* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:04] GOOD MORNING. UH, WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. EXCUSE ME. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. TIME IS 9:09 AM WELCOME TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. I'M THE CHAIR, UH, MS. BROWN. AND, UH, UH, COULD WE GET, UM, ROLL CAR PLEASE? MR. DUANE SEN. PRESENT, JESSE ZUNIGA. ROBERT TAPIA. MS. BROWN DAVID GARZA. PRESENT, CORY MONTIEL, CHERICE GUPTE. PRESENT, FRED ANDIS PRESENT. 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 TAMMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. MYSELF, JUDY KRUM, B S V LIAISON, AND JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO CHAIR. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, WE'LL HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATION. UH, SPANISH INTERPRETATION. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE RINI. UM, SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE BEING AVAILABLE DURING THIS MEETING. THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED IN SPANISH. TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS AND THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WILL READ THE, UM, THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT. UM, A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THE, 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 HAVE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES. PLEASE KEEP ALL, UH, OR HOWEVER, UH, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE AN UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION. AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES, WHICH WE JUST HEARD FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR A LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE IS TO DE, IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE CODE, WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM, OUTLINE IN THE, UM, OUTLINE TO BRING THE, UH, PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON THE MONIES AT HAND REQUEST, THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS [00:05:01] FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. THE ORDER OF THE BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PET SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AS PER CITY SECTION CODE 16 DASH 2 36. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE [ Approval of Minutes  ] APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND, UM, JUDY, YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA READ THAT FIRST OR JUDY CRUM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR. ROBERT TAPIA WOULD LIKE TO ADD A REVISION TO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ITEM ON THE MINUTES. HE WOULD LIKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES. ROBERT TAPIA ASKED THAT WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN FIVE OR MORE VIOLATIONS, IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO PRIORITIZE ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE VIOLATION BY LISTING MOST SEVERE FIRST, SO THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSED AS DANGEROUS, UNSAFE, AND, AND, AND UNSANITARY BY THE CODE OFFICIAL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR? I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES EVEN WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF MR. TAPIA. OKAY. WE HAVE, UM, WE DO HAVE A, UM, A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES, INCLUDING MR. TAP'S STATEMENT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. UH, COULD WE GO TO A ROLL CALL? MR. NELSON? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. MR. GARZA? AYE. MR. GUPTE? AYE. MR. ANDES AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE STAFF REPORTS. MS. JENNY, [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING, IF I MAY PROCEED. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS FOUR EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS. UH, THE FIRST PROPERTY IS 9 0 3 SOUTH PINE, UH, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED ON APRIL THE SEVENTH OF 2022 AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON APRIL THE FOURTH OF 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THIS WAS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THAT NEXT PROPERTY WAS 4 40 19 WEST TRAVIS STREET LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED ON APRIL THE 11TH OF 2022, DUE TO A FIRE THAT DID OCCUR ON THE PROPERTY ON APRIL THE FOURTH OF 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THIS WAS ALSO FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THIS PROPERTY AND BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. NEXT PROPERTY 15 1 0 2 ROCK RIVER IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT 10 WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON APRIL THE 12TH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON APRIL 5TH, 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THIS ALSO INCLUDED, OR THIS WAS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. THAT'S A NICE HOUSE. AND THE LAST ONE FOR TODAY IS, UH, 1501 NORTH COLORADO STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED ON APRIL THE 14TH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON APRIL 11TH, 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THIS WAS ALSO A MAIN STRUCTURE FOR THIS PROPERTY AND BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT THIS MORNING, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES. [00:10:02] I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. UH, ON PINE STREET, THE LAST SLIDE SHOWED WAS THE PROPERTY CLEARED? IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES, I DO BELIEVE IT WAS. YES, SIR. THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DAMAGED. WAS THAT FROM THE FIRE OF THE BUILDING THERE OR IS THAT SEE, IS OR IS THAT A WHOLE DIFFERENT UH, GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, BUT WE'LL ABSOLUTELY, UH, GET THAT LOOKED AT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. IT DOES LOOK SOME SMOKE DAMAGE, I'M NOT SURE ON THE TOP PIECE, BUT WE'LL GET THAT LOOKED AT IN, UH, WELL, YEAH, THEN THERE'S A BIG HOLE WHERE ALL THE, UH, TOP IS. YEP. THERE'S A BIG HOLE THERE AND IT IS DAMAGED BY SMOKE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS FROM THAT AS A, I DON'T KNOW. AND I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESS ON THAT ONE, SO I WILL, UH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? WELL, THANK YOU MS. JENNY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, AFTER THIS, OUR FIRST CASE WILL BE, UM, INDIVIDUAL CASES AT 5 42. IS THAT FAY AVENUE? GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA G ES, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 42 FAY AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION FROM BOTH THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 9 0 5, BLOCK NINE, LOT 11, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PEDRO TOLEDO AND DORA E ALVAREZ WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 42 FAY AVENUE. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY TO, UH, NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO. I DO HAVE SS A P D TO SPEAK ON, ON THE CASE TOO. UM, NO PHONE NUMBER FOR OWNER HAS BEEN FOUND. I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEDRO TOLEDO, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SEVERAL TIMES. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 42 FAY WAS CONDUCTED ON 3 9 20 21. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 9 24 20 21, AND THE, THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON 10 26 20 21 ON 4 25, 20 22. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 42 FAY AVENUE ON FOUR 20, ON FOUR ON APRIL 22ND, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED. A NOTICE TO VACATE ORDER WAS POSTED AT, ON A PROPERTY ON MARCH 11TH, 2021. NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE. THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEAN AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON APRIL 5TH, 2021. THE, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT ABATEMENT WAS 1,300, UH, $351. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLEANED FOUR TIMES BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH A TOTAL LIEN BALANCE OF $11,110 AND 57 CENTS. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DOUBLE GABLE ROOF WITH THE ASPHALT SHINGLE. UM, A LOT OF THE WORK, YOU CAN SEE THE LADDER RIGHT THERE. THE OWNER IS DOING A LOT OF REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT ANY PERMITS. AND HE'S BEEN, HE'S BEEN ASKED THROUGH, UH, TO GET THE PERMITS SEVERAL TIMES AND HE'S BEEN CITED SEVERAL TIMES FOR NOT HAVING, UH, FOR NOT HAVING PERMITS. 'CAUSE HE'S, HE'S DOING ROOF WORK AND EXTERIOR WALL, UH, WORKING ON THE EXTERIOR WALL. WALL. AND I THINK HE WAS ABOUT TO START ON THE FOUNDATION WORK. UM, A STOP WORK ORDER WAS POSTED. UM, THE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHINGLES ARE WORN. UM, THE FRONT ELEVATION, THE EXTERIOR WALL A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE WOOD PLANKING IS BROKEN. NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS A, A FARTHER VIEW OF THE GABRIEL ROOF SYSTEM. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE HE'S PULLED OFF THE SHINGLES, HE'S ACTUALLY REPLACED THE DECKING AND HE'S PUT A TYVEK COVERING ON THE, ON THE ROOF. SO HE'S IN THE, HE'S, HE'S GONNA, UH, PUT THE SHINGLES ON. AND, UH, HE'S, HE'S ABOUT TO PUT THE SHINGLES ON, AS YOU CAN SEE TOO. THE FACIAL BOARDS, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ARE ROTTED AND THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED TOO. [00:15:02] THIS IS A LOOK, UH, TOWARDS THE BACK. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE TYVEK. HE'S COVERED PROBABLY ABOUT 85% OF THE ROOF AND THAT TYVEK COVERING, DOING WORK WITHOUT, AND AGAIN, HE'S DOING WITHOUT PERMITS. THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE. UH, SOME OF THE DETERIORATED SHINGLES. UM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE OVERHANG IN THE FRONT. UM, IT IS BROKEN. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DECKING IS WARPED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE NOT BEING WEATHERPROOFED. SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT ARE HANGING. NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN, UH, WOOD PLANKING ON THE BOTTOM MIDDLE. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, SOME OF THE WOOD PLANKING IS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE WALL DECKING. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION. YOU CAN SEE THE CEDAR POST RIGHT THERE IS DETERIORATED. UM, AS WE GO TO THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT FEW PHOTOS IN, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF DETERIORATION TO THE FOUNDATION. YOU CAN SEE THE SEAL BEAM IS ACTUALLY BROKEN AND CRACKED. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE POST IS LEANING THE CEDAR POST, UH, MORE OF THE CEDAR POST. YOU CAN SEE, UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SEAL BEAM IS TWISTED DUE TO THE CEDAR POST LEANING. UM, THIS, THIS, THE STRUCTURE HAS A FOUNDA, UH, REAL, REAL SIGNIFICANT FOUNDATION ISSUES. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE BACK ELEVATION. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE JUST, UM, THE DETERIORATED, UH, THE ATTACHMENT RIGHT THERE, THE DETERIORATED OVERHANG, UH, EXTERIOR WALLS ARE BROKEN ON, ON IN SOME PLACES AROUND IT. UM, NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS, UH, ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION. UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, SOME OF THE BOARDS ARE A LITTLE BIT WARED. SOME OF THEM ARE, UM, ARE DETERIORATING. NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK, THE SEAL PLATE. YOU CAN SEE THE SEAL PLATE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE IT'S, UM, DETERIORATED. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE POSTS RIGHT THERE ARE DETERIORATING TOO. THIS IS TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL CORD, UH, RUNNING FROM THERE. UM, THE OWNER IS ACTUALLY STAYING IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. UM, THE FRONT STRUCTURE, HE'S ACTUALLY RENTING IT OUT TO, UH, THE VAGRANTS IN THE AREA, UM, WHICH IS WHAT WE GET CALLS ABOUT. UM, SOMETIMES IT COULD BE, WHEN I WENT THERE THE LAST TIME, THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT STRUCTURE ALONE. UM, HE HAS SEPARATED THE MIDDLE TO INCLUDE DIFFERENT ROOMS. HE HAS, HE IS RENTING IT OUT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE VAGRANTS. UM, RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FLOOR COVERING IS DETERIORATED. NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE GRAFFITI ON THE, THE WALLS. UM, THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF GRAFFITI THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. NEXT PHOTO, UH, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS. HE HAS, HE'S, HE'S PROVIDING A LOT OF ELECTRICITY. UM, A LOT OF THE SOCKETS IN THE STRUCTURE DO NOT WORK. SO WHATEVER HE HAS, HE'S JUST PLUGGING IN, UM, SURGE PROTECTORS AND JUST RUNNING AS MANY AS HE CAN ON IT. NEXT PHOTO, UH, MORE GRAFFITI. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP, UH, RIGHT, THE TOP, UH, RIGHT OF THE CEILING IS DETERIORATED. A LOT OF IS WATER DAMAGE. HE ACTUALLY PRO, HE HAS, HE ACTUALLY HAS A TARP, UH, PLASTIC. HE ACTUALLY HAS A TARP BLOCKING IT TO KEEP THE WATER FROM COMING IN. NEXT PHOTO, HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE TARP. UM, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE WATER FROM COMING IN. UM, YOU SEE THE, THE CEILINGS ARE DETERIORATED. UM, HE JUST HAS A, A LOT OF THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, SO, UM, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO BLOCK OUT THE EXTERIOR ELEMENTS FROM COMING IN WITH BLANKETS OR WHATEVER. THEY HAVE SOME PARTS FURNITURE. NEXT PHOTO. UM, RIGHT HERE, HE ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING IS DETERIORATED AND THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR WALL IS, BUT RIGHT HERE, HE'S ACTUALLY RAN THAT, UH, WHERE THE LIGHT BULB IS. HE'S ACTUALLY RAN AN ELECTRICAL CORD DOWN SO THAT WAY HE COULD POWER SOME OF THE TOOLS HE'S WORKING ON THE HOUSE WITH. NEXT PHOTO, SEE MORE USE OF THE, OF THE EXTERIOR, OF THE, UM, OF ELECTRICAL, UH, OVER USING ELECTRICAL CORDS JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. UM, YOU SEE THE FLOOR COVERING IS DAMAGED. NEXT PHOTO, UH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN. UM, THERE'S A HOLE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY, WHERE HE'S ACTUALLY PULLED APART THE FLOOR. AND IT, AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE UNDERNEATH RIGHT THERE WHERE HE'S JUST HAS CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. NEXT PHOTO, UH, RIGHT HERE IS THE, UH, BATHROOM. UM, AS YOU STEP ONTO THE, ONTO THE TILE, WHEN I WAS STEPPING ONTO IT, THE FLOOR, THE, IT WAS SOFT, THE TILE FLOOR, UM, IT WAS STARTING TO CRACK. UM, YOU COULD SEE THE KITCHEN SINK. HE'S USING THE BUCKET TO DRAIN THE WATER. UM, AND THE, THE, THE BATHTUB WAS DETERIORATED TOO. NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. UM, IT IS A, UH, SINGLE STORY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. UH, THE ROOF IS A GABLE, UH, A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH A, UH, CORRUGATED METAL. UM, THE METAL IS DETERIORATED. A LOT OF THE, UM, THERE'S NO SOFFITS OR, OR WIND MEMBERS BLOCKING. THE EXTERIOR ELEMENTS ARE COMING IN. HE'S, HE, HE, HE'S BLOCKED IT WITH, UM, JEANS, CLOTHES OR WHATEVER HE CAN, UH, TO KEEP THE CODE OR HOT FROM COMING IN. UM, YOU SEE THE EXTERIOR WALLS OR A HARDY PLANK, UM, WHICH IS [00:20:01] RIGHT THERE BY THE DOOR, WHICH IS BROKEN. UM, THE OWNER IS STAYING IN HIS STRUCTURE. UM, SOMETIMES HE, HE HAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE STAYING IN THERE WITH HIM. UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID THE CLEANUP, THE LAST FEW CLEANUPS, UM, THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT OF THERE WITH HIM. UH, NEXT PHOTO AS RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOTHING BLOCKING THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS FROM GOING UNDERNEATH THE, THE OVERHANG. UM, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DETERIORATED. UM, HE DOES, HE HAS DONE PATCHWORK AROUND IT TO TRY TO KEEP THE, WHEREVER IT'S BROKEN, OR WHEREVER THE HARDY PLANK HAS DE, UH, SEPARATED FROM THE, THE WALL. NEXT PHOTO, UH, RIGHT HERE, UH, THERE IS A SLIGHT BOW. UM, THERE IS A, A CRACK IN THE CONCRETE SLAB, WHICH IS CAUSING THE, THE FRAME TO SHIFT. UM, RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S STARTING TO BOW OUT A LITTLE BIT. UM, IT, IT DOES BECOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AS WE GET TO THE BACK. UM, THE EXTERIOR WALL IS BROKEN RIGHT THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, THE PART OF THE, UH, UM, WHERE HE USED THE BLOCK, IT IS COMING OFF OF, OF THE OVERHANG. UM, RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE SLIGHT LEAN IN THE STRUCTURE AND JUST PATCHWORK ON THE EXTERIOR WALL TO BLOCK, TO BLOCK THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS. A LOT OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS HE BLOCKED WITH FURNITURE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SEEING INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, HE DOES HAVE AN AC UNIT TO PROVE THAT HE IS LIVING IN THE STRUCTURE, UM, THE ELECTRICITY HE'S GETTING FROM THE FRONT. UM, NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS, UH, A PICTURE OF THE INTERIOR. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE, UH, SUNLIGHT COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE. UM, YOU CAN SEE A LOT WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST STAYING INSIDE THE, UH, STAYING INSIDE OF IT. UH, THERE WAS, UH, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN. IT. THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING BLOCKING IN, UH, ELEMENTS FROM COMING INTO THIS STRUCTURE. IT, IT, UM, IT IS, YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION RIGHT THERE FROM THE, UH, FROM THE WALL TO THE ROOF. NEXT PHOTO. UM, RIGHT HERE, THERE IS NO CUT. UM, IT WASN'T CUT BY THE CITY, BUT IT WAS CUT BEFORE WE STARTED THE CASE. UM, BUT HE, THAT ELECTRICAL CORD, HE DOES HAVE, UH, ELECTRICAL CORDS. GOING TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FROM THE MAIN AS RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE A NEEDLE, NEEDLES AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. UM, THERE IS A CRACK IN THE CONCRETE. NEXT ONE, UM, MORE PICTURES OF IT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S BLOCKED THE WINDOWS WITH BOARDS. UH, HE HAS FURNITURE IN SOME PLACES. NEXT PHOTO. UH, RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CRACKING, THE, THE, THE FOUNDATION, UM, THE WATER. HE DOESN'T HAVE WATER SERVICE ON THE, ON, IN THE BACK OF THAT STREET STRUCTURE. SO WHAT HE IS DOING IS HE'S PROVIDING, UH, THE JUGS SO THAT WAY HE CAN HAVE WATER. NEXT. AS YOU CAN SEE THE BED AND THE, UH, UH, THE STUFF HE'S USING TO LIVE IN INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. 5 42 PHASE, A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1926. THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN, DAMAGED, AND SAGGING. EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COMPOSED OF WOOD SIDING, SHOWING SIGNS OF SEPARATION FROM THE WALL DECKING. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE BROKEN AND MISSING THROUGHOUT STRUCTURE, CAUSING THE INTERIOR TO BE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. THE FOUNDATION IS POSTED BEAM, WHICH IS DETERIORATED AND CAUSING THE STRUCTURE TO LEAN. THE SEAL PLATE IS DETERIORATED AND BROKEN. THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE IS DETERIORATED WITH BROKEN SHEET ROCK GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS AND UNEVEN FLOORS. DUE TO FOUNDATION ISSUES, ELECTRICAL WIRES EXPOSED AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. THE OWNER REFUSES TO GET PERMITS ON THE REPAIRS HE'S DOING ON THE STRUCTURE, WHICH ARE THE ROOF EXTERIOR WALLS, AND ON THE, AND ON ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THE OWNER IS ALSO ALLOWING FOR VAGRANT TO STAY INSIDE OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE, CAUSING THE INCREASE IN THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT THE PROPERTY. ACCESSORY IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE BUILT IN 2008. THE ROOF IS A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH CORRUGATED METAL COVERING, WHICH IS COVERING, WHICH IS DETERIORATED, CAUSING THE EXTERIOR EXTERIOR ELEMENTS TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE. CONCRETE SLAB IS CRACKED AND CAUSING A FRAME OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO LEAN AND CAUSING EXTERIOR WALLS TO BOW OUT WINDOW AND DOORS ARE BLOCKED WITH PLYWOOD AND FURNITURE OWNER IS STAYING INSIDE OF, UH, THE INTERIOR IS, IS STAYING INSIDE OF THE ACCESSORY WITH NO ELECTRICAL AND WATER SERVICES. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 5 42 FAY ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 5, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY 5 12, 15, 12 AND 5, 7, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH. SAFETY, WELFARE FELT PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION SUB OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, DEMOLITION FOR BOTH MAIN AND ACCESSORY WITH A VACATE ORDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES THE, DOES THE BOARD, EXCUSE ME, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? I HAVE A FEW. UH, YOU MADE SEVERAL [00:25:01] PROPERTY SITE VISITS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ON YOUR THREE 10, YOU WENT OUT THE FIRST DAY NOTES HERE IS THREE NINE MM-HMM. 2021. THEN YOU WENT OUT THREE 10 NOTICE OF VACATE POSTED AT PROPERTY. YES, SIR. IS THAT MAIN FOR THE BOTH? ALL FOR ALL, UH, VACATE ORDER WAS POSTED FOR THE MAIN AND THE, AND THE, WAS IT STATED ON THE VACATE ALL? YES. TO THE VAC TO THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY. OKAY. THEN YOU TAKE MORE PHOTOS. MM-HMM. YOUR FIRST WARRANT? MM-HMM. 9 0 2, 20 21. MM-HMM. . AND YOU GOT IN THE STRUCTURE TO TAKE PICTURES? UH, THAT WARRANT? UH, I THINK I, I DON'T REMEMBER, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WARRANT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE DID A WARRANT SEVERAL TIMES TO ENTER TO CLEAN THE BACKYARD BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. UM, SO I PUT IT ON THERE BECAUSE WE WERE WORKING THE CASE BOTH CASES AT THE SAME TIME. WELL, I'M ASSUMING YOU GOT IN BECAUSE IT SAYS, TOOK PHOTO OF DEMOLITION WORK. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU GOT ACCESS IN. YES, SIR. NEXT TIME YOU MAKE LOCATIONS FOR PHOTOS, THEN YOU COME DOWN TO, UM, NEXT WARRANT WAS ISSUED ON NINE, UH, I'M SORRY, FOUR FIVE MM-HMM. ? YES, SIR. 2 22. YES, SIR. CAN YOU PUT UP SLIDE, UH, 1 0 9 MM-HMM. . OKAY. STAMP DATE. FOUR SIX. MM-HMM. , YOU GOT A WARRANT ON FOUR FIVE? UH, FOUR FIVE. IS THERE A DATE ERROR ON THE NOTE VERSUS THE PICTURE? YES, SIR. I THINK THERE WAS A DATE ERROR ON IT. YES, SIR. SO THIS SHOULD BE FOUR SIX? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. THEN YOUR NEXT WARRANT WAS ISSUED THE 27TH MS. CHAIR. YEAH. THIS IS LEGAL. I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY SOMETHING. WHEN A WARRANT IS OBTAINED, THAT WARRANT IS, IS VALID FOR, I WANNA SAY, 72 HOURS. RIGHT. SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, EVEN THE, THE DART UNIT WILL OBTAIN A WARRANT THE DAY PRIOR TO AN INSPECTION OR, OR SOMEONE COMING IN ONLY TO, UH, COORDINATE OTHER, UM, CITY SERVICES OR DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED. UH, AND, AND COUNSEL, I'M AWARE THAT WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS BASED OFF OF THAT, THERE'S NO NOTE OF FOUR SIX, BUT YET THE PHOTO SHOWS FOUR SIX. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M, I'M POINTING OUT FOR RECORD FOR IF IT GOES TO, UH, APPEAL, THEN IT'S FOR THE RECORD. SO THE WARRANT'S ISSUED, AND THEN ON YOUR 27TH, ANOTHER WARRANT WAS ISSUED. AND SO THE SEVENTH VAGRANT WERE ON THE PROPERTY. THE HOMEOWNER WAS STILL ON THE PROPERTY? YES, SIR. AND HE INTERFERED WITH THE WARRANT? YES, SIR. BUT THEY STILL HAVE NOT LEFT. SO THEY WERE STILL IN VIOLATION OF THE YES, SIR. FIRST, UM, VACATE? YES, SIR. AND YOU, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY IT IN HERE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA ASK, ARE YOU ASKING US TO ENFORCE THE VACATE? YES, SIR. OKAY. 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T STATE THAT. YES, SIR. FOR THE RECORD. MM-HMM. , NEXT TIME, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE THAT YOU WANT US TO ENFORCE THAT AS WELL AS THE DEMO? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE OFFICER, LET'S SEE, IS IT BRANDON? I'M SORRY, WHAT IS IT? THE LAST NAME? YOU CAN SAY ANY, WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO SAY IT? , IT'S ALWAYS, IS IT GILL? IT'S ALWAYS, UH, IT GUILLEN, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MISPRONOUNCED, , GIEN OR GILLIAN? YES. UH, MY NAME IS BRANDON GUILLEN. I'M WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER. THE LOCATION THAT, UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, I'M GOING TO PRESENT TODAY. UH, I CAN, UM, I GET PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. UH, THEY WANNA BE ANONYMOUS BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN AND OUT AS FAR AS THE VAGRANTS, THE HOMELESS, GOING IN AND OUT. UH, I HAVE BEEN THERE WITH CO COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, UH, WITH THE WARRANTS. UH, WHEN WE DO GO, IT'S, WE NEVER HAVE, UH, MR. TOLEDO IS ALWAYS UNCOOPERATIVE, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THE NO-KNOCK WARRANTS ANYMORE. UH, WE DO MAKE ENTRY EITHER TO THE FRONT AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, UH, BUT THEN THE NEXT TIME, UH, THAT SAME DAY, HE WON'T LET US INTO THE REAR STRUCTURE. AND VICE VERSA, WHEN WE GO WITH ANOTHER WARRANT, IT'S, IT'S, WE'LL GO INTO THE REAR STRUCTURE, BUT WE WON'T GO INTO THE, HE'S VERY UNCOOPERATIVE WITH EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN AND OUT, OUT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS USE OUR DISCRETION. UH, DO WE, ARE WE GONNA GO IN WITH JUST TWO OFFICERS? UH, WHEN THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE INSIDE? WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, UH, FOR OUR SAFETY, UH, UNTIL WE GET ENOUGH OFFICERS TO GO OUT THERE. UH, THE LAST, MOST RECENT, THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE, THE SECOND TO THE LAST TIME, I'M SORRY, MR. [00:30:01] TOLEDO WOULDN'T LET US INTO THE REAR STRUCTURE. UH, WE HAD WORD, UH, HE HAD TOLD US THAT THERE WAS A GUY BY THE NAME OF PALONE INSIDE THE LOCATION. I KNOW PALONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A, UH, A THIEF OF STEALING VEHICLES, UH, BURGLARY, HABITATIONS AND WHATNOT. THAT TIME WE DID NOT MAKE ENTRY. UH, MR. TOLEDO WOULD NOT OPEN THE, THE WRONG DOOR TO LET US GO IN THERE. HE'S JUST KEPT ACTING. UH, HE JUST WOULDN'T LET US DO IT. HE JUST WOULDN'T, HE WOULDN'T OPEN THE DOOR, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HIS PROPERTY. UH, HE WOULD JUST WALK AWAY OR TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THE LOCATION. IT WASN'T TILL THE LAST TIME WE SHOWED UP, UH, WITH CODE OFFICERS THAT, UH, WE SAW THE MAN THAT IS STAYING THERE, THAT THEY CAUGHT PELON, UH, WALKING FROM THE LOCATION DOWN THE SIDEWALK WITH A MACHETE IN HIS HAND, AND A LARGER KNIFE TO HIS RIGHT SIDE. WE STOPPED HIM. HE HAD ENDED UP HAVING A FELONY WARRANT AND TOOK HIM IN FOR THAT, UH, ALONG WITH A CLASS B WARRANT. UM, THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON. THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE STAYING IN THESE LOCATIONS. UH, MR. TOLEDO DENIES, UH, RENTING TO ANYBODY. BUT WHEN I GO IN THERE, WHEN WE DO GO IN THERE AND THESE WARRANTS, UH, OR I DO STOP AND I SEE SOMEBODY IN THE FRONT YARD, I'LL MAKE CONTACT WITH 'EM AND THEY'LL TELL ME STRAIGHT OUT THAT THEY ARE PAYING RENT. UH, IT'S GOTTEN HARDER FOR US. UH, THE SECOND TO THE MAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SECOND TO THE LAST TIME WHEN WE DID MAKE ENTRY INTO THE FRONT STRUCTURE, THEY DID CLOSE IT OFF ON THE INSIDE. UH, SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE FRONT AND TELLING OTHER OFFICERS, UH, OR ANOTHER OFFICER THAT'S SECURING THE FRONT, IS THERE A WAY TO GO UP FRONT AND MAKE ENTRY AND WE'LL CLEAR IT SO IT, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT. UH, BUT ANYTIME I GO OUT THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AND I EVEN HAD SOME COME FROM GOLIA AT A MILITARY, SOUTHEAST MILITARY THAT I TALKED TO OTHER OFFICERS, HEY, DO YOU KNOW THIS SO-AND-SO? AND SHE GOES, YEAH, I KNOW THAT SO AND SO, SHE LIVES OVER HERE. SHE WAS STAYING OVER HERE AT GOLIAD IN SOUTHEAST MILITARY. WELL, NOW SHE'S STAYING ALL THE WAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF, UH, OF OUR SUBSTATION, OUR JURISDICTION. UM, I RECOVERED A STOLEN VEHICLE FROM THE LOCATION. ANOTHER OFFICER'S ALSO, UH, RECOVERED A STOLEN VEHICLE THERE. UH, I DO GET WORD FROM, UM, AGAIN, AN ANONYMOUS THAT'S REAL CLOSE, THAT HE OVERLOOKS THE PROPERTY. THEN, UH, HE SAID THERE'S MULTIPLE STOLEN VEHICLES OUT THERE, UH, THAT COME BACK AND FORTH. THEY PARK IT AND THEN IT'S GONE LIKE HALF AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, IF NOT THE NEXT DAY IT'S GONE. UM, AND HE SAYS IT'S THE, THE MAN THAT'S STAYING IN THE REAR STRUCTURE, UM, THAT'S SHARING THE RESTRUCTURE, THE BELONGING, UM, WITH THE ALIAS NAME. UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE, BUT IT'S, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN A, A, A NUISANCE HOUSE FOR THE LONGEST TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, MA'AM. JUST ONE. OKAY. UH, THERE ARE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE HAVE ARE SEEING. HAVE YOU HAD ANY DRUG ARREST AT THE PROPERTY ALSO? NO, SIR. I HAVE. I HAVE NOW, WHEN I LOOK UP THE, UH, THE ACTIVITY THERE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DRUG. IT'S, THE LOCATION IS SECURED WITH THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ON THE PICTURES, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO GET IN THERE. 'CAUSE THE, THE WAY THE PRIVACY FENCE IS, IS PRETTY HIGH AND IT'S HARD TO GET IN THERE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UM, FIRST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SIR. I DIDN'T CATCH IT AT FIRST. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID IT. ARE YOU THE SAFE OFFICER IN THE DISTRICT? YES, SIR. SO YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH KNOWLEDGEABLE WITHIN X AMOUNT OF BLOCKS OF THIS HOUSE. HOW MANY OTHERS ARE, SO THEY'RE ALL KIND OF MIGRATING TO ONE OR THE OTHER? YES, SIR. IN FACT, THE, UH, A K A PALONE, THE AUS NAME, AARON HERNANDEZ, HE, UH, ACTUALLY LIVES TWO BLOCKS. HIS GRANDMOTHER IS WHERE HE USED TO LIVE. UH, BUT, UH, WHEN WE WENT TO PASS A COUPLE OF TIMES, HE DENIED STAYING THERE. BUT EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE FRONT STRUCTURE SAYS, OH, WHEN WE HAD TO GET HIM A SWEATER, 'CAUSE HE WAS, HE HAD NO SHIRT WALKING DOWN THE STREET. HE SAYS, OH, IS THIS FOR BALON? SO THEY KIND OF JUST TOLD US. THE LOCATION ALSO TOO, IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. SO EVERYBODY THAT GOES TO THE LOCATION USUALLY PARKS RIGHT THERE AT THE REAL CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. IT'S HARD TO GET, UH, VISUAL AS FAR AS, UH, ANYBODY CROSSING. AND YOUR LAST VISIT WAS ON THE 27TH AS WELL, CORRECT? THE SERVE OF THE WARRANT? UH, THAT'S WHAT THE RECORD SAID LAST, UH, LAST MONTH. YES, SIR. SO THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY THERE BEFORE, ARE STILL THERE AS OF TODAY. COULD WE SAFELY SAY, OR NO? I COULD SAY SAFELY. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. I, I JUST WAS OUTTA TOWN SINCE THEN. UH, BUT, UH, YES, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BOARD. OKAY. I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THIS PROPERTY. I THINK CODE HAS, YES. OKAY. CODE. I'M SORRY. BOARD. UM, I WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. UM, I WANTED TO ADD A UTILITY DISCONNECTS FOR THE PROPERTY TO ENFORCE THE UTILITY DIS UH, DISCONNECTS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY AT 5 42 V. YOU ONLY WANT TWO. IS THE GAS STILL ON IT? UH, THE [00:35:01] GAS IS STILL ON. YES, SIR. SO YOU WANT 'EM IN TO THREE? YEAH. THREE. YES, I WANT, OH, YEAH. YES, YOU, SIR. DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? HELLO? BOARD. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME? WE'RE GONNA RESET. I DON'T THINK SO. YOU GUYS WANT A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? DWAYNE NELSON. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 4 2 FAY AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, SECTIONS 1, 5 6 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 5 8, 12 15. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 5, 7, 12, 15, THAT THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY, SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS, SHOULD BE SECURED AND UTILITIES DISCONNECTED. OKAY, WE HAVE AN ORDER FOR A 30 DAY DEMO, UH, FOR A VACATE ORDER. IMMEDIATE VACATE ORDER. WE HAVE, UH, TO HAVE THE PROPERTY SECURED, AND WE HAVE, UM, UH, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 5, 8, 12 15. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY 5, 7, 12, AND 15. IS THAT, IS THAT EVERYTHING? YES. OKAY. DO WE MADAM CHAIR, I SECOND IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. ANDERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION DOWN THERE? ? OKAY. COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. NELSON? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. MR. GARZA? AYE. MR. GUPTE? AYE. THANK YOU, MR. ANDES. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF 5 2 0 A. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, OUR NEXT CASE IS 4 67 HOT WELLS. THANK YOU. UPDATE IT. BEFORE I START BOARD, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE A TRANSLATOR FOR THE OWNER. HI, MY NAME IS LING LEO. UH, ADDRESS IS 1901 SOUTH ALAMO. I'M HERE TO TRANSLATE TO, UH, MANDARIN. I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY? TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO MANDARIN. OKAY. CHINESE, MANDARIN. Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO TURN UP THE VOLUME ON THOSE MICS UP THERE BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR. I CAN, I CAN HEAR IT, BUT I CAN'T. IT'S LIKE, CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 4 6 7 HOT WALLS BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIRS, I'M SORRY, WITH RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY COURT. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE SECOND TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD WITH A RESET ORDER ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022. DUE TO MY RECENT IN DUE TO MY RECENT INSPECTION, THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO DEMOLITION, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS. JOSHUA MARTINEZ, UH, SAN ANTONIO, [00:40:10] THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 5 7 8 BLOCK TWO LOT WEST 66 FEET OF SOUTH 150 FEET OF SEVEN, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT THREE TO THE, UM, LEGAL. THE, UH, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FENG ING WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 6 7 HOT WEST BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3. ON NOTICE OF HEARING WERE PROPERTY ISSUED REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE. ELAINE HUGH, WHICH DOES HAVE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THIS PROPERTY. UH, S A P D, OFFICER RODRIGUEZ, MS. CASTILLO NEIGHBOR, AND MR. ALEXANDER HOT WELLS ASSOCIATION, UH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. T UM, M RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ. UH, MS. CASTILLO, UH, MR. ALESSANDRA, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH ME TO PROCEED? THE, THE OWNER ON OUR BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL RECORD IS NOT PRESENT, BUT THE, THE, THE MOTHER, WHICH HAS THE POWER OF ATTORNEY IS PRESENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CONTINUE PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR MR. FANG HAING AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER. UH, MR. HAING HAS STATED TO ME OVER THE PHONE THAT HE HAS, HE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY AND HAS GIVEN ALL RIGHTS OVER TO HIS MOTHER. MS. HUGH, I HAVE RECENTLY SPOKEN WITH MS. HUGH, WHO HAS ALSO STATED TO ME THAT SHE'S NO LONGER INTERESTED IN MAKING REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING AND WAS LOOKING TO SELL THE PROPERTY, AS IS. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. UH, THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 67 HOT WEST BOULEVARD WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 28TH, 2021. [00:45:06] ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021. THE, ON APRIL 22ND, 2022, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED. NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022, AND A WARRANT WAS RECENTLY EXECUTED WITH S A P D ON APRIL 26TH, 2022. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF MAY 3RD, 2022. THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE FOR 4 67 HOT WELLS BOULEVARD. HER FATHER, UM, THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEANED AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON APRIL 7TH, 2022. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE ABATEMENT WAS $4,641. THERE IS A SCHOOL CADDY CORNER TO THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS HOT WELLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS BALL ACADEMY. ELECTRICAL METER WAS REMOVED ON JANUARY 14TH, 2022. GAS AND METER IS TURNED OFF AS OF AUGUST 21ST. UM, I'M SORRY, I AUGUST OF 2021 AND SAUL'S METER HAS BEEN REMOVED AS OF APRIL 13TH, 2022. A FIRE REPORT HAS, UH, BEEN MADE STATE AS OF APRIL 3RD, 2022. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETELY BURNED DUE TO THE FIRE, UH, UH, UH, UH, BOARD, UH, ACADEMY. UH, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 26TH, 2022. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. UH, THERE IS SOME SLIGHT ROTTING TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS NEXT TO THE SKIRTING. [00:50:05] UH, THAT SHOULD BE FINE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MOVING ON TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION. THE SKIRTING HAS BEEN REMOVED WITH SOME, UM, SLOW DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS AT, UH, AS WELL AS SIGNS OF, UH, VAGRANTS CURRENTLY BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE AFTER BEING SECURED. EXTERIOR SIGNS OF WAS BREAKING IN AS WELL AS ROTTING DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBER ON THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO NEXT TO THE AC UNIT, THERE IS STEPPING AND CRACKING TO THE EXTERIOR WALL. IN THIS PHOTO HERE. THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION. AGAIN, THE METER HAS BEEN REMOVED. UH, AT ONE POINT IN THE PAST WHEN, UH, C P S DID GO OUT THERE, IT WAS DUE TO TAMPERING. UH, THE VAGRANT ACTUALLY HAD, UH, RAN WIRES TO THE MAIN RISER, UH, BYPASSING THE METER. UM, AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED ALSO, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S, UH, SQUATTERS ARE COMING BACK TO THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS ADDING A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS TO THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE EGRESS CONCERN. THIS, THERE'S ALSO, I'M SORRY, GO BACK. THERE'S ALSO, UH, SIGNS OF DETERIORATION TO THE OVERHANG AS WELL. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT IT IS RUNNING ACROSS THIS ENTIRE SIDE. FROM THIS ANGLE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A WAVE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, AS THERE'S ALSO ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT WAS AS DIFFICULT TO GET A PHOTO BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE IT WAS TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. IN THIS PHOTO HERE, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW AGAIN FROM OUR FIRST, UH, WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS CASE TO THE BOARD, WE WERE TAKING THE ACCESSORY. ACCESSORY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY GONE. IT WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. THIS IS WHERE THE ACCESSORY WAS AT. AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE STORAGE CONTAINER, THERE'S STILL SIGNS OF, UH, OF THE FIRE FROM PREVIOUS FIRE. DAMAGE ON THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 3RD. FOOD, FOOD THAT MOVING INSIDE THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS GOING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FROM THE VAS GOING IN THERE AND ACCUMULATING A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE STORING BEING STORED INSIDE TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY GUTTING OUT, UH, ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, FROM THIS PHOTO, WHICH IS GONNA BE LOCATED TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIGHT, THERE IS SEPARATION TO THE SUBFLOOR. STARTING FROM THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO, MOVING TO THE LEFT, THERE'S ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF A SEPARATION. IT JUST STARTED GETTING LARGER TO ABOUT AN INCH GOING TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO. [00:55:13] SIGNS OF VAGRANTS STAYING INSIDE THE BUILDING, MOVING INTO ANOTHER ROOM. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED INSIDE, WHICH IS POSING A DANGER FOR ANY FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE HAVING TO GET IN AND OUT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY FROM THE SAME SPOT, I'M JUST MOVING TO THE LEFT. THIS, THIS WALL FROM THE INSIDE HAS SHOWN SOME MAJOR SEPARATION AND CRACKING TO THAT MASONRY WALL FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. AGAIN, IT'S JUST WRAPPING AROUND THE, THE, THAT CRACKING TO THIS WALL HERE. THIS NOW FROM BEHIND ME, FROM THE SAME SPOT. AGAIN, LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, UH, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO WHERE THERE'S A SMALL OPENING, THERE IS A HOLE IN THE SUBFLOOR. UH, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL GET A BETTER VIEW OF THAT. AGAIN, MOVING TO THAT AREA, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE IS A HOLE HAS BEEN WORK. WORK HAS BEEN, IS BEING DONE BY THE GRAS. IS UNSU. AT THE TIME, AT THIS MOMENT, I WASN'T UNSURE. I WAS UNSURE, BUT AS I GET BETTER PHOTOS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN WORK TO THE FOUNDATION. AGAIN, THERE IS, THERE'S NO PERMITS ON FILE. UH, WORK IS BEING DONE. UM, THE VAGRANT HAS STATED TO ME IN PERSON THAT HE WAS, UH, WAS DOING WORK TO THE FOUNDATION FATHER. IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THERE IS A LARGE SEPARATION. THIS, UH, THIS IS ABOUT, ROUGHLY ABOUT A FIVE TO SIX INCH SEPARATION WITH, UH, THE, IT APPEARS VAGRANTS IS ACTUALLY STUFFING WITH, UH, BRICKS AT THIS TIME. IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THERE IS SIGNS OF THE WOOD MEMBERS THAT HE'S USING FOR THE FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS UNDERNEATH THAT HE HAS REMOVED THAT ENTIRE SUBFLOOR. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO THAT THAT PLYWOOD IS CURRENTLY LOOSE. UH, AT THE TIME, WHAT HE'S DOING, HE IS JUST KIND OF PLACING HIM OVER THE, PLACING THE PLYWOOD THERE JUST TO KIND OF COVER UP THE HOLES, SHOWING THAT HE'S JUST DOING WORK. MOVING INTO ANOTHER ROOM. AGAIN, THERE IS A LARGE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THIS, OF THIS ROOM AS WELL. UH, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT HE'S JUST MOVING AROUND THROUGHOUT THE, THE BUILDING JUST TO DO SOME MORE WORK TO THE FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS CLOSER LOOK OF THE HOLE. THERE'S ALSO INDICATIONS OF PLUMBING WORK BEING CON UH, BEING DONE AS WELL. MOVING INTO THIS PHOTO HERE, AGAIN, JUST THE, THE [01:00:01] SUBFLOOR IS LOOSE, THAT PLYWOOD IS, IS NOT SITTING CORRECTLY. AS WELL AS, UH, JUST COVERING UP THE LARGE HOLE THAT IS THERE UNDERNEATH THAT PLYWOOD. I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A BETTER PHOTO, BUT THERE IS PLUMBING THAT APPEARS THAT HE WAS ALSO DOING WORK TOO AS WELL FOR THAT PLUMBING FROM THE SAME SPOT. JUST LOOKING UP AGAIN, JUST LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. TOWARDS THE BACK OF THIS PHOTO, THERE IS A LARGER HOLE TO THE FOUNDATION. THE HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THAT WITH SOME WOOD MEMBERS IN BETWEEN THE BEAMS THAT ARE NEW. AS YOU CAN SEE, A CLOSER LOOK OF THE NEW WOOD, AS WELL AS THE CONCRETE BLOCKS. THERE IS SIGNS OF SHIFTING. UM, NOW THIS, THESE PHOTOS WILL, WILL BE FOR THE FOUNDATION. AND AGAIN, THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, FROM ALL THE HOLES. BUT IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NEW WOOD WITH SEPARATION TO THAT BEAM, AS WELL AS, UH, SIGNS OF, UH, THE VAGRANTS SHIMMING, THE, THAT CONCRETE BLOCK WITH NO, UH, BASE PAD AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN THE WOOD AND THE BEAM, IT APPEARS TO BE EXTERIOR SIDING THAT HE'S USING AS WELL. TOTE SOUNDS OUT. MOVING IN FROM ANOTHER ANGLE, AGAIN, JUST MORE OF THE, THE SHIM, UH, SLIGHT SEPARATE, UH, SLIGHT SHIFTING TO THE CONCRETE BLOCKS AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PHOTO. I DO APOLOGIZE, THAT IS A LITTLE BLUR BLURRY, BUT THERE'S MORE, UH, EVIDENCE OF THEM USING, UH, THE EXTERIOR SIDING TO HELP WITH THE POST. NEXT SLIDE FROM ANOTHER SPOT OF, OF ONE OF THE, UH, HOLES IN THE SUBFLOOR, AGAIN, IS A CLOSER LOOK SHOWING THAT EXTERIOR SIDING IN BETWEEN THE WOOD MEMBERS FROM THE CONCRETE BLOCKS, AS WELL AS MORE SIGNS OF THAT BEAM STARTING TO SEPARATE, NOT SITTING CORRECTLY. SO CREATIVE. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 4 67 HOT WELLS BOULEVARD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OR DILAPIDATIONS, SUBSTANDARD OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN WITH THE PROPERTY REMAINING VACANT, SECURED, AND UTILITY DISCONNECTIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, 4 67 HOT WEST BOULEVARD. UM, WAS, UH, CHAPTER ARTICLE [01:06:26] PRESENTATION BOARD. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022, WE'VE ALSO HAD D H S GO TO THE LOCATION TWICE THAT WEEK TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THE VAGRANTS, WHICH AT THIS TIME HAVE DECLINED THAT SERVICES, UM, HUMAN RESOURCE, UH, HUMAN HUMAN SERVICE. THE, WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THAT OFFER AGAIN? FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DID A GREAT JOB TRANSLATING. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YEAH, I'VE GOT A FEW. ONE, . NO, I'VE GOT A FEW FROM THE 28 7, 7 28 20, 21 UP TO 2 1 20 22. WERE THERE SIGNS OF VAGRANCY OR VAGRANT IN THAT PROPERTY UP TO YOU SERVING THE VACATE ORDER? YES. SO ALL THAT TIME YOU HAD A SEARCH WARRANT IN THERE AND THERE WAS NO ISSUE OF A VACANCY UNTIL FEBRUARY? YES, BECAUSE AT THE TIME THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE ON FEBRUARY, THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHEN WE NOTICED THE ELECTRICAL HAZARD AND BECAUSE OF THAT MAIN CONCERN THAT HE BYPASSED THE METER AND WAS RUNNING IT DIRECTLY TO THE RISER, WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE NOTICE TO VACATE AND, HOLD ON. EXCUSE ME. BOARD, WE, WE STILL NEED TO TRANSLATE THE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE RESPONSES, SO WE JUST NEED TO, I, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE DO NEED TO SLOW DOWN ON THE, UH, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THAT, JUST TO GIVE HER TIME TO TRANSLATE. OKAY. THAT WAS MY BAD. I DIDN'T LET HER STEP IN. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION SO SHE CAN TRANSLATE IT FOR YOU? YEAH. ON THE DATES FROM 7 28 20 21 TO THE TIME THE VACANCY NOTICE WAS GIVEN, WHICH IS 0 2 0 1 20 22, WERE THERE SIGNS OF VAGRANT IN THE PROPERTY? UH, OFFICER. AND YOU GIVE HER THE ANSWER SO SHE CAN TRANSLATE [01:10:01] THAT? YES. SO THEN THE REASON FOR THE DISCONNECTS WAS FOR, WAS BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL HAZARD THAT WE FOUND IN FEBRUARY. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS, IS THERE, YOU BOARDED THIS UP, YOU SAID THERE WAS A 4,000 PLUS ABATEMENT. IS THAT FROM ALL OF THIS OR PRIOR? THAT'S FROM RECENT. SO THIS, THIS IS JUST FROM THE LAST ABATEMENT THAT WE DID, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN APRIL 7TH. THIS IS LEGAL. LET ME STOP YOU REAL QUICK AGAIN, LET'S LET THE TRANSLATOR, UM, TRANSLATE THE QUESTION THEN. UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IF YOU COULD, UH, WAIT TILL, UH, THAT IS TRANSLATED. IS IT FULL THOUSAND? YES. OH, OKAY. AND TO THIS DATE, THERE'S AN ABATEMENT ORDER TO SECURE IT OR A NEW ABATEMENT ORDER? YES, THERE IS AN ABATEMENT ORDER AS OF RIGHT NOW TO RESECURE THE STRUCTURE AS WELL AS CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND AS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TRANSLATE, RE SKILL, I DUNNO HOW TO, OKAY. ARE WE FINISHED? MM-HMM. , SHE'S FINISHED. OKAY. AND AS OF THE LAST TIME YOU CHECKED, WE STILL HAVE NO PERMITS FILED FOR ANY WORK? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. DID YOU PUT A YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. THE SECOND PART I DIDN'T READ ANYWHERE IN HERE THAT YOU PUT A STOP WORK ORDER. I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT THE STOP WORK ORDER WAS PLACED, IT'S NOT IN THESE NOTES, BUT WE DO HAVE A CURRENT CASE FOR THE STOP WORK ORDER. AND THAT DATE WAS ON APRIL 29TH, 2022. UH, THAT TONE, ZIP? YEAH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE AND I ASSUMED YOU DID, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE NOTES. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, . OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK HERE. UH, MARIO. I'M SORRY? RODRIGUEZ. RODRIGUEZ, YEAH. IS IT MAR MARTIN RODRIGUEZ? YES, IT'S MARTIN. OH, PLEASE COME ON DOWN. OKAY. HOW YOU DOING MARTIN? MY NAME'S, UH, MARTIN RODRIGUEZ. I'VE BEEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 28 YEARS. I'VE BEEN WITH THE SOUTH SAFE UNIT FOR FOUR YEARS AND 4 6 7 HOT WELLS IS [01:15:01] IN MY AREA. OKAY. LET HER INTERPRET. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAY. WELL, THAT MEANS IT'S A MICRO RODRIGUEZ. OKAY. SO ON 4 6, 7 HOT WELLS. IT WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AS A, AS A HOTSPOT KNOWN, KNOWN FOR, UH, THE VAGRANTS, THE DRUG ADDICTS TO COME IN AND OUT OF IT. AND ON HERE I GOT OVER CLOSE TO ABOUT 150 CALLS FROM 2022 TO 2000 TO 2020. I'M SORRY. AND, UH, I PULLED A COUPLE OF THE REPORTS, UH, FIRE ROBBERY, CUTTING A SHOOTING. AND TO BE FAIR, THE CUTTING OF SHOOTING, UM, THE OCCUPANT THAT'S THERE, MR. TRULIANO, HE'S THE VICTIM, BUT IT'S OVER BAD DRUG DEALS, WHAT IT IS. OKAY. UH, WE'VE RECOVERED A COUPLE OF AUTO THEFT AND, UH, RIGHT NOW HE'S A CURRENT SUSPECT ON AN ASSAULT. UH, DID SHARE, UM, UH, SHE, SO, UM, AND I SPEAK TO MR. ANO AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. I DO OFFER HIM SERVICES. I'VE OFFERED HIM SERVICES. I SINCE THE NOTICE TO VACATE, UM, I OFFER HIM SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERS SERVICES, SAM'S MINISTRY. SO I GOT A COUPLE OF OUTREACHES AND HE REFUSES. AND HE'S, HE INVITES US THE ELEMENT OF THE VAGRANTS OF DRUG ADDICTS. UH, AND, UH, RIGHT NOW, THE, THAT STRUCTURE, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF OUR HOTSPOTS. THE CHIEF OF POLICE DEEMED IT A HOTSPOT. THERE WAS A, A SHOOTING THERE AT THAT PLACE. SO THAT MADE, THAT MADE IT A HOTSPOT ACROSS THE WAY ON NEW BRAUNFELS, UH, MONROE PLACE APARTMENTS. THERE WAS A SHOOTING THERE ALSO, THERE WAS A DOUBLE HOMICIDE THERE ALSO. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE BACK AND FORTH. AND THE STRUCTURE, THAT STRUCTURE COMES UP A LOT FROM THE ACTIVITY IN AND OUT OF THAT STRUCTURE. SO, UM, THE, MM-HMM. , THAT'S ALL I HAVE ABOUT RIGHT NOW. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WELL, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? JUST COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON TO SPEAK, UM, CASTILLO. IS IT A MRS. OR MR. CASTILLO? YES. [01:20:03] GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING BOARD. MORNING. MY NAME IS SANDRA M. CASTILLO. I LIVE AT 4 7 1 HOT WELLS BOULEVARD. I DON'T WANNA REITERATE WHAT THE OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT, UH, THIS HAS FOR 4 7 4 6 7 HOT WELLS. UM, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS WITH THE NUMEROUS CODE VIOLATIONS, UM, THE CRIME. AND I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT MR. TULIP PANO IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER THAT LIVES VERY CLOSE TO THE SCHOOLS. YOU HAVE TO LET HER INTERPRET. I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, MR. TULIP, SINCE HE'S LIVED THERE, UH, MADE, HAS HAD MADE THAT HOUSE MADE INHABITABLE, UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS. AND IT'S AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND, UH, WE JUST DON'T WANT SOME, A TRAGEDY TO HAPPEN. UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. LETTER INTERPRET. AND, OKAY. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CASTILLO? NO. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, I THINK IT'S BRADY ALEXANDER. MY NAME IS BRI ALEXANDER, REPRESENTING THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TWO 19 HOT WELLS BOULEVARD. WELL, THAT MEANS THIS IS BRI ALEXANDER, UH, THE PRESIDENT. WE SIMPLY ASK THIS BOARD, FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CITY STAFF TO REMEDIATE THIS WELL-DOCUMENTED PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALEXANDER? MAYBE NOT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UH, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE. NO, WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE. IS THIS ELENA? I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME. YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT. UH, AND MY NAME IS ELAINE. WHO? ELENA. WHO? ELENA. WHO? YEAH. OKAY, MA'AM, YOU CAN ADJUST THE MIC FOR YOU. OKAY. CAN YOU REMOVE YOUR MASK, MA'AM? 'CAUSE WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU. THANK YOU. I'M THE MOTHER OF THE LANDLORD IN WORDS. MY SON IS, DISREGARD THIS ONE OR DOESN'T WANT DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, UH, THE PEOPLE, THE PERSON LIVING THERE IS MY EX-BOYFRIEND. MA'AM, FOR THE RECORD, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? THAT MEANS, UH, MY NAME IS ELAINE. WHO? UH, THE PUBLIC ADDRESS IS 4 6 7 HOWARDS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. WE NEED THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU LIVE. MY NAME IS 1 1 7 1 5 ELIJAH STEP. I LIVE NEAR RANCH. CAN YOU INTERPRET THAT PLEASE? BEFORE I LIVED, UH, CHEN, YOU MM-HMM. ? UH, 1, 1 7, 1 5. ELIJAH, STEP 1 1 7 5 1 1 7 1 5. [01:25:04] ELIJAH, S T E L I J A H S T A P P. MY NAME IS, UH, ELAINE HU. UH, BEFORE I LIVE IN 4 67 HARWELL AND MY EX-BOYFRIEND IS A VERY DANGEROUS, UH, HE WILL MAKE ASSAULT AND, UM, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN ALAMO RANCH. 1 1 7 1 5 8. UH, JUST SHE CAN CONTINUE, UM, UH, GET A, A PERMIT. LAST YEAR I ALREADY, UH, UH, GET A PERMIT TO REPAIR MY, UH, WATER, BUT, UH, MY EX-BOYFRIEND DID NOT ALLOW ME TO GO IN OR ALLOW ANY, ALLOW ANYBODY GO INTO REPAIR. I ALREADY HAVE THE, UM, I ALREADY FILED A, A CASE AND WE HAVE TWO COURT, UH, ALREADY. AND THE NEXT COURT WILL BE ON THE JUNE THE 10TH, AND AFTER THE JUNE THE 10TH COURT HEARING, I WILL MAKE MORE REPAIRS. THIS PROPERTY IS UP FOR DEMOLITION, NOT REPAIR. I WOULD LIKE YOU GIVE ME A OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MAKE A REPAIR BECAUSE IT'S NOT, I DON'T WANT THE REPAIR. IT'S NOT, I COULD NOT GO TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE, UH, EX-BOYFRIEND, I COULD NOT GO. WE'RE NOT CONCERNED WITH HER EX-BOYFRIEND. MA'AM, YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO REPAIR THIS PROPERTY. IN FACT, WE GAVE YOU A, UM, A RESET ON THIS CASE. GO AHEAD. UH, NOBODY CAN MAKE A REPAIR BECAUSE, UH, THE EX-BOYFRIEND WON'T ALLOW ANYBODY GO IN THERE TO MAKE ANY, UH, REPAIRMENT. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE EX-BOYFRIEND SHE HAD. THIS CASE WAS RESET ON, UM, LET'S SEE, ON, UH, OH, ON FEBRUARY 3RD OF 22. TASK, UM, BOARD. OKAY, UH, THE EX-BOYFRIEND MAKE THE COURT ORDER THAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO GO IN THERE, AND HE DOES NOT ALLOW ANYBODY GO IN THERE TO DO THE REPAIR. DOES SHE UNDERSTAND THE, THE WORD DEMOLITION? I WOULD LIKE YOU GIMME A MORE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I HAVE NO CHANCE. I CANNOT GO IN THERE TO RE MAKE THE REPAIR. THAT'S, THAT'S HER PROBLEM, MA'AM. HER PROPERTY IS UP FOR DEMOLITION TO DESTROY IT. [01:30:19] IF YOU DEMOLISH IT, I COULD NOT REPAIR IT. THAT IS CORRECT. I COULD NOT GO IN ANYMORE. MS. HOOD, DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS THE MORTGAGE, BECAUSE THIS HOUSE ALREADY PAID FOR IT. I CAN USE MY MORTGAGE. I CAN GO TO BANK TO MAKE A MORTGAGE TO REPAIR IT. BUT DO YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE BANK AT THE PRESENT TIME TO DO THAT? NOT YET, BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND ANYBODY TO DO A REPAIR, AND SO I DID NOT GO TO BANK TO MAKE A MORTGAGE OR THE, UH, LOAN. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I GOT A QUESTION. HER CASE RIGHT NOW WITH HER EX-BOYFRIEND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A CIVIL ISSUE. OKAY. UM, SHE HAS A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER. SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO, UH, APPROACH, UH, NEARBY THIS HOUSE. QUESTION TO COUNSEL. THIS STATEMENT THAT WE WILL RENDER DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH ANOTHER CASE FROM ANOTHER COURT. IS THAT CORRECT? IT IT STAYS WITH THE LAY OF THE LAND. CORRECT. UM, ANY ORDER THAT MAKE A MOTION, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, ANY ORDER THAT THIS BOARD GIVES RUNS WITH THE LAND. SO, UM, UH, THE ORDER DOES RUN WITH THE LAND. IT, IT'S NOT CUT OFF OR, OR DEPENDING ON WHO'S OWNING THE PROPERTY, IT IS AN ORDER THAT RUNS WITH THE LAND. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON ANYBODY'S BOUNDARIES. THAT'S IT. OKAY. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. WHO HOLDS, WHO HOLDS THE MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY? UH, . UH, THIS ALREADY PAY OFF NO MORTGAGE. THERE IS NO MORTGAGE. NO MORTGAGE. SO THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY MORTGAGE COMPANY TO SEEK THE LOAN. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. SHE JUST DID A FEW MINUTES AGO. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION MS. CHAIR? I DO BELIEVE THERE'S ONE OTHER PERSON SIGNED UP. UH, MARTIN RODRIGUEZ IS SIGNED UP. OH. OH, HE WAS, I APOLOGIZE. HE WAS THERE. I HAD S A P D AND MARTIN RODRIGUEZ ON THERE AT THE SAME TIME. MY BAD. OH, HE WAS THE OFFICER THAT SPOKE. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION. SHE, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. UM, MS. CHAIR? YES, THIS IS ESTHER. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, SHE JUST SAID THAT SHE NEEDS TO TRANSLATE IT STILL. THERE'S 70,000 WORTH OF EQUITY IN THE HOME. YEAH, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM. I'M SORRY THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME. IT'S THAT CLOSE TO ME WHEN WE SAID IT. THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME. DO THAT. I KNOW. [01:35:02] GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JANIE C PRECIADO. I AM THE OWNER AT FIVE 19 MONROE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 2 3. OUR BUSINESS IS A AND A SEWER CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED. WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 48 YEARS. I AM ALSO THE OWNER AT THE PROPERTY AT 57 0 2 SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 2 3. I RENT OUT THE PROPERTY TO A MECHANIC. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE CRIME SO BAD IN THIS AREA, AND EVEN MORE SO SINCE THE HOUSE AT 4 6 7 HOT WHEELS WAS SOWED TO ELAINE HUGH. SINCE ELAINE AND HER BOYFRIEND, MR. TELEO OCCUPIED THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE HAD SO MANY BREAK-INS INTO BOTH PROPERTIES. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A LOT OF VANDALISM TO BOTH PROPERTIES. THEY HAVE ALSO USED OUR DUMPSTERS AT BOTH PROPERTIES TO THROW AWAY TRASH AND ANIMALS THAT WERE DEAD AND ALSO DECAYING IN THE DUMPSTERS. I HAD TO PUT A LOCK ON THE DUMPSTERS AT 57 0 2 SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS AND MOVE THE DUMPSTER AT FIVE 19 MONROE STREET. INSIDE THE GATE, THEY STILL WOULD COME TO THE FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY AT FIVE 19 MONROE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND DUMP TRASH ON THE GROUND RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR GATES. WE HAVE HAD TO PUT A HUGE FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE PROPERTY. WE NOW HAVE A DOUBLE FENCE. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO INSTALL AN ELECTRIC GATE SO THAT THE GATE REMAINS CLOSED DURING THE DAY. WHILE WE ARE WORKING FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, MR. ANO IS VERY ACTIVE AT NIGHT WITH MANY PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN COMING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. THERE HAS BEEN FIRES THERE, WHICH IS VERY SCARY. AS THE FIRES COULD SPREAD TO BOTH OF MY PROPERTIES, WE HAVE HEARD FEMALE VOICES SCREAMING FROM THE PROPERTY. MY DAUGHTERS AND I HAVE ATTENDED THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND HAVE CALLED DISTRICT THREE OFFICES ONLY TO BE GIVEN THE RUNAROUND. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY HELP FROM DISTRICT THREE OR CALLS RETURN. THERE HAVE BEEN GUNSHOTS FROM THE PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE ALSO SEEN MR. ANO BEAT UP PEOPLE AND THREATEN THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WE ARE EXHAUSTED WITH DEALING WITH MR. ANO AND FEEL NO ONE IS HEARING US. THE HOUSE AT 4 6 7 HOT WELLS IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION AND IS UNSAFE. WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE HOUSE BEING DEMOLISHED AND HOPE THAT THE POLICE CITY AND DISTRICT THREE OFFICE WILL TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO MAKE THE AREA SAFE AGAIN. IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME, YOU CAN CALL ME AT (210) 533-2050 OR EMAIL ME ATALBERT@AASEWERCONTRACTORS.COM. RESPECTFULLY, JANIE C PRECIADO, OWNER, PRESIDENT JANINE PRECIADO SANCHEZ, VICE PRESIDENT AND ERICA PRECIADO. BACON VICE PRESIDENT JUAN. WHAT MEANS IS, UH, JENNY C UH, PRECIADO, UH, MONROE STREET, THE, UH, CONTRACTOR, UH, THE SHARP [01:40:23] SOUTH NEW BRU FOR A WHOLE HA WOMAN, THE CHAMPION OH, UM, TO EMAIL GAVE, UH, ALBERT@AACONTRACTOR.COM. UH, CHAIRMAN, YOUR, UH, JENNY [01:45:01] C PRE SANCHEZ. UH, ERICA PRE BECK FU OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. HELLO, JUDY. GOOD EVENING. I AM THE LARO MAT OWNER NEXT TO 4 6 7 HOT. WELL, THAT HOUSE RESIDENT CAUSING LOTS OF TROUBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING SUSPICIOUS DRUGS AND STEALING. I WILL APPRECIATE IF CITY DEMOLISHED THAT PROPERTY FOR BETTER OF THE COMMUNITY. THANKS. HABIB HULA AT TWO TEN THREE EIGHTY TWENTY THREE FIFTY NINE. UH, WAS SHE, UM, SHE DIDN'T FOUND THE MUFFIN, UM, SOMEBODY AND OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 67 HOT WALLS BOULEVARD IS ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING AGENDA FOR MAY, 2022 AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS NUISANCE PROPERTY. WE FEEL THIS PROPERTY POSES A THREAT TO THE QUAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANY TENANT THAT LIVES IN THE STRUCTURE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE CONCERNED FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY FROM ANYONE THAT LIVES AT THIS PROPERTY AND THE NEARBY NEIGHBORS. THIS PROPERTY BEING WITHIN 200 FEET OF S A I A S D ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BRINGS MANY VA ELEMENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO SEE IN THE DAILY WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL. WE ASK THAT THE CITY AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD CONSIDER THE LONG HISTORY OF CODE VIOLATIONS THIS PROPERTY HAS RECEIVED, AND ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER REPAIR AND ABATE THE PROPERTY OR DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE IF IT IS NOT DEEMED LIVABLE. THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ONGOING, AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR OUR NEIGHBOR'S, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR ASSOCIATION, AND WAS ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022, WHERE IT WAS CONTINUED. PLEASE HELP US KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY SAFE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER RAMOS, H H N A PRESIDENT. OKAY. UM, TOOK HIGHLAND HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, HOWWELL SAID, UM, BUILDING STANDARD FOR THE, LIKE A HEARING HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE WOMAN, THE MUFFIN, UH, WOMAN, UM, UM, UH, ON THE [01:50:05] FOOD BUILDING STANDARD BOARD, UH, SURGERY, UH, LIFE. JENNIFER RAMOS, H H N A. ALL RIGHT. BOARD DANGEROUS PREMISES. JOSHUA MARTINEZ. MS. HUGH, DURING HER STATEMENT HAD STATED THAT SHE HAD PERMITS PULLED LAST YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTATE TO THE BOARD THAT, THAT THERE WERE ONLY APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. THE ONLY PERMIT THAT WAS ACTIVE WAS A FENCE PERMIT. SHE DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A REROOF UNDER MINOR REPAIR AS, AND ALSO A PLUMBING APPLICATION TO, UH, MAKE CHANGES TO THE TOILETS AND THE FAUCETS. UH, THANK YOU. WHAT DATES, WHAT DATES WERE THOSE APPLICATIONS? UH, NOT YET. A PLUMBING APPLICATION. UHHUH RE OKAY. THE DATE FOR ALL THREE OF THESE WERE JULY 26. 2021. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE? UH, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANNA ASK THE TRANSLATOR FIRST. DOES SHE HAVE A COPY OF THIS? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE READ IN SEVERAL PIECES, AND I WANNA KNOW IF SHE CAN READ IT ALL IN ONE. I I JUST WANNA KNOW IF SHE CAN READ IT ALL IN ONE SHOT OR IF SHE CAN READ A PART, THEN I MAKE THE, I JUST TRY TO TRANSLATE THAT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRANSLATE WORD TO WORD, THEN I, I WOULD NEED A COPY, PLEASE. OKAY. FOR THE RECORD, I WANNA JUST SHOW YOU THE FIRST PART. I'M GONNA READ THAT FIRST, SO I'LL LET YOU, WHEN I READ IT, THEN I'LL LET YOU READ THAT AND THEN I'LL MAKE THE, AND THAT WAY IT'S EASIER FOR EVERYBODY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO YES. OKAY. , THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA READ. IS THAT PERMISSIBLE TO COUNSEL? YES. YEAH. YES, IT IS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 6 7 HOT WELLS BOULEVARD IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME. IT IS IN VIOLATION [01:55:01] OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. SPECIFICALLY THAT IT IS A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY CORRECTION TO THE ADDRESS. IT'S 4, 6, 7. UH, I STAND CORRECTED ON THAT. IT'S 4, 6, 7. UH, SYSTEM FOR CHARLIE. UH, CHAPTER LITTLE, UH, ARTICLE SECTION. UH, I'M SORRY, AFTER THE FIRST ONE, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? OKAY. WHICH ONE ARE YOU ON? UH, AFTER, UH, ALL THE CODE, UH, AFTER ALL THE CODES. UHHUH, ? YES. IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, HANG ON, I GOTTA GO TO NUMBER 12. HANG ON JUST A SECOND HERE. AND I'LL READ IT RIGHT VERBATIM AND THEN YOU CAN TRANSLATE IT. OKAY. OKAY. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY? UM, POTENTIALLY VACATE, NOT YET. THREAT, HEALTHY AND SAFETY. IT'S, UH, LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY? UH, JOHNSON. UM, OKAY. NOW I'LL DO THE SECOND PART. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS TO INCLUDE THESE STIPULATIONS, VACATE, IMMEDIATELY SECURE THE PROPERTY. MAKE SURE ALL UTILITIES ARE CUT OFF. UH, TITLE A WHOLE, UH, TRADING. OKAY. NOW YOU, CAN YOU FINISH? YEAH. NOW YOU CAN DO YOUR PART. I GOT IT WRITTEN DOWN HERE. YEAH. OKAY. DO WE, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMO TO VACATE AND SECURE THE PROPERTY AND ALL UTILITIES ARE CUT OFF. OKAY. AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEMOLISHED ACCORDING TO SECTION 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. NOW, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD? I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. YOU GOT SECOND, FIRST. OH, I'M SORRY. DID WE GET A SECOND? OKAY, WE GOT A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION YOU WANT TO INTERPRET THAT, THAT WE HAVE A SECOND AND THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, MA'AM. OKAY. [02:00:03] SHE SAID FINE DEMOLISH IT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO, SO, OKAY. SO COULD YOU GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE NOW, NELSON? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. DAVID GARZA? AYE. CHERISE GUPTE. AYE. FRED ANDES AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, LORD, TODAY I, CAN I GET A BOTTLE OF WATER PLEASE? THERE'S NONE UP THERE. THERE'S NONE UP THERE. LET ME SPIT BACK IN HERE, . OKAY, OUR NEXT CASE IS, UM, 1 23 CECILIA STREET, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. COULD I GET A NAP, PLEASE? UM, I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET AS THE, UH, OWNER MR. SUNGA JUST GOT OFF A 13 HOUR SHIFT OVER OVERNIGHT AND HIM AND HIS WIFE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH, UM, DIALYSIS. SO BEAR WITH ME IF I GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE FAST. UM, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ELISA VALEZ, DANGEROUS PERMIT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 23 CECILIA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORD WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS IN N CCB 28 17, BLACK ONE, LOT 36 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL ONE. THE OWNER OF RECORD IS AVIDA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 36 0 6 AND LUIS STREET IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 0 7 ON NOTICES OF OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER, MRS. MS, UH, SUNGA, HAS, UM, ALLOWED MR. EDDIE SUNGA TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD ON HER BEHALF. UM, DOES THE BOARD WISH ME TO PROCEED? YES. YES. CONTACT WITH THE OWNER HAS BEEN MADE IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THANK YOU. AND WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS BY PHONE, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 23 LIA WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY, JANUARY 9TH, 2020. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 15TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED CLAIM ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2020. ON APRIL 25TH, 2022. THE NOTICE OF B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 23 CECILIA ON APRIL 22ND, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE AS OF APRIL 28TH, 2022. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1 23 CECILIA. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 4TH, 2022. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS DILAPIDATION. NOW THE STRUCTURE WAS PAINTED BY, UM, THE TENANT, BUT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE. AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE DOOR, THE DOORS, THE DOORS ARE LEANING INWARDS, AND AGAIN, THERE'S DILAPIDATION OVER AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF SECTION WHERE THE WALLS MEET. NEXT SIDE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S DILAPIDATION TO INCLUDE THE SIDING UP AT THE BOTTOM WHERE SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE DETACHING ALONG WITH THE ROOF SECTION. NEXT, AGAIN, JUST A CLOSER LOOK OF THE ROOF SECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS BACK PORTION DOES SELECT SOME WEATHER PROOFING AND, UH, THE TOP SECTION OR THE ROOF METAL HAS SOME ISSUES. NEXT, AGAIN, THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. SOME OF THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE DETACHING AND COLLAPSING FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. NEXT, THE TOP PORTION OF THE METAL ROOF SYSTEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, DOES IT, DOES HAVE QUITE A, UH, SOME HOLES, UM, DETERIORATION. AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY LIFTING AT THE CORNERS AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WOODEN MEMBERS, SOME OF THE ROD WAS COVERED BY PAINT, BUT IT'S STILL THERE. NEXT CLOSER, LOOK AT THE EAVES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LAPIDATION AS WELL. DETERIORATION. NEXT, A CLOSE, A CLOSER LOOK OF THE SECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A ROD, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THEY'RE NO LONGER, UM, BEING SUPPORTED BY THE STUDS OR THE BOTTOM SECTION. NEXT, JUST A CLOSER LOOK. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW HOW SOME SECTIONS WERE [02:05:01] JUST PATCHED UP. UM, THERE WAS SOME WOODEN MEMBERS PLACED ON TOP OF OTHERS, AND THIS SECTION HERE IS ACTUALLY SINKING INTO THE GROUND. NEXT, THIS IS THE BACK SIDE, UM, SORRY, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT LACKS WEATHERPROOFING. SOME OF THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE NEXT. NOW, IT WAS KINDA DIFFICULT TO TAKE SOME OF THESE PHOTOS BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE PROPERTY LINE. AND, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD, UH, WERE PER NOT PERMITTED ME TO TAKE, UM, CLOSER PHOTOS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ITERATION TO INCLUDE THE BACKSIDE AND ALL OF THAT SECTION THAT LOOKS DARKER. ALL OF THAT IS ROTTED AND, UM, COMING APART. NEXT, GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S REALLY NO, UM, WALKING SURFACE. AND IF YOU SEE AT THE LEFT CORNER, THAT IS ALL THAT IS HOLDING UP. THAT SECTION IS JUST A ROTTED WOOD THAT ACTUALLY SIT ON GRADE NEXT. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS INTO THE STRUCTURE. I COULDN'T WALK THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ITEMS IN, IN THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING, UM, THE WALKING SURFACE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S, UH, YOU CAN SEE LIGHT THROUGH, UM, THE DOORS THAT ARE AT THE END. UM, THE, THE ROOF SECTION, UM, THE MATERIAL THAT YOU SEE IS DETERIORATED. UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UM, BEAMS LIKE UP AT THE TOP SECTION AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WOODEN MEMBER IS ACTUALLY DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. NEXT, WANTED TO TAKE A, A BETTER PICTURE OF THE, UH, OF THIS SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WOODEN MEMBERS ARE ROTTED. NOW THIS SECTION IS WHAT SUPPOSED TO, UM, HOLD UP THE DOOR TO THE DOORFRAME. THAT'S ACTUALLY NOTHING SUPPORTING IT. NEXT CLOSER, LOOK AT THE WALKING SURFACE. AGAIN, THOSE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE SITTING ON GRADE. THEY HAVE WATER DAMAGE. NEXT, UH, JUST A CLOSE LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT, UH, STRUCTURE. INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE OPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE, THE INTERIOR. NEXT, AGAIN, THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS SMALL STRUCTURE. THERE'S ONLY, UH, SO MUCH THAT I CAN POSSIBLY DESCRIBE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DETERIORATION, THE DE UM, THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE PRO AND AND WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, UM, HAVE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION. AND THERE ARE SOME PLASTIC COVERING THE INTERIOR, UM, TO NOT ALLOW SOME OF THE WATER OR WEATHER GO COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE. NEXT, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY DETACHED GARAGE, FOUND TO HAVE ISSUES TO, OR THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A STRUCTURE. REAR WALLS AND FOUNDATION. THE STRUCTURE IS DILAPIDATED LEANING AND WOODEN MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED. THE METAL G THE METAL GABLE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING IN WITH HOLES. PORTION OF THE METAL ROOF ARE LIFTING, DETACHING, AND WORN. THE INTERIOR WALLS ARE BARE STUDS, CEILING JOS ARE LIFTING AND METAL ROOF PIECES ARE LIFTING AND DETACHING. ALTHOUGH STRUCTURE WAS RECENTLY PAINTED, NO IMAGE OF REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE WAS REQUIRED. LEVELING AND MAJOR REPAIRS TO PROPERLY SUPPORT THE ROOF. WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A FOUNDATION SEEMS TO HAVE SUNK INTO GROUND DUE TO THE STORED ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE WITHIN THE SRU. THE STRUCTURE OF THE FOUNDATION, UM, IS NOT VISIBLE, BUT SEEMS THAT THE BOTTOM PLATE REST ON GRADE. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 23, CECILIA IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 12, 15, AND 16, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY, ALL OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR, OR DEFECTS HERE, HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. PROVIDED SUCH CONDITIONS OR OF THE EFFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUB STANDARDIZED OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THIS INCLUDES PRESENTATION FOR 1 23. CECILIA, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO, NO, NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, CASE. MR. EDDIE? YES. IS IT ZUNIGA? YES. MY NAME IS EDDIE ZUNIGA. COME. COME. EDDIE ZUNIGA. I'M REPRESENTING MS. ZUNIGA FOR THE, SHE'S THE HEAD MEDICAL HOLD. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. MR. EDDIE. UH, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR FULL NAME, AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? OKAY. EDDIE ZUNIGA. ADDRESS IS, MY ADDRESS IS 36 0 6 SUN LOUIS STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7. OKAY. NOW YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR CASE. I'M, I'M REPRESENTING, UH, NATI ZUNIGA. MY WIFE, UH, SHE'S HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS SO SHE COULD MAKE IT. SHE HAD DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, I WAS, I [02:10:01] TALKED TO HER AND I WAS PENDING HER INVESTIGATION AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS, IF THE STRUCTURE COULD BE SAVED, I WOULD BE, HAVE IT REPAIRED. IF NOT, I WOULD ABIDE BY THE DEMOLITION. I WAS WAITING FOR HER, HER OPINION ON AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE, OF THE BUILDING. IF IT COULD BE REPAIRED AGAIN AND, AND BROUGHT BACK TO, TO CODE. AND WE WOULD GET PERMITS AND GET THAT REPAIRED. SO THAT'S WHY I, I WAS HERE TO, TILL I GOT THE LITTER AND I TALKED TO HER. I WILL FIND OUT, I WOULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE TO BRING IT BACK UP THE CODE AND BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY. SO WHY HAVE YOU WAITED TILL NOW TO WANNA REPAIR THE BUILDING? YOU'VE HAD YEARS TO REPAIR THIS BUILDING? NO, UH, WELL WE STARTED, BUT WE HAD, DURING COVID EVERYTHING STOPPED. I COULDN'T GET PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THE STUFF. SO, UH, NOW THAT THINGS ARE OPENING UP AGAIN, WE CAN GET THINGS GOING AGAIN. UH, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN, THE PRIOR TENANT THAT WAS THERE BEFORE HAD ALL THE STUFF IN THERE. THIS NEW TENANT THAT'S IN, WE GOT HIM IN. WE HAD TO EVICT THE OTHER TENANT THAT WAS THERE BEFORE. AND HE HAD LEFT THE MESS IN THE YARD AND STUFF AS WE CLEANED IT UP. SO THIS GENTLEMAN, AT THE TIME THAT WAS EVICTION, UH, MY WIFE MET THIS GENTLEMAN. HE WAS A, UM, WHICH I PROBABLY NOT FOR, BUT HE WAS A VETERAN LIVING OUT OF HIS TRUCK. SO WE GOT THE HOUSE READY, THE PRIMARY HOUSE READY FOR HIM TO LIVE IN. SO HE WOULD BE LIVING IN HIS TRUCK. SO THE OTHER STAGE TWO IS FINISHING UP THAT GARAGE THING. BUT THEN WE GOT HIT WITH COVID. SO WE, EVERYTHING WENT TO STOP FOR A WHILE. AND, UH, WE'RE JUST GETTING BACK OUT, GETTING STARTED ON THE THINGS AGAIN. UM, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH HEALTH ISSUES, BOTH OF US. BUT, UH, I WAS WAITING FOR, FOR, UH, WHEN SHE CONTACTED ME, I WAS WAITING FOR HER RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT TYPE OF REPAIRS I WOULD NEED TO DO TO BRING IT UP TO CODE. SO NOW WITH THE LETTER, UH, I'VE GOT BASICALLY SOME, AND I, I REALLY NEED TO TALK TO HER IF, IF SHE THINKS IT COULD BE SAVED OR NOT. WE'LL JUST, I'LL GET IT SET UP TO FOR DEMOLITION. I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. I'M, I WAS, I WAS WAITING TO TALK TO HER AGAIN. 'CAUSE THIS, THE, THE CONTACT WE HAD JUST BY PHONE, CONVERSATIONS BY PHONE. I'VE NEVER MET HER IN PERSON. SO, UM, I WAS HOPING THAT TODAY I WOULD, WITH, WITH TALKING TO HER, SHE WOULD RECOMMEND WHAT I NEEDED TO BRING IT UP TO CODE. IF NOT, I, I, LIKE I TOLD HER, IF IT WASN'T POSSIBLE TO BE SAVED THE BUILDING OR THE STRUCTURE, WE WOULD HAVE IT DEMOLISHED. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT ONCE WE DEMOLISHED THE WAY THOSE THINGS WAY BACK THEN WE COULDN'T PUT ANOTHER ONE BACK UP BECAUSE IT'D BE IN VIOLATION OF SETBACKS. AND NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHAT, FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD. AND THEN BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT. THEY WAS BUILT RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE AT THE TIME, AND IF I TEAR IT DOWN, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BACK REBUILD IT BACK UP TO WHERE IT WAS THAT HAD TO RESET IT. AND THEN THOSE LOTS ARE REALLY SMALL, THOSE SMALL LOTS. I THINK IF I'M MISTAKEN, IT'S UH, MAYBE 50 FEET BY 30 FEET DEEP. THEY'RE SMALL LOTS. IT'S A, IT'S BARELY EFFICIENCY. HOUSES THAT ARE ONE BEDROOM HOUSE TO, FOR, TO SPEAK. AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIT INTO THE STORAGE AREA IN THERE, UH, WITHOUT TRYING TO GET A VARIANCE ON. IT'S ON IT. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW. ARE YOU MARRIED TO THE, TO, TO THE, TO THE, TO MR. ZUNIGA OR WHAT? ME PARDON? ARE YOU MARRIED TO HER OR ARE Y'ALL SEPARATED BECAUSE YOU'RE SOUND NO, NO, WE'RE MARRIED. WE'RE MARRIED. WE WE'RE MARRIED, BUT THE, THE PROPERTY WAS HER, WAS HER MOM'S AND IT WAS GIVEN TO HER. SO IT'S UNDER HER NAME RIGHT NOW. UNDER MY WIFE'S NAME. WE DIDN'T PUT UNDER BOTH NAMES AT THE TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHTYY, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, MR. ZUNIGA? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A, UM, MOTION PLEASE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION BOARD? I MOVE. WE, UH, ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND THAT, UM, 1 23 IS A PUBLIC ANCE, WHICH IS APPROVAL THROUGH THIS TIME AS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, SPECIFICALLY CONDITIONS 1, 2, 5, 12, 15, AND 60. ARE, ARE YOU ASKING FOR 30 DAY DEMO? YES, BUT I'M SORRY, I MOVED UP THE PROPERTY. WE FOLLOW WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS. MR, I'M, I'M SORRY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL USING MICROPHONE SO WE CAN, UM, HEAR EVERYBODY AND RECORD IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DWAYNE NELSON. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO UNDER SECTIONS [02:15:01] 1, 2, 5, 12, 15, AND 16. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. DAVID GARZA. AYE. CHERISE GUPTE AYE. FERNANDEZ AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE. FIVE TO ZERO. OKAY. IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY MORE CASES? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT. GOT A SA, S A P M C. GOOD MORNING FOR THE GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DENISE HASTINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS AT 6 1 6 3 9 SANTA MONICA AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 8 8 4 1 BLOCK 39, LOT 20. THE OWNER OF RECORD IS ROBERTO CARLOS MARTINEZ AND CINDY JUDITH FLORES AT THE SAME ADDRESS OF 1639 SANTA MONICA. THERE ARE THREE CASES THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, TOGETHER. OKAY, THE FIRST CASE, THE ALLEGED VIOLATION IS SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 2 3 OH, EXCUSE ME, 3 0 4 0.2. AT PROTECT PROTECTIVE TREATMENT. ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, CORNICES, PORCHES, TRIM BALCONIES AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAYING, WHAT'S RESISTANT WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND DECAY BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT. ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS, AS WELL AS THOSE BEING BUILT BETWEEN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE PERIMETER OF WINDOWS, DOORS AND SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED. WEATHER RESISTANT AND WATERTIGHT. ALL METAL SURFACES SUBJECT TO RUST OR CORROSION, SHALL BE COATED TO INHIBIT SUCH RUST AND CORROSION. AND ALL SURFACES WITH RUST OR CORROSION SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FUTURE RUST AND CORROSION. OXIDATION STAIN SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE EXTERIOR SURFACES. SURFACES DESIGNED FOR STABILIZATION BY OXIDATION ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT. THE SECOND, UH, ALLEGED VIOLATION IS 3 0 4 0.6. EXTERIOR WALLS, ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS, LOOSER ROTTING MATERIALS, AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION. THE THIRD IS SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS. ALL OVERHANG EXTENSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS, METAL AWNINGS, FIRE ESCAPES, STANDPIPES, AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND BE PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION WHEN REQUIRED. ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODIC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT. THE CODE OFFICER MADE AN INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 25TH, 2021. HE FOUND EXTERIOR WALL SURFACES IN NEED OF AND VOID OF WEATHER PROTECTION AND WAS UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYONE AT THE LOCATION AND NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR. HE ALSO FOUND HOLES AND GAPS IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS, SURFACES. UH, THE MATERIAL WAS FOUND TO BE DETERIORATED AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OVERHANG TO AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. I MET WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, THE HOMEOWNERS, ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH OF 2021. UH, ALONG WITH, UH, CODE OFFICER ESPINOSA FOR SPANISH TRANSLATION, THE OWNERS WERE ADVISED OF ALL THE REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED TO THE STRUCTURE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. ON THE FEBRUARY THE FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH OF 2022, A [02:20:01] RE-INSPECTION WAS MADE AND NO PROGRESS OR REPAIRS WERE OBSERVED ON APRIL THE FIFTH, UH, ANOTHER REINSPECTION WAS MADE. IT REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION. AND THE LAST REINSPECTION WAS APRIL THE 25TH. UH, STILL NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE STRUCTURE. I ASKED THAT THE BOARD FIND THIS PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS AND 3 0 4 0.9 EXTENSION OVERHANG. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THE OWNER IS HERE. I THINK I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YES. UM, THE, THE, THE, THE BACK OF THIS HOUSE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST PUT TO, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST PUT TOGETHER WITH SOME GLUE, YOU KNOW, SOME BOARDS AND SOME GLUE. I, I, I DON'T SEE IT. IT'S JUST, UH, AND THE HOLE HERE IN THE ROOF, UH, I GUESS IT'S A PIPE GOING THROUGH THERE, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UH, THE OVERHANG RIGHT THERE. AND NO, UH, GO BACK ONE MORE THAT ALL OF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT UP THERE WITH SOME PLYWOOD OR SOMETHING. DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT'S PLYWOOD. AND THEN THE PART THAT'S RIGHT THERE UNDER THE, I GUESS THAT'S THE, UM, THE 10 ON THE BACK END AND, UH, ALL OF THIS THAT'S UNDER THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE OWNER HAD A CONTRACTOR DO THE WORK OR IF THE OWNER IS DOING THE WORK HIMSELF. I I DO KNOW THAT IN 2016, A PERMIT WAS OBTAINED FOR A REAR ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURE AND I, AND IT, I DID NOT SEE ANY, UH, IN INSPECTIONS FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ON RECORD. I, I JUST THINK THAT THIS WAS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL FOR MAINTENANCE. I COULD PROBABLY LIVE WITH THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, BUT THE REAR OF IT IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. REALLY BAD SHAPE. LET ME ASK A QUESTION. AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GO TO, UH, STAFF. WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT PERMITS ARE KEPT ON FILE IN GENERAL, ONCE A PERMIT'S OBTAINED? IT'S GOOD FOR 180 DAYS, BUT IF THEY CONTINUE, IF THEY DO CONTINUOUS WORK, THOSE ARE EXTENDED OUT. SO WHAT I'M ASKING, I GUESS IS, LET ME GET MORE CLERICAL. DO WE HAVE A RECORD ON, AS SHE SAYS, SHE HASN'T FOUND NOTES OF ANY INSPECTOR. IS THERE A RECORD THAT SAYS THAT IT'S CONTINUED OR IS IT JUST ASSUMED IT'S CONTINUED ONCE THEY DON'T CLOSE IT? NO, IT IS NOT ASSUMED THAT IT'S CONTINUED. THEY NEED TO BE, IF THEY'RE WORKING AND CALLING IN FOR INSPECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE THERE, THEN THE EXTENSIONS WOULD OCCUR. AT THAT POINT. IF THERE'S NO ACTIVITY, THEY DON'T CALL FOR INSPECTIONS. THEY DON'T CALL FOR ANY, UH, EXTENSIONS SPECIFICALLY, THEN IT WILL EXPIRE. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING 'CAUSE SHE HASN'T FOUND ANYTHING THAT SAYS IT IS EXPIRED OR IT'S EXTENDED. SO THAT DOESN'T HELP HER WITH INFORMATION TO GIVE TO US. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN TRACK THAT DOWN OR NO, ONCE IT'S AFTER SO MANY YEARS? WELL, IF THERE'S BEEN NO INSPECTIONS IN THE YEAR, I DIDN'T CATCH THE YEAR OF WHEN THOSE PERMITS WERE OBTAINED. BUT THE 2016, YEAH, THOSE ARE EXPIRED. IT PROBABLY WILL NOT SHOW UP BECAUSE IN 2020 WE DID DO A TRANSFER FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER. SO THAT TRANSFER AND THOSE NOTES MAY HAVE NOT MADE IT OVER, BUT THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED EXPIRED PERMITS. SO WE'RE KIND OF LOST THERE 'CAUSE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN CLOSED, BUT THERE'S NO RECORD SAYING THAT. I'M CONFIDENT TO SAY FROM 2016 WITH NO, NO INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED. THOSE ARE EXPIRED PERMITS. AND THIS WAS IN, THAT'S WHAT, FIVE, SIX YEARS? SIX YEARS. SIX YEARS, YES. AND THIS CAME ABOUT HOW, WAS IT REPORTED BY NEIGHBORS OR WAS IT A THIS THE CODE OFFICER PROACTIVELY PICKED UP. OKAY. AND THE, OKAY, THANK YOU. THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING APART. THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITION THAT WAS YEAH, THE ADDITION PART. YES. IT'S COMING APART AND THE WINDOWS ARE NOT PROPERLY SET IN THERE AND, UH, IT'S UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN IT'S, UH, GOES [02:25:01] DOWN TO THE, THE GRADE OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S MADE FROM YES, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, THIS, THIS IS BAD. IT'S, IT IS JUST BAD. I I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD DO A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ON THIS OR, YOU KNOW, TO LET IT, LET IT PASS INSPECTION LIKE THIS. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE. THERE'S NO RECORD THAT IT PASSED AN INSPECTION. , THERE'S NO RECORD OF ANYTHING . YEAH. AND THIS IS, UM, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT PROPER. YEAH. BUT IT'S A LITTLE LENGTHY PROCESS. I'M OKAY. UH, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. UH, MR. UM, IS IT MARTINEZ STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ROBERTO CARLOS MARTINEZ. WINDRIDGE MARTINEZ 59 23 WINDRIDGE. WHAT? SAY THAT AGAIN. 59 23 WINDRIDGE. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEAK UP. 59 23 WINDRIDGE. OKAY. TELL HIM HE CAN STATE HIS CASE. UM, UH, WE HAD A SUPERVISOR INSPECTOR GO AND SEE THE HOUSE AND HE SAID THAT WE HAD TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS, SO WE PROCEEDED TO MAKE SUCH REPAIRS. WE REPLACED SOME OF THE WOOD PLANKS AND COVERED SOME OF THE HOLES. HE SAID THAT WE ALSO HAD TO DO SOME PAINTING. AND THEN HE SAID THAT I HAD TO COME PRESENT MYSELF TO THIS HEARING TO SEE WHAT ELSE WAS NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIRS. HE SAID I HAD TO COME TO SEE WHAT ELSE HAD TO BE REPLACED, PAINTED, AND WHAT ELSE I NEEDED TO DO AND WHAT WAS THE TIME OF THAT WOULD BE ALLOTTED TO ME TO DO OR TAKE CARE OF SUCH REPAIRS. AND ALSO TO GET PERMITS FOR SUCH REPAIRS IF THOSE ARE NEEDED. HE TOLD ME TO COME HERE TO GET THOSE PERMITS AND TO ASK IF I NEED TO CONTRACT SOMEONE OR IF I CAN DO THE REPAIRS MYSELF. ASK HIM DID HE DO THIS? DID HE DO THE EXTENSION ON THE HOUSE? SO, SO NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DO ANY REPAIRS. IT WOULD BE MY OPINION THAT YOU CAN'T DO ANY REPAIRS ON THE HOUSE. YOU NEED A CONTRACTOR, A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. UM, SO I DUNNO IF THERE ARE ANY PICTURES FROM THE FIRST REPAIRS, BUT THE FIRST REPAIRS THAT WE DID WERE FINE. UH, BUT THEY DETERIORATED, DETERIORATED WITH TIME. THESE PICTURES ARE FROM YEARS AFTER THOSE FIRST REPAIRS WERE DONE. UH, BUT SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT WE HAD DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY COVERAGE OR THE, UM, THE PROTECTOR, THE WEATHER PROTECTANT NECESSARY FOR IT. SO THEY ROTTED. AND NOW THAT WE GOT THE NEW MATERIAL, IT HAS THE CORRECT, UH, PROTECTANT. AND WE WANTED [02:30:01] TO KNOW IF WE COULD USE THESE NOW. OKAY. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN IN 20, IN 4 4 5 22. THAT'S THIS YEAR. SO THESE PICTURES ARE NOT OLD. UM, SO I LET HIM KNOW THE SUPERVISOR OR THE OFFICER THAT I DON'T HAVE A STABLE JOB. AND SINCE I'VE SELF-EMPLOYED, IF HE WOULD ALLOW ME EXTRA TIME FOR THE REPAIRS AND THAT WAY SO I COULD ALSO HAVE THE MONEY SAVED UP FOR THE MATERIAL NEEDED TO DO SUCH REPAIRS. I THEN PROCEEDED TO START WITH THE REPAIRS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE. BUT THEN WITH COVID COMING ALONG, AND LIKE I SAID, SINCE I'M SELF-EMPLOYED, I COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO THESE REPAIRS AND I WAS GOING TO DO THEM ON MY OWN. AND, UH, I NEEDED SOME EXTRA TIME TO DO THESE REPAIRS. AND HE SAID TO DO ALL THE SMALL REPAIRS AND TO COVER THE HOLES. AND I DID ASK HIM IF, UH, SINCE IT WAS OLD WHAT IF IT HAD TO BE THE SAME IN KIND OF MATERIAL, IN KIND MATERIAL FOR THE HOME REPAIRS. BUT HE SAID NO. SO I PROCEEDED TO DO THE REPAIRS, UH, WITH MY TIME AND WITH WHAT I HAD SAVED. UH, ALSO WITH THE MATERIALS THAT HAD THE WEATHER PROTECTANT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IS, IS BASICALLY FALLING APART. THE WINDOWS ARE NOT SET IN THERE PROPERLY. AND THE, UH, WOOD THAT YOU USE, THE PLYWOOD, IT'S COMING APART. YES, I SPOKE WITH THE OFFICER AND HE SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT MATERIAL THAT NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. BUT I DO HAVE, UH, THE NEW MATERIAL. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS NEW MATERIAL FOR THE SIDING. IT DOES COME WITH THE WEATHER PROTECTANT AND IT MIGHT NEED, IT MAY NEED ONE MORE COAT OF PAINT, BUT I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD REPLACE IT WITH THIS NEW MATERIAL AND REPLACE THE WINDOWS AS WELL WITH THESE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, UH, UH, LEGAL IS IT, COULD WE, UM, I DON'T WANNA RESET THE CASE, BUT FROM THE, FROM THE IT, WELL, LET ME HOLD ON. IS THIS PART OF THE HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE FRONT PART? IT HAS TO BE. OTHERWISE IT'D BE ACCESS. YEAH, IT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, THE COMMENT THAT I MADE WAS, IT, IT IS HAS TO BE ATTACHED OTHERWISE IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO US AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. I, I DON'T KNOW. I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN INDEPENDENT STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE. QUESTION FOR LEGAL. THE, THE APPEARANCE, UH, OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN IRREGULARITY IN TERMS OF MEETING CODE JUST ON THE BASIS OF CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. AN EXAMPLE BEING THE ROOF RAFTERS APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN 24 INCH IN SOME CASES. I CANNOT SEE ANY INDICATION THAT THE VERTICAL WALLS ARE AT 16 INCH, UH, STRUCTURE. UH, I, I GUESS I, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF. CERTAINLY ALL OF THE PLYWOOD, [02:35:01] OR NOT EVEN PLYWOOD, ALL THE CHIPBOARD THAT WAS USED IS, IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BE QUOTE, PAINTED AND PROTECTED BECAUSE IT'S, IT CANNOT BE WEATHERPROOF PER SE. UH, I, UH, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY ORDER A DEMOLITION ON THE, UH, ATTACHMENT OR THE, UH, THE EXTENSION OF THE HOUSE RATHER THAN A REPAIR? NO, THIS PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD AS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UM, UM, VIOLATIONS OR, UM, ALLEGATIONS OF THOSE VIOLATIONS. UH, THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, HAVE THE PROPERTY, UM, UM, INSPECTED AS A DANGEROUS PREMISE. UH, BUT BASED ON THE, THE ALLEGATIONS, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS BRINGING UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, THERE IS NO AUTHORITY BY THIS BOARD OR CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD OF, OF ANY TYPE OF, OF DEMOLITION. BUT WE CAN ASK THAT IT BE REEVALUATED OR REINSPECTED FOR THE POTENTIAL YOU, THIS BOARD DOES HAVE THAT CORRECT, THAT DOES HAVE THAT ABILITY. IF YOU WOULD, IF, UM, IF SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD DOES BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AS A DANGEROUS PREMISE, UM, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD THERE'S A, A MOTION AND IT'S SECONDED AND THE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD VOTES FOR IT, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. BUT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO, TO TO TO MAKE THAT THAT ORDER. THANK YOU SIR. PARDON ME. UH, BASED OFF OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, WE ARE FINISHED WITH THE YEAH. UH, BASED OFF THAT RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THERE'S INFORMATION THAT LEADS IT NOT TO BE TO CODE AND THE INFORMATION WE DON'T REALLY HAVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T VISUALIZE THE WALLS. I WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HOLD ON THE REPAIR, SEND IT BACK FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF IT'S BEYOND REPAIR AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON THAT BASED OFF MY RECOMMENDATION OF AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR LOOKING AT THIS, IT, IT'S NOT A REPAIR, IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN A REPAIR, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT KNOW THAT UNTIL IT'S FURTHER INSPECTED OTHER THAN A REPAIR, IS THAT IN FORM OF A MOTION THAT IT BE IF FURTHER INSPECTED? I THAT IS A FURTHER MOTION BASED, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR REPAIR, BUT MAY WARRANT HIGHER THAN A REPAIR AS DEMO AND IT NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED AS SUCH. I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION TO SEND THIS CASE BACK TO CODE FOR REINSPECTION, A POSSIBLE DEMO. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I SECOND HE SECONDS IT. OH, YOU SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. DAVID GARZA. AYE. CHERISE GUPTE. AYE. FRED ANDIS AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT, UH, THE, THE ORDER'S GONNA STATE THAT THE PRO THE STRUCTURE'S GOING TO BE INSPECTED AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. YES, EXACTLY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? I THINK THERE'S ONE UP HERE IN THE FRONT. WE HAVE A NEW PERSON THAT, SO JUDY COULD GO BACK TO HER POSITION OVER THERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HER. WHO IS OUR NEW PERSON OVER HERE? . ESTHER. ESTHER, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE US? YES. UM, THIS IS OUR NEW EMPLOYEE. JENNIFER MARTINEZ. JESSICA MARTINEZ. JENNIFER MARTINEZ. OH, JENNIFER. HELLO JENNIFER. WELCOME TO B S B . KAREN, THIS IS JUDY KRUM. YEAH, I KNOW. LIAISON, YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL SEAT OVER THERE. , WHAT'S COMING? YES. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME JENNIFER MARTINEZ. JENNIFER IS A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TOO WITH THE B S B SUPPORT UNIT. JENNIFER HAS FILLED ESTHER'S VACANCY. ESTHER RECENTLY RECEIVED A PROMOTION TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST WITHIN OUR UNIT. OH. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH. VERY GOOD. I ALSO HAD ONE UPDATE. I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE PANEL REGARDING ONE POTENTIAL AT LARGE. APPLICANT MR. JESSE SNYDER IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, MAY 9TH. IF SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL, MR. SNYDER WILL JOIN PANEL B AS A PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGER AND THIS WILL THEN LEAVE THE B S B WITH ONE VACANCY, WHICH IS AT COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. ALRIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF IT'S ANYTHING, ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT, IF NOT, WE ARE, UH, ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. [02:40:02] THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.