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GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO THE SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD ON EIGHT MAY, 2025.
I'M THE CHAIR FOR THIS MORNING'S, UH, BOARD MEETING.
IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE LINDA LUCINDA OROZCO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'M FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
JUDY KRUM, BSB LIAISON, ESTOR ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
AND MYSELF, JENNIFER MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CHAIR A QUORA, MS. PRESENT.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES TRANSLATION SERVICES, UH, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NEED IT.
IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A TRANSLATION OF THAT REPORT.
PLEASE SIGN AT 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 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 IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER 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 A CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS DEPEND UPON THE MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER 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 COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOUR, YOU MAY ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THE TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON 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.
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UH, PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM 10 APRIL, 2025.UH, HOPEFULLY WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT DRAFT.
UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON IT.
MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FOR APRIL 10TH, 2025 AS IS THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED FOR 10 APRIL, 2025.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
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COULD, LET'S HAVE A STAFF REPORT AT THIS TIME.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM, UM, FOR AN UPDATE.
WE WILL ACTUALLY BE PULLING ONE ITEM FROM TODAY'S AGENDA IF I MAY PROCEED.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, AS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATION AT 1 2 1 2 3.
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JIMMER COVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.UM, WE WILL BE PULLING IT TODAY.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, WORK WITH THE OWNER AND THE OFFICER DID VERIFY, UM, THAT IT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO PRESENT THE CASE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
OUR FIRST CASE THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE SEVEN 15 JOHN PAGE.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 7 1 5 JOHN PAGE DRIVE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 7 1 5 JOHN PAGE DRIVE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON JULY 30TH, 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 8 3 7 5 BLOCK THREE, LOT 12 LOCATED N CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS SI, EXCUSE ME, CIRO LEONOR AND DELIA CISNEROS WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 7 1 5 JOHN PAGE DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER ANTHONY PENA IS HERE TO TALK IS, I'M SO SORRY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE WITH THAT? THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 7 1 5 JOHN PAGE DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 29TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 15TH, 2024, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON AUGUST 22ND, 2024 ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 7 1 5 JOHN PAGE DRIVE ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO LEON NORRIS CISNEROS AND DELIA CISNEROS AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON APRIL 9TH, 2025, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE BSB.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON AUGUST 15TH, 2024 DUE TO NO WATER SERVICE AND AN INFESTATION ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL OCCUPYING THE STRUCTURE.
IT WAS PROVIDED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024, OCTOBER 23RD, 2024 AND APRIL 9TH, 2025.
THERE HAS BEEN NO WATER ON THE PROPERTY SINCE MARCH 7TH, 2019.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS ROTTED AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS MISSING IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED, AND THE FACIAL BOARD LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AS WELL.
SO THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CEMENT STEPS GOING UP TO THE FRONT DOOR.
THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE AND THE STEPS AND THE, UH, STEPS ARE SINKING INTO THE GROUND.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE WOOD SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
IT IS ROTTED AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE WINDOWS THAT ARE BROKEN, ALONG WITH THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED AS WELL.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS MISSING IN MULTIPLE AREAS AND IT IS ROTTED AND THE, UH, WOOD, THE SKIRTING AS WELL FOR THE FOUNDATION IS MISSING AND THERE IS A HOLE IN THE EXTERIOR WALL AS WELL.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS ROTTED LAX WEATHER PROTECTION AND OR MISSING.
AND ALL OF THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN.
THEY'RE EITHER BOARDED UP WITH WHATEVER, UH, MATERIAL THE INDIVIDUAL COULD FIND OR THEY'RE BROKEN AND THE ELEMENTS ARE GOING INTO THE INTERIOR.
THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF A HOLE IN THE EXTERIOR WALL AND THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
SO THE FOUNDATION SKIRTING IS ROTTED AND MISSING IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
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GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE STRUCTURE.THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE SUBFLOOR IS SATURATED WITH DOG URINE, SO IT IS SOFT WHEN WALKING, SO IT DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
THE SHEET ROCK OF THE CEILING ALSO HAS SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE AS WELL, AND THERE'S TRASH THROUGHOUT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. THERE'S ACTUALLY A DOG LAYING ON THE BED.
A CS HAS ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED AND BEEN OUT TO THE LOCATION MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL FOR THAT, THAT SITUATION AS WELL.
AND THE SHEET ROCK IS STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE CEILING.
THE FLOOR COVERING AGAIN, IS MISSING.
IT DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE, UM, DUE TO A WATER LEAK IN THE PAST, ALONG WITH, UH, URINE THROUGHOUT.
UH, HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE CONDITION OF THE FLOOR THAT IT IS ROTTED AND IT IS SOFT WHEN WALKING ON IT.
AND THE SECTION OF THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING, EXPOSING SOME PLUMBING PIPES OF THE SINK HAS BEEN REMOVED.
UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE AREAS OF DOG FECES AND THERE'S, IT'S COVERED IN DOG URINE.
THE SMELL IS EXTREMELY STRONG AND THE SHEET ROCK IS DETACHING FROM THE CEILING.
THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING.
THE SUBFLOOR IS SOFT AND ROTTED.
IT IS UNLEVEL IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
UM, THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING ON THE CEILING AS WELL.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SINK AREA.
THERE'S WATER DAMAGE THERE AS WELL, AND THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING IN THAT TOP LEFT CORNER AND THERE IS SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH BETWEEN THE WALL AND ROOF SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS GOING OUT FROM THE KITCHEN AREA.
THIS IS TO BELIEVED TO BE AN ADDITION AT SOME POINT.
I DO NOT HAVE A DATE FOR WHEN THIS ADDITION WAS ADDED ONTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR SIDING ON THE LEFT HAND CORNER.
UH, THE FLOOR IS GOING TO BE A SLAB IN THIS PORTION AND THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS AND THERE IS A MATTRESS THERE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL TO SLEEP ON.
I BELIEVE THE IN INDIVIDUAL HAS IT THERE FOR HIS DOGS.
HE HAS ABOUT FIVE, UH, DOGS RUNNING AROUND, SO THEY GO IN AND OUT AND SLEEP THERE.
SO THERE IS SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH THE ROOF AND WALL SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THIS AREA, THE DECKING DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE.
THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING, AND THIS IS JUST LOOKING BACK INTO THAT LIVING ROOM AREA SHOWING MORE OF THE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OF THE WATER DAMAGE TO THE SUBFLOOR.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 1 5 JOHN PAGE DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR WHICH ANY, ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION AND FURTHER PROPERTY TO BE VACATED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 7 1 15 JOHN PAGE DRIVE.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? THERE ARE NONE.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT.
OFFICER PENA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, I APOLOGIZE FOR TRYING TO JUMP OVER YOU, SIR.
IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR DISTRICT, YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT, SIR.
MORNING BOARD, UH, OFFICER ANTHONY PENA.
I WORK WITH THE, UH, WEST SAFE UNIT, UH, AND WE ASSISTED, UM, THE DART MEMBERS ON JULY 30TH WITH, UH, WITH THE DART WARRANT THAT WAS EXECUTED.
UM, SINCE JULY 30TH, UH, THERE'S BEEN, UM, ABOUT 23 CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, TO THAT LOCATION.
UM, THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE SINCE OUR DART, UM, A LOT OF DISTURBANCES, DISTURBANCES WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY HOMELESS RELATED CALLS.
UM, MORE SO BECAUSE, UM, THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE AND, UM, THE TRASH THAT'S ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
UM, FIGHTS HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT TO THAT, TO THAT LOCATION AS WELL.
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PRIOR TO THE, UH, THE EXECUTION OF THE DART, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CALLS FOR, UH, NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS.UM, A FEW OF THOSE CALLS WERE REGARDING THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS STAYING THERE AND TEENAGERS, UM, THEM SMOKING, UH, WHAT THEY PERCEIVED TO BE MARIJUANA AS FAR AS THE CALLERS MADE, UH, THE CALLS THAT WERE MADE AND, UH, DRINKING WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL.
UM, OTHER CALLS THAT WERE CALLED OUT THERE WERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY LIKE OFFICER TOWN STATED, UH, CALLS FOR ANIMALS.
UM, THERE WERE CALLS FOR POSSIBLE BITES, ANIMAL BITES, UM, AND IT GOT TO THE POINT TO WHERE ONE, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS WITH HIS, WITH HIS KIDDO.
AND THE DOGS AT THIS LOCATION STARTED TO RUN AT THE, UM, COLLAR AND HIS AND HIS CHILD.
UM, THE OWNER HAD A GUN THAT DAY, PRESENTED IT AS THE, UM, AS HIS DOGS WERE ATTACKING.
UM, NOTHING, IT WASN'T ANY, UH, I GUESS THE CALLER AND THE CHILD WEREN'T, WERE IN FEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN, BUT THEY WERE MORE SO IN FEAR OF THE DOG AND HE HAD TO USE HIS GUN TO PROTECT THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM HIS DOGS.
UM, OTHER CALLS, UH, THAT WERE OUT WERE, OR THAT WERE MADE WERE, UM, WERE FIGHTS REGARDING NEIGHBORS.
HE'S, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVE WHENEVER HE DOES BECOME INTOXICATED, UH, BECOMES ARGUMENTATIVE WITH HIS NEIGHBORS CAUSING FURTHER DISTURBANCES AND NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOWING THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO REST WELL BECAUSE OF HIS, UH, ALCOHOLISM AND THE, UH, THE ISSUES THAT HE HAS WITH TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIS DOGS IN THE YARD.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? YES, MA'AM.
UM, GOOD MORNING, MR. ROS THAT WAS AT THE PROPERTY FOR THE AGGRESSIVE DOGS OR GUN OR OTHER DISTURBANCES.
HAS HE EVER BEEN ARRESTED? UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
HE'S NEVER BEEN ARRESTED BY OUR, BY ANYBODY FROM OUR OFFICE.
AND DO WE KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE OWNER WHO SHARES THE SAME LAST NAME? I DO NOT KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP, UH, AS FAR AS THE, OBVIOUSLY THEY CARRY THE SAME LAST NAME, BUT I DON'T KNOW THEIR, THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT? THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OFFICER BEING.
AND NOW THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 15.
THIS IS GEORGE RYAN, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, I MOVE THE PROPERTY LOCATED.
GEORGE, PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
OH, PER CITY, UH, I MOVED THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UH, 7 1 5.
JOHN PAGE DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6.6 DASH 15 SIX SECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ESSENCE OF THE ORDER, UH, THAT IT BE SECURED FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
USE UTILITIES, IF ANY BE DISCONNECTED.
THERE WAS WOULD RECOMMENDATION BY THE CODE OFFICER FOR VACATE.
UH, YEAH, ON THE PROPERTY VACATED.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 15 JOHN PAGE DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 AND IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, SUB CODES 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS TO BE VACATED TO BE SECURED AND UTILITIES DISCONNECTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS GONNA BE 14 3 14 SHADOW OAK.
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GOOD MORNING BOARD.MY NAME IS CHRISTIE GARZA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 43 14 SHADOW OAKS LANE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 8 0 1 9 BLOCK EIGHT, LOT 41, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RYAN THOMAS, E AND NANCY WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2000 CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD, APARTMENT 3 0 8 SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
NO CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH A PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATED WITH 1 43 1 4 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
THE OFFICE OF HIS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2024.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 43 1 4 SHADOW OAKS WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 23RD, 2024.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 28TH, 2024, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNERS ON RECORD AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING RETURN AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY, MAY 8TH, 2025.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1 43 1 4 SHADOW OAKS.
THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS ABATED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS ON APRIL 8TH, 2025.
THE TOTAL COST OF THAT ABATEMENT WAS $507.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 7TH, 2025.
THIS PHOTO WILL SHOW THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF AN ASPHALT SHINGLED COVERED ROOF SYSTEM, BRICK EXTERIOR WALL WITH A SLAP BALL GRAIN FOUNDATION BUILT IN 1978.
UH, IT IS DIFFICULT TO VIEW THE STRUCTURE AND IT'S ENTIRELY DUE TO THE VEGETATION THAT IS CURRENTLY SURROUNDING THE STRUCTURE.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW A PILLAR THAT IS ONLY ATTACHED BY A BEAM TO THE RIGHT AND IS NO LONGER BRACED TO THE FRONT PORCH AND IS CURRENTLY LEANING.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW THE FRONT PORCH ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, WE HAVE ROT, UH, ROTTED AND DETERIORATED OVERHANG AND FACIAL BOARDS AND A HOLE HAS BEEN CREATED.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW UM, MORE ROTTEN DETERIORATION ABOVE THE FRONT LEFT WINDOW TO THE OVERHANG, AND THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW A HOLE THAT IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ANIMALS ARE CURRENTLY MAKING ENTRY INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE MAKING OUR WAY INTO THE REAR YARD.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PHOTO OF THE REAR ELEVATION UPON, UH, REINSPECTION.
THE GLASS LIGHTING DOOR, UH, WAS BROKEN AND HAD TO BE RESECURED BY THE CITY.
UM, WE HAVE A ROTTED DETERIORATED OVERHANG AND WE HAVE, UH, ROTTED SIDING BELOW THE WINDOW, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP TO SHOW THE ROTTED OVERHANG BEFORE MAKING ENTRY INTO THE REAR SLIDING DOOR.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM MAKING ENTRY INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS SEVERELY, UH, WATER DAMAGED.
THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE LIVING ROOM.
THERE IS LITTLE, UH, TO NO WALKING SURFACE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FEET OF ITEMS AND, UH, GARBAGE WITHIN THE INTERIOR.
THIS IS MAKING OUR WAY TO THE RIGHT, WALKING INTO THE FIRST BEDROOM.
AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, LITTLE TO NO WALKING SURFACE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAR BEDROOM.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE LARGE HOLES TO THE CEILING, UM, AND TRASH DEBRIS WITHIN THE BEDROOM.
THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW US REMAINING IN THE SAME BEDROOM, UH, TO SHOW, UH, ANOTHER LARGE HOLE TO THE CEILING IN THE RIGHT AREA OF THE BEDROOM.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSEUP OF THE DAMAGED ROOF COMPONENTS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE, UH, INDICATING THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY
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MAKING ENTRY INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.THIS IS, UH, MAKING OUR WAY INTO THE, UH, REAR RESTROOM VANITY AREA.
UH, THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH TRASH, UM, SATURATED WITH FECES AND URINE POSSIBLY FROM WILDLIFE.
UM, MO ALSO APPEARS TO BE PRESENT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE INTERIOR VIEW OF THE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT WAS OBSERVED IN THE FRONT ELEVATION, PHOTOS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE KITCHEN AREA AGAIN.
UH, THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH GARBAGE AND SATURATED WITH, UH, FECES AND URINE.
AND THIS IS A PHOTO, UH, SHOWING INDICATION THAT, UH, INFESTATION IS PRESENT.
THIS IS MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE KITCHEN, I'M SORRY, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM AREA.
AGAIN, THERE'S LARGE HOLES TO THE CEILING EXPOSING THE DETERIORATED ROOF COMPONENTS.
I COULD NOT MAKE MY WAY THROUGH TO THIS ROOM.
UH, DUE TO THE ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, THERE'S A PHOTO OF THE GARAGE AREA.
WE HAVE MORE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING AND ROOF COMPONENTS AND MORE ITEMS STORED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
AND HERE'S A, UH, REAR BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF ITEMS THAT COULD NOT MAKE ENTRY ALL THE WAY INSIDE THIS BEDROOM THE SAME.
THERE'S ANOTHER BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT AREA OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MORE DAMAGE TO THE CEILING AND ROOF COMPONENTS.
AGAIN, I COULD NOT MAKE ENTRY AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH, UH, ALL THE ITEMS WITHIN THE BEDROOM.
AND THE LAST PHOTO WILL SHOW A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE LIVING ROOM EXITING, UH, THROUGH THE REAR DOOR AGAIN.
UM, AND THERE'S ANOTHER HOLE IN THE CEILING WITH ROTTED, UH, ROOF COMPONENTS.
SHADOW OAKS IS A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE IN NEGLECTED CONDITION.
THERE ARE HOLES IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
ROOF ROOFING COMPONENTS HAVE SIGNS OF ROT AND DETERIORATION.
NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE AND, AND ELEMENTS ARE ALSO MAKING ENTRY FURTHER DETERIORATING.
THE STRUCTURE INDICATION OF WILDLIFE ENVIRONMENT ARE ACTIVE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
THE INTERIOR REMAINS UNKEPT, UNSANITARY, AND WITH HOARDING CONDITIONS.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 43 1 4, SHADOW OAKS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS REPAIR.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 43 1 4 SHADOW OAKS.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? GO AHEAD MA'AM.
WHY IS THE RECOMMENDATION REPAIR INSTEAD OF DEMOLITION? BECAUSE STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE STRUCTURE IS FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR, UM, BY WHOM? SO WE, WE BROUGHT THE PROPERTY TO, UM, WE PROCEEDED WITH OUR BUILDING STANDARD BOARD PROCESS IN THE HOPES THAT, UH, AN OWNER OR AN HEIR OR AN INTERESTED PARTY, UH, WOULD COME FORWARD AND MAKE THE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AM I CORRECT IN STATING THAT THERE IS NO OWNER OR INTERESTED PARTY WITH OWNERSHIP? OH, THERE IS INTERESTED PARTY.
BUT IF WE HAVE NO OWNER, I'LL ASK YOU QUESTIONS LATER.
SO YOU'RE BASING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S AN INTERESTED PARTY.
UM, I, I DID NOT KNOW AN INTERESTED PARTY WAS PRESENT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING, UH, WE'RE BUILDING, WE'RE WE'RE BRINGING THE PROPERTY TO HEARING, UH, FOR INSTANCES SUCH AS THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS FRED ANDERSON.
YOU STATE ON YOUR DOCUMENTS DOWN HERE WHERE IT GIVES THE REASONS ON THE, UH, LIST OF ITEMS, NUMBER 12, YOU STATED NUMBER 12 AND NUMBER 12 IS A CATALYST OR THE KICKOFF FOR A DEMOLITION.
WHY IS NUMBER 12 IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A REPAIR NUMBER 12.
I SELECTED, UM, NUMBER 12 BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING MAINTAINED TO OUR MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARD.
WELL THAT'S THE CATALYST OR THE KICKOFF FOR A DEMOLITION.
IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A REPAIR, AND I WOULD BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD LEAVE NUMBER 12 OUT.
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CAN BE USED ALSO FOR REPAIR AS WELL AS DEMOLITION, BUT WE HAVE NOBODY, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD GO TO STAFF IF WE HAVE NOBODY THAT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY THAT IS TITLE HOLDER AND HAS VESTED INTEREST IN PROPERTY.WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR A REPAIR BOARD? THIS IS A JENNY RAMIREZ.
UM, IN GENERAL, AS ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON A DEMOLITION RECOMMENDATION IS A LAST REQUEST AS, UH, THE OFFICER HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THE HOPES THAT SOMEBODY WILL ANSWER TO THE NOTICES EVEN TO COME TO THE BOARD AND PRESENT.
IF THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT IT, THAT'S ON THE OWNER.
BUT IF WE EVEN HAVE SOMEBODY AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD COME FORWARD, IT, IT, THE STRUCTURE IS REPAIRABLE.
IF WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO CAN COME FORWARD, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE DOING IS BASED ON WHAT WE SEE OF THE STRUCTURE.
IF THE CITY IS ASKING FOR REPAIR, CAN THE BOARD STILL HAVE THE POWER TO RECOMMEND, UM, DEMOLITION? YES.
I'LL DE I'LL DEFER THAT TO LEGAL TO, UH, CONFIRM THAT LUCINDA OROZCO FOR LEGAL.
AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, YES, WE ARE JUST MAKING RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE FINDINGS, BASED ON THE OFFICER'S EXPERIENCE AND THE INFORMATION THEY'RE SEEING IN THE DOCUMENTATION EFFORTS.
THE BOARD DOES HAVE FINAL RECOMMENDATION, UH, ON THAT, ON THIS CASE.
YES, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, YOU SAID THE REAR PATIO DOOR WAS UH, OPEN AND HAD TO BE SECURED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SIGNS OF, OF SOMEONE LIVING INSIDE THE HOUSE SO THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT VAGRANT OR VAGRANT GET IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE AS WELL.
UM, EVERY TIME I'VE CONDUCTED A REINSPECTION, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL ON SITE.
UM, I, THERE'S BEEN, UM, CATS, UM, POSSUMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, BUT, UM, NEVER, UM, INDIVIDUALS OBSERVED.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LET YOU KNOW THE BOARD.
TWO THINGS WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH REGARDS TO, UH, NUMBER 12.
IT IS REQUIRED FOR USUALLY ALL PROPERTIES.
IT'S KIND OF THE THING OF LIKE, UH, POODLES ARE DOGS, BUT NOT ALL DOGS ARE POODLES TYPE THING.
IN ADDITION, UH, AGAIN, UH, YOU ARE CORRECT TO ASK, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE REQUIREMENTS CORRECT.
IF THERE ARE NO OWNERS, WELL THEN THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, DEMO WOULD PROBABLY BE THE RECOMMENDATION IF THERE ARE NO OWNERS IN WHICH TO REPAIR THE FIRST PLACE.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN GEORGE, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
UH HA HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN POSTED FOR A TAX FORECLOSURE SALE? UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT I DO.
UM, UPON RESEARCH I WAS ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THE LAST, UM, PAYMENT TOWARDS TAXES WAS IN JUNE 30TH, 2019.
EXCUSE ME, BOARD, IF I COULD JUST REITERATE ON THAT AS WELL.
IN GENERAL, UM, THE RESEARCH WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST ON BEXAR COUNTY RECORDS.
SO IF THEY'VE, IF IT HAS OCCURRED AND THEY'VE NOT UPDATED THE RECORDS, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE UPDATED INFORMATION.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE WHAT'S MOST AVAILABLE FOR OUR ACCESS RIGHT NOW.
GEORGE, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NATHANIEL BRASHARD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE IN OR IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, NATHANIEL BROUSSARD, UH, BEAR COUNTY.
SORRY, YOU'RE NOT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PER SE? YEAH, I'M IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHAT DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE IN? LEON VALLEY.
I DON'T KNOW THE DISTRICT THOUGH.
LEON, WE'LL, WE'LL ACCEPT BE COUNTY.
UH, AND IF YOU WOULD, UH, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROPERTY.
UH, HELP US UNDERSTAND YOUR, UH, THERE'S NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL.
UM, THIS I, MY BUSINESS, WHAT WE DO, WE GO THROUGH SEVERAL, THE STRETCH PROPERTY AND WE FIX THEM UP.
SO WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THE PROPERTY, 'CAUSE I SEEN THEY HAD A POST ON THE GARAGE, UH, WE WANTED TO COME IN AND SEE IF WE CAN OBTAIN THE PROPERTY.
UH, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC TESTIMONY, I'LL LET YOU PROVIDE THE TESTIMONY, BUT WE HAVE NO INFORMATION FOR YOU IN TERMS OF
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YOUR ABILITY TO BUY.AND THEN THIS IS LEGAL AND NOR IS IT PROPER FOR ANY PRESENTATION TODAY.
AGAIN, IF YOU GO ABOUT OUTSIDE, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS OR THE OWNERS OR ANY, ANY OF THE HEIRS, BUT IT'S, IT IS IMPROPER TO SOLICIT HERE AT THE OH, OKAY.
GARRETT VICKERY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT PLEASE.
HI, I'M GARRETT VICKERY, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
UH, AND I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET AT 1 4 3 1 5.
UM, I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 2012, AND AT ALL THAT TIME, NO ONE HAS INHABITED THAT HOUSE.
UH, OVER 13 YEARS I'VE WATCHED IT DECAY.
UM, FOR YEARS THE DOORS WERE OPEN, UH, THE BACK DOOR WAS OPEN.
UM, AT NIGHT, EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE LIGHTS ON IN THE FRONT, UH, IN THE FRONT ROOMS OF THE HOUSE.
UH, SO IT IS, UM, PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING THERE.
SOMETIMES IT'S TEENAGERS, SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, OLDER PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK THEY'RE, ARE ADULTS THAT DON'T THINK THEY'RE BEING SEEN.
UH, THE UNKEMPT YARDS ARE SPREADING AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF, UH, FROM THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE ROOFS AND CEILINGS ARE CAVING IN, ANIMALS ARE GOING IN AND OUT.
FOXES, UM, SKUNKS, POSSUMS. UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DO HAVE A, A LOT OF FERAL CATS AROUND, UH, TO KEEP THE RODENT POPULATION SOMEWHAT AT BAY.
UH, BUT THE RATS ARE, UH, A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS TO, UH, TO THE RIGHT AT 1 4 3, 1 6 ARE, UH, HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT RODENT ISSUES GETTING INTO THEIR VENTS, COMING ACROSS, UH, THE TREES THAT ARE UNKEMPT.
UH, THE BACKYARD, UH, TREES ARE FALLING OVER INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD, UH, KNOCKING OVER FENCES.
UM, AND, UH, THIS EMPTY HOUSE IS JUST, UH, ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY FROM A MAJOR INTERSECTION, UH, AND, AND FROM ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S GOT EASY ACCESS TO KIND OF COME IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO JUST KIND OF SKIP IN THERE AND THEN SKIP OUT.
UM, AND THERE ARE NINE, SOON TO BE 10 CHILDREN UNDER 14 ON THIS ONE BLOCK.
UH, AND THIS, UH, STRUCTURE POSES A, UH, SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO EACH OF THEM AS WELL AS THE FIVE, UH, AGING SENIOR ADULTS WHO ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.
UH, RODENT AND PEST REMOVAL IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, UH, BUT REALLY THIS, UH, THIS SITE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER THAN I HAVE THIS, UM, THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE IT'S BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR OR, AND JUST LEFT ALONE FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS, MAYBE 40.
UH, AND SO, UH, THEY ARE NOT COMING TO DO ANYTHING, UH, AND IT'S TIME TO BE DEMOLISHED.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? AND NOW YOU MAY BE SEATED.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY, SO IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND READ THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM ELISE HOLMAN.
UM, RECEIVED THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH AT 5:09 PM TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FROM ELISE HOLMAN.
MY FAMILY MOVED INTO 1 4 3 1 9 SHADOW OAKS LANE IN SAN ANTONIO ON APRIL 1ST, 1980.
AT THAT TIME, NANCY AND TOMMY RYAN AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM US AT 1 4 3 1 4 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
DURING THE LATE EIGHTIES, THEY BEGAN TRAVELING BY CAR TO CALIFORNIA FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY DID NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH NEIGHBORS, NOR DID THEY EVER ASK FOR ANYONE IN HELPING WATCH THEIR HOME WHILE THEY WERE GONE.
EVENTUALLY, NANCY AND THE TWO CHILDREN WERE THE ONLY ONES COMING BACK TO SAN ANTONIO.
AS NANCY AND TOMMY WERE DIVORCED IN THE LATE NINETIES OR EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, THEY ABANDONED THE HOUSE FOR GOOD NEIGHBORS, TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO MOW THE OVERGROWN YARD.
EVENTUALLY A NEIGHBOR CONTACTED NANCY TO ASK IF IT WAS ALL RIGHT TO WATER HER YARD, AND SHE DID.
IN A, IN OR AROUND 2010, HER COUSIN'S HUSBAND WOULD SHOW UP TO MO AND HER COUSIN WOULD GO INSIDE TO LOOK AROUND.
I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THE COUSIN AND SHE
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INTIMIDATED THAT NANCY WAS A HOARDER AND WOULD NOT CLEAR OUT OR SELL THE HOUSE SHE WAS EXPRESSED.SHE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE HOUSE WAS SO DETERIORATED ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT IT WAS HINDRANCE TO THE SALE OF THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.
THE VISITS FROM THE COUSIN HAVE CEASED AND THEIR SITUATION IS OF IS UNKNOWN.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE POLICE FROM NEIGHBORS BECAUSE AT TIMES THE FRONT DOOR STANDS WIDE OPEN AND WE DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAS BROKEN IN.
APPARENTLY THE LOCKING MECHANISM DOES NOT WORK ON THE DOOR, WHICH OPENS THE HOUSE TO SQUATTERS DRUG USERS AND MISCHIEVOUS YOUTH.
I'VE NOTICED YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE HOUSE, ONE MISHAP WITH A LIT TOBACCO PRODUCT INSIDE THE HOUSE COULD BE HORRIFIC.
NOT ONLY FOR NANCY'S HOUSE, BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE.
HER NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING ONE ON FOX FIRE THAT BACKS UP TO THEIR FENCE, HAVE PUT UP WITH THE 30 PLUS YEARS OF FENCE AND PROPERTY DETERIORATION AND BATTLING MICE, RATS, INSECTS, SNAKES, AND INVASIVE AND UNDESIRABLE VEGETATION.
THEY AND THE REST OF US IN THE PAST HAVE HAD RAT INFESTATIONS, WHICH CAUSED NOT ONLY STRESS AND ANXIETY, BUT COSTLY REPAIRS TO THE ATTIC AND ITEMS THEY HAVE CHEWED ON.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME BY AND ASKED ABOUT THE ABANDONED HOUSE WANTING TO BUY IT.
THEY ALL SAY THEY WOULD BULLDOZE IT AND BUILD A NEW HOUSE, BUT NOTHING EVER COMES OF IT AND WE CAN ONLY WHAT'S THE LAST NIGHT, SLY.
OKAY, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WAS RECEIVED FROM PEGGY SLY ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2025.
DEAR MS. KRUM, I AM WRITING TO YOU AS A HOMEOWNER OF, UH, 1 4 3 1 1 SHADOW OAKS LANE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DEPLORABLE HOUSE REFERENCED ABOVE.
MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED OUR HOME JUNE, 2017 FROM MY DAUGHTER WHO LIVED THERE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 2024.
DURING THAT TIME, THE HOUSE AT 1 4 3 1 4 SHADOW OAKS WAS CONSTANTLY IN SHAMBLES.
THE GRASS WAS ALWAYS OVERGROWN AND DEAD TREE LIMBS WERE HANGING DANGEROUSLY LOW TO THE GROUND.
AT ONE POINT THERE WERE LARGE NOTICEABLE HOLES IN THE GARAGE.
DOOR PANELS WERE NOCTURNAL ANIMALS WOULD FREELY CLIMB IN AND OUT OF.
NOT ONLY WAS IT A CONSTANT EYESORE TO A WELL-KEPT CUL-DE-SAC, BUT IT WAS DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE ON THE BLOCK.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THE BACK DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING TO COME IN.
HOW CAN THE, THE LAW ALLOW FOR THIS TO CONTINUE ON FOR SO LONG? OUR HOUSE IS NOW RENTED TO A YOUNG FAMILY WHO NOW HAS TO TOLERATE THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.
I IMPLORE THE CITY OFFICIALS TO PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION.
TO WHOM IT A CONCERN, THE LETTER FROM ELISE HOLMAN COVERS ALL THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE SITUATION OF THE HOUSE AT 1 4 3 1 4 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
I WOULD ADD THAT WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 1989, WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE SHAPE OF THE HOUSE WAS IN.
THE KIDS STARTED CALLING AT THE VAMPIRE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE OWNERS WERE NEVER THERE.
SHE WOULD MOW THE LAWN ONLY DURING THE NIGHT.
I REPORTED THE HOUSE TO THE POLICE WHEN WE FOUND THE FRONT DOOR WIDE OPEN.
SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO ENTER, YOU COULD NOT WALK TWO FEET IN THE FRONT DOOR.
THE WHOLE DOWNSTAIRS WAS SO CROWDED WITH FURNITURE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE I KNOW.
THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH RAT INFESTATIONS AND THE BACKYARD WAS COVERED WITH AT LEAST THREE FEET OF GRASS IN WEEDS.
THERE ARE PROB, PROBABLY SNAKES THERE ALSO.
MY HUSBAND AND THREE OTHER NEIGHBORS STARTED MOWING THE FRONT LAWN TO TRY TO MAKE IT NEATER, BUT THEY GAVE UP SINCE THE OWNER DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE.
IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN AT LEAST 30 YEARS SINCE SOMEONE ACTUALLY LIVED THERE.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING UP AND INTERESTED IN BUYING IT, BUT THE OWNER REFUSED.
IF I HAD PURCHASED A HOUSE, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN TO THE FOUNDATION.
THERE IS MODE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT OTHER
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DAMAGE DUE TO HOLES IN THE ROOF.WE HAVE TRIED FOR YEARS TO HAVE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENS.
IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY INSPECTORS HAVE COME BY AND DONE NOTHING EXCEPT LEAVE A WARNING ERROR ON THE GARAGE DOOR.
I WORRY THAT SOMEONE WILL ACCIDENTALLY SET IT ON FIRE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
I, FOR 1:00 AM PRAYING THE CITY FINALLY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MESS.
PATSY ASHER 1 4 3 0 0 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM SCOUT STERN.
RECEIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2025.
DEAR MS. JUDY KRUM IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, MY HUSBAND, OUR TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AND I LIVE AT 1 4 3 0 3 SHADOW OAKS LANE AND I AM WRITING TO FORMALLY DOCUMENT MY URGENT CONCERNS REGARDING THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 4 3 1 4 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO DEMOLISH THIS STRUCTURE RATHER THAN PURSUE INEFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS TO COMPEL THE OWNER TO REPAIR OR SECURE IT.
THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR DECADES.
ACCORDING TO LONG-TERM RESIDENCE, IT HAS REMAINED UNOCCUPIED FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IF NOT LONGER.
DURING THIS TIME, THE PROPERTY HAS VISIBLY DECAYED POSING AN ESCALATING THREAT TO THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND WELLBEING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS A PARENT OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND WITH AT LEAST SEVEN OTHER CHILDREN LIVING ON THIS STREET, I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SERIOUS RISKS THIS PROPERTY PRESENTS BEYOND ITS PHYSICAL DETERIORATION.
THE HOUSE HAS BECOME A MAGNET FOR SUSPICIOUS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED LIKELY UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS ENTERING AND EXITING THE PROPERTY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
THE FRONT DOOR HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN LEFT OPEN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS PROMPTING REPEATED CAUSE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
GIVEN THESE PATTERNS, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE STRUCTURE IS BEING USED FOR ILLICIT PURPOSES, INCLUDING POSSIBLE DRUG ACTIVITY.
FINANCIAL NEGLECT MIRRORS THE PHYSICAL ABANDONMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE BEXAR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S WEBSITE, THE PROPERTY TAXES ON THIS HOME HAVE NOT BEEN PAID SINCE JUNE, 2019 AND THE DELINQUENCY NOW EXCEEDS 79,000.
THE OWNER'S PERSISTENT INACTION BOTH IN MAINTAINING THE STRUCTURE AND IN FULFILLING BASIC FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, DEMONSTRATES A CLEAR PATTERN OF ABANDONMENT AND IRRESPONSIBILITY.
THERE IS NO REASON EXPECTATION THAT THE OWNER WILL UNDERTAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS OR REMEDIATION.
GIVEN THE CLEAR AND ONGOING THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THE EXTENSIVE PHYSICAL DETERIORATION, THE SU SUBSTANTIAL TAX DELINQUENCY, AND THE OWNER'S LONG HISTORY OF NEGLECT, I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY TO OFFICIALLY DEEM THIS PROPERTY UNSAFE AND ORDER ITS DEMOLITION.
SIMPLY REQUIRING THE OWNER TO MAKE REPAIRS WILL NOT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
IT WILL ONLY PROLONG THE DANGER THIS STRUCTURE POSES TO OUR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS CRUCIAL MATTER CRITICAL MATTER.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE IF THAT WOULD ASSIST IN EXPEDITING THE NECESSARY ACTION.
DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE, TONY AND ROBIN RODRIGUEZ, RESIDENCE OF OAK MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD 1 4 3 10 SHADOW OAKS LANE, ARE WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF OUR CONCERNS FOR THE ABANDONED PROPERTY.
OUR HOME IS LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THE ABANDONED PROPERTY.
WE ARE EXPERIENCING DIRECT NEGATIVE IMPACT DUE TO THE DILAPIDATED PROPERTY.
WE MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE IN 2014.
AT THAT TIME, THE HOUSE WAS ABANDONED AND WE HAVE HEARD MANY STORIES, BUT ESTIMATE THAT IT HAS BEEN AROUND 25 PLUS YEARS, NO ONE HAS RECITED IN THIS HOUSE SINCE WE MOVED IN.
SOON AFTER WE MOVED IN, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE FENCE BETWEEN OUR TWO PROPERTIES DUE TO IT BEING RUN DOWN.
WE FOUND A PHONE NUMBER FOR THE OWNERS CALLED AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD RESPECTFULLY PAY FOR THE HALF OF THE NEW FENCE AND WERE DECLINED A RESPONSE.
WE ENDED UP PAYING FOR THE FENCE OURSELVES.
THE HOUSE HAS STRUCTURAL ISSUES, HOLES IN THE ROOF,
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UNSECURE ENTRANCE.THE BACK DOOR HAS BEEN FOUND OPEN ROTTEN PANELS OF GARAGE FRONT BRICK PILLARS ABOUT TO FALL, OVERGROWN TREES, ET CETERA.
THE ABANDONED HOUSE IS INFESTED WITH RATS, RACCOONS, SQUIRRELS, SKUNKS, SNAKES, POSSUMS, ET CETERA.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SUMMERS OF FLEA INFESTATIONS WITH THE ABANDONED HOUSE.
WE HAVE HAD TO TREAT BETWEEN THE PROPERTY WITH PESTICIDE TO KEEP THE FLEAS AT BAY.
OUR HOUSE IS A CONSTANT STATE OF REPAIR.
DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION THE RATS, SQUIRRELS, AND RACCOONS CREATE.
THEY COME OVER AND EAT HOLES IN OUR ATTIC FENCE AND AC DUCKS, ET CETERA.
WE EVEN TOOK OUT A SECOND LOAN TO REPLACE ALL THE SIDING ON OUR HOUSE TO CEMENT SIDING BECAUSE THE AC WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE REPLACEMENT OF DUCT WORK IN OUR ATTIC.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.
DUCT WORK STILL IS NOT FIXED BECAUSE THE RODENT SITUATION IS UNCHANGED FROM THE ABANDONED HOUSE.
WHEN I CALLED THE CITY TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE RODENT PROBLEM, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS JUST WILDLIFE.
THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND AN INFESTATION.
WE PATCH THE DUCT WORK AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT IT NEEDS COMPLETE REPLACING.
WE ARE PAYING HIGHER UTILITY BILLS BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING ISSUE.
NOT TO MENTION MY HUSBAND AND SON ARE ASTHMATICS AND THE RODENTS CAN BE A HEALTH RISK.
THE HOUSE IS A FIRE FIRE HAZARD DUE TO HOARDING.
THE POLICE HAVE CALLED IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE.
OFTENTIMES THE OFFICERS MENTION THE POOR CONDITIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF HOARDING GOING ON IN THE STRUCTURE.
KIDS AND CURIOUS PEOPLE OFTEN WALK INTO THE PROPERTY BACK DOOR WAS OPEN FOR YEARS.
NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WAS RECEIVED FROM MARY ARMSTRONG ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2025.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE OWNED OUR HOME IN THE OAK MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1 4 3 1 3 FOX FIRE LANE SINCE 1998.
OUR HOME SHARES A BACKYARD FENCE WITH THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROPERTY, THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE IN QUESTION.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE ABANDONED HOME ON SHADOW OAKS DEVALUES NOT ONLY OUR HOME IN PARTICULAR, BUT ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALTHOUGH WE DEDICATE MUCH EFFORT TO THE UPKEEP OF OUR YARD AND HOME, THE VIEW OF THE DAMAGED HOME AND UNTRIMMED TREES IS VERY UNLI.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT THE ABANDONED HOMES POOR CONDITION WITH NO HUMAN PRESENCE HAS LED TO MANY WILD FERMENTS LIVING IN AND ON THE PROPERTY AND SPREADING THEIR TERRITORY ONTO OUR PROPERTY AND EVEN DESTROYING OUR HOME.
SOME, UH, TYPICAL WILD ANIMALS THAT WE SEE OFTEN ARE RACCOONS, POSSUMS, FOXES, RATS, AND SKUNKS.
THEY LIVE UNDISTURBED AT THE ABANDONED HOME, BUT TRAVEL ON AND UNDER OUR SHARED FENCE AND THEN INTO OUR BACKYARD LOOKING FOR FOOD.
THIS IS AN UNHEALTHY AND DANGEROUS LIVING SITUATION FOR US AND OUR PETS.
THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF THE HOME WAS LIVED IN AND MAINTAINED.
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF THE ABANDONED HOME BY WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE AS NE AS NEARBY NEIGHBORS AND OUR WONDERFUL OAK MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD CAN CONTINUE TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU MARY AND SCOTT ARMSTRONG.
THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM SUSAN HOLMES.
RECEIVED TUESDAY MAY 6TH AT 7:55 PM DEAR MS. KRUM, I HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER AT 1 4 3 0 2 SHADOW OAK SINCE JULY, 1987.
IN THE 37 PLUS YEARS OF MY RESIDENCE, I ONLY MET THE HOMEOWNER OF 1 4 3 1 4 ON ONE OCCASION.
THIS IS BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN AN ABSENTEE HOME HOMEOWNER FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.
ON THE OCCASION OF MEETING HER IN LATE 2007, SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS PREPARING TO DRIVE TO CALIFORNIA FOR AN EXTENDED VISIT.
SHE LEFT IN THE SPRING OF 2008 AND HAS NOT RETURNED ONCE SINCE, SINCE THEN.
SO THE HOUSE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR OVER 17 YEARS.
THE HOUSE WAS IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR BEFORE SHE LEFT, AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS DESPITE INFORMATION THAT A TREE LIMB HAS BEEN GROWING THROUGH
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THE ROOF FOR MANY YEARS.PERIODICALLY NOTICES ARE LEFT ON THE GARAGE REGARDING THE STATE OF THE YARD AND FOR A WHILE, MINIMAL YARD WORK WOULD BE DONE IN RESPONSE.
THERE HAS BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN THE FRONT DOOR HAS BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE OPEN.
THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE OCCASION WHEN NEIGHBORS OBSERVE TEENAGERS IN THE BACKYARD.
THIS SITUATION HAS CREATED UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAVING OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF CURIOUS CHILDREN GETTING HURT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING A POTENTIAL PLACE FOR SQUATTERS OR UNHOUSED PEOPLE LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF FIRE.
GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE OWNER'S APPARENT ABANDONMENT OF THE PROPERTY, IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT SHE WILL NOT RESPOND TO REQUEST FOR REPAIRS.
I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE CITY TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY.
NEXT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM PATTY MURRAY.
RECEIVED TUESDAY, MAY 6TH, 2025 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FROM KEVIN AND PATTY MURRAY.
REFERENCE 1 4 3 1 4 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN THE OWNERS OF 1 4 3 1 8 SHADOW OAKS FOR 26 YEARS.
WE ARE ON THE CORNER OF SHADOW OAKS LANE AND A DIRECT NEIGHBOR OF THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AT 1 4 3 1 4 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
WE HAVE RAISED FIVE CHILDREN IN OUR HOME AND NOW HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN WHO VISIT OUR HOME.
THIS VERY DANGEROUS STRUCTURE HAS HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON US DIRECTLY AS A FAMILY FOR SO MANY YEARS.
WE DO NOT COME AS OUTSIDERS NOT LIKING THE WAY THIS HOME LOOKS WITHIN OAK MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AS RESIDENTS OF THIS STREET NEIGHBOR AND OF OUR CITY, THE STATE AND DISREPAIR OF THIS HOME HAS HAD SEVERE EFFECT ON OUR PROPERTY AND ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORS ON OAK MEADOW LANE.
PLUS THE HOME THAT LIES ON ANOTHER STREET DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS ONE.
WE AS NEIGHBORS HAVE GIVEN OF, OF OURSELVES TO TRYING TO MAINTAIN THIS PROPERTY FOR COUNTLESS YEARS.
KNOWING THIS HOME AFFECTS ALL OF OUR PROPERTY, THEIR VALUES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL THE CHILDREN WHO PLAY AND LIVE ON SHADOW OAKS LANE.
THIS IS NOT THE CONDITION KEVIN AND I, ALL THE NEIGHBORS ON THE STREET OR ANY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENDURE FOR THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.
LIVING NEXT DOOR, WE HAVE SEEN THE DE UH, DETERIORATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY FROM OVERGROWN TREES DESTROYING THE ROOF SURFACE AND SEVERE WEATHER AND NO UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY BY THE OWNER.
THERE ARE LARGE HOLES IN THE ROOF ON THE SIDE BY THE, BY OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE KNOW AND HAVE SEEN WATER ENTERING THIS HOME FOR OVER 10 YEARS, IF NOT MORE.
LARGE TREE LIMBS GREW ONTO THE HOUSE, RUBBED HOLES IN THE ROOF, AND MOST OF THE ROOF TILES AS WELL.
THESE LIMBS HAVE GROWN TOWARD OUR PROPERTY AND WE HAVE HAD TO CUT AND TAKE THEM DOWN SO IT DIDN'T START DESTROYING OUR BRUSH.
IN ADDITION, FROM OUR BACKYARD, WE HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS PEOPLE ENTERING THE HOME.
THE BACK SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN WIDE OPEN FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
TEENAGERS ENTERING THE PROPERTY AND HANG OUT INSIDE THE HOME.
CHILDREN FROM OUR STREET PLUS THOSE THAT ATTEND THE NEIGHBOR SCHOOL IN OAK MEADOW HAVE BEEN IN THE OVERGROWN BACKYARD PLANE AND THE YARD IS FILLED WITH LARGE BROKEN BRANCHES.
I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, SO I KNOW THESE KIDS PERSONALLY AND ALWAYS TAKE THE TIME TO INFORM THEM OF THE DANGERS OF BEING IN THE BACKYARD OR HOME.
IT IS NOT A PLAYHOUSE, IT IS A DESTROYED HOME IN WHICH THEY CAN GET HURT.
I HAVE ALSO SEEN VAGRANTS IN THE BACKYARD ENTERING AND EXITING THE HOME.
WE HAVE THREE DOGS WHO ALWAYS NOTICE ANYONE COMING INTO THAT YARD FRONT OR CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED FOR SHADOW OAKS LANE.
UH, CHAIRMAN WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14,314 SHADOW OAKS LANE.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 4 3 1 4.
SHADOW OAKS LANE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 7, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 6.
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1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.IT IS SPECIFIC THAT VIOLATIONS POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY.
I MOVE AT THIS TIME THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UTILITIES CUT, SECURE THE PROPERTY AND MAINTAIN A VACANCY OF THE PROPERTY.
WHAT WAS THE LAST COMMENT? PLEASE MAINTAIN A VACANCY OF THE PROPERTY.
THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14,314.
SHADOW OAKS LANE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 AND IS NOT FEASIBLE, BUT BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, SUB CODES 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UTILITIES CUT PROPERTY SECURED AND MAINTAINED VACANCY OF THE STRUCTURE.
LET'S DO A ROLL CALL ON IT PLEASE.
UH, LET ME BACK UP TO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GO.
I APOLOGIZE
JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MAINTAIN VACANCY OF THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU WELL, IT'S ALREADY VACANT, BUT IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOTICING IN AND OUT TRAFFIC STILL, EVEN IF IT'S SECURE, THEY SEEM TO KEEP BREAKING IN.
SO CODE STILL IS OBLIGATED NOW WITH THIS TO MAKE SURE, AND ALONG WITH SAPD THAT THE PROPERTY MAINTAINED VACANT, WHICH ANYBODY THEY FIND ON THE PROPERTY NOW HAS TO BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.
AND THAT'S UNTIL THE, THE DEMO'S COMPLETED.
I I'M SORRY YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I I, WELL IT'S JUST A COMMENT, UM, ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE THAT, UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SO MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS GETTING INVOLVED, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING EVEN THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, UM, WE DON'T TAKE POSSESSION OF ANY PROPERTIES.
UH, WE ARE SIMPLY ENFORCING, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER TAXES OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN LEGAL ALSO, UH, WHEN CONSIDERING THESE PROPERTIES, WE DO NOT TAKE BACK TAXES INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO I BELIEVE THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE MADE CLEAR EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE PACKETS, WE DO NOT CONSIDER THAT WHEN, UH, MAKING A DETERMINATION.
UM, IS IT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL NEARBY AND IT WAS MENTIONED IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT WASN'T MENTIONED.
UM, WHEN PRESENTED BY THE OFFICERS, IS IT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SCHOOL TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT? IT WAS IN THERE.
OFFICER CHRISTIE GAR THAT YES, THERE, UH, THE STRUCTURE IS NOT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF, UH, UM, ANY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YOU'RE GOOD.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE 29 22.
CHIHUAHUA AS IN THE ANIMAL CHIHUAHUA? YES.
AND THAT'S HOW LONG IT IS GOING TO BE.
THEN THE BOARD CORRECTS ME AND IF YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH CHIHUAHUA, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ARIAN BLEDSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 2 9 2 2 CHIHUAHUA STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 1 2 7 BLOCK EIGHT, LOT SEVEN, LOCATED IN
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CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CA HELEN WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 9 2 2 CHIHUAHUA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
NO ONE IS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, HELEN ADES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 6TH, 2023 THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 2 9 2 2 CHIHUAHUA STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022.
AN ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2022 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2022.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS SCHEDULED ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 2 9 2 2 CHIHUAHUA STREET.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF TODAY.
MAY 8TH, 2025 NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF TODAY, MAY 8TH, 2025.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 4TH, 2025 AND APRIL 29TH, 2025.
PICTURE PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY MAIN STRUCTURE IN DILAPIDATED AND NEGLECTED CONDITION.
THIS HERE IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS SINKING SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE INTO GRADE.
IT'S RESTING ON GRADE, UM, AND IT IS SHIFTING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT.
UH, THE PORCH LANDING IS SLOPING DOWN AT THE ENTRANCE DOOR AND YOU'LL GET A BETTER VIEW OF THAT IN IN LATER PHOTOS.
I'M GONNA DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES STARTING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS ON THE PORCH LANDING.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE FRONT PORCH.
THE PORT IS SHIFTING TO THE LEFT.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN A, A DIFFERENT PHOTO, UH, LATER ON.
AND THERE IS MISSING WOOD SIDING AT THE BOTTOM AND THE REMAINING WOOD SIDING IS WORN AND DETERIORATED.
ALSO AT THE REAR, THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED AND THERE IS A LARGE WALL TO WALL SEPARATION AT THE REAR ON THAT ADDITION.
AND THE WALL THAT IS SEPARATED IS RESTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
LOOKING FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT, YOU CAN SEE SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE THAT THE ROOF IS SAGGING OR IT IS ALSO SAGGING AT THE FRONT.
AND THE EXTERIOR WALL WHERE THE AC UNIT IS, IS BOWING OUTWARD.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT A LOT BETTER IN A FUTURE PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATED WOOD SIDING AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THOSE FACIA, UH, BOARDS ARE WORN.
GOING TO THE RIGHT, GOING BACK TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION, THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE ROOF AND A CLOSEUP OF THE SAGGING ROOF ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO, AND ALSO TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
AND THE SHINGLES ARE LIFTING, STAYING ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION, WHAT I DID WAS I PUT MY LEVEL TWO AS FLUSH OR AS EQUAL TO THE, UH, SUPPORT OF THAT AC UNIT AND JUST TO SHOW THE EXTENT OF HOW MUCH THE WALL IS BOWING OUTWARD, STAYING ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE A CLOSEUP OF THE MISSING AND DETACHING OVERHANG.
ALSO, THE SEPARATION OF THE SHINGLES AND ABOVE THE WINDOW FRAME.
THERE IS A DIP IN THE WOOD SIDING GOING TO THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT EXTERIOR WALL SEPARATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WORN AND ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS IN THAT AREA, AND ALSO THE MISSING AND DETACHING, UH, WOOD SIDING.
LOOKING UP IN THAT SAME AREA IN A DIFFERENT ANGLE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE A RAFTERS ARE DETACHING.
ALSO THE SHINGLES ARE DETACHING AND THERE IS A BENT, UH, AND HANGING DOWN METAL GUTTER, WALKING A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
BUT STAYING ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED AND WORN, UH, POSTS, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE DETERIORATED WOOD SIDING WITH THE REMAINING WOOD SIDING CONTAINING HOLES.
AND THERE IS A USE OF, UH, CEMENT BLOCKS FOR FOUNDATION SUPPORT.
AND THAT, UM, THERE IS A, THE WOOD FRAME, THE WINDOW FRAME IS DETERIORATED AT THE BOTTOM.
GOING BACK TO THAT ADDITION, STAYING ON THAT SAME ELEVATION, GOING A LITTLE BIT OUT, YOU CAN SEE THAT DETERIORATED CEDAR POST
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THAT IS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE WOOD SIDING.AND ALSO THE METAL SKIRTING IS BENT AT THE BOTTOM.
MOVING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THAT ADDITION TO WHERE THAT CINDER, THAT, UH, CEMENT CEMENT BLOCK IS, YOU CAN SEE A CLOSEUP OF THE ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS AND ALSO THE BEAM ON THE RIGHT, EXCUSE ME, THE BEAM ON THE RIGHT IS, HAS SHIFTED OFF THAT POST.
GOING TO THE FRONT, STAYING ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, PORCH LANDING IS SHIFTING WITH THAT, WITH THAT, UH, FLOOR JOY SHIFTING, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S SINKING.
ALSO THAT COLUMN, THAT PORCH COLUMN IS SHIFTING.
SO I PUT MY LEVEL TWO THERE, AND IN THE NEXT PHOTO YOU WILL SEE THE EXTENT OF HOW MUCH IT'S SHIFTING.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP SHOWING THAT THE LEVEL BUBBLE IS POSITIONED TO THE, TO THE RIGHT SIDE, UH, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE PORCH.
THIS IS A VIEW WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FLOOR IS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH DRYWALL, TRASH, DEBRIS, RUBBISH.
THE CEILING IS BOWING INWOOD IN THE FRONT AREA, AND ON THE LEFT SIDE, ALSO AT THE REAR, UH, THE, THERE IS A VERY LARGE HOLE AT THE REAR ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THE FLOOR IS EXTREMELY SPONGY.
UM, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK ON.
IT IS LITERALLY COVERED WITH A CARPET AND FLOOR JOISTS.
UM, SO I DID STEP IN ON MY FIRST INTERIOR INSPECTION, AND THE NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA SHOW YOU THE RESULT OF THAT.
THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE THAT WAS, THAT DID GO DOWN TO GRADE.
UM, WHEN, WHEN I STEPPED ON THE CARPET, I DID PLACE A, A PIECE OF DRYWALL AND PLACE MY LEVEL TWO TO SHOW YOU HOW DEEP THAT HOLE GOES.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT ON THE, UH, PHOTO, BUT IT GOES DOWN PRETTY DEEP.
YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD MEMBERS OF THE CEILING DECKING ARE DETACHING AND IT IS EXTREME, UH, WATER DAMAGE.
AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT WATER DAMAGE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A HOLE THAT'S IN THAT MIDDLE AREA.
I WAS ABLE TO STRETCH MY ARM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE PROPERTY TO GET YOU GUYS A VIEW OF THAT.
UM, HOLE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CEILING UP THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE ROTTED AND, AND CEILING JOISTS AND RAFTERS IN THAT AREA.
AND THE DETACHING, UH, CEILING DECKING.
I HAD TO LEAVE OUT THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO GO TO THE BACK ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS INACCESSIBLE.
SO THIS VIEW IS FROM AN EXTERIOR UNOBSTRUCTED WINDOW ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
UH, IT'S JUST SHOWING A VIEW OF THE, UM, LARGE HOLE AND THE DETACHING ROOF DECKING.
ALSO, THE LARGE ACCUMULATION OF, UH, ITEMS IN THAT ROOM IN THE BACK ROOM AREA.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, ZONED R FOUR AND BUILT IN 1942.
THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER.
THE STRUCTURE IS SHIFTING TO THE LEFT.
THE WOOD MEMBERS ON THE PORCH LANDING ARE WORN AND UNEVEN.
THE WOOD SIDING IS MISSING AND THE REMAINING SIDING CONTAINS HOLES.
THE ROOF ALSO CONTAINS HOLES AND HAS A COLLAPSE AT THE REAR.
ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, THERE IS WALL TO WALL SEPARATION ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, AND THE EXTERIOR WALL ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION IS BOWING OUTWARD.
THE FOUNDATION POSTS ARE ROTTED AND SHIFTING.
THE ENTIRE INTERIOR FLOOR SURFACE IS UNEVEN AND VERY SPONGY TO WALK ON.
THERE ARE HOLES IN THE CEILING WITH DETACHING WOOD MEMBERS AND THE REMAINING WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTED AND CONTAINS WATER DAMAGE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 9 2 2 CHIHUAHUA STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
FOR THE MAIN IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS, HEREINAFTER SHALL BE DESCRIBED TO BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 2 9 2 2 CHIHUAHUA STREET.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I DO.
UH, THE LAST ONE YOU SHOWED WAS 1 26, THE COLLAPSE.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THREE OF 'EM JUST FOR MY REFERENCE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ON THE EXTERIOR, IT WOULD BE ONE 14 WOULD BE THE, THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FROM THE INSIDE.
THAT'S THE INSIDE VIEWING, LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD TO
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THE, SORRY, TO THE BACK TO THE LEFT ELEVATION, BUT THAT'S THE REAR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.CAN YOU PUT, UH, ONE 14? THIS IS FOR MY REFERENCE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT WOULD BE THE OUTSIDE OF THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
THOSE ALL THREE OF THE EXTERIOR OF THIS 1 26, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 29 22 CHIHUAHUA.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 29 22 CHIHUAHUA STREET 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 5 6.
SUBSECTION 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
GO AHEAD TO CUT ALL UTILITIES IF THEY'RE NOT CUT AND SECURE THE PROPERTY AND MAINTAIN AND VACATE.
I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT I ACCEPT AS WELL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, WHICH IS, LET ME READ IT AGAIN.
I MOVED THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT, UH, 29 22.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 29 22 CHIHUAHUA IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 AND IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56.
SUB CODES 1 12 5 7 8, 11, 12, 17, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 THAT THE PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
IF THERE THEY'RE NOT CUT AT THE PRESENT TIME, PROPERTY IS TO BE SECURED AND MAINTAINED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR FINAL PROPERTY IS GONNA BE LOCATED AT SIX 19.
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SANTANA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT SIX 19 LARRY STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 2 4 7 BLOCK 55 LOT 11, LOCATED IN COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS HENDERSON RONNIE, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF SIX 19 LARRY STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 0 2 DASH 1 6 4 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYONE IS HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ALSO NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO STATED THEY WERE THE CHILDREN OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING SIX 19 LARRY STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023 BY THE INITIAL OFFICER.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2023, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023 ON APRIL 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED
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AT SIX 19 LARRY STREET ON APRIL 25TH, 2025.THE NOTICE FOR THE BSP HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF MAY 7TH, 2025.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR SIX 19 LARRY STREET.
THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEANED AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023.
ON APRIL 7TH, 2025, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
THE PHOTOS BEING PRESENTED WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 7TH AND APRIL 29TH.
THIS PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1966 WITH A PEER AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
THE STRUCTURE HAS VINYL AND COMPOSITE SIDING, A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM AND IS 656 SQUARE FEET.
THIS STRUCTURE IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.
THE STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND HAS NO WATER OR ELECTRICAL SERVICE.
YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE IS LISTING TO THE LEFT AND IS MISSING WINDOWS.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
FROM THIS ANGLE, YOU CAN SEE THE VINYL SIDING IS SEPARATING FROM THE STRUCTURE AND THE WINDOWS ARE MISSING.
THE VEGETATION HAS OVERGROWN THE STRUCTURE AT THE TOP, UH, FRONT SIDE HERE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE, UH, THE EXPOSED UNDERSIDE OF THE DECKING ON THE OVERHANG, UH, IS ROTTED AND WATER DAMAGED.
UH, THE SOFFIT AND THE FASCIA ARE MISSING.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE VITAL SIDING IS SEPARATING HERE AND MISSING, UH, ONE OF THE HOLES FROM THE ROOF IS VISIBLE.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE DAMAGE FROM THAT HOLE.
ONCE WE GET TO THE INTERIOR PHOTOS, UH, THERE IS A MISSING WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS ELEVATION THAT'S BLOCKED FROM THE INSIDE BY THAT GREEN DOOR.
THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE ACROSS THE REAR, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE LISTING, UH, FROM THE, WHERE IT'S LISTING TO THE LEFT.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT COMPOSITE SIDING ON THE FRONT THAT'S SEPARATING AND MISSING FROM THE STRUCTURE, UM, ALLOWING RODENTS TO ENTER.
UH, THE PLYWOOD THAT'S THERE IS EASILY MOVED BY HAND.
IT CREATES A LARGE ENOUGH HOLE, UH, FOR A CHILD TO CRAWL UNDERNEATH THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, ENDANGERING, ENDANGERING THEIR SAFETY.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE THERE'S AN ACCESS DOOR TO THAT SAME CRAWL SPACE AROUND THE FOUNDATION.
UM, THE DOOR ITSELF IS MISSING.
UH, IT'S COVERED BY THIS PIECE OF WOOD.
IT'S EASILY REMOVABLE AGAIN DUE TO THE DETERIORATION.
THE REAR ELEVATION, UH, HAS A MISSING DAMAGED, UH, VINYL SIDING SHOWN.
YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD SIDING UNDERNEATH IS ALSO ROTTED AND MISSING, UH, LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE SHINGLES AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF'S EDGE, THERE ARE CURVING OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROOF FROM BEING WORN.
THERE ARE LARGE GAPS UNDER THE DOOR, UH, THAT THEY USE TO BLOCK THAT MISSING WINDOW, ALLOWING THE WEATHER ELEMENTS, PESTS AND RODENTS TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
THIS IS A CLOSER UP VIEW OF THAT HOLE, UH, ON THE REAR ELEVATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SHINGLES ARE EXTREMELY WORN AND WEATHERED.
SEVERAL OF THE TABS ARE MISSING OFF OF THE SHINGLES.
UM, THEY'RE NO LONGER REALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO THE DECKING FROM WATER DAMAGE.
THE DECKING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO IS EXPOSED AND WATER DAMAGE.
THE RAFTER TAILS IN THAT LOCATION ARE ALSO DAMAGED FROM WATER.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE DEFICIENCIES ON THE LEFT ELEVATION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE DOOR FRAMING AND THE LARGE GAP UNDERNEATH THE DOOR.
THE SIDING TRIM ON THE CORNER THERE IS CRUMPLED AND DAMAGED, AND THEN THE SIDING, OF COURSE, IS MISSING RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, NEXT TO THE DOOR, ALLOWING THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO BE EXPOSED
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TO THE ELEMENTS.THIS IS ALSO ON THE LEFT ELEVATION.
AS YOU LOOK UP TO THE OVERHANG, UH, IT SHOWS MORE DETERIORATION AT THE ROOF AND THE DECKING AND THE RAFTERS FROM LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION THAT, UH, THE MISSING FASCIA AND SOFFIT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED.
THIS IS, UH, AS I MADE ENTRANCE INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, AS YOU LOOK UP IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT AND THE FRONT, UM, THE CEILING DRYWALL IS MISSING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S NO WALL COVERING AT ALL.
UM, THE ROOF DECKING IS WATER DAMAGED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO AT THE TOP THERE STANDING IN THAT SAME POSITION.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE REAR ELEVATION, UM, JUST INSIDE THE ENTRANCE AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING FROM ONE OF THE HOLES IN THE ROOF.
CEILING JOIST TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO ARE MISSING.
UH, THAT TOP BEAM AT THE VERY BACK, UH, RUNNING ACROSS HORIZONTALLY IS SAGGING AND DETACHING FROM THAT SAME WATER DAMAGE.
THERE'S NO SUPPORT UNDERNEATH THAT BEAM ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
UM, A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF, UH, RUBBISH AND TREE LIMBS HAVE BEEN PLACED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS LOOKING UP CLOSER AT THAT WATER DAMAGE WHERE THE JOISTS, UM, ARE DETERIORATED AND MISSING, AND THE DECKING IS ROTTED.
THAT BEAM AT THE TOP IS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH, UH, DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE HOLE THERE.
THIS PHOTO IS OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT REAR STRUCTURE.
IT SHOWS THE HOLE IN THE ROOF THAT WAS VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE, UH, THE ROTTED DECKING AND DETERIORATED SUBFLOOR OR DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH IT FROM THE WEATHER ELEMENTS.
THIS IS THE MISSING WINDOW THAT WAS COVERED BY THAT GREEN DOOR AT THE REAR ELEVATION.
UH, NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE AROUND THE DOOR.
THAT'S ADHERED TO THE OPENING.
THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION HERE, UH, IS ALSO MISSING.
THE BOARDS SECURING IT HAD BEEN REMOVED SEVERAL TIMES BY VAGRANT, UH, ENTERING THE STRUCTURE.
THE FLOORING IS, UH, PATCHWORK OF UNEVEN THICKNESSES AND DETERIORATING WOOD.
WHEN I WALKED ON IT, THERE WERE SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT I, I FELT VERY, UM, UNSAFE.
UM, IT HAS HOLES, IT'S WATER DAMAGED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO, UH, MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR EGRESS.
THIS PHOTO IS AS YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS SHOWS THE MISSING AND BROKEN CEILING JOISTS.
UH, THE MISSING WINDOWS, UH, ARE BOARDED UP WITH DETERIORATED WOOD.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO BEEN BROKEN INTO SEVERAL TIMES BY VAGRANTS.
THE WEATHER ELEMENTS AND PESTS CAN ENTER INTO THESE LOCATIONS AGAIN, DAMAGING THE STRUCTURE.
UM, NATURAL LIGHT IS VISIBLE ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME, SOME NATURAL LIGHT THERE AT THE TOP CORNER, UH, AT THE ROOF ON THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, FROM THE INSIDE, UH, MISSING WINDOWS, AGAIN IN A VERY DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
UH, THESE BOARDS ALSO HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND HAD TO BE PUT BACK SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, AGAIN, NATURAL LIGHT IS, UH, VISIBLE AROUND THE, THE FRAMING.
THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS FULL OF, UH, DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR AS A EGRESS VIOLATION AND POSES A SERIOUS HAZARD TO FIRST RESPONDERS WHERE THAT, UH, PLYWOOD WAS AT THE FRONT ELEVATION.
UH, I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THAT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PURINE BEAM FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CEDAR POSTS THAT ARE TO THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE ARE LEANING TO THE LEFT.
UH, THE WOOD FLOORING, IF YOU CAN SEE IT ABOVE IT, IS, UH, SAGGING AND DAMAGE, AND THEY'VE PLACED BROKEN WOOD UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE.
THIS STRUCTURE HAS GONE, UH, WITHOUT PROPER REPAIR AND UPKEEP AND IS NOW IN A VERY DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
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THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT SIX 19, LARRY STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECT OF, UH, DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR SIX 19 LARRY STREET.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS WITH THE CODE OFFICER? YES, I DO.
UM, YOU STARTED OUT ON THE NOTES ON, UH, 9 19 23 AS A VACATE.
YOU SENT THE VACATE, UH, NOTICE.
UH, THERE WAS NO A VIOLATION NOTICE THEN ON THE, I'M SORRY.
DID YOU POST THOSE ON THE PREMISES AS WELL? I WAS NOT THE INITIAL OFFICER FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CASE.
THE CASE WAS, UH, GIVEN TO ME AT, ON FEBRUARY OF 2025.
THEN THESE PROBABLY ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE, AND I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE STAFF ANSWER SOME OF THESE.
UM, THE NEXT PART IS YOU SAID THERE WAS A ABATEMENT.
DID, DO YOU HAVE A COST OF THAT? UH, YES I DO.
UH, THE ABATEMENT THAT WE DID, UM, CAME TO $1,019.
AND THEN THE NEXT PART IS THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THE ABANDONED BUILDING PROGRAM.
I, I BELIEVE THAT IT, IT WAS PART OF THE, IN THAT AREA, BUT THEY GOT NO RESPONSE.
UM, AND THEY DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE FOR THE HHA EITHER.
I KNOW IT, IT SAYS IN THE NOTES THAT THE SENT, BUT THE, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY COMPLIED BACK.
BUT, UH, WOULD STAFF HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT, THE HHA GIVEN TO THEM? DID THEY REPLY BACK TO THAT HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT? YES.
UH, IF THEY HAD REPLIED BACK TO THAT, WE WOULD NOT BE PRESENTING THIS CASE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA BE A A NO.
SO EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS GIVEN, THEY HAVE NOT, UH, ASSISTED IN, EVEN THOUGH IN THE, IN THE NOTES IT SAYS THAT THE PERSON WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK YES.
TO SIGN THE WHOLE HARMLESS, APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU WENT BACK IN, SO ALL THIS TIME WAS FROM NINTH, FROM 2023 TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY? CORRECT.
SO YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ONE OWNER TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE? THERE WAS ONE OWNER.
UM, WE STARTED WITH THE CASE SEPTEMBER OF 2023, UH, WHEN THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS MADE, AND WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTACT ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY OF 2024.
AT THAT POINT, THE CASE WAS BEING PREPARED TO BE, UM, PRESENTED TO BSB, AND IT WAS, UM, ONLY A DAY LATER THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE CHILDREN.
UM, SO AT THAT POINT, WE BEGAN TO TRY TO WORK WITH, UH, POSSIBLE HEIRS FOR THE PROPERTY TO TRY TO GET THINGS DONE.
THEY WERE COMMUNICATING WITH US FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
UH, WE HAD CONTACT WITH ONE SON ON THE 15TH OF JULY, 2024.
AND THEN, UH, THE SISTER CALLED, SAID SHE WAS LEGALLY THE HEIR.
UM, AND SHE WAS GONNA GET WITH HER BROTHERS AND, UH, WORK ON TRYING TO GET THIS HOME HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT SIGNED.
AND, UH, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RESPOND OR MEET WITH THEM ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2024.
THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY COMING INTO TOWN, UM, TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND, AND MAKE A DECISION.
OCTOBER CAME AND WENT, AND WE GOT NO CONTACT FROM THEM AT ALL.
UM, AND THEN ON UH, NOVEMBER OF 2024, THE OFFICER, UH, WAS ABLE TO CONTACT ANOTHER ONE OF THE SONS, UM, AND, AND EXPLAINED THE HOLD HARMLESS.
AND AGAIN, AGAIN, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE WANNA DO THAT.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE VERY LAST TIME WE HAD ANY CONTACT FROM THEM AT ALL.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY IN FEBRUARY, UH, WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE IT FOR THE BOARD AGAIN.
AND, UM, THE CASE WAS HANDED TO ME IN FEBRUARY, AND AT THAT TIME I DID TRY CALLING EACH OF THE THREE CHILDREN.
I LEFT A MESSAGES, UM, AND I GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THEM.
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LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, SOME OF THOSE HOLES IN THE CEILING WERE DONE BY PIPES.IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY STARTED DEMOLITION.
DID YOU FIND ANY, UH, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS 'CAUSE ALL THE HOLES ARE EXACTLY ROUND FOR, UH, SEWER VENTS.
DID YOU FIND, AND THE WALLS ARE ALL STRIPPED, SO DID YOU FIND ANY PERMITS ON FILE AT ANY TIME? THERE WERE NO PERMITS AT ALL, SO WE COULDN'T TELL WHEN IT WAS STARTED, OR NO, BY THE LOOKS OF IT, A LONG TIME.
BY THE WAY, THE HOLES ARE
THERE WAS, UM, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE CALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, VAGRANTS WERE PRESENT.
UM, WE MADE LOCATION, UH, WE RE-SECURED THE, THE PLYWOOD.
IT JUST KEPT GOING ON AND STILL GOING THROUGH.
WHEN YOU SAY RE-SECURED, THAT WASN'T AN ABATEMENT? THAT WAS, I ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T, WHEN I SAY WE, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS SAPD THAT SECURE RE-SECURED THE OH, OKAY.
SO YOU DIDN'T PUT IN A, OR NOBODY PUT IN FOR A, A SECURE ABATEMENT? WE DID THAT INITIALLY IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.
SO NOBODY, SO THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE PUT IN FOR THE PROPERTY SINCE THEN? THERE HAS NOT.
WELL, THERE, THERE IS, THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE IN, I HAVE AN EXPEDITED ABATEMENT OR EXPEDITED WORK ORDER, UM, TO RE-SECURE SOME OF THE, THE WINDOWS THAT ARE THAT.
YEAH, IT'S JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR IT TO BE ASSIGNED.
THERE IS ANOTHER ABATEMENT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT COMPLETED.
AND DID YOU PUT A NOTICE OF VACATE ON THE PREMISE? I DID NOT.
THERE WAS NO, UH, PERSON STAYING THAT WE COULD SEE.
UM, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAD NO EVIDENCE OF ANYBODY STAYING IN THERE.
THERE WAS NO, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL ITEMS, NO, THE, THE TYPES OF RUBUSH THAT WE NORMALLY SEE WAS SOMEONE STAYING IN THE STRUCTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WOULD, MEETING THE RECORD, THIS PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED MAY 7TH, 2025.
BUILDING STANDARD BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS LETTER IS FROM HARVARD PLACE, EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
REGARDING OUR PERSPECTIVE ADDRESSING CONCERNS, THE AT THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT SIX 19 LARRY STREET.
THIS PROPERTY IS IN A STATE OF GREAT DISREPAIR NOW AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT POSES A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD BEING ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED.
FURTHERMORE, IT DISPLAYS DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE, BROKEN WINDOWS AND HAS DEBRIS ALL AROUND AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, SIDEWALK AND STREET.
IN ADDITION, THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, THERE'S CLEAR SIGNS OF HOMELESS DWELLERS WITHIN IT DUE TO THE DAMAGE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE PHYSICAL CONDITION AND THE LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE OWNERS.
WE THINK THE ABATEMENT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE FOR THE PROTECTION AND OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORS, AND COMMUNITY ABATEMENT SHOULD INVOLVE THE REMOVAL OF THE DAMAGE STRUCTURE AND COMPLETE CLEARING OF THE LOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING THE PROPERTY TO A SAFE AND HEALTHY CONDITION.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, HARVARD PLACE, EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN THE MOTION AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX 19.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX 19.
LARRY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6, 1 57, UH, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56.
SPECIFICALLY ITEMS 1, 2, 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS WHEN THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE SECURED, MAINTAIN, VACANCY, AND ISSUE A VACATE NOTICE.
REPEAT THE LAST COMMENT, PLEASE.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX 19 LARRY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 AND IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX
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DASH 1 56.SUB CODES 1 12 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS SECURED, MAINTAINED VACANCY WITH VACATION NOTE VACATE NOTICE POSTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS GEORGE GRIMES.
ANY DISCUSSION? UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS? I KNOW IT WAS NOTED THAT THE, THE ELECTRIC WAS CUT.
IF ANY OTHER UTILITIES ARE ON TO CUT ALL OF THE UTILITIES AGREED.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX 19 LARRY IS PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 IS NOT FEASIBLE, BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56.
SUB CODES 1, 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS SECURED, MAINTAINED VACANCY, VACATION, VACATE, NOTICE POSTED, AND UTILITIES TO BE DISCONNECTED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES TO DISCUSS? JUDY CREW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD.
WE HAVE RECEIVED 11 BSB MEMBER APPLICATIONS PLUS ONE NON BSB MEMBER APPLICATION.
CURRENT TERM ENDS MAY 31ST AND MEMBERS WILL BE IN A HOLDOVER STATUS UNTIL APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY CITY COUNCIL OR THE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY, UH, FOR PANEL B.
MR. THOMAS FRANKS DID RESIGN ON APRIL 4TH.
UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO NOTATE THAT THE NEW 2024 S-A-P-M-C BOOKS WERE ISSUED TODAY AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE S-A-P-M-C WENT INTO EFFECT MAY 1ST.
ALSO NEXT WEEK IS A FULL BOARD MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MAY 15TH.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, ON THIS LAST MEETING, WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WAS JUST WONDERING ON THE NOTICES THAT ARE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY THAT THE NEIGHBORS READ, IS THERE ANY PART OF IT THAT TELLS THEM HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT? MY NUMBER IS LISTED ON THE NOTICE OF HEARING TO SUBMIT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TO OR TO REACH OUT TO WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
AND MOVING FORWARD, WE DID ADD THE INFORMATION TO THE AGENDA, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS WHERE THEY CAN EMAIL THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD@SANANTONIO.GOV OR DROP OFF A WRITTEN STATEMENT HERE AT THE ONE STOP CENTER.
UM, SO SOME OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PLAYING A VOICEMAIL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO THAT HERE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WRITING STATEMENTS OR ARE NOT, UH, TECHNOLOGICALLY INCLINED AND MAKING A PHONE CALL AND LEAVING A VOICEMAIL IS, IS, UH, A MORE FRIENDLY WAY TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL CONFER WITH LEGAL ON THAT TO, UH, TO GET THE CONFIRMATION THAT THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE.
UM, TYPICALLY WE, IT HAD NOT BEEN, BUT WE CAN RE-REVIEW THAT TO DOUBLE CHECK.
I, I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT DAY ARE ADVISORY BOARDS, UH, THAT DO PLAY THAT.
BUT I MEAN, PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE THAT, UH, INVESTIGATED.
UNDERSTAND, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK IT, UM, BOTH WAYS.
IF IT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO DOUBLE CHECK IF IT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE FOR THEM TO, UH, OVER THE PHONE GIVE THEIR STATEMENT OVER THE PHONE THAT WE COULD THEN TYPE UP AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ROUTES WE CAN, UM, TRY TO COME AT IT WITH TO SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, GET APPROVED THROUGH.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE ARE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.