* 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. [00:00:08] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TIME IS NOW NINE 10. MY NAME IS MS. GUILLORY. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I HEREBY CALL THE MEETING INTO SESSION STAFF. PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. LENCIA GUILLORY. HERE. FREDERICK ANDIS. HERE. JOEL SOLIS. HERE. KAYLA MIRANDA. HERE. ANNE WEINER. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OR ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AMIN TOMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR MICHAEL ESTI, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER. JUDY KRUM, B S B LIAISON. MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST. AND JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TOO. CHAIR AOR. PRESENT. CAN WE HAVE OUR INTERPRETERS READ THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE MEETING? GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE RAFINI. UM, SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE DURING THIS MEETING. THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED IN SPANISH TRANSL TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS AND THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK. THANK YOU. I I'LL NOW READ THE UM, CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT IS, THAT MAY DISRUPT THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, A OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THE C THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU BE, THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COSTS FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK, WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CO-REGULATION WOULD REQUIRE PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1 9 0 1 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AS PER CODE, AS PER CITY CODE SECTION ONE SIX DASH 2 3 6. THANK YOU. [ Approval of Minutes  ] HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? AND ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? LENCIA GUILLORY. AYE. FRED ANDES. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE MORE? ONE MOMENT. UH, ALSO APOLOGIZE. UM, ESTHER ANN WEINER. ANN WEINER. CAN WE INTRODUCE HER BEFORE WE OH, YES. DO THAT. UM, YES. UH, MS. ANN WEER IS PRESENT, UM, FOR THE B S B MEETING. SHE WAS LATE. SHE'S PRESENT. , SORRY. OKAY. I'LL DO THE ROLL CALL AGAIN. MS. GUILLORY. LENCIA. GUILLORY AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. [00:05:01] AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL, OH, NO. UM, STAFF. [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] STAFF. STAFF. YEAH. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. MY NAME IS MICHAEL ESTI, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CODE ENFORCEMENT SECTION. UH, TODAY I AM GONNA BE READING, UM, THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED. WE HAVE NO ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED, UH, NO HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS TO READ IN TODAY. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE, UH, THREE EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2,900 KMA, UM, WAS PARTIAL, UH, WAS, UH, FULLY DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON, UM, EVERYTHING WAS FULLY DEMOLISHED ON APRIL 19TH, UH, 2022. UH, SO IT WAS A FIRE DATE, AND THE DEMOLITION DATE WAS APRIL 23RD, 2022. UM, WHICH, UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. ALSO, UM, 50, UH, 50 0 7 BLUFF STREET. THE MAIN STRUCTURE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. UM, THE FIRE DATE ON THAT ONE WAS ON APRIL 19TH, 2022. AND THE DEMOLITION DATE WAS APRIL 22ND, UH, 2022. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME BY THE BOARD. AND THE LAST 1, 43, 31 SOUTH FLORIDA IS THE MAIN, AND COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE HAD A FIRE. UM, THE FIRE DATE AGAIN WAS, UM, APRIL 19TH, 2022, AND THE DEMOLITION DATE WAS, UH, APRIL 26TH, 2022. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD BY, UH, AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE BEGIN WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEMS? STAFF, CAN YOU PRESENT WITH THE FIRST CASE, UM, MS. CHAIR? I'M JUST GONNA FINISH THE PHOTOS FOR THE EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. SO OUR FIRST CASE IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ADDRESS 1 5 3 4 WEST ALMO DRIVE. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1534 WEST OLMOS DRIVE, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR TO THE MAIN AND DEMO TO BOTH ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1534 WEST ALMOST IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THIS BOARD. PLEASE NOTE ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF VER VERITY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 0 9 5 BLOCK FOUR SEVEN, LOT TWO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DELLA LAROSA, MARY LOU AND FRANK SS WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1534 WEST OLMOS DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT TODAY, MARGARET CAB CABRERO, WHICH IS A NEIGHBOR, AND SS A P D OFFICER GARCIA. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1534 WEST ALMOST WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON APRIL 28TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1534 WAS ALMOST ON APRIL 28TH, 2022. THE NOTICE OF THE B S P HEARING WAS MAILED TO MARY LOU AND FRANK S DELAROSA AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, WAS RETURNED, ATTEMPTED [00:10:01] ON APRIL 12TH, 2022. AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THIS BOARD. A NOTICE OF VACATE WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2019 WITH THE ASSISTANT. WE ALSO HAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ASSIST US, UM, OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO THE OCCUPANTS AT THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021. NO SCOPE OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. NO PERMIT HAS BEEN ATTAINED AS OF MAY 12TH, 2022. THE ELECTRICAL IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE AUGUST 3RD, 2021. GAS HAS BEEN TURNED OFF JULY 30TH, 2022 FOR SAWS. THE METER WAS REMOVED ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2022, WITH A FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 28TH, 2022, WITH SAWS FINDING OF AN ILLEGAL CONNECTION WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE REMOVAL ON MARCH 29TH, 2022. THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR TODAY'S, UH, PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 12TH, 2020 22. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THERE IS SOME SLIGHT DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW FRAME. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THIS, FROM THIS SPOT HERE, BUT AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS, IT'S STARTING TO SLIGHTLY DETERIORATE THE, UH, WOOD UH, PANELS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ON THE LEFT ELEVATION THERE IS THE PAINT IS STARTING TO PEEL, WHICH, UM, AT THIS TIME THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION FROM THE OWNER TO MAINTAIN, UH, WHICH IS ALSO STARTING TO SHOW DETERIOR SLIGHT DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD EXTERIOR WALLS ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION. AGAIN, THE PAINT IS STARTING TO TO PAINT PEEL OFF, WHICH IS STARTING TO SHOW SOME, UH, EARLY STAGES OF DETERIORATION. THE REAR ELEVATION IS GONNA BE THE MAIN CONCERN HERE AGAIN, IS WITH THE, WITH THE PAINT AND SLIGHT DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. THE DOORFRAME IS CURRENTLY EXPOSED AND SHOWING HER SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AS WELL. THIS IS GONNA BE THE, THE BACK RIGHT SIDE OF THE, UH, REAR ELEVATION WITH DETERIORATION TO THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO AT THE, AND ROTTING TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS WHERE THE PILE OF ROCKS ARE AT, AS WELL AS PAINT BEING REMOVED. NOW, WORKING OUR WAY INSIDE, AFTER, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INSIDE, WHICH IS HAVING A SMALL LITTLE TRAIL TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH, WHICH IS POSING AN EGRESS CONCERN IN CASE OF A PANIC OR EMERGENCY. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME, SOME PATCHWORK HAS BEEN DONE DUE TO, TO THE SHEET ROCK WITH, UH, CRACKING TO THE CEILING AS WELL AS THE WALLS. AND THE NEXT ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS, WHICH IS PREVENTING ME FROM TO GO ANY FURTHER IN FROM THIS POINT AT THE DOOR. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO. I DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. BUT TOWARDS THE BACK OF THIS, OF THIS ROOM, THE SHEET ROCK WAS CRACKING AS WELL AS, UH, THERE ARE SIGNS OF THE, SOMEONE DOING SOME POTENTIAL PATCHWORK TO THE, TO THE SHEET ROCK TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE MOVING INTO THE RESTROOM, SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE TO THE TUB WITH THE SEPARATION FROM THE TUB AND THE WALL. AND THE NEXT ROOM, AGAIN, LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, WHICH IS PREVENTING ME FROM WALKING ANY FURTHER IN MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN. THE SINK IS MISSING WITH THE EXPOSED PLUMBING. AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S MORE DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AS WELL, WITH A SMALL LITTLE TRAIL WORKING MY WAY THROUGH IT, MOVING TOWARDS THE BACK A LOT MORE DEBRIS AS WELL, WITH A SMALL AREA TO WALK THROUGH THE CEILING HERE. THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE CEILING, THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM. IN THIS PHOTO HERE, AS I WALKED FURTHER IN, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN EXTENSION CORD. IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHERE THAT EXTENSION CORD WAS GOING TO BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, BUT IT WAS GOING OUTSIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THE, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF EXTENSION CORDS THAT'S UNRAVELED IS STILL, IT IS GOING OUTSIDE TO THE CENTER OF [00:15:01] THE PROPERTY. IT'S HOOKED UP TO SOME ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AT THIS TIME, AT THE TIME OF THIS INSPECTION. UH, MOVING MY WAY TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH CAN BE SEEN FROM THE REAR ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SHIFTING INTO THE, UH, THE POST AS WELL AS WATER DAMAGE TO THE SUBFLOOR. AND THE, UH, THE FLOOR JOIST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, SAME SPOT. AGAIN, JUST MORE WATER DAMAGE. IN THIS PHOTO HERE. JUST FURTHER TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS, THIS, UH, CONCRETE POST IS ACTUALLY LEANING. AGAIN, JUST MORE SIGNS OF SHIFTING TO THE FOUNDATION. MOVING TO THE FIRST ACCESSORY, THERE IS DETERIORATION BEHIND THE, THE ITEMS SEEN IN THIS PHOTO TOWARDS THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE FRONT ELEVATION WALL IS ACTUALLY LISTING A LI LENIENT, LITTLE OUTWARDS, BUT THE BASE ACTUALLY BEING SHIFTED, PUSHED INTO THE STRUCTURE AS WELL. THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN AS WELL AS THE OCCUPANTS THAT WERE STAYING ON THE PROPERTY. THEY WERE TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO COVER ANY HOLES THAT WERE UNDERNEATH THE OVERHANG TO PREVENT ANY ELEMENTS FROM GOING INSIDE. AGAIN, CLOSE A CLOSER VIEW OF THE, OF THE ROOF SYSTEM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PAINT BEING PEELED FOR THE EXTERIOR WALL. SOME EARLY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND ROTTING THE REAR ELEVATION. AGAIN, THEY'VE TRIED TO, THEY'VE PUT SOME, SOME WOOD MEMBERS UP, I GUESS, TO HELP WITH THE, TO HELP WITH THE, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE, UH, FIRST ACCESSORY, AS WELL AS EARLY STAGES OF ROTTING DETERIORATION WITH THE, WITH THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION. FROM THIS ANGLE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE BEEN, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF SHOVING SOME INSTALLATION, JUST TRYING TO COVER UP THE HOLES THAT WERE UNDERNEATH THE OVERHANG. THAT WHICH IS LEADING INSIDE THE BUILDING OR THE STRUCTURE FRONT ELEVATION. THE BETTER PHOTO SHOWING THAT THE BASE OF THE, OF THIS WALL HAS BEEN PUSHED IN, AND IT'S SLIGHTLY STARTING TO LEAN OUTWARDS, UH, CLOSER VIEW IS TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH IT HAS BEEN PUSHED IN WITH, UH, THE WOOD MEMBERS STARTING TO DETERIORATE AND ROT. MOVING MY, MYSELF, GOING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN, AND THE PHOTOS FROM THIS POINT OF THIS AT THIS STRUCTURE IS GONNA BE FROM THE DOORWAY. AGAIN, JUST A, A, A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MUCH ITEMS WERE BEING STORED INSIDE THIS ACCESSORY. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS SOME WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AS WELL AS THE RAFTERS WITH ROTTING. MOVING ONTO THE SECOND ACCESSORY, IT'S GONNA BE A METAL SHED WITH DAMAGE TO THE WALLS AS WELL AS THE ROOF. THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT SIDE. THE ROOF SYSTEM IS STARTING TO CAVE IN DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S ON TOP OF IT. IT'S THE LEFT SIDE. AGAIN, THE ROOF SYSTEM FOR THE, THE, THE ROOF IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO DETACH AS WELL AS THIS EXTERIOR. THE LEFT WALL TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE AS WELL. STARTING TO SEPARATE, MOVING INTO THE STRUCTURE. AGAIN, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANY FURTHER IN BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE, THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE TO SHOW THAT WHERE THE, THE WALLS AND ROOF ARE STARTING TO SEPARATE. THIS IS FROM THE SAME SPOT. JUST LOOKING FURTHER TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WALL, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS CAVING IN AS WELL AS SEPARATING FROM THE WALLS ITSELF DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THAT'S ON TOP OF THE ROOF SYSTEM. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED AT 1534 WEST, ALMOST R IN VIOLATION WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56. SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. FIRST ACCESSORY'S, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. THE SECOND ACCESSORY ARE GONNA BE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION OF SUB OR SUBSTANDARD WARM FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR TO THE MAIN AND DEMOLITION TO THE ACCESSORIES TO BOTH ACCESSORIES [00:20:01] WITH THE PROPERTY REMAINING VACANT, SECURED, AND WITH UTILITY DISCONNECTIONS PATIENT FOR ONE 15 OR 1534 WEST LOMOS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BY THE CODE OFFICER? I'VE GOT A FEW. GO AHEAD. ON YOUR ACCESSORIES, YOU DIDN'T LABEL ACCESSORY ONE OR TWO ON YOUR SHEET. IS THERE A REASON WHY? UH, NO, YOUR HONOR. UH, NO, NO, UH, BOARD. I JUST DIDN'T MENTION IT ON THERE. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY. AND THEN BACK UP ON YOUR NOTES. YOU'VE MENTIONED ON THE 30TH, LET ME GO WAY BACK UP HERE. NOW, UH, ON THE 30TH, YOU MENTIONED, UM, 11 32, 20 21, THAT A NEW NOTICE OF VACATE IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. CONSIDERATION. WAS THERE ANOTHER NOTICE OF VACATE ISSUED LATE, UH, PRIOR, UH, NO BOARD. THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE THE MAIN ISSUES THAT WE SAW WHEN IT CAME TO ELECTRICAL WAS JUST THE, THE EXTENSION CORDS. AND IT WAS, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AGAIN ON MY LAST WARRANT, UM, I ONLY SAW THAT ONE EXTENSION CORD THAT WAS VISIBLE FOR ME. SO THE PERSONS IN THE PROPERTY ARE NOT THE SAME PERSONS THAT YOU WERE NOTIFYING SINCE OUR INITIAL INSPECTION. IT WAS A FEMA INDIVIDUAL THAT I HAD SAW THAT WAS STILL THERE. UM, AFTER SPEAKING WITH S A P D RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A NEW PERSON ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT PERSON HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET FROM, FROM MY END. AND, AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR REPAIRS OF THE MAIN, BUT THE OWNERS HAVE NOT GOT BACK TO YOU WITH ANY CRUCIAL DOCUMENTS TO JUSTIFY REPAIRS? YES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE OWNERS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE OWNER, MS. DELLA ROSA, MARY LOU IS EITHER IN A NURSING HOME OR POSSIBLY DECEASED. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO VERIFY THAT AT THIS MOMENT. SO MAYBE THIS IS OVER YOU, WHOEVER MADE THE DECISION TO REPAIR. WHY ARE WE REPAIRING OR ASKING FOR REPAIR IF NOBODY IS GOING TO FUND THE REPAIR? WHEN LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE, IT'S THERE, THERE ARE CONCERNS. FOUNDATION HAS SHIFTED, BUT IT IS MAINLY SOUND. THE WALLS ARE NOT LEANING ROOF. I DON'T SEE ANY CAVING INTO THE ROOF SYSTEM. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS SHIFTED AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S INSIDE AND THE MINOR REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. BUT THAT DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR REPAIRS IF WE CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY TO REPAIR IT. IF THE RENTER OR WHOEVER'S IN THERE, THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER, I, WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO TRY TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER AND TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM, TO SEE WHERE THEY STAND OR WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO WITH THE STRUCTURE BOARD. IF THE, UH, THIS IS MICHAEL ESI, UH, IF THE STRUCTURE IS SOUND, THEN WE, UH, SEND IT FOR REPAIRS. WE DON'T, UM, WE DON'T SEND STRUCTURES TO THE BOARD THAT SHOULDN'T, WELL, THAT DON'T MEET THEIR THRESHOLD FOR DE DEMOLITION. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING WHY WE HAVEN'T, IT'S BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND IT'S NOT IN DANGER OF FALLING DOWN AND NECESSARY TO DEMO DEMOLISH IT AT THIS TIME. LET ME REPHRASE. E IF THERE IS A NONCOMPLIANCE ON AN OWNER, AS IN THIS CASE HERE, THE QUESTION IS NOT, IS HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET SOMETHING REPAIRED IF YOU CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S A LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? B HAS SOME WAY TO PAY FOR THAT BECAUSE A, UH, A RENTER CAN'T. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A REPAIR THAT WE KNOW IS NOT GONNA BE REPAIRED. SO WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH A DEMOLITION HERE IN A MATTER OF MONTHS, TWO YEARS. WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO SAY? WE'RE HOPING THAT THE OWNER COMES FORWARD OR THAT A OWNER COMES FORWARD OR AN HEIR COMES FORWARD SO THAT THEY CAN REPAIR IT? WE DON'T WANNA DEMOLISH THE HOUSE THAT DOESN'T NEED DEMOLISH TO BE DEMOLISHED. WE WANT TO GIVE THE OWNER OR THE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE REPAIRS NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE. UM, ARE, ARE THE RENTERS PAYING RENT? WERE THE RENTERS EVEN THERE? THERE WAS NO, THE OCCUPANTS THAT WERE THERE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THEY ARE, DO THEY ACTUALLY LIVE THERE? THE TENANT, I'M ASKING BECAUSE THERE'S NO, THE FEMALE THAT I S THAT WOULD BE LIVABLE, THE FEMALE THAT WA THAT I DID SPEAK WITH DURING MY EXECUTION OF THE WARRANT, SHE DID STATE THAT SHE DOES LIVE THERE. I DID ASK HER ABOUT THE SERVICES AGAIN. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS NOT GONNA ACCEPT THEM, THAT SHE WAS GONNA STAY ON THE PROPERTY. 'CAUSE YOU FIND OUT WHERE SHE PAYING THE RENT, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE [00:25:01] TRAIL. BUT I GUESS THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE DO FOR YOU MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS THIS IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION WITH THE HOPES OF SOMEBODY SHOWING UP AND, AND WANTING TO REPAIR THAT PROPERTY. UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, WE BELIEVE CAN HAPPEN. UH, THIS BOARD JUST NEEDS TO, UH, HEAR THAT RECOMMENDATION, HEAR WHY, AND THEN, UH, MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THAT. THANK YOU. LEGAL. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YOU STATED 1 26, 20, 22 20 CODE CALLS, OVERGROWN YARD JUNK, UH, TRASH JUNK VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THERE. WHAT IS THE COST AS OF DATE FOR THOSE UH, P M C S CALLS? WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE PROPERTY ABATED, AND WE DO HAVE CASES OPEN TO GET THAT ABATED. UH, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE OCCUPANTS THAT ARE THERE. BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO STILL GET THAT ABATED, THAT PROPERTY. NOW, THE VEHICLES THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY, IF THEY'D BEEN REMOVED, THE, THE TENANT OR THE OCCUPANT COULD HAVE REMOVED THEM THEMSELVES, WHICH MEANS WE WOULDN'T BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ABATEMENT AND NO WATER, GAS, AND ELECTRIC AT THIS TIME. THERE IS ELECTRIC THAT'S ACTIVE, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS NO GAS. THE GAS WAS TURNED OFF JULY 30TH, 2022 AND SAWS WAS REMOVED ON DECEMBER 30TH, THIRD, 2022. THEY DID DO A FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 28TH, 2222, WITH A FINDING OF AN ILLEGAL CONNECTION, WHICH THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY DID GO BACK OUT THERE TO REMOVE. WOULDN'T THAT AUTOMATICALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SERVICES WARRANT A IMMEDIATE EVICTION? WE, WE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR, WHICH IS FOR THE NOTICE TO, IS TO VACATE THE PROPERTY SECURED AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE UTILITIES DISCONNECTED. I DON'T SEE THAT IN YOUR NOTES EXCEPT AT THE TOP WHERE YOU SAID YOU WERE, UH, TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THAT'S ALMOST A YEAR PRIOR. THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION TODAY, MS. CHAIR, YOU'RE AMENDED. MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I'M GONNA ASK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE. ALRIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 9 37. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 9 44. UH, ON MAY 12TH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS WILL, WILL BE RECESSED. UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS WILL NOW RECONVENE IN A, AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. THE QUESTION TO YOU PRIOR TO THE, UH, SESSION WAS, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, AMENDING YOUR STATEMENT TO ASK FOR A VACATE AS WELL. WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO ENFORCE THE NOTICE OF VACATE THAT WE DID ISSUE ON NOVEMBER 1ST OF 20, 20 19. WELL, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2019. YES. UH, THERE WAS A NOTICE OF VACATE THAT WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 1ST. OH, OKAY. YEAH. OF 2019. THIS IS BE BEFORE MY INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. AND WE'RE ASKING THAT THE BOARD, UH, TO ENFORCE THAT NOTICE OF VACATE ORDER. AND THAT'S WHAT I ASKED YOU BEFORE BECAUSE IT ALSO SAYS THERE'S A NOTICE OF VACATE TO UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO YOU WERE GONNA EXTEND THE VACATE. IT WAS FOR THAT NOTICE OF VACATE. OKAY. THEN I, I, I MISSED, I, I, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE THERE. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, AS OF 2019 TO, I GUESS THIS IS AT 20, UH, 1 6 20, 22. SO PROBABLY YOU'RE STILL, UM, ASSESSING SOME OF THE CODE ISSUES UNDER THIS. YES. ONGOING. WE'RE, THERE'RE ALSO, THERE'S MY CASE AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE SAN AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE CASES THAT WE ARE WORKING AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL OF 20, NOT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. 20? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, MS. ANDERSON? YEAH. OKAY. UH, YOU OKAY? GO AHEAD. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, ON, UH, THE REPORT, UH, 11 30 20 21, UM, IT SAYS IN THE NOTICE OF AATE PENDING FROM NOVEMBER, 2019 FOR ELECTRICAL HAZARDS, BUT YOU SAID THAT THE ELECTRICAL IS STILL CONNECTED. SO HAS THAT ISSUE BEEN CORRECTED? FROM MY LAST INSPECTION, THERE WAS THE ELECTRICAL CORDS THAT WERE CONNECTED. I WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY TO SEE IF THEY WERE STILL CONNECTED OR IF THEY WERE TAMPERED [00:30:01] WITH BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WAS IN. IT WAS UNDERNEATH. THERE WAS NO TAMPERING WITH THE ELECTRICAL METER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT I SAW AT THAT TIME. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE, UM, THE EXTENSION CORD FOR? I MISSED WHERE IT WAS GOING OR WHERE IT ORIGINATED AND WHERE IT WAS GOING. THE EXTENSION CORD WAS INSIDE AND IT WAS WORKING ITS WAY OUTSIDE TO THE REAR OF THE YARD THAT WAS CONNECTED TO LIGHTS IN THE CENTER OF THE YARD. MS CHAIR, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS, UM, THAT THIS BOARD DOESN'T ENFORCE A NOTICE TO VACATE. THERE IS BOARD ORDERS A VACATE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. ARE THOSE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, OFFICER MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET, UM, THE, DO YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO? NO, I'M OKAY. ARE YOU SURE? I'M SURE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET THE NEIGHBOR, UH, MS. MARGARET, IS SHE STILL HERE? ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH HER PODIUM? CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MY NAME IS MARGARET CABALLERO. I LIVE AT 1524 WEST OLMOS. ALRIGHT. CAN YOU PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE? WELL, UM, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OFFICER GARCIA SINCE ALL THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING. LAST I KNEW MARY LOU WAS IN A REHAB. I WENT TO VISIT HER THERE, BUT THAT'S BEEN OVER THREE YEARS. THE PEOPLE THERE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY'RE SQUATTERS. AND NOT ONLY DEALING WITH THOSE PEOPLE, THE JUNK THAT THEY HAVE HAULED INTO THEIR, THAT PROPERTY, WERE DEALING WITH THE RODENTS, POSSUMS, SKUNKS, RACCOONS. AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO, TO ME, A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON. IN THE BEGINNING, THEY STARTED WITH BIKES. ALL KINDS OF BIKES. PEOPLE COMING IN WITH BIKES, LEAVING WITH DIFFERENT BIKES. AND BEFORE I USED TO CALL CODE COMPLIANCE AND WE WOULD CALL COMPLAINT. I USED TO DO ELVIA GONZALEZ'S YARD, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO MARY LOU'S HOUSE. AND I WOULD TAKE PICTURES AND I WOULD SEND THEM IN. UM, NOW THEY'VE BARRICADED THAT WHOLE PROPERTY, YOU CAN'T SEE IN THERE, BUT THEY JUNK AWAY AND THEY BRING, BRING BACK ANOTHER TRUCKLOAD OF JUNK. THE FRONT YARD LOOKS KIND OF CUTESY, A LITTLE COTTAGE. MARY LOU HAD ROSES. SHE HAD AN AVOCADO TREE. SHE, SHE WOULD MAINTAIN HER YARD. SHE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT JUNK. BUT SINCE SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED, NOW THESE PEOPLE ARE STAYING THERE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THEY'RE SQUATTERS. SHE APPARENTLY INVITED ONE PERSON TO STAY THERE IN THE GARAGE TO RUN ERRANDS FOR HER. SHE LEFT. HE BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE IN AND MORE PEOPLE THEY USED TO IN THAT SHED IN THE BACK, THEY WOULD GO URINATE, DEFECATE, WE COULD SEE FROM ELIA'S YARD. AND WE WOULD CALL. I USED TO KEEP A LOG OF ALL MY CALLS. I PITCHED IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT CITY'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. ELIA'S AFRAID TO GO OUT BECAUSE SHE FEARS THESE PEOPLE. THE WOMAN THERE, SHE'S GOT A MOUTH ON HER. I'VE GOTTEN INTO IT WITH HER. MY DAUGHTER'S GOTTEN INTO IT WITH HER. UH, BUT I TELL HER, STAY AWAY BECAUSE THERE'S TWO BRAND NEW PICKUPS THAT COME AND GO EVERY NOW AND THEN. AND THEY TALK TO HER AND THEY DON'T LIVE THERE. THEY JUST COME ONCE IN A WHILE. BUT WE SEE OTHER ACTIVITY THERE. I, THESE PEOPLE USED TO COME ONTO MY PROPERTY. I REPORTED A KNIFE THAT I FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF MY LOT. I OWNED A LOT ADJACENT TO ELVIA GONZALEZ'S, UH, HOUSE. AND THEN IT'S MY HOUSE. UM, GARDEN STUFF MISSING, UH, PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH MY YARD. THAT'S TIME'S UP. YES. [00:35:01] I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS. NOT NOT ONLY THE PROPERTY, BUT THE PEOPLE SQUATTING THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS OF THE WITNESS? YEAH. MS. MARGARET. MARK. MS. MARGARET, SORRY. YES. YES. JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YEAH. BEING REALLY A GREAT NEIGHBOR, TRYING TO HELP OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH, WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOME. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN THE NEIGHBOR THERE? THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE? NO, THE, THE, THE OWNER MARY LOU. MM-HMM. . UM, GOD, MY DAUGHTER'S 35, UH, OVER 30 YEARS. ARE YOU, UH, KNOW OF ANY RELATIVES THAT COME VISIT HAVE VISITED HER NEPHEW, RICK OLIVAREZ? WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH HIM WHEN MARY LOU WAS, UH, HOSPITALIZED, BUT NOW IT'S LIKE HE, HE, I THINK HE'S GIVEN UP. HIS NAME IS RICK OLIVARES. I DIDN'T BRING MY PHONE 'CAUSE I FORGOT IT. AND, UM, BUT I DO HAVE HIS NAME AND PHONE NUMBER, BUT HE KIND OF JUST DOESN'T ANSWER MY CALLS ANYMORE, SO. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY FOR ALL THE TROUBLE THERE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OFFICER GARCIA, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH? GOOD MORNING BOARD. THANK YOU FOR GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M OFFICER JOHN GARCIA WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WORK IN OUR WEST, I WORK AT WEST PATROL THE SUBSTATION, BUT I'M A SAFE OFFICER. THE, THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF THAT IS I'M A COMMUNITY POLICEMAN IS WHAT I DO. SO I'M NOT SUBJECT TO CALLS LIKE YOU WOULD SEE MOST POLICE OFFICERS TAKING CALLS. MY JOB IS TO TAKE CALLS OVER THE PHONE WITH MY CITY PHONE. AND IF I HAVE FOLKS LIKE, UH, MS. ERO CALLING AND SAYING, HEY, I HAVE A PROBLEM OVER HERE. I HAVE THE TIME. SINCE I'M NOT TAKING CALLS, I HAVE THE TIME TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES. WHATEVER, HOWEVER LONG THEY MAY TAKE. WE, SO THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 1534. WHAT'S ALMOST, UM, AS ABOUT AS ABOUT JULY OF 2019, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MS. RO AND OTHER NEIGHBORS CONCERNING, UM, THE ACTIVITY THERE. UM, I WOULD GET CALLS ABOUT, THEY WERE TELLING ME PROSTITUTION, WHEN I TELL YOU THESE THINGS, I'LL TELL YOU WHETHER I'VE MADE, WE'VE MADE ARREST OR NOT. BUT IN THESE CASES, THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT WE'RE SEEING. HEY, WE THINK THERE'S PROSTITUTION GOING ON. WE THINK THERE'S DRUG ACTIVITY. UM, I'M, WE'RE HEARING ARGUING WHERE, UM, LIKE MS. RO STATED, THEY, THEY'RE COMING INTO MY YARD. THEY'RE, THEY'RE ARGUING WITH ME. THEY'RE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH MY DAUGHTER. MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO FIGHT THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN SO AGGRESSIVE. UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE SEE, UM, I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN THEM USE DRUGS. UM, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY ADMISSIONS TO ME, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE SEE WAS PEOPLE WHO ARE ON DRUGS, THE AGGRESSION, WHETHER THEY'RE ON DRUGS OR I WOULD SAY THEY'RE SICK BECAUSE THEY NEED THE DRUGS. WE SEE A LOT OF THAT, THAT KIND OF AGGRESSION. UM, THINGS LIKE I'VE SEEN AS I WAS REVIEWING SOME OF THE CALLS, UM, FOLKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND ALMOST IS A, IS A VERY BUSY STREET ON, ON OUR SIDE OF, UM, TOWN. SO THEY'RE OUT THERE. WHAT THEY EXPLAINED IS HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE JUST STANDING OUT THERE DOING NOTHING, BUT JUST WITH A, WITH A FLASHLIGHT. SO THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY IS, IS WHAT, WHAT I THINK THEY'RE DESCRIBING TO ME. UM, I'VE OFTEN GONE OUT THERE, WHAT, WHAT I WAS TOLD BY MR. OLIVAREZ, UH, MS. RO BROUGHT UP, UH, HER NEPHEW, IS THAT SHE BECAME ILL. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT SHE WASN'T ABLE TO SIGN ANY KIND OF PAPERWORK OVER TO SAY THAT, HEY, HE'S IN CHARGE OF, UH, SOME KIND OF PROPERTY. UM, HE'S, I THINK HE'S REALLY THROWN UP HIS HANDS AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE. I'VE GONE OVER THERE WITH HIM TO, SO THAT HE COULD ASK FOLKS TO JUST LEAVE. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE. THEY'RE, THEY MAY LEAVE AND WE'VE GONE THERE AND THEY'VE LEFT VOLUNTARILY. BY THE NEXT DAY I'M GETTING MORE CALLS AND I ALWAYS ASK THE CITIZENS, PLEASE CALL ME. DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN CALL. YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T CALL. A LOT OF THEM FEEL LIKE THAT, HEY, I DON'T WANNA BOTHER YOU WITH THIS ANYMORE. I'M BOTHERING YOU. I'M CALLING YOU ABOUT THE SAME THING. WELL PLEASE CALL. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I KNOW THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S GOING ON. SO I WAS GETTING CONSTANT CALLS. NOW, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE SO CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT THE RETALIATION. THEY'RE SCARED. THEY DON'T, SOME OF 'EM ARE ELDERLY. THEY DON'T WANT TO CALL. THEY'RE, THEY'RE AFRAID. AND, AND I DO EXPLAIN TO THEM, LOOK, I, I WANNA GO OVER THERE AND I WANNA RESOLVE THIS, BUT I DON'T WANNA GO OVER THERE AND MAKE IT WORSE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BOTHER OFFICER GARCIA. WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BOTHER IS THE FOLKS WHO ARE THERE. SO THEY REALLY DON'T WANT, WANT THAT, THAT TO HAPPEN. I, AND I CAN'T BLAME THEM. SO A LOT OF 'EM STOPPED CALLING ME. UM, MS. MS CABALLERO, QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK SHE, SHE ALSO THREW UP HER HANDS. AND SHE'S FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SHE DOES CALL THE POLICE. AND FOR HER IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE COMING BY, BUT NOTHING'S GETTING DONE. AND, AND OUR HANDS ARE KIND OF TIED BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THE LAW'S NOT GONNA ALLOW US TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD SOMEBODY COME IN AND MISS DE LA ROSA SAID, HEY, HELP ME WITH THESE ERRANDS, THIS FELLOW SHE BROUGHT IN, AND, UH, AND WE'LL WORK, WE'LL WORK THIS OUT THROUGH PAYMENT, OR YOU CAN LIVE IN THE BACK SHED. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAD A DOMINO EFFECT OF, HEY BUDDY, COME AND STAY. HEY, YOU COME AND STAY IN THIS DOMINO EFFECT OF PEOPLE JUST INVITING PEOPLE [00:40:01] OVER AND THEY'RE MORE OR LESS SQUATTING. SO THOSE ARE THE PROBLEMS I'VE, I'VE HAD THERE. UM, I'VE GONE WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. WE'VE BOARDED UP THE, THE PROPERTY BY THE NEXT DAY. IT'S RIPPED DOWN. THE DOOR IS KICKED IN, UM, ON THE, THE CODE COMPLIANCE TALKED ABOUT THAT DOOR, THAT STRUCTURE AROUND THE DOOR IS JUST BROKEN IN. WELL, IT'S FROM BEING KICKED IN. THAT WIRE RUNNING THROUGH THERE IS RUNNING THROUGH, I GUESS THEY HAD, THEY HAVE DECORATIVE LIGHTING IN THE BACK, IN THE BACK AREA, AND THAT'S WHAT THE WIRES RUN INTO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT DECORATIVE LIGHTING IS, IS RUNNING TO AT THAT POINT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THEY'RE DOING IT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GETTING ELECTRICITY. SO, UM, THE FOLKS THERE, I DO RECOGNIZE THEM. LIKE I'VE SEEN OTHER FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE ON DRUGS. AGAIN, NO ADMISSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING DRUG ACTIVITY. BUT I DO RECOGNIZE I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER 25 YEARS. SO I, I DO RECOGNIZE FOLKS WHO MAY BE ON, ON NARCOTICS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. FOLKS. I, I APPRECIATE YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE ASK MR. UH, OFFICER GARCIA. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT THERE AND TAKING CARE OF THE AREA. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UM, HOW OFTEN ARE YOU CALLED OUT TO THAT, UH, PROPERTY ALONE? MAYBE OUT OF A MONTH, OUT OF A WEEK? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT CAN, IT CAN, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE WHO CALL ME PATROL WILL BE OUT THERE. I'VE SEEN PATROL OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES THIS MONTH. THERE'S BEEN, SINCE 2019, I BELIEVE THERE WAS 23 CALLS AND 14 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. MM-HMM. TO THAT LOCATION. BUT AGAIN, IT'S VARIOUS THINGS FROM WHEN I GO TO CODE COMPLIANCE, GOING TO SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, UM, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF CALLS WE'RE NORMALLY GETTING. NOW, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORS, SOME OF 'EM ARE SCARED, VERY SCARED THROUGH THE INTIMIDATION, MS. GATO WILL CALL, BUT AGAIN, SHE'S BECOME FRUSTRATED AND I, I, I CAN'T BLAME HER. MM-HMM. FOR THE FRUSTRATION. UM, WHEN WE'VE GONE TO THE BACKYARDS, UM, SMELL OF FECES, SMELL OF URINE AND SMELL OF ROTTEN FOOD, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY BAD. IT'S PRETTY BAD. AND, AND I WAS JUST, UH, BEFORE SEVERAL DAYS AGO TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SEE THE, THE BIG PICTURE, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT WHEN YOU GET THE SMELLS AND YOU GET THE, THE, THE ACTIVITY OF THESE FOLKS, THE AGGRESSION, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I GET THERE AND I, I, I'M CONCERNED FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE ELDERLY. AND SOME, SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN. IF SOMEBODY DECIDES TO TAKE A BED, A BAD HIT OF DRUGS, IT'S GONNA GO BAD FOR, FOR SOMEONE OUT THERE. I MEAN, SHE'S FOUND KNIVES IN HER BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT DEFINITELY COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BOARD. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BOARD, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF ANYONE? ONE, SORRY FOR HIM, IT'S MARK. SO WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, UH, SEEK AN IMMEDIATE VACATE WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AFTER THAT? SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN, YOU KNOW, OWNER THAT WE CAN FIND, BUT WE DO HAVE A, A SEMI DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND SOME REALLY GROSSNESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THIS BOARD DETERMINES THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, THEY CAN INCLUDE AN ORDER TO VACATE IF, IF, IF, IF THIS BOARD SEEMS THAT IT IS, IS, UM, REQUIRED, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST DO THE ORDER TO VACATE WITHOUT SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WITH THE STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY. ARE YOU, I I, I, I CAN SAY THAT YOU, YOU CAN'T DETERMINE THAT THE PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND JUST ORDER IT TO BE VACATED. AND THAT'S THE END OF IT. UH, YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO, IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT IT IS A, UH, DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, UM, THIS BOARD HAS THE OPTION OF ORDERING REPAIRS. THIS BOARD HAS THE OPTION OF ORDERING A DEMOLITION. THIS BOARD HAS THE OPTION OF ORDERING A, A RESET TO, TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, BUT THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION, UM, THAT IT'S A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. FIRST. DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD, MR. ANDES. I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 3 4 WEST OMI DRIVE. FIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIRS ON THE TWO ACCESSORY ACCESSORY. ONE BEING THE GARAGE. AND IT IS SUBSECTION 2 5 7 8 11 12 15 17. AND ACCESSORY TWO [00:45:01] SUBSECTION, WHICH WOULD BE THE SHED, IS SUBSECTION 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17. AND THOSE BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RESET ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH, UH, INFORMATION FOR A REPAIR AND ALSO ORDER A VACATE AND SECURE THE PROPERTY. OKAY. I SECOND. ONE MOMENT. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR ACCESSORY ONE, THE GARAGE, UM, UH, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THEN ALSO ACCESSORY TWO, THE SHED SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THEN A RESET FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THAT IT BE ENFORCED THAT IT THE VACATE AND SECURING OF THE PROPERTY. IS THERE A SECOND ERROR OR RESET? RE REPAIR. OKAY. I THOUGHT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA RESET, BUT IT'S RESET. I SECOND. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION FIRST? OH, DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, ALFRED, I, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE MOTION MM-HMM. AND, UH, BUT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ABOUT CLEARING OUT THE PROPERTY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S FREE AND CLEAR. AND, AND WE ARE GONNA SECURE THE, THE MAIN HOUSE AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MAIN HOUSE CAN CLEARED AS WELL. CAN YOU LET FINISH? YEAH, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BECOME AS A, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YEAH. CAN YOU LET HIM FINISH THOUGH? I CERTAINLY WOULD'VE LIKE TO ADD THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO, UH, CLEAR THE PROPERTY OF ALL DEBRIS. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IS THAT ALREADY UNDER ABATEMENT? IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. THAT WAS ALREADY UNDER ABATEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, CODE DANGEROUS PREMISE IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ. WE DO HAVE A CASE OPEN FOR THE DEBRIS OUTSIDE. OKAY. YEAH, SO, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND GO AHEAD AND FRIENDLY THE AMENDMENT AND THAT MIGHT SPEED IT UP A LITTLE FASTER. SO THAT, THAT'D BE FINE WITH ME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO I'LL RESTATE THE ORDER. CURRENT ORDER 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR ACCESSORY ONE, THE GARAGE TWO SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THE SHED ACCESSORY TWO, ONE, UH, SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THAT'S A 30 DAY DEMO. AND THEN A RESET FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THEN ALSO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IT ABATED AND THEN ALSO TO ENFORCE THE VACATE AND SECURING OF THE PROPERTY. AND WE HAD MS. MS CHAIR, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY MM-HMM. , UM, THE, THE CLEARING OF THE PROPERTY, WE ARE JUST, WE, WE, WE DO THIS BOARD DOES MEAN THE EXTERIOR, CORRECT? THE EXTERIOR, YES. AND WE HAD A SECOND BY, I'LL SECOND IT. ANN WEINER. ANN WEINER. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA GALLERY? AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO, A SECOND CASE. SECOND CASE THAT WE'LL BE HEARING IS, UH, 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE, WHICH WAS A RESET. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS LISA VALEZ DENS PERMITS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS A RESET. RESET DATE WAS FROM FEBRUARY 10TH, 2020, [00:50:01] 2022. THE BOARD ORDERED 30 DAY RESET TO ALLOW OWNER TIME AND TO OBTAIN THE THREE REQUIRED ITEMS, UM, FOR REPAIR. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B SIX TWO, LOT WEST SEVEN, 0.8 OF 25 AND 26, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL TWO. THE OWNER OF RECORD IS DOTSON CLIFFORD WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. A NOTICE OF HEARING WILL PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNER ON SITE, AT THE PROPERTY ON SEVERAL LOCATIONS, AND PERSON IN BY PHONE. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED OCTOBER 26TH, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT LEGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION. THE PERSON SPECS REGARDING 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 28TH, 2019. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2019. THE SECOND NOTICE MAILED WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2020, 2020, AND RETURNED ON CLAIM. AN EMAIL WAS MADE TO THE OWNER WITH A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020 ON APRIL 28TH, 2020 SECOND. THE NOTICE OF B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS ON APRIL 27TH, 2020 SECOND. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER. PREVIOUS TO TODAY, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT. CREDIT, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME. PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT WAS PROVIDED TO ME OR TO OUR OFFICE AS OF MAY 11TH, 2020 SECOND. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS. THIS IS THE, UH, FRONT ELEVATION TAKEN FROM ACROSS, UM, THE STREET AT 3 0 5, UH, NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS. NOW, UM, GIMME A SECOND. NEXT SLIDE. YES. OKAY. SO, UM, THIS SECTION WAS PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUSLY ROTTED. AT THE NEXT HEARING, UH, WE DID SEE THAT HE MADE SOME REPAIRS, UM, TO THE SOFFIT AREA. THIS COVERED AREA AT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A NEW PLYWOOD, UM, COVERING THAT SECTION. IT HAD HOLES AND IT WAS PREVIOUSLY ROTTED. NEXT. NOW THE REPAIRS DO EXTEND, UH, TO THE END OF THE PROPERTY OR THE STRUCTURE NEXT. UH, WHEN WE MADE LOCATION ON THE FIFTH, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A FOOD TRUCK UP THE FRONT WITH A, UM, LINE EXTENDING TO THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. UM, FURTHER DOWN, THERE'S AN OPEN DRAIN CHANNEL, UM, GOING, UM, I GUESS FROM THE WATER AND THE WASTE THAT GOES INTO THE DRAIN CHANNEL ON THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. NEXT, THIS IS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND THE OWNER DID CLEAN SOME OF THE SECTION AND DID REPAIR SOME OF THAT, UH, FASCIA BOARD UP AT THE TOP. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES HANGING FROM THE BROKEN LIGHTS. WE FOUND AN EXTENSION GOING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. NOW THIS EXTENSION, UM, IS GOING TOWARDS A, UH, TRAVEL TRAILER WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOW STAYING AT. INITIALLY THAT TRAVEL TRAILER WAS NOT ON THE PROPERTY AT ALL, UH, BUT NOW THERE, UM, ACTUALLY LIVING ON THE PROPERTY NEXT. NOW THERE'S SOME, UM, DEBRIS AND THE EXTERIOR, SOME DETERIORATION ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. AND THESE INCLUDES, UM, THE C C M U UM, MATERIAL. THE, THE CRACKS GO FROM THE FOUNDATION ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE. AND, AND I'LL SHOW THAT IN A MINUTE. NOW AGAIN, UM, THE STRUCTURE DOES LACK WATERPROOFING IN SOME AREAS, AND WHICH YOU SEE IN THE EXTERIOR WHERE IT'S BLACK IS ACTUALLY A LINE GOING FROM THE FOUNDATION ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE. AND IT'S THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. THERE'S SOME ROTTED, UH, WOODEN MEMBERS STILL. UH, SOME OF THE WINDOW SECTIONS ARE ENCLOSED BY JUST, UM, WOOD MATERIAL, UM, AND SOME OF THE WOOD MATERIAL IS ALREADY ROTTED OR BROKEN OFF. JUST A CLOSER SECTION OF THE ROTTED, UM, SIDE. NOW AT THE BOTTOM, IT'S EXPOSED. UM, [00:55:01] THAT SECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WAS AT SOME POINT A DOOR. UH, THEY COVER IT UP AND THE BOTTOM SECTION HAS ACTUALLY COLLAPSED. SO, UM, THERE'S WATER GOING INTO THE, UH, INTO THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE IS A MATERIAL THAT IS DETERIORATED AND, UM, AS WELL AS CRACKS FROM THE BOTTOM WHERE THE FOUNDATION STARTS TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF SECTION. AND THEN YOU SEE THAT CONTINUOUS ELECTRICAL WIRE GOING TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. UM, THE DAY OF THE DAY OF THE INSPECTION ON MAY 5TH, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, OUTSIDE PLACEMENT AND BACK OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS DEBRIS, UM, TREE LIMBS AND SO ON. THE OWNER SAID THAT, UM, HE WAS GONNA CLEAR THOSE OFF. UH, MAYBE HE'S DONE IT AS OF TODAY, BUT AS OF MAY 5TH, THOSE ITEMS WERE THERE. NEXT, UH, SAME ISSUES AROUND THE DOORS AND THE ELECTRICAL SECTION. THE LIGHTS UP AT THE TOP, UH, DETERIORATED MATERIAL UP AT THE TOP SECTION ON THE ROOF NEXT. NOW GOING INTO THE INTERIOR, THE INTERIOR WAS CLEARED OUT. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, DISCARDED ITEMS, DEBRIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE JUST, UM, LEFT THERE BY THE PREVIOUS TENANTS, I BELIEVE. AND THE STRUCTURE AT THE TIME DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. AND I RE RECALL THAT BECAUSE I HAD TO USE MY FLASHLIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS. SO THE DAY OF THE INSPECTION, UM, THE INTERIOR WAS CLEANED, THERE WAS ELECTRICITY. UM, THE ABLES WERE SET UP, UM, TO BE IN A BAR AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS. NEXT, UH, WE DID REQUEST THAT THE INITIAL INSPECTION, UM, MONTHS BACK, A, UM, ELECTRICAL REPORT JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS PROPER ELECTRICAL WIRING DONE AT THE, IN, IN THE PROPERTY. AND TO REPAIR ANY ELECTRICAL DEFICIENCIES. WE DIDN'T GET THAT. BUT THE ELECTRICITY WAS RECONNECTED. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY WE REQUESTED WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY. IT LOOKED LIKE SOME WIRES HAD BEEN PULLED FOR, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS TENANT. AND THERE WERE WIRES PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE, MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS, UH, IN THIS PHOTO. SO AGAIN, WIRES THROUGHOUT THE, THE PROPERTY, UH, AND THE INTERIOR. UH, SOME ELECTRICAL, SOME NON NON-ELECTRICAL. AND, UH, GO NEXT, UH, HANGING FROM THE WALLS AS WELL. NEXT, UH, THE BOTTOM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE GROUND NEXT. AND THEN YOU SEE SOME EXPOSURE WHERE LIGHT COMING IN. IT'S JUST AN OPEN SECTION. THERE'S NO PROPER WINDOW. UM, SO THAT'S OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS. AND THEN THERE IS A CLOSED, UH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UH, CLOSED TO THAT AS WELL. NEXT. SO IN THE, UH, PREVIOUS, UM, AT THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION, YOU SAW SHEET ROCK THAT HAD COLLAPSED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. UM, IS THE SAME WAY NOW. AND THEN OF COURSE, CLOSED TO THAT SECTION WHERE IT'S OPEN. UM, YOU SEE WIRES HANGING FROM THE STRUCTURE AND THEN, UH, OPEN, UM, CON CONDUCTOR AREAS. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S VISIBLE ON THE PHOTO. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE SOME BROKEN, UH, WOODEN MEMBERS AS WELL. NEXT, PLEASE, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAME SECTION. THERE'S AN OPENING AT THE RIGHT THAT WAS NOW OPEN, UM, TO, THEY SAID, I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER HE WAS GONNA OPEN THAT SECTION IN THE BACK FOR LIKE A PATIO AREA. UM, I'M SURE HE CAN EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE. NEXT, PLEASE. THERE ARE CRACKS ON THE FOUNDATION THAT EXTEND FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. UH, NOW AT THE CORNERS IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PAINTED AND, UM, THERE WAS SOME CRACKS FROM THE FOUNDATION ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. THOSE HAVE BEEN FILLED. I DON'T KNOW WITH WHAT MATERIAL, BUT THEY WERE FILLED IN THAT SECTION. PAINTED. NEXT THIS. SO IN THIS SECTION, THE DARK, THE DARK AREAS THAT YOU SEE UP IN THE LEFT CENTER, LEFT CENTER, UM, THAT IS ACTUAL WATER MOISTURE COMING IN. UM, AT THE BOTTOM SECTION THERE ARE SOME OPENINGS. UM, SO ALL OF THAT IS, THERE'S MOISTURE, UH, THERE'S WATER ACCUMULATING. AND, AND AROUND THAT TIME WE HAD HAD SOME, [01:00:01] UM, JUST MINOR RAIN IN THAT AREA. SO THE WATER ACTUALLY DID COME IN, UH, INTO THE STRUCTURE. THANKS. THIS SECTION UP AT THE CORNER, UH, RIGHT HAND SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LARGE OPENING THAT IS ACTUALLY ROTTED. UM, THERE'S MOLD IN THAT SECTION. THERE'S ELECTRICAL WIRES NEARBY. UM, THAT SECTION AND THAT ENTIRE ROOF SECTION NEEDS, UH, NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. SO ALL THERE IS MOISTURE, THERE'S WATER COMING IN THROUGH THERE. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. AGAIN, SAME ISSUES. ELECTRICAL ISSUES, UH, WATER MOISTURE COMING IN. UH, THAT SECTION HAS ACTUALLY COLLAPSED FOR THE SHEET ROCK. THANKS. JUST A CLOSER LOOK, UM, JUST TO SEE. I CAN SHOW YOU THE ROT IN THE SECTION THAT HAS THAT MAJOR DAMAGE. NOW ALL OF THAT IS AFFECTING THE WALLS ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE WOODEN MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THAT SIDE. ANOTHER SECTION WITH, UH, WATER DAMAGE. WHERE WATER IS COMING IN, UH, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW FROM WHERE, IF IT'S THROUGH THE BOTTOM, UH, SIDE WHERE THERE MAY BE HOLES OR SOME OF THE OPENINGS OR THROUGH THE ACTUAL ROOF AS WELL. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE IN DETERIORATED CONDITION. THE STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES TO ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION. THEN THE NOW OCCUPIED BAR LOCATION HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, DETERIORATION TO COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING. ELECTRICAL RECONNECT WAS RECONNECTING WITHOUT A LICENSE ELECTRICIAN ACQUIRED TO CHECK SYSTEM. THE STRUCTURE HAS CRACKS ON THE EXTERIOR. EXTERIOR THAT SHOWED THROUGH FROM BASE AT FOUNDATION TO THE TOP SECTION. THE FLAT ROOF SYSTEM REQUIRES MAJOR REPAIRS. CONCRETE SLASH FOUNDATION HAS CRACKS MAKING THE STRUCTURE SHIFT. INTERIOR WALL STU RAFTERS AND CEILINGS, JOISTS EXHIBIT ROTTING AND MOISTURE DETERIORATION DUE TO WATER EXPOSURE, REPAIRS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED WITHOUT PERMITS AT THIS PROPERTY. THE ACCESSORIES, EXCUSE ME, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1 12 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING. AND IT HAS TURNED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THE SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS, OF NESS OF OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 0 5 NORTH BRAUNFELS. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. UH, OFFICER VALDEZ, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN DID YOU START SEEING REPAIRS BEING DONE WITHOUT PERMITS? UH, LET ME GO BACK TO MY NOTES REAL QUICK. I DON'T KNOW THE, I CANNOT TELL YOU THE EXACT DATE RIGHT OFF THE TOP. MARCH 3RD, 2020 SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO, UH, YOU MENTIONED IN THERE, UM, IN YOUR NOTES THAT THERE'S VAGRANTS AROUND THE PROPERTY IN THAT SIDE OF TOWN. THERE VAGRANTS JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. UNFORTUNATELY CLOSE TO NEW BRAUNFELS AND, UM, AND HOUSTON AND CLOSE TO NEW BRAUNFELS AND COMMERCE. UM, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE NOW. THERE IS A, SOME TENANTS THERE IN THE BACK THAT ARE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE PROPERTY IN A TRAVEL TRAILER. MM-HMM. . AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FOOD TRUCK UP AT THE FRONT. UH, ALL OF THOSE ARE, UM, VIOLATIONS. UH, THE FOOD TRUCK DOES HAVE THE, UM, WATER OR WHATEVER IT IS COMING OUT OF THE, UH, FOOD TRUCK IS GOING INTO THE CITY STREET AND THEN INTO THE TRAIN AREA. UM, THE YOUNG LADY THAT I MET THERE WITH, THE OWNER SAID THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY OPENING UP THE BAR AND IT WAS HER FOOD TRAILER. I'M NOT SURE WHO'S STAYING IN THE BACK IN THE TRAVEL TRAILER. THE OWNER CAN CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL VIOLATIONS, NOT ONLY TO THE STRUCTURE, BUT IN THE PROPERTY ITSELF AND THE EXTERIOR. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO THIS CASE WAS RESET. UM, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE OWNER AS FAR AS THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED? HAS HE PRESENTED THAT TO YOU BEFORE THE CASE? TO ME? PREVIOUS TO THIS DAY, NO MA'AM. UM, HE SAID HE BROUGHT SOME THINGS OVER WITH HIM THAT HE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU TODAY. UM, BUT NOT TO ME PREVIOUS TO TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? YES. AS OF THE 26TH, 10 26, 2021, [01:05:02] YOU STATED THAT THERE WAS, UH, NO CHANGE AT THIS TIME. OWNER HAS NOT ATTEMPTED REPAIRS OR EVEN CONTACTED YOU AT ANY TIME. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER WE GAVE THE, UM, RE RESET, ALL A SUDDEN ACTIVITY STARTED WITHOUT PERMITS. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OR MINOR REPAIRS? NOTHING MAJOR LIKE AN ENTIRE ROOF. RIGHT. REPAIR OR, YOU KNOW, WALLS OR FOUNDATION. BUT THERE WAS SOME BUT ELECTRIC'S ON, EXCUSE ME, BUT THE ELECTRIC'S ON NOW, THE ELECTRIC IS ON? YES. AND IT WASN'T PRIOR ON YOUR FIRST INSPECTION, IS THAT CORRECT? FROM MY FIRST INSPECTION WHEN I VISIT, NO, IT WAS OFF. WAS THERE A SIGN THAT IT WAS STILL ACTIVE OR, UM, THE METER I BELIEVE SHOWED TO BE, UM, DISCONNECTED. UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE METER, IT SHOWS CLOSE OR OPEN. SO IT SAID OPEN, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY IS OPEN FOR SERVICE FOR SOMEBODY TO CONNECT TO SERVICE. SO IT WAS NOT ACTIVE. BUT IT IS NOW. IT IS NOW, YES. AND THE SIDE OF THE, WHERE THE BAR WAS, BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS PICTURES WERE NOT AS CLEAN MM-HMM. AND NOW IT'S ALL IMMACULATE. IT'S NOT IMMACULATE, BUT A LOT OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE OTHER ISSUES WERE, IS IT STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION? THERE WERE ITEMS TAKEN OUT. UM, SO THAT I, I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH THE ENTIRE SECTION, UM, BUT NO REPAIRS. AND ON ONE OF THE PHOTOS WE SAW THE BACK WALL, I DO BELIEVE IT WAS, IT WAS A ORANGE ROMEX. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ROMEX. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE EXTENSION CORD. IT WAS TWO I'M ASSUMING. WHERE DID THAT GO? THAT IS GOING TO THE TRAVEL TRAILER. I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SAME PROPERTY. IT'S ON THE SAME PROPERTY IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. 1 41, WHICH WAS NOT THERE TO MY, ON MY PREVIOUS INSPECTION. RIGHT. AND IT WASN'T THERE WHEN? YEAH. OKAY. RIGHT THERE. THAT ONE. AND THEN IT JUMPS OFF TO ANOTHER ONE. IT GOES RIGHT DOWN. SO THAT GOES TO A TRAVEL TRAILER. THE PROPERTY THAT GOES TO PROPERTY TRAILER? YES. BEHIND THE BUILDING, YES. THANK YOU. WAS THAT A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN THAT REHOOK UP THE POUND OF THE BUILDING? THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE. SO I, THE OWNER CAN TELL YOU IF HE WAS OR WASN'T, UM, LICENSED. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE IT WAS A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN THAT DID, DID ALL THAT WORK. NO, THANK YOU. WELL, I, I WOULD ASK THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THIS PICTURE HERE. THAT'S NOT A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN WHO DID THAT. ABSOLUTELY NOT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, MS. VALDEZ? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET THE OWNER, UH, MR. DOTSON TO APPROACH THERE? THERE'S TWO SET DIFFERENT OWNERS LIST. COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? CLIFFORD DOTSON, 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BON AVENUE. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS? UH, 1 4 0 KEEFER ROAD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE PROCEED. WELL FROM DAY ONE IF, UH, DID SHE GIVE Y'ALL A COPY OF Y'ALL SEEN? HOLD ON. THE FIRST TIME I WAS NOTIFIED ON THIS SITUATION WAS, UH, IN 21. SIR, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU. CAN YOU CHECK YOUR MIC AND SEE IF IT'S ON ONE TWO? YES. OKAY. UM, MY FIRST NOTICE WAS IN 21, BUT I'M NOT NEVER THERE AT THE PROPERTY, SO SHE WROTE IT UP UNDER GREENWOOD'S BAR AND GRILL. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHO I HAD IT RENTED TO. AND SHE CONTACTED ME LAST YEAR AND WE DONE A WALKTHROUGH, BUT ON MY SHOP SIDE, I HAD A FLAT ROOF. THAT'S WHY THE CEILING IS BROKEN. I TOOK ALL THE ROCKS OFF THE ROOF ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND MADE IT, UH, SHINGLES. THAT'S WHY THE ROOFING. BUT THAT SIDE HAS BEEN VACANT. MY SHOP SIDE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR, I'VE BEEN THERE 30 YEARS, BUT 10 YEARS I HAVE NOT BEEN IN MY SHOP. BUT, AND ALSO WE HAD BREAK-INS. THAT'S WHY THEY TRASHED MY PLACE AND THAT'S POLICE REPORTS AND EVERYTHING. BUT MY BAR AND GRILL'S BEEN WORKING EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, SO THEY SHUT DOWN. WELL, Y'ALL SHUT US DOWN. WELL, THE CITY SHUT US DOWN, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VACANT SO LONG ON, UH, SO THE IMPROVEMENT YOU SEEN WAS THAT I WENT CLEAN MY SHOP UP, BASICALLY. THAT'S ALL I DID. AND, UH, I RENTED MY BAR [01:10:01] BACK OUT AS WE SPEAK NOW. AND FIRST OF ALL, MY ELECTRICAL WAS NEVER SHUT OFF. I HAD ELECTRICAL AT 3 0 1 AND 3 0 5. SO, AND I DO HAVE A, UH, ENGINEER'S GUY CALLING ME ON AN APPOINTMENT, BY THE WAY, I CALLED HIM THIS MORNING TELLING Y'ALL FIXING TO TRY TO TEAR MY BUILDING DOWN. SO THEY GONNA SCHEDULE ME TODAY TO TRY TO GET AN ENGINEER'S REPORT. SO AS WE SPEAK NOW, MY BUILDING'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING, BEEN SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. I'VE DONE A FEW LITTLE THINGS TO, AND THAT GUY THAT HAS THE TRAVEL TRADE IN THE BACK, HE'S THE ONE THAT RENT FROM IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HE, ANYBODY CAN TIE TWO LINES TOGETHER AND RUN A PIECE OF WIRE TO A UNIT. SO YOU'LL NEED A LIGHT LICENSE ELECTRICIAN TO DO THAT. , ANYBODY CAN PLUG IN A CORD. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. OH, YOU GOT MY INFORMATION. THEY LOOK AT AND I GOT SOME, I GOT SOME PROPOSALS AND I AM A LICENSED MECHANICAL ENGINEER MYSELF. SO SIR, THE FIRST DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAD UP THERE, WHAT WAS THAT FOR? THIS ONE HERE? NO, SIR. THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT WE HAD PUT ON THE SCREEN, HANDWRITTEN. I DO BELIEVE IT HAS SHEET ROCK ON IT RIGHT HERE. WHAT IS THIS FROM? THAT'S ONE OF MY GUY THAT WORK FOR, HE, HE DOES A LOT OF CONTRACT WORK FOR ME. RICHARD, THAT'S A CONTRACT? YES. AND THE SECOND ONE THAT WAS PUT UP, WHAT IS THAT FROM THAT ONE THERE? THAT'S ALEXANDRO IS HE'S ONE OF MY CONTRACTORS ALSO. W WE DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE. WHAT CONTRACTOR ARE THEY? IT DOESN'T SPECIFY ON THERE. I SEE FLOORS. I SEE REPAIR. I SEE. SO WHAT IS THIS CONTRACTOR FOR? YOUR THREE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING US WAS THE SCOPE OF WORK ENGINEER'S LETTER AND A FINANCIAL MEANS THAT WHICH ONE? WELL, HOPEFULLY THE SCOPE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK. SO WHAT IS THE OTHER DOCUMENT? THE FIRST ONE? I THINK I GOT THREE PROPOSALS THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. I DON'T, YEAH, THEY ALL, SO YOU HAVE TWO SCOPES OF WORK. YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT AND A FINANCIAL MEANS? UH, FINANCIAL, WELL, I GOT A BUDDY HAS, UH, I GOT A NUMBER, A NAME ON ONE OF 'EM PAPERS THAT, UH, IF YOU NEED TO, OKAY, HOLD ON. SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE. WE DON'T HAVE A, OKAY, HOLD ON. I DON'T HAVE, SO THIS, THIS IS YOUR, WHAT IS THIS ONE HERE THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE SCREEN? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PAYING WHAT I HAVE TO DO. I MEAN, I KNOW Y'ALL NEED IT, BUT, UH, PAGE 10 NUMBER. WHAT IS THIS ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN? IT'S ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER QUOTE. SO YOU'VE GOT THREE FINANCE, UH, THREE QUOTES WORK, UH, SCOPES OF WORK, THREE OF THEM. SO WE STILL NEED A FINANCIAL LETTER AND AN ENGINEER'S LETTER. WELL, MY ENGINEER'S LETTER, SINCE I CALLED 'EM THIS MORNING, THEY MIGHT HAVE IT TODAY. THEY'RE GONNA SCHEDULE ME TODAY , SINCE I WAS IN COURT AND I TOLD 'EM I, THEY COULDN'T GET TO ME. SO NOW WHEN WE RESET, RESET THIS IN COURT, WHEN WE RESET THIS, WAS IT NOT THOSE THREE DOCUMENTS WOULD BE PRESENTED TO US TODAY. WELL, HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THE ENGINEERS TODAY IF THEY COME OUT TODAY. TODAY IS NOT OVER YET. BUT IF I COULD EMAIL IT, I SEND IT TO YOU. I GUESS IF THEY SHOW UP, MR. DAWSON, IF RESET THIS BACK IN FEBRUARY, TODAY WAS THE DAY TO BRING ALL OF YOUR DOCUMENTS. THERE WAS THREE DOCUMENTS WE NEEDED TODAY. AND THIS IS MORE THAN THE TIME THAT IT WAS RESET FOR WE SO TODAY WAS THE DAY YOU NEEDED THOSE THREE DOCUMENTS. WELL, I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE ENGINEERS TO COME OUT, SO I MEAN I, I WAS ON A WAITING LIST. WHAT CAN I, I MEAN I COULDN'T MAKE 'EM COME OUT, SO I CALLED 'EM THIS MORNING AND TOLD 'EM I WAS GOING TO COURT AND NOW THEY WANNA COME OUT . [01:15:15] IS THIS IN SPANISH? NO, THIS JUST, UH, OH. HAVE YOU ALL REDU REVIEWED ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR SATISFACTION? UH, I THE EXAMPLE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, IS THAT ACTUALLY YOUR SCOPE OF WORK THAT YOU ARE HANDING IN FOR US TO LOOK AT? YEAH, NOT WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK. BACK UP AGAIN, PLEASE. WHICH ONE? I JUST DOING A COUPLE OF, I WAS JUST DOING SOME TAKEOFFS WITH, YOU KNOW, PRICE OF MY MATERIAL THAT WE MIGHT NEED. SO RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE WOOD WANT THAT YOU HAD IN THE, IN THE ROOF AND THE ROOF TRUSSES. NO, I'M, I'M TAKING ALL THAT SHEET. I'M BLOWING THE INSULATION IN, SO I'M NOT GONNA DEAL WITH ANY SHEET ROCK ON THAT SIDE. AND THEM DATES. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING ON. SINCE I ARE YOU SAYING THIS IS THE SCOPE OF WORK, SIR? YES, SIR. THAT'S, THAT'S OUR DOCUMENTS. I KNOW I WAS USING IT FOR MINE, BUT, AND THE GUY THAT'S DOING THE WORK, THEY WOULDN'T BUY THAT ALSO. ALRIGHT, HOLD ON. AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU. A SCOPE OF WORK. IF YOU GO BACK TO, I THINK IT'S A THIRD ONE WHERE IT ACTUALLY IS PRINTED OUT, THIS ONE HERE, THAT'S AS CLOSE TO A SCOPE OF WORK AS YOU'RE GONNA COME. THE OTHER TWO ARE HANDWRITTEN AND THEY'RE NOT A SCOPE OF WORK. OKAY? IT HAS TO BE LEGALLY DONE TO WHERE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON, NOT PUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND THEN JOSTLED AROUND HERE AND THERE. THIS IS THE CLOSEST YOU COME TO A SCOPE OF WORK WHERE IT ACTUALLY DEFINES WHAT IT'S DOING. IT DOESN'T REALLY GO FAR ENOUGH, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU SOME UNDERSTANDING. THE OTHER TWO YOU GAVE US WERE WRITTEN HANDWRITTEN NOTES THAT YOU COULD SAY THEY'RE A SCOPE OF WORK, BUT IN MY BUSINESS THAT'S NOT EVEN A SCOPE OF WORK. THIS HERE IS THE CLOSEST YOU'VE COME TO A SCOPE OF WORK. THE OTHER STUFF THAT YOU HAD ON THERE ARE DOCUMENTS. THAT'S NOT A SCOPE OF WORK. OKAY? AND AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO THE OTHER TWO DOCUMENTS THAT YOU LACK THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL MEANS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY, AS IS STATED IN THE COURT ORDER WHEN IT WAS RESET. DID YOU GET THAT? I UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. DOTSON? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SORRY, MADAM CHAIR. ALL RIGHT, MS. ANDIS, RIGHT. I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'M GONNA GET THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 0 5. NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6. SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 1. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, 15, 17, 18. [01:20:02] AND BECAUSE OF, HOLD ON A MINUTE, LET ME GO DOWN. IT DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD, ESPECIALLY IN THE CRITERIA OF NUMBER 12, WHERE IT IS CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO LIFE SAFETY PROPERTY AT THIS TIME, AND THAT THE OWNER DID NOT BRING IN THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION. I ALSO MOVE THAT IT BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND A STOP WORK ORDER IMMEDIATELY BE APPLIED AND VACANT. ORDER BE APPLIED IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR 3 0 5 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT A STOP WORK ORDER IS ISSUED AND THAT IT, UH, A VACATE IS, UH, ORDER IS ISSUED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO MOVE, SO MR. SOLIS? SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UM, YES, I, I HAVE SOME. UM, I I CAN'T AGREE THAT IT'S NOT REPAIRABLE. I, I REALIZE THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN RESET, BUT I, I FEEL THE PROPERTY IS REPAIRABLE. I DO AGREE THAT ALL WORK NEEDS TO STOP WITHOUT A PERMIT. I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, I GUESS WHAT THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UM, AN POSSIBLE FOR A, AN ORDER TO REPAIR WITHIN 60 DAYS OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WAY OF VOTING OR YOU CAN SUGGEST AN AMENDMENT. DO YOU, DID YOU NEED SOME ASSISTANCE IN REGARDS TO YES. OKAY. SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU, ARE YOU, YOU YOU HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR ARE YOU, WOULD IT BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF I'M SUGGESTING TO CHANGE THE ORDER FROM DEMOLITION TO REPAIR? THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A FRAME. THAT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT? NO. OKAY, THEN. NO, IT'S NOT. YES, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A, ANOTHER MOTION. I DO BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE WAS ALREADY SECONDED. MM-HMM. DISCUSSION. YOU'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. YOU'D HAVE TO DO VOTE ON IT FIRST. YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MOTION THAT'S AT HAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, SINCE THE DEBATE'S STILL OPEN ON THAT MM-HMM. , HIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN ALL THE DOCUMENTS WAS TODAY. SO IF WE CONTINUE TO EXTEND THIS, THEN WHEN DO WE EXTEND IT OR WHEN DO WE DRAW THE LINE? I, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT THE BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL DOWN AROUND ANYONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, I FEEL THAT THE REPAIRS CAN BE MADE IF THE OWNER IS WILLING TO DO IT CORRECTLY WITH THE PERMITS AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CODE OFFICER, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEMOLITION THAT IS NECESSARY. WELL, I, I CERTAINLY FEEL, UH, DIFFERENTLY. I FEEL THAT IT IS A, THAT DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. THE, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD NOT MEET CODE AND PRESENTS A DANGER TO ANYONE WALK INTO THAT BUILDING AND AROUND THE, THE OUTSIDE OF THAT BUILDING AS WELL. UH, WE'RE SEEING WIRING THAT, UH, IT IS NOT TO CODE, UH, NOT SUITABLE FOR DAMP AND, AND WET LOCATIONS WHERE THAT CABLE IS, IS FLOWING TO. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE VAGRANTS THAT ARE, ARE AROUND THE BUILDING. SO I I, I DO SEE THIS AS A DANGEROUS BUILDING NEEDING TO, TO BE DEMOED. NO, I, I AGREE THAT THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS TO BE CUT OFF AT LEAST, AT LEAST TURNED OFF. UM, BUT I STILL, I BELIEVE THAT IF THE ELECTRICAL IS TURNED OFF, THE REPAIRS CAN BE MADE. [01:25:01] UM, I DO BELIEVE IF A, A NOTICE OF VACATE IS NECESSARY, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANYONE LIVING ON THE PROPERTY OR USING THE PROPERTY UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT UP TO CODE. BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT IS REPAIRABLE UNTIL WE SEE THAT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING REPORT DONE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION THAT IT, THAT IT IS REPAIRABLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE. LENCIA GUILLORY AYE. FREDERICK ANDES. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA? NO. ANN WEINER. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF ONE, UH, FOUR TO ONE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PROPERTY IS 9 1 8 WEST FOR BOULEVARD. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM. THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 9 1 8 WEST HERMOSA BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1. LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N CCB 9 4 6 7 BLOCK 44. LOT THREE LOCATED IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT THREE. OWNER ON RECORD IS NICOLE CITO. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS CURRENTLY TENANT OCCUPIED. THE SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED ARE 3 0 4 0.7. ROOF AND DRAINAGE. ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT, NOT HAVE, AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN. ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS, DOWNPOUR SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION. 3 0 4 0.3 0.1. WINDOW GLAZING. ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR. 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES. ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS AND DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION. LOOSE PLA, LOOSE PLASTER, DECAYED WOOD, AND OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACE CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED. 3 0 5 0.6 INTERIOR DOORS. EVERY INTERIOR DOOR SHALL FIT REASONABLY WELL WITHIN ITS FRAME AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING OPENED AND CLOSED BY BEING PROPERLY AND SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE JAMS, HEADERS, OR TRACKS AS INTENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ATTACHMENT HARDWARE. 5 0 4 0.3 PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT A PLUMBING SYSTEM IN THE STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OR STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE. INADEQUATE VENTING, CROSS-CONTAMINATION BACK SIPHON INCH, IMPROPER INSTALLATION DE DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE, OR FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIAL SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE DEFECTS BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD. 5 0 5 0.3 WATER SUPPLY. THE WATER SUPPLY SHALL BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED TO PROVIDE A SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE PLUMBING FIXTURES, DEVICES APERTURES IN SUFFICIENT VOLUME AND AT PRESSURE ADEQUATE TO ENABLE, UH, AFFECT THE FIXTURES TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, SAFELY, AND FREE FROM DEFECTS AND LEAKS. 6 0 5 0.1. INSTALLATION, ELECTRICAL, ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, WIRING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE AND APPROVED MANNER. 7 0 2 0.1 GENERAL EGRESS. A SAFE, CONTINUOUS UNOBSTRUCTED PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM ANY POINT IN THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO THE PUBLIC WAY. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE COMPLIED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2000. UH, ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022. INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MATED, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, DART TEAM. ALL VIOLATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED AND NOTICES WERE MAILED ON MARCH 2ND, 2022. A REINSPECTION FOUND NO VISIBLE REPAIRS, NO CONTACT WITH THE OWNER HAD BEEN MADE. LEFT DOOR HANGER WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND A COPY OF A NOTICE VIOLATION POSTED AT THE PROPERTY FOR ANDREW CINCO, WHOM WAS LISTED AT, AT THE TIME AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. MARCH 8TH, 2022. NOTICE OF VACATE WAS PO POSTED, MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE ON SITE. NO VISIBLE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE STRUCTURE. MARCH 15TH, 2022, WE MET WITH SAWS ON [01:30:01] SITE. THE WATERLINE WAS CAPPED AFTER ANY ILLEGAL CONNECTION HAD BEEN FOUND. MARCH 18TH, 2022. WE COMPLETED AN INTERIOR IN INSPECTION, NO VISIBLE REPAIRS. PROPERTY REMAINS OCCUPIED. MARCH 30TH, 2022. MET WITH SAWS ON SITE. AGAIN, ANOTHER ILLEGAL CONNECTION FOUND WATER WAS CAPPED AND BURIED BY SAWS. NO VISIBLE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE PROPERTY. APRIL 7TH, 2022, WE INC COMPLETED AN INTERIOR INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. PROPERTY WAS STILL OCCUPIED. NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. WE HAVE UPDATED PHOTOS, TAKEN NOTICE OF VIOLATION AT THAT TIME WAS POSTED TO THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER, NICOLE CINCO. ON MAY 3RD, 2022. WE COMPLETED INTERIOR INSPECTION OF LOCATION. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY. SOME OF THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, BUT ADDITIONAL DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE AT THAT TIME. UH, SAWS HAS ILE REMOVED ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS AT THIS PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY 11TH, MARCH 3RD, MARCH 9TH, MARCH 15TH, MARCH 26TH AND MARCH 30TH. IF WE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, THERE IS THE PROPERTY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, ROOFING, UH, SHINGLES ARE ACTUALLY PEELING AND MISSING. NEXT, THAT IS A SKYLIGHT FROM IN INSIDE, UH, THE SKYLIGHT IS COM COMPLETELY GONE. NEXT, THERE ARE THE HOLES ON THE INTERIOR SURFACES IN THE WALLS NEXT. AND THAT IS, UH, WHERE IT'S THE, UH, INTERIOR SURFACES ARE DETERIORATING. NEXT, THAT IS THE ROOF COVERING AND, AND WELL, AND ALSO A BROKEN WINDOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH NEXT. THAT IS ANOTHER BROKEN WINDOW WITH THE EGRESS BLOCKED. NEXT, THAT IS INTERIOR SURFACES AT THE STAIR. THE STAIRWAY GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR. THAT'S, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THE INTERIOR SURFACES DETERIORATING ON THE STAIRS AND ON THE, ON THE, UH, HALLWAY, THAT DOOR IS ALSO, UM, WAS ALSO SEALED SHUT BY SCREWS. NEXT PICTURE. THAT'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT DOOR. IT'S AN EXTERIOR DOOR ON THE INSIDE THAT WAS SCREWED SHUT. SO WHAT, UM, WE CAN'T TELL IF IT WAS AC IT WAS SCREWED SHUT WHEN WE GOT THERE, BUT IT HAD ALSO BEEN SCREWED TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE DOOR TOGETHER. NEXT, THAT IS THE PLUMBING, UH, FLEX HOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SINK. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION GO AHEAD. AND THAT IS THE SHOWER. UM, THEY'RE USING A GARDEN HOSE FOR THE WATER IN THE SHOWER AND YOU CAN SEE THE SURFACES THERE NEXT. AND THAT WAS THE WATER CONNECTION. UM, AT THE, AT THE METER, THAT WAS A HOMEMADE WATER CONNECTION. NEXT, AND THAT IS WHEN THE SAWS WAS THERE TO DISCONNECT IT AT THE, AT THE MAIN NEXT. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, WE HAVE, UH, WIRING. AND THIS ONE, ACTUALLY MOST OF THE WIRING AND MOST OF THE WIRING CONNECTIONS ARE UNDER PILES OF STUFF, UM, CAUSING A POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL HAZARD. NEXT, AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, THOSE LI THOSE LINES WERE ALIVE NEXT. AND THERE IS THE EXTERIOR LINES, UH, CONNECTIONS. AND YOU CAN SEE DETERIORATION, THE WALL IN SOME OF THE EXTERIOR NEXT. AND THERE IS THE BOX ON THE EXTERIOR NEXT AGAIN, THAT THE INTERIOR CLUTTER, UM, CAUSED EGRESS ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. NEXT, AND THERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE EGRESS ISSUES, AND THERE'S A HOLE TO THE EXTERIOR FROM THE INSIDE AND BROKEN WINDOW. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTIES. MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.7. ROOF AND DRAINAGE 3 0 4 0.1, I'M SORRY, 3 0 4 0.31. ROOF, UH, WINDOW GLAZING, 3 0 5 0.3. INTERIOR SURFACES 3 0 5 0.6. INTERIOR DOORS 5 0 4 0.3. PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS. 5 0 5 0.3. WATER SUPPLY, 6 0 1 0.1 INSTALLATION ELECTRICAL AND 7 0 2 0.1 GENERAL EGRESS. AND THAT THE, UH, THEY BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPORT REPAIRS AND ORDER A NOTICE TO VACATE AND THAT ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED UNTIL REPAIRS HAVE PASSED. INSPECTION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. RUSSELL? CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD ON 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2. WILL YOU READ THAT FIRST STATEMENT YOU READ [01:35:01] ON THE, THE INITIAL OF FEBRUARY? YEAH, THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. ALL VIOLATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED AND NOTICE WERE MAILED. DID YOU HAVE YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DART, UH, THIS WAS AS PART OF A DART INSPECTION. IT DOESN'T REFLECT THAT IN THE NOTES HERE. YES, SIR. IS THERE A REASON WHY? NO SIR. IT'S JUST THAT WAS WE, WE'LL INCLUDE, FOR THE RECORD, IT IS A DARK. OKAY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND YOU ALSO WANTED A OFF, UH, UTILITIES OFF, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. IS THERE A TENANT IN THERE? I SEE THAT THEY SENT A, A NOTICE TO THE TENANT, BUT THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE TENANTS. UM, WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. UM, WE HAVE CONTACT WITH A PERSON THAT CLAIMS TO BE A PROPERTY MANAGER, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL TENANTS THAT COME IN AND OUT. THERE'S A LAW FIRM IN THERE TOO. LOOKS LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LAW FIRM IN THERE. YEAH, THERE'S A LAW FIRM IN THERE. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO OFFICER RUSSELL? ALL THAT I, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? NO, NO. NOT NO DISCUSSION? NO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE, UM, GET OFFICER, I DO NOT WANNA BUTCHER YOUR NAME. CHAIRMAN? YES. CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING BOARD. I AM OFFICER CASEY CHANI WITH THE SOUTH SAFE UNIT. PREVIOUSLY I WAS SOUTH PATROL B SHIFT AND I'VE COME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS ADDRESS MULTIPLE TIMES. OKAY. SO THIS ONE PREVIOUSLY WHILE I WAS ON PATROL, WE WERE CALLED OUT IN THE LAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN 46 TIMES. I PERSONALLY WENT OUT THERE FOR MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES, SOME WITH DEADLY WEAPONS REPORTED CHILD SERVICES HAS BEEN CALLED OUT THERE. I'VE GONE INTO THE PROPERTY MYSELF MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT INITIAL TIME I WENT IN WAS FOR A DISTURBANCE KNIFE INVOLVED. TURNED OUT THAT NOBODY WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED AT THAT TIME. IT WAS A DISTURBANCE BETWEEN THE PERSON WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE MANAGER AND ONE OF THE TENANTS, HE WAS LIVING IN A ROOM THAT WAS CLOSED OFF. SO IT WAS, SHOULD HAVE HAD TWO DOUBLE DOORS THAT OPENED INTO THE BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN SEALED OFF. AND HE ONLY HAD ONE WAY IN AND OUT OF THIS SINGULAR ROOM, HAD NO ACCESS TO A BATHROOM, NO KITCHEN, AND HE COULDN'T GET IN AND OUT OUT OF THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE ITSELF. SO WHEN I CAME OVER TO SOUTH SAFE, I ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHEN AFTERWARDS DART WENT OUT THERE AND WE SAW THE FULL EXTENT. SO GOING IN AND SEEING THAT THERE WAS MULTIPLE BROKEN WINDOWS, MULTIPLE DOORWAYS THAT WERE BLOCKED IN FROM, AGAIN, PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND NOT HAVING ACCESS TO A, WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BATHROOM THAT ANYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE EASILY. UH, OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP HAVE BEEN STOLEN VEHICLES. AGAIN, ANOTHER TIME I WENT OUT PERSONALLY, WE WENT TO THAT CALL. A VEHICLE WAS RAN THAT WAS PARKED THERE ON THE PROPERTY. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A STOLEN VEHICLE. NOBODY COULD TELL US HOW IT GOT THERE. IT JUST SHOWED UP ONE DAY. MM-HMM. . OKAY. TWO THINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIMES. HAVE YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE MM-HMM. , HAS IT BEEN THE SAME GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OR IS A ROTATING DOOR FOR PEOPLE IN AND OUT? I HAVE SEEN THE SAME INDIVIDUALS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NEW ONES ADDED IN EVERY NOW AND THEN. AND SO THE FIRST PERSON I TALKED TO, WHICH CLAIMED TO BE THE PROPERTY MANAGER, WAS A, SHE WAS AN OLDER WOMAN. SHE JUST SAID SHE RAN THE PROPERTY AND SHE'S BEEN THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THERE. THE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO LIVED IN THAT ROOM THAT WAS ENCLOSED, I'VE SEEN HIM TWICE AND HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE. THE OTHER TENANTS THAT I WENT AND SAW ON THIS DART WARRANT BACK IN FEBRUARY, THEY WERE ALL NEW TO ME. SO THEY'RE, AND I ASKED THEM, I DID MAKE A POINT OF ASKING HIM, HEY, BECAUSE THE ONE GENTLEMAN WAS STAYING IN THE ROOM THAT THE GENTLEMAN I'D SPOKEN TO PREVIOUSLY. I SAID, HEY, WHERE'S, YOU KNOW THIS GUY WHO'D BEEN STAYING HERE? HE GOES, OH, HE HASN'T BEEN HERE FOR MONTHS. LIKE REALLY? 'CAUSE THAT WAS HERE MONTHS AGO AND HE WAS HERE. MM-HMM. , THEY JUST VERY MUCH SEEMED TO COME AND GO. AND THAT WAS OF THEIR OWN ADMISSION. HE HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S HERE AND THEN HE IS GONE. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL [01:40:01] RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU'ALL. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. RUSSELL OR THE OFFICER? NO. ALRIGHT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, GO AHEAD SIR. YES MAAM, I DO. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 1 8 WEST FORMOSA BOULEVARD, UH, WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN DIEGO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.7304 POINT 13.10 5 3 3 0 5 6 5 0 4 3 5 0 5 3 6 0 5 7 OH. I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN, I'M SORRY, ON THE DATE OF, UH, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022. AND IT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. I ALSO FIND THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THIS PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED, SECURED, ALL UTILITIES DISCONNECTED UNTIL REPAIRS AND WITHIN 30 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. MR. SOLIS WAS THE FIRST FEBRUARY 1ST. OH, FEBRUARY 1ST IS THE DATE. MM-HMM. OF THE VIOLATIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT ALL. AND SO YOU WANT THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED IN 30 DAYS. 30 DAYS. OKAY. SECURED, VACATED, UTILITIES IS CONNECTED. HOW? ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. FOR PROPERTY 9 1 8 WEST FORMO BOULEVARD, WE HAVE A 30 DAY PREPARE ORDER FOR SUBSECTIONS. 3 0 4 0.7 3 0 4 3 3 0 5 3 3 0 5 6 5 0 4 3 5 0. 5.360 5.1 7, 0 2 POINT. AND THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY IS VACATED, SECURED, AND THE UTILITIES ARE DISCONNECTED FOR THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE FOUND ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. A SECOND BY MR. ANDES, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA GUILLORY AYE. FREDERICK ANDES. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. ANN WEINER AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND OUR LAST PROPERTY. 5 1 1 SOUTH CAL. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET IS, HAS BEEN PRESENT, UH, IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020. THE REAR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS PRESENTED WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION. OKAY. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 2 3 8 5, BLOCK THREE, LOT FOUR AND FIVE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GARZA GUSTAVO R WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 7 1 6 4 WAY FAR DRIVE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 6. [01:45:01] THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 9TH, 2021. 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 2ND, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 24TH, 2021 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON OCTO OCTOBER 4TH, 2021 CLAIMED WITH A SIGNATURE OF COVID ON APRIL 28TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 1 1 SOUTH CAVERA STREET ON APRIL 27TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO GUSTAVO R GARZA AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED. A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON APRIL 6TH, 2022 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM DAVALA ELEMENTARY. ADDRESS 2 3 1 1 SAN LUIS STREET. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THE VINYL PLANK SIDING HAS SMOKE DAMAGE AND IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THE FASCIA BOARDS DO LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THE VINYL PLANK SIDING HAS SUFFERED SOME FIRE DAMAGE AND IS MELTED AND MISSING FROM, FROM THE WALL. AND THE UH, METAL ROOF COVER HAS SUFFERED SOME SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE FACIAL BOARDS. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION AGAIN. THE VINYL PLANK SIDING HAS SUFFERED SOME SMOKE DAMAGE AND THE METAL ROOF COVERING ALSO HAS SUFFERED SMOKE DAMAGE. THERE IS GRAFFITI ON THE BOARD UPS AND THE THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN. BEHIND THE BOARDS HERE, THE UM, THERE IS A SECTION OF THE STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN SEPARATING. THIS BACK PORTION, I BELIEVE IS THE KITCHEN AREA. UM, AND IT DOES HAVE A TWO INCH GAP. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. UM, HERE. THIS IS ACTUAL, UH, TRANSIT SIDING INSTEAD OF THE VINYL PLANK SIDING. AND THERE IS GRAFFITI AGAIN, THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN BEHIND THE BOARD AND THE MIDDLE ROOF COVERING, UM, IS WORN AND RUSTED. HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE CEDAR POST OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION AND IT IS ROTTED GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, THE SHEET ROCK DOES HAVE, UH, FIRE DAMAGE. UM, THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS HERE. THE, UM, THE CEILING IS CHARRED. HERE IS A BEDROOM WITH JUST SOME DEBRIS AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. HERE. AGAIN, THE CEILING IS CHARRED AND THE DECKING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE. HERE IS THE BATHROOM. AND AGAIN, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. AGAIN, THE CEILING, UM, SHEET ROCK HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN AREA. UM, THERE ARE SIGNS OF VAGRANT SQUATTING IN THE PROPERTY AND AGAIN, A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN. THE O OTHER SIDE OF THE THE KITCHEN AREA AGAIN SHOWS SIGNS OF VAGRANT IN THE, IN THE STRUCTURE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. OKAY, 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET CONSISTS OF A VACANT SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE THAT HAS, EXCUSE ME, HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE. THE CEDAR POST OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED. THE VINYL PLANK SIGHTING HAS FIRE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION. THE METAL ROOF COVER IS RUSTED AND WORN WITH SMOKE DAMAGE. THE DECKING HAS WATER DAMAGE. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12 AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED [01:50:01] SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 5 1 1 SOUTH CALVERA STREET. THANK YOU OFFICER TOWN. I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, THIS PROPERTY IS NEAR A SCHOOL. HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN ABATED? AS WE CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS, IT'S OVERGROWN. YES. THERE'S ACTUALLY A WORK ORDER IN PLACE TO HAVE IT ABATED. IT JUST WASN'T GIVEN TO THE CONTRACTOR AND TIME TO DO IT PRIOR TO OBTAINING PHOTOS. OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD MR. ANDES. YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME THING 'CAUSE IT'S RIGHT ACROSS MY SCHOOL. THIS PROPERTY, HOW DID IT COME? WAS IT PRO OR WAS IT TURNED OVER BY THE CITIZENS? UH, THIS WAS PROACTIVE. UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE REAR ACCESSORY HAD BEEN TO THE BOARD, SO I WAS DOING MY INSPECTION ON THAT STRUCTURE. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I OBSERVED THE MAIN HEAD CAUGHT FIRE. UH, AND IT'S ONLY BEEN SECURED, WAS IT BY ABATEMENT OR BY, 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BY ABATEMENT. YES. I, I HAD THE PROPERTY SECURED IMMEDIATELY WHEN I OBSERVED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FIRE. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAD IT SECURED TO NOW, IT'S BEEN OBVIOUSLY BROKEN INTO FOR VAGRANT? YES, IT WAS BROKEN INTO ONE OTHER TIME. UM, BUT THEY MORE OR LESS JUST CONGREGATE IN THE REAR PROPERTY AND HANG OUT. THERE'S SOME BEER BOTTLES AND THEN THEIR TRASH AND STUFF. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN GET IN. UM, THE CONTRACTOR DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT SCREWING IT IN, SO THEY JUST BASICALLY CONGREGATE IN THE REAR PROPERTY AT THIS POINT. OKAY. AND THEN OF COURSE, GRAFFITI THE PROPERTY AND THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER BUILDING THERE. RIGHT, BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THE OTHER ONE WAS A A KINDA LIKE A OLD GARAGE. YES. SO THE REAR SEC ACCESSORY STRUCTURE STILL REMAINS, UM, DUE TO THE HOLD WITH C O V I D AND UM, THE BACKUP WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, IT'S STILL THERE. UM, SO AT THIS POINT THEY JUST GO BACK AND FORTH TO THOSE THAT HAS IT BEEN BOARDED UP? YES, THAT IS CURRENTLY BOARDED UP AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING DEMOLITION? YES MA'AM. I GUESS I, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING IN THAT HOUSE. YOU KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT IT HAD BEEN LIKE THAT AND NOW IT'S A VERY FINE HOUSE. UM, BUT I GUESS THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO FIX IT UP OR JUST TAKE IT DOWN FOR THE PROPERTY. SO, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEMOLITION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO OWNER PRESENT COMING PRESENT COMING FORWARD. THE REAR ACCESSORY HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND NOW THE MAIN, UM, IT'S A MATTER OF TIME OVER THE YEARS IT'S JUST GONNA DETERIORATE AND HAVE POSSIBLY ANOTHER FIRE. AND WITH IT BEING LOCATED ACROSS FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE DON'T WANT THAT SECOND FIRE OR THIRD FIRE TO HAPPEN. WE WANNA PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. OKAY, THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION BEING SAID ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD IT AB OBEYED. HOW MANY OTHER TIMES PRIOR TO THIS PREVIOUS EXTERIOR ABATEMENT? FOR THE EXTERIOR ABATEMENTS, I'VE HAD IT ABATED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES WITHIN, WITHIN THIS LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S JUST THIS YEAR? YEAH, WITH THIS, THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR THOUGH, THERE'S PRETTY SEVERE DAMAGE AS FAR AS FROM THE SMOKE AND THE FIRE AS WELL. SO TO ME THIS IS PRETTY, UH, DAMAGED. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH. YES, MADAM GENERAL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, GO AHEAD MR. SOLIS. I HAVE TO AGREE AS WELL. UM, MOTION. OH, MR. SOLIS? YEAH, THAT'S BETTER ANYWAY. OKAY. . BETTER JOB. . I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT THE FIVE 11 SOUTH CALS, UH, AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX ARTICLES EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, UH, 1 2 8 11, 12 15. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER THAT WE'VE SECURE THE PROPERTY. [01:55:05] I THINK THAT'S IT. JUST TO SECURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. LEE. SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR FIVE 11 SOUTH CAVERA STREET, UH, FOR SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND THAT IT REMAINS SECURE. UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. MR. AND IS SECONDED. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? SAN AND GUILL? AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS. AYE. JOELLE SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. ANN WEINER AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS EITHER FROM THE BOARD OR STAFF? HI, IT'S JUDY KRUM. I DO HAVE SEVERAL. ESTHER, CAN YOU BRING UP THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MEMBERSHIP? SO JUST A FEW UPDATES. WE DID HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 17TH. WE HAVE MS. N WEINER AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FOR PANEL B ISH GUPTE AT LARGE APPOINTMENT FOR PANEL A. HE'S IN THE RETIRED CATEGORY. WE HAVE DAVID GARZA FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. HIS CATEGORY WAS WAIVED AND MR. ROBERT TAPIA IS A REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE AT LARGE POSITION. WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE WHO JUST WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, MAY 9TH, AND HE DID RECOMMEND THAT HIS APPOINTMENT BE SENT OVER TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THAT IS MR. JESSE SNYDER AS A PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGER. IF HE'S APPROVED, HE WILL BE SITTING ON PANEL B, WHICH WE WILL THEN HAVE ONE VACANCY, UM, FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. I ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME JENNIFER MARTINEZ. JENNIFER IS A NEW ADMIN ASSISTANT TOO WITH ABUSE B, SUPPORT UNIT. JENNIFER FILLED ESTHER'S VACANCY. ESTHER RECENTLY RECEIVED A PRO PROMOTION TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST WITHIN OUR UNIT TO CON CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM BOTH. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDY. UH, WE'RE STILL ON FOR TOMORROW'S ONE O'CLOCK. SO THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, CODE CODE MEETING? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. ANY ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL REQUEST THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS NOW 1115. THANK YOU. * 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.