* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] THE TIME IS NOW 9 22. [Call to Order] ON NINE, UH, 21 NOVEMBER, 2019, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, WE'RE REAL PLEASED TO HAVE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WITH US PRESENT TODAY. AND ROBERT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. ROBERT TAPIA. UH, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. VETERAN VIETNAM ERA AIR FORCE. WELL AS, UH, IRAQ VETERAN UNITED STATES ARMY. AND JOSH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. UH, JOSHUA POWELL. UH, I'VE BEEN HERE WITH SAN ANTONIO FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, UH, CURRENTLY A PARAMEDIC. UH, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE SERVING ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU. AND LEN LENCIA, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? LENCIA GUILLORY, UH, RESIDENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, A TEXAS NATIVE, RECENTLY RETIRED IN SEPTEMBER ARMY, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOARD. UH, AND YOU'LL FIND, UH, THIS TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL ISSUE FOR YOURSELF, AS WELL AS A LOT OF, UH, EXCITEMENT AND ENJOYMENT IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ON THE CITIZENS BOARD. OUR FIRST CASE IS GOING TO BE FOUR. UH, THANK YOU. WE HAVE SUBMITTED ADMINISTRATIVE AND ALSO SOME, UH, CODE HARMLESS AGREEMENTS TO BE PRESENTED. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL ESTI. I'M A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, TODAY I'D LIKE TO READ INTO THE, TO THE MINUTES SOME HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS. WE HAVE, UH, THE [(CD-7) 102 Comfort (accessory structure)] OWNER OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1 0 2 COMFORT, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN 1-811-HAMMOND [(CD-2) 1811 Hammond Ave] AVENUE IN DISTRICT TWO, 600 [(CD-3) 600 Mitchell St W] MITCHELL STREET, WEST DISTRICT THREE AND 14 0 6 KENTUCKY [(CD-7) 1406 Kentucky Ave] AVENUE HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 9 5, UH, SORRY, SIX DASH 1 9 5 9 OF SECTION FIVE. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, [1. 19-8519 (CD-3) 2026 Hicks Ave (appeal)] ONE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN PULLED AND THE OWNER IS HERE TO SPEAK ON IT. AND WE WERE GONNA ASK THAT THE OWNER BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED MY PRESENTATION. UM, AND THAT IS FOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CASE 2 0 2 6 HICKS AVENUE IN DISTRICT THREE. UH, THE OWNER HAS COMPLIED. SHE'S APPEALING OR SHE WAS APPEALING. IT'S BEEN PULLED. ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AS REQUESTED, WE WILL, UH, BRING BARBARA PEREZ UP TO SPEAK ON HER CASE. IF YOU WOULD MA'AM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS BARBARA PEREZ. MY ADDRESS IS 2026 HICKS. IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR CASE. WELL, I WAS CITED FOR SEVERAL CITATIONS, AND AS MR. URI JUST STATED, IT'S BEEN CLOSED. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I JUST DIDN'T LIKE HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR THEM TO COME TO THIS CONCLUSION. I DO HAVE PICTURES IN CASE YOU NEEDED TO SEE THEM. UM, MR. ESTA CAME TO MY HOUSE. MY PROBLEM WHEN THEY CITED ME FOR THIS IN 2017, JOHN, BECAUSE OF THESE BRICKS THAT ARE NEATLY STACKED IN MY BACKYARD SINCE 1996. IN 2017, JOHN KELLY CLOSED THE CASE THAT THEY REPORTED MY BRICKS A NEIGHBOR. AND THEN MR. SHANNON HIMSELF CLOSED THE CASE AGAIN. AND THAT SAME CODE OFFICER REOPENED IT AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER 30TH. OKAY, SO I KNOW Y'ALL ARE VERY BUSY AND FOR THEM TO CONTINUE WRITING ME UP FOR THE CITATION ON BRICKS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND WERE CLOSED TWICE, AND THEN THIS OFFICER CONTINUED WRITING THEM UP, I FELT WAS HARASSMENT. I'M GLAD IT'S CLOSED. I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE BRICKS IF YOU NEED, BUT LIKE I TOLD MR. JOHN KELLY, AND MIND YOU, JOHN KELLY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY TWO GO PERSON. I DON'T BUILD ANYTHING. I GET MY PERMITS OUT BEFORE I EVEN DO [00:05:01] ANYTHING. AND I WOULD ALWAYS ASK JOHN KELLY, I'VE KNOWN HIM BE WHEN WE BOTH HAD, DIDN'T HAVE THIS MUCH GRAY HAIR, BOTH OF US. OKAY? SO I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY TWO GO PERSON. AND I'VE, I CAN SHOW YOU, I'VE GOTTEN MY PERMITS FOR EVERYTHING. I DO EVERYTHING. BUT THIS CODE OFFICER CONTINUE WRITING ME UP EVERYTHING FROM MY, UH, ALLEY BEAM IN VIOLATION WHERE MY ALLEY IS NOTHING BUT CLEAN DIRT. LIKE I TOLD HIM, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? VACUUM IT. 'CAUSE IT'S NOTHING BUT DIRT. AND I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES FROM THE ENDS OF THE STREET. THE LITTLE WHITE PLA PATCH IN THE MIDDLE IS MY ALLEY. BUT HE WROTE ME UP AS A VIOLATION. I RESPECT MR. KELLY. OKAY. AND FOR MR. SHANNON TO COME TO MY STREET WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND FIVE OTHER MEN. UM, UM, AND THIS OFFICER HIDING BEHIND, UH, THE ALLEY BEHIND, UM, GARAGES AND STUFF, SNEAKING AROUND TAKING PICTURES WAS VERY INTIMIDATING TO ME. HE WOULD SIT IN MY ALLEY FOR 17 MINUTES VIDEOTAPING THESE BRICKS. I'VE, UM, NOW THEY'RE PART OF MY LANDSCAPING, WHICH THAT'S WHY THEY'VE CLOSED IT. BUT FOR IT TO HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE AFTER IT HAD BEEN CLOSED IN 2017 BY JOHN KELLY HIMSELF, AND THEN BY MR. SHANNON, AND THEN FOR THIS OFFICER TO REOPEN IT AGAIN WAS TO ME, HARASSING. OKAY. BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS NOW CLOSED. BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, NOW, THERE'S A VIOLATION OF MY, UH, FENCE CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN 1996 THAT HAS THREE BARBED WIRES THAT, UM, ON THE FENCE, WHICH NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN IS AN ISSUE ALSO. SO I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW I GET OUT MY PERMITS FOR EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING FROM MY, UH, METAL ROOF TO WINDOWS TO EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE, UM, MY DRIVEWAY. I NEVER DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ASKING JOHN KELLY FIRST, WHAT IS THIS? ALL RIGHT? WITH CODE. HE HAS BEEN MY TWO GO PERSON, BUT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME OVER A YEAR AGO BY MR. SHANNON, WHERE NOBODY FROM CODE WAS ALLOWED TO CALL ME OR RETURN MY EMAILS FOR THAT REASON. AND JUST THIS YEAR, AGAIN, MR. SHANNON SENT ME AN EMAIL STATING THAT HE WOULD HAVE HIS PEOPLE NOT RETURN MY CALLS OR MY EMAILS, WHICH HE DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE I WAS ASSAULTED DUE TO MR. WILLIS, MY PREVIOUS CODE ENFORCER TELLING MR. CHAIR, AND I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, UM, UH, I, I DO BELIEVE SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS HERSELF IN REGARDS TO THE VIOLATION THAT WAS RECENTLY PULLED. UM, UH, BUT I, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET BACK TO EITHER THAT SUBJECT OR, OR TO WRAP IT UP. UM, THERE'S, WE'RE GOING OFF A LITTLE BIT OF TANGENT IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY. YES, SIR. MS. PEREZ, AS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT THE CASE IS CLOSED, UH, THE BOARD, UH, HAS NO REASON TO HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY ON THE CASE AND THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. OKAY? THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS BEEN CLOSED TWICE ALREADY. AND THE REASON I CAME TODAY, EVEN THOUGH MR. KELLY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE CLOSING IT, THE REASON I'M COMING TODAY IS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD TWICE IT WAS ALREADY CLOSED AND IT WAS REOPENED. I JUST DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE BRICK INCIDENT AGAIN. YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE RIGHT PERSON AS FAR AS THE ACTIVITY IS CONCERNED. THIS BOARD CANNOT ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THE CASE BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MA'AM. OKAY, THANKS. OUR FIRST CASE THIS MORNING IS GONNA [6. 19-8524 (CD-5) 4110 Martin St W] BE 41 10, EXCUSE ME, 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY ARTICLE CODE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 6 5 8 BLOCK 6 0 5, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JESUS AGUILAR, TINO, [00:10:01] SYLVIA, PATRICIA, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 1 0 3 WEST TRAVIS. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE. JESUS, JESS JESUS AGUILAR, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON 6 1 19. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREAS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST WAS CONDUCTED ON 8 8 17. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 8 9 17, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON A CLAIM OF 9 26 17 ON 11 8 19. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST ON 11 8 19. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLEAN ON 11 13 19. WE'LL GO TO THE PICTURES NOW. THIS IS A, UH, SINGLE STORY VACANT WOOD FRAME HOUSE, AND THE PICTURES WILL SHOW THAT THE ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION, UH, DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OR ELEVATION AND THE SIDE ELEVATION HERE. THERE'S DAMAGE TO THE SIDING. UH, THERE'S ALSO, UM, EVIDENCE THAT THE FRAME IS DETERIORATED HERE, DOWN HERE, AND THE HOUSE HAS SHIFTED BACK FROM THE PORCH SIGNIFICANTLY. THE CANOPY IS ALSO, UM, BREAKING. HERE'S A CLOSER SHOT AT THE CORNER FRAME TRANSITION. HERE'S WHERE THE HOUSE HAS SHIFTED BACK AWAY FROM THE PORCH AND THERE'S A CANOPY. AND, UH, IT IS PRETTY MUCH, UM, SHIFTING AND BREAKING. HERE'S, UM, A VIEW, A SIDE VIEW OF WHERE, UH, FOUNDATION WORK WAS STARTED, BUT WAS NEVER, UH, COMPLETED. THE HOLES WERE DUG AND APPARENTLY AN ATTEMPT TO INSTALL PERIMETER BEAMS, UH, WAS STARTED, BUT, UH, NOT COMPLETED AND NOT DONE CORRECTLY. EXCUSE ME. THERE'S A DISCONNECTION HERE. AND, UH, THE HOUSE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE LEVEL. UH, TYPICALLY THEY WILL LEVEL THE HOUSE BEFORE TRYING TO, UM, DO THIS KIND OF REPAIR. UH, USUALLY IT'S STABILIZED AND THEN LEVELED, AND THEN THIS TAKES PLACE. UH, SO, UM, VERY BAD, UH, SCENARIO HERE TO HAVE DISCONNECTED PERIMETER BEAMS AND THEN WITH NO SUPPORT POSTS. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW FROM, UH, FROM THE OTHER SIDE, JUST, UH, A VIEW OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL. THIS IS A REAR VIEW OF THE HOUSE, AND THERE'S AN OPENING THERE TO THE TOP LEFT. I WAS JUST OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS. THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, AREA WHERE, HERE, WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A FOUNDATION REPAIR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A DISCONNECTION THERE. AND THEN NO SUPPORT, UH, POST, THEY NEVER INSTALLED THE POST GO UNDERNEATH TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REST OF THE FOUNDATION. AND, UH, YOU COULD SEE SOME ROTTING POSTS THERE. AND I JUST SAW, UM, NUMEROUS WRITING POSTS THROUGHOUT GO INSIDE THE HOUSE. AND THERE'S IS EVIDENCE OF WATER DAMAGE WHERE, UH, TO THE CEILING JUST THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, UH, WHERE THE SHEET ROCK IS JUST COMING APART AND FALLING DOWN TO THE FLOOR. UH, LOOKS HERE LIKE THEY REMOVE SECTIONS OF THE FLOOR, MAYBE TO TRY TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE BOTTOM BEAMS. OR, UM, MAYBE THEY WERE JUST REPLACING THE FLOOR FLOORS, BUT NEVER COMPLETED, UH, THE WORK. AND THERE WAS JUST SCATTERED SHEET ROCK THROUGHOUT, HOLES IN THE FLOORS. UH, SHEET ROCK FALLING APART. UH, JUST MISSING FLOORS AND DISCONNECTED FLOOR BEAMS THROUGHOUT. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. THE [00:15:01] FOUNDATION POST THEM BEAMS ARE DAMAGED AND POSTS ARE MISSING IN SOME AREAS. EXTERIOR WALLS AND ROOF IS DAMAGED. INTERIOR FLOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS ARE WATER DAMAGED. THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. TEAM IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS YOU RUN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARDS, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST. DO YOU KNOW IF ANY, UH, PERMITS WERE PULLED BEFORE THE WORK BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018? UH, YES SIR. A PERMIT WAS PULLED, A FOUNDATION PERMIT WAS PULLED ON 9 12 18 FOR 50 PEERS TO THE FOUNDATION. THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE COURT OFFICER? YES. YOU SAID A PERMIT WAS PULLED? YES, SIR. FOR 50 PEERS? YES, SIR. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE 50 PEERS WERE EVEN MESSED WITH IS NO SIR FACT, BUT I SAW THE PICTURES. I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE WAS MESSED WITH. NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH, GO AHEAD MR. SENECA. HOW COME IT'S TAKEN OVER A YEAR TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD? IT IS JUST A, A SCHEDULING PROCESS. UH, DURING THAT YEAR WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF, UM, OF HOUSES THAT WE HAD. AND, UH, THIS ONE GOT, UM, WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE LIST. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS COME TO THE BOARD? YES, SIR. AND, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT NOW IS FOR DEMOLITION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER QUESTION, A FOLLOW UP. GO AHEAD. THE PERMIT ITSELF, IS IT STILL ACTIVE OR THE PERMIT? THE PERMITS ARE TYPICALLY, UH, GOOD FOR 180 DAYS. OKAY. UM, AND THEY EXPIRE, UH, WITH NO ACTIVITY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO IT'S NOT, SEE, THERE IS NO PERMIT AT THIS TIME. IT EXPIRED. WAS THAT ALMOST? NO, SIR. THERE'S NO, THERE IS NO ACTIVE PERMIT THERE AT THIS TIME. SO THEY PULLED THE PERMIT, DIDN'T DO NOTHING TO NO PERMIT FOLLOW UP, CORRECT, SIR. AND NO OTHER PERMIT HAS BEEN PULLED FOR WALLS, ROOF, MIS, UH, MISCELLANEOUS PERMITS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, QUESTION MR. OKAY. UH, WE GOT A LETTER HERE, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT, UH, CONCRETE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS MAYBE, UH, THIS COMPANY'S GOING TO GO TO THE SIDE AND, UH, EVALUATED AND, UH, WE DON'T, THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE HAVE. AND THIS IS FOR THE ROOF ONLY, BUT IT STILL HASN'T GONE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS LETTER, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANY GOOD AT ALL. DO YOU EVEN CONSIDER IT? YES, SIR. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, HE DID GO TO AN ENGINEER. UH, THE ENGINEER INITIALLY DREW UP A LETTER SAYING THAT HE WOULD SU SUPERVISE THE PROJECT, BUT IT'S UP TO THE, THE OWNER OR THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH THE ENGINEER TO FOLLOW UP AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES. SO APPARENTLY HE WENT OVER THERE, GOT THIS LETTER SAYING THAT THE ENGINEER WOULD, WOULD TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPERVISING THE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT WENT. BUT, UH, WELL, THIS LETTER SAYS THAT, UH, ONE OF THE ENGINEERS WILL VISIT. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT, IT BEEN A VISITATION ON THERE AND, UH, IT HAS TO HAVE FOUNDATION PROBLEM, RIGHT? YES, SIR. NUMBER 12 OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND, UH, HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A ROOF, BUT THE ROOF BEFORE THE FOUNDATION, IT'S LEVEL OR REPAIRED POINT OF ORDER ON IT. YEAH. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE ENGINEER REPORT IS ACTUALLY BASED ON FOUNDATION REPAIR ONLY. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY INFORMATION ON THE ROOF. THAT'S AN ESTIMATE ONLY, [00:20:04] BUT IT, IT DOESN'T MENTION THE FOUNDATION. YOU LOOK ON THE FRONT SIDE OF IT. UH, THE LETTER IS ACKNOWLEDGED. I'M ACCEPTING THE ROLE OF ENGINEER FOR RECORD FOR THE FOUNDATION REPAIRS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE ABOVE REFERENCE ADDRESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I GOT A QUESTION AGAIN ON THIS. THE PAPER SAYS SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2018 FOR THE ENGINEER. CORRECT. YOUR NOTES INDICATE SIX THREE 2019 ENGINEER WAS HIRED A YEAR LATER. YES. SO THE PERMIT WAS PULLED BEFORE THE ENGINEER WAS HIRED? APPARENTLY, YES. BUT YOU SAID THE PERMIT WAS PULLED AT 180 DAYS AND IT SAYS RIGHT HERE THE PERMIT WAS PULLED A YEAR AFTER THE ENGINEER'S LETTER THEREABOUT THE ENGINEER, ACCORDING TO THIS, THE ENGINEER HAS NOT MADE REPAIRS, OR I'M SORRY, ON SIX THREE 2019, OWNER HAS HIRED ENGINEER TO START PERMIT PROCESS, THEN THE ENGINEERS 2011, 2018, I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2018. YES. THE ENGINEER'S REPORT IN THE 2018 AND THE ENGINEER PULLS PERMITS IN 2019, IS THAT CORRECT? NO. BUT YOUR RECORDS SHOW IN YOUR NOTES THAT THAT'S A YEAR AFTER NO, NO, NO, NO POINT OF ORDER ON THIS ISSUE. NO, THE ENGINEER LETTER IS, IS DATED SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, 2018. THE REPORT WAS BY THE CODE OFFICER THAT A PERMIT WAS PULLED ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2018, SAME YEAR, ONE DAY LATER. BUT I'M READING THE NOTES WHERE IT SAYS, YES, THE OWNER HAD OWNER HIRED ENGINEER TO START PERMIT PROCESS. AND THAT'S OH 6 0 3 2019. YES, THAT WAS, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS AN ERROR. UH, IN, IN, IN THE NOTES. THIS THE NOTES, YES, SIR. SO IT SHOULD BE 2018, SIR, SIR, WHICH IS CONSISTENT. YES, SIR. WITH THE PROCESS. OKAY. YES, SIR. WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA CLARIFY. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE TO PRESENT ON THIS CASE. JESUS AGUILERA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU WOULD. PLEASE, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS. UH, YES SIR. MY NAME IS, UH, JESUS AGUILAR, AND MY ADDRESS IS 41 10 WEST MARTIN. UM, DO YOU RESIDE AT THAT ADDRESS, SIR? NO, SIR. WHERE DO YOU RESIDE, SIR? 31 0 3 WEST TRAVIS. THANK YOU, SIR. PRESENT YOUR CASE. UM, SO I GOTTA BE, QUITE FRANKLY, HONEST, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER COMING, UH, IN FRONT OF A BOARD. UM, SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT TO SAY EXACTLY. UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I, I DID PULL A PERMIT OUT IN, UH, SEPTEMBER, UH, 11TH TO START FOUNDATION WORK ON IT. UM, WHEN I WENT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN THE BOOTH, UH, THEY SAID THAT, UM, THAT IF I WERE, IF ME AND MY UNCLE WERE TO DO IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY LIKE THAT'S LICENSED. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE, UH, STARTED WORKING ON IT. UH, IN THAT MONTH. I, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, DUE TO WEATHER, UM, WE WERE GETTING POURED ON THAT MONTH OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. UH, IT WAS RECORDED TO BE THE, THE WETTEST MONTH OF, UH, OF SEPTEMBER. UM, I WENT AHEAD AND, UH, I USED THE FUNDS THAT I HAD AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE FOUNDATION TO, UH, PURCHASE ANOTHER PROPERTY. UM, I WENT AHEAD AND FIXED THAT ONE UP. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, DOING A, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A CASHOUT REFINANCE ON THE INVESTMENT PROPERTY. I HAVE PROVIDED, UM, MY RECORDS OF WHERE I STARTED THAT. UM, I'M ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO, UM, 80, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE USING TO, UH, RESTORE, UH, 41 10 WEST MARTIN WITH OF COURSE, YA'S, UH, PERMISSION. SIR, DID YOU BRING IN WITH YOU THIS MORNING A SCOPE OF WORK FOR REQUIRED ON 41 10 AS WELL AS FINANCIAL PROOF, OTHER THAN THE STATEMENT OF THE MONEY COMING OUT OF THAT, AS WELL AS HOW MUCH TIME YOU'D REQUIRED TO REPAIR? I BROUGHT A ESTIMATE FOR THE ROOF. THE, I DID NOT BRING A SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE, UM, IT'S ME AND MY UNCLE DOING IT. SO I WOULDN'T, I DON'T [00:25:01] HAVE, UH, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO, TO START WITH THAT. NOW MY UNCLE'S THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF LIKE SPEARHEADING THIS. THANK YOU, SIR. DOES THE PANEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE I DO. MR. AGUIRE, MR. MR. ANDES, LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING. YOU SAID YOU STARTED WORK ON THE HOUSE, CORRECT? SIR? DIDN'T YOU TOOK MONEY AND BOUGHT ANOTHER PROPERTY, CORRECT. CORRECTED THAT PROPERTY? CORRECT. WHERE DOES THIS ENGINEER FIT IN? UM, DID THE ENGINEER PULL THE PERMIT OR STARTED THE PERMIT PROCESS? THE ENGINEER DID. AND YOU SAID YOU WENT THERE AND THEY TOLD YOU THAT IF YOU'RE WORKING ON THE HOUSE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. NO, WHAT, WHAT I STATED IS I DON'T NEED TO HIRE A FOUNDATION COMPANY TO LEVEL THE HOUSE, BUT YOU DO NEED A PERMIT. I DID PULL A PERMIT, SIR, 180 DAYS. AND IT SPECIFIED ON THE PERMIT FOR 50 PEERS, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND I'VE LOOKED AT PICTURES UP HERE THAT DO NOT SHOW ANY WORK ON THE FOUNDATION EXCEPT FOR THE BEAMS. OKAY. THE SEAL BEAMS, CORRECT? CORRECT, SIR. SO IF YOU PULL THE PERMIT FOR 50 PIECES AND YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNDER THERE, NOW YOU WANT US TO GIVE YOU TIME TO REPAIR, FIX UP AND BRING UP TO CODE, RIGHT? SIR, THAT'S TO FINISH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? FINISH TO FINISH AND, AND BRING UP TO CODE BEFORE I GET OFF TRACK HERE, I KNOW I'M GOING TO, SO WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THE MONEY FROM THE OTHER HOUSE TO DO THIS ONE? BECAUSE I SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, RECEIVE MORE FUNDS OUT OF THE REFINANCE FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY. SIR, I KNOW I'M GONNA GET OFF, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE. MS. BROWN, YOU HAD A QUESTION? OH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. MAYBE SEVERAL. UM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THIS PROPERTY? I'M SORRY? HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THIS PROPERTY? FOR? ABOUT TWO YEARS, MA'AM. OKAY. AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITH IT OTHER THAN REPLACE THE BEAMS AND THE JOIST? YEAH, UH, THAT IS ABOUT IT. SO, OH, I'M SORRY. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHY DID YOU FEEL NECESSARY TO GET AN ENGINEER'S LETTER A YEAR OVER A YEAR AGO TO REPAIR THE FOUNDATION, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING WITH IT AND NOW, I MEAN, IT'S SITTING HERE IN FRONT OF US TO BE TORN DOWN. YES. UM, AND THEN YOU DIDN'T BRING IN A, A SCOPE OF WORK. YOU DIDN'T BRING IN ANY FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THIS, AND NOW YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR TIME THAT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, SIR. AND IF YOU HAD GOTTEN WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER, HE WOULD'VE EXPLAINED THIS TO YOU AND GIVEN YOU A PACKET. SO WHEN YOU CAME HERE TODAY, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN PREPARED TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION. HELLO? UM, I TOOK OUT THE, UH, ENGINE, I WENT TO THE ENGINEER SO I CAN START THE PROPERTY, THE WORK ON THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE MY INTENTIONS, AS SOON AS I, I BOUGHT IT, WORKED TO FIX THE FOUNDATION WORK. UM, AND IT JUST, UH, I, I DIDN'T COME THROUGH. WELL, THAT, THAT'S UNDERSTATED THAT YOU DIDN'T COME THROUGH. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS OVER A YEAR. THIS IS SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2018. THIS IS PAST SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, 2019. SO THIS TO ME IS IRRELEVANT, AND YOU STILL DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY LAID OUT PLANS TO FIX THE HOUSE. SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN FRONT OF US IS THIS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND WITH YOU, WITH YOU NOT BRINGING IN THE REQUESTED OR REQUIRED PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHOICE HERE, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF US TO DEMOLISH IT, REALLY? SO, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR DEFENSE, THAT'S FINE. UM, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN MY DEFENSE OTHER THAN, UM, I, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE NEED, UH, FUNDS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'LL BE GETTING SOON AND, AND THEN I'D HAVE TO PROBABLY APPEAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, THE, THE SYSTEM WORKS. I'M SORRY, REPEAT THAT. WE, WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO RECEIVING THE FUNDS TO FIX THE PROPERTY. NOW IF, UM, IF I'M ABLE TO, TO GET AN APPEAL TO FIX THE PROPERTY FOR, UH, BY MYSELF SOME TIME, I WILL LOOK INTO DOING THAT. WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR RIGHT TO APPEAL IT. BUT I THINK WHAT SETS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE BOARD IS GONNA VOTE, BUT THIS WOULD NOT, THIS WOULD NOT PASS THE SMELL TEST FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU. [00:30:03] CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MS. BROWN? YES. I'M GONNA DO A MOTION. I HAVEN'T DONE ONE IN SO LONG. OKAY. WHERE'S MY CHEAT SHEET? OKAY. UM, I FIND I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 41 10 MARTIN STREET WEST IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS. HOLD ON, SUBSECTIONS 1 4 1 5 8, 12, 15, AND 17, AND FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND, UH, AND, AND RECOMMEND, UH, A 30 DAY DEMOLISH. UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REVIEW AGAIN THE SUBSECTIONS. OKAY. SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 8 7, 12 17. THANK YOU, MA'AM. MOTION IS FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. MR. SENECA WAS FIRST ON THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF DEMOLITION IN 30 DAYS. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAYYY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT CASE IS [7. 19-8525 (CD-5) 1807 San Patricio] 1807 SANCO BOARD FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRICIO WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX SIX. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRICIO IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 2 8 8 9 BLOCK SEVEN, LOT 2021 AND 22 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JORGE ELIA HERNANDEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 8 1 3 SAN PATRICIO. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT, JORGE HERNANDEZ AND HIS DAUGHTER MIRIAM. HER HERNANDEZ, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2019 1 8 0 7. SAN PATRICIO IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRICIO WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 13TH, 2018. ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JULY 17TH, 2018, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON JULY 20TH, 2018. ON AUGUST 21ST, 2019, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S DAUGHTER MIRIAM HERNANDEZ, ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRICIO ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO JORGE AND CELIA HERNANDEZ ON THE CERTIFIED. AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING , NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS OBTAINED ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. PERMIT NUMBER IS AP 2 5 0 8 4 5. THE PHOTOS BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2019. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM AND AHOO [00:35:01] A HIP ROOF SYSTEM ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE ROOF COVERING AND DECKING IS MISSING. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE ROOF COVERING IS COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. IT'S A BETTER VIEW TO SEE THAT ALL THE DECKING AND ROOF COVERING IS MISSING. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME CRACKS IN THE STUCCO EXTERIOR WALL. THIS IS THE REAR PORTION. AGAIN, THE ROOF IS MISSING. THIS IS ALSO THE REAR PORTION. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED. THE SIDING IS DETACH, DETACHED FROM THE STRUCTURE OR IS COMPLETELY MISSING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. A CLOSER VIEW TO SHOW THE ROOF IS DETERIORATED AND THE VINYL PLANK SIDING IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS GOING IN FROM THE RIGHT ELEVATION. THIS WOULD BE THE KITCHEN. YOU CAN SEE THE DEBRIS FROM THE CEILING DETACH, UH, THAT HAS COLLAPSED. THE THE DECKING IS WATER DAMAGED. THIS IS A LIVING AREA FULL OF DEBRIS. THE WINDOWS ARE MISSING, WHICH IS CAUSING THE ELEMENTS TO COME IN FULL OF DEBRIS. THERE'S A HOLE IN THE FLOOR HERE AND WATER DAMAGE. THIS IS THE CEILING IN THAT ROOM. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE HOLES IN THE, IN THE CEILING AND THE CEILING HAS WATER DAMAGE. THIS ROOM ALSO, THE THE FLOOR HAS WATER DAMAGE AND HAS SIGNIFICANT SHOWING SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF BEING UNLEVEL. THIS IS THE LEVEL JUST SHOWING EXACTLY HOW UNLEVEL THE FLOOR IS. AGAIN, THIS ROOM, THE THERE IS A HOLE IN THE CEILING. THE NEXT ROOM IS ALSO FULL OF DEBRIS AND THE ROOF IS COMPLETELY MISSING, EXPOSING THE CEILING JOISTS AND RAFTERS TO THE ELEMENTS. AND THEY'RE ALSO ROTTED IN THIS ROOM. I ACTUALLY HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE FROM THE EXTERIOR. IT COULD NOT GO INSIDE DUE TO THE FLOOR BEING SO SOFT. AND THIS WAS THE BATHROOM. THEY HAVE REMOVED THE BATHTUB EX AND LEAVING A HOLE IN THE THE WALL, HAVING THE ELEMENTS COME IN. THE INTERIOR. THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM. WOOD FRAME. THE ROOF MATERIAL IS COMPLETELY MISSING. IT'S JUST EXPOSING THE RAFTERS. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. THIS IS THE INTERIOR AND A BETTER VIEW JUST TO SHOW ALL OF THE ROOFING MATERIAL IS MISSING AND IS EXPOSING THE RAFTERS AND THE SALINE JOISTS OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRIZIO CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY, MAIN STRUCTURE AND ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION. THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A COMBINATION OF A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM AND HIP SYSTEM. ON THE LEFT PORTION OF THE ROOF, THE DECKING AND COVER IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS, ALLOWING FURTHER DETERIORATION TO WOOD MEMBERS. ON THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE ROOF, COVERING IS DETERIORATED AND WORN. THE EXTERIOR WALLS CONSISTS OF STUCCO AND VINYL PLANK SIDING. THE STUCCO SIDING HAS CRACKS AND THE PLANK SIDING IS ATTACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THE INTERIOR CEILINGS HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE OR HAVE COLLAPSED LEAVING THE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. THE INTERIOR FLOORS ARE SOFT AND SHOW SIGNS OF BEING UNLEVEL. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS MISSING THE ROOF DECKING IN COVER. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE ROTTED AND LACK WEATHER PROTECTION. THE STRUCTURE IS LISTING TOWARDS THE RIGHT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, POSING A DANGER. YOU RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRICIO IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56. SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17 FOR THE MAIN. AND 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, [00:40:10] AND 17 FOR THE ACCESSORY, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1 8 0 7 SAN PATRICIO. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. IT'S ABOUT A YEAR WHEN THIS CAME ON THE RADAR. I INHERITED THE CASE BACK IN AUGUST OF 2019, SIR, ANYTHING PRIOR? BUT EACH, UH, FROM 18 TO I THINK SEVEN SOMETHING 18 TO NOW. SO IT'S ABOUT A YEAR OR SO, GIVE OR TAKE. THIS HOUSE HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR HOW LONG? LIKE THAT PRIOR TO SOMEBODY ROLLING UP ON IT AND JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN IN A YEAR IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS. I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SIR. I, ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE CASE HAS BEEN PENDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND IS IT ACTIVE OR PROACTIVE THE WAY YOU GUYS GOT IT. DO YOU KNOW THAT? UM, I WAS NOT THE, UH, INITIAL OFFICER, SO I AM UNSURE OF HOW WE CAME UPON IT. I INHERITED IT BACK IN AUGUST AND THERE WAS A PERMIT PULLED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, CORRECT? A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. YES. NOVEMBER 8TH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. YES. THE OWNERS DO WANT TO DEMOLISH. THAT IS THEIR INTENT. ALRIGHT, I'LL ASK THE OWNERS THIS QUESTION AND NOT TO YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. HAVE THE QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS, MR. ZIKA? OKAY. UH, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION. , YOU JUST GOT THE CASE AND YOU KNOW, HAD, UM, I DO BELIEVE INITIALLY THERE WAS A DIFFERENT OWNER, THE CURRENT OWNERS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY SHORTLY AFTER THE CASE STARTED AND THE PREVIOUS OFFICER WAS WORKING WITH THEM. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME HEALTH ISSUES INVOLVED IN THAT. UM, SO AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE, I BELIEVE THE PREVIOUS OFFICER WAS JUST TRYING TO WORK WITH THE OWNERS WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR HEALTH CONDITIONS BEING AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. AS FAR AS NOW BEING THE OFFICER, I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU PRESENTING THE CASE. POINT OF ORDER ON THAT, MR. ZUNIGA, UH, THE, THE CASE IS ACTUALLY BEFORE US TO CONSIDER WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH IT. THE TIMELINE IS ACTUALLY NOT MATERIAL. OKAY. UH, SO LET'S HEAR IT FROM THE OWNER IF WE COULD FIRST. OKAY. LET ME, UH, COULD YOU GO, GO AHEAD AND, UH, ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE, YOU, UH, 12, 15, 16 AND 17. 12, 15 AND 17 WERE THE SUB CODE THAT SHE QUOTED. OKAY. I DID NOT QUOTE 16. YES. NO SIR, I DID NOT QUOTE 16. YES SIR. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. UH, GO AHEAD. ONE QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY, MS. HARPER, GO AHEAD. THE PAPERWORK, UH, INDICATES THAT THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED. IS IT CURRENTLY OCCUPIED? NO, IT IS NOT CURRENTLY OCCUPIED. WANNA CLARIFY? IT SAYS OCCUPIED. YES, ON HERE. OKAY. IT SHOULDN'T. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. SIR JORGE HERNANDEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GOING TO BE PRESENTING OR, UH, TOGETHER OR WHO'S ACTUAL THE PRESENTER IF YOU WOULD. UH, I THINK PROBABLY MARIAH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FIRST, SINCE YOU'RE GONNA BE THE PRIMARY SPEAKER. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS . SORRY. UM, MY NAME IS MARIA HERNANDEZ. UM, AND MY ADDRESS IS 18 18 13 SAN RIZ. AND THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY, LET'S ASK MR. HERNANDEZ TO ACTUALLY INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND HIS ADDRESS. JORGE HERNANDEZ SAN THANK YOU. [00:45:02] WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION IF HE NEEDS IT. OKAY. COULD WE GET AN INTERPRETER UP HERE PLEASE? OR NOT ? THEY'RE COMING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. . OKAY. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR CASE. YES. UM, YES, THE, MY PARENTS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WE WEREN'T REALLY AWARE OF THE LETTERS BEING, UM, THAT THE LETTERS ARRIVING AT THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE OTHER OWNERS, UM, ASKED US IF THEY COULD KEEP GETTING THEIR MAIL, THE MAIL THAT WAS GETTING AT THAT HOUSE, UH, AT THE 1807. AND THEY KEPT TAKING THE, THE LETTERS. SO WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL ONE OF THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY APPROACHED US WHEN WE WERE GETTING HOME FROM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ERRANDS WE WERE RUNNING. UM, AND YES, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE AWARE THAT IT HAS TO BE DEMOLISHED. THAT'S OUR INTENT. I KNOW IT'S TAKING US A LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE, UM, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT AND WE RECENTLY GOT A DEMOLITION PERMIT, UM, NOW THAT MY MOM HAS, UH, REQUESTED, UH, FROM HER 4 0 1 K ALONE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, PAY FOR IT. 'CAUSE WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH MY DAD'S HEALTH. SO, BUT WE ARE READY TO DO IT. YOUR INTENT IS FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE DEMOLISHED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. HERNANDEZ? MA'AM, YOU MAY BE SEATED ALONG WITH, UH, YOUR FATHER. THANK YOU. CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I APOLOGIZE. DID THE FATHER WANNA SAY SOMETHING? DID YOUR FATHER WANNA SAY SOMETHING? WHEN WE BEGIN TO UNCOVER, UH, EXCUSE ME, JUST A MOMENT. WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR, UH, THE COMPANY AND YOUR ADDRESS? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH STONE KING. UH, MY, THE COMPANY NAME IS SEPARATE TECH AND I'M THE INTERPRETER FOR THE COMPANY. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TRANSLATE THE LAST STATEMENT HE MADE. YES, SIR. UH, WHEN WE BEGIN TO UNCOVER THE, UM, THE PARTS OF THE HOUSE, I, I BEGIN TO UNCOVER THE HOUSE AND BEGIN TO REMOVE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT, UH, WERE IN THE HOUSE, BUT WE WERE NOT READY TO DEMOLISH IT. THEN WE HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT COMPLETELY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING. IT IS. MR. HERNAND HERNANDEZ INTENT TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY OR HAVE TO DEMOLISH PROPERTY. YES. THANK YOU. DOES THE PANEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HERNANDEZ? WHEN, WHEN WILL YOU, WHEN WILL YOU PULL THE PERMIT AND DEMOLISH THE, THE PROPERTY? HAVE YOU ALREADY PULLED THE PERMIT? THEY ALREADY GAVE IT TO US. WHAT DATE IS ON IT? 11 0 8 20 19. 11 0 8 20 19. AND WHEN DO YOU INTEND TO START DEMOLISHING THE PROPERTY BY NEXT MONTH? GOD WILLING. THANK YOU. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. IS THE PERMIT ONLY FOR THIS MAIN STRUCTURE OR IS IT FOR BOTH? FOR BOTH. FOR EVERYTHING. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE PULL ONE PERMIT. ALRIGHT, MR. HERNANDEZ, MS. HE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D ADD TO ADD PLEASE COME TO THE SPEAKER. I HAVE A QUESTION NOW THAT YOU'RE, THAT HE ASKED US ABOUT THE OTHER STRUCTURE. WHEN I, I TOLD, WHEN I WAS PULLING THE PERMIT, UM, THEY ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I, AND I TOLD THEM THAT IT WASN'T THAT BIG OF A STRUCTURE, BUT, UM, I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD TO GET A PERMIT FOR THAT AS WELL. YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS THE, THE, THE SMALL ONE IN THE BACK. THE SMALL ONE, YES. YEAH, THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY IF THEY GAVE YOU A PERMIT MM-HMM. FOR, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE WISE [00:50:01] MM-HMM. , WHICH NORMALLY THEY'LL, IF THEY LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE IN THE BACK AND IT'S NOT VERY BIG, THEY'LL ALLOW YOU TO DEMO IT. OKAY. IF IT'S A CERTAIN SIZE, THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU THAT. OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE IT MIGHT CREATE AN ISSUE SINCE IT'S PULLED FOR BOTH THINGS, AND YOU CAN DEMO BOTH OF 'EM. OKAY? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. UH, I'M SORRY, MS. HARPER? YEAH, ONE QUICK QUESTION. SO YOU, YOU SAID YOU WERE PULLING A 4 0 1 K LOAN TO GET THE WORK DONE, HE SAID, SAID YOU WERE PLANNING TO START IT NEXT MONTH. YES. DO YOU HAVE AN ANTICIPATED TIMELINE AS TO WHEN YOU'LL HAVE THE FUNDS AND WHEN THE DEMOLITION WILL BE COMPLETED? I AM, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE CHECK, UM, BY THE BEG NOT THIS UPCOMING WEEK, BUT THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING. SO, UM, WE WANNA START LIKE THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER. AND DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE YOU TO COMPLETE? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE THAT LONG, HONESTLY. I DON'T. ARE YOU, ARE YOU DOING THE DEMOLITION YOURSELF OR HAVE YOU HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO IT OURSELVES? OKAY. THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, ARE YOU DOING THIS BY HAND OR WHAT? I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. UH, HOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEMO DEMOLISH THIS? UH, YES. BY HAND USING, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME IS. UM, IT'S AN, AN EXCAVATOR, I'M LIKE AN EXCAVATOR POINT OF ORDER. UH, HOW THEY DO IT IS ACTUALLY IMMATERIAL. THE THE ISSUE IS IT'S GOTTA BE DONE AND IT'S GOTTA BE DONE IN THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE BOARD SO DECIDES. RIGHT. BUT IF THEY HAVE NOT HIRED A CONTRACTOR WITH EQUIPMENT, HOW ARE THEY GONNA, THEY CANNOT, THEY CAN'T DO THIS BY HAND. YES, THEY CAN. IF THEY SAY THEY CAN, THEY CAN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I, ME, I DON'T THINK SO. , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THE, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING BEFORE THE PANEL IS CAN YOU OR CAN YOU NOT DEMOLISH IN 30 DAYS? AND MY MILITARY EXPERIENCE SAYS I CAN DESTROY IT IN ONE DAY BY HAND IF I NEED TO. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH IMMATERIAL HOW THEY'RE DOING TO DO IT. AT LEAST THE CHAIR'S OPINION IS . UH, AND THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YES. I WILL ENTERTAIN THIS MOTION. . UM, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. UM, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1807 SAN PATRICIA IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER ONE, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS. AND I GOT 'EM RIGHT THIS TIME FOR THE MAIN IS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND FOR THE ACCESSORY, UH, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, AND 17. AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE THE, THE DETERMINATION, THE FOUNDATION, THE ROTTED FLOORBOARDS IS, UH, PROPERTY IS UNSECURED. IT'S, AND IT CANNOT BE FEASIBLY REPAIRED. SO I ORDERED 30 DAY DEMO. MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS A 30 DAY DEMO WITH A SECOND FOR MR. UH, ZENGA. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MS. BROWN. EXCUSE ME. UH, SECOND WAS MY MR. ANDIS. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NONE? UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NAYYY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT PROPERTY [5. 19-8523 (CD-1) 1403 San Francisco (reset)] IS GONNA BE 1403 SAN FRANCISCO MORNING BOARD. MORNING. MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS MARVIN LEE, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1403 SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS A RESET FROM THE HEARING HELD ON JUNE 6TH, 2019. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 71 0 1 BLOCK 2 34, LOT 11, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RACHEL C. GARCIA, [00:55:01] WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 1623 LEE HALL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE TODAY ON OUR RECORD. RACHEL C. GARCIA AND HER DAUGHTER CHRISTINE AGUILAR. THANK YOU. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER AND HER DAUGHTER. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 6TH, 2019 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING THIS 1403 SAN FRANCISCO WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 23RD, 2017. UH, TO THAT POINT, I WANT TO ADD THAT, UH, THIS CASE WAS, UM, CONSIDERED A HARDSHIP CASE, SO THERE WAS SOME EXTRA TIME ADDED DUE TO THE HARDSHIP ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1403 SAN FRANCISCO ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT ON WAS RETURNED, EXCUSE ME, RETURNED ON OCTOBER THE EIGHTH, 2019. I WAS PROVIDED A SCOPE OF WORK, UH, EARLY ON TODAY, UH, WHEN THEY ARRIVED FOR THE MEETING TODAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY PROVIDED YOU THE INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE, UM, SCOPE OF WORK THAT THEY PRESENTED FOR US TODAY. IN ADDITION TO, UM, A COPY OF A, A LETTER FROM AN ENGINEER AND SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE, UH, FINANCES, THE FOLLOWING PERMITS WERE NOTED ON FILE AP NUMBER 2 3 0 4 6 9 2, WHICH IS MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS, UH, WHICH EXPIRED ON TEN FIVE NINETEEN. ADDITIONAL PERMIT WAS OBTAINED AP 2 4 9 4 9 76 FOR THE FOUNDATION, AND IT'S DUE TO EXPIRE ON 12 6 20 19. THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO THIS LOCATION NOR WATER. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE'RE TAKEN ON OCTOBER THE 30TH, 2019. BLESS YOU. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE EL UH, ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET A GOOD PHOTO FROM A DISTANCE DUE TO ALL THE, UH, TREES AND SHRUBBERY ON THE EXTERIOR OF IT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME REPAIRS TO THE, UH, FRONT PORCH AREA, HOWEVER, UM, THE, UH, SIDING ON THE FRONT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED AND THERE'S STILL SOME DETERIORATION TO THE, UH, BUT WOOD LAP SIDING. PETER, SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO EVERYONE ELSE CAN HEAR, HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. KEEPS GETTING AWAY FROM ME. . APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU AGAIN. UM, BLESS YOU. THE, UH, ROOF DOES HAVE NEW SHINGLES APPLIED, HOWEVER, THE DECKING SHOWS, UM, WATER DAMAGE, UH, HERE ON THE ROOF OVERHANG OF OVER THE PORSCHE. IF YOU HAVE, EXCUSE ME, A BETTER VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UH, DETERIORATION OF THE, UM, WOOD SIDING. ANOTHER PHOTO OF THAT. THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, SOME PROGRESS WITH REPAIRS TO THE WOOD SIDE. AND HOWEVER YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STILL, UH, SOME DETERIORATED BOARDS THAT ARE, ARE THERE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF SOME OF THAT, UM, DAMAGE THAT I WAS REFERRING TO. THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE, UH, VIEWING FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT BECAUSE THE FRONT FENCE UP HERE PREVENTS YOU FROM VIEWING FROM THE STREET AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE, UH, THIS IS A TRANS SITE, UM, SIGHTING OVER HERE. AND, UH, OF COURSE THE, THE BOTTOM, THERE'S, UH, DETERIORATED, UH, BOARDS UNDERNEATH THERE. THIS IS ALSO ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE. AND IT SHOWS THE ROOF OVERHANG THAT HAS SOME DETERIORATED, UH, DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF OVERHANG, [01:00:02] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S, UH, NEW SHINGLES. HOWEVER, THERE'S UH, AN AREA THAT'S DETERIORATED WITH THE ROOF OVERHANG OF WHICH THEY'RE NOT ATTACHED AT ALL. THIS IS A LEFT SIDE AND FROM THE, UH, FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SEPARATION OF THE, UH, SIDING. HERE'S THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS REAR WALL, UM, BASICALLY HAS, UM, BOARDS THAT ARE LEANING AGAINST THERE TO COVER THE OPENINGS. HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT. HERE'S SOME OF THE REPAIRS THAT THEY WERE MAKING TO THE FOUNDATION. HERE'S WHERE I ENTERED INTO THE STRUCTURE. UH, FROM THE REAR, UH, THERE ARE SOME EGRESS AND INGRESS, UM, ISSUES WITH THE ENTERING. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPAIRS ON THE INTERIOR, HOWEVER, THE, UH, DECKING SHOWS, UH, EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE. ANOTHER VIEW OF SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE WATER DAMAGE. THIS IS THE FLOORING. AS I'M LEAVING THE, THE, UH, AREA AS I ENTERED INTO THERE, THERE'S ALSO BOARDS MISSING FROM THE FLOORING. THIS IS THE BACK WALL. UH, AS I ENTERED, I LOOK BACK AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S A DAYLIGHT COMING UNDERNEATH THERE. UH, THE SUBFLOOR HADN'T BEEN CONNECTED. THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR AND IT WAS INACCESS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO, DUE TO THE, UH, SHIFTING OF THE STRUCTURE, THE BATHROOM AREA AND THE FLOORING THERE. UH, ALSO WAS SOFT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REAR ROOMS THAT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE ALSO STILL SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE FIXTURES. THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE WITH A GABLE ROOF, WHICH HAS ASPHALT SHINGLES, WALL COVERINGS, WHICH ARE WOOD LAP SIDING AND TRANSI SIDING AND APPEARING BEAM FOUNDATION. THE ROOF COVERING HAS MISSING SHINGLES AND THE ROOF OVERHANG IS DETERIORATED. THE SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS MISSING IN SOME AREAS. THE FOUNDATION HAS SOME REPAIRS THAT THERE WAS A, A, UM, ENGINEER LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED TODAY, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. ON THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, WATER DAMAGE IS VISIBLE ON THE ROOF DECKING AND THE FLOORING HAS SOME MISSING BOARDS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S BROKEN SHEET ROCK THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR AND ELECTRICAL FIXTURES, FIXTURE HAZARDS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1403 SAN FRANCISCO IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX, ONE DASH FIVE SIX SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8, 12, AND 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARDS OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF REC, EXCUSE ME, STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1403 SAN FRANCISCO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I'VE GOT ONE. MR. ES SLIDE 11, SLIDE 21. THE REASON I POINT THESE OUT TO YOU. YES SIR. THE REASON I'M POINTING THEM OUT IS ON THE ORDER THAT WE GAVE, IT SAYS SECURE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ENTRANCE. CORRECT? CORRECT. DO THESE PIECES LOOK SECURE? NO. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE NOTES PRIOR TO THE, THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WAS ADDED, WHICH IS THE, OR THE ORDER WE SIGNED. DID, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND THAT MIGHT BE, WAS THERE NOT A STOP WORK ORDER ON THIS UNTIL ALL THIS PAPERWORK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN TO US? THERE WAS NOT A STOP WORK ORDER. SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WORK EVEN THOUGH THERE NOW THEY DID. UM, THEY WENT DOWN TO RENEW THE, THE, UH, PERMIT WHEN IT EXPIRED AND [01:05:01] THERE WAS A HOLE PLACED ON THE PERMIT. SO THEY COULDN'T, UH, COULDN'T DO ANY MORE WORK BASED ON THAT. BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF A STOP WORK ORDER. AND THE PERMIT WAS FOR WHAT? THE FIRST PERMIT WAS, UH, FOR MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS THING WENT OUT FOR THE WINDOWS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW FOR MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS. EX, EX, EXCUSE ME. UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT OUR ORDINANCE ONLY REQUIRES THAT THE FIRST FLOOR BE PORTED IF IT'S ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, WE DON'T SECURE THE SECOND STORY. WHAT? THE REPORT, WELL, I POINTED THOSE PIECES OUT. ESPECIALLY 21 BECAUSE 21, IF YOU LOOK AT 21, IT SHOWS A WINDOW THAT'S NOT SECURED. 21. YEAH. SLIDE 21, THE ONE YOU'RE ON RIGHT NOW THAT SHOWS THAT WINDOW BY THE LADDER IS NOT SECURED. NO, THAT'S WHERE WE CAME IN, SIR, THAT THE DOOR, THAT'S WHERE WE MADE ENTRY. IS THAT THE BACK DOOR? ASSUME IT WAS THE BACK DOOR. SHE REMOVED THE, UH, THE THE WOOD PANEL. SO IT'S SECURED AND IT'S BEEN REMOVED. YES. REMOVED. SO WE CAN ENTER IN. OKAY. YES SIR. WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS, HERE'S HERE, LEMME SHOW YOU AREAS THAT WERE NOT SECURED. OKAY. LEMME GO. SO WE CAME MISCELLANEOUS, THIS BOARD, THIS BOARD WAS REMOVED. SO WE, AND THEN THESE ARE CURRENT PHOTOS? YES SIR. SO THE OLD PHOTOS, DID YOU REVIEW THE OLD PHOTOS TO SEE WHAT WAS DONE THEN TO NOW NO, SIR. I DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER SLIDE 17, THIS ONE BEING REPAIRED. NO, IT WASN'T TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I, I DON'T HAVE THE PHOTOS FROM, BUT THAT'S NOT MISCELLANEOUS IS IT? FOUNDATION IS NOT MISCELLANEOUS. THERE'S ANOTHER PERMIT, SIR, WITH THE OTHER THAT'S I ASKED FOUND, WHAT ARE THE PERMITS? I MENTIONED THOSE HERE. YOU MENTIONED A MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT. NO, SIR. HERE'S THE OTHER AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I, AP AP 2 4 9 4 9 76 FOUNDATION. OKAY. WALLS. PARDON ME? INTERIOR STRUCTURE. I DON'T HAVE THE FULL DETAILS. I JUST HAVE THE, THE UH, DATE THAT IT EXPIRES, WHICH IS 12 6 19. IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS PULLED ON 6, 6 19. THE SAME. THAT'S ONE, THAT ONE THAT'S JUST PULLED. IS THAT A MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT AND THERE'S ANOTHER PERMIT, CORRECT? NO, THAT ONE. NO, THE ONE I JUST GAVE YOU. IT'S FOR THE FOUNDATION. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. AND THEN, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS MISCELLANEOUS. YES SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT DOES NOT STRUCTURE CORRECT. IT DID HAVE SOME STRUCTURE AND FRAMING AND SUCH IN THERE. YES SIR. I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF IT HERE. WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS THE TWO PERMITS THAT ARE PULLED COVER, MISCELLANEOUS AND FOUNDATION STRUCTURE IS NOT MISCELLANEOUS OR FOUNDATION. I UNDERSTAND. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PERMIT. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. THIS IS WHAT I YOU SAY THERE'S NOT ANOTHER PERMIT? THERE'S ONLY TWO. I HAVE THOSE TWO. YES SIR. AND THERE TEST THERE. ANOTHER SAYS MISCELLANEOUS AND THE OTHER SAYS FOUNDATION. FOUNDATION. THOSE ARE SPECIFIC PERMITS. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING OTHER ABOUT STRUCTURE OR ROOF, CORRECT? NO. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT ROOF. THAT THE ROOF ROOF WAS DONE RIGHT. SOME TIME AGO. IN FACT, THE ROOF WAS DONE IN 2018. OKAY. BUT YOU MENTIONED THE ROOF IN THIS ONE THAT THE ROOF HAS BEEN DONE. YES. YES. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT'S A MISSING A PERMIT BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOWING IN HERE THAT FRAMING WAS DONE. CORRECT. STRUCTURE SLIDE ONE. I JUST SAW IT. IT WAS ONE THAT SHOWED A, A TEMPO, UH, A WALL, STUD WALL. THAT ONE THERE? YES SIR. THAT STRUCTURE FRAMING YES, SIR. DOES NOT FALL UNDER I UNDERSTAND. I AGREE WITH YOU. SO THERE WAS NO PERMIT PULLED FOR THIS? I DIDN'T SEE THAT, NO, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, SIR. THERE WAS NO PERMIT, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE COURT OFFICER. THANK YOU SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. RACHEL GARCIA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, MA'AM. UH, I'M RACHEL GARCIA C GARCIA, UH, 1623 LEJO. AND MY DAUGHTER'S GONNA BE REPRESENTING ME. YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT A SEPARATE ISSUE OR IS SHE JUST, UH, HERE WITH YOU? NO, SHE'S GONNA, IT'S THE SAME ISSUE. SHE'S GONNA REPRESENT ME. OKAY. IF YOU REPRESENT YOUR CASE FIRST. NO, SHE'S GONNA DO IT. SHE'S GONNA DO IT. OKAY. SHE'S GOT ALL THE PAPERWORK. YES. CHRISTINA AGUILERA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. UH, CHRISTINE AGUILA. AGUILA. EXCUSE ME MA'AM, STATE YOUR UH, NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AGAIN. CHRISTINE AGUILA. AND YOUR ADDRESS? MY HOME WAS 1403 SAN FRANCISCO. TEMPORARILY DISPLACED. I AM A STAYING [01:10:02] NIGHT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. I'M STAYING AT MY MOM'S AT NIGHT. IS THAT YOUR CASE? WHAT'S THE ADDRESS MA'AM? SCENE 23. LEO, YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. 1623 LEE HALL. IS THAT GOOD RIGHT THERE? I DON'T GET TOO CLOSE. OH, GET CLOSE. SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. I DON'T HAVE A NICE VOICE. CAN I USE, UH, HIS PHOTOS FOR REFERENCE AS WELL? YES, YOU CAN. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. OH YES. , I REMEMBER YOU 'CAUSE YOU KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT. . UM, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME. I HAVE LIKE A THOUSAND PICTURES THAT I HAD PULLED UP AT WALGREENS AND, UM, SKIP. I'M GONNA SKIP ALL THAT FOR THE VERY FACT THAT ALL THESE WRONGS DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT. THEY'RE, WE'RE BOTH ON THE SAME TEAM. WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. I AM PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. MY FAMILY'S PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THAT I HAVE ARE BAD, BAD PEOPLE. AND I'VE HAD A VERY HARD TIME BECAUSE, UH, MY OWN NEIGHBORS WERE COMING INTO THE HOUSE, PRYING OFF BOARDS, TAKING MY MATERIALS, GOING THROUGH MY STUFF. I STILL HAD MY PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN PART OF THE HOUSE. I RID, UH, I TOOK MY GOOD FURNITURE OUT AND HAVE IT STORED IN MY BROTHER'S GARAGE. AND I TOOK JUST SOME CLOTHES. THEY ACTUALLY STOLE SOME OF MY CLOTHES. YOU WOULDN'T PLEASE, MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE HOUSE ITSELF AND THE PLAN FOR THE HOUSE ITSELF. OKAY, WE CAN START OFF WITH THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. UH, ORIGINALLY IN 2017 WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE, 'CAUSE I WAS TEMPORARILY STAYING OUTTA THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE BABY I HAD, I WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE HOUSE FOR, I HAD A HIDDEN ROOF LEAK ON THE BACK. WHEN I CAME BACK, SHE BROUGHT THAT TOPPLE OVER, SHOWED THAT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE. LONG STORY SHORT, I HAD A PERMIT PULLED AND IT WAS FOR THE KITCHEN DINING ROOM AREA OVER THE KITCHEN DINING ROOM AREA, WHICH IS THE BACK PART OF THIS HOUSE THAT WAS IN QUESTION. UH, THE PORCH NEEDED SOME REPAIRS. I HAD A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT ON EASTER MORNING, AND I HAD ALREADY CLEANED OFF THE SHINGLES, THE WOOD, EVERYTHING OFF THE, THE TOP AREA OF THE, OF THE CORNER. AND IT CAME TO A FULL STOP. UM, SOME FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS OF MY SON'S MARRIED, WIFE, FAMILY, FRIENDS CAME AND THEY FINISHED THE ROOF. THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF OUT OF TOWN AND THEY LEFT LITERALLY SHINGLES HANGING OVER THE EDGE AND DECKING STICKING OUT. SO IT JUST NEEDED TO BE CUT STRAIGHT THROUGH. AND THEN THERE WAS THAT LITTLE MISSING BOARD ON, UH, ONE OF THE FRAMES. THE ONE THAT YOU SAW MISSING. IT'S EIGHT INCHES BY NOT EVEN THREE FEET. SO THE ROOF WAS, UH, DONE RIGHT AWAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERMIT WHEN STRUCTURE OFFICER RITA BURG BURGLAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SHE CAME, SHE JUST SAID, JUST FINISH WHAT'S ON THE PERMIT, WHICH WAS THE SIDING. I WAS GONNA GO AHEAD AND CHANGE OUT THREE WINDOWS. I WASN'T WORRIED, I WASN'T CONCERNED. AND THEN SHE SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO TO COURT SO WE CAN PRESENT IT. AND I SAID, FINE. SO I WASN'T CONCERNED BECAUSE I WAS GONNA HAVE THE SIDING AND THOSE THREE WINDOWS REPLACED. SO I GOT THE LETTER ABOUT THE COMING TO COURT AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE WAS NO LISTING OF NOTHING. AND THEN LIKE SEVEN DAYS BEFORE COURT, I RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER AND IT WAS EVERYTHING THAT WAS LISTED FROM WHEN SHE FIRST CAME THAT SHE SUSPECTED THAT WAS IN NEED OF, OF, UM, OF ASSISTANCE. AND ONE OF THEM WAS LEVELING THE HOUSE. SO I JUST THREW IN THE RAG AND I SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T PUT SIDING AND WINDOWS ON THE HOUSE IF YOU'RE GONNA LEVEL IT. SO I TOLD MY MOM, YOU KNOW, THIS HOUSE WAS ALREADY LEVELED. ONCE WE HAD CONCRETE POSTS, WE HAD GOOD BEAMS. AND THERE WAS TWO AREAS, UH, TWO POSTS ACTUALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, SETTLED A LITTLE BIT PROBABLY FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE HOUSE, EXTRA ITEMS. [01:15:02] BUT, UH, I SAID, LET'S UPCODE THE HOUSE BECAUSE I HAD EIGHT INCH DIAMETER CEMENT POSTS. AND, UM, WE DID THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT WE BROUGHT, UM, I WAS DESPERATE TO FIND CONTRACTORS AND I FOUND A SUBCONTRACTOR AND HE WAS A LEVELING COMPANY AND IT WAS SANTOS BARRA, AND HE'S WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA BECAUSE I WOULD SEE HIS TRUCKS WORKING ON EVERYBODY'S HOUSES. AND SO HE AND HIS PARTNER, ESTEVAN GARCIA, WHICH PRESENTED HIMSELF HERE AT THE BOARD THAT VERY DAY, WE CAME OUT OF, UH, COURT. HE PULLED THE PERMIT. HE HAD THE LETTER FROM THE ENGINEER TO SUBMIT IT TO THE PERMIT OFFICE. SO THE SECOND PERMIT WAS OBTAINED. THE FIRST PERMIT THAT WE DID OBTAIN, UH, DID HAVE THE ROOF AND DECKING. IT DID HAVE PARTIAL FRAMING. IT HAD SOME SIDING. IT HAD THE WINDOWS, THE PERMIT OF THE LEVELING. PEOPLE DID LIST THE FLOOR JOISTS. UM, I WANTED, UM, ADDITIONAL STUFF ADDED TO THE PERMIT. THEY, ON THE PERMIT, I READ SOMETHING ABOUT 40, 40, UH, POSTS AND 400 L F FEET, FOUR BY SIX TREATED NUMBER. AFTER WE LEFT COURT HERE AND Y'ALL GAVE HIM A 30 DAY RESET, THEY ACTUALLY LEVELED THE HOUSE TO COMPLETE FOUNDATION REPAIR. WITHIN ONE WEEK, TWO DAYS, THEY BUSTED UP EVERYTHING. TWO DAYS BREAK, AND THEN TWO DAYS THEY CAME BACK AND PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THEY HAD LIKE SEVEN TO NINE MEN WORKING ON THE HOUSE. SO I WASN'T CONCERNED AT THE TIME THE HOUSE REPAIRS. UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND AGREED ON, UM, JUST A LOOSE AMOUNT. AND, UM, THEY WERE GONNA CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL $6,000. SO IT WAS GONNA BE A TOTAL OF 14,000 TO DO THE WHOLE HOUSE. THIS FRAME RIGHT HERE, CAN YOU STOP THIS FRAME RIGHT HERE? THIS IS WHERE I STOPPED WORKING BECAUSE I WAS LINING UP THE FOUR BY EIGHT SHEETS OF CEMENT BOARDING. THERE'S ALL NEW SUBSIDING ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, THE O S B AND THE ROOF. YOU CAN SEE IT, IT WAS OUTTA SQUARE, BUT THE INSPECTOR SAID THAT IT SHOULD PASS. THERE WAS TWO, TWO AREAS WHERE I WANTED TO, UH, SECURE ON THE RAFTERS. THE, THE PLYWOOD IS THINNER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE ORIGINAL BOARDING, THE SHIPLAP BOARDING ON THE HOUSE. SO I WANTED IT SHIMMED UP A LITTLE BIT. THE FAR EDGE ON THE RIGHT IS THAT LITTLE PIECE THAT'S EIGHT INCHES BY NINE INCHES. UM, CO COMPLIANCE HAD PICTURES OF THE DECKING OVEREXTENDING WITH THE SHINGLES HANGING. AND I ACTUALLY WENT UP THERE AND ZIPPED THEM ALL OUT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. I WAS JUST CENTERING. THE WHITE BOARDS ARE THE ONES THAT WAS CENTERING ACCORDING TO WHERE IT'S GONNA MEET THE, THE, UM, THE STUDS. AND I DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO OVERLAP THE SEAMS ON THE O S B SIDING. THE REASON THAT IT WASN'T DONE IS BECAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR THE, THE LEVELING PEOPLE TO FINISH THE JOB. THEY, THEY TOOK A LONG, EXTENSIVE BREAK. THEY DID DO SOME REPAIRS INSIDE. THEY RE THEY, UM, REDID MY KITCHEN FLOOR WITH THREEQUARTER INCH C DX, C D X OR BC PLYWOOD. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE, BUT IT WAS STILL GOOD ON ONE SIDE. AND THEY REDID THE FLOOR JOIST. UM, THEY WERE WORKING ON MY PERMIT AND THE FLOOR JOIST WAS ON THEIR PERMIT. I ASKED THEM TO STOP WORKING ON THE REST OF THE HOUSE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY KEPT MILKING MY MOM FOR MONEY. YOU KNOW, JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, THEY HAD ALREADY GOT A TOTAL OF 10,000. MY MOM SAYS IT'S EIGHT, BUT I COUNTED 10,000 IN CHECKS. AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR MONEY BEFORE THE WORK WAS DONE. SO I WAS GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS AND I TOLD MY MOM, YOU KNOW, I NEED THEM TO AT LEAST ON THE PORCH, COMPLETELY DONE. EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T STAIN IT, THEY DIDN'T TRIM THE EDGE. AND, UH, I SAID, I NEED SOMETHING FINISHED SO I CAN GET AN INSPECTION. SO I WAS ALLOWING TIME TO GO [01:20:01] BY SO I CAN SEE IF I CAN FIRE THEM OR THREATEN THEM. IT'S SOMETHING, 'CAUSE MY MOM DID HAVE THE WHOLE HOUSE ENTIRELY LEVELED FOUNDATION BEAMS, EVERYTHING, FLOOR JOISTS IN THE KITCHEN, IN THE DINING ROOM, EVERYTHING WAS DONE. UM, THE ROOF JUST NEEDS FLASHING. UM, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION IF I MAY. YES SIR. UH, BASED ON OUR LETTER OF, OF JULY, UH, YOU HAVE A JUNE, EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BRING THE HOUSE TO CODE. IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YES. AND I WAS CONFIDENT I WAS GONNA FINISH RIGHT BEFORE THE PERMIT EXPIRED. AND YOU ALSO HAVE SHOWN US THAT THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO THE WORK. UH, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO COMPLETE ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED IN OUR JUNE LETTER LETTER? OKAY, REFRESH MY MEMORY, WHICH IS THE JUNE LETTER WAS BASICALLY THE, THE RESET ORDER THAT WE HAD PROVIDED TO YOU. IT INCLUDED THE REQUIREMENTS TO BRING THE STRUCTURE TO CODE. I SAW THE LETTER THAT HAD ALL THE, THE DARKENING HIGHLIGHTED ON THE ONE SHEET OF THE PAPER. AND IT WAS AGAIN, FROM, FROM WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER CAME. SHE JUST LISTED A BUNCH OF STUFF AND I SAID, THE HOUSE DOES NOT NEED TO BE LEVELED. AND, AND THEN AT THE END SHE SAID, JUST FINISH PUTTING ON THE SIDING AND, AND FINISH WHAT'S ON THE PERMIT. MEANING I DIDN'T NEED THE HOUSE LEVELED. I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE HOUSE LEVELED. SO I STOPPED WORKING ON THE HOUSE AND THEN MY MOM JUST WANTED TO GET IT OVER WITH AND SAID, LET THEM FINISH THE REST OF THE HOUSE. AND I SAID, MOM, THEY'RE CHARGING TOO MUCH. AND IT'S JUST TOO LITTLE WORK. 'CAUSE I DID, I DID THE FRAMING. I HAD THREE PARTIAL INSPECTIONS. ONE PARTIAL INSPECTION WAS THE FRAMING. UH, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE THAT SHOWS THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND IF WE CAN START WITH THE FIRST ONE, PLEASE. I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. 'CAUSE I HAVE A TENDENCY TO TALK TOO MUCH. THE FIRST ONE, IF WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST ONE, I'LL JUST TAKE IT FROM THERE. I FREAKED OUT BECAUSE THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO OCTOBER 5TH, MY MOM GOT EXTREMELY ILL RIGHT THERE. SHE GOT EXTREMELY ILL. SHE HAD SEVERE PELVIC PAIN. UM, MS NO EXCUSE MS. AGUILAR. NO. UH, I I'M NOT TRYING TO INTERRUPT YOU OR ANYTHING, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY NIGHTMARES TONIGHT. OKAY? BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES, I'M GONNA EXPLAIN 'EM TO YOU RIGHT NOW. WELL, YOU, WE, WE CAN LOOK AT 'EM AND YES, I'M AN EXPLANATION, BUT, BUT THE ANGLE OF THE PICTURE DOESN'T SHOW. DOES ANGLE NOT SHOW? WELL THAT THIS PICTURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT WITH YOUR FRAMING, IF YOU DID THE FRAMING, IT'S NOT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, AND I NEED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING TO YOU. PLEASE. WHAT YOU NEED TO POINT OUT, PLEASE. OKAY, ON THIS, IS THERE A MOUSE? IS THIS OKAY? ALL THIS FRAMING RIGHT HERE, IT'D BE STANDING IN FRONT OF IT FROM THIS CORNER ALL THE WAY FRAMING OF THE KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, DINING ROOM'S, VERY SMALL. IT'S NINE FEET WIDE. THE KITCHEN'S 12 FEET WIDE. ALL THE STUDS WERE PUT ACCORDINGLY. 18 INCHES OFF CENTER. THE, THE TOP PLATE HAS TWO, TWO BY FOURS. THE BOTTOM OF THE TOP PLATE WAS REPLACED ON ONE PART. JUST ONE PART. AND THAT'S WHERE THE DOUBLE, THE DOUBLE DINING RIGHT HERE, IT WAS RIGHT UP IN HERE. OKAY? WHEN YOU ASKED ME, THE RED.IS YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THAT'S NOT LEVEL, MA'AM. AND OKAY, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU, , WHEN YOU ASKED ME, WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, I DO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I'M A PERFECTIONIST. THAT'S MY PROBLEM. I TAKE A LONG TIME THOUGH. SO THE CONTRACTOR HAS ANOTHER SUBCONTRACTOR COME IN. I HAD TO PERMIT AMEND IT. [01:25:01] THE INSPECTOR CAME IN AMENDED AND ADDED THE TWO WALLS. SO THE SHEET ROCK WAS TAKEN DOWN. THEY WERE PAID LOTS OF MONEY. WELL, THE CONTRACT WAS A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEY DID THIS. I WAS UPSET. THAT'S THAT RIGHT THERE IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THE HOUSE UNTIL THEY FINISHED. WHAT THEY STARTED. MEANING THE SKIRTING ON THE HOUSE, THE PORCH THAT THEY STARTED, IT'S ALREADY PRACTICALLY FINISHED. THE KITCHEN FLOOR, THE FLOOR JOISTS WERE DONE. THE KITCHEN FLOOR WAS DONE. OH, YOU NEED, YOU STILL NEED A LOT OF WORK ON THIS HOUSE, MA'AM. AND YOU, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A LOT OF WORK. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS RIGHT HERE, JUST THIS PIECE JUST NEEDS TO BE LIFTED UP. THEY NAILED IT IN THE WRONG. THEY, THEY, THEY ATTACHED IT TO THE WRONG. OKAY, BUT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN, WE, ACCORDING TO THE ORDERS THAT WE ALREADY GAVE YOU THE SCOPE OF WORK. YES. FOR THE, THE, NO, NOT THE SCOPE OF WORK. YOU WERE, WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN THE SCOPE OF WORK TODAY, RIGHT? AND YOU DID NOT, THERE'S NO, THERE'S SCOPE OF WORK. THERE IS A SCOPE OF WORK. THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL THAT'S DONE. ALL THAT. YOU HAVE ALL THAT. OH, I HAVE COPIES RIGHT HERE. MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. OKAY, BEN, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO COMPLETE ALL OF THIS? ACCORDING TO CODE? HOW, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WANT? IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO GIVE. BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT AND REASONABLE? THE THE ACCORDING TO CODE EVERYTHING. ACCORDING TO CODE BECAUSE RIGHT. NO, NO. HOW MANY, OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA EXPLAIN TO YOU IN THREE PARTS, HOW MANY, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU? THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK, WHICH IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STREET, LIKE THE SIDING AND TRIMMING. OH NO. THE WHOLE THING. I WANNA DO THAT FIRST RIGHT AWAY. AND, AND, AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO DO ALL THAT? I'M LOOKING AT WE CAN'T DO PIECE WORK. WE GOTTA DO THE COMPLETE THING, RIGHT? NO, NO. I WAS PLANNING TO HAVE ALL EVERYTHING DONE. OKAY. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU? OH, YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UH, I'M DOING THE MATH. I'M DOING THE MATH. THAT RIGHT THERE ONLY TAKES LIKE 30 MINUTES RIGHT THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CEILING RIGHT THERE ON THE CEILING, DO YOU NEED, DO YOU NEED THREE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS? EXCUSE ME. THREE MONTHS. HUH? THREE MONTHS. IF YOU PLEASE ALLOW THREE MONTHS, UH, I TOOK OFF ADDITIONAL SHEET ROCK SO I CAN HAVE FRESH SHEET ROCK. THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE HAS NEW RAFTERS. EXCUSE ME. I AM CONSIDERING THE WEATHER. I AM. OKAY. MY MOM HAS NO IDEA WHAT I DID FOR A LIVING. , THE WHOLE ROOM NEEDS TO BE SHEET ROCK. NOT THE WHOLE ROOM, JUST THE CEILINGS. SO, AND MA'AM, THAT CAN BE DONE QUICKLY. WE'RE VIVIDLY AWARE OF ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. OKAY? AND AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. YES. AND, AND, AND IT'S, TO ME, IT'S ALL JUST FACIAL. AND AND YOU HAVE PROVIDED FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO US. YES, SIR. AND DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET THE WORK DONE WITH THE MONEY THAT'S DEMONSTRATED ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER? YES, SIR. I CAN EVEN SAVE ON MY, MY MOM A COUPLE A THOUSAND. YOU COULD ASSURE US THAT THE WORLD YOU CHARGING COMPLETE THE WORK IN THREE MONTHS. SIR, YOU DOESN'T WANT ME TO LIVE WITH HER HOUSE ANYMORE. SO , I'M GONNA TRY TO GET OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DOES THE BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO CORRECT THE RECORD. MA'AM, CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE CO COMPLIANCE BACK UP HERE? I'M NOT, I SEE THREE MONTHS FOR THE MAJORITY. NOT IF THERE'S LIKE, CAN YOU PLEASE LET CO COMPLIANCE AND THEN I GOTTA ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS. SIR, I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY. WE, ON SOME DAYS CAN PULL UP THE PERMITS AND SOME WE CAN'T. AND TODAY WE GOT TO PULL THE PERMITS UP. GOOD. AND THEY DID STATE IN THE MISCELLANEOUS THAT WALLS ARE IN THERE. OKAY? AND ON ANOTHER PERMIT THAT WE GOT TO PULL UP, IT DOES STATE THAT FLOORS. OKAY. THE THING I ASKED EARLIER, WHICH WE DID ALSO PULL UP, I OWE YOU THOSE TWO APOLOGIES ON THAT TO CORRECT THE RECORD. UM, WHEN I ASK ABOUT THE FOUNDATION, IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS AND THE FOUNDATION HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU, AND I DO THINK WE DID ON THIS HOUSE, PUT A STOP WORK ORDER. I WASN'T THE OFFICER. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING BECAUSE BEFORE, WE DON'T HAVE THE RECORDS NOW. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT. 'CAUSE IF THERE'S A PERMIT THAT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED ON FOUNDATION, AND NOW I'M GONNA ASK THE MAN OR STAFF SIDE, IF THE INSPECTION HAS NOT [01:30:01] BEEN DONE ON THE FOUNDATION, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING WORK TO BE CONTINUED? NOT, NOT THAT'S TALKING TO MY STAFF, MA'AM. SO THE APOLOGY IS TO YOU FOR, AND I'M CORRECTING THE RECORD FOR IT AND I NEED AN ANSWER. WHY ARE WE ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION TO CONTINUE AND A WORK ORDER HAS NOT BEEN FINISHED OR INSPECTED TO THE NEXT LEVEL? IN GENERAL, WHEN A PERMIT IS PULLED, AS, AS THE BOARD IS, IS AWARE, IT IS UP TO THE OWNER TO CALL FOR INSPECTIONS. AS LONG AS THE PERMIT IS ACTIVE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THE WORK. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THE WORK. NOW, FROM THE, WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THE, THE FIRST PERMIT, IT HAS EXPIRED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME THAT THE OFFICER VISITED THE SITE, THE OFFICER NOTIFIED THE OWNER THAT THE PERMIT WAS EXPIRED AND THEY NEEDED TO EXTEND IT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HAS BEEN OCCURRING ON THESE PERMITS, IS THAT EACH TIME THE PERMIT EXPIRED, THE OWNER WOULD GO IN AND HAVE IT EXTENDED IS ALLOWED AS, AS WELL. I'M HAIRS HERE BECAUSE THE PERMIT WAS PULLED FOR THE FOUNDATION, WHICH MEANS THE PERMIT HAS TO BE CLOSED ON THE FOUNDATION. SOMEBODY'S ASSUMING, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT ALLOWS THE OTHER WORK TO BE CONTINUED. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'RE ALLOWING WORK ON THE INTERIOR EXTERIOR WITHOUT CLOSING THE FOUNDATION, WHICH YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THE FOUNDATION FIRST. CORRECT? I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT. I'D HAVE TO GET THAT ANSWERED FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, SIR. THAT DOES, THAT DOES APPEAR TO BE LOGICAL. ABSOLUTELY. WE DO NOT, HOWEVER, I DO ASK, WE NEED TO POINT OUT, WE DO NOT DO INSPECTIONS ON THE, ON THE FOUNDATION. WE DO, WE DO ACCEPT A ENGINEER'S LETTER ON THE FOUNDATION TO FINALIZE THAT INSPECTION, BUT THEY DO, THEY DO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SKIRTING HAS BEEN, UH, PROPERLY INSTALLED. BUT THEY DON'T EXPECT, WE DO HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE INSPECTORS THAT INSPECT THE ACTUAL FINAL FOUNDATION, WHAT PERMITS ARE. BUT BOTH PERMITS ARE STILL OPEN. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT. UM, WE GAVE A YES SIR. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT ON THIS PROPERTY BACK SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE NOTES FROM PRIOR TO THE ORDER NOW OR THE PICTURES TO COMPARE WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND WHAT HASN'T. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, AND AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I CAN'T MOVE FORWARD IF I'M DOING A FOUNDATION AND THEN I START POPPING UP WALLS WITHOUT THE FOUNDATION INSPECTED AND IT'S STILL OPEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECORD. SO MY, MY, MY QUESTION IS MORE TO STAFF. WHY DID WE NOT PUT A WORK STOP IF THE FOUNDATION HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED YET? NOT YET, MA'AM. I, I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING WORK TO BE CONTINUED AND WE'RE ASKING CODE COMPLIANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT STUFF THAT REALLY HASN'T EVEN BEEN COMPLETED UNDER OUR OWN CODES. AS I STATED BEFORE, SIR, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ANSWER FOR YOU, OTHER THAN THE ONE STATED THAT THE ENGINEER'S LETTER WOULD CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT INSPECTION. IF AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION OR THE PERMITS, UH, FOR THE GENERAL REPAIR PERMIT OR THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT IS OBSERVED TO BE INCORRECT OR OUT OF PLUM, THEN THAT WORK IS, THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE, THAT'S ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER OR THE CONTRACTOR DOING THE WORK. IF THE WORK IS INCORRECT, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RIPPED OUT AND REDONE. BUT IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE FOUNDATION, THE ENGINEER LETTER HAS TO GO TO STAFF. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. IN THE RECORDS, IT'S STILL SHOWING THAT IT IS AN OPENED, NOT INSPECTED. SO, AND THE ENGINEER'S LETTER HERE DOES NOT SHOW THAT, THAT THAT PART HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THE NEXT PHASES. AND I I, I'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING THROUGH THE PICTURES AGAIN. IF THE FOUNDATION HAD BEEN LEVEL, WHY IS PICTURE NUMBER MM-HMM. , WHATEVER, NUMBER 25 THAT THAT ROOM IS, LOOK AT THAT ROOM. IT'S NOT LEVEL. SO WHY, WHY, WHY ARE WE HERE ON THIS CASE? ? I MEAN, I KNOW IT WAS A RESET, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THIS CANNOT AND CANNOT SIT DOWN. YOU CANNOT, YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN. MA'AM. THIS LADY IS NOT A CONTRACTOR. SHE MIGHT CLAIM SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING, BUT SHE'S NOT A CONTRACTOR. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS CASE SHOULD GO ANY FURTHER THAN WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. AND IT IS A DEMOLITION CASE. I KNOW THAT SHE HAS TRIED, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS. THIS, THE ORDER WAS SIGNED IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS. AND WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PROGRESS. I'M SORRY, POINT OF ORDER. UH, POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. THE, THE BOARD IS BEGINNING TO TESTIFY AND I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO RETAIN THEIR OPINIONS, UH, AS A TESTIMONY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY [01:35:01] OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? MR. STRANDIS? YES, I DO. PICTURE 18 OR SLIDE 18. AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN REALLY ANSWER THIS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T. HE IS NOT THE ONE WHO APPARENTLY CERTIFIED. MY UNDERSTANDING, AS WE LOOK IN THE RECORDS THAT THIS WALL OR THE FRAMING, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, WAS, UM, INSPECTED ON WHAT DATE WAS IT FRAMING OR IS IT STILL OPEN? UH, THERE WE GO. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WALL HERE, IT DOES NOT PASS CODE. BUT THE SIMPLE FACT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE HERE, THAT IS NOT TO CODE. AND THIS DOWN HERE IS NOT TO CODE. CODE REQUIRES A BOARD TO BE NAILED INTO A STRUCTURE. EXAMPLE, THIS BEAM RIGHT HERE, WHERE YOU WOULD TIE INTO THIS IS NOT ADEQUATE TIE POINT OF ORDER. AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING POINT OF ORDER, ASKED THE QUESTION. UH, INSTEAD OF TESTIFYING, I I'M NOT, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. THAT'S HOW YOU ASK IT. THIS DOES NOT PASS A INSPECTION. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING? ASK THE QUESTION, PLEASE. HOW ARE WE ALLOWING IT? OKAY. HOW ARE WE ALLOWING FOR THEM TO GO FORWARD? IF THIS IS NOT DONE TO CODE, THEN LET THE OFFICER ANSWER THE QUESTION. ANSWER THE QUESTION. EXCUSE ME. IF I MAY STEP IN ON THAT BOARD, UH, JENNY RAMIREZ, FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, FOR ALL OF OUR CODE OFFICERS DURING THE INSPECTION PROCESS, THAT PASSING OR THAT FAILURE WILL BE DONE BY THE BUILDING INSPECTORS THAT IS NOT PASSED OR, OR FAILED BY THE CODE OFFICER? NO, THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT THIS IS NOT GO TO THE CODE OFFICER BECAUSE IT IS AN INSPECTION. THAT'S WHAT I SAID BEFORE. BEFORE THAT IS CORRECT. BEFORE THE FINAL TO, IT'S TO THE STAFF. HOW ARE WE AN INSPECTING AND ALLOWING 'EM TO GO FOR, EXCUSE ME, ALL ERIC BURNS LEGAL. WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO DO IS THIS BOARD HAS A PROPERTY THAT'S IN FRONT OF THEM. THIS BOARD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BY THE CODE OFFICER AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES AS TO WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, THEN THIS BOARD HAS A FEW OPTIONS IN REGARDS TO HOW TO ADDRESS IT AND ABATE IT. IF THIS BOARD DOES NOT THINK IT'S A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, THEN THIS BOARD CAN RULE ON THAT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON IT. HOWEVER, I I, I BELIEVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE GREAT QUESTIONS, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, BE ABLE TO BE ANSWERED BY THE CODE OFFICER. UH, NOR ARE THOSE ISSUES, UM, IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS WHETHER THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. AND IF SO, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT STRUCTURE? MR. BURNS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WELL, I HAD, UM, CAN I ASK YOU REAL QUICK? YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO OUR PREVIOUS ORDER WAS JUST A RESET FOR 30 DAYS TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND BRING IN HER SCOPE OF WORK AND, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT, IT WAS NOT FOR HER TO DO THIS WORK AND HAVE IT COMPLETED BY THE TIME SHE CAME BACK. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ARE CORRECT. YOU, YOU RESET IT FOR 30 DAYS. YOU ORDERED TO HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK. I UNDERSTAND PREPARED FOR THE NEXT HEARING THAT PROPERTY WAS TO BE, UM, SECURED AGAINST ENTRY AND UH, IT WAS TO BE VACATED AND REMAIN VACANT UNTIL, OR EXCUSE ME, DURING THE RESET. RIGHT? SO HER TO COME BACK TODAY IS TO GIVE US THAT SCOPE OF WORK, YOUR FINANCIAL PROOF, WHICH YOU DID, UM, AND LET US KNOW HOW LONG YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE REPAIRS THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE STARTED MAKING. BUT IT IS NOT TO BE COMPLETED TODAY. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT IT. UM, AND NOW I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE HOME OWNER OR THE DAUGHTER. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. UH, MR. PALETTE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THE CALLED OFFICER? OKAY, GO AHEAD. MR. ANDIS. I, I, YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I'M, I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE AND SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT FOR WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. UH, NOW CAN THE DAUGHTER OF THE PROPERTY COME BACK UP? DID YOU WANT THE OWNER OR DID YOU WANT WELL, ANY ONE OF THEM. OKAY. CAN I HAVE YOUR, UH, YOUR MAJOR SHEET RIGHT THERE? NO, THE, UM, READOUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? EITHER FOR A MOTION TO DEMOLISH? OH, WELL, WE'RE JUST IN THE STAGE OF ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE OWNER AND I'LL LET THE QUESTION PROCEED. OH. OH, OKAY. THE, UM, DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN MM-HMM. IS AN ITEMIZED LIST. IS THAT CORRECT? I, THE SCOPE OF WORK. SEE, THAT'S WHY I WANT HER TO REPRESENT ME. WELL, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY I SAID I WANTED YOUR DAUGHTER OR WHOEVER COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION. YES, SHE TALKED TOO MUCH. I'M NOW, THIS S PICTURE DOESN'T SHOW MA'AM, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, I'M ASKING A QUESTION NOW. THE, ONE OF THE LISTS THAT YOU WERE GIVEN ON THE LIST, IT SAYS SHOW A A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK. IS THAT CORRECT? SCOPE OF WORK DETAILED. DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK. I WAS PROVIDED WITH A SAMPLE AND A SAMPLE IS VERY SIMPLE. THIS IS THE LIST YOU GAVE US. IS THAT CORRECT? [01:40:01] THAT IS HANDWRITTEN. THE ONE I, THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS SENT TO HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT. SO IT WAS RESENT. AND I HAVE IT ON MY PHONE IF I CAN SHOW IT ON THE PROJECTOR. WELL, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN TO US AS A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK. THIS IS NOT DETAILED. CORRECT. THAT'S, THEY, THEY JUST PUT HOUSE REPAIRS. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. ARE THE OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE PANEL? I HAVEN'T FINISHED GOING THROUGH THE PHOTOS. CAN I DO THAT? YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED WHAT AGAIN, MA'AM? I HAVEN'T NOT EVEN STARTED ON, ON MY PHOTOS, ON MY PHONE. IF, IF YOU THINK WE'LL LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THE PICTURES IF YOU THINK THAT WILL HELP US MAKE A DECISION, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THE CODE OFFICER HAS PRESENTED. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE UPDATED THAN THAT, YES, WE WOULD LOOK AT IT. THEY SISTER BOARD THESE, THESE, THESE, UH, RAPTORS RIGHT HERE. THE CEILING JOINTS, THE CEILINGS RIGHT THERE. SO THEY PUT ONE ON ONE SIDE, ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO RIGHT THERE, YOU SEEING ALL WOOD? I WANTED THAT OLD WOOD OUT. THEY PUT THE, THE MUL TO THE OLD. AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT ISSUE. SO IT'S THE, THE WALL WAS THE REASON WHY IT HASN'T BEEN INSPECTED. IT WAS ADDED ON AS A, TOWARDS THE AMENDMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I AGREE WITH YOU THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WORK LIKE THAT. THE FRAMING WAS INSPECTED. IT WAS PASSED AND INSPECTED. THE ROOFING. HE SAID I JUST NEEDED TO PUT THE FLASHING ENCLOSED, THE, THE BACK AREA AND IT WOULD BE FINE SIDING ON THE HOUSE. I PROCEEDED TO TAKE MORE SIDING OFF THE HOUSE BECAUSE I GOT MORE SIDING AND I SAID, OKAY, IT'LL BE NICE BECAUSE INSTEAD OF SAND AND SCRAPING, I, THAT'S WHY I TOOK UP ADDITIONAL BOARDS. THREE MORE BOARDS. AND I HAVE THREE ISSUES THAT I HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH. I, SORRY, AS FAR AS THE BOARD IS CONCERNED, ONE IS THE SCOPE OF WORK. OKAY? WE UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WORK. DO YOU NEED IT? NUMBER TWO IS THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. WE UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. AND YOU'VE INDICATED THAT YOU NEEDED 30 DAY, UH, EXCUSE ME, THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE WORK. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD BESIDES THOSE THREE ISSUES? I'M ASKING FOR THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE IT. GET INSPECTED, ALLOW FOR TIMING. MY MOM'S IS ASKING FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE SHE SAYS WINTER, RAIN, SNOW. I DON'T KNOW. UM, AND THEN THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LEVELED AND DID THE COMPLETE LEVELING FOUNDATION, UM, BECAUSE I'M IN A BINDING CONTRACT WITH THEM, I HAVE TO EITHER HAVE THEM FINISH AND I HAVE TO HAVE THEM AMEND THEIR PERMIT. MA'AM, THE REASON I CAME IS TO ME, MA'AM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT, UH, THERE WAS A LOCK ON MY PERMITS. AND THAT'S, AND IT WASN'T REINSTATEMENT. IT WASN'T REINSTATEMENT. MY PERMITS WERE ACTIVE AND THEY WERE, UH, WHEN INSPECTOR CAME TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME, UH, ONLY THIS LAST TIME 'CAUSE MY MOM GOT SO SICK, I WASN'T ON TOP OF THINGS, BUT THE CITY THEMSELVES TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD REINSTATE THE PERMIT. AND I SAID THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE ALL I HAVE TO DO IS FINISH. BUT I WAS, UH, THE ENGINEER WHEN I CALLED TO THE CITY, THEY SAID THAT THE ENGINEER IS THE ONE THAT INSPECTS THE POSTS BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED. 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUR HOME. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEADNESS OF THE HOLES, MAKE SURE THERE WERE TWO FEET. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE BEAMS OVERLAPPING PROPERLY. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FLOOR JOISTS. SO THEY SAID THAT IT'S AN ENGINEER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO INSPECT ALL THAT, THAT THE CITY DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT I HAVE A SKIRTING ON MY HOUSE. AND I SAID, WELL, WHEN I CALLED BACK, THEY SAID THAT THERE'S A FALLOUT INSPECTION THAT'S DONE BY THE CITY AFTER THE ENGINEER CLOSES THE LETTER. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THAT'S WITH THE SKIRTING ON THERE. THE GUYS CALLED ME AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA PUT THE SKIRTING ON AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM PUT THE SKIRT ON. I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR. I, I'M SORRY. WE, THERE'S, UM, NUMEROUS PERSONS THAT ARE STILL HERE THAT NEED TO SPEAK ON THIS. YES, SIR. UH, IF, AND I'D ASK MS. AGUILAR IF YOU COULD JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK YOU. YES, SIR. UM, PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. I'M, I'M SURE WE CAN, UM, COME TO SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION. THE PICTURES BEFORE I TOOK THE BOARDS OFF BEFORE I WAS TOLD TO LOVE THE HOUSE. MA'AM, MA'AM, THEY WERE PRACTICALLY COMPLETED. MA'AM, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL STORY, WE UNDERSTAND THE THREE MONTH AND WE UNDERSTAND THE SIX MONTHS. IS THERE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD THAT YOU HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT SO FAR? MY MOM, UM, IS GOING TO LOAN ME THE MONEY TO FINISH THE JOB. UM, IT IS MY HOME. CAN YOU PULL THIS UP? DO YOU NEED THE SCOPE OF WORK? [01:45:01] OH, THE ALBUM THAT SAYS CODE, I THINK. CAN YOU PLEASE GRANT ME EXTRA TIME TO DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK? THE MAJORITY OF THE INSPECTIONS WERE PASSED. MY STORAGE IS FULL. IS THAT WHAT IT'S OKAY. IT'S DO YOU HAVE THE ENGINEER LETTER? I'M SORRY? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? MA'AM? CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY? I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. THERE'S NO DETERIORATING ROOF. UM, THIS THIS PART RIGHT HERE. MA'AM. MA'AM, THAT DISCUSSION IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE BOARD MAKE A DECISION. OKAY? UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE ADD, YOU MAY BE SEATED. I HAVE THE HOUSE SECURED. CAN YOU SHOW THIS ONE? I DID HAVE THE HOUSE. I PUT THE BOARDS UP. THOSE BOARDS DON'T LOOK PRETTY. SO I WANTED TO JUST PUT A CHAIN LINK WRAPPED AROUND THE TREES. UM, BUT I THINK ONCE I, UH, PICK UP ALL THE CONCRETE OFF THE GROUND, 'CAUSE THEY LEFT ME ALL THE CONCRETE POSTS ON THE GROUND, THEN I CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THOSE BOARDS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE YARD IS CLEANED UP FROM THE BOARDS OUT. MA'AM, THAT, THAT DOES NOT HELP ME AT ALL. AND I DON'T THINK IT HELPS THE BOARD. SO IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S NOTHING YOU WERE, THAT YOU CAN ASK CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE, THE FOUNDATION. IN ORDER TO DO THE FOUNDATION, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE STRUCTURE MA'AM IS WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL TO ADD TO YOUR TESTIMONY? I JUST WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO SIX MONTHS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRST MONTH TO DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK AND TO GET INSPECTED. AND THEN THE, MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE AHEAD, CAN WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS CASE PLEASE? THE, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE, UH, THAT'S LISTED TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE. THE ATTORNEY WAS REFERRING TO OTHER CASES PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. MA'AM, YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, SIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MR. HARPER, PLEASE. OKAY, SO I MOVE TO THE PROPERTY AT 1 4 0 3. SAN FRANCISCO IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15 DUE THE REASONS STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME CAN BE FEASIBLY REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE OWNER BE ALLOWED 90 DAYS TO REPAIR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS WITHIN 14 DAYS, THE PROPERTIES TO REMAIN VACANT PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE REPAIRS, UH, THE PROPERTIES TO BE SECURED AND TO REMAIN SECURED DURING THE PENDENCY OF REPAIRS. AND THE PROGRESS REPORTS BE SUBMITTED TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER EVERY 30 DAYS. MOTION IS TO REPAIR IN 90 DAYS WITH PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED THAT THE PROPERTY BE VACATED, THAT PROPERTY BE SECURED, AND THAT THE REPORTS BE PROVIDED TO THE CODE OFFICER EVERY 30 DAYS. WAS THAT CORRECT? ON 30 DAYS? THAT'S CORRECT. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, GO AHEAD, READ YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THIS OR NOT, BUT THE HOMEOWNER IS AT THE STAGE WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THIS. I, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE MORE OF DEBATE, BUT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS TO GET LICENSED PERSONNEL IN THERE TO DO THE WORK. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE OTHER THAN ELECTRICIAN, PLUMBING THOSE PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. ARE YOU ADDRESSING THAT AS STRICTLY THE PROFESSIONAL ISSUES? WELL, AS A LIFE SAFETY, I THINK IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR. SO YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS TO REQUIRE, UH, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE ON AS CODE REQUIRES FOR I E, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ELECTRIC HEATING, ANYTHING ELSE? BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT DONE TO CODE. MR. HARPER, ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES. AMENDMENTS IS ACCEPTED TO REQUIRE PROFESSIONALS WHERE THE CITY REQUIRES PROFESSIONALS, UH, WITH LICENSE. UH, MR. ZIKA HAS SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO REPAIR IN 90 DAYS WITH PERMITS VACATE, UH, UH, REQUIRING, UH, LICENSED WORKERS AND SECURE THE PROPERTY? UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NAY. NAY. ONE, NAY. MOTION CARRIES. MR. MR. CHAIR? YES, FOR CLARIFICATION. DID YOU SAY, UH, TO HAVE THE, UH, PROPERTY VACATED? [01:50:01] I DID. OKAY. I DID NOT. I SHOULD HAVE, UH, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU MUST REPAIR THE PROPERTY IN 90 DAYS TO CODE USING LICENSED PEOPLE WHERE THEIR LICENSE ARE REQUIRED. WHERE, WHERE THE CITY REQUIRES, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING [4. 19-8522 (CD-5) 1519 Monterey St (accessory structure)] TO BE 1519 MONTEREY. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1519 MONTERES STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 2 3 4 0 BLOCK SEVEN, LOT EIGHT, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ALAMO OLD GARZA, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1519 MONTEA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES, WE DO. NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR ALMA O GAR. OH GARZA. NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON AUGUST 16TH, 2019. THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FOLLOWING IS TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1519 MONTE STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 10TH, 2018. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2019. ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1519 ADE STREET ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED. ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2019, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TODAY FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2019. AND THIS LADDER HERE IS JUST SHOWING THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. NUMBER ONE, IT'S GONNA BE COLORED IN RED. IT'S THE, WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE ONE WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE TOP THERE IS STARTING TO SHOW SOME WATER WALL SEPARATION, UH, LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION AS WELL. THERE IS ROTTING AND DETERIORATING OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE BOTTOM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SITTING ON THE GRADE. THERE'S JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A, A DIP AND SAGGING IN THE ROOF SYSTEM, AND IT DOES SHOW THAT IT'S STARTING TO SINK TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT DOES SAG TOWARDS THE METAL, THE INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS ARE EXPOSED DUE TO THE, THE DETACHING OF THE METAL ROOF COVERING AGAIN, JUST, UH, ALONG THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS, THAT IT IS STARTING TO ROT AND DETERIORATE DUE TO THE IT SIT RESTING ON GRADE. THIS IS THE REAR OF THE, OF THE EL UH, REAR ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THIS IS SHOWING THE DOOR AND WHERE THE DOOR FRAME SITS AT THIS TIME, UH, WHERE THE DOOR FRAME IS AT. IT'S ROUGHLY AROUND WHERE MY CHEST IS AT. SO IT HAS SUNK INTO THE GRID AT THIS TIME. THAT DOOR DOES NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. IT IS STUCK INTO THE GROUND. I WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN OR, OR CLOSE THAT DOOR, UH, ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION, JUST SHOWING THE BOW INSIDE ALONG THE, THE EXTERIOR WALLS RUNNING [01:55:01] ALONG THE, UH, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE WOOD MEMBERS OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS. IN THIS PICTURE, THIS WAS TAKEN AT MY EYE LEVEL TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THE UH, STRUCTURE HAS SUNK. AND I WAS ABLE TO GET A PICTURE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM SHOWING THE DETENTION OF THE METAL ROOF RECOVERY. I MADE ENTRY ALONG THE FRONT ELEVATION. UH, THIS IS A PICTURE JUST SHOWING THE IN INTERIOR. UH, IT CONSISTS OF WATER DAMAGE AND THE CEILING JOISTS ARE, ARE ROUGHLY AROUND WHERE MY HEAD IS AT. SO WHEN I'M MAKING ENTRY, I DO HAVE TO DUCK A LITTLE BIT AND, AND BEND DOWN JUST TO GET BETTER PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE LEFT SIDE, JUST SHOWING AGAIN THE HEIGHT LEVEL. THE HEIGHT OF THE, OF THE CEILING JOIST TOWARDS THE REAR IS JUST SHOWING JUST PICTURES OF WATER DAMAGE THAT IS GETTING INTO INSIDE, INSIDE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THE FACT THAT IT IS SITTING ON GRADE. THERE IS NO FOUNDATION AT THIS TIME FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. JUST THE PICTURE OF THE DOOR WHERE I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE MORE PICTURES SHOWING THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE GETTING INSIDE OF THE MA ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THERE IS A, UH, A BOARD HERE THAT IS POSTED ALMOST NOT IT'S LONG, NOT IN THE MIDDLE, BUT JUST POSTING. AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO WHERE IT IS STARTING TO GET DAMAGED, BUT DUE TO THE WATER AND ELEMENTS. JUST ANOTHER PICTURE, AGAIN, WITH THE WATER DAMAGE GETTING INSIDE, AND THEN THE EXPOSURE OF THE ELEMENTS AS WELL. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. THAT CURRENT, THAT'S CURRENT STATE IS IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION. THE PHOTOS BEING PRESENTED TODAY REVEAL THERE IS NO FOUNDATION FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CAUSING THE EXTERIOR WALLS TO BE RESTING ON GRADE. EXTERIOR WALL SIDING IS SHOWING WATER WALL SEPARATION DETERIORATION AND LISTING. THE STRUCTURE HAS SHIFTED, CAUSING DOOR DOORS TO OPEN AND CLOSE AND PROPERLY. THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING IN AREAS THE METAL ROOF COVERING IS RUSTING AND DETACHING, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS. THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE HAS SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE, HAS ROTTEN WOOD MEMBERS DUE TO THE EXPOSURE OF THE ELEMENTS. WE RECAP THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1519. STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 7 8 15, AND 17 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HERE AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUB CENTEREDNESS OR UNFI FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO, TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1519 MULTIDAY STREET. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER HARPER? UH, SO IS THE HOME IN FRONT OF THIS, UH, CURRENTLY OCCUPIED? NO, SIR. IT'S NOT. IT'S VACANT. AND, AND AS I READ THROUGH THE NOTES, IT SEEMS THE OWNER IS DECEASED. AND YOUR CONTACT WITH A FAMILY MEMBER? I'VE SPOKEN WITH A BROTHER, FELIPE, AND HE WAS ALSO ONE THAT STATED THAT THE, HIS SISTER HAD DECEASED SOMETIME. UM, HE IS WORKING ON TRYING TO TAKE, UH, LEGAL, HE'S, HE'S WORKING ON THE SIDE TO GET, TO TAKE, TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY, BUT HE DOESN'T, HASN'T DONE THAT YET. OKAY. AND THEN HE GAVE YOU THE NAME OF, UH, AN EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE? HE, HE HAD MENTIONED A, AN EXECUTOR THAT HE BELIEVED THAT WAS THE EXECUTOR OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS HER BERTO, UH, BERTO GUERRERO. AND HE HAD GIVEN ME A NUMBER TO CONTACT HIM. I CALLED THE NUMBER. I NEVER RECEIVED A CALL AT THE TIME, AND AT THIS TIME I HAVEN'T REACHED A CALL. HE, HE'S PRESENT TODAY, BUT HE WISHED NOT TO SPEAK, JUST TO LISTEN IN THE, THE BROTHER OR THE ADMINISTRATOR? THE BOTH, BOTH ARE HERE. OKAY. THEY ARE LISTENING IN ON THIS, UH, PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AMELIA VALDEZ, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS AMELIA VALDEZ AND I RESIDE AT 1635 . I'M ALSO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION. AND WE RECEIVED THAT, UM, REGISTRATION OFFICIALLY THROUGH THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. SO WE DO HAVE A BOARD AND WE HAVE BYLAWS. I HAVE TWO FOLKS HERE, IRMA HOFFMAN AND LINDA ORTEGA, UH, [02:00:01] ON THIS PROPERTY ITSELF. UM, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW HOUSE IN FRONT OF THIS HOUSE. DO YOU GUYS HAVE THAT HOUSE? MA'AM? WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THE HOUSE ITSELF. I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO, TRYING TO GIVE YOU, UM, AN IDEA ON WHERE THIS, UM, OKAY. SO AS AN ASSOCIATION, THE CO COMPLIANCE HAVE FAILED TO REACH OUT TO US. WE DO HELP THE RESIDENTS. UH, WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE ON ANOTHER CASES ACTUALLY. UH, WE WERE HERE IN A CASE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WE HELPED WITH ELECTRICITY AND WATER. UM, WE CAN'T SEEM TO COME TOGETHER TO COMMUNICATE. WHEN WE RECEIVED THESE TWO LETTERS, WE RECEIVED IT ON THURSDAY. OKAY. IT IS NOW ONLY BEEN WHAT, UH, FIVE DAYS MAYBE DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO DO OUR PART AS AN ASSOCIATION TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE RESIDENTS. UH, WE JUST MET MR. GUERRA FROM HOWEVER HE'S INVOLVED IN THE PROPERTY AND WE JUST CONNECTED TODAY. SO, UM, WE, UH, CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THAT CONNECTION AGAIN. THIS IS, THIS ASSESSOR, THIS STRUCTURE RIGHT HERE. UM, THERE ARE WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN HELP. THIS PROPERTY HAS ALREADY ASSESSED FEES ALREADY BECAUSE THE CITY'S BEEN CLEANING IT, WHICH IS, WHICH IS FINE. UH, BUT, UH, IF, IF, UH, THE, THE CITY, UM, DEMOLISHED THIS ACCESSORY, THEN, UM, THERE'S FEES ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY AND THEN THERE WILL BE A LIEN. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, UH, UH, THE HOUSE WOULD BE ALSO DEMOLISHED. SO WE AS AN ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO CONNECT WITH THESE RESIDENTS. UH, WE'VE BEEN HELPING RESIDENTS, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS. WE GET ZONING LETTERS ALL THE TIME. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE FOR, TO ASK WHEN CONTINUES TO HAVE FOR US TO HELP AND DO OUR SHARE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE RESIDENT. SO THIS IS THE BUNGALOW HOME. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME WITH A WRAPAROUND PORCH. OKAY? AND THE ACCESSORY IS BEHIND IT. SO WE AT THE WEST SIDE, UH, ASSOCIATION, WE TAKE PRIDE. WE ARE READY TO, UH, AND WE QUALIFY FOR HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. SO WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO DO THAT TOO. OKAY? SO WE JUST WANNA BE HEARD TODAY, UM, AND, AND, AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THOSE PROPER FOLKS THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH. BUT, UH, FIVE DAY NOTICES FOR US CONTINUES TO HAPPEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I JUST CONNECTED WITH ONE OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE OUTSIDE, BECAUSE THEY SAID THIS WAS GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME, ALTHOUGH WE NEVER HEARD OF IT. ONE MORE THING. COURT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. YEAH, YOU WOULD. LET ME MA'AM, COME BACK UP HERE. THERE MIGHT BE QUESTIONS. QUESTION. OKAY, MS. BROWN. OH, YES MA'AM. UH, IF WE GIVE YOU THE TIME, SAY 30 OR 60 DAYS, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS TO DO WITH THE, UM, THE, UM, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? OKAY, WELL, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, I'M EXCITED TO MEET THE, UM, ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT'S A PART OF THIS, UM, UM, OWNER HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THIS. SO, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS? NO, OUR, OUR INTENTIONS IS TO CONNECT. WE CONNECTED WITH MR. GURA ALREADY, SO WE'RE ALREADY ON OUR WAY. OKAY. THERE ARE SERVICES OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP. THE CITY HAS SERVICES. THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DISTRICT FIVE HAS SERVICES. WE JUST GOTTA CONNECT THEM INTO THE RIGHT AREAS. OKAY? WE JUST NEED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT. WE, WE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH TIME. I MEAN, MRS. BROWN, UM, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO DO IN FOUR DAY NOTICE WHEN WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NOTICES FROM NICOLE COMPLIANCE. YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? OH, MA'AM. NO. , YOU KNOW, WE, WE, BUT IS IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH OPINIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW THE S HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS OUT THERE WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS. WE'VE BEEN SUCCEEDING IN A LOT OF CASES TO HELP THE RESIDENTS. I'M GLAD OF THAT. I, I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO GIVE US OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. BUT WHAT, ALL I WANNA KNOW IS WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS? POINT OF ORDER, JUST A MOMENT. POINT OF ORDER STATED, UH, YES. MY QUESTION TO YOU. OKAY. STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE. AND, AND SECONDLY, WE DO ALLOW, HOWEVER, THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT TO BE INVOLVED IN CASES THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING. UH, ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, REGISTERED [02:05:01] MM-HMM. WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND SO CAN YOU PULL US UP? YOU CAN PULL US UP. EXCUSE ME, MA'AM. I'M SPEAKING, MA'AM. AND WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, UH, YOU DON'T RECEIVE NOTICE AT ALL FROM HIM? I RECEIVED TWO NOTICES. OKAY. AND MY HOME ADDRESS. OKAY. JUST THURSDAY. LAST WEEK. OH, OKAY. UH, SO YOU BETTER GET WITH HIM, GET WITH A BRIDE ADDRESS OR WHATEVER. BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REGISTERED, IF YOU REGISTERED, WE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY CAN'T GO OUT AND SOLICIT FOR YOU. THE POINT OF ORDER IS, IS ASK IN TERMS OF IS SHE REQUIRED, ARE SHE ALLOWED TO, THE FACT THAT SHE RECEIVED LETTERS, THE ANSWER TO THE POINT OF ORDER IS YES. WE'LL GO BACK TO MS. BROWN TO FINISH YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I'M SAYING. SHE RECEIVED THE LETTERS, YOU KNOW, SO, AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT YOU POINT OF ORDER IS SET ASIDE UNLESS YOU HAVE A SEPARATE POINT OF ORDER. OKAY. SECOND POINT OF ORDER. GO AHEAD. ARE YOU REPRESENTING YOU? SEE, I LIKE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE CASE, YOU KNOW, NOT VARY FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT, IS THAT THE BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED? IS THIS A HISTORICAL DESIGNATION? UH, AND I GUESS NOT. THAT'S, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. WELL, IT'S NOT HERE. OKAY. WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. IT GIVES US A MUCH CREDIT. OKAY. AND, AND, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE EXISTED, SIR. SO NO, NO. I LIVE AROUND THERE. THAT LOOKS FIVE WITH SHIRLEY. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT SHIRLEY KNOWS ABOUT OUR ASSOCIATION. OH, OKAY. SO THE THING IS THIS, THAT, UH, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? WHETHER DO WE WANNA DEMOLISH IT OR LIKE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU TO SOLICIT THE BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS IS THERE. WE'RE NOT SOLICITING ANY BUSINESSES. WELL, ALL WE'RE DOING IS SUPPORTING, SUPPORTING THAT PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM RESOURCES. OKAY. AND IT'S OUT THERE. WELL, AND, AND THAT FIVE LETTER OR FIVE DAY LETTER THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE OVER THERE ON THAT BOARD ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY THAT I SIT IN, YOU KNOW, I COME TO THIS BOARD ALL THE TIME AND WE ALWAYS GET DISRESPECTED. WE WE'RE A HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT. WE'RE OFFICIALLY, WE'RE OFFICIALLY REGISTERED. VERONICA SOTO CALL HER RIGHT NOW. SHE'S THE ONE THAT SIGNED OFF ON IT. THAT MA'AM THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE. WE ACCEPT THE FACT. YEAH. BUT HE'S BEING, HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT SEEING THE POINT. ALL WE WANT IS TIME TO BE ABLE TO HELP THAT PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL WE'RE NEEDING. YOU UNDERSTAND HER IS, IS FOR TIME ONLY. YEAH, HONOR, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING MS. TIME. I'M NOT SOLICITING ANYBODY. I AM HERE FOR TIME. I WILL GO BACK TO MS. BROWN'S QUESTIONS. YES. OKAY. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS? IF WE GIVE YOU THE TIME TO REHAB OR DO WHATEVER, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE UH, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? I WILL GO, I WILL CONNECT TO TRY TO CONNECT THE PROPERTY. WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO, THERE'S RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR ROOFING, FOR ANYTHING, FOR A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS. DISTRICT FIVE HAS SORT RESOURCES. THE CITY HAS RESOURCES THAT COULD BE DONE PROBABLY IN, IN SIX MONTHS. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT SIX MONTHS, MA'AM. 'CAUSE THIS IS, UH, BUT I'VE JUST GOT NOTIFIED MS. BROWN. I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM. YOU KNOW THAT. LET'S BE FAIR, WE JUST GOT NOTIFIED. UNDERST, WE JUST UNDERST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, MS. BROWN. UNDERSTAND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. WELL, MAY MAYBE WE COULD ALLOW THREE MONTHS TO THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE, THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON BACK SINCE, UH, LET ME SEE HERE, SINCE, UH, AUGUST OF 18. YEAH. AND WE JUST GOT A LETTER. WE JUST GOT NOTIFIED. WE DIDN'T, WE, WE GO OUT THROUGH, OUT DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND WE GET NOTICES, BUT WE JUST GOT A NOTICE FOR THAT. WELL, I'M, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY TO THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, IS LEGIT, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN NO, NO, IT IS LEGIT. YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN NOTICES, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT. OR MAYBE, OR WE WEREN'T, THE OWNERS DIDN'T COME TO YOU ALL. SO WE, WE JUST WANT CODE COMPLIANCE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH US. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THEM. THEY COME TO OUR MEETINGS. IS CODE OVER HERE? MA'AM? YOU CAN, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM AFTER. I ALREADY, I ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ALL I WANT. WELL, WE JUST WANNA KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS. I KNOW. I ALREADY SET MY INTENTIONS. I, OKAY. YOUR INTENTIONS ARE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. OH, NO, I THINK THEY WILL. ALL I WANT IS AN EXTENSION FROM YOU ALL. YOU ALLOW US TO DO THE WORK. THAT'S ALL. MA'AM. YES. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. MR. HARPER HAS A QUESTION. YES. MR. HARPER, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROPERTY TO HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN RESTORING THIS? UH, MR. GA, I MEAN, HE'S HERE. UH, I JUST CONNECTED WITH HIM. UH, HE FEELS STRESSED OUT ABOUT HOW HE'S GONNA WORK THROUGH THIS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A STARTING POINT. [02:10:01] NO, I UNDERSTAND. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION FROM HIM THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST IN REPAIRING THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE RESOURCES YOU CAN CONNECT HIM TO, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A WILLINGNESS AND AN INTEREST ON HIS PART, RIGHT? IF HE GETS OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY OR THE ADMINISTRATOR WHO CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK TODAY. RIGHT. THAT THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING THAT. WE JUST CONNECTED TODAY. THE CODE COMPLIANCE JUST TOLD US TODAY, AND HE CAME IN TODAY. UH, WE'LL KNOW AFTER THIS IF YOU ALLOW ME THE TIME. THANK YOU. MR. ANDES. MA'AM, YOU LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? YES, I DO. ALL MY LIFE. ALL YOUR LIFE? YES SIR. AND CODE COMPLIANCE. HOW LONG HAS THIS CASE BEEN OPEN? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST GOT THE NOTICE. SO THERE'S A VEHICLE MARKED WITH CITY. SIR, YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME. YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION. I JUST GOT THE NOTICE ON NOVEMBER 14TH. WELL, IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR HOW LONG? AUGUST. THERE'S A VEHICLE MARKED WITH CODE COMPLIANCE OR SOME CITY OFFICIAL VEHICLE THAT GOES UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME SOMETHING I ALREADY KNOW? NO, NO, NO. WHEN THEY GO UP AND DOWN THAT STREET, YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'VE NEVER SAW THIS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS HOUSE? I DON'T LIVE IN OR THIS SHED LIKE THIS? DON'T, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T LIVE IN THIS AREA, BUT I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. IF THERE'S A NOTICE, IT'S TAPED UP INSIDE AND THERE'S A GATE WITH A CHAIN. I CAN'T GET IN THE PROPERTY. THE ONLY REASON I SAW THAT THE PAPER WAS THERE IS BECAUSE I TOOK A PICTURE AND IT SAID OCTOBER 24TH WHEN THAT WAS PUT ON THERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. SO YOU'RE JUST NOW NOTIFIED. IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. WE DON'T NOTIFY NOBODY. NOTHING. NO, I'M, I'M SAYING THAT, BUT WE'RE HERE WITH CODE COMPLIANCE TO BE ABLE JUST TO ASK FOR THAT EXTENSION. THAT'S ALL. WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO IS FINE. YOU'RE NOT A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE. BUT WE ARE, WE'RE WE'RE AS MUCH RECOGNIZED AS AN ASSOCIATION. YOU MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE IT. OKAY. BECAUSE WE, WE'VE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO FOLKS FOR, FOR RESOURCES, FOR, FOR PEOPLE. AND IF IT'S WORK, IT'S WORK. OKAY. I WAS HERE BEFORE. I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE OKAY. ARE DEALING WITH HERE. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE OWNERS. WE JUST CAN'T ARBITRARILY BY LAW SAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE A SAY SO OVER THE PROPERTY. BUT I'M OFFICIALLY RE UH, REGISTERED. IT'S, SIR, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED, MA'AM. IT'S BY LAW. WHATEVER LAW IT IS, WE'RE STILL REGISTERED. OKAY. UH, COUNSEL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO, OR SOMEBODY EXPLAINED TO HER WHAT WE'RE OBLIGATED BY, NOT BY THE C, NOT BY I, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. AND I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BEING RECORDED. SO, UM, IF WE SPEAK ONE AT A TIME, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING. AND I WAS TALKING TO EVERYBODY HERE, NOT SINGLING ONE OUT. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE AND REMIND THIS BOARD, UM, THAT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IS WHETHER THE, THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND IF IT IS HOW TO ADDRESS IT. UM, THIS BOARD GIVING SOMEBODY AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO FIX THE PROPERTY IS ONE THING. GIVING SOMEBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT IF SOMETHING CAN BE FIXED AT SOME POINT IN TIME. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO THAT. IN REGARDS TO NOTICE, I CANNOT TELL YOU, UM, IF HER RECOGNIZED HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, I APOLOGIZE. I APOLOGIZE. WEST SIDE. MA'AM, I, IF YOU GIMME AN OPPORTUNITY, LOOK UP, MA'AM. I DON'T NEED TO LOOK IT UP. IF YOU GIMME AN OPPORTUNITY, I'LL SAY IT RIGHT. I, I MISSPOKE. UH, THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION DOES GET NOTICE OF HEARINGS HERE. UH, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET NOTICE FOR ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS THAT, THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THIS PROPERTY. SO WHAT I'M, I'M, I'M HOPING THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS IS ONE, LET'S, LET'S BE RESPECTIVE OF EVERYBODY. UM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING TURNS ON THAT. UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS IF THIS PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, AND IF IT IS, HOW DOES THIS BOARD ADDRESS IT? NOW, THIS IS FOR LEGAL, FOR THE RECORD. IS IT, MY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE CAN ONLY ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF REPAIRS IF IT COMES FROM A HOMEOWNER OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT PROPERTY. IS THAT CORRECT? NOT AN OUTSIDER. YOU ARE CORRECT. THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BROWN? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. THIS IS LEGAL. TO BE FAIR AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR, THIS BOARD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESET A CASE. USUALLY THOSE RESETS ARE BECAUSE, OR CONTINUANCES, AS SHE'S ASKING, IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ASKING THE HOMEOWNER OR AN INTERESTED PARTY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE REPAIRS, TO BRING IN INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT THIS BOARD CAN, CAN, CAN CONSIDER. UM, I I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION IS MAKING THAT CLAIM. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS CLEAR. THIS BOARD CAN DETERMINE, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND, AND, AND ABATE IT A CERTAIN WAY. THIS BOARD HAS, DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESET A CASE BASED ON A HOMEOWNER, UH, OR AN INTERESTED PARTY, [02:15:02] UH, GIVING A, AN ARGUMENT THAT THEY WANT TO REPAIR IT, THEY INTEND TO REPAIR IT, AND THEY INTEND TO BRING INFORMATION TO THIS BOARD. CAN WE, CAN WE TALK TO THE OWNERS OR ARE THEY STILL THEY'RE STILL NOT INTERESTED IN TALKING. MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR AT THE PRESENT TIME? MORNING BOARD IT'S, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISES. OFFICER JOSHUA MARTINEZ SPEAKING. I JUST SPOKE WITH HERTO GUERRERO AND HE, WHICH AGAIN WAS STATED TO ME THAT HE WAS GONNA BE ONE OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE PROPERTY. AFTER MS. UH, ALMA O GARZA HAD DECEASED, HE SAID HE'D BE WILLING TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THE BROTHER FELIPE AS WELL WHILE HE'S SPEAKING. THANK YOU. COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS BERTO GUERRERO. I LIVE AT 10 14 CHADWELL. OKAY. ARE YOU, ARE YOU THE, THIS PROPERTY WAS, WILL, WAS, UH, WILLED TO ME FROM GLORIA, OR THE SISTER WAS ANNA AND SHE DIED. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THAT. IF I WANTED TO SELL IT, I CAN SELL IT. I HAD A BUYER THAT WANTED TO BUY IT, AND THE COURT SAID, NOPE, YOU CANNOT SELL IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER. AND I LOOK, AND NOW I LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN IT, WHO WERE THE OWNERS OF IT OR THE FAMILY. UH, ONE WAS DEAD ALREADY. ARMANDO WAS DEAD. GLORIA I THINK IS DEAD. ARMANDO IS DEAD. AND I COULDN'T FIND, UH, UH, THE TWO BROTHERS. NOW HER, THEY'RE HERE. AND I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THEM WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS HOUSE. EVERYTHING FALLS ON ME, AND I DON'T HAVE NO, NO AUTHORITY. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE TALKING AND SAYING, HEY, WE GOTTA LOOK FOR THIS. PEOPLE WE'RE GOTTA LOOK. THEY NEVER CALLED ME. I, I'M WILLING TO HELP. I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. I'M WILLING TO DO WITH ANYTHING THAT I WANT TO, I'M WILLING TO GIVE THAT THING TO SOMEBODY. THEY'LL TAKE A CARE AUTHORITY THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS HOUSE. WHERE, WHERE DO I, WHERE DO I STAND AT, SIR? LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. YES, SIR. IS THE PERSON WHO HAS THE EXECUTIVE HERE TODAY, THE PERSON WHO HAS THE, THE ABILITY FOR THE HOUSE. OKAY. I'M THE EXECUTIVE OF THE WILL. OKAY. SO WHO, OKAY, SO I HAD THE PAPERS AND EVERYTHING THAT SENT TO ME, BUT, UH, I, I'M, I DON'T HAVE 'EM HERE WITH ME, BUT, UH, I COULDN'T, I CAN'T FIND THE PEOPLE. SO WHO DID THE HOUSE GO TO THE HOUSE? WELL, THE HOUSE USED TO BELONG TO ALMA. RIGHT. ALMA, THEN WILL IT TO GLORIA, AND THEN GLORIA WILL IT TO ME. SO IT, YOU OWN IT. YES. SO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON PAPERS. WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ON THE PAPERS. I AM ON THE PAPERS. ON THE DEEDED. ON THE DEEDED, BUT NO, NO, NOT ON THE DEEDED, ON THE WILL OF THE, OF THE PAPER. RIGHT. SO YD HAS TO BE CHANGED TO YOU IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE LEGALLY, OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE OWNER. MM-HMM. . BUT I DIDN'T WANT IT TO CHANGE IT TO ME. I WANTED TO FIND THE FAMILY. OKAY. SO YOU, I I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANNA MAKE ANY MONEY OUT OF THE HOUSE. 'CAUSE I, BECAUSE RIGHT. I WANT SOMEBODY TO ON THE FAMILY TO TAKE IT. BUT WE'RE THE FAMILY. BUT YOU ARE THE EXECUTIVE OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. YES. SO YOU CAN DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT BUILDING. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. LEGALLY. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, HUH? IF WE GAVE YOU A, UH, RESET TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS, OR YOU SAYING THAT YOU DON'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT? WELL, THE PROBLEM IS THIS, THAT IF SOMEBODY, IF THEY COME IN AND BREAK DOWN OR, OR, OR, OR KNOCK DOWN THE INSTRUCTOR THAT'S THERE, OKAY. THE, THE BILL IS GONNA COME TO ME, BUT, BUT WHEN THE BILL COMES TO ME, THEN I HAVE TO PAY THE BILL. BUT I CAN'T SELL ANYTHING. I CAN'T SELL THE HOUSE. RIGHT. SO, SO, SO I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THIS, THE FAMILY'S NOT AROUND. THEIR PEOPLE ARE NOT AROUND. BUT YET, IF I, IF THEY KNOCK IT DOWN, THEY'RE GOING TO THE BILL IS THE BILL IS GONNA COME TO ME AND I DON'T WANNA PAY FOR ALL THIS STUFF. I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT, NOR DO YOU WANT TO REPAIR IT. HUH? NOR DO YOU WANT TO REPAIR IT. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO REPAIR IT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU DO, BECAUSE IT REALLY [02:20:01] LAYS WITH YOU. NOBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE D SAY, SO ORDER, BECAUSE THE HOUSE, NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HOUSE. IT'S THE INSTRUCTOR BEHIND THE GARAGE. THAT'S WHAT'S IN QUESTION. NOT THE HOUSE, IT'S THE STRUCTURE. THE GARAGE. YES. THE GARAGE. I I WANT TO KNOCK IT DOWN. SO YOU WANT TO KNOCK IT DOWN. SO LET ME ASK SOMETHING TO LEGAL JUST REAL QUICK. IF, IF WE ISSUE A DEMOLITION ORDER IN THE DEMO THAT DEMOLISH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THERE'S NO BILL SENT TO THE ESTATE, RIGHT? IT'S A LIEN PUT AGAINST THE PROPERTY IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S SOLD AT SOME POINT? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH. YES. IN ESSENCE, WHAT HAPPENS IS A, UM, UH, A LIEN GETS ATTACHED TO THAT PROPERTY. I CAN TELL YOU, UM, FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, UM, I'M THE ONE THAT HANDLES OUTSTANDING LIENS IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. THEY ATTACH TO THE STRUCTURE. AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHEN THIS PROPERTY GETS SOLD, IF IT DOES GET SOLD, UM, I'LL GET A LETTER ASKING, HEY, CAN YOU RECONSIDER THIS LIEN? AND WE WILL NEGOTIATE IT. RIGHT? BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S NO COLLECTION EFFORTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OR NO. OKAY. NOTHING AGAINST ANYBODY'S. UM, NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW, WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU HERE, YOU HAVE A OPTION THAT YOU CAN BE, THE PROPERTY CAN BE LEANED AGAINST IF IT'S TORE DOWN. MM-HMM. , YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO HELP YOU REBUILD IT. I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO TALK TO THEM. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU. NOW THAT I KNOW I'M NOT TRYING TO PRESS, I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU IF WE GAVE, IF YOU ASK US TO GIVE YOU X DAYS TO TALK TO THEM YES. COMMUNICATE OR DO WHATEVER. YES. RIGHT? YES. BUT WE'RE NOT UP HERE UNTIL BUILDING'S DOWN IF PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO DO STUFF. BUT IF NOBODY WANTS TO SAY THEY WANT SOMETHING DONE, THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION. AND I'M NOT UPSET WITH HER. I'M JUST SAYING SHE LEGALLY CAN'T REQUEST SOMETHING BECAUSE SHE'S NOT RELATED TO THE PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN ASK US POINT OF ORDER. AGAIN, IF, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, ASK THE QUESTION, THAT'S MY QUESTION. YOU CAN ASK US. OR YOU CAN JUST SAY, YOU WANT US TO DILEMMA THAT? THAT'S YOUR DECISION, NOT OURS. I'M WILLING TO TALK TO WHOEVER IS GOING TO HELP WITH THIS PROPERTY. WHOEVER'S GONNA HELP WITH THIS PROPERTY, I'M WILLING TO TALK TO THEM OKAY. TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. IF YOU LIKE, THE LADY SAYS, LET ME HAVE SOME TIME NOW THAT WE ARE HERE, NOW THAT WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? PARDON? HOW MUCH TIME? SO WHAT I NEED, WE NEED SOME TIME. GIMME SOME TIME. HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH TIME? 30, 30 DAYS. 60 DAYS. LET ME GIMME HAVE ABOUT, UH, 30 DAYS. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON THE TABLE. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S IT. BOARD, HAVE ANY, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THIS WITNESS? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. REAL QUICK, REAL QUICK, YES OR NO? UH, IF, UH, THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE HISTORIC, UH, WE'LL DO THE WORK FOR YOU AND, UH, YOU DON'T WANNA PAY 'EM, YOU KNOW, WILL THEY ACCEPT IT? THIS IS YOUR, YOUR QUESTION. WILL THEY ACCEPT TO DO IT FOR THAT'S A, THAT'S A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION AND NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO BE ASKED. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S NO, SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IT'S COLD. OFFICER. HAVE SOMETHING. DAD CAN TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT ELSE THEY'RE GONNA DO. OKAY? YOU MAY BE SEATED, SIR. CODE OFFICER. DANGEROUS PREMISES. JOSHUA MARTINEZ SPEAKING. I JUST SPOKE WITH THE BROTHER, FELIPE, AND HE STATED THAT HE DOES WANNA SPEAK TO THE BOARD. NOW. HE DOES, HE DOES. HE DOES WANNA SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND HE CAN COME UP, GIVE HIS FULL NAME AND HIS ADDRESS, AND THANK YOU. BOARD. UHHUH. . THANK YOU GUYS. NAME IS FELIPE ERRA. MY ADDRESS IS 1827 NORTH OLIVE. I'M BROTHER TO GLORIA ERRA BROTHER TO ALMA GARZA, DECEASED UNDER THE PROPERTY AT 1519. MONTEREY. UPON TO THAT, MY SISTER, SHE LEFT NO WILL. SO GLORIA PROBATED THE PROPERTY, AND, UH, THERE WAS NO, NO, UH, WILL, IT WAS PROBATED. GLORIA DECIDED TO TAKE AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. SCOTT IS LEGALLY BLIND. AND YESTERDAY I SPOKE WITH MARTIN COLLINS, STAFF ATTORNEY FOR COURT, UH, NUMBER ONE PROBATE COURT. AND HE SAID THAT, UH, THERE'S NO ADMINISTRATOR TO THAT, UH, PROPERTY AT ALL. NO WHEEL WAS LEFT BY ALMA OR [02:25:01] ALIA GARZA OR GLORIA GUERRA. FAR AS MR. GUERRERA STATING THAT HE'S TRYING TO REACH US. I'VE GONE TO HIS HOUSE ON CHADWELL TO HIS, UH, SHOP ON CAVERAS. EVERY TIME I ASK FOR HIM, HE'S NEVER AROUND NUMBER HERE. I'VE GOT A PHONE NUMBER HERE THAT I DIALED QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND ONCE I LEFT A MESSAGE, SINCE HE'S GOT A CALLER ID, HE KNOWS IT'S ME. SO HE SAYS, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER. OKAY. WHERE THE PROPERTY IS CONCERNED, THE GARAGE DOES HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED, AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE IT DOWN MYSELF, BUT FIRST I HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, BUT I NEED AN ATTORNEY FIRST, AND I HAVEN'T STARTED THAT PROCESS YET. YEAH, WHATEVER TIME YOU GIVE TO MR. MR. GUERRERO HERE IS OUT OF THE QUESTION, BECAUSE HE'S NOT INVOLVED IN THIS WHATSOEVER. IF HE SAYS THAT, UH, LALA ALMAR GARZA, AND GLORIA WILL THE HOUSE TO HIM, I WANNA SEE THAT. WILL, I WANT TO KEEP PROOF AND SEE IF IT'S REGISTERED. I GOTTA SAY THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE? DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BEING TORN DOWN? NONE, BUT TO, TO THE CITY DOING IT TORN, ORDERING IT TORN DOWN TODAY. IT ISN'T BAD SHAPE. I JUST WENT BY THERE THIS MORNING. I GO BY THERE EVERY SUNDAY AS A MATTER OF FACT. AND THERE WAS THE, UH, A NOTICE UP IN THE FRONT DOOR THAT, UH, MR. MARTINEZ LEFT UP THERE FOR POSSIBLE NONMOVING VIOLATION OF NONMOVING VEHICLE. AND THAT'S THE VEH VEHICLE THAT YOU SAW INSIDE THAT GARAGE. HE SAW IT BECAUSE OF THE, UH, PICTURE THAT HE TOOK. WHY? HE'S SAYING, UH, POSSIBLE NON MOVING VIOLATION CAN BE SEEN FROM OUTSIDE. IT'S INSIDE THE GARAGE OF ELSE. DENNIS, YOU HAD A QUESTION? RIGHT? SO THERE'S A, AN ISSUE APPARENTLY WITH EVERYBODY ABOUT THE, THE TITLE, THE OWNERSHIP OF IT. CORRECT. OKAY. MR. CHAIR, I, I'M THE, I'M, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STOP US FROM TALKING IN, IN REGARDS TO THE TITLE THAT IS NOT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IS WHETHER YOU HAVE A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, AND IF SO, HOW DO WE EITHER ADDRESS IT? HOW DOES THIS BOARD MAKE A RULING? AND I, I, I, I UNDERSTAND MR. ANDIS, UM, YOU'RE CONCERNED, BUT, UM, I, I COULD TELL YOU TITLE IS CLOUDED AND OUR, OUR ORDERS RUN WITH THE LAND. SO I, I WOULD HOPE, UH, MR. CHAIR, THAT WE, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. MY FOLLOW UP WAS, WAS GONNA BE, WAS THIS 10, SIR IS TECHNICALLY NO LEGAL PERSON TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT, THEN THE BOARD IS BOUND IN DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT. OKAY? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY BE SEATED. CHAIR, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WILL GET THIS OVER AND DONE WITH. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1519 MONTEREY STREET. UH, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 1519 MONTEREY STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 2 7 8 15 17. AND I FIND THE PROPERTY BE, UH, NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR DUE TO DETERIORATED CONDITIONS. ROTTEN FLOORS, UH, FOUNDATION, NO FOUNDATION. AND, UM, AND THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO OWNER HERE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK FOR THIS PROPERTY. SO I FIND THE STRUCTURE, UH, TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS. I SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS MADE BY MS. BROWN AND SECOND WITH MR. ANDES THAT IT BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT [3. 19-8521 (CD-1) 923 Zarzamora N] CASE IS 9 32 ZAMORA. GOOD [02:30:02] AFTERNOON BOARD. EXCUSE ME, JUST A MOMENT PLEASE. I'VE HAD A REQUEST FOR A SHORT FIVE MINUTE BREAK. THE TIME IS NOW 11 O'CLOCK. WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND READ ADJOURN. THE TIME IS NOW 1102. WE WILL RECONVENE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR 21 NOVEMBER. UH, PROPERTY AND DISCUSSION AT THE PRESENT TIME IS 9 23 Z RA ALRIGHT, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ELISA VALDES, DANGEROUS PERMITS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 9 23 NORTH STAR STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MILIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS IN CB 2173, BLOCK ONE LOT NORTH, 32 FEET OF SOUTH 3 0 9 FEET OF EAST 120 FEET OF ONE OR NORTH LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT ONE THEONA ON RECORD IS SELENA SALVADOR AND SELENA RUDOLPH WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 9 23 NORTH SARONA STREET. ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED. THE OWNER OF RECORD IS PRESENT TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE. HIS CASE CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNER AND PERSON OF INTEREST AND PERSON OF INTEREST IN PERSON BY PHONE AND BY TEXT AS WELL. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 20TH, 2019. THE NOTICE THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL ALARM MARK, HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 9 23 NORTH AR SAMMO STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 20TH, 2019. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 25TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON, ON MARCH 27TH, 2019. ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019, THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 9 23 NORTH SAR SAMMO STREET ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE B SS B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2019. NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, EVEN THOUGH STAFF MET WITH THE OWNER AND, UM, HIS SISTER ON THE PROPERTY AND REQUESTED ALL THREE ITEMS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. AS OF NOVEMBER 21ST, 2019, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 9 23 NORTH SAR SAMMO STREET. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. IT IS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, BUT IT IS ON A, UM, INDUSTRIAL. SONY LOCATED ON SARONA STREET. AS YOU CAN SEE, PART OF THE ROOF, UM, IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE PROPERLY, UM, IT IS DETERIORATED MORE. MOST OF THE ASPHALT SHINGLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED, UM, TO THIS PROPERTY. THEY ATTEMPTED TO DO SOME WORK AND NONE OF THEM WAS COMPLETED. NOW THERE WERE ATTACHMENTS TO THE REAR OF THE PORT OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WERE DONE IMPROPERLY AND THERE WERE NO PERMITS FOUND FOR THE STRUCTURE. SOME OF THE SOFFIT HAS, UM, HAS BEEN REMOVED OR HAS DETACHED FROM THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE OF THE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ATTEMPTED TO PUT SIDING AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, UH, ON TOP OF THE OLD SIDING, WHICH IS CRACKED, AND SOME OF IT, UM, IS DETACHING FROM THE PROPERTY. NOW, THE ADDITIONS THAT WERE DONE, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THAT WERE DONE IMPROPERLY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THEIR FOUNDATION. THEY'RE JUST, UM, CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CONCRETE CINDER BLOCKS AS WELL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF IT IS ROTTED, UM, ON THE PROPERTY, ON THE REAR ADDITION. SOME OF IT SITS ON GRADE, SOME OF IT SITS, UM, EXCUSE ME, SOME OF IT SITS ON DIRT. AND THEN PORTION OF THAT ADDITION, IT SITS ON AN OLD, UM, DRIVEWAY THAT WAS EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF. THIS IS THE REAR ADDITION THAT WAS MADE TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE. NOW, THERE IS CRACKS OF THE FOUNDATION WHERE THERE IS, UH, SLAB AND GRADE. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. SOME OF IT WAS REMOVED TO ALLOW ENTRY UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE TO THE FOUNDATION TO ATTEMPT REPAIRS. NOW THE STRUCTURE WAS LIFTED AND THEN FOUR BY FOURS WERE PLACED AT THE BOTTOM. UM, BUT THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COMPLETED AND THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE AT THIS TIME. HERE'S SOME OF THE BLOCKS THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT ARE HOLDING UP PORTION OF THE ADDITION AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. WE [02:35:04] ALSO FOUND SOME OTHER TYPE OF BLOCKS LIKE, UM, BRICKS HOLDING A PORTION OF THOSE OF THE CORNERS OF THE FOUNDATION TO THAT ADDITION IN THE BACK. NOW GOING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, MOST OF IT, UM, SOME OF IT WAS, UM, THEY ATTEMPTED SOME REPAIRS AND A LOT OF IT WAS REMOVED. UM, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WATER DAMAGE ON THE CEILING. NOW, THEY ATTEMPTED TO BRACE THAT WITH A TWO BY FOURS, AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO ADD A RESTROOM OR SHOWER IN THIS SECTION AS WELL. AGAIN, NO PERMITS ON FILE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE IN THE REAR. THIS IS THE ACTUAL REAR OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE ADDITION WAS MADE WAS PROPERLY, UH, MADE. AND THEN SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRING, UM, IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, GETTING WATER FROM THE WATER LEAKS AND THE STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL ISSUES THROUGHOUT DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE AND ALL, AND THE LONG-TERM DETERIORATION. MOST OF THE INTERIOR IS ROTTED AS WELL AS THE KITCHEN CABINETS, UM, HAVE WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT. EXCUSE THAT PICTURE. NOW THAT GAS WATER HEATER HAS BEEN ADDED AND IT'S ACTUALLY INSIDE THE HOME WHERE YOU ENTER INTO THE KITCHEN AREA. IT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE SECTION. UM, THIS IS RIGHT AT THE ENTRY. THIS IS A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. SITS ON INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY. HOME HAS ISSUES 2 0 3 MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION. THE GATOR ROOF SYSTEM IS WORN, DETERIORATED, AND HAS HOLES. WALLS LACK, WALLS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION, AND PROPORTION HAVE WATER DAMAGE. THE POST ME FOUNDATION HAS ISSUES AND SOME POSTS ARE LEANING. THE STRUCTURE REQUIRES REPAIR OF THE FOUNDATION SYSTEM. SOME SECTIONS OF STRUCTURE ASSISTS ON CINDER BLOCKS. THE STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO HAVE ELECTRIC COMPLYING ISSUES, WHICH REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIRS. NOW WE HAVE ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE TENANTS VACATED AND THEN THEY MOVED BACK IN. NOW THOSE TENANTS WERE, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE OWNERS AND THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY. UH, ALTHOUGH THE OWNERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO AN EVICTION NOTICE. UM, BUT THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE THE STRETCH LOCATED AT 9 23 NORTH ZAMO STREET, AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CITY COURT. ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY, ALL CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHOULD BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. PROVIDED THE SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECT, OF DILAPIDATION TO NESS, EXCUSE ME, SU NESS OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POST A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY, THIS STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION. THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 9 23 NORTH STAR SAMO STREET. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, SALVADOR. SALINAS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD THAT YOUR NAME AND HOME ADDRESS. MY NAME IS SALVADOR SALINAS. AND, UH, UH, THE HOUSE THERE IS, UM, UH, THE HOUSE THAT, UM, WE LEFT UP TO, UH, TO ME AND MY BROTHER. EXCUSE ME, SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE WHERE YOU'RE PRESIDENT RESIDING? UH, I'M, I'M RESIDING ON, UH, UH, 2 46, UH, ROSEBELL. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY CONTINUE. OKAY. UH, YES, UH, UM, I'M WILLING TO, TO, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO HAVE A DI UH, DEMOLISHED, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT TEAR DOWN AND, UH, I WANNA REBUILD AGAIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA HAVE IT TEAR DOWN AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIND OUT IF I COULD, UH, DO THE TEAR DOWN MYSELF, YOU KNOW, DISMAN DISMANTLE IT SO I COULD USE SOMETHING OF THE LUMBER, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMETHING TO, IF I WANNA START REBUILDING, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, KNOW IF I, IF I COULD DO THAT MYSELF. AND IF NOT, IF, IF Y'ALL ARE GONNA DO THE DEMOLISH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD RUN ME OR HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. UM, LEGAL CAR, WE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OUR JUST SIMPLE, MAKE A STATEMENT'S TAR, FAR AS TEAR DOWN IS CONCERNED. I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF HOW, HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO, NO, I WAS NOT, I WAS NOT ASKING THE, THE COST, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE CANNOT GIVE THAT COST. RIGHT. UH, BUT, UH, ARE WE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT HE COULD TEAR IT DOWN OR THE CITY WILL TEAR IT DOWN? YES. UM, WHEN THIS BOARD MAKES THAT ORDER, UM, THAT MEANS THAT, UH, WHATEVER PARTY HAS THAT INTEREST IS ORDERED TO TEAR IT DOWN. IF, IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN THE, [02:40:01] THE CITY WILL, WILL GO IN AND DO IT. SO, UM, UM, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THIS BOARD GIVES A, A, A DEMOLITION ORDER, UM, THAT ORDER IS FOR SET OF DAYS TO, UH, GET THE, THE ABATEMENT OF THE PROPERTY DONE AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR? YES, I UNDERSTOOD. YEAH, GO AHEAD. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. OKAY. UH, UM, IF, UH, IF I, IF I GO IN AND DEMISE, DO I HAVE TO GET A PERMIT AND EVERYTHING TO DO THAT? YES, YOU DO. OKAY. I, I COME TO THIS OFFICE HERE TO GET THE PERMIT, RIGHT, I MEAN, RIGHT TO THIS BUILDING HERE. CORRECT. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, AND IF I, IF I STARTED DEMOLISHING, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD I HAVE TO DO THAT? UH, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO DO THAT? UH, WELL, I, I WOULD SUGGEST ABOUT SIX MONTHS. WE'LL NEED TO DO IT FASTER THAN THAT, SIR. THREE MONTHS. UH, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD AS FAR AS THEIR MOTION IS CONCERNED. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS WITNESS? I HAVE TWO THINGS. A THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I SERVE THIRD TAB IN YES, SIR. IN IRAQ. OH, YES SIR. OKAY. UM, YOU HAVE RELATIVES IN THERE AT THIS TIME? YES, THEY'RE THERE. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET 'EM OUT AND NOW I, I ALREADY WENT AND SEE IF I CAN HAVE HIM EVICTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T WANNA SPEND THAT MONEY YOU ON, ON HAVING EVICTED LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY'RE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, HE, HE, MY, HE IS MY NEPHEW AND, UH, HE, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO STAY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE BEEN STAYING THERE WITHOUT THE WATER BECAUSE, UH, I, I TURN OFF THE WATER BECAUSE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN REPAIRS AND, UH, NORMALLY WHEN AN ORDER IS GIVEN, IT'S USUALLY 30 DAYS, BUT BY THE TIME EVERYTHING WORKS THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SO YOU MIGHT GET IT IN 10 DAYS AND IT'S 30 DAYS. SO YOU GOT, LIKE, IF YOU STARTED LIKE TODAY, WHATEVER, BUT YEAH, THERE'S SOME TIMES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE, BUT NOT SIX MONTHS. THAT'S NOT, OH, OKAY. YEAH. WELL, YEAH. WELL, I REALLY WANTED TO START FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND, UH, AND, UH, UM, IF I COULD DO THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I CAN GET, GET IT DONE. DO YOU STILL HAVE POWER AND GAS TO THIS? YES. I GOTTA GET POWER. YEAH. BUT, UH, IF, IF, IF, IF IT SOMEBODY GO THERE AND TAKE OFF THE METER, IT'D BE BETTER, BUT, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO CALL TO GET THAT DISCONNECTED. I HAVE TO CALL THAT. THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THOSE DISCONNECTED. OKAY. OKAY. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I'M GONNA GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE, YOU KNOW, IF I GET THE METER OFF. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, SIR. MS. BROWN, I HAVE A, I HAVE A, UM, MS. BROWN HAS A MOTION PROCEED, SIR, YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, SORRY. I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY AT, UM, WAS THAT 9 23 ZAMORA NORTH. IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND, UH, FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND THE ORDER OF VACATE ORDER, AND THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN THE 30 DAY PERIOD. I SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR MADE IS A 30 DAY DEMOLITION AND VACATE IMMEDIATELY, UH, BY MS. BROWN AND SECONDED BY MS. ANDES. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NONE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR OUR NEXT CASE IS 1121 [8. 19-8526 (CD-5) 1021 Montezuma] MONTEZUMA. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 10 21 MONTEZUMA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX. THIS IS A FIRST TIME 10 21 MONTEZUMA IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 2 4 4 7 BLOCK THREE, LOT 20, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MARIA DE ROSARIO TIENDA WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 10 21 MONTEZUMA. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT PRESENT. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? WE DO. [02:45:01] THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2019, 10 21 MONTEZUMA IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC. THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 0 2 1 MONTEZUMA WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 18TH, 2018. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 25TH, 2018, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 4TH, 2018. ON JUNE 15TH, 2018, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT SHOW ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 10 21 MONTEZUMA ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019. THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO MARIA DE ROSARIO TIENDA AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING. IT WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2019 TO OBTAIN PHOTOS FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 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. THE PROPERTY IS 1000 FEET FROM BARKLEY RUIZ ELEMENTARY AND VALLA ELEMENTARY. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. THE THE ROOF IS WORN. YOU COULD SEE THE OVERHANG IS, IS DETERIORATED. THE FACIAL BOARD IS BISS. THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS, IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. AND THE FRONT PORCH THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE HAS A SLAB ON GRADE THAT IS ON LEVEL. THIS IS JUST A SIDE VIEW TO SHOW THAT THE SLAB ON GRADE IS SLOPING DOWNWARD TOWARDS THE STRUCTURE. AND YOU CAN SEE SIGNIFICANT CRACKS. THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE TO SEE THAT THERE'S INADEQUATE LACK OF WEATHERPROOF. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. THE ROOF HAS SOME PATCHWORK FACIA BOARD IS MISSING. HERE YOU CAN SEE A WOOD MEMBER IS SITTING ON GRADE. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH WHERE THE WOOD MEMBER IS SITTING ON GRADE. THE CEDAR POST HAS SUNK INTO THE GROUND. THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SITE SIDING IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE ENTRY IN FROM THE REAR ENTRANCE. THERE'S A, A LEVEL JUST SHOWING THAT THE STRUC THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL. THIS IS THE BATHROOM AREA OR THE SHOWER AREA WHERE THEY'VE JUST PLACED CARDBOARD FOR WALL MATERIAL. AND THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL. AND WHEN WALKED ON, IT IS SOFT. THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA. THE FLOOR IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNLEVEL AND THE FLOORING IS ALSO WORN. AND IN SOME AREAS MISSING, THERE'S SOME WALL-TO-WALL SEPARATION. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST SHOWING SOME WALL-TO-WALL SEPARATION. THIS ROOM IS THE FRONT ROOM THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE FRONT PORCH. UH, I WANTED TO SHOW THIS SIGNIFICANT CRACKING HERE. AND THE ROOM IS BEING STORED. IT'S JUST BEING USED FOR STORAGE. AGAIN, THERE IS MORE CRACKING HERE ABOVE THE WINDOW. AND THE LEVEL IS SHOWING THAT THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL. THIS IS THE BACK ROOM WHERE IT HAS SUSTAINED THE MOST WATER DAMAGE. HERE IS THE CEILING WHERE THE SHEET ROCK HAS DETACHED. 10 21 MONTEZUMA CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE WITH A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION AND A GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH AN ATTACHED FRONT PORCH AND SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION. THE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION FOR THE FRONT PORCH IS UNLEVEL SLOPING DOWNWARD AGAINST THE STRUCTURE WITH SIGNIFICANT CRACKS AND CRUMBLING THAT ARE VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING UNLEVEL DETERIORATION AND [02:50:01] IS ON GRADE FOR SOME PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE. THE WOOD PLANK SIDING IS SEPARATING FROM THE STRUCTURE AND LACKS ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION. THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING AND WORN WITH MISSING FASCIA BOARDS AND AREAS OF THE OVERHANG DETERIORATED. THE INTERIOR FLOOR IS SOFT AND SOME AREAS WITH DAMAGED OR MISSING FLOORING POSING A DANGER. IN CASE OF FIRE OR EMERGENCY. THE SHEET ROCK HAS CRACKS AND HAS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE DUE TO WORN ROOF SYSTEM. TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 10 21 MONTEZUMA IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, 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 IN A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH. SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED. 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 10 21 MONTEZUMA. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. MS. IRMA HOFFMAN. WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR REMAINING ADDRESS AND, UH, YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY. UM, YES. MY NAME IS IRMA HOFFMAN AND I LIVE AT 30 11 WHITETAIL DRIVE, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. PRESENT YOUR CASE? YES, WE ARE. WE'RE REALLY JUST HERE TO, UM, TO REPRESENT THE AREA. AND, UM, UH, WE KNOW THAT OUR CO-CHAIR, VE DID, UH, DO HOME VISITS AND APPARENTLY THE RELATIVES LIVE IN THE, UH, SURROUNDING AREA, BUT APPARENTLY, UM, THEY DO NOT HAVE, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS WILLING TO COME. SO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE AS, AS THE, UH, RESIDENT ASSOCIATION WANT TO UPLIFT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, BUT, UH, THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. SO, UM, WE REALLY JUST CAME TO REPRESENT AND TO SEE IF ANYONE WOULD SHOW UP. SO, THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU'RE BABY SEATED. AMEDIA VALDEZ. SHE'S DEPARTED. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1 0 2 1 MONTEZUMA IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX, ONE, I'M SORRY, SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. AND FOR THE REASONS STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER THAT THE, THE VIOLATIONS POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY, IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO REPAIR. AND I ORDERED THE DEMO WITHIN 30 DAYS. MOTION. MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS A 30 DAY DEMOLITION AS A RESULT OF SUB SUBSECTIONS. 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15. MOTION MADE BY MR. ANDES. UH, SECOND MADE BY MS. BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. DID WE PULL ITEM TWO? [2. 19-8520 (CD-5) 1133 Chalmers Ave] ARE WE GONNA PRESENT ITEM TWO? GOOD. OKAY, YOU NOW PULL IT. NO, NO. YOU GET TO PRESENT IT IF THE PRESENTATION IS ON. UH, 1113 CH UH, CHALMERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ALICE GUDO, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1133. CHALMERS A AVENUE WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF N C B 8 9 6 0 BLOCK FOUR, LOT 22. THIS IS NOT A HISTORIC PROPERTY, NOR DOES IT RESIDE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED BY A TENANT IN CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT FIVE. THE OWNER ON RECORD PER BIRD COUNTY APPRAISAL IS OLGA GLO WITH THE SAME MAILING ADDRESS. THERE ARE SIX SS A P M C VIOLATIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY. ALL NOTICES WERE ISSUED ON THE SAME DAY, AND I ASK THAT I PLEASE BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT THE CASES. YES MA'AM. FIRST, S A P M C VIOLATION IS GOING TO BE 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTED TREATMENT. ALL [02:55:01] EXTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT, NOT LIMITED TO DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES. CORNICES PORCH TRIM BALCONIES AND DECKS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OTHER THAN DECAY RESISTANT WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS DECAYED BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE COVERING OR TREATMENT. 3 0 4 0.4 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FREE FROM DETERIORATION AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SAFELY SUPPORTING THE OPPOSED DEAD AND LIVE LOADS. 3 0 4 0.5. ALL FOUNDA FOUNDATION WALLS, ALL FOUNDATION WALLS SHALL BE MAINTAINED PLUM AND FREE FROM OPEN CRACKS AND BREAKS, AND SHALL BE KEPT IN SUCH CONDITIONS SO AS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF RODENTS AND OTHER PESTS. 3 0 4 0.7. ROOF AND DRAINAGE. THE ROOF AND FLASHING SHALL BE SOUND TIGHT AND NOT HAVE DEFECTS THAT EMIT RAIN. ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT DAMPNESS OR DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS OR INTERIOR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. ROOF DRAINS, GUT GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS. 3 0 4 POINT 10 STAIRWAYS DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES. EVERY EXTERIOR, STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, AND BALCONY AND ALL APP APPEARANCES ATTACHED THERETO SHALL BE MAINTAINED. ALLY SOUND IN GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE IMPOSED LOADS. 3 0 4 POINT 13 WINDOW, SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES. EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT, DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER TYPE. THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2019. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION WAS ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2019. ALL NOTICES WERE MAILED TO THE OWNER ON RECORD AND POSTED AT THE, AT THE ADDRESS OF VIOLATION SEPTEMBER 6TH. HERE IS A NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS POSTED. UM, WE ALSO LEFT A DOLLAR TRAILER FOR, UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT WAS AT THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF OUR INSPECTION. AND A RESOURCE GUIDE, UH, PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR HELPFUL NUMBERS FOR ASSISTANCE. HERE'S THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, SHOWING DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. UM, LACK OF ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION. DAMAGE TO THE DOORFRAMES. YOU CAN SEE A, A GAP HERE IN BETWEEN THE, UM, THE DOOR AND THE FRAME ITSELF. YOU SEE THE, UH, FLOORING OF THE PORCH, HOW DETERIORATED AND ROTTED THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE LISTING IN ONE DIRECTION, DOWNWARD AND UNEVEN. YOU COULD SEE SOME LEANING OF THE SUPPORTS COLUMNS. HERE'S A SIDE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE, GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. YOU SEE SOME DETERIORATION TO THE FOUNDATION SKIRTING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOUNDATION ITSELF LEANING TOWARDS THE LEFT OF THE STRUCTURE. DETERIORATION TO DETERIORATION OR MISSING FACIAL BOARDS, LACK OF ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE DETERIORATED FOUNDATION. WALLS. MORE SEPARATION, LACK OF ADEQUATE PROTECTION. DAMAGE TO THE CORNER. UH, TRIM. HERE'S THE LEFT SECTION OF THE FRONT PORCH SHOWING DETERIORATION TO THE, TO THE SUPPORTS ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS. MORE DETERIORATION TO THE FOUNDATION SKIRTING. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERHANG, SHOWING DETERIORATION TO THE COVERING AND ALSO, UM, THE DECKING. SOME UNEVENNESS OVER THE OVERHANG FASCIA BOARDS. HOW THE, UH, ROOF COVERING IS WORN DETERIORATION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS. WE RETURN TO THE LOCATION ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2019, WHERE WE FOUND THE PROPERTY TO STILL REMAIN IN VIOLATIONS WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS MADE TO THE STRUCTURE. YOU STILL SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF COVER, ROOF OVERHANG, LACK OF ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTION TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS, DETERIORATION TO THE PORCH COVERING AND THE FLOORING. AND ALSO DAMAGE TO THE FOUNDATION. SKIRTING THERE SOME DETERIORATION TO THE WINDOW FRAMES. WE RETURNED TO THE LOCATION ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019. STILL, THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH, UM, OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. I I DO, I, I APOLOGIZE. CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY WAS MADE ON SEPTEMBER OF THE, OF 2019 STATES. THE MOM HAD PLANNED TO SELL THE PROPERTY, UH, WHICH WAS THE SON OF THE OWNER. AND, UM, BUT [03:00:01] HAD NOT STARTED THE PROCESS AT THAT TIME WHEN WE RETURNED ON NOVEMBER 4TH. STILL NO, NO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS DONE TO THE STRUCTURE OR NEW INFORMATION PRI UH, PROVIDED AS TO THEIR NEXT COURSE OF ACTION. ALL VIOLATIONS STILL REMAIN. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING REPAIR, REPLACE ALL BROKEN, DAMAGED, LACK OF ADEQUATE WEATHER PROTECTIONS TO THE ROOF COVERING TO THE, TO THE WORN ROOF, THE EXTERIOR WALLS, PORCH COVERING AND ROOF OVERHANG AND FOUNDATION WALLS. THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? I DO. MS. BROWN. OH, MS. BROWN, AREN'T YOU HUNGRY? I AM , BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT. YOU LOOK SO GOOD, GIRL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, I, I THINK, I THINK Y'ALL GOT THIS ONE WRONG. OKAY. UH, WHY ISN'T THIS ON THE DEMOLITION LIST? ALTHOUGH THE STRUCTURE DOES MEET A LOT OF REPAIRS TO IT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF REQUIREMENTS OF A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. OKAY. NOW WHO'S GONNA FIX IT? ANYBODY IN HERE'S GONNA FIX IT. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM. BUT, UM, STILL WE DO HAVE TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THE OWNERS FOR THEM TO REPAIR. OH, PLEASE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, MR. STRANDIS, THERE'S TWO TENANTS IN THERE, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. THE SON OF THE OWNER, ARE THEY HANDICAPPED? UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. SIR. THE RAMP OUT FRONT INDICATES THAT THEY'RE HANDICAPPED. CORRECT. AND THAT SHOULD FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT CODE. CORRECT? AS FAR AS SAFETY. SAFETY, IF THE, IF THE RAMP IS BEING USED, YES, SIR. RIGHT. IF THEY'RE NOT USING IT. YOU, DID YOU INCLUDE THAT IN THE DEMOLITION WITH THE PORCH? UH, I DID NOT RECOMMEND A MALICIOUS SIR. UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR REPAIRS AND THAT IS UNDER THE PORCH. UH, SO IT'S, IT'S, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST ONE WAS AT 32, THE RAIL ON A SAFETY DOES NOT GO COMPLETELY TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. CORRECT? YES SIR. I SEE THAT. SO WHEN THAT ALL DEMOED AND REPAIRED, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPAIRED TOO. YES, SIR. IF, IF REPAIRED, IF THEY DON'T NEED IT, DOES THEY LEAVE IT OFF? IS THAT ACCEPTABLE IF THEY LEAVE IT OFF? NO. UNLESS THEY'RE GONNA REMOVE THE, THE RAMP ITSELF. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IF THEY DON'T REMOVE THE RAMP AND REPAIR THE, THE PORCH, THEN YOU'RE NOT REQUIRING 'EM TO PUT THE RAMP BACK IF IT'S NOT NEEDED. NO, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MS. BROWN HAS A QUESTION FOR LEGAL. YES. LEGAL. UM, CAN WE, IS IT POSSIBLE OR DO WE HAVE TO RESET THIS TO COME BACK TO MAKE IT A DEMO? I MEAN, THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO REPAIR THIS AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GOING TO REPAIR IT. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST HERE, UH, BOARD MEMBER BROWN. IF, IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE, UM, CONSIDERED A, UM, OR REVIEWED OR EVALUATED AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, UM, YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT TO MAKE THAT THAT ORDER. UM, AND IF THAT ORDER PASSES, EXCUSE ME, THAT MOTION PASSES AND BECOMES AN ORDER, THEN CODE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAND THIS OFF TO THEIR DANGEROUS PREMISE OR DILAPIDATED PREMISE OFFICERS AND HAVE THEM DO AN EVALUATION OF IT. SLIGHT DEVIATION TO THAT, TO THAT QUESTION. IF THERE, THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. IF THERE WERE A REPAIR ORDER, CAN THE RE ORDER ALSO INCLUDE, IF NOT COMPLETED IN A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, THEN IT BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE? JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, MR. CHAIR, YOU'RE ASKING ME, UM, THIS BOARD ORDER, THIS, THIS PROPERTY AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS PROPERTY 'CAUSE IT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW. UM, UH, IF THIS BOARD HYPOTHETICALLY WOULD ORDER A SS A P M C REPAIRS AND THOSE DON'T GET DONE, ARE YOU ASKING CAN IT BE BROUGHT BACK AS A, AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE SLASH DANGEROUS STRUCTURE? YES. BE ORDERED TO BE BROUGHT BACK? YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? DO YOU EVER ENTERTAIN A MOTION? THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. CODE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR NOTICES, UH, GIVE PROPER NOTICE IN REGARDS TO THAT PROPERTY BEING, UM, A, A, UH, AN ALLEGATION OF A DANGER STRUCTURE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND TAKE THOSE PICTURES SO IT, IT COULDN'T IMMEDIATELY JUST COME RIGHT BACK WITH THE SAME PHOTOS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN OVER BY SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT YES, THIS BOARD DOES HAVE THAT, THAT THAT ABILITY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MA'AM. YOU MAY BE SEATED. CHAIR [03:05:01] WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOTION THAT WE RESET THIS WITH THE, UM, WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CO COMPLIANCE TO GO AND REEVALUATE THIS FOR DEMOLITION PURPOSES. DO YOU WANT A RESET OR DO YOU WANT IT ORDERED AS BEING BROUGHT BACK? UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, NOT A RESET. I WANT A, A REEVALUATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING. I'M NOT GONNA TELL 'EM TO ORDER IT TO DEMO, BUT I WANT A, A REASSESSMENT BECAUSE I DON'T, I THINK THIS FALLS FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN DO HERE. AND, AND I I I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. SO YOUR, YOUR, UM, MOTION IS TO BRING IT BACK AS A, EVALUATE IT AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE? WELL, THAT WOULD BE A RESET, CORRECT? WELL, OR JUST HAVE THEM HAVE 'EM, UH, LET, LET ME, LET ME REWORD REPHRASE. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT IT BACK TO CODE COMPLIANCE OR TO EVALUATE THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, NOT JUST THE EXTERIOR, BUT THE FULL STRUCTURE TO SEE IF IT DOES QUALIFY. 'CAUSE IT'S ON THAT LINE FOR DEMOLITION. OR THEY CAN COME BACK AND SAY NO REPAIR TO MAKE A MORE DETERMINED EVALUATION OF THIS. 'CAUSE I DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE DEMOED, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. O O OKAY. GO AHEAD. MRCA. I WE MIGHT AS WELL. WE, WE HAVE THAT POWER TO CHANGE IT, YOU KNOW, FROM IT TO A DEMOLITION. AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE DID NOT, UH, DO A GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW, REALLY. I MEAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FRED HAS THE BEST INTENTIONS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE DOES. UH, BUT I MEAN, THE THING IS THIS, WE'RE WE'RE SAYING CODE OF COMPLIANCE DIDN'T DO THE JOB HERE. NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RULES THAN US US WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY, LOOK, I LOOK AT IT THIS OTHER WAY, YOU KNOW, I'M A CONTRACTOR, THIS AND THAT. SO I, I, UH, BEG OF THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, CARRY THIS A DILAPIDATED HOME. LET ME INTERRUPT THE STATEMENT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THIS WAS A QUESTION GOING TO LEGAL. AND THE QUESTION TO LEGAL WAS, UH, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS A BOARD TO ORDER THE CASE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE? YES. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, THEN YOU'RE SAYING LET'S JUST PASS EMO OR HAVE A MOTION. YEAH. UH, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. YEAH, I, AND THEN EVALUATE THE MOTION PER SE. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S THE STANDING PRESENT. A QUESTION OR COMMENT MADE? THANK NOW YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT IT RIGHT NOW AS A I AM NOT PRESENTED IT AS ANYTHING. NO, NO. I, I'M GOING BACK TO YOU TO, SO YOU, IF, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION, I GUESS BECAUSE YOU HAD STARTED A MOTION, DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS. I THINK WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, FOR IT TO BE A, UH, DEMOLITION. YES. NO, NO, YOU CANNOT JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. SORT OF, SORT OF, LET, LET ME USE TOPPER PROPER TERMINOLOGY. SO WE GOT IT. THIS BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO ORDER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO REEVALUATE THE PROPERTY AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE SLASH DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. OKAY. AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THAT. RIGHT? SO, SO WE MAKE A MOTION TO YEAH. THE, THE, THE MOTION IS WHAT I SAID EARLIER. I WANTED TO GO BACK FOR THEM TO DEEM IT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE A, A, A, A REPAIR AND, AND DEEM IT HERE AS DEMO. WE CAN'T DO THAT. YOU'RE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR IT TO BE REEVALUATED. I WANT IT TO BE REEVALUATED AND THEN FOR A DEMO. FOR A DEMO, NOT FOR REPAIR. BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T TAKE REPAIR AND MAKE DEMO WHEN THE STATEMENT IS, IT'S HERE FOR A REPAIR. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOUR MOTION IS FOR THIS CASE TO BE BROUGHT BACK, UH, TO BE REEVALUATED AS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND POTENTIALLY BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD. AND, AND THIS BOARD HAS DONE THIS BEFORE. YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE ON PROPERTIES THAT YOU BELIEVE HAVE, UH, WERE INITIALLY BROUGHT AS SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE RIGHT. VIOLATIONS. AND YOU WANTED IT TO BE EVALUATED AS A, AS A AS IS DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. AND WE'VE HAD PRECEDENT OF THAT BEFORE TOO. BUT WE CAN ALSO, UH, IF THE, IF THE, IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED AS WE'VE DONE BEFORE, IF IT CAME IN HERE AS A DEMO, WE ALSO HAD IT REPAIRED, NOT DEMOED. SO YES, YOU HAVE, WE, THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE, AND I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT [03:10:01] THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS, AND I, ALTHOUGH NOBODY'S HERE, THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING. WE ARE LIVESTREAM, RIGHT. DANGERS A PROPERTY THAT IS CONSIDERED A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE DOESN'T NECESSARILY EQUAL DEMOLITION. IT IS A, IS IT A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE THAT MIGHT, IF THIS BOARD DETERMINES IT, IS, CAN ORDER THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAIRED A SET NUMBER OF DAYS, OR THEY CAN ORDER BASED ON THE LACK OF INFORMATION OR LACK OF ANYBODY HERE, THEY CAN ORDER A DEMOLITION ORDER ON THAT PROPERTY. THIRDLY, THEY HAVE THE, YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESET THE CASE IF YOU BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OTHER PENDING MATTER THAT COULD AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE PROPERTY. BUT THOSE ARE, AGAIN, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURED PROPERTIES. THIS IS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND I, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, CODE, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DE EVALUATE THIS PROPERTY AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. YOU SAID IT RIGHT ON IT. SO MY MOTION WOULD BE TO RESET FOR THE REEVALUATION AS A DEMOTED OR AS A DEMOLISH, AS A DEMOLITION CASE. LEMME PUT IT THAT WAY. IT IS, IT IS NOT A RESET. YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR THE ORDER TO REEVALUATE THE STRUCTURE AS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR A RESEARCH. NO, I'M ASKING FOR THE, TO GO BACK AS A, FOR THEM TO RE REEVALUATE. FOR DEMOLITION. THE MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD IS TO REEVALUATE THIS STRUCTURE AS A, UH, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. UH, DO I HEAR A SECOND, SECOND MOTION MADE BY MR. ANDES? SECOND BY MS. BROWN FOR A REEVALUATION AS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE ON 1113 THOMAS, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THE RECORD AT THE BREAK. I IDENTIFIED THE INCORRECT TIME. WE TOOK A BREAK AT 1155. WILL WE REA ADJOURNED AT 1202? IS THERE ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD, MR. CHAIR? I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME THE, THE MEMBERS, UH, THE NEW MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE. UM, YEAH. NOW WE GOT, UH, MR. POWELL. UH, MR. I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES. UH, MS. GILROY, MR. POWELL, MR. TAPIA, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT, UH, ADVENTUROUS TODAY. SO, UH, I HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK AGAIN. AND AS I HAD SAID, LENCIA, THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL BOARD, ARE MORE UNUSUAL THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE. UH, BUT WE ALSO DO WELCOME YOU TO BE HERE, UH, IF NO ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. UH, I MOTION TO ADJOURN. UNDER UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. . OH, NOT YET. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.