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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
ALSO PRESENT FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE LUCINDA OROZCO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNY RAMIREZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER JUDY CRUM.
BSB LIAISON, ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST ONE.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.
IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A TRANSLATION OF THAT FACT.
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 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'VE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR DEPENDENT UPON MONEY 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.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4 IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT A 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 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 FOR CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36, THANK YOU.
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BOARD HAS RECEIVED COPIES OF THE MINUTES FROM JULY THE 10TH, 2025 CHAIR ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR DISCUSSION, UH, OR CHANGE TO THOSE MINUTES.I ASK THAT THE BOARD TAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF WHAT WAS THAT JANUARY 10TH, 2025? CORRECT.
AS IS TO JULY 10, I'M SORRY, JULY 10TH AS IS THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED FOR JULY 10TH? I DO.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF JULY 10TH AS DRAFTED? SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS.MY NAME IS JENNY RAMIREZ, ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE ONE ITEM TO READ INTO THE RECORD IF I MAY PROCEED.
WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2:02 AM AMARILLO AVENUE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, IT IS LISTED AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON AUGUST THE SIXTH OF 2025 DUE TO A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 29, I'M SORRY, JULY 29TH, 2025 PUR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THAT STRUCTURE.
THAT DOES COMPLETE MY REPORT THIS MORNING.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
WITH THAT, WE WILL PROCEED TO THE INDIVIDUAL CASE PRESENTATIONS AND OUR FIRST CASE IS GONNA BE 1412 PAS, UH, EXCUSE ME, 1412 PASADENA.
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 1 4 1 2 PASADENA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1 4 1 2 PASADENA IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON MARCH 25TH, 2025, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 7 1 0 1 BLOCK 2 3 4, LOT SEVEN AND WEST 25 FEET OF EIGHT LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS UCCI GREGORY WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 4 1 2 PASADENA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
THE PROPERTY OWNER, GREGORY UCCI, IS PRESENT ALONG WITH SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 16TH, 2025.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 4 1 2 PASADENA WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 21ST, 2025.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 26TH, 2025, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON APRIL 2ND, 2025.
AN AFTER ACTION MEETING WAS HELD AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT ON JULY 29TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 4 1 2 PASADENA ON JULY 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO GREGORY UCCI AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2025.
ON JULY 15TH, 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 FOR THE PROPERTY AS OF TODAY.
ON JULY 29TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY THE CITY AND A TOTAL OF CITY, UH, 60 CUBIC YARDS WAS REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE SHINGLES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM ARE WORN AND THE SIDING IS MISSING OR ROTTED IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
SO HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE ROTTED OVERHANG AND THERE IS SEPARATION OF THE SI WOOD PLANK SIDING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE FOUNDATION SKIRTING IS MISSING ON THAT FRONT PORTION AND REPLACED WITH, UM, PLYWOOD, BUT IT IS STILL OPEN FOR, UM, ANIMALS TO GO UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE.
THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED AS WELL.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE SHINGLES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM ARE WORN.
SOME OF THE SHINGLES ARE MISSING IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
THE WOOD SIDING ON THE LEFT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE IS ROTTED AND IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
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HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SILL BEAM OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION.IT IS ROTTED AND HAS SEVERE WATER DAMAGE.
AND AGAIN, THE SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS BROKEN.
AND THIS IS THE CLOSER VIEW OF THE ELECTRICAL PANEL.
UM, CPS DID ACTUALLY CUT SERVICES DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL PANEL NEEDING AN UPDATE.
SO CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY OWNER IS UTILIZING A GENERATOR.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT, FRONT DOOR OF THAT MAIN STRUCTURE.
IT IS ROTTED AND SOFT WHEN YOU WALK ON IT.
THERE HAS BEEN, UM, SOME WORK BEING DONE AT THE PROPERTY AS WELL WITHOUT PERMITS.
THERE'S MULTIPLE AREAS THAT HAVE SHOWING WHERE THEY DID SOME SPACKLING WHERE NEW SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN AREA.
SO THE BACK PORTION OF THE ROOM IS MISSING THE SHEET ROCK OVER THE CEILING AND THE DECKING IS EXPOSED, WHICH IS ROTTED, AND THEN THE REMAINING OF THE KITCHEN AREA IS UNACCESSIBLE DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS BEING STORED.
SO HERE'S A, A BETTER VIEW TO SHOW THAT AREA OF THE KITCHEN ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED.
IT IS HARD TO ACCESS THAT AREA.
SO HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT DECKING THAT IS EXPOSED.
IT IS ROTTED AND HAS THE WATER DAMAGE, AND THIS WOULD BE GOING OUT TO THE BACKYARD ON THAT BACK DOOR.
SO THERE IS, UM, YELLOW ROMAX THAT IS BEING EXPOSED IF ROMAX WAS NOT UTILIZED WHEN THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT.
SO AT ONE POINT, ELECTRICAL WORK WAS BEING DONE WITHOUT ANY PERMITS OBTAINED.
AND HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT SUBFLOOR EXPOSED.
IT IS ROTTED AND THAT PORTION OF PLYWOOD IS COMING UP FROM THE FLOOR OPPOSING A TRIPPING HAZARD.
THIS IS GOING INTO ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. AGAIN.
SOME WORK WAS BEING DONE ON THE CEILING.
THIS IS THE BATHROOM AREA IN THE HALLWAY.
UM, AGAIN, THE SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED.
IT IS SOFT WHEN YOU WALK ON IT, AND IT DOES HAVE SEVERE WATER DAMAGE.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT SUBFLOOR EXPOSED.
AND THERE'S WATER DAMAGE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SHOWER AREA THAT THEY'RE USING.
UM, THE SHOWER HEAD IS DETACHED FROM THE WALL AND THERE IS WATER DAMAGE ON THAT UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PHOTO.
THIS IS A BACK BEDROOM AREA, JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.
UM, THE WINDOW IS BOARDED UP WITH PLYWOOD AND HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE GENERATOR THAT THEY'RE NOW UTILIZING.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE REAR ACCESSORY.
THIS, UH, IS ALSO OCCUPIED AS WELL.
AND THERE IS A HOLE ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOF SYSTEM AND THEN THE REMAINING ROOF SYSTEM, THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND ARE MISSING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD PANELING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND IT IS DETACHING FROM THE CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION IS EXPOSED AND IT HAS MINOR CRACKS THROUGHOUT.
THERE ARE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS BEING STORED THROUGHOUT THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, SO IT IS VERY HARD TO MOVE AROUND.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE HALLWAY WHERE IT LEADS TO THE BATHROOM, THE KITCHEN, AND THEN THE BATH, UH, THE BEDROOM.
SO HERE'S ONE OF THE CRACKS IN THE, THE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UM, MICROWAVE OVENS BEING PLUGGED IN TO EXTENSION CORDS.
AND THEN A STOVE TOP WAS INSTALLED INTO A WOODEN TABLE.
AND THERE ARE, UH, THERE IS AN EXTENSION CORD IN THAT BOTTOM PORTION OF THE PHOTO.
THEY'RE STORING A, A GENERATOR INSIDE OF THE BATHROOM.
SO THE BATHROOM IS NOT, UM, ACCESSIBLE FOR USE AT THIS TIME.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE SHOWER AREA.
AGAIN, IT'S NOW BEING USED AS STORAGE.
SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE BACK BEDROOM AREA.
THERE IS A SLIGHT STEP GOING INTO THAT BEDROOM.
AND THIS BEDROOM IS AGAIN FILLED WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS. UM, THE FLOORING IS MISSING OR IT'S UNLEVEL.
SO WHEN YOU'RE WALKING, IT IS A TRIPPING HAZARD.
AND THERE'S EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN, UM, THROUGHOUT, UM, IN BETWEEN ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING STORED.
AND HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS.
AND AGAIN, THERE IS A GENERATOR BEING UTILIZED.
SO, UM, THIS IS POSING A FIRE HAZARD.
THERE IS WATER DAMAGE ON THE SHEET ROCK FOR THE CEILING, AND THIS IS THE DOORFRAME WALKING OUT
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INTO THE MAIN AREA.THE DOORFRAME LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN, UH, NEWLY INSTALLED AGAIN WITH NO PERMITS OBTAINED.
AND THIS IS THE BACK PORTION AGAIN WITH THE GENERATOR RUNNING CORDS, UM, TO THE ACCESSORY AS WELL AS THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1 4 1 2 PASADENA ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE IN SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 17 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FOR WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 4 0 1 2 PAS PASADENA.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I DO.
UM, ON JPEG 29 ACT, ACTUALLY IF YOU CAN GO TO JPEG 28 AND THEN 29 AFTER THAT.
THAT'S THE GAS METER RIGHT THERE.
AND RIGHT ABOVE IT IS THE BOTTOM OF THE ELECTRICAL BOX, CORRECT? YES.
SO IF YOU COULD GO TO JPEG 29, THE CPS HAS PULLED THE POWER YES.
DID THEY SHUT THE GAS OFF? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
SO THOSE ARE DIRECTLY ABOVE AND I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THE GAS LINE GOES.
SO ACCORDING TO CPS, THEIR ACCOUNT STILL REMAINS ACTIVE.
SO IF THEY WERE TO GET THE PANEL UPDATED, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE AN ACCOUNT, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE ELECTRICITY.
SO THEY PULLED FOR INADEQUATE POWER SOURCE? YES.
THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH THAT ASPECT.
AND THEY DID NOT, THEY DID NOT DISCONNECT THE GAS AS FAR AS CPS NOTIFIED ME, THEY DO STILL HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT, SO THEY WOULDN'T CUT OFF THE GAS JUST FOR THAT.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO UPDATE THE PANEL.
AND THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU WHY THEY PULLED.
OTHER THAN THAT, HOW DID THEY FIND OUT WAS CORRECT? THEY, THEY DON'T DISCLOSE A LOT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
WELL, HOW DID THEY FIND OUT THE METER WAS INADEQUATE? AGAIN? THEY, BUT AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT? YES.
UM, BUT WERE THEY, WERE THERE ANY INDICATIONS THAT THEY WERE OVERLOADING, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT IT WAS, THE METER WITH ALL THE EXTENSION CORDS? YES.
DURING, ON OUR INITIAL DART INSPECTION, THERE WAS A NUMEROUS EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN THROUGHOUT THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THROUGH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AND IN THE BATHROOM IT SHOWED NO SHOWER HEAD, BUT THERE WAS A YELLOW, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS A HOSE.
AND YOU KNOW THERE'S YELLOW EXTENSION CORDS AS WELL.
THAT WAS A YELLOW HOSE, CORRECT? YES, IT WAS A HOSE.
IT WAS NOT AN, AN EXTENSION CORD.
DID YOU COUNT HOW MANY EXTENSION CORDS WERE IN THE GENERATOR? NO, I DID NOT COUNT.
UM, I DID NOT COUNT THE EXTENSION CORDS, BUT THERE WAS PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE.
AND EVERYONE WENT TO A DIFFERENT AREA AND THEN THERE WAS YES.
UM, EXTENSIONS AND EXTENSIONS AND EXTENSIONS OFF OF THOSE? YES.
DID YOU, ON, ON THE EGRESSES, HOW MANY EGRESSES WERE BLOCKED? THE REAR BEDROOM HAD WINDOWS THAT WERE BLOCKED WITH PLYWOOD AND THEN THE KITCHEN AREA JUST HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF, OF ACCUMULATION.
BUT YOU COULD STILL GET TO THE REAR, THE REAR DOOR IN THE KITCHEN, YES.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE BACK BEDROOM, IF YOU WERE IN THE BACK BEDROOM, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF WINDOWS IF UNLESS YEAH, YOU CAN'T GET OUT IF THE FIRE IS IN THE HOUSE, YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF THAT ROOM.
THE BATHROOMS, DID THEY HAVE WINDOWS THERE? THERE WAS ONE BATHROOM AND THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND IT DID HAVE A WINDOW ACCESSIBLE FROM THE BATHROOM? YES.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER BATHROOM THAT WAS USED FOR STORAGE? NO, THAT DID NOT HAVE A WINDOW.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BATHROOM DOES NOT HAVE A WINDOW.
AND THE BACK ROOM THAT THESE, WAS IT BLOCKED ON HIS EGRESSES? THE BACK ROOM OF THE ACCESSORY OR FOR THE MAIN, THE, THE ACCESSORY, THE BACK ROOM FOR THE ACCESSORY HAD A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS. THERE IS A WINDOW THERE.
THE BED WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW.
SO YOU COULD STILL USE THE BED TO GET OUT THE WINDOW? YES.
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YOU JOEL, GO AHEAD.UM, MS. CHANG, YOU WENT PRETTY QUICKLY ABOUT THE REMEDIATION OF THE YARD.
HOW MANY CUBIC FEET WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THERE? CUBIC YARDS.
IT WAS, UH, 60 CUBIC YARDS OF ACCUMULATION WAS REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.
THE OTHER AREA I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO IS WHERE THE, THE PHOTO, UH, I THINK IT WAS JPEG 28.
WE, I SEE THE, THE, THE, THE SEAL PLATE.
BUT THE FOUNDATION BEAM, IS THAT GONE RIGHT THERE? THIS IS RIGHT AT THE, THE STEPS.
SO THE, THE SO BEAM, THE SO BEAM IS THERE.
IT'S JUST SIGNIFICANTLY ROTTED.
SAY THAT AGAIN? THE SO BEAM IS THERE.
IT'S JUST SIGNIFICANTLY ROTTED.
OH, SO IT JUST DETERIORATED THAT CORRECT.
WERE YOU ABLE TO GET UNDERNEATH AND INSPECT FURTHER? NO, THERE WAS TOO MANY ITEMS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANY CLOSE, CLOSE VIEW OF UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE.
AND THERE WERE LOOSE DOGS AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE.
UM, DURING OUR ABATEMENT, THEY REMOVED FIVE OUT OF SEVEN DOGS.
UM, BUT DURING OUR DART INSPECTION THEY GOT MOST OF THEM, BUT THERE WAS ONE OR TWO THAT WERE STILL ROAMING.
SO I WASN'T GOING TO PUT MY HEAD UNDER A STRUCTURE WHERE THERE WERE DOGS.
AND THEN THE, ON THE FINAL QUESTION REGARDING THE ACCESSORY AND REALLY THE MAIN HOUSE AS WELL, I DIDN'T SEE ANY SMOKE DETECTORS OR CO2 MONITORS.
THERE ARE NO SMOKE DETECTORS THROUGHOUT THE MAIN OR THE ACCESSORY ARE IN THE ACCESSORY.
AND THAT GENERATOR IN THE BATHROOM, DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN OPERATING? I THINK THEY WERE STORING THE GENERATOR IN THE BATHROOM AND SWITCHING THEM OUT UTILIZING, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE RAN OUT OF GAS.
THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $1,168.
AND YOU SAID THEY REMOVED DOGS THE FIRST TIME? SO THE FIRST TIME THEY DID REMOVE, UM, I BELIEVE THREE DOGS FROM ON THE ABATEMENT? UH, NO, THAT WAS DURING THE DART INSPECTION.
DURING THE ABATEMENT THEY REMOVED FIVE, FIVE DOGS.
AND WHEN WAS THE ABATEMENT? THE ABATEMENT WAS ON JULY 29TH, 2025.
SO HOW PRIOR TO THAT WAS THE DART INSPECTION? THE DART INSPECTION HAPPENED ON MARCH 25TH, 2025.
SO YOU REMOVED, EIGHT DOGS WERE REMOVED AND YOU STILL HAD SOME OUTSTANDING, SO THEY REPLACED THE DOGS THAT WERE REMOVED.
I BELIEVE THEY DID HAVE NEWER DOGS AND THEN SOME WERE THE ONES THAT WERE THERE ON THE INITIAL INSPECTION.
AND NOW I THINK IT'S, THANK YOU.
OFFICER PENA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION PLEASE, SIR.
THANK YOU ALLALL FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
I'M WITH THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WEST SAFE UNIT.
UH, BEEN A PART OF THE UNIT FOR ABOUT, UH, GOING ON THREE YEARS NOW.
SO THIS PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT TO US, UH, THROUGH COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS, UH, CRIMINAL HISTORY.
AS FAR AS THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS, FOOT TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM THE HOUSE.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF, THEY KIND OF, THAT'S A TREND WITH, UH, WITH NARCOTICS USE.
UH, THEY COME TO THE HOUSE USING NARCOTICS, LEAVE THE HOUSE, BUY NARCOTICS, LEAVE THE HOUSE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THAT WE GOT WAS, UH, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO TODAY, UM, AUGUST OF 24.
UH, THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN PROGRESS, UM, AT THE, CALL IT THAT LOCATION, UH, FOCUSING MORE SO ON THE REAR STRUCTURE OF THE, OF THE LOCATION.
UM, THERE WAS A VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND WHO UNFORTUNATELY, UH, DIDN'T, DIDN'T, DIDN'T MAKE IT, UH, FROM HIS GUNSHOT WOUND.
UM, THEREFORE A, UH, MURDER REPORT WAS, WAS CREATED.
UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD, UH, MORE CALLS FOR SHOTS FIRED AT THE LOCATION.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, NARCOTICS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, NARCOTICS REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE LOCATION.
STOLEN VEHICLES HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE LOCATION AS WELL AS RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY.
SO AS STATED ON MARCH OF, UH, MARCH 25TH, 2025, UH, OUR OFFICE AS WELL AS CODE AND OTHER ENTITIES, CITY ENTITIES, MADE LOCATION, UH, TO ADDRESS THE, UH, THE ISSUES WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT ON THAT DAY.
UH, THE OWNER, UH, MR. GREGS UCCI, HE WAS ARRESTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, ARRESTED ON, UH, POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS.
HE HAD APPROXIMATELY, UH, NINE GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, UM, IN HIS POCKET.
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OTHER PERSONS THAT WERE THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON ARRESTED THERE, UH, FOR POSSESSION AS WELL.AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS THERE THAT WAS ARRESTED ON, UH, ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
THAT PERSON, THAT LAST PERSON, UH, WAS ACTUALLY, UM, HIDING, UM, UNDERNEATH A LOT OF THE, OBVIOUSLY IN SOME OF THE PICTURES YOU CAN SEE THERE'S, UH, DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.
SO HE WAS ACTUALLY HIDING, UM, IN THE DEBRIS DURING OUR, OUR SEARCH OF THE HOUSE ON THE, UH, ON OUR MOST RECENT VISIT TO THE, TO THE HOUSE, UM, MR. TUCCI WAS AGAIN ARRESTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, THE, UH, THE ABATEMENT DATE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE, UH, THE, THE HOUSE IS, I GUESS THERE'S TWO SCHOOLS.
MARY MAGDALENA, WHICH THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND IT'S ABOUT, BETWEEN THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, IT'S ABOUT INSIDE A HALF A MILE FROM THE, UH, FROM THE HOUSE.
THAT, UH, THAT'S GONNA CONCLUDE MY, UH, MY PART.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF OFFICER PENA? GO AHEAD, CALEB.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL ON HOW MANY CALLS IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS? I CAN GIVE AN APPROXIMATE.
UM, I CAN GO BACK AS FAR AS MARCH OF 25, AND WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, I AM PROBABLY GONNA SEE OVER 30 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, UM, AND THAT'S JUST FROM, UH, A TWO YEAR, FROM MARCH OF 23 TO MARCH OF 25.
UM, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE MARCH OF 25 TO TO DATE.
UM, THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE WELL OVER 30 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION, FRED.
FIRST, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, DOES THIS PROPERTY, ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES IN YOUR DISTRICT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, IT IS AN OUTSTANDING PROPERTY, UM, FOR, FOR OUR SERVICE AREA? YES, SIR.
AND IT ACTUALLY SITS, I KNOW I MENTIONED THE SCHOOLS, IT ACTUALLY SITS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO A, UH, TO A CHURCH.
AND THEY'VE PROBABLY GOTTEN A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE CAMERA FOOTAGE, UM, THAT THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T WANNA SEE.
UM, COMING FROM THE YARDS OR THE YARD OF THIS, THIS LOCATION, THE WALK TO SCHOOL FROM CHILDREN'S LEVEL, DO THEY WALK BY THIS PROPERTY TO GET TO THE SCHOOL? IS IT AN ACTIVE, UH, AREA WHERE THE CHILDREN WALK? UH, NO, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ACTIVE AREA.
UM, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS, UH, OFF OF LIKE WEST AVENUE IN FRESNO AND THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL'S GONNA BE NORTH, UM, A FEW BLOCKS UP.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE, WHAT THE STREET IS, BUT AS FAR AS ACTIVE, UM, CHILDREN, FOOT TRAFFIC, UM, IT'S, IF IT IS, IT'S JUST GONNA BE BECAUSE THEY LIVE RIGHT.
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ACTIVE WALKWAY TO THE, TO THE SCHOOLS.
DO YOU SEE ON OTHER CALLS ON THIS CALL, THE SAME AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS OR SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE AREA GOING TO THIS PLACE? UH, IT'S CRIMINALS.
SO IT IS GONNA BE, IT'S DEFINITELY A HUB FOR, FOR THE, UH, FOR OUR HOMELESS, UM, TO KIND OF COME AND GO FROM THE HOUSE.
IT'S, UM, DEFINITELY SOME OF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT WE COME ACROSS HAVE BEEN SEEN COMING AND GOING FROM THE HOUSE, UM, THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED.
UH, WITHIN THE AREA, THE HOUSE ITSELF, IS IT SET IN AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THE PROPERTY, NOT JUST FROM THE STREET? UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS WHERE THE BACK STRUCTURE'S AT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME, UH, SOME FENCE DAMAGE BACK THERE AND IT KIND OF HAS LIKE A LITTLE, I BELIEVE, UM, AN ALLEYWAY.
UM, SO I'M SURE THAT THEY'VE ACCESSED EITHER THROUGH BROKEN GATES, UM, THROUGH THE CHURCH SIDE.
UM, THEY'VE, THEY CAN GAIN ACCESS TO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE, TO THE FRONT STRUCTURE.
BUT IT'S EASIER TO GET TO THAT BACK STRUCTURE.
SO IT'D BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE ACTIVITY BODY-WISE THAN WHAT'S BEING SEEN AT THE FRONT GATE, BOTH.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS CASE? GREGORY IS A DUCHE OWNER.
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THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR THE RECORD.I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY STATE.
UH, IF YOU WOULD WAIT JUST A MOMENT.
FOR THE CODE OFFICER, UH, ACTUALLY, MR. ANS HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU WOULD STEP BACK JUST A MOMENT PLEASE, SIR.
I, I, I, I NEED A CLARIFICATION BEFORE, UH, I ASK THE OWNER MM-HMM
IN THE NOTES, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE 'EM WITH YOU MM-HMM
IN OUR NOTES, THE FIFTH LINE DOWN WHERE IT SAYS SERVICE AND THEN IT GOES INTO A, A 10 DAY NOTICE, A VIOLATION WAS POSTED AND MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ACCORDING TO BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL FOR OUTSIDE DEBRIS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU DIDN'T GIVE THE 10 DAY NOTICE WHO, IT'S JUST ON THE RECORD AS SOMEBODY HAS A 10 DAY VACATE.
SO THE, THAT BEAR COUNTY OR THE NOTES ARE FROM THE DART INSPECTION.
SO I POSTED A 10 DAY NOTICE THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION AND THEN ALSO MAILED A NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFYING HIM OF THE VIOLATION.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING 'CAUSE IT SAYS IN HERE, ACCORDING TO BEXAR COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL YES.
WE MAIL ACCORDING TO BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL.
OH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHO WE MAILED THE NOTICE TO.
THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A, BECAUSE THAT GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION BEXAR COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL GAVE HIM WHEN YOU READ THAT.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I WANNA CLARIFY THAT.
WE, YOU GAVE THE NOTICE, NOT BEXAR COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL.
YES, I POSTED THE PLACARD ON THE PROPERTY SO HE COULD PHYSICALLY SEE IT.
AND THEN HE WAS MAILED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS WELL, NOTIFYING HIM TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY AND NOT SAY BEAR COUNTY DID IT BECAUSE BEAR COUNTY MM-HMM
SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE DISTRICT THAT YOU, UH, RESIDE IN.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE, SIR? UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE NO TESTIMONY.
I'M JUST AS, UM, I'M REALLY UNAWARE OF MOST, A LOT OF THIS I, I MEAN I KNOW THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO WORK ON, BUT I WAS JUST CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT ON, I DON'T PREPARE IT TO GIVE A STATEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON, 'CAUSE I'M STILL CONFUSED ON WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS BEING CHARGED WAS OR WHATEVER IS GOING ON HERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, MR. UCCI, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SPEAK UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE COURT PANEL, I'M, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
I JUST, JUST LISTENING TO WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EVERYTHING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ZOI? YOU WERE ISSUED AND MAILED A 10 DAY NOTICE OF VACATE, CORRECT? NO, SIR.
I ONLY HAD ONE, ONE CERTIFIED LETTER FROM, WAS THE LAST PAST TWO MONTHS.
AND THAT WAS FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAD STAYED THERE A WHILE BACK.
BUT I NEVER WAS NO, NO NOTIFIED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU WERE NEVER NOTIFIED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODES? OH YEAH.
I SAW THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING, BUT I WASN'T, I WAS, IT WAS POSTED ON THE WALL.
IT WAS NEVER GIVEN TO ME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR CERTIFIED LETTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OR, AND YOU WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A MEETING AT THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THE UH, NO SIR.
SO THE TIME THAT YOU GOT THE NOTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM ISSUES, NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED, YOU WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
'CAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME I GOT, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE COURT DATE.
SO YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE ATTORNEYS MEETING IN OR, OR THE MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND THE CITY AND THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICES? THIS WAS THE FIRST I HEARD CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
YOU NEVER GOT A LETTER STATING BE THERE.
BUT YOU GOT A NOTICE ON YOUR DOOR SUPPOSEDLY AND MAILED LETTERS STATING THAT YOU HAVE ISSUES, BUT YOU DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THE CITY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN MY, GOT LETTERS TOO AND THAT FIRST I'VE GOTTEN TO.
WHAT WAS THE CERTIFIED LETTER THAT YOU GOT? UH, UH, THE ONE WITH THE CERTIFIED LETTER WAS FOR A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS STAYING THERE A WHILE BACK.
HE WAS A SICK ON INSURANCE OR SOMEBODY WAS, IT WAS A, A PRIORITY MAIL LETTER THAT WENT TO THE POST OFFICE AT, UH, BASS JACKSON.
THAT'S WHERE IT USUALLY ALL GO.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY CERTIFIED LETTER THAT WAS THERE LAST SIX MONTHS OR YEARS.
I'M NOT CERTIFIED LETTER IN A WHILE.
BESIDES MY CAR BEING STOLEN, THAT WAS A WALL BACK, THAT'S WHEN LETTER I GOT.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD COUNSEL? LEGAL? THANK YOU, SIR.
COUNSEL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, GIVE US AN UPDATE OR INFORMATION IN TERMS OF NOTICES.
UH, YES, I ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE THE,
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I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER.MR. SATCHI, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK.
I AM CORRECT THE CODE OFFICER, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM.
JUST FOR THE RECORD SO WE COULD PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
UH, WAS MR. TUCHI PRESENT ON THE DATE OF THE DART INSPECTION? HE WAS PRESENT THE DAY OF THE DART INSPECTION.
HE WAS ARRESTED AND HE WAS ALSO PRESENT ON THE DAY OF THE, UM, CLEANUP AS WELL.
IS THAT CORRECT? HE WAS, AND HE WAS ARRESTED THAT DAY AS WELL.
AND WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY PHOTOS OR, OR WERE YOU, YOU WERE THE PERS THE PERSON THAT, UH, PERSONALLY PUT ALL THE NOTICES ON THE PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
SO EVERY DAR INSPECTION WE HAVE A STICKER THAT WE STICK TO A WINDOW THAT'S STATING THE AFTER ACTION MEETING DATE, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED.
AND THEN YOU WERE ALSO PRESENT AT THE AFTER ACTION MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT? I WAS PRESENT AT THE AFTER ACTION MEETING AND NO ONE ATTENDED.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1412 PASADENA? I, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, GEORGE.
I, THE PROPERTY LOCATED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1412 PASADENA IS PUBLIC NO SENSE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SEVEN, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SIX SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, UH, THAT IT, UH, BE VACATED, SECURED, UH, UTILITIES BE DISCONNECTED.
IT'D BE FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1412 PASADENA 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.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 SUB CODES FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 17, THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
VACATED, UH, SECURED UTILITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED AND CLEARED OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND MAY MR. CHAIR? I SECOND IT.
ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S DO A ROLL CALL ON THIS AS A DAR DWAYNE NELSON.
THE MOTION WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT PROPERTY.
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 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY WITH A 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 6 31 BLOCK 34, A LOT A SIX IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS THE ESTATE OF ALVIN
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M JARMAN WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 0 2 BAXTER AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 0 1 1.ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE, ANGELA JARMAN.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ANGELA JARMIN.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON AUGUST 21ST, 2024 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.
THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024 ON JULY 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY ON JULY 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB 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 AUGUST 11TH, 2025.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY ON JULY 14TH.
AN UH, 2025, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS OBTAINED TO TAKE PHOTOS BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ALSO ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024, APRIL 8TH, MAY 27TH, AND JULY 14TH, 2025.
THE FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING A SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE BUILT IN 1913 WITH A PEER AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
MA'AM, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
UH, ORIGINALLY WE INDICATED THAT THE OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT.
I DO SHOW THAT ANGELA JARMAN IS PRESENT.
UH, IS THAT, UH, THE OWNER? SHE, UH, SHE SIGNED IN AS OWNER.
HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AT ALL? I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION WITH HER.
UH, THE, THE, UM, INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN THE ESTATE OF, UH, MR. JARMIN.
AND THEN IT SHOWS A CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MS. ANGELA JARMAN.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE RECORD.
UH, BUILT IN 1913 WITH A PURE AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
THE STRUCTURE HAS WOOD SIDING ACROSS GABLE METAL ROOF SYSTEM AND IS 1,368 SQUARE FEET.
THIS STRUCTURE IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY AND DOUGLAS ACADEMY.
THE STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND HAS HAD NO WATER SINCE MARCH 27TH, 2024.
THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE HAS SMOKE DAMAGE, UH, MISSING WOOD SIDING AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE SUPPORT POSTS ON THE FRONT PORCH ARE LISTING TO THE LEFT.
THIS IS A ANGLE FROM THE FRONT AND A PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THE WOOD SIDING IS MISSING, AGAIN, LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF DECKING ALONG THE, UH, RIGHT ELEVATION IS WAVY.
AGAIN, UH, I TOOK THE PHOTO FROM THE REAR AS WELL BECAUSE THE FENCE KIND OF BLOCKED THE FRONT VIEW.
UM, SAME ISSUES ARE VISIBLE, UH, WITH THE LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION AND SOME MISSING SIDING.
THIS PHOTO SHOWS A PORTION, UH, SHOWS THE FRONT AND A PORTION OF THE LEFT ELEVATION, UH, DUE TO THE VEGETATION COVERAGE.
TWO PHOTOS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR THIS ELEVATION AS WELL.
THE FLOORING ON THE FRONT PORCH IS WEATHER DAMAGED, DETERIORATED, AND IT'S VERY UNSTABLE AS YOU WALK ACROSS IT.
THE RISK OF FALLING THROUGH IS SIGNIFICANT.
THE SIDING ON THE LEFT ELEVATION IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, THE ROOF DECKING IS ALSO WAVY.
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IS A PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN, UH, BY THE INITIAL OFFICER, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024.WITHOUT THE VEGETATION PRESENT, YOU GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE ADDITIONAL SMOKE DAMAGE, UH, AT THE SIDING TO THE BACK OF THE PORCH WHERE IT MEETS THE HOUSE.
THE EXTENSIVE RUST ON THE METAL ROOF IS ALSO VISIBLE ON THAT BACK GABLE.
THE FRONT LEFT POST ON THE PORCH IS LEANING TO THE LEFT AND IT'S ALSO MISSING SIDING.
THIS IS THE LEFT, UH, ELEVATION AT THE REAR WITH THE SAME DEFICIENCIES.
UH, SMOKE DAMAGE IS ALSO VISIBLE AT THE PEAK OF THE REAR GABLE.
THE REAR ELEVATION SHOWS MORE OF THE MISSING SIDING.
UH, THE FASCIA AND SOFFIT AT THE TOP OR THE OVERHANG ON THE, THE BACK PORCH ARE WATER DAMAGED AND SEPARATING FROM THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, THE PORCH POSTS ARE DETERIORATED WHERE THEY CONNECT AT THE BOTTOM FOUNDATION SKIRTING IS MISSING AROUND THE PORCH.
UH, FENCE PANELS WERE DUMPED AT THE PROPERTY CREATING E EGRESS ISSUES FROM THE REAR ENTRANCE.
UH, WE MADE AN ENTRY THROUGH THE REAR ENTRANCE.
UH, THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE, THE VERY FIRST ROOM, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A KITCHEN.
THERE WAS A FIRE ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024.
DAMAGE, UH, OCCURRED AT THE WALLS IN THE CEILING.
THE WOOD IS CHAR CHARRED AND THE WALL COVERING IS BURNED AND MISSING.
THE ELECTRICAL PANEL ON THAT WALL, UH, BY THE DOORWAY, UH, WAS ALSO FIRE DAMAGED.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE EXTERIOR WALL IN THE KITCHEN SHOWING THE CHARRED WOOD AND CABINETS.
THE TILE ON, UH, THE WALLS AND THE COUNTERS ARE ALSO SMOKE DAMAGED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE KITCHEN, UH, TOWARDS THE, THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, UH, THE WALLS AND THE TRIMMER CHART AS WELL.
THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE AFFECTED MOSTLY THE WALLS IN THE CEILING.
ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE KITCHEN, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE FIRE DAMAGED THE CEILING.
UH, THE CEILING JOISTS AND THE RAFTERS.
THE CEILING BIRD, UH, BOARDS ARE BURNED AWAY AND THE JOISTS ARE CHARRED ROOF DECKING, UH, ON THE INSIDE IS ALSO SMOKE DAMAGED.
THIS IS, UH, IF YOU BACK OUT FROM THAT SAME PHOTO, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CONCENTRATED IN THIS CORNER.
THE FIRST ROOM OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE KITCHEN, UH, WE SEE MORE CHARRING AND SMOKE DAMAGE TO A SECTION OF THE CEILING.
AND THE WALL, THE WALL COVERING, UH, IS FIRE DAMAGED AND MISSING THE CORNER IN THAT SAME ROOM SHOWS THE WALLBOARDS ARE CHARRED AND MISSING.
THERE'S A SMALL SECTION OF THE FLOORING IN THE CORNER, UH, THAT IS MISSING.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MS. JARMIN THAT THAT WAS WHERE, UH, AN OLD CHIMNEY USED TO BE THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED.
THE ROOM TO THE FRONT OF THE KITCHEN, UH, HAS MISSING AND CHARRED WOOD ON THE CEILING.
THE WALLS AT THE TOP ARE SMOKE DAMAGED.
THIS PHOTO, UM, I I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOWS IT AS WELL.
UM, I TRIED TO GET MORE OF A FOCUS INTO THE ACTUAL, UH, ROOF DECKING UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AS LIGHT AS I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE LIGHTER.
BUT WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SEE WAS THAT THE, THE ROOF DECKING IS MOSTLY JUST SMOKE DAMAGE.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT HARDLY ANY CHARRING OR ANYTHING ON THAT.
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT SAME ROOM SHOWS THE CEILING.
THE CEILING COVERING HAS COLLAPSED AND THE WOOD IS SMOKE DAMAGED IN THAT ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BATHROOM, UH, TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT ELEVATION, THE WALL COVERING IS DAMAGED AND COLLAPSING.
AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT SAME ROOM, UH, IT'S ALSO DAMAGED.
THE CEILING IN THAT ROOM IS MISSING THE COVERING AS IT HAS ALSO, UH, COLLAPSED.
THE STRUCTURE SHEPHERD, UH, SUFFERED A FIRE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS REMAIN IN VIOLATION.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 8 11, 12 AND 15 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.
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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.THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I DO.
UM, SO I, I PULLED IT UP ON, ON GOOGLE MAPS TO KIND OF LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I NOTICED THAT IN ALL DIRECTIONS AROUND THE HOUSE, IT'S BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND I ALSO NOTICED SOME DISCREPANCIES AS I MOVED ALONG THE MAP WHERE THERE IS A CHAINE LEAK FENCE AND THEN THERE'S A WOODEN FENCE.
IS THE PROPERTY SECURED ALL THE WAY AROUND TO WHERE THE KIDS COMING BY THE WALKING FROM THE SCHOOL CAN'T GET INTO THE YARD? NO, IT IS NOT.
SO THE, THE, THE GAP IS ALONG THE STREET SIDE WHERE THE SCHOOL'S AT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S WHERE, WHERE THE DRIVEWAY IS, UH, THAT INTO THE REAR ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY IS OPEN.
AND, UM, WHY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING IT FOR REPAIR? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OTHER STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE, UH, IN FAIRLY DECENT CONDITION.
AND REALLY, UH, THE ONLY REASON IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US WAS, UH, BECAUSE IT APPEARED ON A FIRE REPORT.
AND, UH, AS I MAKE MY WAY AROUND, I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY FOUNDATION ISSUES, UM, OTHER THAN THE AREAS WHERE THE, THE FIRE OCCURRED.
UM, NONE OF THAT REALLY MEETS THE DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD, UH, REQUEST US TO, TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND SOMETHING ELSE.
AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UH, POLICE ACTIVITY AT THE PROPERTY? THERE HAS NOT.
THIS IS REFERRING TO FENCE AND UH, WHEN IT COMES UP, I'LL ASK, AS WE'RE FACING THE PROPERTY, THIS PIECE HERE, IT'S FENCED ALL THE WAY AROUND EXCEPT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S THE DRIVE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S NOT SECURE, BUT THE HOUSE IS SECURE, CORRECT? THE HOUSE IS SECURE AND THERE WAS NO WAY IN THAT I SEEN ON ANY OF THE DOORS OR ANYTHING.
AND YOU SAID THE WATER WAS CUT OFF? UH, YES.
HOW ABOUT THE ELECTRIC? UH, THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY AT THE PROPERTY.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY REAL PLACE ANYBODY CAN GET IN IS THE DRIVEWAY ON MY LAST INSPECTION.
UH, IN THE SKIRTING ON THE, NO, THE, THE PROPERTY? YEAH.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET ONTO THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT THERE BY THE, WHERE THE GATE IS ON MM-HMM
DID THE CITY PUT UP THE, THE ABATEMENT OR WAS THAT ALREADY DONE AFTER THE FIRE? NO, UH, THAT WAS DONE, UM, BY WHOMEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THE CITY HASN'T ABATED OR DONE ANYTHING OTHER THAN GET THIS NOTICE THAT IT WAS ON THE FIRE REPORT? CORRECT.
THE, THE GRASS AND THE LANDSCAPING HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED.
THERE ARE TWO ACCESSORIES ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL MAINTAINED.
THE FIRE STARTED IN THE CORNER, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ISOLATED IN THAT ONE CORNER.
WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHIMNEY OR IS THE CHIMNEY IN ANOTHER CORNER? THE CHIMNEY'S IN ANOTHER CORNER THAT THEY TOOK DOWN.
SO DO WE HAVE A EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THERE? WAS IT AN APPLIANCE THAT WENT UP OR, I DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION ON THE REPORT.
SO THE REPORT JUST SAYS THERE WAS A FIRE? CORRECT.
AND YOU WERE NOTIFIED THAT WAY.
NOW, WHEN YOU NOTIFIED ALL PARTIES AND YOU SAID THE DECEASED, IT'S IN AN ESTATE SO THAT YOU CONTACTED THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CLAIMS OWNER, WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION? SO, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, THE INITIATING OFFICER, UM, SPOKE WITH ANGELA HARMON.
UH, SHE STATED THAT THE HOUSE WAS VACANT AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN DOING RENOVATIONS ON IT AND PLANNED TO CONTINUE THE RENOVATIONS, UH, THAT HER SON HAD BEEN CLEANING OUT THE HOUSE AND THAT HE WOULD, AND THAT SHE WOULD REACH OUT ABOUT DOING A MEETING TO DO AN INTERIOR INSPECTION FOR THE FIRE.
SHE DID, UH, EVENTUALLY, UM, ALLOW THE INITIATING OFFICER TO GO IN AND TAKE PHOTOS ON MARCH, 2024.
SHE TOLD, UM, THE OFFICER THAT, UM, THAT SHE WOULD
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BEGIN REPAIRS AND SHE WAS GIVEN 30 DAYS TO BEGIN THOSE REPAIRS.UH, NO PERMITS HAD BEEN PULLED.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AFTER MAY I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, THERE WASN'T MUCH CONTACT AT ALL AFTER THAT.
UH, WHEN I RECEIVED THE CASE, UM, WHICH WAS IN MARCH OF 2025, I ALSO CALLED THE PHONE NUMBER TO TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MS. JARMIN.
AND, UM, SHE DIDN'T CALL ME BACK.
UM, TRIED TO FIND OUT IF SHE WAS, IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF AN UPDATE ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS.
UM, AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE BSB CASE FOLDER.
IT WASN'T UNTIL, UM, WE MADE, UH, ENTRANCE INTO THE STRUCTURE WITH A ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT THAT I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MS. JARMIN.
ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS HAD TOLD HER THAT WE HAD GONE INTO THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, PRIOR TO THAT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTACT.
SO WHEN THEY SAY THEY WERE MAKING REPAIRS OR RENOVATIONS, THERE'S NO SIGN OF RENOVATIONS IN THERE OTHER THAN CLEANUP? CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE PRIOR TO THE FIRE, SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE RENOVATIONS WOULD REQUIRE PERMITS.
SO IF THEY HAD A FIRE IN THERE, IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT IF THE SUN WAS IN THERE, THEY'D PROBABLY CLEAN.
AND I'LL ASK THE OWNER THAT OR THE OKAY.
JOEL, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M JUST GONNA ASK ABOUT THE PROPERTY LOCATION AND THAT IS A CORNER PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
ANGELA HARMON, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL OR DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE IN.
MY NAME IS ANGELA JARMAN AND I'M IN DISTRICT TWO.
AND YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE MA'AM? UM, THE STATE IS, THAT'S MY FATHER.
I'M HIS ONLY HEIR, SO I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT PROPERTY.
UM, MY GRANDPARENTS BUILT THAT STRUCTURE AND MY FATHER AND HIS SIBLINGS WERE BORN IN THAT HOUSE.
SO THAT'S WHY WHEN HE PASSED AWAY I WANTED TO KEEP THE, THE HOUSE AND THE FAMILY.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING, UM, RENOVATIONS ON IT.
AT ONE POINT I WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE, BUT MY MOTHER GOT ILL, SO I MOVED IN WITH HER TO HELP HER.
UH, DURING THAT TIME, UH, MY THINGS WERE IN THE HOUSE.
I WASN'T ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY LIVING THERE.
I WOULD GO BY AND CHECK ON IT AND IT HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY HAD STOLEN MY PROPERTY.
UM, AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, NO ONE WAS LIVING THERE AND I STILL HAD, UH, FURNITURE AND ITEMS THERE.
UM, I HAD A CHIMLEY IN THE KITCHEN AND WE HAD IT REMOVED AND THERE WAS A, UH, A SPACE ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS OPEN AND WE HAD COVERED IT UP AND EVERYTHING.
UM, SINCE I WASN'T LIVING THERE AND I STAYED AT MY MOM'S, MY MOTHER HAS SINCE, UM, BEEN DECEASED.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THE HOUSE WAS, UM, VACANT AND I HAD THE ELECTRICITY TURNED OFF BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE.
AND, UM, ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE FIRE, THE, THE WATER WAS ON, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE WAS A PIPE THAT BURST OR WHATEVER AND THERE WAS A, LIKE A FLOOD.
AND THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND, UM, GOT IN TOUCH WITH ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
'CAUSE MY FRIEND, UM, WAS PASSING BY AND SHE STOPPED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE YARD WAS FLOODED.
SO SHE CONTACTED ME AND I CAME OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO I CALLED THE CITY, UH, THE, THE WATER COMPANY AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY TURNED OFF THE WATER.
AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAD THE WATER TURNED OFF AND THIS WAS MAYBE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT FIRE.
SO THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER, NONE OF THAT.
AND I GUESS THE VAGRANT OR WHATEVER, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE TRYING TO STAY ON THE PORCH OR
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WHATEVER THEY MUST HAVE GOTTEN FROM UNDER THE HOUSE AND CAME IN THROUGH THE KITCHEN.UH, MY NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR, THEY UH, CALLED ME ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO LET ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FIRE AND THEY HEARD SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE FROM WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME.
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THE FIRE STARTED, BUT IT WAS JUST IN THE KITCHEN AND IT, IT MESSED UP EVERYTHING.
'CAUSE I HAD BRAND NEW CABINETS AND EVERYTHING IN THE KITCHEN.
MA'AM, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD FROM THE CODE OFFICER, THERE ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY CODE BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE, THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO US WAS THAT THE, UH, STRUCTURE BE REPAIRED.
UH, FIRST QUESTION I'VE GOT FOR YOU, I GUESS IS, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE CODE VIOLATIONS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE? YES.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE AWARE OF THE FIRE DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED ON THE INSIDE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANY INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD ABOUT FINANCIAL ABILITY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS, UH, TO BRING IT UP TO CODE? UM, I FOUND A, A LICENSED CONTRACTOR AND I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HIM AND I MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIM TO COME ON SATURDAY AND HE'S GONNA DO, UM, HE'S GONNA LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND TELL ME WHAT, WHAT'S NEEDED.
AND I GAVE HIM THE LIST FROM WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, UM, MAKE A PLAN TO DO IT IN STAGES.
NOW THE PROPERTY HAS TWO ENTRANCES ONTO THE PROPERTY.
THE ONE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, THAT'S THE SIDE STREET, WHICH IS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
I HAD A GATE THERE, IT WAS A WOODEN GATE AND THEY KEPT TRYING TO GET IN THE VAGRANT OR WHATEVER, AND THEY END UP BREAKING IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE, ALL THAT WOOD, THAT'S THAT GATE.
THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH IS FACING HACKBERRY.
WELL, SOMEBODY RAN INTO THE GATE.
'CAUSE ONE NIGHT THEY CALLED ME TO TELL, MY NEIGHBORS CALLED ME TO TELL ME THERE'S A, A TRUCK IN MY YARD.
AND THEY, WHOEVER DID IT, I GUESS THEY STOLE THE TRUCK AND THEY RAN.
'CAUSE IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND THE POLICE CALLED, I GUESS THE TOW TRUCK OR WHATEVER TO COME GET IT.
THEY NEVER FOUND OUT WHO DID IT.
SO ON THIS SATURDAY, THE, UH, CONTRACTOR, HE'S GONNA PUT UP A GATE THERE.
I ALREADY PURCHASED THE GATE AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THIS COMING SATURDAY.
UH, WHEN DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE YOUR CONTRACTOR? ACTUALLY, HE'S A NEIGHBOR AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
UH, SO HE BASICALLY HAS A LISTING OF THE ITEMS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED TO BRING IT UP TO CODE.
AND HE HAS NOT, HAS HE PROVIDED YOU A COST TO THAT YET? NOT YET.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S GONNA DO ON SATURDAY.
DID HE INDICATE ANY, UH, TIME FACTORS IN TERMS OF HOW LONG HE THOUGHT THE REPAIRS WOULD TAKE? UM, WELL, I TOLD HIM FOR THE RAFTERS.
I KNOW THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME THAT I TALKED TO THE FIRST OFFICER, SHE TOLD ME TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE RAFTERS THAT ARE LIKE OVER THE KITCHEN OR WHATEVER.
UM, HE TOLD ME HE COULD DO THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL WE'LL GO FROM THERE, BUT HE WANTED TO DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT, SO THE HOUSE COULD BE SAFE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UM, KAYLA, UH, ARE YOU ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS FINANCIALLY AND DID YOU BRING PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY? UM, I'M GONNA MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH HIM, ARRANGE, AND MOST OF IT IS GONNA COME OUT OF POCKET FOR ME.
THE INSURANCE THAT I HAD FOR THE HOUSE, IT WAS AN OLD POLICY, SO IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF COVERAGE AND I ALREADY USED THAT TO GUT OUT THE HOUSE AND TAKE OUT ALL THE TRASH AND, AND I HAD DUMPSTERS THERE AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I USED THE MONEY FOR.
SO NOW IT'S GONNA END UP COMING OUTTA MY POCKET AND PROBABLY OUTTA MY RETIREMENT.
UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THIS HOUSE? WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AT THE END OF THIS ROAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO EVENTUALLY MOVE BACK INTO THE HOUSE EVENTUALLY.
NO, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY FANTASTIC.
IT, IT IS A VERY CUTE LITTLE HOUSE.
IIII REALLY APPRECIATE THE, IT WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER THAT WAS IN THERE AND, AND BUILT THAT HOUSE.
UH, BUT YOUR IMMEDIATE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THE VAGRANT AND, AND VAGRANT CAN TAKE THAT HOUSE DOWN IN NO TIME.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO THAT, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT? SO RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO SECURE THE PROPERTY AT, AT LEAST WITH THE, THE, UM, THE GATES AND EVERYTHING.
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I WANNA REPLACE THE FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND.AND I'M WORKING ON THAT AS WELL NOW.
UM, WHEN THE FIRE HAPPENED, I HAD WINDOWS ALL OVER THE HOUSE, LIKE A REGULAR HOUSE.
WHEN I GOT TO THE SCENE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REMOVED ALL OF MY WINDOWS, ALL OF THEM.
THAT IS WHY IT'S BOARDED UP LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T BOARDED UP BEFORE.
AND I HAD BURGLAR BARS AND EVERYTHING ON, ON THE HOUSE.
JUST MENTION ABOUT THE BOARDING.
IS IT ALL THE ENTRY POINTS TO THE HOUSE OR BOARDED UP NOW? I STILL HAVE THE DOORS, THE ORIGINAL DOORS AND EVERYTHING, AND I HAVE THE BURGLAR BARS, BUT I PUT THAT ON THERE SO THE VAGRANTS WOULDN'T GET IN.
AND, AND SO EVERY TIME I GO IN I HAVE TO REMOVE THE SCREWS AND, AND ALL OF THAT FOR NOW.
AND SO THE, THE FENCING THAT'S, YOU PLAN ON HAVING THAT DONE THIS WEEKEND? MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GET A COST ESTIMATE FOR DOING THE REPAIRS, AND THEN YOU'LL COME UP WITH A TIMELINE TO ACTUALLY DO THE REPAIRS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN ORDER TO GET THAT ESTIMATE.
MR. STRANDIS, YOU STATED THAT YOU'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE, YOUR MOM'S PASSED, YOUR DAD'S PASSED.
I KNOW I'M GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING WITH MY MOM PASSING.
UM, SO YOU ARE NOT TECHNICALLY THE OWNER? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE AS SOON AS, UM, WELL, WITHIN THE YEAR OF HIM PASSING, I WANTED TO GET THE HOUSE PUT IN MY NAME, SO THEY PUT MY NAME ON IT.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A STATE OF ALVIN JARMAN.
AND THEN UNDER IT, IT'LL HAVE MY NAME ON IT, BUT IT WAS NEVER JUST, IF THERE WAS NO WILL, IT GOES TO THE STATE AND THE STATE WILL ASSIGN, AND I'M GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHY I KNOW A, A LAWYER AND ALL THE WHOLE NINE YARDS COME IN TO FIND ALL THE HEIRS.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY.
THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO, BECAUSE IN CAD, IN CAD, SHE ACTUALLY IS LISTED AS THE RIGHT POINT OF CONTACT, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU ONLY OWN BY WHAT YOU SAY, BUT NOT WHAT THE STATE RECOGNIZES.
AND THAT'S, BUT YOU'RE PAYING EVERYTHING OUTTA YOUR POCKET AND YOU GOT A CONTRACT COMING OUT SATURDAY.
AND THEN HE'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU THE ESTIMATED COST OF EVERYTHING.
AND HE'S GONNA FIX THE GATE WHILE HE'S THERE.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY PUT OUT EXPENSES FOR THE INTERIOR OF REMOVING STUFF.
BUT YOU DIDN'T PULL A PERMIT FOR THAT, DID YOU? NO, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO.
WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, THERE'S NO SET TIMELINE RIGHT NOW EXCEPT TO FIX THOSE WITHIN 30 DAYS, BUT THE REST OF IT STILL NEEDS TO COME UP TO CODE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, TODAY YOU WERE TO HAVE DOCUMENTS PRESENT AND YOU, AND YOU DON'T, AND WE UNDERSTAND, SO WE HAVE NO, OTHER THAN WORD, NOTHING ON PAPER YET THAT INDICATES, AND THE STAFF ASKED FOR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
I DON'T THINK IT'D BE NECESSARY IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THE FOUNDATION'S ISSUES, BUT THE STAFF ASKED FOR A FOUNDATION REPORT AS WELL.
NOW, WITH ALL OF THAT, SAID, YOU AND YOU INTENT IS THERE TO LIVE IN IT, MOVE BACK INTO IT.
SO AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, THE ONLY REAL PROBLEM YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS VAGRANT, BUT YOU HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS THAT LET YOU KNOW.
SO WHEN YOU PUT THE FENCE UP, DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA STAY? I HOPE IT WILL.
WITH THAT THEN, I, I WISH YOU THE BEST AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
THIS IS LUCINDA OROZCO WITH LEGAL.
JUST AGAIN, SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, HER TESTIMONY WITH REGARDS TO THE OWNERSHIP CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.
UM, MS. ANGELA BERTA, WHO'S SHE? SHE HAD A LIFE ESTATE.
SO YOU HAD A, YOU HAVE A LIFE ESTATE AS WELL IN IT, IT'S JUST THAT NOW YOU'RE JARMIN, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
BECAUSE, SO SHE ACTUALLY HAS A LIFE ESTATE IN THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD ON THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN HER TESTIMONY.
IT'S ACTUALLY SHE DOES HAVE A LIFE ESTATE IN, IN THIS AS WELL.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU COUNSEL.
MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, MR. I HAVE, HAVE QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL.
UH, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY,
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WOULD A CONTRACTOR THAT SHE ENGAGED BE ABLE TO BUILD, GET A BUILDING PERMIT? YES.LEGALLY SHE HAS A LIFE ESTATE.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE ON THE, UM, THANK YOU.
YEAH, SHE COULD DEFINITELY, I'M SORRY, JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
SELLING IT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF MAY BECOME AN ISSUE, BUT AS FAR AS FIXING IT AND REPAIRING IT, SHE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT.
THE PROPERTY LO UH, EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, YOU MAY BE SEATED.
I HAVE A, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
A MOTION THAT WE RESET THIS CASE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CAN GET THE DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER TO REPRESENT IT.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 0 1 SOUTH HATH BURY CASE SHOULD BE RESET FOR, I DIDN'T GET THE DATE TO THAT.
UH, UM, FOR THE FIRST AVAILABLE DATE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, THAT WOULD BE DONE AUTOMATICALLY.
SO THEY'LL SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY.
THE MOTION IS TO RESET THE CASE ON 6 0 1 SOUTH HACKBERRY.
I SECOND TO GIVE THE OWNER AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND A MOTION, UH, SECOND TO THE CASE.
ANY DISCUSSION, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, EXCUSE ME, BOARD.
IF I MAY ALSO JUST INTERJECT AND MAKE THE COMMENT, IT MAY NOT COME BACK TO THE FIRST AVAILABLE BOARD HEARING BECAUSE THERE MAY BE TIME, UM, THAT TIME MAY BE OUT OF THE, UH, RESIDENCE CONTROL OF WHEN THOSE, THOSE UPDATES CAN BE MADE.
SO WE WOULD KIND OF WORK WITH THAT OWNER, UM, TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS HER UPDATES DONE BEFORE BRINGING HER BACK, OR IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T JUSTIFY BRINGING HER BACK IF SHE'S STILL EXHAUSTING THOSE REQUESTS AND, UH, UPDATES.
WELL, ACTUALLY, DO YOU WANNA MODIFY THE MOTION TO FIRST AVAILABLE DATE? LEMME, ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR HER TO GET THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE SHE COMES TO THE BOARD? WE'RE ALLOWING HER TIME TO GET ALL HER DOCUMENTS SET 'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE 'EM NOT, BUT STAFF IS SAYING IT'S NOT PREPARED.
STAFF IS SAYING THOUGH, THAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOUR MOTION BE FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
WELL, THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE STAFF'S CORRECT.
SO IT IT'S ONLY FOR REPE, UH, FOR HER TO BRING DOCUMENTS.
AND THAT'S AT THE STAFF'S CONVENIENCE, NOT MINE.
STAFF WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THE DATE WOULD BE.
SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE WELL, YEAH, I MISSTATED IT SHOULDN'T BE THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
IT SHOULD BE WHEN STAFF AND THE ONLY WAY THE STAFF'S GONNA KNOW IS WHEN SHE HAS THE DOCUMENTS TO LET YOU KNOW TERMINOLOGY IS, IS UNDERSTOOD.
MOTION IS TO RESET THE CASE AND THE MOTION WOULD BE SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION? SHE HAD AN AMENDMENT.
THE MOTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THAT THIS CASE BE RESET.
ARE WE CLEAR ON THAT PARTICULAR MOTION? AND THE SECOND NODS ARE HEAD ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RESET.
OUR NEXT CASE IS GONNA BE 3 29 SAN GABRIEL.
MY NAME IS JAIME HASSEL, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIELLE AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 8 2 1 3 BLOCK 28, LOT 24, AND SOUTH 16 FEET OF 25, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS LARA DENISE GUADALUPE WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 3 1 SOUTH SAN BERNARDO AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 2 3 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY, BUT CAROLINA LARA AND SYLVIA LARA, UH, SISTER AND MS. SYLVIA LARA, THE MOTHER, ARE PRESENT HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
UH, AS OF AUGUST 14TH, 2025, CONTACT WITH THE OWNER ON RECORD HAS NOT BEEN MADE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 15TH, 2025 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
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THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIEL AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 18TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 10TH, 2024, AND THE RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON JUNE 24TH, 2024, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO.
NO OWNER OR INTERESTED PARTY ATTENDED ON JULY 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND ON JULY 31ST, 2025, THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY ON 3 29 SOUTH SAN AVENUE AS OF AUGUST 14TH, 2025.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND AS OF AUGUST 14TH, 2025, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A REGISTERED SCHOOL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THIS BOARD THAT IT IS, UH, WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE WEST SIDE'S GIRL SCOUT LEADERSHIP CENTER, WHICH IS A YOUTH ORGANIZATION, HAS BEEN VERIFIED THAT THERE ARE NO ACTIVE SERVICES ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025.
THIS PHOTO IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF IS DILAPIDATED.
THERE ARE HOLES PRESENT IN THE FRONT.
THE FACIAL BOARDS ARE MISSING AND DAMAGED.
THE STRUCTURE LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE SKIRTING IS SEPARATING FROM THE FOUNDATION.
UH, IT IS WITHIN ABOUT THREE FEET OF THE FENCE LINE.
UH, VERY DIFFICULT TO PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE, UH, PLANTS THAT ARE GROWING.
UM, THE SIDING THAT IS PRESENT IS, UH, DETERIORATED AND LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS PLYWOOD BEING USED AS SKIRTING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE DAMAGE TO THE FOUNDATION.
UM, THE FRONT, UH, ELEVATION ON THE LEFT CORNER, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE POSTS ARE LEANING TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND THERE IS DETERIORATION TO THE SILL.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE SIDING IS DAMAGED AND LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SAG TO THE ROOF LINE.
THERE IS DAMAGE TO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED IN THAT AREA.
THERE IS A LARGE HOLE PRESENT WHERE THE WALL IS MISSING, AND THAT'S THE AREA THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED.
UM, AND A, A CLOSEUP PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO DAMAGED AND COLLAPSING IN THIS AREA.
THIS PHOTO SHOWS THAT CLOSEUP OF THAT DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE CINDER BLOCKS THAT WERE BEING USED AS, UM, SUPPORT FOR THE FOUNDATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FOUNDATION BEAM IS DAMAGED AND BROKEN.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE POSTS THAT'S HOLDING THE BROKEN BEAM AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S SINKING INTO GRADE.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING UP INTO THE ROOF SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE JOISTS HAVE, UH, COLLAPSED AND ARE JUST HANGING ON INTO THE ROOM.
THERE'S DAMAGED DRYWALL ON BOTH SIDES, AND THERE IS VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF DECKING.
THIS IS, AS YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THAT, UH, REAR ROOM TO TOWARDS THE INSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS NO FLOOR COVERING, UH, THAT IS EXPOSED, UH, GRADE AND FLOOR JOISTS THAT ARE VISIBLE WITH WEATHER DAMAGE.
THIS IS A ROOM TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THAT HOLE IN THE AREA.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGED DRYWALL THAT IS ON THE GROUND, UH, THAT IS VISIBLE GRADE AND THERE IS NO, UH, FOUNDATION PRESENT IN THIS AREA.
UH, MAKE AN ENTRY INTO THE ROOM.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE FLOOR JOISTS AND TO THE FOUNDATION.
UH, THE GRADE VISIBLE BENEATH AND THAT THERE WAS IS WEATHER DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THIS IS THE FRONT ROOM OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AGAIN, NO FLOOR COVERING.
UM, THERE EXPOSED FOUNDATION FLOOR JOISTS AND THEY ARE DAMAGED WEATHERED.
THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LARGE HOLE PRESENT IN THE REAR ON THE SIDE.
UM, THAT AND ALLOWING ACCESS INTO IT FOR ANY CRITTERS OR A ANIMALS OR EVEN VAGRANT.
AND THAT THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE FOUNDATION AS WELL.
THIS IS THE FRONT ROOM ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION WHERE IT'S SINKING INTO GRAY.
THE JOISTS ARE STARTING TO, UH, BOLT INWARD AND THAT THERE IS DAMAGE TO THAT, UH, BEAM.
AND HERE IS LOOKING UP INTO THE ROOF OR THE CEILING OF THAT ROOM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE DRYWALL AND IT WHERE IT IS COLLAPSING.
THIS IS THE REAR ROOM OF THE STRUCTURE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AGAIN, THERE IS NO FLOOR COVERING.
IT IS ALL EXPOSED GRADE AND FOUNDATION WITH DAMAGE TO THE JOISTS AND
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TO THE BEAMS. AND HERE'S A PHOTO LOOKING INTO THE BACK WALL.UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT AREA WHERE THE MOST OF THE FOUNDATION IS MISSING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
AND THAT THE FOUNDATION BEAM IS SINGING INTO GRADE.
AND HERE'S JUST A PHOTO OF INTO THE WALL ON THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE NATURAL LIGHT IS ENTERING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIELLE AVENUE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
FOR THE MAIN IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY 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 THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIEL.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? NO.
CAROLINE LAVA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT MY NAME IS CAROLINA LARA, YOU CAN MOVE THE MIC TO YOU.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE DISTRICT.
WHERE IS THAT? YOU LIVE IN THE SAME AREA, RIGHT? UM, NO.
WHERE DO YOU I LIVE AT, UM, UH, OKAY.
MA'AM, COULD YOU HAVE, COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC? OKAY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THE, THE DISTRICT OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR N YOUR OKAY.
STATE YOUR HOME ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 5 4 6 EL HUNTER TRAIL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 2.
UM, MY SISTER DENISE IS THE OWNER, BUT SHE'S PASSING THE PROPERTY OVER TO ME SINCE SHE DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
HER HUSBAND, UM, GOT DEPORTED SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE LIKE ANYTHING TO ANY MONEY TO REPAIR IT OR DEMOLISH IT.
UM, WHAT I WANTED WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MORE TIME SO I CAN GET IT THAT CHANGED AND PASSED OVER TO ME AND THEN I CAN PULL THE, THE PERMITS TO DEMOLISH THE, THE PROPERTY.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOUR, YOUR INTENT IS TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY? YES.
WHAT'S YOUR INTENT WITH THE HOUSE IN THE FUTURE? WHAT PLAN? ON, UH, TO BUILD THE HOUSE THERE.
UM, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU, YOUR SISTER TO PASS IT OVER TO YOU? DID SHE GIVE YOU, ARE YOU GUYS WORKING ON THAT OR IS THAT YEAH.
UM, WELL, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS OR HOW LONG OR HOW, WHAT'S THE COST NO, FOR IT TO, OH, IS IF SHE SIGNED ANYTHING OVER OR IS SHE WORKING TO SIGN ANYTHING OVER? YEAH, SHE, SHE IS GONNA SIGN OVER.
SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO RESET YOUR CASE UNTIL ALL THAT'S DONE? YES.
SO I CAN PULL A PERMIT TO GET IT DEMOLISHED.
QUESTION FOR COUNSEL ON A, UH, MOTION, ACTUALLY JUST ASK A DIFFERENT WAY.
WE ACTUALLY CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, OTHER THAN 30 DAYS FOR DEMOLITION.
IS THAT COR WELL, BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MUCH TIME CAN WE ALLOW ON AN ORDER FOR DEMOLITION? JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ANY RESETS ARE BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT IS GIVEN AND ONCE A ORDER.
IF, IF IT IS THAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION, JUST FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES, YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A PROCESS FOR US TO DO IT.
SO IF THE OWNERS GO AND DO IT WHERE THEY TRANSFER TITLE AND THEY CAN GET THE PERMIT TO DEMOLISH IT BEFORE WE GET TO IT OR BEFORE THE CITY GETS TO IT, I SHOULD SAY, THEN THAT WOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OCCUR.
YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE IT IS A PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, IT, IT'S A, IT TAKES, IT TAKES TIME EVEN THOUGH THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME LIMIT.
AM I CORRECT? UH, JENNY, IF YOU WANNA CHIME IN ON THAT.
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NO, I THINK YOU COVERED, I THINK YOU COVERED IT.UM, THE LIMITS DO NEED TO BE WITHIN, WITHIN THE REASONABLE TIMES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
BUT, SO IN OTHER WORDS, ONCE A MOTION IS GIVEN OR AN ORDER IS GIVEN TO DEMO A PROPERTY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT THE ALLOTTED TIME FOR THE APPEAL, LET THAT EXPIRE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, AFTER THAT IS DONE, THEN GET IT TO A CONTRACTOR.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, IF THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS, THE OWNERS OF, UH, DOING EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO TO TRANSFER IT TO A NEW OWNER, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BASICALLY, UH, BEAT THE CITY TO THE PUNCH, SO TO SPEAK.
THE, THE REASON WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION, FRED IS BECAUSE, UH, IF, IF WE, UH, RESET THE CASE, UH, THAT MEANS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO COME BACK INTO THE, UH, CASE.
IF WE, UH, SINCE THE OWNER WISHES TO HAVE IT DEMOLISHED ANYWAY, IF WE JUST ORDER A DEMOLITION.
UH, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T, I'M ASKING NOT FOR THE, FOR THE RESET.
YOU CAN'T ASK FOR AN OPEN RECESS.
THERE HAS TO BE THE CLOSEST WHEN THE COUNT AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE, BUT ON A DEMO, YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN'T COMMIT THE DEMO UNTIL YOU AS A PRESIDER SIGN THE COURT ORDER.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER TWO WEEKS THERE.
SO IT BUYS THEM ENOUGH ALMOST 40 DAYS.
PLUS BY THE TIME DEMO, EVEN IF IT'S A 30 DAY DEMO, THERE'S A PROCESSING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PROCESSING.
UM, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL A DEMOLITION PERMIT UP UNTIL OUR CONTRACTOR OBTAINS OUR PER THE PERMIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE CANNOT BE TWO DEMOLITION PERMITS SITTING ON A PROPERTY.
SO ONE WILL CANCEL THE OTHER ONE OUT.
TYPICALLY A IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO DEMO, WE WILL CANCEL OUT ANY OUTSTANDING, WE WON'T LET THAT LINGER FOREVER.
UH, A DEMOLITION PERMIT IS USUALLY LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
SO IF IT'S PULLED, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THAT PERMIT.
POOLING THAT TAKES TIME TO APPLY FOR AND, AND WHATNOT.
SO WE DO GIVE SOME TIME LOT IN THERE, BUT IT IS NOT OPEN-ENDED.
THERE, THERE ARE, AS IT'S PROCESSING THROUGH, IT WILL KEEP MOVING THROUGH THE HANDS THAT NEED TO, UH, CHECK EVERY BOX.
SO I WASN'T ASKING IN A RESET PROCESS, I WAS ASKING THE, THE, UH, POTENTIAL HOMEOWNER WHAT THEIR TIMELINE WAS, IF THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA NATURALLY AND THAT, THAT SHE ANSWERED THAT HER SISTER IS STARTED THE PROCESS.
THE QUESTION WOULD BE ONCE THEY PUT ALL THE PAPERWORK IN AND THEY GOTTA GO THROUGH THE OTHER CHANNEL.
SO EITHER WAY IT GOES, THERE'S TIME THERE THAT'S GONNA BE PLAYED.
THAT WAS FOR THE QUESTION OF WE CAN'T JUST GIVE AN OPEN-ENDED, UM, RESET, WHICH WAS I DON'T THINK WAS TALKED ABOUT 'CAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY WANTING TO DEMO IT.
SO, AND THEN AGAIN TOO, WE JUST WANNA AVOID RESETTING IT JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FIGURE OUT THEIR TITLE BECAUSE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, IT IT, IT, LIKE I SAID, WE WE DON'T WANNA BE RESETTING CASES.
SO THAT THEY COULD FIGURE OUT OWNERSHIP.
AND THAT WAS HER QUESTION ON THE RE OR HER, UH, THING WAS SHE WANTED TO RESET BASED OFF OF, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTIONS COME IN.
UM, IF WE ORDER THE DEMOLITION, UH, IS IT GOING TO AFFECT THE ABILITY TO CHANGE, UH, OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY? NO, IT'S JUST THAT WHEN THEY DO DO IT, IT'S JUST USUALLY IF THEY GO THROUGH A TITLE COMPANY, THE TITLE COMPANY WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING.
AND WHAT SHE ALREADY KNOWS BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA BE HERE IF SHE'S IN FACT, THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA TAKE OVER.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THE HOUSE IS THE PUBLIC ANCE.
IT, IT DOES NEED TO COME DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE, UH, A 30 DAY LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE 30 DAY DEMOLITION.
IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, YOU CAN WORK WITH YOUR SISTER AND GET THAT PERMIT PULLED FOR, FOR DEMOLITION AND HAVE THAT THAT ACTUALLY GOING WHILE YOU'RE SORTING OUT THE, UH, ISSUE WITH THE, WITH THE TITLE SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY MOVE TO HAVE THAT TAKEN DOWN, I THINK.
SO BE SURE TO WORK WITH, WITH YOUR SISTER AND GET THAT PERMIT PUT IN PLACE SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE DEMO RATHER THAN THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COST ADVANTAGE TO YOU FOR YOU DOING THE WORK VERSUS THE CITY.
BUT YOU'LL FIGURE THAT OUT I'M SURE AS YOU GO THROUGH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SYLVIA, DO YOU WANNA COME FORWARD? YOU DO NOT.
UH, INDICATED THAT SYLVIA DID WAIVE ME OFF ON COMING UP FOR THE RECORD, UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIEL.
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MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIEL AVENUE.IT'S A PUBLIC ANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX, UH, DASH 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT SIX DASH 1 56, UH, SUBSECTIONS 1 2, 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVE THIS PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 29 SOUTH SAN GABRIEL 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, 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 70, AND 18 THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO ABOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD, GEORGIA, COULD WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS? THE TIME IS NOW 10 36.
UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL STAND IN RECESS, UH, FOR 10 MINUTES.
THE TIME IS NOW 10 42 ON 14 AUGUST, 2025, THE SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RECONVENE AND OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE 11, EXCUSE ME, 1711 EAST CARSON STREET.
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SANTANA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1711 EAST CARSON 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 PORT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 1 6 7 BLOCK, E ONE HALF G LOT, W 25.92 OF NINE AND E 25 FEET OF EIGHT LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JOE L. SMITH WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1711 EAST CARSON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 8 DASH 1 6 1 16.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
A PHONE NUMBER WAS FOUND FOR THE OWNER, HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH HIM.
UH, THE INITIAL OFFICER WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 29TH, 2025.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1711 EAST CARSON STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2024, AND THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS DELIVERED TO THE MAILBOX ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2024 ON JULY 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1711 EAST CARSON STREET ON JULY 28TH, 2025.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB 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 AUGUST 13TH, 2025.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1711 EAST CARSON STREET.
ON JULY 14TH, 2025, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS OBTAINED TO TAKE PHOTOS BEING PRESENTED.
TODAY, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 24TH, MAY 20TH AND JULY 14TH, 2025.
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THE FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING, UM, A MULTI-STORY STRUCTURE.UH, IT'S SINGLE STORY IN THE FRONT.
THERE WAS AN ADDITION TO THE BACK.
IT'S TWO STORY ON THE BACKSIDE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1948 WITH A SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION.
THE STRUCTURE HAS WOOD AND BRICK SIDING, A MONO PITCHED ROOF SYSTEM WITH SHINGLES AND IS 1,512 SQUARE FEET.
THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF PERSHING ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON THE VERY NEXT STREET.
THE STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND HAS NO WATER, HAS HAD NO WATER SINCE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025.
THE FRONT OVERHANG TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS SAGGING TO THE LEFT SIDE.
THE STRUCTURE IS DETERIORATED AND, UH, HAS DETERIORATED AND DETACHED SIDING.
THE ROOF OVERHANG ON THE SECOND FRONT ENTRANCE IS WEATHERED AND ROTTED.
THE BRICK VENEER IS SEPARATED FROM THE STRUCTURE AND HAS STEPPED CRACKING CAUSED BY THE FOUNDATION BEING UNLEVEL.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT ELEVATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SHOWING THAT SECOND ENTRANCE.
UH, THE WOOD AND THE BRICK SIDING CAN BE SEEN DETACHING FROM THE ENTRANCE ON THAT LEFT CORNER.
THE ROOF OVERHANG HAS WEATHERED AND DETERIORATED WOOD DECKING THAT IS COLLAPSING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT ENTRANCEWAY.
THE ENTRY DOOR IS SHIFTED AND TILTED ALSO FROM THE UNLEVEL FOUNDATION.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP ON THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING THAT STEP CRACKING THAT I HAD MENTIONED OF THE BRICK VENEER.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF DECKING IS SAGGING BETWEEN THE RAFTERS.
UH, THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND THE OVERHANG AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS SINKING ON THE LEFT SIDE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ATTACHED CARPORT, UH, IT'S WEATHERED AND HAS DETERIORATED WOOD MEMBERS AND THE WOOD DECKING ON THE ROOF OF THAT CARDBOARD, UH, CARPORT IS COLLAPSING AND, UH, DETACHING THE POSTS ARE NO, NO LONGER ABLE TO SAFELY SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THAT CARPORT, UM, FROM THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF IT.
UH, IT'S PULLED AWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
IT'S STILL CONNECTED ON THE LEFT SIDE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S LISTING HEAVILY TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
WOOD MEMBERS ARE WARPED DECAYED DUE TO A LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE LATTICE PIECES HAVE FALLEN AND ARE DAMAGED FROM THE SHIFTING OF THE ATTACHED STRUCTURE.
THIS PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE WOOD SIDING IS WARPED, UH, DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
INTERIOR ITEMS CAN BE SEEN FROM OUTSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THE WALL STUDS ARE EXPOSED COMPLETELY TO THE ELEMENTS.
UH, WATER DAMAGED AND ROTTED FLOOR JOISTS TO THE FAR REAR, UH, WHICH WILL BE VISIBLE IN THE NEXT PHOTO, ARE ALSO EXPOSED AND WATER DAMAGED.
THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THAT, UH, LEFT ELEVATION FROM THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THE MISSING WALL AND EXPOSED WOOD FRAMING IS VISIBLE FROM HERE.
THE WINDOWS ARE SEPARATING FROM THE STRUCTURAL FRAMING.
UH, THERE'S A LARGE GAP, UH, IN THE STRUCTURE ADDITION.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
FASCIA BOARDS ARE MISSING FROM THE TOP ROOF COMPONENT, UH, TOWARDS THE REAR CORNER.
AND THE SHINGLES ARE NOW JUST HANGING OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROOF.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION, UH, WHERE THE SECOND STORY BALCONY IS BEING SUPPORTED BY TWO BY FOURS.
THOSE TWO BY FOURS ARE LISTING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE FLOORING FOR THE BALCONY.
UH, IT'S COLLAPSED AND SEVERELY ROTTED.
IF YOU LOOK STRAIGHT UP FROM THAT SAME, UH, POSITION, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE ROOF FOR THE SECOND STORY.
IT IS, UM, WATER DAMAGED AND DETERIORATED ALONG WITH THE RAFTERS.
THE SIDING ON THE SIDE OF THEIR, UH, ON THE FRONT SECTION IS DETACHED AND
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WARPED FROM THE WEATHER.THIS IS A CLOSEUP PHOTO OF THE FLOORING, UH, FOR THE SECOND STORY, UH, OR THE ROOF OF THE CEILING FOR THE FIRST STORY.
UM, RIGHT OUT ON THE THE BALCONY EDGE, IT'S ROTTED COMPLETELY THROUGH, UM, FROM WATER DAMAGE.
IT'S NO LONGER ABLE TO SUPPORT ANY LOAD.
THE CEILING JOISTS, UH, BACKWARD ATTACHES TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF BEING SUPPORTED BY IMPROPERLY INSTALLED BOARDS.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION FROM THE REAR WHERE THE WALL CAN BE SEEN DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE, THE SIDING AND THE STUDS HAVE COLLAPSED, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS.
UH, TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF DECAY IN THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.
A CLOSER LOOK OF THAT SAME WALL ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE WALL DETACHED.
IT'S FALLING, UH, WHERE THE OWNER HAS ATTEMPTED TO SUPPORT THE WALL.
THE FALLING WALL WITH WOOD STUDS.
THE FLOOR JOISTS AND STUDS FOR BOTH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND FLOOR ARE COMPLETELY EXPOSED AND DETERIORATED FROM THE ELEMENTS.
THE SIDING IS ROTTED AND PEELING AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THE ROOF DECKING, UH, AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO SHOWS HOW DAMAGED IT IS FROM LACK OF PROTECTION.
THE OWNER BUILT A WOOD RAMP AT SOME POINT AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
UH, IT HAS DECAYED TO THE POINT THAT IT'S NO LONGER SAFE TO WALK UPON IT.
THERE ARE HOLES THROUGHOUT THE RAMP MAKING THE EXTERIOR EGRESS VERY UNSAFE.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, TO THE REAR DIRECTLY UNDER THAT SECOND STORY.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED FROM THE CEILING AND THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, INSULATION AND ITEMS BEING STORED IN THE STRUCTURE PRESENT A VERY REAL EGRET DANGER TO FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD AN EMERGENCY OCCUR.
THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT SAME ROOM SHOWING MORE OF THE CEILING SHEET ROCKS, UH, COLLAPSING.
THIS IS OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT ROOM.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED COMPLETELY OFF THE CEILING JOIST.
THERE'S A STAIRWAY RIGHT THERE, UH, UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
UH, I OPTED NOT TO GO UP THERE, UH, FOR MY OWN SAFETY, GIVEN THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ON THE OUTSIDE THAT I OBSERVED THE CEILING IN THAT SAME ROOM.
UH, THIS PHOTO SHOWS WHERE THIS SHEET ROCK COLLAPSED.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSIVE WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING JOISTS.
THIS IS A ROOM, UH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT, UM, THAT FRONT ROOM THAT I WAS SHOWING YOU, IT'S ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION, THE RIGHT WALL OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF WAS BEING SUPPORTED BY A TWO BY FOUR.
IF YOU LOOK UP, UH, TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT CEILING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE NATURAL LIGHT COMING THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND OF COURSE, THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED.
THE WOOD MEMBERS, THE DECKING, UM, THE RAFTERS AND THE CEILING JOISTS ARE ALL WATER DAMAGED AS WELL.
THE STRUCTURE AT 1711 EAST CARSON STREET HAS BEEN IN DECLINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH NO PERMITTED WORK SINCE 1999.
NO PERMITTED, UH, REPAIR WORK SINCE 1999.
THE DEFICIENCY IN THE THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE STRUCTURE ARE SO DANGEROUS THAT THE CITY WILL NOT SEND CONTRACTORS OUT TO THE STRUCTURE TO ABATE THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE UNABLE TO SECURE IT, UH, FROM THE BACK BECAUSE OF THE, THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SAW OF THE CEILING COLLAPSING.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S STILL OPEN THERE.
UM, WE WOULDN'T SEND THE CONTRACTORS OUT THERE TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
PORTIONS OF THE LEFT ELEVATION, UM, ARE DETACHING.
THEY'RE LANDING IN THE NEIGHBORING YARD.
UM, THE LAST WINDSTORM WE HAD, WE HAD A REALLY BAD WINDSTORM.
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THAT WHERE YOU SAW THE STUDS WERE EXPOSED, THOSE SECTIONS JUST CAME DOWN INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD.UH, HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
ADDRESSED IT WITH ME SEVERAL TIMES, UH, WHEN WE CAME OUT TO DO RE-INSPECTIONS.
SO TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1711 EAST CARSON 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.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1711 EAST CARSON STREET.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER, MS. FED, UH, AND I THINK THIS IS MORE TO STAFF.
IF IT DEEMED THAT WE WON'T SEND CONTRACTORS OUT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES AND IT'S FALLING INTO, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY, HOW DOES THAT NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION? THAT WAS, I I DID DISCUSS THAT WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
UM, HE SAID THAT WE DO NOT DO THAT FOR, UM, LONG-TERM DETERIORATION, BUT IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, AND I, I GUESS NOW I HAVE TO MOVE OVER TO THE STAFF.
IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S BEEN DEEMED NOT TO GET CLOSE TO IT BY CITY EMPLOYEES, THEN STUFF'S FALLING IN THE YARD.
WOULD THAT BE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE? IT WAS CONSIDERED AND NOT APPROVED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD FOR DETERMINATION FROM THE BOARD.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SECURING THE PROPERTY.
WELL, WELL, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T SECURE IT BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T GET NEAR IT TO PUT UP SECURING ON THE BACK AND THE WALLS ARE FALLING, THEN THEY'VE, THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
THEY CAN'T EVEN SECURE THE PROPERTY.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT DETERMINATION.
IT, I THINK YOU WENT IN THERE TO AB BAIT THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN TO TEAR DOWN AT THAT POINT.
WE DID USE CAUTION TAPE, UM, TAPED OFF THE PROPERTY AS BEST WE COULD, BUT, UM, I DID REQUEST FOR IT TO BE EXPEDITED AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
CAN I, UH, DID THE, DID THE ENGINEER STATE, UH, THE CITY ENGINEER, DID HE GIVE NOTES OR JUST VERBAL? I MEAN, IT, IT WOULD HELP.
WE DID NOT HAVE A CITY ENGINEER REVIEW.
WE DO NOT HAVE CITY ENGINEERS REVIEW FOR AN EMERGENCY.
IT IS OUR CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR THAT HAS A CONSIDERATION, UM, CHIEF AND THERE IS A DEFINITION THEY FOLLOW.
THEY FOLLOW, THEY LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
THEY MADE A DETERMINATION AND THAT TRIGGERED US TO MAKE A RESPONSE TO BRING IT TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE BOARD HEARING ONCE ALL NOTICES HAD EXPIRED ALREADY.
I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO PICK THIS ONE UP ON A FULL BOARD MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ERICA SMITH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNSEL DISTRICT THAT YOU LIVE IN, PLEASE.
UH, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE.
UM, I GUESS MY TESTIMONY IS JUST I WASN'T AWARE THAT OF THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE.
UM, IT WAS MY DAD'S, HE PUT, HE WENT INTO HOSPICE LAST JANUARY.
I DID GO IN IN FEBRUARY AND THERE, WHILE THERE WAS A LOT OF JUNK, I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST A BAD HOARDER.
UM, SO I JUST GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE, UM, DOCUMENTS THAT HE TOLD US TO GET ME AND MY SISTER.
AND, UH, SO WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
I HAVEN'T, MY DAUGHTER DROVE BY LAST WEEKEND BECAUSE HE JUST DIED SUNDAY, SO SHE WAS IN TOWN, SO SHE DROVE BY.
I SAW PICTURES FROM THE FRONT, BUT I WAS NOT, ME AND NORMA'S SISTER HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE AND THERE'S NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS IN ANY WAY TO REPAIR OR KEEP THE HOUSE.
WE'D PROBABLY KEEP THE LAND MAYBE AND SELL IT, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY NOT THE PROPERTY.
NO SENTIMENTAL VALUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENT, UH, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSSES.
UM, ON THIS HERE, YOU HAVE ANY
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OTHER HEIRS BESIDES YOU? ME AND MY SISTER.YOU DON'T CARE IF IT, WHAT HAPPENS TO IT BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS IN, RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE WERE GOING TO, WE WERE THINKING JUST GET RID OF IT ANYWAY.
YOU KNOW, AS HIS HEALTH WAS DETERIORATING.
THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN IN, IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND.
'CAUSE NEITHER ONE OF US REALLY WANTED IN HOUSE.
SHE LIVES IN DALLAS, I MEAN HOUSTON.
CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 1711 EAST CARSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1711 EAST CARSON STREET IS THE PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CHAPTER CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLES EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLY REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHECKER SIX.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, SPECIFICALLY 1 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND SECURED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1711 EAST CARSON STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
AND IT'S NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, SUB CODES 1, 2, 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
ANY DISCUSSION? FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT, BUT IF IT'S NOT CUT ALL UTILITIES.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF SHE SAID THEY WERE CUT OR NOT.
NO, I, I'M GONNA ACCEPT OVER THAT AND THE PRINT AMENDMENT IS TO ADD UTILITY.
I'LL BE TO CUT UTILITY UTILITIES AND THE SECOND, UH, CONFIRMS ACCEPTANCE OF THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
CAN WE HAVE THIS PUT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, LIKE PRIORITIZE THIS PROPERTY, UH, FOR THE CONTRACTORS ONCE THE, THE NOTICE TIME IS OVER? YES MA'AM.
ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, JUDY? NOT YEP.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT FOUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED TO THE BSB.
WE HAVE PAUL HERNANDEZ FOR DISTRICT SEVEN WAS REAPPOINTED ON JUNE 12TH, 2025.
JOEL SOLI, DISTRICT 10, DR. LINDA LOPEZ, RODRIGUEZ, DISTRICT FOUR AND KAYLA MIRANDA, DISTRICT FIVE.
WERE ALL REAPPOINTED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2025.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COM UH, EXCUSE ME, NO ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.
ANY ITEMS FOR THE STAFF FROM THE BOARD? THERE ARE NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE ARE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AT 1102 ON 14 AUGUST, 2025.