* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 8 ON THIS DAY, JUNE 6TH, 2024. MY NAME IS ROBERT TAPIO. I'M THE CHAIR OF OF PANEL A BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING IN SESSION. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA. PRESENT, ANN WEINER. PRESENT. PAUL HERNANDEZ, GEORGE GRIMES JR. PRESENT, DORIS SOLIS PRESENT, FRED ANDES PRESENT. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS AND LUCINDA OROZCO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, BSB LIAISON, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO. AND MYSELF, ESTHER , DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST CHAIR AORM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS, UH, HEARING, UH, AS A CHARITY, I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE MYSELF FOR, UH, A MOMENT TO, UH, HONOR THE BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO SERVED FOR A NATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REMEMBER THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES. JUNE 6TH, 1944, NORMANDY, FRANCE. WE MUST BE DILIGENT TO, UH, PASS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DAY TO THE NEXT GENERATION SO THAT WE MAY LIVE PEACEABLY ONE WITH ANOTHER. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE THE INTER UH, INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THOSE APPLICANTS. GOOD MORNING OR SORRY, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT REQUIRE TRANSLATION SERVICES. THE, THE INTERPRETER WILL TRANSLATE OVER THE PHONE. THE, UH, SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE DURING THIS MEETING. IS BEING RECORDED IN SPANISH. TRANSACTION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS AND THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE CALLBACK AND THE SPANISH VERSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I HAVE A CHAIRMAN STATEMENT THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL 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 DOCUMENTATION DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PUBLIC, AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURED 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. 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 THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THAT ORDER THAT THAT ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT [00:05:01] 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. THANK YOU. AND I'LL [ Approval of Minutes  ] HAVE, UH, HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, REVIEW THE, THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF MAY 2ND, 2024 AS IS. DO I HAVE A SECOND AND ONE SECOND? YES. OKAY. WE HAVE A, UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES BY FRED ANDES AND, UH, ANN WEINER. SECOND DISCUSSION. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NO. CAN WE HAVE A, UH, A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. ANNE WEINER. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES, JR. AYE. DORA SOLIS? AYE. FERNANDEZ. AYE. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. UH, MOTION PASSES. UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH A VOTE OF HOW MANY? 1, 2, 5 TO ZERO. FIVE TO ZERO. CAN WE, UM, [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] MOVE ON WITH THE STAFF REPORTS PLEASE? MR. CHAIR, ARE WE GONNA DO THE SELECTION OF THE PANEL VICE CHAIR? IF WE WANNA DO THAT FIRST, MR. CHAIR? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT TO GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE. THAT WAY ALL THE CASES WILL BE HEARD FIRST. CAN WE DO THAT? OKAY. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND ON THAT ITEM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD IF MY, I MAY CONTINUE. YES. FIRST ITEM IS A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. THE PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED AT 36 0 2 COBRA ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE. UH, IT'S A MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 59, SECTION FIVE. NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. IT WAS SIGNED, UH, INTO THE RECORD ON MAY THE 14TH OF 2024. UH, MOVING ON INTO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS FIRST ITEM STRUCTURE LOCATED AT TEN FOUR TWENTY CBRA ROAD IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT SIX WAS DEMOLISHED ON MAY THE 15TH OF 2024 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 30TH, 2024. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THAT STRUCTURE. NEXT PROPERTY, UH, STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 27 38. WAYNE DRIVE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO WAS DEMOLISHED ON MAY THE 15TH OF 2024 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MAY THE FOURTH OF 2024. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. UM, THIS WAS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AS WELL. THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS. THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT AT THIS TIME. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. NO. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NOW CAN WE, UH, PROCEED WITH OUR FIRST CASE? 1415 SOUTH PINE MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS RYAN GARZA. JAMES. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RYAN GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THE CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 3 8 9 9 BLOCK ZERO, LOT SEVEN [00:10:01] EXC SOUTHEAST, TRI 13, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE. AT THIS TIME, MR. FIA IS PRESENT AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND MAKE A REQUEST TO THE BOARD FOR A RESCHEDULE. I, NO. GOOD MORNING. UM, STATE, MY FATHER IS, OH, MY NAME IS PAUL. MY NAME IS PAUL FA. YES. UH, THE HOUSE IN QUESTION IS MY OLD RESIDENCE, 1415 SOUTH PINE STREET. WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS? UH, RIGHT NOW I LIVE AT 2 0 3 ISABELLE STREET, APARTMENT ONE. THANK YOU. UH, MY FATHER IS HERE, BUT HE IS, UH, ILL, HE JUST, UH, GOTTA THE HOSPITAL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO WE'RE ASKING IF WE CAN DO A, A, UH, RE A RESET FOR THIS DATE. UH, HE NEEDS TO GO HOME. HE'S HAD A HEART SURGERY. HE HAD PNEUMONIA. HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN BED REST RIGHT NOW. SO RIGHT NOW I'M ASKING IF IT'S OKAY TO HAVE A CONTINUANCE OR YOU HAVE NO INFORMATION? UH, I, I TO PASS ALONG FOR THE, FOR IN TO REPRESENT HIS CASE. OH, I CAN, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE CASE, BUT I'M JUST OKAY, THAT'S FINE. UM, SO IN, I THINK IT WAS 2020, I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, IF HE'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, GIVING SOME INFORMATION ON THIS CASE, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO RESET THE CASE OR MOVE FORWARD. OBJECTION. DO CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I, OKAY, SO COUNSEL CAN, HE'S ASKING FOR A RESET. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE RESET FIRST BEFORE HE CAN. YES. THIS, THIS BOARD CAN, CAN VOTE ON THE RESET. NOW IF THEY WANT TO, THIS BOARD CAN LISTEN TO THE INFORMATION AND, AND JUST DETERMINE A RESET. BUT WHAT HE'S ASKING IS DON'T PRESENT ANYTHING. UM, WE WOULD JUST LIKE NOT TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL ANOTHER TIME. UM, SO YOU, YOU, YOU, THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, DETERMINED AND IF THE BOARD WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT'S FINE. IF NOT, THE BOARD CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION AFTER HEARING THE INFORMATION. UM, HOW THEY WANNA PROCEED. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR CASE AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER WE NEED TO RESET IT. YOU CAN'T HEAR THE CASE. THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T RESET IT IF HE STARTS THE CASE. I'M SORRY. YEP. MR. IF YOU, IF HE SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT THE CASE, JUST REAL QUICK, MR. CHEROKEE, THEN THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITHOUT, UM, RESETTING THE CASE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS BOARD CAN ALSO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AFTER HEARING ALL THE INFORMATION IF THEY'D LIKE. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO, IS HEAR THE CASE IF WE, WE DECIDE THAT WE CAN'T HEAR THE CASE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I WANT TO HEAR THE CASE, BUT HE'S ASKING FOR RESET. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE RESET BEFORE. CORRECT. IF WE SAY NO RESET, THEN YOU CAN HEAR THE CASE. CORRECT. THE ONLY THING THEN, AND THEN AFTER HEARING THE INFORMATION, AFTER HEARING THE EVIDENCE, IF THE BOARD THEN WANTS TO RESET, RECONSIDER A RESET ON THEIR OWN VOLITION, THEN THEY CAN, UM, LET THEM VOTE. THE ONLY FACTOR THAT WE CAN ASK BEFORE THE RESET IS THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE ASKING THE REQUEST FOR. BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE REQUEST IS ASKING FOR. WE JUST CAN'T RESET WITHOUT HIM EXPLAINING WHY OR THE TIMELINE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN GET INTO ON A RESET. I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME HE'S ASKING FOR A RESET. WHAT WE NEED, BUT FROM THIS BOARD, UM, IS A DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO RESET NOW OR NOT END OF STORY. AND THEN, UM, IF NOT, MOVE FORWARD. IF SO, THEN WE CALL IT THE NEXT CASE. I MOVE, I MOVE THAT THIS CASE SHOULD HAVE A RESET. UM, DO I NEED TO SAY NO WHEN? NO. OKAY. WELL YOU CAN FOR WHEN? YES. BUT YOU CAN'T GO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. IT'S A MOTION. IT'S A MOTION. SO YOU AREN'T GOING TO MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE, THE STRUCTURE ON SOUTH PINE 1415 SOUTH PINE DRIVE STREET HAVE A RESET UNTIL THE OWNERS CAN NOPE. OKAY. SET TIMELINE. THAT'S [00:15:01] IT. NO. SET A TIMELINE. YOU HAVE TO SET A TIMELINE. I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS IF, IF THEY DETERMINE A RESET, WHAT'S AUTOMATICALLY GONNA HAPPEN WITHIN TWO WEEKS. WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, IS THE NEXT, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO BE THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE THAT, UH, UH, THAT THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE. SO, UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE CLEAR ON THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS. THAT'S GOOD. SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION BY MS. WEINER TO, UH, RESET AT THE, UH, TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME. DO I HAVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND BECAUSE THEN IT OPENS THE DEBATE PART. MR. ANDY'S SECOND. DO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION? NO, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN CAN, CAN WE NOW LISTEN TO THE, UH, OFFICER AND, AND SEE THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY NOT ON KNOW, NOT ON A RESET. NOT ON A RESET THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT, RIGHT. BUT YOU CAN'T, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DECIDE ON A RESET BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, THEN THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON. OKAY. LOOK, IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE, I, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. GRIMES, UM, WITHOUT DENYING ANY TYPE OF RESET, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE INFORMATION FIRST. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. TAPIA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE INFORMATION FIRST. SO, UH, THE BOARD JUST HAS TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. EITHER YOU JUST RESET THE CASE OR YOU HEAR SOME INFORMATION OR YOU RE IT'S E RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT, YOU EITHER RESET THE CASE OR YOU DON'T. IN RIGHT NOW THERE'S A, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR POINT. CLARIFY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO RESET PERIOD. WE ALL AGREE OR WE NO, YOU HAVE TO BE VOTED. OKAY. THAT'S . I'M GETTING TO THAT NEXT VOTE. YEAH. SO NOW CAN WE HAVE A, A VOTE ON THAT MOTION? NOW WE'VE DONE THE DISCUSSION. NOW YOU CAN VOTE. RIGHT? OKAY. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. NAY. DORIS SOLIS NAY FERNANDEZ NAY. MOTION FAILS WITH THE VOTE OF TWO TO THREE. SO MR. CHAIR, WHAT WE'LL DO RIGHT NOW IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, PRESENT PRESENTING OF THE INFORMATION. SO WE WOULD NEED THE, THE CODE OFFICER BACK ON TO PRESENT THE CASE AND THEN WE WILL ALLOW THE, UH, THE OWNERS AND HIS FAMILY TO SPEAK. OKAY? SO WE GO SIT DOWN. PLEASE BE SAFE. WE'LL CALL YOU IN A MINUTE. DO I START OFF BACK ON THIS ONE? OKAY. WITH THE WHOLE THING? YEAH. OKAY. I'LL START. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RYAN GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE OR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT. CHAPTER SIX. THE CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 3 8 9 9 BLOCK ZERO LOT SEVEN EXC SOUTHEAST TRI 13, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MR. PAUL FAIZ AND AVI CA MAILING ADDRESS OF 1415 SOUTH PINE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 0. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. THE OWNER, MR. PEZ AND HIS SON MR. PIZ. I HAVE MAIN, I HAVE MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH THE OWNER, MR. PEZ, BY PHONE AND IN PERSON. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 13TH, 2023. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1415 SOUTH PINE WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2022 AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JANUARY 27TH, 2023 ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN [00:20:01] PROVIDED. THE FOLLOWING PERMITS WERE NOTED ON FILE, A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT AND A REROOFING PERMIT WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 1ST, 2024. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY, UH, WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 24TH, 2024. PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A RESIDENTIAL ONE STORY STRUCTURE WITH A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION. THE STRUCTURE HAS SIGNIFICANT FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER DAMAGE. 1415 SOUTH PINE IS A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1920 AND IS 1,338 SQUARE FEET. THE STRUCTURE SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2022. IT WAS UNDETERMINED IF THE STRUCTURE WAS VACANT AT THE TIME THE FIRE OCCURRED. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE FRONT ELEVATION. THE PHOTO SHOWS FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE ASPHALT SHINGLE, CROSS GABLE ROOF SYSTEM AND WINDOWS. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION OF THE, OF THE FRONT PORCH. THE ROOF DECKING IS MISSING. THE WOODEN RAPTORS ARE EXPOSED. SMOKE DAMAGE IS PRESENT TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND THE WINDOWS AND FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT PORCH. THE FRONT PORCH WOODEN DECKING IS DETERIORATED. THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE EXPOSED AND ROTTED. THE WALKING SERVICES ARE UNSAFE TO WALK ON AND IS UNSAFE FOR EMERGENCY EGRESS. THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS THE RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION. THE WOODEN POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION IS EXPOSED DUE TO THE ELEMENTS AND THE SKIRTING MISSING. THE FIRE DAMAGE IS VISIBLE TO THE SIDING OF THE WOODEN MEMBERS THAT ARE CHARRED. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN BEHIND THE GAS METER TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO. THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS OUTSIDE FLOOR JOISTS IS TWISTED AND EXPOSED. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE LEFT SIDE ELEVATION. THE FOUNDATION SKIRTING IS COMPLETELY MISSING. THE WOODEN POST AND BEAMS ARE EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE REAR ELEVATION. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT AN ANGLE DUE TO THE FENCE LINE. THE EXTERIOR WOOD IN SIDING IS LACKING, PROPER COVERING AND SMOKE DAMAGE IS VISIBLE ABOVE THE WINDOW. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE SAME LOCATION AND SHOWS UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE. THE WOODEN POSTS ARE DETERIORATING DUE TO WATER DAMAGE AND WATER PULLING UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LIVING ROOM. AS YOU ENTER THE STRUCTURE, THE CEILING, RAPTORS AND WALLS HAVE FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER DAMAGE. MOST OF THE CEILING SHEET ROCK WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. THERE'S VISIBLE HOLES IN THE ROOF EXPOSING THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS AND WILDLIFE TO ENTER. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LIVING ROOM. AS YOU ENTER THIS PHOTO SHOWS SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE WALL ELEVATIONS IN THE LIVING ROOM. THE NEXT PHOTO IS A STORAGE ROOM. THE PHOTO SHOWS ELECTRIC WIRE SHOWS ELECTRICAL WIRES AND WOODEN MEMBERS ARE EXPOSED. ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. HOLES ARE VISIBLE ABOVE THE TOP PLATE, CAUSING THE WOODEN MEMBERS TO BE EXPOSED AND OUTSIDE ELEMENTS, ALLOWING WILDLIFE TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE. THE NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STORAGE ROOM. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE EXPOSED DUE TO HOLES ABOVE THE TOP PLATE AND IN BETWEEN THE RAFTERS. THERE IS DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ROOM. THE NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN FROM THE HALL FROM THE LIVING ROOM. THE NEXT PHOTO IS THE HALLWAY TAKEN FROM THE LIVING ROOM. SORRY. THE HALLWAY HAS FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING, WALLS AND FLOORING. THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE EXPOSED. THE FLOOR IS SPONGY AND THERE IS A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM THAT'S COVERED BY A PIECE OF PLYWOOD. THE ELECTRICAL BOX HAS FIRE, SMOKE, FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE, LEAVING THE ELECTRICAL WIRES EXPOSED AND UNSAFE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES HAVE MELTED ONTO THE WOODEN MEMBERS. THE NEXT PHOTO IS THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THE HALLWAY. THE WALLS AND CEILING HAVE FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE. HOUSE WRAP WAS USED TO COVER UP THE DAMAGE OF THE WALL ELEVATION. THERE [00:25:01] ARE HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM ALLOWING THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS AND THE WILDLIFE TO ENTER. THE NEXT PHOTO IS, IS TAKEN FROM THE SECOND BEDROOM TO THE LEFT OF THE HALLWAY. THE ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE, THE ELECTRICAL WIRES HAVE FIRE DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES HAVE MELTED ONTO THE WOODEN MEMBERS. THE PLUMBING ON THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE FIRE. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL ONE STORY STRUCTURE THAT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL FIRE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. THE OVERHANG AND THE WOOD AND SIDING HAVE COLLAPSED ON THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE EXPOSING THE WOODEN MEMBERS. THE SIDE WOOD MEMBER, THE SIDE PORCH DECKING IS DAMAGED AND IS A TRIPPING HAZARD. THE POST AND BEAM APPEAR TWISTED THE INTERIOR CEILING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. THE WOODEN MEMBERS ON ALL ELEVATIONS HAVE FIRE DAMAGE. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 6 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS, HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH. SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED IN SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBS OF UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1415 SOUTH PINE QUESTION. UM, LEMME ASK SOMETHING HERE. AND I PROBABLY, IT'S PROBABLY ADMINISTRATIVE 2022. 2023. NOTHING WAS DONE UP UNTIL 2024 WHEN PERMITS WERE PULLED. CORRECT. AND ONLY FOR ROOF. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? THAT WAS A REMODEL. REMODELING ROOF. YES, SIR. 2024. YES, SIR. COULD SOMEBODY ANSWER WHY IT STARTED IN 2022? THE THE FIRE OCCURRED ON, UH, DECEMBER 4TH, 2022. MM-HMM. . AND THEN I TOOK IT OVER. YOU TOOK IT OVER. SO THAT, THAT EXPLAINS WHY THERE'S A GAP IN 2022 TO 2023. YES, SIR. AND THEN 2024 IS WHEN ALL THE WORK OR ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECAME TIME TO DO SOMETHING 'CAUSE THEY STARTED PULLING PERMITS. YES, SIR. FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE, SIR, YOU, I'M ASSUMING THE ELECTRIC'S OFF BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. BUT I DID NOTICE A GAS METER. HAS ALL THE UTILITIES BEEN SHUTTLE? IT HAS BEEN ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2022. THE ELECTRIC WAS SHUT OFF AT THAT TIME AND HASN'T BEEN TURNED BACK ON. YEAH, THAT'S NOT NOTED BECAUSE YOUR NOTE STARTED, UH, THE SIXTH. SO EVERYTHING WAS SHUT OFF PRIOR. IT WAS SHUT OFF ON, ON THAT DATE OF THE FIRE, WHICH WAS THE FOURTH. SO YOU, YOU PICKED THE CASE UP OR WHOEVER PICKED THE CASE UP ON THE SIXTH. 'CAUSE THE FIRST NOTES START THE SIXTH YES. OF DECEMBER, 2022. SO NOTHING'S BEEN DONE UP UNTIL 2024. NO, SIR. AND NO, YOU DON'T HAVE FOLLOW UPS ON THE ROOF. HASN'T BEEN DONE AND THE INTERIOR HASN'T BEEN DONE, CORRECT? NO, SIR. THE LAST INSPECTION I DID, THAT ONE, UH, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT ALL. BUT THE PERMITS WERE PEARLED YES, SIR. ON MARCH 1ST OF THIS YEAR. OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA. AND SO THEY STARTED WITH THE REHAB WITH THE ROOF. YES, SIR. BUT NOTHING WAS EVER DONE TO THE STRUCTURE. NO REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE. WAS THERE A PLAN? NO, SIR. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. WERE DID YOU TALK TO ANY CONTRACTORS? NO, SIR. JUST THE OWNER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, OWNER OR GOOD MORNING. SO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. SORRY. UH, PAUL FAIA. UH, PAUL J FA, UH, 2 0 3 ISABEL [00:30:01] STREET. APARTMENT ONE? NO, WHERE I LIVE. UM, SO YES, THERE WAS A FIRE IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR. WE WERE LIVING IN THE HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT IN TIME BEFORE. WHO IS WE? UM, MYSELF, MY FATHER, MY MOTHER, MY NIECE, MY NEPHEW. OKAY. WE WERE ALL LIVING IN THE HOUSE WHEN IT HAPPENED. UH, I WAS COOKING DINNER WHEN IT HAPPENED. SO WE ALL MADE IT OUT BEFORE THE FIRE WAS ABLE TO SPREAD. UH, IT WASN'T ELECTRICAL FIRE. IT WAS DUE TO A SPACE HEATER, A FAULTY SPACE HEATER. UM, WE DID MAKE IT OUT. UH, SO, AND IT HAS BEEN, UH, QUITE SOME TIME. UM, SO, UH, WE DID HAVE PLANS TO REDO AND REBUILD THE HOUSE AND RE RE RE UH, I GUESS REVAMP THE HOUSE. UH, WE DID HAVE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUT AND, AND GETTING ALL OUR STUFF THAT WE COULD SALVAGE AND FINDING ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE. UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SAID WE HAD TO CUT THE GRASS. AND WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY TOGETHER TO GET THAT GRASS CUT, THEY HAD ALREADY BEAT US TO, AND HIRED THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY TO CUT THE GRASS. THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE IN THAT FIRST PHOTO, YOU SEE A SET OF WINDOWS LEANING AGAINST THE HOUSE. THOSE WINDOWS WERE FOR THE REPAIR OF THE WINDOWS FOR THAT HOUSE. THOSE, THOSE WINDOWS WERE STOLEN BY THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT CUT THE GRASS. WE HAVE ASKED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENT, MICHAEL SHANNON, TO UH, GIVE US THE NAME OF THE COMPANY SO WE COULD FILE CHARGES FOR THEFT. THEY REFUSE TO USE THAT. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE ADDRESS, UM, THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTY. NOT AN ALLEGATION THAT THIS BOARD DOES NOT HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OR ANY AUTHORITY OVER. I'M JUST EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROCESS WAS. THAT IS WE, WE NEED TO FOCUS IN ON, OF COURSE, OF COURSE. THE VIOLATION. BEST PART OF THE, OF THE, I I'M SORRY, SIR. HOLD ON. HOLD. JUST LET HIM FINISH. UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? IS THAT PAUL CORD? YES. OKAY. BUT, BUT THIS IS THE WINDOWS. I BOUGHT 'EM TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS WHEN WE'RE LIVING IN IT. I CALLED MICHAEL SHANNON. MICHAEL SHANNON. THEY TOOK THE WINDOW. THE WENT IN THE HOUSE THERE, THE WINDOW TABLE. SIR, WE CAN'T, NO. THIS GUY GOT SOMETHING TO DO, BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT IN. BUT WHAT I'M JUST, I'M JUST EXPLAINING OF WE HAD PLANS TO REPAIR THE HOUSE AND THINGS HAPPENED WHERE THOSE WINDOWS WERE GONE. UM, WE DID, UM, TRY AND GET FUNDS TOGETHER. WE HAD A GO FUND. WE HAD A FUNDRAISER GOING. UH, THAT DIDN'T GO VERY WELL. WE DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO REPAIRS TO THE HOUSE. UH, SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, MOVING AROUND, JUST MOVING AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE, TRYING TO FIND THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE. IT'S, IT'S HARD. WANNA GO BACK? IT'S HARD. OUR PLAN IS TO GO BACK HOME. UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS TO REPAIR THE HOUSE. UH, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN AS FAR AS THE OUTSIDE STRUCTURE AND, AND THE INSIDE STRUCTURE. NOW, IT WE'RE CURRENTLY, HE WAS JUST GOT OUTTA THE HOSPITAL. HE HAD, UH, HEART SURGERY AND HE HAD PNEUMONIA. UH, SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE AROUND AND GO TO GET WORK. UM, I HAVE, I WAS ILL MYSELF. I COULDN'T AFFORD, I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH BEST FINANCIALS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE BARELY GETTING BACK ON TRACK. SO, UH, WE HAVE PERMITS THAT HAVE NOT YET EXPIRED. SO WE STILL HAVE TIME TO DO SOME WORK BEFORE THESE PERMITS EXPIRED. UH, THE FIRE DAMAGE HERE ONLY SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO REPAIR THE FRONT PORCH. IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SAY ANY. THE FIRE ASSESSMENT. SORRY. SO IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT WHAT ELSE HAS TO BE DONE OTHER THAN REPAIR THE FRONT PORCH. UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR, TO GIVE US THE ALLOTTED TIME TO DO THE WORK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND WE JUST PULLED THE PERMITS IN, IN, IN IN MARCH. NO ONE BOTHERED US UNTIL THEN FOR THAT, FOR THIS, FOR THIS STRUCTURE. NO ONE'S HAS, WE NEVER GOT ANY, ANY MAIL THERE OR ANYTHING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S DE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR US ABOUT A BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OR WORK NEEDED TO BE DONE. ALL THIS CAME WHEN, UH, THE COORDINATOR FOR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT OFFICER, UH, SAID HE WANTED A, UH, HE WAS GOING TO GET A, UM, ENGINEER'S REPORT OR AN ENGINEER'S. HE WANTED US TO GET THAT. BUT ACCORDING TO INSPECTOR SILVA SAID WE DIDN'T NEED ONE. SO WE DIDN'T GET ONE. SO WE'RE HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS FROM TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CURRENTLY NOW TRYING TO GET THE FUNDS TO REPAIR THE HOUSE WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE FUNDS YOU HAVE. YOU DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING WITH YOU TODAY? NO, SIR. AS EVIDENCE? NO, SIR. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW WITH US RIGHT NOW TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, A PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO DO. WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL TODAY ON WHAT YOU PRESENT. OKAY. A PLAN, RESOURCES. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? WE, I WOULD SAY THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OUR DILEMMA. RIGHT? SO WE ARE REQUESTING AT LEAST ANOTHER TO GET THE BARE MINIMUM DONE ABOUT MAYBE TWO TO THREE MONTHS. AND THEN WE WILL GET DONE AND IT WILL GET DONE. BUT DO YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES, SIR? I'M GONNA HAVE 'EM, WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GETTING BACK ON TRACK. FINANCIALLY. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT. I'M GOING TO OKLAHOMA. SPEAKING OF MIKE, SPEAKING OF, [00:35:01] I WENT TO, I'M GOING TO OKLAHOMA TO HELP HIM PUT THE CITIES TOGETHER. I'M ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE. THE HOUSING. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR, IF WE COULD JUST GET HIS NAME AND HIS ADDRESS ON WHERE HE LIVES. WE, FOR THE RECORD, I APOLOGIZE. ONE MORE TIME. UH, PAUL PAR? YES. ADDRESS? UH, 2 0 9 ISABEL. 2 0 3. ISABEL 2 2 0 3. ISABEL. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO WORK HERE. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO RUN TO OKLAHOMA TO GO WORK WIRE. ARE THOSE HOUSES OVER THERE TO BRING SOMEBODY TO THE HOUSE? OUR SYSTEM IS LOUSY. YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SIX 20 CREDIT SCORE TO BORROW MONEY ON YOUR OWN HOUSE WHEN IT'S PAID FOR. THE CITY IS HARD TO QUALIFY. AND THEN YOU GOT THAT JUDGE SENDING 20 PEOPLE A DAY OUT, EVICTED. WE'RE IN BAD SHAPE. THE CITY'S IN BAD SHAPE. AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE NOW. AND, AND THIS STRUCTURE IS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE. NO. NO, IT'S NOT. AND IT'S DANGEROUS EVERY TIME I TAKE SOMEBODY OVER CONTRACTORS THAT'S DON'T EAT MUCH. THE ONLY THING THAT YOU, SIR, THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL YOU. NO, NO, NO. IT'S, I'M THE CONTRACTOR. I HAVE A LICENSE, BUT I, I FRIENDS COME OVER AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS. DOGO FOR INSTANCE, HE HELPS ME AT THE HOUSE TOO. HANGS SHEETROCK AND EVERYTHING. I KNOW DOMINGO, NEVADA. 'CAUSE I HAVE TWO BOYS THAT ARE DISABLED AND I HAVE A LOT OF HELP. NOW THE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? HE SAID THEY LET YOU GO. IT WAS BAD. NO, I WIRED MY HOUSE TO THE BOTTOM AND THEN THEY WENT AND STOLE ALL THE WIRE. I HAVE ALL THE PIPES IN COPPER. WHEN I DID IT, THEY WENT AND START TAKING ALL THE COPPER FROM THE PIPES. SO NOW I HAD TO RE PLUMP, RE REWIRED TO THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY THERE. BUT THEY STOLE EVERYTHING. THEY STOLE THREE, FOUR CARS, A BOBTAIL, A MO, A MOBILE HOME, 32 FOOTER. THEY STOLE IT FROM THE COER. CAN'T HAVE, I CAN'T TAKE MATERIALS IN THAT HOUSE. IT'S GONE THE PART. SO WE HAVE TO BUY THE MATERIAL, USE IT. DON'T LEAVE NOTHING THERE LIKE THE WINDOWS OR BRAND NEW WINDOWS. THE GUY WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE AND TOOK UP AND TOOK MY TABLES, TOOK EVERYTHING FROM OUR HOUSE. THE CITY CONTRACTOR. SHANNON. I CALLED SHANNON. SHE NEVER RESPONDED TO ME. NEVER. NOT EVEN ONE PHONE CALL FROM HERE. I'M GOING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I HAVE TO COMPLAIN TO HIM ABOUT THE WINDOWS AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE TO ME. I WENT TO JAIL FOR A DOG THAT WAS IN MINE FOR THE CITY. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, SIR, IS JUST GIVE US AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE MONTHS AND WE WILL, THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE FIRE HAPPENED WILL BE REPAIRED. MR. CHAIR. YEAH. NEED COULD WELCOME TO COME SEE YOU. IT IS NOT THAT BAD. Y NEED TO, YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO COME SEE YOU. IF, IF WE GO THAT WAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE REPORTS, OKAY? OKAY. WHAT KINDA REPORTS YOU NEED, MR. CHAIR? UM, LEGAL HAS A FEW QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD MR. ES AND I HOPE I AP I APOLOGIZE IF I'M PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME INCORRECTLY RIGHT HERE, SIR. YES SIR. HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THE PROPERTY? 2026 YEARS. 26 YEARS. OKAY. SO WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT ON IN 2013 YOU OWNED THE PROPERTY? YES. OKAY. HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD BEFORE? NO, SIR. YES. I KNOW WHEN A ADRIAN WAS ALIVE. YES. WHEN? WHEN THEY WERE TRYING, WHEN ADRIAN WAS ALIVE. WHEN TRYING IN, IN 20. IN 20, UH, 2015. OH YEAH. BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO KNOCK IT DOWN WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN IT. THE COCO PRICE LADY FILED, GOT A WARRANT. MR. FREDAS. UM, WAS THIS, YOU WON'T HEAR THAT RIGHT? THAT COME DOWN IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, SIR, I I, I WILL ASK AND I'LL, I'LL ALLOW YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. CALM DOWN. CALM DOWN, MR. FREDDY. YES. THIS PROPERTY WAS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IN 2023, ISN'T THAT CORRECT SIR? WELL, YES. 2023. THIS PAST YEAR, I'M SORRY, 2013. I APOLOGIZE. JUNE 6TH, 2013. MAY, JUNE, JULY. UM, I DON'T REMEMBER. I KNOW IN 2015 IT WAS 'CAUSE WE WERE HERE ON THE, IT WAS ALL IN THE MEDIA. EVERYTHING ELSE I KNOW 'CAUSE I WAS, I SPOKE WITH DURING 2020. I, I DON THINK YOU CAME TO THE BOARD. I'M NOT SURE. IN 2013. I DON'T REMEMBER IT. IT, IT, I CAN TELL YOU THE ORDER STATES THAT NONE OF YOU SHOWED UP TO THE, TO THE HEARING, NEITHER OF YOU. BUT WOULDN'T IT BE FAIR TO SAY, SIR, THAT THE, THE, THE PROP, THE THE VIOLATIONS AT THAT TIME WERE NOT FOR DEMOLITION. THEY WERE SAN ANTONIO, UM, SAN ANTONIO MAINTENANCE PROPERTY VIOLATIONS. CORRECT. OKAY. YES. OKAY. WERE ANY OF THOSE ADDRESSED? WERE THEY REPAIRED, SIR? EVENTUALLY, YES, THEY WERE. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. YOU'RE TELLING THIS BOARD TODAY THAT THE STAIRWAYS DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES HAD BEEN SUFFICIENTLY REPAIRED. OH YES. IN 2013. YES. BEFORE THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY, IF YOU SEE A PHOTO OF IT BEFORE THAT, BEFORE THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY REPAIRED, PAINTED. EVERYTHING WAS BRAND NEW. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TELLING THIS BOARD TODAY THAT THE MAINTENANCE SLASH PLUMBING IN 2013 WAS REPAIRED. WHATEVER REPAIRS YOU DID TO BE MADE ON THE PLUMBING WAS REPAIRED AT, AT THAT TIME. WE NEED TO REPAIR PLUMBING WAS NO, NO. IT WAS ANYTHING THAT THEY SAID MAY BE LEAKING. ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. THAT WAS PREPARED. I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, WE ARE CLEAR THAT YOU'RE TELLING THIS BOARD THAT PROTECTIVE TREATMENT WAS APPLIED TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY IN 2013. [00:40:01] BY PROTECTIVE TREATMENT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THE PROTECTIVE TREATMENT ON THE, ON THE, UM, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE PROTECTIVE TREATMENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. PROTECTIVE TREATMENT, SIR. IS PRIMER OR PAINT IS BEING PAINTED? YEAH, THE, THE, THE, THE PAINT ON THAT HOUSE. WE PAINTED IT OURSELVES. YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. AND ALSO YOU'RE STATING TO THIS BOARD TODAY THAT ALL ROTTED WOOD WAS REMOVED AND EXTERIOR WALLS, ALL THE EXTERIOR WALLS WERE REPAIRED IN 2013. YES. REPAIRED. YES, THEY WERE REPAIRED AS, AS, AS IT WENT ON, AS THEY ASKED FOR STUFF TO BE REPAIRED. IT WASN'T. AND IN 20, IN 2015 WAS WHAT? IT WAS A MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, REPAIR SHOP. REPAIR JOB BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE WERE HERE IN THE MEDIA AS WELL. SO WE CAME BACK IN 2015 AFTER THE 2013. AND WE DID REPAIRINGS TO THE PORTS. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DONE. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WASN'T ANY ISSUES. YOU GUYS SIGNED OFF ON IT IN 2015 AS WELL. THAT WE WERE GOOD TO GO. Y'ALL LEAVING US ALONE AND THEN THE FIRE HAPPENED. OKAY. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THIS BOARD TODAY IN 2013, THE S-A-P-M-C VI, THE SIX S-A-P-M-C VIOLATIONS, UM, WHICH WERE DONE FOR A 60 DAY ABBA ABATEMENT, ALL THOSE WERE TAKEN CARE OF WITHIN THOSE 60 DAYS. IT WAS A LIVABLE, IT WAS LIVABLE. EVERYTHING. YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW THIS STARTED WHEN I DID WORK SPEAKING TO THEM, WHEN I DID WORK FOR A LADY, WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS COMPLIANCE. SHE PAID ME 15,000 OF A $32,000 CONTRACT WE HAD, SHE DIDN'T PAY ME THE OTHER 17. HER DAUGHTER COMES TO MY HOUSE AND START WRITING EVERYTHING UP. EVERYTHING. YOU GUYS ARE IN TROUBLE. THIS HOUSE IN BAD SHAPE. OH, I REMEMBER THIS GUY. HE DID WORK FOR MY MOM AND NEVER FINISHED. NO, HER MOM OWES ME 17,000. SIR. SIR, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING BUT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA? THAT'S STRUCTURE. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. NO, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THAT. THAT'S OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION. OUR JURISDICTION IS WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY AND THE VIOLATIONS TODAY AS THE STRUCTURE IS TODAY. OKAY, SO WHAT WE'RE, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST GIVE US ANOTHER TWO TO THREE MONTHS AT LEAST TO HAVE THESE PERMITS GO THROUGH. AND WE CAN, WE'LL MAKE, UH, WE WILL MAKE REPAIRS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AT MINIMUM. HAVE A QUESTION INSIDE IS GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE. WE GOTTA REPAIR SHEET ROCK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. QUESTIONS ANN, YOU KNOW YOUR PEERS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AS WELL? NO, MA'AM. UM, YES. I MEAN I SAW PICTURES OF THEM WHEN THE CITY WENT TO THE HOUSE ON 15 15TH. I ASKED HIM, WHAT, WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE OFF? HE SAID, TAKE ME THAT POLE OFF RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. HOW'D YOUR FOUNDATIONS JACK IT UP? TOOK THE POLE OFF, FLIPPED IT UPSIDE DOWN. IT WASN'T ROTTEN. HE SAID, WOW, IT'S NOT ROTTEN. NONE. THEY'RE NOT ROTTEN. OKAY. WHEN IT'S MOIST, YOU TREAT, THE LUMBER DON'T GO WASTED. IT STAYS ALIVE. BUT IF IT'S DRY, DRY, DRY, THEN YOU LOSE YOUR POPE. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN A FIRE. WELL, NONE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. IT WAS ALL ABOVE, ABOVE THE, IT, THE ROOF. IT'S ONLY IN THE FRONT PART OF THE HOUSE. OKAY. THAT'S ON THE FIRE IS THE REST IS NOTHING BUT SMOKE. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL THAT SHE RUGS OFF MAN, BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK IT OFF MY, NOW THE HOUSE GOT LEFT SIDED INSIDE. THAT'S WHAT SAVED MY HOUSE. I'M BURNING THE WHOLE THING. OKAY. SO MY LAST QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY UH, JUST AN INKLING OF HOW MUCH THIS IS GONNA COST. IF I HAD $10,000, I COULD MAKE THAT HOUSE AROUND AGAIN BECAUSE I DO IT MYSELF, MA'AM. I DO IT MYSELF. I I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS. THE MIGO BIBLE WILL COME HELP ME, TREVOR. HE WILL COME HELP ME PUT IT TOGETHER. OKAY. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS. I HELP A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE PAST. OKAY. AND RIGHT NOW I ASKED THEM TO COME DO THE ROOF. BUT I GOT SICK. I HAD ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE TO COME DO THE ROOF FOR ME. I HAVE A, I HAVE A ROOFING COMPANY. I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, BUT I HAVE A ROOFING COMPANY THAT SAYS, HEY, I'LL DO THE ROOFING FOR YOU FOR FREE MR. FOR, 'CAUSE YOU HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PAST. I'LL DO THE ROOFING FOR YOU FARE AND I CAN GET YOU THAT CAR. YOU CAN TALK TO THE GUY. HE'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING. BUT WE JUST HAVE TO GET THE MATERIAL. BUT WE CAN'T TAKE NOTHING OVER THERE. THEY TAKE EVERYTHING. THEY SOLD EVERYTHING FROM US. DON'T TAKE ANYTHING OVER THERE, SIR. FRED? YEAH, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I DO COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL. YES SIR. ALRIGHT. NOW THE STATEMENT EARLIER THAT YOU TOLD COUNSEL IS YOU REPAIRED THE PORCH. IT WAS REPAIRED. YES SIR. CAN I SEE PIXEL 1 24 OR JPEG 1 24? EXPLAIN THAT. THAT'S THAT FIRE DAMAGE. THEY, THAT'S NOT FIRE DAMAGE ON THE BOTTOM. NO, NO, NO. BUT THEY, THE WATER, IT WENT ALL OVER THE HOUSE. INSTEAD OF TARGETING THE FRONT PART OF THE HOUSE, JUST WHERE THE FIRE WAS, THEY DID THE WHOLE HOUSE AT NOT THE BOTTOM. NOT THE, NOT THE DECK. EVERYTHING WAS WET. THAT ONE. CAN I, I'M GONNA STOP US. I'M GONNA, I'M I'M GONNA STOP US AND I, I MEAN NO DISRESPECT MR. FEDIA, BUT WE NEED YOU ON THE MICROPHONE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING. 'CAUSE WE ARE [00:45:01] BEING RECORDED. SO IF YOU COULD HOLD, AND THAT'S FINE IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAND IN FRONT OF IT. BUT CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THAT MIC IS IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING? PLEASE. OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOUR STATEMENT WAS EARLIER, THAT THIS WAS REPAIRED TO INCLUDE THE RAILS, THE DECKING, THE ROOF, ALL OF THAT. YOU JUST TOLD COUNSEL THAT YOU HAD REPAIRED THAT WITH 2013, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. IT WAS 20 BY TESTIMONY. 2015 OR 20 15, 20 13. 2015. EITHER WHERE ARE THE RAILS AND WHERE ARE THE POSTS AND WHERE'S THE DECK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE? WELL, YOU CAN DO TWO THINGS IN THAT HOUSE. IF I, IF I TAKE THAT PORCH FROM THE SIDE, MOVE IT TO THE FRONT, THE HOUSE IS BECOME HISTORICAL. I ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ALREADY, BUT I GOTTA BRING IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL, THE PORCH IN THE FRONT. TAKE THAT ONE OFF. TAKE THAT ONE OFF AND PUT IT IN THE FRONT. IT'S HISTORICAL. I, I ALREADY MET WITH HIM. THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. IF, IF I MAY, THE QUESTION IS, YOU SAID IN TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAD THIS IN 20 13, 20 15, WHATEVER IT WAS. THAT THIS WAS REPAIRED TO CODE. YES. REPAIRED IN PAIN. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? UH, JUST OVER I OVER TIME IT JUST FELL APART. WE DID REPAIR IT THOUGH. I I HAVE, I HAVE PICTURES ON MY PHONE. I DIDN'T HAVE, I CAN'T SHOW THEM WITH YOU RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE THEY'RE ON MY PHONE. WERE YOU LIVING IN IT? YES, WE ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU, YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T MAINTAIN IT. THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. YEAH, THE, THE, THAT ROOFING CAME APART AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE, NOW YOU SAID THE INTERIOR IS LIVABLE. NOT RIGHT NOW, NO. IT'S GOT SIDED, SIR. BUT YOU SAID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD YOU THAT THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED WERE THE PORCH? NO SIR. THE FIRE, THE, HIS REPORT FOR THE FIRE DAMAGE THAT SAYS I CAN'T SEE THAT SIR, BECAUSE MY LEGAL ADVISOR HASN'T SEEN THAT. THAT SAYS SIR, I CANNOT SEE THAT. OKAY. I GOT IT. ALL. ALL IT SAYS IS THAT ALL IT SAYS HERE IS THAT THE PERMIT WILL REQUIRE TO INDICATE THE REPAIR OF THE FRONT OF THE FRONT DECK. THAT'S ALL IT SAYS. AND THAT'S THE CITY INSPECTOR. SO JPEG 1 35 MUSHY FLOOR, IF I REMEMBER THE STATEMENT CORRECTLY BY THE CODE OFFICER. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS IS LIVABLE? NO, NOT RIGHT NOW. WE WERE LIVING IN IT BEFORE. IT WASN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE THE FIRE. IT WASN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME IN AND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH ALL DOING THEIR JOB. BUT YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WOULD REPAIR THE PORCH IN 2015. YES SIR. NO, YOU JUST SAID YOU COULD REPAIR THE PORCH ACCORDING TO THAT REPORT AND THAT WOULD BE OKAY. BUT I'M NOT, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. PICTURE IT SAYS DIFFERENT. RIGHT. WELL THAT'S WHAT HIS REPORT SAYS. THIS IS NON LIVABLE. IT'S NOT LIVABLE. NO, NO, RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT. BUT ACCORDING TO HIS REPORT IT SAYS PERMANENT WILL REQUIRED TO INDICATE THAT THE REPAIR OF THE FRONT DECK. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THAT'S THE ONLY THING IT SAYS ON HIS FIRE, IN HIS FIRE DAMAGE REPORT. AND YOU STATED EARLIER THAT THIS WAS A ELECTRICAL FIRE BY A SPACE HEATER? YES, SIR. THAT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THE SPACE HEATER. WELL, I WAS, I LOOK SIR, UH, IF I MAY, I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT. THE HOU THAT THE, THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE. IT HAPPENED IN MY MOTHER'S BEDROOM. OKAY. IT WAS A FAULTY SPACE HEATER THAT WAS CONNECTED TO ONE OF OUR WALLS, ONE OF OUR OUTLETS. OKAY. SO IT UM, IT WAS A SPACE HEATER FIRE. WE BOUGHT IT AT, UH, NORTHERN TOOLS. NORTHERN TOOLS. WE WENT THROUGH THREE HEATERS BEFORE WE GOT THAT ONE. AND I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THAT ONE EITHER. 'CAUSE I'M AN ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE. 53 YEARS. I TOLD MY SON THAT CEDAR DON'T SOUND RIGHT, SIR, THIS IS NOT, IS NOT NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN, HE ASKED THE QUESTION AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS A ELECTRICAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT LEMME LET ASK YOU THIS. YOU SAID YOU'RE AN ELECTRICIAN BY TREY? YES, SIR. CAN YOU GO TO JAY BAG? THREE, THREE OR 1 3 3. WHAT IS THE CODE IF YOU'RE AN ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE ABOUT WIRES? I DON'T KNOW. WIRES TO THE BOTTOM. LOOK AT THIS PICTURE RIGHT THERE. OH NO, I'M SORRY. I'M, HOLD ON, HOLD ON AGAIN, MR. I I APOLOGIZE. WE STILL NEED YOU ON THE MICROPHONE. FORGIVE ME. NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE UP HERE, SIR. HEY, HOW ARE THE WIRES SUPPOSED TO BE AFFIXED THROUGH THE STRUCTURE? THEY STOLE ALL THE WIRE THE HOUSE NEEDED JUST TO THE ATTIC AND A COUPLE OF ROOMS WHERE THE FIRE WAS STARTED. AND I HAD ALL, ALL OF MY, MY NEPHEWS THAT CAME AND SAID THAT, YOU DON'T NEED MUCH. YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION. THEY WENT AND STOLE THE WIRE. OH, THAT'S NOT A STOLEN WIRE. THAT'S A WIRE ON THE PICTURE. HOW IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE AFFIXED TO THE STUD? NO, NO. THEY STOLE THE WIRE. SIR, HOW IS THAT WIRE THAT I SEE IN THIS PICTURE SUPPOSED TO BE AFFIXED ON A STUD BY CODE? YOU'RE AN ELECTRICIAN. YEAH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW A CODE. THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY STOLE THE WIRE FROM THE HOUSE. THE WHOLE EVERYTHING. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. THAT'S THE WIRES ARE JUST CUT EVERYWHERE. HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE AFFIXED TO THE POST? ROBERT? THAT'S NOT TO YOUR STUD MOVE. NO, NO, NO SIR. YOU'RE WRONG. I'M NOT WRONG. OH, YES YOU ARE. I'M NOT. I'M A A CHRISTIAN. [00:50:01] YOU'RE NOT. THAT WIRE WAS CUT BY PEOPLE THAT WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE AND CUT ALL MY WIRES. ALL I NEEDED TO DO THERE. AND THE, THE CPS WHEN THEY TOOK THE METER OFF, I TOLD YOU, HEY, WHY DID YOU TAKE THE METER OFF? IT BURNED. I SAID, IT DIDN'T BURN MY METER. HE WENT TO, LOOKED AT IT. HE SAYS, OH MAN, I SCREWED UP. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER TURNED THE PART OFF. THE ELECTRICAL WAS FINE. THE ELECTRICAL'S NOT FINE HERE. THIS NO, NOT NO MORE PROPER OBSTRUCTION. NOT NO MORE. NOT NO MORE. IS THAT PROPERLY PUT IN PLACE THAT WAS PROPERLY PUT IN PLACE HANGING FROM THAT? NO. NO, NO. NOT INSIDE THE, NO, NO. IT WAS, IT WAS SHE ROCK. AND WHEN THEY PUT WATER, SHE ROCK CAME DOWN. THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED GOING INTO MY HOUSE, STANDING AROUND MY WIRE. BUT THE WIRES SUPPOSED TO BE AFFIXED TO THE STUD, CORRECT? YES. YES. AND IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT EVEN A STAPLE IN THAT STUD? NO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY STOLE, THEY STOLE THE WIRES. THEY WENT IN THERE AND STOLE ALL MY WIRES PANEL, EVERYTHING. JUST THE BREAKERS. IT'S GOT, I WANTED SOMEBODY TO LIVE IN THERE, BUT THE CITY WOULDN'T LET ME OR SOMEBODY TO STAY THERE. THAT'S A HIGH CRIME AREA. I DON'T GET PROTECTED BY THE, BY THE SAPD. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FRIENDS TO ME EITHER. NO. WELL, THOSE JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE BURNED TWO PLACES DOWN. ALL RIGHT, SIR. HE WAS TRYING TO BRING MY, MY PLACE UP AGAIN. CAN YOU GO TO JPEG 1 3 6. NOW I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID THAT A HEATER STARTED THIS FIRE. YES SIR. YES, SIR. IS THE HEATER CONNECTED TO THIS PANEL BOX? NO, IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE. BECAUSE THAT'S AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN A PANEL BOX. YES. THE WENT AND STOLE THE WIRE. NO, THE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE IN THE PANEL BOX. THE HEATER WAS NOT, THE HEATER WAS NOT HOOKED UP TO THAT PANEL BOX. NO, NOT, IT WAS TO THE OUTSIDE BOX. SO ALL OF THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO. THIS ONE IS A FIRE DAMAGE FROM MI HAVE TO DO BRAND NEW WIRES. SO AGAIN, I HAVE TO REWIRE THE HOUSE. I HAVE TO REPRO THE HOUSE THAT TOOK ALL MY COPPER WIRE FOR ALL MY COPPER PIPES FOR WATER. WE HAD WATER AND EVERYTHING THERE. WE HAVE NOTHING. BUT THEY STOLE EVERYTHING. WHAT ELSE, FRED? I, I'VE MADE MY POINT FOR AN ELECTRICIAN THERE. NONE OF THESE WIRES ARE STAPLED TO WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR AN ELECTRICIAN. HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT. HE DOESN'T LISTEN BECAUSE THEY STOLE THE WIRES. THEY WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. YOU CAN GO UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE AND SEE WHERE THEY JUST GOT THE WIRES EVERYWHERE. GO LOOK AT IT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME SEE IT. WELL, AND ALL THAT WIRE WAS GOOD. THERE WAS 12 TWO. IT WAS THE OLD ONE, THE WHITE ONE. NOT THE YELLOW ONE. BUT THEY SOLD EVERYTHING. ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY? I HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL FOR THAT HOUSE, BUT I CAN'T BRING IT OVER THERE. I'LL GIVE YOU A NAME TO THIS GUY. HE SAYS, I JUST, I METER LOOP FOR HIM. HE SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE MATERIAL YOU WANT TO FIX YOUR HOUSE. DID YOU BRING ANY OF THAT WITH YOU TODAY? NO. NO, BUT I, I'LL GIVE YOU THE PHONE NUMBER. HE'S SITTING IN CANCUN RIGHT NOW. I WENT FOR TO COME BACK. HE SAYS HE CAN PICK UP ANYTHING YOU WANT. I WANT TO GET SOME BEDROOMS. HE'S GOT THE MATERIAL. HE PICK IT UP. HE WANTS BE, HE WANTS ME TO DO, UH, FOUR MORE METERS FOR HIM AND WE'RE GONNA SWAP. BUT HE'S GOT IT. HE'S GOT IT. BUT HE'S IN CANCUN. HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE SEATED. I'D LIKE TO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY, SIR? I JUST, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, JUST GIVE US FOR THE OUTSIDE, FOR THE OUT OUTSIDE PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, WE CAN FIX IT AT LEAST AS A MINIMUM TO GET THAT DONE. TO SHOW SOME PROGRESS. IT IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO FIX THE INSIDE. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS. WELL, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS AS SPECIFIC AND I UNDERSTAND, YES, I GET YES. VIOLATIONS TODAY THAT YOU CLAIM YOU, YOU NEED 90 DAYS AT LEAST, AT LEAST TO DO THE OUTSIDE AT MINIMUM. AT LEAST TO GET THE OUTSIDE STRUCTURE DONE WITH THE, WITH THE SIDING AND, UM, EITHER BOARD UP THAT GET RID OF THE, THE OUTLINING OF THE WINDOWS AND JUST PUT SIDING IN THERE OR FIND NEW WINDOWS. AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. YES. YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME AND MONEY. YES, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT. AND LOOK SIR, WE'VE LIVED IN THAT HOUSE UP UNTIL THAT POINT. WE LIVED IN THAT HOUSE FOR 26 YEARS. OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES THERE. OKAY? THIS IS THE WORST MEMORY OTHER THAN MY BROTHER PASSING AWAY IN 2015 THAT WE'VE HAD IN THAT HOUSE. AND ALL MEMORIES COME TO AN END SOMETIMES, SIR. NOT FROM ME, SIR. UH, THOSE MEMORIES LIVE ON, I WILL NEVER FORGET EVERY MOMENT THAT WE HAD IN THAT HOUSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON? ON? IF I GO TO OKLAHOMA, I CAN MAKE 10,000 A WEEK. EASY. I CAN MAKE 'EM HERE, BUT THEY'RE SLOW. ALL THE CONSTRUCTIONS ARE SLOW. ELECTRICAL. IES WANTS TO HIRE ME, BUT THEY'RE SLOW HERE. AND I CAN MAKE EIGHT, NINE, 10,000 A WEEK. I'VE MADE 'EM BEFORE. BUT YOU CLAIM YOU'RE SICK, SIR. YEAH, BUT I, I GOT A CREW. I GOT A CREW WITH ME. OKAY. SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA CALL, THEY GAVE ME, UH, A NUMBER IES IT'S ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, SO [00:55:01] I'M GONNA GO AND SEE WHERE THEY AT, IN, IN, UH, OKLAHOMA. I'M GONNA CALL THEM. AND IF THEY HIRE ME, I'M GOING TO OKLAHOMA. THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FURTHER? UM, YES, CHAIR. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD. UM, THE LETTER WAS RECEIVED JUNE 6TH, 2024, REF, UH, REFERENCE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE STREET. DEAR OFFICER ORTIZ, THE UH, DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN RECEIPT OF THE LETTER FROM BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE STREET. WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF DECLARING THIS PROPERTY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE IN NEED OF ABATEMENT AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING DEMOLITION OF THE SET STRUCTURE. AUBREY LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF DENVER. DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. UH, DID YOU SAY THAT WAS A AN HOA? YES. THANK NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1415 SOUTH PINE STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 57. SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 6, 17, 18, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE ORDER. ALL UTILITIES ARE ALREADY OFF, BUT THE HOUSE MUST BE SECURED AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, MS. WEINER, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I SECOND THE MOTION IN A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, MS. WEINER ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED, UH, 1415 SOUTH PAY STREET, SAN ANTONIO. 7 82 1 0 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE. CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION ONE SIX DASH 1 57 IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX. ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 PER SUBSECTIONS. 1 12 5 6 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17 AND 18. ORDER AND ORDER THAT THE POWER BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS. UTILITIES CUT FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND MR. GRIMES. UH, SECOND MOTION. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ALSO TO VACATE AND ALL CUT ALL UTILITIES. 'CAUSE UH, UH, GAS WAS STILL CONNECTED AND YOU ALREADY SAID SECURED, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. UH, I ACCEPT IT. YOU HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, MS. WEINER, DO YOU ACCEPT? I ACCEPT IT. AND, UH, MR. GRIMES, DO YOU SECOND THAT? UH, I SECOND THE MOTION THE AMENDMENT. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. NOW WE CAN VOTE. ROBERT TAPIA AYE. AND WEINER AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. DORIS SOLIS. AYE. FRED ANDES AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO MOTION PASSES. UM, FIVE TO ZERO. JUST GET WITH YOUR SECURITY OFFICER, SIR. CODE OFFICER DO OUR NEXT CASE. UH, 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS KRISTY GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 1139 WEST MULBERRY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 60. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 1139 WEST MULBERRY HAS BE, HAS BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT [01:00:01] TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY AND MR. JOHN CONNELL AND MR. KEVIN HAYES. PLEASE NOTE ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 8 0 5, BLOCK 22 LOT 27 AND 28 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT ONE. MR. CHAIR, I'M SORRY. THIS IS LEGAL. I I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE I, AND I APOLOGIZE. I, I BELIEVE MS. GARZA, UH, MISSPOKE. WE DO HAVE THE OWNER HERE AND HIS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION, UM, AVAILABLE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY'RE STANDING RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RODRIGUEZ JAMES H WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1139 WEST MULBERRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 29TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. AN ORIGINAL INSPECTION REGARDING 1139 WEST MULBERRY WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 25TH OF 24 AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURN UNCLAIMED ON JANUARY 29TH, 2024. A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE RING WAS HELD MAY 6TH, 20 OF 2024 WITH MR. JOHN CONNELL AT THE PROPERTY 1139 WEST MULBERRY ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY 1139 WEST MULBERRY ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON RECORD, RODRIGUEZ JAMES H AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT AS PENDING RETURN ON MARCH 7TH, 2024. AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD ON MAY 6TH, 2024. MR. JOHN CONNO PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE TO CONDUCT AN INTERIOR INSPECTION AS OF JUNE 6TH, 2024. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JUNE 6TH, 2024. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR 1139 WEST MULBERRY. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY, WERE TAKEN JANUARY, 2024, MAY MARCH, 2024, AND MAY OF 2024. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE TAKEN ON THE INITIAL INSPECTION, CONDUCTED THE DAY OF THE DART ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024. THE PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE INDI, MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS DETAINED TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THAT TIME. FACIAL BOARD'S, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION. THERE IS FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE ABOVE THE LEFT WINDOW. ON THE FRONT ELEVATION. THERE ARE BOARDED AND BLOCKED WINDOWS, UH, ITEMS STORED OUTSIDE ON THE FRONT PORCH, AND THE PORCH DECK IS ROTTED AND LOOSE. UH, WHEN WALKING ON THE SURFACE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S LARGE CRACKS ON THE SIDING, DETACHING FROM THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE ALONG THE CHIMNEY. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SMOKE RESIDUE OR SOOT SEEPING OUT OF THE CRACKS ALONG THE CHIMNEY AS WELL. THE WINDOW TRIMS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. THE FACIAL BOARDS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. UM, AND THERE'S, UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S MORE OUTSIDE PLACEMENT, UH, ON THE PORCH, AND THERE'S A CLEAR VIEW OF THE SMOKE SEEPING OUT OF THAT FRONT WINDOW. THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CRACKS AND THE RESIDUE SEEPING OUT. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION ON THAT SAME ELEVATION TO SHOW HOW THE POSTS HAVE SUNK IN THE GROUND. THERE'S SIGNS OF DETERIORATION DURING THIS INSPECTION. THERE WAS, UH, POOLED WATER OBSERVED UNDER THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. MORE CRACKS ARE PRESENT. THE WINDOW TRIMS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. THE OVERHANG DOES HAVE, HAVE SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND THE WINDOWS ARE BOARDED. POSING AN A CONCERN OF, UH, POSING A CO CONCERN OF EGRESS DURING A FIRE OR PANIC. UM, LARGE AMOUNTS OF OUTSIDE PLACEMENT AND DEBRIS. UM, THE CITY DID PROCEED WITH AN ABATEMENT DURING THIS INSPECTION. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION ON THAT SAME ELEVATION. THE PREVIOUS PHOTO TO SHOW THE WOOD MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESTING ON GRADE. THIS IS A MORE RECENT PHOTO OF THAT SAME ELEVATION TO SHOW THE STRUCTURE DOES REMAIN IN THE SAME STATE, AND DEBRIS IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. MORE CRACKS ARE PRESENT. THERE'S HOLES OBSERVED IN THE EXTERIOR WALL. THE OVERHANG DOES HAVE SIGNS OF ROT DETERIORATION, UH, WINDOWS ARE BOARDED AND COVERED WITH SOME TYPE OF, UH, FENCING [01:05:01] MATERIAL. UM, THERE IS, THERE WAS, UM, OUTSIDE PLACEMENT AND DEBRIS. AS MENTIONED, THE CITY DID PROCEED WITH AN ABATEMENT OF THE PROPERTY. UH, THIS IS A GOOD CONTEXTUAL PHOTO. ALSO TO SHOW THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT. UH, THEIR DRIVEWAY IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THAT CHAINING FENCE, AND THEY DO UTILIZE THAT SIDE DOOR. THIS IS WALKING INTO THE LIVING ROOM OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SMOKE RESIDUE OR SOOT IS, UM, ON THE WALLS IN THE CEILING. IT'S NOT CONTAINED. UM, AND THERE'S, UH, EXTENSION CORDS PRESENT RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE ROOM AND HANGING ON THE CEILING FAN. THIS IS PHOTOS OF THE, UH, POTS AND A, A GRILL GRATE INDICATING THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE UTILIZING THE CHIMNEY, UM, TO, UH, TO PREPARE MEALS OR, OR COOK. THIS IS REMAINING IN THE LIVING ROOM. UH, DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION, THERE WAS OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS. THERE'S A VEHICLE BATTERY. THERE WAS SPILLED COOKING OIL AND GASOLINE THAT WAS ON, UH, ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS PO POSED A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. THIS IS WALKING INTO THE KITCHEN. UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S HOLES IN THE FLOORING SYSTEM. THE EXTENSION CORDS ARE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE, UH, OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. AND THE POOLED WATER THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO WAS VIEWED WITHIN THE HOLE IN THE, IN THE KITCHEN. THIS IS A MORE RECENT PHOTO OF THAT AREA TO SHOW THAT THE HOLE HAS NOW BEEN COVERED BY, UM, A, A CARPET. THIS IS A DINING ROOM AREA JUST TO SHOW MORE OF THE RESIDUE ON THE WALLS AND THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS A REAR BEDROOM, UH, TO SHOW THERE IS LARGE CRACKS ON THE INTERIOR WALLS. UM, THE FLOORING HAS BUCKLED. THERE IS OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS. AGAIN, THERE'S LARGE AMOUNTS OF, OF ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. I WANNA ADVISE THE BOARD ALSO THAT DURING THE LAST INSPECTION, THE OWN, THE OWNER ON RECORD WAS ARRESTED. SO WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, HE WAS UTILIZING THIS REAR WINDOW TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF USING THE FRONT DOOR. THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW HOW THE FLOORING HAS BUCKLED AND HAS BEEN TAPED TOGETHER. UH, I DID PLACE A LEVEL, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES INDICATE AN UNEVEN SURFACE. THIS IS A FRONT BEDROOM. THERE IS, UM, MORE SMOKE RESIDUE ON THE WALLS. THE WINDOWS ARE BOARDED, AND AGAIN, JUST AN ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS. THERE'S A DRUG AND PARAPHERNALIA THAT WAS OBSERVED IN PLAIN VIEW DURING AN, IN OUR, IN OUR, ONE OF OUR INSPECTIONS. HERE'S MORE, UM, DRUGS IN PLAIN VIEW. I THINK THE NEXT HERE IN THE NEXT PHOTO AS WELL. AND, UH, JUST PLACED ON THE BED, UH, DURING CONDUCTING ONE OF OUR INSPECTIONS. THIS IS A RESTROOM. NOW THIS, THIS INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED IN JANUARY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S AN OPEN FLAME SOURCE, UM, FOR HEAT, UH, WHICH WAS POSING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. SO, MORE RECENT PHOTO OF THE RESTROOM. UH, ALTHOUGH THIS FIRE SOURCE ISN'T CONNECTED, IT'S STILL PRESENT. UH, THERE IS CRACKS ON THE FLOORING. UM, AND THERE'S A CONTAINER OF WATER TO THE RIGHT. I'M ASSUMING YOU, UH, TO THE INDIVIDUALS ARE USING TO BATHE. IT'S A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE RESTROOM JUST TO SHOW MORE OF THE RESIDUE THAT IS ON THE WALLS. IT'S A TOILET AREA, UM, SHOWING THE ROTTED INTERIOR, UM, SURFACE. AND THERE APPEARS TO BE MOLD. IT'S A CLOSET AREA LOCATED IN THE RESTROOMS. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKER BOX HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH, WITH EXPOSED WIRING, AND THERE'S MORE, UH, SMOKE RESIDUE ON THE WALLS. NOW, THIS IS THE REAR ACCESSORY, UH, PORTIONS OF THE SIDING ARE MISSING. THERE'S AN ADDITION THAT'S ADDED TO THE REAR OF ELEVATION THAT'S CURRENTLY SEVERELY ROTTED AND DETERIORATED. THIS STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY RESTING ON GRADE. UM, THERE'S LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS AND DEBRIS. UH, AGAIN, THE CITY DID PROCEED WITH AN ABATEMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. HERE'S THE REAR ELEVATION MENTIONED. IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTOS. YOU CAN SEE IT'S SEVERELY ROD AND DETERIORATED. THERE'S HOLES OBSERVED IN THE ROOF SYSTEM AND IN THE WALLS. DURING OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WAS, UH, OCCUPYING THE ACCESSORY. UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS BEING RUN INTO THE ACCESSORY. IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY LIKE A BARBECUE PIT WITH FLAME, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PHOTO. AND THERE'S A BED TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO. THERE'S A CURRENT, UH, PHOTO TAKEN IN MARCH TO SHOW THE FRONT AND, UH, LEFT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY AFTER [01:10:01] THE ABATEMENT. AND THIS IS A MORE RECENT PHOTO OF THE ACCESSORY TO SHOW HOW IT IS UNSECURED. ONCE AGAIN, THE BOARD ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S BOARDED, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY LEANING, UH, AND MORE DEBRIS IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE. ONCE AGAIN, TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1139 WEST MULBERRY ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5, 6 SECTIONS FOR THE MAIN R 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, R 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY EROTIC CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS, HEREINAFTER 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. AND UNDER CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 60, ANY AUTHORITY OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 1 4 0.01, SUB CHAPTER A, A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE UPON HEARING A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE ORDERED, DEMOLISHED, VACATED, SECURED, OR REPAIRED, AND ALL ITS OCCUPANTS RELOCATED. IT FOUND TO BE ONE, A DILAPIDATED SUB SUBSTANDARD OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, OR TWO, REGARDLESS OF ITS STRUCTURAL CONDITION, BUT HAVE BEEN, BUT HAVING BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEATED CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, UNOCCUPIED BY ITS OWNERS LEASES OR OTHER INVITEES, THE BUILDING IS UNSECURED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE ENTERED OR USED BY VAGRANT OR OTHER INVITED PERSONS AS A PLACE OF HARBAGE OR COULD BE AN ENTERED OR USED BY CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 8, 5, 9 1, I'M SORRY, 8 5, 9, 1, 5, AND TWO APRIL 17TH, 1997, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PROPERTY BE VACATED, STRUCTURE SECURED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY, UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED, DEMOLITION TO THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1139 WEST MULBERRY. THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, THIS IS FRED ANDES. YES, SIR. UM, 4 5 20 24 NOTIFIED OF A SALE OF THE PROPERTY. YES, SIR. I RECEIVED A CALL AND THEY WERE ADVISED THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S SELL BECAUSE VIOLATIONS ARE WITH THE PROPERTY. YES. NOT THE PERSON. YES, SIR. AND DID YOU RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS FROM ANYBODY OTHER THAN THAT? NO, SIR. JUST, UM, THE PURCHASER WHO WAS PRESENT TODAY? MR. CONNELL. BUT THE, OKAY, SO IT WAS ABATED HOW MANY TIMES? TWICE. UM, ONE MINUTE, SIR. SO I ABATED THE PROPERTY IN MAY OF 2024. AND DID YOU HAVE A COST? YES, SIR. IT WAS $2,795. AND THAT WAS THE YARD ONLY, RIGHT? UH, THAT WAS THE, YES, THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY TO INCLUDE SECURING OF THE STRUCTURE. BECAUSE DURING THAT INSPECTION, THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS ARRESTED. BOTH STRUCTURES OR JUST A THING? BOTH. BOTH STRUCTURES? BOTH. OKAY. SO YOU ABATED AND ONE TIME MYSELF AS THE CODE OFFICER INITIATING THE CASE? YES, I ABATE THE PROPERTY ONE TIME, BUT, UM, THERE WAS A PRIOR ABATEMENT OKAY. FROM A PREVIOUS OFFICER. THAT WAS FEBRUARY OF 2023. AND THAT AMOUNT WAS $3,880. SAME THING. UM, EXTERIOR, UM, ABATEMENT OF THE EXTERIOR ONLY, NOT SECUREMENT. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THE 3,880? AND YOU'VE HAD THIS FOR WHAT, A YEAR? I INITIATED THE PROPERTY JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, JANUARY 20, 24. OKAY. AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. NO PERMITS? NO, SIR. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR FURTHER PROPERTY. JUST A BUNCH OF EXTENSION CORDS. ANY, ANY SIGN OF, OF SOMEBODY TRYING TO USE OTHER PEOPLE'S POWER? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE, UH, THE OWNER TO SPEAK? OFFICER MR. CHAIR? THERE'S A, THERE'S A SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER THAT'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A STATEMENT. FIRST. THANK YOU, SIR. COME FORWARD. GOOD MORNING. I'M OFFICER JESUS NOOSA, SAN [01:15:01] ANTONIO DOWNTOWN SAFE OFFICER. UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS ADDRESS AND HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH CODE, UH, AND EVEN, EVEN SPEAKING TO THE, UM, MR. RODRIGUEZ AS WELL, UH, SEVERAL TIMES. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CRIMINAL HISTORY ON HERE. A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. UH, YOU'RE GOING FROM STOLEN VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. UH, NUMEROUS CALLS FOR THEFT, STOLEN ITEMS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES F FOUND THERE USING LARGE GENERATORS, UM, TO POWER THE STRUCTURE. UM, MULTIPLE ABANDONED VEHICLES IN THE BACKYARD, SEVERAL HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN THE BACKYARD AND INSIDE THE REAR STRUCTURE, UH, LARGE BULK ITEMS, TRASH IN THE BACKYARD ALONG THE DRIVEWAY IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND IN THE ALLEYWAY. UM, THE HISTORY ON THIS HAS BEEN BACK IN APRIL OF 2022, THERE WAS A SHOOTING WHERE A HOMELESS, UH, INDIVIDUAL WAS, UH, SHOT IN THE ALLEY. UH, HE WAS AN ACQUAINTANCE OF, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ. UH, HE HAD LEFT PRIOR TO POLICE ARRIVAL. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A SHOOTING, WHICH WAS COLLECTED, UH, IN THE ALLEYWAY. UM, THE OWNER BACK IN, UH, AUGUST OF 2022, UH, WAS ARRESTED, UH, ON AN INSPECTION, UH, 6.5 GRAMS OF METH, WHICH IT WAS IN PLAIN VIEW, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, 11 GRAMS AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA TO INCLUDE A SCALE AND A CREDIT CARD, UH, THAT USED TO CUT UP THE NARCOTICS. JANUARY, 2023. UM, HE ALLOWED, UH, AN ARRESTED PERSON TO RESIDE THERE, UH, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT BI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, UH, PENALTY GROUP ONE BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2023. UH, THERE WAS AN ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN INDIVIDUAL ARRESTED THERE FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARRANT MARCH OF 2023, UH, WHICH BECAME EVEN CONCERNING. UM, THERE WAS A PARENT THAT DID A WELFARE CHECK WITH PD THERE, UH, WHERE SHE TRACKED HER 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, UH, WHO HAD SKIPPED SCHOOL, UH, TRACKED HER THERE. UH, SHE WAS LOCATED IN THE REAR ROOM WITH AN ADULT MALE, UM, WHO ENDED UP, HE ENDED UP HAVING A PAROLE VIOLATION, BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WARRANT. UH, THE PARENT TOOK CUSTODY OF THE DAUGHTER, UH, WHERE SHE DISCLOSED THAT SHE, UH, HAD CONSENSUAL SEX WITH THIS MALE AND TESTED AND ALSO USED METHAMPHETAMINES, UH, THAT, THAT MORNING, UH, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A SANE EXAMINATION. UH, THE ARRESTED PERSON WAS THEN, UH, AFTER HE WAS TAKEN TO COUNTY, HE WAS REMOVED FROM COUNTY AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HEADQUARTERS FOR A STATEMENT FOR THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT, UH, ARREST REPORT. JANUARY OF 2020, UH, I'M SORRY. UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2023. THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY DETENTION, UH, CALL THERE, A FEMALE HALLUCINATING AT THE LOCATION, UH, STATING THAT THERE WAS A DEAD BODY IN THE BACKYARD UNDER ALL THE JUNK VEHICLES. UH, NOTHING WAS FOUND. UH, SHE HAS A HISTORY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND SHE WAS, UH, HOSPITALIZED FOR A PSYCH EVALUATION. NOVEMBER, 2023. UH, A VICTIM TRACKED HIS, UH, SCOOTER THERE TO THAT RESIDENCE, BUT MR. RODRIGUEZ DENIED ACCESS TO POLICE AND THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, FROM BEING ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT A WARRANT. SO A THEFT REPORT WAS CREATED JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, WAS GOING AROUND THE AREA. A RESIDENT WAS GOING AROUND THE AREA, OBSERVED A FAMILIAR TRAILER THAT BELONGED TO HIS NEIGHBOR. IT WOULD APPEAR TO BELONG TO HIS NEIGHBOR, FOLLOWED THE SCRAPE MARKS FROM THE TRAILER THAT WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF 1139 WEST MULBERRY AND FOLLOWED IT UP TO THE VICTIM'S. UH, PROPERTY, UH, POLICE WERE CALLED. UM, MR. RODRIGUEZ WAS STANDING RIGHT BY THE TRAILER. POLICE SHOWED UP. HE BACKED OFF, UM, SAYING HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE GOT THERE. SO, UH, BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE CONDUCTED A DART WARRANT, AN ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANT, WHICH, UM, THE OWNER, MR. RODRIGUEZ, UH, WAS FOUND TO HAVE A FELONY WARRANT FOR THE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FOR GRAMS OF 200 GRAMS. IN ADDITION, UM, IN PLAIN VIEW, THERE WERE SEVERAL NARCOTICS FOUND IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE, THE STRUCTURE, UH, CONSISTING OF 2.4 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, 3.6 GRAMS OF METH, 0.9 GRAMS OF METH, UH, TWO TIMES, UH, 0.6 GRAMS OF METH AND 0.3 GRAMS OF METH, AND TWO, RECOVERED SMALL SCALES. [01:20:02] UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, UH, PRESENTATION FOR THIS PROPERTY. UM, I STILL GET CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, EVEN AFTER THAT LAST TIME HE WAS ARRESTED, UH, I STAYED THERE TILL THE LOCAL PROPERTY GOT SECURED. THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, UH, THERE WAS UNSECURED DOORS AND IN THE BACK SHED, WELL, LATER ON THAT EVENING, THERE WAS A FEMALE SCENE GOING IN THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT, UH, ONE OF THE BOARDS, THEY BUSTED OUT THAT, THAT EVENING OF AFTER THE ARREST. UH, POLICE MADE IT OUT THERE. THERE WAS NOBODY IN THERE AT THE TIME WHEN THEY GOT THERE. UM, STILL A LOT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY COMING INTO THE ALLEYWAY. UH, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT, MR. KANO, UH, GAVE HIM MY INFORMATION. UH, AND, UM, WHEN I GET THESE TYPE OF CALLS, I ADDRESS IT TO HIM. UM, UH, THERE IS SOME ITEMS BEGINNING TO GATHER AGAIN IN, IN THE BACKYARD AFTER THAT LAST CLEANUP. UM, THERE IS, UH, I HAVE SEEN POWERED, UM, THE GENERATORS, AND I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE LARGE AUTOMOTIVE, UH, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE BATTERIES THERE AS WELL, AND A LOT OF EXTENSION CORDS. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. UM, FRED, THIS IS FRED ANDES. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICING. UM, THE PREVIOUS PERSONNEL THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FROM THAT PROPERTY, I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORTS, AND WE HAVE ONE HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT SCHOOL DISTANCE. IT SAYS, NO, NOT WITHIN A THOU. WHAT SCHOOLS NEAR THIS RESIDENCE? THERE IS, UH, FURTHER DOWN EAST FROM THERE IS GONNA BE COTTON OFF OF BLANCO. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE TO THE SOUTH IS GONNA BE ST. ANNE'S, UH, WITH THE CHURCH IN KIPP AND BEACON HILL, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND I ASK ALL SAFE OFFICERS THIS, IS THIS A TRAVELED PATH WHERE KIDS GO TO AND FROM SCHOOL? YES. ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET? YES. I WAS, I'M FROM THE AREA, AND I WAS ONE OF 'EM THAT WOULD, WOULD WALK. IT'S, UH, THAT HOUSE IS RIGHT NEAR CAPITOL AND MULBERRY. I WOULD WALK THAT PATH TOO. SO THERE ARE, WHEN I DRIVE AROUND IN THE MORNING, THERE IS CHILDREN PRESENT. SO IT'S PRETTY ACTIVE. YES. NOW, IN YOUR HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY AND HISTORY OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS PROPERTY, ARE THEY TRANSIENTS FROM ONE PROPERTY TO THE OTHER? ARE THEY, THEY, THEY ARE, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND TALKING TO, UH, RESIDENTS AND EVEN THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I LOCATE ON THESE PROPERTIES, THERE IS A PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, MAYBE A HOUSE DOWN THAT THEY WOULD FREQUENT A LOT. UH, SAME PEOPLE THAT WOULD, UM, STAND ON THE CORNERS MAYBE. AND THAT I, STANDING ON THE CORNERS, I, I CORNERS, I, I, THE ONES THAT SAY, WE'LL WORK FOR FOOD OR WHATEVER THE, THE, UM, NO, NOT, NOT PANHANDLER, NOT THAT I, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, VEHICLE PARTS. THERE'S A LOT OF BICYCLE PARTS IN BETWEEN THESE TWO STRUCTURES. UH, I GET REPORTS OF INDIVIDUALS WALKING BACK AND FORTH LATE AT NIGHT DURING THE DAY, UH, VEHICLE STOPPING, LOADING STUFF, UNLOADING STUFF. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE INFORMATION I'M GETTING. OKAY. AND YOU'RE IN CONTACT WITH THE CURRENT OWNER FOR 1139? YES, SIR. AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER, MR. RODRIGUEZ? YES, SIR. UM, UH, HE HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND HE HAS, UH, CONTACTED ME IN THE PAST. OKAY. MAYBE I'M CONFUSED HERE, AND I GUESS I CAN ASK THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS, WHO'S AT THE ADDRESS RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S BOARDED UP, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VACANT. UH, BUT YET STUFF'S STILL APPEARING. THEY'RE JUMPING THE FENCE. UH, I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE LIKE TWO, TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, WHERE I GOT A CALL FOR A BLACK VEHICLE, A DARK VEHICLE IN THE ALLEYWAY, AND THEY SAW SOMEBODY JUMPING OVER THE FENCE. I WASN'T FAR, I IMMEDIATELY GOT THERE. UH, I SAW MR. KAO'S PICKUP TRUCK IN THE FRONT AND SOME OTHER CONTRACTORS THERE. UM, AND I ASKED 'EM IF EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE JUST GOT HERE. WE WERE GONE FOR LIKE 10, 15 MINUTES. WENT TO GO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK. I GO, WELL, THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN THE ALLEYWAY. THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. YES. OKAY. SO YOU, THE NEW OWNER'S AWARE OF IT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DRIVE-BYS, UH, EVERY NIGHT OR ONCE A WEEK OR SOMETHING. UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT PATROL BYS? YES. UH, AS I, I TRY TO GO AS MUCH AS I CAN DURING MY SHIFT. UH, BUT THEY ARE SCHEDULED PATROL BYS. UM, THOSE DO, THOSE ARE FOR LIKE EVERY TWO TO THREE, TWO TO THREE WEEK INCREMENTS. BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, THEY CAN ALWAYS BE RENEWED AT THE REQUEST, THE [01:25:01] NEW OWNER, ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BUT I TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT PLA THAT LOCATION AND THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET. MM-HMM. , I HAVE A FOLLOW UP. HAS ANYONE PREVIOUS OR CURRENT OWNER SIGNED A, UM, TRESPASS? MR. O KANO HAS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MR. HAYES, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. GOOD MORNING. UH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY BEING CLEAR. VERY LITTLE REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE STRUCTURE, SIR. AND ACTUALLY, NAME, OH, KEVIN HAYES, ATTORNEY FOR MR. KANO. ADDRESS YOUR ADDRESS. MY ADDRESS. UH, YOU CAN USE YOUR BUS COUNSEL, YOU CAN USE YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS IF THAT, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. THAT FINE. IT'S MORE, I DON'T, IT'S IN REGARDS TO NOTICE TO PROVIDED TO YOUR CLIENT. SO WE WOULD SEND IT TO YOUR, TO YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS. OH, OKAY. BUT THAT'S FINE. I'LL GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS I'D PREFER. IT'S 1 9 9 1 4. PARK HOLLOW, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 9. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF ERROR OR POINT OF ISSUE. THAT NOTICE IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, CONFUSED IN THIS CASE. YOU ARE CORRECT THAT IT ATTACHES TO THE PROPERTY AND NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL OWNER. HOWEVER, THE PRACTICAL REALITY IS MY CLIENT HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT HE DID RECEIVE THE NOTICES. AND THE INVESTIGATOR OFFICE, UH, OFFICER WAS ACTUALLY TOLD ONE MONTH PRIOR TO HIS CLOSING WAS PROVIDED WITH A CONTRACT. AND IT, IT IS IN THEIR NOTES THAT HE WAS, UH, THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH A POTENTIAL CLOSING DATE. AND THEN THE VERY DAY HE CLOSED, THERE'S EVEN A, A REFERENCE TO, UM, PRESENTING AT THE LOCATION. AND I BELIEVE IT WAS WITNESSED BY THE OFFICER. THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS STILL INSISTING ON STAYING THERE. AND THAT'S WHEN HE WAS ORDERED TO VACATE. AND OF COURSE, HE ISSUED THE NO TRESPASS ORDER AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS REFERENCED. UH, CERTAINLY MR. RODRIGUEZ NEEDS TO BE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK GOODNESS HE IS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING'S ACTUALLY CURRENTLY IN BEXAR COUNTY JAIL. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. I DON'T REPRESENT HIM. BUT IF HE WAS THE ISSUE, AND OF COURSE, ALL THE OPEN FLAMES AND WHATNOT THAT, THAT WERE OCCURRING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TREMENDOUSLY HAZARDOUS. THEY'RE DONE. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN SOLD TO SOMEBODY WHO DOES RENOVATE HOMES AND INTENDS TO RENOVATE IT FOR HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE. HE RESIDES ONE MILE AWAY IN AN APARTMENT AND MAKES ROUTINE DRIVE-BYS THERE. HE HAS FENCED IT. HE HAS IN FACT CLEANED THE AREA. THERE'S A DUMPSTER THAT IS THERE AT ON SITE RIGHT NOW. I WAS RETAINED TUESDAY, TWO DAYS AGO. I MET HIM AT THE PROPERTY. I COULD TELL YOU THAT IT'S CLEANED UP. HE'S GETTING BIDS. HE'S, HE'S LITERALLY OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR 15 DAYS AND DID NOT EVEN RECEIVE THIS NOTICE. IT'S NOT IN HIS NAME. AND A NOTICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET TO THE CURRENT OWNER WHENEVER THE PROPERTY, WHEN THE CITY HAS BEEN MADE AWARE THAT HE IS THE CURRENT OWNER. IF THE GOAL IS TO GET THE, THE DILAPIDATED CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, UM, CORRECTED, A CONTRACTOR HAS PURCHASED IT WITH THE INTENTION OF MOVING IN THERE, WITHIN ABOUT A YEAR, HE'S MET WITH, I MEAN, WE HAVE BIDS THAT HAVE YET TO BE SUBMITTED. I JUST RECEIVED THEM FROM FOUNDATION COMPANIES. HE HAS ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS ALREADY PURCHASED. THE MAN IS READY TO GO. UM, BUT HE'S OWNED IT LESS THAN A MONTH. YOU DON'T PULL THE PERMITS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR SELECTED. HE'S CURRENTLY GETTING ALL OF THIS DONE. UH, YOU SAID YOU STATED THAT YOU WERE A CONTRACTOR 15 DAYS FOR TO GET FOUNDATION REPAIRS. HE'S HAD THREE GUYS OUT WRITING UP ESTIMATES. HE WENT AND GOT HAND PICKED UP THE ONE OF THEM YESTERDAY. ONE FELLOW HAS YET TO GET THE BID READY. UM, SO EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD REFERENCED CERTAINLY STATES THAT, THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS CAUSING A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT MY CLIENT HAS LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HIS ENTIRE LIFE, INVOLUNTARY DISPOSSESSED IN 2018 VIA DIVORCE. UM, AND IT TOOK HIM A WHILE TO SAVE UP THE FUNDS TO NOW PURCHASE A HOME. HE'S A RENOVATION CONTRACTOR. HE DOES INTEND TO RENOVATE IT AND THEN MOVE BACK HOME. THE MAN ACTUALLY ATTENDED, I BELIEVE IT WAS MARK TWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE WANT BUYING THESE PROPERTIES. THIS IS 106 YEAR OLD BUILDING. THERE'S NO BENEFIT TO THE CITY IN DESTROYING IT. IT'S STILL STRUCTURALLY SOUND. CERTAINLY IT NEEDS TO BE REHABBED. ISN'T IT FANTASTIC THAT THE MAN THAT PURCHASED IT DOES THAT AND, AND INTENDS TO DO THAT AND MOVE INTO WHAT HE CONSIDERS HIS NEIGHBORHOOD? HE'S LIVED THERE, HIS LIFE, HIS ENTIRE LIFE, HIS FAMILY RESIDES THERE. AND EVERY, EVERY BIT OF EVIDENCE THAT I HEARD ABOUT THE EXTENSION CORDS AND WHATNOT, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE LIVING THAT WAY. NEITHER CAN MY CLIENT. AND IT WAS KNOWN THAT HE WAS THE OWNER PRIOR TO EVEN THE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING, WHICH HE DIDN'T RECEIVE UNTIL ONE WEEK AGO ON THURSDAY WHEN IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. BUT AS THE PROPERTY STANDS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOBODY ARRESTED IN FRONT OF IT, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT OCCURRED. THERE'S NO REASON TO IMPUGN THAT UPON MY CLIENT AS THE PREVIOUS OWNER. AND WE SHOULD ALL BE PLEASED THAT THAT PERSON HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTIVELY. HE NO LONGER OWNS THE PROPERTY. SO AT A MINIMUM, I, I BELIEVE [01:30:01] THAT MY CLIENT DID HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE NOTICE, UM, IN HIS NAME AS THE CURRENT OWNER. AND IT IS ODD THAT MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WERE REFERENCED, I BELIEVE THE OFFICER WAS ON SITE WHENEVER THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD ISSUES WITH LEAVING, AND HE HAS PUT UP A FENCE. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TOLD TO DO. HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING UTILITIES ON. YOU CAN'T GET A FOUNDATION REPAIRED WITHOUT WATER ON SITE. GUYS, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A FACT. HE, WE HAVE THE WORK ORDERS FOR IT. HE'S HAD 21 DAYS FROM CLOSING, 15 DAYS FROM WHENEVER HE ACTUALLY HAVE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY. THE MAN NEEDS A LITTLE TIME. UH, AND I JUST THINK THE, THE SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO DEMO DEMO 106 YEAR OLD. UM, IT MAY NOT BE HISTORICALLY DESIGNABLE, BUT YOU DON'T GET 200 YEAR OLD BUILDINGS IF YOU TEAR DOWN THE 100-YEAR-OLD BUILDINGS. GUYS, IT'S STILL STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THERE'S NO BENEFIT FOR THE CITY AND DEMOING THIS PROPERTY. AND I BELIEVE THE PERFECT SOLUTION HAS ALREADY PRESENTED ITSELF. SO IF IN ESSENCE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A CASE WOULD CONTINUE BASED ON THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF THE PRIOR TENANT, SO I'M ACTUALLY ASKING THAT THIS CASE BE AT LEAST, UH, AT LEAST A RESET FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME FOR MY CLIENT TO ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO DO SOMETHING. BUT I DON'T EVEN SEE WHY IT HAS ANY REASON TO CONTINUE. SIR, YOU STATED THAT WE'RE HERE FOR A DEMO. WE'RE NOT HERE FOR A DEMO. WE'RE HERE TO I'M SORRY, BECAUSE IT IS PRESENTED. YES, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ATION. WE HAVEN'T MADE DECISION YET. UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND READING THE NOTES THAT YOUR CLIENT JUST RECEIVED A PROPERTY. IT'S NOT OUR DECISION TO BRING IT FORWARD. THAT WAS THE STAFF DECISION. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. SO, AND THE NOTICE OF IS NOT ON US. NO, IT'S NOT. NOT ON THEM. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT ON YOU. BUT RIGHT. BUT THERE, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. AND I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY MALFEASANCE. RIGHT. SO, UH, NO ONE IS SAYING, I, I THINK THIS IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF THE RIGHT HAND, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LEFT HAND'S DOING. BUT EVEN IN THE FIELD NOTES, IT SAYS PRIOR TO THE SETTING OF THIS HEARING, BUT ALL EVIDENCE HAS TO BE PRESENTED ON THE PROPERTY FOR OUR FULL DECISION TODAY. TODAY, OKAY. NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT OUT, THAT YOU HAVE A NEW OWNER. THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE IT CHANGES THE BALL GAME AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S WHY I SAID IT STAYS WITH THE LAND, WHICH IT DOES. WE, WE ARE HERE TO DECIDE ON THE CASE. NOW YOU PRESENT THE CASE THAT IT CAN BE SALVAGED. WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. RESCHEDULE IT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO HEAR. UM, YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN US A TIMELINE. IF YOUR CLIENT GETS DEDUCT IN A ROW, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE THAT YOU NEED, THAT YOU NEED TO FIT TO, TO THE REMODEL OR, OR ACTUALLY, MORE THAN A REMODEL. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH, AND AGAIN, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO WORK THAT PAPERWORK OUT. I, I WAS LITERALLY RETAINED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MY CLIENT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NOTICE AND DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL LAST WEEK. UM, AND I DON'T SAY THAT FOR CHALLENGING THE, THE CHARGES THAT ARE BROUGHT FORTH AGAINST THE, THE, UH, THE PROPERTY. BUT THERE IS A COMMON SENSE THAT IF YOU ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS TO GET THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER, YOU'VE ONLY HAD 15 DAYS TO EVEN MEET WITH, UM, CONTRACTORS TO GET BIDS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE TIMELINE AND BUDGET IF YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE, THE CONTRACTOR SELECTED, WHICH, YES, WE WOULD NEED SOME TIME. AS FAR AS THE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, MY CLIENT WANTS TO GET IT DONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. HE'S PAYING RENT ON RENT ON AN APARTMENT A MILE AWAY. HE INTENDS TO MOVE IN IN THERE. UM, BUT AS FAR AS AN ACTUAL TIMELINE WITH ONLY 21 DAYS FROM THE CLOSING, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S SIMPLY NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID WE COULD REQUEST A, A RESET IF AND, AND ALLOW HIM TO HAVE THAT TIME RATHER THAN MAKE A DETERMINATION TODAY. BUT IT, IT'S ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS POINT IS IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE REASONABLE. HE'S CERTAINLY BEEN ON IT. HE'S, EVEN THE OFFICER TESTIFIED THAT WHEN HE, WHEN HE APPEARED AND SALSA ONE, MY CLIENT WAS THERE MEETING WITH CONTRACTORS, UM, THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN ONE DAY. AND OF COURSE, TEARING DOWN A, AN OLDER BUILDING WITH A LOT OF CHARACTER AND, UH, AND MAINTAINS THE CULTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHATNOT, AND LEAVING IT WITH A VACANT LOT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS. I USED TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN FIVE POINT VACANT LOTS ARE A, ARE A MAJOR ISSUE, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TWO HOUSES. UM, YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS LIVES A MILE AWAY AND IS CHECKING ON IT DAILY. HE'S TAKING HIM A LITTLE TIME TO GET HIS HANDLE AROUND IT, BECAUSE THE HOMELESS POPULATION DOES KNOW WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF PERMITTED TO BE AND NOT PERMITTED TO BE. AND WHEN THAT CHANGES, IT TAKES A MOMENT OF RUNNING THEM OFF AND A LITTLE DILIGENCE TO OF COURSE TAKE THAT LOT BACK. AND THAT'S THE URGENCY THAT WE HAVE. THE CITY HAS SAFETY AGREED. AND THAT'S WHY HE'S PUT UP A FENCE AND HE HAS A NO TRESPASS ORDER. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE PREVIOUS OWNER DIDN'T DO THAT. UH, I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT WAS DESCRIBED WAS HORRIFIC. AND AS I'M SITTING THERE THINKING OF WHAT I'M GOING TO ADDRESS, NONE OF IT HAS TO RELATE TO MY CLIENT OR SPECIFICALLY TO THE STRUCTURE. IT'S ALL THE ACTIONS OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHO'S CURRENTLY A BEXAR COUNTY JAIL, [01:35:01] UH, IS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND IS NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE AN ATTACHMENT TO THAT PROPERTY. SO YOU'RE NOT HERE TO ASK US TO, OR, OR FOR YOU TO PRESENT THE CASE OF YOU NEED TIME, WHAT YOU'RE HERE IS FOR A RESET. IF THE BOARD JUST FEELS THAT THIS NEEDS TO CONTINUE, THEN I, I WOULD ASK FOR A RESET OF A CONSIDERABLE TIME TO GET FORTH THE PACKAGE. WELL, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE YOU, YOU, YOU'RE KIND OF SAYING REMODEL AND RESET. SO WHICH DO YOU WANT? REMODEL AND RESET. YEAH. BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE REMODEL, YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T GIVE US A DEFINITE TIME, WHICH WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. YES. WE WERE WORKING ON A TIMELINE. RIGHT. THE WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU, IF IF THE DEMAND IS WE NEED A TIMELINE, THEN I NEED A RESET. THE GUY'S ONLY HAD IT 21 DAYS. OKAY. UH, THAT'S FAIR. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED. THAT'S FAIR. I I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE WHY A BRAND NEW OWNER WOULD STILL HAVE A CASE WITH THE CITY. IF IT'S BASED ON THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THAT SEEMS LIKE A WASTE OF TIME, MONEY, AND RESOURCES. BUT IF THE CASE IS GOING TO CONTINUE, WE WOULD ASK FOR A RESET OF AT LEAST 90 DAYS. WELL, AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY GET ALL OF THAT PAPERWORK TOGETHER. BUT AGAIN, HE, HE RECEIVED NOTICE OF IT LAST THURSDAY, AND HE'S MET WITH CONTRACTORS, BUT HE'S GOING IN AND TRYING TO GET THESE FOR TODAY'S HEARING. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DEALT, IF YOU'VE DEALT WITH FOUNDATION CONTRACTORS, UH, THEY'RE PRETTY SLOW. AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT FOUNDATION FIXED UNTIL THE WATER'S ON. HE'S GOT A WORK ORDER WITH CPS. NOBODY CAN GET, GET IN THERE AND DO ANYTHING UNTIL HE HAS WATER AND ELECTRICITY, BECAUSE NO, NOBODY SHOULD HAVE EXTENSION CORDS. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH. WAS MR. CANO AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT HOUSE BEFORE HE BOUGHT IT? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? NO. MR. CANO HAD FEELERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING FOR A DILAPIDATED HOUSE IN ORDER TO REPAIR. HE, I, I THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE ACTIONS GOING ON, AND THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED HIS INTEREST IN IT. BUT I BELIEVE HE DID PUT FEELERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 'CAUSE HE DID WANT TO MOVE BACK INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME. YEAH. AND THE SECOND TIME. UM, WELL, THINGS ARE ALWAYS BEST WHEN THEY'RE REPEATED . UH, THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. OH, AND THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT. I KNOW EVERYBODY COMES HERE FIGURING THEY JUST WANNA TEAR YOUR HOUSE DOWN, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT SO WELL, I DIDN'T ASSUME THAT THEY DID. HOWEVER, WHEN DEMOLITION YEAH. IS REFERENCED, I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, UH, I ACTUALLY DID RENOVATE AN OLDER, UH, BUILDING IN FIVE POINTS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND TO BE QUITE FRANK, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE IN TAKING SOMETHING FROM A DILAPIDATED CONDITION AND, AND BRINGING IT BACK TO A GLORY. THAT'S WHAT MY CLIENT DOES. WE, WE SHOULD ALL BE INCREDIBLY HAPPY THAT HE'S PICKED THIS PROPERTY UP. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE SOLVED. AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THE BOARD, IF YOU GIVE HIM TIME, WILL BE VERY SATISFIED IN WHAT HE DOES. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'VE SEEN A, A, A ENGINEER'S LETTER. I HAVE NOT, NOT YOU CLAIMED THAT THE STRUCTURE IS SOUND, WHICH IS QUESTIONABLE. I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN THE BIDS FROM ONE FOUNDATION COMPANY THAT I SAW IN THE HALLWAY TODAY. NOW THEY ARE DESCRIBING, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S SOUND TODAY, WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S SALVAGEABLE. YOU. WE DO HAVE FOUNDATION COMPANIES COMING OUT AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET AN ENGINEER'S REPORT AS I THINK YOU HAVE TO WHENEVER YOU ACTUALLY, UM, BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTRACTED OUT. MY CLIENT IS NOT A FOUNDATION COMPANY, AND EVERY COMPANY THAT HAS COME OUT HAS SAID THAT THIS CAN BE SECURED. AND SO AN ENGINEER'S LETTER WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE PERMITTING OF THAT, I BELIEVE. BUT I, I CAN'T. YEAH. THEY HAVE TO. YES. AND, AND THEY ARE GOING, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TALKING AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH WHAT'S REAL. OKAY. AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN, WHAT WILL HAPPEN. AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT'S ALL. HE'S, HE'S HAD THREE, THREE FOUNDATION COMPANIES. I'VE SAID THAT. I APOLOGIZE FOR REPEATING MYSELF, BUT I'VE SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES AND I GAVE HIM MY OWN RECOMMENDATION FOR A COMPANY THAT I'VE USED SEVERAL TIMES. MM-HMM. . SO SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS DO TAKE TIME. AND ANYBODY THAT'S WORKED CONSTRUCTION, THOSE FOUNDATION DOES TAKE A FAIR BIT OF TIME. THERE'S NOT THAT MANY COMPANIES THAT ARE, UH, DILIGENT OUT THERE AND, AND GOING FORWARD WITH THEIR JOBS. AND SO HE'S HAD DIFFICULTY EVEN FI EVEN GETTING THEM TO GET HIM BIDS IN A REASONABLE TIME. UM, AND AS I STATED, THE OFFICER WAS THERE WHENEVER HE WAS MEETING WITH CONTRACTORS. MM-HMM. . HE'S NOT GONNA SWING HIS OWN HAMMER ON EVERY PROJECT, BUT I IMAGINE HE'S THROWING THE BASEBOARDS DOWN. UM, I MEAN, HE IS A CONTRACTOR, BUT OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE IS FIXING THE FOUNDATION. HE'S DOING EVERYTHING AS REASONABLY AS CAN BE EXPECTED AT THIS POINT. THE ONLY THING TOO, UH, IF YOU PUT US IN THE POSITION OF RESETTING, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SCHEDULE. AND THAT MIGHT BE SOONER THAN YOU THINK. OKAY. WHICH IS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO ACCEPT. WELL, I'M SILLY SAYING THAT THE, THE DIFFICULTY HERE, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE THAT THE WATER'S GOING TO BE ON. EVEN IF WE HAD A, A FOUNDATION COMPANY THAT WAS READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO BEGIN RIGHT NOW, NOBODY'S GONNA START REBUILDING THAT FOUNDATION WITHOUT WATER ON SITE. OR YOU'RE, YOU'VE INCREASED THE COST OF THAT JOB TREMENDOUSLY. [01:40:01] MR. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL AND I, I, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR ON A FEW THINGS. UM, UH, YOU ARE CORRECT IN REGARDS TO IF A RESET IS PROVIDED, THAT RESET WILL BE BASED ON, UM, THE SCHEDULING OF, UH, THE PERSONS THAT RUN. UM, BSB. UM, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT JUST SOLELY FOR CRIMINAL ISSUES, HENCE THE REASON THAT WE HAVE MM-HMM. , UM, AN ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT'S NEEDED AND SOME STRUCTURAL CONCERN. SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. AND NO ONE'S CHALLENGING THAT. RIGHT? I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. UM, A A A A PROPERTY THAT IS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS PREMISES NOT ADDRESSED BY PUTTING A FENCE AROUND IT AND WHY WE APPRECIATE THE NEW OWNER DOING THAT, THAT IS NOT A SUFFICIENT WAY TO ADDRESS THE PROPERTY. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE IN THE, AND IT'S ON RECORD, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DART UNIT, AT NO POINT IN TIME WAS MR. KANO, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY, UM, WAS INSPECTED BY THE DART UNIT. UH, THERE WERE, UM, MAJOR CONCERNS AND ISSUES ON THAT. UM, IT DOES SEEM THAT NOW THAT THERE IS A, A BRAND NEW OWNER, UM, AND THAT OWNER, AGAIN, WAS NOT INVOLVED OR WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME THAT THE, THE UNIT DID ADDRESS THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU. HI, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A MOTION. MR. CONNELL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. SOMEONE THIS IS DANGEROUS PERMIT OFFICER GARZA. I JUST WANNA ADVISE THE BOARD THAT, UM, I HAD MYSELF HAD MET WITH MR. JOHN CONNELL AT THE PROPERTY, UH, MAY 6TH, AND ADVISED HIM, UH, OF WHAT TO BRING TO THE HEARING, WHICH IS, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE FINANCIAL PROOF, AND A LETTER OF CREDIT. AND I ALSO WANNA ADVISE THE BOARD THAT OUR SAFE OFFICER, UM, JESUS OSA HAS ADVISED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER, MR. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, IS ALLOWED TO BE THERE WHEN THE NEW OWNER IS THERE. THAT'S WHAT WAS STATED TO OUR OFFICER. MAY I APPROACH? YEAH. TO CLARIFY THAT, PLEASE. UH, CLARIFICATION. UM, SO WHEN I HAD THE AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY MR. KANO FOR THE NO TRESPASSING, AND I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS ALLOWED HERE, RIGHT? EXCEPT YOU. HE SAID, ONLY JAMES RODRIGUEZ, WHEN I'M HERE, WHEN I'M HERE, HE CAN ONLY BE THERE. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S FINE. SO THEN THAT DAY THAT I SAW THE BLACK VEHICLE IN THE BACK, THAT WAS NO LONGER THERE, UH, THEY SAW SOMEBODY JUMP IN THE FENCE. WHEN I WENT INTO THE BACK, UH, THEY WERE INSIDE THE, THE STRUCTURE. WHEN I A APPROACHED THROUGH THE FRONT, I MADE MYSELF THROUGH THE, THE, THE GARAGE, UH, NOT THE, UH, GARAGE GATE, THE, THE DRIVEWAY GATE. UM, AND I FOUND, UH, UNSHELTERED FEMALE, UNSHARED UNSHELTERED MALE. AND I FOUND JAMES RODRIGUEZ. OKAY. SO I DEALT WITH THEM, GAVE THEM HIS, GAVE ALL THREE OF 'EM THEIR WARNING ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER, MADE IT OFFICIAL, MADE, THEY, THEY, UH, CAME IN FROM THE INSIDE, UH, MR. CONNO AND THE, THE TWO CONTRACTORS, I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE INSIDE. UH, I WAS THERE TO ADDRESS SOMEBODY THAT HAD JUMPED OVER THE FENCE, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I SPOKE TO THEM LIKE, AND THEY'RE LIKE, HE WAS KIND OF SURPRISED, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU, CAN I HELP YOU? I'M LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR. 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY. WE JUST GOT HERE, WE WERE GONE 10, 15 MINUTES TO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK. UH, BUT HE, HE WAS ON, ON THE PROPERTY AND HE WAS ISSUED THE OFFICIAL WARNING. UM, BUT THAT WAS THE KIND OF THE AGREEMENT IF THAT HE WOULD, HE COULD BE THERE AS LONG AS HE, HE WAS THERE. AND THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON THE TIME HE SIGNED THAT, UH, TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT. OKAY. SO, AND THAT'S, THAT WAS, I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL HIM WHO OR NOT HE CAN TALK TO ASSOCIATE WITH, UH, IT'S JUST, IT WAS JUST A CONCERNING. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED ON HIS PART. OKAY. MAY WE ADDRESS THAT? THAT'S AN INTERESTING CLAIM. CAN MY CLIENT, YOU'D GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE FOR THAT. OKAY. I JUST NOW ASKED MY CLIENT IF HE ALLOWED, UH, THE FORMER RESIDENT THERE, HE SAYS, AND IT INDICATES IN THE NOTES HE SAID, TO REMOVE HIS BELONGINGS THAT DAY BE OUT BY MIDNIGHT AND DON'T RETURN. THAT'S IN THE, IN THE OFFICER'S NOTES. HE, THEY'RE NOT FRIENDS. HE IS NOT SAYING, COME BY AND HAVE SOME BEERS WITH ME. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, THAN STATING, REMOVE YOUR BELONGINGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THERE. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MR. RODRIGUEZ WOULD CONSIDER VALUABLE BELONGINGS, BUT GIVING A MAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE HIS ITEMS OUT OF THERE, AND IT CLEARLY STATES [01:45:01] BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, UH, THAT'S NOT A, A BLANKET EXCEPTION. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY BASIS FOR THESE PEOPLE SAYING THAT HE'S HANGING OUT. AND IF MR. RODRIGUEZ CONTINUES TO TRESPASS, IT'S ACTUALLY SAPD THAT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THAT WITH THE CRIMINAL TRESPASS ORDER. WE ARE GONNA CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE LEAVE. WELL, THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT THAT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED BETWEEN YOU AND SAPD, NOT US, THAT WE DON'T HAVE NO RULING OVER THAT. WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT CAME UP IN THIS HEARING. RIGHT. AND INDICATING THAT HE'S ALLOWING THAT. AND, UH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY REFUTED. OKAY, COUNSEL, THANK YOU, COUNSEL. REAL QUICK, THIS IS ATTORNEY. WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH YOUR CLIENT SIGNED UP HERE, YOU YOU'RE SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF, WE DON'T NEED TO CALL HIM UP. WOULD THAT BE FAIR? THAT WOULD BE FAIR. UNLESS, UNLESS YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED HIM TO CORROBORATE NO, NO. WE JUST DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA CALL HIM UP IF, IF, IF YOU ARE, HE'S, HE HAS REPRESENTATION. THERE'S NO REASON. YES. ONLY BECAUSE HE SIGNED HERE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST ASKING. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. WE'LL, GOOD WITH SAPD ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. GORMAN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. MM-HMM. . UH, HELLO. MY NAME IS MICHAEL GORMAN. UH, I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPERTY AT 1133 WEST MULBERRY. YOU SAW KIND OF EDGES OF MY PROPERTY. I'M ON, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE STREET, I'M TO THE RIGHT. UM, SO, UH, I AM HERE JUST TO KIND OF, UH, RELAY MY EXPERIENCE. I'VE LIVED AT THAT, THAT ADDRESS FOR THE LAST, IT'LL BE THREE YEARS IN AUGUST. UM, I CAN CORROBORATE EVERYTHING, OF COURSE, THAT THE OFFICER SAID, LOTS OF COMINGS AND GOINGS IN THE PAST. UM, SO I DON'T THINK I REALLY NEED TO REHASH THAT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, PRETTY SHORTLY AFTER MR. UH, CONNO BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, CAME OVER, HE SAW ME IN THE BACK IN THE FRONT YARD. HE, HE TOLD ME WHAT HIS PLANS WERE FOR THE PROPERTY. UM, HAS BEEN PRETTY FORTHCOMING WITH ME SINCE THEN. SAYING HE WAS CLOSING IT UP, WAS GONNA PREVENT KIND OF ALL THE, THE VAGRANT AND TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH, UM, SINCE THEN, AND FROM WHERE I SIT, I WORK FROM HOME. I'M THERE ALL DAY, UH, EVERY DAY. CLEARLY I'M NOT ALWAYS PAYING ATTENTION AND DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. IT'S NOT REALLY NO ONE'S ON THE PROPERTY. UH, SINCE THEN, HE'S, HE'S CLOSED IT UP AND HAS BEEN CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY, UH, SINCE IT'S BEEN THERE, WHICH WAS, UH, MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE. WELL, MAYBE NOT NUMBER ONE, BUT IT, IT'S DEFINITELY WAS, UH, A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OF MINE. I, I, OVER THE LAST YEAR, I'D FILLED A 55 GALLON TRASH BAG WITH GARBAGE THAT HAD JUST DRIFTED ONTO MY PROPERTY, UM, FROM THEIRS. UH, SINCE THEN, UH, AFTER HE HAS TAKEN OVER THE PROPERTY, THOUGH, UH, THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH DISAPPEARED, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY WELCOME, UH, CHANGE, UH, ON MY BEHALF. UM, I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY, SINCE THE CLEANUP, UH, I HAVE SEEN, UH, FAR FEWER ROERS, UH, AROUND MY HOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN A WELCOME CHANGE AS WELL. HAVEN'T HAD TO GET THE GUY COMING BY IN SPRING AS OFTEN, UH, SINCE THEN. UM, AND, UH, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, EVERYTHING HE'S SAYING, LIKE THEY'RE CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY I AM A MEMBER OF THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M ON THE ZONING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AND WHILE I CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, I DO KNOW THAT GENERALLY WE, WE, WE LIKE TO PRESERVE, UM, STRUCTURES WHENEVER POSSIBLE. UH, AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WANTS TO RESTORE IT. AND PRESUMABLY, AS LONG AS THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, BOTH ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, A DIRECT NEIGHBOR, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO SEE THE BUILDING PRESERVED THAN TO JUST BECOME A VACANT LOT, KNOWING THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH AND WE KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH SOME OF THOSE LOTS. AND IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT GREAT, UH, WHERE I'VE SEEN IT ELSEWHERE. YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE THREE DOGS AND I'M WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT, SO I SEE A LOT OF THESE EMPTY LOTS AND THE DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES. UM, AND WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW OF 'EM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SO IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE ONE THAT'S, THAT'S FIXED UP, FIXED UP. SO I CAN SAY AS A NEIGHBOR, IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, LIKE, THAT'S CERTAINLY THE BEST CASE SCENARIO AS FAR AS I'M, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UH, LIVING NEXT DOOR. AND, AND IT'S JUST NOW THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE SAFE OFFICERS SEEM TO BE CLEANING UP THE, THE, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT WAS OF COURSE, A, A MAJOR CONCERN. AND I DO STILL SEE THOSE PEOPLE AROUND. THERE'S KIND OF LIKE A ROTATING CAST OF CHARACTERS THAT COMES THROUGH OR WAS COMING THROUGH. UH, AND I STILL SEE THEM AROUND JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO, SAW A TRUCK IN THE, IN THE ALLEYWAY. SOMEONE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET IN. THIS WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING. MAYBE TWO, THREE IN THE AFTERNOON. MM-HMM. . UM, OKAY. SO THEY'RE STILL THERE, BUT THAT'S IT. TIME IS IT? YEAH. YEP. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. YES, SIR. QUALITY OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MM-HMM. . IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. WE, WE DON'T LIKE TEARING STUFF DOWN UNLESS IT HAS TO. YES, SIR. THAT WOULD PUT A VACANT PROPERTY NEXT TO YOU, CORRECT? YEP. HOW MANY WOULD YOU SAY IS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? [01:50:02] I CAN THINK OF FIVE JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AT LEAST. AND THAT WOULD BE SIX. YEAH. IF IT DEMOED. YEAH. HOW MANY DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? CURRENT OFF BALLPARK? PROBABLY 15, MAYBE MORE. SO IF THOSE ARE TOWARDS DOWN, THEN THAT'S A 15 MORE, BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA WANNA, THAT'S HOW MAY WANNA COME IN AND BUILD ON THEM, BUT YEAH. UH, IT SEEMS LIKE LATELY THEY WANNA COME IN AND PUT ON THESE FIVE, SIX DIFFERENT HOUSES ON ONE LITTLE LOT. MM-HMM. . SO THE QUALITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW, HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT IS? UM, FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD. IT VARIES BLOCK TO BLOCK THOUGH, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. SO IF HE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY OR AN OPPORTUNITY, IF IT HAPPENED TO BE REMODELED THE HOUSE, WOULD THE QUALITY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT STREET BE BETTER THAN IF IT WAS A VACANT LOT? YES, I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. I I, BECAUSE YOU'RE NEXT DOOR TO IT. YEAH. SO YOU'VE LIVED THE BAD SIDE OF ALL OF THIS, AND NOW IF IT'S REHABBED, THEN YOU BENEFIT AS WELL. DEFINITELY. AND THE NEIGHBORS NEXT ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF THERE'S ONE YES. BENEFITS AS WELL. AND I KNOW SHE'S VERY, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CLEANED UP. I KNOW THAT WAS, UH, UH, ALL RIGHT. I'VE SPOKEN TO LIZ A COUPLE TIMES, BUT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU FURTHER, NOBODY ELSE TO SPEAK. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE READY. CAN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WE DON'T. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE SET THE RESET THIS CASE FOR 30 DAYS TO ALLOW THE NEW OWNER TO GET THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER, THE BIDS TOGETHER AND ATTEMPT, AND MAYBE THEY DECIDE THAT IT'S NOT WORTH REBUILDING OR REMODELING ONCE THEY GET INTO IT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY. I SECOND THAT. UH, COUNSEL, CAN WE DO, UH, SIFY THE, UH, 30 DAY MM-HMM. ? I DON'T, YOU CAN, I'M, I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IT'S GONNA BE, UH, THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE, RIGHT? UM, AT THE MINIMUM IT'S GONNA BE 30 DAYS. MOST LIKELY IT WOULD BE MORE, UH, UH, THE BOARD DOES WANNA MAKE SURE AND, UH, BSP DOES WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY COMES BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD AND IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS. SO AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE AT THE LEAST, IT'LL BE 30 DAYS. IT PROBABLY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. BUT, UM, IF THE BOARD, UM, DOES WISH TO USE, YOU KNOW, A NEXT AVAILABLE DATE, THAT'S GREAT. UM, IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANNA SAY 30 DAYS, WE'LL PUT IT, WE WILL PUT IT IN THE ORDER. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE EXACTLY 30 DAYS. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. SO, UM, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, RE RESET 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 1 TO, UH, A 30 DAY RESET. SECOND. AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. AND MR. GRIME SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. AND WEINER AYE. GEORGE GRIMS JR. AYE, DO SOLI NO. FRED ANDES. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE AT FOUR TO ONE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FOUR TO ONE. JUST GET WITH YOUR SECURITY OFFICER. UM, CODE OFFICER. THE NEXT CASE IS, UH, 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHRIS DOMINGUEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 43 63 REDSTONE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 9 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMOLITION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 2 2 5 3 BLOCK FOUR, LOT ONE SIX, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THE OWNER ON RECORDS IS [01:55:01] PHILLIPS MERLIN WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 9. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. MONIQUE SMITH, GRANDDAUGHTER TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AND LIEN HOLDER FROM WELLS FARGO, KIRK SCHWARTZ. NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER. CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH WELLS FARGO BACK IN MAY OF 2000 OF THIS YEAR. WELLS FARGO HAS STATED THEY HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2023. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023 ON MAY 24TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED SHEET WAS RETURNED ON MAY 31ST, 2024 AS VACANT, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT ENGINEER HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JUNE 5TH, 2024. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 12TH, MAY 6TH, AND MAY 30TH, 2024. PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A MAIN STRUCTURE VANDALIZED BY VAGRANT AND AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND DILAPIDATED CONDITION. THE NEXT ONE BUILT IN 19 55, 43 63 REDSTONE MAIN STRUCTURE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER 202 2 2000 SQUARE FEET. THIS INVESTIGATION WAS CREATED BY THE REQUEST OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. DUE CONCERN DUE TO CONCERNED NEIGHBORS AND VA BY VAGRANT ENTERING AND EXITING THE STRUCTURE. PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED AT A CORNER LOT. IN THE NEXT PHOTO, I'M GONNA LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT THIS PAPERWORK WAS PLACED ON THE WINDOW. UH, THIS DOCUMENT STATED THAT THE STRUCTURE WILL BE TEMPORARY, SECURED AND MAINTAINED AGAINST FUTURE DETERIORATION. WELL, WHEN I CONTACTED THIS NUMBER, IT WAS LED TO WELLS FARGO. WELLS FARGO THEN STATED THAT THEY DO HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. NEXT PHOTO IS DUE TO THE VS. ENTERING AND EXITING. CONCERNED NEIGHBORS STATED AND EVEN WROTE ON THE, UH, FRONT SECURITY OF THE DOOR WILL CALL POLICE FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. EXTERIOR SIDING IS COMPLETELY ATTACHED. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA REVEAL THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. VINYL SIDING IS ALSO INTACT. SECURITIES OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WERE DONE BY CITY CONTRACTORS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY INVESTIGATION. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE A COMPLETE PHOTO OF THE REAR AS THE OTHER THREE SIDES OF THE STRUCTURE. VINYL SIGN IN IS ALL INTACT. STRUCTURE DOES HAVE A, UH, A GOOD ROOF SYSTEM AND THE COVERED LOW SLOPING REAR PATIO COVER IS A ROW. ROOFING IS ALSO IN GOOD SHAPE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO AVOID, UH, ADVISE THE BOARD AT THIS TIME THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN, IN, UH, MY PRESENTATION IS LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE AC UNIT. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT MY ENTRANCE WAS GRANTED THROUGH THAT BACK DOOR STRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY VANDALIZED, UM, THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE INSPECTION. TRASH AND DEBRIS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ARE PRESENT TO THE LEFT OF WHERE I'M STANDING. IN THIS PHOTO IS WHERE MY, OF THIS TO THE LEFT OF WHERE I'M STANDING IS WHERE MY NEXT PHOTO'S AT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS PILED UP. WALL COVERING IS MISSING TO THE RIGHT AND THIS AREA THAT I'M STANDING IN IS THE, UH, UH, COVERED AREA. UH, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ENCLOSED AT ONE TIME. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS ENCLOSED AREA. THERE'S A SMALL DOOR THAT LEADS TO A, UH, SMALL LITTLE WHAT COULD BE STORAGE AREA CAN. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE IN THAT CEILING OF THAT CEILING AND, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE, I ONLY FOUND STRUCTURED CONCERNS IN THIS AREA. UH, PROPER ROOF SUPPORT IS LACKING. TWO BY FOUR IS USED AS RAPTORS HAVE BEEN PLACED SIDEWAYS SUPPORTING THE ROOF DECKING. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE OF THE LIVING AREA. THE DEBRIS AND MISSING LADY ITEMS ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT. ITEMS INCLUDED ALARM MOWERS AND VEHICLE TIRES [02:00:01] TO THE BACKSIDE OF THIS PHOTO WHERE MY NEXT FOOT PHOTO IS TAKEN, WHICH LEADS TO THE KITCHEN AREA. KITCHEN AREA, HAS SOME MISSING FLOOR COVERING BY SINKING THE STOVE AREA. AND FROM THIS POINT ON, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT WE'RE GONNA GO IN A HORSESHOE PATTERN THROUGH A HALLWAY, SOME BEDROOMS, AND BACK TO THE MAIN LIVING AREA. NEXT FLOOR IS GONNA BE OF THE RESTROOM AREA. RESTROOM IS UNSANITARY FLOOR TILES ARE MISSING. TOILET WAS USED WITH NO WATER SURFACE. NEXT FLOOR IS GONNA BE OF THE HALLWAY AREA. HALLWAY HAS NO CLEAR WALKING. SURFACE STRUCTURE HAS THREE BEDROOMS, UM, TWO THAT ARE LOCATED TO THE LEFT AND ONE THAT IS STRAIGHT AHEAD. UM, ALL THREE BEDROOMS ARE GONNA BE IDENTICAL REVEALING, NO CLEAR WALKING SURFACE, SCATTERED ITEMS THROUGHOUT AND WINDOWS SECURED TO STOP GRAS FROM ENTERING THE STRUCTURE. SO NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE BUILT, UH, BEDROOM ONE. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE BEDROOM TWO, AND THEN FOLLOWING STRAIGHT AHEAD TO BEDROOM NUMBER THREE. NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE, UH, FRONT LIVING AREA TOWARD THE, UH, FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE IN THE NEXT PHOTO FRONT LIVING AREA. UH, AS WE EXIT THE HALLWAY, UH, THIS ROOM HAS ALSO BEEN VANDALIZED, AND AS WE COME OUT OF THIS ROOM, IT'S GONNA LEAD BACK INTO THE MAIN LIVING AREA. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE BACK TO THE MAIN LIVING AREA, AND THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS SECURE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE FRONT DOOR HAS, UH, BEEN BROKEN OFF, AND IT'S, UH, ONLY HANGING ON BY ITS BOTTOM HINGE. NEXT FLOOR IS GONNA BE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE REAR. UM, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS EIGHT BY EIGHT METAL SHED. UM, IT'S PLACED RIGHT UP AGAINST THE MAIN STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO. THE NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA REVEAL THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, AND HERE WE CAN KIND OF SEE HOW CLOSE IT IS, UM, AND, AND, AND LOCATION TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE. IT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST IT. NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA REVEAL, I MEAN, WE HAVE LESS THAN A FOOT GAP THAT IS VISIBLE. THE NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA LEAD TO THE INTERIOR OF THE, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE IS JUST FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. NEGLECTED CONDITION NEGLECTION HAS CAUSED THE, THE STRUCTURES AND THE PROPERTY THAT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FRAGRANCE. CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS DUE TO HIGH TRAFFIC ON PROPERTY HAVE BEEN VOCALIZED TO SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERIOR. THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN VANDALIZED. NO CLEAR WALKING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. TRASH AND DEBRIS IS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INTERIOR. STRUCTURAL CONCERNS ARE VISIBLE IN THE REAR PATIO WHERE TWO BY FOURS WAS USED AS RAFTERS ARE PLACED SIDEWAYS AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE REAR HAS BEEN PLACED AGAINST THE, HAS BEEN PLACED UP AGAINST THE MAIN STRUCTURE, POSING A DANGER IN CASE OF FIRE. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMOLITION FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 43 63 RED STRONG DRIVE. MR. ANDES. YES. THIS SAYS IT DOESN'T SET A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL. NO, SIR, IT DOES NOT. BUT IS THERE A SCHOOL WITHIN THIS AREA? NO, SIR. IS IT A TRAFFIC AREA FOR, BECAUSE IT'S AT THE CORNER. IS THERE A TRAFFIC AREA FOR YES, THE, THE PROPERTY DOES SIT AT A CORNER LOT, WHICH WAS HIGH TRAFFIC. IT SEEMS LIKE VAGRANT, UM, UM, CROSSED THROUGH THAT PATH ALL THE TIME. AND, UH, IT BECAME A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA FOR VAGRANT, JUST NESTING ON THAT PROPERTY. IS THERE A LIGHT ON THE CORNER THAT I'M NOT AWARE, SIR. MOST OF THE, UH, DIDN'T LOOK UP, BUT, UM, MOST OF MY INSPECTIONS WERE DONE EARLY MORNING. UM, I, I'M, I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU SIR. UTILITIES, THERE IS NO ACTIVE SERVICES, UM, METER THERE. UH, NO ACTIVE SERVICES AS FAR AS ELECTRICAL, UM, GAS METERS CUT OFF. I MEAN, THERE'S STILL GAS TO THE, UH, PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S NO ACTIVE SERVICES FOR THE STRUCTURE. SO THEY'RE JUST GOING IN THERE AND TRASHING IT. AND YES, SIR, PROBABLY SLEEPING THIS, THIS WAS AROUSED BY A SAFE OFFICER IN THE AREA. UH, NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY THE, BY [02:05:01] THE NEIGHBORS. UM, I CAN'T ADVISE THE BOARD THOUGH THAT, UM, ON MY INITIAL INSPECTION THAT STARTED IN OCTOBER 27TH. THERE WAS PRIOR TIMES THAT WE HAD THIS PROPERTY CLEANED. UM, WE HAD, UH, ALSO WHEN I MADE MY INITIAL INSPECTION, THERE WAS ALSO THREE JUNK VEHICLES TS ON SITE THAT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY, ALMOST UP TILL MID-JANUARY. UM, IT SEEMED THAT THEIR MID-JANUARY, UM, AFTER WHEN MY INSPECTIONS, UH, I NOTICED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS CLEAN AND THE WORK ORDER WAS NOT CREATED BY ANY CODE OFFICER, AND THE PROPERTY WAS CLEAN, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED NOTICING SOME CHANGES. UM, THAT'S WHEN WE'VE NOTICED ALSO THE, UH, POSTING ON THE, UH, FRONT WINDOW, WHICH STATED THAT, UM, TO CONTACT THIS NUMBER FOR, UH, FOR SECURING AND CLEANING OF THE PROPERTY. SO WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THAT NUMBER, IT LED TO WELLS FARGO, WHO WAS JUST COULD STATE AT THE TIME THAT THEY HAD INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. UM, AS OF MARCH, 2024, IT HAS STAYED SECURED, ALTHOUGH, UM, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT STILL HAS RECEIVED SOME, UH, UM, CALL INS FOR THE PROPERTY. BUT THAT'S JUST TO INDIVIDUALS PASSING BY AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAYING ON THE PROPERTY. UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT, IT, IT HAS STAYED SECURED. UM, NO SIGNS OF VAGRANT ENTERING. UM, IT'S JUST THE INTERIOR IS JUST LEFT IN A NEGLECTED CONDITION AND UNSANITARY STATE. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEIGHBORS HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT AS WELL, OR AN HOA AS AS SOMEBODY WROTE THAT THING ON THERE. SOMETHING, YEAH, THEY, SOMEBODY'S ACTIVE. THEY, UH, THEY'RE JUST CONCERNED THAT, I MEAN, IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, INVESTIGATION, UH, NUMEROUS OF VAGRANTS HANGING OUT AT THE PROPERTY. ALL WINDOWS, UNSECURED DOORS, OPEN TRASH AND DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY. UM, NEIGHBORS WERE VERY VOCAL, UM, AND THEY DID THEIR BEST AS WELL. BESIDES CALLING SAPD, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH WRITING THAT, UM, INFORMATION ON THE, UH, FRONT DOOR SECURING. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MS. SMITH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. UH, YES. MY NAME IS MONIQUE SMITH. MY ADDRESS IS 73 15 WINE GARDEN IN CONVERSE, TEXAS. UM, I AM REQUESTING A RESET BECAUSE I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THE, I GUESS, PROPERTY IN, UH, THE LETTER YESTERDAY. AND, UM, MY GRANDMOTHER, SHE'S DECEASED AND THE PROPERTY IS BEING, UM, REAL IN CHARGE FOR MY UNCLE, WHICH I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CONTACT YET. SO WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR THE HOUSE. IS THAT ALL? YEAH, I MEAN, I REALLY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, SEE WHAT THE REPAIRS ARE, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR ANYTHING. LIKE I SAID, I JUST HAD BEEN NOTIFIED YESTERDAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY IDEA ABOUT THE PLAN? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO BANK STATEMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY BANK STATE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR ME TO RE MAKE THREE REPAIRS? YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO ANY OF THAT. I WASN'T AWARE OF IT UNTIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ANYTHING, THE HEARING, ANYTHING. SO WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE? CAN YOU, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN OR WANT TO? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS ON THE HOUSE WITH MY UNCLE, YES. BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR A, TO HAVE RESET SO WE CAN MAKE A PLAN TO MAKE REPAIRS AND TO PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD. LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. UM, HOW FAR ARE YOU ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT GIVES YOU AUTHORITY? MY GRANDMOTHER HAS A WILL, BUT THE HOUSE IS A WILL TO MY UNCLE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IN REALITY, YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY REPAIRS AT ALL. NO, BUT MY UNCLE CAN. AND BUT YOUR UNCLE'S NOT HERE? HE'S NOT HERE, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO [02:10:01] CONTACT HIM. LIKE I SAID, I WASN'T AWARE OF IT UNTIL YESTERDAY EVENING. SO I DID PLACE A PHONE CALL TO MY UNCLE, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM OR MAKE HIM AWARE OF IT OR ANYTHING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S AWARE OF IT. LET ME, LET ME ASK COUNSEL, COUNSEL, CAN SHE, I GUESS YOU WOULD BE SAYING YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR UNCLE? I'M REPRESENTATIVE OF MY UNCLE, YES. OKAY. IS THAT'S FINE WITH THAT, WITH THE COUNSEL? YES, THAT'S FINE. WITH THE, SHE, SHE REPRESENTS THE FAMILY. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. ALRIGHT. I JUST, ALRIGHT. SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU NEED TYING TOGETHER THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU REALLY CAN'T DO NOTHING UNTIL YOUR UNCLE GIVES YOU YAY OR NAY? PRETTY MUCH, YES. ALRIGHT. UM, I GUESS WE'RE STUCK RIGHT THERE. SO I CAN TELL WELLS FARGO. SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO HEAR, I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM WELLS FARGO. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE, AND SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I GUESS YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND THEN WE CAN BRING WELLS THE REPRESENTATIVE UP. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KIRK SCHWARTZ AND ADDRESS IS 65 65 NORTH MACARTHUR BOULEVARD, SUITE FOUR 70, IRVING, TEXAS 7 5 0 3 9. UM, WELLS FARGO WAS AWARE OF THIS, UH, HEARING ON MAY 24TH. THEY SECURED THE PROPERTY MAY 5TH, UH, AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GENTLEMAN, UH, STATED AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, CURRENT TIME, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING BIDS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY. THEY DO ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I JUST MET MS. SMITH, UH, WHO IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. AS SHE SAID THERE WAS A WILL, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT WILL HAS BEEN PROBATED. UH, SO THERE'S STILL THAT ASPECT OF IT THAT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH. UM, WELLS FARGO, LIKE I SAID, IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING BIDS AND GOING TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY. AT THE SAME TIME, KNOWING THAT MS. SMITH AND THEIR FAMILY AND HER UNCLE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, I'M GOING TO COORDINATE WITH HER TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I DO KNOW THAT WELLS FARGO IS IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING THOSE BIDS AND WE ARE SEEKING, UH, A RESET TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING SO THAT I CAN COME WITH, UM, THE APPRAISALS AND A WORK, WORK SCOPE AND, UH, REPAIR THE PROPERTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? UH, YEAH, I I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, CAN WELLS FARGO ACTUALLY, UH, DO THE REPAIRS TO THIS PROPERTY? YES, PER, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE DEED OF TRUST, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO MAKE REPAIRS AND, AND KEEP THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY. UM, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE DEED AND TRUST, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COUNSEL HAS A QUESTION. MR. SCHWARTZ. SO, IS, IS WELLS FARGO CURRENTLY, UM, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY AS A LIEN HOLDER? THEY'RE ENTITLED, YOU KNOW, TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY, BOARD IT UP AND PRESERVE THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE DEED OF TRUST, RIGHT? YOU YOU'RE SAYING ENTITLED. ARE THEY OBLIGATED? UM, I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO, AND I'M, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, BUT I'M, I'M JUST, WHO IF BY SOME CHANCE THE PROPERTY'S IN VIOLATION, WHO, WHO CITATION'S ISSUED TO THE LIEN HOLDER THAT WELL, IT WOULD BE ISSUED TO THE HOMEOWNER WHO'S PASSED AWAY, WHO'S PASSED AWAY, AND THEN THE, SHE HAS A WILL THAT HASN'T BEEN PROBATED. SO INTESTACY RULES, IT WOULD GO TO THE CHILDREN, THE SONS, UM, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THAT, IF YOU KNOW. RIGHT. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, BASED ON YOUR, THE, UM, THE, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT OR THE CURRENT MORTGAGE, UH, WELLS FARGO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GO IN AND ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST PROTECT YOUR ASSETS AS AN, AS FAR AS AN OBLIGATION. I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT'S AN OBLIGATION, BUT THEY, THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ASSET. RIGHT. I, IT DOESN'T LOOK THE PROPERTY'S IN VIOLATION. I GUESS IT'S MORE OF JUST ONCE YOU SAID THAT, I WAS LIKE THINKING, I, I WONDER WHO THAT'S LIKE, ALRIGHT. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I WAS ASKING. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU WHEN I SAID I HAD A LEGAL QUESTION. IS THERE A MORTGAGE ON THE HOUSE? YES. YES, YES, MA'AM. THERE IS, BECAUSE REALLY YOU GOT TWO PEOPLE. IT'S IN DEFAULT, BUT THERE IS A MORTGAGE, CURRENT MORTGAGE ON THE HOME. OKAY. HENCE YOU'RE INTEREST IN THAT. YES. YES MA'AM. SO COUNSEL, IF WE, CAN WE RESET THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMO THE OBVIOUS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? IF THIS BOARD FEELS THAT THEY, THEY, THAT'S HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? YES. THIS BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, TO DO THAT IF THAT'S HOW THEY WANNA MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE [02:15:01] THAT'S OBVIOUS. IS THAT GONNA BE IN YOUR BID AS WELL? THE DEMOLITION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE METAL BUILDING IN THE BACK. IS THAT IN YOUR I THAT'S, I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR INTO IT. UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I GOT NOTICE OF THIS HEARING MONDAY OF THIS WEEK. UM, AND THEY JUST TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, I, I READ THE REPORT. THEY SENT ME EVERYTHING. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES AND SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON. SO BOTH OF YOU JUST GOT THIS WITHIN THIS WEEK? 10 DAYS? YES. NOT EVEN. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S A, SO 10 DAYS. SO SOMEWHERE THE MILL'S SLOW. UM, IS, THAT'S PART OF THIS AS WELL. REPAIR ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMO. NOW, IS THAT GOING TO BE IN YOUR BID? I'M GOING, THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON TODAY. I'M, I'LL GET BACK TO THE OFFICE, SEND AN EMAIL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED. YOU KNOW, IF, IF WELLS FARGO JUST ME LOOKING AT IT, I WOULD TEAR DOWN THAT. I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND. WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE SCHEDULE FOR IT. RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING. IS THAT GONNA BE IN YOUR BID AS WELL? YES. I WOULD IMAGINE IF WE RESET, THEN WE CAN RESET THE WHOLE CASE AND SEE WHAT THE BID IS AND LET THEM DEMO IT IF YEAH. THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA RECOMMEND INSTEAD OF US ORDERING IT A DEMO. OKAY. I CONCUR. , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? CONCERNS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE ELSE? NO. NO, WE DON'T. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? I, I CAN REDSTONE. MR. REDSTONE. UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDES. UH, I RECOMMEND THAT 4 3 6 3 REDSTONE DRIVE BE RESET FOR 30 DAYS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND PRESENT 'EM TO THE BOARD. I SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A, UM, A MOTION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 63 REDSTONE DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 9. UM, AS A RESET 30 DAY RESET FOR BOTH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THE MAIN STRUCTURE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION. AND WEINER SECONDS. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. GEORGE GRAHAMS JR. AYE. DORA SOLIS? AYE. FRED ANDES AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. A BREAK. DO YOU NEED A BREAK? HUH? DO YOU NEED A BREAK? NO, WE GOOD? YEAH, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DO OH, NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. OKAY. NO, JUST ASKING. . THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CASE, UH, 300 AKA 2 6 2 2 6. JOHN ADAMS DRIVE. THAT'S FIRST. 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 STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 3 0 0 AKA 2 2 6. JOHN ADAMS DRIVE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 3 5 5 LOT NINE JOHN ADAMS HOMES LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ARCHON CAPITAL GROUP AND INCOME LP WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 1 6 SOUTH LBJ DRIVE, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 7 8 6 6 6. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. MR. HANK COLEMAN AND MR. JAVIER GARCIA ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2024, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. COLEMAN. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 200 FEET OF ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 0 0 AKA 2 2 6 JOHN ADAMS DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023. THE, AN ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2023, [02:20:01] AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 0 0 AKA 2 2 6 JOHN ADAMS DRIVE ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER. A SCOPE OF WORK AND FINANCIAL PROOF HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, JUNE 6TH, 2024. NO LETTER OF CREDIT OR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, JUNE 6TH, 2024. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE AS OF TODAY, JUNE 6TH, 2024. FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKING ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024 AND MAY 29TH, 2024. PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY MAIN AND ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH HOUSE WRAP. ALSO THE FRONT WINDOW IS BOARDED UP. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION ON THE LEFT SIDE. I'M SORRY, THE RIGHT SIDE FASCIA BOARD. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE IS COVERED WITH HOUSE WRAP. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE CONTINUATION OF THE HOUSE WRAP ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS. ALSO TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN, IN PROXIMITY TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS AN ATTACHED CARPORT AND AN ATTACHED GARAGE. UH, THE DOOR UNDER IS WHERE WE ENTER THE PROPERTY, UH, TO CONDUCT AN INTERIOR INSPECTION. AS YOU WALK INTO THE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE MAIN, THE VIEW, UH, AS YOU WALK INTO THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING DRY WALLS AND ALSO THE REMAINING DRY WALLS CONTAIN HOLES. AND YOU CAN SEE A HOLE ON THE TOP OF WHERE THAT CHAIR IS STANDING IN THE SAME POSITION. YOU CAN LOOK TO THE LEFT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS MISSING BASEBOARD. ALSO, THERE IS HANGING WIRING, BUT THERE IS NO SERVICES, NO ACTIVE SERVICES TO THE PROPERTY. LOOKING TO THE RIGHT, I BELIEVE THIS IS A BATHROOM AREA 'CAUSE THERE IS A TUB IN THE MIDDLE. TUB IN THE MIDDLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE ELECTRICAL WHERE THE ELECTRICAL BOXES IN THE WATER CLOSET, THERE IS HOLES IN THE WALL. ALSO, THE FLOOR SURFACE IS DETERIORATING, WALKING AROUND THE CORNER TO GO TO THE UP OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT BATHROOM AREA. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES IN THE WALLS AND I WILL BE ENTERING INTO THAT DOORWAY ON THE LEFT. WALKING INTO THIS ROOM, WHICH IS BEHIND THE BATHROOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A HOLE ON THE WALL, WHICH IS ALLOWING A NATURAL LIGHT AND A HOLE ON THE CEILING, WHICH IS ALLOWING A NATURAL LIGHT AND ALSO MISSING DRYWALL. LOOKING TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO LARGE HOLES ON THE FLOOR AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE GRADE IN THOSE HOLES. THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO BE ADVISED THAT THE OTHER ROOMS WERE OMITTED FROM THIS PRESENTATION DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF UNAPPROPRIATE GRAFFITI WRITTEN ALL OVER THE WALLS. HOWEVER, THE, THE ROOMS ARE IN SIMILAR CONDITION TO THIS ROOM WHERE THERE IS DETACHING, DRYWALL AND MISSING BASEBOARDS. I WAS ABLE TO JUST GET THE BOTTOM AREA OF ONE OF THE ROOMS OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PHOTO. GOING BACK TO THE REAR ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UH, BRICK SIDING IS DETACHING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW. ALSO TO THE LEFT, THERE IS A LARGE CRACK IN THE SLAB ON GRAIN FOUNDATION THAT IS DETERIORATING IN THAT AREA. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE ATTACHED GARAGE. AND LOOKING INTO THE ATTACHED GARAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ALSO THE MISSING DRYWALL . THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE THE, UH, MISSING ROOF, UH, OVERHANG. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LIFTING AND DETACHING SHINGLES AND THE WOR ROTTED DETERIORATING, UH, WOOD MEMBERS AT THE ROOF OVERHANG. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ONE AND DETERIORATING FACIAL BOARDS AND THE ROTTEN WOOD MEMBERS. AND ALSO A CONTINUATION OF THE LIFTING AND DETACHING SHINGLES. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE COMPROMISED ROOF WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SHINGLES THAT ARE DETACHING AND LIFTING AND THE WORN WOOD MEMBERS GOING BACK TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION, [02:25:01] YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS, UH, RESTING ON GRADE IS SINKING INTO GRADE AT THE REAR. ALSO, THERE WAS THE USE OF BRICKS FOR SHIMMING AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE, THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE WORN. LOOKING INTO THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, WHERE THAT MIRROR IS, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LARGE HOLE ON THE FLOOR. ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF DECKING THAT DOES CONTAIN WATER DAMAGE. UH, THERE IS WATER DAMAGE ON THE LEFT. AND THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW THAT, OH, SORRY, THE NEXT PHOTO AFTER THIS. BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THIS PHOTO, WHICH IS SHOWING, UH, ACCUMULATION OF MEDICINE BOTTLES WHERE THERE WAS RECENT HOMELESS ACTIVITY IN THAT, UM, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE PHOTO WITH THE LARGE HOLE THAT'S ALLOWING A NATURAL LIGHT WITH THE WATER DAMAGE IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ZONED R SIX NCD SEVEN, AND BUILT IN 1950 WITH AN ATTACHED CARPORT AND GARAGE. THERE IS ALSO AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE REAR YARD. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 200 FEET OF ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL. THE MAIN STRUCTURE SLAB ON GRAIN FOUNDATION CONTAINS A CRACK AND DETERIORATION. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COVERED WITH HOUSE WRAP WITH NO SIDING AND LAX WEATHER PROTECTION. THE BRICK SIDING IS DETACHING UNDER THE WINDOW ON THE REAR ELEVATION. THE FLOOR SURFACE CONTAINS HOLES. THE INTERIOR WALLS HAVE MISSING DRYWALL AND THE REMAINING DRYWALL CONTAINS HOLES. THERE IS EXPOSED WIRING AND GRAFFITI WRITTEN THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR WALLS. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, UH, FLOOR, SURFACE AND CEILING, CONTAINS A HOLE. THE CEILING HAS WATER DAMAGE. THE OVERHANG IS WOR AND DETERIORATED. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 3 0 0 AKA 2 2 6. JOHN ADAMS DRIVE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 2 7 8 11 12 17, AND 18. FOR THE MAIN AND CITY CODE. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 7 8 11, 12 17, AND 18 FOOT ACCESSORY 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 REPAIR FOR THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3 0 0 AKA 2 2 6. JOHN ADAMS DRIVE. THANK YOU. YES, YES. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. YES, SIR. UH, THIS IS FRED ANDES. YOU PICKED THIS UP AT 9 20 20 23, CORRECT? YES, SIR. PRIOR TO THAT, DID YOU DO A HISTORY ON THE PERMITS? YOU SAID THERE WERE NO PERMITS POOLED, WHICH MEANS THEY DIDN'T PULL A DEMOLITION PERMIT. NO. ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ROOFING OR MISCELLANEOUS? THERE WERE NO PERMITS FROM WHEN I TOOK OVER TO OVER THE CASE. BUT YET ALL OF THOSE HAD BEEN DONE TO THE PROPERTY? YES, SIR. EXCEPT MISCELLANEOUS. WELL, SOME MISCELLANEOUS 'CAUSE I SAW SOME SHEET ROCK BOOKS. YES. YES, SIR. UM, THEY STATED IN, IN YOUR NOTES THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, REPAIR THE PROPERTY TO INCLUDE THE SHED. YES, SIR. DID YOU ASK THEM HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS? WELL, I SPOKE TO MR. COLEMAN ON FEBRUARY 2ND. PRIOR TO THAT, NO ONE MADE CONTACT WITH ME. AND HIS INTENTIONS WERE TO GO AHEAD ON AND MAKE THE REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY. HE DID MAKE A LOT OF EFFORT IN SECURING THE PROPERTY, MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS CUT CLEAN. UM, THAT WAS HIS INTENTIONS FROM THAT POINT ON. DID YOU HAVE TO, UH, ISSUE A RED FLAG? UM, STOP WORK ORDER? NO. NO. DON'T, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WORK BEING DONE. NO WORK BEING DONE EXCEPT FOR THE HOUSE WRAP. THAT WAS IT. WHICH IS FOR PROTECTION. THAT'S IT. YES. WHICH IS OKAY. YES. SO ALL THE WORK EVEN TO INCLUDE THE BRICKWORK WAS UNPERMITTED. THERE WAS NO, IT, IT, IT WAS IN THE CONDITION WHEN I FIRST DID MY INSPECTION OF HOW IT LOOKED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. EXCEPT FOR THE HOUSE WRAPPED AND THE CLEANING OF THE INTERIOR. 'CAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF, UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS INSIDE. WELL, THE HOUSE WRAPS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE YES, SIR. BECAUSE THAT IS A COVER. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. YES, SIR. ANYTHING THIS ROBERT, TAP ANYTHING IN WRITING? WAS [02:30:01] THERE A PLAN TO LOOK, UH, TO, UH, MATERIAL LIST, ANYTHING LIKE THAT GOING? UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS PROVIDED TO ME BY MR. COLEMAN. UM, I THINK THERE IS A LIST THAT SHE, THAT SHEET INCIDENT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS PROVIDED WITH. YEAH. S THAT A WHILE AGO. IT'S PRETTY COMPLETE AT THE END. DID THEY, DO THEY HAVE UTILITIES? THERE ARE NO SERVICES. UH, CPS COSTS? I KNOW THE GAS WAS CUT. I SAW THAT. YEAH. NO, THERE WAS NO UTILITIES AT ALL. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID WHEN I TESTED THE HOT THOUGH HANGING WIRE, JUST TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. ALL OF THAT WAS THE, THE GOOSENECK, THE BUS, AND THEN THE METER WAS RE MISSING. YES, SIR. UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY NEED SOME LITTLE BIT OF WATER WHEN THEY DO SOME OF THE MASONRY ON THERE. YES, SIR. YES. DID THEY INDICATE HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION? NO. NO, I DIDN'T WHEN I SPOKE WITH MR. COLEMAN, NO. ALRIGHT. AND THEY ARE WITHIN 200 FEET OF A SCHOOL? CORRECT. IF YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE PHOTOS, IF YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE, THE PHOTO THAT SHOWS THE ATTACHED GARAGE, IF YOU ABOUT MAYBE 25 FEET TO MY RIGHT IS EXACTLY WHERE, UH, ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL IS. AND IT IS WHERE IN ELEMENTARY, THE CONSTRUCTION BARRIER IS BEHIND THE, AT, UH, BEHIND THE SECONDARY STRUCTURE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THERE'S A, UH, A CONSTRUCTION FENCE? YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. WHAT IS THE PROPERTY BACK BEHIND THAT? IT'S AN ALLEY. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S PART OF, NO. OKAY. NO, SIR. SO THEY'VE MAINTAINED THE, UH, YES, SIR. TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT. YES, SIR. THEY, UH, AF AFTER FEBRUARY 2ND, MR. COLEMAN HAS MADE EVERY EFFORT TO, UH, KEEP THE PROPERTY MAINTAINED BECAUSE I ADVISED HIM THAT THE MORE YOU SHOW THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO THE PROPERTY, IT WILL KEEP THE VAGRANT FROM COMING THERE. SURE. NOW, THE ONE HOLE IN THE, WAS IT BATHROOM OR BEDROOM? UM, AND THE WALL IN THE UP, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE THE, THE, UH, ROOM BEHIND THE, THE BATHROOM. SO IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE BATHROOM. OKAY. THAT WHITE BACK THERE IS THE WRAP OF THE HOUSE, SO YOU CAN YES, YES, SIR. YOU STILL HAVE THAT ASPECT, BUT THE HOLE IS TECHNICALLY COVERED BECAUSE IT HAS THE WRAP. YES, SIR. OTHER THAN THAT, SO YOU'VE HAD CONTACT WITH THE OWNER? YES, SIR. MR. COLEMAN? YES, SIR. ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS? NO. IN PRIOR TO SPEAKING WITH MR. COLEMAN, I DID SPEAK WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORS WHO WERE UPSET. UM, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE WAS, UH, TAKING ACTION ON REPAIRING THE PROPERTY. BUT AFTER SPEAKING TO MR. COLEMAN AND HIM PORTRAYING, LETTING ME KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE, MAKING THE EFFORT, NO, I SPOKE TO THOSE SAME NEIGHBORS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. NOW BEING 200 FEET FROM A SCHOOL, I'M ASSUMING IT'S HIGH TRAFFIC FOR CHILDREN OR A ABSOLUTELY. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ELEMENTARY CHILDREN, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY IN AND OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES. THERE IS VEHICLES WHEN I GO AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME THAT ARE PICKING UP THE CHILDREN. BUT I STILL, YEAH, I, IT WAS MY ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESSED IT. AND I NOTICED THEY A BARRIER. THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION FENCE YES. WAS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS WELL. DOES IT CONTINUE DOWN THE SIDE OR DOES IT IT IT'S AROUND THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. THAT WAS ONE OF MY, UH, BIGGEST, UH, YES. CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE, I WISH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE SECURE, HOWEVER, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE PUT UP. OKAY. AND PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. TO INCLUDE THE ALLEYWAY. HOW COME WE DON'T ALSO INCLUDE IT? ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S TALL GRASS, VARMINT HIDING, KIDS HIDING BACK THERE TO KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOW TO THE GROUND AND, AND TAKING CARE OF, DO WE EVER INCLUDE THAT IN, IN, IN OUR CONCERNS? I THINK THAT'S CITY PROPERTY. THE ALLEYWAY SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN OUT IN THE ALLEY CITY PROPERTY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN. YEAH. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED. I'M ONLY, THAT'S JUST A COMMENT. SOMETIMES IF IT GETS TOO OUT OF HAND, CPS CAN'T, WELL, ON EVERY INSPECTION THAT ALLEYWAY IS, HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. SO I BELIEVE IT IS ON A SCHEDULE. 'CAUSE IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. THE ONLY ISSUE I'VE HAD WAS THAT PROPERTY THAT WAS WITHIN THE FENCE. RIGHT. THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CALL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. COLEMAN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. LET'S BRING IT UP TO THE, YEAH. GOOD MORNING. I'M HANK COLEMAN. UH, THE ADDRESS AT ONE 60 SOUTH LBJ WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ME AS WELL. UM, SAN MARCUS, TEXAS 7 8 6 6 6. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YES, SIR. UM, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE LOT, EVEN THOUGH [02:35:01] WE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS PART OF IT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A MOWING SERVICE THAT COMES EVERY TWO WEEKS. AND HE LIVES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO WE ALSO HAVE ACTIVE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE AND EX ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE. AVI GARCIA IS MY CONTRACTOR. UM, WE MET, UM, GARY OVER AT THE PROPERTY LAST WEEK. UM, SINCE THEN, AND I BELIEVE I'VE GIVEN YOU A COUPLE OF PHOTOS. EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE IS CLEANED OUT. THE ONLY THING WE LEFT WAS A TABLE IN FOUR CHAIRS, BECAUSE WE ALSO PROVIDED GARY WITH SOME ARCHITECTURALS. THERE WERE, THERE WERE THREE PROBLEMS IN MAINTAINING THIS PROPERTY. WE DID PULL A PERMIT, BY THE WAY, FOR THE FOUNDATION. THE FOUNDATION PERMIT WAS PULLED OVER THREE YEARS AGO. WE DID THE FOUNDATION OVER THREE YEARS AGO. THE PROBLEM WAS THE HOUSE, ONCE WE DID THE FOUNDATION, THE BRICK FELL OFF. SO THE BRICK FELL OFF. SO WE REQUIRED, AND THE ENGINEER SAID, HERE'S WHAT MAY HAPPEN, . WE JACKED THE HOUSE UP AND GET IT STRAIGHT. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, BY THE WAY. WE JACKED THE HOUSE UP AGAINST IT STRAIGHT, THE BRICK MAY FALL OFF. AND I SAID, WELL, IF THE BRICK FALLS OFF, WHAT DO WE DO? AND HE SAID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND REDO THE BRICK OR COME UP WITH ANOTHER ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE. THAT'S WHERE WE RAN INTO THE PROBLEM. IF YOU TALK TO STAFF, WE'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LOOKING FOR A HISTORICAL DESIGNATION BECAUSE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIETY DECIDED THAT THE, THE WINDOWS, WHICH ARE THOSE CLASSIC CASEMENT WINDOWS, HAVE TO BE REPLACED. WELL, THEY DON'T MAKE CASEMENT WINDOWS THE WAY THEY MADE CASEMENT WINDOWS IN THE 1950S. AND SO WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK, BECAUSE THE INTENTIONAL PART OF THIS WAS TO LEAVE THE LIVING SPACE AND TO MOVE THE KITCHEN TO THE FRONT. AND IF YOU, AND GARY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, 'CAUSE I KNOW I SENT 'EM TO YOU BACK IN MARCH, OR MAYBE IT WAS, OH, I'M SORRY. UM, I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL AS WELL. BUT THE, WE WERE GONNA MOVE, THE REASON YOU SEE ALL THE SHEET ROCKED ON WAS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE PURCHASED THE HOUSE THREE YEARS AGO. SO IT, SOMEBODY HAD STARTED DEMOLITION. AND SO WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, WE SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT NOW. WE CAN GO IN AND ACTUALLY REARRANGE IT BECAUSE IT WAS A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE. WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORICAL GROUP, UH, COMPLAINING THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA REPLACE THE CASEMENT WINDOWS. AND THEN ACTUALLY THE, THE RENOVATION ITSELF, WE KEPT COMING TO THE CITY AND THEY KEPT SAYING, WELL, WE, YOU GOTTA GET PERMISSION FROM THE HISTORICAL GROUP. WE NEVER COULD FIGURE OUT WHO THE HISTORICAL GROUP WAS. I MADE PROBABLY SIX MONTHS WORTH OF PHONE CALLS AND COULD NEVER GET ANYBODY WHO COULD PASS, POSSIBLY SAY, OH, WE'LL APPROVE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAITED, UH, FROM THE TIME WE DID THE STRUCTURAL WORK TO GET THE HOUSE STRAIGHT TO NOW AND ACTUALLY TO FEBRUARY. AND PART OF THAT WAS, UH, WE HAD TWO OF OUR MAJOR CONTRACTORS. AND YOU'VE GOT A CONTRACTED BID THAT ACTUALLY HAS A LATER DATE THAN THE ONE I SENT GARY. THAT THAT BID WAS ORIGINALLY PULLED IN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, OR OCTOBER OF 2022. WE HAD IT REVISED IN AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HOUSE. AND THEN WHEN I TALKED TO GARY ON THE PHONE IN FEBRUARY, I SAID, I'VE GOT EVERYTHING. I'VE GOT THE ARCHITECTURALS, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK OF, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS THING DONE. WE OWN PROBABLY 130 HOUSES IN SAN ANTONIO. WE'VE DEMOLISHED ONE HOUSE. AND THAT WAS SIX 16 WILMINGTON. AND THE ONLY REASON WE WAITED TO DEMOLISH IT WAS BECAUSE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SUDDENLY DECIDED THAT IT WAS A HISTORICAL BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T IN A HISTORICAL AREA. SO WE ARE RENOVATORS, WE THIS, WE, WE RENOVATE NOT TO FLIP HOUSES. 90% OF OUR HOUSES WE RENOVATE TO OWN. AND MOST OF THOSE ARE ON THE SIDE PROMISE DENVER HEIGHTS AND HOLLAND PARK AREA, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE JUST, WE FEEL THE MOST COMFORTABLE GONNA BE HONEST. SO ALL CATCHER PLANS ARE STAMPED? YES, SIR. AND, AND, AND SO I, I HAD, I HAD GIVEN GARY SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PLANS BECAUSE WE WERE STILL WAITING FOR STAFF TO TELL US, OKAY, WE THINK THAT THE FOUR BEDROOM APPROACH IS BETTER, OR WE THINK THE THREE BEDROOM APPROACH IS BETTER. IT WILL NOT TAKE US MORE THAN ABOUT 150 DAYS TO COMPLETELY RENOVATE THIS HOUSE. WE'VE KEPT IT UP. THE, THE PREVIOUS OWNER MUST HAVE PULLED THE ELECTRICAL OUT OF IT. I HAVE [02:40:01] NO . I HAVE NO IDEA. MAYBE THEY WERE SELLING THE COPPER. I HAVE NO, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SILLIER THINGS. OBVIOUSLY THE, THE GUY THAT STARTED FIRST ABOUT ALL HIS PIPES DISAPPEARING AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN THAT CURRENT CONDITION WITH ONE EXCEPTION. IT HAD THE, IT WAS COMPLETELY CLAD, BUT THE HOUSE WAS IN VERY, VERY BAD SHAPE FROM A, FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT. SO I AM NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU BANKING INFORMATION. WE HAVE LOTS OF FUNDS. WE, UH, AND THAT'S A LOW DAY FOR US, TO BE HONEST. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE PREPARED TO START TOMORROW. AND, UH, UH, JAVIER CLEANED OUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING. IT, IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND. IT'S SAFE. WE CAN GET STARTED AS SOON AS WE CAN PULL UP PERMIT. AND THE ONLY REASON WE HAVEN'T PULLED PERMITS WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO. IS THAT OKAY? BECAUSE IF I GET YOU ALL'S PERMISSION, WE CAN PROCEED. SO THE ONLY THING WE WERE WONDERING ABOUT WAS THE, THE TIME. YEAH. TIME. DO YOU NEED, JUST LIKE I SAID, 150 DAYS. THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE IT. I MEAN, WE, WE THINK WE CAN START AND FINISH BEFORE THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE CONSERVATIVE. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. MR. UH, AS I UNDERSTOOD, ONE OF YOUR PROBLEMS IS GETTING APPROVAL TO REPLACE CASE WINDOWS. YES, SIR. SOME OTHER TYPE OF WINDOW. THE, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE HERE THAT SAYS THAT THIS IS NOT IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT'S NOT, UH, SO THE, BUT I NOTICED IN THE, ON THE ZONING DESCRIPTION, IT'S AN NCDA NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT. CORRECT? UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THOSE. I I AM NOT PARTICULARLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. UH, OKAY. UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT APPLIES TO A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY CITY ORDINANCE AND THEY FREQUENTLY HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OR REMODELING OR REPAIR THAT ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S IN THE UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE. CORRECT. IF, IF YOU HAVE A, A VIOLATION OF THE, OF AN NCD, THE SOLUTION IS TO GET A VARIANCE FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I JUST LEARNED THAT ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, . OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING, I THINK WE CAN BE DONE IN 150 DAYS. 'CAUSE WE WILL DO ALL OF THE INTERIOR WORK BEFORE WE DO THE CASEMENT WINDOW REPLACEMENTS. WE'LL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND ASK FOR AN ADJUSTMENT. AND I'VE, MY, MY COUNSEL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WILL, WILL HELP US GO THROUGH THAT. MM-HMM. , THIS IS FRED ANDES. FRED, ON THIS PAPER, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU HAD DONE YOUR ENGINEER'S LETTER. NOBODY ASKED ME FOR AN ENGINEER'S LETTER. I I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU. 'CAUSE IT WAS YEAH. PUT THAT IN YOUR PACKET. PUT IT IN THERE BECAUSE IT, IT HAD DONE, YOU HAD IT DONE HAD WE'VE HAD IT DONE AND IT WAS PERMITTED AND YOU PUT YOU RIGHT. SO PUT YOUR PERMIT AND THE, AND THE ENGINEER'S THING IN THERE BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS ARE GONNA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN THAT OTHER THING, THEY'RE GONNA WRINKLE. SO YES SIR. YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED ONE THING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE IN HERE AND THAT WAS THE TIMELINE. BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE STIPULATION ON A SIX MONTH ASK THAN THERE IS A 90 DAY ASK. UH, WELL IT'S A FIVE MONTH ASK. WELL, YEAH, YEAH. WE DON'T DO OH, I SEE YOU, YOU DO EITHER 90 OR 180. WE GO NO, WE DO 30, 60 90. OH, 30 90. AND WE CAN GO UP TO ONE, BUT THAT'S NO, BUT WE CAN GO UP TO SIX, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE WE CAN YEAH. LOOKING AT IT. OKAY. YOU'VE GOT YOUR BANK STATEMENT. I DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND COMING BACK IN 90 DAYS AND SHOWING YOU EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE. WELL, I SEE SOME OF THAT BE HELPFUL. I SEE SOMETHING, A PHOTO HERE. WHAT, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT YOU GAVE US? I KNOW WHAT I GAVE YOU. SO, UH, THE PHOTO IN THE BACK OF THE WALL. YES. DID YOU DEMO THAT WALL OR WAS THAT WALL, THAT WALL WAS DEMOED. EVERYTHING. IS THAT THE SAME PICTURES THAT WE HAVE IN HERE? YES SIR. IT SURE IS. THE ONLY THING THAT JAVIER DID WAS TO PAINT OVER THE GRAFFITI. WELL, YEAH. . YEAH. THAT PRIMER. YEAH. PRIMER REALLY WORKS. ESPECIALLY NEW KILLED. YES, IT DOES. KILLS. KILLS IS GREAT BECAUSE THE NEW ONE DOES WORK REALLY GREAT. YES. YEP. KILL THREE. YEAH. UM, THE FOUNDATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS DONE ON IT. OKAY. AND SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY HAD THAT DONE. YES, SIR. THEN THAT'S GONNA GO INTO A LOT OF OTHER STUFF. THE BRICK THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE BRICK FELL OFF AND ALL LAYER UP. YES, SIR. RIGHT. YEAH. UM, AND THAT, THAT ALSO NOW IN THE HISTORICAL PART, THAT'S GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE YOU CAN GET A YAY NAY FROM US AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA HOLD SOMETHING UP LIKE THE WINDOWS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD WITH WILMINGTON. YEAH. SO, SO I'M ACCUSTOMED TO THAT AS WELL. YEAH. SO THERE'S, YEAH. SO WE ARE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT TOO. 'CAUSE WE CAN GIVE YOU A 30 DAY THING, BUT MAY TURN INTO SIX MONTHS BY [02:45:01] THE TIME THEY GET IT. SO IT'S, YEAH. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. OKAY. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK TOO. 'CAUSE IT SAYS HERE, NOT ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT HE ANSWERED THE YES. YEAH. SO IT'S UNDER SOMEBODY ELSE'S LITTLE YES SIR. UMBRELLA. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE? AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A LETTER FROM THEM TOO IN HERE FROM STATING THE FACTS OF THE WINDOWS. UH, FROM WHO, WHO WOULD YOU GET THAT LETTER FROM? UH, FROM WHOEVER TOLD YOU FROM STAFF. YOU NEED TO NO, FROM WHOEVER TOLD YOU WHO YOU NEED TO SPECIFIC WINDOWS YOU THAT WAS STAFF. THIS STAFF. NO, NO, NO. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE DEAL WITH THIS STAFF, SO, OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY STAFF WE'RE THIS IS OUR STAFF. OKAY. SO IT WAS, THAT'S I'M SAYING THEY, THEY HAVE TO, WE, WE, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT WINDOWS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AS A CONTRACTOR. YOURS. YES. WELL, I'M, I'M FAMILIAR. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING THAT, HEY, I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE WINDOWS, YOU KNOW? OKAY. I DIDN'T. SO THOSE ARE YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S A HOLDUP. OH YEAH. NO, THAT'S BEEN THE HOLDUP ACTUALLY. UM, HONESTLY, AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR MYSELF, FINDING THOSE WINDOWS, I WOULD'VE PROBABLY GONE TO A, A SALVAGE YEAH. AND TRIED TO GET THE BEST OF THE BEST. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DOUBLE PLATE GLASS AND ALL THAT GOES IN. YEAH. OH YEAH. WELL, I MEAN IT'S, YEAH. SO I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY YEAH. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ADD, ESPECIALLY WHEN ANOTHER BOARD SAYS, HEY LOOK, WE HAVE THESE RESTRICTIONS. YEAH. UM, YES IT DOES. ENGINEER'S LETTER THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR, ON YOUR THING. MM-HMM. , DID YOU HAVE AN ENGINEER? DO YOUR STRUCTURE YET? UH, THERE WASN'T ANY ACCORDING TO THE, WELL, IF YOU'RE MOVING STUFF AROUND, OH, YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF MOVING WALLS? YEAH. WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOVE, BUT YOU'RE NOT WET MOVED ANY WALLS. BUT YOU'RE GONNA ADD WE WILL GET AN ENGINEER'S LETTER WHEN WE YEAH. COME UP. WELL, AGAIN, WE'VE PRESENTED THREE DIFFERENT PLANS. SO AN ENGINEER'S LETTER WOULD HAVE TO COVER THREE DIFFERENT PLANS. WE'D LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PLAN WE'RE DOING SO I CAN GET THE ENGINEERS. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ALL OF THOSE WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IN THE PACKET. THOSE ARE THE ONLY THING. BUT AGAIN, UH, WE'RE FLEXIBLE WHEN YOU COME IN WITH YEAH. SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT IS A LOT MORE, THE ONLY THING I SEE IN THE, IN MINE AS, AS, AS A CONTRACTOR, WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IN THERE ALREADY. SO I JUST LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKET AND THEN, OKAY, HERE'S GONNA BE YOUR HOLDUP. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. UM, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IF I MAY. THANK YOU. MR. COLEMAN. CAN YOU TELL ME WHO, UH, RUSS ECCLES IS? RUSS ECCLES IS ONE OF MY PARTNER CONTRACTORS. PERFECT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, I, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I'M SEEING HIS NAME ON HERE. YES, IT IS UNEXECUTED, BUT IT, IT'S MORE OF HIS GAME PLAN. IT'S NOT A, A CONTRACT TO SHOW IT'S SHOW, IT'S TO SHOW HIS GAME PLAN THAT HE HAS. RIGHT. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS, AND I'M JUST MAKING SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS, SO I, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO, WHO RUSS ECCLES IS. YES. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWER. RU RUSS AND JAVIER ARE PART OF MY CONTRACT. RU THANK YOU. PARTNER TEAM. YEP. SO THIS IS ANN WEINER. YOU, YOU OWN THE, YOUR COMPANY OWNS? YES. YES MA'AM. THE PROPERTY IN THE HOUSE? I'M THE MANAGING PARTNER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND JAVIER IS ALSO, JAVIER IS ONE OF MY CONTRACTING PARTNERS. YEAH. CORRECT. OKAY. I MEAN, AND SO IS RUSS ECCLES WHO IS ON THAT DOCUMENT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. MM-HMM. . WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? MR. GARCIA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JAVIER GARCIA AND I LIVE IN 43 19 FOUNTAIN STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 7. AND I'M BEING THE CONTRACTOR FOR MR. COLEMAN FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS. AND I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF JOB FOR HIM AROUND SAN ANTONIO CITY. AND I JUST GOT A CALL FOR HIM FOR, ESPECIALLY IN THIS HOUSE, UH, FOUR DAYS AGO. AND WE TAKE CARE ALL THE ITEMS THAT HE SHOW AND THOSE PICTURES RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT NOW TO THIS POINT, EVERYTHING IS SEALED. THE ROOF, THE ROOF REPAIRS ALREADY DONE. THE WALLS ALREADY PRIMED. THE HOLES IN THE SOUTH FLOOR IS ALREADY DONE. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE IN THE HOUSE. GOOD. UM, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. THIS IS FRED ANDES. YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANY TOUCH UP YET, RIGHT? WITH PAINT? YES. THEY KILLED THE TOUCHING, THE GR FEEDING AT THIS COMPANY? NO. NO. YEAH, BUT I MEAN, ON THE EXTERIOR, THE, UH, NO. NO, SIR. OKAY. 'CAUSE UH, JPEG 180 SHOWS THE RIGHT EVE TRIM BOARD. THE FACIAL BOARD IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S ROUGHED UP. MM-HMM. . UM, WHICH I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS WILL NOW GO AND TOUCH UP AND DO. YES, SIR. EXTERIOR. UM, [02:50:02] OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT TRIM WORK. THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS YOU'VE GOT LEFT, CORRECT? YES. CORRECT. ALL THE CLEAN UP IS ALREADY DONE. THE CLEAN UP, THE GR FEEDING, THE, UH, REPAIR ON THE ROOF, EVERYTHING IS ALREADY, THE HOLES IN THE SOUTH FLOOR AND THE BATHROOMS, IT'S ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. WAIT, WAIT. YOU DID REPAIRS WITHOUT A PERMIT? NO, NO. IT'S JUST A CLEANUP. OH. OH, OKAY. JUST A CLEANUP. SO NOW YOU'RE JUST DOING, ACCORDING TO THE, THE INSPECTOR, I MEAN, I DON'T NEED THE, THE, UM, PERMIT FOR THE CLEANUP JUST TO CLEAN UP AROUND THE HOUSE. MM-HMM. . SO, SO DID, HE DID REQUEST. CAN'T SAY. I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. COLEMAN, IF, IF, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA SAY, I JUST NEED YOU ON, ON IN FRONT OF, UM, SO YOU DID ALL YOUR CLEANUP THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE A PERMIT. THE CLEANUP. THAT DID NOT REQUIRE PERMIT. YOU'VE DONE MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO THE ONLY THING YOU NOW NEED TO DO IS DO A LITTLE BIT OF TOUCH UP TO BRING IT UP THE, UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? UM, THE BARRIER, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. UM, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU GOT LEFT UNTIL YOU START PULLING PERMITS AND, AND ACTUALLY GETTING MR. ANDIS, HE DID, UH, GARY DID SAY, I NEED YOU TO CLOSE THESE HOLES UP JUST IN CASE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET UP INTO THE HOUSE. SO IT WAS NOT REALLY CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS JUST A PIECE OF PLYWOOD OVER. IT WAS, IT WOULD BE SECURING THE HOUSE, NOT DOING ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION WORK, ACTUALLY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. LET ME INTERRUPT YOU. STOP THE ENVIRONMENTS TOO. YES. I DO BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. NO, THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. IT'S JPEG IT'S THE LONG WALL. YES. UH, ONE, UH, 80 IS THE JPEG. IT, IT'S THE LONG WALL. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LEFT SIDE UP AT THE RIGHT TRIM. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN, SEE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT, UM, OH, THE FACING BOARD. YEAH. THAT'S DETERIORATED. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A BAD CASE OF LEAD PAINT. REPLACE. YEAH. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS YOU'VE GOT LEFT, CORRECT. OR MINOR. BUT YOU'RE STILL WAITING FOR PERMITS. OKAY. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO YOU DRIED IN MM-HMM? , YOU'RE DRIED IN RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR. WELL, IT'S DRIED IN. IT'S TIGHT. YEAH. WELL, YEAH. I MEAN, WITH THE TIGHT, IT'S STILL DRIED IN. YOU'RE DRIED IN ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN DO SOME WORK IN AN EXTERIOR. YES. NOW I DIDN'T SEE, MAYBE I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT HARD ENOUGH, BUT THE SIDING, WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING ON? RE BRICKING IT? UM, NO, WE'RE GONNA DO A BRICK, UH, HALF, BASICALLY HALF WALL. MM-HMM, . OKAY. AND THEN DO WHAT IS BASICALLY IN KEEPING, THIS WAS A VERY ODD HOUSE. 'CAUSE MOST OF THE IS BOARD AND BAT AROUND IT. UM, THIS WAS ALL BRICK. I DON'T KNOW WHY. UH, BUT IT WAS NOT, THAT'S WAY IT WAS BACK THEN. IT WAS NOT THE PRETTIEST BRICK EITHER, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS ALL BRICK. BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CONTEMPORARY. CAN YOU GO TO JPEG 1 91? I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION HERE, AND THIS IS WHY I ASKED FOR THE ENGINEER'S LETTER ON THE FOUNDATION. YOU SEE YOUR BOTTOM RIGHT? DO I HAVE MY POINTER? YES. RIGHT HERE. I DON'T HAVE THE POINT. BOTTOM RIGHT. UH, RIGHT WHERE THE BRICK IS. YOU SEE THAT CRACK? YES, SIR. AND GO OVER TO THE LEFT A LITTLE BIT AND THE CRACK ON THE SLAB UP. UM, THAT'S WHY I WAS GONNA SEE WHAT THE ENGINEER'S REPORT SAYS. THIS CRACK ON THE LEFT. RIGHT. IT MIGHT BE A SURFACE AND IT MAY BE AN ISSUE. IT, IT'S ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEER. 'CAUSE I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. HE SAID THIS SKIRT IS, IS, UH, IS COSMETIC. THE, THE REAL FOUNDATION IS ON CONCRETE PIERS. MM-HMM. IN THE MIDDLE THAT WE OH, OKAY. MM-HMM. YOU GO BECAUSE IT, IT ALSO MADE THE SLAB, THE PORCH SLAB SLIDE DOWN. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CUT. YES, IT DID. THAT'S THAT REBAR THAT DIDN IT SL. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE, IF YOU AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHICH JEG IT'S, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT PORCH STEPS, WHICH WE DID NOT DEMOLISH. RIGHT. IT STEPPED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE ABOUT THIS FAR. I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT A CLOSE UP OF THAT, BUT YEAH. YEAH. SO WE COME UP MR. MR. CHAIR. I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE, WHILE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THAT CONVERSATION, NONE OF US HEARD IT. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ON RECORD. I'M SORRY. THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OKAY. UH, MR. ANDIS LOVES TO TALK CONTRACTING WITH YOU AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY DO IT FOREVER. YES. I, I CAN SIT UP HERE, TALK ABOUT IT FOREVER. WELL, YOU JUST FOUND YOUR PARTNER. UM, MR. ANDES, WOULD I, WHAT I WOULD ASK MR. CHAIR IS THAT WE, UM, I I DON'T BELIEVE AN ORDER OR, OR A MOTION HAS BEEN DONE YET. UM, I, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, MOST OF THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN SATISFIED FOR, FOR THE BOARD. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE, WE MOVE FORWARD FOR, UM, A POSSIBLE MOTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER, OTHER PERSON'S WAITING. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. I'D, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION NOW. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON, ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT, UH, 300, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 2 26. JOHN ADAMS DRIVE. HAVE A 90 DAY RESET TO GET THE WORK DONE. GET THE REST OF THE PERMITS, GET THE [02:55:01] REST OF THE SCOPE OF REPAIR, SECURE THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BETTER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS STUFF THAT CAN HELP YOU. THE, THE ORANGE. I MEAN, MY DOG COULD JUST SAIL OVER THAT AND I'M SURE ANYBODY WHO REALLY WANTED TO, AND THAT IS IT. YOU HA YOU NEED UTILITIES TO DO YOUR WORK. LET ME ASK YOU, UH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A REPAIR, BUT YOU WANT 'EM TO RE YOU, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A RESET, BUT YOU WANT 'EM TO REPAIR. THEY CAN'T DO THAT. NO, NOT DURING A RESET. IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A RESET, THEY CAN GET THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WANT, BUT THEY CAN'T TOUCH THE HOUSE. THEY, THEY CAN ALSO START MAKING REPAIRS IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A REPAIR ORDER ALSO. RIGHT. IT DID SEEM LIKE THEY MIGHT BE READY TO START. SO IT'S SOLELY UP TO THE BOARD. SO, NO, I KNOW WHAT I WANNA DO. UM, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 26, JOHN ADAMS IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH IS FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 6, SUBSECTION 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 18. AND THE ACCESSORY BUILDING WITH IT. UM, ARTICLE SIX, SORRY, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6, 1 57, WHICH IS FEASIBLE RE TO BE REPAIRED THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHICH WITH SUBSECTIONS 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 18. I MOVE THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN START, BUT WE'D LIKE A 30 DAY REPORT ABOUT THE PROPERTY. HOW MANY DAYS? HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU WANNA GIVE THEM? 30? I SAID FOR THE REPORT. FOR THE REPORT. WHAT ABOUT THE REPAIR? YOU DIDN'T STATE HOW MANY DAYS? OH, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TIMEFRAME FOR THE, OKAY. TOTAL REPAIR. YOU CAN HAVE SIX MONTHS FOR THE REPAIR, BUT WE'D LIKE A REPORT WITHIN 30 DAYS. WHAT YOU WANT AMEND IT. UM, DO WE HAVE, WELL, HANG ON. 'CAUSE SHE'S ASKING FOR A, A REPORT. IT MEANS ONE REPORT WITHIN 30 DAYS. OH, I GOT, I'M SORRY. THIS IS LEGAL. I GOT THAT AS 30 DAY STATUS REPORTS. YES. THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I SAW IT. AND IF, IF I'M MISTAKEN, MS. WEINER, LET ME KNOW. NO, THAT YOU'RE, YEAH. 'CAUSE I UNDERSTOOD IT. A REPORT WANTED STATUS. YEAH. I WANTED A STATUS REPORT EVERY 30 DAYS WITH THINGS THAT HAVE NOT TOTALLY BEEN ADDRESSED YET. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PERMITS, THE, THERE WAS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THE ENGINEERS NEEDED TO LOOK AT. WELL, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE THE WINDOWS. IT HAS NOT. YEAH. UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING EVERY 30 DAYS. OKAY. 'CAUSE I UNDERSTOOD IT AS A REPORT. SO, UM, I WAS FIGURING THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THAT IN 30 DAYS. THAT'S TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE. AND I KNOW ABOUT THE, UH, HISTORICAL DESIGNATIONS. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CITY. THERE'S, I'M NOT IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT THERE WAS A HOUSE THAT WAS ON FIRE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES BECAUSE IT WAS EMPTY AND THEY SAID IT'S HISTORIC. AND THEY, I WOULD SAY FOUR YEARS LATER, THEY'RE NOW FINALLY STARTING TO RENOVATE IT. OKAY. UM, UH, I SECOND, OH, YOU HADN'T READ IT. YOU HADN'T READ IT YET. OKAY. CLARIFICATION. WE WANNA MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 300 AKA 2, 2 6. JOHN ADAMS DRIVE SAN ANTONIO. 7 8 2 2 8 IS THE PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 7 6 DASH 57, WHICH IS FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 56 FOR THE MAIN, UM, IT IS FEASIBLE FOR, FOR, FOR REPAIR AS WELL, FOR FOR THE, UH, THE MAIN SUBSECTIONS, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 18. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 18. AND, UM, [03:00:01] THAT THE PROPERTY BE, UH, REPAIRED WITHIN 150 DAYS WITH SIX. OKAY. THE, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY BE, UH, REPAIRED WITHIN, UH, SIX MONTHS, 180 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND BE SECURED WELL TO BE FOLLOWED UP AND TO BE FOLLOWED UP WITH, UH, 30 DAY REPORTS. DO I HAVE A WHAT? OKAY. AND, UM, SECOND, DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, I SECOND WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. MR. ANDY, WITH THE, UH, THE PROPERTY BE, UM, FENCED WITH A LITTLE BETTER SECURE THAN THE ORANGE TAPE. THE ORANGE FENCE. UM, UH, SHE'S ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSE SECURE. RIGHT? WELL, YOU BROUGHT IT UP. YOU SAID YOU WANTED THE HOUSE SECURED TOO, RIGHT? THE HOUSE, YEAH. THAT'S NOT PART OF IT. NO. YEAH, THE HOUSE SECURE. WELL, THE FENCE IS, IS, UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM HOUSE SECURING, UM, OH YEAH. UM, AND ALL THE UTILITIES ARE CUT. SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S IT. DO YOU AGREE? I, I AGREE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A, A MAIN MOTION FROM UH, ANN WEINER AND A SECOND BY FRED ANDES. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE PLEASE? ROBERT TAPIA? AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. GEORGE GRAHAMS JR. AYE, DORA SOLIS? AYE FRED ANDES AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO ZERO, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. CAN WE TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE RECESS? SURE. THAT, UH, TIME IS NOW, UH, 1210. LET'S BE BACK AT 1215 FOR A BREAK. [03:07:04] ON SIXTH JUNE, 2024, BUILDING SAN BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW CONVENE, RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. AND, UH, WE'RE READY TO GO. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS SERGIO QUINTANILLA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 8 4 0 AVONDALE AVENUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 0 9 3 7 BLOCK FIVE LOT E 67 POINT 12 FEET OF 21, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS WALTON RANDY C AND ADELA M WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 8 0 4 6 PIONEER TRAIL DRIVE. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. RANDY C. WALTON AND MARY STEWART. CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE OWNER, RANDY C. WALTON, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARY STEWART. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 2ND, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 8 4 0 AVONDALE AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 30TH, 2021. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 11TH, 2021, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 8TH, 2021 ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 8 4 0 AVONDALE AVENUE ON MAY 23RD, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON JUNE 5TH, 2024. AS OF JUNE 5TH, 2024, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JUNE 5TH, 2024. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 8 4 0 AVONDALE AVENUE. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MAY 29TH, 2024. UH, THE PICTURES PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A DILAPIDATED AND, AND NEGLECTED STRUCTURE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL REVIEW THE PHOTOS. THE FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION, SHOWING A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1918 WITH POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD SIDING AND SHINGLE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM. [03:10:01] THE STRUCTURE IS 1,299 SQUARE FEET, HAS A TWO BEDROOM AND ONE BATH. UH, FROM THIS PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. THE PORCH SLAB IS SHIFTING AND THE FRONT PORCH COVER IS SAGGING. THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS A BETTER LOOK AT THE FRONT PORCH, WHICH IS SHIFTING AND HAS A LARGE CRACK POSING EGRESS ISSUES. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS ARE LEANING AND NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTING THE FRONT PORCH COVER. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO SHOWS HOW THE PORCH SLAB IS NOT ONLY DAMAGED, BUT HAS ALSO SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE. UH, NEXT PHOTO IS A VIEW FROM UNDER THE PORCH COVER WHERE THE SHEATHING IS DAMAGED AND MISSING. YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE, WHICH HAS LED TO DETERIORATION AND ROTTING OF THE WOOD DECKING. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION. AND ON THE WOOD SIDING, UH, PAINT IS CHIPPING AND THE BOARDS ARE DETACHING. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE OVERHANG WHERE THE SHINGLES ARE NO LONGER PRESENT. THE NEXT PHOTO, THE NEXT PHOTO IS, UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM RIGHT ABOVE THE OVERHANG. HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE HOLES IN THE, IN THE ROOF THAT OPENS THE INTERIOR OF THE ROOF SYSTEM TO THE ELEMENTS. THE SHINGLES ARE VISIBLY WORN AND MISSING. THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION, WORN WOOD IN SIDING AND DETACHED WINDOW FRAMES. YOU CAN ALSO SEE A MISSING SECTION OF SIDING UNDER THE CENTER WINDOW, EXPOSING THE STUDS AND PLUMBING TO THE ELEMENTS. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT ELEVATION AND PART OF THE REAR ELEVATION. UH, HERE THERE'S MORE VISIBLE SIGNS OF DETERIORATION, EVEN THE SIDING AND THE WORN AND WEATHERED ROOF. THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS, UH, TWO BROKEN WINDOWS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOME, ALONG WITH DETACHED SIDING AND CHIPPING PAINT. AND THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT, UH, SIDE OF THE ELEVATION. UH, THE REAR ELEVATION WHERE YOU SEE THE SKIRTING IS MISSING, ALONG WITH THE BOTTOM AT THE, ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, THE PAINT IS PEELING FROM THE WALLS AND THE EXPOSED WOOD IS CLEARLY WATER DAMAGED, DETERIORATED, AND DETACHING. ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S EXPOSED PLUMBING. THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS THE POST IN BEAM FOUNDATION UNDER THE HOME. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE OLD WOODEN POSTS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE PHOTO, UH, THAT ARE DETERIORATED AND LEANING. THE BEAMS APPEAR TO BE BOWING DUE TO THE LACK OF SUPPORT UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE HOME. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT DOOR WHERE I FIRST ENTER THE STRUCTURE. THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE FIRST ROOM IN THE HOUSE WHERE THERE ARE VISIBLE SIGNS OF FOUNDATION MOVEMENT. WHEN I ENTERED THE HOME, I COULD AL, I COULD ALREADY FEEL THE FLOOR WAS NOT LEVELED. THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS SLANT IN THE FLOOR, AND THERE ARE FOUNDATION CRACKS RUNNING FROM THE CORNERS OF THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORWAYS. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE FOUNDATION CRACKS, WHICH ARE VISIBLE IN EVERY ROOM THROUGHOUT THE HOME. HOME TO THE RIGHT OF THE LIVING ROOM IS THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWING MORE FOUNDATION CRACKS. AND HERE YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SHEET ROCK FROM THE CEILING IS DETERIORATING. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS A BETTER LOOK AT THE CEILING WHERE THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED AND HAS SERIOUS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE. THERE'S ALSO EXPOSED WIRING COMING FROM THE ELECTRICAL FIXTURE, UH, IN THE CEILING. UH, THIS ROOM IS LOCATED RIGHT UNDER THE HOLE IN THE ROOF WE SAW EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. THE NEXT PHOTO IS FACING TO THE REAR OF THE SAME ROOM, WHICH HAS A HALLWAY THAT LEADS TO THE RESTROOM ON THE RIGHT AND THE REAR BEDROOM. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS THE CEILING IN THE REAR BEDROOM, WHERE ONCE AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED. YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE WATER DAMAGED AND ROTTING DUE TO THE COMPROMISED DUE TO THE COMPROMISED WOOD, UH, DETERIORATED ROOF. UH, THE NEXT PHOTO IS A LACK, IS A LOOK INTO THE KITCHEN. FROM THE DINING ROOM. THERE ARE FOUNDATION CRACKS VISIBLE ON THE WALL TO THE LEFT, AND THE FLOOR COVERING IN THE KITCHEN IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS, EXPOSING THE WOOD DECKING, WHICH IS DETERIORATING. THE FLOOR WAS NOTICEABLY UNLEVEL IN THIS AREA AS WELL. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS THE REAR CORNER OF THE KITCHEN ABOVE THE KITCHEN CABINETS WHERE THERE IS VISIBLE SEPARATION FROM THE EXTERIOR. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE OUTSIDE LIGHT THAT IS COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE ONCE AGAIN EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS. AND THE FINAL PHOTO IS OF THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR WHERE I PLACED A LEVEL SHOWING THE STRUCTURE REMAINS UNLEVELED AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH POSTING BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD SIDING AND SHINGLE GABLE ROOF COVERING. FOUNDATION IS SHIFTING AND THE PORCH LANDING IS CRACKED AND HAS SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THE SIDING IS DAMAGED AND MISSING IN SEVERAL AREAS AROUND THE HOME. WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND THE ROOF IS WEATHERED WORN AND HAS HOLES. THE HOLES IN THE ROOF HAVE EXPOSED THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME TO THE ELEMENTS. THE WATER DAMAGE IS VISIBLE ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOME WHERE THE SHEET ROCK AND THE, AND THE FROM THE CEILING IS COLLAPSED, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS WHICH ARE DETERIORATED. [03:15:02] TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 8 4 0 AVONDALE AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 8, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE, POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 8 4 0 AVONDALE AVENUE. THANK YOU. QUESTION, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR. UH, IS THIS PROPERTY OCCUPIED? NO, SIR. IT IS NOT. ARE ARE THERE UTILITIES CONNECTED? NO SERVICES AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. YOU ANY SERVICE? NO, NO SERVICES AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, FRED? YEAH. UH, THIS IS FRED ANDES 2021. YES, SIR. WHAT WAS THE DELAY? THAT'S ALMOST THREE YEARS, CORRECT. UM, THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN, UH, TENANTED SCHEDULED FOR BSB ON FOR FEBRUARY OF 2022. UH, WHEN INSPECTION WAS FIRST MADE IN 2021. UM, THEY WERE REFERRED TO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ONTO THE DEMO DIVERSION PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT STOPPED, UH, ANY PROCESS AS REGARDS TO BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD OR WHAT WERE YOU, THE DEMO DIVERSION PROGRAM, WHICH THE CITY HAD AT THAT TIME, WHICH I BELIEVE OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON TRYING TO REPAIR THE HOME. SO WE WERE, THEY WERE WAITING FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING. UH, I BELIEVE THEY WERE IN CONTACTS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO, I GUESS START THAT PROCESS. SO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE APPLIED FOR, UH, WHATEVER, UH, ASSISTANCE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THEM. WELL, IT STATES IN HERE THAT THE, UH, THEY WERE NEVER ON THE LIST. CORRECT. THAT WAS, UH, THE UNDERSTANDING IN 2022, UM, AFTER THAT TIMEFRAME PASSED, AND WE SAW NO, NO SIGNS OF REPAIR OR ANYTHING, WE MADE CONTACT WITH NHSD AS WELL AS THE OWNER, MR. WALTON. UM, AND THEY VERIFIED WITH US THAT THEY APPARENTLY DID NOT, UH, THEY WERE NOT ON THE PROGRAM AFTER ALL. SO AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR. WALTON AND NHSD, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS MR. WALTON DID RECEIVE PHONE CALLS, DID SPEAK WITH THEM, BUT, UH, SOMEWHERE SOME BETWEEN THERE, THERE WAS NO, UH, THEY DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRAM. UH, NHSD STATES THAT I THINK, UH, PAPERWORK WAS NOT SUBMITTED OR, UH, WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS WERE NEEDED FROM MR. WALTON WERE NOT MADE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM OR SIGN OFF ON HIS PRESENT CONDITION. I COULD NOT ANSWER EXACTLY WHAT THE, THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE, BUT THEY WERE NOT, THEY WERE NOT ON THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. I THINK WE HAVE, UM, UH, MR. WALTON, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. MIC. HI, MY NAME IS MARY. THIS IS RANDY WALTON, UH, ONE AT A TIME. GO AHEAD, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. RANDY WALTON. RANDY WALTON. MM-HMM. , UM, ADDRESS? YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I NEED, UM, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. COME ON UP. MA'AM. MA'AM. YEAH, YOU CAN PULL. HI, MY NAME IS MARY STEWART. I AM RANDY'S FRIEND. I HELP HIM. UM, RANDY HAD ABOUT FOUR STROKES, TWO MAJOR STROKES. WE FIRST NEED YOUR ADDRESS AND, OH, 80 46 PIONEER TRAIL AND HIS ADDRESS. AND YOUR NAME? MARY STEWART. OKAY. AND HIS ADDRESS? RANDY'S 80 40 AVONDALE. AND, UM, I'M HELPING HIM. HE HAD TWO MAJOR STROKES, TWO SMALL STROKES, UH, TWO DVDS, AND HE COMPLETELY HAD TO HAVE HIS ARTERIES CLEARED. SO HE'S BEEN UNDER A LOT OF HEALTHCARE. HE HAD TO GO TO REHAB AND JUST LEARN BASIC THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY DAY. SO THAT, I GUESS, HAPPENS WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO [03:20:01] THROUGH THAT, THE CONCERN IS HEALING. THIS IS THE BEST HE'S EVER BEEN IN THE LAST 12, 15 YEARS, I THINK. MM-HMM. . AND HE REALLY HAS TRIED, AS I SHOWED YOU, THE PICTURES THAT I BROUGHT YOU AND STUFF HE DID, DID THE, THE PIER AND BEAM ON THE HOUSE. SO HE HAS MADE EFFORT TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. UM, HIS PROPERTY IS IN THE BACK OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT IS LIFTED. MM-HMM. , I GUESS. AND SO THE WATER DRAINS DOWN THERE, SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT HAS CHANGED A BIT. WHEN HE HAD THE PIER AND BEAM, UM, ON THE FOUNDATION, DONE IT. UM, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME CRACKS BECAUSE THEY PULLED THE HOUSE BACK TO THE POSITION IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. SO THAT DIDN'T, THAT'S WHY THE CEMENT PORCH MM-HMM. KIND OF COMES BACK, BUT RANDY WANTS TO GET HIS HOUSE REPAIRED. AS FAR AS THE OTHER TIME THAT THEY REFERRED HIM TO THAT PROGRAM, HE HAD NO IDEA. BUT THAT PROGRAM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER HAVE, I'M HOPE NO ONE, NONE OF YOU HAVE SUFFERED A STROKE, BUT THAT IS A NASTY ILLNESS. AND JUST HIM RECOUPING NOW IS WHEN HE WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND DO STUFF. SO, UM, RANDY IS THE KIND OF PERSON, HE'S, HE SERVED THE COMMUNITY AND HE'S HIGHLY DECORATED SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER. AM I NOT SPEAKING? NO, GO AHEAD. UH, DO YOU HAVE POWER OF ATTORNEY? NO, NO. FOR, FOR HIS MEDICAL. I, I, I HELP HIM WITH HIS MEDICAL. WELL, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WHAT, UH, DO, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT Y'ALL PLAN TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. HE WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND LIVE THERE. THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU PLAN WHEN YOU RETIRE, IS TO GO AND LIVE ON YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY. AND YOU CAN SEE HIM. HE'S DOING SO WELL RIGHT NOW, BUT HE HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT EXISTED. THAT BOARD THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP, THAT CAN CONTACT, THEY NEVER MADE CONTACT WITH HIM. HE NEVER SPOKE TO THEM. WHEN, UM, MR. UM, OFFICER NIA CAME THIS TIME, HE TOLD 'EM ABOUT THIS, UM, VERONICA GARCIA AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HER. AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HER, HE HAS FILED, UM, APPLICATIONS WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES AND IT'S LOOKING VERY, VERY GOOD. HE HAS ACTIVE APPLICATIONS WITH REBUILDING, UM, TOGETHER WITH BLUE MINISTRY, WITH CASA VERDE, WITH HOME REPAIRS PROGRAM CITY WITH A GOOD NEIGHBOR, GRANT WITH MERCED. UM, TRACE SERANO FROM THE, THE SWAT AND ERIC CASTANEDO WITH A ONE 800, UM, CLUB. SO THERE'S, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT CAN ASSIST HIM WITH BRINGING HIS HOUSE UP. HE CHANGED ALL THE ELECTRICAL ON THE WIRING AS I THINK I SENT YOU PICTURES WHERE THE OUTSIDE HAS GOT A NEW, UM, ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BOX AND ALL THE ELECTRIC WIRING THAT'S HANGING ON THE THING, THEY'RE ALL CAPPED, ALL THE LITTLE WHERE YOU PLUG IN AND THE SWITCHES, THEY'RE ALL ALSO HAVE PLATES ON THEM. AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE ZEROING ON THE LEVELING THING, THE LITTLE THING IS ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE IS NOT QUITE, BUT THAT'S HIS HOME. AND HE DOES WANNA GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO HIS HOME. WERE YOU ABLE TO VIEW SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT HE, THAT HE MIDDLE RIGHT NOW? OH, SEE THOSE A LITTLE ZERO IS EVEN THE ONE THAT, THAT, THAT THE COURT COMPLIANCE OFFICER GAVE YOU. IT'S ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF. MR. CHAIR. THIS IS LEGAL. THEY, THERE WAS SOME PIC PHOTOS, UM, THAT, UM, UM, MS. STEWART AND MR. WALTON BROUGHT. SO, UM, UH, MS. STEWART, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, THEY CAN, THEY CAN SHOW THE PHOTOS THAT, THAT, UM, OH, MR. WALTON BROUGHT, SEE HE DID, I TOOK PICTURES OF THE P AND BEAM AND IT IS THERE THE RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA. IF YOU GO ON THE WALL SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, I'M SO SORRY. I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL. I'M TRYING TO BE AN ADVOCATE. RIGHT THERE ON THAT WALL, HE SHOWED YOU SOME, UM, SOME WATER LINES THAT WAS A, A ETTE THAT HE TORE DOWN BECAUSE IT WA IT HAD A, THE WASHER AND DRYER THERE. SO THOSE, THOSE, UH, WA UM, WATER LINES THAT WERE WHITE, THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONAL. SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE WATER FOR THE HOUSE. THE, THE SHED WAS NOT GOOD, SO HE TORE IT OFF. BUT THAT'S BARREN BEAM. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU, THAT THAT WATER OF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, WHERE HIS HOUSE IS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SITS ON A LITTLE BITTY HILL FACING HOT WELLS AND THAT WATER RUNS DOWN. SO I THINK THAT BY THE TIME THAT HE DID THE P AND B, MAYBE HE HAD, YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFTING. BUT MOTHER NATURE DOES THAT. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS HE IS DOING STUFF. HE CHANGED THE, ALL THE WIRING. HE'S GOT A CIRCUIT ON THERE. HE'S FILLED ALL THESE APPLICATIONS. NOW THAT HE KNOWS THAT THERE'S AGENCIES THAT CAN HELP HIM. THIS MAN HAS DONE SO MUCH GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. HE'S HIGHLY DECORATED POLICE OFFICER. HE IS ON THE SWAT TEAM. HE'S YOUR SNIPER HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M AS BIG AS ADVOCATE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN HIM AND I THINK HE'S A GOOD PERSON FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW SOME COMPASSION, SOME MERCY AND HELP HIM. DO YOU HAVE HELP? DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR? HE DID. HE DID GET ONE CONTRACTOR. AND I SAID HE, HE COULDN'T, HE COULDN'T, I GUESS HE WAS SO NERVOUS HE COULDN'T FIND THE, THE [03:25:01] CONTRACTOR THAT WHERE HE, UM, GOT ONE FOR THE ROOF. I THINK THE ROOF IS A BIG PRIORITY 'CAUSE HE DOES HAVE TWO HOLES ON ONE SIDE. I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THE WATER COMES ON THE BEDROOM SIDE WHERE HE HAS LITTLE TWO, TWO HOLES. BUT THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS GOOD, WHERE THE LIVING ROOM AND THE KITCHEN, AND EVEN ON THE SEPARATION HE SHOWED YOU ON THE KITCHEN AGAIN, THAT HAPPENED I THINK WHEN THE, WHEN THE HOUSE GOT PIER AND BEAMED AND PULLED BACK TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HE CAN ADDRESS. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD WAS THE ROOF. THE WALL AND THE FOUNDATION. AND HE DID THAT FOUNDATION. BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT A PERMIT. I DON'T THINK HE KNEW ABOUT A PERMIT. SO CAN YOU IMAGINE STRUGGLING WITH ALL THOSE STROKES, STRUGGLING FOR THE DVT, STRUGGLING WITH ALL ARTERIAL CLOCKS AND TRYING TO GET ALL THAT HELP DONE AND TRYING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW? SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU, THAT THE BOARD CAN HELP HIM AND GIVE HIM MORE TIME, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. CAN YOU PUT THAT PICTURE BACK PLEASE? THAT LAST PICTURE? THAT PICTURE. SEE, HE CLOSED IN THE BOTTOM SO ANIMALS COULDN'T COME AT THE BOTTOM. SO YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE WAS A, A PURING BEAM DONE. YOU SEE THAT SIDING HE PUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSE. SO HE HAS BEEN DOING WORK ON THERE. ALL THE ELECTRICAL IS NEW, ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF, OF SOME OF THIS? THIS IS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIME AND, AND WE CALCULATE IT WITHOUT, WITH IF HE DOESN'T GET HELP, SAY NONE OF THESE AGENCIES HELP, WHICH THEY, THEY'VE TOLD HIM THEY ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HELP HIM. THAT IT LOOKS VERY GOOD TO HELP HIM. HE, IF HE DOESN'T GET ANY OF THIS, WE CALCULATED THAT WITH HIS INCOME, IT'LL BE TO, WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR TWO YEARS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AND WITHOUT HELP, MAYBE A YEAR. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT EXTRA. 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO COME IN HERE AND HIM FAIL. WE DON'T WANNA SAY, OH, 30 DAYS. 'CAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE IN 30 DAYS HE'S RETIRED. MA'AM, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? MA'AM? LET ME ASK A QUESTION, SIR. WHEN YOU HAD THE ELECTRICAL DONE, WAS THERE A PERMIT PULLED? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. NOBODY PULLED THE PERMIT TO DO THE DID YOU HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THE ELECTRICAL? SOMEBODY WAS HIRED TO DO IT. CAN YOU PUT THE MIC UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. ALRIGHT. A PERSON WAS HIRED TO DO IT AND THEY DID, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RECORD IS. I WILL, I CAN TRY AND FIND IT. DO YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR BREAK? I, WAS IT RECENT? IT WAS WHEN I DID THE FOUNDATION ON IT. ON THE HALF THAT TIMEFRAME? YEAH, THAT TIMEFRAME. ALL RIGHT, LET ME ASK CODE. ONE QUESTION. CAN, CAN CODE OFFICER COME BACK UP. EXCUSE ME. WERE THERE ANY PERMITS PULLED FOR ELECTRICAL? UNFORTUNATELY, NO SIR. THERE WERE NO PERMITS PULLED FOR ANY WORK. NO HISTORY IN THE DO WE SHOW ANY PERMITS WERE PULLED. ALRIGHT, THANKS. ALRIGHT MA'AM, YOU CAN, UM, TWO YEARS. WE CAN'T GIVE THE COURT CAN'T GIVE TWO YEARS. UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GO AHEAD? WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL DEBATE THAT. WE GOTTA HEAR A LITTLE, YOU SAID YOU APPLIED TO HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS HE APPLIED TO? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. AND THEY'VE ALL HAVE YOU ON A WAIT LIST OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS? UH, AND AND THREE OF THEM, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD. THEY'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HELP I THINK CASA VERDE, I THINK THE CASA VERDE AND THEN THE, UM, THE HOME REPAIR ONE HAS TO BE BEFORE THE OTHER. 'CAUSE CASA VERDE WON'T, WON'T DO BEFORE UNTIL YOU DO THE OTHER ONE AND STUFF. AND I THINK THAT, UM, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THE ROOF HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT'S GONNA BE LIKE IN AN ORDER. SO THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND IT, SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WAS YOUR I WAS SAYING, AND, AND, AND CORRECT ME MR. FRED, IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT, UM, ASK FOR MORE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT HE CAN GET IT DONE SOONER. RIGHT. WHEN DID YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME, BOARD, UH, THIS IS JENNY RAMIREZ. MR. ANDES, I APOLOGIZE TO INTERRUPT ON THIS. GO AHEAD. BUT WE WEREN'T PRIESTLY AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES. WE WERE NOT PRIESTLY AWARE OF THOSE, HOW FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS THEY WERE FOR THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. AND IF I CAN MAKE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND A RESET OF 60 DAYS TO ALLOW THEM TO GET THE OUTCOME OF THOSE, OF THOSE OF THOSE, UM, REQUESTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. UM, JUST TO HAVE THAT CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND FINAL OF WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE OR WHAT THEY MAY ADDITIONALLY BE MISSING. BECAUSE AS WE'VE ALWAYS MENTIONED, WE WANT TO HAVE THIS AS A LAST RESORT [03:30:01] RECOMMENDATION. SO BEFORE WE MAKE THAT LAST RESORT RECOMMENDATION, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND WE, WE DO PULL THIS AND DO REQUEST A 60 DAY RESET SO THAT WE CAN CLEARLY, UM, HAVE THOSE OUTCOMES, UM, BE ABLE TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU. LET ME, UH, STAFF THIS. UM, BASED OFF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE WORKED WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WILL THEY TAKE LONGER THAN 60 DAYS? MM-HMM. , THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE LONGER THAN 60 DAYS FOR A OUTCOME FOR A DESIGNATION. NOW THE FUNDING COULD TAKE LONGER THAN 60 DAYS, BUT IF WE HEAR THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL APPROVAL, THEY ARE IN A LIST AND THERE'S DATES IN IN IT, UH, PRESENTED OF THIS MILESTONE WILL BE MET. THIS MILESTONE WILL BE MET. THERE ARE STEPS TO MAKE IT. UH, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE DEFINITELY BETWEEN IT BEING HABITABLE AND IT BEING NO LONGER A DANGER. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT LEVEL WILL BE, WILL THEN ALSO ALLOW US TO DETERMINE IF IT COMES BACK, IT MAY NOT COME BACK AS A DEMOLITION RECOMMENDATION. MAYBE IT COMES BACK AS A REPAIR RECOMMENDATION. AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT, UM, INCLUDES THE EXTENT OF THAT TIME, BUT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DETERMINE UNTIL WE GET THE OUTCOME OF WHAT THOSE, UH, THAT ASSISTANCE IS TO BE PROVIDED. SO WE, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA, UH, EXPLORE THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'VE COVERED EVERY ONE OF THOSE STEPS BEFORE WE REQUEST A, UM, A DETERMINATION FROM THE BOARD. SO THAT WOULD NOT EVEN REQUIRE AN, AN ORDER FROM YOU. IT WOULD JUST BE THE CITY STEPPING IN TO REQUEST A RESET ON THIS CASE. OKAY. AND THAT WOULD ALSO ONLY AS LONG AS THEY BRING IT UP TO CODE, IT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR. YES, SIR. EXACTLY. NOT NECESSARILY LIVABLE, BUT NO LONGER A DANGER OR A DANGEROUS PREMISE DESIGNATION. SO THE CITY'S REQUESTING A POOL, WOULD THAT BE EVEN BETTER? YES. THAT IS WHAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING. NOT A RESET. A POOL. YES, A POOL. THEY CAN PULL THE CASE YES. RIGHT NOW. SO A DETERMINATION WOULD NOT NEED TO BE MADE BY THE BOARD. IF THE BOARD, UM, IS AGREEABLE TO US STEPPING IN TO PULL THIS CASE, THAT'S FINE. AS LONG AS EVERYBODY'S WORKING AND YOU GUYS CAN ADVOCATE AND, AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. THERE'S YOUR COMPASSION. THERE YOU GO. THE CITY'S PULLED IT FOR RIGHT NOW. SO, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AND EVERYBODY ELSE, THERE'S NO MOTION IS NEEDED ON THIS. THE CITY'S ASKING THIS PROPERTY TO BE PULLED BASED ON ALL THE FACTS THAT THEY HAVE. UM, AND THEN IF THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD AGAIN, THEY WOULD. AND ONE LAST SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. AND MR. CHAIR. I THINK NOW WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. IF WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. ANYBODY? YES. THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM OF A ITEM THAT WE PULLED EARLIER OR SET ASIDE EARLIER, WHICH WAS FOR THE, UH, UM, SELECTION OF PANEL, A VICE CHAIR. UM, I RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, UH, YOU WANNA RECOMMEND SOMEONE? YEAH. I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, LOOK AT, UM, ALL POTENTIAL PEOPLE. RIGHT NOW I WANT TO RECOMMEND ANN WEINER FOR YOUR VICE CHAIR FOR PANEL A. ANN WEINER. DO YOU, UH, ACCEPT THAT MR. CHAIRMAN? I SECOND THE MOTION. UM, DO WE NEED TO VOTE? NO, HE SECOND IT. SO NOW YOU CAN GO TO VOTE. YOU ALWAYS GOTTA SECOND SOMETHING BEFORE YOU GO TO A VOTE. OKAY? UM, HOLD ON. WHAT YOU CAN DO. IS THAT UNANIMOUS? OR YOU CAN DO WE WE CAN DO, UH, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, RIGHT? SO UNANIM, LET'S TAKE A VOTE AND YOU HAVE TO GO BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. WELL, I WANNA VOTE. I JUST SAID I WANT TO VOTE. OKAY. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. DORIS SOLIS. AYE. FRED ANDES AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE TO ZERO FOR MS. WEINER. MOTION PASSES. ANN WEINER. WELCOME VICE CHAIR. AYE. NEXT ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS? YES. CHARITY CREW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? YES. JUDY JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE BSB MEMBERSHIP. THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 20TH, FIRST ELECTION OF THE VACANT AT LARGE POSITION. A MOTION WAS MADE TO NOMINATE ROBERT BANKY FOR THE POSITION AND MR. BANK'S NOMINATION IS SCHEDULED FOR APPROVAL AT TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO, THERE IS AN APPOINTMENT MEMO IN PROGRESS FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE ONCE APPROVED, THE BSB WILL THEN HAVE ONE VACANCY, WHICH WILL BE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT. MR. BANKY IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WITH EXPERIENCE IN ADDRESSING ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND WILL BE A MEMBER OF PANEL A. [03:35:03] THANK YOU. CAN I REQUEST A, UH, CAN YOU EMAIL ME A COPY OF THAT? YES. THANK YOU. YES, WILL DO. YEAH. CAN I GET A QUESTION? WHEN IS HE GONNA BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BOARD? HAS HE ALREADY GONE TO HIS TRAINING? NO. MR. BANKEY WILL BE APPROVED TODAY AT CITY COUNCIL'S MEETING AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE THE TRAINING SESSION WITH HIM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS? WE GOOD GIRLS? WE GOOD THEN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 1244. YOU GOT TO USE YOUR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. YOU HAPPY NOW? NO. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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