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UH, THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 6 THURSDAY, JULY 7TH, 2022.
MY NAME IS ROBERT TOPPY AND I'M THE CHAIR OF BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING INTO ORDER STAFF.
CAN WE PLEASE, UH, CONNECT THE ROLL CALL? DWAYNE NELSON.
ALSO, 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 TOMAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
JUDY KRUM, B S B LIAISON, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO, AND MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST CHAIR AORM IS PRESENT.
CAN WE HAVE OUR INTERPRETERS READ THE IN INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.
I'M ONE OF THE SPANISH TRANSLATORS.
I'M NOW GOING TO READ THE, UH, BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS, 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'LL 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.
IN THE CITY OF SAN, 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 SUBMIT 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.
ONE, PROVIDE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND 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 WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 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 AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AS PER CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
PRIOR TO THE, UH, STARTING OF, UH, OUR ITEMS, I'D LIKE THE STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT.
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I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
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AND A SECOND.UH, WELL, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY FRED GARRIS AND THE SECOND WAS MADE BY, I'M SORRY.
UM, STAFF, CAN WE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? DWAYNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
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CONTINUE WITH STAFF REPORTS, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.I HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM WILL BE A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT NINE 26TH EVEREST AVENUE, UH, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE VOLUNTARILY AGREE 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.
IT WAS SIGNED ON JUNE THE SEVENTH OF 2022.
UH, MOVING ON TO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS FIRST.
SO FIRST PROPERTY TO READ INTO THE RECORD IS THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 74 19.
UH, THE MAIN STRUCTURE BUCKS AT BUCKSKIN, UM, I BELIEVE BUCKSKIN ROAD AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR WAS DEMOLISHED ON JUNE THE THIRD OF 2022, DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON MAY 27TH, 2022.
THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES FOR YOUR, UM, FOR YOUR VIEWING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15, UH, 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME FOR THAT PROPERTY.
THE NEXT PROPERTY AT ONE 10 SHEA, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JUNE THE EIGHTH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON JUNE THE SECOND OF 2022.
PHOTOS OF BEFORE AND AFTER ALSO AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THE NEXT PROPERTY AT 43 MORGAN'S BLUFF WAS, UM, THE CHIMNEY WAS DEMOLISHED ON JUNE THE 17TH OF 2022 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE DUE TO A SUDDEN ACT, WHICH DID, OR WHICH WAS A, UM, MADE, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF ON JUNE THE SECOND AND CONFIRM THE ISSUE.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
NEXT PROPERTY, 31 23 NEPTUNE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JUNE THE 16TH OF 2022, DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE THE SEVENTH OF 2022.
AGAIN, BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME FOR THIS PROPERTY.
IN THE LAST ONE FOR THIS MORNING, 1331 COLLIBRA, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JUNE THE 17TH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON JUNE THE NINTH OF 2022.
ONCE AGAIN, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY REPORT THIS MORNING.
IF THERE'S, UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, FOR STAFF.
I KNOW IT'S INCONSEQUENTIAL TO, UM, THE PRESENTATION AND THE ACTION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT FOR MY OWN CURIOSITY AND, AND KNOWLEDGE, WHAT CAUSED THESE FIRES? WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE? DO WE KNOW? I DON'T HAVE THOSE RECORDED, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT AND SEE IF THERE'S, UH, ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I BELIEVE MOST OF THESE PROPERTIES WERE VACANT STRUCTURES, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, TO CONFIRM AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL START ADDING THAT FOR THE RECORD IF IT WAS AN OCCUPIED PROPERTY OR IF IT WAS A VACANT STRUCTURE.
UM, WE DO KNOW THERE IS SOME ISSUES ON THE VACANT STRUCTURES WITH, WITH FIRES BEING STARTED WITH ILLEGAL OCCUPATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, YES, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THOSE REPORTS IN, BUT, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW THIS PAST MONTH, UM, FOR THE OCCUPIED STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ELECTRICAL ISSUES OR WHATNOT
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GOING ON, JUST MY CURIOSITY.I THINK ALSO TOO, THERE, IN SOME OF THESE CASES, THERE ARE, UH, STILL INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON.
SO, UM, AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW, CAUSE HOW IT CAME ABOUT, WHY IT CAME ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO CONSIDER A LOT OF TIMES ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN THEY COME, DO, COME BEFORE THE BOARD, IF THEY GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF, OF, OF PROCESS.
UM, ANY INFORMATION LIKE THAT MIGHT BE NOT HELPFUL JUST FOR US, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL SURE.
I KNOW THE BASELINE INFORMATION I WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL JUST ON OUR OWN RESEARCH OR DOCUMENTATION WOULD BE IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED AND WHETHER IT WAS AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE WHERE SOME ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING OF COURSE OCCURRED, UM, THROUGH A MALFUNCTION OR AN OVERLOADING, OR IF IT WAS A VACANT AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, START, THERE'S NO POWER TO THE PROPERTY, BUT WHETHER MAYBE A FIRE OR SOMETHING ELSE OCCURRED, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO NOTATE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE READY FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL, UH, HEARING ITEMS, UH, AND TO BOARD MEMBERS HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
STAFF WHO ARE READY FOR OUR FIRST ITEM.
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 1 9 1 1 5 VICTORIA STREET STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS 1 7 5 3 2 BLOCK 52, LOT FOUR LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS OCASIO FRANCISCO PEREZ WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 2.
THE FALLEN INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 4TH, 2022.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OCASIO FRANCISCO BEEZ BY CERTIFIED RECEIPT ON JUNE 7TH, 2022.
ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS TO THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BOARD.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF JULY 5TH, 2022.
ELECTRICAL METER WAS PULLED ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2019, AND GAS METER STILL REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT TURNED OFF SINCE NOVEMBER 19TH, 2019.
RECORDS SHOW THAT THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN INACTIVE FOR WATER INACTIVE SAWS HAS AN ACTIVE CASE FILE FOR THIS ACCOUNT AS THEY FOUND MULTIPLE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS IN THE PAST.
THE SERVICE WAS KEPT OFF ON AUGUST 21ST, 2020.
THE LAST VISIT WAS ON APRIL 12TH, 2022 AND VERIFIED.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON JUNE 7TH, 2022.
FIRST PICTURE HERE IS JUST GONNA SHOW THE PROPERTY LAYOUT, WHICH THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND WHERE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS INDICATED AT, LOCATED AT ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS WILL BE THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN, THE POSTS IN THE FRONT ALONG WHERE THE FRONT DOOR'S AT AND THE LANDING ARE ROTTED OUT TOWARDS THE
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BOTTOM WITH THE DOOR FRAME TO THE LEFT, THE SHOWING DETERIORATION AS WELL DUE TO LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION AND LACK OF MAINTENANCE BY THE OWNER.THE LEFT ELEVATION, THERE'S A SLIGHT, THERE'S EARLY STAGES OF DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALL WITH DETERIORATION TO THE FACIA BOARDS AS WELL TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THERE'S ALSO SLIGHT WEAR, UH, DETE DETACHING, UH, THE EARLY STAGES OF DETACHING TO THE EXTERIOR WALL AS WELL.
MOVING TO THE REAR ELEVATION, THE EXTERIOR WALL TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IS ROTTED AND DETERIORATED, WHICH IS EXPOSING ALL THE INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS, THE STUDS, BOTTOM PLATES, AND SEAL PLATES.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THIS, OF THE DETERIORATION TO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS DOES GO FROM ONE SIDE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERIOR, THE REAR EXTERIOR, UM, WALL.
HERE'S A CLOSE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM PLATE WITH THE SEAL PLATES THAT ARE ROTTING NOW DETERIORATED AGAIN FROM A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE REAR ELEVATION.
MOVING ON TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SIGNS OF IGRAS THAT ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE.
WHEN I DID MAKE THIS INSPECTION, THE PROPERTY WASN'T OCCUPIED AND I DO HAVE AN ACTIVE CASE TO GET THIS PROPERTY SECURED IMMEDIATELY AND WORKING ON THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, MOVING INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THERE'S JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND SCATTERED ITEMS, WHICH DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WALK IN AND WALK THROUGH.
MOVING INTO THE FRONT ROOM, WHICH I COULD NOT WALK THROUGH UNLESS I WAS WALKING ON TOP OF THE ITEMS. MOVING INTO THE LIVING ROOM, I DID FIND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA INSIDE OF THIS ROOM.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING HOW MUCH CLUTTER THERE IS INSIDE OF THE, INSIDE OF THIS ROOM AS WELL.
UH, HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA THAT I DID FIND MOVING INTO ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. THERE'S GRAFFITI ON THE WALL AS WELL AS, AGAIN, SIGNS OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE.
A BETTER PICTURE OF THE GRAFFITI THAT HOLE IN THE, IN THE WALL TOWARDS THE END OF THIS, AT THE MIDDLE OF THIS PHOTO, THAT IS WHERE THE, THE ELECTRICAL METER WAS AT, AND THE, AND THE BREAKER BOX.
UH, THERE'S SIGNS IN THE NEXT PHOTO THAT SHOW THAT, UM, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SPLICING THE WIRING AND TAMPERING WITH THE ELECTRICAL WIRING AS WELL.
MOVING INTO ONE OF THE BATHROOMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SHEET ROCK FROM THE CEILING IS STARTING TO FALL DUE TO THE ITEMS THAT, UM, THAT ARE SHOWN HERE, AS WELL AS THE, THE WALLS AS WELL, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
MOVING INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS DETERIORATION TO THE WALL AS WELL AS THE FASCIA BOARDS AND ROTTING WITH OUR EARLY STAGES OF ROTTING TO THE, TO THE, UH, FOUNDATION FRAME THE BEAM, UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE REAR ELEVATION AS WELL AS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
AGAIN, JUST INDICATING THE DETERIORATION AND ROTTING TO THE FACIAL BOARDS AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BEAM HERE IS ACTUALLY TWISTING DUE TO THE SHIFTING OF THE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT, WHICH INDICATES WHERE THE, THE FLOOR JOISTS ARE ACTUALLY RESTING ON THAT BEAM.
MOVING INSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, THAT THERE WAS, UM, SIGNS OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUTTA THE STRUCTURE.
WHEN I DID GO IN THERE WITH THE SHEET ROCK THAT'S BEEN REMOVED AND THEY'VE PLACED SOME KIND OF WRAP AROUND IT TO COVER THE WOOD MEMBERS, THERE IS SOME EARLY STAGES OF DETERIORATION TO SOME IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF THE STUDS, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO.
AGAIN, THEY'VE TAMPERED WITH THE, THE BREAKER BOX THAT'S INSIDE OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THAT STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, AND THE ACCESSORY ARE 7, 8, 12, 15, AND 17 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR
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STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE, THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION SUBS NESS OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE.
HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES WITH THE PROPERTY REMAINING VACANT, SECURED, AND UTILITIES DISCONNECTED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CODE OFFICER? NO.
UM, IS IT VACANT OR IS IT OCCUPIED? AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS VACANT, BUT THERE'S SIGNS OF, OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICH I DO HAVE S A P HERE JUST TO TALK ON BEHALF OF THAT AS WELL.
I ALSO HAVE A, A PENDING CASE OPEN TO HAVE THAT STRUCTURE RESECURED AGAIN 'CAUSE IT HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO OFFICER WHEN WE HAVE OPEN, WHEN WE HAVE CASES LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELECTRICAL IS COMPLETELY OUT OF ORDER, IS THERE ANY, ANY PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO PATCH THAT UP, COVER IT UP SO THAT NOBODY TOUCHES IT OR, UH, IT'S PROPERLY, UH, DISCONNECTED SO THAT NOTHING, UH, NO FIRE CAN START.
I CAN LOOK INTO THAT WITH MY MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL AS C P S TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO REGARDING THAT BECAUSE IT IS EXPOSED.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE, THE, THE CONNECTIONS DIS WE HAVE THE SERVICE DISCONNECTED.
WE DID GET WITH C P S WHEN THEY WERE LIVE AT THE TIME TO HAVE 'EM REVIEW IT AND THAT'S WHEN THE DISCONNECTIONS HAD HAPPENED.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IT, UM, A POSSIBLE COVER FOR THAT AREA.
BUT I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH MY MANAGER TEAM AS WELL AS C P S.
WHAT REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME IT ACTUALLY CATCHES FIRE, IT'S DANGEROUS YES.
TO THE TOUCH TO EXISTENCE, HEAT, WHATEVER.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO PREVENT THAT PART.
THAT'S WHY, UM, UNTIL WE DO OUR PART.
SO, NO, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE, UH, IMMEDIATELY RIGHT AFTER THIS HEARING.
I CAN START LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL.
AND SEE I GOT ONE FOR YOU ON YOUR FIRST INITIAL, IN YOUR NOTES.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT FIRST PART? UH, I MET WITH THE OFFICER DM MORENO MAIN STRUCTURE SOUND, NO ISSUES FOUND WITH ANY OF THE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF, WALLS OR FOUNDATION OR SOUND.
NOW GO DOWN TO NUMBER SEVEN ON MAIN STRUCTURE.
GO WHERE, NUMBER SEVEN, WHERE IT SAYS MAIN STRUCTURE, THE ACTUAL, UH, CODE VIOLATION SUBSTANCE, IT'S A SUBSECTION.
THE BIDDING OR STRUCTURE OR ANY PORTION THEREFORE BE BECAUSE OF DILAPIDATION DETERIORATION OR DECAY FAULT STRUCTURE INSTABILITY OR ANY PORTION OF THE GROUND NECESSARY TO SUPPORT SUCH BUILDING DETERIORATION, DECAY, OR INADEQUACY OF THE FOUNDATION OR ANY OTHER CAUSE IS LIKELY TO, UH, PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY COLLAPSE.
AND THAT KIND OF CONTRA AND THAT KIND OF CONTRADICTS WITH THAT FIRST STATEMENT, DOES IT NOT? ON THE FIRST INITIAL INSPECTION WHEN WE DID GO OUT THERE, THE OFFICER THAT DID MAKE THAT INSPECTION HAD HAD, UH, FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUES.
BUT FROM THAT MOMENT TO WHEN I CAME, I DID NOT MAKE THAT INITIAL INSPECTION.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT FIRST INSPECTION.
BUT WHEN I DID GO OUT THERE, I DID NOTICE THE, THE BIG CONCERN OF THE REAR ELEVATION AND I'M NOT SURE IF MAYBE THE WALLS WERE INTACT THEN AND THEY'VE GOTTEN WORSE IN TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING, MAYBE THEY'RE DOING DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS AS WELL.
I COULDN'T SPEAK ON THAT PART AS WELL, BUT WHEN I DID GO OUT THERE ON JUNE 7TH, THAT'S WHAT I DID NOTICE AND I DID BRING THAT UP TO THE, I'M BRINGING THAT UP TO THE BOARD NOW.
WELL, THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IN THE NOTES THAT SHOWED THE DRASTIC FROM NOTHING WRONG TO NUMBER SEVEN MAJORLY ISSUES.
IF IN THE FUTURE COULD YOU GUYS NOTE THAT PROPERTY? 'CAUSE THAT'S A MAJOR LEAP.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTED AS IT WAS NOTICED.
I CAN GO AHEAD AND START MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THAT DONE.
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THANK YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN DAVID GARZA.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY QUESTION FALLS UNDER THE B S B GUIDELINES, POLICY AND PROCEDURES OR NOW, BUT I REALIZE IT'S VACANT, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU, UH, SAW SOME DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THE PROPERTY, UH, HAD IT BEEN OCCUPIED.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE WHEN THAT HAPPENS? DOES THE POLICE GET INVOLVED OR, OR NOT? POLICE HAS BEEN INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THIS CASE AS WELL AS US HANDLING IT FROM THE MOMENT WE TOOK THIS CASE OVER AS WELL.
THE MOMENT WE TAKE THIS CASE OVER, WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH SS A P D, UH, IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE FIND OR THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ON OUR CASE AS WELL.
IS THERE, UH, AND JUST TO REITERATE, THERE'S UH, NO OWNER REPRESENTATION? NO SIR.
WE, WE JUST HAVE S A P D HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
UM, MY NAME IS NATASHA BREWER.
I'M WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WORK ON THE SOUTH SIDE SUBSTATION SEVEN 11 WEST MAYFIELD.
I AM ASSIGNED WITH THE SOUTH SAFE UNIT AND I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
UM, I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS, UM, LOCATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, INCLUDING THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, I'VE MADE IT MY, UM, WELL, I'VE RECEIVED CALLS, UM, FROM THE NEIGHBORS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE LOCATION AND THEY WERE SCARED TO EVEN GO OUTSIDE.
SO, UM, I SET UP THE PATROL BUYS, WHICH THEN LED ME TO, UM, NUMEROUS ARRESTS FOR PEOPLE ACTIVELY SMOKING METHAMPHETAMINE IN THEIR CAR, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE STOLEN.
UM, I FOUND MULTIPLE STOLEN CARS PARKED, UM, NOT ONLY IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON THE STREET, BUT ALSO IN THE DRIVEWAY OR IN THE FRONT YARD, IN THE GRASS.
UM, I MADE ARRESTS FOR, WANTED PEOPLE, INCLUDING AFTER WE HAD BOARDED UP THE LOCATION AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNOCCUPIED WHEN WE WOULD GO AND DO OUR SECONDARY FOLLOW UPS.
AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO SPEAK AT, UM, B S B.
SO
IF, IF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, IS THIS HOUSE A KNOWN ACTIVITY HOUSE? YES, IT IS.
DO YOU HAVE A HISTORY ON IT? I DO, I DO HAVE THE HISTORY.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT IN THE RECORD? UM, I HAVE, STARTING FROM 7 7 20 20 UNTIL 7 7 20 22, THERE ARE 52 POLICE, UM, RESPONSES TO THAT LOCATION.
AND THAT'S FOR VEGAS FOR, UM, FOR THINGS THAT ARE AS LITTLE AS THE PATROL BUYS THAT I WOULD CONDUCT, BUT WHERE I WOULD FIND THE STOLEN VEHICLES THERE AT THE LOCATION TO, UM, ASSAULTS, BURGLARIES, UM, ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, DISTURBANCES, UM, SHOTS, HEARD SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS HEARD CALLS IN THE AREA THAT WERE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LOCATION.
ANY QUESTION? DAVID GARZA, IS THIS PROPERTY LOCATED IN A ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT YOU KNOW OF? IT IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, IT IS THE S W C A ASSOCIATION.
SO HAVE THEY BEEN ACTIVELY COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS AS WELL OR THAT YOU MAY BE AWARE OF? THE, UM, IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS ARE NOT A PART OF THAT ASSOCIATION.
UM, BUT THEY DO HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AND MY OFFICE PHONE NUMBER WHERE THEY CONTACT ME TO COMPLAIN.
UM, BUT SINCE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL FROM THEM IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WAS YOUR LIFE EVER IN DANGER? UH, UM, I, I NEVER FOUND A GUN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THERE.
UM, I WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE WOMAN WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE OWNED THE HOUSE.
SHE WAS ALWAYS, UM, CALM AND, AND CORDIAL WITH ME.
UM, I NEVER KNOW THE WORST FIGHT I WAS EVER IN WAS WITH AN 18 YEAR OLD BOY, SO YOU NEVER KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU.
UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M PREPARED TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
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MR. CHAIR.I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT NINE 15 PORT VICTORIA STREET, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT LY BEING REPAIRED.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE, UH, CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, SECTION 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 7, 8, 12, 15, AND 17, THAT THE PROPERTY BE VACATED, THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED AND THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD ON THAT MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, UH, BY, UM, DWAYNE NELSON FOR THE PROPERTY ON 9 1 1 5 PORT VICTORIA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 2 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 7, 8, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND TO BE VACATED AND SECURED AND DEMOLISHED IN THREE DAYS AND, EXCUSE ME, DEMOLISHED AND DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY DAVID GARZA.
DAVID GARZA BOARD AND I'M SORRY, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE OF JOSHUA MARTINEZ.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO, I WAS REQUESTING FOR UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED AS WELL.
UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED.
I'LL ACCEPT THAT AS A, FOR ANY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
UTILITIES WILL REMAIN DISCONNECTED.
I DON'T THINK HE CAN DO THE MOTION.
HE CANNOT RIGHT, BUT I'LL ADD THAT MOTION.
CAN HE DO THAT AS AN AMENDMENT? HE'S ONLY, WE CAN DO THE AMENDMENT RIGHT.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE DONE BY THE MEMBERS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE ALL UTILITIES ARE DISCONNECTED AS WELL.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? YOU CAN DO IT IN MY VOICE IF YOU WANT.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
NEXT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, 2 35 EAST SAYERS AVENUE.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 2 3 5 EAST SAYERS AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 7 4 3 BLOCK THREE FOUR LOT 16, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GUTIERREZ CIO REYES AND RAMOS MADRID, GUADALUPE, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 3 5 EAST SAYERS AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 4.
ALL NOTICE NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
MR. RAUL HERNANDEZ CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. RAUL HERNANDEZ, WHO IS A PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR, FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 3 5 EAST SAYERS AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 30TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON JUNE 6TH, 2022.
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A PRE B S B PACKET WAS ISSUED TO MR. RO HERNANDEZ ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 3 5 EAST AERS AVENUE ON JUNE 23RD.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER BY CERTIFIED RECEIPT.
AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JULY 7TH, 2022.
THERE ARE NO VALID PERMITS ON FILE FOR 2 3 5 E SAYERS.
THE STRUCTURE DOES CURRENTLY HAVE ELECTRICITY AND ACTIVE WATER.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JUNE 6TH AND JULY 5TH, 2022.
HERE WE HAVE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SIDING STARTING TO DETACH AS WELL AS A WAVE AS TO WHERE THE WALL IS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE INTERIOR.
NEXT THING HERE IS A MORE VISIBLE, UM, OF THE LEFT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF IS DETERIORATING.
THE, THE ROOF COVERING IS DETERIORATING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT SAG ON THE CENTER ON THE LEFT PORTION THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE ROOF IS DETERIORATING AS WELL AS A SAG IN THE CENTER.
HERE IS THE REAR ELEVATION, OR YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EAVES AND THE SOFFITS STARTING TO DETACH.
THERE IS A SLOPE AND DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE RIGHT REAR, I'M SORRY, THE LEFT REAR EL, I'M SORRY, FOUNDATION.
UM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE POST IS BARELY SUPPORTING ANY OF THE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SIDINGS STARTING TO, DETA STARTING TO DETACH, AND THE DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF.
THIS IS A PHOTO, UM, FROM THE ORIGINAL, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL INSPECTIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE CEDAR POST IS LEANING.
UM, THE JOISTS HAVE BEEN CUT INTO AS WELL AS WATER DETERIORATION.
THIS IS ENTERING THE STRUCTURE.
UM, I HAVE PLACED A LEVEL ON THE GROUND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SLOPE THAT IS COMING TOWARDS THE ENTRYWAY OF THE STRUCTURE.
A CLOSEUP OF THE LEVEL JUST TO SHOW THE LEVELING OF THE FOUNDATION.
THIS IS THE VIEW OF, UM, THE LIVING ROOM AREA.
UM, THE, THERE IS A WINDOW THERE THAT HAS BEEN BOARDED UP TO THE LEFT.
HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THEY HAVE PLACED, UM, COVERING FLOOR COVERING OVER THE DETERIORATED FLOORING, UM, OVER WHERE THE CHAIR IS AT.
THERE IS A MAJOR DETERIORATION TO THE SUBFLOORING WHERE IT'S BEEN LAYERED AND PARTIALLY MISSING.
HERE IS THE LEFT ELEVATION WALL WHERE IT WAS KIND OF WAVING OUT, WHERE YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE WALL STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM, FROM THE COUNTER.
AND THEY'VE PLACED FOAM TO TRY TO, UM, COVER THAT IN.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THEY'VE PLACED, AGAIN, VINYL FLOORING TO COVER UP SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE THRESHOLD THERE'S, UM, A TRIPPING HAZARD AND THE SEPARATION THAT'S BEEN CAUSING BY THE, UM, MA LACK OF MAINTENANCE FOR THE FOUNDATION HERE.
THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR LAUNDRY ROOM, WHICH IS THE HALLWAY, THE RIGHT PORTION WHERE YOU SEE THERE, THERE'S A BOARD THAT THEY COVERED UP THAT REAR BEDROOM.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE ROOF IS MOST DETERIORATED IN THE INTERIOR.
IT'S A LITTLE SPONGY GOING TOWARDS THE WASHING MACHINE.
THEY HAVE A A, A PLYWOOD THERE ON THE BOARD TO, ON THE FLOOR TO TO COVER HERE.
THIS IS GOING, UM, A VIEW FROM THE BATHROOM, UM, GOING, LOOKING INTO THE HALLWAY THAT'S THERE.
UM, THEY'RE USING AN EXTENSION CORD TO HAVE ELECTRICITY AND LIGHT INTO THE BATHROOM.
THIS IS GOING INTO THAT BEDROOM THAT WAS BOARDED IN.
YOU COULD SEE HOW MUCH SEPARATION,
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HOW UNLEVEL THE FOUNDATION IS.AND THIS IS THAT BEDROOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK IS NO LONGER PRESENT ON THE CEILING.
IT IS FULLY COLLAPSED AND REMOVED.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE WALL WHERE IT'S SHARED FROM THE HALLWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DETERIORATION TO THE DECKING, UM, AND TO THE RAFTERS.
THERE IS, THIS IS A BEDROOM RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS ROOM THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY OCCUPIED.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION, UM, HOW UNEVEN IT IS.
THEY HAVE PATCHED UP THE CEILING, UM, WITH SOME DRYWALL.
I'M, I'M SORRY,
UM, THIS IS ONE SECTION THAT HAS AT THE TIME HAD NOT BEEN COVERED BACK UP, BUT YOU COULD SEE WHERE, UM, THE DECKING IS, UH, DETERIOR MM-HMM.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEY HAVE BEGUN TO DEMOLISH IT.
THEY HAVE REMOVED THE, THE ROOF COVERING AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE POST AND THE, THE JOISTS ARE STILL THERE.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THAT STRUCTURE.
UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY ATTACH, UM, WOOD TO THE SIDE OF IT.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE JOIST STAR SAGGING TOWARDS THE CENTER.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE IT WAS ALL REMOVED.
THIS IS THE BOTTOM VIEW, UM, TO SHOW HOW THEY CONSTRUCTED ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY.
RESIDENTIAL MAIN STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES TO ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A HOME, ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF CEDAR BLOCK, CINDER, I'M SORRY, CONSISTS OF CINDER BLOCK, CEDAR POST AND WOOD BEAMS. THERE IS SHIMMING TO POSTS AND BEAMS. BEAMS AND WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING AND UNEVEN.
EXTERIOR, EXTERIOR WALLS CONSIST OF VINYL SIDING THAT IS DETACHED, DETACHING AND MISSING IN SOME AREAS LEADING TO DETERIORATION OF THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THE COMBINATION GABLE AND FLAT ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING AND SHINGLE COVERING IS DETERIORATING.
THE WOOD DECKING HAS SEVERE WATER DAMAGE AND IS ROTTING AND CAVING IN, IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE HOUSE.
THE INTERIOR FLOORING IS UNEVEN THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
DRYWALL IS MISSING AND HAS COLLAPSED IN SOME OF THE BEDROOMS. FLOOR AND WALL SEPARATION IS VISUAL VISIBLE THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.
THE ACCESSORY SHELF, I'M SORRY, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A MAKESHIFT STRUCTURE ON GRADE WITH WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION.
IT HAD A FLAT ROOF SYSTEM THAT HAD MISSING COVERING AND THE DECKING THAT WAS SEVERELY WATER DAMAGED AND ROUTING.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 3 5 EAST SAYERS AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 5, 8, 12, 15, AND 18.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY ARE 5, 7, 8, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF ALL ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN 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 THE DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT TO POTENTIAL OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2 3 5 EAST SAYERS AVENUE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
YOU GAVE A PRE PACKET OR THERE WAS A PRE PACKET GIVEN TO MR. HERNANDEZ, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, WE, WE DID, UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I MADE INTERIOR, UM, AN INSPECTION WITH MR. RO HERNANDEZ.
WE DID ISSUE A B, PREVIOUS B BACK PACKET AT THAT TIME, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE IT, SO I GAVE HIM A NEW ONE, UM, LAST MONTH ON JUNE AS WELL.
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IN JUNE YOU GAVE HIM ANOTHER ONE.WHAT IS IN THE PRE PACKET? OUR PRE PACKET IS JUST THE PROCESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH, UH, B S B AS WELL AS WHAT, WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE OR WHAT PAPERWORK NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN AS FAR AS SCOPE OF WORK, ENGINEER'S REPORT OR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY.
DOES IT ALSO HAVE THE OUTREACH PROGRAM IN IT? IT DOES HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN THERE AS WELL.
ARE, ARE THERE ANY, ANY SUGGESTIONS TO THE OWNER AS, AS TO WHAT COULD BE DONE IMMEDIATELY? FOR EXAMPLE, THIS, UM, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS NOT QUITE A STRUCTURE.
IT'S, IT'S A CARPORT GONE A LITTLE BIT AWRY.
I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE, THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO, UM, HE'S A SON OF THE OWNERS WHO ARE, WHO HAVE PASSED, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN TO HIM THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THE, AND UM, UM, I GUESS AS FAR AS THE NE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO JUST CONTINUE AND REQUEST THAT THAT SRU THAT AS FAR AS THE, THE CARPORT LIGHT STRUCTURE FOR THE ACCESSORY CON NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
IT JUST ELIMINATES THE CURIOSITY THAT PEOPLE WALKING BY TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO BE STOLEN, DAMAGED, TAKEN, ABUSED.
I'M, I'M, I'M WONDERING ABOUT COVERING UP SOME OF THE, UM, THE AESTHETICS OF IT.
UH, THAT'S ALL I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, YEAH, JESSE, JESSE, FIRST OF ALL, UH, WHO IS THE OWNER, YOU KNOW, AFTER READING YOUR, UH, EXCERPTS HERE, WHO, MY QUESTION IS WHO'S THE OWNER AND WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, AND SECONDLY, WE'VE BEEN GOING AROUND 11 MONTHS AND WE'RE ONLY ON THE DEMOLITION AND NO ACTION WAS EVER TAKEN THIS 11 MONTHS ON ALL THE DEBRIS AND, UH, THE PROPERTY, THE WAY, THE STRUCTURE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT, UH, UH, THE COORDIN OR, OR THE LIKES OF IT.
I MEAN, WE WAITED 11 MONTHS FOR THAT.
SO IS THE PROPERTY, WELL, YEAH, THIS IS, BUT THERE'S A LIEN ON IT AND, AND THE LIEN ON THE QUICK DEEDED OR WHATEVER IT WAS, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
YOU, I MEAN, THIS IS VERY POORLY.
THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE WAS PENDING CASES FOR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS VACANT TO HAVE IT CUT AND CLEAN.
AND MR. HERNANDEZ HAS USUALLY COMPLIED WITH GETTING THE EXTERIOR CLEANED UP.
UM, HE HAS ATTEMPTED TO DO SOME REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE.
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF, UM, THE SOFFITS WERE DETACHING.
HE FIXED, HE DID FIX SOME OF THOSE.
UM, HE PAINTED THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, HE TRIED TO DO SOME, SOME REPAIRS AND ORIGINALLY THERE WAS NO FLOOR COVERING.
NOW THERE'S FLOOR COVERING IN THE INTERIOR.
UM, AND THE P WERE SHOWED ON, UH, THE, THE CHA THAT WERE TAKEN ON THERE, RIGHT? NO.
OH, BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING EVERYTHING WAS GOING ROSES, BUT IT, IT WASN'T NO, NO, NO, NO MAJOR WORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL, UH, I'M SORRY, AS FAR AS THE FOUNDATION OR THE EXTERIOR WALLS OR THE ROOF.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON UM, YES, CHAIR? WE DO HAVE THE OWNER'S SON, UH, MR. RAUL HERNANDEZ.
UH, MR. HERNANDEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY ACTUAL ADDRESS OR THE ADDRESS OF THE HOUSE.
THE ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU RESIDE.
I LIVE IN 61 75 LAKE VICTORIA STREET.
UM, MY FATHER AND MY MOM PASSED AWAY.
THEY'RE NOT MY BIOLOGICAL, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE NOT MY BIOLOGICAL, UH, DAD AND MOM.
BUT THEY RAISED ME SINCE I WAS A BABY.
SO I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH THEM FOR, FOR SINCE THEY PASSED AWAY.
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YEARS AGO FROM 2 35 EAST SAYERS.AND THE HOUSE WAS, WAS, NOBODY WAS LIVING IN THERE 'CAUSE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, SO WE HAD TO MOVE TO A BETTER HOUSE.
I GOT KI I GOT SIX KIDS OF MY OWN.
I SAYS, BUT UM, I MEAN NOW THEY CAME IN AND THEY WERE TRYING TO LET ME KNOW HOW TO FIX THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, I TRIED, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH FINANCIAL NEEDS TO BUILD THE HOUSE BACK UP.
I SPOKE TO MY LENDER AND SHE SAID THAT, UH, IF, IF I CAN GET, SHE'LL GIMME 90 DAYS.
IF NOT, THEN SHE'LL TAKE THE HOUSE FOR FORECLOSURE.
SO I ONLY GOT 90 DAYS, BUT IT'S UP TO THE BOARD.
SEE WHAT THIS, 'CAUSE THEY BROUGHT IN THE MILITIAN ON THE HOUSE.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO MILIT THE HOUSE 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, SINCE MY FIRST KID WAS BORN.
AND THE HOUSE IS STILL, I MEAN, I MEAN THEY'RE STILL LIVING THERE.
MY COUSINS ARE STILL LIVING THERE.
SO, I MEAN, HOUSE UTILITIES IS, THEY'RE ON RIGHT NOW.
BUT I MEAN, I DID TRY TO DO, UH, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY HAD ON FILE, BUT I MEAN, I CAN'T DO LIKE FOUNDATION I CALL PLACES AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, APPLICATIONS TILL SEPTEMBER.
SO I MEAN, I CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
I EVEN TALKED TO THE LENDER, THE MORTGAGE LENDER, AND SAID, THAT'S THE ONLY THING SHE TOLD ME.
SHE'S LIKE, THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS I WILL, I'LL GIVE YOU 90 DAYS.
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THAT SCOPE, UH, THE FOUNDATION REPAIR, THEN I'M GONNA HAVE TO FORECLOSE THE HOUSE AND THEN, UM, RECONSTRUCT IT AND THEN SELL IT BACK TO YOU AGAIN.
I MEAN, ON THE HOUSE IT'S ONLY LIKE $22,000.
SO WE GOT THE HOUSE FOR 35 50, BUT I MEAN THE INTEREST RATE IS PRETTY HIGH.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I HAD TO SAY MM-HMM.
WE TRY TO MAKE THIS AS AMICABLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A BOARD AND THE FACT THAT YOU, UH, ARE ARE GOOD WITH THAT, THAT'S MAKES THE PROCESS BETTER.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP AND MAKE THIS AMICABLE FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? UH, NOT FOR RIGHT NOW.
QUESTION? YES, MR. TANEZ, WOULD YOU COME BACK UP AGAIN PLEASE? THERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU MR. HERNANDEZ, WOULD YOU COME BACK UP PLEASE? I'M SORRY SIR, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
YEAH, I RESPECT HER WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, SIR.
BUT, UH, IS THIS, UH, THE LIEN OWNER, K C M OR MCELROY? WELL, SHE'S THE, SHE'S THE NO HOLDER.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT HOLDS THE NOTE RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE MY FATHER, I MEAN THE ORIGINAL OWNERS PASSED AWAY UHHUH.
SO SHE, THE ONLY THING SHE TOLD ME IS TO KEEP ON PAYING MONTHLY.
I GOT A MORTGAGE AND THAT'S WHAT I KEEP DOING.
I KEEP DOING PAYING MONTHLY EVERY, EVERY MONTH.
SO THE PROPERTY'S STILL IN MRS RO, EXCUSE ME, NAME I CAN'T HEAR.
THE PROPERTY, IT SAYS ON THE LIEN HOLDER'S NAME? YES.
HE, WHEN I SEEN THAT SPECIAL WARRANTY, THAT'S, UH, SO, OKAY.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE MR. CHAIRMAN DAVID GARZA.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF IN THIS CASE.
WE'RE, HE'S NOT THE OWNER, HE'S STILL PAYING A MORTGAGE.
HE'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE, UH, CITY'S HOUSING REPAIR PROGRAMS. HI, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER STEPHANIE SANCHEZ.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
UM, AND HE, IT WOULD BE HAVE TO BE HIM TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE ATTEMPTS WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO SEE IF HE'S ELIGIBLE.
BUT MOST LIKELY THAT PROBABLY IS A SLOW, A, A LOW CHANCE BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE REGISTERED OWNER.
UM, ALSO, UM, IF POSSIBLE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN, AN AMENDMENT TO ADD, UM, SUBSECTION FOR THE ACCESSORY TO ADD, UM, DEFINITION 12, ADD SUBSECTION 12 TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MR. CHAIR? DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 35 EAST SAYERS
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IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT LY BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX.ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 5, 8, 12, 15, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 AND THE PROPERTY BE VACATED, BE SECURED AND BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
CUT OFF ALL UTILITIES AND ADD TO THE MOTION, DISCONNECT ALL UTILITIES AND KEEP THEM OFF.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DWAYNE NELSON.
JESSE, DO YOU ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT? YES.
AND UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY ON, UH, 2 3 5 EAST SARAH'S AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 4 AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 FOR THE MAIN 5, 8, 12, 15, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15.
AND ALSO TO, TO BE VACATED, SECURED, UH, DEMOLITION IN 30 DAYS AND UTILITIES.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY JESSICA ZUNIGA, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? JOANNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
YOU CAN GET WITH THE CODE OFFICER.
YEAH, THEY'LL, AND THE 34 KINGS ITEM 11 1 1 3 4 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MINDY BETO, DANGEROUS PERMIT OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DI DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 9 2 7, BLOCK 14, LOT SEVEN WEST OF SIX FEET OF EIGHT AND EAST 15 FEET OF SIX LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GONZALEZ LE D WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR MS. GONZALEZ AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 13TH, 2022.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS, THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 11TH, 2022.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED JANUARY, 2022 AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON JANUARY 24TH, 2022 ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED ON 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY ON JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON JANUARY 24TH, 2022.
NO SCOOP, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF JULY 7TH, 2022 FOR 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY.
1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL.
ELECTRICAL METER, ELECTRICAL SERVICES OR LEGAL AND ACTIVE LEGAL GAS SERVICES AND ACTIVE AND LEGAL WATER SERVICES
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ARE ACTIVE.THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY FOR THE PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MAY 24TH, 2022, JUNE 9TH, 2022, AND JULY 5TH, 2022.
RIGHT HERE IS JUST A PHOTO OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY.
THIS IS THE LEFT REAR ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION ON THE SHINGLES, THE SAGGING.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE TARPS HANGING OFF THE SIDE RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY'RE IN THE, YOU'LL SEE THE BETTER VIEW IN THE INSIDE.
THIS IS THE BACK ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE TARPS ON THE ROOF TO COVER ANY, UM, ELEMENTS TO GET INSIDE, SUN, RAIN, WATER, ALL THE RUBBISH AND DISCARDED ITEMS. YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AND THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION ON THE SIDING.
THIS IS JUST A FURTHER BACK PHOTO OF THE BACK OF THE ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TARPS AGAIN ON THE ROOF, THE DETERIORATION, THE SHINGLES ARE WORN, THE OVERHANG, THE RUBBISH.
THEY DID TRY TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BAMBOO FROM THE BACK.
THIS JUST IS A CLOSEUP OF THE OVERHANG, HOW IT'S DETERIORATED.
THE SHINGLES ARE WORN, IT'S SAGGING, AND AGAIN, THE TARPS.
THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP OF HOW THE ROOF IS COVERED WITH TARPS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CHIMNEY AND THEY HAVE THE BOARDS TO HOLD DOWN THE TARPS.
THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, THE PORCH.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP, THEY HAVE A BOARD TO TRY TO OF SUPPORT THOSE BOARDS THAT WERE FALLING.
THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE BOARD THAT THEY BOARDED UP TO TRY TO SUPPORT THOSE BOARDS THAT WERE FALLING.
YOU CAN SEE THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION, THE DETERIORATION ON THE WOOD.
THIS IS THE FRONT DECKING WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION, THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE WOOD IS ROTTED ALL THE RUBBISH AND DISCARDED ITEMS. NEXT PHOTO, PLEASE.
THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CEILING JOISTS, TIE BEAMS AND RAFTERS ALL EXPOSED AND THEY HAVE THE, THE RUBBISH DISCARDED.
THE, YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN.
THIS IS THE SAME ENTRYWAY WHERE THEY HAVE THE TWO BY FOURS FOR SUPPORT OF THE CEILING JOISTS.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE SUPPORTING ANYTHING.
THEY'RE HANGING FOR WHATEVER REASON.
YOU CAN SEE THE TARPS, THE NATURAL LIGHT, THE TRASH, THE RUBBISH.
UM, THE FLOOR IS, UM, PANELING.
IT'S SOFT AND SPONGY WHEN YOU WALK ON IT.
THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE FLOOR THAT SHOW THE PANELING.
AND THIS IS ALSO THE LIVING ROOM.
AGAIN, WHERE YOU SEE THE CEILING, YOU CAN JUST, IT'S JUST EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, HOW THE TARPS ARE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING FOR THEIR ROOF RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT BLANKET IS WHERE YOU GO INTO THE KITCHEN.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SEE ALL THE DETERIORATION ON THE WALLS.
THE LACK OF SHEET ROCK INSTALLATION.
THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP OF ALL THE CEILING JOISTS, TIE BEAMS AND RAFTERS, THE DETERIORATION, THE ROT, THE WATER DAMAGE.
ANOTHER, THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LIVING ROOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CEILING JOISTS, THE TIE BEAMS, THE RAFTERS EXPOSED.
THE NATURAL LIGHT IS STILL ABLE TO GET IN THE ELEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SHEET ROCK IS TORN.
THIS IS, UM, THE, THE SAME, JUST A CLOSEUP TOWARDS THE KITCHEN.
YOU CAN SEE THE LACK OF DETERIORATION ON THE WALLS, THE CLOSEUP OF THE, UM, CEILING JOISTS AND THE TIE BEAMS, HOW THIS DETERIORATED AND ROTTED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR CHIMNEY RIGHT THERE.
AND ALSO THE NATURAL LIGHT STILL COMING IN THE, UH, THE T BRACING, BRACING THE CEILING JOIST.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WALL WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY, THE NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN FROM THE WALL, THE DETERIORATION OF THE WOOD, HOW THEY PUT A TARP ON THE SIDE RIGHT THERE TO TRY TO PREVENT THE ELEMENTS FROM COMING IN.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE HOLE ON TOWARDS THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO WHERE THE ELEVATION, THE, THE HOLE WHERE THE ELEMENTS ARE ABLE TO COME IN THAT THE TARP IS WORN.
THIS IS WHERE THEY REMOVED A WINDOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEY NEVER REPLACED IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG FROM THE INTERIOR SIDE, THE, THE DETERIORATION, THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA WHERE THE RUBBISH, AND THAT WAS A WINDOW THAT THEY JUST BOARDED UP AND COVERED WITH THE TARP.
THIS IS ALSO THE, THIS IS THE, UM, THE BACK PART OF THE PORTION OF THE HOUSE ON THE EX, WHERE THE BACK DOOR IS TO GO TO THE BACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CEILING JOY, UM, THE CEILING JOYS, THE TIE BEAMS ARE ALL EXPOSED.
THE SHINGLES WHERE THEY'RE WORN AND DETERIORATED.
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THE TARP, THE WOOD, UM, FALLING OFF THE TOP RIGHT THERE.THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT THEY, THE MAKESHIFT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE SHEETING FOR SIDING.
THEY HAVE RUBBISH AND DISCARDED ITEMS ALL AROUND IT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE JUST DISCARDED THINGS, POSING A WEIGHT ON THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS CAUSING MORE DAMAGE.
IT'S THE ROOF IS JUST SHEETING.
THIS IS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF, HOW THEY HAVE THE PANELING JUST LAID ON TOP AND DISCARDED ITEMS AND RUBBISH JUST ON TOP OF THE ROOF AND ALL AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHERE THEY COULD JUST SEE THE DETERIORATION, THE ROT, THE, THE FACIA BOARDS DETERIORATED THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE NATURAL LIGHT AND THE ELEMENTS ARE COMING INSIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION ON THE CEILING, JOISTS AND TIE BEAMS. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE.
1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1935.
STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES TO ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE HOME, ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION.
CROSS GABLE ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO HAVE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THE ROOF SYSTEM'S WORN, DETERIORATED, HAS LARGE HORS LARGE HOLES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ROOF.
ROOF IS MISSING SECTIONS OF DECKING, UNDERLAYMENT, AND SHINGLES.
PROPERTY OWNER HAS ATTEMPTED TO COVER THE ROOF WITH PLASTIC TARPS.
THE WOOD SIDING HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION, SIDING, AND IS MISSING IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE HAS A LARGE HOLE APPRO HOLE, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET BY EIGHT FEET, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
INTERIOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE A FEW TEMPORARY BRACE, FEW TEMPORARY BRACINGS, WHICH ARE BRACING THE CEILING JOISTS.
DRYWALL AND INSTALLATION STRUCTURE HAS ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ISSUES.
THE WALKING SURFACE IS VERY SOFT AND SPONGY TO WALK ON.
THE PEER BOUND FA THE PEER AND BEAM FOUNDATIONS ARE EXPOSED AND SHOWING SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND IN NEED AND SKIRTING.
THE MAKESHIFT ACCESSORY WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES WITH ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS, FOUNDATION, WALLS AND ROOF.
THE FOUNDATION WOOD, THE FOUNDATION IS WOOD ON GRADE.
EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COVERED WITH UNDERLAYMENT MATERIALS IN NEED OF SIDING AND LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS POORLY MADE AND COMPOSED OF PLYWOOD, UNDERLAYMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES MADE LOCATION TWICE, ONCE ON MAY 4TH, 2022 AND ONCE ON JUNE 9TH, 2022 TO OFFER RELOCATING SERVICES TO THE OCCUPANTS.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE ON ARE DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE PROVIDED TO SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD AND FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL LIFE HEALTH PROPERTY TO HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION THANK YOU.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
UM, YOU'VE MENTIONED IN YOUR, IN YOUR REPORT THAT, UH, N H S D OFFERED RELOCATION SERVICES.
AND WHAT HAPPENED? DID THEY ACCEPT IT, NOT ACCEPT IT, THAT THEY DID NOT ACCEPT SERVICES? NO, SIR.
I GOT A FEW CLERICAL THINGS IN HERE THAT I'M KIND OF LOST ON HERE.
THEY WERE PUT ON A, A, ACCORDING TO 5 4 20 22, THEY GOT PUT ON A, A LIST FOR REHAB WHEN NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORHOOD AND SERVICES WENT OUT THERE.
THEY DID OFFER THEM TO ADD THEM TO A REHAB LIST, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS POSSIBLY TOO MUCH EXTENSIVE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THAT THAT FOUNDATION COULD PROVIDE FOR THEM.
BUT THEY DID PUT THEM ON A LIST FOR THAT.
AND THEN A SUPERVISOR, UH, UH, ACTUALLY THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR ROLAND, YES.
WENT TO THE SCENE, BUT THERE'S NO NOTES OF WHAT HE DETERMINED JUST AS HE WAS THERE.
HE MADE, HE MADE AN INSPECTION ON THE LOCATION.
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THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT SAYS WHAT HE FOUND.HE, WELL, THE NOTE, THE, THE COMMENTS UNDERNEATH THAT WERE THE, WERE WHAT HE HAD FOUND WAS THE SAME THING YOU FOUND.
BUT IT DOESN'T RECOMMEND ANYTHING.
HE RECOMMENDED REPAIRS OR TO REMOVE THE 'CAUSE OF ALL THE ISSUES AND THE DAMAGES WITH THE ROOF.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT SAYS EVEN RECOMMENDED REPAIRS.
I DON'T, WHEN YOU, WHEN THE BOARD'S ASKED TO LOOK AT A DEMOLISHING, I WOULD LIKE ANYBODY THAT'S PUT ON THERE TO GO LIKE NOT FROM HERE AND THEN ALL THE DRASTIC WAY DOWN HERE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
TO ME, HE'S NOT RECOMMENDING ANYTHING.
HE'S STATING WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY FOUND.
IT'S KIND OF THEN YOU HAD AN ARRIVAL OF A SUPERVISOR AND N D H S AGAIN.
BUT TO OFFER SERVICES TOOK PHOTOS.
FRED, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATIONS.
FRED, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.
UH, WHEN YOU READ IT, IT'S MISLEADING THAT MR. LOZANO, OR WHAT THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME MM-HMM.
AND THIS IS WHY THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THERE WAS NO, UH, DETAIL OR THE LIKES OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MEETING.
I WAS IN UNDER THE IMPRESSION, UH, I GUESS IT WAS LIKE MR. GARZA AND FRED, THAT, UH, SOME ACTION HE HAD BEEN PUT ON THE LIST FOR REPAIRS.
BUT I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, YES, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE SPACE IS LEFT THERE.
JUST A REAL QUICK COMMENT ON THE QUESTIONS, PER SE, WHEN WE GET A REPORT, IT IS A REPORT OF THE ENTIRE STAFF.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, WHAT WE ARE GETTING IS A SUMMATION OF THE ENTIRE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ARE GETTING A SUMMATION OF THAT TOTAL REVIEW.
BUT WHEN SOMEBODY'S PUTTING IN NOTES, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE A CONCLUSION IN DE NOTES.
WE BASICALLY GOT THE CONCLUSION BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THIS, THE, UH, OFFICER IS GIVING US THE SUMMATION OF THE REPORT THAT THE STAFF COLLECTIVELY HAS PRESENTED.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG THOUGH SHE, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
AND, UH, JUST TO REITERATE, DO WE HAVE NO OWNER? SHE PROPERTY OWNER IS PRESENT? YES, SIR.
YES, WE DO HAVE THE OWNER, LENA GONZALEZ.
MS. GONZALEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LINA GONZALEZ AND AT 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? LENA GONZALEZ.
LENA GONZALEZ AT 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY.
UH, I DON'T SEE THE PICTURES OF THE BEDROOMS. WHY AREN'T THEY THERE? AND I HAVE LET, UH, THREE, UH, MINDY, RAMIRO ROLAND, THEY'VE ALL COME INTO THE HOUSE AND I HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO TAKE PICTURES.
WHERE'S THE BEDROOM? THE BATHROOM AND THE OTHER BEDROOM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I, WE LIVE AT AND WE'RE FINE THERE.
AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE INCOME TO FIX ANYTHING.
AND I STILL OWE SEVEN YEARS ON MY HOUSE.
AND I TALKED TO MY LANDLORD, WELL, I GUESS MY LANDLORD, HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO FORECLOSE ON ME, OR HE HAS TO WRITE ME A NEW DEEDED.
AND IT WOULD BE LIKE FROM 30 TO $40,000.
SO WE HAVE AN, I JUST TOLD HIM FOUR QUARTERS OF ME.
'CAUSE I CAN'T, UH, I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY ALL THAT BECAUSE HE'S GONNA, UM, OKAY.
HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CHARGE LATE FEES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS WAS LIKE 15 YEARS AGO THAT HE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WRITE A NEW DEEDED.
HE CALLED ME TWICE AND, UH, I MET HIM AT, AT, AT HIS OFFICE, BUT
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NEITHER TIME THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.NOW HE'S CALLING ME AGAIN TO, UH, TO GET A NEW DEEDED, TO WRITE A NEW DEED DOWN.
AND SO THAT WAY IT WOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ALL THE LATE CHARGES OR, YOU KNOW, LATE FEES, I GUESS.
AND, UH, SO I JUST SAID FORECLOSE ON ME BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE I'M ON A FIXED INCOME.
BUT I DID TELL HIM THAT I, WE DO HAVE A PLACE TO GO MOVE IN ARIZONA, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THERE IF I HAVE TO.
BUT WHAT I'M KIND OF WONDERING, WHERE ARE MY PICTURES OF THE BEDROOMS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE AT.
AND WHY AREN'T THOSE TAKEN? AND THREE PEOPLE, MINDY, RAMIRO AND I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST NAME.
AND, UH, ROLAND, AND ACTUALLY ROLAND CAME WITH A CREW, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
LIKE THAT WAS LIKE A LESSON FOR THEM OR A TESTING OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
SO I WASN'T THERE AT THE TIME.
JANE MADRID, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 24 YEARS.
UH, HE WAS THERE AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PICTURES OF ALL THAT.
I DON'T SEE NO BEDROOM PICTURES, NO BATHROOM PICTURES.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
WELL, WE HAVE TO, UH, HOLD ON.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, IT ISN'T PROPER FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO BE POSED TO THIS BOARD.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR AND I WANT IT ON THE RECORD.
AND WHO DO I ASK, UH, ABOUT THESE PICTURES? ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? YOU MAY ASK WHILE YOU WERE HERE.
YOU MAY ASK, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ABOUT THE PHOTOS.
YOU CAN ASK DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
YOU CAN ASK YOUR CODE OFFICER THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
THERE IS, UH, WHERE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PICTURES OF THE, BECAUSE I DID THAT.
YOU IN THE HOUSE? WHERE THE PICTURE? MA'AM, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC? OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, MINDY, WHAT ARE THE PICTURES OF THE BEDROOMS? 'CAUSE YOU WERE IN THE HOUSE, YOU TOOK PHOTOS.
SO DID RAMIRO AND SO DID ROLAND.
ACTUALLY, WHEN RAMIRO CAME, SHE AND WHAT'S THE OTHER PERSON'S NAME? NATHAN.
AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING, UH, THEY WERE WAITING FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO GET THERE SO I CAN GET A WARRANT, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE I WAS LETTING THEM IN.
BUT, UH, I, THEY WERE TELLING ME I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT.
SO I'M ASKING MINDY, WHAT ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE BEDROOMS? I ASKED HER, IS THAT OKAY? SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER OR WHAT.
UM, LET'S, LET'S SEE IF, IF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WANTS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF THERE'S A CON, UM, AN AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO, AFTER THAT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THIS STRUCTURE IS A, A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE OR NOT.
THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
THIS IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DANGEROUS FOR MS. OFFICER MINDY VEDO.
I DO HAVE THE PHOTOS FOR THE, UH, THE BEDROOM PRESENTATION, BUT THEY ARE FROM MAY.
THEY DO STAY IN THE BEDROOM AND THE BATHROOM IS WHAT THEY USE AS THEIR KITCHEN AND THEIR BEDROOM.
BUT THOSE PHOTOS WERE FROM MAY.
THE MAIN ISSUES WERE IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH THE, ALL THOSE DAMAGES TO THE ROOF.
THE, THE BEDROOM AND THE BATHROOM ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE PARTIAL ROOF COVERAGE.
WHEN YOU SAY PARTIAL ROOF COVERAGE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DECK AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHINGLES? DETERIORATED DECKING.
AND THE FOUNDATION IS THE SAME FOUNDATION? IT'S UNDER THE REST OF THE HOUSE.
AND THE WALLS ARE THE SAME WALLS? YES, SIR.
AROUND THE REST OF THE HOUSE? YES SIR.
DO THE BEDROOMS HAVE DRYWALL ON THEM? NO, SIR.
IT'S ALL DETERIORATION AND LACK OF WEATHER.
AND FLOORS ARE SPONGY IN THE BEDROOM? YES, SIR.
SO REALLY THE PICTURES ARE NOT RELEVANT TO YOUR DECISION.
THE DECISION REGARDLESS IS TO GO FORWARD, WHAT YOU SAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MY OWN EDIFICATION, UM, MS. GONZALEZ IS A TENANT, UH, OR SHE'S NOT THE OWNER.
SHE'S THE OWNER, REGISTERED OWNER ON BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL? YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING FURTHER? OH, NO, I'M GOOD MA'AM.
UM, YOU JUST STATED THAT YOU HAVE A LANDLORD.
SO THEN YOU'RE NOT THE PROPERTY? WELL, NO, IT'S A HOUSE.
HE, THE, HE, I'M BUYING IT FROM HIM.
SO I GET, I CALL HIM MY LANDLORD, BUT HE ACTUALLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
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I OWN IT, BUT OKAY.THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE, IN THE, IN THE PAPERS.
BUT, UH, I'M STILL, I STILL OWE HIM, SE I STILL OWE HIM SEVEN YEARS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M THE OWNER, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IF YOU STILL OWE HIM, THEN YOU DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BOARD.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS IS LEGAL.
I, I, I DO BELIEVE WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO IS A LIEN HOLDER AND THE PROPERTY.
NOT A LANDLORD, A LIEN HOLDER.
SHE DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY.
SHE'S, SHE'S CONSIDERED THE, THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
BECAUSE IT'S A MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO PROBABLY NOT A LANDLORD.
IT'S A PERSONAL, IT MEANS IT'S NOT A MORTGAGE.
HE OWNS A LOT OF PROPERTY AND I PAY HIM, I DON'T PAY A BANK.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE SAME THING.
AND THE ISSUE BEFORE US, MA'AM, IS A PLAN.
BASED ON THE PACKET THAT YOU RECEIVED FOR THIS PROPERTY, THAT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN, RESOURCES AND A TIMEFRAME TO I DO NOT.
BUT I DO WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET EVERYTHING OUT, MY PERSONAL STUFF OUT OF THERE AND PUT IN STORAGE, WHICH I ALREADY STARTED DOING.
AND 'CAUSE WE'RE MAKING PLANS ON MOVING TO ARIZONA BECAUSE THEY WANT US OUT OF THERE.
AND SINCE I CAN'T, I HAVE NO FUNDS TO WORK ON IT, I STILL NEED TO GET OUT.
SO THE LIEN OWNERS, UH, WHAT IS WEST AND WEST AND ALL OF 'EM, THE INVESTORS YOU SAY, OKAY, SO YOU'RE GONNA MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE ANYWAY.
AND, UH, SO HOW MANY DAYS WOULD YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, PACK, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO? I WOULD APPRECIATE 90 DAYS LOGISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN, I WOULD PLEASE 90 DAYS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW MY CAR, I GOT, WELL, MY, I HAVEN'T GOT MY CAR.
WHICH YOU'RE WORKING ON IT TODAY.
SO I CAN GO TO THE BACK AND FORTH TO WHAT I GOTTA DO.
I WAS IN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY, SO APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 90 DAYS.
IF NOT, WELL I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? EXACTLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PREPARED TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A, A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? GO AHEAD, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS DAVID GOSTA.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1134 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SPECIFICALLY TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 12, AND 15.
AND TO THE EXCESS THREE IS 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM THIS ORDER.
ARE WE OKAY WITH 90 DAYS? THAT'S QUITE A BIT.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO 90 DAYS.
SHE REQUESTED 90 DAYS AND, UH, OKAY.
LEGAL 90 DAYS IS NOT REQUIRED.
UM, IT'S 30 DAYS, IS IT NOT? IT IS 30 DAYS.
IF THIS BOARD HEARS TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE THAT, UM, UM, THAT PERSUADES THEM TO EXTEND, UM, THE DEMOLITION ORDER, THEN THIS BOARD HAS THAT RIGHT.
THEN I STAY WITH MY MOTION OF 90 DAYS.
DO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION? THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
OH, WELL, LET ME, LET ME, UH, REITERATE THE, UH, THE MOTION, UH, MOTION WAS, UH, BY, UH, DAVID GARCIA TO, UH, MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 1 3 4
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WEST KINGS HIGHWAY, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, SECTION 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
UH, AND THAT IT, IT'D BE DEMOLISHED IN, UH, 90 DAYS.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, I'M SORRY.
UM, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? DWAYNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
THANK YOU, MA'AM FOR COMING IN.
WHERE DOES SHE GO? OKAY, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT CASE ITEM 12 1 1 5 1 1 EDWARDS STREET.
GOOD MORNING BOARD 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 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 4 57 BLOCK THREE LOT NORTH 94.7 FEET OF 44, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FRANK D. SANDOVAL AND CARMEN GARCIA SANDOVAL WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 9 4 2 REDFORD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 5.
BOTH FRANK D. SANDOVAL AND CARMEN GARCIA SANDOVAL ARE PRESENT.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 28TH, 2021.
5 1 1 EDWARD STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
AB THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 30TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 2ND, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO FRANK D. SANDOVAL AND CARMEN GARCIA SANDOVAL.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON JUNE 7TH, 2022 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT.
OUR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
OKAY, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE OVERHANG OF THE ROOF SYSTEM IS DETERIORATED IN SOME SPOTS.
AND NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMITS.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE DETERIORATION OF THE OVERHANG AND THE AREAS WHERE IT IS COMPLETELY MISSING.
THIS IS A LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN, THE SHINGLES ARE WORN, AND TOWARDS THE REAR LEFT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM AND IT IS SAGGING.
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UM, SAGGING INWARD.THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS MISSING AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THERE WAS ALSO A FIRE AND MARCH OF 2020.
SO THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE IS, UM, SOME CHARRING AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND IT IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE IN SOME AREAS.
THE CEDAR POST OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR ENTRANCE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING.
THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI FROM VAGRANT ACTIVITY AND STUDENTS BREAKING INTO SKIP SCHOOL.
A CLOSER VIEW OF THE LEVEL SHOWING THAT THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS ON LEVEL.
HERE'S WHERE, UH, THE FIRE OCCURRED.
THE, UH, DECKING AND THE RAFTERS DO HAVE, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE.
SO THE KITCHEN AREA IS ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH WHERE THE HOLE IS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CUPBOARDS AND THE KITCHEN COUNTER, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY TR STARTING TO SLOPE TO THE MIDDLE.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE KITCHEN.
YOU CAN SEE SUNLIGHT COMING IN BETWEEN THE WALLS AND THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI AND A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS ON LEVEL.
THIS IS THE FRONT ROOM, BEDROOM OR ROOM.
UM, AGAIN, LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI.
THERE'S CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK AND THERE IS NO FLOOR COVERING.
AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UM, CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE SHEET ROCK.
ANOTHER BEDROOM OR ROOM OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK HERE.
IN THE BACK LEFT PORTION OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOME WATER SPOTS OF THESE IN THE SHEET ROCK.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THE PORTIONS WERE TRIED TO, UM, BE SEALED UP TO TRY TO KEEP THE SHEET ROCK FROM COLLAPSING.
1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET CONSISTS OF A VACANT SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE WITH POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION WOOD PLANK SIDING.
THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, THE POST OF THE FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED AND THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS ON LEVEL.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THE RED ELEVATION HAS MINOR SMOKE, FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING WITH A HOLE IN THE REAR LEFT PORTION.
THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND 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 OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
UM, SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT STOPPED BY BECAUSE OF CHILDREN REPORTED TO BE HANGING OUT.
FROM BURBANK? YES, BUT IT'S A THOUSAND FEET FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT'S A THOUSAND FEET WITHIN BURBANK AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO BURBANK IS YES, RIGHT AROUND THAT CORNER.
YES, IT'S DIAGONALLY AROUND THE CORNER.
SO STUDENTS WERE SKIPPING SCHOOL TO DO WHATEVER ACTIVITY THEY DO WHEN THEY SKIP SCHOOL.
AND WHEN YOU GUYS WERE THERE, THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY FROM EITHER VAGRANTS OR WHEN I WAS ON THE PROPERTY, THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
THERE HAS BEEN VAGRANT STAYING.
UM, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE COME OUT TO TELL ME, OH YEAH, HE COMES AT NIGHT OR THIS OR THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S MOSTLY ACTIVITY, UM, AT NIGHT OR IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE STUDENTS HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
SO WHOEVER MADE THE CONTACT WITH THE SA I S D POLICE, DID THEY GIVE YOU A HISTORY OF HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE? THEY DID NOT.
THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHEN THE HOUSE WAS GONNA BE DEMOLISHED 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO THERE ANYMORE.
HAVE WE CAUGHT THE, UM, GRAFFITI PERSON?
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NO, I'M SORRY.UH, WE ONLY ADDRESS GRAFFITI THAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE DON'T ACT, WE DON'T ADDRESS GRAFFITI THAT'S ON THE INSIDE.
SO NOT RELATED TO ANY KIND OF GANG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I, I'M NOT EDUCATED IN GRAFFITI GANG, UM, MATERIAL.
I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE, UH, THE OWNERS? YES.
WE DO HAVE THE OWNER, FRANK SANDOVAL.
UH, MR. SANDOVAL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SO THE MIC'S ALREADY ON SO YOU CAN JUST ADJUST IT TO LOOK.
UH, MY NAME IS FRANK SANDOVAL AND MY ADDRESS IS, UH, 9 42 FORT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PLACE.
IT REMINDED ME OF OUR BACKGROUND, WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
I SAW IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT I COULD FIX.
I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE MEANS I OWN FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES.
I BOUGHT ANOTHER HOUSE UP AT 1604.
I PASSED IT ONTO MY SON, FRANK, AND HE'S LIVING THERE NOW.
MY HOUSE IS A THREE OR FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE, HAS THREE BATHS IN IT.
AND, UH, ABOUT A 2000, 2,500 SQUARE FEET.
WE SAW THAT LITTLE PLACE AS A FIXABLE THING THAT WE COULD KEEP FOR OURSELVES.
WE, WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, I DID NOT KNOW, I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS UNDER THE MALAYSIA REVIEW BY THE CITY.
I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY ON 10 MARCH, AND, UH, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO HIRE PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP THE YARD BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME.
I THEN HAD THE BACK PART OF THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS GIVEN ACCESS TO SOME OF THE BOYS OR GIRLS OR PEOPLE TO SPEND THE NIGHTS THERE.
SO I HAD IT REINFORCED SO THEY COULDN'T GO IN AGAIN.
I DID SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED A PERMIT FOR.
I DECIDED THAT I NEEDED TO SEE THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO I HAD A MAINTENANCE VAN REPLACE THE WINDOWS AND REPLACE THE DOOR SO I COULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
I THEN TRY TO CONTACT GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO SEE WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO RE REMODEL THE HOUSE.
AND I MEAN, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT I COULDN'T GET GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO, THEY WOULD COME OVER AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES AND THEY WOULD SAY THAT, THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH INFORMATION.
FRUSTRATED AS I WAS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THAT, I HAD MY HOUSE THAT I OWN ON COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
AND CELIA REFURBISHED COMPLETELY BRAND NEW.
I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. I CALLED THE CON GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
THEY CAME, THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO BE DONE, EVERYTHING BY CITY CODE.
SO I NEVER HAVE FACED ANY PROBLEMS. MY HOUSE NEEDED SOME REPAIRS.
AT ONE TIME, I CALLED THE GENERAL
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CONTRACTORS.THEY CAME, THEY VIEW, THEY EXAMINE, THEY GOT ALL THE PERMITS THAT WAS NEEDED.
AND BY CITY PERMIT, THEY REMODELED THE HOUSE.
SO I'VE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
NOW MY PROBLEM IS GETTING THE GENERAL CONTRACT.
SOME OF 'EM ARE SAYING THAT IT'S HARD TO FIND WORKERS.
AND THAT I HAD ABOUT THE, PERHAPS THE MOST WAS 60 TO 90 DAYS TO FIX THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ASSUMED THE CITY, THE NUMBER OF TIME OR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY WOULD GIVE US TO FIX IT.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN ALL HONESTY, THEY COULD DO IT IN 90 DAYS.
UH, THE SECOND THING I DID WAS I CONTACTED AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, CONTRACTORS.
I CONTRACTED PEOPLE THAT COULD DO PRIMARILY THE LEVELING OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING I CONTACTED WITH.
THEN I CONTACTED DO DOMAN, I BELIEVE DOLAN, UH, ROOFING COMPANY.
THEY'VE DON'T WORK FOR ME BEFORE.
AND, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR THE FRAMING OF THE HOUSE AROUND.
I HAVE THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE AND, UH, THE ROOFING.
BUT I'M STILL LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT WOULD DO THE INSIDE.
THEY COULD PLAN WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE INSIDE.
ARE YOU DOING THIS BY YOURSELF, SIR? DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY HELP? UH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MYSELF? LIKE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
SOMEBODY TO, TO MANAGE, HELP YOU MANAGE THE PROCESS.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE, IS GET A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THEY MANAGED THE, THE PROCESS.
I ONLY STOOD BACK AND ALLOWED THEM TO DO THE, THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
UH, THIS IS MY PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
AND MAY, MAY I SAY THAT THE OFFICER HAS BEEN VERY KIND, HAS SUBMITTED TO ME ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED.
UM, I HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A BIG TWO BIG RETIREMENT FUNDS.
I HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S WORTH BY YOUR CD ESTIMATES SOMEWHERE AROUND 250, $300,000.
I HAVE A BALANCE ON IT OF ABOUT 63,000.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM OF FUNDING.
IT'S A PROBLEM GETTING, IF I COULD NAME POETRY, YOU THINK, CAN YOU BE MY GENERAL CONTRACTOR? AND YOU SAID, YES, I WOULD HIRE YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I NEED AND I HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY, PAY FOR IT.
MY PROBLEM IS GETTING THAT JAIL CONTRACT.
DID DO YOU, DID YOU BRING WITH YOU ANY EVIDENCE OF, OF, UH, SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THAT CLAIM, SIR? NO, I DID NOT.
UH, I WAS NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR TWO NIGHTS I BEEN DEBATING AS TO WHAT I WOULD DO WITH THIS LITTLE PLACE.
MY FIRST THOUGHTS ARE TO SAVE IT FOR OURSELVES IF WE CAN.
AND IF NOT, I LEAVE IT UP TO GOD AND I TURNED IT OVER TO JESUS AND I SAID, LET ME GO AND ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THEIR DECISION.
AND WHATEVER THE DECISION IS, I'LL ABIDE BY IT.
BUT DO I HAVE THE FUNDS? I HAVE NO PROOF TO RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE, MY WIFE WORKED AS A TEACHER FOR 34 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A BIG RETIREMENT PLAN.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY INCOME OVER SIX, $7,000 A MONTH THAT COMES TO US
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FROM THEM, FROM SOURCES.AND, UH, SO THAT'S, I'M SORRY TO A POINT THAT I DIDN'T GET THE, THAT AS THE OFFICER DID EXPLAIN TO ME THAT I NEEDED TO BRING WITH ME, SHE WAS VERY EMPHATIC ABOUT IT.
I SAW THAT LITTLE PLACE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
IT IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, SIR.
BUT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND TRY TO HELP YOU THROUGH THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WE'RE KIND OF ADAMANT, THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW AT THIS BOARD, IS TO TRY TO MAKE A DECISION TO HELP YOU EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, TO GET THROUGH THIS IN, IN A, IN A BUSINESS WAY.
PASS IT DOWN TO YOUR SON OR WHOEVER AND HAVE THEM TAKE CARE OF IT IF THEY CAN.
IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A, A DECISION.
ARE YOU PREPARED TO SPEND AS MUCH AS $60,000 ON THIS HOME? I'M BE WILLING TO SPEND MORE THAN THAT, YES.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO THAT? UH, IT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, YES.
AND WITH THE CODE OFFICER'S DIRECTION, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO AND WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE TO THIS BOARD, UH, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PREPARE, PREPARE THAT FOR A FUTURE MEETING.
I'M SORRY, I, UH, IF, IF WE PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO YOU ON WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO PREPARE TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD, UH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE PREPARATION OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO THE HOUSE STEP BY STEP AND WHAT YOU NEED TO SPEND ON THAT HOUSE STEP BY STEP? YES.
BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE, WE WERE PREPARED TO SPEND AS MUCH AS 80 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT THE, UH, A LOT OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE COMING BACK TO ME, WHICH A LOT LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE, UH, WHAT IT IS TRUE IS THAT THE INSIDE, THOSE WHOLE HOUSES WERE DOUBLE WALL.
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY PUT THIS SHEET ROCK ON TOP OF THE DOUBLE WALLS.
AND IN TIME, YOU KNOW, SEBO, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU JUST MOMENT.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO RESET THIS CASE.
AND THAT IS A SCOPE OF WORK, UH, FINANCIAL COST OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK, AND THE TIME NEEDED TO DO ALL THAT WORK, AS WELL AS PROOF OF HIS FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO I MOVE THAT WE RESET THE CASE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD I ASK A QUESTION? MM-HMM.
UH, EVEN IF WE GIVE YOU THE TIME, I'M GONNA HAVE TO STOP YOU.
UM, THERE WAS ALREADY A MOTION THAT WAS IN, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, UH, GET A RESPONSE ON THAT BEFORE YOU DO A SECOND.
SO WE CAN WE, YEAH, WE NEED TO DO THAT FIRST.
WE HAVE A, UM, A MOTION TO RESET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM, UH, DWAYNE NELSON AND A SECOND FROM DAVID GARCIA DISCUSSION.
AND DO WE HAVE NOW ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
UM, THE, THE THING HERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IS IF WE GIVE THE APPLICANT EVEN SIX MONTHS, 90 DAYS, THE LIKES, HE'S HAVING PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW GETTING CONTRACTORS.
UH, I THINK HE'S RUNNING IT HIMSELF, BUT HE'S, AS HE STATED, HE COULD GET A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
HE HASN'T GOTTEN THEM UP TO NOW.
I, I MEAN, I KNOW THE PROBLEM OF THE WORKERS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.
OKAY? SO I SYMPATHIZE WITH HIM, BUT IF HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT ON HIS OWN, HE'S GOT THE MONEY, HE'S GOT THE PLAN ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, AND DIRECTION AND CONTROL, BUT HE, HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE.
SO EVEN IF WE GIVE HIM 90 DAYS, 60 DAYS, HOW IS HE GOING TO DO IT? WELL, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO THE BOARD HERE FOR DISCUSSION AND TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.
THAT'S WHY I, I SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU GET HELP AND LIKE, SOON, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A MAJOR PART OF ALL THIS.
SO THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT EMOTIONALLY AND, AND, AND DECIDE I CAN OR CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE FORCED
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WITH THE, WITH THE DECISION WITH END IT.THE, THE, I WENT TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WITH, AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO SUGGEST CONTRACTORS, AND THEY'VE DOWNLOADED ABOUT FIVE OF 'EM.
NOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CALLING THEM, MAKING TIME TO COME AND CHECK THINGS OUT.
UH, THERE'S, AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M, I, I GOTTA HAVE TO CONTINUE SAYING, YOU GOTTA DO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS BY YOURSELF, SIR.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOMEBODY BESIDES THE OFFICER AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS.
AND THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE PREMISE IS DANGEROUS AS WE SPEAK.
AND THAT IS OUR CONCERN AS WELL.
WELL, LET ME, IF I MAY, UH, JUST ADD THIS, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND OR ANYTHING, BUT AS YOU, SOME PICTURES SHOWED THAT THERE WAS SOME LUMBER AGAINST THE HOUSE.
I SENT, UH, PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP THE YARD.
EVERYTHING, THE HOUSE NOW IS VERY CLEAN ON THE INSIDE ROOFING.
AND IF, IF, IF RIGHT NOW I COULD FIND SOMEBODY, I START RIGHT NOW DOING IT.
AND WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY? ARE YOU GONNA LIVE THERE OR ARE YOU GONNA RENT IT? WE, OUR PURPOSE WAS TO KEEP IT FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE HOUSE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN HAS THREE BATHROOMS, HAS FIVE BEDROOMS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, IT'S TOO BIG FOR US.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE 1, 2, 3 OTHER HOUSES THAT I MAINTAIN.
AGAIN, DAVID GARZA WITH A QUESTION FOR THE, UM, PERSON.
YOU SAY YOU OWN OTHER PROPERTIES.
WHO MAINTAINS THOSE PROPERTIES? WE HAVE, UH, THE, LIKE I SAID, ON THE PROPERTY, A 1803 COMMERCIAL, I HAD, UH, A GENERAL CONTRACTOR COME IN TO REFURBISH THE WHOLE HOUSE.
AND THEY CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THIS PROPERTY, UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WAS DOING THAT WORK AT THAT TIME HAS PASSED AWAY FROM COVID.
THE LAWYER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME IN TODAY WITH ME ALSO IS SICK WITH COVID, SO IT'S NOT EASY GETTING, UH, BUT THAT THE, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I CALLED, CALLED, UH, YOU HAVE USED BEFORE FOR YOUR OTHER PROPERTIES? YES, AND I HAVE MAINTENANCE MAN AVAILABLE TO, TO AIR CONDITIONED PEOPLE.
YEAH, THAT IS A CHOICE PROPERTY THERE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM HILLCREST.
AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT, UH, THAT HOUSE BE SECURED AND EVEN PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, UH, FOR WHATEVER DAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOING TO, UH, 90 DAYS, 60 DAYS OR WHATEVER.
BUT THAT'S WHAT ME, ME, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY MOTION OR AMENDMENT TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
OFFENSE IS NOT NECESSARY AS LONG AS THE BUILDING IS SECURE.
SO WE, TO REITERATE, WE WANT TO, UM, A MOTION TO RESET AND SECURE AND SECURE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, THAT WAS BY, UH, DWAYNE NELSON AND, UH, AND, UH, ZIKA WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SECOND WAS MADE BY, THAT'S WHY WE WERE DOING DISCUSSION.
THEN THE SECOND WAS MADE BY DAVID GARCIA, GARZA.
THE RESET IS NOT FOR ANY SPECIFIC TIME, JUST SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE RESET WOULD BE AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY RESET IT.
YEAH, BECAUSE HE JUST SAID RESET WITHOUT, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR RESET MEANS THAT THE STAFF WILL RESET IT WHENEVER THEY CAN.
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CAN WE GIVE THAT A TIMEFRAME? LEGAL, WHAT WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THAT THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE RESET FOR THE NEXT SCHEDULED HEARING, UM, DEPENDING ON WHEN THIS, UM, UH, THIS PANEL COMES AND WHEN THERE'S, UH, AVAILABILITY, UM, UH, ESTHER AND, AND, AND JUDY, UM, WOULD SCHEDULE A TIME FOR, FOR, TO FIT THAT PROPERTY IN.SO WHAT I TRY TO DO IS I TRY, LIKE, SORRY, I TRY TO MAKE THE LANGUAGE WHERE IT GIVES JUDY, UM, UH, THE ABILITY TO, UM, UH, MAKE SURE THAT NOTICE IS PROPERLY GIVEN, UM, AND THERE'S A SCHEDULED TIME FOR THAT, FOR THAT, UM, PROPERTY TO GO ONTO THE AGENDA.
AND IT'S ALL UNDERSTOOD BY THE CODE OFFICER WHO HAS TO RELAY THAT TO THE OWNERS AND EXPEDITE THE DECISION PROCESS.
AND YES, THEY WILL BE INFORMED AND, AND, AND KEPT UPDATED.
UH, THEY'LL GET A COPY OF THE, UM, ORDER, AND THEN ONCE THAT PROPERTY GETS ON, THE SCHEDULE NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO THEM.
AND, AND HONESTLY, THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 30 TO 60 DAYS.
AND, UH, LEGAL, THE COURT OFFICER IS GOING TO GET WAS A APPLICANT MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA GO BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, AND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, YES.
S O P IS TO PROVIDE THEM THAT INFORMATION ON THE, UH, THE PRE B S B PACKET, UH, ALONG WITH THE NOTICE.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE, UH, PROVIDED FOR THEM.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE.
CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? DWAYNE NELSON? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER 8 3 8 6 2 ALITA STREET.
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 38 62 NATO STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 9 3 3 BLOCK 11, LOT 20, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JOSEPH G MORA WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF FOUR 13 EAST YOUNG.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES, DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH JOSEPH MORA IN JANUARY 20, UH, IN JANUARY, 2020.
UH, WHO WANTED TO SELL THE PROPERTY? SAY THAT AGAIN.
UH, I MADE CONTACT WITH JOSEPH MORA, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, HE WANTED TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SELL, TO SELL.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 28TH, 2022.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS IS THE FOLLOWING, UH, OF TIME, UH, TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 38 62 NATOS WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2019, AND THE CFI CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 38 62 NATOS ON JUNE 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED ON JUNE 3RD, 2020.
SPOKE TO JOSEPH MORA, UH, WHO WANTED TO SELL PROPERTY AT THAT TIME.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE ARE ALSO NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THE STRUCTURE.
THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEAN AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON, UH, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2022.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $314.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABATED FIVE
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TIMES, AND THE BALANCE OF THAT, UH, OF THE CLEANUPS TOTAL IS $879.THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE PARAPET ON TOP.
UM, SOME OF THE TILE ROOFING, SOME OF THE TILE CO, UH, COVERING IS ACTUALLY, UH, CLAY TILE IS ACTUALLY COMING OFF.
UM, RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE GRAFFITI TENDS TO, EVERY TIME WE PAINT OVER IT, SOMEONE TENDS TO COME IN, UH, RE GRAFFITI THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE STRUCTURE IS A MIX OF WOOD PANELING, STUCCO, SIDING, MASON RESIDING.
UM, THE LEFT HAND, THE LEFT HAND ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY, UM, AN ATTACHMENT, ILLEGAL ATTACHMENT.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THAT ATTACHMENT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THE FRONT PORCH COVER IS, UH, IS START, UH, IT'S STARTING TO COME DOWN, UH, DUE TO THE DETERIORATION IN THE, UM, WOOD, UH, WOOD STANDINGS.
THIS IS OUR FRONT COVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE, UH, THE GRAFFITI, UH, WHERE THE STUCCO SIDING AND THE WOOD PILING START, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE LARGE CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION.
UM, AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE ROOF, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, UM, TOWARDS THE PACK WHERE SOMEONE TRIED TO, TO PATCH UP THE, THE CRACK RIGHT THERE.
UM, THE STUCCO, UH, THIS SIDE OF THE, THE, THE BUILDING HAS A LOT OF, UH, DETERIORATION TO THE FOUNDATION.
THEY'RE NOT SITTING ON ANYTHING.
THE PEER, THE, THE PIERS ARE, ARE, UH, RUSTED OUT CEDAR, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, MORE GRAFFITI.
THIS IS THE, UH, RIGHT ELEVATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE ON, UH, WHERE THE WOOD PANELING AND THE STUCCO SIDING MEET.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, CRACKING RIGHT THERE.
SEPARATION FROM, UH, THE, UH, IN BETWEEN THEM.
UH, SOME OF THE OVERHANG IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE GRAFFITI.
UM, THE, THE MASONRY SITING IS ACTUALLY BROKEN.
UM, STARTING TO DETERIORATE, FALLING OFF.
UH, THE OVERGROWTH RIGHT THERE, THAT MEANS THE OWNER'S NOT TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WORK ORDER IN PLACE TO, UH, TO, UH, TO ABATE THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE WALLS ARE STARTING TO BOW OUT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A CRACK TOWARDS THE, UH, RIGHT THERE, UM, SEPARATE, UH, CAUSING SEPARATION BETWEEN THE, THE STUCCO SIDING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEAMS I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, IT'S NOT RESTING ON ANYTHING.
IT'S NOT EVEN RESTING ON THE GRADE DUE TO THE, THE, UH, THE BACK END TOWARDS IS RESTING ON A P UH, CEDAR POST.
YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THIS HOLE WHEN WE, UH, THE, THE HOLE IN THE WALL, THE HOLE FROM THE INTERIOR AS WE GO IN THROUGH THE INTERIOR.
UH, UH, LOOK AT THE TER INTERIOR PHOTOS.
UH, HERE'S ONE OF THE BEAMS IS ROT, UH, ROTTED.
UM, THE STUCCO WALL IS, IS SEPARATING, UH, NOT SEPARATED, BROKEN, UM, IT'S JUST BE, IT IS NOT WEATHERPROOFED.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DECKING.
THE WALL DECKING IS, UH, NOT WEATHERPROOFED.
UH, MORE PICTURES OF, UH, THE, THE STUCCO SIGN IS JUST DETERIORATED.
SOME OF THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED.
NEXT PHOTO RIGHT HERE IS A PICTURE OF, YOU CAN SEE THE STEP CRACKING ON THE LEFT HAND HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE, UM, DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU CAN SEE THE STEP CRACKING ON THE, ON THE, ON THE MASONRY SIDING.
AND RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BRICK AND THE STUCCO SIDING.
UH, THIS IS A PRE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, CRACK IN THE STUCCO SIDING.
IT'S STARTING TO BREAK OFF OF THE, THE DECKING.
UH, JUST SHOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CRACK GOING TOWARDS WHERE THE, UH, WHERE AN AC UNIT WAS.
YOU COULD SEE, UM, WHERE IT'S BROKEN, SOME OF IT IS MISSING.
THIS IS A, A, A PICTURE OF THE BACK WALL FROM, UH, FROM THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS A BOW WHERE IT'S, WHERE DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES, THE STRUCTURE IS WEIGHT.
NEXT PHOTO, JUST MORE PICTURES OF THE, OF THE, THE SEPARATION IN THE WALL.
SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, I TOOK THIS PHOTO BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT TOWARDS, TOWARDS THE BACK WHERE THE HOLE WHERE I WAS TELLING YOU, UM, WHERE, WHERE IT WAS BROKEN OFF.
UH, THE ELEMENTS ARE COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ROOF IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE A HOLE RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY, THEY ATTEMPTED TO COVER WHERE THE AC UNIT WAS.
UH, SO THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS ARE COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE, THE FLOOR IS, UH, UM,
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THE FLOOR IS DE DETERIORATED.THERE'S, UM, CRACKS IN SOME PLACES.
UM, THERE'S TRASH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, TRASH IN INSIDE THE STRUCTURE DUE TO AT ONE POINT, UM, WHEN I STARTED THIS CASE, UM, THERE WAS VAGUS BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
BUT EVER SINCE THEN, WE SECURED IT.
UM, THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN ANY REPORTS OF VAGOS BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE, JUST HANGING AROUND THERE.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, JUST, UH, PICTURES OF THE FLOOR COVERING THE CRACKS IN THE, AND THE, IN THE UNDERNEATH IT ON.
NEXT PHOTO, JUST PICTURES OF THE FLOOR COVERING.
UM, AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE BACK RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE MORE PICTURES OF THE DETERIORATED, UH, UH, FRAMEWORK IN THE WALLS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BEAMS RIGHT HERE THAT ARE HOLDING UP THE, UH, COVER RIGHT THERE, UM, IS TILTED POSSIBLY DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH WHERE THEY COULD TRY TO COVER THE AC UNIT.
A LITTLE STEP CRACKING ON THE, THE WALLS RIGHT THERE.
TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE MORE CRACKS AND BROKEN OFF.
UM, UH, THE INTERIOR, THE CINDER BLOCK OF THE MASONRY.
NEXT PHOTO, JUST PICTURES OF, UH, WHAT THEY COVERED.
UH, BROKEN INTERIOR WALLS OF THE MASONRY.
UH, HERE'S A CRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN THE, IN THE FLOORING.
UM, DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE, UH, WATER COMING THROUGH.
UH, THERE IS NO WATER ON THE PROPERTY.
I HAVE VERIFIED THAT THERE'S NO WATER METER.
UM, SO THE WATER'S, UH, ACCUMULATING FROM EITHER THE, THE CEILING OR THE INTERIOR.
WHEN IT RAINS, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN, UH, STEP CRACKING ON THE WALL.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE THE CEILING.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHEET ROCK POSSIBLY COMING DOWN DUE TO THE, UH, UH, COMING DOWN DUE TO THE WATER GETTING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, SIGNIFICANT STEP CRACKING DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES.
UH, HERE'S A PIC CLOSER PICTURE OF THAT HOLE IN THE WALL.
UM, THE FLOOR WAS SOFT AND SPONGY.
UM, A LOT OF THIS, UH, THIS STRUCTURE, THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT, THE ILLEGALLY BUILT ATTACHMENT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TAPE AND FLOAT THAT THEY PUT THE SHEET ROCK.
UM, POSSIBLY BEFORE WE, WHEN WE STARTED THE CASE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE FLOOR WAS NOT COVERED, NOT WEATHERPROOFED.
NATOS IS A SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1940.
THE PARAPET AND ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN AND DAMAGE.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COMPOSE A BRICK STUCCO AND WOOD PANELING THAT IS STEP CRACKING, SHOWING SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND SEPARATION.
THE BRICK HAS A, HAS A SEPARATED IN SOME PARTS OF THE BUILDING.
AND, UM, AS WELL AS PART OF THE EXTERIOR WALL.
THE WOOD SIDING HAS DETERIORATED AND BROKEN IN SOME PLACES.
THE OVERHANG HAS, HAS PARTIALLY, UH, HAS PARTIALLY BOWED DOWN.
AND ALSO THE BUILDING IS COVERED IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI.
THE INTERIOR FLOORS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE UNEVEN WATER DAMAGE, AND THERE ARE HOLES IN THE WALL DUE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS BEING DETERIORATED.
THE STRUCTURE HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, ABATED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO OWNER'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 38 62 NATOS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 5 7 8, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS OR ANY ON ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARDS, 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 38 62 NATOS.
QUESTION, QUESTION FROM THE BOARD.
UH, YOU ARE AWARE THAT THIS BUILDING IS, HAS BEEN ON, ON THE SALES BLOCKS SINCE 2019? YES, SIR.
AND WE, WE REALLY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT CAME TO THE BOARD, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
WE WERE, UM, UH, THE REASON WAS FOR, WE GAVE TIME FOR THE OWNER TO, TO, TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY, SELL IT, UM, AT THE TIME.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT, UH, WHEN I DID THE WARRANT AND I WENT TO GO TO GO LEAVE A NOTICE AT THE OWNER'S HOUSE TO TRY AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM.
'CAUSE HE WASN'T ANSWERING MY PHONE CALLS, LEAVING VOICEMAILS.
UM, I FOUND OUT THAT HE PASSED AWAY ACTUALLY IN MARCH OF 2020.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO MOVEMENT ON IT.
BUT NO ONE CONTACTED ME ABOUT HIS, UH, ABOUT HIM PASSING AWAY.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED AND IT, IT WAS A LOT OF BACKLOG CASES AND, UH, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING, UH, DUE TO IT BEING A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE AND WE WERE JUST BEEN MAINTAINING IT.
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IN LAS FMA, A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION RIGHT, RIGHT ON THE THERE.BUT, UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS TO LEGAL REALLY, AS I SAID, UH, MR. BURNS EVERY SINCE HE'S BEEN TRYING TO SELL IT SO THAT LONG AND THE PROPERTY'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONDITION THAT IT HAS, NOT, WHEN CAN THE CITY, AND, UH, MAYBE THIS IS HYPOTHETICAL, ONLY WHEN CAN THE CITY MOVE ON IT TO TAKE ACTION ON IT? I MEAN, DO, DO WE NEED ANOTHER THREE YEARS? IT DOESN'T.
IF, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO, IF THEY GOING TO IGNORE IT, WE, WELL, THIS IS THE CITY TAKING ACTION ON IT BY BRINGING IT HERE.
I, I, I, I JUST, AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, BUT YOU'RE ASKING WHEN IS THE CITY GONNA TAKE ACTION? THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE PROPERTY'S BEEN BROUGHT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
IF THE CITY WOULD SAY, OR THE RESIDENT THAT TO THAT, HE'S NOT GOING TO KNOCK IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, BEEN THIS FOR NOW, I, IF WE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE TILL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE CAN DECLARE THAT HE'S GOING TO KNOCK IT DOWN.
OR CAN THE CITY GO IN AND SAY, HEY, LET'S START THE PROCEDURES.
BUT DO THE PROCEDURES START NOW? PROBABLY, YEAH.
THE, THE PROCEDURE STARTED WHEN WE SENT NOTICE TO BRING THIS PROPERTY IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT PROPERTY IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
I, AND I, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE FLIPPANT, I WANT MAKE SURE THAT I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION FULLY, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE CITY TAKING ACTION.
THEY, UH, THE CITY IS TAKING ACTION BY BRINGING IT TO THE CITIZEN-BASED BOARD AND LETTING THIS CITIZEN-BASED BOARD MAKE A DETERMINATION ON A PROPERTY THAT THE CITY HAS TRIED TO WORK WITH THE OWNER AND FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS, MAINLY BECAUSE HE'S PASSED.
UM, YOU KNOW, GOD REST IS SOUL.
THE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE BUT TO BRING IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND FOR THIS BOARD TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME REALLY TO START, BUT FOR, FOR MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND OFFICER, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO OUT, UM, IN CASES LIKE THIS WHERE THEY'RE ELDERLY, WHATNOT, DO WE TAKE IT, DO WE, UH, TAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET AN EMERGENCY CONTACT OR TWO? UH, NO, SIR.
WE, WHEN, UH, WHEN I FOUND, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE TO DO THE INSPECTION, UH, THERE WAS A HISTORY OF ABATEMENT FOR, FROM PREVIOUS ABATEMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND THE OWNER'S, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, UH, WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY CONTACT FOR THE OWNER.
USUALLY IF IT'S JUST, IF WE CAN JUST FIND THAT ONE CONTACT FOR THE OWNER, THAT'S THE ONLY CONTACT THAT WE HAVE THAT I HAD FOR THAT PROPERTY OR, OR A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR RELATIVE WHEN I, SOMEBODY TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHERE THEY PASS AWAY IN THE PROCESS.
AND NOW WHAT, WHEN I WENT, WHEN I WENT TO THE PROPERTY AFTER I, I DID THE WARRANT, UM, I DID TALK TO THE, UH, THE PROPERTY THAT THE CO-OWNERS COURTNEY RESIDE ON IS ACTUALLY A TENANT OCCUPIED.
AND I DID LEAVE INFORMATION FOR, FOR THE OWNER OF THE TENANT, SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME.
THAT WAY HE COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS FAMILY.
UM, NO ONE CONTACTED ME, NO ONE REACHED OUT TO ME.
UH, WHEN I WENT BY LATER, THE TENANT SAID THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE OWNER WAS.
THEY JUST PAID THE, UH, A CHECK THROUGH A DIRECT, THE DIRECT DEPOSIT.
AND THAT, THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
THEY DIDN'T, COULDN'T, COULDN'T, COULDN'T GET INFORMATION ON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY NOW.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S BECOMING A NECESSITY NOW.
AND, AND THEN IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR YOUR PROCESS AND THEN OUR PROCESS TO YES, SIR.
UH, IT JUST ADDS TO THE TIME AND THE HEADACHE AND, AND THE WHATNOT.
SO ALL THE NOTICES HAVE BEEN GOING TO MR. JOSEPH MORROW, UH, THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO, UH, THE ADDRESS ON BEAR COUNTY APPRAISALS, WHATEVER ADDRESS WAS PUT ON THERE ON FOUR 13 EAST YOUNG, UM, WERE ALL SENT TO THAT ADDRESS.
UM, PER BEAR COUNTY APPRAISALS.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, MATT HA HAS IT AS JOSEPH STILL.
MR. CHAIRMAN, FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION.
DAVID GARZA, I NOTICE ON YOUR REPORT THAT IN ADDITION TO FOUR 13 EAST YOUNG YOU HAVE, UM, CORITA STREET 1715 AND THEN 1938 WEST, WEST MISTLETOE.
WHAT ARE THOSE? THOSE ARE USUALLY SENT TO THE, THE WHATEVER'S ON THE, ON THE
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TITLE.UM, UM, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, OUR NOTICES ARE SENT.
I KNOW FOR THE B SS B TO THE OWNER'S ADDRESS, THIS IS LEGAL.
I COULD TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UM, A PROPERTY IS GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD AND BEFORE CODE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SENDS OUT NOTICE, UH, IT'S SENT TO LEGAL AND WE DO A TITLE SEARCH ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, ANY NAME OR ANY PARTY LISTED IN ASSOCIATION, UM, A REFERENCE TO THIS ADDRESS, WE'LL RECEIVE NOTICE.
AND WE DO IT AT ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, WE GET SOME UH, UH, CALLS SAYING, HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU SENT THIS TO ME.
AND WE TELL THEM TO DISREGARD.
BUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE GIVE NOTICE TO ANY AND ALL PERSONS THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME TYPE OF INTEREST, SOME TYPE OF, UM, UH, RELATION TO THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S DONE.
AND IT'S DONE BY SAMUEL ADAMS. SO I, AND SO THAT WAS DONE IN THIS CASE? YES, IT WAS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY CHAIR? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, PREPARED TO, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MR. CHAIR.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 8 6 2.
NATA STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NON, UH, FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME TO BE REPAIRED AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTION 2 4 5 7 8, 12, 15.
AND THAT IT IS NOT FEE, UH, IT IS A PUBLIC THREAT, POSES A THREAT OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DEMOED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UM, TO, UM, MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 8 6 2 NOVAL STREET, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE, UH, TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 5 7, 8, 12, AND 15.
WE HAVE A, UH, THAT MOTION WAS BY, UH, FRED AYS AND SECOND BY DAVID GARZA.
UM, DO WE, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? DUANE NELSON AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER, UH, CASES, UH, ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? YES.
YEAH, MR. RAMIREZ, ON THE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING ANYWAY ON THE MINUTES, UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT THERE'S A DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, IS UH, CAN HELP SOME OF OUR APPLICANTS THAT COME HERE ON A WILL THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT THEY DIDN'T GET A, HAVE A WILL, BUT A RESPONDENT, WHAT DEPARTMENT IS THAT? IT'S FOR PEOPLE TO GET, UH, INFORMATION OR, UH, GET PAID, UH, FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT DON'T HAVE LEGAL, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE ON IT.
IT, IT WAS THE LAST, UH, JUST ABOUT THE LAST, UH, PARAGRAPH ON THE, SOMEBODY ASKED A QUESTION ON THE MINUTES.
IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PART OF THE, THE MINUTES, BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING IN GENERAL, ARE YOU TALKING IN GENERAL ABOUT A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT PROBATED YES.
FOR A PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A WILL OR HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY PROBATED? RIGHT.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL, THERE'S NO DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY THAT, THAT DOES.
OH, I, I DON'T ANY DIRECT AS ASSISTANCE ON THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE MADE REFERRALS FROM TIME TO TIME TO LEGAL AID SERVICES OR RESIDENTS TO, TO SEEK LEGAL SERVICES, UM, TO HAVE THAT DONE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AT THIS POINT THAT I'M AWARE OF IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I'M ALSO LOOKING AT LEGAL TO SEE IF HE'S AWARE OF ANYBODY.
WELL, YOU THAT, THAT, UH, IT'S CAN YOU READ IT?
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YOU KNOW, I MEAN YEAH, I I'VE BEEN OUT OF IT SO THAT IF IT'S AIF IT'S, EXCUSE ME, I'VE BEEN OUT OF IT WHEN NO, ABSOLUTELY.
I SEEN, SO YEAH, IN THE NOTES IT DOES SAY THERE'S A THIRD PARTY THAT I HAD MENTIONED.
SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE PREVIOUS PROP PROPERTY.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS, THAT WAS HEARD LAST MONTH IF, UH, IN LOOKING AT THOSE NOTES.
BUT THERE'S NO DEPARTMENT, THERE'S THERE'S NOT A DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A NONPROFIT THAT WE MAKE REFERRALS TO.
I BELIEVE IN THAT INSTANCE, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, NO, IT'S, UM, THERE WAS A LADY THAT, FOR THAT PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS THE MEXICAN UNITY COUNCIL THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING SOME ASSISTANCE.
IT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY, BUT THAT IS, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET NO MONEY FROM THE BUDGET THAT'S COMING IN BUDGET FOR IT.
I, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I HEARD IT FROM.
THAT IS CORRECT, BUT I SAID, WOW, GOOD MAN.
MAYBE THEY CAN PUT A, FORGET IT.
BUT I MEAN, I KNEW, YOU KNOW, I SAID I LOOKED AT IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN OUT OF ABSOLUTELY MY MIND.
WELL, NO, AND AS WE BECOME AWARE OF THOSE THIRD PARTY AVAILABILITY OF NONPROFITS, WE DEFINITELY TRY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO TRY TO WORK ON.
ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, ESTHER, JUDY, UM, THEN WE WILL, UH, BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, UM, IT IS NOW 1128 AND, UM, ON THIS DAY OF, UH, THURSDAY, JULY 7TH, 2022, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.