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MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD THIS MORNING.
UH, WELCOME TO THE SAN ANTONIO BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
THE DATE IS, UH, THREE SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
UH, IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE STO RYE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
KATHY RODRIGUEZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR ESTHER ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST ONE.
MELISSA MALDONADO, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO.
AND MYSELF, JUDY KRUM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR CHAIR.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE.
IF WE COULD, LET'S HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THAT FACT.
PLEASE CITE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE CASE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE UNLIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED PRIOR TO 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 PUBLIC OR 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 COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF A CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR DEPENDENT 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 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
AN OWNER OR LIEN HOLDERS DISSATISFIED WITH AN ORDER OF THE BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 DASH 2 36.
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THE BOARD HAD RECEIVED COPIES OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR SIX AUGUST, 2026 MEETING.UH, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME FOR THOSE MINUTES OF APPROVAL AND OR CORRECTION.
UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS FRED ANDES.
I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS.
THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS IS.
ANY DISCUSSION? THERE IS NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
JUDY, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A STAFF REPORT.I'M KATHY RODRIGUEZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.
WANNA GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEFING ON EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, ALL OF THESE ARE, THEY WERE ALL VACANT STRUCTURES, UH, AND THEY WERE ALL MAIN
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STRUCTURES AND THEY WERE REMOVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX, SECTION 1 75, SPECIFICALLY 1717 MONTEZUMA STREET, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, SUFFERED A FIRE AND WAS DETERMINED, UH, FOR EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.UH, THE FIRE OCCURRED ON JULY THE 28TH, AND THE STRUCTURE WAS REMOVED ON JULY 31ST, 24, 35 CHRISTIAN DRIVE.
ALSO, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT THREE, UH, SUFFERED A FIRE, UH, THAT OCCURRED ON JULY THE 21ST.
THE STRUCTURE WAS REMOVED ON JULY 31ST, 49 0 2 LARK AVENUE, ALSO AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE S SUFFERED A FIRE ON JULY THE 29TH, AND WAS REMOVED ON AUGUST THE SEVENTH, 4 27 ARMADILLO ALLEY.
MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO WAS A VACANT STRUCTURE, UM, THAT I BELIEVE SUFFERED SOME FAILURE FAILURES OF THE, UH, STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS. UM, THAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST THE SEVENTH AND WAS REMOVED ON AUGUST THE 12TH.
THE LAST, UM, PROPERTY IS 1 29 JESSE STREET, MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT SIX SUFFERED A FIRE ON AUGUST THE 11TH AND WAS REMOVED ON AUGUST THE 15TH.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, 1717 MONTEZUMA STREET.
IT WAS DAMAGE TO THE FENCE AS WELL.
WHY WAS THAT NOT, DO YOU ONLY DEAL WITH MATE AND STRUCTURE? UM, THAT WHOLE FENCE? YES.
SO THAT FENCE AND ANYTHING THAT WAS DAMAGED WOULD BE JUST LIKE TREES.
IF THEY'RE DAMAGED, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE PROPERTY OWNERS' RESPONSIBILITY.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, UH, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT, UH, FOLIAGE AND TREES COULD BE ABATED BY THE CITY, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT, UH, FENCES ARE PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT OUR CONTRACTORS DO FOR ABATEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO, UH, INDIVIDUAL CASE PRESENTATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE'S GONNA BE 2 0 3 WOODLE.
MY NAME'S RAMIRO GUERRA, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2 0 3 WOODLE UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTIONS 3 0 4 POINT 10 STAIRWAY DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES, 3 0 5 0.3.
PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS, 6 0 4 0.3.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS ON AUGUST, EXCUSE ME, ON APRIL 28TH, 20, UH, 2026.
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.
THE DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 2 7 3 4 BLOCK THREE LOT SOUTHEAST, 75 FEET OF ONE AND TWO LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
THE HONOR ON RECORD IS JESUS RODRIGUEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 2 0 3 WOODLEY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
OUR RESEARCH HAS, UM, FOUND OUT THAT MR. RODRIGUEZ IS DECEASED.
THE INSPECTIONS FOUND VIOLATIONS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UH, FOR STAIRWAYS.
3 0 4 POINT 10 DECKS, BALCONIES EVERY EXTERIOR STAIRWAY, DECK, PORCH, AND BALCONY, AND ALL OPPORTUNE ATTACHED HERE THERETO SHALL BE MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN GOOD REPAIR WITH PROPER ANCHORAGE AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THEM.
PO LOADS, 3 0 4, 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SURFACES.
ALL INTERIOR SURFACES, INCLUDING WINDOWS AND DOORS, SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR, CLEAN AND ENTERTAINING CONDITION.
LOOSE PLASTER, DECAYED WOOD, AND OR OTHER DEFECTIVE SERVICES CONDITIONS SHALL BE CORRECTED.
5 0 4 0.3 PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS, OR IT IS FOUND THAT A PLUMBING SYSTEM IS A STRUCTURE.
CONS CONSTITUTES AS HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE, INADEQUATE VENTING, CROSS CONNECTION, BACK SIGNAGE, IMPROPER INSTALLATION, DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE, OR FOR SIMILAR REASONS.
THE CODE OFFICIAL SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED OR ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.
6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS.
OR IT IS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN A STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS FIRST RESPONDERS OR OTHER STRUCTURE BY REASON, INADEQUATE SURFACE, IMPROPER FUSING, INSUFFICIENT RECEPTACLE AND LIGHTING OUTLETS, IMPROPER
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WIRING OR INSTALLATION DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIAL SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECTS TO BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD.AS MENTIONED, THE FIRST INSPECTION OF 2 0 3 WOODLE WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 28TH, 2026.
NOTICE WAS, UM, POSTED ON APRIL 29TH, 2026 FOR THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MINUTES VIOLATIONS AND NOTICE WAS MAILED TO HIS RODRIGUEZ ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
BSP HEARING NOTICE WAS POSTED AND MAILED TO, UH, 2 0 3 WOODLE.
THERE WERE RE-INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 2ND, 2026.
APRIL 29TH, 2026, JUNE 18TH, 2026, AUGUST 4TH, 2026, AUGUST 5TH, 2026, AND AUGUST 26TH, 2026, AT WHICH TIME NO REPAIRS WERE FOUND TO BE MADE.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABATED ON JUNE 18TH, 2026 FOR TRASH, DEBRIS OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
UM, AND THAT WAS DONE BY A CITY CONTRACTOR, IS NOW CURRENTLY UNDER NOTICE AGAIN FOR OUTSIDE PLACEMENT FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, AND WE HAVE A PENDING WORK ORDER FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BE ABATED FOR THE EXTERIOR SURFACES.
WE DID ISSUE CITATIONS ON JUNE 3RD FOR THE VIOLATIONS FOR NOT BEING, UH, CORRECTED.
AND THOSE WERE FOR THE PORCH INTERIOR SURFACES.
BROKEN SEWER LINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, HAZARD MULTIFAMILY ZONING.
UM, EXCUSE, YEAH, CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR MULTI-FAMILY ZONING, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF OUR S-A-P-M-C, UH, VIOLATIONS TODAY.
UM, THERE WAS NO ONE THAT SHOWED UP.
UH, THE CITATION WAS ISSUED TO RUDY DOMINGUEZ, SOMEONE THAT WAS CLAIMING, UM, SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE, FOR THE PROPERTY, BUT HE HAS SINCE LEFT THE PROPERTY AND THEY WERE FOUND $300 LIABLE FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS.
EACH CAN LOOK THROUGH THE PHOTOS.
THIS OUR INTERIOR, UH, EXTERIOR PHOTO OF THE EXTERIOR, UH, FROM THE FRONT PREMISES THERE.
YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM SOME OF THE, THERE'S WOOD DECAY.
CLOSE, CLOSE, UH, VIEW OF THAT, OF THE, UM, DECKING THERE SHOWING ROTTING AND DETERIORATION.
IT'S NOT AT THE POINT OF COLLAPSE AT THIS POINT, BUT, UM, IF IT DOESN'T GET REPAIRED, IT, IT CAN START LEADING THAT DIRECTION USING SOME OF THE PIPES FROM THE BROKEN SEWER THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.
UM, AT OUR LAST INSPECTION, WE DID NOT FIND ANY SEWAGE.
IT, IT SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED, BUT THERE WAS NO PERMITS FOR THOSE REPAIRS, SO WE COULD NOT CONCLUDE.
UM, IF IT WAS JUST COVERED UP, THERE WAS NO SMELL ON THAT DATE.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM IF IT WAS A PROPER REPAIR.
HERE'S SOME OF THE OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY EXPOSED WIRES, BUT THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS GOING FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER.
MORE, UH, EXTENSION CORDS GOING FROM RUN RUN ROOM TO ANOTHER.
YOU SEE MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF SEE IN THESE, IN THESE CASES WHERE IT'S MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER EXTENSION CORD CONNECT CONNECTED TO ANOTHER OUTLET, UM, WHICH CAN CAUSE A OVERLOAD TO, TO THE RECEPTACLE.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S A TOILET THERE TO THE RIGHT.
THEY DO HAVE, UM, LEGAL SERVICE FOR WATER AND ELECTRICITY.
YOU SEE SOME SEPARATION THERE TO THE LEFT ON THE, ON THE WALL THERE WITH THE SHE ROCK.
THE INTERIOR SURFACES ARE DAMAGED.
NEXT PHOTO BACK ONTO THE PORCH ON JUNE, JUNE 18TH, 2026.
YOU SEE ANOTHER EXTENSION CORD AND NO REPAIRS TO THE, THE PORCH LANDING AND OR DECKING.
HERE'S SOME REMNANTS OF THE BROKEN SEWER ON JUNE 18TH.
OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS, UM, GOING FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER.
AND THAT IS THAT, THAT AREA WHERE THERE'S SHOULD BE A TOILET THERE.
UM, THAT DID HAVE OTHER TOILETS OR OTHER BATHROOMS THAT WERE USED AND FUNCTIONAL.
UM, BUT THE EXTERIOR SURFACE THERE IS NOT REPAIRED.
AND THE PORCH THERE, UM, AGAIN, HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
AND, AND THAT'S AUGUST 26TH AS WELL.
NEXT PHOTO OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS, OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS.
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AND AGAIN, ON AUGUST 26TH, NO REPAIR TO THE DAMAGE INTERIOR SURFACES.AND THAT'S THE, THE NOTICE POSTED ON APRIL 29TH, 2026.
STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE INTERIOR SURFACE PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS AND STAIRWAY DECKS.
PORCHES AND BALCONIES BE REPAIRED WITH PERMITS AND VACATED DURING THE TIME OF REPAIR TIMELINE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 2 0 3 WOOD LEAF.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER YOU HAVE ON YOUR, UH, PICTURES IN THERE? AND YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THE SEWER ISSUES.
WAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED AND WAS THERE STANDING SEWER AT ANY TIME? THERE WAS, UH, OUR FIRST INSPECTION, UH, WE DIDN'T NOTIFY, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE DOES COVER THAT HAZARD.
UM, SO UNDER OUR NOTICE, IT'S, IT'S A REPAIR NOTICE REPAIRING THAT, THAT, TO, TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM.
UM, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY REACH OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IF IT WAS COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY, PROBABLY SO.
WELL, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A STANDARD, THERE'S SOME MOSQUITOES, IT CAN STILL BREED IN THAT WATER.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OR IDENTIFY ANY MOSQUITO BREEDING THAT DAY.
UM, NORMALLY YOU'RE RIGHT IN, IN MANY CASES THERE ARE, THERE IS MOSQUITO BREEDING IN, IN STAGNANT WATER, AND WE FIND THOSE.
UM, BUT THERE IS NO IDENTIFICATION TO ISSUE NOTICE FOR.
SO, AND THIS IS THE FIRST CASE I'VE SEEN THAT I CAN REMEMBER THAT DPS AND SAPD HAD A DARK CASE.
THE, IT'S THEY'VE ASSISTED IN OTHERS, I'LL LET, UH, PD, UH, SAPD SPEAK ON THAT.
UM, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME CASES WHERE THEY HAVE ASSISTED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? FOLLOW UP? SURE.
ELECTRICAL METER, IS IT A, IS 100 OR 200 AMP? I THINK IT'S A 200.
BUT THE WIRING INSIDE, DID YOU GET A, A LOOK AT THE WIRING TO SEE IF IT WOULD WITHHOLD ALL OF THAT ELECTRICAL? SO, SO NONE OF THAT WIRING WAS EXPOSED AND, AND NOR A LOT OF OUR, A LOT OF OUR, UM, CASES WE ARE, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE BECAUSE THE SURVEYOR DAMAGE TO THE, TO THE INTERIOR WALLS AND ALL THE, ALL THE WIRING IS EXPOSED.
SO WE, WE CAN NORMALLY IDENTIFY IT.
IT'S AN OLD HOME BUILT A LONG TIME AGO, SO, YOU KNOW, IT, I, I DIDN'T, I I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEW RIX.
SO THE NEWER MIX, THE YELLOW RIX, THAT'S WHAT WE FIND MOSTLY NOW, RIGHT? NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, NONE OF THAT WAS EXPOSED.
UM, SO, AND AGAIN, NO EXPOSED WIRES, NOTHING TO THAT SORT.
IT WAS MAINLY THE OVERUSE OF EXTENSION CORDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
THANK YOU OFFICER JUAN HERNANDEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS OFFICER JUAN HERNANDEZ.
I AM A SAFE OFFICER OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN SUBSTATION.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, GOING ON 15 YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, OFFICER RICARDO GUZMAN, WHO'S ASSIGNED TO THIS AREA, BUT HE'S AT TRAINING THIS WEEK.
SO FOR 2 0 3 WOODLE ON THE POLICE SIDE, WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, THERE HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF 129 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THESE CALLS RANGE FROM ASSAULTS, UH, DISTURBANCES WHERE THERE'S A KNIFE INVOLVED, DISTURBANCES WHERE THERE'S A GUN INVOLVED.
UH, AVERAGE DISTURBANCES, WHETHER IT'S AN ARGUMENT OR A FIGHT, ASSAULTS IN PROGRESS, MISSING PERSONS WANTED PERSONS, UM, THEFT OF VEHICLES, BURGLARIES, REGULAR THEFTS, AND, UH, MANY HOMELESS RELATED, UH, CALLS.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WITH THE DART WARRANT THAT WAS, UH, THAT WE RAN ON, UH, ON APRIL 28TH, IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH, UH, WITH SOUTH SAFE OFFICERS, ALONG WITH, WITH D-P-S-D-P-S GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS DART.
THEY HAD BEEN WATCHING THIS HOUSE FOR A WHILE, UH, DUE TO, UH, NARCOTIC LAWS WHEN THAT DEALS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SELLING OR DISTRIBUTING OF DRUGS.
SO THE WAY THEY ASSISTED IS BY, THEY, THEY ASSIST BY CLEARING, UH, BUILD BUILDINGS AND ROOMS WITHIN THE, THE PROPERTY.
ON THAT DAY, UH, WE PULLED OUT 15 INDIVIDUALS AND OF THOSE 15 THREE WERE ARRESTED FOR, FOR WARRANTS.
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I BELIEVE ONE OF 'EM HAD NARCOTICS ON THEM.UM, AGAIN, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE TIMES THAT, THAT WE'VE GONE ONTO THE PROPERTY WITH, WITH CODE AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PERSONS ON THE PROPERTY, SOME OF WHICH SAY THAT THEY ARE JUST THERE TO, TO VISIT, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN THERE AT ALL THE INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE ONCE WE'RE THERE, NEIGHBORS COME OUT, THEY SEE THE POLICE PRESENCE, THEY TALK TO US, THEY EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE PROPERTY, THEIR, UH, THEIR ANGER TOWARDS THE TYPE OF PERSONS THAT GO ONTO THE PROPERTY, AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? YOU MAY BE SEATED, SIR.
UM, IT'S FRONT ENDS THE USUAL DISTANCE TO A SCHOOL.
AND IS THIS A TRAFFIC HIGH TRAFFIC AREA FOR KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL? IT IS NOT A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SCHOOL NEARBY.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL DEAD END STREETS CLOSE, UH, TO THIS LOCATION.
UM, AND THAT WAS A CONCERN TO THE NEIGHBORS BEING THAT, THAT THERE ARE DEAD END STREETS NEARBY.
UH, THERE'S A HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT GOES TO THIS HOUSE.
SO, UM, THEY, THEY EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS FOR, FOR DRUG DEALINGS AND, AND OTHER TYPES OF DISTURBANCES.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS THE LOCATION GOES, I DON'T, I BELIEVE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SCHOOL NEARBY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
CARL ROME, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, SIR? LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO ADD.
UH, ANNA, I, ANNA, I APOLOGIZE.
IS THERE SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF ANNA TO SPEAK ON 2 0 3 WOODLE? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? JUDY, NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 3, EXCUSE ME.
MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE GO TO MOTION, CAN I HAVE CODE, UH, COME BACK UP.
I WANNA ASK HIM, I FORGOT TO ASK HIM ABOUT THE ABATEMENTS, THE COST? YES.
CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR RAMIRO GURA.
YEAH, THE ABATEMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 18TH, 2026 WAS, UH, $988.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PENDING WORK ORDER, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN EXECUTED YET.
AND, AND THAT IS, AND THAT'S FOR THE SAME, SAME THING? YEAH.
JUST MORE TRASH AND OUTSIDE PLACEMENT.
DID YOU, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION.
UH, YOU INDICATED THAT THE OWNER APPEARS TO BE DECEASED.
DID YOU SPEAK TO ANY FAMILY MEMBER OR ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY? WE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, UM, FIND ANY OWNERSHIP, ANY RELATIVES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, IN MY REPORT THAT WE SPOKE WITH A RUDY DOMINGUEZ, UM, HE HAS SINCE LEFT THE PROPERTY.
I DO BELIEVE HE ACTUALLY OBTAINED SOME OF OUR SERVICES THAT WERE OFFERED WAS OFFERED.
UM, BUT HE'S NO LONGER THERE AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT CLAIMS HE'S BEEN THERE 20 YEARS, UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH THE OWNER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? THANK YOU, SIR.
TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 3 WOODLE YOU GO DO IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE INDEED, WE I HAVE A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO, UH, ZERO THREE WOODLE STREET WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES, SECTIONS 3 0 4 POINT 10, AND 3 0 5 0.3 AS OF 8 26 2026.
I ALSO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE
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SATISFACTION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.UM, ALL, OH, I NEED TO REVISE THAT.
UH, ALSO IN VIOLATION OF CODES 5 0 4 0.360 4.3, THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALL REPAIRS AND NECESSARY PERMITS TO BE PLACED AND ALL ABATEMENTS PAID, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE USE YOUR MICROPHONE.
UH, AND WE'LL START FROM SCRATCH IF YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY, JUDY.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 3, IT'S STILL WRONG.
PAUL, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, YOU DIAGNOSE
SO, NO, WE WILL NOT CALL A RECESS FOR MY DONUT.
MAYBE I'LL GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 3 WOODLE STREET WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAY 3 0 5 0.3 INTERIOR SERVICES, 5 0 4 0.3 PLUMBING SYSTEMS, AND 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. AND THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF THOSE CODES.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED WITH PERMITS IN 30 DAYS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, RYAN AND ABATEMENTS AND ABATEMENTS PAID? UH, PAID.
UH, AND ABATEMENTS PAID? UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. CHAIR? MA'AM? UH, MRS. RAI WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, WITH THE VACATE ORDER, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOARD CONSIDER AN ORDER TO SECURE AS WELL.
AND, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STATING, OR I'M SORRY, THE POLICE OFFICER STATING THEY RECOVERED 15 PEOPLE INSIDE THE LOCATION.
UH, A RECOMMENDATION I HAVE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS ADDING AN ORDER TO SECURE THE PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO THE VACATE.
THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
YOU'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING IT, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT ADDING IN AN AMENDMENT.
'CAUSE YOU, YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT.
CORRECT? I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO AUTHORITY.
'CAUSE I, I NEED, I WANNA, UH, ADD AMENDMENTS, UM, SINCE SHE, UH, COUNSEL HAS RECOMMENDED WITH THE VACATE THAT WE ADD A SECURE ALSO TO CUT ALL UTILITIES.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT I ACCEPT.
THEN WE'VE ADDED TO THE MOTION THEN THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED, THE PROPERTY IS TO BE SECURED AND THE UTILITIES ARE TO BE CUT.
DO I NEED TO REPEAT THE ENTIRE ORDER OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE BOARD COMFORTABLE? COMFORTABLE.
BECAUSE YOU'LL MESS UP THE YES.
AND ACCORDING TO MR. ANDES, I WILL MESS UP THE STREET ADDRESS.
THEREFORE, THEY'RE ALL COMFORTABLE.
WE HAVE THE MOTION AND WE HAVE THE SECOND
ACTUALLY, I AM GONNA REPEAT THE MOTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADDITIONS TO IT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT EVERYONE, EXCEPT WE'RE GONNA WRITE NOTES TO MYSELF.
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WOODLE STREET WAS IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES 3 0 4 0.10 STAIRWAY 3 0 5 0.3, INTERIOR SERVICES, 5 0 4 0.3 PLUMBING SYSTEM, 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AND REMAINS IN VIOLATION AT THIS TIME AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.UH, THE PROPERTY IS TO BE VACATED AND SECURED.
REPAIRS ARE TO BE COMPLETED IN 30 DAYS WITH PERMITS.
THE UTILITIES ARE TO BE CUT AND AGAIN, VACATED AND SECURED.
UH, ABATEMENTS, ABATE, AND ABATEMENTS.
AND ABATEMENTS PAID, UH, NOT ONLY THE PAST, I'M ASSUMING FRED, INCLUDING THE, THE ONE TO COME THAT THE ORDER IS THIS.
VERY GOOD TO BE PAID ALL, ALL ABATEMENTS, PAST AND FUTURE THEN.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT HIS RECOMMENDATION.
LET'S DO THE ROLL CALL SINCE I'VE MESSED IT UP SO BADLY.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 7 2 0.
WILL TRY BETTER ON THE NEXT CASE.
MY NAME IS SERGIO QUINTANILLA, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE, THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 89 74 BLOCK ZERO, LOT 14, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS TAPIA GILBERT G AND DORIS B WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE.
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.
CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE OWNER DORIS TAPIA.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED ON APRIL THE 14TH OF 2026.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON NUMBER THE SIXTH OF 2024.
ORIGINAL NOTICE OF, UH, VIOLATION WAS MAILED ON JUNE THE FIFTH OF 2026, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 29TH, 2026.
ON JANUARY 22ND, 2026, A CONFERENCE MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE OWNER DORIS TAPIA, WHO ATTENDED ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF SEP, SEPTEMBER THE SECOND OF 2026.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL, HARLANDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST THE THIRD OF 2026, AUGUST THE 20TH OF 2026, AND AUGUST THE 27TH OF 2026.
THE FIRST PHOTO IS A VIEW OF THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1938 WITH A POST AND BEAM FOUNDATION.
AND THE SIDING CONSISTS OF A COMBINATION OF WOOD AND BRICK, UH, WITH A CROSS GABLE SHINGLE ROOF SYSTEM.
WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, THE ROOF AND OVERHANG ARE WEATHERED AND WORN WITH, AND THE, UH, THE ROOF HAS HOLES.
THE FACIA BOARDS ARE MISSING IN SOME AREAS, EXPOSING THE ROOF SYSTEM TO THE ELEMENTS.
THIS IS THE PICTURE FROM AUGUST THE 20TH OF 2026 BEFORE AN ABATEMENT WAS CONDUCTED.
AND THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS HOW THE STRUCTURE LOOKS.
NOW, UM, THIS IS THE PROPERTY AFTER IT WAS CUT, CLEAN AND SECURED.
THE STRUCTURES REMAIN IN NEGLECT IN NEGLECTED CONDITION AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE POST UNDER THE CARPORT COVER ARE LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE FACIAL BOARDS ARE DETACHING AND THE ROOF COVERING IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE RAFTERS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ATTIC EXHAUST VENT COVER IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE ROOF SYSTEM TO THE ELEMENTS.
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ELEVATION, THE WOOD SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION AND THE OVERHANG AND FACIAL BOARDS ARE VISIBLY WORN.THE ELECTRIC METER BOX IS LOCATED ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BUT THERE ARE, THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY TO THE HOME AT THIS TIME.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS OF THE REAR ELEVATION.
ONCE AGAIN, THE WOOD SIDING IS LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION IN SOME AREAS, ROOF AND OVERHANG ARE WEATHERED AND WORN WITH HOLES.
FACIAL BOARDS ARE SEPARATING AND SHINGLE ROOF COVERING IS DETACHING.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD THAT I HAD TO MAKE TWO SEPARATE ENTRIES TO GET INTO THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE OWNERS CLOSING OFF THE LIVING ROOM IN THE FRONT.
SO I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR AND THEN AGAIN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND THAT TREE, THE LARGE TREE ON THE RIGHT.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF MY ENTRY THROUGH THE FRONT ELEVATION AND MY FOLLOWING VIEW IS INSIDE.
I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE, UH, ACTUAL ENTRY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS PILED UP, POSING EGRESS CONCERNS THE OWNER HAD CLOSED OFF THE REST OF THE HOME FROM THIS, UH, LIVING ROOM TO CREATE ANOTHER BEDROOM.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE, UH, MY ENTRY THROUGH THE REAR ELEVATION.
UH, AS SOON AS YOU ENTER THIS DOOR, THERE'S A BEDROOM TO THE LEFT AND A BEDROOM TO THE LIGHT.
SO MY, TO THE RIGHT, TO THE, MY NEXT PHOTO WILL BE TO THE BEDROOM TO THE LEFT.
THE ROOM IS FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.
WALLS ARE DAMAGED WITH HOLES AND THE SMELL AND THE SMELL OF MOLD AND MILDEW IS, UH, VERY STRONG.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS OF THE CEILING, THE TILES ARE THE, THE TILES ARE WATER DAMAGE AND DETACHING, EXPOSING THE SHEATHING, WHICH IS ALSO ROTTING AND DECAYING.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO IS THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THIS ROOM.
UH, I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE ENTRY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AS WELL, AND IT WAS POSING EGRESS CONCERNS.
AND THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE CEILING IN THE SAME ROOM, A LARGE HOLE IS VISIBLE WITH NATURAL LIGHT COMING THROUGH.
THE SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED EXPOSING THE ROOF SYSTEM, WHICH IS ROTTING AND DECAYING, AND THE ROOF SHINGLES ARE FALLING THROUGH.
MY NEXT PHOTO IS BACK TO THE HALLWAY, WHICH LEADS TO THE REST OF THE ROOM.
AND THAT IS THE DINING ROOM STRAIGHT AHEAD.
MY NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE FLOOR IN THE DINING ROOM.
UH, AS SOON AS YOU ENTER, THERE'S A LARGE HOLE WHERE YOU CAN SEE GRADE AND POSING EGRESS CONCERNS.
THE PROTECTIVE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING, EXPOSING THE SUBFLOOR, WHICH IS ROTTING AND DECAYING AS WELL.
THE FLOOR IS VERY SPONGY IN WALKING THROUGH THIS AREA.
MY NEXT PHOTO IS A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF THE DINING ROOM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE FLOORING IS LACKING.
THE PROTECTIVE COVERING TO THE RIGHT IS THE KITCHEN, AND THEN THE DOOR STRAIGHT AHEAD IS A, IS THE REST, IS ONE OF THE RESTROOMS. AND MY NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE RESTROOM.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE FOUNDATION, UH, HAS HOLES IN THE GROUND AND THE SHEET ROCK IS DETACHING FROM THE CEILING.
MY NEXT PHOTO IS OF YOU LOOKING BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM TO ANOTHER BEDROOM STRAIGHT AHEAD.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING TILES AND SHEETING ARE DETACHING FROM THIS, UH, FROM THE TOP BEFORE ENTERING THAT BEDROOM.
THE FOLLOWING IS A VIEW INSIDE THE BEDROOM.
ONCE AGAIN, TRASH AND DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AND WINDOWS ARE BROKEN.
FROM THERE, WE GO TO THE LEFT OF THAT ROOM, TO THE KITCHEN.
THERE'S TRASH AND DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR AND THE KITCHEN COUNTERS.
UH, AND TO THE LEFT OF THERE IS A HALLWAY WHICH LEADS TO THE LAST TWO ROOMS IN THE HOME.
THIS HALLWAY LEADS TO THE RESTROOM TO THE LEFT AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL BEDROOM STRAIGHT AHEAD.
UH, IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE WOOD PANEL, UH, ON THE RIGHT.
AND THE DOOR TO THE RESTROOM IS BROKEN AND ATTACHING.
THE NEXT PHOTOS OF THE RESTROOM WALLS ARE DAMAGED AND TILES FROM THE SHOWER ARE ALL MISSING, EXPOSING THE PLUMBING.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE SINK AND ON THE FLOOR.
UH, THE SMELL OF MOLD WAS VERY STRONG IN THIS ROOM AS WELL.
AND THE FOLLOWING PHOTO IS THE LAST ROOM IN, IN, IN THE HOUSE.
THE, THIS BEDROOM, THE SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED AND MISSING FROM THE WALLS, EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND TRASH AND DEBRIS IS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AND THE WALLS HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED.
FROM THERE WE GO TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHICH IS MY NEXT PHOTO.
UH, THIS IS THE FRONT AND RIGHT ELEVATION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE STEPPING ON THE CINDER BLOCKS.
WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND THE ROOF AND OVERHANG ARE IN SERIOUS DECLINE.
FACIAL BOARDS ARE MISSING FROM THE FRONT OVERHANG ALONG THE ROOF COVERING AND THE ROOF COVERING IS ALSO MISSING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE ROTTING AT THE KANG AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO GET A PHOTO OF THE LEFT AND REAR ELEVATION DUE TO THE STRUCTURE BEING BUILT RIGHT AGAINST THE FENCE LINE.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT THE DOOR ON THE FAR LEFT IS WHERE I MAKE ENTRY INTO THIS STRUCTURE, WHICH IS MY NEXT PHOTO.
THE ACCESSORY IS FULL OF DEBRIS AND MISCELLANEOUS RUBBISH, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ENTER.
SHEET ROCK IS DAMAGED AND MISSING FROM THE CEILING.
NATURAL LIGHT CAN BE SEEN ENTERING THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE ROOF.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS A BETTER LOOK AT THE DAMAGED, UH, ROOF FROM THE INSIDE.
WATER DAMAGE IS VISIBLE FROM EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS AND THE ELECTRICAL WIRING IS EXPOSED.
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IS OF THE RESTROOM IN THE ACCESSORY, THERE'S TRASH AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.THE WALL TILES ARE BROKEN AND MISSING FROM THE SHOWER, EXPOSING THE PLUMBING AND THE TOILET APPEARS TO STILL HAVE BEEN USED EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO WATER SERVICE AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD THAT DURING OUR ABATEMENT ON AUGUST 20TH, UH, OF 2026, SYRINGES WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THIS PHOTO HERE.
AND MY AM NEXT PHOTO IS OF LIVE AMMUNITION, WHICH WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE PROPERTY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED A BLOCK AWAY FROM HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, AND LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET FROM HARLANDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND NEGLECTED CONDITION.
THE WALLS ARE DETERIORATED AND LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE ROOF AND OVERHANG ARE WEATHERED AND WORN IN NEED OF MAJOR REPAIRS.
HOLES IN THE ROOF HAVE DAMAGED THE INTERIOR OF THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
VAGRANTS ARE GOING INTO THE PROPERTY.
SYRINGES AND AMMUNITION HAVE BEEN FOUND.
THE PROPERTY IS A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA FOR CHILDREN'S WALKING TO SCHOOL.
AND ONCE AGAIN, HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE BLOCK AWAY.
AND HARLANDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE A THOUSAND OR LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET FROM 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17 AND 18.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY ARE 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS ARE DEFECTS HEREAFTER 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 WITH AN ORDER TO VACATE AND TO REMAIN SECURED AND FREE OF RUBBISH AND DEBRIS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE.
I GOT A COUPLE OF, THE FIRST ONE IS, IS WHEN SHE FOUND ALL THAT PARAPHERNALIA, WAS THE SAFE OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT NOTIFIED? YES.
THE SAFE OFFICER WAS THERE DURING THAT ABATEMENT.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THERE'S NO UTILITIES.
AND HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN? SO THE SAWS, UH, INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO WATER SERVICE SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2025.
UH, CPS, UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S ELECTRICAL ISSUES AT THE HOME, THEY WILL NOT GIVE THEM SERVICE.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, YOU HAD ABATEMENT.
WHAT WAS THE COST? SO THE TOTAL ABATEMENT TOOK TWO DAYS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS ON THE OUTSIDE.
UM, IT CAME OUT TO AROUND $4,400.
AND THAT'S ONLY ONCE? YES SIR.
IS THERE ANY, ANY PENDING? NO, AT THIS TIME THERE AREN'T ANY.
THE NEXT ONE IS, IT CALLS FOR 4 14 26.
IT SAYS DECONSTRUCTION REQUIRED.
IS THAT BEEN RESOLVED? THAT IS WHEN THAT IS, UH, REGARDING IF THE BOARD RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DECONSTRUCT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
OFFICER GILLUM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATION.
BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 26 YEARS.
AND YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE? YES.
WE'VE HAD ONGOING ISSUES, NEIGHBOR COMPLAINTS AND SUCH.
SO, UM, WHEN IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION, WE LOOKED INTO IT.
GOT WITH OFFICER CO ILLA WHO WAS ALREADY ON IT.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN CALLS FOR, UM, SHOTS FIRED, UM, DRUG ACTIVITY FIGHTS.
UH, ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ONES DURING THE COLD SEASON WAS, UM, ONE OF THE, THE, THE ONE THAT CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF THAT LOCATION, UM, STATED THAT, UH, WELL GOT A CALL FOR A FIRE.
FIRE SHOWS UP AND HE FIGHTS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WOULDN'T LET HIM ON PROPERTY.
POLICE DID FOUND, UH, FOUND HIM RESISTING, ARRESTED HIM, THEN FOUND HIM WITH DRUGS ON, ON PERSON.
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WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM 'CAUSE HE COMES IN AND OUTTA THAT LOCATION AND HE'S WANTED ON A FELONY WARRANT FOR DRUG POSSESSION AGAIN.SO, UM, HE'S ONE OF THE, OUR PROBLEMS AGAIN, IT'S ONLY, UH, A BLOCK OR SO FROM THE SCHOOL.
SO A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC FOR THE YOUNG ONES TO GO THROUGH THERE.
IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE HOMELESS.
UM, IF WE CAN'T FIND 'EM SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE KNOW SOMEWHAT TO GO TO THAT LOCATION AND WE'LL FIND SOMEBODY THERE THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IF YOU THANK YOU QUESTIONS OF THE CO OF THE OFFICER.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE US AGAIN YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
I RESIDE IN DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL, UH, UH, UH, DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I AM THE OWNER OF 4 0 1 CLIFF.
I'M THE NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPERTY.
I PURCHASED A HOME FROM MS. JOSEPHINE GARCIA, THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF 4 0 3 CLIFF AS A CHILD, I VISITED THAT HOME.
WE WERE, SHE'S A FAMILY FRIEND.
UM, IN THE, THIS WAS IN THE SEVENTIES.
IT WAS LIKE VISITING GREAT GATSBY BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HAD PARTIES AND ENTERTAINED IN THE BACKYARD.
AND THAT WAS ALL A PATIO THAT WAS COVERED.
SO IT WAS ALWAYS A, A WELL MAINTAINED HOME WHEN THEY OWNED IT.
MS. GARCIA FELL ILL IN 2006, LATER SOLD THE HOME IN 2007.
APPIA HAVE BEEN MY NEIGHBOR SINCE 2007.
UH, I'VE OWNED MY HOME SINCE 1993.
I PURCHASED THAT HOME FROM MS. GARCIA, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS A RENTAL AND SHE COULD NO LONGER MAINTAIN THE RENTALS THAT SHE HAD.
SO IN 2018 IS WHEN MY COMPLAINTS STARTED ABOUT THIS HOME, ABOUT NOT BEING MAINTAINED AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, I'VE CLAIM, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX YEARS, I GUESS, THAT I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY DEALT WITH THIS.
I'VE DEALT WITH POSSUMS, RATS, ROACHES, UH, ALL FROM, FROM BASICALLY THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT HOME NEXT DOOR.
THE UPKEEP OF THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOME HAS JUST FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE.
UH, MY PROPERTY HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
UM, THEY'VE STOLEN MY ELECTRICITY DURING THE TIME THAT THEIR ELECTRICITY WAS GONE.
UM, I HAD TO REMOVE THE LIGHT FIXTURE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE GARAGE BECAUSE THEY TOOK OFF THE LIGHT BULB AND PLUGGED THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY IN, UM, WITHOUT ME KNOWING.
AND, UH, IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.
SO, YEAH, I'VE BEEN THREATENED SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT ARE UP HERE.
UM, THIS IS THE, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE SONS OF THE OWNERS THAT'S TRYING TO BREAK MY CAMERA BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
SO HE'S THROWING THINGS AT MY CAMERA, UH, WHILE HE'S DOING THIS.
UM, GOING TO THE NEXT THERE YOU CAN SEE HE'S STILL DOING THAT.
UM, THESE ARE THE PICTURES OF THE HOME.
HE HAS A AIR GUN POINTED AT HIS DOG, UM, WHICH I CALLED IN AS WELL.
UH, UM, THIS IS WHAT I WAKE UP TO IS PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN THE PROPERTY, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNING.
THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THAT I SEE EVERY MORNING.
THE KIDS SEE EVERY MORNING WALKING TO SCHOOL.
UM, THIS IS AGAIN, SLEEPING OUTSIDE, JUST WHEREVER YOU KNOW.
UM, THIS IS THEM BREAKING THE METER, THE WATER METER AT SAWS.
AND THIS IS, YOU CAN SEE THE MOTHER THERE LOOKING AT HER SON DOING THIS.
THIS HAS JUST GONE WAY TOO, TOO LONG FOR ME.
UH, MY FRUSTRATION AND JUST A, THIS IS A, A, A LARGE CHEMICAL CONTAINER THAT WAS BROUGHT ONTO THE PROPERTY RIGHT ON THE STREET.
HAD TO CALL POLICE TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T SOME DANGEROUS CHEMICAL THAT THEY WERE GONNA DUMP DOWN THE DRAIN.
SO THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT HAVE JUST REALLY TAKEN AN EXHAUSTING TIME OF MY EFFORT.
THESE ARE THEM USING THE RESTROOM FACILITIES OUTSIDE, SLEEPING OUTSIDE.
AGAIN, JUST A LOT OF FRUSTRATION, AS YOU CAN TELL IN MY VOICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HOME WAS WELL MAINTAINED AT ONE TIME.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, THE BEST HOME ON THE BLOCK.
UM, EVERYTHING WAS KEPT, YOU KNOW, IN DECENT ORDER UNTIL JUST RECENTLY WHERE IT'S JUST REALLY FRUSTRATED ME AND, AND MADE COMPLAINTS AND FINALLY VOICED THROUGH CODE COMPLIANCE AS WELL.
QUESTIONS? EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? YOU MAY BE SEATED.
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IS THAT A YES? GO HELP YOU.HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS TAPIA.
THIS IS MY PROPERTY AND I NEED TO, THE PERSON, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ONE, THE, THE OFFICER SAID THAT THAT GENTLEMAN THAT, THAT THEY ARRESTED AND, AND HAD DRUGS AND ALL THAT HE DOESN AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE ALL NTS.
THEY KEEP COMING ONTO MY PROPERTY.
I'VE CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY TELL ME I HAVE TO TAKE PICTURES AND I HAVE TO KNOW I HAVE TO KEEP THE PEOPLE ON MY PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF HIM.
I'VE TRIED TO GET RID OF HIM, BUT HE, HE'S NOT ON MY PROPERTY.
AND IF HE'S LOOKING FOR HIM, HE CAN FIND 'EM IN BEXAR COUNTY JAIL.
AND, UM, AS FOR MY PROPERTY, I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD, I HAVE ISSUES WITH IT.
I'M A 61-YEAR-OLD PERSON, LITERALLY, UH, CONSIDERED DISABLED AND HE KNOWS IT.
AND I'VE SPOKEN TO MR. NIA AND THE REASON THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE IS 'CAUSE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE STUFF AND TAKING IT OUT.
WE WERE, WE WERE PACKING IT OUT.
AND I TOLD MR. CANTILLA, UM, I TOLD MR. CANTILLA, CAN WE PUT A DUMPSTER THERE? AND HE TOLD ME THAT IF I PUT A DUMPSTER THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT BEING USED, HE'S GONNA, HE'S GONNA CITE ME FOR IT.
THEY WENT OVER, THEY WENT OVER THERE AND THEY TOOK A TRASH CAN SO WE COULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
I HAVE, HE, WHEN HE WENT INTO MY PROPERTY, HE TOOK A CHAINSAW TO MY DOORS AND HE OPENED THEM ALL THE DOORS WHEN I HAVE A PHONE.
AND I WASN'T, I WASN'T MORE THAN THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THERE.
HE COULD HAVE CALLED ME AND HE NEVER DID.
HE TOOK A CHAINSAW AND OPENED IT TO MY HOUSE.
SINCE THAT'S HAPPENED, PEOPLE HAVE GONE IN THERE.
THEY HAVE STOLEN ALL MY PROPERTY, THEY'VE STOLEN MY TELEVISIONS, MY JEWELRY, EVERYTHING.
AND MY HOUSE IS COMPLETELY DAMAGED.
I TRIED, I CALLED SOMEBODY AND I ASKED HIM, I HAVE HIS NAME.
I, I CALLED HIM AND HE SAID THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE OVER $65,000 TO FIX A ROOF AND EVERYTHING.
HE, HE TOLD ME I NEEDED TO LET HIM KNOW.
SO I GAVE HIM THE NAME OF THE COMPANY AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THAT COMPANY CALLS ME AND SAYS THAT SOMEBODY TOLD THEM NOT TO WORK WITH ME.
SO I ENDED UP CALLING ANOTHER COMPANY AND I HAVE THREE, THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN INTERESTED IN MY PROPERTY.
'CAUSE I DO NOT WANNA LIVE NEXT TO THIS MAN.
HE HAS CALLED THE POLICE ON US SEVERAL TIMES.
WHEN WE MOVED IN, HE KNEW THAT WE MOVED IN AND THAT MY BOYS WERE THERE AND HE CALLED THE POLICE ON US.
THAT MAN HAS ALSO CALLED THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM THAT WE HAVE, UM, A MARIJUANA FIELD IN THERE THAT WE WE'RE, WE'RE PRODUCING DRUGS IN THERE.
ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT HE SHOWED WAS FROM THE VAGRANTS, THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND THEY, THEY COME AND THEY SLEEP ON MY, ON MY, ON MY PROPERTY.
AND IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS.
BUT NOW I KNOW WHO CALLS THE POLICE AND NOW I KNOW WHO IT IS.
THAT MAN DOESN'T WANT US THERE.
SO HE'S, HE'S BEEN TELLING, HE'S BEEN COMING UP WITH LIES AND TELLING THE POLICE STUFF.
MS. TAPIA, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU IF I MAY.
UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
UH, WE DO, UH, UNDERSTAND THE, UH, TESTIMONY OF THE POLICE OFFICER AS WELL AS THE CODE OFFICER.
UH, LET ME ASK YOU SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
THE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE? NO.
UH, LET ME CLARIFY FOR MY BENEFIT AT LEAST, WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GILBERT TAPIA? HE'S MY HUSBAND.
UH, AND YOU HAVE ACTUALLY OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR HOW LONG? SINCE 2007.
UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THIS IS FRED S UH, DID YOU MEET WITH ANYBODY FROM THE CITY DURING ALL THIS PROCESS WITH MR. OTHER THAN OTHER THAN THE CODE OFFICER? I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
ANYBODY OTHER THAN THE CODE OFFICER OR SAPD THAT
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WORKS WITH THE CITY, DID YOU MEET WITH ANYBODY FROM A HOUSING H UH, NHSD? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.SO I GUESS MY, I GUESS YOUR MY ANSWER IS NO.
ON 1 23 25 ELIZABETH CRUZ MET WITH YOU, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE WOMAN THAT YOU TOOK TO BY THE HOUSE? YEAH.
CODE, IF YOU COULD COME UP, AND THIS IS DANGEROUS CRIMES OFFICER, SERGIO QUINTINA? YES.
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT DID STOP BY ON JANUARY TO SPEAK WITH HER ABOUT POSSIBLY QUALIFYING FOR OPERATION REBUILD PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
SO YOU DID MEET WITH ANOTHER PERSON OTHER THAN THE CODE OFFICER? HE BROUGHT A WOMAN BY AND HE, AND SHE GAVE ME A PIECE OF PAPER.
I CALLED ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND THEY SAID THAT HE TOLD ME THAT, THAT SHE WOULD HELP ME.
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'S TELLING ME THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HELPING ME.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HELPING ME.
SO I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO NO, I HAVEN'T GOT, I DID, I APPLY FOR ONE ROOF, THE ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND I WAS GRANTED THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE ON MY ROOF, THEY SAID THAT IT'S NOT A, IT'S A STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
AND THAT DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY MR. BAEZ OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS.
AND, AND WHEN MY INSURANCE CAME BY, HE WENT, THEY, HE WENT, HE DID.
IS HE, HE DUG OUT THE TREE AND EVERYTHING AND WHEN MY, MY INSURANCE WENT BY, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO TREE THERE.
WELL IN THE NOTES, BUT THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE ON MY ROOF WAS HIS FAULT.
IN THE NOTES IT SAYS YOU MET WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL AND YOU HAD, UH, SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS AND YOU HAVE, LET ME SEE, LET ME READ THIS SO I GET IT RIGHT.
DID THEY, YOU, YOU TOLD THEM THAT YOU HAD APPLIED FOR A CITY PROGRAM? THAT'S ONE ROOF AND THERE'S NO RECORD OF THAT UNDER YOUR ADDRESS? THERE'S NO RECORD OF YOU APPLYING.
I HAVE THE PAPERWORK IN THE CAR.
THAT'S, THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
WE'RE HERE TO, I APPLIED FOR IT WHEN IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS RIGHT HERE ON FLORIDA STREET, THE BUILDING THAT WAS RIGHT THERE DOWN THE STREET RIGHT HERE.
THEY WERE THERE AND I APPLIED FOR IT.
AND I THINK THE PERSON'S NAME WAS MS. GARCIA AND THEY GAVE ME TWO GRANTS.
ONE WAS FOR THE ONE ROOF AND THE OTHER ONE WAS TO GO IN AND, AND HELP ME MODERNIZE THE HOUSE, FIX, FIX THE ELECTRICITY, FIX THE, ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND THEN FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T, IT, IT, IT VANISHED.
BUT I HAVE THE PAPERWORK IN MY CAR THAT SAYS THAT, THAT I HAVE IT.
WELL I'M READING THE NOTES AND IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS NO APPLICATION MADE.
UM, DO YOU, HAVE, YOU HAVE AUTHORITY BECAUSE OF YOUR HUSBAND, CORRECT? FOR THE PROPERTY? YES.
AND YOU'VE IN, IN 2007, CORRECT? YOU HAD IT OR 2017 WE BOUGHT IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THANK YOU AND I APOLOGIZE, UH, I'M GONNA LET YOU GO BACK INTO ANY TESTIMONY THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN TERMS OF ADDITION SINCE I INTERRUPTED YOU.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THE STRUCTURE PER SE? THE, FOR THE HOUSE? YES MA'AM.
YEAH, I HAVE, I'M, I'M WANNA FILE A LAWSUIT WITH, WITH YOUR CITY AND THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS STOLEN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
HE, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT.
THE STUFF THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THE DRUGS THAT'S ALL LEFT BY THE, BY THE VAGRANT.
AND I'VE CALLED THE POLICE ON IT.
YOU, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY POLICE, HOW MANY PHONE CALLS I'VE MADE TO THE POLICE REGARDING PEOPLE THERE.
SO THERE IS NO SPECIFIC PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE? OH, I HAVE PLANS FOR IT.
DID YOU BRING THAT WITH YOU THIS MORNING? DID YOU BRING TO FIX IT? I'M NOT GONNA FIX IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
YOU SOLD YOUR PROPERTY? YES, I DID.
I DO NOT WANNA LIVE NEXT TO A PERSON THAT'S LIKE THIS WHO TAKES HIS OWN COUSIN TO, TO COURT BECAUSE
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SHE LEFT A COUCH ON HIS PROPERTY.I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA LIVE NEXT TO A PERSON LIKE THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS BOARD'S ABOUT.
AND NOW THAT YOU SAID YOU SOLD IT, THAT'S, THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. TAPIA? YOU MAY BE, ACTUALLY YOU WERE SEATED, BUT YOU MAY BE DISMISSED.
SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO MY PROPERTY.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I SOLD IT.
WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 3 CLIFF AVENUE.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 3.
CLIFF AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SEVEN, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 15 SIX SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAIN SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY SECTIONS.
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER AND FREE AND CLEAR OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 3 CLEFT AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER 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, UH, SECTION SIX DASH 56 SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
UH, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS AND CLEARED OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UH, THE CODE OFFICER HAD RECOMMENDED, UH, A UH, GO AHEAD AND GET A SECOND.
WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND THEN THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE INITIAL MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS PAUL HERNANDEZ HERE, A SECOND AMENDMENT.
AND GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WE VACATE THE PROPERTY, SECURE THE PROPERTY, AND MAKE SURE ALL UTILITIES ARE CUT.
UH, THE MOTION WILL BE MA'AM, UH, WE'RE IN A PROCESS THAT WE CANNOT LET YOU SPEAK AGAIN, SO YOU MAY BE SEATED.
UH, THE MOTION IS THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 3 CLIFF, UH, IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57 AND IS NOT FEASIBLE TO 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, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE ACCESSORY 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
THAT CLEARED OF TRASH IN DEBRIS AND UTILITIES CUT AND VACATED SECURED.
LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE SECURED.
PARDON ME TO BE SECURED AS WELL.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 7 2 0.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT CASE.
CAN I SAY SOME? UH, NO MA'AM, WE'RE PAST THAT.
UH, I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT, WHY YOU LOCKED UP MY HOUSE AND I CAN'T EVEN GET, HOW AM I GONNA GET MY PROPERTY OUT?
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MS. TAPIA, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THE CONFERENCE ROOM SO WE CAN PROCEED.AND IF THE CODE OFFICER WOULD ALSO ADVISE HER OF HER RIGHTS IN TERMS OF RIGHTS TO APPEAL AND NOW PROCEEDING TO 1139 WEST MARBURY AVENUE.
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 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPAIR FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE FIRST TIME 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD WAS JUNE 6TH, 2024.
AND THE BOARD HAD ORDERED THE PROPERTY FOR A RESET.
PLEASE NOTE, ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 8 5 BLOCK 22 LOT 27 AND 28 LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CONNO JOHN CHRISTIAN AND CONNO CHRISTIAN ZANE, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 7 2 2 DONALDSON AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, JOHN CONNELL, IS PRESENT TODAY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 29TH, 2024.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS NOT RETURNED ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE WAS HELD, I APOLOGIZE, THAT IS AN INCORRECT DATE.
THE UH, PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN MAY OF 2024 AND THEY WERE THE OFFICER CHRISTIE GARZA DID HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH JOHN CONNO AT THE LOCATION AND EXPLAINED, UM, THE BOARD AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO JOHN CHRISTIAN CONNO AND CHRISTIAN ZANE CONNO, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
ON AUGUST 3RD, 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.
A FOUNDATION REPAIR PERMIT WAS OBTAINED ON JUNE 27TH, 2024.
HOWEVER, NO COMPLETION LETTER FROM AN ENGINEER WAS SUBMITTED.
A MINOR RESIDENTIAL REPAIR PERMIT WAS OBTAINED ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024.
THAT ONLY INCLUDED REPLACING 16 WINDOWS AND A PERMIT FOR AN ELECTRIC TEMPORARY METER LOOP WAS OBTAINED ON NUMBER NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024.
AND CURRENTLY THAT TEMPORARY METER LOOP IS WHAT IS PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO THE STRUCTURE.
THANK THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE ROOF SYSTEM IS SAGGING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.
THE STUCCO SIDING HAS CRACKS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE DECKING OF THE FRONT PORCH IS ROTTED AND IS UNLEVEL.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE ARE LARGE, SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT CRACKS IN THE STUCCO SIDING AND THE CHIMNEY IS DETACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
AND THIS DRIVEWAY IS A SHARED DRIVEWAY WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO THE LEFT.
SO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY DOES HAVE RISK OF THE DEBRIS FALLING ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE DETACHMENT OF THE CHIMNEY.
THEY DO HAVE A TEMPORARY SHORING TO KEEP THAT IN PLACE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT ELEVATION AGAINST SIGNIFICANT CRACKING IN THE STUCCO SIDING AND THE FASCIA BOARD'S LACK WEATHER PROTECTION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE REMAINING PORTION OF
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THAT RIGHT ELEVATION FROM THE BACKYARD.THE REAR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE DOES HAVE CORRUGATED METAL SIDING THAT IS STARTING TO RUST, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS ALSO HAS CORRUGATED METAL SIDING THAT IS STARTING TO REST AS WELL.
AND THEN IN THE RIGHT PORTION OF THAT PHOTO IS THE TEMPORARY METER LOOP THAT IS PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO THE STRUCTURE HERE.
THE OVERHANG IS DETERIORATING, SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE FLOOR COVERING IS MISSING, SO THE SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN AREA.
THERE IS NO KITCHEN SINK INSTALLED.
THERE ARE EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF MULTIPLE EXTENSION CORDS BEING USED INTO A POWER STRIP TO POWER ALL OF THE ELECTRONICS IN THE KITCHEN.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE FLOORING IS MISSING AND IT IS JUST PLYWOOD AT THIS POINT.
AND THERE ARE LARGE CRACKS IN THE SHEET ROCK.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE REAR BEDROOM.
UM, AT THE TIME OF THE WARRANT, THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS THAT WERE PAYING RENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, RESIDING AT THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS GOING INTO ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS BEDROOMS. AGAIN, THERE'S NO FLOOR COVERING.
IT IS THE SUBFLOOR AND IT IS GETTING WORN AND ROTTED AS WELL.
AND HERE IS MORE OVERUSE OF THE EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SHARED BATHROOM BETWEEN THE TWO OCCUPANTS.
THERE IS A BATHTUB, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE OCCUPANTS HAVE TO DO THEIR DISHES AS WELL.
AND THE OCCUPANTS STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE HOT WATER EITHER.
THIS IS THE, THE RIGHT WALL, THE SHEET ROCK IS MISSING, AND THERE IS NO KITCHEN SINK, I MEAN BATHROOM SINK.
AND THIS IS GOING INTO THE OTHER OCCUPANTS BEDROOM.
AGAIN, THERE'S EXTENSION CORDS BEING RAN THROUGHOUT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT AND LEFT ELEVATION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE REAR PORTION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AN AREA OF THE SIDING IS MISSING AND IT'S BEEN REPLACED WITH TARPS.
THIS IS GOING INSIDE OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, JUST LARGE AMOUNT OF STORAGE.
AND IT WAS HARD TO GO INSIDE AND WALK FREELY WITHOUT TRIPPING ON ANY ITEMS. AND THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THAT BACK AREA.
I COULD NOT GO ANY FARTHER JUST DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF STORAGE IN THE, IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1139 MULBERRY AVENUE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 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 IN 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 STACK RECOMMENDS REPAIR FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE VACATED WHILE REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE.
QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, CAN I ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? THE TIME IS NOW 10 15 ON THREE SEPTEMBER, THE BUILDING STANDARD RECESS FROM OPEN MEETING AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
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THE TIME IS NOW[01:20:01]
10 21 ON THREE SEPTEMBER, 2026 AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE.
UM, MY PRESENTATION WAS COMPLETE, SO I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE CODE OFFICER? I DO.
UH, THE RESET ORDER WAS SIGNED IN 2024, JUNE OF 2024, UH, FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE HEARING.
IS THERE A REASON WHY IT'S JUST NOW COMING BACK? YES.
SO RIGHT BEFORE THE PROPERTY CAME TO BSB IN 2024, IT DID SELL TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER TODAY.
UM, AFTER THAT, AFTER THE HEARING AND IT WAS RESET, HE DID OBTAIN SOME PERMITS.
SO THE PREVIOUS OFFICER WAS WORKING WITH HIM TO, UH, MONITOR REPAIRS.
UM, HOWEVER, I DID TAKE OVER THE CASE BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2025.
I MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, EXPLAINED THE CASE WAS STILL PROCEEDING AND THAT I NEEDED TO DO AN INTERIOR INSPECTION.
WE HAD SCHEDULED ONE FOR JANUARY OF 2026 AFTER HOLIDAYS.
UH, HE CANCELED THAT APPOINTMENT AND EVER SINCE THEN, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF HIM.
SO I WASN'T A, WASN'T ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT ANY REPAIRS WERE MADE.
HOWEVER, THE RESIDENTIAL REPAIR PERMIT THAT WAS OBTAINED, IT ONLY, THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS FOR 16 WINDOWS AND THE PHOTOS SHOW MORE THAN 16 WINDOWS WERE WORKED ON.
BUT I WAS NEVER ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT UNTIL ACTUALLY OBTAINING A WARRANT AND GOING INSIDE.
MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT YOU RESIDE.
HI, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA WALKER.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE IN BEACON HILL.
AND YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE? UM, I'M A NEIGHBOR.
I, I, I LIVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OVER, BUT I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THIS HOME.
UH, AND HE HAS REPORTED TO ME THAT BEFORE 2024 WHEN IT WAS SOLD, THERE WAS A LOT OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND PEOPLE, A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC TO THAT ADDRESS.
I I ASSUME IT'S ATTA UH, ATTACHED TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER.
BUT EVEN RECENTLY, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE HIS FENCE WAS BURNED BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME ACTIVITY IN THE ALLEYWAY OF THAT STRUCTURE AND IT WAS RELATED TO THE HOME.
BUT HE DOES HAVE RENTERS AND IF THERE'S NO WATER AND, AND PROPER ELECTRICITY, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I FEAR FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT IF THAT HOUSE WAS CLOSED FOR REPAIRS, I THINK THAT FOOT TRAFFIC WOULD COME BACK.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND CLOSER TO I 10, IT IS A, IT'S A HOTBED.
AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
I WANTED TO COME HERE AND REPRESENT THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. WALKER? THANK YOU.
NO, UH, JOHN KANO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
I'M NOT, UH, MY NAME IS JOHN CONNO AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, UH, DISTRICT THAT, THAT, UH, MY PROPERTY IS, UH, IN.
UM, BUT I, FROM THE BEGINNING, BACK IN 2024.
SIR, CAN YOU MOVE THE MIC UP? JUST A, THERE YOU GO.
UM, BACK IN 2024, WHEN I PURCHASED THE HOUSE, UH, APRIL 20TH, 21ST, RIGHT AROUND THERE WHEN IT, WHEN I CLOSED, UH, THE SALE, UM, I HAD MADE CONTACT WITH MS. GARZA, THE CODE INSPECTOR, TRYING TO GAIN RELATIONS WITH HER IN UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DIFFICULTY WAS WITH THAT HOUSE.
UH, THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF JAMES RODRIGUEZ HAD BEEN CITED.
HE WAS RAID, UH, BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS RAIDED BY THE DARK SQUAD.
UH, HE WAS ARRESTED, HE HAD PROBLEMS, THERE WAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE HOUSE AND WITH HIS ACTIVITIES THERE.
UH, SOMEHOW I WAS TOLD BY MS. GARZA AND BY CODE COMPLIANCE AND, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES THAT I ADOPTED HIS ISSUES.
NOW, BEING A NEW OWNER, I HAD NO VIOLATIONS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE HOUSE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD PASS ANY VIOLATIONS FROM HIM TO ME, BUT I, I ATTENDED THE MEETING NONETHELESS.
UM, AND, AND AS FAR AS MY FINANCIALS, UH, I CAN STATE WITH, WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT HONESTY THAT INITIALLY I INVESTED
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$80,000 AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON THIS HOUSE.SO I HAVE A SERIOUS VESTED INTEREST IN IT.
OKAY? IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, THAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO, TO JUST NEGLECT THE PROPERTY OR, OR JUST DISREGARD ANY VIOLATIONS.
AND, AND WITH THAT SAID, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY WARNINGS, VIOLATIONS, NOTICES.
I'VE, I'VE NEVER HAD ANY, UH, ANY TYPE OF, UH, CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CITY OR THE CODE COMPLIANCE OR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES STATING THAT I HAVE, I'VE, I'VE MADE MISTAKES OR I HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, UH, I, I GUESS CITATION.
OKAY? UH, IT'S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS.
AND, UM, I'VE DONE WHAT I CAN WITH THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE WAS WAS, IT WAS A HOARDER'S NIGHTMARE.
I, I I, I, I REMEMBER PERSONALLY MYSELF LOADING A SIX YARD DUMPSTER, PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX TIMES, TAKING TRAILER LOADS OF, OF DEBRIS OUT OF THE HOUSE, OUT OF THE YARD.
THE GARAGE WAS FULL OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE.
UH, THERE WAS RODENTS AND STRAY ANIMALS.
UM, THE, THE HOUSE IS APPRAISED AT 203,000 WHILE THE PROPERTY IS JUST, THE LOT ALONE IS 50,000.
OKAY? IT IS, ACCORDING TO THE, THE COUNTY, IT IS FAR FROM A DILAPIDATED PROPERTY IF IT'S VALUED AT $203,000.
OKAY? UH, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THAT I HAVE INVESTED MONEY ON TOP OF MY INITIAL INVESTMENT.
A LOT OF SWEAT, EQUITY, CLEANING THE LOT, KEEPING PEOPLE OFF OF THERE, KEEPING IT FENCED.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH THE SAFE OFFICER.
UH, HE AND I CORRESPOND WITH EACH OTHER.
ANYTIME I HAVE A CONCERN OR THE NEIGHBORS HAVE A CONCERN, THEY CALL ME.
WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS, NO DRUG ACTIVITY, NO VAGRANT.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO VEM IN THERE.
THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO THERE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. NOW, I'VE, I'VE ALSO, I, I SAW SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED BY, UM, MS. TOWN, AND THAT'S A HARDWOOD FLOOR.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, COVERING CARPET ISN'T, UH, A CODE, UH, VIOLATION.
UH, THERE'S NO MISSING PIECES IN THE FLOOR.
I, I'VE, I'VE LEFT PHOTOS, UH, HERE WITH, WITH YOU GUYS.
AND IF YOU LOOK, I ALSO, UM, I'VE REPLACED ALL THE SHEET ROCK IN THERE THAT, THAT WAS DAMAGED, CRACKED.
UH, THERE'S ONE AREA IN THE BATHROOM THAT'S UP BY THE, UH, ATTIC ACCESS.
I WAS HOPING TO PROBABLY JUST, JUST GO AHEAD AND REBUILD THAT WHOLE AREA.
'CAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD TO ME.
OTHER THAN THAT THE MATERIALS ARE THERE IN MY PHOTOS.
I'VE, I'VE, I'VE SET, I, I'VE SET, UH, WELL, LIKE RIGHT HERE, THESE PHOTOS HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF PROPERTIES.
I'M STAYING AT 7 22 DONALD, WHICH IS PROBABLY WITHIN TWO MILES, MAYBE TWO AND A HALF MILES OF MY PROPERTY THERE.
THIS IS EXAMPLES OF HOUSES AND PROPERTIES.
I, I'M JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TAKING PICTURES.
OKAY? THESE ARE IN MUCH WORSE CONDITION THAN MINE.
UH, THIS, THAT ONE THERE THAT'S BOARDED UP, THAT IS DIRECTLY, I MEAN, MAYBE 60 FEET ACROSS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, UH, ANNEX.
OKAY? AND FOR SOME REASON, THAT PROPERTY IS BOARDED UP AND IT, AND IT HAS ALL KINDS OF ISSUES.
MR. KNO, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT THE PROPERTY AROUND YOU, UH, WE WILL, WE, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WILL RELY ON THE CODE OFFICERS TO BRING THAT PROPERTY TO US.
UH, WE CANNOT LET YOU BRING PROPERTY TO US.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO HOLD YOUR COMMENTS TO YOUR PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY.
IN TERMS OF WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO, UH, REPAIR OR FIX THE DEFICIENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY CODE OFFICER.
AND THE STARTING EXAMPLE WOULD BE WHAT? YOUR PLAN ON THE FOUNDATION.
WELL, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF MY PHOTOS, I, YOU CAN SEE THAT I'VE, I'VE SET A LEVEL TO THE FLOOR, TO THE WALLS, TO THE, TO, TO EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE.
UH, THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
I HAVE A, AN, AN ENGINEER'S, UH, UH, ASSUMPTION LETTER.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH IT, YOU KNOW, BEING SAID, LEVEL THERE.
THERE'S NO ROTTED JOIST, THERE'S NO ROTTED, UH, UH, BEAMS IN THE HOUSE.
UH, DID YOU BRING THE ENGINEER REPORT WITH YOU, SIR? YEAH, BUT THEY, THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT IT.
THEY SAID IT, THEY WOULDN'T TAKE IT.
THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID IT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GAVE IT BACK TO ME.
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UH, YOU DO HAVE IT WITH YOU.GIVE IT TO THE LADY NEXT TO YOU, PLEASE AND LET HER TAKE IT TO COUNSEL.
COUNSEL, IF YOU WOULD REVIEW IT, PLEASE.
GONNA TAKE ME ONE SECOND HERE, PLEASE.
I GOTTA, MR. CHAIR, I, I DID REVIEW IT, UH, UH, PRIOR TO THE START OF THE HEARING.
UM, IT, UH, APPEARED TO BE A FOLDED PIECE OF PAPER WITH, UH, SOME NOTES ON IT.
AND THEN THE LETTER FROM THE COMPANY, UH, WAS AN ASSUMPTION OF WORK, BUT THERE WAS NO ENGINEERS SEALED, NOR ANY INDICATION AS TO WHAT WOULD BE REPAIRED.
UH, WAS IT RECOGNIZABLE ENGINEERING COMPANY BASED ON ANYTHING THAT COULD BE SEARCHED IN GOOGLE.
CAN I SEE THE DOCUMENT AGAIN? UM, I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE PERSON WHO SIGNED IT, BUT LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.
UH, JUST ONE SECOND HERE, PLEASE.
UH, 'CAUSE IT WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME, SO I MAY HAVE MISPLACED IT WITHIN ALL THIS PAPERWORK.
I, I'VE ALSO, I'VE HAD THE, THE HOUSE WAS ENTIRELY REWIRED WITH A, WITH A, UM, HERE YOU GO, UH, BY A LICENSED CONTRACTOR.
UH, THE, UH, THE ROUGH END FINAL WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY INSPECTOR, ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, UM, UH, AND THEN MY CONTRACTOR WINDS UP GETTING INCARCERATED AND NOW I ONLY OWE HIM $300 TO FINISH THE JOB, TO, I CAN, YOU KNOW, HE'S SUPPOSED TO GET OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, OR I HAVE TO PAY ABOUT, I GUESS, ANOTHER 4,500 BUCKS TO GET THE ELECTRICAL, UH, FINALIZED.
THE HOLDUP WAS GETTING ALL OF THE INTERIOR SHEET ROCK REPLACED BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TEAR IT OUT TO DO THE B WIRING JOB.
SO I WENT AHEAD AND I COMPLETED THAT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONLY HOLD UPS FOR THE ELECTRIC METER.
THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TENANTS THAT MOVED IN.
THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO MOVE IN UNTIL THEY WERE GONNA PAY FOR THAT.
'CAUSE THEY WERE IN A HURRY TO GET INTO THE HOUSE.
AND I AGREED, OKAY, WELL IF, IF YOU CAN GET THE ELECTRICAL DONE, FINE.
AND THEY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT SOME STUFF IN THE GARAGE, THIS AND THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST THREW STUFF IN THERE.
WELL, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE SAYING, OH, WE'RE JUST MOVING STUFF IN.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, WELL WE'RE GONNA GET THE, THE, THE METER INSTALLED.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO WORK ON AN EVICTION PROCESS.
UM, MS. TOWN, I GUESS, SCARED HIM A LITTLE BIT AND THEY, THEY, THEY TOOK OFF.
AND SO I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT A GUY THAT'S OVER THERE MOVING HIS STUFF OUT NOW, ONE OF THE, THE OTHER TENANTS.
BUT, UH, THAT WOULD LEAVE ME AVAILABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND START WORK AGAIN ON THE HOUSE.
NOW LET US TAKE A LOOK REAL QUICKLY AT THIS IF WE COULD.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND PAGE OR ANOTHER PAGE? SORRY, THIS IS JUDY KRUM.
THE SECOND PAGE IS JUST THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS 30 PAGE TWO.
THE, THE CONTRACT OR THE LEASE, A LETTER FROM THE ENGINEER IS DATED IN JUNE OF
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2024.IF YOU WOULD TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN TERMS OF THE FOUNDATION, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFYING THE FOUNDATION AS AN ISSUE IN THAT CONTRACT.
WHERE, WHERE DO WE STAND ON THE FOUNDATION? AND I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS IT AS AN EXAMPLE, THE CHIMNEY AREA, BECAUSE THE BRACES ARE STILL ON THE CHIMNEY.
SO TALK TO ME ABOUT FOUNDATION FIRST.
OKAY, WELL THE, THE, THE BRACE THAT I ACTUALLY PLACED THAT THERE MYSELF BEFORE THE FOUNDATION WORK BEGAN OUTTA CONCERN.
IT HASN'T MOVED, IT HASN'T, UH, FALTERED WHATSOEVER.
I NEED TO, TO ACQUIRE A, UH, A DEMO PERMIT SO I CAN REMOVE ALL THE STUCCO AND THE CHIMNEY.
I DON'T PLAN ON KEEPING THE CHIMNEY THERE AND THEN REPLACING THE SIDING AND THEN WEATHER IT IN, AND, I MEAN, WEATHER IT IN, REPLACE THE SIDING WITH, UH, SOME APPROPRIATE MATERIAL.
UM, THERE'S NO GAS ANYMORE TO THE STRUCTURE.
AND SO I, I HAVE NO REASON TO EVEN WANT TO CONCERN BURNING ANYTHING IN THAT HOUSE
I, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ONLY, AND WE'LL LET THAT BOARD ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
WE, YOU RECOGNIZE, NUMBER ONE, THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.
UH, YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO SOME OF THOSE ISSUES INITIALLY, THERE'S SOME ISSUES YOU HAVE CONFLICT WITH AS FAR AS CODE IS CONCERNED.
OVERALL, THE DESIRE OR THE INTENT AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED, IS TO DO THE REPAIR.
UH, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IS FINANCIAL CAPABILITY TO DO THOSE REPAIRS.
DID YOU BRING ANYTHING WITH YOU TO INDICATE THAT YOU HAD THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO REPAIRS? UH, WELL, NO, NO.
I HAVE NOT BROUGHT ANYTHING WITH ME.
I DIDN'T BRING ANY BANK STATEMENTS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
UH, THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY QUESTIONS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIR? THIS IS FERNANDEZ.
UM, YOU ARE USING A LOT OF MATERIAL ON HERE.
THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HITS ON YOUR TIN WALLS.
UH, THAT WAS INTENTIONAL, UH, ACTUALLY 'CAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S SURFACE RUST.
UH, I I I THOUGHT IT LOOKED BETTER LIKE THAT THAN PAINTED, YOU KNOW, I SO YOU, YOU'RE DOING THE ARCHITECTURAL LOOK TO IT, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
DID YOU LOOK AT CITY CODE TO SEE WHAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO? UM, NO, SIR.
I, I, I, I DIDN'T BASIC, BASICALLY, BASICALLY THEY SAID, I WAS TOLD THAT IF I WAS REPLACING THE SIDING WITH SOMETHING E EQUAL TO, OR, OR, OR, OR GREATER, THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY.
AND THAT, THAT PARTICULAR 10 SIDING IS EXTREMELY HEAVY GAUGE.
UM, DID YOU APPLY FOR A PERMIT? YES, SIR.
ALL OF THE STUFF YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, YOU'VE HAD PERMITS? YES, SIR.
THE ENGINEER DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE FIREPLACE.
HE ONLY DID A, A, UH, FOUNDATION YES.
HE DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE, HE HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT, UH, I, I KNOW PERSONALLY I KNOW THAT, THAT THAT FIREPLACE NEEDS TO GO AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME OF, I WAS GETTING HAVE IT REMOVED.
THE BRACES THAT YOU PUT, ARE THEY INTERFERING IN THE OTHER PERSON'S RIGHT OF WAY ON THAT SHARED DRIVE? UH, ACTUALLY, UH, ACCORDING TO THE, THE SURVEY ON THE PROPERTY, NO.
THE CODE REQUIRES YOU TO BRING IT UP TO STANDARD.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO DO THAT? UH, WELL LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
HOW MUCH TIME CAN I DO? YOU CAN'T ASK THIS.
CAN I BE ALLOWED? SO, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY, UH, AT THIS POINT, SINCE I HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY, UH, CITATIONS OR ANYTHING, ALL OF THIS IS JUST VERY SUDDEN OKAY.
THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, WAS, UH, ISSUED THE WARRANT.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS STABLE IN THE HOUSE.
THE FOUNDATION IS STABLE, THE FLOORING, IT'S LEVEL, THE WALLS HAVE BEEN REDONE INSIDE THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE CHIMNEY IS.
WHAT'S SEPTEMBER? LET'S SAY BY 60 DAYS, THE METER THAT STILL A CONTRACTOR'S METER, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE RESOLVED? WELL, I WAS TOLD BY THE BROTHER OF, UH, THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR THAT HE WILL BE OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
HE MAY BE OUT SOONER, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT, UH, IF I HAVE TO, I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO HIRE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR.
THAT'S JUST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $300 THAT I OWE HIM AND 4,500 BUCKS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE QUOTED ME THE OTHER DAY.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE REPAIRS YOU'VE MADE SO FAR TO THE PROPERTY
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AND WHAT YOU'RE INTENDING TO, TO STILL COMPLETE, YOU'RE THINKING 60 DAYS? UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY 60 DAYS.I MEAN, IF IT TAKES TILL THE END OF THE YEAR, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THE PROPER MATERIALS FOR THAT ONE.
THAT STUCCO IS RIDICULOUSLY THICK AND HEAVY.
I DON'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I WANT IT TO GO, I'VE ALREADY REMOVED PROBABLY ABOUT 10,000 POUNDS OF, OF STUCCO.
IT IS AT LEAST TWO INCHES THICK.
UM, SIDING ON THE BACK THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS AS WELL, WOULD, WOULD YOU PREFER THAT IT BE PAINTED? I'M NOT REFERRING NOTHING.
I'M JUST UP HERE TO MAKE THE COMMENT ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T REFER ANYTHING, UM, 60 DAYS FOR YOU TO COMPLETE AND THERE'S NOBODY IN IT, RIGHT? IT IS, HE'S HE'S GETTING HIS STUFF OUT AS WE SPEAK.
SO, UM, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA RENT THAT OUT OR DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNTIL YOU MADE NO, SIR.
AND, AND THE IDEA THAT HE HAD RENT EXTENSIONS AFTER THE FACT THAT, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING I APPROVED OF.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, MS. WALKER WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT, UH, TO HER TESTIMONY.
UH, IS THAT ALLOWED AT THIS TIME? CO COMPLIANT WOULD LIKE TO ADD INFORMATION AS WELL? YES.
CHAIR, UH, IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION.
CODE COMPLIANCE FIRST, THIS IS DANISH PREMISE OFFICER TOWN.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE SITUATION WITH THE FOUNDATION PERMIT IS WE REQUIRE, DSD REQUIRES A COMPLETION LETTER FROM AN ENGINEER SIGNED AND SEALED STATING THAT THE WORK WAS COMPLETED PROPERLY.
SO HE DID HAVE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT STATING WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE POSTS AND THE BEAMS AND ALL OF THAT.
HOWEVER, THERE'S NO COMPLETION LETTER THAT IS SIGNED AND SEALED STATING THAT THE WORK WAS DONE.
SO TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION WITH THAT.
AND HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT REPAIRS NEEDED TO BE DONE, UM, AT THE LAST HEARING IN 2024, WHICH IS WHY THE FOUNDATION PERMIT WAS OBTAINED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE ORIGINAL HEARING DATE.
SO HE WAS NOTIFIED BY THE PREVIOUS DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER OF THE SITUATION AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
LET ME DO A FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REAL QUICK.
ON THE BACK WALL, THE 10 WALLS, WHY IS IT NOT ALLOWED IF IT'S AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE AND YET COMMERCIALS, BUILDINGS CAN DO IT.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
THE ISSUE IS THAT IT'S NOT WEATHER TREATED.
SO IF IT STARTS TO RUST NOW WHAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE IN A FEW YEARS? IT'S GOING TO JUST GET WORSE.
SO IF THERE'S A WEATHER TREATMENT TO PREVENT IT FROM DETERIORATING, THEN THAT WOULD BE FINE.
BUT THE ISSUE IS, IS HOW DO YOU WEATHER TREAT METAL? SO WE, IT NEEDS TO HAVE WEATHER TREATMENT AS A CONTRACTOR.
I CAN'T LEGALLY ANSWER THAT UP HERE.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
UH, IT WAS MORE OR LESS JUST A GENERAL OBSERVATION.
AND THE GENERAL ANSWER IS THERE ARE WAYS TO DO IT.
AND I THINK HE'S UNDER THE INTERPRETATION THAT YOU'RE MAKING HIM TAKE A WALL DOWN, WHICH IN COMMERCIAL YOU CAN DO IT AND IN RESIDENTIAL YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO CERTAIN ARCHITECTURAL PIECES.
I THINK IF HE HAD OBTAINED THE RE THE REPAIR PERMIT TO REPLACE THE SIDING, I THINK ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS THAT HE NEEDED WOULD'VE BEEN GIVEN TO HIM THAT DAY.
HOWEVER, HE DID NOT GET A PERMIT TO REPLACE ANY SIDING, SO HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
WHEN YOU GO THERE, THERE HAS BEEN REPAIRS MADE? YES.
UM, GOING INTO THAT BACK ROOM, THE FLOOR HAS BEEN PULLED UP AND IT'S JUST PLYWOOD NOW.
UM, THE BATHROOM THERE HAS BEEN GUTTED.
THAT NEW BATHTUB HAS BEEN, UM, INSTALLED AND SOME SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN REMOVED.
AND AGAIN, NO PERMITS WERE OBTAINED FOR ANY OF THAT.
SO PERMITS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO INSTALL A NEW BATHTUB AND TO REMOVE SHOWERS.
YOU STILL NEED PLUMBING PERMITS FOR THOSE AND THAT WAS NOT OBTAINED.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE CONCERN IS PERMITS HAVE NOT BEEN OBTAINED.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S STILL BEING BROUGHT FOR REPAIR BECAUSE HE IS PUTTING THE INTENTION OF REPAIRING IT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT STAFF WANTS.
WE JUST WOULD LIKE IT DONE UNDER PERMITS AND DONE PROPERLY.
UM, AFTER WE HEAR THE, UH, COMMUNITY MS. PAUL YEAH, RIGHT
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AFTER WE HEAR HER, CAN WE HAVE THE, UH, OWNER COME BACK UP? OKAY.THANK YOU MS. WALKER, IF YOU WOULD AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO, UH, MR. KAHN THAT HE LIVES IN AN NCD FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS ITS OWN BUILDING STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT CORRUGATED STEEL IS NOT NCD STANDARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE SET OF RULES AND, AND THE CODE OFFICERS WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT HE KNOWS THAT I THANK YOU.
BUT REGARDLESS, HE NOW KNOWS FOR SURE.
AND MR. MR MR. CANO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
UH, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND RESTATE YOUR NAME JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SIR, I JUST ASK YOU A LITTLE WHILE AGO IF YOU'D DONE ALL THESE UNDER PERMITS AND YOU SAID YOU DID.
UH, WHEN I OBTAINED THE, UH, PERMITS FOR THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT, I HAD ASKED THE, UH, THE OFFICER THAT I GUESS ISSUED ME THE PERMIT THAT I SAID, LOOK, I WILL, I SHOWED PICTURES ALSO.
I SAID, LOOK, ALL THIS STUCCO IS IS JUST WASTED AND IT'S TOO HEAVY.
I SAID, CAN I REPLACE IT BY PUTTING UP, UH, EXTERIOR, UH, DECKING, FOUR BY EIGHT SHEETS OF DECKING AND THEN WEATHER IT IN WITH WRAP AND THEN REPLACE THE SIDING? AND, AND HE SAID, WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS? AND I SAID, WELL, I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.
AND HE SAID, WELL, AS LONG AS IT IS, UM, EQUIVALENT TO THE STUCCO.
AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANNA PUT STUCCO BACK UP THERE BEING IT ISN'T SUCH A PROBLEM.
AND SO I DECIDED THAT I WOULD PUT THE METAL UP THERE.
'CAUSE I LIKED THE WAY IT LOOKED AND I DIDN'T KNOW, SINCE IT'S ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE TOO, I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
WELL, YOU JUST, YOU ONLY ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIDING.
YOU DIDN'T ASK HIM ABOUT PERMITS PER, BUT I DID PULL THE PERMIT FOR THE WINDOWS.
YOU PULLED THE PERMIT FOR WINDOWS? YES SIR.
HOW ABOUT ELECTRICAL? YES, I DID.
YOU PULLED THE PERMIT FOR ELECTRICAL? I DIDN'T PULL IT.
DID YOU PULL IT FOR PLUMBING? PLUMBING? UH, NO SIR.
BUT ALL I DID WAS TAP INTO THE EXISTING, DOESN'T MATTER.
DID YOU PULL IT FOR ANY WALL THAT YOU REMOVED? I HAVE SHEET ROCK.
I JUST YOU DIDN'T PULL THE DEMOLITION PERMIT? NO, THE, UH, ELECTRICAL, UH, CONTRACTOR, HE TORE INTO THE WALLS TO RUN THE WIRE AND ALL I DID WAS CUT OUTTA THE AREAS AND REPLACE IT RIGHT THERE.
THAT, THAT'S REQUIRED TO GET THE UH, FINAL, I KNOW IT'S REQUIRED.
I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, BUT TO GET THE FINAL ON IT, THAT'S WHAT
WELL THE AMOUNT OF DEMOLITION THAT HE HAD TO DO FOR WIRING TELLS ME THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T DO PATCHING.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO USE QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
UH, IF YOU'VE ONLY PULLED ONE PERMIT THAT'S ON THE FILE, YOU DIDN'T PULL, YOU PULLED A, A FOUNDATION PERMIT, CORRECT? YES SIR.
AND YOU PULLED A WINDOW PERMIT? YES, SIR.
WAS THE ONLY TWO PERMITS YOU PULLED OR WERE PULLED AND ELECTRICAL? UM, I BELIEVE SO, YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. KANO? THANK YOU SIR.
ALRIGHT, CHAIR EVER TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1139 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE.
UM, LET ME GO BACK TO THE SHEET REAL QUICK.
UH, MR. CHAIR, I MOTION THAT AT, UM, LEMME GET THE ADDRESS.
1 1 3 9 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CHAPTER CODE 6 1 5 6 SECTION, I MEAN, UH, ARTICLE, I MEAN ARTICLES EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 5 7, WHICH IS FEASIBLE TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 56, SUBSECTIONS FOR MAIN 2, 5, 8, 12, AND 15 ACCESSORY 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15.
AND I ORDER THEM TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR ALL PERMITS,
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UH, PROPERTY TO BE MAINTAINED VACANT UNTIL ALL REPAIRS ARE MADE.THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1139 WEST MARBURY AVENUE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PROCEEDING CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
IT IS, UH, FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT DOES REMAIN IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 56 SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN 2, 5, 8, 12, AND 15 AND SUB CODES FOR THE ACCESSORY 1, 2, 8, 12, AND 15.
THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE REPAIRED IN 30 DAYS WITH ALL PERMITS AND REMAIN VACANT UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE.
MY NEXT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET.
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SANTANA, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 4 9 5 BLOCK S ONE, HALF TWO, LOT ONE TWO, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CENTRAL FLORIDA LENDING FUNDING LLC WITH A MAILING, A ADDRESS OF 4 0 1 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 3 3 8 0 1.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CASE, LUCRECIA CISNEROS AND GILBERT RODRIGUEZ.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
A PHONE NUMBER WAS NOT FOUND FOR THE OWNER, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THEM.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 2ND, 2026.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2025 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS CLAIMED ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2025.
A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS MAILED TO THE NEW OWNER ON MAY 11TH, 2026.
AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED ON AUGUST 21ST, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS OBTAINED AND EXECUTED ON AUGUST 3RD, 2026.
FOR THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY, THIS FIRST PHOTO, EXCUSE ME, THIS FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT ELEVATION AS IT FACES THE STREET SHOWING A SINGLE STORY VACANT STRUCTURE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
THE STRUCTURE HAS A PURON BEAM FOUNDATION, WOOD SIDING, AND A CROSS GABLE ROOF WITH METAL COVERING.
THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1925 AND IS 1,696 SQUARE FEET.
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IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL AND THE STRUCTURE HAS NEITHER WATER NOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES.THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWS A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE FRONT PORCH OVERHANG.
ALL THE WINDOWS ON THE FRONT HAVE BROKEN GLAZING AND ARE BOARDED UP.
THE FASCIA LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION.
THE PORCH POSTS ARE SHORED UP ON TOP OF CEDAR POSTS HERE.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE GRAFFITI.
THE WINDOW GLAZING IS BROKEN AND BOARDED UP.
THE SIDING HAS BEEN PULLED AWAY FROM THE STUDS BY VAGRANT BREAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO SHOWS DAMAGE FROM A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2024.
AT THE ROOF, THE PORCH OVERHANG AND THE WALLS, THE METAL ROOFING IS MISSING ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE.
AND WHAT IS, UH, STILL REMAINS OF THE ROOFING THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE RAFTERS.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION, UH, WHERE MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
THE WALL STUDS, THE RAFTERS, THE CEILING JOISTS, THE DECKING AND THE SIDING ARE ALL CHARRED AND IN SOME AREAS BURNED AWAY.
THE METAL EAVES STRIP IS DETACHED.
THE ROOF IS SAGGING WHERE THE RAFTERS ARE MISSING AND THE SUPPORT BEAM AND DECKING ON THE PORCH OVERHANG ARE ALSO CHARRED.
THIS PHOTO IS OF THE FRONT OF THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE SIDING LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION AND IS WEATHERED FROM EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE BOTTOM OF THAT PORCH POST.
IT'S BALANCED ON TOP OF A CEDAR POST.
IT'S THE SAME FOR THE POST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PORCH.
UH, THIS IS THE REST OF THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE WOOD MEMBERS AT THE BOTTOM ARE ROTTED.
THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP FOR LACK OF WINDOW GLAZING.
THE SIDING IS DETACHED AT THE BOTTOM EDGES TOWARDS THE BACK.
UH, THE SIDING WAS REMOVED AND VAGRANTS WERE ENTERING THE STRUCTURE HERE AFTER THE CITY BOARDED UP THE OTHER SIDE WHERE, UH, THE SIDING WAS ALSO PULLED OFF.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP LOOK OF THE CHARRED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS THAT ARE NO LONGER PROVIDING SUPPORT, UH, TO THIS SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WEATHER ELEMENTS CONTINUE TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE AS THEY HAVE HERE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR.
HERE WE CAN SEE THE DECKING OF THE PORCH OVERHANG ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE WOOD IS CHARRED AND MISSING.
THE SUPPORT POSTS ARE ALSO CHARRED, WHERE THEY ARE NOTCHED OUT AT THE TOP THERE.
UM, TO SUPPORT THAT BEAM, THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE LEFT FRONT CEDAR POST.
UH, IT'S LEANING TO THE LEFT AND THE SEAL BEAM RESTING ON IT IS DETERIORATED FROM EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS FOR LACK OF SKIRTING.
THIS IS A CEDAR POST ON THE LEFT ELEVATION IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT IS ALSO LISTING TO THE LEFT AND DETERIORATED.
THE FLOOR JOISTS ARE VISIBLE THROUGH THE MISSING SIDING.
THEY ARE ALSO WEATHERED AND DETERIORATED FROM EXPOSURE.
THIS IS WHERE THE SIDING ON THAT LEFT ELEVATION WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE WALL STUDS.
THE NEIGHBOR REPORTED SEEING A MAN AND A WOMAN GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOLE.
THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE DETERIORATED HERE AND NO LONGER PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THE STRUCTURE.
WE MADE ENTRANCE INTO THE STRUCTURE FROM THE RIGHT ELEVATION INTO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FRONT ROOM OR A LIVING ROOM.
THE CEILING BOARDS HAVE COLLAPSED FROM WATER DAMAGE EXPOSING THE RAFTERS IN THE DECKING.
THE DRYWALL ALSO HAS COLLAPSED FROM THE CEILING AND ALSO FROM THE WALL.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE COLLAPSED DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR CREATING AN EGRESS VIOLATION.
IF YOU TURN AROUND, THIS IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE PLYWOOD THAT THE THROUGH THE WALL STUDS.
UH, THAT IS THE PLYWOOD THAT THE CITY USED TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE WHEN IT WAS BROKEN INTO FOR THE SECOND TIME.
AS YOU WALK THROUGH THAT FRONT ROOM TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, THE CEILING PLASTER
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AND CANVAS CLOTH HAVE COLLAPSED ONTO THE FLOOR EXPOSING THE CEILING BOARDS IN THIS ROOM.AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, UH, THERE'S A SECOND ROOM THERE AT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE COLLAPSED PLASTER AND CEILING BOARDS ON THAT FLOOR AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK STRAIGHT UP ABOVE THAT, UH, IN THIS ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THE DECKING THAT IS SMOKE DAMAGED.
THERE'S NATURAL LIGHT PRESENT AT THAT FAR CORNER OF THE ROOM, UH, THROUGH THE RAFTERS.
THE CEILING JOISTS ARE SAGGING FROM WATER DAMAGE.
THIS IS THE FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM, UH, WHERE THE TILES HAVE COME LOOSE.
THE SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED AND YOU CAN SEE GRADE THROUGH THAT HOLE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE KITCHEN WHERE AGAIN, THE CEILING COVERING AND THE BOARDS HAVE COMPLETELY COLLAPSED FROM WATER DAMAGE ONTO THE FLOOR.
IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT FROM THE KITCHEN, UH, YOU GO INTO ONE OF THE REAR BEDROOMS OR ONE OF THE REAR ROOMS. THIS IS THE AREA WHERE, UH, THAT SUPPOSED COUPLE WAS GOING IN AND OUT ON THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE SIDING IS MISSING, THE SUBFLOOR IS EXPOSED, AND THERE IS RUBBISH EVERYWHERE HERE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT.
UH, REAR ROOM IS THE SECOND REAR ROOM, AND THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
UH, NATURAL LIGHT IS PRESENT, UH, THROUGH THE MISSING WALL CEILING, JOISTS, RAFTERS, DECKING.
AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A CLOSER LOOK AT, UH, THAT CEILING AREA.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS.
THIS IS IN THE CORNER OF THAT ROOM WHERE AGAIN, NATURAL LIGHT IS PRESENT, UH, THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOORING.
THE STRUCTURE AT 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET SUFFERED A FIRE ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2024.
SINCE THAT TIME, NO FIRE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED OR CONDUCTED.
NO PERMITS PULLED, NO CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH NEITHER THE ORIGINAL OWNER NOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY THAT TOOK OWNERSHIP AFTERWARDS.
THE ELEMENTS CONTINUE TO SATURATE THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE ROOF, COMPROMISING ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE SUPPORT SYSTEM FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE WALLS TO THE ROOF FOR AT LEAST 19 MONTHS THROUGH ALL THE RAIN AND WINTER SEASONS.
ON AUGUST 21ST, 2026, WHILE POSTING THE BSB HEARING NOTICES, I ENCOUNTERED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS STANDING ON THE RIGHT PORCH ON THAT RIGHT ELEVATION AMONGST SOME DEMOLITION DEBRIS.
AND THERE WAS A TRAVEL TRAILER THAT HAD NOW BEEN PARKED ON THE PREMISES IN THE SIDE YARD.
I ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE.
HE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
HE STATED HE HAS NOT YET BEGUN.
I POINTED TO THE PILE OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND ASKED, UH, HOW THAT GOT THERE THEN.
HE JUST, UH, PICKED UP HIS PHONE, CALLED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME AND PICKED HIM UP AND THEN HE LEFT.
AND THAT IS THE ONLY CONTACT I HAVE HAD WITH ANYONE REGARDING THIS STRUCTURE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1 2 7 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS ARE DEFECTS HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD, UH, 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 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? UM, YEAH.
UH, CAN YOU PUT UP THE SLIDE? THE FIRST ONE? UM, I'M GONNA READ FROM YOUR NOTES ON, UH,
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7 9 26.PROPERTY WAS DE UH, ABATED FOR RUBBISH AND VEGETATION CUT.
BUT THIS ONE HERE IS EIGHT AUGUST 3RD.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN CUT.
SO IT WAS, IT IT HAS BEEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
THE RAINY SEASON HAS JUST MADE IT INCREDIBLE.
IT'S BEEN CUT SINCE THIS TIME.
UM, WE HAD ANOTHER WORK ORDER.
WELL, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THAT BECAUSE IT, UH, SO THIS IS OUR YEAH.
SO YOU'VE HAD ANOTHER WORK ORDER PUT IN SINCE THE THIRD, ACTUALLY THE CREW CAME, UM, ON JULY 9TH, UM, THE DAY OF JULY 9TH.
AND ABATED THE PROPERTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND IN THIS PICTURE IS UP HERE IS AUGUST 3RD.
SO WITHIN THAT TIME, DID YOU PUT IN ANOTHER WORK ORDER TO HAVE IT CUT AGAIN? WE DID.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, I NOTICED THAT ONE WALL THAT HAD FIRE DAMAGE, THAT WAS A CITY WALL, THERE'S ONE THAT HAD FIRE DAMAGE, THAT HAD WHITE PAINTED BOARD.
UM, DECEMBER 3RD, DO WE HAVE COST ON ALL THESE ABATEMENTS? YES, SIR.
THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $1,149.
AGAIN, ON DECEMBER 22ND, $517.
AND I DO NOT HAVE THE LAST ONE.
AND YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER OR ANY MORE? ONE MORE, ONE MORE.
THAT HASN'T BEEN NO, IT WAS, IT WAS COMPLETED.
I, I DON'T HAVE THE FIGURE WITH ME.
WAS IT THE SAME AS THE NINTH? THE, THE RUBBISH OR JUST CUT? IT WAS AFTER THE 3RD OF AUGUST.
WAS THAT THE CUT OR JUST IT WAS CUT, YEAH.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT COSTING RUB AND OKAY.
SO FOUR ABATEMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE AS OF WHEN DID, UH, UH, WE STARTED, THE FIRST ONE WAS STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2024.
SO YOU HAVE TWO ORDERS WE HAVE OUTSTANDING FOR WHAT? I HAVE ONE ORDER OUTSTANDING.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE FIGURE FOR FIGURE FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST.
I HAVE ANOTHER WORK ORDER IN PLACE TO HAVE THAT WHOLE, UH, SECURED.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU HAD ANOTHER FOR THE GRASS TO BE CUT TOO.
NO, THE GRASS HAS BEEN CUT SINCE.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE AND THAT'S FOR THE CORRECT FOR THE PATCHING? YES, FOR RIGHT NOW, YES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO BUTCHER THE NAME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS.
RIN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNSEL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO BETWEEN GOVERNMENT HILL AND DIG WITTY PARK.
UM, I WANNA THANK OFFICER SANTANA FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DONE.
UH, SHE ALWAYS COMES OUT, UH, ANSWERS MY CALLS VERY EARLY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S WORKING ALREADY.
SO I LIVE TO THE LEFT OF WHAT IS LEFT OF THE STRUCTURE, AND I LIVE AT A CORNER.
I LIVE AT TWO SIX BROOKS AND IT'S BROOKS AND NORTH OLIVE.
THIS STRUCTURE, UH, LIKE SHE SAID, WAS, UH, THERE'S AN, THERE WAS AN ARSON INVESTIGATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS FOUR PROPERTIES THAT WERE BURNT.
AND ONE OF THEM, THE FIRE TO, UH, THE HOUSE IS GONE.
AND UH, THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER FIRE ON BROOK STREET ON TWO 14 AND THAT HOUSE IS GONNA BE DEMOLISHED.
AND THEN, UH, ON DEVAL, WHICH IS AN ALLEY BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS, THERE WAS ANOTHER, UH, HOUSE FIRE.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE HAD BEEN TALKING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE ARSON INVESTIGATORS WENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON HOLIDAY AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IS HERE AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOR SAW FIRE COMING OUT FROM THAT HOUSE.
SO THEY JUMPED IN MY YARD BECAUSE MY HOUSE WAS GATED.
AND, UH, THEY GOT THE WATER HOSE.
I HAVE A PRIVACY FENCE AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THAT STRUCTURE THAT WAS ON FIRE.
LUCKILY IT SHOT OUT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
IF NOT, MY HOUSE WOULD'VE BEEN BURNED.
I'VE LIVED AT MY, UH, HOME FOR 25 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
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AS OF NOW.TWO WEEKS AGO WE CALLED THE POLICE.
WE SAW A CAR, AND, UH, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHOSE CAR IT WAS.
UM, IT WAS IN THE STREET AND THE POLICE SAID THAT NO, IT WASN'T.
AND I'M LIKE, THAT IT HAS TO BE MOVED BECAUSE IT'S ON THE STREET.
WELL THEN ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LEAVING ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE NOTICED THERE WAS AN RV THAT WAS THERE.
WE GOT, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS INVOLVED.
UH, THEY CHECKED, UH, THE VIN NUMBER, THE VIN NUMBER.
IT DIDN'T SHOW UP AS STOLEN AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS NOT SECURE.
LIKE IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOCK ON IT.
SO WE THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE STOLEN.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE IS A SCHOOL OF MAYBE NOT EVEN 250 FEET AWAY.
IT'S THE JU UH, THE BEAR COUNTY JUVENILE ACADEMY.
AND, UH, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THIS, UM, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, LIKE FROM HERE ACROSS.
AND, UM, IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M LEAVING TO WORK, ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, THE KIDS ARE BEING DROPPED OFF AND THEY'RE WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO NOW THERE'S SOME GRAFFITI IN THE BACK PART THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE.
AND, UH, SO IT'S BEEN A DUE SINCE WE HAVE, UM, HOMELESS HOUSELESS VAGRANT.
UM, WE CALL OFTEN THERE'S MY HUSBAND AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BOARDED THAT'S STRUCTURED.
ONCE IT WAS CONDEMNED BY THE CITY AND SECURED THEY GO, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, MY HUSBAND DID THE SAME THING.
HE HAD TO GO AND BOARD THE HOUSE UP.
AND THAT'S WHEN, UH, THE OFFICER HAD SHOWN UP.
AND THE GRASS IS, UH, MAINTAINED.
WE ALSO CUT THE GRASS BECAUSE IT GETS VERY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE WATER AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK UP FOR EACH OTHER.
SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T WANNA COME BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED.
UH, THEY SAY THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
EVERY TIME WE SEE SOMEONE, UH, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GO ONTO THE, THAT PROPERTY.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST BECOME A LOT.
AND IT'S VERY STRESSFUL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND THE NEIGHBORS.
AND SOME OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORS ARE ELDER.
THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND, UH, WE'VE THOUGHT OF MOVING, UH, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE SOMEONE DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THESE ARE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING INTO DISTRICT TWO AND THEY BUY PROPERTIES AND THEY DON'T MAINTAIN THEM.
AND THE FRONT OF THIS HOUSE HAD A GATE AND THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN.
THE GATE'S NO LONGER THERE, LIKE TO THE DRIVEWAY.
UH, THE BACK HAD, THE BACK OF THE HOUSE HAD A PRIVACY FENCE.
AND THE WOOD HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF.
DURING THE WINTER WE CALLED, THERE WAS SOME TREES SET ON FIRE.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A HOUSE, A LOT OF THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I CAN SAY, BUT I HOPE THAT BY LISTENING TO THE OFFICER, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS COME UP AND MYSELF, UH, MAYBE YOU CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
I, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
LET'S FIND OUT IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS FRED ANDERS.
YOU ARE IN THE AREA ENOUGH TO KNOW THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES THROUGH THIS, WHERE THIS HOUSE IS, IS THERE A LOT OF CHILDREN PASSING THROUGH THAT AREA? SO THE JUVENILE ACADEMY, IT'S THE BEXAR COUNTY JUVENILE ACADEMY.
UH, THAT IS A PRETTY SECURED AREA.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEY GET OFF THE BUS AND THERE'S EITHER A DEPUTY OR CONSTABLE AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL AND WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE ISSUES ARE WITH THE YOUNG KIDS THAT GET DROPPED OFF EARLY.
'CAUSE PROBABLY THE PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND THE SCHOOL'S NOT OPEN.
SO THEY JUST GO AND WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'VE SEEN THEM WALK IN THAT AREA.
AND SCHOOL JUST STARTED, I THINK LAST WEEK AND LAST YEAR WE HAD TALKED TO THE DEPUTY AND TO THE CONSTABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE HOUSE BECAUSE KIDS WERE WALKING BACK THERE.
AND LIKE, AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BOARDED BECAUSE THE BOARDS, THE WINDOWS WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE AT THE FRONT DOOR, THEY GET KICKED OUT BY THE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DRUGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO BECAUSE OF THAT HOUSE.
GILBERT RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS GILBERT RODRIGUEZ.
I'M IN THE DISTRICT TWO, AND ALSO AS MY NEIGHBOR SAID, MISS ROS, I ACTUALLY LIVE TO THE EAST OF HER.
I'M CATTY CORNER TO THAT, UH, 1404 NORTH, NORTH OLIVE.
UH, PRIOR TO THE 2022 FIRE, UH, THE, THE OWNER WAS TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OWNER.
I GUESS THEY, THEY SOLD IT, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WAS TAKING CARE OF IT.
I MET WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STAFF AND I TOLD 'EM, HEY, PEOPLE ARE BREAKING INTO THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE MY NEIGHBOR'S HUSBAND AND I WILL GO BACK AND CLOSE IT UP, WHICH IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE CALLED, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME.
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CUT THE GRASS.WELL, THAT STOPPED EVER SINCE THE FIRE ISSUE ON THE HOUSE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO PROVE, UH, TO SHOW HERE AT THE MOMENT.
UH, THE MULTIPLE 3 1 1 CALLS, THE MULTIPLE 9 1 1 CALLS, UH, AS FOR THE SCHOOL, IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND, UH, I DO SEE SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE BACK.
SO I'LL COME OUT AND SAY HI TO THEM.
I SAY, HEY, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
USUALLY SOME ARE JUST SMOKING, SOME ARE JUST, JUST, JUST, THEY'RE STANDING, TALKING, WAITING FOR THE SCOOTER TO OPEN UP.
UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GONNA SAY.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC WITH, UH, S HOMELESS.
UH, IF MY NEIGHBOR DOESN'T TELL ME, I'LL LET HER HUSBAND KNOW, HEY, I JUST SAW THIS VEHICLE COMING BY.
UH, BUT IT'S JUST CONSTANT ISSUE WITH VAGRANTS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE COMING BY, UH, THE GRASS NOT BEING CUT BY THE BY BY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
AND THE REASON WHY I CAN SEE IT, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND ME IS AN EMPTY LOT.
SO WHEN I SEE THAT GRASS GROWING, I'LL CALL 3 1 1 AND DO A COMPLAINT ON THAT.
AND USUALLY THEY'LL CUT BOTH OF 'EM SIMULTANEOUSLY.
UH, THERE WAS SOME, OH, AND THE, UH, 20 FOOT COLEMAN RV, I WENT OVER THERE AND TOOK IT, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT A LOOK AT IT.
NO, NO, NO, UH, LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
I GOT THE VIN NUMBER, UH, REPORTED THAT TO THE 9 1 1 NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
UH, THEY NEVER GOT BACK TO ME OR IF IT WAS A, IF IT WASN'T REPORTED, UH, STOLEN.
UM, BUT OTHER THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THAT AREA FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW IN THAT HOUSE.
I JUST GOTTA, I FEEL LIKE I'M A HIGH ALERT.
WE'RE SIT IN THE BACK AND SEE IF ANYBODY'S BACK THERE.
BUT LUCKILY FOR THAT DAY, I WAS, I WAS HOME THAT DAY WHEN THAT FIRE STARTED.
I DO AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR, UH, DEMOLITION, BUT IF POSSIBLE, CONSIDERATION FOR EMERGENCY DEMOLITION.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET.
MR. CHAIR, THIS FRED ANDERSON, I MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 4 0 4 NORTH OLIVE STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE PER CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6 1 57, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME AND IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 6, 1 5, 6 SUBSECTIONS.
1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND I ORDER A DEMOLITION WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALL UTILITIES TO BE REMAIN CUT, VACATE THE PROPERTY, SECURE THE PROPERTY.
AND IF THIS, UH, IF, IF THE DEMOLITION GOES, UH, MORE THAN THE 30 DAYS THAT IT BE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1404 NORTH OLIVE STREET 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 IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 56, SUB CODES 1, 2 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
UH, UTILITIES CUT TO BE VACATED AND SECURED AND TO BE PRIORITY LIST ON DEMOLITION.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD ENOUGH.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE 1847 MCCAULEY AVENUE.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 1847
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MCCAULEY AVENUE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCB 1 2 4 9 7 BLOCK EIGHT, LOT 13, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS MORALES RICHARD D WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1847 MCCAULEY SAN AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 4 ON 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 ANY OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON APRIL 29TH, 2025 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1847 MCCAULEY AVENUE WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 25TH, 2025 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS DELIVERED MARCH 24TH, 2025 ON AUGUST 6TH, 2025.
A ME CONFERENCE MEETING WAS HELD WITH NO OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1847 MCCAULEY AVENUE ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT AS PENDING.
ON AUGUST 4TH, 2026, A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026.
THERE WERE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1847 MCCAULEY AVENUE.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 4TH AND ON AUGUST 28TH, 2026.
SO HERE WE DO HAVE, UH, THE FRONT ELEVATION AS WELL AS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
SO WE ARE GOING OVER TOWARDS THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE PROPERTY DOES SIT ON A CORNER LOT.
UM, YOU DO SEE SOME LACK OF WEATHER PROTECTION ON THE GARAGE.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME ADDITIONS MADE TO CONNECT THE GARAGE TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
UM, THE FOLLOWING PHOTO WILL SHOW A CLOSEUP OF THE CONNECTING, UH, ADDITIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE HOW MANY TIMES THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SECURED.
THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT BREAK-INS AT THIS PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A, THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF VEGETATION THAT WAS RECENTLY ABATED BY THE CITY.
UM, THE NEXT PHOTO WILL SHOW A BETTER VIEW OF THE REAR OF THE GARAGE AND THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF IT AS WELL.
HERE WE DO GO INTO A CLOSER LOOK.
WE DO SEE WHERE SOME OF THE WALL WAS PULLED OUT BY VAGRANT AT SOME POINT, UM, THAT THAT HAS BEEN SECURED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOW IT IS LEANING OUTWARD AND NO LONGER SITTING ON THE FOUNDATION AS WELL AS WHERE THE WINDOW SITS WITH THE BURGLAR BARS.
YOU DO, YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO COVERING AND NO DECKING.
AND HERE WE ARE GOING TOWARDS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE REAR PORTION.
UM, YOU DO SEE THERE IS SOME OF THE SOFFIT THAT IS HANGING BELOW AS WELL.
AND HERE WE DO JUST HAVE THE FRONT PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
I DID MAKE ENTRY THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE ON, BUT THIS IS THE ENTRY FRONT LIVING ROOM OF WHAT WOULD BE.
UM, THE DRYWALL HAS HOLES IN IT THROUGHOUT.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE KITCHEN WHICH IS IN THE CENTER OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AGAIN, THE DRYWALL IN THE CEILING HAS BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO ELECTRICAL BEING STRIPPED.
THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THROUGHOUT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEBRIS IS COUNTER HEIGHT AS WELL.
SO I DID NOT PURSUE FURTHER INTO THE STRUCTURE FOR SAFETY REASONS.
SO STILL FROM THAT SAME POSITION IS JUST MOVING OVER TOWARDS, UM, THE LEFT.
THERE WAS A LITTLE DOOR TO THE LEFT FROM THE KITCHEN.
UM, YOU DO SEE SOME ROTTING AND DETERIORATION TO THAT WALL THAT IS PRESENT.
SO THIS IS A VIEW OF THE LEFT BEDROOM THROUGH THE WINDOW.
UM, AGAIN, NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE INTERIOR.
UM, YOU DO SEE SOME DAMAGE TO THE CEILING, DRYWALL.
A LOT OF THE DEBRIS EVERYTHING'S BEEN RANSACKED THROUGH.
THIS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING BEDROOM DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS IS THE ONE OF THE ROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHERE THE KITCHEN WOULD BE.
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AGAIN, YOU SEE A LOT OF DEBRIS, UM, TOWARDS THE CEILING.YOU DO SEE THE SUN EXPOSURE DUE TO THE DAMAGE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE THAT VIEW FROM WHERE THAT WINDOW WAS IN THE REAR WHERE THE SEA, THE ROOF SYSTEM WAS ALREADY SEVERELY DETERIORATED.
UM, THERE IS A LACK OF ROOF RATHER
UM, AND THIS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING CORNER, UM, THAT WAS SECURED, IS SECURED CURRENTLY, UM, WHAT'S LEFT OF THE ROOFS AND THE SEVERE WA WATER DAMAGE THAT IS PRESENT.
UM, YOU DO SEE, UM, THE DRYWALL IS ALSO MISSING.
UM, THE BOARD IS SITTING ON THE HEIGHT OF THE DEBRIS THAT'S IN THAT ROOM AS WELL.
UM, DUE TO THE DAMAGE OF THE ROOF, IT'S ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE ELEMENTS AND WILDLIFE TO ENTER.
AND THIS IS JUST A VIEW TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF SAID ROOM.
UM, THE ADDITION THAT WAS MADE, THE CENTER WALL IS STARTING TO LEAN AND DETACH AND IS NO LONGER SUPPORTING THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO THIS IS JUST GONNA BE THE LITTLE ACCESSORY SHED IN THE BACK.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE THE ENTRY POINT OF WHERE THE FRONT DOOR WAS.
YOU DO SEE LACKING OF WEATHER PROTECTION AND ROTTING TO THE WOOD SIDING.
AND HERE WE ARE TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THAT ENTRY POINT.
UM, THAT HOLE HAS BEEN SECURED SINCE THEN.
UM, THEY'RE LACKING OF WEATHER PROTECTION ALSO.
AND UM, THE STRUCTURE IS STARTING TO LIST, UM, AND LEAN TOWARDS THE LEFT.
SO THIS IS JUST THE ENTRY POINT.
THERE IS SOME TRASH AND DEBRIS THROUGHOUT IN THERE.
YOU DO SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE SIDING THAT IS PRESENT AS WELL IN THE REAR.
AND HERE WE GO TO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
YOU DO SEE THAT, UM, THE REAR WALL IN THAT PICTURE IS STARTING TO DETACH AND SEPARATE FROM THE TOP PLATE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE SINGLE STORY MAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF WOOD FRAME, WOOD, BRICK AND VINYL SIDING WITH THE COMBINATION CROSSED HIP AND GABLE ROOF SYSTEM WITH ASPHALT SHINGLES AND GRAVEL COVERING ON A CONCRETE SLAB FOUNDATION.
THE RAFTERS AND DECKINGS ARE ROTTING AND THE DETERIORATION ALLOWING FOR THE ELEMENTS AND WILDLIFE TO ENTER THE REAR ADDITION.
INTERIOR WALL IS LEANING THE EXTERIOR WALL.
STU ARE ROTTING THE EXTERIOR WALL CONNECTING THE ADDITION TO THE GARAGE.
TO THE, UM, TO THE GARAGE IS BOWING OUTWARD.
THE DRYWALL HAS HOLES AND IS MISSING THROUGHOUT AND SEVERE WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT AS WELL.
THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ITEMS, TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT IS THROUGHOUT MAKING A CONCERN FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF WOOD FRAME WITH A PANEL SIDING AND A FLAT ROOF WITH METAL COVERING.
THE STRUCTURE IS LISTING AND THE SIDING IS ROTTING AND LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1847 MCCAULAY AVENUE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN ARE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY ARE 1 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1847 MCCAULEY AVENUE.
THERE WAS A, UH, AT LEAST SOME INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH VAGRANT.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? YOU HAVE THREE ABATEMENTS IN HERE THAT YOU'VE NOTED.
IS THERE ANY PENDING? I'M, UH, CURRENTLY NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PENDING ABATEMENTS.
THE MOST RECENT ABATEMENT WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL, I'M SORRY, AUGUST 4TH, 2026, WHICH IS THE LAST TIME THE PROPERTY WAS ABATED.
SO THE TOTAL ABATEMENTS AS OF RIGHT NOW OR SO, AS OF 2000 0 3 7? CORRECT.
FOR, FOR THE, FOR ALL THREE FOR THE CONTRACTOR FEES.
BUT THAT PRICE WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT ARE ADDED TO THERE CURRENTLY.
SO THAT'D BE ALMOST 3000 THEN? YES, SIR.
AND THEY, NOTHING ELSE IS PENDING.
SO ALL THE STUFF HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR? CORRECT.
AND THERE'S STILL VAGRANT GETTING IN AS OF RIGHT NOW.
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FRIDAY, UM, EVERYTHING WAS STILL FULLY SECURED.NOBODY HAD GONE INTO THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN OFF FOR HOW LONG? UH, THEY'VE BEEN OFF FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATE FOR ME, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE OFF.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
JOSH MARTINEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE.
I A RESIDENCE OF AN ARMY, BUT I GREW UP IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UH, TODAY I AM, UH, THANK THE COMMITTEE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE, UH, BEFORE YOU.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS FOR, UH, 1847 MCCAULEY IS MY DESIRE TO, UH, PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, UH, TO THE NEXT OF KIN.
I AM, UH, CURRENTLY IN, UH, NEGOTIATION PROCESS TO SPEAK TO THEM, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET IT OFF THEIR HANDS.
UM, MY PRIORITY FORCE AND FALSE MOST ONCE THE PROPERTY IS PURCHASED, UM, IS TO MAKE THE PROPERTY SAFE, FIX THE DEFICIENCY.
UM, I GREW UP IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, I WOULD HATE TO SEE ANOTHER VACANT LOT IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH PART OF IT.
UM, WE HAVE A TEAM, UH, WITH US, UH, ON BOARD, UH, THAT IS WILLING TO HELP FOR THE CAUSE AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT, THE STRUCTURE SAFE AND, AND SOUND.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT OFFICER, UH, SANCHEZ HAS, UH, STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS, BRINGS A DANGERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORING AND WHATNOT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL REQUEST TIME, UH, FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF, OF THE PURCHASE AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, TO, UM, MAKE THIS PLACE SECURE.
UH, YOU SAID YOU HAD ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE OWNER, UH, NEXT OF KIM.
AND WHAT DATE? UH, IT WAS AFTER AUGUST THE FOURTH, WHENEVER THEY HAD, UH, DONE THE LAST AGREEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, COUNSEL, IT'S MY OPINION THAT BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, WE'RE TOO LATE TO MAKE THAT DISCUSSION OR HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.
IT'S UP TO THE BOARD'S DISCRETION IF THE BOARD WISHES TO HEAR WHAT THE INTENT IS.
BUT, UH, THE BOARD'S ORDER IS LIMITED TO THE CONDITION AS PRESENTED TODAY, WHICH IS NOT THE ANSWER YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
UH, I WILL RESTATE THE ANSWER WAS YES, I CAN RESET THE CASE, WHICH IS CORRECT.
PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION THAT I HAD.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT INTERRUPTION.
UH, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, BY THE WAY,
UH, SO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN OF ACTION IN TERMS OF REPAIR, UH, AND YOU'VE HAD INITIAL CONTACTS WITH AT LEAST A FAMILY MEMBER.
DO YOU KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THEY ACTUALLY NOW HAVE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY? UH, THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE, UH, GENTLEMAN WHO, UM, HAS THE DEED NEVER, UH, SUBMITTED IT.
SO IT WAS DONE, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE IT WAS, UH, TAKEN.
I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PROCESS GOES, BUT, UH, HE HAS DOCUMENTATION THAT SAYS, HEY, I JUST NEVER, UH, SUBMITTED IT TO BE FILED.
AND HE SAYS, NOW WE'RE WE HAVE, WE HAVE THIS GOING ON NOW.
AND SO I DID ASK HIM, WHAT WAS THE DELAY? WHAT HAPPENED? AND HE'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST FINANCES AND LIFE HAS ITS FEE.
SO
SO WE HAVE TI WE DO NOT HAVE TITLE, BUT WE DO HAVE AN INDICATION OF THE TITLE BEING OBTAINABLE.
I DID MENTION TO HIM I WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ASSUME ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES 'CAUSE HE'S WITH THE CITY.
HE SAYS, MAN, I, I KNOW I OWE THE CITY, UH, X AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND, UH, HE SAYS, WELL, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE SAYS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.
I DID ADVISE HIM THAT WE WOULD DO THAT.
UH, LET ME, LET ME GO TO THE MONEY ISSUE REAL QUICK.
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
DID YOU BRING ANYTHING WITH YOU TO INDICATE, UH, AVAILABLE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY? AND I'VE GOT AN IDEA IN MIND,
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN FAIR TO YOU.
BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION OF FINANCIAL AVAILABILITY TO DO THE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME? I, BECAUSE OF SHORT NOTICE, UM, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT OFFICER SANCHES ALSO POSTING UP THE, THE NOTES UP THERE WITH SUCH NOTES, SHORT NOTICE THAT I WAS
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NOT ABLE TO GET THAT, UH, DOCUMENT, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE FINANCES.BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, THE FINANCES THAT WILL BACK US UP, UH, COMPLETELY TO REPAIR AND MAKE THIS, UH, PLACE SAFE.
AND ALSO THE MONEY, OBVIOUSLY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST ISSUE IS YES, SIR, ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
UM, HE'S GENTLEMAN IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S PRETTY WELL, UH, UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S GONNA BE POURED INTO THIS PROJECT.
SO HE UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO NEGOTIATE, BUT, UH, HE'S OPEN TO THE REASON, A REASONABLE FAIR AMOUNT.
AND HAVE HE, HAD YOU HAD ANY, UH, ENGINEERS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY IN TERMS OF THEIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED? BECAUSE PRIMARILY THE FIRE ISSUE, WE HAVE HAD A FEW, WE, WE DID STOP BY OUT THERE AND, UH, DID A WALKTHROUGH, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO, UH, TAKE ONTO OUR HANDS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IT'S STILL SAL SALVAGEABLE.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, INSTRUCTED US AND, AND GAVE US THEIR, UH, LENIENCY OF, YES, IT IS DOABLE.
THE FOUNDATION APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION.
THE BRICK OF THE, UH, MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE HOME, UM, APPEARS TO BE IN, IN, IN GOOD CONDITION WHAT IS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED.
AND THE PLAN IS TO DEMOLISH WHAT HAS CAVED IN FROM THE REAR, THE SMALL, UH, GARAGE IN THE BACK THAT'S FALLING APART, CLEARED OUT, GET EVERYTHING VEGETATION.
THERE'S STILL A FEW VEGETATION THAT WAS STILL PRESENT THAT IT JUST BRINGS AN EYESORE AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A PLAN OF ACTION TO REMOVE EVERYTHING THAT OFFICER SANCHEZ HAD HAS STATED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT IT'S MORE OF A HAZARD.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THESE, UH, S DID GO IN THERE, OPENED UP THE SHEET ROCK AND PULLED IT ELECTRICAL OUT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM WARREN? YEAH, THIS IS FRED ANDES, ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES GREAT.
ON THE OTHER DOCUMENTS WE REQUIRE, HAVE YOU SPOKE TO CONTRACTORS FOR A SCOPE OF WORK? UH, YES SIR.
WE HAVE, UH, WITH US, UH, TODAY, UM, I, UH, REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S PART OF OUR TEAM, UH, FROM NATIVE CRAFTS, HE'S, I'M NOT SURE IF WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RECEIVE COPIES.
IT'S JUST A, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, YOU OKAY.
IT'S JUST A SMALL, UM, IF YOU CAN PUT IT UP ON THIS SCREEN.
HAS LEGAL LOOKED AT THAT? IT'S, IT'S ONLY AN ESTIMATE.
IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, IT'S JUST A SMALL, UH, ESTIMATE.
UH, NOT OF A CONTRACT OR A BILL, BUT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, WELL, WE'RE NOT, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
HAVE YOU HAD SOMEBODY COME IN THERE AND TELL YOU JUST ITEMIZED NOT TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING, NOT TO E EVERY SINGLE DOT AND I OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST GENERAL BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT WAS, THE PLACE IS SECURED.
UM, JUST KIND OF PEEKING THROUGH THERE.
WE HAD JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
SO WHAT IS SHADED IS THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT IS WHAT'S REQ WE'RE GOING TO BE DEMOLISHING FIRST AND FOREMOST.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IS THE UNDER FINANCIAL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, AND SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAD AN ENGINEER, SO AN ENGINEER'S REPORT WOULD BE THERE.
NOW, HOW LONG ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE TITLE CHANGE TO? I, I MADE, UH, CONTACT WITH, UH, ONE OF THE TITLE COMPANIES.
UH, SOME ARE MENTIONING OR ADVISE ME, IT COULD BE UP TO, UH, 60 DAYS, 30 DAYS.
THEY WOULDN'T, THEY HAVE TO RUN TITLE SEARCH AND THEN ASSESS ANY FEES OR LIENS OUT THERE THAT MAY BE PRESENT.
I'M LOOKING AT A DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, 30 TO 60 DAYS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY GET OWNERSHIP? UH, FROM WHAT I'M, UH, GETTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TITLE COMPANY, THE WAY IT WORKS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THAT WAS BASICALLY JUST THE, THE ISSUE IN TERMS OF, OF DEMOLISH AND GETTING READY TO GO THE REST OF THE WAY.
UH, BUT YOU DO HAVE PLANS, SPECIFIC PLANS IN TERMS OF INTERIOR WORK AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR WORK THAT YOU MAY NEED FOR THE PRIMARY PORTION OF THE BUILDING? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF HIM? UH, I'M, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THIS AS WELL IN CASE, UH, AND, AND, UM, KEEPING IN CONTACT WITH OFFICER SANCHEZ, UH, IN CASE THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON WE SEE THE SCOPE OF WORK BEING GREATER THAN WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT INTO IT.
I'LL DEFINITELY NOTIFY OFFICER SANCHEZ THAT WE CAN, UH, AT THAT TIME Y'ALL CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION.
BUT, UH, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE BONES ARE THERE, EVERYTHING'S GREAT.
I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
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HATE TO SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY ANOTHER VACANT LOT AND, AND JUST BRING SOMEBODY INTO THAT HOME TO, TO MAKE IT A ANOTHER FAMILY HOME.UH, I GUESS ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, SINCE YOU DO NOT LIVE HERE, WHO'S GOING TO ACTUALLY DO THE OVERSEE OF THE ALL THE WORK? UM, I WOULD BE DOING, UM, PART OF IT MYSELF, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE HIRED, UH, WE'LL HIRE SOMEONE TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT AS WELL.
SO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WILL ACTUALLY BE THE PRIMARY, UH, EITHER MYSELF OR PROJECT MANAGER ON IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION? IF NOT, UH, FRANCISCO LOPEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT YOU RESIDE, OR THE BUSINESS THAT YOU RESIDE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I RESIDE IN DISTRICT ONE AND ALSO DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M HERE ON REPRESENTING THE MARTINEZ'S FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A OWNER, A REPRESENTATIVE PERSPECTIVE.
SO CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UH, MULTIPLE OTHER BUILDINGS HERE IN TOWN, INCLUDING SOME, UM, HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND SO MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT AS A DESIGN PRINCIPAL OR PROFESSIONAL, UH, WORK MULTIPLE AREAS OF TOWN DOING SIMILAR PROJECTS.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TRY TO SAVE THE FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE BOTH GREW UP IN THAT COMMUNITY.
I WENT TO SOUTH SANTA HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
ESSENTIALLY, I PROVIDED A WORK ESTIMATE.
WE WERE CONTACTED VERY RECENTLY AND JUST WENT, UM, ON THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND WITH THE ALLOTTED TIME, I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE, MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS, SPEAK TO MY NEIGHBORS, UH, NEIGHBORING CONTRACTOR AS WELL.
AND I SAID, LOOK, WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED SOME FORM OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, ASSUMING THAT THE MARTINEZ'S FAMILY CAN PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER NEGOTIATION WITH.
AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE, TO REPRESENT MY COMPANY, REPRESENT, UH, THE MARTINEZ'S AS THEIR OWNER AGENT, TO WALK THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
HAS COUNSEL SEEN THAT MATERIAL ON SCOPE OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND? I BELIEVE I HANDED THIS, UH, DOCUMENT.
UH, CAN WE SEE IT THEN? 'CAUSE I KNOW FRED AND I ARE GONNA WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
I'M, AND I HAVE A COVER LETTER THAT WAS JUST, UH, KIND OF DESCRIBES WHAT, WHAT PROCESS WE'RE TAKING ON THIS.
AND IT IS A, UH, ESSENTIALLY A, UH, OWNER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICE AND DEMOLITION OVERSIGHT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR ON SITE JUST YET.
RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE 'EM, WE DON'T HAVE THEM, UH, CONTRACTED JUST YET, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT'S NECESSARY.
WE DID LOOK AT THE, AT THE STRUCTURE, UH, THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS, WAS THE CONCERN AS TO WHAT, UH, WHAT STATE IS THAT IN? WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS AS BEST AS WE COULD.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS MS. MARTINEZ, MS. MARTINEZ ARE, UH, FRIENDS OF THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY KINDA GAVE THEM THE UPDATE AS TO WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
UM, WHAT WE SAW, WE DID SEE THE HOLES IN, IN THE CEILING, LOOKED LIKE THE ELECTRICAL HAD BEEN STRIPPED, BUT THE MAIN, UH, MAIN STRUCTURE APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD STANDING ON THE PERIMETER.
THERE ARE NO CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION, NO CRACKS ON THE, UH, ON THE BRICK OR MASONRY.
BUT MOSCOW IS THAT, UH, THAT ADDITION BETWEEN THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE, AND THE GARAGE, UM, THAT IS IN BAD SHAPE AND THAT IS A NUISANCE.
SO, UH, FIRST ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IS THAT IS ADDRESS THAT GET THAT CLEANED OUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL THAT DEBRIS INSIDE THE, THE RESIDENCE, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT REPRESENTS A HAZARD AS WELL, IN OUR OPINION.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ORDER IS TO GET, GET IT CLEANED UP.
AND, UM, OF COURSE SOME OF THE WINDOWS WERE LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE INOPERABLE.
SO GETTING THAT LOCKED UP, MAKING, MAKING IT SAFE ESSENTIALLY IS THE FIRST PHASE.
AND THEN WE CAN PROVIDE A DESIGN SERVICE TO GO IN THERE AND RENOVATE THE HOME, AS YOU KNOW, AS APPLICABLE.
BUT THAT RENOVATION IS WHAT I'M MOST CON INTERESTED OR CONCERNED.
UH, AND HAVE YOU ACTUALLY BEGUN TO START PUTTING TOGETHER THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE BASED ON, BASED ON WHAT WE SAW, AND AGAIN, IT WAS LATE IN THE EVENING, WHAT WE
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SAW THERE, SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE NEED TO OF COURSE ADDRESS THAT BACK WALL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ADDITION IS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MU MUCH OF THAT, UH, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, UH, HAS IMPACTED BECAUSE IT HAS NO ROOFS.
IT'S IMPACTED THE OPEN DOORS, OPEN WINDOWS.
UH, THE IDEA WAS THAT WE'VE GOTTA COME IN THERE AND DRY THAT IN ESSENTIALLY THAT BACK WALL, AND THEN OF COURSE, HAVE TO ASSESS THE ELECTRICAL.
WE DON'T, WE, WE DIDN'T SEE, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A FULL RENOVATION PACKAGE BEFORE US, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ADVISING, UH, TO THEM IS IT'S NOT JUST THE DEMOLITION AND THE CLEANUP.
THERE'S, THERE'S A RENOVATION PROCESS THAT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
AND WE'VE NOT CONTRACTED TO DO THAT JUST YET, BUT IT'S UNDER NEGOTIATION AS WELL.
THE IDEA WAS TO PRESENT AND MAKE SAFE WITH THIS WORK ESTIMATE.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.
SO HAVING DONE, UH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE PAST, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, THERE'S THAT PROCESS.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AND GET PERMITS, GET DRAWINGS DONE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE PROVIDE, GET WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT WITH A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE SOME MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING.
SO IT'S A FULL A AND E TEAM THAT WE, THAT WE REPRESENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YOU ARE GOING TO HIRE A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR FOR DEMO, MY UNDERSTANDING? YES.
I'M, I'M REPRESENTING, SO I'M DOING OVERSIGHT, RIGHT.
YOU'RE BASICALLY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IN, IN A MANAGEMENT SENSE.
SO WE DO, I DO HAVE ACCESS, MY OFFICE IS JUST 3 0 3 EL PASO HERE, AND WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, I HAVE ACCESS TO SEVERAL CONTRACTORS THAT ARE LOCAL AND READY TO, TO ASSIST THE PROCESS.
SOME EVEN PRO BONO, I DON'T KNOW WHY JUST YET, BUT, WELL, YEAH,
AND, AND I DID MENTION TO THEM, I SAID, I'M PROVIDING THIS IN A, THIS IS A VERY QUICK TRYING TO SAVE OUR COMMUNITY HERE IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS PRO BONO FOR ME AT, AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN ONCE YOU GET IN THERE, THEN YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MORE DETAILED YES.
AND THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE THING THAT, THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT DOING, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY WITH THE CONTACT THAT, UH, THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.
SO THAT WAS THE NEXT REQUEST THAT I HAD, IS LET'S GAIN ACCESS SO THAT WE CAN GO IN THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AND WALK WITH THE TEAM.
THE ACCESS WE DID HAVE WAS THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND THEN ON THAT BACK AREA IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE SAW ALL.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR FINAL QUESTIONS? MR. LOPEZ? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, AND I'LL, I'LL REFER TO COUNSEL TO THIS.
WE CAN'T GO MORE THAN 30 DAYS, IS THAT CORRECT, COUNSEL? THE NEXT IMMEDIATE IS, UH, THE DEFAULT IS 30 DAYS, BUT, UH, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD'S DISCRETION SINCE A PROPOSAL, UH, OR THE BONES OF A PROPOSAL HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE ALWAYS LEFT IT UP TO STAFF TO MAKE THE DECISION IN TERMS OF WHEN IT COMES BACK.
SO WE WOULD NOT SPECIFY TIME PERIOD BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE TOTAL REQUIREMENT WOULD BE.
SO ANY MOTION FOR RESET WOULD BE, UH, AN OPEN-ENDED DATE.
AND WE NORMALLY ALWAYS SAID THE NEXT AVAILABLE, BUT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MAY BE MOST LIKELY BEFORE THEY EVEN GET DOCUMENTATION, IT COULD BE, UH, WE GET TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE TIME.
UH, SO I, I GUESS WE'LL GO TO DEFAULT AND I, I, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE RESET TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
THEN I'M GOING TO SUBSTITUTE THE, THE NORMAL MOTION FOR YOU AND SAY THAT THE MOVE THE, YOU MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED, OH, HANG ON, HANG ON.
OH YEAH, I'LL GO THROUGH THE MOTION
VICE CHAIRS ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT TOO.
COUNSEL, TO CLARIFY, IS, UH, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE JUST TO RESET, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE'RE GONNA DO A FULL MOTION COUNSEL.
'CAUSE A FINDING'S NOT, UH, REQUIRED IF YOU'RE JUST NO, NOT ON A MOTION.
OR HE SAID IT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR FINDINGS.
WELL, SHUCKS, THAT'S NUMBER TWO AGAINST ME TODAY THEN COUNSEL, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE SNICKER BARS, SO I'M GONNA
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HAVE TO YIELD THE CHAIR.NO, I WON'T GO AHEAD WITH YOUR, GO AHEAD.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED EVER TO YIELD.
HE'S THINKING OF HIS VACATION IN NOVEMBER.
UM, I MOTION THAT'S GONNA BE NOW DECEMBER.
UH, I MOTION THAT WE RESET THIS CASE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT WE RESET THE CASE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1847 MCCAULEY AVENUE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL OF FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS IS WE HAVE RESET THE CASE TO A FUTURE DATE TO BE DETERMINED BY STAFF, UH, FROM THE, UH, BOARD HERE, I MEAN FROM THE STAFF HERE.
UH, YOU'VE GOT A HECK OF A CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF YOU IN TERMS OF TIME-WISE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER ONE GET TITLE.
AND BEYOND THAT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE THREE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY SCOPE OF WORK, MONEY, AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED.
THOSE ARE THE THREE PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US.
AGAIN, ENGINEERS REPORT IN HOPES AND ENGINEERS REPORT.
THE ENGINEERING REPORT WOULD BE A VERY BENEFICIAL THING, BUT, UH, ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE TEARING DOWN A BUILDING, YOU WOULD WOULD NEED AN ENGINEERING REPORT AFTER THAT.
SO YOU'VE GOT SOME CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME TIME AND IT'S NOT MUCH.
UH, YOU, YOU CANNOT ACTUALLY ASK A QUESTION OF US, BUT YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION OF CODE OFFICERS.
AND NEXT FINAL CASE IS GOING TO BE 54 75 JOSE LANE AND GOOD MORNING BOARD.
MY NAME IS JAIME HASSEL, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURES BEING PRESENTED TODAY ARE LOCATED AT 5 4 7 5 WHOLESALE LANE 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 3 9 5 9, BLOCK EIGHT, LOT 28, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS JIMENEZ GENOVA L ESTATE OF WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 5 4 7 5 JOSE LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THERE IS NO OWNER OR INTERESTED PARTY PRESENT.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES, PLEASE.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026, NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH ANY OWNER OR INTERESTED PARTIES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025 THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
UH, THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 4 7 5 JOSE LANE WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 13TH, 2025.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON JUNE 16TH, 2025, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNDELIVERED ON JUNE 23RD, 2025.
A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PLACARD HAS BEEN POSTED TO THIS PROPERTY ON THE FOLLOWING DATES.
JANUARY 27TH, 2021, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2020, 2023, MAY 14TH, 2025, JUNE 10TH, 2025, OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, AND APRIL 15TH, 2026.
ON AUGUST 20TH, 2026, THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
AND ON AUGUST 21ST, 2026, THE NOTICE FOR THE BSB HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 4 7 5 JOSE LANE.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT OR ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS ON FILE.
UH, IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED THAT THERE ARE NO ACTIVE SERVICES ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR TODAY'S UH, PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 5TH AND AUGUST 31ST, 2026.
THIS HERE IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS, UH, LISTING TOWARDS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THERE IS SOME DAMAGE VISIBLE TO THE PORCH OVERHANG.
UH, HERE'S A CLOSEUP OR A CLOSEUP OF, UH, THAT PORCH OVERHANG AND THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
THIS IS WITHIN ABOUT FOUR FEET OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AND THE TREES ARE OVERGROWING.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OVERHANG, THE DECKING THAT IS WATER DAMAGED AND SOME THAT IS MISSING, AND SOME OF THAT METAL COVERING ON THE ROOF THAT IS SEPARATING AND EXPOSING THE UNDERNEATH THE ROOF, WHICH IS ASPHALT SHINGLES.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ASPHALT SHINGLES ON THE ROOF COVERING ON THE PORCH COVERING ARE SEPARATING, DETERIORATING.
THE METAL COVERING ON THE REST OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS ALSO, UH, STARTING TO DETACH FROM THE DECKING.
THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE FASCIA BOARDS.
THERE IS SOME SIDING MISSING TOWARDS THE
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REAR SIDE OF THIS MAIN STRUCTURE.UH, HERE IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS, UH, COVERED BY A LARGE TREE.
UM, THERE IS SOME, UM, BOARDS THAT ARE BEING PLACED ON THERE THAT ARE LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
UH, THE STRUCTURE DOES APPEAR TO BE RESTING ON GRADE IN THIS REAR SECTION, UH, MAKE AN ENTRY.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PORCH, THE FRONT PORCH STEPS ALREADY DETACHED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
UH, THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE DOORFRAME.
AND, AND THE NEXT PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT, UH, VAGRANT HAVE BEEN USED IN THIS PROPERTY.
UH, HERE'S A CLOSEUP LOOK OF THE AREA WHERE VAGRANT HAVE BEEN STAYING IN THIS FRONT ROOM.
UH, AS SOON AS WE MAKE ENTRY, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS ALSO UNSECURED AT THE TIME OF THIS PHOTO.
UH, FURTHER INTO THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, IT DOES POSE AN EGRESS CONCERN DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF, UH, DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE GROUND.
SOME OF THE FLOORING HERE IS ALSO SOFT AND SPUN YOU TO WALK ON.
UH, LOOKING FURTHER INTO THIS ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE SIDING OR THE DRYWALL ON THE, UH, WALLS ARE, IS MISSING AND IT IS EXPOSED.
UM, AGAIN TO REITERATE, THERE IS NO ACTIVE SERVICE TO THIS PROPERTY.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT SOME OF THE DRYWALL ON THE ROOF IS ALSO MISSING.
NOW HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THAT ELECTRICAL PANEL THAT HAS BEEN EXPOSED.
UM, THERE'S DAMAGE TO THE EXISTING WALL COVERING, UM, AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE, UH, EXPOSED STUDS.
UH, MOVING FURTHER INTO THE STRUCTURE, HERE IS THE KITCHEN AREA.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE, UM, CEILING, UH, ACCENTS ARE DETACHING.
UM, THEY ARE HANGING, THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE EXISTING, UH, CABINETS AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
NOW LOOKING FURTHER INTO THE ROOM, YOU COULD SEE THAT SOME OF THE SUBFLOOR IS, UH, DAMAGED AND MISSING.
YOU CAN SEE SOME COLLAPSED DRYWALL FROM THE CEILING, UH, MOVING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, HERE AT THIS AREA, THE FLOOR WAS ALSO SPONGY TO WALK ON.
UM, OPENING THE DOOR INTO THIS REAR ADDITION.
IN THE REAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS A STEP DOWN THERE.
UH, THERE IS LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE FRAMING.
CAN SEE WATER DAMAGE INTO THE DECKING.
UH, SOME WATER DAMAGE TO THE JOISTS.
AND THERE IS WATER DAMAGE ALSO VISIBLE IN THE REAR, UH, WALL.
LOOK INTO THE, UH, REST OF THE ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A HOLE PRESENT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
THERE IS NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING, UH, THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE CEILING DRYWALL.
AND LOOKING INTO, UH, WHERE THIS EXCESS OR THIS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS SOME NEW WOOD MEMBERS.
UM, IT IS UNKNOWN WHO INSTALLED THOSE WOOD MEMBERS, UH, BUT THERE IS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE DECKING.
UM, AND THERE IS SOME WATER DAMAGE, UH, PRESENT AS WELL TO THE ORIGINAL JOISTS.
UH, THIS IS A ROOM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, THE WINDOWS WERE ALSO, UH, UNSECURED HERE.
THERE IS LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UH, LOOKING INTO THE BATHROOM THAT IS ON THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE IS LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS IN THIS BATHROOM.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, DAMAGED DRYWALL.
IT IS A DETACHED ACCESSORY IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CORRUGATED METAL, UH, ROOF COVERING IS DETERIORATING AND DETACHING.
UM, THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE AND IT'S UH, SINKING INTO GRADE.
UM, AND SOME OF THE WALLS IS ACTUALLY, UH, FROM CITY SECURING.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS, UM, ALSO MORE CITY SECURING AND THAT THE STRUCTURE IS RESTING ON GRADE.
UM, THIS IS ALSO THE LEFT ELEVATION.
UM, THIS AREA IS ALSO FULL OF UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION SINKING INTO GRADE.
THERE IS DAMAGE TO ALL EXPOSED WOOD MEMBERS AND THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF, UH, DEBRIS INSIDE.
LOOKING INTO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING, UM, AND THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS PRESENT.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT IT IS LISTING TOWARDS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
IT IS WITHIN TWO FEET OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SAME DETACHED, UH, CARPORT FROM THE REAR SIDE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A SAG VISIBLE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS PHOTO, WHICH IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION OF THE UH, ACCESSORY.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 5 4 7 5 WHOLESALE LANE ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN, UH, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE AND 5, 7, 8, 12,
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AND 15 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POST A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT OF LI TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 5 4 7 5 WHOLESALE LANE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? THERE ARE NONE, SIR.
TO ENTERTAIN THE MOTION ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 54 75 JOSE LANE.
ROBERT BINKY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 4 7 5 JOSE LANE 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 15 SIX FOR THE MAIN SUBSECTIONS, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE, SUBSECTIONS 5 7 8 11, 12, 15, 18.
AND FOR ACCESSORY TWO SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, FREE AND CLEAR OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THE MOTION IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 4 7 5 JOSE LANE IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR CITY CODE CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION SIX DASH 1 57.
AND THEY ARE NOT BEING FEASIBLE OR IT'S NOT BEING FEASIBLE.
IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME, BUT 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 SUB CODES FOR THE ACCESSORY NUMBER 1 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18 AND CODES FOR ACCESSORY 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, THAT THE PROPERTY OR THE BUILDING START TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS AND CLEARED OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
SUBJECT TO COUNSEL'S COMMENT, UH, CHAIR, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AN ORDER FOR IT TO BE VACATED AND SECURED.
UH, AS A SUGGESTION IN RESPONSE TO THE VAGRANT, GETTING IN CHAIR WOULD MAKE A FRIENDLY MOTION THAT WE ADD A VACATE AND SECURE TO THE MOTION IS ROBERT BINKI.
BUT DO WE DON'T HAVE ANY ABATEMENTS ON THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? AS DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER HYMAN HASSO UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT, UH, PENDING WORK ORDERS, BUT WE HAVE ABATED IT PRIOR.
AND THE FINALIZED FINALIZATION OF THE ORDER IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS CLEAR OF TRASH AND DE DEBRIS AND VACATED AND SECURED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
DO WE HAVE PLEASE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO BRING UP THAT I WILL CONFUSE FOR SURE.
HOW MUCH RADIATION DID THEY PUT IN THAT THING THEY GAVE YOU
AND CONTRARY TO WHAT MR. ANDREW SAYS, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.