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WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
I'M THE CHAIR PANEL A SO COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL? DWAYNE NELSON.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMIN TOMAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
OKAY, I'M GONNA READ, EXCUSE ME.
I'M GONNA READ THE, UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
UH, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT COULD 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 MATTER, EXCUSE ME.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ALLOWED, UH, WILL BE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED, UH, PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU, UH, HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED YOUR HEARING NOTICE, COULD WE RUN THE VIDEO, THE SPANISH VIDEO? IT'LL COME UP AFTER.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER IS TO, UM, IS TO, UH, AS TO A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE CAUSE FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINE.
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 PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON THE MONIES AT HAND, REQUIRE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL, UH, WORK, ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITHIN REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY, ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, STAFF.
SHOW UH, MEMBERS, UH, BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE KNOW THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, UH, PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD DURING THE, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AS PER CITY SECTION CODE 16 DASH 2 36.
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EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO[ Approval of Minutes ]
READ THE MINUTES THAT WAS SENT OUT TO YOU? YES, I MOVED THIS ROBERT TAPIA MOVE TO, UH, ACCEPT THE MINUTES.WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? OKAY.
ALL OPPOSED? ANY ANYONE MUST ABSTAIN? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DID HE GET A CHANCE TO READ 'EM OR SHOULD HE ABSTAIN A NEW PERSON? MR. GUPTA, THIS IS JUDY KRUM.
THE MINUTES WERE SENT OUT TO MR. GUPTE AS WELL.
I'M SORRY, THE MINUTES WERE SENT OUT TO MR. GUPTE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN THE EYES HAVE IT.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, A CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UM, A COUPLE ITEMS TO PULL AND ONE ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
UH, FIRST ITEM TO PULL WILL BE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, LISTED AS A DANGEROUS PREMISE, ONE 50 PENNY STONE AVENUE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
UM, OWNER, UM, HAD AN EMERGENCY IN THE FAMILY AND DID REQUEST THE RESET, SO WE DID GO AHEAD AND AGREE WITH THAT.
IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR, FOR THE MAY, UH, HEARING.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE LOCATED AT 1203 NU.
THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, THE HONOR DID COMPLY ON THIS PROPERTY, SO IT'S NO LONGER IN VIOLATION.
SO WE HAVE PULLED THAT ONE AS WELL.
THE NEXT ITEM IS AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 27 39 TUCKER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH THE 12TH OF 2022.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE DEMOLITION DID OCCUR ON MARCH THE 18TH OF 2022.
AND WE DO HAVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS, UM, OF THIS PROPERTY.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT THIS MORNING UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, START OUR INDIVIDUAL CASES NOW.
AND THE FIRST CASE IS TWO 11
WHAT IS THIS? 1 2 4 6 LYNNHAVEN LYNN LINHAVEN DRIVE.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT TWO 11 LINHAVEN DRIVE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 2 2 11 LINHAVEN DRIVE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THIS BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 14 3 1 1 BLOCK ONE, LOT FIVE, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS VERNON AND BUTLER WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF TWO 11 LYNNHAVEN DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 0.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT TODAY, VER MS. VERNON BUTLER AND SS A P D RODRIGUEZ.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? THANK YOU.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER, 2020 NINTH, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT TWO 11 LYNNHAVEN DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER, SORRY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021.
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THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS REMAIN, IT WAS REMAINS PENDING RETURN ON APRIL 4TH, 2021.A BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL MS. BUTLER ON MARCH 24TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT TWO 11 LYNNHAVEN ON MARCH 24TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO MS. VERNON AND BUTLER WITH THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS REMAIN PENDING RETURN ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 ON APRIL AND APRIL 4TH, 2022, THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS AT THIS TIME THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IN THE PHOTO HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THIS IS FOR AN ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS CONSISTS OF BRICK AS WELL AS WOOD SIDING.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S DETERIORATION TO THE, TO THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WITH ROTTING AND DETERIORATING.
MOVING ON TO THE RIGHT, THE ELEVATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE OVERHANG IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
UH, STARTING TO SHOW HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE SMALL AREA WHERE THE WATER HEATER IS AT, UH, IS NOW DETACHED AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE.
WITH THE SIDING STARTING TO FALL OFF OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
MOVING TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN THE ROOF SYSTEM SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF DETERIORATION IN THAT AREA.
WHEN WE GET FURTHER INTO INSIDE, THAT'S WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS HOLES.
AGAIN, THE SIDING IS STARTING TO FALL OFF OR, AND, UH, AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE.
MOVING INTO THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE AGAIN, JUST DECIDING IT'S STARTING TO FALL.
THERE IS GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS, WHICH ARE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF, UH, SQUATTERS GOING ONTO THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, JUST MORE GRAFFITI ON THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE GOING INSIDE.
SIGNS OF, UH, SQUATTERS ACTUALLY GOING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT ROOM, SAME ROOM JUST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, JUST SHOWING THE ROOF'S, UH, THE CEILING.
UH, THERE'S SOME LITTLE SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING WHERE THE, UH, THE AIR VENT IS AT.
LOOKING TO THE RIGHT FROM THE FRONT DOOR, AGAIN, JUST MAJOR SIGNS OF PEOPLE GOING INSIDE, STAYING INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THERE IS A HOLE RIGHT ABOVE THAT AREA FROM THE SAME ROOM JUST SHOWING THAT THE SHEET ROCK HAS, IS STARTING TO BREAK APART AND FALL OFF.
MOVING INTO THE, THE HALLWAY, UH, THIS IS MORE SIGNS OF DEBRIS JUST SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AND THERE IS CRACKING TO THE SLAB ITSELF.
AND THIS IS IN THE HALLWAY AS WELL, IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. JUST AGAIN, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
I JUST TOOK THE PHOTOS FROM THE DOORWAY ITSELF.
IN THE SAME ROOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS SOME WALL SEPARATION FOR THE SHEET ROCK TO THE CEILING, AS WELL AS THE WALL.
AND THIS IS GOING ALONG THE, THE FRONT OF THIS PHOTO.
GOING TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE SEPARATION MOVING INTO THE NEXT ROOM.
AGAIN, JUST MORE DEBRIS AS WELL AS SEPARATION TO THE WALLS IN THE CEILING.
UH, IN THE SAME ROOM RIGHT ABOVE THE DOORWAY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A HOLE WITH LIGHT COMING IN, MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN, JUST SHOWING SIGNS OF PEOPLE GOING INSIDE, GOING THROUGH THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THERE'S A CRACK ON THAT SHEET ROCK TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO.
AT THE ONE POINT, THIS WAS THE CARPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN ENCLOSED, UH, JUST AGAIN SHOWING THAT THE CEILING, UH, TILES HAVE FALLEN, UH, THAT THERE IS LEAVES, THERE'S DEBRIS INSIDE OF THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF AND ABOVE, YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A LARGE HOLE, WHICH IS STARTING TO ROT AND DETERIORATE.
THE WOOD, THE ROOF SYSTEM ITSELF FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SAME ROOM.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF, UM, ROOF, UH, SHINGLES, THE ROOF SHINGLES THAT HAVE, UH, FALLEN, I'M SORRY, THE TILES FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THE ROOF ITSELF, JUST SHOWING SEVERAL HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM WITH WATER DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT TWO 11, LINHAVEN DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE
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EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 57 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN R 1 2 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS AND DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TWO 11.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, MA'AM.
MR. ANDER, DID YOU AT ANY TIME LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PERMIT FOR THAT, UH, ENCLOSURE ON THE GARAGE? NO, THERE'S NO, THERE WAS NO PERMITS THAT I HAD SEEN ON THE PROPERTY AND I NOTICED THE WATER METER, I MEAN THE GAS METER WAS OFF.
ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND GAS HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED SINCE FEBRUARY 2ND, 2006.
SO IT'S NOTHING THERE, IS THERE? NO.
AND THE ONLY THING YOU SAW WAS SQUATTERS? YES.
SO AT THE TIME WE HAD REPORTS FROM OUR INITIAL INSPECTION THAT THERE WAS PEOPLE LIVING IN THERE, BUT THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.
JUST SIGNS OF SQUATTERS GOING IN AND OUT.
UH, ON APRIL 4TH, 2022, I DID DO AN ABATEMENT TO GET THE PROPERTY CLEANED AND SECURED BECAUSE IT WAS UNSECURED.
AND THAT'S DONE STILL? OR HAS IT BEEN IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
HAS IT BEEN REMOVED SO THEY CAN GET IN THERE OR THE, THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SECURED WITH THE DEBRIS REMOVED OUTSIDE.
SO NOBODY'S TRIED TO GET BACK INTO STRUCTURE? NOT, NOT AT THIS MOMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A DART OFFICER HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS? SS A P D OFFICER RODRIGUEZ.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? UH, FINE.
UM, SO A FEW CONCERNS I HAVE, UM, WITH CALLS OUT TO THE HOUSE.
UM, MRS. BUTLER, UM, SHE HAS A SON THAT WAS STAYING THERE WITH HER WITHOUT PERMISSION, BUT HE WAS STAYING THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, HE HAD GAINED ACCESS TO THE HOUSE.
HE WAS HAVING PEOPLE COME OVER.
UM, SO A LOT OF THAT WAS COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS, UM, KIDS.
'CAUSE THERE'S A SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO KIDS WERE SKIPPING SCHOOL AND WOULD GO HANG OUT AT THAT PROPERTY.
SO I GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, MY H O A, UH, NEARBY AND OTHER NEIGHBORS.
UM, SO A LOT OF THE CALLS MADE TO THE HOUSE WERE FROM THE SON BEING THERE AND DISTURBANCES AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AND THINGS.
UM, THAT KIND OF STEMMED FROM, FROM HIM BEING THERE.
UM, SINCE WE DID THE DART, WHICH WAS, UH, SEPTEMBER 21ST, I BELIEVE, 2021.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM BACK THERE.
HE WASN'T THERE WHEN WE WENT THAT DAY AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE.
UM, BUT THAT'S MAINLY JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL THE TRASH.
UM, HE WAS WORKING ON CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY, SO HE HAD TONS OF STUFF, SO IT WAS JUST A NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, HAVING TO, TO JUST HAVE RANDOM PEOPLE COME AND GO AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY EVERYTHING LOOKED.
ALSO, DID Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, ANY CRIMINAL UH, DOCUMENTATION? UM, YEAH, WE HAD, I MEAN, THERE WAS, THERE WAS CALLS TO THE LOCATION.
UM, I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT, UH, WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM 'CAUSE HE HAD A, A FAMILY VIOLENCE WARRANT.
AND, UM, THE OTHER CALLS THAT STEMMED OUT OF THERE, UM, THAT ACTUALLY, UM, LED TO REPORTS BEING WRITTEN WERE A LOT OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND ASSAULTS AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE ASSAULTS WERE BETWEEN PEOPLE HE HAD OVER THERE.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAD DISTURBANCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.
UM, BUT A LOT OF IT WOULD HAPPEN AT NIGHT, UM, OVER THERE.
DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF CALLS? UH, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THE, HOW MANY, HOW MANY CALLS? HOW MANY CALLS? YEAH, WERE MADE, LET'S SEE, FROM, FROM JANUARY 8TH, 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 21ST, OR WAS ABOUT 10.
SO I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT, UM, HER
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SON, UM, MR. BUTLER BEGAN STAYING THERE AND THEN THEY STARTED AFTER THAT.SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE HAD BEEN THERE.
UM, BUT FROM THAT TIME THERE'S ABOUT 10 CALLS.
WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND ARE WE DOING ANY DRIVE-BYS NOW? YES, WE'VE BEEN SINCE EVEN BEFORE, UH, WE EXECUTED THE DART WARRANT, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING PATROL BUYS 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING TO GO SPEAK WITH HIM.
UM, 'CAUSE I HAD DEALT WITH HIM BEFORE, UM, ON ONE OF THE CALLS THAT CAME OUT, UM, A DISTURBANCE, UH, HE WAS HAVING ACTUALLY WITH ONE OF THE CODE OFFICERS TRYING TO, TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, HE WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WITH THEM.
UM, BUT YES, AND WE STILL, WE STILL DO PATROL BUYS AND THAT'S BEEN BECAUSE, JUST TO MAKE SURE NOBODY'S THERE.
BUT ALSO THE KIDS, THE CONCERNS FROM, UH, THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE KIDS GOING BACK THERE AND, AND DOING DRUGS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GAINING ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LEAVING A MESS.
HUH? THE THE OWNER? YES, THE OWNER.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR GOOD MORNING? MY NAME IS VERNON BUTLER AND I'M THE OWNER OF TWO 11 IN HAVEN.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE.
TWO 11 LINHAVEN IS THE PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, YOU WANNA PRESENT YOUR CASE, MA'AM? UM, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS AS BAD AS IT IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THERE AND MY SON WAS, UH, NOT REALLY LIVING THERE, BUT HE WAS GOING THERE AND I WAS JUST UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE GAVE ME.
NOW I PUT ON A, UH, WOODEN FENCE ACROSS THE BACK, UM, THAT PROPERTIES, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, NO, IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, I PUT A WOODEN FENCE.
I HAD SOMEONE TO GO AND, UM, BOARD UP THE WINDOWS AND THINGS, BUT THEY TELL ME THAT THE DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN.
AND AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING, UM, ALL OF THEM KNOW WHERE I LIVE AND NO ONE HAVE, UH, COMPLAINED TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING.
IN FACT, THEY WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME THAT THEY WAS OVER THERE ON THE FOURTH
THE NEIGHBOR'S THE ONE THAT NOTIFIED ME NOW, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HADN'T COMPLAINED, YOU KNOW, AND AS FAR AS THE YARD WAS CONCERNED, THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY COULDN'T.
ALL THE YARDS THERE ARE THE SAME.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT NO EXCUSE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW.
AND, UM, THE REASON I OWNED THE HOUSE IS BECAUSE I HAD BOUGHT IT FOR MY SISTER AND SHE HAD LET IT GO INTO FORECLOSURE AND I TOOK IT OUT OF FORECLOSURE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND MY SON WAS UP THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD OR ANY WHAT, MA'AM? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, MA'AM? TO THE, NO, MA'AM.
DO YOU, DO YOU PLAN TO FIX THE PROPERTY OR NOT? I'M PLANNING ON SELLING IT AS IS.
DO YOU HAVE A, DID YOU BRING IN A CONTRACT THIS MORNING? NO, MA'AM.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING MY SIDE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DID ANYBODY ELSE? I, I DON'T THINK SO.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO SPEAK, UH, ON THAT'S SS A P D.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? IT'S ROBERT TAPI HERE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR, UM, THE DEMOLITION.
I MOVE TO THE PROPERTY AT 2 1 1 LYNN HAVEN DRIVE, SEVEN EIGHT SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 2 0 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO, EXCUSE ME, FROM MR. TAPIA UNDER SECTIONS 1, 2, 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, AND
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17.DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. ANDERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL OR DWAYNE NELSON? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
IT PASSES AND ON TO THE NEXT CASE.
OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, 1246 CLOWER.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1246 CLOWER, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2, UH, ZERO ONE.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 7 1 6 4.
LOCATING COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE OWNER OF RECORD IS FELIX ROBERT AND JOYCE SUAREZ.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS CURRENTLY TENANT OCCUPIED.
THE SECTIONS OF THE PROP, SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY'S MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED ARE 3 0 2 0.7 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING DETACHED GARAGES AND FENCES SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND GOOD REPAIR.
ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FREE FROM DETERIORATION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SAFELY SUPPORTING IMPOSED LIVE DEAD AND LIVE LOADS.
ALL FOUNDATION WALLS SHALL BE MAINTAINED, PLUMB AND FREE OF OPEN CRACKS, BRAKES, AND SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD CONDITION SO AS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF RODENTS AND OTHER PESTS.
ROOF AND DRAINAGE ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN.
ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS DOWN PORTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIRS.
ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS AND DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND SEDENTARY CONDITION.
LOOSE PLASTERED, DECAYED WOOD AND OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACES SHALL, UH, SURFACE CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED.
3 0 5 0.4 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES EVERY STAIR RAMP, LANDING BALCONY, PORCH DECK, OR OTHER WALKING SURFACE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION IN GOOD REPAIR.
AND OTHER THAN DWELLING UNITS, EVERY TOILET ROOM FLOOR SHALL BE MAINTAINED WITH A SMOOTH, HARD NONABSORBENT SURFACE TO PREVENT SUCH FLOOR TO BE EASILY TO REMIT EACH FLOOR TO BE EASILY KEPT CLEAN AND INS SANITARY CONDITION.
5 0 4 0.1 GENERAL, ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN WORKING ORDER AND SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, DEFECTS, AND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH FOR SUCH PLUMBING FIXTURES ARE DESIGNED, ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SAFE, SANITARY, AND FUNCTIONING CONDITION.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL HAVE ACTUAL, UH, SHALL HAVE ADEQUATE CLEARANCES FOR USAGE AND CLEANING.
5 0 4 0.3 PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT A PLUMBING SYSTEM IN A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OR THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE.
INADEQUATE VENTING, CROSS CONNECTION, BACKAGE, IMPROPER INSTALLATION, DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIALS SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.
5 0 6 0.1 GENERAL, ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY CONNECTED TO EITHER A PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM OR AN APPROVED PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM.
5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE EVERY PLUMBING STACK, VENT, WASTE, AND SEWER LINE SHALL BE FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND BE KEPT FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, AND DEFECTS.
INSTALLATION ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, WIRING AND APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, MAINTAINED IN A SAFE AND PROOF MANNER.
GENERAL EGRESS, SAFE AND CONTINUOUS UNOBSTRUCTED PATH
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OF TRAVEL SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ANY POINT IN THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO THE PUBLIC WAY.MEANS EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.
INITIAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED.
THE TENANTS ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE IN TO THE INTERIOR.
WE DOCUMENTED ALL VIOLATIONS AND ISSUED NOTICES OF VIOLATION.
S A P D AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING WERE ONSITE WITH US AT THAT TIME.
COMPLETED AN INSPECTION FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, NO VISIBLE REPAIRS.
SPOKE WITH OWNERS OVER THE PHONE EXPLAINING THE NOTICES AND THE VIOLATIONS.
ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2002, A GENERAL REPAIR PERMIT WAS PULLED TO INSTALL THREE DOORS.
FLOORING REPLACE, REPLACE SOME FLOORBOARDS ON THE PORCH, REPLACE WINDOW SILLS IF NEEDED WHEN REPLACING WINDOW GLASS.
THE PROPERTY ALSO HAS A PENDING ELECTRICAL PERMIT PULLED ON JANUARY, 2022 TO REPAIR WIRING IN THE GUTTER BOX.
WE'VE RETURNED THE PROPERTY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING OFFERED RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE TENANTS.
THE TENANTS WERE, UH, ALLOWED.
INSPECTION, UH, THE INTERIOR INSPECTION.
UPDATED PHOTOS WERE TAKEN, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
MARCH 8TH, UH, NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED.
MET WITH THE OWNERS ON SITE TO EXPLAIN THE NOTICES AND THE B S B PROCESS.
MARCH 24TH, COMPLETED AN INTERIOR INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY.
PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN VACATED.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY, WELL, LET'S GO THROUGH THE PICTURES.
SO THIS IS THE STRUCTURE FROM THE STREET.
UM, THE, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THE TREE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THERE IS A BALCONY HAS BEEN ADDED.
AND IT IS, THERE IS NO SUPPORTS UNDERNEATH IT.
IT IS ACTUALLY JUST USING THAT OVERHANG AS A SUPPORT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S THE FIRST NOTICE WE ISSUED NEXT.
AND THAT IS THE, A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE SECOND NOTICE.
THAT IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND, UH, THE CONDITION OF THAT STRUCTURE.
NEXT, THAT IS THE, UH, TREE, UH, IN THE ROOF.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED WOOD AND, UH, THE COMPROMISED, UH, OVERHANG AND ROOF STRUCTURE.
NEXT BROKEN GL UH, GLAZING NEXT.
AND THAT IS THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE, THAT IS FROM WATER DAMAGE COMING IN THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM AND, UH, THE, UH, PLASTER AND INTERIOR SURFACES.
NEXT, THAT IS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THE BLOCKED EGRESS THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE'S JUST NO CLEAR PATH TO MUL MULTIPLE WINDOWS.
NEXT, UH, THAT IS AGAIN, UH, THE STRUCTURE MOVING AND, UH, SEPARATION IN THE, IN THE, UH, WALL, IN THE WALLS AND THE WIRING.
NEXT, THERE'S, UH, ONE OF THE WIRING FIG, THE ELECTRICAL FIXTURES HANGING BY THE WIRES.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FLOORING.
AND THE FLOORING THERE IS EXTREMELY SOFT AND IT'S BEEN PATCHED OVER BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES OF WOOD.
AND ALSO THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE EGRESS ISSUES THROUGHOUT.
NEXT, THAT IS UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, ON THIS SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, IF, IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE VERY BACK OF THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE STANDING WATER AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE PIERS ARE NOT PLUM.
NEXT, THAT IS THE PLUMBING FIXTURES, UH, THAT IS JUST BEING HELD UP BY THAT LITTLE, UH, BOARD THERE.
AND THE FLOORING, AGAIN, IS NOT WATERPROOF.
NEXT, THERE'S EXA, THERE IS A BETTER PICTURE OF THE FLOORING IN THE BATHROOMS NEXT.
AND THERE IS THE, THE TOILET IN THE BACK OF THE, UH, BATHROOM.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TOILET AND THE, AND THE TUB NEXT.
AND THAT'S A CLOSER PICTURE OF THAT.
UM, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE HARDER TO SEE IN THIS ONE THAT IS NOT, UH, A WATER RESISTANT FLOORING.
IT'S MOVED AWAY FROM THE WALL.
UM, IT'S TILTING AWAY FROM THE WALL BECAUSE OF THE, THE SOFT FLOORING.
IT, AND IT'S BEEN REPAIRED WITH THE SPRAY FOAM TO TRY TO KEEP THE WATER FROM GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THAT IS THE, UM, THE WATER SYSTEM ITSELF THAT'S LEAKING THE, THE
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PIPE UNDERNEATH THE SINK.NEXT, THAT IS THE, UH, VENT STACK.
AND UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SEWER SYSTEM HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE NEXT.
AND THAT IS, UM, THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE LATEST, A LATER PICTURE.
AND IT'S STILL IN, UH, AN ISSUE.
WE'LL GET A CLOSER PICTURE OF THAT PIPE IN JUST A MOMENT.
NEXT, THAT IS THE FIX THAT WAS MADE.
THAT IS A BICYCLE TUBE TIRE THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE PIPE TO TRY TO STOP THE LEAKING NEXT.
AND THAT IS THE WATER, UH, POOLING UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE.
UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 2 0.7 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES 3 0 4 0.4 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
3 0 4 0.5 FOUNDATION WALLS, 3 0 4 0.7.
ROOF AND DRAINAGE 3 0 4 0.1 3.1.
INTERIOR SURFACES 3 0 5 0.4 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES THREE OH, UH, 5 0 3 0.4.
PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS 5 0 6 0.1.
GENERAL SEWER CONNECTION, 5 0 6 0.2.
MAINTENANCE FIVE, UH, 6 0 5 0.1 INSTALLATION, AND 7 0 7 0 2 0.1 GENERAL EGRESS.
AND THAT THEY BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS AND TO HAVE THE BOARD ENFORCE THE VACATE ORDER UNTIL ALL REPAIRS HAVE PASSED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU SAY THAT LAST STATEMENT AGAIN? THAT, UM, THEY BE, UH, ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS AND ENFORCE THE NOTICE TO VACATE ORDER UNTIL ALL REPAIRS HAVE PASSED.
YOU STATED THAT THERE'S STILL PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY EVEN AFTER YOU NOTICED THE VACATE.
AS OF THE 24TH, HAVE YOU BEEN BY THERE SINCE THE 24TH? WE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN BY SINCE THE 24TH, BUT WE DO KNOW THEY'RE STILL THERE.
DID YOU NOTIFY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? YES.
HAVE THEY BEEN OUT THERE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT? THEY HAVE NOT.
AND TO THIS DATE, YOU'RE STILL SEWAGE ON THE GROUND? THE, WHEN WE LAST INSPECTED IT, YES.
THE WATER UNDERNEATH, IS THAT FROM THE SEWER OR IS IT FROM ANOTHER LEAK? THAT WE DO NOT KNOW IF THAT'S FROM ANOTHER LEAK OR FROM THE SEWER SYSTEM ITSELF, BUT WE DO BELIEVE IT IS FROM THE SEWER.
WAS THE TREE THAT'S GROWING THROUGH THE ROOF, UH, ACTUALLY GROWING THROUGH THE ROOF OR WAS IT FALLING ON THE ROOF? IT DID LOOK LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS STILL HEALTHY AND GROWING.
UH, WAS THE TENANT A LEGITIMATE TENANT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? YES.
THERE, THERE ARE THREE APARTMENTS AT THIS LOCATION AND TWO, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TENANTS THERE.
AND, AND THE BUILDING IS VACANT NOW FROM ALL TENANTS? NO, IT IS STILL OCCUPIED.
UH, TWO OF THE APARTMENTS ARE STILL OCCUPIED.
THERE'S TWO, THREE APARTMENTS, CORRECT? ONE SEWER LINE.
SO ALL THREE OF 'EM COULD BE DUMPING INTO THE SAME SEWER LINE OR THE SAME ISSUES? YES.
AND YOU'VE ONLY ISSUED ONE VACATE OR, OH, THE ONE VACATE IS FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY, WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK.
OKAY, SIR, COULD YOU COME UP AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN OLDER STRUCTURE.
STATE YOUR ADDRESS, SIR, YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND, UH, IT IS AN OLD STRUCTURE.
UH, I STARTED THE SITUATION WITH CALLING THE CITY 'CAUSE THIS LADY THAT'S LIVED THERE 20 YEARS HAS ABOUT 40 CATS AND SIX GUARD DOGS.
CITY HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
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UH, SHE'S A NURSE AND SHE WORKS AT NIGHT.SO DURING THE DAY, I'M NOT LET TO GO IN AND DO ANY OTHER WORK THAT'S NEEDED.
HER BROTHER LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE AND HE IS MAINTENANCE, A MAINTENANCE MAN.
UH, SOMETIMES HE'LL DO THE WORK AND SOMETIMES HE WON'T, BUT HE GETS PAID.
SO ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR MORE TIME TO COMPLETE WHAT THE CITY WANTS DONE.
I AS A 71 YEAR OLD, UH, UH, SURVIVOR OF STROKE AND TWO HEART ATTACKS.
AND MY DOCTORS TELL ME I HAVE A 20% PROBLEM UPSTAIRS.
UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SCHEDULING WITH THE NURSE AND HER BROTHER WHO LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND, UH, TO, UH, A STANDARD PERSON.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK.
BUT I'VE WORKED FOR HP ZACHARY FOR 30 YEARS.
IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T WALK AS FAST AS THE CITY DOES.
UH, IF I'M ALLOWED, I'M ASKING FOR 90 DAYS TO REPAIR EVERYTHING.
UH, AND IT'S ALL MINOR STUFF, BUT ONCE IT'S PUT IN THIS BIG OLD FILM HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK.
UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THE YARD, UH, BY LEASE CONTRACT.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, UH, UH, HANDLE THE PLUMBING.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE 20 YEARS WITH THEIR 40 CATS.
I THINK THE CITY HAD TO HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT TO GO IN.
I DON'T, THEY DON'T LET ME IN.
UH, THEY MEET ME ON THE PORCH WHEN I COLLECT RENTS AND THEY INTIMIDATE ME BY THEIR GUARD DOGS.
SO YES, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT EVICTION, BUT WE HAD THE MORATORIUM FOR SO LONG.
BUT, UH, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF JUST CLEARING THEM OUT SO I CAN DO THE WORK.
AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF INVESTORS FROM CALIFORNIA THAT WANT TO MAKE A CASH DEAL ON IT.
AND, UH, I'M LOOKING TO GET TO THAT POINT.
DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT YOU, YOUR REAL INTENT IS TO SELL THE PROPERTY? UH, PROBABLY YES.
I, I'M OUT, I'M OUT OF THE RENTAL BUSINESS.
I'VE BEEN, UH, RUN INTO SAHA FOR 52 YEARS AND THEY, THEY WOULD THROW ME THE WORST TENANT I'VE EVER HAD.
UH, BEING THAT THEY WERE SOMEWHAT MENTAL AND NOT TELLING ME THEY'D BE SEEING PSYCHIATRISTS AND NOT TELLING THEM.
BUT I TOOK ALL THEIR TRASH AND I HOUSED THEM.
UH, IT'S JUST THAT I'VE GOTTEN OLD AND, UH, I'M ON MEDICATION AND, UH, I I JUST NEED SOME TIME.
THOSE TIME I DON'T, I'M NOT AS YOUNG AS YOU GUYS AND I'M NOT AS HEALTHY AS YOU GUYS.
BUT WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE STUFF ALREADY DONE.
UH, THE SEW PROBLEM WAS, WAS A STOPPAGE DUE TO THEM PUTTING WIPE PIECE DOWN DOWN THE DRAIN.
AND WIES ARE NON, UH, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE TP.
SO WE PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
WE'RE DOING THE WINDOW GLAZING.
I JUST PAID $4,000 TO HAVE IT PAINTED.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND REGLAZED SOME OF THE WINDOWS.
AND, UH, UH, I, I, I THINK IT MAY NEED A FOUNDATION REPAIR AND I'M LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
BUT AT MY AGE, I HAVE A BIG TARGET AND I'VE GOT ALL THESE CONTRACTORS TRYING TO POKE MY EYES OUT.
SO I'VE GOTTA BE REALLY CAREFUL.
UH, EVEN WITH MONEY, THERE'S CONTRACTORS THAT DON'T WANNA WORK.
SO I'M JUST NEED MORE TIME TO FIND THE RIGHT CONTRACTORS.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, THE MORATORIUM TOOK A LOT OF THAT TIME OF EVICTED THESE PEOPLE, BUT I'VE ALREADY MADE MY MIND UP BY THE TIME
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I GO TO COME HERE AND SPEAK FOR MYSELF.I THINK THEY JUST NEED TO GO DOWN THE ROAD SO I CAN DO THE REPAIRS.
SO BASICALLY THEN YOU, YOU INTEND TO REPAIR FIRST AND THEN SELL SECOND? I HAVE, YES.
I HAVE TWO BARS, EXCUSE ME, OUTTA CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE GIVEN ME A GOOD PRICE.
I JUST, I NEED TIME TO, UH, EVICT THESE PEOPLE.
GET THEIR 40 CATS AND DOGS OUT OF THERE.
UH, I'M ALWAYS BEING INTIMIDATED WHEN I GO THERE.
AND, UH, TIME IS TIME IS THE PROBLEM HERE.
YOU'VE HAD THIS HOUSE FOR HOW LONG, SIR? HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE PROPERTY? ABOUT 20, 20 YEARS.
AND THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT, UH, CORRECT.
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
WELL, IT TAKES T IT IT, IT'S TAKEN TIME.
UH, THEY HAVE, UH, ARE YOUNGER THAN US.
THEY KIND OF INTIMIDATE US TO, TO THEY, UH, THE MAINTENANCE GUY WOULD SAY, HEY, I WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND I ALL, I THINK THE REAL PROBLEM AS I HAVE A DISGRUNTLED BROTHER ACROSS THE STREET WHOSE LAWSUIT AND PROBATE DIDN'T GO TOO GOOD.
SO HE'S ALWAYS HARASSING US OR HARASSING THE TENANTS.
UH, LET'S GET BACK TO THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS AN EVICTION NOTICE ISSUED.
THE EVICTION NOTICE HAS BEEN NOT COMPLIED WITH.
WELL, UH, SHE DOESN'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANNA MOVE IT, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT.
I MEAN, THEY SAW THE PAPERWORK.
I I TOLD HER ON THE IN YOU SAID YOU WANT 90 DAYS AND YOU'VE GOT SOME WORK DONE.
DID YOU BRING PHOTOS OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE? THAT'S WHAT WE, WE GOT RECEIPTS AND STUFF WHERE WE PAID THE PEOPLE.
I CAN'T TALK TO YOU YET UNTIL YOU'RE INTRODUCED THE PLUMBING, THE STOPPAGE, THE SEWAGE RIGHT? WAS WAS ED WAS AUGERED OUT AND THE GUY SHOWED ME, LOOK, THIS IS THE STUFF THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN THERE.
BUT, BUT YOU ALSO SAID YOU HAD GLAZING GLAZING.
IT IS JUST, UH, UH, UH, THE HOUSE SHIFTS LIKE EVERY OTHER HOUSE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S BROKEN.
BUT DID YOU TAKE PHOTOS OF THAT WORK AFTER THEY DID IT? OKAY.
MA'AM, IF YOU WANT TO, NOW YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHAT YOUR ADDRESS IS AND THEN YOU CAN, SHE'S MY WIFE OF 40 SOMETHING YEARS.
WELL, SHE HAS TO INTRODUCE FOR THE RECORD, SIR.
AND WE HAVE BEEN, THE PLUMBER HAS BEEN THERE TWO OR THREE TIMES.
HOW ARE YOU?
AND FINALLY, UM, THEY CAME WITH INSTRUMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, CHECKED WHERE IT WAS AT AND, AND THEY CLEANED OUT WHAT THEY DID CLEAN OUT.
BUT THEY ALSO, AS ARE WORKING AT THIS POINT ON, YOU KNOW, SOME DIGGING AND WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO.
AND THEN THE, UH, PAINTERS CAME AND THEY PAINTED THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
THEY PAINTED SOME OF THE INTERIOR.
AND THEN THE CARPENTRY WORK, THE, THE, WE'RE WAITING ON THE CARPENTRY TO COME IN.
DID YOU BRING, UH, BECAUSE YOU SAW THE PHOTOS AND YOU'RE TELLING US THAT YOU DID REPAIRS OTHER THAN THE BILLS.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOS IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF THE COMPLETED WORK.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT MY DAUGHTER WAS SENDING ME RIGHT HERE.
'CAUSE UH, CAN YOU PULL 'EM UP ON YOUR PHONE AND THEN HAND 'EM TO THE, UM, AND, AND SHE CAN PUT 'EM ON A SCREEN ABOVE.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT,
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE? HE SAID 90.
I IF YOU'VE GOT THE PICTURES, GET THE PICTURES SO THEY CAN PUT 'EM ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE.
AND THEN LET YOUR HUSBAND COME BACK AND TALK.
MR. AND THIS DOESN'T, DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHETHER THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED REPAIRS OR THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THE REPAIRS? BECAUSE IF, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THE REPAIRS AND WE'RE INDEED GOING TO ORDER REPAIRS, UH, IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD SO CHOOSES, DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO SEE THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OR DO WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE THE CASE? IF, IF
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SHE HAS THE PHOTOS, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH REPAIRS THEY'VE DONE AND SHOWS THE INTENT THAT THEY ARE DOING IT.NOT THAT THEY JUST SAY THEY DID IT.
I'VE ALWAYS ASKED FOR PICTURES BEFORE.
I PAID $200 FOR A PERMIT ON THAT HOUSE, UH, UH, TO, TO DO THE WORK.
AND, UH, NO, NO, THE MICROPHONE.
I GOT A PERMIT TO DO THE WORK.
GO GET THE WORK DONE ON THE 23RD, I END UP PAYING $200 THROUGH THE CITY.
SO YOU HAVE A PERMIT TO DO WHAT? WELL, IT SAYS IT'S IN GENERAL.
SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR INTERIOR'S, PAINTING AND EXTERIOR.
WELL, DID I NOT HEAR RIGHT? THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT POOL.
I HAD AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT ALSO.
SO YOU HAVE A GENERAL PERMIT AND ELECTRICAL PERMIT? YES, SIR.
YOU HAD YOUR, UH, SEWER OR, UM, THE LINE CLEAN? YES.
UH, UH, I, UH, THE NAME OF THE, UH, PLUMBER OR COMPANY? HUGE VAN.
AND THEY, CARSON IS HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO THIS STUFF AND WE'RE DOING IT, BUT, UH, WE JUST NEED TIME TO KEEP CONTINUING.
I, I WORK, I'M DOING SOME OF THE CARPENTRY BECAUSE, UH, I WORKED FOR THE HP ZACHARY CONSTRUCTION FOR 30 YEARS AS A CARPENTER, CARPENTER, FOREMAN, AND I'M SUBBING SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF OUT ROOF.
AND IT'S, SORRY, IS YOUR ROOF? ROOF HAS A, HAS A BRAND NEW ROOF OF 40 YEARS ON THERE.
THAT'S TWO YEARS AGO WAS PUT ON THERE.
SO WHERE ARE THOSE LEAKS COMING FROM? UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OLD.
SO YOU STILL NEED FOUNDATION ROOF AND SOME OTHER YOU DID GLAZING, CORRECT? YEAH.
WE'RE ON THE PROCESS OF, I'VE GOT A CREW THERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR 90 DAYS TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING THEY, THEY WANT, AND I PROBABLY HAD IT SOLD IN 90 DAYS.
BUT YOU, YOU'RE, WOULD YOU SAY ON THE LIST THAT WAS SHOWN, HOW FAR ARE YOU? ABOUT HALFWAY? YEAH.
I I'VE GOT THE RECEIPTS WHERE I'VE PAID YOU.
I'M JUST A HUNDRED DOLLARS, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
YOU'RE ABOUT HALFWAY ON THIS LIST.
AND I'LL, I'LL SERVE HER WITH A, UH, IT'S, IT'S THE ONE LADY THAT LIFTS TO THE LEFT WHOSE BROTHER LIFTS TO THE RIGHT, WHO IS THE MAINTENANCE GUY.
SHE DOESN'T WANNA MOVE 'CAUSE SHE'S GONNA LOSE 40 CATS.
AND, BUT IF, UH, UH, I CAN GO TO THE PRECINCT AND HAVE HER EVICT TODAY, OF COURSE IT'S GONNA TAKE 60 DAYS TO GET HER OUT.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL, IF THEY CAN DROP THOSE PICTURES, THEN UM, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE HALFWAY THROUGH IT THEN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WITH AN ISSUE INSIDE.
I'M JUST ASKING FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH IT.
AND I'M THINKING WITHIN 90 DAYS I'LL HAVE IT SOLD TO AN INVESTOR OUTTA CALIFORNIA.
ALL SAN ANTONIO'S GOING THROUGH ANYWAYS.
CALIFORNIANS, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE UP? UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY, SIR.
SIR, DID YOU WANNA SEE THE PERMIT, SIR? NO, NO, NO.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE ASKING FOR 60 OR 90 DAYS TO SELL THE PROPERTY, NOT TO REPAIR IT.
WELL, I MEAN, THIS HOUSE DIDN'T JUST GET LIKE THIS.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND YOU'RE, SHE LIVED THERE AND YOUR TENANTS FOR 20 YEARS.
20 YEARS OF INTIMIDATION WHERE I CAN'T, I HAVE GONE IN AND DONE SOME WORK, BUT AS OF LATELY, UH, YOU GOTTA GET SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU, SIR.
IF YOU HAD FOUND AN EVICTION NOTICE, THE POLICE WOULD'VE COME OUT THERE AND EVICTED THEM.
THE SHERIFF, THERE WAS A, SOME KIND OF A SEARCH WARRANT TO GO IN.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IN THE RENTAL BUSINESS OF 52 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, SIR.
WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S A, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND YOU NEED THIS 90 DAY EXTENSION, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PROBABLY NO MA'AM.
UH, MS. BROWN, HE, HE ACTUALLY INDICATED HIS INTENT IS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY.
NUMBER ONE MA'AM, AND THEN SELL THE PROPERTY.
NUMBER TWO, THE 90 DAYS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ISSUE OF THE SALE.
THE 90 DAYS IS STRICTLY HIS REQUESTED TIMEFRAME TO DO THE REPAIRS.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING.
I'M HEARING HE NEEDS 90 DAYS TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
NO, I'M, I DIDN'T SAY THAT HE SAID IT.
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OPPOSITE BECAUSE THE DIRECTLY STATEMENT YEAH.HE MADE WAS HE WANTS TO REPAIR NUMBER ONE AND THEN SELL NUMBER TWO.
HE'S NOT ASKING FOR 90 DAYS TO SELL.
HE'S ASKING FOR 90 DAYS TO REPAIR.
I'VE DONE ABOUT HALF OF THE, UH, OF THE RE OF THE, UH, FIXED FIXING STUFF I NEED
HAVE YOU DONE THEM SO FAR? OKAY, NOW THEY GOT THE PHOTOS UP.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS THE EXTERIOR.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DID HERE? WELL, WE HAD IT PAINTED, COST ME $4,000 TO PAINT IT.
IT HAS A NEW ROOF OF TWO YEARS AGO.
IT'S NOT A A A A A 2020 OR 10 YEAR ROOF.
MY WIFE ORDERED THAT AND I ASKED HER WHY DO THAT? UH, WE'RE AT THE LAST DAYS OF OUR LIFE AND YOU PUT A 40 YEAR ROOF ON A HOUSE.
ACTUALLY, MOST OF THE TIME SHE RULES.
AND YOU SAID YOU HAVE NEW ROOF.
BASICALLY, SHE WANTS ME TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE RENT THAT WAS ORDERED BY THE STATE.
'CAUSE HER MOTHER USED TO LIVE THERE.
SHE DOESN'T WANT ME TO TEAR IT DOWN.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE SISTER THAT LIVES TO THE LEFT AND THE BROTHER, LIKE I SAID, WORKED WITH ME.
BUT, UH, HE JUST DOESN'T, UH, WANT TO REALLY DO ANYTHING ANYMORE.
AND THE PROBLEM, REAL PROBLEM WITH THE WATER WAS THE FEBRUARY 7TH SNOW STORM.
UH, THAT BUSTED PIPES NOT ONLY ON THAT STRUCTURE, BUT OTHER STRUCTURES.
THEY SAID THEY'D BE THERE IN, IN 10 DAYS.
AND WITH, WITH THE LAST NAME, LIKE SWAT? WELL, I'M AT THE VERY END OF THE, OKAY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST ONE? THAT IS A CLAY SEWER LINE THAT'S BUSTED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY REPLACED? YES.
UH, A ACTUALLY THAT ONE'S DEAD.
SO THIS IS JUST A, AN OLD PLAY LINE THAT'S JUST THERE.
AND THE, THE LADY TELLS ME THE PLACE IS HAUNTED, BUT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GET OUT BECAUSE OF HER, UH, 40 CATS.
IS THIS THE SEWER LINE THAT WAS BY THE HOUSE OR IS THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE? THERE WAS SOME RECENT WORK DONE TO IT.
I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT, WHERE, WHERE THIS WAS AT.
OH YEAH, THEY DUG, THEY PUT A NEW CLEAN OUT.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT ABOUT 50%.
I ALREADY, SIR, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
IS THAT IT? JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
I I'M NOT AS YOUNG AS SOME AS YOU PEOPLE NOT IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT, UH, I'M TRYING.
YOU SHOULD GET A CONTRACTOR YES.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON THE LIST.
DO WE HAVE, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'M CHAIR.
THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1246 CLOWER.
I WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY, UH, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES.
3 0 5 0.330 5.450 3.450 4.150 4.250 4.350 6.150 6.2.
BUT THE PROPERTY IS CAPABLE OF BEING REPAIRED AND ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THE REPAIR.
ALL REPAIRS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 90 DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR, UM, FOR REPAIR, 90 DAY REPAIR AND TO VACATE IMMEDIATELY.
AND BECAUSE OF ALL THESE VIOLATIONS, DO I NEED TO REPEAT THE VIOLATIONS? LEGAL, PLEASE.
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IMMEDIATE VACATE AND A 90 DAY REPAIR WITH PERMITS, MA'AM? WITH PERMITS.
UM, WITH THIS MANY VIOLATIONS, CAN WE PRIORITIZE MAYBE A COUPLE OF THESE THAT CAUSE OF PROPERTY TODAY? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS TO EVEN WALK IN.
UH, IT, IT, CAN WE PRIORITIZE, SAY THE 5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS DONE? LIKE, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WOULD BE VACATED, THERE'S NO REASON FOR WHY WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THOSE.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE THAT THE WORKERS ARE GONNA BE IN THERE.
UH, AND I WOULD NOT RESTRICT THE PROPERTY OWNER IN TERMS OF PRIORITY.
LET THE PROPERTY OWNER WORK ON IT BASED ON THE SPEED AT WHICH HE CAN GET CONTRACTORS.
ALSO, TO ME, THE PRIORITY WAS THE SEWER.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY CORRECT, DIRECTED, CORRECTED THAT.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT HALF OF THE STUFF DONE, WE'D HAVE TO GO DOWN THE LIST TO SEE WHICH ONE HAS BEEN DONE.
THEY'VE ALREADY DONE GLAZING SEWER, SOME FRAMEWORK PAINTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY PICKING THE BATTLES AS THEY CAN.
BUT THE BIGGEST ONE I SAW WAS THE SEWER ISSUE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY THEIR OWN PHOTOS AND THE BILLS THEY HAVE.
SO IF WE PRIORITIZE, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK WHICH ONES ARE PRIORITY THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WELL, I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRASH PERIOD.
GETTING A DUMPSTER OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A HOARDER'S MESS.
THE CATS, THE ANIMALS THAT'S GOT TO GET DONE LIKE YESTERDAY.
WELL THAT'S WHAT THE EVICTION DOES.
ONCE WE ORDER THE EVICTION, THEN THAT AUTOMATICALLY CLEARS THE PROPERTY OF, OF THOSE ISSUES.
SO THEY CAN GET IN THERE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR CAN ASSESS WHERE THE PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE.
WELL THEN THEY'VE TRIED TO DO IT AND IT HASN'T BEEN DONE, BUT YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE OCCUPYING THE BUILDING AND THE RESTRICTING THE, UH, ABILITY OF BOTH THE OWNER AND CONTRACTORS TO GETTING INSIDE THE HOUSE.
UH, BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S VACANT.
UH, THEY CAN LITERALLY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANNA DO WHEN THEY WANNA DO IT.
UH, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY OCCUPYING THE BUILDING ANYMORE.
AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE ISSUE OF CONTRACTORS.
YOU CAN'T JUST PULL A BUNCH OF CONTRACTORS IN AND SAY, DO THIS, DO THAT AT A CERTAIN TIME.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT BASED ON WHEN THEY CAN SCHEDULE IT IN THEIR SCHEDULES.
BUT REMEMBER WE GO BACK TO THE EVICTION.
ONCE YOU SIGN THE COURT ORDER, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC EVICTION.
THEY VIOLATE IT, THEN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I GUESS WE NEED A, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND.
SO ALL WE NEED NOW IS A ROLL CALL.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, 3 56 JENNINGS AVENUE.
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GOOD MORNING BOARD.MY NAME IS JOSHUA G ES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 56 JENNINGS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 4 2 BLOCK 15, LOT ONE, TWO, AND WEST 40 FEET OF 15 LOCATED AT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PALM HEIGHT CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 56 JENNINGS AVENUE.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
RORO ROLANDO ROMERO, WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF PALM HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST.
UH, I MADE CONTACT WITH, UH, ROLANDO ROMERO WITH A PHONE NUMBER OF (210) 929-9439.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 12 16 20 21.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS IS A FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 56 JENNINGS WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021, AND A CERTIFIED, UH, RECEIPT WAS RETURNED AND UNCLAIMED ON TEN FOUR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, UH, ON MARCH 24TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 56 JENNINGS ON 20, UH, MARCH 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER.
AND A UH, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS YET TO BE RETURNED ON THREE EIGHT, UH, 2022, UH, SPOKE TO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ORLANDO ROMERO.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE MADE OF BRICK, BUT UNDERNEATH THE BRICK IS A MASONRY, UH, WALL.
UNDERNEATH THAT, UH, THE BRICK IS JUST A COVERING FOR THE MASONRY WALL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THE GRAFFITI ON THE PARAPET, UM, AS WE GET A CLOSER LOOK OF THE BRICK, UH, THERE IS A LOT OF STEP CRACKING SEPARATION FROM ONE INCHES TO WHERE IT'S SEPARATED FULLY FROM THE WALL.
NEXT PHOTO, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, UH, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE STEP CRACKING ON THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU SEE MORE OF THE GRAFFITI, UM, MORE, MORE OF THE BRICKS RIGHT THERE IN THE, IN THE, ON THE FLOOR RIGHT THERE THAT HAVE FALLEN FROM THE PARA PARAPET AND FROM THE WALL.
HERE'S A, UH, A PICTURE OF THE PARAPET.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE THIS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CRACK, UH, STEP CRACKING.
UM, ABOUT ABOUT ONE INCH TO HALF AN INCH.
NEXT RIGHT HERE IS, UH, THE CRACK.
UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CORNER OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THE BRICK IS STARTING TO SEPARATE TO ABOUT ONE INCH, TO ABOUT ONE AND A HALF AS YOU GO DOWN TO GO UP TO THE, TO THE ROOF.
THIS IS THE, UH, BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT, RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BRICK IS STARTING TO BOW OUT.
AND, UH, FROM THE STR UH, DUE TO THE STEP CRACKING, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FACIAL BOARDS ARE STARTING TO SEPARATE, UH, SOME OF THE DETERIORATION IN THE, UH, IN SOME OF THE WIND MEMBERS.
UM, RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER, THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT CRACK DUE TO THE STEP CRACKING.
UH, RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BRICKS ARE STARTING TO SEPARATE, UH, MORE OF THE DETERIORATION.
SOME OF THE FACIAL BOARDS AREN'T WEATHERPROOFED.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHINGLES ON THE ROOF ARE DETERIORATED.
THIS IS ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, THAT THE PART OF THE EXTERIOR WALL IS ACTUALLY LIFTED.
UM, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT HALF OF THE STRUCTURE IS HALF SLAB AND THE OTHER HALF IS POSTING BEAM DUE TO THAT.
UH, THE OTHER HALF WHERE THE OFFICES ARE WAS AN ATTACHMENT.
UH, UH, WAS ATTA, UH, ADDED ON LATER ON.
THIS IS THE, UH, UH, THE, THE RIGHT ELEVATION EXTERIOR WALL.
MOST OF THE BRICK HAS, UH, DUE TO IT NOT BEING BRACED, RIGHT, UM, FALLEN ONTO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS THE FRONT SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE.
UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE BRICK HAS COLLAPSED.
AND, UH, RIGHT THERE ON THE, GOING TOWARDS THE CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, IT IS SEPARATING MORE FROM THE WALL AND IT'S POTENTIAL TO COLLAPSE EVEN MORE.
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MUCH OF THE EXTERIOR WALL HAS THE BRICK HAS, HAS BEEN, UH, HAS FALLEN.YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE BRICK IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEPARATE EVEN MORE RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER.
AS WE GET TOWARDS THE BACK WHERE THE TREE IS, THERE IS A LITTLE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF WHERE THE GABLE POINT IS.
UM, THERE IS A, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SIZE HOLE WHERE THERE'S BEES AND ROAD IS GOING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
SO THE INTERIOR IS BEING USED AS STORAGE.
UM, THE OWNER DOESN'T LIVE HERE, UM, OR THE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, HE'S JUST STORING ITEMS THAT HE GETS, UM, FROM THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE AS GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO, THERE'S ITEMS IN MISCELLANEOUS TRASH, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS SPREAD EVERYWHERE.
SOME ITEMS ARE EVEN OVER SEVEN FEET TO A HIGHER INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR GOING IN.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, ITEMS ARE JUST BEING STORED AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE CEILING IS ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WATER DAMAGE POSSIBLE DUE TO POSSIBLE WATER LEAK GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, JUST ITEMS, UH, BEING STORED.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE KITCHEN AREA.
UM, I HAD, I TOOK A PICTURE OF HERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIM, UH, COMPLAINTS WAS THAT HE HAD PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA AND SS A P D WHO HAD BEEN TO THE, TO THE HOUSE, THEY SAID THAT, UM, NO ONE REALLY STAYS THERE.
HE USED TO HAVE PEOPLE BACK, BACK ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE DEBRIS JUST BEING STACKED AND MORE, AND IT GETS WORSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, GOING TOWARDS THE BACK, UH, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE RIGHT THERE.
UM, MORE DEBRIS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE.
I TOOK THAT AS A POINT OF VIEW, SEE HOW MUCH DEBRIS ARE, UM, GOING UP, UH, HOW HIGH THEY WERE BEING STACKED.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, JUST TAKING A PICTURE OF THE CEILING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE MORE WATER DAMAGE.
UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR.
ALL THIS IS COVERED WITH CLOTHES BOXES.
UM, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, V UH, BAGS OF, UH, VA BAGS OF PLASTIC.
UM, SOME OF THE FLOOR WHILE WALKING ON IT WAS SOFT GOING TOWARDS THE, UH, THE ROOM ADDITIONS.
UH, ON THE SIDE, UM, WAS, WAS SOFT SPONGY.
UM, SOME OF THE FLOOR DID COLLAPSE WAS COLLAPSED, SO I WAS BASICALLY WALKING ON GRADE.
UM, THIS IS THE, GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PICTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES.
UM, HE DOES HAVE LIVE, UH, LIVE, UH, UH, ELECTRICITY ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE COPPER WIRE HANGING RIGHT THERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CEILING HAS COLLAPSED, SOME OF THE CEILING, UH, SHEET ROCK.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS WHERE I SAID THERE WAS A HOLE RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION ON THE ROOF.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN WHERE THE TREE HAS DAMAGED.
THE, UH, THE, THE ROOF, THE SHINGLES, UM, THIS IS THE HALLWAY TOWARDS THE BACK.
MORE DEBRIS AND THE ROOM'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE.
I, I TOOK A PICTURE AS BEST AS I COULD.
I TRIED TO GET TO HIM, BUT AS I SAID, THE FLOOR GOING TOWARDS THE BACK, IT JUST, I GUESS THE WEIGHT OF HOW MUCH STUFF HE HAS BACK THERE JUST MADE THE FLOOR BUNGEE AND BROKEN.
NEXT PHOTO, 3 56 JENNINGS IS A TWO STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1988.
THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN, DAMAGE AND SAGGING.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COMPOSED OF BRICK.
THAT IS STEP CRACKING, SHOWING SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND SEPARATION.
THE BRICK HAS SEPARATED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH AND SOME PLACES AND GREATER FROM THE MASONRY WALLS THAT A PART OF THE BRICK WALL HAS PARTIALLY.
ALSO, A PART OF THE BRICK WALL HAS COLLAPSED ONTO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS FULL OF DEBRIS AND MIS MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, WHICH IS ABOUT SEVEN FEET HIGH AND HIGHER IN SOME PLACES, WHICH POSES AN INGRESS AND EGRESS CONCERN.
ELECTRICAL WIRES EXPOSED AND THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
UM, TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 56 JENNINGS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 5 7 8, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE 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, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY.
AND HE AND, UH, AND WELFARE PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION SUB CENTEREDNESS AND UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3 56 JAMES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MA'AM? THE OFFICER? YES, MA'AM.
IS THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED WITH C M U BLOCK WITH BRICK VENEER? YES, IT HAS A, THERE'S A MASONRY BRICK IN THE BACK
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OF THE BRICK OF THE BRICK VENEER.AND WERE YOU ABLE, WERE, THE BRICK HAD ACTUALLY PULLED AWAY.
WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY, UH, TABS FOR THE BRICK BEING ATTACHED TO THE C M U? UH, NO, SIR.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE, WHEN THE BRICKS HAD SEPARATED, UM, HE HAD, HAD, HE HAD CLEANED UP MOST OF THE BRICKS THAT FELL AND HE PLACED THEM IN THE BACKYARD.
SO I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE ANY OF THAT, OF THAT.
SIR, I'M SORRY, ARE THERE, IS THERE PLUMBING, LIKE RESTROOMS OR KITCHENETTE IN THE, THERE? THERE IS PLUMBING IN THE, IN THE, IN THE BUILDING, BUT WHEN I WALKED TOWARDS THEM, I HAD TO CLIMB OVER A LOT OF STUFF JUST TO GET TO THE RESTROOM AND THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED IN A WHILE EITHER.
BUT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE THOUGH, THE PLUMBING IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE NO PROBLEM WITH THE PLUMBING.
ANYTHING PRESENTED TO YOU AS WITH REGARDS TO THIS, UH, REPAIR? UH, NO, SIR.
I ACTUALLY MET WITH MR. ROLANDO RORO ROMERO.
UM, HE HASN'T GIVEN ME ANYTHING.
HE'S BEEN HAVING, UH, HE STATED THAT HE'S BEEN HAVING A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES, HIM AND HIS WIFE.
UM, SO MEETING HIM, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST ONE OF THE TIMES I MET HIM WAS AT, ON THAT DAY, MARCH 8TH, WHEN WE WERE GOING TRYING, WHEN WE HAD TO PULL A WARRANT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM.
UM, AND GOING INTO THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE, HE CAME OUT OF IT.
HE SAID HE WAS CLEANING THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT HE HASN'T PROVIDED ANYTHING.
I ASKED HIM FOR ANY, ANY, LIKE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE SAID THAT THE, THERE'S A BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO THE PROPERTY.
I ASKED HIM, OH, CAN I HAVE THEIR NUMBER? CAN I HAVE THEIR INFORMATION? CAN THEY CONTACT ME TO GET, SO I CAN GET THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE PAPERWORK? HE HASN'T PROVIDED ANY OF THAT.
HE, HE WAS THE ONLY CONTACT I HAD.
YOU SHOWED, UH, PHOTOS OF INTERIOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES? MM-HMM.
SLIDE 96 IS ONLY BEING HELD BY A CLAMP ON A, I'M GONNA SAY A ROD BOARD.
'CAUSE UP AT THE TOP RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE SOME DAMAGE.
DOES THAT CONCERN YOU? UM, BECAUSE ONCE THAT THING DROPS, IT'S GONNA BE BELOW THE 10 FOOT REQUIREMENT, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UM, NO, UH, AT THE TIME I, UH, DIDN'T NOTICE THAT, UH, THE DROP OF THE WIRE, I WAS JUST MORE, UM, I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, IT WAS VACATED AT THE TIME.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T, I DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO, TO SUBMIT, TO TURN OFF THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES, UH, TURN OFF THE ELECTRICITY AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T, I I'M SORRY, SIR.
I DIDN'T NOTICE THE, THE, BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY SHOWS THE CRACKS, BUT UP AT THE TOP ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME ROTTING.
SO THAT KIND OF TELLS ME THAT THAT LUG IS, OR THAT ANCHOR IS PROBABLY, ONCE IT DROPS, IT'S BELOW ITS 10 FOOT AND IT THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S IN THE BACK, UH, THAT'S IN THE FRONT, OR IS THAT THE FRONT? YES, SIR.
SO THAT EVEN MAKES IT MORE IF THAT THING DROPS BELOW THE 10 FOOT MARK? YES, SIR.
UM, I, I'M, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, WHEN I WAS TAKING THE PHOTOS, I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE EXTERIOR OF THAT.
I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE THE ELECTRICITY IN THE FRONT.
JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, DO YOU KNOW IF IT, THE POLE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING OR ON THE OTHER SIDE? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO? MM, I THINK THE POLE, THE ELECTRICAL POLES ARE, IF I'M CORRECT, IF I'M, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT'S ON THE, UH, GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE.
LIKE, SO IT'S GONNA BE ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE STRUCTURE? YEAH.
SO THAT MEANS WHEN THE DROP DROPS? YES, SIR.
IT'S ONLY GONNA BE IN THE YARD, NOT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND ON THE CRACK, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, IT'S ALL CENTER BLOCK, I'M ASSUMING THIS CHIMNEY OR THAT'S THE FRONT ENTRANCE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THAT'S THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE, SO IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE CENTER BLOCK TWO? YES, SIR.
AT MOST OF THE BUILDING, I THINK THAT HE JUST COVERED THE CENTER BLOCK WITH BRICK VENEER VENEER AND, UM, IT WASN'T BRACED PROPERLY, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S STEPPED CRACKING AND DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES ON THE, ON THE ATTACHMENTS, SINCE IT IS POSTING BEAM, UM, I THINK THAT THE BUILDING ON THIS ELEVATION, WERE ANY OF THOSE LEAKS ON THIS ELEVATION, THE ONES THAT YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT THROUGH? UH, NO.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, MOST OF THE WATER LEAKS THAT WERE IN THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH PART, UH, WERE ON THIS SIDE.
AND THEN THE, THE HOLE THAT WAS IN THERE WAS FROM THE TREE ON THE RIGHT, ON THE, ON THE BACKSIDE, IF YOU LOOK.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYBODY ELSE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY OR HAS A PLAN TO DO? NO, SIR.
UH, ALL I KNOW IS ABOUT HIS PLAN.
HE WANTS TO REPAIR IT AND CLEAN IT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, HE DID STATE THAT HE DOES HAVE HEALTH ISSUES.
UM, SO AS FAR AS, HE HASN'T PROVIDED ANYTHING FOR ME ON THAT PART.
UM, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
UM, JUST ABOUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME FORWARD WITH JUST CONCERNED NEIGHBORS, UM, SS A P D THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, LIKE PEOPLE BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE AT ONE POINT.
UM, BUT THAT WAS BASICALLY IT.
NOBODY WITH A, A POWER OF ATTORNEY.
UH, HE'S ONE OF THE, HE SAYS THAT HE'S ONE OF THE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I'VE ASKED HIM FOR LIKE, ANYBODY ELSE'S NUMBER THAT COULD CONTACT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CON UH, THE, THE BOARD OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT HE HASN'T PROVIDED THAT TO ME.
HE, HE JUST PROVIDED HIS NUMBER,
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BOARD OF THE, THE PROPERTY, THE CHURCH, PALM HEIGHTS, CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH.SO THE CHURCH HASN'T SAID ANYTHING? NO, HE WAS THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE I MET, SIR.
YOU INDICATED THAT THE, THE BUILDING OR THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY ON SLAB ON GRADE HALF AND, UH, PEER AND BEAM ON THE OTHER HALF.
WERE YOU ABLE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT ANY OF THE PIERS AND OR BEAMS? UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF THE GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE AS YOU, AS I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THAT THE, THE, THE RIGHT ELEVATION WAS LIFTED.
THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM PLATE WAS STARTING TO LIFT, GOING INTO THE, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST PICTURE, THE HALLWAY, UM, TOWARDS ONE OF THE ROOMS. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A HOLE, UH, SHOWING THE, THE GRADE UNDERNEATH.
UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO IT JUST BECAUSE THE FLOOR WAS SOFT AND IT WAS POSSIBLE, I, I, WHEN I WAS STEPPING ON IT, IT STARTED CRACKING.
UM, I TRIED TO TRY TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE HOLE OF AS BEST AS I COULD.
UM, BUT, UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO, UM, IT JUST MORE DEBRIS WERE SCATTERED IN THERE.
IT WAS HARD TO, TO TAKE ANY PICTURE JUST BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH DEBRIS HE HAD IN THERE.
WHERE YOU FOUND MOST OF THE, THE EXTERIOR WALL WHERE THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE BRICK, UH, IS THAT ON THE AREA OF SLAB AND GRADE, OR IS THAT ON THE AREA OF, UH, POST AND BEAM HERE AND BEAM? POST AND BEAM? YES, SIR.
IS WE, THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE LAST ONE, THAT'S YOUR LAST ONE, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW? YES, SIR.
1 0 6 SHOWS A CHAIR IN THE HALL WITH, IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD, UH, WE'LL GO TO RIGHT THERE? UH, THAT'S TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE, OF THE, UM, PROPERTY IN THE, AS SOON AS YOU OPEN THE FRONT DOOR, THAT'S THE KITCHEN AREA.
UM, THAT'S THE, WHERE HE'S STORING FOOD OR HE HAS TRASH AND EVERYTHING.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY SLAB ON GRADE.
THIS IS SLAB ON GRADE HERE? YES, SIR.
AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UH, PROPERTY, I COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, I COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, WHEN I WAS STEPPING ON IT, IT WAS MORE, MORE STIR, UM, THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, AS YOU GO TO THE FRONT, UM, TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDE, IT WAS THE, THE FLOOR WAS MORE SOGGY.
UM, I SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE CONCRETE ON THERE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABLE TO SAY, THAT IT WAS SLAB ON GRADE.
SO THE SOFT PART WOULD BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THE RIGHT ELEVATION, THE, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THE CRACKING IS, IS STARTING TO AFFECT THAT CORNER THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE, UH, MR. UH, ROLAND RAMIREZ, OR IS IT ROMERO ROMERO? YES, MA'AM.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YES, MA'AM.
MY NAME IS ROLANDO ROMERO AND I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF THE PALM HEIGHT CHURCH OF CHRIST, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL.
AND I THINK MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
LAST NIGHT, THE, THE BOARD MET AND DECIDED THAT IT IS TIME FOR US TO GIVE UP ON THE LIFETIME DESIRE TO RENOVATE, TO PRESERVE, AND TO KEEP THE BUILDING AS THE PALM HEART CHURCH OF CHRIST ORIGINALLY WAS, BUT TO TRANSFER PROP PROPERTY TO ANOTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT CAN IN TURN FINISH THE PROJECT.
AND THAT PERSON IS JUAN VALENZUELA, REVEREND V VALENZUELA, WHO HAS A CHURCH ON, WELL CLOSE TO THE H E B ON ALITOS STREET.
I THINK IT'S PARK STREET, I THINK IT IS CALLED.
ANYWAY, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY WITH MY WIFE, FOUR MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL, IN AND OUT METHODIST HOSPITAL, TEXAN HEART HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, AND LAST YEAR AND MORE THAN A MONTH THIS YEAR.
AND MY OWN BACK ISSUES, TWO SURGERIES, ONE LAST YEAR, AND ONE THIS YEAR.
I'M STILL HEALING FROM THE MARCH 16TH, UH, SURGERY.
UH, I WASN'T ABLE TO GO OPEN THE BUILDING FOR HIM TO SEE THE INSIDE.
AND THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE SCHEDULED TO, UH, FOR HIM TO TAKE A TOUR INSIDE.
BUT HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, GETTING THE PROPERTY SO THAT HE CAN EITHER, UM, MOVE HIS CHURCH FROM A SMALLER, UH, INSTALLATION, UH, ON, ON NORTH PARK OR OPEN ANOTHER MISSION THERE.
AND, UH, IT IS, I, I THINK MR. BAREZ FOR NOT FIRING ME OVER THE PHONE.
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SOMEBODY ACCESSED THE BUILDING TO TAKE PHOTOS, THEY MOVED ITEMS OF CLOTHING AND BAGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF, OF THE MALE SLOT.AND BECAUSE I HAVE BACK PROBLEMS, I'M UNABLE TO CLIMB OVER THOSE THINGS OR TO REMOVE, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CARRY ANYTHING HEAVIER THAN 10 POUNDS UNTIL THE DOCTOR THE DOCTOR GIVES ME TO GO AHEAD.
SO I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CHECK THE MAIL.
UH, AND, UH, OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS MEETING AND THE DOC.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I HAVEN'T PROVIDED ANY DOCUMENTATION, UH, TO, TO MR. BARRAS OR, OR TO THE BOARD.
UH, WE REALLY HAVE HAD, UM, TRIALS AND TO RELATIONS HEALTH WISE, AND WE, THE PANDEMIC DIDN'T HELP.
WE WERE DOING, UH, CHARITY WORK GIVEN CLOSE TO THE, TO THE HOMELESS.
AND, UH, WE EVEN GAVE CLOSE TO THE, UH, OUTCRY IN THE, IN THE BARRIO CHURCH.
UM, AND THEY SENT TWO BUSLOADS OF PEOPLE TO, TO SELECT CLOTHES FOR THEMSELVES.
ONE LADIES AND ANOTHER ONE, UH, GENTLEMAN THAT CAME TO SELECT BAGS AND BAGS OF CLOTHING.
THE RESULT WAS THAT WHAT WAS IN ORDERLY FASHION BEFORE IT ENDED UP BEING JUST CHAOTIC BECAUSE THEY JUST PULLED IN PICK HERE AND THERE, AND NOBODY, UH, SO HAD THE TIME OR THE ENERGY TO SORT, UH, THE CLOTHES ANYMORE.
WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM HERE? I BEG YOUR PARDON? WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
WELL, WE'RE NOT ABLE, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.
WE LOST MEMBERS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE LOST MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SO WE HAD TO SET A, A NEW BOARD AS WELL.
AND JUST, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FINISH WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO.
THAT WAS TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY AND TO OPEN IT AGAIN, WHERE, WHERE I TALK TO MR. VALENZUELA AND HE SAYS, UH, THAT HE, HE CAN DO IT.
HE HAS THE RESOURCES, HE HAS THE PEOPLE TO DO IT.
DID YOU BRING IN A CONTRACT? IS HE GONNA BUY THE PROPERTY OR WHAT? WE HAVEN'T GONE GONE THAT FAR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL WITH MY WIFE OR MYSELF, WITH MY WIFE 24 7 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY DID NOT ALLOW A DIFFERENT VISITOR WITH HER.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO SHOW HIM THE INSIDE SO THAT WE COULD GET INTO THE DETAILS.
BUT HE'S VERY MUCH INTERESTED AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS.
I USED TO WORK FOR HIM AS WELL.
THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY? IS HE GOING TO BUY IT? YES, MA'AM.
IS HE GONNA FIX IT UP? IS HE GONNA RENT IT FROM YOU ALL OR IS HE GONNA CLEAN IT OUT OR WHAT HE WILL TAKE, WHO WILL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO BRING IT UP TO COMPLIANCE? MY SUGGESTION TO HIM WAS, WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO WAS TO, TO TURN DOWN THE OLDEST PART, WHICH IS NOT ON CONCRETE, WHICH IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS AND TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, THAT PART, OR A SEPARATE BUILDING FOR OFFICE OR FOR CLASSROOMS. SO THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR, UH, A GUTTER FOR, FOR BOTH BUILDINGS, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED IT'S WATER DAMAGE, WHAT CAUSED ALL THE PROBLEM.
AND, AND HE WAS CONSIDERING THAT, BUT HE SAID, I NEED TO SEE THE INSIDE.
BUT I, I LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO PREVENT ANY, ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS. UH, THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING SPACE BEHIND THE BUILDING FOR THE, FOR THEM TO BUILD CLASSROOMS OR OFFICE SPACE OR A FELLOWSHIP, UH, HALLS OR WHATEVER THEY DECIDE.
AND DO YOU HAVE A BOARD OF ELDERS, SIR? UH, YES, SIR.
TO MAKE THESE KIND OF DECISIONS? TRUSTEES? YES.
AND HOW LARGE IS YOUR CONGREGATION? WELL, LIKE MOST CONGREGATIONS IN, IN, IN, UM, NOWADAYS THEY, THE NEW GENERATION MOVES AWAY TO STUDY AND THEY DON'T COME BACK.
THE OLDER GENERATION BEGINS TO, TO DIE WHEN THE PANDEMIC DIDN'T HELP.
AND, UH, MY HEALTH PROBLEM, MY WIFE'S HEALTH PROBLEM, SHE HAS HAD FIVE OPEN HEART SURGERIES, SO THAT, THAT HAS OCCUPIED OUR TIME.
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YES, SIR.AND SO IS MR. VALENZUELA, AND HE INTENDS TO CONTINUE USING IT AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, AS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR CONCERNS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY REMAIN AS A RELIGIOUS, UH, ORGANIZATION INSTEAD OF TURNING IT INTO A HOUSING, UH, UH, PROJECT THAT MAY AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT DO WE HAVE A PLAN? DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A PLAN THAT'S GONNA TAKE CONTRACTORS, ELDERS TO MAKE A DECISION, CLEAN UP A CONGREGATION THAT'S GONNA HELP? I I NEED A LITTLE TIME TO FINISH NEGOTIATING WITH MR. VALENZUELA.
AND SO HE, HE AND HE CAN TAKE OVER 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGIES, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT, BUT HE, HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
WE HAVE INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR IT MOVING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, UH, FOR THE POTENTIAL OF REPAIR COST.
I JUST GAVE A QUICK ESTIMATE OVER $50,000 IN REPAIR.
WE DO NOT KNOW IF THE, THE NEW OWNER'S GONNA BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT.
THE PRESENT TESTIMONY IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT.
UH, THE PROPOSAL TO, TO REMOVE A PART OF THE BUILDING IS PROBABLY A GOOD PROPOSAL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AN OPINION AND NOT BASED ON FACT.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, I WOULD MOVE THAT RESET THAT WE RESET THIS CASE.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES, MA'AM.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO RESET THIS CASE BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION FIRST TO THE, UH, YES, SIR.
IN YOUR NEGOTIATIONS, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO FINALIZE? I CANNOT GIVE YOU A, A TIME CERTAIN, UH, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT, IT WILL DEPEND ON, ON VERY FACTORS, BUT HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
I'VE KNOWN HIM AS A MATTER OF HIS WORD, AND, UH, I OKAY.
WE INTEND TO TAKE CARE OF IT, BASICALLY.
UH, FOR THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THE MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO RESET AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, CAN WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? DUWAYNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK IN HERE ON THE RESET, PLEASE HAVE SOME FINALIZED INFORMATION, A PLAN? YES, MA'AM, YOU WILL.
OKAY, THE NEXT, UM, CASE IS 3 1 4 BURTON AVENUE.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT THREE 14 BURTON AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 9 3 21 BLOCK 21 LOT FOUR, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JESUS MARIO GOMEZ IV WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 8 1 6 CAMERON STREET, SUITE 1 1 5, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
ON NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? WE DO.
A PHONE NUMBER WAS FOUND FOR MR. GOMEZ AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER ON MARCH 24TH, 2022, AND EXPLAINED THE B S B PROCESS TO THE OWNER AND WHERE THE CITY STANDS WITH RECOMMENDATION, THE OWNER DID REQUEST TO SET A DATE AND TIME TO MEET AT THE LOCATION FOR A WALKTHROUGH OF THE PROPERTY.
I DID LEAVE A MESSAGE ON APRIL 5TH, 2022 AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL BACK SINCE THEN.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 30TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
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THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING THREE 14 BURTON AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 26TH, 2021 WITH THE ORIGINAL NOTICE THAT WAS MAILED ON MAY 28TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 23RD, 2021 ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT THREE 14 BURTON AVENUE ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AS OF APRIL 5TH, 2022.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THE FOLLOWING PERMITS WERE NO, UH, HAVE, ARE NOT ON FILE AS OF APRIL 5TH, 2022.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THREE 14 BURTON AVENUE.
THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM PETITE ACADEMY.
RAYBURN AND HEAD START AT VANCE SAN ANTONIO AT RAYBURN ELEMENTARY, ELECTRICAL AND GAS DISCONNECTIONS SINCE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2015.
AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO ACTIVE SERVICE FOR WATER.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 8TH, 2022, AND MARCH 20 AND MARCH 29TH, 2022.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE PLOT PLAN REGARDING THE LOCATION OF BOTH PROPERTIES OR OF THE BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AT THREE 14 BURTON.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT ELEVATION TO THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO.
THERE IS A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THE HOLE AND SHOWING THAT THE, THE ROOF IS WORN, AS WELL AS THAT HOLE THAT'S LEADING INTO THAT FIRST ROOM.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION TAKEN FROM THE BACK.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET A BETTER, UH, CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE, OF THE SIDE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SIDING IS STARTING TO, UH, BREAK AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WHICH IS NOW FALLING.
AS WELL AS THERE'S SAGGING IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING FROM THE BEGI, THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS TO BE THE REAR RENOVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FRAME WHERE THAT POTENTIAL CARPORT IS AT, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY DISLOCATED FROM THE STRUCTURE AND STARTING TO, TO LEAN OUTWARDS AS WELL AS DETERIORATION ROTTING TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AT THAT RIGHT CORNER.
HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THAT SAME CORNER.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO, THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS COLLAPSED INTO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM A LITTLE ABOVE MY EYE VIEW, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE STRUCTURE'S LAYING AT AT THIS POINT.
AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE SAME AREA, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S A SEPARATION IN THE WALL AS WELL AS IT'S SINKING TOWARDS THE BACK PART.
MOVING INTO THE FRONT ROOM, THIS PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN HERE, SHOWING THAT THERE WAS DEBRIS IN THERE, AS WELL AS VAGRANTS OF SQUATTERS GOING INSIDE THAT FLOOR, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT IT DOES DROP WHERE THE FOUNDATION HAS FAILED.
AND WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ON THAT AREA, YOU CAN FEEL THE, THE POSTS, UM, THAT ARE BREAKING THROUGH, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE SUB, THE SUBFLOOR, BUT THE SUBFLOOR IS CURRENTLY RESTED ON GRADE.
RIGHT ABOVE THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CEILING JOINTS HAVE DISCONNECTED AND IT'S STARTING TO COME DOWNWARDS.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THIS IS AN INDICATION OF HOW MUCH THE STRUCTURE HAS HAS SUNK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOORFRAMES WHERE THEY ARE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT.
THIS PHOTO, SAME ROOM, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT THAT WALL IS ACTUALLY LEANING INTO THE NEXT ROOM WHERE THAT BROWN STRIP IS AT IS WHERE THAT WALL SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PLACED AT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH IT HAS SHIFTED IN THAT FOLLOWING ROOM, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANY FURTHER.
UH, THE DEBRIS WAS PRETTY HIGH, SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE I TOOK A VERY CLOSE PHOTO FROM IT.
BUT THIS IS FROM ME STANDING AGAIN, SHOWING THAT THE SHEET ROCK IS FALLING DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.
MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN, AGAIN, THE CEILING, THE, UH, THE CEILING JOISTS HAVE DISCONNECTED AND STARTING TO FALL DOWN AS WELL AS WALL SEPARATION TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THAT KITCHEN AREA HAS ACTUALLY SUNK.
I AM STANDING ON GR ON A SLAB, WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS A COMBINATION OF SLAB AS WELL AS POST AND BEAM, BUT THAT HAS SUNK ABOUT TWO TO THREE INCHES BEHIND THAT SLAB.
UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT HOLE, THAT HOLE WHERE THE DOOR'S MISSING, IT GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF HOW MUCH IT HAS SUNK INTO THE GRADE.
UH, SAME ROOM IN THE KITCHEN, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S A LARGE CRACK IN THE SLAB WHERE THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS COLLAPSED.
THIS IS THE CLOSEST BEST I CAN GET FROM THAT AREA,
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JUST TO GIVE YOU HOW MUCH IT'S FALLEN NOW INTO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF THAT WE HAVE.THE RAFTERS, CEILING JOISTS HAVE ALL FAILED AND SEPARATED.
MOVING INTO THE HALLWAY AGAIN, THIS SUBFLOOR HERE HAS FAILED AND IS CURRENTLY RESTING ON GRADE.
WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IN THERE, IT'S LIKE A WAVE KIND OF GOING UP AND DOWN.
YOU CAN FEEL THE, THE BEAMS UNDERNEATH.
IN THE SAME HALLWAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS SEPARATION FOR THE, FOR THE SHEET ROCK.
IT'S SHOWING THAT THE STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING.
IT DOES STICK OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE CORNER RIGHT HERE, WHERE THAT DOOR'S AT, THAT'S GOING BACK AND IT STICKS OUT AND IT'S KIND OF DROPPING BACK IN PLACE.
UM, AND THIS PHOTO HERE IS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM WHERE THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED.
NATURAL LIGHT GOING INSIDE, WHICH, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE GETTING IN, CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR.
MOVING INTO THE BACK, SHOWING SIGNS OF SQUATTERS GOING IN THERE, UH, SAME ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS WALL SEPARATION.
THAT WALL IS, IS, UM, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE SYSTEM HAS COLLAPSED.
MOVING ONTO THE ACCESSORY FROM WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM WHEN I FIRST WENT OUT THERE, UH, IN THIS MONTH OF MARCH, IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, THAT TREE IS NEW AND HAS NOW COLLAPSED ONTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHICH IS STARTING TO CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LARGE HOLE AND, AND JUST WEARING AND TEAR INTO THE, UH, THE, THE SIDING, UH, SHOWING THAT THERE IS SOME ROTTING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THIS IS GONNA B THE LEFT AND REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, JUST SHOWING THAT THE WOOD, THE WOOD SIDING IS STARTING TO ROT AND DETERIORATE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS THE SAG IN THE ROOF SYSTEM GOING INSIDE.
JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE THAT HOLE IS AT, THAT THE, THE DAMAGE IS STARTING TO, TO CAUSE WITH THE WATER DAMAGE THAT THERE IS HOLES AT THE BASE OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
AGAIN, JUST DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THAT IS ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT HAS FALLEN.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL, UH, ACTIVE AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE INWARDS FURTHER INTO THE DETACHED GARAGE.
SO THESE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN FOR OR FROM THIS POINT, AS YOU COULD ALSO SEE NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN THROUGH THE WALLS ITSELF, FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT OF THAT PHOTO.
DIFFERENT SAME SPOT, JUST ADDED TO THE MORE TO THE RIGHT.
AGAIN, MORE LIGHT COMING IN FROM THE WALLS, AS WELL AS JUST THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
LOOKING AT THE ROOF SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S WATER DAMAGE, ROTTING DETERIORATION AS WELL AS A WHOLE WHERE THE RIDGE BOARD IS LOCATED AT, WHICH IS CAUSING THE ELEMENTS TO GO INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT THREE 14 BURTON AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 57, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN AND SUBSECTIONS 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BIDDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND 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, DEPORTATION, SUBSTANDARD, WRONG FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION, POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THREE 14 BURTON AVENUE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE NOBODY TO SPEAK? NOBODY TO SPEAK, NOBODY ELSE? NO PUBLIC COMMENT? NO.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AT 3 1 4 BURTON AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 2 1, WHERE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 SIX SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 12 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT BOTH MAIN AND ACCESSORY, UH, STRUCTURES ARE BEYOND FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR AND ORDER THAT BOTH THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO AS THE MOTION ON THE MAIN, WHICH IS, UH, THE SUBSECTIONS OF 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17,
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AND 18.AND THE ACCESSORY 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? DUANE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
WAS THAT OUR LAST CASE? FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA G ES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 25 34 WEST SOUTH CROSS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 89 13, BLOCK 17, LOT 17, AND LO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RODOLFO AND LYDIA MORALES WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 98 26 ELISA BROOK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2 5 4.
ALL NOTICES WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE WISH, DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR RODOLFO OR LILIA MORALES, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 7 28 20 20.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS IS THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 25 34 SOUTH WEST SOUTH CROSS WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 30TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 7TH, 2022, NO, SORRY, UH, MAY 7TH, 2020.
AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 10TH, 2020 ON MARCH 24TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 25 34 WEST SOUTH CROSS.
AND ON MARCH 23RD, 2022, THE NOTICE FOR A B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE NOTE TOO, THAT THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED FIVE TIMES BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR BEING UNSECURED DUE TO A FIRE, UM, VAGRANT LEAVING TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND THE BALANCE FOR THAT WAS A BALANCE FOR THOSE FOR THE FIVE TIMES WAS $6,258 AND 42 CENTS.
IT IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF, UH, DWIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GRAFFITI IS ON THE MASONRY EXTERIOR WALL.
UM, THIS, THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS A CONSTANT EITHER GAME BROKEN INTO BY VAGRANT.
UM, GRAFFITIING STAYING IN THERE.
UM, THERE WAS TWO FIRES, UH, ONE ON APRIL 29TH, 2020.
AND, UH, THE LAST FIRE WAS ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2021, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THERE AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU COULD SEE THE SMOKE, THE, THE EXTERIOR WALL HAS SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE SECURING IS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SO RIGHT THERE, UH, THE BUILDING USED TO BE, IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES, BUT IT WAS ONE BUILDING, THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, 20.
ALSO CAUGHT FIRE FOR THE PROPERTY, BUT THE OWNER HIRED AN ENGINEER TO, TO BE ABLE TO DEMO HIS, HIS HIS PART OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT, AND HE PUT A FENCE AROUND IT WITH BARBED WIRE TO, UM, TO FENCE OFF FROM 25 34.
UH, HE HIRED THE ENGINEER SO THAT WAY THE WALL WOULDN'T, UH, COLLAPSE WHEN HE WAS DEMOING HIS PROPERTY.
SO, UM, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE TOP IS CHARRED.
THE, THE FLAT, THE FLAT, UH, ROOF SYSTEM IS, UH, CHARRED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WALL IS DETERIORATING.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK OF THE PARAPET.
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MORE THE SMOKE DAMAGE.UH, AS YOU GO IN THE, THE, WHEN, WHEN WE REMOVE THE, THE, THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, IT, UH, IT, UH, THE, THE FRAME OF THE DOOR WAS ALREADY CHARRED AND BROKEN.
NEXT PHOTO, AS WE GO INTO THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE FLOOR IS, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE GRAFFITI ON THE FRONT DOOR.
UH, AS YOU GO IN, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE CHAR DOOR, THE CHAR, THE DOOR'S CHARRED.
THE, THE SHEET ROCK IS BURNED OFF MOST OF THE INTERIOR WALL.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHAR SHEET ROCK ON TOP.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BRICK.
UH, THE, THE INTERIOR WALL ON THE SIDE IS CHARRED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HANGING WIRES.
SOME OF THE DEBRIS IS LEFT FROM THE GRAS INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THIS IS SHOWING THE RAFTERS, UH, HAVE, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
SOME OF THE CEILING HAS, HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO THE SHEET ROCK BEING BURNED OFF.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR WALL IS BROKEN.
YOU CAN SEE FURNITURE THROWN EVERYWHERE DUE TO THE VAMS BREAKING IN.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CABINETS ARE BURNED OFF.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE, UH, MORE TOWARDS THE BACK.
YOU CAN SEE THEM A LITTLE BIT SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, SOME OF THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN OFF.
NEXT PHOTO RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE ROOF RIGHT HERE COLLAPSED PARTIALLY IN THE BACK.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, SUNLIGHT COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
SO THAT MEANS THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS ARE COMING IN AND, UH, POSSIBLY WATER DAMAGING THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FIRE DEBRIS AT THE BOTTOM AS POSSIBLY THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE HAPPENED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHEET ROCKS HANGING, SORRY.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHEET ROCK HANGING, UH, SOME OF THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RAFTERS HAVE ACTUALLY BROKEN OFF OF THE, UH, OF THE WOOD MEMBERS.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS TOWARDS THE RIGHT CORNER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK, UM, UH, INSULATION ON THE FLOOR DUE TO THE CEILING, UH, BEING BROKEN OFF.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS MORE OF THE LEFT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE FURNITURE AND DEBRIS LEFT BY THE VAGRANTS.
NEXT PHOTO, CLOSER LOOK OF THE HOLE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE, UH, WHERE IT WAS OPEN BECAUSE OF THE FIRE.
MORE PICTURES OF THE, THE, OF THE, SO THIS IS THE THROW TOWARDS THE LEFT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UM, THE WALLS ARE BROKEN.
UM, THE CEILING RIGHT THERE HAS COLLAPSED EXPOSING THE, THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
NEXT ONE, YOU CAN SEE THE DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR, THE CHARRED FLOORS.
UM, THE CHARD STUDS ON THE, ON THE BACK.
UM, THE WALL ON THE BACK IS CHARRED.
THIS IS AN OVERALL PICTURE OF, UH, MORE OF THE, MORE OF THE DAMAGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CEILING BACK THERE IS ACTUALLY HAS CHARRED RAPTORS.
AND, UH, MORE OF THE, UH, CHARRED, UH, SHEET ROCK.
UH, MORE OF THE DEBRIS, SOME OF THE EXPOSED STUDS THAT DIDN'T CATCH FIRE.
IT'S AN OVERALL PICTURE OF THE, OF THE
AND THE INTERIOR ROOF HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED IN THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE INTERIOR'S, FIRE DAMAGE, EXPOSING STUDS AND BROKEN SHEET ROCK.
THE CEILING HAS COLLAPSED EXPOSING THE CHARRED RAFTERS.
UH, THE PROPERTY HAS SUSTAINED TWO FIRES ON APRIL 29TH, 2020 AND 10.
BOTH FIRES WERE DUE TO VACANT, UH, POSSIBLY DUE TO VAGRANT BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 25 34 WEST SOUTH CROSS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF ALL ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUB CENTEREDNESS OR ORAL 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 25 34 WEST SOUTH CROSS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE I OFFICER? I GOT ONE.
MS. DEANDRO, ON THIS PICTURE YOU SHOW HERE, IT SHOWS STORE.
IS THAT ALL THAT IS IS A STORAGE LOT FOR THESE U-HAUL? YES SIR.
OR WERE THEY USING THIS AS AN OFFICE TOO? NO, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, THE, THE OWNER FOR THE STORE NEXT DOOR WAS STORING HIS U-HAUL ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, WHILE I WAS THERE WITH SS A P D, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE KEYS FOR THE U-HAUL, BUT THEY DID, WHEN I CAME BACK LATER THAT DAY, UH, S A P D DID TELL 'EM TO REMOVE 'EM FROM THE FRONT
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OF THE BUILDING.SO THEY'RE NOT USING IT NO MORE.
SO THEY, THEY WERE JUST THROWING, NOT RUNNING OUT OF IT.
THEY'RE NOT RUNNING, NOT RUNNING OUT OF IT, SIR.
AND THE ONES IN THE BACK TOO, THE TRAILER AND ALL THAT? YEAH.
YES, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY TO THE STU THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
SO THERE'S A GATE THAT RUNS CLOSE TO THE, TO THE WALL.
THAT'S THE PROPERTY LINE AND THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY.
WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
SO NO OTHER CONTACT WITH ANYBODY? THERE WAS A CONTACT WITH THE GENTLEMAN ON THE FIRST FIRE.
UM, WE WERE, WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THE, FOR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, UM, HE CAME AND TALKED TO US THAT HE WAS A NEW OWNER, BUT WHEN HE COULDN'T PROVIDE AND HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE US HIS NAME.
UM, SO WE, WE TRIED TO GET HIS INFORMATION AND HE, HE WALKED OFF AND WE NEVER RAN INTO HIM AGAIN.
OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SURE.
IT'S ROBERT AVI YOU HAVE TODAY MOTION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 2 5 3 4 SOUTH CROSS WEST SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
WE HAVE A 30, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25 34 SOUTH CROSS WEST, UH, UNDER CHAPTERS, I'M SORRY, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 5, 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17 AND 18.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON? I SECOND.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL DWAYNE NELSON? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, LEGAL, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ASK IT
WHILE THE TAPE RECORDER IS GOING
REAL QUICK IN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT ON SS A P M C CASES WHERE THERE'S, UH, MULTIPLE ISSUES, IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS A PRIOR ONE THAT YOU WANT AS A PRIORITY, YOU CAN, AND I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
YOU, YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ON THE LAST ONE, BUT, UH, YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN ONES WHERE ONE NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, WHERE THE OTHERS CAN BE 90 DAYS, OTHER DAYS, 14 DAYS.
UM, AND I, I THINK WE DID THAT ALSO AT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME THIS BOARD HAS, HAS DONE IT WITH PERMITS, UM, MAKING SURE THE PERMITS ARE PULLED WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS AND SECURED IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS.
SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, MR. TAPIA, UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU FEEL IS NEEDED, IT CAN DEFINITELY BE DONE.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT MIGHT BE, UM, SORT OF, UM, IN YOUR, IN THE OFFICERS WRITING THE REPORT, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MEETING, YOU MIGHT PRIORITIZE THE REPORT SO THAT THEY GET, I MEAN THERE'S DANGEROUS THINGS, YOU KNOW, BESIDES THE PLUMBING.
AND MY ISSUE IS ALWAYS THE TRASH WORKERS CAN'T EVEN GO IN.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN DANGER OF GO EVEN GOING IN THERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE TOP ON MY PRIORITY LIST, EVEN REPORTING IT.
UM, SO THAT IF THERE IS A CONCERN, YES WE CAN SAY DO ITEM 1, 2, 3, LIKE IN SEVEN DAYS AND TO MAKE EVERYTHING SAFE.
AND YES, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS BOARD KNEW THAT YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU AWARE OF IT.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES FOR, UH, SOME OF THE CASES THAT WERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
SO IT PROBABLY JUST DIDN'T MATTER.
UM, UH, BECAUSE YOU DID DO A NOTICE TO VACATE, BUT IF THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE IN REGARDS TO PROPERTIES AND THERE ARE SOME THAT YOU WANNA PRIORITIZE, UH, THE SPORT DOES HAVE THAT ABILITY.
SO IT IS NOW, UM, WHAT TIME IS 1110? 1110.
AND UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR A FEW MINUTES.
THE, UH, BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, IT IS NOW,
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UM, WHAT TIME IS THAT? IS THAT 1120? 1122.AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS RECONVENED
MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION TO ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.