* 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. [00:00:01] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TIME IS NOW [Call to Order] NINE 10 ON ONE AUGUST, 2019. I'M DWAYNE NELSON. I'M THE CHAIRMAN FOR SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. OR AT LEAST FOR TODAY'S MEETING, UH, WE WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE, UH, STREAMING LIVE ONLINE. UH, SO SMILE WHEN YOU GET ON CAMERA. UH, AND WE'LL TRY TO DO THE SAME UP HERE. UH, IF WE WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT [Roll Call] A ROLL CALL. JOY NELSON. PRESENT JESSE ZUNIGA. MS. BROWN FRED ANDIS. HERE MICHAEL HARPER. PRESENT AOR MS. PRESENT, A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS MEETING. ALL PERSONS ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDERS OF THE CHAIR. PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL YOUR CASE IS CALLED. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SIGNED IN ON THE PERSON TO BE HER CHIEF AND YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR CASE. PLEASE PRESENT OR KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, IN QUESTION, UH, AND THE CODE VIOLATION. UH, IF WE COULD, LET'S RUN THE VIDEO ON THE TRANSLATION SERVICES, PLEASE. DID ANY MEMBER HAVE A DIFFICULT PROBLEM HEARING THAT? IF NOT, THEN WE'LL PROCEED. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING. ONE. SHOW A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. NUMBER TWO, SHOW A PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK. NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENT ORDERS BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS AND WITH REQUIRED PERMITS TO BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING. IF IN DOUBT, SEE YOUR CODE OFFICER, ANY OFFICER, ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER IS SATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD. MAY HAVE FILED AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER, PLEASE MEET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER OR A STAFF MEMBER. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, UH, PRESENT'S ABILITY TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS AREA. AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36, WE HAVE SOME EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS WHILE SHE'S COMING UP. UH, THE BOARD HAS [Approval of Minutes] RECEIVED THE MINUTES FROM THE 18 JULY. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR CHANGE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MO THE, UH, MINUTES. OH, SHE MADE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SAY AYE. O SAY NAY. CARRIED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MS. RAMIREZ. GOOD MORNING. BOARD MEMBERS. MORNING. MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND UPDATES FOR TODAY'S AGENDA. UH, FIRST ITEM, WE WILL BE PULLING [4. 19-5579 (CD-5) 135 Holly St] ONE ITEM FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, LOCATED AT 1 35 HOLLY. IT IS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATION IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. UH, WE'VE JUST MET WITH THE, UH, THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER. WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO A HARDSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THAT OWNER TO, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM SOME, UH, ASSISTANCE. WE HAD NOT HAD PRIOR CONTACT UNTIL TODAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD AND, AND WORK THROUGH THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS TODAY. TWO OTHER ITEMS TO READ INTO THE, UH, [Emergency Demolitions] THE RECORD ARE TWO EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS. [(CD-6) 7114 Bart Hollow] FIRST LOCATION IS 71 14 BART HOLLOW IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. THERE WAS A FIRE AT THIS LOCATION. IT WAS FULLY DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JULY 20TH, 2019. THE FIRE DID OCCUR ON JULY 17TH, 2019. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS SHOWN UP. [00:05:14] NEXT PROPERTY, 52 35 [(CD-4) 5235 Hillburn] HILBURN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE THAT DID OCCUR ON JULY 15TH, 2019. THE DEMOLITION DATE FOR THIS PROPERTY WAS JULY 19TH, 2019, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, AND THERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THIS PROPERTY AS WELL. THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT THIS MORNING. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. RAMIREZ? THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM AGENDA [9. 19-5584 (CD-3) 923 Chicago Blvd (accessory structure)] IS GONNA BE 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD. GOOD MORNING. B S B MEMBERS MORNING, OR FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME'S RAMIRO A S, PREMISE OFFICER FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 9 23 BOULEVARD CHICAGO BOULEVARD IS BEING PRESENTED. BEFORE THE BEFORE THE BOARD, PLEASE NOTE ON MARCH 29TH, 2019, 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. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS 7 0 2 8. THERE IS NO BLOCK NUMBER IN LOT 13 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS THE STATE WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 9 23 IN CHICAGO BOULEVARD. THE DAUGHTER OF CHRISTELLA, GALINDA GONZALEZ IS PRESENT HERE TODAY. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 23RD, 2019. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC INFORMATION. MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 29TH, 2019. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 5TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS PENDING ON JULY 19TH, 2019. A PRE BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH HEDA GONZALEZ AND AGAIN, UM, I MET WITH HER, UH, AS FAR AS LATE AS JULY 31ST JUST TO, UM, GIVE HER A REMINDER OF TODAY'S HEARING WHEN SHE SAID SHE SHOULD BE PRESENT ON JULY 19TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD ON JULY 16TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE ESTATE OF COSTELLA EZ AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON JULY 29TH, 2019. ON MARCH 29TH, 2019, ADMINISTER A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON JULY 22ND, 2019. GLENDA GONZALEZ PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE, TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SHE DID DECIDE CONSENT TO ENTER THE PROPERTY. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. 9 23 CHICAGO IS 1000 FEET FROM IVY LEAGUE EARLY LEARNING CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1 1 1 0 HOLIDAY AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3. THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL SERVICE CONNECTED TO THE ACCESSORY AND THERE IS NO WATER SERVICE CONNECTED TO TO THE ACCESSORY. WE DO HAVE A REFERENCE, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE BE SPEAKING REGARDING THE CRIMINAL ASPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE, UH, PHOTO PRESENTATION. SO THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 29TH, 2019 AND [00:10:01] JULY 2ND, 2019. HERE YOU SEE ON THE MAP, HERE'S 9 23 CHICAGO. HERE'S THE MAIN TO THE LEFT, THE ACCESSORY'S LOCATED IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE DESTRUCTION. AND AGAIN, TODAY WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, AT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT WAS TAKEN MARCH 29TH, 2010. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS LACKING. THE WALLS ARE LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT LANDING, THE STEPS THERE AT THE BOTTOM STEP, EITHER BROKEN AND SEPARATING, CAUSING UNSAFE NEEDS OF THE INGRESS AND EGRESS. THIS IS THE REAR END SIDE ELEVATION. UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DETERIORATED WOOD. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PART OF THE WOOD BACK HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE TRIED TO REPLACE SOME OF THAT, WHICH IS ALSO DETERIORATING AND ROTTING A CLOSER PHOTO OF THAT REAR ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THE GAS METER, HOWEVER, THE GAS METER IS CONNECTED TO THE MAIN, NOT TO THE ACCESSORY, AND SEE HOW MUCH THE GRADE IS IS COMING UP ABOVE THE, UM, BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SEAL PLATE. UM, COMING UP TO THE, UH, EXTERIOR WALL IN THE REAR, AGAIN, THE WALLS ARE LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION. THERE'S A LOT OF BROUGHT, UH, LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DUE TO, UH, JUST OVER TIME OF WEATHER DAMAGE. WATER DAMAGE, UH, DUE TO THE S HAVE BROKEN MEMBERS AGAIN CLOSER. UH, LOOK AT THE ROT THERE. THE DECKING IS, UM, THERE'S A, UH, THE ROOF DECKING, EXCUSE ME, IS, IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE. UM, THERE'S SOME ROT ON THE EAVE AND THE FACIAL BOARDS. UH, SOME OF THE FACIAL BOARDS ARE MISSING. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DECKING IS IS SAGGING RIGHT HERE. AND THAT'S, UM, DUE TO THE FURTHER DAMAGE YOU HAVE BROKEN MEMBERS THERE SEPARATING FROM THE FRAME. THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR. THERE'S TWO FRONT DOORS. ONE DOOR DOES NOT APPEAR THAT IT WAS BEING USED, WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, IT WAS BEING BLOCKED BY SOME OF THE FURNITURE THAT WAS INSIDE, WHICH WAS ALSO CAUSING UNSAFE MEANS OF EGRESS AND INGRES. THE DATE OF OUR INSPECTION ON, ON, ON MARCH 29TH, IT APPEARED THAT PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THERE. AND AGAIN, WHEN I RETURNED ON JULY 2ND, IT, IT APPEAR THAT PEOPLE WERE STAYING AT THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE WOOD FLOORS THERE. UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE WEATHERED. THERE ARE, THEY'RE SOFT AND SPONGY. UM, THERE WERE SOME KITCHEN CABINETS, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO SEAT. UM, THERE WAS NO BATHROOM. THERE WAS NO TOILET. UM, SO THERE WAS NO PLACE WHERE ANYBODY WASHED THEIR HANDS. UH, FOR ANY, ANYBODY THAT WAS OCCUPYING THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE WALL. THEY, IT DID APPEAR TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SERVICE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS NOT WORKING. THIS WAS A SIDE DOOR BLOCKED OFF. AGAIN, IN CASE OF PANIC OR FIRE. UM, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO EXIT THAT, THAT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE, THE HOW WORN THE FLOOR IS. IT IS, UM, AGAIN, SOFT AND SPONGY. WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ON IT, YOU CAN FEEL THE FLOOR GIVING, UM, UNDER YOUR FEET AND YOU SEE SEPARATION THERE. THAT'S WHEN YOU STEP ON IT. THE FLOOR STARTS TO SEPARATE AND IT COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FLOOR JOISTS MAY BE TOO FAR SEPARATED, NOT PROVIDING PROPER SUPPORT, YOU SEE THERE, JUST STEPPING ON IT, HOW IT SEP THE FLOOR SEPARATES. SO THIS IS THAT SECOND DOOR I WAS SPEAKING OF. IT IS BLOCKED OFF WITH FURNITURE. UH, SO IN CASE OF PANIC, UM, IT IS CAUSING UNSAFE MEANS OF, UH, UNSAFE MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS GRAFFITI. INSIDE THERE IS SEPARATION OF SHEETROCK, BROKEN HOLES THROUGHOUT THE WALLS, UH, POORLY KEPT, POORLY MAINTAINED. THIS IS THAT OTHER DOOR I WAS SPEAKING OF. YOU CAN SEE THE STATURE BROKEN AGAIN, THAT'S THE AREA THAT THAT WAS BLOCKED OFF WITH FURNITURE. THERE IS SOME SAGGING IN IN THE ROOF HERE. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE DUE TO THE TREE LIMBS HERE. BUT YOU SEE THE, THE OVERALL, UM, CONDITIONS OF THE WALL LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION, DETERIORATION AND ROTTING. [00:15:05] SO TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD IS IN VIOLATION ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, EXCUSE ME, AT 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 IN SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 9 23 CHICAGO BOULEVARD. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? NONE. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHICAGO, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. TINA COSTELLO, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TINA CASTILLO. I AM A POLICE OFFICER WITH SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE EAST SAFE UNIT, WHICH WORKS WITH THE, THE DART PROGRAM. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE, UM, HABITUAL HOUSE, IS THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS? THE REASON THIS ADDRESS CAME TO OUR ATTENTION IS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE CONTINUALLY COMING OUT. AT FIRST, WE BELIEVE THE DISTURBANCES WERE COMING FROM STEMMING FROM A, I BELIEVE IT WAS A NEPHEW OR A SON OF THE HOMEOWNER WHO WAS ALLOWED TO STAY IN THIS BACK RESIDENCE. THERE WERE MULTIPLE CALLS FOR DISTURBANCES BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER, UM, WOULD BE IN BETWEEN, UH, ASSAULT CALLS THEM YELLING AND SCREAMING IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE DISTURBANCE CARRYING OUT TO THE STREET. AND SO THE NEIGHBORS WERE REALLY CONCERNED. THE ASSAULTS CONTINUED. THE FIGHTS CONTINUED. UM, WHEN WE, I DID THE RESEARCH OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THIS HOUSE. UH, THERE'S SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY LIVING IN THIS HOUSE, WHICH I BELIEVE IN BETWEEN THE BACK RESIDENCE AND THE FRONT RESIDENCE. UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT THE POLICE HAD WITH THIS RESIDENCE WAS, UM, THE NEPHEW THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE WHO IS NOW IN JAIL. UM, AND SO I, I WENT AND DID ANOTHER RESEARCH ON HOW MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR POLICE SERVICE HAD BEEN MADE SINCE THE DARK AND SINCE THE, THE DART ON THE MARCH 29TH. YES, MARCH 29TH. THERE'VE BEEN 10 MORE CALLS FROM THERE. UH, ONE AS RECENT AS YESTERDAY, IT APPEARS THERE WAS AN INTOXICATED INDIVIDUAL INSIDE THE HOME WHO WAS BOTHERED BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER RESIDENCE'S GIRLFRIEND IN THE HOME THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT THERE. SO THE FAMILY DISTURBANCES DEFINITELY CONTINUE. THE, THE MAIN PROBLEM, WHICH I'M GONNA IDENTIFY AS A JAY DELGADO, WAS FINALLY, UH, PUT IN JAIL AGAIN AFTER HE HIT CHOKED HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER. AGAIN, HE'S ALSO A KNOWN BURGLAR, AND SO HE VIOLATED HIS PAROLE AND IS STILL IN JAIL FOR THAT AS WELL. SO FOR THE OWNER, UM, WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE THE OWNER, UM, SHE ALLOWS THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO TO LIVE AT THE HOUSE AND THE GENERATIONS, BUT IT'S CONTINUALLY DISTURBING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, NOT ONLY HAVING A CONVICTED BURGLAR LIVING WITH YOU, PUTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT RISK FOR HOME BURGLARIES. UM, HE'S ALSO A DOCUMENTED GANG MEMBER AND THE FAMILY DISTURBANCES, ASSAULTS, THE FAMILY VIOLENCES CONTINUE BECAUSE OF THE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY LIVING IN THIS HOUSE AND IN THE FRONT HOUSE TOGETHER. I DID ALSO CHECK THE RECENT CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DOCUMENTATIONS, WHEN THEY MAKE CONTACT, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS BACK HOUSE. WOULD I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? I DO. GO AHEAD. ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND LET ME GET THIS. SINCE THE DART, THERE HAVE BEEN 10 MORE CALLS. YES, SIR. PRIOR TO THE OTHER CALLS? YES, SIR. WHAT WOULD IS THE TOTAL, LET ME SEE. I ONLY WENT BACK AS FAR AS, UM, TWO YEARS. ALL RIGHT. AS FAR AS YOU WENT BACK. OKAY. 1 33 [00:20:08] WERE ON THE LIST BEFORE THE DART AND THAT COVERS TWO YEARS, 33 CALLS FOR SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS ONE, BUT WHEN YOU GUYS MADE CALLS THERE, DID YOU GET ANYBODY OUT OF THIS RESIDENCE LIVING IN IT? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TESTIFIED THAT THERE'S NOBODY WHEN THEY SHOWED UP, BUT THERE'S EVIDENCE. WHAT WE DO IS POLICE OFFICERS IS WE DOCUMENT WHAT WE SEE AND FIND AND YES, THERE WERE DOCUMENTATIONS OF OFFICERS SAY, I SPOKE WITH SO-AND-SO WHO WAS IN LIVING IN THE BACK HOUSE. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU YODA GONZALEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. GONZALEZ 9 23 CHICAGO. MR. CHAIR A MINUTE. IS IT OKAY IF YOU SIT THERE AND TALK, MA'AM? WOULD THAT BE BETTER FOR YOU? OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU WOULD PRESENT YOUR CASE. TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THE BOARD, MA'AM. OH, I DON'T KNOW, SIR. UH, PROBABLY THE LITTLE BACK HOUSE JUST NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND I SHOULD SAY SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED IF THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. MARIA LANIS, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT MS A HAS NO COMMENTS TO MAKE AT THIS TIME. UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 9 2 3 CHICAGO BOULEVARD IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 8 11 12 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY AND FOR THE REASON STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER IS BEYOND FEASIBILITY OF BEING REPAIRED AND THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND REMAIN VACANT. UNTIL THEN, WOULD YOU ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE VACATE IMMEDIATELY AND STAY VACANT? MOTION IS MADE TO, UH, DEMOLISH TO VACATE AND STAY VACANT AND DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 23 CHICAGO BULL BALLARD, UH, FOR THE REASONS OF SUB CODE 2 5 8, 11, 12, AND 15. DO I HAVE A SECOND KEVIN? MOTIONS MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT CASE IS 32 0 7 [3. 19-5578 (CD-3) 3207 Stephen Foster] STEVEN FOSTER. GOOD MORNING. BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME'S ANNETTE LOPEZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 32 0 7 STEVEN FOSTER, FIRST SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATION SECTIONS 3 0 2 0.7 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, WHICH STATES ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES INCLUDING DETACHED, GARAGE, AND FENCES SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND GOOD REPAIR. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 4 9 5 6 BLOCK THREE, LOT 40, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JESUS A ORTIZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 32 0 7 STEVEN FOSTER, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3. I'LL PROCEED WITH THE PHOTOS. [00:25:05] SO THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 1ST, 2019 AND FOUND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO HAVE DAMAGE EXTERIOR WALLS. A NOTICE WAS POSTED ON, ON THE PROPERTY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT SITS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A FRONT VIEW OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE SIDING, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION. THIS IS A SIDE VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE ACCESSORY, UH, THE SIDING HERE IS STARTING TO DETACH. AND THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP, THE PICTURE OF THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS POSTED ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THIS IS A REINSPECTION CONDUCTED ON APRIL 23RD, AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION A DOOR HANGER WAS PLACED. AND THIS IS ANOTHER RE-INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON MAY 20TH, WHERE THE OFFICER DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TENANT, UM, ADVISED OF THE PENDING CASE FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. AND HE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY. NOW, THE TENANT DID ADVISE THAT, UM, THEIR ISSUE WITH TRYING TO MAKE THEIR REPAIRS WERE, UH, THERE IS A BE INFESTATION INSIDE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SO WE DID ALSO GIVE THEM NOTICE FOR THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION, BUT YOU COULD SEE THAT ALONG THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THEY COULDN'T GET TOO CLOSE. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO TREAT, UH, THE B INFESTATION AS WELL TO FINISH THE REPAIRS. THIS IS ANOTHER REINSPECT IN JUNE 1ST. IT REMAINS IN THE SAME CONDITION. UH, RECENT. AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 29TH. UM, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE, UH, TENANT, WHICH IS THE OWNER'S SON WHO IS RECITING AT THE LOCATION. AND THEY HAVE STARTED TO, UH, REPAIR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THEY'VE REMOVED THE ITEMS THAT WERE INSIDE CAUSING THE SIDING TO SEPARATE. AND THEY HAD PLACED THIS, UH, PIECE OF SIDING. THEY REMOVED ALL THE, UM, DEBRIS THAT WAS HERE AND EFFORTS IN TRYING TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. AND THAT WAS, WAS INSIDE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. AND THEY DO HAVE THE REST OF THE MATERIAL TO FINISH MAKING THE REPAIRS. AGAIN, THEIR SETBACK WAS JUST THE BEE INFESTATION THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO TREAT. AND THEN THEY'LL, UH, BE FINISHING UP MAKING REPAIRS TO THE STAFF, RECOMMENDS THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BE REPAIRED. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 32 0 7. STEVEN FOSTER, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE OFFICER? I DO. GO AHEAD. WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE BEHIND THE, THE TWO TWO STRUCTURE? THIS ONE? NO, GO. ALL THE, THE, UM, THAT ONE THERE, IT'S AN, IT'S AN ATTACHED, UM, THAT HOLDING THE BUILDING UP OR SOMETHING? NO, IT'S JUST AN ATTACHMENT THAT THEY HAVE BUILT. UM, IT'S, IT'S A PART OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. IT'S LIKE AN ANOTHER, UM, STORAGE ROOM. LA YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. I, A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. WAS THAT PART OF THE, OF THE INSPECTION? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE, UH, WHEN YOU PUT IN THERE, THERE'S NO PROTECTIVE CODE? YES, THAT'S A PART OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. UM, IT'S CONNECTED TO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. SO THIS WHOLE THING, UH, LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE REPAIR, REPAIRED, THAT THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. [00:30:01] AND DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MISSING WINDOW? UH, YES. THAT, THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING. UM, UNDER THE SECTION, UH, WINDOWS, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION, ROTTED SIDING, WOOD MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LONNIE ORTIZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AT YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS LONNIE ORTIZ. MY ADDRESS IS 32 0 7 STEVEN FOSTER. THANK YOU, SIR. PRESENT YOUR CASE. I REALLY HAVE NOTHING MUCH TO ADD, BUT WE HAVE THE SIGHTINGS AS YOU SAW. UM, I ALREADY ALSO HAVE THE PAINT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT DONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO SHOW US WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE THE TOTAL SCOPE OF WORK TO BE? UH, NOT EXACTLY. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE THE SIDING ALREADY PURCHASED. WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, THAT WAS A, A DOOR THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPLACE THAT. SO I GUESS WHATEVER THAT WOULD'VE COST. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, I ALREADY PURCHASED THE PAINT, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PAINTING IT. NOW HAVE YOU PURCHASED THE DOOR? DID YOU SAY YOU HAD NOT? I HAD NOT. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONE THING I DON'T HAVE. I HAVE THE SIDING ALREADY PURCHASED TO REPLACE EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH IT. AND I HAVE THE PAINT, SO IT WOULD REALLY, IT'S JUST THE DOOR. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO SHOW THE BOARD THAT YOU HAVE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS? ARE YOU FINANCIALLY ABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS? MYSELF? UM, WELL, IF IT'S JUST THE DOOR, SURE. I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. WELL, THE DOOR IS THE ONLY THING THAT YOU HAVE REMAINING. YOU'VE GOT PAINT, YOU'VE GOT WINDOWS. YEAH, I HAVE PAINT, I HAVE THE BOARDS. EVERYTHING ELSE IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. DOES, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ORTIZ? I GOT, I GOT SOME. IF YOU REPLACE THE DOOR, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA PUT AT THE BUS OUTSIDE THIS DOOR? CAN'T JUST PUT A DOOR THERE AND NOT PUT SOMETHING OUT HERE. 'CAUSE IF SOMEBODY OPENS THAT DOOR, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? WELL, THE, IT THAT, THE TOP PART. OKAY. IT, THE BOTTOM PART WAS A SHED. THE TOP PART WAS A, A CLUBHOUSE. IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, MAYBE LIKE 20 YEARS OR SOMETHING. SO IT THAT THE TOP PART IS NOT REALLY BEING USED. THERE'S A FEW ITEMS IN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT, NOBODY GOES UP THERE. YEAH, BUT YOU, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE THE DOOR. OKAY. WELL I CAN CLOSE IT OFF. IT ISN'T, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU NEXT. THAT THAT'S FINE. THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE TO ME'S NOT HOW LONG IT TAKE YOU TO DO THE REPAIRS TO PAINT. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO, TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE THING? I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. I NEED A BIT OF HELP FROM MY FATHER WHO'S THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE LONG. I GUESS YOU GOT A TIMELINE, BUT WE CAN'T GIVE YOU FOREVER, YOU KNOW, THAT I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT'S 30 DAYS? SURE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. A QUESTION INFESTATION YOU ALREADY TOOK CARE OF? UM, FOR THE MOST PART, I HAVE ALREADY SPRAYED THE BEES. I SAW THAT THEY HAVE RETURNED. UM, I CAN CONTINUE TO SPRAY THEM. I, I, I, I'M NOT SURE. UH, YES, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THAT YOU WERE DELAYING FIXING THE STRUCTURE OF YEAH, REALLY. I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BEES WOULD ATTACK WHEN I FIXED IT, BUT AFTER WE DID DECIDE I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY WERE FINE. OKAY. YOU SAY THAT, UH, IT'S A CLUBHOUSE, A SECOND STORY RIGHT HERE? YEAH, IT WAS FROM WHEN I WAS A KID. IT'S BEEN THERE. UH, SO THE STRUCTURE'S STRONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO PUT A DOOR THERE? YEAH, LIKE I SAY, IT'S NOT BEING USED. I DON'T HAVE KIDS. THERE'S NO CHILDREN THAT ARE PLAYING THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S FROM WHEN I WAS A KID. OKAY. UH, YEAH. UH, YOU WERE PROBABLY SENT IN, UH, THE NOTICE OR YOUR CODE OFFICER ADVISE YOU THAT WHEN YOU CAME UP HERE. OKAY. THAT YOU NEED, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO REPAIRS TO THE LIKES THAT YOU NEED, UH, SCOPE OF WORK. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MISSED IT OR IF YOU, YOU HAD, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND. I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE. I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND. OH, OKAY. NO. BUT THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO YOU YES. BY I RECEIVED THE LETTER. OKAY. AND IT'S TOTALLY THERE FOR YOU TO, UH, WHEN YOU COME IN FRONT OF HERE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A REPAIR, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE SCOPE OF WORK, COME UP AND SHOW US A SCOPE OF WORK OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AND SECONDLY, AS YOU FINANCE CABLE BILL, MR. MR. CHAIR, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND REQUEST EXECUTIVE SESSION. [00:35:03] THE TIME IS NOW 9 45. WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH GO AHEAD. STAND BY. THE TIME IS NOW 9 48. UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF CASES PER SE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, THERE IS, UH, NO DISCUSSION ON THE CASE PER SE, BUT WE DID GET SOME GUIDANCE ON, UH, ISSUES DEALING WITH VIOLATION OF CITY CODE. SO THE CASE WAS NOT DISCUSSED OPENLY. UH, ORTIZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK UP AND, UH, IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM YOU. OKAY. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY MIS ANY QUESTIONS? MR. ORTIZ? OKAY, MR. TARPER, GO AHEAD. UH, MR. ORTIZ, DO YOU FEEL THAT IF YOU REPLACE THE SIDING AND, AND THE DOOR AND DO THOSE THINGS, THAT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS SOUND ENOUGH THAT IT'S SAFE FOR SOMEBODY TO BE IN? YES. THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS SOUND. WE CHECKED THE TWO BY FOURS AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS REALLY JUST THE SIDING. IT HAD, IT WAS NAILED ON, LIKE I SAID, OVER 20 YEARS AGO. SO THERE WAS TILES LEANING AGAINST THAT WALL, AS YOU SAW. THAT'S WHY IT WAS BOWING OUT. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, WE SCREWED THE NEW BOARDS IN. SO IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE SOUND THAN WITH JUST THE NAILS. AND I'M, IT'S SHOULD BE FINE ALL THE WAY TO THE SECOND FLOOR. IF SOME, IF CHILDREN WERE TO GO UP THERE THAT IT'S SAFE, IT'S SOUND. YOU DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S UNSOUND. I FEEL THAT IT'S, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. QUESTION. GO AHEAD. UH, YOU STATED THAT YOU'RE READY TO GO AND FINISH A PROJECT, , IS THAT TRUE? YOU GOT YES. I, I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW TO DO ALL OF THAT MYSELF. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY MY SKILLSET. MY DAD DOES. THAT'S WHY I REALLY NEED HIS HELP. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, HE WORKS A LOT, SO IT'S JUST FINDING THE RIGHT TIME. OKAY. UH, I WOULD GET WITH MY COURT OFFICER TO FIND OUT IF I NEED ANY PERMITS FOR THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ORTIZ? OR YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU. CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY AT, UM, UM, ABOUT THAT. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1207 STEVEN FOSTER BE RECENT, BROUGHT BACK AS A DEMOLITION CASE. LEMME ASK A QUESTION TO THE CALLED OFFICER ON THE CASE. YES, SIR. THE FOUNDATION IS SOUND ON THIS STRUCTURE. UH, WE DIDN'T TAKE INTERIORS DUE TO THE BE INFESTATION, SO I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE FOUNDATION STRUCTURE IS. NO, SIR. DO YOU KNOW IF THE VERTICAL STRUCTURES WERE SOUND, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS AND THE PROPERTY, IT DOES SEEM SOUND, IT'S NOT LEANING. THE ONLY, UM, IS THE ATTACHED STORAGE, BUT IT DOES SEEM SOUND THROUGH THE EXTERIOR AND THE ROOF STRUCTURE. YES. UH, BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT APPEARS THAT FOUNDATION IS SOUND, VERTICALS ARE SOUND, AND THE ROOF IS SOUND, UH, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER, JUST GO AHEAD AND ORDER THE REPAIR. UH, AND IF WE DO ORDER THE REPAIR, UH, AND THE REPAIRS ARE NOT MADE, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO US AS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, NOT ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION. HOWEVER, I WILL PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO RESET THE CASE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND TO RE TO RESET THE CASE? YES. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RESET THE CASE, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. AYE HARPER. AYE. THE CHAIR WILL ALSO GO WITH THE NAY. THEREFORE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO RESET IS NOT PASSED. UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A SEPARATE MOTION. I DECLARED THAT THE MAIN STRUCTURE AT, OH, I'M SORRY. THE ACCESSORY AT 3 2 0 7 STEVEN FOSTER UNDER THE CODE 3 0 2 0.7 TO BE REPAIRED [00:40:01] IS FEASIBLY SOUND TO DO SO, AND IT IS TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS WITH A IN INSPECTION BY CODE IN 15 DAYS. AND ALL PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED BE POOLED MOTION IS FOR A REPAIR IN 30 DAYS WITH A CODE INSPECTION IN 15 DAYS TO ASSURE THAT WORK IS BEING COMPLETED AND WITH ALL PERMITS, UH, ROUND, UH, REQUIRED TO BE OBTAINED BEFORE THE WORK IS DONE. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? SECOND MOTION IS TO REPAIR IN 30 DAYS, UH, WITH PERMITS AND A RE-INSPECTION BY CODE OFFICER IN 15 DAYS AND A SECOND. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. SAY NAYYY. AYE. MOTION IS CARRIED. FOUR TO ONE FOR REPAIR. THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT CASE IS GONNA BE 1 35 HOLLY STREET. CORRECTION. LOOKS LIKE [6. 19-5581 (CD-5) 427 Coronado Ave] WE'RE GONNA DO 4 27 CORONADO AVENUE. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ISRAEL VILLA DANGEROUS PERMIT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 4 27 CORONADO AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 5 18, BLOCK 12 LOT 13 AND 14, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARTINEZ, ANNETTE MARIE WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS IS 4 27 CORONADO AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7. ALL NOTICE OF THE HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY. I HAVE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. UH, AT ONE POINT THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE. UH, SHE HAD BEEN IN, IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MEDICAL ISSUES, SO SHE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO, UH, COMPLETE THE REPAIRS AND, OR, UH, SHE WAS ON, ON A PLACED ON A HARDSHIP. AND THAT'S WHEN THE CASE, UH, HAS TAKEN A WHILE. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 26TH, 2018 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 27 CORONADO AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2017. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2017, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2017. ON JULY 17TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS POSTED AT 4 27 CORONA AVENUE ON JULY 16TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER, AND THE RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED YET AT THIS TIME. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF AUGUST 1ST, 2019. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 4 27 CODO AVENUE. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JUNE 26TH AND JULY 10TH. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A SIDING MISSING HERE AT THE FRONT. YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS COLUMN, THIS POST IS LEANING TO THE SIDE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICAL OR WATER ON THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE DAMAGED SIDING AND YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION HERE AT THE CORNER AND RIGHT HERE AT THE BASE FROM SIDING. FROM THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF, HOW IT'S KIND OF WAVING, IS BLOWING HERE DOWN TOWARDS THE CENTER. THIS IS THAT SAME SIDE. IT'S THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME SEPARATION HERE AT THE CORNER. MISSING SIDING HERE AT THE TOP, MISSING DOORS. UH, THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SECURED WITH BOARDS, UM, BUT SOMEBODY KEEPS GOING OVER AND PROPPING THEM OPEN. THIS IS THE REAR PORTION OF THE, UH, MAIN STRUCTURE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME SEPARATION, SOME LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION HERE AT THE BOTTOM. THIS WALL RIGHT HERE IS FROM THE, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THIS IS WHEN YOU FIRST GO INTO THE [00:45:01] MAIN STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR. YOU CAN SEE THE DAYLIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM, DAYLIGHT HERE AT THE TOP. AS FAR AS BROKEN WINDOWS. THIS IS THAT SAME, UH, LOCATION. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FLOOR COVERING HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO, NO FOUNDATION AT THE BOTTOM. THE BOARDS ARE JUST RESTING ON. GREAT. THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE KITCHEN AREA. UH, FROM THE LIVING ROOM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SHEET ROCK COVERING HAS BEEN REMOVED. YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WIRING, THE CLOSEUP OF THE EXPOSED WIRING, AND THEN AT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE WATER DAMAGE FROM THE ROOF. THIS IS THAT SAME ROOM TOWARDS THE BACK RIGHT CORNER. YOU SEE THE, UH, AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S GATHERED UP BACK HERE. AND THEN AGAIN, NO WALL COVERINGS AS YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT FROM WHERE THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN. THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE KITCHEN AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S THERE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME SHEET ROCK COVERING, UH, ON THE WALLS. THERE'S NO PAINT ON IT. AND THEN AGAIN, EXPOSED WIRES HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE CLOSEUP OF THE KITCHEN AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT HERE AT THE PA, UH, WHERE THE CORNER METER OF THE, UH, TWO WALLS. AND THEN AGAIN, THE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CEILING, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WIRING. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PATCHWORK FOR THE SHEET ROCK, OR THEY TRY TO MAKE SOME, SOME TYPE OF REPAIRS. WENT TO ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCK REMOVED, EXPOSED WIRING. THE HOLES UP HERE AT THE TOP WHERE THE, SOME OF THE WIRING HAS BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS THE RESTROOM AREA. UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR OR YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK COVERING MISSING AND THE FIXTURE'S DAMAGED AND BROKEN, AND THEN EXPOSED WIRES HERE AT THE TOP, THIS IS STILL IN THE RESTROOM AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION HERE, WHERE THE WALLS MEET. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. ACCESS AUDIO. IT'S STILL IN FRONT ELEVATION GOING TOWARDS THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AS YOU HERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME, UM, FISHING LINE. UH, THEY HAVE SOME FISH HOOKS ATTACHED TO THE FISHING LINE EVERY SIX TO 18 INCHES. AND THAT'S IN THE BACKYARD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE PURPOSE IS FOR IT. BUT HERE'S THE, AGAIN, A CLOSEUP OF THE, UH, FISHING LINE WITH THE FISH HOOKS ATTACHED TO. THERE'S ONE HOOD, THERE'S ANOTHER HOOD. THIS IS, UH, THAT WALL FROM EARLIER. THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION HERE. THERE'S A HOLE IN THE WALL WHERE, I GUESS, WHERE A WINDOW USED TO BE. IT'S BEEN REMOVED. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION HERE AT THE OVERHEAD. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY DID SOME PATCHWORK HERE AT THE TOP. WATER DAMAGE HERE AT THE BOTTOM, AND THEN DAMAGE OF THE OVERHEAD AND THE ROOF. WE WALK INTO THE STRUCTURE. THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS THE EXPOSED WIRING UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PATCHWORK ON THE SHEET ROCK IN THE CEILING. THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. UH, IT'S A MAKESHIFT ROOM. THEY DID TRY TO MAKE SOME PATCHWORK AGAIN UP AT THE TOP TO COVER UP SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING. YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR, THE FLOOR'S VERY SPONGY THROUGHOUT THERE. UH, THERE IS SOME, UH, I, WE, I GUESS SOFT FLOOR COVERINGS DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE. HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE, UH, ROOF AREA, OR YOU SEE ALL THE WATER DAMAGE FROM THE ROOF. AND AGAIN, AN EXPOSED WIRING RESTROOM AREA, THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S BEEN COLLECTING THERE. AND THIS IS TOWARDS THE SHOWER. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE UP AT THE TOP AND SOME MOLD STARTING TO GROW. HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF SOME OF THAT MOLD EXPOSED WIRING AND THE WATER DAMAGE TO THE ROOF. THIS IS A PICTURE. UH, THEY HAD A MAKESHIFT CLOSET GOING TOWARDS THE KITCHEN AREA. AND THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS VERY SPONGY. WHEN I WALKED ON IT, IT'S JUST THE FLOOR STARTED TO SINK IN A LITTLE BIT. I TRIED TO GET A BETTER PICTURE, BUT THAT'S THE BEST I COULD DO. AND THEN AGAIN, THE WATER DAMAGE UP AT THE CEILING. [00:50:03] THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH DAMAGE AND ATOR, DETERIORATED ROOF, WOOD FRAME WITH EXTERIOR WALL DAMAGE. UM, DAMAGE SIGHTING OR MISSING FOUNDATION HAS SANK INTO THE GROUND. THE SUBFLOOR DECKING HAS BEEN REMOVED IN SOME PARTS OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE, EXPOSED EXPOSED WIRES AND MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS SCANNER THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. THE DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS A DETERIORATED ROOF WITH SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE, CEILING COVER, MISSING AND EXPOSED WIRES. VISIBLE FLOOR CURVING FEELS SPONGY AND UNABLE TO HOLD LIVE. LOADS IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS DAMAGE. EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS TO RECAP THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 4 27 CORONADO AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 3 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR THE MAIN AND SUBSECTIONS 2, 7, 8, 11, AND 15. FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WITH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF 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 OR DILAPIDATION CENTEREDNESS OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 4 27 AVENUE. ARE THE QUESTIONS OF THE CALLED OFFICER? I HAVE A QUESTION. SO JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE MAIN OR THE ACCESSORY ARE BOTH VACANT? NO ONE IS LIVING THERE. THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYBODY LIVING THERE. EVERY TIME I GO THERE, THERE'S PEOPLE HANGING AROUND. UH, THERE IS NO WATER, THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL. UM, PER THE PROPERTY OWNER, THEY SAID THEY'RE COUSINS OF HERS THAT JUST GO OUT THROUGH THE PROPERTY. UM, BUT AS OF LIVING, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SIGNS OF ANYBODY LIVING THERE. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER'S NOT LIVING THERE? NO. THE PROPERTY OWNER'S NOT LIVING THERE. AND THEN I SAW BACK IN JANUARY, 2018, THE PROPERTY OWNER FILED A HARDSHIP APPLICATION. UH, WHAT WAS THE DIS THE DISPOSITION OF THAT HARDSHIP APPLICATION? IT WAS FOR MEDICAL REASONS. UH, SHE WAS HAVING, UH, I BELIEVE SPINAL SURGERY AND, UH, OF COURSE, UM, FINANCIAL. AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT DELAYED THIS PROCESS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANNETTE MARTINEZ. WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? YES. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING, OR I DUNNO IF IT'S AFTERNOON YET. MY NAME NAME'S MARIE MARTINEZ AND I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR 4 27 VO. AT YOUR HOME ADDRESS? UH, NO. IT'S, IT'S MY HOME. I DON'T LIVE THERE BECAUSE I, OF COURSE I CANNOT BECAUSE THE MEANS OF THE PROPERTY. AND GIVE US YOUR HOME ADDRESS, PLEASE. 1, 2, 3 MAIDEN LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. PRESENT YOUR CASE. WELL, IN ESSENCE, I WANTED TO TRY AND RENOVATE MY, THE PROPERTY. I WAS, I GAINED THAT PROPERTY THROUGH MY PARENTS WHEN THEY GOT DIVORCED AND I GREW UP THERE, SO I WANTED TO, TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS WHEN OFFICER BIA FIRST WENT OUT THERE, I WAS GONNA HAVE SPINAL SURGERY. I DID HAVE MY SPINAL SURGERY IN APRIL OF 2018, AND SINCE THEN, I ACCRUED AN INFECTION. SO I WAS OUT FOR A LONGER TIME. AND MY RECOVERY PERIOD IS NOT GONNA BE FOR THREE YEARS. THIS IS THE SECOND BACK SURGERY THAT I HAVE. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TRY AND SALVAGE THE PROPERTY IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS FOR IT NOW. UM, I'M ON A FIXED INCOME ON DISABILITY SINCE 2003. I'VE BEEN DISABLED. UM, I AM GONNA HAVE, I'M COMING INTO SOME MONEY SOON, BUT THAT WILL BE FOR 30 DAYS. IT'S A SETTLEMENT THAT I'VE BEEN, THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON. IT WAS A DOG BITE THAT I HAD BROKE MY PELVIS AND SOMEWHAT, AND I EXPECTED THE CASE TO BE WORTH 250,000, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, THE LIMITS ON THE CASE ARE GONNA BE 25,000. SO I'M LOOKING AT LESS NOW. AND I WAS JUST GONNA ASK FOR AN EX, NOT AN EXTENSION, BUT JUST SOME TIME SO THAT I CAN DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY OR HAVE MY HUSBAND AND HIS FAMILY DEMOLISH IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T COME OUT SO MUCH AND ADD TO MY TAXES. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I'M ASKING FOR. COURT. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, HAVE ANY SCOPE OF WORK AS FAR AS THE DEMOLITION AND A TIMEFRAME AND WHAT THAT WOULD COST? UH, NO, I DON'T. I WANTED TO RESEARCH BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET HAD HI. HE DID HIS, HIS OWN. AND I WAS GONNA TALK TO HIM ABOUT HOW HE WENT ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE GOT THOSE BIG OLD CONTAINERS HIMSELF AND HE GOT WORKERS TO DO IT FOR HIM ALSO. AND THAT HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE PEOPLE FROM MEXICO THAT DID IT FOR HIM, YOU KNOW, THAT DO CHEAP LABOR. [00:55:01] SO I WAS GONNA GO TO HIM TO FIND OUT, SO IT WOULDN'T COME OUT SO MUCH WITH A CONTRACTOR. WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WOULD CONTRACT CITY EMPLOYEES OF COURSE, AND COST ME MORE. I JUST, I AM, I'M THINKING TO ASK THREE MONTHS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TOO MUCH TIME TO ASK. UM, I'M HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE, GRANTED WITHIN THREE MONTHS TIME, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY, MY HUSBAND AND AND OTHER PEOPLE HELP HIM TO GET IT KNOCKED DOWN AND OF COURSE, GET THE PERMITS HERE. HAVE YOU FILED FOR THE PERMITS AT ALL? NO, I HAVEN'T FILED, NO, YOUR HONOR. DO YOU, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THE PROPERTY IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION IS DANGEROUS? OH, YES, I DO AGREE. I DO AGREE THAT I AGREE. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU MAY SEATED. THANK YOU, MATTHEW. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING THE LAST NAME. LA CRAWLEY. APOLOGIZE SIR, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS MATTHEW LAQUA. MY ADDRESS IS 9 2 0 2 NEW GIBO ROAD. I WAS, UH, INITIALLY CONTACTED BY MS. MARTINEZ ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, UH, WHERE SHE WAS, UM, BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF, UM, TRYING TO PLAN OUT, UH, REHAB OR RENOVATION OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF. SHE WANTED TO SEE IF SHE COULD RECTIFY, UH, AND BRING THE PROPERTY UP TO CODE AS FAR AS, UM, THE BUILDINGS AND THE STRUCTURES WERE CONCERNED, UM, WITH THE, UM, INTENT OF TURNING IT INTO INCOME, EXCUSE ME, INCOME PROPERTY, UH, THAT WAY WOULD HELP HER OUT WITH HER CURRENT MEDICAL BILLS AND WHATNOT. BUT, UM, IN DECIDING WHAT, UH, WORK WOULD NEEDED TO BE DONE, UH, AND AN ESTIMATE OF COST AND WHATNOT, UM, AND AGAIN, WITH HER CURRENT DISABILITIES AND, UM, WE'RE WAITING ON THAT DECISION AS FAR AS THAT CASE WAS CONCERNED. UM, REALLY WE DIDN'T REACH TO, WE DIDN'T GET TO, UH, UH, THE DECISION AS FAR AS, UM, UH, HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST AND, UH, WHEN WE SHOULD BE GETTING, WHEN PERMITS SHOULD BE PULLED IN AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO, UM, IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY SERVED WITH THE, UH, CURRENT VIOLATION. AND OF COURSE THAT CHANGED THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THINGS. BUT, UH, LONG STORY SHORT, UM, I'VE BEEN A LICENSED REALTOR SINCE 2006, UM, CURRENTLY LOOKING TO, UM, MOVE INTO FULL-TIME REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT. BUT, UM, I, WITH THE NETWORK THAT I HAVE, I, I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GET AT THE FINANCIAL HELP THAT SHE NEEDS. I HAVE A NETWORK OF HARD MONEY LENDERS THAT COULD PROBABLY ASSIST HER WITH, UM, I GUESS SHORT TERM LOANS, EXCUSE ME, SHORT TERM LOANS, UM, IN THIS CASE, UH, HELP HER ALONG THE WAY AS FAR AS GETTING THE STRUCTURE UP THE PAR AND BRINGING UP EVERYTHING UP TO CODE BOARD. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR, UH, ARE YOU A CONTRACTOR FIRST OF ALL? NOT LICENSED? NO, BUT I DO HAVE AN IDEA ACTUALLY. GOOD IDEA. OKAY. YOU'RE NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. NO, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE, DID YOU BRING IN THE SCOPE OF WORK OR FORTUNATELY ANYTHING BECAUSE OF, UH, THE SERVED WITH THE VIOLATION TO CHANGE THE SCOPE OF EVERYTHING AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD BE DONE TO THE HOME AS FAR AS THE RENOVATION. AND YOU HAVE NO FINANCIAL PROOF THAT YOU CAN OR SHE CAN DO THE WORK. I CAN PROVIDE IT IF THE, UM, WELL, TODAY WAS THE DAY IT SAY THAT, BUT THE DAY WAS THE DAY. SO THANK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. CHAIR, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WILL. OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 4 27 CORONADO. UM, THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY, UH, ARE PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS TO THE MAIN WOULD BE 2 3 8 11 12 15. THE ACCESSORY 2, 7, 8, 11, AND 15. AND I FIND THEM TO, UM, FOR REASONS OF, UH, ROTTED CEILINGS AND FLOOR JOS DETERIORATED FOUNDATION, UH, TO BE BEYOND A FEASIBILITY FOR REPAIR AND OUTWARD 30 DAY DEMOLITION. MOTION IS FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION FOR, UH, THE REASONS, UH, PRESENTED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND THE SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 2, 3, 8, 11, 12 AND 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. 2, 7, 8, 11, AND 15, YOU'LL HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY BE IMMEDIATELY VACATED, REMAIN VACANT, AND THAT ALL PROPER PERMITS, PERMITS ACCEPT, I'M SORRY, NOT THE PERMITS ALSO SECURE. IS THERE A FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. THERE IS A FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY AND THAT FENCE IS USUALLY LOCKED WITH, UH, KEY, UH, CHAIN LOCKED PADLOCKS. BUT THE STRUCTURES ARE USUALLY SECURED WITH THE, THE BOARD PIZZA PLY WITH THAT YOU SAW THERE. OKAY. SO, UH, THE AMENDMENT, [01:00:01] THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR TO VACATE THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY. UH, OF COURSE THERE'S NO WATER AND, UH, THERE AND OKAY. AND ALSO TO, UH, SECURE THE PROPERTY, THAT PROPERTY SHOULD BE SECURED. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO VACATE AND SECURE THE PROPERTY IS ACCEPTABLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND MOTION TO BE MADE IN SECOND? UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. I OPPOSED NAYYY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [8. 19-5583 (CD-5) 715 SW 19th St] PROPERTY IS SEVEN 15 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 7 1 5 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECORD WITH 14TH STREET, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY COURT. ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS FORUM. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB SIX SEVEN BLOCK ONE LOT C TWO, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE ONE ON RECORD IS GONZALES ANNA MARIE MARIA WITH A MAIN ADDRESS OF 6 3 0 3 KITCHENER STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WILL PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. ALLING INDIVIDUALS ARE HERE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. GONZALEZ ARI, OWNER, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 4 5 19. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVIDENCE REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 7 1 5 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON 2 6 17. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 2 9 17 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON, CLAIMED ON 2 27 19 ON 7 18 19. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 7 1 5 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET ON 7 16 19. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER ANNAMARIE GONZALEZ AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON 7 29 19. CLAIM. WE'LL NOW GO TO THE PICTURES. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE. PICTURES WILL SHOW THAT IT HAS ROOF DAMAGE, FOUNDATION DAMAGE, AND WALL AND FRAME DAMAGE. THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE HERE WHERE THE ROOF IS RUSTED OUT AND THIS OVERHANG HERE, UH, IS ALSO DAMAGED AND RUSTED OUT. IT'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROOF. HERE'S A SIDE VIEW OF THIS WALL HERE ALONG WITH THE FOUNDATION DAMAGE TOWARDS THE REAR HERE. AND IT, UH, HAS A FRAME DISCONNECTION HERE WHERE THE WALL HAS JUST, UH, PRETTY MUCH FALLEN APART. GET A CLOSER LOOK HERE. LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT LATER BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT. WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, AN ADDITION. THE CLOSER LOOK AT THE WALL, AN OBVIOUS FRAME, A DISCONNECTION HERE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. HERE'S A VIEW OF THE BOTTOM PART OF THE FRAME. IT'S DISCONNECTED ALREADY FROM THE POST BOTTOM PLATE. EVERYTHING, LOT OF TERMITE DAMAGE, WATER DAMAGE. WE LOOK AT IT FROM THE REAR AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF KICK OUT THERE COMING OUT THIS WAY. THE CLOSER LOOK THERE. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, A LOT OF ROOF DAMAGE, SIDING DAMAGE. A CLOSER LOOK FROM UNDERNEATH AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST, UH, COMING APART THERE AT THE BOTTOM FRAME. BOTTOM PLATE HERE AT THE WALL HERE. LOOKS LIKE IT PUSHED, PUSHED BACK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. DISCONNECTION HERE. LITTLE CLOSER. LOOK, I TURN MY DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM BEAM. AND HERE'S WALKING AROUND TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND LOOKING DOWN AND SEE WHAT, UH, CLOSER. LOOK AT THE POST AND THE CORNER TRANSITION. SEE WHERE, UH, WHAT KIND OF CONDITION IT'S IN, OBVIOUSLY FALLING OFF OF ITS SQUARE. LOOKING AT IT FROM THIS SIDE, WELL HERE AND THEN DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, [01:05:01] LIKE, UH, THE BOTTOM BEAM IS, IS GONE OR IS JUST SUNKEN IN THE GROUND. THEN, UH, TAKE A LOOK UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FOUNDATION POST. IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S LEANING HERE FROM END TO END. ALSO IN THE REAR REAR HERE. GO TO THE NEXT ROLL OF POST AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL NOT WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THAT, UH, LOOK MORE TOWARDS THE FRONT AND IT JUST CONTINUES ON. SO THE HOUSE HAS SHIFTED CONSIDERABLY, UH, PROBABLY JUST DUE TO THE MOISTURE AND NO, NO SKIRTING AROUND THE HOUSE. SO THE WATER JUST COMES UNDERNEATH POOLS AND THE, THE CEDAR POST JUST NO LONGER HAVE, UH, DURABILITY. HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK HERE, UH, TO THE PERIMETER BEAM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. UM, IN TOTAL IT'S JUST THE FOUNDATION FAILURE GO INSIDE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING GUTTED OUT AT ONE TIME, THE OWNER DID SHOW INTEREST IN TRYING TO REMODEL IT, THAT ALL GUTTED UP, BUT THEN, UH, NEVER FINISHED WITH, UH, WITH ANYTHING ELSE. NO PERMITS WERE PULLED. IT WAS BASICALLY JUST GUTTED OUT AND, UH, CLEANED OUT AND THEN JUST LEFT THERE SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER. SHE HAS NOT DECIDED JUST TO SELL THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. ROOF AND FOUNDATION ARE DAMAGED. EXTERIOR WALLS AND FRAME ARE DAMAGED. INTERIOR FLOORS AND WALLS ARE DAMAGED. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 0 1 5 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET IS VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE H, CHAPTER 6 1 56, SUBSECTION 5 11, 12 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IN WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER 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, OF STANDARD OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HESITATION, POST THREATS OR POTENTIAL THREATS TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 7 1 5 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE CALL? OFFICER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ANNAMARIE FLORES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS. MY NAME IS ANNA MARIE FLO AND IS FIVE OH FIVE. PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN WHERE IT'S CLOSER TO YOU. THERE YOU GO. AND REPEAT AGAIN, YOUR NAME AGAIN. AND ANNA FLORES. FLO. UH, THE ADDRESS IS 5 0 5 10. THANK YOU MA'AM. PRESENT YOUR CASE. UM, YOUR HONOR, THIS TIME, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CONDITION FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. UM, AT THE TIME I DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL, UH, CAPABILITY TO REMODEL THE HOUSE. LIKE I, I WANTED TO AND I FOUND MYSELF IN A REALLY, UH, BURDEN FINANCIALLY, BUT NOW I'M RECEIVING MY RETIREMENT. I CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THIS HOUSE, BUT WHAT I DECIDED TO DO IS TO SELL AS IS, BUT BRING IT APART, BRING IT INTO, UM, COMPLIANCE. YOU KNOW, I, YESTERDAY I WENT AND HAD THE YARD FIXED, UH, I'M CLEANED AND, UM, I'M WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND, AND WORK WITH HIS HOUSES, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BRING IT APART. TO BRING IT UP, UH, SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND SELL IT. I'M ASKING FOR TIME FOR THAT. AND ALSO, IF I CAN SELL IT AT THAT TIME, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT DEMOLISHED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, MS. FLORES? THAT MS. STRAND, YOU WANNA FIX IT UP? YEAH, JUST TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, UM, IN ORDER FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANNA FIX IT UP AND IF YOU CAN'T SELL IT, HAVE IT DEMOLISHED. WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T, IF I CAN'T BRING IT, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, FIX IT UP, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A WAY WHERE I CAN, I, I LEMME ASK YOU THIS. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO FIX IT UP? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO HAVE IT FIXED UP FOR DEMOLITION? I, AT THIS TIME I DON'T HAVE THOSE PRICES, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. I WOULDN'T KNOW. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MS. FLORES? [01:10:01] OH, MS. FLORES, YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO FIX IT OUT AND YOU PENSION OR SOMETHING AT THIS TIME? I, YES MA'AM. MS. BROWN. I WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME OF THOSE, UM, THINGS THAT ARE FALLING DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN JUST, MA'AM, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO DO THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. IT IS FALLING DOWN AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR PENSION NECESSARILY GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOUR PENSION IS FOR YOU TO LIVE ON, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO REQUIRE AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY. I UNDERSTAND. AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU PERSONALLY MAY NEED YOUR MONEY TO LIVE ON. EVERY TIME I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THINGS ARE GOING UP. SO I'M SURE YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY. SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MONEY WOULD BE AT ITS BEST USE DOING THIS. THAT'S MY PERSONAL TAKING THIS, MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE PRESENT TO THE BOARD? NO, SIR. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. PATRICK FLORES, YOU WOULD, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS PATRICK FLORES. UH, IT'S, UH, 78 22 PORT SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 2 7. THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU WOULD ADD YOUR COMMENTS TO THE STRUCTURE. UM, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY SISTER. I, I, I PAID SOME TAXES ON IT, SO I I HAVE SOME WORDS IN IT. UH, SOME. MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOES NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED. I WENT TO GO SEE IT. UH, WE HIRED SOMEBODY TO CLEAN THE YARD, UH, JUST RECENTLY, AND I JUST, UH, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD OF THAT PAPER WHEN, WHEN I WENT TO, UH, TO GO SEE IT A FEW WEEKS AGO IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THIS HEARING WAS GONNA BE HELD. UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MY SISTER AND I'VE BEEN TELLING HER THAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST TO GO AHEAD AND SELL IT AT IT AS IS, TAKE THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OFF HER AND JUST SELL IT. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S MY ADVICE TO HER. SO THE REASON WHY I'M UP HERE IS BECAUSE I JUST, UH, I JUST, I JUST, I GOT SOME MONEY INVOLVED IN THIS BOARD. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF, MR, DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY? UM, YES, I DO. ABBOTT WITH YOU? I GOT A COPY OF IT. GIVE IT TO THE LADIES HERE AND LET TAKE IT TO THE ATTORNEY. WELL, HE'S DOING THAT. LEMME ASK YOU THIS. YOU'RE NOT FOR FIXING IT UP TO DEMO IT LATER. IF IT DOESN'T SOUND, YOU WANT TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE. IF WE CAN FIND A BUYER THAT'S WILLING TO PAY US THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE GO FOR IT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THAT HOUSE TO SET THERE ANY CONDITION? YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UH, THAT DOCUMENT IS SIGNED BY THE OWNER AND OWNER'S BROTHER, WITH THE INTENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY. UM, THERE IS NO OTHER PARTY INVOLVED. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. MR. FLORES, UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. SENECA, I'LL MOVE AT THE PROPERTY AT 7 1 5 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET. LEGAL DESCRIPTION, N C B SIX SEVEN, BLOCK ONE LOT TWO C IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. AND DEFINE AN ARTICLE EIGHT CHAPTER 6 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 5, 11, 12, AND 15, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE OR BEING REPAIRED, AND THAT ORDER THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING. MOTION IS TO DEMO IN 30 DAYS FOR RESULT, UH, OR AS A RESULT OF SUBSECTIONS 5, 11, 12, AND 15 OF SAN ANTONIO CODE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. [01:15:03] AND TO SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. NAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY FOR DEMO IN 30 DAYS. [5. 19-5580 (CD-1) 114 Cincinnati] OUR NEXT CASE IS ONE 14 CINCINNATI. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ISRAEL VIA DANGEROUS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SANNIA DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT ONE 14 CINCINNATI WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND PARTIAL DEMOLITION FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 0 3 3 BLOCK FOUR, LOT EIGHT, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS KINZIE BERTA C S WITH A MAIDEN ADDRESS OF ONE 14 CINCINNATI, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ALL NOTICE OF THE HEARING PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. THE OWNER'S SISTER IS PRESENT TODAY. SPEAKER BEHALF. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE. PHONE NUMBER (210) 838-6933 FOUND FOR FRANCIS CIO, UH, ONE OF THE SISTERS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, SHE HAS PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE REPAIRS OF THE FOUNDATION WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE. UM, NO FURTHER DOCUMENTATION FOR THE REPAIRS THAT BEEN PROVIDED UP UNTIL TODAY. THE FOUNDATION PERMIT ON FILE IS 2 3 8 9 4 4 4. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 10TH, 2018 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING ONE 14TH ZINE WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 25TH, 2017. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON JANUARY 27TH, 2017, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIVABLES RETURNED ON CLAIM ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2017. ON JULY 17TH, 2019, THE NOTICE WHERE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS POSTED AT ONE 14 CINCINNATI ON JULY 16TH, 2019, THE ORDER FOR THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS MAILED OUT TO THE OWNER, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAD WAS RETURNED ON JULY 22ND, 2019. ON JULY 17TH, 2019, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT PHOTOS OF INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. A LETTER OF SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE REST OF THE REPAIRS ON THE STRUCTURE. UH, NO TIMEFRAME HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS TO WHEN THE REPAIRS WILL TAKE PLACE. AS OF JULY 31ST, 2019. THERE'S ONLY ONE PERMANENT FILE FOR THE, AND THAT'S FOR THE FOUNDATION REPAIR. AND THAT'S PERMIT NUMBER 2 3 8 9 4 4 4. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JULY 16TH AND JULY 17TH. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN REPAIRED. UM, I BELIEVE THEY ADDED 42 POSTS AND THEY RAISED THE STRUCTURE UP. UH, YOU CAN SEE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION HERE AT THE FRONT. YOU CAN SEE SOME SAGGING HERE AT THE PORCH. AND THEN OF COURSE, SOME DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF. THE CLOSEUP OF THE PORCH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF. UH, THERE IS A TREE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE HOUSE. UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT CAUSED SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF. AND THERE IS A HOLE, UM, JUST BEYOND THIS WALL. ON THE BACKSIDE GOES ABOVE THE, UH, PORCH. WHERE HAS THE DECKING HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. I'M SORRY. REPLACED. THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION. AS YOU'RE LOOKING TO THE HOUSE TOWARDS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GUTTERS STARTING TO FALL DOWN. AGAIN, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION. AND THEN HERE AT THE BON, WE CAN SEE WHERE THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THIS IS THE LEFT HAND OR THE LEFT SIDE OF ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION HERE OF THE, UH, WALL COVERING. AND THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. IS HE SAGGING HERE? [01:20:03] THIS IS STILL THAT SAME SIDE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PORCH FRONT SIDE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT. AND THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT WHERE THAT HOLE IS INSIDE ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION HERE ALONG WHERE THE TWO WALLS MEET. AND THEN YOU HERE AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AND WHERE THE ROOF HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THEN AGAIN, A CLOSEUP OF THE FOUNDATION WHERE IT'S BEEN REPAIRED. FOUNDATION ON THE BACK PORTION, UH, WHEN WE WALKED IN, THERE'S NO SUBFLOOR COVERING. THERE'S ONLY THE SHEET METAL. UH, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T WALK ON IT SO WE WOULDN'T FALL THROUGH. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE REPAIRS TOOK PLACE FOR THE FOUNDATION OR THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE FOUNDATION, UH, HAS NOT BEEN COM. REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED. HE DID PROVIDE A CONTRACT FOR THE, UH, WORK BEING DONE ON THE FOUNDATION. WHEN YOU WALK IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, THIS IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE UP AT THE CEILING. YOU SEE THE SEPARATION. THE WALL, THIS IS THE CEILING. THIS IS THAT SAME HALLWAY. YOU SEE THERE'S, I GUESS AT ONE POINT THERE WAS WALLPAPER AND ALL THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR. THE FRONT DOOR HAS BEEN, UH, SECURED WITH A PADLOCK. THIS IS THE FRONT LEFT BEDROOM, UH, WHERE THAT HOLE WAS, WHERE THE TREE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE REPAIRS HAD BEEN DONE TO THE FOUNDATION, BUT THE SUBFLOOR HAS BEEN REMOVED. AND JUST MISCELLANEOUS RUBBISH IN THE ROOM. THIS IS THAT ROOF, UM, THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WHEN YOU GO PAST THE PORCH, THIS IS THE DAMAGE. WHEN YOU GO PAST THAT ROOM TO THE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE, THE FRONT RIGHT ROOM, THAT WOULD BE THIS ROOM. HERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME BLOOD CRACKING HERE AT THE WALL. THAT WAS BY THE SHIFTING. THE DAYLIGHT HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE IS JUST GLARE FROM THE WINDOW, SAME ROOM OR JUST TRASH. AND DEBRIS IS JUST SCATTERED AROUND. AS YOU MAKE IT PAST THAT ROOM, YOU'RE INSIDE THE, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE LIVING ROOM AREA? OR, I'M SORRY, DINING ROOM AREA. AND, AND THIS ROOM, THE ONLY THING IT HAS DAMAGE WAS JUST THE WALLPAPERS. ONCE YOU MAKE IT PAST THIS ROOM, GOING TOWARDS THE KITCHEN AREA, THERE'S SOME HOLES ON THE FLOOR. AND THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE CEILING. THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK ROW. THIS FLOOR RIGHT HERE IS VERY SPONGY. WHEN WE'RE WALKING ON IT, IT, UH, WE TRIED NOT TO STAY IN THIS ROOM VERY LONG. WE JUST TOOK THE PICTURES HOWEVER WE COULD. SOME OF THE DOORS ARE BOARDED UP FROM THE INSIDE, SO LIMITED ACCESS, UH, TO THE HOUSE. WE GET BETTER PICTURES. WE DID TAKE PIC SOME PHOTOS FROM THE, UH, WINDOW SIDES. AND THEN WHEN WE MADE ENTRY THROUGH THE, UH, RESTROOM WINDOW. UH, BUT HERE AT THE TOP, SAME ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THE DAYLIGHT DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF. AND THEN HERE WHERE THE WALLS MEET, SEPARATION, THOSE SAME ROOMS AND WHERE, UH, ROOF DAMAGE DAYLIGHT IN THIS BACK CORNER. AND THEN RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION. SOME OF THE, UH, WALL COVERINGS, OF COURSE CRACKING SHE BROUGHT, CAUSED BY THE SHIFTING. AND THEN AGAIN, SOME MORE ROOF DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT HERE AT THE TOP OF THE HOLE. NO WATER DAMAGE HERE TOWARDS THE BACK. THIS IS THE RESTROOM. THIS IS THE TUB. RIGHT HERE IS DAYLIGHT, SOME SEPARATION. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT GOING ALL DOWN THROUGH, UH, ALONG THE, UH, BATHTUB. THERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE, UH, DAYLIGHT AND SEPARATION BETWEEN THE WALLS. THEN THIS IS THE OTHER CORNER OF THE, UH, BATHTUB. THIS IS STILL THE BATHTUB AREA. YOU CAN SEE SEPARATION GOING UP ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BOW ON THE COVERING IN THE RESTROOM, I GUESS WHAT REPAIRS WERE BEING TAKING PLACE. SOME OF THIS WAS REMOVED, THE SHEETROCK COVERING. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, HOLES WHERE THE PLUMBING USED TO BE. THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA. MISCELLANEOUS [01:25:01] DEBRIS HERE THROUGHOUT. AGAIN, MORE CEILING DAMAGE CAUSED BY WATER. THIS IS GOING OUT TOWARDS THE, UH, BACK OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE, UH, PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSES. THIS IS JUST THE HALLWAY. SOME LACK OF WATER, I'M SORRY, SOME WATER DAMAGE. AND OF COURSE, UH, LACK OF WATER PROTECTION. AND THERE IS NO FLOOR COVERING OTHER THAN THAT SHEET METAL THAT I TOOK A PICTURE OF EARLIER. AND THEN GOING TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU SEE SEPARATION HERE IN THE BACK. THIS IS THE PICTURE TAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE WHERE YOU CAN JUST, SHEET METAL HAS A SUBFLOOR RECOVERY. THEN MOST OF THE DOORS INSIDE THE HOUSE ARE BOARDED UP. SO LIMITED ACCESS IS TO THE, THE ROOMS IN THE HOUSE AS AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY BOARDED UP EVERY SINGLE ENTRY TO SOME OF THE ROOMS. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, FRONT ELEVATION, THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION. AND THEN THIS BACK PORTION TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS COLLAPSED. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY. RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE HAS HOLES IN THE FRONT PORTION OF THE ROOF. THE DECKING IS MISSING AT OR DAMAGED. THE EXTERIOR WALLS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION, HAVE PARTIALLY SEPARATED WALLS AND AND DAMAGED SIDING. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN REPAIRED, MISSING DECKING IN THE PORCH AREA. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE REAR PORTION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT ONE 14 CINCINNATI ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR THE MAIN. AND 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. AND WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURES WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING. ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD ORAL FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION, POST THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND PARTIAL DEMOLITION FOR THE ACCESSORY. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR ONE 14. SINCE TODAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER MR. ZUNI? YES. UH, I SEE WHERE INSPECTION STARTED ON JANUARY THE 25TH, 2017. YES SIR. WHAT WAS THE DELAY? ALL THE WAY TO NOW? THE DELAY WAS, UH, A HARDSHIP CASE FOR, UH, FINANCIAL. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE GAVE AN EXTENSION ONCE THE REPAIRS TO THE, UH, FOUNDATION STARTED. AND THEN ONCE THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COMPLETED, WE PROCEEDED TO BRING THE CASE FORWARD TO THE BOARD. SO DURING THE, UH, HARDSHIP, HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU GIVE THEM? I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, NINE MONTHS HARDSHIP. NINE MONTHS? YES SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. STRANDIS, LEMME ASK YOU, UH, CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE SIX WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, IS THERE A PERMIT PULLED ON THE FOUNDATION? YES, SIR. THERE'S A PERMIT. HAS IT BEEN INSPECTED? UH, AS PER THE NOTES, IT HAS BEEN INSPECTED. ONCE, WATCH YOUR HEAD COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU LOOK AT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, THAT SPLIT. THERE'S NO SUPPORT HERE. THIS ONE'S OFF. THIS IS NOT ANCHORED PROPERLY UNLESS THE CODE IS CHANGED. IS THIS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BOLTED TO THE FOUNDATION PIERCE? YES, SIR. BUT THE, UH, REPAIRS IN THE FOUNDATION HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. WELL, YOU PUT THE BOLT OR THE PLATE IN PRIOR TO PUTTING THE BEAMS ON. AND IF THIS IS LIKE THIS, CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 11 AND 12? AND THESE ARE THE SAME WAY. THOSE ARE NOT PROPERLY ANCHORED TO THE FOUNDATION, IS THAT CORRECT? AS BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, YES SIR. AND THE CODE COMPLIANCE OR THE CODE, NOT EVEN THE STATE CODE OR INTERNATIONAL CODE IS CHANGED, IS THAT CORRECT? TO, TO ANCHOR THESE TO THE PEERS? YES, SIR. AS BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S CORRECT. SO WHY IS THERE A, [01:30:01] NOT A STOP ORDER UNTIL THIS IS CORRECTED? I WILL GET WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTORS, UH, IN CHARGE OF THOSE TYPE OF INSPECTIONS AND THEN ISSUE OUT THE PROPER NOTIFICATIONS TO STOP WORK IF DEEMED THAT IT REQUIRES IT. IF THIS ISN'T CORRECTED HERE, THEN NOTHING ELSE IS GONNA BE CORRECTED OR, OR FIXED. AND IT MIGHT BE FIXED PROPERLY. BUT IF IT'S NOT DONE HERE AND AS A CONTRACTOR, WHY AM I HAVING TO GO BY SPECIFIES? AND THIS ONE ISN'T AND THIS IS ON THE RADAR. RIGHT? THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT THESE PIERS. THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY GO IN THE GROUND TO ME, LIKE DOWN TO THE BEDROCK. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SITTING ON TOP OF THE GROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE ONE OR TWO WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COLOR. SOME LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN IN THE GROUND, BUT THEN THEY ROSE ABOVE IT. CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, WHICH, UH, PICTURE IT WAS. BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME. I, I CAN'T SEE HOW GO COULD, COULD PASS THIS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT OFFICER? THANK YOU FRANCIS NUNCIO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. UH, YES. MY NAME IS FRANCIS NUNCIO AND I RESIDE AT 93 35 AUTUMN SUN. THANK YOU MA'AM. PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CASE. OKAY. UM, AS FAR AS THE HOUSE, UH, IS CONCERNED, THE HOUSE HAD BEEN VACANT AFTER MY MOM PASSED AND MY SISTER HAD LIVED THERE A FEW YEARS UNTIL SHE GOT GOT ILL AND STARTED RECITING WITH MY OTHER SISTER. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE I MET, UH, MR. VELA IN REFERENCE TO THE VIOLATIONS, THEY WERE STAYING WITH ME AT MY OWN HOME. I HAD TWO ILL SISTERS AND THEN ONCE THEY, UH, WERE WELL ENOUGH, I SENT 'EM BACK TO THE, MY OTHER SISTER'S HOUSE. NOW, AS FAR AS THE FOUNDATION, I HAVE PICTURES 'CAUSE I WAS GOING, WE GO THERE EVERY DAY AND THEY HAD DUG BIG HOLES IN THE GROUND. SO I HAVE PICTURES SHOWING THOSE POSTS ARE IN THE GROUND. UM, BECAUSE THE OTHER TIME WE HAD FOUNDATION WORK, THEY PROBABLY WERE SITTING ON TOP. BUT AS FAR AS THE OTHER WORK, UM, WE HAVE HIRED, WELL, I'VE HAD DIFFERENT BIDS FROM DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS. MY SISTER EVEN PAID SOME PEOPLE FOR ESTIMATES AND THAT'S WHEN I STOPPED EVERYTHING. 'CAUSE I WORK ALL DAY EIGHT TO FIVE AND UNTIL I MET A CONTRACTOR THAT I COULD TRUST, LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN THAT DID THE FOUNDATION, HE WORKED IN THAT AREA AND I SAW OTHER HOMES HE HAD DONE. THAT'S HOW I GOT HIS NUMBER. AND THEN I CAME ACROSS THE OTHER CONTRACTOR HERE BECAUSE I WAS SCOPING OUT WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, KNOWING THE OLDER HOMES. AND I SAW THEM DOING THE CONTRACT WORK ON A ROOF. SO THAT'S WHY CONTACTED THE CONTRACTOR I HAVE HERE. MY INTENTION IS TO FIX THE HOUSE. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MA'AM? IS THIS YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT HERE? IT'S A COMBINATION OF MY SISTERS AND MINE. THERE'S OTHER AVAILABLE, I'M SORRY, WHAT? THERE'S OTHER, UM, FUNDS AVAILABLE. SHE'S RETIRED NOW FROM THE, SHE USED TO WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHO, WHO? MY SISTER. OKAY. SO, AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE BID THAT YOU GOT FROM THE CONTRACTOR? UM, THAT'S A PARTIAL BID? YES. YEAH, PARTIAL BID. AND IT SAYS IT'S, IT'S FOR, UM, THE PRINT IS SO SMALL HERE. JUST A MOMENT. UM, UH, FOR WHATEVER WORK HE'S GONNA DO, GONNA BE $15,000 FOR THE START. OH, OKAY. BUT HE HAS FOUNDATION IN HERE. I CAN SEE THAT. AND HE HAS, UM, OH, FRAMING. FRAMING THE, UH, FLOOR FLOORS, THE FLOOR JOYS, THE CEILING JOISTS A DEMO, DEMO OF THE ROOF MATERIALS, UH, YOU KNOW, $15,000 FOR ALL THIS WORK, MA'AM. I MEAN I COULD SEE THE, THE FOUNDATION EATING THAT UP LIKE IN A HEARTBEAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, REPAIRS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, MA'AM. THIS IS FOR DEMO FRAMING, LABOR AND MATERIALS. AND HE INCLUDED THE, THE PERMIT AND, AND THEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AN ENGINEER'S FEE. BUT I DON'T SEE THAT. [01:35:03] I JUST, UH, IT IS IN PHASES. I'M SORRY. AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO GET THE STRUCTURE SOUND FOR. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE, MA'AM. AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK. HALF OF THE HOUSE IS IN GOOD CONDITION IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE HOUSE. I MEAN, YES, THE OTHER HALF IS COMING APART. SOME OF IT I STARTED DEMOING MYSELF. THAT'S WHY THE HOUSE WAS NOT INSULATED. UM, AND IT WAS NOT WHAT SHEET BROUGHT, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT WALLPAPER TORN DOWN. ALL THE WALLS UP HAD WALLPAPER FROM BACK THEN. THE SOUTH IS 1908. I PULLED IT DOWN MYSELF AS FAR AS LIKE IF YOU GO IN SOME OF THE ROOMS, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE CEILING. 'CAUSE I ACTUALLY PULLED THE SHEET ROCK OFF SO I COULD SEE WHAT THAT CEILING STRUCTURE LOOKED LIKE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF GAPS. AND THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED TO THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THE WORK. THAT WHOLE SIDE ALL HAS TO BE REBELLED. SO WE ARE, UH, GOING THROUGH PHASES TO GET THE STRUCTURE SOUND. AND THEN FROM THERE WE'RE GONNA DO THE OTHER PART. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE INTERIOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO ABOUT SLIDE 16 WHERE THE ROOF IS CAVED IN. THAT'S GONNA BE ALL REFRAMED AND THE ROOF IS GONNA BE REDONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. UH, WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE FOUNDATION WORK? 'CAUSE I NOTICED THIS IS FOR THE FRAMING, THE DRYING IN ALL THAT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION. IS THAT A SEPARATE BID? AND HAS THAT BEEN PAID ALREADY? UM, THE, IN THE BEGINNING GOT PAID BY THIS OTHER PERSON AND HE SAID HE HAD, I MEAN, HE HASN'T COMPLETED IT BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE THE PORCH. HE DIDN'T FINISH THE POST IN THE FRONT. 'CAUSE I WANTED THE PORCH DONE. AND AS FAR AS THE SKIRTING, I DIDN'T WANT THE SKIRT PUT ON UNTIL THE STRUCTURE IS SOUND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO FINISH THE BOTTOM BECAUSE I NEED TO GET THAT OTHER PART DONE. SO HE'S SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND HE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH ME, HE'S WAS GONNA FINISH UP SOME OF THE FOUNDATION AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALL IN PHASES. OKAY. BUT THE FOUNDATION AT THIS POINT'S NOT COMPLETE. RIGHT. THE FOUNDATION'S IN PROGRESS AND THEN THIS WORK HAPPENS AFTER THAT. AND THEN AFTER THIS YOU HAVE MORE WORK PLANNED. OKAY, MA'AM, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. IF THE FOUNDATION ISN'T FINISHED, HAVE YOU STARTED ANY OTHER WORK OTHER THAN THE FOUNDATION? NOT YET. SO THE OTHER CONTRACTORS ARE WAITING FOR THE FOUNDATION TO BE FINISHED. I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. I DON'T DO FOUNDATION WORK, SO I AM GOING BY, HE DID PERMITTED WORK THAT WAS ALLOWED. I DON'T KNOW WHEN Y'ALL START MENTIONING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TIED IN. I DON'T KNOW THAT KIND OF THING. SO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING UNTIL YOU MENTION THAT. IF YOU GO TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS, 'CAUSE HE'S GOT STILL, UM, A LOT OF, UM, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, THOSE BARS, REBAR STICKING UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT POST HOLDING IN BETWEEN THE BEANS OR THAT ARE THERE I THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT ON YOUR PORCH. ON SLIDE, UM, SIX, WHICH IS NOT A PROPER WAY THAT I KNOW OF AS A BUSINESS CON, I DO THIS FOR A LIVING. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT EITHER, SO I'M GOING BY WHAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE DOING TO THAT. RIGHT. WELL I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS HOLDING UP THE REST OF YOUR CONTRACT. WHEN DID YOU ANTICIPATE FINISHING THIS ALL CONSTRUCTION? LEMME LEMME, MR. CHAIRMAN WANNA ORDER AHEAD. WE SHOULD ASK THE CONTRACTOR. I BELIEVE SHE ALREADY HAS, UH, SOME OF THE PERMITS. AND I THINK WE, UH, SHOULD, SHOULD TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR SINCE WE'RE NOT IN THE CONSTRUCTION. SOON AS MS. UH, NUNCIO HAS COMPLETED HER TESTIMONY, WE'LL ASK THE CONTRACTOR TO COME UP. NOW. WHEN, WHEN WAS YOUR, UH, SCOPE OF FINISHING ALL OF THIS? SO YOU, THAT HOUSE COULD BE LIVABLE, I WOULD SAY FOR CO COMPLIANCE REASONS AND GETTING IT UP TO CODE, UM, WITHIN 120 DAYS TO GET THAT STRUCTURE PUT TOGETHER. AND CONTRACTORS HAVE ALREADY TRIED GETTING THE PERMITS SO THEY COULD START ON THIS, BUT I MEAN, WE HAD TO COME TO COURT FOR THIS. RIGHT, BUT YOU STARTED THIS PRIOR TO, SO YOU, YOUR, YOUR GOAL WAS 120 DAYS FROM START TO FINISH? NO, NOT WITH THE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG THE FOUNDATION WAS GONNA TAKE. AND EVERY TIME THE, THE CONTRACTOR WAS WORKING ON THE FOUNDATION, [01:40:01] WE HAD ALL THESE RAINY DAYS. OKAY. AND ALL HIS HOLES WERE GETTING FULL OF WATER AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO PUT THIS CEMENT ON SOGGY GROUND. SO I KEPT TELLING HIM, YOU NEED TO WAIT TILL THIS DRIES OUT. SO YOUR NEW TARGET IS 120 DAYS FROM YES, IT'S FROM NOW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, THIS IS FOR STAFF, THE COURT OFFICER. SAY AGAIN? THIS, THIS IS FOR SNAP QUESTION FOR SNAP. WAS IT CALLED OFFICER? YES. YES, SIR. UH, SIR, UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONS, HAVE PERMITS BEEN PULLED ON IT? YES, SIR. THERE'S A PERMANENT FILE. OKAY. SO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED ON IT. AND THE DIRECTION IS THERE THAT YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S COMPLETED THAT IT WILL BE REINSPECTED FOR FINALIZATIONS. IS THAT TRUE? YES, SIR. IT WAS ALREADY REINSPECTED, UH, THE INSPECTION WAS APPROVED BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED AN ENGINEER'S LETTER SAYING THAT THE FOUNDATION WAS OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. MS. NUNCIO, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED, WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP IF YOU DON'T MIND. UH, WE HAVE MARK SPY, UH, SPIDERMAN, WHO ALSO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE. IF YOU WOULD, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS. UH, MY NAME IS MARK SPIELMAN. MY HOME ADDRESS IS 900 WEST WOODLAWN AVENUE. UH, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF, UH, BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE. UM, I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GET HERE IN THE MORNINGS MUCH, BUT WITH THIS ACCIDENT I HAD RECENTLY, I'M HERE IN IN PLACE OF SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE HERE REPRESENTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS WHO WANT TO REPAIR AND, AND UPDATE THE HOMES IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT. UH, WE'D RATHER THAT THAN, THAN THE PROPERTIES BE DEMOLISHED WHEN, UH, IT'S FEASIBLE TO DO SO. WE'VE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY SINCE THE, UH, OCTOBER PERMIT WAS PULLED FOR THE FOUNDATION. UH, WE'RE FOLLOWING IT THROUGH AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT REALLY IS VIABLE TO DO THAT REHAB ON THIS PROPERTY. IT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW, A TWO BEDROOM HOME IS SELLING FOR AROUND $300,000. TO PUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO THIS IS FAIRLY A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO, UH, RECOUP THEIR, UH, EXPENSES AND, AND SELL IT AT A PROFIT. SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN OUTLANDISH THING TO EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REHAB THIS WITH THE, UH, AMOUNT OF, UH, DAMAGE THAT THERE IS BY NEGLECT TO THE PROPERTY. AND, AND DAMAGE BY NEGLECT IS, UH, PRETTY COMMON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN REHABBED AND, YOU KNOW, ONE RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME RECENTLY SOLD FOR $320,000 TO TWO BEDROOM. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS SHOCKED HOW NICE IT LOOKED WHEN IT WAS DONE. I MEAN, IT CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT VERY NICELY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, PARTICULARLY WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE, UH, THE SITE OF THE, UH, HUB, TRANSPORTATION HUB AT THE, UH, INTERSECTION OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AND, UH, BLANCO ROAD. UH, THEY'RE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO, UH, UH, PRESENT THE IDEA THAT, UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME RESOURCES TO THE PEOPLE HERE. WE'VE HAD OTHER PROPERTIES, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE ASSISTED, UH, WITH SOME OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS AND, AND GIVING ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE TO UP, UH, YOU KNOW, UPDO THEIR HOMES SO THAT THEY'RE READY TO SELL. UH, WE'D LIKE YOU TO AT LEAST CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISION. AND I KNOW I'M, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I, LIKE I SAID, I, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THIS BOARD BEFORE, BUT, UH, IT'S VERY INSIGHTFUL. I, I LIKE THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK AND, UH, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM HERE. I I, I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE THIS BOARD BEFORE, BUT, UH, YOU SEEM TO BE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS WITNESS? THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. UM, CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK MORE OF THE OWNER. UH, WOULD YOU MIND IF WE HEAR FROM THE CONTRACTOR BEFORE WE ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE OWNER? WELL, ABOUT THE, IT IS, UH, IS IN CONDITION WITH THE OTHER TWO STRUCTURES THAT ARE ON HERE, WHAT THE INTENT OF THOSE ARE. I THINK THE CONTRACTOR MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER BASED ON HER LAST, UH, HER POWER TESTIMONY. OKAY. IT, NOT, [01:45:01] WE'RE OKAY. OKAY. JESSE GUERRERA, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JESSE RA. I RESIDE AT 1434 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. OUR COMPANY IS, UH, RA ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE REGISTERED HERE IN THE CITY TO PERFORM ANY KIND OF WORK FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL. UH, WE SPECIALIZE IN, UH, REMODELING, UH, HISTORICAL HOMES. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING ANOTHER ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON SATCH, UH, NINE 11. IT'S A 2100 SQUARE FOOT HOME. WE'RE ABOUT TO START DOING A FULL REHAB ON THAT ONE AS WELL. UM, SO, UH, MS. UH, NUNCIO DID, UH, GIVE US A CALL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. UH, SHE DID GET OUR PHONE NUMBER FROM ONE OF OUR SIGNS FROM ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE REHABBING. SHE DECIDED TO GIVE US A CALL AND, UH, GET SOME ADVICE AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND AT THAT POINT, THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE SHOWED UP TO THE JOB SITE TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN, UH, WE SAW THE INSPECTING OFFICERS THERE AND, UH, SS A P D AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE PULLED UP KIND OF AT A GOOD TIME. UH, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD, UH, DIALOGUE OUT THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE. UH, WE WEREN'T, UH, ALLOWED TO GET INTO THE PROPERTY FOR A SET REASONS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS WARRANTS IN PLACE AND WHATNOT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DID JUST TAKE PICTURES OF THE EXTERIOR, UH, TALK TO THE INSPECTORS ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DO, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE US TO DO IT. WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE ALREADY WITH CIO WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK. AND YES, IT IS 15,000 AND THAT IS JUST FOR THE FIRST PHASE. AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE STRICTLY FRAMING THE EXTERIOR CEILINGS, WALLS, AND ROOF. WE'RE GONNA DEMO EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE WOOD FRAME, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL STRUCTURALLY SOUND LIKE WE ALWAYS DO CALL FOR AN INSPECTION, YOU KNOW, FOR A FRAMING INSPECTION. ONCE THE FRAMING INSPECTION HAS BEEN APPROVED, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND DRYING IT ALL IN AS FAR AS THE EXTERIOR AND THE ROOF. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD INTO THE REST OF THE REHAB. YOU KNOW, GETTING PERMITS FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, INSTALLATION. AND, UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'LL PULL OUT NECESSARY PERMITS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO COMMENCE THE WORK. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE HAVE IS JUST FOR THE DEMO OF THE EXTERIOR SIDING, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET TO THE WOOD FRAME, UH, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE WINDOWS AND EVERY BEDROOM, LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, KITCHEN IS ALL UP TO PAR AS FAR AS FRAMING HEADERS, UM, YOU KNOW, DOORS AND WINDOWS THAT ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, FRAMED OUT TO CODE. UM, I DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING HERE ON THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE, UH, SHE DID STATE RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, SHE DID HIRE A, A PREVIOUS FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR THAT'S NOT A PART OF MY COMPANY. UM, SO THEREFORE WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GIVE US A CALL AND SEE IF HE'S GONNA ADDRESS ANY ISSUES. I'M GONNA PULL ALL THE PERMITS NECESSARY, SO WE NEED TO GET A REINSPECTION OUT THERE FOR THAT FOUNDATION, MAKE SURE IT'S UP TO PAR BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE TO THE STRUCTURE. THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, IS THE FOUNDATION, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SO ONCE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE AS FAR AS ENGINEER REPORTS, LETTERS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN PASSED. THEN FROM THERE ON WE CAN DEFINITELY COMMENCE AND START THE DEMOLITION PROCESS AND GET EVERYTHING UP TO PAR WITHIN AT LEAST 120 DAYS. I TOLD HER WE CAN HAVE THAT READY. UH, MY MAIN THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRUCTURES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOUSE IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND, THAT THE FRAME IS UP TO PAR. AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN FINISH OFF THE REMODELING, YOU KNOW, PROCESS BOARD. I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. GUERRERA? I DO, YES. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THE PREVIOUS FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING OR DOESN'T SHOW UP TO COMPLETE THE WORK, DOES YOUR COMPANY DO FOUNDATION WORK ON? YES, SIR. I DO HAVE SEVERAL, UH, SUBCONTRACTORS THAT I DO HIRE TO DO MY HOUSE LEVELING. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IF WE HAVE TO, TO THAT POINT, I DID MENTION TO MS, UM, NUNCIO THAT IF, UH, FOR SOME REASON THAT HE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'D GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH HIS WORK, YOU KNOW, UH, IF HE DOESN'T SHOW UP, DOESN'T CALL US WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN, YOU KNOW, I, I ADVISED HER THAT I'LL HAVE TO GIVE HER A SEPARATE ITEMIZED BID, YOU KNOW, TO GO AHEAD AND GET MY CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT HERE AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS UP TO PAR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE COMPLETE WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED, THE, THE FRAMING WILL BE DONE, THE ROOF STRUCTURE WILL BE DONE, THE ROOF COVERING WILL BE ON THE EXTERIOR SIDING, COVERING WILL BE ON, THE WINDOWS WILL BE IN PLACE, AND THE HOUSE WILL BE DRIED IN AND SECURED. YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, ONCE THE FRAMING INSPECTION HAS BEEN PASSED, UM, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START DRYING IT ALL IN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ALL THE WINDOWS, DOORS, UM, YOU KNOW, DECKING THE HOUSE, PUTTING THE, YOU KNOW, WEATHER GUARD, THE TYVEK, YOU KNOW, THE SIDING, UM, DECKING THE ROOF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, UM, JUST DRYING IN THE ROOF. NOW THE ACTUAL SHINGLES ITSELF WILL BE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BID, OBVIOUSLY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WORRIED ABOUT FRAMING, MAKING SURE THE FRAMING, THE CEILING AND WALLS ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND. SO DOES THIS BID INCLUDE THE ACTUAL SIDING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OR JUST THE, UM, JUST FOR DRY, JUST FOR PUTTING THE O S B PLYWOOD AROUND THE HOUSE AND TY VEXING, ITTY VEING. OKAY. AND IT DOES INCLUDE WINDOWS AND DOORS? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND SO AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT, UM, THEN WE CAN START, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THE SIDING AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT LOOK NICE. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS IN PHASES AND TRYING TO STAY WITHIN HER BUDGET AND OF COURSE IN, IN A, IN A GOOD TIMEFRAME, IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WANT TO GET THE HOUSE STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND DRY IT ALL IN. SO THAT WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AVOID ANYBODY BREAKING IN OR DAMAGING THE HOUSE OR, YOU KNOW, VANDALIZING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONCE, DON'T YOU DRY IN? [01:50:01] WHO'S DOING YOUR PLUMBING? UH, I DO HAVE MY CIRCLE SEAT, UH, PLUMBING RICK, UH, HE'S ONE OF MY PLUMBERS THAT HE'S HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. HE'S, UH, LICENSED AND BONDED AS WELL AND REGISTERED HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ALL MY CONTRACTORS ARE OUTTA SAN ANTONIO. THEY'RE ALL REGISTERED HERE WITH YOU. SO ONCE ALL OF THIS IS SAID AND DONE AND YOU DRY IN AND THEN YOU START THE SECOND PART MM-HMM. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I SAW IN ANY ONE OF THE BIDS OR THAT THE HOMEOWNER HAS ADDRESSED. AND THAT'S THE GARAGE AND THE OTHER STRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE TORE DOWN. OKAY. IS THAT IN YOUR BID AS WELL, OR NO? UM, YES ON THAT, ON THIS, UH, FRAMING HERE, IF I DID MISS IT, I CAN REVISE IT IF IT'S NOT IN HERE, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE CAN REVISE IT AND ADD IT ON THERE. SO YOU'RE ADDING THAT INTO THE FRAMING OF THE MAIN HOUSE. THE WHAT NOW YOU'RE IN THAT INTO, I'M SORRY, THE DEMOING OF THE MAIN HOUSE. YOU'RE ADDING THE, THE STRUCTURES YES, SIR. IN THE BACK. THAT NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN, SIR. AND THE GARAGE IN ITSELF LOOKS LIKE IT'S FEASIBLE. I HAVEN'T, WE LOOKED AT IT, UM, WITH THE, THE, THE INSPECTOR AND I WHEN WE WALKED IT THAT DAY. THE, THE, THE FRONT SECTION IS SALVAGEABLE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIX IT, BUT, UH, AS YOU SAW FROM THE PICTURES, THE BACK HALF HAS JUST BEEN CAVED IN. SO WE CAN JUST PRETTY MUCH CLEAR THAT OFF AND JUST KEEP THE FRONT SECTION. SO THAT IS, I, I'M SORRY. SO THAT IS MENTIONED IN YOUR DEMO, SIR, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN YOUR DEMO, SIR. BUT I COULD, I COULD DO THAT. IF THE BOARD REQUIRES ME TO DO THAT, I CAN DEFINITELY REVISE IT. AND, AND THAT CLOSET, AND I'M NOT SEEING IT IN HERE. YOUR TIMELINE? UM, YES SIR. WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD THAT IN THERE AS WELL. WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? 120 DAYS FROM START. START. AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE FRAMING, NOT THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE IT, THE, WHAT I SEE IN THE FOUNDATION IS NOT CODE. YES, SIR. NOW, FROM THAT, FROM YOUR TIME START TO FINISH ONLY ON FRAMING, SIDING, WELL, NOT SIDING, BUT DRY IN YES, SIR. IS 120 DAYS. YES, SIR. AND I, AND I DO WANT TO ALSO INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT HAS TO GO HAND IN HAND, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING. NO, SIR. IF THIS ISN'T DONE CORRECT. AND IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, HOW MANY DAYS ARE YOU GONNA NEED TO ADD EXACTLY TO THAT? I UNDERSTAND THAT AS A CONTRACTOR. YES, SIR. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE, THE ONE 20 ONLY COVERS DRY IN, NOT COMPLETE, NOT COMPLETE AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS EVERYTHING BEING DONE DOWN TO THE FINISH. OH, NO, NO SIR. RIGHT? YES SIR. THIS IS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, JUST THE DRY IN. YES SIR. THE DRY IN, GET IT READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE. WE CAN START DOING THE RIGHT, THE INTERIOR, WHICH IS YOUR FINISHED PHASE, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU AN ADDITIONAL HOW MANY DAYS I WOULD, UH, GUESSTIMATE RIGHT NOW WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE HOUSE, PROBABLY AN EXTRA 90 DAYS, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE PLUMBER IN THERE, ELECTRICIAN IN THERE. UM, SO YOU, WE WORK PRETTY QUICKLY IN HERE TODAY. YOU'RE ASKING FOR HOW MANY DAYS TO COMPLETE YOUR PROJECT. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FULL SCOPE OR THE FULL, FULL SCOPE, PAINTED, DRIED IN INSULATION AND IN INCLUDE BAD DAYS. AND ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO. UM, I WOULD SAY SIX MONTHS WOULD BE SUFFICE FOR ME TO, TO REHAB THIS HOUSE. LET ME ASK A QUESTION OF THE CALLED OFFICER. IF YOU WOULD STEP JUST ASIDE FOR A MOMENT, UH, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN HIS BID, UH, HE BASICALLY TAKES A STRUCTURE, UH, AND PUTS IT BACK INTO A, UH, A SOUND SAFE STRUCTURE. DO I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOULD COME BACK UP AND GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR QUESTIONS. NOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT FINISH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SIX MONTHS MM-HMM. FROM START TO FINISH. YES, SIR. AND THE ONLY THING YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO ADD ON THIS HERE IS MAYBE DEFINE A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORDS TO INCLUDE SO THERE'S NO MISU CORRECT. AND THEN THE TIMELINE ITSELF. CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU THAT. 'CAUSE IT WASN'T IN HERE ON YOUR SPECIFIC TIMELINE. YES, SIR. AND, AND THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T REALLY ADD THAT ON THERE WAS BECAUSE, UM, WE, I, SHE JUST HIRED US RECENTLY AND WE HAD THIS MEETING ON THE FIRST, SO I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET MY ENGINEER TO GO OUT THERE. SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE, I WANTED TO HAVE THAT LETTER PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE TIMEFRAME WASN'T, YOU KNOW, FITTING OUR, OUR TIMELY. BUT I CAN, UH, PROVIDE A SCOPE OF WORK FROM THE ENGINEER, SO THAT WAY GIVES US A BETTER BREAKDOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT WE GOTTA DO. YOUR PERMITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? NO, I CAME LAST WEEK. WE CAME TO PULL THE PERMITS LAST WEEK, BUT THE CITY HAD TOLD US WE COULDN'T UNTIL AFTER WE HAD THIS MEETING. AS SOON AS, DEPENDING ON YOUR JUDGMENT TODAY. OKAY. SO YOU'RE ON HOLD. I CAN, I CAN STEP OUT RIGHT NOW AND, AND, UM, GET THE PERMITS TODAY. SO YOU'RE WORKING FOR PERMITS RIGHT NOW TO ANTICIPATE YOU GET YES, SIR. BACK IN THERE, SIR. SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THIS PROJECT. I MEAN, WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD, HOPEFULLY GET AN APPROVAL TO, YOU KNOW, RESUME, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REHAB AND, UM, THEY TOLD US THAT AS SOON AS, DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE DATE AND AS IF EVERYTHING WENT WELL, WE CAN GO RIGHT OUT THE DOOR AND PULL THE PERMIT THE SAME DAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUPLE QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. YES, SIR. UM, IF YOU CAN PULL SLIDE 41 PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WILL REMAIN, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S THE FRONT SECTION. MM-HMM. . OKAY. AND THEN SLIDE 42, THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE BACK STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN YOUR BID? YES, SIR. OKAY. CORRECT. THANK [01:55:01] YOU. MM-HMM. , ALL THE DEBRIS WILL BE CLEARED OFF FROM THE PROPERTY. WE'LL HAVE A DUMP, YOU KNOW, A 40, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THOSE UNITS OUT THERE AND CLEAR THE PROPERTY OUT. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND EXPLAINING THIS TO ME, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. BUT YOU KNOW, I GO BACK A LONG WAYS WITH FOUNDATIONS MM-HMM. . AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GOING TO STRUCTURALLY, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FRAMING AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PLACE HASN'T EVEN BEEN CLEANED OUT YET MM-HMM. . SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET THIS, UH, FRAMING, UH, STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND THE FOUNDATION SUCKS? I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT RIGHT NOW. ONCE AGAIN, UM, THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO GET AHOLD OF THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, AND IF HE DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR SOME REASON, THEN HE'S GONNA SHOW UP BECAUSE HE HASN'T COME BACK TO FINISH AT ALL. YES, MA'AM. BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN B OR PLAN C. IF HE DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR SOME REASON, THEN WE'LL GET OUR CONTRACTOR TO COME IN THERE AND GO AHEAD AND, UM, GET THE INSPECTORS, THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NEEDS TO GET DONE BEFORE WE COMMENCE ANYTHING ELSE ON TOP. SO THE FOUNDATION IS PRIORITY RIGHT NOW? YES, MA'AM. SO I WILL GET WITH THE ENGINEERS AND WITH THE CITY INSPECTORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS UP TO PAR. IF THE CITY PASSES THE INSPECTION, THEN THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF MY HAND BECAUSE THE CITY'S PASSED THE INSPECTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, I MEAN, IT ALL FALLS BACK ON THE, ON THE INSPECTION, YOU KNOW, SO IT FALLS BACK ON THE CITY, MAAM, BECAUSE THE CITY MA'AM DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB ON THAT INSPECTION. I, I, I'VE, I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN TO SEVERAL REHABS WE'VE HAD HERE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COVER ALL OUR BASES. YES, MA'AM. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR? MR. ADDIS, DID YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE OWNER? UH, NO. HE JUST ANSWERED THAT WITHIN THE REGARDS OF THE GARAGE AND THE DEBRIS AND HE SAID HE'LL CLEAN IT UP AND REPAIR. SO THAT, THAT DOES ANSWER THAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, SIR. MS. NUNCIO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU DO, IF YOU THINK UH, NO, NO, NO. STOP, STOP. I NEED HER UP THERE. THANK YOU. THE MICROPHONE. UM, I ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF THE DEMO. I'M THE ONE WHO KIND OF TOWARD DOWN THAT MUCH. IT WAS ABOUT 20 FEET LONG, SO I JUST DIDN'T FINISH IT UP. IT DIDN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE THAT AT ONE POINT. I JUST, HE SAID, I'LL FINISH IT. I'M THE CONTRACTOR. YOU DON'T DO ANY MORE OF THIS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE OWNER? NO. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING PREPARED TODAY. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T AND I, I FEEL LIKE HE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I'VE SEEN HIS WORK AND THE PICTURES AND I'M REALLY LOOKING, LOOKING FORWARD TO THANK YOU BOTH MAY BE SEATED. CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MOVE. MOTION. I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY AT 1 1 4. CINCINNATI IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED ON ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6 FOR THE MAIN 5 7 8 11, 12 15. AND FOR THE AC UH, ACCESSORY 7 8 15 17 18. BUT I DO THIS WITH A REPAIR ORDER THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO REPAIR THIS PROPERTY AND I ORDER THE REPAIR TO BE DONE WITHIN SIX MONTHS WITH A 30 DAY FOLLOW UP BY CODE COMPLIANCE EVERY 30 DAYS. MUST HAVE A REPORT ALSO TO LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR THE FOUNDATION AND IF NEED BE, PUT A STOP ORDER UNTIL THE WORK IS DONE. UH, FIRST ISSUE CALLED OFFICER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE YOUR TOTAL CODES? 'CAUSE I THINK YOU REPORTED THINGS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE FIRST HAD. YES, SIR. UH, I APOLOGIZE. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE PRINTING. UM, THAT WAS, UH, MY FAULT. UH, STRUCTURES LOCATED AT ONE 14 CINCINNATI IS VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8 11 12 15 FOR THE MAIN AND SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SO THOSE ARE PRINTED WRONG IN THE, THAT'S REASON, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED TO CALL OFFICER TO RESTATE THE TOTAL CODES. UH, AND YOUR, YOUR MOTION WAS HOW MANY DAYS? 120. OKAY. SIX MONTHS. 180 DAYS WITH A 30 DAY OR EVERY 30 DAY REPORT TO CODE COMPLIANCE. AND THAT THE IMMEDIATE THING NEEDS TO BE DONE IS THAT FOUNDATION. IT NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED AND IF PIECE OF WORK NEEDS TO BE [02:00:01] DONE FIRST, THAT IS CORRECT. BUT THAT'S YOUR, THAT IS, SO THE CORRECTION WILL BE MADE BY CODE OFFICER AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE. I'VE GOT THEM. UH, THEY, THE MOTION IS TO REPAIR THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, UH, BECAUSE THE MAIN IS IN VIOLATION OF SUB CODE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 AND SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND THE REPAIRS BE COMPLETED IN 180 DAYS WITH ALL PERMITS PULLED PRIOR TO START OF WORK AND IT REQUIRES 30 DAY, UH, REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER ON THE AMENDMENTS. I MEAN, ARE YOU FRIENDLY AMENDING THAT? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T PUT IN THE PERMITS. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. SAY AGAIN. ARE I DIDN'T PUT IN PERMITS, ARE YOU? I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT. UH, IF YOU DID NOT INCLUDE PERMIT, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO, UH, YEAH, TO INCLUDE PERMITS AND ALSO TO INCLUDE THAT THE PROPERTIES TO REMAIN VACANT PENDING COMPLETION REPAIRS PROPERTIES BE SECURED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AND REMAIN SECURED DURING THE DEPENDENCY OF REPAIRS. ACCEPTED PRINT AMENDMENTS INCLUDED, UH, TO VACATE AND TO SECURE AND REQUIRED PERMITS. UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? D SECOND. THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR REPAIR ORDER. SAY A OPPOSED SAY, NAY. MOTION TO REPAIR IS PASSED. 1834 WOODLAWN [1. 19-5576 (CD-7) 1834 Woodlawn W] IS OUR NEXT CASE. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DENISE HASTINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1834 WEST WOODLAWN AND COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 1 9 7 5 BLOCK ONE LOT 15. PROPERTY OWNER IS ANGELA G. RODRIGUEZ. IF, IF THE CHAIR ALLOWS, THERE ARE 10 CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED ON THE SAME DAY. UH, IF I MAY PROCEED WITH ALL 10. YES MA'AM. YOU MAY 1ST VIOLATION SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 2 0.1. EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE. ALL EXTERIOR PROPERTY AND PREMISES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A CLEAN, SAFE, AND SANITARY CONDITION. FREE OF OUTSIDE PLACEMENT, HAZARDOUS VEGETATION OR SURFACE HAZARDS. THE OCCUPANT SHALL KEEP THAT PART OF THE EXTERIOR PROPERTY, WHICH SUCH OCCUPANT OCCUPIES OR CONTROLS IN A CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION. AND I'M JUST GONNA, UH, GIVE A LITTLE SUMMARY OF WHAT, WHAT. YES MA'AM. ON THE MARCH 15TH, 2019, THE FIRST INSPECTION WAS MADE AT THE TIME OF CODE OFFICER FOUND OUTSIDE PLACEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. UH, HE WAS ALLOWED ACCESS BY THE TENANT TO LOOK AT THE MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS AND TRASH ON THE PREMISE. SENATOR ANTONIO, YOUR PROPERTY NAME IS CODE 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTED THE TREATMENT ALL EXTERIOR SURFACE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR WINDOW FRAMES, CORNERS, PORCHES, TRIM BALCONIES, AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY RESISTANT WOODS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS DECAYED BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT. ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH, 2019, THE FIRST INSPECTION THAT CODE OFFICER OBSERVED LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION ON EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FEMALE AND EXTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS OF THE STRUCTURE, MAIN STRUCTURE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY, MAGNESS CODE 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS. ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS AND LOOSE OR ROTTED MATERIALS AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED. WERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION. ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH, 2019, CODE OFFICER OBSERVED THE EXTERIOR WALLS WITH HOLES BROKEN AND MISSING SHINGLES, UH, NO EXTERIOR WEATHER PROTECTION. SENATOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 4 0.13, WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT, AND DOOR FRAMES. EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER TIGHT. ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2019, THE DAKOTA OFFICER OBSERVED BROKEN WINDOWS AND WINDOWS INSTALLED AND CORRECTLY [02:05:04] SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES. ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS, DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN, SANITARY, LOOSE PLASTER, DEC WOOD, AND OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACE CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED. ON TWO. ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH, 2019, THE CODE OFFICER OBSERVED LOOSE PLASTER AND DECAYED WOOD ON INTERIOR SURFACES INSIDE ON THE INTERIOR WOODS. ON THE INTERIOR WALLS, EXCUSE ME, SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 5 0.4 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES EVERY STAIR RAMP, LANDING BALCONY, PORCH DECK, OR OTHER WALKING SURFACE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION IN GOOD REPAIR. THE CODE OFFICER OBSERVED THE KITCHEN FLOOR HAD BROKEN TILES AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED AND REPAIRED ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2019. THEN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 5 0 5 0.3 SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS SHALL BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED TO PROVIDE SUPPLY OF WATER TO PLUMMETED FIXTURES, DEVICES, AND ABS IN SUFFICIENT VOLUME AND AT PRESSURES ADEQUATE TO ENABLE THE FIXTURES TO FUNCTION SAFELY AND FREE FROM LEAKS FROM DEFECTS AND LEAKS. ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2019, THE CODE OFFICER OBSERVED THE BATHROOM SINK WAS LEAKING SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 6 0 3 0.1, MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, ALL MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, FIREPLACES, SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES, COOKING APPLIANCES, WATER HEATING APPLIANCES SHALL BE MAINTAINED, SHALL BE PROMPTLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE WORKING CONDITION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE INTENDED FUNCTION. ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH, 2019, THE CODE OFFICER OBSERVED A STOVE AND CEILING FAN THAT WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, CEILING FAN DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 6 0 5 0.1 INSTALLATION ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WIRING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAIN IN A SAFE AND APPROVED MANNER. THE CODE OFFICER OBSERVED OUTLETS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER COVERS. THIS WAS ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH, 2019. LAST ONE IS SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 7 0 3 0.2 SMOKE ALARMS AND GROUP R ONE, R TWO R THREE OCCUPANCY USE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND R FOUR SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AS AMENDED BY THE CITY. ARE THREE RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES INCLUDE ADULT FACILITIES, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, CONGREGANTS LIVING FACILITIES, AND THE OTHER ONE, SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIRED ADOPTED BY REQUIREMENT ADOPTED BY THE CITY AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OR IF NOT REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, SMOKE ALARM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE CEILING OR WALL OUTSIDE EACH SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA. IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF BEDROOMS. ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2019, UH, THE CODE OFFICER OBSERVED THAT SMOKE ALARMS WERE MISSING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. REINSPECTION WAS MADE OF THE STRUCTURE. ON MARCH 8TH, UH, THE OFFICER WAS, UH, ALLOWED TO GO BACK INSIDE TO MAKE AN INTERIOR INSPECTION. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE AT THE TIME. UH, NO ONE WAS HOME AT THAT TIME. ANOTHER REINSPECTION WAS MADE ON APRIL 19TH. NO ANSWER BY THE TENANT. HE DID NOT GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER AT THAT TIME. PRIOR TO, UH, MARCH THE EIGHTH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAD INFORMED THE CODE OF OFFICER THAT SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EVICTION PROCESS. SO HE ALLOWED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME FOR THE LITIGATION TO TAKE PLACE, WHICH IT DID NOT. SO ON MAY THE 16TH, ANOTHER REINSPECTION WAS MADE. HE WAS ALLOWED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. HE FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE. UH, THAT WOULD BRING THE, THE INTERIOR UP TO CITY CODE. [02:10:01] ON JUNE THE 11TH, THE REINSPECTION WAS MADE, UH, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE STRUCTURE. UH, THE OWNER HAD NOT GOTTEN BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER TO, TO GIVE HIM INFORMATION ON WHAT SHE PLANNED TO DO WITH THE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT CLEANED. THE PREMISES STILL HAD TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CASE WAS FILED AND MUNICIPAL COURT AT WHICH THE OWNER WAS AT DEFAULT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SHOW FOR THE HEARING. AND THE OWNER IS NOT HERE TODAY FOR THIS HEARING. HOWEVER, THE TENANTS THAT LIVE THERE ARE HERE. AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, THE CODE OFFICER MADE A INSPECTION. THE PROPERTY, IT IS STILL OCCUPIED AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. PREMISES NOT, UH, BROUGHT UP TO CITY CODE. I ASK THAT YOU FIND THIS PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY. MAINTENANCE CODE? 3 0 2 0.130 4.230 4.630 4.13. 3 0 5 0.330 5.450 5.360 3.160 5.170 3.2. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I QUESTION. ARE UTILITIES HOOKED UP TO THIS PROPERTY? I'M SORRY? ARE UTILITIES HOOKED UP TO THIS PROPERTY? ELECTRIC WATER? YES, THEY DO HAVE WATER. THEY HAD THE WATER RESTORED, UH, APRIL OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND ELECTRICITY AS WELL, THESE VIOLATIONS. DID YOU FEEL THAT THEY'RE A DANGER TO THE TENANTS WHO WERE IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW AND TELLING THE STORY? HOW WAS THIS PROPERTY BOUGHT TO THE CITY? WAS IT A PROACTIVE? IT WAS, UH, UH, REACTIVE. REACT? YES. THAT WAS A TENANT? YES. THANK IN, UH, SLIDE NUMBER 11. WHAT IS THAT? IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE WALLS OR SOMETHING IS BROKEN. WAS THERE A VIOLATION THAT YES. THAT'S THE INTERIOR, UH, WALLS, INTERIOR SURFACE THAT'S INSIDE THE, THAT'S INSIDE ONE OF THE CABINETS. HE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE HALLWAY AND THE CABINETS. THEY BOTH HAVE HOLES AND CRACK. YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. CHEVEZ, WE'LL NEED TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE. MA'AM. MY SON MATTHEW HAY. YEAH, HE'S BEEN HELPING. BEFORE YOU START, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. CHAVEZ. 1834 WESTWOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO 2 7 8 2 0 1. NOW YOU MICROS YOUR CASE. THIS IS MY SON, MATTHEW HAY. HE'S BEEN, UH, SPEAKING IN THE MICROPHONE. MY SON MATTHEW. HEY, HE'S BEEN HELPING ME WITH TRYING. VERY GOOD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, WHEN WE RENTED THE PLACE 1834 ON, WE WEREN'T AWARE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON. I CALLED THE CO COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE OWNER MARIA, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE MARIA PENA WOULD NOT FIX ANYTHING. SO I CALLED CO COMPLIANCE AND UM, ASKED THEM TO INSPECT HER TO LET HER KNOW WE NEED THIS DONE. UM, I HAVE THE PICTURES OF 2016 THAT SHE DID. UH, THE OWNER DID A, UH, INSURANCE CLAIM WITH THE BANK. UH, THEY MADE A, UH, ESTIMATE OF $15,800 TO GET IT FIXED. UH, PICTURES ARE AS A ARE NOW AND SHE DID NOT FIX IT. SHE RECEIVED THE CHECK, DID NOT FIX IT. ANYTHING. UM, LIKE I SAID, LI TENANTS THEN I ALSO, WE, UH, CALLED THE WEATHERIZATION SO I CAN GET IT FIXED FOR HER FOR FREE AND I JUST NEED HER SIGNATURE. SHE WENT AND DO IT, BUT WE CAN'T MOVE BECAUSE IT COSTS US TO MOVE THERE. IT COSTS US TO LIVE THERE. AND, UH, THE MAIN COST FOR, TO PAY THE UTILITIES. UM, THE WATER WAS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID BY MS. PENA, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ANGELA RODRIGUEZ. AND UH, SHE CUT IT OFF, UH, I THINK IT WAS MARCH 10TH. WE PUT IT IN OUR NAME. WE HAVE IT ON, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A COURT EVICTION RIGHT NOW WITH HER BECAUSE WE STOPPED PAYING BECAUSE WE WERE PAYING TO GET STUFF DONE. GOING TO STEAL A PROCESS OF THE APPEALS COURT TO THE EVICTION. WHY DON'T YOU SAY YOU COULDN'T MOVE? WE PAID TO MOVE THERE. IT COST MONEY. WE'VE BEEN PAYING TO LIVE THERE. UH, NO, NO. UH, SKILLED REFRIGERATOR, YOU KNOW, HAVING NEW TO BUY FOOD, UH, FROM SANDWICHES OF MICROWAVES STUFF. BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPENSES ARE AT LEAST ARE MORE THAN RENT. OH, NOW YOU'RE NOT PAYING RENT. NOW YOU'RE SAVING THAT MONEY SO YOU CAN'T MOVE. SO WE CAN LIVE THERE. WE CAN LIVE, UH, WE HAD TO, UH, [02:15:01] TAKE OVER HER WATER PAYMENT, WHICH IS A $500. ARE YOU DOING THIS GAME? YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN'T MOVE. WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. UH, SHE DID A, UH, MATTHEW HAY, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD, UH, GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU MAKE COMMENT. MY NAME IS MATTHEW HAY, UH, 2 3 4 1 6. MY MOTHER CHAVEZ. YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION, QUESTION ONE MORE TIME. OH, WE, IN THE, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING HOUSE, TO ME LIVABLE INCOME AND BILLS YOU BUY YOURSELF AND, UH, MOVE SOMEWHERE PRETTY FAST. YOU KNOW, THEY MONEY AND SOMEWHERE WHERE SHE CAN, YOU KNOW, AND I'M IN PROCESS HELPING HER FIND A PLACE TO DO. WHO ARE YOU TO HER? I, I'M HER SON, HER YOUNGER SON. UM, ANOTHER THING, MS. PENA, THE DAUGHTER OF MS. RODRIGUEZ, UM, HACK INTO MY, MY RECORDS, MY SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY AND EVERYTHING SHE HAD CALLED THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. MR. MR. CHAIR, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GENTLY PUSH US BACK TO THE ISSUE AT HAM, WHICH IS THIS PROPERTY AND HOW IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. IF THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT, UH, THESE ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHAT IS RECOMMENDING IS YOU NEED TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE. AND BECAUSE YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO ANYTHING. UH, SO BASICALLY, IS THERE ANY INTENT ON YOUR PART TO DO ANYTHING TO THE PROPERTY TO BRING IT BACK INTO CODE? YES. UM, LIKE I SAID, I CALLED WEATHERIZATION. I HAVE THE FORMS HERE. THEY ASKED ME TO GET A SIGNATURE FROM THE OWNER TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE FOR FREE BECAUSE I'M DISABLED AND ELDERLY. AND I, WELL, SHE WOULDN'T GIMME A SIGNATURE, BUT I DID GET THE FORMS TO GET APPROVED TO GET THIS STUFF DONE. AND THAT'S WHAT MY INTENT WAS TO DO, TO FIX EVERYTHING APPROVED THAT, UH, THE CITY IS CALLED THE, THE A H C O G, ANIMAL AREA COUNCIL GOVERNMENT SAID THEY WOULD DO IT FOR ME, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE THE OWNER'S SIGNATURE. IF YOU WOULD HAND THAT MATERIAL TO THE LADIES AND LET THEM, LET THE ATTORNEY REVIEW THAT MATERIAL. I HAVE A QUESTION WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT. UM, SO THE OWNER'S AWARE OF THESE VIOLATIONS AND THE OWNER HAS REFUSED TO FIX THESE VIOL AND THE OWNER'S AWARE THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY IN THIS CONDITION AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS EXACTLY. YES. THANK YOU. I WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT, UH, THE REASON WHY WE CAN'T AFFORD IT IS BECAUSE, UM, MY COTEN WAS GOING TO BE MY PROVIDER AND HER INCOME WAS GOING TO BE PAYING HER PART OF THE, THE RENT. AND SHE STOPPED IT BY CALLING THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND SAID, I MAKE MORE MONEY THAN I'M SUPPOSED TO. AND SO THEY PUT A, UH, QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH MAY I MAKE. SO SHE WOULD, I COULD NOT GET THE CARE FOR THE PROVIDER. SO THEY STOPPED THE, THE, THE JOB TO BE OPEN FOR HER. SO IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO 'EM AND SHOW THEM I DON'T MAKE EXTRA MONEY. AND FINALLY, THEY, THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION AND THEY SAID, OKAY, I'M RIGHT. SO NOW MY COTEN IS GETTING PAID TO, TO BE MY PROVIDER. THAT'S HER WAY OF PAYING HER PART OF THE RENT. AND IT'S JUST ONLY BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORD YOU SAID. MA'AM, PLEASE, PLEASE, I'M SORRY. SORRY, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THOSE DOCUMENTS DO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM THE CITY. HOWEVER, UM, THEY'RE NOT FILLED OUT. THEY'RE JUST BLANK FORMS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE MUCH INFORMATION, BUT I DID WANT TO AT LEAST LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY, SHE HAS THOSE DOCUMENTS IN, UM, IN HER POSSESSION, BUT THERE'S NOTH THERE'S NO INFORMATION ON THOSE DOCUMENTS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOUR SON. IF YOU COULD STEP TO THE MICROPHONE. UH, YOU SAID YOU'RE, YOU'RE HELPING HER LOOK FOR A PLACE TO LIVE AND TO RELOCATE, AND DO YOU HAVE A, A TIMEFRAME AS FAR AS HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE? IT SEEMS TO BE AN IMMEDIATE NEED. WHAT WE, UH, MY MOM WANTS TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE LANDLORD TO HAVE HER FIX THE HOUSE. 'CAUSE SHE REALLY LIKES THAT HOUSE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS PUT IT ITAL TO BE REALLY NICE. THE LANDLORD'S DOING IT REALLY, REALLY HARD. MY MOM'S A REALLY NICE LADY AND SHE WANTS TO IN THE HOUSE, THE LA LANDLORD OR THE OWNER, UM, NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE REALLY HARD LIKE A MONTH OR TWO. SO DOESN'T, [02:20:02] I THINK IT'S CLEAR THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF, OF DOING IT. IF, IF THE BOARD WILL ALLOW ME BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A TENANT WITH THE INABILITY TO DO SIGNIFICANT WORK ON THE PROPERTY, UH, ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY PROBABLY BE, UH, NOT HELPFUL TO THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION. UH, YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO THAT COMMENT, WE'LL ASK THE WITNESSES TO BE SEATED. UH, ONE MORE COMMENT. UM, IF SHE DOESN'T, UH, GO THROUGH WITH FIXING EVERYTHING, AND THEN I GUESS THE HOUSE WILL GO FOR FORECLOSURE, A LIEN OR SOMETHING, UM, MY MOM WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THE HOUSE AND THEN FIX IT. THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT THIS BOARD CANNOT DEAL WITH. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT. OUR ISSUE IS THAT THE STRUCTURE IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CODE, AND WE HAVE BASICALLY THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, ONE COMMENT REAL QUICK. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE EVICTION. UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE COURT DATE FOR THE APPEAL, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THIS BOARD CAN DEAL WITH EITHER. THAT'S A COURT ISSUE THAT YOU'RE GONNA, I'M ASKING FOR THE TIME UNTIL THE COURT DATE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT IF THE JUDGE IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO TAKE OVER THE HOUSE OR AGAIN, THIS BOARD CANNOT DEAL WITH THAT. THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE AN ISSUE THAT YOU TAKE UP INTO JUDGE IN THAT COURT. YOU MAY BE SEATED CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1-834-WOODLAWN WEST BE IN VIOLATION OF CITY PROPERTY CODE 3 0 2 0.130 4.230 4.630 4.1 3, 3 0 5 0.330 5.450 5.360 3.1, 6 0 5 0.1, AND 7 0 3 0.2. AND THAT THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS. A VACATE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, AND THE PROPERTY CANNOT BE, UH, PREA REHABILITATED UNTIL ALL REPAIRS ARE DONE. QUESTION FOR COUNSEL. UH, ARE THESE CASES SUFFICIENT TO ORDER A VACATE FIRE SAFETY? THIS BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO DO A NOTICE TO VACATE BASED ON THE ISSUES. OKAY. IT IS ACCEPTABLE THEN, UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY CODE AND VIOLATIONS AS FOLLOWS. AND THEY'RE NOT IN THE SAME ORDER THAT THEY READ, BUT LET ME SUMMARIZE THEM OR REPEAT THEM. I GUESS. 6 0 5 0.150 5.330 5.360 3.130 2.130 4.630 4.230 4.1370 3.2. DID I CAPTURE ALL OF THEM? YES, YOU DID. AND THE MOTION IS TO VACATE IN SEVEN DAYS AND TO, UH, REPAIR IN 30 DAYS. UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, I JUST, I THINK IT'S TERRIBLE THAT THE WAY THIS LANDLORD HAS, HAS DEALT WITH THIS PROPERTY, WITH THESE TENANTS, AND I'D LIKE TO IMPOSE A FINE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY EVERY DAY AFTER 30 DAYS THAT THEY DON'T DEAL WITH THIS PROPERTY. I ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY LIMIT, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BRING THAT UP. OR THE OWNER. THE FRIENDLY A LIMIT IS TO ADD A, A FINE OF $1,000 PER DAY AFTER THE 30 DAYS UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. SECOND. ON THE MOTION. SECOND. MR. SENECA SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAYYY MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. YOU DON'T NEED TO GET WITH YOUR CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE, ACTUALLY, SINCE WE HAVE A QUORUM, WE CAN PROCEED. OR DO WE WANT TO TAKE A RECESS? LET'S PROCEED SINCE WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM. OUR NEXT CASE [7. 19-5582 (CD-5) 539 Ruiz St] IS 5 39 REESE STREET. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO, BADGE NUMBER 6 7 7 DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 3 9 RE STREET WITH [02:25:01] A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMOLITION OF THE ACCESSORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 2 180 1 BLOCK ONE, LOT 16, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS BADILLA ROSE WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 3 9 REESE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7 WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE. THE OWNER OF RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY THAT THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED. YES, SIR. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 4 10 19. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 39 RE STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON 5 22 18. ORIGINAL NOTE NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 5 25 18 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON 7 16 19. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 39 5 39 RE STREET ON 7 16 19. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ROSE PADILLA AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON 7 29 19. WE'LL GO TO THE PICTURES NOW. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE, THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS HOUSE WAS, UH, IS VACANT AND FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS WAS A DRUG HOUSE AND WAS, UM, UM, OCCUPIED, UH, BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND DRUG DEALERS ON A DAILY BASIS UNTIL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MANAGED TO RUN THEM ALL OFF. UH, HERE'S WHERE, UH, THE ROOF COVERING HERE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF WATER DAMAGE. GET A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK HERE WHERE THEY TRIED TO COVER UP. UH, AT ONE TIME THEY DID DO SOME FOUNDATION WORK. UH, THERE WAS NO PERMITS PULLED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOUSE, UH, WAS LEVELED OR OUR ATTEMPT WAS MADE, UH, TO LEVEL THE HOUSE. GOT SOME SIGNS THAT AT ONE TIME, UH, IT, IT WAS SHIFTING OR NOT LEVEL, UH, RIGHT IN HERE AND YOU COULD TELL WHERE IT KICKS OUT OR BUCKLES OUT. AND, UH, THE PERIMETER BEING IN HERE IS ROTATED. SO, UH, JUST, UH, A LACK OF MAINTENANCE THERE. GET A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK HERE AT THIS WALL. HERE'S A, A LOOK AT THE REAR, UH, FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT. RIGHT IN HERE IS WHERE, UH, IS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT KICKS OUT IN HERE. HERE'S, UM, A VIEW FROM THE REAR HERE. THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, ESPECIALLY IS DAMAGED. LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN ATTACHMENT OR WHERE THE WASHER AND DRYER, UH, GO. HERE'S A, A REAR VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE, AND HERE'S WHERE THERE USED TO BE A LINE FROM THIS WINDOW HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE ALLEY. UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS A LINE OF PEOPLE, AND HERE, THIS WINDOW HERE WAS, UH, A PERSON DISTRIBUTING DRUGS AND IT WAS JUST ON A DAILY BASIS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING RID OF, UH, ALL THAT. UH, IN HERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HERE. GET A LITTLE CLOSER HERE. AND THEN, UH, HERE'S WHERE, UH, IT HAS BEEN ABATED MANY TIMES AND THEY WOULD CRAWL UNDERNEATH HERE, UH, UNDER THE HOUSE AND THEN JUST POP OUT ON THE INSIDE. SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, THE HOUSE WAS SECURED. GOING AROUND HERE. UH, ON THIS SIDE YOU COULD SEE SOME SIDING MISSING THERE. WENT UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT IT DOES, LOOKS LIKE THIS BEAM DOES NOT CONTINUE HERE. GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT, [02:30:02] I DID SEE, UH, WHERE, UH, FROM FRONT TO BACK, UH, THE, THE BEAMS WERE NOT, UH, LEFT AND GOING INSIDE THE HOUSE, THERE IS, UH, SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILINGS AND THE FLOORS. SO IT HAS, UH, AT ONE TIME WAS RUN WITH DRUG ADDICTS, SO IT WAS VANDALIZED. UM, AT THE SAME TIME, ONCE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MANAGED TO CLEAN IT UP, THE OWNER CAME IN AND STARTED, UM, DEMOING, I GUESS TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT NEVER CONTINUED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE REPAIRS. THERE'S SOME SIGNS OF MOLD AND, UH, EVIDENCE THAT WATER IS COMING IN, EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSE DOES APPEAR TO BE LEVEL, THE FLOORS APPEAR TO BE WARPED EITHER FROM, UH, PROBABLY FROM BEFORE, JUST SOME MORE WATER DAMAGE. UM, FOR THE CEILINGS, THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. IT'S JUST A METAL SHED, 10 BY 12, AND IT'S RUSTED OUT, BENT AND OUTTA SHAPE. THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. ROOF COVERING AND DECKING IS DAMAGED. EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DAMAGED. FOUNDATION NEEDS REPAIR. INTERIOR FLOOR CEILINGS ARE WATER DAMAGE, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WALLS AND ROOF ARE DAMAGED. THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 39 RE STREET ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 11, 12 AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF THE, OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER 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 POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY. STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR OF MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMOLITION OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 5 3 9 RE STREET. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. HARPER. UH, WHY ARE WE RECOMMENDING REPAIR TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND NOT DEMOLITION? UM, BEFORE IT COMES HERE, IT GOES TO A CASE REVIEW. UH, AND AT THE CASE REVIEW, IT'S PRESENTED, UH, JUST LIKE THIS. IN THE PICTURES LIKE THIS, IT GETS DETERMINED, UM, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH VISUAL DAMAGE. SO, UH, IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON THAT MAKES THE ASSESSMENT, THE MANAGER MAKES THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ON THE STRUCTURE. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, THEY, THEY USE VISUAL, UH, ASSESSMENT. SO, UM, SOMETIMES THEY FEEL THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE DAMAGE THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER, UH, STRUCTURES HAVE WHEN, WHEN THEY RECOMMEND DEMOLITION, SO THEY GET ONE THAT NOT AS MUCH. SO THEN, UH, THEY'RE MORE LIABLE TO MAKE A, A, A RECOMMENDATION OF REPAIR. UH, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, DETERMINATION. OKAY. AND AT, AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NO INDICATION FROM THE OWNER. THEY HAVE ANY INTENTION TO REPAIR IT. THEY HAVE, THE OWNER HAS NO INTENTIONS OF REPAIRING IT. UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO, SHE, SHE JUST WANTS TO GET RID OF IT. SHE'S TRYING TO SELL IT DESPERATELY THAT SHE HAS NO INTENTIONS OF, OF SELLING IT. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, OF REPAIRING IT, RIGHT? SO IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S GONNA REMAIN DANGEROUS. IT IS GOING TO REMAIN DANGEROUS, AND IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE. AND THE POLICE HAVE MANAGED TO, UH, RUN THE DRUG ADDICTS OUT OF THERE. BUT SINCE THEN, UH, THEY MONITOR IT, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY GET BUSY AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT OVER AGAIN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CODE OFFICER. I DO. MS. BROWN. YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR PANEL IS THAT MAKES THESE DECISIONS, BUT THIS IS, THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO REPAIR THIS. YOU CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH THE, UH, THE OWNERS OR THE OWNERS REFUSE TO REPAIR IT. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN REPAIRING, LOOKS LIKE CRAP BECAUSE IT'S HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PANEL. [02:35:01] YOU, I DON'T THINK THEY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, OR IF THEY DO, IT'S NOT DISPLAYED THAT THE PROPERTY CAN'T BE FIXED BECAUSE NOBODY IS THERE TO FIX IT. SO IF NOBODY IS THERE TO FIX IT, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I THINK SOMEWHERE IN HERE I SAW WHERE THE PROPERTIES WERE, THE PROPERTY TAXES WERE BEHIND. YEAH. AND SO IF THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE BEHIND AND ABATEMENTS, THERE'S ALMOST $6,000 IN ABATEMENTS. ONE OF ORDER, IS THERE A QUESTION TO THE CODE OFFICER? WELL, YES, EVENTUALLY , UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T FIX SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THERE. AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A WRONG MOVE HERE. UH, SORRY TO DISAGREE WITH YOUR PANEL, BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS, UH, MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR EXPERTISE, UH, DEFINITELY WELCOME. WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU CAN'T GET INTO THIS, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET INTO THIS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF THE PANEL IS THAT IF WE'RE AVAILABLE, ANYBODY IN HERE IN THE PANEL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DECISIONS ARE NOT BASED ON ACCURATE FACTS. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO REPAIR SOMETHING, THEN SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE THERE TO CONTRIBUTE. BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET IT REPAIRED, THEN WHAT ALTERNATIVE DO YOU HAVE? YOU KEEP HAVING PROPERTIES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS IN NICE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY DECENT HOUSE, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO THAT. AND THEN IF, IF YOU'VE ALREADY BOARDED IT UP FOR THE VNS AND THE DRUG ADDICTS, THEY'LL EVENTUALLY GET BACK IN THERE BECAUSE NOBODY'S THERE. YES, MA'AM. IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I KNOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE COURT OFFICER CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AT 5 3 9 RUIZ STREET ARE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS, UH, FOR BOTH THE MAIN AND THE ACCESSORY 11, 12, AND 15. AND FOR THE REASONS STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM THAT IT'S BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE, THE, UH, CRIME THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED THERE, THAT, UH, BOTH THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY ARE BEYOND FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR AND ORDER. THEY BOTH BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS. I SECOND 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER, UH, EXCUSE ME, 30 DAY DEMO ORDER ON BOTH THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY WITH A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. ABSOLUTELY, MR. MR. SENECA ABSTAINS SINCE HE WAS OUT PART DURING PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SO THE VOTE IS FOUR OH IN FAVOR OF DEMO AND OUR FINAL CASE [2. 19-5577 (CD-8) 13210 Hunters View.] IS 13 2 10. HUNTER VIEW. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DENISE HASTINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1 3 2 1 0 HUNTERS VIEW AND COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT. UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS WELLS FARGO BANK. UH, LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 6 9 8 4 BLOCK SIX, LOT TWO. THE ALLEGED VIOLATION IS SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 2 0.71 FENCES, ALL FENCES FACING THE STREET, FRONTAGE OF THE PREMISES OR ADJACENT TO A PUBLIC WAY. AND THOSE FENCES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL ORDINANCES SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND IN GOOD REPAIR. ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED. ONE, ANY FENCE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF OUT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT FOR MORE THAN 15 DEGREES. TWO ROTTED FIRE DAMAGE OR BROKEN WOODEN SUPPORT POSTS OR CROSS MEMBERS SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. BROKEN FIRE DAMAGE OR MISSING WOOD SLASH SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED, BROKEN OR SEVERELY BENT. METAL POST OR TORN CUT RIPPED METAL FENCING MATERIALS SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. ANY FENCE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF HAVING LOOSE BRICKS, STONES, ROCKS, MORTAR, MASONRY, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS SHALL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. PHOTO OFFICER MADE THE INSPECTION ON MARCH 15TH, 2019 AND OBSERVED THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY HAS A FENCE LEANING MORE THAN 25%. NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. AND NOTICE WAS POSTED IN MAILED TO THE OWNER ON APRIL THE EIGHTH. THE REINSPECTION OCCURRED AT WHICH THE OFFICER TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER WITH NO PROGRESS. ON APRIL THE 11TH OF 2019, THE CODE OFFICER SPOKE WITH, UH, THE OWNER, ANGELA, UH, FROM MCGLINCHY STAFFORD AND EXPLAINED THE CODE, THE CITY CODE VIOLATION. APRIL 24TH, A REINSPECTION [02:40:01] FOUND THAT THE DEFENSE REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SHE CONTACTED THE AGENT, ANGELA FOR AN UPDATE, LEFT A VOICEMAIL. UH, MAY 24TH, JULY 10TH, JULY 18TH. AND AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, JULY 31ST, THE FENCE WAS STILL LEANING MORE THAN MORE THAN 15 DEGREES, UH, IN VIOLATION. I ASKED THAT THE BOARD FIND THIS PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 2 0.1 0.7. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I AM. IS THE PROPERTY OCCUPIED BY A TENANT THE BANK OWNS? IT IS A PROPERTY OCCUPIED BY A TENANT. IT WAS UNDER, UH, AN OWNER'S NAME UNTIL, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. AT WHICH TIME WELLS FARGO TOOK OVER. THEY SOBER. SO THEY'RE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE OTHER PERSON HAS WITH YOU? NO SIR. SO HAVE YOU MADE A TRIP TO WELLS FARGO? KNOCK ON THE DOOR. JUST ASKING. I NO, I DON'T THINK SHE MADE A TRIP TO THE BANK ITSELF, BUT WE'VE SPOKEN TO A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS NOT WORKED. NO MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM. CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, I'LL DO IT. I, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 3 2 1 0 HUNTER'S VIEW TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 2 0.7 0.1. AND THAT THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND THAT, UH, A FINE BE IMPOSED OF $250 A DAY AFTER 30 DAYS THAT IT IS NOT REPAIRED. SECOND MOTION MADE AND SECOND TO REPAIR THE FENCE IN 30 DAYS AND $250 PER DAY FINE AFTER THE 30 DAY COMPLETION DATE. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. UH, THERE IS ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE [Administrative Items] THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, UH, AND THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IS STILL IN WORK AS A RESULT, WE WON'T BRING THAT ONE UP AGAIN. IS THERE ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS UNDER UNANIMOUS CONSENT? UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR DISCUSSION. * 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.