* 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. [00:00:03] GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WE ARE, UH, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND, UM, CALL TO ORDER? YES. WE ARE NOW CALLED TO ORDER TIME, UH, AT 9 0 9. AGAIN, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. I AM SITTING IN FOR THE CHAIR OF THIS QUORUM. THIS IS PANEL TWO, AND THIS IS THE HEARINGS ON THE CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES. UH, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? DWAYNE NELSON. JOE SALI SOLI. HERE. FRED ANDIS. HERE. DR. LINDA LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, THOMAS FRANKS, KAYLA MIRANDA. PRESENT. ROBERT TAPIA. PRESENT GEORGE GRIMES JR. PRESENT. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE FELIX RAMIREZ FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, BSB LIAISON ES ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST. AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CHAIR. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. MAY WE HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATOR, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT. IT'S ROBERT TAPIA. THE QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY O OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING. ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND. AND THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ANY OWN OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE ORDER THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 3 6. THANK YOU. HAS EVERYBODY, [ Approval of Minutes  ] UM, HAD, UH, ON THE BOARD TIME TO READ THE MINUTES? YES. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE. APPROVE THE MINUTES. YEAH. ROBERT, FOR THE LAST MINUTE, FOR LAST MEETING. SURE. I MOVE TO MOVE, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING, SECOND ON THE FLOOR AS A MOVE. APPROVE THE MINUTES TO HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] [00:05:05] AT THIS TIME? WE'LL HAVE STAFF REPORT. GOOD MORNING. BOARD OF MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. I JUST HAVE A, I BELIEVE ONE ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING. IF I MAY PROCEED. GO AHEAD. WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM, EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, UM, STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1722 NORTH CENTER STREET COUNCIL. DISTRICT TWO WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MAY 24TH, 2024 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH DID OCCUR ON MAY 16TH, 2024. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS TO SHOW. THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT THIS MORNING UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. STAFF HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I'M SORRY. DOES THE BOARD NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. CASE 2 0 1 MEHAWK STREET. MOHAWK STREET. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHRISTY GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 2 0 1 MOHAWK WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR TO THE MAIN AND DEMOLITION TO THE ACCESSORIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 2 0 1 MOHAWK IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. PLEASE NOTE ON JANUARY 26TH, 2024, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 1 1 9 4 BLOCK SEVEN, LOT 36, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RAMOS LORRAINE AND JOSE BARAJAS WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 0 1 MOHAWK SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1. THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 3RD, 2024. THAT 2 0 1 MOHAWK IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 0 1 MOHAWK WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 26TH, 2024. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED FEBRUARY 1ST, 2024 AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT RETURN UNCLAIMED ON MARCH 2ND, 2024. ON MARCH 27TH, 2024, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE. THE PROPERTY OWNERS MS. LORRAINE RAMOS AND MR. JOSE BARAJAS ON MAY 30TH, 2024. A NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY 2 0 1 MOHAWK ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN ON MAY 14TH, 2024. AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE, OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSB AS OF TODAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE, EXCUSE ME, BEING PRESENTED TODAY. WE'RE TAKEN ON JANUARY 26TH, 2024 AND MAY 14TH, 2024. THIS IS THE, UH, PHOTO OF THE INITIAL INSPECTION CONDUCTED THE DAY OF THE DART ON JANUARY 26TH, 2024. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY IS A, UH, CORNER LOCATION WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WERE DETAINED WITH TWO ARRESTS TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S SON. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE OWNER WAS INSTALLING SIDING ON TOP OF EXISTING SIDING WITHOUT PERMITS. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THERE'S WIRING AND CORDAGE AND EXTENSION CORDS RUNNING FROM THE METER, UH, TO THE, ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. UH, HERE A CAR. IT SHOWS A CARPORT AND A UH, DECK THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S OUTSIDE PLACEMENT AND DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. THIS IS WALKING [00:10:01] IN UNDER THE CARPORT AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE THE OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS AND WIRING, LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS AND THE SIDING THAT HAD BEEN ADDED ON TOP OF EXISTING SIDING WITHOUT PERMITS. THIS IS A VIEW UNDERNEATH THE DECK TO SHOW HOW IT WAS POORLY CONSTRUCTED. THERE'S SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AND ROT. THIS IS A VIEW TO SHOW THE DECK, HOW IT'S CURRENTLY RESTING ON TOP OF ANOTHER REAR ADDITION THAT WAS ADDED TO THE MAIN WITHOUT PERMITS, UH, AND THE WIRING AND CORDAGE HOW IT'S ZIP TIED TO THE ADDITION. AND THERE'S EXTENSION CORDS RUNNING ON TOP OF THE ADDITION THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS. THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THAT ADDITION THAT WAS ADDED TO THE MAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LEFT DOOR THAT'S COVERED WITH SOME, UM, WOOD MATERIAL THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SIDE DOOR TO THE MAIN, AND NOW IT IS BLOCKED OFF, WHICH IS POSING A CONCERN DURING A FIRE OR PANIC. UH, THE DECKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S HAS BEGUN TO WARP. THIS IS THE STAIRWAY GOING UP TO THE DECK AREA. THERE'S NO GUARD RAIL TO THE RIGHT. THE STAIRWAY IS LEANING. THIS IS A VIEW ON TOP OF THE DECK SHOWING THE ROOF SYSTEM. THERE'S A SAG IN THE ROOF SYSTEM TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO. UM, THIS IS A GOOD PHOTO SHOWING THE ADDITION THAT WAS ADDED TO THE MAIN. THE ADDITION IS THE PORTION THAT HAS THE METAL COVERING WITH THE WHITE PIECES OF PLYWOOD AND IT ALSO SHOWS THE TWO ACCESSORIES LOCATED IN THE BACK THAT WERE ALSO BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDING LIKE WEATHER PROTECTION. THERE'S ROTS AT THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE. THERE'S A LARGE HOLE UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW THAT'S COVERED WITH, UM, SOME TYPE OF METAL GRATE MATERIAL. THE OVERHANG DOES HAVE SIGNS OF ROT AND DETERIORATION. THIS AREA, UM, IS VERY DAMP DUE TO AN ACTIVE LEAK. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THE ADDITION PORTION THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS IS THE FLAT ROOF AREA OF THE MAIN. AND THE ORIGINAL IS WHERE THE PITCH IS AT. UM, THE WINDOW LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. THERE'S AN AC THAT'S INSTALLED, UM, IN THE REAR ELEVATION. THERE'S MOISTURE AND WATER. WATER SEEPING DOWN AND IT IS BEGINNING TO ROT THE SIDING, THIS IS WALKING INSIDE THE ADDITION. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S AN INDICATION OF A A LIVING AREA. THERE'S, UM, A HOT PLATE. THERE'S A REFRIGERATOR. THERE'S OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS. THIS IS A CLOSET WITHIN THAT ROOM SHOWING THE ORIGINAL EXTERIOR WINDOW BEHIND THE CLOTHING AND THE SHELVING. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL EXTERIOR WALL AND THE LIGHT FIXTURE TO ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TO SHOW THAT THAT WAS ONCE THE EXTERIOR SIDE, UM, ELEVATION. THIS IS ANOTHER REAR BEDROOM WALKING INTO THE ORIGINAL, THE PREVIOUS PHOTO. UM, YOU HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS ROOM IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE MAIN. THIS IS ONE WAY OUT. 1 1, 1 WAY IN THIS IS A REAR KITCHEN. I'M GONNA CALL THIS KITCHEN TWO. THERE'S A SAG IN THE CEILING. THIS IS A LAUNDRY. I'M GONNA CALL THIS A LAUNDRY ROOM. THERE'S ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THE SAG IN THE CEILING. THERE'S NO RECEPTACLE ON THE LIGHT FIXTURE. THERE'S NO TILING. OKAY, NOW THIS IS THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN IN THE MAIN. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S MISSING FLOOR COVERING AND UP AHEAD IN THE PHOTO. THAT'S THE MAIN LIVING ROOM. THIS IS A BEDROOM THAT'S LOCATED IN THE MAIN, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LARGE HOLE IN THE CEILING. THERE'S INSULATION HANGING. THIS CEILING FAN IS NOT FLUSHED ON THE CEILING AND THERE IS EXPOSED WIRING. THIS IS A BEDROOM WITHIN THE MAIN, UM, THIS IS THAT DOORWAY THAT WAS ONCE LEADING OUT THAT IS NOW COVERED IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO MENTIONED ON THE ORIGINAL SIDE DOOR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES NOT OPEN COMPLETELY, WHICH, UM, DOES POSE A CONCERN FOR EGRESS. THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION, UM, TO THE MAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A PVC PIPE THAT'S RUNNING OUT OF THE MAIN IN BETWEEN AN ACCESSORY THAT WILL GET INTO IN A LATER PHOTO. AND IT IS EMITTING WASTE AND SEWAGE, UH, BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. THIS IS ACCESSORY ONE. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF ACCESSORY ONE. EXCUSE [00:15:01] ME. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXTERIOR WALLS MISSING IN AREAS EXPOSING THE ROTTED STUDS. UH, THERE IS A DETERIORATED OVERHANG AND THE FOUNDATION SHOWS HOW THE POSTS HAVE SUNK IN THE GRADE. THIS IS A VIEW WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE. ON THE DAY OF THE INITIAL INSPECTION, THE DAY OF THE DART, UH, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THEY HAD DOGS AND PUPPIES KIND OF RUNNING AROUND IN THERE IN THEIR OWN FECES AND URINE. THIS IS A MORE UPDATED OF THAT SAME ROOM. THE DOGS WERE NO LONGER THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NATURAL LIGHT THAT'S VISIBLE INDICATING THE ELEMENTS ARE MAKING ENTRY AND THERE'S STILL AN ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE. THIS IS A RIGHT VIEW OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE JUST TO SHOW THE MISSING DRYWALL. AND THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT VISIBLE IN THE CEILING. UM, STILL A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS AND DEBRIS. HERE'S ACCESSORY TO REAR ELEVATION OF ACCESSORY TWO. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MISSING SIDING THAT'S ROTTED AND DETERIORATED. PLYWOOD. THERE'S A, THERE'S A SIDE DOOR RIGHT THERE THAT IS NOW BLOCKED OFF. BUT DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION, THIS SIDE DOOR WAS LEADING INTO A CAMPER TRAILER THAT THEY WERE ONCE TRYING TO CONVERT INTO ANOTHER LIVING AREA. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THAT ACCESSORY TO SHOW HOW A TARP HAS BEEN PLACED COVERING THE PATIO AREA. AND THIS IS A VIEW INSIDE THAT ENCLOSED AREA INDICATING OCCUPANCY. THIS IS INSIDE THAT ACCESSORY. THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING. AND THERE'S THAT SIDE DOOR THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO CONVERT THE CAMPER TRAILER INTO ANOTHER LIVING AREA. THE CAMPER TRAILER HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED. IT'S A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO TO SHOW THE MAIN TO THE LEFT AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE ACCESSORIES LOCATED IN THE REAR YARD. AND DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION, A VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY SAPD. DURING THE, UH, INITIAL INVESTIGATION, THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ARRESTED AND A FIREARM AND METH WAS RECOVERED FROM THE VEHICLE. 2 0 1 MOHAWK IS A SINGLE STORY OCCUPIED MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE BUILT IN 1951. ADDITIONS WERE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS TO INCLUDE A LIVING QUARTER, A CARPORT, AND A DECK. THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS SHINGLES THAT ARE WORN AND SAGGING. THE DECK IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN USING PLYWOOD. THE DECK HAS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AND ROT. THE ADDITION HAS BLOCKED OFF EXITS AND WINDOWS. POSING RES CONCERN DURING A FIRE OR PANIC WOULD SIDING ADDED ON TOP OF EXISTING SIDING WITHOUT PERMITS WOULD PIECES OR FENCING MATERIAL ADDED TO THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE AND REPLACEMENT OF SKIRTING. LARGE HOLES IN THE FRONT, LARGE HOLE IN THE FRONT BEDROOM, EXPOSING INSULATION AND ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS. FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING. PLYWOOD PLACED AS FLOOR MISSING PLYWOOD IN THE FRONT KITCHEN AREA. SEWAGE BEING DISPERSED IN THE REAR YARD. PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALLOWING MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS TO OCCUPY THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY USED DESCRIPTION IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY ACCESSORY. ONE IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS. FRONT ELEVATION PORCH AREA HAS BEEN ENCLOSED WITH A BLACK TARP ACTING AS A LIVING AREA, RIGHT ELEVATION, EXTERIOR SIDING, MISSING AND REPLACED BY ROTTEN AND DETERIORATED PLYWOOD LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. FLOOR COVERING IS ALSO MISSING. PROPERTY OWNER IS ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO OCCUPY THE ACCESSORY FOR DWELLING PURPOSES. ACCESSORY TWO IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS. ROOF SYSTEM HAS SHINGLES THAT ARE WORN AND MISSING IN AREAS. EXTERIOR SIDING IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE DETER, DETERIORATED STUDS. THERE ARE HOLES IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS. NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE INDICATING ELEMENTS ARE MAKING ENTRY. THE OVERHANG IS ROD AND DETERIORATED. DURING INITIAL INSPECTION, IT WAS OBSERVED TO BE SHELTERING FOR DOGS, LARGE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 2 0 1 MOHAWK ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6. SUBSECTIONS TO THE MAIN ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15. SUBSECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY. ONE R 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. SUBSECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY TWO ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE 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 OR DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND DEMOLITION TO ACCESSORY ONE AND TWO. [00:20:01] THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 2 0 1 MOHAWK. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LEMME SEE. YEAH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD MS. THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA. UH, HOW MUCH CONTACT HAVE YOU HAD WITH, UH, THE OWNER AND, AND PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER? SO WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER DURING THE INITIAL INVEST INSPECTION IN JANUARY. WE HAD A CONFERENCE MEETING WITH, UM, STAFF AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES, UM, WITH BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS, OR I'M SORRY, WITH ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS HERE AT DSD AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THEM WITH, WITH VISUALS AND, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION, UM, OBTAINING PERMITS AND WHAT'S NEEDED, UH, TO REPAIR OR DE DEMOLISH THE ACCESSORIES. AND HOW RECEPTIVE WERE THEY? THEY'VE BEEN, IN YOUR OPINION? THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNICATIVE. THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATIVE. UM, THEY DO HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THERE WHO MAKE IT HARD FOR STAFF TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AT THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY WE MEET. IT'S BETTER TO MEET HERE AT DSD OR AT, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE OWNERS ARE IN AGREEANCE AS FAR AS TRYING TO OBTAIN DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THE ACCESSORIES. UH, BUT AS FAR AS OUR, THAT'S AS FAR AS OUR COMMUNICATION GOES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION. YOU, YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE SEEKING DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THE ACCESSORIES ONE AND TWO? YES. THEY, WHEN WE MET HERE WITH STAFF, WE, AFTER WE EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD, UM, THEY HAD STATED THAT WHILE THEY WERE HERE, THEY WERE GONNA APPLY FOR, UM, PERMITS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THEY WANTED TO PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION TO THE ACCESSORIES. HAVE THEY ACTED ON THAT? NO SIR. NO. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I GOT A FEW. YES SIR. IN THIS DARK INSPECTION, NORMALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF BODIES INVOLVED. WAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN THIS ONE? YES. DID THEY COMMENT ON THE SEWAGE BEING DISPERSED ON THE GROUND? NOT, NOT, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER UNFORTUNATELY. UM, BUT WHILE THEY'RE THERE, THEY ARE TAKING PHOTOS AND THEY ARE DOCUMENTING RIGHT ON, ON, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR REVIEW. DID THEY, CAN THEY DETERMINE HOW, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN RUNNING ON THE GROUND AND INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD? I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, UNFORTUNATELY. ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASKING IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN DETERMINE THAT OR STAFF? WELL, IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE DETERMINED. I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE NOW THAT BECOMES A BIOLOGICAL CLEANUP. AND A BIOLOGICAL CLEANUP MEANS YOU HAVE TO REMOVE SOILS AND REPLACE SOILS. AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY GAVE YOU GUYS ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY WERE ON TOP OF THAT OR IS THAT, UM, TO ANSWER THAT NO, I WAS NOT PROVIDED ANY DOCUMENTATION, UH, REFERENCING THE SEWAGE ON THE GROUND. BUT THAT'S NOT THE FIRST LEAK. CORRECT. ON THAT BACK WALL WHERE THE SEWER LINE WAS IN THE HOUSE AND IT WAS LEAKING RIGHT THERE? YES. THAT'S THE SECOND. NOW WAS THAT SEWER OR WATER? THAT WAS SEWAGE. SO THERE SEWAGE, SO THEY'RE BOTH SEWER LEAKS. MM-HMM. . AND WE DON'T HAVE A DETERMINATION OF WHAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE TO THAT PROPERTY ONCE THE ISSUES ARE CORRECTED ON OUR END. WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE TWO HOUSES? ON BOTH SIDES? 'CAUSE THAT WAS ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE HOUSE, RIGHT? YES. THE PHOTO WHERE THE SEWAGE JUST WAS DISPERSING, IT WAS, UM, THE MASONRY WALL. THAT'S THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WHERE THE UNDER THE WINDOW WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE. YEAH, WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBOR. IT'S NOT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR, IT'S A CORNER PROPERTY. UH, THE STREET WAS JUST DISPERSING ON THE SIDE YARD. UM, WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, UNFORTUNATELY. WELL, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THAT SIDE YARD, THE FENCE WAS RIGHT THERE BY THE SIDEWALK, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. HANG ON A MINUTE. LET ME LOOK AT THE, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN JPEG HANG ON JUST A SECOND. UH, ONE, UH, 1 1 6. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE IS A DIFFERENT, UH, OKAY. THAT RIGHT THERE IS [00:25:01] A SEPARATE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO THAT LEAK IS COMING FROM THE SAME ELEVATION AND WHERE THE SEWAGE IS DISPERSING, IT'S GOING INTO THAT SAME AREA. AND THEN THE, THAT'S THE SAME, UH, SIDE YARD. RIGHT. SO BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING TO THIS SIDE YARD? YES, SIR. SO THERE, THIS WHOLE SIDE WHERE THE TIRE IS, IS THE RIGHT SIDE, OR I'M SORRY, THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY. SO THE LEFT, THIS IS THE RIGHT IN THE PHOTO. IT'S THE RIGHT, BUT THIS IS THE LEFT WHEN YOU'RE FACING THE PROPERTY IN THE FRONT, LIKE IF YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF BUT YOU'RE IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. SO THIS, FROM THIS POINT HERE, BACK TO THE CORNER WHERE THE OTHER ONE IS, IS HOW FAR, UH, IT'S MEASURED AT THREE FEET. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, THE SIDE YARD FROM THIS PIECE HERE TO THE NEXT LEAK TO THAT OTHER ONE THAT'S OPEN. OH, UM, I'M SORRY I WASN'T, UM, IT'S, IT CAN'T BE NO MORE THAN FIVE FEET. SO THAT'S FIVE FOOT OF CONTAMINATED GROUND AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP THE CONTAMINATION GOES. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR OVER BY THIS WALL AND HOW DEEP THIS WALL IS. IT MAY BE SEEPING UNDER WE DON'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, JUST CORRECT. WE, WE, WE DON'T. SO WHEN YOU CORRECT THE ISSUES HERE, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A SEWER PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME FOR THIS ODOR. I CAN GET WITH STAFF AND WE CAN LOOK INTO HOW WE COULD, UM, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. NO, I UNDERSTAND. IT IS, BUT ALSO IF THERE'S ANY STANDING WATER, ANY RAINS OR ANYTHING ARE GONNA STAND IN THIS AND MOSQUITOES WILL BREED. AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT CAUSE? SO THAT'S WHY I ASK IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUED A REPORT BASED OFF OF THOSE ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE, I UNDERSTAND. DOES NOT AFFECTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IS IS STAFF AVAILABLE TO, OR HAS EVER HAD A FEEDBACK FROM THAT STUFF LIKE THIS HERE? SO THIS IS A JENNY RAMIREZ WITH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT. TYPICALLY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL GO OUT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME INSPECTIONS. THEY WON'T USUALLY GIVE A REPORT UNLESS THEY ACTIVELY SEE A FLOW GOING INTO THE STREET, WHICH IS GONNA HIT THE MS FOUR AND THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE. THAT'S WHERE IT THEN STARTS LEADING BACK TO, UM, BIGGER PROBLEMS, BIGGER ISSUES, BIGGER CONCERNS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, NEEDING TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. TYPICALLY, WHEN IT'S LEACHING INTO THE GROUND, IT IS CONTAINED, IT IS CONTAINED TO THAT GROUND. WE CAN GET A CONTRACTOR TO THROW, UH, CHEMICALS THAT WILL HELP BREAK DOWN THE COMPONENTS OF THE, UM, THE SOIL THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. WE DON'T USUALLY REMOVE SOIL, BUT WE CAN ADD CHEMICALS THAT WILL, UM, KIND OF MAKE IT INERT AND, AND KEEP THAT SOIL. NOTHING MAY GROW IN THAT SOIL FOR A BIT OF A TIME, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE IT COMPLETELY CONTAMINATED OR EXPAND OUT. SO IT'S NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION EITHER WAY. BUT WE WON'T USUALLY GET OR REPORT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THEY DO ATTEND, THEY DO WANNA MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING BIGGER THAT WE'RE MISSING OR, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT IS UNKNOWN IS USUALLY WHAT THEY'RE THERE TO ATTEND FOR. BUT THEY CAN QUICKLY POINT OUT TO US AS THEY DID FOR CHRISTIE TO CONFIRM, YES, THAT'S SEWER, THAT'S A SEWER LINE, NOT A WATER LINE OR A WATER LEAK. UM, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR IN THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR EXPERTISE. SO IT'S USUALLY NOT A MATTER OF REMOVING THE SOIL, BUT JUST TREATING THAT SOIL RIGHT THEN AND THERE, UM, AS IT'S NEEDED TO BE TREATED, IT DOESN'T HELP TO REALLY TREAT IT WHILE THE LEAK IS STILL OCCURRING. SO THAT THAT KIND OF, IT'LL BE AN ONGOING ISSUE, BUT IT CAN BE TREATED, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY WHILE IT IS THERE IN THE GROUND. UM, AND CONTAINED TO THAT IMMEDIATE AREA, THAT'S USUALLY HOW WE HANDLE IT. AND, OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY ONCE THAT HOUSE OR WHATEVER'S DONE, A LOT OF THAT IS, IT'S NOT GETTING AIR BACK THERE. SO IT'S GONNA SET FOR A WHILE. AND MY BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT ANYTHING SETS UNDER THAT HOUSE, WHICH IS THE LOWEST LEVEL OF MOST PLACES, IS THE MOSQUITO ISSUES AND THE DISEASES, THEY WILL START PASSING FROM THAT SEWER WATER. NOW MOSQUITOES, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, OUR STAFF, WE DO HAVE SOME CURSORY TRAINING FOR THE MOSQUITO BREEDING. IF THERE IS STANDING WATER PUDDLES, UM, SOMETHING LARGER THAN A PUDDLE OR, OR BIGGER, WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE DUNKS TO THROW THOSE OUT. YEAH. TO PUT THOSE IN THERE TO HELP TREAT THAT IMMEDIATELY AS WELL. SO IF WE, IF THEY ARE SEEN, MOST STAFF DO CARRY THAT, UH, IN THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLES, THAT WE CAN QUICKLY TREAT THAT, UH, AS IMMEDIATE CONCERN. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A SITUATION OF THIS. NOW WE HAVE HAD SOME RAINS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME RECENT PHOTOS. IT MAY SHOW SOME PUDDLING WITH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS THAT IT MAY HAVE COME. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT KIND OF TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING TO TREAT THAT, IF WE SEE IT WHERE THE DUNK CAN, IT HAS TO DISSOLVE ITSELF AS WELL. RIGHT. IT'S A, IT'S A SOLID PIECE OF, UH, CHEMICAL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THAT, THAT THAT PUDDLE. UM, IT CREATES THAT LITTLE SHEEN WHEN THE SHEEN IS CREATED THAT, THAT PREVENTS THE MOSQUITOES FROM BREEDING OR COMING THROUGH. SO THOSE, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY [00:30:01] THE REALLY QUICK, UH, TURNAROUND ITEMS THAT WE TRY TO TREAT FOR WHEN WE DO SEE THOSE OCCURRING. OKAY. AND THE NEXT ONE WAS PERSONNEL. PEOPLE ON THAT PROPERTY. ARE THEY FRIENDS OF THE SON? BECAUSE I READ IN THE THING THAT, THAT THE, THE, SHE WOULD NOT SIGN A, UH, A STAY OFF PROPERTY ORDER, BUT THEY'RE, ARE THEY FRIENDS OF THE, WHO'S DOING THE WORK? SO THE FATHER, THE OWNER IS THE FATHER. HE'S THE ONE DOING ALL THE WORK. UM, AND MS. RAMOS RESIDES THERE WITH HER HUSBAND. THERE'S TWO, UM, THEY HAVE TWO SONS THAT ALSO LIVE THERE. AND AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT STAY THERE, IT'S KINDA, IT IS LIKE A REVOLVING DOOR. I I THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE THERE. I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU A NUMBER OF HOW, WHO STAYS THERE. UH, IT'S JUST A COMMUNICATION I'VE HAD HAVE BEEN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ONE OF THE SONS. WAS SHE HER AND BOARD? I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, SIR. WE ALSO DO HAVE S-A-P-D-I BELIEVE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE INSIGHT ON THE, THE PEOPLE STAYING THERE OR THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING FROM, UM, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD, THAT MAY BE BETTER SUITED FOR, UH, SAPD TO REPORT. OKAY. I JUST WANNA ADVISE THAT WHEN I WAS READING OFF THE SUBSECTIONS TO THE MAIN, I DID NOT MENTION, UH, SUBSECTION 11. SO SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN WILL BE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. OKAY. NOW IT STATES IN HERE THAT ONE OF THE SONS, SHE WOULDN'T SIGN FOR WITH A CARETAKER OF THE FATHER IF HE'S OUT THERE DOING WORK ON THE HOUSE. HOW IS HE A CARETAKER TO THE INDIVIDUAL? 'CAUSE NORMALLY A CARETAKER IS FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S RESTRICTED ON MOVEMENT. UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. SO WHEN, LIKE I SAID, DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION AND DURING OUR MEETING, HE STATED THAT HE WAS THE ONE DOING THE WORK. AND THEN WHEN WE WERE HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROP, UH, MS. RAMOS, UH, SHE ADVISED THAT HER SON, UH, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY BECAUSE HE WAS A CARETAKER. SO THAT WAS JUST COMMUNICATED TO STAFF TO THE FATHER? YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THEN I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON SAP'S QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY, ANY MORE? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK THAT STRUCTURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, WAS THAT THEN AN ACCESSORY, TWO ACCESSORIES? THERE'S, YES. THERE'S A, A MAIN STRUCTURE AND THERE'S TWO ACCESSORIES IN THE REAR. AND WHICH ONE WE WERE LOOKING AT IN THAT PHOTO? IS THAT, THAT'S THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THAT WAS THE MAIN STRUCTURE, YES, SIR. SO THAT'S THE, THE PHOTO WITH THE SEWAGE, RIGHT? YES. THE SEWAGE WAS COMING OUT OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. AND SO I SAW THE, UM, IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD A TEMPORARY WATER HOOKUP GOING INTO THE ROOM. AND THAT THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE, WAS THAT ACTUALLY BEING, UM, SUPPLIED BY THAT GARDEN HOSE OR IS THAT, WHICH PHOTO DO YOU UH, SAME, THE 1 1 1 6. THAT'S A, THAT'S THE, I'M SORRY. THAT LINE THEY USED IS A RED PLEXI LINE. IT'S THE NEW PLUMBING LINES. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IS THEY, AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE A RED, I THOUGHT IT WAS A AIR HOSE AT FIRST, BUT THAT'S THE NEW LINES THEY'RE USING IN PLUMBING. BUT THAT'S HOT WATER LINE, NOT COLD WATER LINE. SO YEAH, THAT, THAT AREA WHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL? THAT'S THAT SECOND KITCHEN. TWO IN, IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO. OKAY. AND THEN JUST SINCE YOU'RE RECOMMENDING DEMO FOR THE ACCESSORIES, CAN THOSE BE ACTUALLY, UH, DISENTANGLED FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE WE SAW THE DECK LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SITTING ON ONE OF THE ACCESSORIES AND IT WAS, UH, THE SUPPORTING BEAMS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE JUST STANDING ONTO THE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE THAT COULD BE EASILY TAKEN APART. BUT IS THERE ANY, UH, FIRM TIE-INS BETWEEN THE ACCESSORIES AND, AND THE MAIN BUILDING? ARE YOU ASKING IF THE MAIN IF THE ACCESSORIES ARE ATTACHED TO THE, TO THE MAIN? ACTUALLY NO, THE ACCESSORIES ARE NOT ATTACHED TO THE MAIN NO, NO MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT? NO. THERE'S, THE ONLY THING THEY'RE RUNNING IS EXTENSION CORDS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE MAIN TO THE ACCESSORIES. BUT AS FAR AS STRUCTURAL, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING ATTACHED TO THE MAIN. OKAY. THEN THE, YOU SAID THE TWO ACCESSORIES WERE LIVING QUARTERS. ONE OF ONE, ONE OF 'EM WAS, YES, SIR. BUT IT'S NOT PLUMBED? NO, IT'S NOT PROPERLY ELECTRICAL. NO SIR. NO WATER. NO. SO IT SAYS THERE'S ACTING AS A LIVING AREA. SO THEY'RE USING THE MAIN BATHROOM. YES. HOPEFULLY. EXCUSE ME. HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY, YES. AND JUST ANOTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION THAT THE PIERS WERE SINKING INTO THE GROUND. WAS THAT WITH THE MAIN S INSTRUCTION? O ONLY THAT WAS FOR THE ACCESSORY. I BELIEVE IT, UH, THAT PHOTO WAS ACCESSORY, UH, TWO. SO THE, THE, THE LOOKS LIKE THE, THE PIERS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE [00:35:01] WERE OKAY. THEY'RE IN FAIR CONDITION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD WITH THE, THANK YOU. MM-HMM. OFFICER BRANDON GUI, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UH, IT TOOK A WHILE. UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BOARD, UM, IN QUESTION THE HOUSE IN, IN QUESTION 2 0 1 MOHAWK, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, A DAYLIGHT SERGEANT HAD BROUGHT TO, UH, OUR ATTENTION. UH, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, UM, RAN AGAIN, SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER, SAFE, SAFE OFFICER OUT OF THE SOUTH SUBSTATION. UH, THE DAYLIGHT SERGEANT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AND ASKED FOR HELP. UM, HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES. IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE. UM, THE LOCATION HAS COME OUT WITH, UH, ASSAULT AND PROGRESS CALLS, UH, STOLEN VEHICLE CALLS, FAMILY DISTURBANCES. UH, THERE WAS A ROBBERY, UH, THAT, THAT'S BEEN GENERATED. AND THE FRUSTRATION WAS, IS THAT OFFICERS GET OUT THERE AND NOBODY EVER COMES OUT, NO VICTIM. UH, WE NEVER GET A RESPONSE. SO WHEN THERE IS A RESPONSE, THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE CONFRONTATIONAL, WANNA FIGHT WITH THE OFFICERS, TELLING THEM, COME ONTO THE PROPERTY. SO NOW AS WE MAKE CALLS THERE, A BOLO COMES OUT AS SOON AS THE CALLS COME OUT, SENDING, SAYING, SEND THREE OFFICERS TO THIS LOCATION. UH, BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE FOR AN OFFICER TO GO THERE BY THEMSELF OR TWO OFFICERS. NOW THEY RECOMMEND THREE OFFICERS. THAT'S, IT'S GUARANTEED YOU'RE GONNA GET THREE OFFICERS GO TO THIS CALL. UM, SO WHEN HE BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION, I BROUGHT IT TO THE DARTBOARD, UM, AND ADVISED HIM OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. UH, CONSTANTLY GETTING STOLEN. VEHICLES. WHEN WE GET THESE STOLEN VEHICLES, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST THERE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM, WE'RE GETTING 'EM FROM OTHER LOCATIONS TOO, UH, IN THE VICINITY, SOMETIMES PAST FOUR 10, SOMEHOW LINK UP BACK TO THIS ADDRESS. WHEN WE GET THOSE STOLEN VEHICLES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, SOMEHOW OUR COVERT UNITS, VEHICLE CRIMES, LINKS IT BACK SOMEHOW THAT DAY. AND THEN WE END UP GOING TO THE SAME LOCATION, RECOVERING MORE STOLEN VEHICLES. UH, SO IT'S, IT'S ONGOING. IT'S CONSTANT. UM, NOT ONLY THAT, UM, WE'RE GETTING NARCOTICS OUT OF THERE. LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FIRST DART INSPECTION THAT WE WENT TO, WE DID, UH, RECOVER SOMEBODY OUT THERE ON THE STREET THAT WAS, UH, IN HIS VEHICLE. HE SAID HE DID LIVE AT THE LOCATION. HE WOULD NOT IDENTIFY. I BELIEVE HE LIVED IN STRUCTURE NUMBER TWO, UH, IN THE BACK. UM, HE SAID HE LIVED THERE, BUT HE WAS GIVING US A, UM, A FALSE NAME. UH, WHEN WE DETAINED HIM, GOT HIS NAME, HE HAD NARCOTICS WITH HIM, AND HE HAD A GUN IN THE VEHICLE. UH, SO THOSE WERE ALL PUT IN THE PROPERTY ROOM. UM, ALSO WITH THAT, WE ALSO ARRESTED, UH, ONE OF THE, THE SONS THAT LIVES THERE WHEN WE WENT BACK FOR A SECOND. REINSPECTION, SAME THING AGAIN. UH, MADE TWO ARRESTS THERE. AND THESE WERE JUST FOR PHOTOS. UH, AND, BUT, UH, THERE WAS STILL PEOPLE IN THE REAR STRUCTURE. UM, WE DID ARREST THE FEMALE THERE WITH A AG, UM, KIDNAPPING WARRANT THERE WITH, AND ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, SHE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, POSSESSION OF CONSULT SUBSTANCE WARRANTIES AND THEN ARRESTED SOMEBODY ELSE WITH SOME, UH, SOME OTHER WARRANTS. UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MAKE THIS CALL AT THAT TOOL ON MOHAWK, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE. UM, I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, AS IF IT SEEPS INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. AND WE PROBABLY WON'T GET ANY COOPERATION, UH, FROM ANY OF THE RESIDENTS AROUND THERE. NOBODY EVER CALLS IN BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY FEAR FOR THEIR RETALIATION. UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE, NOBODY COMES OUT, NOBODY WANTS TO TALK TO US. WE DON'T GET PHONE CALLS FROM NEAR, UH, RESIDENTS NEARBY. UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S, I'VE BEEN ON SOUTH FOR 21 YEARS AND I'VE KNOWN THE ADDRESS FOR 21 YEARS. UH, SO IT'S, I I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE SONS THAT LIVE THERE. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE OWNERS, UM, I KNOW YOU SAID AS FAR AS WHO RESIDES THERE, YEAH, IT'S THE SONS THAT LIVE THERE. THE MOM DOES NOT WANT TO GET RID OF HER SONS. UM, SHE REFUSES, UH, SHE, THAT'S WHY SHE WILL NOT SIGN THE CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARRANT, UH, I'M SORRY, AFFIDAVIT. UM, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A HARD ONE RIGHT THERE. SHE'S NOT HELPING US OUT AT ALL. ON TOP OF THAT, UH, AS FAR AS THE CARETAKER, I'VE NEVER, OR CAREGIVER, I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANY OF 'EM TO BE A CAREGIVER. UH, AGAIN, WITH THE STOLEN VEHICLES. AND THEN WE'VE HAD ACID SEIZURE GO BEFORE. THE FIRST DART INSPECTION THAT I LEARNED, UH, COLLECTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF STOLEN PROPERTY. WHEN WE DID GO BACK TO THE FIRST DART INSPECTION, THERE WAS COMMERCIAL, UM, COMMERCIAL, UH, EQUIPMENT THERE. NOT ONLY IN DOUBLE BUT IN TRIPLICATES, AND THESE ARE COMMERCIAL TOOLS, JIGSAWS, HACKSAWS, CHOP SAWS, ALL KINDS [00:40:01] OF STUFF. UM, AND THEN WE WENT BACK FOR THE SECOND REINSPECTION, SAME THING AGAIN, JUST MORE STOLEN PROPERTY THAT THAT'S THERE ON THE PROPERTY. UH, UNFORTUNATELY OUR PROPERTY CRIMES COULDN'T RECOVER ANY OF IT. UH, WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING LICENSE PLATES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES DON'T CARRY THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON 'EM WHEN THEY SHOULD. UH, SO I MEAN, IT, IT IS, THAT'S A HARD ONE. UH, THEY JUST END UP GETTING NEW, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS CONTRACTORS GET NEW PROPERTY, UH, COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT. UM, SO YEAH, THEY ARE VERY UNCOOPERATIVE THERE. UM, BOTH DART INSPECTIONS KNOCKING ON THE REAR DOOR TO THE SECOND ACCESSORY. WE CAN BE KNOCKING THERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA FORCE OUR WAY IN THERE. WE'LL KNOCK, WE'LL BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR FOR 20, 30 MINUTES. AND THIS IS BOTH INSPECTIONS. AND, UH, OUR SERGEANT FINALLY JUST MAKES THE APPROVAL, SAYS WE'RE GONNA MAKE ENTRY. AND, AND BOTH TIMES ON THE INSPECTIONS, IT'S LIKE WE WERE ASLEEP, BUT WE'RE THERE KNOCKING PRETTY HARD. SO I MEAN, TO SLEEP THROUGH THAT FOR 20, 30 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA COME OUT. AND, UH, AGAIN, VERY UNCOOPERATIVE. WE HAVE TO GET THE CITY EMPLOYEES IN THERE TO DO THE INSPECTIONS. OTHER THAN THAT, UM, AGAIN, IT'S A NUISANCE. UH, IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR THREE OFFICERS TO GO THERE EVERY TIME WHEN WE CAN BE UTILIZING THE OFFICERS OUT THERE IN THE STREETS DOING SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. YOU SAID IT'S BEEN ABOUT 21 YEARS IS HOW PROPERTY'S BEEN ON Y'ALL'S RADAR. ANY IDEA HOW MANY CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY? UH, UNFORTUNATELY, I, YOU KNOW, 21 YEARS, I CAN'T GO THAT FAR BACK. UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DART WE DO TWO YEARS. UM, AND ON THE TWO YEARS IT'S MOSTLY PATROL BUYS ON OUR PART, FAMILY DISTURBANCES. UM, THERE'S USUALLY 50 CALLS PER PAGE. I PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 75 HERE, AND THAT'S A TWO YEAR HISTORY AND THE MOST, AND REALLY NOBODY CALLS IN ON THEM. UH, AND A LOT OF THE CALLS TOO AREN'T REALLY GENERATED THERE. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE TO RECOVER ALL THESE STOLEN VEHICLES, THEY USUALLY, WE GET ATTACHED TO THAT CASE NUMBER WHERE THAT CASE NUMBER'S ATTACHED SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA SHOW THE ADDRESS THERE. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS, AGAIN, AS FAR AS ALL THE, UH, THE CALLS THAT WE GET THERE ARE GONNA BE FAMILY VIOLENCE, ASSAULT, AND PROGRESSES. AND WE SHOW UP AND NOBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING. UH, THE VICTIM NEVER COMES OUT. UH, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA SAY THE, AND FEAR WE'RE GUESSING AS FAR AS RETALIATION, THEY DON'T WANT NO PART OF THE FAMILY. NOW, I'M JUST GONNA, FINAL QUESTION IS, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, BUT HOW CLOSE IS IT TO, UH, UH, SCHOOLS, UH, NEARBY? ARE THERE THERE CHILDREN WALKING IN FRONT OF THE, THE PROPERTY? AROUND THE PROPERTY? THE NEAREST SCHOOL IS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE, THREE BLOCKS AWAY. AND THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, SOUTH SAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE KINDRED ELEMENTARY IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT. UM, AS FAR AS THE WALKING DISTANCE, IT'S, IT'S GOOD. PROBABLY ABOUT A GOOD THREE, FOUR BLOCKS AWAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, THIS IS ROBERT TOPIA. YES, SIR. UM, SO SIR, TELL US WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN WE SEND A DEMOLITION CREW OUT THERE WHEN WE GO OVER THERE. UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, IF WE DO SEND A DEMOLITION CREW, WE WILL HAVE TO SEND NUMEROUS OFFICERS. PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE GO OUT THERE, WE'LL HAVE THREE QUARTERS OF OUR UNIT, IF NOT ALL THE UNITS SHOW UP JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. UH, YES SIR, THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE. YES, SIR. SOMEBODY NEEDS PERMISSION, A WARRANT, SOMETHING. I MEAN, THIS IS, IT IS JUST UNCALLED FOR. AND, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR NO MORE. MM-HMM. . BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA CUT IT. SO SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. PHYSICALLY TO GO IN AND END IT. YES SIR. STOP IT. AND IF WE'RE DEMOL, UH, DEMOLISHING THE REAR STRUCTURES, UH, THAT WOULD HELP. UM, THE FATHER IS THE MOST COOPERATIVE. THE MOM'S COOPERATIVE TOO, BUT THE MOM WILL SAY SHE'LL DO THESE THINGS, BUT THE NEXT DAY SHE'S NOT GONNA COOPERATE. THE FATHER, THE LAST REINSPECTION, UH, LET US IN THE HOUSE SAYS, Y'ALL DO WHAT Y'ALL NEED TO DO. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING DAY, IT'S BACK TO, TO THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE REAR STRUCTURES, LIKE WHERE ONE OF THE SONS LIVES AND THE GIRLFRIEND, UH, I, I DON'T SEE US HAVING A PROBLEM ACTUALLY DEMOLISHING THE REAR STRUCTURES. UM, IT'S THE MAIN STRUCTURE, I THINK IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GOING FOR REPAIRS ON THAT ONE. UH, BUT, UM, ANY HELP THAT WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW, TO HELP US OUT AS FAR AS SAPD. 'CAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE. AND, UM, ANY HELP WE CAN GET WOULD, WOULD HELP. SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR. [00:45:03] ANYBODY ELSE? UM, ONE FROM ME IS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER. UH, THERE'S A SCHOOL THREE BLOCKS AWAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. IS THIS A PATH LIKE MOST SCHOOLS HAVE THAT HAVE A MAJOR STREET WHERE KIDS WALK? I MEAN, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL, I MEAN, KIDS DO WALK. I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY SEE KIDS WALKING, UM, TO SCHOOL ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S PALO ALTO ROAD RIGHT THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS CROSSING GUARDS, BUT NOT TOO MANY KIDS ACTUALLY WALK TO THE SCHOOL. AND HE TOUCHED ON THE SECOND PART WAS THE SAFETY. IF YOU HAVE TO SEND THREE CARS FOR A PEACE OFFICER'S SAFETY, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE LIKE? AS HE SAID, WHEN SOMEBODY APPROACHES JUST TO TEAR TWO STRUCTURES DOWN, OR, THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE NOW THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE MAIN HOUSE, THEY'RE EVEN GONNA BE MORE NON-RECEPTIVE BECAUSE IF THE MAIN HOUSE IS REPAIRED, THERE'S GOTTA BE A LOT OF REPAIR DONE TO THAT MAIN HOUSE. YES, SIR. AS SO I, IF THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS CONSISTENTLY, IS IT REALLY GONNA STOP? PROBABLY NOT. IT MAY IT, IT MAY NOT, IT MAY AGGRAVATE THE ISSUE MORE BECAUSE YOU TOOK TWO STRUCTURES AWAY FROM 'EM, PROBABLY WHERE THE SONS WERE LIVING. NOW YOU'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE MAIN HOUSE. AND I MEAN, IT, IT, I I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CONTINUE TO BRING THIS ATTENTION TO YOURSELF AND THEY'VE BEEN FORETOLD, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR A LONG WHILE. AND NOW WE'RE AT THIS PROCESS. SO, I MEAN, IT COULD HELP. I HOPE IT HELPS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE WEREN'T, YOU'RE DOING THIS TO YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRIED TO HELP YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE OUR HANDS TIED BEHIND OUR BACK NOW. SO, BUT YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THREE QUARTERS OF OUR UNIT TO GO HELP OUT TO ASSIST. AND THAT'S, AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN OFFERED REPAIR. SO I GUESS THE NEXT BUNCH OF QUESTIONS GO TO STAFF. SO WE, WE THANK YOU. UH, AND LIKE I SAID, APPRECIATE Y'ALL SERVICE. UH, IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. CAN I HAVE THE CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER? AND THIS PROBABLY WILL GO TO STAFF TOO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YEAH, THANKS. UM, LET'S TOUCH ON SOMETHING HERE. IF WE DEMOLISH, GRANTED DEMOLISH OF THE TWO STRUCTURES IN THE BACK, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD BE AN OPEN QUESTION TO STAFF AND LEGAL AS WELL. HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE LONG TERM FROM THE, IF WE GET THAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR SAFETY IN THE FUTURE BOARD? THE, THE STRUCTURES PRESENTED TODAY ARE BEING PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED FOR THEIR STRUCTURAL ISSUES. UM, WHILE THE ISSUES AND CURRENT CONCERNS FOR THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ARE ABSOLUTELY CONCERNED NOW IN MOVING FORWARD, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDER THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS DUE TO THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES. UH, THEIR LACK OF MAINTENANCE, THEIR LACK OF REPAIR, THEIR LACK OF A PLAN, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ACCESSORIES. UM, WE WILL CONTINUE AS NEEDED, UH, IN THE FUTURE AND AS WELL NOW IF, IF THE ORDER COMES FORWARD FOR US TO TAKE THAT APPROPRIATE ACTION, WE, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ANY ACTION WE PLAN FOR ANYTHING WE MOVE FORWARD IS DONE WITH NOT ONLY THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS AROUND, BUT ALSO FOR OUR IMMEDIATE STAFF. WE PREPARE FOR THAT, WE WORK TOWARDS THAT AND WE MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN AS SAFE A MANNER AS POSSIBLE FOR ANY ORDER THAT WE NEED TO CARRY OUT. WELL, THAT'S MY CONCERN TOO, BECAUSE THE DEMO IS NOT YOUR STAFF THAT IS A CONTRACTOR NOW. THEIR SAFETY IS JUST AS VALUE. ARE WE LOOKING IN THE FUT, UH, LIKE THIS ONE HERE, KNOWING YOU ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM, KNOWING YOU'RE NOT COMPLYING, KNOWING THEY'RE HOSTILE. HAS ARRANGEMENTS OR WILL ARRANGEMENTS BE MADE? DO WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE COURT ORDER? ARRANGEMENTS DO NOT NEED TO BE MADE. THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUT. IT DOES NOT NEED TO PUT IT IN THE COURT ORDER. OKAY. UM, OUR STAFF, A CONTRACTOR DOES NOT EVER GO OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES. OKAY. A STAFF WILL BE ON SITE. UM, THEY ARE THE ONES SERVING THE ORDER. UM, THE STAFF ARE ALSO AWARE AND, UH, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE OUR CONTRACTORS ARE SAFE, TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF ARE SAFE, AND THEY'LL COORDINATE ACCORDINGLY WITH, UM, POLICE AS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE TO CARRY OUT THEIR ACTIONS. IF THOSE ACTIONS, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THOSE ACTIONS CANNOT BE [00:50:01] CARRIED OUT ON DAY ONE. WE CAN ALWAYS RETURN ON DAY TWO OR THREE OR FOUR UNTIL THEY'RE CARRIED OUT. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'LL GO AWAY AND NOT EVER GO BACK. BUT WHAT THOSE ACTIONS WILL, UM, WORK OUT TOWARDS IS A SAFE MANNERS FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO INCLUDE OUR CONTRACTORS. THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUT IN THE CONTRACT. THAT IS PART OF OUR GUIDELINES AND PART OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE BEFORE, DURING, AND ON THE CLEANUP AS WELL. MM-HMM. AND THE NEXT QUESTION, I GUESS WOULD BE TO STAFF AS WELL. DID YOU, OH, I JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOW HERE. UH, MR. JOSE BARGA AND OKAY. UH, LORRAINE RAMOS. OKAY. UH, I GUESS WE WILL HEAR FROM, OH, JANET, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THIS IS JILL SLAC. WELL, WE GONNA HEAR THE PROPERTY OWNERS FIRST BEFORE RYAN. JUST, YEAH. ALRIGHT. UM, IF THEY'RE HERE THEN, UM, DID THEY SIGN IN ON THE SHEET? THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU CAN, UH, IF YOU COULD, YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN, UH, IF I NEED ANY MORE FROM THE STAFF, I'LL, I'LL THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ROBERT TAPI. JUST, UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, UH, STAFF SAID, WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. THIS IS GONNA, I I JUST WANT IT TO BE SAFE. THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN THING. AND HEALTHY. SO I APPLAUD YOUR STEP BY STEP APPROACH AND, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU. BOARD. YES. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MY NUMBER ONE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE MANAGER IN THE FIELD. WHEN I, WHEN I DO ATTEND THESE INSPECTIONS OR INVESTIGATIONS, THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE RIGHT. PRIORITY. WHAT'S THE SAFETY FACTOR? WHAT ARE, WHAT MEASURES ARE WE TAKING FOR THE SAFETY FACTOR? AND THAT DOESN'T END, UH, WHAT THE FIRST INSPECTION UP UNTIL WE CARRY OUT WHATEVER ORDERS THE BOARD MAY, MAY RECOMMEND. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FOR OUR STAFF, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MY RESPONSIBILITY AND CONCERN AS WELL, UH, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE THAT, UM, GUIDANCE, PROVIDE THAT, UH, CLARITY AND MAKE SURE WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS TO, TO ENSURE THAT IS CARRIED OUT. THANK YOU. AND THEY WILL HAVE A SPANISH INTERPRETER? YES, SIR. OKAY. 2 0 1 MOHAWK STREET. WHAT'S HIS NAME AND HIS ADDRESS? L RAMOS 2 0 1 MOHAWK L RAMOS 2 0 1 MOHAWK. MA'AM, WHAT DID YOU ASK HER? YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE, SO WE CAN OKAY. UH, SHE'S TRYING TO TELL, CONVINCE HIM THAT HE SHOULD SPEAK FIRST. OKAY. TAKE HIS TIME. HE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, HE HAS PROBLEMS WHERE HE LIVES AND HE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, THEY, THEY, THEIR POWER WAS CUT OFF AND HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHY THIS IS HAPPENING TO HIM. HOW MUCH HE, HE TOOK A LOAN ABOUT, ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO FOR, SHE SAYS 52,000. I HAVE THE, THE, YES. UM, YES, SHE HAS THE CONTRACTS. [00:55:01] WHAT KIND OF CONTRACT? I'VE ASKED HER TO BRING WHAT SHE HAS. SHE SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT THAT REPAIRS WERE GOING TO BE MADE. UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTS SHOT, BUT SHE'S GONNA GO GET THEM. IS HE AWARE OF IT? HOLD ON. YES, MA'AM. ANY, UH, DOCUMENTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH COUNSEL. OKAY. DOCUMENT A SECOND, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT 'EM. IF, AND THESE, THESE ARE 30-YEAR-OLD DOCUMENTS. I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE. I THOUGHT SHE SAID THREE. THE CONTRACTOR MIGHT BE 30. I'M NOT SURE. SHE SAYS THE CONTRACTORS DISAPPEARED AND THEY WENT TO CALIFORNIA AND THEY DID NOT DO THE WORK. YOU DIDN'T GIVE 'EM ANY MONEY, DID YOU? SHE SAYS THEY'VE BEEN PAYING FOR THE LOAN. UH, AND, UM, SHE ASSUMES THAT THE LOAN WAS GIVEN TO THEM, TO THE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. APOLOGIES TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE NEED HER ON THE MICROPHONE SO THAT IT'S BEING RECORDED. SO EVEN THOUGH THE, THE TRANSLATION'S OCCURRING ON THE MIC, WE NEED BOTH ON THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. PROPERTY OWNER, YOU KNOW, THE, OKAY. UM, SHE SAID THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE GOING AROUND OFFERING THEIR SERVICES TO REPAIR THE HOUSE AND NO, YOU A PROPERTY OWNER? SHE WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE TIME. AND, UH, SHE MADE A, AN AGREEMENT WITH THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. AND THEY DID MAKE OKAY. SHE SAID THEY DID A LOT OF THE WORK, BUT THEY DID NOT FINISH ALL OF IT. AND THEN THEY DISAPPEARED. NO, I WENT TO SAN PEDRO WHERE THEY, THEY HAD AN OFFICE THERE AND THEY WERE NO LONGER THERE, SO I COULDN'T DO NOTHING. YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, I COULD ASSUME WHERE WAS I GONNA FIND THEM? I'M TELLING HER IF SHE COULD SPEAK IN ENGLISH, SHE COULD DO, DO, DO IT. AND THEN SHE NEEDS HELP. I'LL HELP HER AS SHE GOES ALONG. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID SO FAR? IN REALITY, THE LOAN IS NOT THE ISSUE. IT'S THE WORK BEING DONE ON THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. . THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LOANS. MM-HMM. . THE ONLY THING WE ARE HERE TO DETERMINE IS THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. OKAY? YEAH. SO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, ONLY TALK ABOUT THE HOUSE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO IT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. HER HUSBAND STARTED BUILDING A ROOM, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. STORAGE, STORAGE ROOM FOR STORAGE FOR HIS TOOLS. BUT HE NO LONGER WORK NO MORE. OKAY. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS THAT HER SON HAD WITH HIS WIFE. I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET HER TO GET BACK ON, ON THE TOPIC. HE WAS STAYING THERE. OKAY. THERE WAS A REASON THE, THE COPS WAS INSTANTLY GOING TO MY HOUSE. AND, UH, AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS CALLS THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WAS GOING OVER THERE INSTANTLY AND I KNOW IT WAS HER. RIGHT. BUT MY SON IS ALREADY LOCKED UP, SO HE SAID, UH, I DON'T KNOW. UH, HE'S IN JAIL. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. BUT THAT WAS A REASON THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE OF THE COPS GOING TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY OVER THERE TO MY HOUSE. OH YEAH. [01:00:01] THEY SAW THAT MY HUSBAND, I THINK HE BUILT THAT ROOM OVER THERE BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE THAT'S BEEN THERE LIKE FOR 20 YEARS OR 25, UH, THAT LADY, UH, CHRISTO, SHE WENT OVER THERE AND, UH, SHE MEASURED THE ROOM AND HE, HE TOLD MY HUSBAND, IF IT'S MORE THAN 30 STRUCTURE OR SOMETHING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN IT, TURN IT DOWN. AND THAT WAS ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO. OKAY. SO THAT WAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT AGAIN, WE HAD A GERMAN SHEPHERD, BUT WE ALREADY GIVE IT AWAY. AND SHE HAD PUPPIES AND MY HUSBAND PUT UP, WHEN IT WAS COLD IN THAT ROOM, THAT'S WHEN THEY WENT OVER THERE AND THEY TOOK PICTURES AND ALL THAT. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TOLD HIM TO REMOVE THE DOGS. BUT WE ALREADY GAVE 'EM TO THE CITY. THERE'S NO LONGER NOTHING THERE. WE TRIED TO CLEAN UP BECAUSE WE HAD A TRAVEL TRAILER AND WE PUT IT IN THE BACK AND LIKE IT HAS A RESTROOM. IT HAD A RESTROOM AND, UH, TAKE A SHOWER WHERE MY HUSBAND GOT OPERATED FROM HIS HEART, HE, UH, NEEDED A PROVIDER. SO WE HIRED MY SON TO BE HIS PROVIDER. BUT, UH, HE CAME TO LEAVE IN THE BACK ROOM WHERE HE SAID IT WAS ALL RIGHT THAT, THAT IT WAS MORE THAN 30 STRUCTURAL. SO HE STARTED STAYING THERE. 'CAUSE HE GOT THE PROVIDER SERVICES FROM MY HUSBAND AND HE WAS STAYING THERE. OKAY. AND WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR OR SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA TAKE OVER TO MAKE THE REPAIRS? I WANNA TRY MY BEST, SIR, TO GET THE, THE REPAIRS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BECAUSE I HAVE CANCER. I'VE BEEN SUFFERING FOR CANCER AND I, WE LEFT THE LIGHT SINCE THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THEY WERE GONNA CUT IT OFF. THEY JUST CUT IT OFF WITH NO NOTICE. SHE SAID SHE LEAVE NOTICE IN THE, IN THE WINDOW. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DIDN'T, NEVER GOT NO NOTICE. MY HUSBAND SAY, YOU PAID THE BILL. I SAID, YES, I PAID THE BILL. AND HE SAID, WELL, WHY? AND I CALL OVER THERE AND THEY SAID THAT GARZA, CRYSTAL GARZA, SHUTTED DOWN, SHUT MY POWER OFF WITHOUT TELLING ME OR TEXTING ME AND LETTING ME KNOW OR CERTIFY LETTER. IN 10 DAYS YOU'RE GONNA BE WITHOUT POWER, YOU'RE SICK, YOU GOT CANCER, YOUR HUSBAND'S BEEN SICK. I MEAN, IT'S TOO HARD WEATHER, YOU COULD GET A STROKE OR SOMETHING. SHE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TEXT ME OR TELL ME NOTHING. AND I'VE BEEN LIKE THAT SUFFERING FOR ALL THE 20, THE 30TH, UH, OF THE, UH, THAT SHE CUT THE SERVICE OFF. DO YOU HAVE ANY HELP? UH, UM, FOR HER, UM, HELP FOR WHAT SHE SAYS? HELP FOR WHAT? FOR YOUR HELP FOR THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY? YES, SIR. CONTRACTORS? YEAH. THROUGH THIS YOU NEED HELP? YES. WELL, I DON'T HAVE HELP, BUT I'VE TRIED TO GET HELP WITH MY RELATIVES OR MY SON OR MY DAUGHTER TO HELP ME FIND A CONTRACTOR FOR, FOR THE WHATEVER I NEED TO BE DONE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING IS GETTING DONE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE. MY SON TALKED TO, UH, THE SUPERVISOR, HIS GARZA, AND HE WAS EXPLAINING HIM EVERYTHING. HE SAID, I HOPE MY MOM, HE NEEDS TO BE HELP BECAUSE HE SAID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TELL HIM NOT TO GO TO THE HEARING AND THEY'RE GONNA TELL HER WHAT TO HAVE TO BE DONE. YOU GOTTA HIRE A CONTRACTOR FOR THAT LINE AND A CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PLUMBING. AND UH, AND THEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT CEDAR AND I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH SCHOOL. AND I SAID, WHAT IS CEDAR MEANS? CEDAR MEANS, UH, THEN MY DAUGHTER WAS EXPLAINING TO ME THAT CEDAR MEANS LIKE, YOU ONLY GOT GUYS LIKE SITTING AND NOT DOING NOTHING. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN MY HOUSE. ANYBODY ELSE? CAN WE GO TO JPEG 1 1 0 JPEG THE PICTURE? YEAH. THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE SIDING THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON. CORRECT. SHE SAYS THEY'RE, UH, PIECES OF WOOD FROM FENCE THAT THEY, THEY PUT USED AS SIDING. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THEY PUT IT UP AS A SIDING, CORRECT? YES. HER HUSBAND WAS DOING THAT WITHOUT A PERMIT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY NEEDED A PERMIT FOR THAT. THEY SAY THEY HAVE CLEANED THAT UP NOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE PICTURES. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CLEANED IT UP? SHE SAYS SHE CLEARED UP THE, [01:05:01] THE ART, THE THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE, UH, FILLING UP THE PLACE. DID THEY TEAR THE SIDING OFF THE WALL? NO, NO, NO. THEY WERE NOT REMOVED. IT'S IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. SHE SAYS WE CAN TAKE 'EM DOWN IF YOU WANT. WELL, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT PERMITTED, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO YES, SIR. THEY'RE JUST STAPLED ON WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALSO THE ELECTRICAL RIGHT THERE, YOU SEE THAT BIG CABLE? UH, THERE WAS A FRIEND OF HER, HER SON'S HAD, UH, PUT THOSE CABLES IN THERE TO PUT LIGHTS OUTSIDE AND THEY HAVE REMOVED THEM SO THAT THAT CABLE RIGHT THERE IS NO LONGER DROOPING? NO, IT'S, SHE SAYS IT'S NOT SAID. SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE, BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. BUT I COULD BRING HIM IF HE NEEDS TO SEE. ALL RIGHT, THEN JPEG 1 1 2. NOW THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE ROOF RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU ADDED, THOSE ARE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED EITHER. THAT'S REMOVED ALSO. SO HOW ABOUT THAT SPACE THERE? HAS THAT BEEN NO, THAT'S STILL THE SAME. OKAY. CAN YOU LOOK AT THE CLOSEST, THE DOUBLE STUD RIGHT THERE CLOSEST TO US. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DOUBLE LIST. GO OVER UHHUH. IS THAT, THAT'S NOT FIXED. NO. NO IT'S NOT. SO THEY, I GUESS CONTRACTOR'S GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT TOO. NOW THIS IS A FRONT VIEW. IT'S A THANK YOU JPEG 1 1 3. NOW THIS IS A, A SAME VIEW, CORRECT? AYE, EXCUSE ME. COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE? THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE ACTUAL STEP OUT FROM WHAT WE JUST SAW? YES. YES. HAS ANY OF THIS BEEN CLEANED UP? SHE SAYS IT'S CLEAN. IT IS JUST THE ROOF PART IS STILL, UH, THE SAME. THEY HAVE REMOVED THE WHAT'S DOWN BELOW. BUT THE ROOF PART IS STILL AS, IS IT ALL OF THE PHOTOS IN HERE? THEY DID NOT GET TO SEE, CORRECT? THEY WEREN'T HERE WHEN THE PHOTO PRESENTATION WAS DONE, CORRECT? NO, NO, NO. THEY DID NOT SEE THEM. NO, HE HASN'T SEEN THEM. ALRIGHT, LET ME, LET ME DO THIS. IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO TAKE A MINUTE AND VIEW THESE PHOTOS FROM THE FIRST, UH, 1 0 7 ALL THE WAY UP TO ONE 40. WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? THEY WEREN'T HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS FELIX LEGAL. THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. IF BOARD DECIDES TO DO THAT. UH, CAN WE LOAD THE PHOTO? I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE PHOTOS OF WHAT THEY TOOK. OKAY. AND IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON ANY OF THE PHOTOS, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS. THAT WAY YOU'RE UP WITH THE CASE. OKAY? [01:10:01] SHE SAYS IT'S CLEANED UP FROM THIS PHOTO. OKAY. THIS IS CLEARING UP TOO. WE TOOK AWAY EVERYTHING. SHE SAYS MY HUSBAND, MY HUSBAND HELPED ME, MY OTHER SON TOO, AND MY OTHER SON TOO. THAT HAS ALSO BEEN REMOVED. THAT LAST, LAST PICTURE, UH, SHE SAYS, UH, THAT'S THE SAME AND NOBODY GOES UP THERE ANYWAY. SHE SAYS THEY'VE CLEANED THAT UP TOO. WE HAVE REMOVED EVERYTHING FROM THERE. MY SON IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. HE'S IN JAIL. AND THE CONTRACTORS DIDN'T, UH, UH, ATTEMPT TO TRY TO CLEAN UP THE PLACE FIRST? NO. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE WANTS TO. SHE'S GOING TO LOOK FOR ONE. MY SON, HE'S GONNA HELP ME. HER SON'S GONNA HELP HER FIND A CONTRACT. NO, SIR. ELECTRICITY. UH, THE GUY THAT WORKS FOR, FOR PUTTING LIGHT IN PERMITS AND ALL THAT. HE GOT A COMPANY FROM THE ELECTRICITY. DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE SAID? I DID BEFORE. TELL EVERYBODY YES. REPEAT, REPEAT IT PLEASE. IN ENGLISH, IN REPEAT IT. MY SON SAID HE HAS A FRIEND THAT HAS AN, UH, AC COMPANY WITH, UH, LIGHT ELECTRICITY THAT HAS PERMITS AND HE COULD GO AND FIX EVERYTHING THERE WITH PERMITS FOR THE CITY. HE, HE TOLD THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR OF MS. GARZA AND HE GIVE HER THE EMAIL SO HE COULD SEND ALL THOSE PAPER TO HIS EMAIL. MY SON ALREADY TALK. HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY, DID HE? NO, HE COULDN'T COME. HE SAID HE TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDN'T COME TO SHOW UP, BUT HE TALKED TO HIM AND, AND HE GIVE HIS EMAIL. SO WHOEVER'S GONNA DO THE JOB FOR THE LIGHT TO EMAIL THE, THE PAPERS TO HIM. AND HOW SOON IS HE READY TO, TO DO SOME WORK? BOY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I WANT MY LIGHT BACK. I DON'T HAVE NO LIGHT. BUT THE, BEFORE THIS PROBLEM, I DIDN'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MY LIGHT FOR YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SAYING THAT SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH, UH, WITH THE LIGHT. IF I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS. THAT'S, THAT'S THE LEAST OF THE PROBLEM. YOU'VE GOT WATER, SEWAGE ROOF. MM-HMM. THAT ARE DANGEROUS. YES. AND THAT'S OUR CONCERN. YES, SIR. CONTINUE WITH THE PHOTOS. I WANT YOU TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS. HE, UH, HER, HER HUSBAND, SHE SAYS MY HUSBAND HAS BOUGHT, UH, SHEET ROCK AND HAS FIXED THAT. I SHOULD HAVE GET A PICTURE. AND THE DID TOO. AND HIS FRIEND HELPED HIM. THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT. THE, THE TUBES, UH, THE PIPES, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. NOW ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CLEANED. THAT'S THE ROOM. MY HUSBAND, UH, MY HUSBAND BUILT . HE HAS COVERED THAT. SHE SAID, I WAS TOLD NOT TO UH, TOUCH THAT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE DEMOLISHED. CAN WE HOLD BACK ON THAT LAST PHOTO? JUST WONDERING, WHEN WAS THAT WALL ERECTED? DO YOU KNOW THE CINDER BLOCK WALL? THAT ONE? NO. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO IT WAS BUILT MORE OR LESS. [01:15:03] OH, THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO WIRING THERE. WHAT'S THAT? I DON'T RECOGNIZE. NO, NOT THE HOUSE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS CINDER BLOCK WALL TO THE IT NO NEXT DOOR CONCRETE. UH, SHE'S SAYING THAT THE NEIGHBOR BUILT THAT, UM, WITHOUT PERMIT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. AND THAT GUY'S ALREADY LIVING ON THE BEACH AND HE DIDN'T, HE WAS A FRIEND OF MY SON AND HE SAID, I'M JUST DOING IT AND I CHARGE HIM $6,000 AND THEY DIDN'T GET PERMIT. 'CAUSE HE DON'T HAVE PERMIT TO DO THAT. SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE THAT THEY DO. OKAY, LET'S, THE REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE, THE CINDER BLOCK WALL IS THAT THAT IS A PRETTY, UH, HEAVY STEP TO TAKE AS, AS A NEIGHBOR TO AN EXPENSE TO PUT THAT WALL UP. AND WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW THAT THE POLICE HAVE BEEN VISITING YOUR LOCATION NOW MANY, MANY TIMES, YES. THE LAST TWO YEARS, AT LEAST OVER 70 TIMES. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY A RESPONSE TO THE POLICE HAVING TO COME OVER TO YOUR PROPERTY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE POLICE TO CONTINUE TO VISIT YOUR PROPERTY OVER NOW? UH, BECAUSE MY SON IS GONE. HE'S IN JAIL AND HE SHOULD PREPARE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. THE PROBLEM, THE, THE WIFE WAS CALLING, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU, THIS IS SETTING BEFORE US IS A REPAIR OF THE, OF THE MAIN HOUSE AND SETTING BEFORE US IS THE DEMOLITION OF BOTH OF THE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. IS THERE GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IF SOMEBODY HAS TO DEMOLITION THAT DEMO? NO. NO PROBLEM. AND WHEN YOU MET WITH STAFF, DID YOU NOT SEE THESE PICTURES? YEAH, I SAW 'EM, BUT THE OTHER PICTURE, I DON'T RECOGNIZE IT. I ONE THAT, SO WHEN STAFF SAT WITH YOU AND TRIED TO WORK WITH YOU, DID YOU AGREE TO DO THE REPAIR AND THE DEMOLITION OR NO? NO. I, I WANTED THEM TO TELL ME WHAT I HAD TO DO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LAWYER. SHE SAID SHE HAD A MEETING ON RIO STREET AND HER SISTER WENT WITH HER. SHE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUTTA CHEMO AND SHE HARDLY UNDERSTOOD ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. WHO ELSE WAS THERE WITH YOU? HIS, HER SISTER. WHO, WHO LIVES IN THE VALLEY. OKAY. SO YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES WITH YOUR HOUSE PROBLEMS? YES. IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UM, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADD, UM, PRIOR TO ANY REPAIRS, YOU NEED TO HIRE A LICENSED CONTRACTOR AND YOU NEED TO SEE THE PERMITS IN THE WINDOWS BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE. YOU LOOK AT ME. SHE SAID HER SON SPOKE TO A MS. GARZA. I KNOW IF THAT'S PERSONNEL, THE SUPERVISOR, THE SUPERVISOR OF MS. GARZA, UM, GIVING THE EMAIL AND THEY EXCHANGED EMAILS FOR COMMUNICATION. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR CHAIR? UH, CHAIR? OH, UH, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. UH, BOBBY RAMOS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. [01:20:02] YES SIR. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR? BOBBY RAMOS. UH, 2 0 1 MOHAWK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 11. OKAY, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR TESTIMONY. UM, WELL THAT'S MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S MY STEPDAD. UM, SO THEY LIVED THERE AND THAT I KNOW OF. THEY'VE BEEN, THEY HAD AN ADDITION YEARS AGO. SOME OF THE PHOTOS WERE THERE, UM, OF THE ADDITION. AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY HIRED A CONTRACTOR MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND HE RAN OFF AND HE STAYED, THEY PAID THEM AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THEM NO MORE. AND SO THEY JUST BEEN LIKE THAT AS, AS THEY'VE BEEN LIVING THERE TRYING TO FIX THE HOUSE. THEN ONE OF MY OTHER YOUNGER BROTHERS ALSO HAS BEEN TRYING TO HELP AND THE SITUATION THAT, THAT THEY HAVE NOW COMES AS A RESULT OF ALL THAT. AND ARE YOU GONNA GET INVOLVED IN THE, UH, REPAIRS? IF, IF NEED BE AS FAR AS HELPING THEM, UH, FIND A CONTRACTOR, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING WITH, WITH, TO SHOW PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, SO FORTH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOU GOOD? NO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY MORE TO SPEAK ON IT? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL MAKE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. WITH YOUR MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 1 MOHAWK STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WITH THE MAIN AS FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AND THE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57. THE MAIN CODES ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND THE ACCESSORY, BOTH, THE ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE IS 1 2, 5, 7, 8, UM, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. ACCESSORY NUMBER 2 1 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 1818, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY, THE MAIN PROPERTY BE REPAIRED WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM THE ISSUE OF THIS ORDER. AND THE TWO ACCESSORY BUILDINGS BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS ORDER. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, EVERY 30 DAYS CHECK-INS WITH THE CODE OFFICER. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO REPAIR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND A MOTION TO DEMO THE REPAIRS. THE MOTION FOR, UH, OR THE SET UNDER SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15 FOR THE SUB ONE. I MEAN ACCESSORY ONE IS GOING TO BE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY 2 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18. UH, ACCESSORY ONE ALSO HAS 18 ACCESSORY. ONE ALSO HAS 18. YES. UH, MAY. YEAH. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND, ALRIGHT, SO YEAH, I HAVE IT ON MY, I DIDN'T ADD IT. SO 18, UM, DEMO WITHIN 30 DAYS OF BOTH ACCESSORIES REPAIR WITHIN 90 DAYS WITH A 30 DAY CHECK-IN BY CODE COMPLIANCE. YES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS JOE LAC. I'LL SECOND. ARE THERE ANY FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS? Y YES. ROBERT, AVI, UH, ALSO TO BE, UH, COMPLETELY, UH, FREE OF TRASH [01:25:01] AND DEBRIS. I ACCEPT THIS. A SECOND IS KEPT. JOE, YOU ACCEPT? YES, JOE, I, I I DO ACCEPT SO WE CLEAN UP SO WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF AND IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED ALL IN. UH, ROLL CALL FRED ANDIS. AYE. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. JOELLE SOLI. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE ZERO. IF YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE COMPLIANCE, SHE'LL EXPLAIN SOME OF THE DETAILS TO YOU. NEXT CASE IT'S GOING TO BE 7 2 1. WHAT THE HELL? HOW'D YOU SAY THAT NAME? HOW DO YOU SAY THAT NAME? ATCH. ATCH. ATCH. YES, SIR. OH, I THOUGHT ATCH WAS WITH A W AND THIS IS A RESET. SO I THINK SOME OF US MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CASE CODE. OFFICER, YOU CAN START. OKAY. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 7 2 1 EAST WE AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 7 2 1 EAST. WE AVENUE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. PLEASE NOTE ON JUNE 23RD, 2023, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE. TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 6 0 7 7 BLOCK ONE, LOT SEVEN, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS OWNER NUMBER ONE, WILSON DURDA AND OPHELIA PEREZ AND JANE TOSEY WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 3 1 1 8 MELTON STREET, WESTLAND, MICHIGAN 4 8 1 8 6. OWNER NUMBER TWO, DEOS EDWARD MOORE, ELIZABETH AND CONNO ELAINE DEOS WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 1 7 1 2 WAYSIDE DRIVE, CANTON, MICHIGAN 4 8 1 8 7. THE PROPERTY OWNER ELAINE CONNO, HER HUSBAND, ED CONNO, WHO IS HER ATTORNEY AS WELL. AND SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER JUAN HERNANDEZ IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 7 2 1 EAST ATCH AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 22ND, 2023. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2023. AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT RUN, BEEN RETURNED ON MAY 30TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 7 2 1 EAST SATCH AVENUE ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER NUMBER ONE, DARDO WILSON AND OPHELIA PEREZ AND JANE TOY AND OWNER NUMBER TWO DE JOOS EDWARD MOORE, ELIZABETH ENC CONNO ELAINE DEOS. THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED JUNE 3RD, 2024 ON JUNE 6TH, 2024. AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OR ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSB. THE OCCUPANTS WOULD NOT ALLOW ACCESS AND UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS WERE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. SO WE ARE UNABLE TO MAKE ACCESS. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY. A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON JULY 13TH, 2023. SO THIS PHOTO IS FROM MARCH 28TH. MARCH 28TH WAS THE DAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ABATE THE PROPERTY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET PHOTOS OF ALL THE ELEVATIONS. UM, JUNE, I BELIEVE JUNE 6TH, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET THE FRONT AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED LATER ON. SO [01:30:01] THIS IS FROM MARCH 28TH. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, THE WOOD SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF ALUMINUM TAPE THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE ROOF. THERE IS A CLOSE REVIEW OF THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION. AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. AND THERE IS THAT ALUMINUM TAPE ON THE ROOF. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THE, UH, WOOD PLANK SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS ROTTED. THE OVERHANG IS ALSO ROTTED. THE REAR PORTION OF THE ROOF IS ALSO ROTTED AND THERE IS ALUMINUM TAPE COVERING THE ENTIRE PORTION OF THE, OF THE REAR OF THE ROOF. SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE. THESE PHOTOS ARE GONNA BE FROM THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION ON JUNE 23RD DUE TO THE FACT OF, UM, LACK OF COOPERATION AND ABLE TO GET INSIDE. SO UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE THE PHOTOS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SEE TODAY. UM, GOING INTO THE FRONT, OH, SORRY, GOING INTO THE FRONT. THERE IS FLOOR COVERING, UM, THAT IS UNLEVEL AND CAN CAUSE TRIPPING HAZARDS. THIS IS THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT. THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS AND OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS POSING A, UH, FIRE HAZARD AND A, UH, MEANS OF EGRESS. UM, IT'S A DANGER NOT ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE STRUCTURE, BUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL THAT HAVE TO GO OUT THERE IN CASE OF A FIRE. THE, UH, THE SHEET ROCK OF THE CEILING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND THERE IS EXPOSED, UM, LIGHTING FIXTURE WITH THE WATER DAMAGE. HERE IS ANOTHER BEDROOM AREA THAT AGAIN, HAS SOME OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS AND SOME ITEMS STORED IN FRONT OF WINDOWS, CAUSING A LACK OF MEANS OF EGRESS AND ABOVE THE, THE BED THERE IS AND OTHER MATERIALS COVERING SHEET ROCK THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND A LIGHT FIXTURE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY LIGHT BULB BUT IS JUST, UM, EXPOSED. THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA. THE FLOOR IS ON LEVEL AND THE TILES ARE ON LEVEL AS WELL, CAUSING A TRIPPING HAZARD. AND AGAIN, LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS BEING STORED THROUGHOUT. HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW SHOWING THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL. THIS IS THE, UM, WHERE AN EXTENSION CORD IS BEING PLUGGED IN. THE EXTENSION CORD IS BEING RUN ABOVE INTO THE BATHROOM AREA, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE A LIGHT. SO THIS IS A BATHROOM. IT IS VERY SMALL AND IT HAS, UM, MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS BEING UTILIZED. SO HERE, THE LIGHT FIXTURE OR THE, UM, RECEPTACLE IS HANGING FROM THE WALL AND TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT, UH, EXTENSION POWER CORD IS HANGING OFF OF THE WALL AS WELL AND BEING RAN TO POWER THE LIGHT ABOVE THE MIRROR. AND HERE IS ANOTHER POWER STRIP THAT IS PLACED INSIDE OF A PLASTIC BAG THAT GUESS TO PREVENT FROM IT GETTING WET. THE SHEET ROCK ABOVE THE SHOWER DOES HAVE CRACKS AND IT DOES HAVE SOME SEVERE WATER DAMAGE. THIS IS THE BACK PORCH AREA NEXT TO THE KITCHEN. THAT FLOOR IS ALSO UNLEVEL AND THERE IS NO FLOOR COVERING. AND THE WOOD FLOORING IS A SUBFLOOR IS ROTTED. HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE FLOOR IS ON LEVEL AND THAT EXPOSED WIRE WAS HOT THE DAY OF THE DART. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN AND THE PROPERTY DID NOT HAVE HOT WATER. SO THIS WAS ON JUNE 6TH, THE DAY THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO GET UPDATED INTERIOR PHOTOS FOR TODAY. UM, THE FRONT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE REMAINS IN THE SAME CONDITION IN THE RIGHT ELEVATION. THEY DID PAINT THE SIDING AND REPLACED SOME SECTIONS, BUT NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE ROOF IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 2 1 EAST WEST ATCH AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UN UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED [01:35:01] AND UTILITIES TO BE DISCONNECTED. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 7 2 1 EAST. WE SATCH AVENUE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS? ANY CONTACT WITH MR. ROBERT TOP NEED CONTACT WITH THE OWNERS? YEAH, THEY'RE HERE. YES, THEY'RE HERE. YES, THEY'RE HERE. I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU. UM, CAN WE GO TO 1 6 6? PICTURE 1 6 6. DO THAT LOOK LIKE CHARRED WOOD? MM-HMM, . SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, BLACK SPRAY PAINT. OH, OKAY. IT APPEARS TO LOOK LIKE CHARRED WOOD, BUT AT THE TIME, UM, IT, IT IS, UM, BLACK SPRAY PAINT OR I GUESS SOME, SOME SORT OF MATERIAL TO KEEP FROM WATER LEAKING IN. UM, BUT IT ISN'T CHARRED. OKAY. I CAN SEE WHERE YOU SEE THAT NOW. YEAH. WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THERE WAS A FIRE THERE BEFORE AND THEN THEY HOOKED BACK UP INTO IT. YES. YES. OR SOMEBODY WANTED US TO SEE THAT, THAT YEAH, THERE WAS FIRE. YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO THAT, THAT SAID NOT THE RIGHT COLOR? NO. IF YOU WANNA, OKAY. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SEALER? THAT SPRAY? UM, THAT THEY ADVERTISE IT? YEAH. IT, IT MIGHT, IT'S A LEAK SEALER. YEAH, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT. UM, BUT WHEN I WAS THERE IN PERSON, IT, IT WASN'T CHARRED. AND THE PERSON WHO LIVES THERE NOW, WHO, WHO'S LIVING THERE? SO THE, THE OCCUPANT WHO'S RESIDING THERE IS, UM, THE PROPERTY. ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER'S BROTHER. UM, BUT HE IS NOT, HE DOES NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP. HE'S JUST RESIDING THERE. IS THAT THE ONE THAT REFUSED ACCESS? YES. ALRIGHT. AND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, REFRESH OUR MEMORY OF THE AREA. 'CAUSE SO THIS AREA DOES NOT, UM, DOES NOT HAVE A SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, BUT THERE IS A, UH, PUBLIC GARDEN THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. A PUBLIC WHO? A GARDEN. A COMMUNITY GARDEN. GARDEN. OH YES. SO THERE IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT DOES GET UTILIZED. UM, BUT THERE IS NOT A SCHOOL. NOW IS THIS ONE WITHIN WALKING OR, OR AN ACCESS OF KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL? THAT'S EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, UM, I COULDN'T, WITHIN A THOUSAND ANSWER THAT MAYBE THE SAFE OFFICER CAN ANSWER THAT. UM, IT IS RIGHT DIRECTLY RIGHT OFF OF NORTH ST. MARY'S CLOSE TO WHERE THE ZOO IS AT. UM, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT MAYBE THE OFFICER COULD BETTER ANSWER THAT FOR ME. WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT ON THE ABATEMENT? SO THE AMOUNT ON THE ABATEMENT WAS A TOTAL OF $1,345 1000, 3 45. AND WHEN WAS THAT? THAT WAS ON MARCH 28TH, 2024. SO YOU WERE ALLOWED TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, YOU WERE JUST NOT ALLOWED TO? YES. AND ON THAT DAY, UM, THAT WE DID CLEAN THE PROPERTY, THE OCCUPANT DID SHOW UP. HE WASN'T THERE WHEN WE BEGAN THE CLEANUP. AND HE SHOWED UP AFTERWARDS AND HE DID, UM, INTERFERE AND HE WAS ARRESTED THE DAY OF THE CLEANUP. OKAY. UM, THE EXTENSION CORD GOING INTO THE BATHROOM, IS IT TO A LIGHT OR IS IT TO OUTLET? UM, IT'S TO A LIGHT. UM, I BELIEVE THE OUTLETS DO NOT WORK INSIDE OF THE BATHROOM. SO THEY HAVE THE EXTENSION, THE POWER STRIPPING SO THAT THEY CAN POWER THE LIGHTS AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO USE INSIDE OF THERE, WHETHER IT BE HAIR DRYER OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO POWER. SO THERE IS NO, UM, WORKING OUTLETS INSIDE OF THE BATHROOM. DID YOU GET A GOOD CLEAN PICTURE OF THE ROOF OTHER THAN ONE? FIVE? FIVE? I MEAN, 1 5, 1, UH, ONE I KNOW IN THE, I KNOW IN THE FRONT YOU GOT THE FRONT PIECE, BUT MM-HMM? . UM, THE REAR. THE REAR. MM-HMM. THE REAR. YOU GOT A GOOD SHOT. YES. YES. SO THAT'S THE, AND YOU'RE SAYING BETWEEN THE PITCH ROOF AND THE SHED ROOF? MM-HMM. THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE THE TAPE. SO THERE'S ALUMINUM TAPE ON THE ENTIRE, UM, ROOF STRUCTURE. SO IF YOU CAN SEE THE, THE PITCH, UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY SHINING WITH THE SUN, THAT'S ENTIRELY COVERED WITH THAT ALUMINUM TAPING. SO WHEN YOU, ARE WE, ARE WE TALKING THE DUCT TAPE THAT YOU USE ON AIR CONDITIONER? THE HEAVY DUTY, I CAN'T CONFIRM OR DENY WHAT THAT MATERIAL IS. UM, IT JUST APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF ALUMINUM TAPING. IT, IT IS SILVER AND IT DOES SHINE. UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT THE EXACT MATERIAL IS, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONFIRM OR DENY. NOW IT DOESN'T LAST VERY LONG. RIGHT. THAT WAS ON THERE WHEN YOU DISCOVERED THE LEAK, RIGHT? YES. ESPECIALLY WHERE THEY SPRAYED. THAT'S, IS THAT IN THAT AREA OR IS IT ON THIS PITCH ROOF? YEAH. SO THE, THAT BACK FLAT PORTION, UM, THAT IS THAT REAR PORCH AREA WHERE THE EXPOSED WIRES ARE THE ONE WHERE THE SPRAY IS? YES. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ROOF. IT'S NOT TAPED. YES. ONLY THE MAIN, WELL, [01:40:01] THERE'S, THERE'S TAPE, THERE'S TAPE ON THAT PORTION AS WELL. THERE'S, THERE'S ALUMINUM TAPING ALL OVER THE ROOF STRUCTURE. IT'S, IT'S IN MULTIPLE AREAS AND IN THE FRONT. YOU SAID THERE WAS A CLEANUP IN THE FRONT BEFORE? YES, WE DID A CLEANUP ON THE FRONT AND REAR ON MARCH 28TH. DIFFERENT FROM THE BACKYARD? NO, IT WAS ALL THE FRONT END. ALL TOGETHER. ALL TOGETHER? YES. YES. OKAY. AND YOU WANT VACATE AND WHAT ELSE? UTILITIES TO BE DISCONNECTED. UTILS HOW MUCH SECURE AND FOR, YES, FOR IT TO BE SECURE. , ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD. UH, WHEN WAS THE RESET AND WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE RESET ON THIS CASE? SO THE RESET DATE IS TODAY, BUT WE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED THIS CASE ON APRIL 11TH, 2024. UM, THE REASONING WAS, UM, ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAME FORWARD. ELAINE CONNO. UM, SHE, UM, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REPAIRING THE PROPERTY AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR SO LONG, UM, SHE WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH HER BROTHER, THE OCCUPANT, UM, TO TRY TO MAKE REPAIRS. UM, SO SHE'S HERE TO EXPRESS WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. UM, BUT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE RESET. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'LL DO IT FOR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, O OFFICER JUAN HERNANDEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JUAN HERNANDEZ. I'M A SAFE OFFICER WITH A NEW DOWNTOWN SUBSTATION. UH, WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL OF, UH, 16 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, TO INCLUDE DISTURBANCES 9 1 0 1 HANDCUFFS. AND, UH, ABOUT HALF OF THESE CALLS WERE GENERATED BY, BY THE SAFE UNIT, UH, TO INCLUDE A PATROL BY ON THE PROPERTY. UM, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS SAYING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS ACTIVITY AT THE PROPERTY. UH, THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT, UH, TENS A PEN HANDLE AT ST. MARY'S AND 2 81 THAT FREQUENTS THIS PROPERTY. HIS, UH, EXPLANATION IS THAT THE, ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS THERE HIRES HIM TO, TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, TO, UH, DO MECHANIC WORK. THEY TEND TO WORK ON VEHICLES ALONG THE STREET. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TAGGING THE, THE VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED ON THE, ON THE CITY STREET THAT ARE EITHER MISSING WHEELS OR ARE ON CARJACKS. SO THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WE TEND TO ADDRESS. UM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT SINCE THE LAST, UH, INSPECTION ON, UH, JUST LIKE THE CODE OFFICER MENTIONED ON THE 30TH OF MAY, WE ATTEMPTED TO GO, UH, CONTACT THE RESIDENTS AS WE WERE APPROACHING THE FRONT. THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WORKING ON SOMETHING IN THE LITTLE PORCH AREA. HE SAW US, ACKNOWLEDGED US, AND PRETTY MUCH JUST RAN INSIDE AND CLOSED THE DOOR ON US. UH, WE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM AND HE WAS JUST YELLING FROM INSIDE. NEVER CAME OUTSIDE. UM, AGAIN, UH, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT SINCE THE LAST, SINCE THE LAST, UH, HEARING. AND ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ELAINE CONNO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. HI, GOOD MORNING. MORNING. I'M HERE FOR ELAINE. I'M HER HUSBAND AND ALSO HER ATTORNEY. FIRST OF ALL, SIR, IF YOU CAN ADJUST YOUR MIC. YEAH, SURE. AND NAME AND, AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS ED DONNO. THE ADDRESS IS 1 0 9 UPSON, U-P-S-O-N, SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS 78 2 12. AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, WE, UH, UH, ELAINE AND I WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD HERE, UM, FROM OUR HEARING LAST TIME IN APRIL, UH, WE CAME HERE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO LOOK INTO THE SITUATION. I THINK WE HAD LESS THAN ABOUT 10 DAYS NOTICE FOR THE HEARING AND AFTER SOME, UH, MAYBE, UH, AFTER OUR REQUEST AND Y'ALL THINKING ABOUT IT, [01:45:01] Y'ALL GAVE US A ADDITIONAL TIME TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER. UH, AND, UH, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THAT'S FIRST OF ALL. SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, ELAINE IS ONE OF, UM, SIX, UH, RECORD OWNERS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT SHE ACQUIRED FROM, UH, AN UNCLE. UH, THE OTHER, UH, RECORD TITLE OWNERS, UM, ARE DECEASED. AND SO THE, UM, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE, UH, INTEREST OR OWNERS INVOLVED IN THE PROPERTY. UH, AS HAS BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO BEING OCCUPIED BY ELAINE'S, UH, BROTHER. UM, UH, THERE. THE, UM, SO, UH, SINCE, UH, OUR LAST HEARING, SHE HAS, UM, BEEN ABLE TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF, OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP LAST TIME. BUT SHE HADN'T, HAS HAD, UH, BEEN ABLE TO GET COMPLETE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A KEY. AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, ISSUES AS, AS FAR AS GETTING COLLABORATION DONE TO, UH, GET, UH, FULL ACCESS OR INSPECTIONS DONE. BUT, BUT WITH REGARD TO, UH, AN ESTIMATE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN, SHE DID, SHE DID TRY TO DO THAT ON ONE OCCASION WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WAS NOT ABLE TO, TO MAKE IT. UM, AND, UH, BUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSED COST, HE WANTED TO GET SEVERAL ESTIMATES, BUT THE, THE, THE COST THAT SHE RECEIVED WAS, WAS ONE THAT ELAINE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE SHE WANTS TO MAKE THE EXPENSE ON, ON HER OWN. SO IN THAT, SO THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM US. AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY SHE, SHE'S, UH, CONCERNED THAT EVEN IF SHE, UM, DOES MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL EXPENSE IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT WITH, UM, OBTAINING ACCESS TO DO THE REPAIRS OR WHAT'S NEEDED. SO, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STATEMENT FOR NOW. BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS. WHAT WOULD, UH, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU THAT WE SHOULD DO? WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, HERE, HERE'S WHAT I, I THINK IS BEST. NOW SHE COULD GET SOME COOPERATION, UM, EITHER FROM THE OCCUPANT OR MAYBE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, UH, GOING FORWARD. UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE WHATEVER WAS, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED UP TO NOW, UH, BE, UH, UH, BE MADE TO, TO BE REPAIRED AND IF NOT REPAIRED WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, THEN THE, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE, THE DEMOLITION WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM, HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH THAT. I MEAN, OBVI, UH, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LIGHT FIXTURE THAT WAS AN EXPOSED WIRE. SOME OF THIS IS, IS PRETTY SIMPLE STUFF, RIGHT? YOU GET SOMEONE TO TIE UP THE ENDS OF THOSE. UM, UH, I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY MIGHT LEAD TO SOME HARM OR SAFETY CONCERNS OF PEOPLE. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT DONE FROM WHAT I SAW BACK IN APRIL AS FAR AS THE CLEANUP, THE, UH, THAT WAS DONE. AND, UH, BUT IT'S, BUT, BUT JUST LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LOOKED LIKE THE ROOF ISSUE HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE IT, MA'AM. WE WOULD ASK THAT, THAT IF IT WERE UP TO ME, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, WELL, LET'S, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE OR COOPERATION FROM WHOEVER'S INVOLVED. AND IF NOT, THEN THE, THE, THE BOARD HAS TO DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO DO. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT WE WERE REALLY, WE'RE LOOKING REALLY TO, UM, ELAINE TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE WAS GONNA MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT. RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A PLAN ON, ON MOVING FORWARD AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THE EXPENSE, UH, TO TAKE IT ALL ON OUR, ON OUR OWN. AND SO I THINK YOU, YOU'RE LEAVING US WITH ONLY THE DECISION HERE TO, TO, TO DEMO THE PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND. LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR. UH, YES SIR. MM-HMM. , YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AS WELL, CORRECT? MYSELF, YES. NO, WELL, BECAUSE YOUR WIFE, SO THERE'S [01:50:01] NO, THIS, THIS IS, UH, UH, THIS IS A GIFT TO HER FROM HER UNCLE PLUS, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS, UH, HER, HER DAD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE RECORD OWNERS PASSED AWAY, SO OH, OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. IT'D BE BY INHERITANCE. I REMEMBER THAT NOW. BUT YOU STILL HAVE, BECAUSE SHE'S YOUR WIFE, YOU HAVE SOME, SO CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE INVOLVED PARTIES HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WELL, I THINK A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THERE'S BEEN OUT STATE RELATIVES WHO, WHO HAVEN'T. UM, HONESTLY, WE'RE NOT SURE. I'M NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THEY, THEY'RE AWARE OF THE SITUATION, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHER RELATIVES ARE, I, MOST OF THE, UH, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT ARE UM, ARE, ARE LIKE MY, MY FATHER-IN-LAW, MY, MY LATE FATHER-IN-LAW, IT WOULD BE ALSO ANOTHER RECORD OWNER. UM, AND, AND THEN, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, UM, UNCLES THAT CONVEYED THE, THE LAND TO MY RIGHT WIFE. SO OF HIS SHARE. YEAH. DOES THE, IT'S A BROTHER THAT LIVES THERE, CORRECT? OR YES. OKAY. MM-HMM, . SO WOULD HE HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AS WELL? WELL, UH, BUT AS A MATTER OF LAW, SO, SO MY, HERE'S HOW THAT WORKS. SO MY FATHER-IN-LAW, UH, ACQUIRED, HAD TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY AS A GIFT FROM HIS MOTHER. OKAY? AND THIS, THIS IS, AND, AND HE, WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, HE, HE PASSED AWAY INTERSTATE, UH, THAT MEANS WITHOUT A WILL, WHICH MEANS IT GOES TO HIS ERRORS, RIGHT? SO HE HAS A FRACTIONAL INTEREST AS A MATTER OF LAW, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO PROBATE OF HIS, UH, OF, OF THE ESTATE YET TO IDENTIFY THAT YET. SO WE GET BACK TO THAT. MM-HMM. , SHE CAN'T REALLY DUMP A WHOLE LOT INTO IT BECAUSE IF SHE STARTS TO REPAIR, ALL SOMEBODY HAS TO DO TO, HAS AN INTEREST IS THROW UP A FLAG AND SAY, WAIT A MINUTE HERE. THAT'S PART OF THE LEGAL PROBLEMS, OKAY. THAT ARE, UH, COMPLICATIONS THAT THE MESS THAT'S CONNECTED WITH THE WHOLE MATTER. THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM, UH, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT, THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE LEGAL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE, WITH THE PROPERTY. UH, THAT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SEPARATE AND HOW, BUT RIGHT. MORE THAN TWO OR THREE. WELL, I, I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IF SHE DOES THAT, PUTS ALL THAT INTO IT AND THEN LOSES ALL THAT, THEN SHE'S LOST IT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO BEFORE SHE DOES ANYTHING TO IT, I MEAN, A CONTRACT IS NOT GONNA GO IN THERE AND LOOK AT SOMETHING IF HE CAN'T GET IN THE FRONT DOOR. WELL, THAT'S THE OTHER THING. AND, AND SHE'S SINCERE. SHE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, SHE WANTS TO PRESERVE. THIS IS HER GRANDPARENTS AND SHE HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING TO DO. BUT, BUT, BUT EVEN IF SHE WANTED TO DO IT AND SHE'D SAY, OKAY, I'M WILLING TO PAY THIS CASH, BUT THEN THERE'S GONNA BE FURTHER DIFFICULTIES OF GETTING ACCESS, ET CETERA, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. UH, MR. CAN THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. APPRECIATE NO, NO TALKING WITH US. YEAH. AND AGAIN, I THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US ADDITIONAL TIME FROM BEFORE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION? GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MOTION. IT'S ROBERT TAP YOU. I MOVE TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UM, 7 2 1 EAST SATCH AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO. 7 8 2 1 2 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SEVEN, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SIX, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER TO BE ALSO VACATED. UTILITIES CUT AND SECURED AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DEMOLISH WITHIN 30 DAYS, UM, BASED OFF, UH, SUBSECTIONS, UH, 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTION 1 2 8 11 12 15. IT IS TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS VACATED. UTILITIES CUT SECURED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. [01:55:04] ANY FRIENDLIES? OH, DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY. MY, MY BAD ON THAT ONE. NO FRIENDLIES. UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY SECONDED. WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL. FRED ANDIS. AYE. ROBERT THIA. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA SEEN GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO TO ONE. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO. MOTION PASSES. 4 0 1. MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD WE TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE RESET? YEAH, LET ME, LET ME, UH, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SHE'LL GIVE YOU SOME OTHER DETAILS. THANK YOU. UM, WE WILL BE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. 1105 AT 1105. WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. WE ARE NOW BACK IN SESSION. IT IS NOW 1111. WE'LL NOW RESUME WITH THE CASES. NEXT CASE PLEASE. 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS SERGIO QUINTANILLA, DANGERS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, UH, IS NCB 1 0 8 83 BLOCK ONE, LOT 23 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE ON ON RECORD IS VIAL RAUL WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 0 5 SAN JUAN ROAD. ALL NOTICE OF HEARINGS WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL IS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. RICHARD VIAL CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH DECEASED OWNER'S SON, RICHARD ELLE. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2022. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THIS NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 20TH, 2022. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 15TH, 2022 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON AUGUST 3RD, 2022 ON MAY 30TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON JUNE 10TH, 2024. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL, UH, PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JUNE 12TH, 2024. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED PROVIDED TODAY, UM, WERE TAKEN ON MAY 13TH, 2024 AND JUNE 5TH, 2024. THE PICTURES, UH, PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A DILAPIDATED AND NEGLECTED STRUCTURE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL REVIEW THE PHOTOS. THE FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION, SHOWING A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1940 WITH POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD SIDING AND METAL GABLE ROOF AND ATTACHED CARPORT COVER. THE STRUCTURE IS 1,424 SQUARE FEET, HAS TWO BEDROOMS AND ONE BATH. FROM THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. THE OVERHANG IS ROTTING AND THE METAL ROOF IS WORN. UH, THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE IS, UH, SITTING ON GRADE, WHICH I WILL SHOW ON THE NEXT PHOTO. THIS PHOTO IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WOOD SIDING ALONG THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THE SIDING IS BUCKLING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER DUE TO THE FOUNDATION BEING ON GRADE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SIDING IS WORN AND THE PAINT IS CHIPPING. THE NEXT PHOTO IS FROM BEHIND THAT SAME SECTION OF WALL WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE BEAM SITTING ON GRADE. UH, THE POSTS HAVE SUNK AND THE BEAM IS NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION AND ALSO A BETTER VIEW OF THE SAGGING METAL ROOF. UH, IF YOU LOOK [02:00:01] AT THE FRONT PORCH COVER, YOU CAN SEE THE OWNERS HAVE PLACED ROCKS, UH, ON TOP TO KEEP THE METAL ROOF FROM SEPARATING DUE TO THE MILL. DUE TO THE METAL ROOF COVER NOT BEING PROPERLY ANCHORED. THE COLUMN UNDER THE PORCH COVER IS ALSO NOTICEABLY SLANTING. THE NEXT PHOTO IS FROM UNDER THE ATTACHED CARPORT. THE DOOR IN THE, IN THIS PHOTO IS WHERE I FIRST MAKE MY INTERIOR INSPECTION. THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE REAR ELEVATION. THE WOOD SIDING IS WORN IN MISSING IN SOME AREAS, EXPOSING THE STUDS AND WOOD MEMBERS TO THE ELEMENTS. THE LARGE BLANKET YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY COVERING THE WATER HEATER, WHICH IS ALSO SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS AND RUBBISH. FROM THERE WE GO TO THE NEXT PHOTO, WHICH IS OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REAR ELEVATION. THE SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. THE BACK DOOR HAS BURGLAR BARS AND THE RAFTERS ARE ROTTING. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE OVERHANG IS DETACHING RIGHT ABOVE THE REAR DOOR, AND THE WINDOW TO THE RIGHT IS BOARDED UP. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT ELEVATION. UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION IS VISIBLE. THE WOOD TRIMMING ON THE CORNER IS DETACHING AND BROKEN, AND THE METAL ROOF IS ACTUALLY HANGING OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROOF. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, UH, WHICH ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THAT IT WASN'T INSTALLED CORRECTLY, THE NEXT PHOTO IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WEATHERED AND ATTACHED SIDING. UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE OVERHANG IS DAMAGE AND MISSING IN SOME OF THE AREAS. UH, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE NEXT PHOTO. UH, THIS IS MY FIRST VIEW ENTERING THE HOME FROM THE DOORWAY UNDER THE ATTACHED CARPORT. UM, THE KITCHEN IS RIGHT IS TO THE RIGHT. THE DINING ROOM IS STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT AHEAD, AND THE LIVING ROOM IS TO THE LEFT. THE FIRST NOTICEABLE CONCERN IS THE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM FLOOR WHERE A LARGE HUMP IS VISIBLE. THE POST UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE HOME IS PUSHING UP, CREATING AN UNLEVEL FLOOR AND TRIPPING HAZARD. UH, THIS IS DUE TO THE FOUNDATION ALONG THE FRONT OF THE HOME BEING ON GRADE. THE NEXT PHOTO IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FLOOR WHERE THE POST IS PUSHING UP. UH, THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING, EX IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE WOOD DECKING AND IT, WHICH IS DA, DAMAGED AND WORN. AND THE NEXT PHOTO IS WHERE I PUT THE LEVEL ON THE FLOOR. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BUBBLE HAS MOVED COMPLETELY OVER, UH, SHOWING HOW UNLEVEL THE FLOOR IS IN THIS PART OF THE HOUSE. UM, IT'S POSING A SERIOUS TRIPPING HAZARD AND EGRESS CONCERN. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE KITCHEN AND THE DOOR WHERE I ENTERED THE HOME. UH, YOU CAN SEE EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN FROM THE CORNER OF THE ROOM OVER THE DOOR TO OTHER PARTS OF THE HOME, CREATING AN ELECTRICAL HAZARD. UH, THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE LIVING ROOM AND THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT, WHICH HAS A BLANKET AS A DOOR. UH, THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING EXPOSING THE WOOD FRAMING. THERE IS ACTUALLY A GAP OF, UH, SEPARATING THE CORNER OF THE, WHERE THE LIVING ROOM WALL AND THE BEDROOM WALL MEET. UH, THIS IS ALL, ONCE AGAIN DUE TO THE FOUNDATION BEING ON GRADE. THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE BEDROOM THAT HAS THE BLANKET AS A DOOR. THE SHEET ROCK IS UNPROTECTED, UH, HAS DAMAGE AND HAS HOLES. UH, THEIR, THEIR EXTENSION CORDS RUNNING TO THIS ROOM TO SUPPLY POWER. UH, THE NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA BE FROM THE DINING ROOM TO A SMALL HALLWAY ON THE RIGHT, WHICH LEADS TO THE RESTROOM AND THE SECOND BEDROOM. UH, HERE YOU SEE THE WALL ON THE LEFT HAS HOLES AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE MORE EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN AROUND THE HOME. THE NEXT PHOTO IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE RESTROOM. UH, AND THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT WALL WITH EXPOSED WIRES AND, UH, THE WOOD MEMBERS, UH, WHEN YOU ENTER THE RESTROOM, THE FLOOR IS VERY SPONGY AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING. UH, THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RESTROOM WHERE THE WASHER AND DRYER LOCATED. THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING HERE AS WELL. AND THE SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED AND HAS MOLD. THE SMELL OF MILDEW WAS PREVALENT THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS OF THE SHOWER WHERE THERE ARE VISIBLE SIGNS OF MOLD AND MILDEW, NOT JUST IN THE TUB BUT ON THE FLOOR AROUND THE TUB. UH, THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING HERE AS WELL. AND, UH, THE WOOD IS ROTTING AND EXPOSED. IN THE NEXT PHOTO, YOU SEE THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE TUB WHERE THERE IS OUTSIDE LIGHT COMING IN. UH, THE EXPOSED WOODEN FLOOR IS WATER DAMAGED AND DETERIORATING. WHEN LEAVING THE RESTROOM, YOU'RE FACING THE SECOND BEDROOM DOOR. UM, AND HERE ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE UH, THE SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED AND HAS HOLES AND UH, THE CLOSET TO THE RIGHT HAS EXPOSED WOODS WOOD STUDS. THE LAST PHOTO IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE SECOND BEDROOM. UH, THE FLOOR IS NOTICEABLY UNLEVEL IN THIS, THIS PART OF THE HOME AS WELL. AND THE SHEET ROCK ON THE WALLS WAS DAMAGED AND THE CEILING WAS VISIBLY SAGGING. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD PLANK SIDING AND METAL GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH AN ATTACHED CARPORT. THE FOUNDATION IS ON GRADE. THE EXTERIOR SIDING LACKS, WEATHERPROOFING IS SEPARATING [02:05:01] AND MISSING IN SOME AREAS. THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED AND THE METAL ROOF COVERING IS WORN AND SAGGING. THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE IS IN, IS IN DISREPAIR. THE FLOOR IS DAMAGE LACKING COVERING AND IS NOT LEVELED. DUE TO THE COMPROMISE FOUNDATION, THE WALLS HAVE HOLES AND THE SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED AND MISSING IN SOME AREAS. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 8, 11, 12, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 0 9 SAN JUAN ROAD. QUESTIONS I DID NOT HEAR. OR IS THIS OCCUPIED? YES SIR. IT IS OCCUPIED. HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WAS ROBERT TAPI? I BELIEVE THERE'S UH, TWO BROTHERS THAT OCCUPY THIS. THE PROPERTY. A SISTER AND THE WIFE AND A SON. THAT'S ALL I'VE SEEN AT THE PROPERTY. AND YOU SAID THE OWNER LIVED, THE OWNER IS DECEASED, RIGHT? THE CURRENT TENANT, THE CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE THE SONS OF THE OWNER. YOU SENT THE NOTICE TO TWO SOMETHING WHEN YOU SENT OUT THE NOTICES. ONE WAS, UH, SOUND LIKE AN ADDRESS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE. UH, ONE UH, THE MAILING ADDRESS WAS TO THE OWNER WAS 1 0 5 SAN JUAN ROAD. OH, OKAY. BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ANOTHER ADDRESS DOWN THE STREET. NO, SIR. SO THERE'S FIVE, SIX PEOPLE LIVING HERE NOW, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN WHEN I'VE BEEN THERE, YES, SIR. AND YOU DESCRIBED TWO BEDROOMS? TWO BEDROOMS. YES SIR. IN THE FOUNDATION, THE WALL THAT YOU SHOWED AT THE FOUNDATION, THERE IS NO PIER THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THAT'S JUST THERE OR IS THAT JUST ALONG THE FRONT? OTHER PARTS? YES, SIR. ALONG THE FRONT PORTION OF THE, OF THE HOME. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE, THE FRONT RIGHT IS WHERE THE, WHERE THE FOUNDATION'S ON GRADE WHERE THIS ONE IS? YES, SIR. WOULD, WOULD BE WHERE THE CARPORT IS. UM, UNDER THE LIVING ROOM. YEAH. BUT WHERE YES, YES. THE CORRECT ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOME. YEAH. WHERE THE CARPORT IS. WHERE IS RIGHT THERE IS CORRECT. YES SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU. YES SIR. OFFICER JIMMY MARTINEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. UH, GOOD MORNING OFFICER JIMMY MARTINEZ WITH THE SOUTH SAFE UNIT. UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2018 AND, UH, I WORK THE SAME SERVICE AREA AT THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED IN. AND I'VE GOTTEN CALLS TO THIS LOCATION SINCE I FIRST GOT ON THE DEPARTMENT. UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL CALLS THERE FOR, UH, NARCOTICS, ASSAULTS IN PROGRESS, CUTTINGS IN PROGRESS. UH, A LOT OF DISTURBANCE, NEIGHBOR AND DISTURBANCES COMING FROM THE PROPERTY AS WELL. UH, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY GETTING ALL THE CALLS BECAUSE WE GET CALLS FOR 1 0 5, 1 0 7, 1 0 8, 1 0 9, AND THEN THE BLOCK ITSELF, UH, 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE ADDRESS, BUT THEY'RE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH 1 0 9 SAN JUAN. UM, I, MYSELF HAVE ACTUALLY MADE ARRESTS AT THE PROPERTY, UH, FOR WANTED PERSONS. UH, AND THE KIND OF WARRANTS THEY HAD WERE HUMAN SMUGGLING, THEFT OF VEHICLE, EVADING IN A VEHICLE, INDECENT EXPOSURE. SO IT KIND OF JUST GOES ON, ON ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT ALL. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IS ROBERT TOPPING ANY WEAPONS INVOLVED? ANY WEAPONS CHARGES? NO, SIR. COMPENSATE. YOU DIDN'T CONFISCATE ANY WEAPONS, DRUGS? NO SIR. UH, DRUGS? YES. YES. NARCOTICS? YES. UH, NO. NO FIREARMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WAS YOUR LIFE EVER IN DANGER? UH, THE RISK. THE RISK WAS, THE RISK WAS ALWAYS THERE. YES, SIR. UH, ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY, ABOUT HALF A YEAR AGO, I ACTUALLY GOT A COMPLAINT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNING THE PROPERTY. UH, [02:10:01] THERE'S A SCHOOL NOT TOO FAR, A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SCHOOL BUS GOES AND PICKS UP THE KIDS FROM THAT, THAT BLOCK. AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT HOUSE AND THEY WORRY ABOUT THEIR KIDS GETTING PICKED UP BY THE BUS, UH, IN THE MORNING AND AFTER, AND GETTING DROPPED OFF AFTER SCHOOL AS WELL. THAT'S FINE. UM, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANKS SIR. I WANNA ASK ONE QUESTION, AND I THINK YOU JUST TOUCHED ON IT. THERE'S NOT A SCHOOL WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, BUT THERE IS A SCHOOL WITHIN THIS AREA, CORRECT? YES SIR. IS THIS A MAJOR ARTERY FOR CHILDREN TO WALK TO AND FROM? I DON'T THINK THEY WALKED TO SCHOOL FROM THIS, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE SCHOOL BUS DOES PICK UP THE KIDS AT, ON THAT BLOCK? YES SIR. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WAS CALLED REFERENCE TO THE HOUSE. IF IF, CAN YOU PUT UP JPEG 47 IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROPERTY? WHERE IS IT LEFT OR RIGHT? THE BUS STOP? IF, IF I'M FACING THE PROPERTY? YEAH, I'M GONNA, YEAH, WHEN YOU IT'S, IT'S TO THE RIGHT ON THE NEXT BLOCK. OKAY, HERE WE GO. SO IT'S TO THE RIGHT YES. ONTO THE NEXT STREET. THAT'S WHERE THE BUS PICKS UP ALL THE KIDS, BUT THEY GOTTA WALK BY. YES, SIR. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S AN AREA WHERE ALL THE KIDS MEET UP FOR THE BUS INSTEAD OF THE BUS GOING TO EACH HOUSE. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU. CAN WE ADD A CODE OFFICER BACK UP? CAN WE PUT UH, 47 BACK UP? I, I GOT A CONFUSION THING HERE. YES SIR. THIS SHOWS ON 47 1 0 9. THE HOUSE STRETCHES OVER INTO THAT NEXT PROPERTY OR IS THAT PROPERTY PART OF 1 0 9? IT STRETCHES OVER TO THE NEXT PROPERTY, BUT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH 1 0 9. THEY ACTUALLY, IT'S A VACANT LOT, WHICH ACTUALLY HAS THE SAME ADDRESS AS 1 0 9. OH, THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE CARPORT, CORRECT? CORRECT. CAN YOU GO TO PICTURE CORRECT, 55 BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE THE OPPOSITE SIDE. YES, SIR. THE LEFT SIDE. YES SIR. THAT IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, SO THAT SHED LEANING OVER THIS WAY, IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S ISSUE RIGHT NOW? CORRECT? OR IS THAT A FENCE THAT LOOKS MORE THAT'S A FENCE. THAT'S A FENCE. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO THAT'S OKAY. SO YEAH, I WAS LOOKING 'CAUSE I SAW THAT ONE PICTURE WHERE IT LEANS OVER, SO OH, OKAY. WOULD THAT, THAT COULD BE THE CONFUSION OF WHY THEY'RE GETTING CALLS FOR TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES IN. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE REASON WHY, BUT I'M SURE IT, IT'S A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE THAT GOES OVER WHAT'S CONSIDERED ANOTHER PROPERTY LINE, SO, CORRECT. OKAY. AND IT'S NOT SCHEDULED AS, IS THAT MARKED AS ANOTHER PROPERTY? UM, THE PROPERTY TO THE LEFT OF THIS STRUCTURE? NO, TO THE RIGHT. TO THE ONE THAT WE LOOKED AT? YES. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VACANT LOT. UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S IT'S UNDER THE SAME ADDRESS OF 1 0 9 ON BEXAR COUNTY. IT HAS A DIFFERENT, UH, LOT NUMBER. THAT'S PROBABLY, YEAH, SIR. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING SIR, THEY'RE PROBABLY GETTING IT WRONG. CORRECT, BECAUSE SOMEBODY OKAY. AND ANY OTHER ABATEMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY? SEVERAL NOTICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UH, VIOLATIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 'CAUSE THEY'VE ESCALATED TO THIS POINT TO WHERE I'M PRESENTING IT TO THE BOARD. UM, SO THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL, UH, NOTICES ISSUED FOR THE TRASH AND DEBRIS, OTHER TYPES OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS, BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. CORRECT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I GUESS RICHARD VIAL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. UH, RICHARD AL. UH, IT'S 1 0 5 SAN JUAN MAILING ADDRESS. UM, YES, I LIVE AT THE PROPERTY AND, UH, MY WIFE AND MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER, MY SON JUST, UH, GRADUATED EAST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S MOVING ON TO JOB CORPS AND MY DAUGHTER'S A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S FIXING TO GRADUATE. UH, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIX IT, BUT I'M CAUGHT IN SOME LEGAL ISSUES WITH, UM, THE AIRSHIP. AND, UH, IN ORDER FOR ME TO, TO REPAIR THE HOUSE, I NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS AIRSHIP PROBLEM AND MY ATTORNEY PAWN IT OFF TO ANOTHER ATTORNEY AND IS CHARGING ME MORE MONEY. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW LEGALLY I CAN PUT IN MY NAME, GET THE REPAIRS DONE, AND THEN FIX THE PROBLEM QUESTIONS. YEAH, I, I SAW LIKE YOU, YOU LOOKED TO, TO GET SOME HELP WITH THE, THE, THE REPAIRS AND THE, THE PROBLEM FOR THE APPLICATION BEING DENIED WAS THE ISSUES WITH THE DEED. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? YES, I WAS, UM, IT WASN'T DENIED. IT'S JUST, UH, THE, THE, THE ATTORNEY WANTS MORE MONEY TO, UH, PURSUE MY BROTHER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PROPERTY MYSELF SO I CAN TAKE OVER AND REPAIR IT. BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S AN AIRSHIP. IT'S BOTH OF OUR PROPERTY REALLY. [02:15:01] SO IT CAN'T REALLY DO WHAT I NEED TO DO TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT? UM, I NEED MAYBE A MONTH TO GET THESE RESOLVED AND IF I CAN'T RESOLVE 'EM, THEN WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER THAT, I THINK WE CAN, UH, LEGALLY MY ATTORNEY OR UH, UH, PERHAPS ANOTHER ATTORNEY, UH, RENDER IT USELESS AND THEN CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, MR. MAR, I'LL JUST, THE, THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROPERTY, IT IS IN VERY, VERY BAD SHAPE. IT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION WORK ALL REDONE. LOOKS LIKE THE, UM, IF NOT ALL THE SIDING, MOST OF THE SIDING NEEDS TO BE REDONE. AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU CAN GET INTO THE INTERIOR. ARE YOU READY TO DO I PUT OUT THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR THEM? I WAS QUOTED AT 80 TO 110,000. AND THEN IF I COULDN'T GET THAT, THEN I WAS QUOTED A DEMO TO 18,000, UH, BY CERTIFIED, UH, CONTRACTOR TO DEMO IT IF I CANNOT FULFILL THE REPAIRS OBLIGATION. AND IF WE WERE DECIDE ON DEMO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO NEXT? I WAS HOPING TO PUT, UH, CAN YOU TALK? I WAS HOPING TO PUT, UH, ANOTHER HOME, UM, PRE-MANUFACTURED, UH, HALF OF, NOT HALF, BUT A QUARTER OF QUARTER OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE PRE-MANUFACTURED, UH, HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A VERY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S CALLED OLD BROOKSIDE. SO. OKAY. THIS IS ROBERT TOPIA. SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO THAT KIND OF MONEY? I AM GOING TO FIND OUT. UH, I HAVE SOME, BUT I DON'T KNOW. UH, MAYBE THE DEMO PART, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE $80,000 TO THAT EXTENT TO REPAIR IT. MAYBE I'M, I STILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT. THE PART OF THE HELP IS ESTABLISHING ME AS OWNER, THE AIRSHIP PART. AND IF YOU WERE GRANTED TIME, WERE YOU PLANNING TO LIVE THERE? IF I CAN REPAIR IT, YES. IF I CANNOT, THEN PERHAPS NOT. SO. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, SIR. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE RIGHT NOW? JUST FOUR OF US. FOUR? YEAH. THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR A DEMO? MM-HMM. . HAVE YOU EVEN THOUGHT THE, UH, IF IT IS DEMOED WHERE EVERYBODY'S GONNA GO, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT, I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW. ARE THEY WORKING, GOING TO SCHOOL? UM, ME AND MY WIFE WORK. UM, MY CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL. MY SON JUST GRADUATED. I SAW, IS THAT YOUR CHILD THAT WAS IN HERE EARLIER? YES. I'M YOUR DAUGHTER. I'M, SHE'S MY OLDEST DAUGHTER. SHE DOESN'T LIVE THERE, BUT THAT WAS A, SHE DOESN'T LIVE THERE. OH, OKAY. SHE DOESN'T LIVE THERE? NO. OKAY. I WAS GONNA SAY IF THERE'S A CHILD THERE, THEN NO. UM, THE ISSUES YOU'RE HAVING LEGALLY, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO TIE 'EM UP WITHIN 30 DAYS? I, UH, PRESUME SO. IF NOT, THEN I'M GONNA SEEK THE, THE ROUTE OF THE $18,000, UH, DEMO TO COMPLY WITH CO COMPLIANCE. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. CAN WE HAVE THE, UH, THERE WE GO. UH, BOARD WILL LISTEN TO A MOTION. HOLD ON. UM, MR. OH, MR. HAVE THEIR HAND UP. WHO ARE YOU, SIR? I'M THE SIGN OFF FOR MR. RICHARD. DID YOU SIGN IN? NO. DID YOU SIGN IN? DID HE SIGN IN, SIGN IN? NO, HE DID NOT. SIR. WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES. NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR. YES. CAN YOU SIGN IN ON A SHEET? AND YOU'RE THE SON, SON-IN-LAW. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. MY NAME IS LOUIS VEGA. I LIVE IN 48 10 CHERRY TREE DRIVE IN CHURCH TEXAS. [02:20:01] I AM, UH, RICHARD RIA SON-IN-LAW. UM, I'VE BEEN WITH HER DAUGHTER FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. WE JUST GOT MARRIED LAST YEAR AND WE ARE GONNA HELP HIM OUT THE BEST WE CAN. HE'S ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A PLACE IN OUR PROPERTY. UH, THE MONEY SITUATION, UH, LIKE I TOLD MY WIFE, I'LL BE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM THE BEST WE CAN. UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT HE HAS A BROTHER AND SISTERS LIVING OUTSIDE. THEY'RE HOMELESS. THEY COME AND GO, AND THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, ALL TYPES OF TRASH AND THIS AND THAT. AND WE'VE CALLED THE COPS. WE, WE'VE CALLED THE COPS AND THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LAWYER TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THE NAME UNDER HIS NAME. THAT WAY WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH ALL THE FIXING OF THE PROPERTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING MR. ROBERT TAPI. AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU WANT TO TAKE THE RISK TO START OVER WITH, WITH THE REPAIRS AND, AND EVERYTHING AND LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? WELL, IF, IF WE CAN, WE TRY TO FIX IT UP THE BEST WE CAN MAKE IT, YOU KNOW. PERFECT. UM, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE'RE DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY AND GET A PROBABLY, UH, ONE OF THESE MANUFACTURE HOMES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. LET ME ASK YOU GUYS THIS, IT ONLY REQUIRES YOU TO BRING IT TO CODE, OKAY? YEP. SO IF YOU CAN BRING IT TO CODE , YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPAIR EVERYTHING AT ONCE. YOU JUST BRING IT TO CODE, THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN IT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? MM-HMM. . SO THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS A DEED ISSUE. YEP. THAT'S THE ONLY THING KIND OF HOLDING YOU GUYS UP. SO, BUT AS LONG AS IT COMES UP TO CODE, THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. DEMO IS THE LAST RESORT. SO WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THE BOARD WILL ACCEPT THE MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. UM, I MOTION TO RESET FOR 60 DAYS TO ALLOW TIME FOR LEGAL. I HAVE A MOTION ON, OH, A MOTION ON THE BOARD OF THE, UH, FLOOR TO RESET. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND IT. OH YEAH, THIS IS JOE, SO I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. UH, SINCE WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA. UM, I THINK, I MEAN IT RESET IS EASY, BUT PUSHING IT BACK FURTHER, I, I THINK WE OUGHT TO AT LEAST, UM, I I, I WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, 60 DAYS TO IRON OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO IRON OUT IF THEY IRON IT OUT. 'CAUSE IF THEY, 'CAUSE IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE NEED TO DEMO IT AND THE SOONER THE BETTER AND YOUR WALLET WILL THANK YOU. LATER ON. WELL, THE MOTION, THE MOTION WAS FOR 60 DAYS. BUT TO RESET. RIGHT. TO RESET. TO RESET FOR 60 DAYS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. RIGHT? I SAID IT NOT TO AGREE WITH IT. I SAID IT NOT TO AGREE WITH THE RESET. I SAID IT TO, TO, UM, TO, UH, MOTION TO UM, GIVE THEM 60 DAYS TO REPAIR. WELL, HE CAN'T, MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE CAN'T DO ANY REPAIRS UNTIL HE GETS THE FULL TITLE. RIGHT? RIGHT. WELL, THE 60 DAYS IS TO, WHICH IS THE SAME THING SHE'S ASKING FOR. IT'S THE SAME. SO IT IS THE SAME THING. UH, NO, I, I REQUESTED, UM, A RESET. RIGHT. SHE'S ASKING FOR A RESET ORDER SO HE CAN GET THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS DONE ORDER IN ORDER NOT TO DRAG THIS OUT ANY FURTHER. IF WE GIVE THEM A RESET AND THEY COME BACK IN 60 DAYS, THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, UH, WHEN THEY COME BACK WHERE, WHEREAS IF WE ORDER THE 60 DAY REPAIR, UM, THAT MAY BE MUCH LONGER BEFORE THEY CAN COME BACK FOR DEMO. IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. WELL MIND YOU, AND, AND, AND THIS IS, IF [02:25:01] HE HAD, IF A REPAIR IS DONE AN ORDER, HE'S STILL GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME UNTIL HE GETS THE DOCUMENTATION DONE. NOW, CAN HE PULL PERMITS ON A RE UH, REPAIR? HE CAN'T PULL PERMITS, CORRECT. HE CAN STILL PULL HIS PERMITS. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE RESET GIVES HIM TIME TO GET LEGAL ISSUES OUTTA THE WAY. NOW HE'S NOT UNDER GONNA TRY TO REPAIR IT AND FIGHT LEGAL AT THE SAME TIME. AND IS THAT YEAH, THE GIST OF IT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, INPUTS? SO WE'LL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION AND NOW WE WILL GO FOR THE MOTION. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. FRED ANDES. AYE. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. JOEL SISE. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. MOTION FIVE ZERO. SIR, IF YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER, THEY'LL EXPLAIN THE ISSUE FOR YOU AND GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE WILL BE SAN MORRO SAN THAT RIGHT SAND. NEXT CASE WILL BE 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANUEL STREET. NEVER HEARD OF THAT STREET. GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANUEL STREAM WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 8 6 5 7 BLOCK 42 LOT 23 AND 24 AT 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANUEL STREET, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GARCIA ELIAS, JR. AND AMELIA H WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANEL STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE OWNERS, ELIAS AND AMELIA GARCIA. CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNERS VIA PHONE. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 20TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANUEL STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 28TH, 2024. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 17TH. OH, I'M SORRY. LET ME, LET ME CORRECT THAT. UM, ORIGINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 28TH, 2022. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST FOUR, 17TH, 2022, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023. THE OWNER DID APPLY FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED ON JANUARY 26TH, 2024. A CONFERENCE MEETING WAS HELD, HOWEVER, NO OWNER REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDED ON MAY 30TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 4 35 SOUTH SIGN MANU STREET ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAVE YET TO BE RETURNED AS OF JUNE 12TH, 2024. AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. A DEMOLITION WAS, WAS PULL, A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS PULLED IN FEBRUARY OF 20 20 23, UM, BUT HAS BECOME INACTIVE AS OF AUGUST 21ST, 2024. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TODAY FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN [02:30:01] ON MAY SEVEN, MAY 15TH, 2024 AND JUNE 7TH, 2024. HERE WE HAVE THE FRONT ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE STRUCTURE IS LISTING TOWARDS THE RIGHT. UM, THERE IS LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION. UM, THE FRONT PORCH POST FOR THE COVERING IS MISSING, CAUSING THAT SECTION TO SAG ON THE RIGHT, ON THE LEFT SIDE, I'M SORRY, THIS IS UNDER, UNDERNEATH THE PORCH, UM, IS MISSING BORES AS WELL AS, UM, ROTTING, UH, WOOD MEMBERS. THIS IS THE VIEW, UH, FROM THE LEFT ELEVATION TO SHOW THE, THE SAGGING OF THE COVERING THE PORCH COVER, UM, AS WELL AS THE SEPARATION THAT YOU SEE IN THE FRAMING. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE LEFT, A SECTION OF THE LEFT ELEVATION. UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SAG FROM THE PORCH COVERING HERE IS THE REAR AND LEFT PORTION OF THE COVERING. UM, THE OWNERS DID DO A PARTIAL DEMOLITION ON THE STRUCTURE, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINING ROOF HAS NO SUPPORT AND HAS COLLAPSED. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE REAR, UM, TO WHICH THE WALLS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. UM, THE BEAM THERE IS TWISTING AND STARTING TO LEAN AS WELL AS, UH, WATTING ROTTING WOOD MEMBERS. AND THIS IS THE, A POST DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FRONT SECTION. UM, AGAIN, THE POST IS LEANING AND IS STARTING TO SHIFT OFF OF THE POST AS WELL AS THE BEAM IS TWISTING WITH ROTTING, UH, FLOOR JOISTS AND STUDS. HERE'S A LEVEL TO INDICATE THAT IT, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS LEANING 10 DEGREES TOWARDS THE RIGHT. THIS IS A FULL VIEW OF THE REAR, THE REAR, THE REAR ELEVATION. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RIGHT, THE LEFT ELEVATION ROOF HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO NO SUPPORT. UM, THE STRUCTURE IS LISTING AS WELL AS SHEET ROCK AND DRYWALL HAVE BEEN REMOVED. HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THE ROOF. THE RIDGE BOARD IS DETACHING AND I SEPARATED FROM THE DECKING AND THE RAFTERS HERE IS A ANOTHER VIEW OF THE REAR, UM, TO SHOW DUE TO THE LIGHTING, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, UM, WHERE THE SUN WAS POSITIONED. UM, THE REMAINING, UH, FLOOR JOISTS AND BEAMS ARE STILL PRESENT FOR THE REAR OF THOSE SECTIONS THAT WAS REMOVED. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE VEGETATION, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. UM, MY NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW, UM, AN EARLIER PHOTO WITHOUT THE VEGETATION DUE TO THE WEATHER AND SEASONS. UM, SO HERE IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION, UM, WITHOUT THE GREENERY. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION FOUNDATION. UM, YOU CAN SEE, SO THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING AND EX MISSING SIDING, UM, EXPOSING THE REMAINING INTERIOR. THIS IS A VIEW FROM A WINDOW AS I DID NOT ENTER THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE CONDITION OF IT. UM, JUST A MISCELLANEOUS TRASHING DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN LEFT. THE SINGLE STORY MAIN STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1944 CONSISTS OF WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH WOOD SIDING. A GABLE ROOF ON POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION HAS BEEN PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED, CAUSING THE ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS TO BE COMPROMISED. THE ROOF AND THE WALLS AND THE FOUNDATION, THE REMAINING STRUCTURE IS LISTING THE FOUNDATION POST AND BEAMS ARE LEANING, LEANING AND TWISTING. UH, SEVERAL FLOOR JOISTS AND WALL STUDS ARE ROTTING FRENCH PORCH. THE POST FRENCH PORCH SUPPORT POST IS MISSING, CAUSING THE PORCH COVER TO SAG AND SEPARATION TO THE WOOD FRAMING. AND THE REAR WALL HAS BEEN REMOVED WITH LEAVING NO SUPPORT FOR THE REMAINING ROOF. AND IT HAS ALREADY PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, LEAVING THE STRUCTURE UNABLE TO BE SECURED. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANUEL STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1 2 4 5 7 8, 11, 12, 17, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL CON OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD ARE UN OR UNFITNESS. FOR THE, FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE, A THREAT [02:35:01] OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANUEL STREET. LET ME ASK SOMETHING REAL QUICK. YOU SAID 17 AND 15, SHOULDN'T IT BE 17, CORRECT? YES. 17 AND 18. 15. 17 AND 18. 17 YOU MENTIONED 15 TWICE. 15. OKAY. YES. DO THE STAFF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, UH, BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU SAID THEY HAD PULLED A PERMIT AND IT'S INACTIVE NOW. WHEN WAS THAT? UH, THE PERMIT WAS PULLED ON. IT BE, THE PERMIT WAS ACTIVE AS OF FEBRUARY, 2023. UH, PERMITS ARE GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. UM, THEY DID DO SOME, SOME WORK. UM, THE OWNERS ARE HERE AND THEY COULD SPEAK AS TO WHY. UM, THE DECON, THE DEMOLITION DID STOP. UM, AND DUE TO NO ACTIVITY OR NOT EXTENDING THE PERMIT, THE PERMIT BECAME INACTIVE AS OF AUGUST, 2023. SO THAT WAS A PERMIT TO DEMO. THEY DID GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA. WHEN YOU HAVE A, A STRUCTURE THAT, UH, THAT OLD, UM, DOES HISTORICAL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH AND GRAB THAT LITTLE DOGGY ORNAMENT IN THE FRONT BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, HISTORIC. HISTORIC DUDE, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LOVE THAT. THAT'S ON THE GATE. YEAH. OH, UH, POSSIBLY HISTORIC DID GO, DID CONFIRM THAT IT WASN'T ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION AS FAR AS THEM TAKING ANYTHING OR WANTING ANYTHING. UM, IT WAS NOT, UM, PASSED ON TO ME REGARDING THAT. UH, I'M GONNA CATCH STAFF HERE ON OFF GUARD 'CAUSE SHE JUST GOT HERE. ON THIS CASE HERE. THEY OFFERED TO DEMO. WAS THERE A, UM, HOME HARMLESS DONE OFFERED THE, I I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. THE HOME HARMLESS WAS OFFERED, UH, TO THE OWNERS AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS OFFERED. THEY DID NOT ACCEPT IT. UM, THEY WANTED TO, UM, TO GET ESTIMATES RE REGARDING THE REMAINING DEMO. YEAH, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THAT. SO GOOD SAVE. GOOD SAVE. SO IT WAS OFFERED AND THEY JUST YES. OKAY. AND THE PERMIT EXPIRED? IT IS, IT IS INACTIVE. SO DID THEY PULL THE PERMIT, STARTED IT, AND THEN LET IT EXPIRE? YES. HOW LONG AGO? UH, THE DEMO EXPIRED O UH, THE PERMIT, I'M SORRY, EXPIRED ON AUGUST 25, 20 FIFTH OF 2023. SO THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SINCE THEN? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ELIA GARCIA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME'S ELIA GARCIA AND THAT'S MY 4 35 SOUTH MANEL. THAT'S, I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. WHERE'S YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? YOUR LIVING ADDRESS, SIR? YOU, YOUR ADDRESS, WHERE YOU LIVE, WHERE YOU RESIDE. OH, WELL I LIVE AT, UH, 1 2 9 7 1 2 9 7 16 0 4. WAIT, 1604. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, YES, UH, YEAH, WE STARTED, UH, WORKING, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DEMO THE HOUSE, BUT AS, AS WE WERE WORKING, I POPPED MY SHOULDER AND THAT'S WHEN I COMPLETELY STOPPED. I HAD SURGERY. MY ATTENDANCE HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T GO BACK AND MY PERMIT EXPIRED. BUT, UH, REALLY WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, DEMOLISH THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S WASN'T LIVABLE NO MORE. GOOD IDEA. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. GARCIA, DID YOU DISCONNECT THE SERVICES ALREADY TO THE PROPERTY, SIR? DISCONNECT THE SERVICES? OH YEAH. IT, WELL, YES, IT WAS, THE SERVICE WAS DISCONNECTED WHEN I, AFTER I GOT THE PERMIT, SO I CAN STARTED DEMOLISHING THAT THE, THE HOUSE. BUT THAT'S WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO ME. SO. AND SO HOW LONG BACK HAS THAT BEEN SINCE YOU STOPPED, UH, WORKING ON MOMS IN THE HOUSE? UH, WHEN I HAD SURGERY ABOUT A YEAR. ABOUT A YEAR? YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS GONNA BE A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS BEFORE I CAN START EXTRA LEAVE MY ARM TO GET BETTER. AND SO YOU WAIT FOR YOUR ARM TO GET BETTER BEFORE YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THE DEMOLITION, CORRECT? MM-HMM. . OKAY. YEAH, I I, I THINK THE, I THINK THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING WITH IT IS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN IT TO, TO A STATE RIGHT NOW THAT IT IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RIGHT. I CERTAINLY, I DON'T BLAME OUR CO OFFICIAL FOR NOT ENTERING INTO THE BUILDING. AND I THINK THAT PRESENTS QUITE A DANGER YES. TO ANYONE [02:40:01] WHO COMES INTO THE HOME OR LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MM-HMM, . MM-HMM. . SO MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT I'LL BE MOVING TO, TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THIS YES. HOW COMPLETELY DEMOED HERE. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. . YEAH. THAT'S WHY, UH, THAT'S WHY I WANTED DO, UH, BECAUSE I WANNA DEMOL AND I WANNA GET A RECONSTRUCTION LOAN BECAUSE I'M NOT REBUILT, GO BACK HOME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I WANT. OKAY. YEAH. BUT RIGHT NOW, LIKE, MAN, I HAD THE MONEY, I USED TO WORK FOR TOYOTA, BUT I GOT DISABLED LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO. FIVE YEARS AGO. SO MY FUNDS STARTED GOING, YOU KNOW, SO I HAVE PROBLEM WITH MY FUNDS, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME FOR RIGHT NOW TO, BUT YEAH. YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I NEED TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE. RIGHT. IN, IN OUR NOTES, IT STATES THAT THERE WAS A CONTRACTOR WITH A PERMIT. YES. YES. BUT HE WENT UNDER, SO, SO WERE YOU WORKING OFF HIS PERMIT? WELL, I WAS TRYING TO HELP HIM, YOU KNOW, TRYING, I WANTED IT OUT. SO YOU'RE, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF? MM-HMM. . WHY? AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, COULD YOU NOT GET SOMEBODY IN THERE TO FINISH THE DEAL BECAUSE YOU GOT IT WHERE SOMEBODY CAN ACTUALLY YEAH, BUT YEAH, BUT SEE THAT'S WHERE MY FUNDS, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO CONTINUE. IS THE PROPERTY SECURED? WELL, YEAH, BUT I HAVE, UH, I, I HAVE A LOCKED, LOCKED DOWN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NOBODY TO GO IN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S THE THING I SEE IS IT'S BEEN SITTING WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT ON THE FRONT PORCH AND SOME OTHER AREAS AND IT WON'T TAKE MUCH OF A WIND, KNOCK IT OVER AND IF SOMEBODY'S ON THAT PROPERTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. MM-HMM. , YOU'RE LIABLE. YES. THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF ASKING WHY YOU DIDN'T TRY TO GET SOMEBODY TO JUST GO IN THERE AND DO YOU A FAVOR AND PULL IT TO THE GROUND OR SOMETHING. YEAH, YEAH. JUST TO LEAVE THE DEBRIS, BUT YEAH, BUT TO FIND A, SOMEBODY TO DO IT WELL. OKAY. YEAH. WELL WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU OUT ON THAT, I GUARANTEE YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, AMELIA, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE MORE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, AMELIA GARCIA, IF YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AMELIA GARCIA. I'M THE OWNER OF 4 35 SOUTH SAN AND I AGREE WITH MY HUSBAND. WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DEMOLISHED, UM, EXCEPT THAT OUR FUNDS DEPLETED IN THE INTERIM AND HIM GETTING SICK AND HAVING SURGERY, THAT'S WHY I COMPLETELY STOPPED. LEMME ASK YOU SOMETHING. WHY DID YOU REFUSE A WHOLE HARMLESS? I I, THAT WASN'T EXPLAINED TO ME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. MM-HMM. DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER STEPHANIE SANCHEZ. UM, THE WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT WAS, UM, UM, THE AGREEMENT FOR YOU TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DO THE DEMOLITION THAT I HAD MENTIONED. OKAY. UM, AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS. WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THE CITY TO DEMOLISH IT, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG HERE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE WHOLE HARMLESS A LITTLE IN DEPTH ON THAT? SURE. IN GENERAL, UM, THERE IS NO SET PRICING PUT IN WHEN THE, THE WHOLE HARMLESS IS SIGNED INTO BY BOTH PARTIES. THE FIRST PARTY BE THE OWNER, THE STRUCTURE, THE OTHER PARTY WOULD BE, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT. UM, THERE IS AN ESTIMATE THAT IS PROVIDED AND IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE THE PAYMENT PAID IN FULL IF THE PAYMENT IS NOT PAID IN FULL. THERE IS A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IT DOES ACCRUE INTEREST, BUT IT IS, UM, THAT IS WILLING TO TAKE AND CAN TAKE AND USUALLY IS THE PROCESS TO TAKE PAYMENTS, UH, UNTIL THAT, UH, BILL IS PAID AND COMPLETED. AND I THINK I LOOKED INTO THAT, BUT IT WAS WAY BEYOND OUR MEANS AT THAT POINT. YEAH. I DID AT ONE TIME LOOK INTO IT, BUT IT WAS WAY BEYOND OUR MEANS. WE HAD TO PAY LIKE MAYBE LIKE FOUR OR 500 A MONTH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THE MEANS RIGHT NOW SINCE HE'S DISABLED AND I'M THE ONLY ONE REALLY WORKING. I MEAN, HE'S BRINGING IN MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW. WELL, LEMME JUST ASK WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PLANS AFTER YOU DEMO THE HOUSE? HE WANTS TO REBUILD, WE WANNA REBUILD, WE WANNA GET A CONSTRUCTION LOAN IF POSSIBLE [02:45:01] AND REBUILD. SO I I I, I DON'T BELIEVE THE DEMO WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT. IT JUST WOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS. BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS THAT REALLY IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE THAT HOUSE COULD FALL DOWN AT ANY MOMENT AND I YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND. AND SO THAT WILL, WE WILL NEED TO ACT ON THAT PART OF IT. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS WORKS OUT FOR YOU. YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, MAN. THANK YOU. AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. WITH YOUR MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 35 SOUTH SUN MIGUEL STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER. UM, SIX ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57. UH, CODE SECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER. MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE PROPERTY AT 4 3 5 SOUTH SAN MANWELL STREET UNDER SECTION. IT, IT IS BEEN DEEMED A HAZARD AND UNDER SECTION 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16. OH, I'M SORRY. 15, 17, 18 IS UH, A DEMO WITHIN 30 DAYS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, GOTTA GET A SECOND PERSON. YEAH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SECOND IT IS JOSEPH ALISE. JOSEPH ALI, SECONDS THERE. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, IN ADDITION, UH, PROPERTY BE VACATED, UTILITIES CUT AND SECURED. UTILITIES ALREADY CUT AND YEAH, THERE'S A HOUSE HABITABLE, SECURED. ANYTHING ELSE CLEAN? I CAN'T, YEAH, I AGREE. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, SECURING WHEN THE HALF OF THE BACK, HALF OF THE HOUSE IS BLOWN OUT, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SECURE THAT. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT SECURING THE PROPERTY? YEAH. WELL, YES. OKAY. UM, HE'S ALREADY LOCKED HIS GATE. HE'S GOT A FENCE ON THE FRONT, JUST MAKING SURE. YEAH, HE'S ALREADY GOT THE, GOT THE GATE LOCKED. BUT IF WE PUT IT IN THERE, THEN IT'S SECURE. UM, THE PREMISE WELL JUST SECURE BECAUSE THE UTILITIES WERE ALREADY CUT WHEN THEY STARTED THE DEMO THE FIRST TIME AND NO ONE IS LIVING THERE. BUT I THINK FOR US WE WOULD BE GOOD TO SECURE THE PROPERTY NOW SO NO ONE CAN GET ANYWHERE. YEAH. YES, I AGREE WITH SECURING THE PROPERTY. SO HIT SECOND. I AGREE. SO FIRST AND SECOND AGREED TO IT. UH, NOW DISCUSSION, UM, I HATE TO ADD TO IT, BUT WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE, UH, VEG? CAN WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE VEGETATION? CAN WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE ORDER OR IS THAT IT CAN BE INCLUDED BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED. THE OFFICERS ABSOLUTELY WILL HAVE THAT CUT AND CLEANED BEFORE IT'S DEMOED. IT WILL PROBABLY NEED IT ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE THE DEMOLITION. SO THAT WILL ALREADY BE, HAVE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN HANDLED. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA ADD IT? DID YOU WANNA ADD IT IN THE ORDER? WELL SHE SAID IT'S NOT NECESSARY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, WE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE GET DONE AS LONG AS IT'S VERY DONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? DISCUSSIONS ARE CLOSED. ROLL CALL FRED ANDES. AYE. ROBERT THIA. AYE. JOEL SOLI. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. FIVE TO ZERO SIR, IF YOU WOULD GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER, SHE'LL EXPLAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT CASE IS 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN STREET. YOU CAN GO AHEAD, SIR. YES SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ARIAN BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY [02:50:01] ARE LOCATED AT 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 2 2 4 4 BLOCK NINE, LOT NINE, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RODRIGUEZ C RODRIGUEZ. MARIA C ESTATE OF WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. NO ONE IS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. ON MARCH 13TH, 2024, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. JACOB PEREIRA, WHO STATED THAT HE WAS THE BROTHER OF THE DECEASED PROPERTY OWNER. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF DAVID CROCKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023. AN ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2023 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2023 ON MAY 30TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE AS OF TODAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024. FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKING ON MARCH 20TH, 2024 AND MAY 13TH, 2024. PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY MAIN AND ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION. THIS HERE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, AND PROXIMITY FOR THE ACCESSORY TO THE MAIN. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN WHERE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A CRACK ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ALSO THERE IS A CRACK UNDER THE 3 1 0 8 IN THE MIDDLE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE ONE WOOD MEMBERS AT THE ROOF OVERHANG ON THE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE DETACHING IS WOOD MEMBERS AT THE ROOF OVERHANG AND IN THE MIDDLE, FURTHER ON IN THE MIDDLE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LARGE CRACK WITH A WALL-TO-WALL SEPARATION. HERE'S THE LEFT SIDE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S CRACKS UNDER THE, UH, NEXT TO THE WINDOW CLOSEST TO THE FRONT, THE ROTTED AND WORN RAFTERS AND FACIAL BOARDS AT THE PORCH AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING RAFTERS IN THE MIDDLE AND THE MISSING PORCH. OVERHANG HANG. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. I KNOW THAT THE LIGHTING IS KIND OF DARK, BUT THERE IS A CRACKS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT REAR DOOR. AND THE ROOF IS COMPROMISED DUE TO DETERIORATING WOOD MEMBERS. GOING BACK TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE PORCH OVERHANG WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING ROOF DECKING AND THE WORN FACIA BOARDS ENTERING INTO THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING ROOF WITH HOLES, THE DETACHING ROOF WOOD MEMBERS THAT HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE, THE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO BE ADVISED THAT WHEN I DID STEP INTO THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SMELL AN INTENSE SMELL OF SMELL LIKE DEAD ANIMALS, FOOD, ROTTEN FOOD, AND IT WAS A LOT OF BROKEN GLASS ON THE FLOOR AREA SO IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO NAVIGATE THROUGH IT. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH SAFELY. UM, BUT THERE IS A CONTINUATION AS YOU CAN SEE OF THE MISSING ROOF WITH THE DETERIORATING RAFTERS AND THE CEILING JOISTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE FALLEN IN AND YOU CAN SEE I COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER BECAUSE OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF, UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS AND ACCUMULATION IN THERE. ENTERING INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS, YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED FLOOR SURFACE. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE, UH, WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE. UH, THE DETERIORATING WALLS. ALSO THE CONTINUATION OF THE TRASH AND DEBRIS ENTERING INTO THIS ROOM WHERE THERE IS A MATTRESS. THIS IS THE ONLY AREA IN THE STRUCTURE THAT DOES HAVE A FLOOR SURFACE, BUT THERE ARE TWO LARGE HOLES, UM, AND THAT YOU CAN SEE THE GRADE IN THOSE HOLES FROM THE HOLES. [02:55:02] LOOKING UP IN THAT SAME AREA AT THE ROOF, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES WITH THE MISSING CEILING DECKING AND THE DETACHING CEILING JOISTS AND THE CRACKS IN THE WALLS. LOOKING DOWN AT THE END OF THAT MATTRESS FROM THAT LOOKS LIKE SORT OF THAT BOARD THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE FLOOR SURFACE ENDS AND THE REST OF IT IS TRASH AND DEBRIS. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THERE, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF, UH, ROTTEN FOOD AND BROKEN BOTTLES. I WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE, TO THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE MISSING FLOOR SURFACE ALSO, UM, THE TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT WAS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. GOING OUTSIDE TO THE REAR DOOR, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS WALL TO WALL SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REAR DOOR. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS DETERIORATING AND SOME MISSING FASCIA BOARDS. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE REAR OF THE, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH THE MISSION MISSING FASCIA BOARDS. AND THIS IS JUST THE LEFT ELEVATION. THIS IS THE BEST PHOTO I CAN GET BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE, THE ABUTTING NEIGHBOR, UH, FENCE. AND THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO, THE DETERIORATING FACIA BOARDS. LOOKING INSIDE THE INTERIOR, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE CONDITION. THERE WAS SOME HOMELESS THERE, BUT EVERY TIME I WOULD COME ON MY INSPECTIONS, THEY WOULD JUMP THE GATE RUN, RUN ACROSS THE STREET. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THE CONDITION IS HERE. YOU CAN SEE LOOKING UP, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF DECKING AT THE END IS BOEING INWOOD AND IT DOES CONTAIN A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, ZONED C TWO AND BUILT IN 1948. THERE IS ALSO AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE REAR YARD. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF DAVID CROCKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE MAIN STRUCTURE'S FOUNDATION IS DETERIORATING, THE FLOOR IS MISSING ON THE INTERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF CMU AND STUCCO SIDING CONTAINS CRACKS AND IS DETERIORATING. THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM HAS COLLAPSED AND IS MISSING THROUGHOUT THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THE REMAINING ROOF HAS DAMAGE TO THE ROOF COVERING FACIAL BOARDS, SEAL AND JOISTS AND RAFTERS. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, FACIAL BOARDS IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS AND THE REMAINING FACIAL BOARDS ARE WORN, DETERIORATED, AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1 2 4 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN AND CITY CODE. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS EIGHT 12, EXCUSE ME, 8 11, 12 17 AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH. SAFETY, WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS JUST GONNA ASK ABOUT THE SERVICES, SIR. HAVE THE SERVICES ALL BEEN DISCONNECTED? YES, SIR. AND THAT WAS IT. YOU SAID THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY ON MY FIRST INSPECTION WHEN I WAS, UH, ASSIGNED TO IT IN NOVEMBER, THERE, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE DURING THE INSPECTION EXCEPT FOR A GENTLEMAN ON THE EXTERIOR OF IT WHO STATED THAT HE TAKES A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, HE WATCHES IT, BUT HE WASN'T BEHIND THE FENCE, THE SURROUNDING FENCE AT THE TIME. THEN WHEN I WENT BACK AGAIN, I MADE CONTACT WITH MR. JACOB PERRETA WHO SAID THAT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO, HE HAD A STAKE INTO GETTING OWNERSHIP. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF IT THAT WERE KIND OF GIVING HIM A HARD TIME. HE CAME ON THE PROPERTY, HE ALLOWED ME GO TO GO IN AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS PEOPLE IN THERE THAT WAS THE, THE, THE MARCH 20TH PHOTO. HE USHERED THEM OFF AND THAT AFTER EACH INSPECTION AFTERWARDS, [03:00:02] NO ONE WAS THERE. SO IF WE SECURED THE PROPERTY, IT'S IT'S BLOCK PROP. IT'S A BLOCK HOUSE. YES. WE CAN STILL SECURE PLYWOOD TO IT, CORRECT. THERE. YES SIR. THERE IS AN EXISTING WORK ORDER NOW TO HAVE IT SECURED AND ALSO CLEAN UP THE, UH, WOOD THAT HAS FALLEN DOWN, THAT'S PLACED AT THE FRONT ELEVATION. OKAY. SO THERE'S ALREADY A IS THERE ANY ABATEMENTS BEEN DONE TO THIS PROPERTY? NO. NO, NOT AT ALL. I, I DID PULL A HISTORY AND I DID SEE A LOT OF GOING BACK TO 2019. UM, MOST OF THEM WERE NO VIOLATION, SO I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. BUT I KNOW WHEN I TOOK OVER IN NOVEMBER, THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT LOOKING IN HIS CONDITION. YEAH. THERE'S NO WAY IT DIDN'T HAVE IT BACK IN 2019. IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. I KNOW. YES. OKAY. SO VAGRANTS ON OCCASIONS. YES SIR. NONE SINCE YOU MADE YOUR FIRST INSPECTION? NO. ALRIGHT. OH, ONE TIME WHEN I MADE THAT FIRST INSPECTION. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER USHERED THEM OFF. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. UH, BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THIS IS JOEL SLAC. I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT UH, 31 0 8 WEST MARTIN STREET. UH, IS THE PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY. UH, CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 56 ARTICLES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18. UH, SPECIFICALLY I MOVE THAT IT BE DEMOED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED. MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE PROPERTY AT 3 1 0 8 WEST MARTIN BE DEMOED WITHIN 30 DAYS UNDER SECTION FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18 TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS. AND THE PROPERTY BE SECURED. ROBERT TAPIA. SECOND ROBERT TAPIA. SECONDS IT IS THERE. ANY FRIENDLYS? ANY COMMENTS? GO TO ROLL CALL HERNANDEZ. AYE. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. JOEL SOLIS. AYE. KAYLA MIRANDA. AYE. GEORGE GRIMES JR. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO. IT PASSES FIVE ZERO. UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. HI, JODY KRUM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE PANEL ON THE BSB MEMBERSHIP. THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 20TH FOR SELECTION OF THE VACANT AT LARGE POSITION. A MOTION WAS MADE TO NOMINATE ROBERT BENKE FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND HE WAS APPROVED TO THE BSB ON JUNE 6TH. MR. BENKE JOINS PANEL A. THERE'S ALSO AN APPOINTMENT MEMO IN PROGRESS FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE TO APPOINT ROLLETTE SCHRECKENGOST, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH. MS. SCHRECKENGOST WILL ALSO JOIN PANEL A, THE BSB WILL HAVE ONE VACANCY, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, MS. ANN WEINER WAS ELECTED AS A PANEL, A VICE CHAIR AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING. THANK YOU. UH, ON THE PANEL, A ROBERT, UH, BENKE, WHEN IS HE GONNA SIT? HAS HE ALREADY, UH, WENT TO TRAINING? YES. MR. BENKE DID HAVE HIS TRAINING SESSION YESTERDAY AND HE WILL ATTEND THE FIRST, UM, PANEL A MEETING IN JULY, JULY 18TH. OKAY. AND NOTHING FOR DISTRICT EIGHT? DISTRICT EIGHT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE COUNCIL STAFF. I STILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM AND REACH OUT TO THEM. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET AN APPOINTMENT SOON. NOW, HOW DOES THE LARGE WORK, DO THEY HAVE TO RECOMMEND THAT FROM THE BOARD UP THERE THAT DOES THIS OR IN A LARGE POSITION? THE AT LARGE GOES THROUGH THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. UM, THEY REVIEW ALL THE APPLICANTS AND THEY INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS AS WELL. THEY NOMINATE THE, UM, APPOINTEE, WHICH THEN GETS APPROVED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. YES. SO, UH, APPLICANTS APPLY FOR THE AT LARGE VACANCY AND NOBODY'S DONE THAT EITHER. 'CAUSE IN AT LARGE DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS. I MEAN, UH, APPLICATIONS WE DON'T HAVE ANY AT LARGE APPLICATIONS. ALL THE AT LARGE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED. [03:05:05] DISTRICT EIGHT? YES. THE VACANCY JUST REMAINS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AFTER THE APPROVAL FOR NEXT WEEK OF MS. SCHRECKENGOST FOR DISTRICT ONE. SO OUR CURRENTLY, THE AT LARGE, UM, POSITIONS ARE HELD BY ANN WEINER, ROBERT TAPIA, ROBERT BANKEY, AND THOMAS FRANKS. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD. UH, WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE JULY MEETINGS? PANEL B WILL BE MEETING ON JULY 11TH AND PANEL A WILL BE MEETING ON JULY 18TH. MM-HMM, 18TH. IT'S CORRECT. THE 18TH. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADJOURN. I MOVE. THANK YOU GUYS. * 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.