* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? GOOD MORNING AGAIN. MY NAME IS MS. BROWN. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE PANEL OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. TODAY. YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM PANEL A AND UH, MR. GUPTA. I'LL, UH, SECOND, UH, CHAIR, I'M SORRY, OUR ASSISTANT CHAIR. HE IS GOING TO READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT, MS. BROWN. I'M SORRY. UM, THE TIME IS, UM, NINE 30. EVERYBODY'S READY? OH, YEAH. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. OKAY. I NEED, HEY, QUORUM IS PRESENT. UH, NO, NO, NO. . OKAY. WE NEED A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. ROLL CALL. JESSE ZUNIGA. HERE. ROBERT TAPIA. PRESENT MS. BROWN. HERE. DAVID GARZA. CHERISE GUPTE. HERE, ANNE WEINER. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AMIN TAMMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY CRUM, B S B LIAISON, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO, AND MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST. ONE CHAIR, AORM PRESENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATION FIRST. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE NIA. I'M ONE OF THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS. . YES, YOUR HONOR. I MEAN, YOUR HONOR, IMMIGRATION COURT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW, MR. GUPTA, COULD YOU READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT FOR US, PLEASE? OKAY. THE COURTROOM IS PRESENT. 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 ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICE FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS UNDERSTANDING, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENT AS ADVICE IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENT PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIE HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS YOUR DIS DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT OFFICER. SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR, DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND, REQUEST A AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE CON ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK. YOU, YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 S SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT [00:05:01] OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LEONARD OR DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT CODE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNTIL CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 3 6. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, UM, [ Approval of Minutes  ] APPROVAL OF MINUTES. DID EVERYBODY RECEIVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM THE PAST MEETING? YES. THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA MO UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND AS WRITTEN. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE. OKAY. I THINK I, AYE. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THAT. AND, UM, NEXT WE HAVE, [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] OH, WE HAVE STAFF REPORTS. MS. JENNY, GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT. I DO HAVE SOME ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF ITEMS WE'LL BE PULLING FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. IF I MAY CONTINUE. YES, PLEASE. SO WE WILL BE PULLING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. NUMBER NINE, UH, IT'S AN SS A P M C CASE, SIX 15 GREEN VALLEY ROAD. THERE IS A NEW OWNER THAT IS RECENTLY, UM, TAKEN OVER THAT PROPERTY AND WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD AND WORKING WITH THAT NEW OWNER. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A DANGEROUS PREMISE. THERE IS A NEW OWNER FOR THAT PROPERTY AS WELL, AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THAT OWNER. BOTH OWNERS ARE START, HAVE COME FORWARD AND HAVE STARTED TAKING IMMEDIATE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. NEXT ITEM IS A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT, PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED AT 7 27 MORNING VIEW STREET IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, VOLUNTARILY SIGNED, UM, A HOLD HARMLESS ON MARCH 30TH, 2023 AND AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 59, SECTION FIVE. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT ITEMS WE'LL BE READING INTO THE RECORD ARE EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS. WE DO HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THOSE AS WELL. THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 10 11 WEST SUMMIT IN CANCELED DISTRICT ONE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH 29TH, 2023 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 23RD, 2023. UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THIS IS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE ONLY. NEXT LOCATION, 54 0 7 GWEN LEE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH THE FIRST OF 2023 DUE TO LONG-TERM DETERIORATION. IT WAS OBSERVED AND REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT, ITEM FIVE 19 WEST HIGHLAND BOULEVARD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH THE SEVENTH OF 2023 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT PROPERTY, 8 29 CATON AVENUE WAS DEMOLISHED. UH, THIS WAS IN DISTRICT THREE, WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE THAT DID OCCUR ON MARCH 24TH. UH, I'M [00:10:01] SORRY, IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON MARCH 24TH DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON MARCH THE 19TH OF 2023. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT 1, 21 0 1 MONTEREY STREET IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT FIVE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH THE 28TH OF 2023 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 21ST, 2023. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. AND THE LAST 1, 40 26 BRIARCREST STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON, UM, WAS DEMOLISHED ON MARCH 28TH, 2023 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON MARCH 22ND, 2023. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORTS IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. SO MUCH DAMAGE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, UNFORTUNATELY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE WILL BEGIN OUR INDIVIDUAL CASE PRESENTATIONS AND WE WILL START WITH, UH, 1 26 CARTER STREET. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ELISA VALDES, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 26 CARTER WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THIS CASE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED, UM, FROM MARCH 9TH, 2023 AT THE REQUEST OF THE OWNER. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C V 28 0 7, BLOCK THREE LOT, 2 37 0.5 FEET OF NORTH 80.8 FEET OF SEVEN LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS UH, NITA PEREZ, M LIVING IN STATE FOR GONZALEZ HECTOR, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 26 CARTER IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE OWNER AND THE OWNER'S SON, MR. GONZALEZ, IN PERSON ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2021 HERE AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE OWNER SIGNED FOR SIGNED A NINE MONTH HARDSHIP APPLICATION AND A PREVIOUS V CONFERENCE LETTER WERE PROVIDED. BOTH AGREED TO REMOVE THE REAR SECTION, WHICH WAS IS COLLAPSING. ALSO AGREED TO REPAIR THE FRONT SECTION. THE OWNER WILL, THE OWNER, UM, WILL REPAIR ANYTHING ELSE, UH, THAT MAY BE A MAJOR HAZARD OR ISSUE WITH THE STRUCTURE. THE OWNER WAS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN A PARTIAL DEMOLITION PERMIT AND GENERAL REPAIR PERMITS AT THAT TIME. THE NOTICE OF OB OF HISTORIC ION HAS CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 26 CARTER WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 14TH, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 14TH, 2021 BY CERTIFIED RECEIPT ON MARCH 23RD, 2023. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTPONED AT 1 26 CARTER ON MARCH 23RD, 2023. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND A RETURN UNCLAIMED. NO SCOPE OF WORKER, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON FILE. THE PHOTOS FOR, UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 3RD, 2020 THIRD. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. NEXT, PLEASE. HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK TO THAT FRONT PORCH, THAT FRONT SECTION, UH, THE ATTACHMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE UM, WALLS ARE ACTUALLY ATTACHING, UH, FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. NEXT, PLEASE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURES. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ISSUES TO THE SIDING AND, UM, THE BOTTOM PLATE AS WELL. THE BOTTOM SECTIONS ARE ROTTED. NEXT, THIS IS TOWARDS A SIDE ELEVATION AS WELL, THE OPPOSITE SIDE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY FALLING OFF. THE FOUNDATION IS ACTUALLY LEANING, UH, TOWARDS ON THE, UH, FENCE. AND, UM, IT'S NOW ON TOP OF THE PROPERTY LINE ITSELF. [00:15:02] NEXT SIDE ELEVATION TOWARDS THE REAR, THE OPPOSITE SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS DETERIORATION THROUGHOUT, UH, WHERE THE ADDITION MEETS ON THE LEFT SIDE. UH, THE ADDITION MEETS, UH, TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THAT SECTION IS ACTUALLY SEPARATED. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SLIGHT SEPARATION ON THESE PHOTOS, AND THE TOP SECTION HAS ROTTED WOOD. NEXT, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE STRUCTURES. YOU CAN SEE SIGHTINGS ARE SO DETACHING. THERE ARE SECTIONS THAT ARE ROTTED. NEXT, I WANTED TO, UH, TAKE, UH, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. UM, THIS IS, UH, POST BEAM FOUNDATION ON THIS SECTION. UM, THERE'S NO BEAM RESTING ON TOP OF THAT, UH, POST, UM, THAT HAS ACTUALLY COLLAPSED. NEXT, PLEASE. UM, THE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE AT THE BOTTOM SECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE BEAMS ARE ON GRADE AND ROTTED. NEXT, THIS IS GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, THE FLOORBOARDS. THIS IS THE, UM, THE WALKING SURFACE. UM, THAT SECTION IS ACTUALLY ROTTED. UH, THERE ARE HOLES, UM, THROUGHOUT, AND IT'S PRETTY WOR THE, THE ENTIRE SECTION. NEXT, GOING INTO THE, THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, I COULDN'T REALLY PUT A LEVEL ON THE FLOOR, UM, TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE, UM, HOW, HOW THE FOUNDATION IS ACTUALLY, UH, UNLEVELED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF, UM, ITEMS WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, SO I DID THE BEST I COULD ON TAKING SOME OF THE PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU. UM, NEXT, PLEASE. THIS IS THE CEILING SECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE AND THERE ARE ROTTED, UM, OF WOODEN ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE, NOT JUST IN THE CEILING. NEXT, PLEASE. UM, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO TELL, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO EXPLAIN IT. THIS IS THE CEILING. UM, AND THIS SECTION MEETS ANOTHER, UH, ROOM OR THE LIVING ROOM. UM, AS YOU GO INTO THAT PORTION, UH, WHERE THE ADDITION, THIS WAS ALSO AN ADDITION MADE, UM, WHERE YOU GO INTO THAT PORTION. THE, THAT SECTION HAS ACTUALLY DETACHED, UH, FROM THE ROOM ITSELF, FROM FROM THE MAIN ROOM. UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THIS, UH, BEAM UP AT THE TOP THAT IS SEPARATED. NEXT, PLEASE. UH, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE LIVING ROOM. AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE, UH, SHEET ROCK, UM, HAS COLLAPSED, UH, DUE TO WATER DAMAGE AND MOVEMENT. NEXT, PLEASE, ANOTHER SECTION AS WELL. ALL OF THIS SECTION IS ROTTED, HAS WATER DAMAGE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE. WHY NEXT, PLEASE. UM, THIS SECTION IS THE PORTION THAT I MENTIONED THAT HAS DETACHED OR THE ROOM THAT HAS DETACHED FROM THE MAIN LIVING ROOM. UM, THERE'S ABOUT A FOOT SEPARATION IN THIS SECTION, AND IT ACTUALLY, THERE'S A DROP ABOUT A, I WOULD SAY 12 TO 12 INCHES, UH, DROP FROM, UM, THE LIVING ROOM AREA. NEXT, PLEASE. UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THAT SEPARATION FROM THAT ADDITION. NEXT. THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE ROOF SECTION FROM THE ADDITION THAT WAS MADE UP AT THE FRONT THAT USED TO LOOK LIKE IT, IT USED TO BE A PORCH AT SOME POINT. UH, IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE ROOF SECTION, UM, THE LIGHT THAT YOU SEE IS WHERE THE ACTUAL, UM, ROOF IS SEPARATING. UM, AND THAT IS AT THE RIDGE BOARD. SO THE RIDGE BOARD IS ACTUALLY SEPARATED AND THERE IS A LARGE GAP IN THE ROOF SECTION, AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE WATER'S COMING IN AS WELL. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY HAZARDOUS 'CAUSE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS ACTUALLY SPLIT IT IN HALF, PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE SUPPRESSION OF THE BEAM IS NO LONGER. UH, THE ROOF IS NO LONGER BEING ATTACHED. NEXT, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THAT TOP SECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S LARGE HOLES ON THE ROOF. NEXT, UH, I'M SORRY, GO BACK ONE PLEASE. UM, IF YOU SEE THE BOTTOM MY RIGHT CORNER, UH, THERE'S LIGHT COMING THROUGH. UM, THERE IS ABOUT A FIVE INCH GAP WHERE, AGAIN, THERE ON THE WALL ITSELF WHERE THE WALLS MEET, UM, THERE'S A LARGE GAP ALSO WHERE THAT PORTION IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THE ROOF, IT'S THE FRONT SECTION OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL. NEXT, PLEASE. THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, GOING INTO THE, UH, REAR ROOM OF, UM, THE MAIN, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. NEXT. AS YOU CAN SEE, I COULDN'T, UM, REALLY WALK IN TO TAKE [00:20:01] PROPER PHOTOS. I DID THE BEST THAT I COULD. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, UM, ITEMS WITHIN THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE AND THERE'S NO FLOORBOARDS. THE FLOORBOARDS ARE COMPLETELY ROTTED, SO IT WAS PRETTY HAZARDOUS TO GO IN THERE. NEXT, PLEASE. UM, SO LOOKING AT THE TOP, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ROTTED WOOD ON THE, UH, ROOF AND, UM, IT'S LARGE, LARGE HOLE, BUT NOT JUST ON THE ROOF. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WALLS ARE ALSO DETACHING. THIS IS A SECTION ON THE LEFT SIDE. THAT WALL IS A SECTION THAT IS SITTING ON TOP OF THE PROPERTY LINE WHERE THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT TO THE FOUNDATION OR WHERE THE STRUCTURE FELL OFF THE FOUNDATION. SO THAT SECTION IS ACTUALLY DETACHING AND IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT, IT MAY COLLAPSE INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. NEXT, PLEASE. JUST A CLOSER LOOK OF THAT, UH, ROTTED, UM, ROOF. NEXT, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERIOR. THIS IS WHY I COULDN'T REALLY GO IN. UM, THIS IS THE ADDITION THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT, UH, TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO. MY RIGHT, UH, LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE, THE LIGHT THAT YOU SEE IS WHERE THERE IS SEPARATION OR, OR THIS ADDITION IS, UH, SEPARATING FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE. SO THAT SECTION IS ALSO ALSO SEPARATED AND COLLAPSING. NEXT, PLEASE. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN DETERIORATED CONDITION. THE STRUCTURE HAS ISSUES THROUGH ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE HOME, ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION. THAT GABLE GABLE ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF SYSTEM HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION AND IS WORN. THERE ARE SIGNS OF WATER LEAKS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIRS. ALL, ALL EXTERIOR WOODEN MEMBERS ARE DAMAGED AND ARE LACKING WEATHERPROOFING. THE WOOD AND SIDING IS ROTTED AND DETERIORATED. THE STRUCTURAL LACKS, WEATHERPROOFING AND ROTTED SECTIONS AT THE REAR ARE NOTICEABLE. THE FRONT PORCH HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION AND WOODEN MEMBERS ARE ROTTED. THE PORTION STEPS ARE A HAZARD TO WALK ON. THE FOUNDATION APPEARS TO BE A PEER AND BEAM FOUNDATION AT ONE SECTION. UH, AND, UH, IN THE ADDITION, UM, THERE'S A SLIGHT SECTION OF CONCRETE. THIS IS A, A NOTABLE, UH, THIS IS NOTABLE AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS AREA IS NOW SITTING ON THE PROPERTY LINE. AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, I WAS UNABLE TO DO A FULL INTERIOR INSPECTION DUE TO THE NUMBER OF STORED ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT IN EACH COMPONENT OF THE WALKING SURFACE OF THE HOME AND THE CONDITION OF THE FOUNDATION DUE TO THE DEBRIS AND STORE ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE HAS DAMAGED ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING ISSUES DUE TO WATER DAMAGE AND LONG-TERM ITERATION. THE DRYWALL HAS COLLAPSED IN SEVERAL SECTIONS DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. TO RECAP THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 26, CARTER IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THE SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OR DLA OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE, A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS SIMULATION. THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 26 CARTER. DOES THE AWARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION, MR. ZUNIGA? UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS READING THE REPORT HERE FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR YOUR COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE. NOW, ARE THE UTILITIES ON, THERE'S NO UTILITIES ON, BUT THE SERVICES ARE STILL CONNECTED? THEY'RE STILL CONNECTED. THEY'RE NOT ON, OKAY. THEY'RE STILL LIVE WIRE, ET CETERA, ON ELECTRICAL FROM THE POLE. YES. OKAY. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU, UH, THAT THE D S D GAVE THEM TWO, UH, WHAT CALL COMPASSIONATE OR INTEREST FOR THEM? YES. SO LET ME, LET ME EXPLAIN. SO WE MET IN 2021. UM, AT THE TIME THEY SIGNED A WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT, I'M SORRY, UM, A HARDSHIP, PARDON ME. THEY SIGNED THE HARDSHIP. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER, 'CAUSE THEY CLAIM THAT IF THEY WERE TO REPAIR IT, THAT THEY WOULD MOVE IN AND USE IT AS A HOMESTEAD. SO WE EXTENDED THE TIME, OUR USUAL 30 DAY TO 120 DAYS. WE EXTENDED THE TIME TO NINE MONTHS FOR THEM TO WORK ON THE PROPERTY, DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, UM, THAT FILLED THROUGH. UM, SO THEN WE MADE ANOTHER AGREEMENT FOR A PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THE REAR STRUCTURE THAT IS ALREADY [00:25:01] COLLAPSING AND THEN REPAIRS TO THE MAIN. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM TIME AND ENOUGH AND TRY TO WORK WITH THEM SO THEY COULD DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO SALVAGE OR SAVE THEIR HOME. UM, THAT FELL THROUGH. UM, SO THEN, UH, THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH A POSSIBLE HO HARMLESSNESS AGREEMENT. SO THERE WAS A MEETING AT THE OFFICE FOR THEM TO SIGN IT. THEY DID NOT AGREE, UM, TO THE WHOLE HARM MIS AGREEMENT. SO THAT FELL THROUGH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. SO IT WAS ONLY ONE TIME HARDSHIP, BUT TWICE. IT WAS TECHNICALLY TWICE. OKAY. YEAH. YES. SEEING HERE, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. OKAY. AND, UH, IS IT, UH, SECURED OR THEY'RE STILL LIVING THERE? YES. NO, IT'S SECURED AND IT'S VACANT. IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IT'S VACANT? YES. OKAY. SO THE ALLEGED WLA SAYING ARE HERE TO HEAR WHAT THE DECISION MIGHT BE. I'M SURE THEY'RE HERE TO, TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD. OKAY. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR FIRST PERSON, UH, TO SIGN UP WAS, IS IT HECTOR GONZALEZ? YES, MA'AM. HECTOR GONZALEZ. PLEASE STEP OVER TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ACTING GONZALEZ 1 26 CARTER. OKAY. AND STATE YOUR CASE PLEASE. WELL, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A CASE. UH, WE'RE HOPING TO, LIKE, SHE SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, TO FIX THIS, AND I KNOW THEY GAVE US ENOUGH TIME. THE THING IS MY MOM'S CHECK GOT TAKEN AND THEN ME, I'M A SEASONAL WORKER, SO WE HAD, AT THE TIME WE HAD SOME FINANCES AND THEN MY MOM GOT SICK. SHE GOT BLIND FROM ONE EYE. AND BECAUSE OF THESE HOMES THAT WE HAVE, THE, HER CHECK GOT TAKEN FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND HER BENEFIT, UH, FOR, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT WE WANT TO HEAR IS ABOUT THE PROPERTY. OKAY. YEAH. UH, WELL, OKAY THEN, UM, I WANTED TO AGREE UP ON THE DEMOLITION, BUT I NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA, UH, COST TO DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. YOU'LL HAVE TO GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. WELL, I GUESS THAT S**T, SINCE EVERYTHING ELSE DOESN'T MATTER. OKAY. YEAH. UH, YOU WERE, UH, WHEN YOU WOULD SEND THE LETTER, UH, THERE'S ONE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. OKAY. YOUR SCOPE OF WORK ON IT OR YOUR FINANCIAL LABEL. UH, AND THE CASE WHERE YOU'RE MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT IS FOR THE CITY TO DEMOLISH IT, UH, IS, OR FOR YOU TO GET SOMEBODY TO DEMOLISH IT. IT, IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR COURT OFFICE AND MATTER. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY OR IF YOU WANT TO DEMOLISH, LIKE YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT, MAYBE, UH, YOU CAN TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT IT AND, AND WHATEVER. WE DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT WE CAN DIRECT YOU IN WITH YOUR, UH, THAT'S FINE. HOLD OFFICE. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON TO SPEAK ON THE CASE. TRINIDAD PERES. THAT'S MY MOTHER. THAT'S, OH, OKAY. SO NOBODY, NOBODY ELSE? NO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. COULD WE, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE? I DON'T HAVE THE TWO PEOPLE, BUT, OKAY. COULD WE GET A, UM, A MOTION? A MOTION PLEASE. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TOPPING. UM, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 2 6 CARTER SAN ANTONIO. 7 8 2 0 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND, UH, SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. AND WE THEN WE NEED THE UTILITIES. CUT. SECOND. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR A 30 DAY DEMO. DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. ZUNIGA. AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. [00:30:01] GUPTA? ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, NO DISCUSSION. COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? JESSE ZUNIGA. I CONCUR. ONE THE FINE OF FACT. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. CHERISE GUPTE AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE. FOUR TO ZERO. OUR NEXT CASE IS, UM, 11 20 11 66 FITCH STREET. GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSHUA G ENTENTES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1166 FITCH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD IS THIS CASE IS, UH, BEING HEARD BY THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 8 5 5 6 BLOCK 22 LOT 52, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS EDWARD RIVERA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1166 FITCH STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 11 1 5 1 0. ALL NOTICES OF A HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. ARMANDO RIVERA, WHO IS THE BROTHER AND POWER OF ATTORNEY OF EDWARD RIVERA. UM, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MR. EDWARD RIVERA ON MANY OCCASIONS. UM, HE WAS UNCOOPERATIVE ON ALL, ALL THE CASES, ALL EVERY TIME I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM. UM, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 1ST, 2023. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THIS IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1166 FITCH WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 3RD, 2022. OUR, UH, ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 4TH, 2022, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON MARCH 23RD, 2023. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 2 3, NANCY, UH, ON THREE 20 ON MARCH 23RD, 2023. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER, AND A RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR PROOF OF FINANCIAL, UH, UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL HAS BEEN PROVIDED. UH, ALSO THERE'S NO PERMITS ON FILE. UM, THE, THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS SECURING WAS CLEAN, UM, WITH THE TOTAL COST OF, OF ABOUT 5,000. UH, $57 WAS ON, IT WAS IN MAR IT WAS IN FEBRUARY. UM, THEY DO HAVE LIENS THERE. WAST, UH, SEVERAL CLEANUPS BEFORE THAT, UH, WITH THE TOTAL LIENS OF FROM THE CITY WAS A $7,157 CLEANUPS. THIS IS THE FRONT, UH, THIS IS THE FRONT, UH, VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AT 1166 FITCH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS IN FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE A MIX OF WOOD, PLANKING, HARDY PLANK, UM, THAT ARE DETERIORATED, BROKEN AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BLACK TARP RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE, UH, GOING TOWARDS THE RIGHT VIEW OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. UM, THE SKIRTING IS ACTUALLY PLASTIC COVERING FROM SIGNS OR WHATEVER HE DID TO COVER THE, THE FOUNDATION. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD PLANKING IS NOT, NOT WEATHERPROOFED, UM, DETERIORATED. AS YOU CAN SEE THE SOFFITS ON TOP, THEY'RE, UH, DETERIORATING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ROOF SHINGLES ARE HANGING, UM, THOUGH SOME OF THE WINDOW FRAMES AROUND THE STRUCTURE ARE BROKEN. UM, AND THE OWNER IS ALLOWING VAGRANTS TO STAY IN THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE AND INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU WILL SEE AS WE GO FORWARD WITH PICTURES. NEXT PHOTO. UM, THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE DETERIORATION TO THE OVERHANG. UM, JUST TRASH AND DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. UH, SO THERE WAS REPORTS OF FIRES FROM NEIGHBORS AT THE PROPERTY. I COULD NOT LOCATE ANY FIRE REPORTS, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE, UH, HOLE IN THE WALL IS FOR THE AC UNIT. THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE AS WE GO INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. THERE WILL BE IN THE FRONT STRUCTURE, THERE IS SIGNS OF SMOKE DAMAGE, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE FROM THEIR BURNING STUFF. THEY'RE BURNING, THEY'RE BURNING UP. THERE WAS A, UM, A [00:35:01] BARREL IN THERE, A FIRE BARREL TO KEEP, UH, WHICH I'M THINKING JUST TO KEEP WARM. BUT AS YOU SEE THE BOTTOM, UH, MIDDLE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE BEAMS ARE EXPOSED. UM, THE STRUCTURE DOES HAVE FOUNDATION ISSUES. UH, SOME OF THE, UH, POSTS ARE ROTTED. THEY'RE CEDAR POSTS ARE ROTTED AND DETERIORATED. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE, THE BEAMS ARE STARTING TO SEPARATE. UM, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO GET WEATHERED DUE TO NOT BEING WEATHER PROTECTED. NEXT PHOTO. UM, THIS IS THE BACK STRUCTURE AS YOU, THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK. THIS IS AN ATTACHMENT THAT WAS POORLY MADE. AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE, THE, UH, THE WOOD, THE WOOD, THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE DETACHING. THEY'RE JUST LEANING ON THE STRUCTURE, PROTECTING FROM THE ELEMENTS. UM, THE WOOD, THEY'RE JUST WOOD MEMBERS EVERYWHERE. JUST TRYING. IT WAS, IT WAS POORLY MADE. IT WAS IT, UH, IT COULD COLLAPSE. NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS, UM, GRAFFITI. UM, YOU CAN SEE MORE GRAFFITI TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. UH, THIS WALL RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY NAILED TO THE, TO THE ATTACHMENT. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, LEFT HAND SIDE, SORRY. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE, JUST A MAKESHIFT, UH, ATTACHMENT. THEY'RE JUST PUTTING MORE ROOMS IN THERE SO THEY CAN PUT, UM, VAGRANTS IN THERE. NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS A CLOSER PICTURE OF THE POST. YOU CAN SEE THE POST IS, UH, NOT STRAIGHT. IT'S STARTING TO LEAN. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BEANS ARE ROTTED. UM, JUST NOT WEATHERPROOFED. UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, UH, ASBESTOS SIDING, SORRY, HARDY PLANK SIDING IS STARTING TO, UH, BREAK OFF DETERIORATE. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE, THE MAKESHIFT, UH, ATTACHMENT. UM, IT'S JUST WHATEVER THEY COULD TO MAKE THIS ATTACHMENT. I FOUND PLYWOOD, I FOUND, UM, CARDBOARD INSIDE, UH, WHATEVER THEY COULD JUST TO GET BEDS IN THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY. NEXT PHOTO AT, UH, THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE INTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR IS, UH, THE SUBFLOOR IS DETERIORATED. UM, IT'S JUST FROM WATER DAMAGE. THEY PUT A CARPET THERE BECAUSE RIGHT THERE IS ACTUALLY, UM, THE, THE FLOOR IS VERY SOFT AND SPONGY. NEXT PHOTO. UM, THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S JUST TRASH AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. BIKES. UM, NEXT PHOTO. SO THIS IS WHAT I MEANT THAT, UH, THERE WAS A POSSIBLY A FIRE HERE AT THIS PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE SHEET ROCK. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXPOSED WIRING. I DO WANNA MAKE MENTION THAT THERE IS NO POWER AND NO WATER CONNECTION AT THE PROPERTY. UM, SO THERE THE, NONE OF THE WIRES ARE LIVE. IT'S DISCONNECTED FROM THE POLE. UM, SO, UH, OH, I'M SORRY. I'M, I'M, I'M MAKING A CORRECT STATEMENT THERE. THERE'S NO POWER. THE METER IS THERE, BUT THERE IS NO POWER TO THE PROPERTY. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WINDOWS ARE COVERED WITH TARP. UM, BACK THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A BOARD HOLDING UP A WINDOW FRAME RIGHT THERE, A, A PIECE OF THE WALL. NEXT PHOTO, UH, BROKEN SHEET ROCK. YOU CAN SEE MORE SMOKE DAMAGE. UM, THE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DECKING IS DETERIORATED. SOME OF THE, THE CEILING JOS. NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS THE FLOOR. SO, UM, AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE, THE, THE FLOOR IS VERY SOFT, UM, VERY UNEVEN WHEN, UH, WHEN THE OFFICERS WERE, WERE STEPPING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE FLOOR. UM, THERE WAS JUST LOUD CRACKING THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS THAT WE FOUND A FEW VAGRANTS STAYING IN. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK IS BROKEN. YOU CAN SEE GRAFFITI ON THE WALL. UM, NEXT PHOTO, JUST MORE BIKES. UM, MORE OF THE, THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK. UM, THE OWNER. SO, SO FROM WHAT WE'RE TOLD, WHAT, WHAT THEY TOLD S A P D AND THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT THE OWNER FIXES THE BIKES FOR THE, UH, HE GETS A LOT OF OLD BIKES. AND HE, HE STARTS FIXING 'EM INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE, THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ALL THE VAGRANTS TO THE PROPERTY. NEXT PHOTO. SO THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK. YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN WALL. HE, UH, HE TRIED TO FIX IT WITH, WITH, UM, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. UH, JUST PIECES OF WOOD. UM, RIGHT THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE ACTUALLY HAS A BOARD. HE HAS SOMETHING LEANING ON IT, ON THAT BOARD, TRYING TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING. NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS THE BATHROOM. UM, IT'S BLOCKED OFF. UM, THERE'S MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR. NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS TOWARDS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. YOU SEE JUST MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS STORED IN THERE. BEDROOM SETS, TRASH. UM, YOU SEE THEM, THE WALLS ARE BROKEN. YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE COVERED. NEXT PHOTO, 1166. FITCH IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS DETERIORATED. THE ROOF IS SAGGING AND HAS A HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE. THE EXTERIOR WALL WOOD SIDINGS IS DETERIORATED AND BROKEN. UM, [00:40:01] INTERIOR IS DETERIORATED THAT THE SHEET ROCK IS BROKEN AND MISSING. THE FLOORS ARE UNEVEN, WEATHERED, AND FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. OWNER IS ALLOWING VAGRANTS TO STAY IN PROPERTY WITHOUT POWER AND WATER. AND, UH, OH, SORRY. UM, TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1166 FICH IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH IS HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1166 FITCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TOO. UM, I'M, I'M SORRY. UM, IT IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF LY MIDDLE SCHOOL. YES. YES, SIR. YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE. I I JUST SAW IT RIGHT NOW. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. IS IT NO QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? WE'LL, ANYBODY IN THE, I'M GETTING THERE. I'M GETTING THERE. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE PERSON SPEAK ON THIS CASE. MR. UH, IS IT ARMANDO RIVERA? YES. HI, YOU ALL THIS CONFUSIONS. GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD. GOOD. MY NAME IS, UH, MORNING STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS ARMANDO RIVERA. I AM, UH, THE BROTHER OF THE, UH, OWNER OF 11 6 6 FITCH. UM, MY BROTHER'S NAME IS EDWARD RIVERA. MY ADDRESS IS 13 5 40 FRENCH PRINCE COVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 3. YES, SIR. UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. UM, IN REFERENCE TO ALL THE ITEMS DISCUSSED TODAY, UM, I CAN AGREE PRETTY MUCH WITH EVERYTHING THAT OUR, THE CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER IS SPEAKING OF. UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO STATE, UH, BEFORE THE BOARD IS MY BROTHER HAS GIVEN ME POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SPEAK FOR HIM TODAY. SO I HAVE THAT FORM HERE IF IT NEEDS TO BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE THAT TO THE, TO OUR ATTORNEY. GIVE IT TO THE LADIES HERE. YES MA'AM. AND THEY WILL, IF I CAN GET A, A COPY OF THIS TO KEEP THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'LL YOU'LL GET IT BACK. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT. UM, SO IN REFERENCE TO THE PROPERTY, UH, MY BROTHER HAS LIVED THERE FOR SOME TIME AND, UH, WE HAVE MADE ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND HELP HIM GET REPAIRS DONE. UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, SEVERAL FACTORS THAT HAVE PREVENTED THAT FROM HAPPENING. SO WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT THE PICTURES SHOWED OBVIOUSLY IS THE, UH, END RESULT OF THESE FAILURES ON OUR PART TO HELP HIM BRING THE PROPERTY UP TO CODE. NOW, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WORKS. WE DON'T ANSWER A QUESTION. WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK QUESTION TO THE, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AFTER, AFTER THE MURDER. OH, AFTER, OKAY. NOT OBLIGATED TO ANSWER YOUR, YEAH. OKAY. NO WORRIES. THANK I I I'LL ASK THEM. UM, MY NEXT, UH, REQUEST AGAIN, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION IS WE, MYSELF AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS JUST RECEIVED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIOLATION IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE CITY, UH, VIOLATIONS. I RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION LAST WEEK. SO I'M HERE TO BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF PLAN, UH, IN TERMS OF PAPERWORK, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. I JUST DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN THIS. UH, THE ONLY THING I WAS ABLE TO DO IS GET AHOLD OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS MY BROTHER, FINALLY, AND GET HIM TO SIGN OVER PROP, UH, POWER OF ATTORNEY SO THAT I CAN COME AND SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE ANY FINANCIALS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I CAN TELL YOU STRAIGHT UP IS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO MY REALTOR, WHO I'VE USED FOR SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE OWNED AND SOLD SEVERAL HOMES. AND WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD, IF GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO BASICALLY, UH, DEMOLISH THE HOUSE OURSELF. AND WE WILL EITHER BE, UH, REBUILDING, UH, OR SELLING IT OUTRIGHT. AND MY POINT FOR THIS IS VERY SIMPLE. MY BROTHER HAS NO INCOME WHATSOEVER. SO IF THIS PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED FROM HIM, OR IF HE'S GIVEN A BILL FOR THE DEMOL OF THIS POEM, THERE'S NO FEASIBLE WAY FOR HIM TO PAY FOR IT. BUT IF WE ARE ALLOWED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UH, WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD. AGAIN, NOT ON PAPER, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH A, A REALTOR AND BRING AND, AND, AND BRING IT TO YOU, FIND PEOPLE TODAY. UH, WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD. SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD MONETIZE THIS PROPERTY IN TERMS OF SELLING IT AND THEN PROVIDING MY BROTHER A BIT OF A LIFELINE AND REMOVING HIM FROM THAT AREA. THAT AREA IS UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO HIS SITUATION, HAS, UH, ATTRACTED, [00:45:01] UH, PEOPLE THAT WE, THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE THERE. AND SO, AGAIN, I, I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I GREW UP THERE. THAT'S MY MOTHER'S HOME. UH, AND I'M NOT MAKING EXCUSE FOR MY BROTHER OTHER THAN HE DOES SUFFER FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL AND ALL THESE OTHER ILLNESSES. SO ALL I ASK, UH, RESPECTFULLY, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME TIME TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU AND IF POSSIBLE, AND PRESENT THAT PLAN TO YOU, AT WHICH TIME THE BOARD, THEY COULD VOTE, UH, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO PRESENT TODAY. I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO, AND I WOULD'VE BROUGHT TOGETHER, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE SHOWED YOU. I HAVE FINANCIAL MEANS. THE REALTOR HAS FINANCIAL MEANS, SO WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT I CANNOT MAKE IT HAPPEN, UH, HONESTLY, IN IN THE TIMELINE THAT WE MAY RECEIVE, WHICH IS 30 DAYS FROM TODAY IF YOU DECIDE TO GO AHEAD WITH A DEMOLITION. UM, SO THAT'S MY POSITION RIGHT NOW, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER IT. AND, UH, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UM, MS CHAIR? THIS IS, THIS IS LEGAL. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW MR. RIVERA TO, TO ASK ANY QUESTION THAT HE HAD TO THE CODE OFFICER. AND THEN LEGAL HAS A FEW QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. UH, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR THE, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, WHO, BY THE WAY, HAD BEEN VERY, UH, INFORMATIVE. UH, I SPOKE TO HIM PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THIS MEETING AND HE'D BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL. I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THOSE PICTURES WERE TAKEN? OH, SO SORRY, GO BACK TO THE PICTURE. SO THE, THE, THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN MARCH 6TH ABOUT, ABOUT EXACTLY A MONTH AGO. OH, SORRY. MS. CHAIR, LEGAL HAS JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. I, I'VE LOOKED AT THE, THE POWER OF ATTORNEY, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. UH, SO I'M GOING TO LET THIS, THIS BOARD LOOK AT IT, BUT I HAD A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY? WE, UH, I'VE, WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR SOME TIME. IT'S HAD SOME, UH, SOME, SOME SERIOUS ISSUES. BUT, UH, IF YOU HEARD MY ADDRESS, I LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, SO UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T GET OPPORTUNITIES TO GO OUT THERE VERY OFTEN. UH, OFTEN OUR DEALINGS WITH MY BROTHER HAS BEEN DROPPING OFF A CARE PACKAGE TO HIM ONCE A MONTH. AND USUALLY THAT INVOLVES HIM COMING TO THE FENCE. WE GIVE HIM THE PACKAGE CHECK ON HIS, UH, HEALTH AND THAT'S IT. BUT ACTUALLY GOING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE GOING AROUND IT, WE, I HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN YEARS, UH, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU. MR. VERA. I, I, AND I HEAR YOU. I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR TO THE BOARD. WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY? UH, ACCORDING TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER OR JUST NO, ACCORDING TO, ACCORDING TO YOU. OH, UH, WHEN DID YOU, HOLD ON. ALLOW ME TO, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY? UH, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS, SIR. YES, SIR. AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS SIGNED THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. YES, SIR. AND I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD IS, UH, TIME FOR, FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHERE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY OR DEMOLISH IT. WOULD THAT BE FAIR? YES, SIR. I THINK THAT'D BE FAIR TO SAY. SO YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR TIME TO COME UP WITH, UM, A, A GAME PLAN TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY. WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU'RE COMING UP WITH A, A TIMELINE OR WOULD LIKE SOME TIME TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN AS TO WHETHER DEMOLISH IT OR TO SELL IT AS IS? YEAH. UH, UH, YES, SIR. AND PARDON ME FOR SAYING THAT, BUT IF I HAD THAT EXTRA TIME, THEN I COULD HIRE SOME PEOPLE TO GO IN THERE AND SEE IS IT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR IT OR IS IT JUST BETTER TO DEMOLISH IT? SO LET ME CLARIFY THAT. I'M, I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT A LITTLE BIT CLEARER. SO YOU, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU'RE ASKING THIS BOARD TO POSSIBLY GIVE YOU TIME TO SELL A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, NOT TO REPAIR OR ADDRESS OR ABATE THAT DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. WELL, I LIKE TO CONSULT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. THAT'S A REALTOR, THAT'S A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. YEAH. THAT KIND OF THING. I, I HONESTLY, I'M, I'M A TEACHER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO REPAIR A HOME OR REBUILD A HOME OF THIS NATURE. UH, UH, HONESTLY, SO THIS IS ALL UNCHARTED TERRITORY FOR ME. MY, AND AGAIN, TO THE BOARD. I, I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. MY MAIN GOAL IS TO TRY AND PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF, UH, AVENUE FOR MY BROTHER SO THAT HE JUST DOESN'T BE, GET KICKED OUT ON THE STREET AND NOW HE'S HOMELESS. SO, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, THAT'S WHERE MY SITUATION IS RIGHT NOW. I, LET ME, [00:50:01] LET ME ASK YOU, THIS PROPERTY DID NOT GET LIKE THIS OVERNIGHT. NO, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY MM-HMM. , AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONCERN OF YOUR BROTHER. MM-HMM. , I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I I DON'T MEAN THIS HARSHLY. OKAY. YES. NO, I UNDERSTAND. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE YOUR, YOUR CONCERN DIDN'T GO BACK FAR ENOUGH FOR YOUR BROTHER, YOU KNOW? OKAY. AND THIS, I MEAN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, THEY DON'T WANNA LIVE NEXT TO ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. I UNDERSTAND. YES, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I JUST, I'M SORRY. I JUST DON'T, I DON'T SEE IT. I'M, I'M REALLY NOT. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT YOUR SIDE, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE IT. I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. AND I DIDN'T COME HERE EXPECTING ANYTHING, UH, TO BE PERFECTLY, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE MADE ALL EFFORTS TO CONTACT MY BROTHER AND EXPLAIN TO HIM THE SITUATION. BUT AGAIN, AS THE CO COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, UH, EXPLAINED, UH, MY BROTHER'S NOT IN ANY STATE WHERE HE REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I COULD HAVE BEEN TELLING THIS FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS DOING. MY BROTHER WAS, MY OTHER BROTHER WAS DOING, MY FATHER WAS DOING. BUT TO ACTUALLY GET MY BROTHER TO AGREE TO THIS, THAT'S A TOTAL DIFFERENT THING. SO IF YOU ASK ME WHY AM I WAITING TO NOW, IT'S BECAUSE HE FINALLY SIGNED THE PAPERWORK TO LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHY IT, IT'S ONLY HAPPENING NOW. I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS, I KNOW A LOT OF 'EM, I GREW UP AROUND THERE, UH, AND I'VE HEARD THIS AND, AND I'VE PLEADED WITH HIM TO PLEASE GIVE US TIME. BUT I'VE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS MY BROTHER GAVE ME PERMISSION. 'CAUSE HE LEGALLY OWNED THE PROPERTY. UM, AND IF SOMEONE BEING UNCOOPERATIVE LIKE THAT, THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT. I CAN SHOW UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA TEAR YOUR APART HOUSE APART. AND, AND IF HE SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT THAT. YEAH. AGAIN, AND, AND, AND I TOTALLY RESPECT THE BOARD'S POSITION, AND, AND I, I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE NEIGHBORS 'CAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE LIKE THAT NEXT TO MY HOUSE. BUT I'M LITERALLY HERE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LAST RESORT. AND IF YOU THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION, MAKE YOUR DECISION. ERIC, THIS IS LEGAL. ONE MORE QUESTION. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. RIVERA. IT STATES ON THAT, THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT AND OR, AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, REIMBURSEMENT AND OR FUNDS EXPENDED DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU NOW HAVE POWER OF ATTORNEY. YOU HAVE, IN ESSENCE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, TO PROFIT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE MM-HMM. OFF OF WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THE HOUSE. WOULD THAT BE FAIR? ALSO? I CONSIDER IT MORE REIMBURSEMENT, BUT YES, SIR. THAT'S FAIR. MR. ZUNIGA HAS A QUESTION. YES, SIR. MY, UM, MY QUESTION IS, OH, IN MY MIND, OKAY. YES, SIR. IF, UH, EVEN IF YOU WERE GIVEN SOME TIME, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? THE ROADBLOCK, YOU KNOW, THE AVENUE OF APPROACH, I WOULD SAY, HEY, CLEAN, CLEAN THIS HOUSE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY OR WHATEVER DATE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ON THE OUTSIDE. YES, SIR. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU TOUCH SOMETHING THERE AND YOU WANNA THROW IT AWAY, THIS AND THAT, THAT'S YOUR FIRST PROBLEM, PROBABLY. THAT'S IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW? YES, SIR. I'VE SEEN IN IT MM-HMM. MM-HMM. MYSELF. RIGHT. OKAY. SO IT'S OUR ATTORNEY'S. OKAY. BUT TO ENFOR, UH, TO ENFORCE WHAT WE GOING TO, TO, UH, VOTE ON IT, SEE OUR SOLUTION HERE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHAT TIME WE GOING TO GIVE HIM. YES SIR. IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU OR WHATEVER. OH, I AGREE. SO I AGREE. WE'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE SAME BOAT AGAIN, THE SAME AVENUE OF APPROACH. YES, SIR. SO IN CONCERT WITH THAT, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO. YES, SIR. I, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE TIMEFRAME HERE. AND AGAIN, I WASN'T EXPECTING MUCH BECAUSE AGAIN, IN YOUR SHOES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU MUST DO, WHAT YOU WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT HERE TO DO. I AM JUST TRYING TO STATE MY FACTS AND, AND JUST SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO ASSIST MY BROTHER IN THIS MANNER. BUT I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE WAY THIS WORKS BECAUSE AGAIN, IF THAT HOME WAS NEXT IN MIND, I WOULD BE THE SAME MINDSET. UH, I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE MY BROTHER IS, UH, CANNOT BE HERE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE BEST I CAN BY HIM. OKAY. I, I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING THAT. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, AND HELPING OUT YOU, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, CLEAR MY MIND AND GOOD FAITH, I TRY TO HELP AND WHATEVER HAPPENS, GOOD OR BAD. RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A $12,000 LIEN ON AGAINST THE PROPERTY ALREADY. OKAY. A $12,000 LIEN. SO, SO, YEAH. SO ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE WILL VOTE ON IT. OKAY? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. OH, MR. GUPTA HAS A YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'M [00:55:01] SORRY, GO AHEAD. UH, THE VIOLATIONS STARTED. EXCUSE ME. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, I APOLOGIZE. YES, YES, SIR. UH, LOOKS LIKE THE VIOLATIONS WERE FIRST NOTED IN MARCH OF 20, 20, 22. YES, SIR. AND YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF IT AT THAT TIME? I, WE'VE BEEN AWARE SOME TIME OF, OF THE SITUATION AT THAT HOME. AGAIN, THE, THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF MY LITTLE BROTHER, UH, AND TRYING TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, AGAIN, UH, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE WOULD SHOW UP, HE WOULD REFUSE TO COME OUT. UH, AND SO FOR US TO SHOW UP AND JUST KEEP TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, LISTEN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODES. YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE TO YOUR ROOF OR YOUR FLOOR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THAT REQUIRES US, THAT GOES ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO'S, UH, UH, IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. UNFORTUNATELY, MY BROTHER IS NOT IN THAT FRAME OF MIND. SO YOU COULD BE SENDING HIM NOTICES EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM HERE TILL THE END OF TIME. THEY, TO HIM, IT DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T COMPREHEND WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS AWARE AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALL MADE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO TRY AND EXPLAIN TO HIM AND TRY AND HELP HIM. BUT, UH, AGAIN, BECAUSE HE IS THE SOLE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY, UH, WE COULD NOT MOVE ON ANYTHING. UH, ONCE WE ALL GOT TO HIM, AND, AND I, I AGREE WITH THE COUNSELOR, IT WAS JUST SIGNED RECENTLY. WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM TO SIGN OVER POWER ATTORNEY JUST SO I COULD COME REPRESENT HIM. AND IF YOU GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EITHER RECTIFY THE SITUATION OR AT THE VERY LEAST FIND A BUYER TO JUST TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY, THEY, THEY ASSUME LIABILITY IN TERMS OF THE LIEN THEY HAVE, AND ALSO THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY, UH, TEAR DOWN THAT PROPERTY AND REBUILD IT AND DO WHAT THEY WILL WITH IT. SO THAT'S OUR SITUATION AGAIN. UH, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE IGNORE THE VIOLATIONS, IT'S JUST GETTING AHOLD OF THE OWNER EXPLAINING TO HIM AND HAVING HIM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES WERE OF THESE VIOLATIONS. THAT, OF THE WHOLE OTHER THING. UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ONLY NOW COMING TO YOU ABOUT THIS. WELL, AT LEAST I AM I'M SORRY, THIS IS LEGAL. I HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW UP. YES, SIR. MY CONCERN IS THIS, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THIS BOARD, UM, WAS HE COMPETENT TO SIGN THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT, HOLD ON, THAT ALLOWS YOU NOT ONLY FULL CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, BUT UM, SEEMS LIKE THE LANGUAGE STATES THAT YOU CAN PROFIT OFF OF WHATEVER EX IS EXPENDED OR, OR REIMBURSED. THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCERN HERE. YOU'RE STATING THAT HE IS NOT OF SOUND MIND, BUT HE'S THE ONE THAT SIGNED THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY TWO DAYS AGO. YES, SIR. UH, AGAIN, I, WHEN I'VE DEALT WITH HIM, UH, ANY TYPE OF NORMAL CONVERSATION WITH HIM HAS BEEN, UH, FRUIT, UH, FRUITLESS. UH, AS FAR AS THE STATE OF MIND WHEN HE SIGNED IT, I BROUGHT THE, UH, LETTER THAT I RECEIVED FROM, UM, THE CITY, THE CERTIFIED LETTERS I SHOWED TO HIM AND I SAID, LOOK, NOT ONLY ARE THEY THE CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER GIVING IT TO HIM AT HIS HOUSE NOW, THEY WERE REACHING OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. SO, UH, IF YOU ASKED ME IF HE WAS A COMPLETEING STATE OF MIND, I COULDN'T TELL YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I'M NOT A DOCTOR, SIR. I DO KNOW THAT HE, IT, IT KIND OF DAWNED ON HIM FINALLY, AT LEAST FROM MY UH, PERSPECTIVE, THAT, YOU KNOW, I EXPLAINED TO HIM, LOOK, I'M NOT TAKING YOUR HOUSE FROM YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST KIND OF COME TRY AND TALK TO THE BOARD AND ASK THEM IF THEY GIVE US TIME TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF PLAN. AND I KNOW YOU KEEP SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE A PROFIT OFF IT. THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT IT SHOWS ON THE POWER ATTORNEY. MY WHOLE POINT IS IF, IF WE, UH, EMBARK ON, IN ON THIS ENDEAVOR, UH, IF I'M GONNA SPEND, LET'S SAY $1,200, $12,000 ON THE LIEN, UH, WHEN WE FINALLY DO SELL THE PROPERTY, MY HOPE WAS THAT NOT ONLY COULD I HELP SET MY BROTHER UP SOMEWHERE, MAYBE INEFFICIENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO RECOUP THE MONEY I INVEST JUST BECAUSE, I MEAN, THAT'S MY MONEY THAT I, I HAVE MY LIFE SAVINGS MR. VERA. I I I GET YOU. THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT, UM, THE POWER OF ATTORNEY BASED ON HOW A SIGN LOOKED GOOD, BUT AFTER THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU PROVIDED, IT IS BROUGHT INTO QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY BECAUSE YOU, YOU YOURSELF STATED THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE'S IN THE RIGHT MIND. I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW. WE ARE RELYING ON WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US, BUT BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT A POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THEN STATE AT THE SAME TIME, THE PERSON WHO SIGNED IT IS NOT OF RIGHT. MIND. THAT'S A CONCERN. I I, I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING TO ARGUE WITH YOU. I, I HEAR YOU. I, I, [01:00:01] I THINK YOU PROBABLY DID IT IN GOOD FAITH. NO ONE THINKS YOU'RE TRYING TO FOOL ANYONE, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING, UH, I'M GOING TO TELL THE BOARD, I'M, I'M, I'M CONCERNED WITH THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY. I'M CONCERNED WITH THE SIGNATURE ON IT. I'M CONCERNED ON WHETHER IT'S, IT'S VALIDITY WOULD STAND IF THERE WAS A CHALLENGE BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR, YOUR BROTHER DECIDES TO CHALLENGE WHAT'S GOING ON. I, I, I GET THAT. SO I'M, I'M LETTING THE BOARD NOW AND THE RECORD SHOW THAT LEGAL HAS SOME CONCERN WITH THAT, THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY BASED ON WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. YES SIR. THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. AGAIN, I, AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA ADD ONE MORE TIME. I DIDN'T DO THE POWER OF ATTORNEY TO TRY AND DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO JUST HAVE SOME TIME TO TALK TO THE BOARD. IF YOU SAY THE HOUSE IS GETTING DEMOLISHED, THEN I'M DONE WITH THIS. I GO BACK TO MY BROTHER, IF I CAN FIND HIM, EXPLAIN TO HIM, HEY, THEY GAVE YOU THIS MUCH TIME, THEY'RE GONNA DEMOLISH THE HOUSE. THAT'S ALL THAT HAPPENED FROM HERE, ME MOVING FORWARD, UH, I'M NOT TRYING TO ASSUME ANY LIABILITY. I'M NOT TRYING TO, UH, DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST HAVE THE TIME TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. AND YOU'VE GIVEN ME THAT TIME AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY, VERY MUCH. BUT THAT'S ALL I WANTED, JUST SOME TIME. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING IN, SIR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU ALL. DO WE HAVE DISCUSS EVERYTHING CODE OFF? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR. UH, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RUN YOUR BROTHER OUT IN THE STREET. NO, I UNDERSTAND. AS STATED, UH, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE COURT COMPLIANCE OFFICER. YES, SIR. AND HE MIGHT LEAD YOU THE RIGHT WAY. THE CITY DOES NOT KICK PEOPLE OUT OF THAT. I UNDERSTAND. THEY'LL FIND A PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE? MOTION. THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO SPEAK. NO. THERE, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA MOTION FOR, UH, DEMOLITION. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 1 6 6 FINCH STREET, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 1 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 7 8 11 12 15. I ALSO MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THIS ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND THAT IT BE SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION OF 30 DAY DEMO UNDER SECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. UM, THE UTILITIES I UNDERSTAND HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, CUT THE METER. YOU MIGHT WANNA ADD A, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THE, UM, THE CODE OFFICE TO SAY THAT THE METER WAS STILL AT THE HOUSE. DID I UNDERSTAND THAT I, JOSHUA ES DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER? UH, YES. THE METER WAS STILL AT THE PROPERTY. OKAY. I JUST, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO HAVE C P S COME AND PICK UP THE, THE UTILITY, THE METER. I AGREE. OKAY. SO, UH, TO, UH, AND, UH, THERE'S NO UTILITIES AT THE HOUSE, BUT, UH, THE C P S WILL PICK UP THE METER. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? JESSE ZUNIGA. UH, LET ME, UH, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR I, HOW I RESPONDED ON, UH, FACTS. YES, YOU MAY. I, I, OKAY. I'M IN THE MILLER . YES. BEFORE I TELL YOU TO SALUTE , OKAY? YES. ROBERT TAPIA. YES. BROWN. AYE. CHERISE GUPTE AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. UH, MR. REVERA, YOU CAN GET WITH THE CODE OFFICER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. UM, SO WE'LL BE BACK IN FIVE, PLEASE. IT IS NOW 10 49 AND WE ARE RECONVENING AFTER OUR FIVE MINUTE BREAK. [01:05:26] OKAY. UH, OUR NEXT ITEM IS 1 23 NANCY, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA G ES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED WITH, LOCATED AT 1 2 3, NANCY. WE, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MAIN REPAIR AND FOR THE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, UH, DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1 2 3. NANCY IS N C B 6 2 3 5. NO BLOCK NUMBER, UH, SORRY. BLOCK 39 AND 40. NO LOT NUMBER LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARTINEZ, ROBERT L AND CONSUELO G WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 43 0 3. SUN FALLS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 4. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. UM, YVONNE LONG, I HAVE SPOKE WITH THE, WITH ONE OF THE HEIRS SON, ROBERT MARTINEZ, AND A POSSIBLE BUYER FOR THE PRO. UH, I'M SORRY. AND, UH, HE HAD STATED THERE WAS A POSSIBLE BUYER FOR THE PROPERTY. I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT, UH, BOTH THE ROBERT L. MARTINEZ AND CONSUELO G MARTINEZ ARE DECEASED. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 1 10 20 23. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE F THIS IS THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1, 2, 3, NANCY WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2019. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 1118 2019, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON 1 2, 20 20 ON THREE ON MARCH 23RD, 2023. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1, 2, 3, NANCY, AND ON MARCH 23RD, 2023, THE NOTICE FOR A B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER. AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR PROOF OF FINANCIAL. UH, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERING REPORT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED. THE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN A FI BEEN A TOTAL OF, THERE WAS ONE PERMIT THAT WAS EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES, UH, FOR GENERAL REPAIR. UM, AND ALSO THERE IS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL CLEANUPS DUE TO OVERGROWN GRASS, UNSECURED GARAGE, UNSECURED BUILDING FOR 5,000 AND, UH, FOR $5,027. UM, THIS IS THE FRONT STRUCTURE OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A, UH, UM, THE EXTERIOR WALL'S A MADE A MASONRY. UM, THE ROOF IS A PYRAMID SHAPED ROOF. UM, THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS ARE ALL BOARDED UP. THERE WAS A FIRE BACK IN, UH, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2019. UM, MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING, UM, UH, THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE OUTSIDE, ON THE MASONRY FOUNDA, ON THE MASONRY EXTERIOR WALL. THERE IS, UH, MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS INTERIOR AND IT'S MAINLY SHEET ROCK. UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PICTURES. NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS THE RIGHT, UH, SORRY, UH, LEFT ELEVATION. UM, JUST A FEW STEP CRACKING ON THE MASON SHEET. MASONRY WALLS. THE ROOF IS, UM, A FEW, UH, DETERIORATED SHINGLES. NEXT PHOTO AS WE GET TO THE BACK, AS YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE, UM, MORE OF THE, THE WALLS WERE BOARDED UP. UM, AND JUST JUST TO NOTE THAT THE, IT WAS BOARDED UP AND SECURED BY THE CITY. UM, THERE'S A FEW STEP CRACKING ON THE MASONRY. NEXT PHOTO, UH, TOWARD THE BACK, THERE WAS AN ATTACHMENT RIGHT HERE. UM, BACK IN, UM, UH, BACK IN EARLY, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE DID MEET WITH THE, UM, ROBERT MARTINEZ, THE SON OF THE OWNER. UM, AND HE DID HIRE SOMEBODY 'CAUSE THIS PART OF THE ATTACHMENT WAS, UH, PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. UM, AND THEY DID, UH, DEMOLISH IT, BUT THEY LEFT THE DEBRIS THERE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BACK WALL, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE TOWARDS THE BACK. UM, SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE OVERHANG [01:10:01] IS, UH, FIRE DAMAGE. UM, THERE IS A, THERE WAS A TREE THAT FELL ON THE, THE ROOF SYS, UH, ROOF SYSTEM IN THE BACK OF THIS, UH, THE, THE ROOF. UM, THERE IS A SMALL HOLE IN THE BACK. UM, NEXT PHOTO. UM, THIS IS GOING INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, FIRE DAMAGE TO THE, UH, SHEET ROCK. UM, THE FRAME OF THE INSIDE. NEXT PHOTO, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THE ROOF SYSTEM IS, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE CHAR, A LITTLE BIT CHARRED. UM, THIS IS TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, THE FRONT DOOR. UM, IT DOES GET KIND OF WORSE WHEN YOU GET TOWARDS THE BACK. NEXT PHOTO, UH, THERE'S JUST DEBRIS THAT'S BEING STORED INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AND NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS THE DECKING FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM. YOU CAN SEE IT IS CHARRED. THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK, AND SOME OF THE, THE CEILING JOINTS ARE CHARRED. NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS MORE OF THE DAMAGE HALLWAY, THE FIRE DAMAGE HALLWAY. UH, THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK ROOM. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SHEET ROCK IS CHARRED, UH, BREAKING APART. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE WALLS. UM, THE, THE CEILING JOINTS BACK HERE. DIDN'T SU DIDN'T SUFFER SO MUCH. FIRE DAMAGE. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DECKING ON TOP IS SMOKE DAMAGE. NEXT PHOTO, UH, I'M SORRY FOR THE BLURRINESS OF THE PHOTO, BUT THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR IS GUTTED BACK HERE. UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE FLOOR JOISTS, THEY'RE EXPOSED. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FIRE DAMAGE WALLS. UM, NEXT PHOTO. SO THIS IS THE FLOOR, THE SUBFLOOR TOWARDS THE, THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE HOLES IN THE FLOOR SYSTEM. UM, SOME OF THE, THE, THERE IS WATER GETTING INTO THE, INTO THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE, THE, UM, WOOD MEMBERS ARE WATER DAMAGE. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS AN OVERALL PICTURE OF THE BACK. YOU CAN JUST SEE THE, THE FIRE DAMAGE, SEE THE WALLS, THE, THE CEILING, THE, THE ROOF SYSTEM, AND JUST DEBRIS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. NEXT PHOTO. UM, THIS IS TOWARDS THE, UH, TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE FRONT. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. NEXT PHOTO. SO THIS IS A GARAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE STRUCTURE. IT IS A SINGLE STORY GARAGE. UM, THE GARAGE HAS A LOT OF FRAME DAMAGE. IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T SUFFER ANY FIRE DAMAGE, BUT IT IS, UH, IT DID SUFFER LONG-TERM DETERIORATION. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. IT'S, UH, SAGGING REAL BAD. UM, THE, THE WALL, THE EXTERIOR WALL IS MADE OF, UM, VINYL SIDING. AND IT'S STARTING TO BOW OUT. IT'S STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE DECKING AND THE WINDOWS AND THE, UM, AND THE, UH, FRAMES ARE, ARE BROKEN. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO SECURE IT. NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, WE HAD TO SECURE IT. UM, RIGHT THERE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT WALL IS MISSING. SO ALL IT'S BEING HELD UP BY IS TWO BY FOURS AND WHATEVER THE FRAME IS RIGHT THERE. AND IT'S, IT'S SAGGING REAL BAD DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ROOF SYSTEM. UH, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFTING IN THE, UM, UM, IN THE FRAME IN THE FRONT. UM, ALSO WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS POSTING BEAM. NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH DAMAGE THERE IS TO THE ROOF SYSTEM. IT'S JUST DETERIORATED. SHINGLES, BROKEN DECKING WORN, UM, THE OVERHANG IS WORN. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE METAL PLATE RIGHT THERE IS, UH, DETACHING, NOT HOLDING UP AGAINST ANYTHING. NEXT PHOTO. HERE'S THE WALL. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK TARP. AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S REALLY NO WALL THERE. IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST BEING HELD UP BY TWO FOOT FOURS. NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK OF THE ROOF. IT HAS A, IT HAS A, IT HAS A SLIGHT SAG IN IT. AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, I DO WANNA MAKE NOTE WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS STRUCTURE, UM, BEFORE I MET THE OWNER, ROBERT MARTINEZ, UM, THIS STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. THE, IT WASN'T BEING USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOMELESS PEOPLE BREAKING IN. UM, BUT AS, AS TIME PROGRESSED, UM, TRASH STARTED BEING STORED IN HERE, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY MY HEIGHT, WHERE I HAVE TO TAKE A PIC. I HAVE TO LITERALLY REACH OVER AND TAKE A PICTURE. UM, AS WE WERE OPENING THE DOOR, IT STARTED, LIKE SOME OF THE TRASH STARTED COMING OUT, SO WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRASH SPILLING OUT. SO I TRY TO STICK AS MUCH AS MYSELF IN THERE, JUST TO TRY TO TAKE A PICTURES IF I CAN. UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM. UH, THE DECKING IS WORN. UM, SOME OF THE, THE CEILING JOISTS, UH, IS WORN TOO. AND, UH, WATER DAMAGE. NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE MORE. THE TRASH AT THE BOTTOM, JUST TRASHING THE DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROP, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WALL RIGHT THERE WHERE, UM, UH, RIGHT THERE WHERE THE SUNLIGHT'S COMING IN. IT'S WORN WATER DAMAGE, MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS. NEXT PHOTO, UH, JUST MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THAT STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO. UH, SO THIS IS THE, THE, THERE'S A STORAGE STRUCTURE BEHIND THIS STRUCTURE. [01:15:01] UM, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY. I WOULD SAY IT WAS A SHED AT ONE TIME. UM, PROBABLY, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR FEET HEIGHT. UM, IT'S NOT THAT BIG. UM, YOU CAN SEE. SO THE WALL HAS COLLAPSED RIGHT HERE. IT WAS BEING USED TO STORAGE. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRAIL RIGHT THERE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT STRUCTURE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, WHERE WE TRIED TO, UH, SECURE IT, BUT OF COURSE, IT WAS TAKEN OFF AND IT TOOK OFF THE, THAT PART OF THE WALL. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WOOD PLANKING IS DETERIORATED AND BROKEN. NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE FRAME OF THAT STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT DUE TO THAT WALL NOT BEING THERE TO SUPPORT IT. NEXT PHOTO, UH, THIS IS, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. UM, THE SHINGLES ARE WORN. UM, THE, THE, THE SYSTEM INSIDE IS FAILED. UH, SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA PAR. IT'S GONNA, IT'S PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. NEXT PHOTO, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THAT, UH, THE, THE CEILING DRESSING IN THERE ARE. IT'S, IT'S STARTING TO COLLAPSE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TRASH, TRASH AND DEBRIS STORED INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO, THERE'S MORE, UH, THERE'S A HOLE RIGHT THERE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TIRES AND STUFF BEING STORED IN THERE. THERE'S MORE PICTURES OF THE DEBRIS AT THE BOTTOM. 1, 2, 3. NANCY IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS, HAS SUSTAINED HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THE ROOF IS SAGGING, HAS A HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE. THE MASONRY HAS CRACKS DUE TO FOUNDATION ISSUES AND IT, UM, AND INTERIOR IS FIRE DAMAGE EXPOSING THE STUDS AND FLOOR JOISTS. VAGRANTS ARE CONST CONSTANTLY BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE AND HAS TO BE SECURED BY THE CITY. AND CLEAN ACCESSORY. ONE IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE. THE FRAME IS LEANING, CAUSING SOME OF THE BEAMS TO SIT ON GRADE. THE ROOF WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT, UH, THE ROOF OF THE, UM, WHEN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED, WHEN THE TREE FELL INTO THE STRUCTURE. UM, THE DETER, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DETERIORATED AND SAGGING. AND, AND ALSO VAGRANT ARE CONSTANTLY BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE, CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE AND STORING ACCESSORY. TWO, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE THAT HAS DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, EXTERIOR WALLS AND FOUNDATION. EXTERIOR WALLS, BROKEN AND PARTIALLY MISSING. AND ROOF HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, EXPOSING INTERIOR AND IS BEING USED FOR STORAGE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1, 2, 3, NANCY ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX, SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY. ONE FOR THE GARAGE, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR D D DEFECTS, HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, DANGEROUS BUILDING AND HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR FOR THE MAIN AND DEMOLITION FOR ACCESSORY ONE AND DEMOLITION FOR ACCESSORY TWO. THIS CONCLUDES, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AT 1, 2, 3. NANCY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? UM, MR. TAPIA, I'M SORRY, MY MIC IS NOT WORKING. UM, YOU JUST MENTIONED, UH, REPAIR FOR ALL THREE STRUCTURES, UH, UH, REPAIR FOR THE MAIN, UH, DEMOLITION FOR ACCESSORY ONE, WHICH IS THE GARAGE AND, UH, DEMOLITION FOR ACCESSORY TWO. OKAY. YEAH. I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY REPAIR FOR THE MAIN? YEAH. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. REALLY? YES, MA'AM. AS, UH, AS THERE IS MORE, MORE INTERIOR DAMAGE, UM, THE, THE ROOF IS STILL, IS STILL IN, IN A, IT'S IN, IT'S IN A OKAY CONDITION IN THE MASONRY WALLS. I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL STANDING UP. THEY DIDN'T SUFFER MUCH OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. UM, IT WAS JUST MAINLY INTERIOR FIRE DAMAGE. UM, THE OWNER HAS STATED THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL PERMITS TO FIX IT AT THE TIME. UM, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS GIVING THEM EXTENSIONS TO, TO, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE OWNER WAS DEALING WITH AT THE TIME, MR. MARTINEZ. UM, SO, UM, A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, THE REFILL, THE STRUCTURE CAN BE REPAIRED. UM, IT CAN, IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT, CAN BE REPAIRED AT WHAT COST? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE HERE. YES, MA'AM. THERE'S A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. THERE'S A LOT OF MM-HMM. DAMAGE PERIOD. AND NOT TO MENTION THE DEBRIS THAT HAS PILED UP OVER THE YEARS AND FALLING DOWN. YES, MA'AM. I, I'M LIKE, UM, OKAY. YES. WELL, THE OWNER, UM, THE OWNER'S, UH, ONE OF THE HEIRS, YVONNE LONG IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY. AND, UH, UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY. AND I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN THAT WHEN SHE COMES UP. [01:20:01] WE ARE NOT HERE TO SELL THE PROPERTY. NO, I KNOW, I KNOW. WE ARE HERE TO EITHER REPAIR IT OR TEAR IT DOWN. YES, MA'AM. ONE OR THE OTHER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. ZUNIGA, I, UH, I HAD THE SAME QUESTION. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBER WAS THERE, UH, FOR ONE AND TWO, IT'S DEMOLISHED. YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR. YES SIR. AGREEABLE. OKAY. BUT FOR THE MAIN HOUSE MM-HMM. , I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO REPAIR ALL THE LIKES AND WAIT ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND COME BACK HERE? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TILL SINCE 2019 MM-HMM. , BUT, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN EITHER GO AHEAD AND, UH, WITH YOUR SUGGESTION, STAFF SUGGESTION MM-HMM. TO, UH, REPAIR IT, OR WE CAN DECIDE TO , I MEAN, FOR LACK OF, OF, UH MM-HMM. BAD SEMANTICS. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BAD CHARACTER. YES, MA'AM. SIR. I MEAN, AND YOU HAD TO GO TWICE TO, UH, TO GET A WARRANT. YES. IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS, AND STILL NOTHING HAS MOVED. MM-HMM. , UH, WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WHAT YOU HAVE STATED MM-HMM. , BUT, UH, MY, MY, UH, CONSCIENCE AND CONSISTENCY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED. AND, UH, A PERSON THAT'S GOING TO SELL THE HOUSE TODAY, TOMORROW, NEXT DAY, THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO US. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT REALTORS OR DEVELOPERS OR INVESTORS. WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THE CITY WHOLE AND FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY REMEMBER. MM-HMM. , CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING HERE FOR OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS WITH THE STENTS AND ALL THAT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, SO I'M, I, I'M, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DONE A GOOD, GOOD JOB. I'M NOT GETTING ON YOU, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE, WE GOTTA DEAL WITH OURSELVES. SO LIKE, THANK YOU. SO WHAT I HAD STATED BEFORE WAS THAT, UM, THERE WAS SEVERAL, UH, HE HAD PULLED A PERMIT BACK IN 2020, AND AS YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, UM, USUALLY A PERMIT. THEY GIVE HIM SEVERAL MONTHS, SIX MONTHS TO, TO, TO REPAIR IT. UM, SO WITH THE OWNER, UM, THE OWNER, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT HE WOULD, UM, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, UM, EXPIRE AND THEN HE WOULD, UH, EX GIVE AN EX, HE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER EXTENSION TO REPAIR IT. SO HE WAS GIVEN MORE TIME TO DO THAT. AND THAT, THAT, THAT HAPPENED, THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES. SO, AND, AND, AND, AND SINCE 2020. YEAH. YES. AND, BUT HE, 29, WELL, 2020, HE PULLED OVER A PERMIT, JUST THREW IT OUT THE DOOR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO. MR. GUPTA, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE. YVONNE. IS IT LONG? L O N G? YES. YVONNE. LONG. UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. SO MY NAME IS YVONNE LONG AND MY, WHERE I LIVE, MY ADDRESS IS 3 8 1 4 DEERFIELD DRIVE. OKAY. NOW, YOU STATED HERE THAT YOU ARE THE DAUGHTER. I AM THE DAUGHTER. SO, OKAY. DO YOU OWN THE PROPERTY? WE LEGALLY OWN IT BECAUSE ROBERT MARTINEZ AND CONSUELO MARTINEZ ARE MY PARENTS. AND THEY'RE BOTH DECEASED. SO WE HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIP THAT SHOWS OWNERSHIP, AND I'M ONE OF THEM. MY BROTHER IS ROBERT MARTINEZ, JR. HE'S THE ONE THAT WAS MAINLY DEALING WITH THE OFFICER. UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IN 2019, I GUESS WHEN THOSE CAME OUT, MY FATHER, HE WAS STILL ALIVE AND HE WAS, HE WAS OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND HE WAS HANDLING EVERYTHING. UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING THERE MOVED OUT AND WE THINK, WE DON'T KNOW, THEY, THEY SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE 'CAUSE THEY WERE MAD 'CAUSE WE HAD TO GET 'EM OUT. UM, IN 20, SO IN 2020 WAS C O V I D AND MY DAD GOT SICK. HE GOT REALLY, REALLY SICK. SO WE WERE DEALING WITH HIS, PUTTING HIM IN A NURSING HOME BACK AND FORTH TO THE HOSPITAL. SO WE WERE DEALING WITH ALL OF THAT. THAT'S WHY A LOT OF TIME PASSED. PLUS MY BROTHER HAD POWER OF ATTORNEY, SO HE WAS IN CHARGE AND HE WASN'T LETTING US KNOW, HE WASN'T COMMUNICATING WITH US ON ALL THESE NOTICES HE WAS GETTING. IT WASN'T UNTIL MY DAD PASSED IN 2021 THAT WE REALIZED THE SITUATION AND THE URGENCY. SO IN, IN 2021, WE DECIDED WE CANNOT AFFORD TO REALLY REPAIR THE HOUSE. WE, OUR BEST OPTION WAS TO SELL IT. AND OF COURSE WE KNOW IT'S HARD TO SELL IT ON THE REGULAR MARKET. SO WE WENT TO SELL IT TO INVESTORS. 'CAUSE THAT WAS SENTIMENTAL. THAT HOUSE IS SENTIMENTAL TO MY SISTERS. THEY DIDN'T WANNA SEE IT DEMOLISHED. THEY WANTED TO SEE IF SOMEBODY COULD COME IN. WE HAD A BAD REALTOR. WE DEALT WITH THE REALTOR FOR A WHILE. WE FINALLY, WE WERE STUCK IN A CONTRACT WITH THE REALTOR. ONCE [01:25:01] THAT CONTRACT EXPIRED, WE WENT WITH AN INVESTOR. SO WE FOUND A BUYER. WE HAVE A BUYER CURRENTLY. WE HAVE A BUYER. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE PROBABLY A MONTH OR TWO AGO, BUT TITLE HAS BEEN HOLDING US UP BECAUSE OF THE CITY ISSUES. THEY UNDERSTAND. SO WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY. WE'VE TALKED TO THE CITY, WE'VE TALKED TO, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE. WE'VE ASKED FOR TIME FOR LETTUCE TO CLOSE. 'CAUSE THE BUYER IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION. HE'S BEEN TO THE PROPERTY. HE'S AN INVESTOR. HE SEES THAT THE STRUCTURE IS GOOD. ALL THE INTERIOR, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE GUTTED AND REBUILT. THE GARAGE, HE IS ASKING, HE'S AWARE, AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE BECAUSE HE WENT BY YESTERDAY TO JUST, 'CAUSE HE'S CONSTANTLY CHECKING ON THE HOUSE AND THERE WAS A POST-IT NOTICE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I WAS TOLD. SO I'M, I'M REALLY NOT PREPARED. THE ONLY THING I HAVE WITH ME IS THE, THE CONTRACT. AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE ON THE 14TH. HE WANTS TO, I MEAN, HE WANTS TO MAKE IT A NICE HOUSE. IT'S, IT'S A HOUSE. IT'S A GOOD HOUSE. HE CAN REDO IT AND THEN TURN AROUND AND SELL IT. MA'AM, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND TELLING US ALL THIS, BUT WE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN ONE OR TWO THINGS. RIGHT? EITHER, EITHER YOU DEMOLISH IT OR YOU FIX IT. SO THE PLAN IS TO FIX IT, BUT WE ARE NOT GONNA FIX IT. IT'S THE BUYER THAT'S GOING TO FIX IT. IF THE BUYER ISN'T HERE, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR CAN WE HAVE A RESET MAYBE SO WHEN THE BUYER CAN COME IN AND TALK, CAN WE ASK FOR AN EXTENSION? JUST SOMETHING AND WE'RE GETTING READY, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL APPROVE TO HAVE IT DEMOLISHED, IT'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED. WE CAN'T PAY OFF THE LIENS. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING IF WE SELL IT. MS CHAIR, MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN RIGHT NOW? AND IS IT, I HAVE IT ELECTRON IT. AND IS IT COMPLETELY EXECUTED? YES. OKAY. AND THE PERSON THAT'S BUYING THAT PROPERTY ISN'T HERE TODAY? HE'S NOT HERE. HE SAID BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND HE HAD OTHER THINGS. HE DID SAY HE OFFERED TO BE FACETIME, UM, IF NEEDED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE OR NOT. I APPRECIATE THAT, MS. LONG ONE, ONE OTHER QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR NAME IS ON THE NOTICE FOR THIS B S B HEARING, WHICH MEANS, UM, WE, WE DO A, A, A TITLE SEARCH AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND OUT NOTICE TO EVERYONE. ARE YOU, IS IT YOU HOLD, ALLOW ME, OH, SORRY. IS IS IT YOUR, UM, POSITION TODAY OR, OR YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE OF THIS WHEN WE MAILED IT OUT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT ADDRESS Y'ALL HAVE TO MAIL IT TO. UM, BUT I DID NOT GET A NOTICE IN THE MAIL. I GOT THE NOTICE FROM THE BUYER WHO SAW IT POSTED. AND I, I WANNA LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT LOOKS LIKE NOTICE WAS SENT OUT TO, TO EVERYONE. AND THE, THE, THE ADDRESS THAT WAS USED MAINLY, AND ALONG WITH FOR MS. LONG WAS 1, 2 3 NANCY PLACE. AND THAT IS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY OTHER, UM, UM, UH, PROPERTY OR, OR, OR, OR NOTICE WHERE WE COULD HAVE SENT THAT PLACE. BUT, UH, NOTICE WAS SENT TO, UM, ROBERT MARTINEZ AT 1 2 3. NANCY, UH, NO, AT 4 3 0 3 SUN FALLS. SUN FALLS, YES. AND I ASKED HIM, IS THAT YOUR BROTHER? THAT'S MY BROTHER. OKAY. AND I ASKED HIM, Y OR THIS MORNING, DID YOU RECEIVE THE NOTICE? 'CAUSE WHY ARE WE JUST HEARING ABOUT THAT? HE SAID HE DID NOT GET THE NOTICE, BUT I DON'T KNOW. HE WOULD'VE, I WAS, WOULD HOPE HE WOULD SAY SOMETHING . SO, AND WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS ES I'M SORRY, MR. OFFICER ES HE HAS OUR PHONE NUMBERS. HE HAS, HE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR MY ADDRESS TO MAIL IT TO ME DIRECTLY SO I COULD GET IT. WE ARE NOT, WE DON'T ALL LIVE AT THAT ADDRESS. MY BROTHER DOES. HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT LIVES AT THAT ADDRESS. ALL OF US. WE LIVE SEPARATELY. I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS BOARD KNOWS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST, SECOND TO LAST PAGE, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS, UM, THE OWNER AS, UM, ROBERT L. MARTINEZ AND CONSUELO G MARTINEZ AT 43 0 3 SUN FALLS. SO PURSUANT TO, UM, SORRY. UM, BE AD THE OWNERS WERE GIVEN, WERE PROVIDED NOTICE, AND THE OWNERS ARE LISTED, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, THE OWNERS ARE LISTED AS CONSUELO AND ROBERT L. MARTINEZ. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THIS, THEY'RE D THEY'RE DECEASED. I MEAN, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT ON THE NEW OWNERS TO MAKE SURE B C HAD KNOWS WHO THE OWNERS ARE. YEAH. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US IS ROBERT MARTINEZ IS YOUR BROTHER, AND HE DOES LIVE AT SUN FALLS. YES. SO NOTICE WAS PROVIDED TO THE OWNER. SO. YEP. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT ON THE NOTICE. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE. WE HAVE SPENT MONEY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT TREE THAT WAS KNOCKED OVER, WE WENT AND WE MADE SURE WE CLEARED IT OUT. WE HAD TO PAY [01:30:01] SOMEBODY MONEY TO GET IT CLEARED. EVERY TIME THERE WAS STUFF, DEBRIS IN THE HOUSE OR ON THE OUTSIDE, WE WERE NOTIFIED. WE WENT AND CHECKED WHENEVER WE COULD. AND WE CLEANED IT UP ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME. SOMETIMES BY THE TIME WE GOT NOTICE, THE CITY, THE CITY BEAT US TO IT, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF IT. WE TRY AND KEEP IT SEALED. WE DRIVE THROUGH, THE BUYER'S BEEN DRIVING, DRIVING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S CLOSED AND THAT NOBODY ELSE CONTINUES TO PUT STUFF IN THERE. THE BUYER RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO CLOSE. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. BUT IF THERE'S AN ORDER TO, TO CONDEMN OR TO DEMOLISH, THAT SALE'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. AND IT JUST PUTS US IN A, IN A HARDSHIP SITUATION, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY THE LIENS. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. AND I JUST WISH THAT YOU WOULD AT LEAST GRANT TIME GIVE THE, THE BUYER THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR, TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE AND MAKE IT LIVABLE FOR SOMEBODY INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST A VACANT LOT. WE, WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND VACANT LOTS AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU ALL HAVE HAD MORE THAN AMPLE TIME TO TRY TO FIX THIS OR SELL IT. AND NOW, TODAY YOU COME IN HERE TALKING ABOUT YOU HAVE A PERSON THAT WANTS TO BUY AND THEY DON'T EVEN SHOW UP. SO, UH, AND YOUR ADDRESS IS LISTED ON THE, UH, APPRAISAL RECORDS. 1 23. NANCY, THAT'S NOT YOUR ADDRESS. NO, I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT IT ON THERE. I MEAN, I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GO RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHO PUT IT ON THERE. UH, BEXAR COUNTY DOES NOT SHOW YOUR ADDRESS OR WHEREVER YOU LIVE, AND BEXAR COUNTY DOES ALL THE TAX APPRAISING. SO THERE'S ALREADY, UH, LIENS AGAINST THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. OKAY. SO YOU, THE FAMILY IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, DEMOLITION IF WE CHOOSE TO GO THAT WAY. RIGHT? EXACTLY. EXACTLY. SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF YOU COULD PLEASE HOLD OFF BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD THOSE LIENS. WE CAN'T AFFORD THE NEXT LIEN THAT'S GONNA BE FOR THE DEMO UNTIL WE SELL, IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SELL. AND THE BUYER HAS SAID, IF, IF THERE'S AN ORDER FOR FOR TO DEMOLISH THE DEAL'S OFF, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE WANNA FIX IT. WE KNOW WE WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE SELLER, MA'AM. AND YOU ALL SELLING THE PROPERTY. I KNOW, BUT WE'RE SELLING IT TO FIX IT. WE WANT IT REPAIRED. WE WANT THE HOUSE REPAIRED. WE DON'T WANT IT DEMOLISHED. YOU COULD HAVE. SO ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS TIME. A LONG TIME AGO. I'M SORRY. YEAH. UH, THIS IS WHY OUR ATTORNEY ASKED YOU FOR THE CONTRACT OF THE, OR THE CONTRACT. RIGHT. THE THING IS THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE. UH, PEOPLE COME HERE AND TELL US THE HOUSE. WE GOING TO SELL THE HOUSE, OR WE HAVE A CONTRACT. WHAT COMES UP TOO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THE TITLE, THE TITLE OF THE COMPANY'S GONNA WORK WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR BROTHER ONLY. SO THAT'S, HE, HE'S A MAN. OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, BUT YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, AND WHEN THE CON UH, THE BUYER COMES AND HE SAYS, OH, WHAT THE HECK? THIS IS NOT ON THE DISCLOSURE, YOU KNOW THAT. AND THEN HE LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS, AND YOU GET AN ANSWER RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, HEY, I, I DON'T WANT THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT NEEDS FIXING, UH, THE CITY. AND LOOK AT THE LI THE, UH, THE TITLE COMPANY'S GOING TO BRING UP ALL THE LIENS AND YOU CANNOT CLOSE. AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT OR YOUR BROTHER KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU'RE PAM. RIGHT. SO CLOSURE HERE. SO WE, WE ARE GOING TO DEAL HERE, OR THE SHERIFF PERSON'S GOING TO DEAL WITH WHAT THE COURT COMPLIANCE OFFICER STATED. OKAY. EITHER DEMOLISH OF THE TWO, ATTACHED ONE AND TWO ATTACHMENT, AND WHO'S GONNA BE CHARGED FOR IT? I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE SOME MONEY. UH, SO, BUT THE THING IS THIS, AND ON THE HIGHS, WE'LL LOOK AT IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THIS INVESTORS, THEY, UH, SMALL INVESTORS, THEY WON. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT. YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY THEY GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T DISCLOSE IT TO, SO GIVE US OUR EARNEST MONEY BACK, OR YOUR BROTHER. THANK YOU. SO IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT, UM, THE BUYER IS ACTUALLY WATCHING LIVE. 'CAUSE I I, MY UNDERSTANDING, HE TOLD ME IT'S LIVE AND HE'S TEXTING ME. SO TO PROVE THAT HE'S AWARE THAT, AND HE'S, I MEAN, I CAN READ ALL HIS TEXTS ON WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO. HE'S TOTALLY, IT'S BEEN DISCLOSED. AND SO I DIDN'T GET HERE. I MEAN, WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, WE JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY AND THE WEATHER WAS BAD AND HE COULDN'T, I ASKED HIM TO PLEASE BE HERE. HE SAID, I CAN BE THERE BY FACETIME. HE CAN'T. BUT HE, LIKE I SAID, HE'S PLANNING ON REPAIRING IT AND I CAN SHOW YOU ALL THE TEXTS. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH THAT HE'S, [01:35:01] HE, HE SAID THAT THE FRAME, LET ME SEE. HE SAYS THE GARAGE HAS ALL FOUR WALLS. ONLY THINGS MISSING IS A PLASTIC SIDING THAT BLEW OFF THE GARAGE. ROOF IS A STANDARD FOR 30 YEAR ROOF. SO HE WAS JUST RESPONDING TO WHAT HE, EXCUSE ME, HE'S LISTENING TO ME. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU CALL HIM AND CAN, CAN HE BE HERE IN 30 MINUTES? NO, NO, NO. I, YES I CAN. AND I THINK HE CAN BE HERE IN 30 MINUTES. NO. OKAY, WELL, WE GOTTA GO ON WITH A CASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. DOES HE HAVE AN IN, UH, AN ENGINEER'S, UH, REPORT? HE CAN GET AN ENGINEER'S REPORT. HE'S A, HE'S A, HE'S AN INVESTOR. SO HE HAS HIS OWN COMPANY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT, BUT HIS NAME IS, UM, HE'S GOT A FULL COMPANY OF 23 PEOPLE. HIS NAME'S ANTHONY HERNANDEZ. CAN'T FOR THE, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, REMEMBER THE NAME OF HIS COMPANY. BUT YES, HE KNOWS ABOUT THE ENGINEERING REPORTS. I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL US, MA'AM. BUT YOU KNOW, THE BUYER'S NOT HERE. HE CAN'T TELL US ANYTHING. AND THAT'S LIKE COMING FROM A THIRD PARTY, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU ARE READING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE JUST RIGHT. WE, WE DON'T GIVE PEOPLE EXTENSIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BUYER. WE, WE DON'T DO THAT. AND WE ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE OTHER, THE BUYER OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH, IT'S EITHER YOU'RE GONNA FIX THE PROPERTY OR YOU'RE NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. SO THE PLAN IS TO FIX IT. WE ARE SELLING IT TO FIX IT. AND I, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I MEAN, I REALLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE, THE BIG PICTURE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO FIX IT. WE WANT IT FIXED. YES, MA'AM. UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH TO FIX. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE, SORRY. OKAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM. BUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY GOES BACK TO 2019, YOU KNOW, AND FROM 2019, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS AGO, HE'S ACTUALLY, HE WAS CALLING ME RIGHT NOW. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT YOU, YOU WON'T EVEN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT MY, MY, MY DAD WAS, AND IT WAS COVID. IT WAS, HE WAS SICK. WE WERE GOING THROUGH SO MANY THINGS. WE, WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE? GO AHEAD. CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION? A MOTION? GO AHEAD. THEY'RE, I THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. PLEASE. I BEG. CAKE. CAKE. OKAY, MR. ROBERT TAPU AND, UH, 1 23. I'M, I MOVED TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 2 3, NANCY SAN ANTONIO. 7 8 2 0 4 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 7 8, 12 15. AND I MOVE THAT THE, UH, IN ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED IN 30 DAYS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. ONE IS IN PUBLIC, IS A PUBLIC, UH, NUISANCE, WHICH IS, UH, NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND ORDER, IN ORDER THAT THAT PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND ANY OTHER, UH, AND BE SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. TWO, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER [01:40:01] SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15. AND ORDER THAT THE PROP, THAT SUB, UH, STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, BE SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THE PROPERTY BE, UM, ALSO ALL THREE PROPERTIES BE SECURED. WHAT ABOUT UTILITIES? OKAY. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ABOUT THE UTILITIES, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HEAR IF THEY WERE CUT OR NOT CUT. DANGEROUS PREMISE, OFFICER JOSHUA ENTENTES, UM, THE PROPERTY WAS DISCONNECTED AT THE DAY OF THE FIRE. IT HAD NO CONNECTION TO THE POLE AND THE WATER'S. THERE'S NO WATER METER. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN CUT AT THE STREET. GOT. THANK YOU. I STAND FOR, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT ORDER? SECOND. OH, MR. GUPTA. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YOU HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT HE WANTED DO, BUT NO SIR. WELL, UH, THE MAIN STRUCTURED, UH, UNDER SECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 WAS ORDERED A REPAIR, UH, ACCESSORIES. ONE WAS IN 30 DAYS. WHAT? OVER THE REPAIR? YES. AND 30 DAYS. OKAY. AND, UH, AND ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, UNDER VIOLATIONS, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND ACCESSORY TWO, THAT'S 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 ALSO, I'M SORRY, 5, 7, 8, 12 AND 1530 DAY DEMOS ON BOTH OF THOSE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS IS THERE A INTEREST IN DEMOLISHING THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE? YES, I THINK THERE IS. THERE IS, YOU KNOW, BUT NOT AT THIS TIME. WELL, THERE, THERE I'M GIVING HER THE BENEFIT OF 30 DAYS AND THEN WE CAN CARRY ON WITH THIS OWNER, THAT OWNER, WHOEVER. THAT'S IT. WELL, YEAH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CODE OFFICER, UH, BASED ON, AND HER TESTIMONY, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CODE OFFICER, I DON'T REALLY AGREE WITH IT, BUT THAT'S HIS, THAT'S HIM IN THE CITY, RIGHT? THIS THE MAIN STRUCTURE BY, BY ALLOWING HER, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BY ALLOWING HER THE 30 DAYS, IT'S GIVING HER AMPLE TIME TO CONTACT THE REALTOR AND SO THEY CAN GET THAT ALL DONE. YES. THAT'S NOT WHY WE ARE HERE. EXACTLY. THE ONLY THING IN FRONT OF US IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA REPAIR IT STARTING TOMORROW OR THEY'RE GONNA DEMOLISH IT, ONE OR THE OTHER. SO I, I DON'T, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL HAVE A VOTE, BUT LET'S, LET'S GET A ROLL CALL. OKAY. I'LL CHECK ON THE, OKAY. JESSE ZUNIGA? YES. ROBERT TAPIA. YES. MS. BROWN? NO. CHERISE GUPTE. YES. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF THREE TO ONE. NO, . NOW GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER MAM, AND YOU CAN DISCUSS, YOU GOT 30 DAYS. THANK YOU, . OKAY. OH, WE HAVE, UM, I GUESS THAT'S ALL THE CASES. WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS TO DISCUSS. HELLO? OVER THERE, LEGAL. AND, UH, JENNY, DO WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS WE NEED TO DISCUSS? NO MA'AM. NO, NONE. NONE FROM US AT THIS TIME. I'M SORRY, WHAT? NO, NONE FROM US. OKAY. UH, LEGAL, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS BOARD? I WOULD, I WOULD ASK, I I AND I, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE, UH, CONTINUE TO DIG INTO REASONS AS TO WHY PERSONS WANT THAT TIME TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY. I, I, I THINK ALL PROPERTIES SHOULD BE REPAIRED IF WE CAN. WHAT I, WHAT I DO KNOW, WHAT I I DON'T WANT US TO DO IS BE, HEY, LET ME DELAY SO I CAN SELL THE PROPERTY. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE DANGEROUS PART OF THAT PREMISE. IF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A PREMISE THAT'S DANGEROUS OR A PROPERTY THAT'S DILAPIDATED AND CAN POSE A DANGER, [01:45:01] I THINK WE NEED TO ACT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE, THE, ANY OF THE ORDERS THAT THIS BOARD HAS PRODUCED TODAY, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL ARE BEING, UM, WE ARE QUESTIONING EVERYTHING. NOT TO NOT TRUST ANYONE, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING. OKAY? BECAUSE THEY, IF THIS BOARD DOESN'T CONSIDER THE PROPERTY A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SAY, SO YOU CAN RULE, YOU CAN DETERMINE THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT DANGEROUS, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DETERMINE THAT IT'S DANGEROUS, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS, HEY, THIS PROPERTY'S DANGEROUS, SO LET ME SEE IF SOMEBODY MIGHT BUY IT AND SOMEBODY MIGHT SELL IT. SO THEY MIGHT REPAIR IT. AND IF SOMEBODY IS SERIOUS ON REPAIRING THE PROPERTY, THIS BOARD CAN ORDER A DEMOLITION IF THEY BELIEVE IT SHOULD, AND THAT PROPERTY CAN BE APPEALED, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THIS BOARD AND THE CITY TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DEMOLITION ORDER, BUT WORK WITH ANY NEW PROPERTY OWNERS TO ALLOW THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY IF THEY'VE PROVIDED INFORMATION TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO DO THAT. I, I CONCUR WITH THAT LEGAL, BECAUSE THE, THE SITUATION HERE IS WE'RE STILL TAPING. OKAY. WELL THE SITUATION HERE IS THAT, THAT SHE STATED, YOU KNOW, THAT HER, HER BUYER SAID NO AFTER HE WENT AND SEEN THE BULL, UM, THE SCHEDULE FOR IT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING THAT WAY. AND, AND, AND THIS, NO, THIS BOARD IS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT DEMOLITION TO BE THE VERY, VERY LAST STRAW. BUT WHAT WE CANNOT DO ON DANGEROUS, STRUCK, DANGEROUS STRUCTURES IS DELAY ANY LONGER SOLELY, NOT SOLELY TO ADDRESS. SEE IF WE CAN TRANSFER THE PROPERTY INSTEAD OF REPAIRING THE PROPERTY OR ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL PROPERTY AND ALLOWING SOMEBODY TO BUY IT AND US DELAYING IT SO THEY CAN BUY IT, IS, IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST WAY WE SHOULD HANDLE IT. AND I, I KNOW AS, UM, NOT ONLY AM I YOUR ATTORNEY, BUT I ALSO WEAR THE HAT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ATTORNEY. SO I'M MAKING, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE PROPERTIES, THIS IS THE CABOOSE IN THE PROCESS. MM-HMM. AND, AND THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA, AND I WAS JUST ALSO GOING ON THE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION. SO THEY DON'T RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY ORDER THAT YOU PROVIDED NOTHING AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY WANTS TO. GREAT. I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH, WITH THIS BORDER. WHAT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE IS THIS BOARD, WE DO NOT START MOVING OURSELVES TOWARDS FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY. THAT SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE THIS BOARD. MM-HMM. , ALL OF THAT SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE. MM-HMM. . OKAY. CAN WE TURN OFF THE TAPE FOR A MINUTE, PLEASE? NO, BECAUSE IN OUR BUSINESS COULD I ADJOURN IT AND TURN IT OFF? NO, I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. I MAY NOT BE, IF, IF WE ARE DONE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, WE, WE CAN. OKAY. UH, SO, UH, BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, UH, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. PLEASE CUT THE TAPE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.