* 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. [00:00:02] LADIES AND [Call to Order] GENTLEMEN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. , YOU'VE GOT ADDITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES. WE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES CAUSING US TO BE A LITTLE BIT LATE. ONE OF OUR PANEL MEMBERS, UH, HAD A SLIGHT ACCIDENT ON THE WAY IN. UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING. UH, THE TIME IS NOW NINE 15 ON THREE OCTOBER, 2019. UH, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS MEETING. NO PERSON ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DIS DISOBEY THE ORDERS OF THE CHAIR. PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE CASE IS CALLED THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE UH, PERSON'S TO BE HEARD SHEET, AND YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR CASE. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE, UH, AND THE CODE VIOLATIONS IF WE WOULD. LET'S PLEASE RUN THE, THE TRANSLATION TAPE. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR A LIEN HOLDER OF A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING. NUMBER ONE, SHOW A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. NUMBER TWO, SHOW PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK. AND NUMBER THREE, THREE, REQUEST THE ADDITIONAL TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENT ORDERS BY THIS BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS AND REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING. IF IN DOUBT, PLEASE SEE YOUR CODE OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER, PLEASE MEET WITH A CODE OFFICER OR A STAFF MEMBER. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT IN THIS BUILDING TO SOLICIT PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS HEARING, OR PER CITY CODE, OR AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36. IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE, UH, ROLL CALL MS. BROWN. HERE. DWAYNE NELSON, PRESENT BRETT ANDIS. HERE. JESSE ZUNIGA. MICAH HARPER. PRESENT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. [Approval of Minutes] WE HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES OF THE, UH, SEPTEMBER MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THOSE MINUTES? I MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION IS MADE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. MS. BROWN, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIE UNANIMOUSLY. OUR FIRST CASE THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE 3 3 1 BIGFOOT VOTE. I'M SORRY, DANNY, YOU CAN COME ON UP. , I I MAY KEEP YOU THE LAST, HOWEVER, , GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, DANNY LEE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE MANAGER FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. UH, WANNA READ INTO THE RECORD? TWO ITEMS HERE. ONE'S A [(CD-1) 1321 Ruiz St] HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE AT 13 21 3 STREET CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, UH, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 6 1 5 9, UH, SECTION FIVE, UH, NO FURTHER ACTIONS AS NEEDED FOR THE BOARD OF THIS TIME. [(CD-2) 912 Crockett E (accessory structure)] AGAIN, DANNY LEGAS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE MANAGER FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. UH, THE NEXT ITEM I'M GONNA READ TO THE RECORDS, AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION. UM, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT NINE 12 EAST CROCKETT WAS DEMOLISHED RATHER, EXCUSE ME, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY, UM, AS AN EMERGENCY ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2019. UH, SUDDEN KN UM, THERE'S A FEW PICTURES HERE YOU'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY AND SEE, UH, IT'S AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS SEVERELY LISTING, UM, AND POST EMINENT THREAT. AND SO THE CITY ESSENTIALLY DEMOLISHED IT, PURSUING A CHAPTER 6, 1 75. AGAIN, NO FURTHER ROCKS NEEDED FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. AND [1. 19-7272 (CD-5) 331 Big Foot] NOW OUR FIRST CASE WILL BE 3 3, 1, BIGFOOT. [00:05:08] GOOD MORNING. BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS GU ALICE GUDO, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 31 BIGFOOT WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF N CCB 2 6 2 1 LOCK EAST, ONE HALF OF EIGHT LOT S LOT SOUTH, 93.6 FEET OF 18 AND SOUTH, 93.6 FEET OF WEST 8.5 FEET OF 17. THIS IS NOT A HISTORIC PROPERTY, NOR DOES IT RESIDE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED BY A TENANT IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD PER BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL IS BENITA G CARRIO WITH THE SAME MAILING ADDRESS. THERE ARE THREE S A P M C VIOLATIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY. ALL CASES WERE ISSUED NOTICE ON THE SAME DATE, AND I ASK THAT I PLEASE BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT THE CASES SIMULTANEOUSLY. FIRST, S A P M C VIOLATION IS GOING TO BE 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS. ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS, AND LOOSE OR ROTTING MATERIALS AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED. WE'RE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION 3 0 4 0.7 ROOF AND DRAINAGE. THE ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN. ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS. 3 0 4 POINT 13 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT, AND DOOR FRAMES. EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER TYPE. IF WE GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS ON JUNE 26TH, 2019, WE ISSUED NOTICE FOR SS A P M C VIOLATIONS. HERE'S A WIDE VIEW OF THE NOTICE AND ALSO THE ASSISTANCE GUIDE. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY SHOWING DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALL AS YOU SEE BROKEN TILES ALSO, UH, VEGETATION ALONG THE WALL. LACK OF ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION, MISSING, MISSING CEILING, UH, PORCH COVER, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS. THIS IS A SIDE VIEW OF THE PROPERTY SHOWING MORE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS, DETERIORATION TO THE WINDOW SILLS. ANOTHER VIEW, MORE DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. BROKEN TILES. THERE'S A WIDE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE ON JUNE 29TH SHOWING THE DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. SOME WAVINESS IN THE ROOF SYSTEM SIDE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE, LACK OF ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION, DETERIORATED, UH, WOOD MEMBERS, WINDOW SILLS LACK ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION. THERE'S A BUNCH OF HOLES ON THE SIDE AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WINDOWS. HERE'S A CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE ROTTED. UH, WOOD MEMBERS UNDER THE WINDOW SILL HAVE SOME BROKEN WINDOW PANES, VEGETATION SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UM, PROPERTY. STILL BROKEN WINDOWS, NO IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS MADE ON THE STRUCTURE. UM, THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE UNEVENNESS OVER THE PORCH COVER. YOU CAN SEE IT'S WORN. THERE'S SOME AREAS WHERE IT'S, UH, PATCHED. THIS IS THE, ON JUNE 25TH. UM, THE WIDE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE SHOWING ALL THE VEGETATION SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY THAT ADDS TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE STRUCTURE. OCTOBER 1ST WE'RE SHOWING VEGETATION HAS BEEN CLEARED. MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY PROPERTY STILL LACKS ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION. THERE'S ROTTED MATERIAL ROTTED, WOOD MEMBERS, BROKEN SIDING, LACK OF ADEQUATE, UM, WEATHER PROTECTION. THE UNEVENNESS ON THE ROOF COVER, THERE'S SOME MORE DETERIORATION ON THE ROOF. OVERHANG, STILL NO IMPROVEMENTS ON THE WINDOW SILLS. THE OWNER HAD ATTEMPT TO REMOVING SOME OF THE SIDING ON THE STRUCTURE, UM, TO MAKE REPAIRS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DID NOT PULL ANY PERMITS, SO A STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED TO THE OWNER. UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT RE [00:10:01] UH, REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS OF ALL DAMAGED AND ROTTED MATERIALS BE CONDUCTED AT THIS PROPERTY. THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNER? MY OFFICER DID HAVE, UM, AN INITIAL CONVERSATION, SOMEWHAT OF A CONVERSATION. THE O UH, THE PERSON THAT SHE SPOKE WITH AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION ON OUR INITIAL WAS A SPANISH SPEAKING PERSON. SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE PROPERLY WITH HIM. SO SHE PRETTY MUCH JUST GAVE HIM THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE NOTICE AND THE REFERRAL SERVICE. AND THAT WAS THE, THE TENANT, RIGHT? YES. SO THE OWNER HASN'T REACHED OUT AT ALL. THE OWNER, UM, MS. CARRIO IS DECEASED AND I JUST FOUND THAT OUT, UH, TODAY, SPEAKING WITH THE GRANDDAUGHTER. THANK YOU. I DO ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION HERE. I WAS LOOKING AT THESE, UM, THE SIDING. ARE THOSE ASBESTOS SHINGLES? WE DESCRIBE IT AS TRANSAT SIDING. MA'AM, WE'RE NOT CERTIFIED ASBESTOS. SO WE CAN DESCRIBE IT AS TRANSAT SIDING. YOU DESCRIBE IT AS WHAT? TRANS TRANS STRITE? YES. I PREFER ASBESTOS . THAT, THAT'S AS ASBESTOS. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM. JESSICA JUGA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS PLEASE. JESSICA GUE 3 1 4 CRAVENS 7 8 2 2 3. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I PRESENT YOUR CASE. UM, I'M ASKING IF WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE TIME FURTHER REPAIRS. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE NAME TITLE STILL WITH THE HOUSE, SO AT LEAST 45 DAYS OR SO. SO I COULD FINISH PAYING THE LAWYER FOR THAT. AND THEN ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO DO THE REPAIRS. YOU, YOU'LL NEED THE ENTIRE THREE MONTH PERIOD OF TIME TO DO THAT? YES. DID YOU BRING IN A SCOPE OF WORK, MA'AM, OR ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL, UM, WHY? THIS IS SOMETHING, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THIS, SO I DIDN'T KNOW. THEY, IN THE PACKET THAT THE OFFICER GIVES YOU, IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING IN TO REQUEST TIME. IT'S NOT INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, YEAH, BUT THIS IS, I, WELL, I KNOW IT'S A P M C, BUT THIS IS A LOT OF WORK. A LOT OF WORK. I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR TO, TO DO A LOT OF THIS WORK, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT YOURSELF. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MA'AM, YOU MAY BE SEATED. ANYA GARCIA WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. UM, ELIA GARCIA, 3 31 BIGFOOT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4 IS YOUR CASE, PLEASE. I, I WAS JUST HERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY SISTER WAS THE ONE THAT WAS GONNA DO ALL THE TALKING, WHICH IS JESSICA REGAS. WHAT DID YOU SAY? I, YOU EITHER SOMEBODY TURN UP THE MIC OR THAT JESSICA REGAS WAS THE ONE TO DO THE TALKING. I, I WAS INFORMED THAT I WAS GONNA TALK TODAY. . OKAY, THEN YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU. CHAIR. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. UH, I'LL, I'LL DO IT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 1 BIGFOOT, UH, TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.630 4.7 AND 3 0 4 0.13. AND ORDER THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED WITHIN 60 DAYS. MOTION IS TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE, UH, IN 60 DAYS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. HARPER AND SECONDED BY MS. BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR REPAIR IN 60 DAYS. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [4. 19-7275 (CD-5) 3234 Commerce St W] CASE IS 32 34 COMMERCE STREET WEST. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. A STRUCTURE BEING PRE PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 32 34 4 COMMERCE STREET WEST, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY ARTICLE CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD [00:15:01] BEFORE THIS BOARD. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 0 3 8, BLOCK TWO, LOT THREE AND FIVE LOCATED IN CITY CONS, DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS GARCIA JESUS, T AND LEON, WITH THE ADDRESS OF 32 34 COMMON STREET, WEST SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 5 10 19 NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORICAL DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 32 34 COMMERCE STREET WEST WAS CONDUCTED ON 5 9 16. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 5 10 16 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON 5 13 16. ON 9 19 19, THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 32 34 COMMERCE STREET WEST ON 9 19 19. THE NOTICE WAS B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON 9 26 19 UNCLAIMED. THE OWNERS, UM, GARCIA, JESUS, T AND LEONOR ARE DECEASED. UH, THE SONS ARE HERE, UM, TO, UM, TO STATE THEIR CASE. UH, WE WILL GO TO THE PICTURES NOW. UH, THIS IS A VACANT SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE, WOOD FRAME, AND THIS IS A FRONT FRAME. UM, THE PICTURES WILL SHOW THAT IT DOES HAVE ROOF DAMAGE, FRAME DAMAGE AND FOUNDATION DAMAGE AS WELL. THERE'S THE FRONT FRAME AS WE GO AROUND THE LEFT SIDE, WE GO DOWN, UH, TO THE BOTTOM, UH, PERIMETER BEAM AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S DAMAGE THERE. UH, THE CORNER TRANSITIONS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE DAMAGED AS WELL. THERE'S A CORNER POST CORNER BEAM THROUGH THROUGH THE SIDE THAT IS, UM, BUCKLING DOWN INWARDS. THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROOF. THE ROOF, UH, THE ROOF DOES HAVE STRUCTURAL, UH, PROBLEMS. UH, HOLES IN THE ROOF. UH, THE DECKING HAS WARPED AND, UM, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE RIDGE LINE ON TOP, UH, WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT TO THE ROOF. CLOSER. LOOK AT THE ROOF. AND, UH, DURING THE RAINS, OF COURSE THE WATER HAS JUST, UH, DAMAGED THE WHOLE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE. HOUSE. IT'S A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THE ROOF IS, UH, SAGGING. MOISTURE HAS ALREADY GOT INTO THE DECKING AND IT'S ALL WORKED. UH, THIS IS THE RIDGE LINE ON TOP. VERY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE. UH, SHOULD BE STRAIGHT GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL. UM, HAS SOME DAMAGE HERE TO THE TRANSITION WALL UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. IT IS A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION. UM, NOTICE THERE WAS DISCONNECTION OF POSTS THROUGHOUT THE BOTTOM AND SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THE POSTS ARE EITHER LEANING, UH, TO THE SIDE OR NOT, NOT ATTACHED TO THE BEAMS. OH, THERE WAS, UM, I NOTICED THIS THROUGHOUT THE FRONT, THE MIDDLE AND THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE GOING, UH, INSIDE THE HOUSE THROUGH THE REAR. UH, EVERYTHING, UH, ALL SHEET ROCK, UH, WAS ON THE FLOOR FROM THE CEILING AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE CEILING. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE RIDGE BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE. SO IT'S QUITE A BIT OF SEPARATION THERE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. UM, VERY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL ROOF DAMAGE THERE. UH, HERE'S ANOTHER ROOM WHERE ALL THE, THE WATER HAS COME IN AND DAMAGE. THE SHEET ROCK WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR JUST TO SEE, UH, HOW MUCH THE FLOOR WAS UNLEVEL. VERY SIGNIFICANT THERE. AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THROUGHOUT, UH, THE TOP CEILINGS AND THE FLOORS. IT'S WA UH, EVIDENCE OF WATER DAMAGE. THIS IS A CORNER, UM, HERE, PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THE HOLE WAS ON TOP OF THE HOUSE. [00:20:07] THIS IS THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND THE CANOPY IS LEANING, UH, TO ONE SIDE. THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AND THERE'S ANOTHER HOLE TOWARDS THE REAR. AND THEN A BOTTOM TRANSITION HERE HAS ALREADY COME APART, AND IT'S STARTING TO JUST, UH, COME APART AT THE BOTTOM AND BUCKLE TOWARDS THE REAR. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. FOUNDATION POSTS AND BEAMS ARE DAMAGED. EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALLS AND FRAME ARE DAMAGED. INTERIOR WALLS, CEILINGS, AND FLOORS ARE DAMAGED. ROOF COVER, DECKING AND FRAME IS DAMAGED. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 2 3 4 COMMERCE STREET WEST IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER 6 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 8 11 12 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS, HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS, DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HESITATION POSE A THREAT, POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIVE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 32 34 COMMERCE STREET WEST. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE OFFICER? NONE. THANK YOU SIR. EDWARD GARCIA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. SIR. EDWARD C. GARCIA. 1 7 7 2 COPPER SUNSET, 7 8 2 3 2. THANK YOU, SIR. PRESENT YOUR CASE. UH, I'M THE EXECUTIVE FOR MY PARENTS. AND, UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THIS PROPERTY AND HAVE BEEN IN FOR ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THAT'S YOUR ONLY ISSUE, SIR? YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. GARCIA SAID YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING IT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO DID YOU BRING IN ANY, ANY KIND OF, UM, THERE'S NO CONTRACT RIGHT NOW ON THE PROPERTY? NO CONTRACT. OH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT? NO, WE'VE GOT SOME LEADS, BUT NO, NO CONTRACT YET. NO CONTRACT. OKAY. SO THEN, UM, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. MR. VARSA, , EXCUSE ME SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME'S PEDRO VARGAS. UH, 1 7 3 1 4. HAPPY HOLLOW. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT, UH, REPRESENTING MR. GARCIA AND HIS FAMILY. UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OFFERS ON THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. ONE'S FOR ONE $130,000. WE'VE GOT IT LISTED FOR TWO 20 FOR BOTH PROPERTIES. WE JUST REDUCED THE LISTING RECENTLY BECAUSE OF, UH, MR. GARCIA DECIDED HE WANTED TO MOVE IT FASTER. SO WE'VE GOT IT DOWN TO ONE 60 FOR BOTH PROPERTIES. HE'S SELLING THE CORNER PROPERTY AND THAT PRO THE NEXT DOOR PROPERTY. SO, UH, AT THIS TIME WE'VE GOT A ONE AT ONE OPEN OFFER, UH, NOT IN CONTRACT, BUT THEY, THEY HAD MADE A CONTRACT ORIGINALLY AT ONE, UH, 25. AND THEN, UH, WE, HE DIDN'T WANNA TAKE IT 'CAUSE WE FELT, WE FELT IT WAS WORTH MORE. WE HAVE, UH, THEN THEY CAME BACK AND OFFERED ONE 30 RECENTLY. IT, IT'S AN OPEN OFFER. WE COULD ACTUALLY ACCEPT IT, BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CONSIDERATION OFFER THAT'S, THAT'S VERBAL RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AT ONE, ONE, UH, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 1, 1 50, 1 60. WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A NUMBER YET WITH TWO NEGOTIATIONS, SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST 30 DAYS. UH, I KNOW IT'S A, I HAD HIM, UH, SECURE THE PROPERTY. HE DID BOARD IT UP. HE BROUGHT SOME PICTURES. DID YOU BRING YOUR PICTURE OR YOUR PHONE? . SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, I DO HAVE 'EM ON THE PHONE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IT, BUT WE HAVE BOARDED UP TO SECURE IT. UH, THESE PROPERTIES, TYPICALLY WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT CONDITION, THE ONLY VALUE IS A SHELL. AND THE, UH, THE, THE CONNECTIONS, THE, THE, THE, BECAUSE IF YOU TURN IT DOWN, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY, UH, THE, UH, IMPACT FEES AGAIN AND ALL THAT STUFF. UH, ALL THE OTHER FEES THAT THE CITY REQUIRES AT THIS POINT, IF THEY BUY IT LIKE THAT, IT'S A SHELL. THEY'LL GUT IT OUT AND THEY'LL RE, RE LEVEL IT, REPAIR THE ROOF, REPAIR EVERYTHING. IT'S, IT'S ONLY A SHELL. SO WE'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO CLOSE ON IT AND LET THEM PULL THE PERMIT. HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE PROPERTY LISTED YOURSELF? I'VE ONLY HAD ABOUT TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PROCEEDED. UH, MR. GARCIA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK UP. UH, YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. UH, WHEN DID YOUR PARENTS PASS? MY DAD PASSED IN NINE. NINE. MY MOM IN OH 9 0 1. OH 9 0 9. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU BE SEATED. [00:25:01] CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YEAH, I FIND THAT PROPERTY LOCATED 2 34, UH, COMMERCE STREET WEST, UH, TO BE, UM, HMM. AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 15, UH, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 8, 11, 12, AND 15 AND FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND ORDER OF 30 DAY DEMOLITION. I. SECOND MOTION MAKE ELECTRIC AMENDMENT THAT IT REMAIN VACANT AND SECURED. ACCEPTABLE MOTION BY MS. BROWN WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR MR. HARPER FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION AND SECONDED BY MR. ANDIS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAYYY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT CASE IS [3. 19-7274 (CD-2) 1532 Commerce St E (reset)] GONNA BE 1532 COMMERCE STREET, EAST. GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ELISA VALDES, DANGEROUS PREMISE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1532 EAST COMMERCE STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MILITIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE SECOND TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE B S B DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2019 WITH THE WHERE THE BOARD ORDER A RECENT, UM, FOR THIS CASE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCV FIVE NINE BLOCK EIGHT, LOT NINE, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS KO COIA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 16 7 17 EAST COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 51 0 3. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. WE HAVE MET WITH THE OWNER, THE OWNER'S CONTRACTOR, ON SITE, UM, TO DISCUSS THE CASE TO DISCUSS THE BUILDING AS WELL, AND THE REPAIRS TO BE MADE ON THE PROPERTY. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC ION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 3RD, 2018 THE PROPERTY IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION TO DO HISTORICAL CULTURAL ARCHITECTURAL ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1532 EAST COMMERCE STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2018. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2018, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2018. ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2019, THE NOTICE OF B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1532 EAST COMMERCE STREET. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2019, THE NOTICE OF B S V HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2019. A SCOPE AWARD, FINANCIAL PROOF, AND AN ENGINEER'S REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO OUR OFFICE THIS MORNING, UM, BY THE OWNER. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY. OKAY. A COPY WILL BE PASSED TO YOU AS OF OCTOBER 3RD, 2019. THE THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 50 32 EAST COMMERCE STREET. THE OWNER AT THIS POINT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PULL ANY PERMITS UNTIL THE BOARD DECIDES, UM, WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE FOR THE CASE. UM, I BELIEVE SOME OF Y'ALL WERE HERE AT OUR LAST, UM, HEARING FOR THIS PROPERTY. SO YOU MAY, UH, RECALL THE STRUCTURE WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT A CORNER. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE LOCATED ON COMMERCE STREET. THAT ELEVATION I SAW BRICK. THERE'S NO ROOF ON THIS PORTION. I'LL JUST GO OVER THE PHOTOS FAIRLY QUICKLY. UM, SO YOU CAN RECALL THE CASE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2019. THERE'S A METAL BUILDING ATTACHED TO THE BACK SECTION, WHICH IS TWO STORY. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IN DETERIORATING DILAPIDATED CONDITION. INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, AGAIN, NO ROOF. THERE'S A FRONT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE, UM, SECTIONS OF THE BRICK, UM, ARE DETACHING AND COLLAPSING. THIS IS WHERE THE SECOND PORTION IN THE BACK IS ATTACHED. THE METAL BUILDING, THE TWO STORY METAL BUILDING. THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION OF THAT SAME, UM, METAL BUILDING STRUCTURE. [00:30:03] AND THE OWNER HAS CLEANED THE PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE ALSO SECURED THE PROPERTY AS BEST AS THEY CAN. UM, HE'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE INTERIOR SO THEY CAN START REPAIRS ON THE PROPERTY ACCORDING TO THEIR SCOPE OF WORK, UM, THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE OWNER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUES, UM, THAT ARE FOUND, UM, WITH THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND, AND ALL OF THE, UH, CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEER, UM, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS BUILDING. IF THERE IS A REPAIR ORDER, UM, ISSUED BY BY YOU. THIS IS A TWO-STORY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOUND TO HAVE LONG-TERM ITERATION TO ALL MAKE COMPONENTS. THE ROOF, WALL AND FOUNDATION. THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS BRICK AND REAR. ADDITION IS METAL. THE MAIN STRUCTURE FRONT BRICK SIDE OF THE BUILDING HAS A PARAPET WHICH COLLAPSED ONTO CITY RIGHT AWAY ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE BUS STOP IS LOCATED. COLLAPSE OCCURRED ON APRIL 19TH, 2018. THE FRONT SECTION CONSTRUCTED A BRICK MATERIAL IS MISSING THE ENTIRE ROOF SYSTEM. CURRENT BRICK WALLS HAVE CRACKS AND LOOSE BRICKS ATOP PORTION. REAR MIDDLE ADDITION WAS FOUND TO HAVE LONG-TERM DURATION AND SIGNS OF VAGRANT ARE VISIBLE. A PORTION OF METAL PANELS ARE MISSING AND WOODEN MEMBERS HAVE LONG-TERM MATURATION. THE SLAB ON GRAY SECTION AT ADDITION HAS CRACKS AND PORTIONS HAVE LIFTED. CON CONCRETE FLOOR IS A HAZARD TO ANYONE ENTERING THE STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE FIRST RESPONDERS. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1532 EAST COMMON STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE, A CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1 12 5 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. IN WHICH IN A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY, ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN THE HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THE SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, THE STANDARD IS OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSTS A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS A MILITIA. THIS INCLUDES A PRESENTATION OF 1532 EAST COMMERCE STREET. AS THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDING BEEN ACCEPTABLE TO YOU THUS FAR. YES, SIR. ARE THE OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER, HAVE YOU REVIEWED THIS? THE SCOPE OF WORK? I JUST VIEWED IT A FEW MINUTES AGO. UM, BEFORE THE HEARING LOOK, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT HE IS GOT NUMBERS HERE FOR IS BASICALLY TO SECURE THE BUILDING TO REINFORCE IT AND THEN CLOSE IT, SECURE IT. BUT NOTHING MORE THAN THAT AT THIS TIME. I'LL LET HIM ELABORATE ON THAT. I KNOW HE HAS, UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THE MAJOR REPAIRS THAT IT REQUIRES, I KNOW HE SEPARATED, UM, THE REPAIRS INTO PHASES. SO PHASE ONE, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT PHASE ONE WILL, UM, INCLUDE, UM, LET'S SEE, SECURING, UM, MORE CLEANING OF THE PROPERTY AND, UM, FASTEN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE EXISTING METAL, UH, BUILDINGS SO THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY TYPE OF COLLAPSE. AND THIS INCLUDES THE FRONT AS WELL. YEAH. SO THAT IT LOOKS SUFFICIENT TO ME. IN YOUR OPINION, IS IT SUFFICIENT TO YOU TO MAKE THE BUILDING SAFE? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO READ THE ENGINEER'S REPORT. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE. I JUST GOT IT A FEW MINUTES AGO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE JUST A FEW MOMENTS TO READ THROUGH THE PROPOSAL. SO IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. THANK YOU. AND THEN LET ME READ THROUGH THIS. [00:36:49] THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE, UH, MR. NAKODA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. GOOD MORNING. UM, MY NAME IS KAR KORIA. UM, MY ADDRESS IS 1160 EAST COMMERCE STREET, ANTONIO, TEXAS. GO AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR CASE, SIR. UM, THANK YOU. UM, I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS BACK AND YOU, UM, GRACIOUSLY GAVE ME SOME TIME TO COME BACK WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK AND, UM, UM, FINANCIAL, UM, AND FINANCIALS TO SUPPORT THE SCOPE OF WORK AND ALSO A TIMELINE. AND I'VE DONE THIS, I'VE SPOKEN TO, UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE AND, UM, IN THE INTERIM I HAVE MY, UH, CONTRACTOR HERE WITH ME TODAY. THE GOAL HERE IS TO ACTUALLY SECURE THE BUILDING, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED, UM, BY CODE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH WE HAVE A QUOTE FOR HERE, AND, UM, THE NEXT STEP IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SKIN AROUND THE BUILDING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, A ROOF FLOORING COMPLETELY, UM, HAVE ALL THE SIDES THE SIDING CHANGED OUT, AND SO THAT WE BASICALLY HAVE A FRONT, UM, UH, A COMPLETE SHELL THAT ON THE OUTSIDE WOULD BE, UH, AT LEAST NOT, UH, MUCH FURTHER ALONG AESTHETICALLY. AND THEN WE START TO WORK ON THE THIRD PHASE ON THE INSIDE. MY GOAL, MY OFFICE IS ABOUT TWO OR THREE BLOCKS FROM THERE. SO MY GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY MOVE MY OFFICE INTO THE BRICK SECTION, UM, PORTION OF THAT STRUCTURE BY APRIL, UM, AT THE VERY LATEST JUNE NEXT YEAR. SO, UM, I'M JUST ASKING AGAIN THE BOARD. I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, PREFER TO HAVE THEM TALK ABOUT ALL THE TECHNICALITIES, BUT I'M AGAIN ASKING THE BOARD TO GIVE ME SOME, UM, TIME AFTER. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE WEEKS TO I THINK GET ALL THIS, UH, SECURITY ISSUES TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEN ANOTHER MAYBE FOUR, FIVE MONTHS TO HAVE IT MOVING READY. THE BRICK PORTION OF IT, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY ENGINEERING INFORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US. THE OTHER TWO THINGS WE ASKED YOU TO BRING INTO US WAS FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. YOU HAVE ANY FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS TO PRESENT IT? IT'S ATTACHED. I DIDN'T SEE IT. I APOLOGIZE. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THIS, UM, PROCESS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY GET, UM, A PHASE TWO OR PHASE THREE, UM, FUNDING UNTIL WE GET PAST THIS PROCESS. BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. [00:40:04] LEMME FLIP TO THE PAGE JUST A MINUTE AND THEN WE GET TO FINANCIAL PAGE. NO, NO PROBLEM. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE TIMEFRAME? JUST FOR PHASE ONE? CAN I HAVE AN, CAN I HAVE, UH, CAN I HAVE, UM, UM, BUT I I, WE, WE, WE ARE PUSHING FOR THREE WEEKS, MAYBE FOUR AT THE MOST. THAT'S FOR PHASE ONE TO SECURE THE BUILDING, MAKE IT SAFE. YES. AND GET ALL THE BRICK, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES ABOUT THE, AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE, UM, LISTED NOT JUST MAKING IT SAFE, UM, THE STABILIZING THE METAL SIDINGS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALSO RESTORING THE STABILITY OF THE BRICK WALLS AND REINFORCING THE TOP OF THE WALLS. AND ONE THING THAT WE NOTE, I I TRIED TO EXPLAIN LAST TIME IS THAT IT'S NOT AS IF ALL THOSE BRICKS FELL INTO THE BUILDING, WHICH IT IS STATED IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT. WE ACTUALLY HAD TO KIND OF SHAVE ALL THOSE BRICKS OUT BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM FALLING ON, UH, A PASSERBY. SO WE ACTUALLY SHAVED THAT WHOLE THING AND ALL THE BRICKS ARE ACTUALLY BACK IN THE, INSIDE THE BUILDING NOW. THEY, THEY'LL BE REUSED. I'M, I'M, I'M READING YOUR 4 42 CONSTRUCTION PLAN. YES. AND YOU SAY HE'S HERE? YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M, I'M REALLY CONFUSED HERE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST SHOWING US THE STABILITY OF THE, UH, OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S ALL IT'S SHOWING US, BUT NOTHING ELSE, NOT PHASE TWO OR IF THERE'S GONNA BE A PHASE THREE IN REMODELING THE BUILDING OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN TO DO TO IT. SO THIS IS TO, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS NOT SUFFICIENT. AND THEN YOU HAVE PICTURES IN HERE OF, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IT'S JUST, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST THE, THE WOODEN FRAME OF THE BUILDING. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE ARE CONNECTED TO THIS BUILDING OR UNLESS, UNLESS THIS IS THE BACK PORTION. SO CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THIS TO ME PLEASE? YEAH, SO MS. BROWN, UM, INITIALLY I HAD TRIED TO GET PERMITS TO ACTUALLY START TO WORK ON THE BUILDING ITSELF AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FAST. AND IN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THERE'S, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY THAT I CAN ACTUALLY GET ANY FUNDING IF, YOU KNOW THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED. SO WE DECIDED, WE DECIDED THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS WHAT THE BOARD REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY WAS TO SHOW THAT WE COULD STABILIZE THOSE WALLS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE BUILDING WAS SECURE AND THEN FACE IF WITH APPROVAL OF THAT, WE CAN COME BACK HERE AND SHOW YOU THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY, UM, GET PHASE TWO GOING, WHICH IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE ROOF AND THE FLOORING AND THE ENTIRE, UM, SURFACE OF THAT BUILDING REMODELED. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE, WE ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE TWO CONTRACTORS THAT WE'VE GOT AVAILABLE, UH, BEFORE WE, UH, GO ANY FURTHER AND THEN WE CAN BRING HIM BACK UP TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU? YEAH. OKAY. UNLESS YOU OBJECT SIR. WE'LL BRING ONE OF YOUR CONTRACTORS, UH, FIRST. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE SYBIL PICK. YOU. WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? YES, MY NAME IS SYBIL PC. MY ADDRESS IS 1 9 7 1 0 ENCINO GLEN SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 5 9. AND UM, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'M GONNA YIELD AS I SIGNED UP BY ACCIDENT . THANK YOU. AND WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO YIELD. GO AHEAD AND BE SAVED. YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, MARK COOK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR. MY NAME IS MARK COOK AND MY ADDRESS IS 24 23 CARAT DRIVE. THANKS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO FOR THIS BUILDING. YES, SIR. UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, THE, THE FIRST PHASE IS SECURING THE BUILDING, UH, MAKING IT SAFE, UH, STABILIZING THE BRICK, UH, FRONT, UH, PORTION OF THE BUILDING. UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A LETTER FROM OUR ENGINEER ON EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. WE PUT TOGETHER, TOGETHER A BUDGET, UM, TO BE ABLE TO COVER THESE COSTS, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE SPECIFICS YET. UM, WE PUT OUR TIMELINE DOWN AS SIX WEEKS, UH, FROM BASICALLY TODAY BECAUSE OUR ENGINEER IS WORKING ON THAT, HE'S GIVEN US ABOUT A WEEK, UH, TO COME UP WITH ALL OF THE, UH, SPECIFICS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THAT, UH, FOR APPROVAL, UH, AS TO HOW THE BRICK WILL ACTUALLY BE STABILIZED, UH, TEMPORARILY. AND THEN, UM, THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE PHASE TWO. PHASE TWO CAN ACTUALLY START WHILE PHASE ONE [00:45:01] IS, UH, IS GOING ON. ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE OTHER, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING WASN'T GONNA BE DEMOLISHED BEFORE WE PUT IN PLACE. UH, ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN MAKING IT SAFE? UM, SO PHASE TWO BASICALLY IS ALL OF THE ROUGH IN, UM, ANYTHING STRUCTURAL. UM, IT'S FOUNDATION WORK, IT'S STRUCTURAL STEEL, UM, IT'S ALL OF THE, UH, ROOF DRYING IN THE BUILDING. UM, AND THEN, UM, THE EXTERIOR, ALL OF THE SIDING, UM, AND THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD BE, UH, VISIBLE TO THE OUTSIDE AND, UH, TO THE STRUCTURE, BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY STATE OF, UH, STABILITY SO THAT IT DOESN'T, UH, CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE. UM, AFTER THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN, UM, WITH THE OWNER ABOUT A PHASE THREE AND A PHASE FOUR. PHASE THREE WOULD BE WHAT HE WAS, UH, REFERRING TO, WHICH IS, UH, WHERE HE WANTS TO OCCUPY. SO IT WOULD BE, UH, FINISHING OUT THE FRONT BUILDING. IT WOULD BE DOING ALL THE INTERIOR FINISH OUT SO THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE IN. SO IN PHASE TWO IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE, UH, PLUMBING, H V A C, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OF THE ROUGH END THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, UH, DO. AND PHASE THREE WOULD BE FINISHING OUT THAT SO THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD BE WANTING TO MOVE IN. UH, HE INDICATED, UH, IN JUNE OF THIS NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE AFTER THAT WOULD BE FINISHING OUT THE, UH, THE TWO STORY BUILDING IN THE BACK. WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, CONTINGENT ON WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING HERE TODAY. SO WE HAVE NOTIFIED OUR ENGINEER, OUR ENGINEER IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO BE CONTACTED. UM, WE HAVE TOLD HIM WHAT OUR ULTIMATE PLAN IS. THE OWNER HAS PRESENTED SOME RENDERINGS FROM A ARCHITECT THAT HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG. SO TO US IT APPEARS THAT HE IS SERIOUS AND, AND HAS SHOWN FINANCIAL PROOF TO START PHASE ONE. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE TODAY BASICALLY JUST TO FIND OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE. HAVE YOU ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE ENGINEER? YES. YEAH, WE HAD MET WITH THE ENGINEER ON SITE. WHAT DID HE TELL YOU ABOUT THE, THE BRACING AND SUPPORT FOR THE BRICK WALLS? SO HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, MORE THAN LIKELY, UH, TUBULAR STEEL THAT WOULD GO ACROSS, UH, THE TOP OF THE WALL. AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, BASICALLY CONNECTED TO SOME OF THE, UH, FOOTINGS THAT ARE ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. UM, WE MAY HAVE TO ADD A FOOTING OR TWO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO STABILIZE THE, UH, THE WHOLE BRICK WALL TEMPORARILY. UM, AND THEN BASICALLY IN THE SECOND PHASE WE WOULD FURTHER STABILIZE THAT BY, UM, ERECTING A STEEL STRUCTURE AND PUTTING IN A FOUNDATION SO THAT THE WALLS WOULDN'T SHIFT ANYMORE. DO YOU TO GO STILL INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE BRICK STRUCTURE? I BELIEVE INSIDE THE, THE, UH, BRICK STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE, UH, CLIENT, THE HOME, THE OWNER WANTS TO PRESENT THE, UH, THE BRICK ON THE OUTSIDE. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DID HE ANTICIPATE ANY REMOVAL OF THE BRICK? UH, USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A BUILDING, SETTING THIS LAWN, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL DETERIORATION OF THE MORTAR. RIGHT. AND HE DIDN'T SPECIFY ANY OF THAT IN HIS LETTER. DID HE TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT? NO, UM, HE SAID THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, REPAIR THE BRICK IS WHAT, UH, HE THOUGHT FELT HE, THEY DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TESTING IN ORDER TO BE 100% CERTAIN, BUT HE INDICATED THAT HE FELT THAT THE BRICK WOULD BE ABLE TO BE RE YOU KNOW, KEPT IN PLACE AND JUST HAVING TO REPAIR SOME OF THE LOOSE BRICK AND, AND THINGS LIKE AROUND SOME OF THE WINDOWS AND LENTILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. YOUR ENGINEER'S REPORT, YOU STATED IT IS NOT HERE, THE ENGINEER'S NOT HERE. WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY HEARSAY WHAT HE TOLD YOU, YOU COMING IN HERE TELLING US. WELL, HE, HE PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN THE LETTER DIDN'T GIVE US ANY DETAILS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE ENGINEER'S REPORT WOULD'VE GIVEN US A LOT MORE. I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. YES, SIR. I DON'T DEAL IN HEARSAY. OKAY. I DEAL HIM FACTS. OKAY. FACTS ARE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A FULL REPORT IN FRONT OF US. THAT'S CORRECT. AND YOU GUYS, FOR SOME REASON DIDN'T PULL PERMITS TO ATTEMPT TO SHORE UP THIS BUILDING? NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET. WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE BUILDING WAS POSSIBLY GONNA BE DEMOLISHED, SO WE DIDN'T TRY TO PROCEED TO, TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT SHOW THAT WE'RE, WE'VE DONE DUE DILIGENCE BY CONTACTING AN ENGINEER. THE ENGINEER, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE HEARSAY, UM, HAS INDICATED THAT HE, UH, FEELS LIKE HE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE BUILDING CAN BE STABILIZED. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD WANTING US TO GIVE YOU AN EXTENSION WHEN WE ALREADY GAVE YOU AN EXTENSION TO GET THE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER. YOU'RE COMING IN HERE, [00:50:01] THESE COMMENTS NEED TO GO TO, BUT THE DOCUMENT THAT STATES POINT OF ORDER POINT, POINT OF ORDER, MR. ANDIS, THOSE COMMENTS NEED TO GO TO THE OWNER AS OPPOSED TO THE CONTRACTOR. AND I'LL GET TO THE OWNER TOO. OKAY. THEN GO BE SPECIFIC WITH THE CONTRACTOR. I, I'M GOING TO PLEASE, YOU'RE COMING IN HERE WITH A DOCUMENT THAT STATES PHASE ONE. SO YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND ASK US FOR PHASE TWO WHEN, WELL, I CAN PRESENT ANY INFORMATION THAT THE, UM, ENGINEER GIVES TO US WHENEVER YOU LIKE. I MEAN, POINT, UH, LEGAL QUESTION. OUR, OUR CONCERN ENDS AT WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURE IS DANGEROUS, NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURE IS HABITABLE, WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURE IS FINISHED INSIDE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PRETTY OR NOT, BUT JUST WHETHER OR NOT IT'S DANGEROUS. CORRECT? CORRECT. UH, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, UH, BECAUSE CODE BELIEVES IT IS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE POSED A DANGER. UM, AND THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DETERMINE IF THAT PROPERTY IS A DANGER STRUCTURE AND IF SO, HOW TO ADDRESS, UM, THAT PROBLEM AND HOW TO ABATE IT. RIGHT. SO ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S NO LONGER DANGEROUS, IT'S NO LONGER OUR CONCERN, WHETHER THAT'S DEMOLISHING OR WHETHER THAT'S REPAIRING TO THE POINT OF BEING SAFE. ONCE THIS BOARD MAKES THE DETERMINATION ON IF THE PROPERTY IS DANGEROUS OR NOT, UH, THIS BOARD IS, IS REQUIRED TO, UM, GIVE AN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT DANGER. UM, IF I, I I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING. UH, THIS BOARD, ONCE THAT ORDER IS ADDRESSED, THE, THE DANGEROUSNESS OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AND IT GETS TO, UM, CODE STANDARDS, THEN YES, IT'S THIS BOARD NO LONGER HAS TO DEAL WITH IT UNLESS IT'S BROUGHT BACK TO THE PROPERTY, I MEAN, BROUGHT BACK BY CODE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW AS I WAS ASKING, IT'S STILL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SINCE YOU DID A QUESTION, I STILL HAVE THE RIGHT, YOU BROUGHT ANY CASE THAT IS STILL A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE 'CAUSE NO ACTION WAS TAKEN TO SECURE IT. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS STILL A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. CORRECT. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. GO AHEAD. COMPLIANCE, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTION. ELISA VALEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER, JUST TO REEMPHASIZE THAT, UM, THE OWNER CONTRACTORS ENGINEER, NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO PULL ANY PERMITS OR SUBMIT ANYTHING, UH, TO OUR PERMIT SECTION UNTIL THIS CASE IS RESOLVED. THERE ARE HOLES PLACED ON ALL PERMITS OR ANYTHING THAT THE OWNER MAY WANT TO PULL FROM OUR PERMIT SECTION. UM, THOSE HOLES ARE PLACED UNTIL THIS CASE IS RESOLVED. SO AT THIS POINT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PULL ANYTHING UNTIL WE HAVE A DECISION FROM THE BOARD. YOU'RE SHORING UP OF THE PROPERTY IS TO INCLUDE THE BRICK WALLS FROM COLLAPSING, BOTH, NOT JUST THE INTERIOR, BUT ARE YOU GONNA SHORE THE EXTERIOR PART OF IT TOO TO KEEP 'EM FROM FALLING OUTWARD? YES, SIR. AND WHEN ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT A MORTAR CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S SOUND THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE SIX WEEK, UM, OBJECT. BUT WHEN YOU'RE SHORING IT UP, YES. SO WITHIN SIX WEEKS THIS THING SHOULD BE SECURED? YES SIR. I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE METAL BUILDING. IT'S MORE THE BRICKS. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT AT THE AGE AND THE WEATHERING THAT HAS BEEN OVER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN SET IN JAIL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SHORING UP EVERYTHING TO SECURE ANYTHING FROM FALLING INTO AS IT STATED BEFORE, INTO THE STREET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YES, SIR. AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT SIX WEEKS? YES SIR. YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED ANY MORE TIME? I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. DO WE HAVE THE OWNER COME BACK UP? I GUESS I NEED TO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS TO YOU SINCE YOU ARE THE OWNER. SO THE PHASE ONE IS ONLY, UH, THE SHORING OF, OF THE STABILITY OF THE BUILDING. YES. SO WHY, WHY DIDN'T YOU ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO GO FURTHER SO THAT THIS WOULD BE MORE COMPLETE AND WE WOULD'VE HAD A MORE COMPLETE REPORT TO LOOK AT? UH, PHASE TWO. IT, IT'S ONLY A PROJECTION AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE AS THE BOARD WOULD'VE FELT A LOT BETTER GIVING ADDITIONAL TIME IF WE HAD SEEN PHASE TWO, THREE AND FOUR AS A PROJECTION OF THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, BUT THIS, THIS TO ME, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD TO PAY FOR THIS OR NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UM, IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL REALLY, REALLY INCOMPLETE TO SEE THIS. AND IT'S, IT'S JUST ASSURING UP OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S ALL IT IS. I MEAN, THE BUILDING'S BEEN THERE SINCE LIKE 1894, SO I DON'T [00:55:01] THINK IT'S GOING ANYWHERE. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE GOING ANYWHERE. BUT THE, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE TO SHOW US THAT WHAT, WHAT YOUR VISION IS, YOUR PLAN IS TO, IN PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OR PHASE FOUR, WHATEVER IT IS, HOWEVER MANY PHRASES IT IS. I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF DISAPPOINTED HERE. OKAY. UM, MS. BROWN. SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY, I, I WOULDN'T BE SPENDING $40,000 SHOWING UP THE BUILDING IF IT WAS JUST, I WOULDN'T BE, I WOULDN'T SPEND $40,000 JUST TO SHOW UP THE BUILDING. I MEAN, THAT WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, AND GIVING THE COM UM, GIVING THE BOARD THE ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN SIX WEEKS. IF, I MEAN THAT WOULD BE A COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY. I MIGHT WELL JUST HAVE IT DEMOLISHED IF I DIDN'T HAVE ANY AMBITIONS OF CONTINUING. UM, THE, THAT'S THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR BUILDING AND YOUR COST. OKAY. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE WAS A COMPLETED, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMER, A COMMERCIAL REMODELING OF IT, LIKE A PROJECTION, RIGHT? OF WHETHER YOU, WHETHER YOU GO THROUGH WITH IT OR NOT IS UP TO YOU. AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK TO US AND WE'LL JUST TEAR IT DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE, BUT WE NEEDED TO SEE THAT IN ORDER TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING YOU THE TIME AVAILABLE, RIGHT? SO WHEN I CAME IN HERE LAST TIME, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION AND NOW I'VE BROUGHT IT HERE TO, TO SHOW THAT THIS WOULDN'T BE A, A SAFETY ISSUE ANY LONGER. AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DONE HERE, WHETHER OR NOT, I MEAN THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY JUST TEMPORARY. THEY HAVE TO BE DONE ANYWAY. THE BUILD THE BRICK HAS TO BE SHOT UP. THE BACK PORTION OF IT HAS TO BE SECURE AS WELL. AND WITH THAT INFORMATION, WITH THIS ASSURANCE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE DEMOLISHED, AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE, I CAN GO OUT AND GET ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE PHASE TWO. SO I HAVE TO GET THE FUNDING. THEY'VE ESTIMATED THAT PHASE TWO IS ABOUT $150,000. AND, UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL THAT IS ACHIEVABLE. THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DO THIS AGGRESSIVELY, I WE COULD HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY MARCH NEXT YEAR. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. THAT'S WHAT I, I BELIEVE. SO ALL I WAS ASKED, ALL, ALL I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO BRING HERE WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SHOWING THAT THIS WASN'T GOING TO BE AN ISSUE TO ANY, UM, UH, THE BUILDING WASN'T GOING TO BE, UH, A SAFETY ISSUE TO ANYONE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I BROUGHT IN HERE. I I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN, THEY INCLUDED PHASE TWO. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY AT THIS POINT TO SHOW IT. I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO SHOW THAT THIS BUILDING WAS SECURE AND IT WASN'T GONNA BE AN ISSUE YET TO, TO, UM, TO, TO ACTUALLY STOP THIS, UM, DEMO, UH, DEMOLITION OF PROCEEDING. MR. CHAIR, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND REQUEST EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 10 11 ON THREE OCTOBER. THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL GO INTO RECESS, UH, FOR A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. WE WILL BE IN RECESS. TIME IS NOW 1115. UH, ON THREE OCTOBER, 2019, THE BUILDING STAND STANDARD BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE FROM OPEN, UH, SESSION OR FOR OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, YOU HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO HAVE A STAFF QUESTION BEFORE I HAVE THE OWNER. UH, COME UP PLEASE. AND THEN I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU A STAFF QUESTION FIRST, BUT NO, YOU CAN STILL COME UP THEN I'LL GET TO YOU. UM, THIS PUTS THE HOMEOWNER OR, OR THE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT A HOMEOWNER, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER IN A BIND. 'CAUSE WE'RE TELLING THEM THEY MUST BRING THE PROPERTY TO CODE TO TAKE IT OUTTA THE UNSAFE FACTOR. BUT WE TIE THEIR HANDS IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY PERMIT TO DO A STRUCTURE BRACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE OUTCOME OF A CASE, WHICH IN THE MEANTIME STILL ALLOWS THAT PROPERTY TO BE UNSAFE. SO THEY, THAT PUTS THEM IN A BIND AND US IN A BIND BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RULE ON THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SECURE TO OUR SATISFACTION, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND HAS NOT. WHY IS IT NOT THAT THEY CAN OBTAIN SOME TYPE OF EMERGENCY PERMIT TO DO A, A, UH, SECURE STRUCTURE AS BRACING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. [01:00:19] DANNY LEGAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER OF CODE ENFORCE, I'M GONNA TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THE BEST I CAN FOR THAT. REGARDING THE, UM, THE SHORING. UM, I DON'T THINK WE WERE AWARE OF WHAT SHORING WAS REQUIRED PRIOR TO TODAY'S HEARING. MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS INFORMATION WAS JUST ADMITTED THIS MORNING. UM, BUT AS, AS OUR PRACTICE IS THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T ALLOW PERMITS TO BE ISSUED IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION SIMPLY BECAUSE THE BOARD, UM, COULD SIDE WITH THE DEMOLITION RECOMMENDATION AND THEREFORE THERE'S MONEY VESTED ALREADY ON THE OWNER SIDE TO DO REPAIRS. BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE AT THE TIME. THAT'S WHY WE ASKED 'EM TO BRING A SCOPE OF WORK AND PROOF FINANCIAL MEANS AND LET THE BOARD MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER THE STRUCTURE IS FEASIBLE FOR REPAIRS AT THAT POINT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE ARE SITTING HERE WITH A BUILDING THAT'S KNOWN ALREADY TO COLLAPSE ON CITY STREET. IN FACT, THE BUS STOP, IT SHOULD HAVE AUTOMATICALLY NOT JUST BEEN SECURED WINDOW WISE. IT SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME TYPE OF TEMPORARY BRACING TO PREVENT IT FROM COLLAPSING. IF WE'RE SECURING A BUILDING, THEN WE SHOULD ALSO BE HAVING SOME TYPE OF BRACING DONE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD INSTEAD OF ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE TO DILAPIDATED UNTIL THEY COME BEFORE THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE 'EM PERMITS. CORRECT. AND AND I, I AGREE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I THINK IN ALL FAIRNESS, STAFF MAY HAVE WORKED WITH THE OWNER, UH, PRIOR TO COMING TO THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY EMERGENCY SECURITY OR BRACING WAS DONE PRIOR TO BRINGING TO THE BOARD. I THINK HAD WE HAD SOME GOOD FAITH DONE ON THAT PART PRIOR, UH, THIS CONVERSATION PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAD HERE BEFORE COMING TO THE BOARD AND AND BASIS ON THIS BUILDING. WHEN THEY WALK IN AND HE SAYS, LOOK, WE HAVE THIS AS A TEMP, AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY SAID WE COULD DO IT AS A CASE BY CASE. I WOULD BE MORE HAPPY TO SAY, YEAH, I CAN EXTEND WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT I DON'T SEE A BUILDING HERE THAT STILL FROM NOW UNTIL NOW BECAUSE THE MORTAR A IS NOT ADEQUATE. I HAVE, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER BASED ON THE HER PURPOSE OF THE BOARD. UH, WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS INDEED ISSUES THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, BUT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO BE DISCUSSING IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE. AS A RESULT OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE BOARD BACK TO THIS SPECIFIC CASE. SO IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE, UH, PLEASE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. I DO, I JUST WANTED IT ON THE RECORD, UM, TO THE HOMEOWNER, I MEAN THE PROPERTY OWNER, SORRY, YOUR GOAL RIGHT NOW BY THE CON UH, BY THE PHASE ONE IS FOR SIX WEEKS. YES SIR. IF YOU GO OVER TO SIX WEEKS, IF YOU MADE A REC, UH, A ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT IF YOU GO OVER THE SIX WEEKS TO SHORE THIS UP? UM, THE CONTRACTOR'S CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL HAVE IT DONE IN SIX WEEKS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE OWNER? UH, I I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU, YOU BROUGHT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT, WHAT WE ASKED YOU FOR. UM, AND I APPRECIATE, I I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REMAINDER OF THIS DOCUMENT WOULD'VE COST YOU A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THOSE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND THOSE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND, AND THAT YOU DIDN'T WANNA MAKE THAT INVESTMENT WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE BUILDING WAS GONNA REMAIN STANDING AFTER TODAY. UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AND PUTTING IN THIS WORK 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T AND UM, IT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU M**K. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED, SIR. THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS SO THANKS FOR COMING BACK THOUGH. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WAIT, I'M SORRY. APOLOGIZE. , WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE. UH, IF MS. BROWN, YES, IF WE GIVE YOU THE SIX WEEKS AND YOU COME BACK, I WOULD BE REQUESTING 30 DAYS, UM, PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER AND I WOULD BE REQUESTING THE REST OF THIS DOCUMENT TO BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY. IF YOU INTEND TO, UH, FIX THIS BUILDING TO, TO PROPERLY, UM, READDRESS IT. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIX THE BUILDING THE, YOU KNOW, TO CODE STANDARDS AND MOVE IN IT TO YOUR OFFICE, WHICH IS YOUR VISION, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN ALL OF THIS IS, IS A MOOT POINT. SO I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU FILL OUT THIS, YOUR CONTRACTOR OR ENGINEER, WHOEVER IT IS COMPLETELY FILL OUT WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THIS BUILDING. AND I WANNA SEE THE COST ESTIMATE AND I WANNA SEE ALL THE, THE ROOFING AND UH, THE REPAIR OF THE BRICK, THE REINFORCEMENT, THE UM, THE INSTALLING OF NEW WINDOWS. I WANNA SEE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO THIS BUILDING. NOW THAT WOULD BE MY CONDITION TO GIVE YOU, UH, FOR ME TO VOTE [01:05:01] YES. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT OR YOU HAVE NO INTENTIONS AND YOU'RE GONNA SPEND $40,000 THIS TO SHOR IT UP, THAT DOESN'T COMPUTE HERE IN MY COMPUTER. I AGREE WITH YOU. SO, SO WHAT, WHAT, UH, DO YOU, DO YOU AGREE TO DO THAT? YES, THAT'S THE INTENTION. OKAY, SO I, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE YOU A MONTH AND YOU COME BACK WITH THIS HALF DOCUMENT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S COSTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU OWN PROPERTY YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT. OKAY? AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY IN HERE. SO THOSE WOULD BE MY CONDITIONS TO VOTE. THE SIX FOOT TO VOTE YES FOR THE SIX WEEKS IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. I WILL. YEAH, I WILL. OKAY. WE WOULD BE, YES, WE'LL BE WE'LL ONCE WE FINISH PHASE ONE AND WE CAN GET A FEW MORE PEOPLE INTO THAT BUILDING SAFELY, UM, I'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED, SIR. THANK YOU. IF THE CODE OFFICER WOULD PLEASE COME BACK UP AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO TO SLIDE THREE. THAT IS SLIDE THREE. IF YOU'LL TAKE A NOTICE, THE STRUCTURE, UH, ON THAT CORNER HAS BRICK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISLODGED. UH, YOU ALSO HAVE THE BRICK ABOVE THE KEYSTONE AREA OR THE ARCHWAY ABOVE THE WINDOW. RIGHT? UH, THE BRICK ABOVE THAT WINDOW IS ACTUALLY LOOSE AS YOU LOOK AT IT AT THE PRESENT TIME. PLEASE GO TO SLIDE FIVE. ON SLIDE FIVE YOU SEE A, AGAIN, SOME BRICK THAT IS LOOSE, UH, BRICK THAT IS SHOWING MORTAR DETERIORATION BELOW THAT BRICK AREA. RIGHT? SO SLIDE 11, UH, SLIDE 11, YOU ALSO HAVE BRICK GOING DOWN INTO KEYSTONE AREA. YOU ALSO HAVE A DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE CRACKS ARE INDEED THERE. IT'S NOT THE VISUAL ISSUE THAT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THEM INCORRECTLY. CORRECT? UH, ONE MOMENT. LET ME FIND ANOTHER SLIDE 'CAUSE I'VE GOT QUESTIONS ON, ON THE BRACING FOR IT. SLIDE EIGHT, THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STRUCTURES ON THAT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THOSE STRUCTURES ARE? THESE ARE BRACINGS FOR THAT SECTION. SO THAT'S STILL BRACING FOR THAT SECTION CORRECT. WHICH THE OTHER SIDE DOES NOT HAVE. OKAY, SO, SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT, AT A BUILDING THAT IS ALREADY SAID, I NEED BRACING AND I NEED SUPPORT. CORRECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUILDING THAT HAS CRACKS IN THE WALL BELOW THE WINDOW AREA OR HORIZONTAL OR EQUAL TO THE WINDOW AREA. AND GOING BELOW THE WINDOW AREA, WE HAVE BRICKS THAT GO INTO THE KEYSTONE AREA OF THE WINDOWS, UH, WITH CRACKS SHOWING MORTAR DETERIORATION AT THAT POINT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT MORTAR DETERIORATION REQUIRING A REMOVAL OF BRICK COMING DOWN AT LEAST TWO FOOT BELOW THAT POINT. AND I'M NOT SURE THE, IN FACT THE ENGINEER, UH, WAS, WAS NOT REAL DIRECT IN HIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE BRICK ITSELF AND HOW STABLE THE BRICK MAY BE. I'M REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE BRICK AND THE BRACING AND I WISH THE ENGINEER WERE HERE TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA FOR BRACING. BUT BASED ON, ON WHAT I THINK HE SAID I DID REQUEST FOR THE ENGINEER TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M SORRY. I DID REQUEST FOR THE ENGINEER TO BE HERE TODAY, AND YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT MORTAR IS DETERIORATED ALL THE WAY TO THE BASE OF THE WINDOWS. UH, AND AS, AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, IT IS MY BELIEF AND I'M BASING THAT BELIEF ON SOME ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, ENGINEERING TRAINING BECAUSE I'M AN ENGINEER, UH, THAT THE, THE BRICK BUILDING ITSELF IS MORE OF A, UH, DANGER THAN WHAT IT MAY APPEAR ITSELF. BUT THAT'S A PERSONAL OPINION. UH, IF I MAY, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. I GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. IF I MAY, UM, MAKE A STATEMENT, I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR THE BOARD FOR, UM, TAKING THIS CASE, BRINGING IT SO LATE, OR THE, THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN PROLONGED. UM, IF YOU JUST MAKE A NOTE AND BE PATIENT WITH US IN THIS STRUCTURE, UM, AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT DEEM IT TO BE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK. UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S TAKEN US SO LONG TO COME FORTH AND BRING THIS CASE, UM, TO YOU BEING ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF HIS SERVICE ATION, BECAUSE [01:10:01] ONCE THIS BUILDING IS GONE, IT'S PERMANENTLY GONE, WE CAN'T BRING IT BACK. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL. UH, AND THE OWNER IN, IN REFERENCE TO MAKING THESE REPAIRS OR TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, UM, OFFICER OF A STORE PRESERVATION HAD A A PROBLEM, UM, BRINGING IT FORTH. IT WAS THE LAST RESORT. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT TOOK US ALONG TO, TO COME FORTH WITH THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THIS ANY YOUR QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO. SO I KNOW IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST, THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS, WAS NOT SUPER, UH, COOPERATIVE IN, IN DOING THINGS AND THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP HERE. DO YOU FEEL LIKE SINCE THE LAST HEARING TILL NOW THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THE COOPERATION THAT YOU NEED AND THE PARTICIPATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER? UH, YES, I DID RE WE DID REQUEST FOR HIM TO BRING THESE DOCUMENTS TODAY. UH, PRIOR TO THAT HE WAS, HE STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE, HE WAS IN THE BELIEF THAT HE WAS GONNA BE WORKING WITH OFFICE OF STORE SUPERVISION ONLY AND NOT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO HE'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THIS IS WHAT WE REQUIRE. AND SINCE THEN HE HAS BROUGHT THOSE DOCUMENTS FORTH. DO YOU FEEL LIKE HE'S BEING HELPFUL IN PARTICI LIKE HE'S PARTICIPATING NOW IN THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD? YES. THANK YOU. AND I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS MY AREA, PART OF MY AREA. I HAVE A VERY LARGE SENSE OF AREA, VERY BUSY, BUT I DRIVE BY HERE EVERY DAY SO I CAN PRETTY MUCH SEE THIS BUILDING JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY, UH, IF NOT THREE TIMES A WEEK. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY TIME I PASS BY THERE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND DO AN INSPECTION, STOP BY AND FOLLOW UP AND SEE WHAT THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN, UM, SINCE THIS VISIT, SINCE TODAY MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR BACK UP HERE? YOU'LL WANNA STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN, PLEASE? MARK COOK. 24 23 CARAT DRIVE. SIR, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BRACING THE WALL FROM THE INTERIOR, CORRECT? ARE THOSE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL? UM, THERE'S GONNA BE HOR OR THEY'LL BE DIAGONAL ACTUALLY THEY'LL BE BRACING GOING, UM, HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE, UH, ACTUAL, SO YOU, YOU'RE GOING AND THEN COMING BACK, UM, DOWN TO THE FOOTINGS OF, IN THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THERE ARE ALREADY FOOTINGS THERE. UM, THE ENGINEER HAD REFERRED TO DOING THAT. I'M GONNA FOLLOW WHATEVER THE ENGINEER SAYS, YOU KNOW, TO DO BASICALLY. SO I, YOU KNOW, WE, HE, I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS THAT I CAN GIVE YOU. I CAN JUST TELL YOU WHAT HE TOLD ME AT THE, YOU KNOW, AT OUR MEETING THERE ON SITE. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID THE ENGINEER'S REPORT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT MORE HELPFUL TO YOU GUYS. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF, LIKE WE SEE HERE, HOLES IN THE BRICK. I UNDERSTAND. UM, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS 'CAUSE THERE IS NO ROOF STRUCTURE. SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A, WHEN YOU ONLY GOT FOUR WALLS AND NOTHING PULLING THOSE WALLS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOUR STRUCTURE'S FOR EXACTLY. YOUR RAFTERS AND YOUR YES SIR. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR. AND THERE'S NOTHING PULLING THIS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE EIGHT RIGHT THERE, THE CENTER ONE RIGHT BY THE DOOR, THERE'S A SLIGHT LEAN OUTWARD, WHICH TELLS ME THAT THOSE WALLS, THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU, ARE YOU GONNA DO IT ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL? 'CAUSE WHEN YOU SECURE A BUILDING, YOU MUST TIE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL. OKAY? AS A CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW THAT. AND IF YOU'RE ONLY GONNA PUT VERTICAL AND YOU'RE NOT PUTTING HORIZONTALS OR YOU'RE ONLY GONNA PUT HORIZONTAL AND NOT VERTICAL, YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT'S REQUIRED. SO CAN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION? YES SIR. YES. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP US A LOT, SIR, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SHORING UP ONLY GOING ONE WAY, THAT TO ME IS NOT SHORING UP AND IT'S NOT MAKING A SENSE. I UNDERSTAND. I CAN PRESENT WHATEVER THE ENGINEER GIVES TO US, UM, THAT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD CHAIR? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ALL RIGHT, SO I MOVED, NO, I I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT ADDRESS. 1, 5, 3, 2, UH, THREE TWO. UH, COMMERCE STREET EAST IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, UM, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. UH, FOR THE REASONS PREVIOUSLY STATED. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY THIS TIME CAN BE FEASIBLY REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE OWNER BE ALLOWED, UH, SIX WEEKS TO REPAIR THE MAIN STRUCTURE. OBTAINING ALL REQUIRED PERMITS WITHIN 14 DAYS. PROPERTY REMAIN VACANT, PENDING COMPLETION OF THOSE REPAIRS, UH, THAT THE CODE OFFICER, UH, MEET WITH THE OWNER AND CHECK ON IT AT LEAST EVERY UH, FOUR WEEKS, UM, DURING THE PENDENCY REPAIRS. UM, FRIENDLY A [01:15:01] MOTION, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION. YOU SAID EVERY FOUR WEEKS HE'S ASKING FOR SIX WEEKS AND YOU MOTION SIX WEEKS? I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERY WEEK. OKAY. YEAH, EVERY WEEK. OKAY. I ACCEPT THAT I SECOND MOTION MADE BY MR. HARPER AND SECONDED BY MR. ANDES THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED IN SIX WEEKS. UH, AND THAT REPORTS GO TO THE CODE OFFICER EVERY WEEK. UH, THE BUILDING IS INDEED A, UH, STRUCTURE THAT NEEDS SIGNIFICANT REPAIR WORK AND, UH, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ENGINEERS TO GIVE YOU VERY POSITIVE ANSWERS RATHER THAN ANSWERS THAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU. LIKE MAY COULD BE, WOULD BE, ET CETERA, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT MORE DAMAGE AND MORE STRUCTURE THAN WHAT HE HAS IDENTIFIED IN HIS LETTER. AND YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT MORE EXPENSES THAN WHAT HE'S IDENTIFIED IN YOUR LETTER. BUT, UH, THE MOTION IS, UH, TO ALLOW YOU SIX WEEKS TO REPAIR. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. QUICK QUESTION. GO AHEAD. WE ARE ASKING FOR REPAIR. WE'RE ASKING FOR A BRING TO CODE 'CAUSE REPAIR MEANS HE HAS TO DO THE WHOLE THING, BRINGING IT TO CODE, SO IT TAKES IT OFF THE DANGER LIST MEANS HE SECURES IT DOES WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO ON THAT. OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE, TO THE MOTION AND ASK, AM I WRONG ON THAT, COUNSEL? YES. OKAY. ASK MR. HARPER TO PROCEED. JUST I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD. UH, JUST TO CONFIRM, UH, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING, WHEN YOU'RE ORDERING THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED, IT IS TWO, UH, UH, MINIMUM CODE STANDARDS. SO, UH, THE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY PINK BOW OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO MEET CODE STANDARDS IN REGARDS TO ALL THE ISSUES THAT, UH, CODE BELIEVED NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. YES. AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS INTENDING. THAT THEN WOULD BE CODE STANDARDS, RIGHT? TO SECURE ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEER REPORT. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND MAKE IT NO LONGER A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IF READ THE WORD REPAIR, SOMEBODY COULD INFER THAT IT'S GONNA REPAIR THE WHOLE PROJECT. SO I WANT IT ON THE RECORD AS THAT IT DID ONLY TO BRING IT TO CODE. ONLY TO BRING IT TO CODE AND NO LONGER A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. CORRECT. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IN THERE ALSO THAT, UM, INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT TO CODE AND NO LONGER A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD SPECIFY THAT PHASE ONE OF THE REPAIR, UH, WILL BE THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE HERE AND WE'RE ONLY REPEATING WHAT THE CONTRACT HAS PUT IN THERE. MR. TARP, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS TO SECURE THE BUILDING. PHASE ONE. OKAY, YOU ACCEPTED. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED AS THE BUILDING MUST BE SECURED AT ALL TIMES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO REPAIR IN SIX WEEKS REPORT EVERY WEEK TO SECURE AND BRING IT TO CODE COMPLIANCE AS NO LONGER A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NAYYY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR FINAL CASE IS GOING TO [2. 19-7273 (CD-3) 210 Huff W] BE Q 10 HUFF. GOOD MORNING. BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSH MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT TWO 10 WEST HUFF AVENUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 8 2 3 BLOCK THREE SEVEN, LOT SIX, LOCATED AT CITY CO IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARIAN HUGHES HARDEN WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF TWO 10 WEST HUFF AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 4. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERTY ISSUED AT AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WE DO. THANK YOU. NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR MION HUGHES HARDEN, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON [01:20:01] JUNE 4TH, 2019. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING TWO 10 WEST HUFF AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2019. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 4TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON MARCH 26TH, 2019. ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2019, THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT TWO 10 WEST HUFF AVENUE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2019, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT BEEN RETURNED. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2019, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2019. THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR TWO 10 WEST HEALTH AVENUE. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TODAY ARE PRESENTED TODAY, WERE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2019 AND SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2019. THIS IN THIS PICTURE HERE IS JUST SHOWING AT AN ANGLE OF WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCHOOL AT THE CORNER. UH, THE STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY, UH, 200 FEET AWAY FROM THE HARDIN DUN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS CAN BE THE FRONT ELEVATION, THE CLOSER UP TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, JUST SHOWING THE, UH, LACK OF MAINTENANCE IN THE FRONT FROM THE OWNER. HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE FRONT ELEVATION WHERE THE FRONT DOOR'S AT, ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. IT'S SHOWING WHERE THERE WAS A FIRE HAD OCCURRED. UM, MOST OF IT IS SMOKE DAMAGE AND I HAVE A CLOSER PICTURE OF IT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THE ROOF ABOVE RIGHT HERE HAS A, UM, A SLIGHT SAGGING IN THE ROOF. HERE'S A CLOSE VIEW OF THE, OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE THAT HAD OCCURRED. THE BEAM HERE IS CHARRED. UH, MOST OF IT, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IS SMOKE DAMAGE FOR THE EXTERIOR. UH, WE DID PATCH UP THE, THE WALLS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SECURED SO NO ONE CAN GO INSIDE THE REAR ELEVATION. THE, UH, THE SIDING HAS ALREADY FALLEN OFF OF THE STRUCTURE FOR NEXT TO THE, UH, REAR DOOR AND THE WINDOWS ON THE LEFT ELEVATION. THE SIDING IS STARTING TO DETACH UNDERNEATH THE WINDOWS ON THIS, UH, SLAB. THE, THE, UH, CONCRETE HAS CRACKED AND THERE'S MORE CRACKING TOWARDS THIS DOOR, UM, ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION SINCE IT SHOW SIDES OF THE SHIFTING OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE IT'S STARTING TO PRESS DOWN ON THE, THE, THE CONCRETE SLAB CLOSER VIEW OF THE, THE SLAB WHERE IT IS CRACKED AND THE STRUCTURE IS PRESSING DOWN TOWARDS IT, WHERE IT'S STARTING TO FALL UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE GOING INSIDE FROM THE FRONT DOOR. UH, GRAS ARE GOING INSIDE. JUST THERE'S A PICTURE, THE FRONT, UH, CLOSER VIEW OF THE, UM, HERE SHOWING THAT THEY ARE STARTING FIRES INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. WHEN I TOOK THESE PHOTOS, UM, YOU COULD STILL SMELL THE SMOKE. SO IT WAS RECENT. MOVING INTO THE NEXT ROOM SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH DEBRIS HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH ANOTHER PICTURE, TRYING TO GO INTO THE, THE OTHER ROOM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PROCEED FURTHER, WALKING TOWARDS THE BACK WHERE THE, WHERE THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED. JUST THE, THIS ROOM HERE JUST SHOWING MORE DEBRIS. SORRY. AND THIS IS THE KITCHEN WHERE THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED ALONG THIS WALL HERE, ALL THE, THE, UM, INTERIOR SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE SURE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. THERE'S JUST MORE SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG THE EXTERIOR WALLS. UM, RIGHT IN HERE THERE WAS SOME WATER DAMAGE AND SOME SMOKE DAMAGE, UH, WHERE THE, UH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO OPEN UP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO MORE FIRE OCCURRING IN THE INSIDE. THE STRUCTURE IN THIS PICTURE HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE OUTLET WAS AT, UH, THE BREAKER BOX WAS AT. IT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE WIRING HAS STARTING TO BE STRIPPED FROM THE GRAS, THE GOING INSIDE, [01:25:01] WHICH IS COMPROMISING THE, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING, NOT JUST MORE PICTURES OF THE KITCHEN, SHOWING THAT THERE IS HOSE ELEMENTS ARE GOING, GETTING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. RIGHT ALONG HERE. THE SUBFLOOR, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF IT. IT WAS ACTUALLY ROTTING OUT. UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET CLOSER, GET A BETTER PICTURE 'CAUSE OF THE DEBRIS, THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WAS IN THERE. AND THIS ROOM, I'M GONNA MOVE CLOSER TO THE SUBFLOOR, WAS ACTUALLY THERE'S A PIECE OF THE SUBFLOOR MISSING RIGHT HERE. I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO STICK MY CAMERA IN UNDER INSIDE IN BETWEEN THE, THE, THE SUBFLOOR TO GET, UM, SOME FOUNDATION PICTURES FOR YOU SHOWING WHERE THE BEAM IS CRACKED, WHERE THE POST IS AT GOING THIS WAY. IT WAS, I WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER PICTURE, BUT IT WAS START GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE GRADE WHERE IT'S GONNA START RESTING ON THE GRADE ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS BEAM. THIS BEAM HERE, THIS IS STARTING TO CRACK AS WELL BETWEEN BOTH THE POSTS. I WAS TRYING TO GET THE, THE LIGHT FOR THAT PICTURE. THIS IS THE BEST PICTURE I WAS ABLE TO GET FROM WHERE I WAS AT TO AVOID ANY KIND OF, UM, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. FROM THE FIRST INSPECTION, I DID FIND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. WE HAD GOT THE PROPERTY CLEANED UP, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T, I WAS IN A SAFE SPOT WHILE I WAS TAKING THESE PICTURES. THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THIS BEAM HAS TWISTED AND I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE SHOWING THAT WHERE IT'S NO LONGER RESTING ON THE POST, IT IS RESTING ON GRADE. NOW HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE, THE BEAM IN THE POSTS. PHOTOS PRESENTED CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1928 THAT HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE. AND THE CURRENT STATE IS IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION WITH HARLANDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITHIN, WITHIN 200 FEET AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE. PHOTOS ALSO REVEAL A VANDALIZED STRUCTURE AND A SEVERITY DAMAGE FOUNDATION WITH BEAMS RESTING ON GRADE. EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS HAVE STARTED TO DETACH FROM THE STRUCTURE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. THE ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN AND SAGGING IN AREAS. INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE HAS SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE, BROKEN SHEET ROCK EXPOSED WIRING, TRASH, DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE MAIN STRUCTURE. BEFORE I RECAP, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT IN THE DEFINITIONS BY EXCLUDING CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION NUMBER SIX. WE RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT TWO 10 WEST HUFF AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN AND WHICH ARE, WHICH IN ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUB SUBSTANDARD OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT TO OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TWO 10 WEST HUFF. JUST FOR VERIFICATION, YOU DID WANT TO REMOVE SUBSECTION SIX FROM THE REPORT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE COURT OFFICER? MOVING, WE MOVING? SIX. WE'RE MOVING SIX. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, CHAIR. TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY AT 2 1 0. HUFF WEST IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 DASH CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN. AND THAT AS THE CODE OFFICER HAS DEFINED IN HIS STATEMENT ALSO, THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION, POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY. AND THAT I, AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR AND I ORDER A DEMO WITHIN 30 DAYS. MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DEMO THE BUILDING IN 30 DAYS TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, MS. BROWN, THE MOTION IS MADE BY MSES. A SECOND BY MS. BROWN FOR DEMOLITION IN 30 DAYS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED TO SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES [Administrative Items] FROM THE BOARD, DON'T FORGET THE CLOCK. [01:30:04] ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO STAFF OR FROM STAFF? UNANIMOUS CONSENT. WE ARE ADJOURNED UNLESS THERE IS AN OBJECTION. * 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.