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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 6, THURSDAY MAY 2ND.
I WILL BE THE ACTING CHAIR TODAY, UH, FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING INTO SESSION STAFF.
WILL, WILL YOU, UH, CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ALICE GUO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
WE HAVE, UH, INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
I'D LIKE TO READ THE, UH, ENGLISH VERSION.
SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE DURING THIS MEETING.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED IN SPANISH.
TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS AND THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK.
CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH INTERPRETATION PLEASE? THANK YOU.
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 THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU, YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A, OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SUB TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN 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 THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS 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 3 6.
AND, UH, NOW, PRIOR TO THE, UH, ITEMS, I'D LIKE, UH, THE STAFF TO REVIEW
[ Approval of Minutes ]
THE MEETING AND STAFF, PLEASE PROCEED.HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YES.
UH, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? NO.
IF NOT, UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION CHAIR? MOTION? THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
I HAVE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS FOR, UH, APRIL 4TH, 2024.
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THANK YOU, FRED.UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, SECOND.
UM, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
THE, UH, MOTION IS CARRIED, UH, FIVE TO ZERO.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
SAV REPORTS? GOOD MORNING BOARD.MY NAME IS ALICE GUO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
I WILL BE READING INTO RECORD EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 2 6 2 6 CISCO BOULEVARD WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON APRIL 9TH DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 27TH.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
AND NOW LET'S BEGIN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CASES.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE 2 0 8 OB GUN.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 0 8 OBERON STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 2 0 8 OBERON STREET IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JUNE 27TH, 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 6 8 7 8, NO BLOCK NUMBER, LOT TWO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MEJIA JUAN P AND ESTHER WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 0 8 OBERON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
FRANCIS MARTINEZ, THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS HERE TO SPEAK SAN ANTONIO POLICE.
OFFICER GONZALEZ IS ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 11TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 0 8 OB GRAND STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 26TH, 2023.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 17TH, 2023, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023, A MEETING WAS HELD AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH JOANNE MARTINEZ, THE DECEASED OWNER'S DAUGHTER.
A COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT WAS MADE TO ALLOW MS. MARTINEZ SIX MONTHS TO PUT THE PROPERTY IN HER NAME, CLEAN AND SECURE THE PROPERTY, AND START WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. AT THIS TIME, MS. MARTINEZ HAS NOT COMPLETED ANY OF THE AGREEMENT ON APRIL 18TH, 2024, THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 0 8 ARON STREET ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO JUAN P AND ESTHER MEJIA, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON APRIL 3RD, 2024, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSB.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN
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PROVIDED.NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
OH, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THE VINYL PLANK SIDING IS MISSING OR DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE, EXPOSING THE PLYWOOD.
THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS SHINGLE COVERING THE ROOF HAS A, A SAG TO IT, AND THE COVERING IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS AND TARP HAS BEEN PLACED OVER THE ROOF.
IT GIVES YOU A CLOSER VIEW OF SOME OF THE FRONT ELEVATION AS WELL TO THE WATER, DAMAGE TO THE PLYWOOD AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
IT IS EXTREMELY CLOSE, CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
SO HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE FOUNDATION.
THE CEDAR POSTS ARE ROTTED AND THERE HAS BEEN, UH, WOODEN BLOCKS PLACED TO TRY TO LEVEL THE, THE FOUNDATION.
SO THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE ARE STILL A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS PART OF THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION, ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROOF SYSTEM IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
THE ROOF COVERING IS WORN AND IT IS DETERIORATED TOWARDS THE LEFT PORTION.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR.
THE FLOOR COVERING IS COMPLETELY MISSING.
IT IS JUST A SUBFLOOR OR PLYWOOD.
THERE IS EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE CEILING, UM, THAT, THAT HAS NOW BEEN COVERED BY THAT CORRUGATED METAL
UM, THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE CORRUGATED METAL AS WELL.
AGAIN, EXTENSION CORDS ARE BEING RUN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE FLOOR COVERING IS EITHER MISSING OR, UH, IT IS IN POOR CONDITION.
HERE'S A BACK VIEW OF THAT KITCHEN GOING, LOOKING INTO THE LIVING ROOM AGAIN, THE FLOOR COVERING IS EITHER MISSING OR IN POOR CONDITION AND IT, IT IS THE SUBFLOOR EXPOSED.
THE BACK ROOM OFF OF THE KITCHEN IS FILLED WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS CAUSING A EGRESS ISSUE IN CASE OF PANIC OR FIRE.
THE FLOOR IS SOFT AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME REMODELING DONE, UM, WITHOUT PERMITS OBTAINED.
SO THE RIGHT WALL, IT IS EXPOSED.
THE STUDS ARE EXPOSED, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING IS EXPOSED, AND AGAIN, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR ANY NEW WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
SO AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCK IS COMPLETELY MISSING.
THE STUDS ARE EXPOSED ALONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL WIRING.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER BEDROOM OFF OF THE LIVING ROOM AREA.
THE CEILING DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO PAINT OVER IT.
SO THERE IS WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING, BUT THE, THERE IS PAINT COVERING IT.
IT CAN SHOW WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO COVER UP ALL THE WATER DAMAGE.
SO THIS WAS THE DAY OF THE DART.
THE STRUCTURE IS THE SAME CURRENTLY TODAY AS IT WAS JUNE 27TH.
SO AGAIN, THE REAR ELEVATION, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE DAY OF THE DART.
SO ON APRIL 3RD, IT LOOKS EXACTLY THIS WAY.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
ON THE DAY OF THE DART ON JUNE 27TH.
ON APRIL 3RD, THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS INSIDE, UM, BUT IT IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION.
SO THIS IS THAT AREA WHERE THEY HAVE NOW PLACED CORRUGATED METAL OVER THE KITCHEN AREA FROM JULY, JUNE 27TH TO APRIL 3RD.
IT IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION AND THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 0 8 OBREGON STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS
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DEMOLITION THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED AND UTILITIES TO BE DISCONNECTED.THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2 0 8 AGROUND STREET.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU JEFF.
OFFICER FLORES, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M ASSIGNED TO THE CENTRAL SAFE UNIT THERE.
UM, 2 0 8 OBER IS IN OUR AREA AND, UH, WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY NEIGHBORS, UH, FOR MULTIPLE TRAFFIC COMING AND GOING FROM LOCATION.
UH, WE DID CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE AND WHILE WE DID SURVEILLANCE, OUR CALL LOG DID NOT, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE MAKE STOPS, WE DON'T USE THE ADDRESS FROM THERE.
SO WE, IT RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ARRESTS AND GANG GANG CONTACTS THAT ARE, UH, NOTED TO BE AT LOCATION.
UH, A MALE WHO USED TO LIVE THERE WAS IDENTIFIED AND THAT, UM, THROUGH A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE PERSON ADVISED THAT THE MALE WAS SELLING NARCOTICS FROM LOCATION.
SO WE DID MAKE SOME ARRESTS OUTTA LOCATION.
UM, SINCE THEN THE MALE HAS PASSED AWAY AND WE DID NOTICE THE DECLINE IN TRAFFIC FROM LOCATION.
SO, BUT WE'VE, UH, LOCATION HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HOUSE STOLEN VEHICLES IN THE BACK.
UH, WE DID HAVE THAT WHEN I WAS ON PATROL.
SO THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH 2008 OVER THE GUN.
UH, ON OUR RECENT DART WARRANT, I'M SORRY, ON, UH, THE RECENT INSPECTION REINSPECTION ON, UH, APRIL 3RD, WE HAD A, UH, WANTED FEMALE WHO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THERE WHILE WE CONDUCTED OUR, UH, WHILE THE CITY CONDUCTED THEIR, UH, REINSPECTION FROM THAT LOCATION.
ANY INCIDENTS OF, UH, INJURY TO, TO OFFICERS? NO.
THEY, THERE WAS NO INCIDENTS THERE FOR THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE THIS IS, UH, FRED ANDIS.
UM, IN THIS AREA, THIS ISN'T THE ONLY HOUSE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE MOVING TO.
THE SECOND ONE WAS ON NAVIDA AND WE TOOK CARE OF THAT LOCATION.
THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED, BUT THERE'S OTHERS WITHIN YOUR PATROL AREA, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THIS HOUSE IS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO STORM ELEMENTARY AND THERE'S A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO STORM ELEMENTARY THAT'S USUALLY HAS A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUAL LITTLE, I MEAN JUVENILES THAT HANG OUT THERE.
IS THIS A KNOWN TRAFFIC THROWAWAY FOR SCHOOL KIDS TO GO TO THE SCHOOL? YES.
BECAUSE OF THE PE THE KIDS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA OBVIOUSLY GO TO STORM IN THAT AREA, SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
OH, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING? YES.
MS. FRANCIS MARTINEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
OH, IT'S, UH, FRANCIS MARTINEZ AND MY ADDRESS IS 74 26 PERCS SAM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 2.
DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN? GO AHEAD.
FRANCIS MARTINEZ, 74 26 PERCS SOUND, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 2.
SO, UM, MY MOM'S IS, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THE HOME.
UM, I DO KNOW ALL THIS THAT THEY'RE SAYING.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THAT HOME, AROUND THAT HOME FOR YEARS.
BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, MY MOM DID NOT, UM, PROCEED WITH, UH, ANY OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
IT WOULD COST HER TOO MUCH MONEY TO, TO DO THAT.
SHE IS NOT CAPABLE OF PAYING ALL THAT.
UM, WE DID TRY TO GO THROUGH A PROGRAM THAT, UH, THEY DID OFFER.
HOWEVER, THE HOME WAS NOT UNDER MY MOM'S NAME.
WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME, UM, GETTING THE HOME PUT UNDER HER NAME.
UM, THEY DID WANT US TO FIND GRANDCHILDREN THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE FOUND AN ATTORNEY THAT IS WILLING TO GET THE DEED, UM, ENTITLED UNDER MY MOM'S NAME SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH SELLING THE PROPERTY.
AT THIS POINT, UM, SHE DOES NOT WANNA LIVE AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, SHE JUST WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND SELL THE PROPERTY AND, UH, BE DONE WITH IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
SO DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF TODAY, UM, WE WOULD JUST NEED SOME TIME JUST TO GET THE PAPERWORK CHANGED UNDER HER NAME AND THEN PROCEED WITH THE CELL.
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TO SELL THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER, JUST BECAUSE THE HOME WAS NOT UNDER HER NAME, WE COULDN'T PROCEED WITH THAT.SO, UH, I THINK, UH, THE LAWYER SAID IT WOULD TAKE 'EM A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET THE TITLE CHANGE AND THEN, UH, TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 30 DAYS.
SO IF WE COULD AT LEAST GET THREE MONTHS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE, UM, GET THE CELL COMPLETE AND, UH, AND JUST WALK AWAY FROM THAT HOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
THEY GAVE YOU AN OPTION OF SIX MONTHS.
THE REASON YOU COULDN'T DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IN YOUR NAME.
IT WAS NOT UNDER MY MOM'S NAME.
WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH GETTING THE TITLE CHANGED TO UNDER HER NAME BECAUSE OF THE, THE SIBLINGS HAVE ALL PASSED AWAY.
UM, BUT THEY WANTED US TO CONTACT EACH SIBLING'S CHILDREN TO GET THEIR PART TO, TO GET THEIR PART.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE, THE GRANDCHILDREN.
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN A PART OF THEIR LIFE.
LIKE, OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S LIFE OR AT THAT TIME, WITHOUT YOU GOING THROUGH ALL THE DID, DID, WHAT WAS YOUR INTENT NOW BEFORE YOU WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, WHAT WAS THE INTENT TO REBUILD IT OR SO? YES.
'CAUSE MY MOM HAD THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD REBUILD IT.
SHE CAN MOVE BACK INTO, MOVE BACK IN THE HOME AND LIVE THERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, AFTER THE COST, UM, SHE'S ON A FIXED INCOME.
SHE WOULD, SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO ARE YOU OPPOSED TO TEARING IT DOWN? UM, WELL, WE DON'T WANNA SELL IT BECAUSE AT THE, THEY, UH, AFTER GETTING THE, UM, THE QUOTE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BUY THE HOME, UH, THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO REBUILD THE HOME OFF OF THE, THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF WORK, BUT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO RECONSTRUCT THE HOME.
SO YOUR INTENT, ONCE YOU GET CLEAR TITLE IS TO SELL IT JUST TO SELL THE PROPERTY? YES.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TODAY, THE ONLY OPTION BEFORE US IS A DEMOLITION.
WELL, YES, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T, SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE RIGHT, THE REBUILD.
BESIDES THE, THE PROGRAM, BUT AGAIN, THAT PROGRAM THAT, AGAIN, THEY WERE ASKING THE TITLE TO BE PUT UNDER HER NAME AND WE ONLY HAD SO MANY DAYS.
THAT PROGRAM WAS ONLY OPEN FOR SO MANY DAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHAIR, THIS IS THOMAS.
COULD YOU COME BACK UP PLEASE? MORE QUICK?
SO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS MULTIPLE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS BASED OFF DIFFERENT REASONS.
UM, AGE, INCOME, DISABILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WHATEVER SHE WAS APPLYING WITH THEM, IT, IT'S DIFFERENT PROGRAM, SO THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC ONE, BUT AGAIN, THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE IN HER NAME BEFORE SHE COULD EVEN APPLY TO ANY OF THEM TO SEE IF SHE WOULD QUALIFY.
UM, THE LAST QUESTION IS, SO IS DO YOU HAVE A BUYER RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR PROPERTY? YES.
IF WE CAN GET THE TITLE CHANGE, IF WE CAN GET THE TITLE, CHANGE THEIR CONTRACT AND, AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SO LOOKING AT THE HOUSE, AND I LIVE IN A REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND I CAN'T SEE HOW IT CAN BE REBUILT.
I THINK IT'S A TEAR DOWN AND BUILT.
THE PROPERTY'S WORTH MORE, EXCUSE ME, THAN THE HOUSE.
WELL, EVEN AFTER US GETTING THE QUOTE, UM, WITH THE CONTRACTOR COMING OUT, UM, IT WASN'T FOR THEM TO TEAR DOWN THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
THEY WERE GOING TO, UM, REBUILD IT AS, AS WELL.
IT, IT, IT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY SHE DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RECONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCTING THE HOME.
LEGAL HAS A FEW QUESTIONS IF I MAY PROCEED.
UM, WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOUR MOTHER ENTERED INTO A COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE DART UNIT? UH, YES.
I WASN'T HERE WHEN SHE DID IT, BUT YES.
UM, AND IS IT TRUE THAT THAT AGREEMENT WAS FOR SIX MONTHS, UM, AND THE PROPERTY WAS TO, UH, YOU, YOUR MOM WAS TO MAKE REPAIRS? WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT SHE WOULD COME, WE WOULD COME MEET AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS AND SHE WOULD COME WITH A, UH, A PLAN TO, UH, TO REBUILD.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE, THE, THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT THAT YOUR MOTHER HAD ENTERED INTO WITH THE DART UNIT? NO.
SO IF I TOLD YOU, UM, THAT COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT STATES THAT YOUR MOTHER DURING THE SIX MONTHS THAT IT IS TO BE VACATED AND UNOCCUPIED, THAT THAT REPAIRS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE.
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DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THOSE DOCUMENTS AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING, UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU MADE, OR EXCUSE ME, YOUR MOTHER MADE WITH THE DART UNIT, WERE YOU AWARE AT ANY POINT IN TIME, UM, IF THE CITY OR THE DART UNIT WERE NOTIFIED THAT YOU WERE OR YOUR MOTHER WAS, UM, NO LONGER GOING TO TRY TO REPAIR THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE BUT SELL THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE? UM, NO, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS AWARE OF IS THAT IF SHE, UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW 'CAUSE I WASN'T THERE, BUT, UM, FROM WHAT SHE SAID OR WHAT SHE MENTIONED WAS THAT, UM, IF THEY DECIDED, UM, TO SELL THE PROPERTY THAT I GET, I'M, I'M ASSUMING SHE HAD TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEONE.I'M NOT, HONESTLY, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THOSE DETAILS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
I JUST, UM, I JUST RECENTLY CAME ON INTO THIS.
UM, I'M PREPARED FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND CHAIR.
I MOTION I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 8 OBERON STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 57, 1 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION.
YEAH, SORRY, I DID THAT BACKWARDS.
UM, IT IS IN VIOLATION OF, UH, CHAPTER 6 1 57 CODES 1, 2 8 11, 12 15, 17, 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DELI DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE ORDER, UM, SECURED UTILITIES CUT AND ALL VACATED.
UH, UH, COUNSEL GOT A QUESTION.
WE NORMALLY DO THESE UNDER CHAPTER 1 56.
IS THERE BIG DIFFERENCE? YEAH.
UH, THE DEFINITIONS ARE ON 1 56, BUT THE REST OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE GIVING IS CORRECT.
BECAUSE IT'S, UM, IN THE ACTUAL READING, IT ACTUALLY SAYS BOTH OF THEM.
1 56 AND YOU CAN READ IT WITH BOTH OF 'EM IN THERE.
I, WE, WE PROMISE, I I CAN TELL YOU MS. KRUM HAS ALREADY BROUGHT THAT INFORMATION UP TO US.
WE HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN THE LEGAL CHAIN.
YOU, YOU'RE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, WITH USING BOTH.
ATE, GO AHEAD AND REPEAT REINSTATE.
OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU WANT ME TO RE MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU WANT ME TO REDO THE MOTION? YES, PLEASE.
UM, I MOVE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 8.
ABRAM STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FOR FUSIBLE, UH, FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION, UH, 6 1 56 1 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED, REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER SECURED AND ALL UTILITIES CUT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. FRANKS.
WE MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 8 OREGON STREETS SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 0 7 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR IN AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF, UH, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
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I HAVE A SECOND? YOU DIDN'T SAY CHAIRMAN A SECOND.ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR A SECOND? YES, I SECOND THE MOTION.
DO WE HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT? I THINK I HAVE, GO AHEAD.
OH, IF THERE IS ANYONE IN THERE VACATE THE PROPERTY.
STATED AND IS THAT TO I ACCEPT A FREE AMENDMENT.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? NO, HE HAS, THAT'S WHAT, NO, I CAN'T SECOND MY AMENDMENT.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
THE MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY I JUST GO TO THE OLD ONE.
NEXT CASE IS, UH, 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET.
MY NAME IS RAMIRO MORALES, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD BY THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 5 97 BLOCK A LOT FOUR LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MIGUEL LAWRENCE J WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 4 4 1 0 BRIAR STONE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED IS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
THE OWNER, UH, MR. LAWRENCE MAGO OF COURSE, CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE OWNER, UM, ON DECEM, WHAT WAS IT, JANUARY 18TH, 2021.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED THAT THE PROPERTY IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION DUE TO HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON AUGUST 14TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE THIS BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE.
ON APRIL 17TH, THE NOTICE OF BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED AT THIS TIME.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF.
LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF MAY 1ST, 2024.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1314 ECOMMERCE.
THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET.
UM, IT'S ONE CAMPUS, BUT IT'S TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
IT'S, UH, IDEA CARVER COLLEGE PREPARATORY AND IDEA CARVER ACADEMY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 25TH, 2024, MARCH 27TH, 2024.
SO THIS IS A VACANT SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS ONE ACTUALLY FACES THE REAR STREET, UH, CALLED SHED RACK ONE 13 SHADROCK THE ADDRESS.
HOLD ON, SIR, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE STOP.
IF YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND, BE CALLED AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A MICROPHONE.
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UM, I'LL REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME.SO THIS STRUCTURE, THE PROPERTY IS 1314 EAST COMMERCE.
THIS STRUCTURE FACES THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, UH, FACES SHADRACK.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A VACANT SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHICH FACES CATARACT TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO HAVE DEFICIENCIES TO ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A CONTEXTUAL OF THAT FRONT ELEVATION.
UM, THIS ONE SHOWS LONG-TERM DETERIORATION TO THE WALLS AND ROOF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE RIDGE LINE OF THAT ROOF LEANING TOWARDS THE LEFT.
IT'S GONNA BE ISSUES WITH THE FOUNDATION.
UM, AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
SO HERE, STARTING AT THE FOUNDATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT'S PROPPED UP.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE CENTER BLOCK AND SOME SHIMS. AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE LEFT, IT'S A BARE CENTER BLOCK AND THEN IT SITS ON GRADE TO THE FAR LEFT.
UM, THERE'S TWO BRACING, UH, TYPE, UH, MATERIALS THAT WERE PROPPED UP IN THE FRONT OF THIS STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE WAS BRACING INSTALLED.
SO THE WOOD SIDING HERE IS ROTTED.
UM, THERE'S THE DAMAGE TO THE OVERHANG ON THAT LEFT SIDE.
THERE'S ALSO TO THE FAR LEFT, THERE'S AN AWNING THAT DETACHED THEM COLLAPSED.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING THE, UH, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THAT FOUNDATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FRONT DOOR IS UNSECURED.
UM, YOU COULD SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.
THAT BACK DOOR'S ALSO UNSECURED AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S ATTACHED COLLAPSE DUE TO LONG-TERM DETERIORATION ON ITS WAY DOWN.
IT DAMAGED THE SIDING, THE WINDOW FRAMES, AND THE GLAZING IN THIS AREA.
NEXT, THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
LOOKING FROM THE REAR TOWARDS THE FRONT, UM, THERE IS DAMAGED SKIRTING.
ON THE BOTTOM, YOU COULD SEE THE EXPOSURE OF THE BEAM THERE.
UM, THE BEAM DOES HAVE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION.
UM, THE SIDING IS ALSO ROTTED HERE.
THE WINDOW FRAMES ARE DETACHING.
THERE'S A GLAZING THAT'S MISSING OR BROKEN.
UM, YOU COULD ALSO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE REAR ELEVATION WITH THE, UH, FIRE DAMAGE THERE, THE EXPOSED STUDS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, REAR ELEVATION.
THERE'S EVIDENCE OF THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALL COVERING, WHICH HAS COLLAPSED, EXPOSING THE WALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
UM, IT'S ALSO MISSING, UH, THE GLAZING THAT WINDOW'S UNSECURED.
NEXT, THESE ARE THE REAR ELEVATION PORCH STEPS, WHICH ARE SEPARATING.
UM, THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE THE ROOF RIDGE IS SEEING LISTING IN TOWARDS, UH, THE SUBFLOOR IS ROTTED AND DAMAGED IN HERE.
I HAD TO STEP OVER THAT PIECE OF PLYWOOD.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A HOLE, UH, UNDER IT, SO I HAD TO STEP OVER THAT TO GET THE INTERIOR, UH, PHOTOS.
SO THIS IS STANDING IN THE CENTER OF THE HALLWAY ON THE REAR, LOOKING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, YOU COULD SEE THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FLOOR, THE WALLS.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE THE RIDGE BOARD LIFTS TOWARDS.
YOU COULD SEE THE SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT DOOR, UH, FROM THE WALL, THE FRONT WALL TO THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE WALL.
NEXT, THIS ROOM IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT ENTRYWAY ON THE REAR.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE FROM THE LACK OF WEATHERPROOFING.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, HOLES ON THE ROOF AND CEILING, AS YOU'LL SEE NEXT.
THERE'S THE WOOD PLANK CEILING.
UM, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK THE LITTLE WHITE DOTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THE, UH, PLANKS ARE MISSING, THAT'S ACTUALLY SUNLIGHT SHINING THROUGH.
UM, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THERE'S, UH, I OBSERVED MOISTURE AND WATER ON THE, ON THE FLOOR SUBFLOOR.
SO THERE'S THE SAME FLOOR, THERE'S THE WATER SPOT, AND YOU COULD SEE THE, UH, OTHER DRY WATER SPOT ON THE, UH, TOWARDS THE FRONT.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE SUBFLOOR MEETS THE WALL.
YOU COULD SEE THE SEPARATION OF THE FOUNDATION AND, AND THE, UH, WALL.
NEXT, THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE INTERIOR OF THAT FRONT DOOR.
IT SHOWS THAT SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
UM, THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE THAT RIDGE BOARD IS LISTING TOWARDS WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS A PICTURE I WANTED TO INCLUDE.
THIS IS GONNA SHOW IN THE NEXT PHOTO THE, UH, LEVEL OF THE FLOOR.
THIS IS WHERE THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT'S WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS SITTING ON GRADE.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE COLLAPSED AWNING THROUGH THE MISSING GLAZING ON THAT WINDOW.
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ROOM NEXT.AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING HOW, UH, PICTURE OF THE LEVEL, HOW FAR OFF IT IS.
TO RECAP THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION TO STANDARD OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN INHABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS FRED.
WHEN SIR, WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED OUT MM-HMM,
CAN YOU GIMME THE DATE OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE ISSUED? YEAH.
IT'S GONNA BE, THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020.
I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION.
BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, IT HAS NOTES STARTING AT 2021.
AND THEN I'M, I JUST SAW THAT ON 4 5 20 24, THERE'S A FAILURE TO REPAIR ORDER.
SO THE DATES AREN'T JIVING TO THE BOARD.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT IS THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL CASE THAT WAS CREATED.
UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NO LONGER USE THAT SYSTEM.
IT WAS AN OLD MAINFRAME ECOSYSTEM.
WE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW ACELA SYSTEM.
THE OLD, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT OLD CASE.
IT'S STILL THE SAME CASE, THE SAME PROPERTY.
THAT MIGHT BE THE REASON FOR, AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROPERTY'S COMING TO THE BOARD.
IT CAME FOR THAT ORIGINAL CASE THE FIRST TIME.
SO WHEN YOU TRANSFERRED IT OVER, WERE THE NOTES TRANSFERRED AS WELL? FROM THE OTHER CASE? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REFLECTED IN THIS FROM THE DAY THAT THE NEW CASE STARTED.
UM, THE OLD CASE WAS, UH, IT WAS OBSOLETE.
THAT SYSTEM, WE CAN'T SO, SO EVERYTHING FROM THE OLD SYSTEM EXCEPT THE DATE THAT EVERYTHING WAS FILED SENT IS RECOVERABLE? YES, SIR.
THERE IS A LOT OF NOTES AND STUFF THAT WE DID TRANSFER OVER.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER OVER IS COMMENTS AND NOTES.
SO WHAT WE ARE PICKING UP IS 2021.
EVERY NOTE BEFORE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH NONRECOVERABLE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULDN'T SAY NONRECOVERABLE.
I JUST, IT'S, UH, I HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THAT OLD SYSTEM.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
RIGHT? I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE FILE, BUT YET YOU HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DATES THAT ARE IN THE FILE THAT LEAVES A BIG GAPING WINDOW OF 2020 TO 2021.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE EXCEPT YOU SENT PAPERS OUT AND GOT IT.
SO ARE THOSE NOTES AVAILABLE? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE, BUT BOARD, I I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.
THIS PROPERTY HAS COME BEFORE THE BOARD.
SO ONCE THAT BOARD GAVE AN ORDER, EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THAT ORDER BEING GIVEN WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, I WOULD URGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THE DAY YOU MADE THE ORDER.
WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE AND, AND LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME INCOMPATIBILITY IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSFER FROM THE OLD SYSTEM, WHICH HONESTLY WAS, UM, I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY.
IT WAS THAT OLD, THEIR MAINFRAME TO WHAT THEY HAVE NOW.
IT, IT WAS PRETTY BAD TO BE BLUNT.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE ORDER GIVEN BY THE BOARD ON FOR, WHAT WAS THAT? NINE, UH, 1621.
SO FROM THE ORDER, GIVEN FROM THE BOARD ON THAT DATE, HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE WHATSOEVER? NO, SIR.
SO ON UH, 9 16 20 21, THE BOARD ORDERED, UH, 90 DAY REPAIRS.
UM, IT WAS ORDERED THAT IN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE MEETING, THE GENTLEMAN RETURNED, UH, WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF.
UM, NONE OF THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY PERMITS PULLED AS FAR AS THE SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIAL PROOF.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE EVER PROVIDED THAT TO YOU GUYS.
AND MY LAST ONE, YOU HIT THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS A HISTORICAL SITE.
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IT IS.AND INTO MORE DEPTH FOR ME ON THAT PLEASE.
SO THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DID FIND, UH, THAT IT'S POTEN UH, PROPERTY WAS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DE DESIGNATION.
SO IT WAS ELIGIBLE BUT NOT DECLARED, NOT DECLARED.
LEGAL GUY GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
OWNER HAS TO TAKE AFFIRMATIVE STEPS FOR NOT DECLARED THAT, UM, HISTORIC DESIGNATION TO, UH, TAKE HOLD, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, IF THE OWNER DIDN'T TAKE THOSE AFFIRMATIVE STEPS, UM, TO, UH, SECURE THAT DESIGNATION, THEN IT'S NO LONGER, NO LONGER APPLY DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC PROPERTY.
AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE GONNA ASK.
IT, IT SAYS ON, UM, WHAT'S THE DATE? 9 23 21 THAT IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.
IT, IT WAS FOUND, SO THE OFFICE DID FIND THAT IT HAD A SIGNIFICANCE, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
IT WAS NEVER ENTERED INTO, UH, IT WAS NEVER ACTUALLY MADE A HISTORICAL LANDMARK.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE OWNER, LARRY MAGO.
CAN WE CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M LARRY MAG FROM, I'M LARRY MAGGOT.
AND YOUR NAME? LAWRENCE MAGGOT.
WE CAME TO THE BOARD OF THE LAST HEARING WITH, UH, MARCO.
MY, UH, HE'S THE HEAD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UH, WE CAME DOWN TO GET OUR PERMITS AND SHARON TRAU WOULD NOT GIVE US THE PERMITS TO LEVEL A HOUSE.
AND I WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION.
THE ADDRESS 1314 IS THE GROCERY STORE IN FRONT OF THE THING.
ONE 13 SHADRACH IS THE NUMBER OF THE HOUSE.
SO Y'ALL DO NOT HAVE IT CORRECTLY ON YOUR BOARD.
THAT 1314 COMMERCE, YOU LOOK IN THE HISTORY, LOOK IN THE PHONE BOOK.
OUR GROCERY STORE, 140 YEARS OLD THAT'S BEEN THERE OLDER THAN HEB.
AND WE'RE, AND IT'S MOST OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AT ONE 13, UH, SHADRACH.
YOUR RECORDS ARE NOT CORRECT ON THE BORDER.
THE HISTORY, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO, IF YOU GO IN THE INSTITUTE OF TEXAS CULTURE, MY GRANDFATHER'S IN THERE IN THE POLISH SECTION.
SO DON'T, DON'T COME UP HERE AND TELL ME THAT.
NOW WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? WE CAME HERE TO GET OUR PERMITS.
I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, ONE, I DON'T WANT TO, I I WANT TO ALLOW MR. MAGGOT TO, UM, GIVE HIS STORY.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BASED ON BCA AND THE BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, NOT ONLY IS OUR OUR ADDRESS CORRECT, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS ALSO ACCURATE.
SO THAT IS FROM THE BAR
SO I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WHILE, WHILE HE DISAGREES AND HE CAN, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION IS, IS ACCURATE, THAT IS ACCORDING BEAR APPRAISAL.
IT'S NOT A STREET AT YOUR HOUSE AT YOUR ADDRESS.
YOU CANNOT PUT IT YOUR HOUSE AS A DIFFERENT ADDRESS AS YOUR BUSINESS.
EVEN THOUGH HE IS A LAWYER, THAT IS NOT THE STREET ADDRESS.
THE HOME ADDRESS IS ONE 13 SHADRACH.
WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND WE WENT, WE CAME DOWN HERE TO GET THE PERMITS AND THEY WERE NOT LETTING US GET 'EM.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN ASK THE, OUR CO COMPLIANCE GUY, HE CAN TELL YOU WHERE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WENT TO.
HE WENT DOWN TO GET EVERYTHING AND THEY WOULDN'T GET IT TO US.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR.
YES, I UNDERSTAND THE ADDRESS.
WHY DIDN'T YOU, WHEN THE OHP SAID THAT HAD HISTORICAL, WHY DIDN'T YOU DECLARE FOR HISTORICAL? WE DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD DO THAT.
THERE WAS NO RECORDS OR NOBODY SENT ANY DOCUMENTS.
HE CAME AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS, WE COULD, UH, I COULD GET SOME PAPERWORK AND DO SOME, SOME GRANTS OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
AND NOBODY EVER CAME AND SAID NOTHING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO NOTHING.
IF NOBODY COMES TO YOU AND SAYS ANYTHING TO YOU, HOW CAN YOU DO SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RECORDS TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING? I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECORDS OF ANYTHING.
I HAVE PAPERS HERE THAT Y'ALL SENT ALL THESE PAPERS HERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S EVER ON THERE.
WHEN CONNIE PATEL, THE OTHER LADY RETIRED.
WE HAD SCOPE OF WORK, WE HAD ALL THIS STUFF DONE, AND
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.JUST LIKE YOUR RECORDS ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THIS STUFF WAS ALL CHANGED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I DON'T WORK HERE, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, IS THIS A HOUSE? IT'S A HOUSE.
OH, IT'S IT'S, IT IT'S A RESIDENCE.
BUT IT'S, IT'S MARKED ON HERE AS AN ACCESSORY.
IT'S A WHAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WELL, I NEED CO IF YOU, UH, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU.
IT'S A, IT'S WHERE SOMEBODY'S LIVED.
YES, MR. I'M, I'M SORRY, LEMME JUST FOR CORRECTION.
THE, THE, THE DP THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
IT IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO THE MAIN, WHICH IS THE GROCERY STORE.
ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON BECAUSE LIKE, AGAIN, THIS OKAY.
BECAUSE WHAT, WELL, LET ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE ON THE PICTURES IT SHOWS A HOUSE.
THAT'S A HOUSE, CORRECT? YOU CORRECT? YES.
SO WHERE ARE THEY SHOWING THE GROCERY STORE.
WHERE'S THE GROCERY STORE? SHOW IT TO ME ON THE PICTURE.
WHAT IS SHOW WHERE'S THE 13, 14 IS CONGRESS.
I'M, I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AN ACCESSORY ON HERE.
SO IF YOU CAN STEP BACK, THEN CODE COMPLIANCE CAN COME BACK UP.
SO 1314 EAST COMMERCE, THERE'S TWO STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S THE MAIN STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL.
UH, IT'S BEING UTILIZED AS A GROCERY STORE.
THIS IS AN A RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THIS IS NOT THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
SO THIS WHOLE HOUSE, ALL OF THIS ON 26TH IS CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY.
THAT YELLOW HOUSE THAT I PRESENTED TODAY.
IT'S AN ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
HOW CAN SOMETHING BE AN ACCESSORY IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE FOR IT TO BE AN ACCESSORY TO THE BUSINESS? SO THEY'RE BACKED UP TO EACH OTHER.
THE BUSINESS FACES COMMERCE, THE ACCESSORY FACES, SHADRACK, THE, UH, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE BUSINESS.
THE BUSINESS YOU JUST CAN'T SEE.
MS. CREW, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN PULL UP LIKE GOOGLE MAPS, PLEASE PART THE APPRAISAL.
HOLD ON, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CONSIDER A HOUSE AN ACCESSORY FOR THIS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PHOTO, LEMME SEE.
SO BUILDING ONE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, WHICH FACES COMMERCE.
BUILDING TWO IS THE STRUCTURE I PRESENTED BEFORE YOU AT 1314.
EAST COMMERCE BUILDING TWO IS, IS THE BUILDING IN QUESTION.
AND SO YOU SEE THERE'S CHERRY, MESQUITE RACK AND THEN COMMERCE UP TOP.
SO ONE PROPERTY FACES, ONE STRUCTURE FACES COMMERCE, WHICH IS THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY FACES SHA RAT, IT'S ONE PROPERTY.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY.
BUILDING NUMBER TWO, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEMOLITION.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE THE VOID.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE IT'S WASN'T PRESENTED IN THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY, SIR? NO, I, NOT A SECOND.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION.
YOU PUT THE AND WEINER GO AHEAD.
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I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AND AT THIS TIME IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6, 1 56, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, IT SHOULD BE SECURED.
ALL UTILITIES CUT AND YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO DO THAT VACATED IF ANYONE'S IN THERE.
UH, MS. WEINER, UH, WE MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET, UM, AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 5 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS PER, UH, CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 57.
AND IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND WE, AND WE MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UH, SECURED UTILITIES CUT AND VACATED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN? I SECOND MR. GRAHAM SECOND.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE COMMENT BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE.
SO IF, FOR THE BOARD THAT NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE ORDER THAT WAS GIVEN, UH, BY THIS BOARD DOES NOT CLARIFY WHETHER IT WAS STRUCTURE A, WHETHER STRUCTURE B, RIGHT? I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS PROPERLY HANDLED THIS CASE AND I THINK WE SHOULD RESET THIS CASE TO BE REDONE PROPERLY.
CAN I, IF, IF I MAY ASK, WHAT IS IT THAT THAT IS, IS NOT DONE PROPERLY THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM, UH, THE PREVIOUS ORDER THAT WAS PROVIDED IN 2021 ON THE PREVIOUS ORDER.
IT ONLY GIVES THE ADDRESS NOT, UH, BUILDING A OR B AS THE ACCESSORY.
IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT MY DOCUMENTATION AND YOU LOOK AT WHERE I WANT, I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT DOES SAY, UH, ABATED BY REPAIR OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS THE BOARD HAS FOUND THAT REPAIRING THE STRUCTURE IS FEASIBLE.
SO, UH, BOARD, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ANY BOARD ORDER THAT IS, UM, PROVIDED OR I DRAFT, THERE IS A DISTINCTION MADE, EXCUSE ME, A DIFFERENCE MADE IN REGARDS TO WHETHER IT'S THE MAIN STRUCTURE OR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
IT IS ONLY, UH, WHEN, UM, BOTH A MAIN AND ACCESSORY IS WHERE I ACTUALLY POINT THEM OUT OR TITLE THEM.
UM, WHEN, WHEN LISTING THE UH, UH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, CONDITIONS THAT THEY BELIEVE NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
UM, SO IF IT WAS MULTIPLE STRUCTURES, UM, IT WOULD SAY MAIN, AN ACCESSORY OR IF THERE WAS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE ACCESSORY.
UM, HERE THE REASON IT IS NOT, UM, DISTINGUISHED, AT LEAST AT THE BEGINNING IS BECAUSE THE ONLY STRUCTURE THAT IS BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO LASTLY, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, AND I'LL SEE IF JUDY CAN TAKE US ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, WHEN THE PRESENTATION WAS GOING TO, UH, BEGIN, IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT WHAT STRUCTURE IS BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD ACCESSORY, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE ITEM THREE, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, REHEARING.
SO AGAIN, I, THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESET THIS CASE.
THEY BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE RESET.
BUT IN REGARDS ON WHETHER IT, IT IS, UM, IT IS CLEARLY, UH, STATED IN THE, UH, ORDER ON WHETHER IT'S THE MAIN OR ACCESSORY AND OR WHAT, UM, STRUCTURE IS COMING BEFORE THIS BOARD.
I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION AND YOUR, UM, BOARD ORDER, UM, SPECIFICALLY SPELLS OUT WHICH, WHICH STRUCTURE IS, IS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
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SO RIGHT THERE IT SAYS STRUCTURAL CONDITION, RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY.
SO MAY I REPEAT THE MOTION OR UH, STATE THAT THE MOTION STANDS? NO.
NO, BECAUSE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, SIR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
WE'RE STILL, ARE YOU STILL DISCUSSING? YEAH.
'CAUSE WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION PHASE.
WE'RE STILL IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THE MOTION 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN SECONDED.
WE ARE AT THAT POINT OF DISCUSSION.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT IT.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD BECAUSE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION.
I'M TRYING TO, I DON'T A PAGE NUMBER.
I DON'T, I ON THE ORIGINAL BOARD RIGHT THERE, IT'S PAGE NINE ON THE ORIGINAL BOARD.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH FRED TODAY.
RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDER AS WELL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S CONFUSED ABOUT.
IS EVERYBODY HAPPY THERE? LEGAL NEED MORE? I'M SORRY, SAY AGAIN? ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE NOW? SURE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, IS A CONCERN FOR YOU, UM, IS, IS, UM, CLEARLY STATED ON THE YES, THE BOARD ORDER.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SWAY ANYTHING AND, UM, YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR, YOUR OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO.
UM, MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO.
OUR NEXT CASE, 2107 SAN FERNANDO STREET.
SIR, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR, YOUR CODE OFFICER.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS ARIAN BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE FIRST BSB REPAIR ORDER WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 2 3 9 9 BLOCK EIGHT, LOT 12 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS FCA TOVER WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, MR. HARRY LOU, THE NEW OWNER AND MR. MARK ESPINOZA, THE PROPERTY MANAGER WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE AS OF MAY 2ND.
NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER FRANCISCO TOVER.
CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. HARRY LOU WHO STATED THAT CRAZY STONE LLC JUST ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY ON APRIL 5TH, 2024.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2021 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF LORENZO DAVE ZAVALA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET
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WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 AND ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2021 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2021 ON APRIL 16TH, 2024.THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
A SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF, A LETTER OF CREDIT, AND AN ENGINEER'S REPORT WAS PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, MAY 2ND, 2024.
A RESIDENTIAL REPAIR PERMIT WAS ISSUED AS OF MARCH, UH, MAY, MAY 1ST, 2024.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 25TH, 2024.
PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY MAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
HERE YOU SEE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT THE ROOF IS SAGGING.
ALSO, THERE'S MISSING SKIRTING ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT'S EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THE POSTS ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE SINKING INTO GRADE.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION WHERE LOOKING FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING AND THE DETACHING WOOD SIDING.
I WANTED THE BOARD TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT PRIVACY FENCE THAT'S LEANED ON THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.
THIS IS HOW WE GAINED ACCESS INTO THE PROPERTY AFTER A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED FOR AN INTERIOR INSPECTION.
LOOKING FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING AND DETACHING WOOD SIDING.
ALSO AT THE REAR WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF THE REAR ELEVATION AND THE THE RIGHT ELEVATION, THE POSTS ARE SINKING INTO GRADE.
THERE IS AN ATTACHED CARPORT THAT IS SAGGING IN THE MIDDLE.
THE ROOF AREA IS SAGGING IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE ONE AND DETERIORATED WOOD SIDING THAT LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
ALSO, THE USE OF PLYWOOD AS EXTERIOR WALL SIDING.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE ROOF UNDER THE CARPORT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE BOWING INWOOD.
YOU CAN SEE HOLES IN THE ROOF AND THERE IS WATER DAMAGE ON THE ROOF DECKING.
GOING BACK TO THE FRONT ELEVATION ON THE LEFT SIDE, THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF A BEAM THAT IS SHIFTING OFF THE POST THAT IS SINKING INTO GRADE.
GOING BACK TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE SINKING POSTS ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ALSO THE USE OF WOOD FOR SHIMMING GOING TO THAT WINDOW THAT WAS UNSECURED ENTERING THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING FLOOR SURFACE.
UH, ALSO THERE ARE HOLES IN THE WALLS STANDING IN THAT SAME POSITION WHERE YOU ENTER THE PROPERTY.
LOOKING TO YOUR LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE WALLS ALSO, I WANTED THE BOARD TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT, UH, DOORWAY TOWARDS THE FAR RIGHT.
THAT'S HOW WE ENTERED INTO ANOTHER ROOM.
ENTERING INTO THE, THE, UH, LIVING ROOM AREA.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE LIVING ROOM AREA OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FLOOR IS UNEVEN.
IT MAY BE HARD TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FLOOR IS UNEVEN.
I PLACED MY LEVELING TOOL ON THE FLOOR.
UM, I ALSO WANT THE BOARD TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT DOORWAY TO THE LEFT.
THAT'S HOW I'M GONNA ENTER INTO THE, THE NEXT ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LEVEL BUBBLE IS POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT BEFORE I ENTERED INTO THAT ROOM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEIR SEPARATION BETWEEN THE FLOOR SURFACE AND THE DOOR THRESHOLD, UH, WHICH IS A TRIP HAZARD ENTERING INTO THE, THE NEXT ROOM.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FRONT DOOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE WALLS, ALSO THE, UH, HOLES IN THE DOORFRAME.
AND THERE'S A ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM WHEN HOMELESS HAD ENTERED THE PROPERTY.
WALKING CLOSE TO THE FRONT DOOR, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE CHIMNEY IS.
YOU CAN SEE THIS, THE DETACHING AND ROTTED, UH, CEILING DECKING WITH WATER DAMAGE.
THERE'S ALSO A HOLE IN THE WALL WHERE THE BRICK CHIMNEY IS SEPARATING FROM THE WALL, ENTERING INTO ANOTHER ROOM.
LOOKING TO YOUR LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING DECKING IS BOWING INWOOD.
JUST TO MAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS THE AREA FROM THE FRONT FIRST PHOTO, WHERE THE LEFT SIDE WA OF THE ROOF WAS SAGGING, INWOOD STANDING IN THE SAME SPOT.
LOOKING TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING FLOOR SURFACE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE HOLES IN THE WALLS.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ANGLE OF THE SAME AREA, AND IT'S SHOWING THE SEPARATING DRY WALL OVER THE
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DOORFRAME AND THE MISSING CEILING DECKING.THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE MISSING FLOOR SURFACE WHERE YOU CAN SEE GRADE.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY VACANT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, ZONED R FOUR AND BUILT IN 1954.
THE STRUCTURE SUFFERS FROM LONG DETER, LONG-TERM DETERIORATION WITH ISSUES TO ALL THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS, ROOF, WALLS, AND FOUNDATION.
THE BEAMS ARE SHIFTING OFF THEIR POSTS.
THE POSTS ARE SINKING INTO GRADE.
THERE IS A USE OF WOOD FOR SHIMMING.
THE WOOD SIDING AND SKIRTING IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS.
THE CHIMNEY IS SEPARATING FROM THE WALL.
THE FLOOR IS UNLEVELED AND SEPARATING AT A DOOR THRESHOLD.
SOME OF THE FLOOR SURFACE IS MISSING, EXPOSING GRADE, THE CEILING DECKING IS WORN, ROTTED, AND DETACHING AT THE CHIMNEY AREA.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET IS 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 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF 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 THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET.
ANY QUESTIONS AS A CODE OFFICER? NO THANK YOU.
HARRY LIU, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE IN THE 7 9 0 7 HERMOSA HILL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 6.
AND I'M THE, UH, OFFICER OF THE, UH, COMPANY IN CRAZY STONE, LLC.
AND, UH, WE JUST ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY FROM THE AIRPORT SECOND, WHICH IS LAST MONTH.
AND WE HAVEN'T, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NOTICE ON THIS BY, JUST LOOK AT THE POST ON THE FENCE.
AFTER WE SECURE THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A POST ON THE FENCE AND, UH, WHICH IS, WE HAVE, IS ADJUSTED TO THE, UH, PREVIOUS OWNER FCA TOWA.
AND I WAS MAKING CALLS TO
AND I WAS DENIED BY THE SUPERVISOR IN THE BOARD, UH, AND IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CDC CODE COMPLIANCE.
ALSO, I TALKED TO THE OFFICER ABOUT THE SITUATION.
OUR TRUSTEE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SHE'S ON TRAVEL RIGHT NOW IN OVERSEAS.
SEE HER MOM, 95 YEARS OLD, SO SHE IS VISITING HER, BUT SHE WILL BE BACK, ASK FOR TWO WEEKS, RECESS OR POSTPONE THE MEETING.
AND IT'S OKAY, REGARDLESS OF THE, UH, SITUATIONS.
AND I JUST GO AHEAD, HAVE, UH, UH, BY COMMUNICATING WITH HER, AND THIS IS A FEW, UH, OUR PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE THE, UH, FEW, UH, PROOFS IF YOU CAN PRESENT.
IT HAPPENS IN THE APRIL 2ND, THE PROOF.
WE ARE THE NEW OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND, UH, SECOND PAGE.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE OUR PLAN HERE WITH A ESTIMATED TARGET OF THE COST TO BRING THE PROPERTY LIVE.
LEGAL, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THESE
I, I, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A, UM, TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THE TRUSTEES DEED, UH, THEY
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DO HAVE A, IT LOOKS LIKE CHRIST STONE HAS DEVELOPED A, THEY A SCOPE OF WORK.I, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
UM, AND THEN LOOKS LIKE THEY ASKED FOR SOME RESIDENTIAL REPAIR PERMIT APPLICATION.
THE REASON I DID THAT, SIR, IS 'CAUSE THE LEGAL'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT 'EM BEFORE ANYTHING IS PRESENTED.
I, I, I WILL STATE BOARD THERE, THERE WAS CONCERN WITH A DOCUMENT FROM, UM, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023, UM, BASED ON WHAT, UM, THE GENTLEMAN IS STATING, UH, LOOKED LIKE CRAZY STONE WASN'T, UM, WASN'T THE OWNER AT THE TIME.
UH, BUT IT, IT SEEMS, AND HE CAN TELL YOU THAT I, I I ASSUME THEY'RE STILL RELYING ON THAT 2023, UM, ENGINEER'S REPORT.
YEAH, THEY, UM, THE, UH, APRIL 23, WE ARE STILL, UH, UH, APRIL 23.
BUT THE, UH, FEBRUARY 23, WE ARE NOT THE OWNER.
WE ARE JUST THE NEW OWNER OVER A LITTLE BIT OF MONTHS.
SO TODAY'S IS EXACTLY ONE MONTH.
AND AFTER WE TAKE THE OWNERSHIP, WE START TO DO THE LOTS OF WORK IN THE PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE PUT THE BACKSIDE OF THE FENCE ENCLOSURES, AND WE HAVE CUT THE YARD LIKE MULTIPLE TIMES, LIKE A WEEKLY BASIS.
WE HAVE HIRED A PROJECT MANAGER, PROPERTY MANAGER, MARK TEAM, TO MONITORING THE PROCESS IN DAILY BASIS ALMOST.
AND MYSELF IS PERSONALLY CONSTANTLY WITH THE PROPERTY, NOT IN THE NIGHT.
I CANNOT GO THERE IN THE NIGHT, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY, UH, IMPROVING AND SE SECURING THE PROPERTY, BUT WE HAD TO WAIT TILL JEANIE LU TO GET BACK FOR THE, UH, FOR THE STARTER REPAIRS.
BUT WE ARE POOR THE RESIDENTIAL MINOR REPAIR PERMITS, BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT WE WERE, FOR EVERY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LIKE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR HERE, UH, UH, MR. JOEY, YOU KNOW JOEY LOPEZ, AND HE'S THE ONE GOING TO BE OVERSEE THE PROCESS.
BUT THE WAY, UH, UH, OUR, WE WERE RUSHED TO THIS MEETING AND, UH, WE REALLY NOT REALLY PREPARED FULLY, BUT WE ARE DID THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
AND ALSO, UH, ON THE, ON THE SECOND PAGE, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE FINANCIAL BACKUP.
SO HOW WE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIRS? HOW ABOUT A TIMEFRAME, SIR? WE'RE ASKING FOR A YEAR.
WHO, UH, A YEAR TO, TO FINISH THE WORK ENGINEER, SIR, EARLIER, THIS IS WHAT THE COUNSEL WAS ON THE DATE OF THIS.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, COUNSEL, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT YOU HAD QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, BOARD, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR.
UM, THEY HAVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE A CONTRACTOR AND SO ON HERE.
UM, I, I WAS JUST THE DATE, UM, GOT MY ATTENTION.
UM, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY PURCHASED IT AFTERWARDS.
THEY CAN STILL RELY ON THAT ENGINEER'S REPORT.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SEEM LIKE, UH, IT'S IMPROPER.
I, I, I WAS CONCERNED AGAIN THAT, THAT THE DATE IS A MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED, I'M, I AM GOING TO PUSH BACK ON, DIDN'T HAVE ANY NOTICE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE IF HE DID A TITLE SEARCH IN REGARDS TO PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS A BSB ORDER ALREADY INACTIVE OR IN EFFECT, EXCUSE ME.
SO, UM, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, UH, I, LEGAL DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT ARE PROVIDED.
WELL, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT, THAT'S THE SAME THING.
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT WAS NOT DONE BY YOUR ENGINEER, CORRECT? NO, THIS, THIS IS A ALL DOCUMENT.
WE, UH, WE HAVE, UM, BEEN ACTIVELY MONITORING THE, UM, THE LAST NOTICE THEY HAVE WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND, UH, SINCE WE ARE THE NOTE HOLDER.
BUT, UH, WE BEING, BUT WE LOST THE CONTACT WITH THEM SIX MONTHS AGO AND, UH, THEY STOPPED THE PAYMENT ON THE NOTE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT ABLE TO FORECLOSURE, RECE REPOSSESSION THE PROPERTY.
WE TEXT THE PROCESS, BUT WE LOST THE CONTACT WITH THEM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO BOTH OF THEM, THEIR HUSBAND AND A WIFE.
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WE, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE.WE NOWHERE TO BE, FIND NO ADDRESS TO BE ABLE TO.
AND, UH, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT THEM.
WHEN YOU, AND I GUESS MAYBE THIS WOULD BE MORE TO YOUR EITHER CONTRACTOR OR, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE TO THE CONTRACTOR.
SO IF THE CONTRACTOR COULD COME UP, STATE HIS NAME AND ADDRESS.
56 50 WORTH PARKWAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 7.
OKAY, SIR, WHEN YOU GAVE THE ESTIMATE, DO YOU, UM, BID, DID YOU LOOK AT THE ENGINEER'S REPORT TO VERIFY WHAT THE ENGINEER HAD PUT IN THE REPORT? UH, YES SIR.
I HAVE, UM, I, I JUST WANNA MENTION RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING TWO OTHER PROJECTS WITH CRAZY STONE AS WELL.
UH, ONE IS IN A PER, UH, PRESERVATION AREA.
IT'S 180 YEAR OLD HOME, FULLY REMODELED.
WE'RE DOING ANOTHER ONE ON SAN PEDRO AND 35.
UM, AND IT'S COMPLETELY FULL REMODELS.
WE DID A DEMO FOR HIM AT 1220 BANDERA ROAD, GOT THE PERMITS, WE JUST CLOSED IT OUT A MONTH AGO.
SO IN STRUCTURE, IN SOME STRUCTURES THAT NATE DOEN, HE HIMSELF, HAS COME FORWARD AND WANTED DEMOED.
SO, UM, ON THESE HOUSES, WE COMPLETELY STRIPPED THEM AND START PUT EVERYTHING NEW PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AC, COMPLETELY INSULATION SHEET ROCK.
UM, THE HOUSE IS IN REAL BAD CONDITION, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
SO DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE COURT ORDER THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS? NO, SIR, I DID NOT.
WE JUST GO AND LOOK AT THE HOUSE, WE GET THE BID AND WHAT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE GET THE ENGINEER, WE LOOK AT IT AND WE GET OUR OWN ENGINEER AS WELL, UH, FOR THE FOUNDATION WORK AND FOR THE STRUCTURAL LETTER.
BUT YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THOSE PAPERS, CORRECT? NO, HE JUST, WE GOT THE PERMIT.
OH, FOR THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THAT, CORRECT? NO, SIR.
YOU'RE GONNA RELY ON THIS ONE FOR RIGHT NOW? UH, YES SIR.
SO WHEN YOU MADE THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY, AND WE'LL ONLY TALK THIS FOUR CORNERS MM-HMM,
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO START IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS.
AND THEN AGAIN, WEATHER PERMITTING, UH, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, UM, LIKE COVID OR THINGS THAT MAY COME UP.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
WELL, ON THIS ONE, THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE LIKE IT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY, CORRECT?
BUT YOU, I MEAN, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND IF I HAD THIS SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, THOSE OTHER ONES KIND OF GO A LITTLE MORE TO THE BACK BURNER BECAUSE THIS ONE IS THE, WELL, WITH A SIX PLUS EXTENSION, IF, IF THAT'S A LOT, IT COULD BE DONE.
CAN YOU SCROLL THROUGH REAL SLOW FROM THIS ONE? BACK ON THE DOCUMENTS? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I JUST NEED TO, WHEN UH, YOU WERE TALKING, YOU SAID THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY STARTED, THIS IS MORE EITHER ONE CAN ANSWER THIS.
Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY STARTED CLEANING UP AND WORKING ON THE PROPERTY? YES, WE HAVE SECURED THE PROPERTY, THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE DOORS, THE WINDOWS, WHAT THEY, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION.
I DON'T HAVE A, TODAY'S PICTURE, THE PICTURE, UH, OFFICER SHOWED ON THAT OPEN WINDOWS SIGHTINGS, ALL HAS BEEN DONE BY THE, UH, PROPERTY MANAGER.
AND WHEN WAS THAT DONE? DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A GOOD DATE OR ARRANGE? YEAH, ONE MOMENT.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 4 MOON VALLEY DRIVE.
UH, JUST GIMME A QUICK MOMENT TO BRING THAT UP.
AS FAR AS THE SECURING THE PROPERTY, WHICH WE SECURED THE WINDOWS AND EVEN THE DOORS THAT WERE SHOWN IN
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THERE FROM THE INSIDE HAVE ALSO BEEN SECURED.AND THEN, UH, AS WE EXITED THE BUILDING THROUGH THE WINDOW THAT THEY HAD ALSO GAINED ACCESS THROUGH, WE ALSO SECURED THAT WINDOW WITH PLYWOOD AS WELL.
SO EVERYTHING HAS BEEN, ALL DOORS HAVE BEEN SECURED FROM THE INSIDE AND THE WINDOW THAT WAS DOWN, THAT HAS BEEN SECURED.
AND THE FENCING THAT WAS LEANED OVER ON THE NIG ON THAT FENCE THAT WAS THERE, ALL THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED, BRUSH HAS BEEN REMOVED, THE BACK FENCE, WHICH ALSO HAS A GATE ON IT THAT HAS BEEN SECURED AND INCLUDING THE FRONT GATE, WHICH HAS A DRIVEWAY GATE AND ALSO HAS A REGULAR ENTRANCE GATE.
ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN SECURED, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CLEANED UP ON THE PROPERTY AS OF TUESDAY.
UM, IF, IF YOU I HAVE, THEY CAN PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
YEAH, LET ME, AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP US OUT TOO, BECAUSE FROM WHAT IT WAS TO WHERE YOU'RE WORKING HELPS A LOT.
I HAVE, I HAVE THE PICTURE OF THE, UH, OH, ASK.
WE COULD JUST, HOW DO THAT, JUST NARRATE THE PHOTO, NARRATE THE PHOTO, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? OH, OKAY.
THAT'S THE FRONT
UH, THAT RIGHT THERE I BELIEVE IS THE FRONT DOOR.
YES, THAT IS GONNA BE THE FRONT DOOR WE SECURED IT WITH.
UH, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE TWO BY SIXES.
THAT IS THE INSIDE OF IT THAT WAS SECURED WITH THOSE, UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE SIDE DOORS THAT HAS ALSO BEEN SECURED FROM THE INSIDE.
AND ALL THAT HAS BEEN, UH, TO SECURE THE OUTSIDE OF IT.
UH, THE REASON WHY WE TRY TO DO IT THAT WAY IS TO TRY TO KEEP A LOT OF THE PEOPLE OUT OF IT.
USUALLY IF YOU JUST PUT THE PIECE OF PLYWOOD, THEY'LL JUST YANK ON IT.
SO USUALLY HAVING MORE THICKER BOARDS ON THERE, MORE WORK, MORE TIME FOR THEM TO BE VISIBLE, SO LESS LIKELY THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY MESS WITH IT.
SO IT'S, LIKE I SAID, UH, IT'S BEEN SECURED FROM BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, ALSO REAL QUICK, JUST TO ADD, WE DO ALSO HAVE A FEW PLANS IN WORK.
LET ME ADJUST THIS AS FAR AS TRYING TO HELP MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, THIS IS A HIGH CRIME AREA, SO WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO SET UP EVEN A WEEKLY CHECK WITH IT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT, CHECK THE PROPERTY, CHECK THE STATUS, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS STILL SECURED, PROPERTY IS CLEAN, AND ALL THE OUTSIDE EXITS AS FAR AS GATE WISE ARE, ARE, UH, FULLY CHECKED AND FULLY SECURED AND UP TO DATE AS FAR AS NEEDING ANY, UH, FIXING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHILE THE PROPERTY IS STILL BEING MAINTAINED AND WORKED ON.
MY QUESTION IS, ALL OF THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE A YEAR AGO, FEBRUARY.
AND NOW WE'RE IN APRIL OF 2024.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER, BUT YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WITH THAT IN MIND, WHEN DID YOU BUY THE PROPERTY? YOU PROBABLY SAID IT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
APRIL 2ND, 2024, WHICH IS EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
LEGAL HAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
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GOOD MORNING, MR. IS IT MR. LOU? YES.MR. LOU, UM, WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH THE PROPERTY ON, IN FEBRUARY OF 2023? YES, WE ARE THE, UH, OWNER.
WE ARE THE LONG LENDER FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNER.
WERE YOU, UM, WERE YOU PRESENT AT THE BSB HEARING REGARDING THIS PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023? YES, I DID AS A PROVIDER FINANCIAL BACKUP FOR HIS REPAIRS IN THE, IN CASE HE NEEDED MONEY.
AND DO YOU RECALL THAT THIS BOARD ORDERED THAT PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED? YES, I DO.
DO YOU ALSO RECALL THAT THAT PROPERTY NEEDED TO PULL PERMITS? YES.
AND PROVIDE STATUS REPORTS? YES.
DO YOU KNOW IF ALL THOSE THINGS WERE DONE? YES.
THEY, YOU DID PROVIDE STATUS REPORTS? WE DID PROVIDE SERVICES REPORTS ON MONTHLY BASIS.
AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT REPAIRS THAT YOU MADE? AS TO MY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU MADE REPAIRS, WHY IS THE PROPERTY BACK IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD AGAIN? BECAUSE THE OWNER IS SICK, HE WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH, I THINK.
AND THE REASON HE IS FI HE, HE, HE IS A GOOD MAN.
HE IS WORKING VERY HARD, BUT HE'S SICK.
AND, UH, HIS WIFE HAD A CANCER FOR A YEAR, AND THEN HE'S, HIS FUNDS ARE CHANNELED TO, BUT HE, HE IS NOT ASKING ME FOR HELP.
AND, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO CONTACT THEM.
BUT ANYWAY, LOTS OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
AND THEN ONE, ONE FINAL QUESTION, AND, AND THIS IS MORE OF CLARIFICATION.
SO THE FULL BOARD HAS EV ALL THE KNOWLEDGE, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY OR ITS CONDITIONS.
BUT TO BE FAIR, SIR, YOU WERE HERE IN 2023 WHEN THIS BOARD ORDERED THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO YOU'VE BEEN AWARE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR THAT THIS PROPERTY, UM, WAS UNDER A BSB ORDER AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.
SO, AND IT'S A FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT LEGAL JUST SAID.
SO, AND IT'S FOR MY OWN UNDERSTANDING.
SO YOU ARE THE LIEN HOLDER, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
AND THEN I THINK 20 MINUTES AGO YOU SAID THAT YOU COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING THERE, SO YOU HAD A FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? THAT'S THE SIX MONTHS AGO.
BUT THEN YOU, AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET, I WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE PEOPLE IN HERE BECAUSE THEN YOU JUST SAID THAT THE OWNER, UM, FRANCISCO TOVAR WAS SICK WITH HIS WIFE.
SO WAS HE THE LIEN HOLDER? NO, WE ARE THE LIEN HOLDER.
HE'S THE OWNER THAT Y'ALL COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF.
AND WE'VE BEEN, SHE'S A LADY AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING REALLY HARD AND THERE'S PHONE CALLS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO COMMUNICATION FROM US, FROM THEM.
WE HAVE NO WAY TO, TO LOOK AT THEM.
AND THERE'S AN, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REPORT THIS TO THE BOARD BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE IS MISSING AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT TO SOMEONE, BUT I WAS WILL NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T, HEY, THIS PERSON LOST FOR SIX MONTHS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SO YOU DON'T REMEMBER, UH, CHAIRMAN NELSON CALLING OUT DURING THAT MEETING? EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE? UM, I WAS NOT THE OWNER.
I WAS NOT, UH, I WAS NOT IN THE, UH, PEOPLE DOING IT.
I WAS HERE TO PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
IF IN THE CASE HE'S NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHEN HIS HEALTH IS FAILED.
I HAVE NO WAY TO, TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DO WE HAVE THOSE PICTURES? LET ME ASK WHILE WE'RE GETTING THOSE PICTURES UP.
YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN? OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, YOU WERE HERE WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE CONTRACTOR, WAS HE AWARE OF THE COURT ORDER? NO, HE WASN'T AWARE.
AND YOU DIDN'T SHARE THE INFORMATION OF THE COURT ORDER WITH YOUR NEW CONTRACTOR? I WOULDN'T THINK THAT IS NECESSARY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
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LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY EXISTING CONDITION AND THEN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING BACK.IF YOU PROVIDED REPORTS ALSO WITH ANY OF THAT STATED IN YOUR REPORT, YOUR MONTHLY REPORT, THE REPORT WAS THE, THE ENGINEER REPORT AND THEN THE, UH, THE PERMIT ACTUALLY, TO BE FAIR TO THE LAST OWNER, AND HE DID PUT A COUPLE OF THE PERMITS ON THE REPORT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY CITY DOESN'T HAVE IT.
AND I DO HAVE THE RECORD HERE, WHICH IS PRESENTED TO, PROVIDED TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS.
WELL, MY, MY QUESTION GOES BACK TO YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
I WASN'T, I CANNOT FORCE ANYONE TO DO IT.
IT IT, NO, WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU.
WE'RE JUST, YOU KNEW WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, STEP BY STEP, ITEM BY ITEM.
IT SAYS RIGHT IN THE COURT ORDER.
SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU LOOK UP THE COURT ORDER ON THE FIRST PAGE, IT SPECIFICALLY TELLS YOU, THAT'S WHY I ASK YOUR CONTRACTOR, DID HE HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE? OKAY.
UH, WHAT THE COURT ORDER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THIS MEETING AFTERWARDS GOING TO HAVE A COURT ORDER? UH, YEAH, IT WILL.
WE NEVER ALONG WITH THE ONE THAT WAS DONE BEFORE WHEN YOU WERE IN HERE LAST YEAR.
I DON'T AWARE THERE IS A COURT ORDER.
MR. MR. CHAIR, AND THIS IS LEGAL.
I JUST WANT TO C CLARIFY, UM, FOR THE RECORD.
UM, AND MR. ANDES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN YOU MEAN COURT ORDER, YOU MEAN THE, THE BOARD'S, THE BOARD'S ORDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER THAT HE WAS HERE? NO, I, I UNDERSTAND.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PREVIOUS COURT ORDER, NOT JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ANYBODY STREAMING AND LISTENING IN UNDERSTANDS THE, THIS ONE, THIS ONE THAT WE'RE PROSING UP HERE.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY GOT THAT HAD INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023.
AND IT GIVES YOU RIGHT THERE THE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
THAT'S WHY I ASK YOUR CONTRACTOR, DID HE SEE THIS TO CONFIRM THAT WITH THE ENGINEER'S REPORT WHEN HE GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN USEFUL INFORMATION.
AND YOU SAID YOU WERE AWARE OF IT? NO, I'M, I'M, I DIDN'T GO TO THIS DETAIL.
I WOULDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, AGAIN, YOU ARE THE LIEN HOLDER AND YOU SAID YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A LEGAL DOCUMENT ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE A LIEN ON.
LET ME TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION AGAIN.
SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS GINNY LOU, TRUSTEE OF THE 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO TRUST IS WHO HAD THE MONEY AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO YOU WERE BASICALLY, IN OTHER WORDS, THE BANK.
AND YOU DIDN'T KEEP TRACK OF ANY LEGAL DOCUMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON THE PROPERTY, EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE IN THE MEETING WHEN THE BOARD VOTED ON THIS? WE ARE Y WE ARE THE LING HOLDER.
AND, UH, WE ARE KNOW EXACTLY NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MONITORING THE PROGRESS AND WE'RE REPORTING TO THE CITY FOR THE PROGRESS.
EVERY, EVERY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, BUT WE ARE NOT BE ABLE TO WIN WHICH ITEM GOING TO BE DONE.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT'S UP TO THE OWNER.
ON THIS LIST, YOU SAID YOU GAVE THE CITY A STATUS REPORT OF THE PROGRESS IS DONE.
WHICH ONE OF THESE WERE DONE? FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION IS CLOSED TO BE FINISHED AND NOT CLOSE TO BE FINISHED.
YOU SAID THIS, YOU ARE GIVEN A STATUS TO THE CITY OF ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? YOU JUST SAID FOUNDATION IS A PROGRESS REPORT IS NOT WHATEVER HAS BEEN DONE.
180 DAYS FROM THE TIME THIS WAS PUT OUT.
I THINK IT WAS SIGNED ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY.
SO YOU HAD 180 DAYS TO COMPLY.
I DON'T HAVE YOU'RE AWARE OF YOUR CLIENT OF THE YEAH.
YOUR FINANCIAL, YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAD 180 DAYS,
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YOU WERE HERE 180 DAYS.180 DAYS TOOK YOU FROM FEBRUARY TO WHEN? SIX MONTHS.
SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS A, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR HOUSE CHANGES AFTER A YEAR, BUT THERE'S NO PROGRESS REPORTS.
SO AGAIN, WE ASK WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
'CAUSE YOU JUST SAT HERE ON YOUR DOCUMENTS AND ASKED FOR 180 DAYS, WHICH IS THE SAME THAT THE COURT HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU NO, NO.
WE, WE YOU ARE TALKING TO, YOU ARE TALKING TO THE NEW OWNER AND I SAY YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU ARE AN INTEREST OF THE TIME, CORRECT? CORRECT.
YOU HAD AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME.
YOUR INTEREST IS IN THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO I, IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU TOOK THE PROPERTY OVER, WHICH MEANS YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS THAT NOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY IN THERE TRYING TO DO, UH, I I I, I, I REALLY QUESTION THAT, UH, BECAUSE THEY, UH, WE AS A HOLDER AND, UH, YOU'RE BLAMING THE LINK HOLDER DIDN'T GET ALL THE WORK DONE.
AND THE LINK IS NOT REALLY FAIR BECAUSE LINK HOLDER IS NOT THE ONE TO DRIVING EVERY DAY AND HOLDER ONLY TO BE THERE TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL HELLO? WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT ORDER, YOU SEIZED THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? WE SEIZED THE PROPERTY FOR THAT.
NO, HE SEIZED IT FOR NO, HE SEIZED IT FOR NO, BUT AT THE TIME YOU SEIZED IT SIX MONTHS AGO.
CORRECT? THE COURT ORDER IS WITH THE LAY OF THE LAND, WHOEVER OWNS IT IS RESPONSIBLE.
SO YOU ARE SAYING, UH, WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, WHATEVER HAPPENED HUNDRED YEARS AGO WITH THIS PROPERTY, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE.
IS THAT A STATEMENT? EXCUSE ME, I'M, THIS IS LEGAL.
I I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IT'S IMPROPER FOR YOU TO POSE ANY QUESTION TO THIS BOARD AND FOR THE BOARD TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
I I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED HE WAS THE LIEN HOLDER AT THE TIME.
UM, I, I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS BOARD UNDERSTOOD AND WE LAID OUT ALL THE FACTS.
UH, UH, THIS BOARD DOES NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND CAN IT BE REPAIRED, UM, AND SHOULD IT BE REPAIRED BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN BEEN PROVIDED.
BUT I, I, I, AND AGAIN, I, I WANT MR. LU, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU CAME IN HERE, YOU ACTED LIKE YOU HAD NO IDEA YOUR BRAND NEW, AND YOU HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS PROPERTY EVEN HAD A PREVIOUS ORDER ON IT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD ORDER, YOU CAME AND SPOKE.
SO I I I, I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFIED THAT WITH THIS BOARD AS I AM THEIR ATTORNEY.
AND WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS WHEN THEY WERE MAKING A DECISION, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ACCURATE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON PRIOR.
MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, I UH, CAN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PLEASE? TIME IS FIRST TIME IS 10 50.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TO A EXECUTIVE SESSION.
TOMMY'S, UH, 1101 AND, UM, BILL SAND BOARD OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW CONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
NOTHING HAPPENS AND NO, UH, OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAN I HAVE A QUICK FEW MINUTES? UH, MY GENERAL CONTRACTOR LIKE TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES.
JOEY LOPEZ, I'M A DELEGATE WITH A GENERAL, UH, CONTRACTOR.
UM, YES, WE WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT THE, THE COURT ORDER BEFORE.
IT WAS NOT SHOWN TO US, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN, SO WE WOULD'VE HAD A BETTER IDEA OF EVERYTHING.
BUT AS YOU WERE, HOW WE MET TOGETHER AND WE TALKED AND, UH, WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PUSH YOU FORWARD WITH A DEMOLITION.
WE HAVE THE DEMOLITION LICENSE, SO WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND DEMO THE PROPERTY YOU WANT.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE, MORE EXPENSIVE, UH, AN EXTENT OF WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED ON IT.
SO I JUST TOLD, UH, WE JUST, JUST
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SPOKE WITH HIM AND IT'S JUST BETTER TO GO AHEAD AND, AND DEMO IT.AND HE HAS AGREED TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE CITY AND DEMO IT.
WE WILL PULL PERMIT FOR THE DEMOLITION.
AND I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW, FOR, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHY I WANTED, THERE WERE NO OTHER PICTURES, UH, OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE UP TO NOW.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO, UH, IT WAS JUST A KEY UP.
YEAH, WE JUST GIVE UP THE PROPERTY, UH, STRUCTURE AND, UH, WE JUST SELL THE LAND AFTER CLEAR UP.
SO, BECAUSE THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GO.
IT JUST START FROM, FROM FOUNDATION.
WE'RE NOT GONNA DO FOUNDATION.
WE'RE JUST GONNA SELL THE LAND.
AT A LOSS OR WHATEVER IS, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER VACUUM LAND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
SO IF THIS BOARD MADE AN ORDER HYPOTHETICALLY FOR Y'ALL TO CONTINUE TO REPAIR OVER DEMO, WOULD YOU STILL DEMO IT? YES, WE WERE DEMOLISHED.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE CRIME AREA, WE ARE NOT SO FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.
AND AFTER, UM, FEW THINGS GOING THIS LAST MONTH, WE START TO HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY ACTIVELY CRIME, HIGH CRIME AREA, AND IT'S NOT WORTH FOR US TO DO ANYTHING.
AND, UH, AND, AND WHAT HIS WORK DOWN AND WE ARE LOOK AT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, 300 TO 400, $500,000 HOMES.
BUT THE, THE PROPERTIES WE DO, THE LOT, THE MONEY PUT INTO THE PROPERTY, AND I THINK AT THE, THE BUDGET THAT I HAVE THERE IS VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT IT IS NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH.
EVEN DOUBLE, TRIPLE THAT MONEY, BE ABLE TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE.
AND, UH, FIRST CLASS BUILDING, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE, WE'RE NOT COMPROMISED TO THE SECOND CLASS BUILDINGS.
SO WE ARE DOING THE FIRST CLASS BUILDINGS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PROCEEDED WITH THAT.
YEAH, WE'RE JUST, UH, AGREE WITH THE BOARD.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO AGREE WITH THE, THE OFFICER.
WE ARE GOING TO JUST REMOVE IT.
OKAY, SIR, THIS ONE WITH YOUR COPY, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.
JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, UH, IS MR. LU SUGGESTING THAT HE WOULD WELCOME AN ORDER THAT REQUIRED HIM TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY IN LIEU OF AN ORDER THAT THE CITY DEMOLISH IT? WE ARE GOING TO DEMOLISH IT WITH GENERAL CONTRACTOR HERE.
THAT'S, YEAH, WE CAN, YOU CAN ONLY MAKE AN ORDER.
UM, IF, IF THE ORDER IS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY WITHIN, SAY, SIX MONTHS, AND THE OWNER DECIDES IN LIEU OF REPAIRING IT TO DEMOLISH IT, THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED BY THAT ORDER? UH, NO.
IF THIS BOARD, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
IF THIS BOARD ORDERED THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED AND THE OWNER DECIDED TO DEMOLISH, UM, THEORETICALLY IT'D BE AGAINST THE BOARD'S ORDER.
UM, I HONESTLY, THAT THAT HAS, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE.
UM, I'M THINKING, YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY THEORETICALLY THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE BOARD'S ORDER.
NOW, UM, I, I, I CAN TELL YOU HE'S THE YEAH, THAT I, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE AGAINST THE BOARD'S ORDER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ENFORCED BY THE CITY.
UM, BUT I, I, I HONESTLY HAVE NOT HAD THAT QUESTION POSED TO ME BEFORE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
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THAT THE PROPERTY BE DE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, UH, SECURED, VACATED, UTILITIES TURNED OFF.OKAY, WE, WE HAVE A, UM, A MOTION TO DEMOLISH.
UH, WE MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 1 0 7 SAN FERNANDO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 7 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND WE MOVE THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
AND, UM, SECURED FREE, UH, FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, VACATE AND VACATE.
CAN WE GET A VOTE? MR. TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
JUST SEE YOUR, UH, UH, CODE OFFICER.
Y'ALL GOTTA CALM DOWN MR. GRIMES.
I WOULD'VE TO SAY YOU STUMPED ME ON THAT ONE.
I THAT, THAT, THAT WAS A DAMN GOOD QUESTION AND I DON'T BELIEVE I, I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE COME ACROSS THAT BEFORE.
I WILL FIND OUT THOUGH OUR NEXT CASE.
GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US.
MY NAME IS KRISTY GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE 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 9 9 1 BLOCK TWO, LOT 17, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RAMIREZ, EUGENE M AND RACHEL M WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE IS, WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS, EUGENE AND RICH RASH, EUGENE AND RACHEL RAMIREZ.
CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2023 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE WAS CONDUCTED MAY 9TH, 2023.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED AUGUST 10TH, 2023, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS, WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023 ON APRIL 18TH, 2024.
A NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS RAMIREZ, EUGENE M AND RACHEL M AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING, UM, UM, EXCUSE ME, AS OF MAY 2ND, 2024, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN FOR TAKEN FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 AND APRIL 18TH AND THIRD OF 2024.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES HAVE FIRE DAMAGED EXTERIOR WALLS AND THE PORCH AREA.
THE HOLE WAS CREATED BY THE PITCH POINT DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE.
THE WINDOWS, UH, WERE BROKEN OUT DUE TO THE FIRE AND WERE BOARDED UP BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MORE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE.
IT'S EVIDENT THAT THE FIRE DAMAGE IS PRESENT FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG HAS AWFUL ALSO, UM, SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE.
UH, THE SKIRTING IS ALSO SLIGHTLY BOWING OUTWARD.
AND AGAIN, THE WINDOWS WERE ABORTED
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UP BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
UM, MORE FIRE DAMAGED EXTERIOR WALLS.
UM, AGAIN, DAMAGE IS EVIDENT FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THAT SAME ELEVATION.
JUST TO SHOW THE EXTREME CHARRING TO THE OVERHANG AND HOW THE HOLES WERE CREATED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME ELEVATION OF THE RIGHT, UM, SORRY, RIGHT EL RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SHINGLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED EXPOSING THE ORIGINAL CEDAR WOOD, UH, THAT ARE SEVERELY DETERIORATED AND WORN.
UH, THERE IS, UH, HOLES PRESENT IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MORE FIRE DAMAGE, UM, YOU CAN SEE BY THE RESIDUE THAT'S ON, ON THE, BY THE PITCH.
THERE'S ALSO A HOLE THAT WAS CREATED, UH, DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE.
THIS IS WALKING INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SEVERELY FIRE DAMAGED CEILING AND INTERIOR WALLS WITH CHARRING.
UH, NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE ON THE INTERIOR, UH, INDICATING ELEMENTS ARE ENTERING THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S STILL LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS AND DEBRIS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A VIEW OF REMAINING IN THE LIVING ROOM.
UM, LOOKING UP TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE THE SEVERE CHARRING.
UH, AGAIN, NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE INDICATING ELEMENTS ARE MAKING ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S MORE FIRE DAMAGED WALLS.
THERE'S, UM, WINDOWS ARE BOARDED.
UH, THERE'S, UH, LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS INSIDE.
THIS IS, UH, THE HALLWAY THAT'S BETWEEN THE TWO BEDROOMS WHERE THE RESTROOM IS LOCATED.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, FIRE DAMAGE IS EVIDENT, UH, ON THE CEILING AND, AND THE INTERIOR WALLS STANDING IN THE HALLWAY IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF A VERY LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, UH, WAS SEVERELY CHARTED.
WOOD ME, SEVERELY CHARRED WOOD MEMBERS.
AGAIN, NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE MORE DAMAGED, UH, INTERIOR WALLS.
UH, THE FLOORING HAS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF IT REMAINING IN THE DINING ROOM JUST TO SHOW HOW THE NATURAL LIGHT IS COMING IN THROUGH THE INTERIOR WALLS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THEY ARE FIRE DAMAGED.
THIS IS A VIEW, UM, REMAINING IN THAT ROOM JUST TO SHOW THE CEILING HOW IT IS FIRE DAMAGED AND NATURAL LIGHT IS COMING IN.
AND THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE KITCHEN AREA TO SHOW, UM, MORE FIRE DAMAGE AND THE LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS REMAINING IN THE STRUCTURE.
1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE BUILT IN 1969.
THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM HAS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE WITH CHARRING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THE ASPHALT SHINGLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED, EXPOSING IN THE ORIGINAL CEDAR WOOD SHINGLES THAT ARE SEVERELY WORN AND WEATHERED.
THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE FURTHER DETERIORATING THE INTERIOR.
THERE ARE FIRE DAMAGE STU AND INTERIOR WALLS.
FIRE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND FRONT PORCH AREA.
THERE ARE HOLES TO THE, IN TO THE EXTERIOR WALL ON THE REAR AND FRONT ELEVATIONS BY THE PITCH POINTS.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY 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.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, 4 15 38 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS
DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT WAS? THE HISTORIC OFFICE OF PRESERVATION.
THEY REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS TO, UH, CON DO THEIR OWN EVALUATION OF THE STRUCTURE TO SEE IF IT WAS DESIGNATED HISTORICAL.
DID THE HOMEOWNERS INDICATE THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIX IT UP OR ANYTHING TO YOU? I HAVE THE OWNERS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF IT, BUT THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEIR INTENT WAS TO REPAIR.
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YOU.SINCE JUDY'S NOT HERE, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY AHPS.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUDY IS HERE.
JENNY, I GOT YOU MEAN JENNY? YES.
I I DO BELIEVE, UM, AGAIN, AND I, AND JUDY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE AT THE FULL BOARD MEETING, OHP IS ASSIGNED AND SCHEDULED TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM.
I I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, I'M STATING THIS SO THEY HEAR ME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? ONE QUESTION.
DID THEY, UH, PRESENT YOU WITH ANY KIND OF PLAN? NO, SIR.
THOMAS SPRINGS, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS IS MORE OF, NOT NECESSARILY ON THIS CASE, BUT YOU AS A OFFICER.
WHEN Y'ALL HAVE HAD OTHER CASES WHERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS HAVE REACHED OUT TO CASA NHSD, DO THEY TYPICALLY TAKE A LONG TIME? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW LONG THAT PROCESS IS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS CASE SPECIFICALLY.
IT DID TAKE, UM, TWO TO TH TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO EVEN PROCESS A DENIAL LETTER.
UM, I KNOW, I THINK THEY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, UH, IN NOVEMBER AND I KNOW THAT A DENIAL LETTER RECENTLY WAS SENT OUT IN JANUARY.
SO THAT CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THIS CASE.
AS FAR AS A GENERAL TIMEFRAME, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL REAL QUICK.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE, THIS BOARD HAS ASKED FOR NHSD TO BE HERE AND THEY USUALLY ARE HERE AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
I CAN TELL YOU THE PERSONNEL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY, THEY ARE OUT HELPING THE REST OF NHSD.
THERE'S SOME BIG HUGE ASSISTANCE THAT, THAT IS NEEDED.
SO THEY DID TEXT US THIS MORNING AND LET US KNOW THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THEY APOLOGIZED, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY DUE TO THE, UM, UM, THE, THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT THEY NEED AT, AT ONSITE LOCATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS CASE? NO, NO.
RACHEL RAMIREZ, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY ADDRESS IS 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
CURRENTLY I AM RESIDING TEMPORARILY ACROSS THE STREET AT 1531 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
SO WHEN OUR HOUSE WAS, UM, CAUGHT ON FIRE, THANKFULLY NONE OF US WERE THERE.
UM, WE WANTED TO DO CONSTRUCTION ON THE HOUSE.
WE WAITED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOUNDATION OR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WAS, UM, ABLE TO BE KEPT AS FAR AS NOT NEEDING IT TO BE, UM, DEMOLISHED.
OUR INTENT WAS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, FIRE DAMAGE.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT INDICATE HOW THE FIRE, UM, WAS STARTED.
WE'VE REALIZED THAT IT WAS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MONEY TO DO MOST OF THE WORK.
SO MY HUSBAND, WHO ACTUALLY CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE HOUSE BUT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LICENSE TO DO IT, BECAUSE HE HAS DONE THAT IN THE PAST, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA TRY AND DO MOST OF THE STUFF BY OURSELVES THAT WE COULD.
THAT MEANT GETTING EVERYTHING OFF THE PROPERTY, UH, ANYTHING OUT OF THE HOUSE, REMOVING THE DEBRIS.
AS WE LIVE ACROSS THE STREET TEMPORARILY, WE ARE AWARE OF HOW THE HOUSE IS BEING, UH, SEEN.
WE ARE MAINTAINING IT, THE GRASS FRONT AND BACK, AND NEIGHBORS ON BOTH SIDES ARE ALSO AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THEY HAVE COME TO TELL US, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO CHECK ON IN CASE SOMEONE IS COMING TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
AND MOST CASES, THANKFULLY WE HAVE KNOWN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO COME TO THE PROPERTY.
OH, WE HAVE TRIED, EXCUSE ME, WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING A HOME EQUITY LOAN TO TRY AND GET THE MONEY NEEDED TO REPAIR.
WE HAVE HAD THREE CONTRACTORS.
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAD SECURED, UM, HAD TO LEAVE OUT OF TOWN ON ANOTHER BILL, ON ANOTHER JOB AND WOULD NOT BE BACK IN THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE NEEDED.
THE SECOND ONE SAID THAT IF WE DID MOST OF THE WORK, UH, AS FAR AS REMOVING THE SHINGLING, THE SHINGLES AND UM, PROVIDING THE MATERIALS, THEN HE WOULD COME BACK AND DO THAT FOR US.
SO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF HE WILL COME BACK TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE PURCHASED ALL THE SHINGLES, THE MATERIALS FOR THE ROOF.
WE JUST CAN'T PHYSICALLY DO IT OURSELVES AS WE NEED THE LICENSED CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT.
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MY CHILDREN, WE HAVE MANAGED TO AGAIN, REMOVE MOST OF THE THINGS AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT.AS WE ARE ACROSS THE STREET, WE ARE AWARE WE GO OVER THERE, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO FINISH THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE OUR HOUSE DEMOLISHED.
WE DO WANT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE BACK IN THERE.
UM, IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF HEALTH ISSUES.
I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL TWICE AND MY HOSPITAL HAS HAD SOME OUTPATIENT SURGERIES, WHICH HAS PREVENTED SOME OF THE INF UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE DONE.
NOW WE DID APPLY FOR BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR REPAIR PROGRESS THROUGH, UH, CASA VERDE AND REHAB REHAB PROCESS.
OKAY, WELL BECAUSE IT IS TAP AND IT'S IN ANYTHING YOU SAY GO.
I LIVE AT 1538 WEST CRAIG, AND ALSO CURRENTLY RESIDING AT 1531 WEST CRAIG.
WE DID, UH, APPLY FOR CASA WELL, OKAY.
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR REHAB PROGRAM THAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OFFERS, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE CLOSED.
SO WHEN WE APPLY, THEY'RE CLOSED.
WE DID APPLY FOR UNDER ONE ROOF.
THIS, UH, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A, OUR YOUNGEST IS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAD A, A RESOURCE FAIR.
SO THEY HAD, UH, POSTED THE UNDER ONE ROOF.
I WENT TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF TO APPLY, UH, THERE LOCATED, OH MY GOODNESS.
UH, IT'S THE OLD CROCKETT ELEMENTARY, WHICH WAS THE BAAN LIBRARY.
UH, SO THAT BUILDING THERE, WE WERE THERE.
WE WENT TO GO APPLY FOR IT ONLINE, UH, IN PERSON, EXCUSE ME.
UH, THEY TOLD US THAT THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED.
AND MY QUESTION, AND I DID SHARE THAT WITH, UH, OFFICER GARZA, UH, THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD JUST POSTED THAT THERE ARE THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE.
AND THEY SAID, OH, WELL, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THEIR PROGRAM START IN AUGUST.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN THEIR STARTS THE, UH, MAJOR AND MINOR, I BELIEVE IS, I HAD WRITTEN IT DOWN HERE, UH, OCTOBER AND ENDS IN NOVEMBER.
SAME THING WITH THE ONE THAT WE HAD DONE PRIOR.
HOWEVER, CASA VERDE SAID, WE NEED
WE NEED TO HAVE WINDOWS FOR THEM TO DO A PRESSURE TEST AND DOORS.
SO, UM, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US ONCE WE HAD THAT DONE.
SO, UH, GREAT WITH, AND THEN WE ALSO WENT AND CAME TO DO, UM, TO TRY AND GET THE PERMIT STARTED THAT WE, WE THOUGHT THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO DO IT.
UM, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD DO ONE OF 'EM BY OURSELVES.
THEY TOLD US WE HAD TO DO A FIRE AS ASSESS, SORRY.
THEY TOLD US WE HAD TO DO A FIRE ASSESSMENT REPORT.
SO THEN WE WAITED FOR THE GENTLEMAN TO COME TO THE HOUSE AND HE DID HIS REPORT.
AND WHAT HE STATED WAS THAT, YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED A NEW ROOF, BUT THE FOUNDATION WAS 0% FIRE DAMAGE.
SUB FLOOR ALSO WAS 0% FIRE DAMAGE AND WHAT? AND THEN THE WALLS, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND THAT MIDDLE OF THE ROOM IS WHAT HAS THE BULK OF THE STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND THAT'S DEFINITELY WHERE THE ROOF IS.
AND THE ROOF IS GONNA BE REPAIRED OFF OF THE WHOLE THING.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH OF THE LABOR OURSELVES AND THEN JUST HAVE THEM DO THE PART THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO FINISH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM,
UM, I'M CURRENTLY, I WENT TO WORK ON SITE, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO AWAY.
UH, AND SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF OUR TIME IS NOW.
UH, NOW THAT WE'RE BACK ACROSS THE STREET, UM, AND ABLE TO HAVE ALL MY EQUIPMENT REPLACED.
I'M NOW THANKFULLY WORKING FROM HOME.
SO AGAIN, I'M HOME DURING THE DAY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL.
I LIVE, UH, I LIVE AT 1531 WEST CRAIG.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TO JUDGE CORRECT THIS PROPERTY.
I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROMISE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
WE CAN SEE THE HOUSE, WE CAN SEE MOVEMENT.
UH, I MEAN, WE DON'T, UH, GOD BLESS, KNOCK ON THIS WOOD.
WE'VE NOT HAD ANY BUDDY TRESPASS COME IN TO TRY TO BREAK IN, UH, NOTHING OF THE SORTS OTHER THAN SOLICITORS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO, UH, BUY THE HOUSE.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE HAD COME THROUGH THERE.
ANYTHING FURTHER? THAT'S IT, SIR.
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ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, SIR? UM, YEAH, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.UM, IT SHOWED IN HERE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET ENOUGH INSURANCE.
WE SEE THAT YOU'VE TRIED EVERY PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE GIVEN A PAMPHLET.
DID YOU GET A PAMPHLET IN THE PACKET? IN THE PACKET? YEAH.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.
ANYTHING THAT WAS TOLD TO US BY EITHER OUR SCHOOL RESOURCES WHERE MY SON GOES TO SCHOOL OR THROUGH THE CITY, WE HAVE APPLIED TO THOSE.
HAVE YOU GONE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR CHURCH RELATED OR NOT, BUT MOST CHURCHES HAVE PROGRAMS FOR SUCH EMERGENCIES.
THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.
UM, 'CAUSE LIKE UNITED, WE GIVE A LIST OF RIGHT.
SO UNITED WAY, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UM, I HAVE A LIST AT HOME.
SO YOU ARE ACTIVELY STILL TRYING? ABSOLUTELY.
YOU SAID YOU APPLIED FOR A LOAN.
DID THEY TAKE YOU A BALLPARK? SO THEY TOLD US IT WOULD BE A COUPLE DAYS AND WE'RE STILL WAITING TO NOTICE.
'CAUSE THAT WAS JUST REDONE LAST WEEK.
SO WE'RE WAITING FROM OUR, FROM OUR PERSONAL BANK TO GET A HOME EQUITY LOAN TO FINISH THE REST OF THESE, THE NECESSARY ALL OF THE YES.
ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND ALL THAT.
NOW WE DO HAVE A SOUND STANDBY.
WE HAVE ELECTRICIANS THAT ARE GONNA HELP US.
WE HAVE, UH, AC WE HAVE, UH, OTHER CONTRACTORS, BUT THE ROOF IS FIRST.
SO ONCE THAT HAS BEEN SECURED.
AND THEY'RE ON BOARD TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU'RE JUST WAITING.
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN ROB THE BANK TO GET THE MONEY.
AND YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
HOW MORE, HOW, HOW FAR DO YOU THINK DOWN THE ROAD IT WOULD BE BEFORE IT ACTUALLY BECOMES UP TO CODE? I WOULD SAY NINE MONTHS.
AND THEN WE CAN TRY SOONER THAN THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT NINE MONTHS WOULD BE MORE REALISTIC BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THE ROOF DONE, THEN I NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD, WHICH WILL BE OUR ELECTRICAL.
AND THEN AFTER THEM WE'VE GOT, UH, OTHER CONTRACTORS ON BOARD.
MAY I, SO, SO EXCUSE ME AGAIN.
AND FROM THE PICTURES THAT WE HAD, THE FIRST, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS WAS THE ROOF.
'CAUSE WE DID HAVE A HOLE WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME IN AND, UH, THEY, THE HOLES IN THAT? CORRECT.
SO, UH, AT ONE POINT WE, I HAD THE KIDS GO UP THERE AND WE PUT SHINGLES TO COVER THE HOLES.
SO THERE WAS NO HOLES, THERE WAS NO WATER COMING INTO THE HOUSE.
WHEN WE FOUND THIS LAST CONTRACTOR, UH, HE HAD TOLD US, STRIP THE ROOF, STRIP THE ROOF, AND THAT MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO COME IN AND DO.
WE KNEW THAT WE HAD ASPHALT SHINGLES AND THEN WE HAD THE WOOD SHINGLES.
THAT'S THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE.
SO IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN HERE? I'D SAY TWO MONTHS.
AT THE END OF MAYBE MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL, I WOULD SAY.
WE HAVE THE TARPS TO COVER UP SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WATER COMING IN.
UM, THE DAMAGE THAT YOU SEE, YES, IT IS THE TOP.
SO THE LIVING ROOM AND THE DINING ROOM ARE THE ONES THAT TOOK THE SMOKE DAMAGE.
SO ALL THE WOOD, THIS HOUSE DID NOT HAVE, UH, SHEET ROCK.
THIS HOUSE HAD PANELING, PANELING AND THE OLD CLOTH INSULATOR.
SO THIS WHOLE HOUSE IS KIND OF A TONGUE AND GROOVE.
SO WHEN WE EXPOSED EVERYTHING, IT JUST, IT GAVE US A LOT OF HOPE, ESPECIALLY PULLING THE CARPET OUT TO SEEING THAT THERE WAS NO, TO SEEING THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ON THE FLOOR.
SO THAT, AND THEN WHEN, UH, OFFICER CAME OVER TO DO THE ASSESSMENT, HE SAYS, THIS IS GOOD.
SO AT THAT POINT, HE WAS GIVING US A TON OF HOPE,
BUT UH, YES, WE ARE TRYING TO GET, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, SO WE HAVE TO GET A PERSONAL ENGINEER TO COME IN.
THERE'S NOT TOO FAR FROM THE HOUSE.
THEY'RE ON, UH, ACTUALLY WOODLAWN, FREDERICKSBURG, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE PLACE OF ONE.
UH, WHEN WE DID, WE DID HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN COME OUT PRIOR AND THEY SAID, WE NEED TO WAIT AND LET THEM DO THE ROOF.
WHEN THEY DID THE ASSESSMENT OF IT ALL THEY TOLD US WAS, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
YOUR, YOUR PLACE IS NOT ELECTRICAL.
HOWEVER, HE GOES, THEY DID IDENTIFY TWO AREAS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IS IN THE KITCHEN.
HE SAYS, THIS IS, THERE WAS HOT.
HE GOES YOU NEED TO DROP, UH, THE TWO DROPS BASICALLY, HE SAID WAS THE LIGHT SWITCH AND THE GF, THE GROUND FAULT PLUG.
AND HE GOES, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE.
BUT HE SAYS, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE CENTRAL UNIT, UH, AND THEY KEPT LOOKING UP AT THE TOP 'CAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS A DISCONNECT.
THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS THEY NEVER FED POWER TO THE, THE UNITS BECAUSE THE BOX OUTSIDE WAS TOO SMALL.
SO RATHER THAN THEM TO DO A, UH, UH, A JERRY RIG, THEY JUST KIND OF WENT IN AS LIKE, STOP UNTIL WE DO THAT PART.
SO I KNOW THAT WHEN THEY DID THE ASSESSMENT, THEY KEPT SAYING, WELL, IT'S THE UNIT
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UP UPON TOP.AND I SAID, NO, IT'S GOT DISCONNECTS, BUT, UH, I NEED TO KEEP MOVING.
UH, THE WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GONNA REPLACE ALL THE WINDOWS.
SO WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK ON THAT.
AND DOORS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, TWO DOORS THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE.
REALLY, IT'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION STUFF THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE, UH, A TABLE SAW GENERATOR AND A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WERE USING.
SO BY DOING A LOT OF THE WORK, WHAT SHE MEANT IS JUST GETTING RID OF THE STUFF THAT NEEDS, THAT THE CONTRACTORS SAID, LOOK, GET RID OF ALL THIS CHAR, WE'LL COME IN, WE'LL DO IT.
THE OVERHANG ON THE ROOF, THAT'S CHAR OUTSIDE, IT'S SMOKE DAMAGE, BUT THE CHAR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
THEY SAID THAT ONCE THEY DID THE ROOF AND THE TRUSSING, UH, THE PART UP THERE, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, GREAT.
WE DO HAVE ALSO, IF I COULD NOTE THAT THE, THERE IS A FRONT DOOR THAT LOCKS AND THERE IS A BACK DOOR AS WELL.
WELL, WHAT I LIKED IS THE FACT THAT YOU ACTUALLY SECURED THE HOUSE, WHICH A LOT OF 'EM WE DON'T SEE THAT.
UM, BUT IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH ALL YOUR STEPS RIGHT NOW, AND THE ONLY THING YOU'RE WAITING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE LOAN, YAY OR NAY, WHICH YOU DON'T KNOW YET.
YOU'RE ABOUT SIX MONTHS ABOUT FOR REPAIR.
THERE'S MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO AT THIS TIME.
YOU SEAT? WELL, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, THIS IS OUR HOUSE.
THIS IS WHERE OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN.
AND, UM, I'VE HAD THEM REALIZE THAT IT'S, I DON'T WANNA SAY WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR AGE OR AT THE END OF OUR ROPES, BUT, UH, IT'S, UM, IT'S, WE HAVE TO REHABILITATE THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE TO REPLACE WE, I MEAN REPAIR BECAUSE THIS IS THEIRS.
AND TO JUMP INTO A NEW HOUSE, IT'S, IT'S, UH, HOUSING'S JUST VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND TO SPEND WHATEVER WE CAN TO, TO MAKE THIS HOUSE LIVABLE AGAIN, IS I THINK WAY MORE AFFORDABLE FOR US, UM, IN THE LONG RUN.
SO, AND YET, I'M NOT SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA TAKE, SIR.
UM, AND, AND I REALIZE YOU'RE LIVING ON A LOT OF HOPE, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT THESE PICTURES ARE OVERWHELMING TO THE, IF YOU START OFF WITH A NEW STRUCTURE AND A LICENSED CONTRACTOR WHO HAS OTHER CONTRACTORS TO BUILD YOU A HOUSE, THAT, THAT MIGHT BE THE BETTER WAY TO GO.
WE, I MEAN, AND WE HAVE TO JUDGE YOUR CASE ACCORDING TO WHAT WE SEE IN HERE.
AND, AND LIKE THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE WERE, UH, WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, THAT FOR THE ROOF, I THINK HE'S, WELL, HE'S CHARGED US $3,500 TO DO THE ROOF, BUT WE'VE DONE ALL THE, UH, PURCHASED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE MATERIALS.
SO FOR THAT, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE BIG POINT THAT WE NEEDED.
AND, AND THAT'S, I THINK THE BIGGEST PART THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD TO, UH, THAT WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OVERCOME.
BECAUSE THE REST OF THE, THE CEILING PARTS, THE PLANKS, ALL THAT WOOD, THAT CAN, THAT'S OUR NEXT, BUT LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, HE GOES, ONCE YOU DO YOUR ROOF, IT'S DOWNHILL FROM THERE.
SO THAT'S, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PART WHERE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, BUILDING NEW, BUT IF WE ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, HE SAID YOU COULD PROBABLY GET BY WITH ABOUT 15, $20,000 TO DO ALL THE REPAIR.
OUR NEIGHBOR DOES CONSTRUCTION.
HE SAID THEY WOULD DO THE SHEET ROCK FOR FREE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE OFFERED TO DO WORK ON OUR BEHALF.
WE DO WHAT? IT'S JUST THE CONTRACTING PART, WHICH IS THE ROOF.
SO WE'VE GOT ELECTRICIANS IN THE FAMILY, WE'VE GOT PLUMBERS IN THE FAMILY, WE'VE GOT AC PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY.
IT'S JUST THE ROOF PART THAT WE NEED TO SITUATE AND, AND NOBODY, WE DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT DOES ROOFING OTHER THAN GOING THROUGH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BIG CONTRACTORS, BIG CONTRACTOR COMES OUT, THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING FOR 14, $15,000.
NOW THIS ONE SAID, YOU KNOW, FIND, GET THE MATERIALS.
WE BOUGHT ALL THE SHINGLES, BOUGHT THE, THE, THE
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PAPER AND, AND, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS THE WOOD AS WELL.SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHY, YES, IT WOULD SEEM A LOT EASIER TO DO A WHOLE HOUSE, BUT WHEN THE MAJORITY OF IS THE HOUSE AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CHARING, THAT'S REALLY STUFF THAT CAN BE, UH, REPAIRED, LIKE THE SMOKE DAMAGE.
AND I SAID REPAIR THE, REPLACE THE WOOD, THE, THE SIDING IS STILL AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AN OLD DOUBLE SIDING THAT THEY SELL AND UH, IT DOESN'T NEED A WHOLE LOT.
IT, THE PICTURES LOOK UGLY
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
I WILL BE, UH, READING A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED AND WE RECEIVED THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
APRIL 23RD AT 8:54 AM WE RECEIVED NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE NUMBER INB DASH BSB DASH I NB 23 DASH 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.
ADDRESS, 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
CURRENTLY THE BORROW, THE BORROWER IS IN GOOD STANDING AND WE ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE ANY PRESERVATION WORK AT THIS TIME.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE BOROUGH DIRECTLY.
JEANETTE STYLES, SPECIALIST PRES, UH, PROPERTY PRESERVATION, KERATIN MORTGAGE SERVICES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION.
I HAVE DID, I MEAN YOU GO AHEAD.
YOU MEAN MY NUMBERS UP THERE? THANK YOU.
I MOVE THE PROPER, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 57, WHICH IS FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, BUT IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6, 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS SIX MONTHS TO DO THE WORK.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. WEINER MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 1, UM, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 15 6, WHICH IS FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME.
AND, UM, PER CODES SUB SUBSECOND CODES, UH, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
UH, REPORT REPAIR ORDER FOR SIX MONTHS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS THOMAS, FRANK, I SECOND.
IS IT HAVE CODE FOLLOW UP EVERY 30 DAYS? I ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT.
NOW DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, WE DID SECOND.
THAT SECOND WAS FOR, UH, MR. FRANKS.
CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? MR. TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
AND OUR FINAL CASE, UH, 4 2 6 SUTTON DRIVE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
MY NAME IS ARIAN BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR
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THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 4 2 6 SU DRIVE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 8 1 3 BLOCK 22 LOT EAST 60 FEET OF 22 AND WEST FIVE FEET OF 23 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GENEVIEVE L OHIRA WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 2 6 SU DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, GENEVIEVE OJEDA AND SAMUEL ACOSTA, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2023 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 2 6 SOUTHERN DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 30TH, 2023.
AN ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIM ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2023 ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON APRIL 18TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 4 2 6 SUDDEN DRIVE.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, MAY 2ND, 2024.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE AS OF TODAY.
MAY 2ND, 2024 FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKING ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024, MARCH 27TH, 2024, AND APRIL 18TH, 2024.
PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD SIDING IS WORN, DETERIORATED, AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THERE ARE TWO POSTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE THAT THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED.
THERE IS ALSO WORN AND LIFTING SHINGLES.
AND AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATING WOOD SIDING.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT.
IT'S ALSO SAGGING IN THE MIDDLE AND THE WOOD IS WORN, DETERIORATED, AND IT ALSO LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE A CONTINUATION OF THE WOOD SIDING BEING WORN, DETERIORATED, AND LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
ALSO, THERE IS MISSING AND DETACHING.
THERE IS MISSING AND DETACHING IN SOME AREAS AND THERE ARE HOLES AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE TWO POSTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AFTER GETTING A RIGHT OF ENTRY FORM SIGNED BY THE OWNER, WE ENTER THE PROPERTY TO DO AN INTERIOR INSPECTION.
AND THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ONE AND ROT IT DETERIORATING WOOD MEMBERS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES IN THE WALLS.
LOOKING TO THE RIGHT STANDING IN THE SAME SPOT, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE CEILING AND ALSO THE CEILING DECKING HAS WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP IN THAT SAME AREA LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE ROOF OR THE CEILING.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE UM, CEILING HAS HOLES THAT ARE ALLOWING IN NATURAL LIGHT.
LOOK INTO THE LEFT OF THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE WALLS AND THE CEILING.
LOOKING UP IN THAT SAME AREA, YOU CAN SEE THE DETACHING CEILING DECKING WITH THE WATER DAMAGE WOOD MEMBERS.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ZONED R FOUR.
THE STRUCTURE SUFFERS FROM LONG-TERM DETERIORATION WITH ISSUES TO THE ROOF AND WALLS.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT.
THE WALLS ARE WORN, DETERIORATING, LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND CONTAINS HOLES.
THE FRONT ELEVATION IS SUPPORTED BY TWO WOOD POSTS IN THE MIDDLE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING, COLLAPSED, AND CONTAINS HOLES.
THE SHINGLES ARE WORN, ROTTED, DETERIORATING, AND LIFTING.
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TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 4 2 6 SUDDEN DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, AND 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH, 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 UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 4 2 6 SUTTON DRIVE.
LEMME ASK YOU SOMETHING HERE, SIR.
THAT GOES TO THE HOUSE? YES SIR.
SO IT FEEDS FROM HERE TO THE HOUSE? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WASN'T A METER JUST FOR THE GARAGE.
NO, THAT METER DOES FEED TO THE HOUSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
GENEVIEVE OJEDA, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GENEVIEVE OJEDA 4 2 6 7 DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8.
UM, THE REASON OF THE DELAY OF THIS STRUCTURE IS BASICALLY DUE TO THE ELECTRICITY SERVICE THAT IS STORED ON THE GARAGE.
THAT HAS BEEN THE ONLY REASON WHY IT HAS BEEN DELAYED.
THE CPS UM, PERSONNEL STATES THAT THEY HAVE A BACKUP ORDER AND I'VE JUST BEEN WAITING ON THEM, BASICALLY.
SO WHEN THEY SAY A BACKUP ORDER, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL PLAN? ARE THEY GONNA PUT IT ON A POLE? WELL, I, I ASKED THEM IF I CAN HAVE A TEMPORARY POLE THERE SO I CAN DEMOLISH THAT STRUCTURE AND PUT IT BACK UP.
AND I HAD A TEMPORARY POST THERE FOR LIKE TWO YEARS WITH MY ELECTRICIAN.
THEY SAID THEY'RE BACKED UP WITH, UM, ORDERS FROM THE PANDEMIC AND THEY WERE STILL LOGGING ON.
AND THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO THIS PERSON NAMED RACHEL FROM CPS, SHE GAVE US A POINT OF CONTACT WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMAN.
THIS GENTLEMAN ASKED ME IF I HAD ELECTRICIAN.
AND BASICALLY HE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
IS IT A POLE, A TEMPORARY POLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MEANS A TWO BY OR A FOUR BY FOUR POLE WITH THE METER ON IT FOR TEMPORARY USE ONLY.
ARE YOU TALKING THAT OR A PHYSICAL POWER POLE? NO, NO, NO.
THE, THE TRI, THE TT EXCUSE ME.
AND FOR, UH, 4 2 6 SUTTON DRIVE.
IT WAS, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A, UH, TTI THINK IT'S T-M-I-A-T TEMPORARY METER.
SO IT WAS A TRIPOD THAT WAS BUILT THERE, UM, BY THE, BY THE ELECTRICIAN.
AND THEN THE UM, THE INSPECTOR WAS TO COME AND APPROVE OF IT.
AND THAT WAS NEVER APPROVED TO GET IT MOVED.
AND SO NOTHING WAS EVER ABLE TO MOVE.
SO BASICALLY THAT HAS BEEN THE DELAY AS FAR AS GETTING THE METER OFF OF THE GARAGE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY METER THAT IT, IT FEEDS THE HOUSE.
IT BASICALLY GOES UNDERGROUND.
THAT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION AS A CONTRACTOR WHEN I SEE STUFF LIKE THAT.
MM-HMM,
EITHER IT FEEDS THIS, BUT THIS ONE OBVIOUSLY GOES IN THE GROUND.
BUT A TEMPORARY, YOU CAN'T LEAVE THEIR PERMANENT.
IS IT A POLE? LIKE CPS HAS WHAT THEY DO SELL POLES LESS THAN THAT.
YOU CAN RUN LIKE LAMP POLES IN A, YOU CAN USE THOSE.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED WHAT YOUR TERM IS.
WELL, WHY DIDN'T THEY LOOK FOR A PERMANENT METER POLE AND THEN RUN POWER TO THAT? YEAH, SO THEY, THEY TOLD US WE HAD, UH, ONLY HAD TWO OPTIONS AND THAT'S TO PUT A, THE 25 FOOT POLE IN OUR PROPERTY
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OR GET IT MOVED TO THE HOUSE.AND CPS NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH US TO GET THE METER ONTO OUR HOUSE.
BUT YOUR ELECTRICIAN COULD HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH A POLE IN YOUR YARD AND THEN RUN FROM YOUR HOUSE OVER TO THE POLE AND PUT UP A SETUP.
SO ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS HOOK IN.
AND, AND, AND SO LIKE I SAID, THEY NEVER APPROVED THE, THE METER TO GET IT OFF OF THE, UH, TO GET THE METER OFF OF THE GARAGE.
SO BASICALLY FOR THE, THE DELAY HAS BEEN BECAUSE CPS WON'T APPROVE THE METER TO GET REMOVED FROM THE STRUCTURE.
AND AS OF NOW WE'VE UH, TOLD MR. BLEDSO THAT'S HAD, THAT HAS BEEN OUR DELAY.
'CAUSE THIS, THIS STRUCTURE COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, DEMOLISHED A LONG TIME AGO.
WE WERE TRYING TO DO IT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY HOLDUP TO CPS? YES SIR.
OTHER THAN THAT WE ARE LIKE READY TO, TO PULL THE PERMIT, YOU NEED TO COME.
YEAH, WE AGREE OF WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE.
WE, WE NEED TO GET THE PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL THE, THE, THE CITY MOVES OUR METER FROM THE GARAGE.
YOU ANYTHING FURTHER, FURTHER TO SAY? NO, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? OUR ADVICE? NOPE.
BUT IT IS THIS COUNSEL QUESTION.
IF WE SEND AN ORDER AS A DEMO AND THAT'S THE HOLDUP, CAN IT BE EXPEDITED TO CPS? BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY HOLDUP IS THIS RIGHT HERE? YOU DO AN EMERGENCY.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, UM, WILL YOUR ORDER HELP EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS? MM-HMM.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD.
UM, YEAH, I-I-I-I-I DON'T THINK I I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
BUT IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE AND IT STILL CAN'T BE DONE, ARE THEY GONNA BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF THE ORDER? NO.
BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF CORRECT.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE MAKING GOOD FAITH AND TRYING TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY UM, UH, UM, PENALTIES OR, OR RAMIFICATIONS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO, UM, GET CPS OR WHOEVER TO, TO INSTALL THAT TEMPORARY.
BECAUSE BY THAT TIME IT'S NOT GONNA BE TEMPORARY.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PERMANENT.
SO, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET THEM IN.
UH, NOT THAT I DON'T WANT TO, IT'S THE FACT THAT WE SHOULDN'T PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE AND THEN THEY END UP BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE OF ANOTHER ISSUE IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
UM, IF THIS BOARD ORDERS A DEMOLITION, UH, GIVES A DEMOLITION ORDER, UM, AND THEY ARE IN, UM, CONCERT AND AGREEMENT WITH IT, AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN COMMUNI STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR CODE OFFICER, THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
AND, AND THIS MAY HELP YOU GUYS AND AND CHAIR IF, IF THEY WANT TO USE THAT ORDER TO SEE IF IT HELPS THEM OUT, I THEN THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET THEM IN TROUBLE OVER THE THING OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S ISSUE AND IT VIOLATES THE COURT SO IT WON'T DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING 'CAUSE THEN WE CAN GIVE IT TO THEM.
CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? IT'S THOMAS FRANKS.
DO YOU WANT FRED? I MOVE THAT, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 26 SUTTON DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, UH, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7 2 AND, OR I'M SORRY, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, AND 15.
I MOVE THE PROPERTY TO BE DE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE, UH, ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
WE HAVE A, A MOTION, UH, TO DEMOLISH.
WE MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 2 6 SUTTON DRIVE
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SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 2 8 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION ONE FIVE, UH, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56.AND IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME PER SUBSECTIONS 1 2, 5 7, 8 15 AND ORDER THAT THE, UM, PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND, UH, FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
CAN I GET A SECOND AND I SECOND IT AND SECOND AND AND WEINER SECOND.
CAN I GET A VOTE? MR. TAPIA? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 5 2 0 WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.
UH, MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
YOU CAN GO SEE YOUR, UH, CODE OFFICER AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO NEXT.
ARE WE READY FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? NO, THIS IS THOMAS.
UM, THE, THE CODES IN THE DESCRIPTION, THEY, THE SCRIPT Y'ALL GAVE US THAT TRIPPED ME UP ON THE VERY FIRST ONE.
UM, WERE THOSE ARE THOSE NEW ONES? BECAUSE I HAD TO PULL OUT ONE OF THE OLD SCRIPTS AND THAT'S READ IT WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT 1 57 AND 1 56.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T DRAFT THE SCRIPTS.
SO
JUDY KRUM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
YES, WE DID REVISE A DP MOTION SCRIPT.
WE INCLUDED, UM, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE ALONG WITH 6 1 56 WHERE THE DEFINITIONS ARE LISTED.
SO YOU WANT US TO REPEAT IT AS AS TYPE JUST LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT REPEATS A, A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT THAT'S FINE.
A HEADS UP WOULD'VE BEEN OKAY.
'CAUSE YOU TRIPPED ME UP REAL GOOD.
UH, JUDY, THE FULL BOARD IS THE 23RD MY 16TH.
IS THAT NEXT WEEK? NO, NEXT IS THE NINTH.
THAT'S THE PANEL B AND THEN THE 16TH THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME BECAUSE I AM, I'M WORKING ON THAT PRESENTATION AND NOT IT, SO I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THOMAS, ABOUT YOUR REQUEST.
YOU WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THAT.
I I, YEAH, I WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT I AM, I'M UP TO PAR.
I'M GONNA CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND IT SHOULD BE GOOD.
'CAUSE I WATCHED YOUR LAST ONE FROM LAST YEAR, SO I GOT ABOUT 50 QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD STILL ACCESS THAT ONE FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, WHAT IIII WILL TELL YOU WHAT I DID DO IS, UM, I THINK I'VE EXPANDED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, UM, I KIND OF WANT YOU GUYS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT, WHERE, WHERE THE DART TEAM IS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHING.
HEY, I GOT A QUESTION JUST RANDOM.
THIS, THE, THE LAST ONE WE DID WHERE THEY APPLIED FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY OFFERS.
IS THERE NOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY WATCHED THE PCDC MEETING, YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH AND THEN WHEN I WAS INTERVIEWED TO BE ON THE BOARD, COUNCILMAN COURAGE HIT ME REALLY HARD WITH WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M HONESTLY, I'M KIND OF SHOCKED THAT THEY WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE THING THE CITY OFFERS AND YOU KNOW, THE PCDC IS HITTING THE BSB FOR DEMOLISHING BUILDINGS, BUT THEN WHEN WE DO HAVE BUILDINGS THAT WE WANT TO HELP REPAIR, THERE IS NOTHING.
RIGHT? IT'S, WELL, UM, IT, I I, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO, TO FIND OUT, BECAUSE I CAN SPECULATE, BUT I I, I DON'T THINK IT'D BE PROPER.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, AND JUDY CORRECT ME IF I'M, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, UM, EVERYTHING FOR THE FULL BOARD IS ALREADY SET UP, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE NHSD OR DHS THE ONES THAT HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THEM.
I DO KNOW THE FUNDS COME, UM, AND THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED UNTIL THEY'RE, THEY'RE DONE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S, I I, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM THE PROPER PERSON TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR YOU, BUT THIS BOARD IS NOT HERE TO DETERMINE THE PROGRAMS. THESE PEOPLE GO ON THE THEY ARE NOT.
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IT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE WAY BEFORE IT GETS TO THIS BOARD.WELL, I, IT, IT COULD BE THE REASON THAT THE BOARD, IT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS BECAUSE THEY NEED HELP AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT.
AND SO IF THEY CAN'T GET THAT HELP, THE, THE MOST LIKELY RESULT IS GOING TO BE IT COMES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
SO, WELL AGAIN, I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN UNDER, I CAN UNDER, IT'S, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS COMPARED TO I DIDN'T TRY ANY RIGHT.
PROGRAMS OR I'VE TRIED EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM.
I, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY LIKE HIM, IF THEY GRILL YOU ON THE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, THAT'S NOT OUR CALL.
OURS IS ONLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ASK THE QUESTION, HAVE YOU BEEN WITH A PAMPHLET? WELL, YEAH.
BUT WE'RE NOT TO SIT THERE AND LABEL ALL THE THINGS OFF AND CORRECT.
ASSUME THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TELLING THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE GET IN TROUBLE FOR IS GIVING THEM ADVICE.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION, HEY, DID YOU GET A PAMPHLET? AND THEY SAY YES.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE THE ASSUMPTION IS IF YOU GET THE PAMPHLET, THEN THEREFORE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THESE FUNDS.
WELL, THEY'RE LETTING YOU KNOW, YEAH, I GOT THE PAMPHLET AND I CALLED EVERY NUMBER ON IT AND NO, I'M NOT GETTING, AND THEN ANY ASSISTANCE.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THE CITY ONLY HAS PARTIAL, THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT AREN'T EVEN AFFILIATED THAT THEY COULD HAVE PROBABLY WENT TO.
BUT IS THAT THE CITY'S DEAL TO BE TELLING THEM THAT? OR IS THAT AGAIN, THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION IN MOST CASES, THAT'S NOT THE BOARD'S ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO US, THAT'S MORE OF A DSD BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO THE STEP BY STEP BEFORE IT GETS HERE.
I, BUT, UM, I, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE BOARD BECAME CITIZEN BASED IS BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE MORE, UM,
I DO, I DO, I DO THINK THAT, UM, WHEN INDIVIDUALS AND PROPERTY OWNERS COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT THE PERSONS THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING TO ARE PERSONS THAT ARE JUST LIKE THEM SIMILARLY SITUATED.
SO, I MEAN, YOU GOT ALL THIS, LIKE THESE, WE KNOW CITY HAS A SPECIFIC TIMELINE, THESE BOARDS, BECAUSE THEN THEY GOTTA DO THE BUDGETS.
ALL THE PROGRAMS HAD TO BE, WELL, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAD THE SAME THING IF WE HAD AN ACCESS TO ALL THE LIST.
WELL, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THAT MIGHT HELP LATER DOWN THE ROAD IS WHEN THE CITY'S ORGANIZATIONS ARE TIED UP NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE CAPPED, BECAUSE NOW THEY GOTTA GET READY FOR THE NEXT BUDGET.
MAYBE THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION CAN FILL THAT SPOT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND ALL THEM MIGHT BE ABLE TO, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALL RUN INTO THE SAME FISCAL YEAR ISSUE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, AND I'M GONNA PROBABLY GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE IF THAT'S OKAY, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 17 YEARS AND MAYBE, MAYBE AS THE CITY, WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAYBE ADJUST HOW WE'RE DISPERSING THE FUNDS, HOW WE'RE GATHERING THE FUNDS, THE DEADLINES.
I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK ALL SIDES, THERE CAN BE SOME, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE HEARING AND, AND, AND, AND ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT QUITE HONESTLY, IF, IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR SOME OF THE CITY PROGRAMS ON THE FIRST DAY THAT THEY'RE OPEN AND YOU FIND OUT THREE WEEKS LATER THAT NO, YOU DIDN'T GET ANY OF THE MONEY, WELL THERE'S, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.
AND THEN THEY ALL GO BACK TO THE SAME THING THAT ALL OF 'EM SAID THE SAME THING.
IT'S, IT'S FROM X TO X AND EVERYBODY HAS, AND YOU'VE GOT, I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S FROM X TO X, THE BEGINNING, THE MONEY MIGHT ALREADY BE GONE.
AND MAYBE IF THIS ORGANIZATION WAS RUNNING LOW ON FUNDS, THEY KNEW OF AN ORGANIZATION WHO MAY BE JUST GETTING FUNDS.
I'M GONNA STOP BEFORE I GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE.
BUT I MEAN THAT, BUT THE POINT, THE, THE POINT I MADE HERE, AND, AND THAT'S A BIG POINT, AND IT IS, IT'S NOT THE BOARD'S DECISION TO TELL 'EM WHAT TO DO.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S WHAT I'M, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF LESS, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT GETS TO US, IT'S OVER.
WE, WE, WE DON'T GET TO SAY, HEY, YOU CAN GO FIND FUNDS HERE.
WE EITHER HAVE TO SAY, REPAIR OR DEMO THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, I'M GONNA GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE HERE TOO.
IT'S BEEN POLITICIZED THAT THE BOARD DEMOS ALL THESE HOUSES, BUT YET THAT'S OUR ONLY OPTION.
WE, WE, WE CAN ONLY REPAIR OR DEMO.
WHEREAS WE WOULD PREFER IT BE REPAIRED.
HOWEVER, THE PERFECT CITIZENS THAT
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DID EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD, THE CITY HAD NO FUNDS FOR 'EM.OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DIDN'T EITHER.
AND ON THE SIDE OF ERIC AND LEGAL, HE WAS ON, ON TELEVISION SAYING, LET US DO OUR JOB.
I MEAN, THAT'S THIS, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU SEEING THAT.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO OBJECTION.