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GOOD MORNING.CAN YOU ANYBODY HEAR ME? YEAH, I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF.
HELLO? I CAN'T, I CAN'T HEAR THE FEEDBACK.
MS. BROWN, IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE MIGHT HELP.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S EVERYBODY SPEAK UP THIS MORNING AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
SO COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, B S B LIAISON, ESTOR ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO CHAIR.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES FIRST.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT IN ENGLISH OR JUST IN SPANISH? DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT IN ENGLISH? ALSO, MA'AM.
I'LL READ THE, UH, CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE 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 TH UM, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION.
AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES, WHICH WE JUST HAD FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU, UH, WILL MAKE, UH, SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AHEAD OF TIME OF THIS HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATIONS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A CODE, WITH THE COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER SUBMIT.
THE NUMBER TWO IS SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON THE MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, 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 AND, UH, WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PULLED, UH, PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT.
AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE CODE IS MAIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THIS BOARD, UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AS PER SECTION CITY SECTION CODE 16 DASH
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2 36.OKAY, DID EVERYBODY GET A OPPORTUNITY TO
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REVIEW THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR DWAYNE NELSON, A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, THE MINUTES IS DRAFTED.ROBERT, TO SECOND WE HAVE, UM, A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COULD WE GO TO A VOTE PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON.
MINUTES APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
WE DO, SHOULD WE HAVE STAFF REPORTS NOW?
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THAT WOULD BE MS. JENNY.I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 3 DASH HILL STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 NINE, SECTION FIVE.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE DATE THAT THAT WAS SIGNED INTO THE RECORD WAS MAY THE 12TH OF 2022.
AND THAT IS FOR THE MAIN IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD FOR AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1610 LOMA VISTA WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON, LET'S SEE, MAY THE 19TH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MAY THE SIXTH OF 2022.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL CASE PRESENTATIONS, AND THE FIRST ONE IS 88 10 FLINT VALLEY.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 88 10 FLINT VALLEY STREET WITH THE RE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 7 8 1 1 BLOCK SIX, LOT FOUR ONE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS VIRGINIA HAPE WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 88 10 FLINT VALLEY STREET IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
ON NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
UH, MR. DENNIS HAPE, DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO.
CONTACT WAS WAS MADE WITH MR. DENNIS HATE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE INSPECTIONS AND RECORD.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 88 10 FLINT VALLEY STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 12TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 14TH, 2021, AND THE RECEIPT, THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURN NOT DELIVERABLE ON JUNE 14TH, 2021.
DANGEROUS PREMISES, OFFICER JOSHUA MARTINEZ MET WITH MR. DENNIS HAPE AND ISSUED A PRE B S B PACKET AND PLACED, WAS PLACED ON A, ON A HARDSHIP, UH, ON MAY 3RD, 2022.
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EXECUTED TO OBTAIN INTERIOR PHOTOS TO BE PRESENT TODAY, THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS POSTED ON MAY 20TH, 2022 AT 88 10 FLINT VALLEY STREET.THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING HAS BEEN MAILED ON MAY 20, MAY 20TH, 2022 TO THE PROPERTY.
AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JUNE 1ST, 2022.
THERE ARE NO VALID PERMITS ON FILE FOR 88 10 FLINT VALLEY STREET.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MAY 3RD, 2022.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE TOWARDS THE RIGHT END.
YOU COULD SEE SOME CHARRING TO SOME OF THE SIDING.
UM, THE NEXT PHOTO WILL BE A CLOSEUP.
NEXT PHOTO HERE IS TO WHERE THE SOFFIT IS MISSING.
WE HAVE, UM, SOME CHARRING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS OF THE FASCIA BOARDS TO THE OVERHANG POST AS WELL AS, UM, THE SIDING.
OKAY, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION, UH, WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME MISSING SIDING AND, UM, SOME DAMAGE TO THE FASCIA BOARD.
UH, JUST SOME DETERIORATION TO, UH, FASCIA BOARDS.
HERE IS THE REAR ELEVATION, UH, WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME MISSING SIDING AS WELL AS DETERIORATION TO FASCIA BOARDS.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP FOR, UM, THE PATIO COVER IN THE REAR THAT HAS DETERIORATED WOOD FOR THE DECKING, FASCIA BOARDS, UM, ROOF COVERING, AND AS WELL AS SOME, SOME MISSING SIDING THAT IS ON THE SIDE.
UH, THIS IS THE REAR PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE MISSING SIDING AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS.
THERE ARE HOLES IN THE, IN THE SIDING AND THE WALLS.
THIS IS ENTERING THE PROPERTY THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN GUTTED AND HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED THROUGHOUT.
YOU CAN SEE SOME CHARRING TO THE CEILING JOIST, AS WELL AS A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE, UH, TO THE DECKING.
HERE IS THE MOST RIGHT PORTION, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF ITEMS IN THERE, MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TRY TO GET INTERIOR PHOTOS OF THE HOLES THAT WERE ON THE REAR.
UM, HERE WE HAVE, UH, THE WALL COVERING THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY DUE TO A FIRE WITH CHARRING.
WE ALSO HAVE SUNLIGHT COMING IN, UM, TO MAKE, TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE ELEMENTS TO ENTER THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE CEILING PORTION, OR I'M SORRY, THE ROOF PORTION, UM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE EXTENSIVE SMOKE DAMAGE THAT HAS OCCURRED DUE TO THE FIRE.
THIS IS THE, THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S BEEN GUTTED THROUGHOUT AND AS WELL AS A, A MAJOR SMOKE DAMAGE.
HERE IS, UH, YOU CAN SEE CHARRING TO THE DECKING, TO THE RAFTERS, CEILING JOIST, AND, UH, SUPPORTING WOOD MEMBERS.
NEXT, UM, HERE IS FURTHER EXTENSIVE CHARRING TO THE DECKING, RAFTERS AND JOISTS.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE LEFT, THE LEFT SPACE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, IT'S BEEN GUTTED THROUGHOUT AND WE HAVE A WIRING.
UM, NEXT AND AGAIN, UM, MINIMAL SMOKE DAMAGE ON THIS SECTION OF THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT PORTION, UM, GUTTED THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY.
RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES TO THE ROOF SYSTEM FOUND.
THE FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF A CONCRETE SLAB ON GRAIN, WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH BRICK AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING THAT IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH SHINGLE COVERING SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE TO THE DECKING, POST SUPPORTIVE POST RAFTERS, CEILING JOISTS AND OTHER WOOD MEMBERS.
THE DRYWALL HAS BEEN REMOVED THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 88 10 FLINT VALLEY STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 7 8 11 12,
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AND 15.FOR THE MAIN IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER BE AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT, POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 88 10 FLINT VALLEY.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO, NO, MA'AM.
THIS CASE STARTED BACK IN, UH, 2021.
SO WHERE IS ALL THAT INFORMATION? THE, OR PICTURES OR WHATEVER THE OFFICER TOOK AT THAT TIME? UM, WE, WE DO HAVE THOSE IN OUR RECORD.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE WERE JUST PRESENTING THE MOST RECENT PHOTOS.
WELL, I GUESS I'M JUST INTERESTED IN, SO THERE WAS NO, NOTHING DONE TO THE PROPERTY SINCE 2021 TO, UH, TO THIS POINT.
THANK YOU MR. GUT TO ASK A QUESTION.
IS IT PROPERTY OCCUPIED? NO, SIR.
SO HOW LONG IS NOT HAS, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN UNOCCUPIED? UM, I BELIEVE SINCE, SINCE THE FIRE OCCURRED, THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED IN JULY OF 2020.
AND THE CASE IS JUST BRINGING, THIS IS JUST BEING BROUGHT TO US NOW.
UM, WE, WE, UM, ATTAINED THE CASE IN JANUARY WHEN WE INITIATED IT.
WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE FIRE UNTIL THE, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUCH A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND CODE.
WHY, WHY IS THAT? I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT.
I THOUGHT IT HAD IMPROVED BY NOW, BUT IT HAS NOT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, NOW GAIN, UH, WEEKLY REPORTS OF FIRE REPORTS THAT HAS VASTLY IMPROVED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
FIRE OCCURRED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.
THE FIRE OCCURRED ALMOST TWO YEARS.
I'M, LET ME STOP YOU REAL QUICK.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE, AND THIS IS JUST BECAUSE IT IS A, UM, OPEN MEETING, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING OUR MICROPHONES AND QUICK OUR MICROPHONES AND QUESTIONS CAN BE HEARD.
UM, SO PLEASE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THOSE MICROPHONES ARE ON.
SORRY, THE, THE FIRE OCCURRED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, YOU SAID? UH, TWO YEARS, UH, APPROXIMATELY ALMOST TWO YEARS.
SO THE OWNER HAS MADE NO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE, UH, PREMISES AT THIS TIME? NO.
WHAT, FROM A TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW, HE ACTUALLY HAS MADE SOME ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT DRYWALL MISSING ON THE INTERIOR.
SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK DONE.
AS FAR AS STRUCTURALLY NOTHING, HAS THE OWNER SHOWN ANY PROOF OF, UH, THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT AT THIS TIME? NOTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL MEANS AT THIS TIME.
SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IS BASED ON WHAT? UH, THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, CONSTANT CONTACT, UM, TO INFORM US OF SOME OF THE, WE DID PUT THE PROPERTY ON A HARDSHIP, UM, DUE TO, UM, UM, SOMEONE, UM, BEING INJURED DURING THE FIRE, UM, WHO WAS THE MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME AT THAT TIME.
SO, SO IF THE FIRE WAS TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK, UM, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE PROPERTY, WHY DO YOU THINK SOMETHING'S GONNA BE DONE NOW? WHAT, I MEAN WHAT, WERE THERE ANY INDICATIONS THAT, UM, THE, THE OWNER OR THE, I, I DON'T KNOW, THE PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVE OR IS GOING TO FIX IT? UM, THAT, THAT IS THEIR INTENT.
I'M SORRY THAT THAT IS THEIR INTENT TO REPAIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO.
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OH, DENNIS.IS IT DENISE? DENNIS, IS IT HAP HAPE HAPE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, IS IT, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST NAME, SIR? DENNIS.
COULD YOU, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND, UH, AND PRESENT YOUR CASE? THANK YOU.
CURRENTLY MY ADDRESS IS 1702 MADRID, UNIT THREE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7.
I ALSO, UH, HAVE A RE, UH, MAILING ADDRESS OF 88 10 FLINT VALLEY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS DENNIS LEE HABE, H A P.
OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP, SIR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER? YES, THAT'S BETTER.
SO I NO LONGER OWN THE PROPERTY AT 88 10 FLINT VALLEY.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY DAUGHTER, MONTICELLO HAPE, ALSO FIVE OTHER OWNERS.
I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 1999 AND MY WIFE AND I GOT DIVORCED IN 2015.
SHE IS THE VIRGINIA THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR PAPERWORK THERE.
WE REMAINED COMMON LAW, ALTHOUGH IN APRIL OF 2015, I HAD SIGNED A QUICK CLAIM DEEDED TO HER FOR THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WE REMAINED TOGETHER AS COMMON LAW HUSBAND AND WIFE UNTIL SHE PASSED DECEMBER 4TH, 2018.
IN APRIL OF 2019, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW SUBMITTED THE QUIT CLAIM DEEDED TO THE CITY, AND THE HOUSE WAS PASSED TO THE SIX CHILDREN OF VIRGINIA OR DAUGHTER? WELL, ACTUALLY ALL SIX CHILDREN.
FIRST MY DAUGHTER AND FIVE STEPCHILDREN, FOUR STEPCHILDREN, I'M NOT IN CONTACT WITH ANYMORE.
UH, I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND I'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THE LIVING EXPENSES, YOU MIGHT SAY, FOR BOTH MY DAUGHTER AND THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS WHO WERE LIVING AT THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF FIRE.
SINCE THEN, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE'VE TRIED TO OBTAIN FUNDING IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT BECAUSE I'M NO LONGER THE OWNER, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GET A LOAN TO REPAIR THE HOUSE MYSELF.
AT THIS TIME, MY DAUGHTER SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS IN THE HOUSE ON THE FIRE AND IS UNABLE TO WORK.
SO I'M STILL PROVIDING HER LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, PLUS MY THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS, SHE'S UNABLE TO CA TO GET A LOAN.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND GRANTS OR ANYTHING ELSE I CAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE HOUSE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE DID TAKE DOWN ALL THE SHEET ROCK IN THE HOUSE.
UM, MAIN FIRE DAMAGE WAS ACTUALLY TO THE LIVING ROOM.
UH, IT STARTED ON THE ONE END OF THE HOUSE, AND APPARENTLY WHILE IT DIDN'T SUFFER THAT MUCH DAMAGE, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING OF COURSE, WAS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED.
UH, THE LIVING ROOM ITSELF HAS CHARRED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE AND THE, UH, SUPPORTING BEAMS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING WITH AT THIS TIME.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MONEY TO START WORKING ON IT BEFORE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO.
UH, I AM TRYING TO WORK WITH UNDER ONE ROOF TO SEE IF THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH THE ROOF, WITH THE ROOF STRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE MAIN PROBLEM.
I CAN GET THE FRONT PART TAKEN CARE OF, UM, SOFFIT AND FASCIA.
I DO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP ME WORK WITH THAT AS FAR AS A CONTRACTOR, BUT THAT'S WHERE I STAND AT THIS POINT.
WE WANT TO REPAIR THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN THE MAIN LIVING STRUCTURE FOR MY THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS EVER SINCE THEY WERE BORN.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS POINT.
I'M SORRY, YOU SAID THERE WERE SIX, SIX CHILDREN INVOLVED? THERE ARE SIX CHILDREN INVOLVED.
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NATURAL DAUGHTER, FIVE OF THEM ARE STEPCHILDREN.SO THAT MEANS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS LEFT TO THEM.
THE PROPERTY WAS TECHNICALLY LEFT TO THEM BECAUSE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW FILED THAT QUICK CLAIM DEEDED.
SO EVEN AS A COMMON LAW HUSBAND, I HAD NO RIGHTS.
SO, SO, UM, IF THE HOUSE WAS LEFT TO THEM, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY? I MEAN, WHERE ARE THEY STAND ON THIS PROPERTY? DO YOU KNOW? ONE IS IN JAIL.
UH, MY DAUGHTER, OF COURSE, IS LIVING WITH ME, SO SHE'S ONE OF THE OTHERS.
MY OLDEST STEPSON IS A PLUMBER.
HE IS LIVING SOUTH OF TOWN, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO HELP ME FIX IT.
AS I MENTIONED, ONE IS IN JAIL.
THE OTHER TWO ARE BLAMING ME FOR HIM BEING IN JAIL BECAUSE HE ASSAULTED MY DAUGHTER AND BROKE HER EYE SOCKET,
SO, SO THERE'S NOBODY TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AT THIS, AT THIS POINT.
MR. ROBERT CHOPPY AND THERE'S NO POWER OF ATTORNEY.
THERE WAS NO POWER OF ATTORNEY.
AND, AND TODAY YOU COME FORWARD AND WE HAVE NO PLAN, NO SOLID RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT IS THE TRUTH.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE, UM, WE SEND THIS ONE BACK TO, UM, CODE FOR REASSESSMENT OF A DEMOLITION? I'M NOT SURE ANY REASSESSMENT CAN GET US ANY INFORMATION.
BASICALLY, WE UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, OR AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
UH, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRUCTURE CAN BE REPAIRED.
THE ISSUE IS FINANCE, UH, AND PROPER OWNERSHIP.
UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE BOARD TO EVEN CONSIDER IT, UH, FOR REPAIR.
HOWEVER, I WOULD ASK, UH, THE QUESTION OF STAFF IS THIS ONE OF THE PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR REPAIR WITH, UH, UH, A POSSIBILITY OF, UH, CITY, A CITY GRANT FOR REPAIRS? THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD CAN MAKE.
THAT DETERMINATION, THEY CAN DO THAT PLUS A RESET OF 60 DAYS WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, EXPLORE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT LIST, THAT REQUEST, AND TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE A ONE THAT CAN MAKE THAT LIST.
I, I KNOW THEY'RE RUNNING INTO FILLING THAT LIST, SO IT'S NOT AN OPEN-ENDED LIST, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE.
UH, IF WE COULD, UM, IF I WOULD RECOMMEND, IF I MAY RECOMMEND 60 DAY RESET TO, UH, TO DO THAT AND TO SEE ALSO FOR THEM TO, UH, FIND OUT ABOUT THE, UH, UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM IF THEY'VE DONE A, UH, AN APPLICATION AT THIS POINT TO SEE WHERE THAT STANDS AS WELL.
BECAUSE BASICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING BETWEEN 18 AND $20,000 IN REPAIR, AND WITH THAT KIND OF REPAIR FOR THE PROPERTY APPRAISED AT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHOULD BE A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD RECOMMEND A RESET ON THIS CASE.
SO IT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR, UH, THE GRANT PROGRAM, UH, FOR POTENTIAL REPAIR.
UH, AND I'LL MAKE THAT AS A MOTION.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, A MOTION YOU WANT TO STATE IT COMPLETELY.
MADAM CHAIR IRE, I MOVE THAT WE RESET THIS CASE, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS TO, UH, GIVE STAFF, UH, A CHANCE TO STUDY THE PROPERTY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REPAIR, UH, THROUGH GRANT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, UM, A RESET TO, FOR STAFF TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS, UM, A GOOD PROPERTY FOR A GRANT PROGRAM, I GUESS BY THE CITY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IT'S ROBERT TOBY.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET ROLL CALL PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON? AYE.
MO MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND
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AND, AND, UM, THE OWNER OR, OR, OR, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER THAT THE PROPERTY ON, ON RESETS, UM, THE LANGUAGE HAS SECURE PROPERTY, UM, IN THAT RESET, UM, ORDER.SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HEADS UP ON THAT.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED UNTIL THE FINAL DECISION.
THAT'S THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, TO HAVE THE PROPERTY SECURE AND WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT.
DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT? YES.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE, PLEASE? SECOND.
AND COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL FOR THE AMENDMENT PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
UM, I WOULD NEED TO ASK A QUESTION.
I'M NOT REAL, REAL FAMILIAR WITH THAT UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
COULD YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE RUNDOWN BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR NEXT CASE? UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M SORRY IF, UH, I'LL PULL UP THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
IF YOU, IF WE COULD, UH, REVIEW IT AFTER THIS CASE.
I'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION PULLED UP FOR YOU.
OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, 7 23 FLOUNDERS AVENUE.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA G BARAS, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 7 2 3 FLANDERS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 9 6 5, BLOCK 12, LOT 10, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, UH, SORRY, FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ROMERO JUAN AND ANITA G.
MAILING ADDRESS OF 7 2 3 FLANDERS AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 4.
ALL NOTICES OF A HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER'S GRANDSON, JOE R. ROMERO, UH, PHONE NUMBER TWO ONE ZERO EIGHT NINE SIX FOUR FIVE FOUR FIVE FIVE THREE.
AND HE HAD, HE HAD INFORMED ME THAT THE OWNERS JUAN ROMERO AND ANITA G ROMERO, WERE BOTH DECEASED.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TI IS A IS IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 7 2 3 FINDERS WAS CONDUCTED ON 1210 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 12 ON 1212 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED ON MAY 20TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B WAS, UH, B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AS 7 2 3 FLANDERS ON MAY 20TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR A B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS YET TO RETURN.
NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND AT THIS TIME, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEAN AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON MARCH 16TH, 2020.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $192.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS COVERED WITH THE METAL CORRUGATED METAL, IS RUSTED.
AS YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, CORRUGATED METAL IS STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE DECKING.
ALSO, THE CARPORT, YOU CAN SEE AT THE CORNER THAT THE, UH, CORRUGATED METAL IS STARTING TO TO DIP DUE TO THE DETERIORATION.
THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK OF THE DETACHING CORRUGATED METAL.
UM, THE HOW, HOW RUSTED IT IS.
THIS IS THE, UH, GOING, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WOOD PANELING SIDING, UM, IS DETERIORATED.
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LOT OF THE EXTERIOR WALL, IT'S PATCHWORK.UM, YOU COULD, UH, IT HAS HARDWOOD PLANKING, UM, UH, WOOD MEMBERS JUST, UH, THAT, THAT WEREN'T WEATHERPROOFED.
NEXT PHOTO RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
THE, THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE NOT WEATHERPROOFED.
UM, UH, TOWARDS THE BACK YOU CAN SEE THE PLYWOOD RIGHT THERE IS, IS, UH, DETERIORATING.
UM, THE BACK PORTION OF THE BUILDING RIGHT THERE WHERE THE PLYWOOD IS RIGHT THERE, THAT'S A, UH, UH, ATTACHMENT TO THE BUILDING.
UM, THAT PART IS ACTUALLY A CONCRETE SLAB, AND THE FRONT PART IS A POST BEAM.
NEXT PHOTO, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, UH, THE PLYWOOD IS DETERIORATING.
UM, THE WOOD MEMBERS RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE BACK ARE, ARE BROKEN OFF DETACHED.
UM, A LOT OF THE SEAL BEAMS ON THE, ON THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE ARE SITTING ON THE ON GRADE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR WALL IS DETERIORATED TO WHERE THE WIND MEMBERS ARE BREAKING OFF, NOT WEATHERPROOFED FALLING OFF.
THIS IS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG RIGHT HERE IS, UH, DETERIORATED TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S PARTIALLY COLLAPSE, UM, DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, UH, UH, WIND MEMBERS ON TOP, UM, ARE STARTING TO, TO BOW DOWN DETACHING FROM THE, UM, FROM THE, FROM THE STUDS RIGHT THERE.
UM, A LOT OF THE BACK WALL IS, UH, A LOT OF THE BACK.
A ELEVATION IS NOT A WEATHERPROOF.
THIS IS THE, TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FRAME IS SHIFTED TO THE, TO THE RIGHT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DETACHED WOOD MEMBERS.
UH, THE OVERHANG IS, UM, UH, BROKEN.
UH, SOME OF THE CORRUGATE METAL HAS FOLDED.
THIS IS THE, UH, LEFT ELEVATION TOWARDS UNDER THE CARPORT.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE SEAL BEAM IS ACTUALLY TOUCHING THE GRADE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
OUR, UH, WOOD MEMBERS ARE BROKEN, MISSING.
NEXT PHOTO RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM, TOWARDS THE LEFT, LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE SEAL.
THE, THE SEAL BEAM IS, UH, SITTING ON GRADE.
NEXT PHOTO RIGHT HERE, THE CARPORT, UM, THE, THIS BEAM RIGHT HERE IS THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE CARPORT FROM COLLAPSING.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THE, ALL THE, THE RAFTERS ARE, ARE JUST HOLDING ON THAT ONE PART.
UM, A LOT OF THE, THE, THE, THE POSTS RIGHT THERE ARE ROTTED.
IT'S JUST ALL THAT WAY IS JUST SITTING ON THERE.
THIS IS A CLOSER PICTURE OF THE FOUNDATION ISSUE.
AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE WOMEN MEMBERS SITTING ON A GRAYING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE IN THE WALL.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A, UH, POST.
UM, YOU CAN SEE NONE, NONE OF THE, THE PLATES OR THE, UH, ANY ANYONE MEMBERS UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON THAT POST HAS SLIPPED OFF.
THEY PUT THESE, UH, CONCRETE TO, TO, UH, TO KEEP THE HOUSE FROM SINKING ANY FURTHER.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THE EXTERIOR WALL, THE WIND MEMBERS ARE STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXTERIOR WALL IN THERE IS JUST DETERIORATING.
NEXT PHOTO RIGHT HERE AT THE CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A HOLE RIGHT HERE, UM, DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE.
UM, IT HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING ON THE EXTERIOR WALL RIGHT THERE.
SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE IN THE BACK PORTION WHERE THE CONCRETE SLAB IS.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, CRACK IN THE FOUNDATION.
UM, UH, RIGHT HERE, THE FLOOR COVERING IS, UH, DETERIORATED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CEILING JOISTS ARE EXPOSED.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TRASH IN THERE.
SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, THE, THE ON THE TOP, IT WAS GOING TO THE NEXT PICTURE.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES.
UH, RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE RAFTERS.
THE, THE DECKING IS WATER DAMAGE DUE TO THE, TO THE ROOF, THE ROOFING ISSUES.
RIGHT HERE, THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN.
UM, THE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LIGHT FIXTURE IS HANGING.
UM, THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE, UH, THIS IS THE HALLWAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, THE FLOORS, UM, THE FLOORS HAVE NO COVERING.
FLANDERS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1944.
ROOF IS A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH CORRUGATED METAL COVERING THAT IS RUSTED AND DETACHING FROM THE DECKING, CAUSING WATER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR.
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EXTERIOR WALLS ARE WOOD SIDING, WHICH IS BROKEN AND LIFTING FROM THE WALL DECKING FOUNDATION FOR THE FRONT IS STRUC.FOR THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE IS POSTED BEAM WITH ROTTED AND LEANING.
POST SEALED BEAMS ARE BROKEN AND SOME OF THE BEAMS ARE NOT RESTING ON THE POST FOUNDATION.
FOR THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE IS A CONCRETE SLAB, WHICH IS, HAS A SIGNIFICANT CRACK GOING THROUGH THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
INTERIOR HAS DETERIOR SHEET ROCK ROOF SYSTEM IS EXPOSED AGAINST.
YOU SEE SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE AND THE FLOORS ARE UNEVEN.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 2 3 FLANDERS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 5, 8, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD IS, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 7 2 3 FLANDERS.
YOU SHOWED A, A LITTLE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A SHED OR SOMETHING ON THE BACK.
IS THAT ATTACHED OR DETACHED? THE, THE ONE TOWARDS THE BACK.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.
WHEN WE HAVE THAT MANY OVERHANGS MM-HMM.
UM, AS WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT, WE SECURE THE BUILDING TO KEEP ANYBODY FROM GOING INTO THE BUILDING.
AS FAR AS THE OVERHANG, UM, WE USUALLY, UH, WHEN, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE USUALLY SEND THEM TO LIKE, WHEN, WHEN WE FEEL LIKE IT'S AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN PRETTY QUICK, WE USUALLY TAKE IT TO OUR, UH, BUILDING INSPECTOR, UM, CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR.
BUT AT THE TIME I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD FALL.
IT WAS, IT'S GONNA EVENTUALLY FALL, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WOULD FALL AT THAT, AT THAT TIME.
UH, YOU SAID THE OWNERS HAVE DECEASED? UH, YES SIR.
I'VE TALKED TO, UH, THE, SO I'VE TALKED TO TWO PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, JOE R. ROMERO IS THE GRANDSON OF THE OWNER, AND HE CLAIMED THAT THEY LEFT IT TO HIM.
UM, AT THE TIME OF THE PROPERTY WHEN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE CASE, UM, HE, UH, LIVED THERE, BUT HE MOVED OUT, UM, AT, RIGHT AFTER I STARTED THE CASE, HE MOVED OUT.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
UM, I HAVE SPOKE TO HIS COUSIN WHO WAS TRYING TO, WHO CONTACTED ME, WHO TRIED TO BUY THE HOUSE FOR THE, FROM HIM.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
BOTH OF 'EM WON'T ANSWER MY CALLS ANYMORE.
UM, BUT THEY WERE THE ONES THAT TOLD ME THAT THEIR GRANDPARENTS WERE DECEASED.
SO THERE IS NO DIRECT SUCCESSOR TO THE PROPERTY THEN.
THERE IS NO DIRECT HAIR TO THE PROPERTY THEN.
I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT, SIR.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.
I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION WHENEVER YOU'RE OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. TAPIA.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT UH, UH, 7 23 FLANDERS AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED OR TO BE RE AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION MIS 1 56, CODE VIOLATION 5 8 12 15, UH, SPECIFICALLY.
AND, UH, A MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND IT SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME? TIMEFRAME SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO DEMOLISH IN 30 DAYS UNDER CHAPTER, UH, FIVE EIGHT, UH, SUBSECTIONS 5 8 12 15 FOR 7 23 FLANDERS AVENUE.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, THIS ROBERT TAPIA, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE WE SECURE THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
SO DO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SECOND.
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WE HAD AN AMENDMENT.DO WE HAVE A, A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT? IT'S ROBERT TABBY SECOND.
UM, CAN WE GO TO ROLL CALL DWAYNE NELSON? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
IS THAT IT? ADMIN SECTION WITH, UH, ONE ROOF UNDER ONE ROOF CONVERSATION.
UM, SINCE THAT'S ALL THE CASES WE HAVE, COULD WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION PLEASE? ABOUT UNDER ONE ROOF, UH, FROM MS. JENNY, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR YES MA'AM.
I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE INFORMATION UP FROM THE WEBSITE, CITY WEBSITE.
UH, AND JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT THEY'VE GOT, IT IS CALLED THE, UH, UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, UH, OVERSEEN BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT IS MEANT TO BE FOR REPLACING WORN AND DAMAGED ROOFS WITH NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT WHITE SHINGLES.
THE IDEA BEING THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIGHTER COLORED.
THEY, THEY'LL, THEY WON'T ATTRACT AS MUCH HEAT.
SO IT'S MEANT TO BE FOLD, UH, NOT ONLY TO REPLACE LEAKING ROOFS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE IT MORE ENERGY, THE PROPERTY OR STRUCTURE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.
IT IS AN APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.
THERE ARE SOME STANDARDS FOR ELIGIBILITY.
UH, THEY DO PUT A FIVE YEAR COVENANT, UH, ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THERE IS, IT IS A GRANT FUNDED, SO IT'S NOT A, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK IF APPROVED FOR THE GRANT.
UM, THE GUIDELINES, THERE ARE SEVERAL GUIDELINES.
SOME OF THEM DO, UM, CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S AN INSURANCE CLAIM OR IF THERE'S INSURANCE.
UH, COULD PROHIBIT SOMEBODY FROM BEING, UM, UH, APPROVED FOR THE APPLICATION.
BUT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT IS DONE BY THE CITY STAFF AND THE THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR AND CONTRACTOR TO SEE IF THE STRUCTURE, BECAUSE IT HA IF IT REQUIRES TOO MUCH SIGNIFICANT, UH, TOO MUCH STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, IT MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
THE IDEA IS JUST TO REPLACE THE ROOF, THE DECKING, UH, AND THE IMMEDIATE NEED OF THE, THE ROOF PIECE.
SO IT IS AN OPTION AND WE WILL DEFINITELY EXPLORE IT WITH THAT OWNER.
UH, FOR THE PRIOR PROPERTY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
IS THAT THE ONLY, ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE TO THEM, UH, BASED ON THE BOND FUND THAT WAS PASSED RECENTLY? UM, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE THE LIST OF ALL THE BOND FUND ITEMS THAT WERE RECENTLY PASSED, BUT WE'LL EXPLORE THAT AS WELL.
DOING THE 60 DAY RESET WILL GIVE US TIME TO SEE.
UM, WE STILL ALSO HAVE THE, UM, DEMO DIVERSION PROGRAM.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT ONE IS ALREADY PUT TO THE MAX, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THE REVIEW AT THIS POINT OF THOSE CASES TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, TITLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN A, UM, FINALIZED.
SO IF SOMETHING FALLS OFF THAT LIST, THERE MAY BE, MAY BE ROOM FOR THIS ONE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL EXPLORE ALL OF THOSE LISTS AND EXHAUST ALL THOSE REQUIRE, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, OPTIONS BEFORE WE DO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM HAS BEEN TAPPED OUT FULLY, BUT THE BOND SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MONEY BACK INTO THAT.
AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW THE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH THE TOTAL FUNDING ON THAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE.
SO AGAIN, THAT, THAT MAY EVEN BECOME SOMETHING THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER, BUT IF THEY BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS EARLIER FOR SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, UH, UH, TRY TO ASSIST THIS OWNER, UM, TO GET THOSE APPLIED FOR AND, AND I REALIZE THAT THE OWNERSHIP IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
AND MAY BE A, A, AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN'T OVERCOME, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY COME UP AND, AND HAS, I THINK, UH, WE WILL CREATE ANOTHER AVENUE WITH THE, UH, DIVERSION PROGRAM.
THEY WERE WORKING WITH ANOTHER, UM, DEPARTMENT THAT WAS ASSISTING SOME OWNERS FOR TITLE ISSUES, ISSUES OF TITLE OR AIRSHIP.
SO THAT MAY, WHILE THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, WE MAY BE ABLE TO STILL UTILIZE THAT THIRD PARTY, UM, TO ASSIST THEM WITH ANY TITLE, OVERCOMING ANY TITLE BARRIERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY, AS WE'RE LEARNING AND GAINING THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL CERTAINLY PASS THAT ON TO THE OWNERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
APPRECIATE ALL THAT, APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I CAN APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID MS. JENNY, ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS, BUT THE, THE, THE UNDER ONE ROOF WAS JUST FOR THE ROOF, RIGHT? IT WASN'T FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THE, THE OTHER ONE, THE DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT IS FOR, FOR HEIRS OR FOR WHOEVER WANTS THE PROPERTY FIXED, BUT YOU
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HAVE TO HAVE A, BUT THAT'S A PAYBACK PROGRAM, IS THAT CORRECT? THE VERSION PROGRAM WAS NOT A, A PAYBACK THERE, IT WAS ALSO A GRANT SITUATION.UH, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIMEFRAME ON IT, BUT UH, IT WAS BASICALLY A, A TEST PROGRAM, UH, IS THE REASON WHY IT BASICALLY HAS BEEN TAPPED OUT BECAUSE I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ON IT.
UH, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY A PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO OWNER OCCUPIED BUILDINGS THAT WERE DILAPIDATED AND COULD BE REPAIRED.
UH, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, POTENTIALLY SUPERSEDED BY, UH, PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, AND WORKING WITH IT.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM IN MY MIND WAS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH IT.
BUT AT LEAST THE DIVERSION PROGRAM WAS A MODEL FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
WELL, I AND HAVE SOME POTENTIAL.
OH, IT SEEMS LIKE A MOOT POINT TO ME.
I MEAN, I, I, I WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT FURTHER.
AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL STAFF NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IT FURTHER TOO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE AN OWNER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE OWNER OWNER IS, AND THEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT A PAYBACK FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
SO, I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A MOOT POINT TO ME.
I I DON'T, MY, MY BRAIN DOESN'T CALCULATE IT.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, UM, I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO AND, AND WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ADVISING, UM, CUSTOMERS TO DO.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF MO MOOT TO ME.
WELL, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT MAY BE MOOT OVERALL FOR SURE, BUT THE ISSUE THAT WITHIN THE CITY IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE, UH, IS A COMPLETE SHORTAGE OF, UH, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT IS ON THE, ON THE TAX ROWS AT A HUNDRED AND I WANNA SAY $134,000.
UH, AND FOR $20,000 COULD BE REPAIRED.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A REAL QUICK ESTIMATE AND YOU GET INTO IT, AND IT MAY BE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT, BUT STILL ON A RATIO BASIS TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY VALUE, UH, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR BEING REPAIRED.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT, AT WHATEVER OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO US, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT, THAT, UH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO COME BACK INTO THE INVENTORY OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MR. NELSON, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AND IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE REPAIRABLE ASPECTS OF IT, THE REPAIRABLE ASPECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE JUST TO GET IT OFF THE ROLLS OF IT BEING CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS PREMISE.
IT STILL MAY NOT BE LIVABLE AT THAT POINT.
IT'S NO LONGER A DANGER OF CAUSING FURTHER DETERIORATION OR FURTHER, YOU KNOW, COLLAPSE AT THAT POINT.
UM, THEY STILL MAY NEED TO DO REWIRING, PLUMBING, ALL THOSE THINGS TO NOW MAKE IT LIVABLE.
BUT IF WE CAN GET IT UP TO THAT LEVEL AND THROW IT OVER THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT HILL THAT IT'S NO LONGER AN IMMEDIATE DANGER, WELL THEN THAT, THAT THROWS IT INTO ANOTHER, A STANCE AND ANOTHER LEVEL THAT WE CAN STILL WORK WITH AND CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ON THE OWNER.
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, TO THAT POINT.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS OR TALK ABOUT? NO.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING MS. GUPTA? YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO.
WELL, UH, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE ARE OUTTA HERE.