* 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. [00:00:01] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 8. MY NAME IS MS. HAYES. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I HEREBY CALL THE MEDIAN TO SESSION STAFF. PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL LENCIA HAYES. PRESENT FRED ANDES. PRESENT. KAYLA MIRANDA ANN WEINER. PRESENT, JOELLE SOLIS. PRESENT. JESSE SNYDER. PRESENT, MS. BROWN, UH, PRESENT. JESSE ZUNIGA HERE. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, B S B LIAISON, ESTOR ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST. AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO CHAIR. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. MS. MARTINEZ, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID NOT COUNT JESSE SNYDER. YES, I DO. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE THE INTERPRETER READ THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE MEETING? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. NO PERSON SHALL DIS DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION. AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES 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 HAVE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS, AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST FOR EACH ITEM ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROS PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN THE CODE REGULATIONS WOULD REQUIRE PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1 9 0 1 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE. (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PET SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AS PER CITY CODE SECTION ONE ZERO DASH 2 3 6. THANK YOU. HAS EVERYONE HAD [ Approval of Minutes  ] A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE, THE MINUTES? YES, MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS FOR THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED AND I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS. ALL RIGHT. I SECOND. THANK YOU. CAN WE ACTUALLY ACCEPT THE MINUTES BY ACCLIMATION RIGHT. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. THE MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED BY ACCLIMATION. [00:05:01] MOVING ON. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS. CAN WE START WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CASES? ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE START, UH, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM, UH, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU, MS. I WAS GONNA ASK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS. THE TIME IS NOW NINE 14 ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. WE'LL 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 I [00:15:38] AND [00:15:38] OR IT [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] IS ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED IF FOUND TO BE ONE DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, OR TWO, REGARDLESS OF THE STRUCTURE CONDITION, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO RE REPEAT CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNER LEASED FOR OTHER INVITEES, UH, THE BUILDING IS UNSECURED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY VAGRANTS OR OTHER IN INVITED PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBRIDGE OR ENTERED OR USED BY CHILDREN, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND DEMOLITION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 3 9 DOLORES AVENUE. THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT OFFICER? I HAVE A QUESTION. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER. GO AHEAD, MR. ANDIS. UM, YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR A VACATE ORDER? NO. WAS THERE A REASON WHY YOU DIDN'T? THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS, BUT NO MAJOR, UH, ELECTRICAL CONCERNS OR A MAJOR HAZARD TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF FOR THE OWNER LIVING IN, UH, THERE WERE, LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS, BUT NOT NO MAJOR ELECTRICAL OR GAS CONCERNS THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME. BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR A DEMOLITION YES. BUT NOT A VACATE ORDER PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION? YES. THANK YOU. UH, GO AHEAD. UH, IS THERE ANY HISTORY TO THIS PROPERTY? THERE IS A HISTORY ON S A P D ON THEIR END. I DO HAVE THEM HERE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THAT. ON OUR END, WHEN WE DID MAKE THE INITIAL INSPECTION AGAIN, WE DID, WE DID, UH, OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THE OWNER AT THE TIME. SHE STILL DECIDED TO STAY AT THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS SIGN A TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT TO NOT ALLOW ANY ANYMORE INDIVIDUALS ONTO THE PROPERTY. BUT ON AUGUST 8TH, WHEN I DID GO OUT THERE, THERE WAS MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS STILL AT THE PROPERTY THAT, UM, THAT WERE STATING THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE THERE. SO AT THIS TIME, UH, WE DO HAVE A CASE ON OUR END, UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE S A P D TO SPEAK ON THAT ON THEIR END AS WELL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK UP. OKAY? YES, MA'AM. IN, IN THE MICROPHONE. BUT, UH, HOW FAR DOES THE, UH, HISTORY GO BACK? I DON'T HAVE THE FULL HISTORY ON MY END FOR THIS PROPERTY ITSELF ON THE CODE SIDE. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? YES, GO AHEAD. MR. ZIKA, YOU, UH, HAVE STATED THAT, UH, THE DEMOLITION OF THIS PROPERTY HAS IT'S MANSION, RIGHT? AND, UH, THE BOARD HERE CAN, UH, ASK FOR REPAIRS IF NEED BE FOR A MOTION FOR, UH, SO THIS IS ONE OF YOURS IS FOR THE MOTION, BUT THE BOARD CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO REPAIR AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER PARTY. THANK YOU, MS. JUAN, ARE YOU HA, GO AHEAD. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS SORT OF ALONG THE LINES OF JESSE'S. SO THE OWNER IS NOT INTERESTED IN REPAIRING AT ALL. THE OWNER HAS STATED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE MADE REPAIRS IN THE PAST. UH, WHAT SHE IS WILLING TO SPEAK ABOUT WHEN SHE COMES UP TO TALK ABOUT HER HUSBAND IS DECEASED, SO IT'S ONLY JUST MISSI THAT'S HERE PRESENT. UM, BUT SINCE THE MOMENT WE HAD TAKEN THIS CASE, UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY, I HAVEN'T SEEN REPAIRS BEING DONE RECENTLY SINCE WE WENT BACK AND HAVE IT, I GUESS HAVING SEEN OTHER HOMES THAT WERE REALLY IN BAD DISREPAIR, BUT THEN WHEN SOMEONE TAKES IT OVER, THEY'RE RENOVATING 'EM VERY NICELY WITH STILL THE P AND BEAM INTACT. UM, THAT, I GUESS THAT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN A QUESTION, BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A, AN EXTENT, [00:20:01] UH, ON THE CRIMINAL HISTORY FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND THAT'S WHY, AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE S A P D HERE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THAT PART. AND THEN IF YOU COULD, UH, RESTATE THAT PORTION ABOUT, UM, THE DEMOLITION AND WHY YOU'VE, UH, COME TO THAT CONCLUSION OF DEMOLITION. UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION DEMOLITION UHHUH TO RESTATE IT? YES. YOU'VE, YOU STATED THE CODE AND THEN, UH, THE PORTION OF, I THINK IT WAS, UM, THE LAST PIECE YOU JUST READ. YEAH. UHHUH , UM, BEFORE YOU CLOSED YOUR CASE. UM, YES. I THINK IT WAS THE CODE PLUS THE CODE PLUS THE ARTICLE EIGHT. YES. THE CODE PLUS THE OCCUPANTS OF VAGRANT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, OF THAT CONCLUSION. OKAY. AND THE, AND THE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE 60, UNDER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 1 4 0 0.001 SUBCHAPTER A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE UPON HEARING A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE ORDERED, DEMOLISHED, VACATED, SECURED, OR REPAIRED, AND OR ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED IF FOUND TO BE ONE DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION OR, AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, OR TWO, REGARDLESS OF ITS STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEAT CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNER LEASES OR OTHER INVITEES, THE BUILDING IS UNSECURED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR BE USED BY VAGRANTS OR OTHER INVITEES PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBRIDGE OR COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY CHILDREN. THANK YOU. UM, THAT WAS CHAPTER SIX ONE DASH 1 56, RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS WAS ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE 60. ALRIGHT, THANKS. JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION. THERE'S ONLY ONE MEANS OF EGRESS OUT OF THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S OUT THROUGH THE CARPORT RIGHT NOW? YES. IT'S UNDERNEATH THE CARPORT. AND AGAIN, THAT CARPORT IS COLLAPSING, UH, RIGHT WHERE THE DOOR'S AT THE FRONT DOOR DOESN'T OPEN AS WELL AS THE BACK DOOR. THE FRONT DOOR DOESN'T OPEN. YES. THERE'S ONLY ONE MEANS OF EXITING AND ENTERING THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS THE BU THE DOOR TO THE CARPORT. YEAH. AND IN THE PHOTO THAT I'M LOOKING AT THAT, I'M ACTUALLY SEEING SOME OF THE POSTS THAT WE'RE HOLDING UP THAT, UH, UH, COVERED PARK, UH, CARPORT IS, IS ACTUALLY DETACHED FROM THE HOUSE COMPLETELY. IT'S STARTING TO, YES. IT STARTED AS AT THAT BACK END AND THAT IN THE CORNER OF THAT PORCH AS WELL. IS THAT WHERE THE UTILITY ELECTRICAL UTILITY SERVICE CONNECTION IS? IS THERE, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PHOTO PLEASE? BE WHERE AT? YES. THAT'S WHERE THE ELECTRICAL LINE IS RUNNING FOR THE, THE POWER. IT'S, IT'S CONNECTED TO THE SIDE, NOT TO THE CARPORT. IT'S CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CARPORT. AND THEN THE OTHER WAS THE, THE GET BACK TO THE FLOORING ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE, THE, THE NON STABLE, UH, FLOORING. WERE YOU ABLE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OR JUST NOTICE THAT IT WAS REALLY, THERE WAS A HOLE THERE, THERE FROM THE INITIAL INSPECTION. AND I BELIEVE SS A P D CAN SPEAK ON THAT PART. WHEN WE DID, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD FOUND THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. WELL, I WILL HAVE SS A P D SPEAK ON THAT PART FROM THAT INSPECTION. THEY DID, LIKE I SAID, THEY PUT TAPE AND COVERED IT, BUT WHEN I WAS STEPPING ON IT, MY FOOT WAS SINKING IN AND IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY MADE ANY REPAIRS, JUST, THEY JUST PUT TAPE OVER THAT. AND SO FAR, THERE'S NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS HOUSE. THERE'S NO PERMITS ACTIVE ON FILE. THE OWNER HASN'T COME IN TO, UH, OBTAIN ANY PERMITS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. MA. MADAM CHAIR, GO AHEAD, MR. ZUNIGA. YES. UH, ON THE ROOF, IS THAT PARTICLE WOOD THAT IS ON THERE WITHOUT ANY LAYERS OF, FOR THE CARPORT THERE IS THE, THE DECKING, BUT THEY'LL HAVE SOME SHINGLES ABOVE THAT AS WELL. THERE IS SHINGLES OVER THERE. YES. UH, CHAIR, DO WE HAVE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE? UH, STATE OWNERS? WE DO, BUT WE'LL ALLOW, UH, S A P D TO SPEAK FIRST. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. MR. CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 60? UH, THAT BACK PART RIGHT THERE TO THE LEFT, THIS IS THE BACK OF THE YARD, CORRECT? YES. AND THE LEFT IS, IS THAT A ROOF OVER OR IS THAT A, UH, PATIO? THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHERE THEY HAVE, THAT'S JUST THE, THAT BACK ROOM WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR WASHER AND DRYER. [00:25:01] SO THAT'S A BUMP OUT? YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. IT, IT, IT BASICALLY, THAT'S A BUMP OUT AND THE ROOF ON IT IS PRETTY WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LEFT OVER, IT'S PRETTY WELL SHOT. YES. IS THAT WHERE THE BACK DOOR IS? THAT'S WHERE THE BACK DOOR'S AT. SO IT'D BE ON THAT SIDE WALL. IT'D BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO HERE. YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE PHOTO, BUT IT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEY HAVE SOME ITEMS COVERING THAT DOOR, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT USING IT. I DID ASK THE OWNER IF THEY, IF THEY CAN'T OPEN, THEY SAY THEY CAN, BUT THEY HAVE ITEMS IN FRONT OF THE DOOR. IS IT A BURGLAR BAR AS WELL IN THE EXTERIOR? UH, YES. SO IT'S A DOUBLE JEOPARDY INSIDE AND EXTERIOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET SS A P D TO COME FORWARD? CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR, UM, LOCATION THAT YOU WORK AT? HI, MY NAME IS OFFICER MARTINEZ, AND I WORK FOR S A P D WEST SAFE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CRIMINAL SIDE ON 3 39 DOLORES. IT IS A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE. THERE'S BEEN 34 CALLS TO SERVICE TO POLICE MADE IN THE LAST YEAR, WITHIN THIS YEAR, 2022. THERE'S BEEN SHOOTINGS, STABBINGS, FIGHTS, ROBBERIES, AND SEVERAL ASSAULTS. THERE. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE FOR FELONY NARCOTICS FOR METHAMPHETAMINES. SEVERAL WARRANTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AT THIS HOUSE BY THE BEAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE SS A P D NARCOTICS UNIT, AND THE S A P D WEST SAFE UNIT. THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, BIKE TRAFFIC, AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC AT THIS HOUSE AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. SCARING THE NEIGHBORS AND PUTTING THEM IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE IS WHAT THEY HAVE RELAYED TO ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL OCCUPANTS THAT HANG OUT IN THE FRONT OF THIS HOUSE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. AND WHEN S A P D ARRIVES FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE, THEY EITHER RUN, JUMP THE BACK FENCE, OR RUN INSIDE THE HOUSE, CREATING A VERY, UH, DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR EVERYONE. PRESENT CODE COMPLIANCE HAS WORKED THIS LOCATION FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, AND THIS HOUSE WAS DARTED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, 2022. THERE WAS DRUGS CONFISCATED FROM THIS HOME AND FOUND STASHED INSIDE THE FLOORS. THERE WAS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA LOCATED IN ALL ROOMS OF THE HOUSE. THERE WERE FOUR ARRESTS MADE ON THAT DAY, LEADING FROM, UH, DANGEROUS ARRESTS TO POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, NARCOTICS, AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUS WARRANTS ON THEIR OWN. AND JUST TO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE, UM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OUR DART WARRANT, UM, IT WASN'T, UM, IT WASN'T S A P D AND CODE GOING TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THEM THE WARRANT AND SAYING, WE'RE HERE TO EXECUTE THIS WARRANT. IT WAS A BUNCH OF, UH, SCREAMING AND YELLING AND, AND NAME CALLING, AND THEM BEING VERY UNCOOPERATIVE AND WANTING TO, TO FIGHT THE POLICE. AND WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, A, A LOT OF EXTRA ACTIVITY ON THAT DAY. UH, THERE WAS A DRUG OVERDOSE, UH, WHERE ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS, UH, HE ACTUALLY, HE, HE, HE DIED THERE IN THE HOME. UH, THERE WAS A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WHERE A YOUNG FEMALE WAS STRUCK BY GUNFIRE. AND IN THOSE PICTURES, THERE IS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOUSE WAS HIT MULTIPLE TIMES. THERE'S BULLET HOLES ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY WHERE MS. ANNOY, UH, THE OWNER SLEEPS AT NIGHT. UH, THERE'S ALWAYS AT LEAST FIVE PLUS PEOPLE THERE. WHEN I'VE BEEN THERE, THERE'S BEEN FIVE PEOPLE, EIGHT PEOPLE, UH, IN THE HOUSE. THEY'RE STAYING INSIDE THE HOUSE, OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. THEY STAY IN VEHICLES PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND THEY APPEAR TO BE STRONGLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS. AND THEY ARE NOT VERY COOPERATIVE WITH POLICE EVERY TIME WE CONTACT THEM. THERE ARE SIX LOCAL SCHOOLS, LESS THAN A MILE FROM THIS PROBLEM HOUSE TO INCLUDE LOMA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GUS GARCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL, AND MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE CHILDREN WALK UP AND DOWN THESE STREETS DAILY. THERE IS SEVERAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCES, UH, WHERE THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, HER GRANDSON, HIS NAME IS DAMIEN. HE IS AN [00:30:01] ADULT. HE'S WALKING AROUND THIS LOCATION IN POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN, AND HE RECKLESSLY DISCHARGES HIS FIREARM, SHOOTING IT UP IN THE AIR WITH NO REGARD TO WHO IT'S GONNA HIT OR WHAT IT'S GONNA HIT. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THIS PROBLEM. UH, THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW. NEIGHBORS DO NOT CALL THE POLICE ANYMORE IN FEAR OF RETALIATION. THEY CALL ME DIRECTLY. I AM THEIR SAFE OFFICER BEGGING FOR SAFETY ON THEIR BLOCK. THEY CONTACT THEIR H O A PRESIDENT TO SPEAK TO HER IN PRIVATE. THEY EVEN GO TO HER HOUSE. NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING ON THIS STREET WHERE YOU HAVE KIDS AND YOUR GRANDKIDS AND THEY CAN'T EVEN PLAY OUTSIDE, AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR BACK EVERY TIME YOU WALK OUTTA YOUR HOUSE TO AND FROM YOUR CAR, AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT BULLETS FLYING THROUGH YOUR WINDOWS OR BEING CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT. SINCE THE DART WARRANT AND EVACUATION OF SOME OCCUPANTS OF THIS HOME, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE EXPRESSED SINCERE GRATITUDE AND FELT A LITTLE SAFER. HOWEVER, THAT LASTED ABOUT A MONTH. DAMIEN AND OTHER OCCUPANTS ARE BACK IN THE HOUSE, LIKE COLE MENTIONED, WE WERE OUT THERE IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. THEY'RE BACK IN THE HOUSE, THEY'RE STAYING IN THE HOUSE. THEY'RE GOING AND COMING WHEN THEY PLEASE AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. S A P D HAS STILL BEEN CONTACTED, UH, BACK TO THAT LOCATION. MS. ANNOY HAS TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES DIRECTLY THAT SHE WANTS DAMIEN THERE, KNOWING THAT HE IS THE PROBLEM, KNOWING THAT HE CONTRIBUTES TO THE CRIMINAL ASPECT, THE MAIN CRIMINAL ASPECT OF THIS HOUSE. AND SHE CONTINUES. ALTHOUGH SHE DID SIGN A CRIMINAL TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT, SHE RETRACTED ON THAT, AND SHE ALLOWS HIM THERE, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO STAY WITH HIM THERE AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS IN SPEAKING WITH MS. ANNOY OFFERING SERVICES AT OR PROVIDED FROM HER, IS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, SHE REFUSES TO NOT ALLOW HIM TO STAY THERE. AND I JUST WANNA END IT WITH, UH, AGREEING WITH, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OR JUST SAYING THAT, UH, I S A P D RECOMMENDS THIS LOCATION TO, FOR DEMOLITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES ONE, ONE MOMENT. DOES, UM, UH, I HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY. GO AHEAD, MR. THIS FIRST. I'LL MAKE A STATEMENT. THANK YOU, OFFICERS FOR YOUR DUTIES. UM, NUMBER ONE, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS HER RELATIVE. HOW MANY OTHERS ARE KNOWN? EVERY TIME SS A P D GOES OUT THERE, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE, UH, CRIMINAL RECORDS, PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY. UH, ME SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WE DID THE DART WARRANT IN FEBRUARY, I SPECIFICALLY MA MADE THE ARREST ON, ON, UH, HER GRANDSON DAMIEN, FOR A POSSESSION OF A FELONY AMOUNT, AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS. IT WAS A GOOD AMOUNT, A BIG AMOUNT. OKAY. HOW MANY OR, UH, BASICALLY A ROTATING HOUSE. IS THIS A ROTATING HOUSE OR IS THIS THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT, SIR, THEY'RE ALL RELATED. SO THEY'RE COUSINS, BROTHERS. I MEAN, WHEN IT WAS REALLY BAD THAT ONE POINT, UH, THERE WAS FRIENDS AND FRIENDS AND, AND SO THEY'RE ALL ASSOCIATED MAJORITY BY, BY FAMILY. BUT THERE IS FRIENDS CAN, CAN I, CAN I NOTE THAT THERE IS, UM, I DON'T, I MEAN, I, I WORK THE GENERAL AREA, BUT IN THIS YEAR ALONE, WHEN THERE'S BEEN LIKE SHOOTINGS OR DRIVE-BYS OR, OR OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE HAPPENED, MAYBE A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT VICTIMS OR SUSPECTS THAT WERE SHOT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE. MY NEXT ONE WOULD BE IN THE DRIVE BY AT THIS HOUSE. WAS ANY OTHER HOUSES LEFT OR RIGHT OF IT HIT AS WELL? NO, SIR. IT WAS . THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CO UH, FOR THE OFFICER? NO. NO. OH, GO AHEAD, MR. SALISE. I CAN'T REALLY, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT'S, UH, REALLY THE ACTS OF BRAVERY. I JUST, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. LET ME ASK A QUESTION HERE. GO AHEAD. MR. ZINA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. THANK YOU. A SAFE OFFICER. UH, I WAS THINKING EVEN IF WE VACATED THE HOUSE AND BOARDED UP WITH THE RECORD THAT THEY HAVE THERE, THAT Y'ALL HAVE AS POLICE REPORT, IT WOULDN'T REALLY DO ANY GOOD AT ALL THEN. AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION ALL THERE, BUT, [00:35:01] BUT IT'S BEEN CURRING. HOW MANY DID YOU HAVE IN THIS YEAR? LONG COST IN SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS? IT'S BEEN OVER LIKE 30. I HAVE 30, 40 CALLS HERE AT THIS LOCATION. AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S, UM, IF IT'S, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IT'S SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT WAS, IF THAT'S FAIR TO SAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME CAN WE GET, UH, JOSIE? NO. ESTHER, DO YOU HAVE A SEAT FOR HIM? YES. THIS IS A RESULT OF MY INJURIES DUE TO, UM, EYE SPEED FOR THIS CHASE MILITARY. AND WAS SPINAL NU IT'S OVER A HERE. AND I CANNOT RECOVER FROM MY HAND, MA'AM, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. SO WHEN YOU COME TO THE MIC, YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN EXPRESS THAT IF YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN A CHAIR. YEAH. THE, THIS IS, UM, MY INJURIES, SIR. YOUR ONE, ONE MOMENT. MS. ANNOY? YES. CAN YOU, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES. MY NAME IS JOSIE, ILLINOIS. I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 3 39 DOLORES AVENUE. THANK YOU. YES. THESE WERE MY INJURIES DUE TO HIGH SPEED POLICE CASE ON AND MILITARY FOR OVER A YEAR. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY IMPACTED ME SO HARD, SO I GOT BACK INJURIES. I WASN'T TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, SO I'M STILL SUFFERING BECAUSE BOTH DOORS CAME IN AND I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE. AND THEN THAT, THAT, THAT GUY THAT HAD THE STOLEN S U V KEPT HITTING OTHER PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, MISS, MISS JOSIE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY, PLEASE? YES, AND MY PROPERTY, UM, WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS HOMELESS BECAUSE SHE LEFT HER HUSBAND AFTER 17 YEARS, VERY, VERY ABUSIVE. AND HE STARTED GETTING ABUSIVE WITH THE CHILDREN. SO THEY WERE IN THE STREET, LIVING IN THE VAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY GRANDDAUGHTER WITH HER THREE CHILDREN, AND THEY LIVED IN THE STREET IN THE VAN. SO MY WORST, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T WANT 'EM IN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, SO I, I, I, YOU KNOW, I WELCOMED THEM INTO MY HOME, AND THAT'S WHEN MY PROBLEMS STARTED. SHE WAS WORRIED IN , YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW. THE KIDS, THEY STARTED GROWING UP. THEY WERE THERE WITH ME, BUT THEY, THEY WERE LIKE IN THE GANGS AND ALL THAT, AND THEY LOVED GUNS. MY GRANDDAUGHTER LOVED GUNS. SHE WOULD ALWAYS CARRY A GUN IN HER PURSE. AND THEN THE KIDS STARTING, YOU KNOW, DOING THE SAME AS MOM. AND OH MY GOD, THAT WENT ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS. THEN SHE STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO BE SUPPORTING ALL OF THEM THEN. IT WASN'T ONLY HER AND HER KIDS, IT WAS HER FRIENDS, THE BOY CHANGE, YOU NAME IT. AND IT JUST GOT WAY OUTTA HAND, WAY OUTTA HAND. AND I COULD NOT CONTROL THEM. I WAS BEING ABUSED. I WOULD EVEN HAVE TO RUN DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS HIGH ON ICE AND EVERYTHING. AND SHE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BEAT ME, BEAT ME UP AND EVERYTHING. AND OH MY GOD, I COULDN'T GET RID OF THEM. I COULDN'T GET RID OF THEM. I SUPPORTED THEM. MM-HMM. . ALL RIGHT, MISS JOSIE. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE PROPERTY? UM, I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE REALLY TRIED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, AND I WENT TO THE CITY, BUT THE REASON I'M DENIED EVERYWHERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M A SENIOR. I'M 76 YEARS OLD. LIKE, I GO TO THE LIGHT OF WATER. I'M BEING DENIED BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS STILL UNDER MY, MY HUSBAND'S, IT'S MY NAME, AND IT HAS TO BE SOLD ONLY ON, ON MY NAME. FOR ME TO GET HELP, I WENT TO THE CITY, AND THE SAME THING, THEY SAID, DON'T EVEN MAKE AN APPLICATION BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS NOT SOLELY UNDER YOUR NAME. SO I WAS DENIED SERVICES. I HAVE TRIED TO DO REPAIRS ON THE HOUSE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT SAY THEY'RE GONNA HELP ME, UM, THEY JUST TAKE MY MONEY, START THE WORK, AND NEVER FINISH. THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER. UHHUH, , THEY'VE DONE WORK. BUT, [00:40:01] YOU KNOW, WE MISS JOSIE IS ONLY ON THE RECORD, SO SHE HAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT I, THAT RECEIVED FROM, UH, MY WIDOWS, YOU KNOW, WIDOWS, UH, UHHUH, A CHECK FROM SOCIAL SECURITY. IT'S NOT ENOUGH, YOU KNOW. BUT I TRIED, LIKE, I HAVE TRIED, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE BEEN THERE 52 YEARS. THE CEILING ON MY LIVING ROOM FELL. MY, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, YOU KNOW, WENT AND, AND PUT OUT THE SHEET ROCK. AND IN THE HALL, IN DAMIEN'S ROOM, ALL THE ROOM WAS REDONE, THE CORE PORT. THE MAN SAID UNIT 10, UNIT NEED 10, UH, PLY, YOU KNOW, CHITS OF PLYWOOD. I WENT AND GOT 'EM. THAT MAN REMOVED ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OLD PLYWOOD. HE PUT THE, ALL THE NEW PLYWOOD. BUT THEN I GAVE HIM LIKE $450. HE SAID, I NEED TO GO TO HOME DEPOT AND GET, YOU KNOW, THE FELL PAPER, , THE FELL PAPER, AND THE SHINGLES. BUT THEN I, I NOTICED THAT HE WASN'T COMING BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, AND HE WOULD SAY, WELL, I GAVE HIM LIKE 450, AND I, YOU KNOW, I HAD ALREADY BOUGHT ALL THE PLYWOOD, EVERYTHING. AND HE PUT IT UP, BUT THEN HE NEVER CAME BACK. AND I WAITED AND WAITED FOR HIM TO, YOU KNOW, COME SO HE COULD GO GET THE FELL PAPER, THE SHINGLES. SO THE PLYWOOD JUST STAYED THERE. MM-HMM. . AND INSIDE TO THE PLUMBING, MY NEIGHBOR SAID, I'M GONNA FIX YOUR PLUMBING. I GAVE HIM 350. I GAVE HIM THE MONEY TO GET, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PIPES, EVERYTHING HE NEEDED, EVERYTHING'S LEAKING. HE JUST PUT LIKE GLUE. AND THIS WAS JUST LIKE, ABOUT A MONTH AGO. MM-HMM. . AND THEN, UM, ALL THE FLOOR TOO, IN DAMIAN ASSUMED IT'S GOT THAT BIG HOLE. I PAID THIS GUY, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHICH IS MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S BROTHER. HE SAID, NO, I'M GONNA REPAIR YOUR, YOUR FLOOR. GIVE HIM THE MONEY. HE NEVER CAME BACK. SO I HAVE TRIED. I HAVE TRIED, BUT LIKE I TELL, I I, I'M ON A FIXED INCOME. I WAS GETTING $20 OF FOOD STAMPS A MONTH, SO REALLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE ON A, I GO TO THE PANTRY SOMETIMES AND ASK FOR FOOD BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH, AND I CANNOT WORK. I'M, RIGHT NOW, I'M A REMISSION FOR, FOR, UH, CO AND, AND RECTAL CANCER. MM-HMM. . AND I'M ALREADY OLD. I'M 76. I CANNOT WORK NO MORE. OTHERWISE, I WOULD, AND I'M A NON-SMOKER, NON-DRINKER, NOT DRUG USER. I LEFT OVERDOSE ON FOOD. THAT'S MY ONLY PROBLEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, MA'AM, NEVER DONE DRUGS, NEVER DRANK, NEVER SMOKED. OKAY. BEATRICE, UH, JUST DO WE GET BACK TO WHERE THE HOUSE IS RIGHT NOW? MM-HMM. , THE STATE OF IT ON YOUR, WHERE IT SAYS YOU DECLINED SERVICES FROM THE CITY WHEN THEY OFFERED YOU A PACK? OH, NO. WE WAS BLUEPRINT MINISTRY. THEY, THEY TOLD ME THAT, THAT, THAT I WAS LIVING OUT OF THE AREA, YOU KNOW, SO I SAID, WHAT, WHAT AREA DO YOU, YOU KNOW, DO REPAIRS? I LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I MADE AN APPLICATION. WHO WAS THE APPLICATION WITH? UH, THAT, THAT GUY THAT WHEN I THINK HIS NAME WAS, UM, THINK JONATHAN JONATHAN'S, I DIDN'T GET HIS LAST NAME. DO YOU REMEMBER THE DEPARTMENT? NO, IT WAS, IT JUST SAID IT WAS FROM BLUEPRINT MINISTRIES. I DON'T REALLY KNOW. ON YOUR HOUSE, YOU GOT EXTENSION CORDS EVERYWHERE. OH, YEAH. BECAUSE REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE, THE SNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE SNOW, MY, MY ELECTRICITY TURNED OFF AND IT NEVER CAME BACK. LIKE, EVERYTHING BURNED. SO YOU NEVER LOOKED, YOU, I'M SORRY, YOU NEVER LOOKED FOR ANOTHER CONTRACTOR? NO, MM-HMM. . BUT THEN, OH, YEAH, THE C P SS, WHEN I CALLED THEM AND THEY SAID, UM, I HAVE FUSES. AND THEY SAID, I NEED TO HAVE THE, TO HAVE A, UH, YOU KNOW, REMOVE, HAVE THE, THE FUSES REMOVED THE FUSE BOX, AND I HAVE TO GET A CIRCUIT BREAKER BOX, WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO GET AN ELECTRICIAN, WHICH I'M NOT ABLE TO AFFORD. NOW, ANYTIME YOU DO ANY OF THAT, THAT CHANGES ALL THE WIRING TOO. YES. UM, THE TROUBLE THAT YOU'RE HAVING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? [00:45:03] WELL, WELL, I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO PHIL MCMANUS, OUR FIRE CHIEF, ALL OUR OFFICERS WHO HELP ME, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, TO EVICT MY GRANDDAUGHTER, AND ESPECIALLY THE KIDS, THE KIDS, THEIR FRIENDS, EVERYBODY THAT WERE LIVING THERE, THEY'VE NEVER COME BACK. THEY JUST CAME FOR THEIR BELONGINGS. AND I TOLD MY GRANDDAUGHTER, I NEVER, NEVER WANTED TO COME BACK HOME BECAUSE LOOK AT ALL THE, THE TROUBLE OF CAUSING IN MY HOME. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THE HOLES IN THE WALL AND THE FLOORS HAVE, HAVE YOU MADE ATTEMPTS TO, WELL, HE WAS CAUSED BY, BY HER YOUNGEST GRANDSON, WHO'S ALWAYS, WHO ALWAYS HAS A GUN, A RIFLE. HE LOVES TO GO DRIVE BY, YOU KNOW, DRIVE DOWN THE STREETS AND BE SHOOTING THE GUN THAT'S LEXI HAS RIGHT NOW. HE'S WANTED, AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER TOO. SHE HAS A LOT OF ASSAULTS. SHE'S ON THE RUN RIGHT NOW. SO YOU HAVEN'T, YOU HAVEN'T MADE ANY ATTEMPTS TO FIX ISSUES IN THE HOUSE AFTER THE OTHER CONTRACTORS? NO. THE THE PROBLEM IS THAT MY GRANDSON, WHO LIVED WITH ME ALL HIS LIFE, UH, HE DIED. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAGEDIES IN OUR HOME, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTAL, YOU KNOW, TRAGEDIES. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW I OWN LOANS. HE THOUGHT BECAUSE WE HAD TO COME OUT WITH 9,000 SOMETHING, WE HAD A PLATE, CELEBR TO BURY MY GRANDSON. HE WAS LIVING THERE WITH ME, HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN. BUT HE WAS VERY ILL. HE WAS DIABETIC. HE WAS ALL HIS LIFE. HE WAS SICK FROM HIS KIDNEYS. NOW HIS WIFE IS WIDOWED WITH FIVE CHILDREN. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE NO QUESTION. RIGHT. I WORK, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP HER, BUT I'M IN DADDY RIGHT NOW IN LOANS DUE TO HIS DEATH, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE NO LIFE INSURANCE. OKAY. GO AHEAD, MR. HE THAT'S FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES. GO AHEAD, MR. HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD. GO AHEAD, MR. THAT WASN'T THE MS. THAT ALL RIGHT, MA'AM, A COUPLE OF OTHER MEMBERS ARE GONNA ASK YOU QUESTIONS NOW, MA'AM. MA'AM? YES. YES. JESSE'S GONNA GO OVER HERE. MM-HMM. . OH, HUH? OKAY. OKAY. UH, THE THING IS, WE HAVE A, THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE. OKAY? ALLEGEDLY, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE HOUSE, OR EVEN IF THEY'RE LIVING THERE? OKAY? ARE YOU GOING TO, UH, TELL 'EM TO VACATE? LIKE, I, LIKE I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I HAVE LOANS. I BORROW MONEY FROM PEOPLE AND, AND, UH, A LOAN TO, TO BURY MY, MY GRANDSON. I'M IN DEBT RIGHT NOW WITH THAT. BUT I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE, LIKE AN EXTENSION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE A, I GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS A, A MONTH FROM MY HUSBAND'S, YOU KNOW, UM, WIDOWS, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL SECURITY. AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH, BECAUSE LIKE I TELL YOU, I WAS ON, UH, ONLY $20 IN FOOD STAMPS. THEY GAVE ME A RAISE FOR A DOLLAR. I GOTTA BUY GROCERIES. AND, AND THAT'S THE ONLY MONEY, INCOME, YOU KNOW, THAT I, I RECEIVE EVERY, EVERY MONTH. SO IT'S HARD FOR ME. EXCUSE ME. YEAH. UH, UH, THE ISSUE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE HERE IS THE VIOLATION OF THE CODES. YES. I KNOW. HERE. AND, UH, THE PROBLEMS. AND THE PROBLEMS, SUPPOSEDLY, AS, YOU KNOW, I INTERPRET THEM MM-HMM. FROM THE SPEAKERS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT HOUSE, AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE A PROBLEM. MM-HMM. , AND, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THERE IS NOT HEALTHY. YES, I DO UNDERSTAND HEALTHY SAFETY. I DO UNDERSTAND. LISTEN, TO ME, THERE'S NO SAFETY, SECURITY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, NO QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 'EM TO LIVE IN THERE. SO THE THING IS THIS, UH, IT SENDS A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS ALL THIS SUPPOSEDLY VIOLATIONS. MM-HMM. , ALLEGEDLY. YEAH, I DO UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THAT'S FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE. UH, UH, UH, CAN YOU, UH, GET RID OF 'EM THERE AND, YOU KNOW, VACATE THE HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, BOARD IT UP FOR SECURITY? OH, YES. OR ARE YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE THEM THERE? BECAUSE WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE TWO WEEKS OF TODAY, OR VACATE THE PRO IMMEDIATELY. CAN YOU GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE? THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR, YOUR BIGGEST OBJECTIVES HERE IS TO GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE. YEAH. DAMIAN IS THE ONE, HE'S, HE, THEY COULD LEAVE TODAY, TOMORROW, NEXT DAY OR WEEK FROM NOW. YEAH. NO, DAMIAN, HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND RIGHT NOW. THEY, I MEAN, THREE DAYS AGO THEY HAD A BABY. [00:50:02] MR. MR. CHAIR. THIS IS LEGAL. I, I, I NEED EVERYBODY TO STOP FOR A MINUTE. THIS IS LEGAL. I REALLY NEED US TO GO BACK AND FOCUS ON THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE. UM, THERE'S AN ALLEGATION THAT THIS HOUSE IS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. IT IS. AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, UM, I, I'D PLEASE LIKE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE STRUCTURE AT HAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER, UM, UM, UM, PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS SHE'S, SHE'S FACING. BUT I, I'D LIKE FOR THIS BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOCUS IS ON THE STRUCTURE. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS FOCUSING. AND, YOU KNOW, AND IF HE CAN'T GET HIM RID OF THEM, THAT'S A PROBLEM. BUT WE WILL BE MAKING A DECISION, THIS BOARD, WHEN THE CHAIR WILL BE MAKING A DECISION ON THE DEPOSITION OF THIS HOUSE AND THE DISPOSAL OF, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT MIGHT BE PROBLEMS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VIOLATIONS, ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE HOUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. UH, MR. SOLI. YES. UH, LIKE TO REALLY GET BACK TO THE HOUSE, UM, AND THE, THE LACK OF EGRESS, ONLY THE ONE, ONE EXIT OUT OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS, UH, THROUGH THE CAR, THE CARPORT, UH, THAT CARPORT IS, UH, COULD FALL AT ANY MOMENT. IT, IT PRESENTS A, A DANGER TO, NOT ONLY TO YOU, BUT UH, UH, OTHERS THAT ARE TRYING TO ACCESS THE, THE HOME, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. IT ALSO CREATES A HUGE PROBLEM FOR YOU TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THAT HOUSE IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN. MM-HMM. . AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BURGLAR BARS, YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I HAVE BURGLAR BARS. YEAH. THE REASON I INSTALLED THEM, BECAUSE WE WOULD ALL WORK AND THEY WOULD STILL, THE NEIGHBORS, EVERYBODY WOULD STILL, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR BELONGINGS. SO THAT'S WHY I HAD BURGLAR BARS. BUT THERE, I KNOW THAT ARE SAFETY HAZARDS, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , I UNDERSTAND. YEAH, IT DOES, IT DOES PRESENT A, A DANGER TO, TO, YES, IT DOES. THE OTHERS, YOU ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION EARLIER. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN, UH, AT ALL TO, TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE HOUSE? NO. NO. NO. IS THAT MY, I ONLY HAVE TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER, BUT ONE OF MY SON LIVES IN, UH, UM, IN, UH, INDIANA RIGHT NOW. AND MY OTHER SON, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, I CALLED HIM AND, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT MY SITUATION. HE SAID, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO HELP ME OUT FINANCIALLY, HE'S COMING. HE'S COMING IN DECEMBER, MY SON ALEX. YEAH. BUT I THINK WE NEED, WE NEED TO SEE A PLAN HERE TODAY. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IF THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY AND ALL THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT EXTENSIONS EVERYWHERE. UM, I'M AFRAID, YOU KNOW, I SAID, MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS THIS HOUSE IS GONNA CATCH ON FIRE. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WORRIES ME, ESPECIALLY, I, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. ANNOY. I'VE BEEN THERE 52 YEARS. IT'S OLD. I KNOW. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, SINCE I, I'VE NEVER REMARRIED OR NOTHING. IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE ALONE, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, MS. ANNOY. UM, BEATRICE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO. WELL, I, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO ME WELL AHEAD AND STATE YOUR, YOUR NAME AND YOUR NAME. YES. MY NAME IS BEATRICE WEONE, AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 39 FALLS AVENUE, AND I RESIDE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS NO PLACE TO GO. THAT'S HER HOUSE. AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THE, UH, DRUG ACTIVITY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. BUT WHAT SHE HAS TO DO IS GET RID OF EVERYBODY. AND RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S THERE IS DAMIEN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. SO THIS AT THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. . I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD HAVE TO GET RID OF EVERYBODY. WELL, SHE, SHE CAN SAY IT WAS ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT DAMIEN DOESN'T WANT TO BE OVER THERE. UM, CAN WE HAVE THE CODE OFFICER APPROACH PLEASE? AND YOU ALL CAN TAKE YOUR SEATS. HE CAN AHEAD TAKE YOUR SEAT READY BOARD DANGEROUS PREMISES. JOSHUA MARTINEZ SPEAKING. MS. BROWN HAS A QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. DID I HEAR CORRECTLY OR DID I MAKE IT UP THAT YOU ALL OFFERED HER TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SHE REFUSED? WE OFFERED HER ASSISTANCE. WE HAD JONATHAN LAZANO FROM N H SS D GO OUT THERE TO OFFER THE, ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE HER, WHICH WAS BLUEPRINT MINISTRIES TO HELP RENOVATE THE STRUCTURE. BUT IN ORDER FOR [00:55:01] THEM TO DO THAT, THE CRIMINAL, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAD TO BE ELIMINATED COMPLETELY. SO AS, AS S A P D STATED, THAT CRIMINAL, THAT CRIMINAL, STILL, THE ACTIVITY OF THE CRIMINAL SIDE OF IT IS STILL THERE. SO BLUEPRINT MINISTRIES WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO ASSIST UNLESS THAT WAS ELIMINATED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO, TO ADD BOARD TO MY RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEMOLITION THAT THE PROPERTY BE VACATED, SECURED WITH UTILITIES. DISCONNECTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER CODE, SS A P D OR THE OWNERS? I DO. AND, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD BE FOR JOSH, MAYBE, UM, UM, ONE MORE. ALLOW HIM TO APPROACH THE OFFICER. SORRY, WAY TOO FAMILIAR. YES. BOARD, UM, INSTEAD OF DEMOLITION, IS THERE A WAY OH MY GOD. YEAH. IS THERE A WAY TO VACATE BOARD UP AND THEN EITHER SELL, SELL THE PROPERTY SO SOMEONE CAN RENOVATE IT AND THEN THE OWNER WOULD GET SALE PRICE. BUT I MEAN, IT WOULD BE AS AND BOARD, THIS IS LEGAL. I I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. UH, THIS BOARD MAKES THE DETERMINATION IF THIS PROPERTY, IF THIS BOARD AGREES WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY BEING A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. IF SO, THERE'S A FEW OPTIONS. YOU CAN, UM, UH, ORDER THE PROPERTY TO BE DEMOLISHED. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF ORDERING A, A REPAIR. I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT ORDER OF REPAIR WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS NOT, UH, PROVIDED ANY SCOPE OF WORK. UH, THE OTHER OPTION COULD BE A RESET TO ALLOW, UH, THE OWNER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THIS BOARD, UH, TO SHOW THAT, UH, SHE'S IN A POSITION TO, UM, UH, ADDRESS THE STRUCTURE, UH, WHAT THIS BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO DO. AND WHAT WE CANNOT DO IS DETERMINE THAT A PROPERTY, IF THIS BOARD DOES DETERMINE THAT THE PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, AND BELIEVE THAT BOARDING IT UP IS, IS, IS, IS ADDRESSING THE DANGEROUSNESS OF THAT STRUCTURE, THE DILATATION OF THE STRUCTURE. I, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. UH, ADD ANY OF THE VIOLATIONS OR COULD YOU, UH, GO OVER THEM AGAIN? THE DEFINITIONS, THE SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN WERE 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND THIS IS FRED ANDERSON. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU AMENDED A VACATE TO ADD, VACATE SECURE CUT ALL UTILITIES. IS THAT CORRECT? WITH THE RECOMMENDATION DEMOLITION. SO THAT'S THE ONLY AMENDMENT, RIGHT? NOTHING ELSE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MR. ZUNIGA. OH, I CAN MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD, MR. ZUNIGA. I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 9 DOLORES AVENUE. IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED. AND IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE 8 6 1 3 6 AND SECTION 7 8 11, 12 15, AND THAT THE PROPERTY [01:00:01] BE DEMOLISHED AND THAT THE PROPERTY BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY AND SECURED IN A MOTION. I SECOND THAT. HOLD ON. NOW I CAN DO IT A SECOND. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. NO, YOU NOT YET. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION FOR 3 3 9 DOLORES AVENUE FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR SUBSECTION 7, 8 11, 12 15. AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS VACATED IMMEDIATELY AND SECURED. AND IT WAS AND IT WAS SECONDED? YEAH, IT WAS SECONDED BY UTILITIES. NO, NO, IT IS NOT FINISHED YET. I DON'T THINK IT WAS SECONDED. IT WASN'T. UH, I'M GONNA SECOND IT, BUT I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. SENECA. UM, THE OFFICER ALSO ASKED FOR UTILITIES TO BE CUT. DID YOU, DID YOU ADD THAT TO YOURS? IT WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY, NO, IT WAS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED. OR YOU, OR SHOULD I DO THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YEAH, IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YEAH. I'LL GO AHEAD. THE SECOND. DO YOU ACCEPT HIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YEAH. OKAY. SECOND? YES. OKAY. OKAY. ONE MORE, A SECOND. ONE MOMENT. SO, MR. ZUNIGA HAS ACCEPTED, UH, MR. ANIS, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF UTILITIES DISCONNECTED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE, UM, THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, UH, RELOCATION SERVICES FOR MS. ANNOY. WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? UH, YES. BUT I NEED A, A LE ADVICE FROM LEGAL. YES. DO WE, DO WE LEAVE THE WATER ON OR THAT'S, WE CAN'T CUT, CUT ALL THE UTILITY. THAT ITSELF, RIGHT? THE ELECTRIC, THE, ON THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, THE ELECTRIC AND WATER, NO UTILITIES CONSIST OF WATER, GAS, AND ELECTRIC. UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, CAN YOU, CAN YOU STATE WHAT THE QUESTION IS SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT I'M BEING ASKED? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS QUESTION IS. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION, MR. ZUNIGA? I APOLOGIZE. THE, THE QUESTION IS TO SHUT OFF ALL UTILITIES. UH, DO WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE WATER ON? NO, WHEN YOU WERE ASKING THE, THE, THE UTILITIES BE SHUT OFF, THOSE UTILITIES GET SHUT OFF AFTER THE VACATED AFTER TO BE SURE OF AFTER THE PROPERTY IS VACATED. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME THE, THE ORDER OF SEQUENCE OF EACH OF THE, UM, UH, YEAH, THE SEQUENCE AS YOU CAN STAND, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THIS, UH, ANY PROPERTY OWNER OR, UM, INTERESTED PARTY DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THIS BOARD. UM, THAT'S A 30 DAY, UM, UH, DETERMINATION. THEY, THEY GET 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT IT'S MAILED OUT, UM, AFTER THAT, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND IF THERE'S NO APPEAL, THEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THIS BOARD'S ORDER IF, IF THE, THE OWNER OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES DO NOT. THANK YOU, SIR. I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. DID YOU ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MY RE RELOCATION SERVICES? I SAID, DID YOU ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR RE RELOCATION SERVICES? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE RE NO. OKAY, GOT IT. I HAD IT FOR THE UTILITIES AND THAT'S WHY I THANK YOU. GOT IT. SO THE CURRENT ORDER, AS IT SAYS IS VACATE IMMEDIATELY SECURED, UM, UTILITIES DISCONNECTED AND PROVIDE RELOCATION SERVICES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY. MR. ANDIS HAS SECONDED. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDES? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. JOEL SOLIS? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSIE ZUNIGA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MS. ANNOY AND HER SISTER, CAN YOU PLEASE AND HE WILL GET YOU THE DETAILS. [01:05:07] CAN WE GET THE NEXT I GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1534 WEST LMOS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR TO THE MAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 1534 WEST LMOS IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. THE FIRST B S B HEARING WAS, WAS ON MAY 12TH, 2022 WITH THE RESET FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND A 30 DAY DEMO FOR BOTH ACCESSORIES IN THE BACK. PLEASE NOTE ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THIS INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 0 9 5 BLOCK FOUR SEVEN, LOT TWO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DE LA ROSA, MARY LOU, AND FRANK S WITH A MILLION ADDRESS OF 1534 WEST LMOS SANTO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS PRESENT TODAY IS SS A P D OFFICER GARZA GARCIA AND MR. OLIVARES WHO HAS POWER OF ATTORNEY AT THIS MOMENT, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATIONS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2022. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1534 WEST SOMOS WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 7TH, 2022. A PRE A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL, MR. RICHARD OLIVARES, UH, IN ATTENDANCE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1534 WEST LOMOS WITH MR. OLIVARES PRESENT AS WELL ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED OUT TO MARY LOU AND FRANK S DELOSA AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT NOT RETURNED ON AUGUST 25TH. ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN A PHOTOGRAPHIC OF THE STRUCTURE. ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022, MR. RICHARD OLIVAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION AND OBTAIN UPDATED PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, TO, TO THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. NO PERMITS ARE HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022. AS AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT FOR, FOR THE ELECTRICAL GAS HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AS OF JULY 30TH, 2022. SAWS DID REMOVE THE METER ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2022. DID A FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 28TH, 2022, AND FOUND AN ILLEGAL CONNECTION, UM, AT THAT TIME, AND DID REMOVE THE ILLEGAL CONNECTION ON MARCH 29TH, 2022. TODAY'S PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022 . THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. EXTERIOR WALLS ARE STARTING TO DETERIORATE. UM, IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO TO THE LEFT, NEXT TO THE STEPS, YOU CAN SEE SOME DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALL AS WELL AS TO THE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE SECURED UH, WINDOW. HERE'S A CLOSEUP TO THE LEFT OF THAT PHOTO, JUST SHOWING THE, THE DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS, UH, AGAIN TO THE RIGHT, STARTING TO SHOW SOME DETERIORATION AS WELL TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. UH, MOVING TO THE LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A, A SMALL HOLE IN THE WALL AS WELL AS THE SIDING TO THE, HAS FALLEN AT THE CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL. SHOWING DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD ME WOOD SIDING. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION WITH, UH, BURGLAR BARS TO THE WINDOWS, WHICH ARE PROS AND EGRESS CONCERN LOCATED TO THE RIGHT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE, THERE'S [01:10:01] ALSO MORE, UM, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS NEXT TO THE STRUCTURE. MOVING TO THE BACK, DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALL. DOOR FRAME IS DAMAGED AS WELL. THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK, UH, REAR STRUCTURE AS WELL. AGAIN, JUST SHOWING LACK OF, UH, WEATHER PROTECTION TO THE STRUCTURE. MOVING TO THE FOUNDATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS POST IS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE, TO THE, TO THE WOOD MEMBERS, THE BEAMS UNDERNEATH, UH, SHOWING THAT THERE'S ALSO BEEN SHIFTING TO IT, UH, DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AS WELL AS, UH, WATER DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL, UH, FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE POST IS, UH, SHOWING SIGNS OF SHIFTING AS WELL, UH, JUST FROM ANOTHER ANGLE AND JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE TO THE, TO THE BEAMS UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION. MOVING INSIDE ON, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT. THIS BUILDING WAS OCCUPIED. WE DID DO A, UM, UM, SECURING WITH THE VAGRANTS INSIDE THE, THE BUILDING STILL, UH, ON THIS DATE, THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL STILL INS INSIDE OF THE, OF THE BUILDING. UM, MOVING INSIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ITEMS SHOWING THAT GRAS ARE STILL LIVING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, UH, SHOWING THAT THERE'S SOME ELEC THAT'S EXPOSED, UM, DUE TO THE, UH, FACE PLATE BEING MISSED, MISSING FOR THE, UH, OUTLETS. CAN YOU GO BACK REAL QUICK? I ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT THAT CHAIN DOES RUN TO THE CEILING LIGHT. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID SPLICE IT INTO TO THAT AREA OF THE LIGHT FIXTURE. UM, WITH THE, UH, OUTLET IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU CAN SEE ELECTRICAL CORDS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONNECTING THE AC UNIT, UH, TO GET IT RUNNING INSIDE AS WELL. UM, MOVING INTO THIS PHOTO, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT IT IS FULL OF DEBRIS. UH, THAT'S AS WIDE AS I CAN OPEN UP THE DOOR. I WAS UNABLE TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT POINT, UH, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS BEHIND THE DOOR. AND IN THIS ROOM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE WINDOW UNIT HOW HIGH THE DEBRIS IS. I'LL MOVE IT INTO THE NEXT ROOM. AGAIN, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. THE DOOR DOESN'T OPEN UP ALL THE WAY DUE TO, TO THE DEBRIS THAT'S BEHIND IT AS WELL. UH, WATER DAMAGE IN THE BATHROOM, THERE IS A WATER LEAK. UM, BUT AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, THE WATER HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED. MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN, JUST AGAIN, MORE SIGNS OF IGNORANCE, MOVING INSIDE, LIVING IN THERE, MOVING IN AND OUT. UH, AGAIN, WITH ELECTRICAL CORDS THAT ARE LIVE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. UH, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE ELECTION CORDS PLUGGED IN TO THE OUTLETS. MOVING INTO THE BACK ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THERE AGAIN, JUST MORE SIGNS OF IN INDICATIONS THAT, UH, GRAS ARE INSIDE THIS, THIS BUILDING, UH, MAKING, BRINGING A LOT OF ITEMS AS WELL AS INSIDE THE CEILING. THEY'VE DONE SOME WORK TO THE CEILING. UH, AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR. EVAS, HE HASN'T DONE ANY WORK. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE VAGRANTS HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK INSIDE THIS BUILDING. AS AT THIS TIME. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1534 WEST HOMOS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN R 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEFECTED, UH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OR DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD ORAL FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR TO THE MAIN. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1534 WEST LOMOS. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? I DO. GO AHEAD, MS. BROWN. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING REPAIR WHEN THIS IS A RESET ON A REPAIR AND NOBODY'S DONE ANYTHING FROM OUR FIRST HEARING, I DIDN'T MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYBODY. AND AFTER THE HEARING, I DID REACH OUT. I ACTUALLY DID GET IN CONTACT WITH MR. RES. HE REACHED, UH, I RECEIVED A NUMBER CALLED HIM, AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED MEETING. HE, HE WAS, HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS ADVISED BY S A P D NOT TO BE GOING ON [01:15:01] THE PROPERTY BY HIMSELF BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT KEEP GOING ON THERE. UM, AS WELL AS THEM GIVING ANYONE THAT GOES ON THE PROPERTY A VERY HARD TIME. SO HE'S BEEN WANTING TO GO ON THE PROPERTY AND TO SEE WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. HE CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, ON HIS SIDE. UH, WHEN WE DID SPEAK, HE WANTS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE. UH, THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THIS STRUCTURE IS THE FOUNDATION, BUT THE WALLS AND ROOF ARE SOUND, UM, AND AS WELL AS THE, THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE INSIDE WITH ELECTRICAL. I, I GUESS I WANT, I GUESS I WANNA KNOW NOW, WHY DIDN'T HE REACH OUT TO THE S A P D OR TO THE CODE TO GO WITH THEM ON THE PROPERTY? I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S THAT BAD, AND THIS IS A DARK CASE, I THINK I SAW THAT SOMEWHERE. UM, HE, HE HAS SIGNED A TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT WHEN WE DID MEET WITH HIM AND, UH, FOR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT GO ONTO THE PROPERTY TO, 'CAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE ON THE PROPERTY. UH, AND I KNOW RECENTLY EACH TIME HE'S GONE OUT THERE, THAT THERE'S BEEN, PEOPLE KEEP GOING IN THERE. WE DID SECURE THIS STRUCTURE WHEN IT WAS, AT THE TIME IT WAS VACATED, WE DID SECURE IT. AND WHEN I WENT BACK OUT THERE TO POST MY NOTICE THE BOARDS AND WERE ALL REMOVED AGAIN. EXCUSE ME, THE BOARDS ALSO, IF I COULD ALSO STEP IN, THIS IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. I BELIEVE THAT OWNER IS HERE TO SPEAK. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO ALSO MAKE SURE HE HAS HIS TIME TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IF WE COULD DEFER THAT TO THE OWNER HIMSELF. SURE. THAT'LL BE FINE. UH, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. UM, GOING BACK INTO YOUR RECORD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE ADDRESSED THIS OR NOT, AT THE TIME OF THE RESET, IT SAYS NO, UH, YOUR VACATE, YOUR ASKED FOR VACATE IS STILL PENDING. DID WE ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE NOTES WHEN WE FIRST HEARD THE CASE, OR IS IT STILL PENDING? IT'S STILL PENDING. WE HAVE NOT ISSUED A NOTICE OF VACATE ON THE PROPERTY. BUT WHO'S TOOK IN PART IN SECURING THE PROPERTY FROM THAT TIME THE NOTICE WAS POSTED TO NOW THAT YOU'VE CONTACTED THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY? NO, I'M SORRY. LET ME, LEMME CHECK MY NOTES REAL QUICK. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE DID POST THE NOTICE. LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK. WELL, IT SAYS IN NOVEMBER, YES, DID A NOTICE, BUT IT STILL PENDING. SO DID, WE DIDN'T ADDRESS IT AT THE TIME. WE HEARD AT THE FIRST HEARING, CORRECT? YES. WE JUST MOTIONED FOR A RESET. YES. SO BETWEEN THAT TIME OF THE RESET AND NOW WHO'S SECURING THE PROPERTY? IS IT THE CITY OR IS IT THE OWNER OR THE REPRESENTATIVE? THE FIRST TIME WE DID SECURE THE STRUCTURE. AFTER SEPTEMBER 9TH WHEN WE DIDN'T MEET AGAIN, HE ALLOWED US ONTO THE PROPERTY. HE, THE OWNER, MR. EZ DID SECURE IT HIMSELF. SO IS THERE AN ABATEMENT ON THE PROPERTY SEPARATE FROM THIS? WE HAVE AN ABATEMENT TO HAVE THE PROPERTY CLEANED OTHER THAN THE SECURE, OTHER THAN THE SECURING. OKAY. AND HE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. HE IS AWARE OF IT, AND IT STATED TO ME THAT HE'S WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THAT CLEANED UP AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE, UM, OFFICER GARCIA PLEASE? HELLO BOARD. I'M OFFICER JOHN GARCIA WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M A SAFE OFFICER OR BETTER KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY POLICEMAN. UM, I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH THE STRUCTURE FOR ABOUT, I THINK IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS. UM, INITIALLY WE DIDN'T, WE COULDN'T FIND THE OWNER. I, IN FACT, I HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. SHE WAS AN ELDERLY LADY TALKING TO ME ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL. SHE ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE PROPERTY, BUT SHE, SHE HAD SOME KIND OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND THEN SHE WAS GONE. I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL I TALKED TO HER NEIGHBOR, MS. CABALLERO, WHO SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE NEIGHBOR. SO, UH, WE DIDN'T GET IN CONTACT WITH THE, WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FAMILY SHE HAD, WHERE HER FAMILY WAS. UM, THEN I MET MR. OLIVARES, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON BEHALF OF MR. OLIVARES. HE'S BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US. HE HASN'T, IN SOME OF THESE CASES LIKE THIS, WE, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF, A LACK OF COOPERATION. UH, A LOT OF AGGRESSIVENESS. NOT ONLY BECAUSE I'M THE POLICE, BUT , BUT BECAUSE, HEY, YOU'RE COMING ONTO MY PROPERTY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? UM, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO MY PROPERTY? SO, UM, HE'S BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US. HE'S WANTED TO WORK THIS OUT. I KNOW HE'S, HE'S REITERATED TO ME THAT HE'S ON A FIXED INCOME. HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS. AND, AND, AND I TEND TO BELIEVE IN MY, I RARELY COME HERE AND, AND, AND TALK ON BEHALF OF OWNERS, BUT, UH, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN SO COOPERATIVE AND I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM AND I DO TEND TO BELIEVE WHAT HE'S TELLING ME. I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT, THAT, TO YOU. THIS PROPERTY, THE WAY IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS IN THE PICTURES IS, IS IT'S, UH, IT LOOKS EVEN WORSE IN IN PERSON. FOR SOME REASON, THOSE PICTURES DON'T DO IT A WHOLE LOT OF JUSTICE. BUT THE LADY WHO'S STAYING THERE, SHE'S BEEN, SHE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF THERE. SHE'S BEEN, SHE'S AN [01:20:01] ADMITTED, UH, METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICT. SHE'S TOLD ME OVER AND OVER ABOUT THIS MOVES VERY QUICKLY, TALKS FAST, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. JUST GOING ON AND ON AND ON. UM, WE'VE ASKED HER, WE'VE ASKED HER TO LEAVE. SHE, THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE, SHE LEFT. UM, SHE WANTED TO COLLECT A LOT OF METAL, AND FOR THE MOST PART, FOLKS WERE ON METHAMPHETAMINE, COLLECT METAL SO THEY CAN GO AND SELL IT AND FEED THEIR ADDICTION. SO THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO. SHE WAS VERY UPSET THAT SHE COULDN'T GET ANY MORE AND SHE HAD TO LEAVE. UM, APPARENTLY MR. EZ BOARDED IT UP ON THAT DATE. THEY CAME BACK. HER TRUCK IS STILL THERE. SHE HAS, I'LL LET MR. EZZ TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT SHE HAS A C P SS BILL, SO US GOING THERE, UM, AND ARRESTING HER FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS WHEN SHE HAS A C P S BILL, IS NOT GONNA, THAT'S JUST, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH INFORMATION THERE TELLING US THAT IF I TAKE THAT TO THE MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE, I TAKE IT TO A MAGISTRATE JUDGE. HE LOOKS AT THIS AND SAYS, WELL, SHE HAS A C P S BILL AND YOU ARRESTED HER AT THE SAME ADDRESS. THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. SO, UM, I'VE ADVISED HIM HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE EVICTION PROCESS. SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT BOARD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, I, I WELCOME THEM. ONE MOMENT BEFORE WE PROCEED. CAN YOU, UH, ALSO STATE WHICH AREA YOU COVER? UM, YEAH. SO, OH, I, IT'S A BIG AREA , SO, UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, MAYBE ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF, OF DISTRICT SEVEN. I GO FROM I 10 ALL THE WAY TO VAN JACKSON. VAN JACKSON, UP TOWARDS FREDERICKSBURG. FREDERICKSBURG, UP TO BABCOCK, BABCOCK, UH, UP TO WILSON, UM, EXCUSE ME, UP TO SUNSHINE. SUNSHINE TO ST. CLOUD, ST. CLOUD, BACK TO GENERAL MCMULLEN. GENERAL MCMULLEN BACK TO, UH, BANDERA, CBRA, COLLIBRA, DIRECT DOWN TO I 10, BIG . LOTS OF, LOTS OF AREAS, BUT I KNOW MY COMMUNITY, SO I, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. JUST A COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION. OH, YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. THEY, WHEN DID YOU TALK TO MR. OLIVAREZ ABOUT THE EVICTION THAT, THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT PROCEDURE? UM, IT WAS, I BELIEVE THIS WAS, WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE PHONE, BUT I THINK ON THE DATE, I, I APOLOGIZE. I THINK THE, THE DATE WAS EITHER LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE LAST THAT WE DID THE, THE, UH, THE INSPECTION. I WENT THERE WITH THE INSPECTION, AND I HAVE, I DID, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO TOLD THEM, DON'T GO THERE WITHOUT, WITHOUT US. 'CAUSE THOSE PEOPLE CAN BE VERY AGGRESSIVE. SHE'S VERY AGGRESSIVE. UM, SHE'S NEVER TRIED TO ATTACK US OR ANYTHING, BUT SHE DOES HAVE OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE AROUND THERE. I, I NOTICED THE PICTURES WITH ALL THE ITEMS IN THE ROOMS. USUALLY WHEN I, I HAVE TO GO INTO A HOUSE LIKE THAT, I'M CHECKING EVERY ROOM WITH MY FLASHLIGHT. THERE'S SOME OF THOSE ROOMS I COULDN'T EVEN GET INTO. SO I WAS CONCERNED KEEPING MY BACK TO SOME OF THOSE ROOMS. 'CAUSE I COULDN'T GET IN THERE AND SEE IF ANYBODY WAS HIDING BEHIND SOME OF THOSE PLACES. SO, UM, CERTAINLY THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET MR. OLIVAREZ TO APPROACH PLEASE? MR. OLIVAREZ, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD OLIVARES AND MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS 1 42 EK, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 1534 WEST ALMOS, WHICH BELONGS TO MY AUNT MARY LOU DELAROSA. YEAH, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT ADDRESS, SO IF I DIDN'T CATCH IT, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T NEITHER. YOUR ADDRESS. MY ADDRESS. I DIDN'T CATCH IT. ADDRESS, YEAH. OKAY. DIDN'T CATCH 1 42. TTE TTE, T E C, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COULD YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE, BECAUSE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOU EITHER. YES, MA'AM. SO I'M HERE, UM, AND I APPRECIATE OFFICER, SAFETY OFFICER FOR COMING IN TODAY. I REALLY DO, TAKING THIS TIME TO DOING THIS AND BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE PATIENCE WITH THIS AND FOR ALL Y'ALL GUYS DO, AND HEARING ALL THESE SAD STORIES THIS MORNING, FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN HERE FOR MYSELF, WORKING WITH CODE COMPLIANCE, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER COMING ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I WAS PUT INTO THIS SITUATION BECAUSE I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO LOOK AFTER MY AUNT. AND AS SAFETY OFFICER GARCIA SAID, HE CAME ACROSS HER. SHE WAS EL ELDERLY, AND I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE SITUATION BECAUSE I HAD TO PLACE HER IN A NURSING HOME. I AM MAKING THE POINT, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE ONCE I DID PLACE HER IN A, IN A NURSING HOME, VAGRANTS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO TAKE ACCESS ILLEGALLY INTO THE HOME. AND I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBER BOARD, UH, MEMBERS SAYING, WHY HAVEN'T I DONE THIS? WHY HAVEN'T I DONE THAT? ONCE BEING CONTACTED BY S A P D AND NUMEROUS, UM, I WOULD SAY SEVERAL, UM, NEIGHBORS DAILY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? I SAID, WHAT PEOPLE? WELL, YOU NEED TO COME LOOK AT YOUR AUNT'S HOUSE. SOMEBODY'S IN [01:25:01] IT WHO LET 'EM IN THERE. WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO IS TRY AND GET THESE PEOPLE TO LEAVE, ASKING THEM, IT WAS NOT GONNA BE THE CASE. YOU NEED TO LEAVE. I TOLD 'EM NUMEROUS TIMES, NUMEROUS TIMES. UM, THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO MAKE ENTRY INTO THE HOUSE AND ALSO GET RID OF, YOU SAW ALL THAT STUFF IN THE ROOMS. SOME OF THAT IS JUST STUFF THAT THEY BRING IN FROM OUTSIDE, JUST HOARDERS JUST TRYING TO SELL STUFF AND SOME OF THAT STUFF. UNFORTUNATELY, HAVING TO TELL MY AUNT, HOW'S MY HOUSE DOING? NOT VERY WELL. SOME OF THAT STUFF WAS HERS, AND YES, WE'RE, I, I'VE DONE NOTHING BUT TRY TO COOPERATE WITH, UH, MR. JOSHUA SAFETY ISSUE THERE. TO ME, I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD IT FROM THE PREVIOUS CASE. UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE HOUSE STRUCTURE AND THE FOUNDATION AND, AND THE, AND THE, AND, AND THE LIGHTING AND THIS AND THAT WITHOUT DUE RESPECT. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VAGRANT. MY H MY, MY MINE'S HOUSE WAS, WOULD NOT BE LIKE THAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM. MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON THE STRUCTURE. I'M TRYING THE CONDITION OF YES, THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURE AND HOW THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED. SO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. UM, THE EVICTION PROCESS, I'M MAKING NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS PRIOR TO, TO THIS, SIR. UM, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS EVICTED SO I CAN ACTUALLY ENTER INTO THE HOUSE AND TRY TO GET THINGS FIXED. CODE COMPLIANCE, WHAT I HEARD, EVEN BEFORE THEY HAD TOLD ME THEY PUT WHITE BOARDS ALL OVER THE HOUSE TO HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS TAKE THE BOARDS BACK DOWN. SO MR. JOSHUA SAID, YOU GOTTA DO YOUR PART NOW, WHICH I DID, SIR. AND I PUT BOARDS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOUSE, ALL, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOUSE. I PAID FOR IT TO COME TWO DAYS LATER, ACTUALLY GET CALLED BY A NEIGHBOR. HEY, THESE PEOPLE ARE BACK IN. THEY TOOK THEIR BOARDS DOWN. FRUSTRATING. SO I, I'M NOT TOO SURE. I DID HAVE THIS TRESPASSING AFFIDAVIT THAT WAS SIGNED BY MYSELF TO RE TO REMOVE THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND WHEN OFFICER PENA WENT THE LAST TIME, AND WE WERE THERE, UH, ALSO, UH, I I, WITH ALL THE COMMOTION AND THIS, THIS LADY TRYING TO NOT ALLOW ME TO BRING IN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GONNA GIVE ME THE SCOPE OF WORK. UM, WE GOT SIDETRACKED. SO WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THIS. I DO HAVE THIS AFFIDAVIT TO GET THESE PEOPLE GLIP, BUT SHE TOLD ME, I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE TILL YOU GET ME EVICTED. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THE BOARD WOULD ALLOW JUST FOR REPAIR AND TRY TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO TO, TO SALVAGE MY, MY AUNT'S HOME, IN WHICH I HAD TO PLACE ANOTHER THING TO THE UTILITIES. I, I HEAR THAT EVERYBODY'S ADDRESSING WATER AND UTILITIES. THEY RECONNECTED. MY AUNT'S, THEY WERE TELLING PEOPLE MY AUNT WAS DEAD. AND I KNOW THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FOUNDATION, BUT THIS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENSITIVE ISSUES WITH A HOME THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO SOMEBODY THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE CAUSING THESE, THESE PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S HOW YOU C P SS. WHAT I HEAR IS THAT THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE MY AUNT'S NAME OFF C P S AND PUT IT UNDER THEIR NAME. AND I'M NOW HAVING TO FIGHT THAT, TRY TO PROVE AND GET THAT, UH, TAKEN OFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY CAN WALK ME THROUGH THAT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, DOES UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. OLIVARES? UH, YES, SIR. YES, SIR. UM, GO AHEAD MS. BROWN. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS A RESET CASE. SO YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY SINCE THE TIME THAT IT WAS RESET UNTIL THIS TIME? I WAS JUST MADE KNOWN OF THE RESET NOT TOO LONG AGO. MS. BROWN, AND I WAS JUST MADE KNOWN OF THE RESET NOT TOO LONG AGO. AND EVERY TIME I GO IN THERE, AND I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN SAID, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY AND LET'S STAY FOCUSED ON THE STRUCTURE. THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE STRUCTURE WHO'S KEEPING US FROM GOING THERE. EVERY TIME I HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE, I HAVE TO BOTHER S A P D TO, TO, UM, ESCORT ME BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THERE. THERE'S [01:30:01] BEEN A LOT OF DRUG ACTIVITY, PROSTITUTION, OTHER THINGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES PT HAS MADE CALLS OUT TO THAT HOUSE, TO THAT HOME. THAT WASN'T STATED AS WELL. THIS, THIS IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE NEIGHBORS. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS TELL ME, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS HOME. THEY KEEP INTIMIDATING US. WE CAN'T REPORT THEM ANYMORE. ARE YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN TO EVICTION COURT YET? NO, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. UH, I WAS JUST TALKED TO LAST WEEK AND I JUST, UNFORTUNATELY SITUATIONS BEYOND MY CONTROL. I JUST LOST MY OTHER AUNT AS WELL. WE JUST BURIED HER. SO I, I'M, I'M SORRY. I HAVE NOT, AND I'M GONNA DO THAT THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVE DOWN TO PRECINCT TWO. I WAS ASKED TO GO, OKAY, SIR, WE CAN'T KEEP, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR CONDITIONS AND WE ALL HAVE CONDITIONS. YES, MA'AM. BUT I, I CAN'T SEE POST, I CAN'T SEE RESETTING THIS CASE AGAIN. AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. AND EVEN WHEN YOU WENT AND GOT THE POLICE TO GO WITH YOU, YOU STILL HAVEN'T BEEN TO EVICTION COURT? I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M PLANNING TO DO THAT THIS AFTERNOON. YES, MA'AM. EVICTION COURT IS HELD IN THE MORNING, SIR. , YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO GO TO EVICTION COURT, YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO A LOT OF STUFF. YES. I, THAT'S WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, MS. BROWN. I, MY APOLOGIES. I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH THAT TO, TO DO THE EVICTION PROCESS. I, I BELIEVE IT TAKES A BIT. IT DOES. IT TAKES A BIT OF TIME. YES, MA'AM. SO YOU'RE ASKING PROBABLY FOR MORE TIME OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR IS MORE TIME AND WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO GET OUT. YEAH, THE HOUSE IS A, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A HAZARD TO IMMUNITY AND YOU STILL CAN'T DO ANYTHING. YEAH, THOSE INDIVIDUAL, YES MA'AM. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE A HAZARD. IT'S, THANK YOU. IT'S NOT THE HOUSE, BUT THE INDIVIDUALS. YES, MA'AM. UM, OFFICER, UM, CODE OFFICER MARTINEZ, CAN YOU APPROACH, AND MR. OLIVAR, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ALSO STATE, I JUST WANT TO ADD SOME CONTEXT SO THAT ALSO THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE OF WHEN MR. OLIVAREZ WAS MADE AWARE OF EVERYTHING, AND THEN ALSO WHEN THE CASE WAS RESET. BOARD DANGERS PREMISES, JOSHUA MARTINEZ WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON JULY 7TH, I'M SORRY, JUNE 7TH, 2022. I DID MEET WITH MI MR. OLIVARES AND SS A P D ON SITE REGARDING THE PROPERTY, UH, EXPLAINED THE B S B UM, PROCEDURES AS WELL AS WHAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED AND REQUIRED. I ALSO HAD HIM SIGN A, UH, B S B CONFERENCE DOCUMENT AS WELL, THE SAME DAY, UH, STATING THAT HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE DOCUMENTS AND HE HAS RECEIVED THEM AND WAS MADE AWARE OF, OF THE B S B HEARING THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T HAVE A DATE FOR B S B YET, AND I DID LET HIM KNOW THAT ONCE I GET THE DATE, I WOULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION OVER TO HIM. UH, HE ALSO PROVIDED, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT HE WAS A, HAS POWER OF ATTORNEY, AND, UH, UH, HE DID ALSO SIGN THE TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT THE SAME DAY. WHEN WAS THE CASE RESET? THIS CASE WAS HEARD ON MAY 12TH, 2022. THANK YOU. SO ARE WE CLEAR ON THE TIMELINE? NO, YOU'RE NOT CLEAR. I'M NOT CLEAR ON THIS CASE. STARTED, UH, 1121, BUT MR. OLIVAREZ WAS NOT AWARE AT THAT TIME. HE WAS NOT AWARE. HE WAS NOT AWARE AT THAT TIME, AND HE WASN'T AWARE UNTIL MAY OR JUNE. UNTIL JUNE OF 2022. SO WHILE THE, WHILE THE, THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION OF WHO WE CAN CONTACT AT THE TIME, WE WERE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE OWNER WAS. UM, FROM THE MOMENT WE DID AN INSPECTION, WE WERE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE OWNER WAS DECEASED, BUT WE DIDN'T CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION AT THE TIME. AND THEN AT THE HEARING FOR B S B, UM, THAT'S WHEN AFTER THE HEARING, I WAS GIVEN THE INFORMATION FROM S A P D THAT THIS, UH, MR. RES WAS A POINT OF CONTACT NOW. SO THEN ONCE I RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION, I DID CONTACT MR. RES, MET WITH HIM ON SITE IN JUNE, AS WELL AS HAVING S A P D ON SITE AS WELL DUE TO THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY. SO, SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT FROM 1121 WHEN IT WAS STARTED OUT AS A DARK CASE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO 1121, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT FROM 1121 THROUGH JUNE OF 22, [01:35:01] YOU COULDN'T FIND THIS GENTLEMAN? WE HAD NO CONTACT INFORMATION FROM FOR HIM. WE COULDN'T EVEN, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND THE OWNER AS WELL AT THAT TIME. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN JUNE OF 22, YOU FOUND HIM. SS A P D HAD GOT CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEY PROVIDED THAT TO ME. I'M SORRY, WHO HAD THE INFORMATION? S A P D WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, MR. OFFICER GARCIA, HE DID PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ME THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE INFORMATION OF WHO TO CONTACT, AND THAT'S WHEN I MADE CONTACT WHEN WE MET ON ON SITE IN JUNE. SO PRIOR TO THAT, SS A P D DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION? I WOULDN'T KNOW ON THAT END. WE WERE, WE WERE UNAWARE OF IF THE OWNER WAS DECEASED OR STILL ALIVE AT THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM JUDGE FRED ANDES, UH, SIR, UM, WE'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF REPAIR, SO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CASE IS, IT'S ABOUT A REPAIR. OKAY, SO LET'S STICK WITH THIS. HOW LONG, AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE EVICTION RIGHT NOW, JUST, OKAY. WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE THAT REPAIR DONE TO BRING IT UP TO CODE? CHECK THE BUTTON ON THERE, MR. ANDS, WITHOUT DUE RESPECT AND BOARD, MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON GETTING THOSE PEOPLE OUT. GETTING THE PEOPLE OUT IS GONNA HELP US GET THAT, GET THE BUILDING FIXED. I CAN TELL YOU 30 DAYS. BUT IF I'M GONNA HAVE MY WORKERS OUT THERE AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO STAND BY BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST THOSE PEOPLE AND WHO THEY BRING IN, THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. I HAD ONE CONTRACTOR GO OUT THERE AND SAY, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? THEY KEEP STARING AT US. LOOK, YOU KNOW, IS SHE ON DRUGS? IT, IT, IT'S TO, I WISH IT WAS THAT SIMPLE. I COULD SAY 30 DAYS. ARE THEY STILL GOING TO BE THERE? MY FOCUS HAS BEEN SINCE JUNE, HONESTLY, IS GETTING THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF MY AUNT'S HOME. AND, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION, BECAUSE FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION, ABSOLUTELY ON REPAIR, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TIMELINE. SO JUST DON'T, JUST FORGET THE PEOPLE. FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR THE BOARD'S PURPOSE OF REPAIR, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TIMELINE FROM 30 DAYS TO OKAY. IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION. ALRIGHT? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T DEAL WITH THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. ALRIGHT? THAT'S NOT THIS BOARD'S JOB. WE'RE DEALING WITH A REPAIR ISSUE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE DATES. OKAY? SO WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE. SO IF YOU COULD PUT A DATE, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE FOR YOU TO GET ALL REPAIRS TO CODE DONE? IF I CAN GIVE YOU A DATE FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY GIMME A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO I CAN WORK ON THE EVICTION PROCESS, WHICH WILL TAKE, WHAT I HEAR IS ABOUT 30 DAYS. AND WITHIN THOSE 30 DAYS, I COULD WORK WITH PD AND TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY POSTED OUT THERE, WHICH TAKES FROM THEIR JOB OF, OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO PROTECT MY WORKERS FROM BEING HARASSED BY THESE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. GO AHEAD, MR. ZUNIGA. GO AHEAD. MR. ZUNIGA. UH, I NEED TO SPEAK TO THE CODE OFFICER. OFFICER MARTINEZ, DANGER'S PREMISE IS JOSH MARTINEZ. YEAH, JOSH, UH, WE'RE DIRECTING, UH, THIS VIOLATIONS TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE ONLY. RIGHT? THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THAT WAS AROUND MAY THE 12TH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES. IS THAT TRUE? SO NOW WE'RE DIRECTING OUR ATTENTION AND ADDRESSING ONLY THE MAIN STRUCTURE. YES. OKAY. READY? MAKE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR. ONE MOMENT. I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. CAN I HAVE A, UM, SS A P D, UM, OFFICER GARCIA, PLEASE? [01:40:01] YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. UM, SO WITH MR. OLIVAR AND THE ISSUES WITH, UM, THE LADY THAT'S IN THE PROPERTY, I KNOW IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A UNDERTAKING YOU ALL CAN ALSO HELP HIM WITH GETTING MAYBE AN OFFICER OR SOMEONE OUT THERE TO HELP HIM IF NEED BE, IF HE HAS AN INSPECTOR OR SOMETHING TO COME OUT. YES. WE NORMALLY STAND BY. SO, UH, MY JOB, I NORMALLY, I'M NOT SUBJECT TO CALLS, SO NORMALLY I GET, I RECEIVE CALLS ON MY CITY PHONE FROM THE COMMUNITY LIKE MR. OLIVARES, AND HE'LL CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW. I'LL SET UP A TIME, HEY, ARE THEY COMING OUT TODAY? LET'S GO OUT THERE. I HAVE, I HAVE IN THOSE EIGHT HOURS, I CAN SET UP A SCHEDULE HOWEVER I NEED TO, SO WE CAN TAKE TWO, THREE HOURS, WHATEVER IT TAKES. 'CAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE SAFE. I WANT THIS, THIS IS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO GET AN ISSUE, I WANT TO GET RESOLVED. SO YES, WE CAN BE OUT THERE. I WOULD BE OUT THERE PROBABLY WITH MY, ANOTHER SAFE OFFICER. OKAY, SO YOU CAN BRING AN EXTRA SAFE OFFICER? OH, I PROBABLY WOULD. I MOST LIKELY WOULD. I WOULDN'T DO IT ALONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. OLIVARES? UM, DANGEROUS CRIMINALS OFFICER, UH, MR. MARTINEZ OR THE SAFE OFFICER? OFFICER GARCIA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. . NICO, YOU SAID YOU HAD A MOTION? NO. OKAY, GO AHEAD. I MOVE, I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1534 WEST ALMOST DRIVE MAIN STRUCTURE. IT'S FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, AS IN BY, AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SIX AND 1 56. 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 17. AND THIS PROPERTY BE VACATED AND SECURED IMMEDIATELY IN A MOTION. ONE MOMENT. NEED A SECOND? ONE MOMENT. UM, MR. ZUNIGA, YOU MISSED A SECTION. IT'S 15 AND WE ALSO NEED A TIMELINE FOR REPAIR. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR REPAIR? 38 30 DAYS. OKAY. UM, SO WE HAVE A REPAIR ORDER FOR 1 5 3 7 WEST OLMOS DRIVE FOR SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17. AND THAT THE STRUCTURE IS VACATED AND SECURED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND A SECOND BY MR. ANDIS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE WILL. OKAY, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. IT'S A 30 DAY REPAIR TO SECURE AND VACATE. YEAH, TECHNICALLY WE USUALLY HAVE A START OF A 60 DAY REPAIR PLUS. YEAH, I WANNA AMEND MY MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR 30 DAYS TO SECURE. OKAY. UH, AND, UH, 60 DAYS TO REPAIR MR. CHAIR. I'M, THIS IS LEGAL. THAT, THAT'S, UM, NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO PLANS, NO PROVIDED TO THIS BOARD SCOPE. THERE'S BEEN NO SCOPE OF WORK, THERE'S BEEN NO FINANCIAL MEANS AT ALL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU GAVE THE REPAIR ORDER, THERE WAS A 30 DAY REPAIR BECAUSE THIS BOARD DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE A BIGGER, UM, OR A LARGER DAY DUE TO THE FACT THAT NO, NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD TO JUSTIFY ANYTHING LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. OKAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HERE SAYING ON, ON, ON THE SCOPE OF WORK NOR FINANCIALS. THAT, THAT WE HAD BEEN THROUGH [01:45:01] THIS SINCE MAY THE 12TH THAT HE MADE TO TODAY, THAT THEY HAD THE TIME TO SECURE A SCOPE OF WORK. SO BEING THAT THE SECURE, I'M TRYING, LIKE I SAID, 30 DAYS TO SECURE THE PROPERTY AND VACATE AND THEN WE CAN GO TO 60 DAYS AND 90 DAYS. IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. TELL YOU WHAT, I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. I'M, I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS BOARD KNOWS, 'CAUSE I, I DON'T SEE IT IN MY PACKET, BUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY WAS RESET AT THE TIME. IT WAS RESET. IT WAS ASKED FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE TO BE VACATED AND REMAIN VACANT PENDING THE NEXT HEARING, UH, THAT THE DEBRIS BE REMOVED AND THE PROPERTY BE SECURED. THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE RESET. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD HAS THIS INFORMATION. I BELIEVE ALSO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, UM, GARAGE. AND SHED AGAIN, THAT INFORMATION, I'M LETTING THE BOARD KNOW. 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T SEE THE PRIOR ORDER THAT THIS BOARD HAD GIVEN TO THIS PROPERTY, UM, UH, INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. SO BASED ON THAT, IF YOU, UH, WOULD MOVE FORWARD, THIS BOARD DOES HAVE A FEW OPTIONS. I DO NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. IF IT IS A, IF IT'S A REPAIR, IT HAS TO BE LIMITED TO 30 DAYS. THIS IS FRED AND MR. ZICA ON YOUR REQUEST FOR 30 DAYS. I THINK THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS, IS JUST ADD REMAIN BECAUSE YOU SAID VACATE AND SECURE JUST ADD, REMAIN TO VACATE AND SECURE. WE CAN STILL TAKE THE 30 DAYS. IS THAT CORRECT, TONSIL? YES. IS THIS BOARD BELIEVES BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT UM, THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THAT, THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SECURE THAT THE PROPERTY'S GOING TO GET REPAIRED WITHIN THOSE 30 DAYS? YES. AND SINCE IT WAS SECOND ALREADY, THIS COULD BE THE DISCUSSION PHASE AND THE OWNER DID SAY HE COULD DO IT IN 30 DAYS IF HE HAD SOME SECURITY OUT THERE. OFFICER HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED. THE S A P D, THE SAFE OFFICER SAID HE WOULD BE OUT THERE WITH ANOTHER OFFICER TO PROTECT. SO THERE IS A WILLINGNESS TO SALVAGE THE HOUSE IF YOU STILL WANNA KEEP YOUR ORIGINAL, UH, MOTION. IT'S ALREADY BEEN SECONDED. UH, SIR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME. I WITHDREW MY MOTION. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, BASED OFF THE INFORMATION COUNSEL, DO I HAVE TO REREAD THE WHOLE THING AGAIN FOR A MOTION? YES. I WOULD URGE YOU TO JUST TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT UM, ALL, ALL I'S ARE DOTTED AND T'S ARE CROSSED. OKAY. JUST LEMME GET THIS REAL QUICK. THIS IS FRED ANDIS. I MOTION THAT MS, MR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT MR. ANDIS. YES, I MOVED IT. I MOVED THAT, I MOVED THAT RIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 3 4 WEST OMI DRIVE IS FEASIBLE TO REPAIR UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 6. SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17. BASED OFF OF THAT, I BELIEVE IT CAN BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS WITH THE REMAIN IN PLACE OF VACATE, SECURE AND ALL UTILITIES BE, UM, REMOVED AT THIS TIME [01:50:08] WE HAVE A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR 1 5 3 4 WEST OLMOS DRIVE FOR SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND THAT IT REMAINS VACATED, SECURED, AND UTILITIES REMOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. A SECOND BY MR. SOLIS, DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? CALL FOR THE VOTE. LENCIA HAYES ABSTAIN. FREDERICK ANDES AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. JOEL FELICE. AYE. MS. BROWN NAY JESSE ZUNIGA O MOTION FAILS WITH THE VOTE OF THREE TO TWO TO ONE. MAY WE HAVE A RECOUNT? 'CAUSE THEY'RE WORTH THREE AYES AND TWO NAYS AND ONE ABSTAINED. OKAY. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF THREE TO 2, 2, 1. THANK YOU. MR. OLIVAREZ, CAN YOU GET WITH MR. MARTINEZ AND HE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR FURTHER STEPS? GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING FIRST. GOOD AFTERNOON, SORRY, FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ELISA VALEZ, S PERMITS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 10 18 CAPITAL AVENUE WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C V 1 7 83 BLOCK FIVE LOT NORTH 37.5 FEET OF SOUTH 75 FEET OF ONE THROUGH FOUR, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS 10 19 CAPITAL LAND TRUST WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1330 WAY SUITE 180 IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ON NOTICE OF HEARING, WERE ISSUED CORRECTLY AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR THE OWNER, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER ON RECORD. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED ON MARCH 11TH, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 10 19 CAPITAL AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2021. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT DID NOT RETURN AS OF MARCH 30TH, 2021 ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 10 19 CAPITAL AVENUE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM. NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDITOR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. UM, CORRECTION, THERE WAS A SCOPE OF WORK, UH, SUBMITTED THIS MORNING AT UH, 9:00 AM AS OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022. THERE ARE NO PER NO RECENT PERMITS FOR 10 19 CAPITAL AVENUE. THE LOCATION WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR LEGAL ACTIVITY. THE [01:55:01] CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS FOUND EVIDENCE OF DRUG USE ON THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, THE STRUCTURE DOES REMAIN, UH, VACANT. THE PHOTOS PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022 AND AUGUST 18TH, 2022. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE HAD TO BEEN, UH, BE SECURED, UM, THROUGHOUT, UM, ALL ELEVATIONS. NEXT SIDE, ELEVATION. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE IS A, UH, SLIGHT LEAN AND, UM, ON THE BOTTOM PORTION SECTION, UH, WHERE THE BEAMS ARE AT, UH, THE TOUCH, THE FOUNDATION, ALL OF THAT SECTION IS EXPOSED AND ROTTED. THERE ARE SECTIONS MISSING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THE EXTERIOR SIDING AND THE FRONT, UH, DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AS WELL. NEXT, PLEASE, SIDE ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BOTTOM PORTION IS EXPOSED AND SOME OF THE BEAMS ARE ROTTED AS WELL. NEXT, THE REAR ELEVATION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT PORTION OF THE OLD SIDING IS EXPOSED. THAT SECTION DID, UH, SUFFER FIRE DAMAGE AND THIS IS WHERE WE FIND THAT THE STRUCTURES CONTINUOUSLY, UM, UM, EXPOSED OR UNSECURED. NEXT, JUST A CLOSER LOOK OF THE FOUNDATION PORTION AND THE BEAMS, HOW THEY ARE EXPOSED. THERE'S SIGHTING THAT IS BROKEN. UH, THERE'S OLD SIDING IN THE BOTTOM THAT IS ALSO EXPOSED AND ROTTED, UH, ON CERTAIN SECTIONS, THE WINDOWS, ALL THE FRAMING AROUND IS ROTTED AND EXPOSED AS WELL. NEXT, THERE WAS AN ADDITION DONE TO THIS PROPERTY AT THE REAR, AND THERE'S THIS PORTION OF IT. UM, NOW AGAIN, THE BOTTOM IS EXPOSED AND THOSE BEAMS ARE, UM, EXPOSED AND ROTTED AND HAVE WATER DAMAGE, LONG TERM DETERIORATION AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, THE SECTION, UH, SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DONE, UH, POORLY OR POORLY MADE. NEXT, GOING INTO THE INTERIOR, THE STRUCTURE SEEMS THAT AT SOME POINT THAT SOMEONE TRIED TO, UM, REPAIR IT. UM, THERE'S SOME TRASH, DEBRIS AND THE INTERIOR, AGAIN, AS YOU NOTICE, THERE'S, UH, BROKEN WINDOWS, UH, BROKEN DOORS AS WELL. UM, ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTING NEXT. NOW, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TRIED TO, WHEN THEY WENT IN, THEY, UM, GUTTED THE INTERIOR AND PORTION OF IT, OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS, UH, PULLED FOR THE COPPER USE OR TO COLLECT THE COPPER. ALSO DURING THE FIRE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY TRY TO EXPOSE PORTION OF THE CEILING TO PREVENT FIRE FROM, UM, OR TO, TO CONTAIN THE FIRE IN ONE SECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT, UM, RUNNING THROUGH THE, UH, TOP SECTION OF THE ROOF OR THE CEILING AREA. NEXT, THE, UH, RESTROOM IS IN THIS REPAIR. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S TRASH, THERE'S DEBRIS. UM, IT'S AGAIN, SOMEBODY TRIED TO DO SOME REPAIRS AND THEY LEFT EVERYTHING, UH, BEHIND, INCLUDING, UM, TRASH. NEXT. NOW THIS IS A WALKING SURFACE. IT'S EXPOSED, IT HAS WATER DAMAGE. IT'S SOFT TO WALK ON. IT'S KIND OF SPING SOME AREAS WHERE ACTUALLY WATER IS ENTERING STILL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WALLS, UM, ARE DAMAGED. NEXT, ANOTHER SECTION, UM, THEY TRIED TO DO REPAIRS. THEY JUST DID SOME PATCH UP WORK AS WELL, THAT WAS INCOMPLETE. UM, THAT DOOR, UM, THAT IS THERE THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE BELONGS IS, WAS THE, IT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN THE REAR DOOR THAT HAS FIRE DAMAGE. IT WAS TAKEN OFF, IT WASN'T REPLACED AND, UM, IT REMAINED, UM, VACANT. AND OF COURSE, UM, I'M SORRY IT REMAINED VACANT. AND, UH, IT WAS JUST OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND FOR BAKERY TO COME IN. AND I'LL SHOW ANOTHER PICTURE EXPLAINING WHY. NEXT, PLEASE. UM, FIRE DAMAGE TO THE SEC TO THIS SECTION. UM, THE REMOVE, UH, PORTION OF THE, UH, DRYWALL AND EXPOSED IT, BUT IT WAS THE, THE REPAIRS WERE NEVER COMPLETED. THE SECTION DID SUFFER FIRE DAMAGE AND WATER DAMAGE AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, ELECTRICAL DAMAGE. NEXT, THIS IS THE REAR PORTION WHERE, UM, THERE WAS FIRE DAMAGE. IT WAS NEVER COMPLETED. IT WAS NO REPAIRS DONE. AND THERE ARE SOME HAZARDS ON THE WALKING SURFACE. THERE ARE HOLES AS WELL. UM, ON THIS SECTION NEXT, JUST A CLOSER REVIEW OF THAT SECTION WHERE, UM, THIS PORTION SUFFERED FIRE DAMAGE WAS NEVER REPAIRED. NEXT, ANOTHER SECTION AT THE TOP WHERE YOU SEE FIRE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CEILING, THE ROOF SECTION, THE BEAMS NEXT. NOW IN THE BACKYARD [02:00:01] WE FOUND SOME, UH, DRY PARAPHERNALIA AND, UM, THOSE ARE SIGNS, UH, OF THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE IN EX IN SPEAKING WITH E SS A P D OFFICER, SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS USED FOR. UM, JUST TO HOLD, UM, DROP PARAPHERNALIA AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE BACKYARD. THIS IS A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN DETERIORATED CONDITION WHERE THE MAIN COM, UH, WHERE THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A HOME REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO THE ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION. THAT GABLE ASALT SHINGLE ROOF SYSTEM NEEDS REPAIRS DUE TO A SLIGHT SAG THAT FORMS A SUPER BOWL EFFECT. THE EXTERIOR WALLS CONSIST OF BROKEN FIBER, CEMENT SIDING, OVERLAPPING THE ROTTING WOOD SIDING. SIDING WALLS HAVE DETERIORATION. SECTIONS ARE DAMAGED OR BROKEN AND LACK WEATHERPROOFING. THE FRONT PORCH IS UNEVEN AND DOORS ARE, AND WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS. THE FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF POSTS AND BEAMS. ONE SECTION WAS POORLY MADE WHERE AN ADDITION IS NOTICEABLE. THE STRUCTURE, THE THE STRUCTURE'S INTERIOR HAS BEEN GUTTED AND USED BY VAGRANTS FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. WE ALSO FOUND FIRE DAMAGE AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. THE FIRE DAMAGE. THE FIRE DAMAGE, A SECTION OF THE ROOF WALLS, WALKING SURFACE, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING. THE WALKING SURFACE HAS HOLES AND A PORTION OF THE CEILING AND DRYWALL HAS BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE BACK OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S OPEN AND EXPOSED AS WE WERE GONNA TRY TO, UM, SECURE THIS SECTION. BUT ALL THE, THE FRAMING AROUND THERE IS ROTTED AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO HOLD THE PLYWOOD TO. NEXT PLEASE. THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE'S ACTUALLY LEANING TOWARDS THE RIGHT NEXT ROOF SECTION, AS YOU CAN SEE IS DETERIORATED AND SOME OF THOSE PANELS ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE ACTUALLY LIFTING AND DETACHING. NEXT, THIS IS THE BOTTOM PORTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THAT WOOD IS ROTTED, INCLUDING, UM, THE, THE ACTUAL WALL AND THE BOTTOM PLATE. NEXT, AGAIN, JUST UH, EXPOSURE OF THE INTERIOR. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE HOLES THROUGHOUT. UM, THE, THE SECTION AT THE BOTTOM SECTION HAS, UH, ROTTED IS WATER, UH, IS ENTERING, IS DAMAGING ALL THE WOODEN COMPONENTS. NEXT, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERIOR, HOW IT LOOKS. THERE IS SOME TRASH IN THERE AS WELL. NEXT, A CLOSER LOOK TO THAT ROOF SYSTEM. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION. NEXT, THE DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION TO THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A STRUCTURE. ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION. THE CORRUGATED GABLE METAL SYSTEM HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION IS ROTTED, AND THE PANELS ARE ALSO DETACHED IN SEVERAL SECTIONS. THE WOODEN AND WALLS ARE BUCKLING AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS NOW ON GRADE POSTS WHERE THE BOTTOM PLATE USED TO REST HAVE SUNK. AND WALLS ARE ON GRADE AT SEVERAL SECTIONS. THE BOTTOM PLATE IS SELF-CENTER AND ROTTED. DURING THE LAST WARRANT, THE S A P D OFFICER FOUND DRIVER PARAPHERNALIA IN THE REAR YARD AND THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE WAS ALSO UNSECURED. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 10 18 CAPITAL AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY COURT. ARTICLE H, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN AND 1 11, 12 15 17 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS ARE DEFECT HERE HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE, OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR BOTH THE PRIMARY, UM, MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. UH, THAT THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR 10 19 CAPITAL AVENUE. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, GO AHEAD. MR. ZUNIGA, UH, WAS THE FIRST PERMIT THAT EXPIRED FOR THE SAME REASONS AS, UH, THE VIOLATIONS HERE? I DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT PERMITS OR PREVIOUS EXPIRED. IF THEY'RE EXPIRED, THEN YEAH, WELL THEY EXPIRED. IF THEY'RE EXPIRED AND THEY'RE NO LONGER ACTIVE, THE OWNER IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY REPAIRS. YEAH. 'CAUSE HA, HALFWAY THROUGH HIS INSPECTIONS, THEY HAD ONE BEFORE, I GUESS, RIGHT? THEY HAD SOME AT SOME POINT, BUT NOT SINCE OUR LAST INSPECTIONS. BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR ALL'S EFFORTS? NO, NO, NOT AT ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT WAS PRIOR TO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, MADAM JUDGE, RESIDENT, [02:05:01] UM, YOU STATED EARLIER THAT THE OWNER'S NOT HERE, BUT A SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OWNER IS NOT HERE. IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE OWNER, BUT NOT THE OWNER. OKAY. SO THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE. WE, YEAH, WE HAVE A YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, GO AHEAD. N ONE, IT'S EMPTY, RIGHT? THERE'S NO, IT IS VACANT. THERE'S NO ONE LIVING THERE. NO. AND THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS THERE WITH SS A P D, THE STRUCTURE WAS UNSECURED. WE HAD TO RESECURE IT, BUT IT IS VACANT. I JUST GONNA QUICKLY ASK THAT. THE UTILITIES ARE STILL ON. NO, UTILITIES ARE OFF. THEY'RE NOT, UH, CUT AT THE STREET, BUT EVERYTHING'S SHUT OFF. MEANING THE CITY HADN'T COME OUT THERE AND SHUT OFF, TAKEN OFF THE METER. EXACTLY. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. BOARD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, CAN WE GET THE TRUSTEE? HECTOR CORTEZ. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. CAN WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YES. MY NAME IS HECTOR CORTEZ. I AM THE TRUSTEE FOR THE, UM, ONE ZERO, UM, 19 CAPITAL LA LAND TRUST. UM, YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? 10 19 CAPITAL LAND TRUST. YES. YOUR ADDRESS? MY ADDRESS IS 9 0 2 KITTY. MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 9 0 2 KITTY HAWK 1 7 0 DASH 1 57 UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS 7 8 1 4 8. MAY I PROCEED? YES. OKAY. UM, FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE NOTICE. I ACTUALLY GOT THE LETTER IN THE MAIL TWO DAYS AGO, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE ADDRESS ON THE ENVELOPE HAD THE ZIP CODE 7 8 2 4 0 AND MY ZIP CODE 7 8 1 4 8. UM, ALSO I INCLUDED IN OUR PRESENTATION PACKET THAT THE TRACKING NUMBER SHOWS THAT THE, THE, THE LETTER WAS STILL OUT FOR DELIVERY AS OF A WEEK AGO. SO I ONLY GOT THIS TWO DAYS AGO. UM, ALSO ONE OTHER THING. I NOTICED THAT, UM, I GUESS PART OF THE, THE, THE, THE CODE PACKET THAT THAT AND THE OFFICER ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE ADDRESS FOR THE OWNER HOW TO REACH THE LAND TRUST WAS PANTHEON WAY ADDRESS, UM, THAT PANTHEON WAY ADDRESS IS, IS NOT A NO LONGER VALID. THAT WAS THE OLD PROPERTY MANAGER THAT HAS BEEN FIRED BY THE, UM, LAND TRUST, WHICH IS THE OWNER. OKAY. THE PROPERTY PLEASE. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU STICK TO THE PROPERTY? YES. WELL, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE NOTICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHY, UM, I MAY NOT BE FULLY PREPARED TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND WHY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON THE BACK FOOT. SO, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE IN REGARDS TO, UM, PROVIDING NOTICE, UM, UH, I DO BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IF YOU LOOK AND IT'S IN YOUR PACKET THAT NOTICE WAS ISSUED TO B C A, WHO BCA HAS AS THE OWNER. IN ADDITION IN YOUR PACKET, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD SEES THE MULTIPLE ADDRESSES THAT WERE NOT ONLY SENT TO THE LAND TRUST. AND IF YOU'LL PROVIDE ME, UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE ADDRESSES INTO THAT LAND TRUST. AND THAT IS BASED ON ANY, UM, TITLE SEARCH THAT LEGAL DOES ONCE WE, UH, DETERMINE THAT A PROPERTY IS COMING FOR THIS BOARD. UM, SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE TRUSTEE IS SAYING HE DIDN'T GET NOTICE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS WERE MET, BUT THE ZIP CODE WAS STILL WRONG ON MY ADDRESS. I ALSO BOARD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ADDRESSES THAT, UM, NOTICE WAS SENT TO, UH, THERE'S A KITTY HAWK LAND, UH, 10 19 CAPITAL LAND TRUST 9 0 2 KITTY HAWK 7 8 1 4 8. I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ZIP CODE. THAT THAT IS CORRECT. MR. CORTEZ SAYS. SO AGAIN, MR. CORTEZ, I'M SPEAKING TO MY CLIENT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE MY, MY CLIENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NOTICE WAS, WAS PROVIDED. UH, I, I CANNOT SAY AS TO WHY HE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, THE BOARD KNOWS AND ALSO SEES THAT THAT DOCUMENTATION IS THERE FOR, UM, NOTICE. MR. CORTEZ, CAN YOU PROCEED WITH THE INFORMATION OKAY. ABOUT THE PROPERTY. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SOME CONTEXT, WHY [02:10:01] NOT FULLY? UH, SO ANYWAY, SO HOW DO I HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK? SO BASICALLY, UM, THE LAND TRUST IS OWNED BY AN, AN INVESTOR IN AUSTRALIA. THEY CAME OVER IN A GROUP A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THEY INVESTED IN PROPERTIES. HE WAS, HE WAS REHABBING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AGAIN 'CAUSE I'M NOT FULLY PREPARED. HE WAS REHABBING THE PROPERTY. THERE WAS A FIRE, HE HAD THE PERMITS AS AS MENTIONED, AND THE FIRE STOPPED HIM IN HIS TRACKS. UM, BE THAT AS IN MAY, HE THEN ALTERED COURSE OF ACTION AND HE'S BEEN TRYING, HE, HE'S BEEN TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY. HE'S HAS SECURED A BUYER AND THAT BUYER HAD THAT SCOPE OF WORK DONE. SO A BUYER IS INTERESTED IN INVESTING HIS MONIES AND THAT SCOPE OF WORK SO THAT MY INVESTOR, THE OWNER OF THE LAND TRUST, CAN, UH, SELL THE PROPERTY AND STILL SALVAGE HIS INVESTMENT. I WILL SAY THAT, UM, UH, I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE A YEAR AGO IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AND WE DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSION. IT WAS SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE, WHICH WE REPRESENTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. UH, WE GOT THE HOUSE, UH, RENOVATED AND SOLD, UM, UH, THE PROPER, OUR CURRENT PROPERTY MANAGER AND REALTOR WHO'S PUT THE HOUSE ON THE MARKET. I HAVE HER ON STANDBY ON THE PHONE IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ASK HER. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. SINCE WE HAD ONLY 48 HOURS NOTICE, I COULDN'T HAVE HER HERE TO BE MORE DETAILED, TO ASK TO ANSWER MORE DIRECTLY ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROPERTY. UM, BUT SO WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION, UH, BASED ON, UH, WE NEED MORE TIME, UH, TO PREPARE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. AND ALSO LAST TIME WE GOT THE EXTENSION, WE GOT EVERYTHING DONE. WE GOT THE REHAB, WE GOT THE PROPERTY SOLD. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. MR. CORSI HAVE A QUESTION. HOLD ON MR. ZKO. ONE MOMENT. UM, ONE MOMENT. UH, WE SEE THIS HERE. DO YOU HAVE, UM, PROOF OF MEANS AS WELL OR HAVE WE JUST NOT SEEN THAT YET? NO, I, WE HAVEN'T. LIKE I SAID, WE, SINCE WE ONLY RE I GOT THIS ACTUAL LETTER 48 HOURS AGO, WE DON'T HAVE PROOF OF MEANS. BUT THE, THE FACT THAT I'M TESTIFYING NOW THAT WE DO HAVE A BUYER WILLING TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY, THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS EVIDENCE THAT PROOF OF MEANS IS WE HAVE AN INVESTOR WILLING TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY AT $80,000. HE'S GONNA PUT IN THE, THIS SCOPE OF WORK AND INTENDS TO SELL THE PROPERTY. I HEAR THAT MR. CORTEZ, BUT THAT'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY. GO AHEAD. POOR. THIS IS, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE. OFFICER EZ I WAS LOOKING AT, I JUST GOT THIS THIS MORNING AS MR. CORTEZ UH, MENTIONED, IT WAS JUST PREPARED. BUT I DO SEE THAT IT WAS PREPARED FOR WHAT I ASSUMED TO BE HIS POTENTIAL BUYER. YES. OKAY. SO THE POTENTIAL BUYER HAD THIS REPAIR BY AMERICAN PRECISION PAINT AND CONSTRUCTION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE LAST PAGE AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT SIGNED OR SEALED BY ANYONE. IT'S JUST A PREPARED DOCUMENT WITHOUT SIGNATURES. THANK YOU. LEGAL, DID YOU HAVE ANY TIME TO REVIEW THIS? YES, I, I, I SAW THAT I HAD NO PROBLEM, UM, WITH THIS BOARD REVIEWING IT AND LOOKING AT IT, BUT I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE TRUSTEE WAS REPRESENTING TO BE THE, THE BUYER BUYER. UM, I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A THIRD PARTY, UM, BEING A THIRD PARTY'S, UM, SUGGESTION BEING USED BY THE TRUSTEE, UM, TO JUSTIFY POSSIBLE REPAIRS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS, UM, UH, THIS, THIS DOCUMENTATION WAS DONE IN, IN, IN IN JULY. THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. GO AHEAD, MR. ZUNIGA. OKAY. HE'LL GO AGAIN. WITH, UH, THE PERMIT THAT EXPIRED, WERE YOU ALL THE ONES THAT UH, REQUESTED THAT, UH, PERMIT AT THAT TIME? YES, THE OWNER. SO YOU WERE PARTLY, UH, AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT YOU NEEDED CORRECTLY RIGHT BEFORE THERE WAS A FIRE AND I THINK, UH, WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE HERE, I THINK REALLY AS OUR LEGAL WOULD STAY, IT GOES WITH THE PROPERTY. WHOEVER BUYS IT, WHOEVER DOESN'T BUY IT, EXCEPT, AND IF YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS LIKE I AM, YOU NEVER KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING BACK UP, BACK OUT OF THE DEAL OR NOT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF I'M INCORRECT THAT THE PROPERTY, [02:15:01] WHATEVER DECISION WE HAVE HERE, IT'S WHAT'S ON THE TCA AND NOW WE GOT THE RIGHT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE GOT THE RIGHT ADDRESS AND ADDRESSING IT TO YOU, WHATEVER DECISIONS WE MAKE OR ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE. SO, BUT LIKE I SAY, IT STILL GOES, I MEAN, YOU CAN GO ON AND I WOULD SAY GO ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS AND, BUT IF HERE WE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION AND IF AM, AM I NOT CORRECT, UH, CONFLICT THAT WELL, WHATEVER DECISION GOES WITH THE PROPERTY. YEAH. YES. THE BOARD'S ORDERS RUN WITH THE LAND. SO, UM, WHATEVER THIS BOARD ORDERS, IT WILL FOLLOW ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OR OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY. YES. UM, THE REASON I DON'T HAVE THE BUYER HERE OR THE REALTOR HERE IS BECAUSE I ONLY KNEW ABOUT THIS 48 HOURS AGO. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS AGAIN, UH, ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION SO THAT I COULD HAVE THE BUYER HERE SO THAT HE HIMSELF CAN PUT UP, UH, SHOW THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY HE HAS TO MAKE THE PURCHASE AND MAKE THE REPAIRS. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. I HAD 48 HOURS. UH, THE LETTER I GOT HAD THE WRONG ZIP CODE. LUCKILY I GOT IT. LUCKILY I'M HERE. LUCKILY, UH, OUR OWNER HAS TRIED BEFORE, UM, SEEK PERMITS, BUT HE SUFFERED A FIRE. GO AHEAD MS. BROWN. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. UH, HOW LONG HAVE THE CAPITAL, CAPITAL LAND TRUSTS OWNED THIS PROPERTY? I WOULD SAY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE GROUP CAME OVER AND PURCHASED. UH, THESE ARE JUST INVESTORS. PEOPLE RETIRING FROM AUSTRALIA CAME TO SAN ANTONIO TO INVEST FIVE YEARS AGO. THESE PROPERTIES WERE LOW VALUE AND SO THEY'RE, THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS AND THEY WANTED TO RENT THE HOUSES. SO YOU OWNED IT FOR FIVE YEARS AND NOW BECAUSE YOU GOT A NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DEMO THE PROPERTY, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU APPEAR, SO YOU KNEW THE PROPERTY WAS IN THIS CONDITION FIVE FOR FIVE YEARS, IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONDITION WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. I KNOW THAT, UH, AT LEAST TWO YEARS AGO, UM, THE, THE OWNER TRIED, STARTED MAKING REPAIRS AS, UH, THE CODE OFFICER TESTIFIED REPAIRS WERE BEGUN AND PERMITS WERE OBTAINED, BUT THERE WAS A FIRE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND THAT STOPPED ALL THAT IN ITS TRACKS. AND THE INVESTOR, THE OWNER OF THE TRUST, COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO REHAB THE PROPERTY. SO THEN WE PUT IT ON THE MARKET AND THAT'S, WE PUT THIS ON THE MARKET LIKE FOUR MONTHS, UH, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAD A BUYER AND THAT BUYER SUBMITTED THIS SCOPE OF WORK. NOW, THE, WE, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HASN'T SOLD JUST YET. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT TITLE, BUT, UM, THESE ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT I'M NOT FULLY PREPARED FOR BECAUSE, UH, UM, AS I SAID, THE NOTICE, I MEAN, IF THE PROPERTY GOT, LIKE THE PROPERTY WAS LIKE THIS TWO YEARS AGO AND, UM, BUT YOU ALL HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WHERE, WHERE'S THE, UH, WHERE'S THE, UM, THE, UH, AGREEMENT, THE REALTOR AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU BUY AND SELL? UM, I HAVE MY REALTOR ON STANDBY AND PHONE AGAIN. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T HELP US. RIGHT. I, WE HAVE TO SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. UM, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET MY WITNESSES HERE, THE BUYER. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET THE REALTOR HERE AND THE BUYER HERE. OKAY, WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU SAID THIS STARTED FIVE MONTHS AGO. THE PURCHASER, UM, WANTED TO BUY IT FIVE MONTHS AGO, IS THAT CORRECT? WE PUT IT ON THE MARKET FIVE MONTHS AGO. OKAY. AND SOMEBODY SAID, YEAH, I'LL BUY IT. YES. AND YOU STARTED THE REHAB AND THEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, UM, FOR SOME REASON IT WAS IN A DILAPIDATED STATE. THE ORIGINAL OWNER THAT OF THE LAND TRUST WAS TRYING TO MAKE REPAIRS, GOT THE PERMITS AND STARTED REPAIRS, THEN THERE WAS A FIRE. THEN MIKE, THE CLIENT, DECIDED TO PUT IT ON THE MARKET ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO. THEN ABOUT SOMETIME AFTER THAT, A BUYER INTERESTED BUYER SENT, UM, HIS CONTRACTOR WHO MADE THE SCOPE OF WORK SO THAT HE COULD KNOW WHAT THE REPAIRS WERE GOING TO BE WHEN HE MADE THE PURCHASE. THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT, A PURCHASE. IT WAS IT, I WAS REVIEWING IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THE, IT, THE SALE DID NOT OCCUR. THAT MAKES TWO OF US. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I WISH I WAS MORE PREPARED. I'M SORRY MADAM CHAIR. GO AHEAD SIR. I'M GONNA REFER YOU AS NOT GOING THROUGH THE PEOPLE AND ALL. YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE, CORRECT? YES SIR. SO WHEN I TALK TO YOU, YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF [02:20:01] YOUR COMPANY. YOU USED A THIRD PARTY'S DOCUMENTATION TO, WHICH IS THE OTHER PERSON'S DOCUMENTATION TO, UH, SHOW A SCOPE OF WORK, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YOUR HONOR. ON, UM, THE TIME THE YOU, UH, PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED, THEY WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS OF REMODELING PRIOR TO THE FIRE, CORRECT? THE ORIGINAL OWNER, YES. RIGHT. WELL YOU ARE THE ACTIVE, SO LET'S JUST YOU AND YOU OWN THAT. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU GUYS PULLED THE PERMITS AND THE FIRE CAME, WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST COMPLETE THE, DID THEY EXPLAIN WHY THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE THE REMODEL? THEY STARTED IT DURING THE FIRE. THEY ALREADY STARTED DOING SOME WORK. I DUNNO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT THEN THEY PUT IT ON THE MARKET FIVE MONTHS AGO. WHEN DID THIS INDIVIDUAL BECOME INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY? WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS THIS, A BUYER BECAME INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY AND SENT OUT A NEW REHABBER THAT CREATED THIS SCOPE OF WORK. HE WOULD BE THE BUYER THAT WOULD BE HERE, BUT RIGHT NOW NOTHING'S UNDER CONTRACT WITH THIS BUYER. I DUNNO THE ANSWER TO THAT. SO WE'RE BASICALLY BACK TO YOU GUYS AS THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY 'CAUSE A THIRD PARTY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNTIL HE PURCHASED IT. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WE'RE BACK TO THE CIRCLE OF YOU AND WHY IT WASN'T MOVED FORWARD AND YOU DON'T HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL MEANS AND A BASICALLY ALL THE THREE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED. YES. UM, I JUST REMEMBER, WE, WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A BUYER CURRENTLY AND THERE IS A CURRENT CONTRACT. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE TITLE COMPANY THAT WAS RE WAS GOING TO CLOSE THE SALE COULD NOT CLOSE IT, WERE THEY WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE OWNERSHIP. UH, THE TITLE COMPANY WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE OWNERSHIP AS YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE THE MIX, I THINK THE MIX UP OF ADDRESSES AND STUFF. WELL, WE'RE NOT HERE ABOUT TITLES. RIGHT. YOU ARE THE SOLE OWNER AT THIS POINT, REGARDLESS OF WHOEVER HAS CONTRACT ON IT. YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNERS RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. SO THE THIRD PARTIES VALID THE PICTURE 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL STANDING. YOU'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE LEGAL STANDING AT, AT THIS MOMENT. YES, SIR. RIGHT. SO IT GOES BACK TO THE THREE PAPERS THAT REQUIRED FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. IF YOU WANNA REPAIR, YOU HAD TO PROVIDE THREE DOCUMENTS, CORRECT? YES. ACCORDING, YES. AND YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE ANYTHING FROM YOUR COMPANY THAT GAVE US AN INDICATION THAT YOUR COMPANY WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OTHER THAN THE SALE. THAT'S ACCURATE. OKAY. WITH THAT SAID, YOU HAVE NOTHING HERE IN FRONT OF US YOUR COMPANY STATING THE FACT THAT YOU WANNA REPAIR IT, THAT'S ACCURATE THE WAY YOU PHRASED IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I DON'T GO INTO A BUSINESS WITHOUT HAVING DOCUMENTATIONS. OKAY. YOUR COMPANY ALREADY HAD DOCUMENTATION WHEN THEY PULLED THE PERMITS. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU GUYS DIDN'T BRING THOSE DOCUMENTATION FORWARD. NOT THE PERMITS, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED WHEN YOU PULLED PERMITS. WE ONLY HAD 48 HOURS NOTICE OF THIS LETTER. I DON'T HAVE THE, THE REALTOR AND THE CONTRACTOR HERE THAT WOULD PROVIDE ALL THAT. NO, IT'S NOT THAT YOUR COMPANY HAD ALREADY HAD IT ACCORDING TO THIS. RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU ABANDON IT TO SELL IT, YOU RELIED ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S DOCUMENTS THAT WE CAN'T LEGALLY LOOK AT BECAUSE IT'S NO STANDING FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND. UM, JUST A, AGAIN, I I WOULD BE REPEATING MYSELF SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. ZUNIGA. OKAY. SO NOW WE FIND OUT IF THERE'S A CLOUD ON THE TITLE. SO, UH, FOR YOU TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND PREPARE, LET'S YOU SAY COMPANY, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BRING THE REALTOR OR WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU BRING THEM, OKAY, BUT HOW MANY, UH, COULD YOU DO IT IN, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU HAVE A CONTRACT OR YOU DON'T, [02:25:01] CAN YOU OR ARE YOU ABLE TO SUBMIT TO US, YOU KNOW, AS A SCOPE OF WORK ESTIMATE OF, OF EACH, UH, TASK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THERE TO US AND, UH, FINANCIAL? WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE TO AN EXTENT IN YOUR ALL'S BUSINESS. BUT MY, MY THING IS THIS. SAY WE GIVE YOU 30 DAYS TO COME BACK HERE. I MEAN, WELL YOU HAVE THAT SCOPE OF WORK OR MAYBE WE'LL HAVE THE SCOPE OF WORK, BUT, UH, GUESS THE HYPOTHESIS HERE, NOT A THEORY, BUT MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T, DON'T WANT TO SHOW THE SCOPE OF WORK TO THE COMPETITORS THAT ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU , HEY, THAT'S A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, SO WOULD YOU BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, TO COME AND SHOW US YOUR SCOPE OF WORK ON THAT BUILDING WITHIN 30 DAYS? NO MORE RESETS OR ANYTHING JUST TO RESET IT. IF THE BOARD, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, IF THE BOARD HAS TO RE RESET IT, THEY HAVE TO VOTE OR CHAIRMAN THERE WILL SAY, UH, HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU NEED TO PREPARE? I MEAN, FORGET BECAUSE I WAS SITTING HERE AND THE DECATAL THING IS, YOU KNOW, ALL THEM ADDRESSES YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T ONLY SEND IT TO ONE THAT'S PEOPLE SENT IT TO ALL OF 'EM THAT ARE ON THERE, YOU KNOW, AS MINE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN GIVEN. SO THE THING IS, IS HOW LONG WOULD YOU NEED? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE GOING TO BE BOUNCING OFF AND OFF. YOU MIGHT NEVER CLEAR THE TITLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MAYBE IT'LL TAKE YOU A YEAR TO CLEAR IT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, HOW LONG WOULD YOU NEED? I THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. UM, I WAS IN THIS SITUATION A YEAR AGO AND IN ONE EXTENSION, EVERYTHING WE REPRESENTED, WE GOT DONE TO ANSWER A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, IF WE WERE GIVEN 30 DAYS OR A REGULAR EXTENSION, I WOULD HAVE THE BUYER HERE AND THE BUYER WOULD PRODUCE TO YOU HIS OWN SCOPE OF WORK, HIS OWN FINANCIAL CAPACITY, CAPABILITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD SECURE. IF I GOT AN EXTENSION, THE BUYER WOULD BE HERE AND HE WOULD SHOW YOU THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO PERFORM THESE REHABS. AND, UH, AND THE SCOPE OF WORK, UH, YOU WOULD BE HAVE THE BUYER, NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS, WE, IT HAS TO PASS THROUGH LEGAL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS CLOSINGS. SO YOU, YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS OTHER PERSON'S GOING TO DO IT? I OWN THE PRO, WE OWN THE PROPERTIES, SO, OKAY. WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE ONE EXACTLY LIKE THIS WITHIN THE EXTENSION TIME LAST TIME. AND I'VE CLOSED LIKE DOZENS OF THESE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. ALL, ALL OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT. I MEAN, THE, YOU CAN GO TO THE FACTORY THERE AT THE TITLE COMPANY, ALL OF 'EM OR WHATEVER, AND ALL, THEY'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING. THEY, OKAY, MR. SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, MAD CHAIR, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE TO. THANK YOU MR. Z. GET IT FROM OUR LEGAL. THANK YOU. YOU, MR. ANGO. UM, MR. CORTEZ, IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE? YES, THAT'S ALL. AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE TIME AND THE PEOPLE WAITING. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE DO LEGAL. UM, PUT MY GLASSES. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 19, 10 19 CAPITAL AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO IS, UM, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME. AND, UH, MOVED FOR A 30 DAY, UM, DEMOLITION. IS THERE THE, I'M SORRY, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE MOVE FOR A DEMOLITION, A 30 DAY DEMOLITION ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ALSO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. DO YOU HAVE ALL THE STUFF? THE MAIN IS ONE, TWO. OKAY. I HAVE IT. I HAVE IT. YES. YOU DON'T HAVE IT? YEAH, I GOT IT. OKAY. THE MAIN IS 1, 2, 12, 15, 17, 15, 17 AND 18. AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. AND 1, 2, 11, 12 AND 17. 15, 15, 15 AND 17. AND, UH, MOVE FOR 30 DAY, UH, DEMOLITION ON BOTH THE, UH, THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY. [02:30:01] THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ONE MOMENT. MR. ZUNIGA CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DEMO, 30 DAY DEMO FOR 1 0 1 9 CAPITAL AVENUE, UM, FOR SUBSECTIONS. 1, 2, 12, 15, 17, 18 FOR THE MAIN AND 1, 2, 11, 12, 15, 17 FOR THE ACCESSORY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO, IS SECONDED BY MR. ZUNIGA. DO WE HAVE ANY DIS DISCUSSION? UH, MADAM CHAIR, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, THAT I RECOMMEND IT STAYS VACANT. I MEAN, UM, DID IT? YEAH. IT STAYS VACANT AND SECURE AND ALL UTILITIES, UH, REMAIN OFF. IS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YEAH. OH, I'LL ACCEPT THAT. SO WE HAD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR VACANT, SECURE, AND UTILITIES. UM, OR TO REMAIN BECAUSE IT, IT WASN'T MENTIONED. IT'S MENTIONED THAT THEY DID THAT AND IT WAS ALREADY DONE. OKAY. AND THAT UTILITIES REMAIN, UH, OFF. OFF. YES. AND MS. BROWN, YOU ACCEPTED IT, SO, ALL RIGHT. AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? AND , YOU SECONDED IT. ALL RIGHT. AND, AND, UH, MADAM CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF LEGAL, UH, MS. BURNS. UH, YES, SIR. UH, WE'RE SENDING IT OUT. UH, WE'RE GIVING THEM 30 DAYS OR WHATEVER, BUT HE IS GOING TO THE GENTLEMAN, THE GENTLEMAN IS GOING TO BRING, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE BUYER THAT'S GOING TO BUY IT. WE WANT THE SCOPE OF WORK FROM HIM, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF, I, I, I THINK I MIGHT BE CONFUSED. I THINK THERE'S A DEMOLITION ORDER RIGHT NOW. UM, I, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THIS BOARD. WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN GENERAL IS THIS BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF A PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, AND IF IT IS, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT DANGEROUS STRUCTURE? UM, SO I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT PERSONS WANT TO BUY AND, AND STUFF, BUT WHAT'S BEFORE THIS BOARD AND, AND THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ISSUES ARE DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, BUT I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. MR. ZO. AGAIN, THIS, OH, OKAY. THERE'S, THERE'S AN ORDER ALREADY. I THINK THERE'S A MOTION ALREADY PENDING. OH, WELL, , I JUST WANTED THAT ANSWER, BUT NOW THAT HE MENTIONED IT, WHAT YOU DID, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS BLEW OVER. I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THIS BOARD SHOULD WANT. IF, IF SOMEBODY BRINGS A SCOPE OF WORK AND IT MIGHT BE A THIRD PARTY SCOPE OF WORK, IT'S THIS BOARD'S, UM, UM, TASK TO DETERMINE IF IT'S, IT'S A RELIABLE SCOPE OF WORK AND SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD RELY ON IN MAKING THE DECISION. THANK YOU, LEGAL. ALL RIGHT. JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR 1 0 1 9 CAPITAL AVENUE FOR SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 12, 15, 17, 18 FOR THE MAIN AND 1, 2, 11, 12, 15, 17. AND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS TO ADD THE VACATE SECURE AND THAT THE UTILITIES REMAIN, UM, OFF. AND THERE IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. ZUNIGA. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES? AYE. FREDERICK ANDES? AYE. ANN WEINER NAYYY. JOEL SLI AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA, I, UH, DIDN'T SAY IT ON DEBATE, BUT I'M SAYING NO FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING MR. MRS. WE, WE MIGHT NOT. POINT OF ORDER. THANK YOU. JUST, JUST YOUR VOTE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO TWO. THANK YOU, MR. CORTEZ, PLEASE GIVE WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU FURTHER STEPS. THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE. [02:35:06] DO YOU HAVE THE HAND SANITIZER BOTTLE? LEMME SEE IF I CAN. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. GOOD MORNING. FROM OUR, 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 FOR YOU TODAY IS 3 22 ENA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 6. LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 1 3 0 2 3, I'M SORRY. 1 3, 3, 2, BLOCK TWO LOT THREE. IT IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DAVID TROOP. THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS A MULTI-FAMILY THAT IS CURRENTLY TENANT UNOCCUPIED. THE SECTIONS OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED ARE 3 0 2 0.4, UH, SORRY, 3 0 4 0.2. PROTECTIVE TREATMENT. ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES. CORNICES, PORCHES, TRIM BALCONIES, AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY, DECAY RESISTANT WOODS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM ELEMENTS AND THE DECAY BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT. ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS, AS WELL AS THOSE BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE ENVELOPE OF THE PERIMETER OF THE WINDOW DOOR. AND SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE COATED TO INHIBIT SUCH RUST AND CORROSION. AND ALL SURFACES WITH RUST OR CORROSION SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FUTURE RUST AND CORROSION. OXIDATION STAINS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE INTERIOR EXTERIOR SURFACES. SURFACES DESIGNED FOR STABILIZATION THROUGH OXIDATION ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT. 3 0 4 0.4 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FREE FROM DETERIORATION, SHALL BE SH AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF S SAFELY SUPPORTING THE IMPOSED DEAD AND LIVE LOADS. 3 0 4 0.6. EXTERIOR WALLS. ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS AND LOOSE OR ROTTING MATERIALS AND MAINTAINED WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED WERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION. 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS. ALL OVERHANG EXTENSIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS, METAL AWNINGS, FIRE ESCAPES, STANDPIPES, AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A GOOD REPAIR AND PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION WHEN REQUIRED. ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODIC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT, 3 0 4 0.10 PORCHES AND BALCONIES EVERY EXTERIOR, STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, BALCONY, AND APP APPARATUS ATTACHED THERETO SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE IMPOSED LOADS. 3 0 4 0.12 HANDRAILS AND GUARDS. EVERY HANDRAIL AND GUARDS SHALL BE FIRMLY FASTENED AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING NORMALLY IMPOSED LOADS AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. 5 0 4 0.1. GENERAL PLUMBING FIXTURES. ALL FIXTURES, ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN WORKING ORDER AND SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, DEFECTS, AND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH SUCH PLUMBING FIXTURES ARE DESIGNED. THE PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE, SANITARY FUNCTIONAL CONDITION, AND 3 0 4 0.7 ROOF AND DRAINAGE ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN. ROOF DRAINING SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS AND DOWNPOURS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS. OUR FIRST IN OUR INITIAL INSPECTION WAS ON APRIL 15TH. WE INSPECTED THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY, TOOK, TOOK PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTED ALL VIOLATIONS. MAILED NOTICES. ON APRIL 27TH, WE DID A RE-INSPECTION. NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE AT THAT TIME. WE SPOKE TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER OVER THE PHONE AND EXPLAINED THE VIOLATIONS OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. MANAGER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE, THAT AN ENGINEER'S REPORT WAS REQUESTED DUE TO THE CONCERNS FOR THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. MAY 5TH, 2022 MET WITH PROPERTY MANAGER AND CONTRACTOR ON SITE TO DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS. PROVIDED A MANAGER WITH A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PHOTOS OF THE EXAMPLES OF VIOLATIONS. MAY 23, MAY 23RD, 2022. [02:40:03] NO VISIBLE REPAIRS TO THE LOCATION, NO CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. JULY 21ST, UH, 2022 RESPONDED TO ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS BY TENANTS, WATER DAMAGE TO CEILING, EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAKS COMING THROUGH THE ROOF ON THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITS ISSUED NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR, UH, SS A P M C 3 0 4 0.7, ROOF AND DRAINAGE. AUGUST 18TH, 2022. COMPLETED RE-INSPECTION, ALL VIOLATIONS REMAIN. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO ONE DECKING AREA ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WALKWAY WITH PERMIT, BUT NO OTHER, NO OTHER, UH, REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2022. MET WITH MANAGER AND GENERAL CON CONTRACTOR ON SITE. ALL VIOLATIONS REMAIN AT THE PROPERTY. SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2022. COMPLETE REINSPECTION OF PRO COMPLETED A REINSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY, TOOK UP UPDATED PHOTOS. NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE TO STRUCTURE NOR PERMITS OBTAINED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, IT'S AN L-SHAPED BUILDING, UH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 22 UNITS. UM, IT HAS A FIRST FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR, AND THE SECOND FLOOR IS OVER A PARKING AREA. NEXT PICTURE THAT IS FROM THE STREET FRONT OF THE BUILDING. NEXT PICTURE, THAT IS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR WALKWAY ON THE LEG OF THE, UH, BUILDING. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PARKING THERE IS A PARKING STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH OCCUPIED UNITS. NEXT PHOTO. IN THIS PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, SOME OF THE SUPPORT BEAMS, UH, THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH ARE OUTER PLUM AND, UH, ARE OFF CENTER. AND YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, SOFFIT RIGHT ABOVE IT. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE FROM WATER COMING THROUGH, UH, FROM ABOVE. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS ON THE INSIDE, UH, CLOSER TO THE, TO THE INSIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SOFFIT HAS, UH, DAMAGE FROM WATER AND IT GOES IN A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN THE, UH, PARKING AREA INDICATING, UH, PLUMBING LEAKS. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS ONE OF THE SUPPORT BEAMS. YOU'LL SEE THE EYE BEAM HAS TWISTED. NEXT PICTURE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THIS PHOTO, THE, UH, I BEAM THE SUPPORT BEAM IS LEANING TO THE LEFT NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, BALCONY ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE DILAPIDATED WOOD, UM, AND THE, THE, UM, THE SUPPORT BEAMS ON THE ON THE GROUND DO THEY DO NOT HAVE A PROPER FOUNDATION. NEXT, THIS IS, UH, ON THE L-SHAPED LEG OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE, UH, WATER LEAK THAT HAS COME THROUGH THAT STRUCTURE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE SOFFE NEXT . AND THAT IS THE CLEAN OUT THAT THEY HAVE, UM, WRAPPED INSIDE A, A WOODEN STRUCTURE. AND THAT IS ROTTING AT THE GROUND NEXT. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REPAIRS THAT WAS MADE TO THE WATER DAMAGE. NEXT. AND THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE, UH, WATER DAMAGE CLOSER INTO THE PROP, UH, INTO THE APARTMENT UNDERNEATH THE APARTMENTS, UH, INDICATING A PLUMBING LEAK. NEXT, THAT IS THE, UH, DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE OVERHANG TO THE DECKING OVER ON THE OVERHANG NEXT. AND THERE IS FURTHER DAMAGE, UH, ROTTED WOOD, UH, PROTECTIVE TREATMENT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THAT SAW, UM, DECKING ON THE OVERHANG NEXT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, THAT'S A CONTEXTUAL PICTURE OF THAT WALK THAT, UH, SECOND FLOOR WALKWAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED WOOD NEXT. AND THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE SUPPORT BEAMS. YOU CAN SEE THE ROT THAT HAS, UH, ONE OF THE BOARDS IS SPLIT FURTHER DOWN. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, IT IS ACTUALLY MISSING A PIECE OF THE, UH, TOP OF THE BOARD. AND YOU CAN SEE A HOLE THROUGH THE DECKING NEXT. AND THIS IS THE, THE END BOARD. YOU CAN SEE IT'S SPLITTING NEXT. AND THIS IS FURTHER DAMAGE FROM THE UNDERSIDE. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE REPAIRS OVER TIME WHERE BOARDS WERE ADDED TO ADD TO GET STABILIZATION. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DECKING IS ROTTING UNDERNEATH NEXT. AND THESE ARE THE, UH, STA THE METAL STAIRS UP TO THE TOP FLOOR. NEXT, THIS IS WHERE THE, UH, HAND GUARDS ARE COMING LOOSE [02:45:01] FROM THE STAIR ITSELF. NEXT, AND THIS IS THE DECKING ON THE SECOND FLOOR. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TOP OF THE DECKING IS BARE, NO WEATHER PROTECTION. AND THE HANDRAIL ON THE, ON THE FAR SIDE IS COMING LOOSE. NEXT, THIS IS A CLOSER PICTURE OF THAT, UM, HAND GUARD COMING LOOSE FROM THE WALL. NEXT, THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THAT HAND GUARD WHERE IT HAS NOT BEEN SECURED INTO THE DECK. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE CONDITION OF THE WOOD ON THE TOP OF THE DECK. NEXT, THIS IS THE, UH, INTERIOR OF THE APARTMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER LEAK THROUGH, UH, FROM THE ROOF NEXT. AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT APARTMENT AND THAT ALSO HAD A WATER LEAK FROM THE ROOF. NEXT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY. MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.2. PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.4. STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, 3 0 4 0.6. EXTERIOR WALLS, 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS 3 0 4 0.10 PORCHES AND BALCONIES, 3 0 4 0.12 HANDRAILS AND GUARDS. 5 0 4 0.1 GENERAL PLUMBING FIXTURES. ALL THESE WERE ISSUED ON APRIL 15TH AND 3 0 4 0.7. ROOF AND DRAINAGE WAS ISSUED ON THE 21ST. AND THAT TO BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS, OBTAIN NECESSARY PERMITS AND BE ISSUED FINES FOR THE VIOLATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UH, OFFICER RUSSELL, THAT WAS JULY 21ST, RIGHT? YOU SAID 21ST? OH, YES. I'M SORRY. JULY 21ST. THANK YOU. IT WAS 3 0, 4 0.7, WHICH WAS JULY 21ST. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? I HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM. UH, MADAM CHAIR. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. MR. ANDES. IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 3 0 4 0.7 A SEPARATE CASE, IT WILL BE HANDLED SEPARATELY? YES. SO IT WILL BE INTRODUCED. WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS, CORRECT. ALRIGHT. UM, CAN YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 25? ALL RIGHT. YOU SAID THAT'S JUST A LEAK? YES, SIR. IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY SOFT. IT IS WATER DAMAGE. AND DOES APPEAR TO BE A LEAK. IS THAT ALSO APPEAR TO BE MOLD? YES, SIR. SO IF THERE'S EXTERIOR MOLD, UH, WOULD THAT NOT INDICATE THERE'S INTERIOR MOLD? YES, SIR. AND THAT'S BLACK MOLD, CORRECT? UH, THAT I CAN'T ATTEST TO. THAT'S MORE THAN LIKELY BLACK MOLD. UM, ALL OF THIS IS SHEET ROCK, CORRECT? CORRECT. FROM FROM MY ESTIMATION, YES. IS THERE A CODE? I DO BELIEVE THERE IS ABOUT EXTERIOR SHEET OR ACTUALLY SHEET ROCK BEING USED. EXTERIOR. UM, THAT WOULD BE ANY INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OKAY. UM, YOU ALSO SHOWED, I'M DOING TWO COMPUTERS HERE, A SLIDE THAT SHOWED, UH, ON 35, THE BALCONY CONNECTED TO THE WALL, WHICH WAS COMING LOOSE. DID, UM, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT SLIDE, UH, LET ME GET THE LONG 1 21. SLIDE 21 SHOWS A LONG VIEW OF THE UPPER BALCONY, YET THE BALCONY'S NOT, IS IT 21? I'M SORRY. IT MAY NOT BE 21. LET ME GO HERE REAL QUICK. IT'S THE BALCONY WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. I'LL HAVE, UH, 28. I DO BELIEVE IT IS SLIDE 28. THIS ONE HERE HAS NO SUPPORT. AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S SHOWING THE, UH, UH, DECKING AND THE JOIST ISSUES, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALSO THE BALCONY ISSUE. CORRECT. ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE END, NOW, IT MAY BE THE CAMERA ANGLE, BUT DOWN AT THAT END, DOES IT NOT LOOK LIKE THE BALCONY IS DIPPING TOWARDS THE FRONT? IT DOES APPEAR TO BE. SO HOW MANY UNITS ARE UPSTAIRS? I BELIEVE 11 OF THE UNITS ARE UPSTAIRS, BUT I DIDN'T COUNT THE OKAY. UNITS. SO 11 UNITS UP THERE. AND YOU'VE RAISED A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE BALCONY, CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU ALSO ASK, WHICH I DIDN'T READ IN YOUR NOTES HERE, BUT YOU MENTIONED IT HERE, DID YOU ASK FOR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT? [02:50:01] CORRECT. BUT IT'S NOT IN YOUR NOTES HERE, BUT YOU'VE ASKED WHO DID YOU ASK THE OWNERS TO GIVE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT? I, I ASKED THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT. THEY GAVE US A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FOUNDATION ONLY. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE WOULD LIKE A ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE BALCONIES AND THE, UM, THE MIDDLE POST THAT ARE HOLDING UP THE SECOND DOOR, SECOND DOOR STORY STRUCTURES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ENGINEER'S REPORT. I, WELL, YOU ASKED THE OWNERS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. DID YOU ASK THE OWNERS ALSO, OR, OR ACTUALLY THE ENGINEER'S REPORT OF THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR THAT'S SHOWING RIGHT HERE THAT THE STEPS DO NOT FULLY COVER. IS THAT, WAS THAT COVERED IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT OR NO, IN THE ENGINE, THE ENGINEER REPORT THEY SUPPLIED TO US WAS JUST FOR FOUNDATION. IT WAS VERY LIMITED IN SCOPE. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT? YES, SIR. IS IT IN, IN OUR PACKET? WERE YOU ABLE TO PUT IT? I APOLOGIZE. I ONLY HAVE FOUR COPIES ON THE VERY BACK OF THOSE IF YOU WANNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IT UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. SO THE ONLY CODE HOLD ON, HOLD UP. HAS LEGAL REVIEWED. IS IT, THAT'S WHAT I'M MEANT, BECAUSE IF WE ONLY HAVE ONE COPY COUNSEL, I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, REPORT UNTIL YOU REVIEW IT. OKAY. COULD I ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF? I, I'M STILL ASKING, UH, BUT I'M WAITING ON THE, UH, COUNSEL'S REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS. YES, LEGAL'S FINE WITH, UH, THESE DOCUMENTS. THEY, IT, IT IS PRETTY LENGTHY. UM, HOW MANY COPIES DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE, UH, TWO, THREE ADDITIONAL COPIES, FOUR TOTAL. DO WE HAVE A COPY EACH TOTAL FOR EACH? DO WE HAVE A, WE, I, I'D APPRECIATE IF WE HAD A COPY FOR EACH MEMBER, UH, BECAUSE IT'S LONG. SO WHILE YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, EVERYONE CAN LOOK AT IT. I DO HAVE IT HERE. WE GOT ONE EMAIL. IT, THERE'S ONLY FOUR TOTAL AND IT'S SEVEN OF US. MS. CHAIR, IF, IF, IF, IF, IF THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT, THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE AND OR IF NOT, UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST, UH, GET, UH, GIVE, UH, JUDY AND THE TEAM A FEW MINUTES JUST TO MAKE A COUPLE MORE COPIES BECAUSE I'D APPRECIATE FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE A COPY. UM, UNLESS YOU, YOU, YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING. ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH SHARING? I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THIS AFTER I REVIEW THE, UH, DOCUMENTS AND THEN I CAN REVISIT THE QUESTIONING AND SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO QUESTION. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. MR. ZIKA YOUR QUESTION, GO AHEAD. NO, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE? AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE 22 UNITS, 20, 22. AND, UH, ONLY, UH, FIVE ARE, UH, VACATED AT THIS TIME. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THE UNITS ARE VACATED. OH, OH OH. THE FIRST PART OF THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE CONTRACTOR INFORMATION. THE, THE, UM, ENGINEER'S REPORT STARTS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT BALCONY. HOW MANY FEET FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE, UM, THE LANDING? HOW MANY FEET IS THAT [02:55:01] WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT? I DIDN'T TAKE A MEASUREMENT WHEN I WAS THERE. I'M SORRY. I, I, MY GUESS WOULD BE 75 FEET OR 75 FEET WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT. THAT'S MY GUESS, BUT I DIDN'T TAKE A MEMBER, I DIDN'T TAKE A WOW. A MEASUREMENT WHEN I WAS THERE. YEAH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? UM, IF I COULD, UM, TO, TO STEP IT UP, LET ME, UH, UH, GO THROUGH THIS. IF I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AT THIS TIME, IF I CAN RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RECALL WHILE I GO THROUGH THIS AND, UH, WE CAN GET THE OWNER UP HERE OR THE REPRESENTATIVE TO GO THROUGH, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN SPEED THAT UP IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE BOARD. YES. CAN WE GET, UM, SANDRA SCHULTZ? ALL RIGHT, MS. SCHULTZ, CAN YOU, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS SANDRA SCHULTZ. MY ADDRESS IS 2 6 1 2 2 KINGBIRD COVE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU PROCEED? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO BRING UP OT WITH THE MENDEZ GROUP. HE'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN DOING THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK ON THE PROPERTY AND LOOKING, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, THERE ARE 23 UNITS AT THE PROPERTY. OKAY. OKAY. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE VACANCIES. YOU HAVE THREE VACANCIES? YES, MA'AM. SO THREE ARE VACANT. THE DOCUMENT SHOWS. UM, FOUR. SO HAVE Y'ALL REPAIRED THAT ONE? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. THIS DOCUMENT HERE SHOWS FOUR. OH, WE JUST DID A, WE JUST HAD A WRIT OF POSSESSION, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH ONE. OKAY, SO THERE'S FOUR VACANT? YES. AND I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT THEY, THEY JUST HAD A WR OF POSSESSION. OKAY. OKAY. SO MR. MENDEZ, NOW STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS TON MENDEZ. MY ADDRESS IS 1 2 2 1 9. STONY CROSSING, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 7. I AM A LICENSED CONTRACTOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, PLEASE DO NOT DO BACK AND FORTH. OH, NO. ALL SET. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, UH, TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE, AND, AND BEFORE I FORGET, MS. BROWN, YOU WERE ASKING, HOW LONG IS THAT? THAT'S BREEZEWAY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AT THE TIME. THE CONSTRUCTION, THE BUILDING ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE BEAMS RUNNING FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF BUILDING. SO THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE FULL STRUCTURE, NOT THE, THE STRUCTURE, NOT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT JUST THAT WHERE THE WALL MEETS THE, THE, THE, THE BREEZEWAY OR THE PATIO, THE WOOD DOESN'T START THERE. SO YOU DO HAVE FULL SUPPORT UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING. CAN YOU, UH, GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE OF THE, THE LONG WALKWAY THAT HAD THE PICTURE OF THE, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER. SO THE, THE BEAMS THAT YOU SEE FROM THE WALL OUT EXTENDED IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET OUT. AND HE IS CORRECT IS APPROXIMATELY, IS ACTUALLY ABOUT A HUNDRED, 110 FEET FROM ONE END OF THE BUILDING TO THE OTHER. BUT FROM THE WALL OUT THOSE EIGHT FEET, IT'S NOT JUST A PIECE OF WOOD STICK THERE. AND THAT WOOD ACTUALLY GOES AT LEAST 12 FEET TO 15 FEET, WHICH WAS THE CODE AT THAT TIME. UM, SO IT, IT, IT IS SUPPORTED BY YOUR, BY THE SECOND FLOOR OF YOUR STRUCTURE. IT'S NOT JUST EIGHT FEET STICKING OUT WITHOUT SUPPORT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT EVEN WITH CURRENT CODE, IF YOU BUILD A NEW BUILDING, IT'S ALLOWED TO DO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE SUPPORT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A MINIMUM OF 12, MAXIMUM OF 24 FEET INTO THE BUILDING, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO, TO, TO DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THAT'S ALL. WELL, I THOUGHT, OKAY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY FEET ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THIS TOP, THE TOP, UH, THE BALCONY GOES INTO THE, THE, UM, THE STRUCTURE, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST 12 FEET, WHICH IS AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING WAS BILLED WHAT THEY WERE REQUIRING TO DO. SO, SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE, BE SURE ON, ON WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU MAY NEED. THAT'S ALL. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD, MR. ZINGA. OKAY. UH OH, [03:00:01] GO AHEAD. SORRY. SPEAKING HERE OF WHAT MS. BROWN WAS ASKING HERE ON PE SHOT 2, 2 7, AND WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO STEEL FRAMING AND, UH, EXTERIOR EX EXPOSED CONCRETE SURFACE. AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT SOME ARE OUT OF PLUMP AND, UH, SOME WERE REPLACED BY THE ORIGINAL COWS WHERE PEDESTALS HAVE BEEN CUT, APPARENTLY DUE TO DAMAGE. AND THAT'S STILL STILL HOLDING UP TO THE FLOOR THAT MS. BROWN WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, AND THAT'S THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, RIGHT? SO ON, ON, I HAVEN'T, RIGHT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, AT THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND LET ME GET BACK TO THAT SECTION WHERE THE ENGINEER REPORT IS. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING, WHICH IS IN THE L SHAPE, THE L PART, THE THE SHORE LEG, WHEN THE ENGINEERING REPORT WAS DONE, THERE WAS STEEL POSTS SUPPORTING THAT BREEZEWAY THAT FACES RICOTTA. THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED BECAUSE THAT BREEZEWAY WAS REDONE. UM, A PERMIT WAS PULLED, UM, AND IT WAS PASSED, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THE ENGINEERING REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WORK THAT WE DID. SO THERE IS NO LONGER THOSE THREE POSTS ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. 'CAUSE THE ROTTEN WOOD THAT WAS THERE WAS REPLACED WITH STEEL BEAMS. YEAH. THAT REPORTED JULY 5TH. YEAH. AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED THAT WORK, I THINK IT WAS THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AGO. AND, UH, MR. THOMPSON AND AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE, THEY SAW THAT, AND AGAIN, A PERMIT WAS PULLED AND A PERMIT, A FINAL WAS PASSED BASED ON, UH, ENGINEERING REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE WORK THAT, THAT THEY SAW ON SITE. THERE'S A REPORT HERE. WHAT CAUGHT MY EYES WAS THAT IT SAYS THAT IT WAS COSMETIC, BUT IT WAS A COSMETIC IN JULY, NOT WHEN YOU FINISH IT. UH, I, I AGREE WITH YOU, YES. MM-HMM. , UH, REGARDING MR. UH, MR. ANDERS, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST IN, IN GENERAL, UM, ABOUT THE USE OF SHEET ROCK. ON THE EXTERIOR, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE SHEET ROCK AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH WEATHER, BASICALLY WATER. SO BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE A CARPORT, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE IT ON THE CEILING PART, NOT ON THE WALL PARTS, THE WALLS. IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT IF A VEHICLE DRIVES IT COULD GET SPLASHED WITH WATER. THE CEILINGS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO LITERALLY THROW THE WATER UP TO, TO DO SO. SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY SHEETROCK WAS USED ON THOSE AREAS. RIGHT. BUT ALSO THE NEW CODES DON'T REQUIRE THAT. UH, UH, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SO. OKAY. WHAT DID YOU DEAL WITH ON THE MOLD? UH, IN THE MOLD? WE HAVE, I HAVE NOT ADDRESSED IT YET. SO, AND, AND I DO HAVE PICTURES AND, AND VIDEO THAT WE TOOK. UM, I FINISHED THIS INSPECTION ON THE REPORT OVER THE WEEKEND. UM, IF YOU WERE, THERE'S A PICTURE WHERE IT SHOWS THE, THE SMALL PIECE OF ROOFING THAT IS ABOVE THE CARPORTS. WE DID A WATER TEST ON THE VERY TOP ROOF, WHICH IS FLAT. IT HAS A SMALL PITCH, SMALL SECTION OF PITCH. WE DID A WATER TEST ON THAT. WE DIDN'T SEE ABSOLUTELY NO LEAKS. THIS ROOF, BY THE WAY, WAS REPLACED I THINK LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES WHILE THEY WERE DOING THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTOR THAT DID THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, AS THEY REMOVED CERTAIN PARTS, IT BEGAN TO RAIN, AND SO THEY HAD SOME LEAKS. UM, AND SO ANYWAY, SO WE DID THE WATER TEST ON THE VERY TOP. WE WERE, WE, WE, WE RAN WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES. THERE WAS NO LEAKS. THEN I RAN WATER ON THAT SMALL SECTION. UH, AND WE DID HAVE LEAKS. AND THE LEAKS ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCUR WITH WHAT MR. THOMPSON SAID RE REGARDING THE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT A TWO FEET WITHIN THE, THE AWNING IF YOU, FROM THE STREET INTO THE CARPORT. UH, AND ALSO FROM THE VENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY FOR ME TO GET YOU GUYS A, A, A VIDEO THAT WE SEE, JUST SO THAT WE SEE WHERE IT'S RUNNING. SO WHERE THE WALL MEETS THE, THAT SMALL PIECE OF FLAT ROOF SIDING IS DETERIORATED. IT HAS BEEN PULLED APART. THERE'S A LOT OF CABLES THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED. SO WE DID THE WATER TEST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THE SECTION WHERE THE, WHERE THE WATER WAS SIPPING, IT DID SIP, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. UM, AND ACTUALLY AS OF FRIDAY, WE WERE APPROVED TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE UP TO, YOU KNOW, THREE AND A HALF, FOUR FEET OF THE SIDING, PUT NEW FLASHING BECAUSE THERE IS NO FLASHING IN THAT AREA. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY PUT FLASH, UH, PUT THE SIDING AGAIN, SEAL IT, AND PAINT IT AS AS NEEDED. AND THAT WAS APPROVED. UH, FRIDAY. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. I'M, WELL, I WAS GONNA GET TO THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, UH, 20, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, 28 IS THE SLIDE. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT ONE. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT WAS ABOUT 110 FEET, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT? ROUGHLY, YES. YEAH. OKAY. YES, SIR. NOW, [03:05:01] CANTILEVER, UH, RULE GOES AND APPLIES HERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. YOU'RE SAYING THE DISTANCE IS WHAT, FROM THE WALL TO WHERE IT'S AT EIGHT FEET. EIGHT FEET, YES, SIR. SO IT HAS TO BE A REQUIRED TWO FEET IN THE WALL FOR EVERY, OR ONE FOOT FOR TWO FEET FOR EVERY ONE FOOT EXTERIOR CURRENTLY. CORRECT. SO THAT MEANS IF THAT'S EIGHT FEET, IT HAS TO BE TWICE THE DISTANCE INTERIOR. CORRECT. SO THE SPAN INSIDE BASED BY THE BUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME PROBABLY WAS USED ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE BACK WALL. CORRECT. THE CANTILEVER YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, STICKING OVER APPEARS TO START LEANING FORWARD BECAUSE YOUR BA, YOUR UPPER BALCONY INDICATES THAT. DID YOU CORRECT THIS PROBLEM RIGHT NOW? UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. IT IS PART OF THE REPORT THAT WE JUST TURNED INTO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE OWNER, UM, IN WHICH WE DID A VIDEO. THE BEAMS GONE FROM THE WALL OUT ARE ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA SAY 80 TO 5% OR MORE CASE WILL NEED TO BE SPLICED. SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PART. UH, THE BIGGER, I'M GONNA SAY THE BIGGER PROBLEM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S WHAT IT IS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A PICTURE OF A PIECE OF WOOD, OF FASCIA THAT HAS CRACKED. THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE MOST OF YOUR ISSUES. THERE IS SOME AREAS ON THE TOP OF THE PATIOS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ALSO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ON PAPER AND ON ON, ON DOCUMENT ON P D F, THAT WE SAY THAT THEY DO HAVE TO DO SPOT REPLACING OF A LOT OF THE PLANKS, THE TWO BY FOURS WHERE PEOPLE WALK. UM, WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THEM. WE DID FIND A LOT OF PETS. I LOVE ANIMALS. I HAVE SEVERAL. UH, BUT WHEN RESIDENTS ALLOW THEM TO PEE OR DEFECATE ON THE ON, ON THE WOOD, IT IS GONNA GET DAMAGED A LITTLE BIT SOONER. SO WE, WE DID SEE SOME OF THAT. SO IT'S NOT EVERY SINGLE PIECE. THERE IS SEVERAL, UH, BUT IT, IT WOULD BE CORRECTED THAT WAY. AND IT'S PRIMARILY THE FASCIA THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND PROPERLY SECURED. ARE YOU PLANNING ON SUPPORTING THE EXTERIOR? UH, ON, ON THE BACK? NO, WE HAD NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK, I MEAN, BASED ON, BASED ON WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THE BEAMS, WE DON'T SEE ANY, ANY BEAMS SAGGING. AND WHAT YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT THE END, THE, YOU KNOW, THAT IT LOOKS, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT CAVED. AND I DO HAVE VIDEO TOO. RIGHT. DID GET ON THE FACE. IT'S JUST THE VISUAL RIGHT ON ON YOUR FACIA. CORRECT. YOU'RE NOW REQUIRED TO PUT A DOUBLE FACIA, CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU ALSO TELLS ME THAT IF YOU HAVE A CRACK BOARD IN THE MIDDLE OF A FACIA, THAT USUALLY MEANS THERE'S A STRUCTURE ISSUE. SAY THAT AGAIN. I IF YOUR FACIA CAN'T KEEP MY MIND, LEMME DO SEVEN FOR THE BOARD. FOR THE BOARD. IF YOUR FACIA IS RUNNING HERE AS EXAMPLE RIGHT BY THAT GUTTER. OKAY. WHERE YOU'RE HAVING DAMAGE. NOW THAT COULD BE BECAUSE THE GUTTER'S NOT SET RIGHT. ACTUALLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BELOW THAT WOOD. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND IT'S BLOWING BACK. ABSOLUTELY. BUT ON THE OTHER PART WHERE IT DID SHOW THE SPLIT, THAT TELLS ME YOU PROBABLY HAVE A STRUCTURE ISSUE WITHIN THAT AREA. IF THAT FACE IS SPLITTING, THAT MEANS THERE'S WEIGHT HITTING THAT FASCIA. THAT THAT IS CORRECT. AND, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOOD AT LYING AND I'M NOT GONNA START AT 50 YEARS OLD, SO I DIDN'T TEST THAT PARTICULAR PART WHERE THE FASCIA IS BROKEN. IT COULD BE FROM SOME MOVEMENT FROM THE TOP, IT COULD BE FROM YOUR RIGHT, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. BUT IN THAT AREA, I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS NO CRACKS ON THE BUILDING TO LET ME KNOW THAT THERE'S A POSSIBLE MOVEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY IN SAN ANTONIO, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DEAL WITH, WITH, WITH SHIFTING. UH, SO I, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A SOLID ANSWER A HUNDRED PERCENT BASED ON THAT PARTICULAR AREA. I DO KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE CHECKED. THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN DOES MENTION THAT THE FOUNDATION DID NOT SHOW ANY, DID DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNS OF CRACKING. UM, SO JUST, JUST TO, JUST TO MENTION THAT I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT YOU'RE EIGHT FEET AWAY FROM THE FOUNDATION. THE WEIGHT OF THAT ROOF IS WHERE YOUR STRESS IS. ALSO, I ADDRESSED THE ISSUE ABOUT THE, WHICH I DIDN'T SEE IN HERE AT ALL, IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FOUNDATION, IF YOU LOOK STRAIGHT AT THIS ONE THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US MM-HMM. , THAT STAIR IS NOT IN CODE COMPLIANCE. I KNOW THEY'RE 50 YEARS OLD. CORRECT. BUT THAT'S NOT GRANDFATHERED IN. UH, AND, AND IF THIS IS MAY BE A LEARNING PART FOR ME, BUT IF I THOUGHT THAT ONLY WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING TO MAINTAIN THAT YOU BRING HAP TO CODE, IF IT HAS TO BE REPLACED, I'LL BE GLAD TO RECOMMEND IT TO, TO THE OWNER MANAGEMENT COMPANY. WELL, IF YOU, UH, SORRY FOR, UH, STEPPING OVER YOU. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF 'EM, THE HEIGHT IS THE REQUIRED HEIGHT UNTIL YOU START GETTING ABOUT WHERE THE BARBECUE GRILL IS. THAT MEANS IF THEY'RE SEVEN INCH RISE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'VE ALMOST GOT EIGHT OR NINE INCH RISE, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO THAT MEANS THE CODE REQUIRES A SEVEN INCH RISE [03:10:01] FOR THE TRIPPING HAZARDS. YOU HAVE A TRIPPING HAZARD THERE. ALRIGHT. AND THE OTHERS AS WELL. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT DOES FALL WITHIN THE ISSUES OF THE PROPERTY, WE, AND, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SO THE, THE THING THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE REPAIRED. AND AS SOON AS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY MR. TOON KNOWS ANYTHING THAT I TOUCHED TO MAKE A REPAIR, I HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CODE. RIGHT. SO, BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT WE WERE NOT REPAIRING THOSE, I DID NOT LOOK AT 'EM AND I CLEARED 'EM IN MY REPORT. UH, SO THE, EVEN AT THIS POINT, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IN PARTICULAR. WE WERE PRETTY THOROUGH ON WHAT WE DID. AND WE WENT ROOF. WE WAS, WE WERE SIDING, WE LOOKED AT ELECTRIC, WE LOOKED AT PLUMBING, WE LOOKED AT INTERIOR OF THE PRO OF, WHICH IS NORMALLY SOMETHING WE'RE NOT ASKED TO DO, BUT WE LOOKED AT INTERIOR OF UNITS. UH, AND WE ALSO, UH, THEY'RE NOT AWARE, BUT I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO ASK RESIDENTS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE WITH ME THAT I COULD INCLUDE IN THIS REPORT. UH, NOW WE'RE IN INTERIOR. MM-HMM. , YOU SAID, 'CAUSE YOU JUST MENTIONED, I THINK IT'S SLIDE 37. HAVE YOU ADDRESSED ANY INTERIOR YET? UH, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN TWO UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN REHABBED SO FAR. AND ARE THEY THE, IS THIS ONE OF THEM? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE PICTURES OF THOSE. WELL, ACTUALLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT UNIT THAT IS. UM, OKAY. SO I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU IF, IF IT IS OR IT'S NOT. I DO KNOW THAT, UM, AND AGAIN, I HAVE PICTURES HERE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO PASS 'EM BY U S B DRIVE OR IF I EMAIL 'EM OR WHAT, OR IF I CAN LOAD 'EM UP. BUT I MEAN, I DO HAVE PICTURES THAT SHOW THAT APARTMENT TWO 11 AND APARTMENT 2 0 5, IT'S UNITS THAT WE HAVE REMODELED AND THEY'RE READY TO BE RENTED. UM, I 1 0 4 AND TWO 12 ARE UNITS THAT RECENTLY GOT, UM, VACATED AND THEY GOT EVICTED. UM, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THINGS OUT BECAUSE WE, WHAT WE FOUND IS NOT GONNA TAKE US A DAY . SO, SO LET ME, LET ME ASK CODE THIS THEN IS UH, IF, IF YOU MIND. YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE. IS THIS ONE OF THE ONES THAT THEY'RE REHABBED OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT APARTMENT? THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE THE LAST TWO THAT YOU HAD ON THERE. 37 I THINK 38. OR ARE THEY TWO DIFFERENT APARTMENTS? ONE OF THEM IS THE APARTMENT THAT THEY'VE REHABBED. DO WE KNOW WHICH ONE? UM, GO GO TO THE FIRST. I BELIEVE IT'S THIS ONE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. SO THIS ONE'S BEEN REHABBED. DID YOU HAVE ANY TRACES OF MOLD? NO SIR, WE DID NOT. IT'S ONLY ON THE EXTERIOR AND ALL THE AREAS, INCLUDING THAT SHEET ROCK THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BACK MOLD. WE'VE DONE TESTING, JUST BASIC TESTING ON IT. SORRY. HE'S ABOUT THREE FEET TALLER THAN I AM. UM, AND WE'VE FOUND THAT IT'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO MOLD. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE TAR THAT WAS PLACED IN THE ROOF AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT CAUGHT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRO PROCESS, THAT ROOF SHOULD HAVE TAKEN APPROXIMATELY A WEEK. IT ACTUALLY TOOK THEM CLOSE TO THREE TO THREE WEEKS OR SO BECAUSE OF RAIN. IT WASN'T OBVIOUSLY PLANNED. SO AS THEY WERE PUTTING TARP ON THE, ON THE ROOF AS YOU'RE AWARE AND BEGAN TO RAIN, THAT'S WHAT WAS SIPPING THROUGH. IT'S NOT ACTUAL MOLD ON SLIDE 25, THAT'S TAR THAT BLED THROUGH. UH, MOST OF THAT IS THE STAR THAT HAD BLED THROUGH. AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE MY COMPANY. WE ARE THE ONES THAT WHEN THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN, WE WERE NOT WORKING ON THE ROOF, BUT WE WERE ASKED TO HELP UNDERNEATH. AS WE WERE DOING THAT WORK, WE WERE REMOVING SHEETS OF, OF, OF SHEETROCK THAT WERE THERE. I'M PLACING NEW US BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT OPEN, OBVIOUSLY EXPOSED FOR PEOPLE. WELL, THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS, AM I WRONG? THIS IS UNDER A UNIT THAT'S OVER THAT PARKING GARAGE, CORRECT? OR THAT PARKING THAT IS, THAT IS UNDERNEATH, IT'S AT THE END. IF YOU WERE TO, IF WE WERE TO SLIDE THE BUILDING, THAT IS RIGHT WHERE THE DOOR MEETS THE HALLWAY ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO THERE'S NO WAY TAR COULD GET TO THAT. UH, WE FOUND IT THROUGHOUT. IT'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER PICTURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OF THE CAR, OF ANOTHER CARPORT AREA THAT THERE'S A UNIT RIGHT ABOVE IT. RIGHT. WE STILL HAD TAR, UM, TAR LEAK THROUGH IT. WE HAD TAR LEAK THROUGH THIS. NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS IS UNDER WHERE THE CARPORT IS. CORRECT. SO HOW DID TAR GET FROM UP THERE TO DOWN HERE? ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS POSSIBLY THROUGH THE WALLS BECAUSE EVEN UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON THE BUILDING THAT WERE, WHEN, WHEN WATER WAS BREAKING THROUGH THE SHEET ROCK AND THROUGH THE PAINT, THEY WERE GETTING BLACK, BLACK, UH, BASICALLY WATER WITH, WITH A TAR. HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THE STAIRWELL ISSUES? UH, I JUST NOTICED THE STAIRWELL ISSUES REGARDING THE LOOSE HANDRAIL, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND. IT IS SOMETHING [03:15:01] THAT ACTUALLY WE ARE APPROVED TO TAKE CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. AND YOU SAID YOU ALREADY CORRECTED MOST OF THE UPPER PART DEALING WITH THE STEEL? UH, THE, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY, IT'S AN NAIL, THE SHORT LEG THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDONE. AND ACTUALLY THE FLOORING IS NO LONGER WOOD. IT'S TRACK MATERIAL. SO YES. ALRIGHT. A A 18 HANG ON, I'M GOING WHERE'S THAT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STEEL, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STEEL STRUCTURES UNDER THE ACTUAL UNITS WHERE YOU PARK YOUR CARS. WE, WE, THE BREEZEWAY, WE ARE, UH, WE GIVE OUR, OUR SCOPE OF WORK TO THE OWNER ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE YOU, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEAM, THAT IS, THAT IS OUTTA PLUM. THOSE WE HAVE NOT STARTED, BUT IT HAD BEEN APPROVED. UH, 17, SLIDE 17. THIS'LL, THIS'LL GIVE YOU THIS ONE HERE. CORRECT. SO, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED THAT WE NEED TO, WE'RE NOT ONLY GONNA REPLACE THE BEAM THAT IS, IS IS CROOKED, BUT WE'RE AGAIN, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO TOUCH IT AND WE HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CODE. THOSE POSTS WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH NOT THE SAME ITEM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE BECAUSE WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THE BASES ARE PROPERLY SUPPORTED AND, AND SO ON. AND THE L YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, IS THAT ONE STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF US, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT IS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT IS COMPLETED AND DONE? YES, SIR. STAIRWELLS, EVERYTHING, UH, UH, BANISTERS. YEAH. THE, THE, THE, THE HANDRAILS ARE, ARE DONE. YES. SO NOW YOUR NEXT GOAL IS THE LONG THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. WELL, THE, THE, THE LONG WAY ON THE UNDERNEATH, AND ALSO AS I MENTIONED, THEY ALREADY APPROVED THE REPLACING OF SIDING. OKAY. UH, RIGHT ABOVE THAT WHERE THERE IS A PICTURE, SO THAT LONG STRETCH OF, OF OF, OF ROOF FLAT ROOF. THAT'S WHERE I WAS WALKING. BY THE WAY, I'M NOT A, I'M NOT PROUD TO SAY I'M ABOUT 240 POUNDS. AND AS I WAS WALKING THAT SECTION, I DID NOT FEEL ANY AREAS THAT WERE SOFT, UH, OR THAT WOULD GIVE, SO THAT AT LEAST GIVES US THE, THE, THE, THE ASSURANCE THAT IS NOT AN AREA THAT IS COMPROMISED. BUT AS WE SPRAY THE WATER WHERE THE WALL MEETS THE ROOF, WE DID HAVE LEAKS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT. UH, AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A PICTURE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY, THEY SHOWED WHERE IT WAS, WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET IN. I WAS GONNA ASK YOU RIGHT WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONER IS, THAT DIP RIGHT THERE? IS THAT ONE OF THE ONES YOU'RE LEAKING? UH, WELL ACTUALLY WE HAD LEAKS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE DOWN THE HALLWAY, THE WAY DOWN. YES, SIR. SO WHEN YOU REPLACE THOSE POLES, YOU'RE GONNA DO THE PROPER PITCH IN THE FRONT AND BRING THAT UP TO CODE? THAT IS CORRECT. SO I, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO DO THIS PART OF THIS PROJECT? BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF DOING IT IN, IN PARTS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT. UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE GONNA BE CUTTING APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET FROM THAT ROOF UP, CUTTING THE SIDING, SORRY, FOUR FEET UP, CUT THE SIDING, PUT A NEW PIECE OF FLASHING BECAUSE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO FLASHING BEHIND THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO ABOUT SIX INCHES UP, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE REQUIRED COAT. AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO SIT INCHES UP AND THEN THE FLASHING WILL COME, IT'LL SIT BEHIND THE SIDING. OKAY. AND IT WILL HAVE, ACTUALLY, WE WILL DO IT IN A GRAVE SO THAT AS THE WATER RUNS DOWN THE WALL, THE FLESH WILL ACTUALLY HELP IT EVACUATE. BUT AS I WAS SPRAYING WATER ON IT, THE, THE WATER WOULD RUN OFF TO THE GROUND. SO IT WAS, IT IS PROPERLY DONE. WE'RE JUST GONNA DO A LITTLE SOMETHING TO HELP IT GET THAT WATER OFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER. NOW YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS UP. WHAT IS YOUR COMPLETION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING THIS? UM, THE ONLY THING THAT HAS ME A LITTLE DELAYED IS AVAILABILITY OF THE STEEL BEAMS THAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO USE FOR THE SUPPORT. UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, YOU CAN CALL 'EM ONE DAY AND THEN THEY TELL YOU, I MEAN, HOME DEPOT TELLS ME I'LL DELIVER SOMETHING TOMORROW AND THEN I, I'M FOR SURE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE THERE TOMORROW. SO, UM, WE ARE, WE TOLD THE OWNER AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 60 DAYS, 60 TO 90 DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING GETS ADDRESSED. UM, I KNOW THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT SOONER. IT IS A PROPERTY THAT, THAT WE CARE, I LIKE THE AREA AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE PROPERLY. IT'S A LOW INCOME AREA THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO COME HOME TO. NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S LOW INCOME. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE JUST PLASTERED UP. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WHAT WE DO. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT BY ANOTHER 60 DAYS, GIVE OR TAKE. IDEALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 90, BUT I ALSO KNOW I'M AT THE MERCY OF, OF THE BOARD. SO [03:20:01] WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO YOUR DISCRETION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MS. BROWN. THANK YOU FRED . OKAY. I HAVE A, A QUESTION ABOUT THIS PICTURE THAT'S UP HERE NOW. YES, MA'AM. YOU SEE WHERE THE, THE SIDING IS, IS COMING APART FROM THE BASE? CORRECT. OKAY. SO NOW THE AIR CONDITION DIDN'T CAUSE THAT. NO MA'AM. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO TO ADDRESS THAT? UH, THAT'S THE SECTION THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU. WE'RE GONNA CUT FOUR FEET UP, PUT NEW FLASHING UNDERNEATH IT. MM-HMM. THEN PUT NEW SIDING AND MAKE SURE, AND OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GONNA GET SEALED AND THAT WHOLE WALL IS GONNA GET FRESHLY PAINTED WITH, WITH PROPER CEILING. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I CAN ASK THE OWNER IS WHY IT'S LOW INCOME. YOU SAYS IT'S LOW INCOME PROPERTY. MM-HMM. , BUT IT'S, PEOPLE DESERVE TO, TO LIVE IN A, IN A, A CLEAN, SANITARY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SO MAD RIGHT NOW. OKAY. BECAUSE I SEE THIS AND I SEE HOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN GETTING RENT ALL THESE YEARS AND HAVEN'T DONE CRAP TO, TO FIX THIS PROPERTY. I'M SORRY, I JUST NO, THAT'S OKAY. AND I, I RESPECT YOUR OPINION AND I THANK YOU. YOU NOT TAKING YEAH, I'M NOT TAKING IT OUT ON YOU, BUT IT JUST, IT JUST BOTHERS ME. YOU KNOW, I'LL SHARE ONE THING WITH YOU AND, AND AGAIN, THIS AGAIN, THIS IS MY 2 CENTS. I'M NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND I APPRECIATE, BUT I THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT YOU SAID. UM, I DO KNOW THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE WERE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT THEY HAD TO POSTPONE BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS REPAIRS TO THE ASPHALT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. HE HAD TO POSTPONE IT A LITTLE BIT. HE DIDN'T, BUT HE HAD TO POSTPONE 'EM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYBODY, SOME PEOPLE ABUSE THE FACT THAT THEY COULD STAY SOMEWHERE WITH THAT PAYING RENT. RIGHT. SO I'M NOT TRYING TO DEFEND THEM, BUT IT, IT, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE ON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. AS SOON AS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, TO DO MORE REGULAR PROCESS, IT HAS BEEN A PROVEN PROJECTS WITHIN THE NORMAL TIME THAT HE DID EVEN BEFORE THAT, WHICH IS NORMALLY WITHIN ONE TO TWO WEEKS. SOMETIMES THE ONE THAT DELAYS IT IS ME. HE LIKES TO WORK WITH US BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE DO. SO SOMETIMES I TELL, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PROJECT, AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO START IT TODAY, I CAN'T START IT UNTIL WEEK AND A HALF. UM, LUCKILY WE DON'T HAVE ANY RAIN, BUT IT IS GONNA BE ADDRESSED. WE'RE GETTING THE MATERIAL, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE IN LINE TO START IN IMMEDIATELY. UM, THE ADDRESSING THE HANDRAILS THAT THEY HAD ASKED, I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. WHY? BECAUSE I CAN PULL GUYS FROM OTHER CREWS TO GO TAKE CARE OF THAT IMMEDIATELY SO HE'S NOT FORGETTING PEOPLE. UM, I MENTIONED THAT LOW INCOME PART JUST BECAUSE I SAID I DON'T LIKE TO RUSH ON PROJECTS LIKE THAT. UM, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALL, WELL YOU'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE AND AWFUL. AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED BY THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. I GOT ONE MORE, UH, QUICK. YOU SAID YOU HAD IT ON, DO YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR PHONE? I HAVE IT ON THE IPAD. IF YOU LOOK US LOOK A LITTLE, WELL, YOU CAN, WE PUT THAT ON THE CAN, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF WE CAN PULL IT UP. YOU WANT SHOOT IT LIKE THE, THE PARTWAY LEAKS, UH, WHATEVER FEATURES YOU HAVE THAT SHOWS WHAT YOU'VE DONE, THE UPDATES, IF, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE BOARD. YEAH, SURE. DO YOU WANNA PLUG, YOU GUYS HAVE THAT KIND OF PLUG? WELL, ALL THOSE ARE THE INSPECTIONS THAT WE JUST DID, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, UH, THE REPORTS THAT WE MADE OBVIOUSLY WAS. LEMME GRAB MY OTHER PHONE. IT'LL BE EASIER TO FIND ON THOSE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU, THIS ONE'S STILL. [03:25:24] WHILE THEY'RE LOVING THIS, MAY I JUST MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK TO ADDRESS? I'M SURE. EXCUSE ME. WHILE THEY'RE LOADING THAT, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WHERE, MA'AM, YOU HAD MADE THE COMMENT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK. UM, I'M SORRY, I, I SANDRA SCHULTZ, JUST STATE YOUR NAME, YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN US YOUR ADDRESS. OKAY. JUST STATE YOUR NAME. OKAY. SANDRA SCHULTZ. OKAY. SO THIS PROPERTY, THIS OWNER HAS NOT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. UM, HE'S ACTUALLY GONE IN AND DONE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THE INTERIOR. I KNOW THE, OUT THE, THE EXTERIOR. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A PLUMBING ISSUE UNDERNEATH THE CARPORT. MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE HIRED FOUR DIFFERENT PLUMBING COMPANIES AND WE'VE REPLACED ALL OF THE TUB OVERFLOWS, TOILETS, ALL OF THE PIPES UNDERNEATH, THINKING THAT WE DID HAVE PLUMBING PROBLEMS. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOUR YEARS. UM, WE JUST RECENTLY DISCOVERED WHEN IT STARTED RAINING IN AUGUST THAT THE LEAK STARTED COMING BACK THROUGH THE VENT THAT WE PUT IT TOGETHER, THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY A ROOF ISSUE AND THE OWNER IMMEDIATELY APPROVED THAT BID TO GET IT DONE. UM, HIS REPLACED THIS ROOF THREE TIMES. OKAY. FIRST TIME RIGHT AFTER WE DID IT, TORNADO CAME IN, TOOK THE WHOLE THING OFF. SECOND TIME WE HAD A BUNCH OF HAIL THAT'S ALL COME OUT OF THE OWNER'S POCKET. SO I REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK AND APPEAR AS THOUGH THIS OWNER DOES NOT CARE. HE HAS UPGRADED ALL OF THE APPLIANCE HE HAS PUT IN, UM, CENTRAL HEAT AND AIR, WHERE PRIOR THERE WAS NONE. UM, HE HAS UPDATED ALL OF THE CEILING FANS IN THE ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE DONE TWO SEARCH WARRANTS ON THE INTERIOR AND WE, THEY FOUND NO FINDINGS IS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. UM, THERE WAS ONE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A WRIT OF POSSESSION THAT HIS LIGHT KIT DID NOT WORK. WE STILL WENT IN AND TOOK CARE OF THAT EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A WRIT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE OVER AND BEYOND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT, REPLACING THE, THE ASPHALT AFTER THE CITY WENT AND REGRADED THE STREET, IT MAKES ALL OF THE WATER COME UP TO THE PROPERTY. AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE. OUR OPINION WAS TO, INSTEAD OF DOING THE SIDING, IT WAS TAKE CARE OF INTERIOR. AND SO I JUST, I JUST WANT THAT KNOWN THAT THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITS, THEY HAVE GONE OVER AND BEYOND. AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SO THAT IS THE UNDERNEATH OF THE BREEZEWAY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE L SECTION, THE SHORE LEG. UM, IF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN IT BEFORE THOSE BOARDS, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FOLLOW IT BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPLETELY CROOKED AND SOME OF THEM FALLING. THERE WERE THREE METAL POSTS THAT WERE SUPPORTING THERE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ARE NO LONGER THERE BECAUSE IT IS BEEN REPLACED. SO NOW YOU HAVE THE STEEL BEAMS, YOU HAVE THE PROPER WOOD SUPPORT, AND THE FLOORING IS NO LONGER WOOD, IT'S TRACK. SO THE OWNER SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH, WITH DETERIORATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN THAT SECTION OF, OF THE, OF THE PROJECT. I, I GOT A QUESTION ON THAT. YES, SIR. THAT'S MORE THAN A 20 FOOT SPAN. CORRECT. SO DID THE ENGINEER DESCRIBE SPECIFIC LUMBER? ANYTHING OVER 20 FEET? UM, SO THE, IT'S NOT IN THE REPORT ON THE, IF YOU, JUST BECAUSE I'M, IT'S NOT IN RECORD. IF YOU, IF YOU MEASURE FROM THE EDGE OF THAT, OF THAT BREEZEWAY ON LENGTHWISE, UH, IT IS ACTUALLY 20 FEET. IT IS LONG. THE PART THAT IS LONGER IS THE BEAM THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH THE SECOND PART OF THE L, WHICH WE DID HAVE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL. SO THIS, THIS ONE IS A 20 FOOT SPAN FROM THE END OF THAT LUMBER TO HERE, CORRECT? FROM, FROM THIS END TO THE OTHER END TOWARD THE BREEZEWAY. IS IS AT THE END OF THE L WHEN [03:30:01] WE'RE LOOKING AT YES. THE SMALL PART, CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. REGARDING THAT PICTURE THAT WE WERE SHOWING MA'AM MM-HMM. , YOU WERE SAYING. OKAY. UH, I THINK YOU, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A COURT OFFICE SUPERVISOR YES, SIR. HERE ON THIS, ON HIS TEAM. BEEN YOU HAVE PREPARED PART, UH, SIR, ON HIS TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING. OKAY. AND, UH, HOW, HOW MANY DAYS WOULD, WOULD YOU WANT OR DESIRE TO FULFILL ALL THE REPAIRS, ET CETERA, UH, TO THE SATISFACTION OF, OF CODE? IDEALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR 90 DAYS, UM, AS I HAD MENTIONED MR. ANDIS, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TIMELINES AND SO, BUT IDEALLY IT WOULD BE, WHAT I WOULD ASK, IT WOULD BE UP TO OUR CHAIR TO, AND I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. OKAY. UH, SO YOU SAY WITH 90 DAYS AND, UH, CAN I TALK TO, UH, DAVID'S SUPERVISOR? I, I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS PART. WELL, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, I'LL HAVE TWO PARTS, TWO BIG PARTS OF THAT PROJECT. I, I, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOUR CONSTRUCTION OR YOUR PLAN OF ACTION YET. YES SIR. DEAR. OKAY. UH, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GENTLEMAN HERE WITH A VIOLATIONS THAT YOU HAD PUT ON, UH, HE SAYS ABOUT 90 DAYS THAT HE WOULD, UH, LIKE TO FINISH IT AND WOULD BE FINISHED. I MEAN, UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE ONE OUT THERE. NO, I MEAN, UH, YOU THINK IT CAN BE TOO HIGH ADVANTAGE? I, I WOULDN'T WANNA RE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, TIME TO THE BOARD. UM, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS FOR FIVE MONTHS, UH, AND THE, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS DONE TO ALL THIS IN FIVE MONTHS. SO, UM, THIS GENERAL CONTRACTOR SEEMS TO HAVE A PLAN IN ORDER AND, UH, THAT'S IT. IT LOOKS LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WELL, I'LL LET THE SHERIFF NOW. THANK YOU MR. SOLIS. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THOSE. UM, YES, SIR. THE, THE, THE POST HOLDING UP THE STEEL BEAMS MM-HMM. IN THE ENGINEERING REPORT, IT SAID THAT THERE WASN'T ANY PROPER FOOTING, FOUNDATIONAL FOOTING FOR THOSE POSTS. IS THAT PART OF THE REPAIR THAT YOU'RE MAKING AS WELL? UH, CORRECT. SO ON THE FRONT WHERE THE NEW BREEZEWAY IS, THERE WAS THREE ALSO. AND THOSE GOT REMOVED OBVIOUSLY. SO THERE, THERE'S NO NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE. IN THE BACK, THERE WAS A PICTURE OF A BREEZEWAY, I THINK SOMEBODY WAS ASKING IF, IF IT WAS, IF HE HAD ANY SUPPORT. THOSE POSTS WERE ACTUALLY PRIMARILY SUPPORTING JUST THE FASCIA WHICH WAS DAMAGED. SO YES, PART OF OUR SCOPE OF WORK IS TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT THE FASCIA, WHICH ALSO HAS TO BE, ACTUALLY SOME OF IT'S GONNA BE REPLACED, PAINTED AS IT SHOULD. WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THAT, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THE POST, PUT THE PROPER, UH, CONCRETE FOOTING, AND THEN PUT THE POST BACK ON BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A LADDER PROJECT THAT WILL BE DONE. BUT AT THAT POINT, I'M ACTUALLY EVEN OPTIMISTIC THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN NEED THEM. ONCE WE DO THE FACIAL REPLACES THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT IT IS PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. MM-HMM. . ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY UN UNLESS THEY NEED ANY MORE PICTURES, SO. RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR, UM, MR. MENDEZ OR THE CODE OFFICER? YEAH, I STILL WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH THE CODE OFFICER. UM, ON WHAT WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, UM, IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT DOESN'T TOUCH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TOUCHED. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? CORRECT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ENGINEER REPORT ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, THE REBUILDING AND CORRECTION OF THE METAL SUPPORTS THAT ARE OUT OF PLUM AND OF THE DECKS, THE, THE DECKING AREA AND THE WALKWAYS. AND THIS, UH, THE ENGINEER REPORT, AS IT STANDS, ONLY ADDRESSES THE FOUNDATION. IT, YEAH. IT DOESN'T, UNLESS THAT'S WHY I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS EARLIER ABOUT THE, THE WALKWAY AND THE BRACING UNDER IT. IT'S NOT ADDRESSED, BUT, OKAY. SO YOU WANT THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, WHICH IS THAT THE ONLY REQUEST OR AMENDMENT YOU WANNA MAKE? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THAT'S IT. UH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. [03:35:02] JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ENGINEER REPORT DOES MENTION BRIEFLY, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, MAYBE IT'S NOT THOROUGH ENOUGH, BUT IT DOES MENTION FOUNDATION, BUT IT ALSO MENTIONS, UH, DOWN SPROUTS. IT ALSO MENTIONS, SO IT DOES GO THROUGH SOME AREAS. MAYBE NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE THAT, BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE, SEEM LIKE ALL WE DID WAS JUST LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION AND THE REST, WE DIDN'T, WE IGNORED IT. IT, IT WAS LOOKED AT EVEN ON THE, ON THE ENGINEERING REPORT, THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THEY TALKED ABOUT THOSE POSTS THAT WE JUST ASKED, AND THE ONES THAT GOT REPLACED AND ONES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE MESSAGE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE SHORT CHANGE IN ANYBODY, THAT'S ALL. NO. WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT IT DOESN'T COVER THE CRUCIAL PARTS OF THE BEAM AND ABOVE THE BEAM BECAUSE THEY LEFT THE SHEET ROCK. UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN, AND THERE'S A SECTION IN THE, IN THE REPORT AND THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT DOES MENTION ONE OF THE BEAMS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UM, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE, UM, IT ACTUALLY HAS A LITTLE CIRCLE WHERE THE NUMBER ONE, THE LEGEND SAYS THIS, THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, NOT REPAIRED. UH, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SO IT, IT IS SOMETHING THEY HAD LOOKED AT. SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE THE DIAGRAM? RIGHT. IT HAS, UH, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE DIAGRAMS, IF I'M MISTAKEN, IS THE SECOND ONE. RIGHT. UM, AND IT'S THE CLOSER ONE. IT'LL BE A POST THAT IS CLOSEST TO YOU. CORRECT. SO, MR. MENDEZ, WE, WE SEE THAT, HOWEVER, YOU HAVE A CODE OFFICER WHO HAS A RECOMMENDATION AND I'M WHAT, WE'LL, I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE AGAIN, GOT IT. I JUST DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE LEAVING THINGS OUT TO TRY TO GET AWAY WITH THINGS. I APPRECIATE JUST HAVING MY LICENSE. A CONTRACTOR HAS BLESSED MY FAMILY, SO I'M NOT GONNA SHORTEN, CUT ANY COORDINATE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING SOMETHING, SO. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR. I, I, I, I'VE, SORRY. UH, CAN I HAVE CITY THE CODE OFFICER AGAIN? 'CAUSE I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING. DID YOU ASK FOR FINES AS WELL? YES, SIR. AND IN ADDITION TO YES. OR BASED OFF THE PREVIOUS WORK? CORRECT. UH, THE, UM, WHAT WE ASKED FOR, WHEN I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION, I ASKED FOR, UH, FINES. PERMITS. AND, UH, I AMENDED THAT TO INCLUDE THE, UM, THE, UM, ENGINEER'S REPORT. BUT THAT WAS NOT BASED OFF THIS CONTRACTOR'S WORK, IT WAS BASED OFF PREVIOUS WORK OR ANYTHING. IT, BASED OFF OF THE, THE CASE AS A WHOLE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH, WELL, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THIS MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS AND NOT SEEING ANY PROGRESS. THAT'S WHY WE WOULD ASK FOR FINES. UM, THE CONTRACTOR HAS GOTTEN A, TODAY BEING HERE AT THE BOARD, THE CONTRACTOR HAS GOTTEN A GREEN LIGHT TO DO A LOT OF THIS WORK. SO THAT BRINGS UP A QUESTION THAT WASN'T EVEN RAISED EARLIER. WERE PERMITS PULLED, PERMITS WERE PULLED FOR THE ONE SECTION THEY COMPLETED. UM, THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ANNUAL PERMIT FOR THE ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, UM, MECHANICAL, THEY DON'T HAVE A CURRENT ANNUAL PLAN, UH, PERMIT. BUT THE SECTION OF THE DECKING THAT THEY DID REPLACE, THEY DID HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT. SO I, I GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS, HE'S DOING PERMITS AND EVERYTHING REQUIRED, AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR FINES. WHAT ARE THE FINES ACTUALLY BEING ASKED FOR? WELL, THE FINES ARE FOR THE, UH, VIOLATIONS NOT BEING ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND THE PERMITS, THEY DID PULL THE PER ONE PERMIT FOR THAT REPLACEMENT, BUT THEY DIDN'T GO ABOUT REPLACING THE OTHER ITEMS ARE REPAIRING THE OTHER ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THEY ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANNUAL PERMITS FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, FOR IN-HOUSE REPAIRS. SO THE, THE REPAIRS THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND, AND MECHANICAL, THEY DO NOT HAVE PERMITS FOR. OKAY. SO IN A TIMELY MANNER, OR I GUESS YOU WANNA PRIORITIZE SPECIFIC TARGETS FIRST? WE, UM, THE BOARD CAN PRIORITIZE. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL REPAIRS TO BE MADE. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM WORKING ON THEM ALL EQUALLY. OKAY. I, I UNDERSTAND NOW, BUT I'M LOOKING AT, THEY'RE DOING IT IN PHASES, WHICH WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A BIG PROJECT, YOU DO IT IN PHASES, SO, OKAY. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT EVERYTHING DONE IN UNISON, CORRECT. 'CAUSE OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT, THANKS. DIDN'T THE, THE, THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, THE LADY THERE, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? KAY OR SOMETHING? MS. SCHULTZ. MS. SCHULTZ. MS. SCHULTZ. [03:40:01] DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL US WHEN YOU WERE UP HERE THAT YOU ALL HAD ALL THE PLUMBING AND EVERYTHING ELSE REPLACED? WE DID. SO WE GO IN, UM, WITH DIFFERENT SECTIONS. WE DON'T HAVE AN IN-HOUSE TEAM, AN IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE TEAM, SO WE CONTRACT EVERYTHING OUT. SO WE HAVE USED PLUMBERS WITH SMITH AND SONS FOR MORRIS BASIN, UM, AND BIG CITY PLUMBING THAT WENT IN, IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS AS THEY WERE, AS WE WOULD FIND THEM WET OR SHEET ROCK WOULD BE FALLING, WE WOULD GO IN THERE. AT THAT POINT, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A TUB LEAK OR A TOILET LEAK. SO WE WOULD JUST GET THE PLUMBERS OUT THERE AND EVENTUALLY THEY'D SAY, OH, WE'D HAVE TO CUT OUT THIS MUCH AND THIS MUCH, AND WE JUST KEEP CUTTING IT OUT. BUT THE LEAKS CONTINUED, SO IT WASN'T UNTIL WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS THE, THE SIDING THAT WAS CAUSING THE WATER TO GET IN. BUT, AND SO THE, THE CONTRACTORS DID NOT PULL ANY PERMITS, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WE DO NOT HAVE RECORDS OF THE PERMITS BEING PULLED FOR THOSE REPAIRS. OKAY. SO, SO EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE, UH, PLUMBING AND THE WHATEVER ELSE YOU ALL DID. YES. YOU DID THAT WITHOUT PERMITS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF THERE IS A LEAK UNDER A TUB OR A TOILET AND A PLUMBER COMES OUT, UM, THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO PULL PERMITS TO REPAIR SMALL JOBS. RIGHT. THAT WE JUST KEPT CALLING THEM BACK OUT TO REPLACE THIS MANY FEET OF WHAT THEY SAID WAS LEAKING. UM, AND WE WOULD JUST GO IN AND THEY WOULD SAY, OH, WELL, UM, IT'S LIKE CA CAST IRON, I THINK IS WHAT IT WAS, AND THEY WOULD GO IN AND CUT IT. UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD REPLACE ALL OF THOSE. SO WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT, TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH REPLACED SO MUCH OF IT. IT JUST KEPT, IT KEPT CONTINUING EVEN THOUGH WE WERE REPLACING THE PIPING. UM, RIGHT. SO, AND IT'S STILL MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DO NOT NEED TO GET PERMITS, UM, TO REPLACE SMALL AMOUNTS OF PLUMBING KEPT, YOU KEPT REPLACING SMALL MM-HMM. BITS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. YES, MA'AM. SO, YES, MA'AM. THE CONTRACTOR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A BIG COMPANY CONTRACTOR OR NOT, BUT USUALLY WHEN, I GUESS IF YOU OWN A PROPERTY THIS SIZE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD'VE GONE IN AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS NOT WHERE YOUR LEAK IS COMING FROM. THIS IS WHERE YOUR LEAK IS COMING FROM, MAYBE OVER HERE AND THE WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO THEN A PERMIT OF COURSE WOULD BE REQUIRED, I BELIEVE. BUT I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WHAT IT WAS IS THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME LEAKAGE COMING FROM, OR WHEN, YOU KNOW, IT SWEATS OR WHAT, I'M NOT A CONSTRUCTION PERSON, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED OT TO SPEAK. UM, BUT AS IT WOULD, WE WOULD FIND THE SHEET ROCK OR IT WOULD FALL. WE WOULD JUST GET THE PLUMBERS TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF IT, AND THEN THEY WOULD REPLACE CERTAIN SECTIONS ON OTHER PROPERTIES WHEN WE'VE GONE IN AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING IN TO REPLACE, UM, ALL OF THE PO, ALL OF THE WATER LINES OR WHATNOT, THOSE PERMITS ARE PULLED, BUT NOT ON SMALL INDIVIDUAL. THIS SECTION, THIS SECTION TYPE THING, GOING BACK TO THE, UM, CODE OFFICER. SO IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT THE FINES FOR, SIR? UH, THE FI THE FINES ARE FOR THE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE IT HAS, UM, IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS SINCE THOSE WERE, UH, NOTICES WERE INITIALLY ISSUED AND WE'RE STILL HERE. WHERE MOST OF 'EM, WELL, THE, ALL OF THEM ARE STILL IN VIOLATION. SO THAT'S WHAT THE FINES WOULD BE FOR. UM, THE PULL AN APARTMENT COMPLEX CAN PULL, UH, YOUR ANNUAL, UH, PLUMBING AND ANNUAL ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL PERMITS SO THEY CAN DO THE REPAIRS. UH, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING A COMPANY OUT THERE TO REPLACE LINES, YOU DO NEED PERMITS. BUT THANK YOU. THE FINES ARE FOR THE VIOLATIONS THEMSELVES BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THEM REPAIRED OR ADDRESSED. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. SO, ONE MOMENT MR. ANS JUST BOARD AWARE IN THE LIAISON THAT ONE VOTING MEMBER IS NO LONGER WITH US. MR. ZUNIGA ALL GO AHEAD, MS. AN MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. DO WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO NOBODY IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS EVER PULLED A GENERAL, I MEAN, UH, YEARLY PERMIT FOR ANY KIND OF WORK. NO, SIR. THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN PULLED. HOLD. OKAY. SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER CHAPTER IN THE BOOK. [03:45:06] DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF CODE OFFICER MR. MENDEZ OR MS. SCHULTZ? NO. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR? YES. UM, CAN I CALL AN EXECUTIVE? OKAY. SESSION. ALL RIGHT. I, ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 1:32 PM ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022, THE BUILDING STANDARDS WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN . OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, OKAY. SO WE ARE STILL ADDRESSING 3, 2, 2 RECTA ROAD. UM, MR. ANDES, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD. YEAH. UM, TOLD, UM, OFFICER, CAN YOU STEP BACK UP? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS 3 0 4 0.7 IS SEPARATE FROM THE, UH, OTHER SIX OR SEVEN? I'M SORRY, 2, 4, 6. YEAH. SEVEN. THE OTHER SEVEN, CORRECT. 3 0, 4 0.7. THE NOTICE WAS ISSUED ON THE 21ST OR JULY 21ST. RIGHT. WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE OTHERS. RIGHT. AND THAT ONE IS NOT THE ONE THAT YOU WANNA FIND. IT'S THE OTHER SEVEN THAT YOU WANT. OR DID YOU WANNA FIND THAT ONE AS WELL? UH, I WOULD LIKE, FINE FOR ALL THE VIOLATIONS WE'RE REQUESTING FINES FOR ALL THE VIOLATIONS. SO FOR THE OTHER SIX AND THAT ONE, SIX OR SO, I GOT SEVEN. I'M SORRY. SEVEN PLUS THE 21ST IS CORRECT. EIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD, MR. ANDES. UH, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA KILL THE ADDRESS HERE. UM, 3 2 2 RAC, UH, RAC RAC COLLETTA ROAD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES. UM, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, UH, ON JULY 21ST, 2022. THE CODE IS 3 0 4 0.7, UM, THAT THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THIS CODE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND FIND $100 AT THIS TIME FOR, FOR THE REPAIR NOT BEING MADE UP TO THIS POINT. ALSO AFTER THE 30 DAYS, A $200 A DAY FINE UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY MOTION. MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT ON 3 0 4 0.7 ONLY MR. ZUNIGA? IT'S TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE, UH, FINED ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS ALSO. UM, CAN THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MR. ZUNIGA HAS, HAS RETURNED AND, AND IS BACK WITH, UM, THE BOARD? YES. YES. AND WE STILL HAVE A COURT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DAY REPAIR FOR S A P M C CODE VIOLATION FOR 3 0 4 0.7. THAT WAS VIOLATED ON JA JULY 21ST FOR THREE OR 4.7 ROOF AND DRAINAGE TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS, AND A FINE FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND IF IT'S NOT REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS, [03:50:01] THAT THE OWNER IS FINED $200 PER DAY AFTER THAT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. SECONDED BY MR. ZUNIGA. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. JOELLE SLIS? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. I MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION. GO AHEAD. MR. ANDES. I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3, 2 2 LINA, I KNOW THAT'S WRONG. LINA RAC ROAD IS IN VIOLATION ON THE DATE OF FOUR 15 2022, AND I ORDER A REPAIR OF 60 DAYS FOR ALL REMAINING VIOLATIONS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 60 DAYS. ALL PERMITS MUST BE PULLED IF IT'S NOT COMPLETED WITHIN 60 DAYS. A $500 A DAY PER FI, UH, PER VIOLATION REMAINING. ALSO, PRIOR TO THIS, UM, CASE THAT WOULD NOTICE THAT THE CODE INSPECTOR FOUND NO PERMITS PULLED FOR PREVIOUS WORK, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND $2,000 FOR THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT WAS NOT PERMITTED. SECOND, UH, ONE MOMENT. MR. ANDY. I MEAN, MR. ZUNIGA. UM, SO THERE'S A 60 DAY REPAIR, ALL PERMITS. AND WHAT WAS THE FINES AGAIN? THE FINE IS AFTER THE 60 DAYS FOR ALL REMAINING VIOLATIONS, $500 A DAY. UM, AND ALSO TO CHECK IN WITH CODE COMPLIANCE EVERY 15 DAYS FOR AN UPDATE. AND THEN THE LAST PART WAS, UM, TO FIND $2,000 FOR THE PERMITS THAT WERE NOT PULLED PRIOR. UM, WORK THAT WAS NOT PERMITTED. MR. ENNIS? CAN I, I GUESS MAYBE EITHER AMEND OR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR A 90 DAY REPAIR. WELL, WE HAVE TO GET IT READ AND THEN SECOND, AND THEN AN AMENDMENT. I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE GET IT SECONDED MM-HMM. , I THINK THAT FINE CAN ONLY BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY. YES. WELL, NO, NO, NO. THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL VIOLATION WOULD BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 2000. THAT WASN'T A DAY, THAT WAS FOR THE INITIAL. SO IT CAN ONLY BE A THOUSAND, WHICH IS, WHICH IS WHY I, I, I, AND I APOLOGIZE. I CORRECTED MYSELF. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PER DAY. FINE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FINE THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE FOR FAILURE TO, UM, UH, MAXIMUM FINES. A THOUSAND. YES, SIR. THEN I STAND CORRECTED AND I'LL AMEND THAT TO A THOUSAND. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. WHAT WAS, UH, OKAY, DID WE HAVE A SECOND? SO YOU CAN DO YOUR AMENDMENT SECOND. IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. ZUNIGA, BUT, UM, CAN WE PROVIDE THEM AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS FOR THOSE SEVEN REPAIRS YOU WANT? 90? YES. I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR 3, 2, 2 RECCO LETTER ROAD FOR SUBSECTIONS 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.4. STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, 3 0 4 0.6. EXTERIOR WALLS, 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAYS DECK PURCHASE AND BALCONIES 3 0 4 0.12. HANDRAILS AND GUARDS. 5 0 1 0.1 GENERAL PLUMBING AND FIXTURES THAT WAS VIOLATED ON APRIL 15TH, 2022. A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER AND TO BE FINED AFTER THE 60 DAYS OF $500 [03:55:02] IF IT'S NOT REPAIRED. AND THEN ALSO AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 FOR NOT PULLING THE PERMITS. AND THEN ALSO A 15 DAY PROGRESS REPORT TO CODE, UM, FOR UPDATES. DID I GET ALL OF IT? YES, MADAM CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. ZUNIGA. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I, YEAH, I'D LIKE GET A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE. I, I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, A LOT OF DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STAIRWELLS AND THE NEED FOR AN ENGINEERING REPORT. WERE WE SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION THAT WAS PROVIDED? OH YEAH. THE, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT AN AMENDMENT, THAT'S FINE. UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT A FORMAL AMENDMENT. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. OKAY. WELL, SIR, WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A FORMAL AMENDMENT TO ADD THE, THE ENGINEERING REPORT FOR THE STAIRWELL FOR THE STAIRWAY. IS IT, YOU JUST WANT IT FOR THE STAIRWELL OR FOR WHAT CODE? WAS ASKING FOR, UH, FOR THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE. FOR THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE, I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO ALSO TO ADD THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE, UH, WHAT WAS IT? THE STRUCTURE. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD A SECOND BY MR. ZUNIGA. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? LENCIA HAYES. AYE. FREDERICK ANDES? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. JOELLE SOLIS. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CAN WE GET THE NEXT CASE, PLEASE? OH, MR. MENDEZ AND MS. SCHULTZ, CAN YOU PLEASE GET MR. RUSSELL? THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU OKAY? PULL? YEAH, PULL IT UP ON TOP. YOU'RE TALL AND YOU MAY WANNA JUST HOLD, IT'S GONNA BE SOME ATIC. IS THAT BETTER? YES. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS MARVIN LEE, DANGEROUS SS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 26 0 3 EAST COMMERCE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1434, BLOCK 11, LOT 15 AND 16, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS KEENAN'S BBB, Q L L C, WITH THE MAINLAND ADDRESS OF 79 27 BELLE GLADE BOULEVARD, SELMA, TEXAS 7 8 1 5 4. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. SANDRA WILLIAMS, BRENDA CARR, AND IVORY KENNAN, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 29TH, 21, 20 21. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 26 OH THREE'S COMMERCE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST THE 16TH, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH OF 2021, AND AS OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 21ST, 2022, THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH OF 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND, AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS POSTED AT 26 0 3 EAST COMMERCE. THERE'S BEEN NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE AS OF SEPTEMBER, THE, UH, 21ST, 2022 FOR 26 OH THREES COMMERCE. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST THE 16TH, 2021, AND AUGUST THE SECOND OF 2022 AND SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH OF 2022. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE THAT SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE HAS OPENINGS TO THE ROOF, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS TO CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURES FILLED WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE CAUSING A HAZARDOUS WALKING SURFACE. [04:00:03] THIS IS A BEFORE THAT, THIS IS WHERE THE, UH, FIRE INITIALLY STARTED RIGHT IN THE, UH, FRONT RIGHT SECTION OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE. AND AT, UH, IT AFFECTED THE, UH, OVERHANG A LOT MORE SO THAN IT DID THE, UH, THE WALL. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE, UH, WOOD MEMBERS ARE CHARRED AND, UH, COMPROMISE AS A RESULT OF THE, THE FIRE. THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, THAT HAS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE AND ALSO WATER DAMAGE AS WELL. THIS IS THE INTERIOR TO THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE CEILING IS, IS CHARRED. A LOT OF THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE COMPROMISED DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE AND JUST FURTHER, UH, DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE FIRE AND THE INTERIOR. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CEILING, UH, JOIST AND AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE DECKING TO THE, TO THE CEILING IS ALSO CHARRED AND COMPROMISED. THIS IS ON THE, UH, LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE, UM, RESTAURANT IS LOCATED. UH, IT SUFFERED MORE WATER DAMAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE THAN, THAN THE FIRE. AND THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF WHERE THE WATER DAMAGE CAUSED THE, UH, SHEET ROCK TO, TO COLLAPSE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO IN THE KITCHEN AREA OF THE, OF THE, UH, RESTAURANT. AGAIN, THIS IS RIGHT UP FRONT ON THE CORNER WHERE THE, UH, WHERE THE FIRE STARTED AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AND THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. IT SHOWS WHERE, UM, THE FIRE DID AFFECT THE, UH, OVERHANG OF THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE, UM, RESTAURANT IS LOCATED. AGAIN, A LOT OF THE SHEET ROCK IS FALLING. IT'S, UH, DIFFICULT TO TO WALK THROUGH THE AREA DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND AGAIN, UH, MORE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE, THE WATER DAMAGE AND ALSO SMOKE. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING BACK, UH, TO THE FRONT, UH, DOOR AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE, UM, THE LIGHT IS BEING EMITTED INSIDE, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS INTO THE STRUCTURE CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE. NEXT FELLOW, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A BETTER ILLUSTRATION OF THAT, THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SECURED, UH, AGAINST AN UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY. AND THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SECURED AS WELL AND, AND CUT AND CLEAN. AND THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION AGAIN, IT'S ALSO SECURED AND ALSO CUT AND CLEAN. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 26 0 3 EAST COMMERCE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARDOUS HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF, OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 26 0 3 EAST COMMERCE. THANK YOU MS. LEE. UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BEFORE EVERYONE JUMPS IN. UM, SO LOOKING AT THE REPORT, THERE WAS A FIRE IN AUGUST OF 2021. THAT'S CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT THAT SAME YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, NOTICES? THAT'S CORRECT. IT WAS MAILED OUT ON THE 7TH OF SEPTEMBER. AND THEN YOU ALL MET WITH THE OWNERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2021? ACTUALLY, I MET WITH THE OWNER, THE OWNERS ON THE AUGUST THE 23RD. I MET WITH BOTH MS. WILLIAMS AND MS. CARR AT THE LOCATION TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT. SO I HAVE HERE NOTICE VIOLATION. IT SAYS 11 29, 20 21. MET WITH IVORY KUNA. I'M NOT, SO DID YOU TAKE THIS CASE OVER FROM [04:05:01] SOMEWHERE? NO, MA'AM. ACTUALLY, I MET HIM AT THE LOCATION ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS THERE, REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE STRUCTURE. THAT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER I HAD SPOKEN WITH, UM, THE OTHER TWO PROPRIETORS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS MS. UM, CARR AND MS. WILLIAMS. AND THAT WAS IN 2021? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. SO JUST KEEPING UP. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNERS THE ENTIRE TIME. OKAY. YEAH. SO I WAS JUST KEEPING UP WITH THIS TIMELINE. AND THAT WAS 2021? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THE ABATEMENT IS THAT, WAS THAT THE CITY OR WAS THAT THE OWNERS? IT WAS ABATED ON JUNE 1ST, HOWEVER, THE OWNERS DID THE LAST ABATEMENT. OKAY. AND THEY HAD BEEN REALLY GOOD AT KEEPING UP WITH IT. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I HAD SENT OUT A NOTICE AND THEY HADN'T RESPONDED. SO I HAD A CITY CONTRACTOR, UH, CUT, CLEAN AND SECURE THE STRUCTURE. OKAY. HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH VAGRANTS? THERE WERE ISSUES WITH, UH, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN THE BUILDING? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW MUCH WAS THE ABATEMENT, DO YOU KNOW? UM, I WANNA SAY IT AROUND $300 OR SO. AT THAT TIME, AROUND $300 OR SO. AT THAT TIME, I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT AMOUNT. GO AHEAD AND NOT OH, AND SINCE YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNERS, WHAT WERE THEIR, WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS WITH THE PROPERTY? WELL, WHEN I DISCUSSED WITH THEM EARLY ON, UH, THEY DECIDED THAT YES, THEY WANTED TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE. HOWEVER, UM, I, I PRESENTED TO THEM THE COST THAT IT WOULD, UH, TAKE IN ORDER TO DEMOLISH IT IF THEY DECIDED TO HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT AND THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO THINK ABOUT IT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY SAID, WELL, WHILE WE CONSIDER THIS, WE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON UP FOR SALE. FINE. UM, THEN LATER THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, UH, WE CAN'T SELL IT. WE HAVE SOME LITIGATION GOING ON NOW, AND IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER WE'VE GIVEN THEM TIME TO CONSIDER. AND THEN THEY ALSO LOOK TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND A, UM, PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT MIGHT BE LESS EXPENSIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, STAFF A QUESTION. DID I I DON'T, UH, ON THE INDICATION DOWN HERE WHERE IT SAYS HISTORY, IT SAYS A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL. YES. WHY DIDN'T THIS QUALIFY FOR AN IMMEDIATE DEMOLITION EMERGENCY? UH, YEAH, AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION. IF IT'S A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL, I WOULD DEFER THAT TO THE, THE INVESTIGATOR WITH, WHEN HE MADE THE ASSESSMENTS, IF THIS IS A, IT'S DEPENDENT ON, ON THE FINDINGS OF WHAT THE OFFICER FINDS AT THAT TIME. AND ALSO, TYPICALLY IF THEY MAKE THAT RE RECOMMENDATION OR THEY MAKE THE REFERRAL TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, IF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR MADE THAT ASSESSMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL ON THAT IF THAT WAS MADE OR REQUESTED. BUT, UH, IT DOES DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THAT BEING 1000 FEET OF A SCHOOL WOULD JUST BE ONE COMPONENT. IT'S NOT THE ONLY COMPONENT THAT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. WELL, THE REASON I ASK IS 'CAUSE WE'VE DONE PROPERTIES THAT WE GO IN WITHOUT CONSENT AND MOW IT A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL, BUT WE GOT A BUILDING THAT NOW WE WANT TO DEMO THAT'S A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL. I, I MAY, AS MENTIONED, AND ALWAYS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REPEAT. THE DEMOLITION IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE LAST RESORT, EVEN IN THE CASE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY, BECAUSE WE CANNOT, THERE'S, IT'S A TAKING, IT'S NOT A GIVE BACK. WE, WE CAN'T UNDO A DEMOLITION. SO WHEN THERE'S STILL REQUIREMENTS TO BE MADE WITHIN THAT, WITHIN CODE, WHEN A DEMOLITION IS APPROVED, AND ESPECIALLY IN EMERGENCY. SO IT WAS NOT DECLARED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE A THOUSAND FEET OF FROM SCHOOL WOULD BE JUST ONE COMPONENT. IT WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY OVERRIDING FACTOR. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE WITH A THOUSAND FEET. SO, UH, OKAY. UM, I GUESS THE NEXT QUESTION I'D HAVE ACTUALLY GOES TO THE OWNERS, UH, ABOUT THE LITIGATION, BUT THAT'S FOR THEM. AND I'LL, I'LL DEAL WITH THAT WHEN THEY COME UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? OKAY. CAN WE HAVE KIA'S BARBECUE, L L C SANDRA WILLIAMS. YOU'RE SANDRA WILLIAMS. THAT'S SANDRA WILLIAMS. OKAY. MY ADDRESS IS 7 9 2 7. SANDRA WILLIAMS, 7 9 2 7 BELL GLAD BOULEVARD. SELMA, UH, 7 8 1 5 4. THANK YOU. UM, ACTUALLY, I'M HERE TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO REPAIR THE PLACE, OR WE DON'T. THIS IS MY SISTER, SHE'S PART OWNER. AND ALSO, UM, WE HAVE TWO MORE PART OWNERS, WHICH IS MY BROTHER'S CHILDREN, MY DECEASED BROTHER'S CHILDREN, WHICH [04:10:01] IS IVORY, WHO'S WITH THIS. AND HIS SISTER KRISTEN COULDN'T COME TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S WORKING. BUT ANYWAYS, WE ARE THE OWNERS OF KENNETH'S BARBECUE, L L C. AND, UM, AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, UH, OUR PLACE WAS UNDER LEASE, AND IT HAS BEEN UNDER LEASE SINCE 2002, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MY FATHER DID. JUST WHAT TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SORRY. ANYWAYS, IT'S BEEN UNDER LEASE SINCE 2002. SO WE WERE INHERITED THIS PROPERTY, SO EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE UNTIL THE FIRE HAPPENED. THE LEASE IS NOT OVER IN TWO UNTIL 2027, BECAUSE IT WAS A 25 YEAR, IT IS A 25 YEAR LEASE. SO, UH, WE THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT THE FIRE, AND WE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE. AND SO AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, WE THOUGHT THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH IT. BUT WE WENT TO, WE'VE BEEN TO THE, THE ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE NOW IS THE THIRD ATTORNEY. SO THE FIRST ATTORNEY WE WENT TO, HE DIDN'T ADVISE US TO GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH IT BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED BECAUSE OF THE LEASE. THE LEASE IS VERY SKETCHY ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. AND HE'S SUING US FOR, UH, HE'S SUING US. THE PERSON THAT WAS LEASING IT IS SUING US FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING, HE WANTS US TO SELL IT TO HIM FOR LIKE 250,000, WHICH WE REALLY DON'T WANNA DO THAT BECAUSE, UH, AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT FOR SALE AND WE IN BETWEEN. AND THAT WAS FROM AUGUST, MAYBE AFTER IT WENT AFTER IT BURNED, WHICH WAS ON THE 16TH OF AUGUST IN 21, WE HAD, UH, WE PUT FOR SALE SIGNS UP UNTIL LIKE, ABOUT THE END OF NOVEMBER OF 21. AND WE GOT OVER 50 CALLS AND WE HAD LIKE THREE REALLY SERIOUS OFFERS, ONE BEING THE V F W, WHICH IS THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. AND SO WE MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY WANTED TO ACTUALLY, UH, REPAIR IT AND, UH, PUT ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES THERE AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD ASSET FOR THE EAST SIDE. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING WONDERFUL. AND THEN THEY WANTED, THEIR ATTORNEYS WANTED TO SEE OUR LEASE, SO ONCE THEY SAW THE LEASE, IT WAS LIKE QUIET. THEY WERE LIKE, NO, WE CAN'T GET INVOLVED. IT'S STILL IN A LEASE. SO WE WERE GETTING READY TO TRY TO SUE HIM TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE. IT HAD BURNED AND WE WANTED TO MAKE A DECISION. AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST ATTORNEY SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T GO AHEAD AND JUST DEMOLISH IT. THAT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA. BUT ANYWAYS, WE ENDED UP GETTING ANOTHER ATTORNEY, AND NOW WE FINALLY GOT THE ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE NOW. AND THEN WE'RE JUST IN THE MIDST OF A LAWSUIT. AND, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR MAYBE SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE COURTS ARE BACKED UP BECAUSE OF, UH, COVID. AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A TIME TO SETTLE IT. BUT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE, WE WANNA GET BACK WITH THE V F W AND WE CAN, AND THAT IF WE CAN GET THE LEASE RESOLVED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO, JUST GET IT REPAIRED, HOPEFULLY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA REPAIR IT. SO IF Y'ALL TELL US WE HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. BUT I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT. BUT WE WANT TO, UH, WE WANNA SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE, UH, WITH THE LITIGATION THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BUT Y'ALL AREN'T THE OWNERS. YES. LEGAL. THAT'S THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK. LEGAL, THEY'RE NOT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WHO YES, Y'ALL ARE. WE ARE. BUT Y'ALL AREN'T A LEASE. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE OWN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY OWN THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE LEASING IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND HE'S SUING US AND THEY'RE, THAT PERSON IS SUING THEM. OH, OKAY. HE'S SUING US. THE LEASE IS, IS LENGTHY AND IT'S MOSTLY, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE LEASE. THE PERSON THAT WE, MY DADDY WAS LEASING IT TO, BECAUSE HE WROTE THE LEASE, MY DADDY DIDN'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT IT OR ANYTHING. UM, AND, UH, HE ENTERED INTO A REALLY BAD LEASE, 25 YEAR LEASE, UM, A MESS. HE'S, HE'S NEVER REALLY ABIDED BY THE TERMS, THE GUY THAT'S LACING IT, HIS NAME IS, UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT THE ATTORNEY WROTE FOR TODAY, MR. CHAIR, THAT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT, UM, UM, MS. WILLIAMS' COUNSEL PROVIDED, UM, I'VE APPROVED FOR THIS BOARD TO REVIEW. OKAY. , AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SEE IF [04:15:01] ESTHER CAN PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN. AND ONE OF THE REASONS, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE, UH, SUIT HAS TAKEN SO LONG, IT'S BECAUSE IT INVOLVES, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTIES. THE PERSON THAT MY DADDY LEASED IT TO, HE WAS SUBLEASING TO SOMEONE ELSE. AND THAT PERSON, UH, IS WHO WAS LEASING IT WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. AND HE'S SUING HIM ALSO. SO HE'S SUING, UH, THE PERSON HE WAS LEASING TO, AND HE'S SUING US TOO. SO WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE BUILDING, KEEP THE BUILDING SECURE. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY VAGRANCY LATELY. NOBODY TRYING TO BREAK IN. MOSTLY THAT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, UH, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS FIRST BURNED, PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO BREAK IN. BUT SINCE WE GOT IT ALL SECURED, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN OKAY. NOBODY'S LIVING THERE. THERE'S NO DRUG ABUSE, THERE'S NO, UH, NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. AND IT'S ON THE CORNER OF WALTER STREET IN COMMERCE. IT IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ST. PHILLIPS COLLEGE, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE INCAR WORD I DEPARTMENT, OR THAT'S WHERE IT'S LOCATED. SO WE JUST NEED SOME TIME TO GET THIS LITIGATION COMPLETED. AND, UM, THE FIRE WAS DEEMED, UH, ACCIDENTAL BY THE FIRE MARSHAL. BUT WE WANNA LOOK INTO THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL US THERE WAS TWO BUSINESSES IN THAT BUILDING THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE ARENA FOOD MART AND ALSO CHAPMAN'S CHICKEN. AND WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM CHAPMAN'S CHICKEN TO TELL US THAT THE SUBLEASING, THE PERSON THAT WAS SUBLEASING, THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD SOME ELECTRICAL WORK GOING ON THAT DAY OF THE FIRE OR THE DAY PRIOR TO THE FIRE. SO WE WANT THAT REINVESTIGATED THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ARSON INVOLVED, BECAUSE THERE WAS CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PERSON, THE LEASING, AND THE HE WHO HE WAS LEASING TO. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICT. AND THE PERSON HE WAS LEASING TO THE SUBLEASING, HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD INSURANCE ON THE BUILDING. LIKE THE PERSON THAT WE WERE LEASING TO HAD NO INSURANCE. WE HAD NO INSURANCE, BUT HE, THE GUY THAT WAS, UH, SUBLEASING HAD THE INSURANCE. SO HE'S THE ONE THAT GOT ALL THE INSURANCE MONEY. AND SO THE PERSON THAT WE WERE LEASING TO, I SHOULD BE CALLING THEM BY NAMES. BUT ANYWAYS, THE PERSON THAT WE'RE LEASING TO, HE, UH, IS SUING, UH, THE PERSON HE WAS SUBLEASING TO BECAUSE HE THINKS HE'S ENTITLED TO SOME OF THE INSURANCE MONEY. BUT I'M THINKING THE BUILDING IS GONNA NEED TO BE REINSPECTED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL. SO THAT'S A REASON THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO BE THERE. AND THIS LITIGATION COULD GO ON FOR YEARS. YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THAT YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU'VE GOT SO MANY PARTIES INVOLVED AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY. RIGHT. THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS IF THIS IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE OR NOT. RIGHT. AND WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. UH, THE ATTORNEY DID SAY IT SHOULD BE SETTLED IN SIX TO, UH, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. IT SHOULD BE SETTLED. HE'S CONFIDENT WITH THAT, BUT YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE HAVE NOTHING. RIGHT. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, MA'AM. RIGHT. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDERSON. GO AHEAD, MS. EN, LET ME ASK YOU GUYS THIS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED FAMILY-WISE. WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL ISSUES. OKAY. 'CAUSE IT IS YOUR PROPERTY, CORRECT? RIGHT. YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMO THROUGH A WHOLE HARMLESS, IS THAT CORRECT? WE THOUGHT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DEMO WHEN IT FIRST BURNT. WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT OF BIDS ON PEOPLE WHO COULD ACTUALLY DEMO IT. AND WE HAD ACTUALLY DECIDED ON ONE, AND THEN WE FOUND OUT FROM AN ATTORNEY THAT WE REALLY SHOULDN'T DO THAT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION WITH THE LAWSUIT. [04:20:01] SO WE DIDN'T DEMO AT THAT TIME. BUT DID THE CITY OFFER YOU WHAT'S KNOWN AS A WHOLE HARMLESS? NO. WHAT IS THAT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN THE TESTIMONY FROM, UH, FROM CODE COMPLIANCE. WHAT IS THAT? CAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME, SIR? YES. I DIDN'T DISCUSS THE WHOLE HARMS WITH THEM, AND I MET WITH BOTH OF THEM AT THE LOCATION ON AUGUST THE 23RD OF 2021. AND THAT'S WHEN I MET WITH YOU AND, AND, UH, MS. CARR, IT, IT'S THE, UH, AGREEMENT, WHEREAS IF YOU DECIDE TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE, OH, YES. I, I'M SORRY, SIR. NO, NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. I SAYING WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, NOT ABOUT EVERYBODY'S, BUT WITH THAT THERE AND YOU GUYS WANTING TO DEMO IT, AND NOW WE'RE HERE AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. WHY DID YOU NOT BASE THAT OFF OF COUNSEL'S ADVICE? NOT TO DEMO IT, RIGHT, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE, WE, WE WERE NOT GONNA GO WITH THE CITY BECAUSE WE GOT BIDS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE FOUND OUT, OUT THAT WE COULD DEMO IT FOR A LOT LESS. SO THAT'S THE COURSE WE WERE GONNA TAKE. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT AFTER TALKING TO AN ATTORNEY THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO THAT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT WOULD, UH, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE LAWSUIT IS ABOUT. HE, THE PERSON THAT'S SUING US WANTS US TO REPAIR THE BUILDING. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN HIS SUIT. HE WANTS US TO REPAIR IT OR SELL IT TO HIM FOR 250,000. I GUESS THE NEXT THING I GUESS I HAVE TO ASK WOULD BE GOING TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IF THERE'S NO COURT ORDER TO KEEP THE PROPERTY INTACT UNTIL THE DECISION OF THE COURT NOW, THEN THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING US FROM ORDERING A DEMO. IF THAT'S WHAT'S THE BOARD DECIDES. IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS ERIC LEGAL. THERE'S, THERE IS NOTHING, UH, NO DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MS. WILLIAMS' ATTORNEY THAT STATES THAT THE COURT HAS ORDERED, UM, UH, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR TO CEASE ANY, IN ANY, UM, ISSUES IN REGARDS TO THE STRUCTURE. I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT IF THIS, THIS BOARD MAKES A DETERMINATION ON A STRUCTURE BASED ON, UM, HOW IT AFFECTS THE HEALTH, SAFETY, UM, AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IF THERE'S A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, THIS, IF THIS BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS, EXCUSE ME, THE STRUCTURE IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, THEN AS, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS IT, BUT YOU FIRST HAVE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. ONCE THAT DETERMINATION'S MADE, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD. THIS BOARD CAN, CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION. IT'S NOT A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, BUT IF THIS BOARD DOES MAKE THE DETERMINATION, IT IS, UM, IT SHOULD, IT, IT SHOULD RULE BASED ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE CAN OR WILL HAPPEN. NOW, MY SECOND PART ALSO IS WE OR THE BOARD COUNSEL HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY DOCUMENTATION FROM ANY PARTY TO THIS LAWSUIT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A CIVIL PRIVATE MATTER. WE HAVE NOT, OTHER THAN THE, THE, THE LETTER FROM, UH, MS. WILLIAMS' COUNSEL. UM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S PREVENTING THIS, THIS BOARD FROM CONTINUING TO DO, UM, WHICH YOU'RE TASKED TO DO. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE, IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED, BUT SINCE THERE'S NOTHING THERE LEGALLY SAYING WHAT WE CAN DETERMINE, THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING THIS BOARD FROM MAKING THE DETERMINATION. OKAY. UH, MS. CHAIR, THIS, THIS IS LEGAL IF, UH, UNIQUELY, UH, EXCUSE ME, I RARELY DO THIS, BUT I I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM MS. WILLIAMS. IF SHE, IF SHE KNOWS, UH, DID YOUR ATTORNEY WITH, WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY, UM, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE INFORMATION, DID HE SHARE AT ALL WITH ANY CONCERNS AS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, IF YOU TOOK THE ACTION OR IF THE ACTION OF, OF, OF DEMOLITION WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY? UM, I'M TO GET BACK WITH HIM AFTER THIS MEETING, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE APPEALED. I'M, I'M NOT REAL SURE. UH, AND AS FAR AS THE ORDER TO, TO GET A COURT ORDER NOT TO TAKE IT DOWN, I, THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. NO, I, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND I, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHATEVER THIS BOARD DECIDES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IT. WHETHER THEY SAY, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING, OR WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REPEAL. YEAH. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'LL WORK IT OUT. IT'LL, IT'LL WORK OUT. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE LEGAL MATTERS ARE SLOW. IT'S, IT'S JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. BUT, UH, WE DO [04:25:01] WANNA, WE DO WANT THAT FACILITY TO BE WITH THE V F W. WE REALLY DO. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WELL, THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME LEGAL ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS WERE WORKING ON, BUT YET WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LEGAL STATING THAT WE CAN'T DO. WE COULD GET THAT, YOUR PROCESS OF PUTTING THIS ON THE MARKET AT THE TIME, UM, WITH WHATEVER LEGAL ISSUES YOU HAVE IN THERE, AND YOU WANTED TO DEMO IT AT FIRST, AND NOW YOU WANTING TO HOLD THE BUILDING. AND THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION FOR THE BOARD IN THE FACT THAT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS PROPERTY, WE DON'T WANNA STEP ON ANYBODY'S LEGAL RIGHTS. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE ABOUT. BUT IT'S KIND OF GIVEN US THAT WE GOTTA WALK THAT SUPER FINE LINE. OKAY? RIGHT. MY CONCERN IS, UH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DEEMED, UH, TO ME, IT'S NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEING, IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AT THIS POINT. I MEAN, WE'VE BOARDED IT UP. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO. WE, WE CAN DO MORE. AND I KNOW IT'S, THEY SAY IT'S A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL. I THINK IT'S A DAYCARE THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S A THOUSAND FEET FOR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS. RIGHT? ONE MR. LEE, IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY TWO TWO SCHOOLS. WHICH TWO ST. PHILIP'S, UM, DEVELOP. OH, SO ST. PHILIP'S, WE KNOW THAT'S THE COLLEGE AND THEN MILLER DAYCARE, UM, AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE IN MOST INTENSE FIRES ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THOSE BRICKS WERE NOT DESIGNED WITH FIRE MORTAR OR BRICKS. SO WHAT YOU MAY NOT SEE OUTRIGHT WHEN YOU GO IN, YOU MAY SEE THAT YOUR WALLS ARE STARTING. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING. DANGER. IT'S A FACT THAT YOU LOST THE MAJORITY OF YOUR ROOF OR SUPPORT IN THAT CASE. SO IT HAS A TENDENCY NOT TO SHOW UP RIGHT NOW, BUT OVER TIME, IT'LL START TO ACTUALLY BREAK ITSELF DOWN. SO WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE HERE ARE I WITH RELUCTANCE, IS GONNA SAY THAT IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE CASE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU REALLY SEE. IT'S IF SOMEBODY DOES MOVE SOMETHING THE WRONG WAY, IT ACTUALLY COULD COME DOWN AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES IN IT. SO I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS YOU'RE WANTING SIX MONTHS, PLEASE. AND WHAT IF IT GOES OVER THE SIX MONTHS? IF IT GOES OVER THE SIX MONTHS, WE WOULD BE BACK IN HERE AND YOU WOULD TELL US, WE WOULD TELL YOU WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED, HOPEFULLY THAT IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL. IT, I JUST CANNOT FORESEE IN SIX MONTHS WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU UNLESS I KNOW WHAT'S TRANSPIRED AS FAR AS THE LAWSUIT HAS GONE. I YOU'RE BASING IT OFF. I DIDN'T STEP ON YOU. YOU'RE BASING IT OFF OF WHAT YOUR ATTORNEY SAID. IT COULD TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. ACTUALLY, HE, HE SAID SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME. SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. WELL, I SAY SIX MONTHS 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GO PAST THAT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAID. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THOUGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S JUST WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAID. AND HE SAID THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG IN THE COURTS, BECAUSE OF COVID, THAT IT'S, IT COULD TAKE LONGER. AND PLUS IT'S, IT'S, AND AT THIS POINT, UH, WE, WE FINALLY RETAINED THIS ATTORNEY IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, AND THINGS HAVE REALLY BEEN MOVING SLOW BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED AND THEY COULDN'T REALLY START MOVING UNTIL ALL THE PARTIES CAME ON BOARD AND ALL THE PARTIES JUST GOT ON BOARD IN JULY. SO NOW THINGS ARE MOVING FINALLY. SO, UM, I JUST WANT SOME TIME BECAUSE, UH, I JUST DON'T WANNA SEE THE BUILDING DEMOLISHED. I MEAN THE V F W, WE TALKED WITH THE, UH, THE COMMANDER OF THE DISTRICT OF, UH, UH, THE, THE DISTRICT OF, UH, THE B W F. AND, UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PLANS. THEY HAVE BIG PLANS FOR THAT. AND THEY WANT TO REBUILD, THEY WANT TO REBUILD IT. THEY THINK THE STRUCTURE IS IS FINE AND THEY'RE GOING TO REDO THE ROOF AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, BUT THEY WANT TO PUT A LOCATION RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. CHAIR. [04:30:01] MA'AM, I, HE, HE JUMPED IN FIRST. GO AHEAD, MR. SANGA. I'M COMPASSIONATE TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE A JOB HERE TO DO. RIGHT. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE. AND THE THING IS, IS THAT WE, WE GOTTA DO WHAT WE GOTTA DO. AND YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT LIVE NEAR THERE AND YOU MIGHT NOT. AND IF YOU LEAVE LIVE NEAR THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS DISSATISFACTION PROBABLY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE WITH THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED. AND WE HAVE THAT BUILDING TODAY, ANOTHER YEAR OR WHATEVER IN THE SAME CONDITION. IT AIN'T FAIR, YOU KNOW? BUT, UH, SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE THE CASE. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE PUSHING ON THIS PUSHING. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LEGALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST SINCE MAY WITH THIS ATTORNEY. YEAH. SO, BUT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE, THIS IS OUR THIRD ONE, SO WE FINALLY FOUND SOMEBODY THIRD. YEAH. YEAH. WE FOUND SOME ABOUT, FOUND SOMEBODY BECAUSE THE, IT'S A DIFFICULT CASE. AND SO WE FINALLY FOUND THE ATTORNEY, AN ATTORNEY. ATTORNEY. WE GOT THAT ATTORNEY. YEAH. YEAH. WE FINALLY FOUND AN ATTORNEY THAT BURNS THAT IS HE, HE'S A LITIGATOR AND HE, HE'S, WE ARE GONNA PROBABLY END UP IN COURT. SO, SO HOPEFULLY IT'S A QUICK RESOLUTION. YEAH. AS YOU ALL WANT EVERYWHERE. WE JUST REALLY WANTED THE BUILDING TO STAY BECAUSE OF THAT ARSENIC. YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN ARSENY AND IF IT'S GONE, THERE'S NO WAY WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO APPROVE THAT. NO. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, IF YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, GIVE US 90 DAYS, WE GO DEMOLISH IT OR, YOU KNOW, REBUILD IT, WHICH WERE, THAT WOULD BE ONE OPTION. BUT THE SITUATION AS IS THAT, UH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY LONG HERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT. WITHIN THE, OUR LOSS. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A NATION OF LAWS AND WE GOTTA FOLLOW THE LAW. YEAH, OF COURSE. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISIONS NEXT TO A BURN HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE, ET CETERA. THE BUILDERS THAT MRGO AND, AND IT STINKS. MRGO. DO YOU MY SISTER, SHE LIVES RIGHT NEXT DOOR. MR. ZIKA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OH, NO. JUST AS COMPASSION. IT WAS A STATEMENT, BUT WE, WE GOTTA DO WHAT? WE GOTTA BE COMPASSIONATE TO THEIR NEEDS, YOU KNOW? OKAY. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY, MY PERSONAL ENTITY, NOT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR US. OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'LL BE ON. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT TO THE, THE, THE COMMUNITIES OF SAN ANTONIO, MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UHHUH . YOU, YOU HAVE DO. OKAY. I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING, MA'AM. UH, IT'S NOT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING THAT THEY'RE OFFERING YOU THE MONEY FOR IN THE PAST. 'CAUSE THE BUILDING IS, IS LIKE BURN. IT'S THE LAND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXPENSIVE AND YOU, THE LAND WILL ALWAYS BE WITH Y'ALL. IT'S JUST THE, THE BUILDING'S GOT TO GO PROBABLY. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU ALL OUTTA QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO BASICALLY SHE'S SAYING THE THE LAND WOULD STILL BE YOURS. YEAH. THE LAND WILL BE VALUABLE. YEAH. YEAH. STILL, YEAH. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO AVOID HAVING TO PAY THE DEMOLITION BECAUSE THE V F W WE WERE SERIOUSLY TRYING TO AVOID PLEADING THE, UH, DEMOLITION BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE OTHER OFFERS ALSO OTHER THAN THE V F W. IF WE HAVE TOL IT, THEY WILL PAY FOR THE DEMOLISHING AND YOU KNOW, THEY'LL PAY FOR IT. THEY'LL BUY THE LAND AND DEMOLISH IT. WE HAVE A STRONG BID FOR THAT. SOMEBODY THAT JUST WANTED TO DEMOLISH IT, BUT HE'S AN INVESTOR AND WE WERE LEANING MORE TOWARD THE V F W BECAUSE THEY WERE WANNA RESTORE IT. AND IT'S LIKE A LEGACY FOR MY FAMILY BECAUSE MY FATHER BUILT THAT BUILDING IN, IN, UH, 1960. AND IT, IT WAS A BARBECUE PLACE. SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE RAISED ON, UH, UNTIL, UH, 2002 WHEN HE, UH, WHEN HE LEASED IT BECAUSE HE WAS SICK, HE HAD CANCER AND EVERYTHING. AND MY MOTHER GOT SICK SHORTLY AFTER. AND SO, UM, IT'S SPECIAL TO US AND THAT'S WHY WE KINDA WANTED [04:35:01] TO KEEP IT. THAT'S WHY WHEN I WAS SEEING THOSE PICTURES OF IT, IT'S HARD. BUT WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID HAVING TO PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOMEBODY WILL DO IT FOR US, SOMEBODY, BUT WE NEED TO BE OUT OF THAT CONTRACT IN ORDER TO DO IT. 'CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT WITH THAT CONTRACT. AND WE'RE IN THAT CONTRACT UNTIL 27, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT. SO THAT'S OUR GOAL. THANK YOU. FELICE. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES. UH, CHAIR THERE IS ONE MORE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS PROPERTY. UM, HER SISTER BRENDA CARR. SHE WAS STANDING NEXT TO HER. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? NO, NO. UH, THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. UM, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 0 3 EAST COMMERCE STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED, AND AT THIS TIME IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX OF ARTICLES, UH, EIGHT SECTION 1 56 PARTS 1, 4 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND RECOMMEND THAT IT, UH, PROPERTY BE SECURED, SERVICES BE DISCONNECTED, AND THAT IT BE DEMOED IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. OKAY? SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR 2 6 0 3 EAST COMMERCE STREET, UM, FOR SUBSECTIONS 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED AND SERVICES DISCONNECTED. DUAL. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. SECONDED. SECOND. SECONDED BY, UM, MS. BROWN. DO, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION. CAN WE GET A CALL FOR THE VOTE? LENCIA AN UM, HAYES AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS NAY. ANN WEINER AYE. JOEL SOLIS? AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA, NO. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO. FOUR TO TWO. MS. WILLIAMS, MS. CARR, PLEASE GET WITH MR. LEE AND HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO AFTER THAT. YES, IT IS. IT'S THE LAST ONE. NO, THIS IS THE LAST ONE. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHRISTY GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CODE ENFORCE OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 1 7 VIENDO WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 2 1 7 VIENDO IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 9 3 4 BLOCK SEVEN, LOT 15, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTORS, L L C, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 6 1 9 7 SOUTH RURAL ROAD, SUITE 1 0 3, CHANDLER, ARIZONA. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTORS L L C REGARDING THE PROPERTY VIA PHONE CALL, BUT NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON RECORD. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. [04:40:01] THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 1 7 VIENDO WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2021, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON UNCLAIMED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2021 ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 1 7 VIENDO ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE O WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER. UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTORS, L L C AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN AT THIS TIME. THE OWNER HAS NOT PROVIDED SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 2 1 7 2 1 7 VIENDO HAS BEEN ABATED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOUR TIMES SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2021. THE TOTAL COST OF THE LAST ABATEMENT WAS $1,410. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER NOTICE AND IS PENDING ACTION. ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY'S GR THE CITY'S, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S GRAFFITI TEAM HAS ABATED THE PROPERTY TWO TIMES SINCE JANUARY, 2022. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2021, DECEMBER 3RD, 2021, JULY 12TH, AND 14 OF 2022 AND SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022. UH, THIS PHOTO IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL IN THIS PHOTO. THIS IS THE INITIAL PHOTO FROM THE INVESTIGATING OFFICE, THE INITIATING OFFICER. UM, THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG THE SIDING AND THE PORCH AREA, AND THERE IS DEBRIS SURROUNDING THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENT DAY PHOTOS SHOWING THE SAME, THE FRONT ELEVATION WITH SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE SIDING, THE PORCH AREA, UM, JUST SHOWING THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AND THE NEGLIGENCE BROUGHT ON BY THE OWNER. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. UM, THE SIDING IS, UH, LIFTING IN, IN SOME PLACES THE SKIRTING IS FALLING AND IS MISSING TOWARDS THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, EXPOSING THE FOUNDATION. THERE IS, UH, SHIMMING. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE DETERIORATE POSTS THAT HAVES SUNKEN IN. UM, AND THE BEAMS ARE LEANING. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, SHOWING MORE OF THE SKIRTING, UH, FALLING OFF AND CRACKING MORE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALL AND THE OVERHANG AREA. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE, ANOTHER CLOSEUP OF THAT ELEVATION SHOWING THE, THE, THE POSTS ARE LEANING. AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO TELL IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THERE IS A WOOD MEMBER PLACED ON TOP OF A POST TO HELP TRY TO LEVEL OUT THAT FOUNDATION. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE SHOWING, UM, THE SIDING, IT'S COMING OFF, IT'S FALLING OFF IN PLACES. IT'S CRACKING. UM, SOME AREAS IS NO LONGER THERE, THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE OVERHANG. THIS IS THE SAME ELEVATION JUST TO SHOW HOW CLOSE THE STRUCTURE IS TO A MAJOR FRONTAGE ROAD AND HIGHWAY. AND THERE IS DEBRIS IN THE, IN THE REAR OF THAT PHOTO. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL, BUT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT OCCURS THERE AT THAT PROPERTY. HERE IS THE REAR ELEVATION SHOWING THE SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE. UM, THE SIDING IS CHARRED. THE VINYL, THE, THE FIBER CEMENT SIDING IS CHARRED. AND THERE'S ALSO VINYL SIDING THAT'S CHARRED EXPOSING. THE ALSO ALREADY DETERIORATED WOOD MEMBERS UNDERNEATH. UM, AGAIN, FIRE DAMAGES. THERE IS TRASH THAT'S BEING REMOVED FROM INSIDE THE STRUCTURE BY VAGRANT. THERE IS ALSO GRAFFITI. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS CURRENT ACTION AT THE PROPERTY FOR IT TO BE RESECURED AND, UH, CLEANED. THIS IS JUST A PHOTO DEPICTING THE VAGRANCY THAT IS OCCURRING AT THIS PROPERTY. UM, DURING THIS INSPECTION, I HAD, UH, HELP BY OUR SAFE OFFICERS. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE SEVERE CHARING TO THE GABLE END AREA ON THE EXTERIOR WALL, UH, TO THE FACIAL BOARD AND THE OVERHANG, UH, THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED, HAD CONSUMED THE EXTERIOR WALL SHOWING, OR I'M SORRY, UM, CREATING A HOLE WHICH IS ALLOWING, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. SO THIS IS WALKING INTO THE KITCHEN FROM THAT REAR DOOR THAT WAS SHOWN IN THAT PREVIOUS PHOTO. [04:45:01] UM, AGAIN, JUST FIRE DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AND YOUR, AND YOUR CEILING JOISTS AND YOUR RAFTERS. A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, WHICH POSES AN EGRESS CONCERN. THIS IS A WEIRD BEDROOM, UH, WITH MORE FIRE DAMAGE STUDS AND YOUR, UH, WOOD MEMBERS ON, ON THE ROOF, AGAIN WITH MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS, JUST POSING, UM, AGAIN, AN EGRESS CONCERN. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE HOLE FROM THE PREVIOUS PHOTO JUST TO SHOW THE NATURAL LIGHTING EMITTING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. AGAIN, MORE GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS INSIDE. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE HALLWAY, JUST AGAIN, MORE SMOKE DAMAGE, MORE CHARRING, AND THERE IS A HOLE IN THE CEILING. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE RESTROOM WITH MORE SMOKE DAMAGE. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT TO BEDROOM WITH MORE SMOKE DAMAGE. AGAIN, JUST TRASH AND DEBRIS AND MORE GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS. THIS IS WALKING INTO THE LIVING ROOM FROM THE HALLWAY, UH, WITH MORE SMOKE DAMAGE WALLS CHARRING TO THE CEILING. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BRICKS HAVE FALLEN OFF THE CHIMNEY AND THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT ON THAT WALL, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE EMITTING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE SAME LIVING ROOM JUST FACING THE FRONT ELEVATION. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. IT WENT ALL THE WAY FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS STILL STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM LOOKING UPWARD INTO THE CEILING, JUST SHOWING THE NATURAL LIGHT THAT'S EMITTING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. 2 1 7 VDO IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL MAIN STRUCTURE WITH ISSUES TO ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS. YOUR ROOF, YOUR WALLS, AND YOUR FOUNDATION. THE G A ROOF WITH ASPHALT SHINGLE COVER SYSTEM HAS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE WITH CHARRING TO THE DECKING, RAFTERS AND CEILING JOISTS, FIRE DAMAGE TO THE TOP PLATE AND STUDS, SMOKE DAMAGE, INTERIOR WALLS, YOUR DRYWALL MISSING AND FALLING IN SOME AREAS, THE COMBINATION OF WOOD TRANSIT SIDING HAS FIRE DAMAGE IN THE REAR ELEVATION, WHICH CHARING TO THE OVERHANG. EXTERIOR WOOD WALLS ALSO HAVE FIRE DAMAGE CREATING A HOLE, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. REMAINING SIGHTING IS BROKEN AND FALLING IN SOME AREAS. THE FOUNDATION POSTS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF ROT AND DETERIORATION AND ARE LEANING, UH, BEAMS ARE ALSO LEANING. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 1 7 IS INVI 2 1 7. VIENDO IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6. SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 2 1 7 VDO. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? MADAM CHAIR? I DO. GO AHEAD. I GOT A COUPLE OF 'EM. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ONE YOU SAID ABATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE WERE CLEANUP. YES, THERE WERE, UH, REMOVAL OF THE TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THE SECURING OF THE PROPERTY OR THE STRUCTURE. SO DO YOU HAVE A COST THAT THAT WASN'T PROVIDED? WELL, THE, THE TOTAL COST OF THE LAST ABATEMENT THAT OCCURRED WAS $1,410. BUT AN OVERALL COST OF ALL THE ABATEMENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THE PROPERTY COMES OUT TO 1000. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, $4,154, NOT INCLUDING THE ONE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IN NOW, IS THAT FOR, THAT'S INCLUDING THE ONE I JUST MENTIONED FOR THE 1,410. OH, OKAY. SO THAT ONE ALREADY DONE? YES. ONE THAT YOU PUT IN. OKAY. YES. THE NEXT ONE IS, IS YOU OR WHOEVER. I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WAS YOU, WHOEVER CONTACTED THE, UH, ASSOCIATE. UH, IT'S ON, UM, 9 13, 20 22. TARA HAM. YEAH. UH, HAN ASH OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT PERSON STATED, THEY KNOW THE OWNER AND THEY WOULD GET BACK, BUT IT AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS THEY WOULD GET BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER IMMEDIATELY CALLING AFTER THE DP OFFICER. DID ANYBODY EVER GOT BACK WITH YOU GUYS? NO, SIR. SO YOU'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT PHONE CALL? YES, SIR. AND THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROPERTY OTHER THAN NO. ALRIGHT, THANK [04:50:01] YOU. ANYONE ELSE? LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT A MOTION? SURE. GO AHEAD MS. MO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 17 VIENDO BE DEMOLISHED DUE TO JUST STAY WITH THIS. OH, SORRY. OKAY. THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 17 VIENDO WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18 ON NINE 13 2022. I MESSED YOU UP. IT SHOULD BE THE DP MOTION. OH, AM I ON THE WRONG ONE? YOU'RE RIGHT. NO, I SAID DEMOLISHED. THAT WAS A DRY RUN. I APOLOGIZE. AND I, I MU I MUST SAY, OFFICER, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING THE LAST ONE IS THERE , I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 17 VIDO IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56. NUMBER 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND ANY OTHER ORDERS OF SECURING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD. SECOND. MR. ZUNIGA, YOU HAVE TO WAIT. . SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO FOR 2 1 7 VN, THOUGH FOR SUBSECTIONS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ALREADY ABATED AND SECURED, CORRECT? IT HAS CURRENT ACTION. IT HAS CURRENT ACTION. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE SECURING OF THAT PROPERTY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. ZIKA. ALL RIGHT. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NO DISCUSSION, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? UH, LENCIA HAYES? AYE. FREDERICK ANDIS? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. JOELLE SOLI. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. JESSE ZUNIGA AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. THANK YOU. IS CAN WE GET THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? , COME ON, MS. MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? NO. WE ARE DISMISSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. HEARING UNANIMOUS. DECISION ADJOURNED. WE ARE ADJOURNED. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. UNANIMOUS DECISION. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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