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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL COME TO ORDER.
UH, THE TIME IS NOW NINE O'CLOCK, AND IT'S THE 11TH OF MAY, 2023.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DWAYNE NELSON.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS FELIX RAMIREZ 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 AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO CHAIR.
UH, IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE THE SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICE PLEASE.
I'M ONE OF THE SPANISH INTERPRETERS.
PLEASE SIGN AT YOUR CELL PHONES AND ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THE 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 VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS.
UH, AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMIT 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 A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF A CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR, DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS AND REQUIRED REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS WHEN 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 THE TIME, PLEASE CONSULT WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT 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 ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 3 6,
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THE PANEL HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE LAST MINUTES.UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR DISCUSSION FOR CHANGE.
I I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAYYY MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
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UH, EVENT IS GOING TO BE A STAFF REPORT.MY NAME IS, UH, JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE JUST ONE ITEM THAT WE WILL BE PULLING FROM TODAY'S AGENDA IF I MAY PROCEED, SIR? YES MA'AM.
UH, ITEM TO BE PULLED IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
STEVES AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THAT PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE.
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I DON'T NEED IT.ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MS. RAMIREZ, THERE'S ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, YOU, YOU, YOU PUT DOWN, UH, 6 0 5 0.1 TWICE.
JUST TO CLARIFY YOUR PAPERWORK, UH, LET'S SEE.
DO WE HAVE THAT LISTED? THAT WAS A MISPRINT ON OUR PART.
WHAT IT WAS WAS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS OCCUPIED IS NO LONGER OCCUPIED, SO IT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE.
THE OWNER HAS, UM, TAKEN CARE OF THE TWO ITEMS. SO THAT WAS, UH, SO IT, IT IT'S GONNA BE, UM, BOTH CASES WILL BE CLOSED OUT.
I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SECOND ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
DO WE HAVE THAT LISTED JOHN ON THE SECOND? THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO FOR THAT.
TWO OF THOSE CASES, ACTUALLY THE, HE'S CORRECTED ME.
THOSE CASES WERE ON THE RIGHT SECTION OF THE CODE.
IT WAS JUST TWO DIFFERENT PARTS TO THE SAME SECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
OUR FIRST PROPERTY IS GONNA BE 1406 LEE HALL.
I'D LIKE TO MENTION TO THE BOARD REALLY QUICK BEFORE I BEGIN.
THIS PROPERTY IS GONNA BE, HAS ONE BUILDING ON TWO PARCELS.
SO I WOULD BE GOING BACK TO BACK TO GO INTO THE OTHER HALF OF THE OTHER STRUCTURE.
THAT'S AGAIN, IT'S ONE BUILDING THAT'S ON TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1406 LEE HALL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1406 LEE HALL IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2022, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATIVE INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 1 0 9 BLOCK, SEVEN SEVEN LOT NORTH I R R SIX, TWO FEET OF NINE, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ADOLF BUN WITH THE MAIL ADDRESS OF 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IS PRESENT, THE OWNER AS WELL AS SS A P D.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1406 LEE HALL WAS CONDUCTED AGAIN ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED AND CLAIMED ON JANUARY AS OF JANUARY, UH, ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023.
ON APRIL 27TH, 2023, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1406 LEE HALL ON MAY 3RD, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER, MR. ADOLPH
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING SIGNAGE BOARD.
UH, A LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THE OWNER JUST RECENTLY PROVIDED A FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO ACTIVE PERMITS FOR THE PROPERTY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE AN ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 1406 LEE HALL, BUT THE SERVICES WERE DISCONNECTED AT THE POLE DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON THE PROPERTY RECENTLY.
SAWS DOES HAVE AN ACTIVE SERVICE, BUT THAT ADDRESS IS CURRENTLY UNDER 1402 LEE HALL,
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WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW TO THE BOARD.I DID VERIFY WITH SAS THAT 1402 LEE HALL IS CURRENTLY THAT THEY HAVE IT UNDER IS, IS ATTACHED TO 50 51 INTERSTATE WEST, INTERSTATE 10, AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE THEY MARKED 1406.
UH, TO THE RIGHT IS 50 51, BUT THEY HAVE IT MARKED AS 1402 AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE BOARD THAT THAT'S HOW SAWS HAS IT MARKED ON THEIR END.
S A P D DOES HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS FOR THIS LOCATION.
IS IT ADDRESS 14 0 6 14? YEAH.
THE ADDRESS ON BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL IS 1406, BUT SAWS JUST HASN'T MARKED AS 1402 AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE BOARD THAT IT, IT'S STILL, UM, CONNECTED TO 1406 AND 50 51.
I DO, I DID OBTAIN A FIRE REPORT.
THE FIRST FIRE OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2023 AT 4 51.
THE CALL, THEY, THEY RECEIVED THE CALL.
THE SECOND FIRE DID OCCUR THAT MONDAY MAY 1ST, 2023 AND THEY RECEIVED A CALL AT EIGHT THIRTY FIVE IN THE MORNING.
I DID GO BACK OUT THERE THAT ON MONDAY MAY 1ST TO REINSPECT THE LOCATION AND TO ASSESS THE DAMAGES OF THE STRUCTURES.
WHAT WAS IT CALLED? WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON HERE.
THEY DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE REPORT.
I JUST HAVE THE DATES AND TIME WHEN THEY WENT OUT THERE.
THE PHOTOS THAT I AM PRESENTING TODAY WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 27, 23, 20 23.
APRIL 6TH, 2023 AND MAY 1ST, 2023.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE FIRST PHOTO I AM, I DID PLACE SOME MARKING TO LET THE BOARD KNOW, WHICH IS 1406 LEE HALL AND WHICH IS 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10.
SO TO THE RIGHT OF THE MARKING, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE SINGLE STORY.
THAT'S A TWO STORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT.
THE, THERE IS NO PERMITS ON FILE AT ALL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS, THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOME, THERE ARE DAMAGES TO THE, TO SOME OF THE WINDOWS AS WELL AS THE SET THE FIRST FLOOR ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO HERE.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE SIXTH OF THIS MONTH SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A DOOR THAT WAS INSTALLED.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS WAS TAKEN ON JANUARY 27TH, 2023.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WOOD MEMBERS WERE ROTTED AND DETERIORATED.
THERE WAS NO DOOR THERE AGAIN, NO PERMITS WERE PULLED.
MOVING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ON THE RIDGE BOARD WHERE THE, THE PATIO AREA'S AT IN THIS FIRST FLOOR STR UM, STRUCTURE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, IT DOES, THERE'S A DROP TO THE ROOF SYSTEM TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
YOU, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S FIRE DAMAGE, BUT THE, THAT FIRE HAD OCCURRED ON 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10, WHICH I WILL GET FURTHER INTO DETAIL ON THAT ON THE NEXT, WHEN WE GO INTO THAT CASE.
UH, THIS IS AN OVERALL VIEW OF 1406 AS WELL AS 50 51 WHERE YOU SEE THE STAIRS GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
GOING TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO.
THE PARAPET WALL TO THE SINGLE, TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO IS LEANING INWARDS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE EXTENSION CORDS THAT ARE RUNNING ON THE PARKING LOT GOING INTO SEVERAL UNITS, WHICH ALSO LEAD INTO 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10.
THIS IS THE, TO THE RIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS PHOTO.
IT'S WHERE THE EXTENSION CORDS WERE PLUGGED INTO AND CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRICAL METER OR THE BREAKER BOX.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS JUST A, AN EXTENSION CORD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY RAINING THAT DAY.
YOU CAN SEE SOME WATER MARKS ON MY CAMERA.
I DID FIND THE EXTENSION CORD AT THE DAY OF THE FIRE.
UH, IT WAS NOT LONG, NO LONGER CONNECTED.
BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY ACTUALLY RAN IT.
THEY DUG A, A SMALL TRENCH AND STARTED BURYING THE, THE EXTENSION CORD FROM WHAT I SAW.
NOW THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK PORTION AGAIN.
1406 LEE HALL WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10 IS ON THE RIGHT.
IT DOES START WHERE THOSE STAIRS ARE GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
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PHOTO.HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PARAPET WALL SHOWING THAT THERE IS A LEAN AND IT'S LEANING INWARDS TO THE STRUCTURE.
WHEN WE FIRST DID DO AN INITIAL DART ON THIS PROPERTY, THE, THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING INSIDE OF THAT UNIT.
THE OWNER DID GRANT ME ACCESS TO WALK THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FULL STRUCTURE.
THIS PHOTO IS SHOWING THE ORIGINAL WALL AND WHERE HE STARTED ADDING ONTO IT.
AGAIN, I, WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH, I DID NOT FIND ANY, ANY PERMITS SHOWING THAT THERE WAS NEW CONSTRUCTION BEING BUILT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THIS IS GONNA BE WHERE ONE ANOTHER UNIT WAS OCCUPIED.
MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE UNIT.
NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE SPLICING THE WIRING.
AND THIS IS RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR IS TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO HERE.
SHOWING THAT THERE IS STILL POWER.
UH, THE, THE, UM, ON APRIL, APRIL 6TH, 2023, THIS IS SHOWING THAT THERE WAS POWER CONNECTED TO THIS UNIT AS WELL.
UH, LOOKING NOW MORE RECENT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S STILL MORE DEBRIS INSIDE OF THE UNIT, WHICH WAS POSING AN EGRESS CONCERN.
THE TENANT THAT WAS THERE WAS ACTUALLY STARTING TO PACK STUFF ITEMS UP BECAUSE OF THE FIRE AND WAS WORKING ON.
I DID REQUEST N H S D OUT TO THE LOCATION TO OFFER SERVICES.
THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT DID ACCEPT IT AND WAS WORKING WITH N H S D AT THAT TIME FOR RELOCATION.
WE ALSO DID CONFIRM THAT RED CROSS DID GO OUT THERE AS WELL TO OFFER SERVICES FOR THE TENANTS THAT WERE LIVING ON THE PROPERTY.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS IN THE BATHROOM AGAIN, MORE SPLICING, SHOWING WHAT THEY'RE USING FOR LIGHTING IN THIS BATHROOM WHEN THEY DID HAVE POWER BEFORE THE FIRE.
THIS WAS AN ACTIVE LIGHT SOURCE FOR THE BATHROOM.
NOW MOVING INTO THE GARAGE TO THE LEFT WHERE HE HAD BUILT THE NEW DOOR.
AGAIN, HE'S USING THIS FOR STORAGE.
NEXT PHOTO SHOWING THAT THERE'S SOME WATER DAMAGE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, A HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM OR THE SHEET ROCK.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS LEADING TO THE SECOND FLOOR WHERE THAT HOLE'S AT.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN FROM THE INSIDE WHERE THAT DOOR WAS BUILT.
SHOWING AGAIN, JUST FROM THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE THAT THERE'S STILL DETERIORATION TO SOME OF THE WOOD MEMBERS THAT ARE AROUND IT.
UH, SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AS WELL.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK, JUST AGAIN SHOWING WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING OR TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
NOW MOVING ON TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
THIS WAS TAKEN ON APRIL 6TH SHOWING THAT THESE INTELLECTUAL EXTENSION, UH, EXTENSION CORDS WERE ACTUALLY LIVE RUNNING, PROVIDING POWER TO THESE UNITS.
THE OWNER DID TELL ME THAT HE WAS, HE RESIDES AT THE SECOND FLOOR THAT THIS IS HIS UNIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
HERE'S A DI A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THE SECOND, THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE PARAPET WALL WHERE THERE IS A LIEN.
WHEN I FIRST DID MY INITIAL INSPECTION, I DID WALK UP THERE 'CAUSE THERE WAS AN ACCESS POINT TO GO ONTO THE ROOF SYSTEM AND IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY WEAK.
THE FLOOR, UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SO I ONLY TOOK A COUPLE STEPS AND I ACTUALLY GOT BACK OFF.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE IS A DROP.
IF YOU LOOK WHERE IT STARTS RISING UP TO THE, TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, YOU'LL SEE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DROP GOING TOWARDS THE HIGHWAY.
THIS IS ON THE INITIAL INSPECTION.
AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION.
ROTTING, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FACIA BOARD TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
AGAIN, THIS IS WHEN I DID TAKE A STEP ON THERE.
UH, ONCE I GOT TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE IT WAS THE FLOOR WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF, OF IT BEING OF A WAVE AS WELL AS WEAK, I DID GET BACK OFF, DIDN'T GO ANY FURTHER.
NEXT PHOTO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE UNITS JUST SHOWING THE SMOKE DAMAGE.
THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, THE OWNER'S UNIT THAT HE WAS LIVING AT OPPOSITE OF WHERE THE FIRE OCCURRED, SHOWING THAT SMOKE DID GET TO THIS SIDE OF 1406 LEE HALL, AND THE ONLY THING I DID SEE WAS SMOKE DAMAGE INSIDE OF THIS UNIT.
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AS WELL THAT AGAIN, THERE WAS PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL SERVICES RAN.DID NOT SEE ANY PERMITS FOR ANY OF THOSE.
UM, REQUIRED, UH, OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS, NEEDS PERMITS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON FILE FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT, AT 1406 LEE HALL IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE OWNER AFTER THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED, HE WAS WORKING ON SECURING ALL THE UNITS.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE REPORTS OF INDIVIDUALS STILL GOING IN THERE BREAKING INTO THE, TO THE STRUCTURE.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEMOLITION WITH THE PROPERTY, BE VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED FROM THE PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1406 LEE HALL.
THANK YOU MR. ZIKA, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
D H SS WAS WORKING WITH THE, THE OWNER HAS SECURED THE ENTIRE BUILDING, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING REPORTS THAT THERE'S INDIVIDUALS STILL GOING ONTO THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE REPORTS THAT I'M GETTING ARE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS A PREVIOUS TENANT THAT ARE STILL GOING ONTO THE PROPERTY.
BUT LAST TIME I WAS OUT THERE ON THE, WHEN I WENT BACK ON THE SECOND, HE WAS SECURING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
IT WAS, IT WAS SECURED, UH, SECURING I WAS AT, BOARDED IT UP OR HE BOARDED UP EVERY DOOR THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE SECURED TO PREVENT ANYBODY GOING ON TO THE PROPERTY.
AND, AND, UH, PREVIOUS TENANTS ARE STILL GOING IN.
WE'RE GETTING REPORTS THAT THEY ARE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY WHEN I GO OUT THERE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE REPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING.
AND THAT WAS ON THE FIRST AND THE SECOND.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I WENT BACK OUT ON THE SECOND TO, TO CONFIRM THAT I DID SEE ONE INDIVIDUAL ON THE PREMISES.
I DID HAVE S A P D GO OUT THERE WITH ME TO ASSIST REGARDING THE, THE SITUATION.
HOW ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY? I DID CONFIRM AGAIN WITH SAWS THAT POWER WAS SHUT OFF FOR THIS LOCATION.
THEY DO HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT, BUT THEY SHUT IT, THEY CUT THE POWER FROM THE POLE AT THE DAY OF THE FIRE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
BESIDES, HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES OUT TO THAT LOCATION? JUST THE TWO REPORTS THAT I HAVE FOR THE, WHICH AGAIN, THOSE TWO DATES FOR FIRE WAS ON THE 29TH AS WELL AS MAY 1ST.
AND I DO HAVE S A P D PRESENT TO SPEAK ON AND THEIR END FOR HOW MANY CALLS THEY'VE GONE OUT THERE AND EACH TIME THEY HAVE TO GO OUT THERE.
I KNOW THEY'VE GONE OUT THERE AFTER THE 2ND OF MAY.
AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT WAS REGARDING, UM, AGAIN, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY.
CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 60 ON THIS ONE? ON THIS SLIDE, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER REFERENCES BUT THIS ONE HERE, SO I COULDN'T SEE WHERE THIS IS EXACTLY AT BY THE BUILDING HERE AND BY YOUR SS A P D CARS AND EVERYTHING, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ON ONE OF THE BACK CORNERS, NOT FROM ALL YOUR OTHER PHOTOS.
THIS IS ON THE, IT'S NEAR THE ACCESS ROAD.
CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 59? THE PREVIOUS PHOTO? SO IN THIS PHOTO HERE TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO IS WHERE THAT BREAKER BOX WAS AT, WHICH I WOULD SAY IS ABOUT 30 YARD, 20 YARDS AWAY, 20 20, 20 TO 30 YARDS AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
GOING BACK TOWARDS THE PEAK OF THAT SECOND STORY OR GOING, IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SECOND STORY ON OR THIS WAY TO THE RIGHT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THAT AND GO BACK TO 60, NOW THAT YOU SAID THE POWER IS CUT, IS THAT CUT FOR BOTH OR ARE THERE TWO SEPARATE METERS? BECAUSE IT'S TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES.
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S CONFIRMED WITH C P S REPRESENTATIVES, THEY DID MENTION THAT POWER WAS CUT FOR BOTH PROPERTIES.AND AGAIN, THEY WERE FOR 1406, THEY, THEY CUT AND 50 51 THEY CUT AT THE POLE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE METER BOX FOR BOTH PROPERTIES.
I WOULDN'T, THEY DIDN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT WITH ME.
THEY HAD THREE DIFFERENT TOTAL METERS FROM WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
BUT THIS, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE IF YOU HAVE THE APARTMENT PIECE AND ALL THAT? YES.
BUT THEY CUT ALL THE ELECTRICITY.
UH, THE TENANTS ON THIS DAY WERE TELLING ME THAT THEY HAD NO POWER.
UH, THE OWNER HAD CUT THE POWER OFF AND THIS IS WHAT THEIR ANSWER WAS TO THAT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT BECAUSE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A, THIS IS UNDER POWER FOR WHAT THEY WERE USING IT FOR.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF ALL OF IT'S RUNNING OFF OF THIS BOX OR IF THERE'S OTHER, AND YOU'RE JUST CONFIRMED THERE ARE OTHER METERS.
BUT THIS EXTENSION CORD, WHICH WHEN I GO INTO 50 51, THIS EXTENSION CORD GOES INTO MULTIPLE AND I DO SEE ONE OF 'EM LEADING TO 50 51 POWERING THE SECOND STORY THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY A TENANT.
SO THERE SEEMS TO BE A ISSUE OF WHERE ALL THE POWER IS COMING FROM AND GOING TO YES.
ON ALL THE PROPERTY ON THIS DAY, IT DID APPEAR THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING POWER FROM THIS ONE EXTENSION CORD THAT WAS SPLICED INTO THE BREAKER BOX.
YEAH, BECAUSE IF, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ONLY JUST ILLEGAL, UM, BUT IF THERE'S AN ODDS PODGE OF THREE DIFFERENT POWER SOURCES AND NOBODY KNOWS WHERE EACH ONE OF THE POWER SOURCES IS SUPPOSED TO COME FROM THAT YES.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE WHAT'S BEING SHUT OFF.
SO THE QUICKEST WAY WAS TO SHUT THE WHOLE POLE OFF.
AND NONE OF THIS IS PERMITTED.
NO, I DID NOT FIND ANY, ANY ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE FOR ANY OF THE WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR BOX.
THAT GRAY BOX ABOVE IT, IS THAT THE METER THAT THERE'S A LITTLE, IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE HINT OF A GRAY BOX.
THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO SEE.
I I, I, YES, THERE WAS A METER ABOVE IT.
UH, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE, I WANTED TO GET A CLOSER PHOTO JUST SHOWING YEAH.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERY ONE OF THESE BOXES GO.
YOU JUST KNOW THERE'S LIVE WIRE SOMEWHERE.
COMING FROM ONE OF THE SOURCES.
AND I TRACED IT BACK TO THIS ONE WHEN I LOOKED AT ALL THE EXTENSION CORDS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT.
NOW I, AS WELL AS SEEING FOR THE UNIT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE, FROM THIS AREA, THERE WAS EXTENSION CORDS, WHICH IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE COMING, COMING OUT OF THE WINDOW, GOING ALONG THE SIDE.
BUT AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE TRACES.
'CAUSE THEY WERE, NOW, I STARTED SEEING THAT THERE WAS STRETCHING BEING DONE.
SO TO COVER UP THE WORK ON THE WATER SET UP AND THE GAS SET UP, ARE THEY SET UP AS WELL OR WERE THEY CUT? I HAVE NO, I, FROM WHAT PD TOLD ME, ALL SERVICES ARE CUT.
BUT THEY HAVE, HE DOES HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT.
IT'S JUST THERE'S NO SERVICES GOING TO THE PROPERTY.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT KIND OF GETS ALWAYS LOST.
IT'S GAS ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE LEFT ON, BUT ALL SERVICES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CUT.
BUT DO THEY HAVE WATER ON THIS ONE? SAWS DID MENTION THEY DO HAVE ACTIVE SERVICE ON ALL THE BUILDINGS.
IT, IT DOES APPEAR THAT IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE, FOR BOTH BU PROPERTIES FOR THIS ONE BUILDING.
BUT AGAIN, SAUCE HAS IT MARKED AS 1402.
1402 IS INDICATING THAT IT'S ON 50 51.
NOW, AGAIN, HE DIDN'T PULL PER, I DIDN'T SEE ANY PERMITS FOR THE, THE PLUMBING.
SO I WOULD SAY YES, THAT THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS GETTING WATER FROM THAT ONE.
AND, AND, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE IF THEY'RE CONSIDERED TWO DIFFERENT LOTS YES.
THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT METERS.
GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER, AND THE SAME ON THE OTHER ONE.
AND YET IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S JUST A UNKNOWN OF WHERE EVERYTHING'S COMING FROM.
SO LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT.
THE POWER WAS CUT FROM THE YES.
HAVE NO, THEY, THE, THE, HE JUST HAS AN, BECAUSE HE HAD PAID FOR SERVICES, HE HAS AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT.
BUT FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING FROM P, FROM C P SS, THE DAY OF THE FIRE, THEY WENT OUT THERE AND CUT ALL THREE, UH, POWERS.
THEY CUT ALL THREE SERVICES FROM THE POWER METER, FROM THE POWER POLE FROM THE POLE ITSELF.
SO THERE'S NO POWER AT ALL GOING TO THE PROPERTY.
BUT HE DOES HAVE A ACTIVE ACCOUNT.
YEAH, WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I WAS WONDERING HOW THEY WERE GETTING POWER FROM THIS BOX IF EVERYTHING WAS CUT AT THIS TIME.
'CAUSE THIS WAS, THIS WAS 4, 6 6,
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I THINK THIS WAS, THIS WAS ON THE 6TH OF APRIL.SO WHEN I WENT BACK OUT ON MAY, THAT'S WHEN THE POWER WAS CUT.
MS. MIRANDA, UM, DID YOU CHECK FOR 1402 AS WELL? BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT'S NOT LIKE AN ACTUAL ADDRESS, BUT IT'S LIKE LISTED A FEW TIMES.
YEAH, THAT WAS MY, SO DID YOU CHECK THE SERVICES AT 1402 AS WELL? A LOT OF REPORTS COME IN TO US FOR 1402, BUT IT IS, WE DID CONFIRM WITH BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL THAT IT'S 1406.
SO WHICH ONE'S FIRST? I MEAN, WHICH BUILDING CAME FIRST? 50 51 AND THEN 1406 WAS ADDED TO IT OR WAS 1406 FIRST AND THEN 1551 WAS ADDED TO IT.
THE OWNER TOLD ME ON MAY 1ST THAT THE 50 51 WAS THE ORIGINAL BUILDING.
WHICH IS ZONED AS AN OFFICE SPACE.
YES, MR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON MAY THE FOURTH, 2023 STATED THAT THE, THE QUESTION THAT MULTIPLE FIRES WERE SET AT, THERE'S RESIDENCE IN THE PAST AND, UH, BY THE SAME APP APPLICANT OCCUPANTS.
SO THAT'S IT, IT'S JUST A POINT TO LOOK AT.
THE, THE INDIVIDUAL, WHEN WHEN WE GO INTO 50 51, WE WILL GO FURTHER INTO THE FIRE.
AND THAT'S THE ONE UNIT THAT I KNOW SS A P D IS HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH.
AND AGAIN, I DO HAVE S A P D TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL OF WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH ON THE PROPERTY.
MS. BRENDA, SO YOU SAID, UH, 50 51 IS, UH, ZONED AS OFFICE.
SO IS, UH, 1406 ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL? YES.
ZONED R FOUR, IS IT ZONED AS MULTIFAMILY OR IS IT ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY? UH, THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION SAYS RETAIL RENT SLASH RESIDENCE.
SO HOW MANY UNITS FOR 14 0 6, 1, 2, 3, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF FOUR UNITS, UH, OCCUPIED BY FAMILIES, OR TWO, THREE WERE OCCUPIED, INCLUDING ONE INCLUDING THE OWNER'S UNIT.
UH, THE ONE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
IT WAS MORE OF AN OFFICE SPACE THAT HE WAS BUILDING THAT, BUILDING THAT AS, LET ME DO A FOLLOW UP, AND THIS IS GONNA BE AN INTERESTING PART, AND LEGAL MAY HAVE TO ANSWER THIS AS WELL.
IF BOTH BUILDINGS ARE ADJOINED TOGETHER AND THERE'S NO DIVIDING LINE IN THE HOUSE THAT SAYS THIS IS ONE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE OTHER, WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING BILLED AS ONE PROPERTY? THERE SHOULD BE A SETBACK.
THERE'S USUALLY A SETBACK BETWEEN BOTH ADDRESSES.
BUT AGAIN, 1406 WAS BILLED ILLEGALLY FROM, AGAIN, I DID NOT FIND ANY KIND OF PERMITS FOR ANY KIND OF NEW CONSTRUCTION TO ADD ONTO 50 51.
SO FROM THIS, AT THIS POINT, I AM IDENTIFYING THIS, THIS 1406 BEING AN ILLEGAL STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT WITHOUT ANY PERMITS.
A FOLLOW UP WAS 1406, A PRIOR BUILDING AND THEY JUST ATTACHED OR, OR PUT A MIDDLE BUILDING BETWEEN THEM ON MAY 1ST.
THE OWNER DID TELL ME THAT THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS 50 51 AND HE STARTED WORKING FROM THERE, ADDING ONTO THE STRUCTURE.
SO HE BROUGHT THE LOT NEXT TO HIM AND JUST CONTINUED OVER.
AND HE JUST CONTINUED FROM HERE.
NOT JOINING THEM, BUT HE JUST BUILT OVER.
SO YOUR ASSESSMENT IS THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE BUILDINGS, BUT YET THEY'RE ATTACHED.
SO WOULD THAT NOT BE A SINGLE STRUCTURE? BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
I'M HAVING TO BRING THEM SEPARATE.
I, I, I WANNA COVER THE BASES BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A STICKING POINT.
THEY'RE SHARING THE PARKING AS WELL? YES.
OR IS IT SEPARATED TOO? IT'S BEING SHARED.
SO HE TOOK ONE PROPERTY AND JUST MADE THE WHOLE THING THE SAME BUSINESS SLASH HE PLACED RESIDENT? YES, HE PLACED GRAVEL.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO, IT'S LIKE A, LIKE A LETTER L.
SO IT GOES ACROSS AND IT GOES STRAIGHT UP TO THE, TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO HERE.
SO THE OWNER, MR. IF I, IF I MAY, LET ME GET THE POINT OF ORDER, UH, IN POINT OF ORDER, UH, QUESTION LEGAL.
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STAFF DID, UH, DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS PROPERTY BY THE NUMBERS.BUT WHEN HE SENT OUT, UH, THE NOTICES, YOU GO ON THE LEGAL PROPERTY, NOT ON THE NUMBERS OF THE HOUSES.
IS THAT TRUE? IT'S LEGAL, YES.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE CAN HASSLE ON, ON THE NUMBERS HERE, BUT IT, IT IS ILLEGAL THAT COUNTS THERE.
EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S CORRECT.
FIGHT IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S ILLEGAL THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEND OUT, RIGHT? YES.
BUT IT'S BASED ON THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S A SEPARATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR EACH, EACH PART.
THANK, JUST TO COMMENT FROM THE CHAIR, UH, THE A POINT OF ORDER IS NORMALLY USED WHEN YOU HAVE INDEED A PROCESS OF, UH, ROBERT RULE'S OF ORDERS.
UH, AND THAT WAS A QUESTION PER SE.
SO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU'D USE THE POINT OF ORDER.
UH, MR. ANDES, I'LL GO BACK TO YOU FOR QUESTIONING.
NOW, THE CITY TAX, AND EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES, BUT WHEN THE HOMEOWNER DECIDED TO DEVELOP, HE DID, BECAUSE HE OWNS BOTH.
SO THAT BECOMES A CONFUSION OF ALL THE POWER, WATER, AND GAS, BECAUSE IT'S ALL INTERTWINED NOW AS WELL AS 1402 COMING INTO PLAY.
THE ADDRESS THAT OUR, WE GET A LOT OF REPORTS FOR 1402.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW THE, THE NEIGHBORS IDENTIFY IT AS.
IS THERE ANYBODY LIVING ON THE PROPERTY NOW? I HAVE NOT GONE OUT RECENTLY.
THE LAST TIME I WENT OUT WAS MAY 2ND AND DID SPEAK WITH THE OWNER.
HE DID SECURE EVERYTHING OFF, UH, ALL THE BIN THE UNITS OFF.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL, WE GET REPORTS THAT THERE'S STILL PEOPLE GOING INTO THE PROPERTY, BUT I HAVE NOT GONE OUT RECENTLY.
DID THE HOMEOWNER LIVE ON THE PROPERTY OR NO? HE, HE TELLS, HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE LIVES IN THE UNIT UPSTAIRS ON 1406 LEE HALL.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT HE HAS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES.
I, I THINK HAS A QUESTION YOU CAN ASK THE OWNER IF HE, IF HE'S STILL RESIDING AT THAT.
MR. UH, OFFICER HERNANDEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION PLEASE.
I'M OUTTA THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION.
UH, I'M WITH THE SAFE UNIT THERE.
AND YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE, SIR.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE CONFUSION WITH THE ADDRESSES.
UH, FROM POLICE PERS PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ONE LARGE BUILDING WITH, UH, MULTIPLE ADDRESSES.
UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, THREE, ESSENTIALLY THREE ADDRESSES OF, UH, 14 0 2, 14 0 6, AND 50 51 IH 10 WEST.
UM, AS FAR AS 1406 GOES, WE RECEIVED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, 27 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, THESE CALLS INCLUDE, UH, RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY, ASSAULT IN PROGRESS, CRIMINAL CRIM, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DISTURBANCES, DISTURBANCES WITH THE GUN, AND, UH, UH, NARCOTIC RELATED CALLS.
UH, IF I MAY GO INTO THE CALLS THERE.
UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, JUST LIKE OF A CODE OFFICER MARTINEZ MENTIONED.
UH, THAT'S WHERE WE RECEIVED, UH, MOST OF THE CALLS, UH, DUE TO, UH, WHERE IT'S LOCATED, UH, IN RESPECT TO WHERE THE, WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE LOCATED AS WELL.
ALONG, UH, LEE HALL, WE RECEIVED 64 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THERE AGAIN, UH, THESE CALLS INCLUDED, UH, DISTURBANCES, SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES DISTURBANCE WITH THE GUN AND A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS.
UH, 50 51 IH 10 WEST RECEIVED 15, UH, 15 CALLS, UH, DISTURBANCES WITH THE GUN, THEFT OF VEHICLES, ASSAULT IN PROGRESS AND RECOVERED STOLEN PRO UH, PROPERTY.
AND, UH, THIS GOES WITH THE DART WARRANTS THAT WE CONDUCTED AT THESE, UH, ADDRESSES.
WE HAVE MADE, UH, SEVERAL ARRESTS FOR WANTED PERSON, INCLUDING ONE WANTED PERSON FOR ROBBERY OUT OF LAREDO, TEXAS.
UM, AND THE MOST RECENT CALL FOR, UH, WAS FOR 1402.
THAT WAS ON THE SIXTH OF THIS MONTH.
AND THAT WAS FOR MENTAL HEALTH RELATED, UM, THAT WAS FOR, UH, JUST LIKE, UH, CODE OFFICER MARTINEZ MENTIONED.
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A TENANT THERE THAT HAS BEEN GIVING HIM AND POLICE ISSUES, NOT WANTING TO LEAVE THE, THE PROPERTY AFTER THE, THE OWNER PROPERLY SECURED THE, THE, THE PROPERTY.UM, SHE IS RELUCTANT TO LEAVE AND, AND GIVES POLICE A HARD TIME.
ON THE SIXTH, SHE WAS GIVEN A COURTESY RIDE TO HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND WHICH SHE VOLUNTARILY, UH, AGREED TO GO WITH OFFICERS.
UM, BUT SHE, SHE WENT BACK TO THE LOCATION AFTER THAT.
SO, QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR.
AND, UH, QUESTION NOW ON THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, 1406 SLASH 1402.
THE CALLS WERE FOR MAINLY, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
NOT THE BILL, NOT THE, NOT THE OFFICES.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION COMES IN.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES, ESPECIALLY FOR PROPERTIES LIKE THIS WITH SEVERAL ADDRESSES, A CALL WILL COME OUT FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, 1406, BUT IT WAS REALLY MEANT FOR 1402 OR, YOU KNOW, 50 51.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THE CALLS WERE MEANT FOR.
UM, SO AS, AS I MENTIONED, 1402 HAD THE MOST CALLS, BUT IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE.
YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE EXACT CALL AND DETERMINE WHETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CALL WAS FOR THE DISTURBANCE ON 1406 OR, OR A DIFFERENT ADDRESS.
UM, WITH THAT, THERE'S A SCHOOL NEARBY.
IS THIS AN AVENUE WHERE MOST KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL OR IS THERE ANOTHER AVENUE THEY WALK THERE? SO LEE HALL RUNS EAST AND WEST CATALINA RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH.
AND THEN, UH, THEN THERE'S, I I 10 FRONTAGE ROAD CATALINA.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE SCHOOL ZONES WITHIN CATALINA, JUST WITHIN A FEW FEET FROM, FROM LEE HALL.
UH, I WANNA SAY, I THINK IT'S A BLOCK.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S SCHOOL ZONE, THERE'S A SPEED LIMIT WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT IS A WAY FOR, FOR CHILDREN AND, AND PARENTS TO, TO, TO COMMUTE FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE SCHOOL.
SO, UM, YOU SAID THAT YOU GAVE THE TENANT A RIDE TO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND, UH, CODE, UH, TESTIFIED THAT, OR STATED THAT, UM, N H S D WAS OUT THERE.
SO WAS THERE A REASON THAT THIS PARTICULAR TENANT WAS, WAS, HAD NOWHERE TO GO OR, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, I, WELL LET, LEMME START OFF WITH, I WAS WITH, UH, OFFICER MARTINEZ THAT DAY THAT THE, THE HOMEOWNER BOARDED UP THE BUILDING.
SHE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT HER BELONGINGS, UH, THAT WERE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE, AFTER SHE, AFTER THEY BOARDED UP THE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO HER UNIT, UH, HIM AND I BOTH LEFT.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SHE WENT BACK.
SHE WAS, UH, SHE CAUSING A DISTURBANCE WITHIN, UH, SO ON THE SIXTH, WHEN OFFICERS WENT OUT THERE, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILS OF THE CALL, SHE WAS YELLING, SCREAMING, THROWING PROPERTY EVERYWHERE IN THE STREET.
BUT EVENTUALLY SHE CALMED DOWN AND SHE WAS ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO GO TO HAVEN FOR HOPE.
SO THAT'S WHY OFFICERS, UH, TOOK HER.
SO IN THAT INCIDENT, UH, NO OTHER ORGANIZATION WAS INVOLVED.
IT WAS JUST, UH, A POLICE CALL.
POLICE RESPONDED AND OFFERED A RIDE TO HAVEN AND, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
SO THE DAY THAT, THE DAY THAT, UM, IT WAS BOARDED UP, WAS N H S D OUT THERE? NO.
AND WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE WAS ASKED TO VACATE THE PROPERTY? NO, IT WASN'T.
THANK YOU IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
JOSH MARTINEZ TO FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION THAT WE WENT ON THE SECOND MAY 2ND.
MAY 1ST IS WHEN I WENT OUT THERE WITH N H S D OFFERED SERVICES, VERIFIED THAT RED CROSS WENT OUT THERE, ALSO VERIFIED WITH ARSON THAT ARSON DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ON THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIRE.
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SHE DID TELL US THAT SHE HAD A PLACE TO GO AND THAT SHE DIDN'T NEED ANY SERVICES.SO WHEN WE WENT BACK OUT THERE AGAIN ON THE SECOND SHE WAS THERE, SHE DID STATE THAT SHE WAS LEAVING AND THE OWNER, AFTER SS A P D STARTED TALKING TO HER, SHE STEPPED AWAY.
AND THEN THE OWNER DID BOARD UP THAT, THAT UNIT.
AND AGAIN, SHE DID REPEAT STATING THAT SHE HAS A PLACE TO STAY, THAT SHE DIDN'T NEED TO GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE I DID OFFER HER SERVICES AGAIN AND I WOULD'VE CONTACTED N H S D AND D H S TO ASSIST WITH THAT IF SHE HAD ACCEPTED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CALLED OFFICER? THANK YOU, MR. PER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR PERSONAL HOME ADDRESS.
MY NAME'S AL PER, I'M AT, I'M HARDIER AND THIS, UH, ADOLF BRUTA.
I'M A RETIRED REAL ESTATE BROKER AND HOME BUILDER.
I USED TO BUILD HOUSES FOR OUR CA COUNCIL.
IT'S 8 0 3 CRESTLINE AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING USED TO BE MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE BACK IN, IN THE EIGHTIES TO, I RETIRED 15 YEARS AGO.
SO THAT'S BEEN USED FOR A WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW.
THE, THE 14, NOW, I'LL STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ADDRESSES IN A MINUTE.
IT WAS FOR A WAREHOUSE AND THEN 1406 WAS, UH, FOR RENTALS.
ORIGINALLY, THE REASON I HAVE THREE METERS IS BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT THOSE PROPERTIES BACK IN LATE SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, THERE WAS TWO HOUSES.
IT WAS 1402 LEE HALL, AND 1406 LEE HALL.
THEN I WENT TO HOUSE NUMBERING OR CAME HERE TO HOUSE NUMBERING.
AND THEY, WHEN I OPENED MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE, FIRST OF ALL, I GOT THE ZONING CHANGE TO OPEN A REAL ESTATE OFFICE, GIVE US A RESIDENCE.
THEY GAVE ME THE ZONING CITY COUNCIL.
I OPENED MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE.
AND THEN FOR CONVENIENCE, I CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND ASKED IF I COULD CHANGE MY 1402 TO AN ADDRESS ON I 10, WHICH THEY DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND THEY ARRIVED TO 50 51 IH 10 WEST.
AND THAT'S MY PRESIDENT ADDRESS, SUPPOSEDLY.
THAT'S WHY I PAID TAXES TO 50 51.
NOW THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT, IT'S 1406.
THEN, UM, LATER ON, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN THE EIGHTIES AGAIN, I WENT, I CAME BY TO GET PERMITS TO, TO DO AN ADDITION TO THE FRONT, WHICH IS, UH, THE 50 51 HIGH ESTATE.
AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE, THE PERMIT.
YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE ME PERMISSION TO BUILD THAT BUILDING AND THAT'S WHERE MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE WAS.
AND THEN LATER ON I WENT TO, I HAVE SOME INFORMATION, CAME TALK TO A GENTLEMAN, SPARROW.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT A, WE'VE NOT, NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMS, BUT I, LOOKING THROUGH MY PAPERWORK, I HAD A NON-CONFORMING SITUATION FOR THE TWO BUILDINGS.
IT'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AND REAL LIKE A OFFICE, BUT
I HAD A, I JUST RUN INTO PLACE.
AND I HAVEN'T DONE ANY CONSTRUCTION.
THE ONLY ADDITION I DID WAS TO WHERE MY OFFICE WAS THAT I HAVE A COPY OF THE RECEIPT.
AND, UH, AND THE PROBLEM, I HAD SO MANY, I CALLED THE POLICE MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE LADY AT, WE CALL FORTINO HALL FOR THE FIRER, I, I MET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THERE AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
THINK SHE MOVED IN LIKE IN NOVEMBER.
AND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS SHE STARTED LIKE 10 FIRES.
AND THEN, UH, COURT COMPLIANCE WENT BECAUSE SHE HAD, I WENT AND CLEANED THE TRUCK LOADS TWO OR THREE TIMES.
SHE WOULD GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST BREAK STUFF, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS LIKE A, LIKE A HOMELESS PERSON.
SO I HAD TO BE CLEANING ALMOST EVERY WEEK.
AND UH, I CALLED THE POLICE, I CALLED THE MENTAL HEALTH AND I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FIRE.
CAUSE NOBODY COULD DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH.
AND UH, THE POLICE OFFICER WENT, SAID THAT I DON'T HAVE TO EVICT HER.
SHE HAD TO GET OUT AND THEY, THEY TOOK HER TO THAT EVA PLACE, BUT SHE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AND STARTED ANOTHER FIRE.
SO THEN I CALLED THE POLICE AGAIN.
WELL, I DIDN'T SOMEBODY THAT SAW THE FIRE, SO THEY WENT BACK.
IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THEY JUST WENT AHEAD AND ARRESTED HER.
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BERNA, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT IF I MAY, AND ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE BUILDING CA AND WHAT YOUR INTENT IS WITH THE BUILDINGS? O OKAY.
I CAME BY, UH, LAST WEEK AND I TALKED TO ONE OF THE, YOU TO THE FRONT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO COME GET A PERMIT, BUT I WAS WAITING FOR THIS DAY TO SEE WHAT THE PERMIT WAS.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE FIRE ARSON INVESTIGATOR, I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH DAMAGE I HAD ON THE FIRE.
HE SAID LESS THAN 10%, MAYBE AT THE MOST 10%.
ALL THE STUFF WAS BURNED INSIDE THAT ONE APARTMENT ONLY.
BUT I'M, I'M STARTING TO CLEAN IT.
I'VE JUST BEEN CLEANING IT AND, 'CAUSE I WAS ORDERED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO CLEAN IT AND BOARD IT UP AND IT'S BEEN ALL BOARDED UP.
YOU, I'M STILL CLEANING IT THERE.
'CAUSE THE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AT THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE ISSUE OF THE FIRE.
YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ROOF, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH PLUMBING AND YOU TELL US, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UH, AND IT'S, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 50 51 OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 1406.
1406 IS THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN THAT QUESTION.
BUT HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE ONE WITH THE FIRE FIRE, YES.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC STRUCTURE OR ISSUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH ROOF, UH, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL.
THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE ISSUE.
BUT HE KEEPS REFERRING TO THE FIRE, WHICH IS NOT ON THIS PART.
IT'S ONLY ON 14 0 6 14, UH OH.
ON 1406, I, UM, THERE WAS NO FIRE AT ALL, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S A BUILDING AWAY FROM IT.
I STILL, I CALLED C P S AND UH, THEY CHECKED AND THEY SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD.
AND I SAID, I NEED LIGHTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS IN ANY OF THE BUILDINGS.
SO I CALLED C THEY WENT UP THERE AND, UH, THEY, THEY APPROVED ME.
THEY PUT ME ON A PAYMENT PLAN AND ALL I WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY, BUT THEN WHEN THE INSTALLER WENT UP THERE, IT WOULDN'T WORK, YOU KNOW, THE METER FOR SOME REASON THEN SHE DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD BEEN CUT FROM THE, FROM THE WIRES UP ON TOP.
SO NOW HE SAYS THAT AS SOON AS I'M READY TO PUT THE LIGHTS ON 1406, NO, NO DAMAGE, THEN I HAVE TO GET A RELEASE FROM THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE, THEY TOOK THE METERS BACK AGAIN BECAUSE THE WIRES ARE CUT FROM THE POLE.
NOW ON, UH, 14, WHAT USED TO BE 1402 LEE HALL, NOW IT'S 50 51.
AND THE DAMAGE WAS ON THE METER NUMBER TWO.
BUT THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE METERS.
ONE FOR THE HAIR SALON AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE THERE.
IT JUST SMOKE DAMAGE WHEN THEY THREW SOME FOAM CAME DOWN AND IT'S A LOT OF BLACK DUST, BUT NO FIRE AT ALL THAT WE, YOU, UH, METER NUMBER ONE, LET'S SEE METER, YEAH, METER ONE.
AND THEY, THEY CUT THAT ONE TOO.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, METER NUMBER 1 50, 51 AND, AND 1406, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CUTTING OFF IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT 14 METER NUMBER TWO, THAT'S WHERE THE FIRE WAS SET.
I CAN UNDERSTAND TAKING OF THAT METER.
AND WHEN I CALLED C P S, THEY TOLD ME I POSSIBLY COULD GET IT BACK, BUT I NEED TO GET IT RELEASED FROM THE CITY THAT IT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, ON 1406.
AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN FIX EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I, I ALREADY HAD THE ARSON PEOPLE GO OUT THERE, ARSON INVESTIGATOR AND THEY, HE SAID HE COULD TELL ME EXACTLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT HIS JOB AS TO HOW MUCH WAS THE DAMAGE.
BUT IT'S SALVAGEABLE, YOU KNOW.
AND I ALREADY CLEANED OUT ALL THE SMOKE STUFF, YOU KNOW, MATTRESSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, EVEN THE PLACE THAT BURNED, THE ONLY THING THAT BURNED WAS, UH, THE CEILING.
NOT THE CEILING, BUT, BUT THE ROOF AND ALL THE CHI ROCK, THE LADY THAT LIVED THERE, SHE HAD TAKEN OUT ALL THE CHI ROCK FOR SUBRATE RECENTLY.
THE ONLY REASON IT DIDN'T CATCH A FIRE COMPLETELY BECAUSE I HAD SOME REAL GOOD INSULATION ON THAT, THAT ONE UNIT.
AND THEN YOU HAD A BRICK WALL AND THEN IT SOLD STARCO ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO IT DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S WHERE THE FIRE WAS STARTED TO GO OUT IN THE, IN THE ROOF BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SHINGLES AND, AND, AND LUMBER.
BUT THE, THE WALLS ARE INTACT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL STUCCO AND UH, THEN WHERE'S THE BACK? IT'S INTACT.
IT'S ALL BRICK AND THE FIRE COULDN'T GO THROUGH THE BRICK OR THE STUCCO.
SO IT'S MOSTLY SMOKE DAMAGE, IN MY OPINION.
DID YOU BRING ANY OF DOCUMENTATION FROM THAT ARCHITECT WITH YOU? HOLD ON.
BUT LIKE MR. CHAIR, CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY JUST, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE OWNERS BEGINNING TO DISCUSS 50 51 AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO EVERYONE
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AT THIS POINT.WE WERE TALK 1406 LEE HALL WAS WHAT WAS BEFORE THE BOARD, ALTHOUGH UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, JUST, IT IS ALL KIND OF CONNECTED.
UH, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY THAT HE'S BEGINNING TO DISCUSS THE, THE OTHER, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
I, I HAVE SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF, DID YOU WANNA SEE, GIVE IT TO THE LADIES NEXT TO YOU? MAY I HAVE SOME PERMITS THAT I GOT? QUESTION FOR MR. CHAIR? THIS IS FERNANDEZ, SIR.
HAS COUNSEL SEEN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE POSTING, COUNSEL? IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENT THAT IS BEING POSTED UP? IT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW THAT AND CONSIDER HOWEVER THE BOARD DECIDES THEY WANNA CONSIDER IT, BUT YES.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ON OFFICIAL, YES.
MY QUESTION SIR, IS ON FOUR, UH, 16.
WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? 14 0 6 14 0 6.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NOW.
I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE OTHER ONE RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAID IT'S A RESIDENCE, RIGHT? BUT YOU'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS OUT OF IT? NO, THERE'S NO BUSINESS RESIDENCE.
THERE'S NOTHING RIGHT NOW THERE.
NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE IS A BUSINESS RESIDENCE IN THE BACK PART.
IT USED TO BE, NO, IT'S JUST THE RESIDENCE RIGHT THIS MINUTE.
THE RED, IT USED TO BE A, A GENTLEMAN WAS RUNNING ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE BACK, BUT THAT WAS LIKE 10 YEARS AGO AND HE HAD, OKAY.
BUT NO, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, IT'S JUST A RESIDENCE.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE ON THAT PROPERTY? LEMME SEE.
I WOULD SAY OKAY, ON 1406 WOULD BE THE, THE TWO APARTMENTS.
AND THEN WHAT USED TO BE MY OFFICE WITH, YOU KNOW, I HAD AN OFFICE, A LITTLE BITTY OFFICE.
AND THEN, UH, SO IT'D BE 1, 2, 3 AND THEN ONE UPSTAIRS.
SO YOU HAVE FOUR APARTMENTS, RIGHT? SO WHAT YOU, YOU USED TO WORK REAL ESTATE, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY? YOU SAID YOU WERE A REAL ESTATER? YES.
WHAT IS R FOUR ON THE ZONING MEAN? RESIDENTIAL.
LEMME GO ONE STEP BEFORE I ANSWER THAT.
I, I ASK WHAT IS R FOUR ON? ON RESIDENTIAL ZONING? IS THAT SINGLE RESIDENCE? YES, BUT SEE WHAT I DID? YES, TRUE.
SO YOU HAVE MULTI RESIDENCE ON A R FOUR, RIGHT? AND A BUSINESS RUNNING OUT OF A RESIDENT.
DID YOU ASK FOR A ZONING? YES.
I TELL YOU WHAT I DID, I'VE GOT IT HERE.
I CAME AND TALKED TO MR. SPARROW AND WE WENT WITH A NON-CONFORMING, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH NON-CONFORMING, UH, SITUATION.
AND THEN RAY USED TO BE THE INSPECTOR.
HE WOULD SAID HE WAS, EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
AND I HAVE A, I THINK I HAVE A COPY HERE TOO OF UH, ONE, UH, MY APPLICATION ALTERNATIVE TO USE IT AS A MULTIPLE RESIDENCE AND LOGAN SPARROWS, THAT'S THE PERSON I TALKED TO FOR THE NON CONTROL.
IT WAS ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN HERE.
BUT IT ZONED FOR SINGLE RESIDENTS, CORRECT? WELL, WHEN I ATTACHED IT, I THOUGHT IT HAD CHANGED, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I HAD ONE CHANGE TO, TO OFFICES AND THAT WHEN I HAD GOT THE PERMIT, THE, THE BUILDING WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER, I THOUGHT IT WAS CONSIDERED ALL ONE BUILDING.
AND WHEN YOU GOT PERMITS TO BUILD 1406? NO, NOT I NEVER BILLED FOR, YEAH, IT'S HERE RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU SAID YOU GOT PERMITS TO BUILD 1406, BUT YOU ATTACHED IT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER.
DID YOU PULL A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT FOR SINGLE DWELLING? NO.
R FOUR IN WHAT YOURS? IT SAYS HERE IS RESIDENTIAL R FOUR ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT.
BUT YOU HAVE FOUR APARTMENTS AND ONE OFFICE.
I HAD TWO APARTMENTS IN ONE OFFICE.
HAD THREE APARTMENTS IN ONE OFFICE.
SO THAT'S A BUSINESS, THREE UNITS.
SEE THAT THAT, THAT, THAT APARTMENT WAS CONSIDERED WHEN I BOUGHT IT, IT USED TO BE A DUPLEX.
THAT'S WHY CAME IN HERE WHEN I WAS GONNA SEPARATE IT AND CAME IN AND TALKED TO MR. PERRO ABOUT GETTING A NONCONFORMING, UH, ZONING I GUESS OR SITUATION.
AND I JUST GAVE HER THE APPLICATION AND I THINK IT WAS, I KNOW IT WAS APPROVED.
'CAUSE THEY NEVER SAID SHERIFF, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT UNCON CONFIRM IT WAS, SIR.
SO MR. ANDREW, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
UH, FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU ARE FIRST REQUEST OF YOU IS, UH, ON YOUR QUESTIONS GO BACK TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
BUT I HAVE WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSEDLY, WELL, IT'S, AND HE KEEPS ADDING WELL YOU'RE ASKING, YOU'RE ASKING ZONING QUESTIONS THOUGH.
AND ZONING IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE STRUCTURE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM, UH, FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL.
UH, BUT I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A COMMENT
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FROM STAFF.IF YOU PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMMENT.
UM, THE OWNER'S TALKING ABOUT HE RECEIVED AN NONCONFORMING USE FOR THAT PROPERTY, AND IF HE DID, CAN WE SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR IT? HE SAID YEAH, HE SAYS HE HAS THAT.
AND THAT'S, UH, IF YOU CAN PRESENT THE DOCUMENTS YES.
AND THEN LET OUR STAFF LOOK AT IT.
THE ACTUAL LETTER OR THE NON-CONFORMING? NO, JUST THE APPLICATION.
WHAT, WHAT HE, WHAT HE PROVIDED US TO REVIEW HERE IS THE APPLICATION.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE DECISION ON THAT APPLICATION.
YOU CAN'T APPLY, BUT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GOT IT UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THAT LETTER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY FOR MULTI-TENANT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON RECORD.
I, I WAS, I WAS INFORMED BY ONE OF THE INSPECTORS THAT WENT AND CHECKED IT.
HIS NAME WAS RAY ELIS AND HE SAID THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN APPROVED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I I, WHEN I REQUESTED, HE'S THE ONE THAT RECOMMENDED FOR ME TO COME TALK TO SPARROW.
WHEN I WAS, UH, THEY RECOMMENDED ME TO GO TALK TO MR. SPARROW.
HE WAS THE ONE THAT, AND THEN I WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR MY PERMIT OR YOU KNOW, $350 TO COME, UH, TO GO NONCONFORMING.
AND THEN WE WENT, WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE SITUATION AND THEN THEY TOLD ME, UH, I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE CITY INSPECTORS THAT IT WAS OKAY THAT I COULD DO WHATEVER I NEEDED TO DO IN THERE JUST TO STAY THE WAY IT WAS, YOU KNOW.
BUT THAT WAS, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU JUST STATED THAT HE SAID IT STAYS THE WAY IT WAS AND YOU SAID YOU BOUGHT IT AS A DUPLEX WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
IT, AND YOU ADDED TWO MORE UNITS.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN I GOT THE NONCONFORMING, UH, APPROVAL SUPPOSEDLY.
UH, IF YOU BUILT A STRUCTURE AND IT, AND YOU, IT SAYS IT STAYS AS IS AND YOU ADDED TWO MORE ROOMS MM-HMM.
AND YOU ADDED AN OFFICE? YEAH, WHEN, WHEN I ENTERED MY REAL ESTATE.
ON THE OTHER PROPERTY I DID GET A PERMIT, YOU KNOW? YES.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENCE.
LEMME SAY NO RIGHT NOW TO THAT.
I THINK THE ONLY, THE ONLY ISSUE IN FRONT OF US IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
I, I, I DON'T CARE WHAT ZONING HE HAS OR HAD OR, OR WHATEVER.
WE JUST NEED TO, TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT IF THIS IS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE OR NOT, AND WHAT HE'S GONNA DO ABOUT IT.
IF HE WANTS TO TEAR IT DOWN, GREAT.
IF HE WANTS US TO TEAR IT DOWN BETTER.
SO I, I JUST, JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE ABOUT ZONING AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE ELECTORATE HAS BEEN CUT.
THE ISSUE BEFORE US IS WHETHER THIS IS A, A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
HOWEVER, THE BOARD DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO UNDERSTAND FULLY, UH, THE INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SAY ASK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE PER SE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE STRUCTURE, GO AHEAD.
AND, AND, AND FOR COMMENT, I DID ASK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, WHAT IT WAS AT, AND HE SAID IT IS A DUPLEX.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIND.
BUT HE ADDED TO THE DUPLEX, WHICH IT STATES THAT HE HAS TO LEAVE IT AS IS THE, THE STRUCTURE IS A STRUCTURE AND THE STRUCTURE HAS DEFICIENCIES.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE STRUCTURE PER SE? NOW YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, CORRECT? I'M SORRY.
THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH MANY OTHER ISSUES.
NOT ON 1406, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICALS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY WERE GONNA INSTALL THE, THE LIGHTS LAST WEEK WHEN I CALL, THEY WENT OUT THERE TO PUT THE METER, BUT THEN THEY SAID THAT IT WAS CUT FROM THE, FROM THE MAIN WIRE DUE TO THE FIRE NEXT DOOR.
AND THEN THEY SAID AS SOON AS THAT GOT CORRECTED, THEY BRING US AND WE'LL INSTALL THE METERS.
THE ELECTRIC METER BACK TO 1406.
SO THERE WERE NO DEFICIENCIES IN 1406.
DIDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS IN 1406.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FIRE DAMAGE.
YES, THEY DID SOME, I EVICTED THE PEOPLE TO NOT, NOT EVICTION OR ANYTHING.
JUST DID COKE TELL YOU ABOUT 1406? YES.
HE NEEDED SOME REPAIRS, WHICH I'M WILLING TO DO.
ARE YOU A LICENSED CONTRACTOR? NO, BUT I CAN GET SOMEBODY THAT HAS A LICENSE.
I, I, I USED TO BUILD, I USED TO HAVE A LICENSE, BUT NOT ANYMORE
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
MS. MR. ENECO, YOU HAD A QUESTION?
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YES, SIR.SIR, UH, YOU, UH, SUBMITTED A, WELL, A LETTER HERE, UH, A SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES.
OKAY? UH, I DON'T SEE HERE IN THE SCOPE OF THE PAPER YOU SUBMITTED TODAY.
UH, THEY, I CAN'T SHOW IT READING ON IT RIGHT THERE.
WHAT? AND, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.
AND IN THE ITEM HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, OF CLEANING THE AREA UP.
AND, UH, I, I WALL, UH, DEGREES, UH, SOFAS, ET CETERA, TO CLEAN PROPERTY UP.
EVERYTHING'S TO HAULED OFF OF.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, NO, THEY'RE EMPTY NOW.
REPAIR ROOF EXCEPT FOR DRYWALL.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FOR THE CLEANING OF, UH, OF, OF THE, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAN UP ALL THE FURNITURE STUFF OR FOR LACK OF BETTER SEMANTICS.
WELL, I'M SAYING THE WHOLE LOT.
THE WHOLE LEGAL LOT THERE, THE OUTSIDE, UH, ALL, ALL THE TRASH YOU HAVE INSIDE THE HOUSES, YOU DON'T HAVE HERE BUDGETED FOR IT.
MR. SENECA, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU IF YOU JUST, IF YOU DON'T MIND'S, I'M, I'VE HEARD CONSIDERATION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE CODE OFFICER.
SO I'M GONNA OH, ASK YOU, DID YOU PASS THE CODE OFFICER DIDN'T PUT TO CLEAN UP THE AREA? HE DID NOT.
SO WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THAT AT THIS TIME? UH, MY BAD.
I THOUGHT THE CODE OFFICER, HE DID NOT.
THE FIRST THING I WOULD'VE DONE WITH THAT.
SO WE WILL NOT CONSIDER IT SINCE HE DID.
MS. BROWN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? WELL, I THINK I DO.
THANK, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FEDERAL.
WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FAVORABLE DECISION ON MY BILLS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR ME.
AND THE CAPACITY OF THE WORKERS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1406, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1406.
UM, LEE HALL IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, AND IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, THE SUBSECTIONS ARE 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND, UH, ORDER A 30 DAY DEMO AND THE CODE OFFICERS TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT ALL UTILITY IS CUT WATER AND ELECTRIC AND GAS AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT.
SECURE THE BUILDING AND VACATE AND VACATE ANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE.
THE MOTION IS STRUCTURE 1406 HAW A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE AND IS NOT PREPARED.
AND THE ORDER OF A 30 DAY DEMOLITION, ALL UTILITIES REMAIN OFF.
THE STRUCTURE CONTINUED TO BE SECURED AND THE STRUCTURE BE VACATED.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND ROBERT TOY SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YES, MR. SENECA, GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS 1406 ONLY, UH, STATES THE PROPERTY THAT IS LEGALLY SET IN ON IT.
OR DOES IT INCLUDE ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE PROPERTIES, THE STRUCTURES ON IT? WE'RE ADDRESSING 1406 ONLY AT THIS TIME.
UH, AND, UH, I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT SINCE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ONLY ONE ONCE SAID THAT, UH, OR PART OF THE PROPERTY HE'S GOING TO LOOK AT.
SECONDLY, YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS, IF YOU WOULD, COULD INCLUDE A, A FRIENDLY THE AMENDMENT OR, WELL, I, I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT CAME, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T SEE HOW THEY, IT CAN BE DEMOLISHED.
BUT IF THEY WANT TO REPAIR IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT I MEAN, TO CLEAN UP THE PLACE COMPLETELY.
THE DEMOLITION WILL CLEAN IT UP.
MR. UH, ZUNIGA, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE OTHER PROPERTY.
50 50 WHAT? THE 50 51 WHATEVER IT IS.
CHIEF BROWN, WE HAVE A CALL FOR THE VOTE, SO WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
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KAYLA MIRANDA.ROBERT, I MEAN JESSE ZUNIGA? YES.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE NEXT PROPERTY WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DISCUSS IS CONTINUATION AT, UH, 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10 IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON OCTOBER 11TH, 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 7 1 0 9 BLOCK SEVEN SEVEN LOT 10, CURRENTLY LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ADOLF BRU WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, SS A P D AS WELL AS THE OWNER MSDA.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10 WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2023, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023.
ON APRIL 27TH, 2023, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1406, UH, I'M SORRY, 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10 ON MAY 3RD, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER, MR. ADOLF UNI, WITH A CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINING PENDING RETURN ON APRIL 6TH, 2023.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
LETTER OF CREDITOR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED BY THE OWNER.
UH, HE HAS RECENTLY PROVIDED SCOPE OF WORK AS WELL AS FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER.
AT THIS TIME, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED OR ACTIVE PERMITS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED WITHIN A SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE C P S HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS NO ACTIVE SERVICE FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND POWER HAS BEEN CUT OFF FOR FOUR, ONE AND TWO FROM WHAT THEY STATED TO ME.
SAWS HAS ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THERE'S AN ACT OF SERVICE, WHICH IS UNDER FOR THE ADDRESS.
1402 LEE HALL, SS A P D DOES HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AGAIN, FIRE HAS, I HAVE OBTAINED A FIRE REPORT THAT STATES THE FIRST FIRE WAS, HAS STARTED ON APRIL 29TH, 2023 AT 4 51 IN THE MORNING.
THE SECOND FIRE WAS ON MONDAY, MAY 1ST, 2023 AT 8 35 IN THE MORNING.
SINCE OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, WE'VE HAD N H S D N A D H S AT THE LOCATION TO OFFER SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS RELOCATION SERVICES FOR ALL THE TENANTS THAT WERE AT THIS LOCATION.
THE PHOTO BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 27TH, 2023, APRIL 6TH, 2023 AND MAY 1ST, 2023.
THE PHOTO HERE WILL IDENTIFY 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10.
SO IT'S THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO.
YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT IS SCATTERED ON THE FRONT.
THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED WITH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS REMOVING A LOT OF THE ITEMS IN INSIDE AS ONE OF THE TENANTS IN THIS SAME PHOTO.
HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S AN AC UNIT ON THE ROOF SYSTEM RIGHT NEXT TO THE RED LINE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO.
THAT THAT IS NOT PROPERLY ANCHORED.
HERE'S OUR CLOSER LOOK OF THE AC UNIT THAT'S ON THE ROOF SYSTEM.
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NOW THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION JUST TO SHOW YOU, SHOW THE BOARD THE ROOF SYSTEM WHERE IT HAD SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE.YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS LIGHT THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH THE ENTIRE ON BOTH, UM, ON, ON BOTH OF THE ROOF SYSTEMS ON EACH SIDE.
NOW MOVING INSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WAS INSIDE THIS UNIT.
THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED.
NEXT PHOTO THAT WAS ALSO OCCUPIED.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR WALLS SHOWING FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL AS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE.
MOVING INTO THE, THE NEXT ROOM, NEXT PHOTO.
AND THIS IS THE ROOF SYSTEM SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AS WELL AS THE RAFTERS.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION, AGAIN SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL.
ROOFS, UH, AS WELL AS IT BEING WORN AND COMPROMISED, YOU CAN SEE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
NOW THIS IS GOING INTO THE SECOND UNIT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FIRE DID MOVE TRAVEL TO THE NEXT UNIT THAT WAS NEXT TO IT AT 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE.
THAT WAS ALSO OCCUPIED WITH A TOTAL OF THE TENANT MENTIONED A TOTAL OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THERE.
NOW MOVING INTO THE ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE WALLS AS WELL AS THE FURNITURE.
WHEN WE FIRST INITIALLY ON OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, THERE WAS A BIG WATER LEAK IN THE TOILET AS WELL AS THE SURFACE HAZARDS WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS WERE TAKING SHOWERS.
NEXT PHOTO, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE, THE TUB OR THE SHOWER.
JUST SHOWING THE SURFACE CONDI, THE SURFACE HAZARD CONDITIONS THAT WHEN IT WAS BEING USED, THE TENANTS ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT SOMETHING OVER THAT JUST SO THEY WOULDN'T FROM WHAT THEY STATED TO ME.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER UNIT I WAS UNABLE TO GO INSIDE MY INITIAL INSPECTION THERE.
I WAS BEING TOLD THAT THERE, THAT WAS BEING OCCUPIED, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY IN THERE SINCE MY INITIAL INSPECTION.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE ROOF SYSTEM, THE METAL SHEET IS STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE BREAKER BOX ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, JUST SHOWING THE EXPOSED WIRING.
NOW THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACK ELEVATION.
AGAIN, JUST IDENTIFYING 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE, TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO.
THAT ROOM RIGHT THERE IS WHERE THE OWNER WAS SECURING.
IT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF HIS OFFICE AREAS FROM WHAT HE STATED TO ME.
NOW AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA SHOW THE ELECTRICAL HAZARDS THAT WE HAD FOUND, AGAIN, TRAVELING TO 50 51, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF EXTENSION CORDS THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY ON THIS SIDE.
NEXT PHOTO, ALSO SHOWING WHERE IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRICAL HAZARDS NEXT PHOTO AND SHOWING THAT THE ONE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS WAS CHART AFTER THE FIRE.
NOW MOVING INTO THIS UNIT SHOWING THAT THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE INTO THIS UNIT.
NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK, UH, OWNER DID STATE TO ME THAT FIRE WENT IN THERE AND HAD TO REMOVE THAT PORTION TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE SPREADING IN THE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE OWNER HAS DONE A LOT, A LARGE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL WORK IN THIS ROOM.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ON OUR INITIAL INSPECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HE'S DONE TO THE ELECTRICAL.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PHOTO? AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, SHOW YOU WHAT HE'S DONE.
WHEN I DID CATCH HIM DOING THE WORK, WE DID DISCUSS THAT.
I DID DO A, I PLACE A STOP WORK ORDER, EXPLAINED TO THE OWNER THAT HE NEEDED TO PULL PERMITS IMMEDIATELY.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S STILL NO PERMITS ON FILE.
NOW GOING UPSTAIRS, THIS IS THE EXTENSION CORD THAT'S LEADING TO 50 51 TO THE SEC, THE TO TO ANOTHER UNIT THAT'S LOCATED UPSTAIRS OF 50 51.
NOW MOVING INSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSION CORD THAT WASN'T RUNNING INSIDE.
IT WAS DISCONNECTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS, THIS, THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AFTER THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED, SHOWING THAT THERE'S SMOKE DAMAGE INSIDE OF THIS UNIT THAT WAS ALSO OCCUPIED.
NEXT PHOTO SHOWING SMOKE DAMAGE IN THE RESTROOM.
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BREAKER BOX, BREAKER BOX EXPOSED.THIS BREAKER BOX HAS BEEN EXPOSED SINCE OUR INITIAL INSPECTION AND ALSO EXPLAINED TO THE OWNER ABOUT THE HAZARDS THAT WE HAVE HERE, AS WELL AS TALKING TO THE TENANT OFFERING SERVICES FOR RELOCATION.
TENANT DID NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THE SERVICES.
SHE DID ACCEPT THE PAPERWORK, BUT WHEN SPEAKING WITH N H S D, THEY NEVER RECEIVED ANY CALLS FROM THE TENANT TO PROCEED WITH THE RELOCATION SERVICES.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO THE BOARD THAT THE SECOND, THE UNIT UPSTAIRS, I DID FIND A DOCUMENT THAT THE OWNER WAS REQUESTING, UH, PERMITS TO DO, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
THAT WE DID NOT OFFER THOSE PERMITS FOR THE, THE CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT WAS DONE TO THE UNIT UPSTAIRS.
SAY AGAIN TO THE UNIT THAT WAS UPSTAIRS OF AT 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10, THAT HE HAD SUBMITTED PAPERWORK TO, UM, TO, TO RECEIVE PERMITS TO DO THE WORK, TO BUILD A SECOND STORY.
YES, I DID FIND THAT ON RECORD ON THE CITY CITY'S, UH, PERMITS.
THE PHOTO BEING PRESENTED TODAY, I'M SORRY, LET'S RECAP.
THE STRUCTURE LO LOCATED AT 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10 IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING ARE 2 4 7 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARDS, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION WITH THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED, SECURED, AND ALL UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED FROM THE PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10.
ANY QUESTIONS? THE CODE OFFICER.
UH, THE UNIT, THE, THE UNITS ATTACHED.
MR. PERTA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? ABOUT 15, UH, EXCUSE ME.
CAN I GET PART? AND IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME.
WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS AGAIN? YES, MY NAME'S ST.
AL PER MY HOME ADDRESS IS 8 0 3 CREST SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO MAKE? ABOUT 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE? 10 SPECIFICALLY? NO.
JUST THE SAME AS NO, JUST THE SAME AS YOUNG.
THEN I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT, UH, COMPLETED.
YOU KNOW, THE MAIN STRUCTURE, IT'S ALL BRICK, JUST SMOKE DAMAGE AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S SALVAGEABLE.
THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR GAVE ME LIKE A LESS THAN 10%, UH, FIRE DAMAGE ON THE, ON THE LITTLE BUILDING IN THE BACK.
WHAT I WAS GONNA DO IS JUST, I DON'T KNOW, EITHER FIX IT OR DEMOLISH WHATEVER THEY WOULD TELL ME.
I CAME AND TALKED TO THE PEOPLE HERE FOR A PERMIT AND THEY SAID THAT AFTER THIS VIDEO THEY COULD SEND SOMEBODY AND SEE WHAT I NEED TO DO AS FAR AS REPAIRS OR DEMOLISH, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST THE APARTMENT THAT BURNED DOWN, NOT THE WHOLE BUILDING.
ANY QUESTION TO MR. PANDA? YES, MR. ZUNIGA? SIR.
YOU HERE? UH, YEAH, YOU, YOU, UH, HOW MANY UNITS WERE YOU RENTING AT THAT TIME? HOW MANY? HOW MANY, HOW MANY TENANTS? OKAY, ON, ON THAT.
WERE THEY PAYING YOU IN TIME, ET CETERA? YES, IT WAS.
WAS THERE ANY ASSISTANCE? THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING TO.
NO, NO RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY, STATE OR THE LIKES? I'M SORRY.
THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T GET PAID FOR ALL OF COVID.
THEN, UH, ON ONE OF THEM THEY PAID ME FOR ABOUT EIGHT OR 10 MONTHS RENT.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RENTS IN TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW.
BUT I WAS TRYING TO GET WITH, WERE THEY IN ANY KIND OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT YOU HAD TO THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND SECURITY? NO.
NO RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO TENANTS.
I'M, I'M JUST, I'VE BEEN USING IT FOR LIKE A WAREHOUSE, LIKE FOR STORAGE, WHAT USED TO BE THE, HER SALON.
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ON ALL ON ALL OF THEM, MAN.IT'S JUST LIKE A WAREHOUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO HAVE STORAGE ONE.
WERE YOU GETTING ANY UH, UH, TYPE OF, UH, STIP ONES FOR THE RENTERS WHERE THE RENTER, I, I, UH, GO AHEAD.
MAY STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE OTHER SIDE.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THIS ADDRESS.
50 51, WHICH HAS NO RENTER OR NO TENANTS.
HOWEVER, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT THE CO THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERTINENT TO THE STRUCTURE PER SE.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION TO THE STRUCTURE, GO AHEAD AND ASK THE QUESTION ON THE STRUCTURE.
WELL, WELL, THAT'S THE STRUCTURE THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN AND THEY HAVE TO BE SECURE AND SAFE.
IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ISSUES.
IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES, WE DEAL WITH STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
SO DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE PER SE? YEAH.
WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WELL, WE ALREADY GOT A DECISION ON IT, JUST SO TO SPEAK.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IF, UH, HE, HE WAS USING, NOT TAKING CARE OF OTHER, UH, TENANTS AND DART HAD TO GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT IT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOK LOOKING AT.
IF THERE'S OTHER, YOU KNOW, CLAIMS ON.
SO THAT GOES WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DEPARTMENTS AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMENT.
DID WE ASK THE OFFICER TO I'M, I'M ABOUT TO GET TO THAT.
ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE OWNER IS TESTIFYING TO IS THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE TENANTS IN IT, SO THAT'S IRRELEVANT.
THIS IS ONLY STRUCTURE THAT IS CONSIDERED A WAREHOUSE THAT HE JUST STATED.
SO THIS ONE HAS NOBODY LIVING IN IT.
NOBODY LIVES THERE? NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.
LET ME INTERRUPT THE, THE BOARD IN, IN TOTAL, THERE'S, LEMME INTERRUPT THE BOARD IN TOTAL.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, PLEASE ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THE OCCUPANCY ISSUE IS RESOLVED AS FAR AS THE CHAIR IS CONCERNED.
ASKED ABOUT THE STRUCTURE ON THIS STRUCTURE THAT YOU SAID WAS A AS AS YOU'RE USING AS A WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE STARTED, CORRECT? THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT WAS ON FIRE? YEAH.
THE BACK PART OF THE BUILDING? YES.
YOU ARE STATING THAT THE SMOKE DIDN'T DAMAGE ANYTHING IN THE FRONT PART OF THE BUILDING.
IS IT ONE BIG BUILDING OR IS IT DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL SECTIONS? NO, IT JUST WENT, IT USED TO BE A, HER WHAT? IT USED TO BE A, HER SALON ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO NOW.
SEE, I'M, I'M BUILDING IN SOMERSET NOW, AND I USE THAT FOR, PUT ALL MY MATERIALS AND STUFF IN THERE.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS, IS YOU'RE ONLY SAYING THE DAMAGE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE WAREHOUSE.
BUT YET IT'S AN OPEN WAREHOUSE.
THERE'S NO DAMAGE TO THAT, TO THAT SECTION OF THE BUILDING.
BUT ON THE FRONT OF THIS, IS THAT THE FRONT OR THE BACK OF THESE PICTURES THAT WE SEE AT THE VE WHERE THE HOLES ARE IN THE FRONT OF IT? WELL, HOLD ON A MINUTE.
I NOT SURE WHICH YOU'RE TALKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH, WHICH ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, YOU KNOW.
WELL, I'M, I'M GONNA GET, ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.
WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE THAT SHOWS THE CROSS ON IT, WHICH IS SLIDE 88.
NOW IS THIS THE FRONT OR THE BACK? HOLD ON, IT'S COMING UP SIR.
THAT'S NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT.
IS THAT THE FRONT OR THE BACK? THAT'S THE BACK.
THAT'S ALL THE TRENCH IS, THAT'S THE ONE, THAT LITTLE SECTION, THAT'S WHAT THAT BURNS.
YOU KNOW THE VERY FIRST ONE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE FIRE WAS DONE.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT ONE, IT'S ALL BRICK AND THE FIRE DID NOT GO TO THE FRONT BUILDING.
NOW THE DIVIDING LINE SHOWS RIGHT HERE WHERE YOUR CAMERA IS RIGHT AT THAT LINE RIGHT THERE.
SO THIS AIR CONDITIONER FROM THIS AIR CONDITIONER UP, THERE'S NO DAMAGE FORWARD? NO, NOT INSIDE, NO, JUST THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
NO, NO FORWARD, NO DAMAGE AT ALL.
NO FIRE DAMAGE GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
JUST SMOKE, LITTLE SMOKE DAMAGE.
BUT IT, IT WAS THAT WHITE STUFF THEY PUT IN.
IT'S WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME IT WAS GONNA SEE SOME MOLD.
'CAUSE THEY SPRAYED SOME KIND OF FOAM IN THE ATTICS FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING.
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SLIDE 90.NOW SLIDE 90 SHOWS TO THE, THE BUILDING THAT STICKS WAY OUT.
THAT'S THE DAMAGE PART WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NOT THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO US.
THE FIRE DAMAGE AT THE ROOF SHOWS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, CORRECT? RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON TOP? YES, THAT'S THE ONE.
NOT THE WHOLE BUILDING, JUST THAT LITTLE SECTION.
IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE BRICK WALL.
SO THIS SLIDE 91, WHAT IS IT? IS THIS THE, THAT'S THE INSIDE OF THAT ROOM.
OF THAT OF THAT AREA THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THE ONE, THE ONE THAT BURNED? YES.
SO THIS WAS E WHAT WAS THIS? WAS THE SALON AT THE TIME? NO, NO, NO.
IT WAS THE LADY, THE LADY USED TO LIVE THERE THAT USED TO START, SHE, I THINK IT WAS SARS AND ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ONE SINGLE LADY USED TO LIVE THERE.
WE USED TO CALL THE POLICE ALMOST THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK ON HER, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE, BECAUSE SHE WOULD START FIRES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS, YOU ARE CALLING THIS A WHOLE WAREHOUSE, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THE DAMAGE WAS DONE BUT DIDN'T AFFECT THE WAREHOUSE.
THERE'S, OKAY, I HAD TWO METERS THERE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS BURNED METER NUMBER ONE.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT BRIAN.
IS THAT YOUR PHONE? I THINK SO.
UH, THE SALON IS ONE SECTION THAT NO FIRE, THE XER SALON, IT'S A WAREHOUSE NOW.
AND THEN THE BACK PART THAT WAS RENTED.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THE FIRE WAS AT.
AND THAT WAS THE ARSON TOLD ME IT WAS LIKE 10% DAMAGE ON THAT ONE.
I'M TRYING TO GET A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU KEEP CALLING A WAREHOUSE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE SHOWS YOU SAID THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
THAT AREA, THE JOINT WHERE THE, THAT LITTLE, THE VERY FIRST ONE WITH THAT BIG GABLE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT BURNED.
BUT THE SIDE WALL, IS THAT NOT A HOLE IN IT? I'M SORRY? THE SIDEWALL RIGHT THERE AS YOU LOOK BY THAT POLE, IS THAT NOT A HOLE IN THE WALL? WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, LIKE A VENT TO, TO THE OTHER, TO THE BUILDING? NO, NO, NO.
ON THE BOTTOM PART WHERE THE BASKETBALL COURT IS, THERE'S ON THE GREEN WHERE IT SAYS 4 4 0 2 2, THERE'S A, IS THAT A PATCH OR IS THAT A HOLE? THAT'S A HOLE.
WELL THAT'S THE ONE THAT BURNED.
YEAH, BUT YOU SAID EARLIER THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THAT ONE APARTMENT.
YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS SET.
MR. PRADA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OFFICER HERNANDEZ, I APOLOGIZE, I, UH, MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE.
UH, DID YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE, 10 MORNING? NO, SIR.
UH, I JUST JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I KNOW, I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE SCHOOL, UH, THAT, THAT'S CLOSE BY.
UH, THERE IS A SCHOOL ZONE, APPROXIMATELY A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE, FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO THE NEAR, UH, SCHOOL SPEED ZONE.
JUST START ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, A FOLLOW UP EARLIER AND AT THE END.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY THEY CONSIDERED 1402 BEFORE IT WAS CHANGED.
AND THIS IS THE ONE YOU'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING MOST OF THE CALLS ON, CORRECT? I I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THAT IS WHERE THE INITIAL FIRE CALLS CAME FROM, WAS 1402, WHICH, UH, I BELIEVE IS NOW 50 51 OR, OR ORIGINALLY 50 51.
AND THAT WAS HOW MANY CALLS? THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 64 CALLS THERE.
SO, UH, THAT WAS FROM 1402, UH, ORIGINALLY 50 51.
AND ALL COMBINED WITH THE THREE ADDRESSES THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD WAS 106 CALLS.
AND THAT IS IN A WAIT, WITHIN TWO YEARS? WITHIN TWO, TWO YEARS, YES SIR.
AND THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARS? YES SIR.
THEY RANGED FROM, UH, JUST A SIMPLE DISTURBANCE TO A DISTURBANCE INVOLVING GUNS.
UH, THERE WAS A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS THERE.
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THEFT OF VEHICLES RECOVERED.I BELIEVE I MENTIONED THAT ALREADY.
AND SEVERAL ARRESTS FOR WINDED PERSONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AGAIN.
AND THAT'LL BE DOING IT FOR ME.
THANK YOU, MS. BROWN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL FIRST LEGAL, WHEN I MAKE THIS MOTION, SHOULD I INCLUDE 1402 AND THE 50 51
50 51 IS WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND SO THE, THE MOTION, THE ORDER CAN JUST ADDRESS THAT.
I FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 50 51 INTERSTATE 10 WEST TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY, UM, SECTION SIX, UH, SECTION, I'M SORRY.
CHAPTER SIX AND
AND THE, WELL, THE SUBSECTIONS ARE, IT'S, UM, SUBSECTIONS 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FIND THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND ORDER.
30 DAY DEMO WITH, UH, SECURE, SECURE THE PROPERTY.
UM, MAKE SURE ALL THE UTILITIES ARE CUT AND, UH, ANY FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS MADE VACANT.
THE MOTION BEFORE US IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 50 51 WEST INTERSTATE 10 IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AND THAT IT SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, SECURED UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED AND PROPERTY REMAIN VACANT, UH, AS A RESULT OF CHAPTER SIX.
SUBSECTIONS 2 4 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
UH, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL JUST FOR, UH, BETTER UNDERSTANDING DWAYNE NELSON.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT AND FINAL, UH, CASE.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE 54 76 SPRING MOON STREET.
ACCORDING ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR JOHN KELLY.
I'LL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION FOR THE ADDRESS OF 57 46 SPRING MOON, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER 10.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION PER BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS N C B 1 8 0 3 6, BLOCK SIX, LOT 12, WITH A REGISTER OWNER BEING LISTED AS BROCKWAY MICHAEL B AT THE SAME ADDRESS.
THIS PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHEAD EXTENSIONS, WHICH STATE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS, METAL LAWNS, FIRE ESCAPE STAMP PIPES, AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO BE IN, KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION OR REQUIRED.
ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODIC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT.
OKAY, THIS CASE WAS INITIATED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2022 THROUGH THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE INVESTIGATION.
ON THAT DATE, THE OFFICER ARRIVED AND FOUND THAT THE ROOF EXTENSION, UH, OVER THE FRONT DOOR APPEARED TO BE DETACHING FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL AND A NEEDLE REPAIR.
UH, THERE WAS A WOODEN GATE BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE FRONT DOOR BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND, UH, HE KNOCKED ON THE WOODEN GATE, BUT THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS.
HE DID SPEAK WITH A NEIGHBOR WHO STATED THE OCCUPANTS WERE ELDERLY BUT NOT AT HOME AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE WOODEN GATE, UH, APPEARED TO BE THERE TO BE BLOCKING AND PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM WALKING UNDER THAT PORTION OF THE ROOF THAT NEEDED TO REPAIR.
UH, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS POSTED ON THE GARAGE DOOR, UH, WHERE THE NEIGHBOR SAID THE, UH, ENTRY WAS BEING MADE.
UH, ON THE 13TH OF SEPTEMBER, THE OFFICER RECEIVED A VOICEMAIL FOR MR. BROCKWAY REQUESTING THAT, UH, THEY RETURN THE CALL.
HE DIDN'T LEAVE AN EXTENSION FOR THE VOICEMAIL, SO THE OFFICER DID CALL THE NUMBER, BUT IT WAS TO A SCHOOL.
AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE MR. BROCKWAY LISTED ON THEIR STAFF LIST, WHICH I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT MR. BROCKWAY IS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
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SO, UM, THAT WAS WHY THAT WAS DONE.UM, ON OCTOBER 11TH, UH, THE OFFICER MADE A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE NO REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE AND THERE'S A LADDER HOLDING UP THAT PART OF THE EXTENSION.
THEN, UH, THERE WAS A CALL FROM MR. BROCKWAY ON, UH, NOVEMBER 30TH, OR I'M, YEAH, ON, UH, SORRY, THE 17TH OF OCTOBER.
THE OFFICER THEN CALLED AGAIN MR. BROCKWAY ON THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL REQUESTING HE CONTACTED TO DISCUSS A ROUTE VIOLATION.
UM, ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022, THE FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS MADE, FOUND THE VIOLATION REMAINED.
THE OFFICER DID POST A ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION, UH, FOR $300.
THE HEARING DATE WAS JANUARY 3RD, 2023, RIGHT? YEAH.
ON, UH, THE 12, UH, THE 2ND OF DECEMBER, UH, THAT COPY OF THAT CITATION WAS MAILED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND LET'S SEE HERE, ON THE 15TH, A INSPECTION WAS MADE OF 15TH OF DECEMBER AND FOUND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
HE UPDATED PHOTOS ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY.
UM, THERE WAS AN, UH, THE OWNER FAILED TO APPEAR AND THERE WAS A DEFAULT AMOUNT OF $300, UH, ISSUED.
THE OFFICER CHECKED AGAIN ON JANUARY 19TH, FOUND THE ROOF, HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED, ISSUED A SECOND CITATION FOR $500 WITH A HEARING DATE OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2000, UH, 23.
IT WAS CLOSED ON THE GARAGE DOOR BECAUSE WE COULDN'T APPROACH THE FRONT DOOR DUE TO THE LADDER AND THE WOODEN GATE.
THE OFFICER ARRIVED AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2023.
NOTICE IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
TOOK UPDATED PHOTOS FOR COURT ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023.
THE OWNER DID NOT, UH, APPEAR FOR COURT.
THE AMOUNT OF $500 WAS DEFAULTED TO THAT OWNER.
ON MARCH 16TH, THE OFFICER ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION, FOUND THE ROOF HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
UH, AGAIN, WE COULDN'T RE, UH, GET TO THE FRONT DOOR.
SO HE POSTED A THIRD CITATION FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE GARAGE DOOR.
THE HEARING DATE WAS SET FOR APRIL 18TH, 2023.
AT THAT TIME, THE OFFICER SPOKE WITH ME AND WE DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH B S B ON THAT.
UH, THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR REVIEW ON, UH, FOUR 12.
THE OFFICER MADE A LOCATION ON, UM, APRIL 6TH, FOUND THAT ROOF REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION.
AND ON MAY 5TH, THE, UH, ROOF WAS REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
UM, THAT'S UP TO DATE ON OUR INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.
UH, IN REFERENCE TO ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER, THERE WAS ONE PART WHERE IT WAS KINDA LIKE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF TELEPHONE TAG WHERE NOBODY GOT AHOLD OF EACH OTHER AT THE BEGINNING.
UH, BUT WE DID, DID GET AHOLD OF THE OWNER.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T APPEAR IN COURT, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TALK TO 'EM THERE.
UH, WE CHECKED THE CELL FOR PERMITS.
THERE'S NONE BEEN OBTAINED OR APPLIED FOR.
UH, WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER REPAIR, REPLACE, OR REMOVE THE OVERHANG TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ANY VISITORS AND THE OWNERS THEMSELVES.
UM, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS NOW.
THIS IS WHERE WE POSTED THE, UH, THE, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
UH, GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
UH, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS POSTED ON THE GARAGE.
THIS IS, UH, YOU SEE WHERE THE LADDER IS RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S DETACHED FROM THE, UH, SIDING NEXT PHOTO.
THAT'S A, A VIEW FROM FARTHER AWAY NEXT PHOTO.
UH, AND THAT'S THE VIEW THAT, THAT, UH, FROM OVERALL VIEW, BASICALLY OF THE VIOLATION.
UH, I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER.
THESE ARE PICTURES OF CITATIONS.
UH, I HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH THE OWNER TODAY.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THEY DID, UH, GIVE US A ESTIMATE THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED, UH, TO HAVE IT REPAIRED.
UH, AND THEN WE MAY HAVE SOME OPTIONS TO ASSIST THEM WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, AS OF NOW, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NONE THAT WORKS.
AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CODE OFFICER? UH, YEAH, I DO.
UH, ON THE FIRST PIECE YOU SHOWED THERE WERE THREE SITE, UH, THREE VIOLATIONS.
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WE'RE, WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT FOR THE, THE, THAT ONE VIOLATION BECAUSE IT KIND OF COVERS THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRETY OF THAT, UH, THE VIOLATION.AND THEN HOW DID 3 0 4 0.7 GET INTO THIS? THREE OH 0.4.
THAT'S WHAT IT STATES IN YOUR NOTES.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT.
3 0, 4 0.7 WAS A NO NO-SHOW IN A COURT.
THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESSED THOSE ONES.
BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF THE TIMELINE OF THE ENTIRE CASE.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE 3 0 4 0.7 DOWN HERE, BUT NOT ON THE ORIGINAL MM-HMM.
YOU PUT THREE ON THE ORIGINAL AND THEN 3 0 4 0.7 POPS UP.
IT'S NOT ON THE ORIGINAL WHEN YOU STRIKED IT ON THE DOOR.
YEAH, IF YOU GO TO THE FIRST PHOTO, THE FIRST OF THE TICKET SLIDE.
IT SHOWS ON THAT DOOR WHERE IT WAS POSTED.
3 0, 4 0.7 POPS UP RIGHT HERE.
IT ONLY SHOWS THE THREE, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE 4 3 0 4 0.7 POPPED IN.
I GUESS IT'S THE GARAGE POSTING.
BUT DOESN'T MENTION THESE OTHERS.
BUT YOU'VE POSTED AND TALKED ABOUT FOUR IN HERE.
IT TALKS ABOUT FOUR VIOLATIONS.
THE VI THE, AND, AND THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO THE SAME, UH, STRUCTURE.
WELL, AND SO WE, WE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO JUST ONE VIOLATION FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S COVERS EVERYTHING.
WHEN THE OFFICER WENT OUT THERE, THEY ISSUED OUT THE, FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, CODES TO, UH, COVER EVERY BASE OF THAT, UH, OF THAT VIOLATION.
AND NO PERMITS? NO PERMITS, SIR.
SO HE'S STILL PRETTY MUCH DOING THE SAME 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T APPEAR IN A COURT EITHER.
UH, YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, EXCUSE ME, NUMBER.
UM, THE WEIGHT OF THE, I THINK THIS IS A, BECAUSE OF THE, IT'S THE OVERHANG, THE WEIGHT OF IT IS, IS KIND OF DETERIORATING.
AND SO THE AND WHO, WHOSE IDEA WHO PUT THE LADDER UP THERE TO HOLD IT? YEAH.
UH, I BELIEVE THE HOMEOWNER DID.
AND ALSO BECAUSE IT, THE WEIGHT OF IT, IT'S TEARING APART FROM THE, UH, INSIDE, UH, FROM HERE.
SO IT'S, IT IS REALLY FALLEN APART.
TAP YOU WAS, UM, AN ENGINEER'S REPORT EVER SIR, DISCUSSED OR PRESENTED? NO, SIR.
BECAUSE THIS HAS GOT TO BE RE-ENGINEERED.
MR. SIKA, YOU HAD A QUESTION? OKAY.
THE SON IS, UH, THE, THE PERSON THAT TOOK A QUICK CLAIM WAS MICHAEL BROADWAY.
MICHAEL BROADWAY IS THE OWNER.
AND YOU SAY THEY WERE ELDERLY? YES, SIR.
SO SEE, UH, EDITHS GAVE IT TO HIM THERE.
HUH? THAT WAS AN ESTATE THAT SHE PASSED AWAY.
SO THAT'S THE SON, SUPPOSEDLY.
MR. SKA, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN IF, IF YOU'LL APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THAT.
BUT GO TO THE STRUCTURE ISSUE, QUESTIONS ONLY PLEASE.
BCAT DOES SHOW THAT HE'S THE OWNER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE CODE OFFICER.
WE HAVE, UH, MICHAEL BROADWAY, UH, BROCKWAY.
UH, MICHAEL, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS PLEASE.
SIR, YOU CAN ADJUST THAT MIKE.
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YEAH.WHAT WAS THE QUESTION PLEASE? AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR? 57 46 SPRING MOON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 4 7.
PLEASE STATE YOUR CASE PLEASE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY? TELL ABOUT THE PROPERTY, UH, THE CASE.
JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY, WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY.
UH, I HAD, I HAD BEEN MARRIED TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND SHE PASSED AWAY.
AND SO I AM NOW THE CURRENT OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND SHE PASSED AWAY ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO.
WE UNDERSTAND THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE, BUT GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE PROPERTY AND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT THE STRUCTURE ON DOING, AND, AND MS. BROCKWAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY YIELD TO THERESA IF YOU'D LIKE TO YIELD TO HER.
AND THERESA, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, OR LOOKS LIKE YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE CASE.
I'M THERESE, UH, MARTINEZ BROCKWAY.
I'M MARRIED TO MICHAEL BROCKWAY.
I HAD NO IDEA OF ANY OF THESE THINGS EVER HAPPENING.
HE NEVER TOLD ME HE RECEIVED ANY OF THESE THINGS UNTIL THE LETTER CAME IN MY NAME.
SO RIGHT AFTER I GOT THAT LETTER, WE IMMEDIATELY, WE STARTED LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO COME LOOK AT THE, TO COME LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.
AND, UH, HE GAVE US AN ESTIMATE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE THEN TO TRY TO GET FUNDING TO HELP US PAY FOR THIS REPAIR.
'CAUSE I, I WANNA GET IT FIXED.
I DIDN'T WANT, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, WE WERE TAKING CARE OF THIS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I WAS NEVER TOLD OF THESE THINGS.
UH, SO, UH, I'M GETTING IN THE LAST MINUTE, BUT WE DO HAVE ESTIMATES FOR THE REPAIR AND, UH, WE'RE JUST WORKING ON THE MONEY.
AND THE, THE REPAIRMAN WANTS TO START NEXT WEEK, UH, NEXT WEEK ALREADY.
WOULD YOU SHOW THAT TO THE LADIES AND LET THEM LET THE LAW? YEAH, THE LADIES, THERE'S A COPY RIGHT THERE.
UH, LET THE BOARD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
JUST A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
AND, AND THAT, THAT SECTION WAS ADDED TO IT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET, AND THE GENTLEMAN GAVE US WHO CAME TO INSPECT THIS AND GAVE US THE, THIS QUOTE DID LET US KNOW THAT THAT PART OF THE HOUSE WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.
THEY HAD A NAIL HOLDING IT UP.
THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING AT INDICATES THAT THERE, THE ENGINEER IS, UH, RECOMMENDING REMOVAL.
IS THAT WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO? YES.
WE JUST, IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST KIND OF JUST HANGING THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT ISN'T, IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST THERE FOR DECORATION.
SO IT, IT GONNA BE, I DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF DECORATION.
I'M TOO SHORT TO EVEN NOTICE IT ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA REMOVE IT THEN.
WE'RE TAKE THAT THING'S COMING DOWN.
AND CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH TIME YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU'D BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UH, YOU'RE GONNA START ON IT, I THINK YOU SAID NEXT TIME THEY WANNA START ON IT NEXT WEEK AND I'M, UH, GONNA BE WORKING ON THE MONIES.
WELL, WHEN I GO BACK TO WORK TODAY AND GET THAT SITUATED AND THE ANTICIPATED LENGTH OF TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO ACTUALLY GET IT RENEW.
WE SHOULD GET THE MONEY BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
SO, AND THEN THEY'LL START WORKING ON IT.
AND BASICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT 30 DAYS.
WE'LL HAVE IT FIXED IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS, BELIEVE ME.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. MS. ROCKWAY? THANK YOU.
MS. ANDERSON, YOU SAID YOU WERE GETTING BIDS.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING OTHER THAN THIS OR ARE YOU TAKING NO, WE'RE TAKING THIS.
WE'VE TRIED OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY JUST NEVER RETURNED OUR PHONE CALLS.
SO YOU'RE, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, HE, HE WORKS DURING THE DAY.
I WORK IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IN THE CLINIC AND THEY JUST WEREN'T RETURNING OUR PHONE CALLS.
SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR BIDS.
'CAUSE YOUR FIRST STATEMENT WAS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR BIDS, RIGHT? SO THIS ONE HERE, YOU'RE GOING WITH.
AND I, I, UH, I FELT GOOD ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHEN I MET THEM, WHEN THEY CAME OVER TO INSPECT IT.
I, I THINK, UH, I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION AND I WANNA REALLY, THAT THE CHAIRMAN HAD.
YOU WANNA RE REPLACE THAT? THE WHOLE BOARD? NO, WE'RE TAKING IT DOWN.
WE'LL REMOVE IT COMPLETELY, REMOVE IT, REMOVE IT.
IT'S JUST THERE FOR, IT'S JUST A FACADE.
IT'S JUST THERE FOR DECORATION DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
WE HAD TO PAY FOR, UH, SOMEONE TO COME TAKE A BEEHIVE AWAY FROM THERE.
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'CAUSE YOU COULDN'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE.BUT THEY GOT, THEY, WE TOOK CARE OF THE BEEHIVES.
AND THIS IS JUST, IT'S JUST, HERE'S THE HOUSE, HERE'S THE BRICK WALL.
THAT LITTLE PART DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMPANY, THAT THAT COMPANY PULLS A PERMIT FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION, MA'AM.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 57 46 SPRING MOON STREET.
PARDON ME? YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE A MOTION.
ISN'T THAT FUNNY? ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? SHE WANTS TO DO CAN'T.
I MADE ALL THE LAST, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MOTION? OKAY.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED 57 46 AT 57 46 SPRING MOON STREET IS, UH, WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
WHERE'S THE CODE? WHERE'S THE CODE NUMBER? THE CODE NUMBER, UH, SECTION 3 0 4 4 9 3 0 4 0.9.
I ALSO OH, IT AND IS A PUBLIC.
S I ALSO FIND THE PROPERTY REMIND, UH, REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER STATE I DID.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WITH PERMISSION IS REQUIRED, UH, WITH PERMITS REQUIRED.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY AT UH, 57 46 SPRING MOON STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF PROPERTY CODE 3 0 4 0.9, UH, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. ZIKA SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION YOU, CARRIE, IS UNANIMOUSLY.
ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES TO BRING FOR THE BOARD OR FROM STAFF? NONE FROM STAFF.
THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE NEXT THURSDAY.
ALL OF US WILL BE BACK AND ENJOY THE DAY.
WE ARE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.