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WE ARE GETTING READY TO START THE BILLS AND STANDARDS BOARD.
CAN WE HAVE A, UH, ROLL CALL? ROBERT TAPIA.
ROULETTE REGO FRED ANDES HERE.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURNS AND LUCINDA ROSCO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, JUDY KRUM, BBY LIAISON.
JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO AND MYSELF, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
CHAIR AORM PRESENT AT THIS TIME, A CORUS PRESENT.
WE WILL HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATOR PLEASE.
AND THE VICE CHAIR WILL READ THE CHAIRMAN STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU'LL 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 PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 9 0 19 0 1 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, 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 IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
[ Approval of Minutes ]
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? YES.A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AS WRITTEN I SECOND MOTION.
AND A SECOND IS TO APPROVE MINUTES AS READ.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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STAFF REPORT.[00:05:09]
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ AND I DO HAVE SOME ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING.
FIRST ITEM, WE WILL BE PULLING ONE AGENDA ITEM FROM THE, UM, AGENDA TODAY.
IT'S, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LISTED AS A DANGEROUS PREMISE 55 22 GAVILAN, ALSO KNOWN AS 56 42 OLD PEARSALL ROAD.
THE OWNER IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE OFFICER TO, UM, ENTER INTO HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND PULLED THAT FROM THE AGENDA AND ARE CONTINUING TO FINALIZE THAT WITH THE, UH, THE OWNER, HOPEFULLY TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
SO THAT WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
UH, NEXT CASE IS A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 0 7 BRITAIN AVENUE, WHICH IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE.
THIS, UH, ITEM WAS SIGNED INTO THE, UM, WAS SIGNED ON APRIL 23RD, 2025.
UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 15 NINE, SECTION FIVE, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
NEXT ITEM, UH, EMERGENCY DEMOLITION STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FIVE 13 DUVAL STREET, WHICH IS THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL THE THIRD OF 2023.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON APRIL THE 10TH OF 2025 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
AND THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.
NEXT STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2219 MISSION ROAD.
THIS IS A MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
IT WAS DEMOLISHED ON APRIL THE 15TH OF 2025 DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL THE EIGHTH OF 2025.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
AND THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS AS WELL.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY, UH, REPORT THIS MORNING.
BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
FIRST CASE WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 5 5 10 BROOKVIEW DRIVE.
MY NAME'S RAMIRO GURA, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT.
MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS 3 0 4 POINT 13, WINDOW, SKYLIGHT AND DOORFRAME, 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON MAY 14TH, 2024, A DANGER ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THAT DART INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATIVE INSPECTION WITH AVAR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE PRESENTING, UM, FOR S-A-P-M-C IS JUST THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
WE DO HAVE A DP CASE FOR THE SAME PROPERTY COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, NCB IS, IS NCB 1 0 3 5 3.
THE, THE LOT IS PARTIAL 1 0 5, A PARTIAL 1 0 6 A AND PARTIAL 1 0 7 A AND NORTH 77.3 FEET OF ERE 126.1 FEET OF TRIANGULAR THREE FOUR PARTIAL 1 0 7.
IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT ONE, THOUGH ON OUR RECORD IS PEGGY MULLINS MELLING ADDRESS IS FIVE 10 RIVERVIEW SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 3.
THE INSPECTION FOUND VIOLATIONS UNDER THE STANDING ATTORNEY APARTMENT MAINTENANCE CODE THAT INCLUDE SUBSECTIONS 3 0 4 0.9 AND OVERHANG EXTENSIONS.
ALL OVERHANG EXTENSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANOPIES, MARQUEES SIGNS, METAL AWNINGS, FIRE ESCAPES, STANDPIPES, AND EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO KEEP IT IN SOUND CONDITION WHEN REQUIRED.
ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AGAINST DECAY OR RUST OR IC APPLICATION OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT.
3 0 4 0.13, WINDOW, SKYLIGHT AND DOORFRAMES.
EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD, UH, IN SOUND CONDITION,
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GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER.TYPE 6 0 4 0.3, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS IN A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANT OR THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SURFACE, IMPROPER FUSING, INSUFFICIENT RECEPTACLES AND LOADING OUTLETS, IMPROPER WIRING OR INSTALLATION DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE, OR FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIAL SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.
A BRIEF TIMELINE OF THE INSPECTIONS FIRST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 14TH, 2024, AT WHICH TIME NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS AT THE LOCATION WITH US AND OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO THE OWNERS ON MAY 22ND, 2024.
UH, THERE WAS A NOTICE TO VACATE POSTED ON THE FRONT PROPERTY ON MAY 20TH, 2024.
UM, WE HAD AN AFTER ACTION MEETING WITH THE OWNER AT WHICH TIME A NOTICE IN PERSON WAS ISSUED ON JUNE 6TH, 2024.
A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND FOUND THE STRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE AT THAT TIME, UH, PARTIALLY VACANT, UH, WITH WINDOWS, UM, ENDORSED SECURE.
THAT WAS MORE OF THE MAIN, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS MORE OF THE OTHER STRUCTURE THAT BE WILL BE PRESENTED.
UM, WE DID FIND THAT THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS STILL BEING OCCUPIED ON JANUARY 31ST, 2025.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING CITATION WAS POSTED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW AND A FINE WAS ASSESSED ON MARCH 11TH, 2025 IN THE AMOUNT OF $300 FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS.
ON APRIL 20 18TH, 2025, A INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND FOUND NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE REPAIRS HAD HAVE NOT BEEN MADE ON APRIL 18TH, 2025.
I CAN GO TO THE PHOTOS, PLEASE.
AND THAT FIRST PICTURE WAS THE NOTICE OF THE, UM, VIOLATION WHERE THE OWNER HAD SIGNED.
SO ON THE DAY OF THE DART WHEN WE DID THE INSPECTION, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS AND THE ONES THAT WE DID WRITE UP WERE DUE TO THE ONES THAT WE ISSUED NOTICE FOR.
UM, THESE WERE THE MOST CONCERNING THAT WE ISSUED DUE TO SAFE LIFE AND SAFETY.
UM, AND WE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE FELT THAT WERE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BOXES, UM, OPEN.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN ELECTRICAL WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE WITHOUT PERMITS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE EXPOSED WIRES, THE LITTLE TANISH BOX, THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED A POLARIS.
UM, AND THAT'S TO REDIRECT WIRES, UH, TO ITS DESTINATION IN THE CIRCUIT BOX.
UM, WE VERIFIED WITH OUR, UH, CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR THAT THIS, UM, CIRCUIT BOX IS IN VIOLATION AND WAS POSING A HAZARD.
WE CALLED CPS THE DAY OF, UH, CITY PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE CALLED THE DAY, UH, THE DAY OF THE DART, UM, OUT TO THE LOCATION DUE TO THE, THE FINDINGS OF THE ELECTRICAL BOX.
AND THEY RAN A TEST AND THEY SAID THE METER AND THE BOX WAS RUNNING HOT AND COULD CATCH FIRE AT ANY TIME.
THIS IS A CD, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE WORKER.
NEXT PHOTO, JUST A CLUSTER UP OF THAT METER.
THAT WAS ON JANUARY 31ST, 2025.
SO NO REPAIRS, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
NEXT PHOTO, NEXT PHOTO, NEXT PHOTO.
SO THIS IS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE.
UH, THE HOUSE IS A TWO STORY HOUSE, UM, WITH A BASEMENT.
UM, OUTSIDE THAT ROCK WALL IS WHERE THEIR EXTERIOR CIRCUIT IS.
UM, THERE'S YELLOW AR, WHICH IS A NEWER TYPE OF WIRING THAT WASN'T USED WHEN THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT.
I THINK THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE, IN THE FORTIES.
UM, SO IT'S WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE WITHOUT PERMITS.
AND, UM, THE WAY WAS INSTALLED, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW IT WAS DONE.
UM, THERE'S NO SIGNS OF A, A PERMIT OR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR THAT DID THE WORK.
APRIL 24TH, AGAIN, NEXT PHOTO.
SO SINCE THEN, THIS WAS ON JANUARY 31ST.
SINCE THE POWER HAD BEEN CUT OFF, WE ISSUED A NOTICE TO VACATE.
UM, THEY'RE TELLING US THEY'RE NOT STAYING AT THE PROPERTY, BUT EVERY TIME WE'VE GONE, THEY'VE BEEN AT THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THEY'RE STAYING THERE.
UM, THE OWNERS DID ADMIT THAT THEY'RE USING GENERATORS TO POWER THE HOUSE.
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SO ON APRIL 4TH, 2025, THERE WAS STILL ONE GENERATOR ON SITE GOING TO THE WINDOWS.THESE ARE THE, UM, ACTUALLY THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A, UM, A JACK, A CAR JACK THAT WAS BEING USED TO MAINTAIN THAT WINDOW FROM COLLAPSING.
UM, THE WINDOW ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION OF THAT WINDOW FRAME SEPARATING FROM THE WALL SYSTEM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AROUND THAT, THAT WINDOW FRAME.
UM, THEY HAVE ADDED SOME TYPE OF FOAM INSULATION ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE, TRYING TO, UM, MINE LOGICALLY WOULD BE TO PREVENT WATER FROM COMING IN.
THIS IS THE OVERHANG ROOF OVERHANG.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOW ABOVE AS WELL.
HAS, UM, THE, THE WINDOW FRAME THERE IS ALSO ROTTED AND DETERIORATED.
THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED, DETERIORATED WITH, UH, MISSING WOOD MEMBERS.
AND ANOTHER PHOTO OF THAT WIND, UH, OVERHANG EXTENSION.
YOU CAN SEE DETERIORATION TO THE, UH, THE, THE OVERHANG WITH THE ROOF, ROOF EASE WHERE THERE'S WOOD, UH, SHOWING DETERIORATION THERE.
AND THE WINDOW FRAME THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOW IS STARTING TO FALL INWARD.
AND BACK TO THE, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY USE TO, UM, THE MEANS OF ACCESS TO THEIR HOUSE.
SO THAT WAS ON MAY 14TH, 2024.
STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE OVERHANG EXTENSION WINDOW, SKYLIGHT DOOR FRAMES AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS BE REPAIRED AND RESTORED WITH REQUIRED PERMITS.
IN ADDITION, THE STRUCTURE REMAINS VA IN ADDITION, THAT THE STRUCTURE REMAIN VACANT DURING REPAIRS, UM, AND NOT OCCUPIED UNTIL THE ELECTRICAL, UM, SYSTEM IS UH, CORRECTED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR FIVE 10 REVIEW.
STAFF HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, 21.
UM, SO WE'RE WITNESSING WORK BEING DONE.
HAVE WE, DID WE APPLY A, A STOP ORDER TO, UH, SO SO WHY IS THIS CONTINUING? YEAH, SO THEY, THE WORK WAS THAT THEY DID, DIDN'T HAVE ANY PERMITS.
WHEN WE DARTED THE LOCATION, WE CUT THE POWER THAT DAY DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
UM, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANY NEW WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
SO THERE WAS NO REASON TO DO A STOP WORK ORDER, BUT WE DID ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ELECTRICAL.
UH, HAZARDS AND, AND ROPE OFF EVERYTHING BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.
UH, SO THE SAFETY ISSUE FROM HERE GOING FORWARD IS KIND OF CRITICAL.
WE, WE WOULDN'T ROPE IT OFF, IT'S THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THE NOTICE TO VACATE IS JUST US, THE SAN ANTONIO DECLARING THAT WE BELIEVE IT'S UNSAFE, UM, THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE OCCUPIED, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA ROPE IT OFF.
UH, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY TO COME AND GO AS THE POLICE.
UH, CAN WE PUT THAT LAST SLIDE BACK UP? YOUR, THE LAST SLIDE RIGHT? NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS GIVEN 5 21.
IS THAT JUST FOR 3 0 4 AND 6 0 4, OR IS THAT FOR ALL OF THEM? THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR ALL OF THEM.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT KIND OF TELLS ME THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT DATES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD, IT SHOWS FIVE 14.
SO IT'S SHOWING TWO DIFFERENT DATES.
SO ARE THEY GONNA BE WROTE UP AS ONE OR ARE WE DOING TWO? WELL, WELL, WE WROTE IT UP AS ONE.
IF WE HAVE TO DO TWO FOR DUE TO THE SECTIONS, THEN WE CAN DO TWO.
WELL, IT'S NOT TO THE, IT'S TO THE TIME.
THE DATES, LET'S SEE IF YOU HAVE ONE ON FIVE, 14.
AND THAT'S A SEPARATE ORDER FOR 5 21.
WOULD THAT BE CORRECT, COUNSEL? YES.
MR. CHAIR, BASED ON WHAT I, WHAT I, I AM LOOKING AT, THERE WOULD BE, UM, A REQUEST FOR AN OVERHEAD EXTENSION, UM, ORDER, AND THEN AN ORDER THAT WOULD INCLUDE WINDOWS AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT THERE ARE VIOLATIONS.
BUT ON THE DOCUMENTS IN THE, IN THE NOTES, IT'S ALL ON THE SAME DATE.
AND ON THE DOCUMENT UP HERE, IT'S SAYING TWO SEPARATE DATES.
MR. CHAIR, I, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I SEE THE
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OVERHEAD EXTENSION NOTICE GIVEN ON, ON 5 21.AND THEN I SEE, UM, FOR THE OTHER TWO, THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN ON FIVE 14.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
'CAUSE ON THE THING HE'S ASKING FOR TWO SEPARATE.
AND IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE THE, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON THE SCREEN IS, IS ACCURATE.
SO BASED ON THE DOCUMENTATION, WHEN, WHEN THE BOARD MAKES A RECOMMENDATION, IT'LL BE TWO SEPARATE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU OFFICER THOMAS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M OFFICER THOMAS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE CENTRAL SAFE UNIT, UH, ORGANIZED WITH WORKING WITH CODE AND OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
UM, SO TO START OFF, AND THEN MY PARTNER OFFICER FLORES, TO START OFF WITH, SINCE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2024, WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 19 CALLS OF SERVICE TO THAT LOCATION.
UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROPERTY BEING WHERE IT FALLS ON BROOKVIEW AND THEN IT KIND OF CIRCLES AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE OF BROOKVIEW, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S TWO PROPERTIES.
BUT WE'VE HAD 19 CALLS RANGING FROM DISTURBANCE WITH FAMILIES TO CPS CALLS BEING OUT THERE TO ASSAULT CALLS AND SHOT FIRED CALLS.
AND SINCE THEN, UM, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN ONE CASE PULLED REGARDING THE PROPERTY AND WARRANTS THAT WERE ACTIVATED FOR PEOPLE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN CPS BEING NOTIFIED OF, OF CHILDREN THAT WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO, UH, FOLLOWING DETAILS REGARDING THE PROPERTY, MY PARTNER HAS THE FOLDER.
I'M OFFICER FLORES WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND UH, I'VE BEEN HERE 29 YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER AND I'M A SAFE OFFICER FOR THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION.
AND I DO WORK WITH A LOT WITH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THEY'RE BIG ASSISTANCE FOR ME THROUGH THE NUISANCE PROPERTIES IN MY COMMUNITY, WHICH IS MY, THAT COMMUNITY'S ASSIGNED TO ME.
UH, THIS PROPERTY, UH, CAME TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UM, HELP THE CONSTITUENTS, UH, IN THE AREA.
'CAUSE THEY GET THEY COMPLAINT ALL THE TIME, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND THEY'RE IN FEAR OF ALL THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUTTA THAT LOCATION.
UH, WHICH INVOLVES DRUGS, PROSTITUTION, ALSO, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE COMING IN AND BUYING DRUGS AND USING DRUGS ON PROPERTY AT ALL TIMES.
AND ALSO, UH, CURRENTLY IT IS, UH, UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR A MURDER.
AND THERE WAS, UH, UH, EVIDENCE FOUND IN, UH, AT THIS PROPERTY IN RE IN REFERENCE TO THIS HOMICIDE.
AND, UH, THE, THE BODY WAS FOUND AT THIS PROPERTY.
AND, UH, IN CORRECTION, MY PARTNER, HE SAID, UH, THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A CORRECTION.
UH, SEVERAL STRUCTURES INVOLVED IN THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALL TIED UP TO THE NUISANCE, UH, TO THIS AREA.
AND, UH, AND STILL CONTINUE TO GET MORE CALL, CONTINUE TO GET MORE CALLS ON IT.
AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY CONSTITUENTS, WHICH ARE ALL TAXPAYERS, AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED 'CAUSE IT, IT IS A FIRE HAZARD.
UH, AND IT INVOLVES A LOT OF CLOSE PROPERTIES TO THIS LOCATION.
UH, UH, WE DID, UH, TWO SEPARATE DART WARRANTS AT THIS LOCATION.
THE FIRST ONE IT HAD DUE TO THE, UH, SEVERITY OF, UH, CRIMINAL ACTS BEING DONE AND ALSO SUSPECTS WITH, UH, NUMEROUS FELONY ARREST INVOLVING DRUGS ALSO.
AND, UH, SO WE HAD TO REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF SWAT TEAM.
SWAT TEAM HAD TO ENTER FIRST AND THEY, UH, ENTERED AND, UH, THEY GRABBED THEIR, THEY FOUND, UH, 11 PEOPLE IN THAT LOCATION, WHICH ALL HAD ALSO CRIMINAL RECORDS.
AND ALSO THE, THE MAIN CONCERN TO ME ALSO IS, UH, IT IS A VERY HAZARDOUS LOCATION AND IT ALSO INVOLVES A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD, WHICH CPS HAS SEVERAL CASES.
AND IT ALSO NOT, THEY'RE NOT TOO COOPERATIVE WITH CPS 'CAUSE THEY ALWAYS CALL US AND, UH, UH, BEAR, BEAR ME FOR A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE I'M OVERWHELMED BECAUSE IT, IT'S, UH, CONCERN FOR THIS CHILD.
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AND MY CONSTITUENTS, I GET A LITTLE, I TAKE MY JOB VERY SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY PROPERTIES LIKE THIS.AND I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES, OTHER PROPERTIES AND YOU GUYS ARE A BIG HELP TO ME.
THIS IS MY, UH, JUST BEAR ME WITH THIS, UH, VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME BECAUSE I TAKE MY JOB SERIOUS.
AND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, I KNOW CO COMPLIANCE, UH, PRESENTED EVERYTHING AND IT'S ALL TRUE AND CORRECT 'CAUSE THAT'S, UH, THEY'RE MY BIG ASSISTANCE TO ME.
FOR YOU GUYS IN HERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUYS SERVICES.
UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE'LL PROBABLY BE ASKING 'CAUSE THE NEXT PART IS COMING UP, SIR.
SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THIS ONE.
BUT MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'LL GET 'EM IN THE NEXT PART THAT'S COMING UP.
UM, YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR HOW LONG? FOR THIS AREA? I'VE BEEN, UH, SIX YEARS.
AND ALL THAT TIME HAS BEEN A THORN IN YOUR SIDE? YES, SIR.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE? YES, SIR.
UM, IN THIS AREA, THERE'S A SCHOOL, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THOUSAND BY, WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET? YES, SIR.
GOT LEE HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD.
IS TRAFFIC FROM ANY SCHOOL AGE? YES.
GOING TO AND FROM IN FRONT OF THESE ADDRESS? YES.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD AND THOSE ALSO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHILDREN DO GO BY THIS STREET TO GET TO THE SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S ONE, UH, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ALSO.
UM, THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERNS OF THE CONSTITUENTS TOO.
AND, AND I ALWAYS TELL 'EM, CALL ME.
UH, I GIVE 'EM MY CELL PHONE FOR THE CITY AND THEY CALL ME.
AND ALSO WE, UH, I MONITOR THEIR, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND ALSO NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING.
I MONITOR ALL OF THEM, ALL THE COMPLAINTS COMING IN THAT DON'T COME INTO ME.
DO YOU GET COMPLAINTS FROM THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS? NO, NOT NECESSARILY.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS DON'T ONLY CONCENTRATE ON THE SCHOOLS.
THE, ALL THE AREA SURROUNDINGS IS MINE.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL TELL THE SCHOOL OFFICER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE.
BUT I HAVE, I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL OFFICERS AND THEY ALSO, UH, THEY SAY, OH YES, YOU KNOW, IT IS A NUISANCE.
AND, AND I, I TRY TO HAVE THEM HELP ME ALSO.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF VIGILANCE? THAT'S CORRECT.
NO QUESTIONS ANYMORE? YES, MA'AM.
I GUESS I WAS THINKING OF THE CHILD THAT, SO THE CHILD WENT INTO FOSTER CARE, THEY WENT WITH CCP S NO, UH, THE CHILD'S STILL THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW THE STATUS IS ON THAT CPS CASE, BUT, UH, THEY CONTINUED.
THE LAST CASE, UH, CALL FROM TELE PARTICULAR SERVICE WAS, UH, THIS FEBRUARY.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T MAKE THAT ASSISTANCE CALL.
OTHER OFFICERS HAD TO GO TO IT 'CAUSE I WASN'T AVAILABLE.
BUT, UH, THEY, IT, IT IS A CONCERN TO, FOR ME.
AND I'M CURIOUS ALSO THE STATUS AND ALSO THIS, THIS PROPERTY CONTINUES TO USE, UH, I BELIEVE, UM, GAS GENERATORS TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO OVERRIDE THE, UH, THE VIOLATIONS TO THAT CO COMPLIANCE.
MS. MULLINS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS PEGGY MULLINS AND I AM AT FIVE 10 BRICK.
VIEW NUMBER FOUR, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 3.
COULD YOU PUT THE, YOU CAN ADJUST THE MIC.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT PEGGY MULLINS, I LIVE AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW NUMBER FOUR, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 3.
OKAY, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, AS FAR AS THE PROBLEMS THAT HE WAS STATING, IT IS TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES.
WE LIVE IN THE BACK BEHIND A SECURE FENCE.
UM, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SPLIT THE PROPERTY FOR PROPERTY TAX PURPOSES, BUT I DID.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAVE ANY CASES AGAINST US IN MY HOME.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ARREST.
NO WARNINGS, NO NOTHING AS FAR AS THE CHILD IS CONCERNED.
THAT IS MY GREATEST CONCERN TOO.
HE HAS BEEN, UH, INVESTIGATED BY CPS AND THEY HAVE TWO TAKE CASES THAT BOTH BEEN DISMISSED.
THEY DO CHECK IN WITH US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE JUST TO SEE HOW HE'S DOING, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DISMISSED.
UM, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE LIVED IN THIS, UH, CITY THAT MY WHOLE LIFE AND I'VE BEEN AT THE CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE LAST DECADE.
AND, UM, A LOT OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED WAS FROM THE FIRST RAID.
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MURDER, THEY'RE SAYING IT WAS NOT ON OUR PROPERTY.HE WAS NOT FOUND ON MY PROPERTY.
HE WAS FOUND OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY NEAR THE DITCH.
THERE HAS BEEN, IT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS, NOTHING FROM THAT, FROM US.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS ARRESTED DURING THESE RAIDS WAS MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW FOR TRAFFIC TICKETS 17 YEARS AGO.
I HAVE, UM, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE QUOTES FOR THE DEMOLITION FOR THE FRONT PROPERTY.
'CAUSE I DO WANT IT DEMOLISHED.
AND THOSE PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO STAY THERE.
THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, I HAVE NO DOUBT.
BUT HE, I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WAS STAYING THERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, THAT IF HE HAD TO LEAVE, WE'D ALL PAY.
AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD DO THAT.
UM, I AM, I AM IN THE FINAL STAGES OF AN EQUITY LOAN.
THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR MY PROPERTY INSURANCE TO GO THROUGH.
AND THEN I CAN REPAIR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING ME TO REPAIR, INCLUDING THE DEMOLITION.
AND YES, WE ARE ON A GENERATOR AND HAVE BEEN ON A GENERATOR, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE PROPERTY, IT WAS BUILT IN 1930 AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE ON SOME OF IT.
SO YOU, UH, THE POLICEMAN CAME OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE GENERATOR NOISE AND HE SAID, HONESTLY, I COULDN'T EVEN HEAR IT.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND I KNOW IT'S COMING FROM 3 1 1 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT WE'VE BEEN HARASSED BY A FEW PEOPLE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND I'M, I'M WANT IT STOPPED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE DANGEROUS PREMISES SINCE THEY'RE, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
SO I'D LIKE TO BE TREATED RIGOROUS, RESPECT AS I SHOULD BE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO CODE AND LIVE IN PEACE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
SO YOU LIVE BEHIND THIS PROPERTY? I LIVE, THERE'S THE FRONT PROPERTY IS A, IT WAS A TRIPLEX THAT, UM, THERE WERE PEOPLE NOT ALLOWED TO STAY THERE THAT WERE THERE.
I LIVED BEHIND A SECURITY FENCE, UM, IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN SEE FROM THE STREET.
UNLESS YOU GO INTO THE PROPERTY AROUND THE DRIVEWAY.
AND YOU'RE LETTING PEOPLE JUST STAY THERE? NO, AND I DON'T LET THEM STAY THERE.
UM, I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE BEFORE AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
I, I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR.
SO, UH, MS. MULLENS IS ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF HER RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE STRUCTURES.
UH, THE STRUCTURE THAT MS. MULLENS, UH, RESIDES, UH, IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW WITH SA AND PMC VIOLATIONS.
UM, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO, UH, A, A DEMOLITION THAT IS, THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED, UM, FOR THE FRONT STRUCTURE.
AND THAT IS BEING BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, UM, AFTER, UM, UH, THE ISSUES WITH THE BACK STRUCTURE THAT HER, HER PERSONAL RESIDENCE IS ADDRESSED.
SO THAT I DO, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE SO WE DON'T GET, UM, UH, MIXED UP.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE S-A-P-M-C ARE THE VIOLATIONS FOR THE, UM, THE STRUCTURE THAT SHE LIVES IN, WHICH IS THE BACK STRUCTURE COUNSEL, ALL THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WAS SHOWN EARLIER SHOULD BE PRESENTED DURING THE NEXT PART, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT I DO BELIEVE, AND AND AGAIN, MS. MULLINS CAN, CAN, UM, ADDRESS THIS.
I DO BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE SOME DOCUMENTATION ABOUT, UM, LOAN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ABOUT, UH, UH, SOLAR ENERGY, I GUESS THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT MS. MULLINS WAS REFERENCING IN REGARDS TO THAT'S THE, THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE.
SO THAT CAN BE, UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT, UH, THE BOARD TO REVIEW THAT TO MS. MULLENS DID BRING THAT IN.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.
'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CROSSOVER IN SOME OF THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY BOTH SIDES, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO, UH, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE CROSSOVER IS MINIMIZED, IF AT ALL.
UH, THE ONLY ISSUES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, UH, RIGHT NOW ARE THE ISSUES WITH THE BACK STRUCTURE, UH, AND THE, UH, THE WINDOWS, THE DOOR FRAMES, UM, ALSO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AND THEN THE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS, WHICH WOULD BE THE THREE PMCS.
SO THIS, THIS UP HERE RIGHT NOW IS VALID FOR JUST WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW, THOSE THREE.
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MA'AM.I JUST GAVE YOU THE QUOTES THAT I'D GOTTEN AND I'M WAITING ON THE EQUITY LOAN SO I CAN TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES, ROBERT, TAP.
SO HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? I WOULD SAY FOR THE BACK PROPERTY, YES.
I, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO REPAIR ALL THAT.
THE OVERHANGS GONNA HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN.
UM, THE WINDOWS CAN BE RE RESEALED, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THREE MONTHS MAX THAT I THINK THE ELECTRICAL CAN START RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'S OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF FIRST.
DID YOU GET ANY ESTIMATES? YES, I DID.
FROM ANYBODY OTHER THAN HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE WITH THE COST THAT YOU, I HAD SOMEONE ELSE SAY, CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT, BUT I NEVER GOT HIS PROPOSAL AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SENT THAT IN AND HE DID NOT.
SO, AND HE DIDN'T GIVE YOU TWO, THREE MONTHS, WHATEVER.
HE JUST NO, JUST THE ELECTRICAL FROM SOLAR ENERGY SHOULD HAVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THAT.
CAN WE PUT THAT BACK UP? COULD I, I HAVE, I HAVE A PAGE THAT SAYS HE COULD START IMMEDIATELY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT SAID HOW LONG, BUT OOPS, SORRY.
I DON'T SEE A TIMELINE ON THERE.
LET ME, I CAN CHECK MY PAPERWORK AND SEE IF THERE WAS A FRONT, FRONT PAGE.
THAT'S ONE THING WE GO BY IS NOT JUST THIS, IT'S THE AMOUNT OF TIME, BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFIC.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC DATES, UHHUH,
IF THEY GO PAST THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU AND LET YOU KNOW.
UM, BUT BASED, BASED OFF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I WOULD SAY THE ELECTRICAL PROBABLY WOULD TAKE NO MORE THAN A MONTH AT THE MOST.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT AND CHECK IT.
AND SO WHAT ABOUT RESOURCES? PAYING FOR EVERYTHING? THAT'S WHAT A, THE EQUITY LOAN SHOULD COVER EVERYTHING.
AND I SHOULD KNOW THE FINAL STAGE OF THAT WITHIN THE WEEK.
THIS WEEK I CAN GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THE BANK AND THE PERSON WHO HANDLES THAT.
I'D RATHER NOT SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? WHAT'S THAT? BECAUSE THIS IS ALL WE DID.
WELL, WE JUST WANT PROOF THAT RESOURCES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
UM, WHEN THEY, UM, PROPOSE THIS, THIS IS FOR ALL YOUR ELECTRICAL ONLY CORRECT? OR WINDOWS TWO? UM, BUT HE SAID HE COULD DO THE WINDOWS, BUT HE DIDN'T WRITE THAT IN THE PROPOSAL, I DON'T THINK, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, DRYWALL TAPE AND FLOAT AND REDO.
SO THAT JUST TELLS ME IT'S ELECTRICAL.
AND AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, WHEN I DO THAT, I PUT IN THERE THAT THIS WOULD ALSO COVER WINDOWS ROOFING, ANYTHING THAT'S, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENT RIGHT.
BUT HE SPECIFICALLY, THIS JUST ELECTRICAL ONLY TELLS ME IT'S FOR ELECTRICAL.
AND I DID HAVE, LIKE I SAID, I HAD SOMEONE COME OUT, BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE THE FINAL PROPOSAL.
SO THIS COVERS A PART OF THE PROBLEM PART.
AND THE OTHER TWO PARTS, YOU HAVE NOT GOT A A FULL NO, I HAVE NOT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I'M SORRY.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE GOOD? GO AHEAD MA'AM.
ROB ROBERT MULLINS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START REALLY, BUT, UH, A LOT OF THE DAMAGES WERE DONE BY SWAT, LIKE WITH BOTH PROPERTIES.
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I DON'T KNOW.YOUR MIC, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY GET A LITTLE CLOSER.
AND IF YOU COULD ONLY REFER TO THE, THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THE NEXT, THE BACK PROPERTY? YEAH, THE, THE BACK PROPERTY IF YOU COULD, YEAH.
THE ELECTRICAL, UH, WELL WHEN WE, I HAD THE ELECTRICITY ON IN MY NAME BEFORE THEY PULLED THE METER AND UH, THAT METER WAS ACTUALLY REPLACED BY, IT WAS FOUR CO COMPLIANCE OFFICERS AND TWO CPS WORKERS CAME OUT TO INSTALL OUR NEW METER.
SO, I MEAN, IF IT WAS UNSAFE, YOU THINK THEY, THEY WERE ALL PRESENT WHEN IT GOT INSTALLED? I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD'VE INSTALLED IT IN AN UNSAFE, LIKE, SET UP, YOU KNOW, IT, IF THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD, WHY, WHY WOULD IT GET INSTALLED IN THE FIRST PLACE WITH THAT MANY OFFICIAL PEOPLE PRESENT, MR. CHAIR, IT'S, IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR QUESTIONS TO BE POSED TO THIS BOARD.
IF YOU COULD REFRAIN FROM ASK A QUESTION.
ARE YOU GOING TO, UH, BE A, A PARTICIPANT IN, IN THE REPAIR? UM, I AM A CONTRACTOR, BUT, UH, I CANNOT PULL PERMITS.
UH, SO IF I HELP A PERSON OR NOT, MAYBE, BUT I DON'T, I, I CAN'T PULL PERMITS, SO I CAN'T DO ANY OF IT AT THE MOMENT.
OH, AND WITH THE CPS CASES, UH, THOSE WERE BOTH, BOTH OPENED UP FROM, UH, THE CITY PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT THE RAID, AND THEY WERE BASED OFF OF FALSE ALLEGATIONS.
AND THEY DID PUT MY SON ON A SAFETY PLAN FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT IS NOW CLOSED TOO.
SO, AND THEY CAME IN AND INSPECTED THE HOUSE AND MADE SURE IT WAS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR MY SON AND BOTH TIMES, SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE IS CRYING ABOUT MY SON.
THEY, THEY PUT HIM THROUGH MORE WITH THE RAID.
THEY WOKE HIM UP WITH AR FIFTEENS IN HIS FACE AND FLASHLIGHTS AND THEY GET EMOTIONAL FOR MY SON.
LIKE, I COULDN'T, I WAS BEING SLAMMED ON THE FLOOR ZIP TIED AND I COULDN'T HELP MY SON LIKE OVER SOMETHING LIKE FOR CO COMPLIANCE.
IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? I'M NOT ASKING A QUESTION, BUT YEAH, I'M GOOD ON THAT SUBJECT.
SO YOUR PROPERTY HAS ELECTRICITY FROM CPS? WE DID.
DON'T YOU HAVE GENERATORS? NOW? NOW.
BUT THE REASON WHY THEY PULLED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY SAID IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD.
WELL, SWAT PULLED DOWN A LIVE LINE AND THAT'S WHY THEY FELT IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD.
WELL, THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING HOT, WHICH IS WHY THEY DID IT.
WELL, NO, THEY PUT, THEY PULLED THE POWER LINE DOWN.
AS A CONTRACTOR, I HAVE TO ASK THIS.
HOW CAN YOU NOT PULL PERMITS? WHY ARE YOU NOT ALLOWED TO PULL, PULL? I'M JUST A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
I USUALLY WORK AS LIKE A HELPER OR SOMETHING, BUT I DO DO 10 99 WORK LIKE CONTRACTING.
I'M NOT LICENSED ELECTRICIAN OR ANYTHING, BUT I CAN DO DRYWALL AND FRAMING, PAINTING, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, ANYBODY IN HERE THAT OWNS A HOME CAN PULL A PERMIT.
THEY TOLD ME THAT IT HAS TO BE A, A CONTRACTOR WITH THE CITY, SOMEBODY WHO CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY.
SO THERE'S ONLY A FEW, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO FIT THAT CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, ALL WELL, I HAVE A DIFFERENT, THAT'S IN LEAST BASED OFF WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
WELL, I'M GOING BY WHAT I KNOW FOR THE PAST 30, I'M SURE 30 PLUS YEARS.
A HOMEOWNER CAN'T PULL A PERMIT.
ESPECIALLY EVEN WITH THE DEMO.
SO YOUR ISSUES WITH THE HOUSE, AND IF THAT THING SAID THERE ON THE, THE SOLAR YEAH.
PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE HOUSE REWIRED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE MAKING US DO.
NO, THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACTOR SAID IN HIS THING THAT HE'S GONNA, WELL, THAT'S REWIRE THE WHOLE HOUSE.
HE HAS TO CONTACT THE CITY AND BASE IT OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE TELLING HIM.
SO, SO THEY'RE TELLING HIM EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO THAT'S WHAT HE BASED IT OFF OF, BECAUSE IF YOUR HOUSE HASN'T BEEN WIRED WITHIN THE PAST 15 YEARS, AND IT'S DEFINITELY OUTTA CODE.
SO, UH, SINCE WE MOVED IN THERE, WE HAD THE, IT'S BEEN LIKE HOW IT IS THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO IT'S OUTTA CODE, SO IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO CODE.
NOW, ONCE YOU GET THIS, YOU'RE, WHAT IS YOUR ESTIMATED TIME
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SINCE YOU DABBLE AND I SAY DABBLE, NOT, NOT TO DEGRADE YOU OR ANYTHING.WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOUR ESTIMATED TIME BE FROM START TO FINISH? TO BRING IT UP TO CODE WITH EVERYTHING, THE WINDOWS AND ALL WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BRING IT TO CODE.
UH, I'D SAY MAYBE A, A MONTH AND A HALF ABOUT AT THE MOST PROBABLY IF LIKE WORKING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
AND THE CITY DOESN'T CALL TAS MAHAL.
CUP TO CODE MEANS IT MEANS A SPECIFIC STANDARD.
SO YOU'RE SAYING 30 DAYS WOULD BE 60 DAYS? YEAH.
UH, I FEEL LIKE A MONTH AND A HALF WOULD BE ENOUGH, BUT, UH, TWO MONTHS AT THE LONGEST.
BUT, OR MONTH AND A HALF, ACTUALLY, PROBABLY AT THE LONGEST IF SOMEBODY WAS WORKING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
THAT WAS ONLY FOR THE ELECTRICAL.
THAT'S FOR WINDOWS TWO, CORRECT? NO, THAT'S WITH WINDOWS TWO.
SO THE WHOLE PROJECT FROM START.
I, I FEEL LIKE IT CAN BE DONE THAT PROBABLY QUICKER THAN THAT WITHIN 45 DAYS.
'CAUSE THE WHOLE WINDOW THING ISN'T, IT'S JUST A FRAMING PROBLEM, LIKE, UH, BECAUSE UH, THE WINDOWS WERE ADDED ON AFTER, SO THE PORCH WAS ALREADY THERE.
UH, BUT THEY JUST ADDED THAT ON, I DON'T KNOW, UH, PROBABLY A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT'S JUST THE FRAMING UNDER IT HAS DETERIORATED, SO IT KIND OF SAGS.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, ALL RIGHT.
BASED ON SOME OF THE STATEMENTS MR. MULLIN'S BEEN MAKING TO THE SON OR TO THE MOTHER? TO THE SON.
UH, MR. MULLINS, WAS IT, UM, THE CITY THAT, UH, CREATED THE ELECTRICAL HAZARDS AT THAT PROPERTY THAT WERE FOUND ON MAY 14TH, 2025 AND ALSO THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION? UH, THE PULL DOWN POWER LINE? YES, Y'ALL DID DO THAT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SAY THE PULL DOWN POWER LINE, BUT THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE.
I HAD TO TELL THEM HOW TO TURN OFF THE POWER, THE BREAKER BOX.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU THIS AND I'M, I'M, I JUST NEED A QUESTION.
I NEED YOU TO PLEASE ANSWER, BUT YES, Y'ALL DID CREATE THAT PROBLEM.
SO YOU IT, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ACCORDING TO YOUR TECH, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO FINISH 'CAUSE WE'RE BEING RECORDED AND I'LL, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER.
IT IS YOUR STATEMENT TODAY THAT THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT YOU HAD AT THE PROPERTY ON MAY 14TH, 2024 AND THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION IN 2025 WERE DUE TO THE CITY'S ACTION, YES OR NO, SIR? NO.
UM, SECONDLY, NOT IF YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, SIR, UH, THE OVERHEAD EXTENSION DAMAGE THAT'S AT THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY, UH, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO FINISH, WHICH IS WHY THE PROPERTY IS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY.
WAS THAT CAUSED BY THE CITY? NO, DEFINITELY NOT.
UM, I NEVER SAID THAT THE WINDOW SKYLINE AND DOOR FRAMES, UM, NEVER SAID THAT THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE ARE HERE FOR, FOR S-A-P-M-C VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT WERE FOUND ON, UH, UH, UH, MAY, EXCUSE ME, MAY 14TH, 2024.
WERE THEY CAUSED BY THE CITY? NO, I, I NEVER MADE THAT STATEMENT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE OVERHANGS, UH, THERE WERE BEEHIVES IN THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT AS FAR AS I COULD, UH, FIND OUT WHETHER IT WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 80 YEARS.
THE BEEHIVES, SO, UH, MY SON GOT STUNG A FEW TIMES, TOO MANY.
SO WE PAID OVER, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 22, 20 $300.
AND, UH, WE HAD THE BEES REMOVED AND THAT'S WHY THE OVERHANGS ARE CUT OPEN AT THE BOTTOM IS 'CAUSE WE JUST GOT THE BEES REMOVED NOT TOO LONG AGO.
THERE'S ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE.
UM, UH, THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP, UM, INSPECTION RECENTLY, UH, AT YOUR PROPERTY, 20, UH, THIS YEAR, 2025.
UM, AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING ANY CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH ANY CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, DID THEY STATE THAT THEY WOULD AND BE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR MOTHER AND GIVE YOU AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THESE REPAIRS? YES.
UM, HAVE THOSE REPAIRS BEEN, UH, FINISHED? UM, MY MOM'S WAITING ON THE EQUITY LOAN AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AT THE MOMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND WAS IT ALSO STATED THAT THE, IF THOSE WERE REPAIRS WERE TO BE DONE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BROUGHT THIS PROPERTY TO THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD? YES, SIR.
IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
LEMME HAVE A FOLLOW UP THERE ON THE DART INSPECTION.
WHEN EVERYBODY SHOWED UP, WERE YOU OFFERED A TEMPORARY HOUSING? NO, THEY OFFERED TO HELP US FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO
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LIVE.BUT, BUT, UH, I, I DIDN'T TAKE IT BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S MY HOME.
YOU KNOW, WE LITERALLY HAVE A, A CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH BARB WIRE ALL THE WAY AROUND OUR WHOLE PROPERTY.
IT, THEY MAY ON TAX PAPERS, IT MIGHT BE THE SAME PROPERTY, ONE WHOLE PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE SEPARATED LIKE IT'S A BIG OLD GATE OPENS AND CLOSES.
AND SO LIKE OUR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, DO WITH ANY OF THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THAT WAS, I MEAN, YES, UH, MY MOM'S THE OWNER, BUT, UH, I GUARANTEE YOU 90% OF THE CALLS THEY WERE REFERRING TO WERE NOT FOR US BECAUSE THERE USED TO BE HOMELESS CAMPS ALL AROUND THE DITCH, ALONG THE DITCH.
'CAUSE WE'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE DITCH.
UH, THERE USED TO BE LIKE FOUR OR FIVE HOMELESS CAMPS RIGHT THERE.
AND WE ALWAYS, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS THEY'RE REFERRING TO ARE CAME OR WERE ABOUT BACK ON YOUR EARLIER STATEMENT, YOU SAID IT'D BE ABOUT 45 TO 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE? YES.
AND THE CODE BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION IS ASKED FOR A VACATE.
UH, THEY TOLD, TOLD US AS WELL, THEY TOLD US WE COULDN'T BE ON OUR PROPERTY AFTER DARK ORIGINALLY, BUT THEY CAN'T TELL US TO LEAVE OUR PROPERTY.
SO, BUT WE, THEY COULD TELL US IT IS UNSAFE TO BE IN OUR HOUSE AND RECOMMEND THAT, BUT WE, THEY CAN'T TELL US TO BE OFF, LIKE COMPLETELY OFF OUR PROPERTY.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE ON OUR PROPERTY LIKE DAY OR NIGHT.
UH, WE MAY NOT BE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THEORETICALLY THAT'S TRUE.
BUT THEY'RE ASKING THIS COURT TO ENFORCE I UNDERSTAND.
SO WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE YOU WERE OFFERED A PLACE TO STAY, BUT THIS HOUSE IS HOLD ON A PLACE TO STAY UNTIL THIS COULD BE RESOLVED.
WOULD THAT THAT WAS CORRECT OR NOT? UH, ORIGINALLY IF YOU, I MEAN, IT DIDN'T, WASN'T SUCH A NICE DEAL LIKE THAT, BUT YEAH, THEY OFFERED ASSISTANCE.
SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO THIS, THAT YOU'RE VACATED, IF THAT IS DONE FOR AT LEAST 60 DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA BE INCONVENIENCED FROM STAYING AT THAT PROPERTY.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? UH, I MEAN, HOW CAN I NOT BE ON THE PROPERTY? I'M, LIKE I SAID, I MAY NOT BE, UH, ABLE TO GO IN MY HOUSE, BUT IT'S A TWO ACRE PROPERTY, ALMOST A TWO ACRE PROPERTY.
SO WHY CAN I NOT BE ON THE PROPERTY? BECAUSE IT'S UNSAFE? NO, THE PROPERTY IS NOT UNSAFE, SIR.
THE HOUSE MIGHT BE UNSAFE, BUT IT'S A TWO ACRE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, IT GOES LIKE THIS IF THAT HOUSE IS UNSAFE TO LIVE IN AT THIS TIME UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
SO I CAN'T WALK INTO THE YARD.
I I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR AND I I I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, NO QUESTION.
THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY QUESTIONS POSED.
AND ALSO, UH, UH, UM, MR. CHAIR, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE, THE STRUCTURE TO BE VACATED, UH, AS THE CITY BELIEVES IT'S UNSAFE UNTIL THAT THAT ISSUE GETS ADDRESSED, UM, UM, EN ENGAGING MR. MULLINS.
AND, UH, AND THIS IS, I I WOULD SAY IT'S UNPRODUCTIVE POINT TAKEN.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
RUBY ALDO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HI, MY NAME IS RUB ALDO, AND I'D RATHER NOT STATE MY ADDRESS AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, YOU WANNA HANDLE THIS ONE? YES.
I, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING ON, ON CONCERNS OF, OF SAFETY.
UM, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY NOTICE OR ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BE SENT TO ANY, UM, PERSON SPEAKING, UH, REGARDING THIS PROPERTY.
UH, SO, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND BE OKAY WITH IT.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT, I HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH A GUY ABOUT THAT, SO I LET COUNSEL HANDLE IT.
NOW, I, I WOULD LET YOU SAY THAT THE, THE, THAT PERSON WAS A VESTED PERSON IN REGARDS TO THE MEETING.
I, I BELIEVE IN A PUBLIC CONVERSATION, I WANNA SURE THAT I'M COVERED TOO, SO I UNDERSTAND.
MY FATHER'S NAME IS BENJAMIN ALDO.
I WANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK ABOUT ONE PERSON THAT YOU LOVE, YOUR BEST FRIEND.
NOW IMAGINE THAT PERSON GOING MISSING, TRYING TO CALL, TEXT, GOING OUT, SEARCHING FOR THEM ENDLESS ENDLESSLY FOR 14 DAYS, MY DAD AND MY FAMILY, AND I SEARCHED FOR MY DAD.
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TODAY I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING DEEPLY PERSONAL REGARDING THE PROPERTY.AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW, MY FATHER WENT MISSING ON MARCH 18TH, 2024.
IT WAS STILL, AND IT WAS A CHALLENGING, INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME FOR MY FAMILY AND I.
ON MARCH 31ST, 2024, THIS PROPERTY WAS RAIDED IN CONNECTION WITH HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
AND TRAGIC TRAGICALLY, HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED JUST BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
ACCORDING TO SAN ANTONIO DETECTIVES, HIS CELL PHONE SIGNAL WAS TRACED TO THAT LOCATION, AND HE WAS REPORTED MISS AFTER HE WAS REPORTING MISSING AND HIS DEATH, DEATH WAS SADLY, RU RULED A HOMICIDE.
HIS CELL PHONE WAS NEVER RECOVERED, NOR HIS JEWELRY OR WALLET ON HIS PERSON.
NATURALLY, I HAVE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROPERTY, DETECTIVES DESCRIBE IT AS UNINHABITABLE WITH NO RUNNING WATER, ELECTRICITY, CALL, CALLING IT A QUOTE, HORRIBLE UNQUOTE PLACE.
THIS INFORMATION HAS LEFT US FEELING EVEN MORE UNSETTLED IN MY QUEST FOR ANSWERS AND RESOLUTION, I REACHED OUT TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS, CITY CODE OFFICIALS AND SAFE OFFICERS ALL HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS FACED NUMEROUS CODE VIOLATIONS, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER MY DAD'S DEBT CASE.
I PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE WATCH MEETINGS AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE URGENT NEED TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING THIS PROPERTY, A TENANT WHO LIVES THERE, WHICH I WILL ADDRESS AS MR. MULLEN'S WIFE HE GAVE ME OR REACHED OUT TO ME AFTER ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WITH A HANDWRITTEN LETTER EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT STRANGE AND SHADY UNQUOTE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OCCURRING ON THE PREMISE.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEY OCCUPIED THE BACK STRUCTURE, IT IS ULTIMATELY THE PROPERTY'S PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT MY FAMILY HAS EXPERIENCED TROUBLE, HAS HAD TROUBLING EXPERIENCES LINKED TO THIS LOCATION.
IN 2016, A STOLEN VEHICLE LEAVING THE PROPERTY CRASHED INTO MY SISTER, WHICH ONLY ADDS TO OUR GROWING CONCERNS.
WE FEEL THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WE ARE URGING THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD TO INTERVENE AND CONSIDER DEMOLISHING THE PROPERTY TO HELP KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
WE JUST WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND WE HOPE OUR REQUESTS WILL BE TAKEN TO HEART.
MELISSA HERNANDEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
OH, I, I DIDN'T, UH, FOR US TO SPEAK, I JUST, THEY ASKED ME TO SIGN IN AND I SIGNED, I'M A NEIGHBOR.
MS. UM, NICK NICHOLAS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I RESIDE AT TWO 14 SULLIVAN DRIVE IN THE GREATER BELLEVUE AREA.
I AM WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE HOUSE LISTED HERE ON ITEM SIX.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE 15 YEAR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE GREATER BELLEVUE AREA, JUST NORTH OF THIS ALMOST AREA.
THIS STATEMENT STANDS IN REGARDS TO THE WHOLE TWO ACRE LOT OF PROPERTY NUMBER 4 5 5 0 8 4 LISTED WITH THE BAYER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THIS LOT IS TWO PROPERTIES ON A TWO ACRE PIECE OF LAND.
AS A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION PROPOSED FOR THE PROPERTY LISTED UNDER ITEM SIX ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA.
THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS A HEAVY HAZARD TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDS WITHIN A DIRECT 1000 FEET OF ALMOST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS WELL AS NIMITZ MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LEE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH MY CHILD ATTENDS LEE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S NOT ADDRESSING THE MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
DO WE STILL WANNA ACCEPT TESTIMONY OR WE WANNA WAIT TILL NO, SHE'S, SHE'S FINE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THEM CROSSED.
YES, I, I I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEY WANNA SPEAK ON BROOKVIEW, WHETHER THEY SAY IT MULTIPLE TIMES OR OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THEM TO DO, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE'RE ON, I DO WANT TO KEEP IT, YEAH, I WANT TO KEEP IT A, A PUBLIC MEETING TO ALLOW, I WAS UNAWARE INITIALLY THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS GOING TO BE VIEWED AS
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TWO SEPARATE STRUCTURES.HOWEVER, IN REGARDS TO THE BEXAR COUNTY LOT, THIS IS BRANCHED AND PROPOSED IN THE PROPERTY LINE AS ONE.
SO THIS WAS WELL, THAT'S FINE BECAUSE COUNSEL SAID IT'S OKAY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING SOMETHING HERE.
THE, UH, THIS PROPERTY ALSO ABUTS THE ALMOST CREEK SURROUNDING RESIDENTS HAVE REASONABLE SAFETY CONCERNS AS THIS PROPERTY HAS BECOME A MECCA FOR CRIME AND ENCAMPMENT DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY WOODED BOUNDARY OF SAID PROPERTY.
AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN WAS A RECENT 2024 HOMICIDE OF MY NEIGHBOR AT THIS ADDRESS JUST BEHIND THE PROPERTY LINE IN THE WOODED AREA.
THIS IS A HEAVILY STRUCTURAL, DETERIORATED PROPERTY ON BOTH LIVING STRUCTURES PROPOSING, PROPOSING A SAFETY RISK FOR ANYONE OCCUPYING.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS ALSO A MANDATE TO REPAIR, BUT IF THERE HAS BEEN NO INTENTIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE, OR IF THE STRUCTURE POSES A RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY, I DO BELIEVE THAT DEMOLITION IS THE NEXT NECESSARY STEP.
REMOVING THIS STRUCTURE WILL REDUCE CRIME AND PROVE NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETICS AND PAVE THE WAY FOR A SAFER, MORE PRODUCTIVE USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
I TRUST THAT THIS BOARD HAS EVALUATED THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY AND IS ACTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.
ANGELICA RE IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK BOARD.
MS. G***O, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MAIN, THE FRONT STRUCTURE THAT IS, UM, I COULD WAIT FOR THAT.
I WOULD, YES, I WOULD JUST URGE ANYBODY THAT'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FRONT STRUCTURE, UH, LET'S WAIT TILL THAT PROPERTY IS PRESENTED.
IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, THE BACK STRUCTURE, I WOULD, I WOULD URGE ANYBODY TO GET OUT ON UP AND, AND SPEAK.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR, UM, YEAH, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE TRANSCRIPT IS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE, UH, THE STRUCTURES WE'RE DISCUSSING.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED EARLIER BECAUSE SHE HAD ALREADY STARTED.
I, AND I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT.
UM, SO ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE NEXT PART WILL STILL BE HEARD.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WRITTEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
UH, WHERE SIR, YOU, UH, OFFICER, YOU STARTED TO GET UP TO DO SOMETHING.
DID YOU HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, OR WOULD THAT BE ADDRESSED ON THE NEXT ONE? THE REASON I CAME UP HERE, UH, A WHILE AGO WAS SHE WAS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF HER BECAUSE SHE IS A VICTIM OF A CRIME.
AND I JUST WANNA SHOW SUPPORT OF ME.
YOU HAVE A MAP, YOU TALK FREELY, AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS PICTURE.
IT INCLUDES THE, UM, THE STRUCTURE.
IF YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THEM, THEY CAN PUT ON THE OVERHEAD.
THIS MAY CLARIFY SOME OTHER STUFF TOO, ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE MAPS THAT WE SEE.
UH, AND, AND FOR THE RECORD, COULD YOU RE JUST YOUR NAME? UH, KINIO FLORES, SAN TUNA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAFE OFFICER, UH, FOR SIX YEARS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE ARE A SAFE OFFICERS.
UM, SAFE UNIT IS A COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT, AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS MY CONCERN.
OKAY, SIR, IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE THE MAP.
THIS PHOTO HERE THAT I HAVE IS, UH, FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW IT SHOWS THE, THE MAIN CONCERN IS CONTRIBUTING TO MY COMPLAINTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, ALL THE DRUG ACTIVITY COMING IN AND OUT.
AND ALSO, AND, AND I'M NOT, UH, EXAGGERATING ON DRUG ACTIVITY WHENEVER, EVERY TIME I GO IN HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, NEEDLES, UH, METH USAGE, AND, UH, FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT STAYED THERE.
AND, UM, NOT ONLY FROM THIS, THIS HOUSE THAT SAYS FIVE 10.
THERE'S OTHER STRUCTURES UNDER THE TREE LINE THAT ARE USED TO OC FOR OCCUPANTS AND 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE STRUCTURES, AND ALL THOSE WERE OCCUPIED BY DRUG USERS.
AND THOSE STRUCTURES ARE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT, THAT SH SHOWS
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EVIDENCE.THEY HAVE BEEN STAYING THERE, INCLUDING BEDS IN REFERENCE TO THIS MAP? YES, SIR.
WHERE IS THAT DITCH? THAT DITCH IS RIGHT BEHIND THE, UH, RIGHT BEHIND THE, YOU SEE THE HOUSES, UH, 4 18, 4 14.
THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS ADDRESS.
THE DITCH IS BE, UH, IS GONNA BE, LET'S MAKE IT, UH, THE STREET IS GONNA BE NORTH AND SOUTH, WHICH IS UNDER THE, UH, TREE LINE THAT SHOWS ON THE, ON THE MAP FROM FOUR 18 AND ALL THAT.
THERE'S A STREET IN BETWEEN THAT'S GONNA BE RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH.
SO THE DRAINAGE IS GONNA BE EAST OF THAT FIVE 10 STRUCTURE SHOWING ON THE MAP.
I, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THE FIVE 10 STRUCTURE TO THE LEFT OF THAT DRIVEWAY, AND UNDER THAT TREE LINE IS WHERE THOSE OTHER STRUCTURES WOULD BE LOCATED THAT YOU MENTIONED.
AM I SEEING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECTLY.
UH, IT'S, NO, THE, THE OTHER STRUCTURE THAT MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT PAR IS GONNA BE NORTH OF THIS FIVE 10, UH, DOCUMENTED STRUCTURE RIGHT THERE.
BUT THE OTHER STRUCTURES IS GONNA BE EAST OF THAT BUILDING, MAIN BUILDING, WHICH IS UNDER THE TREE LINE.
AND THEY'RE USUALLY LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE STORAGE, BUT THEY'RE USED FOR PEOPLE TO STAY THERE.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
I'M GOING TO GET MY LITTLE BOUNCY BALL HERE.
SO THESE ARE WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WHERE IS THE DRAINAGE IS RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU'RE RED DOCK, RIGHT IN HERE? YES, CORRECT, SIR.
SO IT'S NOT ON THE PICTURE, SO THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL OF THIS IS WHERE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS WERE NEGATIVE.
SOME HOMELESS CAMPUSES THERE, BUT ALSO THE HOMELESS CAMPS, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ALSO STAY ALONG THE STREET, UH, UH, TREE LINE RIGHT THERE.
AND ALSO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTO, THERE'S ALSO MORE TREE LINES THERE, AND THERE'S ALSO HOMELESS THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD TO, TO STAY AWAY FROM THERE ALSO.
SO THAT GIVES US A KIND OF, BECAUSE A PICTURE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, ZOOMED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WELL, IT'S NOT ONLY THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT PICTURE LIKE THAT, THAT GIVES US A REFERENCE.
WHICH A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORS WOULD PROBABLY WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK IN, IN SOME OF THE CLARIFICATION.
NOW WE CAN PICTURE WHERE THERE'S, YES.
AND ALSO ANOTHER MAIN CONCERN FOR ME, UH, THERE'S A BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS JUST GUIDE THE BALL.
LIKE I SAID, THE STREET NORTH AND SOUTH, THE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE, UH, BOTTOM, WHICH IS GONNA BE SOUTH.
THERE'S A BE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BACK THERE BEHIND THE TREE LINES.
AND THOSE, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE MAIN CONCERN IS ALSO THAT 5-YEAR-OLD LIVING THERE, AND THERE'S NO WAY, NO CONDITIONS FOR THAT CHILD TO BE THERE.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? NO, SIR.
STAFF CHAIR WILL TAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR A MOTION, UNLESS YOU WANNA CALL SOMEBODY UP THERE.
I'M JUST SAYING WE WANNA, THIS IS ROBERT.
OH, NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW DRIVE SAN ANTONIO, UH, NUMBER FOUR, SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 1 3 IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.9304.
YOU GOTTA DO TWO MOTIONS, TWO DIFFERENT DATES.
YEAH, YOU'LL DO THE 3 0 4 0.9.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS DOING.
3 0 4 0.9 IS THE, IS THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW DRIVE NUMBER FOUR, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 3 IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY CODE SECTION 3 0 4
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0.9 ON THE DATE 5 21 24.AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE ALSO FINDING THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN, IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED 45 DAYS VACATED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD IS, THAT IS A VIOLATION FOR REPAIR UNDER SECTION 3 0 4 0.9 IN, WHAT'D YOU? 30 DAYS? 45.
DID YOU ASK TO VACATE? YES, I DID.
VACATE 45 DAYS WITH ALL PERMITS.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, THE DATE? MAKE SURE WE GOT THE DATE.
YOU JUST DID THE SINGLE, DIDN'T YOU? OR THE DOUBLE? I DID THE FIRST ONE UP THERE.
THAT'S THE DOUBLE, THE SINGLE 3 0 4.
UM, THE, THE, THE, THE ORDER IS GOOD EXCEPT FOR, UM, THE VACATE PORTION, UM, WOULD BE, WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED WITH, UM, UH, THE ELECTRICAL HAZARDS BECAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE VACATE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ADDRESSING SOLELY THE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS.
UH, SO THIS, UM, ORDER THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, BASED ON THE MAY 21ST VIOLATION, UH, WILL SOLELY BE, UM, OVERHAND OVERHANG EXTENSION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UM, TO REMOVE THE VACATE, UH, RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PART OF THE, UH, UH, MOTION.
UH, COUNSEL, YOU JUST SAID IT WOULD BE FOR THE FIVE 21ST.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE FIVE 21ST.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE THE VACATE.
NO, THAT WOULD BE THE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS AND ELECTRICAL.
NO, MY, BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING, AND I I, MY INFORMATION COULD BE DIFFERENT BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING.
I HAVE WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT, DOORFRAMES, AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
UH, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR BOTH OF THOSE WERE, UH, WAS THE 14TH OF MAY.
I'M SEEING HOW THEY WROTE IT NOW.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN HOW THEY WROTE IT NOW.
SO MINUS THE VACATE, EVERYTHING ELSE STANDS.
THE AMENDMENT WAS, WELL, YOU CAN'T DO AN AMENDMENT YET 'CAUSE IT WASN'T SECONDED.
SO YOU COULD STILL AMEND BY YOURSELF.
'CAUSE HE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND TO DO AN AMENDMENT.
SO YEAH, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE, GO AHEAD.
IF OUR WE'RE ADDRESSING IS THE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS, WHY DO THEY NEED TO VACATE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MINUSING.
IS THERE NO VACATE ON THAT NOW.
EVERYTHING STANDS EXCEPT VACATE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
IS CAN I GO ON AND MAKE A MOTION FOR THE NEXT TWO? YES.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE ONE MOTION.
IT'S ONE MOTION FOR THOSE TWO.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW DRIVE.
NUMBER FOUR IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.13 AND 6 0 4 0.3.
THE VIOLATION WAS GIVEN ON 5 14 24.
AND THIS STILL IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY ALSO REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED WITH PERMITS AND VACATED IMMEDIATELY.
UH, THE REPAIRS TO BE WITHIN THE NEXT 45 DAYS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DO REPAIRS WITHIN 45 DAYS UNDER
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PMCS 3, 0 4 0.13 AND 6 0 4 0.3.AND TO BE VACATED UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE.
IS THERE A SECOND ROBERT TOY? SECOND FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UH, THE HOUSE NEEDS TO BE SECURED.
I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
MR. TAPIA, DO YOU ACCEPT? I ACCEPT.
SO WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF SECURE.
ANY DISCUSSION? I DON'T THINK SO.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
I WOULD SAY GET WITH THE PERSON, BUT THE LEFT.
COUNCIL THE WEED NOTE IN THE RECORD.
THE OWNER HAS WALKED OUT OR? I, I, I, I BELIEVE WE JUST HAVE.
I, UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, I I WILL SAY, I GONNA LET THEM VOICE WE ALREADY SAID THEY COULD.
UH, MR. CHAIR, UH, AND BOARD, GO AHEAD.
I DO WANT TO, UH, I WANT, UH, UH, TO PUT IT ON RECORD THAT, UH, MS. MULLINS DID PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THE FIRST PART, THE S-A-P-S-A-P-M-C VIOLATIONS, BUT ALSO THE DP VIOLATIONS.
WE WILL, UH, UH, PROCEED AND, AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND, AND TO THE, THE HEARING SO THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AFTER, UH, THE CITY PRESENTS THEIR THEIR SIDE, WE, WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO PROVIDE, UM, THE DOCUMENTATION AND SHOW IT ON THE SCREEN OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDED.
THAT'S ACCEPTABLE COUNSEL, BECAUSE IT ALSO, IF SOMEBODY WAS GONNA GET UP AND LEAVE OR ANYTHING, THEY STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO STILL VOICE THEIR YEAH, WE DO WANT TO, WE DO WANT TO VOICE AT LEAST PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED.
SO YES, JUST BECAUSE THEY LEFT DOESN'T MEAN ANYBODY ELSE HAS TO.
IF YOU GUYS STILL WANNA VOICE, YOU STILL HAVE THAT, THAT RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 5 1 0 BROOKVIEW DRIVE.
NUMBER FOUR, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DOUG MILIAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 5 1 0 BROOKVIEW DRIVE.
NUMBER FOUR IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON MAY 14TH, 2024, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 0 3 53, NO BLOCK LOT P DASH 1 0 5 A P DASH 1 0 6 A AND P DASH 1 0 7 A AND NORTH 77.3 FEET OF EIR 26.1 OF PR DASH THREE OR P DASH ZERO SEVEN LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MULLINS PEGGY WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 1 0 BROOKVIEW DRIVE.
NUMBER FOUR, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 3.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOW NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES.
SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER FLORES IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 27TH, 2025.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 1 0 BROOKVIEW DRIVE NUMBER FOUR WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 13TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2024 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2024.
ON MAY 20TH, 2024, AN AFTER ACTION MEETING WAS HELD AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, PEGGY MULLINS, AND SHE ATTENDED WITH TWO ADULT CHILDREN.
ONE ONE OF THE ADULT CHILDREN WAS A SON WHO RESIDES IN A DIFFERENT CITY AND HER DAUGHTER WHO RESIDES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE PLAN OF ACTION WAS TO DEMOLISH THE FRONT MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED NEAREST TO THE STREET,
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REMOVE THE MOBILE HOME, AND DEMOLISH THE METAL SHED THAT WILL BE PRESENTED LATER ON.SHE HAS FAILED TO DO, UM, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
UM, HER SON DID ASSIST WITH APPLYING FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THEN WITHDREW THE APPLICATION.
UM, THE REASON IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHY HE REDREW THE APPLICATION.
SO THE, THE SON IN A DIFFERENT CITY WAS GOING TO HELP HER AND THEN WITHDREW HIS ASSISTANCE ON APRIL 18TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 1 0 BROOKVIEW DRIVE NUMBER FOUR ON APRIL 16TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO PEGGY MULLINS AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
ON APRIL 24TH, 2025, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURES TO BE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSB.
AS OF TODAY, A SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON MAY 22ND, 2024 DUE TO NO ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 1000 FEET OF ALMOST ELEMENTARY BITS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO HERE'S THE PLOT PLAN OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE MAIN STRUCTURE THAT I WILL BE PRESENTING IS LOCATED, UM, NEAREST TO THE STREET THAT IS VISIBLE TO, UM, ALL NEIGHBORS.
THEN THE ACCESSORY NUMBER FOUR IS A CARPORT LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND MAIN STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE.
THEN WE TRAVEL TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY IN THE WOODED AREA WHERE MAIN STRUCTURE NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED.
THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED UNDER S-A-P-M-C.
ACROSS FROM THAT STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE A MOBILE HOME.
NEXT TO THAT IS GOING TO BE A METAL SHED.
AND NEXT TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE, NUMBER TWO IS A DETACHED GARAGE.
SO MAIN STRUCTURE ONE, ACCESSORY, ONE, ACCESSORY TWO, ACCESSORY THREE, AND ACCESSORY FOUR IS INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF MAIN STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE.
THE SITING IS DETERIORATED IN MISSING IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
THE FASCIA BOARD IS DETERIORATED.
IT HAS EITHER ROTTED OR IS DETACHED AND MISSING.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LEFT ELEVATION THEY HAVE ADDED ONTO THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT PERMITS.
THESE ARE CEMENT PILLARS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED TOGETHER, UM, AGAIN WITHOUT PERMITS.
THIS IS LOOKING INSIDE, UNDERNEATH THAT CARPORT AREA THAT WAS PIECED TOGETHER WITH THE PILLARS.
THE DECKING DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
SO THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THAT LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT MATERIALS OF SIDING.
THE TRANSIT SIDING IS DETACHING OR MISSING FROM MULTIPLE AREAS, AND THERE ARE WINDOWS THAT ARE OPEN LOOKING INTO THAT OPEN WINDOW.
THERE'S, UH, NOR A NOR LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE, THE STRUCTURE.
THE SHEET ROCK IS EITHER ROTTED OR HAS HOLES.
UH, THIS CEILING, AGAIN, SHEET ROCK HAS DETACHED AND THE, UH, CEILING JOIST AND DECKING IS EXPOSED WITH WATER DAMAGE.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, GOING TOWARDS THE, THE REAR PORTION OF THAT LEFT ELEVATION.
WE STILL ARE ON THE LEFT ELEVATION.
AGAIN, THE TRANSIT SIDING IS MISSING OR ROTTED OR BROKEN IN MULTIPLE AREAS AND WINDOWS ARE BROKEN OR JUST OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
AND THIS IS LOOKING INTO THAT OTHER WINDOW.
AGAIN, THE SHEET ROCK HAS DETACHED.
THERE'S DEBRIS THAT HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING INSULATION AND THE CEILING JOISTS AND DECKING ARE EXPOSED AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THE SIDING, AGAIN, IS ROTTED, DETERIORATED, AND OR MISSING.
THERE'S THIS METAL MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE THAT COULD BLOW AWAY WITH WIND.
THIS IS LOOKING INTO ANOTHER WINDOW ON THAT RIGHT ELEVATION.
AGAIN, A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH THROUGHOUT.
AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE ON THE CEILING AND ON THE FLOOR SYSTEM.
HERE'S ANOTHER ROOM IN THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS DETACHED FROM THE CEILING AND IS EXPOSING THE CEILING JOIST AND THE DECKING, AND IT DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS A PORTION OF THE REAR ELEVATION.
UM, AGAIN, THE SIDING IS ROTTED AND OR MISSING.
THE OWNER DID ATTEMPT TO BOARD UP SOME OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, UM, BUT THEY WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO GET BROKEN INTO.
THIS IS ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT REAR ELEVATION.
THE BROKE, THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN.
AND LOOKING INTO THAT BACK PORCH
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OF THE BROKEN WINDOWS, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS JUST THREW OUT.AND THAT ENTER THAT ACTUALLY IS THE ACCESS TO THAT AREA FROM THE LEFT ELEVATION WITH THE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE WHERE THE CEILING JOISTS AND THE DECKING ARE EXPOSED.
SO THIS IS ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE.
THIS IS THE MOBILE HOME ON THE DAY OF THE DART OF MAY 14TH.
THIS MOBILE HOME WAS OCCUPIED.
THE GENTLEMAN WAS A VETERAN, SO HE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND HE RELOCATED PRETTY SOON AFTER THE DART INSPECTION.
SO THIS IS NOW VACANT AT THIS TIME.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE THE LEFT FRONT AREA.
AND THIS IS THE RIGHT IN FRONT AREA OF THE MOBILE HOME WITH THE ATTACHED WOODEN FRONT PORCH.
UM, THE WOODEN MEMBERS ARE ROTTED AND THE METAL COVERING OF THE ROOF IS DETACHING AND RUSTED.
SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME.
THERE WAS NO KITCHEN IN THE MOBILE HOME.
SO THE OCCUPANT WAS USING A, A HOT PLATE TO HEAT UP FOOD, WHICH, UH, STILL REMAINS TO THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO.
SO AGAIN, THERE WAS NO KITCHEN.
SO THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL WOULD UTILIZE THE WATER CLOSET, UM, FOR WASHING DISHES AND TO USE THE RESTROOM.
SO THE, THERE IS A KITCHEN SINK INSTALLED IN THIS WATER CLOSET.
SO HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT KITCHEN SINK THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE WATER CLOSET.
AND AGAIN, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS STRUCTURE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO THAT BACK BEDROOM.
UH, THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE FLOOR, BUT NOW THEY'VE REPLACED IT WITH SOME PLYWOOD IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO.
IT DOES HAVE CORRUGATED METAL SIDING THAT IS ROTTED OR THAT IS RUSTED AND DETACHING.
THE EXTERIOR DOOR IS ALSO ROTTED AND THE ROOF COVERING IS MISSING AND THERE IS A TARP OVER IT
SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
ALSO SHOWING A PORTION OF THE FRONT ELEVATION, JUST SHOWING THAT THE CORRUGATED METAL, UM, IS ROTTED RUSTED.
AND THEY DID INSTALL A AC UNIT AND THERE IS A TARP OVER THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE EXTERIOR WALL IS COMPLETELY MISSING, EXPOSING THE WOODEN STUDS OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND IT DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
SO THIS IS INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT IS FILLED WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS. UM, THE WOOD MEMBERS DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE AS WELL.
THIS IS GONNA BE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
NUMBER THREE, THIS IS THE DETACHED GARAGE.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD, SINCE IT IS IN THE PHOTO, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
WE DO HAVE A WORK ORDER PENDING.
UM, WE WANTED TO GET A ORDER FROM THE BOARD, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE EASIER TO ABATE THE PROPERTY, MAYBE LESS OF AN ARGUMENT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHEN WE GO, UM, TO ABATE IF THERE'S ACTUAL ORDERS FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED.
SO WE DO HAVE A WORK ORDER IN PLACE.
WE JUST WOULD LIKE AN ORDER IT TO BE ORDERED TO BE CLEANED.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION? YEAH.
UH, FRONT ELEVATION, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT PHOTO.
UM, THE SIDING IS STARTING TO DETACH IN MULTIPLE AREAS ABOVE THE WINDOW.
SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE LEANING.
THE CORRUGATED METAL ROOF SYSTEM IS STARTING TO RUST AND DETACH ON, ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.
THIS IS INSIDE OF THE DETACHED GARAGE.
AGAIN, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS BEING STORED.
AND ON THE LEFT CORNER, LEFT PORTION, UM, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE IN THE SHEET ROCK.
AND THEN THIS IS ACCESSORY NUMBER FOUR.
THIS IS A CARPORT AND THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED.
UM, THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE STARTING TO COLLAPSE.
HERE'S THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THIS CARPORT.
IT'S A BETTER VIEW TO SHOW THAT THE THE SYSTEM IS STARTING TO COLLAPSE.
UH, WOOD MEMBERS ARE MISSING AND OTHERS DO HAVE ROT AND, AND, UM, ARE COLLAPSING.
AND HERE'S THE REAR ELEVATION TO SHOW, UH, MORE PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE STARTING TO COLLAPSE AND ARE ROTTED.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW DRIVE NUMBER FOUR ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE.
ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
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SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 17.FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17.
FOR THE ACCESSORY TWO SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY THREE AND SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY.
FOUR FOR WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS.
HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR FIVE 10 BROOK VIEW DRIVE.
ARE ALL THE BUILDINGS SEPARATELY ELECTRIC? EACH ONE HAS A SEPARATE MEETING METER OR IS IT COMING FROM A MAIN METER THAT FEEDS THE WHOLE PROPERTY? IT'S SEPARATE METERS.
SO THE MOBILE HOME AT THE TIME, ACROSS FROM MAIN STRUCTURE NUMBER TWO WAS BEING POWERED BY EXTENSION CORDS.
AND THEN THE SHED, THE STORAGE SHED NEXT TO THE MOBILE HOME, WHICH WOULD BE ACCESSORY TO, DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER RUNNING TO IT.
BUT THERE IS AN AC UNIT INSTALLED.
SO AT, AT ONE POINT THEY PROBABLY WERE UTILIZING ELECTRICITY, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF IT DURING OUR INSPECTION.
AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO POWER BEING RAN TO THE DETACHED GARAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONNECTION IN THAT TOP LEFT CORNER.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT SHARED THE METER WITH THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
BUT THE MAIN STRUCTURE, NUMBER ONE IN THE FRONT HAD ITS OWN.
IT ACTUALLY HAD FOUR METERS AT ONE POINT.
'CAUSE IT WAS SPLIT UP INTO MULTIPLE UNITS.
'CAUSE YOUR MAIN STRUCTURE ON THE PREVIOUS CASE HAD THE METER CORRECT.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE HERE HAS A METER, AN INDICATION SHOWED THAT THE STANDOFF GARAGE HAS A METER BY THE GOOSENECK ON IT.
DID EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE A SEPARATE METER? WERE THEY SHARING A SINGLE METER? NO, THEY HAD, THEY HAD SEPARATE, THEY HAD SEPARATE HOOKUPS.
SO LET ME GO DOWN THIS ROAD THEN.
SEWER AND WATER, THEY HAVE ACTIVE WATER CURRENTLY.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OFF THE MAIN OR IF THEY'RE ALL ON SEPARATE METERS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.
SO THEY ALL COULD BE FEEDING THE SAME LINE.
IT IT COULD BE, BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I EMAIL OUR SAS CONNECTION, THEY JUST SAY THAT THE PROPERTY HAS ACTIVE, HAS AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT.
WHICH MEANS EITHER THE BACK ONE HAS OR THE FRONT.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE THAT COMES INTO WHAT WE DID EARLIER.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
LET ME TAKE AN ADMINISTRATIVE HERE.
IT'S, IT'S COMING ON AND OFF AND IT'S, UH, LOCKING UP ON, ON MY SCREEN.
SO JUST AS A REFERENCE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO REFERENCE INTO IT.
YOU WANT TO TRADE SEATS FOR MINUTE? NO, NO.
I'M JUST GONNA GO WITH IT AS IT IS.
I'VE GOT MONITORS IF I NEED TO ASK SOMETHING, I'LL, I'VE GOT ONE CLOSE ENOUGH.
SO JUST FOR THAT, THIS MONITOR'S KICKING IN AND OUT, SO, UM, CAN SHE PRINT OFF THE, UM, THAT LAST, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE SUBSECTIONS? OH, THE LAST PART OF THE SUBSECTIONS.
IF YOU COULD PUT 'EM ON THE BOARD.
THAT, THAT MAY HAVE TO STAY UP THERE A LITTLE WHILE SO WE, WE CAN WRITE THAT.
YEAH, YOU CAN'T GO AHEAD AND DO A MOTION UNTIL EVERYBODY'S HEARD.
UM, LET ME ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
DID YOU ASK FOR VACATE? YES, I DID.
ALONG WITH AN, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED? MM-HMM
AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS TOO, BASED OFF THAT, ON YOUR, UH, ABATEMENTS, HAS THERE ANY OTHER ABATEMENTS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY? NO, THERE HAS NOT.
WE HAVE NOT ABATED THE PROPERTY.
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PROPERTY OWNER OCCUPYING THE PROPERTY.UM, AND WORKING WITH HER, WE DID NOT ABATE THE PROPERTY.
WE WOULD GIVE EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION.
UNFORTUNATELY THE PROPERTY WOULD NEVER BE CLEANED.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
THEY PRETTY MUCH WERE JUST PUSHING ITEMS INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE NUISANCE OR THE FIRE HAZARD THAT IT COULD CAUSE.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE DO HAVE A WORK ORDER IN PLACE.
WE WOULD JUST ALSO LIKE AN ORDER IN THE BOARD ORDERS REQUESTING THE PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED.
HOW ABOUT VEGETATION TOO? YES, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE VEGETATION AS WELL.
WE'RE CATCHING PEOPLE IN TREES.
BUT AS FAR AS REMOVING ALL OF THE TRASH AND DEBRIS AND CUTTING ANY OF THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION ITSELF THAN, YES, THAT INCLUDES IT ALL.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF TO INCLUDE PREVIOUS CASE OR JUST THIS CASE? YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE THE, THE CASE I CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE A WORK ORDER IN PLACE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE IT IN THE ORDERS THAT THE PROPERTY IS ORDERED TO BE CLEANED.
OFFICER THOMAS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
IT IS OFFICER THOMAS SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT NOW GOING ON EIGHT YEARS, UH, WORKING WITH THE CENTRAL SAFE UNIT NOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, WITH THIS FRONT STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY CRYSTAL CODE OFFICER CRYSTAL, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME SINCE WE'VE DONE THE INITIAL DART, UH, WE PULLED FIVE OCCUPANTS FROM THAT FRONT STRUCTURE.
UH, UPON OUR INITIAL INSPECTION THERE, JUST AS THE PICTURES INDICATED, THERE WAS MOLD ON THE CEILINGS, THERE WAS ROTTED FLOORS.
UH, WE ENDED UP PULLING OUT THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING IN THAT STRUCTURE, UH, TWO OF WHICH WHO WERE ELDERLY IN THEIR OLDER AGE.
UM, ASSISTANCE WAS EXPRESSED TO THEM AND, UH, AND WE ADVOCATED FOR THEM TO UTILIZE IT.
UH, I DO NOT, NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAD THE INTENTIONS OF WANTING TO GO TO HAVEN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I KNOW WORKING OUT THERE WITH CODE, THAT OPTION WAS PROVIDED TO THEM.
UM, THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN BACK AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THEM SINCE.
UH, THE VETERAN THAT WAS FOUND IN THE SECONDARY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE, UH, MOBILE UNIT, UM, COOPERATIVE FROM OUR INITIAL WARRANT THAT WE ISSUED ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, HE DID RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AND, AND DID FIND A, A DIFFERENT SHELTER IN ANOTHER LIVING INSTANCE.
UM, SINCE THEN, SINCE OUR SECOND DART WARRANT AND ANY OTHER, UH, RECURRING VISITS THAT I'VE HAD TO GO OUT THERE WITH CODE, UH, WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THOSE STRUCTURES.
THEY'RE JUST ON THE PROPERTY, UM, AS THE NUISANCE AND, AND THE, THE ELECTRICAL HAZARDS THAT THEY DO PROVIDE.
UM, UH, IT WAS ON THE SECOND DART WARRANT THAT WE DID FIND TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS GETTING BACK INTO THAT FRONT STRUCTURE, THAT FRONT, UM, HABITATION.
SO WE'VE TRIED, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN BOARDED UP TWICE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
UH, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FINDING A WAY TO GET INSIDE.
UH, AND AS THE HOMEOWNER INDICATED WHEN SHE WAS UP HERE, SHE, SHE OWNS THE PROPERTY, BUT, UH, RELINQUISH ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF, OF TRYING TO PREVENT ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING UP THERE.
UM, SO, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE DEMOLITION IS THE, THE PROPER WAY TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION AND ANY OF THOSE LITTLE SMALLER ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT DON'T SERVE A PURPOSE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, PLEASE, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR SERVING, UM, SEPARATE FROM THE FIRST CASE, ARE MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'RE RUNNING INTO KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY OR ARE THEY JUST NEW FACES? UH, THEY'RE KNOWN TO MYSELF AND MY PARTNER FROM OUR EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING INTO SOME OF THE, UH, HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WHEN WE RUN INTO THEM.
IT'S NOT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, BUT WHEN WE'VE HAD TO PULL THE PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE STRUCTURES, I'VE RECOGNIZED THEM FROM PREVIOUS CALLS AT OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND UH, AND, AND AS OUR EXPERIENCE
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SHOWS US, UM, ONCE WE MOVE THEM AND EITHER TRESPASS THEM FROM ONE PROPERTY, UH, THEY TEND TO FIND A WAY TO, TO FIND ANOTHER VACANT STRUCTURE.AND UNLESS RESPONSIBILITY IS TAKEN BY THE HOMEOWNERS TO EITHER REMODEL IT, REBUILD IT, RENT IT OUT TO ANOTHER PERSON, UM, IT SEEMS TO JUST LIKE STAY IN THE CONDITION IT IS AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE WITH THE WEATHER.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, NEW FLOS, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M IN 29 YEARS POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND UM, ALSO I HAVE PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT TOO, SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
BUT, UH, THE, THE MAIN CONCERN AND ALSO THE, THE STRUCTURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WE DO.
AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE, UH, TAKEN OUT AND EVERYTHING, YEAH, IT WAS A BIG CONCERN.
AND ALSO, UH, AS YOU SEE THE PHOTOS THAT, UM, OFFICER HERE FOR THE CO COMPLIANCE PRESENTED, AND THAT'S A PLAYGROUND FOR THIS CHILD.
THAT'S, IT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A NO-NO FOR ME.
AND UH, ALSO A NONO FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND THE, THESE PEOPLE ARE A NUISANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND, UH, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA COMPLY WITH ANYBODY, NOT EVEN CO COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T LIKE POLICE, UH, AS, AS YOU SAW THE DEMEANOR THEY GAVE.
AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I GO OVER THERE, THE FIRST TIME I EVER WENT IN THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A, A DRUG, THEY WERE SELLING DRUGS.
AND THEN, UH, THAT MY ATTENTION CAME OUT.
AND THEN, UH, I GOT INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER SITUATION DOWN THE ROAD ALSO THERE WHERE ANOTHER NUISANCE PROPERTY WAS, UH, CONCERNED TO ME.
AND, UH, I WAS INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OF THAT COM THAT, THAT PROPERTY.
SO, UH, THAT PUT ME OUT FOR A YEAR 'CAUSE I GOT INJURED ON THAT ONE, BUT I CAME BACK AND, AND I CONCENTRATED ON THIS ONE AND IT, BUT IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT, UH, A HOMICIDE HAD TO BE COMMITTED AT, ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND YOU GUYS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TOO ALSO.
'CAUSE I LOVE YOU GUYS THE WAY, THE WAY YOU WORK AND, AND, UH, THE CONCERNS TO THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE TAXPAYERS AND, UH, I, I WANNA REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO THE VICTIM OF THAT PERSON THAT WAS FOUND THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? NO.
RUBY, UH, ALDO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.
WE GOTTA READ THE STATEMENT OF THE OWNER, CORRECT FIRST? YES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THE IT WOULD COME UP IS THE OWNER WOULD.
YES, WE, WE DO WANT TO PRESENT WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT THE OWNER HAD PROVIDED.
LET'S DO THAT BEFORE WE LET SOMEONE ELSE SPEAK.
THIS IS THE SCOPE OF WORK CHAIR.
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CHAIR, THAT'S THE SCOPE OF WORK AND DEMOLITION PROPOSALS PROVIDED BY THE OWNER.I DO BELIEVE NOW WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
RUBY, UH, ALDO, 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, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, BECAUSE I SPOKE EARLIER, UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS LIKE MY WHOLE ISSUE IS THE PROPERTY ENTIRE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE, COME UP HERE AND NOTATE THAT EVEN SAFETY, I'M SURE AS Y'ALL WITNESSED IS A BIG ISSUE EVEN NOW BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S SON GOT UP LEFT, SAID SOMETHING POINTED AT ME AND SAID, YOU TOO.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE Y'ALL AWARE OF THAT.
SO IT'S, YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT STRUCTURE, THE BACK STRUCTURE AND THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT OCCUPY IT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT 'CAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE.
SO MELISSA HERNANDEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HI, MY NAME IS MELISSA HERNANDEZ.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE WITH MY MOM.
SHE OWNS A HOUSE ON 1214 DRYDEN, I DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK EARLIER BECAUSE THE OWNER SON WAS HERE.
UM, AND I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE LIKE SHE STATED ABOUT.
UM, AND THE, THE THING WITH, WITH US IS MY MOM PURCHASED A HOUSE ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO AND WE LEARNED IT WAS A MISTAKE 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT PROPERTY BROUGHT ALL THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO ALLEGEDLY, YOU KNOW, COMMIT CRIMES AND DO DRUGS AND ALL THESE THINGS.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY ON 12 10, 10 DRYDEN, UM, VACANT, ABANDONED, SAME, SIMILAR ISSUES.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UM, RESOLUTION WITH THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GO INTO BOTH PROPERTIES AND THEY DO DRUGS, THEY LEAVE PARAPHERNALIA EVERYWHERE.
UM, SO TO ME IT'S A VERY, IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICS ABOUT OTHER, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTS, BUT I CAN EVERY DAY SEE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS VEHICLES THAT APPEAR TO BE STOLEN, MOTORCYCLES, CARS, IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.
UM, IT DOES APPEAR THAT PEOPLE DO RESIDE ON THE FRONT STRUCTURE.
UM, 'CAUSE I, I GO IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SO I SEE THEM AS SOON AS I PULL OUT A DRYDEN, THAT'S THE FIRST, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I SEE.
SO TO ME IT'S A, IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN.
OF COURSE IT'S AN EYESORE, BUT, UM, IT'S MAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE
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LIKE THEY STATED BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS.SO A BUNCH OF KIDS WALK UP AND DOWN THAT STREET, UM, AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN LIKE TRY TO PEEK AROUND THERE, TRY TO I GUESS SEE WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE CURIOUS.
BUT, UM, THE MAIN THING FOR ME WOULD BE JUST THE SAFETY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BECAUSE IT DOES, IT DOES MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LESS APPEALING AND JUST FEEL UNSAFE AND I REGRET THAT MY MOM PURCHASED A HOME ON IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
AMY NICHOLS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
YES, MY NAME IS AMY NICHOLS AND I RESIDE AT TWO 14 SULLIVAN DRIVE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I WOULD REPEAT THE SAME STATEMENT AS PREVIOUS CASE.
THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY AT FIVE 10 BRICK VIEW.
MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE 15 YEAR RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER BELLEVUE AREA WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE PROPERTY.
IN THIS ITEM, THIS STATEMENT STANDS IN REGARDS TO THE WHOLE TWO ACRE LOT OF PROPERTY NUMBER 4 5 5 0 8 4 WITH BEAIRD COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS THE RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION PROPOSED FOR THE PROPERTY LISTED UNDER ITEM SIX ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA.
THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS A HEAVY HAZARD TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT STANDS WITHIN A DIRECT 1000 FEET OF ALMOST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ABUTS THE ALMOST CREEK.
THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS HAVE REASONABLE SAFETY CONCERNS AS THIS PROPERTY HAS BECOME A MECCA FOR CRIME ENCAMPMENTS.
AND DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY WOODED BOUNDARY OF SAID PROPERTY, THERE ARE A HEAVY AMOUNT OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT DO COME AND GO.
AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN WAS A RECENT 2024 HOMICIDE OF MY NEIGHBOR AT THIS ADDRESS.
THERE IS HEAVY STRUCTURAL DETERIORATION ON ALL LIVING STRUCTURES POSING A SAFETY RISK TO ANYONE WHO RESIDES THERE.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS ALSO A MANDATE TO REPAIR THAT IF THERE HAS BEEN NO INTENTIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE OR IS THIS STRUCTURE POSES A RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY? I BELIEVE DEMOLITION IS THE NEXT NECESSARY STEP.
REMOVING THESE STRUCTURES WILL REDUCE CRIME, IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETICS, AND PAVE THE WAY FOR SAFER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
I TRUST THE BOARD HAS EVALUATED THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY AND IS ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTENTION AND YOUR MOVEMENT ON THIS MATTER.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE IF I WAS ABLE TO PUT A DIGITAL PHOTO UP JUST TO EXPLAIN THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THIS PROPERTY AND WHERE THE CREEK ABUTS TO IT.
THE PHOTOGRAPH EARLIER PROVIDED BY OUR SAFE OFFICER DID NOT ZOOM OUT ENOUGH TO SHOW YOU.
AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE CREEK CORRELATES TO THIS PROPERTY LINE.
COUNCIL, WOULD THAT BE ACCESSIBLE? CAN I, CAN I SEE THE PICTURE FIRST? YES SIR.
AND THIS WOULD JUST BE AN IMAGE PULLED FROM GOOGLE MAP SO YOU CAN SEE AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY.
SO BOTH MARKERS HERE AS YOU VIEW THE TOP MARKER IS FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW THE HOME THAT FACES THE STREET AND THEN IT CIRCLES DOWN TO THE OTHER PROPERTY LINE AT THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT'S THE OTHER FULL HOUSE STRUCTURE I BELIEVE THE HOMEOWNER RESIDES AT THE ONE AT THE BACK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE ONE IN THE FRONT IS THE ONE THAT WAS SET UP INTO FOUR INDIVIDUAL RENTER PROPERTIES THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THIS PRESENT CASE.
UM, RIGHT BEHIND IT IS ALMOST CREEK PARK RIGHT THERE.
THE WHOLE CREEK JUST RUNS RIGHT BEHIND IT.
AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOUSE THAT HAS A CUL-DE-SAC ON GOOGLE MAPS.
IF YOU VIEW THE CUL-DE-SAC AS WELL STRAIGHT UP TOWARDS FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW.
YOU ALSO CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO IN, IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE MAPS ENCAMPMENT AND EXTRA DEBRIS AS WELL.
SO THE DEBRIS ON THIS PROPERTY GOES ALL THE WAY BEHIND ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS ON BROOKVIEW ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE END, INCLUDING THIS HEAVILY WOODED AREA.
OKAY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
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PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HI, MY NAME IS ANGELICA RETO AND IF I COULD JUST NOT SAY MY ADDRESS FOR SAFETY REASONS TOO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW.
THIS PROPERTY WAS RATED BACK ON MARCH 31ST, 2024 IN CONNE CONNECTION TO MY FATHER'S MISSING PERSON CA PERSON'S CASE.
THE DETECTIVES WORKING ON MY DAD'S MISSING PERSON'S CASE, HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THE PROPERTY HAD SOME CONNECTION TO HIS CASE, INCLUDING CELL PHONE PINGS FROM THE PROPERTY COMING FROM MY DAD'S CELL PHONE.
TAKING THE INFORMATION THEY GATHERED INTO CONSIDERATION.
A SWAT RATED THE PROPERTY MY DAD WAS FOUND MURDERED BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
UM, DURING THIS RAID WE HAD SEASONED HOMICIDE DETECTIVES TELL US THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A VERY HORRIBLE PLACE AND THE CONDITION OF THE INSIDE STRUCTURE WA INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WAS UNIMAGINABLE.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE ENCOUNTER, I'VE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THIS PROPERTY.
EITHER I WAS HIT BY A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WAS DRIVING OUT OF THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2016.
SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FEARFUL OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND IF NEEDED I CAN FIND, UH, PROVIDE THE CASE NUMBER FOR THAT TOO.
UM, FROM WHAT WE CAN OBSERVE, THE HOUSE APPEARS TO HAVE NO ROOF.
UM, THERE USED TO BE LIKE A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE AROUND UM, THE PROPERTY THAT FACES THE STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN UM, REMOVED FOR NOW.
UM, WE ARE AL ALSO ABLE TO SEE THAT THE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY ARE DELINQUENT IN THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT OF $22,408.
UM, AND THE LAST PAYMENT WAS MADE ON JANUARY 31ST, 2024 AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE FROM PUBLIC RECORDS.
UM, SO NOT ONLY IS THE PROPERTY OWNER NOT COMPLYING WITH NUMEROUS CODES AND UH, COMPLIANCES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, SO I JUST BELIEVE THAT AS A PROPERTY OWNER IT IS YOUR DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE STRUCTURES AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY.
UM, AND ALL PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO ABIDE BY THESE CODES AND REGULATIONS.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE PROPERTY AT FIVE 10 BRICK VIEW.
AND I, UM, I EXPECT THIS BOARD TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS AND HAVE THIS PROPERTY DEMOLISHED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO CHAIR.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYTHING FINAL FROM THE BOARD STAFF? NO SIR.
FOR CONDOLENCES, LEGAL, NOT THE FINAL.
BEFORE WE DO A MOTION, MY CONDOLENCES ARE OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO YOU GUYS AND THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO HEAR CASES LIKE THIS, WHETHER THEY BE MINOR CASES TO SOME, BUT MAJORS TO OTHER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
UM, BOARD OR THE CHAIR WILL TAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 10 BROOKVIEW DRIVE NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15, SUBSECTION ONE TWO FOR THE MAIN SUBSECTION, 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR ACCESSORY ONE CITY CODE 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY TWO, CODE 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
ACCESSORY 3 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15 AND 17 AND ACCESSORY 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15.
I MOVE THIS PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND IT WILL BE SECURED
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AND ALL TRASH AND DEBRIS REMOVED.I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR PROPERTY AT 5 1 0 BROOKVILLE DRIVE.
NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED UNDER ARTICLE OR UNDER CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 7 AND UNDER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18 FOR ACCESSORY 1, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15 AND 17.
ACCESSORY 2, 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
ACCESSORY 3, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15 AND 17.
AND ACCESSORY 4, 5, 7, 8, 12 AND 15 AND IT'LL BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS SECURED AND CLEAR OF ALL DEBRIS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO THIS IS ROBERT BINKY.
DO I HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS ROBERT, TO FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, AND TO BE VACATED I AGREE.
IS ROBERT BINKY I ALSO AGREE ANOTHER SECOND.
UH, ANOTHER UH, AMENDMENT, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO BE TO CUT ALL UTILITIES.
ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL ROBERT TAPIA.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
UM, I GUESS CODE CAN GET WITH THE, ALSO INFORM THEM OF THE POTENTIAL THREAT THAT HE MADE.
NEXT CASE CHAIR, THIS IS JUDY CRUM.
IF WE CAN TAKE A QUICK MOMENT SO THAT IT CAN CHECK YOUR COMPUTER PLEASE.
IF YOU CAN TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
IT, IT'S UP AND RUNNING, BUT THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
ARE THEY REAL QUICK? WE'LL TAKE A, A, A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
BUNCH OF WHINERS OLD MEN UP HERE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA GO BACK INTO SESSION NOW.
YOU GAVE US TOO MUCH TIME SO WE CAN GO WITH THE NEXT CASE.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MY NAME IS JAIME HASSEL, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 1 3 6 ENRIQUE 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 NCB 7 4 4 7 BLOCK FIVE LOT EAST 62.25 FEET OF 11 AND WEST 62.25 FEET OF 12 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS THE LUNA LUIS ESTATE OF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 36 ENRIQUE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
UH, MR. PETINO DEL LUNA, UH, OWNER'S SON IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
ON MARCH 25TH, 2024, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE SON OF THE DECEASED OWNER, MR. PETROL DEL LUNA.
UH, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 7TH, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 36 ENRIQUE WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 25TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON APRIL 2ND, 2024
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AND WAS RETURNED, DELIVERED ON APRIL 4TH, 2024.ON MAY 9TH, 2024, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE PROPERTY WITH MR. PETINO DE LUNA AND BSB INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ON JULY 17TH, 2024.
OUTREACH SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ON JULY 24TH, 2024.
OUTREACH SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.
ON AUGUST 12TH, 2024, A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.
OUTREACH WAS PROVIDED ON AUGUST 28TH, 2024, VETERANS AFFAIRS OUTREACH WAS PROVIDED TO MR. DEL LUNA ON APRIL 16TH, 2025.
THAT NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON APRIL 17TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY 1 3 6 ENRIQUE AS OF MAY 1ST, 2025, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THE PROPERTY LAST HAD A MAJOR ABATEMENT DONE IN APRIL OF 2025.
IT IS NOT WITHIN A A THOUSAND FEET OF A REGISTERED SCHOOL AND IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED WITH CPS AND SAWS THAT THERE'S NO ACTIVE SERVICES AT THE PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 2ND, APRIL 18TH, THE 25TH, AND THE 28TH OF 2025.
THIS FIRST PHOTO IS A PLOT OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT STRUCTURES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
THIS FIRST PHOTO IS A FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP.
THAT FRONT AREA THAT DOES HAVE THOSE SECURITY GATES IS LOCKED WITH A CHAIN IMPOSING EGRESS CONCERNS.
THE STRUCTURE IS SINKING INTO GRADE.
IT HAS COMPLETELY COME OFF THE FOUNDATION.
UH, IT IS A APPEAR AND BEAM FOUNDATION AND THAT IS SINKING INTO THE GRADE.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE MAIN ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AND THE ADDITION THAT WAS ADDED.
UH, THERE IS SEPARATION RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO.
THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE SILL AND THE STRUCTURE IS SINKING INTO GRADE.
THERE IS A COVERED PORCH THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CORRUGATED METAL ROOFING HAS BEEN REMOVED.
IT IS, UH, NOT AT THE REQUIRED HEIGHT AND IT IS COLLAPSING AND DETERIORATED.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THIS MAIN STRUCTURE.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WINDOW SHOWS HOW FAR DEEP IT'S FALLING OR IT HAS, UH, SUNK INTO GRADE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION WHERE THERE USED TO BE A WATER HEATER, UH, PRESENT IN THE CENTER OF THAT PHOTO THAT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED.
AND THERE IS SEPARATION BETWEEN THE ADDITION AND THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AS WE ENTER THROUGH THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE BEEN USING TARPS TO KEEP OUT THE ELEMENTS AND THAT TARPS ARE, OR PLASTIC SHEETING HAS ALSO STARTED TO FALL OFF THE ROOF.
THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE, OF THAT SAME ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WATER DAMAGE, UH, TO THE CEILING AND TO THE DECKING THAT IS VISIBLE TO THE, UH, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE AS WELL TO THE JOISTS.
AND THERE IS, UM, INSULATION THAT IS, UH, FALLING FROM THE, FROM THE CEILING.
THIS IS AN ATTACHED ROOM IN THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE MORE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF DECKING, MORE WATER DAMAGE VISIBLE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT THAT ENTERS THE STRUCTURE AND THERE IS A DRYWALL AND INSULATION THAT IS FALLING FROM THE CEILING.
AND THIS IS AN, UM, CLOSE, UH, LOOK AT THE ROOM THAT IS, UH, IN THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED INSIDE THIS STRUCTURE.
AND THAT DOES POSE A EGRESS CONCERN.
THIS IS AS WE'RE ENTERING INTO THE MAIN STRUCTURE FROM THE REAR.
THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF IS STARTING TO BOW INWARDS.
THERE IS LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER DAMAGE AND THE ROOF, UM, THE CEILING DECKING IS STARTING TO COLLAPSE AND FALL DOWN.
AND THERE IS, UM, THE FLOORS HERE ARE SPONGY AND WET WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK FROM, UH, ON THE EXTERIOR PHOTO ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING FROM THAT SEPARATION FROM THE ADDITION TO THE MAIN TO WHERE THE ORIGINAL MAIN STRUCTURE WAS.
THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE BATHROOM, UH, WHERE THE SHOWER USED TO BE.
HERE YOU COULD SEE GRADE, UH, THERE IS NO MORE FOUNDATION.
THE WOOD MEMBERS HERE ARE ALL ROTTED AND SHOW WATER DAMAGE.
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FLOORING.AS YOU ENTER INTO THAT BATHROOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS PLYWOOD THAT'S BEING USED AS FLOOR DECKING AND THAT IS ALSO WATER DAMAGED AND SOFT TO WALK ON.
THIS IS THE FRONT ROOM ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS, UH, LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED HERE THAT POST EGRESS CONCERNS.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING INTO TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS BEING STORED INSIDE AND THERE ARE TARPS TO KEEP OUT THE WATER FROM ENTERING INSIDE THE ROOM.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE LEAVES AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM WHERE THEY ARE ENTERING FROM THE EXTERIOR.
UH, THIS FLOOR IS UNEVEN AND IS SINKING INTO GRAY.
AS YOU'RE GOING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THIS FLOOR IS UNEVEN, THERE'S STILL MORE DEBRIS AND MORE LEAVES AND ITEMS THAT ARE COMING INSIDE.
AND THIS IS THE FRONT CENTER ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT IN THE WALLS EXPOSING THE INTERIOR PLUMBING.
UM, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE TO THE, THE FLOORING AS WELL.
AND THERE IS EXPOSED FLOOR JOISTS AND EXPOSED GRADE.
THIS WILL BE ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SIDING IS, UM, THE OVERHANG IS DAMAGED.
THERE IS, UH, ASPHALT SHINGLES THAT ARE DETACHING FROM THE DECKING.
AND THIS HERE IS THE REAR VIEW AND THE REAR, UH, RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION OF THIS PRO OF THIS STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE OVERHANG IS DAMAGED AND THEY ACTUALLY BEGAN TO BUILD AN, AN ADDITION TO IT, BUT THAT WAS STOPPED.
UH, HERE IS, AS WE GO INTO THAT FIRST ACCESSORY, UH, THERE IS EVIDENCE OF SOMEBODY RESIDING INSIDE THIS STRUCTURE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DETACHED, UH, LAUNDRY ROOM.
AND HERE BEHIND THAT, UH, BLANKET IS THE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL PANEL.
UM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE IS NO ACTIVE ELECTRICITY TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND HERE OF THE, OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE WITH EVIDENCE OF SOMEBODY STAYING AT, AT THIS, THIS IS ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, IT'S A DETACHED METAL SHED.
THE ROOF IS BOW AND THERE ARE, UM, LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED INSIDE.
THIS IS THE REAR STRUCTURE OR THE REAR ELEVATION AND THE RIGHT OR LEFT ELEVATION OF IT.
UM, AS YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF IS RUSTED AND IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND THIS IS AS WE'RE GOING INSIDE, THIS IS WHERE THE OWNER IS STORING THE MAJORITY OF HIS TOOLS.
THIS WILL BE ACCESSORY NUMBER THREE.
IT IS A DETACHED, UH, CARPORT.
UH, IT IS STARTING TO LIST TOWARDS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THE ROOF HAS BEGAN TO COLLAPSE.
UH, IT WAS TAPED OFF WITH CAUTION TAPE.
UH, IT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED AND THERE ARE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PILES OF TRASH AND DEBRIS BEING STORED UNDERNEATH.
HERE IS A REAR VIEW OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE WHERE THE, UH, THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED FROM A PREVIOUS WHERE A TREE HAD FALLEN IN ONTO THIS STRUCTURE.
IT IS LIFTS LISTING IN THIS PHOTO TOWARDS THE LEFT.
AND HERE WE'RE LOOKING UNDERNEATH INSIDE THIS STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT, ARE HOLES PRESENT IN THE ROOF AND THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTED AND DAMAGED.
AND HERE'S JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT SAME AREA.
THIS WILL BE ACCESSORY NUMBER FOUR.
UH, THIS IS WHERE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON THE PROPERTY HAVE ACTUALLY BEGAN TO LIVE AND TO STAY.
THEY'VE BLOCKED OFF THAT SIDE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE TARPS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A LIVING AREA.
UH, THERE IS ALSO A COOKING AREA THAT IS STRAIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT FRONT.
UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THAT STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'VE ENCLOSED THAT AREA ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE LIVING AREA HAS BEEN CREATED.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THAT PROPERTY OR THAT STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE USED CORRUGATED AND CAST OFF MATERIALS TO CREATE WALLS.
UH, APOLOGIZE FOR THE QUALITY OF THE PHOTO, BUT HERE IT IS ON LOOKING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THAT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOVED IN FURNITURE AND THERE'S EVIDENCE OF SOMEBODY STAYING AT HERE AT THE STRUCTURE.
AND HERE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT CLOSED OFF AREA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THEIR, UH, COOKING AREA.
THIS WILL BE ACCESSORY NUMBER FIVE.
UH, HERE IS A DETACHED GARAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE, UH, FRAMING AS WELL.
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LOOK.YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED AS WELL AS A PORTABLE GENERATOR THAT IS STORED AT THIS, AT THIS STRUCTURE, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THAT PROPERTY, OF THAT STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE STUCCO SIDING, UH, THE WINDOWS ARE MISSING, THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED, AND THE ROOF IS STARTING TO DETACH.
THE STUCCO SIDING HAS ACTUALLY FALLEN OFF A MAJORITY OF THIS.
UH, THERE'S EXPOSED THE INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS AND THEY ARE ROTTED AND SHOW DETERIORATION.
AND HERE'S THE INTERIOR OF THAT GARAGE.
THEY DO HAVE A LARGE, UH, AS MENTIONED, A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED HERE, UH, AS WELL AS THE GENERATOR.
UM, THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS, UH, TO THE RAFTERS.
AND THE SH UH, CORRUGATED METAL ROOFING IS DETACHING FROM, UH, SUPPORT.
AND HERE IN THIS PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT.
THIS WILL BE ACCESSORY NUMBER SIX.
UH, THIS IS, UH, ACCESSORY FRAMING THAT THEY BEGAN TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ATTACHED TO THAT FIRST ACCESSORY.
UH, STOP WORKER WAS ISSUED TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS HERE IS THE FRAMING AND THE PLASTIC SHEETING AND SOME SIDING THAT WILL BE VISIBLE IN THE NEXT PHOTO.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE.
IT CAN SEE THAT IT'S COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
SOME OF THE WOOD MEMBERS DO SHOW DETERIORATION, AND THE SIDING SHOWS DETERIORATION AND LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS WILL BE ACCESSORY NUMBER SEVEN.
THIS IS A MAKESHIFT STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT AROUND THAT RV THAT IS DILAPIDATED IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT IS MADE OF CAST OFF MATERIALS THAT ARE, UH, DETERIORATED AND ROTTED.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE, UM, OF THE PROPERTY HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY DO HAVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO A COOKING AREA.
THIS IS A LIVING AREA WHERE THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS FOUND LIVING AND RESIDING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS MAKESHIFT STRUCTURE.
AND THIS IS THE MAKESHIFT STRUCTURE.
INTERIOR, UH, THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS. THIS IS A BED THAT WAS PLACED HERE.
UM, THERE IS WATER THAT'S ENTERING.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF TARPS THAT ARE COVERING THE ROOF TO PREVENT WATER FROM ENTERING THE INSIDE.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER LOOK OF THAT SAME AREA WHERE THEY'RE USING JUST, UH, MULTIPLE CAST OFF MATERIALS AND BOARDS AS ROOFING MATERIAL.
AND THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT THAT ENTERS THE INSIDE.
UH, THIS IS, AS WE ENTER INTO THAT RV THAT IS IN THE BACK, THE FLOORING HAS COMPLETELY DETERIORATED.
THOSE ARE THE, THAT IS THE FRAMING OF THAT RV, AND THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT IS PRESENT, AND THAT IS GRAY THAT'S VISIBLE THROUGH HERE.
AND THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THAT RV.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE PLYWOOD THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO IT AS ROOFING MATERIAL, NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING.
AND THERE'S EVIDENCE OF, UM, OCCUPATION OF THIS RV.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1 36 ENRIQUE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER THREE, SUBSECTIONS 2, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER FOUR, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER FIVE, SUBSECTIONS 7, 11, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER SIX AND SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER SEVEN 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 IN A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES WITH THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED AND SECURED, TO REMAIN CUT, CLEAN, AND ALL UTILITIES TO REMAIN DISCONNECTED.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FORM 1 3 6.
ENRIQUE, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WAS ANYBODY LIVING THERE? UH, YES
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MA'AM.THERE ARE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON THE PROPERTY, UH, LEGALLY OR, UH, THE OWNER'S SON WHO IS PRESENT HERE.
HE IS, UH, LIVING THERE AND HE IS ALLOWING OTHER INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
THIS ROBERT TAPIA, UH, YOU STATED IN YOUR TESTIMONY THAT, UH, VA SERVICES WERE OFFERED.
WERE THEY ACCEPTED? UH, RIGHT NOW, FROM WHAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM THE, UM, OUTREACH SPECIALIST WITH THE VETERANS AFFAIRS, UH, THEY ARE WAITING ON MR. DILU TO ACCEPT, UH, SERVICES FROM THEM.
OFFICER EVANS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M OFFICER EVANS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE WEST SUBSTATION ON THE WEST SAFE UNIT, AND THAT ADDRESS IS 7,000 COLLIBRA.
I'M ACTUALLY THE SAFE OFFICER FOR THE AREA IN WHICH THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
SO I'VE GOTTEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, SOME OF THOSE COMPLAINTS RANGE FROM A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE COME IN AND GOING ON FOOT VEHICLE TRAFFIC VEHICLES COME IN AND GOING.
UM, AT NIGHT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT NOISE AND LIGHTS, FLASHLIGHTS, UM, STATIONARY LIGHTS.
I'VE ALSO GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM BURNING UNKNOWN ITEMS ON THE PROPERTY, AND IT LEAVES A STENCH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CONCERNS THAT DUE TO THE FOOT TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC, NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED WITH THEIR KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE 'CAUSE OF THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING AND GOING.
UM, SINCE, UH, JUNE OF 2023, WE'VE RECEIVED 32 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE ADDRESS, AND SOME OF THOSE CALLS, UM, RANGE FROM SHOOTINGS IN PROGRESS TO SHOTS FIRED TO DISTURBANCES, ASSAULTS IN PROGRESS.
UM, FIRES RESPONDED MULTIPLE TIMES TO PUT OUT FIRES AND BURGLARY FIGHTS.
AND THOUGH THERE IT'S NOT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEARBY LESS THAN A MILE.
WE HAVE LYNDON B JOHNSON ELEMENTARY, UM, WE HAVE AN IDEA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE ALSO HAVE MONTEREY PARK THAT ARE ALL NEARBY THAT KIND OF ATTRACT FAMILY AND CHILDREN.
WHILE WE'VE BEEN THERE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE HIDE FROM US ON THE PROPERTY AND SAID PEOPLE HAVE WARRANTS AS WELL.
SO THEY KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
AND WE'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT WE'VE, UH, CONTACTED SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE HERE AT THIS PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR HOUSE STRUCTURES, LOCATIONS.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE? YES, SIR.
UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE OFFICER? NOT AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE THE OWNER, MR. UH, DELUNA.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AT MY MO A FOUR NINE CANCER SURVIVOR.
I IN A, UH, MILITARY ARMY EVENT, MEAN, MAN, I HAVE SOMEBODY IN LOVE.
YOU NEED SOMEONE TO SPEAK FOR YOU? YEAH.
UM, COUNSEL, CAN WE HAVE TRANSLATOR SPEAK OR CAN HE HAVE HIS FRIEND SPEAK FOR HIM? HE CAN.
ARE YOU HERE WITH HIM? I'M JUST SAYING YES.
WE CAN HAVE OUR, WE CAN HAVE THE FRIEND SPEAK, UM, ON HIS BEHALF.
NORMALLY, THE REASON YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND HIM, HE HAS, HE'S HAD CANCER FOUR TIMES.
SO THAT'S WHY HE'S, HE, UH, HE SAID HE STATED HIS NAME.
AND MA'AM, CAN YOU JUST FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU STATE HIS NAME FOR US AGAIN, PLEASE? I CAN'T PRONOUNCE HIS NAME IN SPANISH, BUT PEDRO BY PEDRO DE LUNA.
AND FOR THE RECORD, YOUR NAME AS WELL? MARIA HERRERA.
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EL STREET.AND YOUR ADDRESS? UH, 48 18 BIRD LANE.
NOW YOU CAN, WHAT I MODIFIED, HE, WE JUST WANTED US TO SAY, IF YOU COULD GIVE HIM A MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR, HE COULD WORK IN THE, UH, PROPERTY TO TRY TO, UM, DO SOMETHING WITH IT OR TO TRY TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP HIM.
THE EVE, THE VA TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO, TO HELP HIM, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST MEN MENTALLY THAT HE'S HIS, HIS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST ASKING FOR MORE TIME.
HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO MONTHS RECENTLY? YEAH.
AND WHAT ELSE?
THAT'S WHY I BEEN HAVING HIM AND OUT WITH MY FAMILY.
I KNEW I'M BROTHER HIS, BUT YEAH, THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
BUT I, WELL, AND, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND GOING, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING? WELL, I MEAN, THEY COMING AND GOING.
HE'S GONNA PUT A STOP TO IT AND ALL THAT.
SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY, HE'S REALIZED THAT THEY'RE NOT FRIENDS, HAVEN'T BEEN HELP SOMETIMES, AND HE TRIES TO HELP PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALL THAT HE'S ASKING FOR MORE TIME.
CAN YOU ALL THAT UP AND HOW THAT HE'S REFUSED THE HELP THAT THEY OFFERED HIM, BUT HE THINK HE'S MENTALLY GOING THROUGH, LIKE LOSING HIS PROPERTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I GIVE HER, OH S**T, HE KNOW, HE JUST WANTS TO WORK WITH HIS PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN WORK WITH THE VAC, WHAT THEY COULD HELP HIM WITH.
AND WHAT ELSE? IS THAT ALL
SO DID HE, WAS HE AT A VA HOSPITAL? YES, FOR TWO MONTHS.
AND WHILE HE WAS THERE, PEOPLE WERE IN HIS HOUSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, HE NEEDS TO PUT A SPOT TO IT AND PUT A LOCK ON IT OR SOMETHING.
HE DOESN'T HAVE, WELL, HE DOESN'T HAVE A LIGHT.
HE DOESN'T HAVE NOTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IS IS HE CLASSIFIED A DISABLED VETERAN? YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE, WHAT PERCENTAGE? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE? 20 RIGHT NOW.
DOES IS A VA REPRESENTATIVE WORKING WITH HIM? YES.
BUT I THINK HIS, UM, I THINK THEY HAD GIVEN HIM A TABLET TO WORK WITH, LIKE TO COMMUNICATE.
BECAUSE HE IS GONNA NEED HELP.
AND I JUST RECENT, TODAY'S MY FIRST DAY TALKING WITH HIM AND ME, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, WE'RE, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE A MENTAL THING, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
AND WE, I, I'M NOT TOO SURE, BUT HIS, UM, BROTHERS AND SISTER AT ONE TIME, THEY WERE GOING TO, UM, GIVE THAT PROPERTY TO HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW NOW SINCE, BUT I MEAN, I COULD HELP HIM INVESTIGATE TO SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR WHAT.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, OR IT'D BE TO HIM ON THE PROPERTY REGISTRY, IT SHOWS THAT MILLINGS WENT OUT TO THE ADDRESS IN THE ESTATE OF LEWIS.
AND IT WAS PROPERTY OWNER RECEIVED IT, AND THEN DOWN HERE IT SHOWS UNKNOWN HEIRS.
AND THEN IT HAS HIM AS AN OTHER.
NOW ON THE BEARCAT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE.
NOW IT SHOWS ADDRESS WENT TO THE ESTATE OF MM-HMM
IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T SHOW HIS NAME ON THERE AS A PROPERTY OWNER.
THE DEED IS ACTUALLY DONE TO THE ESTATE OF, SO IS IT STILL AN ESTATE?
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SO THEN HE'S NOT AN OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.HE'S FROM THE, THE, WELL, I GUESS THE ESTATE IS LIKE THE KIDS.
BUT HIS PARENTS ALREADY DECEASED? WELL, NO, THE ESTATE IS THE ESTATE.
THEY HAVE TO, LIKE, I HAVE TO DO WITH MY MOM JUST PASSED.
WE HAVE TO FILE FOR PETITION TO GET THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO NOT ANY OF THE FAMILY OWNS IT YET.
THEY'RE RECOGNIZED, BUT THEY DON'T OWN.
SO I'M UNDERSTANDING HOW WOULD HE BE ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE? THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THE CITY OFFERED A PROGRAM WHEN THEY WENT THERE, IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? UH, NO.
OFFERING ME, UH, THEY WERE OFFERING YOU? YEAH.
DID YOU ACCEPT OR NO? UH, NOT RIGHT NOW, NO.
CHURCHES, ANY CHURCHES OFFER OR ANY OTHER AGENCIES OFFER HELP? UM, NO.
THAT I ALL, NO, WE, THE VA AND, UH, THE VA, YEAH.
AND HOW MANY HOUSING? LIKE HOUSING HOUSING.
YEAH, THE HOUSING WINDOWS WHERE, I MEAN THE HOUSING, IT IS DANGEROUS PREMISES.
SO NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS WELL AS THE VA WENT OUT THERE WITH ME TO OFFER SERVICES.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS MAY BE BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE OWNER, HE MAY NOT QUALIFY, HE MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR, UH, LIKE A DEMO DIVERSION OR A RIGHT REBUILD PROGRAM BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE OWNER ON THE, ON THE DEED.
S SO HE'S CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CATCH 22? YES, SIR.
HAVE, SORRY, HAVE THEY OFFERED HIM HIM HOUSING? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING DID OFFER THEIR SERVICES AS WELL AS, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THEN THE VA AS WELL.
UM, THEY OFFERED TO, UH, RELOCATE HIM INTO ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES.
AND THIS PROPERTY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS SUITABLE FOR ANYBODY TO LIVE IN.
THERE'S NO WATER, THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY.
AND I, I WENT BRING THAT I, MY ANYONE, I MEAN MY, MY FAMILY AND THE ONLY REASON I STAYING THERE.
BUT THAT'S THE REASON YOU'RE STAYING THERE.
I MEAN, IF YOU KNEW THAT AND HELP AND I COME BACK AND I, NO, HE KNOWS WHAT HE HAS TO DO.
ME REPAIR, UM, ANYTHING I HAVE DO THERE I NEED IN MY OWN TIME.
I, MYSELF, YOU KNOW, SHOWING IT OUT.
I REMEMBER ME MEAN THAT I NEED ALSO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO THINK ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, AND NEVER KNEW.
IT'S ALL THE MEMORIES OF HIS MOM AND HIS FAMILY, ALL OF THAT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNEW MY FAMILY, MY PARENTS.
THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY TO STAFF.
WAS, UH, A WHOLE HARMLESS OFFERED TO STAFF? WAS THERE EVER A WHOLE HARMLESS OFFERED A DANGEROUS PREMISES? OFFICER JAIME HAS SIR NO HOLD HARMLESS WAS NOT OFFERED.
UH, HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO ENTER INTO HOLD HARMLESS AS HE'S NOT THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
I GUESS TO HIS UNDERSTANDING, LIKE THE ESTATE, LIKE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T KNOW THE DEFINITION TO IT.
SO HE JUST FIGURED, AND HE WAS PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT HE WAS ON THE DEED OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHY HE KEPT ON BEING, IT BEING THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD TO BE LIKE THE ESTATE.
HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UM, ADDRESS THE PROPERTY.
AS THE ESTATE, AS IT'S COMING UP IN THE, THE ADDRESS ESTATE TO SEE, HE'S, HE WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S NOT, AND I KNEW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT HE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF.
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A YOU PLAN ON, UH, FINDING AN ATTORNEY.I MEAN, I GONNA FINDING AN INHERITED YEAH, I'M SAYING A NAME IN A, A NAME.
WHAT NAME?
UH,
YEAH, BUT TOLD THAT I NEEDED SAYING THE NAME.
HE DIDN'T, I KNOW THAT HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE ESTATE.
HOW WAS IT PERCEIVED? YEAH, MR. LUNA, EVEN SO ALL OF THIS DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
OR IT'S BEEN OVER YEARS THAT IT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN NEGLECTED AND IT IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU TO BE LIVING.
AND THEY'VE OFFERED YOU A SAFE PLACE.
I KNEW SOMETIMES MEMORIES ARE BETTER, JUST KEPT IN YOUR HEAD.
I'M CLEANING, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT.
NOW I'M S HE'S SEEN IT NOW IN THAT WAY.
HE NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, I, IN A LONG TIME.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH THE VA? WHEN THE VA FOR THIS ISSUE, JUST RECENTLY WITH THE, THE TWO MONTHS THAT HE WAS AWAY, THAT WAS, BUT TWO MONTHS NOW.
SO SHOOT, HE STILL, YEAH, HE TOOK BARELY FOUR MONTHS OUT BEFORE.
WELL, WE, WE WE'RE TRYING, BUT, AND THEN HE DOESN'T HAVE A NEX OF KIN, I DON'T THINK HE HAS A NEX OF KIN.
SO WHEN HE WAS GONE, LIKE NOBODY, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT HIM AND NO.
AND EVERYBODY KEPT ON COMING IN AND OUT AND HE WAS OVER THERE.
SO HE WAS IN THE VA FOR, FOR TWO MONTHS AND, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG.
LIKE WE, WE DON'T KNOW
WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
UM, IS IT MS. HERNANDEZ OR MS. HERRA? HER.
AND CAN I GET YOUR FULL NAME? I APOLOGIZE.
IS IT MARIA HERRERA? THANK YOU.
HEY, STAFF, THIS GOES TO YOU PROBABLY OVER TO THE STAFF.
UM, IS THERE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE COULD REFER TO OR NO.
UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THIS PROPERTY WILL CONSIDER WILL BE, HE'S NOT GONNA QUALIFY UNTIL HE HAS THE PROPERTY IN HIS NAME.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE HOLD UP AND THE, THE HINDRANCE THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS ONE.
IF THAT WOULD BE A TRACK FOR HIM TO DO, THAT'S SOMETHING HE COULD EXPLORE TO GET THE PROPERTY PUT IN HIS NAME.
THAT WOULD BE THE VERY, VERY FIRST STEP BEFORE HE WOULD QUALIFY FOR ANY TYPE OF REPAIR, UM, PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN PROBLEM.
THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY RUNNING INTO ARE THE OTHER ACCESSORY DWELLINGS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT ARE ATTRACTING NUMEROUS, UM, SQUATTERS AND, UM, OTHER NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT IS THE MAIN, I I KNOW THE MAIN STRUCTURE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL, UH, POSSIBILITY FOR HIM.
BUT THE ACCESSORIES IS STILL A BIG, A BIG PROBLEM THAT WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.
CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? NO, MA'AM.
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THE BOARD A QUESTION.MA'AM, IF THE QUESTION, THIS IS LEGAL.
IF THE QUESTION WAS TO CODE STAFF, YES, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO OH, NO, I WAS GONNA ASK YES, IF THERE WERE SERVICES, LIKE, UH, NO, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS YOU JUST CAN'T, UH, POSE QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD, BUT YOU CAN NO, IT NOT TO THE BOARD.
IT WAS, BUT YOU CAN ASK, THEN YOU CAN ASK.
YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION IF YOU WANT TO.
YEAH, IF THERE WAS LIKE LEGAL PROGRAMS WHERE HE COULD GO TO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW TOO, IS THERE, IS THERE LIKE ADVOCATES, LIKE WHERE THEY COULD HELP HIM? LIKE, LIKE I THINK IT'S LIKE A MENTAL THING.
LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T WANNA LET GO OF THEIR PROPERTY.
I I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, IT IS THE STRUCTURES THAT THIS BOARD IS ADDRESSING.
THE PROPERTY REMAINS, UM, UNDER THE NAME THAT IT'S UNDER NOW.
SO AT NO POINT IN TIME DOES THE ACTUAL PROPERTY, UM, CHANGE HANDS? IT IS WHETHER, UH, UH, BASED ON THE CONDITIONS, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO AND ADDRESS THE STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE? OKAY.
I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY IS ALWAYS YOURS, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE, AND YES, THE PROPERTY'S PROBABLY WORTH MORE THAN THE STRUCTURES AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD.
PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT WAS, UH, RECEIVED BY ELSA ESCOBEDO ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2025 AT 3:47 PM GOOD MORNING BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO ENSURE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, PETILLO DE LUNA, WHO IS A MILITARY VETERAN OF OUR COUNTRY, THAT HE HAS BEEN TREATED FAIRLY AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK PROPER ASSISTANCE AS WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER HOMELESS VETERAN IN OUR CITY.
THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN SICK AND IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND HAS NO MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO MOST LIKELY HE WON'T SHOW UP TO THIS MEETING, WHICH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS NO ONE TO ADVOCATE ON THIS, ON THIS HIS BEHALF.
I HOPE HE IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
SO IF A RESCHEDULE IS POSSIBLE, PLEASE ALLOW THIS.
IF HE DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE HEARING OR CONTACT HIM BY PHONE, THIS VETERAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASSISTED IN HELPING GET A HOMESTEAD AND DISABLED VETERAN EXEMPTION ON THE PROPERTY, AND MAYBE HE WOULD NOT BE STRUGGLING TO BRING THE HOME UP TO STANDARDS.
PLEASE HAVE SOME COMPASSION WHEN HEARING THIS ITEM.
ELSA ESCOVEDO, DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT.
CAN YOU PUT THE, UH, PIECES BACK UP FOR THE BUILDINGS? I WAS GONNA ASK ANOTHER, UH, STAFF ISSUE.
YOU SAID THERE WAS ABATEMENT DONE? UH, YES SIR.
THIS IS, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISES.
OFFICER HYMAN HASSEL, UH, THERE WAS AN ABATEMENT DONE IN APRIL OF 2025.
DO YOU HAVE A COST? UH, THE COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $27,000.
ANYTHING FROM STAFF? ANYTHING FROM LEGAL? YES.
LEGAL HAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
GO AHEAD TO STAFF OR BOARD? STAFF.
I'M REVIEWING, UM, THE NUMBERS ON, EXCUSE ME, THE DEFINITIONS TO JUSTIFY THE REQUEST.
CAN YOU PUT THOSE BACK UP AGAIN? THANK YOU.
UM, CAN YOU, UH, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT TWO THREE.
CAN YOU ALSO GO TO THE NEXT 5, 6, 7.
CAN YOU GIMME THE LAST ONE? IS THERE AN EIGHT? OH, OKAY.
UM, UM, THE ONES THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UM, THEY DO NOT INCLUDE, UH,
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12 DEFINITION 12.AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND CONFIRM, UM, IF THOSE ARE, ARE, IF THOSE WERE, ARE, ARE MISSING OR YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO INCLUDE.
AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE YOU ARE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ASKING FOR DEMOLITION, BUT I DO NOT SEE 12 INCLUDED ON THE ONE DIMENSION.
UM, THAT APPEARS TO BE THEY ARE MISSING.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, YES.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE, UH, 12 AND, AND THE DEFINITIONS TWO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE THEM ON, WELL, I DO, ME, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? AND CAN YOU, UM, PUT THAT ON THE RECORD ON THE ONES THAT YOU WANT, INCLUDE ON, SO IT'S NOT ME? YES, SIR.
SO, ON, UH, ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER THREE, UH, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, UH, FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER FIVE, UH, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND THEN FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER SEVEN, UH, 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
DID YOU ALSO SAY ACCESSORY SIX? ACCESSORY SIX WAS NOT ONE THAT, UH, THAT LEGAL BROUGHT? YES.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR.
IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A DEMOLITION, 12 NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED ON, ON ANY DEFINITION.
12 NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED ON ANY STRUCTURE THAT IS REQUESTING A DEMOLITION.
OH, THEN, UH, FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER SIX AS WELL, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ANY TIME YOU HAVE A 12, 12 ACTUALLY DEFINES THE ACTUAL PREMISE FOR DEMOLITION.
SO, SO ALL OF 'EM SHOULD HAVE A 12 TO IT.
SO WHEN YOU READ IT OUT, MAKE SURE WE MAKE SURE 12 IS IN ALL OF THEM, SIR, THAT'D BE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL, STAFF, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? UH, NO SIR.
BOARD CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 3 6 ENRIQUE STREET, 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 NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15.
1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 2, 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15, 3, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 4, 2, 8, 12, AND 15, 5, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15.
STRUCTURE, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 AND 7, 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN ORDER THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY BE VACATED, SECURED, AND CUT UTILITIES, UH, ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE DE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
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SO THE MOTION, I SECOND WELL, HOLD ON.OH YEAH, I GOTTA READ ALL THAT FIRST BEFORE YOU SECOND IT.
SO THE MOTION IS TO AT, UH, 1 3 6, ENRIQUE.
IS TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND THE MAIN STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
ACCESSORY 1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15.
ACCESSORY 2, 1 2, 8, 12, 15 ACCESSORY, 3, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
ACCESSORY 4, 2, 8, 12, AND 15.
ACCESSORY, 5, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 ACCESSORY, 6, 7, 11, 15, I'M SORRY, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
ACCESSORY 7, 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IS TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UM, REMOVE ALL TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UH, DID YOU SAY VACATE? SECURE.
SECURE? YES, I DID SAY VACATE, VACATE AND SECURE.
AND I HEARD WE HAD A, A SECOND.
UH, THIS IS ANN WEINER, I SECOND.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO, SIR.
AND YOU CAN GET WITH CODE AND THEY'LL ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, ANSWER ALL YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS CHRISTY GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD.
BEFORE THIS BO BEFORE THIS BOARD, THIS PROPERTY IS A REHEARING.
THE PROPERTY RECEIVED A 180 DAY REPAIR ORDER ISSUED ON MAY 2ND, 2024.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 9 9 1 BLOCK TWO, LOT 17, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RAMIREZ, EUGENE M AND RACHEL M WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPER, WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
MR. EUGENE AND RACHEL V. RAMIREZ.
CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED WITH BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS, MR. AND MRS. BAR RAMIREZ.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2023 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 9TH, 2023.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 10TH, 2023, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023 ON APRIL 18TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE ON APRIL 16TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS RAMIREZ, EUGENE M AND RACHEL M AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN.
NO SCOPE OF WORK, LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
FINANCIAL PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS HAS BEEN, UH, PROVIDED TO STAFF THIS MORNING.
UH, AS OF TODAY, MAY 1ST, 2025, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY, 2025, AND ON APRIL 16TH, 2025.
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THIS FIRST PHOTO SHOWS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S FIRE DAMAGED EXTERIOR WALLS IN A, UH, TO THE PORCH AREA.
THERE HAS BEEN HOLES CREATED TO THE EXTERIOR WALL AS SEEN BY THE HOLE.
UH, RIGHT BELOW THE PITCH, THERE ARE MULTIPLE BROKEN WINDOWS THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN BOARDED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW THE LEFT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S, UH, MORE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS AS WELL AS THE OVERHANG.
UH, ALSO THE SKIRTING IS SLIGHTLY BOWING OUTWARD.
UM, AND THERE IS SEPARATION OCCURRING.
AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WINDOWS, UH, MULTIPLE BROKEN WINDOWS THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN BOARDED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW THE A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SEPARATION THAT'S OCCURRING FROM THE MAIN AND THE PORCH.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL BE A VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION CAPTURED ON THAT SAME ELEVATION TO THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THAT A, A POST THAT IS TILTED AND SHIMS HAVE BEEN PLACED FURTHER BACK.
I DO APOLOGIZE FOR, UH, THE QUALITY OF THE PHOTO.
IT'S DARK, BUT THERE'S, UH, MULTIPLE POSTS THAT ARE HAVE SHIMS ALSO FURTHER BACK BEYOND THAT FIRST BEAM THAT YOU'RE VIEWING.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS GOING TO BE OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE MORE FIRE DAMAGED EXTERIOR WALLS AS WELL AS THE OVERHANG.
THE SKIRTING IS ALSO, UM, BOW OUTWARD ON THIS ELEVATION AS WELL.
UM, AS MENTIONED, AGAIN, THERE ARE MULTIPLE BROKEN WINDOWS.
UH, THE GAS AND ELECTRIC METER IS ALSO LOCATED ON THIS ELEVATION.
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED, UH, INACTIVE, INACTIVE SERVICES TO INCLUDE WATER.
UH, THE NEXT PHOTO IS JUST A, UM, A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CHART OVERHANG, UH, WITH HOLES PRESENT.
UH, THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
UM, THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN BACK IN APRIL OF 2024 BEFORE, UM, OUR FIRST BUILDING, STANDARD BOARD HEARING.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW A, UM, PRESENT DAY CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE SAME ELEVATION, UM, SHOWING THAT THE ROOF REMAINS IN THE SAME STATE.
THE SHINGLES ARE SEVERELY DETERIORATED AND WORN.
UH, THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AND THE BRICKS HAVE ALSO BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CHIMNEY FLU AND THE DEBRIS HAS, UM, IT'S BEEN LEFT SITTING ON TOP OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
HERE'S A REAR ELEVATION OF THIS MAIN, UH, OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THERE'S, UM, FIRE RESIDUE, SMOKE RESIDUE.
UH, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER HOLE THAT'S BEEN CREATED DUE TO THE FIRE, UH, RIGHT UNDER THE PITCH AS WELL.
THIS IS MAKING ENTRY INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERELY FIRE DAMAGED CEILING AND INTERIOR WALLS.
UH, LARGE AMOUNTS OF ITEMS ARE, UH, STORED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A SEVERELY FIRE DAMAGED CEILING AND INTERIOR WALLS.
UM, THERE'S LARGE HOLES AND OPENINGS CREATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DINING ROOM AREA.
NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE, UH, INDICATING THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE ARE MAKING ENTRY.
IT'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE HOLE MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO TO SHOW, UM, THE SEVERELY DAMAGED ROOF COMPONENTS AND HOW THE NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A FRONT BEDROOM.
AGAIN, WE JUST HAVE MORE DAMAGED CEILING AND INTERIOR WALLS AND MORE ITEMS STORED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A HALLWAY LEADING INTO THE SECOND BEDROOM.
WE HAVE MORE CHARRED WOOD MEMBERS.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER LARGE HOLE, UH, IN THE CEILING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALLWAY.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW A CLOSEUP.
I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE JUST TO AGAIN, SHOW THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE ROOF COMPONENTS.
THIS IS A REAR BEDROOM, UM, WITH MORE FIRE DAMAGE THE TO THE CEILING AND INTERIOR WALLS.
THIS IS WALKING OUT OF THE HALLWAY TOWARDS, UH, BACK TOWARD THE DINING ROOM AREA, LEADING INTO THE KITCHEN.
JUST ANOTHER ANGLE TO SHOW THE DAMAGE ROOF COMPONENTS.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW, UM, ANOTHER VIEW, UH, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW MAKING ENTRY INTO THE KITCHEN AREA, UH, MORE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING AND INTERIOR WALLS.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO WILL BE A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE FIRE DAMAGED KITCHEN AREA.
TO, TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5 7 8 11, I'M SORRY, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL
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THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDIT 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.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF? MR. ROBERT TAPI, DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE FIRE OR FIRES? YES.
THE FIRE OCCURRED IN MAY OF 2023.
I I DON'T HAVE A DAY, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I, I CAN ADVISE THAT THE FIRE HAPPENED IN MAY OF 2023.
YOU HAD THIS, WELL, NOT YOU, BUT THIS CASE HAS BEEN ON SINCE, UM, UH, CAN'T GET MY SCROLLER.
SO THIS CASE HAS BEEN ON SINCE 5 9 23, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND THEN I NOTICE THERE'S A, THERE'S A COURT ORDER.
IT SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRS 180 DAYS, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
AND ALL THAT TIME PERMITS? NO SIR.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR THE PROPERTY.
NO WORK OTHER THAN THE CHIMNEY'S BEEN NO WORK? YES.
THERE'S NO WORK BEEN DONE TO THE PROPERTY.
PROPERTY CHIMNEY BEING DEMOLISHED? YES.
WAS IT DEMOLISHED FROM THE INSIDE OR DID YOU GET INSIDE THE NO, THE INSIDE IS STILL INTACT.
SO THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF.
THE CHIMNEY IS INTACT ON THE INTERIOR, BUT THE CHIMNEY, THE BRICKS FROM THE FLEW ON TOP HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
SO THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF OR IS IT PATCHED? THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF.
SO WHERE THE CHIMNEY GOES UP, THEY DIDN'T PATCH.
THERE'S JUST, IT'S JUST A OPEN A YES.
AND ON YOUR, HOLD ON A MINUTE, ON YOUR PHOTOS, I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND ONE, ELEVATION WHERE THE PORCH WAS SEPARATING? YES.
THERE'S A VERY DEFINED V SHAPE IN THE WALL WHERE IT'S SEPARATING AS WELL AT THE BOTTOM, THE, UH, FOUNDATION IN THE, IN THE WALL, UM, COMING APART, RIGHT WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S BREAKING
DO YOU HAVE A, A PICTURE OF THAT ONE? I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, I THINK IT'D BE PHOTO THREE.
THINK DO YOU HAVE THAT SECOND PHOTO 2 0 3.
2 0 3? YEAH, IT'D BE 2 0 3 J PAGE 2 0 3.
ON THIS PART HERE, YOU'VE EMPHASIZED IT RIGHT THERE.
NOW IF YOU KNOW, GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
IT SHOWS A LITTLE CLOSER UP, BUT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE.
YOU EMPHASIZED THE PORCH AND YOU MENTIONED FOUNDATION PROBLEMS, BUT NOT HERE.
UM, I'M, I APOLOGIZE IF I, IT WAS, UM, MISCOMMUNICATED, BUT I, I MENTIONED THE SEPARATION, UH, FROM THIS, FROM THIS PHOTO.
SO IT, IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST THE FIRE DAMAGE AT ALL.
AND, AND THEN THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW THE FOUNDATION THAT I WANTED TO YEAH, THIS IS THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU SO SHOWED HERE THE, THE SEPARATION.
SO THERE'S ALSO, UM, FOUNDATION, UM, ISSUES AS WELL.
THIS HERE IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE, IS THAT KINDA LIKE THE CENTER? THIS WOULD BE, UH, THIS LOCATION WOULD BE THAT FRONT BEDROOM HALLWAY AREA.
SO WITH THAT IN THERE, SINCE THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN ON IT, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO MITIGATE ANY OF THE ISSUES? NO, SIR.
THESE ARE REALLY, OKAY, THANK YOU.
THESE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE THE OWNER, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, MR. EUGENE RAMIREZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, IF I COULD, I'M ALSO OWNER.
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TO SPEAK INSTEAD OF YES, WE WERE BOTH GONNA SPEAK.MY NAME IS RACHEL RAMIREZ AT THE 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
HOWEVER, I HAD EMTS TECHNICIANS WITH HIM EARLIER IN THE DAY AND I REALLY DON'T WANT HIM UP HERE.
IF, IF NEEDED, I MAY CONFER WITH HIM ON CERTAIN DATES AND ITEMS, BUT AT THIS POINT I WOULD PREFER TO SPEAK, UH, ALONE.
UH, NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN, OKAY.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS RACHEL RAMIREZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BOARD FOR HEARING ME TODAY.
UM, YES, THIS FIRE OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST YEAR WE WERE HERE AND WE RECEIVED THE 180 ABATEMENT.
AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE BANK UP HELP US WITH GETTING A, SOME SORT OF LOAN OR HOME EQUITY LOAN.
UM, THAT DID NOT OCCUR, UH, AFTER WE WERE HERE.
WE WEREN'T TO WE, WHILE WE WERE HERE, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE HAD BEEN DENIED ON SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT THE CITY OFFERS.
WE DID APPROACH, UM, ONE ORGANIZ, A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THE ONE THAT GAVE US THE MOST INTEREST WAS THE ONE ROOF.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE ARE YOU? UNDER ONE ROOF? UNDER ONE ROOF.
UH, AT WHICH POINT THEY HAD INITIALLY TOLD US THAT WE WERE DENIED.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN OCTOBER OF 2024.
UM, WHEN WE WENT TO INQUIRE AS SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAD SENT US DOCUMENTATION IN FEBRUARY, CORRESPONDENCE STATING THAT TO APPLY WITH MORE INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE WENT TO THE OFFICE, THEY SAID THIS IS THE, WHAT THEY SENT US AND FOR US TO APPLY AGAIN, WHICH WE DID.
UH, MY NAME IS EUGENE RAMIREZ, 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
UH, I'M ALSO THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT I'M JUST CLEARING UP THAT THE INITIAL APP APPLICATION WAS DONE, UH, IN 23.
UM, WE, THEY RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION FROM US, WHICH WE PROVIDED BANK STATEMENTS, PAYROLL STATEMENTS, UM, MY CHILD'S ID, UM, WHICH WE ONLY HAD THE ONE CHILD LIVING WITH US AT THAT TIME.
THEY SAID, OKAY, WE ARE APPROVED.
UM, BUT THEN THEY'VE RAN OUTTA FUNDING.
SO THEY SAID WE HAD TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, OCTOBER, 2024.
THEN THEY SAID, OKAY, YOU'RE BACK ON.
SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF UP AND DOWN WITH ONE ROOF.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN TOLD YES, WE'VE BEEN TOLD PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH WE DID.
AND THEN WE WERE TOLD, WAIT, BECAUSE OF FREEZES.
UM, THEN WE GOT NEW BUDGET AND THEN THEY SAID YES.
AND THEY SAID, THEN WE KIND OF LOST TRACK OF THEM.
WELL, WE WOULD CALL AND LEAVE MESSAGES AND WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THEM.
UM, IN, LET'S SEE, ON MARCH THE 14TH, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CONTRACTOR WITH THE ONE, WHAT'S IT CALLED? UNDER ONE ROOF.
ONE ROOF UNDER ONE ROOF TO VISIT FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE ROOF.
GUTIERREZ WAS THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CALLED MY HUSBAND SO THAT HE COULD BE THERE SO THAT THEY COULD DO THE MEASUREMENTS.
SAID HE WOULD BE BACK IN ONE TO TWO WEEKS TO STOP, TO START THE ROOF REPLACEMENT 'CAUSE HE WAS WORKING WITH UNDER ONE ROOF.
SO WE WERE EXCITED THAT THAT WAS GONNA GET DONE.
UH, THEN WE COME TO FIND THAT THERE IS, WE'RE STILL WAITING.
WE CALLED BACK TO THE GENTLEMAN AND WE CALLED BACK TO THE MAN THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH NAMED LANCE HIGGINS.
HIGGINS, WITH THE UNDER ONE ROOF INDIVIDUAL.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM HIM.
UM, OUR CASEWORKER TOLD US THAT WE HAD BEEN DENIED LAST WEEK.
HOWEVER, WHEN MY HUSBAND SPOKE WITH VANESSA S VANESSA AVIOS, UH, THE UNDER ONE ROOF, SHE WAS ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS THERE.
SHE TOLD US WE HAD NOT BEEN DENIED.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF THIS WAS GOING TO HELP US BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE OTHER ITEMS READY TO GO.
WE HAVE ELECTRICAL THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ONCE THE ROOF IS DONE.
WE HAVE AC, WE HAVE PIER AND BEAM, AND WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THESE ARE MOSTLY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WORK IN THE BUSINESS AND INCLUDING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CONTRACTORS.
THEY DO THAT WHERE THEY WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT CLEARS OUT HOMES SO THAT THEY CAN RESELL 'EM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE BOUGHT ALL THE SHINGLES FOR THE ROOF.
THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT WE'RE STILL MISSING, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING DONE UNTIL THE ROOF IS DONE.
AND THAT'S THE ONE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN HELP US, BUT SINCE THEY'RE NOT CONTRACTORS, WE CAN'T GET IT DONE.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO THAT.
OTHERWISE, MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE DONE THE WORK HIMSELF, OF COURSE NOT RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE COULD HAVE DONE THE WORK WITH, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FAMILY THAT THAT DOES THIS BUSINESS, BUT NO ONE IS A LEGAL CONTRACTOR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.
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TO GO GET A PERMIT, THEY WANTED INFORMATION THAT WE DID NOT HAVE.AND AT THAT POINT, WHEN WE WENT BACK, WE, WE DIDN'T COME BACK BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES, WHICH HE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF PROCEDURES ALL WEEK FOR HIS BACK.
AND RIGHT NOW HE'S REALLY STRESSED OUT AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE ROOF.
AND SO WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, NOW WE'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
IF UNDER ONE ROOF FINALLY DECIDES TO DENY US, THEN WE, WE ARE SEEKING OUT OTHER AVENUES.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THAT MY BROTHER-IN-LAW JUST RECENTLY AT EASTER, TOLD US THAT HE WOULD HELP US.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE WOULD PAY FOR THE ROOF TO GET DONE.
AND WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN MIND SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
OUR FIRST PERSON THAT WE HAD WAS GOING TO DO THAT, BUT HE WENT OUTTA STATE FOR WORK.
SO HE WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
WE HAD A SECOND GENTLEMAN THAT WAS WILLING TO WORK IT, BUT AGAIN, WE WERE WAITING FOR THE FUNDING.
THE THIRD ONE IS THERE IS A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS HAVING WORK DONE.
AND SINCE IT'S KIND OF SLOW MARKET, HE, THE WORKER STATED THAT WE COULD TALK TO HIS BOSS AND THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT.
AND THEN WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, THEY'VE DONE A LOT IN JUST THE ONE WEEK.
SO I'M SURE THAT IF THEY WORK ON THE ROOF AND THE WINDOWS AND THE WALLS, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GRANTED US, YOU HAVE GRANTED US THIS, UM, CHANCE TO GET THIS WORK ALL DONE.
BUT I AM ASKING FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS NOT, UH, VA.
THERE'S NOT PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE.
WE HAVE A DOG THAT LIVES IN THE BACKYARD.
WE LIVE CURRENTLY ACROSS THE STREET, ONE HOUSE OVER.
SO WE'RE WATCHING THE HOUSE EVERY DAY.
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE OTHER LEFT AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE RIGHT.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NOBODY THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
WE'RE MAINTAINING THE YARD, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE DOG AND WE MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS GOING IN AND OUT OF IT.
THAT SHOULDN'T BE GETTING AND OUT OF THERE EXCEPT FOR OURSELVES.
WE ARE THERE, BUT NO ONE ELSE IS THERE.
AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THE DOG HAS A DISTINCT BARK THAT MY HUSBAND CAN HEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET.
SO WE HEAR THAT WE'RE RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET JUST TO SEE, THANKFULLY A RACCOON.
BUT, UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME.
WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE 90 DAYS TO GET THE ROOF UP.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THE ONE ROOF, THE ROOF IS THE ONE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED DONE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SIX MONTHS, BUT IF YOU GIVE US 90 DAYS, WE'D BE WORKING WITH THAT.
YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS EUGENE EZ.
SO A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, THE STRUCTURE YOU SHOWED WITH THE FOUNDATION ON THE BOTTOM.
IT'S NOT, IF IT'S SHIFTED, THE ONES THAT ARE SHIFTED LIKE THAT, THAT WAS THERE, WAS THERE, THAT'S BEEN THERE AND WE'VE NOT DONE ANYTHING.
UM, IT'S NOT SHIFTED SINCE, BECAUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, UH, YOU WOULD NOTICE OR PER, PER OUR DEED AND STUFF, THEY HAD ACTUALLY COME IN TO REPLACE, UH, SOME OF THOSE THAT WERE, UH, LEANING I GUESS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE UH, YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND FOR THE PERSON THAT'S GONE UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE TO WORK, UH, I HAD TO REDO THE RESTROOM.
AND WHEN I REDID THE RESTROOM LITERALLY WAS JUST, UH, LONG TERM PROJECT THAT, UH, IT WAS NOT JUST MOVING THE COMMODE AND THE SINK, IT WAS JUST TEARING THE WHOLE FLOOR DOWN, REPLACING ALL THE JOISTS AND THEN REDOING THE PLUMBING PART OF IT.
WE SAW WHERE THEY REPLACED THE NEW ONES AND WHERE THE OLD ONES WERE LEFT.
I'D BEEN DOWN UNDER THEIR FLOOR.
UH, ALSO TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, GAPS AND STUFF IN THERE.
BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME IN THERE IN MY ASK, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHY ARE THESE LEFT OPEN LIKE THAT? BUT THAT WAS THE, WHOEVER DID IT.
SECOND ONE IS THE PORCH WHERE IT'S SEPARATED.
UH, THAT ONE I THINK IS THE, WELL, IT'S THE PORCH THAT'S DROPPING DOWN, NOT THE HOUSE.
SO WHAT I DID WAS ONE OF THE COLUMNS THAT'S THERE, THE METAL THAT HOLDS THE ROOF, I TOOK A PART AND I ENDED UP SHIMMING IT BECAUSE IT WAS PULLING THAT PART OF THE, OF THE ROOF DOWN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO LIKE, IT, IT'S ATTACHED.
ONCE I RELIEVED THAT AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT SOME WOOD IN BETWEEN IT, IT LIKE LITERALLY FELT THE HOUSE GO, AH, IT'S LIKE POPPING IT BACK.
AS FAR AS DOING ANY WORK TO THE HOUSE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
THE ROOF IS OPEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD AT ONE POINT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE ROOF UN UH, UNCOVERED.
UNCOVERED SO THAT THE, UH, INSPECTOR, NOT THE INSPECTORS, BUT THE CONTRACTORS COULD SEE IT.
I DO HAVE THE BIG, UH, TARPS TO COVER.
SO FOR WHEN THE RAIN COMES, I GO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, WE HAVE A SYSTEM.
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WE HAVE SOME OLD BAT WEIGHTS THAT WE USE TO TOSS OVER ALL THE WAY ACROSS WITH ROPE.SO, UH, THERE IS NO OTHER DAMAGE.
A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S HANGING ON TOP OF THE ROOF ON THE CEILINGS.
THIS HOUSE HAD,
UH, I SAW THAT AT MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE, YOU KNOW, SO A LOT OF THE TONGUE AND PROOF.
SO YOU SEE INSIDE THE WALLS, THE, I WOULD SAY UP TO ABOUT 80, 90% OF THE WALLS ARE GOOD EXCEPT FOR THE CHAR PART THAT'S UP ON TOP.
SO WHEN WE INITIALLY HAD THE, UH, CITY ENGINEER GO OUT, IT WAS A BIG MAN.
AND, UH, WELL I SAY BIG 'CAUSE ANYBODY BIGGER THAN HE IS BIG.
BUT HE WENT IN THERE AND HE JUST KIND OF DID AROUND.
AND HE WALKED AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I SEE HERE IS THAT IT'S ON TOP.
YOU KNOW, THE BEAST OF YOUR HOUSE, THE BELLY IS, IS, IS WE'RE NOT DAMAGED.
IT'S LIKE GETTING A NEW HAIRDO, REPLACE THE ROOF, REPLACE SOME OF THESE THINGS AND THEN YOU'RE GOOD.
DID HE ISSUE YOU A LETTER? NO, I, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD HAVE.
'CAUSE IT WAS THROUGH THE CITY THAT HE DID THAT.
RIGHT? IT WAS THE CITY ENGINEER WASN'T US.
RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE INSPECTOR HAD COME OUT AND COME BACK AND COME OUT, THEN UH, THEY HAD TO BE ABLE TO SO THAT WE COULD GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE.
THIS PERSON HAD TO COME AND MAKE WHATEVER ASSESSMENT.
SO YOU SAID AT THAT POINT THEY HAD GIVEN US A LETTER WITH THREE CONTACTS TO USE, UH, I GUESS THE CITY, WHICH I FOUND KIND OF ODD, BUT IT WAS THREE PEOPLE THAT THEY USED.
AND WHEN WE TALKED TO THEM, THEY SAID, LOOK, IT'S GONNA COST YOU $10,000 AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS FOR US TO VACATE AND GET EVERYTHING OUT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SAW IN THAT OTHER PICTURE, ALL THAT STUFF AND DEBRIS THAT WAS OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THE CHIMNEY.
THE CHIMNEY WAS, WE TOOK THAT DOWN.
THERE IS A PATCH ON THE INSIDE OF IT.
SO THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE THING JUST TARPED ON IT.
THAT IS NOT A, THAT IS NOT A FIREPLACE WHERE YOU PUT THAT TYPE OF CHIMNEY.
THIS CHIMNEY, THESE OLD HOUSES WAS USED FOR THE EXHAUST OF THE FUMES.
SO THE WATER HEATER THAT'S LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S WHERE THE VENT IS.
THE STOVE HAS A VENT HOOKED UP.
ONCE WE TOOK THE, THIS HOUSE HAD PANELING, DID HAVE NO SHEET ROCK.
ONCE WE TOOK THE PANELING OFF, WE SAW WHERE THEY HAD PATCHED UP THIS, SEE? AND, AND IN THE MIDDLE IT HAD A, A, UH, LIKE A, WELL I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A FIVE INCH PIECE OF PIPE THAT WOULD DIDN'T COME OUT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE UNDERSTOOD FROM SOME OF THE OLDER, UH, RESIDENTS THAT THEY USED TO HAVE, UH, HEATERS IN THE HOUSE, WOOD BURNING HEATERS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT PART WAS FOR.
UM, BUT THE CHIMNEY WAS JUST FOR SHOW.
IT WAS NOT AT FIREPLACE, IT WAS JUST, UH, RIGHT.
AND THE TOP PART WAS BEEN TAKEN OFF, BUT IT IS NOW SINCE BEEN, UM, COVERED UP.
AND SO YES, THE, THE ROOF DOES LOOK BECAUSE WE TOOK, AT ONE POINT THEY SAID DO SOMETHING.
SO WE TOOK A LOT OF THE, THE SHINGLES OFF AND THEN THE HOUSE HAS THE WOOD SHINGLES.
THE LITTLE WOOD CEDAR, YEAH, CEDAR SHINGLES ON THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE 10 TIMES WORSE.
UM, SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HANGING INSIDE IS THE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE PAPER THAT WE NEED TO PULL OFF.
SO IF YOU WERE TO WALK THROUGH THERE, I MEAN I THINK THESE PICTURES WERE A LOT CLEARER THIS TIME.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, WE DID REACH OUT TO A COUPLE CONTRACTORS TO DO AT FIRST TO DO WINDOWS AND THEN THERE WAS SOMEBODY TO DO, UH, DOORS AND THEN THERE WAS SOMEBODY TO DO ELECTRICAL.
BUT THE DRYWALL, THEY TOLD US, EVERYBODY BASICALLY TOLD ME, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU DO YOUR ROOF.
BECAUSE IF THEY DID THE DRYWALL AND SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND IT COMES DOWN, THEN YOU'RE DAMAGING YOUR WALLS.
IF THEY DID THE WINDOWS, THE SAME THING.
YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AND FOR WHAT IT'S GONNA COST.
CAN WE GET, CAN YOU GET YOU ON THE MICROPHONE? UM, IT'S ROBERT TAPI.
UM, AND EVERYBODY'S JUST GONNA NICKEL AND DIME YOU FOREVER AND, AND, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME AND IF YOU GO THAT ROUTE, IT'S GONNA BE A WHILE.
AND, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE RESOURCES FOR DOING ALL THIS? SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ONE ROOF.
SO YES, WE WERE PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS IN THAT BASKET TO SAY, BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE COMMUNICATION, WE'VE HEARD DENIALS.
SO WHEN WE CAME FOR THE HEARING, THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOLD WE WERE DENIED, YET WE FOUND COMMUNICATION STATING, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANNA PROCEED WITH THIS OR NOT? AND WE SAID, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS DONE, THE RACE WAS OVER
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ON IT.'CAUSE NO, ALL WE NEEDED TO DO IS UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION.
LIKE MY WIFE SAID, FRIDAY WE SPOKE WITH MS, UH, MS. CHRISTIE GARZA, AND SHE INFORMED US THAT IT WAS DONE DEAL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING WE'D BEEN DENIED.
SHE DID GIVE US THE NUMBER TO MS. VANESSA VALS WITH THE WHATEVER DEPARTMENT SHE'S WITH, UH, HOUSING.
SO, BUT I DID SPEAK TO HER AND WHEN I DID, I ASKED HER, GO MISS, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DENIAL.
AND SHE SAYS, WELL, WHO SAID YOU'RE DENIED? AND I SAID, MY, UH, MS. GARZA.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT SHE REITERATED THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN CANCELED.
SO AT ONE POINT SHE SAID, HE GOES, THE BIGGEST PART IS THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING, AND, UM, I I, I'M, HOPEFULLY I'M CORRECT WITH EVERYTHING.
I'M NOT MISS PUTTING MOUTH, UH, OTHER WORDS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S MOUTH.
BUT, UH, MS. EVAS, I TOLD HER, I GOES, BASED ON WHAT MS. GARZA READ TO US, I GOES, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DENIED.
AND I, SHE SAYS, WELL, WE NEED SOME, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE SOMETHING BACK.
I NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING BACK AND GIVE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I ASKED HER, HER BIGGEST THING WAS THAT THERE WAS A FOURTH LIEN, OR THE CITY DID NOT WANT TO BE PUT IN AS A FOURTH LIEN ON THIS.
I SAID, WE ARE NOT LEAVING THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS OUR HOUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO, TO RUN.
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ABUSE OF A LOT OF OPERA, UH, PROGRAMS. UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REDOING THEIR WHOLE HOUSE AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THIS.
THE SAME PERSON THAT CAME OUT TO DO THE INSPECTION ON THE ROOF AND TAKE THE MEASUREMENTS, HE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD US TO APPLY FOR SMALL AND MAJOR OR MAJOR MINOR PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY DO HOUSES THAT ARE IN WORSE SHAPE AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL THAT.
SO THAT WAS MY HOPE WHEN HE SPOKE TO ME.
AND I MET WITH HIM ON MARCH 15TH OR MARCH 14TH.
AND, UH, SO HE SAID A COUPLE WEEKS WE'LL BE BACK.
AT THAT POINT, MR. LANCE HIGGINS HAS NOT RETURNED ANY CALLS.
UH, WHEN I GET UPDATES FROM MS. GARZA, THAT'S BEEN A LOT MORE, UH, I GUESS IN COMMUNICATION.
UH, BUT THEN WHEN I DID TALK TO HER, SHE GOES, WE'RE GONNA SEND, I WILL CONTACT YOU BACK.
THAT LADY WAS VANESSA SI TOLD HER, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECOND MORTGAGES, NO THIRD MORTGAGES, NO OTHER LIENS.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE DONE WAS THEY PUT COVID FUNDS LIKE SIX MONTHS.
THEY MOVED IT TO THE TAIL END OF THE, OF THE, OF THE MORTGAGE.
AND AT ONE POINT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WENT FROM, UH, BANK OF AMERICA TO CARRINGTON AND, BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE THE SAME, UH, INSTITUTION.
SO WE HAD DONE SOMETHING AT THAT TIME WHERE WE WENT LIKE THREE MONTHS AND THEY MOVED IT AND THEY MOVED IT TO THE BACK.
SO THERE, I MEAN, WE STILL OWE THE BALANCE OF THE HOUSE IS, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SAY $40,000 AND IT'S, THERE IS NO OTHER HIDDEN OR DOUBLES ON THERE.
YES, THIS IS DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER, UH, CHRISTY GARZA.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, NOTATE THAT I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT AN UPDATE AS FAR AS THE, UH, APPLICATION THAT MR. AND MRS. VA RAMIREZ, UM, APPLIED FOR, FOR THE STRUCTURE, AND, UM, THEY HAD, UH, BASICALLY EMAILED SAYING THAT, UH, INSTALLING THE ROOF ON THE HOME, UH, WAS NOT FEASIBLE AND THAT THEY WE'RE CURRENTLY CALLING IT, UH, UNSAFE.
UM, AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND THE PHOTO PHOTOS THAT WERE GATHERED FROM THE CONTRACTOR WHEN THEY VISITED THE HOME, THAT THE STRUCTURE IS COMPROMISED, UM, AND WILL BE NEEDING MAJOR HOME REPAIR, WHICH THE PROPERTY DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR.
AND THAT WAS, UM, AGAIN, ON APRIL 24TH, 2025.
SO THE CONVERSATION THAT OCCURRED AFTER, I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT THAT CONVERSATION ENTAILED OF SEEING IS THAT I, I AM NOT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND SO DID YOU EXPRESS THAT TO THEM? DID DID THEY UNDERSTAND? YES, I DID ADVISE THEM.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH CALL.
I DID, UM, ADVISE THEM THAT, UM, I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. MRS. RAMIREZ AND I, I ALSO, UH, INFORMED HIM OF THE EMAIL THAT I DID RECEIVE.
UH, APPARENTLY THEY'VE HAD NO COM, UM, LACK OF BETTER WORD, UH, LITTLE COMMUNICATION, UM, WITH THAT DEPARTMENT.
AND I WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW BEFORE HEARING, UM, OF THE DENIAL FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND HOW DID THEY RECEIVE IT, UM, THROUGH THE DENIAL, HOW DID THEY RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION? THEN THEY RECEIVED THAT THROUGH ME FROM THE EMAIL THAT I AM AND EMOTIONALLY, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, FROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW, HOW DID THEY RECEIVE IT? AS A, AS A, OKAY, THIS IS IT, OR WE STILL WANT TO GO FORWARD.
YES, THEY STILL WANTED TO, UH, MR. UH,
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS FAR AS YES, YES, YES.BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING, THE WAY THEY'RE DOING IT PIECEMEAL AT A TIME.
UH, AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO JUSTIFY THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY I MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT, SIR? UH, SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE, SINCE THIS INCIDENT, WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES WITH BREAK-INS, ANY VAGRANTS.
AND SO, UH, WE MAINTAIN AS BEST AS WE CAN, UH, THE PROPERTIES, THE PROPERTIES PROPERTY, EXCUSE ME, THE PROPERTY, AND, UH,
UH, MY BROTHER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, HE CALLED ME A LITTLE BIT AGO AND HE SAYS, HEY, DON'T WORRY.
BUT, UM, AND AT THAT POINT, IT, IT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST, UH, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, TO STALL OR, OR KEEP GOING.
WE'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME TIME TO FINISH.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN US SOME TIME, UH, BUT IT FINALLY LOOKS LIKE IF ONE ROOF DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN MY BROTHER'S WILLING TO STEP UP.
I DID TAKE, UH, WE DID PURCHASE, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, I, I'M NOT SURE IT'S, IT'S A BUN, IT'S A PALLET AND ALMOST A PALLET AND A HALF OF ALL THE SHINGLES THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DO A, A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE LABOR AND, UH, TO REPLACE THE ROOF AND STUFF, WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU SEE THIS UP HERE AND THIS IS CHARRED, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE A LOT OF THE, THE LIGHT THROUGH WITH, UH, WITH THE PICTURES.
UH, AND THE PERSON THAT HAD COME ACROSS THE STREET, HE SAYS, THAT'S AN EASY FIX.
IT'S JUST LIKE, I THINK WHAT WE HAD ON TOP OF THERE WAS JUST A, A, THE DROPDOWN CEILING.
AND SO HE SAYS, YES, WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ANY BURNED, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO AT ONE POINT I ASKED LIKE, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? DO I, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY BOUGHT SOME, SOME SPRAY THAT THEY TOLD ME TO STOP THE, UH, IT WAS JUST TO HELP IT FROM SPREADING IF IT WERE TO HAVE ANY OTHER STUFF LIKE MOLDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I HAD ALREADY SPRAYED THAT ON THERE ON THE WHOLE HOUSE.
I DO HAVE THE TARPS 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN.
UM, ONE OF THE TARPS IS ACTUALLY WAS ON THE FLOOR THERE.
THE OTHER ONE IS FOLDED UP INSIDE.
SO, UM, WE, WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTINUE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER LUCK IN, IN FINISHING THIS, UH, AT LEAST TO THE, I THINK WE CAN GET A GOOD PORTION OF THIS DONE OR COMPLETED HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS ROBERT BINGIE.
UM, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH, UH, SOME INFORMATION REGARDING A, UH, $40,000 CHECK FROM CARRINGTON IN REGARDS TO THIS HOUSE.
UM, AND THAT WAS FROM JULY 6TH, 2023.
DOES THAT ALSO SOUND CORRECT? YES.
AND WAS THAT MONEY THEN USED TOWARDS THIS HOUSE AT THAT TIME, OR HAS THAT BEEN IT WAS USED TOWARDS US.
A LOT OF THE MATERIALS, UH, GENERATORS, THINGS WE NEEDED FOR THE HOUSE TO REMOVE THE HOUSE, TO STORE THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THERE.
THE BULK OF THE STUFF WAS USED FOR THE MATERIALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AS A CONTRACTOR, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, FIRST THING I GO IS DO IS I LOOK AT THE PREMISES FROM THE WAY THAT FIRE LOOKED.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED IN THAT AIR UNIT.
IT WAS RIGHT ABOVE, BUT ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED.
I DON'T CARE WHAT SOMEBODY COMES IN AND TELLS YOU.
ANY DAMAGED WOOD, MORE THAN 30% HAS TO BE REPLACED.
SO THAT MEANS SOME OF THAT SHIP LAPPING AND TONGUE AND GROOVE THAT'S ON THOSE WALLS ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME OFF.
AND WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, IDEAL IN, UH, OLDER HOMES AND THAT IS AN ACTUAL, UH, WALLPAPER MADOFF CHEESE CLOTH AND PAPER.
THOSE WALLS HAVE TO COME DOWN.
THAT'S WHY THE GUY SAID IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR ISSUE NOW, NOT A MINOR.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE INTO IT THAN JUST LOOKING AND SAYING, THIS IS THE ISSUE.
IF YOU HAVE THE MATERIALS FOR THE ROOF, WHY DIDN'T YOU DRY IT IN? WHY DIDN'T YOU GO UP THERE AND RIP THE ROOF OFF, PUT NEW TRUSSES, WHICH WOULD BE A LOT CHEAPER, UH, PLYWOOD IT DECK.
IT FELT IT IN ALL THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY TOLD US THAT WE COULD NOT DO THAT SINCE WE ARE NOT A CONTRACTOR, WE WERE TOLD WE COULD NOT GO IN.
BUT YOU SAID YOU HAD CONTRACTORS
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THAT WOULD COME IN AND HELP.THEY WERE GONNA COME IN AND HELP US, BUT WE HAD ALL THE MATERIALS SO THAT WE COULD DO IT.
WE WERE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. WE WERE WAITING LAST YEAR WITH THE BANK TO HELP US WITH THE MORE FUNDING.
WE'RE WAITING ON ONE ROOF TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, THE MONEY THAT WE CAN GET, WE CAN USE FOR OTHER ITEMS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE DONE THE WORK HIMSELF.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOT A CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS WHY WE DID NOT HAVE HIM UP THERE.
AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER, MOST HOMEOWNERS CAN PULL PERMITS AND DO THE WORK.
WITH THAT SAID, YOU DEALT WITH CARRINGTON, CORRECT? YES.
DID YOU EVER ASK THEM FROM THE TIME THEY GIVE YOU THE CHECK TO NOW ABOUT HELP AND FINANCE? WE DID.
WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? SO, UH, AT FIRST, AND UH, WE EXPRESSED THAT TO, TO THE REP AND PART OF IT WAS THAT WE HAD ASKED, OR INITIALLY CARRINGTON HAD TOLD US, HEY, DON'T WORRY, UH, WHEN WE HAD FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS THE AMOUNT, AND HE SAYS, THAT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR YOU TO USE.
SO THEY TOLD US, OR THE SUGGESTION WAS WE COULD PROBABLY USE SINCE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, I'M JUST GONNA USE AN EXAMPLE, I, I USED $180,000.
OKAY? SO IF BCAD HAS IS AT $180,000 MINUS WHATEVER'S OWED ON THE PROPERTY, SO WE USE THE $40,000, THEN AT THAT POINT YOU WOULD BE, YOU WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS TO USE FOR YOUR HOUSE.
BUT THEN IT DIDN'T COME OUT THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY SAID THE HOUSE, IN ORDER FOR US TO BORROW ON THAT, THE HOUSE HAD TO BE COMPLETE, HAD TO BE DONE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE HOUSE HAD TO BE BACK IN ORIGINAL STATE.
HOW ABOUT THE INSURANCE? THAT WAS THE INSURANCE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, SUFFICIENT INSURANCE ON THE HOUSE.
WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE GOT THE HOUSE, WE DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME BUYING A, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BUYING A HOUSE.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THE AMOUNT OF THE HOUSE OR WHAT WE DID OR DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR.
SO THAT 40,000 WAS IT, THAT WAS THE INSURANCE, BUT WE WERE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE COVERED BECAUSE JUST LIKE HARRINGTON SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COVERED FOR REPLACEMENT.
SO YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT IS ENOUGH TO COVER WHATEVER IT IS.
IF THE MARKET'S UP THE MARKET'S LOW, WE'RE GONNA COVER AND REPLACE YOUR HOUSE.
THE ONLY THING WE DID NOT HAVE WAS PROPERTY CONTENT, BUT SHE SAID, OR MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE COVERED UP TO A PERCENTAGE.
BUT THEN IN JANUARY OR DECEMBER OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO, UH, THE INCIDENT THAT, THAT WAS WHEN THE CHANGE HAPPENED, THAT WE HAD RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE NOTIFICATION STATE THAT IT WAS UP TO US, THE HOMEOWNERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH, UH, COVERAGE TO COVER YOUR DWELLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IN THIS EVENT, WE, WE COULDN'T FIND THIS PLUS ANY DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAD, EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH CHARGED.
YOU ARE ASKING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
THE DOCUMENTS I SAW WERE ONLY FOR ELECTRICAL, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT? YES, SIR.
ONLY THAT'S THE ONE WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THAT ONE, THE ONE AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE WAS ELECTRICAL.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE ROOF A TIMELINE FROM HIM OR FROM WHOEVER PROPOSED THAT CORRECT? OBJECTION.
ALL HE SAID TO ME WAS, UH, TELL US YES OR NO.
AND HE GOES, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A WEEK TO DO.
AND I DIDN'T SEE A, UM, STATEMENT OF ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR WAS, IS GONNA BE REQUIRED IN THERE THAT GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN ROOFING AND ALL THAT.
THERE WAS NO TIMELINE OR COST OF ROOF REPAIR.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR HOW MUCH TIME? I WOULD LIKE SIX MONTHS, BUT I'LL TAKE 90 DAYS.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT WE GET INTO BECAUSE, OR THREE MONTHS, I APOLOGIZE, WHAT'S THREE MONTHS? THREE, SIX MONTHS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONLY ONE DOCUMENT THAT WE SAW AND THIS ONE DIDN'T EVEN MENTION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN, SO THOSE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COME IN HERE WITH.
AND YOU'RE ASKING US TO MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO US.
AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON TO SPEAK, WHICH IS THE ACTUALLY CARRINGTON MORTGAGE WILL BE SPEAKING, SO WE'LL NOW HEAR WHAT SHE'LL RECOMMEND.
OKAY, BUT YOU ARE ASKING FOR SIX MONTHS.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S YOUR APPROACH.
YOU SEEM TO BE STUCK ON, WE WANT TO PUT A ROOF ON.
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FROM THE TOP DOWN.YOU'VE GOT TO BUILD, BUILD UP A, A FOUNDATION FOR THAT ROOF TO SIT.
YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING ABOUT IT, IN MY OPINION.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU DON'T START OFF AT THE TOP.
YOU'RE GONNA PUT A, A NEW ROOF ON WHAT? IT'S ALL DAMAGED.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE, THAT STRUCTURE HAS TO BE SUPPORT THAT ROOF.
AND, AND I GET THAT NOW, BUT WHEN WE WERE INITIALLY MET WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, HE DID NOT TELL US OR EXPLAIN OR EXPRESS TO US THAT THE FLOOR AND THE WALLS WERE GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE.
WE KNEW THE ROOF BECAUSE IT WAS MISSING.
SO WE THOUGHT ROOF FIRST WORK EVERYTHING ELSE LATER.
BUT ALSO MR. TAPIA, UH, AND BOARD, UM, ONCE WE REMOVED THE DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING OUTTA THE HOUSE AND WE LIFTED ALL THE CARPET, THE FLOORS WERE CHAMP, THEY WERE GOOD.
ALL THEY LOOKED AT, AT ONE POINT, THEY JUST TOLD US, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SAND YOUR, YOUR FLOORS AND USE THEM.
NOW THE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE DAMAGES TO THE TOP, WE SAW WHERE YOU SAW THE EXTERIOR WALL, WHERE THE SEPARATION WAS OF THE PORCH.
THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE DOESN'T REALLY SEEM AS DAMAGED AS THE, THE, THE TWO WALLS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE TWO CEILINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT'S MOSTLY WATER DAMAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AND THEN ON THE DAMAGE THEY TOLD US, HE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE, THE CONTRACTOR OR THE PERSON THAT I SPOKE TO SAYS ONCE WE COME APART AND DO THIS PART HERE GOES, WE HAVE TO INSPECT THAT YOUR CO YOUR CORNERS, YOUR SUPPORTING BEAMS ARE INTACT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT IN WRITING.
I DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE WE DID NOT CON UH, GO WITH THEM.
AND I JUST TOLD 'EM, I GOES, CAN YOU GIVE US A BIT? CAN YOU GIVE IT TO US IN WRITING? THAT WAS THE OTHER PART.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAD ASKED, WE DIDN'T GO ASK STEVEN'S ROOFINGS OR ANY BIG ONES.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GO WITH REPUTABLE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN DONE DOING WORK IN THE AREA BEFORE.
WE GOTTEN BURNED ONCE BEFORE MANY YEARS ON THE ROOF.
DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING, YOU, YOU CAN'T START FROM THE TOP DOWN, BUT WHEN THEY TOLD US THAT THE BOTTOM IS GOOD, EVERYTHING IS GOOD, THE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU'RE NEEDING THE WORK IS UP ON THE TOP.
AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, AS FAR AS LIKE THE SHEET ROCK AND STUFF, I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
THE NEIGHBOR BEING A CONTRACTOR, HE COULD COME IN, HE SAYS IT WILL TAKE US JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE, UH, NOT A LOT OF SHEETS, BUT I'D SAY WE HAVE A DOZEN SHEETS THAT MAYBE WE'LL DO ONE ROOM.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.
W WE'RE NOT, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T THROWN THIS AND MADE THIS SECOND FILL.
IT'S JUST BEEN DIFFICULT WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO ENDURE PERSONALLY.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YOU KNOW, OUR BROTHER GAVE US SOME LIGHT TODAY OR YESTERDAY AND, AND I TALKED TO HIM LIKE I SAID BEFORE.
SO I FEEL A LITTLE BIT CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M SURE THAT WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA GO IN THERE AND REPLACE THINGS, I'M WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL THAT WE COULD JUST START ON IT, BUT I CAN'T, I STOPPED, I HOLD MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE PART WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S LICENSED TO COME IN AND DO THAT PART.
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE COULD JUST GO IN AND DO BITS AND PIECES OF THAT FOR THE ROOF.
AS YOU WERE SAYING, WE COULD PUT PLYWOOD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD WE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ON THE ROOF WITHOUT A CONTRACTOR.
AND SO OTHERWISE WE WOULD'VE USED THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAD TO COVER UP WHAT WAS THERE.
BUT YOU COULD HAVE, AS YOU STATED EARLIER, YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR, YOU COULD HAVE GOT A CONTRACTOR TO PULL THAT AND HELP YOU GUYS OUT A LOT, BUT, GOTCHA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, YOUNG.
SIT DOWN AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON.
UH, YES, WE DO HAVE THE LENDER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JESSE MANERO AND IF MY OFFICE ADDRESS IS OKAY, UH, IT THAT, THAT'S FINE.
600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 5,600, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 0 2.
I AM COUNSEL FOR A CARRINGTON MORTGAGE WHO HOLDS THE DEED OF TRUST FOR THIS PROPERTY.
I WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL ENDEAVOR TO NOT TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, SOMETHING WE SAW ON THE RECORD THAT, UM, WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING THE REFERENCE TO NOT RECEIVING INSURANCE FUNDS OR ONLY RECEIVING $10,000.
SO WE BROUGHT IN, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY OF THE $40,000 CHECK THAT WAS GIVEN, UM, IN JULY OF 2020 THIRD AND IT WAS CASHED.
AS FAR AS I HAVE REVIEWED ACCURATE, I, I DON'T
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REMEMBER SEEING AN APPLICATION FOR A HOME EQUITY LOAN OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, BUT I CAN'T, UH, CERTIFY WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY OF THAT.UM, CARTON'S, UH, PRIORITY WOULD BE TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
THIS IS FRED ANIS CHAIR FOR THE RECORD YOU GAVE A HOUSTON ADDRESS? YES.
EVERYTHING ON THE DOCUMENTS IN HERE HAVE BEEN CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S BECAUSE I AM COUNSEL FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE AND MY OFFICE IS IN HOUSTON, BUT THE PARENT COMPANY IS OUTTA CALIFORNIA.
I JUST, BECAUSE DOCUMENTS ARE SHOWING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, SO YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSION OTHER THAN THIS INITIAL OR THE COMPANY HAS IT SINCE THIS? I REVIEWED THE NOTES BRIEFLY AND I SAW THAT THERE WERE CALLS CHECKING TO SEE THE REPAIRS WERE DONE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, I, BEFORE STEPPING INTO THIS HEARING, I TALKED TO 'EM, SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT I DISCUSSED WITH 'EM IS IN LINE WHAT THEY HAD TOLD YOU THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DONE.
IT APPEARS THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE MONEY THEY RECEIVED FROM THE INSURANCE, WHICH IS UM, A LITTLE CONCERNING.
UH, BUT THEY EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS, BUT I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM BECAUSE I DON'T REPRESENT THEM.
I'LL LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO YOUR POSITION IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, WHAT WOULD YOU REPRESENTING YOUR CLIENT, WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE COMPANY THE COMPANY WANTS? FIRST TO CLARIFY THE RECORD THAT IT WASN'T HOLDING INSURANCE FUNDS, UH, DELAYING THE REPAIRS.
UH, AND THOUGH WE WOULD LIKE THE REPAIRS TO GET DONE AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT THEY CAN DO.
SO YOUR VESTED INTEREST WOULD BE NOT TO HAVE IT DEMOED BUT TO REPAIR, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WELL, GIVEN THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SAFE, RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TODAY? NO.
SO THAT'S YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, NOT AN OPINION FROM A CONTRACTOR OR ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER? THAT IS CORRECT.
IF YOU ASK ME ANYTHING ENGINEERING, I WOULD GIVE YOU A VERY UNPROFESSIONAL OPINION.
'CAUSE I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY THAT NO, THE ONLY REASON I ASK HER THAT IS 'CAUSE SHE'S REPRESENTING THE COMPANY.
SO THE COMPANY'S INTEREST IS THEY WANNA SEE THE REPAIR, NOT THE DEMO, WHICH IS THE COMPANY'S YEAH.
WELL, UM, OTHER THAN THE SHORT TIME, HAVE YOU PERSONALLY TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUALS EITHER BY EMAIL, REGULAR MAIL, PHONE? NO.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE CLIENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
STAFF LEGAL, ANYTHING ELSE? GO AHEAD.
I KNOW YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING.
UM, IT, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL THESE THINGS DONE AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT LONG.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH FINANCING, BUT YOU'RE STILL SORT OF ON THE, ON THE FENCE ABOUT GETTING THE FINANCING TO REPAIR THIS HOME.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE MONEY FROM YOUR INSURANCE, YOU'RE LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE, I ASSUME.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE PAYING RENT.
THERE COMES A POINT OF IS IS THIS REALLY DOABLE? I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AND FOR US IT IS DOABLE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR HOME AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AND THAT WE ARE, WE WERE WAITING FOR A CITY PROGRAM TO HELP US, BUT WE HAVE SECURED A SECOND OPTION, WHICH IS MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO WILL BE ASSISTING US.
SO DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF TODAY WILL BE OUR NEXT STEP TO TRY AND GET THIS RESOLVED AND MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSE IS SECURE AND SAFE.
WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS PROPERTY FOR 16 YEARS.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE RESIDING ACROSS THE STREET AND WE WANNA STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
SO YES, IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN NORMAL TO GET THIS RESOLVED, BUT OUR INTENT
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IS TO CONTINUE AND TO GO FORWARD FROM HERE.IT DIDN'T MEAN TO JUST KIND OF GO OFF.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHALL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CAN WE DISCUSS? WELL, YOU CAN'T DO IT NOW.
IT'S GOTTA GO ON THE THING AND ANN, YOU GONNA MAKE A MOTION? KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
NO, YOU I WAS GONNA SAY, WELL ON, WE CAN'T JUST, WE CAN'T DISCUSS IF WE'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE BOARD.
IT SEEMS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS A LITTLE MORE, EVEN THOUGH I CALLED FOR MOTION.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE A DISCUSSION.
UM, I I WOULD ASK THAT MICROPHONES MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TURNED ON.
UH, FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'LL GO TO A MOTION OR TO DISCUSSION FIRST IF THAT HELPS YOU GUYS OUT A LOT.
WOULD IT BE IN A 30 DAY ABATEMENT? YOU GOTTA BE ON A MIC.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DISCUSS IT.
SO MY QUESTION IS A 30 DAY ABATEMENT.
I REALIZE THAT WE DON'T ORDER THE ABATEMENTS.
THAT WOULD BE UP TO CODE THAT DOES ABATEMENTS AUTOMATICALLY.
I I OUR BEFORE US IS A DEMOLITION.
IT'S A HERE OF THE EARLIER CASE.
RIGHT? SO OTHER THAN THAT, WITHOUT PUTTING WORDS IN ANYBODY'S MOUTH, A RESET IF YOU FEEL WARRANTED IS THERE AND IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS A LITTLE MORE FOR EVIDENTIAL, IT'S THERE AS WELL.
BUT ABATEMENT AND OTHER THAN IS OFF, UH, ABATEMENT, WE CAN'T DO, THAT'S A CO COMPLIANCE ISSUE.
SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DEBATE.
JUST REMEMBER TO USE YOUR MICS.
YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND THAT'S NOT SAYING IF YOU'RE STILL UNSURE, YOU CAN STILL ASK QUESTIONS.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1538 WEST CRAIG PLACE BE REPAIRED OR START REPAIRS WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND ANY OTHER ORDERS SUCH AS ALL THE TRASH THAT'S IN THE HOUSE NEEDS TO BE TO OUT.
YOU DON'T NEED A, UH, A PERMIT FOR THAT.
THE HOUSE NEEDS TO BE SECURED AND YOU'LL NEED TO REAPPEAR IN FRONT OF US IN A MONTH.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A ISSUE, AND I'LL, LEMME SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT.
YOU WANT TO START REPAIRS IN 30 DAYS, BUT YOU WANT THEM TO APPEAR IN 30 DAYS.
SO THEY CAN'T START REPAIRS IN 30 DAYS AND APPEAR IN 30 DAYS.
YEAH, BUT YOU WANT THEM TO APPEAR WITHIN 30 DAYS.
IF THEY START REPAIRS WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE ORDER TAKES ALMOST TWO WEEKS, THEN THEY HAVE A 30 DAY APPEAL.
SO THEY CAN'T START IN 30 DAYS.
I THINK ANN WANTS TO SEE MR. CHAIR,
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LET ME, LET ME, LET ME HELP YOU IF THAT'S OKAY.UM, IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE PROPERTY, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A SIX MONTH REPAIR ORDER THAT WAS NOT FOLLOWED.
SO, UM, THE MOST THAT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM IS 60 TO 90 DAYS AND A BOND WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE POSTED IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT THE REPAIRS ARE ARE, IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT THE PROPERTY, UM, IS, IT'S FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR.
UH, THE OTHER OPTION, UH, AGAIN, IS, IS DEMOLITION.
UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A REPAIR ORDER THAT REPAIR OVER SIX MONTHS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ORDER REQUIRED VERY LITTLE.
UM, SO IF THERE IS ANOTHER REPAIR ORDER, THAT REPAIR ORDER WILL BE 60 TO 90 DAYS AT THE MOST.
UM, AND, UH, A A A BOND WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE POSTED.
DOES THAT HELP YOU OUT? I RESEND MY MOTION.
ARE YOU READY FOR MOTION? UH, WELL YEAH, BECAUSE SHE ALREADY STARTED.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO FINISH WITH MOTION.
YOU CAN DEBATE AFTER SOMEBODY SECONDS IT IF YOU NEED.
STILL NEED SOME TIME THEN NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO.
SINCE YOU'VE PUT THE MOTION OUT THERE AND YOU'VE RESCINDED IT, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN STILL MAKE A MOTION ONCE IT'S SECOND.
IF SOMEBODY STILL HAS DEBATE IN THEM, THEN THEY CAN STILL DEBATE AT THAT TIME.
IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO SEND IT HER MOTION SO YOU CAN MAKE A FRESH MOTION.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE AT UH, 1 5 3 8 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 0 1 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE 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 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1 12 5 7 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND ORDER THAT THE UH, PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
BE SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
I HAVE A MOTION ON 1 5 3 8 WEST CAR PLACE FOR DEMOLITION UNDER SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND IT IS TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
YOU SAID CLEAN, SECURE AND CLEAN OR SECURE AND CLEAN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A FRIENDLY, WELL I SECOND IT.
OKAY, YOU SECOND NOW YOU CAN DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
ANY OTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, DEBATE OR DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN.
UM, AND YOU DO HAVE AN, YOU CAN STILL MAKE AN APPEAL.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD IN OUR CASES STAFF, JUDY CREW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO THE BOARD THAT MR. THOMAS FRANKS RESIGNED FROM THE BSB ON APRIL 4TH.
MR. FRANKS WAS IN A PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGER POSITION IN, IN AN AT LARGE POSITION.
MR. FRANK IS PURSUING NEW OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
WE WILL WORK WITH CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO FILL THE VACANCY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE RECEIVED 11 APPLICATIONS FOR THE BSB UH, BOARD MEMBERS PLUS ONE NON BSB MEMBER APPLICATION.
SO THE CURRENT TERM ENDS MAY 31ST
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AND MEMBERS WILL BE IN A HOLDOVER STATUS UNTIL APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL OR THE AD HOC COMMITTEES.ALSO, THE NEW 2024 S-A-P-M-C BOOKS WERE ISSUED TODAY TO THE BOARD AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE S-A-P-M-C GO IN EFFECT TODAY AS WELL.
LEGAL, UH, I I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION, BUT, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE SOMEBODY A, A SIX MONTH REPAIR AND IT'S NOT REPAIRED, THERE HAS TO BE, UH, SOME CONSEQUENCES TO IT.
SO ARE WE GONNA SET UP A DATE TO BRING FRANK'S IN FORMAL, UH, HIS CERTIFICATE OR IS THAT GONNA BE MADE WITH MR. NELSON? THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FULL BOARD ON MAY 15TH, SO IT WILL REACH OUT TO MR. FRANKS TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HE'S DEFINITELY INVITED TO RECEIVE THAT CERTIFICATE.
I GOT A NOTE I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WE ARE ADJOURNED.