* 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] TODAY'S DATE IS APRIL 3RD, 2025. IT IS A LITTLE BIT, IT'S ABOUT 9 0 5. WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THIS SESSION. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PER TAPIA? PRESENT. ANN WEINER. HERE. PAUL HERNANDEZ. HERE. DORIS SOLIS. ROBERT BENKE. HERE. REGO. HERE. FRED ANDES. YES. ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. JUDY KRUM. BSB LIAISON. JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO. AND MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST. ONE. CHAIR AOR MS. PRESENT VICE CHAIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE STATEMENT? OH, I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. SPANISH TRANSLATOR PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR. WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT, MR. ROBERT? TO VICE CHAIR? THE UH, CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT, UH, GOES AS FOLLOWS, 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, THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME. PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PUBLIC, AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS THE, IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING. ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER. TWO. SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND. AND THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED. ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK. YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4. IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS PER CITY CODE 16 DASH 2 36. THANK YOU. [ Approval of Minutes  ] HAS EVERYBODY READ THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? YES. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING BE APPROVED. ROBERT CHOPPY. SECOND. THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 6TH, 2025. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THEM. AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA CALL FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 9. APRIL 3RD, 2025. THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RECESS FOR THE OPENING FROM THE OPENING MEETING TO A CONSE TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO [00:05:01] SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE APRIL 3RD, 2025, AND THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. [ Public Comments  ] AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM, WE HAVE, UH, MR. PHILLIP ROSS HERE TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, MR. ROSS, IF HE CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS PHILLIP ROSS. I'M AN OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 27 81 WEST JET, JE DOUBLE T ROAD IN SAN ANTONIO, SEVEN EIGHT, UH, 1 6 4. AND I COMMENTED AT YOUR HEARING ON THE, UH, 6TH OF MARCH, UH, 2025 IN OPPOSITION TO THE ACTION THAT THE BOARD WAS PROPOSING TO TAKE. UH, I SIGNED UP HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK WITH YOU BEFORE YOU APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE LAST HEARING, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THE BENEFIT OF MY COMMENTS AND OBSERVATION BEFORE YOU APPROVED WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE EVIDENCE OF NOT ONLY, UH, INTENTIONAL ULTRA VIRUS ACTION, BUT ALSO MALICIOUS ULTRA ULTRA VIRUS ACTION ON YOUR PART. BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS DECIDED BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT IN 2011 OR 2012, UH, CITY OF DALLAS VERSUS STEWART. I PRESUME THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT CASE, WHICH LIMITS YOUR AUTHORITY AND PRECLUDES YOUR DETERMINATION OF A NUISANCE THAT RESULTS IN INVERSE CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND WITHOUT COMP JUST COMPENSATION. I'M HERE TO, UH, REQUEST THAT YOU RECONSIDER YOUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST HEARING IN VIEW OF THE VERY SERIOUS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF YOUR ACTIONS AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, WHERE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEF THAT YOU INTENTIONALLY AND MALICIOUSLY EMPLOYED THE POLICE POWER OR ORDERED OR AUTHORIZED THE POLICE POWER TO TAKE MY PERSONAL PROPERTY, MY REAL PROPERTY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND WITHOUT JUST COMPENSATION AND VIOLATES FROM MY RIGHTS UNDER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 17 AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, BOTH THE FIRST FIFTH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS. NOW, I BELIEVE IF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT ELECTED, YOU'RE APPOINTED THAT YOU TOOK AN OATH OF OFFICE TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S MY OPINION, AND PLEASE DON'T CONSTRUE ANYTHING I SAY TO YOU AS LEGAL ADVICE. I AM A RETIRED ATTORNEY. I'M NO LONGER LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT I HAVE 34 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A SOLE PRACTITIONER IN VARIOUS TEXAS COURTS AND ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, UH, FOR PETITIONS FOR REVIEW BY THAT COURT. UH, I ONLY WON ONE PETITION FOR REVIEW TO THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT IN MY CAREER, BUT I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN PROBABLY 90% OF ACTING LAWYERS CAN BOAST. SO I DO SPEAK WITH SOME AUTHORITY, ALTHOUGH PLEASE DON'T CONSTRUE ANYTHING THAT I TELL YOU AS TRYING TO GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE. UH, YOU MAY THINK YOU HAVE A CONFIDENT COUNSELOR TO GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE AS A CLIENT. SIR, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. THANK YOU. I YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP, SIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU CAN COME BACK THE NEXT HEARING THAT WE HAVE AND YOU CAN CONTINUE THAT. BUT I COULD TELL YOU, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, UM, AND YOUR THREE MINUTES IS, IS UP. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD LUCK, MR. MR. CHAIR. I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, HE'S ASKED FOR THE CURRENT, UH, THE ARTICLE THAT HE IS, UM, HOLDING RIGHT NOW TO BE PUT INTO THE RECORD. UH, AND WE HAVE ASKED, UH, MS. CRIM TO MAKE SURE THAT [00:10:01] IT IS ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. SO BE IT, COUNSEL, YOU'VE MADE THE DETERMINATION ON IT AS NORMAL. WE SEND IT TO YOU FIRST, AND THAT'S THE FIRST WE SAW IT. SO IT IS, UH, IN THE RECORD. NEXT COMMENT. WE HAVE PAUL, UH, BURGESS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UH, MR. BURGESS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, MR. CHAIR, I, I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE IF WE'LL MAKE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? POINT OF ORDER. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. AND I'M SORRY, MY NAME IS AS A REMINDER, THREE MINUTES IS WHAT COMMENTS ARE GIVEN. OKAY. SO IF YOU CAN CONDENSE IT TO THREE MINUTES. OH, I WILL DO MY BEST. OKAY. I'M GONNA ADDRESS 10 YEARS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS INSIDE OF THREE MINUTES THE COURT, AND I'LL DO MY BEST. THIS IS THE, THIS IS NOT THE COURT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS. MY NAME IS PAUL BURGESS. I'M AN ATTORNEY, UH, PRACTICING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I'M HERE AS MY OWN, I'M SORRY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10. I'M NOT GONNA DISCLOSE MY RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. UH, I'M HERE. MY, MY SIR, MY TEXAS LAW. YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU'RE IN AN OPEN MEETING, MR. THAT'S INCORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. HOLD ON. THAT IS INCORRECT, SIR. HOLD ON. HOLD STEP DOWN. THIS IS LEGAL. STOP. HOLD ON. MR. BURGESS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO USE YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS, YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS? WELL, LET'S ADDRESS WHAT HE JUST SAID. HE SAID IT'S LAW OF THE BANK. ACTUALLY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO A WHAT? I'M, I'M, CAN YOU CORRECT HIM? WHAT I'M LIKING TO ADDRESS IS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PROVIDE YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS, SIR, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD? BECAUSE AGAIN, THE TIME IS RUNNING AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU MY, MY TIME IS NOT RUNNING. OKAY. AGAIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A BUSINESS ADDRESS? PLEASE, SIR? I DON'T THINK IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, BUT I WILL. BUT I WILL. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. TWO SIX. UH, I'M SORRY. 2 1 0 2 2 GATHERING OAK OKAY. IS THE BUSINESS OF MY LAW FIRM. UH, I NOTICED THAT YOU GUYS ASKED FOR RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS ADDRESS. MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT. THAT'S UNLAWFUL. IT'S UNLAWFUL. SO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES IT IS UNTRUE, SIR. AND I WISH YOU WOULD CHECK WITH AN ATTORNEY TO VERIFY THAT YOU ON WITH YOUR COMMENTS OR I'LL HAVE YOU PUT OUTTA THE COURT. I'M ADDRESSING WHAT YOU SAID TO ME. NO, DON'T ADDRESS WHAT I SAID TO YOU. JUST GIVE US THE COMMENTS OR I'LL PUT YOU OUTTA THE COURT. OKAY. SO IF I SATISFIED THE, THE INTRODUCTION, HAVE I SATISFIED YOUR INTRODUCTION? YOU'RE NOT TO ASK QUESTIONS. YOU'RE ONLY UP TO GIVE COMMENTS. NOW YOU'VE GOT ONE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. OKAY? IF YOU DON'T, I'LL PUT YOU OUT. CAN YOU RESTART MY CLOCK SO I HAVE MY THREE MINUTES? I'M NOT RESTARTING YOUR CLOCK. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WANNA ARGUE. YOU'RE EATING UP MY TIME. I'M TRYING TO SPEAK HERE. SIR, LEAVE. NO, THEN I'LL HAVE YOU ESCORTED OUT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. EXCUSE ME, MR. MR. CHAIR. I'LL HAVE YOU ESCORT MR. CHAIR. YOU TRY THAT, MR. CHAIR. MR. CHAIR, YOU ALLOW ME, UM, PAUSE THE CLOCK FOR ME FOR A SECOND, PLEASE. HOW MUCH TIME DOES HE HAVE REMAINING? TWO MINUTES AND FIVE MINUTES. OKAY, MR. BURGESS, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY, 'CAUSE YOU DID COME HERE. I, I, WHAT I'D APPRECIATE IS IF WE DO NOT GET INTO YOU, YOU SPEND YOUR THREE MINUTES ARGUING WITH THE CHAIR, I WILL ASK HIM TO, UM, TO EASE UP AND ALLOW YOU TO SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY. WOULD THAT BE, WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU? SIR? WILL YOU GIMME THE COURTESY OF 50 SECONDS THAT HE ATE UP? WILL YOU GIMME THAT COURTESY? 50 SECONDS. HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE ON THERE? TWO MINUTES. OKAY. WHAT I WILL DO IS I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS, OKAY? GOD BLESS YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S MOVE FORWARD, PLEASE. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THREE SIMPLE TRUTHS HERE, OKAY? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS FALLING ON DEAF EARS. FOR A LOT OF YOU. AS MR. ROSS MENTIONED, DALLAS V STEWART, THIS BODY DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY TO DECLARE A PROPERTY OF PUBLIC NUISANCE. YOU'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THAT. I WAS HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I GAVE YOU THE SAME INFORMATION AFTER MY PUBLIC COMMENTS. SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROACHED ME AND QUESTIONED ME, OKAY? WHICH IS, I BELIEVE WAS INTENDED TO, UH, DISCOURAGE ME FROM SPEAKING FURTHER. THE TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID IS, IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT INSTITUTION. THEY PROTECT THE VERY, VERY POOREST OF US. THEY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR EVERY PUBLIC LAW ATTORNEY THAT'S AVAILABLE AT THE TRLA. THERE'S 21,000 ELIGIBLE, UH, CITIZENS IN NEED OF AID. SO THEIR RESOURCES ARE STRETCHED VERY THIN. I FIND IT VERY DISTURBING THAT THE TRLA IS NOW REPRESENTING THREE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT STOOD AT THIS PODIUM AS PROPERTY OWNERS AND WERE DENIED THEIR DUE PROCESS BECAME HOMELESS BECAUSE THIS BOARD DID NOT FOLLOW DUE PROCESS. AND NOW THEY'RE BURDENING. [00:15:01] THE T-R-L-A-T-L-A RESOURCES ARE BEING WASTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THESE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. AND IT'S BEING DONE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT AT THIS PODIUM. YOU'RE CREATING HOMELESSNESS AND YOU'RE PUNISHING POVERTY. I'M GONNA READ THIS INTO A RECORD. THIS IS A LETTER TO THE CITY FROM A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AT ST. MARY'S. THE BOARD HAS DEMONSTRATED UNABASHED DISREGARD FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF HOMEOWNERS, THE BE HERE. THE BEHAVIOR IS SO EXEMPLARY OF UNES UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT THAT I HAVE ASSIGNED MY STUDENTS THE TASK OF WATCHING HEARINGS AS CASE STUDIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. AGAIN, SOME OF YOU'RE NEW, IT'S NOT APPLY TO ALL OF YOU, BUT AS A BODY, THE, THE, THE, THE CONDUCT THE LAST 10 YEARS IS DESPICABLE. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. AND I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND YOU'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN TODAY. YOU'RE, YOU'LL VIOLATE THESE PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS TODAY. 2 14 0 0, 1 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THIS IS STATE LAW SECTION D. AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, IF A BUILDING IS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE STANDARDS SET FORTH THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, THE MUNICIPALITY MAY ORDER THAT THE BUILDING IS VACATED, SECURED, REPAIRED, REMOVED, OR DEMOLISHED BY THE OWNER. THEY GET THREE, EXCUSE ME, 30 DAYS MINIMUM. THE OWNER HAS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ABOLISH AT HIS EXPENSE ONLY AFTER THEY FIGURED OUT. MR. BERGER, I'M GONNA STOP YOU. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND STOP YOU. AND IN EFFORT OF FAIRNESS, UM, WE DID GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU AND, UM, MR. ANDIS GOT INTO IT, BUT I, I, I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO, TO GET AS MUCH AS YOU WANTED TO SAY OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD. MR. CHAIR. ALSO FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, UM, IT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY, UM, LAST WEEK THAT CAME UP WAS NOT, UM, FOR DETERMINATION OF WHETHER IT WAS A PUBLIC NUISANCE OR NOT. THE, THE DETERMINATION SOLELY WAS FOR WHETHER NOTICE WAS PROPER. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNSEL, AND TO ALL WHO ARE LISTENING AND THE BOARD THAT THIS BOARD DOES NOT DETERMINE OR GO OUT AND INSPECT. THIS BOARD JUST FINDS BASED OFF OF WHAT IS PRESENTED TO US. SO IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT. AND YOU ARE IN DUE PROCESS. AND [ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] WE WILL NOW GO TO STAFF REPORTS. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. IF I MAY, I HAVE A, SOME ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD, IF I MAY CONTINUE. GO AHEAD. FIRST ITEM WE HAVE TO READ INTO THE RECORD IS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 91 26 HARBOR VIEW, LOCATED IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT FOUR. MAIN STRUCTURE, UM, WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH THE 10TH OF 2025, DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 3RD, 2025. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75. NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THE BEFORE OR AFTER PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED. NEXT STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FOUR 10 FIELD AVENUE MAIN. THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 11TH. I'M SORRY, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH THE THIRD. IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON MARCH THE 11TH OF 2025. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 5 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. NEXT, STRUCTURE, 3 25 WEST MAYFIELD. THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON MARCH THE 11TH OF 2025 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2025. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75. NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. IN THE LAST STRUCTURE, 3 0 8 LAMAR LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO WAS DEMOLISHED ON MARCH THE 14TH OF 2025 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH THE FOURTH OF 2025. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75. NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. THAT DOES, UH, CONCLUDE MY REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. [00:20:01] I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. ALL OF THESE ARE MARKED ON THE SHEET AS VACANT, AND YET THEY HAD A FIRE. WAS THERE ELECTRICITY TO THEM OR WAS THAT PRESUMABLY BY HOMELESS? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE, THESE ITEMS. UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN OR, UH, HAVE DOCUMENTS, UH, REFERENCING FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE CAUSE WOULD'VE BEEN FOR THOSE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DOCUMENT UNLESS WE HAVE IT AT HAND. BUT I COULD CHECK IF YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION. UM, JUST THE CURIOSITY. 'CAUSE WE SEE THIS A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH VACANT HOUSES. THE ONLY OTHER THING I COULD THINK OF IS AN ARSON TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ALL, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPECULATE, SIR, BUT YEAH, WE, WE CAN PULL SOME OF THE FIRE REPORTS TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE. UM, WE HAVE STARTED DOCUMENTING WHETHER WE KNEW IF THE STRUCTURES WERE OCCUPIED OR VAGRANT OR VACANT, UM, MAINLY TO SEE IF, IF FOLKS WERE HAVING TO RELOCATE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT DOCUMENTATION EFFORT. I'M SURE SOME WHEN SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING ON IT. OKAY. WE, IF WE CAN, I'LL CHECK LATER, LATER DOWN MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO HONE THAT IN. OKAY. MAYBE GIVE IT TO US AT THE FULL BOARD MEETING. SURE. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TRACK AS WELL AS HOW MANY VACANT HOUSES OR BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY BEING DESTROYED BY OTHER HANDS THAN THE OWNER OR ORDERS. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SIR. OUR FIRST CASE UP IS 1 1 1 FERRIS STREET. GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JAIME HASSEL, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 1 1 FERRIS STREET WITH A 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 NCBA 2 45, NO BLOCK NUMBER, LOT NUMBER 68, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CHARRO WILLIAM M JR. WITH THE MAILING ADDRESSES OF 1 5 1 4 WEST GERALD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 72 1 1. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. UH, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL IS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE. MR. WILLIAM CHARRO. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. YES. ON JULY 30TH, 2024, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. WILLIAM CHADRO. UH, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 1 1 FERRY STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 15TH, 2024. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 20TH, 2024 AND WAS RETURNED, DELIVERED ON MAY 22ND, 2024 ON JULY 30TH, 2024. A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO. UH, MR. WILLIAM CHARO DID ATTEND THE MEETING AND THE STRUCTURE CONDITION WAS DISCUSSED ON MARCH 19TH, 2025. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON MARCH 20TH, 2025. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 1 1 FAIR STREET AS OF APRIL 3RD, 2025. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. AND AS OF APRIL 3RD, 2025, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FOOT, A THOUSAND FEET OF A REGISTERED SCHOOL, BUT IT IS NEAR WALKING PATH TO THE SCHOOL AND JUST OUTSIDE THE THOUSAND FOOT PERIMETER OF ST. JOHN BOSCO ELEMENTARY. UH, IT'S BEEN VERIFIED. THERE ARE NO ACTIVE SERVICES AT THIS PROPERTY. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 1ST AND APRIL 1ST, 2025. THIS IS THE FIRST PHOTO. IT'S AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS STARTING TO LIST TOWARDS THE LEFT ELEVATION. HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THAT PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A SAG TO THE ROOF LINE. THERE IS DAMAGE AND DETERIORATED SHINGLES THAT ARE SEPARATING FROM THE DECKING. IT IS LISTING TOWARDS THE LEFT ELEVATION. IT IS SINKING INTO GRADE. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE IS SEPARATION FROM THAT PORCH AREA [00:25:01] WHERE IT IS SEPARATING FROM THE MAIN OR FROM THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. IT IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION. AND THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT ON THE WALLS. THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. IT IS WITHIN THREE FEET OF THE REAR PROPERTY LINE. UH, THERE IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION IN THE REAR, AND THERE IS DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO THE FASCIA BOARDS. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. UM, IT IS WITHIN, I'D SAY, ABOUT FOUR FEET OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY LINE. UH, THERE IS A TREE THAT HAS, THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN, AND IT IS RESTING ON THE STRUCTURE. ON THE NEXT PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE A CLOSEUP OF THAT, UH, DAMAGE. YOU COULD ALSO SEE THE SHINGLES THAT ARE DETACHING AND DETERIORATING FROM THE PORCH. HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THAT RIGHT ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THE TREE THAT IS HANGING ONTO THE STRUCTURE. UM, IT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED, BUT IT'S STILL LEANING ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. AND THIS IS LOOKING UNDER THE PORCH OVERHANG. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT. THERE ARE SHINGLES THAT ARE FALLING AND THERE IS WEATHER DAMAGE. THIS IS, AS YOU MAKE ENTRY INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DOOR DOES NOT FULLY OPEN BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS SINKING INTO GRADE. AND HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE, OF THE FLOORING. ON THAT FIRST ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FLOORING IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. GRADE IS VISIBLE, AND THERE IS, UH, ROTTING AND DETERIORATED. WOOD MEMBERS. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CEILING OF THAT ROOM. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT ENTERING THE STRUCTURE. THE DRYWALL HAS FALLEN AND THERE IS, UH, DETERIORATION. THIS IS THE RIGHT ROOM OF THAT STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD MEMBERS FOR THE ROOF. THERE IS WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AND TO THE RAFTERS AND CEILING JOISTS. HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE RIGHT SIDE. LOOKING TOWARDS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. UH, YOU CAN SEE NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE HOLES ARE PRESENT AND THERE IS MORE WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING. AND HERE IS MORE, UH, PHOTOS SHOWING THE DRYWALL THAT HAS COLLAPSED OR FALLEN. IT'S JUST LEANING ON THE, ON THE STRUCTURE OR INSIDE THE INTERIOR. AND THIS IS THE FLOORING OF THAT ROOM. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ALSO DETERIORATED AND ROTTED AND THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT. 1 11, 1 11 FERRY STREET CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY, WOOD FRAMED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE BUILT IN 1978. THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH AN ASPHALT SHINGLE COVERING THAT IS DETERIORATED AND SEPARATING FROM DECKING. THE ROOF HAS A VISIBLE SAG TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE, AND THE PORCH HAS LARGE HOLES VISIBLE WITH SHINGLES SEPARATING FROM THE DECKING AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION WITH HOLES PRESENT, EXPOSING DAMAGE, PLUMBING FIXTURES, AND IS ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS SET INTO THE STRUCTURE. THE RIGHT ELEVATION IS DAMAGED WHERE A TREE HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ON THE STRUCTURE AND CONTINUES TO LEAN ON THE OVERHANG. THE PUR BEAM FOUNDATION IS NO LONGER VISIBLE WITH THE STRUCTURE SINKING INTO GRADE. THE INTERIOR FLOOR COVERING IS DAMAGED AND MISSING AND WITHHOLDS PRESENT. TO RECAP, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 1 1 FAIR STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF ONE 11 FER. QUESTIONS JUST TO, THIS IS ROBERT BINKY. UH, JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU DID SAY UTILITIES WERE NOT PRESENTLY ON AT THAT PROPERTY. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. SORRY. YEAH, UTILITIES WERE ON AT THAT OR WERE OFF AT THAT PROPERTY. I APOLOGIZE. YES, SIR. UTILITIES ARE DISCONNECTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? HELLO? YEAH. YEAH. SORRY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE THE OWNER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UH, MR. CHARDO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HELLO, MY NAME IS WILLIAM CHARRO. MY ADDRESS IS 1514 WEST GERALD. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MORNING. SO, UM, I KNOW I'VE MET WITH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE, BUT MY INTENTION IS TO SELL THE PROPERTY. I ACTUALLY MET WITH SOMEBODY YESTERDAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO SEE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY EMAILED ME, UH, IN REGARDS TO THAT. I KNOW HE SAID, I BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE TO SHOW IT TO THE ATTORNEY. . UM, CAN YOU GIVE IT TO STAFF AND THEN THEY'LL GET IT IN THE MEANTIME, SIR, YOU CAN STILL OKAY, GO AHEAD. YEAH, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR, YOU KNOW, [00:30:01] THE STRUCTURE HAD A TREE FALL FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. ONE MOMENT, SIR. OKAY. DID I DIDN'T HEAR ADDRESS AND NAME. YOU DID? YEAH. OKAY. SO YEAH, IF YOU CAN, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. SO IF YOU CAN CONTINUE. YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT IT OR NO? NO. OKAY. AS LONG AS IT'S, I JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT. YOU'RE GOOD. , GO AHEAD. OH, I'M, I GUESS WITH MY, OKAY, SO IT WAS JUST A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S TREE THAT FELL AND CAUSED SOME OF THE DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, I, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY TO, I GUESS IT'S RAINBOW HOME BUYERS OR RAINBOW CITY HOME BUYERS. SO, BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. SO OTHER THAN IT'S BEEN PR WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO LOOK AT THE PLAN RESOURCES. OKAY. ROBERT TAP YOU, UH, JUST WANTED TO REPEAT. UH, WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PLAN RESOURCES OKAY. AND THE TIME YOU NEED, BUT THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, SO, OKAY. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND MAY I, ROBERT BINKI, UH, MAY I ASK, ON THAT CONTRACT THAT YOU SHARED WITH, UH, OUR COUNCIL, UM, IS THERE A, THERE'S A SET CLOSING DATE ON THERE. MAY WE ASK WHAT THAT DATE IS? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF HE PUT IT ON THERE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S, I I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF IT'S WITHIN 30 DAYS. I DON'T RECALL SEEING A SET CLOSING DATE. UM, IF IT'S A TEXAS ONE TO FOUR, I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE A CLOSING DATE ON THERE. I WOULD GUESS SO ANYWAY, WHAT I JUST, SO THIS IS LEGAL. WHAT I DID LOOK AT IS, IS IT AN EXECUTED CONTRACT? IT IS. UM, SO IF, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO LOOK AT IT, YOU, YOU HAVE THE, THAT RIGHT? HE HAS THE, HE HAS THE PERMISSION TO, TO, TO SHOW IT TO, TO THE REST OF THE, REST OF THE, EXCUSE ME, TO THE BOARD. JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, USUALLY ON THOSE DEALS THEY'LL CLOSE PRETTY QUICKLY. OKAY. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, IS IT A TWO WEEK CLOSE AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL START WORK? OR ARE THEY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I HAVE NO IDEA. I'M NOT , I'M NOT GONNA SPECULATE. FAIR ENOUGH. I UNDERSTAND. SO THIS IS ANNE WEINER. SO YOU ARE LIVING STRUCTURE? NO, THAT'S, NO. OKAY. SO IT'S ALL VACANT. CORRECT. ARE THEY SECURE? UH, YES. IT'S SECURED. IT'S LOCKED. IT'S GOT PADLOCKS AND THE DOOR, THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE HAS A, IT LOCKS UP AND IT'S GOT A GATE WITH A LOCK ON IT. PEOPLE FIND A WAY TO GET IN EVEN WHEN THE DOOR'S LOCKED. NO, I UNDERSTAND. BUT, UM, OKAY. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. THE ADDRESS YOU'RE CURRENTLY AT, I'VE GOT WILLIAM M AND IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME WRONG, SORRY. CHARRO JR. CORRECT. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIAM M. CHARLES JR. AND THEN DOWN HERE IT SAYS, HEIR ARE A STATE OF, I DON'T HOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK THIS QUESTION WITHOUT IF IT'S YOUR PROPERTY. MM-HMM . WHERE ARE YOUR, IT SAYS YOU'RE, ACCORDING TO THIS, A STATE OF MEANS YOU'RE DEAD. NO. , I'M HERE. WILLIAM M CHATTER WAS MY FATHER. RIGHT. BUT IT SAYS JUNIOR. CORRECT. ON ALL OF THESE? ON ALL OF THESE. I CAN SHOW YOU MY ID IF YOU WANT. NO, I'M JUST SAYING WHAT IT SHOWS ON THE RECORD, IT SHOWS ON THE RECORD THAT ALL THE LETTERS THAT ARE SENT OUT, BECAUSE IT'S SENT OUT TO EVERY ADDRESS THAT HAD, EVEN IF IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO, THEY HAD IN INTEREST AT THE PROPERTY AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. YEAH, I KNOW. MY AND ALL OF THESE ARE, ARE TO YOU AT DIFFERENT ADDRESSES AND THE STATE OF OR UNKNOWN HEIRS OF NO, I DON'T LIVE AT, ON THE FAIR STREET ADDRESS SIDE. AND THIS IS FROM BEARCAT? CORRECT. THIS WOULD BE FROM BEARCAT. MR. CHAIR. WHAT WHAT WE DO IS WE DO A, UM, A TITLE SEARCH ON THAT PROPERTY. SO ANY DOCUMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND OR HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE THAT HAD ANYBODY'S NAME ON IT, THAT THOSE, THOSE PERSONS GET NOTICE? UH, THERE CAN BE, UH, AT TIMES WHERE WE, UM, UH, HAVE DONE, UH, A SEARCH ON THE ESTATE OF OF, OF WILLIAM CHATTO. UM, THERE MIGHT BE A, A, A MISTAKE IN REGARDS TO PUTTING THE JUNIOR ON THERE, UM, WHETHER IT'S FROM LEGAL OR FROM STAFF. BUT, UH, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF MR. RADO STATES WHO HE IS AND HAS I IDENTIFICATION STATING THAT I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A, UM, MAYBE A, A A A A CLERICAL ERROR IN REGARDS TO THE DOCUMENTATION. BUT WHAT IT DOES SHOW THE TITLE SEARCH SHOWS ANYONE AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT WAS EVER INVOLVED IN THE PROPERTY OR OR NAME WAS ON ANY TYPE OF DOCUMENTS [00:35:01] WE WILL SEND OUT NOTICE TO THEM. AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, THAT YOUR NAME'S ON THERE AS AN AIR OR UNKNOWN AIR OF TWO. MM-HMM . SO, UM, WHEN YOU GOT THE PROPERTY MM-HMM . THE HOUSE AND THERE'S TWO STRUCTURES ON IT. CORRECT. OKAY. THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, I GUESS THE, WHAT NOW BE CALLED THE, UH, MOTHER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE OR WHATEVER THEY WANNA CALL IT NOW. UM, THAT ONE THERE IS THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN YOU GOT THE PROPERTY, DID IT HAVE ELECTRIC WATER AND ALL THAT ON IT, OR NO? HONESTLY, I, I DON'T REMEMBER. I KNOW THE MAIN STRUCTURE DID, BUT, UH, THE BACK STRUCTURE, IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR A WHILE. SO HAS ANYBODY LIVED IN THE MAIN STRUCTURE SINCE YOU'VE HAD THE PROPERTY? NOT FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. SO IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR A WHILE. THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT AN INCOME SOURCE ANYMORE. AND NOT WITH THAT DAMAGE OF THE BACK STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN AFFORD TO FIX. AND, AND THE CONTRACT YOU ALL DECIDED ON A CLOSING DATE? UM, I'M ASSUMING IT'S GONNA BE 30 DAYS? YEAH, WELL, SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS. YEAH. SO THERE IS A CLOSING DATE ON IT. I CAN PULL IT BACK UP AND TAKE A LOOK AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP IF NEEDED AS WELL. ROBERT BINKY, I, IF I NEED TO LOOK THROUGH IT REAL QUICK, I CAN HELP ASSIST WITH THAT. THAT BE OKAY, COUNSEL? OR CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE BIG SCREEN? PULL IT BACK UP? WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT WE EMAIL IT TO HIM. SO EMAIL, YOU SHOULD EMAIL IT TO ESTHER BOARD. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS WE EMAIL IT TO ESTHER SO IT COULD BE SEEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO LOOK AT IT VIA YES, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN JUST FORWARD IT. SO THE EMAIL, THE GMAIL. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANY MORE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, THAT WAS IT. IT WAS KIND OF INTENSE UP HERE EARLIER, BUT AND I LIKE YOUR FIESTA METALS, SO , WE'RE REALLY NOT THAT MEAN. . THAT'S OKAY. I TALK IN FRONT OF THE CLASS ALL DAY LONG. SO . WELL, PART OF THAT IS, IS THEY BLAME THE BOARD FOR STUFF WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. I I UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT EVEN US WHO DOES THE, WE JUST LOOK AT THE CASES AND REVIEW IT, AND AS YOU SEE, IT'S WHEN WE SEE IT IS WHEN IT'S PRESENTED TO US. SO YEAH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, OH, . HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THAT PROPERTY? I'M SORRY? HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THAT PROPERTY? UH, FOR THE LAST, SINCE MY DAD PASSED AWAY. SO IT'S BEEN 19, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT 20 YEARS. NO, . I KNOW MR. CHAIR LEGAL HAS A, A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER. GO AHEAD. MR. CHARDO. THE, THE, THE, THE ENTITY OR THE, THE, THE, THE POTENTIAL BUYER OF THIS PROPERTY. WHAT IS, WHAT IS THEIR GAME PLAN FOR THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE THAT IS ON YOUR PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? WELL, WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM, HE SAID THAT HE FELT THAT IT COULD EITHER BE REPAIRED, BUT, OH, SORRY. SO HE SAID THAT IT, HE FELT IT COULD BE REPAIRED, UH, BASED ON HIS OBSERVATIONS. BUT I KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO COURT ENFORCEMENT, HE KIND OF SAID LIKE, SOMETIMES THEY'LL SAY THAT FOR ANYTHING. SO, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT A REAL ESTATE EXPERT, BUT I'M ASSUMING, I KNOW WHEN I TOLD HIM WHY I WAS GONNA BE HERE TODAY, SO HE SAID THAT, UM, THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF THE DEMOLITION ALSO. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO THINGS THAT HE TOLD ME ABOUT. SO, TO, TO CLARIFY, UM, HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE, THE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BEING ORDERED DEMOLISHED? I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. 'CAUSE I TOLD HIM THAT'S WHAT I WAS HERE FOR TODAY, SO MM-HMM . UM, AND HE KIND OF MENTIONED YOUR NAME AND SOME PEOPLE UP HERE, AND SOMEBODY NAMED JUDY, AND I GUESS HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS, SO AND JUDY'S DAUGHTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO HER MOM. SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. WAIT TO SEE IF, SURE. THEY GOTTA PUT IT UP SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE DATE ON. I CAN'T HEAR YOU MR. CHAIR. THE CLOSING DATE IS, IS MAY 2ND. YOU MAY UNDERSTAND MAY 2ND IS A CLOSING DATE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. ENJOY YOUR FIESTA. I SAID. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? CHERYL, TAKE A MOTION. MS. ROBERT TAPPY. I [00:40:01] MOVE TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 1 1 FERRIS STREET IN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 3 7 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WHICH IS, UH, NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 5 6 6. UM, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, UH, SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS ANN WEINER, I SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS IT THE PROPERTY AT 1 1 1 FERRIS STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE UNDER SECTION 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 1, 1, I'M SORRY. 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 AND HAS BEEN ORDERED TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS. SECURE THE PROPERTY AND, AND CLEAN UP ALL DEBRIS AND TRASH. IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. ANNE WEINER. AYE. PAUL HERNANDEZ? AYE. ROBERT BANKEY. AYE. KIN GOES. AYE, FERNANDEZ. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO SIR, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR COURT OFFICER. NEXT CASE. 1 5 1 7 EAST CROCKETT STREET. THIS IS AN APPEAL. MORNING BOARD. MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSEPH MARTINEZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SIR, YOUR MIC? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU MOVE? OH, OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1517 EAST CROCKETT STREET FOR THE VIOLATIONS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3 0 8 0.1, ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH OR GARBAGE, ALL EXTERIOR PROPERTY AND PREMISES AND INTERIOR OF EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE FREE FROM ANY ACCUMULATION OR GARBAGE. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 3 3 9 4 BLOCK FOUR, LOT FIVE, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS THOMAS W MCVAY WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1517 EAST CROCKETT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2. FIRST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025. THE OFFICER OBSERVED GARBAGE AND RUBBISH ALONG CANTON STREET, WHICH IS THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. NOTICE WAS POSTED AND MAILED ON MARCH 5TH, 2025. THE REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION AND THE GARBAGE ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY CLEAN WAS CLEAN. I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME. THE, THE GARBAGE ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY REMAINED CLEANING UP ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE OWNER DECLINED ALSO ON MARCH 5TH. THE APPEAL WAS REFERRED TO THE CODE SUPERVISOR AND THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER. MARCH 12TH, 2025, THE OFFICER RETURNED TO THE LOCATION TO RETRIEVE PHOTOS FOR THE APPEAL CASE REVIEW. PROPERTY REMAINING IN VIOLATION. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 20TH, 2025. BSB [00:45:01] NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 20, 27, 20 25. PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. UPDATED PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FOR THE BSB HEARING. THIS FIRST PHOTO IS WHEN THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE INITIAL INSPECTION. IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THERE. NEXT. THAT'S THE CLOSEUP OF THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED NEXT. THAT'S THE CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE VIOLATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, RUBBISH AND THE GARBAGE ALONG THE FENCE LINE. NEXT. THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ANGLE OF THE VIOLATION. NEXT. THAT'S THE REINSPECTION. UM, NEXT, THAT IS ANOTHER ANGLE OF THE REINSPECTION AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION NEXT. SO THE NEXT FEW PHOTOS ARE GONNA BE JUST A CLOSE UP OF THE TRASH AND THE RUBBISH AND THE GARBAGE THAT WAS, UH, RUNNING AGAINST THE FENCE LINE. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FOR THE APPEAL CASE REVIEW. NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT. SO THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF, OF THAT WHAT YOU JUST, THE PHOTOS THAT YOU JUST SAW FOR THE TRASHING THE RUBBISH THAT WE'RE RUNNING ACROSS THE, THE CASE LINE, THE FENCE LINE, UH, FOR THE APPEAL CASE REVIEW NEXT. SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT. THIS IS THE POSTING OF THE BSB HEARING OF NOTICE NEXT. AND THAT IS THE CLOSEUP OF THE BSB. NOTICE THIS IS A UPDATED PHOTO FOR THE BS BEFORE THE BSB OF THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. NEXT. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE PRE BSB HEARING, UPDATED PHOTO NEXT. AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE VIOLATION THAT STILL EXISTS BEFORE THE BBSB STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE NOTICE TO BE UPHELD TO REMOVE ALL GARBAGE AND RUBBISH. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1517 EAST CROCKETT. QUESTIONS, UH, THIS IS ANN WEINER. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. SO IS THAT FENCE IN THE BACKYARD? YES. SO THE, THE, THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE ON CROCKETT STREET. YEAH. AND THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE ON CANTON STREET? YES, MA'AM. SOME OF THE PROPERTIES RUN THROUGH THE FRONT OF, OF CROCKETT AND OTHERS RUN. UH, THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY IS CANTON, SO IT JUST KIND OF RUNS. IT JUST DEPENDS. AND THAT'S OUTSIDE THE FENCE WHERE OUTSIDE THE FENCE? YES, MA'AM. ON THE FENCE THERE. WHERE IS THE STORE THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT? AND I READ THE LETTER. UM, WHERE IN RELATION TO THE HOUSE IS THIS STORE? THE THE STORE IS ON THE SIDE. HE'S ON THE SIDE. CANTON IS ON THE SIDE OF THE, THE PROPERTY OF THE STORE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR? YES, MA'AM. UH, I GUESS I ONLY ASK BECAUSE I HAVE LOTS OF DEBRIS BLOWING INTO MY YARD ALL THE TIME AND IT'S NOT MINE. UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON YOUR PHOTO? THE FIRST PHOTO, 58 IS THE HOUSE, CORRECT? THE FRONT? YES, SIR. THAT'S THE ONE YOU SHOWED RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THAT'S THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. WHEN YOU GO TO, UM, 75, UH, IF YOU COULD DRAW UP 75. THAT IS THE BACKYARD? YES, SIR. THAT'S THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. NOW I GOT, SO THE, SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU DON'T, WELL NOW YOU DO. I CAN SEE THE HOUSE IN THAT CORNER, THE RIGHT CORNER. I SEE THE VERY LITTLE BIT OF THE HOUSE. THE, THE RIGHT, THAT'S THE DIFF THAT'S THE ADJACENT PROPERTY YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, THE, THE UTILITY LINE THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE HIS PROPERTY BEGINS. AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO, UM, THE END OF THE FENCE ON THE BACK WHERE THE GATE IS. YES, SIR. AND THIS IS THE BACKSIDE. THAT'S WHAT WAS CONFUSING ME BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOW IN THE FRONT OF ONE HOUSE AND THEN I SEE A YELLOW HOUSE OVER HERE AND A SO THIS WOULD BE FROM THE BACK STREET? YES, SIR. SO IT'S NOT AN ALLEY, IT'S ACTUALLY A STREET. IT'S A STREET. AND THE A EB IS RELATED TO THIS PICTURE. THE FRONT OF THE, THE FRONT OF THE NOTICES WERE POSTED AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY? NO, THE A EB THAT HE TALKED ABOUT. THE A EB IS, UH, YES. IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE CANTON STREET. YES. THIS SIDE OF IT, OR DOWN TO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, IS IT RIGHT OR LEFT OF THIS PICTURE? [00:50:02] IT'S IN FRONT OF, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THE SIDE OF HEB. BUT WE'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE STANDING AT HEB BASICALLY TAKING THIS PICTURE? YES, FROM THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. FROM FOR THE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. OKAY. THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET IS YES, ALL OF THIS IN REFERENCE TO WHERE, SO THIS WOULD BE HEB WHERE YOU'RE AT YES. BEHIND YOU BASICALLY. AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY? YES. OKAY. I NEEDED THAT FOR REFERENCE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THIS ROBERT TOPPING. SO HAVE WE ADDRESSED THE VEGETATION TAMING THAT A LITTLE BIT? WELL, THIS, THIS, THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OVER A MONTH AGO. SO THE VEGETATION WAS NOT, WAS NOT AS, UH, OVERGROWN AS IT IS NOW. IF WE GO TO THE FIRST, THE CONTEXTUAL FIRST PHOTO, UH, ON FEBRUARY 20. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTO FROM FEBRUARY 20TH, THE CONTEXTUAL PHOTO FOR THE VIOLATION, THAT WAS OVER A MONTH AGO. AND THEN, WELL, IT'S KIND OF GROWN. SO WE DON'T TAKE ANY, NOT YET FURTHER ACTION UNTIL THE APPEAL IS COMPLETE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU. 59 IS THE POSTED VIOLATION, CORRECT? THE YELLOW SLIP? YES, SIR. OKAY. YOU ALSO POSTED A WHITE SLIP, IS THAT CORRECT? WHITE SHEET? NO, 73. OH, THAT'S THE NOTICE, ISN'T IT? THAT'S THE NOTICE OF HEARING, ISN'T IT? THAT'S A NOTICE OF HEARING. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO HE'S, HE'S, UM, APPEALING THE YELLOW SLIP. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE THE OWNER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UH, MR. THOMAS MCVAY, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS. NO? YES. UM, YEAH, YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GREETINGS. OH, THE MIC. OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN HEAR? YES, MA'AM. UH, EVERYONE. HENRY? YES, SIR. GREAT, GREAT. UH, MY NAME IS THOMAS MCVEY. I'M THE, UH, HOMEOWNER AT THE PROPERTY 1517 EAST CROCKETT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2. UM, THE PROPERTY WAS INITIALLY, INITIALLY PURCHASED BY MY GRANDDAD. WE'VE BEEN AT THAT LOCATION OVER A HUNDRED YEARS NOW. THE PROPERTY IS CONSTANTLY BEING IMPROVED. UM, FIRST OF ALL, GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS THE CHRIST, THE TRUE IN LIVING GOD. UM, I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO QUESTION THE, UH, SUPERVISOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, JOE MARTINEZ. DO I NEED TO DO THAT NOW? I TRY TO RAISE MY HAND WHEN YOU ASK FOR A QUESTION. HOLD ON, SIR. IT IS, IT IS ALLOWED CORRECT COUNSEL. HE CAN, HE CAN GIVE A STATEMENT AND THEN HE CAN ASK CODE. YES. IF HE, IF HE WISHES, HE MAY ASK CODE A FEW QUESTIONS. YEAH. I WANT TO ASK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A STATEMENT FIRST OR NO? I WOULD LIKE TO QUESTION HIM FIRST. THAT'S FINE. TO CLARIFY, UM, I GUESS IF YOU COULD COME UP TO ONE OF THE MICS AND HE CAN ASK YOU DIRECT AND YOU CAN JUST ANSWER OFF ONE OF THE MICS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO BACK AND FORTH. GREAT. GREAT. WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU, SIR? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPEAK UP. OH, YES MA'AM. I'M SORRY. I WAS, YOU'RE A LITTLE TALLER THAN THE MIC, MR. CHAIR. MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIR. HOLD ON. LET ME, LET ME HAVE, OH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COME BACK DOWN. YES. LET'S HAVE, YES, LET'S HAVE 'EM COME BACK DOWN. AND WE HAVE A MICROPHONE FOR HIM. YEAH, I WAS SAYING YOU'RE A LITTLE TALL IN THE MI IN THE MIC ONLY GOES SO HIGH UP. SO YOU MAY HAVE TO BEND A LITTLE BIT OVER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT STATE YOUR QUESTION, SIR. UH, YES. UH, SUPERVISOR, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR, JOE MARTINEZ, [00:55:01] STATED, UH, SOME INCORRECT FACTS TO MAKE IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE. AT THE CORNER OF EAST HOUSTON STREET AND NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE, THE HEB IS LOW LOCATED THERE ON THE CORNER. THEY HAVE THAT CORNER. UH, THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM KROGER'S. KROGER'S BOUGHT OUT THE HOMEOWNERS WHEN I WAS A KID. THEY CAME IN KROGER'S BUILT PRIVACY FENCE, AND ACCORDING WITH THE AND PRIVACY FENCE, KEPT IT SECLUDED FROM THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS. HEB COMES IN AND THEY'VE JUST RUN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN, FRANKLY, UH, DISRESPECT THE NEIGHBORS. BUT BASICALLY HOUSTON STREET IS RUNNING EAST AND WEST NORTH. NEW BRAUNFELS, NORTH AND SOUTH. UH, FIRST STREET OVER FROM EAST HOUSTON WOULD BE CANTON STREET, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF HEB. THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. THE STORE, THE, MY, THE BACK OF REAR OF MY PROPERTY IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CANTON STREET. THE HEB IS ACROSS AND BASICALLY WHERE THE BUILDING ENDS AND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING STARTS. THAT'S ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MY PROPERTY. UM, BASICALLY LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. THE TRASH IS COMING FROM HEB, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS, NOT JUST MYSELF. THE WHOLE BLOCK. WELL, I SHOULD SAY BLOCKS. ONE MOMENT, SIR. SO WHEN YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE, CORRECT. UP ON THE BIG BOARD. UH, THAT'S A EB AND THEN THERE'S YOUR HOUSE RIGHT THERE. CORRECT. SORRY. YEAH, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. LEMME GET CLOSER TO YOU. PETER. CAPTAIN IS HERE. UM, YOUR HOUSE IS THE RED DOT. RIGHT? AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, FRONT OF THE COMES RIGHT DOWN THE LINE. I GUESS IT'S OVER CLOSER TO, EXCUSE ME, SIR, WE PUT YOU BACK ON THE MICROPHONE, SIR. LET ME, LET ME DO THIS. LET ME, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT? YES. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT, THAT MICROPHONE, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN CONTINUE TO POINT OUT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND STILL BE ON. THERE'S A BIGGER, ON THE BIGGER SCREEN WOULD PROBABLY HELP YOU BETTER. YES, SIR. UM, YES, I'M HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE VE VEGETATION. IT'S THERE PURPOSELY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRAFFIC COMES DOWN CANTON FROM BOTH WAYS. HEB, JUST PUT THIS ENTRANCE HERE, MAYBE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, NEGLECTING THE NEIGHBORS. AGAIN, THIS IS HEB. ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A COMMERCIAL STREET, EAST HOUSTON STREET BUSINESSES ON BOTH SIDES. NOW THEY'RE OVER HERE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE BACK HERE, ST. JAMES STREETS. THESE ARE HOMES. THIS BUILDING SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE. BUT WHEN KROGER'S PURCHASED IT, THE NEIGHBORS SOLD OUT HERE. IT WAS HOMES HERE, BOTH SIDES, THE CANTON SIDE AND EAST HOUSTON SIDE. ALL OF 'EM SOLD OUT WITH THE STIPULATION. KROGER'S WOULD COME IN AND RESPECT THE NEIGHBORS. THEY HAD A PRIVACY FENCE RUNNING ALONG HERE. UM, HEB REMOVED ALL OF THAT. THEY'VE JUST PUT THIS ENTRANCE HERE, ANOTHER STIPULATION. THERE'S NO TRASH CANS ON THE, ON THE HEBS PROPERTY. THEY'VE REMOVED ALL OF THE TRASH CANS. SO NOW THE TRASH IS CONTINUALLY BLOWING DAILY. AS I SHOWED THE, UH, SUPERVISORY MARTINEZ. IT IS, IT IS INSULTING TO MY NEIGHBORS. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOT A NOTICE. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, BUT THE THING HE WAS SAYING WAS FAR AS SOMETHING CONCERNING, UH, THE OWNER DENIED SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTOOD THAT. I'M NOT, I WAS NEVER OFFERED ANYTHING TO MY KNOWLEDGE. SO I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR HIM CONCERNING HIS LOCATION OF EVERYTHING. BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. THE STORES HERE DOWN TOWARDS THE, UH, ACTUAL CORNER OF EAST HOUSTON AND NEW BRAVOS, HEB SOLD SOME OF THAT PROPERTY. I THINK IT'S, UH, T-MOBILE AND, UH, WELLS FARGO BANK THERE ON THE CORNER, [01:00:01] UH, A LITTLE SMALL. AND THEN ON THIS SIDE, ON CANTON'S SIDE, THE PARKING LOT RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEW BRAUNFELS. SO THOSE BUILDINGS, UH, BUSINESSES ONLY HAVE THE SMALL LITTLE SECTION OF THEIR PARKING LOT. IT'S A HUGE PARKING LOT. IT BASICALLY, HEB GOES FROM ST. JAMES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEW BROWNFIELDS AVENUE ON THIS SIDE OF CANTON. THERE'S HOMES FROM ST. JAMES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEW BROWNFIELDS BEHIND THEM, THE SAME THING. IT'S, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT. AND NOW YOU GOT A BIG BUSINESS THERE POLLUTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AT THIS POINT, LIKE I SAID, UH, I INFORMED THE CODE SUPERVISOR THAT MY NEIGHBORS WANT ME TO REPRESENT 'EM. AT THIS POINT. UH, WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. WE'RE COMING OUTTA OUR POCKET TO PAY FOR THINGS. AND AT THIS POINT, I'M ACTUALLY DISABLED. I CAN'T GO BACK THERE. I'VE BEEN THERE. JENNIFER JANITOR NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS IS KILLING ME FAR AS THE VEGETATION. LIKE HE SAID, IT MAY BE SOMEWHAT OVERGROWN. I DIDN'T WANNA MAKE ANY CHANGES BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO GET A FAIR LOOK. BUT I KEEP THAT PROPERTY. MY NEIGHBORS KNOW THEY WANT ME TO DO THEIR PROPERTY. BUT NEVERTHELESS, BEFORE I CONTINUE, LET ME JUST, UH, ASK HIM SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I BROUGHT IN. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. I KNOW Y'ALL QUITE BUSY, BUT, UM, WHICH HOUSES, MR. MARTINEZ, WHICH HOUSES, UH, RECEIVED NON-COMPLIANCE NOTICES ON THAT 1500 BLOCK IN, UH, CANTON AS WELL? WELL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW I'M ONLY AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THIS CASE TESTING. YEAH, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN, JOSEPH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING. YEAH, I GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO, SO, SO THE APPEAL, UM, MR. MCBE, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS GIVEN FOR THE APPEAL THAT WE WERE DISCUSS THIS CASE, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CASE OR WHAT THE INTERACTIONS THAT YOU AND I AND THE CODE OFFICER HAD THEN, THEN I, I COULD CHIME IN ON THAT AS FAR AS THAT. I'D HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM, FROM MY MANAGEMENT TEAM. IT MAY NEED TO BE APPROVED. I WAS TOLD THAT, UM, AGAIN, I INFORMED YOU, UM, WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE TWO HOURS THE DAY BEFORE THE REINSPECTION ON MARCH 4TH. AND YOU STATED YOU WANTED TO COME OUT THERE. YOU CAME OUT THERE AND STATED THAT THE OFFICER JORGENSON WAS THERE WHEN HE WASN'T. AND THESE KIND OF THINGS ARE GETTING ME A LITTLE UPSET, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I'LL MAKE IT SIMPLE. I TOLD YOU, I ASKED YOU AT THAT TIME, I'M SORRY. AND I HAVE IT ON VIDEO. UH, YOU CAN HAVE THE ATTORNEY, UH, BRING UP THE VIDEOS. I HAVE A LIST I WAS TRYING TO GET FOR YOU, BUT, UH, HERE, LET ME OPEN IT UP FOR YOU WHILE I EXPLAIN. BASICALLY, UM, I ASKED HIM, YOU'RE LEAVING. NO, CONTINUE, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, I SPOKE TO HIM, UH, HE CAME OUT AND HE WANTED TO SEE EVERYTHING. HE SAID HE COULD PULL IT UP ON HIS COMPUTER, BUT HE INSISTED THAT HE COME OUT. I'M SORRY. UH, AND HE SAID THAT, UM, MY PROPERTY WAS IN NON-COMPLIANCE. I SAID, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF PROPERTIES ON IN NON-COMPLIANCE. HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ISSUED A NOTICE? HE SAID, WELL, I THINK THREE. UH, WHEN I ASKED HIM TO, UH, HAVE THE OFFICER JORGENSON COME, JORGENSON SAID THAT HE ISSUED THREE, BUT ANOTHER CODE IN FLYING, UH, OFFICER ISSUED SHOOT, UH, VIOLATIONS AS WELL. SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO ALL GOT A VIOLATION. UH, NOW IF HE COULD TELL ME, UH, THERE WAS THREE GIVEN BY HIM, MR. CHAIR, THIS, I DON'T SEE WHY HE COULDN'T GO AHEAD. COUNSEL. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL AND MR. MCVAY, I I, I DON'T MEAN TO GO AHEAD, BE DISRESPECTFUL TO YOU. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE ISN'T WHETHER SOMEBODY GOT A VIOLATION OR NOT, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, MR. MCVEIGH HAS NOT RECEIVED A VIOLATION. THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD TODAY, LET [01:05:01] ME REPHRASE THAT A NOTICE, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO FINISH. I'M NOT, MR, I'M SORRY. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY IS, WAS NOTICE, UM, PROPER, THAT IS WHAT MR. UM, MR. MCVEIGH IS, IS, IS APPEALING. HE'S APPEALING THAT, THAT WHETHER PROPER, UH, NOTICE WAS GIVEN. AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS. YOU DONE AGAIN, UH, I WAS INFORMED SUPERVISOR MARTINEZ STATED THAT THREE NOTICES WAS GIVEN, CORRECT MYSELF ON THAT. I'M SORRY, NOT VIOLATION, NOT CITATIONS AND SO FORTH, NOTICES. AND AT THAT POINT, I'M LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT JUST MYSELF. THERE'S MULTIPLE. SO YOU COULD SEE, AND AS I SPOKE TO HIM, UH, MR. MARTINEZ, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE SPOKE, SPOKE ON CANTON STREET, YOURSELF AND OFFICER JORGENSON, SAGE JORGENSON, I BELIEVE? YES, SIR. UH, AND I REFERRED TO THE TRASH COMING BLOWING ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF US, HE B'S NAME ON IT. UH, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, SIR? I RE I RECALL WE, WE MET AT THE LOCATION. YES. DO YOU REMEMBER ME POINTING OUT THE TRASH AT HEBI RECALL YOU POINTING OUT THE TRASH ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. NO, SIR. I'M QUESTIONING YOU ABOUT HE B'S PROPERTY. I I CANNOT COMMENT ON THAT. I I DIDN'T SEE, I I DIDN'T SEE ANY LETTER COMING FROM HEB. YOU'RE DENYING TO COMMENT ON OUR CONVERSATION, WHICH IS BEING ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE. WHAT IF I COULD, IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT, I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY, BY MY TEAM THAT, UM, I I CAN SHARE THE, THE OTHER CASES THAT WERE GENERATED IN THIS OR THIS TIME THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF. WE DID GENERATE THREE CASES. NOW YOU'RE GONNA REVEAL THAT. JUST THE THREE OR WAS IT MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL AHEAD COUNSEL. MR. MCVAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, LET'S BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THE ANSWER THAT HE PROVIDES. NO, SIR. HOLD ON. ALLOW ME, ALLOW ME TO FINISH. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT, NO. MR. MCVAY ALLOW. NO, SIR. WELL, LET ME CORRECT YOU. YOU'RE NOT GONNA CORRECT ME. MR. MCVAY, YOU, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CORRECT ME. MR. MC, FALSE STATEMENTS. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE PUTTING OUT FALSE STATEMENTS. MR. MCVAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CORRECT ME. WHAT I AM ASKING YOU TO DO IS BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH. CERTAINLY, SIR. AND I DEMAND RESPECT, SIR, THE PROBLEM IS YOU, YOU'RE CONTINUING TO SPEAK WHEN I, I'M NOT EVEN DONE TALKING. YOU'RE TALKING THE, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE ME THE SAME RESPECT AS I PROVIDE YOU, SIR. AND EVERYBODY ELSE, GO AHEAD. IF YOU DON LIKE THE ANSWER THAT HE PROVIDES, WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU DO NOT DO IS ACCUSE HIM OF BEING UN UH, BEING, UM, DISHONEST. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THE ANSWER THAT HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE, BUT HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER. OKAY? I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND, REMIND YOU, SIR, THIS IS BEING RECORDED. SO WHENEVER THERE'S OPPOSING COMMENTS BEING MADE AT THE SAME TIME, IT GETS GARBLED. SO WE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ALLOW COMMENTS TO FINISH BEFORE YOU, YOU, YOU INTERJECT I, THAT, THAT ALLOWS THE RECORDING TO PICK UP CORRECTLY SO THAT WE, WHEN WE TRANSCRIBE THE INFORMATION, IT'S PROPERLY TRANSCRIBED. YES, MAAM. OTHERWISE, IT BECOMES A GARBLED MESS. SO WE DO ASK TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM STEPPING OVER EACH OTHER AND TALKING OVER EACH OTHER, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. UH, IF I GOT THE FLOOR AGAIN, UM, BASICALLY I WAS JUST TRYING TO TELL, UH, THE LEGAL, HIS COUNSEL, IS THAT ERIC BURNS? THAT'S NOT ERIC BURNS ACTUALLY, YES, IT IS. IT IS. THAT'S ERIC BURNS THERE. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE FRONT. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. TRYING TO TELL HIM THAT, UH, BASICALLY THEY'RE PUTTING OUT FALSE INFORMATION, WHICH I HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY, SIR, LET ME STOP, STOP. LET ME, THERE'S A POINT OF ORDER HERE. ACCUSING IS NOT WHAT'S GONNA GET YOU ANYWHERE. ALLS I WANT TO HEAR, ALLS I WANT TO HEAR IS YOUR PROPERTY. IT'S IRRELEVANT. HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR BLOCK GOT CITATIONS? 'CAUSE YOU'RE HERE FOR YOUR PROPERTY ONLY YOU ARE DISPUTING. NO, SIR, SIR, YOU ARE DISPUTING A, A YELLOW, CAN YOU PUT UP, UM, A 59 JPEG THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DISPUTING IS THAT YOU GOT A NOTICE OF A VIOLATION. YOU DIDN'T, OKAY. NOTICE THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE DISPUTING. OKAY? THIS RIGHT HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DISPUTING. IT HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO WITH THE, YOUR FOUR CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY IS THE ONLY THING. YOU ARE UP HERE FOR NOTHING ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWED HEB AND ALL THAT. WE, YOU'RE DISPUTING THE FACT THAT YOU GOT A NOTICE. [01:10:01] THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IN HERE FOR. YOU'RE APPEALING THIS NOTICE. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M APPEALING THE NOTICES I REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NO, YOU CANNOT REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORS. I WAS GIVEN PERMISSION FROM THEM. YOU HAVE TO ARGUE THAT WITH THEM. NO, I DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE THAT, SIR. WELL, I'M SAYING THAT WILL BE AN LEGAL, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE ONLY HERE FOR YOUR PROPERTY. 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU CAN REPRESENT AT THIS TIME. MAYBE. BUT AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP UNTIL THAT CASE IS PRESENTED TO US, WE CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WELL, MAYBE IT NEEDS TO GO TO A HIGHER, WE'RE HERE FOR YOUR APPEAL, ONLY YOUR PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. NO, YOU WHAT? I'M KEEP BRING ANOTHER PROPERTY. OKAY. WELL, NEVERTHELESS, UH, IT'S IN REFERENCE TO MY PROPERTY. I SPOKE TO THE SUPERVISOR CONCERNING THE OTHER PROPERTIES, AS NOW HE'S PROVIDING INFORMATION AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO PREVIOUSLY, SIR. SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WHICH IS IT? ONCE AGAIN, IF I, LET ME LET, I UNDERSTOOD YOU, I UNDERSTOOD YOU THE SECOND TIME. IF I GAVE YOUR PROPERTY ONLY, IF THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT THEIRS, THEY CAN FILE AN APPEAL AS WELL. YOU CAN'T REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE. FINE. THIS IS YOUR APPEAL. I GOT THAT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, UM, BASICALLY MY PROPERTY, PROPERTY IS IN REFERENCE TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES. MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, THE HOME THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, THE YELLOW HOME THERE THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS MINE, THAT'S THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY WHO WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CANTON STREET. AND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED. THAT'S WHY I WANTED A REFERENCE OF YOUR PROPERTY. AND HE GAVE ME THE REFERENCE THAT, THAT THEY WERE ISSUED A NOTICE AS WELL DUE TO THE TRASH COMING FROM HEB. THAT'S, IT'S ALL TIED IN. NO, IT'S NOT. NO, IT'S NOT. WELL, I'M SAYING IT IS, IT IS THERE. IF IT'S TIED IN, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN IN HERE APPEALING. THE SAME THING YOU ARE, YOU HAVE TO ONLY APPEAL FOR YOUR PROPERTY. YOU CAN'T APPEAL FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. I GOT YOU CHECKING ACCOUNT. SO RIGHT NOW YOUR YELLOW SLIP RIGHT THERE IS WHAT YOU GOTTA TALK ABOUT. NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. AND THAT'S OKAY. AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. UH, AGAIN, THEY ISSUE THREE THAT HE JUST STATED FOR THE RECORD. IT'S ON THE RECORD. YOU WANNA ARGUE WITH THE RECORD? GO AHEAD. WE GOT THAT, SIR. YEAH, HE NEED TO MOVE ON. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHY I'M MOVING. NOW. UM, IN REFERENCE TO THE TRASH, I NEED TO KNOW WHICH PROPERTIES WERE INSPECTED. OH, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START HERE. UH, WHY DID THE INSPECTION COME OUT? THIS IS LEGAL. THIS IS LEGAL. I, I, I DO WANT TO MAKE, HEY, COUNSEL, THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. WHILE I UNDERSTAND MR. MCVEY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR PASSION. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHO'S SPEAKING. WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOUR PASSION. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE ARE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THE VIOLATION. WE ARE NOT AT THAT STAGE YET. THE ONLY ISSUE IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS WHETHER PROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SOLE ISSUE, WAS THE NOTICE THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE CITY BELIEVES THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BELIEVES THAT THERE'S A VI THAT, UH, THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY, THEY SEE A VIOLATION. WAS THAT NOTICE PROPER? AND MR. MCVAY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU, AND I, I TRIED TO TALK TO YOU WHEN WE WERE ON THE PHONE. UM, WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO IS FAST FORWARD AND START ARGUING THE ACTUAL VIOLATION. NO, SIR. NO, DON'T, THEN I, THEN I HAVE NOT HEARD THEN, SIR. THEN IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROVIDE US SUCCINCT STATEMENT AS TO WHY THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS IMPROPER. THAT'S WHY I'M STATING EXACTLY WHAT I'M STATING. EVERYONE ON THE BLOCK, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE TWO, THREE HOUSES SHOULD RECEIVE A NOTICE. SO LET'S START THERE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REFER TO AS FAR AS THE INSPECTIONS, WHICH PROPERTIES WERE INSPECTED. AND, UH, WHO, WHAT INITIATED THE INSPECTION, SIR? ONCE AGAIN, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO WHAT HE JUST SAID. THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR HIM. AGAIN, I'M ARGUING THE NOTICE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THE CULPRIT IS NOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CANTON STREET. MR. MCVAY, THAT IS A, THAT IS A, A, A FACTUAL QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DECIDED BY THE TRIER OF FACT. IF, UH, IF A VIOLATION, EXCUSE ME, IF A CITATION IS ISSUED, AND IF YOU DECIDE TO FIGHT [01:15:01] THAT, THAT ALLEGATION AGAINST YOU, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO ALLEGATION AGAINST YOU THAT YOU CAN FIGHT. IT IS SOLELY ON WHETHER, UH, THE CITY BELIEVES THAT THERE'S A POSSIBLE VIOLATION AND WAS THE NOTICE THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A POSSIBLE VIOLATION PROPER. OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT TO FAST FORWARD TO WHETHER, UM, UM, THE, THE, THE TRASH BELONGS TO YOU OR NOT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ISSUE IS. SIR, IF I MAY INTERRUPT, I'M NOT FAST FORWARDING ANYTHING. YOU ARE, SIR. YEAH, IT MAY SEEM THAT WAY, BUT LET ME BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE. UM, AND MAY MY, MAYBE MY PASSION, LIKE I SAY, AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS THERE, MAYBE MY PASSION MAY SEEM A LITTLE HOT. NEVERTHELESS, UM, AT THIS POINT, FOR THE CITY, COUNTY, WHOEVER, TO ISSUE A NOTICE, TO A HOMEOWNER FOR, FOR TRASH THAT IS COMING FROM A COMMERCIAL FACILITY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD, SHOULD BE BURNED BEFORE THEY EVEN ISSUED IT. CAN'T IT, IT NOT IN AMERICA. COME ON. SO THAT'S MY POINT. I'M ARGUING THE NOTICE. I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. SO, LIKE I SAID, I'M GIVING YOU DIRECTIONS, EAST, WEST AND ALL THAT, WHERE YOU ON THE BOARD, YOU DON'T GO OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT. AND I'M TRYING TO BE AS DESCRIPTIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT BASICALLY I'M FIGHTING THE NOTICE BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ISSUED. IT IS OBVIOUS WHERE THE TRASH IS COMING FROM. UM, MR. MARTINEZ CAME OUT AND IMMEDIATELY, UH, I NOTICED HIS RELUCTANCY. SO I TOOK OUT MY PHONE AND STARTED RECORDING, AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I SAID, LOOK, SIR, YOU CAN SEE I'M FILMING. THERE'S TRASH COMING WITH HEBS NAME ON IT. BAGS, HEBS BAGS, HEB RECEIPTS. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES IF YOU PUT UP THE OTHER PICTURES, WHITE BAGS, NINE OR 10 OF THEM OUT THERE, RECEIPTS, COUPONS. AND I HAVE VIDEOS WITH THE EVIDENCE, AND HE TOLD ME, I DON'T SEE ANY NAMES. I SAID, HOLD THE BAG. AND SHOWED HIM MY NEIGHBOR AT 2 22 CANTON WAS THERE AS WELL. HE CAME OVER THERE AND WE BOTH COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HE'S GONNA DENY WHERE, WHO'S WHO, WHO THE TRASH BELONGS TO. SO AT THAT POINT, I, I, I SEEN THE RELUCTANCE HBS, WHAT, 13 BILLION A YEAR. BUT MY POINT IS THIS, YOU CAN'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY ENFORCING SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER BE ENFORCED. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NEXT THING WE'LL BE PUNISHING ALL THE INNOCENT PEOPLE IS, IS WE'RE TAXPAYERS AS WELL AS THEM. WE WERE THERE BEFORE HEP. SO IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? NEVERTHELESS, I UNDERSTAND ALL THE LEGAL. SO, UH, NEVER DONE. GO AHEAD. UH, MR. MCVEIGH, THIS IS ANN WEINER. I, I AM CURIOUS WHAT YOU WANT DONE NOW, I THINK IT IS WOMEN, I'M TALKING, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU FEEL YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. WHAT DO YOU FEEL SHOULD BE DONE? A AND B, IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEB, THIS IS NOT IN OUR PURVEY. WE THANK YOU. IF YOU WANNA DO THAT, IT'S GONNA BE BETWEEN YOU AND HEB, NOT THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. I GOT YOU. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON EXACTLY WHAT YOUR JOB IS. I GUESS YOU'RE STRICTLY HANDLING THE APPEAL PART OF IT. AND I'M LIKE, OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO THE OFFICERS AND DECIDE WHETHER THE CODE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN ALTERED. AND IN FACT, THIS IS ALL ON YOUR PROPERTY. AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY, I END UP WITH HEB BAGS ON MY PROPERTY ALL THE TIME, BUT I DO NOT LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE HEB. SO, AND THEN I HAVE TO CLEAN UP OFF MY PROPERTY. I EXPRESSED THAT TO HIM. I SAID THE, UH, THE TRASH IS COMING NOT JUST ON CANTON STREET, ACROSS THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ON CANTON'S SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE MY, THE REAR OF MY PROPERTY. IT COMES ALL THE WAY AROUND ON CROCKETT STREET, AND IT'S ACTUALLY, I HAVE, UH, THERE'S A CHURCH [01:20:01] THERE ON THE, THE CORNER, FIRST PART OF THE BLOCK. ST. JAMES AND EAST CROCKETT. I HAVE VIDEOS. VIDEOS. THEIR YARD IS FULL OF TRASH. I'VE MADE VIDEOS WITH HE B'S TRASH ON IT. HE B'S NAME. AND I, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. DID, WERE THEY ISSUED A CITATION? AND WHY NOT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN? I WANT, I WANT, THAT'S THE QUESTION WE'RE HERE FOR. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. UH, I WANT THE NOTICE TO BE DISMISSED, TORN UP, RIPPED, AND NEVER SEE ONE AGAIN. I'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE AND I'VE CONTACTED, AS I INFORMED SUPERVISOR MARTINEZ, I GOT HIS NUMBER FROM THE OFFICER JORGENSON. I SAID, SIR, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I NEED YOUR SUPERVISOR. HE CAN SEE THIS MAKES NO SENSE. I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. AND WHEN I CONTACTED THE SUPERVISOR BEFORE, I NEVER HEARD AGAIN. THEY DISMISSED IT. SO I'M, I'M, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, TURN AROUND, YOU SEE THE TRASH RIGHT THERE IN HEB. AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, I CAN'T MAKE IT GO AWAY. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING. UH, I'M GETTING TRASH ON THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY. I HAVE VIDEOS OF THAT AS WELL FROM CANTON ALL AROUND GOING BLOWING BAGS IN THE TREES. COUPONS. YEAH. YEAH. AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T LIVE CLOSE TO AN HE EB AND I HAVE THAT TOO. YEAH. AND WE'RE THERE RIGHT THERE. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS CODE COMPLIANCE. THIS IS A CITY CODE. AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS GIVEN TO YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY. IT IS NOT HE'S PROPERTY. NOW, IF YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS WANT HEB TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO APPROACH HEB. AND MAYBE I'VE DONE SO MULTIPLE TIMES FOR YEARS. LIKE I SAY, IT'S GOING ON OVER 20 YEARS. THEY CHANGED THEIR, UH, MANAGERS AT THE STORE MAYBE EVERY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. MM-HMM . UH, CALL THE HEADQUARTERS. AND THEY TELL ME, OKAY, MR. MCVAY MEET OUT THERE WITH THE, UH, MANAGER. WE GO OUT THERE AND LOOK, HAD A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE GOING IN, BUYING THE, UH, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, COMING OUT, HANGING OUT ON THE, UH, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. THEY GO IN THERE AND BUY 40 OUNCE BEERS, COME OUT AND DRINK IT. MY AUNT ACTUALLY LIVED IN THAT HOUSE. WE HAD THREE OR FOUR HOUSES. IT WAS A COMPOUND. YEAH. WE'VE BEEN THERE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. BUT SHE'S, UH, WAS AN ELDERLY LADY IN HER EIGHTIES. SHE'D COME OUT THE DOOR AND SEE PEOPLE URINATING ON THE WALL AFTER ME DEALING WITH HEB FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. FINALLY, THEY TOLD ME, WE SEND OUT THE SUPERVISOR, THE, UH, SECURITY SUPERVISOR, HE CAME OUT AND SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE, HE SAID, NO PROBLEM. WE'LL PUT UP A FENCE HERE AND MAKE IT EMPLOYEE PARKING. AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAD TO ACTUALLY VIEW AND SEE WHAT MAY I, WHAT'S GOING ON? ONE MORE THING. YES, MA'AM. ALL THAT, THAT'S NOT HBS FAULT. THEY SELL ALCOHOL TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 21 AND THEY TAKE IT OUT OF THE STORE. IT'S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY WHERE THEY DRINK IT, BUT IF YOU CALL 9 1 1 AND TELL 'EM THAT PEOPLE ARE HANGING AROUND DRINKING ON YOUR STREET, THEY CAN SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE. IT, IT WAS NO, THERE IS NON-EMERGENT 9 1 1 AS WELL AS EMERGENT NINE ONE. YEAH, WELL, I AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT IT'S NOT CODE COMPLIANCE. AND IT'S REALLY NOT HEB. YEAH. NO, IT IS HEB. THEY'RE GOING IN THE STORE, PURCHASING ALCOHOL COMING OUT, POINT OF ORDER, DRINKING ON HE B'S PROPERTY. SIR, WE STRAIGHT OFF, WE'RE NOT TALKING HEB, WE'RE TALKING THE YELLOW SLIP. HEB ALCOHOL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR APPEAL. THAT WAS JUST A REFERENCE TO WHAT SHE WAS STATING, SIR, BACK. OKAY, FINE. I WAS TRYING TO YOUR, TO RESPOND TO HER, TO YOUR APPEAL. NOW LET ME DO THIS. UM, I'M GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A LOT EASIER FOR US TO ASK YOU, AND YOU CAN ANSWER INSTEAD OF GOING BACK IN THE CIRCLE. I HAD QUESTIONS FOR HIM. UH, HE HASN'T REALLY ANSWERED. MAYBE THE ONE QUESTION. THE QUESTIONS CAN ONLY BE RELATED TO YOUR PROPERTY ONLY. NOTHING ELSE. NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NO, NOT HB. YOU ARE HERE TO APPEAL THE NOTICE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. NOTHING ELSE. WE'RE NOT INTO THAT PART YET. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THIS. YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS PART FIRST. WHAT, WHAT I AM DEMANDING AT THIS POINT, IT'S A DEMAND. NOW, SINCE I FEEL I'M BEING MISTREATED, IT'S A DEMAND. I DEMAND THAT THIS NOTICE [01:25:01] EVAPORATES. OTHERWISE, UH, WE'LL TAKE THIS TO THE SUPREME COURT IF, IF NECESSARY. LIKE I SAY, I'M DEALING WITH A HUNDRED YEARS. IT'S 1517 EAST CROCKETT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2. IT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I'M POINTING THAT OUT. SIR. SIR, SIR, CALM DOWN. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NO, SIR. YOU'VE BEEN THROWING BRICKS AT EVERYONE. IS I'M NOT THROWING BRICKS AT NOBODY. YES, LORD, YOU'RE BEING VERY UGLY. WE ARE TELLING YOU WHAT THE SCOPE IS. AND YOU KEEP GOING OUT OF THE SCOPE HERE. NO, SIR. NO. WELL, YOU SAY WHAT YOU GOTTA SAY, AND I'M GONNA DO WHAT I GOTTA DO. I'M DEFENDING MY PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY HAS, WE'RE DOING ANYTHING WITH YOUR PROPERTY. I HEARD YOU. WE CAN GET BACK TO THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THIS NOTICE. NO, NOT YOU BEING BELLIGERENT AGAIN. NO. YES. YOU WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU BACK TO THIS NOTICE. NOTHING ELSE, MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIR. LEGAL'S GONNA CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION. FREDERICK, YOU CAN SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE, SIR. SURE. THE TIME IS NOW. IS THAT 10, 10 35. THE DATE IS APRIL 3RD, 2025. THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD WILL RECESS FOR AN OPEN FROM THE OPENS MEETING AND CONVENE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND DISCUSS ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS, UH, GOVERNMENT'S CODE. GOOD. ALRIGHT. UH, LET ME MAKE A CORRECTION. EARLIER. I SAID NINE 40 EARLIER. IT'S 10 40 WHEN WE LEFT. I'M SORRY. UM, THE TIME IS NOW, UH, 10 45. NO, 10 40. IT WAS NOW IT'S 10 30, RIGHT? IT WAS, IT WAS 10 30. 10 38 LAST TIME. MY BAD. UM, THE TIME IS NOW 10 46. 10 10 46 ON, UH, APRIL 3RD, 2025. AND THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SIR, YOU CAN COME BACK UP TO THE MIC. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION AGAIN. YES, SIR. YOU CAN CONTINUE. OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. THOMAS MCVEY. 1517 EAST CROCKETT STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2. NOW, SIR, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR STATEMENTS? NO, SIR. OKAY. DO YOU NEED TO HAND MIC STILL? WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE HAND MIC BECAUSE YOU KEEP HAVING, OR THAT ONE DO? UH, IT'LL DO. OKAY. YOU CAN CONTINUE. UM, YEAH, TRYING TO MAKE THIS SHORT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS REALLY, UH, KIND OF GOING QUITE A BIT OF TIME. UM, MAYBE I AM A LITTLE MISTAKEN ABOUT WHO I'M ADDRESSING AND WHAT YOUR ACTUAL ISSUE DUTIES ARE. FORGIVE ME FOR THAT. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO GET ANYBODY A TIME, A HARD TIME. I'M HERE TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY. UM, NOW I'VE BEEN MISLED SO FORTH. I HAVE EVIDENCE, ACCORDING YOU SAY, REFER TO MY PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW. I'VE BEEN MISLED BY MY PROPERTY. I HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, TO ADDRESS TO SUPERVISOR JOE MARTINEZ FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, CONCERNING THE NOTICES, HE STATED THAT THERE WAS THREE NOTICES GIVEN TO THE PROPERTIES ON THE 1500 BLOCK OF EAST CROCKETT AND ALSO, UH, 200 BLOCK OF CANTON STREET. COULD I GET THOSE PROPERTIES, SIR? MR. MCVAY, THIS IS LEGAL. UNLESS IT, IT'S DEALING WITH THE NOTICE OF VIOLET. UNLESS IT'S DEALING WITH THE, HE JUST SAID HE HAD, HE WAS GONNA PROVIDE 'EM. WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS, I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, UNLESS IT'S DEALING WITH 1517 EAST CROCKETT STREET AND THE NOTICE TO THAT PROPERTY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS ANY, UH, PLEASE ALLOW. YOU WANT ME TO FINISH? NO. UH, WELL, LEMME JUST SAY FINISH WHEN YOU'RE DONE. COOL. I WILL. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT GONNA ADDRESS ANY, ANY OTHER PROPERTIES OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT IS LISTED ON, UH, THE SCREEN FINISHED. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE REJECTED, YOU'VE RECALLED THAT OFFER. HE JUST, I ASKED HIM. HE SAID SUPERVISOR JOE MARTINEZ. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ASKING THAT QUESTION TO ME. NO, I'M NOT. I'M NOT. NO, I'M NOT ADDRESSING YOU. AND I'LL SAY FINISH WHEN I'M DONE. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GETTING UNDERSTANDING. MR. MCVEY, [01:30:01] UNLESS YOUR CONVERSATION AND YOUR DISCUSSION DEALS WITH 1517 EAST CROCKETT STREET, I AM GOING TO STOP YOU, SIR. THAT IS WHAT IT IS DEALING WITH. SIR, YOU KEEP INTERRUPTING ME WHEN I'M TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. I HAD SPOKEN TO YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND YOU KEEP INTERRUPTING ME, THROWING MY THOUGHT OFF. BUT BASICALLY HE SAID HE WENT AND CHECKED WITH YOU, YOUR LEGAL, AND HE CAME BACK WITH THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. SO NOW THE QUESTION IS FOR YOU. THE QUESTION IS FOR YOU. YOU'RE, YOU'RE RECALLING THAT OFFER. HE'S NOT GONNA PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION THAT HE JUST STATED ON THE RECORD THAT HE WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE. I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY SOMETHING. AT NO POINT IN TIME DID THE CODE OFFICER COME TO ME AND ASK IF HE COULD SPEAK ABOUT ANY OTHER PROPERTY HE DID SPEAK TO STAFF. STAFF AND LEGAL ARE DIFFERENT. I AM THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD. AND WHAT I AM ASKING YOU TO DO IS STAY FOCUSED ON 1517 EAST CROCKETT AND THE NOTICE. AND PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT NOTICE WAS, HOW DEFECTIVE OR, UM, INCORRECT. UM, AND IF NOT, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOARD'S DETERMINATION. WHAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IS DISCUSS ANY OTHER PROPERTY OTHER THAN YOURS FOR THE SIXTH TIME. NOW, I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME. UM, ARE YOU FINISHED? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY FINISH THAT TIME. I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU BECAUSE YOU KEEP, YOU KEEP GETTING UPSET. YOU FINISHED? WE CAN WAIT, SIR. SIR, GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. MOVE ON. MOVE ON. YOU WANNA PLAY GAMES? NO. MOVE ON. IT'S ON THE RECORD. NEVERTHELESS, UH, I'LL STATE IT THIS WAY. SUPERVISOR JOE MARTINEZ STATED HE WAS GONNA GO TO LEGAL WITH THAT QUESTION. HE CAME BACK WITH THE ANSWER. I ASSUMED HE HAD SPOKEN TO LEGAL, SO HE WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. NOW THAT OFFER HAS BEEN RECALLED. IT'S INSULTING TO MY INTELLIGENCE. NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS CONCERNING 1517 EAST CROCKETT. MR. MARTINEZ, UH, WHEN A TRASH AND RUBBER NOTICE IS ISSUED, WHAT'S THE DETERMINATION OF TRASH AND RUBBISH? HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO GETS A NOTICE OR NOT? THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, RIGHT? NO, IT WAS JUST YOU WANT ME TO REPHRASE IT? ASK IT AGAIN? NO, SIR. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. LET HIM ANSWER THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. HE'S GONNA ANSWER FOR YOU. SO THE OFFICER DETERMINES THAT THERE'S AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH, RUBBISH OR GARBAGE. THAT'S, AND HE IDENTIFIES THAT WITHIN, UH, THE PARAMETERS OF THE CODE. THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN UP AS A NOTICE. SO WHAT DETERMINES THAT EXACTLY? I MEAN, HE CAN COME OUT AND SAY, WELL, IT'S TODAY'S TUESDAY. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S TRASH. IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, CERTAIN DETERMINATION OF WHAT TYPE OF TRASH OR RUBBISH? CERTAIN AMOUNT, CERTAIN TRASH, CERTAIN PARAMETERS. WHAT? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE, I MEAN THAT THE LEGAL CODE IS JUST A, UH, FRAMEWORK, BUT WHEN AN OFFICER ACTUALLY COMES TO THE PROPERTY, WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR TO MAKE A DETERMIN DETERMINATION THAT THIS NOTE, THIS RESIDENCE SHOULD RECEIVE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. THOSE PARAMETERS ARE, ARE DETERMINED IN THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE WITH THE DEFINITIONS FOR RUBBISH AND GARBAGE. SO WHEN HE COMES OUT, HE BRINGS THE CODE. AND WHAT EXACTLY, I MEAN, IS THERE A DETERMINATION IF THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRASH OR A CERTAIN KIND OF TRASH? IS IS THAT DEFINED IN THE CODE? I DOUBT IT. IT'S DETERMINED AS IF IT'S ACCUMULATION. IT'S NOT GONNA BE ONE WINDBLOWN PIECE OF TRASH. IT'S AN ACCUMULATION. ACCUMULATION WOULD BE ONE, 10, A HUNDRED. GIVE US SOME FRAMEWORK TO, TO KNOW WHAT MY QUESTION IS. BASICALLY, IF I'M A CODE COMPLIANCE, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND I GO OUT, WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR TO DETERMINE SOMEONE FALLS ON THE LINE? THAT ON THE SIDE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. COULD IT SAY, LET'S SAY 10 PIECES OF PAPER, A HUNDRED PIECES OF PAPER. IT HAS TO BE SOME GUIDELINE. IS IT ONE PIECE OF PAPER? WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR? [01:35:04] IT'S, IT'S DETERMINED BY ACCUMULATION. IT'S AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH, RUBBISH, GARBAGE, WHATEVER'S IDENTIFIED THERE. WHETHER IT'S 1, 2, 10, OR 20 PIECES. IT'S THE WAY THE CODE, THE CODE DESCRIBES THAT AS AN ACCUMULATION. ANYTHING MORE THAN ONE? ANYTHING MORE THAN ONE. YOU'RE SAYING IT COULD BE TWO PIECES OF PAPER AND THEY'LL BE IN VIOLATION AND THE OTHER HOUSE NEXT DOOR HAS ONE AND THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU? IT'S AN ACCUMULATION. AND WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF ACCUMULATION? EXCUSE ME. JUST ONE SECOND, MR. MR. CHAIR. IT'S BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. IT'S COUNT A, I'M SORRY, CODE OFFICER. IT'S BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IS WE'RE NOT GONNA LITIGATE, UM, UH, THE ALLEGATION HERE TODAY. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER NOTICE WAS PROPER OR NOT. BETTER WATCH OUT. YOU MAY GET A NOTICE AS WELL. CAN YOU GO TO YOUR NEXT QUESTION? YES, SIR. UM, WHY WAS MY PROPERTY ISSUED A, UH, NOTICE OF VIOLATION? BECAUSE WE GOT A 3 1 1. UM, IT WAS GENERATED THROUGH A 3 0 1 REPORT. OH, YOU DONE? IT WAS A THREE ONE ONE CALL DID MADE YOUR DETERMINATION IF THAT PROPERTY SHOULD BE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR NOT. SO SOMEONE, I'M JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO IF SOMEONE HAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRASH ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S NO 3 1 1 NOTICE, THEY DON'T GET A NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE. WHAT, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? WHAT DETERMINES ACCUMULATION AS YOU STATED, FOR A HOMEOWNER TO BE ISSUED A NON-COMP, A NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE, OR TO DETERMINE THAT IF IT'S ONE PAPER OR 10 PAPERS OR WHAT, YOU SEE SOME SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE THERE? OH, IS THAT MY PROPERTY? YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T SAY AN ORANGE IS AN ORANGE AND EXPECT THAT TO BE A DEFINITION. UH, YOU HAVE TO DEFINE IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOME LOGIC. MR. MCVEY, THIS IS LEGAL. IS THAT A QUESTION OR ARE YOU JUST GIVING A STATEMENT? YES. YES. IT'S A BRIEF PRELIM TO THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS THIS, WHAT IS THE DETERMINATION IF A PROPERTY IS ISSUED A NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE? FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE WAS A REPORT. THERE WAS A 3 1 1 PORT, A REPORT MADE FOR TRASH, AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH. SO THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER MADE THE INSPECTION AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION IN PRISON. AND HE MADE THAT DETERMINATION ACCORDING TO WHAT PARAMETERS OR WHAT FACTORS OR YOU, YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE 3 1 1. I'M SORRY, THIS IS LEGAL. IT'S ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE. OKAY, IT'S ON THE RECORD. SIR, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHEN YOU ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION EARLIER, WHAT DETERMINED IT? HE GAVE YOU THE ANSWER ALREADY. UM, I HAVE, WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE DEFINITION OF ACCUMULATION AS DEFINED WITH THE USE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS APPLYING TO THE NOTICE. SIR, YOU ASKED THAT ANY OTHER QUESTION? AND IT WAS ANSWERED TWO OR MORE ASK AND ANSWERED STILL. THE NEXT QUESTION, WHAT IS ACCUMULATION? WE'RE STILL THERE. IT WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED. HE SAID IT WHEN YOU ASKED AND YOU GAVE THE DE CAN LEGAL PROVIDE THE DEFINITION OF THAT QUESTION AND ANSWERED, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. BOARD, THIS IS JENNY RAMIREZ. CODE ENFORCE MANAGER. JUST TO, TO SETTLE THE ISSUE, UM, THERE IS A, THERE IS A DEFINITION IN OUR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T INTERJECT THAT. YES, IF YOU'LL GIVE, GIMME A, GIMME A SEC HERE. THANK YOU. I DON'T WANNA INTERJECT, BUT TO SETTLE THE MATTER, WE DO HAVE IT IDENTIFIED AND DEFINED ACCUMULATION, A MASS OR QUANTITY OF SOMETHING THAT IS GRADUALLY GATHERED OR BEEN ACQUIRED. NOW, WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IS, [01:40:01] THAT IS DIFFERENCE THAN LITTER. LITTER WOULD BE A ONE ITEM OR TWO ITEM. THINGS THAT HAVE DROPPED OR BLOWN AWAY. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITTER AND ACCUMULATION. WE ENFORCE AND INVESTIGATE ACCUMULATION. COULD YOU GIMME THAT DEFINITION OF ACCUMULATION AGAIN, PLEASE? A MASS OR QUANTITY OF SOMETHING THAT IS GRADUALLY GATHERED OR BEEN ACQUIRED, A MASS OR QUANTITY, WHICH REFERS TO NUMBERS. UM, THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO HIM. WHAT NUMBER, UH, IS DETERMINED WITH THAT? AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GETTING A DEFINITE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, AND THE QUESTION STILL STANDS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE'LL MOVE ON. I SEE. I'M NOT GETTING ANY. AND SHE FINALLY INTERVENED. WE COULD BE HERE FOREVER. I'M JUST WANTING ANSWERS. UM, SO BASICALLY HE CAME OUT AND MAYBE HE FELT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD THAT DAY, SO HE FIGURED IT WAS AN ACCUMULATION. UM, THERE'S NO NUMBER FIGURE PLAYED ON A, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCUMULATION AS ONE OF YOUR SUPERIORS JUST STATED. IT COULD BE A MASS OR QUANTITY ACCUMULATED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IS THERE A TIME FACTOR WITH THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. DID STUDY CONSTANTLY ARISE. MY POINT TO SUM IT UP IS THIS, WHY WAS 1517 ISSUED A TICKET WHEN THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HAD AS MUCH MASK OR QUANTITY, IF NOT MORE? THAT WAS MY QUESTION EARLIER, TRYING TO ASK HIM, WHICH PROPERTIES DID YOU CITE ALL THE PROPERTIES? AND IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH, BUT BASICALLY SEEMS TO BE YOUR JOB DUTY. FORGIVE ME CHAIR HERE. YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY THE TICKET, THE, UH, I'M REPHRASING IT. THE TICKET, THE NOTICE OF WHAT NON-COMPLIANCE WAS ISSUED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. I'M TRYING TO GET YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND HERE, ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT. WHY, WHY WOULD I BE SINGLED OUT OR WHY WOULD A FEW OF US BE SINGLED OUT? AND AGAIN, I HAVE EVIDENCE SHOWING THE, UH, TRASH AND RUBBISH AND ACCUMULATION FOR BLOCKS, CANTON AND CROCKETT. AND THAT'S MY POINT. IF YOU'RE GONNA SINGLE ME OUT, THAT'S NOT FAIR. SO THAT'S WHY I'M DWELLING ON THIS AND I CAN'T GET A DIFFERENT DEFINITE ANSWER AS TO WHAT MAKES THAT DETERMINATION. SO, I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF STUCK THERE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I MEAN, IF, IF, I'LL JUST ASK HIM THIS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S PERMISSIBLE. UM, WAS HEB GIVEN A NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE, MR. MARTINEZ? NO. UM, UH, AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AT HEB AND NO VIOLATIONS WERE DETERMINED. UH, AND WHEN WAS THAT INSPECTION CONDUCTED, MR. CHAIR? GO AHEAD, COUNSEL. IT'S IRRELEVANT AS TO WHETHER NOTICE WAS PROPER, UM, ON THE PROPERTY. UH, 1517 EAST CROCKETT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY ONLY. NOBODY ELSE IS CERTAIN. YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO HEB. HE JUST ANSWERED THE QUESTION. HE'S ALREADY ANSWERED IT. HE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT. IT'S IRRELEVANT TO YOUR CASE. WELL, AGAIN, BASICALLY PUT, UM, BEFORE THE BOARD HERE, I SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN AN ISSUED A NOTICE OR EVERYONE ON THAT BLOCK. THOSE TWO BLOCKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED A NOTICE EXCEPT MAYBE TWO RESIDENCES. SO AT THIS POINT, IT SEEMS I'M BEING SINGLED OUT BECAUSE I'M THE CLOSEST RIGHT THERE. 1517 HAS A CHAIN LINK FENCE, WHICH CATCHES TRASH. THERE'S NO TRASH ON THE INSIDE OF THE FENCE. MY NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT 15, 15 HAS TRASH ON THE INSIDE OF THEIR FENCE ON THE OUTSIDE, FRONT AND BACK. THEY'RE LIKE, THEY JUST MOVED THERE. THEY'RE LIKE, NAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, THAT'S TOO MUCH WORK. SO AGAIN, MY POINT IS THIS, I MAINTAIN MY PROPERTY. THE HEDGES [01:45:01] ARE THERE. UH, IF THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND GIVE A TICKET, THEY'VE DONE SO BEFORE, AND YOU'LL SEE, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE NOTICES. I GO OUT THERE, I'M LIKE, OH, THE GRASS IS OVER A FOOT HIGH. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE IT. WENT OUT THERE AND CUT IT. I USED TO DO LANDSCAPING BACK IN THE DAY. SO I KEEP MY PROPERTY, ALL MY NEIGHBORS, THEY TRY TO HIRE ME. SO AGAIN, I LEAVE THE, UM, I KEEP THINKING RUBBISH. NOW I GOT THAT ON MY MIND. I LEAVE THE HEDGES THERE ON PURPOSE. THE ENTRANCE THAT I SHOWED RIGHT ACROSS FROM MY PROPERTY, HEB JUST INSTILLED THAT THERE, BRINGS A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT WAY. AND THAT TRAFFIC COMES THROUGH CONSTANTLY ALL DAY. AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE, IF I'M OUT IN MY BACKYARD BARBECUING, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING DOWN THE STREET OBSERVING WHAT'S GOING ON, KIDS IN THE YARD, SO FORTH. SO I LEAVE IT THERE AND IT LOOKS WOOLY, BUT I'VE JUST WENT OUT AND HAD THE, HAD IT CUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. SO I'LL BE OUT THERE KEEPING THAT. LIKE I SAY, THE PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED. THE TRASH IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY. AND AT THIS POINT, LIKE I SAID, THE NOTICE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ISSUED TO ME. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE WHO ELSE THE NOTICES WERE ISSUED TO, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, IT'S ALL RELEVANT TO MY PROPERTY. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN MOVE ON. AND BASICALLY, UH, WELL, YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUR SUMMATION, SIR. I'M SORRY. YOU STATED THAT WAS YOUR SUMMATION? YOUR SUMMARY? THAT WAS MY SUMMARY. THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO WRAP IT UP. NO, I SAID I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT POINT. UM, YEAH, I SHOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. I'M DEALING WITH DIABETES AND OTHER THINGS. I'M ON THE DISABLED, SO I SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE TO COME HERE FOR THIS. I, I, IT IS, AS I INFORMED SUPERVISOR, IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE HARASSMENT AND, UM, TO TRY TO GET, FIGURE OUT WHY THE OTHER PROPERTIES WERE NOT ISSUED A NOTICE WITH YOU'RE SINGLING OUT CERTAIN PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, SIR, HOLD ON A MINUTE. I, I'M GONNA, WE KEEP GOING BACK TO OTHER PROPERTIES. AGAIN, THAT'S A JUST A QUESTION. IT WAS A QUESTION. IT'S NOT DETERMINATION, BUT QUIT GOING BACK TO OTHER PROPERTIES. NO, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THIS. WHAT DO YOU SEE UP THERE? THAT'S YOUR FENCE LINE, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. NOW DON'T, I'M GONNA ASK STAFF A QUESTION. I CAN YOU FIND THE CODE WHERE THE HOMEOWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY? AND I GUESS, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THIS, HANG ON JUST A SECOND, MR. MR. ANDES, I DO HAVE THE DEFINITION FOR A LOT, UH, IN THE, THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, THERE'S A DEFINITION OF WHAT A LOT IS. IF I MAY, IF I MAY READ, I THINKS THIS MAY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I WANNA FINISH IT, SIR. IN THE PROPERTY CODE, YOU SEE THE SIDEWALK UP THERE? CAN YOU SEE THAT SIDEWALK? YES. OKAY. THE PROPERTY CODE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM EVEN YOUR FENCE LINE TO THE SIDEWALK. AND THAT'S A CODE. AND SHE'LL READ IT, ALRIGHT? AND LET HER FINISH READING IT. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A COMMENT IN THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, THE DEFINITION FOR A LOT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CODE, IN ADDITION TO THE LAND WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, ALL LAND ADJACENT TO AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE CURB LINE OF ADJACENT STREETS, AND WHERE NO CURB EXISTS TO THE EXISTING STREET SURFACE, THE WORD LOT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ALL LAND LINE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE OF ANY LOT IN THE CENTER OF ADJACENT ALLEYS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DEFINITION? THE DEFINITION IS LOT. RIGHT? OKAY, NOW I HEARD YOU SAY A LOT, BUT YOU ARE NOT MEANING ONE WORD A LOT. YOU MEANT TWO WORDS A LOT. YES, CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT THREW ME. I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA SAY A LOT, BUT NO, SHE MEANS A LOT, A LOT OF LAND. THE LAND THAT YOU'RE ON IS CALLED A LOT. I I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. OKAY. IT GOES TO THE CURB. NOW, IF THAT SIDEWALK WASN'T THERE, IT WOULD BE TO THE STREET. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. SO THAT TRASH, I AGREE, AS YOU CALL IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL THEN WHY ARE YOU ARGUING THAT [01:50:01] THAT'S NOT RUD BUSH? IT'S LOOK AT IT AND IT'S BEEN THERE A WHILE. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S NOT RUBBISH. NO, THAT'S TRASH. THAT'S NOT RUBBISH. THERE IS A DIFFERENT, WOULDN'T MEAN WE NEED A DEFINITION, BUT YOU'RE THROWING ME WHAT YOUR, YOUR TERMS AND YOUR WORK. MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIR, MR. MR. MCVAY, THIS IS LEGAL. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH OR TRASH, THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. RUBBISH OR GARBAGE. EXCUSE ME. RUBBISH OR GARBAGE. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOTH, BOTH WORDS THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING ARE INCLUDED IN THE ALLEGATION. YOU'RE FINISHED. THANK YOU FOR THAT. HE SAID RUBBISH. I'M LIKE, THAT'S TRASH. IT HAS HE B'S NAME ON IT, BAGS, RECEIPTS, SO FORTH. PRODUCE BAGS. I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR TRASH. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT UP EVERY DAY. AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR TWO, I'M THIS, I CAN'T AFFORD THAT. MY NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE GOTTEN, UH, MAYBE I CAN HELP HIM OUT. THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO GIVE ME THE ANSWERS. SOMETIMES THEY DO, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. 1547 EAST CROCKETT WAS ISSUED A, UH, NOTICE, 2 22 CANTON WAS ISSUED A NOTICE. AND THAT'S JUST SOME OF THEM. BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, LOOK AT THE TRASH ON THEIR PROPERTY AND LOOK AT THE TRASH ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THEM. AND YOU WILL SEE IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY SELECTIVE PROCESS WHO THEY'RE ISSUING NOTICES TO. AND AT THIS POINT, I'M LIKE, GIVE ME A DE DEFINITION OF WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY. THAT'S WHERE I'M CONFUSED AND, AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN MISLEADING INFORMATION. NOW, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL PROVIDING. IF YOU CAN GIMME A CLERICAL DEFINITION, I CAN WORK WITH THAT. BUT TO THROW OUT A VAGUE ANSWER, UH, IT MEANS AN ACCUMULATION. I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S AN ACCUMULATION? WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT IS? GIMME SOMETHING. I CAN WORK. UH, MR. MCVEY, YOU GOT 10 PIECES OF PAPER. IF YOU GO OVER TO 11, THAT'S VIOL. OKAY, I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S SUNDAY 10. I NEED SOMETHING TO WORK WITH, OTHERWISE I COULD BE IN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES. IT'S, IT IS LUDICROUS. HOW DO YOU EXPECT SOMEONE TO FOLLOW LAWS THAT THEY CAN BE GIVEN A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO? AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU, TO INFORM YOU. SO YOU'LL SAY, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T GO AROUND GIVING PEOPLE NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS AND PUTTING THEM IN JEOPARDY WITH THEIR PROPERTY FOR WHAT WE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO. WE, WE CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO. UH, I'VE DEALT WITH SUPERVISOR MARTINEZ, AND LIKE I SAID, HE KEEPS GIVING ME VAGUE ANSWERS. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME. WHO, WHO CAN FIGURE IT OUT? AND NOW I'M IN HERE TRYING TO GET A CLEAR ANSWER AND YOU SEE HOW MUCH IT'S TAKEN. AND I'M STILL SOMEWHAT CONFUSED. UH, SO, UM, MY INSURANCE CALLING MR. CHAIRMAN. YEAH, I GOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS. HOLD ON. WHO IS IT? , GO AHEAD. MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? YES SIR. YES MA'AM. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU TODAY IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE NOTICE WAS PROPERLY GIVEN TO YOU. THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TODAY. YOU CAN COME BACK AND APPEAL IT ONCE WE MAKE A DECISION, BUT WE CAN'T MAKE A DECISION UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE NOTICE AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. I SEE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR FIRST REMARK? YOU SAID, SIR, WE'RE DETERMINING IF THE NOTICE WAS PROPERLY, PROPERLY GIVEN TO YOU, GIVEN, AND THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT. IT'S IMPROPER. THAT'S WHAT I DISAGREE WITH. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IMPROPER. THE WAS IT PROPERLY POSTED AND GIVEN TO YOU? DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE ON YOUR PROPERTY? OBVIOUSLY YOU DID BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. CAN YOU PUT UP JPEG 59? THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE I HEARD IT AND I WAS GONNA ANSWER HER QUESTION, BUT YOU KEEP WANTING TO JUMP IN. WELL, I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. NO, I KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. SIR. I HAVE IT. I HAVE YOU WANT ME TO? NO, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE MONITOR. SEE, THERE YOU GO. WE'RE NOT LITTLE KIDS, BUT LIKE I SAY, I KNOW, I KNEW YOU WAS GONNA GO TO THAT. I, [01:55:01] I, I HAVE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M ADDRESSING HER TO IF IT'S PROPER OR NOT. AND IT IS VERY IMPROPER TO ISSUE A HOMEOWNER TAX PAYING HOMEOWNER, A NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY FOR TRASH COMING FROM A BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET. ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE THAT PROBLEM. MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, THEY WANT TO COME IN. ONE JUST HAD HIP SURGERY. AND SO HER SISTER HAD, SHE HAD, SHE'S UP IN AUSTIN. PEOPLE GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO TO COME IN HERE FOR A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. UH, DON'T STIR UP A HORNETS NEST. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE FRIENDLY ADVICE. LIKE I SAY, I FEEL THAT THE NOTICE IS IMPROPER. WHY AM I BEING SELECTED? OR I CAN USE MORE FLAVORFUL WORDS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, OTHER, THE TRASH COMING FROM BLOWING ACROSS THE STREET, COMING FROM IT, IT'S LUDICROUS. SIR, HER QUESTION WAS, WAS IT PROPERLY, IS THAT YOUR HOUSE? THAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, IT WAS PROPERLY PUT THERE THEN THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS. IS IT PROPER TO ISSUE A NOTICE? NO, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THAT. OKAY. WELL THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, MAYBE THE, MAYBE MISUNDERSTANDING. THIS IS AFTER WE DETERMINE IF THIS WAS PROPERLY NOTED, THEN WE CAN, WHEN YOU CASE COMES BACK, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REST. I SAW THAT AND I TOLD YOU I I HAVE THAT. BUT MY QUESTION IS AGAIN, DO YOU GO AROUND ISSUING THESE NOTICES TO SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT THE GUILTY PARTY? WE'RE NOT, AGAIN, MR. CHAIR AT THAT MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL. GO AHEAD COUNSEL. I I I WANT TO CLARIFY, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. MCVEY IS SAYING. THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE DEALT WITH IF THE CASE MOVES FORWARD TO COURT OR TRIAL TODAY, IS WHETHER NOTICE LEGALLY MEETS THE STANDARD IT'S SUPPOSED TO MEET LEGALLY WAS NOTICE PROPER, NOT WHETHER, UM, THIS BOARD AGREES WITH WHETHER THERE WAS A VIOLATION OR NOT. TO WHETHER DID THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER GET, UH, UH, WAS HE MADE AWARE OF THE VIOLATION OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BELIEVES, UH, HAS OCCURRED. WAS WAS, WAS THAT NOTICE PROPER SIR? WAS WAS THEM GIVING YOU, UH, AWARENESS OF THAT PROPERTY? THAT IS WHAT THE ISSUE IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. IT'S NOT WHETHER, UH, THERE WAS AN ACTUAL VIOLATION AND, UH, YOU CONFUSED, YOU ANSWERED SOME PARTS OF THE QUESTION, BUT YOU CONFUSED ME EVEN MORE WHEN YOU'RE STATING THE NOTICE ITSELF. WAS IT PROPERLY GIVEN? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE, UH, OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO COME OUT AND TAPE IT ON THE DOOR OR NOT FOR THAT. AND SIR, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO APPEAL? NO. WELL, SIR, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO ANSWER AND I'LL SAY FINISH. YOU DON'T SAY FINISH WHEN YOU FINISH, SO I HAVE TO ASSUME, BUT WHEN I'M FINISHED, I'LL SAY FINISH, KEEP THINGS COOPERATIVE AND POLITE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR STANDARDS ARE FOR ISSUING THE NOTICE. I DON'T WORK FOR YOU. MY POINT IS THIS, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THESE SITUATIONS, IS IT PROPER AGAIN, TO ISSUE SOMEONE A NOTICE FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S VIOLATION? THAT MAKES NO SENSE. THAT'S MY POINT SO FAR AS IT BEING. DID HE ACTUALLY COME WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME POST A APPEAL NOTICE ON THE DOOR OR NOT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FRAMEWORK IS. BE HONEST. I WOULDN'T WASTE YOUR TIME COMING, MAKING SOMETHING UP. I DON'T KNOW. ACCORDING TO YOUR STANDARDS, WHAT'S PROPER COMMON SENSE? REGULAR ORDINARY PEOPLE. AGAIN, BEFORE GOD AS MY WITNESS, YOU CAN'T GO PUNISH AN INNOCENT, AN INNOCENT PARTY FOR THE GUILTY PARTY'S MISTAKE. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M APPEALING. SIR, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO STOP THERE 'CAUSE WE KEEP GOING BACK TO NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT? OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FROM NOW. WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU KEEP GOING BACK INTO OTHERS, OKAY? NOW I'M GONNA ASK YOU REAL SIMPLE THAT NOTICE IS POSTED RIGHT THERE IS AT YOUR HOUSE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. DID YOU RECEIVE A LETTER? YES. DID YOU RECEIVE ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION ON THE SAME THING? WAS THERE A VIOLATION NOTICE POSTED? [02:00:05] UH, 73 PLEASE. WAS THIS POSTED AT YOUR HOUSE? NOT HANG ON. ONE MORE. JPEG 70. THIS WAS THIS POSTED AT YOUR HOUSE? I ANSWERED YES. HOW MANY TIMES? NO, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS NOT THE YELLOW SLIP. THIS IS A WHITE PIECE OF PAPER THAT EXPLAINS THIS IS THE HEARING TODAY. UH, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. I WAS INFORMED. YOU CAN WALK UP THERE AND LOOK AT IT IF YOU NEED TO. NO SIR. I TOLD YOU MY, I OKAY. I I'M JUST NOW THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS PUT AT YOUR HOUSE. IF YOU SAY, WELL, I GUESS YOU WOULD KNOW, BUT AGAIN, I HEAR CASES, WELL I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT. ALL WE, I CAN'T AGREE TO THAT, SIR AND MAKE IT SIMPLE. WE, WE JUST HEAR THE CASES, THEY DO THE THING AND WE JUST HEAR THE CASES. I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT IS YOUR FRONT DOOR? I I I THE ADDRESS SAYS 1517 ABOVE IT. THAT'S MY PROPERTY THERE. YES SIR. OKAY, SO THERE WAS THREE NOTICES GIVEN TO YOU, CORRECT? I CAN'T, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ISSUED OR NOT. I TOLD YOU WHAT WAS ISSUED TO ME AND WHAT I HAVE. AND NOW AGAIN, DO YOU WANT ME TO AGREE TO THAT? I CANNOT, SO NO, BUT SIR, NO, NO, NO, NO. I'M NOT GONNA AGREE TO THAT. SO I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU, YOU GOT TWO, YOU, YOU, YOU AGREED TO TWO, RIGHT? THE YELLOW AND THE, AND THE NOTICE OF IN THE MAIL THE, THE YELLOW NOTICE WAS ISSUED AND ON THE DOOR? YES. OKAY. AND THEN YOU GOT SOMETHING BY THE MAIL, CORRECT? UH, I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY, SO THAT'S TWO THINGS THAT WE KNOW. YOU GOT NOTIFICATION, CORRECT. OKAY, I SAID THAT. AND THIS ONE HERE, WE'RE NOT SURE OF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO WITH THAT AND WITH THE DEFINITIONS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE LOT AND THE LOT IS YOUR FOUR CORNERS TO THE SIDEWALK, BOTH FRONT AND BACK, IS THAT CORRECT? IS WHAT? CORRECT. ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HEARD, YOU'VE GOT YOUR DEFINITIONS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, CORRECT? NO SIR. IT'S NOT CORRECT. SHE DIDN'T READ YOU THE DEFINITIONS THAT YOU ASKED FOR? SHE READ ME DEFINITIONS, BUT SHE READ ME DEFINITIONS ACCORDING TO THE WORDS SHE WANTED THE DEFINITION. SHE DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS I POSED TO WELL, SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. WELL, WHAT IS SHE ANSWER? YOU ASKED FOR DEFINITIONS AND SHE GAVE THEM DEFINITIONS TO WHAT IS A MOON? THE DEFINITION I ASKED HIM FOR, SHE DID NOT PROVIDE. SHE PROVIDED SOME OTHER DEFINITIONS. OKAY. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE, GO. POINT OF ORDER. LET'S MOVE ON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. UH, AGAIN, I'VE HAD NUMEROUS SIR EVIDENCE WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STATEMENT. OKAY? GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MS. ROBERT CHOP? NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I YIELD MY TIME ANYMORE. ALRIGHT SIR, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR STATEMENTS. UM, AGAIN, I'VE TRIED TO MAKE THIS AS SELF-EXPLANATORY AS POSSIBLE. A LITTLE KID CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. UM, BASICALLY I BROUGHT IN NUMEROUS PHOTOS, NUMEROUS VIDEOS AS WELL. THEY'RE SHOWING YOU PICTURES. I'VE GOT 60 PICTURES, NOT JUST ONLY MY PROPERTY, BUT PROPERTIES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT NEVERTHELESS WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THOSE INTO EVIDENCE. UH, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING FOR A HIGH COURT. BUT NEVERTHELESS, AGAIN, UH, UM, I'VE BEEN MISLED, UM, STALLED SO FORTH. I'VE DONE SUPERVISORY, SUPERVISORY WORK OVER THE YEARS. I'M NOW RETIRED AND I KNOW THE GAME. SO I'VE BEEN ABOVE BOARD AND TRYING TO BE COOPERATIVE TO WHERE THE POINT, THIS MATTER WILL NEVER COME BEFORE YOU, BUT IT SEEMS THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO AT THIS POINT, LIKE I SAID, UM, I'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT BASICALLY SIMPLE FOR YOU. IT'S NOT MY TRASH. YEAH. I HAVE RECEIVED THE NOTICES I AGREED TO. I GOT TWO NOTICES AND, UH, BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH YOU AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE I SAY, I DON'T KNOW, Y'ALL GOTTA ANSWER TO THE SAME GOD I ANSWER TO. SO DON'T GO THERE. DON'T. YES, YES SIR. HE'S INVOLVED WHETHER YOU WANT HIM TO LAST THING. OKAY. WAIT A MINUTE, SIR. YOU SAYING I'M PHE AND MY GOD? YEAH, DON'T GIVE HIM INVOLVED. DON'T. NO, NO, NO, NO. NO SIR. [02:05:01] I HAVE A RIGHT TO POINT OF ORDER. I HAVE A RIGHT TO SIR. NO, HE INTERRUPTED ME, SIR. UH, HE INTERRUPT ME. I'M INTERRUPTING NOW. POINT OF ORDER. GO BACK TO YOUR SPEECH PLEASE. ARE YOU GONNA CORRECT HIM? I'M NOT CORRECTING NOBODY. OKAY, FINE. WHAT HE SAYS, HE LISTED GOD BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY. AND IF I'M WRONG, MAY HE PUT ON YOU WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH MR. CHAIR. THIS IS LEGAL. THAT'S FINE. LEGAL. I DO WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION THAT AT NO POINT IN TIME WERE ANY OF THE, UM, EVIDENCE THAT HE WANTED TO PRESENT DENIED OR TURNED DOWN. UM, MR. MCVAY AND I DID SPEAK ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY. UM, WE WERE PLANNING ON MEETING HERE. UM, HE DID SAY HE WAS GONNA BE HERE EARLY. I TOLD HIM I WOULD BE, I I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TIME I WOULD BE HERE, BUT WE WOULD NOT START UNTIL I GOT HERE. AND IF THERE WERE DOCUMENTS THAT HE WANTED ME TO LOOK AT, I WOULD REVIEW. UM, I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT HIS, HIS STUFF WE'RE PAST THAT POINT. BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD DOES REFLECT THAT AT NO POINT IN TIME DID WE DENY HIM ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT HE WANTED TO PRESENT. WE JUST NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT, UM, OR REVIEWED BY LEGAL BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD. RESPONSE. UM, UH, UH, COUNSEL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE EVIDENCE HE WANTS TO PRESENT IS NOT EVEN ABOUT THIS. SO THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED IF HE COMES TO A CASE, CORRECT? I I COULDN'T TELL YOU. I I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, UM, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT HE WANTED TO PRESENT, SO I COULDN'T COMMENT ON THAT. AND BY NO MEANS AM I LOOKING TO MAKE THIS INTO SOMETHING BIGGER, I JUST WANTED TO THE RECORD TO, TO REFLECT. AND SIR, YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER THAT EVIDENCE WHEN THAT PART COMES UP. WE'RE NOT AT AT THAT PART YET. OKAY? WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE EVIDENCE FROM, WE'RE JUST SAYING WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS PART FIRST. NO, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. WE'RE PAST THE POINT OF OF EVIDENCE BEING SUBMITTED, CORRECT? I DO. I SO I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, WITH, BUT HE'S BEEN SUBMITTED. WE WITH RESPECT, MR. ANDES, I DO WANT TO CLEAR, THERE IS NO MORE DOCUMENTATION THAT HE IS ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE TO US THAT WE WOULD BE SHOWING THIS BOARD AT THIS TIME. WE ARE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PORTION. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT HE SAID HE HAD EVIDENCE THAT WASN'T GONNA BE PERMITTED. WELL HE CAN DO THAT LATER ON ANOTHER PART IF HE DESIRES ON ANOTHER AND RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU. THAT'S, THAT, THAT WOULD BE INCORRECT. HE, THERE IS NO MORE OPPORTUNITY IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE APPEAL OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WHERE HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR ME THEN TO REVIEW AND THEN TO TELL YOU IF IT'S, IF IT'S PRESENTABLE. CORRECT. AND YOU, SIR, YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER. AGAIN, UM, I WAS DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE EVIDENCE. UM, FOR THE RECORD, I WAS HERE BEFORE THE, UH, HEARING STARTED. UH, I WAS TOLD OUTSIDE WHEN I SIGNED IN I WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ATTORNEY. HE NEVER ASKED ME FOR IT. AND NOW IT'S SUPPOSEDLY TOO LATE. AGAIN. I'VE BEEN DENIED. I'VE GOT MULTIPLE PHOTOS THAT WOULD EXPRESS MY POINTS, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 60 PHOTOS, MAYBE 20 VIDEOS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGHOUT MY PROPERTY, THROUGHOUT HE B'S PROPERTY. HEB HAS NO TRASH CAN IN THAT MASS PARKING LOT. THEY REMOVED THE TRASH CANS TWO YEARS. I HAVE EVIDENCE. BUT IF YOU WANNA PURSUE THIS, LIKE I SAY BEFORE GOD, I HOLD YOU BEFORE GOD AND MR. ROBERT TAPIA. THAT IS MY RIGHT AS A HUMAN BEING. I NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE. THAT'S MY GOD. HE'S BROUGHT ME BACK FROM BEING BLIND. I'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL AND I HATE TO COME OUT AND SEE THESE ATROCITIES. I PUT IT LIGHTLY GOING ON IN THE WORLD. NONE OF US ARE GONNA BE HERE THAT LONG. THAT WAS MY REFERENCE TO THAT. IF YOU TOOK OFFENSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY. NOTHING, NOTHING PERSONAL. BUT NEVERTHELESS, GOD WOKE ME UP THIS MORNING, BROUGHT ME HERE AND, AND GOD TOLD ME, DEFEND THIS WAS YOUR GRANDDAD'S. HE WORKED FOR THE RAILROAD, HE WORKED HARD FOR THIS MONEY, HAD AN EXPLOSION DOWN AT THE THING WHEN HE WAS THERE, SPARED HIS LIFE. OR I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE NEVERTHELESS. AGAIN, THIS IS QUITE MASSIVE, BUT IF YOU CAN STOP IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT WOULD BE WARRANTED. [02:10:03] IS THAT IT? FAR AS THAT GOES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU CAN UH, UM, GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SEAT IF YOU WOULD CODE UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY. UM, NO SIR. NO SIR. I'M GOOD. DOES STAFF HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO SIR. NOT AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SIR, YOU CAN SIT DOWN. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE GETTING READY. I STILL HAD MORE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, BUT I SEE Y'ALL WANT TO GET RID OF ME. THANK YOU. I YOU BOARD READY TO MAKE A MOTION. MS. ROBERT CHOPPY. UH, I DECLARED THE PRO THE PROPERTY, UM, BUILDING LOCATED AT 1 5 1 7 EAST CROCKETT STREET IN APPEAL TO BE SUBSTANDARD AND IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, SPECIFICALLY 3 0 8 0.1 ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH TRASH GARBAGE. FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 1 70 EAST CROCKETT STREET IS CONTINUES TO BE IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY CODE. MISTRESS IS LEGAL. GO AHEAD. I I DO WANT TO, UH, REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IS WHETHER NOTICE WAS PROPERLY IT'S AN APPEAL. IT'S NOT FOR THE VIOLATION. HE'S HERE TO APPEAL THE VIOL, THE ALLEGED SUMMON. I STAND CORRECTED. UM, AND SO YOU AND, AND NEED TO REPHRASE ALL THAT. SO WE DECLARED THAT THE, THAT THE BILL, THE, THE UH, STRUCTURE AT 1 5 1 7 EAST CROCKETT STREET. NO, NO, NO. WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS THE APPEAL. I'M ABOUT TO SAY THAT. YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. WE'RE JUST UPHOLDING THE APPEAL OR NOT UPHOLDING THE APPEAL IS WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE. OKAY. WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO READ ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF CORRECT. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THE VIOLATION. RIGHT. THERE IS NO VIOLATION IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. WE'RE JUST DOING THE ONLY THING'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS WAS NOTICE PROPER MR. ROBERT TOY. I UPHOLD THE NOTICE IT WAS PROPER AT AT THIS TIME. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT THE MOTION WAS DONE PROPERLY. IS THERE A SECOND? ANN WEINER. I SECOND IT. IT IS A SECOND. A ROLL CALL. ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. PAUL HERNANDEZ. AYE. ROBERT BANKIE. AYE. KIN GOES. AYE. FRED ANDES. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. AND SIR, YOU CAN GET WITH CODE NEXT CASE. UH, DO WE NEED A BREAK? THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE THAT LONG ONE. SO EVERYBODY GOOD? YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE NEXT CASE AND PRESENT THE NEXT CASE. IT'S GONNA BE 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN COUNTY HORN. UM, GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ARIAN BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 7 9 1 2 BLOCK ONE, LOT SEVEN LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MCLAIN JOHN B JUNIOR WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. NO OWNERS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 22ND, 2024 THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023 [02:15:02] AND ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2023 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS CLAIMED ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2023. A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH JOHN MCLAUGHIN ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2024 ON MARCH 20TH, 2025. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON MARCH 19TH, 2025. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, APRIL 3RD, 2025. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF TODAY, APRIL 3RD, 2025. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON MARCH 27TH, 2025. PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY, MAIN STRUCTURE IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE IS A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT IN THE WOOD SIDING, AND THE REMAINING WOOD SIDING IS WORN AND DETERIORATED. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION, AND AT THAT MIDDLE DOOR THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE BE. WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO THE STRUCTURE, BUT YOU CAN SEE A CONTINUATION OF THE HOLES IN THE WOOD SIDING AND ALSO THE, THE REMAINING SIDING IS WORN AND THE PORCH OVERHANG OVER THAT DOOR AREA IS MISSING. ON THE LEFT SIDE, THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WOR AND DETERIORATED SIDING. THERE IS A HOLE UNDER THAT CHIMNEY AREA THERE THAT ALSO ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEFT SIDE, THERE ARE MISSING FACIAL BOARDS AND THE ROOF IS SAGGING IN THE MIDDLE AND THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND LIFTING. THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT SET ROOF SAGGING UNDER THAT CHIMNEY THERE, AND ALSO A HOLE UNDER THE CHIMNEY, WHICH YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ONCE WE ENTER THE PROPERTY AND ALSO THE MISSING FACIA BOARD WITH THE ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS GOING BACK TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION. THESE ARE THE HOLES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE WOOD SIDING. GOING BACK TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, THESE, THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT LARGE HOLE AT THE ROOF AREA. THIS IS A VIEW WHEN YOU FIRST ENTER THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF FALLEN DRYWALL AND INSULATION THAT IS COVERING THE ENTIRE FLOOR. ALSO, IN THE FAR END OF THAT PHOTO, THERE IS, THAT IS A FIREPLACE ABOVE THAT IS THE VIEW OF THE HOLE IN THE CEILING, WHICH IS VISIBLE ONLY UNDER THE CHIMNEY AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT OF THE CH OF THE FIREPLACE, THERE IS A HOLE THAT IS ALLOWING IN NATURAL LIGHT. HERE IS A CLOSEUP RIGHT UP UNDER THAT CHIMNEY AREA WHERE THERE IS A HOLE THAT IS PRESENT OVER THE FIREPLACE. ON THE DAY OF THIS INSPECTION, IT WAS RAINING AND YOU CAN SEE THE WATER ENTERING THE STRUCTURE AT THE, AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION. UM, LOOKING DOWN AT THAT SAME LOCATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS THE CLOSEUP OF THE HOLE THAT IS TO THE LEFT OF THE, UH, FIREPLACE. AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE WHERE NATURAL LIGHT IS ENTERING THE PROPERTY, AND THERE IS WATER DAMAGE IN THAT AREA. I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PRESENT VISIBLE ENOUGH IN THE PHOTO, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE IN THAT AREA. GOING INTO ONE ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A HOLE IN THE CEILING. ALSO, THERE IS DETACHING DRYWALL IN THAT AREA AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE FALLEN DRYWALL AND THE INSULATION ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS A VIEW OF ONE OF THE OTHER ROOMS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING DRYWALL ON THE CEILING AND THE REMAINING DRYWALL IS ALSO DETACHING. GOING BACK OUT TO WHERE YOU FIRST ENTER THE STRUCTURE, THERE IS A SPIRAL STAIRCASE TO THE RIGHT THAT DOES LEAD, LEAD TO A LOFT AREA. UH, THAT, THAT STAIR STAIRCASE IS A, IT'S WELL CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT UNSTABLE GOING UP. SO THE NEXT PHOTO WILL REVEAL, UM, A PHOTO OF THE LOFT AREA. THIS IS JUST A VIEW WHERE I REACHED UP TO BE ABLE TO, UH, OBTAIN A VIEW OF THE, THE, UH, LOFT AREA. THE FLOOR IS EXTREMELY SPONGY. I WAS ABLE TO REACH MY ARM OVER JUST TO SEE HOW SPONGY IT IS. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE IS THAT HOLE THAT IS ON THE FRONT ELEVATION, THAT IS WHERE THAT HOLE IS, AND ALSO THE CONTINUATION OF THE FALLEN, UH, DRYWALL AND THE HOLES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE WALLS. THIS IS JUST A VIEW OF THE BATHROOM AREA WHERE THERE IS SOME ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. THIS IS ANOTHER ROOM IN THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING DRY WALL. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETACHING, THE REMAINING, UH, DRYWALL IS DETACHING, AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A HOLE THAT [02:20:01] ALLOWS YOU TO SEE INTO THE NEXT ROOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THERE IS ANOTHER ROOM WHICH IS JUST SHOWING A CONTINUATION OF THE MISSING, UH, CEILING DECKING. AND THIS IS A VIEW OF THE GARAGE WHERE THERE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE MISSING CEILING DECKING AND ALSO THE FALLEN DRYWALL ON THE FLOOR SURFACE. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY MAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ZONED RM FOUR. THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF RUDDER MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE CROSS GABLE ROOF SYSTEM CONTAINS A LARGE HOLE ON THE FRONT AND THE REAR. THE ROOF AT THE REAR IS SAGGING IN THE MIDDLE. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE WORN, LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS DETERIORATED. THE OVERHANG AND FACIAL BOARDS ARE MISSING AND THE REMAINING FACIAL BOARDS ARE DETERIORATED. THE FLOOR SURFACE IS ENTIRELY COVERED WITH INSTALLATION, TRASH, DEBRIS, AND GARBAGE. THE INTERIOR WALLS CONTAIN MISSING DRYWALL AND HOLES. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. FOR THE MAIN IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS 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 REPAIR FOR THE MAIN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN QUESTIONS. UM, YES, THIS IS ANN WEINER. DOES IT HAVE ANY UTILITIES AT ALL? IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN OCTOBER OF 2024 THAT THE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE NO SERVICES THAT COME TO THE PROPERTY, SARS OR CPS. YEAH, I NOTICED THAT THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 23. UM, WAS THERE EVER A FIRE THERE? THERE WAS NO FIRE, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY CHARRED, UH, WOOD MEMBERS OR THERE WAS THAT WHEN I ASSUMED, WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON, UM, 12 11 24 REASSIGNMENT OF THE CASE, I GUESS PER MANAGER AND IT SAYS HE WAS GIVEN HARDSHIP? YES, SIR. UM, I, IN MY INVESTIGATION, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MR. MCLAIN. HE STATED STRONGLY THAT HE WAS WILLING TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE INCOME, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UH, RESOURCES. SO I DID MAKE A REFERRAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND THEY, THEY WERE I IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO OFFER HIM SERVICE, HE, HE DID MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH THEM. UM, SO DURING THAT TIME, I DID OFFER A 90 DAY HARDSHIP, UH, TO, IN ORDER FOR HIM TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO, UH, ENTERTAIN SOME OF THE OFFERS THAT WERE MADE TO HIM. UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T, UH, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE APPOINTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OFFICE. SO, AND IN 12 0 3 24 IS THE CONVERSATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE HE SAYS HE HE DIDN'T GET PERMITS AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR? YES, YES, BECAUSE I EXPLAINED TO HIM, IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS TO THAT PROPERTY, HE WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN THE PROPER PERMITS. SO EVER SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, HE'S BEEN WANTING A REPAIR, BUT HE HASN'T MADE ANY ATTEMPT PERMITS MONEY AND NOW WE'RE HERE AND THERE'S A SCHOOL A THOUSAND FEET. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YES, SIR. THE SCHOOL THAT'S A THOUSAND FEET, IS IT TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE OR NEAR THE AIR WHERE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH? YES, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT I EXPLAINED TO HIM. ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT I DID EXPLAIN TO MR. MCLAIN THAT IT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE SCHOOL AND THAT HE, IF HE'S GONNA MAKE ANY REPAIRS IN ORDER TO RE TO IF HE'S GONNA MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY, PLEASE TRY TO DO IT AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TRAFFIC OF THE KIDS GOING TO THE SCHOOL THERE. DID HE MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE HOUSE? NO, THE, UM, PRIOR TO ME BEING ASSIGNED TO THE CASE, I DID NOTICE THAT THE REAR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REAR ELEVATION, WAS SECURED. UM, IT'S PAINTED WHITE. I, I BELIEVE IT WAS SECURED BY THE CITY. UH, I DID CHECK THE OFFICER'S NOTES PRIOR TO THAT CASE, AND IT DID SAY IT WAS, UH, ABATED AT THAT TIME. SO THEY'D BEEN ABATED AT LEAST ONCE? YES, AND I ABATED IT ALSO, SIR, FOR OVERGROWN VEGETATION, UH, THAT WAS ON MAY 29TH, 2024, AND IT WAS JUST FOR OVERGROWN VEGETATION. BUT EVER SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. OKAY. IS THERE A FENCE? THERE ISN'T. THERE IS NO FENCE. [02:25:01] AND AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A, A FENCE THAT IS, IS NOT IN GREAT CONDITION. UM, AT THE REAR. THAT'S ANOTHER DAY. YES. SO SINCE YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATION, YOU'RE GOING OFF THE PRIOR CONVERSATION THAT HE HAD WITH THE OTHER CODE OFFICER AND ALL THIS TIME HE STILL HASN'T DONE ANYTHING? NO, SIR. HE HASN'T, NO. AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR REPAIRS? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SEEKS, UH, DEMOLITION AS A LAST RESORT. AND BECAUSE I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HE DID EXPRESS THAT HE WANTS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY, I TRY TO MAKE AS, AS MUCH EFFORT AS I COULD TO OFF TO, TO COMMUNICATE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, LET HIM COMMUNICATE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SERVICES. AND HE'S NOT HERE. UNFORTUNATELY. HE'S NOT, SIR. THAT KIND OF MAKES IT HARD, DOESN'T IT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. UM, SINCE THE OWNER'S NOT HERE, I GUESS YOU CAN SIT UNTIL YES, SIR. UNLESS WE HAVE SOMETHING. UM, I GUESS WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DORIS WESTBROOK, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. I'M DORIS WESTBROOK. I LIVE AT 1 0 3 6 6 COUNTRY HORN, WHICH IS ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THIS HOUSE IS AT THE BEGINNING AND I'M HALFWAY DOWN THE STREET. SEE THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC KIDS ALL THE TIME WALKING THROUGH IT. THE CONDITION OF THE FENCE IS SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE WOODEN FENCE THAT ARE IN THE BACK WITH HIS NEIGHBOR. AND WE, WE ARE ON A GREEN BELT. PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE GREEN BELT, PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE SIDEWALK, THEY COME THROUGH THE FENCE. IT IS, THE PICTURES ARE PRETTY, UH, ACCURATE. UH, I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2005 AND THE HOUSE HAS NOT HAD ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE IN THAT TIME. AND THE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT DEMOLISHED. I HAVE HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A COPY OF IT. UM, SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE STREET OR RIGHT ON HORN, UH, VERY CLOSE TO THE HOUSE THAT AFFECTS THEIR PEOPLE'S SAFETY. THEY HAVE, UH, BOARDED UP AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ACTUALLY, PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO COME INTO THE HOUSE UNDID WHAT WE HAD BEEN PUTTING, WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD THAT. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN CONTINUE. OKAY. SO, AND THIS WAS JUST THESE SIGNATURES COLLECTED YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN I WAS TRYING TO REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE MEETING TODAY. UM, WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SEE THE HOUSE DEMOLISHED. UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S, UH, INHABITABLE, CERTAINLY NOT LIKE IT IS WITHOUT BEING REMODELED FROM THE GROUND UP. UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DEMOLISHED. UH, THE TWO THOU, THE HOLE IN THE ROOF HAS BEEN THERE FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS. IT HAS, YOU KNOW, JUST BEEN TOTALLY THE WATER. ALL THE OTHER STUFF COMES DOWN IN AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? OKAY, HOLD ON. LOVE TO HAVE YOU QUESTIONS. NO QUESTION. NO QUESTION. I GOT, I GOT ONE IN RELATION TO THIS LIST. I HAVE A LOUD VOICE, SO IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE I'M ANGRY. OKAY. IN RELATION TO THIS LIST, IF THE HOUSES HERE, WHERE WOULD ALL OF THESE BE? WOULD THEY BE ALL AROUND THAT AREA OR WOULD THEY BE BLOCKS AWAY? I, I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STREET. IF YOU TURN THE CORNER COMING FROM THE SCHOOL. OKAY. THE FIRST HOUSE IS THERE. THE SECOND HOUSE IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE DEMOLISHED. I LIVE ABOUT MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT HOUSES FURTHER ON DOWN THE STREET. AND WHAT I DID YESTERDAY EVENING WAS START WALKING BACK TOWARD THE HOUSE. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DEMOLISHED. SO THESE ADDRESSES ALL RELATE ON THE SAME STREET? YES. AND THERE'S ONE OR TWO, UH, A DOCTOR AND MY BEST FRIEND THAT LIVE ON HORN, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC FROM THE SCHOOL COMES FROM. AND YOU'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2005? 2005. WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD NEIGHBORS WHEN WE SAW THE [02:30:01] VAGRANTS WERE COMING IN, HOMELESS WERE COMING IN, UH, WENT AND ACTUALLY NAILED THE DOOR SHUT. THEY TOOK IT OPEN. WE NAILED IT AGAIN. SHUT. THESE ARE ALL RECORDS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE WE STARTED REPORTING. AND I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT MY, I'M IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BEEN WORKING THROUGH A GUY NAMED RAUL WHO IS HELPED ME WITH THIS PROCESS OF LEARNING ALL OF THIS. HE HAS, UH, WORKED, UH, WITH MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON AS HER CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATIVE, AND HE'S WALKED ME THROUGH ALL THIS. IT'S BEEN LIKE A TWO YEAR PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. IT WAS ALWAYS ABANDONED AND GRASP GROWN UP, BUT NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN GRASS GROWN UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANNA, BE WORTH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK BEFORE SHE DOES THAT. THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME. DOES COUNSEL SEEN THIS? YES, HE DID. HE DID. I SAW IT. WELL, IT WAS ONLY GIVEN TO ME, SO, OH, CAN WE PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN FOR EVERYBODY? NO, HE DIDN'T APPROVE. NO, WE DON'T NEED TO. NO. OKAY. OH, YOU DON'T GET COOKIES NOW. SORRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY, GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOOD MORNING OR SOON TO BE AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANNA BE WORTH AND I LIVE AT TEN FOUR FOUR SIX COUNTRY HORN. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE A BABY AND TWO DOGS. UM, I WORK FROM HOME. I WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET OFTEN WITH THE DOGS, WITH THE BABY. SO I'VE HAD NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THE DETERIORATING STATE OF THIS HOUSE, WHICH I BELIEVE POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND SAFETY. UM, I AM TODAY'S SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF DEMOLITION. UM, THE PROPERTY IS UNSECURED AND SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IN THE PICTURES THAT I'VE PROVIDED IS TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, THE BACK OF THE HOUSE FACES A GREEN BELT, WHICH AT A DIAGONAL FACES THE MAIN THROUGH STREET HORN, WHICH IS ALL THE, THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC COMES THROUGH. IT'S VERY BUSY. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS FROM A HORN. YOU CAN SEE THE BACK FENCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S TORN DOWN. I HAVE PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE THAT SHOW THAT THE FENCE IS UNSECURED. THERE'S ALSO NUMEROUS GRAFFITI TAGS, AT LEAST FIVE SEPARATE INSTANCES. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABANDONED. UM, IT'S BEEN ABANDONED FOR A WHILE. UM, IF YOU GO TO THE OTHER PICTURES, UM, THIS IS FROM MAY, 2022. THAT'S A GRAFFITI TAG. THERE'S ONGOING GRAFFITI OFF AND ON, WHICH MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THIS HOUSE HAS REPEATEDLY AND CONSISTENTLY OVER THE YEARS BEEN TARGETED FOR VANDALISM, WHICH IS AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR AND UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY HAPPENING HERE. IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE. UM, THIS SHOWS THAT THE SIDE FENCE IS UNSECURED. I, MYSELF HAVE BEEN, UM, CLOSE TO THE YARD. I HAVE A LITTLE DOG WHO'S A RUNNER, AND HE SOMETIMES RUNS TO THIS YARD. UM, THANKFULLY HE HASN'T EATEN ANY, UH, CIGARETTE BUTTS OR BROKEN GLASS OR GOD KNOWS WHAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FENCE HERE IS UNSECURED FROM THE FRONT, WHICH IS READILY APPARENT FROM THE STREET. UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. THIS WAS TAKEN A COUPLE DAYS AGO. YOU CAN SEE SEPARATE INSTANCES OF THE GRAFFITI. THIS MAIN HOUSE HERE, THE KIND OF YELLOW ONE, THAT'S HOUSE NUMBER ONE ON THE STREET. AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE IN THE FENCE. THAT'S THE SECOND HOUSE, WHICH IS THE HOUSE IN QUESTION, WHICH I APOLOGIZE FOR. REFERRING TO IT AS A HOUSE. THIS DILAPIDATED DECAYING STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. UM, PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE GREEN BELT. I HAVE ON MANY OCCASIONS SEEN YOUNG KIDS HANGING OUT HERE, AND THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF LIKE A CONCRETE, UM, KIND OF LIKE BRIDGE GOING OVER THIS CONCRETE RUNOFF AREA. UM, SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, UM, THE HOUSE IS DECAYING. WE'VE SEEN THE HOLE IN THE ROOF. WE'VE SEEN THE WATER DAMAGE, MOLD, MOLD SPORES SPREAD. WHAT YOU DO ON YOUR PROPERTY IS YOUR BUSINESS UNTIL IT STARTS IMPACTING OTHERS. THE HIGH SCHOOLERS WAIT FOR THE BUS IN FRONT OF THIS FIRST HOUSE HERE THAT'S A COUPLE FEET AWAY FROM THIS HOUSE. THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO THIS. I HAVE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF NEIGHBORS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT I CAN CALL THEM R AND V. UM, AN ELDERLY COUPLE WHO WALKED THEIR CUTE LITTLE DOG, NIKKI, THEY DO NOT WALK. THEY WALK THEIR HOUSE BY THE HOUSE AT NIGHT AND THEY NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DOING SO BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY'VE SEEN PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT. UM, I KNOW VAGRANT IS MAYBE THE OFFICIAL TURN. I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THAT TERM, BUT PEOPLE SKETCHY PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUTTA THE HOUSE IN THE LAST MONTHS. UM, I THINK THIS [02:35:01] IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT'S CLOSE TO CHILDREN. IT'S IMPACTING OUR CHILDREN. I KNOW THE PROPERTY VALUES, WHO CARES? BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS, BUT I ADVOCATE IN DEMOLITION. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHEN I SPOKE TO, UM, I RECEIVED A NOTICE MISTAKENLY, UM, IT JUST BLEW DOWN THE STREET 'CAUSE OF THE ADDRESSES. AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH OFFICER BLEDSOE, HE RECOMMENDED DEMOLITION. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT HAS CHANGED. I DON'T KNOW IF HIS BOSS OVERRULED HIM OR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HIS INITIAL, UM, CONCLUSION WAS DEMOLITION AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? UH, HOLD. I DO. UM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? FOUR YEARS, SIR. FOUR? YES. HAS THE OWNER EVER TALKED TO YOU? NO, SIR. THE HOUSE IS VACANT. NOBODY LIVES THERE. SO THE OWNER'S NEVER BEEN OUT THERE TO THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. SOMETIMES THERE'S A CAR PARKED THERE, BUT THE NEIGHBORS, UM, SOMETIMES HAVE PARKED THEIR CAR THERE. THEY'RE ALSO THE ONES WHO HAVE, UM, HIRED LIKE A LANDSCAPING COMPANY TO TAKE CARE OF THE SHRUBBERY. THEY, THEY COVER FOR THE NEIGHBOR. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE MUST BE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. I WOULDN'T WANT THAT HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO ME, . YEAH, WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO IN THE BACK AREA, AND TO USE THE TERM VAGRANT. YES, SIR. ARE THEY BEEN IN THAT AREA, NOT JUST THERE? ARE THEY REGULARS OR THEY JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE? I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY WITNESSED VAGRANT, BUT THE COUPLE THAT I SPOKE TO CHANGED THEIR WALKING PATH BECAUSE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THEY REGULARLY SAW PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT. THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY THOUGHT MAYBE LIKE DRUG DEAL, BUT THEY WEREN'T SURE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE OLDER. THEY'RE, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LANGUAGE BARRIER. UM, BUT THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD SEEN PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT AND MADE THEM AFRAID. AND SO WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR EVENING WALK, THEY DO NOT WALK BY THAT HOUSE ANYMORE. UM, I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE OVER TIME HAVE ALSO SEEN VAGRANTS AND MENTIONED THAT. HAVE YOU TALKED TO YOUR SAFE OFFICER IN, IN YOUR AREA? TO WHICH OFFICER? PARDON? SAFE OFFICER? UH, NO SIR, BUT I HAVE REPORTED THE HOUSE THROUGH, UM, THE ONLINE PORTAL TO THE POLICE AND OR I, I CALL, I'VE USED, THERE'S LIKE AN ONLINE FORM SUBMISSION. I, I DIDN'T CALL THROUGH THREE ONE ONE. UM, I DID THE ONLINE FORM WHERE YOU CAN, UM, REPORT IT UNDER THE SPECIFIC ARTICLES UNDER THE, THE MUNICIPAL, LIKE THE HOLE IN THE ROOF, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND I KNOW THAT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, AN I THINK 16 CASES REVOL EVOLVING THIS HOUSE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. IT'S ON THE PUBLIC RECORD IF YOU GO TO THE DANGEROUS, UM, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. YEAH. THERE'S BEEN PRIMARILY DANGEROUS PREMISES VIOLATIONS THAT ARE, UM, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. I DIDN'T SUBMIT A SCREENSHOT OF THAT, BUT I ASSUME THAT THAT'S, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. UM, THAT'S, IF YOU JUST GO TO THE, YOU LOOK IT UP. ANYWAY, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, OVER, OVER 16 VIOLATIONS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, UM, THAT ARE PRIMARILY FOR DANGEROUS PREMISES. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CORY GARCIA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TALK TO YOU TODAY. MY NAME'S CORY GARCIA. I LIVE AT, UH, 1 0 4 5 0 COUNTRY HORN. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. UM, DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION DID CHANGE FROM DEMOLISH TO REPAIR. UM, I WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY WHEN YOU VOTED TO DEMOLISH, UM, A PROPERTY THAT WAS IN BETTER CONDITION THAN THIS ONE. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS CASE, THE EXTERIOR ACTUALLY LOOKS SEMI-DECENT. UH, THE INTERIOR TELLS THE TRUE STORY, RIGHT. UM, SO I, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN THERE FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. UM, BUT, UM, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. I HAVE FILED SOME REPORTS MYSELF FOR WITNESSING VAGRANCY, FOR WITNESSING DRUG DEALS THAT HAPPENED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE DRIVEWAY. UM, IT'S ALSO WELL KNOWN FROM, UH, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE, UH, THAT THAT HOLE IN THE ROOF WAS CAUSED BY A VAGRANT FIRE, UM, THAT'S JUST NEVER BEEN REPAIRED, UH, 12 TO 15 YEARS AGO. UM, SO THE, UH, THE LACK OF, UM, UM, THE INABILITY TO, TO ADDRESS, UM, ANY OF THIS OVER TIME AND THE INABILITY TO, TO SHOW UP TO COURT HERE TODAY, UM, KIND OF DEMONSTRATES THE, THE LACK OF ATTENTION THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECEIVING OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NOBODY HAS ACTUALLY OCCUPIED THIS SPACE, UM, FOR, FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. UM, SO, UH, YEAH, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UM, LET'S NOT LOOK AT THIS AS A HOME. UH, DON'T PERSONALIZE IT. UH, NO ONE REALLY LIVES HERE BESIDES THE OCCASIONAL VAGRANT, UM, AND [02:40:01] . YEAH. I'D ALSO, ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, IN RELATION TO THAT FIRE, UH, ABOUT 24 HOURS AGO, UH, AN ARTICLE WAS FORWARDED TO ME, UH, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PUT OUT TWO DIFFERENT FIRES IN A, IN DIFFERENT ABANDONED BUILDINGS, UH, THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO ADJACENT HOMES. UM, EVERY FEW WEEKS, ACTUALLY, AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN SAN ANTONIO COMES OUT. UH, SO WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION, UH, I JUST WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL PLEASE REMEMBER, UH, THAT US BEING HERE IS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES THAT INACTION HAS HAD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IF THIS, THIS OBJECT ISN'T PROPERLY DEALT WITH. UM, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? NO, LEMME ASK YOU SOMETHING. YOU'VE BEEN THERE FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. YES, SIR. YOU GOT CHILDREN? NO, SIR. HOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT FRONT DOOR, YEAH. WHERE IS YOUR HOUSE RELATED TO THAT FRONT DOOR? UH, THREE HOUSES DOWN ON, ON THE SAME SIDE OR ACROSS ON THE SAME SIDE. SO DO YOU WALK THAT WAY IF YOU GO WALKING? YEAH. I HAVE TWO DOGS. I GO THERE CONSTANTLY. I HAVE TWO WAYS, TWO WAYS IN AND OUTTA MY NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IT'S, IT'S RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE EASIEST THOROUGHFARE TO, UH, UH, BABCOCK. UH, LIKE IT'S A MAJOR ROAD, UH, NEAR MY HOUSE. THAT'S HOW I GOTTA GET OUT TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. UH, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT I DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC THAT GOES UP AND DOWN HORN. UH, THE BUS STOP IS, IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT HOUSE. UH, SO EVERY DAY THE KIDS ARE SITTING AT THAT BUS STOP WAITING, UH, ONE HOUSE DOWN FROM THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? NO, YOU CAN SIT DOWN, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MORE COMMENTS? YES, CHAIR. WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS BY EMAIL THAT WE WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WAS RECEIVED BY ASHLEY GARCIA ON APRIL 1ST, 2025 AT 9:36 PM DEAR BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY. LOCATED AT TEN FOUR SIX SIX COUNTRY HORN, WHICH HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HOUSE IS VISIBLY DETERIORATING WITH A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF AND BLACK MOLD GROWING ALONG THE SIDING. THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN BOARDED UP, YET. GRAFFITI COVERS THE WINDOWS AND DOORS AND THE SURROUNDING YARD IS SEVERELY OVERGROWN WITH BRUSH AND TREES. IN ADDITION, THE BACKYARD FENCE IS BROKEN AND BACKS UP TO AN OPEN GREEN BELT THAT IS FREQUENTLY USED BY CHILDREN AND ANIMALS. THIS SITU SITUATION POSES A CLEAR SAFETY RISK. ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY DOGS THAT MAY GET LOOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OFTEN ACCESS THE BACKYARD THROUGH THE DAMAGE. FENCING. THE OVERGROWN YARD CREATES AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, NOT JUST FOR ANIMALS, BUT FOR CHILDREN AND NEIGHBORS AS WELL. IT'S ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THAT THIS HOME IS LOCATED NEAR A MIDDLE SCHOOL, MEANING STUDENTS MUST WALK PAST THIS HAZARDOUS PROPERTY ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL EACH DAY. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS WAIT AT THE BUS STOP THAT IS LOCATED ONE PROPERTY AWAY FROM THIS HOUSE. AS A NEIGHBOR, I OFTEN FEEL UNEASY WALKING PAST THIS HOUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WALKING WITH MY PETS. THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANIMALS OR INDIVIDUALS TO BE HIDING IN THE HOUSE OR OVERGROWTH CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE THAT FEELS UNSAFE. NO ONE SHOULD FEEL ON EDGE SIMPLY WALKING THROUGH THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. COULD YOU IMAGINE HAVING YOUR CHILD WALK PAST THIS HOUSE TO GET TO SCHOOL OR THEIR BUS STOP? THE PROPERTY HAS BECOME AN EYESORE AND POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD, NOT TO MENTION A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES AND PETS. WE URGE THE BOARD TO TAKE PRO ACTION AND APPROVE THE DEMOLITION OF THIS DANGEROUS STRUCTURE TO HELP PRESERVE THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND RESTORE THE SAFETY AND APPEAL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING SAFE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTS. RESPECTFULLY, ASHLEY GARCIA, THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED BY LALA ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025 AT 9:10 AM TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I LIVE ON COUNTRY HORN AND I HAVE A GRAVE CONCERN REGARDING THE STATE OF THIS PROPERTY. IMPACTFUL THINGS TO CONSIDER PROXIMITY TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PROXIMITY TO BUS STOP, [02:45:01] UNSECURED BACK FENCE SO ANYONE COULD ACCESS THROUGH THE GREENWAY. THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE IS DILAPIDATED AND SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED. CAN'T BE REPAIRED. I TAKE ADDITIONAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS DUE TO THIS HOUSE. I DON'T ALLOW MY CHILD TO WALK ALONE AND NEED TO ACCOMPANY HIM OR HER WHEN WALKING NEAR THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM DARREN G HETLAND, UH, RECEIVED ON APRIL 2ND, 2025 AT 9:15 AM GOOD MORNING. I AM A RESIDENT IN THIS AREA AT TEN FOUR FOUR TWO COUNTRY HORN AND THE HOME. THE SECOND ONE IN FROM THE CORNER IS ABANDONED AND POSES A SERIOUS RISK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HOUSE IS ABANDONED, DILAPIDATED, AND REPRESENTS A FIRE, A LARGE FIRE HAZARD TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. I WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE SEEN ANIMALS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HUGE HOLE IN THE ROOF. I HAVE ALSO SEEN MANY INDIVIDUALS WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE, NOT SURE IF THEY LIVE IN IT, JUST GRAFFITI IT OR WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BUT THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MY FEAR IS THAT IF IT STARTS TO BURN, ALL OF OUR HOUSES WILL BE IN DANGER. IF A CHILD GETS INTO THE HOUSE, IT COULD COLLAPSE ON THAT CHILD AS IT HAS BEEN OPENED TO THE ELEMENTS FOR A LOT OF YEARS. THE ANIMALS LIVING IN THE HOME CAN CARRY DISEASES WHICH CAN AFFECT ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. THIS HOUSE REPRESENTS EXCESSIVE RISK TO OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED BEFORE ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED RISKS ARE ALLOWED TO IMPACT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, DARREN HETLAND. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM PATRICK BECK. RECEIVE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025 AT 9:51 AM THE HOUSE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, AND I DON'T FEEL IT'S SAFE FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING WORRIES ME. HOLES IN THE ROOF SIDING AND THE CONDITION OF THE YARD AND FENCING. I THINK THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE TORN DOWN AND PROPERTY TURNED OVER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR COMMUNITY USE, I 100% SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY AND I DO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 68 39 COUNTRY HILL HEARING FOR APRIL 3RD. THANK YOU, PATRICK LEBECK. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM NOAH. BE WORTH, UH, RECEIVED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025 AT 10:40 AM TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM WRITING AS A HOMEOWNER, LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HOUSE AT TEN FOUR SIX SIX COUNTRY HORN IN SAN ANTONIO. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE DILAPIDATED UNSAFE HOUSE LOCATED AT TEN FOUR SIX SIX COUNTRY HORN. THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY. AS THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER HAS DEMONSTRATED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THEY WILL NOT TAKE ACTION TO MAKE THIS, UH, PROPERTY SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I URGE LOCAL AUTHOR AUTHORITIES TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION IN ADDRESSING THIS UH, PRESSING ISSUE. THIS HOUSE IS SITUATED DANGEROUSLY CLOSED TO BOTH AN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAIT FOR THEIR SCHOOL BUSES NEAR AND NEAR THE, AND YOUNGER CHILDREN WALK OR BIKE PAST THE PROPERTY DAILY, EXPOSING THEM TO A POTENTIAL HAZARD. THE DETERIORATING STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE, COMBINED WITH ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, POSES AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO YOUNG STUDENTS WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAFELY TRAVEL TO SCHOOL. ADDITIONALLY, THE POOR CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND PRESENCE OF IGRANT ON THE PROPERTY HAS LED ELDERLY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO ALTER THEIR WALKING PATH. TO AVOID THE HOUSE ENTIRELY, THE FEAR OF ENCOUNTERING A DANGER, A DANGEROUS SITUATION NEAR THE PROPERTY, HAS MADE IT UNCOMFORTABLE AND AT TIMES UNSAFE FOR MANY PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR REGULAR ROUTINES. MOREOVER, VAGRANTS HAVE BEEN SEEN ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE HOUSE, FURTHER ESCALATING CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY IN THE AREA. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR SINCE I MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2021. [02:50:01] REVIEW OF SAN ANTONIO CITY RECORDS DEMONSTRATES THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN REPORTED AS UNSAFE AS FAR BACK AS 2015. THE OWNER HAS HAD REPEATED OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY TO MAKE IT SAFE AND LIVABLE. THEY HAVE FAILED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT EACH OPPORTUNITY. GIVEN THIS PATTERN, IT IS FOOLISH TO BELIEVE THEY WILL MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE IS NOT ONLY NECESSARY BUT URGENT. REMOVING THIS STRUCTURE WILL IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SCHOOL NEARBY AND THE ELDERLY WHO WALK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND TRUST THAT YOU WILL ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY BY TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION SINCERITY. NOAH C BE ELABORATE. MM-HMM . OKAY. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM KAYLA BECK. HELLO, ESTHER. I LIVE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS HOME AND MUST EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE DETERIORATING CONDITION WITH BROKEN WINDOWS, ROTTING WOOD SIDING, GRAFFITI, A COLLAPSING ROOF, AND OVERGROWN GRASS AND WEEDS. IT HAS BECOME QUITE AN EYESORE. NOT ONLY IS IT UNSAFE, BUT IT ALSO POSES A HAZARD TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN VOICING OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPERTY FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN REMEMBER. HAVING LIVED AT 68 39 COUNTRY HILL FOR 13 YEARS, WE'VE WITNESSED THE TROUBLING DECLINE OF TEN FOUR SIX SIX COUNTRY HILL FOR MOST OF THAT TIME WHEN THE HOME HAS HAD BROKEN, I'M SORRY, WHEN THE HOME HAD WINDOWS, MY FAMILY AND I WOULD OCCASIONALLY PEEK INSIDE DURING OUR WALKS. AND WHAT WE SAW WAS DISTRESSING WALLS BROKEN THROUGH FROM ROOM TO ROOM, LEAVING IT UTTERLY DEVASTATED. IT'S DISHEARTENING THAT WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS, THEY MUST DRIVE PAST THIS PROPERTY AND WE ALWAYS FEEL COMPELLED TO EXPLAIN ITS STATE, IT'S EMBARRASSING AND POSES A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. WE KINDLY URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, KAYLA LEBECK. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM CHRISTIE SWEENEY. RECEIVED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025 AT 8:57 PM I RESIDE ON COUNTRY HORN AND HAVE FILED PRIOR CONCERNS THROUGH THE 3 1 1 APP REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TEN FOUR SIX SIX COUNTRY HORN. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ONLY AN EYESORE, BUT POSES CLEAR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HAZARDS TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS A GAPING HOLE IN THE ROOF THROUGH THE DECKING THAT HAS BEEN THERE AND GROWING FOR WELL OVER A YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THE WIDE OPEN AND EXPOSED CHIMNEY FRAMING, SIDING, NO, NO LONGER PRESENT, THAT IS VIEWABLE FROM THE REAR. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT HOLES IN THE SIDING AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE STATE OF THE INTERIOR WITH ALL THE RAIN POURING THROUGH THE ROOF AND CHIMNEY AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN ADDITION TO THE RACCOONS, RATS, AND VARIOUS OTHER ANIMALS AND VERMIN THAT HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENTS THERE. THE DEGREE OF WATER DAMAGE FROM YEARS OF OPEN EXPOSURE AND THE RESULTING MOLD IN ADDITION TO THE ANIMAL EX EXPERIMENT AND INSECT ACTIVITY WITHIN THE STRUCTURE ONLY PRESENTS HAZARDOUS POTENTIAL TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. THERE IS SURELY NO WAY TO MAKE THIS HOME LIVABLE AND SAFE AGAIN, GIVEN THE LENGTH OF TIME IT HAS SAT VACANT WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS, UH, LITERALLY POURING IN THROUGH THE LARGE HOLE ON THE ROOF EXPOSED CHIMNEY AND ALL THE ANIMAL ACTIVITY GOING UNCHECKED, THE BACK FENCE FELL APART LONG AGO. THE FENCING AND CHIMNEY ARE VISIBLE FROM THE ROADWAY SLASH SIDEWALK ON HORN CROSSING THE BRIDGE OVER THE GREEN BELT. IN THE PAST YEAR, I DID OBSERVE A MAN I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, READING ONE OF THE NOTICES AND THEN WALKING AROUND TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. HE WAS UNKEPT AND APPEAR TO BE VAGRANT. GIVEN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL, THERE ARE KIDS REGULAR, REGULARLY WALKING IN FRONT OF THE HOME AND ALSO ON THE HORN SIDEWALK. [02:55:01] WITHIN VIEW OF THE D DILAPIDATED PROPERTY, PLEASE CONSIDER DEMOLISHING THIS HOME AND REMOVING THE MATERIALS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHILE I CANNOT ATTEND THE HEARING TOMORROW IN PERSON, I AM, I AM ENCOURAGED. IT IS FINALLY BEING LOOKED AT AND HOPE THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR, TO A CERTAIN, THE EXTENT OF THE HEALTH HAZARDS POSED BY THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THIS STRUCTURE. AS IS BEST REGARDS, CHRISTIE SWEENEY. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM STAFF? NO, SIR. ANYTHING ELSE FROM LEGAL? NO, SIR. UM, I'M ASSUMING SHE'LL BE BACK, UH, LET'S, YOU GUYS WENT AWAY OR DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FLOOR'S? YOURS. SO THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN ONGOING FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD, HE HAD STATED THAT HE JUST COULDN'T GET THE FINANCING TO FIX IT, BUT HE WANTED TO FIX IT. IS THAT WHY YOU WANTED TO ALLOW HIM MORE TIME? GREG BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. , WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT, UM, WHEN I, DURING MY INVESTIGATION, I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY MAKE CONTACT WITH, UM, MR. MCLAIN. HE EXPRESSED STRONGLY THAT HE WANTED TO RETIRE IN THE HOME. HE WANTED TO SPEND THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN A HOME AND HE WANTED TO REPAIR IT, BUT HE DID STATE TO ME THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE FINANCES, SO HE WANTS TO SEEK DIFFERENT, UM, AVENUES IN ORDER TO GET THOSE FINANCES. I DID SEND A, A RECOMMENDATION TO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TO SEE IF THEY CAN OFFER ANY SERVICES. NOW, HE DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE HOME. NO ONE HAS BEEN THERE. RIGHT. SINCE I'VE BEEN IN MY INVESTIGATIONS, NO ONE HAS, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HOMELESS OR ANY HOUSE LIST THERE. THAT'S ONE OF THEIR FIRST THINGS I DO WHEN I GO TO A PROPERTY. BUT I WAS INFORMED BY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE OFFERED TO HIM IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF HE CAN SEEK A WAY OF GETTING THE PROPERTY REPAIRED. YES. UM, OKAY. I, I GUESS, YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. YES. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YES, YES, SIR. THE LAST CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH HIM WAS ON 3 27 25? NO, I HAVEN'T SPOKE TO HIM. UH, THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A SECOND, SIR. UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN DECEMBER 3RD. THAT'S WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM LAST. OKAY. OKAY. DID YOU EVER ASK HIM IF HE'S EVER BEEN TO THE PROPERTY? THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS. I, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, HAVE YOU SEEN THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY? AND HE STATED, NO. UH, EVERY COMMUNICATION WITH HIM WAS THROUGH VOICEMAIL AND THROUGH, UH, PHONE. HE STATED WHEN THE VOICEMAIL WAS FULL THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO, HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RETRIEVE THE VOICEMAIL. SO WHAT I DID WAS I CONTINUED TO CALL UNTIL I FINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH HIM. AND DURING THAT, THAT TIME, THAT'S WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM AND HE STATED TO ME ON EVERY OCCASION THAT HE WANTED TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY. YOU CONTACTED HIM THROUGH EMAILS? NO, NO EMAILS. NOT EVEN A TEXT MESSAGE. UH, EVERY TIME I SEND A TEXT MESSAGE, IT WOULD COME BACK, UH, AS UNSENDABLE. UM, I DI I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT WA I THOUGHT IT WAS A TE BE ABLE TO RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGE. AND THEN WHEN I ASKED HIM, HE STATED TO ME THAT HE ONLY GETS IT. HE'LL GET A VOICEMAIL, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO CLEAR HIS VOICEMAIL. SO I JUST CONTINUED TO CALL MM-HMM . SO FROM DECEMBER 24, WAS YOUR LAST CONVERSATION? YES, SIR. TO NOW YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING AND HE HASN'T MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO GET AHOLD OF YOU? NOT NO, SIR. I, I MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CALL. ALSO, I DID SPEAK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING REPRESENTATIVE. THEY ALSO MADE ATTEMPTS TO CALL BECAUSE HE DID EXPRESS TO THEM THAT HE WAS GONNA MEET AT THE PROPERTY. UH, DURING MY, MY INSPECTION ON UH, TWO, ON FEBRUARY 27TH, I WAS THERE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE GONNA, HE STATED THAT HE WAS GONNA MEET US AT THE PROPERTY DURING THAT TIME. HE WAS A NO-SHOW FROM 9 27 23 [03:00:04] UP UNTIL 3 27 25 IS YOUR NOTES? YES. WHICH HE EVER OFFERED TO COME IN AND SIT WITH STAFF. I DID THE NORMAL MEETINGS THAT YOU NORMALLY SEND OUT, WHAT IT'S CALLED. YES, I DID. I DID DO A PRE, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HERE. PRE-BOARD. THAT'S WHAT IT'S, YES, SIR. I DID ONE ON, IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME A SECOND, I'LL FIND IT REAL QUICK. I, I MADE ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM WHEN I FINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH HIM. WE DID HAVE THAT MEETING ON DECEMBER 6TH. THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME, ANY OTHER TIME, ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE THAT I HAD WITH MR. AFFTON WAS VIA PHONE. AND IT WAS, IT WASN'T THAT LONG, IT WAS CORDIAL. HOWEVER, I KEPT EXPRESSING TO HIM THAT HAS HE SEEN THE PROPERTY? DOES HE, WHAT IS HIS INTENTIONS? AND HE, WE NEVER GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS IT GOING TO THE BOARD YET. WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT, THAT'S WHEN THAT PRE UH, CONFERENCE WAS SET UP WITH HIM AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WAS WHAT HE NEEDED. DID HE ATTEND? NO, HE DID NOT ATTEND. I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR AND AFTER TO SEE WHAT WAS THE ISSUE. SO THE PAMPHLETS THAT YOU HAND OUT HAD ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, CHURCHES AND ALL THAT IN AS WELL. CORRECT? YEAH. SO YOU MADE THE ATTEMPT TO AID PRE-BOARD, TRY TO CONVERSE ALL THAT TIME AND GOT THE SAME REPLY AND IT STILL HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE? YES, SIR. I MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, EXPRESSED TO HIM WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE PROPERTY. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH HIM, WHICH WAS BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK IN WHEN I STATED EARLIER, UM, DECEMBER 3RD DECEMBER I THINK. YES. DECEMBER 3RD, SORRY. SO EVERY ATTEMPT WAS MADE AND STILL NOTHING? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? SURE, GO. YES. UH, I WAS OUT. SO, UM, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. ARE THERE TAXES OUT ON THE PROPERTY? UM, OKAY. THE TAXING ISN'T ON HERE AS NORMAL. LIKE NO, MOST OF THEM HAVE THE, UH, BEARCAT. IT'S NOT ON THIS ONE. UM, BUT OKAY. I THINK THAT'S OUT OF OUR SCOPE. IS IT NOT COUNSEL? YES. IT'S IRRELEVANT ANYMORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BOARD'S READY FOR MOTION. ION GOES MOTION. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MOTION CODE 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, SUBSECTION 6, 1 56, UH, 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18. I MOVE THE PROPERTY TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND SECURED AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. IT IS ROBERT BINKY. I SECOND THAT MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT THE PROP PROPERTY AT, UM, 1 0 4 6 6 COUNTRY HORN YOU SAID DEMOLISHED, CORRECT? YES, I DID. YES. OKAY. UH, IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR UNDER 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN IS TO BE, BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND SECURED. I HAVE A SECOND, UM, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM CHAIR ALSO CUT OFF ALL UTILITIES. YES. WILL YOU ACCEPT YES. SECOND. DO YOU ACCEPT? YES, I DO. SO THAT WILL BE CUT ALL UTILITIES AS WELL. DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYES CARRY IT. IT'S UNANIMOUS. OH, HE CAN'T TALK TO. OKAY. NEXT CASE IS 2 2 3. SADDLEBROOK DRIVE. [03:05:12] WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON 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 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 5 8 5 0 BLOCK SEVEN FOUR LOT 71 LACKLAND CITY SUB D UT DASH 180 6, QUOTATION HERITAGE NORTHWEST QUOTATION ANNEXATION LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARSHALL HEATHER DAWN, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 5. ON NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES. YES. AT THIS TIME, NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH OWNER OR ANY PERSON OF INTEREST FOR THE PROPERTY ON DECEMBER, EXCUSE ME, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FIRST FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 11TH, 2024. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 20TH, 2024 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JULY 19TH, 2024. ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, A PRE BSB CONFERENCE MEETING WAS HELD WITH NO OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE IN ATTENDANCE ON MARCH 21ST, 2025. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE ON MARCH 19TH, 2024. THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS CURRENTLY PENDING. ON MARCH 24TH, A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO PROVIDE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR TODAY. AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK. FINANCIAL PROOF, LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF APRIL 2ND, 2025. THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE. HERE WE HAVE THE FRONT ELEVATION. UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT THERE IS A BUNCH OF HOLES THAT THERE WAS A FIRE AT THE PROPERTY THAT DID OCCUR ON JUNE 8TH, 2024. HERE IS THE LEFT ELEVATION. THERE IS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE AND CHARRING TO THE OVERHANG AT THE PEAK OF THE GABLE. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION, THE REAR PORTION BEHIND THE FENCE. UM, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE ROOF SYSTEM AT THE TOP THAT, UM, SHOWS DAMAGE AND HERE IS THE REAR ELEVATION. UM, YOU DO SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT THE FIRE DID CAUSE UM, YOU DO SEE SOME TRASH AND DEBRIS. I DO HAVE A WORK ORDER PENDING TO HAVE THAT ABATED AND HERE IS A VIEW OF THE RIGHT REAR ELEVATION. UM, THERE IS ANOTHER FENCE, SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PHOTO TO SHOW THE REST OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION. UH, YOU DO SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF TRUSS AS WELL AS THE CHIMNEY FLUE THAT IS, UM, STILL PRESENT. AND HERE IS THE, UH, THE VIEW OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION, UH, TO SHOW SOME FIRE DAMAGE TO THE, TO PEAK GABLE SECTION OF THE SIDING AND THE ROOF OVERHANG. THIS IS, UH, THE DAY OF THE WARRANT TO OBTAIN THOSE INTERIOR PHOTOS. WE ENTER THROUGH THE REAR, UH, DOUBLE DOOR, UM, ENTERING. YOU CAN SEE THE TRASH AND DEBRIS, DRYWALL AND INSULATION THAT, UM, BECAME BECAUSE OF THE FIRE HERE IS ENTERING THE PROPERTY. YOU DO SEE THE DRYWALL AND INSULATION THAT HAS COLLAPSED THROUGHOUT [03:10:01] THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE, THE FIRE. AND THIS IS A VIEW OF THE REMAINING ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS THERE. THE TRUST PARTS, PARTS OF THE TRUS WERE EX CONSUMED IN THE FIRE. HERE IS A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF WHERE WE ENTERED. UM, THAT WOULD BE TOWARDS THE KITCHEN. THERE IS THAT FIREPLACE WITH THE FLU THAT HAS, UM, MINIMAL SUPPORT. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FRONT DOOR LEADING INTO THE BEDROOMS AND THE HALLWAY FOR ALL THE BATHROOMS. THIS IS THE MOST FRONT BEDROOM. UM, THERE IS VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THIS, UM, FRONT ELEVATION WALL. THIS IS THE ROOF SYSTEM IN SAID ROOM, UH, WITH THE MISSING DRYWALL, YOU DO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AND THE ROOF TRUSS. THIS IS GONNA BE THE FOLLOWING BEDROOM, UM, ADJACENT TO HERE IT IS THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. YOU DO SEE THE INSULATION AND DRYWALL THAT HAS COLLAPSED. AND HERE IS THE VIEW FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM. YOU DO SEE THE CHARRING TO THE REMAINING TRUSS. HERE IS THE HALL BATHROOM. UM, AGAIN, YOU DO SEE THE INSULATION AND THE DRYWALL THAT HAS FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE ROOF SYSTEM ABOVE THAT BATHROOM. YOU DO SEE THE CHARRING AND SMOKE DAMAGE, UM, TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, THE TRUSS AND THE DECKING. THIS IS THE FINAL BEDROOM, WHICH IS THE MASTER BEDROOM TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. HERE YOU SEE THE DRY LABS AS WELL AS THE INSULATION. THIS IS THE, UH, MASTER BATHROOM. WE DO HAVE MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE CEILING AND DRYWALL. AND HERE IS THE VIEW OF THE REMAINING CEILING. YOU DO SEE THE CHARRING AND EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AND THE REMAINING ROOF TRUSS. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY MAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF A WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH HARDY BOARD AND WOOD PANEL SIDING WITH A CROSS GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH ASPHALT SHINGLE COVERING ON A CONCRETE SLAB FOUNDATION. A LARGE SECTION OF THE ROOF WAS CONSUMED IN THE FIRE EXPOSING INTERIOR TO WILDLIFE IN THE ELEMENTS CHARRING TO THE INTERIOR WALL. STUDS AND ROOF TRUS, THE CHIMNEY FLUE LINER SUPPORT. WOODING WOUND MEMBERS ARE CHARRED WITH MINIMAL SUPPORT AND THE CEILING, DRYWALL AND INSULATION HAS COLLAPSED THROUGHOUT. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED IT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, 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 OF 2, 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE, DRIVE QUESTIONS. MR. ROBERT TAPIA, IS THERE SOME REASON WHY WE DIDN'T DECLARE THIS, UH, IN EMERGENCY? YES, SIR. UM, AT THE TIME, WITH ALL FOUR EXTERIOR WALLS BEING NOT REALLY DAMAGED AND THE, UM, ISSUES BEING CONTAINED TO THE INTERIOR, WE DID NOT PROCEED WITH AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION. OKAY. UH, THIS IS ANN WEINERT. SO THERE WAS, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME SOMEONE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE HOUSE WAS? NO MA'AM. I DO NOT. I I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH ANYBODY EXCEPT THE NEIGHBORS. UM, THIS IS A THOUSAND FEET FROM THE SCHOOL. IT IS WITHIN 1000 FEET OF A DAYCARE. YES. ACADEMY. YES. LA LA PETITE ACADEMY. UM, I NOTICED THAT BACK WALL THAT IS OPEN THERE WERE, UH, YES SIR. IT'S THE, IT'S A REAR PORCH THAT IS THERE, BUT YOU CAN LOOK INSIDE IT. AND THERE WAS TWO BURNS, UH, STUDS AND THERE WAS NO WALL. UH, HOLD ON. YEAH, THERE WAS ONE PICTURE. [03:15:01] IT SHOWED A OMA OH 1 44. IS THAT BURN STUDS RIGHT THERE WHERE A MIRROR MAYBE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WHEN YOU LOOK IN, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE. IT LOOKS LIKE TWO BURN STUDS RIGHT THERE. UH, NO, NO SIR. UM, IF WE GO TO THE PHOTO BEFORE, UM, IT, IT'S JUST A, A, A BARRIER WALL FROM THE SIDE FENCE THAT THEY DO HAVE ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION. UM, BUT THAT, UM, PATIO COVERING IT WAS NEVER ENCLOSED. I, I, I'M LOOKING AT, YOU SEE WHERE THAT CHAIR IS? I'M, THAT'S THE, UH, BRACES FOR THE PORCH. THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING. CORRECT. ON THAT OTHER ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS TWO STUDS. 'CAUSE THE CHAIR'S GONE OFF. YEAH, NO, THE POST FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, PATIO COVER, THE CHAIR'S GONE FROM THAT PICTURE. OH, OKAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE TWO STUDS THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING INTO A BACK ROOM. OKAY. NOW. YEAH. AND, AND YOU, UH, YOU PUT IN FOR A WORK ORDER FOR THIS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AS IT, SO IT HA IT HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTORS, UM, TO, UM, MAKE IT OUT THERE SO WE CAN HAVE THAT GOING. AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONTACT OTHER THAN NEIGHBORS? NEIGHBORS HAVEN'T HAD CONTACT WITH THE OWNERS? NO. UM, THE NEIGHBOR, UM, INFORMED ME THAT THEY CONTACTED THE BANK. UM, BUT THAT WAS IT. UM, AS FAR AS THE HOMEOWNER, NO. ALL RIGHT. UH, UTILITIES, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE UTILITIES. WATER, ELECTRIC OR GAS. THERE IS NO UTILITIES, UH, FOR, UM, ANY GAS OR, UM, ELECTRICAL SERVICES. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT STARTED. WAS SOMEBODY LIVING THERE WHEN IT DID IT OR WAS IT, UH, IN MY INITIAL INSPECTION, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THERE ON THE PROPERTY. UM, THE NEIGHBORS, UM, INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A VAGRANT, UM, THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY. UM, WE DID OFFER SERVICES TO TRY TO HELP HIM GET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY. UM, AND THEN I MIGHT REINSPECTION THE H THE HOUSE WAS BOARDED UP, NOT BY, BY US, BUT THE OWNER OR WHOMEVER, UM, BOARDED THE PROPERTY OR THE NEIGHBOR AND, UM, THE, NO, NOBODY WAS THERE AT THE PROPERTY ANY LONGER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THIS IS ROBERT BINKY. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 2 3 SADDLEBROOK DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE ARTICLE SIX, OR EXCUSE ME, CHAPTER 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 15 SIX. UH, SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER. AND BE FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS. THIS IS ANNE WEINER. I SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR 2 2 3. SADDLEBROOK DRIVE IS NON FEASIBLE TO REPAIR UNDER SECTION 6 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 8 11 12 15 MAIN. IT HAS BEEN SECONDED FOR DEMOLITION WITHIN 30 DAYS. IT, UM, ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL ROBERT TAPIA. AYE. ANN WEINER. AYE. PAUL HERNANDEZ. AYE. ROBERT BANKY. AYE. REGO AYE. FRED ANDIS. AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. MOTION IS SIX TO ZERO. NOW WE WILL GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. JUDY CREW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR EACH POSITION. APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE@SANANTONIO.GOV. BOARD MEMBERS CAN APPLY FOR THE BSB. MM-HMM AS WELL AS OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVEN BSB MEMBER APPLICATIONS PLUS ONE NON BSB MEMBER. UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS. AND AS A COMMENT TO THAT, I DID HAVE SOME TROUBLE ON THE SITE. I HAD TO DO IT LIKE FOUR TIMES BEFORE IT GOT TO, UH, STAFF. UH, ANY MORE STAFF, LEGAL, ANYTHING. BY UNANIMOUS CON UH, UH, CONSENT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * 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.