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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAN ANTONIO BILLING STANDARDS BOARD.
UH, THE DATE IS SIX AUGUST, 2026.
UH, THE BIDDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL COME TO ORDER.
IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OR SAVI RYE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
KATHY RODRIGUEZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR JENNY RAMIREZ.
INTERIM CODE ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATOR.
ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST.
MELISSA MALDONADO, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO.
AND MYSELF, JUDY KRUM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR CHAIR CORM IS PRESENT.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE.
IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A TRANSLATION OF THAT FACT FROM THE TRANSLATION ROOM IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND TRANSLATE FOR ME.
MY NAME IS TON LEE AND, UH, IN SPANISH INTERPRETER.
AND IF YOU NEED US, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU IN THE BACK.
UH, THE TRANSLATION IS ACTUALLY ON THE SCREEN IF YOU NEED TO READ IT.
UH, I CANNOT READ IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK A PORTION OF THOSE WORDS.
UH, YEAH, IF YOU WOULD, AND THANK YOU.
[ Approval of Minutes ]
THE BOARD HAD RECEIVED COPIES OF THE MINUTES DATED TO JULY, 2026.UH, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THOSE MINUTES.
MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDIS.
I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES, AS IS THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, A QUARREL IS PRESENT.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE.
THAT MEANS DIG INTO MY POCKET AND MAKE SURE IT'S SILENCED
AND IF YOU WOULD DO THE SAME THING TOO, PLEASE, NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION, UH, RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVISED IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF A CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF REPAIRS, DEPEND UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THAT WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE
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THE ORDER IS MAILED.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT A COLD ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
[ Briefing and Possible Action on the following items ]
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON STRUCTURES THAT HAVE COME UP FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.GOOD MORNING, CHAIR NELSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
KATHY RODRIGUEZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.
I DO HAVE A FEW EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THAT I WANT TO BRIEF YOU ALL ON, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE ADDRESS.
THIS IS PERTAINING TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THIS IS LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE PROPERTY WAS VACANT AND WAS DAM DAMAGED BY FIRE.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS, UH, THE FIRE TRANSPIRED ON JUNE 23RD, 2026 AND THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION WAS COMPLETED ON JULY 9TH, 2026.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6 1 1 SOUTH ELMENDORF STREET.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT THIS PROPERTY ADDRESS.
IT'S LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS, UH, WAS DUE TO A SUDDEN ACT ON JULY 6TH, 2026, AND THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY 11TH, UH, 2026.
NEXT PROPERTY IS 29 41 CHIHUAHUA STREET.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAIN STRUCTURE ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION WAS DUE TO THE FIRE, A SUDDEN ACT THAT OCCURRED ON JULY THE SEVENTH OF 2026, AND DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE OCCURRED ON JULY 11TH, 2026.
NEXT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5 0 6 HAIKA DRIVE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION WAS DETERMINED DUE TO A SUDDEN ACT OF FIRE THAT TRANSPIRED ON JULY THE SEVENTH OF 2026.
THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED ON JULY 14TH, 2026.
LAST ADDRESS TO BRIEF YOU ON IS LOCATED AT 27 0 9 COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
IT IS A MOBILE HOME STRUCTURE.
THIS IS WITHIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
A SUDDEN ACT, UH, UM, TRANSPIRED ON JULY THE 12TH, AND THE STRUCTURE WAS REMOVED ON JULY THE 23RD OF 2026.
THESE PROPERTIES WERE REMOVED IN PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 75.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THERE ARE NONE.
ONE LAST ITEM BEFORE I STEP AWAY.
WE DO HAVE A, AN ITEM THAT IS PULLED.
UM, UH, IT'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THE ADDRESS IS 30 200,000 OAKS DRIVE.
IT'S LOCATED IN CA, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
UH, THE REASON POLLING IS THERE IS A COURT APPOINTED RECEIVERSHIP AND A RESCHEDULE DATE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
THE FIRST ITEM WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY IS GONNA BE 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE DRIVE.
HOW ARE WE DOING FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME'S RAMIRO GURA, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PERMIT.
THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY.
MAIN CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS 33 0 4 POINT 13.1.
WINDOW GLAZING, 3 0 5 0.3, INTERIOR SURFACES 5 0 5 0.3 WATER SUPPLY, 7 0 2 0.1 JOURNAL MEANS OF EGRESS ON AUGUST 8TH, 2020 25, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE DART INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 15 3 9 0 BLOCK 38, BLOCK 55, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, THE HONOR.OUR RECORD IS RAZIA THE HOS IN THE STATE OF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
THE INSPECTION FOUND VIOLATIONS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT MAINTENANCE CODE THAT INCLUDES SUBSECTIONS 3 0 4 0.6 EXTERIOR WALLS.
ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, BREAKS, AND LOOSE OR ROTTING MATERIALS, AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE COATED WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS AND DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION, LOOSE PLASTER, DECAYED WOOD, AND OTHER DEFECTIVE SURFACES.
CONDITIONS ARE, SHALL BE, SHALL BE CORRECTED.
THE SUB WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND MAINTAINED TO PROVIDE A SUPPLY OF WATER TO PLUMBING FIXTURES, DEVICES OPPORTUN IN SUFFICIENT VOLUME AT PRESSURE ADEQUATE TO ENABLE THE FIXTURES OF TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, SAFELY, AND FREE FROM DEFECTS AND LEAKS.
7 0 2 0.1 GENERAL MEANS OF EGRESS.
A SAFE, CONTINUOUS, AND UNOBSTRUCTED PATH TO OF TRAVEL SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM ANY POINT IN THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO THE PUBLIC WAY.
MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE COMPLIED WITH CODE UNDER WHICH THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED.
AGAIN, THE FIRST INSPECTION WAS REGARDING 71 0 2.
S****Y GROVE WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025.
WE HAD AN AFTER ACTION MEETING, WHICH MEANS WE TRIED TO MEET WITH THE OWNER, UM, AFTER THE INSPECTION.
THAT MEETING WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 13TH, 2026.
UM, THE OWNER NOR ANYBODY REPRESENTING THE OWNER SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING.
THEREFORE, ON AUGUST 13TH, NOTICE WAS POSTED AT 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE.
SO ON APRIL 17TH, WE ALSO ISSUED ANOTHER NOTICE IN PERSON TO THE OWNER'S SON, WHICH IS J JESSE DELIOS.
UM, NOTICE WAS ISSUED, UH, ON APRIL 17TH.
ANOTHER NOTICE WAS POSTED, UM, FOR NO WATER ON MAY 29TH, 2026, UM, IN THE NAME OF JESSE DE HOYOS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS AT THE FIRST INSPECTION, THE WATER WAS SHUT OFF, THE WATER WAS THEN LATER TURNED BACK ON, AND THEN WHAT WATER WAS SHUT OFF AGAIN.
SO WE HAD ISSUE ANOTHER NOTICE, AND THE BSP NOTICE, UH, WAS POSTED ON JULY 22ND AND MAILED, UH, 4 7 1 0 2 SHADY GROVE.
PHOTOS BEING PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025.
APRIL 17TH, 2026, AND JULY 30TH, 2026.
IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, AT THE PHOTOS, THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION, UH, ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025.
THE FIRST INSPECTION, NEXT PHOTO, PLEASE.
IT'S A COPY OF THE FIRST NOTICE, COPY OF THE SECOND NOTICE, WHICH WAS APRIL 17TH AND THEN MAY 29TH FOR THE NO WATER, UH, TO JESSE DOJOS, WHICH IS THE OWNER'S SON.
YOU SEE THE BOARDED WINDOW, UM, THERE ON THE, ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE, OF THE LEFT OF THE ELEVATION.
AND THEN THE REAR ELEVATION, I MEAN, TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE ELEVATION.
YOU SEE THAT WINDOW UNIT, UM, WITH NONABSORBENT, UM, MATERIALS THAT, THAT, UH, IT'S A BROKEN WINDOW, IN OTHER WORDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, POOR WORKMANSHIP.
THEY TRY TO PATCH UP THE WAR, THE, THE WALL COVERING HERE.
UM, YOU HAVE SOME FIBER CEMENT BOARDING, UH, SOME ALUMINUM SIDING, UM, EXCUSE ME, VINYL SIDING AND SOME OF THAT BALL, THE BACK WALL THERE STILL HAS TAR PAPER THAT IS EXPOSED.
AND THEN OVER HERE MORE TO WHERE THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE THERE.
UM, IT'S A CARDBOARD TYPE, UH, COVER THAT IS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO PROTECT THE, THE THE INTERIOR SURFACE.
SO, UH, INTERIOR SURFACES HERE.
THE FLOOR COVERING HAS BEEN REMOVED.
UM, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW, UH, ANIMALS INSIDE IT.
IT, IT DID HAVE A SMELL OF AMMONIA, LIGHT, SMELL, AMMONIA.
UM, SOME OF THAT FLOOR COVERING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH TILE.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS ENTERING THE BATHROOM AGAIN, NONABSORBENT MATERIALS HERE.
AND YOU CAN TELL ON THE, IN THE BATHROOM SHOWER THERE, THERE'S PLASTIC COVERING THE WALLS.
NEXT PHOTO LATER, THEY, UM, PUT
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SHEET ROCK INSTEAD OF THE PLASTIC, WHICH IS STILL NOT ABSORBENT.AND AGAIN, ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026, YOU SEE THE BACK WALL.
YOU ALSO SEE THE BROKEN WINDOW WHERE THE WINDOW UNIT IS.
NEXT PHOTO ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026, YOU STILL SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED OR THE EXTERIOR WALL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIR, BEEN REPAIRED.
THE WINDOW DOOR THERE TOWARDS THE BACK IS ALSO, UM, UH, BOARDED UP, UH, WITH PARTICLE WOOD, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE PAINT.
AND THIS IS ON FEBRUARY 17TH, UH, REINSPECTION WHERE THE FLOOR HAS NOT BEEN, UH, COMPLETED.
NEXT PHOTO, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY PUT, UM, SHEET ROCK, UH, IN THE SHOWER, WHICH IS NOT A, UH, AN APPROVED MATERIAL FOR THE SHOWER, UH, OR FOR THE, YEAH, FOR THE SHOWER AND, AND, UH, BATHTUB.
AGAIN, UM, JUST NO PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THE WINDOWS, ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
AND THEN THEY INSTALLED SOME TILE IN THE BATHROOM.
UM, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE REENTRY TO THE PROPERTY, UH, TO, TO, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE WITH, UH, ANY NEW INTERIOR PHOTOS OR IF THERE'S BEEN ANY REPAIRS BEEN MADE SINCE THEN.
NEXT PHOTO, AND THIS IS JULY 30TH.
AGAIN, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
NEXT PHOTO, AND AGAIN, IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE ON JULY 30TH, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND THEN AT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, JULY 30TH, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STILL, UM, NO REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
WE DID POST A, UH, PLACARD, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED, UH, THE EXTERIOR PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED.
WE DID CLEAN THE, UM, PREVIOUSLY CLEAN THE PROPERTY, UH, UNDER AN ABATEMENT.
THE NOTICE WE ISSUED NOTICE FOR OUTSIDE PLACEMENT FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND THAT WA THAT PROPERTY WAS CLEANED ON APRIL 14TH, UH, BY CITY CONTRACTOR ON JULY 30TH.
WE DID CONFIRM THAT, UM, EXCUSE ME.
ON JULY 29TH, WE CONFIRMED THAT THE WATER IS STILL OFF.
UM, IT'S BEEN OFF SINCE, UH, JUNE 2ND, 2026.
STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE EXTERIOR WALLS, WINDOW GLAZING, INTERIOR SURFACES, WATER SUPPLY, AND MEANS OF EGRESS HAZARDS BE REPAIRED, AND THE WATER BE RESTORED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS ROBERT.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WATER PLEASE.
AND IT KIND OF GOING ON AND OFF.
IS THAT FROM A LACK OF THEM PAYING BILLS OR WHAT, WHAT, DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN HELP SHED ON THAT? YES.
UH, THERE'S, IT, IT WAS DUE TO THE LAST TIME WAS DUE TO LACK OF PAYMENT.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHY THE WATER WAS SHUT OFF AT THE BEGINNING, BUT, UH, THE SECOND TIME WAS DUE TO LACK OF PAYMENT.
YEAH, AND, AND I'LL, AND I'LL ADD THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SON, JESSE DE JOOS.
UM, HE IN, HE, HE MENTIONED THAT HE WAS GONNA TRY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS, BUT JUST NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT.
UM, AND HE'S SINCE KIND OF STARTED, STOPPED COMMUNICATING WITH US.
HE'S NOT MAKING ANY EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH US ANYMORE.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TRYING TO REACH HIM.
WE'VE MADE OTHER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE RE-INSPECTIONS, UH, WITH WARRANTS, BUT WE DID NOT MAKE ENTRY.
HE WAS ATTEND, UH, HE WAS TO ATTEND THOSE RE-INSPECTIONS AND DID NOT, DID NOT MAKE IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS FRED ANDREW, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
UM, IT STATES IN HERE ON 6 30, 20 26, THERE'S A COURT OUTCOME, A LIABILITY OF $300.
WE DID ISSUE CITATIONS, UM, GET TO THAT.
SO ON MAY 29TH, UH, CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR INTERIOR SURFACES, EXTERIOR WALLS, WINDOW GLAZING, EGRESS.
AND THEN ON, UH, JULY 16TH, UM, ONE, A CITATION WAS ALSO ISSUED FOR THE NO WATER SUPPLY.
AND SO HE DID NOT APPEAR FOR COURT.
SO THERE, THERE WAS THE, THE, THE ORIGINAL FINE WAS $300.
ARE THESE, UH, OUTCOMES ARE THE SAME THAT HE'S BEEN FINED FOR? YES.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO, IF HE, IF HE HAS A $300, MAYBE I NEED TO ASK LEGAL THIS.
IF HE HAD A $300 JUDGMENT ALREADY FROM A COURT FOR THE SAME OFFENSE THAT IS HERE, THE SAME ONES, NOT DIFFERENT ONES.
WE ARE TRYING TO COLLECT A DIFFERENT WAY OR, UM,
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THE FOCUS, UH, FOR THIS BOARD, EXCUSE ME, IS TO, UH, REQUIRE, UH, THAT THE DEFICIENCIES BE CURED.IT'S NOT TO ASSESS A FINE, THE PURPOSE IS TO ORDER THAT THESE, UH, DEFICIENCIES BE CURED.
AND THEN THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALSO INCLUDE, UH, ALL, ALL ABATEMENT COSTS, UH, BE PAID BY THE OWNER OR THE PERSON IN CUSTODY.
I AM, I'M, I, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
IF A COURT HAS ALREADY RENDERED A DECISION ON THE SAME MATTER, WE ARE HEARING TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WE'RE DOING IS NOT STEPPING ON A COURT ORDER TO, UH, WITH, UH, I'M SORRY, RAM, I MISSED IF THIS WAS A MUNI COURT CASE OR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING CITATIONS.
NEITHER OF THOSE COURTS, THE CRIMINAL MUNICIPAL COURT, NOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER PROCESS, NEITHER HAVE THE ABILITY TO ORDER AN OWNER TO DO SOMETHING OR NOT TO DO SOMETHING.
I, I JUST WANNA, THIS BOARD HAS THAT AUTHORITY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S THAT'S ALREADY MADE A DECISION OF A CASE.
UH, THE NEXT QUESTION, YOU SAID THERE WAS ABATEMENT, CORRECT.
IS IT ONE ABATEMENT OR MORE? AND WHAT WOULD BE THE COST? O ONE ABATEMENT AND IT WAS 200 AND RIGHT HERE, $266.
AND THAT WAS ONLY TO DO EXTERIOR CLEANUP, CORRECT? CORRECT.
OUTSIDE PLACEMENT THERE IS, UM, DISCARDED FURNITURE, TRASH DEBRIS.
AND TO THIS DAY, THE OWNERS, OR I'M, I'M ASSUMING THE SON STILL HASN'T COMPLIED? NOT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UM, CODE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE TODAY? NO.
THE WATER'S STILL OFF AS OF JULY, JULY 29TH.
YOU NEVER ASK FOR A, UM, WHAT'S THAT WORD? I CAN'T USE THAT OTHER WORD.
THE ONE VACATE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING A NOTICE TO VACATE.
WE'RE WAITING FOR, YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF YES.
WE'RE WAITING FOR APPROVAL ON THAT.
SO DO YOU WANNA AMEND YOUR REQUEST AND ASK FOR A NO AT THIS TIME? I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
ONCE WE ISSUE THAT NOTICE TO VACATE, UH, WE WILL HAVE THAT ON RECORD, SO, OKAY.
THAT WAS AN ISSUE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION HAS NOT COME TO VACATE.
THE BOARD STILL HAS THE AUTHORITY OR THE RIGHT TO, IF YOU, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT UNDERSTOOD IF HE WAS GONNA ASK OR NOT.
'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
OFFICER ALEXANDER HERRERA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION.
UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 11 YEARS.
I'M PART OF THE WEST SAFE UNIT AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE DRIVE.
UH, THIS LOCATION HAS HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT NARCOTICS, RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES, AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE ASSAULTS, UH, ASSAULT AND PROGRESS REPORTS.
UH, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS LOCATION HAS HAD OVER 34 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, THE OWNER OF THIS LOCATION IS SUBLET ROOMS, UH, IN THE HOME TO DIFFERENT PERSONS, FURTHER CALLS, CAUSING FURTHER ISSUES.
AND, UH, AT THE TIME, UH, AT VARIOUS TIMES, THE OWNER HAS NO IDEA WHO'S EVEN LIVING IN THE HOME.
UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, NOTABLE INCIDENTS ON JUNE 24TH, 2025 WEST SAFE OFFICERS WERE MONITORING THE HOUSE DUE TO VARIOUS COMPLAINTS.
OFFICERS HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF A WANTED PERSON IN THE HOME.
UH, THIS PERSON HAS HAD SEVERAL FELONY WARRANTS, WHICH INCLUDED POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE OR NOW KNOWN AS A MANUFACTURER AND DELIVER.
WERE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT
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OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SAPD HAIDA UNIT.THE HAIDA UNIT IS OUR, UH, HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AGENCY.
UH, THEY TYPICALLY LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS THAT SELL AND DISTRIBUTE LARGE AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS ON, ON THIS, ON THE SAME DAY, JUNE 24TH, 2025, UM, PERSONS IN QUESTION WERE LOCATED AT THE, UH, WERE LOCATED AND ARRESTED AT THIS, UH, RESIDENCE ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
DURING THIS ARREST, IT WAS CONFIRMED THE LOCATION WAS BEING SUBLET TO VARIOUS PERSONS, AND THERE WAS IN FACT, USE OF NARCOTICS.
ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025, THE WEST SAFE UNIT ASSISTED EXECUTING A DART WARRANT.
DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE DART WARRANT, MULTIPLE PERSONS WERE ARRESTED FOR WARRANTS AND OTHERS FOR, UH, NARCOTICS.
DURING THE NARCOTICS ARREST, UH, ABOUT FOUR GRAMS OF METH WERE LOCATED AS WELL AS SMALL BAGGIES COMMONLY USED TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS.
AND, UH, A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS FOUND NEAR WHERE THE BAGGIES WERE AS WELL.
UH, JUNE 16TH, 2026, OFFICERS RECOVERED A STOLEN VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT OF THIS LOCATION.
THE STOLEN VEHICLE WAS PINGED TO THE LOCATION.
UH, UH, IT WAS FOUND THAT TWO YOUNGER MALES WALKED INTO THE LOCATION TO AVOID, UH, DEALING WITH THE POLICE.
THE OWNER CAME OUTSIDE TO SPEAK WITH THE POLICE, HOWEVER, UH, HE REFUSED TO ALLOW THE OFFICERS TO TALK TO THE SUSPECTS THAT WERE IN THE HOME.
AND, UH, AUTO THEFT DETECTIVES WERE NOTIFIED TO ASSIST AND, UH, THE SUSPECTS WEREN'T EVER IDENTIFIED, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RECOVER THE VEHICLE.
SINCE EXECUTION OF THE, THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST 30 CALLS FOR SERVICE RANGING FROM DISTURBANCES WITH ROOMMATES, ASSAULTS, AND RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WERE, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO, UH, THERE'S BEEN ATTEMPTS TO, UM, CONTACT THE OWNER MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
UH, THIS LOCATION IS, UH, WITHIN ABOUT A HALF MILE RADIUS OF FOUR SCHOOLS, AND IT'S A CORNER LOT WITH, UH, WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF FOOT TRAFFIC.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE, UH, THE NOTABLE CAUSE INCIDENTS I HAVE FOR, UH, FOR THIS ADDRESS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE DRIVE.
MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDERSON.
PLEASE DO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 1 0 2 SHADY GROVE DRIVE WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY CODES SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.6 3 0 4, 3 0 5 0.350 5.370 2.1.
I ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED AND THE WATER BE TURNED ON WITHIN 60 DAYS.
PAY ALL FINES AND BACK ABATEMENTS, VACATE THE PROPERTY UNTIL IT'S UP TO CODE THAT IT SECURE OH, AND SECURE THE PROPERTY UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 71 0 2 SHADY GROVE WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO.
PROPERTY CODES 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS, 3 0 4 3 1 GLAZING, 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SERVICES, 5 0 5 0.3 WATER SUPPLY AND 7 0 2 0.1.
GENERAL, UH, TRAVEL OF PATHWAY.
UH, THE MOTION IS TO, UH, THAT IT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND FINDS THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF THOSE CODES AND THE PROPERTY IS TO BE, UH, SECURED.
IT IS TO BE REPAIRED, IT IS TO BE VACATED.
THE OWNER IS TO PAY ALL ABATEMENT COSTS AND REPAIRS.
THAT WATER IS TO BE, UH, TURNED BACK ON IN 60 DAYS.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? ONE AHEAD.
HE'S ALSO TO PAY THE FINES, UH, THAT WERE ACCUMULATED AT $300 ABATEMENT OF COST AND FINE AND FINES.
JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE PAYMENT OF, UH, THE FINES THAT THE ENTIRELY OF THE 300 FINE COURT PROCESS CORRECTION TO THAT PORTION OF IT WILL BE PAYING THE ABATEMENT COST, NOT THE BA UH, THE FINE.
AND DID I CATCH YOUR MOTION CORRECTLY?
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YOU GONNA REREAD IT? BECAUSE I I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING IN THERE.VACATE ABATEMENT CAUSED REPAIR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
JUDY, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE 30, EXCUSE ME, 43 22 WEST CESAR CSAR CHAVEZ.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL TOWN, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 43 22 WEST CAESAR E CHAVEZ BOULEVARD, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 43 22 WEST CAESAR E CHAVEZ BOULEVARD IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
PLEASE NOTE ON MAY 27TH, 2025, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 0 0 2 1 BLOCK FIVE, LOT 59, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS RIOS RUDOLFO P WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 43 22 WEST CAESAR E CHAVEZ BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT PRESENT.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
THE OCCUPANTS AT THE LOCA STAYING AT THE LOCATION, GUADALUPE ARROYO AND ALMA ARROYO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH SAN SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER HERRERA.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON AUGUST 22ND, 2025.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 43 22 WEST CAESAR E CHAVEZ BOULEVARD WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 27TH, 2025.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 11TH, 2025, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 20TH, 2025.
ON JUNE 2ND, 2025, A PREVIOUS B CONFERENCE WAS HELD.
HOWEVER, THE OWNER OR OCCUPANTS DID NOT ATTEND ON JULY 3RD, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 43 22 WEST CAESAR E CHAVEZ BOULEVARD ON JULY 21ST, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO RUDOLFO P RIO RIOS, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
ON JULY 1ST, 2026, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT DOCUMENTS HAD JUST BEEN TURNED IN.
I JUST WASN'T ABLE TO REVIEW THEM, SO I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS POINT.
I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE, UH, DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINT.
UH, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROPERTY.
A NOTICE TO VACATE WAS POSTED ON JULY 14TH, 2025, AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 1000 FEET OF BURLESON SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION AND EDUCATION.
OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE SHINGLES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM ARE WORN.
THE FACIAL BOARDS LACK WEATHER PROTECTION, AND THERE IS AN EXTENSION CORD BEING RAN FROM THAT FRONT WINDOW TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE FACIAL BOARDS AND OVERHANG AS WELL LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS A CLOSE VIEW OF THE FOUNDATION.
THE STRUCTURE IS NOW SITTING ON WOODEN BOARDS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THE SHINGLES OF THE ROOF SYSTEM ARE WORN AND THE WOOD SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
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ATTACHED REAR PORCH IS MISSING ON THE TOP PORTION.SO THIS IS GOING TO BE UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE ON THE FOUNDATION.
A CAR JACK IS HOLDING UP ONE OF THE BEAMS, AND THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE TAKEN FROM THE REAR PROPERTY.
AGAIN, THE OVERHANG AND THE SIDING DOES LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING.
THERE'S PIECES OF PLYWOOD THAT ARE UNLEVEL AND POSE A TRIPPING HAZARD.
THE SHEET ROCK AS WELL HAS CRACKS AND THERE IS A HOLE IN THE SHEET ROCK IN THAT BACK PORTION, THE LEFT PORTION OF THE PHOTO.
AND HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT HOLE IN THE SHEET ROCK.
IT DOES APPEAR THAT SOME ELECTRICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMITS OBTAINED.
HERE'S, UH, SOME MORE PHOTOS OF CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK IN THAT LIVING ROOM AREA.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE NEXT ROOM.
THERE ARE, UH, THERE IS MORE SHEET ROCK MISSING ON THE CEILING, AND THE FLOOR COVERING IS, IS, UH, DETACHING AND POSING A TRIP HAZARD.
AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THROUGHOUT ALSO POSING AN EGRESS HAZARD.
THE DECKING DOES HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE AND THERE IS NEW ROMEX WIRING AGAIN INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMITS OBTAINED.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE HALLWAY.
THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING ON THAT LEFT PORTION OF THE PHOTO.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SHEET ROCK MISSING IN THE CEILING.
AND THERE IS NEW, UH, YELLOW ROMEX WIRING THAT WAS INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMITS.
THIS IS GOING INTO ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. THERE ARE A LARGE AMOUNT OF EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN DUE TO NO ELECTRICITY ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE RUNNING EXTENSION CORDS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE OF FRONT GETTING POWER FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THOSE EXTENSION CORDS.
AGAIN, THERE ARE STILL, UH, EXTENSION CORDS BEING UTILIZED TO POWER, UH, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT'S.
A CLOSER VIEW OF THOSE EXTENSION CORDS.
SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN THIS ROOM, BUT AGAIN, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR ANY WORK DONE ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BATHROOM AREA.
THE FLOOR IS ROTTED IN FRONT OF THE BATHTUB AND THE CEILING DOES HAVE WATER DAMAGE AS WELL.
SO HERE IS GOING TO BE THE INSIDE OF THAT ATTACHED REAR PORCH.
THERE IS SIDING MISSING WHERE THE, THERE SHOULD BE FOUNDATION SKIRTING AND THE DECKING HAS SEVERE WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF ACCESSORY OF THE ACCESSORY.
THE SIDING IS MISSING IN MULTIPLE AREAS WHERE THERE IS SIDING.
UH, IT IS EXTREMELY ROTTED, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT AND LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS A SEVERE SAG.
THE PORCH SYSTEM HAS HOLES AND BOARDS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE IS SITTING ON WOODEN BOARDS AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
I WAS NOT FULLY ABLE TO GO IN, IN THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE DUE TO HOLES IN THE FLOOR SYSTEM.
THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, UH, DEBRIS OF SHEET ROCK COLLAPSING.
THERE'S INSULATION, AND NOW THE DECKING CEILING JOISTS AND RAFTERS ARE EXPOSED.
SO HERE'S A CLOSE REVIEW OF THOSE THAT DECKING RAFTERS AND CEILING JOISTS EXPOSED.
AND THERE IS YELLOW ROMEX WIRING SHOWING THAT ELECTRICAL WORK WAS DONE WITHOUT PERMITS ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS A LARGE HOLE ON THAT PORTION OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM AND THE EXTERIOR WALL IS COMPLETELY MISSING, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE LEFT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S A LARGE HOLE IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S A DEBRIS OF INSULATION IN SHEET ROCK THROUGHOUT.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO WALK INTO THE STRUCTURE ANY FURTHER.
SO HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THERE IS SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH THE, UH, DECKING, RAFTERS AND CEILING.
JOISTS DO HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND THE SHEET ROCK THAT REMAINS IS HANGING FROM THE CEILING.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 4 3 2 2 WEST CAESAR EAST, EAST CHAVEZ BOULEVARD ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17,
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AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FOR WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR IN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 4 3 2 2 WEST CAESAR EAST CHAVEZ BOULEVARD.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? NO QUESTION.
OFFICER ALEXANDER HERRERA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AGAIN AND AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION JUST FOR THE RECORD.
BOARD, UM, OFFICER ALEXANDER HERA.
I'VE BEEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 11 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT 43 22 WEST CAESAR CH CHAVEZ BOULEVARD.
UH, THIS LOCATION HAS HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, UH, AND DISTURBANCES.
OVER THE TWO YEARS, THIS LOCATION HAS HAD OVER 70 CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, FOLLOWING ARE THE MORE NOTABLE, MORE NOTABLE INCIDENTS.
ON MAY 27TH, 2025, THE WEST SAFE UNIT ASSIST IN EXECUTING A DART WARRANT.
DURING THE EXECUTION OF THIS DART WARRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND RESCUING A SICK DOG.
UM, A CS HAD BEEN AWARE OF THAT DOG, HAD BEEN AWARE OF THAT DOG NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
UH, HOWEVER, THE OWNER WOULD NOT COMPLY AND, UH, THEY NEEDED TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY, UH, REMOVAL OF THAT DOG.
ON, UM, AUGUST 25TH, 2025, WEST PATROL OFFICERS WERE DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA DUE TO COMPLAINTS OF, UH, SHOTS FIRED COMING FROM THE LOCATION.
DURING THAT, UM, DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THAT, THE PATROL OFFICERS OBSERVED THE, THE RESIDENCE WAS LEFT.
UNSECURED OFFICERS ENTERED THE RESIDENCE TO, UH, SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY DUE TO SHOTS FIRED REPORTS COMING FROM THAT LOCATION.
UH, DURING THAT INVESTIGATION, UH, OVER 300 GRAMS OF A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WERE SEEN IN PLAIN VIEW, THE SUBSTANCE WAS COLLECTED AND PLACED IN OUR PROPERTY ROOM.
HOWEVER, NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO NO ONE BEING HOME.
UH, THE REPORTING OFFICER SECURED THE RESIDENCE, UH, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
ON JUNE 25TH, 2026, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION FOR AN OVERDOSE IN PROGRESS.
UH, OFFICERS AT THE SAPD AND FIREFIGHTERS SLASH EMS, UH, TECHNICIANS WITH, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THE, UH, THE PERSON WHO WAS OVERDOSING AND GIVE THEM THE MEDICAL ATTENTION THEY NEEDED ON JULY 1ST, 2026, UH, WEST SAFE UNIT ASSISTANCE AND EXECUTING A WARRANT FOR RE-INSPECTION.
DURING THE EXECUTION OF THIS WARRANT, UH, WE DETAINED TWO PERSONS WHO WERE INSIDE THE HOME.
THE PERSONS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE OFFICERS AT FIRST, UH, AND THEY WERE FOUND TO BE KIND OF TUCKED AWAY IN THE BACK ROOM.
THEY WERE DETAINED AT THAT INCIDENT, BUT THEY WERE, UH, THEY ENDED UP BEING SQUATTERS.
UH, THEY WERE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE HOME.
THEY CLAIMED TO KNOW THE OWNER AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BUY THE HOUSE.
UM, OF COURSE, THAT WAS NOT TRUE, AND THE, UH, THE HOUSE WAS STILL UNSECURED.
ANYONE COULD GAIN ACCESS TO IT PRETTY MUCH WHENEVER THEY WANTED.
UH, DURING THAT, UM, INSPECTION, UH, THERE WAS ONE PERSON ARRESTED ON A FELONY WARRANT.
UH, SINCE THIS, SINCE WE, UH, CONDUCTED THE DART WARRANT IN MAY OF 2025, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 50 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THIS PROPERTY, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, TO THIS DAY, UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S STILL SQUATTERS IN THE HOME THAT ARE, UM, KIND OF OFF AND COME BACK, YOU KNOW, PRETTY QUICK.
AND ALTHOUGH THIS LOCATION ON THE DEAD END STREET, UH, IT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO A DAYCARE AND OUR, AS WELL AS OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY AND A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND.
AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE, IT'S, UH, CURRENTLY UNSECURED AND STILL, UH, OCCUPIED BY SQUATTERS OR, UH, UNHOUSED PEOPLE.
QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? UM, THIS IS FRED ANDERS.
UM, TRAFFIC OF THE KIDS, DO THEY GO
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ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF IT IF IT'S SITTING ON THE KOVA SAC OR THEY, IS THAT AN ACCESS OF FOR SCHOOL, FOR CHILDREN OR NO, NOT, NOT A DIRECT, UH, UNLESS THEY LIVE ON THAT STREET, THERE'LL BE, YEAH, USUALLY.I MEAN, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE UNLESS THEY'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND OUTSIDE, BUT IT'S NOT A DIRECT, UH, THROWAWAY THOROUGHFARE FOR THE KIDS TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
UH, QUICK QUESTION ON THE NARCOTICS THAT WERE FOUND, WAS THAT CONFIRMED TO BE NARCOTICS AFTER YOU GUYS SEIZED THAT 300 GR OR HOWEVER MUCH IT WAS, YOU SAID? SO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE AN ARREST ON IT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS OF IF THEY SENT IT TO THE LAB OR NOT.
UM, IT KIND OF JUST WENT TO THE PROPERTY ROOM AS FOUND PROPERTY.
IF WE DON'T MAKE AN ARREST AND THERE'S NO, UH, UM, NEED TO INVESTIGATE IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
AURORA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ALRO MICROPHONE AND ALSO THE COUNCIL DISTRICT YOU RESIDE.
AND YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE? UM, YES, UH, WE DO KNOW THE OWNERS, UH, OR THE, THE LATE OWNER, UH, RUFO RIOS.
UM, WE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A MUTUAL AGREEMENT FOR US TO TAKE OVER THE HOUSE, UM, DO THE START PING UP THE AREA.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE, WE BROUGHT OUR PROOF, WE, I BROUGHT INSURANCE.
UM, WE, I HAVE HOUSE INSURANCE FOR THE, WE PAID THE TAXES, UM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IT, SO IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S MORE ACCURATE THAN THE PICTURES YOU JUST SAW.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING TO SHOW? YES.
UM, THAT AGREEMENT, THE PAPERWORK.
AND JUDY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ALLY HERE, SHE'S GOING TO SECURE IT.
YES, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THOSE COPIES AND THE SCANNED VERSIONS.
HAS LEGAL SEEN IT YET? NO, SIR, NOT YET.
THE INFORMATION WAS JUST PROVIDED THIS MORNING.
THEN WE CAN, WE'LL TAKE JUST A MOMENT YEAH.
TO COPY IT AND ALSO HAVE LEGAL REVIEW IT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEE IT, PLEASE.
UH, THE TIME IS NOW 9 49 ON SIX AUGUST, 2026.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
WE'LL RE RESUME IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
THE SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT THIS TIME.
UH, MS. AURORA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK TO THE PODIUM AND COUNSEL THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE READ, ARE THEY LEGALLY SUFFICIENT FOR US TO REVIEW? NO.
UH, THERE'S ONE DOCUMENT THAT, UM, CAN BE PROVIDED, BUT, UH, IT DOESN'T, NONE OF THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED SHOWED, UH, OWNERSHIP INTEREST.
MS. RO, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE DOCUMENTS NOT BEING LEGALLY SUFFICIENT FOR US TO READ, WE REVIEW, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR TESTIMONY? UM, BESIDES THE, THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT, UM, WE HAVE THE SERVICES, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITIES, UM, HOME INSURANCE TO START THE ROOFING AND ALL THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I, THAT'S THE ONLY LEGAL PAPERWORK PROVIDED AND PICTURES OF, OF THE CURRENT, HOW IT CURRENTLY LOOKS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. AURORA? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
LUPE, AURORA, DO YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO PRESENT OR ADD SOMETHING FOR IT? IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I WANNA SAY IS, UM, WE'RE
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TRYING TO BUY THIS ABANDONED HOUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIVING WITH OUR MOTHER, SO WE'RE FIXING IT LITTLE BY LITTLE.MY WIFE DID GET INSURANCE ON THE HOUSE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX IT LITTLE BY LITTLE.
UH, THE REASON THE BACK HOUSE IS UGLY LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GET DEMOLISHED.
I DON'T WANT THAT IN THE BACKYARD LIKE THAT.
IT'S GONNA GET, IT'S GONNA, ALL THAT TRASH IS GOING OUT.
UH, AND I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAS A BUSINESS AND HE, HE WOULD HELP ME WITH, UH, HIS TRAILER TO COME AND PICK UP ALL THAT TRASH ONCE IT GETS DEMOLISHED.
BUT, UM, SINCE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIVING WITH OUR MOTHER, WE'VE FOUND THIS HOUSE AND, UH, THIS MAN WAS, UH, ONE OF MY, HE LIVES, RIGHT? WE LIVE, HE LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY MOTHER'S HOUSE.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 40 YEARS.
AT THAT DEAD END, UM, MY, WE, WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH MY MOTHER AT 43 31 WEST CAESAR CHAVEZ, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET.
AND, UM, WHEN THE HOUSE WAS ABANDONED AND 2025, ALL THESE, ALL ALLEGATIONS THAT BEEN GOING ON, WE WERE NOT THERE.
WE JUST GOT THERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
SO ALL THIS, UM, DRUG STUFF AND GUNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH US.
UH, WE JUST GOT THERE LIKE MAYBE LIKE EIGHT, NINE MONTHS AGO.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NEW TO ME THAT I HEARD ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF.
UM, AND, UH, ANOTHER THING ALSO THAT I DO WANNA MENTION IS ABOUT THAT, UH, SUPPOSEDLY OVERDOSE ON, UH, JUNE.
UM, MY WIFE WAS AT THE HOUSE AND I WAS AT MY MOTHER'S HOUSE.
SHE WENT TO GO OVER THERE AND SHE HAS HEART PROBLEMS. SHE GETS S-S-I-S-S-D-I, SHE HAS, UH, MEDICAL PROBLEMS. SHE HAD A, A STROKE OR SOMETHING, AND THAT'S WHY THE AMBULANCE WENT OVER THERE.
IT WAS NEVER NO OVER NO OVERDOSE, YOU KNOW, AND NOT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN MARKED DOWN AS THE AMBULANCE, YOU KNOW, OR IN THE POLICE REPORT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'RE, UH, ME AND MY WIFE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THIS HOUSE UP LITTLE BY LITTLE.
UH, SHE DID GET INSURANCE ON THE HOUSE.
UM, SHE DID PAY THE TAXES FOR THE YEAR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PAY THE TAXES EVERY YEAR AND TRYING TO GET THIS HOUSE, UM, FIXED UP SO WE CAN LIVE IN IT.
WE'RE NOT LIVING IT IN THERE, YOU KNOW? UM, YEAH, THERE'S STUFF IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST STUFF THAT WE HAD THAT WE JUST PRETTY MUCH, WE USED IT AS STORAGE THAT WE PUT IN THERE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO FIX IT LITTLE BY LITTLE, UH, CONSOLE QUESTIONS OF FROM THE BOARD? THERE ARE NONE.
CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 22 WEST CESAR EAST.
EXCUSE ME, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 22 WEST CESAR EAST CHAVEZ BOULEVARD.
SECOND CALL CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIR? YES, COUNSEL, BUT JUST TO INFORM THE BOARD, UM, THE TAXES.
UH, I DID SEE ONE DOCUMENT THAT TAXES WERE PAID LAST YEAR, BUT AS FAR AS THE INSURANCE, UH, IT, THERE, THERE IS NO HOME INSURANCE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE, UM, WARRANTY SHIELD, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WILL, UH, COVER APPLIANCES, ET CETERA, BEYOND WHAT HOME INSURANCE WOULD COVER.
AND, UH, FINAL, I I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
IF THE HOUSE IS ABANDONED, WHO, UH, IS THE SELLER? WHO WERE THEY? DO THEY INDICATE WHO THEY'RE BUYING FROM? UN UNDERSTOOD.
COUNSEL, UH, DOES THE BOARD UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS? YES.
UH, SINCE THE BOARD, PER SE DOES NOT HAVE A MOTION, THE CHAIR WILL PROVIDE A MOTION.
CAN WE OPEN, UH, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RE BRING CAN, BECAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN CLARIFIED.
CAN WE CLARIFY THAT TO, UH, BRING THE, YEAH.
TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND CLARIFY WHO'S ACTUALLY MAKING THE SALE? YES.
THAT'S, UH, UP TO THE CHAIR IF HE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE THE WITNESSES COME FORWARD AND OR THE POLICE OFFICER OR THE CODE
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OFFICER.WHICH WOULD YOU WANT? OR EITHER OR BOTH.
DO YOU WANT TO BRING IT, IT, IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S LUPE, THERE'S IF LUPE WOULD, UH, OR OKAY.
ALMA, ALMA AURORA, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK, UH, AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, PLEASE, MR. ANDIS, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
ALL, ALL, UM, YOU STATED THAT YOU WERE, YOU ENDED UP BUYING THE HOUSE.
SO I JUST, SO WHO DID YOU MAKE THE DEAL WITH TO EVEN LEASE THE HOUSE? UM, IT'S NOT A LEASE.
UH, NHS D PROVIDED, UH, S DOUBLE H.ORG.
AND THEY SHOW, UH, UH, PROPERTIES AND LANDS AND LOTS THAT ARE INTERIOR ABANDONED AND YOU CAN REBUILD.
AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR NHSD, CORRECT? YES.
CAN YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND EXPLAIN THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME STIPULATIONS TO THAT PROGRAM.
LIBBY, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT FOR JUST A MOMENT, YOU CAN SIT RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW FOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR TWO.
AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YES.
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU REPRESENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE FOR RECORD.
EMMA RODRIGUEZ, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES.
UM, AND WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY SUFFICIENT BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT.
UM, SHE STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROGRAM SHE GOT FROM YOUR WEBSITE.
THE, SO THAT PROGRAM I'VE NEVER HEARD OF.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, I SHOULD SAY.
AND I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THEM IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROPERTY.
I HAVEN'T MET WITH THEM FOR ANY RESOURCES THAT COULD BE PROVIDED.
SO THAT PROGRAM I HAVE NOT HEARD OF, OR AT LEAST I DON'T KNOW OF IT.
AND MR. CHAIR, UH, COUNSEL, UH, TO ADD TO THAT, THE CITY HAS, UH, NO AUTHORITY TO, UH, GIVE ABANDONED OR VACANT PROPERTY TO A THIRD PARTY.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO SOMEHOW EITHER HAVE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM EITHER A TAX FORECLOSURE SALE OR FROM THE OWNER OR THROUGH AN IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO AUTHORITY TO DECIDE A PROPERTIES ABANDONED AND THEN PROVIDE IT TO THIRD PARTIES.
MA'AM, YOU CAN COME BACK UP AND THAT'S THE ONLY DOCUMENT, OR THE ONLY WAY YOU AND MUTUAL, THROUGH THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SON OF THE OWNER, WHICH IS GABRIEL RIOS, WHICH IS NOT HERE TODAY, WHICH I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
UM, HE WAS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE SAID HE DIDN'T OR COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME, BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE IT WRITTEN.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD SHOW UP TODAY.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS EVEN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT, AND LIKE A FRIEND OF OURS OR, OR MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY.
OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IS HIS FATHER STILL ALIVE? NO.
THE, THE SON WAS THE LAST LIVING THERE IS THE, ALL THE CHARGES AND THE INCIDENTS THAT WERE GOING ON, THEY, THEY WERE UNDER HIS NAME.
OKAY, DID THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, CHAIR WILL AT AT LEAST ENTERTAIN THE MOTION, OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR MOTION FROM THE BOARD.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 3 2 2 WEST CAESAR E CHAVEZ BOULEVARD IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 FOR THE MAIN BUILDING SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY BUILDING, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND FREE AND CLEAR OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND ALL UTILITIES.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 22 WEST CRE VEZ, UH, BOULEVARD IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT REMAINS IN
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VIOLATION OF CITY CODE.UH, CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTIES BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
CLEARED OF TRASH AND DEBRIS WITH UTILITIES.
ANY DISCUSSION? FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, MAINTAIN, VACATE AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
VACATE AND SECURE WAS THE, THE PRINT AMENDMENT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THIS ROBERT BINKY.
I'M SORRY, ROBERT, SAY IT AGAIN.
THIS ROBERT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTABLE AND THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S DO A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY, IT IS GONNA BE 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10 WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 5 5 0 4 BLOCK 13 LAW N ONE HALF OF 12 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JOSE GONZALEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 5 8 PEACH HORIZON, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 3.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER IS PRESENT, MR. JOSE GONZALEZ IS PRESENT.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED TODAY? CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE OWNER MR. JOSE GONZALEZ BY PHONE AND IN PERSON.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10 WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 19TH, 2025.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 20TH, 2025 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON MARCH 27TH, 2025.
ON MAY 5TH, 2026 AT PREVIOUS B CONFERENCE MEETING WAS HELD AND THE OWNER WAS PRESENT ON JULY 23RD, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10 ON JULY 21ST, 2026 THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS PENDING AT THIS TIME.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, AS OF APRIL 30TH, THE 2026, THERE IS A PENDING DEMO PERMIT APPLICATION THAT IS PENDING REVIEW AS OF AUGUST 5TH, THE 2026.
THE PERMIT IS STILL PENDING REVIEW.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JULY 20, UM, JULY 31ST, 2026.
SO HERE WE DO HAVE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE GABLE THAT THERE IS SOME DETERIORATION AND THERE IS A HOLE PEEKING TO THROUGH TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE GRAFFITI IN THE, UM, ON THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS IS GOING OVER TOWARDS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION TO PART OF, UM, THE AWNING THAT'S THERE OVER THE WINDOW IS STARTING TO SAG.
THERE IS A LOT OF ROTTING AND DETERIORATION.
UM, THE ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED AS OF MAY.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF ROTTING TOWARDS WHERE THE METER USED TO BE,
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WHICH IS DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE LEFT WINDOW.THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY VAGRANTS THAT HAVE MADE A HOLE TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE AS OF FRIDAY.
UM, BUT SINCE THEN THE OWNER DID INFORM ME HE WOULD SECURE IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT YOU ALSO SEE HERE THE DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THIS IS GOING FURTHER TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, STILL ON THAT SAME LEFT ELEVATION.
UM, JUST TO SHOW SOME OF THE, THE SIDING DAMAGE AS WELL.
AT SOME POINT THE OWNER WAS TRYING TO REDO THE FOUNDATION.
SO A LOT OF THE SKIRTING OR ALL THE SKIRTING IS MISSING.
HERE WE ARE GOING OVER TOWARDS THE REAR ELEVATION FROM THAT LEFT ELEVATION.
UM, IF YOU SEE THE TWO CORNERS TOWARDS THE LEFT, THERE IS NO POST OR SUPPORT WHATSOEVER FOR THE FOUNDATION.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTO WILL SHOW A CLEARER VIEW.
HERE YOU CAN SEE ALSO SOME OF THE BEAMS THAT WERE PLACED.
THEY ARE STARTING TO TWIST AGAIN AS WELL AS THE MISSING SUPPORT AND POSTS FOR THE FOUNDATION.
HERE WE ARE GOING OVER TOWARDS THE, STILL IN THE REAR, UM, BUT MORE TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE, UM, TOWARDS WHERE THE STRUCTURE MEETS AND LS.
UM, THERE IS SOME DETERIORATION TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
HERE WE ARE GOING TOWARDS THE REAR PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
UM, THERE IS, EXCUSE ME, UM, AGAIN, JUST MISSING SIGHTING TOWARDS WHERE THE FOUNDATION WAS TRYING TO BE REPLACED AND HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT CORNER POST AS WELL THAT IS STARTING TO TWIST, UM, A LOT.
THERE IS NO POST OR PIERS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED, UM, DUE TO AT THE TIME THAT I NOTICED WHEN THE FOUNDATION WAS BEING DONE.
UM, THERE WAS NO PERMIT FOR THE FOUNDATION PERMIT.
UM, SO I DID POST A STOP WORK ORDER AND UM, OWNER WAS WORKING TO TRY TO RECTIFY THAT.
UM, SO THERE ARE ONLY BLOCKS THAT ARE SUPPORTING SOME BEAMS, SO THIS IS JUST A CLOSER VIEW TOWARDS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WASP NEST, SO I DON'T WANNA GO TOO CLOSE.
UM, BUT IT IS STARTING TOAG TOWARDS THAT INTERSECTION.
AND THIS IS JUST A VIEW FROM THE RIGHT ELEVATION TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, A LOT OF THE SIDING IS, UM, WATER DAMAGE AND MISSING AS WELL AS, UM, THE WALL STUDS ARE OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS CAUSING WATER DETERIORATION.
AND HERE'S JUST A, A FURTHER VIEW FROM THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THE RIGHT SIDE.
UM, THE STONE VENEER HAS, UH, DETACHED FROM THE STRUCTURE AND COLLAPSED ONTO THE RAMP, UM, DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE FIRST WINDOW.
ON THE RIGHT THERE IS A HOLE ON THE DECKING AS WELL AND THE RAILING IS STARTING TO ROT AND LEAN OUTWARD AND SOME OF THE SLEDS ARE MISSING.
SO HERE IS JUST AN AERIAL VIEW, UM, TO SHOW THAT THE ROOF IS SEVERELY DETERIORATED AND HAS ALREADY PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
SO HERE WE ARE ENTERING THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE IS NO SUBFLOOR, SO IT WAS, UM, NOT SAFE FOR ME TO FULLY ENTER THE STRUCTURE.
THERE WERE SOME NAILS STILL STICKING OUT OF THE FLOOR JOISTS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS JUST PANNING OVER TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
THE FLOOR JOISTS HAVE ALREADY DETACHED AND ARE SITTING ON GRADE, UM, THAT WINDOW TOWARDS WHERE THE ELECTRICAL METER USED TO BE BE.
UM, THE WINDOW FRAME IS FULLY ROTTED.
YOU CAN SEE THE STONE VENEER FROM THE OUTSIDE PRESENT AS WELL AS, UM, TOWARDS THE ROOM BEHIND THE HEADER IS COMPLETELY BROKEN.
SO THIS IS JUST LOOKING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE REAR.
YOU DO SEE THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS SEVERELY SAGGING.
UM, THERE'S THE DRYWALL AND ALL THE WATER DAMAGE AND ROTTING THAT IS PRESENT.
AND THIS IS JUST PANNING OVER TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
AGAIN, THE, THE FRAMING THAT IS RIGHT THERE IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED.
IT IS NOT, THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR THE FLOOR SYSTEM PRESENT TO, FOR IT TO SIT ON.
UM, YOU SEE ALL THE ROTTING WALL STUDS, THE ROOF SYSTEM, AND THE CEILING IS SEVERELY DETERIORATED AND DAMAGED.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE.
THE FOUNDATION IS MISSING POST THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY WOOD BLOCKS.
MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE WOOD BEAMS HAVE NO SUPPORT OR BE, OR, AND THE BEAMS ARE TWISTING.
THE FLOOR JOISTS STARTS DETACHING AND SITTING ON GRAIN SUBFLOOR IS MISSING THE FRONT ELEVATION.
STONE VENEER SIDING HAS COLLAPSED ONTO THE ENTRY LANDING AND THE RAMP CAUSING HOLES AND THE LANDING IN THE RAMP ARE, ARE WEATHERED AND DETERIORATING.
THE GUARDRAILS ARE, UM, DETACHING AND MISSING.
UM, SOME OF THE SLATS, UH, THE WOOD SIDING AND TRANSIT SIDING IS MISSING AND IS ROTTING.
THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALL DOES ARE ROTTED EN LISTING.
UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS ALREADY PARTIALLY COLLAPSED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, ALLOWING FOR THE ELEMENTS TO ENTER AND CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 26 18, SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10 IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER
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SIX DASH 1 56.SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SOME SUCH CON, EXCUSE ME, 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.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10.
UM, CAN YOU SHINE SOME LIGHT BACK? YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS, UH, FOUNDATION WORK DONE AND THEN A PERMIT APPLIED FOR, AND IT WAS STILL PENDING REVIEW.
CAN YOU SAY THOSE DATES ON THAT REVIEW AGAIN AND MAYBE SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHY IT'S STILL UNDER REVIEW IF IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME? SURE.
UH, SO THE OWNER APPLIED FOR THE DEMO PERMIT ON APRIL 30TH.
UM, AS OF YESTERDAY, IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.
UM, I DID VERIFY WITH CPS THAT THE ELECTRICAL HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCONNECTED AS OF MAY.
HOWEVER, THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS THE GAS LINE TO HAVE THAT DISCONNECTED.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD OFF OF FOUR 10.
UM, IT REQUIRES A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT AND THEN A TEXT DOCK PERMIT AS WELL, WHICH HAS PROLONGED THE APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT THAT SHINES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
JOSE GONZALEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND SIR, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
UM, THAT'S MY PRIMARY ADDRESS.
AND, UM, DID I SAY AND YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE, SIR? OH, TE MY TESTIMONY IS I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ABOUT, I BELIEVE GOING ON TWO YEARS ALREADY.
UM, THE PROPERTY WAS VACANT, UH, IT WAS SEWED AS IS, AND UH, THE PLANS WERE TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY OR, 'CAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE THIS WHEN I PURCHASED IT, YOU KNOW, PAST COUPLE YEARS.
WEATHER'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, PRETTY BAD.
SO PLAN, THE PLAN WAS TO RESTORE, YOU KNOW, THE INTERIOR WINDOWS SO FORTH.
AND ALONG THE PROCESS, UM, I BELIEVE I DID APPLY FOR A MINOR PERMIT TO, UH, RESTORE IT, BUT I WAS NOTIFIED THAT I NEEDED TO APPLY FOR A, UH, A NEW BUILD OR FOUNDATION, UH, PERMIT AND A NEW BUILD TO RESTORE BECAUSE IT NEEDED MORE THAN 50% TO RESTORE.
AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I COULDN'T APPLY FOR THOSE PERMITS BECAUSE THE LOT WASN'T PLA AND I NEEDED TO HIRE A CIVIL ENGINEER TO GET THAT PLA SO I DID NOT KNOW THAT WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THAT IT WASN'T PLOTTED.
SO THAT DELAYED EVEN FURTHER THE PROCESS OF THE PLANS.
SO THE OPTIONS WERE TO EITHER GET THE PROPERTY PLAID, WHICH AN ENGINEER WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME, LIKE OVER 18 GRAND TO, TO EVEN PULL THE PERMIT FOR A NEW BUILD OR TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY COMPLETELY, OR DEMO.
SO I SPOKE TO THE CONSULTATION DEPARTMENT HERE AND THERE'S A RECORD OF IT, UM, THAT THEY GAVE ME AN OPTION, HEY, WELL JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS, JUST THINK ABOUT THE ROUTE YOU WANT TO GO WITH.
SO I DECIDED TO JUST GO WITH THE DEMO APPLICATION AND START THE PROCESS.
SO RIGHT NOW THE WHOLE DELAY IS JUST THE GAS LINE.
IT'S BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, MONTHS TO GET THEM TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, GO OUT THERE AND, AND START THE WHOLE THING.
UH, SO THAT, THAT WAS MY, ULTIMATELY MY
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DECISION TO DEMO THE PROPERTY.UM, AND THERE WAS A FEW THINGS ALONG THE LINE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WEREN'T THAT WERE, WHICH WEREN'T THAT BAD.
UH, I THINK ONE, ONE OF 'EM WAS LIKE A TREE SURVEY.
UM, ANOTHER ONE WAS A, UH, AND ASBE SURVEY AS WELL.
BUT THE MAIN ISSUE WAS THE CPS GETTING THE GAS LINE.
I MEAN, THE CABLES CUT OFF AND THE GAS PLAN CUT OFF TO START THE DEMO.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE, FOR AN ANSWER TO GET THAT FINALIZED WITH THE GAS LINE.
THEY DID CUT OFF THE, THE ELECTRICAL LINES FROM THE POST TO THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S THE, THE ONLY THING THAT'S PENDING IS JUST THE GAS LINE THAT RUNS, I GUESS FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE BUILDING.
AND ACCORDING TO THE VOICEMAIL THAT I GOT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OR LAST WEEK, THEY'RE ON THE FINAL REVIEW TO MAKE A DECISION OR TO GET THE CREW OUT THERE TO GET THAT DONE FROM THE CPS.
ANY QUESTIONS MR. GONZALES? YEAH, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
AND IT SAYS FOR YOU TO REDO SOMETHING BECAUSE THE FACE OF IT'S COMMERCIAL A BIG YEAH.
SO SOMEBODY, SO IT'S GOTTA BE PLOTTED IF IT'S ALREADY MARKED RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEN IT SAYS YOU MUST ALSO APPLY FOR A COMMERCIAL TO REZONE IT.
SO IT'S PLOTTED IF YOU'RE REZONING IT, YOU'RE PAYING TAXES ON IT, CORRECT? YES.
AND ON THE TAXES, TAXES DOES IT, IT IT GIVES YOU A CODE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I DID LAST YEAR TOO.
I PROTESTED THE PROPERTY AND IT GOT APPROVED THAT I WAS GETTING TAXED FOR THE BUILDING.
UH, THAT WAS IN A HUNDRED PERCENT IN GOOD CONDITION, LIVABLE, WHICH WASN'T.
SO I PROTESTED TO WHERE THE TAXES WENT DOWN TO THE PRICE THAT I PURCHASED IT AT AT ONE 15.
WELL, THE OTHER THING I'M GONNA ASK HERE IS IT ALSO STATES IN THE NOTES THAT YOU WERE TOLD REBUILD, REPAIR, BUT IT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REBUILD IT OR REPAIR IT, IT HAS TO BE EITHER UNDER RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.
AND THEY'RE TELLING YOU IN HERE THAT IT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE IS REZONING IT.
SO WHAT IT, WHAT IS YOUR FUNCTION IS GOING TO BE REBUILD WHAT? IS IT A RESIDENT OR IS IT COMMERCIAL? NO, RESIDENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT ZONED.
R SIX WAS, THAT WAS A PLAN TO RESTORE IT, BUT IN THE CURRENT CONDITION, WHICH WAS, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
RIGHT, BUT THE FRONT, YEAH, THE FRONT, THE WAY THEY DID THE FRONT IS COMMERCIAL.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.
'CAUSE I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY FROM A BROKER, UH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE BEST THING THAT I TRIED TO DO.
SO FOR YOU TO REBUILD AS IT STATES IN HERE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT UNDER THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE IT AS RESIDENTIAL AND JUST REBUILD.
THAT WAS THE FIRST PLAN WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED IT.
THIS WAS GOING ON TWO YEARS AGO, I GUESS.
BUT THAT WAS INITIALLY THE PLAN, BUT THEN ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, FELL APART WHEN I FOUND OUT HERE THAT IT WASN'T PLA AND I COULDN'T EVEN PULL ANY TYPE OF PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHEN I JUST DECIDED TO DEMO.
AND THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON, UH, THE RESPONSE FROM THE CPS TO GET THEIR, UH, WORK DONE AND THEN I CAN PROCEED TO FINALIZING THE APPLICATION AND STARTING THE DEMO.
LET ME ASK THE STAFF A QUESTION.
IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE GIVEN A ZONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLOT ON FILE, CORRECT? FOR THE CITY TO ZONE IT, IT HAS TO BE PLOTTED.
IS THAT, SO IF YOU'RE REZONING A WHOLE DISTRICT,
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EVERY ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY ARE ALREADY PLOTTED TO MY, EXCUSE ME, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, THERE USUALLY IS A BASE ZONING AND I DO BELIEVE IT APPLIES WHETHER A PROPERTY HAS BEEN PLATTERED OR NOT.I, I, I'D HAVE TO, I'D HAVE TO RECONFIRM THAT WITH OUR STAFF DOWNSTAIRS, THAT PLATTING AND, UH, GETS A LITTLE OUT OF MY EXPERTISE.
BUT, UM, IN GENERAL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FINALIZED IF A CHANGE IS COMING.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REONE A PROPERTY, YES.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT PLATTED FIRST, PLUS AN ADDRESS, PLUS EVERYTHING THAT LOCKS IN, UH, WHAT THE WELL IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY IS.
AND, AND YOU SAY YOUR TAXES HAS, HAS A, A ZONE ON IT, RIGHT? MM, YEAH.
WELL, LAST YEAR I PROTESTED THE AMOUNT 'CAUSE THEY WERE VALUING THE PROPERTY AT 200,000 AND I DID NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
SO I PROTESTED, TURNED IN MY PURCHASE, UH, DOCUMENTS ON THE AMOUNT THAT I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND THEY DROPPED IT TO THE AMOUNT THAT I PURCHASED.
SO YOU'RE WAITING RIGHT NOW ON A SAY PIPELINE? YES.
SO I BELIEVE AND YOUR INTENT IS TO DEMO THE, THE PROPERTY ANYWAY? OH YES, OF COURSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW DO YOU GET TAXES? THERE ARE NONE.
CHRIS FARMER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
HOW DO YOU BUY WITHOUT A PLOT? AND SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND OR BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, MY NAME, COUNCIL DISTRICT WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU PROPERLY.
UM, I AM THE LIEN HOLDER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, SOLD THE PROPERTY TO JOSE THROUGH A BROKER.
THANK FOR THE HONOR AND YOUR TESTIMONY.
PLEASE, SIR, COULD YOU MOVE YOUR MIC UP SOME? OF COURSE.
UH, I, I AGREE WITH ASSESSMENT, UH, THAT IT SHOULD BE DEMOED.
UM, BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JOSE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND I CURRENTLY UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S WAITING ON CPS TO DISCONNECT THE GAS LINE SO HE CAN CONTINUE THE DEMO OR THE PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER ISSUES AS FAR AS THE LIEN HOLDER IS CONCERNED? UM, NO.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE WHERE THE PLAN IS RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S THAT? YOU'RE IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE PLAN? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10.
CAN I HAVE A, UH, ASK A COUNCIL A QUESTION FIRST? YES, YOU MAY.
SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY TRYING TO DETERMINE ON A DEMOLITION, IF WE ORDER A DEMOLITION AND THEY'RE HOLDING IT UP, IS THAT GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR US IF WE, BECAUSE THE HOLDUP IS THE GAS LINE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE DOING IT OR WE'RE DOING IT, THEY STILL HAVE TECH STOCK TO DEAL WITH
UH, THE BOARD CAN, UH, IF THE BOARD DECIDES ORDER DEMO, UH, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMO PERMIT PROCESS IS GOING, I WAY, IF THE OWNER UNDERTAKES THE DEMO OR THE CITY, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH TEXT DOT.
IT WOULD BE MY EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT IN ESSENCE, IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO ORDER A DEMO, UH, THE ORDER OF THE DEMOLITION, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY INCREASED OR DONE FASTER.
UH, BUT THAT'S JUST PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SO IT MAY NOT APPLY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT THE TIME CHAIR OF ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 18 SOUTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 15 6.
SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17,
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AND 18.I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND FREE AND CLEAR OF DEBRIS.
THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 18 SOUTHWEST LUKE FOUR 10 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE.
UH, CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 15 6.
SUB CODES 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, CLEARED OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS GONNA BE 3 3 1 LOY DRIVE.
MY NAME IS JARED COLLINS, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY, LOCATED AT 3 3 1 LLOYD DRIVE IS RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING HEARD.
THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 11 5 2 3 BLOCK C LOT 1 5 8, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE HONOR ON RECORD IS THE ESTATE OF EMILY G. SOTO WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 3 3 1 LLOYD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER OF RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
UH, THE OFFICE OF OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 25TH, 2026.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS, THE FIRST INSPECTION WAS RE REGARDING THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 7TH, 2025.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 20TH, 2026, AND A CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON APRIL 10TH, 2026.
A CONFERENCE LETTER WAS SENT ON MARCH 18TH, 2026 AND THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON APRIL 20TH, 2026.
OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT OR ANY INTERESTED, PARTY WAS NOT PRESENT.
UH, BSB WAS POSTED ON JULY 23RD, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 3 3 1 LLOYD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 8 ON JULY 21ST, 2026, THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER OF THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT IS STILL PENDING RETURN.
UH, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER OR ACCREDITED ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF AUGUST 5TH.
THE WAY, UH, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE GONNA BE PRESENTED TODAY WERE TAKEN ON JULY 8TH, 2026, AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS OBTAINED TO TAKE THE PHOTOS THAT ARE PRESENTED TODAY.
THE PHOTOS PROVIDED WERE ALSO TAKEN ON JULY 31ST, 2026.
THIS IS THE LATEST PHOTO OF JULY 23RD.
THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE, UH, WHERE THE ROOF SYSTEM YOU CAN SEE IS SAGGING IN THE MIDDLE AND IS COVERED WITH A WORN TARP COVERING WITH HOLES, UH, TOWARDS THE LEFT TOP ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROOF SYSTEM, EXCUSE ME, UH, IS DILAPIDATED WHERE THE SHINGLES, THE ASPHALT SHINGLES ARE CRACKING AND WEATHERED AND WORN AND HAS A HOLE ABOVE THE GARAGE SYSTEM.
THE SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT DOOR ENTRYWAY ON THE CONCRETE PATIO.
THE STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO SEPARATE AWAY FROM THE CONCRETE
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PATIO.UH, DURING THE TIME OF OUR FIRST ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE, THE DOOR ACTUALLY DISINTEGRATED WHEN SAPD PULLED ON IT, UM, FOR THE FELLOWS INTO THE STRUCTURE WERE TAKEN AT THE DOORWAY DUE TO THE INTERIOR, UH, FLOOR DECKING COMPLETELY.
IT'S JUST BARE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THAT ENTRY DOORWAY TO SEE THE OVERHANG AND ALSO THE WALL PANELING ON THE EXTERIOR.
UH, THE OVERHANG IS MISSING, UH, THE KEY COMPONENT ELEMENTS OF THAT DECKING AND COVERING.
THIS IS THE FRONT ENTRY, UH, INTO THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE A LARGE ABUNDANCE OF DEBRIS AND TRASH AND DEBRIS INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THE SHEET ROCK AND DRYWALL ARE COMPLETELY MISSING OUT OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S HOLES THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM AND THE DECKING WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEY WORN.
UH, TARP IS ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH THOSE HOLES.
THIS IS A VIEW INTO A LIVING ROOM AND ALSO THE KITCHEN INTO THE VERY REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THROUGH THAT REAR OF THE STRUCTURE OF THAT PHOTO, THERE IS ACTUALLY A LARGE PORTION OF THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT HAS COLLAPSED INTO THAT AREA.
THIS IS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT DOORWAY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING IN IS ANOTHER ROOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE LIGHT COMING THROUGH THE ROOF DECKING, AND YOU CAN SEE FURTHER, UH, UH, TARP SYSTEMS ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH THAT ROOF DECKING TOO.
THE, THERE'S PORTIONS OF THE CEILING AND ALSO, UH, ROOF MEMBERS THAT HAVE FALLEN INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THE FLOOR SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY MISSING OUT OF THE STRUCTURE, WEATHERED AND WORN FROM HEAVY UH, ELEMENTS.
THIS WAS ALSO A PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE HALLWAY FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
THE, THE, THAT'S ACTUALLY LIGHT THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING, UH, YOU COULD SEE THROUGH THE TOP DECKING INTO THAT IS A BATHROOM THROUGH THE HALLWAY.
THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK, UH, INTO THAT KITCHEN AREA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT LARGE, UH, SECTION OF THE ROOF SYSTEM ACTUALLY FALLEN INTO THE KITCHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN SEE LIGHT AND ALSO THAT, UH, WORN TARP FOR THE ROOF DECKING IS MISSING.
UH, THERE'S ALSO LIGHT AND MISSING PANELS ON THE BACK REAR WALL WHERE YOU CAN SEE VEGETATION AND ALSO THE EXTERIOR LIGHT FROM COMING IN.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THAT MAIN STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN HOLE FROM THAT KITCHEN WHERE THAT WALL PANELING IS MISSING.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE ON THE VERY LEFT BACKSIDE, THERE'S PIECES OF THE WALL, UH, WALL PANEL THAT ACTUALLY DIS, UH, DETACHING FROM THE WALL AND FALLING OFF TO THE SIDE.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FIRST ACCESSORY.
IT HAS A PATIO SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT AROUND A LARGE TREE THAT IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE AND IS HEAVILY WORN IN THE ROOF DECKING AND ALSO THE FLOOR DECKING.
THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK INTO THAT PATIO AREA WHERE THEY BUILT THIS AROUND THE TREE.
THERE'S MULTIPLE SECTIONS THAT ARE STARTING TO DETACH OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO, AND ALSO VERY HEAVILY WORN AND WATER DAMAGED WOOD MEMBERS THROUGH THE ROOF DECKING SYSTEM.
UH, IT'S FILLED WITH A LOT OF MATERIALS SUCH AS TRASH AND DEBRIS AND A LOT OF OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ACCESSORY ONE.
UH, THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS SUSTAINED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER DAMAGE.
IT HAS HOLES THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM.
A CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO.
THERE IS A WOOD TWO BY FOUR, UH, PROPPING UP THE CEILING IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THIS IS ALSO FROM THE DOORWAY.
LOOKING OFF TO THE LEFT WHERE YOU CAN SEE ADDITIONAL, UH, WATER DAMAGE TO THE CEILING.
AND THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT TWO WOOD TWO BY FOUR HOLDING UP THAT, UH, SECTION OF THE CEILING AND ALSO THE, UH, HOLES IN THE CEILING OFF TO THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE HOLES THAT ARE THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.
UH, THERE'S LIGHTS THAT CAN BE SEEN THROUGH ONE OF THESE ADDITIONAL HOLES WHERE THE WATER DAMAGE HAS COME THROUGH.
AND THERE IS A PHOTO OF THAT EXTERIOR LIGHT COMING INTO THE ACCESSORY IF YOU COULD PLEASE.
THIS IS A, UH, VANITY HALLWAY LEADING INTO THE BATHROOM OF THAT ACCESSORY.
UH, THE ACCESSORY IS ACTUALLY ON A SLAVIN GRADE FOUNDATION THAT LEADS TO A ADDITION THAT WAS ADDED THAT IS A P AND BEAM.
THE CEILING HERE IS, UH, MISSING IN THE AREA, IN THE AREA ABOVE THAT VANITY WHERE IT HAS COLLAPSED OVER
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TIME FROM THE AMOUNT OF WOOD ROTT AND DECAY.THE, UH, FLOOR DECKING IS ALSO ALL THE WAY DOWN WHERE YOU CAN SEE TO THE VERY BOTTOM CORNER.
THE, UH, BOTTOM PLATE IS BROUGHT IN AND DETERIORATED.
THE NEXT PHOTO PLEASE AND A CLOSER LOOK TO WHERE THAT, UH, VANITY HAS FALLEN AND WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE, UH, BACK, UH, WOOD STU, WALL STUDS ARE NOW EXPOSED.
AND HERE IS THAT, UH, ROOF SYSTEM THAT IS NOW EXPOSED WHERE THE, UH, CEILING HAS COLLAPSED THERE WITH THE, UM, UH, THE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM WHERE EXTERIOR LIGHT CAN BE SEEN.
THIS IS ACCESSORY TWO, UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 80 SQUARE FOOT.
THERE'S, IT SITS AROUND THE PROPERTY LINE NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
IT DOES HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO IT.
THERE'S HOLES TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND THERE'S NO LONGER ANY WEATHER PROTECTION AND A LOT OF THE PORTIONS OF THE WALLS.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY TUBE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF IT THAT THE WALL SECTION HAS, UH, STARTED TO ROT AND WEATHERED.
AND ALSO THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS A LARGE HOLE IN THERE WHERE EXTERIOR VEGETATION AND LIGHT CAN BE SEEN.
THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK OF THAT INTERIOR WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF DECKING IS MISSING OUT OF THERE FROM SUCH DETERIORATION IN WOOD ROCK.
SO THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ZONED R FIVE BUILT IN 1963 FOUNDATION IS A POST ON BEAM WITH WOOD FOUNDATION, WOOD SIDING, GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, AND ASPHALT SHINGLES COVERINGS, EXTERIOR ROOF FOUND TO HAVE A HEAVY DETERIORATION IN THE DECKING WHERE THE HOLES OF THE ROOF CAN BE SEEN.
INTERIOR STRUCTURE HAS HEAVILY DETERIORATION OF DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR WALLS AND FLOORS.
ROOF MEMBERS HAVE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF DETERIORATION WHERE THERE'S NO LONGER DRYWALL INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
WOOD STONES ARE FOUND TO BE WEATHERED AND ARE LEANING, AND THE FLOOR DECKING IS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH SHOWING GRADE AND FOUNDATION COMPONENTS THAT ARE WEATHERED AND ROTTEN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
ONE ROOF SYSTEM HAS AN EXCESSIVE WEATHERED AND ROTTEN DECKING OF THE PATIO, AND THAT WAS BUILT AROUND THE TREE.
WALLS ARE WEATHERED AND LIKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
STRUCTURE IS ON SLAB AND GRAVE FOUNDATION.
INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE FOUND TO HAVE A DROP, UH, SORRY, DROP CEILING THAT HAS SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE AND A SECTIONS SUPPORTED BY A WOOD BRACE PROPPED UP WITH TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE BATHROOM WAS ON A SEVERELY IS SEVERELY DILAPIDATED WHERE THE ROOF AND THE HOLE WHERE ROOF AND HOLES HAVE, UH, DISINTEGRATED THE COUNTERTOP AND HAS COLLAPSED THE FLOOR.
THE WALLS ARE FOUND TO HAVE HEAVY WATER DAMAGE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
TWO ROOF SYSTEM FOUND TO HAVE HEAVY DETERIORATION WHERE HOLES IN THE ROOF CAN SEEN FROM INTERIOR STRUCTURE WHERE WALLS HAVE ROTTED AND HEAVY AMOUNTS OF WEATHER DAMAGE.
THE STRUCTURE IS LEANING TO THE REAR, THAT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY FLOORING AND FOUND TO HAVE HEAVY DETERIORATION AND HOLES.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 3 3 1 LLOYD DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE ARE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
SUBSECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY ONE ARE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND SUBSECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY TWO ARE GOING TO BE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 ARE IN, WHICH ARE ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF THE, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE, ARE DEFECTS.
HERON, AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT IS, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 3, 3, 1.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER ABATEMENTS? WHAT ABATEMENT COST? UH, ROUGHLY THE COST? LET'S SEE.
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OF FIVE 50.THERE IS NO ACTIVE SERVICE AND CPS ENERGY CONCURRED THAT THERE IS NO ACTIVE SERVICE.
THIRD, ANY SIGNS OF VAGRANT? NO SIGNS OF VAGRANT ACTIVITY.
ADDITIONAL QUESTION TO CODE OFFICER.
THERE ARE NONE NOW THEN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED.
JOVAN GONZALEZ, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT, MA'AM.
UH, AND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT? OH, UH, AM I, I AM IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, MY NAME IS GIOVANNI GONZALEZ.
I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM 3 3 1 LOY ON THREE 18 LOY DRIVE.
UH, AND I JUST HAVE COMMENTS, UH, FOR THIS BOARD.
UH, NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE OBSERVED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT RACCOONS AND RODENTS NESTING ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT RACCOONS, RODENTS, AND DANGEROUS INSECTS INVADING NEARBY HOMES IF THIS HOUSE IS DEMOLISHED.
UH, BUT WE KNOW THE PROPERTY WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO DECLINE AND BECOME MORE OF A DANGER AND HEALTH HAZARD IF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
IF THE STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY ARE SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION, I AM REQUESTING THAT THE BSB SEND OUT A NOTICE TO NEIGHBORS IN A, UH, 30 YARD RADIUS OF THE HOUSE THAT WILDLIFE AND INSECTS, UH, MAY BE ENCROACHING ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE WILDLIFE NEST.
UH, I HAVE NOT OBSERVED ANY ATTEMPTS BY THE HOMEOWNERS FOR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS EXCEPT FOR LAWN MOWING, UH, THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF CITATIONS OF OVERGROWN GRASS AND SHRUBS.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABANDONED SEVEN KITTENS AT THE PROPERTY IN THE SUMMER OF 2022.
IT IS MY SPECULATION THAT THE RESIDENT DIED ABOUT THIS TIME, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TOOK CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY.
I SUSPECT THE KITTENS WERE LIVING INSIDE ONE OF THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN WERE JUST LET OUTDOORS FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
I HAD ALREADY BEEN CARING FOR, UH, FIVE CAROL CAT, UH, I'M SORRY, FIVE FERAL CATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I WORKED WITH THE FERAL CAT COALITION TO TRAP THESE KITTENS FROM 3 3 1 LOY AND GET THEM SPAYED AND NEUTERED.
THE DAUGHTER OF THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER, UH, LAURA, DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE TO TRAP THE KITTENS.
AND SHE ASKED ME NOT TO USE THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO TRAP THE CATS BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROPERTY.
IN ADDITION, SHE SAID SHE WAS WORRIED THAT HER LIFE WAS IN DANGER, BUT LAURA DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER DETAILS.
I WAS SUSPICIOUS OF LAURA'S STRANGE STATEMENTS AND BEHAVIOR.
SO I AVOIDED ANY OTHER CONTACT WITH HER OR HER HUSBAND OR COMPANION, UH, WHO WOULD ACCOMPANY HER LAURA TO THE HOUSE TO PERFORM YARD WORK.
THE FERAL CAT COALITION VOLUNTEER AND I SPENT EXTRA TIME TO LURE THE KITTENS TO MY HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET TO TRAP THEM SO THE KITTENS COULD BE EXAMINED AND SPAYED AND NEUTERED.
I MADE A HUNDRED DOLLARS DONATION TO THE FERAL CAT COALITION FOR EACH CAT THAT WAS TRAPPED FROM THIS RESIDENCE FOR A TOTAL COST TO ME OF $700.
THERE ARE SIX CATS LEFT OF THESE ORIGINAL SEVEN KITTENS THAT I STILL FEED AND OFFER SHELTER TODAY AT MY EXPENSE.
BATS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY ME EMERGING FROM AN AREA AT OR NEAR THIS PROPERTY DURING SUNSET IN JUNE OF 2025.
SORRY, IN 2025, I REPORTED 15 DEAD BATS ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE TO THE 3 1 1 OPERATORS.
IN ADDITION TO THREE OTHER DEAD BATS THAT I DISPOSED OF MYSELF.
IN 2026, THERE HAVE BEEN 2222 DEAD BATS ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
THEY SEEM TO BE HITTING THE POWER LINES.
UH, THE LATEST ONE BEING TODAY, TUESDAY, UH, AUGUST 4TH, 2026.
I, WHEN I SENT THIS EMAIL, UH, I SENT A PICTURE OF THE THIS BAT.
UH, AS A NOTE, THE CATS AND THE CATS DO SEEM TO IGNORE THE DEAD BATS, BUT IT'S, IT IS STILL A SAFETY CONCERN THAT THE BATS COULD BE SPREADING DISEASE TO THE ANIMALS OR HUMANS LIVING NEARBY.
ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS OFTEN SENT TO PICK UP THE BATS, RUN A RABIES TEST, AND THEN DISPOSE OF THE BATS.
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A CS CONTACTED THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND LOCATE THE BAT COLONY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RELOCATE THE ANIMALS IF POSSIBLE, AS SOME BATS ARE A PROTECTED SPECIES IN TEXAS AS WELL AS A USEFUL MEANS OF INSECT CONTROL IN THE EVENING HOURS.MS. GONZALES, EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT THE THREE MINUTES HAS EXPIRED OKAY.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND, OR AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND.
UH, WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR COMMENTS ON IT.
LEMME SEE IF THE, IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU, PLEASE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS MS. GONZALEZ? NO QUESTION.
LAURA GONZALEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND MS. GONZALEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE, UH, AND ALSO GIVE US SOME RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE.
I AM IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, DISTRICT SEVEN, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THE HEARINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
I'M THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR SIB, OR THREE TOTAL OF FOUR.
UM, REASON FOR NOT HAVING MUCH DONE TO THE PROPERTY IS BECAUSE THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR AT 3 35 LLOYD DRIVE, AS Y'ALL KNOW, HAS AN EXTENSIVE, UM, RECORD WITH THE LAW.
HE HAS THREATENED MY LIFE, MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND.
MS. GONZALES, I'M GONNA ASK YOU YES SIR.
PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD RETAIN YOUR COMMENT STRICTLY TO THE STRUCTURE PER SE, TO RIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE, THE REASON WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME WE DO APPROACH, HE HAS VERY BAD, UH, APPROACHES US WITH VERY BAD LANGUAGE THREATENING US.
HE HAS DONE AGAIN, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP YOU.
I NEED TO, YOU, YOU, OUR PLAN IS ON THE STRUCTURE.
OUR PLAN IS TO WORK ON IT AND I AM WORKING WITH A PHONE NUMBER THAT, UH, MR. COLLINS HAD GIVEN ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE, UM, NON-EMERGENCY POLICE, UM, TO, SO WHEN WE GO AND GET THINGS DONE, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE ESCORTED WITH POLICE.
UH, THAT THIS, EVERYTHING I'M SAYING IS DUE TO THAT BECAUSE WE WANNA GET THINGS DONE AND GET IT WORKED ON OR POSSIBLY THE FRONT AREA IF IT HAS TO BE DEMOED, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIX IT OR IF WHAT'S GONNA COST MORE WEATHER FIXING OR DEMOLISHING IT.
BUT OUR PLAN IS TO GET THINGS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU PLAN TO ATTACK FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, ET CETERA? DOWN THE LINE.
AND DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR THOSE REPAIR JOBS? AT THIS MOMENT, MY HUSBAND AND I, IN OUR LINE OF WORK, WE WORK BY JOB CONTRACTS.
SO THERE'S A CONTRACTOR THAT OWES US SOME FUNDS IN OVER 90 DAYS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GIVE HIM ONE MORE ATTEMPT TO PAY US SO WE CAN GET A DUMPSTER OUT THERE AND START GETTING THINGS DONE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY OUR, I MEAN OUR BREAKS WENT OUT AS WE WERE COMING TODAY HERE.
WE HAD TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO GET THINGS DONE, GET 'EM STARTED AS CLEARING UP ALL THE DEBRIS, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE AS FAR AS STARTING WITH THAT FIRST AND STARTING TO GET A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE.
AND AS WE UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TO HAVE SEVERAL ESTIMATES TO PROVIDE FOR YOU ALL AND WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THINGS DONE AND GET THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT LIKE WE SAID, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO MOST LIKELY PROCEED WITH AN OFFICER THERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I THINK IT'S GONNA POSSIBLY GET TAKEN CARE OF BASED ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HERE FOR OUR LIFE.
THAT GENTLEMEN, THAT'S WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW.
UH, HOW MUCH DO YOU ANTICIPATE SPENDING TO BRING THIS PROPERTY TO CODE? I DON'T HAVE A FIGURE, BUT I DO KNOW WHERE WE HAVE TO START OFF IS CLEARING EVERYTHING UP AND THEN I'M SURE IT'S GONNA TAKE PROBABLY ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 20 TO $40,000 I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN THAT SAME LINE OF WORK, WHICH WE CAN WORK ON THE PROPERTY, OF COURSE PULLING PERMITS AND DOING THAT FIRSTHAND WITH YOU ALL.
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WE SAID, CLEAR EVERYTHING UP AND START LOOKING AT ALL THE STRUCTURES, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE BEST THING TO DO.AND AS FAR AS THE BACK STRUCTURES, ONE OF THEM IS A TOOL SHED.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, I A PLACE TO LIVE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SECTION TWO, THE LAST ONE.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS OUR GOAL TO GET THINGS DEMOLISHED.
IF WE HAVE TO GO THE DEMOLISHING WAY, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE.
IF WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA TAKE, IS IT GONNA BE WORTH SAVING IT OR IS IT GONNA BE BEST TO JUST DEMOLISH THE FRONT STRUCTURE? WE'RE WORKING TO SEE IF WE'RE, WE CAN, THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO, UM, WALLS AND NO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE HAD A RELATIVE THAT STAYED HERE WITH US RIGHT BEFORE COVID STARTED AND WE TOLD HIM HE HAD NOTHING.
HE WANTED TO WORK AND DO SOMETHING.
SO WE TOLD HIM JUST TO START WITH ONE ROOM AND HE WOUND UP GOING DOWN THE LINE.
AND THEN OF COURSE BEING THAT COVID HIT WHEN IT DID, I LOST MY MOM TO COVID.
AND SO WE GOT COVID, I FLATLINED FOUR TIMES.
I DIED DURING, DURING OR FLATLINED FOUR TIMES DURING THE 48 HOURS AFTER MY MOTHER HAS PASSED.
MY HUSBAND SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WITHIN ALL THAT TIME.
SO HEALTH WISE IT'S BEEN VERY TOUGH.
WE JUST HAD COVID ABOUT A MONTH LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.
SO DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. GONZALEZ? THIS IS FRED ANDES.
YOU'VE MENTIONED THREE TIMES ALREADY THAT THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE TORN DOWN.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY KNOW IT SHOULD BE TORN DOWN.
WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT REBUILDING IT? WELL, THE REASON I SAY TORN DOWN IS BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THAT IS NOT IN MY HEART TO DO, BUT I HAVE TO CLEAR IT OUT TO.
BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, THE OTHER THREE, THE OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE BACK, I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE LESS MONEY TO REPAIR.
SO THE VERY FRONT ONE PROBABLY GONNA TAKE MORE MONEY, BUT I MEAN MOST LIKELY IT WILL TAKE MORE MONEY THAN THE, THE OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE BACK.
SO IN MY HEART, I WANNA SAY THE STRUCTURES, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO CLEAR EVERYTHING OUT TO GET CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT.
BUT YOU DIDN'T BRING A SCOPE OF WORK.
AND WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE? UM, DURATION, UH, TIME TO DO ALL THAT.
NOT TODAY, BUT I AM WORKING, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
TRYING TO GET, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS RIGHT NOW AND IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO, WE NEED TO CLEAR EVERYTHING UP.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME.
YES, THAT THAT'S THE REASON I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.
HE, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUR OFFICERS WHEN THEY COME OUT, HE THREATENS YOUR OFFICERS WHEN THEY COME OUT.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE NOT MY OFFICERS, BUT UM, BECAUSE WE'RE SEPARATE DSDI SEE.
UM, ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED YES SIR.
AND THE INFORMATION THAT IT FROM THE PHOTOS.
AND YOU GO BACK TO THE SAME THING THAT EVEN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS, TO DEMOLISH IT OR NOT TO DEMOLISH IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING FROM YOU SAYING, HEY LOOK, IT'S GONNA COST THIS TIME AND ALL THAT.
IF, IF YOU ALLOW ME A LITTLE TIME, I CAN GET THOSE, GET SOME ESTIMATES AND BECAUSE LINE THE LINE OF WORK THAT MY HUSBAND ARE IN, WE KNOW HOW TO DO THE WORK.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE FUNDS.
WE, AGAIN, WE NEED TO GET EVERYTHING CLEARED OUT SO WE CAN BRING ESTIMATES OR HAVE A, AT LEAST A FULL ESTIMATE OF WHAT EVERYTHING IS GONNA COST ITEMIZED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU MA'AM.
THANK YOU MR. GONZALEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHILE I MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME LOCATION, BUT GO AHEAD.
PROVIDE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE, SIR.
DISTRICT SEVEN JOSEPH GONZALEZ.
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UM, JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT MY WIFE WAS SAYING, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THE PLACE IS THE FRONT STRUCTURE ONE WILL PROBABLY BE TORN DOWN.I HAVE A CONTRACTOR FRIEND OF MINE THAT'S GONNA GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE ON THAT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT GETTING THAT DOWN.
UH, STRUCTURE TWO OR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, SORRY, THE MAIN STRUCTURE WILL BE TORN DOWN.
UH, STRUCTURE ONE, WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN REBUILD WE AND STRUCTURE TWO TOOL SHED WILL BE TORN DOWN AS WELL.
UH, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, LIKE WE SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE FUNDS TOGETHER TO GET THE DUMPSTER OUT THERE SO WE CAN CLEAR THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
UM, THAT NEIGHBOR 3 35 LAWYER IS A REAL NUISANCE.
UM, HE'S THREATENED US BY SHOWING HIS FIREARM.
UM, SIR, AGAIN, I'M GONNA ASK SUPPOSED TO YOU ALSO RETAIN OR KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THE STRUCTURES PER SE.
WE WILL DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
WE'RE GONNA WORK ON GETTING THE ESTIMATES, UM, FROM THAT FRIEND OF MINE AND ALSO I KNOW ELECTRICIANS, PAINTERS, EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET EVERYBODY OUT THERE HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BUSY WORKING TOO.
SO WHENEVER THEY HAVE A CHANCE, THEY'LL GET OUT THERE AND WORK UP AN ESTIMATE FOR US.
UH, I FAILED TO ASK, UH, MS. GONZALEZ THE QUESTION THAT I SHOULD HAVE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION ON AIRSHIP OR DOCUMENTATION ON THE ACTUAL, UH, PASSING OF THE RESIDENCE? NO.
RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL IN THE ES ESTATE OF EMILY.
UM, THE OTHER SIBLINGS HAVE RE NOT TALKED ABOUT SIGNING IT OVER TO MY WIFE.
UM, ONE REFUSES THE OTHER TWO ARE NOT, UH, SAYING ANYTHING YET.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT IN ORDER AS WELL SO WE CAN GET THE PROPERTY IN LAURA'S NAME.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. GONZALEZ? BUT ALSO MY WIFE HAS, UM, MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE TAX OFFICE ALREADY AND WE'RE MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE PROPERTY TAX.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS ROBERT? NO.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 1 LLOYD DRIVE.
MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDERSON.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 1 LOY DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 7, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 6.
SUBSECTIONS FOR MAIN IS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
ACCESSORY 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
ACCESSORY 2 1 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THEY ARE NOT, UH, TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALL UTILITIES TO BE CUT OR REMAIN CUT, UH, SECURE THE PROPERTY AND, UH, FREE OF ALL DEBRIS.
THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 3 1 LOY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, UH, SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ONE SUB CODES 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TWO SUB CODES, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, THAT THE ALL THREE STRUCTURES ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UTILITIES CUT THE PROPERTY SECURED AND THE PROPERTY FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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COLONEL DWAYNE NELSON.MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS GONNA BE 31 0 7 HATTON STREET.
MY NAME IS JAIME HOSTEL, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 31 0 7 HAT STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY IS BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 2 6 9 9 BLOCK FOUR, LOT 35, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS HERNANDEZ G AND IRENE SA STATE OF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 31 0 7 HANTON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 3 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
AS OF AUGUST 6TH, 2026, CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH, UH, THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER, ROSEANNE ESCOBAR, OWNER'S SON JOHN HERNANDEZ, AND THE OWNER'S GRANDSON, GRANDSON CAESAR ESCOBAR.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 WITH AN UPDATED REVIEW ON JANUARY 21ST, 2026, THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 31 0 7 HATTON STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 7TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 10TH, 2024 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, DELIVERED ON JUNE 12TH, 2024.
A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PLACARD HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025, AND A COURTESY NOTICE WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025.
ON JULY 21ST, 2026 THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
AND ON JULY 22ND, 2026 THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 31 0 7 HAN STREET AS OF AUGUST 6TH, 2026.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
AND AS OF AUGUST 6TH, 2026, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE AND NO REPAIR.
REPAIR APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
THE THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, BUT IT IS JUST OUTSIDE OF ST.
JOHN BURMAN SCHOOL, BRENTWOOD STEAM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JFK HIGH SCHOOL.
IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED WITH SAWS THAT THEIR WATER HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE JUNE OF 2026.
UH, CPS HAS VERIFIED THERE IS ACTIVE SERVICE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JULY 8TH AND AUGUST 3RD, 2026.
THIS FIRST PHOTO IS A FRONT ELEVATION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS PHOTO THERE IS DETERIORATION.
UH, THERE IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THAT'S, UH, SECTION OF THE PROPERTY IS DETACHING.
THERE IS ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS UNDERNEATH THE WINDOWS AND THE STRUCTURE WAS PREVIOUSLY SECURED BY A CITY CONTRACTOR.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THAT BRICK VENEER IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE, UH, EXPOSING THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS SIDING.
THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWS THAT THE WOOD SIDING THAT IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS WATER DAMAGE.
THE OVERHANG IS ALSO ROTTED AND LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS SECTION IS ALSO WITHIN, AT THE MOST THREE FEET FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
THIS IS A REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE WINDOW SILLS ARE ALSO WATER DAMAGE AND ROTTING.
THERE IS A LARGE HOLE PRESENT IN THE ATTACHED, UH, CHIMNEY AND THAT IS LISTING AND DETACH FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT AREA.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT SIDING IS DETACHING.
THE WOOD MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT ARE ROTTED AND THERE IS, UH, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THIS AREA.
AND LOOKING UP TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE CHIMNEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE HOLE PRESENT CITING THAT IS MISSING AND DAMAGED AND THAT THE WOOD MEMBERS EXPOSED ARE ROTTED AND WEATHER DAMAGED.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION AS SEEN FROM THE REAR.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS, UH, JUST THE OVERHANG IS ROTTED
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AND DAMAGED.AND THAT IS, UH, PREVIOUSLY SECURED BY A CITY CONTRACTOR.
UH, MAKE AN ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE OF VAGRANT THAT HAVE BEEN USING THE PROPERTY.
UH, LOOKING TOWARDS THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE'S MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS WITHIN THE INSIDE.
THE, SOME OF THE FLOOR COVERING IS DETACHING AND IT IS DAMAGED.
UH, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE FRONT, UH, ROOM THAT WAS VISIBLE ON THE FRONT ELEVATION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CEILING DRYWALL HAS DETACHED AND IS ON THE FLOOR.
UM, IT HAS BEEN REMOVED, BUT THERE IS WATER DAMAGE PRESENT.
THERE ARE LARGE HOLES PRESENT HERE THAT ALLOW THE ELEMENTS TO ENTER INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THESE CEILING RAFTERS AND JOS ARE ROTTED AND WATER DAMAGED.
AND HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THAT AREA.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT DECKING THAT IS DETACHING AND THAT IS, UH, FALLING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
LARGE HOLES THAT ARE PRESENT, ALLOWING DAYLIGHT AND THE ELEMENTS THAT ENTER INTO THE STRUCTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE RAFTERS.
UH, WALKING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS PRESENT.
UH, THERE'S DEBRIS FROM THE FALLEN DRYWALL.
THERE'S WATER DAMAGE PRESENT TO THE DRYWALL THAT REMAINS ON THE CEILING AND THERE IS MORE HOLES PRESENT.
WALKING TOWARDS THE REAR, YOU CAN SEE MORE TRASH IN TO BE PRESENT.
UM, THE FLOOR COVERING THAT IS DETACHING AND IT IS STARTING TO, UM, DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE, IT IS STARTING TO DETACH, UH, FROM THE FLOORING, MORE HOLES PRESENT IN THE ROOF AND DAMAGED DRYWALL.
THIS IS LOOKING INTO THAT LEFT WINDOW THAT HAS, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BOARDED UP.
YOU COULD SEE MORE WATER DAMAGE AND ROTTING TO THAT WINDOW SILL AND WALKING FURTHER INTO THE STRUCTURE, MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, MORE INSULATION THAT'S ON THE GROUND FROM THE CEILING, UH, DRYWALL THAT HAS COLLAPSED.
AND THIS IS A WATER CLOSET ROOM WHERE UM, IT IS FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THUS, UH, EXPOSED, ALSO DAMAGED PLUMBING FIXTURES.
UH, WALKING TO THE BATHROOM IN THE AREA, THERE IS, UM, DETACHED FLOOR COVERING.
UM, IT DOES EXPOSE A SUBFLOOR.
UH, AS MENTIONED THERE WAS WATER UP UNTIL JUNE OF 2026.
UH, SO THE FACILITIES WERE BEING USED.
UH, THIS IS THE ROOM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE, UH, DETERIORATION TO THE SUB OR TO THE FLOOR COVERING AN EXPOSED SUBFLOOR.
AND THERE IS ALSO SOME, UH, DE SEPARATION ON THE WALL THAT'LL BE VISIBLE IN THE NEXT PHOTO.
IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SEPARATION THAT IS VISIBLE.
THERE'S A LARGE HOLE PRESENT IN THE ROOF, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS TO ENTER.
AND THERE IS AN EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT IS SUBJECT TO, UH, IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
AND AS MENTIONED, THERE IS ACTIVE SERVICE TO THE ELECTRICAL.
THIS IS A ROOM ON THE REAR HAND SIDE, UH, THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE HERE YOU CAN SEE MORE TRASH AND TO BE PRESENT, MORE EVIDENCE THAT VAGRANTS HAVE BEEN USED IN THIS, UM, THIS PROPERTY.
AND, UM, JUST MORE TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SAME ROOM.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PATCHING UP HOLES ON THE WALL WITH, UH, PIECES OF DRYWALL.
THERE'S ALSO A HOT PLATE MICROWAVE, UM, AND A TOASTER, UH, WHICH DOES POST A FIRE CONCERN.
UM, BECAUSE OF NTS HAVE BEEN USED IN THIS PROPERTY.
THIS IS A DETACHED ACCESSORY SHED IN THE REAR.
HERE IS THE FRONT AND LEFT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SHINGLES ARE WORN AND DETERIORATED.
THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE.
IT IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND THERE ARE ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE HOLE THAT WAS PRESENT THAT WAS BOARDED UP AND THAT THE STRUCTURE IS AGAIN RESTING ON GRADE.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT IS WITHIN FOUR FEET OF THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
UH, THERE IS GRAFFITI ON THE REAR WALLS AND A STRUCTURE THAT IS RESTING ON GRADE.
LOOKING INSIDE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS, THE FOUNDATION IS SINKING INTO A GRADE.
THE SUBFLOOR IS MISSING IN THE AREAS.
IT'S FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT A VAGRANT WE'RE USING THIS ACCESSORY AS WELL.
I'M LOOKING FURTHER INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
YOU SEE THE LARGE HOLE THAT WAS PRESENT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, HOLES THAT ARE PRESENT ON THE ROOF AND THE EVIDENCE THAT VAGRANTS HAVE BEEN USING THIS PROPERTY.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 31 0 7 HATTON STREET ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN.
AND 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION,
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SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POST A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 31 0 7 HATTON STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? THIS IS FRED ANDES.
UH, YOU SAID THERE WAS, UH, A MAINTENANCE ISSUED IN 2025.
THERE WAS A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FOR THE EXTERIOR FOR THE CLEANUP.
SO IT'S AN ABATEMENT? YEAH, IT'S AN ABATEMENT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WAS? YES SIR.
THE PROPERTY WAS ABATED IN JULY OF 2026 FOR A TOTAL OF SIX 1,650.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY TIME IT WAS ABATED? YES SIR.
THERE'S ANOTHER PENDING ABATEMENT RIGHT NOW TO GO BACK AND RESECURE THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND YOU ALSO SAID YOU RESE, YOU SECURED IT ONE TIME BEFORE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
DURING THE, THE ABATEMENT THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THAT WE SECURED IT AT THAT POINT, PART OF IT.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE NOW PENDING AND THERE'S ANOTHER PENDING WORK ORDER FOR IT TO GO BACK AND SECURE THE STRUCTURE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE, NOT NECESSARILY THE ACCESSORY.
NO, THE ACCESSORIES STILL REMAIN SECURED.
THE, THE BIG HOLE HAS BEEN BOARDED UP FROM OUR, THE FIRST ABATEMENT THAT WE DID.
AND NO SIGNS OF VAGRANT IN IT RIGHT NOW? UH, I HAVE NOT, WHENEVER I DO MY INSPECTIONS, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY.
BUT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY DO SEE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
AND YOU AND ELECTRIC IS STILL ON, ELECTRIC IS STILL ACTIVE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 31 0 7 HUNT STREET.
MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
MR. STRANDIS, I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 1 0 7.
HUNTING STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 7, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS FOR MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND ACCESSORY 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND IT'S TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
IT'S TO BE, UH, VACATED AND IT IS TO BE FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 31 0 7 HUTTON STREET.
IT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
IT IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND FOR THE SECTION RESTRUCTURE SUB CODES 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UTILITIES ARE TO BE CUT, PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED AND CLEAR OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND WE HAVE TWO SECONDS AGAIN.
SO, UH, ANY DISCUSSION I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND ONE THING ON THERE, STRANDIS THAT I FORGOT.
YOU'RE ON A YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE ON MOTION, HUH? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I FORGOT TO ADD TO, UH, SECURE AND TO SECURE.
AND DORA, I'M GONNA GO TO YOU FOR THE SECOND SINCE I HEARD THAT SECOND.
FIRST I ACCEPT AND YOU ACCEPT THE YES AMENDMENT.
SO, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, JUDY, IT'S TO BE SECURED.
OKAY? ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MY NAME IS SIR JO QUINTANILLA, DANGERS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 7 26 STUTZ DRIVE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 13 9 6 BLOCK FIVE LOT SIX 0.34
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A AND NCB 1 3 9 0 7 BLOCK ONE LOT ONE 0.304 AC LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JONES ROGER LEE WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 7 26 STUTTS DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 9 44 38.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL THE 22ND OF 2025 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 7 26 STUTZ DRIVE WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY THE 26TH OF 2024.
ORIGINAL NOTICE OF, UH, WAS MAILED ON JULY THE 30TH OF 2024, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON MAY 6TH, 2025.
A CONFERENCE MEETING WAS HELD, NO OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDED ON JULY 21ST, 2026.
A NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED OUT TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON JULY 22ND, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 7 26 STUTZ DRIVE.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF AUGUST 5TH, 2026.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 7 26 STUTZ DRIVE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH OF 2026, JULY THE SEVENTH OF 2026, AND AUGUST THE THIRD OF 2026, THE FIRST PHOTOS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1949 WITH A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION AND A COMBINATION OF BRICK AND COMPOSITE SIDING IN THE FRONT AND VINYL SIDING ON THE REAR WITH A METAL GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD THAT THIS PHOTO HERE IS FROM MY INITIAL INSPECTION BACK IN FEBRUARY THE 17TH OF 2025.
UH, THE FOUNDATION IS SHIFTING AND SITTING ON GRADE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT PORCH WALLS ARE DETACHING DUE TO THE HOME SHIFTING AND THE METAL ROOF IS RUSTED AND A SIGNIFICANT DIP IN THE RIDGE LINE IS VISIBLE.
UH, MY NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE CURRENT APPEARANCE OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICH SHOWS NO CHANGES.
MY NEXT PHOTO IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DETACHING FRONT PORCH AND MISSING ROOF COVERING, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS, WHICH ARE ROTTING AND DECAYING THE FALLING PHOTOS OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHERE THE REAR SECTION OF THE WALL IS DETACHING AND FALLING OVER, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
UH, SIGHTING IS DAMAGED, WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT BOARDED UP.
THE OVERHANG IS WEATHERED AND WORN AS WELL.
THE NEXT PHOTOS OF THE LEFT ELEVATION, ONCE AGAIN DAMAGED SIDING IS VISIBLE.
THE BROKEN WINDOWS ARE BOARDED UP AND THE DAMAGE OVERHANG IS VISIBLE.
UH, THE ELECTRIC METER IS LOCATED ON THIS SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, BUT I CAN ADVISE THE BOARD THERE ARE NO ACTIVE SERVICES, UH, OR ELECTRICAL OR WATER SERVICES AT THIS TIME.
FROM THERE, WE GO TO MY NEXT PHOTO OF THE REAR ELEVATION.
REAR PORCH COVERING IS COLLAPSING AND MISSING THE PROTECTIVE COVERING, EXPOSING THE ROTTING AND DECAYING WOOD MEMBERS.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT THAT REAR DOOR THAT'S BOARDED UP IS WHERE I FIRST MAKE ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THE NEXT PHOTOS OF THE POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE POSTS HAVE SUNK INTO THE GROUND AND THE BEAM TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE, OF THE PHOTO ARE ON GRADE.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF MY VIEW OF THE ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SUBFLOORING IS EXPOSED, MISSING, THE PROTECTIVE COVERING, AND A HOLE IS VISIBLE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE FOUND THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO, UH, ON GRADE NEXT PHOTOS OF MY VIEW.
ONCE INSIDE THE KITCHEN IS TO THE LEFT, THERE'S A WATER HEATER CLOSET STRAIGHT AHEAD AND THEN A BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS MY NEXT PHOTO.
THIS IS THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT.
IT'S FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS I WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THERE.
AND THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS A IS OF THE LEFT WALL IN THAT SAME BEDROOM, WHICH IS SEPARATING FROM THE CEILING DUE TO THE FAILED FOUNDATION, UH, FOUNDATION ARE VISIBLE ON THE WALLS AND CEILING SHEET ROCK.
MY NEXT PHOTO IS BACK INTO THE KITCHEN.
TRASH AND DEBRIS IS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.
UH, SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED AND MISSING FROM THE CEILING, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
UH, WHEN WALKING IN THIS ROOM, I COULD FEEL THERE WAS A SLOPE TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE HOME.
SO I PLACED THE LEVEL ON THE GROUND, WHICH IS MY NEXT PHOTO.
AND THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BUBBLE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL SHOWS THE, THE BUBBLE TO THE RIGHT SHOWING THE FOUNDATION IS OFF CENTER.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS A LOOK AT THE CEILING IN
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THE KITCHEN DAMAGED UTE ROCK IS VISIBLE AND THE MISSING EXPOSING THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS ROTTING, DECAYING.YOU CAN SEE NATURAL LIGHT IS ENTERING, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE LIVING ROOM.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DOORFRAME IS SLANTED AND UH, SHOWING THE FOUNDATION IS, UH, IS MOVING.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE LIVING ROOM FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, MAKING A DIFFICULT TENSION AND POSING EGRESS CONCERNS.
UH, DAMAGED SIDING AND BROKEN WINDOWS ARE VISIBLE.
THE DOORWAY TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO IS THE NEXT BEDROOM, WHICH IS MY NEXT PHOTO.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ENTER.
WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND THE NEXT PHOTO SHOWS THE SHEET ROCK FROM THE CEILING THAT IS MISSING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED WOOD MEMBERS, WHICH ARE HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND ALSO THE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING.
THIS IS A SINGLE STRUCTURE, SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE, UH, FOUND TO BE A DETERIORATED IN IN A NEGLECTED CONDITION.
THE FOUNDATION IS SINKING AND SITTING ON GRADE.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE MISSING, THE COVER AND WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING.
THE OVERHANG IS WORN AND THE METAL ROOF COVERING IS WEATHERED AND RUSTING WITH A SEVERE BOW IN THE RIDGE LINE.
AND THE INTERIOR IS FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND V*G AND VAGRANTS CONTINUE TO ENTER AND VANDALIZE THE STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 7 26 STUTTS DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE, THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR 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 7 26 STUTZ DRIVE.
QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? YEAH.
ON YOUR, YOUR NOTES, YOU'VE TALKED TO WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS COMMON LAW WIFE.
AND IN THE NOTES IT SAYS YOU'RE GONNA SEND THE DOCUMENTS TO THE CITY TO YES.
UM, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UH, STATED THAT THE SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT WAS NEVER APPROVED.
SO SHE HAD NEVER HAD ANY OWNERSHIP.
AND AS OF TODAY, BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT STILL SHOWS MR. JONES AS THE OWNER, MR. JONES, ROGER LEE, CAN YOU TELL ME, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, WHO REVIEWED THAT? UH, ERIC BURNS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENT? OH, OH, UH OH.
UH, LET ME GET, IF I WAS UNDER ANY OPPRESSION, COMMON LAW, YOU STILL HAVE SOME RIGHTS.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION, WHILE YOU LOOKING FOR THE DOCUMENT, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
I CAN LOOK THROUGH, UH, I KNOW I HAVE ATTACHED, I MAY HAVE NOT.
BOARD, I MAY HAVE NOT PRINTED OUT THAT DOCUMENTATION THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, UH, BUT I DO HAVE IT IN THE CASE.
WELL, YEAH, 'CAUSE IT FOLLOW IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE A FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT.
IT JUST SAYS YOU HANDED THE DOCUMENTS OVER.
SO IT WAS NEVER, AND THAT'S THE REASON I ASKED.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT AS A COMMON LAW, THERE ARE CERTAIN RIGHTS THEY DO HAVE.
AND I, AND YOU'VE TALKED TO THIS LADY, I TALKED TO HER OVER THE PHONE.
SHE DOESN'T LIVE HERE IN TEXAS.
UM, AND SHE MADE CONTACT THROUGH ME THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND I MET, SHE SENT HER THE DOCUMENTATION TO HAND OVER TO ME.
SO I MET WITH HER AND SENT IT OVER TO THE UH, SO YOU NEVER DISCUSSED WHAT THE INTENT OF THE PROPERTY FROM HER? YES.
HER, HER, SHE, SHE HAS, UH, SHE WANTS TO DEMOLISH AS WELL.
UH, BUT SHE'S NOT THE OWNER AND SHE STILL HAS NOT RE UH, ACQUIRED OWNERSHIP.
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UH, I JUST NEED, YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S A KIND OF LIKE A BLANK SPOT RIGHT THERE.AND NEIGHBORS SEEN VAGRANTS GOING IN AND OUT.
UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY VAGRANTS AND THE ONLY PERSON WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESENT, WHO CLAIMS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT AND OBVIOUSLY THE INTERIOR LOOKS VANDALIZED.
SO THERE, BUT SINCE I HAVE ABATED THE LAST TIME, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY, UH, IT'S STILL SECURED AT THIS TIME.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY THE ABATEMENT WAS THE LAST ABATEMENT I HAD.
WAS, UH, AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, I'M GONNA ASK COUNSEL A QUESTION.
COUNSEL, MAY WE PROCEED WITHOUT HAVING INPUT FROM THE POTENTIAL COMMON LAW WIFE, YOU CAN PROCEED, UH, BECAUSE YOUR, UH, THIS BOARD'S DETERMINATION WILL BE ASKED TO THE STRUCTURE AND THE LAND.
BUT I NEED TO SEE THAT DOCUMENT TO DETERMINE, UH, THE STATUS OF THE COMMON LAW WIFE TO DETERMINE IF, UH, SHE HAS STANDING TO APPEAL.
SO THERE WERE, THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE ABATEMENTS.
ONE, UH, IN FEBRUARY THE 2025 AND THE AMOUNT AROUND $1,472.
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE LAST MONTH IN JULY, UH, OF 2026 AND THE AMOUNTS OF 800, AROUND $847.
UH, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A BEE ABATEMENT AS WELL LAST MONTH AS WELL WHEN THE CONTRACTORS WERE TRYING TO ABATE THE PROPERTY.
AND THE BEE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION CAME OUT TO AROUND $662.
IT WAS A TOTAL OF 2000, AROUND $2,981 FOR THE ABATEMENTS.
UH, MR CHAIR MA'AM? UH, I, I'M JUST LOOKING AT BEAR CA UH, BEAR CAD AND IT INDICATES THERE'S AN ACCESSORY.
IS THE ACCESSORY, UH, NOT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION? THERE IS NO ACCESSORY ON THE PROPERTY? NO.
CAD DOES SHOW IT AS HAVING ACCESSORY, BUT VISUAL OBSERVATION IS BETTER THAN CAD.
SO WE ACCEPT THE TESTIMONY OF THE CODE OFFICER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, DO YOU GOT 2,981? ALRIGHT, SO YOU'VE BEEN MAKING CONTACT THROUGH A THIRD PARTY? YES SIR.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO SIR, THERE ARE NONE.
CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 2 6 DRIVE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION PLEASE.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 2 6.
STUT DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56, 1 15 6, EXCUSE ME, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 17 AND 18.
I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER.
FREE AND CLEAR OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND I BELIEVE UTILITIES WERE ALREADY CUT, BUT JUST IN CASE.
OKAY, THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 2 6.
SUCH DRIVE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
IT IS NOT FEASIBLE BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SIX SUB CODES 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY OR THE BUILDINGS ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS, UH, CLEAN AND UH, CLEAR WITH UTILITIES CUT, CLEAN AND CLEAR OF TRASH AND DEBRIS WITH UTILITIES.
CUT OR VERIFIED TO BE CUT ALREADY.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
A AYE THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
JUDY, DO WE HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? NO, WE DO NOT.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO, SIR.
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WE ARE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AT 1144 AND MR. ES IS STILL LOOKING FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT.HE ONLY SHOWS UP AT LUNCHTIME.