* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GROM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND CHAIR HDA. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THIS MONTH'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY WE'LL BE HEARING BRIEF, BRIEF BRIEFINGS ON THE CITY'S DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM PROCESS, ALSO KNOWN AS DART AND A BRIEFING ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK AS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR REMARKS TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR THE MEETING. SHOULD YOU NEED TO SPEAK ON OTHER TOPICS, PLEASE? UH, NO. YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SPEAK AT OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD PORTION OF THE PUBLIC MEETING. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TODAY. IS THIS THE FULL LIST, DENISE? YES. OKAY. [1. 20-1987 Approval of the January 21, 2020 Public Safety Committee Meeting Minutes] UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MEETINGS FROM OUR LAST MEETING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES OR ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED, ALTHOUGH, AS OPPOSED SAY NAY, ADAM IS APPROVED. UM, OUR FIRST PRESENTER, [Public Comments] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, FIRST, AND IF YOU, IF YOU'RE, UM, HERE TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC COMMENT, HE'LL PLEASE SPEAK AT THE PODIUM WITH, FOR THE MIC AT THE MICROPHONE. FIRST WE HAVE MANDEEP SINGH. HELLO. IF YOU JUST, UH, UH, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, SIR. YES. I DON'T THINK WE WANTED TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS OR, OH, JUST THE STATEMENT ABOUT DART. OKAY. GOT YOU. UM, UH, WE WERE, UH, ENGAGED WITH DART, UH, I WANNA SAY A LITTLE, UH, MORE THAN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND, UM, AND SO WE WERE FACING CHALLENGES. UM, WE HAD AN EXTERIOR CORRIDOR HOTEL OFF OF FOUR 10 AND, UH, AND EVERS AND, UM, AND SO, UM, WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT, THEY, UH, WITH VALERO AND, AND OFFICER GARCIA, OFFICER VALERO, UM, THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN KIND OF, UH, NOT ONLY LETTING US KNOW WHAT WAS NEEDED, BUT I WOULD SAY MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, THEY SHOWED US WHAT WAS NEEDED. AND SO IT WAS NOT MORE OF A DIRECTIVE, BUT IT WAS MORE OF AN ENGAGEMENT, I WOULD SAY. UM, THEY SERVED AS A LIAISON BETWEEN US AND, AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SAND PAUL'S OFFICE. AND, UM, AND I THINK IT ALLOWED US TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF COMMUNICATION. UM, AND SO FOR US, UH, THEIR GUIDANCE HAS, I THINK, UH, BEEN, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN, IN THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THAT, SINCE THAT TIME. UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN HAS BEEN POSITIVE AND, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN OUR SOUNDING BOARD, SO WE'VE GOTTEN PRETTY MUCH OUR DIRECTION FROM THEM. UM, AND SO WITHOUT THEIR, UH, WITHOUT THEIR LEAD, I THINK WE WOULD'VE BEEN STILL MAYBE CIRCLING THE WAGONS A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. UH, WE COME FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR WORLD, BUT THEY COME FROM A SAFETY WORLD. AND SO SOMETIMES HOW YOU PRIORITIZE THOSE, UH, UH, PRINCIPLES AND, UH, AND OBJECTIVES, UH, NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED AND ALIGNED. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF PINPOINT THOSE, UH, THOSE FACETS, AND YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER KIND OF GUIDANCE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, IS THAT WE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A CHRONOLOGICAL, UM, JUST A, A ROADMAP, IF YOU WILL. I WOULD SAY, WHERE WE WERE KIND OF, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, JUST KIND OF SEARCHING ON HOW TO GET THERE. UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE REALLY DID PAY OFF FOR, FOR WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND OUR CHALLENGES THAT WE NEEDED, THAT WE WERE FACING. UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY WERE INVALUABLE TO US AND, UM, VERY, VERY DEEPLY INDEBTED TO, TO, TO THEIR SERVICE AND, AND, AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH WHAT WE HAD, UH, GOING ON. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. SINGH. UM, WE HAVE NEXT STEP, UM, AMMAN DEEP AND NOW, UM, MY NAME IS AMANDEEP PAN. I'M ACTUALLY PARTNERS WITH, UH, MANDEEP SENH. UM, WE HAVE A HOTEL LIKE, UH, MANDEEP SAID OFF ALPHA FOUR. AND, UH, BETWEEN EVERS AND CALLAN, UM, WE WERE FACING A LOT OF STRUGGLE WITH, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING THROUGH THE HOTEL. AND AS COMING FROM, UM, HOTEL INDUSTRY, WE NEVER HAD REALLY ANY TYPE OF EXPERIENCE, UH, DEALING WITH PERSONNEL THAT WERE, UH, JUST KIND OF COMING IN. AND, UH, FOR US AS LOOKING AT A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, UM, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT, [00:05:01] UM, IN A WAY WHERE SAFETY, I WOULD SAY THAT WAS NOT MAYBE THE MOST HIGHEST CONCERN, UM, THAT WOULD COME TO COME TO, UH, SOMEONE'S MIND. UM, FOR, FOR, FOR US, UH, OFFICER, UH, GARCIA AND OFFICER, UH, VALERO, UH, THEY WOULD MAKE, UH, WEEKLY ATTEMPTS, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN A WEEK. UM, THEY WOULD COME TO THE PROPERTY, UH, THEY WOULD TELL US, HEY, LOOK OUT FOR, UM, X, Y, Z. THEY WOULD SAY, HEY, LOOK OUT FOR, UM, THESE TYPE OF, UM, CARS THAT HAVE CERTAIN PLATES ON THEM, OR LOOK OUT FOR CERTAIN TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS, OR, UH, CERTAIN TYPE OF ACTIVITY. AND THEN ALSO, THEY GAVE US A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN CALL ON THE, ON THE POLICE AND, UH, NOT BE AFRAID OF THAT IF WE MAKE THE CALL, THAT WE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING LOOKED BAD AT, UM, WITHOUT THEIR, I WOULD SAY WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND WITHOUT THE CONFIDENCE. UM, WE WOULD'VE HAD VERY HARD TIME NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS. UH, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY STILL, UM, IN THE SAME CONDITION THAT WE WERE IN BEFORE. UM, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S COMING FROM MAYBE LIKE SIX OR 700 COP CALLS AND TWO YEARS TO DRASTICALLY DOWN TO MAYBE HALF, UH, IF NOT, IF NOT LESSER. UM, SO I CAN, I CAN VOUCH FOR AS A CITIZEN HERE IN UNITED, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, I CAN VOUCH THAT, UH, OUR TEAM ITSELF, UM, NOT ONLY HELPS THE, UH, ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO MAKES THE, MAKES THE LIVING OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE SAFER, JUST ALL AROUND. SO I, I'M, WE ARE GREATLY INDEBTED WITH, UH, WITH, WITH THE WHOLE DAR TEAM AS WELL AS THE CITY OFFICIALS. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. WE SHUT THAT DOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. UND. UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FIRST PRESENTER TO SPEAK ON, UH, ON DART THANK YOU CHAIR. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FIRST ITEM IS OUR, UM, [2. 20-1973 Briefing and possible action on the City’s Dangerous Assessment Response Team Process. [Andy Segovia, City Attorney]] OVERVIEW OF OUR CITY'S DANGEROUS ASSESSMENTS, RESPONSE, RESPONSE TEAM, UH, PROGRAM. AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ANDY SEGOVIA, WHO'S GONNA INTRODUCE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AN OVERVIEW OF THE DART PROGRAM. THE DART PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 2007, UH, BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND WE WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE MORE PROBLEMATIC, UH, PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY IN TERMS OF, UM, SAFETY, AND THEN IN TERMS OF CRIME. UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN AT IT SINCE 2007. THERE'S A, UH, OBJECTIVE CRITERIA BY WHICH, UH, DART PROPERTIES ARE SELECTED, UH, WHICH THE TEAM WILL GO OVER WITH. ONE THING I WANT TO STRESS, UH, IS THAT ALTHOUGH WE COORDINATE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COORDINATES, IT'S REALLY A CITYWIDE EFFORT. A NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED, AND IN FACT, THEY DO MOST OF THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS, INCLUDING, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CODE ENFORCEMENT, SS A P D, THE FARM MARSHAL'S OFFICE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. UM, THEY ALL ARE PART OF THE TEAM. AND, UH, WHAT IS, UH, MOST, UH, SATISFYING FROM OUR STANDPOINT IS THAT THEIR OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO SIMPLY SHUT PROPERTIES DOWN OR, OR, OR CONDEMN THEM, BUT REALLY THAT TURN PROPERTIES THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE COMMUNITY INTO PROPERTIES THAT ACTUALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF. AND, UH, WHILE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE BEYOND REPAIR, SO TO SPEAK, THERE ARE MANY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN AROUND AS PART OF THE DART PROCESS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOAN NINO AND SAVITA RAY AND CHIEF. UH, WE'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU, RANDY. UH, BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE, UH, PART OF OUR DART TEAM. WE HAVE TWO OF OUR VICE DETECTIVES OVER THERE ON THE END, AND THE REST OF 'EM ARE UNIFORMED OFFICERS WHO ARE ALL INVOLVED IN, ALL INVOLVED IN THE DART PROCESS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UH, AND, AND LET ME SEGUE INTO THAT. I THINK WHEN, UH, ANDY MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE WANTED US TO DO A DART PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT. I WAS KIND OF, KIND OF HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THINK OUR TEAM MEMBERS, UH, DESERVE A LOT OF ACCOLADES FOR WHAT THEY DO. UH, IT'S, IT'S A DIRTY JOB. UH, I, THEY GO INTO THE WORST OF THE WORST NUISANCE PROPERTIES THEY FACE, UH, [00:10:01] CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. UH, WE GO INTO LOCATIONS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN WANNA IMAGINE, UH, THE SMELL THAT'S IN THERE, OR, OR THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO, UH, I, I, I INTEND TO GIVE 'EM A LOT OF ACCOLADES THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, UH, AND, AND INTRODUCE 'EM AT DIFFERENT TIMES AS WELL, JUST, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE DOING A VERY, VERY GREAT, GOOD JOB FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, DANGEROUS SYSTEM RESPONSE TEAM. YOU KNOW, AS A QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, THE DANGERS, UH, THE DART TEAM BASICALLY IS A, A MULTI PROACTIVE, MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCE THAT GOES AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST NUISANCE PROPERTIES. OUR GOAL IS TO ABATE THEM, UH, WITH ALL LEGAL REMEDIES POSSIBLE. UH, AND OUR MAIN MISSION AND GOAL IS BASICALLY TO RECLAIM, RESTORE, AND REVITALIZE. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THE FIRST PART OF THE GOAL IS TO RECLAIM IT. UH, WHEN WE HIT A LOCATION, WE GO IN FULL FORCE. WE BRING IN ALL OUR TEAM MEMBERS, UH, WE GO IN STRONG. UH, WE GO IN LOUD. WE WANT THE NEIGHBORS TO KNOW WE'RE THERE. UH, WE KNEW WE WANT THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT TO KNOW WE THERE. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION WITHOUT FAIL THAT EVERY TIME WE SHOW UP, NEIGHBORS START COMING OUTSIDE, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY'RE VERY, REALLY, VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT PROPERTY. UH, THEY KNOW THERE'S GANG ACTIVITY OR, OR DRUG ACTIVITY. SO, UH, SO WE GET LOTS AND LOTS OF, UH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES. SO WE GO IN THERE, RE RECLAIM THAT AREA. UH, THEN WE TRY TO RESTORE IT AND RE RESTORE WITH, UH, UH, ABATING ALL THE CODE VIOLATIONS, UH, UH, BE IT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, UH, OVERGROWN GRASS, BROKEN WINDOWS, UH, SEGUEING INTO THAT BROKEN WINDOW THEORY WITH THE IDEA THAT IF, UH, YOU GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HAVE A BROKEN WINDOW OR HIGH GRASS OR, OR A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, AND THEN THE NEXT PROPERTY SAYS IT'S OKAY TO HAVE THAT BROKEN WINDOW AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO, UH, SO WE TARGET THESE LOCATIONS, UH, AND WE MAKE THAT PROPERTY OWNER CLEAN THAT PROPERTY UP. UH, WE MAKE THEM FIX THOSE WINDOWS, PAINT THAT HOUSE. UH, SO BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEN THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GOES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE. LET'S KIND OF CLEAN THIS PLACE UP AND, AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THAT CRIMINAL ELEMENT OUT OF THE WAY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO AHEAD AND REVITALIZE. AND, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT BASICALLY IS, UH, WE GET THE NEIGHBORS AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, START CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, START CALLING NINE ONE REPORTING CRIMES, CALL 3 1 1, UH, TO GET STUFF TAKEN CARE OF. SO THOSE ARE OUR MAIN GOALS AND MISSIONS, UH, FOR THE DART TEAM IS TO BASICALLY TO RECLAIM, RESTORE AND REVITALIZE, UH, THE COMPOSITION. I THINK ANDY WENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, SOME OF OUR COMPOSITION OF OUR MEMBERS. BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SEGUE INTO THIS AND, AND, AND KIND OF INTRODUCE OUR, UH, THOSE THAT ARE PART OF THAT DART TEAM, UH, THAT ARE HERE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY DESERVE A LOT OF ACCOLADES. I THINK, UH, BACK WHEN WE WERE STARTING THIS PROGRAM BACK IN 2007, UH, WE'LL ATTEST THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WE'VE ASKED, BASICALLY FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS, UH, 'CAUSE THEY WERE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD DO. UH, AND THIS MEANT GOING TO THE DIRECTORS AND, AND, AND THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND KINDA GETTING THEIR BLESSING ALONG THE WAY. UH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE USING THEIR STAFF AND PERSONNEL, BUT WE'RE USING THEIR RESOURCES AS WELL. 'CAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF STAFF AND RESOURCES. UH, BUT WE FELT THERE WAS A NEED. AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE, WE DID THIS PROGRAM BACK IN 2007. UH, THE FIRST PART OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE THE, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISES AND CODE COMPLIANCE INTEGRAL PART TO THE DART TEAM. I MEAN, WITHOUT THEM, WE COULD NOT FUNCTION. UH, THEY GAVE US THE PROBABLE CAUSE TO GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS TO GET ONTO THE PROPERTY. UH, I, I THINK TODAY WE HAVE AM MEAN TOMAZ, PART OF THE D S D, UH, THERE. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, YOU WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE 'EM ON OUR SIDE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD, UH, UH, D S D DIRECTORS IN THE PAST AND, UH, WITH MIKE SHANNON AND ROD SANCHEZ BEFORE THAT. AND THEY WERE, THEY GAVE THEIR BLESSING TO THE DART TEAM. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT EVER SINCE. SO, UH, SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO, TO THE D S D MEMBERS. UH, PLEASE. DEPARTMENT, THAT'S THE CHIEF MENTION. UH, WITHOUT THESE GUYS, WE COULDN'T OPERATE AS WELL. THERE ARE OUR SECURITY BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER ANY INSPECTIONS. UH, THEY EXECUTE OUR WARRANTS. UH, THEY PROVIDE US ALL THE CALLS FOR SERVICE. THEY KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY IN THE AREA. ALL THE SAFE OFFICERS FROM ALL THE SUBSTATION ARE PART OF THE DART TEAM. UH, SO THEY MEET BIWEEKLY, AND, AND WE, AND THEN, THEN WE DISCUSS THE PROPERTIES. SO THEY'RE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DART TEAM. UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES WOULDN'T GO BACK. NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ANOTHER INTEGRAL PART. I KNOW EDWARDS HERE, UH, REPRESENTING N H SS, UH, HIS TEAM IS, IS FANTASTIC. UH, THERE'S NUMEROUS TIMES WE GO INTO LOCATION. WE HAVE TO MAYBE RELOCATE, YOU KNOW, OR THERE'S A NOTICE TO VACATE, AND WE HAVE TO RELOCATE PEOPLE. UH, THEY'RE THERE TO ASSIST TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO. SOMETIMES SOCIAL SERVICES ARE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, UH, ELDERLY AND THEY'RE CHILDREN. AND, AND SO THEY'LL CALL A P S, UH, THEY HAVE A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, VOLUNTEER GROUPS, HAVEN FOR HOPE AND WHAT [00:15:01] HAVE YOU. SO THEY USE ALL THEIR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE VICTIMS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THIS CASE, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, NEED TO GO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. THEY'RE INTEGRAL PART AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM FROM A C S STAND UP AND JUST GOTTA BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL, I GUESS MR. SIMS AND HIS GROUP, UH, THEY, THEY BRING A LOT OF PROPERTIES TO DART AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ANIMAL HOARDING OUT THERE. UH, I KNOW WE'VE HIT LOCATIONS, I THINK, WHERE WE'VE GONE IN AND WE DON'T WANNA STEP IN. I'VE, THERE'S BEEN A FEW WHERE I SAID, NO, I'M STOPPING RIGHT HERE. YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. YOU KNOW? SO, UH, JUST THE SMELL. I, I, I THINK WHERE THERE WAS ONE THAT WE, UH, CAGES WERE ON TOP OF CAGES ON TOP OF CAGES, AND YOU CAN JUST, THERE'S NO BOTTOM IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO, UH, SO WE HIT THOSE TYPE OF LOCATIONS. UH, THEY'RE ALSO INTEGRAL PART OF, UH, OF THE DART UNIT BECAUSE, UH, UH, WHEN WE DO HIT A LOCATION, SOMETIMES THERE'S DANGEROUS DOGS IN, IN THAT AREA. SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM IS SECURE AND SAFE. UH, SO THAT'S WHY THEY BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR DART UNIT AS WELL. UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND T A B C, UH, THEY ALSO ARE A INTEGRAL PART OF, OF THE UNIT. WHEN WE HIT COMMUNION STORES OR BARS OR, OR RESTAURANTS, THEY GO IN THERE AND, AND THEY LOOK AT WHETHER THERE'S ANY VIOLATIONS FOR HEALTH OR LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS. AND, AND THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND THE POWER TO, TO BASICALLY CLOSE DOWN A PROPERTY BY THEIR, THEIR OWN AUTHORITY, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES. AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COORDINATE THE DAY-TO-DAY, UH, WEEK TO WEEK ACTIVITIES OF THE DART PROGRAM. WE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ASSESS THE SITUATIONS. AND, AND LET ME JUST KIND OF MENTION REAL QUICK. I THINK BACK, IF WE GO SOME BACKGROUND BACK IN 2007, UH, WE WERE NOTICING A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT, UH, CODE WOULD BRING FORWARD TO US. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY'D ADDRESS THAT. THEY DO A GOOD JOB, UH, THE NEXT WEEK OR WHATEVER, A C S WOULD BRING A PROPERTY, AND WE KIND OF START RECOGNIZING WHAT'S THE SAME PROPERTY. BUT A C S BACK THEN WOULD DO THEIR JOB, DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO ABATE THE ISSUES. THEN WE'D HAVE NUMEROUS MEETINGS AFTER THAT WITH PD, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, AND PD. AND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PROPERTIES OVER AND OVER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HISTORY, UH, THAT, THAT'S BEEN GOING BACK FOR YEARS. UH, AND IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM, THE SAME ISSUES. UH, SO BACK IN 2007, BEFORE THAT, I THINK, UH, SAVITA WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB. AND I, I COMMENCED HER TO COME WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 'CAUSE I KNEW SHE HAD A SIMILAR PROGRAM BACK IN HOUSTON CALLED THE SNAP UNIT. BUT I TOLD HER, UH, WHEN YOU COME TO SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN HOUSTON, SO I WANT SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER, RIGHT? UH, SO IT'S, UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE, SHE TOOK THE BALL RUNNING AND, AND STARTED THE LEGWORK. UH, BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION, UH, ALONG THE WAY, WE HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL MEETINGS. WE'VE MET WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECTORS. LIKE I SAID, CITY MANAGERS TRY TO GET THIS, THIS TARGET ON BOARD, UH, TO CREATE WHAT WE CREATED TODAY. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SAY TODAY, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 480 INSPECTIONS SINCE THEN. UH, AND, AND NOW LEMME SEGUE INTO THE, THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES WE ADDRESS. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, WE, WE HIT THE GAMBIT. UH, WE, WE HIT 'EM OFF. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WE DO RESIDENTIAL. WE LOOK AT DRUG HOUSES, GANG HOUSES, UH, PROSTITUTION. OUT OF THOSE HOUSES. WE LOOK AT VACANT LOTS, VACANT STRUCTURES. UH, COMMERCIAL WE'LL HIT, UH, MOTELS AND HOTELS IS THE TWO GENTLEMEN HERE AT TEST. TO, WE DO CONVENIENCE STORES, YOU KNOW, HAYES FOOD MAR, UH, WALTERS FOOD MART. WE'VE HIT THOSE. IT HAD SOME SUCCESSES. UH, WE HIT APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, CATTLEMEN SQUARE DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, MEDIA ATTENTION. WE'VE HIT THAT LOCATION. UH, BARS, MASSAGE PARTERS, AND, AND, AND VACANT LOTS. WE DO VACANT LOTS. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE'S KIND OF GANG CONGREGATION, THAT'S STUFF'S GOING ON THERE. UH, SO I HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER COME IN AND, AND, AND FENCE IT UP IF WE NEED TO. UH, SO WE DO ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PROPERTIES WE ADDRESS, UH, UH, BUT THEN THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE TO MEET CRITERIA AS WELL. AND, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT'S A GANG HOUSE, OR I KNOW THAT'S A DRUG HOUSE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS DOING THIS THAT WE NEED A DOCUMENTED HISTORY. THIS IS BASED ON CASE LAW, UH, THAT WE'VE RESEARCHED OVER AND OVER. HOW MANY CASES DO WE NEED? AND IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE, OUR EXPERIENCE WITH OUR LOCAL DISTRICT COURTS, UH, IN, IN SAN ANTONIO AND TEXAS, REALLY, UH, PROPERTY IS KING, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T DO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY PROPERTY. I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT WITH IT. SO BEFORE, WE'RE GONNA ASK A JUDGE TO, UH, HAVE A, A GENTLEMAN OR HAVE AN OWNER EXPEND LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY TO CLEAN IT UP, OR BEFORE WE'RE GONNA ASK A JUDGE TO CLOSE A PROPERTY FOR UP TO A YEAR. UH, WE GOTTA SHOW THAT IT'S A NUISANCE PROPERTY AND, AND IT'S DESERVING OF THIS. SO, UH, SO, AND WE, AND WE DO THAT, UH, BASICALLY BY LOOKING AT THEIR CODE HISTORY, UH, EVEN BEFORE AND AFTER THAT CODE HISTORY COULD GO BACK FROM ANYWHERE FROM, UH, REGULAR CODE COMPLIANCE, SS A PCS, ANIMAL HOARDING, OR JUST HOARDING, GENERALLY OUTSIDE STORAGE. [00:20:01] WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE. UH, AND THEN WE DETERMINE WHETHER THAT THOSE, THOSE OCCURRENCES ARE OCCURRING NOW. AND THEY HAVE TO BE OCCURRING NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE GET PROBABLE CAUSE TO, UH, GET OUR WARRANTS TO ENTER THAT PROPERTY. AND THEN WE GO THROUGH OUR POLICE CALLS, REVIEW OF POLICE CALLS. UH, S A P D IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS. WE ASK THEM TO GIVE, GIVE US THE COST FOR SERVICE. SOME PROPERTIES WILL HAVE A DOZEN, SOME WILL HAVE HUNDREDS. SO THEN WE LOOK AT THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE. WE LOOK AT THE OFFENSE REPORTS AND THE TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. WHAT KIND OF CASES ARE BEING DONE THERE. THE CASE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CONVICTION PER SE, FROM THE PROPERTY ITSELF, BUT THE CASE HAS TO ORIGINATE FROM THE PROPERTY. SO, UH, ARE THERE SHOOTINGS? ARE THERE, UH, DRUG CASES? ARE THERE MURDERS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS? SO WE LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT PROPERTY FITS THE CRITERIA FOR A DART INSPECTION. AND WHEN IT DOES, THEN HERE WE ARE AT THE INSPECTION DATE. UH, YOU KNOW, THE INSPECTION DATE IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE FIRST GET A TARGET, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST GET A STAGING LOCATION. UH, THIS IS NOT EVEN HALF THE TEAM THAT'S THERE FOR THE MOST PART. UH, WE MEET AT THE STAGING LOCATION. WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT SIGNED BY ONE OF OUR CITY MAGISTRATES. UH, CODE GETS THAT THROUGH THEIR PROBABLE CAUSE. UH, AND THEN AT THAT LOCATION, THEN WE DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S ANY SPECIAL NEEDS OR CONCERNS. UH, WE GET IN A GROUP, WE DISCUSS IT. UH, IS THIS A HOUSE THAT'S GONNA HAVE GANG ACTIVITY? SO SS A P NEEDS TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. IS IT A CASE THAT THERE'S WEAPONS INVOLVED IN THERE? THERE'S, WE KNOW THERE'S WEAPONS THERE. UH, THERE WAS ONE CASE SCENARIO THAT WE THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE A BOMB IN THERE. UH, TRUE AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS BOMB MATERIAL. WE HAVE TO CALL THE BOMB SQUAD IN, UH, BEFORE ANYBODY WAS ABLE TO GET IN THAT LOCATION. UH, IS IT A HOARDING SITUATION? SO WE GOTTA BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF. ARE THERE ELDERLY THERE? ARE THERE CHILDREN THERE? UM, WHEN WE GO IN, DO YOU THINK THAT THE STRUCTURE'S BAD ENOUGH? UH, CODE HAS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, LEAST CODE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROPERTY ITSELF. SO ARE THEY GONNA BE RELOCATION ISSUES? UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND MAKE SURE THE NHS IS THERE. SOCIAL SERVICES ARE THERE WITH A P S C P S OR HAVEN FOR HOPE. UH, DANGEROUS ANIMALS, LIKE WE JUST DISCUSSED BEFORE, SOMETIMES WE HIT GANG HOUSES, DRUG HOUSES, YOU KNOW, PIT BULLS, THE, THE, THE, THE DOG OF CHOICE. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, A C SS IS IN THERE TO TRY TO, UH, TO CAPTURE THOSE ANIMALS, OR, OR IF ANYTHING, JUST MAKE SURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE OTHER ANIMALS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WHOLE THING IS A SAFETY BRIEFING. UH, WE ALL SIT TOGETHER AND, AND DISCUSS WHAT THE SAFETY NEEDS OF ALL OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE. WE HAVE SS A, B, D TAKE THE LEAD OF, UH, OF THIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GONNA EXECUTE THE WARRANT. AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS OPERATIONALLY, IS THAT, UH, SS A P D WILL EXECUTE THE WARD. THEY WILL GO IN FIRST. UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CLEAR THE HOUSE, MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. AND AFTER THAT, THE REST OF THE TEAM GOES IN, UH, AND DOES THEIR INSPECTIONS. AND DURING THOSE INSPECTIONS, WE DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE. NOW, WHAT KIND OF REMEDIES DO WE HAVE NOW TO TRY TO, TO ABATE SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS. AND THOSE INCLUDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPERATIONS OR DIFFERENT REMEDIES. UH, CODE COMPLIANCE WILL BE AFTER GIVING CITATIONS OR, UH, THEY'LL DO NOTICES OF VIOLATION, UH, TO GET REPAIRED WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME PERIOD. THEY JUST PREMISES. THEY'RE THERE TO SEE IF THAT STRUCTURE IS SOUND. IF IT'S UNSOUND AND, AND, AND NOT SAFE. UH, THEN THEY MAY DO A NOTICE TO VACATE MAY, THEY MAY ASK TO BE BOARDING IT UP BECAUSE OF THE SAFE, UNSAFE STRUCTURE THAT IT IS. UH, WE HAVE HEALTH CODE ENFORCEMENT, LIKE WE INDICATE CONVENIENCE STORES, BARS. THEY'LL GO IN THERE AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. UH, CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT, WHEN PD GETS IN THERE, THEY'LL ARREST. THEY HAVE TO, THERE'S OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OR ANY ISSUES OCCUR AT THE PROPERTY ITSELF. AND THEN ANIMAL ENFORCEMENT, T A B C, CITATIONS, AND OF COURSE, RELOCATION OF ELIGIBLE PERSONS. SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE REMEDIES THAT WE CAN DO ON SITE. UH, UH, BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION AFTER THE INSPECTION, THEN WHEN WE DO WHAT'S CALLED AN AFTER ACTION MEETING, UH, WE CALL THIS A C T J A COME TO JESUS MEETING WITH A, WITH A PROPERTY OWNER. UH, WE SET A TIME AND DAY FOR THEM TO SHOW UP. WE HAVE ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS AVAILABLE THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THAT PROPERTY, UH, ARE ALL REPRESENTED. UH, WE LAY OUT THE LAW BASICALLY TO THE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND, AND WHY THEY NEED TO ABATE THE, THE NUISANCE CONDITIONS OF THAT PROPERTY. AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE, THE, UH, WE GIVE 'EM, WE LET 'EM KNOW THEIR LEGAL LIABILITY OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. UH, AND WE KNOW THE PA GIVEN THE PENALTIES THAT CAN HAPPEN. SO OUR MAIN GOAL, NO QUESTION, IS COMPLIANCE. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF TIME WE DO GET SOME TYPE OF COMPLIANCE. UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND SIGN A NUISANCE ABATEMENT COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT. WE GIVE THEM AN ACTION PLAN IF IT'S CODE RELATED. AND THEN WE GIVE 'EM TIMES, DATES, TIMES CERTAIN FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE, UH, THE, THE REPAIRS ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY ITSELF. UH, SO WE'LL GIVE 'EM ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 90 TO 120 DAYS TO COMPLETE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IF THERE'S BIGGER STRUCTURAL ISSUES, THEY'LL GIVE 'EM MORE TIME TO COMPLETE THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. UM, WHEN WE [00:25:01] TALK ABOUT, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA ASK AN OWNER TO CLOSE THAT PROPERTY DOWN. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE, UH, WE'LL ASK 'EM TO CLOSE THAT PROPERTY DOWN FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS, AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW WITH YOU AFTER THAT. BUT THE IDEA THAT IF, WHEN THEY DO REOPEN, UH, THERE'S OTHER CONDITIONS PUT ON THEM, MAYBE MORE SECURITY, MORE LIGHTING, UH, CAMERAS, UH, CALLING 9 1 1. THERE'S SOME ISSUES. THERE'S VAGRANTS OUTSIDE. CALL THEM. A LOT OF TIMES THEY TALK ABOUT BEING SCARED ABOUT MAKING PHONE CALLS, BUT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE FOR THEM. UH, WE ISSUE CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNINGS TO, TO THOSE THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE PROPERTY. SO THE OFFICERS KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO BACK TO THAT PROPERTY AND THAT PERSON'S ON THE PROPERTY, THEN, UH, THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN A NOTICE READY TO BE OFF THE PROPERTY, AND THEY COULD ARREST THEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE. SO THEY DO STUFF LIKE THAT TO KIND OF GET THE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE INVITE WANT TO COMPLY. UH, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE KIND OF THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. WE COULD REACH, UH, WE COULD TAKE 'EM TO B B S B, OUR BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AND B S B COULD ORDER 'EM TO EITHER RE REPAIR OR VACATE, OR AT WORST CASE SCENARIO, DEMOLISH THE, THE, THE, THE LOCATION ITSELF. UH, AND THEN WE COULD ALSO HAVE TWO LITIGATION ASPECTS. WE COULD EITHER FILE A CHAPTER 54 LAWSUIT, WHICH IS BASED ON CODE ISSUES, AND ASK THE JUDGE TO REPAIR IT, UH, VACATE IT OR DEMOLISH IT AT A CERTAIN DEGREE AS WELL. UH, WE'LL ASK FOR PENALTIES AND ATTORNEY FEES, OR WE COULD ALSO ASK FOR A CHAPTER 1 25 LITIGATION OR LAWSUIT, AT WHICH POINT WE'LL ASK THE JUDGE TO CLOSE THAT PROPERTY DOWN FOR A YEAR AS WELL. UH, WHICH MEANS THE PROPERTY ORDER CANNOT GET IN THERE ANYMORE FOR THAT YEAR. THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT THEY CAN'T GET IN THERE. SO, UH, UH, SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, THAT WE BASICALLY, UH, APPROACH, UH, ALL OUR DARK TARGETS. TARGETS. UH, WHAT I WANNA DO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF, UH, THE LAST TWO YEARS OF, UH, OUR INSPECTIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 2019, WE HAD ABOUT 52 DART INSPECTIONS, 40 RESIDENTIAL, 12 COMMERCIAL EVERY YEAR. IT VARIES ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY INSPECTIONS ARE DONE IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. YOU SEE, D FIVE HAS, HAS 17 THAT YEAR, BUT OF COURSE, D FIVE IS ALSO REPRESENTED BY, BY THE THREE DIFFERENT SAFE UNITS. 'CAUSE D FIVE CAP IS THE FALL ON ALL THOSE SAFE UNITS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR TEAM MEMBERS BRING PROPERTIES TO, UH, TO THE, TO THE BOARD AND OR THE TEAM MEMBERS. AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S HOW WE DECIDED. WE LOOK AT 2018, WE HAD 39 PROPERTIES, UH, 37 RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. THEN I WENT AHEAD AND JUST KINDA, UH, KIND OF GAVE YOU A FISCAL YEARS FROM THE, THE INCEPTION OF, OF DART FROM 2008, 2012. WE HAD ABOUT 230 PROPERTIES. AND FROM 2315, UH, 2017, ABOUT 149 PROPERTIES. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF, OF THE DART PROCESS ITSELF AND, AND, AND THE BEFORE AND AFTER, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT REMEDIES AND ACTIONS THAT WE DO WITH THE DART INSPECTIONS. UH, I WILL TELL YOU IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND I BRING THIS UP JUST 'CAUSE YOU'LL BE SEEING IT PRETTY SOON DOWN THE ROAD, THAT, UH, OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING AN AUDIT OF THE DART UNIT. AND, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY GIVEN US THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS. AND I, AND I, AND I BRING IT UP BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT THE END OF THE DAY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY'RE THE AUDIT RESULTS WHERE DART IS MANAGED EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. DART HAS PROPER METHODS TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE TARGETS THAT MEET ESTABLISHED CRITERIA. DART TARGETS ARE ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY FASHION. DART MONITORS THE PROPERTIES FOR NEW OR CONTINUING ISSUES. DART PERSONNEL TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS PERFORMING INSPECTIONS. THEIR ONLY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GOT FROM THEM IS THAT, UH, WE DO KEEP A CHECKLIST. BUT, UH, SOMETIMES SOME OF THE PROPERTIES, WE DO HAVE 480 PROPERTIES, UH, UH, AT RANDOM SAMPLING. SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T HAVE A, A COPY OF THE COST FOR SERVICE IN, IN, IN THE CITY ATTORNEY FILE, OR, OR A COPY OF THE WARRANT OF THE, IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S FILES. UH, BUT THEY, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT THEY, THEY WEREN'T LOST BECAUSE WHEN WE DIDN'T NEED THESE ITEMS, AND WE WOULD CALL S A P D, GIVE US THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE ONE WITH THEM, WE CALL CODE COMPLIANCE. GIVE US A COPY OF THE WARRANT 'CAUSE THEY HAVE IT WITH THEM. SO THE FILES WERE KEPT, UH, WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS. SO, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATION, IF WE COULD KEEP ALL THE TEAM, OR I GUESS ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IN THE CITY ATTORNEY FUNNEL, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT EVER SINCE. UH, SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP RIGHT NOW. UM, I'M GONNA ASK SAVITA AND ERIC TO KIND OF COME UP HERE. I'VE ASKED THEM TO PICK ABOUT SIX PROPERTIES, KIND OF A BEFORE AND AFTER, KIND OF GIVE US SOME HISTORY, UH, KIND OF SHOW SOME OF THE SUCCESS, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, THIS, UH, WITH THESE PROPERTIES. AND I'M GONNA ASK 'EM TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THAT. OKAY? UH, THESE ARE EXAMPLES, AS JOE MENTIONED, OF DART PROPERTIES THAT WE DO HEAD. AND I WANTED TO SHOW PROPERTIES WHERE THE WHOLE TEAM HAD A ROLE IN ABATING THE SITUATION. THE FIRST ONE IS A CONVENIENCE STORE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF NEW BRAUNFELS. UH, THIS, WE GOT INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE EAST SAFE OFFICERS BROUGHT THIS PROPERTY TO OUR DART MEETING. THIS LOCATION HAD [00:30:01] NEARLY A THOUSAND CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE. OUT OF THOSE 80 OF 'EM WERE NARCOTICS, 27 WERE SHOOTINGS, 26 WERE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AND 316 WERE DISTURBANCES. AND SO THIS LOCATION HAD BEEN A PROBLEM FOR QUITE A WHILE. WE BROUGHT IT FINALLY TO THE PEAK AND GOT OUR ATTENTION. UH, THERE WERE THREE SHOOTINGS, UH, WITHIN A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS. AND SO THE DART UNIT GOT INVOLVED. UH, WE FOUND A LOT OF CODE VIOLATIONS AT THE LOCATION. THERE WAS A RODENT INFESTATION. THE OWNERS WERE SELLING FOODS THAT THE RATS HAD EATEN THROUGH. UH, THEY WERE SELLING ITEMS THAT WERE VERY UNHYGIENIC. WE ALSO FOUND A LOT OF CODE VIOLATIONS OF FIRE HAZARDS WERE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS. SO, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. WE DID OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. HE WILLINGLY SHUT DOWN THE LOCATION, UH, INSTALLED THE PERIMETER FENCE. SO WE WENT FROM NEARLY A THOUSAND CALLS TO SERVICE DOWN TO TWO AFTER THE CLOSURE. UH, THE PROPERTY CAN REOPEN IN MAY, AND WE ALSO ADDED EXTRA CONDITIONS UPON REOPENING. UM, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A 24 HOUR LOCATION ANYMORE. THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY AT THE PROPERTY TO DETER THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AND THEY WILL HAVE TO ABATE ALL THE CODE AND HEALTH VIOLATIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP TO DATE WITH THEIR T A B C PERMITS, UM, BEFORE THEY CAN RESUME OPERATIONS. UM, I WOULD JUST WANNA JUMP BACK TO WHY WE DO ASK PROPERTIES TO CLOSE DOWN. CLOSURE IS THE BEST MEANS OF ELIMINATING THE REPUTATION OF THE PROPERTY AS A CRIMINAL HAVEN. AND SO THAT'S BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DO ASK PROPERTY OWNERS TO CLOSE. SO THE REPUTATION CAN BE ELIMINATED. WE KNOW THE CRIMINALS ARE GOING TO GO TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WE JUST FOLLOW THEM. AND SO WE GO FROM ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME. OUR FOCUS IS ON ONE PROPERTY, THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT IN A PRIORITIZED MANNER. UH, THE NEXT ONE IS IN THE 900 BLOCK OF HOUSTON. UH, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT WAS CATTLEMAN'S. IT WAS CATTLEMAN'S BAR THAT HAD AN ORDINATE AMOUNT OF CALLS FOR POLICE, UH, SERVICE FOR STABBINGS SHOOTINGS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WITH DEADLY WEAPONS. WE GOT INVOLVED. WE WERE ASKED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION IF WE COULD ASSIST. THEY HAD A YEAR LONG OPERATION. THE PROPERTY HAD 31 UNITS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THEY HAD ARREST WARRANTS FOR EVERY SINGLE OCCUPANT IN ALL 31 UNITS. THEY ENFORCED 54 ARREST WARRANTS. THEY WERE DEALING FROM THE LOCATION, AND THEY WERE DEALING SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS, WHICH IS AN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS DRUG. IT MAKES THE PERSON WHO'S TAKING IT EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE. AND, UH, THEY, THEY HALLUCINATE. WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE A PERSON WAS ON IT, AND HE WAS SO AGGRESSIVE. IT TOOK FIVE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO GRAB HIM, HOLD HIM DOWN, BECAUSE HE WAS FIGHTING WITH THEM SO MUCH BECAUSE HE WAS ON THAT DRUG. AFTER THE DART, WE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND ONCE AGAIN, OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. THE OWNERS CAME IN, THEY AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. THEY AGREED TO CLOSE IT FOR ONE YEAR, UM, BOARDED UP. THEY DID A TERRIFIC JOB. THEY PROVIDED SECURITY. IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LEASING THE PROPERTY. IT IS A HISTORIC PROPERTY. SO WE DID WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SEE WHAT ELSE COULD, UM, WHAT OTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS COULD BE, UH, OPERATED. THE 1300 BLOCK IS SOUTHWEST 24TH. UH, THIS WAS A FIRE DAMAGED VACANT STRUCTURE. THE OWNER HAD LET GO OF ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY. WE COME ACROSS PROPERTIES THAT ARE VACANT OR IN A CONDITION SUCH AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING OWNERSHIP OF IT. WHAT THAT HAPPENS, AS JOE HAD MENTIONED, THE BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY. IF THE CRIMINALS SEE A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF, IF'S VACANT, IT'S UNSECURED. THEY COME IN AND TAKE CONTROL OF HER. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS PROPERTY WHERE THE DRUG DEALERS CAME IN AND STARTED DEALING OUTTA THEIR SQUATTERS STARTED COMING IN. SO WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE [00:35:01] PROPERTY. AFTER THE DART INSPECTION, A NEW OWNER, THE OWNER, THE ABSENTEE OWNERS, ENDED UP SELLING THE PROPERTY AFTER THE DARK. AND THE NEW OWNER CAME IN AND COMPLETELY REHABILITATED THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, TURNED IT INTO A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ERIC BURNS TO DISCUSS THE NEXT THREE PROPERTIES. AND, AND, AND BEFORE ERIC STARTS, LET ME, I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE ERIC, UH, AS ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL. HE'S KIND OF OUR FIELD REP. HE'S THE ONE WHO GOES AND BASICALLY DOES ALL THE FIELD INSPECTIONS. UH, HE, UH, HE BASICALLY TAKES LEAD AT THE, AT THE FIELD, DURING THE FIELD, AT THE, UH, INSPECTIONS THEMSELVES. GIVES US REAL TIME UPDATES, YOU KNOW, UH, ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. IF, UH, IF MEDIA ARRIVES, HE LETS US KNOW. AND THEN WE PASS THE WORD ALONG, UH, TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S SPEAKING BASICALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO, UH, SO ERIC'S REAL INTEGRAL PART OF THE DART TEAM AS WELL, AND PART OF OUR OFFICE, HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE NEXT THREE PROPERTIES. THANK YOU, JOE, AND THANK YOU COMMITTEE. UM, THE THREE PROPERTIES I WANTED, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, THE FIRST PROPERTY, I, THERE ARE THREE PROPERTIES I WANNA DISCUSS. THE FIRST ONE IS ON, UH, 2300 BLOCK OF EL PASO. THIS PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT BY CENTRAL SAFE. UM, IT WAS NOT OCCUPIED BY THE OWNER. IT WAS OCCUPIED BY TENANTS THAT HAD BEEN CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS, UH, SELLING DRUGS, NARCOTICS. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF SHOOTINGS THERE. UM, AND, UH, SS A P D BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A, SOME GANG ACTIVITY GOING ON. UM, DUE TO THE, UH, ALL THOSE PROBLEMS, THE DART UNIT DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND DO AN INSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY. UM, THAT HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY NEAR ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS. THERE'S TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE, AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. UM, IN SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER, WE ASKED HIM TO COME IN AFTER WE DID OUR INSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY. UH, WENT AHEAD AND DID, UH, A NUISANCE ABATEMENT, UH, COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT. WE CALL IT NACAC AGREEMENTS OR NACA. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THAT. HE BOARDED AND SECURED THE PROPERTY FOR SIX MONTHS. AFTER THOSE SIX MONTHS, AGAIN, UM, ECHOING WHAT JOE AND SAVITA SAID WITH THE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY. UM, WENT AHEAD AND SECURED IT FOR SIX MONTHS. AFTER THOSE SIX MONTHS, DID THE REPAIRS. AND YOU CAN SEE UP THERE RIGHT NOW, THE, THE CHANGE FROM WHAT I SHOWED YOU ONCE BEFORE THE SECOND PROPERTY, UM, IS, WAS BROUGHT BY NORTH SAFE, UH, 97 0 2 HEIDELBERG. THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY WAS A REPEAT OFFENDER WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THE DART TEAM IN 2011. WE WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS, TRIED TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. WE HAD AN ELDERLY WOMAN THAT WAS LIVING THERE. HER FOUR SONS WEREN'T ASSISTING IN TAKING CARE OF HER. UH, WHEN THE DART UNIT WENT AHEAD AND, AND DID THE INSPECTION, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE 12 ANIMALS LIVING ON THAT PROPERTY. UM, DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. UH, I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD A CONCERN WITH THE LIVING CONDITIONS ALSO. UM, THE CITY DID TRY TO WORK WITH THE OWNER, HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT WANT TO NECESSARILY WORK, UH, WITH US, BECAUSE THE MAIN ISSUE WAS WERE HER SONS. SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS, UH, TAKING THE PROPERTY TO B S B, UM, UH, CODE, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DID A CLEANUP ON THE PROPERTY. UM, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT WERE UNLIVABLE. UH, THEY WERE ENDED UP, UH, BEING DEMOLISHED. UH, THE LAST ONE WAS 12 0 2 6 RUSTIC LANE. THIS WAS BROUGHT BY PRU. IT WAS UNIQUE. IT WAS CLOSE TO HOBBY MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS UNIQUE THAT WE HAD A T F F B I AND THE D E A INVOLVED. UM, THERE WAS, UH, STOLEN PROPERTY THAT WAS RECOVERED FROM IT. UH, 10 PEOPLE WERE AT THE LOCATION. SIX HAD WARRANTS, UH, FIREARMS, NARCOTICS. THE ELECTRICITY WAS HOOKED UP ILLEGALLY. OWNER ENDED UP SIGNING A NO TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT. WE GOT A COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT TO CLOSE IT FOR NINE MONTHS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. SO THOSE WERE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAD, AND ALSO THOSE PERSONS WERE FOREVER BANNED FROM THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU, ERIC. UH, THIS DOES CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION OF THE, UH, UH, DART UNIT. BUT I DO WANNA DO AT THIS TIME, LIKE I, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I THINK OUR TEAM MEMBERS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. AND I ASK THAT ALL THEY ALL, ALL THOSE TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE STAND UP ONE MORE TIME JUST TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, BY THE GROUP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION. VERY INFORMATIVE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, MYSELF, AND THEN I'LL GO ON TO, TO THE COMMITTEE. I'M GONNA TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER VALERO. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HIS [00:40:01] DEDICATION AND GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS. HE'S, UH, WORKS REALLY HARD IN DISTRICT SIX, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S, UH, INDICATIVE OF THE ENTIRE TEAM'S DEDICATION AND PURPOSE. SO, THANK YOU ALL. UM, UH, AND THE DISTRICT LOVES HIM ALSO. HE'S DOING HARD WORK EVERY DAY, AND THEY ALSO JUST LOVE HIM. SO THAT'S REALLY, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE, THAT GUY UP THERE ON THE SCREEN, RIGHT? THE COUNCILMAN. I WON'T SAY YET THINK HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS. I THINK HE'S BEEN WITH DART SINCE THE INCEPTION, SO, GREAT. WONDERFUL. UM, I ALSO WANNA TAKE NOTE THAT PART OF THE TEAM THAT WE KEEP REFERRING TO IS THE NE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES. UM, THAT OUR, OUR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND COOPERATIVE WITH OUR OFFICERS. UH, NOT JUST ON THE DART TEAM, BUT ALL OF S A P D. SO JUST A REMINDER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR RECIDIVIST LOCATIONS? THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR, I'M THINKING OF IN DISTRICT SIX, UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF IT. IT'S ON A, LIKE GRIS AND TIMBER PATH AREA. AND IT'S, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S, UH, OPEN, WELL, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE NOT PRESENT AND PEOPLE ARE SQUATTING IN THOSE, IN THESE DUPLEXES. AND I KNOW DART'S BEEN OUT THERE, IT WAS BEFORE, UH, MY TIME. BUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE? DO YOU HAVE A PROCESS FOR TACK TRACKING THE PROGRESS OR IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, RIGHT? WE DO. IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WE, UH, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF TIMES BASED OVER THE YEARS THAT, UH, WE'VE HIT A LOCATION ONE OR TWO TIMES, MAYBE THREE TIMES, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. UH, WE GO IN THERE THE FIRST TIME AND, AND WE ABATE THE CONDITIONS AND THEN WE LEAVE. AND THEN WE ASK OUR OFFICERS OR OUR TEAM MEMBERS, BASICALLY TO KEEP MONITORING THAT LOCATION. UH, AND WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THAT PROPERTY AND THE SAME ISSUES ARE OCCURRING ONCE AGAIN, THEN, UH, BRING IT TO THE TABLE ONE MORE TIME, BRING IT TO THE, UH, THE TEAM MEMBERSHIP, AND WE'LL GO BACK OUT THERE. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION. A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, TENANTS VERSUS OWNERS AND, AND, AND VICE VERSA. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTTA STATE'S, UH, OWNERS WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES. THEY COME UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES. UH, WE HOLD THEM TO THE SAME, UH, THE, IF ANYTHING, IF NOT MORE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WHAT HAPPENS ON THEIR PROPERTY, UH, BELONGS TO THEM. SO IF A TENANT IS LIVING THERE AND THE TENANTS CAUSING ALL THESE NUISANCE ACTIVITIES, IT'S LIKE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S CAUSING ALL THESE NUISANCE ACTIVITIES. SO, UH, SO THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESS IT. SO, YEAH, THERE'S NO QUESTION. I THINK, UH, UH, WE ASK THAT MOST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH YOUR SAFE OFFICER, UH, BASICALLY, AND OUR SAFE OFFICERS, LIKE I SAID, ALL OUR SAFE OFFICERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE DART TEAM. UH, AND THOSE GUYS KNOW THE, UH, THE INS OF OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UH, THERE'S NO QUESTION. IF THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE OF PROPERTY WE'VE, WE'VE HIT BEFORE AND IT'S STILL OCCURRING, JUST LET US KNOW. DO YOU, DO YOU TRACK IT YOURSELVES THOUGH? UM, IS, DO YOU GO BACK TO NEIGHBORHOOD A YEAR LATER TO SEE IF IT'S, IF IT'S STILL GOING WELL THERE, OR GO AHEAD. UH, YES, WE DO. WE HAVE, UH, CODE ACTIVELY MONITORS AS WELL AS S A P D. SO THEY KEEP, UH, THE DART TEAM INFORMED AS TO WHAT IS OCCURRING AT THE LOCATION. AND I DO WANNA ADD THE PROPERTIES THAT BECOME HABITUAL DART PROBLEMS. WE'LL GIVE THEM TWO CHANCES, POSSIBLY THREE. AND AT THAT POINT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT OBTAINING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, SO THEN WE LOOK AT ALL OUR LEGAL OPTIONS TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOUR, YOUR EARLIER POINT, JOE, IS DULY NOTED, TEXAS IS A BIG PROPERTY STATE, I IMAGINE IT'S YOUR LAST RESORT TO CLOSE A PLACE DOWN. RIGHT? SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. NUMBER ONE, YOU MENTIONED A NAC AGREEMENT. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT? SO WHAT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ON OUR AFTER ACTION MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE WITH THE OWNERS, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN OF WHAT WE BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. UM, WE OUTLINE THAT IN THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT. UM, UM, AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE OWNER, UH, WE SIGN THAT AGREEMENT, UM, AND WE GIVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONTHS TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS, TO GET, UH, THINGS FIXED TO ABATE THE, THE CONDITIONS ON THAT PROPERTY. SO THOSE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTS ARE WHAT WE TRY TO USE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WORK WITH THE OWNERS, UM, INTERESTED PARTIES TO, UH, ABATE THE PROPERTY AND RESOLVE THOSE. I'M CURIOUS SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DOES NACAC STAND FOR? IT'S A NUISANCE ABATEMENT COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT. OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST GO BACK TO WHAT ERIC WAS SAYING. THIS IS A WRITTEN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND WHAT THE CONTRACT IS, IS THEY WILL, UH, ENGAGE IN CERTAIN, UH, THEY WILL TAKE CERTAIN STEPS TO ABATE THE NUISANCE. AND WHAT WE'RE PROMISING IN RETURN IS THAT THE CITY WILL NOT SUE THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THAT TIME. OH, OKAY. SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT, WE WILL NOT [00:45:01] TAKE LEGAL ACTION. WE WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ABATE THE PUBLIC NUISANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, GOING BACK TO, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT ONCE A, UH, PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN, UH, AND APPRECIATE THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THE REPUTATION, UM, BEING ELIMINATED SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T GO BACK TO THAT PLACE EVEN AFTER IT'S REOPENED. UM, THAT YOU DID MENTION THAT YOU, YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. SO IS, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE, THE COMMUNITY OR THAT AREA AROUND THERE, ARE WE JUST CREATING A MOVING TARGET, OR ARE WE, ARE, ARE WE, ARE WE REDUCING THE, THE CRIME STATISTICS IN THAT AREA WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, BASED ON THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE ADDRESSED, AS JOE MENTIONED, THE 480, UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF IS BECOMING FREE OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AND SO WHEN I SAY WE FOLLOW THEM, WOULD THE OFFICERS KEEP US APPRISED? AND IF THEY'RE LOCATED STILL WITHIN, LET'S SAY DISTRICT SIX, THEN WE'LL KNOW THAT'S A TARGET PROPERTY IF IT MEETS THE DART CRITERIA. BUT, UH, MOST OFTEN WHEN THE PROPERTY IS CLOSED, THE CRIMINALS KNOW THEY ARE, ARE NOT FREE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WILL MOVE ON. AND SO, UH, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SEE JUST OFFLINE SOME, UM, DATA FOR THAT. UM, AT LEAST THE ONES IN, IN MY DISTRICT, I'M SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN, IN THEIR DISTRICT AS WELL. SURE. AND ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTS? UH, NO. THEY, THE SEEING THE, THE ACTUAL NEEDLE MOVE ON, YOU KNOW, REDUCING CRIME IN THOSE AREAS AROUND, UH, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN TARGETED BY DART. SURE. THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE MORE , UH, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, IS IT 2007? YES. OKAY. UH, WHICH COMPONENT OF DART OR WHAT DEPARTMENT DO YOU THINK HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL? YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY TEAM MEMBER IS IMPORTANT. I THINK WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT S A P D AND CO COMPLIANCE. UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE, SO THOSE TWO UNITS, UH, I MEAN, THEY ALL PLAY AN IN INTEGRAL PART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. I MEAN, IT'S THE, THE, THE MEMBER, THE TEAM IS ONLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, EVERYBODY INVOLVED. BUT, UH, WITHOUT COONE COMPLIANCE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET ONTO THE PROPERTY. WITHOUT S A P D WOULDN'T BE, WE WOULDN'T BE SAFE. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN GERRAN. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS WAS VERY, VERY GOOD. WE'VE HAD SOME DART UM, ITEMS HERE IN, IN DISTRICT THREE, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE IT HELPED, UM, REALLY CLARIFY THINGS. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH, UM, ON THE CRITERIA. UH, THE CRITERIA SLIDE, SO IT TALK DART TARGETS ARE ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY, UH, THE AUDIT RESULTS SAID THAT DARTS WERE, UM, ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY FASHION. UM, HOW IS TIMELY FASHION, TIMELY FASHION, UH, TIMELY FASHION DEFINED? WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THERE'S A TEAM, OR I GUESS WHEN THERE'S A PROPERTY TARGETED, UH, THE TWO TEAM MEMBERS COME TO THE BI. WE HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS EVERY WEEK OR BASICALLY BIWEEKLY. UH, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT TEAM MEMBERS BRING THOSE PROPERTIES TO THE, TO THE, TO THE TEAM ITSELF. UH, WE BASICALLY CATEGORIZE, UH, THE DANGER OF THAT PROPERTY. SO THERE'S NO QUESTION, WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BASICALLY, UH, MONTHS OUT, IF NOT WEEKS OUT, UH, READY FOR INSPECTION. UH, BUT A TEAM MEMBER MAY BRING A PROPERTY THAT, THAT IS JUST VERY EGREGIOUS, UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT THEM CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE INSPECTION LIST. UH, SO WE, WE, THAT'S HOW WE TEND TO, TO CATEGORIZE THOSE INSPECTIONS. AND SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON INSPECTION DAY SLIDE, HOW LONG BETWEEN YOU'RE BUILDING THAT CRITERIA TO, YOU'RE BUILDING THE CASE AND BUILDING THE CRITERIA AND TO THE INSPECTION DAY WHEN THE INSPECTION DAY HAPPENS? I'M SURE IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERY SINGLE LOCATION. UM, YOU, YOU SAID IN ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES, IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WERE FOUR SHOOTINGS IN THREE MONTHS, OR THREE SHOOTINGS IN FOUR MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNEW THAT YOU ALREADY HAD ALL THE CALLS FROM THE NEIGHBORS. YOU, YOU HAD ALL OF THAT, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL SHOOTINGS HAPPENED. SO HOW DO WE, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS HAPPEN? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THOSE SHOOTINGS DON'T HAPPEN? UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN CLOSE IT DOWN OR START A DART EVEN BEFORE THEN? OR WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, WE RELY ON TEAM MEMBERS. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE MEET BIWEEKLY. WE HAVE, UH, CITY THIS SIZE. WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF PROPERTIES. [00:50:01] UH, SO, UH, WE RELY ON OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO TELL US, UH, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE ON THOSE PROPERTIES. UH, THERE'S NO QUESTION WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR MURDERS OR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. MM-HMM. . SO WE'RE HITTING PROPERTIES, UH, UH, HOW THEY COME IN. SO IF THERE'S A PROPERTY THAT HAS A TWO YEAR HISTORY OF, OF, OF GANG ACTIVITY OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR CODE COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, THEN WE PUT THEM ON THE LIST. UH, REMEMBER THIS IS, UH, BASICALLY JOBS AND DUTIES, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEIR NORMAL DUTIES ARE. YES. UH, WE'VE ASKED THE TEAM MEMBERS TO BASICALLY VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF THE DART UNIT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, UH, THEIR, THEIR SUPERVISORS DON'T SAY YOU'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE DART UNIT. THESE ARE ALL VOLUNTEER MEMBERS FROM, ASIDE FROM WHAT THEY DO ALREADY TO BEGIN WITH. UH, SO WE ASK 'EM, EXPEND LOTS OF TIME TO, TO BASICALLY RESEARCH THESE PROPERTIES. UH, WE BRING THEM TO US. IT'S KINDA LIKE A STAR CHAMBER. IT'S LIKE, OH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? AND THEN WE JUST BASICALLY SET 'EM UP ON, UH, ON, YOU KNOW, OUT, YOU KNOW. SO SOMETIMES THERE'S, THERE'S NO QUESTION WHERE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT'S LIKE, UH, WE MAY HAVE 10 INSPECTIONS. UH, WE USUALLY 10 TO 12 INSPECTIONS MONTHS OUT, READY TO GO. UH, BUT ONE POPS UP, LIKE WITH MURDERS THAT ARE OCCUR, ANOTHER MURDER OCCURRED AT THAT LOCATION. YES, IT'S ON THE INSPECTION LIST. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S MOVE THAT ONE UP BECAUSE THAT'S, IF I MAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA EMPHASIZE, COUNCILWOMAN, IS THAT WE DO HAVE OBVIOUSLY MORE PROPERTIES THAN WE HAVE RESOURCES TO HANDLE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, TIMELY MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE A LIST. BUT AS JOE SAID, THAT LIST IS NOT STATIC. UH, THEY EVALUATE THAT CONSTANTLY. 'CAUSE SOME PROPERTIES MAY, DEPENDING ON THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, MAY MOVE UP ON THE LIST. SO IT'S A CONTINUAL, UH, EVALUATION OF WHICH PROPERTIES, UH, DO WE NEED TO HEAD MORE IMMEDIATELY VERSUS, AS JOE SAID, HAVING THEM SCHEDULED OUT. AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE RESOURCES IN THAT THE, THE MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERING TO DO THIS, UM, AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. UH, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE ON A DART LIST RIGHT NOW? CURRENTLY? UH, THE TOTAL WE HAVE ABOUT 30, ABOUT 30, UH, OFFICERS. BASIC, UH, NO, UM, PROPERTIES. RIGHT. OH, HOW MANY PROPERTIES DO YOU HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR RIGHT NOW? NO. JUST HOW MANY DO YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT ON A LIST THAT IS NOT STATIC, THAT IS MOVING? HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU MEET? HOW MANY ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 15, I'D SAY 15 AT A TIME. AND, UH, AS ANDY SAID, IT'S NOT STATIC. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PROPERTIES THE OFFICERS BRING TO US. SO THAT NUMBER CAN GROW OR THAT NUMBER COULD DECREASE. SO AT ANY ONE GIVEN TIME, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT, MEANING THAT THIS IS NOT THE SOLE FOCUS OF THE OFFICERS. RIGHT. AND THE TEAM MEMBERS, UH, WE CAN'T LOOK AT 50 PROPERTIES AT THE SAME TIME OR A HUNDRED PROPERTIES. RIGHT. UH, WE LIMITED TO ABOUT 15 TO 20, AND THEN WE WORKED TO SCHEDULE THEM IN, AS JOE SAID, ON A PRIORITY BASIS. MM-HMM. , DEPENDING ON THE EGREGIOUS NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT THE LOCATION. MM-HMM. , HOW MANY, UM, I SAW THE, THE NUMBERS FOR 2018 AND 2019 OF HOW MANY DARTS YOU'VE HAD. SO HOW MANY LAWSUITS DID YOU HAVE TO FILE? HOW MANY LAWSUITS HAVE WE HAD TO FILE IN 2018 AND 2019? IN THE TWO YEARS, WE, UH, WERE ONLY FORCED TO FILE 3, 3, 3 LAWSUITS. WE GENERALLY HAVE A 90% VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. MM-HMM. AFTER A DART HIT. HOW MANY PERCENT? 90. 90%. OKAY. SO, UH, THREE, WHICH IS, UH, A GREAT REFLECTION ON THE TEAM AND THE IMPACT THE TEAM HAS ON THE PROPERTY OWNER'S WILLINGNESS, RIGHT. TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S DEMANDS. MM-HMM. . AND I DO WANNA THANK YOU ALL, UM, WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE. AND I THINK THE COMMUNICATION IS KEY. AND JUST, YOU JUST WERE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING GOOD ACTORS AND STEPPING UP AND SAYING, YES, WE WANNA COME IN AND WE WANNA DO THINGS RIGHT. SO I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD, UH, LEARN FROM WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, AND YOU MENTIONED UNDER THE DOC THE CRITERIA FOR PROPERTIES TO BECOME A DART. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING, AN ACRONYM. SS A P M C. THAT'S . OH. OH, OKAY. WHAT, WHAT CODE USES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ON THAT SAME SLIDE TOO, YOU MENTIONED REVIEW OF POLICE CALLS, AND THAT'S WHY, AND I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS, UM, A MIXED MESSAGES SOMETIMES THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET SO, OR OUR RESIDENTS SHARE WITH US, THEY, UM, FEEL LIKE THEY, UH, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ALWAYS ALL ARE CALLING. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CALL ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING DONE. THEY FEEL LIKE, WELL, I CALL AND NOTHING HAPPENS. WELL, I CALL PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP. WELL, I CALL AND NOTHING [00:55:01] EVER CHANGES. BUT, BUT THEN WE, OUR OFFICE CONTINUE TO TELL OUR RESIDENTS TO KEEP CALLING EVEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE NOTHING'S HAPPENING, WE NEED YOU FOR YOU TO CALL BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD A CASE ON WHATEVER PROPERTIES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO WE CONTINUE TO, UM, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL, BUT THEY, IT'S A MIXED BAG. 'CAUSE THEN THEY'RE GONNA STOP BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL ANYTHING'S HAPPENING. UM, SO SHARING THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY IT IS STILL, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT SEE SOMETHING IMMEDIATE IN YOUR EYES, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CALL COUNCILMAN? IF WE GO ON A CALL TO, UH, WHATEVER THE CALL MAY BE MM-HMM. , UH, UH, VIOLENT, UH, VIOLENT TYPE CALL OR, UM, NUISANCE TYPE CALL. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'LL DO IS, IS RUN THE ADDRESS TO SEE HOW MANY CALLS WE'VE GOTTEN THERE. AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN. WE, THAT'S WHAT WE DID OVER THERE AT THAT ONE CLUB. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, ARE REQUIRED BY, BY THE DART TEAM IN ORDER TO PURSUE THIS, UH, FROM A DART ANGLE. BUT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS WE DO MAKE THOSE, WE DO, UH, CHECK THOSE NUMBERS TO SEE HOW MANY CALLS WE'VE GOTTEN. SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO CALL BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. THANK YOU. I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REITERATE AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT. UM, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR, UH, SOMEBODY TO, UH, SO EVERY, EVERY PRO, EVERY PROJECT IS DIFFERENT, CORRECT? MEANING EVERY PROJECT IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE TO REMAIN CLOSED AND THEN REOPEN AGAIN, UH, WHAT HAVE YOU. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. EVERYTHING'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. UH, ON THE HEIDELBERG, THE, THE PHOTOS OF THE HEIDELBERG, UH, PROPERTY, SO IT'S IN A BACKYARD. ONE OF THE PHOTOS IS IN, ACTUALLY BOTH OF THE PHOTOS ARE IN THE BACKYARD, BUT RESIDENTS SAY, HEY, WELL NO, YOU CAN'T CALL CODE BECAUSE IT'S IN A, IT'S BEHIND MY PROPERTY FENCE AND YOU CAN'T SEE OVER THE PROPERTY LINE. SO CO YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN ON ME. YOU CAN'T, UH, DO A CODE VIOLATION. IS THAT INCORRECT? AM MEAN? YES. HE WANTS A MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA LET HIM STAY QUIET. YEAH. GOOD. I DID. JUST FOR YOU, HIS, HIS EXPERTISE. UHHUH HELLO. THANK YOU FOR, UH, INVITING US TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS AMIN THOMAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO BASICALLY, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY. SO ON THE HEIDELBERG PROPERTY, UH, YES. THE OTHER ONE WITH THE, UM, HOARDING IN THE BACK, IT, SOME OF IT IS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE FENCE LINE, BUT OTHERS YOU CANNOT SEE OVER THE FENCE LINE. AND SOME RESIDENTS ARE TOLD THAT IF IT'S, IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT OVER THE FENCE LINE OR FROM THE FRONT YARD, THEN YOU CAN'T REALLY CALL CODE AND COMPLAIN. IS THAT THE CASE OR NOT? UH, TECHNICALLY, YES. UH, TO OBTAIN A WARRANT, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A PROBABLE CAUSE. IF WE CANNOT WITNESS THE VIOLATION, THEN I CANNOT GO TO THE JUDGE AND SAY, I NEED A WARRANT BECAUSE THERE IS THIS VIOLATION. UH, NOW THERE IS DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO SEE THAT. I MEAN, WE, IF WE ARE AT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AND THE FENCE IS NOT SOLID FENCE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH IT. UH, IF IT'S CHAINING FE FENCE MM-HMM. , THEN WE CAN SEE THAT, TAKE PICTURES IF WE NEED TO, AND THEN WE CAN OBTAIN A WARRANT. AND IS THAT, AND, AND THAT'S OUR CITY CODE, MUNICIPAL CODE OR STATE, UH, CO CODE ON THAT? CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? UH, IT'S ALL THREE. OH, OKAY. UH, PRIMARILY A STATE STATUTE AND OUR CITY CODES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE ENABLED BY STATE LAW. AND I WILL ADD ON THE HEIGHT OF OUR PROPERTY. I THINK THERE WAS ALSO SOME OF THIS OUTSIDE STORAGE IN THE FRONT YARD OF THE AREA AS WELL. YEAH, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA, I CAN IMAGINE SHOW THE MOST EGREGIOUS PART IN THE BACK. OKAY. BUT IT FLOWED INTO THE FRONT. OKAY. BUT, BUT, BUT TO CLARIFY, COUNCILMAN THE ISSUE IS, UH, HOW DO YOU, YOU GET THE EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED PROBABLE CAUSE MM-HMM. , UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE THAN THE STATUTES UNDER WHICH WE'RE ENFORCING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. UM, AND THEN GOING BACK TO, UH, TYPES OF PROPERTIES ADDRESSED WHEN YOU WERE TALKING RESIDENTIAL, YOU HAVE DRUGS, GANG ACTIVITY, PROSTITUTION, VACANT STRUCTURES THAT CAN ALSO DEAL WITH, UM, SEX TRAFFICKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CORRECT? YES. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. UM, AND THEN FINALLY MY LAST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE TOWARDS WHAT YOU MENTIONED THESE, UM, OFFICERS AND TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME. IT LOOKS OBVIOUSLY THAT [01:00:01] THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO THIS. AND, UM, I, I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE 'EM COME BACK UP FROM D S D, BUT ALSO FROM OUR, UH, UNITS THAT ARE WORKING OUR SAFE OFFICERS, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR SAFE OFFICERS, WE HAVE THEM DOING, I DON'T KNOW, EVERYTHING BASICALLY IN, IN OUR DISTRICTS. AND THEN THE DART AS WELL, BUT TO STAND UP. SO DO WE HAVE OUR OWN DART TEAM OR WE JUST PULL FROM OTHER, UH, UNITS OR OTHER, OTHER, I MEAN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T REALLY PULL FROM ANYWHERE COUNCILWOMAN. WE, WE, THE, THE SAFE UNITS IN EACH SUBSTATION. IF THERE'S A DART ISSUE WITHIN THEIR AREA, THEN THEY ARE PART OF THE TEAM. THEY'RE PART OF THE TEAM. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND SO FOR D S D, THE, MY QUESTION IS ONE, 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW, I ALREADY, I ALREADY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MORE POLICE PERSONNEL. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO D SS D AND FOR THESE, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE OR DANGEROUS PREMISES, UM, INSPECTORS, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE OFFICERS? UM, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AND HOW MANY DO WE NEED TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DART INSPECTIONS? YES. UH, WE CAN UTILIZE AS MANY AS WE NEED DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT WE DO HAVE ONE CODE OFFICER WHO'S KIND OF DEDICATED FOR THIS. MM-HMM. , UH, HE SPENDS MOST OF THE TIME WORKING ON DART CASES. NOW WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A DARK CASE GOING ON, THEN HE DOES REGULAR, UH, OFFICER, CODE OFFICER WORK. SO MAINLY WE HAVE ONE PERSON, BUT AGAIN, WE HAD CERTAIN PROPERTIES, COUPLE OF THE EXAMPLES THEY GAVE MM-HMM. ACTUALLY, I WENT THERE AND I HAD LIKE FIVE CODE OFFICERS WITH ME. OKAY. THEN I HAD FIVE BUILDING INSPECTORS. 'CAUSE THE SITUATION WAS REALLY BAD. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE NEED. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY DOES. UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT ONES IN THE DISTRICT WHO UNFORTUNATELY I THINK ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS. SO ANYHOW, THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN IRAN, COUNCILWOMAN. ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST GOT IN THE OFFICE, MY STAFF AND I WERE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION OF A DART THAT WAS GETTING READY TO BE SERVED. AND SO IT ENLIGHTENED US ON EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE GONNA BE DEALING WITH. AND, UM, BEFORE WE GOT HERE, OF COURSE THE HAYES FOOD MART WAS ALREADY IN, IN PROGRESS. UM, I THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE IN DISTRICT TWO, WE KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN KIND OF, UH, AN EYESORE TO CONTINUOUSLY HAVE THOSE SHOOTINGS HAPPEN AT A LOCATION AND IT CONTINUES TO STAY OPEN. AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE SAME CYCLE PERPETUATE ITSELF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE PERTAIN TO, WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION ONCE A, A WARRANT IS GONNA BE SERVED, AND THEN WE KNOW THAT THE STEPS ARE TAKEN, UM, FOR THE FOLLOW-UP ACTION TO HAPPEN. BUT THEN WE DON'T KNOW AFTER THAT FOLLOW-UP, ONCE THE SIX MONTHS IS ABOUT TO HIT, ARE THE YEARS ABOUT TO HIT? CAN WE AS A CITY COUNCIL OFFICE BE INFORMED WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS? IF THEY'RE GONNA BE REOPENED, IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA REOPEN, UM, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BE REOPENED? IF WE COULD GET THAT IN SOME FORM OF A REPORT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE TRULY CLOSED IN OUR DISTRICTS? YES MA'AM, WE COULD DO THAT. AWESOME. AND THEN WHEN IT DOES COME TO THE HAYES FOOD MORE, BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED THIS QUESTION THIS WEEK, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE REACHING THEIR SIX MONTH POINT, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS TO REOPEN WHEN THEY REOPEN BECAUSE OF THE CRIME THAT THEY HAD THERE IN THEIR, UM, REQUIREMENTS. ARE THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM OR A RECORDING SYSTEM? UM, FOR SECURITY PURPOSES ON THE HAYS MART SPECIFICALLY? NO. WE DIDN'T REQUIRE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. UH, WE DID HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THEY HAVE A CAMERA SYSTEM INSTALLED. THEY DO HAVE ONE, BUT A INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CAMERAS. AND SO WE DID STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THEY INCREASE THAT NUMBER, UH, IN LIEU OF REQUIRING ADDITIONAL CAMERAS. UH, THAT'S WHY WE REQUIRED A POLICE OFFICER TO PROVIDE SECURITY AT THE PROPERTY. AND THIS WOULD BE A POLICE OFFICER OTHER THAN SS A P D TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AWESOME. THANK YOU. UH, ARE THEY GONNA BE UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT OR DID MANAGEMENT CHANGE? UH, THE OWNER IS IN HOUSTON AND HE ADVISED ME THAT, UH, HE WAS CONSIDERING SELLING [01:05:01] THE PROPERTY. SO IT MIGHT BECOME A LOCAL OWNER WHO WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER TO DEAL WITH. AS WE ALL KNOW, WITH, UH, ABSENTEE OWNERS OR OUTSTATE OWNERS, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THEIR ATTENTION. AND SO, UH, HE HAS NOT TRANSFERRED HIS INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AS OF RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UM, I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE, THE TWO YEAR, UH, HISTORY, AND I KNOW CHIEF, YOU AND I KIND OF HAD OUR HEADS PUT TOGETHER ON HOW, UM, WITH THE INCIDENT THAT HAS HAPPENED AT THIS ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE DISTRICT, UM, IT CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES HANDS. AND SO THE HISTORY KIND OF GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE MURDERS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE HAVE BEEN KIND OF EVERY TIME THEY OPEN. UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WHEN IT'S A CONTINUATION OF CHANGING HANDS? BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A HISTORY, ALTHOUGH THE TWO YEAR PERIOD IS SOMETIMES LOST. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE OWNER OR THE, WITH THE ATTORNEY, UH, OF THAT CLUB, UH, THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT PROPERTY IS STILL CLOSED AND WE LET HIM KNOW BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD THAT WE LIKE TO KEEP IT CLOSED. UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE HIS TENANTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE LET HIM KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE TO, WE GO AFTER THE PROPERTY ORDER THEMSELVES, UH, AS WELL AS THE TENANTS AS THEMSELVES. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES, BUT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY MEETING WITH THAT CLUB OWNER. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO A MULTIFAMILY, UM, COMPLEX, THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CLUB, WE KNOW THAT THAT ONE HAS HAD SEVERAL SHOOTINGS, SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF, OF VIOLENCE AND GANG ACTIVITY. HOW DO WE HANDLE DEALING WITH THE MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX? YOU KNOW, THOSE PROPERTIES? I, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE, THE BEST WAY IS GO THROUGH YOUR SAFE OFFICER. I MEAN, YOU COULD GIVE US THE ADDRESS RIGHT NOW, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SAFE OFFICER OURSELVES. UH, BUT WE GET A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION FROM, FROM SS A P D. UH, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THEN, UH, THEN WE'LL RESEARCH THE PROPERTY AND DETERMINE, UH, WHERE EXACTLY WE ARE WITH THAT PROPERTY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT HAS, IS CHANGED NAMES, BUT IT'S THE SAME LOCATION. IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME PROBLEM. UM, BUT STILL THERE'S NOTHING THAT SEEMS TO, TO BE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. I KNOW THAT I, I THANK GOD FOR MY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE HERE TODAY. UM, THE MAJOR CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS BECAUSE WE SPLIT OUR SAFE OFFICERS WITH DISTRICT THREE, A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T HAVE THE PATROL ON THE GROUND TO, TO SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND SO, CHIEF, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PAST BUDGET WITH GETTING, UM, THE SAFE OFFICERS FOR, UH, THE SPECIALIZED TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UM, BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, HOW MANY MORE SAFE OFFICERS DO YOU TRULY NEED ON THE GROUND TO REALLY HAVE A SUFFICIENT USE OF, OF US HAVING THEM IN THE DISTRICTS? YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S ALWAYS A TRICKY QUESTION TO BE ASKED IN FRONT OF MY BOSS, . BUT, UM, I MEAN, CANDIDLY SPEAKING, I MEAN, I, I I WOULD TAKE AS FAR AS NEED, I, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A SCIENTIFIC ANSWER, BUT ANECDOTALLY, I MEAN, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADD MORE SAFE OFFICERS TO EVERY SUBSTATION, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL TO EACH SUBSTATION, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE COMMENTS AND, UH, COMPLAINTS. AND SOMETIMES CRI SOMETIMES CRITICISMS THAT WE GET ARE, WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS. AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. UM, AND AS, AS MANY AS WE'VE ADDED OVER THE YEARS FROM, AT LEAST FROM A PUBLIC PERCEPTION POINT OF VIEW, IT JUST SIMPLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH. AWESOME. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE DO HEAR A LOT. UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES ADDRESSED WHEN IT COMES TO, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY BURGLARY HAPPENING, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW ARE, ARE WE ADDRESSING THOSE BURGLARY, UM, INCIDENTS AND, AND STATISTICS WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUING DART? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN THE VACANT HOME, BUT THEY'RE VIR BURGLARIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IS THAT AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL? YOU KNOW, THE, TO BE HONEST, THAT'S REALLY NOT A, UH, IT'S A [01:10:01] CATEGORY, UH, OF CRIME THAT DART WOULD ADDRESS. UH, DART PROPERTIES ARE ADDRESSED BECAUSE THE, UH, THE ISSUE HAS TO HAPPEN AT THE LOCATION ITSELF. OKAY. UH, SO THAT'S HOW YOU ADDRESS THOSE PROPERTIES. SO, UH, THERE'S NO QUESTION IF, UH, IF YOU HAVE, UH, I GUESS A DEFENDANT OR CRIMINAL FOR THAT MATTER, THAT KEEPS LEAVING THAT HOUSE AND BURGLARIZED ACROSS THE STREET, THEN WE KNOW HE'S GOING BACK TO HIS HOUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING THERE. UH, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S, UH, I GUESS BURGLARIES GOING OUT THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, I THINK S A P D WOULD JUST KIND OF DO THEIR INVESTIGATION AND HOPEFULLY CATCH THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THERE'S NO QUESTION. ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE, UH, BASICALLY, UH, DO THEIR JOB AND DO IT GREAT. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE THEY ADDRESS ALL THOSE OTHER ISSUES THAT, THAT DON'T MEET THE DARK CRITERIA. UH, AND I THINK THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT DOING IT. UH, IT'S, BUT IT'S WHEN THOSE HABITUAL, UH, PROPERTIES THAT, THAT, THAT COME INTO THEIR ATTENTION, THAT, THAT WE START GETTING INVOLVED. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND THEN, CHIEF, I KNOW, UM, I ALWAYS ASK YOU TO DO ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS, AND THAT'S TO, TO SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO THE ISSUES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME ON OUR STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO. AND AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF, OF DOING POLICING WITH THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST RATIOS OF VIOLENCE, CRIME, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, A PROGRAM PUT IN PLACE IN DISTRICT TWO UNDER COUNCILMAN, UH, WARWICK, UH, WITH, UH, THE SHOTS, SPOTTED SHOTS SPOTTER. AND, UM, WOULD YOU THINK THAT CAMERAS WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE TO ASSIST, ESPECIALLY WITH DART, IF THERE'S A, UH, UH, NOT JUST THE CALL HISTORY, BUT IF WE HAVE IT TO WHERE WE HAVE THE CAMERAS THAT REALLY PICK UP THE, THE CRIME IN THE AREAS TO GIVE US A ADDITIONAL HISTORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR, UH, THIS KIND OF ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR DART TEAMS? WELL, I DO. I MEAN, I THINK, LET ME TALK TO THE CRIME ISSUE FIRST. I THINK THAT CERTAINLY ANY, ANY, UH, TOM, I CAN PUT CAMERAS UP, WE CAN PUT CAMERAS UP SOMEWHERE WHERE WE'RE HAVING PERSISTENT PROBLEMS. THEY'RE ALWAYS, THEY ALWAYS CAN BE HELPFUL. UM, I, I, I MEAN, THAT PERTAINS TO A PROBLEM PROPERTY AS WELL. SO I'M ALL FOR THE CAMERAS, UM, ALL AGAINST THE SHOT SPOTTER. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ANDREWS, SULLIVAN, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN, IN OUR DISTRICT. UH, I MADE A CALL TO, I THINK IT WAS ERIC AT THE, OR AN EMAIL TO YOU AND, AND, UH, ERIC CHIEF, UM, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN 2018 NOW, UH, ABOUT THE PROPERTY ON, ON FOUR 10. AND WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH SAVITA AND THERE WERE DOCUMENTS READY TO GO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, GETTING INVOLVED SO QUICKLY AND SO EFFECTIVELY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, I'M GOING TO, IN [3. 20-2188 Briefing and possible action on National Night Out [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]] THE INTEREST OF TIME, UH, POSTPONE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR, UH, NEXT MONTH. AND THERE'S BEEN A RESCHEDULE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN MARCH, OUR NEXT MEETING IS, I THINK THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I KNOW THAT. IS IT THE 18TH ? 17TH. 17TH, 18TH, MM-HMM. . WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON A HOLIDAY. COUNCILMAN ? I I THINK WE, UH, RESCHEDULED IT FROM SPRING BREAK, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON A HOLIDAY. WELL, ST. PATRICK'S DAY, WE'LL JUST ALL WEAR GREEN. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HAS A QUESTION. UM, CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD COME ON A FUTURE. UM, AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE MEETINGS IS TO GET AN UPDATE ON, UM, THE, UH, THE FACILITIES, THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT THAT WE BUDGETED $200,000 FOR, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT, IF WE CAN GET A STATUS ASSESSMENT ON THAT. AND THEN, UM, MAYBE CHAIR, BECAUSE YOU'RE, I THINK YOU'RE ALSO CHAIR WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURTS, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF UPDATE WHEN IT COMES TO MAGISTRATES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE TOO. THANK YOU. UH, MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.