAIL.
WE ARE YOUR LEGAL, WE'RE, WE'RE YOUR LEGAL TEAM.
THEN MAY I ASK THIS? SEND YOU BOTH ARE PRESENT NOW.
AND IN ADDITION THE, YOU ASKING FOR POSSIBLE LEADING LEGAL GUIDANCES.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR LEGAL GUIDANCE.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP YOU.
I'M GONNA, IF, IF SOMETHING, IF SOMETHING YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT, LET'S GO EXECUTIVE, BUT I'M GONNA STOP YOU.
THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT ALSO DEALS WITH THE D S D.
IF YOU WANT TO ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'M ASKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT IS NOW 1111 13:00 AM AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HAS RESUMED AND NOTHING WAS, UM, ACCOMPLISHED IN THE, UH, OF IMPORTANCE THAT PERTAINS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE HAVE RETURNED AND NOW IT'S, UH, 10 11:20 AM AND BY UNANIMOUS DECISION,