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RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, BSB, LIAISON ES ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST, AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CHAIR.
UH, THE CITY DOES OFFER TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NEED HELP.
IF YOU COULD, LET'S HAVE A TRANSLATION OF THAT PARTICULAR FACT.
WITH A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO FULL COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF A CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WERE PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THE TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER AT PHONE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
AT, AT THE PRESENT TIME, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANYTHING SPECIFIC, DO WE? JUST INDIVIDUAL CASES? YES, SIR.
IF WE COULD, THEN LET'S HAVE THE STAFF REPORT.
AND WHILE SHE'S COMING UP, UH, WE HAVE HAD THE MINUTES
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PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.UH, ARE THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGES TO IT OR MOTIONS TO ACCEPT THAT? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? AYE.
MADE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, SAY AYE.
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GOOD MORNING.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
I DO HAVE SOME ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD, IF I MAY PROCEED, SIR.
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AGREEMENT.UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1351 BRADY BOULEVARD, UH, WHICH WAS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 NINE, SECTION FIVE.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
IT WAS SIGNED ON JANUARY THE FIFTH OF 2024.
NEXT ITEMS MOVING INTO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS THAT WE'LL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
UH, FIRST ONE IS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT SIX 11 TOON STREET IN COUNCIL.
DISTRICT FIVE, UM, WAS DEMOLISHED ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH OF 2023, UM, DUE TO A SUDDEN ACT THAT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH OF 2023.
THIS WAS A FIRE THAT DID OCCUR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS AS WELL AFTER PHOTOS AS WELL.
NEXT LOCATION, 1155 MEIDA STREET LOCATED IN COUNCIL.
DISTRICT FIVE WAS DEMOLISHED, UM, DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY THE THIRD OF 2024.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THE DEMOLITION OCCURRED ON JANUARY THE THIRD.
THE FIRE OCCURRED ON DECEMBER THE 15TH OF 2023, AND WE DO HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS AS WELL.
UH, NEXT LOCATION, UH, 1 23 MAIDEN LANE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY THE FOURTH OF 2024.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON JANUARY 11TH, 2024.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME AND THE LAST LOCATION, 2 2 6 TOLEDO STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY THE NINTH OF 2024.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON JANUARY THE 16TH OF 2024.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. RAMIREZ? NO.
WE HAVE THE FIRST CASE APPEARING TODAY IS GOING TO BE 6 0 1 5 WHITE CLOUD.
MY NAME IS CHRISTIE GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 60 15 WHITECLOUD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 60 15 WHITE CLOUD IS BEING HEARD, IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, 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 1 5 0 3 4 BLOCK FIVE LOT 6 63, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MEZA ANDREW J WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 60 15 WHITE CLOUD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 8.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
THE FOLLOWING IN INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT TODAY, MR. ANDREW MEZAS, DAUGHTER JESSICA MEZA, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2023 THAT 60 15 Y CLOUD IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 60 15 Y CLOUD WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2023, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2023.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE, MR. ANDREW MEZA, WHICH IS A PROPERTY OWNER'S SON ON JANUARY 11TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 60
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15 WHITE CLOUD ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024.THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO MR. MEZA, ANDREW J AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN ON JANUARY 5TH, 2024.
ANDREW MEZA, UH, PROPERTY OWNER'S SON PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE STRUCTURE TO CONDUCT AN INTERIOR INSPECTION AS OF TODAY, JANUARY 25TH, 2024.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JANUARY 25TH, 2024.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 60 15 WHITE CLOUD.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2023, JANUARY 5TH AND 18TH OF 2024.
IN THIS PHOTO IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE DAY OF THE FIRST INSPECTION OF THE JART THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023.
UH, THERE WERE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE DETAINED WITH ONE ARREST AT THIS TIME.
THE CITY DID PROCEED WITH AN ABATEMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE, OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE PRESENT DAY.
THERE ARE BURGLAR BARS ON THE WINDOWS WITH AN ADDED GRATE MATERIAL.
THE GARAGE DOORS ARE INOPERABLE.
THERE WAS A HOLE, UM, ON THE STRUCTURE UNDER THE PITCH THAT HAS SINCE BEEN PATCHED.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION AND THE SIDE YARD OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A, UH, DURING THE DAY OF THE YARD ON THE FIRST INSPECTION, THE INTERIOR INTERIOR SIDING IS ROTTED.
AT THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE ARE BOARDED WINDOWS POSING AN EGRESS CONCERN.
DURING A FIRE OR PANIC, THE COVER PLATE IS MISSING AND THE ON THE AC ELECTRICAL BOX.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CITY DID PROCEED WITH ABATEMENT AND REMOVED ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, DURING THIS INSPECTION, THIS IS THE SAME ELEVATION PRESENT DAY TO SHOW THAT THE SIDING REMAINS UM, ROTTED.
THE COVER PLATE IS STILL MISSING ON THE AC ELECTRICAL BOX.
THE WINDOWS REMAIN BOARDED AND DEBRIS IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION.
UM, THE SIDING IS ROTTED AT ON THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE, MORE WINDOWS THAT ARE BOARDED, MORE SCATTERED DEBRIS.
THERE'S A SHELF TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO THAT IS CURRENTLY BLOCKING A WINDOW.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE SAME RIGHT ELEVATION JUST TO SHOW THE CLOSEUP OF THE DETERIORATION AND HOLES IN THE OVERHANG.
UM, WALKING IN DURING THE FIRST INSPECTION, THERE ARE HOLES IN THE CEILING.
THERE'S MULTIPLE WINDOWS THAT ARE BOARDED TO THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO.
IT LOOKS LIKE A FRAMED, UM, PIECE OF ART THAT'S ACTUALLY A BOARDED WINDOW.
UM, THERE ARE ELECTRICAL CORDS THAT ARE PRESENT.
THE CONCRETE FLOORING IS EXPOSED.
THIS IS THE DAY OF THE DART WITHIN IN THE SAME LIVING ROOM.
THIS IS, UM, A WATER, AN ACTIVE WATER LEAK.
IT APPEARS THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE REPAIRS WITH PICKET FENCING MATERIAL.
IT, UH, WAS ROTTED WITH DETERIORATION AND THE OUTLET LACKS THE COVER PLATE, WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR AN ACTIVE WATER LEAK.
THIS IS A PRESENT DAY PHOTO OF THE SAME LIVING ROOM AREA.
AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO, THE WINDOWS REMAIN BOARDED.
THERE ARE STILL ELECTRICAL CORDS.
UM, AND NOW THE AREA WHERE THE WATER LEAK WAS AND THE INTERIOR WALLS HAVE NOW BEEN COVERED BY SOME TYPE OF, UH, WALLPAPER OR TILING MATERIAL.
THIS IS TO SHOW THAT THEY'VE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE HOLES IN THE, IN THE CEILING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL A SMALL HOLE AND THEY ARE MISSING, UH, SMOKE DETECTORS.
THIS IS THE RESTROOM DURING THE FIRST INSPECTION, THIS IS THE WALL THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO THAT SHOWED A WATER LEAK.
UM, THERE IS ROTTING DETERIORATION.
THERE APPEARS TO BE MOLD, AND THE FIXTURES ARE NOT INSTALLED ADEQUATELY.
IT'S A PRESENT DAY PHOTO JUST TO SHOW THAT THE INTERIOR WALLS WERE PAINTED AND AGAIN, COVERED WITH THE WALLPAPER AND THE FIXTURES REMAIN IN THE SAME STATE.
THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE RESTROOM.
THERE IS HOLES IN THE CEILING EXPOSING WIRING.
THE VENT IS NOT FLUSHED AGAINST THE CEILING.
UH, THE WINDOW REMAINS BOARDED.
THIS IS ONE BEDROOM LOCATED IN THE REAR.
THE WINDOWS ARE BOARDED, POSING AN EGRESS CONCERN.
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THIS IS THE SAME BEDROOM TO SHOW THE MULTIPLE CORDAGE CONCRETE FLOORING IS EXPOSED.THIS IS A FRONT BEDROOM JUST TO SHOW MORE DEBRIS.
UH, THE WINDOW REMAINS BOARDED AND THERE'S ELECTRICAL CORDS RUNNING OUT THAT WINDOW.
UM, THEY ATTEMPTED TO COVER, OR THEY DID COVER THE OUTLETS WITH COVER PLATES.
UM, THERE'S DRYWALL MISSING EXPOSING THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, DURING THE D THE DART INSPECTION, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE OCCUPANT WAS ALLOWING MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS TO STAY IN THE GARAGE USING THE PLYWOOD SCENE IN THIS PHOTO, UM, ACTING AS DIVIDERS AND WALLS.
UM, AND THERE'S ANOTHER WINDOW LOCATED BEHIND THAT LADDER THAT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE.
THIS IS AN AREA IN THE GARAGE.
UM, I GUESS THEY'RE JUST USING IT TO DUMP ITEMS BEHIND THOSE PIECES OF PLYWOOD.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WITHIN THE GARAGE TO SHOW HOW THEY'RE USING TARPS, UH, ACTING AS WALLS AND DIVIDERS.
THERE'S, UH, POWER OUTLETS, UM, ANOTHER BOARDED WINDOW.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT THIS AREA IS STILL BEING UTILIZED AS THE LIVING QUARTERS.
60 50 WHITE CLOUD IS A SINGLE STORY OCCUPIED MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE BUILT IN 1976.
THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION, COMBINATION OF BOOK, BRICK AND WOOD PANEL SIDING WITH A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH ASPHALT SHINGLE COVERING.
THE OVERHANG IS ROD AND DETERIORATED.
THE FACIAL BOARDS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE WOOD PANEL SIDING IS ROTTED AND DETERIORATED AT THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE AND IS CURRENTLY DETACHING.
THERE ARE BOARDED WINDOWS AND WINDOW UNITS OBSTRUCTING PANIC AND OR FIRE EGRESS.
THE, THE GARAGE WAS DIVIDED INTO MULTIPLE LIVING AREAS.
PLYWOOD WAS ERECTED AND USED, UH, UH, TO DIVIDE WALLS, ROOMS ACTING AS WALLS.
INTERIOR HAS HOLES IN THE CEILING.
THERE IS MISSING DRYWALL EXPOSING THE ROOF COMPONENTS.
THE GARAGE CEILING IS COVERED WITH TARPS, MISSING FLOOR COVERING, EXPOSING THE CONCRETE.
THERE IS A WATER LEAK BEHIND THE TOILET AND THE RESTROOM SINK STUDS AND BOTTOM PLATES ARE ROTTED.
MULTIPLE LIGHT FIXTURES ARE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY.
OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
TO RECAP, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 60 15 WHITE CLOUD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS, HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 60 15 WHITE CLOUD.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO, TO, TO DISCUSS? WE HAVE A RELATIVE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT PERSON? WITH THE WHAT TYPE OF AFFAIR? WITH THE PERSON WHO'S CURRENTLY HERE TO SPEAK? NO, THEIRS AND THE OWNER'S SON RESIDES AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, HE STATED HIS INTENT WAS TO REPAIR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOT HERE.
WE WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A POSSIBLE OWNER OR AN HEIR TO, TO COME FORWARD TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS.
OFFICER PENNIX, OR OFFICER BELLOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ONE OF YOU COME FORWARD AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION.
COULD YOU THE MICROPHONE UP WHERE YOU CAN.
IS IT ON? IS IT ON? OKAY, OFFICER.
OFFICER BAYO WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT OF THE WEST.
I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE TWO YEAR HISTORY OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT THE RESIDENCE.
UH, THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAD 24 LOUD MUSIC CALLS, 19 DISTURBANCES FOR, UH, WELFARE CHECKS FOR ANIMAL RELATED CALLS.
THREE CALLS FOR FIGHTS, THREE CALLS FOR ASSAULTS IN PROGRESS.
UH, TWO RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLES, TWO CALLS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
UH, THREE ABANDONED VEHICLE CALLS.
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ONE MENTAL HEALTH CALL.MOST OF THOSE, UH, MADE BY MYSELF GOING OUT THERE FREQUENTLY.
UH, THE, THE HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY DARTED ON MAY 9TH FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT WAS FOUND, FOUND MULTIPLE CALL VIOLATIONS AND, UH, BUT AT THAT TIME, NO ARRESTS WERE MADE.
UH, ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023, UH, ONE OF THOSE CALLS THAT I MADE TO THE RESIDENCE, I FOUND, UH, ON THE DRIVEWAY, TWO STOLEN VEHICLES AND A MISSING PERSON THAT WAS RECITING IN THE PROPERTY.
THE DARBY INSPECTION TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 17TH.
AT THAT POINT, WE DID MAKE TWO ARRESTS, UH, FOR SOME OF THE CHARGES WITH THE MISDEMEANOR, UH, PAROLE VIOLATION FOR ASSAULT, UH, MIS, UH, MISDEMEANOR DWI WARRANT, UH, A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
UH, WE ALSO FOUND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED WITH, UH, THREE GRAMS OF METH AND 7.3 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA.
UH, BETWEEN THE TWO DARTS IN MAY AND, UH, OCTOBER, WE'D MADE, UH, 13 CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THE LOCATION.
UH, ONE OF THEM WAS A ASSAULT IN PROGRESS, A FIGHT, AN ANIMAL RELATED CALL, AND THE RECOVERY STOLEN VEHICLES.
I FIRST, UH, BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS, UH, HOUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF 2023.
I WAS CONTACTED BY THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS, AND NO LONGER FELT SAFE TO BE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THEIR OWN HOME.
UH, THE NEIGHBORS ADVISED ME THAT THE OWNER, MR. MEA JUNIOR, UH, WAS ALLOWING DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO STAY AT THEIR LOCATION FOR LONG, UH, LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
THESE PEOPLE WOULD CONSTANTLY YELL, HAVE FIGHTS, PLAY LOUD MUSIC, AND STAY UP ALL NIGHT, DRINKING AND POSSIBLY DOING DRUGS IN THE FRONT YARD OF THE HOUSE.
POLICE WERE CALLED FREQUENTLY FOR THE DISTURBANCES, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN THE NEIGHBORS WERE TRYING TO SLEEP.
I CONTACTED MR. MEA JUNIOR IN PERSON TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND ADVISED HIM THAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS AND, UH, FROM THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE COMING FROM THIS HOUSE.
I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT I WAS WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH HIM, UH, TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS. MR. MESO STATED THAT IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT AND THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF HIS HOME, AND THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE CAUSING.
MR. MEZA WOULD, UH, REMOVE THE PEOPLE FROM THE HOME ONLY TO ALLOW THEM, UH, ALLOW THEM THE SAME PEOPLE OR OTHER PEOPLE TO RETURN.
A FEW WEEKS LATER, THEY WOULD CALL.
THIS WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEMS TO START UP AGAIN, AND HE WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS NOT HIS, HIS FAULT.
HE WOULD FREQUENTLY SAY THAT HE WAS TOO NICE AND THE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM.
UH, THE TRUTH IS THAT MR. MESS JR.
WAS USING THIS HOME AS A HOTEL.
HE WAS RENTING THE ROOMS TO ANYONE WHO WAS WILLING TO PAY, AND HE DID NOT CARE WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE HE WAS BRINGING HOME TO LIVE WITH HIM AND HIS DAD, WHO WAS BEDRIDDEN AT THE TIME.
AFTER THE FIRST START INSPECTION IN MAY, MR. MESO STOPPED ANSWERING THE DOOR FOR ME, AND THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED.
ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, I WENT BY THE LOCATION AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND THE STOLEN TRUCK AND TRAILER ON THE DRIVEWAY OF THE PROPERTY.
MR. MEZA DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE VEHICLES BEING STOLEN AND STATED THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE, THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT THE VEHICLES AND THAT HE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE HOME.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE, THIS HOME IS HALF A MILE FROM HOLMES HIGH SCHOOL AND ONLY A QUARTER MILE FROM POWELL ELEMENTARY.
DURING THE, THE DARK REINSPECTION IN OCTOBER, A MISSING PERSON WAS FOUND INSIDE THE HOME, AND MR. MR. MESSAGE JUNIOR DENIED KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE YOU THAT MR. MESSAGE JUNIOR WAS AWARE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS, CODE VIOLATION, AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BEING CAUSED AND BEING COMMITTED BY THE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS ALLOWING TO STAY IN HIS HOME WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION FOR HIS NEIGHBORS AND HIS OWN FATHER.
UH, THE SENIOR, UH, IS STILL LIVING IN THE HOME AS FAR AS YOU KNOW.
I BELIEVE THAT LAST TIME I HAD CONTACT WITH MR. MEA, HE HAD, I BELIEVE HE HAD PASSED AWAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? YES, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UM, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU, YOU SPOKE TO HIM AND YOU WERE WILLING TO DO WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU COULD TO HELP HIM? CORRECT.
IN WHAT WAY? UH, GIVEN THAT HE WAS ALWAYS, ALSO, ALWAYS SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT, IT WAS THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALLOWING TO STAY HOME, UH, BRING TO HIS HOUSE.
I TOLD HIM, IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, UH, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP REMOVING THESE PEOPLE FROM THERE, UH, I COULD SHOW YOU THE RIGHT WAY OF, YOU KNOW, IF AN EVICTION IS NEEDED, PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE, UH, TO DO SO.
AND ALSO WITH THE VARIOUS CODE VIOLATIONS, I'LL
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ALSO TELL HIM, HEY, I KNOW THE CITY HAS DIFFERENT, UH, WAYS OF, UH, ASSISTING YOU WITH THE, HELPING YOU WITH THE CODE, WITH THE TRASH AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT HE WAS HAVING AROUND THE HOME.SO I, I, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED I TOLD HIM THAT I COULD, I COULD YOU GIVE HIM SOME, UH, ASSISTANCE ON, ON DIFFERENT WAYS OF HELPING HIM WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT HE WAS HAVING.
UH, JUST ONE REAL QUICK COMMENT TO NOT ONLY YOU, BUT ALL YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS, UH, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
WE KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB, UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT EVERY DAY.
AND I SAY THAT FOR ALL THE OFFICERS WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY, UH, THAT WAY I WILL SAVE SOME TIME BY NOT SAYING IT, EACH ONE.
UH, DID YOU PROVIDE ALL THE TESTIMONY FOR THIS CASE OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE OFFICER PENNIX COME UP? I, I, IT WAS JUST ME.
JESSICA MENZA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS PLEASE.
HELLO? HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA AND MEZA.
MY ACTUAL HOME ADDRESS IS 83 18, SORRY, 83 18 BRAUN WALK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 0.
AND YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
UM, I VISITED THE HOME BUT ONLY STOOD OUTSIDE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UM, MY DAD WAS BEDRIDDEN, PARALYZED FROM ONE SIDE.
MY BROTHER STAYED THERE WITH HIM AND TOOK CARE OF HIM.
HE HAD POWER OF A TURN OVER HIM AT THE TIME.
SO ANYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED OR DONE, I HAD NO SAY SO OVER ANYTHING TO INCLUDE THE HOME BECAUSE HE LIVED IN IT WITH HIM.
UM, I WAS AWARE OF THE PHONE CALLS, THE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, UM, AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO, UM, FOR THEM OR FOR THE PROPERTY 'CAUSE IT WAS A BAD AREA FOR ME TO GO TO, TO VISIT.
COULD YOU BRING THE MICROPHONE TO YOUR MOUTH PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
FOR ME TO GO TO OR VISIT OR HELP MY DAD IN ANY WAY BECAUSE I WAS TOLD I WASN'T ABLE TO.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, MY BROTHER HAD FULL ACCESS, UH, TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
I PROVIDED, I BOUGHT HIM EQUIPMENT TO FIX THE HOUSE WHEN MY BROTHER STARTED STAYING THERE WITH MY DAD AFTER HE REMOVED HIM MAY OF 2020 FROM THE HOME FACILITY THAT I HAD HIM IN.
'CAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO CARE FOR HIM IN THE WAY THAT HE NEEDED.
UM, NONE OF THOSE ITEMS WERE, WERE UTILIZED.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY, IT'S PROBABLY NEVER GONNA BE FIXED 'CAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED AND THE CALLS ARE STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO GO.
I KNOW, I THINK IN OCTOBER, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 257 CALLS TO THE PROPERTY, SO I DON'T WANNA BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY WHEN IT IS DEMOLISHED.
SO I PROPOSE SELLING IT, PAYING ANY LIENS OR LOANS ON THE PROPERTY, AND THEN JUST KIND OF DOING WITHOUT.
I GUESS I WOULD'VE TO GET A LAWYER TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE MY BROTHER WILL REFUSE TO DO ANY OF THAT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SIT ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE HE HAS NO JOB OR NO MEANS OF MAKING ANY MONEY BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PERSON HE IS AND THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND THAT HE HAS.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANNA BE LIABLE FOR ANYTHING ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT I, I'M NOT GOING TO PAY FOR HIM TO LIVE THERE AND CONTINUE TO BE A NUISANCE TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE HE IS AND ALLOW HIM TO LIVE FOR FREE AND DO WHAT HE DOES.
SO, UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE ACTUAL OWNERSHIP OF THE STRUCTURE? I JUST RECEIVED THE DEATH CERTIFICATES LAST WEEK.
UM, I RECENTLY TURNED 'EM INTO THE BANK, BUT I NEED TO GO TO, I GUESS, GET A LAWYER AND FIGURE THAT PART OUT.
UM, I KNOW WHEN MY DAD PASSED AWAY, HE ARGUED ABOUT THE ASHES.
HE HAD NO MEANS OR MONEY TO PAY FOR ASHES, SO I DID ALL OF THAT STUFF.
UM, SO AS FAR AS HIM DOING ANYTHING, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW HE ARGUED WITH ME ABOUT THE HOUSE.
I TOLD HIM I'D SIGN OVER THE HOUSE.
I HAVE, I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF ARGUMENT OR BATTLE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER THAT.
SO IF, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY AT ALL? NO, SIR.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID, DID YOUR FATHER, DID YOUR FATHER LEAVE A WILL OR, UH, ANY KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, A TODD OR ANYTHING TO NO.
KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEW OWNER.
IT'S STILL UNDER MY DAD'S NAME AND I'M, I JUST LOOKED ON BEXAR COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL.
THE TAXES ARE 750 SOMETHING DOLLARS A YEAR, BUT BEING THAT MY DAD'S NOT ALIVE ANYMORE, IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO THE 3,600 THAT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE PAID.
SO IT'S GONNA EVENTUALLY BE TAKEN FROM, YOU KNOW, BEAR COUNTY PULLED FROM HIM.
WE WANNA THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE IT, UH, AS WELL.
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CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.YOU HAVE COMMENTS AND I DID NOT CATCH THAT.
OUR FIRST COMMENT IS FROM AN ANONYMOUS, UM, NEIGHBOR, UH, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
IN THE 1970S, MANY FAMILIES TOOK AN, I'M SORRY, TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE AMERICAN DREAM AND MOVING IT INTO THEIR HOME ON WHITE CLOUD STREET.
THE IDEA OF A HOME TO MOST IS A PLACE OF SHELTER, WARMTH, PEACE, AND A SENSE OF SAFETY, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE.
SINCE THEN, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE EXPIRED, GROWN UP AND NESTED ELSEWHERE, BUT SOME STILL REMAIN.
TODAY LIVING ON WHITE CLOUD NO LONGER FEELS SAFE.
LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER TO ENSURE NO RANDOM PERSON OR UNRESTRAINED OR UNSUPERVISED ANIMAL HAS BECOME THE AN EXHAUSTING NORM.
A TECHNICAL PERSON CAN CONCLUDE THAT A RANDOM PERSON OR ANIMAL CAN COME FROM FACTORS OUTSIDE A SPECIFIC NEIGHBOR, BUT ON THE STREET OF WHITE CLOUD, THE PROBABLE OF IT BEING TIED TO ONE HOUSE IS MUCH HIGHER AND STATISTICALLY, UH, PROVEN THAT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGH SAN ANTONIO, 3 1 1 SAPD, CITY COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEYS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ET CETERA.
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I MOVE INTO THE HOME OVER 10 YEARS.
AND WHEN I MOVED IN, THE NUISANCE NEIGHBOR WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN, ANDREW MESA, WHO LIVED ON 60 15 WHITE CLOUD.
THE NUISANCE WAS HIM RIDING HIS MOBILITY CHAIR AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BLASTING MUSIC FROM A STRAPPED, POWERED, AMPLIFIED 12 TO 15 INCH SPEAKER.
BEING RAISED TO RESPECT ELDERS, AND HAVING MET MR. MESSA BEFORE, I WAS COMFORTABLE TO ASK HIM TO LOWER THE VOLUME.
THE VOLUME WOULD BE LOWERED, BUT LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER IT WOULD BE INCREASED TO BLASTING.
THE DEFINITION OF BLASTING IS BEING A HUNDRED FEET AWAY AND BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE LYRICS OF A SONG IN THE BACK ROOM OF MY HOUSE.
IT WAS THEN WHEN I WAS FORCED TO START REPORTING TO 3 1 1.
AFTER A WHILE, THE MUSIC, UH, BEHIND THE MOBILE CHAIR FADED AWAY ONLY TO HEAR THAT MR. MESA BECAME SEVERELY ILL.
FURTHERMORE, IT WAS AT THE TIME WHEN HIS SON MOVED BACK INTO THE HOUSE.
FROM THAT, FROM THAT POINT, 60 15, WHITE CLOUD WAS NOT ONLY TO BE KNOWN AS A NUISANCE, BUT WAS FLAGGED TOO MANY NEIGHBORS AS A HOUSE TO NOT LOOK AT IN FEAR OF SAFETY, THE RESIDENTS AT 60 15 WHITECLOUD HAS A REVOLVING DOOR OF VERY SHORT TERM VISITORS AND RESIDENCE.
ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME THE WORST OF WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING AT THE RESIDENCE.
I TAKE A VERY STRONG STAND THAT WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THEIR HOME IS THEIR BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT, IT HAS BECOME THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BUSINESS.
WHEN PEOPLE AT THE LOCATION HAVE MADE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL UNSAFE.
MANY VISIBLE FACTORS DEMONSTRATE THE ANXIETY OF FEELING UNSAFE.
NUMBER ONE, SAPD AND BEXAR COUNTY RAIDS.
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE HOUSE ON 60 15 WHITE CLOUD HAS BEEN RAIDED BY SAPD OR BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S AT LEAST TWO TIMES.
IN ADDITION, RECENTLY THERE WAS A STOLEN TRAILER AND VEHICLE THAT RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF PEOPLE AT THE HOUSE.
ME MEDICAL EMERGENCY, MEDICAL E EMERGENCIES.
THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF WHEN AMBULANCES OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN CALLED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST ANY ONE HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE THE VALUE OF LIFE SHOULD NEVER BE QUESTIONED.
THE QUESTION THAT MANY NEIGHBORS IS WHETHER THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS NORMAL INSIDE, NO ONE SHOULD SUFFER TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NOT GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE FOR A PAYCHECK, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS QUESTIONED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THE RESIDENT HAS IN ITS YARD, AND THE LACK IN ABILITY TO KEEP THE HOUSE LOOKING CLEAN OR LIVABLE.
NUMBER THREE, TRASH FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS, TRASH CONTINUES TO PILE AT THE RESIDENCE FROM TRASH, COMPOST, AND RECYCLE BINS OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH AND BLOWING INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARDS.
TO HAVE, HAVING A MOUND OF TRASH OF AT LEAST 12 TO 15 FEET WIDE AND SIX FIVE TO SIX FEET HIGH IN THE FRONT AND BACKYARD.
THE TRASH IS NOT THE NORMAL BULKY ITEMS. IT IS TRASH THAT ATTRACTS RODENTS AND INSECTS AND SMELLS LIKE ROTTING CHICKEN.
TRASH AT THE RESIDENCE IS NEVER TAKEN OUT LIKE NORMAL NEIGHBORS.
FURTHERMORE, WHEN THE RESIDENCE IS NOTED OR CITED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE TRASH IS NOT CLEANED UP.
AND IF PART OF IT IS CLEANED, IT IS DUMPED AROUND THE EMPTY STREETS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
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THIS IS EVIDENT WHEN A TRAILER TRASH THAT WAS AT THE RESIDENCE'S GARAGE WAS DUMPED AND LEFT UNATTENDED DOWN THE STREET BY A DAIRY QUEEN RESTAURANT.IN ADDITION, THE RESIDENTS WERE CAUGHT ILLEGALLY DUMPING TRASH IN THE LOCAL ALLEY BY EITHER CODE COMPLIANCE OR SAPD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE OR RESIDENTS, UH, PRODUCE TRASH.
I BELIEVE WE CAN AGREE THAT THIS IS NORMAL, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT RESIDENTS COLLECTS IS NOT NORMAL.
A MOUND OF TRASH IS A CONSTANT AND IT IS UNSAFE, UNSANITARY AND LACK OF BETTER WORDS DISGUSTING.
NUMBER FOUR, LOUD MUSIC, LOUD CONSTRUCTION, LOUD LIVING.
LIVING RESIDENTS OR FREQUENT, FREQUENT VISITORS HAVE THE BASE IN THEIR CARS SO LOUD THAT YOU FEEL THE VIBRATION IN A HOUSE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY AND IN THE BACK ROOM.
ONE MAY THINK THIS IS EXAGGERATING, BUT IT IS NOT.
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, I AND OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE CALLED IN THEIR NOISE VIOLATIONS TO SAPD AND 3 1 1.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT TASTE IN MUSIC OR A DIFFERENT DESIRED EXPERIENCE IN LISTENING TO MUSIC, BUT WE AS PEOPLE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATIONS THE EFFECTS OF ONE'S DESIRES TO OTHER'S, PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECT ON MY QUALITY OF LIFE BY THESE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF 60 15 WHITE CLOUD, THE MUSIC AND BASS I FEEL IN MY HOUSE IS LIKE IF I AM AT A TRAVIS SCOTT CONCERT AT THE FROST BANK CENTER, THESE NOISE VIOLATIONS OCCUR MOSTLY BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 5:00 AM WHEN NORMAL PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY SLEEPING.
THE LOUD CONSTRUCTION NOISE IS NOTED.
WHEN THE RESIDENTS AT 60 15 WHITE CLOUD DECIDE TO CUT TILE OUTSIDE OF THEIR FRONT DOOR AT 2:00 AM CUTTING TILES NOT MUTE OR MUFFLED.
THE MACHINE IS LOUD AND THE BLADE TOUCHING AND CUTTING THEIR CERAMIC IS LOUDER.
GROWING UP, MY PARENTS ALWAYS TELL ME THAT EVERY RELATIONSHIP HAS ITS PROBLEMS, BUT IT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE LIVING OR VISITING AT 60 15.
WHITE CLOUD RELATIONSHIP ARGUMENTS AT THIS RESIDENCE IS A CONSTANT AND ARE DONE OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF THE HOME.
THESE ARGUMENTS ARE NOT MERE DISAGREEMENTS.
THEY'RE ALLOWED IN PROFANE ARGUMENTS.
THESE ARGUMENTS ARE NOT ANNOYING AND THAT WE MUST EXPERIENCE THEM IN PERSON, BUT THAT WE CAN HEAR THEM FROM THE INSIDE OF OUR HOME.
THERE ARE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN WHICH SAPD HAS BEEN CALLED BECAUSE OF THESE PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS, FIVE SHORT-TERM VISITORS AND VISITORS WITH MENTAL INSTABILITIES.
SINCE MR. MESA'S SON MOVED INTO THE HOME, THERE HAS BEEN A REVOLVING DOOR OF QUESTIONABLE VISITORS AND SHORT-TERM TENANTS.
IT FEELS THAT EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT THE HOME, THERE IS SOMEBODY MOVING OUT AND ANOTHER PERSON MOVING IN.
AT TIMES THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE THE HOME, UM, WITH LUGGAGE AND FURNITURE TRYING TO GET IN.
THE ISSUES WITH FREQUENT PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT IS THE FACT THAT WE AS NEIGHBORS, EXPERIENCE MORE ARGUMENTS, LOUD MUSIC AND CONSTANT NEW PROBLEMS. THERE IS A TENANT THAT LIVES AT THE STATED HOME IN REVIEW, WHO DISPLAYS SCHIZOPHRENIC TEND TENDENCIES AS I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYONE WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN A PERSON IS NOT TREATED AND MAKES IT UNSAFE TO BE OUTSIDE ON MY OWN PROPERTY AND MORE SO WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S KIDS ARE TRYING TO PLAY OUTSIDE.
THERE WAS AN INSTANCE IN WHICH I HAD TO MAKE A CALL TO SAPD BECAUSE THIS PERSON WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUL-DE-SAC.
HAVING A NEGATIVE BENTO EPISODE, I FEARED NOT JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF MY NEIGHBORS, BUT HIS SAFETY AS WELL TO NOT GET HIT BY A CAR.
IN ADDITION, THERE HAS BEEN MANY OTHER TIMES IN WHICH I HAVE WITNESSED HIM FIGHTING WITH WHAT I ASSUME IS AN IMAGINARY BEING.
I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ALREADY IN QUESTION AS WHETHER THE PERSON HAS APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO HELP HIM.
SIX, UNATTENDED AND UNSUPERVISED ANIMALS.
I BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE CONCERN OF PHYSICAL SAFETY FROM NOT BEING ATTACKED BY AN UNATTENDED PET OR DOG FROM 60 15 WHITE CLOUD.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, PEOPLE LIVING AT THE HOUSE IN REVIEW HAVE BROUGHT IN DOGS AND TEND TO LEAVE THEM UNATTENDED OR UNSUPERVISED OUTSIDE.
THE CONCERN HERE IS WHEN I HAVE RECENTLY WITNESSED ONE OF THE BLACK SHAGGY DOGS IN A SMALL PIT BULL CHARGE, SOMEONE I DO HAVE COMPASSION THAT IS NOT THE DOG'S FAULT, AND THEY ARE NATURALLY PROTECTING THEIR ENVIRONMENT, BUT CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND THE HOUSE.
IN REVIEW, NO ONE SHOULD EVER FEEL UNSAFE ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WITH THESE ANIMALS UNSUPERVISED, IT HAS BECOME A NORM TO ALWAYS CHECK THE
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SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS TO ENSURE WE OR OTHER NEIGHBORS DO NOT GET ATTACKED.IN ADDITION, THEIR UNATTENDED ANIMALS FIGHT WITH OTHER NEIGHBOR'S, ANIMALS AND FREQUENTLY WANDERED WANDER, DEFECATE AND URINATE ON THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
MANY NEIGHBORS, AND I HAVE MULTIPLE REPORTS ON THE UNATTENDED DOGS AND TIMES WHEN THEY HAVE CHARGED, BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE JUST TEND TO IGNORE THE NOTICES OR WARNINGS BY SAPD OR ANIMAL CON CONTROL SERVICES.
THIS LETTER IS INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE A GLIMPSE OF THE EVERYDAY CHALLENGES WITH TRYING TO LIVE A QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE WHITE CLOUD NEIGHBORHOOD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT NO NEIGHBORHOOD IS PERFECT, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT NO NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE.
NO NEIGHBOR SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR.
A HOME IS A PLACE OF SANCTUARY PEACE AND SAFETY.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK OUTSIDE THEIR FRONT DOOR WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED.
AND FAMILIES WITH KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY ON THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT SAFETY CONCERNS.
I WRITE TO THIS BOARD NOT WITH THE INTENT TO BE INHUMANE, BUT WITH THE INTENT TO BE ABLE TO REMEDY A PROBLEM TO PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL SAFETY.
SINCERELY, A LIVING RESIDENT ON WHITE CLOUD STREET.
THAT WAS THE FINAL PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT ONE.
OKAY, UH, JUST A REAL QUICK COMMENT OF THE TWO THAT WE HAD SO FAR, WE WOULD'VE EXCEEDED THE THREE MINUTES.
SO AT THREE MINUTES, WE WILL CUT THIS ONE OFF IF IT GOES BEYOND THAT.
SECOND COMMENT, ATTENTION BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD REFERENCE 60 15 WHITE CLOUD STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3 8 DATED JANUARY 24TH, 2024.
THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE RENTS LIVING SPACE OUT TO MANY TENANTS THAT ARE LESS THAN DESIRABLE, WHICH BRINGS A LOT OF RANDOM AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY TO THE STREET.
THAT HAPPENS MOSTLY DURING THE NIGHT HOURS, BUT SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY AS WELL.
HE HOUSES FEMALES THAT FREQUENTLY GET PICKED UP BY DIFFERENT VEHICLES.
THEY HAD SOLICITED CONTRACTORS THAT I HAVE MAKING REPAIRS TO MY HOUSE, AS WELL AS OTHER MALE VISITORS MY PARTNER HAS HAD.
THE FEMALE TENANTS THERE HAVE ALSO HAD EXPLOSIVE ARGUMENTS IN THE DRIVEWAY BETWEEN DIFFERENT MALES THAT ARE VISITING OUR HOUSE THERE, WHICH LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO ESCALATE TO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE RESULTING IN CALLS TO SAPD.
SINCE THE OWNERS, SINCE THE OWNER HOUSES OR RENTS OUT SPACE TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WHEN THE OLD TENANTS GET KICKED OUT, THEIR LAUNDRY BASKETS ARE PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVEWAY SO THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVE BACK, THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS UPSET AND YELLING THOU LY IN THE DRIVEWAY.
THE OWNER OF THIS ADDRESS DOES NOT GIVE HIS TENANTS KEYS, SO THEY GET INSIDE BY CLIMBING OVER A GATED FRONT DOOR, WHICH IS OPEN ON TOP, OR IF THEY CANNOT GAIN ACCESS THIS WAY, THEY ARE CLIMBING OVER THE BACK FENCE OR AGAIN, YELLING LOUDLY FOR THE OWNER TO LET THEM IN.
TENANTS CHANGE HERE AT LEAST EVERY TWO WEEKS SINCE THE OWNER HOUSE IS AN INFLUX OF SO MANY DIFFERENT RANDOM PEOPLE.
ALL ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DUMPING, LOUD ARGUING, FIGHTING MULTIPLE LOOSE DOGS AND STOLEN PROPERTY OR VEHICLES, IS ALWAYS BLAMED ON THEM.
HE KNOWS THAT DOING THIS WORK IN HIS FAVOR AND CONTINUES TO WORK IN HIS FAVOR TO THIS DAY.
EVERY TIME I DRIVE TO MY HOUSE, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, WHETHER IT BE VERY QUESTIONABLE PEOPLE WHO STARE ME DOWN, A LOOSE LARGE DOG, OR SOMEONE YELLING AND CURSING LOUDLY IN THE DRIVEWAY SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE I GET MY CHILDREN INTO OUR HOUSE SAFELY.
THE PEOPLE AT THIS HOUSE HAVE COLLECTED TRASH AND ONLY THROW IT OUT WHEN CODE COMPLIANCE GETS INVOLVED BECAUSE FOR SOME APPARENT REASON, EVEN THOUGH SO MANY PEOPLE OUR HOUSE THERE, NO ONE CAN MANAGE TO TAKE OUT THEIR TRASH RECEPTACLES ONCE A WEEK.
THIS CREATES TRASH BLOWING INTO MY YARD CONSTANTLY AND BAD SMELLS, AS WELL AS RODENTS AND ROACHES.
WHEN I GO OUT TO CHECK MY MAILBOX, I HAVE DOG FECES ON MY FRONT YARD DUE TO THEM LETTING THEIR DOG RUN THE STREET WHENEVER THEY CHOOSE TO.
MOSTLY AT NIGHT, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BURNED TRASH IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE, EVEN AS A BURN BAN WAS IN PLACE.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT AND SO MUCH ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME LOOKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE THERE, AND THEY ARE CLEARLY ANGRY PEOPLE PARK OUTSIDE THE HOUSE ON THE ON THE STREET.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO VIDEOS TO BE SHOWN.
I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE.
WE HAVE TWO VIDEOS, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE SHOWN.
AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE A THREE MINUTE LIMIT.
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THANK YOU, CHAIR.WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 0 1 5 WHITE CLOUD MS GO AHEAD, MS. BROWN.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MOTION, PLEASE.
DUE TO ALL THIS TESTIMONY THAT WE HAVE HEARD TODAY, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 60 15 WHITE CLOUD AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND, UM, UH, AND FEEL LIKE THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, ORDER A 30 DAY, UH, DEMO.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 SUB CODES 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? I HAVE BEEN.
IT'S ROBERT TAPIA, UH, TAPIA FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
CAN WE, UH, VACATE, CUT THE UTILITIES AND, UH, HAVE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES? I ACCEPT THAT AND SECURE, I I ACCEPT THAT SHE ACCEPT THOSE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
SO THE MOTION IS TO, UH, DEMOLISH, TO VACATE, TO CUT UTILITIES AND HAVE ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, REMOVE THE ANIMALS THAT ARE AT THE PROPERTY, UH, AND SECURED WAS AND SECURED.
MR, MR CHAIR COUNCIL, GO AHEAD.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE ANY ANIMALS BASED ON I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE PROPER FOR US TO ORDER OR FOR THIS BOARD TO ORDER REMOVAL OF THE DOGS WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATION OTHER THAN, UM, ALLEGATIONS OF DOGS BEING UNRESTRAINED.
UM, THIS BOARD CAN DEFINITELY ASK AND OR, AND OR ORDER, UH, CITY, UM, DEPARTMENTS TO GO AND DO AN INSPECTION OR DO DO A FOLLOW UP.
BUT THE REMOVAL OF THOSE ANIMALS, I THINK WOULD BE, UM, EXCEEDING THE BOARD'S, UH, AUTHORITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT WRITTEN IN THE CODE? EXCUSE ME.
IS THAT WRITTEN IN THE CODE SOMEWHERE? BECAUSE THE ANIMALS ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND I THINK WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE ABOUT THE DOGS HAD EITHER ATTACKED SOMEBODY OR HAD GOTTEN CLOSE TO AN ATTACK.
SO I, I NEED TO KNOW IF THAT IF THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE CODE, WE WILL.
I I DO WANT TO AGAIN CLARIFY THAT THIS BOARD IS, IS, UM, SET UP TO, UM, ADDRESS STRUCTURES.
UM, AT NO POINT HAS THIS BOARD HAD THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE AN ANIMAL REMOVED, UM, WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATION OTHER THAN ALLEGATIONS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANIMAL ANIMAL CARE SERVICES THAT HAS, UM, SOME RULES AND REGULATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE ANIMALS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS BOARD DOES HAVE THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO ASK, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT I I, I THINK WE'D BE GOING A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR THE ORDER OF REMOVAL.
SO, UH, I, I, I'LL, I'LL ACCEPT THAT, THAT WE HAVE ANIMAL SERVICES FOLLOW UP ON THE DOGS AT THE PROPERTY.
SO THE, THE MOTION IS TO WITHDRAW THE ISSUE OF REMOVAL OF ANIMALS.
UH, WAS THE SECOND CONCURRENT WITH THAT MR. TAPIA? UH, YES.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
THAT OUGHT BE, EXCUSE ME, THAT THE STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED, THAT IT BE VACATED.
UTILITIES BE CUT AND THE STRUCTURE BE SECURED.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. CHAIRMAN? JUST ONE.
UM, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH THIS ONE.
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LOOKS TO BE A, A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE FATHER, UH, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS PASSED AWAY, RIGHT? THAT, UH, MAYBE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SERVICES ACCOMPANY, UH, UH, REMOVING, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE HOME.I WAS, I WAS CAN YOU, CAN YOU ASK ME THE QUESTION AGAIN? THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO INCLUDE, UH, SOME KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE, UH, FOR MR. S UH, JUNIOR.
PLEASE OFFER THE SERVICES CHAIR.
THIS IS AMIN THOMAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO I'LL, I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND I'LL COMMENT ABOUT MS. BROWN'S, UH, ISSUE WITH ANIMALS AS WELL.
SO AS SOON AS THIS BOARD ISSUES THAT ORDER TO SECURE THE PROPERTY, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO GO AND CHECK AND WE TAKE WITH US NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, WE WILL TAKE WITH US ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
SO WE WILL, UH, DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT WE FIND AND WE WILL PROVIDE SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
COMFORTABLE ON THE RECORD? OKAY.
LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THIS, PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO TO ONE.
OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE 1 22 FERRELL, UH, CHAIR AND BOARD SIR.
UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, I DO WANT THIS BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ORDER TO VACATE DOES INCLUDE, UM, ANY ANIMALS THAT ARE AT THE PROPERTY.
SO ONCE THAT VACATE ORDER IS ENFORCED, UH, THOSE, THOSE, THE, THOSE PERSONS AND ANY ANIMALS THAT THEY HAVE WOULD BE REMOVED.
GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOHN GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 22 FEDERAL DRIVE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BY THE PORT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 15 692 BLOCK 18, LOT 11 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JOSEPH A AND ARLENE HERNANDEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 22 FELL DRIVE.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT ON MAY 30TH, 2023 THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 22 FEDERAL DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2022.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 14TH, 2023 AND THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED ON APRIL 1ST, 2023 ON JANUARY 11TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 22 FERRELL DRIVE ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RETURNED ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2023.
A BSB PACKAGE WAS GIVEN TO MS. HERNANDEZ AND WAS SIGNED BY HER EXPLAINING WHAT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TODAY.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1 22.
FERRELL LOCATION WAS UH, ABATED ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 FOR $3,367.
THERE ARE NO LIENS CURRENTLY FOR THIS LOCATION.
1 22 FARRELL DRIVE ABUTS JERRY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IS WI WITHIN 1000 FEET.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TODAY, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 19TH.
A WARRANT WAS ALSO OBTAINED ON THAT SAME DAY.
1 2 1 22 FARROW IS A 1000 108 88
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SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE WITH A GABLE ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF SYSTEM AND A R SIX ZONE STRUCTURE WAS INVOLVED IN A FIRE AS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ROOF AREA ON RIGHT FRONT ELEVATION.FIRE DAMAGE TO OVERHANG, ROOF DECKING AND ROOF SHINGLES AND IS OPEN TO ELEMENTS.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE WARRANTS IN FRONT OF WHERE MS. HERNANDEZ IS STAYING.
PHOTO EVIDENCE OF LOCATION THAT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED THE FRONT, A PHOTO OF THE FRONT DOOR OF ITS HINGES MAKING LOCATION, UNSECURED DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO OVERHANG ALSO SHOWING DAMAGE TO DECKING.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK OF THE OVERHANG FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE DETERIORATION PHOTOS SHOWING THE OVERHANG AND DAMAGE TO THE ASPHALT SHINGLES.
ALSO SOME REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO STRUCTURE RIGHT BELOW THE BURNT AREA.
THIS WHOLE EXTERIOR WALL AT ONE TIME WAS ALSO DAMAGED SHOWING SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND HOLES IN THE EXTERIOR WALL.
IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED WITH NEW PANELING AND PAINTED OVER.
NO PERMITS WERE OBTAINED FOR THIS EXTERIOR.
EXTERIOR WALL OPEN TO ELEMENTS WHERE ROOF OVERHANG AND WALL CONNECT.
PHOTO OF THE REPAIR, SOME KIND OF VINYL COVERING WAS USED TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS.
AT ONE TIME THIS AREA WAS CHARRED.
SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN PARTIALLY REPAIRED ONCE AGAIN WITH NO PERMITS.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THE AREA WAS SHARD AND DAMAGED DETERIORATED WHILE STUDS AND EXTERIOR SIDING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH SOME TYPE OF VINYL SIDING.
VINYL SIDING IS COMING OFF AND EXPOSING INTERIOR TO ELEMENTS.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE LOCATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BROKEN WINDOWS IN THE BACK AREA THERE.
EVIDENCE OF A RECENT CAMPFIRE IN THE BACKYARD I'M ASSUMING FROM TRYING TO KEEP WARM.
LOCATION HAS NO ELECTRIC GAS OR WATER SERVICES.
MR. HERANDEZ HAS ILLEGALLY CONNECTED TO ELECTRICAL CPS POLE AT ONE TIME SINCE THEN, THE TRANSFORMER HA WAS DISCONNECTED BY CPS.
PHOTO OF EXPOSED RAFTERS AND CEILING.
JOS SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED.
ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS, ALSO NEW PANELING ON TOP OF THE DISCARDED DEBRIS.
IT LOOKS LIKE REPAIRS WERE GOING GOING TO START AT ONE TIME, UH, BUT WERE NEVER COMPLETED.
AND MATERIALS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT FRONT.
LIVING ROOM EXPOSED RAFTERS, HOLES AND SHEET ROCKS, SMOKE RESIDUE AND KITCHEN AGAIN, THIS LOOKS LIKE ILLEGAL REPAIRS WERE GOING TO BE MADE AT ONE TIME.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE EXPOSED WALL STUDS.
OLIVE SHEET ROCK COVERING HAS BEEN REMOVED.
DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT FLOOR.
VINYL COVERING BEING USED AS EXTERIOR SIDING.
THERE ARE OPEN HOLES AND WALLS.
EXPO EXPOSING INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS EXPOSED.
WALL STUDS AND RAFTERS AND ALL SHEET ROCK.
EXPO EXPOSING INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
THIS IS A PHOTO SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE BATHROOM.
THE FIRE HAPPENED IN DECEMBER 15TH, 2022 AND BATHROOM STILL REMAINS IN THE SAME DETERIORATED CONDITION.
PHOTO OF HALLWAY SHOWING EGRESS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.
FRONT DOOR FROM LOOKING FRONT DOOR, FROM LOOKING OUT FROM LIVING ROOM DOOR OFF ITS HINGES AND ONCE AGAIN UNSECURED ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023, UH, WE MADE LOCATION WITH SAFE UNIT TO TAKE INTERIOR PHOTOS.
AT THAT TIME, A STOLEN VEHICLE WAS CONFISCATED FROM THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
THE MATERIAL AND THE VEHICLE, UM, WAS FOUND ON THE DRIVEWAY BY SAPD.
THE MATERIAL THAT YOU SEE IN BACK OF THAT TRUCK SUPPOSEDLY WAS GONNA BE SOLD TO MS. HERNANDEZ
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FOR $500.TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 22 FARRELL IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6, SUBSECTION 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 THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD, OR OF VENICE FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION ALSO TO VACATE STRUCTURE AND TO KEEP LOCATION SECURED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 22 FARRELL, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CALLED OFFICER? YES, SIR.
ANY RECORDED UH, INJURIES DUE TO THE FIRE OR ANYTHING? NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OFFICER BRANDON GILLEN, PLEASE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION.
UH, MY NAME IS BRANDON GUILLEN.
I'M WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE, UH, SPEAKING ON OFFICER JASON PRYOR'S.
UM, REQUEST, UH, HE'S IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I RE ACTUALLY REMEMBER THE, THE LOCATION FROM BACK IN 2021.
UH, WE HAD COVERT UNIT WATCHING THE HOUSE, UH, HAVING A STOLEN VEHICLE THERE.
UM, AND I REMEMBER WE DID GO WITH THE AUTO, UH, AUTO THEFT ALL AT ONCE AND WE DID RECOVER A STOLEN VEHICLE BACK IN 2021.
SO I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION BACK WHEN, UH, WHEN OFFICER P PRIOR ASKED ME, UH, A WHILE BACK, HE DID REQUEST FOR ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DART BOARD.
AT THE TIME IT DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND I TOLD HIM, THIS IS IT, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS TO CALL, LOAD THE ARREST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR IT JUST YET.
DURING THAT TIME HE DID RECOVER A COUPLE OF, NOT ONLY HIM BUT OTHER OFFICERS RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES THERE AS WELL.
UH, CAN YOU CONTINUE? TIME GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
AND OFFICER PRYOR STILL CONTINUED TO ASK ME, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE IT? CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE IT? AND SAID THE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT THERE.
COME 2023, UH, HE BRINGS IT RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN AND I SAYS, WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, AT THE TIME HE WAS ASKED BY CODE OFFICERS TO GO TO THE LOCATION WHEN HE WENT ON DECEMBER, THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 12TH OR THE 14TH, JUST RECENTLY.
HE DID, UH, RECOVER THE STOLEN VEHICLE THERE.
UH, ALONG WITH PROPERTY CRIMES.
THEY DID ARREST SOMEBODY WITH A FELONY WARRANT, A MISDEMEANOR WARRANT.
AND THEY LISTED THE SUSPECT, UH, AS A, UH, THE, THE ARRESTEE AS A SUSPECT FOR THE, A CHARGE OF A THEFT AT UP TO $12,000.
THE MATERIAL THAT WAS STOLEN, UH, NOT ALL IT WAS ON THE PICTURE.
SOME OF IT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, UH, THAT WAS ALSO WINDOW PANES AND STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE THAT WHICH THEY COLLECTED.
UH, WE DID JUST GO THERE RECENTLY ON THE, UM, LAST WEEK AND WE ENTERED.
UM, I HADN'T BEEN THERE AGAIN SINCE 2021 WHEN I WENT IN THERE JUST LAST WEEK.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A CONCERN, UH, FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
IT'S THE SAME OFFICERS THAT GO TO THE LOCATION.
A LOT OF TIMES WE GET NEW OFFICERS THAT GO, THERE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UH, IT IS A DANGER ENTERING THE LOCATION, UH, BECAUSE IT IS CHARRED INSIDE THE ROOF IS CAVING IN, UH, THE WALLS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE.
SO IT'S HARD FOR AN OFFICER TO GET IN THERE, GET IN AND OUT.
UM, I DID RUN THROUGH THE CFS HISTORY AS FAR AS WHEN I RAN THROUGH THE CALL LOAD, I WAS READING A COUPLE OF THE REPORTS IN THERE.
IT DOES SHOW PEOPLE MAKING CALLS FROM THE ACTUAL LOCATION SAYING THAT THERE'S A HOMELESS PERSON THERE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT 'EM THERE ANYMORE.
SO OFFICERS WOULD HAVE TO GO OVER THERE AND REMOVE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
SO, AND UH, AND HE DID TELL ME HE, HE WAS GETTING A LOT OF CALLS IN, UH, FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AS FAR AS, UH, WANTING TO BE ANONYMOUS.
UH, THEY DON'T WANNA GET INVOLVED.
THEY WANNA REPORT IT, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA GET INVOLVED IN FEAR OF RETALIATION.
SO, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I GOT.
I, I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT HEAR YOUR STATION RECORD.
UH, THE SOUTH SUBSTATION, SOUTH STATIONS OF THE OFFICER.
NOW I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE CALLED OFFICER, PLEASE COME BACK UP DOCTOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFICATION, DID YOU SAY THE FIRE WAS IN 2022? THAT IS CORRECT.
LADIA HERNANDEZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? STATE YOUR NAME
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AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS PLEASE.LADIA HERNANDEZ AND I USED TO LIVE AT ONE TWENTY TWO PHARAOH.
UM, MY NAME IS LYDIA HERNANDEZ AND I WAS LIVING AT 1 22 PHARAOH'S.
MY PARENTS' HOUSE, THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY AND THEY LEFT IT TO ME AND MY DAUGHTER.
I WASN'T THERE AT THE TIME 'CAUSE I WASN'T, 'CAUSE I WASN'T STAYING THERE.
IT WAS THAT HOUSE BEEN OVERWHELMING SINCE I'VE CAME BACK AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX IT AND TRYING TO FIX IT.
BUT TO KEEP ON BREAKING INTO IT.
THEY KEEP ON, THEY KEEP COMING, THEY KEEP ON AND I JUST CAN'T KEEP NOTHING FIXED.
EVERY TIME I TRY TO FIX SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, THEY STEAL IT, THEY BREAK INTO IT.
I'VE CALLED THE COPS ON SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET THEM OUT, BUT BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, THEY'RE GONE ALREADY.
AND I'M EVEN, I DON'T, I DON'T STAY THERE.
OH, I DUNNO, SINCE THE, SINCE THE HOUSE BURNED, I'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH.
I GO AND MAYBE STAY LIKE ONCE IN A WHILE AT NIGHT OR NOT ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T LIVE THERE 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I, UM, GO STAY AT MY DAUGHTER'S, WHICH IS AT SPRINGVILLE MANOR APARTMENTS BEHIND THE HOUSE.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE HOUSE.
MY DAD WANTED, HE DIDN'T WANNA SELL IT.
I'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING I CAN.
I LOST, I SPENT $8,000 ON MATERIAL.
UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HOUSE ANYMORE.
BUT MY DAD DIDN'T WANT ME TO SELL IT, SO I'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO TRY TO SAVE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE.
IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HE LEFT ME AND I JUST FEEL BAD LIKE I'M LETTING HIM DOWN BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT, I JUST CAN'T, DON'T HAVE MORE MONEY.
I'M LOSING EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THIS HOUSE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE.
I JUST CAN'T KEEP THE FRAGRANCE OUT.
YEAH, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SELL IT OR IF I SHOULD TRY TO FIX IT OR NOT.
I DON'T HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK TODAY, BUT I HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT'S SUPPOSED TO COME IN TODAY BECAUSE HE WAS OUTTA TOWN.
IT'S MITCHELL CONSTRUCTION AND HE SAID TO GIMME AN ESTIMATE OF IT, BUT IF YOU COULD GIMME A RESET, I COULD TRY TO GIVE YOU A DATE, THEN I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE THIS HOUSE BECAUSE MY DAD DIDN'T WORK HARD ALL HIS LIFE JUST TO LOSE IT.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. HAND HERNANDEZ, DID YOU MA'AM, WHEN YOU CAME TO THE MIC, DID YOU GIVE YOUR ADDRESS? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T, YEAH, I, I STAY AT SPRINGVILLE MAIN APARTMENTS WITH MY DAUGHTER.
BUT I GO THERE EVERY DAY TO CHECK ON THE HOUSE.
SO YOU, I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES THERE.
I JUST GO AND CHECK IT DURING THE DAY.
I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO BE THERE AT NIGHT.
OKAY, SO YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ATTACHMENT TO THIS HOUSE? WELL, YEAH, I DO.
YEAH, I HAVE MY, I HAVE STUFF IN THE STORAGE RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY SAW THE LOCKS ON THE THING.
I HAVE, UH, A BOAT LOCKS THERE BECAUSE I JUST HAVE MY STUFF IN CRATE SIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT YET.
I MEAN, I'M ALMOST, I JUST STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED AND IT'S JUST HARD.
SO I'M BY MYSELF AND IT'S OVERWHELMING.
I FEEL LIKE I'M LETTING MY DAD DOWN IF I JUST LET IT GO, BUT I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
GO AHEAD, MS. HERNANDEZ, JUST REAL QUICK, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO YOU.
CAN YOU GIVE US, IF YOU KNOW IT, THE EXACT ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU'RE CURRENTLY STATING IT'S SPRINGVILLE MANOR APARTMENTS? UH, UH, LET ME FIND OUT.
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE HOUSE, LIKE RIGHT BEHIND THE HOUSE WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE.
YOU KNOW THE, IT'S RIGHT, BE RIGHT BY ANY CHANCE.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU RECALL THE UNIT? YEAH, I CAN GET THE ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.
UH, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE IT TO OUR BSP LIAISONS, THEY'RE GONNA NEED THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE THE APARTMENT NUMBER.
I STAY WITH MY DAUGHTER, BUT IT'S UPSTAIRS IN THE CORNER.
I TELL YOU WHERE EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER STUFF LIKE THAT.
I GOT AN ACCENT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND MY MEMORY'S NOT THAT GREAT.
I HAVE TO WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING OR, OR RECORD IT OR I JUST CAN'T.
SPRINGVALE MY APARTMENT, I THINK IT'S 1207 SPRINGVALE IF I'M NOT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S UPSTAIRS IN THE BACK CORNER, THE LAST DRIVEWAY BY THE BANK.
MY DAUGHTER, UH, CASSANDRA USED TO GET IT AND HER BOYFRIEND ADRIAN LIVE THERE.
AND I WATCHED MY NEW GRANDBABY WHO'S TWO MONTHS OLD.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO GET A, MAYBE A RESET SO I COULD TRY TO GIVE YOU THE SCOPE.
I MEAN, I COULD, THE GUY'S COMING IN TODAY SO I COULD GET IT TO YOU TODAY IF YOU NEED IT TODAY.
I MEAN, I KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING IT TODAY, BUT I COULDN'T GET IT.
I JUST KNOW IT'S MITCHELL CONSTRUCTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. CANO? EXCUSE ME.
WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE A, A JUDGMENT ON WHAT YOU PRESENT YOUR TESTIMONY AND ANYTHING TODAY.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU MAYBE, BUT WHAT MR. UH, WHAT JOHN WAS SAYING ABOUT THE HOUSE, LIKE I WASN'T STAYING THERE IN THE PICTURES.
UM, IT'S ONLY THE FRONT CORNER ROOM BEDROOM THAT GOT BURNED IN THE FIREMEN.
WHEN THEY PUT IT OUT, THEY MESSED UP THE WHOLE THING AND EVERY, I'VE DONE ALMOST EVERYTHING THEY ASKED ME TO DO TO COMPLY.
HE WANTED ME TO CLEAN UP THE YARD.
THEN HE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO PUT THE STUFF UP.
I JUST PUT THAT THING UP TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER THE HOUSE UNTIL I GOT A CONTRACTOR.
IT'S JUST A, LIKE THAT KB THIN, UM, UH, INSULATION.
I JUST PUT IT UP THERE SO IT DIDN'T LOOK BAD BECAUSE THEY WERE SAYING THE NEIGHBORS, IT'S MY NEIGHBOR ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT CALLS ALL THE TIME.
SHE'S MAD 'CAUSE MY DAD WOULDN'T SELL HER THE HOUSE AND THEN I WOULDN'T SELL HER THE HOUSE.
SHE'S THE ONE CALLS EVERY DAY SHE CALLED 'CAUSE WE MADE A BARBECUE FIRE AND THE LITTLE BARBECUE PA CALLED THE FIRE TRUCK.
SHE CALLED THE OFFICERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY'RE EVEN GETTING TIRED OF GOING OUT THERE BECAUSE FOR NOTHING.
HE SEES THE SAME PIANO PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO HELP ME CLEAN UP THE YARD, BUT I GOT EVERYTHING OUTTA THERE.
AND THEN THEY CAME ON A SUNDAY AND I DON'T KNOW AS TO WHAT THE BOBCAT AND TOOK OUT TWO BOATS AND THE TOP AND SOME ROOFING STUFF AND I DON'T, I DIDN'T GIVE 'EM PERMISSION FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS.
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LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BETTER.EDWARD CANO, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPRINGVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHERE THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED AND UM, I LIVE AT 1 31 ALLENHURST, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
AND MY TESTIMONY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KIND OF PRESENT THE CONCERNS THAT HAS BEEN RAISED TO ME AND MY WIFE IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR YEARS.
UM, NO INTENTION OF APPLYING ANY BLAME OR RAISING ANY PERSONAL CONCERNS AGAINST THE PRIOR OWNER OR THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT I DO INTEND TO RAISE AS OUR CONCERNS OVER THE DISREGARD FOR MAINTAINING A CLEAN AND ORDERLY YARD, INABILITY TO ADDRESS DISREPAIR, ATTRACTION OF HOMELESS AND OR TROUBLED INDIVIDUALS.
THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND THE MENACING IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON THE NEIGHBORS OF A ONCE QUIET AND CLEAN CUL-DE-SAC.
THE PROPERTY WAS IMPACTED BY A FIRE AND IN GREAT DISREPAIR.
YET INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ENTERING THIS PROPERTY AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
WHILE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TRANSPIRES THROUGHOUT EACH NIGHT, WE DO KNOW THAT PROPERTY, PEOPLE AND MATERIALS ARE FREQUENTLY MOVED IN AND OFF THE PROPERTY REGULARLY.
STRANGE CARS DRIVE UP TO PICK UP SOMETHING AND LEAVE IN MINUTES.
I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN A STOLEN VEHICLE BEING PAINTED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS LATER ARRESTED AND HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ON U-HAUL AND OTHER TRAILERS, WHICH WERE FREQUENTLY PARKED BEHIND THE PROPERTY AND EVENTUALLY, UH, UH, SOLD.
I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THE COUNTLESS CALLS MADE BY CODE COMPLIANCE OR SAPD SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FOR THIS HEARING.
HOWEVER, I SHOULD MENTION THAT MANY DISTURBANCES AND THEFT WENT UNREPORTED DUE TO FEAR OF RETALIATION.
THE PROPERTY IS FEET AWAY FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IT CHANGED ME TO KNOW THAT JUST LAST MONTH SHOTS WERE ALLEGEDLY FIRED FROM THIS HOME, WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT DAY.
THE INDIVIDUALS AT THIS PROPERTY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT STEALING WATER FROM NEIGHBORS AND HAD THE AUDACITY TO ILLEGALLY TAP INTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING.
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, I RECEIVED REPORTS OF BURNING MATERIAL IN A BARREL WHERE SMELLS WERE EXTREMELY FOUL AND UNBEARABLE.
I KNOW THE HEARING IS ABOUT THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER, I FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO EXPLAIN THE EXTREME DISREGARD FOR HUMAN HEALTH DECENCY AND THE LAWLESSNESS THAT HAS GROWN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THIS PROPERTY.
THIS DILAPIDATED PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CANO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE CHAIR.
WE DID RECEIVE 10 ANONYMOUS STATEMENTS FROM NEIGHBORS, SO 10? YES.
UH, FROM RESIDENT NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO GIVE MY TESTIMONY THAT I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF STRANGE PEOPLE.
IT SEEMS THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE.
MAINLY I WOULD LIKE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE QUIETER AND SAFER TO LIVE IN AND BE AT PEACE.
FROM RESIDENT NUMBER TWO, I'M AFRAID TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH BECAUSE I AM AFRAID THAT THE DOGS ARE GOING TO ATTACK ME.
I'M AFRAID TO GO OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY HOUSE TO BE ROBBED.
ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2022, I MADE A REPORT FOR BURGLARY REMODELING MY HOUSE.
I HAD A SHED AND MY BELONGINGS WERE THERE.
I HAVE A VIDEO OF WHO THE PEOPLE WERE.
THE PERSON WHO LIVES ON 1 22 FERRELL WE'RE SEEN IN THIS VIDEO.
WE SEE A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE.
THE HOUSE IS NOT FIT TO LIVE IN.
IT'S DANGEROUS TO THE NEIGHBORS.
ALSO, THEY HAVE A DOG THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE YARD.
THE HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE UTILITIES.
THERE ARE CARS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THE HOUSE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE ALSO AND NEVER FIXED.
WE HAD A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE GOING INTO THE HOUSE FROM RESIDENT NUMBER FOUR.
I GREW UP LIVING BY 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE FROM 2003 TO 2021.
I AM NOW AN ADULT AND NO LONGER LIVE THERE, BUT MY PARENTS DO LIVE THERE.
AFTER SOME TIME AROUND 2014 TO 2015, WE STARTED SEEING LESS OF MR. JOE HERNANDEZ AND MORE OF HIS DAUGHTER, LYDIA HERNANDEZ.
UNTIL WE STOPPED SEEING HIM ALTOGETHER.
MR. HERNANDEZ WOULD PLEAD US TO CALL THE POLICE IF WE SAW LYDIA COMING AROUND BECAUSE SHE WOULD BREAK IN THROUGH ONE OF THE WINDOWS TO SLEEP THERE WITH MEN WHILE HE WAS LIVING THERE AND SHE WOULD STEAL FROM HIM.
ONE TIME AFTER A WHILE OF NOT SEEING MR. HERNANDEZ,
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WE SAW HIM.HE CAME TO SPEAK TO MY MOM AND I.
HE TOLD US HE HAD BEEN WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES FOR 15 DAYS BECAUSE OF HIS DAUGHTER, LYDIA, WHO DROPPED HIM ALL FAR AWAY SO THAT HE WOULDN'T COME BACK TO THE HOUSE WHILE HE WAS TELLING US THIS.
AFTER WE DIDN'T SEE HIM AGAIN, LYDIA TOLD MY DAD THAT MR. HERNANDEZ PASSED AWAY.
FROM THEN THE HOUSE STARTED LOOKING LESS AND LESS LIKE A HOME.
THE PROPERTY WAS NO LONGER BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
LYDIA HERNANDEZ STARTED HAVING SEVERAL PEOPLE OVER TO THE HOUSE.
MEN AND WOMEN, THEY CONSTANTLY YELLED AT EACH OTHER AND FIGHT.
THEY SHOW UP WITH RANDOM CARS AND TRUCKS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY STOLEN, AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS LIKE FURNITURE AND BUILDING MATERIAL.
ALL OF THE CARS THAT SHE DRIVES AROUND USUALLY HAVE PAPER PLATES THAT LOOK FAKE.
THEY USED TO BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY TO MY MOM'S HOUSE ALL THE TIME TOO.
I HAVE MADE TWO REPORTS TO 9 1 1 DURING MY TIME LIVING THERE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE CALL WAS BECAUSE LYDIA WAS SCREAMING WITH THE MAN OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND SHE TOOK OUT A MACHETE TO HURT HIM.
ANOTHER TIME I CALLED THE POLICE BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND A MAN THAT WAS DOING DRUGS WITH HER CAME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR SCREAMING FOR HELP.
LYDIA AND OTHER MEN THAT WERE THERE YELLED AT HIM AND AT US THAT HE WAS JUST PARANOID FROM BEING HIGH AND NOT TO LISTEN TO HIM.
THE MAN EVENTUALLY WANDERED OFF DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS CEDAR HURST AND NO, AND POLICE DIDN'T COME TILL LATER.
LYDIA AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHE ROUND SURROUNDS HERSELF WITH STAY UP ALL NIGHT.
THEY START FIRES IN THE FRONT YARD OR BACKYARD AND MAKE NOISE DISRUPTING THE NEIGHBORS.
THEY HONK AND LYDIA OR ONE OF THE PEOPLE COMES AND GIVES THEM A BROWN OR WHITE BAG AND THEN THEY LEAVE.
LYDIA ONCE WALKED UP TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S CAR AND OFFERED TO SELL HERSELF FOR $20, WHICH IS PROSTITUTION.
THEY OFFER RESIDENT NUMBER FIVE.
I AM AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT 1 22 FERRELL.
THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW BREAKING INTO OUR HOUSES AT NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY.
EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE HAS BEEN STOLEN AND I LIVE WITHOUT FURNITURE.
I FALL ASLEEP IN THE LIVING ROOM BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO MY ROOM.
THERE ARE ALWAYS BURNING THINGS IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE HOUSE.
THEY CAN START ANOTHER FIRE AND BURN THE HOUSE DOWN AGAIN.
THERE ARE MEN WHO COME AND GO WITH GUNS.
IT IS NO LONGER A HOUSE THERE.
DURING THE TIME I LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO FREELY WALK OUTSIDE WITHOUT A NEED TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
ONCE LYDIA MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBOR HOOD, SHE BROUGHT NOTHING BUT TROUBLE RANGING FROM NOISE COMPLAINTS, SOLICITING SEXUAL FAVORS FOR MONEY TO ROBBERY.
HER AND HER FAMILY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO PLAY VICTIM DESPITE BEING THE SOURCE OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PLAYING OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE SICK OF LIVING IN FEAR AND I CAN'T STAND IDLE.
WHEN THEY GET AWAY WITH THEIR CRIMES, SHE CONTINUES TO BREAK HER PROBATION AND CARRY ON HER CRIMINAL TASKS REGARDLESS IF THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS.
RECENTLY SHE ABANDONED HER GRANDSON TO TAKE UP THE TASK OF WATCHING OVER THE ABANDONED PROPERTY ON JANUARY 7TH, 2024.
LYDIA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS.
SHE LETS THEM RUN ROAM FREELY, ATTACK OTHERS WITHOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY ALSO SHOW SIGNS OF MALNOURISHMENT ARE IN POOR CARE.
LYDIA HAS BEEN CAUSING NOTHING BUT TROUBLE TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE FORCED TO INVEST IN CAMERAS.
I'M AFRAID IF NOTHING IS DONE IN THIS SITUATION, IT WILL ESCALATE INTO PEOPLE ACTING INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE FOR THE CRIMINAL OPERATION TO BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE MORE OF THEIR ANTICS CAN CAUSE HARM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFECTING THE TWO SCHOOLS IN BETWEEN A BIT ALL THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED AND WE SHOULD SHOULD NOT LIVE WITH FEAR.
RESIDENT NUMBER SEVEN, I'M SUBMITTING THIS ANONYMOUSLY.
I WOULD SEE RANDOM PEOPLE WALK UP AND DOWN THE CUL-DE-SAC LATE AT NIGHT AROUND THREE IN THE MORNING, GOING INTO THE BURNT HOUSE
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WITH THEIR FLASHLIGHTS ON OTHER TIMES I COULD SEE SU SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES PULLING UP IN THEIR YARD LATE AT NIGHT.THERE ARE A FEW TIMES THAT I WOULD HEAR MUFFLED ARGUING WHILE MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS IN THE ROOM.
DURING THE DAY, LYDIA AND HER FRIENDS WOULD LET THE DOGS ROAM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE OF THEM IS KNOWN TO BITE.
THERE WAS THIS ONE TIME WHEN A MAN FROM 1 22 FARRELL CAME TO OUR FRONT YARD AND WAS LOOKING INTO OUR BACKYARD.
MY MOM AND I WERE WONDERING WHAT HE WANTED, SO WE WALKED AND TALKED TO HIM.
HE SAID THAT HIS DOG WAS IN OUR BACKYARD.
I WENT TO CHECK WHILE MY MOM STAYED IN THE FRONT, BUT WHEN I WENT TO THE BACKYARD, THERE WAS NO DOG INSIDE.
MY MOM TOLD THE MAN TO GET OFF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH HE DID, BUT HE WAS STILL IN THE CUL-DE-SAC.
LOOKING AT OUR HOUSE, WE FELT THREATENED AND DECIDED TO CALL THE POLICE.
WHEN THE POLICE GOT TO OUR HOUSE, THE MAN WENT BACK INTO 1 22 FERRELL AND STARTED SWEEPING THE FRONT YARD, WHICH IS REALLY BIZARRE BECAUSE THE HOUSE ALREADY LOOKED LIKE A MESS.
OVERALL, I DON'T FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I GO OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE TO GET THE MAIL OR TO GET SOMETHING FROM MY CAR.
RESIDENT NUMBER EIGHT, I'VE LIVED AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC SINCE 2005.
BACK THEN, THERE USED TO BE THIS NICE MAN WHO USED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
HE WAS NEIGHBORLY AND MOSTLY KEPT TO HIMSELF.
HE WAS A NICE MAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED.
I WOULD SAY THE ACTIVITY AT THE HOUSEHOLD ONLY RECENTLY STARTED AFTER JOE'S PASSING.
WHEN WE NOTICED MORE CONSISTENT ACTIVITY AND ARGUMENTS THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE FOR ALL TO SEE.
IT STARTED OFF MOSTLY AS JUST THAT, BUT THE ACTIVITY WOULD ONLY GET WORSE AS TIME WENT ON.
THE HOUSE STARTED TO SEEM MORE AFTER DARK ACTIVITY, MULTIPLE VEHICLES, STOPPING AND PARKING IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AS WELL AS PEOPLE GOING IN THROUGH THE BACK ALLEY.
CONSTANT TRUCK REVVING AND BASE COMING FROM CARS THAT WOULD BE BLARING AT ABSURD HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
ASIDE FROM THOSE FROM THE EARLY DAYS, THE HOUSE IN GENERAL WAS JUST STARTING TO GET HARDER TO LOOK AT IN TIME.
THE HOUSE ITSELF WAS MORE RUNDOWN, CROWDED AND RAN JUNK SCATTERED AROUND THE YARD.
I THINK THINGS REALLY STARTED GETTING BAD AROUND THE START OF THE NEW DECADE.
FROM 2020 ONWARD, ALL PREVIOUS ACTIVITY INCREASED TO ALMOST DAILY NIGHTLY OCCURRENCES FROM ROBBING OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES TO EVEN MORE ARGUMENTS IN THE FRONT OF THE STREET, THERE ARE ALSO CONSTANT PEOPLE COMING BACK AND FORTH FROM ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER ON THE SAME STREET.
THEIR DOG WHO USED TO ALWAYS ROAM, WOULD CHASE OTHER NEIGHBORS OR ACT AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD THEM.
A YEAR OR TWO AGO, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE HOUSE HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND AROUND HALF OF THE HOUSE WAS BURNT AND LEFT EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS.
DESPITE THIS, THE RESIDENTS STILL RESIDE IN THE HOUSE DESPITE THERE BEING NO POWER OR PRESUMABLY, PRESUMABLY NO WATER.
AS I'VE SEEN SOMEONE CARRY WATER JUGS ON A CART TO THE HOUSE BEFORE, EVEN IN THE MOST RECENT EVENTS IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE HOUSE WAS RAIDED AND A LOT OF CONFISCATED, UM, STOLEN STUFF WAS TAKEN FROM THE HOUSE WITH THE BINDING MATERIAL SEEMING LIKE IT WAS BEING USED AS A FRONT.
THINGS HAVE SOMEWHAT QUIETED DOWN FOR NOW, BUT THERE'S STILL NIGHTLY ACTIVITY FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE HOUSE ITSELF STILL SEEMS NO HABITABLE IF THE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE MUST BE USED AS A FLAMING BARREL, AS A HEAT SOURCE RESIDENT.
DEAR BOARD MEMBERS, I TRUST THIS MESSAGE REACHES YOU URGENTLY.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ON A MATTER OF DEMANDS THAT WOULD MEET IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
I WISH TO HAVE MY STATEMENT READ ANONYMOUS ANONYMOUSLY IN FEAR OF THREAT AND RETALIATION FROM THE RESIDENT WHO CURRENTLY LIVES AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE, MS. LYDIA HERNANDEZ.
ON NOVEMBER 6TH, I HAD A CONCERNING CONVERSATION WITH THE NEIGHBOR LIVING NEXT TO 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE.
THEY INFORMED ME OF A BREAK-IN AT THEIR RESIDENCE, DISCONNECTION OF THEIR INTERNET AND UNSETTLING INCIDENTS INVOLVING THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY SHARED THE CHALLENGES THEY FACED DUE TO THE ACTIVITIES AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE, RANGING FROM BREAK-INS VANDALIZING
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TO TAUNTING, REALIZING THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION.THE FEAR OF MY NEIGHBOR'S EYES SPURRED ME INTO ACTION.
ALTHOUGH MY PROPERTY WAS SPARED, THE IMPACT OF DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY AT 1 22 FAROH DRIVE DID AFFECT ME, MY GUESTS AND MY FAMILY.
THE CONSTANT FEAR OF POTENTIAL DOG ATTACKS AT THE MARRIAGE OF QUESTIONS FROM CONCERN GUESTS COMPELLED ME TO GET INVOLVED AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
AS A RESULT, I COLLABORATED WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND TO MY DISMAY.
COMPARABLE NARRATIVE SURFACED FROM NEARLY EVERY RESIDENT IN OUR CUL-DE-SAC PROMPTING ME TO COMPOSE A LETTER TO OUR CITY, UH, SAN ANTONIO COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA.
THE DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE ORCHESTRATED PRIMARILY BY ITS RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY MS. LYDIA HERNANDEZ, HAVE INSTILLED A PERVASIVE SENSE OF FEAR JEOPARDIZING THE PEACE AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IMPACTING OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE IMMEDIATE DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND WELLBEING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AT STAKE.
I PERSONALLY WITNESSED CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS FREQUENTING THE DAMAGED PROPERTY, ENGAGING IN UNSAFE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CARRYING BB GUNS AND ENGAGING IN DRUG DRAMA.
VIDEOS HAVE BEEN SENT TO OUR PEACE OFFICERS AS EVIDENCE OF THESE ACTIVITIES.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION AND DEMOLISHING THE HOUSE TO PUT AN END TO THE CURRENT WAVE OF DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITIES.
PROVIDING ME WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ON THE CRITICAL MATTER.
PLEASE SELL THE PROPERTY TO SOMEONE WHO WILL BUILD A NEW HOME AND CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS RESIDENT NUMBER 10, OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT OF ALARMING INCIDENTS INVOLVING ITS OCCUPANTS OF TIMELINE OF THESE EVENTS INCLUDE BURGLARY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES, ILLICIT ACTIONS LIKE UNAUTHORIZED RECONNECTION TO CITY POWER LINES, AND EVEN DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS SUCH AS IGNITING FIREWORKS, LEADING TO DAMAGE IN CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE BURNED OUT SECTION OF THE HOUSE.
ADDITIONALLY, REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO A CERTAIN IF ANYONE IS HOME THROWING ROCKS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOUSES AND STEALING WATER HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HEIGHTENED CONCERNS REGARDING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, THESE EVENTS INCLUDING A HOUSE AT A FIRE, AT THE HOUSE, POLICE RAIDS AND REPORTS OF GUNFIRE FROM 1 22 FAROH DRIVE CONTRIBUTES TO AN OVERALL DISTRESSING, DISTRESSING SITUATION.
THE ACTION OF THE OCCUPANTS HAVE CREATED AN UNSETTLING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS ON FAROH DRIVE, PROMPTING GENUINE CONCERN FOR WELLBEING OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AT JERRY D. ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THE FOLLOWING INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN METICULOUSLY DOCUMENTED AND REPORTED TO PROPER AUTHORITIES.
THE COUNCIL MUST TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO REMOVE THE OCCUPANTS SWIFTLY AND TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE AT 1 22 FERRELL DRIVE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY'S WELLBEING AND RESTORE SAFETY AND PEACE OF MIND FOR THOSE LIVING NEARBY.
AND AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON MARCH 9TH, 2021, THE HOUSE WAS RAIDED BY SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON MARCH 11TH, 2022 AT 3:40 AM WITNESSES OBSERVE OCCUPANTS FROM 1 22 FERRELL DRIVE LURKING AROUND A NEIGHBOR WHO'S A NEIGHBOR'S HOME.
MARCH 13TH, 2022 AT 3:55 AM WITNESSES OBSERVED OCCUPANTS AT 1 22 DRIVE, BURGLARIZING A NEIGHBOR'S HOME.
OCTOBER 15TH, 2022 AT 10:36 PM A VIDEO RECORDED CAPTURING A FEMALE STEALING WATER FROM AN OUTSIDE SPIGOT.
OCTOBER 11TH, 2023 AT 6:07 AM THE DOOR CAMERA RECORDED A MALE FROM 1 22 DRIVE, LURKING AROUND IN THE FRONT DOOR OF ONE 20 OF FERAL DRIVE.
UH, CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS HOME ON MAY 21ST, 2023 AT 12:01 AM THE DOOR CAMERA RECORDED A MALE FROM 1 22 LURKING AROUND IN FRONT OF A NEIGHBOR'S HOME, CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS THERE.
MAY 28TH, 2023 AT 11:46 PM THE DOOR CAMERA RECORDED A MALE
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FROM 1 22 LURKING AROUND IN THE FRONT DOOR OF A NEIGHBOR'S HOME, CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS HOME.UM, I WILL BE READING, UM, SIX EMAILS THAT WERE SENT TO OFFICER, UM, SAPD OFFICER JASON PRYOR.
UM, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
I'M SO SORRY TO BOTHER YOU AT THIS TIME.
YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY BUSY OR ON VACATION.
I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU QUICKLY THAT THE HOUSE ON 1 22 PHARAOH HAS A LOOSE WHITE PIT BULL DOG JUST ROAMING THE FRONT YARD SLASH STREET.
I HONESTLY DON'T, DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AGGRESSIVE, BUT HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN GO BY AND MAYBE TELL THEM TO KEEP HIM IN THE BACKYARD INSIDE THEIR GATED YARD.
IF YOU CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON THAT HOUSE 1 22 PHARAOH WE HAD MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT, I THINK I HAVE THE ADDRESS CORRECT, BUT IT'S THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
I THINK IT'S A GRAY COLORED HOUSE.
MR. RON ONG CALLED ABOUT THE HOUSE AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE.
HE CLAIMED THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING AT THE ADDRESS ARE DIGGING HOLES IN THE BACKYARD AND, UH, DOMESTICATING IN THEM.
HE PERSONALLY SEES PEOPLE DOING THAT.
THERE ARE MANY FILLED IN HOLES IN THE BACKYARD.
THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF GARBAGE IN THE BACKYARD AS WELL.
THE RUMOR AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT 1 22 PHARAOH DRIVE IS A DRUG HOUSE, BUT THE CONSTITUENT HA HASN'T SEEN ANYONE DOING DRUGS IN THE BACKYARD AND DOESN'T PERSONALLY KNOW OF ANYONE DOING DRUGS THERE.
THE HOME HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ACCORDING TO BCA, UH, JOSEPH AND ARLENE HERNANDEZ OWN THE HOU OWN THE HOME, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY.
I REACHED OUT TO SAS AND CPS ENERGY TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE RUNNING WATER AND ELECTRICITY AT THE PROPERTY.
SAS JUST RESPONDED TO LET ME KNOW, SERVICES HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED SINCE ARE CLOSED AT THAT LOCATION.
FOR SAFETY REASON, I WAS HOPING THAT OFFICER PRYOR COULD ATTEND WITH CODE OFFICER VEZ.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT 1 22 PHARAOH EMAIL NUMBER FOUR.
THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CUL-DE-SAC HAVE UNITED WITH A SHARED VISION TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO YOU AND THE DEDICATED STAFF AND OFFICERS WHO TIRELESSLY WORK TO SAFEGUARD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIVING ADJACENT TO 1 22 PHARAOH HAS BEEN TERRORIZING ORDEAL FILLED WITH ANXIETY.
WE HOPE THAT OUR COLLECT OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS WILL BRING RESOLUTION TO THIS ONGOING CONCERN.
PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED ADDITIONAL SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS, UM, ILLUSTRATING THE CHALLENGES OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBOR HAS FACED OVER THE YEARS.
THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR YOUR VALUABLE TIME AND COMMITMENT EMAIL.
I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL.
I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE.
UM, 7 8 2 2 7 AND ITS CURRENT OCCUPANTS.
ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL IS A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT AND SECURITY VIDEOS THAT SERVE AS ALARMING EVIDENCE DIS PIC, THE OCCUPANTS ENGAGING IN A BURGLARY ON MARCH 13TH, 2022 AT 1 31 FERRELL DRIVE.
THE UNSETTLING DISCOVERY RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOUR PROMPT ACTION TO THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND I TRUST THAT APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE SWIFTLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.
DEAR OFFICER PRYOR, I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE TO OUR RECENT PREDICAMENT.
OUR NEIGHBOR SHARED A HIGHLY CONCERNING VIDEO WITH MY WIFE AND ME DIS PIC, AN INDIVIDUAL CARRYING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A RIFLE, LEAVING THE RESIDENCE AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE AT 1:40 AM THIS MORNING.
ADDING TO THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THE SITUATION, IT SEEMS THAT THE OCCUPANTS AT 1 22 FARRELL DRIVE ARE ACTIVELY GUARDING THE PROPERTY.
NOTABLY, THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PRESENCE OF PEOPLE AROUND THE PROPERTY, UM, AS WAS EVIDENT ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2023 AT 12:26 PM WHEN A GROUP OF MEN IGNITED A FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY LATER THAT EVENING, A SCENARIO REPEATED THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE WILL DILIGENTLY CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY UPDATES AS THEY ARISE.
ON BEHALF OF ALL MY NEIGHBORS AND MY FAMILY, WE EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF, ALONG WITH HOPES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 22 FERRELL.
YES, MR. TAPIA, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 2 2 FARRELL DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 2 7 IS A PUBLIC NEW NUISANCE, WHICH IS, UH, NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6.
SPECIFICALLY, I'M SORRY, SPECIFICALLY, UH, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 7 8 11 12 15.
I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM, FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THE PROPOSAL FROM THE CODE OFFICER WAS TO VACATE.
DO YOU ACCEPT HIS RECOMMENDATION ON THAT TO REMAIN VACANT? YES.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 22 FERRELL IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6.
SUB CODES 2 5 7 8 11 12 15 THAT THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED, UH, IN 30 DAYS.
THAT SHOULD BE MAIN VACANT AND BE SECURED.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTIONS SAY AYE.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE 10 14 ONSLOW.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 10 14 ONSLOW DRIVE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 10 14 ONSLOW DRIVE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON MAY 23RD, 2023 A DANGER 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 9 5 4 4 BLOCK THREE, LOT SIX LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS I-N-M-U-I-M-Y-L-L-C WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 6 7 0 2 MORNING SHADOW LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 6.
KAREN HERNAN HERRERA, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY AS, AS WELL AS SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICER MORALES, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2020 3, 10 14.
ONSLOW DRIVE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 10 14 ONSLOW DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 23RD, 2023.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023 TO THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER OF SABRINA DE LEON RE RUIZ, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON OCTOBER 23.
UH, YEAH, OCTOBER, 2320, UH, 2023 ON JANUARY 11TH, 2024.
THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 10 14 ANZO DRIVE ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO SABRINA DE LEON RUIZ AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2024.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSBA SCOPE OF WORK AND PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS.
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AN ENGINEER'S LETTER ALONG WITH THE DEED OF SALE HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS.NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE TRANSIT SIDING, UM, IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS OR IT IS DETACHING.
ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE CURRENTLY BOARDED UP TO KEEP AN UNWANTED INDIVIDUALS OUT.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE SIDING IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS AND THE FASCIA BOARD IS MISSING AS WELL, AND THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
THE, THE FACIAL BOARDS, UM, ARE ROTTED THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE TRANSIT SITING IS DETACHING OR MISSING COMPLETELY AND THE FASCIA BOARDS ARE ROTTED.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE ELEVATION.
THE LEFT PORTION HAS MINIMAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
IT IS MOSTLY THE RIGHT PORTION.
THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, MAJORITY OF THE TRASH HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT BY THE PREVIOUS OR BY THE CURRENT NEW OWNERS.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK AT ONE POINT UNDERNEATH THE SINK.
THERE STILL IS A BOWL UNDERNEATH, SO THIS IS THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS IS ALL IN ADDITION THAT WAS NOT PERMITTED, UM, THAT WAS DONE BY THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER.
THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL AND THE SUBFLOOR IS ROTTED.
THIS IS STEPPING DOWN INTO A BATHROOM THAT, AGAIN, WAS BUILT, UM, UNPERMITTED BY THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, I WAS NOTIFIED, UM, THAT THIS ACTUALLY WAS A PORCH AT ONE POINT.
THIS IS, UH, GOING THROUGH THE BATHROOM TO THE REAR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE CEILING IS ALL EXPOSED.
THE CEILING JOIST AND DECKING, THE CEILING, JOISTS AND DECKING ALL HAVE, UH, SEVERE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
DURING ONE OF MY INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED, IT WAS RAINING PRETTY HEAVILY AND WATER WAS ACTUALLY COMING IN FROM THE ROOF, UM, POURING DOWN ON THE WALLS.
UM, SO THERE IS SEVERE WATER DAMAGE ON ALL THE WALLS AS WELL.
THIS IS A BACK ROOM, UM, GOING TOWARDS THAT BACK AREA FULL OF ITEMS. UM, AGAIN, JUST TRASH THROUGHOUT FROM, UM, THE PREVIOUS INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE COMING AND GOING.
AND THIS, UH, WALL HERE DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE.
UM, THE WOOD PANELING IS BUCKLING A LITTLE, SO THIS IS ACCESSORY ONE.
UM, IT IS A STORAGE SHED WITH A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM SITTING ON CINDER BLOCKS.
UM, THE WOOD PANELING IS ROTTED AT THE BASE OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD PANELING IS ROTTED AT THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE STRUCTURE IS SITTING ON CINDER BLOCKS.
AND THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, IT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE STRUCTURE IS SITTING ON CINDER BLOCKS, SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR.
IT'S JUST, UM, FILLED WITH ITEMS AT THIS POINT.
UM, SOME OF THE PLYWOOD DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE.
UM, THIS STRUCTURE, UM, IS JUST SITTING ON GRADE IN WOODEN PALLETS.
THE WOOD PANEL IS ROTTED ON THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT IS ACTUALLY DETACHING IN ONE AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, UM, RIGHT PORTION OF THE ELEVATION.
AGAIN, THIS, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS ALSO SITTING VERY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS A SIGNIFICANT SAG AND THIS ACTUALLY BORDERS THE ALLEY.
SO ON THE INTERIOR THERE IS WOODEN PALLETS WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND OTHER ITEMS. AND THE CEILING OR THE DECKING DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE AS WELL.
JUST A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
SO THIS STRUCTURE IS EITHER GONNA BE A GAZEBO OR WAS A STORAGE SHED AT ONE POINT, BUT NOW IT JUST HAS THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND THE ROOF SYSTEM INTACT.
NO WALLS SITTING ON A CEMENT SLAB.
SO THIS IS EITHER THE FRONT OR OR SIDE VIEW, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, JUST THE WOODEN STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
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UM, AND THERE IS ALSO A MIDDLE BE, UH, STRUCTURAL MEMBER THAT IS BOEING AND THE DECKING AS WELL DOES HAVE A WATER DAMAGE.IT'S BEING EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 10 14 ONSLOW DRIVE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER 1, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER 2, 1 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER 3, 2, 8, 12, AND 15, 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 UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS A DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY ONE, ACCESSORY TWO, AND ACCESSORY THREE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 10 14 ONSLOW DRIVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? UH, YES, MR. TOPIC.
ROBERT TAPIA THE, JUST CLARIFICATION, UH, ITEM FOUR, IS THAT THE, THE GAZEBO TYPE ACCESSORY THREE? YES, THAT IS THE, THAT'S THAT'S THREE.
THERE'S THREE ACCESSORIES AND THEN THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE LAST ONE IS YES.
UM, SUBSECTION 2, 8, 12, AND 15.
I'D JUST LIKE TO GET BACK TO ACCESSORY ONE.
WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR THAT ONE? DO YOU DEMO FOR ACCESSORY ONE? IT DOES HAVE SOME ROT AND WATER DAMAGE AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A DART PROPERTY, SO THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTINUOUSLY KEEP BREAKING INTO THE PROPERTY AND STAYING IN ALL OF THE ACCESSORIES AS LONG AS, AS WELL AS THE MAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE COURT OFFICER.
AND OFFICER, SINCE YOU CAME IN LATER, UH, I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU WHAT I HAD SAID TO THE OTHER OFFICERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
GIVE US YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE.
IS THE FIRST OF ALL YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION NUMBER PLEASE.
IS IT ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UM, I DON'T WANNA, I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW DETAILED YOU GUYS WANT ME TO GET ON THIS ONE, BEING ITS NEW OWNERS NOW, BUT I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST THING WITH THIS PROPERTY IS IT'S BEEN A, A VERY BIG NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, THE LAST TWO HAVE PROBABLY GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE.
UH, BUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A NUISANCE FOR SO LONG, THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS, A LOT OF PROSTITUTION, DRUG ACTIVITY.
SO ANYTIME THERE'S A HOME THAT'S FREE FOR ALL, YOU KNOW, OPEN REVOLVING DOOR, IT, IT BECOMES A VERY BIG ISSUE REALLY QUICKLY.
PEOPLE FIND OUT, EVERYONE GOES THERE.
UM, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO CONSISTENT, IT'S HARD TO BREAK THAT, I GUESS, BREAK THE PEOPLE FROM REALIZING THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND DO WHATEVER.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NEW OWNERS, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S STILL GONNA BE AN ISSUE UNLESS MANY THINGS GET ADDRESSED REALLY QUICKLY AND THEY REALIZE, YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, NO MORE.
THERE'S THE STRUCTURES IN THE BACK, LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, THERE'S, UH, PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT, THEY BREAK IN EVERY TIME WE BOARD IT UP, THEY'RE BREAKING BACK IN.
THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE STAYING IN THERE, THEY'RE USING DRUGS.
UH, LIKE I SAID, PROSTITUTION.
WE FOUND, UH, MULTIPLE STOLEN VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE REMOVED, WELL, NOT ME, CPS, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES HAVE REMOVED A TOTAL OF SIX KIDS FROM THE PROPERTY, UH, THREE FROM ONE PARENT AND THREE FROM ANOTHER.
THEY WERE, KIDS HAVE BEEN LEFT THERE, UH, UNATTENDED.
MANY STRANGE MEN COMING AND GOING, UH, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ALL OVER THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEY DID, I BELIEVE THE LA WHEN THE DART WAS DONE, THEY DID COME AND REMOVE TONS AND TONS OF, UH, STUFF FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT PART IS AT LEAST TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, BUT BECAUSE IT'S STILL KNOWN TO EVERYONE THAT IT'S JUST KIND OF BEEN OPEN TO ANYONE, UH, IT'S STILL A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE.
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NOT SOMEONE LIVING IN THERE OR ON THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ISSUES WITH PEOPLE.ALL, ALL OF THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY CONTINUING, UH, THERE'S ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE PROPERTY.
I FEEL HORRIBLE FOR THEM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR OUR HELP TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS PROPERTY.
I'M SURPRISED IT HASN'T BEEN BURNED DOWN BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO FROM THERE, THEY START FIRES.
FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN CALLED OUT THERE FOR TO PUT FIRES OUT.
YOU KNOW, THEY START FIRES TO KEEP WARM OR, OR DO YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
UM, LET'S SEE THE BACK FENCE, IT'S OPEN.
THERE'S A ROWER TRACKS BACK THERE, SO THERE'S TONS OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO FROM THE BACK.
SO IT'S NOT VISIBLE IF WE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING BY THE FRONT.
UM, IF POSSIBLE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD DEFINITELY, IF I'M NOT SURE WHO, WHO WOULD BE, UH, GIVING THOSE STIPULATIONS OR ANYTHING TO THE NEW OWNERS, BUT IF THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUT A FENCE ON THE BACK OR SOMETHING TO WHERE THAT'S NOT SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE, THERE WAS ALSO TONS OF TRASH BEING DUMPED BACK THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN PULL VEHICLES BACK THERE AND DUMP IT, UH, WITHOUT REALLY BEING SEEN.
UM, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY, I MEAN, ALL OF THIS STUFF IS NOT THE NEW OWNER'S FAULT, IT'S JUST THAT IF THERE'S, IF IT'S NOT A BIG CHANGE, THEN THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE NO MATTER WHO THE OWNER IS UNTIL THE RESIDENTS OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE, YOU KNOW, GET THE HINT.
SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST FEAR IS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NEW OWNERS JUST TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH INFORMATION.
I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 80 CALLS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS TO THAT ADDRESS, UH, FOR, FOR ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, UH, DISTURBANCES, PEOPLE YELLING, THE NEIGHBORS CONSISTENTLY COMPLAIN OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT ALL NIGHT LONG.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE EVERY TIME WE'VE ARRESTED MULTIPLE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE, ME PERSONALLY, HAVE ARRESTED PEOPLE, UH, WANTED INDIVIDUALS, UH, DRUGS, UM, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, LIKE I SAID.
SO, UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT IT ON MY END, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST HEAVY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF THE OFFICER.
YOU, YOU SAID THERE WAS A RAILROAD TRACK BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S RAILROAD CARS, UH, PASSING THROUGH.
YES, IT'S AN ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACK AND, UH, BUT THERE'S, SO HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY HOBOS POPPING OUT AND, WELL, THEY COME AND GO ALL DAY LONG.
DO THEY ALL YEAH, FROM THE TRACKS? YEAH.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE TRACKS, BUT I MEAN, THEY WALK ALONG, THERE'S AN ALLEY AND THEN THE TRACKS, AND THERE'S NO FENCE ON THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY, SO THEY WALK THROUGH THAT BACK ALLEY AND THEY JUST GO INTO THAT BACKYARD.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS SAYING WITH THE SHEDS.
UM, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY BREAKING IN.
I MEAN, THE SECOND WE GET 'EM BOARDED UP THE NEXT DAY I'M BACK.
I, I CHECK ON IT DAILY IF I CAN.
UH, AND THOSE BOARDS ARE CONSTANTLY RIPPED OFF AND PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING AND GOING FROM THERE.
SO HAVE YOU NOTICED A RELATIONSHIP BEING, UH, DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE NEW OWNERS AND WHOEVER IS THERE? I HONESTLY WASN'T EVEN AWARE THERE WERE NEW OWNERS UNTIL RECENTLY.
UM, SO I HAVEN'T NOTICED A DIFFERENCE.
NO ONE STARTED DOING ANYTHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'VE JUST KEPT IT BOARDED UP.
I'VE CONTINUED TO KEEP, TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE PROPERTY.
I GO BY THERE ALL THE TIME AND CHECK, SO I HAVEN'T, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME MEETING ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW OWNER, SO.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KAREN HERRERA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND OBVIOUSLY GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON THE NEW OWNER.
UM, GOOD MORNING TO ALL RESPECTABLE MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARDS.
MY NAME IS DR. KAREN HERRERA AND I AM THE CEO OF OUR REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT GROUP, WHICH IS REPRESENTING THE NEW OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 14 OSLO DRIVE.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 7 0 2 MORNING SHADOW LANE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THE NEW OWNERS ARE IN JIMMY, LLC AND MRS. DALIA PARDO.
WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THE THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, THAT THIS PROPERTY IN ITS CURRENT FORM THAT POSES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AS OFFICER TOWN HAS ACCURATELY EXPOSED.
OUR INTENTION IS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS SINCE THE PROPERTY, SINCE THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY THE NEW OWNERS TO TRY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
AND SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE GOAL OF THE OWNERS IS TO PROVIDE UPGRADED, SAFE, DECENT, BEAUTIFUL, AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED HOUSING THROUGH
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THE REHABILITATION OF EXISTING DISTRESS PROPERTIES, SUCH AS THIS ONE PERTINENT DOCUMENTATION AS PROOF WAS DELIVER BEFORE THIS HEARING FOR YOU TO KINDLY REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINE AS EVIDENCE BY THE DATE THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED ON DECEMBER 29TH, 2023, ON DECEMBER 30, THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SJ CONSTRUCTION ON THE SIGN.AND ON JANUARY 5TH, 2024, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE PERMITS SHE HAD APPLIED FOR WERE BLOCKED.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IN THE HOUSE TO MAKE ANYTHING.
THIS IS THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN WE BECAME AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS GOING THROUGH A COMPLEXITY OF EVENTS AND CODE VIOLATIONS.
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE TIMELINE, THE HOUSE WAS PURCHASED AS A REHABILITATION PROJECT.
THE CONTRACT, UM, WITH SJ CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCOPE OF WORK AND COST, PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT IN THIS REGARD AND ALSO THE FIRST PAYMENT OF $20,000 WAS MADE ON JANUARY 4TH.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE INVESTOR'S BANK ACCOUNT AS PROOF OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS REQUIRED.
PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IF THIS PROPERTY PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH OUR REHABILITATION PROJECT AND THEREFORE IT WILL BE A VACANT LOT VULNERABLE TO CONTINUING ILLICIT DANGEROUS AND HARMFUL ACTIVITIES.
HOWEVER, IF WE ARE GRANTED PERMISSION TO CONTINUE WITH OUR ORIGINAL PROJECT, WE WILL, WE GUARANTEE TO START WORKING IMMEDIATELY AND DELIVER AND EMBELLISH HOUSE THAT PROVIDES DIGNIFIED HOUSING FOR A FUTURE FAMILY AS WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER PROPERTIES DISTRESS IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING YOUR REQUEST AND FOR YOUR VALUABLE TIME.
THE SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO SOMEONE, OR AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE NOTES.
UH, COUNSEL, HAVE YOU SEEN THE SCOPE OF WORK? YES, COUNSEL HAS.
AND IS IT ACCEPTABLE SCOPE OF WORK FROM STAFF THAT THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE, THE INFORMATION CAN BE VIEWED BY THIS BOARD, BUT WHETHER IT'S ACCEPTABLE OR NOT IS IS SOLELY UP TO, TO THIS BOARD TO MAKE THAT INFORMATION.
ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA SEE THAT SCOPE OF WORK? I I BELIEVE THAT THAT INFORMATION, UM, IS EITHER BEING SENT TO YOU GUYS OR LETTING YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW.
DO WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME? FOUR MONTHS? FOUR MONTHS? YES.
THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS HERE.
YOU HAVE LIKE MORE TECHNICAL OR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU MOVED TO SECURE THE PROPERTY? I'M SORRY, SECURE.
OH, WE, WE ACTUALLY PUT MORE BOARDS AND BECAUSE THE, THE, UH, PERMITS WERE BLOCKED, WE ARE FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING IF THE CITY DOESN'T ALLOWS US TO START WORKING ON IT.
SO WHAT WE DO WAS TO REMOVE THE MAIN GARBAGE.
UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, GOING LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT STILL EVERYTHING IS BORED, THAT THE FENCE IS LOCKED AND THAT NO ONE IS THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE THE NEW OWNERS AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO START WORKING AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE PERMITS, BUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO, THAT WE WERE HAVING THESE, UH, HEARING WITH YOU.
SO IS THIS GONNA BE A RESIDENT OR WHAT? A BUSINESS OR, OR WHAT? IT'S GOING TO BE A, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO, WE ARE GOING TO EMBELLISH IT TO SELL IT AS A HOUSE, AS A MAR TO PUT IT IN THE MARKET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE IMPROVE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF EVERY SINGLE CODE VIOLATION THAT, UH, IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO WE ARE PLANNING AS SOON AS WE HAVE YOUR, YOUR PERMIT, IF YOU GRANT US TO START WORKING AND TO PUT IT ON THE MARKET IN FOUR MONTHS.
DID YOU BRING ANY DRAWINGS THAT WE COULD SEE WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE? WELL, YEAH, I, I'VE, I GAVE SOME PICTURES.
I ALSO BROUGHT THE ENGINEER'S LETTER AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, YOU REQUESTED FOR ME TO BRING MR. CHAIR LEGAL HAS A FEW QUESTIONS IF POSSIBLE.
YEAH, YEAH, I SAW THAT, UH, THAT WHITE LONG BUILDING THAT
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LOOKED COMMERCIAL TO ME, THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF, OF STRUCTURE, NOT THE REAL STRUCTURE.AM I CORRECT ON THAT? YEAH, YEAH.
IT'S GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL MR DAYS.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOME, A RENDERING OF WHAT THE BUILDING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
OH NO, IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE PICTURES RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A HOUSE FOR LIVING A RESIDE WITH RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL.
WELL, I, THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW, WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN MAKES ME THINK IT'S GONNA BE COMMERCIAL AND A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
IT'S YOU, YOU DO NOT INTEND TO CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, IS THAT CORRECT? OH, WE ARE, I'M SORRY.
CAN SHE SPEAK MY, IS MY GENERAL CONTRACTOR
SO WE CAN THE PLEASE STATE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SUSAN JAIME AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 7 2 5 SPRING CLOUD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 9.
AND THE RENDERING THAT YOU SOW ACTUALLY REFLECTS SOME OF THE DESIGNS OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AROUND THAT AREA.
THEY HAVE THAT, UM, LONG SLOPE IN ONE SIDE AND THEN ON THE ROOF IT SLOPES DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE IS ALREADY PROPERTIES AND ACTUALLY THE RENDERING THAT WE SHOWED YOU OF THAT IT IS A ALREADY A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO WE ARE KIND OF SHOWING A DESIGN THAT WE WOULD, UH, LIKE TO IMPLEMENT INTO THAT PROPERTY THAT KIND OF, SORT OF LOOKS LIKE WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY FIT WELL WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT IS PRESENTLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LONG STRUCTURE.
WE WOULD DEMOLISH OF COURSE THE, UM, UH, AREA OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT PERMITTED BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE AND IT'S NOT NEEDED.
AND WE WOULD JUST BASICALLY LEAVE THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROPERTY THAT I WAS AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN IT FIRST WAS BUILT.
THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEHIND OR THE OTHER STRUCTURES ARE, WILL BE DEMOLISHED BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED AND THEY'RE NOT SAFE.
USUALLY WHEN WE DO ANY REHAB, SINCE WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF REHABS FOR DIFFERENT INVESTORS, IN ORDER FOR ME TO START ANY WORK, I NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL MY PERMITS.
I HAVE TRIED TO PULL ALL MY PERMITS, INCLUDING TO PUT A NEW FENCE, BUT IT'S BEEN BLOCKED BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO HAVE THIS HEARING FIRST WHERE, UH, PULL, PULL THAT, UH, YEAH.
NOW THIS, THIS IS THE SAME, SAME BUILDING, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT IS FROM TWO DIFFERENT SITES.
WHERE, WHERE'S THE FRONT DOOR? 'CAUSE THIS LOOKS LIKE A DRIVEWAY.
THE FRONT DOOR IS ACTUALLY INSIDE THE PORCH.
WHERE, WHERE'S THE PORCH? I'M SORRY.
I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DETERMINE THIS IS GOING TO BE OUT.
UM, IF YOU SEE THE STRUCTURE THAT IS ACTUALLY SQUARE, YEAH, IN THE, IN THE BACK IS THE FRONT DOOR.
SO IT SERVES AS TWO AS A CAR PORCH AND ALSO AS AN ENTRANCE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL THAT IS ACTUALLY EXISTING RIGHT NOW IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU WOULD GO IN INSIDE AND THEN GO TO THE DOOR.
WE WOULD NOT PARTICULARLY, UM, DO EXACTLY AS THAT, BUT IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND POSSIBLE IN THAT PROPERTY.
BEFORE I COULD VOTE YES ON THIS, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE AN ACTUAL RENDERING OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
'CAUSE THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT AREA PRETTY WELL.
AND THAT, THAT AREA OVER THAT ON THE OSLOW STREET, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD AREA TO LIVE IN, BUT IT, THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE A, A WHITE BUILDING TO ME.
WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED A DRAWING OF WHAT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE WOULD BE.
UM, AND IT SHOULD BE IN THE PACKET.
WELL, WHERE IS IT? CAN WE SEE IT? OH YEAH, I MEAN, I HAVE A COPY HERE, BUT, UM, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE IT.
BUT I, I, I CAN'T EVEN HEAR YOU SPEAKING THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
UH, YEAH, IT'S IN, ON THE PACKAGE.
WELL I, HE SENT YOU YESTERDAY, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE FOR THEM? SEE THEM TO SEE,
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JUST SO I CAN, UM, MAKE SENSE OF THIS.THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXISTING HOUSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE THE LOOK THAT YOU'RE GOING FOR YOUR PROPERTY, SAYING THAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'VE DESIGNED FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S A PROPERTY LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO ON TO THIS ONE TO PROPERTY TO OSLOW.
SO IT JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, UM, WHAT IT, YEAH, YEAH.
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID AND DONE AND, AND, AND WE ARE GOING TO EMBELLISH IT, IMPROVE IT.
WAS THERE OTHER PICTURES? I'M SORRY, I, I I CAN'T FIND THEM.
WELL THAT DOESN'T MAKE, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT VOTING YES.
WE CAN'T SEE 'EM AND I CAN'T DETERMINE FROM THESE PICTURES WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND THAT'S PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE, MS. BROWN.
WHAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO, OF COURSE, IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PERMITS OR ANYTHING, IS TO ACTUALLY GO AND DO A FULL RENDERING.
THERE IS NO LIGHT, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN, UH, ACTUALLY GO AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE, OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEDROOM, THE BATHROOM, AND ALL OF THAT.
WE HAVE A SENSE, GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, BUILD THERE.
THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF ONE HOUSE THAT IS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACTUALLY AROUND THAT SAME CORNER.
THERE'S ANOTHER HOUSE THAT HAS THE KIND OF, SORT OF THE SAME MODERN BUILT AESTHETIC, BUT IT'S NOT THE EXACT MODEL THAT I'M GONNA, UH, BE BUILDING.
THIS IS, IS THIS YOUR PROPERTY OR HER? I'M THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, MA'AM.
YOU GO, YOU DON'T NEED A PERMIT TO GIVE A RENDERING OF WHAT THE HOUSE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE AN ARCHITECT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO, WE NEED TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF HIM COMING OVER TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND ALSO TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME LIGHT OR SOMETHING FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE THE RENDERING THAT WE ARE PRESENTING OR THAT WE ARE, UH, GOING TO BE BUILT IS VERY, VERY GENERAL OF A HOME WITH THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BATH, LIVING ROOM, AND KITCHEN ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, UH, PROPERTY.
OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE EMBELLISHED WITH ALL THE NEW SIDING, NEW ROOF, HVAC, NEW WINDOWS.
SO IT'S A NEW BRAND NEW STRUCTURE PER SE THAT ROBERT IS TRYING.
YOU YOU STARTED GO AHEAD, FINISH YOURS THEN.
THAT SHOULD GET NAILED FOR THAT, BUT, OKAY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, THE, THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS, IS THE HOUSE IS, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
AND, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO TO FIX THAT.
WELL, ACTUALLY FROM AN ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW, LEMME SAY IT THAT WAY.
THE, THE, THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS AN ACCEPTABLE SCOPE OF WORK TO ME.
IT'S, UH, IT, IT DETAILS ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO THE HOUSE.
UH, SO THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION TO ME IS ACCEPTABLE.
UH, AND, AND IT'S FROM AN STRICTLY FROM MY BACKGROUND, UH, AS AN ENGINEER.
UH, THE THING I DON'T KNOW YET, HOWEVER, IS DO WE HAVE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR ALL THAT WORK? THE THE MONEY IS, IS, I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS, THAT'S ESTIMATED IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT I NEED TO SEE IS THERE MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO THAT? HAVE WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED THAT TO US IN TERMS OF THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE? YEAH, IT'S GOING, IT IS GONNA SHOW RIGHT NOW.
THE, THE TOTAL ESTIMATE, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT MONEY.
DO I HAVE MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE SCREEN? THAT, THAT, YEAH.
SO THE, IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL MONIES, THE WORKER SCOPE, UH, REQUIRES $85,000 AND 20 THOU THOUSAND HAS BEEN ALREADY PAID.
SO, UH, THE LAST BANK STATEMENT WAS ON DECEMBER 31ST.
AND ALSO WE, I BROUGHT, UM, A SCREENSHOT OF THE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE MONEY, BECAUSE I KNOW, I MEAN, THE, THE NEW STATEMENT WILL BE COMING UNTIL, UNTIL JANUARY 29.
SO WE, I'M PRESENTING THE LAST BANK STATEMENT AND THEN A SCREENSHOT.
CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW THE OTHER ONE THAT THIS ONE IS, UH, THE SCREENSHOT WITH, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL CURRENT AVAILABILITY,
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WHICH IS 150,000.AND THEN THE FINAL ELEMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE A TIME LIMIT OF FOUR MONTHS.
AND IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU'VE, UH, PICKED FOUR MONTHS RATHER THAN LESS THAN THAT? BECAUSE GENERALLY, OTHER THAN, THAN THE TOTAL MASS OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, WHY IT NEEDS TO BE FOUR MONTHS, THE REASON WHY I PUT FOUR MONTHS IS BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY THE TIMEFRAME THAT IT WOULD NEED FOR ALL OF THE COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY VOTE, UH, BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE, UH, UH, AVAILABILITY TO GET OUR PERMITS.
AND SO I WAS NOT AWARE, SO I WANTED TO GIVE MYSELF ENOUGH TIME, AT LEAST 30 DAYS, SO THAT I COULD HAVE ALL MY PERMITS READY AND PULLED.
AND THE, UH, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UM, ALSO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE, UH, QUESTION WHILE HAVEN'T WE DONE ANYTHING.
AND IT'S BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR ME TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO CLEAN UP, START DEMOLITION, START PUTTING FENCES, DOING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, I NEED TO PULL PERMITS.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'M NOT ABLE TO PULL PERMITS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.
I'D LIKE, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UH, IT'S MY, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE THE THIRD OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IN THE CHAIN OF DEEDS, UH, THERE WAS, UH, MRS. SABRINA WHO WAS, UH, MENTIONED WITH TO, UH, BY OFFICER MORALES, AND THEN THERE WAS, UM, HOLDING LLC AND THEN WE PURCHASED FROM HOLDING LLC.
AND IN THAT TIME, ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS COMING TO THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED A A, A NUISANCE PROPERTY? WE, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION INCLUSIVE OF THE POLICY OF TITLE IN THE, OF THE TITLE COMPANY.
IT, THEY SAID THAT THIS, UM, SINCE IT WASN'T PUBLIC, THIS DIDN'T SHOW.
WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL SHE HAS HER BLOCKED, UH, HER PERMITS BLOCKED.
AND WHEN DID YOU PURCHASE THE PROPERTY? DECEMBER 29TH.
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME DECEMBER 29TH, YOU WEREN'T AWARE THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS COMING BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A DANGEROUS PREMISE? I DIDN'T, DID YOU DO A PROPER TITLE SEARCH ON THE PROPERTY? YES, AND I HAVE, UM, ALSO BROUGHT THE TITLE POLICY, AND I MEAN THE TITLE COMPANY ALSO.
UM, AND OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT, UM, WHAT I MEAN BY A DART PROPERTY MEANS IS THAT PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
ONE OF THE WORST OF THE WORST, WHERE WE HAVE TO SEND A TASK FORCE OUT TO THAT PROPERTY.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS, IN ADDITION TO YOU, UH, PUTTING SOME FRESH PAINT ON IT AND PREPARING IT IS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE, UM, NUISANCE ASPECT OF THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY THIS, THE CITY WENT AHEAD AND DID THE INSPECTION ON IT? OR, OR IS IT GOING TO BE A PROPERTY WHERE YOU FIX UP, RENT IT OUT, OR SELL IT AND YOU'D BE DONE WITH IT? THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
IS THIS A HOUSE THAT YOU'RE VESTED IN OR IS THIS A HOUSE THAT YOU'RE JUST INVESTING TO FLIP AND THEN SELL AND THEN BE DONE WITH? WE ARE IN, UH, INTENDED TO FLIP IT AND THEN SELL IT AS SECURE AND POSSIBLE IN EVERY WEEK.
AND, UM, COMPLIANT WITH EVERY, UM, ASPECTS AND THE STANDARDS OF EVERY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IT IS, UH, REQUIRED FROM, FROM THE CITY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A, WE'RE JUST GONNA FORGET ABOUT IT.
WE ARE GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AND DECENT, SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP TO THE GROWTH OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT YES, I WON'T BE LIVING THERE IF, I MEAN, IF IT'S LIKE WHAT IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FLIPPING THE HOUSE.
LEGAL DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
DID YOU BRING ANY PICTURES IN OF PROPERTIES THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST? YOU KNOW, THE BEFORES AND AFTERS? WE, YEAH.
UM, I DON'T HAVE, LIKE, I HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM.
UM, WELL, AS A CONTRACTOR, WHEN WAS THE LAST HOUSE YOU BUILT PRESENTLY? WE HAVE IN OUR BOOKS ABOUT EIGHT PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE REHABILITATING, INCLUDING SOME THAT ARE HISTORICALS.
THE LAST ONE THAT WE FINISHED, WE FINISHED ABOUT, UM, I WOULD SAY 45 DAYS AGO.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A MEANING ANY FLOOR PLANS OF GO BY FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GONNA START FROM SCRATCH WITH AN ARCHITECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
WHOLE NEW PROPERTY, LAY FOUNDATION, EVERYTHING.
WELL, THE FOUNDATION IS NOT IN BAD SHAPE.
ACTUALLY, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN
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ALREADY, UH, LOOKED AT BY ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS.I DO HAVE A FULL TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES AN ARCHITECT, AN ENGINEER, MASTER PLUMBER, MASTER ELECTRICIAN.
UM, SO IT'S A FULL COMPANY WITH A FULL TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT CAN REHABILITATE THE HOME.
I HAVE PICTURES FROM, UM, ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT? IT'S IN MY PHONE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IF YOU WILL.
SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK.
WHERE IS THAT? 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
THE LADY HAD SCROLLED UP ON THE SCOPE OF WORK, UH, ON THE SCREEN A WHILE AGO.
UH, AND THEY WENT THROUGH LITERALLY EVERY ELEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE.
I HAVE A COPY HERE TO HAVE WORK DONE ON IT, AND THEY ALSO SHOWED THE APPROPRIATE COST TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UH, IF, IF YOU NEED TO SIT, THEN, UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S ANSWER THIS QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK IN AND LET YOU LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK AGAIN.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK FIRST, OKAY? OH, OKAY.
MR. CHAIR AND, AND MS. BROWN ARE, ARE WE, UM, NEEDING TO SEE PICTURES OF OTHER STRUCTURES? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE SUPPORT WANTS TO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE DONE BEFORE.
WELL, SHE DOES HAVE A PICTURE.
YEAH, SHE, SHE, SHE HAS A PICTURE OF MI MS I I, YEAH, IF SHE WANTS TO SHOW IT AND, AND SHE HAS ONE, GO, GO AHEAD AND LET HER, LET, LET, LET HER LOOK AT IT.
IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY EYE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAIN THAT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO LIGHT.
BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT $85,000 AND THEIR, THEIR BUDGET WAS 150.
NO, THAT'S WHICH THEY HAVE, THAT WAS HOW MUCH THEY HAD IN THE BANK.
TIME IS $85,000 BASED ON THIS CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK, THEY HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BANK IN THE BANK, 150, THAT SCOPE OF WORK.
BUT I, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO ME.
UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME FALLACIES IN TERMS OF BOTH UP AND DOWN IN TERMS OF COST.
AND WHEN YOU START DOING ESTIMATES, YOU ESTIMATE WHAT YOU THINK THE COST IS GOING TO BE.
UH, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT A FEW OF THEM BEING LOW.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM WHERE THE ESTIMATE MAY BE HIGH.
AGAIN, I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY, THEREFORE, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHETHER THEY'RE TRUE OR NOT TRUE.
UH, BUT THEY'RE IN THE BALLPARK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
UH, AND IF YOU DO, WOULD, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF, AND IT'S ON THE SCREEN.
ARE ARE YOU ABLE TO ENLARGE IT AT ALL? NO, SHE'S TRYING TO CHAIR, SHE'S TRYING TO ENLARGE THE PHOTO.
IS THIS THIS BEFORE OR AFTER? NO, THIS IS, UH, BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, UH, SEQUENCE OF PICTURES BEFORE.
AND THEN, UM, AS CHAIR, UH, THE CAMERA IS NOT ZOOMING IN.
IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND SCROLL THROUGH THE PICTURES THAT THEY'VE GOT IN TERMS OF THE REST OF THE PICTURES.
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NO, THIS IS BEFORE MS. BROWN.I HAVE MORE EXAMPLES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOME MORE? NO, NO, I'M FINE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
OH, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, THE CONTRACTOR.
THE, UH, ENGINEERING REPORT ON THE FOUNDATION HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED OR HAS BEEN DONE YET, IS THAT CORRECT? IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE AS FAR AS THE, THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
BUT THE, UH, NO, THE, THE ENGINEERING REPORT ENGINEER REPORT IS, DID WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT? UM, IT SHOULD BE ON THE PACKET THAT WAS DELIVERED HERE YESTERDAY.
IT WOULD BE THE ENGINEERING REPORT ON THE FOUNDATION AND FLOORING.
SO IF THIS, UH, PROJECT EXCEEDS THE, THE $150,000, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE BANK, WHAT, WHAT, ARE YOU GOING TO JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, OR ARE YOU GOING TO FLIP IT? OR, SHE'S THE CONTRACTOR, SO SHE CANNOT ANSWER THAT.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK UP, BECAUSE YOU'LL NEED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR HER.
THERE ARE TWO INVESTORS AND LLC AND, UM, MRS. DALIA PARDO.
I ONLY PRESENTED THE, THE FINANCIAL RESOURCE RESOURCES OR AVAILABILITY FOR IN THE LLC, BUT I ALSO HAVE EXTRA PROOF THAT THERE ARE MORE MONEY FOR THIS PROPERTY FROM MRS. DALIA.
BUT I JUST SHOW WHAT IT NEEDED TO PROVE, UH, THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO PAY, WHICH WAS $65,000.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS IF IT EXCEEDS THAT, ARE YOU GOING TO JUST TRY TO FLIP WHATEVER IS LEFT OF IT OR, YES, OF COURSE.
WE WOULDN'T BE LIKE LEAVING IT LIKE THAT.
WE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO IMPROVE IT AS FAST AS WE CAN AND THEN PUT IT ON THE MARKET.
THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE BUSINESS MODEL.
WE ARE, WE WILL DON'T LEAVE LIKE MEAN.
WE, WE NEED TO, TO FINISH OUR PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH IT, IT COST EXCEEDS OR WHATEVER.
SO, SO YOU ARE COMMITTING TO, THAT'S A BOARD TODAY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FINISH THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU HAVE MY WORD YES.
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I I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH IN A LOT OF FLIPPERS.YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN SAY IT'S GUARANTEED, BUT A SEEING IS BELIEVING.
AND, UM, I, UH, I, YOU ONLY HAVE MY WORD.
UM, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO FLIPPING IN A VERY SERIOUS WAY.
OTHER WAY, WE WILL HAVE BEEN STARTED FLIPPING WITHOUT THE PERMITS.
WE, WE, WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING, UH, WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO, TO WORK PROFESSIONALLY.
WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 14 ONSLOW.
THE CHAIR WILL ACT MOTION AND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 14 ONSLOW, UH, IS A STRUCTURE THAT IS FEASIBLE TO BEING REPAIRED.
AND THE OWNER HAS INDICATED THE INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM AT LEAST THE CHAIR, THAT IT CAN BE REPAIRED, THAT THERE'S SUPPORT OR APPLE MONEY TO COVER THE REPAIR COSTS.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION TIME IS IN THE AREA OF ACCEPTABLE THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD BE REPAIRED IN FOUR MONTHS.
UH, AND ALL PERMITS DRAWN BEFORE WORK BEGINS.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF MR. CHAIR.
UM, DID WE ADDRESS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES? UH, I'M SORRY, WE DID NOT.
UH, WE WILL ACTUALLY HOLD IF THAT'S CORRECT, COUNSEL, ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE, AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND MOTION ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
UH, I THOUGHT THEY, I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE DEMOLISHED.
WELL, ACCORDING TO THE POINT, WELL, THE CHAIR DID NOT MAKE THE MOTION.
THEREFORE, THE CHAIR WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES TWO HAD TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ACTUALLY ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, ONE, TWO, AND THREE MM-HMM.
UH, AND THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF, UH, SUB CODES 1, 2, 8, 12, 11, 12, 15, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND ON, ON THIRD ONE, SUB CODES 2, 8, 12, AND 15, THAT THOSE STRUCTURES BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES? I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THE PROPERTY SECURED.
UH, AND, UH, THAT MOTION HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CLOSED BY VOTE.
THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO ADD THAT.
UH, COUNSEL, MR. CHAIR? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
MR. CHAIR, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, SECURING A STRUCTURE PENDING EITHER REPAIRS OR DEMO, OR IS THAT LANGUAGE IS ALWAYS INCLUDED IN, IN ORDER.
SO EVEN IF BY SOME CHANCE YOU GUYS, UM, UM, FORGET TO INCLUDE IT, IS, IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE ORDERS THAT I DRAFT.
UH, THE MOTION IS THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, SAY AYE.
OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE 33 18 SAUNDERS.
TAKE, UH, CORRECTION, TIMEOUT.
IT IS NOW FIVE MINUTES UNTIL NOON.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND RE RECONVENE AT NOON.
UH, IN, IN CONTRAST TO WHAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE TO THE, UH, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UH, PROPERTY, WHICH IS AT 28 19 WHISPERING FA UH, I HOPE YOU AND I ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
SO, 28 19 WHISPERING FA IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR NEXT.
EVERYBODY READY? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
I'M JOHN KELLY, A CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND THE PROPERTY BROUGHT BEFORE THE BUILDING
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STANDARDS BOARD IS 28 19 WHISPERING FAWN, I'M SORRY, WHISPER FAWN.I, I KEEP WANNA SAY WHISPERING FA, UH, IT HAS LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF N CCB 1 4 1 4 0 BLOCK 10 LOT 25 WITH HENRY AND MARION BERNSTEIN, LISTED AS BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORDS OF THE OWNER, THE VIOLATION IS FOR SECTION 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS, WHICH STATES ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS, AND LOOSER ROTTING MATERIAL AND MAINTAINED WEATHERPROOFED AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION.
A SHORT SUMMARY OF OUR INVESTIGATION.
THIS BEGAN, UH, LAST JANUARY ON JANUARY 10TH, 2003, A CODE AREA CODE OFFICER, UH, NOTIFIED OR DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER THAT THEY OBSERVED A PROPERTY WITH A LADDER THAT APPEARED TO BE PROPPED UP, HOLDING A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE'S FRONT WALL FROM COLLAPSING THAT, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE FIRST PHOTO, THAT'S THAT PHOTO THERE, UH, THE DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER DID GO AHEAD AND CHECK AND ISSUED NOTICE.
THE OWNER DID CORRECT THAT, THAT, UH, ISSUE ON JANUARY 18TH BY REMOVING THAT, UH, SECTION OF THE WALL.
THE, UH, WE DID ISSUE NOTICE FOR S-A-P-M-C TO REPAIR THE WALL.
AND ON MARCH 10TH, THE, UH, DANISH PREMISE OFFICER CONDUCT A FOLLOW-UP, FOUND A TARP HAD BEEN PLACED, COVERING THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE DUE TO NO PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARDS REPAIR OF THE WALL.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 15TH, 2003, THE OFFICER SPOKE WITH THE OWNER WHO STATED, UH, DUE TO THE AREA NEEDING, UH, REPAIRED BEING A PARAPET, HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES FINDING A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK AND HAVING ISSUES WITH INSURANCE.
HE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIND AN ARCHITECT TO FACILITATE THE REPAIRS DUE TO NO, NO FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARDS REPAIR.
THE OFFICER ADMITTED THE PROPERTY TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
A FOLLOW UP WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2003, UH, 23 WITH NO PROGRESS BEING FOUND AGAIN, AGAIN ON JANUARY 2ND, 2024.
WE FOUND NEW TARPS COVERING THE WALL TO KEEP THE, UH, ELEMENTS OUT.
AND, UH, OUR LAST INSPECTION WAS ON, UH, ON THAT DATE, JANUARY 2ND OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE'VE CHECKED FOR PERMITS.
THERE'S BEEN NO PERMITS, UH, PULLED OR APPLIED FOR.
THE ONLY OTHER VIOLATION WE'VE HAD AT THIS ADDRESS WAS IN 2002, AND THAT WAS FOR, UH, OVERGROWN, UH, TREE LIMBS, WHICH THEY CORRECTED RIGHT AWAY.
UH, STAFF IS ASKING THE BOARD TO FIND THE OWNER IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND HAVE THE OWNER MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS, THE STRUCTURE, UH, THE EXTERIOR WALLS WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS WITH CODE OFFICER? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. HENRY BERNSTEIN IS PRESENT OR WAS PRESENT IF YOU WOULD COME ON FORWARD.
AND FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
IS THIS WORKING? UH, NAME IS HENRY BERNSTEIN.
UM, ADDRESS IS AS SHOWN IN THE PROPERTY.
28 19 WHISPER FA SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE, AND THAT'S OUR ADDRESS.
UM, I HAVE A PACKET OF MATERIAL I PREPARED FOR THE BOARD.
SO I TO YOU, YOU WANNA GIVE IT TO, TO LADIES RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU IN THERE THAT'S NOT IN THE PRESENTATION NOW.
I PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE STATUS TO GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION AND A SENSE AND IDEA OF THE PROPERTY TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S INVOLVED AND WHAT THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE REPAIR OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE.
IT SHOULD BE THE ONE WITH A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
AND THAT SHOULD BE A POWERPOINT.
AND IF YOU CAN LOWER THE BIG LIGHTS, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE ENOUGH LIGHT AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE PICTURES A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
SO, IS IT POSSIBLE, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, SIR.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LOWER ANY LIGHTS.
WE ARE, THIS IS LEGAL RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LOWER ANY LIGHTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY STREAMING ONLINE.
SO FOR US TO LOWER LIGHTS WOULD, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING AT A MONITOR ON THE SCREEN THAT GIVES US AMPLE VISION.
WELL, YOU OH, YOU SEE IT AS WELL? YES.
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DESCRIBE THINGS OR DO, SHOULD I JUST STAY HERE? UH, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WALK UP TO IT.DO WE HAVE THE POINTER? IF YOU WOULDN'T HAND HIM POINT, POINTER POINT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND IF YOU WOULD ADDRESS AS YOU'RE TOP POINTING TO THE SCREEN LEFT, RIGHT OF SCREEN, MR. MR. CHAIR.
UM, IF MR. BERNSTEIN WANTS TO SHOW THIS ENTIRE THING, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
THE DOCUMENTS THAT I HAVE SEEN, I, I APPROVED, BUT HE'S WANTING TO PUT IN, UM, UH, A FULL ON POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT HAS CLOSE TO 10 TO 12 PAGES, AND I HAVE NOT REVIEWED THEM YET.
UM, SO I, I'M, I'M GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE.
I NEED, I NEED A MINUTE OR TWO TO LOOK AT 'EM REAL QUICK.
BEFORE MR. BERNSTEIN, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS HE WILL TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THAT AND THEN GET BACK TO US IN TERMS OF LEGAL REVIEW, UH, OKAY.
SO WE WILL STAY IN PLACE FOR THAT REVIEW FOR HIM.
I CAN TRY OUT THE POINTER, JUST THE BACKWARDS.
CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING GO DOWN? HMM? BRING IT DOWN LOWER? YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
CAN YOU RAISE THE BOTTOM? WELL, PERFECT.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE CONTROLLING IT FROM BACK THERE.
WHAT IS, WHAT DOES LEGAL HAVE TO REVIEW IT ALL? DOCUMENT.
BERNSTEIN, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE, WE DO KNOW THANK YOU THAT THE POER WILL WORK FOR YOU.
SO GO AHEAD AND, UH, DIRECT US AS YOU NEED.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE IN ITS, UM, ORIGINAL CONDITION BEFORE ANY DAMAGE TOOK PLACE.
UM, I WANNA POINT OUT SEVERAL THINGS ON IT IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'LL BECOME IMPORTANT LATER.
UM, THE PARAPET ITSELF IS THIS NICE RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE THAT SITS ABOVE THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE.
THE ACTUAL HOUSE ITSELF ENDS UP ABOUT HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOF LAWN, THE PARAPET EXTENDS UP HIGHER AND BEHIND THE PARAPET.
YOU'LL HAVE PICTURES LATER THAT SHOW AN ACTUAL, UM, CRICKET THAT'S PRESENT BEHIND THE PARAPET.
THE PARAPET AS IT COMES UP FROM HERE TO A POINT HALFWAY AND DOWN HERE, THE APEX IS HERE.
AND SO IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE TOP.
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WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO EACH CORNER, THE CORN, THE UM, CRICKET IS RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.SO YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE ABOVE IT THAT IS UNSUPPORTED BY, UM, THE CRICKET ITSELF.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY NO SUPPORT ON THE WALL AT THE CORNER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LED TO THE PROBLEMS. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1972.
I DUNNO WHAT THE BUILDING CODE AT ALL WAS LIKE AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S NO DAMAGE AT ALL.
WE NEVER HAD ANY DAMAGE TO THE PARAPET, UM, UNTIL THE WINTER STORM THAT WE HAD IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
UM, AFTER THE STORM, THE WALL BEGAN TO LEAN AND THE LEANING, UH, THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE THE PARAPET WAS THE DEMOLISHED, UM, OR WAS TAKEN DOWN THE, AFTER THE STORM, THERE IS VERY LITTLE DAMAGE AND MAYBE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF LEANING HARD TO SEE.
AND THIS IS SIDE BY THE GARAGE.
UM, ON THE SIDE BY THE GARAGE HERE, THE GARAGE IS UNHEATED.
SO THIS AREA IS GONNA BE COLDER.
ON THE RIGHT IS A BEDROOM, AND THIS AREA IS HEATED, AND THAT'LL BECOME IMPORTANT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE MAIN DAMAGE WAS OVER HERE BY THE GARAGE IN THE UNHEATED AREA.
OVER TIME, OVER ABOUT A YEAR OR SO, YEAR, TWO YEAR, THE PARA BACK CONTINUED TO SLOWLY LEAN AND LEAN AND FINALLY IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THE BRICKS HAVE MOVED AND THIS WHOLE SECTION OF THE PARAPET IS MOVING FORWARD.
AND THIS IS ALL THE, UM, CRICKET SUPPORT GOING UP THIS WAY.
THIS WHOLE AREA IS ESSENTIALLY UNSUPPORTED.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARAPET BY THE BEDROOMS WHERE IT WAS HEATED, WAS LEANING A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT AND NOTHING THAT REALLY WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FOR ME.
SO WE HAD, UM, A DEMOLITION COMPANY COME OUT TO TEAR IT DOWN.
AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE, INSURANCE COMPANY, WHICH IS STATE FARM.
THE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS I HAD WAS FINDING SOMEONE TO D TO DEMOLISH THIS.
THE STATE FARM REPRESENTATIVE HAD NO IDEA WHO YOU WOULD CALL.
WE TRIED CALLING THE MASONS, WE TRIED CALLING, UM, SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
AND FINALLY IT DAWNED ON ME, WELL, MAYBE A DEMOLITION COMPANIES WOULD KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT DEMOLITION COMPANIES WOULD BLEND AND KNOCK DOWN BUILDINGS, AND IT TURNED OUT THEY COULD DO THIS SMALL JOB, WHICH ACTUALLY SURPRISED ME.
SO THEY CAME OUT IN JANUARY AND IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME WHEN THE BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, HAD, WE HAD ALREADY CONTRACTED FOR THE DEMOLITION.
CODE ENFORCEMENT CAME OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK.
THE DEMO DEMOLITION OF THE PARA TOOK, PARAPET, TOOK PLACE.
THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED WAS AN ICE DAM THAT WAS BUILT UP DURING THE FEBRUARY, 2021 FREEZE.
AND THAT ICE DAM, PARTICULARLY ON THE GARAGE SIDE, THE UNHEATED GARAGE SIDE PUSHED THE, UM, PARAPET THE BRICK MORE THAN ON THE HEATED SIDE.
AFTER THE, UM, PARAPET WAS REMOVED, IT WAS REMOVED DOWN TO JUST ABOVE, UM, WHERE THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE IS.
AND WHAT WAS BEHIND IT, OF COURSE, IS THE CRICKET, WHICH IS THIS STRUCTURE HERE.
AND A CRICKET'S REQUIRED FOR A PARAPET BEHIND THE ROOF.
THE ROOF ITSELF IS SLOPING DOWN AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRESENT, YOU CAN'T SEE IT 'CAUSE IT'S ALL BLACK, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BEHIND HERE IS THE ROOF ON THE PLYWOOD FOR THE ROOF, THE WOODEN, THERE'S TAR PAPER HERE.
AND THIS PIECE OF ODD SHAPED, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY PLASTERBOARD HAS BEEN REMOVED.
AND THAT WAS, UM, TO HOLD THE FLY, FLY THE TAR PAPER AS FAR
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AS I COULD TELL.ONE THING THAT OCCURRED, WE FOUND IN FOUND IS THERE'S THIS SHEET METAL STRUCTURE SITTING UP, UM, BEHIND HERE.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THAT, UM, AS WE AT THE END, AND I'M GONNA GO INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL AND WHAT'S BEHIND HERE.
WHEN WE TORE DOWN THE PARAPET, WE FOUND THAT THE PEAK OF THE PARAPET, WHICH IS HERE, IS ACTUALLY OFFSET FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
SO IT'S OFF, UM, BY SOME AMOUNT, WHICH IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THE CRICKET ITSELF IS PART OF THE ROOF.
THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE REPAIR AND WHAT'S CAUSING TAKING SUCH A LONG TIME ARE SHOWN IN HERE.
IF I FIGURE THIS OUT, WELL, EXCUSE ME, SIR, COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE, SIR? UM, I'LL TRY.
UM, THE FIRST ISSUE IS THAT THE ORIGINAL PARAPET WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSE.
IT'S ONLY HELD IN PLACE BY MORTAR AND GRAVITY THAT MADE THE ICE DAM EASY FOR IT TO PUSH THE PARAPET OVER OR PUSH IT FORWARD.
SOME, BECAUSE OF THIS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REBUILD THE PARAPET THE WAY THAT IT'S THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS, OR THE SAME THING'S GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE PARAPET CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSE.
UM, THE HOUSE WAS NOT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE PARAPET, AND THERE'S NO SUPPORT STRUCTURE GOING FROM THE PARAPET INTO THE HOUSE.
AND EXACTLY HOW YOU WOULD DO THAT, UM, IS UNCLEAR.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE, IF THE HOUSE ISN'T DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A PARAPET, TRYING TO TIE IT INTO THE HOUSE IS GONNA BE A GOOD IDEA.
THE THIRD POINT IS THAT THERE'S NO CITY CODE.
IT SAYS FOR PARAPETS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PARAPETS, FOR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES FOR OUR HOUSE.
SO THE CITY CODE ITSELF IS NOT ADDRESSING PARAPETS.
NOW, THE PARAPETS THEMSELVES ARE PRIMARILY USED IN CONSTRUCTION FOR FLAT ROOFS.
THEY'RE VERY COMMON IN, UM, NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
AND I DON'T THINK, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, PARAPETS HAVE CRICKETS BEHIND THEM.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VERY COMMON STRUCTURE WHATSOEVER.
AND THAT COMPLICATES MATTERS A GREAT DEAL.
UM, AND THE LAST TWO ARE THE, SOME OF THE DESIGN ISSUES BY THE FRONT DOOR, NOT ALIGNING WITH THE CENTER OF THE CRICKET.
IT'S UNCLEAR HOW TO REBUILD THE CR SO THAT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE, THE CRICUT HAS TO BE COVERED.
BUT IF WE, UM, BUILD UP THE BRICKWORK TO A POINT WHERE THE CRICKET APEX IS, THEN WE'RE OFF CENTER FROM THE DOOR.
AND THAT COULD LOOK QUITE ODD AND UNUSUAL.
AND FINALLY, WHATEVER WE BUILD, WE WANT TO KEEP FOR A LONG TIME.
WE PLAN ON STAYING IN THE HOUSE AND WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ATTRACTIVE AND EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA BE ATTRACTIVE AND WHAT'S GOOD IS OUTSIDE MY SKILLSET, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SOME IDEAS, BUT WE NEED TO GET SOMEONE INVOLVED, UM, TO HELP US FIGURE THAT OUT.
THIS IS WHAT THE PARAPET CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.
THERE'S A STRONG, UM, VERY THICK TARP THAT WAS PUT OVER THE PARAPET.
IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW TARP, THE ONE THAT DEMOLITION PEOPLE PUT ON EVENTUALLY DETERIORATED.
SO I GOT A VERY GOOD TARP AND HAD, UM, IT INSTALLED AND IT'S PROTECTING THE TOP OF THE PARA PRETT AND IT'S, UM, COVERED AND IT'S WATERPROOF AND WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY ISSUES AT ALL WITH ANYTHING GOING ON INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THERE'S NO WATER LEAKAGE AT ALL.
SO NOW THE ONE I PUT UP, UM, THE
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SCHEDULE THAT, WELL, ACTUALLY, I WANT TO PUT UP THE PICTURES OF DETAIL, UM, THAT WE HAVE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO POINT OUT SOME OTHER ISSUES OR AT LEAST ONE OTHER ISSUE.SO YOU HAVE THE, UM, PAPER I DID NOT THAT ONE.
THE PICTURES? YEAH, THAT'S A SCHEDULE.
UM, LET ME GO UP AND DO THE, WELL, LET ME DO THE DETAILS FIRST, THE NEXT ONE DOWN.
OKAY, THIS IS GONNA GET COMPLICATED AND I SHOULD HAVE PUT THE WORD DRAFT ON HERE BECAUSE I DID IT WHILE I WAS SITTING LISTENING TO EVERYONE ELSE.
AND SO THIS IS A HAND DRAWN, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT APPROXIMATE, BUT, UM, I PREFER USING THE DRAFT SINCE I GET IT SO QUICKLY.
UM, I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING WHETHER THERE IS A VIOLATION AND IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, HOW DOES THAT VIOLATION GET ADDRESSED? I, I, I, I, I APPRECIATE, WHILE I APPRECIATE, UM, MR. BERNSTEIN'S, UM, THOROUGHNESS, I DO, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS A, A APPROPRIATE, UM, OR, UM, NEEDED FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME DRAWING THAT HE'S PUT ON IN REGARDS TO A TARP.
UM, AGAIN, THE ISSUE IS DOES THIS PROPERTY MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS? IF IT DOESN'T, IS IT A VIOLATION OF THE S-A-P-M-C? AND IF SO, HOW IS IT ADDRESSED? THAT IS WHAT THE ISSUE, THAT IS WHAT THE ISSUE IS NOT CURRENTLY WHAT YOU'VE PUT THERE IN THE TARP.
THAT'S, I, I, I THINK WE NEED TO SKIP THROUGH THIS DRAWING THAT YOU HAVE AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THOSE, THOSE ISSUES AT HAND.
THE REASON I DID THE DRAWING IS THAT MR. KELLY, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARAPET AND ASKED AND WANTED TO KNOW MORE OF THE DETAILS.
SO I MADE THE DRAWING FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
I THINK I KNOW MORE ABOUT PARAPETS THAN I'VE EVER HAD.
I THINK THE QUESTION AND THE ISSUE IS, IS THERE A VIOLATION, UH, BASED ON THE ALLEGATION THAT'S BEEN MADE? AND IF SO, THIS BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, AND IF SO, HOW IS IT ADDRESSED? ALRIGHT.
I, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE ARGUMENT YOU'RE MAKING SEEMS TO BE THAT YOU AGREE THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE.
THAT'S HOW IT, THAT'S HOW IT COMES ACROSS.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
UM, WELL, IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE BOARD WHAT THEY WANT ME TO DO.
I DO THINK THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT ARE, ARE IN ALL IT, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO LEGAL, SIR, UNFORTUNATELY, IN REGARDS TO YOU HAVING A DRAWING AS TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE, I DO BELIEVE THIS BOARD IS, IS WELL VERSED ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A TARP THERE AND THAT TARP IS ACCORDING TO YOU WATERPROOF AND IT'S NOT LEAKING ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.
THE ISSUE AGAIN, IS, IS YOUR PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE? THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
AND THIS BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
SO WE JU WE BA SIR, WE JUST BASICALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? OH, YOU, WHEN, WHEN'S IT GOING, WHEN THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE DONE? UH, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR? I HAVE.
I HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR, TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
WELL, I HAVE TWO THINGS, UH, IN FRONT OF ME.
ONE IS YOUR REQUEST FOR A SCHEDULE CONTRACTOR AND THAT, AND I HAVE ALL OF THAT PREPARED TO SHOW YOU.
THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS FROM THE ATTORNEY LAWYER, AND HE WANTS ME TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE'S A VIOLATION.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER FIRST? LET, LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
FIRST QUESTION OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE, IS THERE A VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC CODE? OKAY, LET ME ADDRESS THAT FIRST THEN.
UM, AND THIS IS FROM MY OPINION AND FROM READING WHAT THE CODE SAYS, UM, THE FIRST THING IS THAT THE CODE DOES NOT ADDRESS PARAPETS.
AND A PARAPET IS NOT THE SAME AS A WALL.
SO FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, I FEEL WOULD SAY THE CODE IS NOT APPLICABLE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF STRUCTURE.
THAT, THAT'S AN ISSUE OF, OF INTERPRETATION, BASICALLY INTERPRETATION.
AND FROM, FROM ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ON THIS BOARD.
THE PARAPET IS AN ACTUAL WALL.
UH, WHETHER IT IS A STRUCTURAL SUPPORTING WALL IS ONE ISSUE.
UH, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT CALL IT A ROOF.
UH, THEREFORE IT BECOMES A WALL.
UH, AND THAT'S, IT IS AN ISSUE OF JUST INTERPRETATION, AND YOU'RE RIGHT
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ABOUT THAT.UM, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE INTERPRETATION.
WE, WE AGREE THAT YOU DISAGREE.
UH, AND I WAS, LET ME STATE WHY UNDERSTAND THAT AND JUST STATE WHY THE PARAPET IS, HAS FEATURES OF A WALL.
IT HAS FEATURES OF A ROOF, AND IT HAS FEATURES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO A PARAPET JUST BY ITSELF THAT ISN'T CONT RELATED TO EITHER A WALL NOR TO A ROOF.
IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY.
THE BUILDING CODES ADDRESS PARAPETS SEPARATELY FROM WALLS AND FROM ROOFS.
SO I REGARD THIS AS, UM, A DEFECT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE MAY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT THAT SHOULD BE EXAMINED.
AND I THINK YOU NEED TO ADDRESS PARAPETS IN A SEPARATE MANNER BECAUSE OF THEIR, UM, ISSUES ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM BOTH A WALL AND A ROOF, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BERNSTEIN? YES, IT'S ROBERT.
SO YOU PUT IN A CLAIM WITH THE INSURANCE AND WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? THIS IS BASIC ROOF DAMAGE.
NO, IT'S NOT BASIC ROOF DAMAGE.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT WAS THE INSURANCE GONNA COVER? THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE STATE FARM SAID THAT THEY WOULD COVER REBUILDING THE PARAPET AS IT EXISTED.
ORIGINALLY, THAT'S ALL THEY WOULD PAY FOR IS TO, TO RECONSTRUCT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST ORIGINAL PICTURE THAT I TOLD YOU, TOLD THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WELL, IT'S GONNA FALL OVER AGAIN.
AND THE INSURANCE AGENT I WAS DEALING WITH PER AGREED WITH ME A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT HE SAID HIS HANDS ARE TIED.
THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS INSURANCE COMPANY WILL PAY FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION IS IF THE BUILDING CODE OR POSSIBLY THE BOARD HERE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE, THE BOARD IS PRESENTLY GOING TO MAKE A DECISION.
THE DECISION IS, UH, IS THERE A VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC MAINTENANCE CODE AND ONLY THAT DECISION.
WE WILL NOT GIVE THE INSURANCE COMPANY ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR ANY ADDITIONAL HELP FOR YOU ITSELF.
SO, WELL
WE, WE PERSONALLY DON'T CARE IF YOU CALL IT A PARAPET OR APEX OR A PARROT OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT, YOU WANNA CALL IT.
WE JUST NEED, IF YOU JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS A VIOLATION HERE, YES OR NO? NO.
WELL, AND MAY I EXPLAIN MYSELF? AND, AND, AND YOU NEED TO, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FIX IT? ARE YOU GONNA FIX IT? THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.
UM, MAY I ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY I DON'T THINK IT'S A VIOLATION? YES, YOU CAN.
UM, IT'S NOT A VIOLATION BECAUSE THERE'S NO LOOSE MATERIAL PRESENT AND THERE'S NO ROTTING MATERIAL PRESENT.
AND THE PARA OF PRETT IS PROTECTED AND WITH WATERPROOFED WITH A TARP.
SO THERE'S NO DANGER AND THERE'S NO VIOLATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. BERNSTEIN? OKAY.
HAVING A TARP ON A ROOF IS DEFINITELY A VIOLATION, SIR.
WHAT? HAVING THE TARP ON A ROOF IS A VIOLATION.
AND WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE REPAIRED? OKAY.
WELL, I CAN GIVE YOU THE REPAIR DATE.
UM, THE TARP IS NOT REALLY ON THE ROOF, IT'S ON THE PARAPET, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE,
UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE ON THE REPAIR, IF YOU COULD MOVE UP AGAIN.
THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE REPAIR.
THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS TO GET AN ARCHITECT, WHICH WE'VE ENGAGED, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE AN ANSWER FOR A DESIGN BY THE END OF JANUARY.
AND I PUT HOPEFULLY, 'CAUSE THE ARCHITECT IS GONNA DO WHAT THEY DO.
NOW, THE SECOND ITEM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I DUNNO IF WE NEED OR NOT, UM, IS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
IF WE NEED A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS COULD TAKE UP TO THREE MONTHS FOR THEM TO DO THEIR FINDINGS AND COME UP WITH THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
ONCE THOSE TWO ARE DONE, THE CONTRACTORS
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HAVE ALREADY BEEN LINED UP.AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT, THAT INFORMATION'S AVAILABLE AND WE NEED TO HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR FOR THE BRICK WORK AND ANOTHER FOR THE ROOF.
AND I MIGHT ADD THE BRICKWORK WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ANY FRAMING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THE, UM, ARCHITECT AND THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, THE CONTRACTOR WILL THEN GIVE US A DATE AND WHEN WE CAN HAVE IT FINISHED, I'M TARGETING.
AND WHAT I HOPE WE CAN DO IS THEY FINISHED UP THE WORK BY THE END OF APRIL.
UM, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT GIVEN THE UNKNOWNS THAT ARE PRESENT NOW ON THE, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON SCHEDULE? UH, LET ME, LET ME INTERRUPT THE, THAT I, I ALLOW THE QUESTION TO BE ASKED.
I ALLOW THE QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED AT LEAST THAT FAR.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR THIS BOARD TO GO INTO FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT TIME SCHEDULE OR COST ON A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ISSUE, THERE IS REALLY NO FURTHER NEED FOR ANY DISCUSSION UNLESS THERE IS A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CITY CODE AND WHETHER IT WAS OR WAS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE CITY CODE.
SO IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF THE CODE, ASK THAT QUESTION NOW.
CAN CAN WE BRING UP THE INSPECTOR BACK UP TO TALK, UH, MS. BERNSTEIN, IF YOU WOULD STEP ASIDE FOR JUST A MOMENT.
WE WANNA ASK THE CODE OFFICER A QUESTION.
SO IN YOUR REPORT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SIGNING ONLY CODE VIOLATION 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS? YES, SIR.
AND I'M WONDERING WHY YOU DIDN'T DO 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENTS, WHICH IT COVERS, UH, I GUESS THE CONCERNS OF THE HOMEOWNER CONCERNING THE BRICK AND THE OTHER IS WITH THE ROOF AND DRAINAGE 3 0, 4 0.7.
WHY WEREN'T THOSE CITED AS A VIOLATIONS? WE WENT WITH THE WALL BECAUSE THE PARAPET WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE WALL, AND THAT WAS WHAT THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, COMPLAINT WAS FOR.
AND, UH, WE WANT THAT FOR THE REPAIRS.
WE DIDN'T, UH, GO INTO THE ROOF BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE WENT OUT THERE, THE TARP WAS UP AND I DON'T THINK THE OFFICER WANTED TO CITE THE ROOF OR DIDN'T SEE THE ROOF PART JUST WENT WITH THE WALL.
BUT I THINK THE ROOF IS PRETTY OBVIOUS.
WELL, ANY, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO MR. BERNSTEIN ABOUT THE VIOLATION OF A CODE? WELL, I CAN ADDRESS SOMETHING RELATIVE TO THE, UM, DRAINAGE.
THE ROOF IS DRAINING PROPERLY.
UM, WE DO HAVE A GUTTER ON THE GARAGE SIDE AND THAT STREET I'M GONNA GO AHEAD.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND STOP US.
I, AND I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, UH, MR. SOLIS ASKED, UM, HE GOT HIS ANSWER, BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IS WE'RE NOT GONNA DIVULGE INTO OTHER ISSUES.
I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS AMPLY ANSWERED BY, UH, CODE AND I AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO GET US FOCUSED ON THE EXTERIOR WALL, MR. SCENE, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC VIOLATION OF 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS BEYOND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.
NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 28 19 WHISPER FAWN.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 28 19 WHISPER F STREET, UH, WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS ON 6 6 20 23.
ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS TO BE IN VIOLATION AND THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 60 DAYS.
THE MOTION OF THE FLOOR IS THE, GO AHEAD.
MIND YOU TO FINISH OFF THE MOTION OF THE FLOOR IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UH, 28 19 WHISPER POND STREET WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 4 0.6.
UH, YOU DATED IN, IN JUNE WAS THE DATE.
UH, AND THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED IN 60 DAYS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ROBERT TUBBY SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
MR. BERNSTEIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS WITH
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US.THE NEXT ISSUE ON OUR DOCKET IS GOING TO BE, LADIES, IF YOU PUT UP ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA GO TO NOW WE ARE GONNA GO BACK TO SAUNDERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ARIAN BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 3 3 1 8 SAUNDERS AVENUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 3 0 5 2 BLOCK 16 LOT WEST, 10 FEET OF FOUR AND EAST 35 FEET OF FIVE, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JOSE D.
ESTATE OF INCEL WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 4 0 1 PATRICIA, APARTMENT 2 0 8, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 3.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, BOTH BROTHERS OF THE DECEASED, UH, MR. SANTOS AND ENRIQUE ENL AND THE SON, THE NEPHEW OF THE DECEASED MICHAEL.
ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2023, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH ENRIQUE INCEL WHO STATED THAT NO ONE IS LIVING IN THE MAIN OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 3 1 8 SAUNDERS WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2023 ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND REMAINS PENDING RECEIPT ON JANUARY 11TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 3 1 8 SAUNDERS AVENUE.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JANUARY 25TH, 2024.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE AS OF JANUARY 25TH, 2024 FOR THIS PROPERTY.
TODAY'S FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE'RE TAKING ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 AND JANUARY 17TH, 2024.
PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY, MAIN AND ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN DILAPIDATED AND NEGLECTED CONDITION.
GOING TO THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT.
ON THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE COLUMN IS CRACKED.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WALLS ARE BOWING OUT DUE TO A COLLAPSED ROOF AT THE REAR.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATING AND DETERIORATING WOOD MEMBERS.
THEY ALSO PLACED, UH, LOOKS LIKE METAL SHEETS.
THERE WERE METAL SHEETS ON THE BOTTOM AS TO ACT AS SKIRTING.
AND YOU CAN SEE A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CRACKED COLUMN AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROOF IS MISSING.
THEY USE THE METAL POLES AND WOOD POSTS TO, UH, HOLD UP THE WALL THAT'S FALLING INWARD.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ALSO, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE WALL THAT'S FALLING INWARD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE METAL POLES, HOW THE MUD POLES AND THE WOOD POSTS ARE HOLDING UP THAT WALL IN THAT AREA.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE A CLOSER LOOK OF WHERE THE ROOF IS MISSING AT THIS PORTION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE DECO SIDING THAT'S MISSING IN SOME AREAS IS ALSO DETACHING.
THERE IS A FREE STANDING WALL THERE WITH THE DOOR PLACED ON THE WALL TO ACT AS SIDING.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THIS, UH, DETACHING, UH, DECO SIDING.
ALSO A CLOSEUP OF HOW THERE'S A, THERE'S TWO WOOD POSTS HOLDING THAT WALL ONTO THE, UH, MAIN STRUCTURE AT THE REAR.
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UH, THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE ROOF THAT IN THAT AREA THAT HASN'T COLLAPSED YET, BUT IT'S HOLDS THERE.YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CEILING JOISTS ARE FALLING IN THE MIDDLE.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO LOOK, BUT IN THE MIDDLE THERE'S LOOSE HANGING EXPOSED WIRES, UH, TO THE RIGHT.
THERE'S WATER DAMAGE ON THE WALLS ALSO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, A LOT OF THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED AND THEY'RE WORN LOOKING IN THAT SAME AREA.
LOOKING TO THE, THE FLOOR AREA, IT, IT LOOKS AS IF A PIECE OF PLYWOOD WAS PLACED ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS EX, UH, VERY, VERY UNSTABLE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH, DEBRIS AND RUBBISH.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE RIGHT WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DRY WALL IS MISSING AND SOME OF IT IS DETACHING.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF WHERE I PLACED MY LEVELER.
YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL BUBBLE GOING TO THE RIGHT.
AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LEVELER THERE'S A CRACK.
UM, I BELIEVE IT, IT HAPPENED WHEN I STOOD, STOOD ON IT HOW TO SHOWING HOW UNSTABLE, UH, THAT PLYWOOD IS.
I WAS ABLE TO LOOK TO THE RIGHT.
THERE'S A ROOM ON THE RIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THAT ROOM DUE TO THE OBSTRUCTION OF THE ACCUMULATION OF, OF TRASH AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND WOOD AND DEBRIS, UH, CAUSING AN EGRESS CONCERN.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE, THE ROOF AREA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS HOLES.
THERE IS A BOARD THAT'S PLACED ON THE WINDOW.
I WAS ABLE TO REACH MY HAND AROUND TO GET A PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE AN ACCUMULATION, UH, MORE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND RUBBISH IN THAT ROOM.
ALSO, THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOLDER, UH, PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S GRADE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, LOOKING IN THAT SAME ROOM.
YOU CAN, IF YOU LOOK UP TO THE CEILING, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S HOLES IN THE, THE CEILING.
UM, AND ALSO IN THE MIDDLE THERE'S ALSO LOOSE AND EXPOSED WIRING EXITING THAT ROOM.
THERE'S ANOTHER ROOM ON THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THAT STRUCTURE.
THEY USED A SHEET TO ACT AS A DOORWAY.
UH, TO THE LEFT OF IT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ACCUMULATION OF, IT LOOKS LIKE BOXES WITH MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS INSIDE, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHEET.
AND INSIDE THAT ROOM YOU CAN SEE MORE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH DEBRIS.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE AND AT THE REAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S HOLES WITHIN THE WALLS OUTSIDE THAT ROOM.
THERE IS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY, THAT THE STRUCTURE IS ON GRADE AND THERE'S LOOSE WIRING IN THAT AREA.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO'S GONNA SHOW A CLOSEUP OF HOW THE WIRING IS ATTACHED.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF HOW THE WIRE WAS DUCT TAPED TOGETHER, UH, WHICH IS AN ELECTRICAL HAZARD.
MOVING TO THE REAR YARD OF THE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE A TARP IS PLACED ON THE ROOF TO ACT AS A WATER, UH, WEATHER PROTECTION FOR THE ROOF.
LOOKING FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SHADE IN THE PHOTO, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S A SEPARATION OF WOOD.
THE WOOD PANELS ON THE, UH, LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE RIGHT, THE LEFT ELEVATION.
LOOKING FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE A CONTINUATION OF THE TARP ON THE ROOF.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE HOLES IN THE WOOD SIDING AT THIS LOCA AT THIS AREA.
THIS IS THE REAR, UH, THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ON THE TWO CORNERS OF THE ROOF, THERE ARE TWO CINDER BLOCKS THAT ARE USED IN TO PUT IN PLACE TO HOLD THE TARP, SO THAT AS A, UH, WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF HOW THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS LOOKING AT ALSO STILL AT THE FRONT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO, UH, THE BEAM HAS SHIFTED OFF OF THE POST.
UM, AND TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S RESTING.
HERE IS ANOTHER ANGLE OF THAT SAME AREA.
BUT TO THE, TO THE LEFT OF THAT PREVIOUS PHOTO WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEY USE THE CEMENT BLOCK FOR SHIMMING.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF HOW THEY USE THE CINDER BLOCKS TO HOLD THE TARP AND PLACE ON THE ROOF WITH THE METAL, UH, POLE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S, I CAN SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT PHOTO THAT IT'S NOT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT WATER PROTECTION, WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
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DAMAGE, UH, IN THE PHOTO.YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE CRACKING OF THE DRYWALL.
UM, SO IT'S NOT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT PROTECTION.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL WOOD FRAME MAIN STRUCTURE, ZONED MF 33 AND BUILT IN 1930.
THE STRUCTURE SUFFERS FROM LONG-TERM DETERIORATION WITH ISSUES TO ALL THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS.
THE STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND RESTING ON GRADE.
THERE IS WALL TO WALL SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
WALLS ARE FALLING INWOOD AND SUPPORTED BY METAL AND WOOD POSTS.
THE COLUMN ON THE FRONT ELEVATION IS CRACKED.
THE ROOF AT THE REAR HAS COLLAPSED.
THE REMAINING ROOF MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED, WORN, AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THERE ARE HOLES IN THE ROOF AND WALLS ALLOWING IN NATURAL LIGHT AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THERE IS ALSO A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL WOOD FRAME ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY.
THE FLOOR BEAMS ARE WORN, DETERIORATED, AND SINKING INTO GRADE.
THE WALL WOOD SIDING IS WORN, DETERIORATED, AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE ROOF IS WORN AND DISPLAYS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 3 3 1 8 SAUNDERS AVENUE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING OR A HAS A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR BOTH STRUCTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3 3 1 8 SAUNDERS AVENUE.
QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF THE CODE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.
UH, SANTOS RIOS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR.
MY NAME IS SANTOS RE I LIVE IN, UH, 14 0 1 PATRICIA DRIVE, APARTMENT NUMBER 2 0 8.
AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE.
UH, AT THE MOMENT, SIR, I'M GETTING THIS, UH, HOUSE TRANSFERRED OVER TO MY UNCLE SO HE COULD HAVE FULL CUSTODY OF THE HOUSE.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, WORKING WITH MY, WITH MY PROBATE LAWYER.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME I WANT HIM TO START FIXING UP THE HOUSE.
SO MAYBE HE COULD GET SOME GRANTS TO HELP HIM OUT TO FIXING THE HOUSE.
MAYBE THERE'S PROGRAMS OUT THERE FOR HIM, FOR HIS, FOR HIS AGE.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION IN TERMS OF SCOPE OF WORK OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? NO.
UH, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, UH, DOES ENRIQUE INCEL OR MICHAEL, EITHER ONE, HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU HAVE? NO, SIR.
THEY'RE HERE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE NO.
UH, AND IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME FOR ASK GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO HIS TESTIMONY? UH, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU DO HAVE SOME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS PLEASE.
ADDRESS, 1822 GUADALUPE STREET.
AND, UH, YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW THE PROCESS IS, UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS AN, UH, IT WAS IN THROUGH INHERITANCE AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH, UH, DOING THE OLD PROBATE, UH, TO GET THE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO MY FATHER.
AND, UH, I WAS TELLING MY FATHER THAT THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS OUT THERE, UH, CONSIDERING HE'S A SENIOR, UH, LOW INCOME THAT THEY MIGHT, IF THE HOUSE IS UNDER HIS NAME, THEY POSSIBLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP HIM REPAIR IT.
UH, SANTOS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK AND LET ME ASK THE BOARD IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU.
BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. S UH, THE QUESTION WAS, IS HE THE OWNER OF THE, THE ANSWER IS THE OWNER HAS ACTUALLY NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.
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'CAUSE THAT'S AN ISSUE OF STILL IN PROBATE.AND I HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM TODAY AT FIVE.
MR. RUIZ, ARE YOU RELATED TO THE, UM, JOSE SAL, THE, THE, THE ESTATE THAT YES, SIR.
CURRENTLY OWNS THE PROPERTY? YES.
AND HOW ARE YOU RELATED? HE'S MY FATHER.
AND REAL QUICK, HOW IS MR. ENRIQUE SAL? HOW IS HE RELATED TO.
AND SO, AND SO MICHAEL, THE ONE THAT CAME AND SPOKE, HIS, HIS IS THE NEPHEW OF THE OWN, OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE, THE RELATIONSHIP.
IF IT'S IN PROBATE COURT, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? UH, WE ACTUALLY CAN MAKE A DECISION EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN PROBATE COURT BECAUSE IT IS EITHER IS OR IS NOT A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON IT REGARDLESS.
UH, COUNSEL, IF I, THAT IS AN INCORRECT STATEMENT, YOU CAN CORRECT ME.
I, YES, I WOULD'VE CORRECTED YOU IF YOU'RE INCORRECT.
AS ALWAYS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
I'M AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING NOW.
UH, CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 33 18 SAUNDERS.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 33 18 SAUNDERS, UM, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56 FOR MAIN STRUCTURE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18 AND ACCESSORY 1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS WITH ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND ANY OTHER ORDER SUCH AS SECURE FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 33 18.
UH, SAUNDERS IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND IS NOT FE NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, UH, SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS SECURED.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION IF NO, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE FINAL PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE 1 34 DEL DONE.
JUST, JUST GET WITH YOUR COURT OFFICER SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER DOMINGUEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
DEVELOPED SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 34 IDEL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3 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 1 2 0 3 5, BLOCK SEVEN, LOT 56, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DENISE CARROLL, A AND DOUGLAS R AND DENNIS, BRENDA J WITH THE, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 34 IDEL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNERS ON RECORD ARE NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND, NOR HAVE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 26TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 34 IDEL WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 10TH, 2023.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON JANUARY 12TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 34 IDEL ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND
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THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS RETURNED ON JANUARY 20, ON JANUARY 25TH.UNABLE TO FORWARD NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERING REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JANUARY 24TH, 2025.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1 34 IDEL 1 34 IDEL IS LOCATED WITHIN 1000 FEET OF ANES FOSTER ELEMENTARY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 AND JANUARY 20TH, 2024.
PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A FIRE DAMAGE, STRUCTURES OF A FIRE DAMAGE STRUCTURE WITH TWO ACCESSORY STR STRUCTURES LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.
ALL STRUCTURES AND PROPERTY HAVE BEEN LEFT IN NEGLECTED CONDITION.
STRUCTURE ON PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A MAIN STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE IS AN ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL METAL SHED LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
A FIRE OCCURRED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE ON APRIL.
FIRE INCIDENT REPORTS STATES A FIRE HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE ROOF PRIOR TO ARRIVAL.
ROOF DECKING AND COVER IS COMPLETELY MISSING.
MY ENTRANCE INTO THE MAIN STRUCTURE FOR INTERIOR PHOTOS TOOK PLACE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE THAT IS SECURED IN THE PHOTO.
NEXT PHOTO IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
FACIA IS COMPLETELY CHARRED AND SIDING COVERING OVER ATTIC SPACES DAMAGED AND DETACHING.
NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
STRUCTURE HAS AN ATTACHED CARPORT.
THE CARPORT WAS NOT DAMAGED BY THE FIRE BUD DOES HAVE STRUCTURAL CONCERNS.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN UNDER THE CARPORT NEXT TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THIS PHOTO REVEALS A CLOSER VIEW EXPOSING SEVERE CHARRING TO WOOD, RAFTER AND CEILING JOISTS.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN TO THE REAR OF THE CARPORT.
CARPORT DOES HAVE STRUCTURAL CONCERNS.
THE END RAPTOR IS NOT A COMPLETE RUN AND RAPTOR IS SCABBED AND SINKING INWARD IN THE MIDDLE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD AT THIS TIME THAT ON MY INITIAL INSPECTION, UH, CPS HAD TO BE CONTACTED DUE TO LEGAL SERVICES.
THERE WAS A METER THAT WAS UH, JUMPED AND IT WAS PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE REAR, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA THAT WAS TAKEN OVER BY GRAS AT THE TIME.
NEXT PHOTO REVEALS THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE REAR IS SIMILAR TO THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF DECKING AND COVERING IS COMPLETELY MISSING DUE TO RECENT ACTIVITY ACTION THAT HAS ALSO BEEN CREATED TO HAVE THE STRUCTURES RESECURED, PROPERTY CLEANED AND GRAFFITI REMOVED.
NEXT FOUR PHOTOS ARE THE INTERIOR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE IS THE KITCHEN AREA.
THESE CONDITIONS THAT ARE VIEWED IN THIS FO IN THIS PHOTO ALSO EXIST IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STRUCTURE.
STRUCTURE IS COMPLETELY WIDE OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND NO CLEAR WALKING SURFACES AVAILABLE.
NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE LIVING AREA.
LIVING AREA IS COMPLETELY OPEN AND DAMAGED WITH DAMAGED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WALLS.
NEXT TWO PHOTOS ARE OF THE BEDROOM LOCATED IN THE RIGHT REAR CORNER.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S NO CLEAR WALKING SURFACE ROOM OPEN TO ALL THE ELEMENTS.
AND NEXT PHOTO IS ACTUALLY AN IDENTICAL PHOTO THAT'S JUST TAKEN A STEP BACK AND THIS IS JUST BRIGHTER.
THE BOARD THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DOOR JAMBS ARE ARE COMPLETELY CHARRED.
FIRE DID NOT ONLY DAMAGE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS BUT ALL WOOD MEMBERS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE FIRST ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE, IT'S A 414 SQUARE FOOT.
ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA ON THE PROPERTY RES ARE FREQUENTLY ENTERING AND EXITING THIS STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE WAS RECENTLY SECURED.
STRUCTURE HAS DAMAGE AND MISSING SIDING.
AND ON THIS DAY OF INSPECTION STRUCTURE WAS UNSECURED AGAIN.
NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT OF THE STRUCTURE ON THE FENCE LINE.
THE AWNING ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR IS DETACHED.
NEXT FOLDER IS GONNA BE AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE HAS ANOTHER WINDOW THAT HAS BEEN UNSECURED STRUCTURE HAS ALSO BEEN TAGGED WITH GRAFFITI.
THE STRUCTURE IS AN ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA WITH WATER SERVICE.
AND ON THIS INSPECTION FOUND WATER LEAKED TO THE RIGHT OF THE WATER HEATER WHERE THE CUTOFFS ARE LOCATED.
WATER LEAK HAS SPRAYED ONTO THE FENCE.
IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN REVEAL THE ICE BUILD UP AGAINST THE FENCE.
SAWS WAS CONTACTED TO HAVE UM, DISCONNECTS.
NEXT PHOTOS OF THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE TRIM IS MISSING.
NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SHINGLES ARE WORN AND MISSING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
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ALSO LIFTING AND THE NEXT SIX PHOTOS ARE GONNA BE IN INTERIOR OF ARE GONNA BE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.STRUCTURE IS FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. NEXT PHOTO IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE OF THE DOOR.
THERE'S NO CLEAR WALKING SURFACE AVAILABLE TO ENTER THIS AREA.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE KITCHEN AREA.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE STRUCTURE IS NEGLECTED.
WINDOW GLASS IS COMPLETELY BROKEN TO THE LEFT AND THE COUNTERTOP AND THE COUNTERTOP BEHIND THE TABLE REVEALS DRUG ACTIVITY THAT IS PRESENT.
TS HAVE VANDALIZED THE BEDROOM WITH GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO REVEALS DAMAGED SHEET ROCK TO THE LEFT OF THIS BEDROOM.
THERE'S A LARGE HOLE IN THE SHEET ROCK AND ADDITIONAL GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS.
NEXT PHOTOS OF THE STRUCTURE TOWARDS THE MAIN.
HERE'S A MORE DAMAGED SHEET, ROCK AND EXPOSURE WOOD FRAME.
NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE THE ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO.
ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO IS AN EIGHT BY EIGHT METAL SHED.
SITTING ON GRADE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN TAGGED WITH GRAFFITI ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
FOLLOWING PHOTO AFTER THIS IS GONNA BE OF THE ROOFTOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ROOF SYSTEM IS RUSTED, HOLES ARE PRESENT.
AND NEXT TWO PHOTOS ARE THE IN ARE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. AND NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE OF THE ROOF COVERING.
DAYLIGHT IS PRESENT FROM HOLES ON THE RUSTED ROOFTOP.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE AND HAS BEEN NEGLECTED DUE TO THE FIRE.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE'S ROOF HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE AND LACKS DECKING AND HAS SEVERE WOOD CHARRING TO ALL WOOD MEMBERS.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE MISSING BOARDS AND THE INTERIOR WALLS ARE MISSING DRYWALL AND HAVE EXPOSED STUDS.
THERE ARE NOT EVEN WALKING SURFACES WITHIN THE STRUCTURE AND NO MEANS OF EGRESS ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE.
THE ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA HAS ALSO BEEN LEFT IN NEGLECTED CONDITION.
VAGAS HAVE BEEN ENTERING AND EXITING THE STRUCTURE.
EXTERIOR SIDE IS DETERIORATED AND IS MISSING IN AREAS.
INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN VANDALIZED.
ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, THE EIGHT BY EIGHT METAL SHED THAT HAS HAS ALSO BEEN NEGLECTED.
THE STRUCTURE IS RUSTED, ROOF HAS HOLES AND STRUCTURE HAS BEEN TAGGED WITH GRAFFITI.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1 34 IDEL ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, THE METAL SHED 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE, HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND THE WELFARE PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUB SATURN OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 34 IDEL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? MM-HMM.
YOU MAY BE SEATED CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 3 4 IDEL AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 2 3 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1, 5 6 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 2 1 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17 AND 18.
AND I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
UH, SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 34 ADELE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND NOT FEASIBLE, BUT BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT SECTIONS 1, 5 6 SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN AND FIRST ACCESSORY, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17,
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AND 18.AND FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, SUB CODES 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, MS. BROWN? SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? UH, EXCUSE ME.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL MOVE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES.
ARE THERE ANY SUBJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AS A BOARD? YES, MS. BROWN.
UH, ONE I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I DID SEND MR. UH, GUPTA AND HIS WIFE A SYMPATHY CARD AND I SIGNED IT FROM THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
AND, UH, I GOT, I'M SORRY, JUDY, I FORGOT TO BRING YOU THAT LETTER THAT YOU HAD SENT OUT TO HIM.
IT'S BEEN SITTING ON MY, MY COUNTER FOR TWO MONTHS NOW, BUT I'LL GET IT TO YOU EVENTUALLY.
I THINK I TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE ALSO.
ANY STAFF ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BRING UP, JUDY? YES.
JUDY KRUM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BSB MEMBERSHIP.
MR. FRANKS WAS APPOINTED TO THE BSB ON JANUARY 11TH.
HE JOINS PANEL B AND FILL THE AT LARGE POSITION.
ALSO, ROBERT TAPIA AND ANN WEINER WERE BOTH ALSO REAPPOINTED ON JANUARY 11TH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.
THAT IS GOOD, ISN'T IT, JUDY? HAVE WE, LEMME KNOW, HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM DISTRICT EIGHT'S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO THE REPLACEMENT FOR MS. HAYES? NO, I HAVE NOT.
BUT I'LL REACH OUT AGAIN IF, IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN FOLLOW UP TOO WITH THEM.
ANY OTHER ISSUES WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.