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WE NOW HAVE A, WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMIN TOMAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO.
AND MYSELF, ES ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST CHAIR.
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OKAY.UH, DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? YES.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COULD WE GET MADAM CHAIR? WE ALSO NEED THE SPANISH TRANSLATION.
OH, WELL WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET.
I'M ONE OF THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS.
ALRIGHT, NOW CAN WE, UH, DO THE MINUTES CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT? I'M SORRY.
UH, WELL, THIS, WHAT I HAVE DOESN'T SAY THAT, BUT I WILL SAY, UH, MR. TAPIA IS GONNA READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT BECAUSE MY EYES ARE STILL NOT IN FOCUSED.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE, THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IN THE CITY, WE'LL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMIT, YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATIONS, UH, PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PUBLIC O OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO THE, IS TO, UH, DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH, UH, REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 3 6.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MR. TAPIA.
UM, I GUESS WE CAN DO APPROVAL OF MINUTES NOW.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A, SO ROBERT TAPIA APPROVE THE MINUTES.
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OKAY.WE ALREADY HAVE A, UM, A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A VOTE CALL PLEASE.
MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
STAFF REPORTS.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS WE WILL BE PULLING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, 88 10 FLINT VALLEY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THAT OWNER, THAT PROPERTY ORIGINALLY COME TO THE BOARD, UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UM, MAKE THE EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THE OWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE DONE THEIR, OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE APPLIED FOR ANY ASSISTANCE THEY DO HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO WE'VE NOT QUITE EXHAUSTED THAT YET, SO WE'D RATHER PULL IT BACK, UM, ONE MORE TIME AND GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND TO MAKE SURE HE'S HAD EVERY EFFORT TO, UH, GET ASSISTANCE FOR HIS PROPERTY.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT ONE AFTER WE'VE, UH, CONFIRMED THAT THE NEXT PROPERTY IS AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, UH, 1 0 0 9 NORTH ZAMO STREET AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022 DUE TO A FIRE, WHICH DID OCCUR ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH OF 2022.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
LEGAL, DO YOU LEGAL, DO YOU WANT MS. CHAIR? THIS IS LEGAL.
I'M, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS, UM, 9:38 AM AND, UH, LEGAL HAS CALLED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL RETURN SHORTLY.
THE TIME NOW IS 9:40 AM AND, UM, ON, UH, WHAT IS TODAY? THE SIXTH OF, UM, OCTOBER OF OCTOBER, 2022.
THE, UM, BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, UM, OF SAN ANTONIO.
MADAM CHAIR, IS YOUR MIC WORKING? THEY, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IT MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW HOW THESE MICS ARE.
UH, THE EXECUTIVE, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO WILL RECONVENE, UH, AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I, OUR FIRST CASE IS, UM, ONE 18 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WAS LOCATED AT 1 1 8 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY 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.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ALSO LIKE TO NOTE, UM, THAT WE HAVE RESET THIS CASE TWICE PER THE OWNER'S REQUEST BEFORE WE BROUGHT THIS CASE TO THE BOARD.
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THE OWNER, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 9 7 3 LOT THREE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.THE OWNER ON RECORD IS HIS MAJESTY ST.
ADAMS VICTOR, WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 5 5 5 ENCINO PARK ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
SS A P D, OFFICER GUILLEN AND SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN T AS WELL AS THE OWNER, HIS MAJESTY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES.
A PHONE NUMBER WAS FOUND FOR THE OWNER AND WE DID SPEAK WITH THE OWNER WE, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022.
WE SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND HE STATED THAT HIS INTENT WAS TO DEMOL THE SECOND STORY AND REPAIR.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE CODE DID STATE TO THE OWNER THAT THE ENGINEER'S LETTER IS REC RECOMMENDED, STATED THE SECOND FLOOR SINCE THE SECOND FLOOR STORY SYSTEM HAS BEEN COMPROMISED, ALSO NOTIFIED HIM WHAT WAS NEEDED AS AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, BIDS AND PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS TO PRESENT BEFORE THIS BOARD, AS OF SEPTEMBER 28TH, WE DID SPEAK WITH HIS ASSISTANT AND SHE DID STATE THAT THEIR, THE OWNER'S NEW INTENT TO THE PROPERTY IS TO MAKE A FULL REPAIR TO THE FIRST FLOOR AS WELL AS THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 18TH, 2022.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 1 8 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED.
CLAIM RETURNED TO CLAIMED ON WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 1 8 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER WITH NOTICE, NO CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERING REPORT WAS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED UNTIL THIS MORNING.
THE OWNER DID PROVIDE HIS FINANCIAL PROOF AS OF OCTOBER 5TH, 2022.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1 1 8 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM ST.
THE ELECTRICAL WAS DISCONNECTED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2012.
GAS WAS DISCONNECTED ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2020 12.
SAWS ALSO VERIFIED THAT THE SERVICES WERE DISCONNECTED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2019.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, TODAY'S FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WERE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ROOF DAMAGE TO THE SECOND FLOOR TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO, SHOWING WHERE THE STRUCTURE WAS COMPROMISED DUE TO THE FIRE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME DAMAGE IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO TO THE FACIAL BOARDS OF THE EXTERIOR WALL, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE FACIAL BOARDS TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO THAT'S CONNECTED TO THAT GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALSO SHOWING TAGGING TO THAT ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE SECOND FLOOR SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE FROM THE EXTERIOR SIDE.
THESE COLUMN POSTS HERE AS WELL ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF CRACKING.
IT'LL BE THE THIRD TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO.
THERE IS DAMAGE IN CRACKING TO THESE COLUMNS.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE DAMAGES TO THE COLUMNS AS WELL, AND FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE SHOWING THAT THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE EXPOSED AS WELL AS ROTTING, DETERIORATING, AND NO LONGER PROPERLY RESTING ON THAT.
ON THAT, UM, THE FOUNDATION CONCRETE, MOVING ALONG THE RIGHT WALL, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS MORE CRACKING INTO THE STUCCO AS WELL AS TAGGING, SHOWING SIGNS OF VAGRANTS COMING ONTO THIS PROPERTY.
ALONG THE BACK, THERE'S MORE CRACKING THAT'S RUNNING TO THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO WITH STEPPING FROM THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO.
YOU'LL SEE STEPPING, MOVING UP TO THE CENTER OF THE WALL, GOING ACROSS TO THE ELECTRICAL METER, AS WELL AS, UH, DAMAGE TO THE FACIA BOARDS AS WELL.
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AND THEN FROM THE MOVING FURTHER ALONG THIS REAR WALL, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MORE CRACK CRACKING THAT WRAP WRAPS AROUND SHOWING THE SIGNS OF STEPPING AS WELL WITH DETERIORATION TO THE OVERHANG.NOW, THE OWNER HAS STARTED RECENTLY CLEANING UP THE INTERIOR FROM MY PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS.
THERE WAS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
AND IN THIS, IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DEBRIS IS BEING REMOVED AND PICKED UP.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM FROM THIS ANGLE, FROM THIS PART OF THE, OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S TAGGING THROUGHOUT, SHOWING SIGNS OF GRAS AND UNWANTED GUESTS GOING INSIDE THE BUILDING AS WELL.
YOU'LL, THERE'S A, A LONG WALKWAY.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS ROOF DAMAGE.
THIS IS ALSO WHERE THE FIRE HAD HAD OCCURRED.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S CHARRING TO THE ROOF SYSTEM OR TO THE, TO WELL AS, UH, SHEET ROCK DAMAGE TAGGING.
ALSO A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT FROM THIS POINT ON.
AGAIN, MOVING TO THE LEFT FROM THE SAME SPOT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE HOLE GOING TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
UH, FROM THIS PHOTO, I AM CURRENTLY UNDERNEATH THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, SHOWING AGAIN THE CHARRING AND DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS OF THIS FROM THIS AREA HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ELECTRICAL IS COMPROMISED, HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF STRIPPED AGAIN.
MOVING FURTHER INTO THE BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S STILL SOME MORE DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK CEILING, SHEET ROCK, EXPOSING ALL THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THERE'S SIGNS OF EARLY DETERIORATION AS WELL AS WATER DAMAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE, THE BUILDING FROM THIS PHOTO HERE.
MOVING TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
AGAIN, JUST MORE DETERIORATION TO THE, TO THE SECOND FLOOR DECKING.
NOW MOVING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE THAT AGAIN, THERE'S SIGNS OF UNWANTED GAS AND IGRAS GOING INSIDE WITH THE GRAFFITI.
THERE'S ALSO, AGAIN, THE OWNER HAS STARTED CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S STILL, STILL DEBRIS INSIDE MOVING.
TAKING PICTURES TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS THAT ARE GOING THROUGHOUT THIS BUILDING, AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS, AGAIN, A CLOSER LOOK OF THE DECKING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S WATER DAMAGE AS WELL AS FIRE DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
I'M MOVING IN, IN THIS PHOTO HERE.
IT'LL BE FROM THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BUDDING ALONG THE LEFT, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUDDING.
BUT THIS IS TOWARDS THE FRONT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S, THAT.
BEHIND THAT COUCH IS AN ACTUAL BED SHOWING SIGNS OF PEOPLE SLEEPING AND STAYING ON THIS SIDE OF THIS INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS GRAFFITI EXPOSED, UH, WOOD MEMBERS FOR THE CEILING SYSTEM, ROOF SYSTEM, AND THEN TAKING A PICTURE TO THE RIGHT.
AGAIN, MORE GRAFFITI DEBRIS, SIGNS OF PEOPLE STAYING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS WATER DETERIORATION, WATER DAMAGE DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
A CLOSER LOOK OF THE GABRIEL ROOF SYSTEM SHOWING THAT THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE AS WELL, MOVING INTO ONE OF THE OTHER ROOMS GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THIS, THIS ROOM IS MORE IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING.
AGAIN, THERE'S MORE SMOKE AS WELL AS, UH, FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, TO THE WOOD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE WALLS ARE SHOWING CHARRING AND FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL.
MOVING TOWARDS THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF SYSTEM IN THIS PORTION HAS STARTED COLLAPSING DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL AS DEBRIS ON THE GROUND.
MADE IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH FROM THIS POINT.
AND THEN A PICTURE TO THE LEFT, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT THESE, THE WOOD MEMBERS TO THE ROOF SYSTEM ARE, ARE CHARRED AND COMPROMISED AS WELL AS THE METAL, UH, ROOFING IS STARTING TO DETACH AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE ELECTRICAL METERS IS SHOWING THAT ALL THE, THE WIRING HAS BEEN STRIPPED, WHICH IF THIS POWER DOES GET TURNED BACK ON, IT WOULD MAKE AN ELECTRICAL CONCERN AS WELL AS A HAZARD.
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MOVING ONTO THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ROOF SYSTEM IS, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY, IS COMPLETELY GONE DUE TO THE FIRE, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE RAFTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CHARRED.WHEN I WAS WALKING UP THE STAIRS, I HAD TO TAKE MY TIME WALKING UP THE STAIRS 'CAUSE THEY WOULD MAKE A, A CREAKING SOUND.
OKAY, NOW THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR.
I DIDN'T GO ANY FURTHER FROM THIS POINT 'CAUSE THE, THE, THE SUBFLOOR IS COMPROMISED DUE TO THE FIRE AS WELL AS THE STUDS AND THE, THE CEILING.
THE, UM, THE RAPTORS ABOVE THAT ARE IN SOME AREAS STARTING TO COLLAPSE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF 'EM ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS PHOTO HERE.
JUST MOVING MY CAMERA TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RAPTORS HAVE STARTING TO COLLAPSE, AS WELL AS THE STUDS THAT ARE ALL CHARRED AND, AND COMPROMISE AS WELL TO THAT WALL, THAT BACK WALL.
AND BETWEEN THAT DOOR, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS ALSO COMPROMISED.
THERE'S MISSING SHINGLES AS WELL WITH GRAFFITI ON TOP OF THAT ROOF SYSTEM.
THE STRUCTURE BEING LOCATED AT 1 1 8 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 BOARD.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND DEFINITION NUMBER 14.
THE SUBSECTIONS ARE 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION OF NESS OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION WITH THE PROPERTY REMAINING VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 1 8 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
SO AFTER THE FIRE, WHAT STOPPED US FROM PRONOUNCING IT, UH, IN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, THE, THE FIRST FLOOR, THE WALLS ARE, THE EXTERIOR WALLS WEREN'T SHOWING ANY MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE.
THE MAJOR PORTION IS GONNA BE THE CENTER OF THAT BUILDING.
THE CONCERN IS THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND THAT WAS THE BIGGER, THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAD.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE VERIF, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UM, AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T SHOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REASON FOR THIS STRUCTURE TO BE MEETING THAT CRITERIA OF AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT WAS A CONCERN AND WE DID MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOARD AND BRING IT TO THE BOARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO ONE.
UM, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE THE FIRST IS THE FIRST OFFICER, UH, SS A P D OFFICER.
IS IT BRANDON? WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? UH, GUILLEN.
COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR PRECINCT FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY NAME IS BRANDON GUILLEN, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER.
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, I'VE BEEN IN THE SAFE UNIT FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.
UH, HERE ON SOUTH, UM, THE LOCATION HERE, ONE 18 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
THE OFFICER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THE CASE, UH, HAD A CLASS THAT HE HAD TO GO TO AS FAR AS, UH, WITH THE SAFE UNIT.
HE DID LEAVE ME A LETTER, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO READ THAT TO YOU.
UH, BUT FIRST I'LL GIVE MY STATEMENT AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED THERE AT THE LOCATION.
AND THEN I'LL READ THE, THE LETTER AFTER THAT.
UM, SO WHEN I'M AT THE OFFICE, UH, I DO GET PEOPLE COMING IN, RESIDENTS THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LOCATION.
UM, I'VE GONE OUT THERE MYSELF TO GO CHECK ON IT.
THE COMPLAINT WAS ALWAYS HOMELESS, JUMPING OVER THE FENCE AND GETTING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE LOCATION.
UM, WE'VE GONE OUT THERE TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN OPEN DOOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TOLD US THAT THERE'S AN OPEN DOOR IN THE BACK.
AND SURE ENOUGH, THAT'S THE WAY THE HOMELESS ARE GETTING IN AND OUT.
UH, WE CONTACTED DANGEROUS PREMISES IN THE PAST TO HELP US SECURE THE LOCATION, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS A
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CONSTANT THING.CALLING, UH, COCOM CO COMPLIANCE AND THE DANGEROUS PREMISES UNITS GO OUT THERE AND HELP US EACH TIME.
IT WAS ALWAYS, UM, SYRINGES ON THE FLOORS.
BAGGIES, UH, YOU CAN TELL THAT WAS PROPERTY IN THERE THAT WAS DID NOT BELONG TO THEM.
UH, YOU WOULD HAVE PITCHED OUT TENTS INSIDE.
UH, YOU WOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE POOL TABLE INTO A BED.
EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY BROUGHT IN A BED.
UH, BUT THIS WAS JUST AN ONGOING ISSUE.
UH, WHEN WE DID GO INSIDE, WE'D ALWAYS ENCOUNTER FIRE PITS INSIDE THE LOCATION AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE, THE BUILDING FROM THE SOUTH PORTION TO THE MIDDLE, ALL THE WAY TO THE, UH, NORTH PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
UM, IT IS A HAZARD FOR US BECAUSE EACH TIME WE DO HAVE TO GO IN THERE, UH, WE HAVE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY BEFORE DANGEROUS PREMISES OR CODE OFFICERS GO AND SECURE THE LOCATION.
UH, EVERY TIME WE GO IN THERE, UH, YOU HAVE TO BACK WHEN WE, WHEN BEFORE THEY CLEANED IT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO JUMP OVER, YOU KNOW, DEBRIS, WHATNOT, GET TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND IT WAS ALWAYS A DECISION WITH THE OFFICERS WHO'S GONNA GO UP TO SECURE THE LOCATION.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO FALL THROUGH THE STAIRWELL.
UM, SO I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO GO UP THERE AND CLEAR THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S JUST SAFE OFFICERS THAT KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT'S NOT PATROL OFFICERS THAT ARE JUST ROUTINELY, YOU KNOW, WHEN SAFE OFFICERS AREN'T THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE THE CALL.
THEY DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE INSIDE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE, WHAT WE'D ALWAYS ENCOUNTER.
UM, THERE WAS A, A ONE TIME WHERE THEY DID SECURE THE LOCATION.
WE HAD A FEMALE OFF OF THE SERVICES.
SHE DIDN'T WANT IT, SHE DIDN'T WANNA TALK TO US.
UH, WE DIDN'T CLEAR THE REAR JUST YET.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T, UM, THEY DIDN'T BOARD UP THE REAR JUST YET.
THEY BOARDED UP THE FRONT FIRST.
SO WE FOLLOWED THE CONTRACTORS TO THE FRONT.
10 MINUTES LATER WE WENT TO THE BACK AND THE SAME FEMALE THAT WE TOWED HAD TO LEAVE, OFFERED THE RESOURCES, CAME BACK AND SHE WAS LAYING BACK IN THE BED.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S JUST A CONTINUOUS DEAL.
THEY MADE IT, THEY MADE IT THEIR HABITAT, THEY MADE IT THEIR HOME.
UH, THERE IS SOMEBODY THERE ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT IS WATCHING OVER THE PLACE, CLEANING UP.
UH, WE'VE TOLD HIM YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING INSIDE.
HE GOES, I'M NOT STAYING INSIDE.
I'M PITCHING A TENT OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY.
UH, KIND OF TOLD HER, THAT'S STILL A VIOLATION IN ITSELF, BROTHER.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BE DOING THAT.
HE GOES, WELL, THEY ALREADY STOLE MY TENT.
SO THIS IS THE ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UM, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO READ WHAT OFFICER VINCENT GONZALEZ HAD TO STATE.
DEAR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FIRST, LET ME APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND MY FELLOW OFFICERS WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND SOUTH SAFE UNIT FOR MISSING TODAY'S MEETING.
I KNOW THAT I HAD ADVISED OTHERS THAT I WOULD BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT ONE 18 RETA HIGHWAY, AND I HOPE THAT THIS LETTER IS THE NEXT, NEXT BEST THING.
I HAVE BEEN AN OFFICER OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR 32 YEARS, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
MOST OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN IN AND AROUND THE LAST KNOWN AS AS THE LOCATION KNOWN AS SECRETS, EITHER AS PATROL OFFICER OR SAFE OFFICER.
MOST RECENTLY WITH THE CLOSING AND THEN THE FIRE DAMAGE THAT HAS LEFT THE BUILDING IN ITS CURRENT STATE.
I HAD, I'VE HAD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THAT SUCH A BUILDING, SUCH A BUILDING INVITES.
THE LARGEST PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED AT ONE 18 ERTA HIGHWAY ARE THAT THE BUILDING MANY TIMES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE UNSECURE, BE IT A DOOR THAT IS OPEN OR PARTS OF THE BUILDING THAT HAVE SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE, ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR, AVAILABLE TO WHOMEVER WANTED TO GO INSIDE.
THIS WAS A VACANCY SIGNED TO THE HOMELESS IN THE AREA, AND THEY SOON MADE THE LOCATION A RESIDENCE.
THOUGH MOST OF THE HOMELESS I ENCOUNTERED WERE COMPLIANT WITH WHATEVER I ASKED OF THEM.
I HAD RECEIVED CALLS FROM HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ABOUT AN INCREASE IN THEFTS.
THE TIMES THAT I WOULD GO BY THE LOCATION TO CHECK THE BUILDING, I WOULD ENCOUNTER HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS INSIDE THE BUILDING, MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME IN WHATEVER PART OF THE BUILDING THEY WANTED.
NOT ONLY WOULD THEY BE RING, WOULD THEY BRING THEIR BELONGINGS INTO THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO START FIRES INSIDE COOKING FOR COOKING AND PRESUMABLY TO KEEP WARM DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WOULD ALSO BE PRESENT IN THE BUILDING, WHICH I WOULD GUESS BELONGED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THE BUILDING THEIR HOME.
THE CONDITIONS INSIDE THE LOCATION WERE SUCH THAT I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD SEEK RESIDENCE IN THE BUILDING AND WHY THEY WOULD ENDANGER THEMSELVES WITH LIVING IN A BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE, SUCH AS THIS, THIS ONE, I HOPE THIS LETTER SHEDS A LIGHT ON THE CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NOT I, BUT MY FELLOW OFFICERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AT ONE 18 ADE HIGHWAY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? AND CAN YOU PRESENT THAT LETTER FOR FOR THE RECORD? YES, I CAN.
THE NEXT PERSON IS, UH, THE TROY TEAGUE BOARD DANGEROUS PREMISES, JOSHUA MARTINEZ.
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THAT AFTER CONFIRMING THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS A DART PROPERTY FROM IN THE PAST, WE DID DO A DART INSPECTION ON THIS PROPERTY AUGUST 6TH, 2019, DUE TO THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AS WELL AS CODE CON CON VIOLATIONS AS WELL ON THE PROPERTY.AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RESTATE AGAIN THAT WE WOULD'VE BROUGHT THIS CASE UP, BROUGHT TO THE, THIS CASE TO THE BOARD SOONER, BUT PER THE OWNER'S REQUEST, WE'VE RESET IT TWICE AND NOW WE'RE HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF THE BOARD PRESENTING THIS CASE.
DID THE BOARD SAID IT TWICE OR DID YOU ALL SAID IT TWICE? WE INTERNALLY SET THAT TWICE PER THE OWNER'S REQUEST.
THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE TO SPEAK IS, UH, TROY TEAGUE.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR FIREHOUSE YOU REPRESENT, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.
I'M A CAPTAIN, UH, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I'M ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ACCOMPANIED, UH, THE DANGEROUS PREMISES, UH, TO INSPECTION AT THE, UH, ONE 18 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UM, AFTER THE INSPECTION, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS, HAS BEEN TO THIS LOCATION FOR THIS.
UM, WE DO AGREE THAT THIS PROPERTY POSES A DANGER FOR THE PUBLIC AND RESPONDING FIREFIGHTERS DUE TO STRUCTURAL DEGRA DEGRADATION, UH, PREVIOUS FIRE DAMAGE, HOARDER CONDITIONS, AND HIGH COMBUSTIBLE, A HIGH COMBUSTIBLE FIRE LOAD.
UH, SO HAVING SAID THIS, OUR RESPONDING FIREFIGHTERS COULD, UH, BE EXPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, LIKELY RAPID, RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND EARLY STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE AND THEN ADDED THE PROBLEM THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS POPULATION IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WOULD, WE WOULD NOT MAKE ENTRY INTO A BUILDING IN THIS CONDITION, BUT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF A REPORT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE, THEN WE'VE GOTTA MAKE AN ATTEMPT FOR A SEARCH AND RESCUE AND, UM, THE CONDITION OF BUILDING WOULD, YOU KNOW, LEAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS EXPOSED TO, UH, DISORIENTATION AND DUE TO, UH, LIMITED ACCESS, THE EGRESS AND JUST THE KIND OF NON-TRADITIONAL STUFF THEY HAVE STORED IN THE BUILDING.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD TO SAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, FOR THE OFFICER? YES.
SO CAN YOU, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INITIATE AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION BASED ON, ON THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AND, AND THE FIRE DAMAGE? WE CANNOT UNLESS THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A STRUCTURE OF FIRE GOING ON.
SO IF IT CAUGHT ON FIRE TONIGHT AND THE INCIDENT COMMANDER OF THAT FIRE SCENE, UH, DEEMED THE BUILDING UNSAFE, UH, HE COULD REQUEST, UM, TO HAVE, UH, T C I DEMO THE BUILDING.
AND I BELIEVE DANGEROUS PREMISES IS A PART OF THAT PROCESS, BUT THAT'S REALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ON SCENE COMMANDER.
WHETHER THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THE, THE PAST.
THEY MAY, THEY MAY NOT KNOW ALL OF THE THE INS AND OUTS OF, OF THE BUILDING.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT IF THAT DID HAPPEN AND, AND THEY HAD A STRUCTURE FIRE THERE, THE ON SCENE COMMANDER WOULD DEEM IT, UH, DANGEROUS AND, AND WANT TO HAVE IT DEMOED.
WELL, I'M SURE HE WOULD A REPORT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE THERE ON THE SCENE BEFORE THEY EVEN LEFT THE SCENE IS WHEN THE EMERGENCY DEMO HAPPENS.
SO WAS HE ON THE SCENE, UH, WHEN THIS FIRE TOOK PLACE? THERE? THERE'S BEEN THREE SEPARATE FIRES THIS YEAR.
UH, FEBRUARY 19TH, MARCH 27TH, 9:00 PM AND MARCH 27TH AT 11:49 PM UM, E EVERY FIRE HAS A, A CHIEF THAT RESPONDS AS AN INCIDENT COMMANDER.
THAT CHIEF IS IN CHARGE OF THAT PARTICULAR FIRE SCENE.
SO IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THAT.
THEY ALWAYS, SOMETIMES THEY ASK FOR JUST PART OF THE BUILDING TO BE TORN DOWN.
THEY, MAYBE IT'S JUST A FIREPLACE OR MAYBE IT IS JUST A PART OF A BUILDING.
SO THE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY UP TO THAT ON SCENE COMMANDER.
AND IF HE DIDN'T, LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE, BELIEVE THIS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE ENOUGH TO BE TORN DOWN.
HE, I GUESS HE DIDN'T MAKE THAT CALL.
I GUESS, I DON'T MEAN TO, TO QUESTION THE JUDGMENT OF YOUR FIRE COMMANDER, BUT THREE FIRES IN ALMOST THREE WEEKS AND HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T DEEM THIS TO BE NECESSARY.
IT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT ON SCENE.
COMMANDER, I'M, I'M, THIS IS LEGAL.
WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THIS BOARD IS DOING IS NOT GOING INTO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD TODAY IS A, A, A PROPERTY THAT DEVELOPMENT
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SERVICES BELIEVES IS A DANGEROUS PREMISE.UM, SO I, I'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET US FOCUSED MORE ON THE, THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AND STEPS MOVING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE PROPERTY.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS ST.
ADAMS. HE'S MAJESTY, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 1 1 8 NEW LOREDO HIGHWAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST WITNESSED SUCH A BIAS PRESENTATION FROM THE PREVIOUS GUESTS.
LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE A VERY BIASED PRESENT.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND SAY YOUR CASE, SIR.
AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAME AND SAID THERE WERE TWO, THERE WAS A WIRE THAT SEEMED ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT SEEMED TO BE A DANGER AND IT WAS A DEAD WIRE.
THEY MENTIONED TWO OTHER LITTLE PROBLEMS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T LIKE, THEY WENT AND POSTED A NOTE ON THE BOARD THAT WE SHOULD CLOSE THE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.
WE TOLD THE CITY, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US SOME TIME TO FIX WHAT YOU SEE TO BE A PROBLEM? THEY DID NOT.
WE HAD TO CLOSE THE OPERATION.
WE TOLD THE CITY WAS A BAD IDEA THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT TO FIX AND TO BE GIVEN SOME TIME TO FIX IT.
WE HAD TO VE VACATE THE PROPERTY AND WE TOLD THE CITY THAT A PROPERTY THAT IS NOT OCCUPIED WOULD POSE A PROBLEM.
AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE WE HAD A FIRE.
AFTER THE FIRE, WE HAD THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COME AND, UH, EXTINGUISH A FIRE.
THEN WE TOLD THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHAT DO WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROMISED US THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE PATROLLING THE BUILDING 'CAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND, TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
THEY SAY PROMISE TO US THEY WERE GONNA PATROL THE BUILDING.
LONG AFTER THAT THERE WERE VAGRANT GET INTO A BUILDING AND WE HAD A DIFFICULTIES THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS SAID THAT WE CANNOT BE ON THE PREMISE.
THAT NOT ONLY WE NEED TO VACATE THE UH, OPERATIONS, WE CANNOT BE ON THE PREMISE.
WHY CAN'T WE ON BE ON OUR PREMISE? THE OPERATIONS IS CLOSED.
SO BY US NOT BEING ON THE PREMISES, V START COMING IN, WE CALLED THE CITY COMPLAINT.
THE CITY HAD ME SIGN A LETTER THAT PROMISE SIGN A LETTER GIVEN THE AUTHORIZATION THAT IF THEY FOUND ANY V VN ON THE PROPERTY, THEY WERE GONNA TAKE THE VN TO JAIL.
AND THEY PROMISED ME TO PATROL THE BUILDING CONSTANTLY.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE SAME VN GET ARRESTED, THEY GET TURNED LOOSE, THEY COME BACK, THEY TRY TO SET SHE TO TO STAY IN THE BUILDING.
WE GO AND TELL THE BUILDING, I'M NOT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I CANNOT GO PHYSICALLY AND REMOVE THOSE VN.
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TO CALL YOU GUYS TO COME AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
NEXT TIME THE SAME VNT, THE SAME VNT, THEY COME ON THE PROPERTY, WE CALL THE CITY.
AND I JUST, I WAS PERPLEXED ABOUT HOW COME I'M THE VICTIM, THE VNT COME ON MY PROPERTY, WHAT CAN I DO? I CAN TELL THEM TO LEAVE.
I CALL THE CITY THE CITY, ARREST THEM AND TURN THEM LOOSE.
THE SAME VAGRANT SEEM TO COME ALL THE TIME.
HOW AM I RESPONSIBLE? I'M NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SIR, LET ME JUST INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MINUTE.
WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED THE HISTORY.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND WE'VE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES AND WE JUST NEED TO KNOW, UH, THIS IS A DEMOLITION CASE.
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A DEMOLITION CASE AND UH, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING IN FRONT OF US IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN OR NOT.SO THAT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT, WE ARE WILLING TO HEAR IT.
YES, THINGS COULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE FASTER SOONER, BUT MY LEGAL COUNSEL, THE LAWYER HAD A HEART CONDITION ABRUPTLY.
SO HE'S NOT BEEN ABLE TO GUIDE ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS AND GET EVERYTHING DONE ON TIME.
HE EVEN HAS OFFERED ME TO ASK YOU GUYS A COUNSELOR TO POSTPONE THE SESSION.
BUT I CAME BEFORE THE COUNSELOR TO SHOW THEM THAT IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE.
THE LAWYER REALLY HAS A HARD PROBLEM AND HE'S NOT ABLE TO PERFORM ANY SERVICES AT ALL AT THIS TIME.
THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE ENGAGED AN ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
THE ENGINEER HAS VISITED THE PROPERTY, HE'S BEEN PAID ALREADY AND HE HAS DEEMED THE STRUCTURE TO BE SOUND.
THAT IS SOME MINOR THINGS TO FIX, BUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE IS NOT COMPROMISED AT ALL.
AND, UH, DID THAT LETTER WITH YOU, SIR? YEAH, WE HAD, UH, WE WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET THE FINAL REPORT.
UH, YESTERDAY WE HAD JUST THE PRELIMINARY, THE STARTING THE STARTED WRITING REPORT AND THE SECRETARY OF THE SAID THAT THEY WERE WAIT, WAITING FOR THE ENGINEER TO SIGN THE FINAL REPORT SO IT CAN BEAR, IT CAN BE MAILED TO US.
MY SECRETARY, SHE WAS WAITING ON, UH, ALL LAST YESTERDAY AND ALL NIGHT TO GET THE REPORT SENT TO HER.
BUT THE ENGINEER VERBALLY HAD TOLD US THE INTEGRITY, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE BUILDING CENTER BLOCKS, THE STRUCTURE IS NOT COMPROMISED.
THERE'S MORE THAN MINOR THINGS TO FIX ACCORDING TO THE PICTURES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.
YOU DIDN'T BRING IT IN FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UH, DID YOU BRING ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY? YES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE GOTTEN THE BID ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SIGN, THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC SIGNATURE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT DIDN'T, DID NOT APPEAR ON THE COPY THAT I HAVE.
SO I HAD THE BID HERE, A TOTAL BID OF ABOUT 48,700 PLUS 6,000 IN ROOFING.
AND I HAVE A FINANCIAL ABOUT $62,000 ON A BANK STATEMENT.
MORE THAN ENOUGH TO ACCORDING, ACCORDING WITH THE, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE OFFICER TOLD US, THAT YOU WERE ALREADY GIVEN TWO TIMES ALREADY TO DO WHATEVER YOU WERE GONNA DO AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT.
NO, NO, WE WERE NOT GIVEN YOU WERE ASKED FOR MORE TIME.
WE, WE WERE NOT GIVEN TWO TIME.
THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO THE, UH, TO THEM WE SAID WE WERE IN A MIX.
WE HAD A, WE HAD A, THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WE HAD HAD A, UH, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND WE TOLD THEM THAT WE ARE IN A MIX OF SETTLING THE ISSUE WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THAT IT WAS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THAT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS CLEAR ON THE INFORMATION.
I WAS INVOLVED IN THE REQUEST BY HIS ATTORNEY TO RESET THESE CASES MORE THAN ONCE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO INSURANCE ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO PREVENT A PROPERTY FROM COMING TO THIS BOARD IF THAT PROPERTY POSES A DANGER TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS BOARD IS CLEAR THAT THERE WERE TWO, UM, SEPARATE TIMES THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA BY THE REQUEST OF, UH, MR. MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY.
UH, THE LAST TIME IT WAS PULLED, IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
I I GOT, I DON'T HAVE THOSE, UH, UH, THOSE LETTERS HERE, BUT THE LETTER WAS SENT TO THE SAVITA RAY THAT WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE SETTLEMENT WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS POSTPONED.
'CAUSE I NEEDED THE INSURANCE PRO PROCEED TO FIX THE BUILDING.
AND EVEN WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WE TOLD THE INSURANCE COMPANY, CAN YOU TOTAL THE BUILDING DI THE BUILDING AS A TOTAL LOSS? THEY LEFT BECAUSE AFTER THEY DID ALL THEIR, I MEAN THEY WERE INSURANCE ENGINEER WHO WENT THERE, THEY SAID NO, THE, THE LOSSES WERE VERY PARTIAL AND I WAS VERY FAR FROM BEING A TOTAL LOSS.
SO THIS IDEA OF A BUILDING BEING DEMOLISHED
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IS A TOTAL LOSS.THE, THE REPAIRS, IT MAY LOOK BAD ON THE PICTURE, BUT IT REPAIRS ARE NOT AS, AS MATTER OF FACT, I GOT SOME BUILDINGS HERE, SOME PICTURES HERE SHOWING THAT THE TOP FLOOR IS THE COMPROMISE FLOOR.
AND WE ASKED THE ENGINEER, SHOULD WE GET RID OF THE TOP FLOOR AND KEEP ONLY THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THEY DEEMED THAT NO FIXING THE TOP FLOOR WAS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE THAN THERE WAS NO REASON TO GET RID OF THE TOP FLOOR.
THE BUILDING, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE BUILDING YES.
YOU MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DID NOT LIKE THE BUSINESS YOU WERE RUNNING.
WAS THAT A LEGAL BUSINESS OR ILLEGAL BUSINESS? IT'S A LEGAL BUSINESS BUSINESS, BUT THE SAN ANTONIO FROWNS ON THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS BECAUSE, UH, THE BUILDING WAS A GERMAN'S CLUB.
THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY WE ARE IN BEFORE THIS BOARD.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY SAY THERE WERE FEW, FEW LITTLE THINGS TO FIX, THEY DID NOT GIVE US ANY TIME THEY WENT AND JUST POST ON US AND CLOSE US AND WE WARN THEM THAT IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM WHEN WE ARE NOT OPEN, GIVE US TIME TO FIX IT.
IT IS A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO FROWN ON THOSE, THESE BUSINESSES AND GIVE THEM HARD TIME THAT ANY OTHER OTHER BUSINESS HAD WE BEEN A RESTAURANT OR WHATEVER, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER CLOSED US.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE TO SHOW THE BUILDING, TO SHOW THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING IS NOT COMPROMISE.
AND THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 2019, YOU SAID? YES, SIR.
AND I HAD TO ADD TO THE BOARD THAT THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY BRINGS ABOUT ABOUT 16,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES TO THE CITY
THAT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH TAXES I PAY BY 16,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES EVERY YEAR TO HELP RUN THE CITY.
SO IF THIS PROPERTY SINGS, THE ENGINEER DEEMED THE STRUCTURE TO BE SOUND AND WE HAVE A HEARTBEAT AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO FIX IT.
WE JUST WANT THE BOARD TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE PROPERTY WATCHING THE PROPERTY AT ALL TIME.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.
SO WE YOU, WE DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT IN.
AND THESE PICTURES LOOK VERY, VERY FAMILIAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ON THE SCREEN.
SO I'M, I'M NOT, UM, I I'M JUST NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE ENGINEER LETTER.
WE COULD GET HIM AS SOON AS TODAY WAS YOUR DAY TO SHINE, SIR.
DID ANYBODY GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE AS TO HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO FIX THIS PROPERTY? YES SIR.
WE HAVE THE ESTIMATE HERE ABOUT 48,000 PLUS 6,000 BY 54,000.
AND WE HAVE A BANK STATEMENT OF 62,000, I MEAN A TIMEFRAME.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? UH, I, WHEN I ASKED, UM, ALL THE VENDORS, THEY SAID, UM, ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S A, THE, THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THEY HAVE TO GO AND GET ALL THE PERMITS.
THAT'S ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS IT CAN BE FIXED.
IF WE HAD THAT, IF THE BOARD CAN GIMME A CHANCE ABOUT 180 DAYS FROM HERE, THEY WON'T, THIS WON'T BE A PROBLEM.
IF WE WERE TO FIX IT, WE WILL OCCUPY IT AND THERE WON'T BE ANY VAGRANT COMING ON THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY ARRESTED THE VAGRANT, THEY TURN THEM LOOSE, THEY CAME BACK.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THIS CASE.
BUT HAVEN'T YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE ABOUT ANOTHER CASE? YES.
I BELIEVE ABOUT MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO.
I'M SORRY, ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.
I I I I REMEMBER WAS IT SOMEWHERE ON PERAL OR SOMETHING? PERAL, YEAH, THERE WAS A, YEAH, YOU HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO IT, A FILE ON AND WE FIXED IT AND EVERYTHING WAS YEAH.
IT WAS FIXED AND EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, SIR? I JUST WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO
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UNDERSTAND A DILEMMA, THE KIND OF BUSINESS IT WAS AND THAT IT'S, IF I HAD NOT BEEN CLOSED, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A FIRE'CAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ME ANY GOOD TO BE PAYING $16,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES AND GET NOTHING IN RETURN.
DO THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, OKAY, DO WE HAVE A, UM, A MOTION? DO THE GUPTA HAS A MOTION YOU CAN STAND ON, SIR.
I, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT ONE 18 LOREDO HIGHWAY, SAN ANTONIO, UH, SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE PROPERTY AT ONE 18 NEW LORETO HIGHWAY BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HELLO? HELLO? I HAVE A QUESTION THE SECRETARY HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM THE ENGINEER OFFICE.
WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION THAT'S ALREADY BEING, WE ALREADY INVOLVED, SIR.
YEAH, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UH, ONE 18, UH, NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS.
UH, IS IT SIX AND SEVEN? SIX, UH, VIOLATION.
UH, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17.
AND, UH, AS OF 2019, AND AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, I ALSO PROPERTY TO REMAIN IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMO.
ANY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR ANYTHING BOARD? THERE WAS A CORRECTION.
UH, SUBSECTION 14 WAS TAKEN OUT.
IF HE SAID 14, WE WANNA SCRATCH THAT OUT BECAUSE IF 14 WAS NOT A PART OF IT, BOARD DANGEROUS PREMISES.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT I AM ASKING THE PROPERTY DEMOLISHED WITH THE PROPERTY BEING VACATED, REMAINING, VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED AS WELL.
TO HAVE THE PROPERTY VACATED AND, UH, SECURED IMMEDIATELY.
AND I AGREE IT SHOULD BE VACATED AND ALL YOU TODAY IS DISCONNECT.
RIGHT? OKAY, SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH.
SO WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, TO THE MOTION FOR IT TO BE VACATED AND, UM, SECURED AND ALL UTILITIES DISCONNECTED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA.
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MS. BROWN? YES.MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
UH, MR. UH, VICTOR, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER, MR. ST.
MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 5 0 6 SOUTH GENERAL MULLEN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 6.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 1 2 6 0 8 SOUTH I R R 4 5 1 POINT 91 OF 1 2 7 AC AND N C B 5 7 5 3 DASH HUNDRED A AC AND P DASH 1 7 2 AC LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS DOLORES TERRA VISTA HOUSING, L L C.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS CURRENTLY TENANT OCCUPIED.
THE 21 SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED ARE 3 0 2 0.3 SIDEWALK, DRIVEWAY.
ALL SIDEWALKS, WALKWAYS, STAIRS, DRIVEWAYS, RETAINING WALLS, PARKING SPACES, AND SIMILAR AREAS SHALL BE KEPT IN PROPER STATE OF REPAIR AND MAINTAINED FREE FROM HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
DAMAGE DUE TO WORK BY PUBLIC UTILITIES SHALL BE REPAIRED BY SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITY ACCORDING TO THE SAME STANDARDS REQUIRED BY A PROPERTY OWNER.
3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT.
ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, CORNICES, PORCHES, TRIMS, BALCONIES AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY RESISTANT WOODS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND DECAY BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT.
ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS AS WELL AS THOSE BETWEEN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE PERIMETER OF THE WINDOW DOOR, SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED, WEATHER RESISTANT AND, UH, WATER TIGHT.
ALL METAL SURFACES SUBJECT TO RUST, CORROSION SHALL BE COATED TO INHIBIT SUCH RUST AND CORROSION AND ALL SURFACES WITH RUST AND CORROSION SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FUTURE RUST AND CORROSION.
OXIDATION STAINS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM EXTERIOR SURFACES.
SURFACES DESIGNED FOR STABILIZATION BY OXIDATION ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT.
ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FREE FROM DETERIORATION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SAFELY SUPPORTING IMPOSED DEAD AND LIVE LOADS.
3 0 4 0.7 ROOF AND DRAINAGE ROOF AND THE ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS.
S RAIN ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT THE DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS AND DOWN PORTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS.
3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS.
ALL OVERHANG EXTENSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS AND METAL AWNINGS.
FIRE ESCAPES, STAND PIPES AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINING GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPERLY ANCHORED.
BE PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO KEEP THE SOUND IN IN SOUND CONDITION WHEN REQUIRED.
ALL EXPOSED SERVICES OF METAL AND WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODIC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENTS.
3 0 4 0.10 STAIRS DECKS, PORCHES, BALCONIES, EVERY STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, AND BALCONY SHALL
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AND ALL ADDRESSES ATTACHED THERETO SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING IMPOSED LOADS.3 0 4 0.12 HAND GUARDS AND RAILS, UH, I'M SORRY, HANDRAILS AND GUARDS.
EVERY HANDRAIL AND GUARD SHALL BE FIRMLY FASTENED AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING NORMAL IMPOSED LOADS AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
3 0 4 0.13 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, DOORFRAMES.
EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOORFRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR, WEATHER TIGHT.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
3 0 4 3 2 OPENABLE WINDOWS EVERY WINDOW OTHER THAN A FIXED WINDOW SHALL BE EASILY OPENED AND CAPABLE OF BEING HELD IN THAT POSITION BY WINDOW HARDWARE.
ALL EXTERIOR DOORS, DOOR ASSEMBLIES, HARDWARE AND OTHER SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
LOCKS AT ENTRANCES TO DWELLING UNITS AND SLEEPING UNITS SHALL BE TIGHTLY SECURED.
A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 0 2 0.330 5.3 INTERIOR SURFACES.
ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS, DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION.
LOOSE PLASTER, PLASTER, DECAY, WOOD, OR OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACES SHALL BE CREATED, UH, CORRECTED.
3 0 5 0.4 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES EVERY STAIR RAMP, LANDING BALCONY, PORCH DECK, OR OTHER WALKING SURFACE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
EVERY INTERIOR DOOR SHALL FIT REASONABLY WELL WITHIN ITS FRAME AND BE CAPABLE OF BEING OPENED AND CLOSED, BEING PROPERLY AND SECURELY ATTACHED TO JAMS, HEADERS, OR TRACKS AS INTENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
ALL STRUCTURES SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM INSECT AND RODENT INFESTATION.
ALL STRUCTURES IN WHICH INSECTS AND RODENTS ARE FOUND SHALL BE PROPERLY EXTERMINATED BY APPROVED PROCESSES THAT SHALL, THAT WILL NOT BE INJURE TO HUMAN HEALTH.
AFTER EXTERMINATION, PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT REINFESTATION 5 0 4 0.1 PLUMBING FIXTURES.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN WORKING ORDER SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, DEFECTS, CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH THE PLUMBING FIXTURES WERE DESIGNED.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE, SANITARY, AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION.
ALL KITCHEN SINKS, LABORATORIES, WATER FACILITIES, BATHTUBS, SHOWERS SHALL BE SUPPLIED WITH HOT OR TEMPERED AND COLD RUNNING WATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE.
5 0 4 0.3 PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS WERE FOUND THAT A PLUMBING SYSTEM HAD HAZARD WERE FOUND THAT A PLUMBING SYSTEM IN A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS OR OTHER STRUCTURE BY REASONS OF INADEQUATE SERVICE, INADEQUATE VENTING, CROSS CONNECTION, BACK SIPHON, IMPROPER INSTALLATION, DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE, OR FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIALS SHALL BE REQUIRED THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED AND ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.
6 0 3 0.1 MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, ALL MECHANICAL, UH, EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES, FIREPLACES, SOLID FUEL BURNING, AP APPLIANCES, COOKING APPLIANCES AND WATER HEATING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, MAINTAINED IN A SAFE WORKING CONDITION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE INTENDED FUNCTION.
6 0 4 0.3 AL HAZARD SYSTEMS WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL HAZARD, THE AL SYSTEM, AND A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS ARE TO THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE AND PROPER FUSSING, INSUFFICIENT RES RECEPTACLE, THE, AND LIGHTING OUTLETS AND PROPER WIRING OR INSTALLATION DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE, OR FOR SIMILAR REASONS, A CODE OF OFFICIAL SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.
AND 7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS IN GROUP R ONE, R TWO R THREE OCCUPANCY USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND R AND R SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE TO INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AS AMENDED BY THE CITY.
R THREE RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES.
USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES INCLUDE ONE ADULT CARE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FIVE OR FEWER PERSONS OF ANY AGE, LESS THAN FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
TWO CHILDCARE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FIVE OR FEWER PERSONS OF ANY AGE FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
THREE, CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES WITH 16 OR FEWER PERSONS AND ARE THREE OCCUPANCIES.
ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS NOT USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
NUMBER ONE, SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT ADOPTED BY THE CITY AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OR TWO
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IF REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE PLACED ON THE CEILING OR WALL OF EACH SEPARATE, UH, SLEEPING AREA OR IMMEDIATELY VICINITY OF, OF THE BEDROOMS. THE PROPERTY INSPECTIONS ON JUNE 28TH, 2022, UH, DART INSPECTION OF THIS PROPERTY WAS CONDUCTED.
SEVERAL SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND AND NO NOTICE OF VACATE WAS ISSUED AT THAT TIME.
ON JUNE 30TH, 2022, CITY STAFF MET WITH THE OWNER, MAINTENANCE MANAGER AND PROPERTY MANAGER, EXPLAINED ALL CONCERNS AND ASKED THAT ALL REPAIRS BE MADE, NOTICES WERE ISSUED.
AND AN ENGINEERING REPORT WAS REQUESTED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2022.
REINSPECTION OF LOCATION STILL IN VIOLATION, WALKED A PROPERTY AND VERIFIED THAT NO HER WORK HAD BEEN STARTED AND NO ACTIVE PERMITS WERE ON FILE.
PHOTOS TAKEN AUGUST 25TH, 2022, REINSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY WALKED THE COM COMPLEX WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND THE CONTRACTOR.
SOME WORK HAD BEEN STARTED BUT NOT COMPLETED.
AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST WAS MADE FOR THAT COMPREHENSIVE ENGINEERING REPORT.
THE B S B NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR MET WITH, UH, CONTRACTOR TO ASSESS THE STAIRWELL IN BUILDING 11 DUE TO EXTENSIVE DILAPIDATION.
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022, REINSPECTION CONDUCTED PROPERTY MANAGER AND MAINTENANCE STAFF WALKED THE PROPERTY WITH INSPECTORS.
VIOLATIONS REMAIN WITH MINIMUM AND PROGRESS MADE PHOTOS TAKEN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE PROPERTY OVERLAY.
UM, THAT IS, UH, ON GENERAL MCMULLEN.
YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, UH, 15 BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE LABELED NEXT 16.
THAT IS THE WALKWAY OUTSIDE THE MAIN OFFICE.
UH, ALL THESE PICTURES WE HAD TO SELECT CERTAIN PICTURES.
THESE ARE PICTURES OF, OF VIOLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS, UH, A WALKWAY OUTSIDE THE, THE OFFICE, UH, NEXT TO THE POOL.
NEXT, THIS IS A PHOTO YOU'LL SEE, UM, SOME SOFFIT WORK AND FACIAL WORK HAS BEEN STARTED.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE, UH, LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE CORNER, THAT IS A FIRE DAMAGED UNIT, AND YOU'LL SEE THE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE WALL AND UP TO THE SOFFIT.
NEXT, THAT IS THE, UH, THERE IS A SEPARATION OCCURRING BETWEEN THE ROOF STRUCTURE AND THE WALL NEXT.
AND THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THAT UNIT.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, SEALED THAT WITH, UH, SPRAY FOAM AND THAT IS AN OCCUPIED UNIT.
NEXT, THAT IS, UH, ANOTHER PICTURE OF THAT SAME WALL WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT COMING THROUGH IT.
NEXT, THAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE ROOF STRUCTURE NEXT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ROTTED, UH, FASCIA, ROTTED SOFFIT.
NEXT, THIS IS, UH, SOME DAMAGED WOOD, A TERMITE DAMAGE, UH, TO THIS WOOD, SECOND FLOOR WALKWAY NEXT.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE, UM, WALKWAY HAS STARTED TO, TO TIP AWAY FROM THE BUILDING.
AND THAT WAS REPLACED, REPAIRED WITH SPRAY FOAM.
AND THAT IS THE, THAT IS OUR, UH, LEVEL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUBBLES ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT.
SO THAT IS, THAT GRADIENT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
NEXT, THAT IS THE, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SECOND FOUR WALKWAY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S NO SUPPORTS UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE, UNDERNEATH THE WALKWAY NEXT.
AND THAT IS, AS THE WALKWAY IS SETTLING, IT'S PULLING AWAY FROM THE OVERHANG NEXT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S MOVED ALL THE WAY TO LEFT FOR THAT, FOR THAT STRUCTURE.
NEXT, THIS IS THE, UH, THIS IS A STAIRWELL UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE, THAT STAIRWELL HAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THEY HAVE PUT BOARDS IN THERE FOR A TEMPORARY SHORING UP A WHILE AGO.
AND THAT TEMPORARY FIX IS NOW PULLING AWAY EVEN FURTHER.
NEXT, THESE ARE THAT STAIRWELL.
UM, THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE REPAIRS.
THEY DID PULL A PERMIT, BUT THERE IS NO ENGINEER,
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UH, REPORT ON FILE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ATTEMPT TO REPAIR.NEXT, NEXT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS OUTSIDE OF OCCUPIED UNITS, AND THIS IS, UH, MISSING PICKETS.
AND THE RESIDENTS PUT THIS UP THERE SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN WOULDN'T FALL THROUGH THE MISSING PICKETS.
THERE'S MISSING, MISSING PICKETS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
UM, ALSO WHERE THE HANDRAIL MEETS THE, THE POST IN THE REAR OF THIS PICTURE, THERE IS A CABLE WRAPPED AROUND THAT POST TO KEEP THE HANDRAIL STEADY.
NEXT, THAT IS A WINDOW FRAME THAT HAS ROTTED OFF, UH, OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW, NEXT AND BROKEN WINDOW, AND THEN BROKEN WINDOWS THROUGHOUT.
NEXT, THIS IS THE BACK OF BUILDING FOUR.
UM, ALL THOSE, THE AIR CONDITIONERS, THE ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS ARE ALL, UM, SECURED EITHER BY, UH, WOOD, UM, OR CARDBOARD.
AND THEY'RE BLOCKING THOSE WINDOWS OPEN SO THEY'RE NOT CLOSABLE WINDOWS, AND THEY'RE ALSO NOT ABLE TO BE USED FOR EGRESS.
NEXT, THIS IS THAT SAME BUILDING.
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT BUILDING.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ALMOST ALL THESE WINDOWS HAVE THAT SAME, UH, BOARD, UH, WIND, AIR, AIR CONDITIONER SET UP.
YOU'LL SEE IT IN OTHER PICTURES.
THE LIGHT FIXTURE HAS BIRD NESTS IN IT, UH, CREATING FIRE HAZARDS.
NEXT, THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR, UH, OF A UNIT.
DOESN'T FIT PROPERLY, NO WEATHER STRIPPING.
NEXT, AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT UNIT THAT IT IS FRONT DOOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE WEATHER STRIPPING, UH, IS NON-EXISTENT.
NEXT, THAT'S THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF A PARTICULAR APARTMENT.
UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE, ALL, THESE VIOLATIONS ARE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
NEXT, THAT IS THE INSIDE OF AN OCCUPIED UNIT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NO DRYWALL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ARE EXPOSED.
NEXT, THAT IS THE BATHROOM TO THAT UNIT.
UM, THERE'S NO, UH, WATER PROTECTION NEXT.
THAT IS, UM, THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE, IN THAT UNIT.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE, THE OTHER UNIT THAT IS BEING COMPLETELY REHABBED.
NEXT, NO, THIS IS THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT IS, THAT IS FROM THE UNOCCUPIED UNIT LOOKING TOWARD THE OCCUPIED UNIT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'VE PATCHED UP THE INSIDE OF THE WALL.
BUT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT NEXT THAT FLOORING.
UH, THAT TILING IS CRACKING AND CRUMBLING BECAUSE THE FLOORING UNDERNEATH IT IS SOFT AND UNSOUND.
NEXT, UH, THAT'S AN INTERIOR DOOR.
UH, WE SEE THIS A LOT THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR.
DOORS ARE FALLING OFF THE HINGES.
NEXT, THAT IS, UH, THAT'S A SHOWER CURTAIN THAT HAS BEEN, IS FALLING BECAUSE IT'S SECURED TO THE PAINT.
IF YOU LOOK IN THAT HOLE, YOU'LL SEE IT'S FULL OF ROACHES BEHIND THE PAINT NEXT.
AND THERE IS A DIFFERENT UNIT WITH, UH, ALSO AN INFESTATION OF ROACHES.
NEXT, THAT IS, UH, A SHUTOFF FOR A BUILDING, BUT IT IS LEAKING WATER.
WE TRACK THE WATER BACK TO THIS, TO THIS CONNECTION.
THOSE ARE THE, UH, THAT IS THE, UH, CLEANOUT FOR THE SEWER.
THE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS UNBLOCKED, BUT THERE WAS NO CLEANUP AND NO SEWER CAP WAS PLACED ON.
WE SEE MISSING SEWER CAPS THROUGHOUT NEXT, AND THAT IS INSIDE ONE OF THE VACANT UNITS.
BUT THERE'S AN ACTIVE OF WATER LEAK THAT'S AFFECTING OCCUPIED UNITS.
AND YOU CAN SEE A BUILDING UP THERE IN THE CORNER NEXT.
AND THAT IS THE, UH, THE BACKSIDE.
THE, YOU CAN SEE THE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM.
UH, THE, UH, RUNOFF FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ACTUALLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE.
AND YOU SEE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, THE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL, UM, OF THE BOX RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, THAT WINDOW IS BLOCKED, BLOCKING, EGRESS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A DIFFERENT, UM, UH, LIGHT FIXTURE WITH THE BIRD'S NEST IN IT.
NEXT, THAT IS THE, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER UNITS.
IT, UM, OF COURSE, IT'S BEEN LEFT OPEN, OPEN, EXPOSING THE ELECTRICAL.
AND YOU SEE IN THE BACK OF THAT, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE IS ALSO AN ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX THAT IS WIDE OPEN, EXPOSED WIRE NUTS.
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AN INTERNAL AC SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WORKING.AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, IT'S IMPROPERLY INSTALLED NEXT.
AND THAT IS THE, THAT'S ANOTHER OUTSIDE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT THAT IS LEAKING.
AND IS, THIS LEAK HAS BEEN GOING ON SO LONG.
THE WINDOW FRAME BELOW IT IS SOFT AND IS SPONGY G NEXT, THAT IS INSIDE ONE OF THE UNOCCUPIED UNITS.
UM, THAT WAS AN ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX THAT CAUGHT FIRE.
NEXT AND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY, THERE ARE A LACK OF SMOKE DETECTORS.
THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY, UH, THE PROPERTY BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY.
MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 2 0.3 SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS 3 0 4 0.2.
PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.4.
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, 3 0 4 0.7.
OVERHANG EXTENSIONS 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAYS DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES.
WINDOW SKYLIGHTS AND DOORFRAMES.
WINDOW GLAZING, 3 0 4 0.132 OPENABLE.
STER STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES, 3 0 5 0.6.
INTERIOR DOORS, 3 0 9 0.1 INFESTATION, 5 0 4 0.1.
PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS, 5 0 5 0.1 0.2.
MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, 6 0 4 0.3.
7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS AND THAT THEY BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL REPAIRS.
OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY PERMITS, ORDER THAT THE UNITS AFFECTED BY THE DILAPIDATED STAIRS BE VACATED UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE AND FINES BE ISSUED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND WHAT A PRESENTATION MY, LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, UM, IN THE VERY FIRST PICTURE, WHERE ALL THE LITTLE, THE NUMBERS ARE, THE BUILDINGS? YEAH.
THIS IS YOU CONCENTRATED ON 25 0 6, IS THAT CORRECT? OR DID YOU GO TO ALL OF THEM? NO, ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BUILDING NUMBERS WITHIN THE PROPERTY OF 25 0 6.
SO THEY'RE ALL BUILDINGS OF 25 0 6.
SO 25 0 6 IS THE, THE ADDRESS OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND WE JUST NUMBERED THE BUILDINGS SO WE COULD KEEP TRACK OF WHERE WE WERE WHILE WE WE'RE DOING THESE INSPECTIONS.
BECAUSE ALL THESE BUILDINGS HAVE VIOLATIONS.
SO ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE THESE ALL SAME VIOLATIONS? YEP.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL BUILDINGS WITHIN 25 0 6.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DAVID GARZA, AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED FINES.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? WELL, THE, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR FINES BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN THIS CONDITION FOR A WHILE.
AND THE FINES, YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT UP TO US, OR DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED FINES, OR ARE THEY PRESCRIBED UNDER CODE? WE WILL RELAY THAT TO THE BOARD.
UM, BUT WE'D JUST LIKE TO SEE FINES ISSUED FOR THE VIOLATIONS.
YEAH, I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, SO, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A ZIP CODE FOR THIS AREA? JUST FOR THE RECORD? 7 8 2.
THIS IS BY KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, ISN'T IT, BY KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO KELLY.
MR. UH, GUPTA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WANT, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST HERE? I HAVE, WE DO HAVE SS A P D TO SPEAK.
WE DO HAVE S A P D TO SPEAK, UH, SAFETY.
BOARD, UH, OFFICER BRANDON PRATT.
UH, ALONG WITH VINCENT GONZALEZ EARLIER.
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SO AGAIN, I'LL BE, UH, PRESENTING THE CASE AS FAR AS ANYTHING CRIMINAL, UH, THAT'S GOING ON THERE.MY NAME IS OFFICER GUILLEN, BRANDON GUILLEN WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I, COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN PRE COVID, I, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SAFE OFFICER FOR THAT AREA, SO I HAD TO TAKE, UM, PART AS, AS FAR AS THAT, THAT AREA FOR TILL WE GOT A NEW OFFICER.
UH, WHEN I ATTENDED THE H O A MEETINGS IN THE AREA, THE LOCATION WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UH, THE WINSTON SQUARE APARTMENTS AS FAR AS, UH, THEY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT WAS COMING THROUGH WINSTON SQUARE APARTMENT ALONG WITH OTHER APARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL AREA.
I, MYSELF, AGAIN, WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
UH, I, I BECOME AWARE OF THE AREA.
THEN WE GOT OFFICER BRANDON PRATT INTO THE UNIT, AND HE TOOK CONTROL OF IT.
WELL, WITHIN THAT TIME, I'VE HELPED HIM IN SEVERAL WAYS.
UH, WHEN THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DART THE LOCATION, I DID MY HISTORY AND I JUST, UH, HE DIDN'T PRESENT ME WITH ANY PAPERWORK.
SO I JUST, BEFORE I CAME OVER HERE, I SAID, WELL, LET ME JUST RUN A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK ON IT.
OR AS FAR AS THE C F SS AND THE CALL LOAD AND A TWO YEAR HISTORY, WHAT I PRESENTED DART AND A TWO YEAR HISTORY, THAT WAS 47 AND A HALF PAGES, UH, 47.
EACH PAGE CONSISTS OF 50 CALLS.
SO ROUGHLY IN TWO YEARS, ABOUT 2300 CALLS.
AND IF YOU WANNA GET TECHNICAL AND YOU WANNA BREAK IT DOWN, YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF 9 1 1 CALLS IN THERE.
LOUD MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT AREN'T, UH, MAJOR CRIMES.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT'S STILL CONSIDERED A NUISANCE, UH, TO, TO S A P D 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CALLS REGARDLESS.
UM, BUT SO I, I DID BREAK IT DOWN.
UH, IN THE PAST, UH, I BROKE IT DOWN TO THE MAJOR CRIMES AS FAR AS, UH, ROBBERIES, UH, DISTURBANCE WITH A GUN, UH, MAJOR THEFTS, UM, AND OTHER, UH, FELONY, UH, CRITERIA.
AND THOSE THAT BROKE IT DOWN TO AT LEAST 15 PAGES RIGHT THERE.
SO ROUGHLY ABOUT 750 CALLS IN THAT TWO YEAR HISTORY.
UH, OFFICER PRATTS, ALONG WITH OTHER SAFE UNITS, UH, JUST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO, DID A COVERT OPERATION.
THESE ARE PATROL OFFICERS THAT ARE IN, IN VEHICLES, UH, WATCHING IT FROM A DISTANCE.
UH, THESE AREN'T DETECTIVES, SO WE'RE NOT IN COVERT UNITS, BUT WE ARE WATCHING IT FROM A DISTANCE.
AND ONE PARTICULAR APARTMENT, UH, JUST IN A COUPLE HOURS, GOT THREE CASES FOR NARCOTICS.
UH, THEY WERE SELLING OUT OF A WINDOW, SO THEY MADE THE ARREST.
UH, SO THERE IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THERE.
UH, WE DO GO THROUGH THERE, BUT, UH, OFFICER PRATT IS KIND OF AWAY FROM EVERYBODY ELSE TOO.
UH, HE DOES, UH, GET WITH THE OTHER PATROL OFFICERS, UH, THROUGHOUT.
WE SENT EMAILS TO THEM TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, CAN YOU KEEP AN EYE ON IT? BUT OFFICERS CAN'T BE THERE 24 7.
WE HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS TO GET TO AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS YES, UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS NEARBY.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET, WINSTON ELEMENTARY.
UH, SO WHEN THERE ARE CALLS, MAJOR CALLS, UH, WE DO, EDGEWOOD PD DOES GET ON THE RADIO AND DOES ASK US, UH, SHOULD WE LOCK DOWN THE SCHOOL.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF A NORM FOR EDGEWOOD.
I S D WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, A MAJOR CRIME DOES HAPPEN NEXT DOOR, UH, THEY GET ON THE RADIO, DO WE HAVE THE APPROVAL TO LOCK DOWN? AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.
UM, SO MY, MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS YES, THERE IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THERE.
IT'S NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT IF I CAN JUST SUGGEST MAYBE SOME TYPE OF SECURITY, UH, ON THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.
UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
SO THIS IS THE WHOLE AREA THAT YOU'RE PATROLLING THE, OR THIS IS 1 25 0 6.
THAT'S THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE BUILDING.
I BELIEVE THERE'S 15 BUILDINGS, I BELIEVE.
UH, SO THE OFFICER, OFFICER PRATT MAINTAINS AS FAR AS HE WORKS THAT AREA, THAT'S HIS AREA.
BUT HE HAS THE SURROUNDING AREA OUT THERE.
IF YOU FOLLOW THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO AND HIGHWAY 90 AND THEN FOLLOW IT ALL THE WAY TO GENERAL HUDNELL, UH, THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY FURTHER DOWN, UH, GOING WEST ON 90, THAT'S ALL HIS AREA OVER THERE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
HE HAS A WHOLE BIGGER PART OF IT.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO.
IS THERE ANY OTHER OFFICERS HERE THAT NEED TO SPEAK? OKAY.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, IS THE PROPERTY OWNER PRESENT? THE, UH, GENERAL MANAGER IS PRESENT.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF NAMES HERE.I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS FIRST.
UH, WHY DON'T WE TRY, IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR SHEET, THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT'S KELLY BOYER IS THE GENERAL, GENERAL MANAGER? NO.
I SEE A PATRICIA KELLY, UH, JENNY ALVAREZ.
JENNY ALVAREZ IS THE GENERAL MANAGER.
I DON'T SEE A JENNY ALVAREZ ON HERE.
DID YOU SIGN UP MS. ALVAREZ? MS. MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU HAVE A GINNY ALBERTS RIGHT SIDE, JUST BELOW TOP RIGHT BELOW THE WORD, UH, PROPERTY.
UNDER THE NAME KELLY, G E N N Y.
UM, MS. UH, MS. ROBERTS, WOULD YOU COME UP? GOOD AFTERNOON.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, MY NAME IS JENNY ALBERTS AND I AM THE PERSON WHO'S REPRESENTING THE OWNER.
I HAVE BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
OH, MY ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IS 2 1 5 CENTER STREET IN SAN ANTONIO.
NOW YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE OWNER? I DO HAVE, I AM REPRESENTING THE OWNER AND I'VE BEEN HERE ALL THE TIME.
AND PRACTICALLY THE BOX IS STOPPED WITH ME AND I'M HERE TO SEE HOW WE CAN RESOLVE ALL OF THESE ISSUES.
ARE YOU THE PROPERTY MANAGER? I'M THE REGIONAL, UM, MANAGER, YES.
UM, I, I, I SEE EVERYTHING THAT IT HAS BEEN PUT IN HERE, AND UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BEFORE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
UH, THE O FOCUS IN ON, ON THIS.
I HAVE A, I I I, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
AND I KNOW THAT I SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS BEFORE WE COME INTO THE MEETING, GIVE THEM THERE SO THEY CAN BE ON THE, UH, UM, SCREEN.
I HAVE A DOCUMENT HERE WHERE I AM SHOWING ALL THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY WERE, UM, MENTIONED WITH A PERCENTAGE OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THEM.
WE DO HAVE THE, UM, A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORT THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THIS ALREADY, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT YOU, YOU GET THE PERMITS.
AND, UM, AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE KEEP WORKING AT IT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU TOO MANY STORIES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME EXTENSION TO KEEP WORKING WITH THE, UM, INSPECTORS FOR RUSO SO WE CAN COMPLETE WHATEVER, UH, VIOLATIONS HE HAS FOUND.
MA'AM, DID YOU BRING IN AN ENGINEER'S REPORT OR A SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL? UH, YEAH, WE HAVE THE ENGINEERS REPORT, UH, FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS.
AND, UM, DID YOU BRING IN A SCOPE OF WORK? UH, IT ISN'T THE ENGINEER REPORT.
UH, SCOPE OF WORK SHOULD BE FROM A CONTRACTOR.
SO DO YOU HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK, SIR? YES, I HAVE ALL THE, SO MY NAME IS GEORGE.
I'M THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR WINDSTONE.
MR. CHAIR, I, THIS IS LEGAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I I JUST WANNA REMIND THE BOARD.
THIS IS AN SS A P M C VIOLATIONS.
UH, SO SCOPE OF WORK, UH, UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS, ENGINEERS REPORT WHILE THIS BOARD, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO THEM.
THOSE ARE NOT, UM, THINGS THAT ARE, ARE REQUIRED AS THEY WOULD BE FOR A DILAPIDATED OR DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, THESE ARE DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO TELL, TO TELL US THAT YES, THEY ARE WORKING ON 'EM.
I, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL, UH, FEASIBILITY.
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LIKE TO SEE, UH, A SCOPE OF WORK FROM THE, UH, CONTRACTOR.I, I JUST CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW? OH YEAH, THEY'RE DOING IT AND, AND THEY'RE SAYING, YES, WE ARE DOING IT.
AND, UH, BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I, I, LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING FROM THEM.
I'M THE GENERAL, JUST A MOMENT, SIR, IT'S NOT YOUR TIME TO SPEAK.
WELL, WE TOOK ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY GAVE US, PARTY, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN, THEY GAVE US A ONE FIRST NOTICE IN, UH, JUNE 30TH.
AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT NOTICES AND WE'VE BEEN REPAIRING EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE TO DO.
UM, THE UNIT INTERIORS, THEY HAVE BEEN DONE, AND WE DO HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK WITH THE WORK ORDERS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THERE.
AND THEY ARE SIGNED BY THE TENANTS TESTIFYING THAT IT WAS DONE.
NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE SIGNATURES BECAUSE SOME TENANTS REFUSE TO SIGN, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT TO SHOW THE WORKER HAS BEEN DONE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRUCTURAL, THE ENGINEER, ENGINEER CAME AND, UH, UH, PREVIEW ALL THE BUILDINGS, INSPECTED ALL THE BUILDINGS, AND HE CAME OUT WITH THE SAME CONCLUSIONS AS THE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE IT, WE HAVE TO RELOCATE, BUILDING 200 ON THE UPPER PART.
AND THEN, UM, TWO MORE BUILDINGS BUILDING 11 AND BUILDING, UH, ONE, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN VACATED ON THE UPPER PART.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE THE ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST TO DO THE JOB.
AND, UM, WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR ONE MORE ESTIMATE TO START TO DECIDE AND TO START OUR WORK.
DID YOU BRING IN ANY, ANY, ANY PICTURES, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD SEE AS A VISUAL MA'AM TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE DONE THIS WORK OR THAT WORK? WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS.
AND, UM, I CAN PROVIDE THEM IMMEDIATELY TODAY IF YOU WANT TO, OR WE DO HAVE THEM HERE ON THE, ON THE PHONE OF THE, THE CONTRACTOR AND THE, UH, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR.
AND WE CAN SHOW THEM, IF THERE IS A WAY HOW TO SHOW THEM TH THIS PROPERTY, UH, THE OFFICER HAS, UH, RECOMMENDED THAT THIS, THIS, UH, PROPERTY BE VACATED AND FINED.
AND BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE NOT PULLED PERMITS AND, UH, TO GET THIS, GET ALL THIS WORK DONE, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, IF I HAD TO DO IT MYSELF, I'D CONDEMN ALL OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE NO ONE IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST DEPLORABLE.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE, WE DO HAVE PERMITS.
UH, THE ROOF HAS BEEN DONE COMPLETELY.
WE REQUESTED 15 PERMITS AND, UH, WE HAD THE PERMITS FOR THE, UM, THE ELECTRICAL AND THE PLUMBING.
AND ALSO, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT THE OTHER PERMITS IS FOR THE, UH, STRUCTURAL, NO, WE, SO YEAH, I'M, I'M ONE THAT HAS ALL THE PERMITS.
SO, UM, YES, WE HAVE BEEN PROGRESSING.
DO YOU HAVE PERMISSION AND FROM THE OWNER, THE INVESTORS, AND DO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COMPLETE ALL THIS? WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES, YES.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO ALL OF YOU.
WE ARE SUBMITTING THIS, THIS PROPERTY FOR TAX EXEMPT BONDS AND TAX CREDITS.
WE DO HAVE THE APPLICATION, WE ARE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST.
AND, UH, WE ARE PROGRESSING, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY THAT THAT DID CLOSE IN, UH, MARCH 11TH, 2020, AND, UH, THAT WAS THE DAY WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS WORLDWIDE DECLARE.
AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DECLARED THE LOCKDOWN THE DAY BEFORE IN MARCH 10TH.
AND IT WAS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING AROUND.
WE HAVE TENANTS THAT THEY GOT, UM, INFECTED.
OUR PERSONAL GOT INFECTED THREE TIMES DURING ALL THIS TIME.
AND, UM, WE COULDN'T FIND WORKERS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, RIGHT NOW, AFTER ALL OF THIS IS BEING VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND CONTRACTORS AND MATERIAL,
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WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO, THREE WEEKS TO GET MATERIALS.SO ALL OF THAT ADD UP TO WORSEN THE CONDITION OF THESE PROPERTIES.
BUT THE FINAL GOAL IS TO HAVE THE PROPERTIES REHABILITATED IS A, THERE IS A, UM, PLAN TO SPEND BETWEEN 65 TO $70,000 PER UNIT TO RENOVATE ALL THE SYSTEMS OF THE BUILDING AND TO CONVERT THE, THE PROPERTIES INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
OUR TENANTS AS CITIES ARE VERY LOW INCOME.
WE HAVE 120 UNITS, WE HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT $480,000 IN RECEIVABLES FROM TENANTS THAT HASN'T PAID.
AND, UM, THE REALITY IS THAT THE ORGANIZATION THAT BOUGHT THESE PROPERTIES IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
THEY ARE NOT A LUCRATIVE ORGANIZATION.
AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVICTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING DRUGS, ILLICIT, ILLICIT BUSINESS.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING AFTER.
IN TWO YEARS, WE HAVE ALLOCATED 54 UNITS THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS, LETTERS OF WARNING COURT AND EVERYTHING.
AND WE HAVE RENTED TO 54 GOOD FAMILIES.
BUT THAT PROPERTY, WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER, IT WAS TOTALLY INFESTED WITH CRIME.
RIGHT NOW IT IS, IT HAS CALMED DOWN A LOT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, NARCOTICS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT EVEN TELL ANYONE WHAT WE ARE DOING BECAUSE THEN THAT COULD SPOIL EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, WE WERE WORKING WITH, UH, OFFICER PR.
AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WE WERE KIND OF DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE WERE CALLING THE POLICE ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN WE WERE THINKING THAT WE WERE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CLEAN UP THE AREA.
AND AS IT WAS INTERPRETED, THEY THOUGHT THAT WE WERE USING IT AS OUR PRIVATE SECURITY.
AND THAT WAS NEVER OUR INTENTION.
UM, I HAVE, I HAVE A LETTER OF WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH A, BECAUSE WE HAVE THEIR PROPERTIES, UM, WE ARE DOING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE INFORMED THE, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT THEY WILL BE QUIETLY STAKE IN THE PROPERTY.
WE TELL THEM WHO ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SELLING THE DRUGS THAT WE KNOW AND THE NARCOTICS IS COMING BEHIND TO DO THEIR JOB.
MA'AM, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO REPAIR ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS AND, UH, TO MAKE 'EM SAFE, SANITARY, AND CLEAN FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
WE HAVE THE HISTORY OF THE, THE PROPERTY FROM THE OFFICER, BUT WHAT WE WANNA KNOW IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE, UH, TO, TO REPAIR ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN THEM CLEAN, SAFE, AND SANITARY.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DESERVE.
WE KNOW THAT, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE DESERVE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
BUT I, I DON'T SEE, AND UH, WE, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A, WE ARE DOING THE WORK ON THE COURT VIOLATIONS THAT THEY WERE FOUND RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT REALLY NEEDS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
OUR PLAN A THAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT WE HAD ALREADY SUBMITTING FOR THE FUNDING OF THE TAX EXEMPT BONDS.
AND I, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT HERE, OUR DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, SHE CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
WE HAVE THAT OUR LENDER, THAT SHE CAN VERIFY THAT WE HAVE SOME, THE FUNDING TO DO CODE VIOLATIONS.
AND ALSO WE BROUGHT A FEW TENANTS FROM THE BUILDING WHERE THEY CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE, UH, SITUATION OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE NEVER STOPPED WORKING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND NOW THAT IS KIND OF GONE.
BEFORE IT, WE WERE TOTALLY STALL.
WE COULDN'T DO NOTHING FOR TWO YEARS, WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
SO IF, YEAH, IF YOU WILL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK TO THAT IF POSSIBLE.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN TO
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TALK TO OUR, UM, BANKER AND THEN AFTER THAT CONSULTANT DEVELOPMENT.UH, WOULD THE CONTRACTOR COME UP HERE? I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHICH NAME IS YOURS? ARE YOU KELLY? GOOD AFTERNOON.
GEORGE HERNANDEZ, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR WINSLOW.
SO COULD YOU STATE YOUR, YOUR NAME AGAIN AND YOUR ADDRESS? UM, GEORGE HERNANDEZ.
ADDRESS, SEVEN 10 FORT MASON, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR CASE, SIR.
SO I'M THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
I WAS HIRED FOR THE, BEFORE YOU START, ARE YOU THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR ALL OF THE BUILDINGS OR JUST ONE BUILDING OR? I WAS HIRED TO DO THE ROOFING, THE REPAIR ROOFING, THE SIDEWALKS, THE IRON AND THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL.
SO FOR ELECTRICAL, WE'RE HIRED THAT WE PULL THE PERMITS AND WE HAVE 'EM AND WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS WHERE THIS COULD BE COMPLETED.
AND IT HAD AN INSPECTOR COME, WE, UM, THERE WAS BROKEN JUNCTION BOXES BY THE TREE, LIKE WIRES HANGING AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH LIGHTING IN THE BI IN THE WHOLE COMPLEX.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HIRED TO DO FOR THE OUTSIDE, FOR ELECTRICAL.
WHAT ABOUT INSIDE THE, THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES? WELL, THE ELECTRICAL, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY ISSUES INSIDE, IN LIVING IN ALL THE ONES THAT I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT INSIDE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'RE NOT THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS? YES, WE CAN, BUT UM, NO, NO, NO.
I SAID YOU ARE NOT THE CONTRACTOR FOR DOING THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS.
YOU DOING THE OUTSIDE GROUNDWORK? YES.
AND THEN WE DID THE ROOFING REPAIRS.
UM, WE DID MINOR ROOFING FOR THE ROOF JACKS FOR 15 BUILDINGS.
WE DID ROOF JACKS FOR, WE REPLACED NEW ROOF JACKS, SIDING, UM, FASCIA, UM, SHINGLES THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
UM, WE HAD PICTURES FOR ALL THAT FROM BEFORE AND AFTER.
ON ALL THE TRADES THAT WE DID.
UH, WE DID PLUMBING ON THE MAIN, ON THE MAIN, UM, BOILERS.
WE GOT THAT SOLDERED AND, AND SOME VALVES WE CHANGED.
SO WE GOT ALL THAT INSPECTED AND, AND WE HAVE THE PERMIT COMPLETED FROM THE CITY.
UM, THE SIDEWALKS WE TEAR DOWN AND WE REDID 'EM.
SO WE GOT THAT ALSO, UM, BUILDING 1100 WHERE THIS STAIR WAS COMING OFF.
RIGHT NOW I GOT AN ENGINEER LETTER TO DO THIS, THIS CONCRETE SLAB.
SHE, UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF HER.
I JUST GOT A HOLD OF HER LAST NIGHT.
SHE TEXT ME AT 10:00 AM I MEAN 10:00 PM UM, HER, SHE'S IN MEXICO.
HER FATHER PASSED AWAY 'CAUSE SHE NEEDS TO INSPECT THE, THE REBAR AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT SHE TOLD ME AS LONG AS I TAKE PICTURES AND THEN, UM, I GUESS SHE SUBMITS IT TO THE CITY FOR THAT, FOR THAT BUILDING.
1100 FOR THE STRUCTURAL OF CONCRETE.
SO YOU'RE CONTRACTED FOR HOW LONG? UM, TO ALL I COMPLETE ALL THE JOBS AND THEN WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO FOR, 'CAUSE WE, I'VE SOLD PRETTY MUCH TILL WE FINISH WHAT'S GONNA GO, LIKE THE STRUCTURAL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND IN, AND IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN VIOLATION.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A, SO WE COMPLETED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT I WAS HIRED FOR BESIDES BUILDING 1100.
'CAUSE I WAS WAITING ON HER TO GIMME THE OKAY FOR, 'CAUSE SHE, SHE GIMME A STRUCTURAL, SHE GAVE A PLAN SAYING HOW TO, HOW THE DEBT SHE WANTED AND STUFF.
BUT SHE WAS IN MEXICO WHEN I WAS CALLING HER AND CALLING HER.
AND THEN SHE TEXT ME, HEY, MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.
AND THEN I, I AGAIN, I TRIED TO TALK TO HER IN TWO DAYS.
YESTERDAY, TWO DAYS LATER, SHE TEXT ME AT 10, 8, 10 PM SAYING SEND ME PICTURES.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY PART I'M MISSING.
UM, SOME OF THE IRON WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
I HAVE PICTURES AND ALL THAT STUFF ON HERE UNDER MY FOLDER.
LEAVE THE PICTURES WITH THE LADIES HERE SO WE CAN SEE THEM.
I JUST, I JUST HAD WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
I, WELL, NO, SHE HAS ALL THAT ACTUALLY, SO I CAN GIVE IT TO HER.
WE HAVE A WHOLE BOOKLET WE WEREN'T AWARE.
WE TURNED IT INTO Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL CAN SEE ON THE SLIDES.
BUT WE HAVE A FULL, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'LL GIVE IT TO HER RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT, THIS IS ALL THE CODE VIOLATIONS AS THEY WERE WRITTEN BY MR. AND WE HAVE THE CODE VIOLATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE THE PICTURES? I CAN SUBMIT THAT, BUT I, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING I HEARD TO YOU TALKING ABOUT THE INTERIOR UNITS.
THE INTERIOR UNITS HAS BEEN DONE ALL, WE GOT A PERMIT, A GENERAL PERMIT TO DO THAT WORK.
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UH, WE DO HAVE THE PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT IT WAS DONE.THAT AND SOME OF THE TENANTS SIGNED FOR IT.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY TO YOU.
BUT I WANNA SEE PICTURES RIGHT NOW.
IS THIS THE PHOTOS? OH, YOU WANT THIS? THE PHOTOS YOU HAVE THE PHOTOS? NO, THE THE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME.
I HAVE THEM HERE ON THE TELEPHONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT.
YOU HAVE WHAT? THAT THE PICTURES ON THE TELEPHONE.
IS THIS YVONNE PETTI? ARE YOU YVONNE PETTIS MA'AM? YES.
YOU WANNA COME UP AND SPEAK? YOUR NAME IS HERE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, 33 46 ROSELAWN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
SO I DO THE EVICTIONS FOR WISTON SQUARE APARTMENTS.
AND SOME OF THESE UNITS THAT YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES ARE SOME OF THE TENANTS THAT HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT TO THE, UM, OFFICE AND TOLD US THAT THEY HAD EITHER A PLUMBING ISSUE, ELECTRICAL ISSUE, UM, AC NOT WORKING.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HIGH, HIGH BALANCE.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THE UNITS.
I BELIEVE THAT THE ALL SHOWED 1201.
UM, I EVICTED THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHICH I WANT THE CASE.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, BUT WHY, WHY ARE YOU TELLING US ABOUT EVICTIONS? WE DON'T
WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE, THE FIXING OF THE REPAIRS OF THIS BUILDING.
WELL I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST, UM, GIVING MINE THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THERE ARE THE ONES THAT OWED A HIGH BALANCE.
WE DON'T POINT, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT, MA'AM.
WHO IS, UM, KELLY? IS IT BYER? A BOYER? GOOD MORNING.
MY ADDRESS IS 1600 ROSECRANS AVENUE, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA 9 0 2 6 6.
AND AND WHAT, WHAT PART DO YOU PLAY HERE? I AM THE CURRENT LENDER AT THE PROPERTY AND I RECEIVED A NOTICE TO APPEAR.
WHAT, SO ANN, UH, TELL US WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO.
SO THAT MEANS IN MY, IN MY HEAD THAT YOU'RE LOANING THESE PEOPLE MONEY TO FIX THE, THE, THE APARTMENT STUFF.
IS THAT CORRECT? I CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, FUNDS ON ESCROW THAT ARE TARGETED TOWARD REPAIRS AT THE PROPERTY.
I ALSO HAVE AN INSURANCE CHECK RELATED TO A FIRE TO THE AMOUNT OF 315,000 THAT'S GEARED TOWARD THOSE REPAIRS.
AND WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR PROOF OF INVOICES AND PHOTOS THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE, WE WILL RELEASE THOSE FUNDS TO THEM.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I REVIEWED THEIR YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND THEIR WORK ORDERS FOR THE INTERIOR WORK AND OTHER WORK THAT WAS DONE.
AND THEY HAVE SPENT, UH, $635,000 THIS YEAR ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR REPAIRS AT THE PROPERTY.
AND WHEN THEY SPEAK TO THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, I CAN CONFIRM THAT THOSE EXPENSES HAVE HIT THE GENERAL LEDGER AND HAVE BEEN PAID.
WE, WE WANT TO SEE THE PICTURES.
WE WANT TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WORK, UH, HAS BEEN PROGRESSED.
UH, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, THIS PROPERTY HADN'T EVEN BEEN TOUCHED.
AND ACCORDING TO THE, THE OFFICER, UH, THE PICTURES THAT HE HAS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT.
AND YOU ALL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SUPPORT AN IMPROVEMENT? WELL, I HAVE, I WOULD AWARE THAT THE PICTURES ARE FROM JUNE AND THAT THE WORK, I HAVE WORK ORDERS, WHICH I BELIEVE MS.
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ALBERTS IS SHARING WITH YOU THAT SHOWS THAT THE WORK COMMENCED ON JULY 1ST.I WAS TOLD TO BE PREPARED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY HAD FUNDS ON HAND TO MAKE REPAIRS, WHICH I CAN DO AND CONFIRM.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION THAT STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE JUNE 22ND INSPECTION.
I VIEWED WITH MY OWN EYES THE REPORTS THAT, UH, FOR THE WORK ORDERS, FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE UNITS.
AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE QUOTES FOR THE EXTERIOR UNITS AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE WORK RELATED TO THE BALCONIES HAS BEEN, UM, CONTEMPLATED BID.
SOME OF THAT WORK, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HAD THEIR TESTIMONY THAT THAT'S BEEN, UM, COMPLETED AS WELL.
WE HAVE, UH, ERNEST, IS IT ERNEST? MARSHALL.
IF WE CAN GET THE CONTRACTOR TO COME BACK UP SO HE CAN NARRATE THE PHOTOS.
LET THE CONTRACTOR COME UP AND EXPLAIN.
THE MINOR REPAIRS THAT WAS MISSING.
SHINGLES AND SIDING AND FASCIA.
IF YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH THE, TO THE LEFT.
PUTTING THE REPAIRS OF LEAKS WE'RE AT, IF YOU JUST SWIPE THE PICTURE, IT'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
THAT'S US PUTTING SIDING AND FASCIA AGAIN.
SO IN THE SAME, THAT'S THE REPAIRS THAT WE PUT THAT WERE MISSING SHINGLES AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, US AGAIN, PUTTING MORE, UM, SIDING AND FASCIA.
THERE'S, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE 15 TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS AND FIX THE ROOF JACKS, UM, PUT ROOF, SEAL AND ALL THAT THAT WE'RE, 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING MINOR REPAIRS AND WE CAN FLIP THROUGH ALL THE, SEE THAT'S CHANGING IT.
HE'S TAKING OFF THE SIDING AND THE FASCIA.
HE'S TAKING THE SIDING AND FASCIA AND PUTTING YOU, IT'S ALL CORRODED.
THAT'S THE UNDER THERE, THERE'S AT THAT PICTURE, IT'S JUST HIM TAKING IT OFF.
AND THEN AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL BRAND NEW.
I'M ASKING MS. BROWN, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC? YES.
THE, THE WHITE PART THAT I'M LOOKING AT ON THE, UH, LEFT HAND SIDE UNDER IT? YES.
IS THAT NEW? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR NOT.
BUT THAT THEY PL SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT'S NOT, THAT SIDING IS NOT BAD.
IT'S THE, I MEAN THE FASCIA IS NOT BAD.
AND THEN I GUESS WHERE ALL THAT BLACK IS AT, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS ALL CORRODED.
'CAUSE THESE ARE MINOR REPAIRS.
SO ALL THAT DOWN THERE, IT'S GOT REPLACED.
AND THEN ALL THAT, UM, SIDING, I MEAN FASCIA GOT REPLACED ON THAT BUILDING.
I GUESS HE'S TALKING ABOUT HERE.
AND WE HAVE FOR CONCRETE AS WELL AND ELECTRICAL PLUMBING, WE HAVE ALL THAT ON PICTURES.
AND WE HAVE PERMITS THAT WERE ELECTRICAL, UH, LEC ELECTRIC, UM, MASTER ELECTRICIAN PULLED IT.
UH, MASTER PLUMBER PULLED IT TOO.
AND WE HAVE THE COMPLETIONS OF, OF THE PERMITS AND ALL THE 15 PERMITS WE HAD TO PULL FOR ALL THE ROOFING TOO AS WELL.
YOU STILL IN VIOLATION? I KNOW.
NEXT GET, GET THE NEXT GUY TO ABOUT.
UH, MR. MARSHALL, STATE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
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MARSHALL.25 0 6 WASHINGTON WHAT? UH, SOUTH GENERAL MCMULLEN.
OKAY, MA'AM, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY, MA'AM? WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY, SIR? UH, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A YEAR, I'VE SEEN VAST IMPROVEMENT TO THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A, IS IT MARCELLA, IS IT MONTE MONTELONGO? MARCELLA MONTELONGO.
STATE YOUR STATE, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MARI MONTELONGO 85 0 6 WILMA JEAN DRIVE.
I AM THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR WINSTON SQUARE.
FOR WHAT? FOR WINSTON SQUARE APARTMENTS.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS, WITH ALL THE CO COMPLIANCE.
THE ONLY THING, I HAVE ALL THE WORK ORDERS, BUT I DO NOT HAVE PICTURES.
IS THIS 25 0 6, I MEAN 25 0 6 SOUTH JENNA MCMULLIN.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT? YOU HAVE ANY NO MA'AM.
I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND TRYING TO DO ALL THE CO COMPLIANCE, ALL THE WORK ORDERS.
IS IT FRANCIS? FRANCIS RODRIGUEZ.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ.
I LIVE IN 25 0 6 SOUTH GENERAL MCMULLIN, APARTMENT 1301.
AND WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY, MA'AM? I ONLY, I HAVE 20 YEARS LIVING IN THERE AND FOR, FOR ME, I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS AT ALL.
I LIVE VERY GOOD IN THE APARTMENT.
WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING, UH, FIX IT, THEY COME RIGHT AWAY.
AND LIKE I SAY, I HAVE 20 YEARS OVER THERE AND I LIVE VERY GOOD AND PEACE.
IS IT REYES? IS IT SEPULVEDA? WELL THAT'S CALLED, WHAT'S THE NAME? UM, MARTINEZ.
HOW ABOUT HOLLY? IS IT THOMPSON? CLOSE IT UP.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, GENTLEMAN OF THE BOARD.
UM, IF IT'S AT ALL HELPFUL, UH, I CAN JUST AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY ADDRESS IS 10 11 SOUTH RIO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
I'M THE DEVELOPMENT CULT CONSULTANT THAT, UH, PICO UNION HAS RETAINED TO PURSUE THE REHABILITATION OF THE PROJECTS.
OH, PULL THE MICROPHONE TO YOUR MOUTH PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 10 11 SOUTH RIO STREET.
UM, I'M THE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT THAT THE OWNER HAS RETAINED TO PURSUE THE REHABILITATION OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THREE APPLICATIONS SO FAR.
UH, AS JENNY ALBERTS MENTIONED, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.
THEY ISSUED A BOND INDUCEMENT ON AUGUST, I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
THAT BOND INDUCEMENT IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO PURSUE, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WHICH WILL FUND THE MAJORITY OF THE EQUITY REQUIRED TO REHABILITATE THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE FILED TWO APPLICATIONS WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
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FOR C D WE G AND HOME FUNDS AND CITY HOUSING BONDS.UM, THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE.
SO WE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR, FOR THOSE FUNDS.
UM, THE TOTAL SCOPE CURRENTLY PLANNED IS $88,000 PER DOOR AND HARD COSTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE ACTUAL COST OF, YOU KNOW, REHABILITATING THE ELECTRICAL, THE PLUMBING, LITERALLY A FULL GUT REHAB DOWN TO THE STUDS, FIXING THE SEWER, GETTING RID OF THE PEST PROBLEMS, LITERALLY ALL OF IT.
SO IT WOULD BE A COMPLETE GUT REHAB.
UM, NOT JUST ON THE INTERIOR UNITS, BUT DEALING WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
SIDING, ROOFING, YOU NAME IT, IT'S GETTING TOUCHED.
SO, UM, I I HAVE ALL OF THOSE DETAILS AVAILABLE.
UM, I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST STATING THEIR INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT, UM, THAT I CAN LEAVE WITH THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN HERE.
UM, I ALSO HAVE THE 200 SOME ODD PAGE APPLICATIONS THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
I DID NOT PRINT THOSE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FIGURE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD WANT THAT.
BUT I HAVE A U S B DRIVE THAT I CAN DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING ONTO AND LEAVE WITH YOU AS WELL AS A PROJECT SCHEDULE.
I GLADLY I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FOR, FOR THE BOARD.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. SNOWMAN.
MS. SNOWMAN, HOW, HOW LONG IS THIS PROPOSED REHAB? DROP IT DOWN TO THE BARE BONES, FIX THE SEWAGE.
HOW LONG IS THAT SUPPOSED TO TAKE? SO THE REHABILITATION WOULD START ONE MOMENT PLEASE.
IN JULY, UH, WINSTON SQUARE SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY JUNE OF 2024.
I HAVE IT IN THE PROJECT SCHEDULE THAT I'LL BE GLAD TO LEAVE WITH YOU GUYS.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, THE PROPOSED, UM, REPAIRS TO THIS PROPERTY WOULDN'T START TILL JULY OF 2023.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR THE TAX CREDITS AND, AND ALL OF THE, THE FUNDING NEEDED IN ORDER TO FULLY REHAB THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY.
AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY OVERNIGHT.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I WAS THE HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT TAX CREDIT IS JUST AN APPLICATION.
SO WE WOULD BE GOING AFTER THE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WHICH ARE NON-COMPETITIVE.
SO YOU'RE GOING AFTER THE 4% AND NOT THE 9%.
SO, UH, ARE ALL THOSE FUNDS GONNA BE AVAILABLE AT THE SAME TIME OR ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPORADIC? UH, SO THE HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WE WOULD RECEIVE THE ALLOCATION FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT SYNDICATOR OF BASICALLY AN INVESTOR THAT BUYS THE TAX CREDITS AND THEN SELLS THEM.
ALL OF THAT HAPPENS AT CLOSING.
SO WHEN YOU CLOSE ON, YOU KNOW, THE NEW LOAN, THE TAX CREDITS, UM, ANY SUBSEQUENT FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET FROM THE CITY, FROM C D B G HOME, UM, HOUSING BOND FUNDS, THAT WOULD ALL CLOSE TOGETHER AND FUND THE FULL REHABILITATION.
SO THEN BACK TO THE, UH, UM, ATTORNEY'S QUESTION.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL 2023.
THE PROJECTED CLOSING DATE IS JUNE, 2023.
THAT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE HUD APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE, THE HOUSING TAX CREDITS, FULL PERMITTING, THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS, THE CIVIL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND SO HOW LONG, HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN THIS INFORMATION? THE, THE REHABILITATION SCHEDULE? WHAT YOU SHARING WITH US RIGHT NOW? UH, THIS HAS BEEN SOLIDIFIED WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.
AND HAVE YOU SHARED THIS WITH STAFF CITY STAFF OFFICER? NO, I HAVE NOT CONTACT.
SO, SO I HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACT.
THIS IS ALL NEW TO EVERYONE THAT YOU'RE SHARING WITH US.
I HAVEN'T HAD THE, BEEN GIVEN THE CONTACT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION, I WOULD'VE GLADLY DONE IT.
AND WE WOULD GLADLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? EXACTLY.
AND ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, I'M THE, THE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT.
SO I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE PLANS LONG TERM TO GET ALL OF THIS UP TO SNUFF, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER AND THEIR AND THEIR ACTIONS RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN MY, WHAT I'M DOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WELL, THE OWNER ISN'T HERE TO SPEAK.
SO THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND WHAT
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WE HAVE FROM THE, UH, FROM THE CODE OFFICER HAS NOT SHOWN IT IS SHOWN US, YOU KNOW, IT HAS SHOWN USWHAT IS BROUGHT BEFORE ABSOLUTELY IS WHAT WE SEE IN FRONT OF US, NOT IN 2023.
I I, I ABSOLUTELY HEAR YOU AND, AND UNDERSTAND.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL AND I'LL LEAVE A U S B WITH THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN TO, IN CASE YOU'D LIKE TO PERUSE IT.
SO, UH, THE OFFICER, WOULD YOU STEP BACK UP HERE PLEASE? SO MY QUESTION, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THESE REPAIRS IN YOUR, UM, YOUR TRIPS OUT THERE? IF YOU, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT MY PICTURES, THEY ARE FROM THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER.
SO WE HAVE SEEN SPOT REPAIRS, BUT NO COORDINATED EFFORT TO MAKE FULL REPAIRS.
UM, THERE'S LITTLE THINGS BEING FIXED HERE, LITTLE THINGS BEING FIXED THERE, BUT IT'S NOT A COORDINATED CON TOTALITY REPAIR, NOT A BIG WORK CREW OUT THERE WORKING ON EVERYTHING.
THE THEY ONE LITTLE CONTRACTOR FIXING A HOLE HERE, A HOLE THERE ON THAT HERE.
SO THAT'S WHY ALL THE VIOLATIONS STILL REMAIN BECAUSE THEY REMAIN IN, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
THEY, THEY FIX ONE BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE NOT TOUCHING ANOTHER BUILDING AT A TIME.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? MAY I ADDRESS THE BOARD? YES.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, AGAIN, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S A TIME LIMIT FOR PERSONS TO SPEAK AND YOU GUYS HAVE EXCEEDED YOUR TIME LIMIT.
NOW, IN REGARDS TO THE REPRESENTATION OF THE OWNER, I DO BELIEVE MS. ALBERTS IS THE REP REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER.
SHE DOES HAVE, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SET THAT UP UNLIMITED TIME.
BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU CONTINUE JUST TO REMAIN SEATED, IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET THE CODE OFFICER.
BUT CONTINUING TO WALK UP TO, UM, THE LIAISONS IS, IS, IS NOT PROPER.
UM, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE ARE CONFUSING EVERYONE.
OKAY? THERE IS TWO PARTS TO THIS.
I'M NOT CONFUSED, I'M FRUSTRATED.
UM, THERE IS TWO PARTS TO THIS EQUATION.
ONE IS THE, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM, UH, JUNE 30TH TO NOW, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
AND WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO SHOW THE, UM, THE INSPECTORS WHAT IS OR WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND, UM, I, THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITS HAS BEEN DONE.
WE DO HAVE PICTURES AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING ARE VERY SIMPLE.
ARE THE, UH, THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE THE STRUCTURAL OF THE SECOND FLOORS, WHICH, UH, WE UNDERSTAND.
AND WE DO HAVE THE ENGINEER REPORT AND WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE ESTIMATES IT'S GONNA COST PROBABLY ABOUT $130,000 TO DO.
WE HAVE ADES, SOME OF THE TENANTS AND THE ROOFS HAS BEEN DONE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THE, UM, SIDEWALKS HAS BEEN DONE A HUNDRED PERCENT TOO.
AND WE HAVE NOT, UH, COMMUNICATED ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE, UH, INSPECTOR TO BRING HIS ATTENTION TO THAT.
SO THEY ARE ALSO, UM, THEY DON'T KNOW PRACTICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
OKAY? AND I'M GONNA SHARE THIS WITH THEM TODAY THAT IT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE FROM THE VIOLATIONS.
SO WE CAN USE THIS AS A MASTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK IS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT THE OFFICER HAS BROUGHT US.
I SAID THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT THE OFFICER HAS BROUGHT US.
BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, NEGLECTED PRACTICALLY TO SHARE WITH HIM WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? WELL, HOW DO YOU WANNA PROCEED? UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, UH, THEY HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED WITH YOU.
THEY HAD THIS INFORMATION FOR TWO WEEKS AND DID NOT SHARE IT WITH YOU.
THEY KNEW THEY WERE COMING HERE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S A PROP THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE PRESENTED
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HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT BEING HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT WITH YOU.SO I WANNA KNOW WHAT, UH, STAFF THINKS IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THESE PEOPLE.
WELL, AND AT THIS TIME, UH, WE HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE PROPERTY SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, THE LAST TIME WAS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, UH, WHERE WE DID TAKE THE PICTURES THAT WERE PRESENTED.
SO THE, THE REPAIRS THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE BEING MADE AT A VERY, VERY SLOW PROCESS.
UM, AND WE DO STAND, STAND BY OUR, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF, UH, ORDER THEM TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS, OBTAIN THE PERMITS NECESSARY FOR ALL THOSE REPAIRS AND NOT, UH, MINOR REPAIR PERMITS FOR THE MAJOR REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
AND ORDER THAT ALL, UH, UNITS AFFECTED BY THOSE LANDINGS, BALCONIES, STAIRWAYS, UH, BE VACATED UNTIL A DETAILED, UM, ENGINEER REPORT CAN BE MADE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS, FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SECOND STORIES SO THAT THEY CAN THEN BE, UH, OCCUPIED SAFELY AND THE ISSUANCE OF FINES FOR THE VIOLATIONS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GIVING US A TIMELINE OF 2023? UM, OUR TIMELINE IS MUCH TIGHTER THAN THAT.
UM, WE'VE, WE TALKED TO 'EM IN JUNE AND UH, HERE WE ARE IN S WELL, LAST INSPECTION WAS SEPTEMBER 29TH AND THE REPAIRS WERE AT A CRAWL.
UM, THAT, AND THAT IS WHY I, UH, WE PRESENTED HERE TODAY.
'CAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE FEELING THAT THEY'LL BE MAKING THEM IN, IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE THESE ARE AFFECTING FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE.
NOW, TODAY I DO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I'M WILLING TO, TO VOTE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THIS MORNING, I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW THE TIMELINE THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM AND THEN ANY FINES IF THEY DID NOT COMPLETE THE WORK BY THAT SAID DATE.
WELL, THE, UM, WE WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR FINES.
WHATEVER THE BOARD FINDS APPROPRIATE AND, UH, WHATEVER TIMELINE THE BOARD WOULD FIND APPROPRIATE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN SOONER, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED RIGHT NOW.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I'M SORRY, I, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEAT YOU TOO AT ESTHER, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, WE DID, WE DID HAVE THREE OTHER PERSONS THAT WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF THEY WANT TO.
UM, WE HAVE PATRICIA KELLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, MS. KELLY, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, YOU HERE? CAN I SEE SOMETHING? PLEASE? THAT'S YOU.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I AM THE PROPERTY MANAGER AT 68 40 PECAN VALLEY DRIVE.
I WORK WITH ALL THE MANAGERS AND I JUST STARTED WORKING WITH MARIELLA WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A MONTH.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON INSIDE THE APARTMENT AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THE APARTMENTS SINCE SHE'S BEEN THERE.
I HAVE BEEN OVER THERE TO SPEAK WITH HER STAFF BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T LISTENING TO HER NUMBER ONE.
UM, I WENT OVER THERE TO SHOW HER HOW TO DO HER WORK ORDERS, ALL THAT STUFF.
I HAVE STACKS AND STACKS OF WORK ORDERS.
DO I HAVE PICTURES? NO, I'M WAITING FOR ONE OF MY GUYS THAT WORK OVER THERE TO SEND ME PICTURES, BUT SINCE SHE'S BEEN THERE, SHE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT WORK ORDERS ON APARTMENTS TO GET THESE PROBLEMS RESOLVED.
I'M SORRY, WHAT IS YOUR, YOUR PART IN THIS, MY PART IN THIS.
WHAT I AM WHAT IS YOUR PART IN THIS? WHAT IS YOUR PART IN THIS? WHAT ARE YOU A CONTRACTOR? ARE YOU A UH, I WORK FOR THE COMPANY.
YOU WORK FOR? FOR THE COMPANY.
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MARIELLA SINCE SHE'S BEEN OVER THERE FOR THE PAST MONTH TO GET HER ISSUES RESOLVED.
I WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR WELL PRATT, ALL OF THEM.
SO SHE HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO TRY TO GET THE ISSUES FIXED INSIDE THE APARTMENTS.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE HAVE MAINTENANCE THERE.
IF SHE CAN GET THE MAINTENANCE TO DO THAT, I'VE BEEN OVER THERE TO HELP HER WITH THAT.
THE MAINTENANCE IS NOT SITTING THERE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
NO, I'M NOT DOING THE OUTSIDE.
NOT DOING THE OUTSIDE CONTRACT WORK.
THEY'RE DOING THE WORK ON THE INSIDE OF THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ISSUES.
AND WHEN THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT
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UP ABOUT THE EVICTIONS THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE THAT OWED US, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT EVEN TELLING US, OWE US MONEY.THEY'RE NOT EVEN TELLING US, MS. CHAIR, THIS, THIS IS LEGAL.
THIS HAS NOTHING, EVICTIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONDITIONS.
THE, FOR SOMEONE, NOT, EXCUSE ME.
I'VE ALLOWED YOU TO SPEAK YOU.
WE ARE NOT, THIS BOARD IS HERE TO ADDRESS THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO DEBATE AS TO WHETHER SOMEBODY DID PAY RENT OR SOMEBODY DID NOT PAY RENT.
THE EVICTIONS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND PLEASE LOOK AT THE FACE AT THE BOARD AS YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
SO ASIDE FROM THAT, IF A, IF A PERSON IS NOT REPORTING AN ISSUE TO US, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GO AND ADDRESS THIS? SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE IMPLEMENTED EVERY MANAGER TO WALK EVERY UNIT WITH A INSPECTION SHEET AND INSPECT EVERY SINGLE UNIT WE HAVE TO DO A PHYSICAL INSPECTION ON SO THAT WE CAN GO IN.
WE HAD TO GIVE THEM TO OUR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, TO OUR OWNER SO THAT WE COULD GO IN AND GET A REPAIR WAS DONE EVEN ON OUR PROPERTIES AS WELL AS HERS.
SO SHE HAS TRIED, SHE'S DOING EVERYTHING.
SHE JUST GOT THERE, LIKE I SAID, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AND I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH HER HER AS MUCH AS I CAN BECAUSE I WORK WITH ALL THE MANAGERS.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO BE THERE ALL THE TIME.
BUT SHE HAS SAT THERE, SHE HAS WORK ORDERS ON TOP OF WORK ORDERS.
SHE HAS DONE THE PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS.
WE HAVE MAINTENANCE CREWS OVER THERE WITH, THEY'RE TAKING 'EM OFF OF OTHER PROPERTIES TO GET THE ISSUES TAKEN CARE OF INSIDE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT YOUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, BUT MAINTENANCE PEOPLE ARE JUST THAT THEY, THEY MAINTAIN CERTAIN LITTLE THINGS.
THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX NEEDS A WHOLE CONTRACTOR TO FIX THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG.
I, I MEAN THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HE COULD COUNT.
HE MIGHT HAVE, Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN THAT, BUT A MAINTENANCE MAN IS NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR THAT COULD DO ALL OF THESE REPAIRS.
BUT ON THE, HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT A MAINTENANCE MAN.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT BE DOING A, A, A FAUCET, A NEW FAUCET ON HIS, ON A, ON HIS SINK OR SOMETHING.
OUR GUYS MAINTENANCE MAKE READY, SAME THING.
THEY GO HAND IN HAND TOGETHER.
SO IT'S MAINTENANCE MAKE READY.
IF I HAVE FIRST A SLIDER HE'S WORKING WHERE HE'S GOING INTO A UNIT, TEAR DOWN THE DRYWALL, REDO THE DRYWALL.
IF THERE'S MOLD IN THE UNIT, IF THE CARPET NEEDS TO COME OUT OR REDOING THE CARPETS, WHATEVER IS THAT THEY NEED DONE.
THAT'S WHY WE DID THE PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS.
WE STARTED THIS ABOUT A MONTH OR A MONTH OR SO AGO, PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS ON EVERY SINGLE UNIT, ON EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR RESIDENCE UNITS.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT TELLING US, WE'RE STILL GONNA GO IN THERE AND FIX IT.
THAT'S WHAT OUR GUYS ARE DOING.
WHO HA WHO ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEED? UM, IS IT KEN? MM-HMM.
WE DO HAVE ISIDRA MARTINEZ SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MS. MARTINEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND THE LAST INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, AND I DO APOLOGIZE, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S RODRIGUEZ SIGNED IN AS A SUPERVISOR.
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, 1463 CAMPUS ROAD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9 0 0 4 2.
ALL I WANTED TO ASK YOU ASK THE BOARD IS, UH, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME TIME, I'M GONNA HAVE TO STOP YOU RIGHT THERE.
IT, IT IS IMPROPER FOR ANYBODY TO BE ASKING THIS BOARD ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M OKAY WITH IT PART OH, WHAT PART DO YOU PLAY HERE? ARE YOU A CONTACT? UH, I'M A SUPERVISOR.
I OVERSEE ALL THE PROPERTIES FOR YOU.
YOU OVERSEE THE PROPERTY? OVERSEE THE PROPERTY.
SO HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE CODE OFFICER? YES.
SO IS THAT ALL YOU WANTED, SAY? YES.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SHEET, UH, THAT HAS, THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN?
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OKAY.DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MS. CHAIR? I DO BELIEVE, I DO BELIEVE, UH, AND I, I I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT MS. ALBERTS WANTED TO COME BACK UP AND SPEAK.
SHE'S REPRESENTING THE, UM, UH, THE OWNER.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS THAT AMPLE TIME TO SAY WHATEVER ELSE SHE NEEDS TO SAY.
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
JENNY ALBERTS, 2 1 5 CENTER STREET, UH, SAN ANTONIO.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE CAME HERE TO SAN ANTONIO TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 51 YEARS AND HAD NEVER FAILED.
THEY HAVE 1200 UNITS IN LOS ANGELES, AND THE UNITS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AND WHAT THEY DO, THEY COME AND THEY PROVIDE WITH DECENT, SAFE, AND SANITARY HOUSING AS A BASE TO THE FAMILIES.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN THEY BRING PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE FOUR, UH, CONCEPTS.
NUMBER ONE, THEY WANT THE CHILDREN TO REACH COLLEGE.
NUMBER TWO, THEY WANT THE FAMILIES TO BE INDEPENDENT AND TO BE ABLE TO BECOME, UH, FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS.
AND NUMBER THREE, TO HAVE THAT ELDERLY, TO LEAVE THEIR GOLDEN AGE WITHOUT PREOCCUPATION.
THAT THEY, THEY CANNOT SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
SAYING THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE GET HERE BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAS PREVENTED US.
BEFORE WE WERE THE PROPERTY IN MARCH, WE WERE COMING IN NOVEMBER TO START INSTALLING THE PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS.
AND WHEN WE CLOSE, WE HAD TO CLOSE EVERYTHING DOWN BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE, MY APPEAL IS THAT INSTEAD OF GIVING US THE PENALTIES TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT MONEY TO HELP US TO DO THE COMPLIANCE THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WANTS, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US PENALTIES, OKAY? AND YOU'RE GONNA SHORTEN US OUT OF MONEY TO FIX WHAT WE NEED TO FIX.
I SAID THAT IF YOU GIVE US PENALTIES, THEN WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE, WELL WE, THAT, THAT MONEY WE CAN USE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BUILDING AND THE TENANTS.
WHAT MONEY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE PENALTIES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED? MM-HMM.
WE HAVEN'T REQUESTED ANY PENALTY.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? EXCUSE ME? YOU'RE SAYING PENALTIES? YEAH.
I THOUGHT THAT HE, I THOUGHT THAT YOU REQUESTED SOME PENALTIES FOR US.
MY LANGUAGE IS THIS, MA'AM, YOU, THE FINES THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM TO COMPETE WITH THE REPAIRS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
MA'AM, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT YOU ALL DESERVE SOME FINES, YOU KNOW, FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS.
THIS JUST DIDN'T GET LIKE THIS.
THESE PROPERTIES DIDN'T JUST GET LIKE THIS OVERNIGHT AND NOT SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND NOT, UH, IT'S JUST LIKE A PROPERTY BY NEGLECT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DEMO BY NEGLECT.
I, I HAD TO APOLOGIZE, BUT THESE PROPERTIES WERE LIKE THIS BEFORE WE TOOK THEM OVER.
OH, WELL YOU ALL, I MEAN, IT IS, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND THAT WAS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES.
HE GOES INTO AREAS WITH BAD HOUSING, FIX THEM VERY NICE, CONVERT IT INTO AFFORDABLE AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS. THAT'S PART OF THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THE THING IS THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED WITH THE PANDEMIC, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE STUDYING, WE ARE COMMITTED TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WANTS.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE'RE HOPING OKAY.
THAT YOU CONSIDER NOT GIVING US THOSE FINES SO WE CAN USE THAT MONEY, IMPORT THE PROPERTIES AND GIVE US TIME.
WE ARE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW WITH THE TIMING AND WITH EVERYTHING.
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THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD, MA'AM.UH, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD FIND THE BUILDING TO BE, UH, UM, SUBSTANDARD AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS VIOLATION.
I DECLARED THAT THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 25 0 6 GENERAL MCMULLEN SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 2 6 TO BE SUBSTANDARD AND IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY CODE AND LIST THE CODES, UH, IN VIOLATION.
UH, I JUST WENT IN ORDER TO THE WAY THEY WERE GIVEN US TO, THEY'RE IN THE 3, 3 0 2 0.330 4.230 4.430 4.730 4.9304 POINT TEN THREE OH FOUR POINT 12, 3 0 4 POINT 13 3 0 4 POINT 0.1, 3 0 4 POINT 13.230 4.30 5.330 5.430 5.630 9.150 4.150 4.350 5.1 0.260 3.160 4.370 3.2 IN ORDER THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED IN 30 DAYS.
ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE, UM, WE NEED REPORTS EVERY TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT IN ORDER THAT A PENALTY, I, UH, WELL, AND FIND B UM, ASSESSED.
I WILL MAKE IT TO $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OCCURRING, STILL OCCURRING AFTER, UM, THE 60 DAY PERIOD.
IT, IT'S UP TO THE, UP TO THE CITY HOW THEY WANNA VACATE EVERYONE, THE OFFICER JUST ATE.
OKAY THEN GO AHEAD G GIVE ME A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
WHAT WAS THE FRIENDLY NAME? I DIDN'T HEAR THE AMENDMENT TO VACATE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION THAT, UH, WE VACATE AS WELL.
UH, WHICH WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
AND, UH, WAS, UH, AND IF IT'S ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT, I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A, A 30 DAY, UM, IS IT 30 OR 60 DAYS, MADAM CHAIR? 60 DAYS.
WE HAVE A 60 DAY REPAIR ORDER.
UH, WE HAVE REPORTS EVERY TWO WEEKS, UH, THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CODE OFFICER AND PRESENTED TO US WHEN WE WERE IN SESSION.
WE HAVE A $500 FINE TO AFTER THE FIRST 60 DAYS IF, UH, THERE'S NO PROGRESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND WE HAVE A VACATE ORDER ON THE APARTMENT.
UH, THIS, THIS IS DALE RUSSELL WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THE VACATE ORDER OF THE SECOND STORY UNITS
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THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE DILAPIDATED STAIRS UNTIL THOSE REPAIRS COULD BE MADE.THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
IF WE MAY HAVE THAT IN THE, UH, RECORD.
THE VACATE ORDER WOULD INCLUDE THE SECOND STORY, UH, WHILE THE APARTMENTS ARE BEING, UH, RENOVATED AND, AND THE SECOND STORY BEING RENOVATED.
MS. CHAIR, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
UM, THIS IS LEGAL JUST TO CONFIRM.
60 DAY REPAIR, UM, STATUS UPDATES EVERY TWO WEEKS.
VACATE THE SECOND STORY UNITS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE STAIRS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A, A FINE OF $500.
I DO WANNA MAKE, I WANT TO CONFIRM IS AFTER THE 60 DAYS, IF THE REPAIRS ARE NOT DONE, IS THAT $500 $500 A DAY OR JUST A ONE? YES.
WE HAVE A 60 DAY REPAIR ORDER.
WE HAVE REPORTS EVERY TWO WEEKS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE FINE WILL BE $500, THE 60 DAYS, UH, IF NO PROGRESS IS MADE, I BELIEVE, AND WE HAVE VACATING OF THE SECOND STORY, WHICH IS AFFECTED BY THE STAIRCASE TO BE VACATED AND, UH, MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND I BELIEVE, IS THAT ALL? I THINK THAT'S ALL.
UH, COULD WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? YES.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO AND I'M SORRY, THAT WAS $500 A DAY AFTER.
THE $500 IS PER DAY AFTER THE 60 DAYS.
YOU ALL CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND HE'LL EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS TO YOU.
RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, PLEASE.
IT'S, UM, IT'S 12:11 PM WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
THE TIME IS NINE 19 AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS BACK IN SESSION.
OUR NEXT CASE IS 1511 EDWARDS.
GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
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B 3 4 5 7 BLOCK THREE LOT NORTH 94.7 FEET OF 44, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FRANK D. SANDOVAL AND CARMEN GARCIA SANDOVAL WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 9 4 2 REDFORD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 5.
THE OWNER FRANK D. SANDOVAL AND CARMEN GARCIA SANDOVAL ARE PRESENT TODAY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 28TH, 2020 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 30TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 2ND, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO FRANK D. SANDOVAL AND CARMEN GARCIA SANDOVAL AND THE RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
A FOUNDATION REPAIR PERMIT HAS BEEN OBTAINED ON AUGUST 5TH, 2022 AND REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
OKAY, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED.
HERE IS A GOOD VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
IT IS NOW CEMENT POST NOT CEDAR.
UM, THEY HAVE PUT NEW BEAMS. UH, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING, HOWEVER, IS STILL MISSING AND LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND IT DOES HAVE, UH, SOME FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL STILL.
HERE'S THE, UH, NEW FOUNDATION.
IT IS NOW CEMENT POST AND THEY DID DO NEW BEAMS. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING STILL LOCKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE ROOF, UH, STILL REMAINS WITH A HOLE TOWARDS THE BACK LEFT PORTION.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION AGAIN.
THE, UH, WOOD PLANK SIDING STILL LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR ENTRYWAY.
UH, THE SUBFLOOR IS STILL EXPOSED.
UM, THERE'S GRAFFITI AND THERE STILL IS SOME FIRE DAMAGE TO THAT LEFT WALL.
SO HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE, UH, FIRE DAMAGE ON THAT LEFT WALL.
THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH WHERE THE HOLE IS ON THAT LEFT PORTION OF THE ROOF.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN UNDERNEATH WHERE THE KITCHEN SINK WOULD BE.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THE KITCHEN TO SHOW THAT THIS IS WHERE THE HOLE IS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK HAS DETACHED AND COLLAPSED FROM THERE.
AND THERE IS MOLD AND SUNLIGHT COMING IN UNDERNEATH THE DOOR.
HERE'S JUST ANOTHER BEDROOM WHERE THE SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED.
NO FLOOR COVERING AND LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI AND SOME CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK.
AGAIN, ANOTHER BEDROOM JUST SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED A LOT OF GRAFFITI.
1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET CONSISTS OF A VACANT SINGLE STORY WITH A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD PLANK SIDING AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE POSTS OF THE FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THE RIGHT ELEVATION HAS MINOR FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING WITH A HOLE IN THE REAR LEFT PORTION.
THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 5 8 11, 12 15, AND 17, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS
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HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 5 1 1 EDWARD STREET.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? YES, IT'S ROBERT TAPIA.
SO WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE RESET AND NOW? THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION, NO, NO EFFORT TO, TO RESOLVE.
SO FROM THE RESET TO TODAY, UM, THE OWNER HAS REPAIRED THE FOUNDATION.
BUT HE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY EFFORTS HE HAS MADE THAT HE HAS NOT RELAYED TO ME.
HE IS HERE TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
SO HOW'S YOUR MOTHER
SO MY QUESTION IS FROM JULY, FROM JULY UNTIL THIS POINT IN TIME, HE'S ONLY DONE THE FOUNDATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
AND AGAIN, HE, HE IS HERE TO, TO SPEAK UPON ANYTHING THAT HE HAS ANY EFFORTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME.
IS IT FRANK? FRANK, IS IT SANDOVAL? YES.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YES, MY NAME IS FRANK SANDOVAL.
MY ADDRESS IS 9 42 REDFORD CENTER, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 5.
YOU WANNA PRESENT YOUR CASE? UH, YES.
UH, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT, UH, WELL I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, SINCE UH, I CONTACTED, UM, THE COGA UH, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK ON THE FOUNDATION THAT PUT NEW BEAMS UNDERNEATH AND, UH, IT'S ON, UH, CONCRETE INSTEAD OF, UH, POLES THE WAY THEY USED TO BE.
SO I'VE HAD, UH, THE INTERIOR CLEAN.
UH, I WANTED TO GO IN AND GET RID OF THE GRAFFITI ON THE, UH, LIVING ROOM, BUT I HAVE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE.
WHAT I DID, UH, NOT KNOW AT THAT TIME WAS THAT, UH, OH, I DID NOT TELL THE BOARD WHEN I FIRST CAME THAT I, THE FIRST THING, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WAS TO BUY INSURANCE FOR THE HOUSE, LIABILITY INSURANCE HOUSE, A FIRE, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT, SIR.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? WHAT WERE YOUR PLANS? YES.
WELL, UH, AFTER I BOUGHT THE INSURANCE YEAH.
FOUNDATION, THE, I WAS UNDER THE BELIEVING MY MISTAKE.
THAT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE FOUNDATION WAS APPROVED BY THE BORDER, THE CITY BEFORE I COULD DO ANYTHING ELSE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT I DID WAS I CONTACTED, UM, DOLAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND, UH, THEY WENT TO VISIT THE, UH, HOUSE AND THEY, UH, UH, TOOK, UH, AN ENGINEER WITH THEM AND HE POINTED OUT TO DOLAN WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
SO WHAT THEY DID, THEN THEY WENT HOME AND TWO WEEKS AGO THEY STARTED WORKING ON THE PLANS ON THE, UM, GEE, LIST ME THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS FOR THE HOUSE, HOW IT WAS GONNA BE REBUILT AND HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD TAKE.
UH, THEN, UH, HE WANTED SOME INSURANCE THAT THE FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.
I HAVE, UH, LETTERS FROM U S A A WHERE I HAVE A, A BIG ACCOUNT AND I, UH, SHOW 'EM THAT LETTER.
AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER LETTER FROM UNITED AMERICAN WHERE I HAVE ANOTHER BIG ACCOUNT THAT I HAVE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT
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FUNDS TO REBUILD.UH, I AM HERE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS AND TO THE OFFICER IS THAT I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT PROVIDING THESE LETTERS TO THEM.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW TO ME AND I'M FINDING OUT SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT I'M MAKING.
AND, UH, BUT I HAVE THOSE LETTERS AND I THOUGHT I HAD 'EM WITH ME, BUT I DON'T, I DIDN'T BRING 'EM WITH ME.
I DID BRING THE CONTRACTOR FROM THE FOUNDATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID.
UM, SO ALL I'M, UH, ALL I'M HERE IS ASKING FOR MY WIFE AND I IS, YOU BE GIVEN, UH, A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THE TASK.
I KNOW IS THIS FRUSTRATION IS FRUSTRATING FOR YOU.
AND IT'S ALSO FRUSTRATING FOR US THAT WE CANNOT DO IT IN THE MANNER IN WHICH I, IN THE QUICKEST WAY, QUICKEST WAY TO DO IT.
SO DOLAN IS DOING THE BLUEPRINTS AND, UH, ALAMO, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA DO MAYBE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVEN'T SIGNED A CONTRACT BECAUSE HE HAS NOT SEEN THE BLUEPRINTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON RIGHT NOW.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED THURSDAY, BUT THEY WERE NOT.
AND I CALLED DOLAN, JOHNNY'S HIS FIRST THING, AND, UH, HE SAID THEY WERE SORRY, BUT THEY HAD NOT HAD TIME TO FINISH IT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T BRING ANY FINANCIAL PROOF IN, YOU DIDN'T BRING A CONTRACTOR'S, I MEAN, A SCOPE OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
YOU DIDN'T BRING IN, UH, ENGINEER'S LETTER.
YOU DIDN'T BRING IN ANYTHING? NO, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT.
MR. CHAIR, IS THERE ANY MORE, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? NO, OTHER THAN I CAN PROVIDE THE LETTERS.
I DIDN'T BRING 'EM WITH ME, SIR, TODAY WAS THE DAY FOR YOU TO SHOUT.
NO, I, I I I I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND MI MS. CHAIR.
I, I DO WANT TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION REAL QUICK.
UM, MR. SANDOVAL'S ATTORNEY CALLED YESTERDAY AND ASKED FOR A RESET STATING THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE, UM, IN COURT.
UM, THIS CASE HAD ALREADY BEEN RESET, SO I, I, I TOLD HIM THAT THERE WASN'T ANY WAY THAT I COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST PULL IT OFF THE AGENDA.
UM, SO I, I DID ASK HIM TO LET HIS CLIENT KNOW, UM, TO LET THE BOARD KNOW WHAT HE HAS DONE AND ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, I, I WOULD AT LEAST LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT, UH, THEY HAD A REQUEST FOR A RESET BECAUSE MR. SINAL DID HAVE REPRESENTATION, BUT, UM, THE PROPERTY WAS ALREADY, HAD ALREADY BEEN RESET AND WAS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
AND HE HAD CALLED ME YESTERDAY.
SO, UM, I, I HAD TO DECLINE IT, BUT I DID WANNA LET THIS BOARD KNOW THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2020.
NO, I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN MARCH OF 22.
YOU BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 22? YES, MA'AM.
WELL, ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HAVE INSPECTIONS ON THE PROPERTY, GO BACK, UM, SINCE, UH, MARCH OF 20.
WHEN I BOUGHT THE PLACE OF THE HOUSE, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE CITY HAD BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM.
THEY DIDN'T STATE THAT THERE WAS A, A FINE, THAT THERE HAD BEEN A, OR A FEAR OR SOMETHING THAT I HAD, UH, UNTIL LATER.
AND I WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR IT.
THEY HAD NOT PAID THE TAXES EITHER, SO I PAID THE TAXES.
DO YOU, AND DO YOU AND YOUR WIFE INTEND TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE OR WHAT? NO, WE, WE WERE PLANNING ON LIVING IN THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THE CURRENT HOUSE THAT WE HAVE IS TOO BIG FOR US.
IT'S A A FOUR 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
UH, SO WE WERE AT ONE TIME PLANNING ON DOING THAT, BUT MY CHILDREN WOULDN'T LET ME OR LET US MOVE IN THERE, SO THEY SAID, NO WAY YOU, IF WE FIX IT, IT WOULD BE A RENTAL UNIT.
SO YOU SAID YOU HAD, UH, AN ARCHITECT, UH, STARTING ON PLANS? YES, SIR.
AND SO THE PLANS ARE GONNA BE FROM FOUNDATION UP, FOUNDATION UP? THAT'S CORRECT.
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DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? WELL, OTHER THAN THE LAWYER CALLED ME, UH, CAME THIS MORNING AND TOLD ME THAT THE COUNTY COURT, ALL NUMBER 13, HAD CALLED ON HIM THAT THEY HAD TO REPORT I DON'T LAWYER.THEY HAD TO, UH, THE JUDGE CALLED THE, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT ANYWAY, I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
THE, THE LAWYER, MY, THE, A FRIEND OF OURS REALLY CAME OVER AND SAID THAT HE PLANNED ON BEING HERE THIS MORNING, BUT THE COUNTY COURT AT 13 HAD CALLED THEM.
HE HAD TO BE, UH, IN COURT THIS, THIS MORNING.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA ADD TO THE, UM, TO THE, THE PROPERTY? NO, OTHER THAN I HIRED, UH, WELL, I HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES.
I HAVE THREE OTHER PROPERTIES, THEY'RE WELL MAINTAINED, AND I HIRE, UH, UH, A LAWN SERVICE THAT KEEPS THE HOUSES AND THAT INCLUDES THE YARDS AND ALL THAT.
I HAVE A MAINTENANCE VAN THAT KEEPS, UH, UP WITH THE HOUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL IN ORDER.
SO EVEN THOUGH THESE HOUSES, NOBODY LIVING THERE OR ANYTHING, I STILL PAY THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE TO GO AND CLEAN THE YARD, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DEBRIS OR ANYBODY ELSE BREAKING INTO THE HOUSE LIKE THEY USED TO BEFORE.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED, SIR TO, TO FIX YOUR HOUSE UP? PERSONALLY, I WISH I COULD DO TODAY, BUT TO, IN ALL HONESTY, I HAVE, I HAVE TO TALK TO, UH, JOHNNY TO BRING ME THE BLUEPRINTS.
I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE ALAMO PEOPLE TO SEE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE THEM.
AND, UH, IF NOT, I HAVE TO FIND A CONTRACTOR.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR YET? I HAVE THE CONTRACTOR, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLANS, SO THEY CANNOT GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE.
WELL, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA GONNA EAT? I WOULD THINK THAT IT IS ABOUT A THREE MONTHS JOB THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO ME.
WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT, I'M NOT A BUILDER, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT BEEN SUGGESTED TO ME.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH 'CAUSE THE ROOFING HAS TO BE DONE.
THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE IS GOOD, EXCEPT FOR THE BACK PART OF IT WHERE THERE WAS A FIRE AT ONE TIME.
UH, THIS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1 5 1 1 EDWARDS SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 4 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT AND CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS, UH, 5 8 11 12 15 17.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR, UH, BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO, UM, FOR, UH, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 1 51 EDWARDS EDWARDS STREET, ACCORDING TO, UH, SUBSECTIONS 5, 8 11, 12, 15, AND 15 AND 17.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. GUPTA.
COULD WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE.
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VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.UM, MR. UM, MR. SANDOVAL, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT WE JUST DID HERE.
IS 26 39 WOODBURY? GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 26 39 WOODBURY STREET WITH THE 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 1 2 1 0 LOT 14, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CHARLES EDGAR DOYLE, THE THIRD WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 26 39 WOODBURY STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO, YES.
AT THIS TIME, NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNERS HEIRS OR ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 26TH, 2022 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 26 39 WOODBURY STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 7TH, 2022.
THERE'S A CLARIFICATION ON THE PHOTOGRAPH.
WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH SAYS, UH, 26 46 39.
I'M SORRY, THE PHOTOGRAPH SAYS 26 40 OH, OKAY.
NO, THE, THE CORRECT ADDRESS IS 26 39.
UM, SOMETIMES WITH THE LOCATION, DEPENDING IF I'M ACROSS THE STREET, IT'LL, UM, GET SOMEBODY ELSE'S ADDRESS FOR THE LOCATION ON THE CAMERA WHERE THE G P S IS AT FOR YOUR PHONE.
SO, BUT THE, THE STRUCTURE ON THE PICTURE IS THE LOCATION AT 26 39 WOODBURY.
UM, THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 26 39 WOODBURY STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 7TH, 2022.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 23RD, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, UNABLE TO FORWARD ON APRIL 11TH, 2022.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 TO OBTAIN INTERIOR PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 26 39 WOODBURY STREET.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED HAS BEEN MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 26TH TO THE PROPERTY, TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF OCTOBER 5TH, 2022.
THERE ARE NO VALID PERMITS ON FILE FOR 26 39 WOODBURY.
THE LAST TIME THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 AND THE TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $1,495.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY FOR THIS PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 AND OCTOBER 3RD, 2022.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE IS MISSING SIDING FROM THE BRICK AND THE ASPHALT SH I'M SORRY, THE ASPHALT SIDING HERE.
THIS IS THE FRONT PORTION OF THE OVERHANG WHERE
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YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DETERIORATION AND ROTTING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS SOME FIRE DAMAGE THAT, UH, OCCURRED DURING THE FIRE IN MARCH.THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION HERE.
YOU CAN ALSO AGAIN SEE THE MISSING SIDING THAT IS EXPOSING THE INTERIOR EXTERIOR WALL STUDS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE AND, UM, DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD.
HERE'S THE REAR ELEVATION, MISSING SIDING AS WELL.
ALL THE WINDOWS ON THE PROPERTY WERE BROKEN OR PULLED OFF BY FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN TRYING TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, IT'S HEAVILY HOARDED INSIDE SO THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, BUT THEY WERE, THEY HAD TO ACCESS EACH ROOM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEARED.
UM, HERE ALSO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE IS A SLIGHT SAG TOWARDS THE, OF THE ROOF LINE, UM, WHERE THE TREE ENDS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A SMALL HOLE AS WELL.
AND, UM, JUST DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF COVERING.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, IT IS MISSING SOME WEATHER PROTECTION AS WELL AS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE.
THIS IS ENTERING THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LOT OF DEBRIS, UM, FROM THE CEILING FALLING DUE TO THE FIRE, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT THE OWNER HAD IN THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT PORT, THE, I'M SORRY, THE LEFT PORTION OF THE ROOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE DAMAGE, UM, TO THE CEILING.
YOU COULD SEE, UM, SOME CHARRING TO THE, THE TOP PLATE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE STUDS SMOKE DAMAGE AND THE MISTING SHEET BROUGHT.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE ROOF SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SEVERE CHARRING AND DETERIORATION, UM, DUE TO THE FIRE, UH, FOR THE CEILING JOS, THE RAFTERS AND THE DECKING.
THIS IS ANOTHER PORTION IN THAT ROOM TO JUST SHOW THE SEVERE CHARICE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE ROOM TOWARDS THE LEFT OF THAT ENTRANCE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT IS COVERING THE WINDOWS, UM, WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO MAKE SURE EACH ROOM WAS CLEARED, UM, THAT HAVE HAS BEEN DAMAGED AS WELL DURING THE FIRE.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR, A REAR ROOM, WHICH IS THE KITCHEN AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE.
UM, SOME OF THE CEILING COVERING IS HAS BEEN PULLED OFF.
AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP TO SHOW SOME OF THE MINE, THE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE AS WELL FOR THE RAFTERS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRY, UM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE CHARRING TO THE, TO THE FRAME OF THE DOORWAY AS WELL AS AGAIN THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE.
THE SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE, SUSTAINED MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE TO TWO OF THE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM HAS CHARRING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS TO INCLUDE THE RAFTERS, CEILING JOISTS AND THE DECKING.
THE STONE AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING IS DAMAGED AND MISSING IN SOME AREAS, ALLOWING THE EXTERIOR WALL STUDS TO BE EXPOSED.
THE INTERIOR WALL STUDS AND TOP PLATES SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED AND THE INTERIOR IS HEAVILY HOARDED CREATING A DANGER TO INGRESS AND INGRESS.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 26 39 WOODBURY STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION STEP STANDARD ARE UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 26 39 WOODBURY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, CAN WE GET A, CAN WE GET A MOTION? YES.
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I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY, UH, LOCATED AT 26 39 WOODBURY STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, SPECIFICALLY ITEMS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT UM, 26 39 WOODBURY FOR, UH, ARTICLES 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND ROBERT TOP YOU SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A VOTE PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
OUR NEXT CASE IS UH, TWO 11 WEST GERALD STREET, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TWO 11 WEST GERALD ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 2 1 1 WEST GERAL AVENUE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 8 6 0, NO BLOCK NUMBER LOT WEST 70.82 FEET OF 29, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS A GARY JESUS AND MARY JOSEPHINE.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, WE DO.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 12TH, 2022.
2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 20TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2021.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO JESUS AND MARY JOSEPHINE AGAR AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
HERE'S THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
SORRY, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
WOOD PLANK SIDING'S LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE CORRUGATED METAL ROOF IS RUSTED AND IT IS STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE HERE IS THE REAR REAR ELEVATION.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GO COMPLETELY INSIDE DUE TO ALL OF THE UM, DEBRIS INSIDE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND THE UH, ROOF SYSTEM IS DETACHED FROM THE WALL SYSTEM AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN.
THIS IS A SMALL ROOM TO THE RIGHT.
AGAIN, UH, WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IS SPACE BETWEEN THE FLOOR SYSTEM, THE AND THE WALL SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE ROOF SYSTEM.
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2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE CONSISTS OF A VACANT SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND DILAPIDATED CONDITION.THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS ROTTED OR MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THE CORRUGATED METAL COVERING OF THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM IS RUSTED AND DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12 AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2 1 1 WEST GERALD AVENUE.
ANYBODY TRYING TO LIVE THERE?
UM, AS FAR AS VAGRANTS GO, THERE'S ALWAYS VAGRANTS BUT AS FAR AS ANYBODY LIVING ON THE PROPERTY, NO.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS? NO.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UH, THIS IS WHAT DEMOTION OF UH, OKAY.
WE HAVE A ORDER FOR 30 DAY DEMO FOR TWO 11 WEST GERALD UNDER THE PROPERTY, UH, SUB UH, SUBSECTIONS 1 2 8 11, 12 AND 15.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DAVID GARZA SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE.
FOUR TO ZERO? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL OF OUR CASES.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? NO.
I DO HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.
ALRIGHT, JUST WANTED TO INFORM THE BOARD THAT PANEL B MEMBER JESSE SNYDER HAS RESIGNED FROM THE B S B ON OCTOBER 4TH.
HE'S MOVING BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA WITH HIS FAMILY.
MR. SNYDER WAS AN AT LARGE POSITION AND FILLED THE PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGER CATEGORY.
SO THE B SS B CURRENTLY HAS THREE VACANCIES, ONE IN DISTRICT FOUR SEVEN AND THE AT LARGE POSITION.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COUNCIL STAFF TO FILL THE VACANCIES.
UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO JUST SHUT US DOWN IN REGARDS TO THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION QUESTIONS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL.
UM, UH, I KNOW THAT HE WAS PROBABLY UNPREPARED TO BE ANSWERING THOSE TYPE OF QUESTIONS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE CONCERNS, UH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS AT A FULL BOARD MEETING IF WE NEED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
I JUST, UM, I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO, TO GO INTO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT PROPERTY HERE TODAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHY I DID IT.
NO, I'M LOOKING AT EVELYN 'CAUSE I, I I KNOW SHE WAS, I I I KNOW THAT SHE WANTED TO GET INTO IT ALSO.
SO THAT'S BAITING AT THE CHOMP BABY.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, JUST A COMMENT, UH, FOR JUDY, UM, WITH THAT RESIGNATION, I'M SURE WE MAY HAVE SOME CHALLENGES TRYING TO GET A QUORUM.
I'M ON PANEL A, BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO MAKE A QUORUM FOR PANEL B, UH, PLEASE CALL ME AND WITH ADVANCED NOTICE AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE HERE.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, ANY OTHER, UM, ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION?
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LEGAL LEGAL'S? GOOD.ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION, LEGAL