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THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 8 ON 26 JANUARY, 2023.
I WILL BE YOUR CHAIR FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, TODAY.
UH, IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
LINDA LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ PRESENT, ROBERT THIA.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ALICE GUDO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, B S B LIAISON ES ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.
AND JENNIFER, MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CHAIR.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES, INCLUDING THE CHAIR NEEDS TO SILENCE HIS CELL PHONE.
UH, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT MIGHT DISRUPT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 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 ITSELF IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION.
AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU MAY HAVE MADE THAT OR YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT ARRANGEMENT.
UH, AS YOU ARRIVED AT THE NOTICE FOR THIS HEARING, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PUBLIC OWNER, A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS THE DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK FOR A CASE FOR A COST.
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 A CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING 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 THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL TO THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON 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 36.
SPANISH BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE MINUTES SPANISH TRANSLATION, I'M SORRY, SPANISH TRANSLATION.
CAN WE HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATION FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES? THANK YOU.
I'M THE SPANISH INTERPRETER TODAY.
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RECEIVED MINUTES FROM THE PRIOR MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THOSE MINUTES? I WOULD TAPIA MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
RIGHT HAND IS SECOND AND MR. ANDIS SECOND.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TODAY FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, UH, EXCUSE ME.
WHILE YOU'RE COMING FORWARD, LET ME FIRST OF ALL INTRODUCE A NEW MEMBER OF OUR
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BOARD.YOU CAN KEEP COMING FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
UH, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE LIN LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ ON OUR BOARD.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
SHE REPRESENTS DISTRICT FOUR IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
SHE HAS COMPLETED ALL THE TRAINING SO SHE CAN MAKE MOTIONS, UH, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING TOTALLY.
SO THERE'S NO EXCEPTIONS TO YOUR ACTION TODAY.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
FOR BEING HERE.WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR BEING HERE AND WAIT FOR THE INFORMATION.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS ANDREW ESRA AND I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE WERE ASKED TO COME GIVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES OF INFORMATION ON JUST GENERAL FIRE BEHAVIOR OR WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO FIRES, UH, STRUCTURE FIRES.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A LONGER PRESENTATION, SO I'M GONNA KIND OF CUT THROUGH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, OVERALL, OUR, OUR FIRE VOLUME, OUR, OUR RUN VOLUME HAS REALLY INCREASED A LOT IN THE CITY.
SO THESE CHARTS SHOW THAT, BUT I'M GONNA KIND OF MOVE QUICKLY.
I THINK THE WRONG, UH, SLIDE WAS PRESENT, WAS LOADED UP.
SO HERE IN WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES, UH, WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT, THAT OVER THE COURSE OF, OF, UM, THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN FIRES IN, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, AND SO THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO GROWTH OF THE CITY AND, UH, AND OF COURSE OUR AGING STOCK OF HOMES.
UM, WE WERE ASKED TO SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO.
SO WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN IN DISTRICT TWO IS, IS AN INCREASE IN FIRE OR, OR WAS AN INCREASE, A LARGE INCREASE IN FISCAL 21 WITH A REDUCTION IN FISCAL 22 OVERALL, UH, STRUCTURE FIRES ACROSS THE, UH, CITY, WE'VE SEEN THAT TYPICALLY STRUCTURE, UH, FIRES ARE GONNA FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART.
SO WHENEVER IT STARTS TO GET COLDER, WE'RE GONNA SEE AN INCREASE IN FIRES.
UH, AND, AND THIS THREE YEAR TREND SHOWS THAT, UH, THIS LAST MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE SAW A COLD SNAP THAT CAME THROUGH.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE TYPICALLY GONNA HAVE MORE FIRES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND SO YOU SAW THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A, A, A SHARP INCREASE IN DECEMBER FROM NOVEMBER OF 23.
SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR DISTRICT TWO.
WE SEE THE SAME TREND THAT WE SEE AS THE CITY, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
IT'S WHEN IT'S GETTING COLD OUTSIDE, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE GONNA INCREASE THE, THE WASTE TO STAY WARM IN THEIR HOME, WHETHER IT BE THEIR, UH, A GAS FURNACE OR ELECTRIC, UH, HEATER.
UM, AND SO WE TYPICALLY SEE AN INCREASE IN FIRES.
SO, UH, THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING SLIDE.
UH, WE START SEEING THAT WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND WHICH YOU'LL START TO NOTICE IS OF COURSE THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OVER THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, BUT SPECIFICALLY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE, REALLY THE MORE INNER CITY OF OF SAN ANTONIO, WE SEE A MUCH LARGER, UH, RATE OF FIRES, UH, THAN WE DO SEE IN THE, UH, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS, SPECIFICALLY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HAS, HAS QUITE A BIT OF, UH, HAS A, A LARGE INCREASE IN IN FIRES.
UM, THESE ARE FIRE FATALITIES.
I'M GONNA SKIP THIS PART IF, IF THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, A DIFFERENT SLIDESHOW.
THAT WAS, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOADED.
UM, I THINK TO, TO KIND OF DISCUSS WHERE WE'RE, WHAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS WE DO, WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD, UH, APPROXIMATELY 583 FIRES FOR, FOR FIRE FOR, FOR CALENDAR YEAR 22.
SO WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT, UH, STATISTIC, WE HAVE SEEN A 28%, UM, 20% OF THOSE FIRES ARE ACTUALLY, UM, VACANT STRUCTURES.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT YOU WOULD WANNA LOOK AT.
UM, WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, THERE WAS 73 FIRES WITH WITHIN THE, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 22.
SO WE DO SEE THAT, THAT THERE IS, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, UM, OF 586 IN THE WHOLE CITY, 40% OR 28% OF THOSE WERE RAKING, WHICH IS ABOUT 168 HOMES.
AND THEN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, WE SAW A DIFFERENCE OF IT WAS ACTUALLY 40%, SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
UM, WE ALSO SEE THE SAME PATTERN IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO, UM, FROM, FROM FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHY FIRES START ALL THE TIME.
SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS WHY, WHY ARE WE HAVING FIRES? UM, MOST OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE ACCIDENTAL AND, AND TYPICALLY THEY FOLLOW WEATHER PATTERNS.
SO, UH, AGING STOCK OF POPULATION, OF, OF HOMES FOR SURE IS, IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN WHY WE SEE FIRES INCREASE.
UH, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE, WE DO HAVE A REALLY STRONG FIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF FIRES, BUT JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T STOP THE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENS ON THE ROAD, WE
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CAN'T ALWAYS STOP A FIRE THAT OCCURS IN THE HOME.SO, UM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO GET OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATE AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT, ESPECIALLY DURING, UH, DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, WE TYPICALLY WILL GET AHEAD AND, AND TRY TO GET OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE MEDIA TO EXPLAIN THAT WE HAVE WAYS TO, TO WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR.
SO DON'T OVERLOAD A, AN OUTLET, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO HEAT YOUR HOME, TO PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY LIVE FIRE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE A STRONG PUSH TO, TO, TO STOP CANDLE USAGE.
SO WE DO SEE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S CANDLES AREN'T ALWAYS AN ISSUE, UH, WHERE THEY'LL EITHER CRACK THE GLASS AND FALL OVER AND START A FIRE OR SOMEBODY BUMPS IT OVER, UH, AN ANIMAL OR, OR A CAT OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO WE CAN'T REALLY ANSWER.
THE SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS WHY DO WE HAVE FIRES OR HOW DO WE STOP THOSE FIRES? UH, MOST OF THOSE ARE ACCIDENTAL.
SO FOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD PRESENT TO YOU.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THOSE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CHIEF? I, I GOT TO, I'M FRED ANDES.
UH, I HAVE REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE NOW.
I NOTICED YOUR HIGHEST AT ONE 12 IS DISTRICT FIVE.
THAT'S THE OLDEST DISTRICT, CORRECT? I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY ALL STARTED, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE 2 0 7, THE, THE NEAR WEST SIDE.
BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE, THAT'S THE OLDEST DISTRICT OR I I THINK THEY ALL SHADY.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THE COUNCIL DISTRICT RIGHT SYSTEM, THEY ALL STARTED AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT THAT IS ISN'T AN OLDER PART OF THE CITY THAT, THAT YEAH, THAT'S THE OLDEST.
SO YOU'RE GONNA NORMALLY SEE MORE HERE, SEE FOR SURE.
THIS, THE STOCK OF HOMES IS, IS AN OLDER, UH, IS OLDER IN THAT AREA NOW.
WASN'T THERE A TIME THAT THE CITY WAS HANDING OUT FIRE DETECTOR AND SMOKE DETECTORS AT THE TIME? SO THEY STILL DOING THAT.
SO CERTAINLY AFTER THERE'S A FATALITY, WE, WE HAVE A, A GROUP THAT GOES OUT.
THE FIRE PREVENTION GROUP, UH, LED BY CHIEF ROSTOW, UH, IS VERY AGGRESSIVE IN GETTING OUT WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'LL ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND WE TRY TO GO, UM, INSTALL SMOKE DETECTORS.
NOW THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT STOPS A FIRE, RIGHT? THAT GOAL IS TO TRY TO SAVE A LIFE.
SO, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN THAT FIRST CAME OUT, IT WAS ADVERTISED ON AND NOW IT'S LIKE NOBODY HEARS ABOUT LIKE THE FAN PROGRAM, RIGHT? NOBODY HEARS ABOUT IT NO MORE.
SO COULD THAT BE ANOTHER WAY TO EMPHASIZE, HEY LOOK, WE HAVE THESE AND SO WE, SO WE DO PUT THAT OUT.
PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING STREAM ALL THE TIME FOR THOSE MOTOR DETECTORS.
SO TYPICALLY THOSE WILL COME IN THROUGH A DONATION.
AND SO WHEN THEY DO, WE PUSH, WE PUSH THOSE OUT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A, A SET LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET IN THE CITY THAT ALLOWS TO SAY WE'RE GONNA PUT IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR OR 50,000 A YEAR.
BUT WHEN WE DO, WE DO SOLICIT AND WE, WE RECEIVE DONATIONS AND WE, WE RECEIVE THOSE, WE DEFINITELY PUT THOSE OUT.
IS THAT TARGETED TO AREAS LIKE DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST FOR PRIORITY OR WHOEVER? SO TYPICALLY A LOT OF IT, UH, MOST OF THE NEW HOMES ARE GONNA HAVE THEM BUILT IN.
SO WE, OUR, OUR, OUR PRIORITY IS USUALLY TRY TO GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE IT.
AND, AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WILL ACTUALLY CALL US.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, LINES ONLINE NUMBERS ON, ON ONLINE THAT YOU CAN CALL US AND WE'LL GO PUT THOSE IN.
AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE, IF THERE'S A FIRE FATALITY IN THE CITY, UH, BY THE NEXT MORNING WE ARE THERE WITH, WITH COMPANIES AND WITH THE FIRE PINCH GROUP AND WE'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING ON MAKE SURE THEY HAVE, UH, SMOKE DETECTORS INSTALLED.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YES, MR. MR. TAPIA FIRST AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
I PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE, I THINK OUR CONCERN WITH REGARDS TO BUILDING STANDARDS WAS THE STATE OKAY.
CITIZENS AND EDUCATING THEM, AS YOU MENTIONED, AS MUCH AS WE CAN AFTER HE FIRE, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT.
BEWARE OF THE CANDLES AND HOW TO LIVE IN, NOT CAUSE A FIRE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS MOSTLY OUR CONCERN.
WE MIGHT NEED TO BRING THAT BACK.
WE MIGHT NEED TO BRING THAT BACK UP.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE KEY TOO.
IT MAY NOT PREVENT THE FIRE, BUT IT'LL SAVE A LIFE.
THAT'S OUR CONCERN AS WELL WHEN YEAH.
WE CAN OVER REPLACE THE BUILDING, WE CAN'T REPLACE THE LIFE, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SURE.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, WE APPLAUD WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE TIME IT'S JUST, IT EDUCATING PEOPLE, UM, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW.
AND WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE GOTTEN MORE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, TYPICALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT FIRE FATALITIES, THAT'S AN OLDER POPULATION AND SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT.
WE TRY TO DO MESSAGING THROUGH FACEBOOK, THROUGH, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE NEWS.
WE TRY TO RUN NEWS STORIES AT TIMES WHEN WE, WE GET THEM INTERESTED TO COME RUN A STORY.
UH, CERTAINLY DURING CHRISTMAS, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A, A SITUATION WHERE, WE'LL, WE'LL LIGHT A TREE ON FIRE TO SHOW HOW FAST THOSE GO UP WITH IF, IF YOU'RE NOT BEING WATERED AND THEY'RE NOT, AND THEY'RE VERY DRY.
UM, SO OUR EFFORTS HAVE INCREASED CONSIDERABLY.
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ASSIGNED TO THAT AND THEY, THEY SPEND, THAT'S THEIR FULL-TIME FOCUS IS TRYING TO GET OUT IN PUBLIC IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.BECAUSE, UH, IT JUST COMES ACROSS DIFFERENT FOR SURE.
WHEN WE SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE CREATED, WE'VE CREATED CARTOONS, WE'VE CREATED, UH, ANIMATIONS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING MORE THAN WE'VE EVER DONE TO TRY TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.
YOU, YOU'VE ACTUALLY TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MY QUESTION WAS, BUT YES, MA'AM.
YOU KNOW, DISTRICT, UH, FIVE, UH, I REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, DISTRICT FIVE DOES HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBERS.
IT ALSO HAS A, A LARGE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
SO MESSAGING THROUGH FACEBOOK IS, IS NOT GONNA BE CORRECT REACHING, ESPECIALLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THAT INFORMATION.
AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME FOR DISTRICT TWO.
THEY HAVE, UH, A LARGE DIGITAL DIVIDE AS WELL.
SO, UM, WHAT, BESIDES SOCIAL MEDIA, HOW ARE YOU REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND ARE YOU LIKE GOING TO SCHOOLS AND TALKING TO THE KIDS SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO THEIR PARENTS AND ET CETERA? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UH, AND THE COUNCILMAN, UH, HAS BEEN VERY GOOD IN DISTRICT FIVE AT PARTNERING WITH US.
WE'VE HAD MORE THAN A FEW CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FIRES IN OUR DISTRICT AND, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH HER AS WELL, WITH YOU BEING THERE.
UM, I THINK WE'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS OR OR MORE THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS IS VERY STRONG.
SO WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT, UH, NATIONALLY IS, IS, IS IS BEING DONE.
AND CERTAINLY LOCALLY WE DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING TO ALL THE SCHOOLS, UH, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THE, WITH THE CHILDREN, REALLY EMPHASIZING AN ESCAPE PATH, YOU KNOW, WHAT PLAN DO WE HAVE IN, IN PLACE TO DO THAT? UH, IT IS DIFFICULT WITH A DIGITAL DIVIDE, SO, UH, STAFFING WISE WE CAN'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO DOOR TO DOOR IN, IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE CERTAINLY TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS IT THROUGH WORKING WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND TALKING.
I KNOW THE, THE GROUP WITH FIRE PREVENTION HAS BEEN THROUGH TO NORMAL, TO BEEN DIFFERENT TIMES AND, AND TALKED, UH, WITH THE DIFFERENT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN TALK TO.
BUT WE, WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING CAPACITY TO GO DOOR TO DOOR, UH, IN ANY ONE OF THE DISTRICTS.
SO WE TRY TO HIT LARGE GROUPS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND, AND TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THAT DIRECTION.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ALRIGHT, UH, JOE, UH, JOE SLATES THE DISTRICT 10.
WHAT I DIDN'T SEE IS ANY STATISTICS ON, UH, RESPONSE TIMES.
UH, WHAT WE DO SEE HERE IS THAT A LOT OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE FULLY, UH, ENGULFED AND JUST WONDERING, UH, IF RESPONSE TIMES RESPONSIBILITY, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS THAT ARE JUST END UP HAVING TO BE DEMOLISHED AFTERWARDS.
SO I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA ON HAND.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF, OF, UM, THE LAST 40, 50 YEARS, BUILDING MATERIALS HAVE CHANGED.
YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT BETTER THAN ANYBODY, UM, THE ABILITY FOR US TO GET TO A FIRE IN TIME.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THERE WAS A UL STUDY DONE THAT SHOWED, UH, TIME FOR TO A FLASHOVER.
SO WHEN YOU START A FIRE AND HOW IT GROWS BEFORE IT GETS TO A COMPLETELY ROOM ON FIRE, UM, THOSE MINUTES HAVE CHANGED.
SO IF YOU WERE LOOK AT ORDINARY COMBUSTIBLES FROM 40 YEARS AGO, WHICH WERE WOOD AND COTTON, IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE UPWARDS OF, OF 11 MINUTES BEFORE THAT ROOM WOULD REACH FULL COMBUSTION, WHICH MEANS ANY OF OUR, ANY OF OUR STATIONS IN TOWN WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT ADDRESS AND TIME.
TODAY'S MATERIALS, WHICH ARE WAY HEAVIER IN, IN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS, THE FLASHPOINT FOR THOSE ARE MUCH LOWER.
AND SO WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF A, SO BY THE TIME SOMEBODY CALLS US, OUR, OUR RESPONSE TIME IS GONNA BE ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
MOST HOMES TODAY THAT ARE BEING BUILT, WHETHER IT BE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF THAT'S NOT AS, AS DURABLE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TYPE OF FRAMING THAT'S USED VERSUS AN OLDER, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS' HOME IS, IS IN DISTRICT FIVE AND IT'S, UH, BUT IN 1901, SO THAT IS ALL TWO BY FOURS, A REAL TWO BY FOUR WITH, WITH, WITH A LOT OF WOOD.
UM, THAT'S GONNA WITHSTAND A, A FIRE MUCH BETTER THAN A NEWER CONSTRUCTION THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE HEAT.
AND THE GUSSET PLATES AND THE TRUSSES AND THESE TYPE OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA B ARE GONNA COLLAPSE QUICKER.
SO WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THOSE FIRES, BECAUSE THE MATERIALS, THE DESKS, THE, THE, THE CHAIRS, THE COUCHES BURN SO MUCH HOTTER AND FASTER, BY THE TIME WE SHOW UP, THOSE FIRES ARE REALLY ENGULFED.
AND SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH A, AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN'T GET THERE FAST ENOUGH.
IT'S THE MATERIALS HAVE CHANGED SO SUBSTANTIALLY THAT THEY'RE GONNA BURN HOTTER AND FASTER.
SO THE EFFORTS FOR THE CHILDREN, THE EFFORTS FOR THE, FOR THOSE TO, TO BE ALERTED BY AN ALARM, SMOKE ALARM AND TO GET OUT SOONER, THAT IS, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES TO, TO GET THERE FAST ENOUGH.
IF, IF, IF, IF SOMEONE IS ABLE TO CLOSE A DOOR THAT HELPS US.
IF THE DOORS STAY OPEN IN THE HOME AND THAT FIRE MOVES QUICKLY, WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S A MATTER OF THERE'S OF, IF THERE'S A FIRE THAT STARTS IN A PARTICULAR ROOM AND, AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT DOOR IS CLOSED, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A MUCH MORE OF AN IMPACT TO TRY TO SLOW THAT DOWN.
BUT REALLY OUR, OUR BIGGEST OUR LIMITING FACTOR
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IS, IS THE MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING USED TODAY IN, IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN, IN ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE BUYING.SO LEMME JUST FOLLOW UP REAL QUICK.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONCERNED WITH, WITH THE, THE, THE, THE BUILDING CODE HERE AS WELL.
AND JUST WONDERING ON THE REPORTING SIDE, HOW IS IT ALL THESE FIRES ARE TRACKED? IS THE FIRE MARSHAL STILL REPORTING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION TO, FOR THEIR INFERS DATABASE? SO WE DO THE INFERS DATABASE AFTER EVERY FIRE, SO ALL OF THAT IS TRACKED.
UM, WE HAVE BUILT, SO THAT IS A NATIONAL DATABASE, AND SO THAT IS, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS THAT, UH, THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN, IN OUR PROCESS OF, FROM THE INVESTIGATION SIDE, SO WE HAVE AN ARSON INVESTIGATION UNIT THAT SHOWS UP IF THERE'S, IF, IF THERE'S ARSON.
WE'VE ALSO IN THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS BUILT OUT A FIRE INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.
SO, UH, WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW AT EVERY SINGLE STRUCTURE FIRE IN THE CITY, WE SEND OUT A FIRE INVESTIGATOR AND THAT PERSON WORKS 24 HOURS A DAY.
SO THE, THE RESPONSE TIME IS VERY QUICKLY, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE THINK CAUSES THE FIRE.
IF THERE, IF THERE APPEARS TO BE A CRIMINAL ELEMENT INVOLVED, THEN THE ARSON UNIT WILL THEN SHOW UP.
SO EVERY FIRE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE THE REPORTING AND THE INVESTIGATIVE LEVEL THAT WE'RE DOING IS WAY HIGHER THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST, SINCE INCEPTION.
SO WE'RE DOING BETTER AT THAT.
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR US.
I'M SORRY, ERLINDA, AND YOU MIGHT'VE TOUCHED ON THIS BEFORE, BUT I MIGHT'VE MISSED IT.
HOW MANY OF THE UPTAKE, BECAUSE THERE'S AN UPTAKE IN FIRES, ARE, IS ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL AND VERSUS VACANT? UH, SO THE NUMBER, I DON'T HAVE THE CHART ON THIS PARTICULAR, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS THAT ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SO FOR, FOR FOR CALENDAR YEAR 22, WE HAD 583 FIRES IN THE CITY OF THAT, I THINK A HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT, TWENTY 8% OF IT, 28.3 TO BE EXACT WERE VACANT STRUCTURES IN THE CITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE EACH TIME YOU RESPOND TO A HOUSE FIRE, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY PUTTING SOMEONE'S LIFE AT RISK AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY DO THAT ON A DAILY BASIS FOR US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME, THAT WAY WE CAN GET INTO THE CASES PER SE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM IS THE SELECTION OF A VICE CHAIR FOR THIS PANEL.
UH, IF WE COULD, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT AT THIS TIME.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS ALICE G**O, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS TO REPORT THE HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT NINE 15 POTOMAC AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, UH, HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 59, SECTION FIVE.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE PROPERTY, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 19 11 19 HERMAN BOULEVARD HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 59, SECTION FIVE, AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1448 MONTANA STREET WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2022 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON 11 30 20 22 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5.
NO FURTHER ACTION AS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
I'M SORRY, THIS WAS NOT A FIRE, THIS WAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, MY APOLOGIES.
SECOND ITEM IS GOING TO BE THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 34 CARDIFF AVENUE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2022 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 48 JESSIE ONE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY
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ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2022 DUE TO EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED, I'M SORRY, DETERIORATION ON DECEMBER 22ND, 22.PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1330 REVA STREET LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 2ND, 2023.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2250 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON DECEM ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 28TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1211 DENVER BOULEVARD WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 4TH, 2023.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 2 6 FROST WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JANUARY 11TH, 2023 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, AND THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 61 11 LAWN VALLEY WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JANUARY 17TH, 2023 DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STAFF, I ASSUME THAT WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE CASES ON AN, UH, NUMERIC ORDER, 12 13, 14, 15, ET CETERA.
IS THAT OKAY? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THEN THE FIRST CASE IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE PROPERTY AT 32 0 6 CRIPPLE CREEK STREET.
THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 12 ON OUR AGENDA.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL PRO, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 32 0 6, 32 0 6 CRIPPLE CREEK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 0 9.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N C B 1 2 1 6 0 BLOCK ZERO, LOT FIVE THROUGH SIX, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
OWNER OF RECORD IS TR SPANISH OAKS, L L C.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IT IS CURRENTLY TENANT OCCUPIED.
THE SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATED R 3 0 2 0.3, SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
ALL SIDEWALKS, ALL SIDEWALKS, WALKWAYS, STAIRS, DRIVEWAYS, PARKING SPACES IN SIMILAR AREAS SHALL BE KEPT IN PROPER STATE OF REPAIR AND MAINTAINED FREE FROM HAZARDS.
DAMAGE DUE TO WORK FROM PUBLIC UTILITIES SHALL BE REPAIRED BY SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITY ACCORDING TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
3 0 2 0.7 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING DETACHED GARAGES AND FENCES SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND GOOD REPAIR.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY TO EXISTING PRIVATE OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS, SPAS BUILT PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST, 2010.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS AND SPAS, PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS AND SPAS ARE COVERED CONTAINING WATER.
MORE THAN 24 INCHES IN DEPTH SHALL BE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY A FENCE OR BARRIER OF AT LEAST 48 INCHES IN HEIGHT ABOVE THE FURNISHED GROUND LEVEL MEASURED ON THE SIDE OF THE BARRIER AWAY FROM THE POOL, GATES AND DOORS
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AND SUCH.BARRIERS SHALL BE LOCKABLE OR SELF-CLOSING, SELF LATCHING WHERE SELF LATCHING DEVICES LESS THAN 54 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE GRADE, THE RELEASE MECHANISM SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE POOL SIDE OF THE GATE.
SELF-CLOSING, SELF LATCHING GATES SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND SUCH THAT A GATE WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE AND THE LATCH WHEN RELEASE SHALL, UH, FROM THE OPEN POSITION OF SIX INCHES FROM THE GATE POST PRIVACY FENCES CAN SERVE AS ENCLOSURES.
WHERE A WALL OF A DWELLING UNIT SERVES AS PART AS ENCLOSURES, DOORS MUST BE LOCKABLE.
NO EXISTING PULL ENCLOSURES SHALL BE REMOVED, REPLACED, OR CHANGED IN A MANNER THAT REDUCES ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A SAFETY BARRIER WHERE ABOVE GROUND, A POOL STRUCTURE IS USED AS A BARRIER OR WHERE THE POOL IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF A POOL STRUCTURE.
THAT MEANS THE ACCESS, THE ACE OF ACCESS IS A LADDER STEPS THE LADDER OR STEPS SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING SECURED, LOCKED, OR REMOVED TO PREVENT ACCESS OR LADDER STEPS SHALL BE SURROUNDED BY AN ENCLOSURE AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION.
EXEMPTION, HOT SPAS AND HOT TUBS WITH SAFETY COVERS THAT COMPLY WITH A S T M F 1346 SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION.
ALL SWIMMING PULLS, HOT TUBS AND SPAS BUILT AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2010 MUST COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 31 0 9 OF THE 2005 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AS ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
3 0 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT.
ALL EXTERIOR SERVICES INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, CORNICES PORCHES, TRIM BALCONIES, AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY RESISTANT WOODS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND DECAY BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE TREAT TREATMENT.
ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS AS WELL BE AS WELL AS THOSE BETWEEN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE PERIMETER OF THE WINDOWS DOORS.
SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED, WEATHER RESISTANT AND WATERTIGHT.
ALL METAL SURFACES SUBJECT TO RUST AND CORROSION SHALL BE COATED TO INHIBIT SUCH RUST AND CORROSION.
AND ALL SURFACES WITH RUST OR CORROSION SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FUTURE RUST AND CORROSION.
OXIDATION STAINS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM 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 AND LIVE AND DEAD LOADS.
ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS AND LOOSE OR ROTTED MATERIALS AND MAINTAINED WEATHER PROOF AND, UM, PROPERLY SURFACED.
CO COATED WHERE TO REQUIRE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION.
ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND AND TIGHT, NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN.
ROOF AND DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR ANY INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS, DOWNPOURS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS.
3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAYS DECKS, POW UH, PORCHES AND BALCONIES EVERY EXTERIOR, STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, AND BALCONY, AND ALL A APERTURES ATTACHED THERETO SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING IMPOSED LOADS.
EVERY HANDRAIL GUARD SHALL BE FASTENED AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING NORMALLY IMPOSED LOADS AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN WORKING ORDER AND SHALL BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, AND DEFECTS, AND BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH SUCH PLUMBING FIXTURES ARE DESIGNED.
ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE, SANITARY, AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION.
EVERY PLUMBING STACK, VENT, WASTE AND SEWER LINE SHALL FUNCTION PROPERLY AND BE KEPT FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAKS, AND DEFECTS.
ALL ELECTRO EQUIPMENT WIRING AND APPARATUS SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE AND IMPROVED MANNER.
THE PROPERTY INSPECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, OBSERVED SEVERAL VIOLATIONS.
NOTICES WERE WRITTEN AND GIVEN IN PERSON TO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2022 REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY CONDUCT, UH, CHECKED VIOLATIONS, REMAINED WALKED.
OWNER PROVIDED AN ENGINEER'S LETTER.
THE ENGINEER DID NOT ASSESS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
OWNER WAS NOTIFIED TO RESUBMIT.
A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND ALL VIOLATIONS REMAIN.
REINSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY REMAINS SAME CONDITION, NO IMPROVEMENTS MADE, PERMITS
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HAVE NOT BEEN OBTAINED.REINSPECTED PROP, UH, LOCATION, PROPERTY REMAINS IN SAME CONDITION, NO IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
NOVEMBER 28TH MET WITH OWNERSHIP AND DISCUSSED THE PROPERTY STATUS.
JANUARY 5TH, 2023 REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION, WALKED THE PROPERTY WITH THE OWNER TO DISCUSS VIOLATIONS AND PLAN OF ACTION.
RE-INSPECTION CONDUCTED WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDING INSPECTOR, INSPECTOR INSPECTIONS.
INSPECTOR'S REPORT STATED, BUILDING 11 STAIRS POSE A DANGER TO THE TENANTS PROPERTY REMAIN REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
ON JANUARY 24TH, 2023, A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS ISSUED FOR THE UNIT AFFECTED BY THOSE STAIRS.
UNIT 11 E IN BUILDING 11 PROPERTY REMAINS IN THE SAME CONDITION.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, THIS IS THE WALKING SURFACE, AS YOU CAN TELL.
UM, IT, IT IS AT A SIGNIFICANT ANGLE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO WALK.
NEXT PHOTO, UM, THIS IS THE, THIS IS ALSO THE WALKING SURFACE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT, WHERE WE ARE STANDING IS A MUCH MORE DRASTIC ANGLE THAN, AND IT STRAIGHTENS OUT AS IT GOES FURTHER.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION THERE IN THE, IN THE PLATES OF THE CONCRETE.
NEXT, THAT IS THE ROOF AND THE WEATHER PROTECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN PROTECTED AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE ROTTED WOOD DETERIORATION, DETERIORATING WOOD ALONG THE ROOF LINE.
NEXT, UM, THIS AGAIN IS THEIR BALCONIES.
UM, THIS IS A REPAIR MADE AROUND THE, THE SKIRTING OF THE BALCONY.
AND THE, UM, WOOD IS, THERE IS NO WEATHER PROTECTION.
YOU CAN SEE ABOVE IT THE ROTTED WOOD AND THE SUPPORT MEMBERS, UH, OFF CENTER.
YOU ALSO SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE THE CORNES.
THAT IS, THAT IS IN PRETTY BAD CONDITION.
NEXT, YOU CAN SEE THE ANGLE OF THE SUPPORT.
UM, AND THESE ARE AGAIN, AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT, UH, BALCONY, AND IT'S UNPAINTED UN WEATHER PROTECTED.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTED.
NEXT, THIS IS, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE CONCRETE PLATE, UH, PUSHING UP FROM THE, THE, UH, STRUCTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERNEATH OF THE STRUCTURE, THE WATER DAMAGE.
NEXT, UH, THE, UH, THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, THE CARPORTS.
THERE IS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE RUST AND DETERIORATION ALONG THAT CAR.
THE, UH, THE CARPORT THAT LINE NEXT.
AND THERE IS THE, UH, SUPPORTS FOR THE CARPORT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, IT'S LEANING SIGNIFICANTLY AND YOU CAN SEE THE RUST ALONG THE, UH, CONNECTION POINTS NEXT.
AND THERE WE HAVE, UH, THE TOP IS MISSING, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY IS OVER TO THE, UH, UH, LEFT HAND SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE IT BUCKLING THERE AT THE TOP.
THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT IS NEXT TO THE POOL.
SO IT FORMS PART OF THE POOL ENCLOSURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS, UM, ROTTED NEXT.
ALL THOSE POSTS IN A ROW ARE ALL ROTTING FROM THE GROUND AND, UH, LESS VISIBLE.
THEY ARE ROTTING FROM THE TOP ALSO.
NEXT, THERE ARE MISSING PICKETS IN THE ENCLOSURE AROUND THE POOL NEXT.
AND THE HANDRAILS ARE PULLING AWAY FROM THE ROTTED WOOD.
NEXT, THIS IS ABOVE A STAIRWELL, OUR WALKWAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW SIGNIFICANT THE, THE, UH, ROT IS TO THE WOOD HERE.
AND THE SUPPORT POST IS BARELY TOUCHING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
NEXT, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE SUPPORT POST IS ACTUALLY SPLIT IN HALF AND IT'S PULLING AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM.
NEXT, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A REPAIR.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE, THIS SUPPORT POST IS, IS BOWING OUT AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE AND YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION OF THE POST ITSELF.
NEXT, THIS IS, UM, ONE OF THE SUPPORT POSTS.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS NOT STRAIGHT.
NEXT ALONG THE ROOF LINE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, UH, WHERE THE WATER IS GETTING BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE OVERHANG.
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AND THERE AGAIN IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT WATER COMING THROUGH THE ROOF AND DETERIORATING THE FASCIA NEXT.AND THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE, UH, OF THE ROOF LINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DECORATIVE FEATURES THERE ARE ROTTING FROM THE WATER AND SOME OF THOSE HAVE ACTUALLY FALLEN AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, YOU'LL SEE, UM, ON THE RIGHT CENTER OF THE PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE THE SEPARATION, THE STEPPING OF THE BRICKS ON THE SIDING, AND IT'S SIDING STRAIGHT UP THE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S A TWO STORY STRUCTURE NEXT.
AND THERE ARE HOLES IN THE STRUCTURE THAT ARE UNCOVERED OR BARELY COVERED NEXT.
AND THAT IS ALSO WHERE IT'S, IT'S STARTING TO SEPARATE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S FROM THE WINDOW MOVING TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION AND THE, UH, SIDING.
NEXT, THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE STAIR, ONE OF THE STAIRS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION OF THE STAIR, UH, OF THE MOUNT NEXT.
AND THIS IS THE STAIR SEPARATING FROM THE LANDING.
UH, THE LANDING IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE STAIRS.
NEXT, THIS IS THE STAIRS AS IT'S CONNECTING TO THE LANDING.
AND THIS IS, AGAIN, IT'S A DIFFERENT LANDING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER TIME AND THEY'RE NOT WEATHERPROOF.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE RUST ON THOSE STAIRS NEXT.
AND THAT THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE ENTERED A PLACED ANOTHER BOARD IN THERE TO SHORE UP THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE STAIRS AND THE LANDING.
AND, BUT THEY HAVE NOT, UH, WEATHER PROTECTED THAT AND, UH, SECURED IT PROPERLY.
NEXT, AND THAT IS THE CORNER OF THE STAIRWELL.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE METAL PLATE THEY'VE PUT THERE TO SECURE THE, THE HANDRAILS TOO.
AND THEY'VE TRIED TO RESECURE THAT STAIRWELL WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROT AROUND THE STAIRWELL AND, UH, THE, THE ROTTING WOOD ABOVE IT.
NEXT, THIS IS THE LANDING AT BUILDING 11.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SIGNIFICANT IT'S LEANING.
THIS IS THE ONE WE DID ISSUE THE NOSE TO VACATE AT.
UM, IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT NEXT.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER STAIRWELL WHERE WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF, UM, RUST AND DETERIORATION AND, UH, ESPECIALLY RIGHT AT, RIGHT THERE AT THE, UH, BRACKETS.
THAT'S A CLOSEUP OF, UH, ONE WE PREVIOUSLY SAW.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, THE SUPPORT BEAM THERE IS NOT FULLY ON THE STRUCTURE THAT IT'S ROTTED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH IT NEXT.
AND THERE IS A FIX THAT WAS MADE, UM, NOT, THERE'S NO WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, THE, FROM THE DETERIORATION AND THE SEPARATION ON THE TOP PART OF THAT BALCONY.
NEXT, THIS IS, UM, THE, THE BOTTOM SOFFIT OF THE, UH, OF ONE OF THE LANDINGS IS FALLING COMPLETELY AWAY, UM, DUE TO THE DAMAGE AND, UH, WATER DAMAGE AND ROT.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS AGAIN IS UNPAINTED WOOD.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DECORATIVE FEATURES JUST BARELY HANGING THERE 'CAUSE IT'S ROTTED OFF THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE HANDRAILS AROUND THE PROPERTY AND YOU CAN SEE THEM PULLING OUTTA THE STRUCTURE, NOT, NOT CORRECTLY SECURE.
NEXT, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT SAME THING.
THE WOOD IS MOVING AND THE HANDRAILS ARE PULLING OUT OF THE ROTTING WOOD.
NEXT, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
NEXT, UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL WATER LEAKS ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, FAUCETS THAT WILL NOT TURN OFF NEXT.
AND THIS IS A DRAIN LINE NEXT.
AND THERE WERE LEAKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE, OF THE UNITS.
THIS IS A DAMAGE FROM ONE OF THE WATER LEAKS.
YOU CAN SEE THE PAN THERE CATCHING THE WATER.
NEXT, THIS IS A DIFFERENT UNIT THAT THE PLUMBING WOULD NOT, UM, FUNCTION PROPERLY.
NEXT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY THERE ARE OPEN, UM, SEWER CAPS NEXT, AND THIS IS A, THE REMNANT OF A SEWER LEAK.
UH, THE, IT WAS STOPPED 'CAUSE IT WASN'T SOFT WHEN WE WERE THERE, BUT THE REMNANTS OF THE LEAK ARE THERE IN THE PICTURE.
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TO SEE, BUT THE GROUND IS STILL, UH, SATURATED.NEXT, UH, THAT'S A, A RECENT, UH, CORRECTION THEY MADE.
UH, BUT THEY MADE THAT ONE WITHOUT A PERMIT AND THEY DID NOT CLOSE IT UP.
THEY LEFT IT THE, THE HOLE OPEN.
NEXT THERE ARE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE WE HAD ANOTHER SEWER LEAK, UH, THAT THEY PUT THAT CAP ON.
NOW WE HAVE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE IN TWO LOCATIONS NEXT.
AND WE HAVE THIS LIGHT FIXTURE BARELY HOLDING ON ABOVE A DOOR AND THAT THAT UNIT IS OCCUPIED.
NEXT, WE HAVE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL THROUGHOUT.
UH, A LOT OF IT IS AT THE, UM, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS WHERE THEY JUST LEAVE THE WIRE NUTS AND CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE THE, THE, UH, JUNCTION BOXES NEXT.
AND THERE IS A, UH, LIGHT HANGING JUST BY THE WIRES.
NEXT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY.
MAINTENANCE CODE SUBSECTIONS 3 0 2 0.3 SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS 3 0 2 0.7.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES 3 0 3 0.2.
PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.4.
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, 3 0 4 0.6.
ROOF AND DRAINAGE 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAYS DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES.
3 0 4 0.2 HANDRAILS AND GUARDS.
5 0 6 0.2 MAINTENANCE SEWAGE, 6 0 5 0.1, INSTALLATION ELECTRICAL AND THAT IT BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS.
OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS AND THAT THE BOARD ASSESS FINES FOR THE VIOLATION.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? UH, THIS IS FRED ANIS.
I'VE GOT A FEW ON 10 19 22, UH, RE-INSPECTION WAS DONE AND THE OFFICER OBSERVED LARGE BRAKES IN THE ASPHALT SEEPING WATER SLASH SEWAGE IN PARKING LOT.
WAS IT DETERMINED? WAS IT WATER OR SEWAGE? IT WAS A, IT WAS A WATER BREAK AND THEY HAVE SINCE REPAIRED THAT.
AND ALL THE SEWER ELEMENTS THAT WE SAW IN THE PICTURES HAS, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEEN NOTIFIED? HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
THANK YOU MR. ROBERT TOP YOU DO, HOW, HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE LIVING IN, IN THE, IN THE UNIT? WELL, WE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT INFORMATION OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE THERE CURRENTLY, BUT THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 115 UNITS.
I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY ONE 15 OR ONE TO 50? 115 APPROXIMATELY.
YOU STATED THAT THIS ROBERT, TO AGAIN, YOU STATED THAT YOU HAD A, UH, ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT WAS PARTIAL.
WAS THERE AN INTENT, AN INTENTION TO GET A FULL REPORT? UH, WE HAVE REQUESTED A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
UM, THE REPORT WAS, IT, IT BASICALLY, THE REPORT WAS THAT THE, THE STAIRWELLS WERE BUILT TO CODE AT THE TIME THEY WERE BUILT.
WE WANTED A FULL EVALUATION OF THE STAIRS.
I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THE, UM, THE UNIT, THE 11 E IS, WAS THAT ACTUALLY VACATING WHEN WE ISSUED THE NOTICE TO VACATE? IT HAD JUST BEEN OCCUPIED, SO THEY HAD JUST MOVED IN.
SO, UM, THEY WERE GOING TO RELOCATE.
WE HAVE HAD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, UH, SERVICES GO OUT AND MAKE CONTACT AND SEE IF THEY COULD OFFER ANY HELP.
I KNOW THE PROPERTY ALSO HAS OTHER APARTMENTS THAT COULD MOVE THEM INTO.
AND REGARDING THE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE NOW, THE, THE 150 UNITS, DO WE HAVE CHILDREN THERE AS WELL? AS WELL AS, UH, ANYBODY WITH THE DISABILITIES AND ELDERLY PLEA? I HAVE SEEN CHILDREN.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU THOUGH.
JUST ONE FINAL UP ON THE, UH, ENGINEER'S REPORT.
WAS IT A FINAL REPORT EVER GIVEN? NO, SIR.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A FINAL, UM, HOW MANY OF THE UNITS WERE INSPECTED? WE ONLY INSPECTED FIVE OF THE UNITS.
AND, UM, WERE, THOSE WERE ALL OF, UH, THOSE UNITS IN VIOLATION?
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THEY, THEY HAD VIOLATIONS AND THEY ARE IN VARIOUS STATES OF REPAIR.UH, I BELIEVE ON THIS LOCATION, WE ONLY HAVE ONE THAT'S LEFT IN VIOLATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT ALSO STATES IN HERE PERMITS IF THEY'RE DOING REPAIRS, ARE THE PERMITS PULLED? THEY, UH, W WHEN THEY WERE DOING REPAIRS, THEY D THEY INITIALLY THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR ANNUAL PERMITS.
THEY HAVE SINCE OBTAINED ANNUAL PERMITS.
THEY'RE CLEAR ON ALL REPAIRS NOW CAN BE DONE.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR ANNUAL, THEY HAVE THEIR ANNUAL FOR PLUMBING AND THEY HAVE THEIR ANNUAL FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL.
UM, OF COURSE EACH STRUCTURE IS GONNA NEED ITS OWN, UH, PERMIT.
SO THEY'RE WORKING, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE YET.
SO IN THOSE FIVE UNITS, ARE THEY IN ONE BUILDING OR ARE THEY STAGGERED THROUGHOUT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, WAS IT DONE IN, ON THEIR PERMITS? IF THEY'RE DOING PERMITS IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, DID THEY PULL PERMITS FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS OR DID THEY ONLY PULL ONE FOR ONE BUILDING THE, THE ANNUAL PERMIT FOR PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL, THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, THEIR TEAMS TO ACTUALLY DO THE REPAIRS TO THE UNITS THAT WERE NECESSARY.
SO THOSE, THOSE ANNUAL PERMITS THAT WILL ALLOW THOSE REPAIRS NOW FOR THE STAIRS BALCONIES, THAT, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UH, PERMITS.
SO THEY'RE STILL DUE ROOF STRUCTURE, PARKING LOT AND ELECTRICAL.
BUT YOU SAID THEY DID A SEWER REPAIR OUTSIDE? YES.
THAT GAS MAIN WAS THAT PERMITTED? NO, WE DID ADDRESS THAT THROUGH A DIFFERENT ROUTE.
SO A CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR THAT.
ABOUT THE REPAIRS ON THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THE NON PAINTED PARTS THAT WERE REPAIRED, WERE THEY PERMITTED? NO.
NONE OF THE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE UP REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO INCLUDE THE STAIRS.
THE OLD REPAIRS THAT THEY DID? CORRECT.
ANY ALIBIS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE OWNER IS ALAN TRIFF AND, UH, VAL TRIFF IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
SO LET'S HEAR FROM THE OWNER FIRST.
UM, I TAKE IT YOUR, YOUR VAL? NO, HE'S, HE'S MY DAD.
OKAY, THEN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS ARIF AND THE ADDRESS IS 32 0 6 CRIPPLE CREEK STREET.
I DO HAVE THE ENGINEER LETTER, THE FULL LETTER WITH ME.
AND I WAS HERE YESTERDAY TO PULL THE PERMIT FOR EACH BUILDING AND I DID, UH, SUBMIT THOSE APPLICATIONS.
THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN PROCESSED YET.
IS THE ENGINEER LETTER THE, IS THE ENGINEER LETTER THE ONE THAT, UH, THE CODE OFFICER IS SEEN OR HAS HE NOT SEEN IT? NO, HE HASN'T SEEN THIS ONE.
DO YOU WANT US TO SEE THAT YES.
ENGINEER LETTER AT THE PRESENT TIME? YES, PLEASE GIVE IT TO STAFF AND THEY'LL LET THE ATTORNEY REVIEW IT FIRST.
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MR. CHAIR, UH, THIS IS LEGAL.I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE ASKED, UH, MR. TOMAS TO LOOK AT IT ALSO WITH ME.
I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS NOT SIGNED, NOR IS IT SEALED AS AN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
IT'S NOT SIGNED, IT'S NOT SEALED.
UM, I AM GOING TO ASK, I AM GOING TO ALLOW THIS, UH, THE BOARD TO LOOK AT IT JUST SO YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I AM, I'M, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE I, I SAY THIS AND IT'S ON THE RECORD.
I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT SIGNED OR SEALED BY AN ENGINEER AT ALL.
ACTUALLY, SINCE STAFF HAS LOOKED AT IT.
UH, I'LL JUST ASK STAFF, UH, HAVE YOU SEEN ENOUGH OF THE ENGINEER REPORT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE GETTING ACCURATE AND, AND COMPLETE INFORMATION OR IS IT INCOMPLETE? THIS IS, THIS IS AMIN THOMAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO OBVIOUSLY I JUST GLANCED THROUGH IT.
I DIDN'T READ EVERY SINGLE WORD.
UM, IN GENERAL, THE ENGINEER IS LISTING FEW ITEMS. I'M TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN STAIRS IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS, SPECIFICALLY BREAKING IT DOWN PER BUILDING, TALKING ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO IT SEEMS HE DID, UH, A VERY DETAILED, UH, ANALYSIS, BUT AGAIN, IT, IT'S TITLED WITH THE ENGINEER'S NAME ON IT, BUT IT'S NOT SEALED AND SIGNED.
UH, SO DEFINITELY IF WE CAN ACCEPT THAT LETTER, IT HAS TO BE SEALED AND SIGNED BY THE ENGINEER.
SO THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THEY STATE IN THAT DOCUMENT.
UH, BOARD CHAIR IS GONNA TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT IT SINCE HE'S THE ONLY ENGINEER ON THE BOARD ITSELF.
SO I WILL TAKE JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
MAY WE PROCEED WITH HIM TO PROCEED HIS CASE WHILE YOU'RE REVIEWING THE DOCUMENT? CERTAINLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE CASE.
DO YOU NEED THIS DOCUMENT TO REFER TO? UM, NO I DON'T.
THEN WHY DON'T YOU PROCEED WITH THE CASE AND LET ME REVIEW THIS WHILE YOU'RE CONTINUING YOUR CASE.
WELL, UM, I MEAN AFTER WE PULL THE PERMITS OUT WE WOULD LIKE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.
SO WILL YOU COME TO THE MIKE AND YES.
MAKE SURE IT'S ON SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
'CAUSE THIS IS BEING RECORDED.
AND IT'S ALSO BEING TAPED AS WELL.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE WORK DONE AFTER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS NEED THE LETTER SEALED AND SIGNED BY THE ENGINEER, I WOULD DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL GET TO WORK AS SOON AS WE GET THESE PERMITS PULLED.
AS VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, UH, WITH THE CHAIR'S PERMISSION, CAN WE CONTINUE WITH THE QUESTIONINGS AND HOLD OFF ON ENGINEER'S LETTER? UH, I I WILL JUST GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK READ ON THE ENGINEERING LETTER.
ALSO THE ENGINEER LETTER BASICALLY IS A REPEAT OF WHAT THE CODE OFFICER HAS TOLD US IN TERMS OF THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES IN THE BUILDING STRUCTURE WITH NO INFORMATION ON THEIR PLAN OR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTUAL REPAIRS.
UH, SO, UH, INDEED HE HAS ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF REPAIRS ARE NEEDED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THOSE REPAIRS WILL BE.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE TIME FACTOR IS GOING TO BE ON IT.
SO, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD NOT TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW THE ENGINEER LETTER SINCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT ASSIGNED THE LETTER ITSELF.
UH, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED AN ENGINEER REPORT COMPLETE.
CAN I, CAN I MAKE ONE MORE STATEMENT? I WAS HERE YESTERDAY AND I TALKED TO JEREMY, UH, THE SUPERVISOR, CONSULTANT AND HE DID REVIEW THAT LETTER.
HE KNOWS RUBIN GARCIA AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE LETTER IS GOOD.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR ON SOMETHING.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BRING INFORMATION TO THIS QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARD, WHICH HOLDS THE SAME WEIGHT AS AN A AS A JUDGE, AS A COURT OF LAW, THEN DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO THIS BOARD NEED TO BE UNDER SEAL SIGNED SO THEY CAN BE RELIED ON SOMEBODY KNOWING SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THIS BOARD TO RELY ON A DOCUMENTATION.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, UH, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, IT IS NOT AN ENGINEER'S REPORT WITHOUT THAT ENGINEER SIGNING OFF ON IT.
INSTEAD IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A REGURGITATION OF THE PROBLEMS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.
IF THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE, UH, I WOULD URGE THAT THEY PROVIDE A REAL ENGINEER'S REPORT.
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REPHRASE.A SEALED, UH, AN ENGINEER'S REPORT SIGNED UNDER UNDER SEAL BY THAT ENGINEER SO THAT ENGINEER'S, UH, INFORMATION CAN BE, AND, AND DOCUMENTATION CAN BE RELIED ON BY THE CITY.
FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT COMMENT? YES.
UH, DOES YOUR DAD HAVE ANY COMMENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR WITNESS? NO.
WE WORK ON A SEAL AND SIGN, UH, UH,
UH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE I'D HAVE TO PUT IT ON RECORD.
IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR.
I'M THE OWNER OF 32 6 CRI CREEK.
WE GONNA WORK WITH THE ENGINEER TO SEAL AND SIGN THE REPORT.
WE GONNA PULL THE PERMIT, WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE JUST TO HAVE A, I REQUEST FROM YOU TIME TO CORRECT THOSE VIOLATIONS.
AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT TIME YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED FOR THESE REPAIRS? SIX MONTHS MEANING PLEASE.
AND YOU HAVE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THIS APARTMENT? YES, WE HAVE.
AND YOU STILL NEED SIX MONTHS REPAIR.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECORD.
YOU GAVE YOUR NAME, BUT DID YOU GIVE YOUR ADDRESS OF WHERE YOUR RESIDENCE AT? OH, MY ADDRESS IS 2 4 9 1 2 2 TON BUREAU GUARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 5.
AND I'M THE OWNER OF 3 2 0 6 GRIP CREEK.
YOU GAVE THAT BUT YOU DIDN'T GIVE THE ADDRESS.
UM, ON YOUR, I KNOW YOU RECEIVED ALL YOUR PERMITS AND STUFF, YOU HAVE 150 UNITS.
OF THE FIVE UNITS THAT WERE ISSUED, ESPECIALLY THE PLUMBING ISSUE, DID YOU REMOVE THOSE PERSONS TO OTHER APARTMENTS FOR THE REPAIRS OR ARE THEY STILL IN THOSE APARTMENTS? WE CORRECT THOSE INSIDE THE BED EXCEPT ONE BECAUSE SHE REFUSED US TO LET US IN ARREST OF, WE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, UH, LEAKING AT THE KITCHEN SINK WAS NOT LIKE A MAJOR LEAK, WAS NOT LIKE A FLAT WAS KINDA MAINTENANCE SITUATION.
YOUR STAIRWELLS, ARE THERE TWO STAIRWELLS TO THE UPPERS OR THERE'S ONE STAIRWELL? CAN YOU REPEAT PLEASE? YOUR SUM MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT AS WELL.
ON THE GOING UP THE STEPS, IS THERE ONE STAIRWELL TO THE UP OR TWO STAIRWELLS? ONE ON EACH SIDE? UH, THERE'S TWO.
CAN YOU GO TO THE MIC AND YEAH, YEAH.
SO IF ONE OF THEM, IF THEY'RE BOTH BAD, ARE YOU TAKING THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE UPPER UNITS AND GIVING THEM OTHER UNITS UNTIL THOSE REPAIRS ARE MADE? THEY CAN USE ANOTHER STAIRWAY.
WHEN WE FIX THE ONE STAIRWAY UP, THEY CAN USE ANOTHER STAIRWAY.
IF THEY'RE BOTH NEEDING REPAIRS, ARE YOU REPAIRING THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? AND ARE YOU ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE OUT OF THE UNITS UNTIL YOU REPAIR 'EM SO THEY CAN MOVE BACK IN? FOR SAFETY ISSUE, WE LET THEM MOVE OUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT THEM IN.
WE HAVE A AND THEY, THEY REFUSE TO MOVE OUT AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEY LIKED THE UNIT AND THEY SIGNED A LETTER SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TALK FROM THE MICROPHONE.
UH, THEY SIGNED A LETTER SAYING THAT THEY LIKED THEIR UNIT AND THEY DON'T WANNA MOVE OUT 'CAUSE THEY JUST MOVED IN.
UM, BUT WE WILL GET STARTED ON THOSE STAIR STAIRWELLS TO, TO, I'M NOT, TO MAKE THE REPAIRS.
I'M NOT SAYING PERMANENT MOVE OUT JUST UNTIL THE REPAIRS ARE MADE ON THE STEPS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS UPSTAIRS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A FIRE EMERGENCY, THOSE FIREMEN DON'T COME IN AT 170 POUNDS.
TO, TO MAKE THE FULL REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY.
SIX MONTHS FROM THE PULLING THE PERMIT FROM THE TIME WE, WE GET, WE GET THE PER PERMITS PULLED.
SO YESTERDAY I SUBMITTED 18 APPLICATIONS, ONE FOR EACH BUILDING.
'CAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A PERMIT.
'CAUSE SINCE THEY'RE MINOR REPAIRS FOR EACH BUILDING, SO I DID SUBMIT 18 APPLICATIONS.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO GET PROCESSED TO PULL THE PERMITS AND THEN WE WILL NEED SIX MONTHS TO MAKE ALL THE REPAIRS.
WHAT WERE THE PERMITS COVERING? WHAT AREAS CO COVERING THE STRUCTURAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE STAIRS? UM, BALCONIES.
YEAH, EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED THERE.
THAT DOESN'T COVER EVERYTHING.
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IF YOU ONLY DID STRUCTURAL, THAT DOESN'T COVER ROOFS, SO WE WOULD NEED SEPARATE PERMITS FOR THAT.AND GET WITH YOUR CODE AFTER THIS WHEN WE GET THIS SOLVED OUT.
BUT THEY'LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH A LOT OF THIS.
YOU'RE WANTING SIX MONTHS FOR ALL THE UNITS.
HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE? 18? NO, THERE'S 18 BUILDINGS.
YOU WANT 18 BUILDINGS? SIX MONTHS FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS AND ALL REPAIRS? YES SIR.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, ESTIMATES AND ANY DOCUMENTATION FROM THE CONTRACTORS THAT YOU'RE HIRING TO DO THIS WORK? NOT, NOT AS OF RIGHT NOW.
HOW ABOUT COSTS? WE'RE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE PERMITS FOR US TO GET THE CONTRACTORS IN TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND GET ALL THE ESTIMATES.
WELL, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR, THEY GET, THEY PULL THEIR OWN PERMITS.
WAIT, HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT YOU NEED SIX MONTHS IF THEY CAN'T PULL YOU? I WAS, I WAS TOLD BY THE CODE OF COURT ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT WITH THE ENGINEER LETTER, WE'RE ABLE AS OWNERS TO PULL THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE BUILDINGS.
BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO TAKE IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD ESTIMATES DONE YET? IT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
I MEAN, IT'S A ROUGH PERIOD OF TIME.
ARE ALL OF 150 UNITS, UH, OCCUPIED? NO.
SO YOU HAVE VACANT UNITS THAT YOU CAN MOVE TENANTS TO TEMPORARILY WHILE YOU DO THE REPAIRS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THE TENANTS TEMPORARY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN THAT DANGEROUS SITUATION.
JUST SOME ROTTEN WOOD HERE AND THERE.
AND, UH, UH, REPAIR THOSE, UH, STAIRWAYS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, CAN YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT SHE ASKED? THE QUESTION WAS, UM, YOU HAVE 150 UNITS, NOT ALL ARE OCCUPIED.
THE QUESTION IS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MOVE TENANTS THAT ARE AFFECTED INTO THOSE UNITS? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU.
LET THE RECORD SHOW PLEASE THAT MS. BROWN HAS JOINED THE BOARD.
YOUR QUESTION, I STILL HAVE TROUBLE TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE, WHETHER THESE REPAIRS YOU, YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH THESE APARTMENTS ARE MINOR OR STRUCTURAL AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY BOTH AND WHAT I'VE SEEN.
YOU HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES HERE THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED RATHER QUICKLY.
UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU SIX MONTHS TO ADDRESS THOSE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXTENT OF THOSE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS ARE.
'CAUSE WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEERING REPORT.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, WHEN DID YOU FIRST REALIZE YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BUILDING? I HAVE O OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
AND THOSE PROBLEM CONSTANTLY, THEY ARE PERFECT.
WE TRY TO COMPLY WITH, WITH THE LAW AND WE GONNA DO IT.
SO CAN YOU THEN TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT PROCESS? HOW DO TENANTS, UH, LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU AND HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO YOU HAVE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE STILL OPEN AFTER NOW FOR THE IS JUST ONE.
IT'S OPEN BECAUSE SHE REFUSE US TO LET US IN.
THE REST OF WE DO ON A BASE, ON A DAILY BASIS.
WORK ORDERS WE REPAIR THE SAME DAY.
THE MOST IS 24 HOUR, BUT WE TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE OF PROPERTY.
UM, WE, WE WOULD WORK ON GETTING THIS LETTER SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THAT DID THE INSPECTION AND HE DID TELL US THAT IT'S MINOR WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT WE WILL GET A SIGNED AND SEALED BY HIM REGARDS TO WHETHER IT'S MINOR OR MAJOR.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THE WORK DONE PER SE, MR. TAPIA OR ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BOARD TO HAVE A QUESTION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? YES, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
THESE ARE MAJOR VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, UH, RULE ON AS OF TODAY.
IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO KEEP THE PROPERTY? YES IT IS.
CAN YOU GO TO, UH, PHOTO 1 38?
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YOUR TESTIMONY WAS THERE ALL WOODEN STAIRS.NOW, THE PICTURE'S UP, YOUR TESTIMONY EARLIER WAS THEY WERE ALL WOODEN STAIRS.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THEY'RE NOT WOODEN STAIRS.
THIS CHAIR, THIS, THIS PHOTO CLEARLY SHOWS YOU THAT THE STEPS ITSELF ARE CONCRETE AND METAL IN THE METAL RIGHT THERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT UP HERE.
THAT IS THE METAL BREAKING AWAY.
THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU A FIREFIGHTER COMING IN AT 175 POUNDS PLUS LOAD AND THE LOAD IS HIS GEAR OR AN AMBULANCE CREW, E M S COMING IN WITH A STRETCHER, BRINGING A PERSON DOWN, A PERSON HITTING JUST THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
IT MAY NOT HAPPEN TODAY OR TOMORROW, BUT JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THAT'S WHY WE ASK YOU, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN MOVE THE PEOPLE FROM THE UPPER TO SOME OF THE LOWERS WHY THE REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE? THAT'S WHY WE ASK THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBER CHAIR? VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN CHAIR, THIS IS EMIN THOMAS, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? YES SIR, PLEASE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR BECAUSE I HEARD THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED 18 APPLICATIONS FOR MINOR REPAIRS, MINOR REPAIR PERMITS DO NOT COVER STRUCTURE COMPONENTS.
SO IF THERE IS ANY WORK ON STRUCTURES AS SUCH AS STAIRS, YOU NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE PERMIT FOR THAT AND YOU NEED AN ENGINEER TO, TO INSPECT IT AFTER THE WORK IS DONE AND PROVIDE THE LETTER.
AS MR. ANDREW SAID, AFTER THIS MEETING, YOU WILL WANT TO GET WITH THE CODE OFFICER AND HE WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON CASE NUMBER 12.
UH, MR. CHAIR, AS VICE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, MR. ES HAS ASKED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE TIME IS PRESENTLY 10 24.
WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAVE MADE NO DECISION OR NO DISCUSSIONS PER SE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE PANEL.
MS. STRANDIS, I THINK, UH, CODE OFFICER, WILL YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD, PLEASE? I, I MAY HAVE MISSED THE, UH, OPENING THE HISTORY ON THIS.
HOW LONG HAS THE HISTORY BEEN ON THIS PROJECT? HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER, OTHER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE US TODAY CLOSED OUT ISSUES OR THIS, THESE CASES, AS I PRESENTED THEM, THEY'RE ALL FROM THE SAME NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WHICH WAS FOR A SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022 INSPECTION.
NOW THIS PROPERTY HAS HAD A HISTORY OF, OF VIOLATIONS AND THAT'S WHEN IT REACHES, UM, A CERTAIN THRESHOLD WHERE WE NEED TO DO THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CATCHING ALL THE INSPEC, ALL THE VIOLATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S WHEN WE MAKE THESE INSPECTIONS FULL PROPERTY INSPECTION.
AND YOU'VE ONLY DONE FIVE UNITS OUT OF THIS, CORRECT? ON THE INSPECTION? YES.
YOU DIDN'T DO THE 150, CORRECT? WE WERE, WE JUST DID THE UNITS THAT WERE PENDING, UH, FROM VIOLATIONS PREVIOUS TO US.
SO WE DID A FULL INSPECTION OF THOSE UNITS, UM, SO THAT WE COULD GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITION OF THE UNITS AND THE CONDITION OF THE EXTERIOR WAS EVIDENT WHEN WE WERE THERE.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR BEFORE THE WAY YOU CAME ABOUT THESE COMPLAINTS.
THESE COMPLAINTS WERE ACTUALLY FORWARDED TO US FROM THE, UH, THE SECTOR.
UH, UH, CODE SUPERVISOR WHO HAD BEEN RECEIVING, THEIR OFFICERS HAD BEEN RECEIVING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM THIS PROPERTY.
SO, AND THERE WERE INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS, UH, APARTMENTS EVERY, ABOUT EVERY WEEK THEY GET A DIFFERENT APARTMENT OR A DIFFERENT COMPLAINT.
THAT'S WHY WE COME, WE COME IN AND, AND TRY TO HANDLE IT IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OWNER COME BACK UP.
WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD? JUST AND, AND YOUR ADDRESS? YEAH.
VALE TRIP, UH, 3 2 6 CRI CREEK,
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UM, ON THE COMPLAINT PROCESS WAS ASKED EARLIER.WHEN A, UH, TENANT COMPLAINS, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOUR MAINTENANCE CREW TO RESOLVE THE COMPLAINT? SAME DAY.
MAJORITY IS THE SAME DAY, OR THE MOST IS GONNA TAKE 24 HOURS THE NEXT DAY.
IF CO COMPLIANCE IS GETTING ALL THESE COMPLAINTS, THEN THAT CAN'T BE THE SAME DAY OR 24 HOURS.
MAJORITY OF THOSE TENANTS WHO CONTACT CODE COMPLIANCE, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EVICTION, NOT PAYING THE RENT.
AND THEY TRY TO TAKE A, A REVENGE OF ME AND CALL DIRECT CODE COMPLIANCE, TRY TO AVOID THE OFFICE AND JUST CALL CODE COMPLIANCE TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.
HELLO? UH, SIR, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS VALE TRIPP.
I'M SORRY, V A L AND THE LAST NAME IS RIF
R I F LIKE, UH, MR. VAL, MAY I CALL YOU MR. VAL? YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND I WASN'T HERE FOR THE BEGINNING OF YOUR CASE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? WHERE, WHERE IS YOUR CONTRACTOR? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO REHAB THIS PLACE? YES.
AS SOON AS THE PERMITS THEY ARE ISSUED, THE FUND IS AVAILABLE AND WE ARE READY FOR THE FULL SPEED TO CORRECT ALL THOSE VIOLATION.
WE WAIT FOR THE PERMITS TO BE ISSUED AND WE ARE GONNA BE IN THE FULL, FULL SPEED ON THE REPAIRS.
BUT YOU DIDN'T BRING IN, YOU DIDN'T BRING IN A CONTRACTOR, YOU DIDN'T BRING IN ANY KIND OF UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR LINE UP.
THE FUNDS IS AVAIL THE FUNDS OF, YES.
UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION SO HE CAN ANSWER IT DIRECTLY.
YEAH, I WANNA SEE, WELL, I WANNA SEE A CONTRACTOR'S, UH, UH, A CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE SIGNED WITH A CONTRACTOR.
HE STATED THAT HE DOES NOT, DOES NOT HAVE A CONTRACTOR AT THE PRESENT TIME.
HE'S WAITING FOR THE PERMIT TO BE ISSUED BEFORE HE, HE GETS A CONTRACTOR, SO HE'S WAITING FOR THAT PERMIT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT HE'S BEEN, HE'S BEEN IN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH CITY BEFORE THIS ONE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU, YOU HAD A, A LIST OF THINGS OR WHATEVER THEY GIVE YOU TO REPAIR AND, AND YET YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT, YOU WAITED UNTIL YOU GOT HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE DONE THE REPAIR BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE PERMITS.
'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT.
WELL YOU COULD, I THINK YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN A PERMIT.
WE APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT YESTERDAY.
THEY GOING TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION AND THEY ISSUE THE PERMIT.
AS SOON AS THE PERMIT THEY ARE ISSUED, THE CONTRACTOR IS GONNA BE THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? GO AHEAD.
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE TO RUN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX? I'M THE OWNER.
RIGHT, BUT IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE TO OPERATE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX? NO, I DON'T.
I CAN BE ABLE TO PULL ONE TO MANAGE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
IS THIS YOUR ONLY INVESTMENT PROPERTY, SIR? I GOT MULTIPLE INVESTOR PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MR. TRIFF? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN BE SEATED CHAIR, ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
UM, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 32 0 6.
CRIPPLE CREEK STREET WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 2 0.330 4.230
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2.730 3.230 4.430 4.730 4.630 4.130 4.1250 4.1 5 0 6 2 6 0 5 1 AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY I MOVE THAT WE GIVE SEVEN DAYS FOR RESIDENTS TO, ON THE UPSTAIRS TO BE RELOCATED TO OTHER UNITS IN THE AFFECTED AREA OF THE STAIRS THAT WE HAVE, UH, SIGNED AND SEALED AND COMPLETE ENGINEERS REPORT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, 10 DAYS FOR ALL ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING VIOLATIONS TO BE REPAIRED AND 30 DAYS FOR ALL REPAIRS.
I ALSO MOVE THAT WE ISSUE PENALTIES OF $500 PER VIOLATION WITH A CONTINUING, UM, DAILY OF $500.
PA PASSED THE DATE OF THIS ORDER PER VIOLATION.
THE MOTION IS, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES.
3 0 4 0.430 4.730 4.6 A QUESTION.
YOU SAID 3 0 4 0.1 I THINK IT WAS THREE.
AND THAT THEY REQUIRE AN ENGINEER REPORT THAT IS SIGNED, SEALED, AND COMPLETE ON ALL VIOLATIONS THAT THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING REPAIRS MUST BE COMPLETED IN 10 DAYS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE RESIDENTS IN THE UPPER LEVEL SHOULD BE RELOCATED IN SEVEN DAYS AND THEN REPAIRS ON THE REMAINING STRUCTURE, UH, TO BE COMPLETED IN 30 DAYS.
THAT THERE'S A $500 FINE PER PER VIOLATION.
AND THAT A CONTINUATION OF A $500 PER DAY, UH, PER VIOLATION AFTER THE, UH, REQUIRED COMPLETION OF REPAIR DATES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, UH, I SECOND, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD AMENDMENT.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM FRED ANDIS IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE TO BE, UH, SUPERVISED SITE EVERY 10 DAYS.
AND TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID A FINE OF 500 PER VIOLATION? NOT PER DAY PRIOR.
JUST AFTER THAT'S THE PRIOR THE DAYS, RIGHT? UH, I, I SET A PENALTY OF 500 TO START WITH.
AND THEN PAST THE DATE IF THE VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
SO THEY WERE GIVEN, UH, SEVEN DAYS TO RELOCATE THE TENANTS ON THE EIGHTH DAY.
THE FINE STARTS ALSO ON THE AMENDMENT ALSO.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ON THE AMENDMENT ALSO IS TO PULL ALL REQUIRED PERMITS.
YOU HAD STATED THAT YOU WANTED CODE COMPLIANCE TO SUPERVISOR.
I'M ASSUMING YOU ACTUALLY WANT CODE COMPLIANCE TO INSPECT AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT.
EVERY 10 DAYS FOR CODE COMPLIANCE TO BE EITHER THERE ARE NOTIFIED ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND THEN THEY SIGN OFF ON IT.
UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT'S ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? YES.
AND THE SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY MR. ANIS, UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL JUST FOR CONFIRMATION AND AND CLARITY.
WOULD THAT BE STATUS REPORTS EVERY 10 DAYS OR DID YOU WANT CODE TO PHYSICALLY GO OUT THERE OR DID YOU WANT MR. AND, UH, THE TRISS TO REPORT? I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY LANGUAGE IS,
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IS, IS ACCURATE TO, TO INSPECT THE SEVEN AND 10 DAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR PHYSICAL INSPECTION.BECAUSE IF WE DO THE LETTER THING, IT CAN BE DONE LIKE THE OTHER ONE WHERE NOBODY SIGNS OFF AND THEN WHEN CODE SHOWS UP, IT'S NOT DONE PROPERLY OR TO CODE.
SO IT'S AN IN-PROCESS ACTUAL INSPECTION.
AM I ABLE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT TO MY OWN MOTION
UH, I WOULD JUST WANNA ADD THAT ALL REPAIRS ARE DONE BY, UH, PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS, UH, NOT MAINTENANCE WORKERS ON THE PROPERTY.
IS THAT ALL WORK BE COMPLETED BY PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS? PROFESSIONAL MEANING LICENSE WERE REQUIRED? YES.
OKAY, THEN COUNSEL THAT'S LICENSED.
CONTRACTORS WERE REQUIRED AND SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT.
I'D WELL LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE GET THAT SIGNED AND SEALED ENGINEERING REPORT AND FOR THOSE SEVEN DAYS, RELOCATIONS ACTUALLY OCCUR.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A PENALTY OF $2,000 IF THAT IS NOT DONE WITHIN THE SEVEN DAYS.
L LEGAL IS, ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO 2000? I THOUGHT THE CAP WAS A THOUSAND.
I IBEL AND THAT'S, YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, I APOLOGIZE.
CAN I AMEND IT? LET'S DO 1,001.
SO THE AMENDMENT, OR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION IS TO ADD A $1,000 FINE IF THEY DO NOT COMPLETE THE ENGINEER REPORT IN THE SEVEN DAYS.
AND DOES THE SECOND AGREE? I SECOND THE MOTION IS AGREED TO.
ANY FINAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION OR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? THE DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MO? UH, EXCUSE ME.
UM, I WOULD LIKE ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UM, THAT, UH, THE REMAINING UNITS NEED TO BE INSPECTED.
THAT ALL THE REMAINING UNITS ON THE PROPERTY NEED TO BE INSPECTED.
THEY ONLY DID FIVE AT A HUNDRED, 150.
SO THE REMAINING 145 UNITS NEED TO BE INSPECTED.
ALL REMAINING UNITS BE INSPECTED.
COUNSEL, ARE WE ABLE TO ADD THAT MOTION? THIS IS ERIC BURNS LEGAL LEGALLY? YES.
UM, I, I, I DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT.
UM, I, I, YES, LEGALLY YOU CAN.
THEN THE ADDITIONAL MOTION IS TO HAVE ALL OTHER PROPERTIES INSPECTED, UH, BY CODE COMPLIANCE.
DO YOU HAVE A, UH, NOT PROPERTIES, UNITS? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
NOT PROPERTIES, UNITS, THE REMAINING UNITS ON THAT PROPERTY.
ALL REMAINING UNITS ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA INSPECT ALL THE REMAINING UNITS ON THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY.
ONE LAST OPTION OR OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE MOTION? UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, AMOUNT, NUMBER OF ISSUES AND THE NUMBER OF, UH, ITEMS. I'M GONNA ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, MR. TRIFF, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GET WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU SO MANY, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
OUR, OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE A CODE MAINTENANCE, UH, UH, UM, SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UH, 59 0 3.
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MR. NELSON.UH, THE STAFF IS TELLING ME WE'RE GONNA GO TO DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
WE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
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 4 2 3 WEST GERAL AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 8 6 0, NO BLOCK NUMBER, LOT EAST 70.825 FEET OF 35 38, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DAVID G. FERNANDEZ AND JESSE DANIEL FERNANDEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 2 0 0 MEADOWLAND DRIVE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 7 6 1 2 3.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 7TH, 2022.
4 2 3 WESTFIELD AVENUE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 20TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE WAS SCHEDULED ON JUNE 12TH, 2022.
AND ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2022, THE OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPERTY DID NOT ATTEND ON JANUARY 13TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE ON JANUARY 12TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO DAVID G AND JESSE DANIEL FERNANDEZ AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED.
A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON DECEMBER 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.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 4 2 3 WEST GERAL.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE, BUT THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF VEGETATION, REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY LEANING INWARD AND THE SYL BEAM OF THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE ROOF SHINGLES ARE MISSING IN SOME AREAS AND ARE WORN.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR ENTRY, THE, SORRY.
IT HAS A LOT OF DEBRIS FROM THE SHEET ROCK COMING FROM THE CEILING.
UM, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE HOLES.
HERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS OF SHEET ROCK, AND UNDERNEATH THAT DEBRIS OF SHEET ROCK IS ACTUALLY A LARGE HOLE.
THIS IS THE BATHROOM OF THE STRUCTURE AND HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOLD.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS FROM THE SHEET ROCK COMING FROM THE CEILING.
AND THERE ARE HOLES IN THE FLOOR.
HERE'S A LARGE HOLE IN THE FLOOR EXPOSING THE, UH, FLOOR JOICE HERE IN THE CEILING OF THE LIVING AREA.
UM, THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOLD AND WATER DAMAGE.
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VIEW OF THE MOLD AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING.A BEDROOM AREA IN THIS SECTION, UM, JUST THE FLOOR WAS, WAS SOFT.
4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE CONSISTS OF A VACANT SINGLE-STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD PLANK SIDING AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE POST OF THE FOUNDATION HAS SUNK INTO THE GROUND, LEAVING THE SO BEAM ON GRADE.
THE SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION IS, IS DETACHING IN SOME AREAS.
THE ROOF COVERING IS WORN AND THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 4 2 3 WESTWORLD 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 HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THE CODE OFFICER GO AHEAD.
THE UTILITIES ARE DISCONNECTED.
AND, UH, ALSO FROM THE PHOTOS, I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UH, ISSUE WITH THE VAGRANT MOVING INTO THE HOUSE.
IS THAT NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE SECURITY OF THE YES.
UM, SO I USED DEFINITION 11 SHOWING THAT THE STRUCTURE IS DILAPIDATED, UM, AND ALLOWING VAGRANTS TO ENTER.
UM, AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS THERE, THERE WERE NO VAGRANTS, BUT THERE'S SIGNS THAT THEY COME AND GO.
UH, I'M THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE.
UM, AND WE, WE WANT TO GET YOU RECORDED.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 2 3 WEST GERALD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 2 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THIS, UH, ISSUANCE OF, UH, THIS ORDER AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
SAY THE LAST COMMENT AGAIN, PLEASE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? UH, LEMME REPEAT THE MOTION FIRST PLEASE.
UH, THE MOTION IS ON PROPERTY AT 4 2 3 WEST GERALD, THAT IT IS, UH, NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED.
THAT IT SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS AS A RESULT OF, UH, SUB CODES 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND THAT IT BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT DISCUSSION.
IS THAT ALSO THE PROPERTY BE SECURED? I ACCEPT ACCEPTED.
AND SECOND, ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SECOND, UH, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS, IS THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, CAN I PLEASE HAVE THE, THE MICROPHONE, UH, SOUND TURNED UP? IT SOUNDS MUFFLED WHEN PEOPLE ARE UP THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST NOT LOUD ENOUGH OR IT'S NOT CLEAR ENOUGH.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT MICROPHONE ON THE PODIUM CAN BE, THE VOLUME CAN BE RAISED? HELLO? WAIT, WE'RE JUST CHECKING.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM BEHIND US.
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THAT THEY, THEY HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THAT CAN HEAR YOU AND IS LISTENING.YEAH, AND HE'S, HE'S, HE'S THUMBING ME UP RIGHT NOW, SO YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR YOU.
BEHIND THE LITTLE ROOM TO THE NEXT, TO THE LITTLE ROOM.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LISTENING AND THEY'RE SEEING US.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 13 ON THE AGENDA AT 59 0 3.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
THE PROPERTY I'M PRESENTING FOR YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 59 0 3.
DANNY KAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEING N CCB 13 6 6 4, UH, P DASH FOUR ZERO B AND P DASH ZERO FOUR C A B S 7 41 LOCATED COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS 59 0 3 DANNY, K L L C.
THIS PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE TO THE PROPERTY STATUS OF COMPLIANCE OF THE, TO THE BOARD ORDER.
ON AUGUST 11TH, 2022, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOUND DANNY KAY IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
UH, THESE SECTIONS THAT WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION ARE NOW IN COMPLIANCE.
SMOKE ALARMS WAS GIVEN 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE.
IT WAS COMPLIED BY THE DUE DATE.
PLUMBING, UH, GENERAL WAS 20 DAYS.
IT WAS 17 DAYS PAST EXPIRATION WHEN IT WAS MET IN COMPLIANCE.
WATER HEATING FACILITIES WAS GIVEN 20 DAYS.
IT EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AND IT WAS 17 DAYS PAST EXPIRATION TO MEET COMPLIANCE 5 0 6 0.2.
SEWAGE MAINTENANCE WAS GIVEN 20 DAYS.
IT EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 15 DAYS PAST EXPIRATION DATE TO MEET COMPLIANCE 6 0 3 0.1.
MECHANICAL APPLIANCES WAS GIVEN 20 DAYS AND EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 39 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE TO MEET COMPLIANCE.
6 0 4 0.3 ELECTORAL HAZARDS WAS GIVEN 20 DAYS.
IT EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 93 DAYS PAST EXPIRATION TO MEET COMPLIANCE 3 0 4 0.13 WINDOWS SKYLIGHTS.
IT EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 23 DAYS PAST EXPIRATION DATE TO MEET COMPLIANCE 3 0 5 0.3.
INTERIOR SERVICES WAS GIVEN 90 DAYS.
IT WAS COMPLIED BY THE DUE DATE.
THE SECTION THAT REMAINS IN VIOLATION AS OF OUR LAST INSPECTION IS 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRS, DECKS, PORCHES, BALCONIES, 90 DAYS.
IT WAS GIVEN 90 DAYS TO MEET COMPLIANCE.
IT EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 28TH AND HAS BEEN OUTTA COMPLIANCE FOR 70, UH, 57 DAYS.
AS OF 1 18 20 23, THEY DO HAVE ALL THE PERMITS.
UH, COMMERCIAL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THEY DO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL PERMITS UP TO DATE.
WE, WE HAVE CONDUCTED 28 INSPECTIONS, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS, OF THIS CASE WITH THE LAST INSPECTION BEING ON JANUARY 24TH, 2023.
THESE INSPECTIONS WERE DONE WEEKLY AND THEY WERE DONE WITH, UH, MANAGEMENT AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE OUTSTANDING VIOLATIONS.
AS OF OUR LAST INSPECTION, THESE ARE THE STAIRS AND WALKWAYS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE BLOCKING IT OFF.
NEXT, UH, THAT IS THE WALKWAY ABOVE.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THESE NEXT, AND THAT IS THE FARTHER BACK FROM THAT STAIRWAY.
NEXT, THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF THE STAIRWAYS THAT THEY WANT TO, TO KEEP 'EM SAFE NEXT.
AND THAT SUPPORT POST IS, UH, THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THAT SUPPORT POST RIGHT ABOVE THAT UNIT NEXT.
AND THAT IS A BETTER PICTURE OF THE SUPPORT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TOP LANDING IS LEANING NEXT.
UM, THESE ARE TWO STAIRWELLS THAT ARE, UH, NEED TO BE REPAIRED
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NEXT.AND THAT IS THE, THAT STAIRWELL IS LEANING AND THAT'S, UH, BUILDING 27.
THAT IS A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT SAME STAIRWELL AT BUILDING 27.
THAT'S FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT LEAN IN IT.
NEXT, UH, THOSE ARE THE, UH, CONNECTION JOINTS THAT ARE STILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED NEXT.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THOSE ARE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN MARKED TO BE REPLACED NEXT.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS A STAIRWELL THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT IS UNDERNEATH THAT FINISHED PRODUCT NEXT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE STAIRWELLS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LANDING IS LEANING IN AND, UH, DETERIORATION AROUND THE CONNECTION.
AND THIS STAIRWELL, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT, IT IS LEANING, IT'S LEANING TO THE, UH, RIGHT.
AND THE, THAT IS, UH, ANOTHER STAIRWELL THAT NEEDS TO HAVE THE, THE, UH, RUST REMOVED NEXT.
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REPAIRS THEY MADE.
THEY'VE RESECURED IT AND TAKEN THE RUST OFF OF THE STAIR.
THAT'S A STAIRWELL THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON NEXT.
AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP LANDING, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S, IT'S LEANING TO THE LEFT.
NEXT, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY BE ORDERED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS AND REAFFIRM THE FINE SCHEDULE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE AUGUST 11TH BOARD ORDER.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? UH, YEAH.
I GO MR. ADDIS, ON THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING, HOW MANY LEFT ARE OUTSTANDING FROM THE TOTAL? WELL, WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE LEFT AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE 20, 25 BUILDINGS.
SO THREE BUILDINGS LEFT AT 25 AS THE CODE OFFICER, ARE YOU PERSONALLY INVOLVED OR IS THERE ANOTHER CODE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THIS? NO, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ONE.
SINCE YOU'RE ON GROUND AND THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS MADE, IS IT FEASIBLE TO STILL COMPLETE? YOU SAID ONE OF 'EM WAS 57 DAYS OVER? YES.
THE, FOR THE STAIRWELLS DECK AND PORCHES, THAT SECTION, IT IS 57 DAYS BEYOND COMPLETION.
AND WE DID OUR REINSPECTION ON THE 24TH.
SO THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE DAYS SINCE THEN.
BUT THEY CONTINUOUSLY FROM DAY ONE HAVE MADE ALL THE WAY UP TO THREE MORE BUILDINGS.
THE STAIRS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT A FASTER PACE IN THE LAST MONTH.
SO ONCE, AND WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT THERE A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
FROM THE TIME THEY STARTED TO WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, IT'S NOT UNACCEPTABLE TO 50 SOMETHING DAYS OVER DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE A FAIR STATEMENT? WOULD WELL THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY'VE MADE PROGRESS.
UM, THERE WAS INITIALLY GIVEN 90 DAYS, WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 90 DAYS.
SO, UM, BEING 57 DAYS OVER, THEY ARE BY THE ORIGINAL OR ORDER STILL RECURRING FINES FOR BEING OVER THE DATE.
SO I, I GUESS I NEED TO REPHRASE IT.
THE AMOUNT OF WORK BEING DONE OR HAS BEEN DONE BEING INTO CONSTRUCTION MYSELF AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, OTHER STUFF COMES INTO PLAY MM-HMM.
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NEGATIVE.THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS A PLUS.
BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPLYING, THEY'RE WORKING TOWARD COMPLIANCE.
'CAUSE I GOTTA TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL, THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE FINDING THEM PER, WE MUST GIVE 'EM SOME CREDIT FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE INSTEAD OF NOT DOING IT AND BEING FOUR UNITS IN AND STILL HAVE ALL THAT TO, WE CAN GIVE 'EM CREDIT FOR DOING THE WORK AND GETTING IT CLOSE TO COMPLIANCE.
UH, WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE INITIAL FINDING OF 90 DAYS TO GET IT DONE, BUT THEY ARE NOW GETTING IT DONE.
AND, AND WE ARE COST WITH THAT TOO.
OTHER THINGS COME UP THAT ALLOW THAT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND YOU'RE ON THE GROUND A LOT, YOU'VE SEEN A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT UP TO THIS POINT.
THEY'RE NOT FIGHTING IT OR COMING UP, RIGHT? IT IS, IT IS NOW CONTINUING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, I'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY ON THIS AND, UH, I THINK THAT I'M GONNA BRING THE PROPERTY MANAGER UP FIRST, UH, UNLESS THE OWNER IS PRESENT.
UH, THE PROPERTY MANAGER IS CONNIE RODRIGUEZ.
MR. MR. CHAIR, JUST TO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
UH, SO I WOULD URGE US TO, LET'S LET COUNSEL THEN THEY, BASED ON WHAT HE SAYS, LET'S DETERMINE WHO ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SIGNING UP JUST TO SIGN UP.
I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY, BUT THEY DO HAVE COUNSEL.
SO I WOULD URGE US TO ALLOW HIM FIRST, IF, IF COUNSEL CONCURS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS IN THE COMPANY OR THE, UH, LAW FIRM.
UM, BRIAN ORTIZ, LAW FIRM REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND, UM, 1 1 2 EAST PEON IS THE ADDRESS.
AND, UM, MORNING EVERYBODY, MS. BROWN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I, I BROUGHT WITH ME AND IF YOU WOULD CONTINUE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN ALL HEAR.
AND YES, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE GONNA BE SPEAKING.
THE, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS HERE.
WE HAVE THE, UH, THE ENGINEER ALSO TO SPEAK AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER IF, IF NEED BE.
AND COUNSEL, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO ACTUALLY BRING THEM UP INDIVIDUALLY AS YOU WANT THEM TO ABSOLUTELY SPEAK IF YOU TOOK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
UM, THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION WAS, WAS NOT PART OF MY LAST ONE IS JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, MR. ANDIS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS ACTUALLY OWNING THIS PROPERTY.
THIS IS, UH, A GROUP THAT IS OWN, THAT OWNS 12 APARTMENTS IN SAN ANTONIO AND ACTUALLY ONE PROPERTY OF THE YEAR IN 2017 FOR APARTMENT REHAB.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO AND TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND, AND ARE VERY PROUD OF.
SO IT'S, THIS IS NOT A CASE OF AN OWNER THAT HAS BEEN OWNING A PROPERTY FOR A LONG TIME AND JUST LET IT DETERIORATE.
THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2022, EVALUATED EVERYTHING.
AND THEN OVER TIME, UH, SAID, HOW LONG IS THIS GONNA TAKE TO DO ALL THESE REPAIRS? THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO DO REPAIRS.
THEY JUST SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO ON THIS SCHEDULE, THIS BOARD'S ORDER CAME IN AND, AND ASKED FOR A FASTER SCHEDULE THAN THEY WERE PREPARED TO DO, BUT THEY'RE STILL DOING.
AND IT HAVE BEEN THE ENTIRE TIME SINCE THEY WERE BROUGHT ON.
OH YEAH, THIS IS A, A SITE MAP OF THE BUILDING JUST SO YOU COULD LOCATE A FEW OF THE THINGS.
I THINK IT HELPS SOMETIMES JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
IT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ACTUALLY 33 BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY AND WE'VE MADE HUNDREDS OF REPAIRS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND THE, THE, THE MAIN ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING ARE THE STAIRWAYS.
THE, UH, BUILDING 27 THAT YOU CAN SEE.
THAT WAS THE, THE STAIRWAY THAT THE ENTIRE THREE STORY STAIRWAY NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED AND REDONE.
OUR ENGINEER IS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
HE'S DONE A REPORT AND HAS GOTTEN THE PERMITS FOR THAT.
UH, BUILDING SEVEN AT THE TOP, UM, HAD THE, THE STAIRWAY THAT YOU SAW THAT THEY HAD REMOVED THAT UPPER AREA AND WERE DOING THE REPAIRS ON IT.
UM, AND UH, NUMBER EIGHT IS THE, THE ONE THAT HAS THE, THE POST THAT NEEDS TO REPAIRED, BUT ALSO THEY'RE GONNA REDO THE WALKWAY THAT LEADS UP TO THAT POST.
I DON'T REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK THAT BILLING EIGHT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BOARD ORDER.
THAT WASN'T ONE OF THE REPAIRS THAT WAS BEING LOOKED AT AT THAT TIME.
UM, CERTAINLY BUILDING 27 WAS, THAT WAS THE MAIN ONE THAT EVERYBODY WAS FOCUSED ON.
UH, THIS WAS PART OF THE ORDER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OFFICER RUSSELL ALREADY WENT THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE OF ALL OF THE ONES, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND YES, THEY WERE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE, THE CITY HAD BEEN COMPLETED PAST THE, THE DATE.
BUT OUR OWNERS ACTUALLY, UH, DO HAVE SOME EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS COMPLETED BEFORE THOSE DATES.
THIS WAS THE, THE SECOND ORDER THEN THIS WAS JUST
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FOR, UM, THE 90 DAYS FOR THAT STAIRWAY.3 0 4 POINT 10 WAS ABOUT THE PRIMARILY IN OUR OPINION WAS ABOUT BUILDING 27 AND REPAIRING THAT, THAT STAIRWAY.
THESE ARE SOME, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW ADDING SCREENS TO THE BUILDING.
OTHER EXTERIOR PHOTOS, JUST SHOWING THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS LAST YEAR SINCE PURCHASING THE, THE BUILDING AND, AND COMING IN IN JANUARY.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OF, OF WHERE THE PROPERTY IS AT NOW.
UM, THEY'VE AGAIN MADE A FULL COMMITMENT TO REHABBING THE STRUCTURE FROM THE START.
SOME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE STAIRWAYS AND UNDER THE STAIRWAYS, UM, OFFICER RUSSELL SHOWED A PICTURE THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE RIGHT SHOWING WHAT THE, THOSE, THOSE LANDINGS LOOK LIKE NOW.
OTHER REPAIRS FOR THE STAIRS, WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME, WHEN THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AND ALL OF THE, UH, REPAIRS THAT HAD BEEN DONE OVER THIS, THIS PAST FEW MONTHS.
THESE ARE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE DOING TO THE PROPERTY THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE BOARD ORDER, BUT WERE JUST, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO TRY TO REHAB THE PROPERTY THAT WERE ALWAYS PART OF OUR PLAN SINCE THE DAY WE PURCHASED IT.
THESE ARE THE ITEMS, UH, GENERALLY OF THAT WERE LISTED IN THE BOARD ORDER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.
THE, THE TIME THAT WE SAY THAT WE HAD FINISHED ON THEM COMPARED TO THE DUE DATE THAT SOME OF THESE WERE DUE.
AND, UH, THE COSTS THAT WE'VE INCURRED ON THESE ITEMS SO FAR.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE SPENT OVER $200,000 JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TRYING TO GET ALL THESE UP TO COMPLIANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE COMPLIANCE DATE TO SAY WE, HERE'S THE PHOTO AND THE, UM, CERTIFICATE THAT WE COMPLETED THAT ITEM PRIOR TO WHEN CODE CAME BACK AND SAID, NOW YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS IS OUR OWN LIST, BUT I PART OF THIS, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
IS, UM, JUST TO SHOW YOU ALL THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO LOOK AT THE HOLISTIC PROJECT.
WE WENT, THIS IS ALL OF JUST THIS, JUST THE STAIRWELLS THAT IN EVERY ONE OF THE BUILDINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ON TRACK AND TRYING TO, TO REPAIR THEM.
NOW THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY COMPLETED BY THE RIGHT DATES, BUT WE HAD BEEN WORKING THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND SO THE REASON FOR ALL THAT IS WE ARE BEING FINED DAILY ON A SCHEDULE THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE FOR US.
AND I'M GONNA INVITE THE ENGINEER TO COME UP TO TALK ABOUT THE STAIRWELLS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TAKEN THE LONGEST.
BUT PART OF OUR REQUEST TODAY IS TO REDUCE THOSE FINES BECAUSE IN THEIR MINDS WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS THAT AS LONG AS WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE THE ENTIRE TIME, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN, THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE FINED THE STAIRWELL.
FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY TRYING TO GET THE PERMIT, WE'VE GOT, WE HIRED AN ARCHITECT, WE HIRED AN ENGINEER, THEY'RE DOING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DRAWING OF THE STAIRWELL.
IF THAT THEY HIT, IF THEY'RE DOING ALL THAT UP TO THE DATE THAT WE'RE GIVEN ON THE 90 DAY MARK, ARE WE REALLY GONNA BE FINED $500 THEREAFTER EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY ASKING IS SAYING WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE OF THE ENTIRE TIME.
WE DIDN'T HIT THE DATE, BUT WE DON'T FEEL LIKE A $500 FINE DAILY IS APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS TRYING TO SPEND ALL THIS TIME AND EFFORT TO GET IT DONE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE, UM, THE ENGINEER TO, TO COME UP AND, AND TALK ABOUT, UH, THE STAIRWELL PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT, UH, BUILDING 27, JUST 'CAUSE THAT STAIRWELL WAS THE MOST, UH, COMPLICATED.
BEFORE YOU LET THE ENGINEER SPEAK, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU, SIR? YES, SIR.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING HERE.
YOUR, YOUR, UH, PARTNERS OR YOUR CLIENTS? THEY WEREN'T FINE TO BE, UM, TO BE, UH, IT WASN'T PUNISHMENT.
I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT A PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
NOT THEM, NOT THEM IS CORRECT.
NO, NO, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN NEGLECT FOR YEARS.
WELL, NOT THEM, BUT I MEAN THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE OF COURSE.
BUT WHAT I'M, WHEN YOU COME ON, YOU SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE PROJECT.
THEY KNEW THAT COMING IN, THEY SAID IT'S GOING TO BE A 1, 2, 3 YEAR PROCESS.
THEY'VE DONE THIS 12 OTHER TIMES, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, BUT IT TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, NOT A FEW MONTHS.
I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T START REPAIRS UNTIL I THINK MARCH OR APRIL.
WELL, I THINK WE GAVE YOU AS MUCH AS WE COULD.
AND IF THERE WAS WORK GOING ON AND IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON, IT CAN CONTINUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE, WE WERE DOING A REPAIR AND THEN WE HIT A 20 DAY MARK AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN FINES START.
BUT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THAT ENTIRE TIME.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT THOSE
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EXTRA FINES NOT BE ADDED ONTO, BECAUSE WE PAID FINES FOR THE VIOLATIONS AS IT WAS.WE WENT TO MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE SEPARATE FINES THAT WERE ALSO PART OF IT.
WE'RE PAYING, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, WE'VE GOT THE, THE, THE REPAIRS BEING PAID.
WE, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS.
IT HAS BEEN AN INVESTMENT FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S STILL, UH, THE ONE OID THAT'S OUTSTANDING AND IT'S NOW BEEN FIVE MONTHS.
SO I MEAN THE RIGHT, AND WE, SO I WAS, WE DID RELOCATE EVERYBODY OFF OF THOSE, OFF OF THOSE UNITS TO START WITH.
BUT I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK THE ENGINEER TO, I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT EXACT PROCESS OF, OF GETTING THE STAIRWELL BUILT.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE POINT OF HAVING HIM COME AND COMMENT.
WELL, ON YOUR PRESENTATION I SAW THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS OTHER IMPROVEMENTS BESIDES THAT MM-HMM.
SO I MEAN, IN THE WAY THAT I'M SEEING IT, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO DO ALL THESE OTHER REPAIRS AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THESE REPAIRS, THEN WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG FOR ON ONE POINT.
RIGHT? AND THEN THE SECOND POINT IS YOU WERE, I WAS HERE WHEN YOU WERE HERE THE FIRST TIME.
I REMEMBER VERY, VERY, VERY CLEARLY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG THEY'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY, ANY PERSON WHO GOES INTO ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO AND THEY PURCHASE SOMETHING, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
AND IT, IT TOOK ALL OF THIS AND IT TOOK US ORDERING IT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
WHEN THERE IS PEOPLE LIVING THERE, IT'S A DANGER TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT TALKING AROUND THE ISSUE, IT'S THIS IS THE FACT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE STAIRWELL PART OF WHAT THEY DID IS SAY, WE'LL MOVE THOSE, WE MOVE THOSE RESIDENTS OUT, WE CLOSED IT OFF SO NOBODY CAN USE IT.
SO THEN AT THAT POINT THEY FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T NEED TO BE IN A HURRY TO FIX IT.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE WRONG ATTITUDE, BUT THEY SAID, OKAY, NO ONE'S IN DANGER RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL, WE WILL GET TO THE STAIRWELL, BUT AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE ENGINEER, IT WAS AN EXTENDED PROCESS.
I MEAN, THEY DID A THREE D MODELING OF HOW TO, HOW TO REPAIR AND REMOVE ALL OF THAT AND DO A BRAND NEW STAIRWAY.
IT WAS, IT WAS FAIRLY INVOLVED.
SO, UM, YEAH, THEY HAD TIME TO DO THE OTHER REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY COULD BE DONE IN A DAY OR TWO AND DIDN'T REQUIRE, UM, THREE D MODELING AND AN ARCHITECT
I'M A TEXAS LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
AND UH, I ALSO HAVE A, UH, CONCENTRATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
I WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED A ONE ENGINEERING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE RE, OUR OFFICE LOCATION IS 1 0 0 6 VANCE JACKSON RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, UM, I GOT RETAINED, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO RIGHT AFTER THE BOARD ISSUED THE ORDER.
UH, MYSELF AND AN ARCHITECT GOT RETAINED IMMEDIATELY.
UM, AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT I TOLD THE OWNER, IT'S IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIMME SOME TIME TO DEVELOP SOME PLANS.
AND FOR THAT REASON, UM, I ASSIGNED MYSELF AND ANOTHER ENGINEER TO THE PROPERTY AND I ISSUED AN ENGINEER OF RECORD LETTER RIGHT OFF THE BAT TELLING EVERYBODY I'M THE CHIEF ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME IF THEY WANT ME TO SUPERVISE THEM AND ALSO GIVE THEM THE FINAL BLESSINGS, UH, FOR ANY FINAL LETTERS.
AND SO THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
AND SO I ISSUED THE ENGINEER OF RECORD LETTER AND I MADE MYSELF, UH, VISIT THE PROPERTY AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, UH, TO LOOK AT THE PROGRESS.
IT DID TAKE US A WHILE TO DEVELOP THE PLANS FOR BUILDING 27, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION THAT BUILDING 27 STAIRS WERE.
UH, WE DID HAVE TO EMPLOY THREE D LASER SCANNING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FIT CORRECTLY.
UH, WE HAD TO DO SOME EXPLORATORY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA CONNECT THINGS AND THE PROCESS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD TO VISIT ALL THE STAIRS AND BALCONIES AND THERE'S A LOT OF STAIRS AND BALCONIES.
AND SO FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT, I I TOLD THE OWNER, AND IT'S PHYSICALLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR ME TO DEPLOY A TEAM IN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, WITH NOVEMBER COMING UP THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS COMING UP, I I, THE WORKLOAD RIGHT NOW PHYSICALLY, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE STAYED ENGAGED BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON DIFFERENT BALCONIES OPEN.
WE HAD HIM OPEN UP THE UNDERSIDE OF DIFFERENT BALCONIES.
WE FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND WE WANTED HIM TO REPAIR IT.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE INCLUDED ON, ON OUR LIST SOME ITEMS THAT WE WANTED HIM TO REPAIR AS WELL.
AND, AND HE'S MADE THOSE REPAIRS.
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THERE'S A LOT OF LOCALIZED DAMAGE TO THE STAIRS.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD TO, THAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WAS SOME OF THE DAMAGE IS NOT STRUCTURAL PER SE.
AND, AND, AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THE STAIRS, THERE'S SOME ROT OR SOME RUST ON THE METAL.
I SAID YES, FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT THAT MIGHT BE A CODE VIOLATION, BUT FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA FALL DOWN IF YOU WALK UP THOSE STAIRS BECAUSE THE PAN IS RUSTED.
I KEPT TELLING THEM THE PAN IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FORM FOR THE CONCRETE.
THE CONCRETE'S REALLY THE ONE THAT'S DOING THE WORK.
SO IF THE CONCRETE'S NOT DOING THE WORK, THEN YES, I'M GONNA HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO REPAIR THIS.
AND THEY'VE REPAIRED A LOT OF THOSE.
BUT, UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT THE, THE, THE ENGAGEMENT OF MYSELF AND THE ARCHITECT HAS BEEN ONGOING.
WE'VE BEEN CONSULTING WITH THEM HOURS ON END SITES.
UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN ON SITE MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY IMPRESSED ON, ON THEM NOT REALLY PUSHING BACK BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
MR. STRATAS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, BUT I GOTTA CLARIFY SOMETHING FIRST.
CAN YOU STEP ASIDE, SIR, CODE COMPLIANCE? CAN YOU, UH, THE OFFICER APPROACH, CAN WE SEE, UH, 1 74 PLEASE? REASON I ASK FOR THIS IS THERE'S NOT A DATE ON MINE FOR SOME REASON, BUT THERE'S A DATE ON THAT ONE.
THIS IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, CORRECT? THE STAIRWELL? NO, THE, THIS IS ONE OF THE STAIRWELLS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT BUILDING THIS WAS? I WANNA BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS EIGHT.
'CAUSE MINE DOESN'T SHOW A, A DATE.
MAYBE I HAVE TO SHRINK IT OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO CLARIFICATION.
YEAH, I HAVE TO SHRINK IT REALLY BAD TO GET IT.
UH, NOW I CAN TALK TO THE ENGINEER, SIR.
UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS ONE HERE ON THE STAIRWELL? CAN YOU, ONE MOMENT.
THE SLIDE NEEDS TO COME BACK UP AGAIN.
CAN YOU PUT THE SLIDE BACK UP? THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN ITEM THAT WAS NOT ON YOUR LIST THAT I ADDED ONTO THEM.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS IS BUILDING EIGHT.
IT HAS TWO STAIRS THAT GO UP ON EACH END.
THE STAIRS ARE SEPARATED FROM THE WALL.
THEY HAVE, THEY WERE BUILT THAT WAY.
THEY WEREN'T SEPARATED OR LEANING OUT.
THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH A FOUR INCH GAP.
AND SO I TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T LIKE THE GAP.
I WANT YOU TO PUT A RAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE SO I DON'T HAVE A KID DROP A FOOT IN BETWEEN THE RAIL OR THE STRINGER AND THE WALL.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE, OF THE BOARD ORDER, BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I TOLD THE OWNER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMEDIATE THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE THAT LIKE THAT.
AND THIS IS A NON-STRUCTURAL ITEM.
BUT NONETHELESS, I DID PUT, I DID PUT THAT ONUS ON THEM ON THE STAIRWELLS.
IT DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY ANY BUILDING.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE STATING THIS WASN'T ON THE THING, IT IS ON THE THING AS A STAIRWELL, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
BUT THERE'S NO STRUCTURE, THERE'S NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE STAIRWELL.
SO THE ONLY THING I ASKED THEM TO DO ON THE STAIRWELL WAS TO ADD A RAIL TO PREVENT THE GAP OR SOMEONE INJURING THEMSELVES WITH THE GAP TO THE WALL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT WAS STILL IN THE COURT ORDER AS A STAIRWELL.
SO ANY REPAIRS YOU HAD TO MAKE HAD TO BE MADE REGARDLESS IF IT WAS ONE YOU THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE MADE, THAT WAS WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WAS.
WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU CORRECTED THIS, AND I ASK AGAIN, I DO BELIEVE WAS NOT DRAINAGE ON THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, I HAVE TO REFER TO CODE BECAUSE I, MINE DOESN'T SHOW THE, AND, AND THIS IS, UH, CODE SUPERVISOR RUSS.
UM, WE DID HAVE TRAINING, BUT THIS WASN'T ONE.
AND WE WERE LOOK REALLY LOOKING AT PLUMBING AND, UH, THE, UM, SEWER.
SO THE, THE DOWNSPOUT ON THIS OR THE, THE GUTTER ON THIS WASN'T REALLY INCLUDED.
WAS IT SPECIFIED AS SEWER OR PLUMBING? YES.
SO IT WASN'T BROAD, IT WAS SPECIFIC.
YES, MR. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
UM, I'M JUST NOW REALIZING THAT MOISES USED TO BE ON THIS
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BOARD.I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
SO I DO WANNA MAKE THAT A PUBLIC.
UM, I, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE CLARIFY SOMETHING.
UM, AND MAYBE, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN ASSIST ME IF THESE STAIRS WERE NOT PART OF THE NOTICE IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUES ON IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE, UM, THE STATEMENT YOU'RE MAKING.
UM, THE BOARD ORDERS DID STATE THAT THE, THE STAIRS NEED TO BE FIXED ALL STAIRS IN THAT AREA.
UH, MY, MY CONCERN WITH MAKING THAT STATEMENT IS THERE WAS NO NOTICE OF ANY CONCERNS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAD ON THE STAIRS THAT ARE IN THE, ON THIS PICTURE, THAT ARE IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW, THAT, UM, UH, MR. CRUZ ASKED, UM, UH, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY TO REPAIR.
I, I, I'M JUST WANTING TO, TO POINT THAT OUT.
I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS NO NOTICE AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT THESE STAIRS WERE A CONCERN.
UH, THE, THE FACT THAT, UH, DANNY KAY IS NOW POINTING THEM OUT THAT, HEY, WE DECIDED, OR OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR ENGINEER DECIDED TO COME FIX THESE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE PROPER FOR THIS BOARD TO HOLD THAT AGAINST THEM, THAT IT TOOK LONGER TO FIX STAIRS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED.
UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HOLDING TO.
I'M NOT HOLDING ANYTHING I'M ASKING BECAUSE THEY ENTERED THIS IN AS EVIDENCE IN THE CASE, WHICH MAKES 'EM FAIR GAMES.
WELL, TO BE FAIR, I, I, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT ENTERED THESE PICTURES INTO EVIDENCE.
'CAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE STAIRS THAT WERE BLOCKED OFF AND NEEDING TO BE REPAIRED.
BUT TO BE FAIR, AND FOR THE RECORD TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND, AND THAT CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AT NO POINT TOLD THE OWNERS OF DANNY KAY, THAT HEY, WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THESE STAIRS, AND I WANNA SAY FROM BUILDING EIGHT, FROM BUILDING EIGHT.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY POINT.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO MAKE, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MY LINE OF QUESTIONING GOES TO THE STAIRS IN GENERAL, ALL STAIRS.
AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY ON THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE, UH, WE ARE SHOWING HOW THEY'RE BLOCKING OFF THE STAIRS FOR REPAIR.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH OF A VIOLATION, IT'S JUST A, UH, THE STEPS THEY'RE TAKING TO, UH, MITIGATE THE VIOLATIONS.
SO YES, THE, AND THE NOTICE IS FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
SO THE NOTICE IS FOR ALL STAIRS THAT NEED DAM THAT ARE DAMAGED, UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THESE PARTICULAR, UH, STAIRS IN THIS PICTURE SHOWING THAT THESE ARE IN VIOLATION AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS THE STEPS THAT ARE TAKEN TO CORRECT THESE PARTICULAR STAIRS, BUT THERE ARE STILL STAIRS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.
AND, AND NOT TO BEAT YOU UP, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE IF THESE ARE PUT INTO PHOTOS, THEY'RE FAIR GAME FOR THE QUESTIONS OF STEPS.
YOU'VE REPAIRED A FOUR INCH GAP ON BOTH SIDES.
MY ISSUE IS, IF WE'RE DOING THE WHOLE THING, THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE HERE.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT IT IS? SAFETY ISSUE HERE.
WHERE DOES IT GO? I'M, I'M SORRY, SIR.
I'M YOUR DRAIN LINE RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A MORE OF A HEADS UP.
YOUR DRAIN LINE GOES RIGHT ONTO STEPS WHEN IT RAINS.
IN FACT, IT JUST RAINED THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WET SIDEWALK, WET WALL AND WET STAIRS, SO THAT'S WHAT, AND THAT'S DEBRIS OUT OF YOUR GUTTER.
SO WHEN THOSE PEOPLE COME DOWN THOSE STEPS, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? THAT WHOLE SIDEWALK THERE HAS BEEN, UH, COMPROMISED BY WATER.
IF YOU LOOK UNDER EACH OF THOSE STEPS, THERE'S CRACKS.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ANCHORS OF THOSE AND SEE IF THOSE ANCHORS ARE NOW SUPPORTED ON THIS ONE END.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING, SIR? THEY, LET ME, LET ME, I'M NOW POINTING IT OUT.
UH, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IF, IF YOU WANT TO REDIRECT THE CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF TO GO LOOK AT THAT, LET'S SAY THAT, UH, ALL RIGHT.
BUT NOT PART OF, OF THIS SPECIFIC CASE DEALING WITH STAIRWELLS PER SE.
BECAUSE IT DOES DEAL WITH STAIRWELLS.
SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID RECENTLY WAS I PROVIDED A REPORT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH THE, THE PLANS THAT I CREATED FOR BUILDING 27.
I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A, A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
I, IN MY REPORT, I HAVE A PICTURE OF EVERY SINGLE STAIR THAT SHOWS THE CONNECTION AT THE TOP, SHOWS THE CONNECTION ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE CONDITION OF THE UNDERSIDE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO IT.
SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE STAIRS AND THERE'S POSITIVE CONNECTIONS AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM.
AND SO WE, ALL THE STAIRS THAT ARE BEING REPAIRED WITH LOCALIZED REPAIRS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED.
AND, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN
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IDENTIFIED WITH SPRAY PAINT AND MARKINGS ON 'EM.AND WE SHOW THAT IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES THAT, THAT WE'VE PROVIDED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SO WE'RE AWARE THAT YES, THERE ARE STAIRS THAT NEED SOME MAINTENANCE TO 'EM, BUT FROM A STRUCTURAL SAFETY STANDPOINT, THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTED.
AND I'VE PUT 'EM MY SIGN AND SEAL ON THAT.
AND, AND FOR THAT REASON, I, I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR THAT REASON, BUILDING 20, THE REASON BUILDING 27 ISN'T CONSTRUCTED YET, IS MY FAULT.
WHY? BECAUSE I'M VERY SELECTIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WE'RE GONNA HIRE TO CONSTRUCT THAT, THAT, UH, THAT STAIR.
I DON'T WANT SOME GUY WITH THE BLOW, WITH THE WELD TORCH TO GO AND BUILD MY STAIRS.
SO I'M PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THE OWNER.
WE'RE GONNA HIRE A CONTRACTOR THAT'S LICENSED AND BONDED.
IS INSURED, HAS EXPERIENCE IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SET OF STAIRS, RIGHT? AND IT IS GOING THREE LEVELS.
AND SO YOU NEED TO HAVE THE PRACTICE OF BEING ABLE TO PUT IT UP.
SO THE REASON STAIR 27 ISN'T BUILT YET, IT IS PERMITTED.
WE'RE, WE ARE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS, BUT IT'S NOT BUILT YET BECAUSE I'M BEING VERY SELECTIVE ABOUT WHO WE'RE GONNA SELECT FOR THAT PARTICULAR STAIR.
ALL THE OTHER STAIRS, THEY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT CREWS.
AND I'M, I VISIT EVERY DIFFERENT CREW.
IN FACT, I EVEN RAN INTO MS. RODRIGUEZ THE OTHER DAY AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND VISITING ALL THE CREWS.
AND THERE'S NOBODY USING THOSE STAIRS BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOCKED OFF, WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH THAT AN ENGINEER WOULD TAKE.
THOSE THAT CANNOT BE, THOSE THAT ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL ARE BLOCKED OFF.
WELL, I THINK HE, HE'S ONLY BRINGING CONCERN TO THE GUTTER DESIGN.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT HAS ALREADY COMPROMISED THAT STAIRWELL.
I, I'M GONNA DISAGREE WITH YOU, MR. ANDES.
I, I AM ALSO GOING TO AGREE WITH A I I, I MEAN, IN A FACT, I'LL SHOW YOU.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, MR. ANDES.
THERE WAS NO NOTICE OR INFO IN REGARDS TO A GUTTER CONCERN.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S PART OF THE STAIRWELLS, FINE, BUT I'M, I'M, I, I'M TELLING YOU, I THINK WE'RE TREADING LIGHTLY IN REGARDS TO NOTICE ISSUE.
I'M, I'M JUST, I'M JUST BEING, BEING HONEST WITH YOU.
I, I'M CONCERNED IN REGARDS TO NOTICE, AND MS. BROWN HAS A QUESTION THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PRESENT DISCUSSION.
AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MR. ANDREAS.
MAYBE
UH, I, I, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD ON YOUR PART AS BEING AN ENGINEER TO BRING THAT GAP TO THEIR, TO THE OWNER'S ATTENTION.
NOW, I GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO CODE FOR WHAT THEY DO IN THE FIELD, BUT THEY'RE NOT ENGINEERS.
YOU KNOW, THEY DO WHATEVER THEY DO AND THEY DO IT A GREAT JOB.
AND I WOULD DEPEND ON THAT, BUT YOU'RE AN ENGINEER, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, AND THEY'RE NOT.
AND THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN SEEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY GOT CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEND AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
I, I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND HAVING IT FIXED.
AND I WOULD TO ALSO MENTION, I RELY ON THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S A PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
SO IF THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT ME TO ADDRESS, I'LL ADDRESS IT.
AND, AND WE'VE NEVER STOOD AWAY FROM IT.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A, A SIGNED AND SEALED LETTER FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT ME TO ADDRESS.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, AND, AND LET ME, LET ME MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING.
FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE, OUR ISSUE TODAY IS WE ARE LOOKING AT STAIRWELLS, SPECIFICALLY BUILDINGS 27, 7 AND EIGHT.
SO IF YOU WOULD, I WOULD ASK YOU TO ISOLATE YOUR QUESTIONS TO STAIRWELLS AND THOSE BUILDINGS.
I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, THE STAIRWELLS.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE, UH, FINALIZED AND COMPLETED? SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AS OF MONDAY OR TUESDAY, THEY SELECTED A CONTRACTOR WHO'S LICENSED AND BONDED, WHICH I'VE APPROVED.
UH, I SPOKE WITH HIM YESTERDAY EVENING.
UH, WE ALL, THE GOOD THING IS, UH, WE, WE DEVELOPED OUR PLANS WITH THE INTENTION OF GIVING SHOP DRAWINGS.
AND THOSE OF YOU IN CONSTRUCTION KNOW THAT SHOP DRAWINGS TAKE ANOTHER 30 TO 45 DAYS.
WELL, WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK THE ONUS OF DEVELOPING SHOP DRAWINGS FOR THEM ALREADY SO THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY GO INTO FABRICATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THAT CONTRACTOR.
WE'RE EXPECTING FOR HIM TO TAKE BETWEEN 30 TO 45 DAYS EASILY JUST IN PROCURING AND FABRICATING FABRICATION OF STAIRS TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY DETAIL ORIENTED.
WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE DOWN TO THE EIGHTH OF AN INCH THAT THEY HAVE TO GET RIGHT, OR THOSE STAIRS DON'T WORK AND THEY HAVE TO TEAR 'EM DOWN.
SO FABRICATION IS A HUGE PART.
WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AT LEAST 60 DAYS EASILY FOR FABRICATION, DEMOLITION,
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ERECTION, AND THEN FINALIZING IT.SO IN THAT'S ESSENCE, YOU'RE BUILDING BRAND NEW STAIRS? YES, SIR.
WE'RE TAKING OUT, WE'RE TAKING OUT SOME NEW ONES.
AND, AND THERE'S THE, THE, THE BIG CONTENTION RIGHT NOW IN THE CONTRACTOR'S CONTRACT IS WHEN I TAKE THE STAIRS OUT, I'M TAKING THE LANDING WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THESE LANDINGS ARE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING, SO THAT I CAN NOW PROVIDE A STAIR THAT'S INDEPENDENT OF THE BUILDING.
I'M TAKING THE LANDING WITH ME.
WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN WE TAKE THAT LANDING OUT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WOODEN GAP THERE THAT WE NOW HAVE TO CONTEND WITH.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE UNTIL WE REALLY OPEN IT UP.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE OPTION THERE ON THE CONTRACTOR'S, UH, CONTRACTOR THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE US A CHANGE ORDER ONCE THAT HAPPENS.
SO, BUT 60 DAYS COVERS THAT, I THINK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. ANDES? I'LL LET YOU GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONING IF YOU, IF YOU FOCUS STRICTLY ON STAIRWELLS.
WHAT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON RIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE BOTH OF THESE HAVE CRACKED THROUGH A FOUR INCH SLAB, THAT THAT ONE IS NOT AS BAD, BUT THAT ONE HAS COLLAPSED.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ADDRESSING, IS THE FACT THAT THOSE STILL NEED SOME REPAIRS TO GIVE YOU THAT.
'CAUSE TO ME, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
WHEN I SEE STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT TELLS ME THAT THE, THAT'S A FOUR INCH SLAB PROBABLY.
IT'S IT, THERE'S A CRACK IN THE SLAB, BUT THERE'S A POSITIVE CONNECTION THERE.
UH, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THERE'S A, THERE'S A CLIP ANGLE AT THE BASE OF THAT STRINGER THAT'S CONNECTED TO CONCRETE.
SO THERE IS A POSITIVE CONNECTION THERE GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
IT'S THE BACK OF THE, IT'S A, IT'S A TWO AND A HALF OR THREE INCH ANGLE.
AND IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S AN ANGLE, RIGHT? THERE'S AN ANGLE THERE, SIR.
IS IT THIS WAY OR THIS WAY? IT'S ON THE INSIDE, RIGHT? GOING THIS WAY? YES, SIR.
IT'S GOING LEFT, CORRECT WITH THE B WITH THE STRINGER.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE IS THE, IS THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A, LIKE A LITTLE WHERE THE POST COMES DOWN.
IT HAS A LITTLE BASE PLATE ON THE BOTTOM OF IT, BUT THAT'S WELDED TO THE STRINGER THERE.
SO IF YOU STILL HAVE THE POSITIVE CONNECTION VIA THE L BRACKET WELDED TO THE, THE BEAM, THE STRINGER, WHICH IS BOLTED TO THE CONCRETE.
IS IT WELDED ALSO TO THE STEP OR, I MEAN NOT, NO.
NO, IT CAN'T BE, BECAUSE A STEP IS, YOUR STEP IS POURED SEVEN HALF INCH OR SEVEN INCHES ABOVE IT.
SO IT'S POURED, THAT'S POURED WITH THE SLAB.
THOSE ARE CONCRETE STEPS, RIGHT? OR METAL? THE, THE, IT'S A CONCRETE TREAD.
SO THE, THE THING IS SEVEN UP AND THEN THERE'S POURED INSIDE IT.
SO IT'S ABOUT, I I, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT AGAIN.
NOW WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO SPECIFICATIONS OF ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S BOLTED ON BOTH SIDES VIA D L BRACKET? YES, SIR.
YOU HAVE A CONNECTION THERE? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS A CONCERN WHEN I SEE A SIDEWALK LIKE THAT.
END OF THE END OF THAT DISCUSSION.
THE REASON IT'S THE END OF THAT DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE OF ENGINEERING AND REPAIR AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR DOING THE REPAIR.
THEREFORE, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT TO THE ENGINEER TO DO IT.
UH, THIS BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT IS IT A STAIRWELL THAT IS USABLE AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO SPECIFY HOW IT'S GONNA BE STRUCTURED, UH, OR REPAIRED OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
IT'S JUST, IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, REPAIR IT.
UH, AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE SPECIFIC THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED? NO.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.
THIS IS JAMES MCKNIGHT ONCE AGAIN.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED.
THIS STAIRWAY WAS NOT A VIOLATION AND THERE'S NO, NO VIOLATION ISSUED ON THIS STAIRWAY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, AND I NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
ADDRESS IS, UH, MY OFFICE ADDRESS, 1 3 0 1 8 RESEARCH BOULEVARD, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
UH, I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
I MEAN, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHAT, UH, UH, MY LAWYER JAMES MCKNIGHT HAVE SHOWN, WE OWN LIKE 12 ASSETS IN SAN ANTONIO.
I MEAN, SOME OF IT HAS BEEN SOLD AND WE COME AND FIX STUFF, RIGHT? SO WE BOUGHT THIS ASSET 12 MONTHS AGO WITH THE INTENTION TO COME AND REMODEL BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY BADLY IN STATE OF DISREPAIR.
SO WHAT, WE ALWAYS HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN.
OUR BUSINESS PLAN TAKE TWO YEARS TO REMODEL A PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS, WHICH WAS 10 YEARS OF DISREPAIR.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT LIKE, WHAT, THREE MONTHS TO DO A LOT OF IT, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
UH, WE HAVE PUT ALMOST, UH, WHAT, UH, 300,000 RIGHT NOW JUST ON QUOTE COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND PAINTING AND ALL THAT.
ALL MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WE ARE THE GUYS WHO COME AND FIX THE PROPERTIES.
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THE CO I MEAN, THE B S P BOT HAS GIVEN US A SHORTER TIME, WHICH, UH, WHICH WE DID TRY TO MEET, BUT WE GO BEYOND IT, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANNA REQUEST.SAY, I MEAN, PLEASE, UH, REDUCE THE FEES THAT HAS BEEN CHARGED BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY PROJECT.
THIS IS 254 UNITS, 30 BUILDINGS.
IT WAS IN A STATE OF DISRESPECT FOR PAST 10 YEARS.
AND WE SINCERELY COME AND HELP THE CITY.
THERE COULD BE A LOT OF OTHER APARTMENTS TOO.
AND IF YOU START CHARGING GOOD PEOPLE LIKE US, WE WILL NOT DO THIS AGAIN.
AND NOBODY ELSE WHO DOES SIMILAR WORK LIKE US WILL NOT DO IT AS WELL.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M ALSO AN ENGINEER.
I'M ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, NOT A STRUCTURAL CIVIL, BUT I'M ALSO AN ENGINEER.
SO WE TAKE OUR WORK VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE PLAN THINGS AND WE DID EXECUTE OUR PLAN, BUT THE BOT HAD A SHORTER TIME.
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
WELL, AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS YOU ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECT, YOU CAN TAKE AS MUCH, YOU CAN HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS THE CODE OFFICER FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
AND WE WON'T, WE WON'T, UH, YOU WON'T BE BACK HERE, BUT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE IT AND, UH, END THIS.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THOUGH, HE DOES HAVE FINES THAT ARE ONGOING AND HE'S ASKING TO SUSPEND THOSE FINES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
WHATEVER THE BOARD DETERMINES.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE THE FINES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE IMPOSE THOSE FINES TO GET YOU TO FIX YOUR PROPERTY.
THE INTENT BEHIND THE FINES, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THINGS QUICKLY, RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, FOR WINDOWS, WE HAD 40 WINDOWS BROKEN AND WE SPEND $30,000 SAYS, MA'AM, YOU CAN DO IT QUICKLY AS YOU WANT, BUT DO IT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THING THAT'S LIKE BUILDING 27, WHY IT TOOK SO LONG.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REDESIGN THE ENTIRE STACK CASE.
YOU HAVE TO GET A THREE D DRAWING.
AND AFTER THAT, OUR CIVIL, OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHO'S THE CONTRACTOR TO USE, RIGHT? SO WE ARE VERY, BEING VERY SELECTIVE AND DOING IT CORRECTLY, BUT IT TAKES TIME TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, JUST, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE FINES, I, I GUESS, 'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT NOW 3 0 4 0.10, THE VIOLATION, THE FINES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FOR 3 0 4 1.
NO, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FINES THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WINDOWS BEING BROKEN.
I MEAN, WE DID LIKE 40 WINDOWS AND SUDDENLY SOMEBODY THREW A WINDOW, BRO, ONE, ONE WINDOW BROKEN IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND THE COURT OFFICER WAS, OH, YOU ARE NOT, YOU'RE NOT COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THEY JUST LOOK AT IT LIKE ONE WINDOW BROKEN, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE THE OTHER 40 WINDOWS, WHICH WAS FIXED.
RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE TO BE, I MEAN, THE WAY IT WORKS IS NEED TO BE VERY FAIR TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO JUST BECAUSE YOU SAW ONE WINDOW DOESN'T MEAN WE DIDN'T FIX THE OTHER 40.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WAS THE FINE FOR, FOR 3 0, 4 POINT 10 TO GO BEYOND THE 90 DAYS? YEAH, WE HAD LIKE $32,000 OF FINE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST INVOICE THAT WAS SENT TO US IN NOVEMBER.
AND COURT OBVIOUS HAVE TOLD US THERE'S MORE FINES COMING.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF JUST FINES.
AND WE ARE SPENDING ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS ASSET AND WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IT.
RIGHT? SO AS I SAID, YOU NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE LIKE US TO COME AND FIX THE, THE ASSETS, WHICH IN DISPAIR NOT DISCOURAGE US BY IMPOSING, FINE, THIS IS LEGAL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON FINES WERE IMPOSED IS 'CAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR PROPERTY.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT COMING TO THE BOARD AND FINGER WAGGING SAYING, YOU SHOULDN'T BE FINDING US, OR WE WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
I REALLY, I REALLY HOPE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE, THE MESSAGE.
'CAUSE I'LL, I'LL BE BLUNT, THAT'S HOW IT SOUNDS.
SO I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, I MEAN, THOUGH, THERE'S ONE FINE AND THERE'S CONTINUATION FINES, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M JUST TALKING AS A LAYMAN, SIR.
THE FINES WERE THERE BECAUSE IF THEIR WORK WASN'T DONE WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME THAT WAS ASKED FOR AND, AND PROVIDED AND IT WAS A FINE, UM, I, I I, I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING YOUR WORK.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO SAY.
WHAT I'M, I'M HOPING THAT YOU DON'T DO IS START AGAIN.
IT, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE WAGGING YOUR FINGER AT, AT THE BOARD.
WE ARE NOT NO
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE, BUT I NEED TO CLARIFY.
IF CODE COULD STEP UP AND CLARIFY, THIS IS THIS END CODE WHEN IT POPS UP.
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I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT BUILDING THIS IS.WHAT BUILDING IS THIS ONE? THIS IS GONNA BE BUILDING SEVEN.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IS THIS, UM, PART OF THE ASSESSED FINES AS WELL? THIS, THIS IS THAT THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED, THIS IS PART OF THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT.
UM, THERE WERE TWO BOARD ORDERS WERE ISSUED.
ONE FOR ALL THE, OKAY, FOUR MULTIPLE ISSUES.
AND THE SECOND BOARD ORDER FOR THE, UH, STAIRS AND DECKS AND BALCONIES.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT FIT INTO THAT.
AND THOSE ORDERS ARE FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
UH, WE DID SEE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THEY ARE WORKING ON AND THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF.
WHEN YOU SAY IT'S NOT PART OF THE PROPERTY WAS NOT THE COURT ORDER FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY? YES, IT, IT'S FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
SO THIS ONE IS STILL BEING FINE BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
THIS IS STILL, IS THIS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT'S NOT BEEN TOUCHED YET? THE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS JUST NOW THEY GOT THE CURRENT CONDITION.
SO NOW IT IS JUST ONE OF THE BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVEN'T BUILDING THREE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THEY'RE STARTING THE THIRD BUILDING.
AND SO THAT WOULD LEAVE THEM TWO TO FULLY, SO THEY'RE STILL GETTING FINED FOR THOSE? CORRECT.
THE, THE WAY THE BOARD ORDER IS WRITTEN, THEY WOULD STILL BE RECEIVING FINES UNTIL THEY COMPLETE ALL OF THEM.
SO ON THIS CASE, ON 13, IT SAYS FOR 3 0 4 0.10, MAYBE I'M CONFUSED, BUT SHOULD THIS NOT BE ON THERE AS WELL? IS IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMPLETED UNDER? YES, THIS IS NOT COMPLETED AND THIS IS STILL IN VIOLATION, BUT ON THE DOCUMENT IT ONLY GIVES US 3 0, 4 POINT 10.
THAT'S FOR ALL STAIRWAYS DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
IF THERE'S ONLY ONE ON HERE, SHOULDN'T THIS BE ON THIS PAPER TOO? YES, SIR.
BUT IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE DECKS.
IT'S VIOLATION OF ONE SECTION OF CODE.
SO THIS ONE SECTION OF CODE COVERS ALL THE DECKS, ALL THE BALCONIES, ALL THE STAIRWELLS ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS COVERED IN, THIS IS COVERED IN STAIRWELLS.
THIS PIECE, THIS ONE? CORRECT.
THIS IS PART OF, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN NOW.
AND THEY'RE STARTING THIS BUILDING NOW? SEVEN.
THIS WAS, THEY WERE WORKING ON THIS.
BECAUSE IT'S IN HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T GIMME A BUILDING NUMBER AS WHAT THIS ONE IS FOR? CORRECT.
UH, COULD YOU GO TO 1 78 PLEASE? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S CORRODED METAL, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, BUT IS IT ABOVE THE STAIRCASE OR THIS IS THE LANDING? THIS IS A LANDING UNDERNEATH THE STAIRWELL.
SO THE STAIRWELL CONNECTS AT THIS LANDING AND AT THESE CONNECTION POINTS AND UNDERNEATH THE LANDING, YOU'LL SEE THE RUST THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
THIS IS A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.
THIS MAY BE STRUCTURALLY SOUND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS, BUT IT'S A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE THAT THOSE STAIRS HAVE TO BE, UH, HAVE THE RUST REMOVED AND WEATHER TREATED AND WEATHER PROTECT IT.
AND THIS WAS TAKEN, THIS, I'M SORRY, THIS WAS TAKEN ON THE 24TH, SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
THIS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT THEY, THEY WOULD NEED TO DO.
JAMES MCKNIGHT HERE THAT I, I'M BEING TOLD THAT'S BUILDING SEVEN.
THAT'S ONE OF THE STAIRWAYS THAT'S BEING REPAIRED AND, AND REDONE AS WE SPEAK.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS BEING DONE AS PART OF THE, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
I'M, THAT'S THE CONCRETE THAT YOU SAW ON THOSE PICTURES ON THE SIDE, WAS THAT LANDING UP THERE? THE, SO YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WALKWAY IS BROKEN AND MOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE PULLING THAT, THAT CONCRETE WALKWAY OFF.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THAT.
AND YOU WANT US TO REDUCE THE FINES, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, NO, FOR THE, THE WORK BEING DONE, BUT, BUT THIS, THIS, UH, PICTURE RIGHT HERE OF THIS CORRODED WHATEVER IT IS, CORRODED METAL.
THAT'S THE UNDER, THAT'S UNDER THE STAIRCASE THAT WE'RE REMOVING MS. MS. BROWN.
LET, LET ME ADD SOME, SOME REMINDERS TO THIS ISSUE.
NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A BUILDING THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT OF.
CORRECT? THEY'RE NO LONGER IN DANGER OF BEING, UH, ON A BAD STAIRWELL, BAD STAIRS, BAD STEPS, BAD SIDEWALK.
UH, SO THE, THE SAFE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE RESIDENCE IS NULL AND VOID BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE THERE.
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THEY'VE ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE THREE BUILDINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON.THAT'S BUILDINGS 27, 7 AND EIGHT.
UH, THEY ARE PAST THEIR REPAIR DATE IN THE ORIGINAL ORDER, AND THEY'RE ASKING US TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS TO REPAIR THOSE THREE BUILDINGS.
AND THEY'RE ASKING US TO REDUCE THE FINES BECAUSE, WELL, I, I, I SHOULDN'T STIPULATE THIS, BUT I WILL.
ANYWAY,
THE PROBLEM IS THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION, THEREFORE, THE FINES TOOK OVER AND THEY'RE SAYING, WE'VE DONE GREAT JOB.
UH, WE NOW NEED TO COMPLETE THAT GREAT JOB ON THREE ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS, BUT WE'D HOPE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US 60 DAYS AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD REDUCE THE FINES OVER THAT 60 DAY PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, COUNSEL, IS THAT A PROPER ASSESSMENT OR STATEMENT? YES, SIR.
THEN IF YOU WOULD, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.
UM, MAY I HAVE A QUESTION WITH COUNSEL? MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL OF THE FINES ARE THE SAME AMOUNT, CORRECT.
REGARDLESS OF THE VIOLATION, THEY'RE NOT SEPARATE OUT, RIGHT? NO.
SO THERE WERE FINES TO START WITH, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE WAS $500 A DAY EACH ONE OF 'EM AS OFFICER PER VIOLATION, RIGHT.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT WAS ALL ONE FINE PER VIOLATION, NOT SEPARATE FINES.
UM, IF THE PROPERTY MANAGER, CONNIE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR NO.
NO, I THINK, AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK REGARDING THE STAIRWAYS.
WE HEARD FROM YOU, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT COMPLETED IN 90 DAYS.
AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU'RE STILL RUNNING AT $500 FINE PER DAY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE ONLY VIOLATION, BUT THE RIGHT, SO BECAUSE IT'S ONE VIOL, IT'S 30, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S TWO STAIRWELLS, IT'S STILL JUST ONE VIOLATION.
UM, CAN I SPEAK TO CODE PLEASE? UM, UH, I DID, UH, HEAR IN YOUR STATEMENT EARLIER THAT YOU SAID THAT THE MOST WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE STAIRS AND THE REHAB OF THE STAIRS, IT'S BEEN THE LAST 30 DAYS THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF MOVEMENT.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, WHERE THE STAIRS JUST CLOSED OFF OR WHAT, WHAT WAS THE SITUATION? THERE WERE VARIOUS SITUATIONS WHERE THE STAIRS WERE CLOSED OFF.
UM, THE, THERE WAS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE STAIRS.
THE, THE, THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES WERE REALLY, UH, ISOLATED TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STAIRWELLS.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO THE STAIRS THAT, THAT HADN'T BEGUN IN EARNEST.
SO WOULD MY ASSESSMENT BE CORRECT IF I WERE TO SAY THAT IT IS NOW 57? WELL, YOU SAID IT WAS 57 DAYS PAST, UH, THE ORDER DATE WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN 90 DAYS.
SO THE WORK REALLY DIDN'T START UNTIL 27 DAYS PAST DUE, OR I'M SORRY, 30 DAYS PAST DUE.
WE, WE SAW SPOT WORK BEFORE THAT, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT ON, UH, COMING INTO COMPLIANCE YES.
AND THEN, UH, COUNSEL, I I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO, MY QUESTION IS, HOW SERIOUS ARE WE BEING TAKEN WHEN WE'RE EXPECTED TO, OR WE'RE BEING ASKED TO LOWER FINES TO WAIT FOR HOLIDAYS WHILE RESIDENTS WERE LIVING IN THESE PROPERTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME? I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THESE PAST DUE.
IT, I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL THAT IT WAS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE COMPLETED PAST DUE THERE.
AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE.
SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF WORK, BUT LIKE HE SAID, FOR THE WINDOWS, HE COULD PREPARE 40 WINDOWS AND STILL BE PAST THE VIOLATION DATE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT WORK ON THE STAIRWAYS WASN'T STARTED IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
THE ENTIRE TIME YOU HEARD FROM THE ENGINEER THEY WERE DOING DRAWINGS AND WORKING ON IT THE ENTIRE TIME.
JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SEE THE PERMIT ACTIVITY OR THE, THE DEMOLITION ACTIVITY UNTIL THE LAST 30 DAYS DOESN'T MEAN WE WEREN'T WORKING ON IT.
IT TOOK TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS AS PART OF THIS.
I MEAN, I ALSO HEARD SOMEONE SAY, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH PERSON SAID IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S THE TENANTS WE'RE NOT GIVING THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR
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TO COMING TO THE B S B BOARD.SO, YES, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S TO REPLACE A STAIRWELL THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF AND THAT NO ONE IS LIVING IN, IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AT THAT TIME.
AND IT'S A PRACTICAL CONCERN TO SAY, I WANT THIS STAIRWELL BUILT CORRECTLY, AND I DON'T HAVE THE CREW TO DO IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PRACTICAL PART OF IT TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE IT OFF.
NO ONE'S LIVING IN THOSE UNITS.
WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES? UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A, A CHRIS, UH, I DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME.
CHRIS HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF BOTH CODE OR COUNSEL? GO AHEAD.
COUNSEL, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER FRICK AND I, UH, LIVE AT 2 59 REMOUNT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
I WANNA FIRST SAY THAT I'M NOT PART OF THE CHIEF TEAM.
I'M NOT AN EMPLOYEE AND OFFICER AND AGENT, ANY OF THAT.
I SIGNED UP IN, IN, UH, PUBLIC COMMON TODAY.
I AM ALSO A CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE, ONE FOR THE COUNTY.
I WANT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING AND I CLOSED DOWN MY COMPANY TO COME TALK TO YOU TODAY.
AT FIRST, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RECORD OF A CHIEF PROPERTIES FIXING BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT MY FIRST DAY GOING OVER TO COLINAS, AS ARE GUNSHOTS FIRING WHILE HOMELESS PEOPLE PUBLICLY INEBRIATED ARE OUT FIGHTING IN THE STREETS.
BUT AS I LISTENED TO YOUR COMMENTS TODAY AS ONE PUBLIC FIGURE TO ANOTHER, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, TALKING TO A MINORITY BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT HOW BLIGHTED THEIR PROPERTY IS RIGHT AFTER THEY BOUGHT IT.
WHERE HAS THE CITY BEEN FOR A DECADE? STAIRS DON'T ROT IN A DAY.
I MEAN, BUILDINGS DON'T FALL APART IN A DAY.
AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOCUS AND CONCERN IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC COMMENTS IS GOING TO THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY, UM, AND NOT, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN TOPICS.
I'M NOT, LEMME, I HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PETITION FINISH GOVERNMENT.
I'VE SIGNED UP FOR THREE MINUTES.
YOU HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK ON A CASE, AND THAT'S WHAT COUNSEL IS ASKING YOU TO DO TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE.
COUNSEL, YOU DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO FINISH.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY AND HOW THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN GOING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSED ON.
IF I COULD RECLAIM MY TIME, AND YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENT, BUT ON THIS CASE, SPECIFIC IN RELATION TO THOSE STAIRS, THEY DIDN'T FALL DOWN OVERNIGHT.
YOU'VE SEEN A TIMELINE OF REASONABLE AND DILIGENT WORK DONE ON THAT.
MY COMMENT ABOUT IT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR ACTION TO THE FINE.
I THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO CON, TO CONTINUE TO TAX THE BUSINESS THAT IT'S WORTH DILIGENTLY AND REASONABLY TO MEET YOUR DEMANDS AFTER IT HAD BEEN IN SUCH POOR REPAIR FOR SUCH A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY PURCHASED IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR IT, WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE UNDER ALL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
I WAS WONDERING, WAS THAT CHRISTOPHER FORB RICH? AM I PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY? YES.
UM, THE OWNER JAMES SIR, COULD YOU PER, COULD YOU COME UP TO THE, UM, THE PODIUM AND, AND PER SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR US? UH, KADA.
SS A M Y K N D D AS IN DAVID? YEAH.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE, UH, ENGINEER.
WE WILL ASK, ASK, GET YOUR CLARIFICATION.
SORRY, I THOUGHT I HEARD EARLIER, SOMEBODY STATE 60 DAYS AND SOMEBODY STATED 90 DAYS.
WHICH DID YOU WANT, OR WHICH WERE YOU ASKING FOR 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE? OR WAS IT 90 DAYS? IN THE PERFECT WORLD, IF YOU CAN GIVE US 90 DAYS, THAT'LL BE A LOT EASIER FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO FULFILL.
'CAUSE WE STILL, WE STILL HAVE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. I, I'M ANTICIPATING, I'M PROGRAMMED HIM FOR 90, FOR 60 DAYS, WHICH I EXPECT FOR HIM, MY, MY COMMUNICATION TO HIM IS HE HAS 60 DAYS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA TAKE HIM.
I I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE HIM AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS TO GET FABRICATION OF THE STAIRS, OF THE ACTUAL STAIRS AND
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IT'S GONNA TAKE HIM ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS TO ACTUALLY ASSEMBLE THEM, PUT 'EM IN PLACE, GET INSPECTIONS.SO, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY EARLIER ASK FOR 60 DAYS AND THEN SOMEBODY ASKED FOR 90 DAYS.
SO IT WAS KIND OF, SO I WANNA CLARIFY.
YOU WANNA ASK FOR A 90 DAY CONTINUANCE? YES SIR.
AND ALL THE REST OF THE LITTLE MINOR STUFF FOR CLARITY BUILDING SEVEN, THE ONE THAT YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE UNDER SIDE OF SOMEONE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE'S CURRENTLY BEING FULLY REPAIRED UNDER MY SUPERVISION.
WE'VE TAKEN OUT CONCRETE, WE'VE HAD THEM REINFORCE IT AS WELL AS BUILDING THE NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS THE OTHER ONE THAT I'M ASKING 'EM TO PUT THE RAILS ON THERE.
SO THOSE ARE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED AND WE'RE THERE ALMOST WEEKLY SUPERVISING THEIR CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
IT'S BUILDING 27, THE THREE LEVEL STAIRS, THAT'S TAKEN US A LOT LONGER BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE STAIRS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STAIRS.
JUST CLARIFY THAT, UH, IT NEED TO BE FROM THE TIME THE PERMIT HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK TO US, US BECAUSE THE CITY IS TAKING SOME TIME TO DO A DESIGN REVIEW FOR THE PERMIT AND THAT 60 DAYS IS AFTER THE PERMIT IS GIVEN TO US.
WELL, YOUR PERMIT SHOULD ALREADY BE IN PLACE 'CAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE REPAIRS.
NOW IT PER DEN FOR BUILDING 20 BUILDING, SORRY, MOSES CREW AIR ONE ENGINEERING FOR BUILDING 27.
THAT ONE THERE BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY'S TAKING A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THE PERMIT.
I UNDERSTAND THE TIME FACTOR, BUT YOU HAVE THE PERMIT ALREADY TO WORK ON THE STAIRS.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THEY HAVE THE PERMIT TO WORK ON THE OTHER STAIRS.
SO YOU'RE GETTING IT BUILDING BY BUILDING THEN.
SO WE, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE PERMITS FOR THE OTHER STUFF.
IT'S TAKING US A LOT LONGER THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STAIRS WHERE THEY'RE OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
EXCUSE ME FOR AND THAT'S THE THREE LEVELED STAIR CORRECT SIR.
THAT'S WHY IT'S THREE LEVELS, NOT TWO.
BUILDING 27 COMPLETE REMOVE AND REPLACEMENT.
SO THE QUESTION WAS AFTER PERMITS ARE ISSUED, PLEASE ARE.
THE REQUEST WAS AFTER PERMITS WERE ISSUED, CHAIRMAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I WILL SAY THAT THE MOTION IS SPECIFICALLY FOR 3 0 4 0.10.
I THINK I HAVE WOULD HAVE TWO MOTIONS FOR THIS ONE.
CAN WE HAVE THE LIST OF THE PRIOR, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CORRECTED AS WELL AS THE THE 3 0 4 POINT 10, WHICH IS CONTINUING ON? THERE'S A SLIDE.
THE, UH, SECTIONS THAT ARE NOW IN COMPLIANCE ARE 7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS, 5 0 4 0.1 PLUMBING GENERAL, 5 0 5 0.4, WATER HEATING FACILITIES, 5 0 6 0.2 SEWAGE MAINTENANCE, 6 0 3 0.1 MECHANICAL APPLIANCE, 6 0 4 0.3, ELECTRICAL HAZARD, 3 0 4 0.13, WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, DOORFRAMES 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE ONES IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAYS DECKS, POUCHES, AND BALCONIES.
NOW I HAVE TWO MOTIONS FOR THIS ONE.
THE FIRST MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, AT UH, 59 0 3 DANNY KAY DRIVE, UH, IS NO LONGER IN VIOLATION OF SANTA PROPERTY COURT SECTIONS 7 0 3 0.2 5 0 4 5 0 5 0.450 6.260 3.260 4.330 4.13 AND 3 0 5 0.3 AS SUCH, THERE'S NO OTHER ACTIONS BY THIS BOARD BE TAKEN ON THOSE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO INTO THE SECOND MOTION? GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
MY SECOND MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 59 0 3 DANNY KAY DRIVE WAS IN VIOLATION OF PROPERTY, UH, SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 4 POINT 10 AND IS OF PUBLIC NUISANCE.
I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GRANT THE 90 DAYS TO DO THE REPAIR IF AFTER 90 DAYS THE REPAIR IS NOT DONE TO START FINDING $500 PER DAY THAT THE BUILDING IN QUESTION REMAIN VACANT UNTIL THE REPAIRS ARE ARE DONE AND APPROVED AND THAT CO COMPLIANCE CONTINUES TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO US EVERY 30 DAYS ON THE REPAIR.
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THAT WAS A REPORT EVERY 30 DAYS? YES.THE MOTION IS, UH, THAT NO ACTION, UH, IS BE REQUIRED BY THIS BOARD AS A RESULT OF COMPLETION OF THE WORK ON THE, UH, PRIOR VIOLATIONS AND VIOLATION OF PROPERTY CODE 3 0 4 0.10 REMAINS IN, UH, VIOLATION.
AND THE REPAIRS ARE TO BE COMPLETED ON THOSE IN 90 DAYS WITH A $500 DAY, UH, AFTER THE 90 DAYS OF THE REPAIR OF THE, THE, THE VIOLATION IS TO START 90, UH, START AFTER THE 90 DAYS OF REPAIR, THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINED VACANT AND THAT THERE BE A REPORT OF, UH, PERFORMANCE EVERY 30 DAYS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY.
ON THE FIRST MOTION THAT WE REAFFIRM THE PENALTIES, YOU'RE REAFFIRMING THE PENALTY THAT HAS BEEN PAID.
FOR ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN VIOLATION NOW.
SO, UH, TO FOR CLARIFICATION, WE REAFFIRM THAT THE FINES ALREADY PAID STAY IN PLACE.
UH, FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS FRED ANDIS ON THAT, UH, FIRST PART WHAT YOU SAID TO VACATE OR, OR TO, UM, KEEP THE BUILD IN, ISN'T IT? SHOULDN'T IT BE BUILD INS MORE THAN ONE? THERE'S STILL THREE THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.
AND THEN ON THE SECOND PART, YOU'RE FINDING THEM AFTER THE 90 DAYS, ARE WE SUSPENDING THE FINE FOR THE 90 DAYS? ARE WE CONTINUING THE FINE WE ARE NOT CONTINUING THE FINES? WE'LL, WE'LL FINE AFTER THE 90 DAYS THEN THAT SHOULD BE IN THE THING.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT CLARIFIED AS WE ARE NOT STOPPING.
IT'S LIKE IT'S CONTINUING WITH ANOTHER, RIGHT.
THE FINE FOR 3 0 4 0.10 IS SUSPENDED UNTIL THE 90 DAYS AND THEN IT WOULD START AGAIN AT $500 PER DAY.
RIGHT, BUT HE DIDN'T CLARIFY THAT EARLIER.
WAS IT SUSPENDED BY THE NIGHT WAS MIND IT WAS SUSPENDED, RIGHT.
THANK, RIGHT MR. CHAIR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, A NEW ORDER WOULD SUPERSEDE, UM, THE EXISTING ORDER.
HE'S, HE, UH, UM, HE ASKED FOR A, THE BUILDINGS TO BE VACANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S THE UPPER FLOORS, NOT THE, THE LOWER FLOORS ARE FINE.
I MEAN, SO THAT IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT PROPOSED AMENDMENT? I DO.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SO IT'D BE THE UPPER FLOORS ONLY ON THE BUILDINGS REMAINING, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
THAT CAN'T BE AN AMENDMENT FROM THEIR COUNSEL DID.
I MADE, I MADE THE AMENDMENT RIGHT.
HE WAS CLARIFYING THAT IT'S ONLY PERTAINS TO THE UPPER FLOOR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT? I MEAN ON THE MOTION.
AND MR. ANDES, AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS CASE OVERALL, I'M GONNA ASK FOR ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION.
MS. BROWN, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 6 2 1.
COUNSEL, IF YOU AND YOUR TEAM WOULD GET TOGETHER WITH CODE COMPLIANCE, THEY WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WE DO HAVE A REMAINING CASE AND THAT'S GONNA BE 1514 NORTH AVENS SABINAS STREET, A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
MAY I SAY THANK YOU FOR DONATING YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE? IT IS APPRECIATED AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THIS.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ELISA VALEZ, DANGEROUS PERMITS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1514 NORTH SABINA STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 10 22 BLOCK 10 LOT SOUTH 56.9 FEET OF ONE AND TWO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS, UM, MR. UH, MR. BENJAMIN GREEN S SENIOR IN THE STATE OF, UM, GREEN LUCILLE B WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1514 NORTH SABINA STREET IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 0 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
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THE OWNER OF RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, MA'AM.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER'S FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, ON THE PROPERTY AND BY PHONE.
I HAVE MET WITH THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL TO GO OVER PROPERTY AND STRUCTURE ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
UM, RECENT AND MY LAST VISIT WITH THE OWNER'S, UH, FAMILY MEMBER, UM, THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER, THEY ACTUALLY AGREED TO DEMOLITION, UH, DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS, WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST A DEMOLITION ORDER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 29TH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS, AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1514 NORTH SUBPOENAS WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2019.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIVED RETURN ON CLAIM ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2019 ON JANUARY 12TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1514 NORTH SUBPOENAS ON JANUARY 12TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NOW GOING INTO THE PHOTOS, UH, AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE, UM, STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
THIS IS THE MAIN STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE IS IN POOR CONDITION, UH, NOT ONLY THE ROOF, BUT THE PORCH AREA AND SIDING AS WELL.
THE BOTTOM PORTION, UH, ROCK FACADE IS ACTUALLY DETACHING AND CRACKED.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE IS A, AN ADDITION THAT WAS, UH, POORLY MADE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THEY HAVE A, UH, PORCH COVER THAT EXTENDS FROM THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR.
AND AGAIN, THAT PORTION IS ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
THERE ARE HOLES DETERIORATED WOODED THROUGHOUT THE, UH, PROPERTY OR THE STRUCTURE.
AND, UM, THIS SECTION IS ACTUALLY LEANING AGAINST THE STRUCTURE AS WELL WHERE, UM, THERE WAS MOVEMENT ON THE FOUNDATION AND THE LEFT SIDE.
NEXT, THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK TO THAT SAME SECTION THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE, UH, MAIN STRUCTURES, AGAIN, IS A POORLY MADE ADDITION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE SIDING IS, UM, ACTUALLY COLLAPSING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THE TOP SECTION IS COMPLETELY ROTTED.
UH, THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE METAL, UM, COVERING THAT, UM, IS ACTUALLY, UM, DETACHED FROM, UM, THE PORCH.
UM, THE LEFT SIDE AGAIN OF ROTTED WOOD.
UM, THE, THE MEMBERS ARE THE POLES THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, SUSTAINING THAT COVER ARE ACTUALLY LEANING TOWARDS THE RIGHT NEXT, PLEASE.
AGAIN, THIS STRUCTURE WAS POORLY MADE AND IS ACTUALLY LEANING ONTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, ITSELF IS ACTUALLY MOVED TO THE RIGHT, UH, ALONG WITH THE FOUNDATION.
UM, AGAIN, THE ENTIRE SECTION IS POORLY MADE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A SLIGHT WAVE UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THERE ARE FOUNDATION ISSUES.
IT'S PUSHING AGAIN TOWARDS THE RIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FASCIA BOARD IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE AND THERE IS ROTTED WOOD.
UH, DUE TO THE, UM, ISSUES OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE'S A LIGHT WAVE UP AT THE TOP SECTION IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT, THIS IS THE REAR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, SAME ISSUES, LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THERE ARE, UH, WINDOWS THAT ARE BROKEN ROUTED WITH THROUGHOUT.
YOU SEE, UH, THE LEFT, UH, CORNER OF THAT, UH, STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
ALL OF THAT SECTION UP AT THE ROOF SECTION IS ROTTED.
GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATION OF TRASH DEBRIS.
UH, IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO, UM, MANEUVER IN THERE AND, UM, TAKE GOOD PHOTOS.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE FROM THOSE PHOTOS.
UH, THE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BROKEN INTO BY ENS.
UM, THEY'VE, UM, YOU SEE, UH, FECAL MATTER, THERE IS URINE AND THROUGHOUT, UH, TRASH, DEBRIS AND OTHER, UM, ILLEGAL, UH, ITEMS, UM, SUCH AS NEEDLES AND AND SO ON.
IT IS ACTUALLY SINKING DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ISSUES.
THE WALKING SURFACE IS ROTTED AND IT'S FILLED WITH ITEMS THROUGHOUT.
NEXT, PLEASE, UM, FOUND DUE TO FOUNDATION ISSUES, YOU SEE CRACKS ALONG THE WALLS.
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UH, THERE IS, UH, WATER LEAKS IN THE INTERIOR AND IN THE, UH, IN THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE, UM, DETERIORATION OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.ALL THAT SECTION IS ACTUALLY COLLAPSING.
THE CEILING IS COLLAPSING WITHIN AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, DETERIORATION DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.
NEXT, ANOTHER SECTION OF THE INTERIOR.
AGAIN, WATER DAMAGE, LARGE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS.
THE LEFT SIDE UP AT THE TOP, AND I'LL SHOW ANOTHER PICTURE THAT HAS A CLOSEUP.
THERE'S A HOLE ON THE ROOF SECTION WHERE WATER IS COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, THIS IS ONE OF THE SECTIONS THAT I JUST MENTIONED IS WATER DAMAGE, UM, DUE TO THE POOR ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT, ANOTHER ROOM IN THE, UH, PROPERTY WITHIN THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
UH, AGAIN, WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT.
NOW WE'RE GOING INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
NUMBER ONE, AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS, UM, STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY COLLAPSING.
THERE'S ROTTED WOOD THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE, NOT ONLY IN THE ROOF, THE WALLS, UM, IT'S, IT'S IN PRETTY BAD CONDITION.
THIS IS THE FRONT OF ELEVATION OF THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AGAIN, ROTTED WITH THROUGHOUT.
UH, THERE IS A SLIGHT LIE AS WELL DUE TO FOUNDATION ISSUES AND THE ENTIRE ROOF SYSTEM IS DAMAGED.
NEXT, THE REAR SIDE OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE, UM, AGAIN, ROTTED WOOD THROUGHOUT, THERE'S A WAVE ON THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY COLLAPSING WITHIN AND YOU SEE THE CURATED WOOD THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT, GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, SAME ISSUES ROTTED WOOD.
THIS SECTION IS THE ONE THAT YOU SAW AT THE LAST SLIDE.
THIS SECTION IS ACTUALLY COLLAPSING, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, FRONT ELEVATION.
UM, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S LIGHT LEAN TOWARDS THE RIGHT.
UH, THESE, UH, DOORS ARE ALSO ROTTED NEXT AND OF COURSE THE STRUCTURAL ACTS WEATHERPROOFING GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THAT SAME DOOR.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE AT THE BACK THAT THE WALLS ARE ACTUALLY COMING AND UNDO.
YOU SEE A LARGE, UH, DETACHED CORNER AND OF COURSE ROTTED WOOD AND, UH, WATER DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT, ANOTHER PIC SECTION OF THAT SAME, UM, STRUCTURE.
UH, AGAIN, WATER DAMAGE ROTTED WOOD, LARGE, LARGE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS AND TRASH INTO, UM, ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, IT IS A VERY SMALL STRUCTURE, JUST POLES AND METAL ROOF SYSTEM, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS, UH, REMOVED.
SO WE NEED, WE DO NEED A DEMOLITION ORDER FOR THIS STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS METAL IS ACTUALLY COMING UNDONE AND DETACHING AND THE POLES ARE ACTUALLY LEANING NEXT CLOSER.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE SOME OF THE, UH, METAL, UH, ROOFS, UH, ME, I'M SORRY, PANELS ARE ACTUALLY COMING UNDONE AND DETACHED.
NEXT, THE SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
IT IS IN DETERIORATED CONDITION.
THE GEAR ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING WITH HOLES AND CORRUGATED ME METAL SHEEP PATCHWORK.
THE OSWALT SHINGLES ARE WORN AND SOME ARE MISSING FASCIA.
BOARD EAVES AND SOFFIT AREAS ARE ROTTED, BROKEN, MISSING, AND LACKING.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS CAN SIFT THE ROCK ON THE AIR AND WOOD PLANTS THAT ARE ROTTED, DETERIORATED, MISSING, BROKEN, AND LACK WEATHERPROOFING.
THE FRONT ELEVATION HAS ALUMINUM SIDING ON SOME AREAS.
THE WALL-TO-WALL SEPARATION, IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN, HAS LARGE ROTTED SECTIONS THAT ARE VISIBLE ON THE WALL AND STEALING DUE TO LONG-TERM WATER DAMAGE FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF CEDAR POST AND PIER POSTS AND BEAMS. BEAMS ARE NO LONGER RESTING ON POSTS.
SOME CONCRETE PE PIERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL BEAMS ARE RESTING OFF CENTER.
THE ATTACHED PORCH COVER IS ROTTED AND THE UM, CONCRETE SECTIONS HAVE LARGE CRACKS AND ARE UNEVEN FOR THE ACCESSORY RESTRUCTURE.
NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY, UM, STRUCTURE WITH GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS SAGGING, HAS HOLES AND HAS ALPHA SHINGLES THAT ARE WORN.
ROOF SHEETING IS, HAS VISIBLE WATER DAMAGE THE EXTERIOR WHEELS HAVE WITH MEMBERS THAT ARE ROTTED, DETERIORATING, AND LISTING THAT SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION HAS LARGE CRACKS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
NUMBER TWO HAS A FLAT ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS CORRUGATED METAL SHEET METAL THAT ARE RUSTED, BENT, MISSING AND DETACHING.
THE, UH, RAFTER AND BEAMS ARE SAGGING.
THE STRUCTURE IS SITTING ON GRADE AND HAS POSTS THAT ARE LISTING THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1514 NORTH SINA STREET IS LOCATED, IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 WITH SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15,
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AND 17 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE.AND 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE, SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER TWO IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF DILAPIDATION SU, SUBSTANDARD, OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION WAS A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR ALL STRUCTURES LOCATED AT THIS PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1514 NORTH SABINA STREET BOARD.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CALLED OFFICER? GO AHEAD.
ARE THERE ANY SERVICES STILL BEING PROVIDED TO THE LOCATION? SERVICES ARE SHUT OFF NOW.
THE, UH, TWO 20 FROM THE POLE TO THE STRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN DISCONNECTED.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNTIL I GET A DEMOLITION ORDER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
UH, HAS THERE BEEN BREAK-INS OR, UH, ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? YES, WE HAVE HAD BAKERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY BREAKING IN WILL SECURE IT OR THE OWNER WILL SECURE IT.
IT GETS BROKEN INTO, UH, I DO GO WITH S A P D.
UH, WHEN ON, WHEN ON THE PROPERTY OR TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, WE'LL REMOVE 'EM AND IT'S JUST AN ONGOING THING.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST DEMOLITION FOR THE STRUCTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
MS. BROWN HAS A MOTION TO MAKE, I HAVE A MOTION HERE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 1514 NORTH, CAN YOU BRING BACK THIS LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE? 1514.
UH, SABINA STREET IS, UM, A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR A REPAIR AT THIS TIME.
THE VIOLATIONS FOR THE, UM, MAIN STRUCTURE, THE VIOLATIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
FOR THE ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, IT'S 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND FOR ACCESSORY TWO, IT'S UH, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, AND 17 AND ORDER 30 DAY DEMOLITION.
AND, UM, TO HAVE IT SECURED IF IT'S UNSECURED AT THIS POINT, THE MOTION IS FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1514 NORTH SSS AS A RESULT OF VIOLATIONS FOR THE MAIN SUB CODES 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE, SUB CODES 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, SUB CODE VIOLATIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND THE PROPERTY BE SECURED AND DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ROBERT TABIA.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE IS WE STILL HAVE THE ELECTION OF A, UH, CO-CHAIR FOR PANEL B.
UH, CHAIR WOULD OPEN NOMINATIONS.
WHO IS IT? WHO'S THE THE CHAIR NOW FOR COUNTY? YOU? ME, HE IS.
SO, SO WE NEED A CO-CHAIR, RIGHT? SO DO WE HAVE ANY, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, NOMINATION? I NOMINATE MYSELF, FRED ANDIS.
MR. ANDES, THANK YOU MR. AS YOU GOT THERE IN FRONT OF ME, I WAS GONNA MOTION FOR YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, SAY AYE.
THE VOTE ON THE FLOOR IS MR. ANDIS BY VOTE, BY ACCLAMATION.
I OPENED IT UP TO EVERYONE, BUT THE PANEL HAS
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VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT MR. ANES AS THE CO OR VICE CHAIR OF PANEL B.ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES BEFORE US BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
WELL, I JUST, JUST ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE, UH, FLYING AROUND FOR THESE, UH, CODE, UH, CASES.
UM, WE HAVE THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT'S, THAT'S GIVEN AND WE ALSO HAVE 'EM ON THE WEBSITE.
THE, UM, THE PUBLIC NOTICES FOR THE BILLING STANDARDS BOARD.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN KEEP THEM ALL IN THE SAME ORDER REGARDING THE CODE SECTIONS, VIOLATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD ON THIS SIDE,
I WILL SAY, AND I AGREE WITH YOU AS FAR AS WORKING HARD, BUT I'LL ALSO SAY TO YOU THAT IT IS ACTUALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE SITUATIONS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CASES BEFORE IT COMES TO THE BOARD.
BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY SOMEONE THAT THEY SIGN UP TO SPEAK, THERE ARE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT NO ONE SHOWS UP TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
THERE ARE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WE KNOW NO ONE'S GONNA SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE STAFF ALMOST HAS TO MAKE AN A DECISION ON WHICH CASE IS GONNA GO FORTH FIRST BASED ON BASICALLY THE ATTENDANCE.
UH, AND WHO'S HERE TO SPEAK? BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY HERE TO SPEAK, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CASE RESOLVED BEFORE YOU HAVE A CASE PRESENTED THAT, UH, NO ONE IS HERE TO PRESENT, UH, OR TO OBJECT TO THE CASE.
I AGREE WITH YOU AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE, BUT I'D ASK YOU TO ADAPT.
I JUST, THAT WHAT I WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET AT IS WHEN THEY LIST OUT THE DIFFERENT, UH, CODE SECTION VIOLATIONS THAT THEY MAINTAIN THAT IN SOME SORT OF ORDER.
WHAT WE END UP DOING IS LOOKING AT, OH, OKAY.
DIFFERENT IN THE, IN THE, THE AGENDA HERE, MR. SOLIS, THIS IS, THIS IS LEGAL.
I WOULD AGREE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M THE ONE DRAFTING THE ORDERS.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY DO COME IN TO THE, THE DOCUMENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY PLACED, UM, NUMERICAL ORDER, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO S A P M C VIOLATIONS.
BUT, UM, I, I WILL TRY TO, TRY TO GET, TRY TO GENTLY REMIND THEM, HEY GUYS, CAN WE GET, GET THEM IN ORDER? CAN WE GET THEM CORRECTED THAT WAY? I, I'D ALSO LIKE THEM TO BE, UM, UM, GROUPED BY, UM, THE DATE RIGHT OF THE VIOLATION.
SOMETIMES ON THOSE SS A PCS, WE, WE END UP HAVING TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ORDERS BECAUSE THE NOTICE WAS GIVEN ON ONE DAY FOR THREE OF 'EM, AND THEN A NOTICE WAS GIVEN ON ANOTHER DAY FOR THE OTHER FOUR.
SO, UM, DOING IT NOT ONLY IN NUMERICAL ORDER, BUT ALSO THE DAYS ON WHEN THOSE VIOLATIONS HAPPENS, IF THAT, IF THAT'S APPLICABLE.
SO YEAH, THAT I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE, BUT INDIRECTLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING
ALSO, LIKE THE PHOTOS, BECAUSE THEY KEPT BOUNCING FROM ONE APARTMENT TO THE OTHER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF THEY COULD LIST, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT MANY UNITS, THE BUILDING NUMBER WOULD'VE HELPED INSTEAD OF BOUNCING FROM STAIRWELL TO THIS STAIRWELL OR THIS DOOR TO THAT DOOR, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT BUILDINGS THEY WERE, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONES WERE COMPLETED AND WHICH ONES WEREN'T YET.
I, I, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE B S B LIAISONS HEAR YOU GUYS, SO I'M SURE THAT WILL HAPPEN.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, UH, THANK OUR NEW MEMBER, UM, ALSO TRY TO SEE WHAT SHE FELT ABOUT, UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WASN'T THAT BIG OF A DEAL TODAY.
WE, WE HAVE, IT GETS CONTENTIOUS.
I DO NOT MEAN ANY DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY HERE, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT THIS BOARD ASKS BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY.
I'D LIKE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
AND IF I, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT AS YOUR, UM, LEGAL COUNSEL, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU GUYS IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.
AND IF CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED AND I'M CONFUSED, THEN I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE THOSE SAME QUESTIONS AND I'M GOING TO START PRESSING ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, I KNOW HOW I COME ACROSS, BUT, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
YOU ARE OUR, YOU ARE OUR BEST AND FAVORITE COUNSELOR,
SINCE I'M PROBABLY YOUR ONLY COUNSEL.
'CAUSE I'M THE, I'M JUST KIDDING.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM AT FIRST.
SO THE BEARD? YEAH, THE BEARD, YEAH.
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM AT FIRST.
AND THEN, UM, AS SOON AS HE STARTED TALKING, I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WE'RE ADJOURNED.
AND THE TIME SPECIFICALLY IS 1 36.