* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. CAN WE START HAVING EVERYONE BE SEATED, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 9. MY NAME IS MS. HAYES. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I HEREBY CALL THE MEETING IN SESSION STAFF. PLEASE CALL, CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. LENCIA HAYES. PRESENT FRED ANDES. PRESENT. KAYLA MIRANDA? HERE. ANN WEINER. HERE. JOELLE SOLIS. HERE. JESSE SNYDER. PRESENT MS. BROWN. HERE. JESSE ZUNIGA. HERE. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE SAVITA RYE AND ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AMIN TOMAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM. B S B. LIAISON, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST. AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO CHAIR. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. CAN WE HAVE THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE MEETING? GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE RINI. I'M ONE OF THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES. HOWEVER, OUR OWNER OR OWNER REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE HAVE, WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING. ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN 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. 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 COMMENCEMENT OF WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1 0 1 9 0 1 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT AS 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 SERVICE STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT TWO ONE ZERO TWO ZERO SEVEN FIVE FOUR TWO. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AS PER CITY CODE SECTION ONE SIX DASH 23 6. THANK YOU. [ Approval of Minutes  ] HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YES. MAD CHAIR OF ANY CORRECTIONS. I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS SECOND AT THIS TIME, CAN WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS CONSENT? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THE UH, MINUTES ARE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED. WE CAN MOVE ON. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE THE STAFF REPORTS? GOOD [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. UM, MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING, IF [00:05:01] I MAY PROCEED. YES. WE HAVE SEVERAL EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS, UM, THAT WILL BE, UM, DOCUMENTING. UH, THE FIRST LOCATION WAS 1628 EL MONTE BOULEVARD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. UM, THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY 29TH, 2022 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON, I'M SORRY, DURING YES, DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JULY 19TH, 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6, 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS. NEXT PROPERTY, 84 0 7 BROADWAY STREET WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JULY THE EIGHTH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH DID OCCUR ON JUNE THE 30TH OF 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6, 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. 93 35 WILD STONE PLACE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY 18TH, 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY THE FIFTH. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75. NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT PROPERTY, NINE, UH, 93 39 WILD STONE PLACE IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT SEVEN WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY 18TH, 2022 DUE TO A FIRE, WHICH DID OCCUR ON JULY THE SIXTH. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT PROPERTY, 24 26 EAST HOUSTON IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JULY THE 15TH DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JULY 11TH. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. 46 15, ALSO KNOWN AS 46 21 FORTUNA STREET IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT FIVE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY THE NINTH OF 2022 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 6TH, 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME IN THE LAST 1, 6 42 MCLAUGHLIN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, THIS WAS AN ACCESSORY WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY 21ST, 2022 DUE TO LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, UH, WHICH WAS DOCUMENTED ON JULY 14TH, 2022. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY REPORTS AND THE READING IN THE RECORDS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TUNA? DID YOU YES, MA'AM. DID YOU SPEAK TO THAT ONE? UH, YES. 46 15, ALSO KNOWN AS 46 21 FORTUNA ON TUESDAY. NO PROBLEM. THERE WAS A BUNCH TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET STARTED WITH THE FIRST CASE? GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM. THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, LOCATED AT 5 9 0 3. DANNY KAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0. LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 1 3 6 64 P DASH FOUR B AND P DASH FOUR C A B S 7 41, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. THE OWNER OF RECORD IS, UH, 90 59 0 3 DANNY, K L L C. THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED. THE SECTIONS OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED ARE 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRS, DECKS, PORCHES AND [00:10:01] BALCONIES, EVERY STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, BALCONY, AND ALL, UH, APERTURES ATTACHED THERETO SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE SUPPORTING IMPOSED LOADS. 3 0 4 0.13 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, AND DOOR FRAMES. EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR WHEN WEATHER TIGHT. 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES. ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS, DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN, SANITARY CONDITION. LOOSE PLASTERED, DECAYED WOOD OR OTHER DEFECTIVE SER SURFACE CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED. 5 0 4 0.1 GENERAL PLUMBING. ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN WORKING ORDER AND SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, AND DEFECTS, AND BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH PLUMBING FIXTURES ARE DESIGNED. ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE, SANITARY AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION. 5 0 4 0.50 5.4. WATER HEATING FACILITIES, WATER HEATING FACILITIES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, MAINTAINED AND CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF WATER TO BE DRAWN FOR AT EVERY SINK, LABORATORY, BATHROOM, SHOWER, AND LAUNDRY FACILITY AT A TEMPERATURE NOT LESS THAN 110 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 43 DEGREES CELSIUS. A GAS BURNING WATER HEATER SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN ANY BATHROOM, TOILET ROOM, BEDROOM, OR OCCUPIED ROOM NORMALLY KEPT CLOSED UNLESS ADEQUATE COMBUSTION AIR IS PROVIDED. AN IMPROVED COMBINATION TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE AND AND DISCHARGE PIPES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED ON ALL WATER HEATERS. 6 0 2, UH, SORRY. 5 0 6 0.2. MAINTENANCE PLUMBING. EVERY PLUMBING STACK F WASTE AND SEWER LINE SHALL BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS AND DEFECTS. 6 0 3 0.1. MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, ALL MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, FIREPLACES, SOLID WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES, COOKING APPLIANCES AND WATER HEATING, UH, APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE WORKING CONDITION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE INTEND INTENDED FUNCTION. 6 0 4 0.3. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STRUC IN A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTE A HAZARDS TO THE OCCUPANTS ARE THE STRUCTURE BY ANY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE AND PROPER FUSING, INSUFFICIENT RES UH, RECEPTACLE AND LIGHTING OUTLETS, IMPROPER WIRING OR INSOLUTION INSTALLATION DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE FOR SIMILAR REASONS. CODE OFFICIALS SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD. 7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS IN GROUP R ONE R TWO R THREE OCCUPANCIES USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND R FOUR SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED ACCORDANCE TO INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AS AMENDED BY THE CITY. R THREE RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, INCLUDE ADULT DAYCARE FACILITIES PROVIDING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FIVE OR FEWER PERSONS OF ANY AGE OF FOUR LESS THAN 24 HOURS. TWO CHILDCARE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FIVE OR FEWER PERSONS OF ANY AGE OR LESS THAN 24 HOURS. AND NUMBER THREE, CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES WITH 16 OR FEWER PERSONS AND R THREE OCCUPANCIES, 1, 2, 1, AND TWO. FAMILY DWELLINGS NOT USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. SMOKE ALARM SHALL BE PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS ADOPTED BY THE CITY AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OR TWO NOT, UM, FACILITIES NOT REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION. SMOKE ALARM SHALL BE PLACED IN THE CEILING OR WALL OUTSIDE EACH SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA FOR IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE BEDROOMS. YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON YOUR PAPERWORK THAT, UH, 3 0 2 0.1 EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE. THAT VIOLATION HAS COME INTO COMPLIANCE. SO THE TIMELINE OF IN OF INSPECTIONS ON JUNE 30TH, 2022, WE INSPECTED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR COMPLAINTS OBSERVED SEVERAL VIOLATIONS. WRITTEN NOTICES OF VIOLATION WERE GIVEN IN PERSON TO MANAGEMENT AND MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON JULY 1ST AND SIXTH RE-INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED, VIOLATIONS ALL REMAIN. ON JULY 11TH, A RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. MINOR PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. MOST OF THE VIOLATIONS REMAIN DURING THIS REINSPECTION. IT WAS OBSERVED THE CONDITION OF THE STAIRS, AND AT THAT TIME THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED. JULY 22ND, REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED, MINOR REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. WE SPOKE WITH MANAGEMENT REGARDING THE VIOLATIONS. JULY 25TH, [00:15:01] REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. MINOR PROGRESS MADE, OBSERVED WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT PERMITS, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND EXTERIOR STAIRS. SPOKE WITH MANAGEMENT REGARDING THE VIOLATION AND THE LACK OF PERMITS. JULY 29TH POSTED AND DELIVERED NOTICE FOR THE B S B AND DISCUSSED THE HEARING PROCESS WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. AUGUST 2ND. THE RE-INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED. MINOR PROGRESS MAR RE MINOR PROGRESS MADE VIOLATIONS REMAIN AUGUST 4TH. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PROVIDED AN ENGINEER REPORT FOR THE STAIRS VIA EMAIL ON AUGUST 8TH. AFTER REVIEWING THE CHIEF COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INSPECTOR EMAILED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE ENGINEER FOR A NEW ENGINEER'S REPORT WITH SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONDITION AND REPAIR OF THE STAIRS. AUGUST 10TH, A RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED, MINOR PROGRESS MADE, MET WITH MANAGEMENT ON SITE, CONDUCTED A WALKTHROUGH OF THE VIOLATIONS DURING THE COURSE OF THESE, IN, DURING THE COURSE OF ALL THESE INSPECTIONS, WE HAVE INSPECTED 34 UNITS BASED ON COMPLAINTS, AND 12 OF THOSE UNITS REMAIN IN VIOLATION AS OF THE LAST REINSPECTION. NOW IF A VIEW OF THE PHOTOS, UM, THESE ARE, THIS IS FROM THE DAY WE, THE FIRST DAY WE ARRIVED NEXT, AND THAT IS THE LEASING OFFICE AT THE PROPERTY. NEXT, THAT IS THE, UH, CONDITION OF THE STAIRS. UM, THE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP LANDING IS NOT LEVEL AND THE SUPPORTS ARE NOT VERTICAL. NEXT, THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE A SAG IN SOME OF THE BALCONIES NEXT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RUST. UM, THEY HAVE HAD THE STAIRS PAINTED, BUT THE PAINT WAS DONE OVER THE RUST. UH, THERE WERE SOME OCCASIONS WHERE IT HAD BEEN SCRAPED, BUT NOT COMPLETELY NEXT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, STAIRS THERE THAT ARE COMPROMISED, AND THAT PAN IS STARTING TO RUST THROUGH. NEXT, THERE IS THE RUST CONDITIONS THAT WERE PAINTED OVER, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP OF THAT STAIR WHERE THE, THE TOP LIP HAS SEPARATED COMPLETELY. NEXT. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THAT STAIR WALKWAY WE DO HAVE THE GROUND IS WASHING OUT UNDERNEATH THEM, AND WE'RE SEEING STRESS CRACKS IN, IN THAT CONCRETE NEXT. AND THOSE ARE THE LIGHT FIXTURES HANGING BY A WIRE, UM, NOT FULLY INSTALLED NEXT. AND THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ELECTRICAL VIOLATION. NEXT. AND THAT IS, UH, PONDING WATER, UH, FROM THE WATER LEAK NEXT, AND THAT IS THE WATER LEAK. IT, UH, IT DOES REPRESENT A, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A WATERFALL. THAT WATER IS RUNNING PRETTY RAPIDLY OUT OF THE WATER LEAK AS OF YESTERDAY. THAT WAS STILL FLOWING FREELY. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S ERODING UNDERNEATH THE WALKWAY NEXT. AND THAT THOSE ARE THE INTERIOR SURFACES. A HOLE IN THE WALL NEXT, AND THAT IS A HOLE IN THE CEILING NEXT. AND THERE YOU'LL SEE, UH, BROKEN WINDOWS. UM, YOU CAN FIND THE BROKEN WINDOWS THROUGHOUT. NEXT, IT'S A SECOND BROKEN WINDOW. UH, IT WAS COVERED WITH GARBAGE BAGS. SORRY. OKAY, I'M SORRY. NEXT. AND, UH, THAT AGAIN IS ANOTHER BROKEN WINDOW. NEXT, THAT IS THE MECHANICAL, UM, APPLIANCES. THE MECHANICAL APPLIANCES ARE THE AC UNITS, THE CENTRAL AC, WHICH ARE NOT FUNCTIONING AS ATTENDED NEXT. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE AC UNITS THAT HAD FROZEN UP. UM, AND THE TENANT TELLS US IT FREEZES ANYTIME HE USES IT. NEXT, THERE IS, UH, THOSE ARE THE, UH, WINDOW UNITS THAT THE TENANTS WERE USING BECAUSE OF NO CENTRAL AC, AND IT IS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, AND THAT'S CARDBOARD BEHIND IT. AND IT HAS BEEN WEATHER, SEAL, WEATHER, TIGHT SEALING. NEXT, THE WATER TEMPERATURES, UH, WERE NOT REACHING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT. THE WATER HEATERS ARE UNDER THE COUNTERS, WHICH ARE, THEY HAVE TO TEAR THE COUNTER APART TO GET TO, SO IT WASN'T MOVING QUICKLY. NEXT, WE SAW SEVERAL UNITS WITHOUT SMOKE DETECTORS. UM, NEXT, AND THERE IS ANOTHER MISSING SMOKE DETECTOR. THERE IS, UH, THAT'S A CLEAN OUT. AND THE, ALL THE WHITE STUFF ON THE GROUND IS TOILET PAPER THAT CAME UP FROM THE, UH, OVERFLOW ON THE, UH, ON THAT LINE. NEXT. THAT IS, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER OVER, UH, [00:20:01] UH, CLEAN OUT WHERE THEY DID HAVE ANOTHER LEAK. THEY DUG IT OUT TO REPAIR IT NEXT. AND THIS IS THE, THAT IS THE, UM, REPAIR OF THAT SAME LINE. WHAT THEY DID IS THEY BURIED THAT THEY DIDN'T PUT A, UM, CAP ON THAT ONE, AND THEY BURIED IT SO THAT IT IS ALMOST UNDERGROUND NEXT. AND THAT IS THE NEW. AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT PROPERTY BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, SUBSECTIONS 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES, 3 0 4 0.13, WINDOWS, THREE WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS AND DOORFRAMES. FIVE, UH, 3 0 5 0.1. INTERIOR SURFACES 5 0 4 0.1. GENERAL PLUMBING, 5 0 5 0.4. WATER HEATING FACILITIES, 5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE, 6 0 3 0.1 MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, 7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS, AND THAT THEY BE ORDERED TO OBTAIN A DETAILED ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR ALL STAIRWAYS, DECK PORCHES AND BALCONIES TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS, OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, AND THAT THE BOARD ASSESS FINES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. CAN YOU REPEAT THE ADDITIONAL AGAIN, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT? OKAY. UH, THAT WOULD BE AN, A DETAILED ENGINE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR ALL STAIRWAYS, DECKS, PORCHES, AND BALCONIES TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS, OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, AND THAT THE BOARD ASSESS FINES FOR THE VIOLATIONS. CAN YOU BRING BACK THE PRIOR PAGE? I'M SORRY? THE PRIOR PICTURE? THE PRIOR PAY PAGE. OH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER PICTURE? OH, WE, YES, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SLIDE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. I JUST READ 'EM OUT LOUD. OH, THERE, OKAY. SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU. THAT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, THIS IS AVI RYE LEGAL. I REQUEST, UH, THAT YOU ALL SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONES, UH, BECAUSE I, I NEED ALL THAT, UH, TO BE ON THE RECORD AND SO THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND OR WHO ARE WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THANK YOU. MR. ZUNIGA. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I, I KNOW WHAT HE WANTS. I'M, DID YOU FIND IT? 'CAUSE I CAN FIND IT FOR YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? YES. THIS IS FRED ANDES. I GOT SEVERAL HERE. THERE'S A LOT, LOT OF NOTES TO GO THROUGH. YOU SUMMARIZED ON YOUR LAST SHEET, EXCEPT ONE KEY PIECE VACANCY TO, UH, AN ORDER OF VACATE UNTIL THIS IS DONE. HOW COME THAT HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE TWO KEY PIECES? ELECTRICAL AND NO FIRE, UH, DETECTION SYSTEMS, THE, UH, UNITS WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED, UM, THOSE UNITS, THEY WERE ACTUALLY REHOUSED BY CITY OFFICIALS. SO THE, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OUT AND HAS TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUALS, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ACTUALLY STAYING IN, UH, ALTERNATE HOUSING RIGHT NOW. AND YOUR SEWER ISSUE WAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED? I DO NOT HAVE THE REPORT. SO IN THE OTHER UNITS, ARE YOU NOT LOOKING TO VACATE THOSE UNITS OR ARE YOU JUST GONNA MADAM CHAIR OR WITH THE, UH, UH, MADAM CHAIR PEACE. THIS IS, UH, SAVITA RYE WITH LEGAL. UM, I REQUEST AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS. OKAY. WHILE WE, WHILE WE ARE GONE, COULD Y'ALL PUMP UP THE VOLUME? [00:25:01] I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU GET CLOSER TO MIC, YOU STILL CAN'T HEAR IT THAT WELL. HE'S TALL. CAN YOU JUST PUT, WHEN YOU COME BACK, JUST PUT IT AT THE TOP. OKAY. IT, YEAH, IT'S, OOPS. DID YOU ANNOUNCE MADAM CHAIR? UH, YOU'LL NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD THAT WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME. YEAH. LEGAL, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER SO WE WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. YEAH. THIS SEEMS KIND OF LOW TODAY TOO. UH, MORE QUESTION. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL WORK ON THE VOLUME ISSUES. UM, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME BETTER? YEAH. WITH THE REGULAR VOICE? YEAH. SAME. THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO YOURSELF, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, SPEAKING TO YOURSELF. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. YEAH, I WAS WAITING FOR THIS GROUP. THE TIME IS NOW 9 36 ON AUGUST 11TH, 2022, THE BUILDING STANDARDS WILL RECESS FROM THE OPEN MEETING AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 7, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE TIME IS NOW 10 15 ON AUGUST 11TH, 2022, AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MR. ANDIS, YOU CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHTY. UM, ON THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS THAT YOU WERE, THE, UM, CHECKED, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE VERSUS THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS THAT ARE THERE? THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS IS 2 54. UH, AND WE CHECKED 34. AND THAT WAS COMPLAINT DRIVEN. NOW WAS ALL THOSE IN DIFFERENT UNITS? THOSE WERE BUILDINGS, NOT UNITS, BUT DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. CORRECT. THOSE WERE ALL DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. MOSTLY DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. OKAY. AND THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT CAME ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS ARE STAIRWELLS. DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANYBODY GOING UP AND DOWN THEIR STAIRWELL WHO HAD ANY TYPE OF HANDICAP ISSUE OR ELDERLY? I DID NOT OBSERVE THAT. NO BALCONIES. DID YOU SEE ANYBODY ON BALCONIES? NO. I, WHEN, WHEN I WAS THERE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE ON BALCONIES. IS IT PRETTY MUCH ISOLATED WHERE PEOPLE WERE? NO. THERE, THERE WERE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX. UH, THEY DO HAVE OVER HALF THEIR UNITS VACANT AT THIS TIME. WHERE WAS THAT SEWER ISSUE IN RELATED TO THE AREA? THE, UH, THE SEWER WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT. UH, THERE WAS NOBODY GOING TO BE WALKING DIRECTLY THROUGH IT TO GET TO THEIR APARTMENT. THE WATER LEAK WAS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT WAS FLOODING THAT SIDEWALK. HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE SEWER? THE, THE SEWER WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, PROBABLY 200 FEET. SO THERE COULD BE CONTAMINATION FROM THE SEWER TO THE WATER? NO, SIR. THE, THE WAY THE, UH, THE TOPOGRAPHY IS, THE WATER COULDN'T HAVE REACHED THE SEWER OR VICE VERSA. VICE VERSA. THEY COULD NOT TRAVEL UPSTREAM. BUT THE WATER'S TRAVELING DOWN? CORRECT. OKAY. DID YOU SMELL AN ODOR BEFORE YOU GOT NEAR THE SEWER? YES. SO YOU COULD SMELL IT FROM THE PARKING LOT ON, ON THE INITIAL INSPECTION? YES. UH, ON THE FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS? NO. UH, ONCE THEY HAD COVERED IN THE HOLE, THEY HAD MADE THE, UH, REPAIRS TO THE PIPE ITSELF. THEY JUST DIDN'T CAP IT, AND THEY HAD IT BELOW GROUND LEVEL. SO ANY RAINWATER WOULD BE GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM. THE PHOTO WE SAW OF THE SEWER WAS NOT COVERED TO GRADE. CORRECT. SO THERE WAS STILL AN ISSUE OF A TRIPPING HAZARDS? YES. THERE WOULD'VE BEEN. AND THERE WAS NO FENCE TO IDENTIFY AN ISSUE, CORRECT? UH, CORRECT. THERE WAS, AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO, UM, THERE WAS NO BLOCKAGE OF THAT AREA TO WARN. RIGHT. NO CAUTION TAPE? NO, NO CAUTION SIGNS. OKAY. UM, I RELINQUISH QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. HOW MANY APARTMENTS DID THAT SEWER, UH, AFFECT? THE, THAT BUILDING HAS [00:30:01] SIX UNITS IN IT. SIX, YES. AND IT WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, JUST IN THE PICTURE. IT JUST LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY DUG IT UP AND THEN THREW THE DIRT BACK ON IT. SO THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THE CLEAN OUT TYPE ABOVE THE GRADE? CORRECT. UH, THE CLEAN OUT WAS BELOW GRADE AND THERE WAS NO CAP ON IT. AS OF YESTERDAY. THEY DID PUT A CAP ON IT, BUT THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN SEWAGE, SEWAGE LEAKAGE COMING UP FROM THAT PIPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE, DO YOU KNOW THE OCCUPANCY OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW? THE, ON THE LAST CHECK IT WAS 140 UNITS THAT WAS OCCUPIED? CORRECT. AND OUT OF THE 140, UM, 34, WAS IT 34 OF THOSE THAT WERE OCCUPIED OR 34 UNOCCUPIED UNITS? NO. UH, WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST CHECKED OCCUPANCY, THERE WAS 140 UNITS. 140 OF THE UNITS WERE OCCUPIED. IN TOTAL, WE'VE INSPECTED 34 AND 12 REMAIN IN VIOLATION TODAY. WHEN YOU SAY AT TIME WE CHECKED THE OCCUPANCY WAS 1 41 WAS THAT, THAT WAS ON THE FIRST JULY 1ST. ALL RIGHT. MR. RUSSELL, FOR THE STAIRWAYS THAT ARE, UM, IN VIOLATION, ARE THERE ANY OCCUPANTS THAT ARE USING THOSE STAIRS TO GET THEIR APART, GET TO THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX? THERE ARE. SOME OF THEM DO HAVE OCCUPANCY ABOVE THOSE, UH, STAIRWELLS. SOME OF 'EM DO NOT. SO IT IT'S A MIX. IT'S A MIX. OKAY. SO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE USING THOSE STAIRS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION TO GET TO THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX? CORRECT. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND FLOOR? ARE THE STAIRS GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR? YES. UH, SOME OF THOSE HAVE OCCUPIED UNITS. SOME OF 'EM DO NOT. SOME OF THOSE SECOND FLOORS WILL HAVE ONE OCCUPIED UNIT AND THEN FOUR VACANT. BUT THERE'S A MIX OF, OF SECOND FLOOR UNITS THAT HAVE STAIRWELLS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION. BUT THE, THE STAIRS, IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY PUT THESE BOARDS AROUND THERE. SO, SO THE, THE STAIRS COULD BE HIDDEN, SO TO SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN THE PICTURE. THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN UPGRADE. UH, THEY, THEY HIRED A COMPANY TO COME OUT AND ADD THOSE ON FOR THE HIDE THE STEPS AESTHETIC TO HIDE THE STEPS WELL, FOR AESTHETIC. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT LIKE A HANDRAIL OR ANYTHING? NO. THEY'RE JUST ATTACHED TO THE HANDRAIL FOR LOOKS A HIDING PLACE. . OKAY. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE SECOND FLOOR THAT HAVE, HAVE TO USE THESE STEPS? YES. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND HOW MANY BUILDINGS OVERALL PART OF THIS COMPLEX? 37. ALSO, MR. RUSSELL FOR THAT, UM, OCCUPANT THAT HAD THE AC UNIT THAT CONTINUES TO FREEZE, HAS HE BEEN RELOCATED? YES. UM, HE HAS BEEN RELOCATED. HE ALSO HAS A WINDOW UNIT THAT HE UTILIZES WHEN HE DOES COME TO THE APARTMENT. OH, SO HE HAS ACCESS TO GO BACK TO THE UNIT? CORRECT. HE HASN'T OFFICIALLY MOVED OUT. OKAY. THE REMAINING 12 THAT ARE STILL OCCUPIED, THAT WERE IN CODE VIOLATION, ARE THERE OCCUPANTS IN THOSE STILL? THERE IS A MIX. UM, SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF 'EM ARE OCCUPIED. SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN RELOCATED, SO, BUT THEY ALL HAVE KEYS TO THOSE APARTMENTS AND THEY STILL ALL TECHNICALLY LIVE IN THOSE APARTMENTS. SO, AND, AND PICTURE NUMBER, I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR? YES. UH, THIS IS LEGAL. MM-HMM. , UH, FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, UH, OFFICER RUSSELL, UH, FOR, WHEN YOU SAY RE RELOCATED, UM, RELOCATED WHERE AND WHO RELOCATED THEM? WELL, IT, IT'S ACTUALLY A MIX OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SOME OF 'EM ARE STAYING WITH FAMILY AND SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN RELOCATED BY THE CITY TO AN APARTMENT THAT HAS AIR CONDITIONING OR TO, I'M SORRY, TO A HOTEL. YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT, UH, PICTURE NUMBER. OH, WHAT IS IT? IT'S THE PICTURE OF THE UPSTAIRS AIR CONDITION. THE ONE I, I DON'T KNOW THAT HAS THE BOARD BACKING. IT'S THE WINDOW UNIT HAS THE BOARD ON IT? YES. IS THAT LIKE A BOARD OR A PIECE OF CARDBOARD OR SOMETHING? IT, THERE IS A PIECE OF WOOD. THERE [00:35:01] IS ALSO PLY, UM, CARDBOARD HOLDING IT IN PLACE. IT IS NOT WEATHERPROOF, IT'S NOT SEALED. SO THERE'S A PORTION OF BOARD OF ACTUAL PLYWOOD AND THEN THERE'S A CARDBOARD AROUND IT. OH MY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, ON THAT AIR CONDITIONER, IS THERE A STRAP HOLDING IN IT IN PLACE? IT DOESN'T FALL OUT OR STILL HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLEN OUT THE WAY THE BOARD WAY IT'S SET INTO THAT BOARD. IT'S NOT GOING TO FALL OUT. IT MAY FALL IN, UM, BUT IT'S NOT, WE DIDN'T SEE A STRAP FASCINATED TO IT. AND HOW WAS THE PLYWOOD SECURED TO THE WALL? WAS THAT PRETTY WELL TAPED? SECURED? IT WAS JUST TAPED ON. SO I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT ALL, ALL THE BALANCES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT UNIT, THAT'S WHERE THE COMPRESSOR IS. AND, AND THOSE THINGS ARE, THEY'RE HEAVY , SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT COULD FALL OUT OF THERE. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? ONE MORE. HOW MANY UNITS DID YOU CHECK FOR HOT WATER? ALL 34. ONE BACK THEREOF? ALL, ALL 34 THAT WE ENTERED, WE DID CHECK FOR HOT WATER FOR ALL 34? YES. UH, THEY ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL WATER HEATERS. UM, THEY'RE SMALL TANKS THAT ARE LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE COUNTER. SO EACH UNIT HAS ITS OWN WATER HEATER. AND SO NONE OF 'EM REACHED ABOVE 84 DEGREES? NO. UH, WE ONLY HAD, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE NO HOT WATER. THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED OUT. SO THEY, I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO UNITS THAT DON'T HAVE HOT WATER. THE OTHER UNITS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, SO THEY'VE BEEN REPLACING HOT WATER UNITS DURING THE COURSE OF THESE INSPECTIONS. OKAY. SO THE UNITS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY HOT WATER, DO THEY HAVE OCCUPANTS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, AND DID YOU GET ONTO THE ROOFS OF ANY OF THE BUILDINGS? NO, SIR. WE DID NOT GO ON THE ROOFS. AND IS THERE ANY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN PLACE? NO, SIR. NO. NO SPRINKLERS AT ALL? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. IS THAT THE, THE WINDOW WITH THE BLACK, UM, TARP ON TOP OF IT? IS THE WINDOW OUT? YES, THOUGH. IT'S, UH, THE BLACK TRASH BAG? YEAH. YES. THE WINDOW'S BROKEN. THAT BOTTOM PORTION OF THE WINDOW'S BROKEN. AND YOU DID MENTION THESE UNITS HAVE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING? CENTRAL HEATING. YES, SIR. AND WHERE IS THE OUTSIDE UNIT THAT ALL THE CONDENSERS, THEY'RE ON THE ROOF. THEY'RE ON THE ROOF? WELL, ON SOME UNITS ARE ON THE ROOF. UM, THERE ARE, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME UNITS, YES, THERE ARE SOME UNITS WITH THE CONDENSERS ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE, BUT MOST OF 'EM WERE ON THE ROOF. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH MANAGEMENT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE OR NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES? THE, WE HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH MANAGEMENT. WHEN WE GO OUT, WE DO NOTIFY 'EM, UH, THAT WE ARE CHECKING FOR THESE ISSUES. UM, WE'VE AL ALWAYS, WE'VE EXTENDED THE OFFER FOR MANAGEMENT TO WALK WITH US AROUND THE PROPERTY. THEY DO, BUT IT'S ONLY LIMITED. AND THEN THEY, WE DO SEND THEM A REPORT AFTER WE GO THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IF WE FIND, UH, A UNIT WITH A NEW VIOLATION, WE'LL SEND THEM THAT INFORMATION SO THEY CAN THEN HANDLE THAT SITUATION. THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY YESTERDAY. THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY YESTERDAY TO TRY TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE FOR SOME OF THESE. THEY, THEY DID NOT HAVE IT IN COMPLIANCE BY THE TIME WE LEFT. SO THERE HAS, AND THE, THE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN ON COMPLIANCE. WHEN YOU SEE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO COME IN COMPLIANCE, ARE THERE PERMITS PULLED? NO, THESE ARE ALL THE ISSUES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS FOR. FOR INSTANCE, UH, SMOKE, SMOKE ALARMS. UH, THEY WERE MOVING AROUND TO GET THOSE SMOKE ALARMS, UH, REPLACED. THEY WERE, UH, REALLY WORKING ON JUST REPLACING THE PLANES OF CLASS, UH, THE, FOR THE WINDOWS SO THAT ALL THAT ACTIVITY HAD STARTED YESTERDAY. IT WAS STUFF THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS FOR, BUT THEY DO NOW HAVE THEIR MAINTENANCE PERMITS FOR THEIR MECHANICAL AND THEIR PLUMBING. SO THEY HAVE GOTTEN THAT SINCE. SO THEY WOULD REPLACING HOT WATER HEATERS WITHOUT A PERMIT. PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE, AND THEY DID THE SEWER WITHOUT A PERMIT. WE DID NOT SEE A PERMIT FOR THE SEWER. [00:40:01] AND YET IT'S STILL BACKING UP. YEP. AND THAT'S ONE BUILDING. CORRECT. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AT SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS. RIGHT? WE'VE SEEN THE, THE RESULTS AT SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS, SO NOT INACTIVE. IF AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I KNOW THAT ONE BUILDING LEADS TO A MAJOR LINE THAT LEADS TO THE CITY LINE. NOW IF ONE'S BACKING UP AND THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL THE SAME AGE, THEN IT WOULD ASSUME REST WOULD START BACKING UP. AND THAT WATER SITUATION PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP. SO, SO NO PERMITS ARE PULLED AND YET THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STILL WORK. THE, UH, THEY HAD A ELECTRICAL PERMIT FOR THE, FOR THE PROPERTY, THE MAINTENANCE ELECTRICAL PERMIT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MECHANICAL, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MECHANICAL PLUMBING PERMIT FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. THEY HAVE REC RECTIFIED THAT SINCE WE, UH, WE DID ISSUE 'EM, UH, CITATIONS FOR THAT WHEN WE FOUND OUT. AND, UM, WE DID ISSUE 'EM CITATIONS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT FOR THE STAIRS AT THAT TIME EITHER. THANK YOU. HOW, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN THAT THEY HAD THAT THE TENANTS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING WHEN THE, THIS PROPERTY AROSE TO, UM, OUR TEAM ON, UH, SIX 30 2002. BUT THEY, THERE HAVE, I'M SORRY, 2000, SORRY. 2022. UM, WE HAVE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM THIS PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS PROPERTY AND IT ROSE TO OUR ATTENTION, UM, JULY, JUNE. IS IT THE SAME MANAGEMENT OR NEW MANAGEMENT THERE? THE NEW OWNERSHIP GROUP TOOK OVER IN, UH, JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT WOULD BE PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT. THE PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT HAD, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT, NEW MANAGEMENT TOOK OVER IN JANUARY. HAVE YOU HAD ANY RESISTANCE FROM OCCUPIED DWELLINGS TO, TO GO IN AND LOOK AT OR YOU HAVEN'T THE, UH, THE TENANTS, UM, THEY'RE IN AND OUT. SO WE, WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH 'EM. SOME OF 'EM CAN'T MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO DO OUR INSPECTIONS. SO WE, WE HAVE HAD A BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO GET WITH THE TENANTS TO GET THESE INSPECTIONS MADE. SO SOME OF THESE ARE REMAINING OPEN BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET INTO THE PROPERTY, WE CAN'T GET INTO THE, THE UNIT, AND THEN WE CAN'T CHECK TO MAKE SURE THOSE REPAIRS WERE MADE. SO OTHER THAN THE NORMAL BACK AND FORTH, YOU HAVEN'T MET ANY RESISTANCE TO NOT COMPLY? WE HAVE THE, AS FAR AS THE, THE, UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OR EVEN TENANTS THAT YOU MAKE WAY INTO THEIR HOUSE, INTO THEIR UNIT. UH, SOME OF THE, WELL, THE, A TENANT, IT'S VERY HARD TO MAKE THOSE INSPECTIONS IF THE TENANTS DON'T LET US INTO THE PROPERTY. UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS THAT, UH, MANAGEMENT HASN'T TAKEN CARE OF DURING THAT TIME. SO IT, IT'S BEEN A VERY SLOW PROCESS. VERY SLOW. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, THIS IS SAVIRA WITH LEGAL. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UH, ONE STATEMENT, UH, FOR THE BOARD. UH, THIS ISSUE CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AROUND JUNE OF 2022. UH, THERE WERE NOT, UH, COMPLAINTS MADE DIRECTLY TO CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO THAT TIME PERIOD. SO I, I JUST WANNA, UH, CLARIFY THAT, UH, THESE CONDITIONS, UH, MAY HAVE BEEN CONTINUING FOR MUCH LONGER, BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE CONCERNS UNTIL JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN THEY, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY. YES. AND JUST TO CLARIFY ONE MORE TIME, THEY'RE WORTH TIME. THERE WERE 34 COMPLAINTS OF THOSE, ALL THOSE UNITS WERE ACTUALLY INSPECTED BY YOU? BY CODE ENFORCEMENT? YES. OVER THE COURSE OF, OF ALL OF OUR INSPECTIONS, WE DID, UH, 34 UNITS. SO, AND THOSE WERE ALL BY TENANTS MAKING THE COMPLAINTS. RIGHT. AND SO THERE'S 12 OF THOSE STILL REMAIN IN VIOLATION? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO ALL 34 ACTUALLY HAD VIOLATIONS, CORRECT? I I THINK THERE WERE, THERE WAS ONE IN THERE THAT WASN'T A VIOLATION, BUT [00:45:01] YES. THANK YOU. YES. UH, WITHOUT REGARD TO WHEN THIS HAPPENED, IT, IT WAS STILL THERE E EVEN IF IT WASN'T REPORTED. BUT YOU STATED HERE THAT YOU CANNOT, UH, GET INTO THE APARTMENTS. CORRECT. WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO APARTMENTS. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO MAKE, UH, APPOINTMENTS WITH THE TENANTS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET IN. MANAGEMENT DOES NOT HAVE PASS KEYS OR DOES NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE KEYS TO GET INTO THOSE APARTMENTS. OKAY. SO YOU COULDN'T INSPECT ANY THAT WERE OCCUPIED AT THAT TIME? RIGHT. WE, WE COULDN'T REINSPECT, UH, ALL THESE THAT WE HAVE SEEN, THOSE VIOLATIONS. WE JUST COULD NOT REINSPECT. OKAY. SINCE THAT TIME, UH, SINCE JUNE, THAT HE WOULD INSPECT, HAVE ANY OF THIS P UH, RESIDENTS BEEN SHIPPED FROM ONE APARTMENT TO ANOTHER APARTMENT? OR SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONE THAT THEY, UH, WERE, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS, IF, UM, I CAN'T YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT? YEAH, WE'LL ASK THE RESPONDENT. WELL, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ONE THAT HAS BEEN OKAY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WEREN'T, YES. YES. THAT'S WHAT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. RUSSELL. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE OR THE OWNER. UM, MR. MCKNIGHT, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM? THANK YOU. OR CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR ADDRESS? YES. UM, GOOD MORNING, JAMES MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN FOR BROWNER ORTIZ. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THE VOLUME OKAY? I'M A LOT SHORTER THAN OFFICER RUSSELL. IT'S OKAY. I WILL, I CAN, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SCREAM IN THE MICROPHONE. UM, AND, AND CAN YOU, UM, PUT UP THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED PLEASE? SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS A LOT OF ISSUES. UM, OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON RECENTLY TO TRY TO HELP THEM GET INTO COMPLIANCE. THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING IN GETTING INTO COMPLIANCE. THEY ABSOLUTELY WANT TO GET IN COMPLIANCE. WE AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE OFFICER IS SAYING AND RECOMMENDING TODAY, EXCEPT FOR FINES TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A DETAILED PLAN, A BUDGET, UM, WE WANT TO ADDRESS AND ARE ADDRESSING EVERYTHING ON THE LIST. UM, THEY HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING, THEY, AS OFFICER RUSSELL STATED, THEY TOOK OVER REALLY IN JANUARY. UM, THERE WERE A SCATTERED, THIS IS GONNA BE HARD TO SEE, TO TRY TO ZOOM IN, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE, THE SPREADSHEET THAT REALLY JUST TELLS THE, THE STORY OF EACH, EACH OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT HE POINTED OUT. AND THEN, UM, HOW WE HAVE HANDLED THOSE COMPLAINTS SO FAR. SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED AS OF YESTERDAY, AND THEN A TIMELINE AT THE END OF IT, OF HOW WE SEE EACH ONE OF THESE IS GOING TO TAKE. SO WE, WHEN MANAGEMENT TOOK OVER, THEY KNEW THAT THERE WERE ISSUES. UM, IT WAS, THEY BOUGHT THE DEPARTMENT OF PART AS PART OF A PORTFOLIO OF A LOT OF APARTMENTS. THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T RELIEVE THEM OF LIABILITY, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE. AS THEY STARTED TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF THESE THINGS, THEY STARTED PUTTING SOME MONEY HERE AND THERE, BUT THEY HAD BUDGETED $2 MILLION TO TRY TO, TO, TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO CODE. SO THEY HAVE A BUDGET, A, A VERY CLEAR BUDGET OF $2 MILLION. THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT 500,000 ON THIS. UM, BUT ONE, EACH ONE OF THESE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. WE WILL COME INTO COMPLIANCE. AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PUT FORTH THIS PLAN TO SAY, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS IT. WE, WE AGREE THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS, UM, I THINK IF YOU WANNA CALL IT IN DISPUTE, WAS JUST THAT WE HAD PUT FORTH AN ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT SAID THIS IS UP TO CODE. THERE WERE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THAT. ONE WAS THAT THE LETTER WASN'T IN THE FORM THAT THE CITY PREFERRED. SO THAT WAS, WE TOLD OUR ENGINEER THAT AND HE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL GO IN AND PUT IT IN THE RIGHT FORM, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T ALWAYS, HE DIDN'T ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT CODE HAD ASKED HIM TO ADDRESS. UM, THE SECOND PROBLEM, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT, WAS JUST THAT THERE WASN'T AN AGREEMENT. HE WAS SAYING, YEAH, WE'RE UP TO CODE AND CITY SAYING, NO, YOU'RE NOT. BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THAT IS THE VERY FIRST ITEM THAT YOU'LL SEE. UM, IF YOU SCROLL BACK TO THE TOP, UH, 3 0 1 0.4, THAT'S THE STAIRWAYS. UH, WE PUT 90 DAYS ON THAT TIMELINE ONLY BECAUSE WE JUST WANT A CHANCE TO HAVE THE ENGINEER PUT IT IN THE RIGHT FORM AND ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE CITY ENGINEER TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND MAKE SURE YOU DO IT. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ENGINEER, [00:50:01] I THINK MAYBE JUST LOOKED AT IT FOR CURSORY TO SAY, NO, IT WAS BUILT UP TO THE CODE AT THAT TIME OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, BUILDING AND NOT NECESSARILY WHETHER HE HAD THE REPAIRS WERE GONNA BE NEEDED UP TO THIS CURRENT CODE. SO THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE SOME DISCUSSION THERE. BUT WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WOULD BE PULLING THE PROPER PERMITS TO DO SO. UM, NEXT ON THE LIST IS, UH, ACTUALLY EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE. YOU CAN IGNORE 3 0 2, THE 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THERE WAS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. YOU KNOW, OFFICER RUSSELL STATED, WE HAD A, A PERMIT FOR SOME ELECTRICAL WORK. IT WAS A LOT OF EXPOSED WIRES AND THINGS. AND THEY, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICIAN OUT THERE YESTERDAY THAT SAID HE WOULD COMPLETE IT AS OF YESTERDAY. NOW THAT WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT. SO I PUT, UM, FOR THAT TIMELINE, I STATED 10 DAYS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE CAN COME INTO COMPLIANCE TODAY. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO KEEP IT SHORT 'CAUSE I KNEW THAT WE HAD, OR WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT WORK. UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST WAS PLUMBING LEAKS. AGAIN, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH PERMITTING, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT THERE WAS A, A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TAKING, LOOKING AT THE SEWAGE ISSUE, LOOKING AT THE WATER ISSUE. THERE WAS ONE LEAK THAT THEY REPAIRED AND TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS A SEPARATE LEAK THAT THEY NEEDED TO ADDRESS. SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT TWO THOUGHT THE REPLACE, THEY HAD FIXED IT, BUT THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER ONE. AND THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH AND FLOWING UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK. SO THOSE WERE BEING LOOKED AT YESTERDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE COMPLETED YESTERDAY, BUT WE, BECAUSE WE HIRED THAT CONTRACTOR, BELIEVE THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE NEXT 15 DAYS. UM, THE INTERIOR DAMAGE, THAT'S, UM, AS YOU SAW FROM THE PHOTOS SCATTERED BETWEEN SEVERAL UNITS, SOME OF 'EM, UH, WE'VE HAD ISSUES GETTING INTO THE UNITS. THERE'S, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE, SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS AND MANAGEMENT NOT HANDLING THINGS. NOW AS STATED, WE TOOK OVER RECENTLY. SO THIS ISN'T ALL THIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY. THEY'RE SORT OF REALI, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SLOW TO REALIZE, OH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MORE OF THESE ISSUES. SO THEY ARE HANDLING THEM NOW, BUT SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS WERE NOT FULLY WILLING TO LET THEM IN. AND BECAUSE OF, UH, DISTRUST, YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S, THERE'S SOME DISTRUST HERE. SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO ALL THE UNITS, BUT, UM, WE WILL. THAT'S, BUT THAT'S THE REASON FOR IN THIS CASE, I, I, I PLACED THIS AT 90 DAYS JUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET INTO THOSE UNITS. AND BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT AS, UM, LIKE A HOLE IN THE WALL MAYBE IS NOT AS LIFE THREATENING AS A SMOKE ALARM FOR, FOR INSTANCE. NEXT ON THE LIST IS, UH, BROKEN WINDOWS. AND I HAVE, UH, RECORDS THAT, UH, WE CAN LOOK AT. BUT THEY HAD, UM, RECEIPTS FROM SPENDING ABOUT $8,000 SO FAR REPLACING WINDOW PANES THAT REPLACED. UM, HOW MANY DID THEY HAVE? THEY CAN 37 SO FAR. SO THEY'VE COMPLETED 37 OF THOSE REPAIRS. THE BROKEN WINDOWS ARE HAPPENING ON A SEMI-REGULAR BASIS, SO THEY DO REPLACE PANES AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER BROKEN WINDOW, BUT THEY'RE BECOMING LESS AS WE FIX THEM, IT BECOMES LESS AND LESS. AND, AND SO FOR, FOR THAT, I PUT US AT 30 DAYS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD SUCCESS IN REPLACING SOME OF THOSE WINDOW PANES AND UH, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A FULL WINDOW REPLACE, IT'S JUST THE GLASS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ALMOST 40 OF THOSE SO FAR AND, AND CONTINUE TO DO THEM, UM, DAILY. UM, THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST IS 6 0 3 MECHANICAL REPAIRS. THAT'S FOR H V A C REPAIRS. UH, WE HAVE WORK ORDERS FOR 95 DIFFERENT WORK ORDERS, UH, AND ISSUES ON THE H V A C. THERE WERE 18, UM, NEW UNITS. AND THEN AS YOU SEE ON THIS LIST, IT SAYS WE NEED TO STILL VERIFY ANOTHER THREE. I THINK OFFICER RUSSELL STATED TOO. UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THEM, UH, BUT THERE'S STILL AT LEAST TWO THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT STILL HAVEN'T BEEN FIXED. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, FEW WEEKS TO HAVE ALL THOSE REPAIRED. AND, AND I HAVE THE WORK ORDERS HERE. NEXT ON THE LIST IS WATER HEATERS. WE HAD, UM, 133 PLUMBING AND APPLIANCE, UH, WORK ORDERS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THAT WE REPLACED 14 WATER HEATERS. UM, THERE'S STILL A FEW OPEN WHETHER THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T LET US IN OR JUST WEREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT WE WENT, BUT WE ARE DOING THE REPAIRS AND STILL, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO THAT'S WHY I PUT US AT ANOTHER 30 DAYS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET INTO THOSE UNITS AND COMPLETE THOSE. NEXT ON THE LIST IS THE SMOKE DETECTORS. I BELIEVE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY TOLD ME YESTERDAY WAS THAT THEY WERE STILL, THERE WERE FOUR UNITS THAT THEY COULD FIND THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAVE, OR THAT NEEDED SMOKE DETECTORS THAT GAVE TWO OF THOSE UNITS SMOKE DETECTORS. AND THERE WERE STILL TWO REMAINING THAT ONE OF 'EM WAS AT WORK AND [00:55:01] ONE OF 'EM HADN'T LET THEM IN. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING ALL OF OUR SMOKE DETECTORS IN COMPLIANCE. UM, THEY SENT ME PICTURES OF YESTERDAY OF ONE THAT THEY HAD GONE INTO THE UNIT AND, AND, AND REPLACED. UM, SO FOR THAT I PUT 30 DAYS, UM, I COULD SEE US. AND THOSE ARE ONLY BECAUSE, UM, IT'S ONLY, IT'S HARDER TO GET INTO SOME OF THESE UNITS. I UNDERSTAND THE LIFE SAFETY ISSUE, BUT AS OFFICER RUSSELL STATED, THEY WERE NOT IN THOSE UNITS, BUT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT. IF THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE, THEN WE CAN GO IN. THAT COULD BE EVEN LESS THAN 30 DAYS, I WOULD THINK. AND THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST WAS THE PLUMBING LEAKS. THIS HAD TO DO WITH, UH, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES, UM, THAT THE OFFICER CITED. ONE HAD TO DO WITH WATER AND ONE HAD TO DO WITH SEWAGE, BUT WE HIRED THE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR. SO AGAIN, UM, WE THINK IT'S FINISHED, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS ONE I PUT 30 DAYS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T, THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED BY ONE OF THEM. SO ONE OF THEM WAS DONE, OR AT LEAST THEY TOLD ME IT WAS. AND THAT'S WHY I PUT 15 DAYS ON THAT. ANOTHER ONE THEY WEREN'T SURE ABOUT. THAT'S WHY I PUT 30 DAYS ON THIS ONE. UM, AGAIN, THEY HAVE SPENT 500,000 TO THIS POINT. THEY'VE BUDGETED ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION TO FIX ALL THESE THINGS. AND TODAY WE'RE JUST ASKING, UM, THAT WE JUST GET THE CHANCE YOU CAN PUT THE ORDER IN PLACE, BUT WE'LL GET THAT WORK DONE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. ARE YOU USING, UH, REGISTERED ENGINEERS ELECTRICIAN AND THE AND THE LIKES? YES, SIR. TO THAT'S WHAT YOU USING? YES, SIR. I, I, I HAVE THE, THE ENGINEER SUPPORT FOR INSTANCE, IS STAMPED AND SEALED AND YOU CAN SEE HIS SEAL, THE ELECTRICIAN, I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT THEY TOLD ME YES, THAT HE WAS AND THE PLUMBER AS THE SAME. CORRECT. BUT, UH, AS OFFICER RUSSELL STATED, THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR PROPER PERMIT ON THAT ONE. SO THAT'LL HAVE TO BE PROVEN IF WE, ONCE THEY GET THAT PERMIT. YEAH. AND, UH, HAVE YOU, UH, RELOCATED ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE, UH, PROBLEMS? I'M AFRAID I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT RELOCATION. 'CAUSE I'M, OUR OFFICE IS RELAT NEW TO THE CASE, BUT, UM, I I'VE HEARD THAT YES, SOME HAVE BEEN RELOCATED. OKAY. UH, ARE YOU WORKING ON, UH, OTHER APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE VACANT OR ARE YOU JUST TAKING CARE OF, OF THIS, OF WHAT IT'S BEEN BOUGHT UP TO YOU BY COAT? I CAN SAY THAT THE, THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN ON THE, UM, EXTERIOR ITEMS, THE LOOKING AT THE STAIRWAYS, THE PLUMBING, THE ELECTRICAL ITEMS. SO, UM, THE INTERIOR IS CERTAINLY ON OUR LIST, BUT IT WASN'T, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN MORE EXTERIOR. O OKAY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY UNITS AVAILABLE TO VACATE FOR. THEY'RE WORKING, LIKE I SAY, UH, THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO LET YOU IN THEIR LIFE. YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VACANT UNITS THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REASSIGN THE, THE RESIDENCE TO ANOTHER APARTMENT? UM, I DON'T, I WOULD ASSUME THERE ARE SOME, BUT I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT. OKAY. AND SO THIS IS, UH, WHAT, UH, THAT THERE, THERE'S 140 OCCUPIED RIGHT DOWN, RIGHT? YES SIR. AND THERE'S 114 THAT, THAT AREN'T OCCUPIED. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEM 114, ANY OF THEM? WELL, OKAY, YOU TOLD ME THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE NOT BEING WORKED ON BEING REHAB AT ALL, RIGHT? NOT THAT I KNOW OF. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO, UH, WAY THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, MOVE ONE TENANT INTO ANOTHER APARTMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. BUT I'LL CERTAINLY ASK THEM ABOUT THAT, THAT, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED YET BECAUSE WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE EXTERIOR, BUT I CERTAINLY ASK THEM. SO RESIDENCE RIGHT THERE, THE TENANTS SAYING ONE APARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF, UH, THEY CAN, UM, KNOW REALLY THE, THE, THE CONDITIONS AREN'T LIVABLE, WHERE WOULD HE TRANSFER THEM TO ANOTHER IF THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED? RIGHT? WELL, WE WOULD, YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THEM TO ANY OTHER APARTMENT OR WITHIN THE COMPLEX. AGAIN, THAT SEEMS REASONABLE. I JUST HAVE NOT ASKED, HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM YET. UH, IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF LOOKING AT THE UNIT WORKING TO TRANSFER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN WORKING ORDER. YEAH. WORKING ON THE 114 UNITS RIGHT. BEFORE MOVING THEM IN. CORRECT. OKAY. SO, UH, YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT YES, ALL ALL OF 'EM ARE ENGINEERS, ELECTRICIANS, ET CETERA. YES, SIR. ARE, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT ARE REGISTERED, LICENSED WITH THE CITY? YES SIR. OKAY. SO [01:00:01] THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WHAT, UH, INTERESTS TO ME IS THE MONEY HAS THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO UH, GET THIS, UH, APARTMENTS UP TO, UH, QUALIFYING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS TO MOVE IN REALLY RENTERS. AND, UH, YOU SEE THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN A ALLOCATED, BUT THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, RUNS OUT RIGHT QUICK AS YOU KNOW, IN, IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, TO PAY THE WORKERS, ET CETERA, AND TO KEEP ON MOVING. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND THIS APARTMENT COMPANY, WHEN YOU DON'T PAY THE WORKERS, THEY DON'T COME BACK TO CLEAN THAT APARTMENT. IT VALID YOU, YOU KNOW, THE SAME ABSOLUTELY AS ME. YOU KNOW, THE SAME AS ME. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS THE THING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE BAUSER MIGHT BE IN HEADQUARTERS OF WHERE YOUR INVESTORS ARE, BUT IT NEVER GETS TO HERE, SAY SAN ANTONIO ONLY. YEAH. BITS AND PIECES. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MR. Z, CAN GET WITH SOME WORKERS, GET BACK TO THE WORKERS. THAT'S ABOUT WHAT POINT OF ORDER. CAN WE GET BACK TO THE, UH, NO. WELL I'M LOOKING FOR SOME VACANT APARTMENTS IF IT'S ON THERE. OKAY. WAS THAT THE POINT OF ORDER THAT WE CAN ASK ABOUT APARTMENTS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW. WELL, WE'RE GETTING TO THE FINANCE PART. HUH? FINANCE. SO YOU JUST ASKING ABOUT TRANSFER. HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS? OKAY, ERASE THAT FINANCE THEN THOUGH WE KNOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT. YOU AND I KNOW THAT, RIGHT. OTHER PEOPLE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. AND IF I MAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE RELEVANCY OF THAT, IT JUST IN GENERAL IS ARE WE GOING, DO WE HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS AND WILL WE DO SO? AND THE ANSWER IS YES. THANK YOU. SO HAVE I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SORRY. UM, SO LOOKING AT THIS REPORT, I I, I THINK 90 DAYS IS THE MOST THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR ANY PARTICULAR VIOLATION, CORRECT? THAT THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF TIME IS 90 DAYS. YES MA'AM. AND THEN IT'S A MIX OF 30, 15, 10. OKAY, SO THEY TOOK OVER THE, UH, COMPLEX IN JANUARY, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO BY THIS YOU'RE SAYING NOTHING IS TAKING MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, BUT THEY'VE HAD THE PROPERTY FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN I USED TO, NOTHING'S BEEN DONE UNTIL CODE CAME OUT. THAT'S THE REASON. YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF THE COMPLAINTS COMING IN AND THEM ADDRESSING 'EM AT THAT POINT. I MEAN THIS, THE FIRST ONE THAT REALLY TRIGGERED WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR WAS JUNE 30TH. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE MONTH OF JULY. UM, YES, THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE DATE FAR PRIOR TO WHEN THEY TOOK OVER. UM, AND THEY ADDRESSED LITTLE THINGS. I MEAN, WE HAVE WORK ORDERS FROM JANUARY AND FEBRUARY REPLACING A PANE OF GLASS, UH, YOU KNOW, FIXING A SINK, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE THOSE WORK ORDERS FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL. IT REALLY JUST KICKED IN FOR JULY. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THOSE CODE VIOLATIONS FROM JULY. AND SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT, I'M ONLY ADDRESSING THE, THE 90 DAYS KNOWING WE'RE TOLD NOW WE'RE HERE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY. THAT'S THE 90 DAYS THAT I'M LOOKING AT. NOT ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY. UM, OKAY. THAT, BUT THOSE COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO CODE, NOT TO THE APARTMENT. SO BY THAT STATEMENT, YOU'RE STATING THAT THE TENANTS NEVER COMPLAINED TO THE OFFICE OR THE OFFICE WAS NOT AWARE? NO, NO. I'M SAYING THAT THE, THE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE IN THE 90 DAYS ALL IS ALL BASED ON CODE COMPLAINTS. NOT THAT THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS PRIOR TO THAT. UM, NO. AS I, IN FACT, I STATED THERE WERE, AND WE HAD WORK ORDERS AND ADDRESSED THOSE, BUT I MEAN, TENANTS WOULDN'T, FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE, THE STAIRWAY NEEDS TO BE REDONE AND HAS AN ENGINEER'S REPORT. TENANTS DON'T COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, THIS ISN'T UP TO THE, THE STAIRWAY ISN'T NECESSARILY UP TO CODE AND, YOU KNOW, SECTION WHATEVER OF THE CODE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CODE COMPLIANCE COMING OUT AND TELLING US AND THEN SAY, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT, WE'LL GET THE ENGINEER. BUT THAT WOULDN'T COME AS A COMPLAINT TO MANAGEMENT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. SO IT, IT'S JUST A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPLAINT OR, UM, THE CODE OFFICER NOTICING THAT THE WAY THAT THE, THE SEWAGE ISN'T CAPPED CORRECTLY, THOSE ARE NOT THE, USUALLY THE ONES WE GET FROM, UM, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT WE WOULD GET TO MANAGEMENT FROM THE TENANTS. THAT'S FROM CODE COMING OUT AND TELLING US YOU NEED THAT FIXED. NO, BUT THE TENANTS WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SMELL AND THEY WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT TRIPPING OVER THE STAIRS. 'CAUSE [01:05:01] THEY'RE NOT EVEN YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT IS TRUE. THAT IS TRUE. YES. I JUST, WHAT I'M FOCUSING ON IS JUST WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US WAS THE CODE OFFICER SAID, HERE ARE YOUR ISSUES. AND WE SAY, OKAY, HERE IS MY PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. UH, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT, UM, THEY WEREN'T EVER WILLING TO DO. SO SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT TO TELL THEM HOW SERIOUS IT IS. AND I MEAN, THAT HAPPENS. I I KNOW . AND CAN I ASK, ARE YOU A PROPERTY MANAGER OR WHAT IS YOUR CAPACITY TO THE I'M AN ATTORNEY. ATTORNEY. OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUE IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER HERE? NO. OKAY. RIGHT. ? UH, SHE SAID, UH, IT WASN'T ON THE MIC. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES MA'AM. HOLD ON. IT MIGHT BE MORE RESTATE. HOLD ON. ARE YOU FINISHED, KAYLA? UM, WELL I I, I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER A LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT? I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I MEAN, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IF THEY'RE MANAGING IN THE PROPERTY, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE THE, THE CITY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME OUT AND TELL A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT HAS A REAL ESTATE LICENSE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY. AND IT, IT'S A WASTE OF CITY RESOURCES TO HAVE THE, THE CITY TO COME OUT AND TELL YOU. I, I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WE'RE, OUR FOCUS REALLY TODAY ESPECIALLY, IS WHAT WAS THE CODE COMPLIANCE TOLD US, HERE'S CODE OFFICER SAID, HERE'S THE ISSUE. AND WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE. ALRIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, KAYLA? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. ANN, GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO YOU SAID THIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY TOOK OVER IN JANUARY AND THEN YOU JUST BECAME WHAT, IN JUNE OR JULY? OR WHEN, WHEN THE CITY CAME IN IS WHEN THEY HIRED, RIGHT? JUNE 30TH WAS THE FIRST. WE, NO, WE, SO WE WERE HIRED, UH, THREE DAYS AGO. WHAT? OUR FIRM WAS HIRED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO TO JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. HELP WITH THIS PROCESS. YES. SO THEY BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN JANUARY. DID THEY JUST BUY IT SITE UNSEEN? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DID A FULL INSPECTION OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY KNEW ALL OF THE ISSUES WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. AND I, I GUESS WHAT SURPRISES ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING, I, I, I KNEW IT ALL BECAUSE IT'S ALL OVER THE PAPER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, YEAH, I ASKED A QUESTION. ARE YOU DONE? ALL RIGHT. I DID ASK A QUESTION. HE ANSWERED. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ELLA. OH NO, NO. I'M GONNA SIT DOWN NOW. I'M NO, NO. . HE'S LIKE, I'M DONE, I'M DONE. I, NO, MR. MCKNIGHT, I GUESS MINE HAD TO DO WITH FINES. REALLY HAS BEEN PUT THAT, THAT IN THE ORDER. , LISTEN. UM, THERE'S SO MANY PROBLEMS HERE IN SO LITTLE TIME. YOU KNOW, I, I JUST CAN'T, UM, THE, I HAVE NINE VIOLATIONS HERE, 10 BECAUSE OF ONE WAS REPAIRED, AND IF THESE PROBLEMS, THESE PROBLEMS DIDN'T, THESE PROBLEMS EXISTED WAY BEFORE YOU CAME INTO THE PICTURE. CORRECT. SO WHERE, WHERE IS THE MANAGER? WHERE IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER THAT, THAT SHOULD HAVE COME IN WITH YOU? I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A MANAGER HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DISCUSSED IT AND JUST WE FELT LIKE BECAUSE OF OUR PLAN OF ACTION AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO HANDLE THIS, THAT THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. NO, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. OKAY. BUT IT'S NOT FOR THIS BOARD. OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD'VE PREFERRED SEEING A MANAGER. YOU COULD COME IN, BUT THE MANAGER SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. AND YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN'T GET INTO APARTMENTS. EVERY, EVERY MANAGEMENT, EVERY APARTMENT MANAGEMENT THAT I KNOW OF HAS AN EXTRA KEY TO EVERY APARTMENT BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN. SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST CANNOT GO ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS THAT YOU'RE SAYING. I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE ANSWERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, YOU, YOU DO A NOT YET, AND YOU DO A, UM, A SPREADSHEET HERE, SO WE CAN SEE THE TIME. BUT NOW THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE, THE WORK ON THE APARTMENT WHERE THEY LICENSED CONTRACTORS, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THE SEWER WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OH, COME ON, MR. MCKNIGHT. , GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE. RAPID FIRE. YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, AND I UNDERSTAND. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO ALL UNITS ON THE PROPERTY? SO THERE'S, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR THAT IS THERE'S 140 OCCUPIED, 34 [01:10:01] WERE INSPECTED BY THE CITY THAT LEAVES A DELTA OF 106 OCCUPIED UNITS AND 114 VACANT UNITS. HAVE WE SEEN THOSE 206 UNITS? HAVE WE GONE INTO EACH OF THOSE UNITS? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. UM, HOW MANY WORK ORDERS ARE CURRENTLY IN THEIR, UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? OH MY GOSH. I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE GIVEN ME THAT NUMBER. I MEAN, THEY HANDED ME, UM, ABOUT 400, BUT THAT, THAT'S OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. UM, AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, A DOZEN THAT WERE DONE YESTERDAY. SO, UM, I WOULD GUESS, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 30. OKAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR MAINTENANCE STAFF? I DON'T KNOW THAT HOW MANY MANAGERS ARE AT THE PROPERTY. THERE IS, UH, ONE MANAGER AT THE PROPERTY THAT, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S GOOD. MR. ANDES. ALL RIGHT. I'M ABOUT TO BEAT YOU UP. SO GET READY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO EASY. EASY SO FAR. A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR MM-HMM. , I DON'T TAKE ANY ASSIGNMENT UNLESS I KNOW SOME HISTORY OF IT. YOU GOT IN THREE DAYS AGO, AND ALL OF THIS DATA THAT YOU PUT IN FRONT OF US, YOU GAVE TIMELINES WITHOUT VERIFICATION. NOW YOU'RE AN AGENT OF THE PROPERTY AND YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WALK INTO COURT WITHOUT SOME KNOWLEDGE OR EVIDENCE. YES, SIR. ALL OF THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT OF WHAT ALLEGES TO BE FIXED AT A SPECIFIC TIME. THAT'S RIGHT. NO PHOTOS, NOTHING EXCEPT THEM TELLING YOU YES, I'M A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. PERMIT GENERALLY. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. PERMITS, YEAH. AND THE TIMELINES WERE NOT ME JUST POPPING. IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE CLIENT AND THEY'RE TELLING YOU WORK IS BEING DONE EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE THE PERMITS TO DO THE WORK. SO THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY STOP AND TELL YOU GO BACK AND REDO THE WORK AT AN ADDITIONAL COST. THAT'S RIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE, YOU'RE COMING IN WITHOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS DOCUMENT THAT SAYS WORK'S BEEN DONE OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DONE. I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT FOR THE STAIRWAY, THAT WAS INCORRECT OR, OR AT LEAST THE CITY DIDN'T AGREE WITH. UM, AND I HAVE RECEIPTS FROM REPLACING THE PANES OF GLASS. UM, AND I HAVE A, A BID FROM THE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR. SO, I MEAN, WE HAD SOME WORK BEING DONE AND SOME EVIDENCE OF THIS, BUT TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE WE ARE AT THIS POINT, THE, THE MAIN GOAL AS I COMING INTO THIS WAS TRYING TO HELP THEM, UM, COMMUNICATE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THEY NEED TO DO. YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THEY NEED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. AND, AND SO MY JOB IS TO TELL THEM, LET'S, YOU KNOW, BRING FORTH A PLAN, GET YOUR CONTRACTORS HIRED. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ALL THEIR CONTRACTORS YET, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL THEM, GO GET THEM HIRED AND MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT IS THE RIGHT PERSON. SO THAT'S REALLY MY ROLE RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THEY GOING FORWARD ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS CORRECTLY AND, AND HANDLING COMING INTO COMPLIANCE. IN YOUR EARLIER STATEMENT, UH, YOU SAID THERE WERE 400 COMPLAINTS BETWEEN THE TIME THEY TOOK OVER NOW AND 12 WERE FIXED YESTERDAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT 12 THEY MINOR MINIMUM COMPLAINT OR MAJOR COMPLAINT? UM, IT, IT'S IN THE, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS HERE THAT I HAVE. I MEAN, THERE'S A RANGE OF, DO WE HAVE A COPY? YEAH, IT'S ON, UM, I DIDN'T SUBMIT A COPY. IT'S HERE ON SCREEN. SO, SO THERE WAS, UM, I'M, I JUST PULLED UP ON, WHAT PAGE ARE WE ON HERE? OH, THIS IS PAGE ONE. SO I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 37. THERE, THERE, THE, THE DATES ARE A LITTLE BIT SCATTERED, BUT, UM, ON PAGE 37 OF THIS REPORT I'M LOOKING AT IN UNIT 91 44, I'M SORRY, UNIT 1 0 5 I EIGHT 10, LARGE HOLE IN THE CEILING BEEN COMPLETED. SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF COMPLAINTS. YES, SIR. I'M, I'M NOT COMPLAINTS, BUT, UH, WORK ORDERS COMPARISON. YEAH, CORRECT. THESE ARE WORK ORDERS. SO THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH THE VOLUME THAT THEY HAVE. AND YOU WITH THIS, CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT. NOW IT GOES BACK TO THE SAME THING. IF SOME OF THIS STUFF IS REQUIRED, [01:15:01] A LI A, A PERMIT, IF THEN THEY'RE DOING STUFF WITHOUT A PROPER DOCUMENT, WOULD YOU NOT AGREE? THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE? CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO PAGE 38 OF THIS DOCUMENT ON THE SCREEN? UH, SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY. USUALLY THERE'S A SUMMARY PAGE AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES LIKE HOW MANY ARE COMPLETED. YEAH, ACTUALLY IT DOES SAY, UH, 561 AT THE BOTTOM. PERFECT. YEP. RIGHT THERE. FIVE. GOT IT. THANK YOU. IS THAT REMAINING 561 REMAINING OR DONE? NO, SIR. THAT'S THIS LIST THAT THESE WERE COMPLETED OR CANCELED. SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE CANCELED WERE DUPLICATES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THESE, SO OUTTA THE 561 11, AM I READING THAT RIGHT? 11 WERE DONE. YEAH. NO, I . YEAH, THAT'S 11 FOR THAT CATEGORY. YES. SO FOR THAT, OH, SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY'RE GROUPED. SO 561 WERE DONE? YES, SIR. UP TO THIS DATE FROM STARTING, THIS IS FROM JANUARY, RIGHT? THE FIRST ONE I SAW WAS JANUARY, SO IT STARTED WHEN 18 UP TO THIS DATE. 561. YES, SIR. AND YOU SAID SOME WERE DROPPED BECAUSE THEY WERE REPEAT, CORRECT. IN THE SAME APARTMENT OR THE, UM, FROM WHAT I CAN READ, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS THE SAME APARTMENT. MAYBE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT WORK ORDERS MADE BY THE SAME PERSON. AND SO, YEAH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND THERE'S LIKE A CUTOFF, UM, MAY 2ND, AND THEN IT SKIPS TO THE 1ST OF JULY. IS THERE A REASON THAT NO WORK ORDERS WERE COMPLETED FROM THAT? THESE ARE GROUPED. UM, I ACTUALLY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. IF YOU SCROLL UP, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE, THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE LIST. LIKE IT SKIPPED FROM MAY TO JULY. YOU'LL SEE IN, IN ALL OF THIS LIST, THERE'S SEVERAL, MANY, MANY IN JULY. UM, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT ONE GROUP THAT WAS JUST 11 THAT WERE SHOWN ON THOSE DATES. LIKE THEY GROUPED THEM. UM, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE REPLACED A C FILTERS. THERE'S TWO IN THAT CATEGORY. LIFE AND SAFETY, I MEAN, SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION TOUCH-UP CLEANING. SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE, THEY WERE GROUPED. CAN WE SEE THE ENGINEER'S, UH, LETTER? THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT AFTER THIS. THESE DOCUMENTS. PAGE 38. THERE YOU GO. 39. YEAH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE METAL STAIRCASES. SO YES SIR. AND THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. SO THAT IS JUST FOR THE STAIRS ONLY, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT THIS IS JUST FOR THE STAIRS? IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THERE. WELL, I MEAN, I SHOULD SAY, UM, STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS. SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT, UM, MULTIPLE STAIRS, NOT JUST ONE STAIRWAY. SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR IS THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE MAINTENANCE AREN'T ABLE, THAT DON'T HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO IDENTIFY CODE VIOLATIONS. IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT ONLY 33 OF THE UNITS WERE INSPECTED ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE, UH, HAD CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE IN THE LEAVES OF 220 UNITS STILL OUT THERE. MM-HMM. . AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE ARE. WELL, WE HAVE, UH, BROKEN DOWN IN SOME OF THE, UH, THE SPREADSHEET THAT I WAS SHOWING EARLIER. THEY, WE KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR SMOKE DETECTORS THERE WAS STILL TWO OUTSTANDING, BUT FOR INTERIOR REPAIRS, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I HAVE THE LIST ON HERE OR NOT OF HOW MANY ARE STILL OUTSTANDING, BUT GENERALLY WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHICH ONES ARE STILL, HOW MANY ARE STILL OUTSTANDING FOR EACH CATEGORY, RIGHT. FOR INTERIOR, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF UNITS. SO I GUESS FOR ME, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A COMPLAINT HANDLING PROCESS [01:20:01] THAT THIS MANAGEMENT HAS IN PLACE AND THEY'VE BEEN USING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE COULD TELL FROM THAT, THAT THERE, IT HAS BEEN THINGS WERE ACTUALLY HAPPENING. HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET TO TODAY WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY CODE VIOLATIONS FOR SO FEW UNITS THAT WERE INSPECTED THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME TO HAVE AN OPEN SEWER THAT STILL HAS RESIDUE OF TOILET PAPER IN THIS? HOW DID WE GET HERE? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL? I AM. I MEAN, WE ARE, AND I THINK THAT, UM, FOR PART OF IT, AND I I, I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, A SNICKER EARLIER, BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T ALWAYS THINK IT'S THAT SEVERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, HOW THEY GOT TO THIS POINT WHERE THEY SEE WHY HAVE THEY REPAIRED EACH ONE OF THESE. I KNOW THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S WORK ORDERS BEING DONE ALL THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THAT'S THERE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS AND, AND, UH, CLAIMS THAT HE HASN'T HAD THESE KINDS OF ISSUES OTHER PLACES. SO I THINK THERE'S JUST A GENERAL FEELING OF WE ARE TAKING, WE, WE THINK WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THIS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF IT COMPILED AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE, BUT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING THE IDEA. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T ADDRESSED EARLIER, BUT THEY'RE, THEY KNOW, REALIZE AT THIS POINT IN THIS PROCESS, HIRED AN ATTORNEY TO SAY, HELP US TAKE CARE OF THIS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. I'M JUST WANTING TO GET TO JUST PLAIN DECENCY. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A HEAT WAVE HERE, UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE ANYTIME IN THE AFTERNOON, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT. AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE BEING IN A HOME WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING THAT ARE, THAT ARE PAYING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE MONTHLY RENTS. HOW IS IT THAT THEY WEREN'T PUT ON A PRIORITY TO GET THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRED? I WISH I HAD A BAD ANSWER. UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU WANNA LIVE LIKE THAT? WOULD THEY WANNA LIVE IN THAT? I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S IF HE, HE'S A BUILDING MANAGER FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, WOULDN'T HE BE ABLE TO CITE SOME OF THIS STUFF? I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF IT THAT HE HAS SEEN BEFORE. UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS ONCE THEY SAW WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. IN THE ENGINEER'S LETTER, DID YOU READ THIS? YES, SIR. AND YOU SAID THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE STAIRS AND CODE COMPLIANCE'S UNDERSTANDING THAT IS, THAT'S BASED ON A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH A CODE OFFICER ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS THE DISCREPANCY? 'CAUSE I WAS TOLD BY, UH, CODE THAT THIS, THE LETTER WASN'T, UH, SATISFACTORY. SO I'VE JUST ASKED WHY, AND THAT WAS WHAT I DID. YOU FIND THAT SATISFACTORY IN THE WAY IT'S READ? IT'S GENERAL. BUT HE, IF, IF THIS LICENSED ENGINEER WAS BROUGHT ON SITE AND SAID, HERE'S THE PROBLEM AND TELL US IF THERE'S AN ISSUE. I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I HAVE TO RELY ON HIM WHETHER HE DID THE JOB THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO. A, IT DOESN'T SPECIFY. IT GENERALIZES ALL STAIRS. CODE COMPLIANCE DIDN'T GENERALIZE ALL STAIRS. THEY SPECIFICALLY TARGETED STAIRS IN PACIFIC BUILDINGS. SO THIS, I UNDERSTAND WHERE CODE COMPLIANCE IS COMING FROM. IS THE FACT THAT THIS DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGET A STAIR GENERAL MAYBE, BUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR STAIR HAS AN ISSUE AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEPARATED OUT. WELL, ACTUALLY THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. SO WHEN, UH, AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE CODE OFFICERS, WHEN THEY ARE CITING IT, THEY DON'T CITE IT PER STAIR, PER BUILDING NECESSARILY. THEY SAY IT'S A, A VIOLATION ON THE PROPERTY. PART OF WALKING THE PROPERTY WITH THEM IS NOTING FOR OURSELVES WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE. BUT THE CODE OFFICER SAYS THERE IS AN STRUCTURAL ISSUE GENERALLY. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY HIS LETTER ADDRESSED IT GENERALLY GRANTED, BUT THE LETTER SHOULD HAVE ALSO RECOGNIZED BUILDING 12 HAS A STAIR DEFICIENCY. THE REST NINE OTHER BUILDINGS DON'T. THIS ONE CLARIFIES ALL STAIRWELLS AS UP TO CODE, BUT YET YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND IT'S OPPOSITE. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? WHAT? I CAN'T, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT CODE IS SAYING THE LETTER IS NOT SATISFACTORY. THAT IT, WE NEED IT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC OR WE DON'T AGREE THAT IT IS UP TO CODE. I'M, I'M [01:25:01] NOT SURE YET. I KNOW THAT WE SUBMITTED THE LETTER SAYING, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE UP TO CODE. AND THEY SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT. DID DID YOU TALK TO THE ENGINEER OTHER THAN THE LETTER? NO, SIR. SO THAT'S ONE OF YOUR TO-DO LIST. ABSOLUTELY. YOU LIKE GOT A LOT TO DO THIS. ABSOLUTELY, YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT. THREE DAYS, BUT RIGHT, BUT I MEAN THAT'S THAT, YEAH, THAT'S PART OF, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S PART OF MY ROLE IS TO SAY, OKAY, NOW I SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I'M ESSENTIALLY LIKE A MEDIATOR TRYING TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING. ADDRESS IT MORE SPECIFICALLY. NAME THE BUILDING. MAYBE HE'S LOOKING AT THE, I DON'T KNOW, HE'S MADE ME LOOKING AT THE WRONG ISSUE. BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET. YOU'RE PLAYING THE SAME GAME WE ARE. 'CAUSE WE HEAR BOTH SIDES AND YES SIR, WE HAVE TO MEDIATE. SO IT'S NOT CORRECT A PERSONAL ISSUE. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF HAS BEEN GOING FOR SOME TIME AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND YOUR, YOUR BOTTOM LINE, ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT WAS I THINK YOUR BIGGEST NUMBER WAS 90 DAYS. YES, SIR. MM-HMM. . AND THAT IS TO COMPLETE ALL OR JUST THAT'S TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THE STRUCTURAL ITEM, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WAS A 90 DAY ITEM. SO BRING IT UP TO CODE. YOU WANT THE FULL 90 DAYS, EVEN THOUGH SOME MAY NOT TAKE 90 DAYS. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST TO, UM, STRUCTURAL WORK TAKES LONGER. UM, HAVING THE TIME TO MEET WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT. BUT, UH, YEAH, I MEAN I HAD, WE HAD TO TALK THROUGH WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A LONGER ITEM AND WHAT MIGHT BE A SHORTER ITEM, BUT THAT WAS ONE I THOUGHT BECAUSE IT WAS A BIGGER, UM, JUST 'CAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL WORK THAT WE WANTED A LONGER TIMELINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REFUSING TO LET YOU INTO THEIR APARTMENT? I WASN'T GIVEN A NUMBER. THEY SAID SEVERAL. YEAH. 'CAUSE I NOTICED ON YOUR NOTE, UH, SOMEONE MADE THE COMMENT OF LIKE, WHY WOULD ANYONE WANNA LIVE IN THOSE CONDITIONS? AND THEN THE NOTE UNDER H V A C WAS RESIDENTS REFUSING TO LET US IN. YES, SIR. AND I JUST WANT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I TOO, LIKE, AND I GET IT HAPPENS, LIKE, TRUST ME, I I UNDERSTAND IT. YEAH. BUT I JUST WANT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE OUTWARDLY SAYING LIKE, NO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING IN MY APARTMENT TO FIX THE ISSUE. 'CAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS, I WOULD SAY MAYBE HALF A DOZEN THAT, THAT WE'RE TRULY SAYING, OH, FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES, NOT ALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE. AND AGAIN, THAT THERE HAS BEEN THIS BREWING LACK OF TRUST THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO REPAIR AND IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE EARLIER THAT MANAGEMENT DOES NOT HAVE KEYS. IS THERE A REASON WHY MANAGEMENT DOES NOT HAVE KEYS TO THE BUILDING THAT THEY OWN? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. I HAD NOT HEARD THAT UNTIL, UM, IT WAS STATED. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY DID. MAYBE THEY, WE HAVE SEEN IT IN OTHER SITUATIONS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE CASE HERE WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE KEYS, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRUST, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FORCE THE ISSUE. OKAY. THAT HAPPENS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. OKAY. GOT IT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES. FOR THE LORD? YES. YES. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS, UH, FOR THIS TENANT THAT ARE AT, UH, SOME OF THIS APARTMENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED? IS TO KEEP 'EM THERE OR ABSOLUTELY NO, WE WANT, WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP AS MANY TENANTS AS, AS WE CAN. YES. OKAY. UH, AND, AND THE CONDITIONS THAT THE APARTMENTS ARE RIGHT NOW, THEM, UH, WHAT YOU FIX AROUND 11 ITEMS OUT OF 150 OR SO. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, OR WE WE'RE DOING, IS FIXING UP THE APARTMENTS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS WEATHER, FOR INSTANCE, JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE, UH, THEY'RE STILL WITHOUT NO AIR. OKAY. NO AIR. 'CAUSE THEN YOU GOT THE SEWERS, WHICH I, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF IT'S A HEALTH SITUATION OR NOT, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THIS TENANTS? JUST KEEP 'EM THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE ROOMS OR YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, APARTMENTS READY FOR THEM TO, IF YOU WANT IT, EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO, TO MOVE THEM IN THERE TO TRANSFER THEM IN THERE. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? NO, I MEAN, SO FOR INSTANCE, THE H V A C UNIT, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS. UM, ON OUR SPREADSHEET THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, THERE WERE 95 H V A C WORK ORDERS. SO THAT REPRESENTS 95 TIMES IN VERY RECENT MONTHS THAT THEY TRIED TO REPAIR THINGS WHEN THEY GOT THE COMPLAINT. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO REPAIR THOSE. AND, AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'D REPLACED 18 UNITS AND THERE'S STILL THREE, THREE RESIDENTS NOT ALLOWING US IN. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY OUTSTANDING, IT'S STILL A BIG ISSUE FOR OBVIOUSLY FOR THAT. EVEN THERE'S ONE RESIDENT THAT'S [01:30:01] A, THAT'S A PROBLEM, EVEN ONE RESIDENT, BUT WE'VE COME DOWN, WE WE'RE MAKING THOSE REPAIRS AS THEY COME UP BECAUSE WE DO WANNA KEEP THEM THERE. YEAH, YEAH. UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT MY QUESTION NOW IS THIS, RESIDENCES DON'T LET YOU IN TO FIX THE APARTMENT. YOU, YOU'RE SAYING SOME OF 'EM DON'T LET YOU IN THAT HAVE APARTMENT THE PROBLEMS HERE ON CODE. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT ONE? I MEAN, THEY GOTTA BE FIXED. UH, I, I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, AND I'VE SHOWN THERE'S PICTURES IN HERE AS WELL JUST TO, TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE DONE IT IS POSTED ON THEIR DOOR. WE NEED TO GET IN. THERE IS AN ISSUE. YOU KNOW, WE, THEY HAVE, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO EVICT A TENANT. I DON'T, THEY DO NOT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AT ALL. THEY ARE JUST SAYING AT THIS POINT, PUTTING A NOTE ON THE DOOR SAYING, WE NEED TO GET IN SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS STILL, THE, THE TENANTS ARE THERE SUFFERING OR, OR WHATEVER. WITH THIS VIOLATIONS OF CODE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO YOU, THERE'S STILL OUT, THERE'S STILL SOME OUTSTANDING YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. ARE ALL RIGHT? OKAY. ARE ANY OF THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS JUST ASKED A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION? ARE ANY OF THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT THE H V A C REFUSING TO LET US IN THE SAME THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CALLING CODE AND SAYING, OH, WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT WON'T GET FIXED? I WISH I KNEW. I DON'T. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS CASE FOR A LONG TIME. DOES ANYONE HAVE ONE LAST BURNING QUESTION? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, UH, MISS. MR. RUSSELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS CASE BEFORE WE GET READY TO, UM, DOES ANYONE, YOU KNOW, IS ANYONE PREPARED? IS IT, UH, MADAM CHAIR? HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE? MM, NO, WE DON'T. MM-HMM. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. YOU, YOU DON'T? OKAY. GOT IT. MAKE A, ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AS CODE COMPLIANCE. NO, ALL THAT. THIS, EACH ONE. WE, WE HAVE TO, SO DO WE HAVE ONE ANYONE PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION? THE THING IS THE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION? WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT DATES. YES, TWO DIFFERENT DATES. ALL RIGHT. IF NO ONE'S PREPARED, I WILL, I WILL GO AHEAD. HMM. DO ARE YOU READY OR NOT? NOT YOU GO AHEAD. BECAUSE WHO? IT'S BEEN A, YOU GOT YOUR PAPERWORK, MADAM CHAIR? YES. UH, THIS IS LEGAL. UH, I CAN, THIS IS LEGAL. I AM REQUESTING, UH, A QUICK, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTER. ALL RIGHT, GOT YOUR PAPERS. ALRIGHT. UM, THE TIME IS NOW 1122. ON AUGUST 11TH, 2022, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RECESS FROM THE OPEN MEETING AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 12 0 8. ON AUGUST 11TH, 2022, THE BOARD, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. ONCE AGAIN, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UM, FIRST I WOULD, DO WE, CAN YOU START WITH THE MOTION? JUST THE MOTION. I, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE, UM, CODE NUMBERS AGAIN FROM THE OFFICER. OKAY. GO AHEAD. MR. RUSSELL, CAN YOU COME UP AND BRIEF THE, UH, CODE NUMBERS AGAIN AND CAN YOU REPEAT 'EM IN ORDER USING THE DATES? WE DON'T, WELL, [01:35:03] I GAVE HER THE DATES ALREADY. YEAH. THE SECTIONS OF THE CODE VIOLATED ARE 3 0 3 0 4 0.10, STAIRS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES. 3 0 4 0.13, WINDOW SKYLIGHTS AND DOORFRAMES 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES. UH, I'M, I'M SORRY. CAN YOU, UH, START AGAIN AND JUST, UH, JUST THE NUMBERS? THE, YEAH, JUST THE NUMBERS. UM, UH, THE 3 0 4 0.10 WAS ONE, UH, SEPARATE, UH, DATE AND THEN THE DATE FOR, CORRECT. THAT WAS THE 11TH. OKAY. SO JULY, CAN I JUST GET THE, THE JUNE 30TH DATES? OKAY. OR THE NUMBERS FOR THE 30TH. THAT'S GOING TO BE 3 0 4 0.13. 3 0 5 0.350 4.150 5.450 6.260 3.1. 6 0 3 0.3 AND 7 0 3 0.2. AND SUPERVISOR RUSSELL. THOSE WERE ALL JUNE 30TH. THOSE WERE ALL JUNE 30TH. DON'T HATE ME, BUT CAN YOU REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME? SURE. IT'S GONNA BE, UH, 3 0 4 0.1330 5.350 4.150 5.450 6.260 3.160 4.3 AND 7 0 3 0.2. SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, VIOLATIONS? I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE? THERE SHOULD BE NINE. THERE ARE, THERE'S NINE VIOLATIONS OUTSTANDING. SO THERE'LL BE EIGHT FOR THE 30TH, AND THEN THERE'LL BE ONE FOR THE 11TH. OKAY. YES, I GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE A MOTION. PROCEED PLEASE. I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 59 0 3. DANNY K IS, UM, IS A PUBLIC NUS, WHICH IS FEASIBLE TO BE PREPARED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION. IS THIS THE RIGHT? NO, I'M SORRY. I HAVE THE WRONG SCRIPT. UM, CAN I START OVER? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 59 0 3. DANNY KAY WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UH, SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.330 5.350 4.150 5.450 6.260 3.160 4.370 3.2, AND 3 0 4 0.100, I'M SORRY. UH, DO I HAVE TO DO THE [01:40:01] DATES SEPARATELY? YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY FURTHER TO SEPARATE THE TWO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THEM ALL TOGETHER FURTHER TO SEPARATE THE TWO. OKAY. SO LIKE ON THE DATE OF, YES. JUNE 30TH MM-HMM. AND FURTHER ON JULY 11TH. YES. IS THAT CORRECT? AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THE PROPERTY IS, WELL, THIS BOARD, UH, ORDERS THAT ALL OCCUPIED UNITS SHALL HAVE FUNCTION FUNCTIONING AC UH, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND SMOKE DETECTORS WITHIN 20 DAYS, IF NOT FEASIBLE, THEN THOSE 10, THOSE OCCUPANTS SHOULD BE MOVED TO OTHER UNITS THAT ARE UP TO CODE. FURTHERMORE, ALL TENANTS OCCUPYING UNITS THAT UTILIZE DEFICIENT STAIRS AND BALCONIES SHALL BE MOVED TO OTHER UNITS WITHIN 10 DAYS AND REPAIRS MADE WITHIN 10 DAYS. THE BOARD FURTHER ORDERS THAT ALL UNITS, ALL OCCUPIED UNITS MUST BE INSPECTED WITHIN 10 DAYS FOR SMOKE ALARMS, AC, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. THE BOARD ALSO ORDERS THAT ALL UNITS GROUNDS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINS, AND ROOF BE INSPECTED WITHIN 90 DAYS. EXCUSE ME, SORRY. ALL PERMITS MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO COMMENCING WORK AND ALL REPAIRS MUST BE BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. THIS BOARD FURTHER ORDERS THAT ALL TENANTS COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST OF PROPERTY OWNER TO ENTER THE UNITS FOR RE FOUR REPAIRS WITH A 72 HOUR NOTICE. THIS BOARD FURTHER ORDERS THAT THE OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE AND A MEMBER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT APPEAR BEFORE THIS BOARD EVERY 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE STATUS UPDATES WITH A MAXIMUM OF 90 DAYS. AND FINALLY, THIS BOARD ORDERS A CIVIL PENALTY OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIOLATION AND A CONTINUING CIVIL CIVIL PENALTY OF $500 PER VIOLATION PER DAY PAST THIS BOARD'S ORDERS. AND SECOND, ONE MOMENT. KAYLA, WHAT WAS THE ADDITIONAL CIVIL VIOLATION PAST THE, THE FIRST IS THE CIVIL, THE VIOLATION THAT IS, UM, OR THE PENALTY THAT'S ASSESSED TODAY. THE THOUSAND DOLLARS. MM-HMM. PER VIOLATION. MM-HMM. . AND THE SECOND IS A CONTINUING CEN CIVIL PENALTY OF $500 PER DAY. THEY, THAT THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE PASSES THE ORDER DATES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. [01:45:01] MM-HMM. . ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATION FOR 5 9 0 3. DANNY KAY. FOR, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO READ MY HANDWRITING. . ALL RIGHT. FOR, UM, VIOLATIONS ON JULY 30TH OF 3 0, 4 0.13, UH, WINDOWS 3 0 5 0.1. INTERIOR THREE. UM, YEAH, 5 0 4 0.150 5.4. WATER AND HEATING 5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE, 6 0 3 0.1. MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, 7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS AND FURTHER FINE VIOLATIONS FOUND ON JULY 11TH OF 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRS AND FURTHER THAT OCCUPIED UNITS AND FACILITIES, AC AND PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND SMOKE DETECTORS BE REPAIRED WITHIN 20 DAYS, IF NOT FEASIBLE TO MOVE. UM, MOVED UP TO GOD, DOG IT OUT, I'LL OCCUPIED DEFICIENCIES AND BALCONIES MOVED TO UNITS. WELL, UH, TENANTS THAT ARE MOVED WITHIN 10 DAYS IF NOT REPAIRED, AND THEN FURTHER ORDERED THAT ALL OCCUPIED UNITS THAT, UM, YEAH, I WAS WRITING WAY TOO FAST, HUH? CAN I SEE YOUR NOTES? IT WAS, UH, THAT THE REMAINING OCCUPIED UNITS MUST BE INSPECTED WITHIN 10 DAYS FOR SMOKE ALARMS, AIR CONDITIONERS AND ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING HAZARDS. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO GROUND SIDEWALKS AND DRAINS, AND ALSO OBTAIN ALL PERMITS BEFORE COMMENCING WORK. AND M I BELIEVE IT WAS, THIS IS LEGAL. I BELIEVE IT WAS LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. YEAH. ALL PERMITS BEFORE COMMENCING WORK AND LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. THE WORK BE DONE BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS IS, IS WHAT SHE SAID, LICENSED PROFESSIONALS AND, AND PERMITS BE PULLED BEFORE WORK COMMENCES. YEAH. IT, IT, IT'S, UM, THAT ALL, UH, PERMITS MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO, UM, COMMENCING WORK. MM-HMM. AND THAT ALL REPAIRS MUST BE BY, BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. MM-HMM. . AND THEN ALSO THAT THE MANAGEMENT GIVES, UH, PROPER NOTICE TO TENANTS WITHIN 72 HOURS AND THAT IT'S FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE ON OWNERS OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN ALSO SOMEONE FROM MANAGEMENT, UH, BE PREPARED TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS ORDER. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE GIVEN A CIVIL PENALTY OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER, UH, CODE VIOLATION. AND THEN IF THE CODE VIOLATIONS ARE NOT BROUGHT TO CODE AN ADDITIONAL 500 PAST THE BOARD'S ORDER PER DAY. PER DAY. PER DAY. ALL RIGHT. DID I CAPTURE EVERYTHING? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? YEAH. ALRIGHT, JUST A SECOND. WELL, I NEEDED TO GET THE ORDER OUT BEFORE I GOT A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I ALL, SO I HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. ALL. SO WE HAVE DISCUSSION. ANYONE I HEARD SOMEONE SAY YES. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? JUST TO GIVE A SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA? YES. JOELLE SOLIS. AYE. JESSE SNYDER. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA. I CONCURRENTLY FIND A FACT. OKAY. MOTION PASSES [01:50:01] WITH THE VOTE OF A TWO ZERO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MR. MCKNIGHT, CAN YOU GET THE CODE OFFICER? AND THEN ALSO CAN WE GET THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS UP HERE PLEASE? MM-HMM. WE GOTTA GET THE POLICE OFFICERS UP HERE. SO YOU GONNA GIVE A SHORT VERSION? OH, THE OFFICER'S GONNA, UH, EXCUSE ME, BOARD THE OFFICER'S GONNA INTRODUCE THE CASE IN JUST THE VERY BARE DETAILS AND THEN WE'LL BREAK AWAY FOR A S A P D TO GIVE THEIR REPORT. SO THANK YOU. BUT JOSH, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, START THE HEARING BY STATING THE PROPERTY ADDRESS? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE PROPERTY FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGERS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 77 19 CARTWHEEL LANE WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 77 19 CARTWHEEL LANE WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD, THE FIRST HEARING WASN'T ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2021 FOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE WITH THE BOARD ORDERING A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER. YES, THE OWNER AT THAT TIME DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE BOARD ORDERS. PLEASE NOTE ON JULY 13TH, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDES SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 5 5 2 9 BLOCK 0 1 5, LOT THREE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FREDERICK GORDON KELLER WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 77 19 CARDWELL LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7. THE FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, REBECCA KELLER AND S A P D. OFFICER BETIS, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON FOUR APRIL 4TH, 2022. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 77 19 CARTWHEEL LANE WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 27TH, 2022. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT JANUARY 27TH, 2022, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AS OF MARCH 16TH, 2022 ON JULY 29TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 77 19 CARTWHEEL LANE AND JULY 29TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO FREDERICK GORDON KELLER BY CERTIFIED RECEIPT ON JULY 12TH, 2022. AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHO PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. TODAY. AT THIS TIME, TIME, I'M GONNA HAVE S A P TO SPEAK ON THEIR CASE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU'RE GOOD. WE CAN HEAR YOU. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S OFFICER JOHNNY PEREZ, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WEST SAFE UNIT OFF OF COLLIBRA ROAD. UM, I'M THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF OUR DART PROGRAM, THE DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM WITH FOR WEST SAFE. SO I WAS THE ONE THAT ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS PROPERTY TO, TO THE DART TEAM IN 2021. AND AT THE TIME WHEN I DID BRING IT, UH, IT WAS DUE TO A LOT OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES THEY WERE HAVING, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON. UM, THERE WAS ONLY 25 CALLS OF SERVICE PRIOR TO THAT, BUT IT, THEY WERE, THEY WERE CALLS FOR SHOTS FIRED, UM, MANY DISTURBANCES, UM, NARCOTICS, UH, PROSTITUTION, AND THEN YOUR 9 1 1 HANGUPS, WHICH ARE PEOPLE CALLING NINE ONE ONE AND NOT ANSWERING THE PHONE OR LEAVING IT OFF THE HOOK OR HANGING UP. UM, AT THE TIME THAT WE DID, UH, ISSUE THE DART INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY, UH, THERE WAS A FIREARM FOUND IN THE HOUSE ALONG WITH, UH, NARCOTICS. SO THE OWNER WAS, UH, BOOKED ON BOTH THE NARCOTICS AND THE FIREARM. UM, HE WAS A FELON, SO IT WAS A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. BUT SINCE IT HAD BEEN PASSED THE FIVE YEARS, UM, THEY DROPPED THAT CHARGE FOR THE FIREARM, UH, SINCE THE DART. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN THERE, THERE, THEY HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE. HE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING IN. PROSTITUTES WERE SLEEPING THERE, STAYING THERE. UM, DIFFERENT VAGRANTS WERE COMING IN AND SLEEPING IN ALL THE ROOMS AND, AND, AND SOME SAID THEY PAID HIM RENT. SOME SAID THEY WERE FRIENDS AND WERE JUST JUST LETTING THEM STAY. SO THE ACTIVITY KIND OF CONTINUED A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, FINALLY THE OWNER, UH, WAS ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. UM, AND I BELIEVE IT'S STILL IN JAIL. UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE KIND OF EVER SINCE THEN. UH, THE HOUSE WAS BOARDED UP ONCE HE WAS GONE AND, AND [01:55:01] THE VAGRANTS AND SOME OF THE PROSTITUTES KNEW WE WERE COMING AROUND ALL THE TIME. THEY KIND OF STARTED, UH, STAYING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. BUT THERE, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT SOME ARE COMING IN OR TRYING TO COME IN, MAYBE TO SLEEP, UM, OR SLEEP ON THE PROPERTY OVERNIGHT. UM, WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM. UH, BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S 1229, BUT DO YOU HAVE A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION? NO, I HAVE A COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND BE SAFE OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DANGEROUS PREMISES. JOSHUA MARTINEZ. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF AUGUST 10TH, 2022. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF WESTWOOD TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NOTICE THE VACATE WAS ISSUED BACK IN JULY 23RD, 2021. THERE IS CURRENTLY AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT FOR THE, THE SERVICE FOR C P S, BUT ELECTRICAL WAS TURNED OFF ON AUGUST 13TH, 2021 AND GAS WAS ALSO TURNED OFF ON JULY 29TH, 2020. UH, THE FIRE THAT OCCURRED HERE DID OCCUR IN JANUARY OF 2022. SERVICES WERE OFFERED TO THE OWNER AND ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY. UH, AT THAT TIME, THEY DID NOT QUALIFY FOR CITY SERVICES DUE TO BEING BEHIND ON PROPERTY TAXES. BLUEPRINT MINISTRIES DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY AS WELL. PHOTOS THAT ARE BRING BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON JULY 12TH, 2022. IN THE SLIDE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. THE WOOD WOOD SIDING FOR THE CARPORT IS, UH, SHOWING LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION WITH SLIGHT DETERIORATION AT THIS TIME, AS WELL AS THE, THE P PORT, THE, UH, PATIO AREA AS WELL. IN THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, THE SMOKE DAMAGE DOES IS SHOWING FROM THE DOOR TO THE, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH, UH, LIGHTER SIGNS OF SMOKE DAMAGE GOING TO THE LEFT AS WELL. NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE VINYL SIDING. UH, GO TO THE ROOF SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE. THE REAR ELEVATION. UH, AGAIN, SMOKE DAMAGE ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL GOING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. THE ROOF SYSTEM DOES HAVE A LARGE HOLE. UH, IT DOES HAVE A HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM AT THE GABLE AT THE RIDGE BOARD WHERE THERE IS A WAVE FROM THE DECKING BEING DAMAGED AS WELL. BETWEEN THE RAFTERS, HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE HOLE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE. THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STUCCO SIDING IS STARTING TO BREAK APART AT THE GRADE. UH, THAT'S SHOWING FROM THE FRONT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACKSIDE OF THIS LEFT, LEFT SIDE ELEVATION. NOW MOVING INSIDE, THIS IS GONNA BE FROM THE FRONT DOOR. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LARGE, LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT IS INSIDE THE ROOM, AS WELL AS SMOKE DAMAGE AND FIRE DAMAGE TO THE, THE WALLS AS WELL AS THE ROOF SYSTEM. UH, AND ALSO MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN INTO THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS POSING THE EGRESS CONCERN. MOVING INTO THE HALLWAY, AGAIN, JUST MORE DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. WATER DAMAGE AS WELL AS SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE, TO THE SHEET. ROCKS, SAME SPOT. JUST, UM, IN THE, FOR THE HALLWAY, JUST AS YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING MOVING INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS. SORRY FOR THE PHOTO. I WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER PHOTO OF THE LIGHT WITH THE LIGHTING, BUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THIS ROOM AS WELL, AS WELL AS FIRE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING JOIST THAT IT CAN BE SEEN IN THIS PHOTO AS WELL, AS WELL AS DAMAGE THE SHEET ROCK FROM THE FIRE. UH, MOVING FURTHER INTO THE, TO THIS ROOM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MUCH DEBRIS IS INSIDE OF THIS ROOM. AS THIS PHOTO HERE, THIS ROOM'S GONNA BE TOWARDS THE BACK RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE ONE ROOM THAT [02:00:01] SUSTAINED MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN IS, IS COMPLETELY GONE. DEBRIS IN THE FLOOR, WATER DAMAGE ON THE FLOOR, AS WELL AS, UH, CHARING TO THE STUDS, TO THE CEILING JOISTS AS WELL AS THE RAFTERS. HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK RIGHT ABOVE ME, UH, JUST SHOWING THAT THE DECKING IS DAMAGED, UH, WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE, THE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, AS WELL AS CHARING TO THE RAFTERS AND TRUSSES AS WELL, JUST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THE SAME SPOT GOING TOWARDS THE, THE LIVING ROOM IS SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM. MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN, AGAIN, THE CEILING HAS A HOLE, UM, DUE TO THE FIRE WITH SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE KITCHEN AREA. LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, WHICH IS MAKING IT REALLY DIFFICULT JUST TO GET THROUGH THE STRUCTURE TO GET THESE PHOTOS. FOR THE BOARD TODAY, THIS IS GONNA BE THE GARAGE, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE, OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. UH, STILL SHOWING A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE SEAL, THE ROOF SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR WALLS. UH, I WASN'T ABLE TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THIS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WAS IN THERE AS WELL AS EXPOSED ELECTRICAL. UM, SAME SPOT, JUST TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE WALLS. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 77 19 CARTWHEEL LANE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN R 2 4 7 8, 11, 12 15, AND 17, IN 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 THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE DEFECTS, DILAPIDATIONS SUB CENTEREDNESS OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN WITH THE PROPERTY REMAINING VACATED, SECURED, AND UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 77 19 COURT WILL LANE. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? JUST ONE. WOULD YOU REPEAT YOUR VIOLATIONS AGAIN PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. SUB BE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. THE SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN WILL BE 2 4 7 8 11, 12, 15, AND 17. THANK YOU. YES. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN DEMOLITION. IS THERE ANY WAY FOR THAT YOU'VE FOUND THERE THAT IT COULD BE REPAIRED? UM, ANY STRUCTURE CAN BE REPAIRED. IT JUST COMES TO THE MEANS OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. YEAH, I GUESS THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION. OKAY. IT'S ON A SLAB, CORRECT? IT'S ON A SLAB, UH, WHICH ISN'T INTACT SINCE THE DART THAT WE, THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR, THE STRUCTURE HAS JUST BEEN GETTING WORSE. AND THEN FROM THE FIRE, IT JUST BECAME A BIGGER CONCERN FOR THE CITY. AND THAT AT THAT POINT IS WHERE I HAD GOT INVOLVED IN THIS CASE. I MEAN, I GUESS TO ME, NOT BEING CONTRACTOR, I, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD IF THE FOUNDATION'S STILL GOOD. BUT THAT WOULD BE ON THE OWNER'S DECISION OF WHAT THEY WERE WANTING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. WE DO HAVE MR. KELLER'S WIFE HERE PRESENT TODAY TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? NO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT AT THIS TIME, CAN WE HAVE, UH, MR. REBECCA KELLER PLEASE? APPROACH? ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YOU CAN, CAN I BE HEARD? PUT IT DOWN? YEAH, PUT IT DOWN SOME MORE. OKAY. MAKE SURE IT, IT'S LIKE RIGHT THERE SO WE CAN HEAR. YOU CAN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. UH, REBECCA KELLER AND, UH, 7 7 1 9 CARTWHEEL IN SAN ANTONIO? NO. YOUR ADDRESS, WHERE YOU LIVE? WHERE I LIVE? MM-HMM. IS, UM, I LIVE WITH RELATIVES. I'M SORRY. UM, WHERE DO I LIVE? UM, I'M SO SORRY. UH, I'M SO SORRY. I FORGOT. I'M, I'M LIVING WITH THE RELATIVES. TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR TIME'S. OKAY. WHAT IS HIS ADDRESS? OH GOSH. I'M JUST, [02:05:05] CAN I PROVIDE THAT A LATER TIME? OH, LET'S SEE. UH, I'M JUST COMPLETELY BLANK. UM, DO YOU HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IN YOUR POCKET? MAYBE IT, IT, MY DRIVER'S LICENSE INDICATES 7 7 1 9 CARTWHEEL. YOUR WHAT? THE, MY ADDRESS ON THE, UH, DRIVER'S LICENSE INDICATES 7 7 1 9 CARTWHEEL. BUT I'M OH, INDICATES THIS ADDRESS. PARDON ME? IT INDICATES THE CURRENT ADDRESS. THE CURRENT ADDRESS. BUT I'M LIVING, I OBVIOUSLY DON'T LIVE THERE. AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW MY SON'S ADDRESS, SO SORRY, I, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP IN JUST, I DON'T KNOW MY SON'S ADDRESS. I LIVE WITH MY, WAS STAYING WITH MY SON, SO, AND I'M SORRY, I JUST DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR ADDRESS? IS THAT WHAT DOESN'T KNOW HER SON'S ADDRESS? I, I'M LIVING WITH OH, A RELATIVE, UH, CHAIR. CAN WE ACCEPT IT'S OKAY. A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. BUT MY, UH, DRIVER'S LICENSE INDICATES 7 7 1 9. IT WAS FROM BACK. UH, I AM REPRESENTED, UH, REPRESENTING FREDERICK KELLER. AND, UH, HE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, THE HEARING TODAY. HE, I'M REPRESENTING FREDERICK KELLER. OKAY. AND, UM, UH, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING TODAY, SO, UH, HE ASKED ME TO, UM, HE WANTS TO CONVEY TO THE BOARD THAT HE DESIRES TO KEEP HIS HOME. THERE'S BEEN DAMAGE CLEARLY, BUT HE, THIS IS HIS CHILDHOOD HOME. AND BEFORE, UM, THE TROUBLE BEGAN, UM, HE, THE IDEA WAS TO FIX THE HOUSE. AND SO IT'S BEEN A, UM, A LONG PROCESS. UM, HE DOES SUFFER FROM, UH, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, UH, HEALTH ISSUES. AND, UM, THE MUCH OTHER PROBLEM WITH WHY HE ARRIVED AT THIS SITUATION IS BECAUSE HE HAD NO INCOME. SO, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF ALL THE, ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT AROSE WAS BECAUSE OF THAT SITUATION. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF GOT WORSE. AND SO ANYWAY, HE WOULD BASICALLY, HE WANTS TO SAVE HIS HOME AND, UH, SO AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO OBTAIN, UM, SOME KIND OF FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE HOME AND KEEP, GET IT TO CODE. AND SO, BECAUSE HE'LL BE HOMELESS BASICALLY. SO, UM, HE REALLY WANTS TO, UM, KEEP, KEEP HIS HOME AT ALL POSSIBLE SOME WAY, SOMEHOW. UM, SO WE, UM, JUST HAVE A PLEA FOR A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO TRY AND DO THAT. AND IT'S, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO OBTAIN FUNDING, BUT, UM, UH, IT'S KIND OF COME TO THIS POINT, BUT IF ANY WAY POSSIBLE WE WOULD LIKE TO SAVE HIS HOME. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT. I MEAN, HE, HE, UM, WANTS TO BE BETTER AND HE WANTS TO TURN THIS SITUATION AROUND AND, UH, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME. SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE TO, TO TRY TO DO THAT. HE WANTS TO SAVE HIS HOME SOMEHOW. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY, OH, MS. KELLER, CAN YOU PLEASE RETURN PLEASE? THANK YOU. SORRY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. KELLER? YES. UH, IS THIS YOUR SON'S HOME OR YOU IT'S, HE'S THE OWNER OF THE HOME, YES. YOUR SON IS THE OWNER? NO, NO, NO. MY SON HAS NOTHING TO, I MEAN, ONLY BECAUSE I LIVE WITH MY SON, UH, THAT'S OH, OKAY. YEAH. LIVES AS FAR AS MY ADDRESS. BUT THIS HOUSE IS YOUR HUSBAND AND YOURS, HE OWNS IT OUTRIGHT? YES. AND, UH, YOUR HUSBAND IS, UH, NOT AVAILABLE NOW? NO, SIR. HE'S BEING HELD SO, UH, HE'S, UH, HAD NOT, HAS HIS TRIAL, BUT, UM, HE'S, UH, BEING DETAINED. AND, UH, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANY CONTRACTORS, UH, ON FIXING THE HOUSE OR ANYTHING OF THE MONEY THERE? WELL, BECAUSE I, WE FIGURED WE NEEDED TO TRY TO HAVE THE FUNDING FIRST, BUT, UM, HE IS A, A RETIRED, UM, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, AND HE RETIRED IN CONSTRUCTION, SO HE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE OF EVERY ASPECT OF CONSTRUCTION AND HE WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO. BUT, AND THAT WAS THE IDEA WAS TO TRY TO, UM, AT, BEFORE ALL OF THIS WAS THE GOAL TO OKAY, FIX THE HOUSE AT ONE TIME, BUT IT JUST, WHEN WILL HE BE AVAILABLE? DO YOU KNOW? LIKE I SAID, I, HE HASN'T, HE DOESN'T HAVE A, HE, HE HASN'T HAD HIS TRIAL YET, SO, UM, WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO. OKAY. [02:10:01] CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER? SO HIS TRIAL KEPT MOVING, BEING, UH, GET MOVED BACK AND SO HIS, I THINK IT'LL BE NEXT WEEK. AND SO WE DO YOU THINK HE'LL BE AVAILABLE SAY IN 90 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I, I'M NOT FOR CERTAIN. UM, IT, I UNDER UNDERSTAND THIS, HIS NEW TRIAL WILL BE THIS COMING WEEK, SO, UM, OKAY. STILL IN. THANK YOU. THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS THOUGH, BUT HE, BUT HE, HE SAID HE WAS A SUPERINTENDENT, A CONTRACTOR? YES, HE'S A RETIRED. UM, OKAY. SO HE KNOWS, HE'S, HE'S, UH, HELPED DIRECT MANY BUILDINGS ALONG. OKAY. AND OTHER, ALL AROUND THE CITY. HE'S WORKED WITH EIGHT ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, AND SO HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THAT. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. MM-HMM. , ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OH, ANN, GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I, YEAH, I'M SORRY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I JUST, I LOOK AT THIS WHOLE THING AND IT, THE FIRST, UH, REGISTERED DATE WAS THE 1ST OF JANUARY. WHAT ARE WE, SEVEN MONTHS OUT IT? YEAH, THAT'S WHEN I THINK THE FIRE, UM, THERE WAS A FIRE IN THAT CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN THEY CAME BACK IN MARCH, AND THEN THEY CAME BACK IN MARCH AGAIN, AND THEN THEY CAME BACK IN MARCH AGAIN. I THINK IT WAS EMPTY AT THAT TIME AS WELL. YES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, SINCE THERE WAS ALL THIS ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE HOUSE, UM, UM, IT, IT STARTED FOR, I UNDERSTAND IT WAS, IT STARTED WITH THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE HOUSE AND HE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, RENTERS THAT WOULD COME IN TO, BECAUSE HE HAD NO INCOME FOR A LONG TIME. SO ALL THAT ACTIVITY IS A RESULT OF THAT. SO, BUT HE, HE WANTS TO TURN THAT AROUND. HE WANTS TO COMPLY AND HE WANTS TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MS. KELLER. BOARD DANGEROUS PREMISES. JOSH MARTINEZ. I JUST WANNA RESTATE, I MIGHT'VE SAID IT A LITTLE TOO FAST IN THE BEGINNING, BUT I JUST WANNA RESTATE THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS CASE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. MM-HMM. . YES, I REMEMBER. AND THE ORDERS WORKED FOR A 30 DAY REPAIR. UM, FROM THAT TIME TO JANUARY, THERE WAS, THE OWNER DID NOT, UH, COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CODE AND THE BOARD ORDERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UM, QUESTION MS. HOLD ON, JAN. UM, YOU ALSO WISH THAT WE, UM, REINFORCED A VACATE SECURED AND, AND MA MAKE, UH, UTILITIES BEING DISCONNECTED. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ACTIVE, BUT THEY'RE JUST TURNED OFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD MR. ZUNIGA. UH, YOU STATED AT THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT IT COMES THROUGH THE BOARD, RIGHT? THIS CASE? YES. THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU CONTACT HIM, DID YOU, UH, TALK TO HIM PERSON OR THE FIRST? AT THE DART INSPECTION, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 13TH, 2021, HE WAS ARRESTED. SO AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS AT THE PROPERTY. UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OFFER ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE HOMEOWNER WAS ARRESTED AT THE TIME. UM, ONCE HE GOT OUT, WE DID OFFER ASSISTANCE. UH, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO BLUEPRINT MINISTRIES TO SEE IF THEY CAN ASSIST WITH THE STRUCTURE, BUT THEY WE'RE NOT GONNA OFFER ANY SERVICES DUE TO THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS FOR CITY SERVICES THAT WE OFFERED ON, ON THAT ASSISTANCE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ASSIST BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY TAXES THE OWNERS BEHIND. AT THIS MOMENT, UH, FROM WHAT I GATHER, THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE DUE IS ABOUT $19,000. HOLD ON. ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARTINEZ? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR? YES. UH, JUST FOR THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE, UH, THE CITY HAS BEEN MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, UH, SINCE BEFORE THE FIRST BORDER. UH, THE ORDER WAS ISSUED [02:15:01] BY THE BOARD AND THEN HAS CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN IT DUE TO, UH, ALL THE PERSONS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS ALLOWING TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, DUE TO ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, THE, UH, CITY ITSELF, UH, SECURED AND CLEANED THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU. UM, MS. KELLER, YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY TO PROVIDE. I JUST WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE TAXES THAT TAXES ARE CLEAR. NOW, DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVIDE THAT PROOF? NO, I'M SORRY, BUT I, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA NEED THAT, BUT I CAN PROVIDE IT IF NEEDED. OKAY, THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, MS. BROWN, GO AHEAD. I HAVE A MOTION. UM, OKAY, I, UM, I MOVED AT THE, UH, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 77 19, UH, CARTWELL. CARTWHEEL LANE IS IN A VIOLATION, UM, OF, UM, HOLD ON. UH, I'M SORRY. IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND AS SUCH, UM, CANNOT BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND DUE TO AN ORDER, 30 DAY DEMOLITION, ACCORDING TO SUBSECTIONS 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 15, AND 17, SECURITY DISCONNECTED. ALRIGHT. UM, ALSO ADDING THAT THE, UH, UTILITY SHOULD BE TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE CITY. VACATE MM-HMM. . OH YEAH. AND VACATE AND VACATE THE PROPERTY. AND SECURE AND SECURE WITH THE OFFENSE, SECURE WITH THE FENCE AROUND IT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR 7 7 1 9 CARTWHEEL LANE FOR SUBSECTIONS 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE VACATE ORDER THAT THERE'S, THAT THE PROPERTY IS SECURED WITH THE FENCE AROUND IT AND UTILITIES BE DISCONNECTED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. CAN I GET JUST ONE? WHO'S FIRST? ALL RIGHT. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT SERVICES WERE PROVIDED, BUT DUE TO THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THE OWNER COULD NOT BE PROVIDED SERVICES. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE CODE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING DONE, UM, FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO WE CAN'T SAY THAT THAT'S NOT BEING DONE. UM, ALSO, UM, JUST MOVING FORWARD, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CODE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PROPERTY HERE IS VERY DAMAGED AND OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE WALKING INTO THESE PROPERTIES. AND SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WE ARE TAKING DOWN. SO, UH, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA? YES. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. JESSIE SNYDER. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSIE ZUNIGA, UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO, UH, VOTE FOR IT TO BE DEMOLISHED. THE HOUSE HAS LOOKED LIKE IT, IT CAN BE MR. ZUNIGA, WE ALREADY PASSED DISCUSSION. OH, WELL THERE'S, WE'RE VOTING NOW. I KNOW, I KNOW. I MEAN, I CAN HEAR. SO WHAT, WHAT I'M GONNA SAY NO, BUT THAT'S OKAY. MY FEELINGS ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT CASE. MM-HMM. GOT TWO MORE. [02:20:20] GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. 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 0 ESTANCIA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 5 6 4 6 BLOCK 17, LOT 15 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ALFREDO B HERNANDEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 4. THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 12TH, 2021. 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 9TH, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 15TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON APRIL, 2021, SIGNED C 19 ON JULY 29TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA ON JULY 29TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ALFREDO B HERNANDEZ AND RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON AUGUST 8TH. 2022. A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON JULY 8TH, 2022 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. THERE IS FIRE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT ELEVATION AND TO THE, UH, OVERHANG OF THE ROOF SYSTEM. THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THAT THE WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES HAVE CHARRING, ALONG WITH THE OVERHANG HAS FIRE DAMAGE WITH CHARRING. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THE WOOD PLANK SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. THIS AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING, DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION FROM THE BACK. THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS ROTTED AND LAX WEATHER PROTECTION. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CEDAR POST OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION HAS SUNK INTO THE GROUND. THE CEDAR POST OF THE FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED AND LEANING. THIS IS, UM, THE FRONT PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION IN THE WOOD PLAINT SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. HERE IS THE GOING INTO THE, UM, FRONT WINDOW AREA OF THE FRONT ELEVATION. THE DECKING DOES HAVE SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE CEILING JOISTS. HERE IS THE HALLWAY GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE. UM, THE WOODEN STUD MEMBERS DO HAVE CHARRING AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. HERE IS A BEDROOM WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. THE SHEET ROCK DOES HAVE, UH, SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE. HERE IS JUST SHOWING CLOSER THAT THE DECKING DOES HAVE SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE. THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN AREA. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE REFRIGERATOR, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT'S LEANING AND SLOPING INTO THE FLOOR SYSTEM. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE KITCHEN AREA. LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE. THE OVEN ALSO [02:25:01] IS STARTING TO SINK INTO THE FLOOR SYSTEM. HERE'S A SECOND HALLWAY AGAIN. THE STUD MEMBERS DO HAVE CHARRING AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK. HERE'S JUST A BEDROOM WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF STORAGE WITH SHEET, UH, WITH SMOKE DAMAGE. ANOTHER BEDROOM WITH, UM, SMOKE DAMAGE. THERE'S EXPOSED WIRING AND THE DECKING HAS SMOKE DAMAGE AS WELL. THE BATHROOM, AGAIN, HAS SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. ANOTHER BEDROOM WITH JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF STORAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE. AND THE DECKING DOES HAVE SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE. 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA CONSISTS OF A WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD PLANK SIDING AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM. THE CEDAR POST OF THE FOUNDATION ARE ROTTED AND LEANING. THE SIDING ON THE FRONT ELEVATION HAS FIRE DAMAGE AND THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS A SAG AND THE OVERHANG HAS CHARRING. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 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 DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE UTILITIES? THERE ARE NONE. STATUS OF THE UTILITIES. SO THERE, THE, THE OWNER IS, HAS PASSED AND HIS WIFE HAS PASSED, AND THEY HAVE A SON WHO OWNS IT. SO THE OWNER DID PASS, UM, AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE AND THERE WAS NO WILL. SO AT THIS TIME, HE STILL IS THE OWNER ACCORDING TO BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL AND NO ONE HAS CAME FORWARD TO TAKE OWNERSHIP. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? NO. OKAY. SO, UM, MS. ANN WEINER IS PREPARED FOR A MOTION. I, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1510 ESTANCIA, WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF CODES IN ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 0.1 2, 8 12, AND 15 B DLA BE DILAPIDATED, BE, UM, I'VE JUST LOST MY WORD. ALISH. ALISH, THANK YOU. UM, THERE APPEARS, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THE PYRAMID BEAM, THAT THERE IS JUST NO WAY THIS CAN REALLY BE REBUILT VERY WELL. ANYTHING ELSE? MY TIME? YEAH. TIMEFRAME. AND THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REPAIR IT OR TO DEMO? TO DEMO IT. I'M SORRY. 30 DAYS TO DEMO IT. OKAY. OKAY. SO 30 DAY DEMO, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. I GOT IT. . ALL RIGHT. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DEMO, 30 DAY DEMO FOR 1 5 1 0 ESTANCIA FOR SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? NO. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDES? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. JOELLE SLIS. AYE. JESSE SNYDER. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF A TO ZERO. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET THE NEXT CASE PLEASE? [02:30:02] ONE MORE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ANNETTE LOPEZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT TWO 50 CONEY FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 4 13 0.1 GLAZING. ALL GLAZING MATERIAL SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR. 5 0 5 0.1. GENERAL, EVERY LA SINK, LABORATORY, BATHTUB OR SHOWER, DRINKING FOUNTAIN, TOILET OR OTHER FIXTURE OR PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY CONNECTED TO EITHER A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OR TO AN IMPROVED WA PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM. SECTIONS 6 0 4 0.1 FACILITIES REQUIRED EVERY PROPERTY, EVERY OCCUPIED BUILDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS 6 0 5. I ASK THE BOARD FOR ALL CASES TO BE HEARD SIMULTANEOUSLY AND CONCURRENTLY SINCE THE INSPECTION AND NOTICES WERE GIVEN AT THE SAME TIME. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NNC B 12 0 4 4, BLOCK 16, LOT 12 LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS WALTER AND L M A WOLF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF TWO 50 CONEY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3 CAN GO THROUGH THE, THE FIRST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022. AND THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. IT IS AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE, THE STRUCTURES OF BEING OCCUPIED BY THE SUN OF THE DECEASED OWNERS. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CLOSEUP OF THE PROPERTY. UH, IT DID HAVE A LOT OF OUTDOOR PLACEMENT AS WELL, AND THIS IS JUST A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF THE OVERALL RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. MORE ACCUMULATION. YOU COULD SEE ON THE LEFT THERE IS A BROKEN WINDOW AND THAT'S JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE BROKEN WINDOW. THAT'S THE FRONT VIEW. THERE'S SEVERAL BROKEN WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THIS . THIS IS THE LEFT VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE, AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP SHOWING A NO METER AND IT HAS BEEN RED TAGGED. THIS, UH, I KNOW IT'S, UH, THE, THE LIGHTING OR THE, THE SUN ON THAT, UH, PICTURE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE WATER METER'S AT AND IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY WATER SERVICE. AND THAT'S JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE WATER METER. AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE, UH, C UH, THE METER WITH NO SERVICE. SO WE DID POST NOTICE, UH, FOR ALL THREE VIOLATIONS ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2020. SEVERAL INSPECTIONS WERE MADE. UH, MARCH 18TH, 2020, UH, MAY 5TH, 2020, UH, 2022, I'M SORRY. UM, JUNE 13TH, UH, 2022. UH, WE DID HAVE THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PRO, UM, PROGRAM WILL GO OUT ON JULY 8TH, 2022, UH, DUE TO HOMELESS PEOPLE STAYING IN THE REAR. SO THE OCCUPANT, UH, WAS ALLOWING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE BACK AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUN UH, ACCUMULATION OF OUTDOOR PLACEMENT, WHICH WE HAVE ADDRESSED AS WELL. AND THE OFFICER DID PROVIDE HELPFUL NUMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY SER UH, COMMUNITY GUIDE TO THE OCCUPANT, BUT HE HAS BEEN NONCOMPLIANT. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES. UM, THE REPETITIVE JUST OF THE, UH, RE-INSPECTIONS WE MADE AND THE STRUCTURES STILL REMAIN IN THE SAME CONDITION. NOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF PHOTOS ARE, UM, OF THE ABATEMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY DID TO THIS PROPERTY. WE DID ABATE THE PROPERTY, UM, ON JULY 28TH. SO THAT IS, UM, THE AFTER PHOTO OF HOW IT LOOKED ONCE IT WAS ABATED. [02:35:01] WE DID POST THE NOTICE, UH, FOR THE B S B STANDARDS BOARD ON JULY 29TH, 2022. AND THAT WAS THE BEFORE. SO IT DEFINITELY WAS A BIG, UH, ABATEMENT THAT WE DID ON THIS PROPERTY. BUT IT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP AS OF JULY 29TH. STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE MADE TO THE BROKEN WINDOWS, UH, RESTORED WATER SERVICE AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO BE RESTORED AS WELL. I ACTUALLY, I I DO WANNA ALSO ADD, UM, WE DID POST AN ORDER TO VACATE ON JULY 29TH AND IF THAT CAN BE, UM, REINFORCED IN, IN THE RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT A CODE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD MR. ANDES. YEAH, YOU HAVE ON THERE THAT THEY HAVE NO WATER TO RESTORE WATER, BUT WHAT ABOUT ELECTRICAL? THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WATER OR ELECTRICAL SERVICE THAT'S JUST SAYING YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS. YES SIR. IT, IT'S ON 6 0 4 0.1 FACILITIES REQUIRED. EVERY OCCUPANT BUILDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION IN SECTION 6 0 5. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT WATER AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT I OVERLOOKED IT. AND YOU ASKING FOR A VACATE? THEY DIDN'T COMPLY THE FIRST TIME OR THE SECOND TIME. I'M SORRY. WHEN YOU GAVE THE ORDER, THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THEY DIDN'T COMPLY, CORRECT? CORRECT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIANT. OKAY. AND THERE DID HOW MANY TIMES WAS IT ABATED? JUST AT ONCE? YES. MM-HMM. . IT'S ONLY BEEN ABATED. THIS JUST RECENTLY IN JULY 28TH. OKAY, THANKS. YES, SIR. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, JUST A QUICK ONE. GO AHEAD, MR. SO FAR, YOU'VE NOT GONE INSIDE THE HOUSE? NO, SIR. WE HAVE MADE, WE HAVE NOT MADE AN INTERIOR INSPECTION. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE YOU ALL PREPARED TO GIVE AN ORDER OR, I MEAN, MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 50 CONEY STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, SPECIFICALLY 5 0 5 0.1 1 3 0 4 3 1 AND 6 0 4 0.1. AND THAT ALL CONDITIONS BE RESOLVED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND THE ORDER TO VACATE BE COMPLIED IN 30 DAYS AS WELL. SECOND, OH, HOLD ON. UM, GO AHEAD AND LET'S AMEND FROM 30 DAYS TO VACATE TO IMMEDIATE FOR VACATE. WILL YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR RESTORED UH, WATER SERVICES AND ELECTRICAL? YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A CURRENT SS A P M C CODE VIOLATION FOR TWO 50 CONEY STREET FOR 5 0 5 0.1 3 0 4 3 6 0 4 1 FOR, AND THAT THE, THESE CODES SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE IN 30 DAYS FOR AN IMMEDIATE VACATE. AND THEN ALSO THAT, UH, THEY SHOULD RESTORE WATER SERVICES IN ELECTRICAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO MR. ZENGA, THERE'S A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? I WAS GONNA ASK, GO AHEAD. WE KNOW THAT THE VAGRANTS WERE ON THE PROPERTY. MM-HMM. , IS THAT, DO WE KNOW? WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S STILL CONTINUING A PROBLEM OR NOT. WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO FENCE AND SECURE THE PROPERTY. ONE MOMENT WE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION, SO WE CAN DO THAT. UM, AS OF JULY 29TH WHEN THE ABATEMENT HAPPENED, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ACTIVITY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY SINCE THEN. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDES? AYE. ANN WEINER. [02:40:01] AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA? YES. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. JESSE SNYDER. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE NOT PRESENT. OH, JESSE ZUNIGA? YES. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO. I'M SORRY. UH, MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. CAN WE GET THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? NO, THAT'S NOT IT. WE ARE ACTUALLY DONE. YEAH, WE'RE DONE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. CAN WE GET LIKE THE ADMIN, ADMIN SLIDES? SO I'M JUST, I'M LIKE, JUST, CAN WE GET IT? ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS FROM THE BOARD OR STAFF? YES. THIS IS JUDY KRUM, B S C LIAISON. JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE OUR PANEL, A B S B MEMBER AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE CORY TY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOARD PURSUANT TO THE B S B GUIDELINES DUE TO A LACK OF ATTENDANCE AT SCHEDULED MEETINGS, MR. TY WAS APPOINTED IN FEBRUARY, 2022. OUR B S B CHAIR, MS. HAYES, HAS DRAFT, HAS DRAFTED A LETTER TO MR. MONTREAL TO INFORM HIM OF HIS REMOVAL FROM THE B S B. SO THE B S B WILL NOW HAVE TWO VACANCIES, ONE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND ONE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. ANY INTERESTED APPLICANTS CAN APPLY FOR A POSITION THROUGH THE ONLINE PORTAL THAT'S SAN ANTONIO GOV. ADDITIONALLY, THERE HAS BEEN A REVISION TO THE B S B HEARING DATES FOR SEPTEMBER. THE PANEL B MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 22ND. ALSO, THE FULL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 10TH HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO SEPTEMBER 8TH. THIS WILL ALLOW THE D S D MANAGEMENT TEAM TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE S A P M C PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND WILL RECEIVE THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOES THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? ALL RIGHT. CAN WE ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT? YES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED. IT IS NOW ONE 16. THANK YOU ALL. AMEN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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