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OKAY, MR. NELSON, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
[Call to Order]
TODAY IS, UH, 16TH JULY, 2020.WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURN FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMAIN TOMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DANNY RAMIREZ, TOTAL ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, DANNY EZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER AND MYSELF, TRUDY C IS PRESENT.
UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, RUN THE INTERPRETER SERVICES.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THE, THE VIRTUAL 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 TWO 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 ADVICE PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
THE CITY WILL PROVIDE CANCELLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'LL HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVICE IN NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT IF YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OR STRUCTURE CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.
DISCUSS THE DETAILED SCOPE OF THE WORK WITH THE COST OF EACH ITEM OUTLINED IN THE IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF CITY CODE.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR DEPENDING UPON MONIES AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENT ORDERS BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
YOU MAY OBTAIN ALL PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 2.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THE TIME OF POLICE CONTACT, A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBER BY PHONE AT AREA CODE (210) 207-5422.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PETAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THE BIRTH OF HEARING, AS PER CITY CODE SECTION 16 2 36.
IF YOU WOULD, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR PAGE.
READ THE MEETING, UH, FORMAT, PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID-19.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
THESE MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY
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VISITING WWW ANTONIO DOV SLASH GSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT 2 0 6 Y TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENTS.THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, GIVING VOICEMAIL FOR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
THE OWNER HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC STATEMENT FOR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE OWNER.
STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED.
STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK, WE WILL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENT.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE OWNER WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUTTAL AN UNLIMITED TIME, TIME LIMIT, ALONG WITH ANY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REQUEST.
THANK YOU FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IN THE EVENT THAT WE BEGIN TO MOVE TO RAPIDLY, WHEN ASKED IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION POINTS, UH, AND WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND INTERRUPT WITH YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, BECAUSE THAT, UH, THE SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW US TO MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS WE WOULD IF WE WERE IN PERSON.
UH, SO GO AHEAD AND INTERRUPT AND STATE YOUR NAME AND STATE YOUR, UH, QUESTION AND OR DISCUSSION ISSUE.
UH, THAT WAY WE WON'T, UH, MISS OUT ON ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSIONS.
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HOPEFULLY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES.UH, CHAIR WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO AMEND OR APPROVE.
I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AMENDED AS.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE ALSO STATE YOUR NAME, MS. BROWN.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS YOUR MOTION.
UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES DELIVERED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE, IF YOU ARE, YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE ANSWER.
MOTION PASSES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES PASSES.
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A STAFF REPORT ON, UH, EMERGENCY DEMOLITIONS.I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS TO READ INTO THE RECORD, UH, AND UPDATE HERE.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM, WE WILL BE PULLING ONE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA TODAY.
JUST TO START OFF WITH, WE WILL BE PULLING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
IT'S A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ITEM, UH, 9 0 3 WEST KING HIGHWAY IN COUNCIL.
PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE, SO NO LONGER BE ON TWO ITEMS. I WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD FOR WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
THE FIRST ONE IS 1216 DIVISION STREET, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY IS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 59.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
UM, IT WAS SIGNED ON JUNE 30TH, 2020.
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ITEM IS 41 0 2 ROLAND AVENUE GO.UH, THAT IS ALSO AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 59, SECTION FIVE.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THAT WAS SIGNED INTO THE RECORD ON JUNE 11TH, 2020.
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UH, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 10 10 WEST MARTIN STREET AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JUNE THE 16TH OF, UH, 2020, DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE FIRE.UH, LET'S SEE, WHICH DID OCCUR ON JUNE 11TH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 1 7 5.
NO FURTHER ACTION AS NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT, UH, HAS OF THIS.
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AND THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, HIS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT FOUR 19, ROBIN HOOD PLACE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WAS DEMOLISHED AS AN EMERGENCY ON JUNE THE 30TH OF 2020.RECENT EXTENSIVE FIRE, WHICH DID OCCUR ON JUNE 23RD.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 7 5, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED BY THE BOARD OF THIS TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF THAT ONE AS WELL BEFORE AND AFTER BOARD MEMBERS.
IT DOES, UH, COMPLETE MY REPORT.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE CASES, WE'LL START WITH, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T.
WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH 1723 STREET.
WE'RE JUST GETTING THE POLICE OFFICER ON THE LINE AND GET STARTED.
I WAS GONNA PULL, UH, FENCE 18.
JUST FIRST MORNING STATE MEMBERS.
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GOOD MORNING, BSD[5. 20-4071 (CD-5) 1723 Saltillo St]
MEMBERS ING AM OFFICER FOR THE CITY SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1723 FIELD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE OF C TWO EIGHT CHAPTER SIX.
THE FIRST TIME 1723 SOUTH ED REPORT.
PLEASE NOTE ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020, THE DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT, RESPONSE TO INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED.
THE INSPECTION, THE COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH THE VARIETY CITY DEPARTMENT DEPART LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 7 1 8, BLOCK 13, BLOCK 17, LOCATED IN CD COUNCIL.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ISRAEL CASTRO, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1723 SOUTHFIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT ON THE PHONE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 25TH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION THAT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC EFFORT.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1723 SOUTH DEAL WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2020, AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED AS, UH, RETURNED TO SENDER ON MARCH 25TH, 2020 ON JULY 7TH AND JULY 8TH, 2020.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS ATTEMPTED TO, UH, ATTEMPTED OR THE OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT ON JUNE 30TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P UH, HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1723 STREET ON JUNE 30TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS MAILED TO ISRAEL CASTRO, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT REMAINS, UH, PENDING RETURN ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020.
ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT THE INSPECTION AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR AS OF TODAY, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OF LETTER OR CREDIT OF ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AS OF TODAY.
GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER CHILDCARE PROGRAM IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF 7 23 23
THERE'S CURRENTLY NO, UH, ELECTRICAL SERVICE.
THERE'S CURRENTLY NO WATER SERVICE, AND THE LOCATION DOES HAVE, UH, A CRIMINAL HISTORY.
WE HAVE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAITING ONLINE TO DO A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
UH, THIS WAS RECENTLY WHERE WE HAD BRITTANY SECURE THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE RESEARCHED THE PROPERTY ON, UH, 2ND OF JUNE.
THE, THIS IS THE, UM, SIDE ELEVATION.
UH, THE RIGHT WALL THERE IS FACING EAST, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FRONT PORCH CUTS, HOW IT'S LEANING.
A LOT OF DETERIORATION RIGHT THERE UNDER THE PORCH.
UM, YOU CAN SEE MISSING, UH, OR LACK.
THE, THE WALLS ARE LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
UH, IT DOES HAVE BURGLAR BARS, UH, WHICH ARE REALLY UNSAFE BECAUSE THEY'RE SECURE FROM THE OUTSIDE.
THERE'S NO, UH, ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE INTERIOR.
THIS WAS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST INSPECTION, UH, ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020.
UM, IT WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT BAY WINDOW THERE.
UH, THE DAMAGE TO THE WINDOW, UH, BOARDED WINDOWS.
UM, THERE WERE SOME PRIOR, UH, PENETRATOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ISSUES, UH, WITH PROPERTY.
THIS IS ALSO ON THE FIRST, UH, INSPECTION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DOOR BACK THERE THAT, SO AGAIN, GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
THEY DID A LOT OF WORK WITHOUT PERMITS.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S NO PERMITS ON RECORD.
AND YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE PICTURES THAT THERE IS, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK UNDER THEIR HOUSE WITHOUT PERMITS.
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LOT OF FAULTY CONSTRUCTION.UH, ACTUALLY THAT BACK SLIDING DOOR WENT ON FROM THE INSIDE WAS NOW MORE OPERABLE, SO YOU CAN'T EVEN OPEN THAT BACK SLIDING DOOR.
SO THAT WAS AN UNSAFE MEANS OF WEAKNESS.
UM, THIS NEXT PHOTO HERE, YOU'RE SEEING IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOUNDATION.
UH, YOU SEE THE SEAL PLATE THERE, RESTING ON GRADE.
UM, THEY DID DO FOUNDATION WORK IN THE PAST
UH, HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, THE WORK WAS, WASN'T VERY, UH, WASN'T VERY GOOD.
LOT OF CONSTRUCTION VARIATION THERE TO THE, UM, EXTERIOR MEMBERS.
UM, WHENEVER THEY ADDED THE VINYL SIDING, ALL THEY DID IS, UH, ATTACH IT TO A ROTTED, DETERIORATED, UH, WOOD.
UM, THEREFORE, YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S, THE VINYL IS DETACHING.
IT'S JUST NOT GRABBING ONTO THAT ROTTED WOOD.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO WATER, UM, THE WATER SERVICE HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED BY SAN ANTONIO.
WATER SYSTEM ELECTRICAL SERVICE WAS ALSO DISCONNECTED.
HOWEVER, THEY DID HAVE A WATER LEAK.
THIS WATER LEAK HAD GONE ON, GONE ON FOR SOME TIME, UH, WHERE I BELIEVE IT DID CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO THE FOUNDATION, UH, CAUSED SOME SHIFTING.
THIS WATER THAT WAS PULLED UNDER THE HOUSE, UH, IT HAD BEEN GONE, LIKE I SAID, FOR A WHILE.
UH, FALLS DID, UH, RECAP THAT WATER METER, UH, TO PREVENT THEM FROM TRYING TO GET WATER.
UM, AND WE DID DO A NOTICE TO VACATE.
SO ONCE THE, THE STRUCTURE WAS VACATED, UM, AND WATER WAS CUT FROM THE MAIN, UM, WELL ALONG THE METER SIDE, UM, IT, IT PRETTY MUCH STOPPED THAT WATER LEAK.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE FOUNDATION'S RESTED ON GRADE DETERIORATION TO THE SO PLATE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS BEAM HERE.
THIS BEAM LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MORE, A LITTLE MORE RECENTLY ADDED, UM, MAYBE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE DISCOLORATION OF THE WOOD.
HOWEVER, IT'S MORE RESTING ON GRADE.
ON, ON ONE OF THE OTHER PHOTOS, YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE THAT, UM, IT'S NOT RESTING ON, OR IT'S FAIRLY RESTING ON THE POST, UM, ON THE EDGE OF THE POST.
UH, SO IT KIND OF CONFIRMED, AGAIN, POORLY CONSTRUCTED.
YOU ALSO SEE, UM, THE MIDDLE PIPE WITH SOME C V C PIPE AND THEN WITH SOME PEX PIPE.
SO A LOT OF RIGGING GOING ON, UH, WITH THE PLUMBING.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PEX PIPE, UH, THAT BLUE PEX PIPE IS, IS FAIRLY NEW, UM, COMPARABLE TO WHEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT.
UM, IT'S FAIRLY NEW TO, UH, THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL.
SO IF YOU LOOK RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE TWO, THOSE TWO SEAL PLATES, REST ONE ON THE RIGHT IS FAIRLY NOTCHED ONTO THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT CONCRETE POST.
YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE, RIGHT ABOVE THAT POST, OR EXCUSE ME, THE STEEL PLATE, THERE'S SOME YELLOW RXS, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS A LOT OF YELLOW RXS THAT WAS ADDED WITHOUT PERMIT.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE HAD YELLOWS RUNNING THROUGH, UH, ANDEX EXPOSED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN FAIR CONDITION WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE, WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE, UH, STRUCTURE, UM, YOU SEE A, THERE'S A DOOR THERE IN THE LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
UM, SO JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE OF, UH, WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT PERMIT.
UM, THERE WAS DOORS IN, IN THE HOUSE, BUT THEY WERE JUST BEING STORED.
THERE IS AN EXTERIOR, UH, WEST ELEVATION.
UM, SO THIS IS ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
IT KIND OF RUNS ALONG THE SIDE OF THE LAKE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE HOME.
UM, IT'S VERY ROTTED, DETERIORATED, UH, ITS PORCH EDITION.
THIS IS, UM, ONCE YOU PASS THE KITCHEN AREA, THERE'S BIG, UH, ROOM.
UM, THERE ARE, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE SOME NEW STUDS THERE.
UM, SO THERE WAS FRAMEWORK AGAIN, WITHOUT, WITHOUT PERMITS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT THIS FRAME, YOU CAN SEE THAT STUD THERE.
IT'S BARELY RESTING ON, ON, NOT RESTING ON THE SOLE PLATE.
ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST RESTING ON ANOTHER BEAM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE RED P PIPE THERE AGAIN, UH, PLUMBING WORK WITHOUT PERMITS.
NOW, THE GREEN LIGHT DOES SHOW THAT IT'S NOT HOT.
SO THOSE WIRES WERE NOT HOT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
UM, IT DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, SO IT WAS OCCUPIED WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.
HE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
UH, PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, SIX TO EIGHT PEOPLE COMING IN, IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THE OWNER WAS LIVING THERE, BUT HE WAS LETTING, UH, TRANSIENT BE
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THERE AS WELL AS WELL.THIS IS THAT BIG ROOM I WAS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT PAST THE, THE, UH, KITCHEN AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER ON THE SUB FLOOR.
THE WATER LEAK, UM, WAS, WAS HARD TO FIND WHERE THAT WATER LEAK WAS COMING FROM, BUT THERE WAS WATER IN THAT, IN THAT BIG ROOM.
UM, JUST PULLED THERE, WHICH ALSO MADE THE FLOOR VERY SOFT AND SPONGY.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME NEWLY ADDED STUDS THERE.
UM, JUST FOUR WORKS, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, CONDUCTED.
NOW, THIS IS THE SAME ROOM, THE SUBFLOOR THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER THAT'S PULLED UNDER THE HOME.
UM, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR WATER RUNNING, UH, WHEN WE DO THE INSPECTION.
UM, JUST KIND OF PULLING UNDER THE HOUSE, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND WHERE THAT WATER LEAK IS COMING FROM.
AGAIN, RED, RED AND BLUE P PIPE.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT, UH, ANYTHING THAT WAS USED BACK IN WHEN THE HOUSE WAS INSTRUCTED.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE, THE, THE ROMANS THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS ADDED TO THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT THE, THOSE, UH, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS NOT, UH, HOT.
IT WAS NOT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRIC.
AGAIN, THE GREEN LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT IS INDICATING THAT IT'S NOT HOT.
SO ONCE YOU PASS THE, THE, THE, THE ROOM PAST THE KITCHEN, THAT'S, THAT BACK ROOM IS LEADING TO A BEDROOM.
YOU CAN SEE HOLES IN THE WALL.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S MISSING SHEET ROCK, BROKEN SHEET ROCK, UM, SOME FRAMING, UH, ON THE HEADER.
UM, THAT WAS ALSO DONE AGAIN, WITHOUT PERMITS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE MISSING SHEET ROCK, UM, UNDER THE WINDOW OF THE CEILING.
UM, AND THIS WAS KIND OF CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE A BEAM RIGHT THERE ON THAT CEILING.
UM, KIND OF JUST STOPS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOF, THAT SAME ROOM, AND THE FLOOR DOES DROP TO THE LEFT.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PHOTO, THE FLOOR DROPS TO THE LEFT, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT STEEL PLATE WAS BARELY RESTING ON, UH, THE POST THAT'S OUTSIDE.
SO THAT, THAT ROOM IS JUST DROPPING DOWN THAT WAY.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE AREA WHERE THE FLOOR IS UNLEVEL, UH, LOPING DOWN TO THAT WEST ELEVATION.
THIS IS FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
LOOK INSIDE OF THAT BIG ROOM, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE FLOOR.
UM, THE, THE LIGHT WAS GAVE US, IT MADE THE PHOTO LOOK A LITTLE, UH, UH, FUZZY.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE, THE SHEET ROCK, THE BROKEN SHEET ROCK.
UM, AGAIN, NO, NO WORK, UH, NO PERMITS FOR THE WORK THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
UM, ON THE DAY OF THE, OF THE, OF THE DART INSPECTION, THERE WAS DRUGS FOUND.
UM, AND AGAIN, ALL THAT SS A P D SPEAK ON THE HISTORY.
UM, THERE, SEVERAL NEEDLES WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE AND THE SCALE, UM, OF
UM, THE, THE, THE, THE STRENGTH THING IS THAT THE ROOF COVER IS FAIRLY NEW POWER, THE INTERIOR OF THE CEILING, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE.
UM, SO IT, IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE WAS WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE ROOF SOMEWHERE BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT CEILING HAD COLLAPSED, UM, DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1723 DEAL IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURED, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED, SHOULD BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN THE HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE.
AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECT, OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS OR HUMAN HABITATION CLOSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIVE HEALTH, PROPERTY, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1723.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I DON'T.
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AT WHAT, I'M JUST CURIOUS, AT WHAT POINT DO WE KICK THIS UP A NOTCH AND MAKE IT, OR COULD WE HAVE MADE IT AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF A, OF A FIRE, UH, FLOODING, THINGS LIKE THAT? SO, UH, AN EMERGENCY, UM, DEMOLITION.UM, WHEN WE DO THE INSPECTION, WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER, UM, THERE'S ANY, IM IMMEDIATE OR IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.
UH, SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING, MAYBE LIKE A ROOF COLLAPSE OR A WALK COLLAPSE.
UM, BUT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT, UM, FOR AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION BECAUSE THOSE THINGS WERE NOT PENDING AT THAT TIME.
UM, ELECTRICAL SERVICE WAS DISCONNECTED.
UM, SO THAT KIND OF ELIMINATED THE, THE POTENTIAL FIRE.
UM, HOWEVER, WE, WE DO HAVE SOMETIMES IS WHEN THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL, THEY'LL USE, THEY'LL TRY TO SPICE ILLEGALLY.
UH, WE DIDN'T FIND THAT, AND WE DIDN'T FIND, UM, THE OTHER DANGER WOULD BE MAYBE LIKE CANDLES.
UH, BUT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD, UM, PRESENT IT TO BE A, UH, TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY DEMOTION.
WELL, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, LET'S HEAR FROM THE DARK OFFICER.
UM, I DO HAVE S A P D OFFICERS, KEITH BENSON, JOHNNY MORENO, UR MORENO.
UM, ON THE LINE, UH, MR. BENSON, YOU WOULD GO FIRST IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, OFFICER BENSON, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL SAFE UNIT.
UH, ADDRESS HERE IS 5 1 5 SOUTH RIO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
OFFICER ARTURO MORENO, CENTRAL STATE, SAME ADDRESS.
OFFICER JOHNNY MORENO, CENTRAL STATE, SAME ADDRESS.
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN ON THIS PROPERTY.
UH, FOR, UH, SINCE 2019, FROM 2019 TO 2020, UH, WE'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 60 CALLS MADE BY SS A P D TO THIS LOCATION, UH, FOR NUMEROUS THINGS, UH, FROM DRUGS TO PROSTITUTION TO, AND, UH, ALSO SHOTS FIRED.
AND I, MYSELF, HAVE ALSO BEEN THERE FOR, UH, OTHER SITUATIONS, UH, FOR LIKE THEFT OF VEHICLES AND, UH, DRUGS MYSELF.
UH, I HAVE BEEN, UH, EMAILED RECEIVING EMAILS FROM, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL FIVE'S OFFICE FOR COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UH, FOR DRUG COMPLAINTS AND, UH, VARIOUS, UH, PEOPLE HANGING AROUND THE LOCATION DOING DRUGS.
UM, THERE WAS A CASE THAT HAPPENED ON, UH, TWO 18 OF 2020.
UH, IT WAS A CASE FOR POSSESSION, UH, WITH THE INTENT TO, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE DART WARRANT.
OH, IT WAS ON THE DART WARRANT? YEAH.
IT'S OFFICER MORENO, UH, FOR THE DART WARRANT.
UM, WE WALKED THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
WE CONTACTED SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.
WE ACTUALLY, UH, TALKED TO CON MR. TRO THERE, UM, WHILE DOING THE, THE SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, ON THE SIDE ROOM, WE FOUND AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE BACK ROOM WITH, UH, HE HAD POSSESSION OF, UH, SOME DRUGS.
HE WAS ABOUT TO CUT IT UP, SEPARATED IN DIFFERENT BAGS.
UM, HE WAS ACTUALLY BOOKED FOR, HE WAS BOOKED FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER PG ONE WITHIN A DRUG FREE ZONE, BECAUSE CARVAL HALL IS ACTUALLY JUST DOWN THE STREET.
UM, WHAT ELSE DID WE GET? AND ALSO, OF COURSE, UM, MS. TRO DENIED KNOWING THAT MALE, BUT AFTER TALKING TO ANOTHER FEMALE THAT WAS STAYING THERE, UM, HE OBSERVED THE ARRESTED PERSON, MR. DELGADO, UH, LOCKING UP THAT ROOM FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
SO HE WAS STAYING THERE AT THAT PROPERTY, AND HE WAS SELLING DRUGS OUT OF THERE AS WELL.
AND, AND ALSO, UH, DURING, UH, WHEN WE CHECKED AROUND THE STRUCTURE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BE BECAUSE THERE'S NO, UH, RESTROOM THERE, UH, I DID NOTICE, UH, THAT THERE WAS FECES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING THE RESTROOM AND A REAL STRONG SMELL OF URINE AT THAT LOCATION.
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AND, UH, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT MR. COST, THAT IF YOU ASKED MR. CASTRO IF HE KNEW WHERE THEY, WHO THEY WERE, UH, HE STATED THAT SOME PEOPLE, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE.THEY WERE JUST COMING IN AND OUTTA THE LOCATION.
AND, UH, I MEAN, BASICALLY THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR DEALINGS AND, UH, I'VE HAD, UH, COMPLAINTS FROM A DIFFERENT SHIFT, LIKE, UH, OUR B SHIFT AND OUR DOG WATCH UNITS ABOUT THE SAME LOCATION.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE EVERY DAY TO GET UP AND LEAVE YOUR HOME, AND NOT KNOWING WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RETURN HEALTHY OR NOT.
DOES THE COURT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE, OF THE OFFICERS? I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
FOR THE OFFICERS, UH, THIS IS EVELYN BROWN.
UM, I, WHY DID IT TAKE 60 CALLS FOR A DANGER PROPERTY? COULD THAT BE I, I DON'T KNOW, REWORKED AND MAYBE HAVE FEWER CALLS? I KNOW IT TAKES A LONG TIME, AND YOU HAVE CASE 60 CALLS PLUS EMAILS IS QUITE A BIT.
HOW COULD THIS BE IMPROVED? DO YOU KNOW? UH, HOW CAN IT BE IMPROVED? YEAH.
60 CALLS IS A LOT OF CALLS, AND THEN EMAILS ON TOP OF THAT.
SO LET ME INTERRUPT THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, IF WE COULD, UH, SINCE IT'S NOT PERTINENT TO THE PROPERTY ITSELF, LET'S GO BACK TO THAT ISSUE WHEN WE GET TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES AND LET THE STAFF TALK TO US ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THE CO I MEAN, THE POLICE OFFICERS CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THAT.
THAT'S GOTTA COME THROUGH OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
SO WE'LL HOLD THAT QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND UNTIL WE GET TO ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES ARE OKAY? OKAY.
VERY HAVE ANY, AGAIN, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICERS? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.
IF WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS, THEN I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE, UH, A PROPERTY, SOMEONE WHO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE ARE GONNA GET THE OWNER ON THE LINE.
UM, WE ALSO DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND I'LL BE READING THAT LETTER INTO THE RECORD, WHO I MAY CONCERN.
MY NAME IS EVAN BENSON, AND I AM A RECOVERY COACH FOR THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ISRAEL CASTRO, DATE OF BIRTH 4/2/68, SINCE HE CAME INTO OUR INTEGRATED TREATMENT PROGRAM ON 6 22 20 I C T IS A FOUR TO SIX MONTH PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES BOTH SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS TOGETHER.
AND IT TO SAVE A LIFE INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING WITH THESE ISSUES AND HELP THEM GET THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK.
MR. CASTRO HAS DONE EVERYTHING I HAVE ASKED OF HIM, AND SEEMS TO BE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY SERIOUS.
OUR CLIENTS ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO WORKING IN THE LAST MONTH OF OUR PROGRAM.
AND MR. CASTRO TO DO THAT WHILE DOING WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN HIS RECOVERY.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF I CAN BE OF HELP IN ANY WAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME.
THAT IS FROM EVANSON, THE RECOVERY COACH, THE I PROGRAM FOR HOPE.
AND WE ARE, UM, CALLING THE OWNER RIGHT NOW TO GET HIM ON THE PHONE.
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UM, BOARD, THIS IS ESTHER ORTIZ.I DO HAVE THE OWNER, MR. ISRAEL CASTRO ON THE LINE TO SPEAK.
MR. CASTRO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THE PROPERTY SITS ON 1723
I'VE BEEN A PROPERTY OWNER SINCE, UH, NOVEMBER THE 14TH, 2018.
MR. CASTRO, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD TODAY.
UH, WE ARE DISCUSSING, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR PROPERTY, AND THERE ARE THREE ISSUES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU DISCUSS.
ONE IS, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS THE DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING YOUR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, THE COST OF THAT WORK, UH, ON EACH OF THE ITEMS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
WE'D ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS THE PROOF OF FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU'VE GOT.
WE'D ALSO ASK YOU TO, TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED THE CASE, SIR.
UH, WELL, CALLING BACK, SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I LEFT, UH, THE MEETING IN, ON FEBRUARY 27TH, I BELIEVE, UH, MY INTENTIONS WERE TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND GET THAT THING GOING.
AND THEN, WHICH I DID RECEIVE, UH, SEVERAL, UM, WHAT WE CALL ESTIMATES.
UH, THEY NOW RESIDE INSIDE THE HOUSE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY BOARDED UP.
UH, BUT, UH, WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT SAYING, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO RECEIVE SOME IN THE FORM OF TEXT, OR EVEN IN THE EMAILS ON MY PHONE.
UM, BUT IN, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE MARCH THE SECOND I ENTERED A TREATMENT FACILITY, UH, DUE TO THE, THE, THE STRESS AND, AND, AND WHAT TOOK PLACE AT MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT DENYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT TOOK PLACE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT DUE TO DEPRESSION, I TOOK MYSELF INTO A PROGRAM FROM MARCH THE SECOND.
UH, WENT INTO A LIVING, A TRANSITIONAL HOME ON THE 10TH, AND RESIDED THERE ROUGHLY FOR 38 DAYS, A LITTLE LONGER.
UH, I THINK 38 DAYS WAS THE NUMBER.
AND THEN STARTED WITH MY, UH, RELATIVE NOW.
UM, I FOUND MYSELF BACK WITH HEAVY DEPRESSION, TRYING TO GET THINGS GOING AGAIN, MATERIALIZING.
IT JUST WAS, SEEMED LIKE A BIG TASK ORDER TO, TO TAKE ON BY MYSELF.
BUT, UH, ON JUNE THE SECOND, AGAIN, I FOUND MYSELF THROUGH THE WAY OF THE BAPTIST, SOUTHWEST GENERAL, AND NOW, AND ALSO ANOTHER FACILITY CALLED JOSEPH RECOVERY CENTER.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE NOW, THE I T P PROGRAM, WHICH INTEGRATED TREATMENT PROGRAM FACILITY HERE AT THE HAVEN FOR HOPE SINCE JUNE THE 22ND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 40, 45TH DAY IN IT, SOME FORM OF TREATMENT, FACILITY AND PROGRAM.
I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO WHO MAY CONCERN, UH, WITH THE ADDRESS BEING, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, GOVERNMENT BOARD THROUGH, UH, MY RECOVERY COACH.
AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, LIKE I SAID, A RECOVERY COACH.
I HAVE A CLINICIAN, UH, HERE IS A REALLY GREAT FACILITY DUE TO EVEN THE PANDEMIC, WHAT'S GOING ON.
THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY TOP-NOTCH, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, HOUSING OF 80 PEOPLE.
I'M DOWN TO JUST 24, AND MY GOAL IS TO GET BACK ON TRACK, UH, ON A FOUR TO SIX MONTH PROGRAM.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE THAT'S TANGIBLE.
AND THAT'S CONSIDERED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, AS A SITE SUPERINTENDENT, WORKING FOR SEVERAL VENDORS, UH, UH, WORKING WITH SUBCONTRACTORS WHO HAVE, UH, JOB BOARD CONTRACTS WITH TASK ORDERS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I KNEW BETTER TO PULL THIS THING, BUT MY GOAL IS TO START FROM SCRATCH ALL OVER AGAIN.
UH, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE TABLE WAS A ONE YEAR BOARD UP, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE YEAR BOARD UP, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO FINISH THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WHAT I CONSIDERED ON MY WAY BACK TO WHERE I, I USED TO BE IN A DOMINANT POSITION AS A SITE SUPERINTENDENT IN COMMERCIAL TRADE, WHICH GENERATES THE REVENUES OF ANYWHERE 55,000 PER 65,000, WHICH, UM, IN DUE TIME, UH, ALLOWS ME TO GET BACK WITH THE BANKS AND, AND, AND EVERYTHING.
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MY APPROACH WITH THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT LETHARGIC.NOWHERE NEAR MY PROFESSIONALISM, NOWHERE NEAR WHERE I WAS AT.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, ONCE I THOUGHT, UH, ME MAKING A LOT OF THESE PHONE CALLS WHEN THEY SAID THIS, THE, THERE'S NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS DUE TO THE, THE, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF THOSE WERE MY PHONE CALLS FROM VARIOUS PHONES.
BUT, UM, AND, AND, AND MY HOPES TODAY AND, AND THIS TIME AROUND IS TO ALLOW ME TO COMPLETE THIS PROGRAM AND TO KIND OF PUT THE ORIGINAL ONE YEAR BACK ON THE BOARD WITH THIS HOUSE, UH, UH, THE CITY'S COME BY, DID A BOARD UP.
I HAVE A, A WIFE THAT WORKS DOWN THE STREET.
UH, SHE GOES, JUST PICKS AN ICE BY.
IT'S, IT'S, LOOKS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR HER.
SHE SAYS, NOTHING'S OUT THERE.
JUST STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT, STAY FOCUSED.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I SAW THIS RUN ACROSS MY DESK.
SHE HANDED ME CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MEETING SHOULD HAVE TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY THE 10TH.
I DIDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL PAY, THE 300.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE ONE THING THAT I, GATED OR OR TO, TO TAKE CARE OF.
IT JUST BUILT A BIGGER AND BIGGER ISSUE.
BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I DID GET RID OF EVERYBODY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ANYTHING FROM THIS POINT ON, I'M TRYING MY BEST.
I AM TRYING MY BEST, AND I THINK I NEED TO START FROM THE, FROM THE GROUND UP AGAIN.
NOT ONLY DOES THAT HOUSE HAVE TO BE BUILT BACK UP, SO DO I.
AND WITH, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M PLEADING WITH THE BOARD TODAY.
JUST GIVE ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO, TO ORIGINALLY PUT THIS ONE ONE YEAR ON THE TABLE.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S FROM WHAT I SPOKE WITH THE, THE, UH, THE ATTORNEY, WHICH WAS INITIALLY ON, UH, FEBRUARY 27TH, UH, WAS THAT PRESENTED TO ME.
AND IT WAS GIVEN TO ME AS AN OPTION.
AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF NARROWED DOWN TO LIKE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND FAST TRACK THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY INITIAL TREATMENT FACILITY THING WAS ALREADY ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NEW YEAR.
BUT I'M FINDING MY WAY, SCRATCHING MY WAY BACK TO THESE SURFACES AND, AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALLOWING ME TO GET BACK INTO THESE PROGRAMS, EVEN THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW, JUST THE, THE FINANCES AIN'T THERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UH, BESIDES MY SOMEWHAT ABOUT $1,800 IN PETTY CASH THAT I GOT BUILT UP FOR BEGINNING.
AND, AND SOME OF THE ESTIMATES, LIKE I SAID, ARE SITTING INSIDE IN A VERY WELL BOARDED UP
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WITH NO ENTRANCE.
UM, MY GOAL IS TO RAISE THIS PROPERTY BACKED UP.
IT'S STARTING WITH A NEW FOUNDATION, WORKING MY WAY UP, UH, BRINGING IT UP TO A LEVEL ESTIMATED, UH, WHATEVER THE CITY ALLOWS ME TO BRING IT UP, YOU KNOW, GIVE OR TAKE SIX, FOUR INCHES TO, WHEREAS THE FLAT WORK ON IT AND EVERYTHING GETS REDONE COMPLETELY AND COMPLIED.
YOU KNOW, ME MAKING 88 COMPLY BECAUSE I'M PLANNING TO BRING MY 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER LIVING WITH ME IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW RULES AND REGULATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
COULD'VE BEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRAUGHT OF GOING THROUGH THE BOARDS AT THE TIME, WHICH IS NOT AT HOLD.
SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SIR, ON MY BEHALF.
LIKE I SAID, YOU ARE DEALING WITH A PROFESSIONAL WHO KNOWS WHAT, WHAT IT WAS LIKE DO.
RIGHT? AND AS IN WORKING FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL COMPANIES HERE, I'VE NEVER SHORTCHANGED THEM, NOR DID I, UH, DO ANY KIND OF ETHICS LIKE THIS.
SO, UH, I, AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS JUST LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ALLOTTED TIME AND THE FINANCES WILL COME BACK IN, LIKE THE FINANCING AND THE BACKING FROM MY FAMILY'S ALREADY THERE.
IT'S JUST THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR LITTLE, UH, COVID, YOU KNOW, OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY'S, UH, ONE SON AND, AND TWO DAUGHTERS AND A WIFE RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN HIT WITH THIS, UH, UH, COVID 19.
YOU KNOW, I JUST CAUGHT, UM, PNEUMONIA AND, UH, AND, UH, FLU IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.
UH, BUT NOWHERE NEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS COVID 19 THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR LIFE AWAY.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE, UH, TO THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS.
UH, SO DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CASTRO? IF YOU WOULD, WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY NAME AND THEN PRESENT YOUR QUESTIONS.
MR. CASTRO, ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CASTRO? I DO, AND THIS IS EVELYN BROWN.
UH, YOUR PROPERTY IS NOT UNDER A, A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CASE IS LISTED FOR DEMOLITION AND, UH, AT 1723, SO TWO OH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, HOLD THIS NCE PROPERTY HAS BEEN A, A DISASTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE POLICE HAVE GOTTEN CALLS ON IT.
UH, THE DRUG PROBLEM THERE IS HORRENDOUS, AND THE PROBLEM IS FALLING DOWN.
THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY, THERE'S NO, I DON'T THINK, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THERE WAS NO RUNNING WATER THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
PROPERTY CAN BE, CAN BE PUT UNDER OR RESTATED FOR, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE ANOTHER YEAR,
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IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NO, SIR.I'M GONNA BE IN THIS FACILITY FOR THE, I GOT ONE MONTH DOWN.
I HAVE A, UH, IT'S A THREE TO FOUR TO, UH, UH, BUT THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS, THE TREATMENT ITSELF IS FOUR MONTHS HERE, BUT I'M ABLE TO RESIDE HERE AND STILL IN WHAT THEY CALL THE NEXT RIGHT STEP, UH, OBTAIN A JOB, FULL-TIME JOB, AND STILL RESIDING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED AN ASSISTANT PROGRAMMING, ASSISTANT HOUSING, WHICH, UH, WILL CHARGE ME ONLY ROUGHLY ABOUT 150 BUCKS A MONTH TO STAY HERE.
SO THE INCOME, UH, THE ALLOTTED INCOME WILL BE GOING STRAIGHT DIRECTLY INTO THAT HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WITH, UH, PROBABLY IN AN, UH, UH, UH, CHANGE OF, UH, UH, OWNERSHIP DOWN TO MY DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE REMEDIES WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT NOW.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE WHAT THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR DOING ADD-ONS AND, AND, UH, THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.
AND WE'RE ON AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, UM, UH, TO MAKE THIS A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, I, I DID MY NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS TO THIS PLACE.
I TRIED AS, AS, AS A, AS A LANDLORD.
THAT WAS THE WORST MISTAKE I'VE DONE, WAS OPEN UP TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE HAVE NO TIES OR ALLIANCE TO, I JUST FELT THAT AT ONE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE THE SAME KIND OF DEPRESSION SUFFERINGS AND, AND ALMOST LIKE, UM, THE MENTAL STATES THAT THEY FELT, I FELT THAT I COULD AID SOMETHING.
AND IN REALITY, I, IT, IT TORE ME DOWN.
I WAS, I WAS LESS OF A PERSON THAN I REALIZED THAT I WAS.
AND, UM, I WASN'T IN NO STATE TO HELP SOMEBODY.
I WAS IN NO STATE TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OR ANY CHANGES.
I DID CALL THE POLICE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO HAVE THEM HELP ME EVICT ALMOST 15 GROWN PEOPLE.
AND SAME SITUATION WAS THE SAME THING.
UH, YOU GOTTA TURN AROUND AND GO THROUGH THE CIVIL MATTER.
WELL, WHILE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE, THEY WERE JUST GNAWING AND TEARING UP MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW? UM, UM, IT, IT IT'S NUMEROUS THINGS.
LIKE I SAID, UH, I EVEN, I LEFT THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, JUST TO RESIDE SOMEWHERE OUT FOR, FOR, FOR SOME TIME.
AND I COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANY RESOLUTION.
AND, AND MORE AND MORE I FOUND, I FOUND MYSELF IN A FORM OF DEPRESSION THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THINGS WERE GONNA HAPPEN TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND, UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MY BENEFIT STARTING THE NEW YEAR, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO THESE PROGRAMS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I DID START WORKING ONCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT THE 56 HOURS WORKING HARD WITH THE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I GOT, UM, WITH CENTRAL MED, I'M WORKING WITH, UM, FULLHEARTEDLY RIGHT NOW TO TAKE CARE OF MY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND MY PSORIASIS HAS A REAL HARD IMPACT ON ME WHEN I I'M OUT HERE IS NOT TREATED.
UM, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF MR. GRUBB WORKING HARDLY TO GET ANY REFERRALS TO THE, TO, UH, THE UNIVERSITY CLINICS AND, UH, UH, CARELINK.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, MY ATTITUDE CHANGED A LOT, MY WHOLE WAY OF SEEING THINGS.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE STRAIN THAT'S ABOUT THE PASS LINE I SITTING OUTSIDE COURTYARD
BUT LIKE I SAID, YOUR PROPERTY IS, IS NOT UP FOR REPAIR.
DEMOLITION, MA'AM? I, I, I, I SUCKED IN ABOUT $8,000 DIFFERENT FOUNDATION REPAIRS.
I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE, HOW COULD I SAY, WHY IS THE HOUSE VALUED AT, AT $83,000? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY TAXES? I MEAN, AND I BOUGHT THE HOME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DID, I DID THE NUMBERS.
I HAD A PROFESSIONAL GO IN AND DO A COMPLETE AND, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION TO, TO TOP SLING REPAIR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN, YOU KNOW, HIS, HIS DEGREE OR WHATEVER, HIS CERTIFICATION FROM UT ARLINGTON BE COOL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS IS A GUY FROM BRAVO, UH, INVESTMENT.
YOU KNOW, UM, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL HOMES ON, ON THE WEST SIDE, DRASTICALLY WORKS IN MY HOUSE.
YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HOUSE, BUT I STUCK IN, I BOUGHT IT FOR 38 AND I STUCK IN ANOTHER.
I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU, NELSON AGAIN.
UH, THE, THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES, UH, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS PER SE.
UH, SO IF YOU WOULD, LET'S KEEP YOUR COMMENTS ONTO YOUR PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, MA'AM, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT ABOUT NOW, IF YOU DECIDE TO DEMOLISH MY HOUSE, INSIDE OF THAT HOUSE WILL BE THINGS OF HEIRLOOMS OF VALUE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LET ME GET INTO WHATSOEVER.
THIS, THIS PROGRAM HERE IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO LEAVE THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT HAVING A, A, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, HOW COULD I SAY, MA'AM? I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER BEFORE IN, IN MADERA, CALIFORNIA.
I SOLD THAT HOME WITH THE INCENTIVE TO COME OVER HERE TO THE WEST SIDE IN, IN SAN
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ANTONIO AND, AND BUILD HERE AND BUY HERE.AND YOU TAKE AWAY SOMETHING THAT I STARTED GRANTED.
IT WENT, IT WENT A, A ASTRAY AND IT WENT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
BUT MY INTENTIONS WERE NEVER FOR IT TO BE LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NEVER, NEVER ONCE.
IF I CAN PROVE, PUT A NEW FOUNDATION ON IT, THERE'S THREE STRUCTURE WALLS TO GET AN ENGINEERING NOTE IN IT, WILL YOU ALLOW ME TO DO THAT? LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I CAN'T TO LIKE THE HOUSE FOR WHAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, TO TEAR IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT IT'S STILL A STRUCTURED HOUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SEVERAL WEBSITES GOT IT.
VALUE COMING UP, PRETTY GOOD MONEY.
MY RETIREMENT MONEY, IF YOU TAKE IT DOWN, ALL I HAVE IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, PLUS WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA GONNA SITE.
AND I MEAN, I, I, I ASK FOR YOU GUYS.
I, I LITERALLY BEGGED FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE A SECOND CHANCE ME CASTRO AGAIN.
SO LEMME INTERRUPT YOU ONE MORE TIME AND ASK A QUESTION.
MR. BURNS, UH, COUNSEL, UH, IS BOARD UP FOR ONE YEAR AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN PLACE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HEARD OF THAT PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THE, THIS BOARD IS, IS, IS, IS TASKED TO DETERMINE IF A PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED OR A STRUCTURE IS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.
IF THAT BOARD, IF THIS BOARD COMES TO THAT DETERMINATION, THEN THE BOARD HAS A FEW OPTION TO AS TO HOW TO ABATE THAT DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT IN THE HISTORY OF IT BEING D S D B AND THEN TURNING INTO B S B, UM, ABATED OR ADDRESSED A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE BY BOARDING IT UP.
IF IT'S A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, BOARDING IT UP, UM, IS NOT A WAY TO, UM, MAKE IT, UH, OR, OR, OR MAKE THAT PROPERTY SAFE.
THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO, UM, ORDER REPAIR ON THE PROPERTY, ORDER A DEMOLITION ON THE PROPERTY, OR IF THIS BOARD IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY CAN DO IS THEY CAN RESET IT TO ALLOW THE OWNER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE, UM, HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS A PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE DETERMINED IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD OR MS. BROWN, IF YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU FIRST.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, LISTED UNDER THE DEMOLITION PROCESS AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, YOU SAID YOU HAD A WIFE AND SOME KIDS? UM, SIR, YES.
OKAY, MAYBE THEY CAN CLEAN THE HOUSE OUT WHERE YOU GET WHATEVER BELONGINGS THAT YOU WANT.
BUT, UH, I SEE THE PROPERTY THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.
ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER HAS A QUESTION OF MR. EXCUSE, MR. CASTRO.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. CASTRO.
MR. CASTRO, FROM WHERE YOU'RE AT CURRENTLY, YOU'RE REQUESTING THAT, UM, YOU'RE GIVEN MORE TIME.
WHAT CAN YOU FEASIBLY DO FROM WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH GETTING DOCUMENTATION? WHAT CAN YOU DO, UH, WITH DOCUMENTATION? UH, WHAT CAN I DO? I, I CAN, I CAN, UH, FORESEE THIS PROGRAM COMPLETELY OUT AND, UH, WITHOUT THE STRESS OF ME HAVING THIS HOUSE LOOMED ON ME NO MATTER WHAT.
UM, WORK ON MY TREATMENT, UH, WORKED WITH MY CLINICIAN, MY, UM, LICENSED COUNSELORS, AND I ACTUALLY START, UM, GOING TO WORK WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, UH, FROM NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, THIS IS WITH ME USING, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY THE, THE 38 DAYS THAT I HAD ALREADY BE UNDER MY BELT.
AND, AND NOW THESE 45 DAYS, I MEAN ANY MORE THAN THAT, I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AT BEST, UH, TO GO OUT TO THE WORKFORCE AND THE MARKET.
THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T HAVE WAS THE DRIVE BEFORE, AND THAT'S CAME FROM A POINT OF DEPRESSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, I AM SOUGHT OUT.
I'M A SEVEN YEAR SITE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH IS, UH, CONSIDERED ALREADY A SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT IN THIS MARKET, WHICH WE HAVE A REAL BOOMING MARKET.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE INCOME WILL COME IN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, AND ALL I'M ASKING IS, IS LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT TO THE OFFICE, THERE WAS THE ONE YEAR, UH, BOARD UP ON THE TABLE AT THE TIME, AND, UH, I SIGNED OFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, ON, UH, FAST TRACK THIS WITH THE INTENT TO COME BACK AND, AND COME OUT SWINGING AND, AND, AND ALL OF THE GREAT STUFF
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ON FEBRUARY 22ND, I MEAN, 27TH, WE WERE SITTING IN THE BOARD MEETING.THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS ACTUALLY SICK IN THAT MEETING WAS ME.
DID I KNOW THAT? BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO FORESEE ALL THIS AND, UH, TO PLACE THESE, THESE, THESE DOCUMENTS HERE, THERE, AND, AND BEING SHOVED, LIKE I SAID, WHEN THE OFFICERS CAME ON MARCH THE SECOND, IT WAS ONLY FIVE MINUTES PUT, PUT ON WITH A SHIRT AND A PAIR OF PANTS, AND I WAS, I GIVEN COURTESY RIGHTS BY THE OFFICER.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT, WHAT HE DID.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I HAD A, I HAD A $1,200 CHECK IN MY POCKET THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO CASH ON A SATURDAY WHEN I GOT IT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION OR WHERE TO GO FROM HERE OR WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT WOULD MAKE IN MY LIFE.
SO I WAS THAT, THAT MUCH AND, AND, AND LIKE DISTRAUGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH NO WAY OUT.
I'M SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
I'M PHYSICALLY KNOWING THINGS ARE ARE BETTER.
I'VE HAD GOOD DAYS BEFORE, LIKE I SAID, AND WHEN I SAID, I HAVE A WIFE AND KIDS, THEY'RE ALREADY OF AGE.
THEY GOT THEIR OWN THING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ALL IN QUARANTINE IN SAN MARCO RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHERE MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE SECOND YEAR IN, UH, IN, UH, TEXAS STATE TIMES ARE REALLY HARD FOR THEM THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UH, NOT ONLY DID I CALL HOME, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FAMILY THAT PUSHED ME AWAY DUE TO TOUGH LOVE TWO YEARS AGO.
NOW, TO ASK FOR A BIG OLD TASK LIKE THIS, IT'D BE HARD, BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT DO THEY, I'M IN THEIR PRAYERS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, AND, AND, AND, UH, AND HOPE, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T CALL THE CITY MY HOME SINCE LEAVING CALIFORNIA BACK IN, IN 1992 FOR NO MISTAKE AT ALL.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I RESIDE IN HERE.
I'VE HAD VERY OPPORTUNITIES TO GO LIVE SOMEWHERE, BUT I TOOK MYSELF AND WORKED FOR CITY CONTRACTOR THAT DID A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CITY, AND I TOOK PRIDE IN THAT.
AND THAT, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T BUY THIS HOME FOR $40,000 JUST TO DEMOLISH IT OR TO BUY IT AND NOT HAVE A, A, A, A, A GUY GO UP THERE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL PAY 300, 290 $5 TO BE EXACT TO TELL ME IT'S A GOOD BUY OR A BAD BUY.
I WENT OUT THAT EXTRA MILE TO SEE IF IT WAS WORTH IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, NO MOVING AWAY FROM THE DISCUSSION ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
YEAH, MY FINANCES WILL BE THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MR. CASTRO, OCTOBER, I, MR. CASTRO, I JUST NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY FROM WHERE YOU SIT AT IN THIS FACILITY, WHAT DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT KEEPING THE PROPERTY, CAN YOU GET, CAN YOU GET ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS KEEPING THE PROPERTY AS FAR AS AN ENGINEER'S LETTER OR AN ESTIMATE ON KEEPING THIS PROPERTY? CAN YOU GET THAT FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY SIT? UH, I CAN LOOK THROUGH MY EMAILS.
UH, LIKE I SAID, AT THE TIME, I, I, I SET UP A NEW EMAIL.
UM, I CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND REGENERATE WHAT I THINK I CAN, BUT A LOT OF IT IS DONE IN, IN PAPERWORK AT THE HOUSE THAT'S BOARDED UP.
UM, THAT'S, BUT BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE IN, IN FACT, I THINK THAT'S MORE TANGIBLE, IS ME MAKING THE ATTEMPT TO GET MYSELF ON TRACK AND TO BE A, A RESPECTABLE NEIGHBOR AND, AND TO BE A RESPECTABLE PERSON OF THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF ALL FAILS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE HOUSE HAS TO GO DOWN.
I WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON, AND THAT'S WHERE RIGHT NOW I'M AT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHY I STARTED THE NEW YEAR WITH THOSE INTENTIONS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO STRAY AWAY, TO THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHAT I'VE DONE WAS WHAT I'VE DONE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, BUT EVEN WITH THIS PROGRAM, DOORS OPENING, I BELIEVE I'M GIVING A SECOND CHANCE AND IN HOPES I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO GIMME A SECOND CHANCE WITH THIS HOME.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT ALL BAD IDEAS.
I HAVE, THERE'S GOOD IDEAS I HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, THANK YOU, MR. IF THERE ANYONE ELSE HAS A QUESTION? YOU, SIR? SIR, QUESTION MR. NELSON.
I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, MR. HARPER.
UH, MR. CASTRO, UH, THE, THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY AND THE CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING TODAY IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE FACED WITH A, WITH A, A PROPERTY THAT IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
AND THAT, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT'S DANGEROUS TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE NEIGHBORS.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW TO BALANCE THE DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND KEEPING THEM SAFE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND REPAIR THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TODAY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ABILITY, AND I, I COMMEND YOU FOR WORKING, UH, ON YOURSELF AND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT.
AND SO I, I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT.
BUT WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU TODAY IS, IS SOME SORT OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR ABILITY TO REPAIR THIS PROPERTY, UH, AND, AND IN A, A RELATIVELY
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SHORT TIMEFRAME.BECAUSE EVERY DAY THAT IT SITS THERE, IT'S A DANGER.
UM, AND IT COULD, IT COULD CAUSE HARM TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, SO FROM, AND I THINK KIND OF TO CIA'S POINT TO FROM WHERE YOU ARE, CAN YOU GET TOGETHER BIDS FOR THE PROPERTY? CAN YOU GET TOGETHER AN ENGINEER'S LETTER ON THE PROPERTY AND COME UP WITH A, A PLAN TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY THAT IF WE WERE TO GIVE YOU AN EXTENSION, YOU COULD COME BACK AND, AND PRESENT TO US A PLAN TO REPAIR THIS PROPERTY? YES, I CAN.
AND COULD YOU DO THAT WITHIN A, A, LIKE, LET'S SAY A 30 DAY PERIOD AND COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION, A THREE DAY PERIOD, 30 DAY, SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 DAYS? 30, YES.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING DEFINITELY, UH, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS.
THANK YOU THAT APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OF MR. CASTRO? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CASTRO? NO QUESTION.
MR. CASTRO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT, UH, THIS TIME.
I GUESS A CODE OFFICER, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY IS FULLY BOARDED, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S CURRENTLY SECURE.
UM, THE LAST TIME I THINK WE SECURED IT WAS IN, UH, EARLY JUNE.
UM, HOWEVER THE PROPERTY IS KNOWN FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, TRANSIENTS WHO GO BY THERE.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME WINDOWS THAT AREN'T BOARDED, BUT HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE, UH, BURGLAR BARS AND THOSE BURGLAR BARS ON THEIR OUTSIDE.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY.
UH, CAN YOU GIMME AN ESTIMATE TIME ON WHEN THE PLACE WAS ON PROPERTY WAS BOARDED UP? YEAH, JUST A MOMENT.
LAST TIME IT WAS BOARDED, IT WAS JUNE 2ND.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS ABED, UH, YEAH, WE WEED, IT WAS A, WAS A, UH, CONTRACTOR, UH, CLEAN AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
UH, IS THERE, IS A POLICE OFFICER STILL WITH US? IF NOT, LEMME GO BACK TO THE CODE OFFICER, ASK QUESTION.
TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAS THERE BEEN ANYONE AT THE PROPERTY OR INSIDE THE PROPERTY? UH, SINCE IT WAS BOARDED UP ON JUNE 2ND, UM, I, I WOULD'VE ABLE TO TELL YOU FOR SURE IF THERE WAS ANYBODY INSIDE THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT FROM THE POLICE REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE STILL GETTING CALLS OUT THERE.
UH, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANYONE PRESENT SO FAR? YES.
SORRY, MR. NELSON? UM, THIS IS MEGAN, REGIS RODRIGUEZ.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, UM, FOR OUR STAFF.
UH, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE, UM, WATER SERVICE WAS AGAIN, CAPPED AND THEN ALSO THAT THE ELECTRICITY HAS ALSO BEEN TURNED OFF, CORRECT? YES.
SO THE LEAK THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, SHOULD BE ABATED, CORRECT? UH, YES.
AS LONG AS THAT WATER METER, UM, IS NOT RIGGED IN ANY FORM, UM, THEN THAT SHOULD PREVENT IT FROM LEAK.
HAVE A, IF NOT, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RESET THIS, UH, HEARING IN ORDER TO GIVE THE, UH, TO GIVE MR. CASTRO AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH, WITH BIDS AND ENGINEERS LETTER, UM, AND HIS ABILITY TO, TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.
DID YOU WANNA RESET? UH, JUST TO THE, WHATEVER THE NEXT RESET IS.
THE MOTION IS TO RESET THIS CASE, UH, FOR 30 DAYS.
ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION.
I, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT THERE IS A MOTION BY MS. PARKER.
I SECOND BY MS. UH, PREVIOUS FURTHER DISCUSSION.
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I, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.UM, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A DARK CASE AND I THINK OUR POLICEMEN HAVE A LOT MORE DARK CASES THAN MINE, AND THEY HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS TO DO OTHER THAN CHASE DOWN THE SAME TIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST TRYING TO GET THIS GENTLEMAN.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS PROPERTY, BUT IT'S UNDER DEMOLITION AT THIS POINT AND IT'S A DARK CASE.
I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, OH, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I FORGOT THAT MS. BROWN, YOU HAVE DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE? I'M SORRY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE ELSE? MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS, UH, THE CASE IN 30 DAYS.
UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL IF YOU WOULD RESPOND BY YAY OR NAY OR ABSTAIN.
THE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO TWO.
MOTION PASSES, FOUR TO TWO TO RESET THIS CASE IN 30 DAYS.
UH, MR. CASTRO, THIS MEANS THAT BASICALLY YOU HAVE SOME, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT TOGETHER MORE FACTS AND INFORMATION FOR THIS SPORT TO RECONSIDER.
UH, REMEMBER THAT THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ITEM BY ITEM.
UH, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO, AND HOW MUCH DOES THAT ITEM COST? DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND HOW MUCH TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU TO MAKE ALL THOSE REPAIRS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD? NO, SIR.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE OWNER ON THE LINE.
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GOOD MORNING.[1. 20-4067 (CD-5) 1132 San Marcos S (Part 1 of 2)]
GOOD MORNING.MY NAME IS ALEX ARD, SUPERVISOR FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING CONTESTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1132 SOUTHBOUND MONICA STREET OWNER ON RECORD, BERT COUNTY APPRAISER APPRAISAL IS AMANDA JEAN WITH THE MAIN ADDRESS OF 2 2 8 WASHINGTON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF NC B 8 92 BLOCK ONE, BLOCK 10, OR EAST OF R FOUR.
THIS IS NOT A HISTORIC PROPERTY, NOR DOES IT RESIDE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPERTY WAS UNDER SECTION 14 DASH 65.
SECTION B LEADS WITHIN THE LOCATION.
PERIMETERS ENUMERATED IN SECTION 14 DASH 61, WHICH ARE AN EXCESS OF 48 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND ARE AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE HEALTH, LIFE OR SAFETY OF ANY PERSON.
MAY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE BE ABATED BY THE CITY.
KAREN HAS THE OWNER'S APPEAL ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S THE EMAIL FROM THE OWNER AT I WRITING ABOUT MY PROPERTY AT 1132 SOUTH SAN.
I'VE BEEN SET OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS AS I WAS ON ACCOUNT FOR WORK TRAINING WITH THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR COVID-19 BURDEN DAY.
HOWEVER, A FRIEND IS OPENING MY MAIL AND SAID THAT I RECEIVED AN ING NOTICE.
SHE HAS ALSO BEEN DRIVING BY THE PROPERTY EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TO CHECK ON IT FOR ME.
MY CONCERN REGARDING THE ABATEMENT IS THAT IT'S A SUMMARY ABATEMENT, AND THAT WAS NOT GIVEN ANY PRIOR NOTICE.
UNDERSTAND THAT SUMMARY ABATEMENTS ARE PERMIT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A POOL.
HOWEVER, THIS LOT IS NOT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A POOL.
THE SOFTWARE USED TO DETERMINE DISTANCES, THE CEMETERY ACROSS THE STREET INTO ONE BLOCK, THE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, EXCUSE THE
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN YOUR OFFICE A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE RESOLVE AT THAT POINT THAT I WOULD RECEIVE NOTICES PRIOR TO MENT IN THE FUTURE, ALTHOUGH ALSO JUST YOUR TIME WITH THAT.
HOW SHALL WE MOVE FORWARD AND CERTAINLY SCHEDULE BE BACK IN THE US ON JULY 8TH FLIGHT COMMITTEE AND COME IN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AT THAT TIME? UNLESS WE CAN RESOLVE IT VIA EMAIL.
I ALSO CAN ONLY MAKE OUTGOING CALLS TO MY PHONE WHILE I'M CAN BE REACHED BY MY USUAL NUMBER'S FROM THE OWNER, AMANDA HAW.
ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS,
THE PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED FOR ABATEMENT AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN.
A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 20TH, 2020, AND FOUND THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN IN VIOLATION.
FOUR PHOTOS WERE OBTAINED AND NOTIFIED THE CONTRACTOR TO PROCEED A REINSPECTION ON MAY 21ST, 2020.
THE PROPERTY WAS CUT AND CLEANED BY THE CITY CONTRACTOR, AND AFTER WERE TAKEN CASE CODE FOR PAYMENT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT CHARGES BE UPHELD AND THIS CONCLUDE BY PRESENTATION.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? BASED ON THE NOTES, UH, THE, UH, BAKER WAS 1 0 6 WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE OF $180.
UH, ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAVE A QUESTION OF THE CODE OFFICER? UH, THIS IS MICAH HARPER.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS ABATED BECAUSE IT WAS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL HERE ON THE, OUR PAPERWORK, IT SAYS IT'S NOT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL.
WAS THAT EVER RESOLVED? NO, SIR.
YEAH, THEY WAS CONDUCTED BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS OVER 48 INCHES.
OKAY, SO IT NOT BECAUSE IT WAS THOUSAND FEET OF THAT IS CORRECT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A, OF, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER, THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UH, MS. HO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE YOUR CASE.
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I, I ASKED FOR THIS HEARING BECAUSE I, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MY PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO A SUMMARY ABATEMENT WITHOUT NOTICE.UM, IN, IN THE PAST, I HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE AND ON THE ABATEMENT, NOTICE IT, IT MENTIONED THE RULE ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL, BUT I RESPECT THAT THAT IS NOT THE REASON THAT WAS GIVEN.
UM, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT OVERGROWTH OF, UH, 48 INCHES OR MORE THAT POSES AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF, UH, HEALTH, LIFE AND SAFETY OF ANY PERSON IS THE OTHER REASON WHY A SUMMARY ABATEMENT CAN BE ISSUED WITHOUT ANY NOTICE.
I'M CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY, UH, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RETURN BACK ON THE 14TH, UH, DUE TO COVID 19 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, AND A NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN ASSISTING ME TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
WHAT I SEE FROM THE PHOTOS IS THAT HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB BUT NEGLECTING THE SIDEWALK AREA.
I SEE IN THOSE PHOTOS ONLY ONE OR TWO PLANTS OVER 48 INCHES, AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I COULD HAVE EASILY ADDRESSED WITH.
NOTICE, UH, THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO POSE AN IMMINENT DANGER TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT STATES THAT THE PROPERTY WAS FIRST FOUND WITH OVERGROWTH ON APRIL 24TH WITH OVER 48 INCHES OF VEGETATION ALREADY AT THAT POINT, AND AGAIN, INSPECTED ON MAY 20TH.
FROM THE PHOTOS THAT I SEE, I DON'T SEE MUCH MORE GROWTH THAN 48 INCHES.
THIS IS NEARLY A MONTH OF TIME PASSED AND SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED TIME FOR NOTIFICATION.
THIS IS NOT THE, UH, BEHAVIOR OF A RESPONSE BASED ON IMMEDIATE DANGER.
SO MY REQUEST FROM THIS BOARD IS TO EXPLAIN, UH, THE JUSTIFICATION OF IMMEDIATE DANGERS TO HEALTH, LIFE, AND SAFETY.
AND, UH, YOU NEEDED TO PAY, YOU KNOW, $280 FOR WHAT IS A VERY SMALL PATCH OF LAND GROWN OVER 48 INCHES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. HAAS? I HAVE A MEMBER QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER.
MR. BROWN, STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
IS THE CODE OFFICER AVAILABLE FOR YES, MA'AM.
IS THERE ANY HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM.
THIS PROPERTY, THIS PROPERTY HAS, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABATED SIX TIMES.
UM, AND THERE IS CURRENTLY TWO PENDING BALANCES FOR THE AMOUNT OF $602 AND CENTS.
ALL OTHER, UH, BALANCES HAVE BEEN PAID.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? THERE ARE TWO CURRENT, UH, BALANCES ON THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN ABATED SIX TIMES BY THE CITY.
FOUR BALANCES HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN PAID BY THE OWNER, AND BALANCE REMAIN FOR AMOUNT OF SIX.
OKAY, THANK, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS $632 INCLUDING THIS PARTICULAR ABATEMENT, OR ARE THOSE PRIOR ABATEMENTS? THAT'S DWAYNE NELSON.
AND THAT IS INCLUDING THIS ABATEMENT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD HAVE A QUESTION OF EITHER CODE OFFICER OR MS. HAAS? THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
THE CHAIR WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION.
WELL, THIS, I DON'T HAVE MY SCRIPT WITH ME, BUT THIS IS EVELYN BROWN.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE ABATEMENT SHALL STAND AS SIX ABATEMENTS, AND THE MOTION IS TO, UH, UPHOLD THE ABATEMENT CHARGE OF 1 0 6 AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE OF $180.
UH, DO I ADD A SECOND? AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO UPHOLD THE CHARGE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE.
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ANY DISCUSSION? IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL AGAIN, ANSWERING YAY, NAYYY OR ABSTAIN? MS. BROWN? YAY.MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO MOTION TO UPHOLD THE ABATEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE IN SIX TO ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT CASE, PLEASE, MR. CHAIR, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WILL BE CONTACTING TO
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ARE WE WAITING ON TO GET THE, THE OWNER SET? THAT'S THE, THE, UH, IS JUDY TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS PERSON? SHE'S TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.WE DO HAVE FOUR CITIZENS, UM, AND WANTED TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
WE HAVE THE OWNER, UM, AND WE HAVE THE ENGINEER FOR THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PLAN.
SO ESTHER'S ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT THEM RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO ARE SENDING THEM AN EMAIL TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR CASE IS UP FOR DISCUSSION SO WE CAN GET 'EM ON THE LINE SO WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK.
CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM? AND SO THE HONOR COMES ON THE LINE OR NOT? I'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, IF YOU'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO TESTIFY OR TO BE PRESENT AND PROVIDE INPUT, THEY NEED TO ALSO HEAR THE CASE'S PRESENTATION.
SO WE PROBABLY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.
THE ONLY OPTION WE WOULD HAVE IS TO HAVE THEM STAND BY, UH, WHILE WE MOVE TO ANOTHER CASE.
BUT LET'S GIVE HER A FEW MORE MOMENTS TO TRY TO FIND, UH, OR GET ONE.
AND WE DO HAVE ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW,
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OKAY, CHAIR, WE DO HAVE THEM ON THE LINE.WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
MY NAME IS DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PD CODE ARTICLE, HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE AUDIO.
[4. 20-4070 (CD-2) 125 Spruce St (reset)]
THIS CASE IS A RESET FOR MARCH 5TH, 2020.THE COURT ORDER A 30 DAY RESET FOR OWNER AND THIS WAS TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SCOPE OF WORK INTO NEW LETTER AND FINANCIAL.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NCD 6 2 6, BLOCK TWO, LOT 25, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER AND RECORD IS SKY CAPITAL INVESTMENT SMITH GROUP, INC.
WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 74 19 CASTLE CROWN IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 8.
THE OWNER OF RECORD SHOULD BE ONLINE NOW.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS BY PHONE.
I EXCHANGED EMAIL AS WELL IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC DIVISION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 23RD, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS, HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THIS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
AND IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S NOT A DESIGNATED LANDMARK.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 25 SCREW STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2018.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED TO OWNER ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2018, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED CLAIM ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2018.
NOTICE MAIL TO NEW OWNER WAS, WAS, UH, AUGUST 16TH, 2019 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, CLAIMED ON AUGUST 20TH, 2019.
THE NOTICE FOR V S C HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 25 BRUCE STREET ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE NOTICES HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER.
A SCOPE OF WORK, FINANCIAL PROOF LETTER CREDIT, AND AN ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE.
CAN WE GO TO, THIS IS A FRONT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS, UH, WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, SOME OF THE DOORS AS WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS A FENCE PLACED AROUND THE PROPERTY AS THE BOARD REQUESTED THIS BACK IN MARCH.
THAT ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, AGAIN, SOME WORK HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY.
SIDE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE JUST ABOVE THE NEXT DOOR PROPERTY.
SO SOME OF THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS, UH, WAS PREVIOUSLY EXISTING WAS IN THAT CONDITION, SOME OF THE POST UNK TO THE GROUND AND THERE WAS A PROPER FORCE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME IMPROPER, UM, WORK BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE MAJOR ISSUES, UM, CAME PLAY.
UM, THERE WAS A DEMOLITION DONE OF THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, REMOVING OVER 50% OF THE STRUCTURE TO COMMENCE WORK.
THERE WAS A BRACE PLACED IN THE CENTER OF WHAT YOU SEE, A PORTION OF THE ROOF.
THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE INTERIOR, WHAT'S LEFT OF THE STRUCTURE AFTER THE TION.
THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE SAME THING.
THERE WAS AN INTERIOR DEMOLITION AS WELL AS PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF OVER HALF OF THE STRUCTURE.
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WHAT USED TO SEE ONE OF THE RESTROOMS. UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, INTERIOR DEMOLITION, UH, PRETTY MUCH THAT THESE ENTIRE RESTROOM SELL.NOW THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UM, ON THIS SIDE DID NOT HAVE WATER LEAK, BUT I'LL SHOW SOME PICTURES OF WHAT PREVIOUS EXISTING HALF OF THE STRUCTURE LOOKED LIKE, UH, PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION.
SO THIS IS THE REMAINING DEBRIS OF, UH, THE DEMOLITION ITSELF.
NOW, THE ITEMS FROM THE DEMOLITION WERE LEFT ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS WAS A PREVIOUS TO, UM, THE DEMOLITION MADE ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
THERE USED TO BE AN ATTACHED CARPORT, A DRIVEWAY, UM, THE LIST, THE CARPORT ITSELF AND REAR STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A PORTION THAT WAS REMOVED.
NOW PRO PREVIOUS TO THIS LAST DEMOLITION, THE PREVIOUS OWNER, UH, DID DO SOME WORK.
THEY REMOVED PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THEY REMOVED THE ROOF, UM, AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO DO SOME WORK.
THIS IS WHAT THE INTERIOR USED TO LOOK LIKE PRIOR TO THE SECOND, UH, DEMOLITION.
SO AGAIN, AS YOU SEE, THEY GOT THE, THE INTERIOR, THEY REMOVED THE ROOF, THEY STARTED DOING SOME WORK, AND THIS WAS NOT COMPLETED.
AND ALL OF THIS WAS DONE BY FIRST DONOR, UM, PRIOR TO US BRINGING THE SPACE FIRST TIME.
UM, AND AGAIN, NO PERMIT FROM THE FIRST DONOR.
AGAIN, THE ROOF SECTION WAS
ALL OF THAT WAS REMOVED BY THE CURRENT OWNER WHERE DEMOLITION WAS MADE LEAVING JUST, UH, LESS THAN 50% OF STRUCTURE.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THAT WAS DONE ALSO WITHOUT PERMIT.
NOW THE OWNER HAS PROVIDED SOME FLOOR PLANS, UH, OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO NOW AND THE WORK THAT, UM, HE'S, UM, HE'S WANTING TO DO ON THE
THIS, THIS A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH ISSUES TO THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A HOME, ROOF, WALLS AND FOUNDATION.
THE STRUCTURE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PARTIALLY DISMANTLED AND THE INTERIOR TO INCLUDE ROOF AND WALLS.
RECENTLY, THE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED WITHOUT PERMITS BY EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
THIS ALL THIS LEFT ONLY 50% OR LESS OF THE HOME, UM, THAT REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 25 STREET IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE, A CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 5 8 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL THE COMPONENTS, CONDITIONS, OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER THIS DRUG SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE DENS, BUILDING A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OR DEFECT OF DILAPIDATIONS TO TENDERNESS OR FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION, IT SUPPOSED TO A THREAT, A POTENTIAL OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY THAT COMMEND THE MILITIA.
SO I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAD MET WITH THE, UH, PREVIOUS OWNER, UH, ON THE PROPERTY TO KIND OF GO OVER THE REQUIREMENT AND SERVICE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND, UM, THEY WENT AHEAD AND INDICATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SELL THE STRUCTURE OR THE PROPERTY IN WHICH THEY DID.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE SECOND OWNER TO ATTEMPT TO DO SOME, UH, WORK FULL PERMIT AND I THINK THERE WAS A FAILURE
UM, WHICH, UM, I BELIEVE THEY WENT AHEAD AND, UH, HIRED THAT CONTRACTOR AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND HIRED A SECOND CONTRACTOR.
I LET THE OWNER DISCUSS THAT PORTION.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE THE PLAN, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK, UM, THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU.
UM, WELL THAT'S AN ENGINEER'S LETTER AND, UH, FINANCIAL NEEDS.
UM, SO THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION ON 1 25 SQUARE STREET.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
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THIS IS DNE NELSON.DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? THIS IS EVELYN BROWN.
DID THE CITY A STOP WORK ORDER FOR THIS WITHOUT PERMIT, MA'AM? STOP WORK ORDER? THAT WORK ORDER WAS PLACED, UM, THE FIRST TIME FOR THE FIRST OWNER AND A STOP WORK ORDER WAS PLACED THE SECOND TIME FOR THE SECOND OWNER DURING THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND, UM, OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY OR THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT PERMIT.
AND SO THEY JUST CONTINUED TO DO WHATEVER AFTER THE SECOND STOP WORK ORDER? NO, THEY DID NOT.
DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OF THE CALL OFFICER? MR. NELSON? THIS IS GUI MS. UM, OFFICER VALDEZ.
SO THE PICTURE HERE THAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROPERTY.
I'M SORRY, DID NOT HEAR YOUR QUESTION.
THE PROPERTY THAT WE SEE HERE, UM, THIS LAST PICTURE THAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROPERTY AFTER WE ISSUED THE, UH, CEASE WORK ORDER.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE? LET ME REPEAT IT.
UH, JUST IN CASE THERE'S A SOUND ISSUE.
THE QUESTION IS THE LAST PICTURE ON THE PRESENTATION THAT THE CODE OFFICER GAVE TO US.
UH, IS THAT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY? OH, YES SIR.
UM, THAT IS THE CURRENT CONDITION.
THE PHOTOS TAKEN JULY 8TH AND UH, SOME ITEMS WERE POSTED, SOME, UM, MAILOUTS AND NOTICES WERE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS ON THE SAME CONDITION AS OF JULY 8TH.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? CODE OFFICER, THIS IS WAYNE NELSON.
UH, DOES THE PRESENT OWNER HAVE ANY PERMITS THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR? NO SIR.
AT THIS POINT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, OBTAIN ANY PERMITS.
OH, I TRIED BECAUSE OF THIS CASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE CODE OFFICER? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, FOR THIS IS ESTHER ORTIZ.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS ON THE LINE TO SPEAK.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE OWNER, MR. ERNEST ELLIOTT, UM, HIS GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SEAN KANE AND HIS PARTNER MONICA ALLISON.
UM, MR. ELLIOT DID REQUEST, UM, THAT HIS PARTNER AND HIS GENERAL CON CONTRACTOR, UM, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
UM, HE WILL REMAIN ON THE LINE IF THE BOARD DOES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, UM, MS. ALLISON, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS OFF MUTE.
YES, MY NAME IS MONICA ALLISON.
AND YOU WANT MY CURRENT ADDRESS OR IS THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS, PLEASE? YES.
3 2 2 REFUGIO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 0.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM A PARTNER PROJECT AND IT JUST
UH, THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED AND IT'S TO RENOVATE AND ADD ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURE FOR CODE, UH, FOR ARCHITECT OUR ONBOARD THAT.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE FOR SAFETY, WE INSTALLED THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
AS YOU SAW, UM, I WORK IMPROVE THE PROPERTY AND THE AREA, UH, FOR SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WILL BE PROUD OF.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. ALLISON? THIS IS MICAH HARPER.
I HAVE A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
OKAY, SO WHAT IS YOUR TIMEFRAME? IF, IF THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD LIFTS THE, UM, THE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T GET PERMITS.
SO IF THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD AND ALLOWS YOU TO PERMITS, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR GETTING STARTED ON THIS PROJECT? TO GET STARTED? YES.
SO ESTIMATE START DATE WOULD BE TWO WEEKS FROM CITY APPROVAL.
AND, AND WHEN WOULD PERMITS BE APPLIED FOR? WHEN WOULD BE APPLIED FOR PERMITS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES.
I MEAN, IF WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY,
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YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE IS TO GET SOON AS POSSIBLE.AND FROM WHAT I SEE IN THE DOCUMENTATION, PROVIDED YOU HAVE A LOAN AVAILABLE FOR THIS RENOVATION AND YOU HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK, THE SCOPE OF WORK DOES NOT HAVE A, UH, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE A COST ON IT.
WHAT IS THE COST FOR THIS BID THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US? I MEAN, I CAN HAVE, UM, MR. GIVE US AN EXACT I'M SORRY, YOU'RE NOT COMING, MA'AM, YOU'RE NOT COMING MS. BROWN.
UH, SO YOU MAY WANNA RESTATE THAT QUESTION, THAT STATEMENT.
UH, THIS IS MEGAN, REGIS RODRIGUEZ.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF, UM, ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SPEAKING COULD MEET THEMSELVES.
'CAUSE WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE FEEDBACK ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING.
IT APPEARS THAT EVERYONE ACTUALLY IS MUTED AS THE TIME, UH, WE APPARENTLY WE'RE HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. MS. ALLISON, FROM YOUR END, ARE YOU ACTUALLY ON A SPEAKER PHONE? I AM NOT ON SPEAKER PHONE.
UH, MS. BROWN, IF YOU WOULD MAKE YOUR STATEMENT ONE MORE TIME.
THIS IS MR. UH, THIS IS EVELYN BROWN.
WE CANNOT, WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING NOW BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO COULD YOU RESTATE WHATEVER IT WAS THAT YOU WERE SAYING, PLEASE? UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING? NO, MA'AM.
UH, THE, UH, IT ACTUALLY BE IN RESPONSE TO MR. HARPER'S QUESTION ABOUT, UH, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TIMEFRAME IN TERMS OF STARTING AND WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TIMEFRAME IN TERMS OF APPLYING FOR PAYMENT PERMITS? UH, AND, AND BASICALLY GIVE US A TIMELINE ON THE WHOLE PLAN, I GUESS WOULD BE A BETTER QUESTION.
AND, UM, I ALSO THINK MR. SEAN, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR, UM, THESE QUESTIONS, UH, MORE CORRECTLY.
BUT WE DO PLAN ON UPON APPROVAL FROM THE CITY STARTING WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN AS FAR AS PERMITS, I MEAN, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
MS, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SUFFICIENTLY? UH, THAT DOES.
IN TERMS OF TIMEFRAME, IN TERMS OF BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THIS SCOPE OF WORK, BUT WE, THERE IS NO, UH, TOTAL ON IT.
AND SO WE HAVE THE LOAN AMOUNT AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH IS THERE.
BUT ON THE, ON THE SCOPE OF WORK, THERE'S NO TOTAL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL IS FOR THAT? AND I'LL LET MR. SEAN, UH, CHIME IN WITH THAT.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION, MS. ALLISON? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THIS PROPERTY BAN OR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER? SO I'M A PARTNER, YES, I'M A PARTNER ON THIS.
SINCE DECEMBER, DECEMBER OF 19, CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? 2019? YES, MA'AM.
AND SO WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE ANYTHING TO THE PROPERTY FROM AGAIN, TO NOW BECAUSE OF THE STOP WORK? YEAH, THE STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED IN MARCH, BUT SHE HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY SINCE DECEMBER, ACCORDING TO WHAT SHE SAID.
SO WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN DECEMBER AND MARCH? I, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND I'LL ADD TO IT IF I DON'T GET, UH, A COMFORT THAT SHE'S, THAT MS. BROWN'S QUESTIONS BEING ANSWERED FOR MS. ALLISON? YES.
UM, SO IT WAS ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE DECIDED TO BE PARTNERS ON THIS, AND THEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT AND GETTING ALL OF OUR PLANS AND FINANCIAL SITUATED.
SO IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AND THEN COVID HIT, SO WE CAME TO A PAUSE.
SO DID, IN THAT TIMEFRAME, DID YOU KEEP THE CITY INVOLVED WITH WHAT YOU WERE DOING OR NOT IN THAT TIMEFRAME? CAN YOU RESTATE THAT? IN THAT TIMEFRAME WHERE YOU WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH YOUR ARCHITECT AND THEN COVID HIT, WERE YOU KEEPING THE CITY INVOLVED IN IN YOUR PLAN? BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M READING IT, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
THERE WAS A STOP WORK ORDER, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.
WE, UM, NOT ONLY FOUND A NEW CONTRACTOR, GOT THE ARCHITECT, UM, IMPROVED THE
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PLANS, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT SENSE, BUT WE HAVE TO STOP FROM DOING ANYTHING FURTHER WITH THE CITY.UM, SINCE WE HAD THE STOP WORK ORDER, WE JUST FOLLOWED EXACTLY AS YOU AS THE CITY REQUESTED, GET A FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY, UM, SUBMIT ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO YOU GUYS.
SO WE WERE WORKING ON THAT TOWARDS THIS UPCOMING HEARING THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED.
THE CODE OFFICER MAY WANNA CHIME INTO THIS COMMENT, BUT I I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, UH, FROM THE DECEMBER DATE THAT YOU BECAME A PARTNER IN THE, UH, IN THE PROGRAM, THERE WAS WORK BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND THAT WORK IS THE RESULT OF, OR WHAT CAUSED THE, UH, STOP WORK BECAUSE THERE WERE NO PYRAMIDS ISSUED.
UH, THE CODE OFFICER HAS A COMMENT TO MAKE TO VERIFY THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT.
UM, ELISA EZ, UM,
SO AFTER THE OWNER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND WE CAME ON TO THE MARCH HEARING, UM, TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE MARCH HEARING, AND ONCE THE, UH, THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY, THE CURRENT OWNER, UH, PROCEEDED TO A PARTIAL DEMOLITION ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT WAS IN MARCH WHEN THE SECOND WORK ORDER WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.
NOW, WHEN THE OWNER, CURRENT OWNER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UM, WE WENT AHEAD AND GIVE HIM INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT CASE THAT WE HAD FOR THIS PROPERTY, UH, WHICH HE UNDERSTOOD.
AND, UH, WE DID REQUEST FOR HIM TO START THE PAPERWORK PERMIT ON AND SO FORTH.
AND NOW I BELIEVE, UM, AFTER THAT POINT, HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH PREVIOUS, UM, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THE WORK, UH, WENT AHEAD AND STOPPED.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN THAT TIME.
WHY NOT HE GOT THAT? BUT PRIOR TO THE LAST, UH, HEARING IN MARCH, BECAUSE HE WAS THE NEW OWNER, UM, AND WE HAD ISSUE A STOP WORK ORDER, UM, WE WENT AHEAD AND THE BOARD WENT AHEAD AND GAVE HIM THE 30 DAYS FOR, UH, FOR HIM TO PRESENT THESE ITEMS BECAUSE HE WAS AN OWNER.
NOW, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PREVIOUS GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR WHY THE WORK WAS DONE WITHOUT PERMITS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UM, CAN DISCUSS WITH YOU, MS. BROWN.
DOES THAT GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMEFRAME FROM DECEMBER OF THOUSAND 19 UNTIL MARCH OF 20? HAVE A QUESTION IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MS. ALLISON, THAT'S, UH, RANDALL CONTRACTOR IN SEAN KANE.
UH, MS. KANE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON YOUR INPUT.
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
NAME IS SEAN KANE WITH GREATEST NATION SOLUTIONS, L L C.
ADDRESS, 4 1 0 2 SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE, SUITE ONE 10 DASH 6 1 3 HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 3.
IF YOU WOULD PRESENT YOUR CASE, UH, FOR MY CASE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, RESPOND TO THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION FIRST.
BEFORE THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE D S D HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL SINCE I'VE COME ON THE SCENE, UH, WITH THE, UH, ALLISON'S AND, UH, UH, ERNEST ELLIOT FOR CAPITAL, UH, INVESTMENTS IN ASSISTING ME IN ASSISTING THEM TO UNCOVER, UH, OR RECTIFY THE PROBLEM, WHICH WAS, UH, NON PERMITTED WORK BEING DONE IN DEMO.
UH, AND THEN CORRECTING THAT WAS PUTTING THE FENCING AROUND, WHICH WE'VE DONE THAT SINCE THEN AND NOW WAITING FOR THIS HEARING AND GETTING THE REST OF THEIR, UH, DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE THAT THE CITY HAS REQUESTED FOR THIS HEARING.
SO FOR ACTION, A QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT THE BUDGET.
THE BUDGET IS ESTIMATED AT $140,000.
I BELIEVE THE, UH, THE OWNERS HAVE PROVIDED THE STATEMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NEEDED FOR THAT.
UH, IN TERMS OF EXECUTION, I BELIEVE THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED IN SOME FORM.
UH, WE PROPOSED TWO WEEKS FROM THE CITY APPROVING.
THEY WE'RE PRESUMED WE'LL GET A, THEY'LL GET APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD NOT BEING DI DEMOED, BUT BEING MOVED FORWARD WITH OUR PLAN WITH, UH, ADDING, UH, WITH RENOVATING THE EXISTING REMAINING WORK FOOTAGE AND THE ADDITION, THE NEW ADDITION THAT'S, UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, BEFORE THE CITY IN TERMS OF THE PLAN.
ONCE THAT, ONCE THIS HEARING, UH, RESOLVES WITH, WE PRESUME IS, UH, BEING APPROVED, UH, THEN WITHIN A MATTER OF, UH, THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL SUBMIT THESE PLANS TO THE CITY FOR, FOR OUR BUILDING PERMIT, WHICH IS WHERE I AM FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
UH, MY SUBCONTRACTORS, MECHANICAL,
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ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING ARE ALL LICENSED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.AND WE ALWAYS PULL ALL OUR PERMITS.
I HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE CITY CURRENTLY.
UM, AND YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THAT AND SEE OTHER PERMITS WE HAVE OPEN AND ARE WORK IN THIS, UH, BY, BY THE BOOK.
UH, AND THAT, THAT'S, UH, OUR PLAN, UH, FOR ABOUT A FIVE MONTH, UH, PROJECT, UH, WHETHER PERMITTING, COVID, PERMITTING, YOU KNOW, UH, MATERIAL DELAYS, PERMITTING, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, TO START EXECUTING, TO START WITH THE FOUNDATION REPAIR OF THE EXISTING PRO PROPERTY AND FOLLOWING RIGHT ON THAT ADD TO THE NEW FOUNDATION P BEAM OF THE NEW, UH, ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE ONTO THE SUBFLOOR AND ON UP THROUGHOUT THE BUILD.
HAVE A QUESTION OF MR. NO, I DON'T.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. KANE FROM THE BOARD? I DON'T HAVE ANY MR. JUST TO REPEAT YOUR STATEMENT.
UH, BASICALLY YOU ARE THE CONTRACTOR, YOU HAVE SUBCONTRACTORS, ALL YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS ARE LICENSED, UH, AND THAT'S CORRECT.
RESPONSIBLE REPORTING THE PERMITS, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE WORK.
AND YOU, UH, UNDERSTAND YOUR, OR YOUR QUOTE ON THE PROPERTY IS $140,000 TO DO REPAIR ON IT.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
UH, IS THERE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION INCORRECT? THAT'S ALL CORRECT, SIR.
AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. THANK YOU, MR. THE CHAIR.
YOUR TIME? A MOTION? MR. CHAIR, THIS IS JUDY.
YOU HAVE THE OWNER ON THE LINE.
MR. ERNEST ELLIOT JUST WANTED MAKE YES, I I'M SORRY IF HAD, IF HE HAD ANY, UM, COMMENTS THAT HE WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE MR. ELLIOT OR MR. HERRERA, DID YOU WANNA PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS CASE? UM, I'M ERNEST ELLIOTT.
UH, UH, WE'RE, UH, I THINK, UH, UH, MONICA, MONICA SAID, UH, UH, SAID PLANNING ON, UH, WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE HOUSE.
AND, UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PRETTY BAD, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A FEW BAD, UH, GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND, UH, AND I, AND WE FINALLY FOUND THE RIGHT ONE, MR. KANE.
AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, FULL CONFIDENCE THAT, THAT, UH, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, UH, DO THIS PROJECT WITH NO PROBLEMS, UH, ALL PERMITS, UH, REGULATIONS FOLLOWED AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, THAT'S IT.
MR. BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE MADE UP.
YES, THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE MADE UP.
WILL THAT BE PART OF THE NOTE OR WILL THAT BE PART OF OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE? UH, THAT WOULD BE AN OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE.
SO IT'LL BE MADE UP OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. ELLIOTT? AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON WHO IS ONLINE WITH US.
UH, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT AND THE ADDRESS? WE DID HAVE A MARIO HERRERA.
ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? MR. ELLIOTT, DO YOU KNOW IF MR. HERRERO WAS GOING TO PROVIDE ANY TESTIMONY TODAY? UH, UH, HE, UM, HE SAID, UH, HE ASKED IF, UH, UH, THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS TO, UH, UH, GIVE HIM A CALL AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE ARCHITECTURAL FOR FLOOR PLANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, LIKE, UH, I THINK, UH, HE IS CURRENTLY, UH, STUCK IN A MEETING.
HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS CHANGED FROM THE PRESENTATION
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THAT YOU'VE MADE IN MARCH? UH, YES, IT HAS.WE, WE HAD TO REDUCE THE SIZE TO, UH, HIT OUR BUDGET, UH, TO, UH, DUE TO THE PREVIOUS GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, UH, HE, UH, DID, DIDN'T DO THE, UH, THE BUDGETING RIGHT ON THE, ON THE ORIGINAL FLOOR PLANS.
UH, WHEN YOU SAY ORIGINAL FLOOR PLANS, I RECALL YOU HAD ACTUALLY REDUCED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PREVIOUSLY, UH, OR AT LEAST THAT WAS PART OF THE TESTIMONY IN MARCH.
UH, HAVE YOU REDUCED IT AGAIN OR WAS IT THAT SAME RE REDUCTION IN THE FIRST ONE? SORRY.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S THE SAME ONE.
SO IT'S THE SAME FLOOR PLAN BASED ON THIS, ON THE FIRST REDUCTION THAT YOU HAD ON SQUARE FOOTAGE? UH, YES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ELLIOT, MS. ALLISON, OR MR. KANE? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THE CHAIRMAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE DID RECEIVE THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS LOCATION.
IT'S FROM THE DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DATED JULY 14TH, 2020, REGARDING THE PROPERTY PUBLIC NUISANCE AT 1 25 BRUCE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 3.
DEAR SUPERVISOR, AON THE DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD ON MONDAY, JULY 13TH, 2020, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED PROPERTY ABATEMENT OF THE FED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 25 FRUIT STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
WE FULLY SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THE MAIN TRUCTURE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF T B 6 2 6, BLOCK TWO, BLOCK 25.
AUBREY C LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE BOARD, THE PROPERTY THAT WE LOOKED AT AT THE LAST SLIDE PRESENTATION IS A PORTION OF AN OLD STRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE REMAINERS REMAINING BUILD OUT.
UH, SO BASICALLY THEY, UH, THE DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS, IS IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THAT STRUCTURE.
UH, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, MR. MR. NELSON, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, LEGAL.
UH, MR. BURNS, WHAT IN ORDER TO LIFT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR STAY ON THEIR ABILITY TO GET PERMITS AND ALLOW THEM TO GO FORWARD AND DO THIS WORK, UM, WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO, TO VOTE TO DO IF THIS BOARD, UH, MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROPERTY WAS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND, AND EVIDENCE, UH, PROVIDED, UH, THIS BOARD WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM A REPAIR ORDER, UM, BY GIVING THE REPAIR ORDER, THE STOP WORK ORDER WOULD BE BE LIFTED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY STATE LIFT THE STOP WORK ORDER, BUT IF THIS BOARD, UM, MAKES THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE, UM, UH, ABATED, UM, BY REPAIR, UH, THAT REMOVE THE STOP WORK ORDER.
ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AGAIN, THE CHAIRMAN DIDN'T THE MOTION.
UH, I MOVE TO THE PROPERTY AT 1 25 SPRUCE STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 56.
UH, BUT I ORDER THAT THEY, THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED, UH, THAT REPAIRS BE STARTED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND REPAIRS BE, UH, ONGOING AND COMPLETE WITHIN 180 DAYS.
UH, AND THAT THE, UH, THAT UPDATES PROGRESS REPORTS BE GIVEN TO THE CODE OFFICER EVERY 30 DAYS UNTIL IT'S COMPLETE MOTION ON FLOOR IS TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE AND BEGIN WORK.
IN 30 DAYS WORK TO BE COMPLETED IN 180 DAYS.
UH, PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CODE OFFICER, UH, DO I HAVE A MO SECOND ON THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT.
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AND SECOND, TO PREPARE THE STRUCTURE WORK BEGIN IN 30 DAYS WORK TO BE COMPLETED IN 180 DAYS, UH, PROGRESS REPORTS ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE CODE OFFICER AND MR. HARPER.HOW FREQUENTLY WILL THOSE REPORTS BE MADE? EVERY 30 DAYS, THOSE REPORTS WILL BE MADE EVERY 30 DAYS.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION WITH STAFF, TO DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE, ANSWER, YAY OR NAY OR ABS MS. BROWN.
MS. RODRIGUEZ, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY A
GOOD LUCK FOLKS, GETTING THIS STRUCTURE COMPLETED.
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AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.MY NAME IS ALEX RO, SUPERVISOR FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 10 12, SO STREET OWNER ON RECORD PER COUNTY APPRAISAL IS OF ALLOWABLE AND AURORA HERANDEZ WITH THE SAME MAILING ADDRESS.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS C B 24 24 4 LOT NINE B IS NOT A HISTORIC STRUCTURE NOR DOES IT IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD NOTICE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY AND MAIL TO THE OWNER ON RECORD ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2020.
THERE ARE FOUR S A VIOLATIONS AT THIS PROPERTY AND ALL NOTICES WERE POSTED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND I ASK THAT I BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT CASES SIMULTANEOUSLY? YES, MA'AM.
FIRST, S A P C VIOLATION IS GOING TO BE 3 0 4 0.13 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, AND DOOR FRAMES.
EVERY WINDOW, SKYLIGHT, DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITIONS, GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER.
TYPE 3 0 4 POINT 13.1 GLAZING.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
5 0 5 0.1 GENERAL, EVERY SINK, LABORATORY, BATHTUB OR SHOWER, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, TOILET, OR OTHER PLUMBING FIXTURE SHALL BE PROPERLY CONNECTED TO EITHER A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OR APPROVED PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM.
6 0 4 1 FACILITIES REQUIRED EVERY OCCUPIED BUILDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION AND SECTION SIX OH.
ALL INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE DAY AS FOLLOW.
THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2020.
OFFICER VILLA FOUND THE PROPERTY TO BE WITHOUT ACTIVE WATER SERVICES, ELECTRICAL SERVICES, BROKEN, DAMAGED, OR MISSING WINDOWS NOTICES WERE POSTED AT THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE REFERRAL GUIDES FOR ASSISTANCE AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN.
A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 25TH, 2020, WHERE WE FOUND ALL VIOLATIONS TO REMAIN TO REMAIN.
NO IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
REINSPECTION ON APRIL 29TH, MAY 20TH AND JUNE 9TH, FOUND ALL VIOLATIONS STILL TO BE, TO REMAIN NO IMPROVEMENTS OR COMMUNICATION WITH OWNER.
PHOTOS OF WATER VIOLATIONS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE OBTAINED DUE TO THIS CONSTRUCTION.
MATERIALS PLACED ON THE METER BLOCKING A REINSPECTION ON JUNE 19TH, 2020, SHOWED ALL VIOLATIONS STILL REMAIN WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS.
AND THE NOTICE TO WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY REINSPECTION ON JULY 2ND.
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PHOTOS OBTAINED FOR THE BUILDING.STANDARD SUPPORT STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT ORDER TO VACATE BE ENFORCED REPAIRS TO THE BROKEN DAMAGE OR MISSING WINDOWS BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED, AND ALL UTILITIES BE RESTORED BEFORE STRUCTURE BECOMES OCCUPIED AGAIN.
THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
UH, IS THERE ONE ANYONE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY AT THE PRESENT TIME? YES, SIR.
WE DID OBTAIN A, UH, UPDATED PHOTOS YESTERDAY, UH, JULY 15TH, 2020.
AND AT THE TIME OF OUR INSPECTION, DELMAN DID COME OUT OF THE HOUSE SAYING THAT HE WAS RECITING AT THE PROPERTY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? WAS THERE AN ORDER? I THIS IS EVELYN BROWN.
WAS THERE AN ORDER TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY ISSUE, UH, THAT WAS ADDRESSED, MA'AM, IN A DIFFERENT COURT SETTING.
THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN A DIFFERENT COURT SETTING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE COURT OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE, UH, COULD DISCUSS THIS CASE? THE OWNER DID NOT REQUEST A CALLBACK DURING THE LIVE MEETING AND DID NOT SUBMIT ITEMS FOR REVIEW.
THE DEPARTMENT DID RECEIVE A COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS FROM HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT MAKE CONCERN, RESIDENT OF 10 12 AND THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION REQUEST ADDITIONAL TIME TO BE GRANTED TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO COMPLY WITH CITY CODE.
GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF COVID 19, MANY CONTRACTORS ARE LIMITING IN HOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND DUE TO IN CONTACT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN UNITY COUNCIL HOUSING PROGRAM EXPERIENCING A BACK LOSS, RESIDENTS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY CIRCUMSTANCES TO MEET CITY CODE OF WORK.
THE DISTRICT FIVE, CITY, CITY COUNCIL OFFICE OF SHIRLEY GONZALEZ WILL BE ASSISTING WITH REPAIRS AND RESTORING UTILITIES.
CONTACT TERESA MEYER AT TWO SEVEN AMERICAN UNITY COUNCIL HOUSING PROGRAM, OBTAINING THE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION, AND THIS LETTER WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY, JULY 15TH.
DOES THE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? SO THIS IS, OH, SORRY.
UM, THIS IS MEGAN, REGIS RODRIGUEZ.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION, UH, I SEE ON THIS LETTER FROM THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THE REPAIRS AND WITH RESTORING UTILITIES.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF STAFF HAD A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO THAT OFFICE JUST YET.
AS OF TODAY, MA'AM, SUPERVISOR, AS OF TODAY, I HAVE NOT, UH, HAD ANY COMMUNICATION IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE FOR REPAIRS.
ALSO, HAVE, HAS THE COUNCIL PERSON REACHED, REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO SAY, YES, YES, WE ARE DOING THIS OR NO.
AND WHERE DID THEY GET THIS INFORMATION FROM? NO MA'AM.
AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, ANY COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL OFFICE.
IT'S THE ONLY EMAIL THAT WE HAVE HAD IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE.
THIS IS THE ONLY EMAIL THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE STATING THIS INFORMATION.
SO BASICALLY THERE'S BEEN NO OTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANYBODY OTHER THAN THIS LETTER ITSELF.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA FIVE OFFICES INDEED CONTACTED THE OWNER OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE BASED ON YOUR BEST KNOWLEDGE? TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
MR. BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CHAIR MOTION, DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS CASE? I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 12.
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THAT? TORE CORINO.
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE HIS NAME?
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IAN.10 12 CORIAN, UH, TO BE, UM, LET'S SEE.
UH, TO BE LOCATED, 10 12 COR IS A VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, SPECIFICALLY THE SECTIONS LISTED TO BE IN AND ORDER THE PROPERTY TO BE, UM, REPAIRED WITHIN 60 DAY PERIOD.
WHAT WAS THE TIME PERIOD AGAIN, PLEASE? 60 DAYS.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODES 5 0 5, 6 0 4 0 4 AND OH FOUR AND THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED IN 60 DAYS.
UH, ORIGINALLY THE, UH, STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED VACATE.
UH, DID YOU INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION OR DID I MISS THAT? YES, I'M SORRY.
AND THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY BE VACATED.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? THAT MOTION ON SINGULAR SECOND.
THAT WAS LENCIA, DID YOU SAY I'M YES.
THEIR MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED THAT THE PROPERTY'S IN VIOLATION OF, UH, CITY CODE FIVE, OH, EXCUSE ME, OH 5 6 0 4 1 3 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 4 3.
AND THE REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN 60 DAYS, POSSIBLY VACATED UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION, THIS IS MEGAN, REGIS RODRIGUEZ CAN REQUEST THAT STAFF REACH OUT TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S OFFICE TO SEE IF, UM, THAT UTILITY SERVICE COULD BE RESTORED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, ANYONE'S ON THE LINE FOR STAFF WANTS TO COMMENT ON THAT QUESTION.
SUPERVISOR, ALEX, IF ACKNOWLEDGE, I'LL REACH OUT TO THANK YOU.
QUESTION IS YES, I'LL REACH OUT TO CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WILL STAFF DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE, ANSWER.
YAY, YOU MAY OR YES OR NO? IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT GOOD, MS. BROWN.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE MOTION.
WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT CASE, PLEASE, MR. CHAIR, PRIOR TO MOVING TO THE NEXT CASE, I WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD A HEADS UP.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL.
WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING BACK AFTER, UH, THE FINAL PROPERTY.
I THINK THE FINAL ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS OLD MOSS ROAD.
OLD MOSS ROAD AFTER THAT ONE, UM, 1132 SOUTH SAN MARCUS.
THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRING BACK, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS WITH COMMUNICATION ISSUES.
UH, UH, THE OWNER HAD STATED THAT SHE, UH, WAS UNABLE TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS AND THE SOUND WENT OUT.
UH, BASED ON THAT, AND BASED ON THE, THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING THIS BY VIDEO CONFERENCE, UM, I AM CONCERNED WITH ANY, UM, UH, DUE PROCESS ISSUES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND, AND CAN HEAR WHAT ANY QUESTIONS, CAN HEAR ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE BOARD.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION SHE'D LIKE TO ADD, THAT'S FINE.
SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS UNUSUAL.
UH, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH A COUPLE OTHER, UH, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND BRING THAT PROPERTY BACK AFTER WE, UM, HEAR OLD MOSS ROAD.
DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION OR DO YOU WANT, UH, THE OLD DISCUSSION TO BE INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION? UH, WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY NEED TO GO BACK INTO REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY, UH, BUT WHAT I AM DOING, WHAT IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL, SO I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD AN ORDER ON THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS I'M GONNA, UH, WE AGAIN, WE ALREADY KNOW, UH, WHAT CODE BELIEVES HAS HAPPENED.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE, UH, THE OWNER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
LET HER SAY, LET HER SAY HER PIECE, AND THEN BASED ON THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BOARD REDO THEIR ORDER HOWEVER THEY WANT TO.
I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT YOU NEED TO DO AN, UH, UH, THE EXACT SAME
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ORDER.YOU JUST DO AN ORDER BASED ON ALL EVIDENCE THAT'S PRESENTED.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ALL THE EVIDENCE.
SO BASICALLY SHE WANTS TO PRESENT HER CASE, UH, AGAIN, AND THEN I'LL SUMMARIZE OR YOU WANT, UH, THE BOARD TO THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO HANDLE THE, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A QUESTION THAT, UH, UH, HAD BEEN ASKED THAT SHE WAS, THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT CUT OFF.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO, UM, UM, ANY OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN REGARDS TO PRIOR, UM, UM, CLEANING.
SO WE'LL JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
JUST GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
UM, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THERE, AND THEN THE BOARD CAN, CAN MAKE AN ORDER BASED ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE OUR LAST CASE AT RB.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO ADDRESS IF, IF WE WANT TO ANY OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBER BROWN HAD.
[6. 20-4072 (CD-10) 2714 Old Moss Rd]
MORNING BOARD MEMBERS.MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 27 14 OLD MOSS ROAD 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.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NC B 1 2 5 8, BLOCK EIGHT, LOT 15, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 LEON ON RECORD IS MILLER GLEN C AND, AND MARGI MARJORIE E WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 27 14 OLD MOSS ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERTY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
UM, DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? WE DO.
UH, THE FUND IS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YES, WE DO.
NO PHONE NUMBERS, UH, FOR THE OWNER WERE FINE FOR MILLER GLEN OR MAJOR E NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER'S SON OF MR. THOMAS MILLER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MAY 29TH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 27 14TH OLD MOSS ROAD WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 20TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MARCH 2ND, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNLA ON APRIL 23RD, 2020.
ON JULY 1ST, 2020, THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 27 14 WOOD ON JUNE 30TH, 2020, THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
ON JULY 8TH, 2020, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT PHOTOS FOR THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR STRUCTURE.
NO SCOPE OF WORK FOR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT FOR ENGINEERS REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS OF JULY 9TH, 2020.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR 27 14 O MOSS ROAD.
THE PHOTOS BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON JULY 8TH, 2020, ON THE SCREEN FOR 27 14 O MOSS ROAD.
THIS IS JUST THE PLOT PLAN SHOWING THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THERE ARE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY THAT WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE FIRE.
TIME OF THE THE FIREARM IS THIS YEAR.
THE STRUCTURE IS VERY LONG, SO I'LL HAVE TO TAKE TWO PORTIONS OF THE, THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION SHOWING THE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE HAS TAKEN PLACE ON THE PROPERTY.
MORE THAN 50% OF THE ROOF SYSTEM HAS BEEN CONSUMED BY THE FIRE.
UM, EXTERIOR WALLS ARE FINE, JUST SHOWING MORE SIGNS OF HOME DAMAGE.
UH, THE NEXT PHOTO TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT ELEVATION IS JUST AGAIN, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE AND HOW MUCH OF THE ROOF THE FRONT DOOR, UH, IS, WAS BURNED, SHOWING A LOT OF CHARRING
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AS WELL AS THE SMOKE DAMAGE.UH, ON THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION SHOWING AT THE TOP PORTION OF THE, OF THE, THE RIGHT SIDE, THE DAMAGES THAT WERE DONE TO THE ROOF SYSTEM AND THE AT EXTERIOR WALL.
THE REAR ELEVATION IS SHOWING THAT THE, THE, UH, RIGHT HERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE PHOTO, THERE IS A, IT LOOKS APPEAR TO BE A PATIO.
UM, THAT HAS ALL BEEN CONSUMED BY THE FIRE.
AGAIN, THE ROOT SYSTEM IS GONE EXPOSING A LOT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR STUDS.
UH, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REAR ELEVATION, AGAIN, IS JUST SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WHAT WAS BEEN, HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE FIRE.
AGAIN, THE ROOF THAT BEEN ON THE, UH, INTERIOR STUD, THE RAPTORS
CLOSED THE, UH, THE REAR DOOR AND THEN THE LEFT ELEVATION AND JUST SHOWING WHERE THE FIRE WAS EXITING.
THE ROOF SYSTEM, NO DAMAGE, THE FIRE DAMAGE THAT WAS MOVING ON INTO THE INSIDE OF STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE GARAGE DOOR JUST SHOWING THAT THE CEILING JOISTS ARE, ARE SHOWING A LOT OF CHARRING.
UM, PICTURE, SURE IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO TAKE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTING, BUT ONE OF THE CEILING JOISTS THERE IS A CRACK AND, UH, DUE TO THE FIRE, UM, IT'S HARD TO SEE IT, BUT IT IS KIND OF STACKING DOWNWARD A LITTLE BIT IN THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE, WHERE THE, THIS IS WHERE THE, THE HOLE IN THE ROOF IS AT OR THE, THE DECKING GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THESE OR CEILING JOIST.
THERE WAS A RACK, AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT IT FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.
COUNTY, 2, 3, 4, LIKE THE FOURTH BILLING JOINT.
THERE IS A, A PRACTICE VOICE ON WHERE, KIND OF GOING DOWNWARDS.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, A FURTHER, UH, VIEW OF THE, UH, THE GARAGE IS SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT
UH, JUST SHOWING HOW MUCH THE STU INTERIOR STUDS, CEILING JOISTS, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN EASIER TO CONSUMED OR TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S CHARRED DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH.
JUST ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE LIVING ROOM, THE OTHER SIDE, JUST SHOWING THAT THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE, THOSE ARE PIPES THAT WERE MELTED AND STARTED PULLING DOWNWARD.
UNSURE, JUST KIND OF PIPELINE.
BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE THEY'RE AT AT THIS MOMENT.
LOW, THEY'RE GOING ON THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
UH, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE DAMAGES TO THE FIRE MOMENT, MOVING INTO ANOTHER ROOM, SHOWING THE CEILING JOINTS, HOW MUCH THEY'VE BEEN CHARRED, WHERE THEY'RE BOWING DOWNWARD.
SOME OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
UH, NO LONGER SUPPORTING ANYTHING BEING SUPPORTED AT THAT MOMENT.
MOVING INTO ONE OF THE BEDROOM, UH, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE DAMAGE THAT IT WAS DONE BY THE FIRE AND THE MONITOR DEBRIS ON THE GROUND.
UM, THIS PHOTO HERE IN ONE OF THE OTHER BEDROOMS IS SHOWING THE ROOF SYSTEM THAT STILL REMAINS.
SHOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM THE FIRE AND IN ANOTHER ROOM.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO MORE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH,
AND THE PHOTO PRESENTATION KIT CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STORE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1959 THAT HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE AND THE CURRENT STATE IS IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
MAJORITY OF THE GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE SHINGLES COVERING BECKY RIDGE BOARD RAPTORS TRU ENT TRUSSES CONSUMED BY THE FIRE.
OTHER AREAS SHOWING FIRE DAMAGE, EXTERIOR WALL WALL COVERING SHOWS SIGNS OF FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
THE INTERIOR CEILING JOIST STUD HAVE ALSO SUSTAINED MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE WITH, WITH WATER DAMAGE, BROKEN
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SHEET ROCK EXPOSED WIRING, TRASH, DEBRIS, AND CLOSURE TO THE THROUGHOUT THE FIRE.DURING THE TIME I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, THE OWNER, MR. MILLER, HE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AT TRYING TO BOARD KEEP HIS PROPERTY BOARDED AND SECURE.
AFTER WHEN I MADE MY INSPECTION ON JULY 8TH, I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAD TOLD ME THAT THERE'S VAGRANTS WE GOING INTO THE BUILDING AND THAT'S WHY THIS TRUCTURE WAS THAT TIME.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER, HE, UH, THE OWNER'S SON, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD DO HIS INVESTIG GET SECURE.
AGAIN, I HAVEN'T GONE OUT THERE SINCE THEN.
UM, I DO HAVE A, A CASE OPEN FOR THE SECURING OF THE STRUCTURE AND CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING DEBATED AS WELL AS, UM, THE OWNER SAID THAT HE WAS WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE I INVADE THE PROPERTY.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT NOTE IN THERE AS WELL REGARDING THE, THE STRUCTURE BEING UNSECURED AT THAT TIME TO RECAP THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 27 14 OLD MOSS ROAD.
IT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY.
ARTICLE CODE, CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE MAIN 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 AND, AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECT, DILAPIDATION, CENTEREDNESS, OR UNFITNESS TO HUMAN HABITATION PO A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY THAT RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 27 14 OLD CROSS ROAD.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? NO, I DON'T.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? NO QUESTION.
BUT I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT YOU DO HAVE THE ORDER OUT THERE ALREADY.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY.
DID YOU REPEAT THE STRUCTURES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE UH, CASE? YES.
NO, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CASE.
THEY WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE FIRE AFTER MAKING MY INSPECTION, I DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE PERFECTLY SOUND AT THIS TIME.
UH, AGAIN, THEY WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE FIRE AT THE TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER STEPH, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO DOES WANNA PRESENT ON THIS CASE? YES, WE DO HAVE THE SET ON THE LINE.
MR. MILLER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, THE BOARD, THE MY NAME IS THOMAS MILLER.
I LIVE AT 1 22 MAGNOLIA DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
THANK YOU, MR. MILLER, IF YOU WOULD PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS OR YOUR CASE ON THIS? UH, YES.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK OFFICER MARTINEZ.
HE'S BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH ME SINCE BEGINNING OF THIS, UH, PROCESS AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND, UH, DID CALL ME AND INFORM ME THAT THE BUILDING HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND VANDALIZED.
AND, UH, I'M 69 YEARS OLD AND MY HEALTH HAS PRECLUDED MY GOING BACK TO THE PROPERTY RECENTLY.
SO, UH, UH, I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT IT'S OPEN AND NEEDS TO BE CLOSED, AND HE'S OFFERED SOME ABATEMENT ON THAT.
SO I FIGURED WE WOULD NEGOTIATE ON THAT AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
ALSO, I WAS INFORMED YESTERDAY THAT WE HAVE A SOLID BUYER FOR THE PROPERTY WHO WANTS TO HANDLE THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF THE DEMOLITION AND, AND REBUILDING A NEW HOME OWN THAT WE HOPE TO CLOSE ON THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A BUYER FOR THE PROPERTY OR FOR THE, YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO DO THE DEMOLITION? WELL, I, I HAVE SOMEONE WHO WOULD DO THE DEMOLITION AS WELL, BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE, THE PEOPLE BUYING THE PROPERTY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IT'S, THERE'S A TAX ISSUE AND THE DEMOLITION HAS TO BE HANDLED, THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE THING.
SO WE'RE NEGOTIATING THAT AS WE SPEAK.
DID YOU SUBMIT ANY PAPERWORK TO, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE, TO THE BOARD FOR THAT, UH, ISSUE? N NO, MA'AM.
WE, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY THAT WE HAVE A SOLID FIRE AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, MEDICAID, WHICH HAD THE RIGHT TO, TO DEAL WITH BOTH THESE HOMES.
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MOTHER'S 85 AND, UH, IS IN EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA WHEN THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN, IT SENT HER OFF THE DEEP END AND HER DOCTORS REQUIRED HER TO BE PUT INTO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AT THAT TIME.AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE MEDICAID APPLICATION, WHICH HAS ALL JUST BEEN APPROVED, WHICH WORKS OUT TIMING-WISE FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND SOMEONE ELSE TO HANDLE IT IN MILIT COUNCIL, YOU'LL NEED TO CHIME IN WITH THIS COMMENT, OR AT LEAST TO VERIFY OUR, I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY.
UH, OUR ORDER WILL RUN WITH THE LAND, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WHATEVER OUR ORDER MIGHT BE.
UH, IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF SALE OR, UH, NON-SALE.
THE ORDER WILL BE THE ORDER AND IT RUNS WITH THE LAND COUNSEL.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? THAT CORRECT THAT STATEMENT IS CORRECT.
IN ADDITION, UM, WHEN THE BOARD, IF, OR WHEN THE BOARD ORDERS A DEMOLITION, I'M NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, BUT WHEN THE BOARD ORDERS A DEMOLITION, THAT ORDER IS FOR THE OWNER TO DO IT.
IF THE OWNER CANNOT GET IT DONE WITHIN THE, THE ALLOTTED TIME DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL SO QUOTE UNQUOTE PUT IT IN THEIR QUEUE AND IT WILL GET DONE THAT WAY.
SO, UM, BASED ON WHAT THE, UM, OWNER'S RELATIVE IS STATING, UH, HE HAS SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BUY THE LAND, BUT THAT PERSON THAT WANTS TO BUY THE LAND, UH, IS PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT CODE'S RECOMMENDATION IS, WHICH IS TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
I I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CORRECT AN ISSUE FOR YOU, BUT YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.
YOUR AN THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IT DOES RUN WITH THE LAND.
BUT THAT YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH, THAT MR. MILLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY, HOW HE GETS THAT DONE IS UP TO HIM AND THAT MEANS HE'S GONNA, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE LEGALLY? CORRECT.
MR. MILLER, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YES, I DO.
VERY THANK ANY OTHER, MR. MILLER.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CHAIR, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MS. BROWN, I MOVE AS A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 27 14 OLD MO ROAD IS, UH, PUBLIC AS DEFINED BY H CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 1 5 6 4 SUBSECTION.
UH, SUBSECTION 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, AND FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT BEING FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND ORDER 30 DAY DEMO.
THE MOTION ON FLOOR FROM MS. BROWN IS FOR A 30 DAY DEMOLITION AS A RESULT OF SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11 12, 15, 17.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND CIA HERE.
STAFF CONDUCT ROLL CALL MS. BROWN.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE IS SIX TO ZERO, MOTION PASSES SIX TO ZERO, AND A 30 DAY DEMOLITION OF 27 14 OLD MOSS ROAD.
MS. MILLER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
[1. 20-4067 (CD-5) 1132 San Marcos S (Part 2 of 2)]
WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK TO THE CASE AT MS. HAAS.ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM ON THE LINE.
MS. HAAS, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH AUDIO IN TERMS OF YOUR ABILITY TO HEAR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, DOES, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT YOUR ENTIRE CASE AGAIN OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST, UH, ASK QUESTIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SUMMARIZE WHAT HAPPENED?
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UH, AFTER YOU PRESENTED YOUR CASE? I CAN TELL YOU WHERE I LEFT OFF AND THEN I WOULD LOVE A SUMMARY.WHAT HAPPENED? SO THE LAST THING THAT I HEARD WAS MS. BROWN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY, AND THE RESPONSE THAT I HEARD WAS THAT THERE HAD BEEN SIX ABATEMENTS AT THE PROPERTY AND, UH, A BALANCE OF OVER $600, UM, FROM TWO SUMMARY ABATEMENTS.
SO I WAS QUITE SHOCKED AND WAITING FOR MY TURN TO KIND OF HEAR THE DETAILS AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT CAME AFTER THAT WAS OF THE $632, WAS THE CURRENT ABATEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE INCLUDED IN THAT 600 OFFERS? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS YES, IT IS INCLUDED IN THAT.
UH, ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, UH, NO, NOT THAT QUESTION THAT DID NOT COME UP.
UH, AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE, THE EXTENT OF THE, OF THE QUESTION BEFORE A MOTION WAS MADE, THE MOTION AT THAT TIME WAS MADE BY MS. BROWN AND SECONDED BY, UH, MR.
UH, AND AT THAT POINT YOU DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SO IF YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, MS. HO, DID YOU HEAR THAT? MS. HO, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE CHAIR? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
DID YOU HEAR MY RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION? I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HEAR ANYTHING SINCE BEGAN ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
I TUNED BACK INTO THE LIVE VIDEO.
NO, I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME.
ARE YOU? YES, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? DID YOU HEAR MS. YOU TURN I BACK IN? I'M HEARING YOUR RESPONSES NOW ARE ABLE TO HEAR ME, MS. IF YOU CAN TURN DOWN THE LIVE AUDIO FROM THE LIVE STREAM, BUT IT HAS QUITE A LONG DELAY FROM THE VIDEO.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME AT? I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU ASK A QUESTION IN THE VIDEO, I'LL ANSWER ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND AGAIN WHAT YOUR RESPONSE? YES MA'AM, I HEAR YOU.
SHE APPARENTLY IS ABLE TO HEAR YOU, UH, FASTER THAN SHE IS ABLE TO HEAR MY RESPONSE.
AND SHE IS CALLING FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, SO THERE MAY BE SOME CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
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LET'S TRY TO WORK WITH THEM THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN.
SO SHE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAR EVERYTHING GOING ON, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.
I CAN HEAR YOU FROM WHAT I CAN TELL.
MY RESPONSE COMES THROUGH THE PHONE ABOUT 30 SECONDS AFTER YOU ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I'M, I'M GETTING IT FROM YOU ON VIDEO, WHICH IS
IT WOULD JUST BE A DELAY FOR HER RESPONSE.
MS. HOSTAGE IS DWAYNE NELSON, CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
I'M GONNA TRY IT ONE MORE TIME.
UH, THERE WAS A, A QUESTION ASKED BY MS. BROWN ABOUT THE, UM, NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PREVIOUS ABATEMENT.
UH, I THINK YOU ALSO HEARD THAT THERE WAS A OUTSTANDING CHARGE OF $632 FOR THE ABATEMENT.
WAYNE, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING OVER WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU SAID IN RESPONSE TO MY INITIAL QUESTIONS, I THINK WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
THE QUESTION FROM, UH, ARE YOU SAYING FROM YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT DID WE SAY AFTER? ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
THE, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT NUMBER OF ABATEMENTS.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S $632 OUTSTANDING QUESTION WAS ASKED, IS THE $632 INCLUDING THE CURRENT ABATEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE COST? THE ANSWER WAS YES.
AFTER THAT, THERE WERE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
THE BOARD MADE A MOTION BY MS. BROWN TO UPHOLD THE $106 ABATEMENT AND THE $180 ADMINISTRATIVE COST.
THE BOARD HAD A INDIVIDUAL ROLL CALL VOTE.
THE RESPONSE WAS SIX TO ZERO TO UPHOLD BOTH THE COST OF ABATEMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST AT THAT TIME.
THE CASE CONCLUDED FOR, IF I MAY, THIS IS ALICE ODO ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND MY RESPONSE TO THE SIX ABATEMENTS AT THIS PROPERTY.
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN SIX ABATEMENTS AT THIS PROPERTY SINCE MS. HOS HAD TAKEN OWNERSHIP IN 2014, ONLY THREE APPLIED TO MS. HOS, BUT THE BALANCE STILL DUE OF $602 AND 46.
MR. SIR, I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT INFORMATION.
I I DON'T HAVE, I'M LISTENING TO ALEX NOW.
I'M GOING TO RESPOND NOW TO ALICE EVEN AS I'M LISTENING TO MYSELF.
UM, I HAVE THE RECORD OF ONE OTHER ABATEMENT, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 2007.
I HAVE EMAIL RECORDS FROM AUGUST, 2007 WHERE I SUBMITTED THE REQUEST FOR AN APPEAL.
UH, I SENT AN EMAIL TO AMANDA ALMANZA ON AUGUST 9TH,
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UH, TELLING HER THAT I HAD MAILED MY REQUEST ON THURSDAY, AND I FOLLOWED UP WITH AN EMAIL ON AUGUST, UH, 14, UH, BECAUSE MS. AMANZA ASKED TO SHARE MY CASE WITH HER SUPERVISOR AND FOLLOWED UP AGAIN WITH AN EMAIL, UH, ON AUGUST 15TH.UM, SO ALEX
THEY HAVE A BRIEFING SET UP AT 10 AND WOULD GET BACK WITH ME ONCE THEY HAD A RESPONSE.
SO TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WAS NEVER AN APPEAL DATE SET FOR THAT CASE.
I WAS IN EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND I WAS TOLD, I KNOW VERBALLY THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PURSUED.
AND THIS WAS THE ISSUE OF BEING WITHIN 100 OR 1000 OF SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS WHY I HAD THAT IN MIND BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE DID RESOLVE, UH, THAT PREVIOUS ABATE ABATEMENT.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THAT ABATEMENT.
I'M ACTUALLY NOT AWARE OF ANY THIRD ABATEMENT.
MY ONLY, I'M ONLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE THAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST, 2017 AND OF THE CURRENT ISSUE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
SO I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE THE DATE OF THE THIRD ABATEMENT AND TO BE SENT THAT NOTICE.
UM, THIS IS A DIFFICULT NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN IN TERMS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF DUMPING THAT HAPPENS ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THERE'S NOT A HOUSE THERE.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY LIVING THERE.
IT'S A MATTER OF ME DRIVING BY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M TAKING CARE OF ISSUES AS THEY COME UP.
SO, YOU KNOW, EACH TIME I'VE FOLLOWED UP TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY GOES TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A NEIGHBOR BEHIND THAT I SOMETIMES HIRE TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY.
I'VE GONE OUT MYSELF AND PICKED UP, YOU KNOW, TIRES AND TRASH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR HIRED PEOPLE TO HAUL THINGS AWAY.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT NEIGHBORHOOD AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I'VE HAD A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO THIS POINT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE MISREPRESENTED AS A PROBLEM, UH, PROPERTY OWNER.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS ISSUE AND TO HAVE POSITIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OF MS S? I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT IS SHE ASKING FOR, FOR CODE TO SEND HER THE THREE CASES OR WHAT I'M WELL, SHE IS, SHE IS ASKING FOR CODE TO GIVE HER, UH, INFORMATION ON ONE.
ACTUALLY, I GUESS ALL THREE CASES WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO DEDUCT IT ALL IN TERMS OF THERE'S ONE CASE THAT SHE IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH OR DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT, AND SHE'S ASKING, TOLD TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO HER, UH, COUNSEL, THIS IS A SITUATION THAT VERY WELL MAY REQUIRE US TO, UH, RESET THIS CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR OPINION ON THE ABILITY TO RESET IT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING, UH, OR ELSE WE COULD HAVE AN ISSUE OF BOARD DISCUSSION.
UM, THIS, THIS BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO RESET THE CASE IF THEY WOULD LIKE, UM, I THE PAST ABATEMENTS, UH, IF THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN THEM INTO CONSIDERATION AS TO WHETHER THEY SHOULD UPHOLD THE CURRENT ONE OR NOT, I, I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
HOWEVER, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WAITING UNTIL SHE GETS THOSE NOTICES.
IS, UM, IS GERMANE TO THE ISSUE AS TO WHETHER THERE WERE THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT WAS, WAS, WAS LAWFUL AT THE TIME, UM, THAT IT HAPPENED.
SO, UH, YES, THIS BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO RESET A CASE IF THEY'D LIKE.
UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN SHE'S COMING BACK IN, BACK TO THE COUNTRY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE AN, UH, I, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
UH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BASIS FOR A RESET.
UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF GETTING PAST NOTICES OF ABATEMENTS THAT AREN'T, UM, AT ISSUE TODAY WOULD BE A REASON TO RESET THE CASE.
I THINK THAT THE ONLY REASON, GO AHEAD.
I I DON'T THINK THAT THE OTHER CASES ARE REALLY RELEVANT AT THIS POINT.
WE, WE HAVE ONE CASE IN FRONT OF US AND IT'S THE MOST RECENT ONE.
SO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE OTHER CASES
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WERE, UH, WERE THREE, SIX OR NINE, I I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD WAIT THAT LONG FOR HER TO, TO RECEIVE WHATEVER YOU KNOW SHE'S ASKING FOR.'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE CASE IN FRONT OF HER.
I WOULD CONCUR WITH MS. BROWN'S COMMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE CASE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROPERTY THAT NEEDED ABATEMENT PROPERTY WAS, UH, AND WE MOVE FORWARD.
MS. PORTON, UH, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR INTERRUPTING.
MY REASON TO REQUEST A RESET WOULD BE THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE A FAIR HEARING PRIOR TO THE VOTE OF THE BOARD.
YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE WHAT MA'AM? HER RESPONSE WAS, SHE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE HEARING.
UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WE'RE NOT REQUIRED
THEY JUST SEND THE NOTICE SAYING THAT YOUR PROPERTY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE CUT 'CAUSE YOUR WES ARE OVER.
WHAT THE CASE IS THAT, UH, MS. HO SAYS SHE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE REHEARING, UH, OR OF THIS HEARING.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE A FULL HEARING WITH MY PRESENCE.
I DID NOT RECEIVE MY PRESENCE AT A HEARING PRIOR TO THE VOTE OF THE BOARD.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
UH, WE HAVE REOPENED THIS CASE DUE TO CONCERNS OF, OF, OF DUE PROCESS.
SO, UH, THE CLAIM THAT, UH, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A FULL HEARING, WE'RE HAVING A FULL HEARING RIGHT NOW AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY, UM, LISTENING IN, THAT'S WHY WE REOPENED, UH, THE CASE, WHICH IS ALSO WHY THE, THE PREVIOUS ORDER THAT THIS BOARD GAVE HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN NULL AND VOID DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE REOPENED THE CASE AND ARE LISTENING TO IT.
NOW, UH, IN REGARDS TO ATTENDING ANY HEARING, THE ATTENDANCE IN REGARDS TO HEARINGS NOW IS GOING TO BE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE OR TELECONFERENCE.
THERE IS NO IN-PERSON MEETINGS FOR ANY B S B HEARINGS NOW OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE UNTIL, UH, THE PANDEMIC.
UH, IN THAT CASE, IF THIS IS MY HEARING, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IS JUST THE JUSTIFICATION OF IMMEDIATE THINGS TO JUSTIFY, UH, SUMMARY ABATEMENT.
UH, IF I WAS UNDERSTANDING CORRECT, THIS IS A QUESTION ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO CODE OFFICER.
THE REASON FOR THIS PARTICULAR ABATEMENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE GRASS HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS LOCATION IN SPOT OR IN RELATIONSHIP TO ANY OTHER BUILDING.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY THAT HAD GRASS GOING HIGHER THAN 48 INCHES.
UH, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT HEIGHT, THE CITY ELECTED TO ATE THE PROPERTY.
DID THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. MR. CHAIR? I WOULD, I WOULD URGE US THAT WE WAIT TILL SHE CAN HEAR EXACTLY THAT RESPONSE AND, AND ALLOW HER TO RESPOND TO IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE OVER 48, BUT THE CODE SAYS ONLY IF IT IS OVER 48 INCHES AND POSES AN IMMEDIATE TO LIFE HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THOSE PICTURES, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS CREATED.
IT'S NOT A LARGE AREA WITH OVERGROWN GRASS.
I SEE TWO CLAMPS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED FOR 48 INCHES.
CAN YOU JUSTIFY THE IMMEDIATE DANGER? AND IF THERE WAS IMMEDIATE DANGER, WHY DID CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, WAIT A MONTH TO DO ABATEMENT? MA'AM, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ERIC BURNS WITH LEGAL.
IT IS IMPROPER TO POSE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD FOR THEM TO ANSWER FOR YOU.
UH, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTION TO CODE OFFICER.
UH, BUT THERE WON'T BE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD FOR THE BOARD TO BE ANSWERED.
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THAT'S MY SO, MR. CHAIR, I BELIEVE THAT, THAT THAT QUESTION THAT SHE'S ASKING IS, IS, WAS POSED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.SO, UM, I I WOULD URGE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ANSWER OR TO, TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION THAT SHE HAD.
AGAIN, THE PROPERTY WAS ABATED UNDER SECTION 14 DASH SECTION B WITH THE OF PERIMETERS ENUMERATED AND SECTION 14 DASH 61, WHICH ARE AN EXCESS OF 48 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO HEALTH, LIFE, OR SAFETY OF ANY PERSON MAY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE BE EVA BY THE CITY.
NOWHERE IN THE ORDINANCE DID THE STATE THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPERTY BE OVER 48 INCHES RATHER THAT IT'S JUST IDENTIFIED AS 48 INCHES IS THE REASON WHY THE CITY HAS EVA THE PROPERTY OVER 48 INCHES.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BURNS.
UM, DOES THE ORDINANCE REQUIRE THAT IT BE OVER 48 INCHES AND A DANGER? OR DOES IT, IS IT JUST A DEFACTO IF IT'S OVER 48 INCHES, IT IS CONSIDERED A DATE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, UH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO CONFIRM, BUT I'M, I'M GOING TO SAY THERE'S A PRESUMPTION THAT IT'S ALREADY A DANGER IF IT'S OVER 48 INCHES OUT A VACANT LOT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
I DO THINK THAT THE CODE IS CLEAR AND THAT IT SAYS IT SHOULD BE OVER 48 INCHES AND ENDANGERED IN ORDER FOR ABATEMENT TO TAKE PLACE SIMPLY WITHOUT NOTIFICATION.
SO FOR ME, WHAT I WOULD'VE PREFERRED IS TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I KNOW THAT I COULD RECEIVE NOTIFICATION IN THE FUTURE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE.
HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE BOARD ITSELF CANNOT ANSWER.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
SINCE WE REOPENED THE CASE, OUR ORIGINAL MOTION AND SECOND, UH, HAS BEEN SET ASIDE
I'LL, I'LL JUST RESTATE THE, UH, THE MOTION AND, UH, FOR THE CURRENT CASE.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, ACTUALLY YOU CAN RESTATE YOUR MOTION IF YOU WANNA.
YEAH, BUT I GONNA PUT THIS FOR THIS CURRENT CASE, I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED 1132
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SAN MARCO STREET.UM, IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF, WE PUT UP THE, UM, THERE'S NO CODE.
HUH? THERE'S NO CODE MOTION, UPHOLD OR AMEND.
I THOUGHT YOU WANTED, YEAH, SO IT'S JUST A POLL.
SO I JUST, I'LL RESTATE THE MOTION.
MS. BROWN, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR MOTION WAS TO UPHOLD BOTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THE ABATEMENT COSTS? YES.
I MOVE TO UPHOLD THE ACTIONS OF THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, EXECUTING THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT, UPHOLD THE OF ONE SIX AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF 180.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, ROBERT? I SECOND SECOND THE MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? IF NONE, WOULD STAFF CONDUCT A ROLL CALL MS. BROWN.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
[Administrative Items]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES.UH, THERE IS ONE ISSUE THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND THAT IS WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG FOR A, A DARK CASE TO ACTUALLY COME BEFORE THE BORDER? YOU, UH, AND, AND MR. CHAIR, THERE'S TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME THE, THE PRIOR TO, UH, UM, PRIOR TO THE, THE PREVIOUS ORDER BEING MADE, UH, MR. HARPER HAD ASKED IN REGARDS TO THE HEIGHT OF THE WEEDS, AND ARE THEY CONSIDERED DANGEROUS? AND I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON SECTION 1461, THAT IS THE DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
UM, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE FOUND TO BE A THREAT, THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OR WELFARE AND ARE DECLARED PUBLIC NUISANCES.
NUMBER ONE IS WHENEVER A LOT OR PARCEL CONTAINS WEEDS AND OR BREATH OVER 12 INCHES IN HEIGHT WITHIN 150 FEET, UH, OF THE CURB LINE OR ADJACENT STREETS, AND WHERE NO CURB EXISTS TO THE EDGE OF THE STREET OR ROAD SURFACE, I'M READING THAT TO, AND BASED ON HOW I READ IT, YES, ONCE THE WEEDS ARE A CERTAIN HEIGHT, THEY'RE ALREADY CONSIDERED TO BE A THREAT TO HEALTH SAFETY.
SO I HOPE THAT I CLEARS UP MR. HARPER IN REGARDS TO, UM, UH, DART PROPERTIES.
I, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, FOR A PROPERTY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A DART INSPECTION, THERE HAS TO BE THE TWO YEAR CRIMINAL HISTORY.
UM, DART UNIT IS AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST PUBLIC NUISANCES.
SO THEY DON'T JUST GO AFTER TROUBLED PROPERTIES OR JUST ONE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HAS HAD A FEW CALLS.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TWO YEAR HISTORY.
UM, AND THAT TO YOUR HISTORY ISN'T JUST CRIMINAL, IT IS ALSO CODE TO YOUR HISTORY IN REGARDS TO CRIMINAL CODE HISTORY.
IT CAN'T BE, THEY HAVE A BROKEN FENCE AND SOME, UM, WEATHER PROTECTION.
IT, IT NEEDS TO BE SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES GOING ON ON THAT PROPERTY THAT CAN'T BE ADDRESSED SOLELY BY CODE CAN'T BE ADDRESSED SOLELY BY S A P D.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF DART IS TO ADDRESS THAT PROPERTY.
UM, THE CODE ISSUES, THE, THE, THE CRIMINAL ISSUES, ANY HEALTH ISSUES, UM, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH, UH, PERSONS NEEDING ASSISTANCE WITH UTILITIES, ANIMAL ISSUES.
UM, SO THEY, WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES ALL IN ONE BIG
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EVELYN, DOES THAT ANSWER PROBABLY THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY IT TOOK SO LONG? OH, NO, I, I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT BECAUSE I'VE DEALT WITH, WITH THE DARK CASES BEFORE AND IT DOES TAKE THEM TWO YEARS TO BUILD THE CASE.YOU KNOW, THEY GO OUT, I WANTED TO KNOW WHY WAS IT 60 60 CALLS TO THAT PROPERTY AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO US BECAUSE I, I JUST DON'T, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT AFTER ALL OF THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO FIX IT AND THEY HAD THAT MUCH TROUBLE AND THE NEIGHBORS EVEN.
SO I UNDERSTAND DARK CASES VERY WELL AND UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM AND THEY DO IT THE DARK, THE DARK PEOPLE, THE POLICEMEN, THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY GO INTO WITH THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE, SOMETIMES THOSE CRIMINALS HAVE GUNS, THEY HAVE DRUGS AND THEY HAVE PROSTITUTION GOING ON IN THOSE CASES.
WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT HELPS.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, IT IS GONNA COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF HE'S ABLE TO, TO, TO, TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS AND, AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE HE CAN SHOW YOU THAT HE'S TRUE AND GREAT, AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD HAS A COUPLE OPTIONS AS TO WHAT THAT IS.
RIGHT? THIS, THIS PROPERTY, IS THIS THE ONE WHERE THE MAN WITHIN REHAB? I BELIEVE SO MA'AM.
I'M GLAD HE'S IN REHAB HIM, THEM A LOT OF SUCCESS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT PROPERTY IN THE MEANWHILE AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND, UH, THERE'S NOBODY IN THE PROPERTY.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT COURT WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? OH, YES.
SO MS. JENNY, DOES SHE HAVE ANY ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD LEFT FOR, OR JUDY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ANSWERS FOR THE, THE, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN QUESTION THAT I ASKED ABOUT? I TAKE THAT AS A NO.
HEY, MS. BROWN, I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOME EMAIL ON THOSE.
THE WHAT? UM, I, I KNOW ONE OF THEM WAS FOR A CHURCH.
I GOT A LETTER, I GOT A LETTER FROM SOMEONE ABOUT THAT AND OKAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I THINK WAS A, A FIRE DAMAGE PROPERTY, I BELIEVE ON AUGUSTA.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EMAIL WENT OUT TO YOU, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ONE.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT ONE.
SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM ON THAT ONE VERY CLOSELY.
AND, UH, CONTINUING TO ENSURE IT'S PROGRESSING ALONG.
I'M SORRY, I BELIEVE ON AUGUSTA STREET, THAT WAS, I THINK IT WAS AUGUSTA BETWEEN, IT WAS 6, 6 15 OR 6 0 9 AUGUSTA, SIX TWO COMPANIES RIGHT TOGETHER.
ONE WAS BURNED THE LANDMARK, THE LANDMARK PROPERTY.
THAT ONE WAS BURNED, BUT THERE'S ONE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT THAT'S ALL BOARDED UP AND IT BELONG THE SAME PEOPLE.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S WAITING, HUH? IT LOOKS IT'S WAITING, YEAH.
6 0 9 AND SIX 15 I BELIEVE THE SAME PROPERTIES, BUT YEAH.
OH, THE TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES? NO, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, BUT THEY BELONG TO THE SAME PEOPLE, I BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE 'EM PENDING BOTH.
AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE STILL THE SAME ACTIVITY OCCURRING ON BOTH PROPERTIES, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE EMAIL I HAD WAS FOR SIX 15, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE CONFIRMING THE RIGHT PROPERTY.
UM, AND WE'LL GET YOU THAT ONE UPDATED, UM, BY EMAIL DIRECTLY, MS. BROWN, AND MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO THAT WE DON'T GET 'EM MIXED UP.
NO, THE THE SIX 15 IS CORRECT.
THE 6 0 9 IS THE ONE NEXT TO IT THAT'S BOARDED UP.
YEAH, SIX 15 IS THE UPDATE I HAVE THAT O H P WAS WORKING THROUGH THAT ONE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, FOLLOWING THEIR LEAD ON THAT, IF THEY EXHAUST THEIR, UM, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS, THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT ONE FORWARD AS NEEDED.
AND WHAT ABOUT, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT I SENT YOU ON, UH, UH, WOOD ON SOMETHING WOOD OR WOOD SOMETHING, UM, OPENED UP A CASE.
WHAT POINT, WHAT POINT? WE DID, WE DID CREATE A NEW CASE ON THAT ONE.
ONE OF OUR STAFF DID GO OUT THERE AND DID, UH, FIND A VIOLATION.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT ONE COMING UP UNDER NOTED.
WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THAT OUTCOME WILL BE WHEN THE NOTICE HAS EXPIRED.
I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHY IS IT, WHY IS IT THATT C I AND THE CITY COULDN'T COME TOGETHER
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ON SOMETHING MORE, MORE MUTUAL WITH THE CHURCH THAN JUST SAYING NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.I'M JUST, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, YEAH, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT, UH, DUE TO ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING LITIGATION ON THAT ONE AT ALL, MS. BROWN? I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT ONE.
THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE BETWEEN, UH, THE TCI I DEPARTMENT AND THE, UH, AND THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY.
I, I DO WISH YOU HAD HAD SOMEBODY HERE FROM CCI BECAUSE I WANT, I WOULD ANSWER THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO, UM, THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE BOARD HEARING, BUT I CAN PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT THEY CAN GIVE YOU.
BUT IF THERE IS ACTUAL LITIGATION, THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY LIMITED ON THAT AS WELL.
NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REFLECTS TOO WELL ON OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT REFLECTS TOO WELL ON OUR CITIZENS.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS JUST A PUNCH IN THE EYE.
UH, DOES ANY OF THE REST OF BOARD GOING KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? UH, END OF THE MEETING TOGETHER? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
WILL I ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OTHERWISE? OH, I'M GOOD.
UM, SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, FOR THE LAST CASE THAT WE DISCUSSED, THE, UH, 1132 SAN MARCOS, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT IT JUST NOW, UM, I WAS CURIOUS, UH, IF STAFF HAD ANY KIND OF INPUT OR COUNSEL.
UM, I DID SEE ON THE PRESENTATION AND WITHIN THE CASE FILE THAT IT'S REFERRED TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO IT'S EITHER 1132 SAN MARCO STREET OR 1132 SOUTH SAN MARCO STREET.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NORTH SAN MARCUS AS WELL, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF THAT WAS ANY KIND OF AN ISSUE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I'M DRAFTING ORDERS AND HOPEFULLY CODE CAN HEAR ME.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT SOUTH OR NORTH DRIVE OR DRIVE OR, OR ROAD OR STREET, THOSE DO MATTER.
SO, UH, WHAT I'LL USUALLY DO, UM, IS LOOK AT THE, UH, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND JUST CONFIRM IT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES I, I, I, I KNOW AT LEAST PRIOR TO COVID, UM, I WAS GETTING A LOT OF FILES AND SOME OF THOSE FILES THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, UM, CAESAR CHAVEZ AND IS IT CAESAR CHAVEZ STREET? IS IT CAESAR CHAVEZ DRIVE? UM, AND, AND THOSE THINGS DO MATTER.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS, I ALWAYS TRY TO USE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION JUST TO BACK OURSELVES UP.
BUT, UM, YES, IT'S IMPORTANT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SURE, I'M SURE GINNY'S GONNA GET ON THEM ABOUT THAT, BUT IT, IT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS THAT THEY USE IS, IS, IS ACCURATE.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T NEED YOU, I NEED YOU TO TELL ME IF IT'S DRIVE ROAD, STREET, AVENUE, BOULEVARD, WHAT HAVE YOU.
I NEED TO KNOW IF IT'S NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, OR WEST, IF THOSE MATTER.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK IN LOOKING AT IT, UH, WE, THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF THERE IS A MISTAKE, WHICH ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS HUMAN ERROR EVERYWHERE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS, IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ALWAYS FALL BACK ON.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
ANY QUESTION? QUESTION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, NO QUESTION OR COMMENTS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENTS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED UNLESS THERE IS AN OBJECTION.