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COULD YOU SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES PLEASE? UM, THE TIME IS 9:12 AM COULD WE GET, UH, A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? OH, THANK YOU.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER JUDY KRUM, B AS B LIAISON.
JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO.
AND MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
UM, WE HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATION, ENO INTERPRET.
I WILL ASPIRE TO READ THE, UH, CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE IN ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS MEETING.
UH, THIS HEARING, NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR, UM, DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
YOU WILL HAVE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, THE OWNER OR THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE, UH, THE, UH, TO THE, UH, PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE OF VIOLATION.
UH, AS, AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD.
UH, IS IF THERE'S UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH, UH, AN ARRANGEMENT AS, UH, ADVISED IN YOUR, UH, NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR, UH, EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, UH, CASE IS DETERMINED, IS DEMONSTRATED AT THE, UH, THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, PROVIDE THE, UM, THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSS, UH, YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK, UH, WITH THE COST FOR EACH ITEM.
DETERMINE OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY UP TO, UH, COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SUBMIT REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DIS AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF, UH, REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON, UH, MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE, SHALL BE ENFORCED.
WORK ALL WORK, UH, PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN THE CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 4 0 7 8 2 0 4.
IF, IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS, UH, DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
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ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER, WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD, UH, CAN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THIS ORDER REGARDING THE ORDERS, CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF, UH, A MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY, UH, PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES DURING, UH, REGARDING ANY OF THE PROPERTIES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THIS, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS, UH, HEARING PER SECTION CITY CODE 16 DASH 2 36.
[ Approval of Minutes ]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES.DID EVERY MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PROPOSE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 AS WRITTEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA.
APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
AND WE'LL HAVE STAFF REPORTS PRETTY LENGTHY.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
I'LL BE READING A COUPLE OF ITEMS INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING, IF I MAY PROCEED.
FIRST ITEM WE'LL BE COVERING ARE THE HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE BOARD, BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE 'EM, UM, PART OF THE RECORD.
UM, FOR FURTHER DOCUMENTATION.
FIRST PROPERTY IS THE OWNER LOCATED AT 2 2 9 EAST CRAIG PLACE HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PUR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 NINE, SECTION FIVE.
UH, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
UM, THAT DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED IN OCTOBER THE FIFTH OF 2023, AND THAT WAS FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 6 31 WEST ATCH, UH, HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 NINE, SECTION FIVE.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS ALSO AN EX, UH, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED.
IT WAS SIGNED INTO THE RECORD ON OCTOBER THE 12TH OF 2023.
AND THE NEXT ITEM, 6 51 WEST ELMIRA.
THE OWNERS AT THIS PROPERTY VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO ALLOW THE STRUCTURE OR TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 NINE, SECTION FIVE.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED ON OCTOBER THE 18TH OF 2023, AND THIS WAS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
NEXT ONE, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE UPDATES ON EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS THAT WE'LL READ INTO THE RECORD.
FIRST LOCATION IS 1217 FLORIDA STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED ON OCTOBER THE SIXTH OF 2023 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2023.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
NEXT ITEM 6 49 WEST BROADVIEW, I THINK NUMBER TWO, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED ON OCTOBER THE 16TH OF 2023 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER THE 11TH.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED
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BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.AND THE LAST 1, 58 15 LAKE BLUFF STREET, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THIS WAS DEMOLISHED ON OCTOBER THE 19TH OF 2023 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER THE 11TH OF 2023.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS ALSO A MAIN STRUCTURE AND THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT THIS MORNING, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS. OH, I DON'T, DOES ANYBODY HAVE, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, IT'S ROBERT TAPIA.
THOSE, UH, HOLD HARMONIES ARE, ARE HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS.
ARE THOSE NOTARIZED? YES, THEY ARE.
AND THEY'RE SIGNED BY THE OWNER AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL HAVE A, UH, INDIVIDUAL CASE PRESENTATION NOW, AND THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO.
YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IS, I CAN GO BACK EVERY TIME.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2021, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 2 2 1 0 BLOCK THREE LOT NORTH 34.5 FEET OF 23 AND NORTH, 38 FEET OF 24, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS OCHOA RENEE WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7 A SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER HENDERSON IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 28TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 29TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON MARCH 17TH, 2020 ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OCHOA RENEE, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2023.
ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2023, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSB.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON JUNE 24TH, 2021.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION IN SOME AREAS.
ALL OF THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN OR BOARDED UP WITH PLYWOOD AND THE METAL ROOF IS RUSTED AND WORN.
THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTED FOR THE FRONT PORCH.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION AND ALL WINDOWS ARE BROKEN OR BOARDED UP WITH PLYWOOD.
HERE'S A CLOSE VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION IS A OPPOSED IN BEAM.
THEY HAVE PLACED BRICKS UNDERNEATH TO TRY TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE FROM SITTING ON GRADE.
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AND THOSE BRICKS HAVE SHIFTED.SO THIS IS THE BACK END OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PLANK SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THERE'S BROKEN WINDOWS AND THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE, UH, PIECES OF WOOD PLACED UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION TO TRY TO KEEP IT FROM SITTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PLATE SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE, UH, METAL ROOF IS RUSTED AND WORN.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STAYING AT THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT ARE DETAINED AT THE MOMENT.
THE, UH, CEDAR POST IS ROTTED FOR THE FOUNDATION.
THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI AND, UH, IT LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE BACK DOOR.
UM, THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI.
SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED IN SOME AREAS EXPOSING THE WOODEN STUDS AND THE FLOOR IS ROTTED AND SOFT.
LOOKING TO THE, THE RIGHT OF GOING INTO THE BACK DOOR, THAT IS THE KITCHEN AREA, A LARGE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI.
UM, THERE IS NO WATER OR ELECTRICITY AT THE, AT THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
HERE THE FLOOR IS ROTTED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE KITCHEN SINK.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DECKING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE.
AND THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL GOING INTO ANOTHER ROOM, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH, UH, GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS.
AND THERE WERE WERE DRUGS FOUND IN THIS ROOM.
HERE'S ONE OF THE PHOTOS OF THE DRUGS FOUND GOING INTO ANOTHER ROOM.
UH, THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS, IS ROTTED.
THERE'S NO FLOOR COVERING, SO IT IS JUST A SUBFLOOR EXPOSED, UH, SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED AND JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS IN THE CEILING.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE, UH, ROTTED WITH WATER DAMAGE.
THERE IS NO TOILET OR BATHROOM SINK, BUT AGAIN, THERE IS NO, UH, RUNNING WATER AT THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH.
UH, THEY DID FIND DRUGS ON THE COFFEE TABLE THERE AND UP CLOSE OF THE DRUGS THAT THEY FOUND.
THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING.
THE SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED AND, AND THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL.
THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO THEY JUST PLACED, UH, APPEARS TO BE A BUD LIGHT CARDBOARD UP THERE TO, UH, KEEP WATER FROM COMING IN.
BUT THE CEILING JOISTS DO HAVE SOME CHARRING.
AND OUR ROTTED, THIS IS THAT BACK PORCH AREA, THEY DID A TRY TO DUCT TAPE THE SHEET ROCK UP ON THE CEILING TO KEEP IT FROM COLLAPSING A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE, THE DUCT TAPE TO TRY TO KEEP THE CEILING FROM COLLAPSING.
AND THAT'S A CLOSE-UP OF ALL THE DRUGS THAT WERE FOUND THE DAY OF THE WARRANT.
SO THIS IS FROM THE DAY OF THE DART.
UM, JUST TO TRY TO COMPARE THE PHOTOS TO SHOW THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT IS THE FRONT, UH, THEY DID DETAIN IN INDIVIDUALS AGAIN AT THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT IS A CEILING IN THE FRONT ROOM WHERE THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NO IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS.
AND THAT IS THE FOUNDATION ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THEY HAD THE BRICKS.
AT THAT TIME, THE BRICKS WERE, WERE NOT SHIFTED, BUT THE LAST PHOTO THEY HAVE SHIFTED.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF 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 OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
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FRED ANDREW.OKAY, FRED, AGAIN, UM, PIXEL, UH, EXCUSE ME, 1 22, IF WE CAN GO TO PIXEL 1 22.
THIS ELEVATION HERE IS FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
SO THAT IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
UM, BUT I'VE HAD TO TAKE IT FROM THE REAR PORTION BECAUSE FROM THE STREET YOU COULD NOT GET A GOOD VIEW.
THE PIPE THAT'S LEANING ON THAT HOUSE IS FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY.
CORRECT? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SEWAGE VENTED.
SO IF THIS HOUSE IS MOVED OR DEMOLISHED, THEN THAT PIPE WILL COLLAPSE, CORRECT? WELL, WE WOULD, I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER THE NEXT HOLD IT UP NEXT, THE NEXT PROPERTY ISN'T OUR CONCERN.
BUT THIS WILL BE A CONCERN IF IT FALLS.
AND THEN THAT MEANS OUR SEWERS NOT VENTING WHERE IT SHOULD BE VENTING.
UH, ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER ONES YOU SHOWED, THIS USED TO BE A DUPLEX.
UM, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS WAS ALWAYS JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
I JUST SAW, UM, ONE OF THE ONES JUST SHOWED THE METER.
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIND THAT PIXEL.
ONE'S ACTIVE AND ONE ISN'T ACTIVE.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE PIXEL BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF HERE PIXEL ONE 20, PIXEL ONE 20 SHOWS TWO METERS.
ONE IS ACTIVE AND ONE IS INACTIVE.
SO THERE IS NO ACTIVE SERVICE TO THE PROPERTY.
THEY JUST HAVE NOT REMOVED THE METER, BUT THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY ACCOUNT FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO THE EXTENSION CORDS THAT WERE IN THERE, ARE THEY FEEDING FROM A NEIGHBOR? I DIDN'T SEE SIGNS OF IT RUNNING FROM A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY WHEN I WAS THERE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT, I JUST DID NOT OBSERVE IT AT THE TIME OF BEING THERE.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT SHOWS HERE THAT IT WAS, IT'S PROBABLY AT ONE TIME WAS A DUAL.
THERE'S JUST NO CURRENT SERVICE TO THAT PROPERTY.
SO THERE'S NO WATER, NO, NO ELECTRICAL, NO.
AND I, AND I SEE A GAS METER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CONNECTED BECAUSE THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF ON IT.
AND YOU'VE PUT IN A, A DISCONNECT AT THE TIME OF GETTING THE DEMOLITION PERMIT, THOSE DISCONNECTS WILL BE SUBMITTED.
AND FROM THE TIME YOU HAD THESE PICTURES TAKEN TO, TO TODAY, HAS THERE BEEN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HOUSE? YES.
SINCE THE, THE WARRANT ON OCTOBER 26TH, THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR PEOPLE AT THE PROPERTY.
HAS THE CITY ABATED THE HOUSE SINCE THEN OR NO, THERE'S A WORK ORDER IN PLACE TO HAVE THE PROPERTY ABATED.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
NOBODY IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
COULD WE GET A MOTION FOR MS CHAIR? UM, YES.
JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR, THERE IS, UM, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
MY NAME'S OFFICER HENDERSON, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
UM, AND I'LL JUST GO BACK TO A QUESTION.
UH, MR. ANDY'S HAD, I'VE WORKED THAT AREA FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND I'VE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS AT THAT ADDRESS AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY DUPLEX THERE AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT SINGLE FAMILY, UH, MR. OCHOA.
UM, I JUST BROUGHT A HISTORY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THERE'S BEEN CUTTINGS, SHOOTINGS, UM, NUMEROUS OVERDOSES.
WE DID A DART REINSPECTION IN MARCH AND UH, WE MADE, UH, ARREST FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER FOUR TO 200 GRAMS. I THINK WE GOT THREE GRAMS OF, UH, METHAMPHETAMINES OUT OF THERE.
UH, THERE WAS A TWO FELONY, TWO PEOPLE WITH FELONY WARRANTS THERE, AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AT THAT TIME.
WE'VE DONE THAT THREE TIMES SINCE MARCH.
AND EVERY TIME WE'VE MADE A, AN ARREST WITH A POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER, UM, THE LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK.
AND THE NARCOTICS YOU SAW UP THERE, THE ONE BAGGIE WAS THREE GRAMS OF METH, AND THE OTHER BAGGIE WAS 12 GRAMS OF HEROIN, WHICH WAS 17 INDIVIDUAL BAGGIES.
AND WE HAD TWO MORE FELONY WARRANTS OUT OF THERE.
THERE WERE, I THINK, SIX PEOPLE IN THERE AT THE TIME.
UH, AND THAT WAS, I THINK THURSDAY LAST WEEK.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT, IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN APPROXIMATELY 50 CALLS JUST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND AFTER WE MADE THAT ARREST, UH, THE NEXT DAY A CALL CAME OUT FOR SIX TO EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE, UH, ARGUING, DOING DRUGS AND DEALING DRUGS
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AGAIN.DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT A COMMENT ON QUESTION.
UH, IS THIS AN AVENUE THE KIDS USED TO GO TO SCHOOL OR IS IT ONE OF THE OTHER STREETS OVER? UH, YES, THERE'S, UM, MORALE STREET.
UH, I THINK IT'S MAR HILL ELEMENTARY.
UH, UM, PEREZ, WHICH IS THE NEXT STREET.
THERE'S I THINK ONE OR TWO HOUSES, UH, BEFORE THE CROSSWALK.
KIDS WALK FROM HAVEN, THEY WALK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PAST THERE.
SO THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE FOR CHILDREN IN THAT AREA? UH, NO SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK CHAIR? WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I'LL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
THIS IS JUDY KRUM WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
RECEIVED YESTERDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST FROM MARIELLA RAYA, MS. KRUM, AND OFFICER TOWN.
THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGARDING THE, EXCUSE ME, REGARDING THE DANGEROUS PREMISES.
LOCATED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO.
SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GOALS.
UPON LEARNING OF THIS CASE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERS SET OUT TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.
WE CAN PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION OFF THE RECORD, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RELEASE NAMES IN THIS EMAIL TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITY AS THEY'RE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS LOCATION.
ALL RESIDENTS WE SPOKE TO IDENTIFY THE DAILY FRUSTRATION AND FEAR WITH THE SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET PROPERTY.
THE RESIDENTS STATED THEY LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THEY WITNESS EVERY DAY.
THEY EACH IDENTIFIED THAT ALTHOUGH THE PROPERTY IS BOARDED UP, INDIVIDUALS ACTS AS A DETERIORATING HOME THROUGH A BACK ENTRANCE TO AVOID BEING SEEN OR REPORTED, THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS STATE THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 20 INDIVIDUALS THAT P CRAWL AROUND AND ACCESS ABORTED UP HOME DAILY AS A STASH CELL DISTRIBUTE AND USE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES.
THE RESIDENTS WE SPOKE TO ALSO STATE THERE IS A CONTINUOUS NOISE OF BANGING ITEMS, YELLING AND FIGHTING ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT.
THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME ALSO POSED A HAZARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE OVERSIZED TREE IN THE FRONT OF THE YARD IS DANGEROUSLY LEANING IN ON THE ROOF OF THE HOME AND ALSO DAMAGING THE CITY'S SIDEWALK AS IT IS LIFTING THE CEMENT, MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO IS CONSIDERED A NUISANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, I WILL PICK UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO IS CONSIDERED A NUISANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FIVE AREA IS INUNDATED WITH MANY OTHER CONDEMNED BOARDED UP PROPERTIES WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS.
THE INDIVIDUALS CONDUCTING THESE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES SIMPLY GO FROM ONE CONDEMNED BOARDED UP HOME TO THE NEXT.
AS THEY ARE ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, THE HOMES NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED TO AVOID HAVING THESE CONTINUOUS ISSUES THAT ARE ENDANGERING OUR RESIDENTS.
PICTURE TWO ATTACHMENTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR ANY FURTHER DETAIL.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS MATTER.
MARIELLA AND RAFAEL GARZA, GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS ATTACHED.
UM, I WILL, CAN WE, YEAH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR STAFF? NO.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 11 NORTH COLORADO STREET, SAN
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ANTONIO, TEXAS, UH, 7 8 2 0 7 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 1 12 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS, UH, ORDER TO BE SECURED, VACATED.
UTILITIES CUT FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UH, SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY, UH, DEMO ORDER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 7 11 COLORADO UNDER SUBSECTIONS, UH, 1 2 8 11 12 15 17 18.
HAVE THE PROPERTY SECURED AND VACATED AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION AT ALL? NO.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS ITEM 11 AT THREE 30, I'M SORRY, 33 15 WEST GERALD AVENUE.
MY NAME IS JOHN GARZA
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 33 15 WEST GERALD AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD? YES SIR.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN NCB IS NCB 11 3 0 3 BLOCK ZERO, LOT SIX, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GODEL LARIO JR.
AND JESSICA MONIQUE MUNOZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 8 2 7 PRICE.
ALL NOTICE OF HEARINGS WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED OWNERS ON RECORD ARE PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH OWNERS.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 10TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESTINATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
FIRST INSPECTIONS REGARDING 33 15 WEST GALD WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 16TH, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 26TH, 2023 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 33 33 15 WEST GERALD ON OCTOBER 18, 23.
THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED.
SCOPE OF WORK, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR INJURIOUS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF OCTOBER 31ST, 2023.
THERE HAS NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR 33 15 WEST GERALD.
THERE HAS BEEN NO ABATEMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S NO SCHOOLS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF PROPERTY.
ALL UTILITIES HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOS PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 3RD.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS IS A GABLE ROOF, UH, WITH A METAL COVERING.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE AWNING AND THE ROOF.
WE HAVE THE COLUMNS THAT ARE DETERIORATED WITH A ROCK BOTTOM BASE THAT IS ALSO DAMAGED.
UM, THE STRUCTURE HAS SUFFERED TWO FIRES.
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ONE OF THE FIRES THAT DAMAGED THE, UNDER THE BOARDS, UNDER THE AWNING, YOU HAVE CHARRED WOOD.HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE METAL ROOFING WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THIS IS A CLOSE CLOSEUP PHOTO OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AWNING AND THE STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE DETERIORATED WOOD MEMBERS, UH, CHARRED WOOD FROM THE RECENT FIRES.
THIS IS THE METAL ROOF COVERING ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
IT HAS WARP AND THE TOP PORTION OF THAT ROOF IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
NEXT PHOTO, THERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE ROCK BOTTOM, UM, BASE FOR THE SUPPORT COLUMNS FOR THAT AWNING, AND THEY'RE DETERIORATED AND FALLING APART.
HERE'S A SIGHTED PHOTO OF THE LEFT ELEVATION, DETERIORATED CEMENT, UM, SIDING AND THE COVERING FOR THE FOUNDATION SKIRTING IS DETERIORATED.
THIS IS A COMBINATION OF THE CEMENT BOARD AND THE WOOD WOOD SIDING.
WE HAVE AN OPEN, AN OPEN HOLE ON THE SIDE ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND IT'S, IT SEEMS THAT THEY TRY TO PUT SOME KIND OF BOARD THERE ON THE HOLE TO PREVENT SOME KIND OF ENTRY, BUT IT'S STILL OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
NEXT, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE WOOD CEMENT CEMENT BOARD AND THE WOOD SIDING THAT HAS BEEN DETERIORATED.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE FOUNDATION, A DETERIORATED FOUNDATION.
IT SEEMS THAT AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER SOMEONE TRIED TO DO SOME KIND OF FOUNDATION WORK.
THERE HAS, THERE'S NO PERMITS ON FILE ON ON OUR SYSTEM.
UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, ONE OF THE SUPPORT BEAMS IS A LOT NEWER THAN THE OTHER WOOD MEMBERS.
HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO JUST SHOWING THE, UM, THE FOUNDATION DETERIORATION.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO FIRES.
THIS IS A RESULT OF ONE OF THE FIRES.
THE BACK REAR ELEVATION HAS SUFFERED SOME DAMAGE AND IS OPEN, UH, TO ENTRY.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE DAMAGE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU GOT THE CEMENT BOARD, UH, WOOD SIDING THAT'S BEEN DETERIORATED, FALLING APART, MISSING IN SOME PARTS.
UH, YOU GOT THE UPPER ATTIC THAT HAS SUFFERED, UH, FIRE DAMAGE.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT ENTRY.
THE FRONT LANDING, UH, IS SHOWING THAT IT'S NOT EVEN WITH THE ENTRY DOOR DOOR ENTRY.
THE STRUCTURE IS SUFFERING FROM FOUNDATION PROBLEMS. AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE INTERIOR.
WE GOT FLOOR, UH, FIRE FROM DAMAGE TO THE FLOORS.
UH, EGRESS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND TRASH AND DEBRIS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HERE'S A, UM, PHOTO OF ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE MAIN IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH A METAL COVERING.
AWNING HAS DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT ELEVATION.
SUPPORT COLUMNS ARE DETERIORATED WITH DAMAGE TO ROCK BASE.
WOODEN RAFTERS TO AWNINGS ARE CHARRED AND DAMAGE SIDING ON LEFT ELEVATION, DAMAGE OR MISSING WITH A HOLE TO STRUCTURE ON LEFT WALL EXPOSING INTERIOR OF STRUCTURE.
THERE IS DAMAGE TO FOUNDATION SUPPORT BEAM, WHICH IS EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS.
SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO FOUNDATION WITHOUT PERMITS.
FIRE DAMAGE TO REAR OF ELEVATION.
WALLS DETERIORATED AND INTERIOR OPEN TO ELEVATION.
RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION, DETERIORATED AND MISSING SIDING WITH FIRE DAMAGE TO ATTIC AREA.
FRONT ELEVATION HAS FOUNDATION PROBLEMS FROM FRONT LANDING AND STRUCTURE, NOT EVEN FIRE DAMAGE TO INTERIOR FLOORS AND EGRESS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED TO CRA.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 33 15 WEST GALD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6.
SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17, 17 AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS
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OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DE DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 33 15 WEST GERALD.
DOES STAFF HAVE ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS ROBERT TAP ANY INJURIES DUE TO THE FIRES? I'M SORRY SIR.
ARE WERE THERE ANY INJURIES? NO, SIR.
THE STRUCTURE WAS VACANT AT THE TIME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? THIS IS FRED ANDES.
I'M READING THE NOTES AND I CAN COUNT TWO FIRES.
WAS THERE MORE THAN TWO? THERE WAS JUST, THERE WAS TWO.
UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAD BEEN BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE, STEALING THE METAL AND WHATNOT.
UM, AND AT THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE BREAKING INTO THE VACANT STRUCTURE, THEY DECIDED TO START THE FIRES.
HELLO? WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, OFFICER, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S SUSPICIOUS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S DETERMINED THAT, UM, YOU COULDN'T FIND THE ORIGIN, BUT IS THERE ANY IDEA ABOUT WHO MIGHT HAVE STARTED THE FIRE AT THE TIME? UM, IN THAT GENERAL AREA, WHICH IS SOUTH CROSS AND BYNUM, THERE WAS A FIRE BUG RUNNING AROUND STARTING FIRES.
UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, SAFE HAD KIND OF PUT IT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE IT WAS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS STARTING ALL THE FIRES.
AND THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE STRUCTURES THAT BEHEM BEEN INVOLVED.
I, I IN GENERAL, JUST AS A COMMENT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWING NUMBER OF FIRES THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO, ESPECIALLY TO DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ THE FIRST NAME, BUT I BELIEVE THE LAST NAME IS.
HI, MY NAME'S UH, CANELA MUNOZ.
AND, UH, WE'RE THE OWNERS AT, UH, 33.
JUST, UH, I'LL CALL YOU TO SPEAK.
UH, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE, UH, MY NAME'S CANARIA MUNOZ AND I'M FROM 33 15 WEST GERALD.
AND, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY THE NEW OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE NEW TO ALL THIS.
WE'VE, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME BUYING THIS HOME.
UH, SO WE BOUGHT IT AND, UH, IT WASN'T THIS BAD, LIKE IT, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, UH, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY STARTED ON FIRE THE FIRST TIME, SO THAT'S WHEN WE BOUGHT IT.
AND, UH, APPARENTLY IT GOT TWO TIMES MORE.
SO IT'S BEEN THREE TIMES THAT IT'S BEEN SET ON FIRE.
THE FIRST TIME THAT IT WAS SET ON FIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL TIME, AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE BOUGHT IT.
SO WE FIGURED WE COULD STILL FIX IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T BAD.
UH, SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIX IT AND CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY, WE CLEANED UP EVERYTHING, ALL THE OUTSIDE.
UH, WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THE OUTSIDE, LIKE THE LANDSCAPING, THERE WAS LIKE SO MUCH DEBRIS.
WE FILLED UP A WHOLE 18 WHEELER FULL OF, UH, JUST, UH, I, I GUESS WHOEVER WAS STAYING THERE WAS BRINGING IN ALL THEIR, UH, CONCRETE, I GUESS IF, IF THEY WERE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION OR SOMETHING, THEY WERE JUST BRINGING ALL THE CONCRETE HOME AND THEY WERE JUST THROWING IT ALL IN THE BACK.
SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO CLEAN UP THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
UH, I THINK IT WAS A WHOLE 18 WHEELER FULL OF JUST CONCRETE, UH, THAT WAS ALL IN THE YARD.
UH, SO WE DID CLEAN IT UP, WE LOCKED IT ALL UP, AND THEN WE HAD THE PROBLEM OF THE HOMELESS GUYS OR HOMELESS PEOPLE BREAKING INTO IT.
THE NEIGHBORS GOT THEIR TRAILER SET ON FIRE, THE HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE AGAIN.
THEY, WE CLOSED IT ALL UP AGAIN AND NOT EVEN WITHIN THE TWO WEEKS, THEY TURNED IT ON AGAIN.
SO THE FIRE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT WRONG ABOUT THAT.
LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FIRES IN THAT, IN THAT AREA WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER GOT THE PEOPLE OR IF THEY EVER, UM, SO
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BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IS WE WERE, WE WERE GONNA FIX THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS IN SO MUCH DAMAGE, BUT NOW IT'S GOT AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE IT'S A BIGGER FINANCIAL ISSUE NOW.UM, SO WE STILL WANNA FIX IT, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THE TIME BECAUSE I ENDED UP FINDING THE OLD TAXES ON THE HOUSE ALSO.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S OUR FIRST TIME BUYING, SO WE KIND OF JUST JUMPED IN WITHOUT KIND OF KNOWING ALL THE DETAILS OF THE TAXES.
AND SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF SETTLED WITH ALL THE TAXES AND EVERYTHING.
SO ALL BASICALLY IS WE NEED SOME TIME TO, UH, FIGURE OUT, UH, EXACTLY WHAT ALL NEEDS TO GET DONE.
WE ALREADY KNOW MORE OR LESS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHICH IS FRAMING ROOF FLOORING.
DID YOU BRING A PLAN WITH YOU? I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PLAN WITH ME.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO SEE.
PLAN, RESOURCES AND A TIMEFRAME.
SO IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN GET SOME TIME, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I'M GONNA STOP US FOR TWO REASONS.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MR. MUNOZ KNOWS IT'S IMPROPER FOR YOU TO ASK OR POSE ANY QUESTION TO THIS BOARD, ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU NEED TO DIRECT THAT TO THE CODE OFFICER.
SECONDLY, UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, CAN YOU STATE YOUR, UM, YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? 8 27 PRICE.
UH, IN THE ZIP, I'M SORRY, JUST FOR THE RECORD AND THE ZIP CODE PLEASE.
CONTINUE WITH YOUR TESTIMONY, SIR.
I MEAN, THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I COULD SAY IS, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE WANTING TO FIX THE HOUSE.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME BUYING A HOUSE, PERIOD.
LIKE WE, WE HAD NO, UM, KNOWLEDGE OF KIND OF WHAT WE WERE GETTING INTO.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, UH, THE HOUSE WAS FIXABLE BEFORE THE, THE SECOND TWO FIRES AFTER IT HAPPENED.
UH, I MEAN, NOT IT'S STILL FIXABLE, BUT IT WOULD, NOW IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE MONEY.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, TIME.
UH, AND I DID HAVE PULL PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY.
UH, I'M NOT TOO SURE IF THAT'S ON Y'ALL'S RECORDS OR NOT.
SO I DID HAVE PULL PERMIT BEFORE, UH, THE OTHER FIRES HAPPENED.
UM, SO YEAH, UH, BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS FOR SOME TIME.
I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS COULD GIVE US THE TIME, THEN WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS.
HOW, HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU REQUESTING? UM, FOR, AS FAR AS FOR A PLAN? I THINK I CAN GET A PLAN TOGETHER WITHIN 30 DAYS AND THEN COME BACK AND BRING IT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, THAT'S, I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE FINISHED WITH THE WORK IN 30 DAYS, UH, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, WELL AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO ALSO, ARE YOU PLANNING TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE? CORRECT.
THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST TIME.
THIS IS GONNA BE OUR HOUSE WE'RE RENTING NOW WHERE WE LIVE, SIR.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL FOR YOU, BUT THIS HOUSE IS IN REALLY, REALLY BAD SHAPE.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY.
I MEAN, IT'S ON THE DEMOLITION LIST.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY AND YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR, YOUR PACKET WHEN YOU RECEIVED IT, TOLD YOU TO COME IN WITH YOUR SCOPE OF WORK.
YOUR FINANCIALS AND THE, AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU NEED.
WAS THERE ANY REASON FOR THAT? UM, I JUST BEEN LIKE SUPER, SUPER BUSY AT WORK.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE.
UH, SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO IS ASK.
AND I MEAN, IF IT'S A NO, IT'S A NO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT ALSO THIS IS NOT A ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE KIND OF.
YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT KIND OF KIND OF VENUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY AND IT'S GONNA TAKE AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY TO FIX THIS PROPERTY UP, YOU KNOW, TO BRING IT BACK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO SEE THOSE DOCUMENTS TODAY, NOT NEXT WEEK OR NOT IN 30 DAYS.
BECAUSE THE LONGER THIS PROPERTY IS SET, SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT.
ARE YOU, YEAH, WE STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
YOU STILL, WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WAS IN 2022, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GOT YOUR PAPERWORK FROM, UH, BCAT STATING THE FACT THAT IT'S YOUR PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST FIRE WAS CORRECT? UH, NO, THE HOUSE WAS ALREADY BURNED WHEN I BOUGHT.
AT THAT TIME YOU WERE INTENDING TO FIX IT
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UP? YES.'CAUSE IT WAS A VERY SMALL, SMALL DAMAGE.
WHAT YOU CONSIDERED SMALL DAMAGE.
DID YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR COME IN AND AND ADVISE YOU ON THE DAMAGE? UH, YES WE DID.
UH, WE, WE, UH, WELL I'M, I MEAN, I'M, I DO, UH, CONTRACTING MYSELF.
I DO FLOORING AND TILE, SO I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS.
AND SO THEY CAME IN AND HE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID IT'S NOT A LOT.
IT'S, IT WAS ONLY LIKE, UH, SOME FIRE DAMAGE ON THE ROOF.
WHAT WAS THE ROUGH COST? I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 16,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.
DID THEY COME BACK AND LOOK AT IT? UH, NO.
THAT MY FRIEND'S BEEN OUT THERE AGAIN AND HE SAID IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
SO HOW MUCH DID IT INCREASE FROM 16,000 TO THE THIRD FIRE? UH, IT'S ABOUT ANOTHER 10,000.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 26,000 JUST TO WALL JUST TO BRING IT TO CODE, UH, TO BRING IT BACK TO WHERE WE CAN MOVE IN.
NOW YOU PULLED A FIRE PERMIT, IF I SAW THAT RIGHT? A, A ISSUE WAS GIVEN FOR A FIRE IN THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT YOU DIDN'T PULL ANY OTHER PERMITS? UH, NO.
DID YOU PULL A PERMIT TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM YOUR PROPERTY? YES.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE ORIGINAL PERMIT WAS.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO, WELL, BECAUSE I CAME IN AND WE KIND OF DIDN'T KNOW WHAT, SO I TOLD HER WE GOTTA CLEAN UP FIRST.
AND SHE'S LIKE, SO THEN YOU NEED A CLEANUP PERMIT FIRST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED.
AND THEN THE GUY'S LIKE, MAN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
SO IT WAS LIKE, KIND OF OVERWHELMING.
SO I SAID, 'CAUSE THEY TOLD ME ALSO YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO KNOCK IT DOWN.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GUYS TOLD ME, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S STOP THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO WASTE MY MONEY IF WE'RE GONNA KNOCK IT ALL DOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NOW YOUR BIDS, THE ROUGH BIDS WERE FOR STRUCTURE ONLY.
CORRECT? UH, TO REBUILD IT, UH, REBUILD THE WHATEVER'S SIGNED.
DID THEY GIVE YOU A BID ON DEMOLITION TO TEAR IT WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE TORN DOWN AND THEN REBUILD? OH, YES.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR A DEMO.
AND THEN A REBUILD PERMIT FOR STRUCTURE ROOF, ALL THAT.
WHEN YOU FOUND THE THIRD FIRE MM-HMM,
AND THEY TOLD YOU IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE EASIER TO TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD IT.
DID YOU CONSIDER THAT HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST? UH, I HAVE, WE HAVEN'T, UH, WE HAVE, I HAVE NOT GOT AN ESTIMATE ON HOW, ON HOW MUCH IS IT TO KNOCK IT ALL DOWN? NO, SIR.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW, 16,000 WAS REASONABLE.
SO YOU'RE AT 26 AND TODAY'S PROBABLY GONNA RUN YOU ABOUT 35 OR SO BY THE TIME YOU GET YOUR PERMITS, YOUR WATERLINE, SEWER AND EVERYTHING, PUT IN YOUR HVAC, ALL OF THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY IT SAYS WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, A SCOPE OF WORK IS NEEDED TO MOVE YOU TO THE NEXT STEP.
BUT IF YOU'RE A SUBCONTRACTOR, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
IT WOULD PROBABLY END UP, YOU START TEARING IT DOWN AND IT'S GONNA GET MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
UM, HAVE YOU MADE CONTINGENCIES FOR THAT, FOR DEMOLITION? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR DEMOLITION? OH, OF COURSE.
OR THE CITY'S GONNA DO IT AND YOU'RE, I MEAN, I, I WOULD, I I WOULDN'T WANT Y'ALL TO KIND OF JUST DO IT YOURSELVES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I MEAN, IF, IF, IF I HAVE TO DO IT, THEN I MEAN THAT'S, I GUESS WHAT, THAT'S WHAT HAS TO GET DONE.
YOU KNOW? I MEAN IF YOU GUYS SAY KNOCK IT DOWN, THEN YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I SEE THIS A LOT.
IT'S GONNA COST MORE MONEY THAN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD.
SO IT GI IT, IT GIVES THE BOARD NO OTHER CHOICE BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTATION ISN'T THERE FOR US TO LOOK AT AND SAY IT'S FEASIBLE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER CHAIR.
I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS JOB FOR SO MANY YEARS AND, AND WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, DOING CONTRACT WORK MYSELF, THIS IS MORE THAN $26,000, SIR.
I, I PERSONALLY THINK, AND THIS IS JUST FROM MY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, YOU'D BE BETTER OFF KNOCKING IT DOWN AND STARTING FROM SCRATCH
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BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA COST SO MUCH MONEY TO REPAIR THAT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS ARE JUST NOT WORTH IT TO REPAIR THAT IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR.AND AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE THAT OKAY, BUT YOU WILL STILL HAVE THE LAND AND YOU CAN STILL BUILD ON IT.
AND SINCE YOU'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR OVER A YEAR AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO IT, NOTHING BUT CLEAN UP THE CONCRETE THAT SOMEBODY LEFT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT'S FOR THE CITY.
UM, HOW MUCH IS THIS BILL GOING TO BE, UM, FOR DEMOLITION? I'M SORRY, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT AN, A QUESTION I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY ONLY POINT.
I I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT, BUT IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSS ON THE DAY, THEN THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY GET INVOLVED IN.
WE ARE ONLY, I'M SORRY, ON THE QUESTION, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE COST OF THE DEMOLITION, IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE WE, WE WON'T HAVE A, A FINAL COST UNTIL IT WOULD BE COMPLETED.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE HERE CONCERNED WITH AND WITH THE TAXES AND DEMOLITION COSTS, THINGS LIKE THAT NATURE, THAT WE ARE JUST HERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROPERTY IS FEASIBLE OR NOT.
THAT THAT'S, WHO KNOWS? THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS PRO THIS, THIS BOARD IS HERE TO DETERMINE IF THEY BELIEVE IT'S A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
AND IF THEY DO, BASED ON TESTIMONY, DO THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS THE, IT'S FEASIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED.
UM, DO THEY LACK ENOUGH INFORMATION, UM, THAT THEY NEED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT INFORMATION TO BE BROUGHT TO 'EM IN FULL? OR DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT PROPERTY IS FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR? I DO WANNA REMIND THIS BOARD, UM, THAT THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE, ANOTHER OWNER WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK.
UM, AND I'D HOPE THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD GIVE BOTH THE PROPERTY OWNERS A FULL, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE ANY TYPE OF DECISION IS MADE.
YOU HAD ANOTHER COMMENT? UH, SO YES.
UH, IF I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF YOU SAID, I CAN'T ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS, RIGHT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BROUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
SO IF THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THAT PROPERTY, THAT QUESTION, IT WOULD BE BETTER SERVED TO BE DIRECTED AT THE, UH, THE STAFF.
AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION TO STAFF.
SO YOU WOULD IN ESSENCE BE DIRECTING WHATEVER QUESTION YOU HAVE TO STAFF.
SO THE QUESTION I GUESS WOULD BE TO THE STAFF.
UH, DO WE HAVE LIKE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR DEMOLITION OR LIKE, OR IS THERE LIKE NO, UH, LIKE ROUND FIGURE MORE OR LESS, OR WE CAN TALK TO YOU AFTER.
UM, THE OFFICER CAN TALK TO YOU AFTER AND GIVE YOU THE GENERAL PRICE LISTING.
THERE IS A SQUARE FOOTAGE PER PRICE, BUT THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT MITIGATING FACTORS.
UM, IT DEPENDS HOW MANY STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED ON THAT STREET.
IT DEPENDS ON, UM, ASBESTOS, DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT COST MITIGATION FACTORS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO JUST PULL A NUMBER OUTTA THE AIR RIGHT THIS SECOND.
WE CAN WORK WITH YOU AND AT LEAST SHOW YOU WHAT THAT TABLE LOOKS LIKE AND YOU CAN KIND OF COMPARE THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD COME AFTER AN ORDER, UH, REGARDLESS.
NOW WE HAVE, UH, JESSICA MUNOZ.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
UM, I JUST BASICALLY WANTED TO SAY YOUR ADDRESS, MA'AM.
IT'S 8 27 PRICE, 7 8 2 1 1 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UM, I LIVED THERE WITH MY HUSBAND, CONDEL, LARIO MUNOZ, AND MY THREE KIDS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE SAME THING MY HUSBAND SAID.
WE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN, WE'RE NEW AT THIS.
UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE CAN BE PULLED TO COURT BECAUSE OF THE
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STRUCTURE OR WHATNOT.SO I GUESS I'M GETTING, UM, SCHOOLED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD SAVE THE PROPERTY.
IF WE CANNOT DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN I UNDERSTAND.
DID THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU MA'AM.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A MOTION BOARD? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UM, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 1 1.
IT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUE OF THIS ORDER AND SECURED AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER.
WE HAVE A SECURED PROPERTY AND, UM, FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND WE HAVE IT UNDER, UH, SECTION, UH, SUBSECTIONS.
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I'M SORRY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
WE HAVE WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS ALSO TO VA TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS VACATED.
PAUL, DO YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF TO HAVING IT MAKE SURE IT'S VACATED.
AND I'LL ADD THAT TO THE, UM, TO THE 30 DAY DEMO WITH SECURE, CLEANED AND VACATED.
IS THERE ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO, SIR, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND LET THEM EXPLAIN TO YOU WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED.
OKAY, OUR NEXT CASE IS NUMBER 12.
SEE I CAN FIX THIS REAL QUICK.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M A LITTLE TALL, SO.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ENRIQUE CORRODI, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1 WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 9 4 1 BLOCK 19 LOT N 96.21 FEET OF LOT FIVE FIVE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARTINEZ EDWARD M WITH A MILLION ADDRESS OF 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THERE IS SOMEBODY HERE, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE NEPHEW TO THE OWNER, MR. UH, ROGE CANTU.
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THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2023.THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INITIAL INSPECTION REGARDING 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED ON MARCH 4TH, 2022 ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2023.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURN TO SENDER ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2023.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR ONE FILE FOR 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 26TH.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF, OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S, IT'S A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL ZONE FAMILY WITH THE COR CORRUGATED METAL ROOFING.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE WHERE, UM, THE, THE COVERINGS ALREADY LIFTED.
THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S FIRE DAMAGE TO THE AWNING, THE RIGHT SIDE AS WELL.
UH, THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER TO THE RIGHT AND FRONT ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S DETACHING.
THE OVERHANG AS WELL HAS, UH, FIRE DAMAGE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT REAR ELEVATION TO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU SEE THE, UH, WOOD, THE WOOD SIDING IS LACKING WEATHERPROOFING, THE FASCIA.
THE FASCIA BOARD HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION AS WELL AS LACKING WEATHERPROOFING.
THE OVER THE, UH, ROOF SYSTEM THERE, THE, THE COVERING HAS LIFTED AS WELL, L TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE, UH, RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION WHERE IT'S OPEN.
SOME OF THE SIDING HAS DETERIORATED, FELL OFF, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE, UM, FOUNDATION TO THE ELEMENTS.
THE RIGHT REAR ELEVATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OR RIGHT PORTION OF THE PHOTO THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, IT'S THE BACK WINDOW IS UNSECURED AS WELL AS THE BOTTOM PORTION, UH, OF, OF THIS PHOTO.
IT'S, UH, MISSING SOME, SOME SIDING AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST A CLOSE REVIEW OF THE FOUNDATION SYSTEM WHERE IT'S SITTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT REAR, JUST A CLOSER VIEW AS WELL WITH THE, UH, THE POST SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, THE BEAMS AS WELL, SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, LACKING WEATHERPROOFING, UH, TO THE SIDING AS WELL.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS AS WELL.
JUST SHOWING AGAIN THAT JUST LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, LACKING WEATHERPROOFING, LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE, UH, TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
THERE'S A WINDOW THAT IS UNSECURED AS WELL ON THE LEFT SIDE, UH, ROOF SYSTEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, UM, IT'S BENDING AS WELL.
YOU'RE SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
IT'S, IT IS MISSING SOME SIDING AS WELL.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE INTERIOR AND THIS IS THE, THE LIVING ROOM, JUST SHOWING THE FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, NO, NO FLOORING COVER THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE FIRE.
IT'S JUST SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE, UM, MEANS OF EGRESS.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH.
UM, JUST DUE TO THE, UH, SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WALLS AS WELL WHERE THE, UM, SHEET ROCK HAS ALREADY FALLEN OFF FROM THE, FROM THE FRAMING.
THERE'S JUST ANOTHER PHOTO THAT'S LEADING INTO THE KITCHEN.
WE'RE JUST SHOWING LONG TERM, NOT LONG TERM, I'M TO APOLOGIZE.
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NOW YOU SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL.IT'S LONG, HAS FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL.
THIS IS A CEILING JOIST WHERE IT HAS SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
THE WALLS HAVE SIGN SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
UH, THE RAFTERS ARE CHARRED, ALL THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE CHARRED.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS THE KITCHEN SHOWING THE SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED.
UM, WE ENDED UP HAVING TO BOARD IT UP, I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
AND THE WALLS HAVE SIGNIFICANT SMOKE DAMAGE.
NEXT PHOTO, THAT'S GONNA BE THE RIGHT SIDE TOWARDS THE KITCHEN.
THERE'S ANOTHER WINDOW THAT IS, I'M I, I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT SIDE.
LEFT SIDE SHOWING THE, UH, THE WINDOW THAT IT'S UNSECURED FROM THE INSIDE.
UH, WATER MEMBERS ARE CHART AS WELL.
UH, CEILING JOIST AT THE TOP, LEFT OR TOP CENTER OF THE PHOTO.
YOU SEE THE WOOD MEMBER IS CHARRED.
THIS IS THE PHOTO TO THE, UH, KITCHEN DOOR SHOWING THAT IT'S HAS A LITTLE HOLE THERE WHERE IT'S INVITING OUR BRIDGE RODENTS.
THIS IS THE LEFT CORNER TO THE, UH, LIVING ROOM WHERE YOU, THIS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION, UM, WHICH IS EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
UM, WOOD MEMBERS ARE, HAVE SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO COVERING.
UH, THE DECKING IS, IS, IS, UH, CHARRED.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE METAL ROOFING COVER NEXT, AND THIS IS JUST THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE LIVING ROOM SHOWING THE, UH, THE CEILING THERE WHERE IT HAS SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
FLANDERS AVENUE IS A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1935.
STRUCTURE HAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO ALL THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS.
FOUNDATION POLES ARE SINKING AND SUPPORT BEAMS ARE SITTING ON GRADE FOR JOCE AND COVERING, HAS SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE.
EXTERIOR SIDING IS DAMAGE, HAS SMOKE DAMAGE, AND WINDOW IS UNSECURED TO LEFT ELEVATION AND IS LACKING WEATHERPROOFING.
METAL ROOFING HAS CORRUGATED METAL THAT IS LIFTED AND OVERHANG HAS SEVERE FIRED DAMAGE.
FASCIA BOARD AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE HAS LONG DETERIORATION AND IS LACKING WEATHERPROOFING.
INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE HAS UNEVEN SURFACES WITH SECTIONS OF THE FORCES AND REMOVED AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
TO RECAP, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE, A CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AT 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 AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 5 3 3 FLANDER AVENUE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ABATE IT ONCE, THAT YOU KNOW OF YES.
DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER RECORDS FROM 2021 TO THE TIME IT WAS ABATED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER ABATEMENTS AT, AT THIS TIME? I, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND ARE ALL UTILITIES SHUT OFF? UM, THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT SHUT OFF IS ELECTRICAL.
IT'S BEEN ACTIVE AS OF, OR SINCE OCTOBER 10TH, 2001.
SO THEY STILL HAVE GAS AS WELL? GAS? NO, JUST WATER.
OH, SO GAS AND ELECTRIC HAVE BEEN, YES.
SO THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE IS WATER.
IS WATER AND IT'S ABANDONED? YES, IT IS VACANT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE THE ORIGINAL PERSON OR ORIGINAL CODE OFFICER WORKING ON THIS PROPERTY IN 2021.
SO YOU TOOK IT OVER FROM MA'AM, SOMEBODY, MA'AM? YES.
THE OFFICER THAT WAS IN CHARGE IS NO LONGER WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, GOT PROMOTED WITH SAPD.
SO THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WHY, WHY HAS THIS BEEN, THIS PROPERTY BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS AND, UM, HASN'T
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BEEN BROUGHT TO US BEFORE NOW AND IT STILL HAS WATER? NOBODY WANTED TO CALL THE WATER COMPANY.I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT SAVING WATER, SAVING WATER, BUT THIS PROPERTY HAS WATER AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
IT'S ALL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THE CASE, MS. BROWN, AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT QUESTION.
WE, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU.
UM, IF IT WAS NOT LEAKING, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE DON'T TYPICALLY CUT UTILITIES UNTIL THE DEMOLITION PROCESS.
UM, IF IT WAS LEAKING, WE WOULD'VE CONTACTED THE WATER COMPANY TO, UH, TO CUT THE WATER LEAK.
BUT IF THERE'S NO, NO ACTIVE LEAK, THAT'S TYPICALLY SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ACTION ON UNTIL THE FINAL DISPOSITION.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE HAVING UTILITIES REMOVED, THAT, THAT'S USUALLY VERY COSTLY.
UH, IF A NEW OWNER COMES IN AND, AND WE'VE CUT THE UTILITIES AT A, AT A PERMANENT CUT, SO WE TRY NOT TO DO THAT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
SO WHY DID IT TAKE TWO YEARS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO COME BEFORE US? I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT EITHER, BUT WE'VE GOT IT HERE AND WE ARE READY TO PRESENT WITH ALL THE FACTS THAT WE DO HAVE, AND WE, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE.
UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, MY LAST INSPECTION ON THE 19TH OF OCTOBER, WHEN I WAS THERE TO GET INTERIOR PHOTOS, THERE WAS NO WATER LEAK.
SO, UM, WHETHER OWNERS WANNA CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES, THAT'S AT THEIR DISCRETION.
BUT AS FAR AS ANY VIOLATIONS ON THE CITY SIDE FOR WATER LEAKS, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING PRESENT.
UM, UH, AND SO I SEE IN THE NOTES THAT AT SOME POINT A NEIGHBOR SAID THAT THE OWNER HAD PASSED AWAY DURING THE FIRE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THAT OWNER WAS EDWARD MARTINEZ? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND, UM, YOU'VE CONTACTED ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO POSSIBLY REACH OUT AND TAKE, UM, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY? SO ALL PROPER NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT.
UM, SO SINCE WHEN THIS CASE OPENED UP IN 2021, THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH ANYBODY TO THAT PROPERTY.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE FORWARDING ADDRESS THAT'S ON BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS.
SO SINCE THE PASSING OF THE OWNER, I BELIEVE, UM, THERE WAS NOBODY LIVING WITH THE OWNER AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WAS, IT WAS VACANT.
SO ANYBODY ELSE TRYING TO BE NOTIFIED, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T GET NO.
OR ANY NOTIFICATION BECAUSE WE GO BASED OFF OF WHAT'S ON BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
UM, BUT THERE IS A FAMILY MEMBER HERE TODAY THAT CAN, UH, OF THE, THE PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER YOU WANT? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE, UH, MRS. UM, ROGELIO CANTU.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, ADDRESS IS 10 46 STONEWALL STREET.
I'M THE NEPHEW OF THE, UM, THE OWNER THAT WAS THERE LAST, UM, I DID FILL OUT THIS FORM IN CASE YOU NEED IT.
YEAH, A ZIP CODE ON THERE TOO.
I BEG PARDON? A ZIP CODE ON IT TOO.
UM, UM, YES, I ACTUALLY, THIS PROPERTY, UM, USED TO BE MY GRANDMOTHER'S.
I GREW UP THERE AT THAT RESIDENCE, UH, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
UM, MY UNCLE TOOK IT OVER AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY, AND MY UNCLE THERE, UM, HE WAS A, UM, MENTALLY DISABLED.
HE HAD SOME, UM, HE LIVED ALONE, BUT I WOULD VISIT HIM, UM, PRETTY FREQUENTLY, UH, AFTER THE, THE FIRE HE PASSED AWAY, UH, FROM SMOKE INHALATION THERE AT THE PROPERTY.
I WAS THE ONE WHO TURNED OFF THE WATER AT THAT PROPERTY AFTER THE FIRE, UH, THE MORNING OF THE FIRE AFTER THE FIRE, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN THE ELECTRICITY WAS CUT OUT BY THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, DURING THE FIRE, THEY CUT THE POWER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO CAUSE ANY MORE DAMAGE.
'CAUSE THEY SAID THEY, INITIALLY IT WAS THE, UH, OR SHORTENED THE WALL FROM A ELECTRICAL HEATER THAT CAUSED THE FIRE INITIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE.
AND, UM, SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE, I DON'T KNOW IF I ADDRESSED TO THE STAFF OR NOT, BUT I'LL ADDRESS TO BOTH IF YOU, IF IT'S OKAY, THE, I DID, UM, A WHILE AFTER THE, MY UNCLE PASSED AWAY, ONE OF MY OTHER UNCLES WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER, THEY DECIDED NOT TO, AND THEN THEY NOTIFIED ME.
I WENT TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
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ALL THE TAXES THAT WERE BEHIND.AND I'VE ALSO KEPT UP WITH THE WATER, UH, BILL AS WELL TO, TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CUT OFF THE WATER.
AND THAT'S WHY THE WATER IS STILL CONNECTED AT THAT PROPERTY.
MY INTENTIONS WERE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DEMOLISH THE HOUSE IN, IN SECTIONS, AND AS WE DEMOLISH IT FROM THE, MY, UH, INITIALLY WAS GONNA DO FROM THE BACK PART WHERE THE RESTROOM IS AT, AT THE, THE REAR OF THE HOUSE.
AND AS I TAKE THAT OFF, I CAN GO AHEAD AND START BUILDING UP THE, UM, MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE.
UM, IT'S JUST A, A WRITTEN OUT PLAN, BUT IT, IT WOULD TAKE, INITIALLY, I'M CALCULATING ABOUT TWO TO THREE MONTHS, UH, TO COMPLETE THE, THE PROJECT THAT'S CLEARING OUT THE, THE SECTIONS, BECAUSE IT IS A, A SMALL HOUSE, IT'S ONLY 800 SQUARE FEET, IT'S 12 BY 60, THE HOUSE ITSELF.
UH, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY, ON ONE OF THE PICTURES, YOU COULD SEE WHERE THERE WAS A BRANCH COMING OVER IN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROPERTY.
AND I DID REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE FROM THAT PROPERTY.
THAT LARGE TREE IS FULL OF TERMITES, AND THE TREE IS ACTUALLY DECAYING AND FALLING OVER INTO THE HOUSE.
AND WHAT I WANNA DO IS CLEAR OUT THE PROPERTY, UM, TREAT IT FOR THE BRUSH TO GET RID OF THE BRUSH AND TREAT FOR TERMITES.
AND AFTER ABOUT, THEY SAY TO WAIT ABOUT USUALLY THREE TO 10 DAYS IS WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE MEDICATION, THE MEDICINE TO WORK FOR THE TERMITES.
AND THEN THAT CAN START, UH, TAKING IT APART.
OTHERWISE, WE RISK, UH, SPREADING THE TERMITES TO THE PROPERTIES NEXT DOOR.
AND THERE IS, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE HOUSE IS SET UP, THE NEIGHBORS ON THE, IF YOU'RE FACING THE PROPERTY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS NO, UM, OTHER THAN THE DOUBLE DRIVEWAY, THE PROPERTY IS REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER.
AND SO THEY WERE SAYING IF WE START TEARING ON THE PROPERTY, IT'S GOING TO, IT MAY FEST THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR WITH THE SAME, UM, TERMITES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE BEEN CLEARING OUT THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
UM, UH, ACTUALLY THAT PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, UH, I HAVE PICTURES WHERE THE PROPERTY GRASS WAS ACTUALLY ALMOST SIX FEET TALL, THE GRASS.
AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THAT TO KEEP IT, UH, TRIM.
AND THEN, UM, SO I DID WANNA START, UM, WELL, I JUST SPOKE TO MY UNCLES AND MY FAMILY JUST RECENTLY, AND THEY JUST, UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL SAID THAT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY, SO I DO WANNA FIX THAT UP.
AND I DO HAVE ONE UNCLE WHO IS DISABLED, AND MY HOPES IS TO FIX THAT UP AND LET HIM LIVE THERE.
AND THEN HE LIVES WITH ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE FOR HIM.
AND THEN SO I CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE HIM HAVE HIS OWN PROPERTY OR HIS OWN SPACE IS MY HOPES.
UM, AGAIN, I DO, UM, HAVE THE TIME I SHOULD.
I'M A REGISTERED NURSE, AND I HAVE WORKED, UH, IN THE PAST WITH CONSTRUCTION.
I'VE DONE, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLUMBING AND CONSTRUCTIONS, UH, GROWING UP.
I DO HAVE ANOTHER UNCLE WHO'S A PLUMBER, AND BETWEEN, UH, MY, UH, TWO UNCLES AND MYSELF, WE PLAN TO DO THE PROJECT OURSELVES AND WE CALCULATE ANYWHERE FROM, UH, ALTOGETHER PROBABLY JUST TO MAKE THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE, THE WALLS, THE, THE, THE ROOFING AND THE FLOORING, UH, REPLACING THE PIERS AS WE GO.
UH, ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO $16,000 IS WHAT WE CALCULATE JUST FOR THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE WHEN WE DO THE INTERIOR, UH, BUT AT LEAST FINISH THE STRUCTURE FROM THE OUTSIDE.
I'D HAVE TO HIRE AN ELECTRICIAN AND JUST TO BRING THE HOSE UP TO COW, UH, TO CODE BECAUSE THE, UH, WHEN THEY CUT OFF THE POWER, WE HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO, TO, UH, CURRENT CODE BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, CLOSE UP AND DO THE SHEET ROCKING ON THE INSIDE.
SO OUR HOPE WAS TO DO THAT PART FIRST.
BUT, UH, MY HOPE WAS TO FINISH IT BY, UM, MID-FEBRUARY, UM, TO DO THE EXTERIOR AND THE WALLS AND THE FLOORING, AND THEN START DOING THE CODE, UH, AT THAT, UM, THE ELECTRICAL AT THAT TIME AND CLOSING UP THE, THE, THE HOUSE ON THE INSIDE.
SO I WAS ASKING THE, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRESENT THE PAPER TO HOW WE PLANNED TO DO IT, BUT I DID, UH, MAKE A LITTLE DIAGRAM OF WHAT I PROPOSED TO DO AND THE STAGES THAT I WANNA DO IT IN, AND THE TIMEFRAME THAT FOR EACH PROJECT.
AND THEN, UM, AND FINANCIALLY WE DO HAVE THE MEANS TO DO IT.
IT'S JUST, UM, BECAUSE I DO WORK PART-TIME AND I TAKE CARE OF MY UNCLE AT THE SAME TIME, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO HAVE.
UM, I WILL CALCULATE ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS FOR EACH SECTION OF THE HOUSE TO BE DONE AND FINISH IT UP THAT WAY.
UM, AND I WILL BE WILLING TO GET THE PERMITS TO, YOU KNOW, TO START TAKING DOWN THE HARD TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY, UM, FROM THE, UH, AS WE DEMOLISH IT AND, AND DO IT IN SECTIONS THAT WAY, IF THAT WAS PERMISSIBLE WITH THE BOARD.
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THIS IS ROBERT TOPPY.DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, UH, EVIDENCE OF BANK STATEMENTS? I DID BRING THE BIG STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THE MEANS, THE RESOURCES TO GO.
WELL, I HAVE, UM, SHE HAS A BANK STATEMENT.
I DID MEAN TO GET A ALSO, UM, I HAVE, UM, MY HOUSE.
I DO HAVE EQUITY WHERE I WAS PLANNING TO DO, UM, A REFINANCE TO, UM, IF I NEEDED TO, I COULD GET THE MONEY FROM THERE TO DO THE, THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE ELECTRICAL, AND THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HOUSE.
HOWEVER, UH, WHEN I, MY MORTGAGE COMPANY IS, UH, MR. COOPER RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO PRINT OUT THE, UM, THE FINAL STATEMENT.
I CAN ACTUALLY GO ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'LL SHOW TECHNICAL, UH, DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, I DO HAVE, UM, IT'S, UH, ALMOST 200,000 I HAVE, UM, THAT I CAN HAVE, UM, GET A, HOW DO YOU SAY, REFINANCE FOR THE HOME.
SO I HAVE THAT ASIDE FROM HAVING THE, THE MONTHLY MEANS, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR IT AND, AND PAYMENTS.
SO MY HOPES WAS TO GET IT, UM, EACH STAGE WOULD CAUSE ANYWHERE FROM, DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE ROOM, ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT $900 UP TO 60, $1,500 PER SECTION JUST FOR THE, THE ROOFING.
THE FLOORING AND THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
WE'RE PLANNING TO USE HARDY PLANK AND THEN MOVE IT OUT, UM, CLOSE AS WE WENT FROM THERE.
AND THEN, UM, SO THAT WAS, UH, DEFINITELY SOMETHING FEASIBLE WITHOUT HAVING TO REFINANCE ANYTHING.
UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO FINANCE FOR WAS FOR THE INTERIOR WHEN WE DO THE ELECTRICAL, AND THAT CAN BE ANYWHERE.
UM, JUST ROUGH ESTIMATES THAT I GOT WERE FROM ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO $18,000 TO DO THE ELECTRICAL UP TO CODE.
BUT I DID BRING BACK STATEMENTS AND I DO HAVE A BASIC LAYOUT, A DIAGRAM THAT I MADE AND A LITTLE WRITTEN PLAN OF THE, UM, OF THE STAGES THAT I, THE STAGES THAT I WANTED TO COMPLETE THE WORK IN, IF POSSIBLE.
SIR, LET ME, LET ME JUST KIND OF ASK YOU SOME REALISTIC QUESTIONS HERE.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE PICTURES OF THIS PROPERTY AND YES, MA'AM.
I WAS, I WAS IN THE PROPERTY RECENTLY.
UH, I WAS THERE WHEN WE, UM, WHEN MY UNCLE WAS THERE WHEN WE TOOK HIM OUT.
AND THEN SINCE THEN I'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN, UM, THINGS THAT WERE, UM, IN THE PICTURE.
IF YOU NOTICE, A LOT OF THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE IS, UH, IS OPEN AND CLEAN, CLEARED OUT.
WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF THE OLD FURNISHINGS AND THINGS OUT OF THE HOUSE JUST TO, UM, EXPOSE, UM, THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE MORE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU NOTICE THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FURNISHINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE HOME.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED NEW RAFTERS IN THE ATTIC PART.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED NEW BEAMS. YOU'RE GONNA NEED, I MEAN, THIS PICTURE, UH, THIS IS, AND 1 94, PLEASE, MS. MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
UH, IF I MAY ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, DID YOUR UNCLE LEAVE YOU THE HOUSE? NO.
DO YOU OWN THE HOUSE? I'VE BEEN PAYING THE PROPERTY TAXES AND I ACTUALLY HAD CONTACTED ALL MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY RENT TO, UH, SIGN OFF ON THE PROPERTY SO THAT I COULD TAKE OVER THAT.
SO, BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET? NOT JUST YES OR NO.
AND HOW MANY PERSONS NEED TO AGREE FOR THE HOUSE TO BE YOURS? UM, IT'LL BE ABOUT, UH, FOUR INDIVIDUALS, MY UNCLE'S, AND, UH, BUT THAT HOUSE, WHEN THEY WENT FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S TO MY UNCLE, THEY SIGNED OFF ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT IT, AND THEY SIGNED IT OFF TO MY UNCLE.
AND YOUR UNCLE DOESN'T HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY SIBLINGS? NO, SIR.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? NO, SIR.
THE PROBLEM IS HE DOESN'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
NOW I'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY FOR THE, SINCE MY UNCLE PASSED AWAY.
I'VE BEEN, I HELPED CLEARED OUT THE PROPERTY, CLEARED OUT THE LOT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT WITH THE INTENTION FOR IT WAS GONNA BE FOR ONE OF MY OTHER UNCLES, HIS BROTHER, THAT, UM, IS ALSO DISABLED, AND I SHOULD, HE LIVES WITH ME RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, AND I SHOULD WANTED SOMETHING FOR HIM TO, TO HAVE MORE LIBERTIES AND BE ABLE TO, UM,
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LIVE AT HOME, YOU KNOW, FOR HIMSELF.BUT YOU DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, THAT'S THE PROBLEM? NO, NOT AT, NOT AT THE MOMENT.
I ACTUALLY DID CONTACT ALL MY, UH, MY UNCLES.
RIGHT, BUT YOU DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING, YOU DON'T BRING IN ANY NOTARIZED STATEMENT WITH YOU SAYING THAT THE ATTORNEY OVER THEIR SHARE OF THE PROPERTY TO YOU OR NO, MA'AM.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THERE WAS ONLY TO JUST, UH, PRESENT A PLAN TO FIX UP THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ONLY BROUGHT THAT PART OF THE, UH, NO, WE HAVE TO SEE OWNERSHIP ALSO.
NO, I'S WHY I DID NOT BRING ANYTHING, MA'AM.
I CAN GET A STATEMENT FROM THEM, BUT HOWEVER, I HAVE TO GET AN AFFIDAVIT AND THEN HAVE THEM ALL SIGN THAT.
BUT, UM, I HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED MOVING ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO NO POWER OF ATTORNEY? NOTHING? NO, SIR.
THE QUOTES THAT YOU HAVE AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I KIND OF HAVE TO CALL ON BECAUSE I DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
AND THOSE QUOTES WEIGH UNDER WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED FOR THAT.
UM, I, LIKE YOU CAME IN HERE WITH ALL THE PLANS AND STUFF, BUT I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE UNREALISTIC, BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER OF ATTORNEY OR A SAY SO FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GIVE, CAN'T ASK.
YOU CAN'T ASK A QUESTION, NO QUESTIONS GONNA BE POSED TO THE BOARD.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.
WELL, UH, NO, I, UM, AGAIN, I WASN'T PREPARED TO, UH, PRESENT THAT TYPE, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, OWNERSHIP PART OF IT.
NOW, UH, WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO BRING THAT WITHIN 10 DAYS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD GET? THAT I, I, I, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS BOARD IS GONNA MAKE A DETERMINATION TODAY.
OKAY? ANY INTERESTED OR VESTED PARTY OWNER OR OTHERWISE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL ANY DECISION THAT THIS BOARD MAKES? UM, IT'D BE 30 DAYS FROM THE DAY THAT IT WAS MAILED.
NOW, I WASN'T NOTIFIED, UM, BEFORE, JUST, UH, SO THE REASON THAT YOU WERE NOT NOTIFIED IS 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T ON ANY DOCUMENTATION WHEN WE DID A TITLE SEARCH.
OKAY? THAT'S WHY YOU WEREN'T NOTIFIED.
UM, IF I DO APPEAL, SIR, WILL IT BE, UH, AT THAT TIME, CAN I BRING THE PAPERWORK AT THAT TIME? THE AFFIDAVIT FROM THE, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE LEGAL AFFIDAVIT? I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, STATE TO YOU, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING, I CANNOT GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE, UH, BUT I DO NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, ANY PERSON THAT HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, VESTED INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THE CASE.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IT OR NOT.
YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
UM, THERE IS CONCERN AS TO WHETHER YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THE CASE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS THE COURT CAN DECIDE, OKAY? MM-HMM,
THE EASIEST, THE EASIEST ANSWER THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PROBABLY GIVE YOU TODAY IS THAT YOU NEED A LAWYER,
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT, OKAY? YES, MA'AM.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, SIR.
BOARD, ANYBODY SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE, SO DO, HUH? OH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE OFFICER HERE? NO.
ANY, ANY COMMUNITY, OH, ANY COMMUNITY BASED, UH, QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS? NO.
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OKAY.I AM, I'M GOING TO MAKE MY FIRST MOTION AND, AND, UH, I'M GOING TO STATE BEFORE I MAKE MY MOTION THAT, UM, I HAVE ALL SYMPATHY FOR YOUR SITUATION AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY OFFICIALLY IN THAT CAPACITY, BUT I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS AVENUE, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIRED, UM, AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTERS 2, 5, 7, 8 SUBSECTIONS, SUBSECTION, OH, SUBSECTION 8, 11, 12 AND 15.
UM, AND I MOVED MOVE THAT IT BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND FREE OF ANY OTHER ORDERS SUCH AS SECURED THAT IT BE, UM, FREE OF TRASH, DEBRIS AND VACATED.
AND ALSO THAT, UM, THE WATER AND UTILITIES BE TURNED OFF.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 1 5 3 3 FLANDERS, AND THERE ARE SECTIONS, UH, 2 5 7, 8 11.
AND WAS THAT 14 AND 15? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
AND, UH, THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE SECURED, UH, FREE OF DEBRIS AND VACATED AND THE WATER CUT ALL.
DO WE IT'S ROBERT TOBY, SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? CAN I DISCUSS A RECOMMENDATION? I RECOMMEND THAT THE UM, PERSON WHO CAME TO TESTIFY BEFORE US TODAY, UM, SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL AND ALSO CONFER WITH THEIR, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS.
OKAY? SO, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, COULD WE GET, UM, A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
OKAY, SIR, SIR, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT WE, UH, JUST DID HERE.
OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT CASE IS ITEM 19.
MY NAME IS JOHN GARZA DEES PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1246 F FIELD AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 8 7 8 4 BLOCK FIVE NINE LOT FIVE NINE AND FIVE NINE A LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FRANCISCO JAVIER FCA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1246 FA FIELD AVENUE.
ON NOTICE OF HEARING, WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
OWNER ON RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, OF COURSE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED AND ON JULY, I'M SORRY, JANUARY 13TH, 2023, THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESTINATION DESTINATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1246 FIFIELD AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 2ND, 2022.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 11TH, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1246 F FIELD ON OCTOBER 18TH.
THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED.
RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2023.
NO SCOPE OF NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF OCTOBER 31ST, 2023.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1246 F.
FIELD PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN ABATED.
THERE ARE NO SCHOOLS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF STRUCTURE AND ALL SERVICES HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED.
THE PHOTOS PROVIDED TODAY ARE PRESENTED TODAY, WERE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2023.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 1246.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES HAVE SOME FOUNDATION PROBLEMS. UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE IS SOME CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WHERE A VEHICLE HAS STRUCK THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THEY TRY TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE, UM, BUT DIDN'T REALLY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IT.
ALSO, THE AWNING IS DETERIORATED AND THE SHINGLES ARE FALLING APART.
NEXT ONE, HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE FRONT FACADE WHERE IT WAS DAMAGED FROM THE IMPACT.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEING HELD UP BY A TWO BY FOUR.
HERE'S JUST A CLOSER, CLOSE PHOTO OF THE FRONT AREA WHERE THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE STRUCTURE AND THEY JUST PUT PLYWOOD OVER IT.
NEXT, ALSO, THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED.
THE FACIA BOARD IS, IS FALLING APART.
NEXT PHOTO HERE WE HAVE THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, WE HAVE ELECTRICAL WIRING HANGING.
UH, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY TRIED TO CONDUCT SOME KIND OF RENOVATION, UH, BUT DIDN'T, DIDN'T FINISH THE WORK.
ALSO, THERE WAS NO PERMITS FOR ANY KIND OF RENOVATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS WHERE THE PLYWOOD WAS APPLIED.
UM, BUT DIDN'T STEAL IT, CORRECT.
HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRING THAT WAS, UM, REMODELED, CONDUCTED AND THE PLYWOOD THAT WAS INSUFFICIENTLY APPLIED.
HERE WE HAVE DETERIORATION AND A HOLE IN THE CEILING IN THE FRONT LIVING ROOM.
THAT HOLE GOES ALL THE WAY UP OUT INTO THE, UM, ROOF AREA AND THE ELEMENTS ARE COMING IN AND THERE IS MOLD GROWING ON THE WALL THERE.
AND THERE'S ALSO EVIDENCE, UH, OF FLOODING WHEN IT RAINS.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE DAMAGE.
WE HAVE THE, UH, INSULATION JUST HANGING THERE FROM WATER LEAK.
HERE WE HAVE THE DECKING AND THE SHEATHING, UH, FROM THE CEILING.
THIS IS A DETERIORATED AS A RESULT FROM THE WATER LEAK AND OPEN HOLD TO THE ELEMENTS.
JUST ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE DAMAGE.
THIS IS A SHEET ROCK FROM THE CEILING, ANOTHER DEBRIS THAT HAS ACCUMULATED ON THE FLOOR IN THAT GENERAL SPOT.
HERE WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF FLOODING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
WE HAVE A WATER LINE AND MOLD GROWING ON THE SHEET ROCK SHOWING WHERE THE WATER LEVEL HAS REACHED.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, UM, AND TOWARDS THE, IN THE BACK AREA.
NEXT ONE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS BUILT WITH A ZERO, UH, SETBACK.
NO PERMITS WERE FOUND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
HERE WE HAVE A CRACK FLOOR ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THIS IS, UM, DUE TO THE DAMAGE FROM THE WATER LEAK.
UH, WE HAVE A WATER LEAK THAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
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ALL OVER INSIDE THE AREA, IT, THIS IS A RESULT OF THE DAMAGE AND WE HAVE A CRACKED FLOOR.HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE WATER LEAK.
HERE WE HAVE THE HOLE IN THE CEILING IN THE BACKROOM AREA OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
THIS IS WHERE THE RAINWATER IS COMING IN, CAUSING ALL THE DAMAGE.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE BACK AREA, ANOTHER BACK AREA IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A CEILING WHICH IS BOWING FROM WATER ACCUMULATION INSIDE THE CEILING, UH, CAUSING A WATER LEAK.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION, DEMOLITION.
THE MAIN IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH ASPHALT SHINGLE.
THE FRONT ELEVATION HAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR PLYWOOD DUE TO A VEHICLE STRIKING THE STRUCTURE.
REPAIRS MADE TO THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT PERMITS.
THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
LARGE HOLES, CEILING DAMAGE TO SHEET ROCK, DECKING, AND ROOF SHINGLES ARE MISSING, ALLOWING RAIN TO ENTER.
THERE IS EVIDENCE OF FLOODING.
MOLD AND WATER LINE CAN BE SEEN ON SHEET ROCK.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A 540 SQUARE FOOT SHINGLE STORY STRUCTURE BUILT IN 2003 WITH A GABLE ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF SYSTEM.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS BUILT WITH A ZERO SETBACK STRUCTURE IS AGAINST THE FENCE LINE.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE COULD BE FOUND IN THE SYSTEM.
CEILING IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS A HOLE IN THE REAR ROOM, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND CAUSING DETERIORATION TO THE INTERIOR FLOOR.
THE CEILING IN THE FRONT ROOM HAS A LARGE CRACK WITH WATER DAMAGE.
CEILING IS BOWING FROM POSSIBLE WATER LEAK.
SURFACE FLOOR HAS LARGE CRACKS AND IS DETERIORATED FROM BEING EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1246 AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTION FOR THE MAIN 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 5, 7, 11, 12, AND 15 IN 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 THAT SUBS CONDITION OF DEFECTS OR DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMME RECOMMENDED DEMOLITION.
THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION OF 1246 FAIRFIELD AVENUE.
DID YOU SKIP, UH, FOR THE MAIN SUBSECTION TWO? I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
YES, THIS IS 2 5, 7, 8, 11 AND 12.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE MS. CHAIR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A EUGENE GURA, I BELIEVE THAT'S READY TO, UM, HAVE SOME WORD IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY.
OH, THE, THE CHAIR HAS A LOT OF PAPERS HERE, SO I HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH 'EM.
MR. UM, EUGENE, UH, WAS IT BROWN GARRA? MM-HMM.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, IT'S EUGENE GURA, UH, 26 31 WEST MISTO, 7 8 2 2 8.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR CASE PLEASE? UH, SO I JUST GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS, UM, PROPERTY AS OF MONDAY.
UH, IT'S MY UNCLE'S PROPERTY, HE'S INCARCERATED.
UM, MY DAD AND MY BROTHER ARE THE ONES THAT KIND OF GOT IT BACK TO WHERE IT'S AT NOW AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE WAS, UH,
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RAN INTO BY A NEIGHBOR, UM, WITH THE VEHICLE.UM, SO I, AS OF WHAT I'VE KNOWN, THEY DIDN'T PULL PERMITS TO, TO CODE TO FIX IT UP TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
UM, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR MYSELF.
I AM PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE IN THE FAMILY THAT HAS A MEANS TO, UH, FIX IT.
SO WITH HIM BEING INCARCERATED, HE'S GETTING, UH, GETTING IT SIGNED OVER TO ME.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF HIM AS OF TODAY.
UM, SO I'M JUST HERE TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY I GOTTA DO.
I, MOVING FORWARD HOW THIS WORKS AS FAR AS, UH, THIS ISSUE.
I'VE BOUGHT PROPERTIES AND, AND FLIP FLIPPED THEM.
UH, I'VE DONE 16 THIS YEAR, SO I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
UM, AS OF MONDAY, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD YET.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S QUESTIONS FOR YOUR ATTORNEY SIR.
ABOUT TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY FROM YOUR FATHER OR UNCLE TO YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? NOPE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THIS IS ROBERT AVI, I'M IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 2 4 6 BENFIELD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 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 AND SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 2 5 7 8 11 12 15.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER SECURED UTILITIES CUT, VACATED AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY DEMO ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, UH, AT 1 2 4 6, UH, FINFIN FIELD AVENUE.
AND, UM, UNDER CHAPTER SIX, UH, 1 56 DASH 1 56, WE, THE SUBSECTIONS ARE FOR THE MAIN 2 5 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 16.
AND FOR THE, UH, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 5 7 8 11 12 15 AND WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO.
UM, UTILITIES CUT, PROPERTY SECURED AND TRASH AND DEBRIS REMOVED FROM PROPERTY.
ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE YOU SAID 16 INSTEAD OF 1515 I HAVE FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, I HAVE, UH, 12 16, 12 AND 16.
I JUST HAVE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY EYES AND I SECOND THE MOVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GO TO ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO SURROGATE WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND HE CAN ADVISE YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, PLEASE.
UH, IT IS NOW, UM, WHAT TIME IS IT? OH, IT'S UH, SEVEN.
IT'S 1107 AND TODAY IS, UH, NOVEMBER THE SECOND.
SO WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
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AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS BACK INTO, BACK INTO SESSION.UH, OUR NEXT CASE IS ONE, UH, 1 4 1 2 PASADENA.
OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ANNA RODRIGUEZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
THE PROPERTY PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT AT 1412 PASADENA.
EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU PULL THAT MICROPHONE DOWN TO YOUR MOUTH? 'CAUSE I COULD BARELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1412 PASADENA 7 8 2 0 1.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 1 0 1 BLOCK 2, 3 4, LOT SEVEN AND WEST 25 FEET OF EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GREGORY UCCI, MAILING ADDRESS 1412 PASADENA 7 8 2 0 1, WHICH AT THIS TIME HE'S NOT PRESENT.
TODAY THERE ARE FIVE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY WITH ALL NOTICES BEING ISSUED SAME DAY.
MAY I PROCEED WITH THIS PRESENTATION OF ALL FIVE CASES? OF COURSE.
FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, WE HAVE 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS, WHICH STATES ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOSE BRAKES AND LOOSE OR ROTTING MATERIALS AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERTY SURFACE COATED WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION.
THE SECOND CASE IS OPENABLE 3 0 4 POINT 13.2 OPENABLE WINDOWS, WHICH STATES EVERY WINDOW OTHER THAN A FIXED WINDOW SHALL BE EASILY OPENABLE AND CAPABLE OF BEING HELD IN POSITION BY WINDOW HARDWARE.
THE THIRD VIOLATION IS 3 0 4 0.13 WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAMES, WHICH STATES EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN A SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER TYPE.
THE FOURTH VIOLATION IS 3 0 4 0.3 0.1 GLAZING, WHICH STATES ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
THE FIFTH VIOLATION, 3 0 4 0.2.
PROTECTIVE TREATMENT, WHICH STATES ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, CORNICES, PORCHES, TRIMS, BALCONIES, AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY RESISTANT WOODS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND DECAY BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT.
ALL SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS AS WELL AS THOSE BETWEEN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE PERIMETER OF WINDOWS, DOORS, AND SKYLIGHTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED.
WEATHER RESISTANT AND WATERTIGHT.
FIRST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 13TH, 2023.
THE OFFICER OBSERVED HOLES IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS DUE TO ROTTED AND BROKEN WOOD SIDING.
A WINDOW ON THE SIDE OF THE MEAN STRUCTURE IS COVERED WITH PLYWOOD.
THERE ARE SER SEVERAL BROKEN WINDOWS AND BROKEN DOOR FRAMES AND EXTERIOR WALL SURFACES HAVE CHIPPED PAINT TO INCLUDE INADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION ON EXTERIOR WALLS.
ON JULY 14TH, 2023, CODE OFFICERS SPOKE WITH OWNER ON THE PHONE AND ADVISED OF THE CODE VIOLATIONS FOUND THE OWNER INFORMED CODE OFFICER THAT HE WOULD START WORKING ON THE REPAIRS.
ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023, A REINSPECTION WAS MADE.
CODE OFFICER FOUND THAT NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE TO CORRECT ANY OF THE FIVE ISSUES.
ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2023, A RES RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
OFFICER OBSERVED STRUCTURE IN THE SAME CONDITION, NO REPAIRS MADE.
ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2023, A RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
CODE OFFICER OBSERVED NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE STRUCTURE IN THE SAME CONDITION AND NO PERMITS FOR REPAIRS HAVE BEEN APPLIED OR ANYTHING, ANY
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APPLICATIONS IN THE SYSTEM.BSB NOTICE WAS POSTED ON PROPERTY FOR HEARING.
AT THIS TIME, WE CAN GO OVER THE PHOTOS.
SO, UH, FIRST PHOTO'S, UH, CONTEXTUAL OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BROKEN WINDOWS, UM, TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, DAMAGE TO THE DOORFRAMES AS WELL.
HERE WE SEE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS, UH, SIDING AND SEPARATION.
ALSO, THERE IS A BROKEN WINDOW TO, UH, THE LEFT FAR WINDOW.
OPENING TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
HERE WE HAVE DAMAGE TO THE WALLS, OPENINGS WITH ALSO BROKEN WINDOW.
UM, JUST REPAIR TO THE DOOR FRAME.
HERE WE HAVE, UH, UNPROTECTIVE TREATMENT TO THE WALL, AS WELL AS THE PLYWOOD COVERING ONE OF THE WINDOWS.
HOW ABOUT BROKEN WINDOWS TO THE DOOR AS WELL AS, UH, FRAMING AND DISREPAIR? WE HAVE HERE A DETERIORATION, UM, TO THE WALL AND A DOOR FRAME AS WELL.
THE WINDOW FRAMING IS IN A DETERIORATED CONDITION AS WELL AS DISREPAIR.
WE HAVE BROKEN WINDOWS IN THIS NEXT PHOTO BROKEN WINDOW WITH THIS PHOTO PROTECTIVE TREATMENT LACKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE DAMAGE TO SOME OF THE, THE WINDOW FRAMES AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL TO INCLUDE THAT NON, UH, OPENABLE WINDOW WITH THE PLYWOOD COVERING, UH, NO PROTECTIVE TREATMENT AND DETERIORATION AS WELL.
STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIRS TO MIMI TO ALL OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1421 PASADENA.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
I NOTICED THAT IT SAYS YOU ONLY NOTIFIED OR HAD CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL BY PHONE.
AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S AT THE PROPERTY, BUT NOBODY'S SEEN HIM.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER, BUT THAT'S THE ONE YOU TOOK THE OWNER, THE OWNER WAS THE PERSON WE MADE CONTACT BY PHONE.
THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL AT THE PROPERTY.
AND HOW RECEPTIVE WAS HE? UH, HE WAS RECEPTIVE.
HE DID NOTIFY THE OFFICER THAT HE WAS GONNA START MAKING REPAIRS.
HOWEVER, THERE'S UH, SINCE THAT PHONE CALL, THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTACT MADE SINCE THEN.
SO HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT, THAT YOU CONTACTED HIM? UM, THAT CONTACT WAS MADE, UM, ON 20, ON THE 26TH, UH, BY PHONE.
HOWEVER, THE OFFICER DID ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT AT EVERY REINSPECTION CONDUCTED WAS THE DATE OF THE CONTACT, I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER 29TH.
JULY 14TH WAS THE DAY OF THE PHONE CONTACT MADE, UH, WITH THE OWNER FOLLOWING RE-INSPECTIONS ON THE 29TH, 10TH, AND 26TH.
OFFICER DID ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT, HOWEVER, NO CONTACT MADE.
SO THERE'S A QUESTION HERE OF WHO'S GONNA FIX THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE I GUESS THE OWNER IS NOT
THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? NO COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? PAUL HERNAND IS HERE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1412 PASADENA.
UM, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT.
ZIP CODE IS 7 8 2 0 1 7 8 2 0 1.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 2 3 0 4 6 3 0 4 13
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AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY, UM, REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THIS PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED AS, UM, LISTED BY SAN ANTONIO, UH, DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE, OR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
I THOUGHT THERE WERE FIVE VIOLATIONS.
HE IS ROBERT TAPIO, UH, CLARIFICATION ON THE, OR, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, TO INCLUDE 3 0 4 0.13 AND 0.1 AND 3 0 4 0.1, 3.2.
YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES, I DO.
THAT'S THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
THAT'S A CLARIFICATION BE BECAUSE THOSE WERE ALREADY THE CHARGES.
WELL THOSE ARE ALREADY THE CODE THAT THE OFFICER HAD READ OUT.
SO DO YOU ACCEPT THE, THE CODES THAT WERE MISSED? I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THE CHANGES.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY AT, UM, ONE AT 1412 PASADENA.
SO, AND WE HAVE A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER AND, UH, TO THE, OR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER OR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0.
IS THERE ANOTHER? OH, YES, WE DO.
WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, 10 20 SOMERSET.
I DO BELIEVE THIS IS OUR LAST PROPERTY, JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY HEADS UP.
YOU READY? ALRIGHT, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ENRIQUE CORRODI, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1 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.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 8 5 1 1 1 0 2 2 SOMERSET, SUBD BLOCK 15 LOT 49, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CLAY REALTY AND INVESTMENTS INCORPORATED WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 2 0 CLAY STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? ABSOLUTELY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 20TH, DECEMBER, DECEMBER 20TH, 2021.
AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, DELIVERED, SIGNED BY HORNER, AS ADDRESSED ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2021 ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.
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THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2023.THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 26TH AND 27TH OF 2023.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
THE CONCRETE, UH, SIDING ON THE TOP RIGHT SHOWS THAT THERE'S CRACKS.
THE WOOD MEMBERS HAVE LONG DETERMIN DETERIORATION.
UH, THE ROOFING SYSTEM ON ON THAT, UM, HAS HOLES.
WE, WE WILL GET A CLOSER PHOTO IN, IN A BIT.
SO THIS IS A CLOSER PHOTO OF THAT FRONT PORCH SHOWING THAT THE, UH, THE DECKING AND THE COVERING PORTIONS OF IT ARE, ARE, ARE MISSING.
THE, THE, UH, WOOD SYSTEMS HAVE LONG TERM DETERIORATION.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION TO THE SIDING, UM, SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION IS NOW SITTING ON GRADE.
UH, SOME OF THE WATER MEMBERS, UM, ARE LACKING WEATHERPROOFING AND SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
SOME OF THE FRAMING TO THE DOOR AS WELL HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THIS PHOTO HERE IS SHOWING THE SEPARATION FROM THE, UH, REAR PART OF THE STRUCTURE TO THE, THE REAR WOOD PART OF THE STRUCTURE TO THE, UH, CMU PART OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A CLOSER PHOTO TO THE FRONT RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE SHOWING WHERE THERE'S CRACKS.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION TO THE STRUCTURE SHOWING THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS, UM, THE COVERING IS, IS PORTION OF THE COVERING IS, IS MISSING, UH, THE DECKING AS WELL.
THE FASCIA THERE IS, IS, UH, SHOWS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION LACKING WEATHERPROOFING, AND THERE IS A CRACK THERE ON THE CMU AS WELL.
THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE, UH, THE, THE FRONT ROOM OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE IN THE CEILING.
THE, UH, THE JOISTS HAVE LONG DETERMINATION.
UM, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE, UM, THAT IS, HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, THE COVERING AS WELL TO THE ROOFING SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
INTERIOR WALLS SHOWING WATER DAMAGE, THE SHEET ROCK HAS ALREADY FALLEN OFF.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS THE SECOND ROOM TO THAT MAIN STRUCTURE THERE.
THERE'S HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE, UH, THE WOOD MEMBERS THERE ARE SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, UH, ASPHALT SHINGLES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE, UH, INSIDE THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WATER DAMAGE AS WELL THROUGHOUT NEXT PHOTO.
THERE'S A, A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE INSIDE SHOWING THE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION SHOWING THE WATER DAMAGE SHEET ROCK HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A HOLE THERE, A MEANS OF EGRESS.
THERE'S JUST A CLOSER VIEW OF THE, UH, THAT'S THE FRONT DOOR THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S BOARDED UP AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
YOU SEE THE WATER DAMAGE TO THE, THE INTERIOR WALLS, THE SHEET ROCK MEANS OF EGRESS.
THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING ANOTHER HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
YOU SEE THE OVER THE, UH, THE RAFTERS.
THE, UH, CEILING JOISTS HAVE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
UM, YOU SEE SOME SEPARATION AS WELL.
THERE'S ANOTHER HOLE TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WATER MEMBERS FROM LONG-TERM DETERIORATION JUST DUE TO THE, UH, THE ELEMENTS THAT'S CAUSED BY THE, THE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS HERE IS THE, UM, WALKWAY THAT'S LEADING TO ONE OF THE OR TO THE RESTROOM.
UM, YOU SEE THE, UH, FOUNDATION THERE JUST SITTING ON GRADE.
UM, THERE'S NO FLOORING, UH, LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S UH, WATER DAMAGE, UH, PORTIONS OF SHEET ROCK PIECES THERE AS YOU CAN TELL.
THIS IS THE, UH, BACK ROOM, ANOTHER HOLE IN IN THE ROOF SYSTEM JUST SHOWING LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL OF THE, UH, THE BACK PART OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, SHOWING
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THAT THERE'S A WINDOW THERE THAT'S UNSECURED, UH, MISSING FRAMING.UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
UH, JUST A BETTER CONTEXTUAL PHOTO TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE, UH, THE ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT ARE CONCERNED.
NEXT PHOTO 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD IS A SINGLE STORY INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1955.
STRUCTURE HAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO ALL THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS.
THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH ASPHALT SHINGLES IS SAGGING WITH HOSE AND COVERING THIS DAMAGE.
THIS THING ENJOYS OUR SAGGING AND HAS SIGNS OF LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE IS COMPLETELY EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS WHICH HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SHEET ROCK.
THE OVERHANG TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE HAS HOLES.
EXTERIOR SIDING HAS DAMAGE TO THE WOOD PANELING AND THE REAR OF, AND THE FRONT CMU PORTION HAS CRACKS.
THE LEFT ELEVATION HAS A WINDOW THAT HAS MISSING PANELS AND IS ALLOWING ACCESS TO TRANSIENT RODENTS.
THE FOUNDATION HAS LONG DETERIORATION AND IS SITTING ON GRADE.
TO RECAP, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, AND 17, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECT, OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 10 22 SOMERSET ROAD.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO THAT.
OKAY, THEN I WILL
AND THE VIOLATIONS POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY.
I MOTION THAT IT BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
STAY VACATED, SECURE THE PROPERTY AND CUT ALL UTILITIES.
I HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR, UM, 10 20 10 22 SOMERSET.
UM, CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT AND THE SUBSECTIONS ARE 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND TO HAVE THE PROPERTY, UH, VACATED AND, UH, SECURED AND ALL UTILITIES CUT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ROBERT TAPIA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSSIBLY OR MAYBE TO, TO ERIC TO OUR LEGAL.
IT'S STILL ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL.
I KNOW THERE'S AN, THERE, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE ABOUT PUTTING UP, UH, THESE WOULD BE POLITICIAN SIGNS, BUT IS THERE ONE FOR TAKING THEM DOWN? YEAH.
YES, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS, UH, EITHER AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES THAT THOSE, UH, POLITICIANS TAKE THEM DOWN WITHIN, I WANT TO SAY 30 DAYS, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE EXACT TIMEFRAME.
I THINK IT'S 30 DAYS FROM THE TIME THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER THE LAST DAY.
SO IT'LL BE 30 DAYS FROM THAT.
NOT FINAL, BUT WAS IT MS. BROWN? WAS THAT A, WAS THAT ALL YOU WANTED TO ASK ME? UM, YEAH.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME DR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHOWING UP.
I AM EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE.
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UH, JUDE, THERE, YOU'RE, I COULD TELL YOU THERE IS, THERE IS PRESSURE ON ME BECAUSE I DO HAVE, UM, UM, APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW FOR, UM, REAPPOINTMENTS AND I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE AT LARGE.HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING, UM, BY, UM, NEXT WEEK WHEN WE ALL MEET.
AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO, UM, HAVE DART BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON SATURDAY, OR SORRY, UH, NEXT THURSDAY.
JUST WANTED TO ALSO WELCOME WALDEN TO THE BSB.
SHE WAS APPOINTED ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023 AND HAS JOINED PANEL A, SHE DOES REP REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE ALSO.
WE DID RECEIVE A FEW APPLICATIONS FOR THE AT LARGE VACANCY.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT NEXT WEEK IS A FULL BOARD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
THANK YOU MS. JUDY AND THANK YOU LEGAL.
UH, ARE WE STILL MR. GTI? IS SHE STILL NO, I, I DON'T, I THINK MR. I THINK MR. UH, GUPTA IS NOT COMING BACK.
WHERE DID JUDY GO?
I DON'T THINK HE'S COMING BACK.
JUDY, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY FURTHER CONTACT WITH MR. GUPTE.
HE DID REAPPLY FOR HIS POSITION FOR THE, AT-LARGE VACANCY.
UM, HOWEVER, I HAVE NO, NO CONTACT WITH HIM.
WHEN I TALKED TO HIS WIFE, UH, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN'T GET HIM DOWN HERE AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY TO TRAVEL.
I'LL TRY TO REACH OUT TO HIM AS WELL AGAIN, UM, TO SEE WHAT HER INTENTIONS ARE WITH HIS POSITION.
SO OUR BOARD IS GETTING POPULAR.
ALL THESE, ALL THESE, UH, PEOPLE IN WAITING.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I SAID YES, OUR, OUR BOARD IS GETTING POPULAR NOW.
WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE IN WAITING.
YES, WE DID AT A PRESS RELEASE, UM, FOR THE, AT LARGE VACANCY POSITION AND WE DID RECEIVE THREE APPLICATIONS THIS WEEK.
SO THOSE ARE BEING REVIEWED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
HOPEFULLY, UM, THE AT LARGE POSITION WILL BE FILLED IN DECEMBER WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS AGAIN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, BUT THAT'S GOOD.
AND BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.