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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IT'S UH, 9 0 8 ON MARCH THE NINTH, 2023.
I'LL BE YOUR CHAIR FOR THE BOARD THIS MORNING.
UH, IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER JUDY KRUM, B S B LIAISON, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO CHAIR.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDERS OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATIONS AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE BROUGHT 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 REPAIR REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENT ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONSULT WITH A CODE OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER, UH, AT 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 4 2 2.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT 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, COULD WE HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES? PLEASE MAKE THE SAME TRANSLATION ANNOUNCEMENT.
I'M ONE OF THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS.
[ Approval of Minutes ]
THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED COPIES OF OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, UH, CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THOSE MINUTES.MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 9TH, 2 0 2 3 AS IS MOTION HAS BEEN TO MADE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES BY MR. ANDIS.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. BROWN.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO, UH, THE STAFF REPORT.MY NAME IS, UH, JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
ONE ITEM WE WILL BE PULLING TODAY.
UM, I'LL START WITH THE ITEM TO BE PULLED TODAY.
WE WILL BE PULLING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.
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UH, PROPERTY IS 1 26.CARTER AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO APRIL THE SIXTH OF, UH, 2023.
SO NEXT, UM, NEXT I THINK AVAILABLE HEARING DATE, WE WILL HEAR THAT CASE.
UH, THE OWNER, UH, WAS REPORTED AS ILL.
SO WE DID, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT, UH, RESET.
UH, NEXT ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD IS, UH, AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION STRUCTURE LOCATED AT ONE 50 MORNING VIEW IN COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO, UH, WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMER EMERGENCY DUE TO LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THE SUDDEN ACT DID OCCUR AND WAS REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2023.
THE DEMOLITION DID OCCUR ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2023.
WE DO HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.
I BELIEVE THE ACCESSORY WAS A CARPORT.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. RODRIGUEZ? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORTS.
WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST ITEM AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT 1 23 JUANITA AVENUE AVENUE.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 2 3 1 EIGHTH AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1, 2 3 1 EIGHTH AVENUE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JANUARY 20TH, 2023, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH THE VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 5 4 1 BLOCK ONE LOT 14 AND 15 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ELSA BENAVIDEZ GOMEZ AND JACOB B. GARCIA WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 2 3 1 EIGHTH AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIME ON EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 2 3 1 EIGHTH AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 20TH, 2023 ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 2 3 JUANITA ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 23.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ELISA BENAVIDES, UH, GOMEZ AND JACOB B. GARCIA, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURNS PENDING RETURN REMAINS PENDING RETURN.
I DID MEET WITH THE OWNER, ELISA B GOMEZ AND HAND DELIVERED THE NOTICE OF HEARING ON MARCH 3RD, 2023.
ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
ONE REROOF PERMIT AND ONE MINOR REPAIR PERMIT FOR THE MINOR RE REPAIR PERMIT THAT WAS PULLED ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023.
REMOVAL AND ADDITION OF SHEET ROCK AND TWO TWO WALLS REMOVAL AND REPLACING DAMAGED SIDING WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
THAT WOULD BE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THAT PERMIT.
THE SECOND ONE IS A REROOF PERMIT THAT WAS PULLED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
AND THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THAT ONE IS FOR THE REROOF.
REMOVING EXISTING SHINGLES AND REPLACING WITH SAME TYPE.
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THAT ON OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, IT WAS BEING ASSESSED AS EMERGENCY DEMOLITION ON JANUARY 24, 23.THE EMERGENCY AFFIDAVIT WAS SIGNED BY OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.
AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE OWNER OR THE LENDER OF THE PROPERTY DID PLACE A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON THE CITY REGARDING THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, WHICH WE DID COME INTO AN, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNERS TO PULL, OBTAIN PERMITS TO START MAKING REPAIRS, TO STABILIZE THE STRUCTURE TO, TO REMOVE THE EMERGENCY STATUS OF THE STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY BEFORE THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS WAS ENDING.
WE DID GO BACK OUT ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2023 TO MAKE OUR REINSPECTION AND REEVALUATE THE, THE STRUCTURE.
WE DID SEE SOME WORK BEING DONE, BUT WE'RE WORKING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT PERMITS WERE PULLED.
NO MAJOR WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO ELIMINATE THE EMERGENCY STATUS OF THE PROPERTY OR THE BUILDINGS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD BUILDING OFFICIALS GO OUT THERE AS WELL TO ALSO STILL CONCUR THAT THE PROPERTY STILL WOULD NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED DUE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE, ON JANUARY, ON JANUARY 20TH, 2023 AFTER OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, THE SAME DAY, WE DID POST A NOTICE TO VACATE ON THE PROPERTY.
AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO ACTIVE LEGAL SERVICES FOR ELECTRICAL AND UH, AND GAS AT THIS PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES SAWS AS WELL.
THE PHOTOS AGAIN, THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY, WERE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2023.
CAN YOU GO BACK PLEASE? THANK YOU.
SO IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE JUST INDICATING WHERE THE STRUCTURES ARE AT, WHEN WE DID DO THE EMER, WHEN WE WERE MAKING AN EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT, THERE WAS TWO STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY.
ONE MAIN ONE ACCESSORY, WHICH WOULD BE ACCESSORY ONE.
WHEN WE WENT BACK AGAIN ON THE 17TH TO MAKE A REINSPECTION, WE DID FIND OUT THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAD STARTED TO BUILD ANOTHER ACCESSORY, WHICH IS ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO.
THIS WILL BE THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON OUR INITIAL INSPECTION JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE FIRST WENT OUT THERE TO WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE NOW ON FROM FEBRUARY 17TH, THIS WILL BE THE FRONT ELEVATION.
YOU HAVE DETERIORATION TO THE WINDOW FRAMES TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
YOU CAN SEE THE RAFTERS ARE EXPOSED.
UH, SIGNS OF THE ROOF SYSTEM COLLAPSING.
AND THIS PHOTO HERE WAS TAKEN TO THE LEFT SIDE.
THEY DID HAVE A BUILT GARAGE SHED THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WOOD MEMBERS FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SIGNS OF THE ROOF HAD COLLAPSED AT MAY.
AT ONE POINT, UH, THEY DID, UH, WORK ON REBUILDING THAT ROOF DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR SIDING.
YOU CAN SEE AT THIS TIME THEY DID HAVE POWER.
UH, ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE EXPOSED THAT RUN ALL THE WAY AROUND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, AGAIN, THE EXTERIOR SIDING IS DAMAGED.
IT'S STARTING TO FALL EXPOSING THE, THE WOOD STUDS, UH, WHICH ARE ALSO STARTING TO DETERIORATE AND ROT.
A CLOSER LOOK AGAIN OF THE SIDING TOWARDS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE WALLS.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WOOD MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE ELECTRICAL IS RUNNING.
UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE RUNNING IT, SPLICING IT, AND THEN THEY RUN INTO ANOTHER LIGHTING AS WELL, WHICH IS ALSO BEING SPLICED.
WE'VE, UH, CONFIRMED WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR 'CAUSE WE DID REQUEST BUILDING INSPECTORS TO GO OUT THERE AT THIS, AT THIS TIME, THE LOAD-BEARING WALL HERE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.
THEY'VE PLACED TWO FOUR BY FOURS, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT THAT AREA.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LIVING ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE WOOD, UM, TWO BY FOURS ACTUALLY HELPING SUPPORT THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT ARE TIED INTO THE TRUSSES.
THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER LOAD BEARING WALL THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR THAT'S BEEN COMPROMISED AS WELL.
YOU CAN, IN THIS PHOTO HERE, YOU HAVE A SPLICING.
THE ELECTRICAL THAT IS RUNNING FROM THE, THE LIGHT FIXTURE RUNS TO THE CENTER, WHICH IS ALSO SPLICED GOING INTO, UH, THE BATHTUB, WHICH IS PROVIDING LIGHT FOR THEM AS WELL.
NOW MOVING TO FEBRUARY 17TH, 2023.
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YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THEY'VE REMOVED THE, THEY STARTED DOING SOME, UM, TEMPORARY WORK WHERE THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION HAD OCCURRED, WHERE THEY REMOVED THE, THE SHED THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE.THE WOOD MEMBERS THAT WERE EXPOSED AND THE ROOF SYSTEM HAD BEEN REMOVED.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WOOD MEMBERS THERE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO HERE THAT WAS TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 20, ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023, THAT THE BOTTOM PLATES ARE CURRENTLY RESTING.
GRADE WOOD MEMBERS ARE ALSO EXPOSED.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION TOWARDS THE BACKSIDE.
AGAIN, NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE.
EXTERIOR WALLS ARE STILL DETERIORATING.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK ELEVATION.
STILL REMAINS THE SAME, UH, DAMAGED EXTERIOR WALLS.
YOU ALSO HAVE DAMAGE TO THE, UH, DETERIORATION AND ROT TO THE EXPOSED WOOD MEMBERS.
NOW NEXT TO THE TREE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE, UM, SPLICED INTO THE BREAKER, WHICH IS ALSO RUNNING INTO THE INSIDE OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AT THIS TIME, THEY HAVE NO POWER, BUT WE DID VERIFY WITH THE OWNER THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING POWER FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE ALSO USING CAR BATTERIES TO, TO POWER UP THE HOUSE STILL.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT, UH, LIVING ROOM AGAIN.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE REMOVED WALLS, EXPOSING MORE WOOD MEMBERS.
THEY'VE PLACED A, A COVER FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH APPEARS TO BE HELPING TO HELP THEM FOR WHEN IT, WHEN IT RAINS TO PREVENT ANY WATER GOING INSIDE YOU.
YOU SEE MORE SUPPORT NOW TO THE ROOF.
HERE'S A PHOTO SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE POWER.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO LEGAL SERVICES THAT IT HAS BEEN THAT IT THAT WAS, UH, CONNECTED TO THIS PROPERTY.
DURING OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, WE DID HAVE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ACTUALLY REQUEST THE PROPERTY BE DISCONNECTED, UH, DUE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE HAZARD THAT IT'S POSING FOR THE ELECTRICAL.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY STEALING POWER OR TAKING POWER FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AS WELL AS USING CAR BATTERIES.
THE DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THE LIVING ROOM.
JUST SHOWING ALL THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ARE TIED INTO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SOME OF THESE BOARDS ARE ACTUALLY NOT EVEN TIED TO ANYTHING, BUT THEY ARE UP AGAINST THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN MADE.
AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE THE EXTERIOR WALL EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY REMOVED THIS WALL TO OPEN IT UP.
THIS SUPPORT IS ACTUALLY TIED IN TO THE, TO THE, UH, THE RIDGE BOARD THAT WAS BUILT.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT'S BUILT OVER THAT, WHERE THEY'RE USING METAL SHEETING SHEATHING.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, ONE OF THE TWO BY FOURS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S NOT EVEN TIED TO ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST RESTING UP AGAINST THE THE DECKING.
HERE'S A BETTER VIEW OF THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT.
THIS PHOTO HERE, JUST SHOWING THAT THE ELECTRICAL THAT'S BEING RUN THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME BEFORE THEY, THEY SHUT THE POWER OFF, THERE WAS LIVE ELECTRICAL THAT WAS RUNNING.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S ALSO SPLICING INTO THE WIRING AS WELL TO OUT OF THIS PHOTO.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE BATHROOM, THE KITCHEN AREA.
THERE'S AN EGRESS CONCERN IN CASE OF FIRE PANIC.
UH, WE'RE STILL GETTING REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL STAYING INSIDE.
AGAIN, MORE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL.
UH, THIS, THIS IS THE BATHROOM.
UH, THEY DID REMOVE THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS THAT WERE CONNECTED.
THIS WAS A BIG CONCERN FOR THE BUILDING OFFICIALS, BUT IT'S STILL, UH, WHEN THEY START USING POWER, THIS IS GONNA BE LIVE WIRING.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE ACCESSORY BUILDING ONE THAT WAS PART OF THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, UM, REQUESTS OR THAT WAS SIGNED PART OF THE AFFIDAVIT.
YOU HAVE EXTERIOR WALLS MISSING.
THEY'RE STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE REMAINING WALLS.
THIS PHOTO HERE IS AGAIN JUST SHOWING THAT THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE STARTING TO DE DETACH.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK PORTION OF IT.
AGAIN, THEY'RE ALSO DETACHING AS WELL.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE NEW ACCESSORY THAT WE FOUND ON FEBRUARY 17TH.
THIS IS GONNA BE ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO BUILD ANOTHER ACCESSORY MAINFRAME.
THERE'S, THEY'RE STARTING TO BUILD UP THE WALLS TOWARDS THE BACK END OF IT.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, JUST SHOWING WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR FOR THE ACCESSORY.
THE, THE WALLS AREN'T PUT UP, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED.
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NEXT SLIDE.TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 2 3, JUANITA IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN R 1 12 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE ARE GONNA BE 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 11, 17, AND 18.
ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO WILL BE 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
SS A P D WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
THEY DID GET CALLED OUT FOR, UM, A PROPERTY OR A CASE, SO THEY WEREN'T UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY TO PRESENT ON THEIR END STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEMOLITION WITH THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1, 2, 3, 1.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I, UH, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
YOUR T R O HAS IT BEEN LIFTED? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, IT HAS.
IT WAS ONLY WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME.
AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED, THEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, BRINGING THIS CASE TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
ALRIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN HERE AND I KNOW YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT EARLIER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD? NO.
ELSA GOMEZ, PLEASE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
MY HOME ADDRESS IS 17 9 11 CAMINO GRANDE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UM, I'M THE LENDER AND LIEN HOLDER OF THE PROPERTY.
LET'S HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER FIRST IF WE COULD PLEASE.
MS. GOMEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I HAVE, UH, WHEN MY SON WANTED TO START WORKING ON THE PROPERTY, UH, HE PUT A STOP WORKER, A STOP WORKING ORDER.
WE HAD THE PERMITS TO START WORKING ON THE HOUSE TO FIX IT.
I HAVE PHOTOS WHAT HE HAS DONE TO IT.
AND UH, THE BOARD SAYS HE WAS SAYING THAT WAS HOLDING UP THE ROOF.
IT WASN'T HOLDING UP THE ROOF.
HE WANTED TO SHOW ME WHERE HE WANTED TO, TO PUT TO CLOSE THE DINING ROOM TO MAKE A, A DINING ROOM INSTEAD OF A LIVING ROOM.
SO HE HAD PUT TWO BOARDS THERE.
LIKE HE SAID, THEY WEREN'T CONNECTED BECAUSE YOU COULD TAKE IT OFF.
THE SHEDS, HE'S TALKING ABOUT NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THE ROOF.
HE DIDN'T FINISH THE SHEDS SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE A ROOF.
HE HAD ALL THE PARTS TO IT AND SEE THE OTHER SHED, HE HAD ALL THE PARTS.
HE DIDN'T FINISH, UH, BUILDING IT.
I HAVE HIS BANK, EXCUSE ME, BANK STATEMENTS.
AND I HAVE PHOTOS OF WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO, HE'S BEEN DOING.
IF YOU WOULD PRESENT THOSE TO THE LADIES AND THEY WILL, UH, LET, OKAY, HERE'S THE AFFIDAVIT ATTORNEY.
I HAVE THEM MY PHONE AND THE
THE PHOTOS, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE STARTS YOU.
HE SENT IT TO ME, SENT IT TO ME.
OH, I HAVE CALLED AROUND FOR ROOFERS TO GET A PROFESSIONAL ROOFER TO DO IT.
AND I GOT ONE, MY NIECE, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, MY NIECE, UH, CONTACTED A ROOFER AND HE SAID HE WOULD CHARGE ME 2100 AND IF I WANTED THE DUMPSTER IT WOULD BE 2,500.
AND, UH, YESTERDAY I CALLED ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE HAS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO RESCHEDULED.
SO I CALLED ANOTHER ONE AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO EMAILED HIS ESTIMATES BECAUSE WE ASKED HIM IF JUST FOR THE 16 BY 20 OR THE WHOLE ROOF FROM THE, FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK.
AND HE SAID HE WAS GONNA SEND ME THE EMAIL TO MY SON.
MY SON SHOULD BE ON HIS WAY BACK BECAUSE HE WORKS.
SO ALL THIS HE DOES AS HE WORKS WHEN HE CAN, BECAUSE HE'S OFF, HE TRIES TO FIX THE HOUSE.
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TO FIX THE WHOLE HOUSE.AND I KNOW ALL THESE CALLS ARE FROM THE NUISANCE, FROM THE, I'M MORE THAN SURE THAT IT'S MY NEIGHBORS.
SHE DON'T LIKE US EVERY WISHING SHE MOVED THERE, SHE'S BEEN DOING CALLS AND CALLS AND CALLS AND THE POLICE STOPPED COMING TO OUR HOUSE TO TALK TO US WHEN SHE WOULD MAKE CALLS.
SO I KNOW I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S HER AND HER FAMILY BECAUSE SHE DID THAT TO MY OTHER NEIGHBOR ON THE OTHER SIDE.
'CAUSE MY, THAT'S WHAT MY OTHER NEIGHBOR TOLD ME THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING THE SAME THING.
SO I'M TRYING TO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY SAID SHE IS GONNA ACTUALLY PUT THOSE MATERIALS UP ON THE SCREEN AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEM AND YOU'LL BE ABLE, ABLE TO SEE 'EM ON THE SCREEN AS WELL AT THIS SCREEN.
I GOT PERMITS TO, TO REDO THE ROOF.
AND I SHOWED JOSHUA WHEN THEY WENT ON THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY, HE SAID I HAD THE WRONG PERMITS AND I ASKED HIM, WHAT KIND OF PERMITS DO I NEED SO I CAN GO GET 'EM? AND HE GOES, I CAN TELL YOU.
SO I WENT INSIDE TO GO GET A PAPER AND PEN.
WHEN I CAME BACK, HE DIDN'T WANNA TELL ME WHAT KIND OF PERMIT I NEEDED, HE SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A WASTE OF MY MONEY ANYWAY, MY HOUSE WAS GONNA GET TORN DOWN.
AND THEN THEY TOLD ME, DON'T CLEAN IT BECAUSE YOUR HOUSE IS GONNA BE DEMOTED.
THEY WERE GONNA DESTROY MY HOUSE.
SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? DO IT BEFORE WE COMPLIANCE, SIT OR NOT DO IT.
AND THIS LEVEL, THE FLOORS ARE LEVELED.
WHEN YOU PUT A, SO A STOP WORKING ORDER, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? KEEP WORKING, NOT WORKING.
THAT'S THE, YOU SEE, THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR'S PANTS.
SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT LIKE THAT.
I CAN SHOW YOU THE OTHER PICTURES THAT I HAVE.
I HAVE PICTURES WHERE THE PICTURES NO DOWNLOAD.
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT I CALLED YESTERDAY AND SUPPOSED TO SEND AN ESTIMATE TO US.
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I AM TRYING, I'M REALLY TRYING AND MAY NOT BE AS IMPORTANT.BUT I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE WITH MY HUSBAND'S INSURANCE MONEY WHEN HE PASSED AWAY.
I'M TRYING TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS MY HUSBAND'S MONEY.
THAT MIGHT NOT MEAN MUCH TO ANYBODY, BUT, EXCUSE ME MA'AM, COULD YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE? I'M SORRY THAT I BOUGHT, I'M TRYING TO FIX, THE VOICE IS JUST COMING ACROSS US VERY WELL.
I BOUGHT THIS MONEY WHEN MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.
IT WASN'T MUCH OF THE INSURANCE MONEY, BUT I BOUGHT IT WITH THAT.
IT MIGHT NOT MEAN MUCH TO ANYBODY, BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
HAS THREE YEARS THAT HE PASSED AWAY AND I DIDN'T WANT HIS MONEY TO GO TO WASTE.
SO I'M TRYING MY BEST TO FIX IT.
I KNOW IT'S TAKING LONG, BUT I'M TRYING.
IF YOU DON'T ONLY GIVE ME A CHANCE, A TIME LIMIT, I AM SORRY.
MS. GOMEZ, HAVE YOU ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU NEED TO ACCOMPLISH OR THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? MY SON HAS THE LIST OF WHAT WE WANNA DO ON THE HOUSE AND HOW I WANTED, HE WANTED TO IMPROVE IT TO MAKE IT BETTER LOOKING THAN WHAT IT WAS WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT, IT DIDN'T HAVE CABINETS, IT DIDN'T HAVE CLOSETS.
I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BUYING A HOUSE.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME AND COMMON SENSE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING.
LIKE I SAID, I, MY HUSBAND JUST, JUST PASSED AWAY THAT DAY THAT, THAT THE YEAR, THREE MONTHS LATER, FOUR MONTHS LATER, BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
AND I WASN'T THINKING OF WHAT I SHOULD DO OR WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO BUY A HOUSE.
I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH THAT.
SO THE FIRST HOUSE I GOT BOUGHT, I SAW IT.
SO I TOLD MY SON, IT DOESN'T HAVE CABINETS, IT DOESN'T HAVE CLOSETS.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BUILD THEM BECAUSE HE WORKS AS A HANDYMAN.
AND HE GOES, LOOK, I CAN MAKE THIS AND I CAN DO THIS.
I SAID, OKAY, TO MAKE THE HOUSE LOOKS BETTER, I WANTED AN ISLAND.
HE GOES, I CAN PUT AN ISLAND IN THE, IN THE, IN THE THE KITCHEN.
WE HAVE, UH, A PERSON THAT CAN DO MY WHOLE ELECTRIC WIRING.
THE WIRES HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY WERE DEAD WIRES.
THEY CUT OUT THE POWER THE SAME DAY THEY WENT ON THE 20TH.
THEY, UH, SO IT'S NOT A HAZARDOUS, I HAVE NO METER.
I HAD THE CABLE WIRE WAS HANGING FROM THE POLE TO MY HOUSE.
WHEN THEY CUT IT OFF, IT WAS THE DAY ON THE SEVENTH, THEY CUT IT OFF.
JOSHUA THEN WENT ON THE EIGHTH AND I SHOWED THEM, HE GOES, I KNOW THAT THEY CUT IT OFF.
THE FIRST THING WAS THE METER AND THE WIRE.
SO THAT'S NOT A HAZARD AS THE HOW'S IT GONNA BURN DOWN? THERE WAS A LOT OF WIRES.
I WOULD ADMIT THERE WAS, BUT THEY WERE DEAD WIRES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. GOMEZ? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
OKAY, MS. BROWN HAS A QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, I NOTICED THE DATES ON THESE ARE ALL 2023.
SO WHERE'S THE HISTORY OR IS THERE A HISTORY? WE, THERE IS A CODE HISTORY, BUT WHEN WE DARTED THIS LOCATION, IT WAS, WE DARTED ON JANUARY 20TH, 2023.
THEN THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEMED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIALS CONCURRING WITH THAT.
THEN THE, THEN WE HAD GOT, UH, A, A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON THE CITY.
SO THAT PUT A HOLD ON THE, THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
ONCE THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER HAD EXPIRED, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO BRINGING THIS CASE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE HAZARD AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE REGARDING THE STRUCTURE THAT'S POSING A LIFE AND SAFETY CONCERN FOR NOT JUST THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
BUT WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A LITTLE HISTORY BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST STARTED THIS CASE.
BUT I KNOW BECAUSE IT'S A DART IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, SO YES.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO THE BOARD THAT WITH THE WORK THAT SHE'S SHOWING, WE DID PLACE A STOP WORK ORDER BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT PERMITS SHE DID PULL AGAIN, SHE DID PULL THE ROOF PERMIT AND SHE ALSO PULLED A MINOR REPAIR PERMIT, WHICH, WHICH THAT MINOR MINOR REPAIR PERMIT STATES THAT, UH, SHE'S ONLY GONNA BE REMOVING AND ADDING OF SHEET ROCK AND TWO WALLS REMOVAL
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AND REPLACING DAMAGED SIDING.WHERE NEEDED THAT WAS IT THE ELECTRICAL, THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL PERMITS THAT WERE PULLED, UH, ANY KIND OF FRAMEWORK, NO BUILDING PERMITS WERE PULLED.
I DID A, DID STATE TO THE OWNER NOT TO DO WORK UNTIL PERMITS ARE PULLED.
AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN FOR HER, THAT SHE'S DOING THIS WORK, PUTTING MONEY INTO IT AND SHE'S NOT PULLING PROPER PERMITS SO WE CAN GET A PROPER INSPECTION OUT OF IT FOR HER SAFETY.
TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WAS SHE GIVEN THE INFORMATION ON WHAT PERMIT SHE ACTUALLY NEEDS TO ACQUIRE? WE, WE DID EXPLAIN IT TO HER.
I DID ASK HER WHEN SHE DOES COME TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FOR PERMITS TO CONTACT ME SO I CAN BE HERE TO HELP HER WITH THAT AS WELL.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT EACH TIME WE'VE GONE OUT THERE, WE'VE HAD N H S D AND D H S GO OUT THERE TO OFFER SERVICES.
AT THIS TIME, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE OWNER.
WHEN YOU SAID SHE WAS OUTTA SCOPE OF PERMIT, THE PART YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHERE SHE SHOWED A BACK DOOR THAT WAS INSTALLED THAT'S OUTTA SCOPE OF PERMIT.
THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION IS THE FIRST THING THAT I SAW WHERE SHE REMOVED THE GARAGE PORTION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
WHAT ABOUT THERE WAS ALSO ELECTRICAL RUNNING THROUGH THERE AND I SAW, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT ELECTRICAL THEN THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT THERE.
SO THE EXTERIOR DOOR THAT WAS REPLACED DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE PERMIT? WELL, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE DOORFRAMES, UH, BUT IT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE PERMIT.
'CAUSE I DON'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE PERMIT.
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU EFRIN ORTIZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AGAIN AND I APOLOGIZE FOR PRONUNCIATION OF THE LAST NAME.
THAT'S, BUT AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS FRAGA AND I'M THE LENDER AND IN HOLDER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A SCOPE OF WORK ON, ON THIS PROPERTY AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY ON, YOU KNOW, TO STATE THE CASE.
I SOLD THE PROPERTY IN NOVEMBER, 2019.
IT WAS A CLEAN PROPERTY, UNBELIEVABLE CONDITIONS.
UM, AND THEN THE BORROWERS TOOK ON THE JOB TO, TO ADD, UH, ADDITIONS INTO THE PROPERTY.
UM, ACCESSORIES ONE, ACCESSORIES TWO, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THEY ADDED, UH, A 16 BY 20, UM, ADDITION ATTACHED THEM TO THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, I GUESS THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE, THE PICTURES THAT, THAT YOU SAW.
SO I'M WILLING TO FIX UP THE PROPERTY AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY IS, UH, BACKGROUND ON, ON MY POSSESSION.
WE, I ALREADY STARTED FORECLOSED ON THE PROPERTY BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT, UH, IT WAS NOT MAINTAINED ON, ON GOOD CONDITION.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, FOR APRIL, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE PROPERTY BACK AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO FIX THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK WITH YOU? YES.
WOULD YOU SHOW THAT TO THE LADIES PLEASE? AND THEY'LL SHOW IT TO THE ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE ATTORNEY, I'M GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
LET ME CLARIFY, OR LET ME ASK SO YOU CAN CLARIFY.
THE ADDITIONS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE STRUCTURE MM-HMM.
UM, THEY WERE NOT, UH, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE WORKING, WORKING ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY PULLED OUT PERMITS TO WORK OR TO ADD TO THOSE ADDITIONS, BUT WHEN I SOLD THEM THE PROPERTY IN NOVEMBER, 2018, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT AND IT WASN'T, UM, WHAT I SOLD THEM.
THE YARD WAS NOT LIKE THAT NEAR THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IS THIS YOUR PROPERTY? YOU OWN THE PROPERTY? I AM THE LENDER AND I DO OWNER FINANCING THE BUSINESS OF OWNER FINANCING.
UH, SO IT WAS MY PROPERTY AND THEN I SOLD IT, UM, TO ELSS GOMEZ AND JACOB.
IS THAT SHE, UH, SHE'S, SHE HAS, UH, THE TITLE UNDER HER NAME.
IS SHE, HAS SHE FULLY PAID FOR THE STRUCTURE OR NOT? UM, SHE HAS A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY, A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE.
AND IT'S BEEN, I MEAN, SHE'S BEEN PAYING FOR TWO, TWO YEARS, TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
SHE'S BEEN PAYING THE MORTGAGE.
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MORTGAGE TO ME.SO SHE, YOU OWN THE PROPERTY THEN? HE'S THE LIEN HOLDER? SHE HAS, HE'S A LIEN TITLE, BUT HE'S THE LIEN OWNER.
BUT WHAT, SHE'S THE OWNER, RIGHT? OKAY.
YEAH, SHE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FOR ME.
I AM THE LIEN HOLDER AND THEN ON THE DEAL OF TRUST MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT IT DOESN'T GET DEMOLISHED UNTIL I GET A CHANCE TO FIX IT UP.
BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO FIX IT UP.
I ACTUALLY FILED THE T R O, UM, AGAINST THE CITY, UH, TO GIVE ME SOME TIME, UM, TO WORK WITH THE OWNERS.
UH, I SPOKE TO HER TO EL GOMEZ AND TO HER SON, AND AT THE END, THEY DIDN'T WANNA FOLLOW MY PLAN ON FIXING THE PROPERTY.
SO I, I STOPPED COMMUNICATING OR WE STOPPED IN COMMUNICATING.
AND THE ONLY WAY I'M WILLING TO FIX THE PROPERTY IS WHEN I GET IT BACK.
IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE A I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
MR. TGA, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PICTURE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, I, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THE PROPERTY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, UM, UH, SOLD IT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, WERE THERE CABINETS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY? LIKE, UH, THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE, THE OWNER WAS TALKING ABOUT MS. GOMEZ.
UM, I SOLD THE PROPERTY AS IS, BUT IT WAS A CLEAN PROPERTY WITH LABOR CONDITIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT IT WAS A CLEAN PROPERTY, BUT YOU, YOU SOLD IT AS IS.
CAN YOU BRIEFLY, UH, UH, TELL THE BOARD, UM, SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL CONCERNS, WHETHER IT WAS THE WALLS, UH, THE ROOF, UH, OR THE FOUNDATION, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT, UM, UH, OR, OR SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE PROPERTY HAD AT THE TIME THAT YOU SOLD IT TO MS. GOMEZ? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US, YOU SOLD IT AS IS.
SO HOW WAS IT AT THE TIME THAT YOU SOLD IT? OKAY.
UH, WHEN I SOLD IT, THE PROPERTY, AS I SAID, IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE THAT IT HAD, UH, A LIVABLE FOUNDATION.
IT DID NOT HAVE THOSE, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FRONT THAT WAS ADDED BY, BY THE OWNER.
UM, AND THEY REMOVED THE ORIGINAL WALLS AND THE ROOF.
THAT'S NOT THE ROOF THEN THAT I SOLD THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH.
DID YOU SELL THEM WITH A, A, A COMPLETE ROOF INTACT? UM, HOLD ON, LET ME FINISH.
I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES TO THAT EFFECT, DO YOU? I MIGHT LOOK ON MY PHONE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I AM GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND, IF YOU CAN GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF MINUTES, I CAN TRY TO FIND BOARD.
I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE GIVE HIM A FEW MINUTES IF HE BELIEVES THAT HE MIGHT HAVE THOSE PICTURES.
I ALSO BELIEVE, UM, AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, IT SOUNDS LIKE TWO PARTIES THAT ARE GIVING US TWO DIFFERENT STORIES, UM, UH, THE BOARD, I WOULD, I WOULD AT LEAST, UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU'RE ENTERTAINING WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MS. GOMEZ OR NOT OR HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM HER.
IF YOU WOULD, UH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME TIME AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THE PHOTOGRAPH ON YOUR PHONE OF, OF PRIOR PICTURES.
FROM THE CELL PRIOR, ACTUALLY PRIOR TO THE CELL, I GUESS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
CAN I GO BACK TO MYED OR DO YOU WANT TO FIND THEM? DO IT RIGHT THERE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU DID BRING A SCOPE OF WORK IN, IS THAT CORRECT? AND LEGALLY IS STILL REVIEWING THE SCOPE OF WORK.
PARDON ME? THE POLICE OFFICER CANNOT MAKE THE MEETING.
MR. CHAIR LEGAL'S GONNA ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, TWO AND WE'RE GONNA BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS NOW 9 56 ON NINE MARCH, 2023.
UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE LIEN HOLDER?
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I DO.YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS? I DID FIND ONE, UH, PICTURE, BUT UM, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE DOING WORK ON IT.
IT'S, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF, UH, THE CONDITION OF THE ROOF.
UH, WHAT WAS THE DATE, UH, THAT YOU SAID YOU HAVE COURT? UH, FOR THE FORECLOSURE? YES.
WITH THE FIRST TUESDAY OF APRIL.
THAT PICTURE IS, UH, AS I SAID, WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE PROPERTY, IT WASN'T SOLD, UM, LIKE YOU SEE IT ON THAT PICTURE, BUT, UM, THE ROOF CONDITION, IT'S NOT, IT'S CLEARLY NOT HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE? YES.
WITHOUT THE ADDITION THAT THEY DID.
SO THAT'S THE ORIGINAL CORRECT HOUSE RIGHT THERE? YES.
TO INCLUDE WHAT YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
JUST WANNA LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE OWNER DOES WANNA SPEAK TO THE BOARD AGAIN REGARDING EVERYTHING THAT WAS STATED FROM THE LENDER.
MS. GOMEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOCK DOWN THE 16 BY 20, AS HE WAS SAYING, THAT IS MY LIVING ROOM.
MY, THE ONLY PART THAT WE ADDED IN THE FRONT WAS A FOUR BY FOUR BY EIGHT IS WHAT WE ADDED.
HE WANTED FOR US TO KNOCK WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
HE'S THE ONE WHO CAN EXPLAIN THINGS BETTER FOR ME INTO THE BACK.
UH, HE WANTED THE LI MY HOUSE CAME WITH THE LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, KITCHEN AND THE BEDROOMS. AND WHAT HE WANTED TO DO IS KNOCK DOWN THE 16 BY 20 THAT HE WAS SAYING.
THE ONLY PART THAT MY SON ADDED WAS THE FOUR BY EIGHT ON EACH SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THE 16 BY 20 IS MY LIVING ROOM.
HE IS NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK 'CAUSE HE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
YEAH, I, I TOLD JOSHUA THAT HE WAS, UH, UH, MR. CHAIR.
IF WE GET HIM TO SIGN UP REAL QUICK, UH, HE IS, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, HE'S, HE'S A CO-OWNER, THE HOUSE CO-OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND HER SON.
WE'LL GET HIM SIGNED UP AND THEN WE'LL LET HIM SPEAK.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TEXT MESSAGES, WE HAVE EMAILS THAT HE HAS SENT, A LENDER HAS SENT US ABOUT THE HOUSE AND WHAT HE WANTED TO DEMOLISH AND, AND EVERYTHING.
MY SON RESPONDED TO HIM AND TOLD HIM IF HE WANTED TO DEMOLISH THE 16 BY FOUR, I MEAN 16 BY 20, GO AHEAD.
BUT THE ONLY THING THAT WE ADDED, AND IF HE IT IN AN EMAIL, THE ONLY PARTS THAT WE ADDED WAS THE FOUR BY EIGHT.
LIKE ON THE EMAIL THAT WE, THAT HE RESPONDED TO HIM, HE GOES, IF YOU WANNA DEMOLISH IT, FINE, BUT YOU HAVE TO REBUILD THE, OUR LIVING ROOM.
YOU CAN'T TAKE DEMOLISH MY LIVING ROOM AND LEAVE ME WITHOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I BOUGHT SO FAR.
OKAY, LET'S LET JOSHUA SPEAK IF WE COULD PLEASE.
JOSHUA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR.
MY NAME'S JACOB GARCIA AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 2 3 JUANITA AVENUE.
DID YOU HEAR ME? IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR CASE.
UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY WANTED TO DEMOLISH THE, UM, HOME, MY HOME, MY DWELLING.
UM, FOR NUISANCE SAY BECAUSE OF IT'S A NUISANCE.
UM, THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE.
WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY CITATIONS BESIDES A VIOLATION FOR WARNINGS ON, ON TRASH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BOTTOM LINE IS THERE WAS A HAZARD, UM, UH, ELECTRICAL HAZARD THAT CUT OFF THE POWER.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE HOUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UP TO PAR WITH THE ROOF AND DRAINAGE.
UM, THE LENDER, WE SPOKE WITH THE LENDER AND UM, HE WANTED US TO DEMOLISH THE FRONT PART OF THE HOME.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT, WE DIDN'T BUY, WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, WE DIDN'T GET AN INSPECTION.
UM, BUT HE DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT ALL THESE DEFECTS IN THE HOME.
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STRUCTURAL DEFECTS AND IF WE KNOCKED ON THAT FIRST PART OF THE HOME, I'M NOT BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT.HE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS ISSUES WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOME.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GO THAT ROUTE.
I'M TRYING TO SAVE THE HOME, SAVE OUR HOME.
UM, SORRY, I'M NERVOUS, BUT SO WE, I SPOKE WITH EFRON, UM, THE SELLER AND UM, BASICALLY SAID YOU BOUGHT THE HOUSE AS IS.
AND I SAID, WELL, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DID BUY IT AS IS, BUT THERE IS STIPULATIONS AND WHEN YOU'RE BUYING A HOME THAT THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE DEFECTS AT ALL, YOU KNOW, UM, HE KIND OF GOT IRRITATED WITH THAT.
AND SO HE WENT AND THE LAWYERS BASICALLY FILED FOR FORECLOSURE.
WE'RE NOT LATE ON ANY PAYMENTS.
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE REPAIR BILLS ON TIME.
UM, AND VIOLATION OF DEEDED OF TRUST WITH NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE, WITH THE HOME.
NOW, IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE HOME, THAT MEANS THOSE ARE PREVIOUS CITATION.
SO I WOULD'VE TO KNOCK DOWN THE WHOLE HOME.
I DON'T MIND KNOCKING DOWN THE HOME AND REBUILDING.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S GONNA COST MY PROPERTY, THAT'S WHERE I LOSE MY PROPERTY.
SO, UM, WORKING WITH THE LENDER WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
UM, HE MADE, THEY MADE A JUDGMENT.
HE, UM, SPOKE ON MY BEHALF AND I, I DUNNO HOW HE MADE A NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY, UM, SAYING IF WE KNOCKED DOWN THE ADDITION PART.
WELL, HE'S INCLUDING THE, THE LIVING ROOM AS THE ADDITION, UM, WHICH WAS NOT, I ADDED 64 SQUARE FEET TO THE HOME, WHICH WE HAD, UH, PERMITS FOR.
UH, I SUBMITTED A PANEL REVIEW, IT WAS APPROVED.
UM, BUT HE'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF THE DE BECAUSE I DIDN'T, BECAUSE THE WAY THE, THE HOUSE IS NOW WITH THE ROOF, UM, IT WAS CAUSED BY THE ADDITION, WHICH WOULD NOT, IT JUST EXPOSED ALL THE ROTTEN WOOD.
UM, THE TERMITE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE TERMITES WERE EATEN.
UM, THE WOOD, NOTHING WAS REPLACED, REPAIRED.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND NOW.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE HOUSE, I HAVE PROOF OF THE PICTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE GOT ALL PERMITS THAT THE CITY REQUIRED US TO DO BY A CERTAIN DEADLINE.
UM, WE GOT THE ROOFING PERMIT, WE GOT THE REMODELING PERMIT.
UM, THE CITY WOULD COME IN AND DO INSPECTIONS.
I THINK THEY CAME IN ON THE SEVENTH AND THEY DID A STOP WORK ORDER.
UM, HE JUST PUT A STOP WORK ORDER.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T WORKED ON THE HOUSE.
WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON THE HOUSE.
FOR SOME ODD REASON, THE PAPER THAT HE WROTE AND LEFT ON THE DOOR SAID, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT PERMITS.
MY MOTHER WAS THERE, I WASN'T THERE.
UM, SHE ASKED FOR THE RIGHT PERMITS AND HE SAID, WHAT'S THE POINT? YOUR HOUSE IS GONNA GET DEMOLISHED ANYWAY, SO SAVE YOUR MONEY.
AND SO HE REFUSED TO BASICALLY GIVE US THE, THE PERMITS OR WHAT PERMITS WE NEED TO GET THE HOUSE IN ORDER.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND NOW.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF JACOB? UH, YES.
CAN YOU PUT UP SLIDE, UH, 1 64? SIR, IT WILL BE A MOMENT, SIR.
IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST SLIDE OF THE HOUSES.
THE, THE, UH, FRONT ELEVATION.
DOESN'T LOOK WITH THAT ANYMORE.
WHAT WAS ADDED TO THIS? THE FRONT PART OF THE HOME, THE, UH, 64 SQUARE, UH, IT'S ON EACH SIDE, FOUR BY EIGHT SECTION.
IS THIS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE? YES.
COUNSEL, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I ASKED FOR THE PHOTO OF THE LENDER THAT HE HAS OF THE HOUSE TO COMPARE? I HAVE IT BEFORE.
I, I BELIEVE THAT WA THAT PICTURE WAS ALREADY ALLOWED IN, SO, OKAY.
IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT, YOU MAY, SIR, CAN YOU BRING UP THAT PHOTO? BECAUSE THERE SEEMED TO BE A DISCREPANCY ON BOTH STORIES OKAY.
OF THE HOUSE, THE WAY IT LOOKED AND THE WAY SURE.
IF YOU DIDN'T ADD ANYTHING TO THIS FRONT.
I ADDED, UH, FOUR, UH, BY EIGHT SQUARE FOOTAGE ON EACH SIDE, THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT.
THAT'S NOT HOW WE GOT THE HOUSE.
I, WELL, THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION THAT WAS ENTERED IN AS TESTIMONY ON HIS BEHALF OF THE WAY THE HOUSE LOOKED.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THERE'S A DISCREPANCY HERE.
I I MEAN, WE DIDN'T BUY THE HOUSE.
I HAVE A PHOTO OF THE HOUSE WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT.
DO YOU HAVE THAT ON YOUR PHONE? YEAH, LEMME GET, CAN COUNSEL LOOK
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AT THAT? TO, TO CLARIFY, HE'S GONNA SHOW US ANOTHER ON HIS PHONE, UH, THE DEFENDANT AT THE, AT THE, UH, PODIUM FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, TO ENTER INTO RECORD.I I, I, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, UH, IT WAS OVER THE BOARD.
IT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE, THE, THE ROOF IS IN NEED OF ATTENTION.
I, I, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED NOW WHETHER WE WANT TO ESTABLISH WHO'S, UM, AT FAULT.
I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN, IN REVIEWING ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL PICTURES THAT WOULD HELP YOU DO THAT.
I, I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT THE PICTURE.
I JUST, I JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE US GETTING INTO THE COMPARISON OF WHAT THE HOUSE LOOKED LIKE PRIOR.
WE DO KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S THE TITLE'S IN MS. GOMEZ'S NAME.
BUT I'M, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE DISCREPANCY IN IF THIS FRONT IS CONSIDERED AN ADD-ON OR IF THIS FRONT IS CONSIDERED THE ACTUAL FRONT AND IT NOT CLEAR TO ME BY ONE PHOTO OR THE OTHER, IS HE'S SAYING THE OTHER PHOTO DOES NOT REPRESENT THE FRONT.
IT'S JUST THAT'S, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, I ADDED THE 64 SQUARE FOOT TOTAL, LIKE ON EACH SIDE OF THE, HE HAD A SLAB OF CONCRETE.
I ENCLOSED IS BASICALLY WHAT I SHOULD'VE SAID.
YOU ACTUALLY MADE AN ADDITION TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON OVER THE PORCH.
AND WHAT WAS THE SIZE OF THE FRONT OF THAT ADDITION? UH, IT WAS A FOUR BY EIGHT.
FOUR FOOT BY FOOT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE WITH THE, SO IT'S 20, 20 FEET ACROSS, BUT I ONLY ADDED 16.
THERE'S A SECTION IN THE MIDDLE WHERE I DIDN'T.
UH, WE, WE HAVE ALSO FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD.
AND THAT IS, UM, GOOGLE HAS A FEATURE WHERE IT SHOWS THE HOUSE, UM, AND EITHER IT'S, UM, UH, PICTURES FROM OVER THE, FOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IF, UH, I KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT IT'S PROVIDING SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THE HOUSE, UH, DID LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE HOUSE'S CURRENT CONDITION LOOKS LIKE.
IF YOU WANT TO, I HAVE THOSE PHOTOS TOO.
UH, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION WHILE YOU ARE SURE.
LOOKING FOR YOUR PICTURE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, ARE YOU A CONTRACTOR? I AM A HANDYMAN.
BUT YOU'RE NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR? NO.
SO HOW MUCH OF THIS ILLEGAL WORK DID YOU DO? UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ILLEGAL.
I THOUGHT ONCE I GOT A PERMIT AS A, AS A HOMEOWNER, I THOUGHT I WAS ABLE TO, UM, LIKE BUILD ON MY OWN PROPERTY.
UM, AS LONG AS I GOT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY AND THEN INSPECTORS WOULD COME IN AND INSPECT THE HOME TO SEE IF I WAS UP TO CODE OR NOT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN BE YOUR OWN SELF CONTRACT.
OH, I DIDN'T IN TEXAS, BUT THIS WORK IS, IS NOT DONE CORRECTLY.
AND I UNDERSTAND HOW IT MAY LOOK.
UH, AND IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY.
IT WAS ONCE I TOOK OFF THE, THE COVERUP, THE SHEET ROCK, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO AT THE ADDITION PART, THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING WAS NOTICED, ALL THE WOOD.
SO YOU CAN'T, I WAS, I'M NOT GONNA DO A COVERUP.
I NEEDED TO TAKE DOWN THE OLD WOOD, YOU KNOW, THIS ROT, I MEAN, THERE WAS NO ROOF DRAINAGE AT ALL.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT.
UM, WHEN WE GOT THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE WAS BUILT UP.
ALL HE NEEDED TO DO WAS JUST PAINT.
IT WAS PAINTING THE HOUSE WHEN WE SAW THE HOUSE.
SO EVERYTHING ELSE WAS UP, UH, COVERED UP.
SO IF YOU GO BEHIND THE WALLS, UM, IS WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE DEFECTS.
UM, SO WHEN YOU ADD ON AN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BLEND IN THE TWO ROOMS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE YOU NOTICE ALL THE DEFECTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS AT A STOP STILL.
Y YOU DID IT, YOU DID THE WORK.
I JUST DID THE, THE, THE, THE, THE ADDITION PART, THE, THE PART THAT'S ON THE SLAB, THE ORIGINAL HOME LOOKED LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW, LIKE I JUST ADDED THE, THE FRONT PART, WHICH IS ON A SLAB OF CONCRETE.
THE BOTTOM, THE, THE RAIN OF THE HOUSE IS ON BEAM.
THAT FRONT ROOM, THE 16 BY 20 ORIGINAL LIVING ROOM IS NOT EVEN BUILT ON BEAMS. IT'S BUILT ON DIRT.
SO WHEN HE DID A COVERUP TO COVER UP THE, THE, THE, WHEN HE TRIED TO FIX THE FLOOR, HE DID A QUICK FIX, BUT ON DIRT.
SO, AND THERE'S NO VENTILATIONS.
THE WHOLE HOUSE IS BURIED BY A FOOT DEEP IN DIRT AROUND THE WHOLE ENTIRE HOUSE.
UM, AND SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE HOUSE WHEN YOU ALL BOUGHT IT, DID NOT HAVE A FOUNDATION? IT DIDN'T HAVE A FOUNDATION? NO MA'AM.
I HAVE PHOTOS OF IT IN THAT ONE.
I MEAN, BECAUSE OUR FLOOR WAS CRACKING, WHICH IS WHY, UM, I HAD TO REPLACE THE SUBFLOORING.
AND AFTER TWO YEARS FOR SUBFLOORING, SUBFLOORING TO CRACK MEANS THERE'S NO VENTILATION UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE, WHICH MEANS IT'S JUST STRAIGHT DIRT AND MOISTURE, WHICH CAUSES A SUBFLOORING TO CRACK OVER TIME THE MOISTURE SEEPS INTO THE WOOD AND IT'LL CRACK AS YOU WALK, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED.
SO WHEN I GOT UNDERNEATH, YOU SEE FRESH, FRESH BOARDS RUNNING ACROSS CHOICE BOARDS, UH, FLOORBOARDS.
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BUT THERE'S NO BEAM HOLDING THOSE UP ON THE FLOOR DOORS.THERE'S NO BEAM UNDERNEATH THOSE TO HOLD THOSE UP, WHICH IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM OF THE HOUSE COMING DOWN, WHICH IS THE STRUGGLE THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH IS WHY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO REPAIR IT.
AND BECAUSE I HAVE TO FIX WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO FIX WAS NOT FIXED CORRECTLY OR WAS NOT ADDED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT THE PERMIT PERMITS TO DO SO OR WHAT.
UM, I HAVEN'T GONE THAT FAR INTO LOOKING, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE I RAN INTO A PROBLEM TRYING TO JUST ADD ON AN ADDITION TO A SLAB, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST SOLID CONCRETE PART OF THE HOME NOW.
IT'S JUST THAT SLAB, THE ADDITION THAT I ADDED BECAUSE IT'S ON A SLAB, IT'S ON A SLAB OF CONCRETE.
THE REST OF THE HOME IS ON BEAMS AND THERE'S NO SUPPORT UNDER THERE.
I MEAN, I HAVE PHOTOS OF, OF THE HOUSE, HOW IT LOOKS NOW UNDERNEATH THE BEAM THAT WAS BUILT ON DIRT ON THAT FIRST PHOTO YOU SAW OF WHAT YOU ADDED THE TWO ROOMS. YEAH.
DID YOU PERMIT THOSE TWO ROOMS? I DID.
I TURNED THAT AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL ROOM IN THE BACK THERE WAS A, WHAT DID YOU PERMIT WE DID OVER THE PHONE.
AND THEN WE GOT A PERMIT FOR THE FENCE, A PERMIT FOR ADDITION OF 140 SQUARE FEET, I THINK IT WAS, OR A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING TOWARDS THE BACK ROOM.
BUT WE, WE STOPPED CONTRACT ON THAT AS WELL.
YOU PERMITTED THIS ONE AS AN ADDITION.
I, THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERMITTED.
WHAT ABOUT THE ROOF? I, I DIDN'T HAVE THE, I DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOF.
I DIDN'T DO THE PERMIT FOR, I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED A PERMIT FOR THE ROOF.
I, I JUST, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME BUYING A HOME.
I GOT THE HOUSE IN 19 NOVEMBER 19.
I GOT THE PERMIT IN 20 I THINK IT WAS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVER ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION.
I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A SCRIPT FOR THIS, BUT MY MOTION IS TO RESET FOR 60 DAYS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A SCRIPT FOR THAT, BUT, UM, MY, I I MOTION TO RESET FOR 60 DAYS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I FAILURE TO RECEIVE A SECOND CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A DIFFERENT MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UH, 1 23 JUANITA AVENUE IS, UM, WHAT DID I, OKAY, IT'S NOT, UH, FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND ORDER A 30 DAY DEMO.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE, THE MAIN, UM, UNDER SECTIONS, UH, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
THE ACCESSORY ONE, IF IT'S STILL THERE, UH, 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND ACCESSORY TWO, IF IT'S STILL THERE, IT WOULD BE SECTIONS, UH, SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 OR THE 30 DAY DEMO AND ALL, UH, ALL, UH, ELECTRIC THAT IS BEING BORROWED OR FROM A CAR BATTERY OR WHATEVER SHOULD BE DISCONTENT DISCONNECTED.
STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED A VACATE ORDER.
YEAH, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO VACATE, SORRY, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO VACATE.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON YOURS.
THE MOTION IS FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION TO VACATE THE PROPERTY AND TO DISCONTINUE USE OF, UH, UTILITIES FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UH, AS A RESULT OF SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12 15.
FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE, SUB CODES 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, NUMBER TWO, SUB CODES 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY FRED ANDES.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I HAVE ONE THING.
I THINK THE CODE OFFICER ALSO REQUESTED THAT IT BE SECURED.
THERE'S A FRIENDLY MOTION AMENDMENT TO SECURE.
AND MS. STRANDIS, YOU ACCEPT THE SPRINT MOTION.
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ADD SECURE PROPERTY.LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THIS PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF THREE TO TWO TO ONE COUNSEL.
IS THAT MOTION ARE THAT VOTE COUNT CORRECT FOR ACCEPTANCE? YES.
MAJORITY THREE TO TWO TO ONE? YES.
MY NOTES INDICATE THAT YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT TWO PROPERTIES SIMULTANEOUSLY OR JUST ONE AT A TIME.
THEY'RE OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER.
IT'S GONNA BE 3 3 7 NORWOOD AND 3 3 9 NORWOOD.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH 3, 3, 7 FIRST.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD WITH, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JUNE 24TH, 2022, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 BLOCK ONE LOT SOUTH 67.5 FEET OF THREE THROUGH SIX, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JULIAN ZAMARRIPA WITH A MAIL ADDRESS OF 1614 EL PASO, SAN STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7 EVIL.
O GARCIA IS THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF JULIAN'S AMARITA WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1222 LONGWOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 8TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 24TH, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 15TH, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON AUGUST 17TH, 2022.
ON JULY 7TH, 2022, I DID MEET WITH THE OWNER, UM, REGARDING THE PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING THAT WAS HELD WITH EVA O GARCIA IN ATTENDANCE.
THE OWNER ON THAT TIME DID SIGN THE DOCUMENT AS WELL AS SIGNED A NO TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE STATE OF JULIAN ZAMARRIPA WITH, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING RETURN ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BOARD ON JULY 7TH, 2022.
UH, MS. GARCIA ALSO PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE CONDUCT.
INTERIOR INSPECTION, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AT THIS TIME.
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PROPERTY HAS NO ACTIVE SERVICE AS WELL FOR ELECTRICAL, GAS, AND WATER.MOVING TO THE PHOTOS, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT ELEVATION HAVE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
A WORN ROOF SYSTEM WITH MISSING SHINGLES THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN BOARDED BY THE OWNER AFTER JULY 7TH.
WHEN WE DID SPEAK, THE OWNER'S SON-IN-LAW DID GO OUT THERE TO SECURE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE O THE OVERHANG OR THE PORCH AREA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS SEPARATION TO THE FASCIA BOARD.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, ER SIGNS OF DETERIORATION TO THE, TO THE WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LANDING, SHOWING THAT IT IS DROPPING AND STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THIS IS GONNA BE STILL THE REMAINING FRONT ELEVATION ALONG THE LEFT SIDE.
THIS IS A LONG STRUCTURE, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A FULL CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF IT.
YOU HAVE SIDING STARTING TO FALL.
THERE'S DETACHING, YOU HAVE DETERIORATION, YOU HAVE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
AGAIN, THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE OWNER.
IN THIS AREA HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO SEPARATE AND IS JUST SHOWING SIGNS OF SINKING.
THERE'S DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE.
UH, NEXT TO THAT WINDOW TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION.
IT'S, UM, NO LONGER ON THE RAILS.
UH, THIS IS THE OWNER'S BEST OF AT THEIR POINT.
THIS IS THEM TRYING TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE AS BEST OF THAT THEY CAN TO PREVENT ANY UNWANTED GUESTS TO GO INTO THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK ELEVATION.
YOU HAVE MISSING SIDING, DETACHING SIDING AGAIN, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN WITH MISSING SHINGLES THROUGHOUT.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE CHIMNEY SHOWING SEPARATION FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
SIGNS OF OF UNWANTED PEOPLE DO GO, ARE GOING INSIDE.
AT ONE POINT, WE DID GET A HI, A CALL AND A BIG HISTORY OF, UM, PEOPLE GOING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THERE'S DEBRIS.
UH, A LOT OF THIS HAS FALLEN FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HOLE IN THE ROOF WHERE ALL THAT DEBRIS IS AT, THAT'S BEING FALLEN, THAT HAS FALLEN INTO THE GROUND EXPOSING THE WOOD, THE WOOD MEMBERS TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS, UH, THIS PHOTO HERE, IT DOES DROP SHOWING THAT THE FOUNDATION IS COMPROMISED AND SINKING.
IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT THERE IS ABOUT A MINIMUM OF THREE INCH SEPARATION FROM THE SUBFLOOR TO THE WALL IN THE PHOTO WHERE THE DOORFRAME IS AT TO THE RIGHT.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK SHOWING THE SEPARATION OF THE SUBFLOOR.
ALSO PUT A LEVEL THERE SHOWING THE, THE SUBFLOOR IS NOT LEVEL AS ALL AT AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE IN THIS, IN THIS ONE, IN THIS ROOM AS WELL.
MOVING INTO THE NEXT ROOM, THE SUBFLOOR IS SINKING.
UH, WHEN I WALK IT, IT IS SPONGY IN AREAS.
THIS IS JUST A BUBBLE INDICATOR SHOWING WHERE IT'S AT AND FOR THAT ONE ROOM.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE GARAGE ROOM.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS, AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S IN THERE.
YOU GOT WATER DAMAGE, THE DECKING AS WELL AS, UH, DETERIORATION, DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DECKING FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM IN THIS AREA FOR THE GARAGE.
NOW MOVING INTO ANOTHER ROOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, THIS IS WHERE WE'VE HAD SIGNS OF FIRE DAMAGE.
UH, WHEN I DID REQUEST A REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A REPORT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAD GOT CALLED OUT THERE AFTER SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS DID TELL ME THAT THEY DID, DID GO OUT THERE, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND THE REPORT FOR THAT FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON THIS PROPERTY.
YOU GOT MISSING, UM, SITE, A WALL, UH, SHEET ROCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UH, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
IT'S A BETTER LOOK OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, UH, TO THE WALLS AS WELL AS THE CEILING.
THAT'S THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE ROOM WITH ALSO DEBRIS, SIGNS OF PEOPLE GOING INSIDE AND OUT.
UH, THE SUB, THE SUBFLOOR ACTUALLY DROPS IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
BEHIND THAT MICROWAVE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS ABOUT A TWO INCH SEPARATION FROM THE SUBFLOOR TO THE WALL.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE CEILING JUST SHOWING THAT IT'S STARTING TO FALL, EXPOSING THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL.
THE SIGNS OF, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THIS
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ENTIRE STRUCTURE OR THIS AREA OF THE THE BUILDING.THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT THREE THROUGH SEVEN.
WEST NORWOOD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING ARE 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION WITH THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED FROM THE PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD.
QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN, UH, ABATED AT ALL SINCE WE'VE DID THE DART ON THIS PROPERTY? IT HAS BEEN VACANT, BUT I AM GETTING REPORTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT, THAT VAGRANTS ARE WANDERING THROUGHOUT THE YARD.
LIKE, ABATED, LIKE, OH, HAS IT BEEN ABATED? YEAH.
'CAUSE I'M, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF IT LOOKS LIKE OR OR ARE THEY JUST KEEPING IT CLEAN? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD OUT THERE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT SINCE JULY, JULY 7TH WHEN I DID SPEAK WITH THEM, THE OWNERS HAVE SECURED THE STRUCTURE MM-HMM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CODE OFFICER HAS, UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN CALLING, BUT HAS POLICE REMOVED ANYONE FROM THE PROPERTY OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UM, REPORTS OF ANYTHING THERE SINCE I DO HAVE, UH, S A P D HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT BEHALF FOR YOU.
JUAN HERNANDEZ, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION.
UH, MY NAME IS JUAN HERNANDEZ.
I'VE BEEN AN OFFICER WITH, UH, S A P D FOR 11 YEARS, UH, TWO YEARS WITH A CENTRAL SAFE UNIT.
SO, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, WE HAVE GOTTEN A TOTAL FOR WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN 52 CALLS.
UH, THE CALLS INCLUDE BURGLARY AND PROGRESS.
SUSPICIOUS PERSONS, UH, WANTED PERSONS WITH ARRESTS, UH, INCLUDED A D O A DETERMINED TO BE, UH, AN OVERDOSE, AND, UH, ALSO NARCOTICS ARRESTS.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, AND SO JUST, JUST, UH, AS FAR AS THE 52 CALLS, UH, THIS, UH, THESE WERE COMBINED WITH THE OTHER ADDRESS AS WELL.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE CALLS WOULD COME IN, UH, THEY WERE, THE ADDRESS WAS 3 3 9, BUT THEY WERE MEANT FOR 3, 3 7, THE SHED.
THERE'S THE LARGE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A SHED, IS ON 3, 3 7, BUT THE CALLS WOULD COME IN FOR, UH, 3, 3 9.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? UH, THIS IS FRED ANSWER, BASICALLY A COMMENT.
THANK RON PRICE IS IS THE ATTORNEY, OR AT LEAST HE SIGNED UP.
AND, UH, RON, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL LET YOU STEP FORWARD AND MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST OR WHETHER YOU WANT THE OWNER TO SPEAK.
AND IF YOU WOULD, AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS OR YOUR, UH, LAW FIRM, EITHER ONE.
MY NAME IS RONALD B. PRINCE, AND MY ADDRESS IS 3 4 2 WEST WOODLAWN, SUITE 300, AND I AM WITH PRINCE CONTRERAS LAW FIRM.
WE REPRESENT EVA GARCIA AND MS. GARCIA IS THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE ESTATE OF JULIAN.
M UH, I BELIEVE OUR, UM, CONNECTION BEGAN IN JUNE OR JULY WHEN, UM, OUR CLIENTS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION.
AND, UH, SINCE THEN, I MEAN, LET ME STATE RIGHT NOW.
WE RECOGNIZE THE HOUSE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SELL THE HOUSE.
UM, UN UNFORTUNATELY, WE RAN INTO PROBLEMS WITH SELLING THE HOUSE.
WE HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE TITLE COMPANY AS TO WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO SELL THE HOUSE.
WE DID HAVE SOME INTEREST IN SELLING THE HOUSE.
HOWEVER, THE TITLE COMPANY REQUIRED MORE FROM US THAN WE THOUGHT WAS NECESSARY.
UH, MS. GARCIA IS THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR AND WE BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD THE INDEPENDENT RIGHT
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TO MAKE THE DECISION TO SELL THE HOUSE.HOWEVER, THE TITLE COMPANY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION AND THEY BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE HEIRS DO THAT.
ALL OF THE HEIRS NEED TO SIGN OFF ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT CAUSED US SOME PROBLEMS, AND IT CAUSED US TO LOSE THE BUYERS OF THE HOUSE.
LET ME STATE, MY CLIENT DOES HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE ON HER OWN.
UH, SO WHAT WE ARE REALLY ASKING TODAY IS JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, UH, EITHER GET THE ISSUE WITH SELLING THE HOUSE TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN.
AND SO WE ARE PREPARED TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE OURSELVES.
WE WOULD PREFER TO DO IT RATHER THAN HAVE THE CITY DO IT.
AND WE WERE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TODAY TO, UH, TO GIVE US, TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
UH, I DO NOTE WHAT THE OFFICER STATED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT HAVE COME IN AND, AND, AND I DO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.
I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD MAKE TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE, BUT, UH, OF THOSE 52 CALLS, I'D BE CURIOUS AS TO HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS WERE DONE AFTER THE PROPERTY WAS BOARDED UP.
I BELIEVE MY CLIENT HAS DONE A, A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THE SITUATION, TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION.
THESE TWO HOUSES ARE PRETTY MUCH CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, UH, 3 37 AND 3 39.
SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ONE UNIT.
AND, UH, SO AGAIN, WE DO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR DEMOLITION.
WE DO AGREE WITH THE DEMOLITION.
WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT ON OUR OWN RATHER THAN HAVE THE CITY DO IT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ATTORNEY? UM, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? ARE YOU ASKING FOR, WELL, LET ME START WITH 60 DAYS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND THEN WE, WE, WE CAN WORK FROM THERE.
I SUPPOSE I, I, I, TO BE HONEST, I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS HERE AS TO WHAT SORT OF TIMEFRAMES ARE AVAILABLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THE, THE, THE BOARD MEETS, UH, BUT WE JUST WANT SOME TIME TO AT LEAST TO, IF NOT SELL IT, THEN TO DEMOLISH IT OURSELVES.
IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD, BUT WE WILL ACCEPT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHICH WAS 60 DAYS OF YOUR, UH, RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION.
SIR, WE, WE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE YOU TIME TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
I MEAN, YOU'RE IN FRONT OF US TODAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO DEMOLISH THIS OR NOT, BUT NOT FOR YOU TO SELL IT.
THEN THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A, THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR TIME TO DEMOLISH IT ON OUR OWN.
WELL, UM, I GUESS THE I LEGAL IS THAT, IS THAT SATISFACTORY IS, IS WHAT SATISFACTORY? WELL, YEAH, IT'S SATISFACTORY THAT HE'S ASKING FOR 60 DAYS AND, AND GIVING YOU A REASON AS TO WHY HE'S ASKING FOR IT.
YEAH, WELL, THEY, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT AS, AS THIS IS BROUGHT TO AS A DANGEROUS PREMISE, UH, WE'RE NOT IN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS DETERMINE IF IT IS, AND IF SO, HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT? I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING IT BY PUSHING OUT DAYS SO WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN FIND A, A BUYER.
THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED PRIOR TO IT COMING TO THIS.
WELL, AT FIRST IT WAS, UH, HE WAS LOOKING, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BUYER, BUT THEN I EXPLAINED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO THAT.
BUT NOW HE'S CHANGING IT TO, TO DEMOLITION SO THEY CAN DEMOLITION, DEMO, DEMO IT ON THEIR OWN.
HE, I I MEAN, IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT, UM, THE EXTRA TIME IS NEEDED FOR HIM TO FIND SOMEONE, UH, TO, TO, TO DO THE DEMOLITION OR PERFORM IT, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, THE ORDER IS JUST FOR THAT.
UH, IF THIS BOARD AND, AND, AND, AND COUNCIL AGREES THAT A DEMOLITION IS THE WAY TO HANDLE THIS PROPERTY, THE ORDER IS JUST SOLELY FOR THE PROPERTY TO, TO BE DEMOLISHED.
NOW, WHETHER IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT GIVING THE CITY THE, UH, THE PERMISSION.
IT'S SAYING, HEY, THIS PROPERTY NEEDS IS ORDERED TO BE DEMOLISHED, AND IF IT'S NOT DONE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT THIS BOARD GIVES, THEN THE CITY DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ONTO THE PROPERTY AND DO IT THEMSELVES.
I HAVE, I GUESS I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY DIDN'T JUST GET LIKE THIS OVERNIGHT AND THE OWNERS PROBABLY KNEW THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BEING, UM, IT WAS JUST SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEING NEGLECTED.
AND SO, UM, I I JUST, I DON'T, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR THAT? I'M GONNA INTERRUPT THE QUESTION, I GUESS, BECAUSE IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME.
THE QUESTION BEFORE THE BOARD IS, IS IT, IS IT A DILAPIDATED PROPERTY? AND THE BOARD WILL MAKE THAT DECISION.
YEAH, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR 60 DAYS FOR THIS BUILDING TO STAND UP FOR THEM TO DEMOLISH IT, UM, IS A LITTLE MUCH, BUT THE WITNESS HAS THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT.
IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION TO MAKE THE DECISION.
I KNOW HOW MANY DAYS AND, AND MAY I, UH, PERHAPS, UH, CLARIFY WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT SELLING THE HOUSE, I WAS, I WAS REALLY GIVING A HISTORY.
I, I, I RECOGNIZE I DID SAY WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SELL IT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT OUR, OUR PRIMARY GOAL RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS SIMPLY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE HISTORY IS.
WE, WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE ON THE PROPERTY AND TRYING TO SELL IT WAS ONE OF OUR WAYS TO MOVE ON IT.
THAT HASN'T WORKED AND IT DIDN'T WORK, AND IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
SO I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NO LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA SELL IT.
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DEMOLISH IT THOUGH.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE ATTORNEY? YEAH, THIS IS FRED ANIS.
UH, LET ME ASK SOMETHING AND I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY EVERY OPPORTUNITY IS MADE.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT DEMOLISHING THE PROPERTY, WHY DID YOUR CLIENTS NOT ENTER A WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD'VE NOT EVEN PUT YOU IN HERE? UH, MR. ANDIS, I'M NOT, UH, FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SIR, OR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
I'M GONNA INTERRUPT THE QUESTION ANYWAY AND SAY IT'S IMMATERIAL BECAUSE THE QUESTION BEFORE THE BOARD IS, IS THIS A DELIBERATE PROPERTY? UH, SIR, ARE YOU ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO CALL MS. GARCIA OR HER DAUGHTER? EITHER ONE, TO, TO TESTIFY ONLY IF THE BOARD DESIRES, SIR, THAT THERE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOTHING MORE TO SAY THAN, THAN WHAT I'VE STATED.
AND, AND THE SAME THING APPLIES TO 3 39.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I'M GONNA LET THEM SPEAK THIS TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
SHARON GARCIA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
I AM AT 3 1 2 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I SERVE AS PRESIDENT CURRENTLY.
UM, I AM ACTUALLY SPEAKING FOR BOTH PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ADJACENT, UM, BOTH 3, 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST.
MR. CHAIR COURT, UH, THIS IS LEGAL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PERSONS THAT WANNA SPEAK ON MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE ONE THAT'S IN FRONT OF OKAY.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAVE EVERYBODY'S TIME, BUT I CAN FOCUS ON 3, 3 7 FIRST.
THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.
UM, SUE THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS ONCE A HOME, UM, HAS REPRESENTED A PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED AND IT IS WIDE OPEN TO SQUATTERS AND CRIMINALS AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO OPERATE AND LIVE.
WE HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THE OWNERS.
WE'VE CALLED 3 1 1 SAN ANTONIO POLICE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICE OF DANGEROUS PREMISES.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
EVEN WHEN THE PREVIOUS OWNER LIVED THERE, IT WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN THAT HAD DEMENTIA.
AT THAT TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSE WAS EVEN REALLY FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, BECAUSE OF ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THERE'S BEEN A, A DEAD BODY FOUND THERE.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ON ONE OF THE PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE GETTING IN FROM 3, 3 7.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEN COMING OUT OF THE ROOF.
THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GETTING INTO THAT HOUSE.
THERE'S VERMIN, IT'S OVERGROWN.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS NOTICE FOR DEMOLITION.
AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE SECURED AND CLEANED UP.
SO NOT JUST DEMOLITION 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STRUCTURES TO DEMOLISH, BUT THAT IT BE CLEANED SO THAT WE CAN LIVE SAFELY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS A THOROUGHFARE FOR MANY PEOPLE GOING FROM THE BUS STOP TO H E B.
IT'S ALSO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE HAVE KIDS WHERE THEY WANNA WALK AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO DOWN TO THAT PART OF THE STREET.
ANY QUESTIONS, MS. GARCIA? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
RANDY LEBLANC, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR, MY NAME IS RANDY LEBLANC AND I LIVE AT 3 38 WEST NORWOOD COURT, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, BOTH OF THE, UH, THE GARAGE AND THE HOME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, BUT IT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
I MOVED THERE IN 2003 AND I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWN IT NOW, UH, TOOK OVER IN 2010.
AND SINCE THAT TIME IS WHEN THE DECLINE IS STEADILY GONE, UH, DOWN, UH, IT WITH BOTH STRUCTURES, UH, I'VE NOTED FROM BEING ACROSS THE STREET THERE'S DRUG TRAFFICKING ALL THE TIME.
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, MAINTENANCE WISE, SINCE JULY, UH, 24TH OR 27TH OR WHENEVER THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS, UH, BY CO COMPLIANCE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
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NOTHING DONE AS FAR AS YARD MAINTENANCE OR, UH, CUTTING DOWN THE BUSHES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO EVEN MAKE IT HALFWAY DECENT.SO IF THEY, THE OWNERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING THE PROPERTY SECURE, WHY WOULD THEY LET THE GROWTH COMPLETELY ENGULF? BOTH, UH, PROPERTIES? IF YOU GO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CURRENT PICTURE OF IT TODAY, BUT THE GRASS IS HIP HIGH RIGHT NOW WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERY SINGLE HOUSE IS THE YARD IS TRIMMED AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, SO I WOULD JUST, I HAVE GRANDKIDS THAT CAN'T PLAY OUTSIDE.
UH, IF THE BALL GOES INTO THAT YARD, UH, THEY GET CUT.
THEY HAVEN'T EVER BEEN CUT, BUT THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET CUT BY ALL THE BROKEN BOTTLES, THE HYPODERMIC NEEDLES LAYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO I THINK, UH, CONTINUING TO ASK FOR DELAY OF DEMOLITION, WHAT PURPOSE DOES 30 OR 60 DAYS MATTER WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. LEBLANC? THANK YOU, SIR.
MAY YOU SEATED? MARGOT GRIFFIN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MARGOT GRIFFIN AND I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND JIM GRIFFIN.
WE LIVE AT 1 1 8 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT AND WE WALK OUR DOGS DAILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WILL NOT WALK BY 3 3 7 NORWOOD COURT.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A NICE MIX OF HOUSES AND YES, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT AS WELL MAINTAINED AS OTHERS, BUT THESE DWELLINGS ARE OUR HOMES AND HOMES DESERVE REPAIR.
THIS BOARDED UP SHELL OF A FORMER DWELLING HAS BEEN SERVING PURPOSES THAT IT WAS NOT BUILT TO SERVE.
IT PROVIDES A ROOF OVER THE HEAD FOR VAGRANT.
IT'S A PRIVATE PLACE TO SHOOT UP DRUGS.
IT IS CONVENIENT PLACE TO REST BETWEEN PANHANDLING SHIFTS AT THE VALERO UP THE STREET.
IT PROVIDES WOOD TO START A FIRE.
IT'S A PRIVATE OUTHOUSE AND IT'S A DUMP FOR UNWANTED DISCARDS.
AND JUST YESTERDAY, A NEW COUCH IS PUT ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THIS PLACE.
THERE'S ONE MORE PURPOSE THAT THIS STRUCTURE COULD SERVE BUT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.
IT IS NEXT TO THE NEW MIDTOWN C P S ENERGY STATION, A HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION CENTER THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
CERTAINLY ANARCHISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE WILL IDENTIFY 3, 3, 7 AS A PERFECT LOCATION TO LAUNCH A CLANDESTINE ATTACK.
WE ASK THE SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD TO MAKE NO MISTAKE TODAY.
ONE DEATH AND SEVERAL FIRES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.
THE STRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ANY QUESTIONS? MS. R? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT CHAIR.
WE DO, WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
PLEASE READ THEM INTO THE PUBLIC.
THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS RECEIVED FROM ARMANDO ARZA.
MS. KRUM, I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AWARE OF A HEARING THAT WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 9TH CONCERNING THE PROPERTIES AT 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD, I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON, SO I'M SUBMITTING THIS LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE NEGLECTED AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ON THESE PROPERTIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN HOME TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, A DRUG OVERDOSE, ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, A HOUSE FIRE, SQUATTERS, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, RATS, AND PESTS, AND ARE HURTFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS A DAD OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE RAPIDLY SHIFTING GROUND UNDERNEATH US AS WE TRY TO PROTECT OUR CITY NEIGHBORHOODS FROM DRUG, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND DANGEROUS RESIDENTS.
AS SUCH, PLEASE DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS AT 3 3 7 NORWOOD AND GIVE THE PROPERTIES A CHANCE TO HAVE A NEW SAFE OWNERSHIP.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE THERE, WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND DILIGENCE ON THIS CONCERN.
THE NEXT LETTER IS FROM DON ZUNIGA.
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D ZUNIGA AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING ON 2 34 WEST NORWOOD COURT FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN BOTH PROPERTIES WITH SQUATTERS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE CLIMBING IN AND OUT OF THE WINDOWS.I SUPPORT THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES.
I AGREE WITH THESE LOTS BEING KNOCKED DOWN AND CLEANED UP.
BOTH PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND LEFT VACANT FOR MANY YEARS.
NO ONE CUTS THE GRASS OR WATERS.
THE PROPERTIES ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND ARE ABOUT TO CAVE IN DUE TO OLD WOOD BEAMS WITH CRACKS AND THE STRUCTURE JUST FALLING APART.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE ALSO DEFECATED THEMSELVES ON THE PORCH AND INSIDE THE HOUSE THERE WAS A FIRE FIRE IN THE HOUSE IN THE CORNER WITH LITTLE CLEANUP.
I ALSO HOPE HOUSES WILL BE BILLED TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK NICE.
I DO NOT WANT CONDOS COMING AND RUINING THE AESTHETICS OF THE SURROUNDINGS.
PLEASE DESTROY THE HOUSE AND SO-CALLED GARAGE AND MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK SO MUCH BETTER.
EMAIL WAS RECEIVED FROM GAVIN WOOD ON MARCH 8TH, 2023.
I AM A RESIDENT AT 3 0 3 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
ASSUMING THE CITY HAS DONE ITS DUE DILIGENCE, I AM FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE ABANDONED STRUCTURES ON NORWOOD COURT.
I BELIEVE THE ABANDONED ABANDONED STRUCTURES PRESENT A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE ALSO VOICED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC THAT OCCURS ON MY STREET AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT EMAIL'S FROM HAGAN RELO RECEIVED MARCH 6TH, 2023.
THESE TWO PROPERTIES HAVE BECOME HOTBEDS OF CRIMINAL AND ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, INCLUDING AN OVERDOSE DEATH LAST YEAR, A LOCATION FREQUENTED BY SQUATTERS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE HOUSE FIRE IN APRIL, 2021.
A CURRENT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND AN OVERGROWN HOME FOR RATS AND OTHER VERMIN.
ALL OF THE STRUCTURES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND UNSTABLE WITH NO WATER OR ELECTRICITY AND EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE.
THESE PROPERTIES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE SCAR SCARING OFF POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS WHEN PROPERTY BECOME LISTED FOR SALE.
PLEASE DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES.
NEXT EMAIL RECEIVED FROM MIKE FOWLER ON MARCH 5TH, 2023 BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 3 3 7 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT PRESENT A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN IN THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION FOR YEARS.
NTSS ARE IN AND OUT OF THESE STRUCTURES ON A CONSTANT BASIS.
THEY HAVE SET FIRE TO STRUCTURES AT THIS PROPERTY AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.
A DEAD BODY WAS FOUND THERE IN THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS, PRESUMABLY A DRUG OVERDOSE.
WALKING IN THE 300 BLOCK OF WEST NORWOOD COURT PAST 3 3 7 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT AFTER DARK IS SCARY AND DANGEROUS ORDEAL.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME UP ON ME OUT OF NOWHERE AS I WALK NEAR THE CORNER WHERE THESE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER HAD A GUEST IN MY HOUSE WHO DIDN'T COMMENT ABOUT WHAT AN EYESORE THIS PROPERTY IS AND QUESTIONING WHY THE CITY HAS NOT STEPPED IN TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
PLEASE HELP US KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES FROM BEING IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURES AT 3 3 7 3 3 9 NOR WEST NORWOOD COURT NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
THE NEXT ONE IS RECEIVED BY LAURA GIBSON REALTOR.COM ON MARCH 6TH, 2023.
I'M WRITING TO SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES.
I OWN A HOUSE AT THREE 15 WEST RIDGEWOOD, WHICH IS NEXT STREET TO THE SOUTH.
THESE TWO PROPERTIES HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR YEARS.
I AGREE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DANGEROUS PREMISES UNIT WHEN THEY FOUND THAT THESE CONDITIONS POSES A THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A HEARING ON MARCH 9TH TO ADDRESS, UH, 3 3 9 NOR WEST NORWICH COURT.
I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO TEAR DOWN.
OKAY, NEXT EMAIL RECEIVED FROM ELIZABETH PEARSON.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M AWARE THAT A HEARING WILL BE HELD
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ON MARCH 9TH CONCERNING THE PROPERTIES AT 3 3 7 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD.ALTHOUGH I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON, I'M SUBMITTING THIS LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE NEGLECTED AND DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ON THESE PROPERTIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN HOME TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, A DRUG OVERDOSE, ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, A HOUSE FIRE, SQUATTERS, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, RATS, AND PESTS, AND ARE HURTFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS THE MOTHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE RAPIDLY SHIFTING GROUND UNDERNEATH AS WE TRY TO PROTECT OUR CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD FROM DRUG CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND DANGEROUS RESIDENTS.
AS SUCH, PLEASE DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS AT 3 3 7 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD AND GIVE THE PROPERTIES A CHANCE TO HAVE A NEW SAFER OWNERSHIP.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE, WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE.
WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND DILIGENCE ON THIS CONCERN.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM SSG, UH, RECEIVED MARCH 2ND, 2023.
TO WHO AND MAY CONCERN, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE AT THREE 17 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT IN SAN ANTONIO.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE RENTERS, WE ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
WE ESPECIALLY ENJOY WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO SO ALMOST EVERY DAY.
SO WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARDED UP HOUSE AT 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD AND THE ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL LOT NEXT DOOR THAT ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US.
THESE TWO PROPERTIES ARE JUST A TERRIBLE EYESORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WELL KEPT HOMES.
THEY ARE DANGEROUS, ANY HOTBED OF ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK.
WE HAVE OPENLY SEEN DRUG DEALS BEING MADE OUT OF THE AREA TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, HOMELESS PEOPLE BREAKING IN, AND THERE EVEN SEEMS TO BE A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CURRENTLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL LOT.
AFTER SEEING TWO RATS RUNNING IN THE OVERGROWN FRONT YARD, WE TRY TO AVOID WALKING ON THAT PART OF THE BLOCK.
IT HAS BEEN IN THE STATE FOR YEARS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN A ACTION SOONER TO HAVE IT DEMOLISHED.
THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN YEARS TO MAKE REPAIRS AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING.
PLEASE, PLEASE CLEAN UP THE PROPERTIES SO THAT ACTUAL USABLE HOMES OR APARTMENTS CAN BE BUILT ON THEM.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE FED UP, SINCERE, SINCERELY, MARY LOZANO.
NEXT EMAIL IS FROM SUSAN MICHAEL.
DEAR MS. CRUM, WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE SUPPORT FOR DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES AT 3, 3 7 AND 3 3 9 NORWOOD COURT.
WE HAVE WELL-MAINTAINED NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE MOST PART AND THIS STRUCTURE IS BRINGING DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ONE'S FROM VICTORIA LOPEZ HERRERA RECEIVED MARCH 3RD, 2023.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MON MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVE ON THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
IT'S BEEN A NEW PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR YEARS, MAKING IT A PLACE FOR SQUATTERS DRUG USE, RODENTS AND FIRE.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT DEMOLITION OF THIS PROPERTY.
NEXT ONE IS FROM WILLIAM SCOTT.
TO WHO? INMATE CONCERN, WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS ON THE 300 BLOCK OF NORWOOD BY THE RAILROAD.
I WALK BY THERE REGULARLY AND HAVE NO HAVE NOTICED MORE AND MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE TRASH THEY LEAVE BEHIND.
AND IN THE CASE OF THOSE HOMELESS FOLKS, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT STRUCTURE COULD BE CONSIDERED SAFE FOR THEM.
I HAVE BEEN A RENTER FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND I AM LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROPERTY HAS GONE UNCHECKED IN ALL OF THE TIME THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE.
MY NEIGHBOR MADE ME AWARE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING BEFORE A HEARING.
I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF TEARING IT DOWN AS IT IS SO FAR GONE.
THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY REMEDY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION WILLIAM SCOTT.
UH, DEAR BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, MY NAME IS MARY JOHNSON.
I LIVE AT 1 25 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AND IN A STATE OF GROSS DETERIORATION FOR YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO FIRES IN THE STRUCTURE.
A DECEASED SOUL WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY IN THE
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BACKYARD NEAR ONE OF THE OUT BUILDINGS, AND ONE OF MANY INSTANCES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CALLING 3 1 1 AND NOTIFYING OUR SAFE OFFICER OF UNSHELTERED PEOPLE ILLEGALLY STAYING ON THE PROPERTY.THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS DUE TO GIVE BIRTH IN TWO WEEKS.
SHE WAS TAKEN IN BY THE GRACE OF GOD BECAUSE SHE HAD OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANTS.
AND I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD SHE HAD THE CHILD IN THE OLD, DILAPIDATED, BURNED OUT HOUSE.
THIS PROPERTY IS AND HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SAFETY HAZARD TO UNSHELTERED PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO SET UP CAMP AND WHAT IS LEFT OF THE HOUSE AS WELL AS THE OUTBUILDINGS.
WE HAVE ALSO WITNESSED DRUG DEALING ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS AWARE OF THE ONGOING SAFETY HAZARDS THAT THE BLATANT NEGLECT OF THEIR PROPERTY POSES NOT JUST TO THE UNSHELTERED, BUT TO THOSE LIVING IN THE AREA.
VACANT, NEGLECTED BUILDINGS ATTRACT VAGRANT AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT PROPERTY VALUES.
THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY ARE FAR BEYOND REHABILITATION.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS A GROWING POPULATION IN OUR CITY.
WITHOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THESE TYPES OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS, WE CAN NEVER CLEAN UP AND REVITALIZE AN AREA.
WE ARE ALL HOPING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
MARY JOHNSON, VICE PRESIDENT MONTE VISTA, TERRA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM KAY BRI BRIS.
MY NAME IS KAY RERUNS AND I'M THE HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENT OF 2 0 3 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT IN MONTE VISTA TERRACE.
I HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE WILL BE A HEARING ON MARCH 9TH, 2023 AT 9:00 AM TO ADDRESS 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
AFTER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DANGEROUS PREMISES UNIT FOUND CONDI FOUND CONDITIONS THAT POSE A THREAT AND HELP TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY.
I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING.
HOWEVER, I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY DEMOLISHING THE BOARDED UP HOME AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BREN, BREN, UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD COURT 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.
SUBSECTION 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 15, 17 18.
IT IS, UM, A THREAT TO PROPERTY, LIFE, HEALTH AND SAFETY TO ITS COMMUNITY.
AND I ORDER TO BE DEMOED WITHIN 30 DAYS VACATED A REMAIN VACATED, REMAIN SECURE, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN OFF MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS A, UH, DEMOLITION IN 30 DAYS.
PROPERTY IS TO HAVE UTILITIES CONTINUE TO BE DISCONNECTED, UH, AS A RESULT OF SUB CODE 1, 2, 4, 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
ANY DISCUSSION? UH, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL ON IT PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TIME IS NOW 1106.
KEEPING WITH MY FIVE MINUTE BREAK RULE, WE WILL RECONVENE
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THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR MARCH THE NINTH, 2023.THE NEXT CASE IS GONNA BE 3 39 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT THREE THROUGH NINE WEST NORWOOD COURT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THREE THROUGH NINE WEST NORWOOD IS BEING PRESENT BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THIS BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JUNE 24TH, 2022, THE DANGERS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 5 5 5 BLOCK ONE LOT, SEVEN, EIGHT AND NORTH 78.5 FEET OF 3, 4, 5 AND SIX LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JULIAN ZAMARRIPA WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1614 EL PASO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
EVA O GARCIA IS THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF JULIAN ZAMARRIPA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 12 2 2 LOG WOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1.
THE OFFICE OF EXPLORE, UH, OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 8TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 24TH, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 15TH, 2022 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON AUGUST 17TH, 2022.
ON JULY 7TH, 2022, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH EVA O GARCIA IN ATTENDANCE, WHO ALSO SIGNED AN OH TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE ESTATE OF JULIAN ZAMARRIPA AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING RETURN ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BOARD ON JULY 7TH, 2022.
EVA O GARCIA PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE TO CONDUCT AN INTERIOR INSPECTION.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERING REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S NO ACTIVE SERVICES FOR ELECTRICAL, GAS, AND WATER.
WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS FOR REGARDING SS A P D WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT.
PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE PLACED THE GATE, UH, THE GATE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE WE'VE MADE OUR INITIAL INSPECTION.
THE OWNER HAS PLACED A, UM, A LOCK WITH A CODE ON IT AND HAS GRANTED US PERMISSION TO GO ONTO PROPERTY AS NEEDED IN CASE WE GET CALLS OR S A P D HAS CAUSED, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE MASONARY WALL.
YOU CAN SEE STEPPING AND CRACKING IN THE MASONRY WALL ON THE LEFT.
THERE'S A VERTICAL CRACKING THAT RUNS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, UM, WHERE THE RIGHT ALONG, WHERE THE FENCE CONNECTION'S AT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE, OF THE MASONRY WALL, STARTING TO SEPARATE AND SHIFTING THAT IS ROUGHLY AROUND ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH, UM, SEPARATION.
IN THAT SAME AREA, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THAT IT IS BEING PUSHED OUT NOW AGAIN WITH THE STEPPING AND CRACKING THAT RUNNING UP AND DOWN FROM THE MASONRY WALL.
IT'S GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THERE IS STEPPING IN THE MASONRY WALL NEAR THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IT IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THERE'RE STEPPING IN THAT IN THAT AREA.
HERE'S OUR CLOSER LOOK FURTHER DOWN.
AGAIN, THERE'S EARLY SIGNS OF CRACKING AND STEPPING IN BETWEEN THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.
NOW MOVING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS AGAIN, WE'VE HAD REPORTS OF HOMELESS STAIN IN THERE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN LEFT OF THE PROPERTY, UH, THE VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
THERE'S WATER DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE THERE IS LARGE, THERE'S CRACKS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE, THE SLAB ITSELF.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE IN SOME AREAS THE
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SAP IS ACTUALLY SINKING.IN THIS AREA HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S STEPPING AS WELL AS, UM, CRACKS RUNNING ALONG THE MASONRY WALL TO THE LEFT OF THIS DOOR RUNNING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THERE'S SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AS WELL.
AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, TAGGING ON THE, ON THE WALLS AS WELL.
THIS IS A PHOTO HERE AGAIN, GOING FURTHER IN, IT'S JUST HARD TO GET A GOOD PICTURE WITH THE LIGHTING.
IT IS VERY DARK AND MY CAMERA WASN'T ABLE TO GET A BETTER PHOTO OF IT, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DEBRIS BEING VERY CAREFUL WHERE WE'RE WALKING.
AGAIN, MORE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM WITH WATER DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE EARLY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION.
MOVING TO ONE OF THE AREAS TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN DOOR.
YOU HAVE SOME EARLY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND ROT TO THE WOOD MEMBERS TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, TURNING AROUND, LOOKING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE, JUST AGAIN, MORE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS BEING VERY CAUTIOUS OF WHERE WE'RE WALKING, STEPPING.
WE DID SEE A LOT OF, UH, NEEDLE CAPS ON THE FLOOR, SO WE'RE JUST BEING VERY CAUTIOUS OF WHERE WE'RE STEPPING AT THIS AREA AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE OUR EARLY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION, WATER DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, AGAIN, MORE DEBRIS TOWARDS THE BACK.
NEXT SLIDE IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THIS SUPPORT POST HERE.
IT IS ACTUALLY LEANING TO THE RIGHT IN THE BACK OF THIS PHOTO.
MOVING TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WOOD MEMBERS ACTUALLY ROD AND DETERIORATING.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE IT'S CURRENT, UH, THE STATUS OF IT'S AT, WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, ALONG THE MASONRY WALL.
IT'S NOT PROPERLY ANCHORED OR CONNECTED.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE, UH, ELEMENTS COMING INSIDE TO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS WHERE THERE'S MORE WATER DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
HERE'S A BETTER PICTURE OF SHOWING THAT.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS IN THAT SAME AREA.
NOW, MOVING ALONG THE LEFT ELEVATION, UH, THIS IS FROM WHEN I GOT WENT OUT THERE.
THE OWNER HAS DONE THEIR BEST TO SECURE THIS STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S FIRE DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
SO THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN, WHEN I WAS GETTING A REQUEST FROM THE REPORT FOR FIRE, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THAT EXACT DATE OF WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED.
NOW PHOTOS BEING TAKEN FROM THAT SAME AREA.
LOOKING INSIDE, THERE'S SMOKE DAMAGE, FIRE DAMAGE.
THERE'S CHARING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS IN THE CEILING.
AGAIN, MORE DEBRIS THAT'S INSIDE OF THIS STRUCTURE IN THIS PORTION OF THE AREA.
YOU HAVE THE METAL COVERING, DETACHING AND STARTING TO COME OFF.
AGAIN, THERE'S MORE CHARRING AND FIRE DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS TO THE POST, AS WELL AS SMOKE DAMAGE AS WELL.
IT CAN BE SEEN THAT'S ALSO VISIBLE.
MORE SIGNS OF DEBRIS INSIDE AS WELL.
INDICATIONS OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S A FURTHER LOOK OF, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE DETACHING OF THE ROOF SYSTEM OF THE METAL, THE METAL SHEETS AS WELL AS, UH, FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
AGAIN, JUST YOU CAN SEE A BED THERE, INDICATION OF PEOPLE STAYING AND SLEEPING ON THE PROP PREMISES AS WELL AS FIRE TO THE POST, UH, CHARRING TO THE POST FIRE DAMAGE, SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT THREE THROUGH NINE OF WEST NORWOOD COURT IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING ARE 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR, OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS, OF CENTEREDNESS OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION WITH THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED FROM THE PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD, THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE CODE OFFICER.
IS JUAN HERNANDEZ STILL HERE? MR. STR
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HERNANDEZ AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME, UH, AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU A SINGLE QUESTION.SO GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME.
YES, MY NAME IS JUAN HERNANDEZ.
AND YOUR STATION AGAIN PLEASE.
I WORK AT THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY UNIQUE TESTIMONY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY? UH, JUST I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, I KNOW PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MENTIONED A A, UH, PREGNANT FEMALE THAT WAS ARRESTED.
UH, SHE WAS, UH, STAYING IN THIS STRUCTURE AT 3 3 9.
UM, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS SECURED UP IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, BUT TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE, ONE HAS TO, TO CROSS THROUGH 3, 3 7.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A HOLE THAT YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO CRAWL INTO AND, UM, AS AGAIN MENTIONED THAT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT THERE IS A, A, AN ACTIVE ENCAMPMENT INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S EVIDENCE OF, OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF NEW ITEMS WHEN WE GO OUT THERE TO CONDUCT, UH, CHECKS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UH, WE FIND CERTAIN ITEMS SUCH AS, UH, COUCHES OR CHAIRS OR SOMETHING AND IF, IF WE GO AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IT'S MO MOVED AROUND, IT'S REARRANGED.
SO, UH, THAT, UH, GIVES US INDICATION THAT IT IS ACTIVE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD TO THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE OFFICER? I'D LIKE TO ADD MY THANKS TO OFFICER AND APPRECIATION TO ALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. PRINCE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY ADDRESS IS 3 4 2 WEST WOODLAWN, SUITE 300 SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 1 2.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE OF COURSE LISTENED TO ALL OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, TEST, UH, INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE BOARD BY, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE RESIDENCE.
AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY ON THE OTHER PROPERTY.
YES, IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MOVING ANY FASTER.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING MORE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I WILL STATE, I AM PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA TOO.
I WENT TO MARK QUAIN JUNIOR HIGH.
I BANK AT THE BANK OF AMERICA, WHICH IS A HALF A BLOCK FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO I SEE IT, YES, IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR FINANCIAL PURPOSES BECAUSE IT WILL BE CHEAPER IF WE CAN SECURE THE DEMOLITION ON OUR OWN IF WE COULD HAVE 30 DAYS SO THAT WE COULD SECURE OUR OWN DEMOLITION.
UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MY CLIENT AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO FURTHER SECURE THE, UH, THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE HEARD HERE TODAY HOW THEY'RE STILL OPENINGS AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN AND OUT.
UH, I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION RIGHT NOW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'VE GIVEN HER MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
I WOULD ASK THAT SHE CONTACT ME IF THERE'S ANY IMMEDIATE ISSUES THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR A BIT OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN DO THE DEMOLITION OURSELVES AND SAVE SOME MONEY.
AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE, AGAIN SPEAKING FOR BOTH THE, UH, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE AS WELL AS HER DAUGHTER? YES, SIR.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ATTORNEY, SIR, YOU MAY BE SEATED.
AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ANYONE HAVE ANY UNIQUE TESTIMONY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME? YES, MA'AM.
COME AHEAD AND AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SHARON STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
SHARON GARCIA, 3 1 2 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
JUST ONE FINAL THING AND I WANTED TO SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES APPRECIATE THE OWNER'S WILLINGNESS TO AND FORESIGHT AND SEEING THAT BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED IN ADDITION TO THE DEMOLITION.
THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A MAJOR CLEANUP, ESPECIALLY AT 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD.
THERE IS A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
THERE ARE LARGE BARRELS, THERE'S OLD CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
UH, WE HEARD TESTIMONY THAT THERE ARE NEEDLES.
A LOT OF THAT IS SPILLING OUT.
AND I WOULD ASK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD CAN ENFORCE, THAT A CLEANUP AND CONTAINMENT OF ALL OF THE TRASH GOES ALONG WITH THE ORDER TO DEMOLISH BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER KEY PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES.
AND WE WOULD LOVE IT IF THERE WAS A 30 DAY DEMOLITION NOTICE FOR THIS ONE AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS OF SHARON? THANK YOU MA'AM.
UH, SHARON, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE HAD THE INVITATION TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE ATTORNEY.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT, UH, AS WELL.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I'D LIKE TO ASK A A,
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A CITY, UH, LEGAL, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION THAT JUST FOR MY OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, HOW IS THIS PROPERTY CONNECTED WITH C P S OR DO YOU KNOW? I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS PROPERTY WAS CONNECTED WITH C P SS.YEAH, THEY WERE THE GRANTEES TO ZA ZAPE ZAPA.
WELL, IT JUST MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING WHEN, UH, MS. SHARON WAS UP HERE AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL WASTE, YOU KNOW, THE BARRELS AND I'M, I'M GOING TO AGAIN INTERRUPT AND ASK THAT WE MOVE THAT TO ADMINISTRATIVE BECAUSE THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE RATHER THAN AN ISSUE DEALING WITH THE DETERMINATION OF A DANGEROUS OR DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
WE DO HAVE PUBLIC RECORD TO READ BACK INTO IT.
UH, FOR COUNSEL PURPOSES, THIS IS A REPEAT OF ALL OF THE PREVIOUS LETTERS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE TO READ THEM BACK INTO THE RECORD AGAIN.
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM ARMANDO ARAIZA.
MS. KRUM, I AM THE HOMEOWNER OF THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AWARE OF A HEARING THAT WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 9TH CONCERNING THE PROPERTIES AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD, I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON, SO I'M SUBMITTING THIS LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE NEGLECTED AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ON THESE PROPERTIES, THEY HAVE BEEN HOME TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, A DRUG OVERDOSE, ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, A HOUSE FIRE, SQUATTERS, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, RATS, AND PESTS, AND ARE HURTFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS A DAD OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE RAPIDLY SHIFTING GROUND UNDERNEATH US AS WE TRY TO PROTECT OUR CITY NEIGHBORHOODS FROM DRUG, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND DANGEROUS RESIDENTS.
AS SUCH, PLEASE DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD AND GIVE THE PROPERTIES A CHANCE TO HAVE A NEW SAFE OWNERSHIP.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE, WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND DILIGENCE ON THIS CONCERN.
ARMANDO ARAIZA HOMEOWNER AT 2 0 9 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
NEXT EMAIL IS FROM DON ZUNIGA.
MY NAME IS DION SEAL ZUNIGA AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING ON 2 34 WEST NORWOOD COURT FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN BOTH PROPERTIES WITH SQUATTERS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE CLIMBING IN AND OUT OF THE WINDOWS.
I SUPPORT THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES.
I AGREE WITH THESE LOTS BEING KNOCKED DOWN AND CLEANED UP.
BOTH PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND LEFT VACANT FOR MANY YEARS.
NO ONE CUTS THE GRASS OR WATERS.
THE PROPERTIES ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND ARE ABOUT TO CAVE IN DUE TO OLD WOOD BEAMS WITH CRACKS AND THE STRUCTURE JUST FALLING APART.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE ALSO DEFECATED THEMSELVES ON THE PORCH AND INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE HOUSE IN THE CORNER WITH LITTLE CLEANUP.
I ALSO HOPE HOUSES WILL BE BUILT TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK NICE.
I DO NOT WANT CONDOS COMING AND RUINING THE AESTHETICS OF THE SURROUNDING.
PLEASE DESTROY THE HOUSE AND SO-CALLED GARAGE AND MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK SO MUCH BETTER AND NOT A SOUR EYE.
NEXT EMAIL IS FROM GAVIN WOOD.
I AM A RESIDENT AT 3 0 3 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
ASSUMING THE CITY HAS DONE ITS DUE DILIGENCE, I AM FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE ABANDONED STRUCTURES ON NORWOOD COURT 3, 3 7 AND 3 3 9.
I BELIEVE THE ABANDONED STRUCTURES PRESENT A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE ALSO VOICED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC THAT OCCURS ON MY STREET AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM HAGEN RELO.
THESE TWO PROPERTIES HAVE BECOME HOTBEDS OF CRIMINAL AND ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, INCLUDING AN OVERDOSE DEATH.
LAST YEAR, A LOCATION FREQUENTED BY SQUATTERS, WHICH RESULTED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN APRIL, 2021.
A CURRENT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND AN OVERGROWN HOME FOR RATS AND OTHER VERMIN.
ALL OF THE STRUCTURES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND UNSTABLE WITH NO WATER OR ELECTRICITY AND EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE.
THESE PROPERTIES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, AND HUMAN SAFETY.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE SCARING OFF POTENTIAL
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HOME BUYERS WHEN PROPERTY BECOME LISTED FOR SALE.PLEASE DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES.
NEXT EMAIL IS FROM MIKE FOWLER, RECEIVED MARCH 5TH, 2023 BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 3 3 7 3 3 9.
WEST NORWOOD COURT PRESENT A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN IN THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION FOR YEARS.
VA VAGRANTS ARE IN AND OUT OF THESE STRUCTURES ON A CONSTANT BASIS.
THEY HAVE SET FIRE TO STRUCTURES AT THIS PROPERTY AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.
A DEAD BODY WAS FOUND THERE IN THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS, PRESUMABLY A DRUG OVERDOSE.
WALKING IN THE 300 BLOCK OF WEST NORWOOD COURT PAST 3 3 7 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT AFTER DARK IS SCARY AND DANGEROUS ORDEAL.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME OUT OF NOWHERE AS I WALK NEAR THE CORNER WHERE THESE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER HAD A GUEST IN MY HOME WHO DIDN'T COMMENT ABOUT WHAT AN EYESORE THIS PROPERTY IS AND QUESTIONING WHY THE CITY HAS NOT STEPPED IN TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
PLEASE HELP US KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES FROM BEING IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURES AT 3 3 7 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM LAURA GIBSON REALTOR.COM.
I'M WRITING TO SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES.
I OWN A HOUSE AT THREE 15 WEST RIDGEWOOD, WHICH IS THE NEXT STREET TO THE SOUTH.
THESE TWO PROPERTIES HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR YEARS.
I AGREE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DANGEROUS PREMISES UNIT WHEN THEY FOUND THAT CONDITIONS POSE A THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A HEARING ON MARCH NINE TO ADDRESS 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO TEAR THESE DOWN.
NEXT EMAIL IS FROM ELIZABETH PEARSON.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I AM AWARE THAT A HEARING WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 9TH CONCERNING THE PROPERTIES AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD.
ALTHOUGH I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON, I AM SUBMITTING THIS LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE NEGLECTED AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ON THESE PROPERTIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN HOME TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, A DRUG OVERDOSE, ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, A HOUSE FIRE, SQUATTERS, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, RATS AND PETS PESTS, AND ARE HURTFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE MOTHER OF OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE RAPIDLY SHIFTING GROUND UNDERNEATH US AS WE TRY TO PROTECT OUR CITY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND DANGEROUS RESIDENTS.
AS SUCH, PLEASE DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD AND GIVE THE PROPERTIES A CHANCE TO HAVE A NEW SAFER OWNERSHIP.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE, WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND DILIGENCE ON THIS CONCERN.
WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH, LIZ PEARSON.
UM, EMAIL RECEIVED MARCH 2ND, 2023.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE AT THREE 17 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT IN SAN ANTONIO.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE RENTERS, WE ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
WE ESPECIALLY ENJOY WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO SO ALMOST EVERY DAY.
WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARDED UP HOUSE AT 3 3 7 WEST NORWOOD AND THE ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL LOT NEXT DOOR THAT ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US.
THESE TWO PROPERTIES ARE NOT JUST A TERRIBLE EYESORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WELL-KEPT HOMES.
THEY ARE DANGEROUS AND A HOTBED OF ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK.
WE HAVE OPENLY SEEN DRUG DEALS BEING MADE OUT IN THE AREA TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, HOMELESS PEOPLE BREAKING IN, AND THERE EVEN SEEMS TO BE A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CURRENTLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL LOT.
AFTER SEEING TWO RATS RUNNING IN THE OVERGROWN FRONT YARD, WE TRY TO AVOID WALKING ON THAT PART OF LA BLOCK.
IT HAS BEEN IN THE, IN THE STATE FOR YEARS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION SOONER TO HAVE IT DEMOLISHED.
THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN YEARS TO MAKE REPAIRS AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING.
PLEASE, PLEASE CLEAN UP THE PROPERTIES SO THE ACTUAL USABLE HOMES OR APARTMENTS CAN BE BUILT ON THEM.
NEXT EMAIL IS FROM SUSAN MICHAEL, RECEIVED MARCH 6TH, 2023.
DEAR MS. CRUM, WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE SUPPORT FOR DEMOLITION OF THE
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STRUCTURES AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 NORWOOD COURT.WE HAVE A WELL-MAINTAINED NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE MOST PART, AND THIS STRUCTURE IS BRINGING DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT EMAILS FROM VICTORIA LOPEZ.
RERA RECEIVED MARCH 3RD, 2023.
I AM A RESIDENT OF MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVE ON THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 3 3 9 WEST RI WEST NORWOOD COURT.
IT HAS BEEN A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR YEARS, MAKING IT A PLACE FOR SQUATTERS DRUG USE, RODENTS AND FIRES.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY.
NEXT ONE IS FROM WILLIAM SCOTT.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS ON THE 300 BLOCK OF NORWOOD BY THE RAILROAD TRUCKS.
I WALK BY THERE REGULARLY AND HAVE NOTICED MORE AND MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE TRASH THEY LEAVE BEHIND THERE.
AND IN THE CASE OF THOSE HOMELESS FOLKS, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT STRUCTURE COULD BE CONSIDERED SAFE FOR THEM.
I HAVE BEEN A RENTER FOR OVER THREE YEARS, AND I AM LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROPERTY HAS GONE UNCHECKED IN ALL OF THE TIME THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE.
MY NEIGHBOR MADE ME AWARE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING BEFORE A HEARING.
I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF TEARING IT DOWN AS IT IS SO FAR GONE.
THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY REMEDY.
UH, DEAR BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, MY NAME IS MARY JOHNSON.
I LIVE AT, I LIVE AT 1 25 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AND IN A STATE OF GROSS DETERIORATION FOR YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO FIRES IN THE STRUCTURE.
A DECEASED SOLE WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY BACK IN THE BACKYARD NEAR ONE OF THE OUTBUILDINGS.
IN ONE OF THE MANY INSTANCES OF OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, CALLING 3 1 1 AND NOTIFYING OUR SAFE OFFICER OF UNSHELTERED PEOPLE ILLEGALLY STAYING ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS DUE TO GIVE BIRTH IN TWO WEEKS.
SHE WAS TAKEN IN BY THE GRACE OF GOD BECAUSE SHE HAD OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANTS.
AND I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED HAD SHE HAD THE CHILD IN THE OLD, DILAPIDATED, BURNED OUT HOUSE.
THIS PROPERTY IS AND HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SAFETY HAZARD TO UNSHELTERED PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO SET UP CAMP AND WHAT IS LEFT OF THE HOUSE, AS WELL AS THE OUTBUILDINGS.
WE HAVE ALSO WITNESSED DRUG DEALINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS AWARE OF THE ONGOING SAFETY HAZARDS THAT THE BLATANT NEGLECT OF THEIR PROPERTY POSES, NOT JUST TO THE UNSHELTERED, BUT TO THOSE OF US LIVING IN THE AREA.
VACANT, NEGLECTED BUILDINGS ATTRACT VAGRANT AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT PROPERTY VALUES.
THE STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY ARE FAR BEHIND BEYOND REHABILITATION.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS GROWING PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
WITHOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THESE TYPES OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS, WE CAN NEVER CLEAN UP AND REVITALIZE THE AREA.
WE ARE ALL HOPING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, MARY JOHNSON, VICE PRESIDENT MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE NEXT EMAIL IS RECEIVED FROM KAY, MARCH 8TH, 2023.
MY NAME IS KAY BREENS AND I AM A HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENT OF 2 0 3 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT IN MONTE VISTA TERRACE.
I HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE WILL BE A HEARING ON MARCH 9TH, 2023 AT 9:00 AM TO ADDRESS 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
AFTER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DANGEROUS PREMISES UNIT FOUND CONDITIONS THAT POSE A THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH AND PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY, I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING.
HOWEVER, I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY DEMOLISHING THE BOARDED UP HOME AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD AT 3 3 7 AND 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF ANY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 9 WEST NORWOOD COURT 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 56,
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SUBSECTION 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 1, I MEAN 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.AND THAT IT IS A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY.
AND I ORDER A DEMOLITION WITHIN 30 DAYS.
IT TO BE VACATED, IT'S TO BE SECURED AND UTILITIES ARE TO REMAIN OFF THE MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD IS TO HAVE A 30 DAY DEMOLITION AND THE PROPERTY IS TO REMAIN VACANT.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE SECURED AND THAT THE UTILITIES BE CONTINUED TO BE DISCONNECTED AS A RESULT OF SUB CODES.
1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MS. BROWN SECONDS.
UH, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NO DISCUSSION.
LENCIA HAYES MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
UH, MR. PRINCE AND OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, UH, THE MOTION IS OBVIOUSLY FOR A DEMOLITION.
IT DID NOT STATE WHO IS GOING TO DEMOLISH.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMOLISH YOURSELF.
IF IT'S NOT DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS, THE CITY WILL DO SO.
AND FOR THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
PARDON? YOU GOT IT? I'LL BET IT DOESN'T.
OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY MORNING FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS DENISE HASTINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
UH, THERE ARE THREE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT NOTICES WERE ISSUED AT THE SAME DATE.
UH, MAY I PROCEED WITH ALL THREE PLEASE? LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY IS N C B 1 8 0 3, BLOCK 24 LOTS, 47 AND 48 AND EAST 12.5 FEET OF 46.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ROBERT CANDO ETAL WITH THE ADDRESS OF 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE.
THE FIRST ALLEGED VIOLATION IS PROTECTIVE TREATMENT 3 0 4 0.2.
ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES INCLUDING 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 COVERING OR TREATMENT.
ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS AS WELL AS THOSE BETWEEN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE PERIMETER OF WINDOWS, DOORS AND SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FURTHER FUTURE RUST AND CORROSION.
OXIDATION STAINS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM EXTERIOR SURFACES.
SURFACES DESIGNED FOR STABILIZATION BY OXIDATION ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT.
ROOF FLASHING ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN.
ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS AND DETERIORATION IN WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS.
THE SECOND, UH, OF LEDGE VIOLATION IS 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANGS EXTENSIONS.
ALL OVERHANG EXTENSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS, METAL AWNINGS, FIRE ESCAPES, STANDPIPES, AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND BE PROPERLY ANCHORED.
SOIL TO BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION WHEN REQUIRED.
ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODIC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT.
THIRD ONE IS EXTERIOR WALLS 3 0 4 0.6.
ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREED FROM HOLES, BREAKS, AND LOOSE ARRIVING MATERIALS AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY
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SURFACE COATED WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION.THE CODE OFFICER MADE HIS FIRST INSPECTION ON OCTOBER THE 11TH OF 2022.
AT THAT TIME, HE FOUND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS, UH, DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, OVERHANG FASCIA AND SOFFIT AND HOLES IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
UH, NO ONE ANSWERED HIS DOOR, UH, THE DOOR.
SO HE POSTED A NOTICE ON THE PROPERTY AND NOTICE WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
A REINSPECTION WAS MADE ON NOVEMBER THE 29TH OF 2022.
THE EXTERIOR, THE STRUCTURE EXTERIOR SURFACES REMAINED IN VIOLATION WITH PEELING PAINT.
UH, NO IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO THE ROOF.
OVERHANG AND EXTERIOR WALL OF STRUCTURE REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AND STILL NO, UH, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE OWNER OR OCCUPANTS OF THE PROPERTY.
REINSPECTION WAS MADE ON FEBRUARY THE SECOND OF 2023.
STRUCTURE REMAINS IN SAME CONDITION AS FAR AS NO PROPER WEATHER PROTECTION OF FAULTY OVERHANG, ROOF OVERHANG AND WALLS, HOLES IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
THE LAST, UH, IN REINSPECTION WAS MADE ON MARCH THE SIXTH OF 2023, AT WHICH TIME THERE WAS NO PROGRESS FOR EITHER OF THE UH, VIOLATIONS.
I ASK THAT THE BOARD FIND THIS PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT, 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS AND 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS, AND ASK THAT THE BOARD ORDER THE, UH, PROPERTY TO BE PROPERLY WEATHER PROTECTED.
THE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS BE REPAIRED AND THE EXTERIOR WALLS BE REPAIRED AS WELL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DOES BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? YES.
PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR.
HI, MY NAME'S UH, ROBERT CARDO AND, UH, 9 1 1 WEST MULBERRY IS MY, UH, RESIDENCE.
GO AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR CASE.
UH, WELL, I SAW THE WORD PUBLIC HEARING ON HERE.
I WOULD'VE HOPED THERE'D BE SOME KIND OF INTERMEDIATE STEP.
UM, I HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE PHOTOS YOU CAN SEE.
MY CAR WAS THERE PARKED IN FRONT AND THEY COULD HAVE RUN THE DOORBELL.
UH, THE HOUSE, UH, WAS BUILT IN 1923, SO IT'S A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
THIS, UH, YEAR, OBVIOUSLY OLDER HOUSES ARE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS AND I'VE, UH, ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CARE OF AS MANY AS I COULD, UH, ON MY OWN, NOT BEING A RICH MAN.
UH, I WORKED AT HOME DEPOT FOR MANY YEARS, BUT FOR THE PAST SIX, ALMOST SEVEN YEARS, UH, I LEFT THERE IN, UH, WELL ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER OF, UM, LAST YEAR.
UH, THAT'S ONE MONTH BEFORE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHOWED UP.
AND, UH, IT WAS A PRETTY, UM, BACKBREAKING JOB.
I I, I EXPECTED THAT WHEN I LEFT, I WOULD HAVE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I WAS, UH, ATTEMPTING TO FIND A, ANOTHER JOB THAT WAS LESS TIRING SINCE MOST OF MY WEEKENDS.
AND, UH, MY TIME OFF, UH, UH, WERE SPENT RECUPERATING.
I, UH, TOOK ORDERS FOR, UM, LOADED ORDERS FOR LIKE 80 POUND CONCRETE BAGS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT OBVIOUS, BUT, UH, THE WAY THE MANAGEMENT WORKED AROUND THERE IS THEY, THEY WOULD GIVE THE YOUNGER, STRONGER FOLKS THE CASHIER JOBS, THE EASY JOBS.
ME AND OTHERS, UH, THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS, UH, HEALTHY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHY THEY DID THAT, BUT, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I LEFT.
UM, ANYWAY, UH, I'M, SO, I'M PRESENTLY UNEMPLOYED.
UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SO STRESSFUL.
I, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE OFFICER SAID THERE WAS NO, UH, IF YOU SHOWED THE, CAN YOU BRING UP THE ONE OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AGAIN? THAT'S THE WORST PART THAT, UH, IT EMBARRASSES ME TO HAVE LOOKING AT THAT.
BUT I, I'VE, UH, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS.
I TRIED ABOUT, UH, 10 YEARS AGO, ANOTHER OFFICER, CO FOREMAN OFFICER CAME OVER AND, UH, LEMME KNOW THAT IT HAD TO OKAY THERE, UH, IF YOU COULD SEE THE UPPER PORTION THERE.
UH, I DID ALL THE WAY TO THE, THAT MIDDLE WINDOW.
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I PAINTED ALL THAT.CAN I TAKE A PICTURE HERE? YEAH.
UM, THIS, THE UPPER LEFT PORTION PRETTY MUCH LOOKED LIKE THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU COULD SEE LIKE, UH, PEELING PAINT.
SO THAT'S PROGRESS THAT I MADE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, THE PAINT THERE IS, I HAVEN'T, UH, GOTTEN ANY, UH, PROOF, BUT IT'S, I, I BELIEVE IT'S LEADED PAINT.
UH, LET'S, LIKE I SAID, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I GOT, UH, NOTICE TO PAINT THE HOUSE.
AND I WAS, I WAS THE CARETAKER FOR MY ELDERLY MOTHER THEN BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2015.
UM, SO I SCRAPED IT, UH, AND, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR PAINTING, IT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS.
UH, I STARTED GETTING, UM, UM, UH, IN FACT, I KIND OF STILL HAVE, UH, 'CAUSE SINCE I DID SOME SCRAPING YESTERDAY, UH, FOG, YOU KNOW, BRAIN FOG.
UH, I IGNORED IT THE LAST TIME AND I STARTED COUGHING UP BLOOD PRETTY MUCH, UH, WITHIN THAT, THAT WEEK.
SO IT'S, UH, I KNOW IT'S A DANGEROUS PROCESS.
I'M, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TIME TO DO.
I'M JUST ASKING FOR MORE TIME.
UM, I IMAGINE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE ME UP TO A YEAR AT THE PACE I GO.
I CAN, I CAN ONLY DO MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO, UH, A WEEK.
UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE A HEART CONDITION.
I JUST RECENTLY APPLIED FOR VA HEALTHCARE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I QUALIFIED, BUT I DO.
UH, I'M TRYING TO GET A, UH, AN APPOINTMENT SO I CAN GET A, MY HEART CHECKED SINCE I GET WINDED CLIMBING ONE FLIGHT OF STAIRS OR BRINGING IN GROCERIES FROM THE, FROM THE CAR TO THE, TO THE, TO THE HOUSE.
UH, IT DOESN'T TAKE, UH, SO I CAN WORK MAYBE ABOUT LIKE AN HOUR, AN HOUR OR TWO A DAY, UH, SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, UH, WHEN I'M NOT TRYING TO REPAIR SOMETHING INSIDE.
RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NO HOT WATER.
UM, OVER THE LAST FREEZE, I HAD SEVEN BREAKS.
I RECENTLY JUST HAD A, A HOT WATER LINE BREAK, AND ONE OF THE CEILINGS DOWNSTAIRS, I JUST WOKE UP AND THERE WAS A HOT WATER POURING DOWN ALL OVER THE, OVER THE FLOOR, UH, FLOOR.
SO I SHUT THE HOT WATER OFF AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO LIKE, UH, OPEN UP THE CEILING TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT IS.
UM, I, I'M FROM, I CAN, UH, PRETTY MUCH I'VE DONE ALL THE REPAIR WORK MYSELF.
I, IF YOU LOOK AT ALSO THE, UH, THE BACK AGAIN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE THAT SAME ONE YOU HAD BEFORE, I THINK.
UH, IF YOU LOOK UP THE, UH, THERE THAT'S BELOW THE CHIMNEY, UH, THE OVERHANG, SEE HOW IT'S, UH, THERE WERE ROTTED BOARDS THERE.
I REMOVED THOSE TO SEE IF I COULD, UH, UH, PUT SOME NEW BOARDS IN THERE.
UH, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED, TOOK THOSE OFF, I LOOKED STRAIGHT UP AND I COULD SEE DAYLIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF ABOVE THAT.
SO, UH, I TOOK THOSE BOARDS OFF AND I REALLY CAN'T, WELL, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO START PAINTING THAT, THAT PORTION UP THERE BEFORE I REPAIR THE ROOF.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, UH, DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FRONT AGAIN? OKAY.
THERE ABOVE, UH, BETWEEN THE TOP LEFT WINDOWS, UH, YOU CAN SEE A HOLE UP THE ROOF THERE.
UH, THAT ONE I NOTICED BEFORE AND I BOUGHT A, A LADDER.
UH, I, I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE A METER RIGHT HIT MY HOUSE AND I CAN GET UP THERE.
I'LL FETCH IT AND I'LL SELL IT.
I'LL MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR NEW, UH, FOR A NEW ROOF AND GET THE FOUNDATION FIXED.
UH, UNTIL I SAW A LITTLE HEAD POKING OUT OF THERE ONE DAY, IT WAS A RACCOON.
UH, SO DEMONSTRATED SAW IT WAS A RACCOON THAT TORE OPEN, OPENED THE TILES, GOT INTO THE, INTO THE, MY ATTIC, AND CAUSED THE HOLE IN THE BACK.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE WE'RE JUST UNDERNEATH THAT HOLE ON THE, ON THE UNDER HANG.
UH, WHEN THE RAIN GETS DOWN, IT STARTS TO ROT.
THOSE BOARDS, THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE BACK, THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IS HAPPENING TO THE FRONT.
AND I WAS ABLE TO, UH, AS TEMPORARILY JUST GET INTO THE ATTIC, I PUT A, A BIG FOAM WEDGE COVER THE PLASTIC TO TRY TO COVER AS MUCH OF THE HOLE AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE, UH, UNDER HANG BOARDS FROM, UH, ROTTING OUT UNTIL I CAN, UH, TAKE THE LADDER AND GET UP THERE, UH, AND FIX IT.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA TAKE ME TIME.
I'M NOT, THAT, I'M NOT AS FAST AS I USED TO BE.
I, I, I SAID I, I'M A LITTLE WORN OUT AFTER THAT, UH, JOB I HAD AT HOME DEPOT.
I, I THINK I'VE PRETTY MUCH RECOVERED FROM THAT.
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UH, I BELIEVE I HAVE A HEART CONDITION.UH, I WENT TO, UM, I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE I PICKED UP, I WAS PICKING UP A PACKAGE OR PICKING UP A BOX, AND, UH, IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY STRUCK ME IN THE CHEST HERE WITH THE, WITH THE FRONT EDGE OF A SHOVEL.
AND THEN I HAD ARM, ARM PAIN FOR, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THOSE COULD BE SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK.
AND I SAW A DOCTOR ABOUT THAT, AND HE, HE WANTED TO PRESCRIBE, UH, MUSCLE RELAXERS.
I LATER LEARNED THAT THAT COULD CAUSE A STROKE OR ANOTHER HEART ATTACK.
UM, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU, SIR.
BECAUSE I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND MAINTAIN ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, WE APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR HEALTH CONDITIONS, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, I'M SORRY IF I'VE SEEM UNPREPARED.
IT'S 'CAUSE I AM, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS WAS GONNA ENTAIL.
SO I, I PLAN TO, I NEED TO FIX THE HOLES IN THE ROOF FIRST.
UH, I'VE DONE A FEW PATCHING, UH, OVER THERE BY THE CHIMNEY IN THE, UH, ON THE, YOU SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT.
I DID SOME, UH, SOME TARP CEILING BEFORE.
UH, I THINK OF, UH, IN THE BACK.
I DID PUT SOME, UH, SOME, UH, TILES IN THE BACK, SOME ROOF TILES IN THE BACK, UH, HERE.
UH, NOW I ALSO RECENTLY, WHAT MIGHT HELP, UH, WITH ME IS MY, MY NEPHEW RECENTLY MOVED IN.
UH, HE'S, HE'S UNEMPLOYED, BUT, UH, HE DOES ODD JOBS TO MAKE MONEY.
AND HE TOLD ME HE WOULD HELP ME OUT.
UH, HOWEVER, I DON'T WANNA EXPOSE HIM TO, UH, UH, LETTER PAINT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT MYSELF.
UM, I'LL LET 'EM TAKE CARE OF THE LANDSCAPING PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NOTED THE FIRST TIME, I THINK IN OCTOBER, WAS THE, UM, BRUSH ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I NEED YOU TO PLEASE AND I, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT.
I NEED YOU TO FOCUS ON THE THREE ALLEGATIONS THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BROUGHT AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE, UH, MAKE A POINT THAT I DID TAKE CARE OF THAT, THAT PART OF IT BEFORE.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN OCTOBER, WAS THE BRUSH.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD IS NOT HERE FOR THE BRUSH.
IS HERE FOR THOSE, THOSE THREE VIOLATIONS THAT, UH, CODE, UH, THE OKAY.
PROTECTIVE TREATMENT, THE EXTERIOR WALLS, AND THE EXTENSION OVERHANG.
WELL, UH, AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, I DID DO A PORTION OF IT, UH, AS, AS AS AND AS RECENT AS YESTERDAY, I WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER, UH, ON THE BOTTOM PART.
THE LEFT LEFT PART OF THE BACK.
SO I GOT ANOTHER EIGHTH OF IT DONE.
UH, THERE AS FAR AS, UH, UH, SCRAPING PAINTING, THE SCRAPING IS NOT, UH, I MEAN, THE, THE PAINTING IS NOT A PROBLEM.
UH, I HATE THE, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S, UH, TIRING WORK.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY ANYBODY, UH, TO DO IT FOR ME.
AND, UH, I DON'T, I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO BE EXPOSED TO THAT DANGER.
IT'D HAVE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL WHO COULD DO IT, UH, WITH HAZMAT OR SOMETHING.
UH, SO I MEAN, ALL, ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS, IS TIME.
YOU KNOW, I, I I, I, I SUBMITTED A, AN APPEAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
I, I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THAT.
I, SO I, I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS GONNA BE OKAY THAT I COULD, I, I, I, I POINTED OUT THAT MY HEALTH PROBLEMS, I POINTED OUT THE, THAT I WAS OUT OF A JOB.
UH, AND I HAVE, UH, I HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE BANK, BUT, UH, THAT'S GOT, THAT'S GOTTA LAST ME UNTIL, WHAT, WHAT I'M FOUND OUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO IS, UH, UH, TO START DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY.
SO UNTIL I CAN DRAW, GET INCOME, LET ME, LET ME JUST ASK YOU A COUPLE OR SOME QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.
UH, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE THREE ISSUES THAT ARE THERE ON THE HOUSE.
THERE'S PROTECTIVE TREATMENT ISSUES, THE PAINT ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, THERE'S AN EXTERIOR WALL ISSUES.
IN OTHER WORDS, SIDING IS MISSING.
UH, AND THE OVERHANG NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
KNOWLEDGE, AND YOU DO HAVE MONEY TO DO THE, UH, SOME IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
UH, YOU ARE PRESENTLY UNEMPLOYED.
UH, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE THOSE THREE PRIMARY REPAIRS? UM, I WOULD HOPE TO MAYBE AT LEAST THE END OF THE YEAR I COULD HAVE IT ALL DONE.
SO YOU, YOU'RE ASKING FOR NINE MONTHS? UH, I HOPE I WOULD BASICALLY HOPE TO BE GENEROUS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GONNA BE GIVING, UH, IF I HAVE TO APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND START DRAWING CHECKS THERE, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'M GONNA HAVE ANY, UH,
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UH, ANY INCOME COMING IN.AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M, I'M JUST, UH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE DO ON WHAT I HAVE, UH, I HAVE 4,000 IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW.
2000 OF THAT IS GONNA GO FOR THE TAXES, UH, FOR THE SECOND HALF OF MY TAXES THAT ARE GONNA BE DUE AT THE END OF JUNE.
SO I'VE GOT $2,000 TO LIVE UNTIL THE, THE MONTH AFTER MY BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT'S GOTTA TAKE CARE OF UTILITIES, FOOD.
UH, SO I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SURVIVE ON THAT.
THOSE I'M THE SECOND FIND A JOB.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT, SIR? UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 0 1, UH, WEST MULBERRY AVENUE WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 3 0 4 0.230 4.630 4.9, AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC CODE.
UH, OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE'S 3 0 4 0.230 4.6, AND 3 0 4 0.9.
AND THAT REPAIRS BE COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS.
DO I HAVEAND MR. CHAIR? UM, BEFORE I'M GONNA, UH, I, I WOULD SAY ON SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS, GIVING SOMEONE SIX MONTHS, UM, WOULD BE THE SAME AS HOW MUCH WE GIVE PERSONS TO MAKE REPAIRS ON DANGEROUS STRUCTURES.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, UH, TOO MUCH TIME, UM, IN GIVING THEM, UH, DUE TO HIS, HIS SITUATION.
UM, AND I, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE TAKE THIS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UH, UH, I, I, I WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT SIX MONTHS IS GONNA BE TOO LONG TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.
UM, UH, SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD, UM, MAYBE COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON, ON HOW MUCH ON TIME WE WERE GIVING THEM TO MAKE THOSE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REPAIRS A RECOMMENDED TIME.
I THINK THE LONGEST WE'VE DONE IS, AND I'D, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT JUDY, I WANNA SAY 60 TO 90 DAYS.
UH, SO I PROPOSAL FOR 90 DAYS WITH PROGRESS REPORTS AND POTENTIAL FOR EXTENSION BASED ON EXTERIOR, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, AND I, I, I DO HEAR, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION IN ANY WAY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE CITY AND, AND THE OWNER ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMMUNICATING AS WELL AS THEY COULD.
UM, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UM, UM, PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST, UH, THE OWNER IN GETTING SOME OF THAT.
SO MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY, ANY ORDER THAT THIS BOARD IS CONSIDERING.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS 90 DAYS, YOU ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION? YES.
WITH PROGRESS REPORTS, UM, PROGRESS REPORTS EVERY 30 DAYS.
UM, AND, UM, ALSO FOR, UM, CONNECTION WITH SERVICES AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? I SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAYYY MOTION CARRIES 90 DAY REPAIR.
MOVING TO ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, THERE'S ONE THAT, UH, I INTERRUPTED MS. BROWN ON, AND THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
UH, ONE IS ON PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
UH, HOW, HOW CAN WE HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY PRESENTED THAT'S OWNED BY, UH, CITY SERVICE? UH, AND THE ANSWER WAS WE DON'T KNOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH I INTERRUPTED HER.
YOU STILL HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO POTENTIALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE WARRANTY DEEDED, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, THE DP OFFICER JOSHUA MARTINEZ DID TALK TO THE OWNERS OR THE, I, I GUESS THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY.
NOW IT LOOKS TO BE, THERE'S A STRIP, LIKE POSSIBLY A RIGHT
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OF WAY.IT'S NOT THE, AS BEST AS I CAN READ FROM THE WARRANTIES.
IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, BUT A STRIP OF THE PROPERTY, EITHER THE BACK RIGHT OF WAY OF THE PROPERTY OR THE SIDE, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A CORNER PROPERTY.
SO I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOMETHING ENTERED INTO, WITH C P S, NOT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT HAVE ANY, ANY CONTAINMENT OF THIS PROPERTY OR ANY OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY.
BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN CP CITY PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO BASICALLY IT'S PROBABLY THE, THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE EASEMENT DEED YES.
AS OPPOSED TO THE PROPERTY DEEDED.
YES, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I, IT'S, IT'S CONSIDERED A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY, BUT IT, IT DOES NOT CONVEY THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
IT IS NOT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY THAT IT IS CONVEYING.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MS. BROWN? NO, NO, NOT COMPLETELY.
LET, LET ME, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THEN.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, THAT YOU ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY OWN THE PROPERTY AND THE UTILITY HAS A RIGHT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROPERTY FOR WHATEVER THEIR EASEMENTS THERE, THERE'S A SECOND DEEDED THAT'S ACTUALLY ISSUED FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY HOLD THAT EASEMENT.
IT'S A DEEDED OF EASEMENT AS OPPOSED TO DEEDED FOR THE PROPERTY.
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE DEEDED OF PROPERTY, NOT THE DEEDED OF EASEMENT.
HOWEVER, CAD DOES HAVE IT LISTED EXACTLY THE WAY THEY SHOWED IT, THAT THE, UH, DEEDED OF EASEMENT.
YEAH, IT WAS IN, IT WAS THE EASEMENT.
UH, SO THE, THE, THE EASEMENT IS A, A RIGHT TO USE.
IT DOES NOT GIVE THEM THE TOTAL OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND THE BUILDING THAT SETS ON THE PROPERTY, UH, IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, NOT THE EASEMENT, BECAUSE THEY ONLY OWN THE RIGHT TO USE, NOT THE RIGHT OF THE LAND.
BUT THE, THE WAY, I GUESS THE WAY IT'S, IT'S IS LISTED HERE IS SHOWING IT LIKE YEAH, LIKE THE, THE C P S IS THE OWNER, PHYSICAL OWNER.
I DID GO BACK TO BARE APPRAISAL, AND BARE APPRAISAL IS STILL SHOWING THE ZAMARRIPA AS THE OWNER, BUT IT DOES STILL SHOW THAT WHAT I DIDN'T, WHAT I FOUND ALSO INTERESTING 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN IT WORDED LIKE THAT EITHER BEFORE.
I DIDN'T SEE A, A VOLUME OR A SECTION, BUT WE DID HAVE A COPY OF THE DEEDED THAT THEY, THE PIECE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY BOUGHT OR THAT THEY'VE, THEY CONVEYED.
SO IT IS JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF IT, BUT IT IS, IT'S A, IT'S A INTERESTING WAY THAT IT WAS DOCUMENTED.
THEY WERE, OUR STAFF DID NOTIFY C P S.
THERE WAS CONTACT MADE BY C P S AS WELL JUST NOTIFYING THAT THEY WERE, UH, NOTIFIED.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I BELIEVE WE, WE MADE ALL PROPER NOTIFICATIONS AS FAR AS FOR THE ORDER.
AND AS FAR AS FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY WE, WE DO HAVE OUR BASES COVERED ON THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE IS A PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A, A PROPERTY THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THAT ATTORNEY, UH, WE NEED TO TRY TO PUT THAT POS THAT PROPERTY OWNED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE HAVING AN ATTORNEY SET HERE AT ATTORNEY RATES, THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT.
THE REASON THAT 1, 2, 3 JUANITO WENT FIRST IS 'CAUSE THAT PROPERTY WAS A UNIQUE ONE IN THE SENSE THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, THE DART UNIT.
DID AN INSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT PROP, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE DART UNIT HAD EVER COME TO A PROPERTY THAT TURNED INTO AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
UM, HE FILED THE, THE LENDER FILED THE T R O.
SO, UM, DUE TO THAT FACT WE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION AND THE PROPERTY NEEDED TO COME HERE, UM, THE LENDER'S ATTORNEY WAS, UM, THREATENING TO FILE SOME STUFF.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED THE PROPERTY TO COME FIRST, BECAUSE AS SOON AS THAT LENDER STARTED TO STAND UP AND SPEAK, HIS ATTORNEY DIDN'T HAVE STANDING TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT ON ANY T R O I YIELD TO YOUR PRIORITIES.
I DO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
THERE, THERE WAS JUST THE, THERE WAS A RHYME, UM, TO THE REASON, OR DID I SAY THAT WRONG? THERE'S A REASON TO THE RHYME.
THERE'S A REASON TO THE RHYME.
ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT THE BOARD HAS TO BRING FORWARD AT THIS TIME? I HAVE ONE.
SO, UM, WE HAD ONE THAT WAS JUST LEAVING YOU LET 'EM KNOW THAT THEY COULD DEMO THE PROPERTY POSSIBLY, BUT WHEN A PROPERTY IS IN DEMOLITION, THEY CAN'T PULL PERMITS.
SO THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING COMMENT.
SO YOU CAN'T TELL THEM WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMO THE PROPERTY WITHIN THOSE 30 DAYS.
SO WE CAN'T PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
AND HOW, HOW DO WE RESOLVE THAT ISSUE? NELSON KEEPS HIS MOUTH SHUT.
IT'S A, IT'S NOT A WRONG OR RIGHT ANSWER ON ACTUALLY, THERE, THERE ARE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, IF WE GET A CALL, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE HOLDS ON THOSE PERMITS, AND IF THE,
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THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR HAS NOT YET PULLED THEIR PERMITS, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE.WE WILL RELEASE A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
IT IS IN SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT MAY NOT OCCUR IF THEY DON'T BRING THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL EVEN APPROVALS TO GET THAT DEMOLITION PERMIT, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STEPS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE, UH, ABILITY TO DO THAT DEMOLITION AND NOT JUST PULL THE PERMIT AND THEN SIT ON THE PERMIT BECAUSE, YEAH.
SO IN MOST, IN MOST INSTANCES, WE WILL WORK WITH THE OWNER IF THEY DO COME WITH EVERYTHING READY TO DO SO, AND CHAIR WILL BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT IT THAN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, REALLY CHAIR