* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:32] OKAY. SENIOR NELSON. PRESENT. SENIOR HARPER. PRESENT. SENIOR SUN. PRESENT. SENIOR. SENIOR POWELL. SENIOR. BURETTE. SENIOR RODRIGUEZ? SENIOR DEN. SENIOR. [00:05:11] C SIERRA. BRAD. C. SENIOR TAP. SENIOR. SUNGA? NO. SENIOR GUI. C. SENIOR HARPER. C. SENIOR VERG. I, SENIOR POWELL. I MEETINGS RAMIREZ FIRST. [00:21:59] OKAY. [00:22:06] CS? [00:22:06] ROBERT. TAP. ROBERT. OKAY. YEAH. SO WITH THE, UM, YOU SAID HE'S IN JAIL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS ROBERT. [00:26:35] YES. AND DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC MADERA? WELL, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS, A DEMOLITION. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. IS THERE ANY WAY TO DEMO THAT PORTION OF THE HOUSE AND LEAVE A WALL OR SOMETHING, SOME KIND ON, ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE? THIS IS NELSON. THAT WORKS OKAY [00:30:23] TO, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. REPRESENTATIVE, YES. MY NAME IS GARY. YES. GARY FIFTH STREET BOULEVARD. PLEASE GIVE US REPORT ON MIGUEL. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF POLICE OFFICER TO THE, TO THE OFFICE. DID YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO INSIDE THE MAIN STRUCTURE? YEAH, SO WE DID OBTAIN TWO WARRANTS TO GO INTO THE, OKAY. [00:37:17] CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. IT'S GONNA BE FOR THANK DRIVE. DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR MOTION? I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. UNDERSTAND. [00:40:08] DRIVE THAT THE, OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS. SO, UH, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO I HEAR A SECOND ON THE MOTION? ROBERT? TAP MOTION? YES. YES. SUN HARPER. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. WE WILL. GOOD MORNING. MR. LANDERS. ENO. ENO. I'M GLAD ARE THE RA. GOOD MORNING. ALI IS REPRESENTATIVE OF [00:45:04] STREET, NO CURBS EXISTING. ALSO LAND THE PROPERTY LINE OF ALLEY CODE VIOLATION. PROPERTY SHALL BE MAINTAINED. INIT CONDITION? YES. IN CONTROL RECEIVED CALL BACK GON [00:50:39] MRS. DWAYNE, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? MR. GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY. BALANCE. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE NO, IT IS. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION TO THE, I'M ASKING THIS. NO, YOU MAY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE OWNER HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK. NO, GO AHEAD. OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SEE THIS HELP. ALL I SEE IS THE DATE AND THE TIME. OKAY. 22. ALRIGHT, RIGHT HERE. SLIDE 21. RIGHT HERE. JUST SLIDE 21 AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. I THINK IT'S 20. PULL BACK ONE. ALRIGHT, GO FORWARD BECAUSE IT SHOWED A REAL CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. HERE, SLIDE 22. YOU SEE THAT THAT TELEPHONE POLE ON THE STREET OVER TO THE TELEPHONE POLE, IS THAT NOT AN EASEMENT RIGHT OF WAY? THE DEFINITION? YES. SO THE SIGN SMALL IS THAT PROPERTY LINE THAT YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING HOMEOWNER TO MESS WITH POWER LINES. THEY'RE ALL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REPEAT THE STATEMENT THAT IDENTIFIES THE CITY CODE AS MAINTENANCE OF THAT PROPERTY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL CLARIFY MR. EDGES QUESTION FOR EXTERIOR SERVICES OR THE DEFINITION OF A LOT. [00:56:40] THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT MR. BURNS, YOU MAY NEED TO CHIME IN ON BURNS. THIS IS REALLY COOL. SUPERINTENDENT, I, THE INTERPRETER JUST EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AFTER THE QUESTIONS TO THE OFFICER ALL ADDRESSED. OKAY, THANK YOU. MY UNDERSTANDING OF EASEMENT AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I UNDERSTAND LOPEZ, THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE VERSUS I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO ASK HER ON THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S [01:00:03] OKAY. IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT, UH, WHEN THE WIRE OR THE TREE, ANY OBSTRUCTION, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU CALL C P S THE TREES WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THE WIRES LIVE, COME AND CUT THEM FOR. AND I THINK, UH, THE LADY IS, IS SAYING SHE CALLED 3 1 1, SHE WASN'T DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT FOR, BECAUSE I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS AFTER EXPERIENCE WHERE THE C P S COMES CUT THE LINES, THE TREES AND THE BRANCHES, ET CETERA. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THAT IS. THANK YOU. DOES THAT COMMENT NEED TO BE TRANSLATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER? YES. NO, THIS IS THE INTERPRETER. MAY I SAY SOMETHING? MY NAME IS, THE ADDRESS IN QUESTION IS, UH, FOUR 17 PROGRAM, BUT I RECIT 9 0 3 HYUNDAI. I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN AND I CLAIM ON TAXES AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT THE PICK ANDRY USED TO BE WELL, BUT THE PERSON THAT WOULD GO AND TEST THE BRANCHES BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEBODY, UH, UH, THAT WOULD GO AND CUT THE BRANCHES AND MISSION TRAIL RUNS VERY CLOSE TO THERE. SO SOMEBODY WOULD GO TRIM THE TREE AND ONCE, UH, THAT THEY WENT TO CUT ONE OF THE BRANCHES, THEN UH, THEY CUT ONE OF THE LIGHT, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, CABLE FOR, UH, LIGHTS NEXT NIGHT, LIGHT SOURCES NEXT TO IT, WHICH DRIED THE TREE, THE PEAK AND TREE AND THE PE AND TREE IS PROTECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. UH, SO I WAS TRYING TO MAINTAIN IT WHERE IT IS DUE TO THAT FACT. AND I DON'T KNOW [01:05:01] WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS, IF IT'S MINE OR THE CITY IN ORDER TO REMOVE THIS TREE. SO I ACTUALLY TRIED TO CONTACT SOMEONE TO CUT DOWN THE TREE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO CUT DOWN THE TREE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF CABLES IN THE WAY OF THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE AFRAID THAT CUTTING DOWN THE TREE WILL CAUSE SOME, UH, WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGES TO THE CABLES. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL. AND THEN THE PEOPLE I'VE CALLED TO CUT IT DOWN TELL ME TO CALL THE CITY. BUT, UH, THEN THEY SAY THAT IT'S, UH, THAT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. SO I'M NOT SURE WHO TO CALL IN ORDER TO SET THE BRANCHES. MAYBE IF THE BRANCHES ARE CUT, THEN I COULD TAKE CARE OF THE RENT. THAT IS IT FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT'S COMMENT. MR. COURT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? I HAVE A, YES, I HAVE TRIED TO CALL THEM, BUT THEY DID SAY THAT IT WOULD TAKE 30 DAYS OR MORE, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN LONG PAST THAT AND THEY HAVEN'T COME TO CUT UP THE TREES AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL THEY'VE SAID. AND I'M STILL WAITING BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DEAL WITH. YES, I ALREADY CALLED AND THEY SAID THAT IT TO GIVE, ALLOW THEM A MATCH OF 30 DAYS, BUT TO, IN ORDER TO INSPECT IT. BUT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY REPLY FROM THEM AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THEM. MS DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? YES. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OF THE OWNER WHEN, YES, THIS IS EVELYN BROWN, WHEN DID YOU CONTACT C P S? SAME DAY WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY OBLIGATION TO CUT OFF THE TREES, BUT SO FAR I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING BECAUSE ALL THEY SAY IS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DEAL WITH. SAME DAY THAT WE RECEIVED THE NOTICE THAT IT WAS POSTED, WE CALLED RIGHT AWAY AND THEY SAID THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT AND I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T CALLED ME BACK. I GUESS THEY SAID BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW. , THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA. DOES, DOES THE CODE OFFICER HAVE A HISTORY ON RESOLVE THIS ISSUE INITIAL THE ONE PROVIDING HER THE INFORMATION TO CONTACT THE, IT'S NOT ONLY, OR THE, THE WHOLE TREE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHO'S GONNA DO IT AND THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THIS IS FRED ANDIS. OKAY, ONE MOMENT FRED. LET'S, LET'S LET, THIS IS FRED AND TRANSL TRANSLATE THAT QUESTION AND RESPONSE. [01:10:08] MR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. OFFICER, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN TRIMMED, UH, AND THE OFFICER MAY BE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL LIMBS IN THE POWER LINES ITSELF, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY BEFORE SHE YEAH, PLEASE, SIR. I, I DO WANNA MAKE, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUE HERE IS WHETHER THERE IS A DEAD LOS THIS IS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER FROM THE BOARD? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE STATEMENT. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, MR. ARE GO, THAT'S SIMPLE. I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN'T DO, UH, A LOOK AT IT AND THERE'LL BE PIPES UNDER THERE AND, AND YOU CAN'T MESS WITH 'EM AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I KNOW BECAUSE, BECAUSE, UH, I GO THROUGH IT AND, AND, AND THE 300 BLOCK OF FOREST STREET DOWN THE STREET FROM, UH, WHERE THE OFFICE IS. AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING. YOU GOTTA WAIT, YOU KNOW, JUST WENT, SHE WENT TO THE WRONG PLACE AND NOW SHE'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A STATEMENT FOR THE, UH, OWNER, MA'AM, WHETHER OR NOT [01:15:13] YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. OKAY. UH, SEE, I DON'T THINK, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THING. I DON'T THINK I'M BEING UNDERSTOOD. THE THING IS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MORE OVER 10 YEARS AGO I WAS GOING, I PLACED TWO POLES BEHIND THE TREE AND I HAD TO CALL THE CITY BEFORE DIGGING SO I COULD PULL THE, THE PROPER PERMIT FOR THIS. AND I HAD TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE WHEN, UH, THIS WAS EVALUATED THAT SAID THAT THE POST THAT I WAS GOING TO PLACE BEHIND THAT TREE WAS IN THE CITY PROPERTY. AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS MY PROPERTY. BUT 10 YEARS AGO I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A CITY AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN ORDER TO HAVE A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY TO BE TAKEN. SO THAT WAY THAT THEY COULD DEFINE, WHICH IS MY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND WHICH ONE'S THE CITY. SO I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SINCE I PAY, UH, I DO PAY MY TAXES, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN ORDER TO GET THIS SURVEY. BUT I, ALL I WOULD WANT TO ASK IS THAT THE, THE BRANCHES ARE CUT AND I WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE REST. I'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REST. THIS PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN IN USED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BRANCHES ARE NOT CAUSING A THREAT ANYMORE FOR ANY POSSIBLE PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S ANY WIND SINCE THE BRANCHES ARE DEAD, THAT THESE COULD NOT GO, THESE COULD FALL OVER AND CAUSE SOME ISSUES. SO IF I'M JUST BEGGING YOU, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE CARE OF THE BRANCHES AND I COULD TAKE CARE OF THE REST. AND WE, WE WANT, WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE BRANCHES. THIS IS JUST A WHAT YOUR APPEAL, MR. CHAIR IS MS. BROWN. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. FOR, FOR TO CHIME IN. THAT'S SUPPORTIVE. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IS WHETHER THERE IS A VIOLATION OF SSM CODE. UH, OH TWO UNDERSTAND CONCERNS IN REGARDS, PLEASE. YES, SIR. [01:20:21] OKAY. MS. BROWN, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD TO, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS WHO COMES OUT WHAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT UP TO US THAT YOU CUT THE TREE DOWN MA'AM. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL ACTUALLY UNTIL A MOTION IS UH, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT PASSED. WE ARE NOT TELLING HER ANYTHING AT THE PRESENT TIME. UH, JUST A SUMMARY. UH, AS MR. BURN SAID, WE ARE, WE AS A BOARD ARE TO DETERMINE IS THERE A VIOLATION OF THE OR IS THERE NOT A VIOLATION OF THE CODE? OH IS NOT REALLY AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE DEFINITION OF MAINTENANCE. UH, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY STREET. UH, WITH THAT, UH, ACTUALLY YOU MAY WANT TO TRANSLATE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER FIRST BEFORE I CALL FOR MOTION CHAIR. WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION. UH, MR CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION OF THE STAFF BEFORE WE DO THAT? YES, YOU MAY. GO AHEAD MR. POWELL. SO, UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF WE ORDER THAT THE THREE BE REMOVED, UM, HAS THE BOARD SEE ORDER A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE OUT THE LIMBS AND MOVE THE TREE, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THEY'RE NOT AS, UM, CALLING C P S OUT THERE AND DEALING WITH WHATEVER, THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE AND, AND DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THE TREE TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT? CORRECT? SORRY SIR, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, THAT QUESTION? I DO APOLOGIZE. YOU ASK, YOU'RE GONNA HIRE A CONTRACTOR THAT THE TREE BE REMOVED. THE CITY'S GOING TO SEND IT ONE OF THEIR CONTRACTORS OUT THERE TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THE TREE SAFE AND COMPLIANT WITH THE ORDER OF THE, SO IF SHE FAILS TO DO THAT, WOULD THIS COME? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS APPEAL CASE AND THE CHAIR ENTERTAIN A MOTION VIOLATION. THERE MAY NEED TO BE A FRIENDLY MOMENT, UH, MOVEMENT, A FRIENDLY ADDITION TO THE MOTION. [01:25:01] UH, AND UH, CODE OFFICER CAN UH, VERIFY THIS. WE NEED TO MOTION WE TO INCLUDE ANY DISCUSSION SIR. ROBERT TAP. WE'RE JUST HERE TO OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO I HEAR A SECOND ON THE MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. MOTION BEEN MADE AND SECOND, UH, TO, UH, REQUIRE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO, UH, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE. NELSON C AYE. AYE. HILLARY HI HARPER. AYE. RODRIGUEZ. RODRIGUEZ PASSES SIX ADDRESS. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SIX TO THREE AND WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE, UH, TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE THAT TO PROPERTY. SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. UH, SHE IS REQUIRED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE. NO, YOU DO HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. SO [01:30:01] WE'LL UP THE, THE STATEMENT BY THE OWNER. MR. ZUNI, COULD YOU POINT OF ORDER? YES. YES. ZUNIGA. GO AHEAD MR. ZUNIGA. YES. STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. I'LL AWAY FROM WHAT WE WERE HERE FOR. MRS. IT UH, WHAT MRCA IS SAYING IS THE ABORTION. OKAY. SOMEBODY, MR. ADDRESS. [01:35:42] ROBERT TAP. MICHAEL HARPER. START UH, [01:42:26] OKAY. THIS LAST QUESTION. [01:45:30] OKAY. UH, I JUST KNOW CONTESTANT. OKAY. NO. [01:51:44] OKAY. NO. SENIOR NELSON? YEAH, SAME. SENIOR RODRIGUEZ C. SENIOR TAPIA. C. SENATOR BROWN. C. SENIOR ANDES. C SENIOR HARPER. C SENIOR GUI VERA. SENIOR. SENIOR NELSON. [01:55:06] WE'RE CONDUCTING A ROLL CALL. PRESENT BROWN. PRESENT. HILLARY PRESENT E AVENUE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE [02:00:12] THEY AREN'T MAKING REPAIRS BUT THE BACKYARD? NO. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? JUST GO AHEAD. NO, NO. I QUESTION, UH, HOW DID YOU LEARN WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICER? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE CHAIR ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ROBERT TAP. ROBERT TAP. YES. I WILL, UM, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO DECLARE PROPERTY ON UM, 1 5 4. THE PROPERTY'S IN VIOLATION AND YOUR DIRECTIVE IS, CAN WE DIRECT REPAIR IN 30 DAYS? MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS 4 8 30 IS TO REQUIRE PERMITS FOR AS WELL AS YES, UH, PERMITS ARE ACCEPTABLE AND THE 30 DAYS A STOP WORK ORDER. FOR WHAT REASON ARE YOU UNTIL YOU GET PERMIT? IS THAT THE ISSUE? YES. DOES THAT TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER? YES. DOES THE STOP GONNA ALLOW? [02:05:28] YES. OKAY. DO YOU WANT 30 DAYS? HI MR. TAPIA. AYE. MS. BROWN? AYE. HEREAND AYE. HARPER? AYE. MS. GUI, RA AYE. JAELLE AYE. JAELLE AYE. MR. JAELLE? AYE. MOTION PASSES. MR. POWELL ACTUALLY DID VOTE I TWICE. UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL HIS NAME ONE MORE TIME. MOTION IS CARRIED. WAS THERE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? NO. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT CASE? [02:15:05] YES. [02:15:06] THAT'S WHEN I MET HIM. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE LEON TO THE PROPERTY? NO. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. CHAIRMAN. MOTION. GO AHEAD MS. BROWN. I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD THAT ME HEARING ANYTHING? WANNA MAKE A MOTION? OKAY. GRAY AVENUE. [02:20:11] SAME RODRIGUEZ, SAME SENIOR. TAPIA, SAME SENIOR. BROWN, SAME SENIOR. ANDES, SAME SENIOR. PARKER, SAME SIERRA. GALLERY IS LIBERTY. T O LIMITED. F B O, JOSEPH, R CLIFFORD AVENUE. CLIFFORD. BRIAN CLIFFORD. JENNIFER CLIFFORD [02:25:57] LAS. [02:30:29] ALSO KNOW JOSEPH CLIFFORD DRIVE AND HOUSTON. [02:35:49] OKAY. JENNIFER CLIFFORD. [02:41:25] SARAH NELSON. FERNANDEZ. FERNANDEZ. CLIFFORD [02:45:19] CLIFFORD. MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ. NO. RODRIGUEZ C. SENIOR. CNA. BROWN. SENIORA. BROWN. OH, IT'S C. SENIOR ANDES. C SENIOR HARPER. I C GUI NO, NO. SENIOR VERA? NO, NO. SENIOR POWELL. I C. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.