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[1. Call to Order]
OKAY, THE TIME NOW IS, I CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T HAVE A LIGHT NINE OVER THE CLOCK, SO I'M JUSTTHE TIME NOW IS 9:20 AM SO I'VE BEEN TOLD, OKAY,
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA READ THE, UM, THE CHAIRMAN STATEMENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS MEETING.
NO ONE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL, UM, DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL YOUR CASE IS CALLED THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES.
AND NOW WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO, ANTONIO.
SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE WILL BE, IT WILL BE PROVIDED.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE PERSONS TO BE HEARD SHEET AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
SHOW A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
SHOW PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE, UH, DONE WITHIN THE CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING.
IF IN DOUBT, PLEASE SEE YOUR CODE OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THE BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER, PLEASE MEET WITH A CODE OFFICER OR A STAFF MEMBER.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT IN THIS BUILDING TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COST COAST, UH, I'M SORRY, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS HEARING, AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
[3. Approval of Minutes]
AND WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED FOR THE 16 MAY, 2019 MEETING.
DID EVERYBODY GET A A CHANCE TO READ IT? READ THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, DANNY LEGAS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I WANNA READ INTO THE RECORD WHERE THE OWNER HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH, UH, EACH STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6, 1 59, SECTION
[(CD-5) 1612 San Patricio]
FIVE.UH, THE FIRST PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
IT'S 1612 SAN PATRIZIO, LOS SAN PATRIZIO, UH, CITY
[(CD-2) 620 Carson E]
COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER 2 6 20 EAST CARSON, UH, CITY[(CD-5) 3146 Laurel W]
COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 31 46 WEST LAUREL AND CITY COUNCIL[(CD-5) 454 San Felipe N]
DISTRICT FIVE AS WELL.UH, NO FURTHER ACTION NEEDED BY THE BOARD THIS TIME.
OKAY, SO, SO, UH, DISTRICT FIVE HAS THE SITUATION.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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THANK YOU.[(CD-1) 1426 Elsmere Pl W (accessory structure)]
NEXT? UH, OH, EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT ONE? YES, MA'AM.
DANNY LEGAS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE MANAGER FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE STRUCTURE, UH, LOCATED AT 1426 WEST LAUREL PLACE, UH, IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE THAT WAS DEMOLISHED, UH, BY THE CITY, UM, ON AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2019, UH, DUE TO A SUDDEN ACT THAT OCCURRED, UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 1 75.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PICTURES HERE INDICATE THE STRUCTURE HERE WAS, UM, PRETTY MUCH FALLING APART.
AND SO, UM, WE WOULD NOW DEMOLISHED IT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND NO FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED ON THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
[19-8129 (CD-3) 328 W Mayfield]
ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.WE HAVE, UM, 3 28 WEST MAYFIELD.
INTERIM IN DISTRICT THREE CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 28 WEST MAYFIELD FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION.
I HAVE 3 0 4 0.7 ROOF AND DRAINAGE 3 0 4 0.7.
THE ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIED AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT ADMIT RAIN.
ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DOWNNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
ROOF DRAINS, GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS.
ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS AND DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION.
LOOSE PLASTER DECAY, WOOD, AND OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACE CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED.
I ASK THE BOARD FOR BOTH CASES TO BE HEARD SIMULTANEOUSLY SINCE THE INSPECTION NOTICES WERE GIVEN AT THE SAME TIME.
THE LEGAL, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 8 5 1 BLOCK 2 82 2 8 3 A AND WEST 51 FEET OF 281 LOCATED IN CONS, DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS SALAZAR ALFONSO TRUST WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 1 7 EAST MANDALAY DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
UH, FIRST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 11TH, 2019.
ROOF AND DISREPAIR AND INTERIOR SURFACES HAVE SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE TO CEILING AND WALL COVERINGS.
AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS SHOW SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR.
THE INTERIOR SURFACES NOTICE WAS ISSUED IN PERSON TO JANIE HERRERA MANAGER.
PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON DAY OF INITIAL INSPECTION AND NOTICE MAILED ON JUNE 12TH, 2019 TO PROPERTY OWNER NOTICE EXPIRED.
SEVERAL RE-INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS SHOWN ON BEHALF OF OWNER HERE.
UH, HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS, SOME MORE PHOTOS.
UH, INTERIOR OF THE INTERIOR LOOSE PLASTER.
THIS IS THE ROOF THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, PART OF THE ROOF THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
THIS IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE PREMISES, THE INTERIOR, UH, PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE, WATER DAMAGE.
WHAT IS THAT? HERE IS SHOWING SOME PROGRESS.
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A POSTING OF THE B S B HEARING AND THE CON, UH, WHERE IS IT? CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE B S B UH, NOTICE POSTING.UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE COMPLETED TO THE ROOF AND INTERIOR SURFACES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 3 28 WEST MAYFIELD.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. UM, WHERE IS THE DAMAGE ACTUALLY, UH, PRESENT? IS IT IN A ROOM OR IS IT IN A HALLWAY? UH, WHERE GEOGRAPHICALLY IS THE DAMAGE? UH, THERE'S, UH, WATER DAMAGE IN THE HALLWAY, ENTRY, KITCHEN AND OFFICE ENTRY.
THAT, IS THIS A SCHOOL OR A NURSING HOME OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT? THIS IS AN ADULT DAYCARE CENTER.
SO, UM, HAS IT BEEN CLOSED DOWN? UH, NO MA'AM.
WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE MOLD WAS IN THE CEILING FROM THE RAIN AND THAT WATER'S REALLY CLOSE TO THOSE LIGHT FIXTURES.
SO, UM, UH, ACCORDING TO THE OWNER WHO'S HERE, HE SAID THAT THEY DID THE REPAIRS TO THE ROOF AND HE PULLED THE PERMIT.
SO NOW HE WANTS TO WORK ON THE INTERIOR AND HE'S, UH, ASKING FOR MORE TIME.
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? UH, IN JUNE, UH, WHEN THE OFFICER FIRST WENT OUT THERE, IT WAS JUNE 11TH, 2019.
AND THIS IS NOVEMBER THE 11TH ALMOST? YES, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE.
CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 13? THE ELECTRICAL, IS THAT PART OF THE ISSUE? UH, NO MA'AM.
'CAUSE ON THE ROOF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FLAT ON THE ROOF BY CODE.
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FLAT ON ANY ROOF, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANCHORS EVERY TWO FEET.
SO COMING OUT FROM THAT WALL IS ALMOST TWO FEET GOING UP, SO IT SHOULD BE ANCHORED RIGHT THERE AND IT SHOULD NOT BE SITTING ON THE FLAT ROOF.
BUT YOU DIDN'T INSPECT THE ELECTRICAL PART OF THIS.
YOU ONLY INSPECTED WHAT, UH, THE OFFICER RICK ROBLES IS HERE.
HE'S THE ONE THAT, UH, MADE THE INSPECTION AND WE HAVE HIM COME UP.
WHAT WAS THE GENERAL INSPECTION FOR? FOR THE ROOF AND THE INTERIOR SURFACES, SIR? STATE ATTORNEY.
OH, UH, RICARDO ROBLES, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SO IT WASN'T FOR ANYTHING OTHER, LIKE THE EVE WORK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR.
BUT THIS EVE WORK HERE EVEN SHOWS OPEN? WELL, I OPEN UP A CASE FOR, UM, THE OVERHANG, BUT THEY HAVE RECENTLY CLOSED THAT OFF AND THAT'S STILLED OFF.
IT'S NO LONGER SHOWING IT'S BEEN, UH, COVERED.
SO ON YOUR ROOF, THIS JOIST THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE WITH THAT METAL TAB IS NOT EXTENDED OUT TO THE FACIA BOARD, CORRECT? OH, YES, SIR.
HAS THAT BEEN CORRECTED OR NOT? WELL, THEY COVERED IT, SIR.
I MEAN THAT, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE EXTENDED IT OUT.
UM, THEY JUST COVERED THE BOTTOM OF IT.
SO THAT'S NOT COMPLETE AT THIS TIME.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT EXTENDED OUT TO THE FACIA BOARD WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
YEAH, I MEAN I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T, I MEAN, IT'S WHAT IT IS, SIR.
UH, THEY COVERED IT, SO I MEAN MAYBE THEY DID, BUT I KNOW THEY, IT'S COVERED NOW AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EXTENDED IT OUT, UM, PASSED FROM THERE.
SO THIS IS ALL COVERED UP? YES, SIR.
SO YOU DIDN'T SEE BEFORE THEY COVERED IT UP IF ANY OF THE OTHER WORK WAS DONE? I MEAN, UM, FAR AS THE ROOF, SIR, OR, WELL, THIS IS PART OF THE ROOF, IS IT NOT? YES, SIR.
WELL, I MEAN, I OPENED UP, UH, FORGOT WHAT CASE IT WAS, BUT FOR THAT, AND THEN I GAVE 'EM NOTICE, CAME BACK AND IT WAS COVERED.
SO WHATEVER THEY DID IN BETWEEN THE TIME AND REINSPECTION THE WORK BEING DONE.
SO THIS SHOWS THAT THEY DID SOME WORK ON THE ROOF THAT LOOKS LIKE NEW PLYWOOD, BUT YOU DIDN'T INSPECT THE WORK SO THEY COULD GO TO THE NEXT PART OF COVERING THE BOTTOM UP, CORRECT? CORRECT, SIR.
I, MY QUESTION IS WHY
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WHITE INSULATION BOARD, IT'S A SILVER INSULATION BOARD THAT IS PUT ON THERE IN BOARD.
AND, UM, WHILE THESE PIPES EXTENDED, IS THAT ON, ON THE ROOF IS GOING UP? YEAH, THEY PLANT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE LAYING ON THE ROOF.
THAT'S ELECTRICITY THAT THEY RAN.
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NEED SOME HELP? OH, I MEAN, UM, I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A BUILDING.SO I MEAN, I DEFINITELY, I MEAN, I WAS THERE TO MAKE SURE THE ROOF WAS BEING SEALED AND COVERED.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, EXTENDING OUT X AMOUNT OF FEET, UM, ON THE ROOF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIRWOMAN.
JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, UH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT THE ONLY TWO ISSUES YOU CAN VOTE ON ARE THE TWO VIOLATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
WELL, I, I, YEAH, WE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN WE SEE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT UP TO CODE, MY QUESTION IS WHY CAN'T THAT BE DISCUSSED OR TALKED ABOUT? BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY ANSWERS FROM, UM, THE OFFICER AND MAYBE THAT WASN'T HIS, UH, POINT OF EXPERTISE.
YEAH, IT CAN BE CERTAINLY DISCUSSED AND QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED.
AND THEN IF Y'ALL FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH, UH, THE DEFECT, THEN A RECOMMENDATION CAN BE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AS TO WHETHER IT'S BEEN ABATED.
YEAH, I I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO OUT THERE WITH SOMEONE OF SOME KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRICAL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE IF THAT'S NOT YOUR POINT OF EXPERTISE AND, AND SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS? 'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME.
COUNSEL, THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE THAT RAFTER IS A ROOF RAFTER, WHICH DOES HOLD UP AND SUPPORT THE ACTUAL ROOF ITSELF.
AND BECAUSE THEY WENT AND REPAIRED THAT SECTION, THEY LEFT THAT RAFTER SHORT AND IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW FACIAL BOARD HAS BEEN PUT ON, BUT THEY STILL LEFT THAT RAFTER SHORT, WHICH MEANS THAT FROM THAT RAFTER CLOSEST TO THE PIPE TO, I GOTTA POINT IT TO THIS RAFTER RIGHT HERE, THAT SPACE HAS TO BE NAILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE.
AND IF IT'S NOT NAILED OR FIXED, THEN IT'S NOT DONE PROPERLY.
THAT RAF THERE FALLS SHORT OF WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IF THEY WERE DOING A ROOF JOB.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP AS PART OF THE ROOF.
JUST A QUESTION FOR THE, UH, OFFICER, DO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY ELECTRICAL PIPING BECAUSE IT'S WHITE, NOT GRAY? NORMALLY ELECTRIC PIPING IS IN GRAY? YEAH.
UH, I WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE I SAID I'M DEFINITELY NOT ING THAT, BUT I MEAN, I GUESS JUST ASSUMING, UM, WHAT IT COULD BE.
I MEAN, I NEVER REALLY CHECKED WITH ELECTRICAL OR NOT.
WELL, THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION, IT LOOKS LIKE ELECTRICAL ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FITTINGS ON IT, BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S WHITE AS OPPOSED TO GRAY COULD MEAN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY DRAINAGE FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER.
UH, AND IN REALITY, AS COUNSEL HAS SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO IT, IT WAS JUST, IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET INVOLVED IN IT, FIND OUT IS IT REALLY ELECTRICAL OR IS IT DRAINAGE? SINCE THIS IS A SENIOR DAYCARE CENTER, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO BACK OUT THERE AND MAYBE TAKE A COWORKER WITH YOU THAT'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, SOME OF THESE PARTS THAN YOU ARE.
AND, UH, AND WRITE, WRITE IT UP AGAIN BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE ANY SENIORS GET BURNED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND HOME.
IT'S CRAZY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, GET, UM, SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO 'EM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A, UH, SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CASE.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MY NAME IS MICHAEL SALAZAR.
UH, AS FAR AS THE AND YOUR ADDRESS, UH, THE BUILDING ADDRESS OR MY HOME ADDRESS? YOUR HOME ADDRESS? MY HOME ADDRESS IS 9 5 1 1 LEGEND DIAL.
UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE RAFTER BEING SHORT, THAT THAT IS NOT, UH, A BIG ISSUE THAT CAN, WE CAN REMOVE THE, THE SOFFIT, UH, AND OF COURSE PUT A, THE CORRECT PIECE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FASCIA BOARD.
THE INITIAL DAMAGE WAS BEING CAUSED BY A, A ROOFTOP UNIT.
IT WAS THE, THE, IT WAS NEEDING REPAIR AROUND THE UNIT.
SO BASICALLY EVERY TIME IT WOULD RAIN, IT WOULD LEAK IN THERE AND THEN JUST KIND OF RUN ON THE INSIDE OR THE SMALL SPACE OF THE, THE ROOF.
SO, I MEAN, I JUST HAD WATER RUNNING INSIDE AND UNDERNEATH THAT ONE UNIT, THROUGH THE ROOFTOP, FINALLY GOT THE ROOFTOP UNIT, THE, THE AREA OF THE ROOF REPAIRED.
AND NOW I'M TRYING TO DO THE, OF COURSE, THE INSIDE, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS CAUSED BY THE RAIN AS FAR AS THE DRYWALL.
SO DID YOU BRING ANY PICTURES FOR US TO SEE THIS SIGN? NO, MA'AM, I DID NOT.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING ANY PICTURES WHEN IT WOULDN'T IT SERVE YOU JUSTICE VERSUS AN INJUSTICE FOR US TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OKAY.
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TO, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT PROGRESS YOU MADE.WELL, I KNOW THAT THE, THE INSPECTOR HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY UP BRINGING UPDATED PICTURES OF, OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
WELL THAT TO ME, THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, SIR, TO BRING IN SOME UPDATES AND, AND SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE HAD MY, MY IGNORANCE, I DID NOT KNOW TO BRING THE PICTURES, MA'AM.
YOU WERE GIVEN A PACKAGE, SIR.
I'M SURE I WAS ONLY GIVEN ONE PAPER DOCUMENT.
OKAY, SO WHAT'S YOUR INTENT IS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS.
HOW LONG OF A TIMEFRAME ARE YOU GONNA NEED? IF I COULD GET ANOTHER 60 DAYS, I CAN HAVE ALL THE REPAIRS TAKEN CARE OF.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY REASON WHY IT'S TAKING 60 DAYS? UH, ACTUALLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED INITIALLY WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING, MY FATHER HAD JUST PASSED AWAY.
UM, SINCE THEN, UH, IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, UM, I RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE STATE THAT I HAD NOT RENEWED, UH, A RE-ENROLLMENT PACKAGE, UM, TO, FOR, FOR MY MEDICAID.
I HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR SUBMITTED THAT RE-ENROLLMENT PACKAGE.
SO BASICALLY FROM JULY OF THIS YEAR TO NOW, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDS FROM THE STATE WHO'S DOING THE REPAIR WORK.
UM, MYSELF AND MY, MY MAINTENANCE PERSON, FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE PERSON? YES, SIR.
ARE YOU A FOR-PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR-PROFIT? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
YOU SAID YOUR AIR CONDITIONER, UM, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID YOUR AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WAS GIVING YOU A PROBLEM? IT WOULD NOT THE AC UNITS SIR, IT WAS THE ROOF, THE, THE, THE TOP.
AND I HAVE A PICTURE, HANG ON A MINUTE.
THE, ACTUALLY THE, THE PLYWOOD UNDERNEATH THE UNIT WAS, WAS ROTTED.
I'M GONNA GET A, HANG ON JUST A SECOND.
I JUST HAD A SLIDE HERE THAT SHOWED IT.
UM, AND THIS IS THE ONLY UNIT YOU HAD? THAT WAS THE ONLY UNIT THAT WAS GIVING ME THE, IT'S ON THE ROOF, RIGHT? THE, THE, I'VE GOT THREE OF 'EM ON THE ROOF, SIR.
THE ONE UNIT THAT WAS CAUSING IT IS RIGHT IN THE CENTER AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS KIND CAUSING THE WATER TO, TO, TO RUN IN, IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
ON, UM, I THINK THIS IS SLIDE 1618.
THIS IS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT, UH, NO, THAT IS NOT THE UNIT THAT WAS CAUSING, THERE'S A UNIT THAT IS ON THE, ON THE, IT'S TO THE EAST OF THAT, UH, TO THE EAST OF THAT UNIT THAT WAS CAUSING THE SLIDE 20.
THIS IS THE, THE LITTLER UNIT? NO, THAT ACTUALLY IS A, A VENT, SAME UNIT THAT'S A VENT HOOD FOR THE KITCHEN.
SO THE UNIT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOUNTED ON THE ROOF.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE RIGHT WHERE THE V IS ON THE TREE, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THAT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY DAMAGE YOU HAVE ROOF WISE IN THAT AREA? CORRECT.
AND IT ONLY AFFECTED YOUR HALLS? IT IT AFFECTED ACTUALLY IT'S, IT'S LIKE I SAY, IT'S RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING AND WHERE THE PENETRATION IS, THERE'S THE HALL AND IT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE KITCHEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT AFFECTING ANY OF THE ROOMS, IT'S BASICALLY JUST AFFECTING THE MAIN CORRECT, THOROUGH WAY.
WHERE ALL THE PIPES RIGHT IN THE CENTER? THAT'S CORRECT.
WHERE THAT BIG VENT IS ON? THAT'S CORRECT.
17 RIGHT THERE? YES, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
AND ALL YOUR DAMAGES WITHIN THIS ONE AREA EXCEPT FOR WHAT GOT ON THE EVE WORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S ALL BASICALLY, AND THAT'S JUST FROM A SEAL PROBLEM, NOT A, UH, BRACING PROBLEM UNDERNEATH JUST FROM A SEAL PROBLEM.
IT WAS A, IT WAS THE PLYWOOD, PLYWOOD WAS ROTTED, SO ALL THE STRUCTURE FROM THE WALLS UP THE BUILDUP TO HOLD IT AND PLACE IT.
OH, THAT, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S ALL GOOD.
SO IT'S JUST, JUST A THAT'S CORRECT.
20 PLUS YEAR OLD ROOF? YES, SIR.
OH, I, I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU ASPHALT.
OR IS IT, UM, IT WAS, IT HAD SOME, THERE WAS SOME ASPHALT AND SOME ROCK.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA A LITTLE WEIGHT ISSUE TOO.
BUT, BUT THE ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED, SIR.
NOW THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE IN HERE TOO.
CAN YOU CORRELATE WHERE THIS ONE IS? IT'S, UH, FALL RIGHT HERE.
WHERE DOES THIS ONE FALL? THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT WENT, WENT INTO THE KITCHEN.
THAT IS, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE, THE FALLOUT FROM WHERE THE WATER'S COMING DOWN AND JUST RUNNING THAT'S CATCHING BETWEEN THE TWO WALLS AND COMING? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN THAT'S YOUR KITCHEN STARTING RIGHT HERE? YES, SIR.
ARE YOU HAVING TO DEAL WITH MOLD ABATEMENT? UH, THERE WAS SOME MOLD, THERE WAS A, I CAN'T REMEMBER, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PICTURES THAT Y'ALL BROUGHT UP, ALL OF THAT WAS REMOVED AND, AND NEW DRYWALL WAS INSTALLED.
SO THE ONLY REPAIR THAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO DO NOW IS DRYWALL AND FINISH THE DRYWALL.
AND YOU NEED 60 DAYS FOR THAT.
AND THE ONLY REASON I NEED THAT, SIR, IS LIKE I SAY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDS, UH, TO OPERATE THE, THE, THE FACILITY SINCE JULY.
I, I'VE GOT A, UH, LIKE I SAY, ONCE I FOUND OUT THAT THE RE-ENROLL, WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS I SENT THE PACKET LAST MAY IN JUNE.
I GOT A NOTICE AND I'VE GOTTEN THE EMAILS TO
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PROVE THE, THAT, THAT, UH, THEY INDICATE, INFORMED ME THAT I WAS ALREADY ENROLLED, THAT I DID NOT NEED TO RE-ENROLL AGAIN.UH, A WEEK AFTER THAT I GOT A SECOND EMAIL INDICATING THAT THE SAME THING, THE ONLY THING THAT THEY ADDED WAS THAT THEY WERE GONNA SHRED MY DOCUMENTS TO INCLUDE THE CHECK THAT I HAD SUBMITTED FOR, TO COVER THE COST OF THE RE-ENROLLMENT PACKET HERE.
THIS JULY I GET A, A CALL THAT I WAS NOT ENROLLED, SO I IMMEDIATELY WENT ON AHEAD AND PROCEEDED TO SUBMIT THE ENROLLMENT APPLICATION AGAIN SINCE I JUST HAD DONE ONE A YEAR PRIOR, UH, SENT IT AND IT'S A TWO TO THREE MONTH WAITING TIME.
SO I'VE BEEN BASICALLY PUTTING OF MY OWN PERSONAL MONEY INTO THE, THE PROGRAM TO, TO KEEP THE, THE, THE BUSINESS GOING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
NO ONE IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH MOLD IN THE BUILDING.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? THANK YOU.
YOUR PERMIT ON YOUR ROOF STILL, UH, IN, UH, VALID.
UH, IT STILL IS SUPPOSED TO AT THE, ARE YOU GOING TO PULL A PERMIT OR HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR THE INTERIOR YET? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED A PERMIT, BUT I CAN'T PULL ONE FOR, FOR THE INTERIOR.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO PULL A PERMIT.
WELL, IF IT'S REQUIRED, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THAT WITH, IF, IF WE GIVE YOU THE 60 DAYS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GET A PERMIT TO DO THE DRYWALL WORK YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
TO DO ANY WORK INSIDE THIS, THAT'S REQUIRED.
IF YOU NEED A PERMIT, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY ALRIGHT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 32 28, EXCUSE ME, 3 28 WEST MAYFIELD, UH, IS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 3 0 4 0.7 AND 3 0 5 0.3.
RECOGNIZE THAT 3 0 4 0.7 REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, AND THAT WORK MUST BE COMPLETED IN 60 DAYS AND AFTER THAT A $500 PER DAY FINE IF WORK IS NOT COMPLETED, AND WE WILL GIVE THE CODE OFFICER, UH, OPTION TO EXTEND THAT DUE DATE, UH, BECAUSE OF UNKNOWN ISSUES.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT GO AHEAD, REQUIRES PERMIT AND TO, UH, CODE FOLLOW UP WITH EVERY 15 DAYS.
SECOND, SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, UM, WHAT DO WE HAVE, 60 DAYS, 60 DAY REPAIR, UH, AND A $500 FINE PER DAY IF IT'S NOT COMPLETED WITHIN 60 DAYS AND, UM, TO REQUIRE PERMITS AND, UH, FOLLOW UP EVERY 15 DAYS WITH THE CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR? YES.
IF IT'S NOT COMPLETED, YOU'RE GONNA BE FINED $500 A DAY.
ALRIGHT, SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[19-8130 (CD-5) 351 Madero St (Part 1 of 2)]
FOUND.NEXT PROPERTY IS, UH, 3 51 MADERO.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 3 51 MADERO STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY ARTICLE CODE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 6 8 79 BLOCK LOT 6 8 7 9, LOT 22 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DO GOES MON WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 8 1 9 PIS PAST SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 0.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
THE O UH, THE OWNER IS DECEASED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 6 18 19 THE PROPERTY'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 3 5 1 MADERO STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON 9 9 9 19 17.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 9 21 17 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON 10 16 17.
ON 8 28 19, THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 5 1 MADERO STREET ON 8 30 19.
THE NOTICE FOR B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON 9 4 19 UNCLAIMED,
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UH, WE WILL GO TO THE PICTURES NOW.THIS IS A SINGLE STORY, WOOD FRAME HOUSE.
VACANT HOUSE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS THE FRONT, UH, FRONT OF THE HOUSE HERE.
PICTURES ARE GONNA PROVE THAT IT HAS ROOF DAMAGE, FOUNDATION DAMAGE, AND THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DAMAGED AS WELL.
THERE'S A ROOF HERE SHOWS WHERE THERE'S A PATCH HERE WHERE YOU'VE, UH, TRY TO PATCH IT UP HERE AND SOME DAMAGE.
HERE IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UH, SHOWING DAMAGE TO THE LOWER PART OR THE PERIMETER BEAM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS WATER DAMAGE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
LOOKING AT IT FROM, UH, THE REAR TO THE FRONT.
HERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE HOUSE SHOWING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT, UH, BOTTOM OR THE SIDE BOTTOM.
THE HOLDER TO THE ROOF, UH, PROBABLY FROM A VENT PIPE.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY AND SHOWING SOME DAMAGE TO THE SIDING ON THE FRAME IS UNDERNEATH.
UH, THE CANOPY HAS DAMAGE WATER DAMAGE TO THE DECKING.
THIS IS WHERE, WHERE THE JOYS GO INTO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND IT'S SHOWING THAT IT HAS DAMAGE AND TO THE DECKING THERE INTO THE CONNECTIONS.
HERE'S THE REAR OF THE HOUSE DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM REAR AND IT SHOWN WHERE THE PERIMETER BEAM THERE AND THE FRAME IS WATER DAMAGED.
HERE'S A SHOT OF, UH, UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION BEAM.
AND FROM BACK TO THE FRONT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST DIPS DOWN LOWER AND LOWER AND LOWER.
IT WOULD CONTINUES TO ROLL DOWN TOWARDS THE FRONT.
THERE'S SOME WATER DAMAGE THERE TO SOME OF THE JOISTS AND UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BAD CONNECTION HERE AND HERE TOWARDS, UM, MORE OF THE REAR OF THE HOUSE GOING INTO THE HOUSE.
THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN VANDALIZED IN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, UH, BY VAGRANTS AND SO THEY'VE TAKEN ALL THE SHEET ROCK TAKEN, ALL THE ELECTRICAL, ALL THE COPPER, ALL THE PLUMBING, UH, DUE TO VANDALISM.
UH, THE CEILINGS, UH, HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND THE SHEETROCK IS JUST ALL ON THE FLOOR.
AND THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE FRONT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BACK.
IT'S ALSO DAMAGE TO THE FLOORS.
THERE'S, UH, WHERE THE WATER DAMAGE IS JUST TAKEN ITS TOE HERE TO THE FRAME.
THE CONNECTIONS TO THE DECKING ON TOP AND IT'S JUST WORKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.
IT'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE CONNECTIONS HERE.
DEFINITELY IS STARTING TO RIDE OUT.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, THE FLOOR TOWARDS THE REAR JUST AS IT GOES TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE ROOF.
IT'S STARTING TO TAKE ITS TOE UP THERE AND JUST, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
FOUNDATION EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALLS ARE DAMAGED.
ROOF IS WATER DAMAGED AND HAS HOLD INTERIOR OF FLOOR CEILINGS AND WALLS ARE DAMAGED AND HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED.
STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 5 1 MADERO STREET IS VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 5 7 8 11 12 15 17 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 EFFECTS OR 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 3 5 1 MADERO STREET.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP HERE.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IS IT CHARLES
IS IT GUZMAN? ARE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE HERE? AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A OH, OKAY.
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GOOD MORNING.ARE YOU CHARLES ARIAGA? NO, MA'AM.
SO YOU, YOU CAN STAY UP THERE NOW AND SPEAK IF YOU LIKE, PARDON ME? YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1 1 4 CROT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
AND YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY? UH, NO MA'AM.
THAT PROPERTY USED TO BELONG TO MY PARENTS AND THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, THE DISEASE AND NOW I'M TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO SELL THIS PROPERTY AND MR. CHARLIE IS AN INVESTOR.
HE'S THIS GENTLEMAN THAT'S TRYING TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH AS FAR AS THIS, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, UH, HAVING DEATH CERTIFICATES AND SO AND SO, SO WE CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT THE TITLE.
AND, UH, WE FINALLY GOT TO THE END WHERE MR.
HE'S THE BUYER, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, SO YOU ARE THE POTENTIAL ONE OF, ONE OF THE SIBLINGS? YES, MA'AM.
ONE OF THE POTENTIAL SELLERS? YES, MA'AM.
SO, AND, UM, OKAY, SO, UM, LET ME HEAR FROM, UM, MR. I GUESS ARGA, RIGHT? CHARLIE? YES.
HE'S, HE'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, CHARLES.
UH, MAY I ASK SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR MR. GUZMAN? SURE.
UM, MR. GUZMAN, I'M THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO ADVISES THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, THE PROPERTY YOU SAID BELONGED TO YOUR PARENTS WHO ARE DECEASED.
DID THEY LEAVE A WILL? AND HAS THAT BEEN PROBATED? NO MA'AM.
AND HOW MANY, YOU MENTIONED THERE'S OTHER ERRORS.
HOW MANY ERRORS ARE THERE? HOW MANY SIBLINGS? UH, I ONLY HAVE ONE BROTHER THAT'S STILL ALIVE, MA'AM.
THE OTHER TWO ARE HAD DECEASED.
AND YOUR BROTHER IS ALSO, UH, PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM.
HEY, SO I'M, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
2 2 2 WELLESLEY BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 9.
YOU ARE THE POTENTIAL BUYER? I AM, YES MA'AM.
DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT THAT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT? MM-HMM.
AND IS THIS A CONTRACT FOR SALE OR A CONTRACT FOR DEEDED? A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THROUGH A TITLE COMPANY.
AND SO WHEN I GOT THIS PROPERTY, UH, MOM AND DAD HAD PASSED AWAY.
WE'VE DONE AFFIDAVITS OF OUR SHIPS FOR THE FOUR SIBLINGS.
NOW THAT TWO OF THEM HAVE PASSED AWAY, WE DID AFFIDAVITS OF AIRSHIPS FOR THEM AS WELL.
ALL THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF ALREADY.
SO WE HAVE BASICALLY HAVE A CLEAR TITLE ALREADY.
AND THAT WAS AS OF THIS FRIDAY.
UM, ONE OF THE SIBLINGS HAD ANOTHER PROPERTY AND SOME LIENS ON IT THAT NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF BEFORE WE TOOK CARE OF THIS ONE.
AS OF FRIDAY, THEY DID CLOSE ON THAT PROPERTY.
RIGHT NOW, TITLE IS JUST WAITING TO GET THOSE RECORDED THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SO ALL LIENS CAN BE RELEASED SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THOSE LIENS TO BE RECORDED THAT THEY WERE PAID OFF.
ARE YOU A REALTOR? I USED TO BE A REALTOR FOR 10 YEARS.
I'M NO LONGER A REALTOR RIGHT NOW.
OH, WHAT ARE YOU JUST A BUYER? I'M A, I BUY HOUSES, FIX 'EM UP, SELL THEM, RENT THEM.
I'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT ALL IS NEEDED HERE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE, WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION WITH THIS PROPERTY? MY INTENTION WITH THIS ONE IS TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, RESELL IT.
TO REPAIR IT? YEAH, TO REPAIR IT.
AND AGAIN, I DID THE SCOPE OF WORK HERE.
I MEAN, THIS HOUSE IS GONNA NEED EVERYTHING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S STILL STRUCTURALLY SOUND WHERE IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
SO AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY PROVIDED THE LIST OF MY SCOPE OF WORK, OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, BE DONE TO THIS PROPERTY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS? THEY JUST, MY LENDER JUST SENT ME A, UM, A PROOF OF FUNDS LETTER.
I WASN'T ABLE TO PRINT IT OFF BEFORE WE GOT HERE, BUT I DO HAVE THAT ON MY PHONE.
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AT IT AND THEN LET LEGAL LOOK AT IT.UH, BOB WORK HASN'T BEEN SIGNED BY A CONTRACTOR WHO'S DOING THE WORK.
WHILE I DO HAVE CONTRACTOR BIDS ALREADY, I DID NOT BRING THEM TO ME.
UH, HERE OF COURSE WE HAVE NOT TAKEN OUT, UH, PERMITS OR ANYTHING 'CAUSE I DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY YET.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS? IT'LL TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO DO THE REPAIRS.
AS SOON AS WE, AS SOON AS WE CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH I'M HOPING ALL THE RECORDINGS SHOULD GET FILED, UH, WAS WAS FILED EITHER YESTERDAY OR MONDAY OR, OR TUESDAY.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE, FOR THEM TO COME UP ONLINE SO THAT THIS, THE TITLE COMPANY, CURRENT TITLE COMPANY ON THIS PROJECT CAN GO AHEAD AND SEE THOSE AND REVIEW THOSE AND RELEASE THE LIENS, NOT GET A TITLE, UH, FROM THE TITLE OFF.
I MEAN FROM THE, UH, COUNTY WE ARE WAITING FOR TITLE, UH, COMMITMENT, THE UPDATED TITLE, TITLE COMMITMENT.
THAT DOESN'T SHOW THOSE, UH, THAT DOESN'T SHOW THE LIENS ON THE PROPERTIES.
YOU SAID YOU THAT YOU BELIEVE THE PROPERTY TO BE SOUND.
DO YOU HAVE AN ENGINEER'S LETTER TO BACK THAT UP? UH, I DO NOT HAVE AN ENGINEERS LIST LETTER, BUT I DID HAVE A FOUNDATION GUY GO OUT THERE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HE GAVE ME HIS BID.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
I WISH I WOULD'VE PRINTED THOSE OFF, BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE.
WELL DID, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE.
YOU SAID IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND? IT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND BECAUSE I MEANS IT'S BY WHAT DETERMINATION? YOUR DETERMINATION? MY OWN OPINION.
THEN YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A LETTER STATING THAT IT'S STRUCTURALLY I DO NOT BY EITHER AN ENGINEER.
YOU HAVE A FOUNDATION ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THIS, OF WHAT I, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE A COPY OF? WELL, THE, WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, THIS IS A, IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME OF WHO'S DOING IT.
IT GIVES ME A LIST OF GENERATED LIST, NO SIGNATURE AND NO TIMELINE.
THERE IS A TIMELINE ON MY END.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I HAVE UNDER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT WEEKS.
YOU GONNA SAY IT'S AN EIGHT WEEK PROJECT? IT MIGHT GO OVER I'M, YES, I'M LOOKING AT EIGHT WEEKS.
BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT WEEKS BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
YOU'RE SPENDING 31,000 TO BRING IT TO CODE.
SO YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND FLIP IT AFTER THAT.
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, NEW ROOF, NEW FOUNDATION.
THE HOUSE HAS BASICALLY BEEN GUTTED.
ALL YOU SEE IS JUST BASICALLY THE STRUCTURE, WHICH SAVES YOU A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S CORRECT.
THE BUMS DID YOU A GOOD BY COMING IN AND HELPING YOU OUT.
SO YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR CONTRACTORS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM WITH US, RIGHT? YEAH.
THIS IS JUST MY SCOPE OF WORK THAT I USE.
SO IF YOU PROPERTY, YOU'RE ASKING FOR 90 DAYS.
BUT YOU'RE LACKING SOME SERIOUS DOCUMENTATION, CORRECT? UH, YES.
I GUESS IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE ACTUAL FOUNDATION BID, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE ELECTRICAL BID FROM THE CONTRACTORS, THE ROOF, UH, THE PLUMBING, YES.
I DID NOT BRING THOSE WITH ME.
I JUST BROUGHT MY SCOPE OF WORK.
WHEN YOU RECEIVED A PACKAGE, DID IT GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO BRING TO US? I DID NOT RECEIVE A PACKAGE.
AND CO COMPLIANCE DIDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.
YOU DIDN'T TALK TO ANY CO COMPLIANCE? I DIDN'T TALK TO ANY OTHER THAN JUST LIKE, WHENEVER I SAW THOSE PINK LETTERS ON THERE, I WOULD JUST CALL THEM AND YARD NEEDS GET DONE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
NO, HE WAS NOT THE OWNER UNTIL FRIDAY.
SO HE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU WEREN'T INFORMED ON ON RIGHT.
I'M STILL TECHNICALLY NOT THE OWNER UNTIL WE CLOSE LEASE.
WHICH IS, DO YOU HAVE A PROJECTED DATE ON THAT? HOPEFULLY, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR ANOTHER PROPERTY OF THEIRS HAD BEEN SOLD TO PAY OFF SOME LIENS, WHICH THAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY.
SO THOSE LIENS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID OFF AND NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THOSE TO BE RECORDED, UH, WITH THE CITY.
SO THAT MY, THIS TITLE COMPANY THAT'S WORKING ON THIS CONTRACT RIGHT NOW CAN SHOW THOSE THAT HAD BEEN PAID OFF.
AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE ON THIS.
SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN 90 DAYS, UH, BY THE TIME YOU CLOSE, DOES IT THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN BY THE TIME YOU, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO RECORD A DOCUMENT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU PROBABLY NEED MORE THAN 90 DAYS.
'CAUSE YOU MIGHT NEED 30 DAYS FOR THE DOCUMENTS TO CLOSE.
BUT THIS IS AN EIGHT WEEK PROJECT, AT LEAST IN MY MIND.
SO I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF YOU WANT 90 DAYS FROM THE TIME THE DOCUMENT'S CLOSED, CORRECT.
FROM THE TIME I'M, I'M PROJECTING THAT WE CLOSE NEXT WEEK, LATE NEXT WEEK TO EARLY THE WEEK AFTER, AND THEN I NEED, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, EIGHT WEEKS FROM THERE.
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IN TWO WEEKS.I'M, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A BENEFIT OF A DOUBT HERE BY BUYING YOU A LITTLE MORE TIME IF YOU, IF IF SOMETHING, YEAH, SO TOTAL OF THREE MONTHS WOULD SUFFICE.
FOR EVERYTHING MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF LEGAL ISSUES THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, THE CONTRACT FOR SALE, IT'S NOT A CONTRACT FOR DEED, BUT THE CONTRACT FOR SALE ONLY HAS ONE SIBLING'S SIGNATURE.
IT WILL REQUIRE THE OTHER SIGNATURE.
SO AT THIS POINT, THE CONTRACT FOR SALE IS NOT VALID.
WE HAVE, UM, THE FINANCIAL PROOF, UH, I TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND IT SHOWS THAT YOU'VE BEEN, UH, AN AMOUNT FOR 150,000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT DOES NOT SHOW, UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS TO REPAIR.
SO THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO SEE THAT IT'S A TOTAL LOAN PACKAGE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND TO, FOR THE REPAIRS ALTOGETHER, I'M TAKING OUT A LOAN FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR ABOUT $80,000.
SO ARE YOU, SO THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO KNOW, UH, UH, FROM THE BANK OR THE LENDER THAT THE MONEY THAT IS BEING APPROVED WOULD INCLUDE THE MONEY TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.
WHEN, WHEN I GET THE FINAL HUD, WHICH SHOULD BE WHEN WE'RE READY TO CLOSE ALL THAT IN ALL THE, THE PROCEEDS SHOULD BE THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE AN LIKE AN $82,000 LOAN ALTOGETHER.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR THIS HEARING WA IS ALSO FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, WHICH CLOUDS THE TITLE.
AND SO THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE WITH THE TITLE COMPANY.
TITLE COMPANY IS ALREADY AWARE.
SO, BUT ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE BOARD WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT WILL NEED TO BE PRESENTED AFTER THE SECOND ERROR SIGNS THE CONTRACT FOR SALE.
AND WE, WE DO HAVE THE ERRORS, THE SIGNING ERRORS ALL IN, TWO OF THEM ARE HERE.
ONE OF THEM LIVES OUTTA STATE, BUT EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT TO, TO SELL, TO SIGN OFF AND SELL THE PROPERTY.
SO THE CONTRACT FOR SALE WOULD NEED THEIR SIGNATURES.
I ONLY SEE RUDY GUZMAN'S SIGNATURE ON THE CONTRACT FOR SALE.
HE MENTIONED THERE'S ONE MORE HEIR.
BUT THEN ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE SIBLINGS PARENT, UH, ONE OF THE SIBLINGS PASSED AWAY AND WE HAVE HER DAUGHTER HERE, CAROL, WHO HAS NOW PARTIAL OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND SHE'S ALSO WILLING TO SELL.
UH, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, MAY I ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT ISSUES? OKAY, IT'S 10:05 AM AND HOLD ON.
[9 Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]
OKAY.IT'S, UH, 10 0 5 AND NOW, AND, UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RECESS FROM THE OPEN MEETING AND, UH, CONVENE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 DASH 71 OF THE STATE OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AT THE TIME NOW IS, UM, IT'S 10:20 AM UM, TODAY IS THE SEVENTH OF, UM, NOVEMBER, 2019, AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[19-8130 (CD-5) 351 Madero St (Part 2 of 2)]
UM, AGA.THIS IS, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
OKAY? THIS IS, OKAY, LET'S TALK TO THE SISTER FIRST.
MRS. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING.
WHAT CAR IS IT? CAROL? SHE'S THE DAUGHTER.
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
6 8 4 8 WHITBY ROAD, SORRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY? I AM, I REPRESENT MY MOTHER.
SHE IS ONE OF THE HEIRS, DORA R GUZMAN, AND THE INTENT IS TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
DO YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO SELL, ARE YOU GOING TO SELL YOUR, UM, SIGN THE CONTRACT? I GUESS? YES, I WILL SIGN THE CONTRACT.
WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IT UNTIL NOW? I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A REASON TO BE CONSIDERING.
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ALSO STATED THE OTHER HEIRS IN THE REST OF THE CONTRACT.SO TELL ME, HOW MANY HEIRS IS IT? THERE ARE THREE, UM, SORRY, TWO LIVING.
YOU, YOUR BROTHER, UH, YOU, YOUR UNCLE, AND YOUR TWO, UH, YOUR TWO UNCLES? YES.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE, THE THREE HEIRS? YES.
SO, UM, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO SIGN THE CONTRACT? AS SOON AS I RECEIVE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
YOU ARE, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T SIGN IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T CONSIDER YOURSELF AN HEIR? NO, THE OTHER HEIRS WERE STATED ON THE CONTRACT.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T, RIGHT.
YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU HAD TO 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T STATED ON THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? AS THE, AS A SIGNER.
BUT AS A MEMBER THAT OWNS PROPERTY OF THAT, YOU, YOU REALIZE NOW THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO DO THAT? YES.
OKAY, MR. ARIAGA, THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT WE STIPULATE OKAY.
THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT WANNA WRITE THESE DOWN.
OCEAN, AND THEN OKAY, BRIAN, HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
THESE ARE THE, THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE, UM, ARE REQUIRING.
A NEW CONTRACT WITH ALL OF THE HEIRS SIGNED OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE? YEAH.
AND THE FINANCIAL MEANS, WHICH INCLUDES THE, UH, THE, UH, REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY.
SO, UH, WHEN WILL THE NEXT, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WILL THE NEXT HEARING BE SO THAT I CAN COME IN WITH THIS? WELL, WE'RE GONNA TRY, WE DON'T LIKE REVOLVING DOORS HERE, SO, OKAY.
WE ARE TRYING TO, TO FORMULATE THIS SO THAT THE, UM, THE CODE OFFICER CAN HANDLE IT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
OKAY? 'CAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY, LIKE I SAID, WE SHOULD BE CLOSING IN TWO WEEKS THOUGH.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 3 5 1 MADERO STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 5 7 8 11 12 15 17 DUE THE REASONS STATED BY THE CODE, UH, OFFICER.
HOWEVER, HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, THE PROPERTY CAN BE FEASIBLY REPAIRED AND OR ORDER THE OWNER BE ALLOWED 90 DAYS TO REPAIR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, ACQUIRE ALL PERMITS, UH, WITHIN 14 DAYS OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY PROPERTIES TO REMAIN VACANT, PENDING COMPLETION OF REPAIRS, PROPERTIES TO BE SECURED, UH, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND REMAIN SECURED DURING THE PENDENCY OF REPAIRS THAT PROGRESS REPORTS BE SUBMITTED TO THE CODE OFFICER EVERY 30 DAYS.
AND THAT THIS ORDER IS, UH, CONDITIONED UPON PROVIDING A FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR REVIEW BY LEGAL, UH, THEIR NECESSARY AIRSHIP AFFIDAVITS TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR REVIEW BY LEGAL AND A PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS.
JUST SHOWING ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS TO ACQUIRE AND TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY THAT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO THE, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR REVIEW BY LEGAL.
WE HAVE A 90 DAY REPAIR ORDER.
WE HAVE, UH, HAVE THE PROPERTY SECURED.
UH, WE ALSO IN SEVEN DAYS, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A PROGRESS REPORTS EVERY 30 DAYS TO THE, UH, CODE OFFICER AND WE HAVE A FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT, UH, PRESENTED TO THE CODE OFFICER FOR REVIEW BY LEGAL.
WE HAVE, UM, THE FINANCIAL WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO BE REVIEWED BY OUR, UH, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THE AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIP.
OH, AND, AND THAT THE CODE OFFICER HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE 90 DAYS YES.
AND THE CODE AT THEIR DISCRETION AS NECESSARY.
AND THE CODE OFFICER HAS THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE 90 DAYS AT, WELL AFTER THE 90 DAYS TO EXTEND IT FORWARD IF YOU NEED MORE TIME.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, I SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.
[19-8131 (CD-5) 3321 San Fernando]
SAN FERNANDO.[00:55:13]
GOOD MORNING.MY NAME IS PATRICIA RAMIREZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 33 21 SAN FERNANDO, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 67 BLOCK THREE LOT A DASH 15 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ANA M F GONZALEZ, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 63 0 3 KIER STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
PHONE NUMBERS FOUND FOR OWNER ANNA GONZALEZ IS 2 1 0 8 3 5 6 1 0 5.
PREVIOUS ASSIGNED OFFICER ROLAND ALONSO HAS HAD CONTACT WITH THE OWNER WHO STATED SHE WOULD LIKE TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2019 AND SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2019.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 33 21 SAN FERNANDO STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 9TH, 2018.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 15TH, 2018, ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2019.
THE NOTICE FOR B S P HEARING WAS POSTED AT 33 21 SAN FERNANDO STREET ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2019.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THE FOLLOWING PERMITS WERE NOTED ON FILE PERMIT NUMBER 2 5 2 7 6 7 2 FOR MINOR REPAIRS PERMIT, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, REPAIRS TO THREE WINDOW REPLACEMENTS, ONE DOOR REPLACEMENT SHEET ROCK REPAIRED THROUGHOUT HOME, NEW O S B SIDING AND NEW TILE THROUGHOUT LIVING ROOM TO THE REAR OF HOME.
THIS PERMIT WAS OBTAINED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2019.
AS OF NOVEMBER 5TH, 2019, THESE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE.
THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEAN AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON NOVEMBER 23RD, 2019.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $1,491.
THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF RODRIGUEZ ELEMENTARY AND AVANSE CHILD DAYCARE CENTER.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH ISSUES TO ALL THREE MAIN COMPONENTS.
THE STRUCTURE IS IN DETERIORATED CONDITION.
GABLE ROOF SYSTEM HAS CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS THAT ARE WORN, RUST, RUSTED, BENT, AND ARE DETACHING FROM ROOF DECKING.
THERE IS ALSO DETERIORATION AND ROTTING TO THE FASCIA, BOARD'S, ROOF DECKING, SOFFIT AREAS AND EAVES.
EXTERIOR WALLS CONSIST OF WOOD SIDING THAT HAS MISSING, BROKEN AND ROTTED PLANKS WALLS ARE ALSO LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS.
THE POSTUM BEAM FOUNDATION HAS SHIFTED AND IS NO LONGER BEARING.
PROPER SUPPORT FOR THE STRUCTURE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO HAS BEAMS OFF CENTER CAUSING A POTENTIAL HAZARD.
ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE AND ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES.
THE ACCESSORY METAL SHEDS HAVE DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO THE CORRUGATED METAL ROOF AND WALL SYSTEM.
AN ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, VIEWING IT FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.
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THIS IS THE SAME RIGHT ELEVATION, VIEWING IT FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION.UH, THERE'S SOME DETERIORATION TO THE CEMENT SKIRTING.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THE SAME ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AND ROTTING OF THE EAVES.
THE ROOF SHEETING, THE CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS ARE LIFTING FROM THE DECKING AND ALSO RUSTED.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE AGAIN SOME ROTTING, UH, DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR SIDING TO THE CEMENT SKIRTING.
THERE'S A LACK OF STEPS CAUSING A DANGER IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE VIEWING FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, MORE ROTTING DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR SIDING.
THE CEMENT SKIRTING, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PANELS ARE DETACHING AS WELL.
LEFT ELEVATION VIEWING FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION THROUGHOUT.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE, UM, VENEER IS PEELING SAME ELEVATION, JUST UM, A FARTHER VIEW.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS THAT ARE, UH, RUSTED AND THEY'RE LIFTING FROM THE ROOF DECKING.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
THIS IS ON THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BEAM IS OFF CENTER OF THE POST.
ANOTHER FOUNDATION, UH, PHOTO SHOWING, UM, THE BEAM BEAM OFF CENTER OF THE POST.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE, WHERE THE HOME HAS SUNK AND IS, UH, THIS BEAM RIGHT HERE IS ALREADY RESTING ON GRADE.
YOU CAN SEE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE FLOOR JOIST AND THIS BEAM RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE THE POST.
THIS IS COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IN THIS CORNER YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AND ROTTING TO THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THERE'S ALSO SHEET ROCK HERE THAT HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING.
ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE SAME CORNER.
YOU CAN SEE THE WALL TO WALL SEPARATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAYLIGHT COMING IN AS WELL.
THIS IS ALSO IN THE ENTRANCE, UH, COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE AS YOU TURN TO YOUR RIGHT.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, KITCHEN AREA, MORE SHEET ROCK ON THE FLOOR.
UM, THE STRUCTURE THROUGHOUT, YOU WILL SEE IT'S, UH, FULL OF, UH, DEBRIS, UH, PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
THIS IS THE FIRST BEDROOM TO YOUR RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CEILING HAS SUSTAINED SOME WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE HALLWAY.
THIS IS THE ONLY BATHROOM IN THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S, UM, THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN.
UM, THERE'S A EXPOSED, UH, CEILING JOIST.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A LAUNDRY AREA, THE SAME AREA.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SHEET ROCK HAS FALLEN.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT SAME AREA.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UM, THE RAFTERS, THE CEILING JOS ARE EXPOSED.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER DAMAGE TO THE, UH, ROOF SHEETING.
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ROOF COVERING ON THIS PART OF THE STRUCTURE.THIS IS STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UH, THE CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS ARE DETACHING.
THEY'RE DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 33 21 SAN FERNANDO STREET ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS 4 1 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NUMBER ONE AND 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
NUMBER TWO 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, ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY, 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 MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 33 21 SAN FERNANDO STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO.
WE DO HAVE, UH, AN ANNA FLORES, SO TO SPEAK.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? ANNA FLORES.
5 0 5 TAF, YOU YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR CASE? WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE, UM, MS. BROWN, THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS DISPATCHED.
YOU KNOW, I HAD, I'VE BEEN NEGLECTING THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND FOR THE REASON IS BECAUSE I, THE SITUATION THAT I WAS IN, I WAS MARRIED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I FILED FOR DIVORCE.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF INCOME COMING WITH, YOU KNOW, AND JUST RECENTLY HAVE I DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, THAT BECAUSE OF MY, UH, RETIREMENT AND MY, UH, DISABILITY.
UH, SO THAT'S THE ONLY INCOME THAT I HAVE WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
I DO HAVE, BECAUSE I WAS MARRIED TO, UH, MR. KELLY, UH, PROPERTY THAT WE HAD A HOUSE BUILT AND MOUNTAIN HOME, UH, THAT WE, THAT I HAVE IN MR. KELLY THAT I WAS MARRIED TO HIS, UM, RETIREMENT, THAT I, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVEN'T SETTLED ANY OF THAT.
WE ARE JUST INTERESTED IN THIS PROPERTY.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, TRYING TO SAY IS THAT I, UM, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT I HAVE COME COMING INTO ME, AND THAT'S THE REASON I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UH, DO ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY.
I, YOU KNOW, DO ADMIT THAT I HAVE, UH, NEGLECTED IT, BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FUNDS.
OKAY, MA'AM, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE MAIN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS LOCATED AT 33 21 SOUTH OR SAN FERNANDO? ALRIGHT.
PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 18.
AND SUBSECTIONS FOR BOTH ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17.
AND THAT THE, UH, BUILDINGS ARE NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THEY BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ON THE, ON THE BOARD.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
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OKAY.ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.
MA'AM, YOU CAN GO WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT WE JUST DID.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR CASES.
WE HAVE ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[9 Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)]
OKAY.IT'S 10 42 AND, UM, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RECESS FROM THE OPEN MEETING AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL, UH, COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 DASH 71 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
WELL, IT'S 10 56 AND, UM, AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW, UH, RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[10 Selection of Board Chair and Vice Chair]
SELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR, AND VICE CHAIR.AND BY AND BY WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT THE SAME.
SO BY, UH, ANIMATING IT BY
AND, UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS THAT, IS THAT AUTHORIZED ON THAT, ON THE BOARD CALL JESSE AND C LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT DWAYNE NELSON MADE THE MOTION
[11 Assistant Director's Report]
HEY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.I JUST, I THOUGHT THEY SAID GIRAFFE STAFF, AND I'M LIKE, WHAT? GOOD MORNING.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I JUST GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATED INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO OUR PERFORMANCE FOR F Y 19.
THE GOOD THING IS WE MET, I WANNA SAY MOST OF THEM, WE, THERE WAS ONE GOAL THAT WE DID NOT MEET, BUT WE WERE CLOSE.
UM, BEFORE 2019, WE HAD, OUR GOAL WAS 50% PROACTIVENESS.
UM, WE ALWAYS MET THAT AND EXCEEDED THAT.
2019, UM, THE CITY MANAGER CHANGED IT TO 65% TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS MAINTAIN THAT.
TIER ONE, UH, RESPONSE TIME, UH, IT'S BEEN ONE TO TWO DAYS AND IT'S STILL ONE TO TWO DAYS.
WE ARE AT 1.8, SO WE ARE GOOD THERE.
TIER TWO RESPONSE, UM, IT USED TO BE TWO TO SIX DAYS, NOW IT'S TWO TO THREE DAYS.
SO WE DID EXCEED THAT, UH, LIMIT BY A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, IF, IF WE STILL HAD THE PREVIOUS YEARS, UH, GOALS, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH 3.4.
UH, THE COMPLIANCE RATE, WE, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 90% OF THE CASES, UH, AND COMPLIANCE WITHIN 45 DAYS.
UH, WE ARE AT 93%, SO WE ARE HIGHER, UH, GRAFFITI ABATEMENTS, THE GOAL IS 50,000, UH, PATIENTS.
SO WE MET THAT AND EXCEEDED THAT.
IT'S, WE, WE HAD LIKE 97 FOR A WHILE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE ADDED FIVE CODE OFFICERS, TWO FOR MOBILE LIVING PARK.
THAT WAS A NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR.
SO WE GOT TWO CODE OFFICERS FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY TO DO THOSE INSPECTIONS.
AND THEN WE GOT THREE ADDITIONAL CODE OFFICERS, AREA OFFICERS, SO THEY'RE IN THE FIELD.
WITH THAT ADDITION, WE WENT TECHNICALLY FROM 289,000 INSPECTIONS TO TH UH, 321,000 INSPECTIONS.
SO WE, WE, WE DID BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THE NUMBER OF CASES IS ROUGHLY THE SAME.
UM, FOR SOME REASON WE HAD A LITTLE BIT LESS CASES BY 600 BASICALLY,
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BUT WE DID MORE INSPECTIONS.SO IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT, OR WHAT I, WHAT I GET OUT OF THIS IS EVERY CASE WE ARE DOING COUPLE MORE INSPECTIONS OR ONE MORE INSPECTION.
WHAT'S THAT? THAT INCLUDES THE WHOLE HARMLESS CASES TOO.
THAT'S EVERY CASE THAT COMES IN HERE, CORRECT? YES.
SO ALL THE CASES TOGETHER WERE 600 SHORT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR? YES.
IS WE WERE 98 PLUS OR IS THAT A MINUS? NO, WE HAVE LESS.
IS THAT A PLUS, BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE ACTIVE OR IS IT, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, NUMBER OF CASES IS VERY IMPORTANT.
RIGHT? BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS A DAY FOR EVERY INSPECTOR, EVERY CODE OFFICER TO DO INSPECTIONS.
SO REALLY THE INSPECTIONS DRIVES THE MAJORITY.
SO IF I HAVE A LOT MORE INSPECTIONS, I CAN'T CREATE MORE CASES BECAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP UP THOSE OTHER CASES.
SO WITH THE ADDITIONAL ALMOST 30,000, UH, INSPECTIONS, WE, WE DROPPED 600 CASES.
I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, IF WE ADDED MORE OFFICERS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING LESS 600 SHORT OF WHAT WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE WITH LESS OFFICERS.
BUT WE ARE 30,000 MORE INSPECTIONS IF YOU INCREASE THE INSPECTIONS.
TECHNICALLY, OUR OFFICER, OUR GOAL IS EVERY OFFICER NEEDS TO MEET 20 INSPECTIONS A DAY.
I MEAN, SOME DAYS THEY DO ONE OR TWO BIGGER CASES OR ISSUES, AND THEN SOME DAYS THEY DO 40 OR 50.
SO YOU AVERAGE THE AVERAGE IS 20.
UH, BUT WE DID A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
WE HAD, WE DID 30,000 MORE THIS THIS YEAR.
I, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF WE DID 600 CASES MORE LAST YEAR, IS IT BECAUSE 600 OF THE OTHER CASES OR PEOPLE ARE HANDLING 'EM THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY GET IT? IT, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE.
UH, SOME CASES WE DO ONE INSPECTION AND IT'S DONE AND WE CLOSE THAT CASE.
UH, SOME CASES WE DO THREE TO FOUR INSPECTIONS ON IT.
THAT'S WHY I SAY CASES FROM LIKE A, A GRASS ISSUE.
IF IT'S HANDLED WITHIN IT'S 10 DAYS, IT'S STILL A CASE.
IT'S DISPOSITION IS RESOLVED, CORRECT? YES.
SO IT STILL COUNTS AS A CASE? YES.
UH, IN REGARDS TO MONEY, UH, ABATEMENT MONEY BASICALLY FOR, UH, VACANT LOTS DANGEROUS PREMISES AND DEMO DEMOLITIONS.
UH, WE, WE NORMALLY HAD UH, I GUESS 1.88 MILLION, UH, JUST F Y I 2020.
NOW WE ARE AT, THEY DROPPED IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THIS, THIS COMING YEAR.
UH, BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD 1.88 MILLION.
WE DID, UH, 2,388, UH, VACANT SLOT CASES, 1375 DP CASES AND 1 0 1 DEMOS.
SO WHY IS THE COUNCIL CUTTING YOUR BUDGET? LET ME TEACH YOU A LITTLE, IT'S THE COUNCIL.
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE TRICK THAT WE USED TO DO.
YOU ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE THAN YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SO THAT THEY'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU REALLY NEED.
AND WE DO ASK FOR MORE EVERY YEAR.
WE DO, WE DO ASK FOR MORE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS A GENERAL FUND.
SO EVERY YEAR THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY, THEY LOOK AT THE WHOLE BUDGET AND THEY SEE, DO WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT THIS YEAR OR LESS OR MORE OR WHATEVER.
SO, UH, I, I, I BELIEVE, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT HIT BY REDUCING THEIR BUDGET A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
YOU SHOULD TELL 'EM THAT YOU NEED MORE FOR DISTRICTS ONE IN FIVE.
BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE THE BUDGET WAS 1.8 MILLION.
WHAT DID YOU ACTUALLY EXPEND IT? WE, WE ACTUALLY USED MOST OF IT.
I THINK WE HAD 50,000 LEFT OR 30,000 LEFT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO COUNCIL HAS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR CUT.
UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT, THAT'S A PERSONAL OPINION.
BUT LET, LET, I GUESS WE SPEND ABOUT 200,000 DUE TO STORMS DAMAGES, TREES FALLING ON PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
SO WE SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY THIS LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU TAKE THE 200,000 OUT, WE ARE TECHNICALLY, WE STILL HAVE 150,000 LEFT OVER.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED AT.
AND THEY SAID, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER STORM NEXT YEAR.
BUT I GUESS WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS IF WE DO HAVE A STORM NEXT YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, WE'RE GONNA ASK TO REVISE
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OUR BUDGET.BUT AS IS, THE BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER NOW, YOUR MONEY SET ASIDE FOR EMERGENCY IS DESIGNATED.
IS IT ALREADY LOTTED TO THAT OR DO YOU GET THE LUMP AND THEN PUT YOUR OWN IN THERE? MAINLY, UH, THE, THE RESERVE MONEY IS ACTUALLY D S D SIDE, THE ENTERPRISE SIDE, NOT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GENERAL FUND SIDE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET, YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT GRAFFITI, DEMOLITIONS, VACANT LOG, VACANT LOG CUTS, CLEAN, SECURE, ANYTHING THAT COMES UP WITHIN THE, UH, CO COMPLIANCE AREA.
YOUR EMERGENCY, IS THAT CONSIDERED LIKE WHEN YOU DO THE EMERGENCY DEMOS OR DOES THAT COME OUT OF REGULAR FUNDS? YEAH, REGULAR FUNDS.
ANY, ANY DEMOS IF THEY'RE EMERGENCY DEMOS OR JUST REGULAR DEMOS, THEY ARE COMING FROM THAT 1.8 MILLION.
SO HAVE WE SPENT MORE ON THE 1.8 MILLION THAN WE'D NORMALLY DO A YEAR? WE DID NOT PASS THAT.
WE WERE, DID NOT, WE WERE ABOUT 30,000 SHORT.
I'M LOOKING AT A GRAFFITI HERE.
THAT'S UP TO 55 HUMAN THOUSAND.
THAT'S, AND IT KEEPS CLIMBING, IT LOOKS LIKE, EXCEPT FOR 2016 WHERE IT WAS AT 59.
SO HOW MUCH MONEY'S ACTUALLY NOW GOING INTO THAT, THAT COULD HAVE GONE INTO ANOTHER PART OF A PROJECT.
UH, THE GRAFFITI TEAM HAS ITS OWN BUDGET OF 1.1 MILLION.
SO THE 1.8 IS REALLY SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES.
VA VACANT, LOT DP CASES, AND DEMOLITION ONLY.
AND THAT, THAT MONEY IS BEING UTILIZED TO AGAIN, PAY CONTRACTORS TO DO THE WORK.
YOU HAVE 50,000 AROUND UNTIL WHEN THE FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT? OR IS THAT WHAT, WHAT? 50,000, YOU SAID YOU HAVE ABOUT 50,000 LEFT OUT OF THAT MONEY.
BUT WE CLOSED THAT HERE, SO THAT'S IT.
SO, SO THE MONEY GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT YOU GUYS DON'T ROLL IT? NO, YOU DON'T ROLL THE MONEY.
THAT'D BE A LOT EASIER IF YOU GUYS COULD ROLL THAT MONEY.
AND IF, IF WE HAD A CONTRACTOR WHO DID SOME WORK AND SUBMITTED THE INVOICE, BUT WE DIDN'T PAY IT YET.
THAT ONE WE CARRY FORWARD MONEY.
BUT YOU'RE STILL HOLDING MONEY FOR OUTSTANDING.
IT'S KIND ALREADY SPENT, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY PAY IT.
SO THAT AMOUNT WILL GO OVER, LIKE WE, WE SO THESE NUMBERS CARRY OVER.
WILL THESE NUMBERS ADJUST WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS? NO, THIS, THIS IS THE FINAL.
BUT YOU'RE CARRYING OVER SOME CONTRACTS, RIGHT? YES.
SO THAT'S ALL BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY FORECASTED IT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
DO YOU ALL NEGOTIATE HOW MANY, HOW MANY DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY? WE HAVE ONLY ONE.
WHAT?
SO, UH, DO YOU WANNA NEGOTIATE WITH HIM EVERY YEAR FOR, UH, FOR, UH, LESSER PRICES? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
'CAUSE HE'S, I MEAN, IF HE'S THE ONLY DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR YOU HAVE, HE'S GONNA GET ALL THE WORK ANYWAY.
BUT WE HAVE CONTRACT BASICALLY.
SO NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE OPEN THAT FOR BIDS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BID ON IT, THEY WILL BID ON IT AND SAY, PER SQUARE FOOT ON RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL OR WHATEVER, HERE IS THE AMOUNT.
SO IT'S FIXED AMOUNT FOR EACH TASK.
SO LEGALLY YOU'RE OBLIGATED, JUST LIKE THE CITY DOES FOR ONE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE SUBCONTRACTOR.
I, I CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE, BUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO APPLIED AND HE WAS WITHIN THE BUDGET OR LESS THAN THE BUDGET THAT WE ESTIMATED.
SO HE GOT THE CONTRACT AND IT'S RENEWABLE EVERY YEAR FOR UP TO I THINK FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN YOU SWITCH UP, OH, THREE YEARS WITH TWO YEAR, ONE YEARS RENEWAL.
SO YOU GET THREE WHEN THAT EXPIRES.
AND IF MORE PEOPLE BID, IF MS. BROWN, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN COMPANY AND YOU BID ON IT AND YOU GET ME A FRONT END LOADER, COME DOWN HERE AND BID BABY
IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR, IF YOU HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR AND YOU HAVE A BIDDING PROCESS, YOU CLOSE IT AND NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE AND THEN IT'S CLOSED AFTER THAT.
AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR IS SELECTED AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU SAID YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR.
WE CAN HAVE OPEN CONTRACT, LIKE, YOU KNOW.
YOU CAN'T SUBMIT ANYTIME YOU WANT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IF YOU,
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IF YOU HAVE A CONTRACT, SO YOU'RE ONLY TAKING ONE CONTRACTOR, IF FIVE OF THEM APPLY, LIKE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES FOR THEIR TOWING, NO.IF, IF FIVE PEOPLE APPLIED AND THEY MEET ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE COST AND MONEY AND ALL THAT, THEY WILL BE SELECTED.
WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR.
I THINK THAT WOULD KIND OF BE A LITTLE MORE, BUT NOBODY ELSE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A, DO YOU GUYS ADVERTISE? I MEAN IT'S SIMILAR, SIMILAR TO DP, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE, OR WE HAVE FOUR CONTRACTORS OF DP AND NOW WE HAVE ONLY THREE.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY APPLIED, THEY MET THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, AND SO WE CONTRACTED WITH ALL OF THEM.
SO YEAH, IF I HAVE FIVE PEOPLE WHO APPLIES FOR DEMOLITION AND THEY MEET THE CRITERIA, WHICH MAKES THE TURNAROUND, WE WILL PICK THEM UP, WHICH MAKES THE TURNAROUND ON SOME OF THIS A LOT FASTER.
SO SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES WON'T BE HOLDING THERE VERY LONG BECAUSE YOU HAVE FIVE CONTRACTORS.
FIRST ONE CONTRACTOR CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH IN A DAY, MAKE YOU TURN AROUND A LOT QUICKLY, QUICKLY.
POTENTIALLY HAVING MORE CONTRACTORS WILL HELP EXPEDITE THINGS.
'CAUSE YOUR TURNAROUNDS WOULD BE A LOT QUICKER.
SO ON THE 1.88 MILLION THAT WE WERE BUDGETED TO SPEND FOR THOSE THINGS, HOW MUCH DID WE RECOVER, UM, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.
MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF PHIL KNOWS THAT, BUT IT'S ABOUT LIKE FIVE TO 10%.
AND THE REST OF IT IS OUT THERE AS LIENS, I'M ASSUMING ON THE PROPERTIES AS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE? NOT, NOT ALL OF IT IS LIENS.
IT DEPENDS, UH, WE CAN'T PUT LIEN ON HOMESTEAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO IT DEPENDS.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE, BUDGET, ALL THAT? OKAY.
UH, WHILE, WHILE I'M HERE, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT JUST IT'S QUICK THING FOR US.
UH, YOU GUYS KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SECURITY NOW WE HAVE THE METAL DETECTORS AND ADDITIONAL TWO ADDITIONAL SECURITY GUARDS AND EVEN A PD OFFICER IS HERE, BASICALLY, UM, JUST F Y I.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE GOT, UH, A THREAT FROM, UH, A CUSTOMER WHO APPLIED FOR REZONING AND HE DIDN'T GET IT.
SO HE ACTUALLY SENT SOME THREATS TO US.
UH, SO IMMEDIATELY WE CONTACTED PD.
THEY DID, UH, SOME RESEARCH INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AND THEY FOUND THOSE ARE LIKE, HE DID SAY THOSE THINGS, I GUESS.
HE'S AT, UH, HE'S AT HOME NOW BASICALLY WITH THE ANKLE BRACELET IF YOU WILL.
UM, HE CAN'T LEAVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AT THAT POINT WE JUST LOOKED AT IT IN, IN TOTALITY AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR STAFF TO BE SAFE.
ANYBODY WHO ENTERS THIS BUS BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE IMPLEMENTED THAT.
JUST AGAIN, TO LET YOU KNOW, CAN WE SUE HIM FOR THE COST OF SECURITY QUESTION FOR LEGAL
ARE WE ABLE TO SUE SOMEBODY WHO THREATENS US, UH, AND LET THEM PAY FOR THE COST OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR THE BUILDING? OR IS IT A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT? UH, I RIGHT.
OH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU.
THE SECURITY TOOK ALL LUNCH MONEY,
NOW, NOW WE CAN'T HAVE, WE CAN'T HAVE ANY GOOD FOOD.
WE HAVE TO HAVE HEALTHY FOOD
OKAY, WE HAVE A REPORT FROM, UM, WHAT SAYS OH OH 2019 CODE ENFORCEMENT GOALS, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS.
[12 Staff Updates]
NO.B S B ORDERS AND ACTION REPORT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AGAIN, DANNY LEE IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE MANAGER FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, MY REPORT PROBABLY WON'T BE AS INTERESTING AS MR. TOMASA'S REPORT, BUT I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICKLY.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF SUM UP SOME OF THE B S P ORDERS AND ACTIONS THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
UH, BUT STARTING OFF JUST QUICKLY WITH THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE, UH, THE BOARD MET, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, COLLECTIVELY AS A WHOLE.
SO THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, THEY MET 25 TIMES, RIGHT? PANEL A MET 10 TIMES, PANEL B MET 13 TIMES AND THERE WAS TWO FULL BOARD MORE MEETINGS, UH, THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR SERVICE AND THE COMMITMENT YOU'VE, UH, DEMONSTRATED THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.UH, OVERALL, COLLECTIVELY, AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN 265 ACTIONS TAKEN, UH, BY THE BOARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, 120, UM, ACTIONS BY PANEL A AND A HUNDRED AND RATHER 143 BY PANEL B AND TWO TAKEN BY THE, UH, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.
AND EACH OF YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS, UH, REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO, UH, I WON'T GO THROUGH IN DETAIL EACH ONE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO US TO SHARE WITH OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE? DEFINITELY WE CAN, WE CAN SEND YOU GUYS A COPY AND YOU CAN SHARE IT.
AGAIN, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET A COPY AND YOU GUYS CAN SHARE WITH YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL STAFF AS WELL.
OKAY? SO, UM, ALRIGHT, SO AGAIN, THAT SUMS UP THE B S P ORDERS AND ACTION REPORTS, BUT THIS FAST FISCAL YEAR, I'M GONNA COVER TWO MORE REPORTS.
THE B S B PENALTY REPORT AND THE B SS B CASES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE CASES.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT IS GONNA BE THE B S B UH, PENALTY REPORT.
UM, SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE THE REPORT AGAIN SUMMED UP BY, YOU KNOW, PANEL A AND PANEL B, AND, AND THE FULL BOARD AS A WHOLE PANEL A IMPOSED A PENALTY, UM, ON A PROPERTY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, UH, FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND SO THEY'VE RACKED UP, UH, QUITE A FEW CHARGES THERE, OVER A HUNDRED, $3,000 IN PENALTIES, RIGHT? UM, AND SO, UM, THUS TO DATE NOTHING'S BEEN COLLECTED AT THIS POINT.
STILL, STILL OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF $103,000.
OKAY? SO, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY, UM, PENALTY IF YOU WILL AT THIS POINT FOR THIS TIME.
GOTTA REMEMBER, HE IS AN ATTORNEY, THEREFORE HE KNOWS THAT HE COULD FIGHT THE ISSUE WITHOUT ANOTHER ATTORNEY.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE, AND IF HE HADN'T HAVE BEEN AN ATTORNEY, HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE FINE TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, SO THE NEXT REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU IS GONNA BE AGAIN, THE, UH, B S B BOARD CASES PER COUNCIL DISTRICT AND THE B S B PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE CASES.
UM, SO AS YOU IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORIES AS WELL.
SO IT'S GOT ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS LISTED AND THE DP SS A P M C CASES ABATEMENT, SUMMARY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS, AND HOLD ARMS AGREEMENTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE 220 65 ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE BOARDS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE THE REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE CASES.
I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT IT WAS ASKED, WELL, HOW MANY OF THESE CASES ARE REACTIVE? HOW MANY ARE PROACTIVE? AND THERE'S A BREAKDOWN AS WELL OF THE, UM, NUMBER OF CASES OR AT LEAST PERCENTAGE WISE, UH, WHAT'S BEEN REACTIVE AND WHAT'S PROACTIVE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, ABOUT 95% OF OUR CASES THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD ARE GONNA BE PROACTIVE CASES, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, AS A WHOLE 6% ARE REACTIVE, UM, COLLECTIVELY, AS YOU KNOW, ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS TOGETHER.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN GET YOU GUYS COPIES OF ALL THESE REPORTS SO YOU CAN SHARE 'EM, UM, AS YOU LOOK 'EM OVER.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY THREE REPORTS I PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING RATHER? MM-HMM.
UM, WHEN YOUR OFFICERS GO OUT AND THEY SEE A PROPERTY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN NEGLECTED AND THEY GO IN THERE AND THEY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE REPAIRED, SO THEY COME UP WITH A REPAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY HOLISTICALLY INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON, UH, LIKE THAT ONE WE HAD TODAY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM BRING AN ENTIRE REPORT IN TO MAKE IT, UM, CLEARER THAT THEY COVERED EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T GO INTO A BUILDING AND SAY, OH, THE FLOORS ARE BAD.
UH, OR ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND THE ROOF IS ABOUT TO COME OFF AND THEY DON'T SEE THE ROOF OR THEY DON'T INSPECT THE ROOF OR WHATEVER.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT HOLISTICALLY PRESENTED TO US.
SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR CONTRACTOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DID Y'ALL DO THIS? DID Y'ALL DO THIS? DID Y'ALL DO THIS? HE
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SAID, YES, WE DID ALL OF THAT.SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE DONE OR IF THAT'S IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
WE MADE A NOTE OF THAT EARLIER TODAY AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE TALK TO STAFF ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE AS A WHOLE, UM, AND HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE THE SITUATION WE HAD EARLIER TODAY AS WELL.
AND THE, UH, THE LITTLE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, UH, THAT DIDN'T APPEAR TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF HOW HE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S NEW OR OLD OR INDIFFERENT, BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF GRASP OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE WERE ASKING HIM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE NEEDS, UH, ASSISTANT TRAINING, ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR DOES HE NEED SOMEBODY TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD WITH HIM TO PRO TO PROPERLY, UH, LEARN HOW TO ASSESS A BUILDING, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER? I, I DON'T KNOW.
AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, I MEAN, COMING BEFORE THE BOARD IS KIND OF INTIMIDATING.
I THINK IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME COMING BEFORE YOU GUYS AND SO, UM, YEAH, EXACTLY.
AND, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I THINK IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME COMING TO THE BOARD TODAY, SO HE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AT THIS POINT.
SO HAS HE BEEN
UH, USUALLY THE OFFICERS DO NOT PRESENT THE CASES BEFORE THE BOARD.
BUT AGAIN, NOT TO EXCUSE HIS, HIS, UH, HIS HIS ACTION OR HIS DEMEANOR, HIS BEHAVIOR, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE WILL ADDRESS THAT WITH STAFF INTERNALLY.
NUMBER OF APPENDING, JUST GO AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR CASE.
I'M TRYING TO FIND WHERE WE ARE.
LOOK WHAT SUPPOSED HAVE NEXT ANYWAY.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL ESI, I'M A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, TODAY I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, GIVE YOU THE UPDATE FOR THE NUMBER OF PENDING SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REPAIR CASES WE HAVE, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.
WE HAVE 83 CASES THAT WERE CLOSED AND 22 THAT WERE PENDING.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UH, CHART THERE, HOW MANY, UM, WE HAVE IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS REPRESENTED THREE, FIVE, AND SEVEN AND WHAT THEY'RE FOR.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I, I, I KNOW I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ASK THIS, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET THESE REPORTS TO THEIR PROSPECTIVE COUNCIL PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR DISTRICT AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO? I MEAN, I'VE TRIED, I I'VE BEEN TO TWO SESSIONS NOW AND ASK THEM TO TAKE A RIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEE, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A BUDGET THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, TO USE SOME PAINT OR FIX A FACIAL BOARD OR SOMETHING FOR, FOR ONE OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
BUT THEY HAVE, LOOK AT, LOOK AT DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DISTRICT ONE AND FIVE ARE PRETTY BAD ALL THE TIME.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE ENLIGHTENING TO THEM OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE.
THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO, MA'AM.
BUT YOU, YOU NEED SOMEBODY WITH SOME BACKBONE TO DO THAT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'LL JUMP ALL OVER Y'ALL.
SEE, SEE THEY CAN'T BOTHER ME SO I'LL MAIL IT OUT TO 'EM IF YOU WANT ME TO.
UM, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? NO.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, WHICH WILL BE, UH, FUTURE B S B MEETING DATES.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DATES LISTED THERE THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE FORWARD.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, JUST TO NOTE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, UH, I'M ALMOST POSITIVE THAT JUNE 16TH, 2020 I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE.
I'LL BE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON ANOTHER CRUISE.
ALRIGHT, BUT NOT FOR AN ANNIVERSARY.
SORRY,
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ROMANIA.GOING TO SEE DRACULA,
WE ARE THERE ANY MORE, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? UH, THE NEXT TOPIC WE'LL BE GOING OVER IS B S B MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2018 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019.
YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THEIR, UH, PERCENTAGE THAT THEY ATTENDED THE MEETINGS.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TEAM AND, UH, TIME TO COME OUT HERE AND ASSIST US WITH THIS, UH, BOARD.
WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU? YES, SIR.
ON THE SECOND PART OF THE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS MM-HMM.
UH, HE'S DOING PRETTY GOOD, SIR.
SO WHERE AM I ON THAT ONE? UM, I'D HAVE TO RUN THE NUMBERS ON THAT.
THAT SHOULD HAVE SAID WHO? MR. ANDES.
SO MINE IS AT SIX AND HIS IS AT 13.
I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU HAD HIM TWICE ON THERE.
YOU GETTING FREQUENT FLYERS FOR THIS OR SOMETHING? THE PEOPLE IN RED ARE THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEXT ONE.
ON THE NEXT ONE WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, NEW APPOINTEES THAT WILL BE COMING TO JOIN THE BOARD.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF 'EM, UM, HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED AND SOME OF 'EM ARE SET TO BE APPOINTED.
UM, AT THIS TIME THEY JUST NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED THROUGH THE PROCEDURE AND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE TRAINING AND THEN THEY'LL BE JOINING.
YOU WENT TO SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 10.
DISTRICT 10 DID SEND SOMEBODY, BUT THEY DID NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
I, YOU KNOW, HE, I I NEED, I'M PUTTING PHONE CALL TO HIM.
WHO IS SEVEN? THE COUNCIL FIRST FOR SEVEN? IT'S UH, IS IT ANDA SANDOVAL? YES.
SHE WAS THE ONE THAT CAME UP TO ME.
WELL SHE NEEDS A, SHE NEEDS A, A DISCUSSION
I WILL REACH OUT TO ALL THREE DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE WE GET APPOINTEES.
YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? I CAN DO IT.
Y'ALL FORGET I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE LIKE A JOB OR A PAYCHECK OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.
ARE MOST OF THESE AT LARGE, ARE THEY BEING APPOINTED BY THEIR COUNCIL OR ARE THEY JUST BEING APPOINTED BY WHOEVER? UH, NO, THEY'RE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL, SIR.
BUT WHY ARE THEY PUTTING SO MANY AT LARGE? YES, BUT THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AREN'T APPOINTED PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICT.
THEY'RE JUST GIVING PEOPLE AT LARGE.
WELL THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN, AGAIN FOR VOLUNTEERING IN YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOURS,
YOU HAVE ANY OPEN DISCUSSION THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO LEAD?
UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OPEN DISCUSSION AND UM, I WILL LEAD IT IF SOMEBODY WILL GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DISCUSS.
YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF BLATANTLY TALK ABOUT WHATEVER I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
I WISH TO, I THINK I APOLOGIZE TO THE STAFF AND TO THE BOARD FOR CAUSING THE MEETING ON OCTOBER THE 24TH NOT TO BE HELD.
IT WAS A SHORT NOTICE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
I TRY TO GIVE YOU A ADVANCE NOTICE LIKE SIX 18 OF 2020.
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TO, ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS THAT WE COULD DO NEXT YEAR FROM THE BOARD? NOTHING.OKAY, SO, OH, I, I DO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
WHERE ARE MY CHURCH PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, I WANTED THAT NOW WHO, WHO, WHO NEGATED THAT? OKAY.
ONE OF YOU ON NEGATED THAT MY CHURCH PEOPLE I WANTED OH, DANNY.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S A ONGOING MATTER AND SO IT'S NOT TO BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION.
AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S AN ONGOING, UH, MATTER THAT COULD LEAD TO LITIGATION, UH, IT HAS LED TO LITIGATION AT THE EARLY STAGES BY THE, UH, OWNER OF THE TRAILER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I NEGATED THE DISCUSSION.
SO ACTUALLY I THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT CASE THAN THAT.
THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE CITY ACTUALLY DID SOME REPAIR ON THE ROAD AND CAUSED ROAD AND PARKING LOT AND CAUSED, UH, WATER DAMAGE, ACTUALLY NOT WATER DAMAGE, IMPROPER DRAINAGE FROM THE CHURCH BUILDING.
UH, AND I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD THAT RESOLVED.
IT'S THE ONE THAT WAS ON GOLIAD ROAD ALMOST RESOLVED LAST TIME WE MET THE ONE ON GOLIAD ROAD WITH THE PARKING LOT WAS FLOODING OUT AND THERE WAS NO PROPER DRAINAGE TO THE STREET AND UH, CODE COMPLIANCE WANTED THEM TO FIX IT.
BUT SINCE IT WAS THE CONTRACTOR THAT DOESN'T WORK WITH THE CITY NO MORE, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKED OUT.
AND C T I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CALLED IN TO ASSESS THE SO-CALLED DAMAGE.
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW.
HUH? EVERYBODY WAS CAHOOTS A HOOT.
IT WAS ALMOST A SETTLED CASE THE LAST TIME WE HAD OUR GENERAL MEETING.
WELL I WENT BY THERE TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT SHOULDN'T SETTLED THE PARKING LOT'S STILL THE SAME OR NOT STILL THERE.
IT'S ON, IT'S ON GOLIAD ROAD AND RIGHT UP FROM HOT WELLS AREA.
WE JUST DISCUSSED IT AND UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE THREATENING A LAWSUIT, I'LL ALSO NEGATE DISCUSSION ON A PENDING LITIGATION.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA THAT I WANTED YOU TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.
OH, THE CASE WHERE WE HAD, UM, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO OF A COUPLE THAT HAD ASBESTOS SHINGLES ON THEIR HOUSE.
AND UM, AND I I WANT TO KNOW, WE GOT THAT THE CITY GOT THAT $2 MILLION OR SOMETHING FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL.
SO IS THAT APPLICABLE TO, TO US OR TO TO, UM, TO CODE COMPLIANCE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE IN THE FIELD ALL THE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, COULD SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND THAT MONEY COULD BE USED TO HELP PEOPLE OR IS THE CITY GONNA DO SOMETHING WITH THE MONEY THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT? NO MA'AM.
UM, PART OF OUR REFERRALS WHEN WE DO THE REFERRAL LIST.
UM, YOU ARE CORRECT ON THE, UH, THE, THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED, THAT WAS PROVIDED I BELIEVE TO N H S D NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HANDY.
AND WE DO, WE DO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE CITIZENS TO BE PARTNERED UP WITH, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO WE, I CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT SPECIFIC CASE.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT ADDRESS ON THAT, THAT ONE USED AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT IN GENERAL, EVERY TIME WE DO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S A ROOF BECAUSE THERE IS A ONE ROOF PROGRAM OR WHETHER IT'S UM, SOME TYPE OF REHABILITATION THAT MAY BE NEEDED ON THE HOUSE ITSELF, WE DO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO UH, MAKE THOSE OFFERS.
NOW IT IS UP TO THE CITIZEN TO STEP FORWARD AND SOMETIMES IF THEY DON'T OWN THE, THE PROPERTY OUTRIGHT, THEY MAY NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP OR IF THEY HAVE BACK TAXES OR SOMETHING ELSE MAY PROHIBITED THEM FROM QUALIFYING.
THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
BUT WE DO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO AT LEAST PROVIDE THOSE, UH, PHONE NUMBERS AND THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR THEM TO, UH, PURSUE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF THEY OWE BACK TAXES, THEY CAN'T, UH, GET INTO THE PROGRAM FOR SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS? YES MA'AM.
FOR SOME, FOR NO, I'M ABOUT THIS ASBESTOS.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU SPECIFICALLY ON THAT ONE, I DON'T HAVE THE GUIDELINES ON IT.
TYPICALLY THEY FALL INTO THE GUIDELINES OF, UH, ON THAT ONE PARTICULAR, I DON'T HAVE THE GUIDELINES ON THAT ONE, BUT IT'S USUALLY THEY FALL INTO THOSE GOVERNMENT STANDARDS OF, OF THE, THE POVERTY RATE, THE UH, IF THEY'RE MAKING THE TOO MUCH MONEY ON THAT END.
BUT I'LL GET YOU THOSE, I'LL GET YOU THOSE GUIDELINES AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE IN HAND TO SHOW AS WELL.
'CAUSE I'D SEE A LOT OF ASBESTOS SHINGLES AROUND TOWN
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AND, UH, IF, IF THOSE PEOPLE CAN QUALIFY, THEY SHOULD.AND I DON'T THINK BACK TAXES SHOULD HOLD UP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAIL ASBESTOS AND TO INHALE IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GET CANCER AND YOU DIE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT TAXES SHOULD HOLD THAT UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT CAN'T, CAN'T AFFORD THEIR BACK TAXES.
AND THAT INCLUDES ME
BUT, UH, YEAH, I I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT TO A HOMEOWNER WHO HAS A HOMESTEADING LAW AND IN THEIR FAVOR AND THEY CANNOT REMOVE THE ASBESTOS SHINGLES FROM THEIR PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT WITH.
AND WE GOT $2 MILLION SITTING IN THE BANK FROM A, A GOVERNMENT FUND THAT WAS GIVEN TO SAN SAN ANTONIO.
AND UH, THEY'RE NOT PUBLICIZING IT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT MAKES ME THINK THAT STUFF IS GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SAD TO SAY IT'S WORSE THAN AUSTIN.
Y'ALL NEED TO READ THAT TRANSCRIPT FROM AUSTIN ABOUT THOSE, UH, THOSE LEGISLATURES THAT WE HAVE UP THERE AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE WHILE THEY WANTED TO TAKE 500 AND SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS FROM SAN ANTONIO.
I FORGET I WAS BEING RECORDED.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS? NO.
WELL, I GUESS WE ARE ADJOURNED.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS