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GOOD MORNING, LADIES[Call to Order]
AND GENTLEMEN.THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 7 ON ONE OCTOBER, 2020.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AS OF TODAY'S MEETING OR BEFORE THE, TODAY'S TODAY'S MEETING, I HEREBY CALL THE MEETING INTERCEPTION STAFF, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, MS. BROWN DWAYNE NELSON.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ERIC BURN FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMIN TOMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DALE RUSSELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR AND MYSELF.
JUDY, B S B LIAISON TARA QUORUM IS PRESENT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT OR DO YOU WANT WE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS COME UP TO READ.
PLEASE SIGN UP YOUR CELL PHONES AND ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THE VIRTUAL HEARING.
ALL PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDERS 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 ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ANYONE GETTING ASSISTANCE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS, UH, AS D IN YOUR NOTICE OF HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR A LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, UH, CASE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DISCUSS YOUR DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM OUTLINE IN ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPOSED WORK AND DISCUSS FEASIBILITY OF REPAIR DEPENDENT UPON MONIES AVAILABLE AT HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
ALL ABATEMENT ORDERS, UH, ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE ENFORCED.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN CODE REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED PERMITS TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
PARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN DOUBT AS TO THE PROCESS DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ANY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED.
PLEASE CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF BY PHONE AT (210) 207-5422.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT TO SOLICIT OR PEDAL SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS VIRTUAL HEARING, AS PER PROCEEDED COVID, SECTION 16 2 36.AND STEPH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ON THE FORMAT FOR THE MEETING TO 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 MEETINGS ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR.
IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID TO 19 CRISIS ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW DOT SAN ANTONIO DOV SLASH DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN SIX LIVE.
TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
THE OWNER HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THE RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEM.
PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR 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'LL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENTS.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE OWNER WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH AN UNLIMITED TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD'S QUESTION.
[Approval of Minutes]
THE BOARD HAS BEEN, UH, PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THREE SEPTEMBER OF 2020.UH, THE, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS OF THOSE MINUTES OR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? IF NO CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS, UH, BOARD WOULD ACCEPT, OUR CHAIR WOULD ACCEPT.
UH, WE ACCEPT THE, UM, WE ACCEPT THE WRITTEN, UH, THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE ACCEPTED AS WRITTEN.
MS. BROWN MOVES THAT THE MINUTES BE ACCEPTED AS PROVIDED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. ZIKA SECOND THE MOTION, UH, STAFF IF YOU WOULD CONDUCT A ROLL CALL MS. BROWN.
MR. ANDES MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX.
MR. ANDES IS HAVING, UM, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
[Additional Item]
WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.I'M THE, I'M A, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR AT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO BE PULLED TODAY.
IT'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE AT 1614 WEST SUMMIT COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE PULLING IT FOR NOT TO CLARIFY NOTIFICATION.
THAT WILL BE END OF THE STAFF REPORT.
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WE'LL BE BEGINNING TODAY.[00:10:08]
MR. ISRAEL CASTRO, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM, MA'AM.WE WERE GONNA GET STARTED WITH STAFF PRESENTATION AND I'M GONNA JUST PUT YOU ON MUTE FOR NOW.
S MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THIS CHART BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
ONE SECOND IS LOCATED AT 1723
THIS IS A D E S B RESET FROM JULY 16TH, 2020.
SO THE OWNER CAN PROVIDE, CAN PROVIDE AND OBTAIN AN ENGINEER'S LETTER OF BIDS AND A TIMELINE OF REPAIRS AND FINANCIAL MEANS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020, A DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE INSPECTION IS A COLLABORATED INSPECTION WITH A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDED THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 3 7 1 8, BLOCK 13, BLOCK 17, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER AND RECORD IS ISRAEL CAPITAL WITH THE MAIL ADDRESS OF 1723 SOUTH FIELD.
AND MR. UH, CASTRO IS, UH, PRESENT ON THE PHONE TODAY.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON MARCH 25TH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK THAT IS A NATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRICS.
THE OWNER HAS PROVIDED SOME DOCUMENTATION TODAY, UH, AS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY, THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION BEFORE THEM.
OUR FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1723
AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED, UH, TO SENDER ON MARCH 25TH, 2020 ON JULY 7TH AND JULY 8TH.
UM, A PRE BOARD CONFERENCE 2 20 20.
A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS ATTEMPTED, UH, THAT THE OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT ON JULY 30TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1723
THE NOTICE OF THE B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO ISRAEL COSTA AND CERTIFIED RECEIPT RESIGNED DELIVERABLE OF, OF AUGUST 14TH, UH, 2020 FEBRUARY 18TH, A UM, 2020, AND THE MR OF WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STRUCTURE TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BILLING STANDARDS BOARD.
AS OF TODAY, THERE'S NO NEW PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND ELECTRICITY AND WATER REMAIN DISCONNECTED.
WE DO HAVE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER ON STANDBY TO DISCUSS THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITH REGARDING THE PROPERTY.
LOOK AT THE PHOTO PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE FRONT ELEVATION OF 1726 STEEL.
THIS IS THE DAY OF THE INSPECTION, THE FIRST INSPECTION ON FEBRUARY 18TH.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE AMOUNT OF TRACTION DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UH, PHOTO OF THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AND THAT WAS TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, UH, OF THIS YEAR, 2020.
THIS IS A, UH, VIEW FROM THE REAR ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN WINDOWS, THE MISSING DOOR IN THE, IN THE REAR.
UM, THAT BACK SLIDING DOOR WAS JAMMED.
UH, SO IT WAS PROVIDING INSUFFICIENT, UH, UH, MEANS OF EGRESS AND EGRESS, UH, CAUSING UNSAFE MEANS OF EGRESS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED FOUNDATION THERE AT THE, UH, BOTTOM PORTION OF THE, THE REAR ELEVATION.
HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE, UH, REAR ELEVATION.
SO THE DAY OF THE, UH, DART INSPECTION, UM, THE, THE PROPERTY DID HAVE A WATER LEAK AND IT WAS, UM, THERE WAS WATER COMING FROM THE INSIDE UNDER THE HOUSE.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE, THE PHOTOS, THE, SO FLOOR WAS, UM, MISSING PORTIONS OF THE, SO FLOOR, EXCUSE ME, AND THERE WAS WATER COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOUSE.
UM, THAT SEAL PLATE IS RESTING ON GRADE.
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YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION, UH, THERE, THAT CONCRETE, THAT'S PART OF THE DRIVEWAY.YOU CAN SEE THAT SEAL PLATE THERE, THAT LARGE BEAM RESTING ON GRADE DUE TO SINKING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME ATTEMPTED, UH, PATCHWORK, UH, POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP.
UM, SOME BROKEN WOOD THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST ADDED TO TRY TO ADD SUPPORT.
YOU CAN SEE THE STUD, UM, SHOWING ROTTEN DETERIORATION, UH, RIGHT ABOVE THAT.
UH, THE LAST PHOTO, THIS IS A WINDOW THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE THAT SAME AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION TO THE WOOD MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN COVERED UP WITH, UH, VINYL SIDING.
BUT YOU DO SEE THE ROT IN THAT WOOD.
YOU SEE THE BROKEN WINDOW KINDA SHIFTING.
SO ANOTHER PORTION OF THE REAR ELEVATION, YOU SEE THAT DRAIN.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE WATER, UH, LEAK WAS GOING ON FOR SOME TIME, WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME SHIFTING IN THAT FOUNDATION.
THIS IS, AS YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR, THIS IS THE FRONT, UM, LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN AREA.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE SOME WORK WAS ATTEMPTED TO, UM, MAKE REPAIRS TO THAT FOUNDATION AT SOME TIME.
UM, JUST BEING THAT IT WAS ADDED THERE, JUST, UH, STICKING OUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, OVER EXPANDING.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS, IF IT'S JUST THERE FOR SOME TEMPORARY WORK.
UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT OTHER BEAM, THAT BILL PLATE THERE, JUST RESTING ON GRADE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM THERE.
THAT'S THE CONCRETE POST, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BEAM THERE.
THAT RIGHT BEAM IS BARELY RESTING ON THAT, ON THAT POST.
UM, IT, IT, IT'S MAYBE AN INCH ON THAT POST.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE SOME POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT WAS CONDUCTED WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY TRIED TO, UH, WORK ON THAT FOUNDATION.
AND THIS IS A DECKING OR PORCH DECKING THAT'S ON THE SIDE ON THE WET ELEVATION.
IT'S ROTTED AND DETERIORATED, UM, THAT SIMPLY CAN BE TORN DOWN.
SO YOU COME INTO, AS YOU PASS THE, THE KITCHEN AREA, THERE'S A BIG LARGE LIVING ROOM IN THE REAR.
UM, THIS IS WHERE THE WATER LEAK WAS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE SOME BROKEN SHEET ROCK.
UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OLD, UH, STUDS YOU CAN SEE.
AND THEN SOME NEW STUDS THAT WERE ADDED.
AGAIN, NO PERMITS WHERE IT HAD BEEN OBTAINED.
THERE WAS ELECTRICAL WORK AND PLUMBING WORK.
UM, AND THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE PICTURE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NEW TYPE OF, UH, PEX PIPE AND
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE WAS ADDED SOME STUDS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OLD WOOD COMPARED TO THE NEW WOOD.
AND ALSO THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU SEE THE RED PATCH.
YOU SEE THAT RED PIPE, THAT'S PEX PIPE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED, UH, BACK IN THE TIME THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT LOOKS LIKE SOME P D C PIPE THERE.
SO THE AR MIX, THIS YELLOW AEROBICS WAS, UH, ADDED TO THE STRUCTURE.
THESE, THIS IS, UM, THIS TYPE OF, UH, R MIX WAS NOT USED BACK WHEN THESE HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED.
THE BLUE BOX WAS ALSO NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS USED BACK WHEN THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED.
SO THIS WAS ALL ADDED AGAIN WITH NO PERMITS.
AND THERE'S THE P AND THE, THE SUBFLOOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER THAT'S RESTING UNDER OR HAS SETTLED UNDER THE, UNDER THE STRUCTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORK.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME PATCHWORK TO THE WALLS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY TRIED TO ADD SOME TYPE OF CARDBOARD.
UM, SOME FRAMING TO THAT REAR ROOM BACK THERE.
SOME NEW STUDS, SOME NEW HEADERS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS WAS ALL DONE ON.
THIS WAS, UM, THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON THE DAY OF THE DARK.
AGAIN, MORE INSULATION, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.
UM, THE ELECTRICITY WAS TURNED OFF.
UM, THE INSTRUMENT WE USED TO TEST THE, THE ELECTRICAL, UM, WAS LIGHTING ENOUGH GREEN, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT HOT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TESTS ARE SHOWING GREEN.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT HOT BECAUSE THE, THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED.
NOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE CEILING THERE THAT, THAT BEAM THAT GOES ACROSS, IT KIND OF STOPS IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, SO IT'S NOT GOING ALL THE WAY FROM ONE, UM, TOP PLATE TO THE OTHER.
UM, SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RESTING OR NOT PROVIDING, UH, SOPHISTICATED SUPPORT.
UM, ALONG THAT, ALONG THAT CEILING, UH, IN THAT AREA, AGAIN, MORE BROKEN BROOK AND SHE ROCK.
THAT'S THE ENTIRE ROOM FROM THE, THE REAR REAR, UH, FROM THE REAR ELEVATION.
UM, AND THAT WAS TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
UM, THE, THE WINDOW'S OPEN, BUT THERE IS A GUARDRAIL, OR EXCUSE ME, A, UH, BURGER BARS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ON THE OUTSIDE,
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UH, PREVENTING ENTRY.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER SPOTS ON THE SUBFLOOR.
UM, THE WALL THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S THE SIDE WHERE THE, THE, THE SILL PLATE IS RESTED ON GRAVE, SO IT KIND OF DROPS TO THAT SIDE.
THAT'S THE SIDE THAT HAD ALL THE WATER.
ALSO, AGAIN, MORE BROKE THE SHEET ROCK, MORE MISSING SHEET ROCK BROUGHT.
AND THAT WAS TAKEN ON THE 28TH AS WELL.
SO ON THE DAY OF THE DART, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL ROOM ON THE SIDE ON THE EAST ELEVATION, UH, WHERE POLICE DID FIND SOME NARCOTICS.
UH, REGARDING, UH, THOSE FINDINGS, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, SO ON THE DRIVEWAY AREA.
SO SOME NARCOTICS THAT WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY, UH, NEEDLES.
A COUPLE OF NEEDLES WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND THIS IS AFTER THE, THE PROPERTY WAS ABATED BY THE CITY.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1723
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 1723
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UH, WE HAVE A DARK REPRESENTATIVE AVAILABLE.
OFFICER MCC, IF YOU STATE YOUR, AND YOUR FOR THE RECORD, OFFICER MCCALL, I BELIEVE HIS LINE GOT DISCONNECTED.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE OWNER ON THE LINE.
MR. CASTRO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MR. CASTRO, UH, THIS OFFICER MCCALL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I, I'M NOT SURE I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY PHONE.
UH, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH MY PART? YES.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M OFFICER DAVID MCCALL WITH THE SAP CENTRAL SAFETY UNIT, AND I WORK AT THE, UH, CENTRAL SUBSTATION AT FIVE FIVE SOUTH.
WHAT'S THAT LAST PART? IF YOU CAN PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY.
UH, YES, I, I DID, UH, RESEARCH ON THE PROPERTY AND, UH, SINCE FEBRUARY, THAT'S WHEN THEY DID MAKE A, UH, UH, NARCOTICS ARREST WHILE THEY WERE THERE DOING THE, UH, DARK WARRANT.
UM, SINCE THEN, UH, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN FAIRLY QUIET, UH, SINCE JUNE.
THE ONLY ACTIVITY HAS BEEN, UH, UNITS DOING PATROL FIRES AND, UH, NO NEW POLICE OFFENSE REPORTS HAVE BEEN GENERATED SINCE JUNE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION THAT THE LORD HAS OF THE OFFICER? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THE OFFICER STILL THERE? YES, HE IS.
YOU TESTIFIED THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR I GUESS THE LAST MONTH OR TWO.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT?
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PRIOR TO THAT? UH, PRIOR TO THAT, UH, I'VE GOT, UH, GOT THE BETTER HISTORY ON IT RIGHT HERE.UH, A LOT OF THAT'S SEVERAL CALLS FOR SUSPICIOUS PERSONS.
UH, SEVERAL CALLS FOR, UM, THEFT OF VEHICLES.
UH, I COULDN'T GET THE DETAILS ON THOSE, UH, CASES DID GET GENERATED FOR THOSE CALLS, SOME OF THEM.
UM, AND I WENT BACK TWO YEARS.
UH, THERE'S DISTURBANCES, UH, SUSPICIOUS PERSON CALLS A COUPLE OF, UH, FAMILY DISTURBANCES AT THAT LOCATION.
IT WAS MOSTLY JUST DISTURBANCE CALLS.
UH, PROSTITUTION, ANYTHING? NO, I'M NOT SEEING THE, LET'S SEE, BACK IN AUGUST OF 2019, THEY, UH, HAD A PERSON THAT HAD A WARRANT THAT GOT ARRESTED THERE.
UM, A THEFT CASE GOT HANDLED THERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR NARCOTICS.
IT'S MOSTLY JUST THE DISTURBANCE TYPE CALLS.
AND, AND WHAT WOULD DISTURBANCE CALLS CONSIST OF? WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT CONSIST OF? JUST, UH, UH, PROBABLY, UH, USUALLY IT'S LIKE, UH, PEOPLE ARGUING OR PHYSICALLY FIGHTING.
DOES ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD HAVE A QUESTION OF THE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
OFFICER MCCALL FROM, UH, MY POINT OF VIEW, I WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
WE KNOW IT'S A TOUGH JOB, UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
IF WE COULD, LET'S MOVE TO, UH, MR. CASTRO AND HIS TESTIMONY.
HI, YOU DOING THIS IS MR. ISRAEL CASTRO.
I DO APPRECIATE MR. OFFICER MCCALL.
UH, JUST TO EITHER REITERATE THOSE PHONE CALLS WITH THOSE, UH, THE THEFT VEHICLES WERE MINE VEHICLES THAT WERE TOOKEN, UH, DUE TO, UM, THE WAY, UM, KEYS WERE TOOKEN WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT THOSE WERE MY PERSONAL VEHICLES.
UH, NO ONE ELSE'S VEHICLES, UH, ONE IN PARTICULAR, UH, FORD THAT, UH, BUT OTHERWISE, UM, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW MY, MY CURRENT ADDRESS IS HAVEN FOR HOPE LAKE.
UH, THE THING I HAVE IS, I'M COMM CONVINCING FROM THIS FOUR MONTH PROGRAM A LITTLE EARLY BECAUSE I STARTED GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, UH, DOING THE CRAFT THAT I'VE DONE FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS PRIOR AS A SITE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, UH, IN DISREGARD.
I DO APOLOGIZE TO THE CITY ON MY BEHALF.
I'M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT HOUSE WITHOUT FULLY FULL PERMITS.
MY GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FINANCE, MOVE FORWARD AND RECONDITION THAT HOUSE THE WAY I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY DONE.
UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA BE SEEKING HELP FROM THE T M TEAM WITH, UH, WHERE I'M CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT WATERMAN CONSTRUCTION.
AND I DO HAVE SOME SUBCONTRACTORS THAT I'VE USED IN THE PAST ALSO ON COMMERCIAL TRADES WHO DO RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE APPROACH WITH THIS HOUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
IT'S GONNA GO WITH MORE HIGHER VOLUME OF LIKE, RENT IN IT, AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, A RESIDENCE FOR EITHER I, MYSELF AND MY WIFE OR MY, MY DAUGHTERS.
I KIND OF WANNA LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT MOVE UP THE MARKET, BUT FOR NO WAY AT ALL IS IT GONNA BE ANYWHERE THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE.
UH, MR. CASTLE, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
UH, IF WE COULD, LET'S MOVE TO THE SPECIFICS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING, MEETING, UH, OR AT LEAST IN JULY.
UH, AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE TO US THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, YOUR, UH, CONSTRUCTION PLAN, UH, YOUR FINANCIAL ABILITY, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YES, I BELIEVE I, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, GET WITH, UH, MRS. UH, MY WIFE SAID SOMETHING TO MRS. UH, UH, MRS. CROHN, JUDY CROW SAID THAT WE HAD $3,000 ALREADY IN, IN A PURSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SEVEN 50 USUALLY HAS TO GO TO THE ENGINEER, UH, WITH THE INTENT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND, AND PULL A PERMIT TO GET THE, UM, INSPECT THE BUILDING IN ITSELF.
BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, IN THIS PROCESS THAT I'VE BEEN, THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, I, I SUFFERED WITH SEVERE
SO WE DIDN'T GENERATE AS MUCH BEST AS POSSIBLE AND NOR DID I GET OUT OF THIS PROGRAM AND, AND WAS ABLE TO LOOK FOR WORK THE WAY I WANTED TO.
I AM CURRENTLY STILL RIGHT NOW IN THIS PROGRAM COMMENCING THIS THE NICE, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO FREELY COME AND GO AS WE SPEAK ON THE NEXT LIKE, STEP PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE
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THERE.UM, SO A A TIME WAS ESSENTIAL RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORK AND COME BACK HOME RIGHT NOW.
AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO SIT THERE AND CALL AND BRING PEOPLE IN WHEN, UH, I COULDN'T MAKE THE SCHEDULING.
'CAUSE I WAS STILL UNDER THE, THE CONFINES OF THIS PROGRAM SO DELIBERATELY, I, I WILL BE MORE FREE TO DO ALL THESE THINGS, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M BEING EMPLOYED WITH A $60,000 SHOWER.
I LEFT CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES MAKING MODERATELY, ROUGHLY ABOUT 55 TO 50, UH, 55 TO 50,000 IN MY GRASS.
UH, NOW I HAD MY WIFE ON BOARD PRIOR TO, UM, OUR SEPARATION, WE WERE ROUGHLY MAKING ABOUT 70, $75,000 COMBINED.
THAT IN ITSELF COULD MAKE A LOT OF REPAIRS, THAT STUFF AND REHABIL THAT HOUSE.
BUT MORE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I FELT CONFIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NECESSARY TIME AWAY FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR NECESSARY TIME THAT I, I RECEIVED IN, IN THE ACTUAL PROPER TREATMENT AT
AND, AND FOR ME BEING, I, MY THINKING WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I WAS UNDER A GREAT DEPRESSION AND UNDER A LOT OF, UH, DISTRACTION THAT'S GONE NOW.
SO, UM, THE ONLY THING I'M ASKING IS, AGAIN, IF POSSIBLE TO GIVE ME ANOTHER EXTENSION AND I CAN DEFINITELY PULL THESE THINGS TOGETHER MORE FREELY AND, AND, AND DOCUMENT AND HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FINANCES.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, A SERIOUS BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S GONNA TAKE TO BE DONE.
AND EVEN IF THAT BREAKDOWN IN 30 DAYS FROM NOW, I FEEL IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO DO THAT HALF, I WON'T DO THE HOUSE, BUT I WOULD LIKE AN HONEST ATTEMPT WITH, UH, ENOUGH CONFIDENCE I CAN GET THIS JOB DONE.
NOT ONLY IS CONFIDENCE, I CAN COME UP WITH MONEY, BUT I CAN ACTUALLY GET TO RIGHT FORWARD AND, AND
STAFF, IF YOU COULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, THE, UH, THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE ENGINEERING SERVICE, OR IS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN? WHAT'S SIR? UM, ONE SECOND.
MR. CASTRO BOARD MEMBERS ON THE SCREEN.
THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES PROVIDED BY A ONE ENGINEERING ESTIMATE NUMBER 4 4 3 5, DATED 7 29 20 20.
AND THIS IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 1723 SOUTH FIELD.
A ONE ENGINEERING SHALL PERFORM ENGINEERING SERVICES AS LISTED BELOW.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THE OVERALL PROJECT SHALL BE COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
FEES FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES SHALL BE COORDINATED THROUGH PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
AND THE DESCRIPTION IS ASSESSMENT OF CONDITION OF THE EXISTING
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROPOSAL.
THE OWNER ALSO, UM, PROVIDED US SOME PHOTOS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AFTER WE, UH, LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL, EITHER JUST THE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT, IT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED, AND THE OWNER ALSO PROVIDED JUST A COPY OF A TEXT MESSAGE FROM MS. TRACY SHAW.
IT READS, HELLO OH CASTRO, MY NAME IS TRACY SHAW AND I'LL BE YOUR PROJECT COORDINATOR AS YOUR PROJECT COORDINATOR, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL ME OR EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS, INQUIRIES, AND COMMENTS TO BETTER ASSIST YOU.
ENGINEERS TEND TO BE BUSY PUNCHING NUMBERS INTO THEIR CALCULATOR.
THAT WILL BE YOUR LIAISON WITH THEIR ENGINEERING STAFF.
I CAN HELP YOU COORDINATE YOU YOUR VISIT, UPDATE CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, COORDINATE CONFERENCE CALLS WITH OUR ENGINEERS, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SCOPE, DISTRIBUTE ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY'RE READY, AND MUCH MORE TO PROMPT, UH, JUST CALL ME IF YOU NEED ME.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING WITH YOU AT 1723 SOUTH CA THREE, BUT THE PROJECT NUMBER IS TWO ZERO DASH 5 5 5 7.
IT GOES ON TO LIST THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND MR. CASTRO DID PROVIDE PHOTOS.
MR. CASTRO, IF YOU WANNA NARRATE THE PHOTOS THAT YOU PROVIDED, PLEASE.
YES, AND, UH, REALLY I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE I'M NOT ON, UH, VIDEO, BUT, UM, I SENT THE PHOTOS AND I BELIEVE IN THAT PACKAGE, SHOWED THE PROPERTY, AND I BELIEVE IT SHOWS THE CONTRACT THAT I, I, I, UH, BEEN CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WITH WATERMAN CONSTRUCTION, UH, AT THAT PROPOSED SALARY.
AND, UH, I AM CURRENTLY ON A PROJECT AT MILLERS POINT IN CONGRESS, CALIFORNIA.
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UH, DUTCH INFANT SCHOOL DISTRICT.AND, UM, WITH, UH, IT BEING FALLING BEHIND AND, AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF TAKEN ALL MY TIME DURING MY WEEKDAYS AND MY WEEKENDS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN A GOOD NOTE.
UH, ALSO THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE HOUSE IN ITSELF.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE IS IN, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT AS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE THE ENGINEER TO BE THE TERM MANUFACTURER OF, OF WHAT THE HOUSE NEEDS OR WHAT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
TRUTHFULLY, UM, DC IN THE HOUSE WOULD PROBABLY BE ON MY COST.
THAT'S WHAT I'M WILLING TO GO TO, UH, GET A DUMPSTER OUT THERE DC THE WHOLE, EVERYTHING I'VE DONE AND, AND LET HIM LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, PERMITS THAT I MADE.
AND IF, AND IF HE SAYS IT'S NOT WORTH STANDING, IT'S NOT WORTH STANDING, THEY HAD TO GO DOWN.
BUT I WOULD WRITE THAT ON A OPINION AND BUY HIM BY THE ENGINE, ENGINE BY A ONE, WHICH THEY SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD OUTFIT.
I, I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, EVEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLEASED WITH THEIR, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, UH, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW AND THEN AFTER THAT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, INITIALLY I WAS STILL HAVE SOME BIDS FROM THE PLUMBERS AND THEN THE ELECTRICIANS COMING, COMING PRETTY SOON AS I, AS I GOT THIS NEWER, UM, ROOM TO MOVE AROUND, PROBABLY EVEN, UH, UH, GENERATE SOME PHONE CALLS IN THE PAST.
LIKE I SAID, I WAS UNDER THIS BUNK.
I ALLOWED THE HOUSE TO GO DOWN.
I OWNED PROPERTY IN CALIFORNIA.
I'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, STAYED HERE IN, I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE HAPPEN BEFORE.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS TO REST, BUT THE, THE HISTORY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT, AS YOU'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE.
UM, I THINK THE, UH, JUNE, THE FIRST WAS JUNE THE FIRST WAS THE DAY THE OFFICERS CAME BY AND ACTUALLY DID ME A FAVOR AND DROPPED ME OFF AND, AND AT THAT POINT,
AND, UM, STILL GONNA LOOKING FOR THAT NEXT RIGHT STEP WITHIN THE PROGRAM WHILE THE HOUSE IS BEING RENOVATED AND, AND GETTING WORK DONE, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IT'S WORKING RIGHT NOW.
WHY, WHY BREAK? I JUST WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE A, A LEEWAY INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE IT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS MORE RESTRICTIONS.
BUT I AM DEFINITELY GONNA BE COMMENCING, UH, ON A EARLY DATE COMING THE NINTH, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO DO THIS AND I'LL HAVE PROPER DOCUMENTATION ON ALL THAT.
HAS MR. CASTRO PROVIDED, UH, DOCUMENTATION OF HIS FINANCIAL, UH, SITUATION? MR. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
THERE WERE DOCU, THERE WERE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS THAT HE PROVIDED DID NOT SHOW, UH, ANY CORRECT AMOUNTS OTHER THAN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HANDWRITING ON THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UH, THAT WOULD HAVE, UH, UH, BEEN AT ODDS WITH WHAT THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT SAID.
SO, UM, HE DID HAVE DOCUMENTS, UH, HE DID HAVE FINANCIAL RECORDS.
THOSE FINANCIAL RECORDS, UH, DIDN'T SHOW MUCH IN THAT ACCOUNT, BUT THEN THERE WAS A HANDWRITTEN LOOKED ON THERE STATING HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE IN THE ACCOUNT SOON.
AND, UH, THE, THE LEGAL DIS I MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT PROPER, UM, FINANCIAL PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS.
SO I DID NOT, UM, INCLUDE THAT IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT HE HAD.
MR. BURNS, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CASTRO? YES, UH, LIKE I SAID, YESTERDAY WHEN, UH, MY WIFE WAS AT THE BANK, SHE WAS TRYING TO PULL SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER BECAUSE SHE INJECTED SOME MONEY AND, AND SHE WAS TELLING ME, UH, THE AVAILABLE BALANCE AND WHAT WAS CURRENTLY, UH, STATING, UH, SHE BASICALLY TAKES BANK AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE HANDWRITTEN THE TOTAL BALANCE AND NOT REALLY COME, UH, SAVVY TO THIS.
UH, I TOLD HER, CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR EMAIL AND COPY IT AND SEND IT IN? SHE WAS COMFORTABLE DOING IT THAT WAY, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF THERE'S A POINT OF EMAIL, I CAN STAND THAT TO MRS. WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON IT.
WITH THE AVAILABILITY BEING DONE TODAY, TOMORROW I GET A DIRECT DEPOSIT FOR TWO, TWO WEEKS, WORK WITH AT A 60,000.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE GOT MR. CASTRO.
UH, BUT LET ME ASK THE BOARD TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU, SIR.
ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION OF MR. CASTRO? OKAY, MR. CASTRO, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
UH, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.
I HAVE, I'M SORRY, MS. CASTRO, HOLD ON.
MS. BROWN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YES, I HAVE SOME, I HAVE A COUPLE
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QUESTIONS HERE.I, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY SCREEN HERE AND IT, I, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, COULD YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET IT BACK SO I CAN PUT THE PRESENTATION IN HERE? MR. CASTRO, YOU DIDN'T BRING IN ANYTHING TODAY THAT, THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN, UM, FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU DIDN'T BRING IN THE, THE, YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT? YOUR, HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? WE AHEAD.
MS. BROWN? NO, MR. CAST, CAST.
MR. CASTRO, ARE YOU THERE? YES, MA'AM.
WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU IS, IS A CONTRACT OF, OF, OF SALARY, WHICH I'M GAINFULLY EMPLOYED FOR WATERMAN CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN I SENT THIS EMAIL TO HER, I WAS USING A WATERMAN CONSTRUCTION EMAIL.
I'M CURRENTLY AT WATERMAN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
UH, THAT IN ITSELF IS, IS IS A FINANCIAL RECORD.
MY WIFE STATED AGAIN THAT SHE SENT, SHE, UH, SENT, I BELIEVE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE $2,000 IN THE ACCOUNT.
NOW, WHY SHE HANDWRITTEN IT, HOW SHE DID IT, I MEAN, SHE, I KNOW RUNNING A JOB COMING AT YOU AT ONE.
I THOUGHT I WAS COMFORTABLE, BUT I DON'T LIVE WITH HER.
YOU KNOW THIS, THIS IS A GIVE AND TAKE HERE AND WE NEED FOR YOU, WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU, BUT WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO US, OKAY? THE, THE, THE PAPERS THAT YOU BROUGHT IN ARE, I UNDERSTAND FROM OUR ATTORNEY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNED BY, I GUESS, ALL PARTIES.
SO TODAY WAS YOUR DAY TO BRING IN THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT WE TOLD YOU BACK ON.
I I I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE DATE EXACTLY, BUT WHEN YOU WERE HERE THE LAST TIME, IT WAS, UM, UH, 16TH JULY.
AND NOW THIS IS, THIS IS OCTOBER THE FIRST.
SO YOU DID NOT DO AS REQUIRED, AND IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS, YOU COULD HAVE, UH, CHECKED WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST, WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU TIME AND YOU DID NOT DO AS, UH, WERE INSTRUCTED.
THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS HERE THAT YOU COULD HAVE HAD A CONTRACTOR, UH, LOOK INTO AND BRING US THE RESULT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA COST, HOW MUCH TIME IT WAS GONNA TAKE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND YOU DID NOT DO THAT IN A PROGRAM, AN I P PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE FREEDOM TO DO THESE THINGS.
I JUST RECENTLY STARTED WORKING.
I SHOW PICTURES OF THAT, BUT YOU WOULD BE PRETTY DISGUSTING OF SEEING ME IF YOU GUYS, LET ME HAVE THIS MEETING ONE MORE, IF WE MAKE A 15 DAY MEETING OR IF YOU LET ME SEE YOU GUYS IN PERSON, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU GOTTA DETERMINE WHAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO WITH MY HOUSE.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE'S 3000 IN THE BANK AND BY COMING THIS MONDAY THERE'LL BE $5,000, BUT SIR, YOU DIDN'T BRING THAT SO WE COULD SEE IT ON A, ON A FINANCIAL SHEET FROM YOUR BANK.
BUT MY, IT IN MY WIFE'S ACCOUNT HOW SHE, HOW SHE PUT IT IN HER ACCOUNT AND THEN IT SHOWS AN AVAILABLE BALANCE, BUT IT SHOWED UP AND STOLE THAT, THAT THAT WAS VERY WRONG ON HER BEHALF.
WHY SHE DID THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
HEY, WE DON'T HAVE, NOW I'M REALLY UPSET EITHER.
I'M REALLY UPSET THE FACT, I'M REALLY UPSET WITH HER FOR EVEN THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE AND BE CONSIDERED CONSIDERABLE.
BUT I AM ALSO SHOWING YOU THE HOUSE IN ITSELF.
MAN, I TOOK A LOT OF LOSSES BUYING THIS HOUSE.
I MEAN, JUST LONG WHEN THEY DID THE CLEAN OUT MY YARD, THEY, THEY THREW AWAY MY BARBECUE PITCH.
I'VE BEEN LOSING MONEY SINCE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
I'VE BEEN LOSING A LOT OF, ALL I'M ASKING IS IT'S 30 MORE DAYS.
MS. BROWN, IF YOU, UH, WOULD LET ME, I'M WILLING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD WHO HAS A QUESTION.
UH, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION? MR. TRO? ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD? HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CASTRO? WITH THAT, THE CHAIR IS GOING TO OPEN FOR A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ROBERT TAPIA? I CAN, I'M PREPARED TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1723 SOUTH TOLEDO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 15 6
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AND SUBSECTIONS 1, 2 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, UH, DUE TO THE DETERIORATING FOUNDATION, FLOORING ROOFING AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE, UH, DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.MR. MS. TAPIA HAS A MOTION TO THE STRUCTURE AS A RESULT OF, UH, VIOLATION OF SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
DO I A MO A SECOND TO THE MOTION? THIS IS MICAH HARPER.
I'LL SECOND FOR SECOND THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? THERE IS NO DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.
WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION? MS. BROWN? UH, AYE.
THANK YOU MR. ANDES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO FOR A DEMOTION IN 30 DAYS, UH, OF SUBSECTION CHAIR.
WE ARE GONNA HEAR, UH, FIVE 30 CHALMERS AVENUE.
JUST NEED TO GET THE OWNER ON.
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THE SCREEN SMALLER? THERE SHOULD BE A, UH, SMALL ICON IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER THAT YOU, OKAY.
YOU TELL ME TO, YOU TOLD ME WHAT, MR. VASQUEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? UH, YES MA'AM.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED IN JUST A MINUTE.
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MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.MY NAME IS ALICE GUDO CODE ENFORCE AND SUPERVISOR FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THIS PROPERTY IS ABATEMENT FOR A RESET FROM SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020.
THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING APPEALED TODAY IS LOCATED AT FIVE 30 PALMERS AVENUE WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF N CCB 7 9 0 3 BLOCK, ZERO BLOCK WEST 50 FEET OF EAST OF 2280 1.3 FEET OF 20.
THE OWNER ON RECORD PER COUNTY APPRAISAL IS MANUEL AND RA VAZQUEZ FOR THE LIVING OF MARIA JESUS VASQUEZ.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT A HISTORIC PROPERTY NOR DOES IT RESIDE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
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SECTION 14 DASH 65 SUMMARY ABATEMENT BY THE CITY D WITHIN THE SECTION PERIMETERS ENUMERATED IN SECTION 14 DASH 6 61, WHICH ARE IN EXCESS OF 48 INCHES AND HEIGHT AND ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE HEALTH, LIFE OR SAFETY OF ANY PERSON MAY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE BE ABATED BY THE CITY.THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 6, 6, 20 20 WHERE THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE OVER 48 INCHES AND HIGH THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
SCATTERED BRUSH PILES FOUND AT LOCATION AS WELL.
PHOTOS WERE OBTAINED AND WORK ORDER WAS SUBMITTED FOR ABATEMENT.
A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 16TH, 2020 AND FOUND THE LAW TO STILL REMAIN IN VIOLATION.
A SECOND CASE WAS REPORTED FOR A VIOLATION AND REFERRED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CASE FOR COMPLETION BEFORE PHOTOS WERE OBTAINED AND THE CONTRACTOR WAS NOTIFIED TO PROCEED WITH ABATEMENT.
A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 20TH, 2020.
CONTRACTOR HAD COMPLETED THE JOB AND AFTER PHOTOS OBTAINED TO CLOSE OUT THE WORK ORDER, STAFFERS RECOMMENDING THAT ALL CHARGES BE HELD.
THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER MR. NELSON? THIS IS JUDY.
I JUST WANNA YES, MA'AM, RECORD THE LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE OWNER, UH, TO WHOM I MAY CONCERN.
I HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE LISTED ABOVE AND REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING REGARDING THE SUMMARY.
ABATEMENT REQUEST A MEETING TO BE IN THE MID-AFTERNOON AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
REQUEST A PHYSICAL ADDRESS FOR THE MEETING WILL BE HELD, REQUEST TO SEE PICTURES OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY BEFORE IT WAS CLEANED AND SECURED PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE MEETING.
THIS IS, UM, REGARDING THE NOTICE OF SUMMARY ABATEMENT FROM JULY 21ST, 2020 FOR THE CASE AT FIVE 30 CHALMERS FROM THE OWNER, UH, RAUL VASQUEZ.
I'LL NOW GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS.
THE CODE OFFICER, DO YOU HAVE A HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY OF ALLS? YES, SIR.
THERE HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF 10 CASES, 10 CASES OF ABATEMENT, WELL, I'M SORRY, 10 CASES REPORTED SINCE JUNE OF 2015.
HOW MANY OF THOSE ACTUALLY HAD AN ABATEMENT, UH, ACTION TAKEN? UH, I DO APOLOGIZE MR. NELSON.
UM, I WAS UNABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ONLY BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR GATHERING THAT INFORMATION.
UH, MR. VASQUEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE WITH US, SIR? UH, I'M JOEL VASQUEZ.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1706 CLARK AND MY WIFE IS NEXT TO ME.
MR. VASQUEZ, IF YOU WOULD TELL US ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
OKAY, I, UM, I'M GONNA READ WHAT I SENT AND THAT WAS, UH, IN ADDRESSING THE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 6TH OF JULY AND IT ADDRESSED THAT IT HAD 48 INCH OF HEIGHT THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
WE CONTENDED PICTURE NUMBER TWO, UH, ON THAT IS PROVIDED FOR THE AGENT AND IT IS NOT THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH FURTHER WISH TO NOTICE THAT, UM, WE WERE NOT CALLED, WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AT ALL.
UH, IT SAID THE REINS REINSPECTION WAS ON THE 16TH AND WAS FOUND, UH, THE SAME CONDITION AND THE SECOND CASE WAS REPORTED AND REFERRED TO THE, UM, ORIGINAL CASE BEFORE THERE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN AND, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE PROCEED WITH THE, UH, ABATEMENT OF THE PROPERTY CONTENDING.
WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED, UH, EITHER BY ADDRESS EMAIL OR BY EMAILS TO RESOLVE YOUR, YOUR SATISFACTION.
DURING THE REVIEW OF THE PHOTOS ON SIXTH AND THE 16TH, WE NOTED THAT THERE IS NO WAY,
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UH, 48 INCHES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND THERE ARE SEGMENTS OF THE PROPERTY THAT ARE AT 48 INCHES.THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS BURIED FOUR INCHES, MAYBE SIX INCHES AND HIGH.
ALSO, THE GRASS IS GREEN ON ONE PHOTO AND EARLIER THAN THE OTHER PHOTO, MAYBE IT RAINED OR MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'RE NOT, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE VIOLATION.
THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, UM, PROBABLY ENGAGING IN GETTING THE PROPERTY CLEARED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
THE FOLLOWING PICTURE SHOWS ON A AND UH, B ONE AND B TWO ON A, IT SHOWS THE ACTUAL PICTURES OF THE FIRST, UM, TAKEN BEFORE THE CONTRACTOR.
IT SHOWED THE HEIGHT OF, UH, JOHNSON GRASS AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TEARING IT ON THE PICTURE B TWO OF G ONE.
IT SHOWED THAT THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT COMPLETE THE REMOVAL OF THE FOLIAGE OF THE 40 INCHES, WHICH WAS TASKED TO BE REMOVED.
PHOTO A AND B SUPPLIED BY THE, BY MYSELF.
INCOMPLETED CONTRACTOR WORK WAS DONE AFTER THE WORK ORDER WAS CLOSED.
THE SEE PICTURE SHOWS QUALITY OF WORK DONE BY THE OWNER, WHICH IS MYSELF AND THE NEIGHBOR.
IT SHOWS THAT, EXCUSE ME, ALL ALONG THE LINE OF THE FENCE WHERE THE 40 INCHES WERE AT SOME SEGMENTS OF IT IS CLEARED FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO THE END OF THE PROPERTY, FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, REFERENCES THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE PROPERTY AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UH, A AND B SIDE THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS NOT REMOVED.
THE LAST TWO PICTURES SHOWS ON AB ON THE B SIDE OF SOME POLISH STEEL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE BY THE FENCE AFTER THE CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN COMPLETING IT ON THE C SIDE OF THE CIRCLE PROPERTY.
IT SHOWS THAT ALL ALONG THE FENCE FROM THE FRONT OF THE, FROM THE FRONT BY THE STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK WHERE THE METAL FENCES THAT PAINTED IS CLEARED COMPLETELY BY THE OWNER.
YOU CAN SEE ALSO THE FOLIAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS ALSO BEEN CLEARED FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
B SIDE WAS NOT CLEARED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
AND OF COURSE THE RIGHT UP ON THIS FOLLOW-UP WAS CONDUCTED ON JULY 20TH.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS COMPLETED THE JOB AND THE FORD WERE OBTAINED.
THE ONE PHOTO PROVIDED IS FROM THE DISTANCE APPARENTLY ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS LITTLE DUE TO THE DETAILS.
SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFIED US OF THE POSTING OF THE PROPERTY AND, UH, DOCUMENTATION WAS PROVIDED SCHEDULED FOR THE FROM THE THIRD.
AT THAT TIME, I DID NOT RECEIVE AND, UH, THE MEETING WAS RESCHEDULED FOR THE TODAY, SO PROBABLY NOTIFY THE OFFICE BUILDING STANDARDS, UH, TO BE RESCHEDULED.
NOW, UH, ON THE DOCUMENTATION SET IN A IMMEDIATE DANGER IS DEFINED BY DICTIONARY MAIN DANGER, RISK OF DEATH, SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM, UH, SAFETY HAZARDS SUCH AS UNSTABLE, UH, TRENCH, ELECTRICALS, WIRING, AND, UM, IMMEDIATE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND WE WOULD NOT EVEN EMAIL IN REGARDS TO ALL THIS CONCERNS.
IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL DANGER, THEN WE DID NOT GET, WHY DID IT TAKE 10 DAYS BEFORE ESCALATING IT SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR COULD CLEAR OR 14 DAYS LATER.
NOW DEARBORN REALIZE, PARDON? I WAS GONNA READ THE LAST PART OF THE STATEMENT.
MR. VASQUEZ, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
UM, ADDRESSING THE BOARD, UM, IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS ISSUES OF THIS PROPERTY.
I'M SURE THERE'S, UH, ACTIVE OR
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SINCE THEN, WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY KIND OF HISTORY OF BILLINGS ON THIS PROPERTY.UM, IF THERE WAS, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE.
UH, MY WIFE AND I ARE 78 YEARS OLD.
IF I MISS SOMETHING IN THE PAST, WE'LL CORRECT IT AND IF THEY SEND US ANY BILLS FROM THE PAST, WE'LL CORRECT THEM.
AS OF THIS DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PAST DUE NOTICES SINCE 2012, MY WIFE AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HEALTH ISSUES FROM KNEE REPLACEMENTS, HIP REPLACEMENTS, CANCER IN COMPLICATIONS DUE TO DIABETES AND OTHER ISSUES, THERAPIES REQUIRED AND DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE ANY EXTRA TIME OUTSIDE OF WORK TO ATTEND TO OTHER ISSUES AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT, NOR AM I ASKING FOR BABYSITTING.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE A FAIR CONSIDERATION OF OUR SITUATION, WHICH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE, UH, HAVE BEEN RESPONDED TO.
UM, I'VE BEEN RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER WHEN WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE WORKERS IN THE PAST.
MY NAME ROSE VASQUEZ AND MY WIFE MARIELLE VASQUEZ.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. VASQUEZ? MR. NELSON, THIS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.
UH, THIS IS PODO CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.
YES, YOU YES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ON, ON PREVIOUS ABATEMENTS AND HOW MUCH, UH, MONEY WAS, UH, WAS PENDING ON THIS PROPERTY.
THEY OWE AN AMOUNT OF $1,267 AND 12 SEVEN AND 12 CENTS FOR SEVEN ABATEMENTS SINCE 2001.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. VASQUEZ? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UM, SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY? THE ONLY PLANS THAT WE HAD WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE
UH, MY CURRENT PLANS ARE THAT, UH, WE MADE, UH, UH, A, A HOUSE, BUT AS FINANCES ARE THE WAY THEY ARE, EVERYTHING IS ESCALATING TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER.
TO THE, TO THE, UH, OFFICER MS. BROWN TO THE CODE OFFICER? YES.
UH, THE FIRST PICTURE THAT, UH, FROM, FROM WHAT WAS ON THE SCREEN A FEW MINUTES AGO IS THIS WORKED.
THE, UM, CONTRACTOR DID, WHEN HE DID AROUND THAT FENCE LINE, HE, ALL THOSE SHRUBS, THE PHOTOS THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU, MS. BROWN, OR THE PHOTOS THAT THE OWNER PROVIDED TO YOU, THE ONES THAT THE OWNER PROVIDED.
SO THE PHOTOS TO THE LEFT, UM, A AND B ARE THE PHOTOS THAT THE OFFICER TOOK IN REFERENCE TO THE PROPERTY AND I BELIEVE HE GO BACK TOGETHER.
UH, C AND C1, C2 ARE PHOTOS THAT THE OWNER OBTAINED, NOT THE PHOTOS THAT WE OBTAINED FOR AFTER PHOTOS.
SO I DUNNO THE TIMEFRAME OF THE DATE IN WHICH THE OWNER TOOK THE PHOTOS.
WELL, LET, LET ME SEE THE AFTER PHOTOS FROM THE CONTRACTOR THAT YES, MA'AM.
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DID THE SIGN? YES, MA'AM.THE ENTIRE PROPERTY? YES MA'AM.
AND THAT IS WHY I WENT ON THAT WEEKEND AND REVIEWED THE PROPERTY AND TOOK THOSE PICTURES ON THAT WEEKEND AFTER THE CONTRACTOR HAD, UH, HAD, UH, TAKEN THE CENTER PART OF THE, WHERE THE JOHNSON GRASS AND ALL THE, UM, PROPERTY WAS, UH, THE FOLEYS WAS THERE.
NOW, UH, IF NECESSARY I CAN SWEAR YOU ON A BIBLE THAT I TOOK THOSE PICTURES WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER, WELL ACTUALLY IT WAS THE WEEKEND AFTER THE FIRST MEETING WAS SCHEDULED.
I WENT BACK OVER THERE AND I STARTED CLEARING.
IT TOOK ME ALMOST A MONTH TO CLEAR IT ACCORDINGLY.
I DID NOT FALSIFY ANY PICTURES, MA'AM.
NOW THE GRAD, THE JOHNSON GRAD THAT YOU SEE ON PICTURE A WAS REMOVED.
I'M NOT SAYING IT WASN'T, BUT ALL THE OTHER PHOTOS THERE WAS, HE WAS, THAT THE CONTRACTOR WAS SUPPOSED TO REMOVE, HE DID NOT REMOVE IT.
AND THAT IS WHY I SHOWED THE PICTURES OF THE, UM, FENCE LINE, HOW CLEAR IT IS NOW BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR, UM, DID NOT REMOVE IT.
NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PICTURE ON THE LEFT, ON THE B SIDE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE CIRCLE, YOU CAN SEE SOME POLISH AGAINST THE FENCE.
THAT'S WHERE ON THAT WAS HIDDEN.
IT DOESN'T SHOW IT THERE THAT THE CONTRACTOR ONLY SHOWED YOU ONE PICTURE OF THE FRONT.
HE DID NOT, OR THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT GO THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND SHOW YOU ALL THAT WAS LEFT OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
ON THE PICTURE C THERE'S A FENCE LINE.
I'M SHOWING YOU IN DETAIL HOW IT IS CLEAR AND ALSO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE C HOW YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT.
UM, SUN SHINING THROUGH ALL THE CLUTTER AREA THAT WAS LEFT.
I'M NOT ARGUING THAT THE CONTRACT DID NOT DO HIS PART OF HIS JOB, BUT HE DID NOT COMPLETE IT.
SIR, CAN LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION 'CAUSE I, YOUR MICROPHONE IS, IS, UH, IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR.
PICTURE A IS THIS BEFORE OR AFTER THE CONTRACTOR LEFT? PICTURE A PICTURE A IS WHERE THE JOHNSON GRASS WAS IN THE AREA.
THERE WERE 48 INCHES HIGH PICTURE A IS WAS BEFORE ON THE FIRST CITATION OF THE 6TH OF JULY.
PICTURE B IS AFTER I HAD THE CANCELLATION OF THE MEETING.
IT WAS SO RAPIDLY PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION, I WENT BACK ON THAT WEEKEND AND I TOOK THOSE PICTURES ON PICTURE B, PICTURE C ONE SHOWS THE LINE HOW I CLEARED IT ON THE SAME IDENTICAL REFERENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING, THE HOUSE RIGHT THERE ON PICTURE C SHOWS IT FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT GO AROUND TAKING PICTURES THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND SAY, HEY, I LEFT THIS.
ALL THE CONTRACTOR DID IS TAKE THE CENTER PART OF THE, AND TOOK A PICTURE FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE OR THE PROPERTY, NOT HOUSE.
QUESTION MS. BROWN, YOU'RE MUTED.
SO DOES THAT COMPLETE YOUR QUESTION? NO, I'M GO AHEAD AND ASK, I'M TRYING TO GET THE PICTURES CLEAR BECAUSE HIS MICROPHONE IS NOT THAT CLEAR TRYING TO GET THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
I WANNA SEE WHAT THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY DID OR DIDN'T DO AND WHAT HE DID.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND HE SAID NUMBER PICTURE A WAS WHERE THE JOHNSON GRASS WAS FOUR FEET TALL.
OKAY? AND PICTURE B IS OF THE, THE, YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE IS SHRUBS BY THE FENCE LINE.
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HE DO THAT OR DOES THE CONTRACTOR DO IT? AND PICTURE C TWO, THE CONTRACTOR BASICALLY MOWED THE LOT AND LEFT SHRUBBERY, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACT, THEY WOULD NOT NORMALLY TAKE SHRUBBERY OUT.UH, SO THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY DID WHAT THE CITY ASKED THEM TO DO.
AND THAT WAS BASICALLY MORE, UH, THEY FENCE LINE, UH, THAT WAS SHOWING THE SHRUBBERY WAS LEFT BY THE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE OF HIS SHRUBBERY.
MR. VASQUEZ ACTUALLY CLEARED THE SHRUBBERY HIMSELF.
UH, DOES THAT HELP UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, THAT CONTRACTOR FOR THAT, SAY IT AGAIN.
HOW MUCH DID THE CITY PAY THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT? THE CITY PAID $340 TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR MOWING THE LOT, JUST MOWING THE LOT.
I, I DON'T THEN, THEN, THEN WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE BECAUSE IF THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT REMOVE THE, THE SHRUBS, BECAUSE THE SHRUBS ARE FULL OF WEEDS AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT OR NOT, BUT FOR $300 THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO CLEAR THE DAMN LOT.
Y Y'ALL DON'T SUPERVISE THE CONTRACTORS ON WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT WHAT HE, WHAT THE OWNER DID.
AND LOOK WHAT THE CONTRACTOR LEFT.
I I CAN'T, UH, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
I, I THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE CHANGED AT, AT THIS POINT TO LET THE CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT THE SHRUPP NEED TO GO TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT LOOK BAD.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHETHER, UH, ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT THE SHRUBBERY TO BE CUT OR NOT.
WHAT CODE REQUIRES AND WHAT THE, UM, CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACTOR CALL FOR ARE TWO SEPARATE, EXCUSE ME.
AND WHAT AND WHAT MS. BROWN IS WANTING.
WHETHER SHE WANTS IT CUT OR NOT IS THE QUESTION IS WOULD THAT SHRUBBERY BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION IF IT WAS THE ONLY THING THERE, WHAT WAS, WHAT, WHAT THE VIOLATION WAS IS THAT THERE WAS OVERGROWN BRUSH OVER FOUR FEET.
IF CODE DOES NOT REQUIRE THE CONTRACTORS TO CUT THE SHRUBBERY, THEN I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE PROPER OR PRUDENT FOR THIS BOARD TO HOLD THAT AGAINST CODE.
NOW SEND, THIS IS ALEX PODO, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR, IF I MAY CLARIFY SOME INFORMATION.
SO YOU'RE REVIEWING MS. BROWN.
ANY PHOTO THAT HAS A TIMESTAMP IS A PHOTO THAT IS TAKEN BY THE CODE OFFICER, NOT BY THE CONTRACTOR.
THE CONTRACTOR DOES NOT PROVIDE US ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT WE ASK HIM TO DO.
SO ALL PHOTOS PROVIDED WITH A TIMESTAMP ARE BY THE CODE OFFICER.
ANYTHING WITHOUT A TIMESTAMP WAS TAKEN BY THE OWNER.
AT WHAT TIME? WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT SURE OF.
AND AS FAR AS THE DESCRIPTION ON THE WORK ORDER ITSELF, THE DESCRIPTION SAYS COPS CUT ALL OVERGROWN VEGETATION ON ENTIRE PROPERTY AND REMOVE ALL TRASH, GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND DEBRIS.
IN SOME OF THE PHOTOS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE BRUSH PILES ON THE PROPERTY, SO THAT THAT IS PART OF A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBRIS LEVEL THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FOR OVERGROWN VEGETATION OVER 48 INCHES.
MS. BROWN, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT INFORMATION? NO, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT INFORMATION.
AND ACCORDING TO WHAT, UH, ALICE READ THAT THEY TOLD THE CONTRACTOR TO DO, IN MY OPINION, HE DIDN'T DO IT.
ALL HE DID WAS GO OUT THERE AND CUT THE GRASS AND LEFT THE REST OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, LOOK AT THE PICTURES, GOOD, AND LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF THAT THE OWNER HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND BACKTRACK TO DO THAT.
THE, THAT I THINK THE, UH, CONTRACTORS COULD HAVE DONE.
I MEAN, I, IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION HERE, YOU KNOW, WHICH PROBABLY DOESN'T COUNT FOR ANYTHING.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE CONTRACTOR DID A VERY GOOD JOB.
AND MAYBE YOU ALL NEED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT, WHAT HIS JOB IS.
UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, THERE ARE 10 ADDITIONAL CASES WHERE THE PROPERTY DID HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED AND THERE'S ALSO 1200 WORTH OF, UH, MAINTENANCE THAT THE CONTRACTORS DID PREVIOUSLY.
SO I ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU FEEL LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR JOB OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, UH, BECAUSE THE OWNER HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY.
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BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THIS CASE HERE IS IN FRONT OF US I UNDERSTAND HIS HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN THE BEST AND THE CONTRACTOR GOT FOR 10, FOR 10, UH, TRIPS OUT THERE AND WE NEVER SAW PICTURES, OR WE NEVER HAD PICTURES OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.THOSE CASES WERE NOT BROUGHT TO US.
I DON'T BELIEVE IF IT, IF THEY WERE, MAYBE I WAS ABSENT THAT DAY.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES AND OF COURSE WHAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IS SEVERAL OPTIONS, UH, IN TERMS OF WE CANHOLD WE CAN REDUCE OR WE CAN SET ASIDE.
SO THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT THE BOARD IN TOTAL DO HAVE THE BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS A QUESTION OF THE OWNER.
NO, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE OWNER.
OTHER THAN THE, HE LOOKS NICE.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION OF THE OWNER? IF NOT THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS CASE? YES MA'AM.
OH, WHO WANTS TO? SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT.
YOU WANNA DO IT EVELYN? OH NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
ALRIGHT, SO I MOVED UP, I MOVED TO UPHOLD THE ACTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTING THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT, BUT REDUCE THE ACTUAL COSTS BY 50% IN THE AMOUNT OF 180 7 TO AND WAIVE THE, OR I THINK IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, WAIVE THE ACTUAL COST AND UPHOLD THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OF, OF 180.
THE MOTION IS TO REDUCE THE ACTUAL ABATE COST BY 50% AND UPHOLD THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION ON THE PHONE, BABY, THIS ISN'T GO ONLY 10 HARPER.
THE, UH, MOTION IS TO, UH, REDUCE THE ACTUAL ABATEMENT COST BY 50% AND UPHOLD THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. HARPER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NO.
IF NOT, STAFF, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SIX.
[2. 20-5737 (CD-1) 402 Mulberry Ave]
AND WE DO NOT GET A HOLD OF THE OWNER, SO THE OWNER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.MY NAME IS DENISE HASTINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR PROPERTY MS. HASTINGS, LOCATED AT 4 0 2 WEST MULBERRY AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY IS N C B 1 8 1 5 BLOCK 15 NORTH 90 FEET OF LOT 10.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AS LISTED IN BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL RECORDS IS E M I 4 0 2 MULBERRY, L L C AND CARE OF TEN TWO.
THERE ARE SEVEN ALLEGED SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS AT THIS PROPERTY.
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WITH ALL SEVEN? YES MA'AM.FIRST IS SECTION 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS.
ALL EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE FREE FROM HOLES, RAKE, AND LOOSE OR ROTTING MATERIALS AND MAINTAIN WEATHERPROOF AND PROPERLY SURFACE CODED.
WERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT BARRIER SECTION.
THE SECOND ONE IS SECTION 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS.
ALL OVERHANG EXTENSIONS, INCLUDING SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND BE PROPERLY ANCHORED SO AS TO BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITIONS WHEN REQUIRED.
ALL EXPOSED SURFACES ARE METAL OR WOOD SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS AND AGAINST DECAY OR RUST BY PERIODIC APPLICATIONS OF WEATHER COATING MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT OR SIMILAR SURFACE TREATMENT.
THE THIRD IS SECTION 3 0 4 0.1.
ALL GLAZING MATERIALS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN SOUND CONDITION AND GOOD REPAIR.
THE FOURTH IS SECTION 3 0 4 0.13, WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT DOORFRAME.
EVERY WINDOWS SKYLIGHT DOOR AND FRAME SHALL BE KEPT IN SOUND CONDITION, GOOD REPAIR AND WEATHER TIGHT.
THE FIFTH IS SECTION 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS HAZARD WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ITS STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OR THE STRUCTURE BY REASON OF INADEQUATE SERVICE.
INPRO FUSING INSUFFICIENT RECEPTACLE AND LIGHTING OUTLETS, IMPROPER WIRING OR INSTALLATION DETERIORATION OR DAMAGE, OR FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THE CODE OFFICIAL SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFECT TO BE CORRECTED TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARDS.
SIX IS SECTION 3 0 5 0.5, HANDRAILS AND GUARDS.
EVERY HANDRAIL AND GUARD SHALL BE FIRMLY FASTENED AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING NORMALLY IMPOSED LOADS AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITIONS.
THE SEVENTH IS SECTION 3 0 5 0.6.
EVERY INTERIOR DOOR SHALL FIT REASONABLY WELL WITHIN ITS FRAME AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING OPENED AND CLOSED BY BEING PROPERLY AND SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE JAM HEADERS OR TRACK AS INTENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ATTACHED HARDWARE.
THE CODE OFFICER MADE AN INITIAL INSPECTION OF THIS PROPERTY ON JUNE 25TH, 2020.
AT THAT TIME, SHE OBSERVED THE ABOVE MENTIONED VIOLATION.
EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE BROKEN AND MISSING SHINGLES.
THE OVERHANG EXTENSIONS IS IN DETERIORATED CONDITIONS WITH ROTTED WOOD MEMBERS AND HOLES.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BROKEN WINDOWS SEEN FROM THE EXTERIOR.
THE WINDOW FRAMES HAVE DETERIORATED WOOD MEMBERS.
SEVERAL APARTMENT UNITS HAVE EXTENSION CORDS GOING FROM OTHER UNITS FOR POWER AND TO THE OUTLET IN THE COMMON HALLWAY, THE HANDRAILS ARE LOOSE AND THE GUARDS HAVE LARGE GAPS.
LASTLY, THE INTERIOR DOORS OF SEVERAL UNITS HAVE GAPS BROKEN, DOORFRAMES FRAMED, AND ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURE.
A REINSPECTION WAS MADE ON JULY THE EIGHTH AND ON JULY THE 21ST.
ON THOSE OCCASIONS, NO PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE TO PREPARE THE VIOLATIONS.
THE CODE OFFICER HAD TO REPOST NOTICES OF VIOLATION ON AUGUST 19TH, 2020.
ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2020, THE CODE OFFICER MADE A REINSPECTION AND FOUND THAT A FEW MINOR REPAIRS WERE MADE.
THE VIOLATIONS MENTIONED REMAIN.
I ASKED THAT THE BOARD FIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 3 0 4 0.6, EXTERIOR WALLS 3 0 4 0.9 OVERHANG EXTENSION 3 0 4 0.13, GLAZING 3 0 4 0.13, WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS AND DOOR FRAME 6 0 4 0.3,
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ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARD 3 0 5 0.5, HANDRAIL GUARD, 3 0 5 0.6 INTERIOR DOORS IN ORDER THAT THE REPAIRS BE MADE TO COMPLY WITH CITY CODE.THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW MANY OF THE APARTMENT, UH, UNITS ARE ACTUALLY OCCUPIED? THERE ARE 10 UNITS AND ALL 10 ARE OCCUPIED.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? YES, LET ME JUST ASK ONE ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL.
THE, UM, THE 6 0 4 0.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARD.
DID YOU SHOW PICTURES OF ANYTHING ON THE INSIDE OR THE OUT THAT HAD THAT WE COULD SEE? THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT SHOWED THE OUTLET THAT, UH, NEEDED SOME REPAIR.
THAT'S AN OUT IS THAT AN GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE? THAT'S A, IS THAT AN OUTSIDE CORD THAT'S HANGING? UH, THAT'S A CABLE CABLE LINE.
OKAY, BUT WHAT IS THAT HANGING DOWN FROM? IS THAT AN ELECTRICAL, LIKE A SOCKET THAT IS A WATER FAUCET WITH A WATER HOSE.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE ELECTRICAL AND THAT IS THE, THERE WERE EXTENSION CORDS MOVING FROM ONE APARTMENT TO ANOTHER APARTMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND IS THAT THE ONLY DEFICIENCY? THERE WERE TWO APARTMENTS THAT HAD, UH, OUTLETS THAT WERE, UH, ONE HAD DUCT TAPE AROUND IT TO KEEP IT SECURED TO THE WALL WITH WIRES HANGING OUT OF IT.
AND THE OTHER ONE ALSO HAD, UH, THE OUTLET THAT WAS COMING APART FROM THE WALL, WHICH HAD THE REFRIGERATOR, UM, PLUGGED INTO IT WITH ANOTHER WIRE THAT WAS HANGING OUT.
WERE THOSE TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS OR A SINGLE, UH, UH, DENT IN ONE APARTMENT? THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE APARTMENTS.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? HELLO, THIS IS LOGAN FOR YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THE ELECTRICAL OUTLET OF A WIRING? THERE WERE NO PICTURES THAT PROVIDED THE, JUST A MOMENT.
LEMME GET SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS.
THE PHOTOS ARE NOW ON YOUR SCREEN.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET THAT ACTUALLY IS SHOWING ONLY ONE RECEPTACLE INSTALLED.
THE SECOND RECEPTACLE IS MISSING.
AND IN ORDER FOR THE, UH, UH, RECEPTACLE TO BE MAINTAINED IN THE BOX, IT IS DUCT TAPED TO THE WALL, UH, AND CODE OFFICER, IF I'M MISREPRESENTING THIS, PLEASE STEP IN WITH ANYTHING ON THE NEXT PICTURE IF YOU WOULD SHOW THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPH.
OH, BY THE WAY, ON THAT SAME PICTURE, EXCUSE ME.
UH, WELL, IN FACT, BOTH OF THESE, UH, BOXES HAVE ELECTRICAL WIRING EXTENDING OUT ELECTRICAL BOX, UH, AND I'M ASSUMING, UH, THAT THEY'RE GOING FROM ONE BOX TO SOME OTHER KIND OF RECEPTACLE.
UH, CODE OFFICER, IF YOU CAN VERIFY WHERE THOSE ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE ACTUALLY GONNA, THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE RECEPTACLE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BECAUSE THEY'RE USING A LOT OF THEIR OUTLETS TO GO TO EXTENSION CORDS TO OTHER UNITS AND THE OUTSIDE HALLWAY, IT, IT'S, UM, THIS ONE IS RIGGED
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SO THAT THE REFRIGERATOR COULD OPERATE.OKAY, SO THIS IS BRINGING POWER TO THAT BOX AS OPPOSED TO, UH, COMING FROM THAT BOX TO SOME OTHER SOURCE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY BRINGING POWER TO THAT RECEPTACLE BOX FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE? YES.
WHICH IS NOT ONLY ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD, IT'S A FIRE HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S ACTUALLY INSTALLED.
MS. BROWN, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS REPS? YES, I AM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICERS? YES, THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
DO WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE UNITS? ALL 10 UNITS ARE OCCUPIED? YES.
ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES? IT, IT VARIES.
SOME ARE, UH, JUST COUPLES, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? STEPH, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE UNABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THE OWNER? THAT'S CORRECT.
WITH THAT, THE, UH, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
HAVE WE EVER BEEN ABLE TO GET, TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER? NO.
THE OWNER HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CODE OFFICER.
THERE IS A MAINTENANCE MAN ON SITE.
UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR HIM.
I WOULD FIND THE BUILDING TO BE IN VIOLATION, UM, OF SANTANA PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS 3 0 4 0.6 3 0 4, 9 0 4 1 3 0 4, 3 0 5 0.530 5.6 AND 6 0 4 0.3.
AND ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
THERE IS A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER FOR VIOLATIONS OF AND 3 0 5 0.6.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL SECOND, UH, MS. BROWN SECONDS, UH, FOR ANY MOTION, WOULD YOU CONSIDER ANY PENALTY IF THEY FAILED TO COMPLETE REPAIRS IN A TIME PERIOD? UH, YEAH.
WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, MY ONLY REASON I DIDN'T HAVE IT ORIGINALLY WAS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN CONTACTS.
THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT I GUESS THEY ALSO MIGHT JUST BE AVOIDING IT.
UH, WHAT KIND OF PENALTY, FINANCIAL PENALTY WOULD YOU PUT ON IT? UH, WELL, I THINK WE CAN DO $50 A DAY, UH, AFTER THE 30 DAYS.
SO THE $50 PENALTY PER DAY FOR FAILURE OF REPAIR AFTER THE 30 DAYS.
SO THEY DID HAVE 30 DAYS BEFORE THERE'S ANY PENALTY.
UH, MS. BROWN, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AMENDMENT? YES SIR.
THE MOTION IS FOR A 30 DAY REPAIR FOR THE SEVEN VIOLATIONS, IF THERE IS NO REPAIR COMPLETED, THERE WOULD BE A $50 FINE PER DAY ON IT.
STAFF, IF YOU WOULD CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION FOR LEGAL.
GO AHEAD AND ASK THE QUESTION.
LEGAL, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS IN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RATHER BAD SHAPE AND HAS BEEN NO CONTACT WITH THE OWNER.
SO, SO WHAT ELSE CAN THE CITY DO ABOUT THIS
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PROPERTY? BECAUSE THE PEOPLE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND THERE'S SO MANY PENALTIES AGAINST IT, AND HERE WE ARE ASSESSING THE PENALTY AND, UH, AND MONEY, YOU KNOW, MONEY PENALTY AGAINST THE TWO, WHICH THEY WILL PROBABLY NEVER PAY AND PROBABLY NEVER GET AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T CARE, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN THERE THAT ARE, THERE WAS ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS.SO WHAT ELSE CAN, CAN THE CITY DO TO HELP THESE PEOPLE BRING IT INTO IN, I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU, YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, CAN YOU? EVERYBODY IS PUT ON MUTE PLEASE.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE, THAT I I I, I DO BELIEVE BASED ON, UH, THIS BOARD SHOWING THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY, UM, I'M SURE THAT, UM, D S D AND CODE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON IT.
UM, I THINK IT'D BE IMPROPER FOR ME RIGHT NOW TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY WILL DO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, UH, THAT, UH, LEGAL AND D S D WILL BE LOOKING INTO THIS PROPERTY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, MS. RYE, MY IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR IS, IS ON.
I'M GETTING A COUPLE OF EMAILS ALL, SO IT WILL BE WORKING.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? MS. RYE IS LISTENING IN AND CAN YOU HEAR ME? I IT'S MUST LIKE THE MICROPHONE IS JUST MUFFLED.
WE WILL BE LOOKING IN FOR SURE.
THE RESPONSE WAS MS. BROWN, THAT, UH, THE CITY WILL BE NUMBER ONE FOLLOWING UP ON THE CASE.
NUMBER TWO, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
AND JUST AS A SIDEBAR, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S A PENALTY THERE, EVEN THAT PENALTY WILL TURN INTO A POSSIBLE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AND EVENTUALLY THAT LIEN WOULD WIND UP BEING, UH, AGAINST THE, UH, THE PROPERTY AND RUNS WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO EVENTUALLY THE CITY WOULD COLLECT ON THE PENALTY PER SE.
UH, BUT, UH, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION IS VERY VIABLE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT BASICALLY, UH, RENT CONDITIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO LIVE IN.
UH, AND, AND ONE OF THEM, THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE IS, IS REALLY INDEED A, A DANGEROUS ISSUE FOR IT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UH, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID, THIS IS BECOMING OR VERY CLOSE TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE, UH, ELECTRICAL IS A BIG ISSUE AND IF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ARE ARE INVOLVED, UM, IT, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOON.
AGREE WITH THAT? THANK YOU STEFF.
WE WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION.
AND SO YOU SPEAK, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON OUR END.
[5. 20-5740 (CD-2) 647 Olney Dr]
MR. NELSON, THIS IS JUDY.WE DO HAVE MR. MORGAN FULLER ON THE LINE.
HE RECENTLY PROVIDED A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEIGHBOR ON THE LINE, MS. DEBBIE REED, AND AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL VOICEMAILS TO BE PLAYED INTO THE RECORD.
HAS MR. BURNS REVIEWED THE CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE?
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YES, HE HAS.MY NAME IS CHRIS DOMINGUEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 6 47 ONLY WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION, A ACCORDANCE TO CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD FOR THIS BOARD, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C D 9 8 9 3, LOCK 11 LOT 25, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ADVISE THE BOARD AGAIN THAT, UH, JUST ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, UH, LOGAN FULMER, UM, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UH, PROVIDED AN, UH, DOCUMENTATION.
AND THE OWNER ON RECORD THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD WAS DIANE NEWMAN, UH, WHICH DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK TODAY.
SHE STATES THAT SHE IS NO LONGER THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AT THIS TIME WITH NEW OWNERSHIP IF IT IS LEGALLY, UH, STATED.
UM, THE ALL NOTICE OF HEARING WERE NOT PROPERLY ISSUED BECAUSE OF NEW OWNERSHIP AT THIS TIME, DOES, WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO PROCEED? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IF WE DO NOT HAVE PROPER NOTIFICATION OF THE NEW OWNER, THEN WE CANNOT PROCEED.
UH, AND MR. BURNS, YOU'LL NEED TO GIVE US A LEGAL OPINION ON THAT MATTER.
I DON'T THINK NOTICE ISSUE IS A CONCERN ON THIS.
UM, ACTUALLY MR. FULMER IS ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE AND HAS BEEN LISTENING ALL DAY.
UM, SO, UH, THE NOTICE WAS NOT, UH, WAS NOT A, WAS NOT REALLY A CONCERN IN REGARDS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS THEN YES, YOU COULD PROCEED AND, AND, AND JUST SO WE, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, NOTICE IT WAS PROPERLY ISSUED TO THE OWNER OF RECORD AT THE TIME OF THE TIME WE DECIDED TO HAVE THIS AND STILL OWNER OF RECORD ON BCAT ACCORDING, AND BCAT IS STILL, UH, MS. NEWMAN, SO I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
AND I ALSO BELIEVE MR. FULMER IS ON THE, ON THE LINE SO HE COULD TALK TO YOU IF HE NEEDS YOU.
VERY GOOD, THEN PROCEED PLEASE.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2019.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
AND ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020, THE NOTICE OF HISTORIC, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 6 47 ONLY WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 23RD, 2019.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON MAY 28TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNPLANNED ON JUNE 25TH, 2019.
THE NOTICE FOR THE V S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 6 47 OH ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE VS HEARING WAS FILED TO BE OWNED.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2020.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 6 47.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 18TH, AUGUST 28TH, AND SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2020.
PHOTO PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A MAIN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND DETERIORATED CONDITION TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
THERE'S TWO STRUCTURES LOCATED ON 6 47, ONLY THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
6 47 ONLY IS A STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1942.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER 1600 SQUARE FEET.
IT HAS AN ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA ATTACHED THAT IS BEHIND THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT FLOOR THAT'S TAKEN IS TAKEN BEHIND THE BUSHES.
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STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A, OF A MASONRY, UH, LAP SIDING AND TRANS SIDING.THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTO WILL REVEAL THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AND THEN TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEXT PHOTO.
HERE'S MOST, HERE'S WHERE, UH, MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS, UH, IS TIED TO THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTO REVEALS TO THE LEFT SIDE, CONCENTRATED ON THE INSIDE CORNER, YOU CAN SEE SOME, UH, ATTACHMENT AND MISSING SIDING.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, PART OF THE STRUCTURE WITH ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA, UH, CONSISTS PER V A, IT LOOKS LIKE IT USED TO BE THE RESTROOM AREA TO THE ATTACHED STRUCTURE.
UH, RIGHT ABOVE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, STRUCTURE IS DETACHED FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN TO THE LEFT THROUGH THIS WINDOW, GETTING A VIEW INSIDE OF THAT REAR BEDROOM.
YOU CAN SEE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN FROM THE REAR, WHICH IS THE, UH, ATTACHED LIVING AREA PER PER BCA.
UM, THAT DOOR RIGHT THERE IS THE LEADS TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTO IS THE TERRA COVER, UH, TO THE, THAT LEFT DOOR'S GONNA LEAD TO THE ADDITIONAL AREA.
THE DOOR IN THE MIDDLE, UH, THAT LEADS TO THE GARAGE AREA.
THAT ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, ATION THAT IS OCCURRING.
YOU CAN SEE AN OPEN ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, ROOF DECKING IS SEVERELY DAMAGED.
ROOF JOIST, AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THERE'S NO CLEAR WALKING SURFACE.
THIS IS THAT OPENING FROM THAT RIGHT SIDE DOOR, FLEE TO THE GARAGE WHERE YOU CAN SEE A, UH, VEHICLE STILL REMAINS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
UPON THIS INSPECTION, THE STRUCTURE WAS UNSECURED.
WE'VE HAD PROBLEM WITH VAPOR ENTRY AND EXITING THE STRUCTURE.
THIS PHOTO'S TAKEN FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, WE DID HAVE A HARD TIME ENTERING THE FRONT DOOR, WHICH WAS SECURED, BUT THE, UH, DOOR, WHICH LEADS IN AND IT, AND IT SWUNG INSIDE, UH, WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IN.
WE HAD TO PUSH IT VERY HARD AND REMOVE SOME TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT WAS LOCATED BEHIND IT.
AS SOON AS WE OPENED THE DOOR, YOU COULD SEE THE ACCUMULATION OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT'S JUST PILED UP.
NEXT PHOTO IS LEADING TOWARD THE REAR.
UH, AS I STATED, AGAIN, THE ACCUMULATION.
WE HAD TO JUMP OVER OVER MANY, MANY DIFFERENT, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO GET PHOTOS OF ALL, ALL THE, UH, PHOTOS THAT YOU WILL SEE.
NEXT PHOTO IS THE PHOTO THAT LEADS TO A, A, A SMALL HALLWAY THAT'S THERE.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I, LIKE I MENTIONED, JUST THE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH IN THE DEBRIS THAT'S LOCATED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE, UH, FRONT LIVING ROOM WHERE WE ENTERED.
NEXT THREE PHOTOS ARE THE, UH, OF THE KITCHEN AREA.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, AS STATED, IT PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES JUST DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
MISCELLANEOUS, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE DESTRUCTION.
THAT ONE DOOR IS THE, UH, THE REAR DOOR, WHICH LEADS TO THE, UH, ADDITIONAL LIVING AREA LOCATED IN THE REAR.
THIS IS THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT WHERE I DID TAKE THAT ONE PHOTO FROM THE WINDOW.
THIS IS A LITTLE HALLWAY, WHICH LEADS TO THE RESTROOM AND A FRONT RESTROOM.
THIS PHOTO ON THE NEXT PHOTO IS JUST THE ACCUMULATION OF MS.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO PHOTOS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE ARE THE FRONT BEDROOM.
AND THIS NEXT PHOTO THAT'S TAKEN IS TAKEN TO THE LEFT WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME SHEET ROCK THAT'S MISSING AND IT'S DUE TO A, A, A OPEN ROOF SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT.
NEXT PHOTO IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE REAR RIGHT BEHIND THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
LIKE I DID MENTION BEFORE, WE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE THIS STRUCTURE, THIS PROPERTY AND THESE STRUCTURES HAD
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TO BE SECURED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, UM, FINDING WE HAD HERE WAS, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT, THE TREE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE A, A, A LITTLE WHITE LINE, WHICH IS A, A, A WIRED LINE, UH, FEEDING ELECTRICAL TO THE STRUCTURE.
AND IT WAS USED TO SUPPLY POWER TO A REFRIGERATOR THAT WAS LOCATED IN THERE.
NEXT PHOTOS ARE JUST THE STRUCTURE OF THE, UH, COMPLETE VIEW AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
THERE ARE SOME, UH, PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE THAT ARE STARTING TO DETACH, WHICH IS A REAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT COUPLE YOU'LL SEE THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS THE SAME APPROACH AS THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE WITH A, WITH NO NO WALKING SURFACE.
UH, EVERYTHING JUST JUST THROWN EVERYWHERE.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
NEGLECTED CONDITION, ENC CLOSED REAR PORCH HAS LARGE HOLES AND ROOF DECKING.
AND IT IS THE PROCESS OF COLLAPSING HERE.
THE STRUCTURE IS FULL OF MISCELLANEOUS, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ALONG WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THE LEAD, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE REAR HAS HAD VAGRANTS INTERNET INFRAS STRUCTURE, AND HAS BEEN SECURED BY CITY CONTRACTOR ON NUMEROUS CASES.
THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED AT 6 47, ONLY IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND SUBSECTIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, 1, 2, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING ARE STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS, OR ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HERE HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION WAS A THREAT OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN STATE STAFF RECOMMEND DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 6 47.
ON ONE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, IT APPEARED THAT THE WALL HAD ABOUT A 10 TO 15%, UH, LIEN TO IT.
WAS THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH ITSELF OR WAS THERE ACTUALLY A LANE ON THAT WALL? GO BACK.
IT DOES KIND OF SIT ON A HILL AREA IN THE BACK, WHICH DOWN SLOPES, BUT I CAN'T CONFIRM AS IF WE LOOKED AT FLIGHT PHOTOS.
IT IS ON LEVEL AND IT DOES SLOPE TO THE, AND THIS PHOTO SLOPES TO THE LEFT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FRONT PHOTO, WHICH SLOPE TO THE RIGHT.
DOES STAFF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT STAFF THE BOARD.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? UH, THIS IS LENCIA HERE TO THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME POWER RUNNING TO THE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THEY HAD A REVISION BACK THERE.
YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE INTERIOR PHOTOS.
SO HAS THAT BEEN
IT STILL EXISTS, BUT I CAN VERIFY THAT THERE ARE NO ELECTRICAL, THERE IS NO POWER ON THE
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? IF NOT, LET'S UH, HEAR FROM THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER PLEASE.
AND BOARD STAFF DID CALL THE BCAP OWNER MS. DIANE NEWTON, AND SHE DID NOT WANNA, I'M SORRY, DIANE NEWMAN AND SHE DID NOT WANNA PROVIDE ANY TESTIMONY.
WE DO HAVE ON THE LINE MR. LOGAN FULMER, AND WE ALSO HAVE DEBBIE REED.
MR. FULMER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
MY BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 9 0 1 MASON STREET.
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BASED ON OUR RECENTLY ACQUIRED EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, UM, AT 5 44 AND 6 44 ONLY COLLECTIVELY AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM SIX AND FIVE TODAY.WILL IT BE OKAY IF I DISCUSS BOTH OF THEM COLLECTIVELY SINCE WE'VE ONLY HEARD THE CASE OFFICER, UH, REPORT ON 6 47 ONLY? UH, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PRESENT THE INFORMATION ON 6 47 ONLY AT THE PRESENT TIME.
UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ARE BOTH MATERIALLY THE SAME? SO, UM, I'LL DO THAT.
I WANNA BEGIN BY THANKING ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR PRIOR CONSIDERATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO AT THE PROPERTY AT 2110 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE.
UM, IT WAS ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AGENDA SLATED FOR DEMOLITION THE WEEK, THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER, 2018.
UM, AT THAT HEARING, I WAS GRANTED A STAY OF THAT ORDER AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE THE LIFE AND SAFETY HAZARDS.
UM, YOU MAY FIND THE EVIDENCE THAT THAT SUBMITTED, UM, BEFORE THIS HEARING, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY WHEN IT CAME TO THE HEARING, AND THEN ALSO THE CURRENT PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S HELPED BRING VERY GOOD LOW COST HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO INSTEAD OF CREATING ANOTHER VACANT LOT AND MORE BLIGHT.
SO YOUR CLEMENCY PROVIDED FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO PARENT THIS, UM, BEING ANOTHER SAD STORY.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON TUESDAY, UM, OF THIS RECENT WEEK, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES, I'M SORRY, THE 6 47 ONLY, UH, THE OWNER CONTACTED ME ABOUT PURCHASING THEM BOTH AS SHE WAS REFERRED TO MY OFFICE AFTER HEARING THAT HANDLED SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST.
UH, THAT DAY I CONTRACTED THE PURCHASE THE PROPERTIES FOR CASH AND PROVIDED THAT PROOF PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ERIC BURNS, AND I'VE ALSO PROVIDED PROOF OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY.
AND THE OTHER FOR CASH TO ERIC AS WELL.
I'M A SOLVENT BUSINESS OWNER WITH THE CAPACITY AND RESOURCES TO RES TO REMEDIATE THE CURRENT BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY AND ENCLOSED ON THE SALES IN BOTH.
UM, I AM CURRENTLY NOT THE OWNER.
I DO WANT STATE THAT FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT I AM SPEAKING, UM, ON MY EQUITABLE INTEREST HERE.
UM, I HAVE DEMONSTRATED IN THE PAST THAT HAD SUCCESS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROJECT BEFORE THE BUILDING SANDERS BOARD, UM, IN SEVERAL EVENTS ON MCADOO STREET, ON ESSEX STREET, AND THE ONE I REFERENCED ON, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE.
SO, UM, I HAVE PROVIDED A SCOPE OF WORK, A SCHEDULE, AND A BUDGET, UH, THAT MAKES PROVISIONS FOR ME TO REMEDIATE THE PUBLIC NUS CURING THE ABOVE STATED DEFECTS OF THE HOUSE, UM, TO REPOSITION IT FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, AND REHABILITATION PROCESS, UH, THEREBY RELEASING, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENTLY ENFORCED PROPOSED DEMOLITION ORDER, THE HOME.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, I'D RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR CLEMENCY HERE AGAIN TO DO THE SAME PROJECT SINCE YOU HAVE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION, UH, TO THE, UH, TO OUR STAFF.
THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT MR. BURNS, UH, PRESENT TO US, UH, THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAS REVIEWED, IF HE WOULD PLEASE.
YES, HE, UH, HE HAS PROVIDED, UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS TO BOTH, UH, ME AND JUDY KRUM.
UM, I DO NOT KNOW IF JUDY PLANNED ON JUST SHOWING IT ON THE SCREEN OR PROVIDING HOW SHE WAS GONNA PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE THAT MR. FULMER ALSO PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION THAT ESTHER SENT TO YOU EARLIER THIS MORNING STATING, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
I'M LOOKING JUST TO GO QUICK HERE.
SHE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE ONLY CONTRACT AND THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.
YEAH, SHE PROVIDED TO, I BELIEVE SHE PROVIDED IT TO THE BOARD, UM, AT ABOUT NINE 30 TODAY.
UH, IT WAS ALONG IT, IT WENT ALONG WITH, UH, SHE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE SALTILLO ENGINEERING SERVICES, THE PICTURES, AND THEN ALSO THE ONLY CONTRACT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CONTRACT IS FOR BOTH PROPERTIES.
DID YOU STATE THAT MR. FULLMER, UM, ALSO SENT US OTHER DOCUMENTS? WAS THAT THIS MORNING OR YESTERDAY?
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NO, HE SENT US THIS MORNING A SCREEN HE SENT US THIS MORNING.UM, UH, PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS.
LET ME, I'M LOOKING FOR IT RIGHT NOW.
I I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE EXACT TIME HE SENT IT.
AND HE SENT IT TO BOTH ME AND YOU, UM, EVAN DOWN HERE IN THE MEETING.
DID YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD? DOES THAT APPROVE YOU? YES.
BOTH THE, THE, THE CONTRACT AND THE, AND THE, AND THE PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS AND BOARD MEMBER, THE CONTRACT IS, IS UP RIGHT NOW ON THE, THE CLOSING OF THE SALE WILL BE ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 9TH AS LISTED IN THE CONTRACT.
SO IF, IS IT OKAY IF I ADD SOMETHING? YES, SIR.
I INTEND TO CLOSE WITHIN A WEEK OF GETTING A SATISFACTORY ANSWER FROM THIS BOARD.
UM, I GAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME IN THE CONTRACT IN CASE THERE WAS, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS NEEDED, BUT, UM, IF I'M ABLE TO HAVE SOME CLEMENCY TODAY, THEN I CAN GET THE TRANSACTION COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
MR. PALMER, IF YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE THE BOARD A, UH, REAL QUICK, UH, PLAN ON WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO WITH, UH, THE STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF DEMOLISH REPAIR, UH, ET CETERA.
UH, THERE ARE TWO PHASES TO THIS.
THE FIRST PHASE IS A DISCOVERY AND A REMEDIATION PHASE, WHICH WOULD CURE THE 10, UM, BUILDING STANDARDS, DANGEROUS CODES, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE, UH, IN THE CITATION.
SO FIRST I WOULD BRING IN FOUR DUMPSTERS AND REMOVE ALL TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF THE BUILDING.
I WOULD REMOVE ALL TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE SITE.
I WOULD TRIM THE TREES AND THE FOLIAGE AND BRING THEM BACK TO A MANAGEABLE SITUATION.
UM, I WOULD THEN REMOVE ALL OF THE TRASH FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, THE DAMAGED BUILDING MATERIALS AND DRYWALL THAT'S FALLEN FROM THE CEILING AND THE ROOF DECKING, AND CLEAR THE SITE SO IT'S CLEAN AND OPEN.
UM, AFTER THAT I WOULD SECURE THE BUILDINGS WITH FUNCTIONAL DOORS AND LOCKS.
UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO GET AN ENGINEER IN AND ASSESS THE STRUCTURE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THERE.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE THE STRUCTURE IS FINE.
UM, THE RAFTER IN THE ROOF ARE IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION.
THE ROOF DECKING AND, UM, TOPPING, WHICH IS, UH, COMPOSITION SHINGLES ARE COMPLETELY GONE, NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UM, BUT I'D GET IN AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THAT.
ONCE I HAVE THE BUILDING SAFE AND REMEDIATED FROM ALL THE LIFE, HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, RISKS, THEN I WOULD MAKE A SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE THE PLAN TO REPOSITION IT AND GET IT WORKING AGAIN.
SO IT CAN BE OCCUPIABLE, UM, FINISH IT OUT.
AND AS I, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS BUILDING, IT'S, IT'S IN PRETTY BAD CONDITION IN TERMS OF JUST ITS GENERAL CONDITION.
UM, BUT THE STRUCTURE'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
I BELIEVE THE FOUNDATION IS FINE.
THERE IS A SECTION IN THE BACK.
UM, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE IF IT CAN BE SAVED YET OR NOT, BUT I'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, UM, WITH THE ENGINEER ONCE I HAVE EVERYTHING OUT OF THE WAY.
BOARD MEMBERS ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT PROVIDED BY MR. FULMER THIS MORNING WITH THE AVAILABLE BALANCE OF 85,155 AND THREE.
HE ALSO DID PROVIDE, UM, PICTURES OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT HE MENTIONED EARLIER ON 2 1 1 0 MARTIN 15, AND THAT IS UP ON THE SCREEN AS WELL BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
I ALSO DO NEED TO SAY UP FRONT THE AMOUNT OF PROOF OF FUNDS I PROVIDED.
THERE WERE TWO ACCOUNTS THERE THAT COMBINED ARE MAYBE 150 GRAND, UM, THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO REMEDIATE THE PROPERTY COMPLETELY.
THERE'S ONE THAT YOU CAN SEE AND THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE RIGHT BELOW THAT.
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YES, THAT IS CORRECT.AND BEYOND THAT I'VE GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
WE CAN PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE.
WE DO HAVE DEBBIE REID ON THE LINE AS WELL.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO AHEAD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.
I'M ABOUT FOUR, THREE TO FOUR HOUSES AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH CODE AND SS A P D ON THIS PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.
FROM EVERYTHING FROM OVERGROWN VAGRANTS, BREAKING IN AND INHABITING AND, AND, UM, THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S BEEN ABANDONED.
I'M SURE THAT CHRIS WENT THROUGH ALL THAT.
HE'S BEEN, OFFICER DOMINGUEZ HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM BEING THERE AND BEING SO RESPONSIVE.
OF COURSE, WE'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS HOUSE TORN DOWN AND DEMOLISHED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS.
WE DID SPEAK WITH THE VAGRANT PROPERTY AND IT DOES NOT, UM, MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS DUE THAT THE EXTERIOR IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO THIS DID NOT SEEM TO BE AVAILABLE TO US SINCE THE OWNER DID NOT SEEM, UM, INCLINED TO SELL.
AND LISTENING TO MR. ER'S PRESENTATION, WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT THIS HOUSE MAY BE SALVAGED AND TURNED IN TO A VERY, AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DO NOT WANNA SEE 6 47 DEMOLISHED.
WE WANNA SEE IT RENOVATED AND MADE A HOME FOR SOMEBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
DOES THE COURT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. REED? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
UH, STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PERSON FOR INPUT? WE HAVE SEVERAL VOICEMAILS THAT I'LL BE PLAYING INTO THE RECORD ONE AT A TIME.
I LIVE AT 3 3 5 SUMNER, WHICH IS THE STREET OVER FROM ALMOND, AND I'M CALLING TO, UH, CAST MY VOTE, IF YOU WILL, FOR NOT DEMOLISHING 6 47
UM, WE DON'T WANT VACANT LOTS THERE.
WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH TRASH AND HOMELESS AND HOMELESS CAMPS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE THEY CAN LIGHT THEY WILL, UH, AMONG OTHER REASONS, BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO AGAIN, I AM AGAINST THE DEMOLISHING OF 6 47 OLD ME, UM, O L Y 7 8 2 0 9.
THAT MESSAGE WAS FROM JULIE CORNELIUS OPPOSING THE DEMOLITION.
AND ALIA, I'M IN THE WILSHIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WANNA CALL ABOUT THE HOUSE AT SIX FORTY SEVEN.
ONLY AT THIS TIME CAN YOU, WE'D LIKE TO OPPOSE THE DEMOLITION THAT WAY.
GIVE THE NEW WOMAN A NEW PERSON WHO OWNS IT, AND THE NEW OWNER AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REHAB IT.
UM, SINCE IT HAS BEEN JUST RECENTLY MY UNDERSTANDING EXCHANGE HANDS, I'D RATHER HAVE SORT OF A MAKE AND LAUGH THAT NOBODY WILL POSSIBLY BUILD ON THAT IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA REHAB IT.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO REHAB IT, THEN DEFINITELY WOULD SUPPORT IT.
BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO REHAB IT AS THEY SAID THEY WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, HAVE THEM TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
AND AGAIN, MY NAME IS MARGARET WILSON.
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AT 5 42 BURNS DRIVE.MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 8 2 2 4 3 0 9.
THAT MESSAGE WAS FROM MARGARET WILSON.
ANALIA ALSO OPPOSING THE DEMOLITION TO ALLOW THE NEW OWNER AND OPPORTUNITY TO REHAB.
MY NAME IS, EXCUSE ME, MARGARET HAMILTON.
I'M A NEIGHBOR OF THE HOUSE AT 6 47.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE TORN DOWN, BUT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO, UM, IF YOU COULD FIX IT, THE NEW OWNER WANTS TO IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CALL ME AT FIVE NINE FIVE NINE SIX OH.
MARGARET HAMILTON, ALSO OPPOSING THE DEMOLITION.
JUDY, THIS IS DEBBIE REED AT 7 0 2 SUMNER DRIVE, S U M AS IN MARY, N AS IN NANCY, E R.
AND I WANTED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE DEMOLITION FOR 6 47 ONLY.
I JUST NOW FINALLY GOT THE INFORMATION THAT IT'S ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA.
I HAVE A NINE O'CLOCK, BUT I'D LIKE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND THANK YOU.
ANYWAY, MY NUMBER 2 1 0 309 6 81.
AGAIN, IT'S DEBBIE REED AT TWO TEN THREE HUNDRED NINETY SIX EIGHTY ONE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOME AT 6 47 ONLY.
AND THAT MESSAGE WAS FROM MS. DEBBIE REED, WHO IS ALSO ON THE LINE, UM, WHO OPPOSES THE DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 6 47 ONLY.
MR. FULLER, A QUESTION ON TIMEFRAME.
UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE NOT CLOSED, BUT YOUR INTENT IS TO CLOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, YOUR INTENT IS OBVIOUSLY TO REHAB THE BUILDING.
YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ALSO PLAN TO REHAB, UH, THE ACCESSORY BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD THE CONVERSATION ON THAT.
IS YOUR PLAN TO REHAB OR DEMOLISH THE, THE STRUCTURE FOR THE ACCESSORY BUILDING? UH, MY PLAN IS, IS NOT SPECIFIC YET AT THAT POINT.
UM, I'VE GOTTA GET THE INSIDE OF THAT ONE CLEARED OUT AND LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE.
I CAN'T TELL A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, IF IT'S SALVAGEABLE, LIKE THE MAIN STRUCTURE, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT.
UM, IF IT'S NOT, I'LL BRING IT DOWN.
UH, IF THE, IF THE BUILDING IS SALVAGEABLE AND CAN BE REMODELED, DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE ON HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO REHAB THIS STRUCTURE? I DO.
THE, THE BUILDING IS SALVAGEABLE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR SURE, HOW MUCH WORK IT'S GONNA TAKE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN, THAT MAY, THAT MAY GET A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE WHEN I GET INTO IT, BUT I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT THE BUILDING CAN BE REHABBED.
UM, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, WHAT I'M, WHAT I GENERALLY COMMIT TO AT THIS JUNCTURE, UM, IS REMEDIATING THE LIFE SAFETY HEALTH HAZARDS RIGHT NOW.
THAT USUALLY TAKES LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
UM, BEYOND THAT POINT, SOMETIMES IT, IT HAS TO GO IN MY INVENTORY TILL, AND SOMETIMES IT CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY, SOMETIMES IT CAN HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, IF IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT LATER, A LOT OF TIMES I'LL PARTNER WITH A CONSTRUCTION TRADE OR A JOINT VENTURE WITH SOMEBODY WHO DOES, UM, THIS STUFF AS WELL.
AND THOSE THINGS USUALLY HAPPEN WITHIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
DOES BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTION, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DO NOT.
UH, LOGAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
LISTEN, DO YOU INTEND TO MAKE THESE PROPERTY, SINGLE FAMILY OR YOU GOING TO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO A THREE FAMILY LEVEL? THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY.
YOU MAY BE RECALLING MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT THAT I WORKED ON FIVE YEARS AGO BACK THERE FOR THE PLANNING AND ENTITLEMENTS OF, I'M NOT NECESSARILY IN THE MULTI-FAMILY BUSINESS, BUT I DON'T THINK THESE WORK FOR MULTI-FAMILY ANYWAY.
UM, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE THE ZONING COULD EVEN OVERCOME THAT.
I HAVE NO INTENT TO DO THAT WHATSOEVER.
AND, AND THAT'S FOR THE RECORD, SO I'M SORRY, YOU, YOU GONNA MAKE
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'EM SINGLE FAMILY, IS THAT CORRECT? BOTH OF THEM.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IF NOT, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
DOES A BOARD MEMBER HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS PROPERTY AT 6 47 ONLY? THIS IS ROBERT TAPI.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE, MAKE MOTION.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT FOR DEMOLITION, IT'S FOR REPAIR.
I MOVE AT THE PROPERTY AT 6 4 7 ONLY DRIVE SAN ANTONIO.
7 8 2 0 9 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 AND APPARENTLY TO THE, UM, THE MAIN STRUCTURE DUE TO SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND THE ACCESSORY, UH, STRUCTURE 1, 2, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME CAN FEASIBLY REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE OWNER BE ALLOWED 60 DAYS TO REPAIR THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS WITHIN 14 DAYS PROPERTY TO REMAIN VACANT, PENDING COMPLETION OF THE REPAIRS PROPERTY TO BE SECURED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AND REMAIN SECURED DURING PENDENCY OF REPAIRS.
AND THAT PROGRESS REPORTS BE SUBMITTED TO CODE COMPLIANCE EVERY 30 DAYS.
THE OWNER ASKED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THEN THE 60 DAYS THAT YOU HAD PUT IN YOUR MOTION.
DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR TIME PERIOD? DO WE WANT TO ADD MORE TIME? YOU MEAN IT ASKS FOR A SIX MONTHS? I BELIEVE THAT I CAN GET ALL OF THE REMEDIATION OF LIFE SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS TO SITE COMPLETELY CURED, COMPLETELY CLEAN AND UH, SECURED.
I CAN GET ALL THAT DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UM, WHOLESALE REPAIRS WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER, BUT 60 DAYS IS FINE FOR ME TO CURE THE DEFECTS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD TODAY.
WITH THAT THEN, MR. YOUR 60 DAYS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE? YES.
WOULD YOU ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? HELLO? STATE TO STATE? TO STATE WHAT TO STATE THAT HE WOULD GIVE THE CODE ON ENFORCEMENT OFFICER A MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS? UH, I DID THAT ALREADY.
THE MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD IS FOR A 60 DAY REPAIR AND MEDIATION, UH, TO MAKE THE BUILDING SAFE AGAIN.
AND FUTURE REPAIRS, UH, ON THE STRUCTURE, UH, WE SECURE THE BUILDING IN SEVEN UH, DAYS AND THAT, UH, THE BUILDING STAYED VACANT AND THAT THERE BE, UH, I THINK YOU SAID MONTHLY REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER OR WEEKLY REPORTS TO THE CODE OFFICER.
I, SORRY, I HAD ASKED FOR MONTHLY, BUT ROBERT, EVERY 30 DAYS HE HAD ASKED EVERY 30 DAYS.
OKAY, 30 30 DAYS REPORTS THEN TO CODE OFFICER.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MR. CHAIR? THIS IS LEGAL.
I BELIEVE HE ALSO INCLUDED OBTAINED PERMITS WITHIN 14 DAYS.
I'M SORRY, I DID NOT GET THAT PERMITS BEFORE WORK.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND MS. BROWN.
SECOND THE MOTION, UH, STAFF IF YOU WOULD CONDUCT A ROLL CALL MS. BROWN.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE IS SIX TO ZERO.
MOTION PASSES WITH A MOTION, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, SIX ZERO AND WE WILL, I'M
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ASSUMING MOVE TO THE 5 44 ONLY AS A NEXT DISCUSSION OR NEXT CASE READY[6. 20-5741 (CD-2) 544 Olney Dr]
FOR THE RECORD.MY NAME IS CHRIS DOMINGUEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 4 4 ONLY WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 9 8 8 6 BLOCK THREE, LOT 45, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS DIANE NEWMAN WITH THE LYNETTE ADDRESS OF 5 44 ONLY.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CASE.
POTENTIAL BUYER LOGAN, IS IT FULMER POTENTIAL BUYER? THE OWNER ON RECORD, UH, STATES SHE DOES NOT WANNA SPEAK.
CONTACT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE, WITH OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
DIANE NEWMAN, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2019.
THE STRUCTURE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT POTENTIAL BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA AS PART OF THE OVERALL HISTORIC FABRIC.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 44 ONLY WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 23RD, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON MAY 28TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JUNE 24TH, 2019 ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 44 AL ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S P HEARING WAS SPELLED TO THE OWNER.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT ENGINEERS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
IT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY POTENTIAL BUYERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 28TH.
THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 5 44.
ONLY PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN FOR THIS STRUCTURE WERE TAKEN ON AUGUST 8TH, AUGUST 28TH AND SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2020.
PHOTO PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF A MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IN THE UPDATED CONDITION.
IT'S THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE AT 5 44.
ONLY A LITTLE BIT OVER 936 SQUARE FEET HAS THE ATTACHED GARAGE IN THE TERRACE IN THE REAR DUE TO THE, UH, ACCUMULATION OF BRUSH ON THE PROPERTY.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN TO THE FRONT MOVING FORWARD CLOSER TO THE STRUCTURE HERE, WE CAN SEE HERE SOME DILATATION THAT IS OCCURRING.
WE CAN SEE BRICKS, BRICKS BY THE SKIRTING MASON AREA THAT IS ATTACHING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTOS ARE TAKEN RIGHT ABOVE THE, UH, FRONT WINDOW TO THE RIGHT HERE ON THE OVERHANG.
UH, WE CAN SEE SOFT OF THAT IS MISSING FACE SHIELD BOARD THAT IS MISSING AND HOLES IN THE DECKING FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM STAY ON THE SAME SIDE IN THE FRONT.
WE SEE A LARGER, UH, DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AS WE MOVE TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE TOWARD THE ENTRANCE.
AND I WILL NOTE THAT MY FIRST INTERIOR PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE RIGHT HERE AT THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
WE CAN SEE SOFFIT THAT IS DETACHING.
ONCE AGAIN AS STATED TO THE, TO THE RIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE, WE CAN SEE DECKING THAT IS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND FACIA BOARD THAT IS MISSING.
THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WHICH LEADS, WHICH MY NEXT PHOTO WILL LEAD TO THE TERRACE THAT IS LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE TERRACE.
UH, WE CAN SEE MORE SOFFIT THAT IS DETACHING A HOLE IN THE ROOF ON THE OVERHANG OF THE ROOF DECKING.
NEXT PHOTO'S TAKEN RIGHT HERE WHERE THERE WAS, UH, TOWARD THE DOOR THAT LEADS TO THE GARAGE IN THE REAR.
THIS PHOTO'S TAKEN FROM THE REAR, WHICH TOWARD THE FRONT AND TOWARD THE FRONT WE CAN SEE ANOTHER LARGE HOLE TOWARD THE RIGHT UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT ENTERING THE STRUCTURE AND REAR OF THE PROPERTY, REAR OF THE STRUCTURE.
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UM, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DETERIORATION TO THE FACIA BOARD AND THE ROOF SYSTEM.NEXT PHOTO AFTER THIS ONE IS TAKEN UNDER THE, THE OVERHANG, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF SEVERELY DAMAGED DECKING TO THE ROOF.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN TO THE, FROM THIS WINDOW INSIDE, UH, TOWARD THE REAR BEDROOM, ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN OF THE CEILING.
WE HAVE MISSION SHEET ROCK AND MORE LIGHT THAT IS ENTERING THE STRUCTURE DUE TO A DAMAGED ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT PHOTOS FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE FLASHING AS IS, IS DETACHING THE DRIP CAP AS, UH, IS DETACHING FASCIA DAMAGE AND ROOF DECKING DAMAGE.
INTERIOR PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE FRONT, FROM THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE MISSING, SHE ROCK TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S MORE DAYLIGHT THAT'S OCCURRING INSIDE DUE TO A THE, UH, DAMAGED ROOF SYSTEM.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN TO THE RIGHT TOWARD THE LIVING AREA ROOM ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, DEBRIS MISSING SHEET, ROCK, WATER, UH, OUTSIDE ELEMENTS ARE ENTERING THE STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTO IS TAKEN TO THE RIGHT, WHICH LEADS TOWARD THE KITCHEN AREA.
HERE WE CAN SEE, UH, MORE OF THE SAME CONCEPT OF LIGHT ENTERING THE STRUCTURE MISSING SHEET ROCK.
NEXT PHOTO IS GONNA REVEAL THE, UM, KITCHEN AREA.
THE NEXT PHOTO YOU'LL SEE THE ACCUMULATION OF, OF, OF, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S COMING INTO THE OPEN ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE NEXT PHOTO IS JUST TAKEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE STR OF THE, UH, KITCHEN AREA.
THIS IS FACING TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT WAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE OVERHANG, BUT AS WE ENTER THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE SEVERE DAMAGE THAT IS OCCURRING IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE TO THE ROOF.
THERE'S REALLY NO CLEAR WALKING SERVICE ACCUMULATION.
IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
NEXT PHOTOS ARE GONNA START LEADING TOWARD THE, THE HALLWAY WHICH LEADS TOWARD THE BEDROOMS AND THE RESTROOM AREA.
WELL, BEFORE WE GET THERE, THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE, UH, ATTACHED GARAGE.
THERE'S THAT OPEN ROOF SYSTEM THAT WAS, UH, STATED BEFORE THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE OUTSIDE.
THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT LEADS TO THE HALLWAY, WHICH LEADS TO THE, UH, REST OF THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICH, UH, WHICH WILL REVEAL BEDROOM, CLOSET AREA RESTROOM.
THIS BEDROOM TOWARD THE FRONT CORNER, NO CLEAR WALKING SURFACE, NO SHEET ROCK.
THAT AREA RIGHT THERE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S JUST A TURN THAT WAS OPEN FOR VINNY.
THE CLOSET AREA, A DAMAGED SHEET ROCK LEAVES INSIDE OUTSIDE OF THE MATIAN STRUCTURE.
THIS, THIS IS A PICTURE TOWARD THAT BROKEN WINDOW THAT I STATED FROM THE, MY OUTSIDE INTERIOR PHOTOS.
THERE'S JUST AN INTERIOR VIEW, ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
SHE ROCKED THAT MISSING AND AN OPEN ROOF SYSTEM.
AND I BELIEVE THE NEXT PHOTO IS JUST OF THE RESTROOM LOCATED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.
THAT HOLE BEHIND THAT AREA RIGHT THERE, THAT IS, UH, IN THAT RESTROOM THAT LEADS TO THE EXTERIOR WALL ON THE LEFT SIDE HAND OF THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH
THE DAMAGED ROOF HAS LOT OUTSIDE ELEMENT.
END OF THE STRUCTURE SITTING HAS COLLAPSED IN ALL ROOMS AND DEBRIS IS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 44 ONLY IS IN VIOLATION OF SEQUEL ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1 2 5 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHERE, OR ANY OF ALL THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREAFTER DESCRIBED
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SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF THE DILAPIDATION SUBSTANDARD ON FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE HELD PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 5 44.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? I HAVE ONE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT FOR THE CODE OFFICER, I WAS LOOKING AT THESE TWO PROPERTIES AND WE HAVE, IS THIS CORRECT? IT'S DISTRICT TWO, BUT IT HAS A 7 8 2 0 9 ZIP CODE.
I'M SORRY, MA'AM CAME ON MY SIDE.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT MS. BROWN ON THE, ON THE, UH, ON YOUR, YOUR, UH, PAPERWORK HERE.
IT'S A 2 0 9 ZIP CODE, BUT IT'S, YOU SHOW IT LISTED IN DISTRICT TWO AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT WAS CORRECT.
UM, LET ME CHECK THE BCA ON BOTH, ON BOTH OF THE, ON BOTH OF THE, UH, PROPERTIES.
WELL, MA'AM, FOR 5 44 ONLY DRIVE, I DO HAVE DEC LISTED AS NINE.
UH, WHICH IN MY AREA WOULD BE LOCATED DISTRICT TWO? OF DISTRICT TWO? YES, MA'AM.
ON THE, UM, ON THIS, UM, THE NOTICES HERE FOR THE, UM, I GUESS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, UM, MAIL THE SHIPPED DIANE, UH, DIANE NEWMAN, WHO WAS THE OWNER, IS THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DIANE NEWMAN.
AND, UH, SO I WANTED TO KNOW, IS SHE THE LEGITIMATE OWNER OR DOES SHE, HER, HER HEIRS GIVE, UH, MR. FULLMAN THE RIGHT TO BUY THE PROPERTY? UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
OKAY, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY? SO SHE IS SELLING HER PROPERTY AND HAS ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH MR. FULMER.
UM, THAT CONTRACT IS EXECUTED AND CLOSES WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
I I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT I WANT TO SAY IN OCTOBER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF HER HEIRS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S ALIVE AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT SIGNED THE CONTRACT.
I SAID IT'S STRANGE THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE BEXAR COUNTY ROLL AS THE UNKNOWN HEIR OF DIANE LMAN.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.
AND THEN I LOVE THAT IT SAYS DIANE L. NEWMAN.
SO IT MADE ME, IT MADE ME THINK THAT MAYBE SHE A STATE OF DIANE NEWMAN ALL THAT'S ON THE, UH, BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL RECORD ON THE 5 44 ONLY.
I HAVE THE OWNER AS NEWMAN DIANE L RIGHT.
AND LOOK AT THE OTHER TWO AGAIN AT DEPARTMENT SAYS UNKNOWN YEARS OF DIANE L AND THE STATE OF DIANE L OH, ARE YOU, OKAY, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHO WE SEND NOTICE TO WHEN WE DO A TITLE SEARCH, WE'LL SEND IT TO AN ABUNDANCE OF, UH, CAUTION AND MAKING SURE WE GET NOTICE TO EVERYBODY.
IF, IF ON SOME DOCUMENT THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF DIANE L. NEWMAN IS LISTED, WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TO THEM.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK SOMETIMES WE JUST INCLUDE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DIANE NEUMAN NO MATTER WHAT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF US JUST BEING, UM, CAUTIOUS ON MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING NOTICE OUT TO, UH, ANY AND ALL PARTIES THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME TYPE OF INTEREST IN IT.
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QUESTION OF THE OFFICER? IF NOT THEN, MR. FORMER, UH, FROM A PREVIOUS STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE, YOUR COMMENTS WERE APPLICABLE TO BOTH THESE PROPERTIES.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD TO 5 44 NEY? YES, SIR.
MS. MS. DIANE NEWMAN TO, TO THE COMMENT A MINUTE AGO, SHE IS ALIVE.
SHE LIVES AT FOUR 14 BURNS, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE WHAT MR. BURNS SAID IS CORRECT, UM, THAT THAT WAS DONE FOR CAUTION OF NOTICE THAT SHE IS ALIVE.
I HAD A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH HER ON TUESDAY.
SHE'S ALSO MADE CONTACT, I BELIEVE, WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND SAID SHE WASN'T GONNA COME TO THE HEARING.
UM, AND TO YOUR POINT AT A MOMENT AGO, YES, MY, MY COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR THE FIRST PROPERTY WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.
THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT FROM OTHERS ON THIS PROPERTY CHAIR? WE DO HAVE REED ON THE LINE.
MS. REED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FOR 5 44? ONLY IF I CAN JUST LET THE SAME, UM, COMMENTS FOR 6 47 STAND.
AND DO I NEED TO REPEAT EVERYTHING? UH, JUST YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
DEBORAH REED, R E I D AT 7 0 2 SUMNER DRIVE, AND YES, IT IS 7 8 2 0 9.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. FOREMAN ON THIS PROPERTY AT 5 44? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
5 44 ARMY MS. BROWN, GO AHEAD.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT FIVE FOUR IS, UH, ONLY, I'M SORRY.
IT'S PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE H, CHAPTER SIX DASH ONE SIX SUBSECTIONS.
UM, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18.
HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY CAN BE REPAIRED AND I TOLD THAT THE NEW OWNER, UH, TO HAVE 60 DAYS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY AND GIVE THE, UH, CODE OFFICER, UH, REPORT EVERY MONTH OF PROGRESS.
AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
OH, PUT ALL PERMITS, I'M SORRY.
PUT ALL PERMITS WITHIN 14 DAYS.
THE MOTION FOR THE BOARD IS TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE AT 5 44 OWNING, UH, AND THE REPAIRS BE COMPLETED IN 60 DAYS TO MAKE IT SECURE AND SOUND, UH, THAT THERE'LL BE A PROGRESS REPORT PROVIDED TO THE CODE OFFICER EVERY 30 DAYS, AND THAT PERMITS BE OBTAINED BEFORE THE WORK BEGINS.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, ROBERT? IN ADDITION TO, UH, BEING SECURED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, MS. WOULD YOU ACCEPT THE CURRENT MOTION TO BE SECURED IN SEVEN DAYS? THAT'S GOOD.
THE MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SE MOTION'S BEEN MADE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? ROBERT? TOP A SECOND.
STAFF, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION.
VOTE MOTION TO REPAIR IN 60 PASSED.
THANK TO MS. FELICIA GONZALEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I HEAR YOU.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
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A FEW MINUTES.[7. 20-5743 (CD-5) 427 Huron St]
BOARD.GOOD AFTERNOON, OR STILL? MORNING.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOSHUA ES, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE ME DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY, IT'S LOCATED AT 4 2 7 HORAN WITH A RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 7 9 2 BLOCK ONE LOT 10 11 12.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS, UM, GOMEZ ESPERANZA M AND BARBARA GONZALEZ, WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1 71 WITH GARDEN VALLEY STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
THE DAUGHTER OF BARBARA GONZALEZ IS, UH, IS HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR THE DAUGHTER OF FOR, FOR THE DAUGHTER OF BARBARA GONZALEZ, FELICIA GONZALEZ, 2 1 0 2 4 0 7 7 3 9.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MS. GONZALEZ ONCE BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY WANTED
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TO, WHEN THEY STATED THEY WANTED TO RENOVATE THE STRUCTURE, THE OFFICE OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 16TH, 2020 THAT BOTH STRUCTURES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.THIS IS THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 4 2 7 HERRON WAS CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2019.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS BAILED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2019.
NOTICE FOR B SS B HEARING WAS POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2020.
ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020, THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.
ON AUGUST, ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2019, MET WITH OWNER OWNER'S DAUGHTER FELICIA GONZALEZ, WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPAIR STRUCTURE.
AFTER THAT MEETING, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE WERE, WERE MADE TO CONTACT OWNER AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL VOICEMAILS AND HAVE NOT, UH, AS OF BEFORE SHE CALLED ON TUESDAY.
UH, UH, THEY WERE NOT RETURNED UNTIL SHE CALLED, UNTIL SHE CALLED US ON TUESDAY THE 29TH.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER REPORT HAS NOT, HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THE FILE, UH, THERE'S NO PERMITS ON FILE.
THE STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE WITH A CROSS GABLE ROOF SYSTEM AND ASPHALT SHINGLES.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE, THE FRONT ELEVATION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE, UM, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DETERIORATING, WHERE THEY SEE, ATTEMPTED TO PAINT SOME OF THE WALLS.
AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT THERE IS SOME PIERS RIGHT THERE, CEMENT, CEMENT POSTS THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO, UM, TO, UH, DO, DO, UH, FOUNDATION WORK, BUT THERE'S NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR THE STRUCTURE.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK, UH, CLOSER LOOK OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR, THE, THE WOOD PLANKING ON THE WALLS ARE BROKEN.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE A BOARD IS RIGHT THERE, WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO COVER IT.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE ROOF, UM, RIGHT THERE WHERE THE FISH, WHERE THE, UH, FACIAL BOARDS ARE.
YOU CAN, UH, IT IS DETERIORATED RIGHT THERE.
UM, SOME OF THE ROOFS, ASPHALT SHINGLES ARE DETERIOR ARE DETERIORATING, AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS WHERE THE, WHERE SOME OF THE, UH, SIDING IS BROKEN, EXPOSING THE, THE WOOD PLANKING UNDERNEATH NEED.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE IT'S SITTING ON GRADE, UH, WHICH HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE STRUCTURE TO SHIFT, UM, AND MORE DETERIORATION OF THE WALLS.
RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY WHERE YOU SEE THAT THE SEAL PLATE IN THE BACK ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S BROKEN AND DETERIORATED AND ROTTED TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, IT'S CAUSING THE STRUCTURE ACTUALLY TO BOW, TO BOW DOWN AND CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE IN THE MIDDLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS IS THE LEFT, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE SEAL PLATE WHERE RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SEAL PLATES ACTUALLY TWISTED AND OUT DUE TO, DUE TO THE OTHER SIDE, THE FOUNDATION FAILING.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CELL FLOOR WHERE IT'S DETERIORATING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY, THEY DID CUT OUT THE INTERIOR.
YOU, THEY WERE STARTING TO, TO REPLACE SOME OF THE, THE, THE FLOOR WRAPS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY MADE THE, WHERE THEY REMOVED SOME OF THE, THE SUBFLOOR TO REPLACE THOSE FLOOR RAPTORS OR DETERIORATION OF THE FLOORBOARDS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE MIDDLE, WHERE THE, THE, THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE INTERIOR, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE SUNLIGHT'S COMING IN, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENT AND DUE TO THE FOUNDATION, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S SEPARATES.
THIS IS JUST THE MORE PICTURES OF THE GUTTED INTERIOR.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE HOLES ARE, WHERE FROM, UH, FROM WHERE THE, THEY WERE REPLACING THE FOUNDATION AND THEY CAUSED THE, THE, THE, THE, THE INTERIOR, THE EXTERIOR ELEMENTS TO COME INTO THE INTERIOR.
AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE, WHERE THEY GUTTED THE FLOOR.
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YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THEY ON THE ROOF.UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE ROOF THAT WHERE THEY, WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DID SOME WORK ON IT.
AND RIGHT THERE WHERE THAT HOLE IS, UM, IT'S EXPOSED.
THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO COVERING, NO VENT FOR IT OR NOTHING.
I TOOK A PICTURE OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE, THE, YOU COULD SEE THE, THE CEMENT POST WHERE THEY REPLACED SOME OF THE FOUNDATION AGAIN WITHOUT ANY PERMIT.
THIS IS PICTURES OF THE, UM, OF THE MORE OF THE FLOOR ON THE FRONT, FRONT, FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE HOLE OVER THERE ON THE SIDE WHERE IT'S CLOSING THE INTERIOR TO, UH, THE EXTERIOR, A BETTER PICTURE OF THE, THE HOLE RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK.
THAT'S THE OTHER HOLE FROM, UH, WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WORK BACK THERE.
UH, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT.
THIS IS THE BACK ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, IT IS A SINGLE STORY, UH, ACROSS GABLE ROOF SYSTEM.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT, YOU SEE THE HOLES AND THE DETERIORATED, UH, EXTERIOR WALL.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE BOARD IS MISSING AND, AND EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE, TO THE, UH, EXTERIOR ELEMENT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, WHERE THE EXTERIOR WALL, THE WOOD, THE WOOD MEMBERS ARE BROKEN.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT THERE WHERE THE, WHERE THE BIGGER HOLE IS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE INTO THE INTERIOR AND, UH, UH, SEE HOW MUCH STUFF IS IN THERE.
YOU SEE MORE DETERIORATION OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
THIS IS THE CLOSER LOOK OF THAT HOLE ABOVE THE HOLE.
UH, YOU SEE WHERE THE HOLE, WHERE THE HOLE IS, THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, IT WAS GUTTED TOO WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANY PERMITS FOR THE WORK THAT, THAT IT WAS GUTTED.
OKAY, SO THIS, UH, WHILE, WHILE DURING MY INSPECTION, I FOUND OUT THAT THE INTERIOR HAD SUSTAINED SOME FIRE DAMAGE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CHARGE STU, THE CHARGE, UH, RAPTORS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHART, UH, DECKING ON TOP, A CLOSER LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UH, WHERE THERE'S MORE THE, YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY THE, THE, WHERE THE WIND MEMBERS ARE ARE CHARRED.
UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
OR, UH, MORE PICTURES OF THE CHART OF THE, OF THE PORCH.
SEE THE SIDE WALL WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, YOU SEE WHERE IT'S CHARRED AND WHERE THE UNDERNEATH, YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT COMING.
MAKE SURE THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN FROM THE EXTERIOR.
MAIN STRUCTURE HAS DILAPIDATED RESTRUCTURE.
SHINGLES ARE DETERIORATED THROUGH WALLS ARE BROKEN OR MISSING.
EXPOSING INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENT FOUNDATION WAS DONE WITHOUT PERMITS AND NOT COMPLETED CAUSING HALF OF THE STRUCTURE TO SINK INTO THE, THE DEBRIS.
STEEL BEAMS ARE ROTTED AND BROKEN CAUSING STRUCTURE.
SHIFT FORM INTERIOR IS GUTTED AND NO INTERIOR DEMOLITION PERMIT HAS BEEN POOLED FOR THE STRUCTURE AND ALSO HAS ROTTED CELL FLOORS AND HOLES FROM THE BROKEN EXTERIOR WALLS.
EXTERIOR WALLS ARE WOOD SIDING THAT HAS DETERIORATED AND BROKEN IN SOME PLACES.
CLOSING INTERIOR TO ELEMENTS INTERIOR HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE TO STUDS AND C CAUSING CHARGED STUDS.
INTERIOR EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENT DUE TO THE BROKEN WOOD SIDE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 4 2 7 HARRAN ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX, ONE DASH 1 56 SUBSECTION FOR THE MAIN 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 ACCESSORY 4 5 7 12 15 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS ARE DEFECT HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING IN A HAZARD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE PROVIDED.
AS SUCH, CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATION SUB OR A FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL TO, TO LIFE'S HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 4 2 7 HARRAN SAFETY.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE OFFICER? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UH, CAN WE HAVE MS. GONZALEZ PLEASE?
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MS. GONZALEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, BARBARA GONZALEZ.
SHE IS PROFOUNDLY DEAF, UM, BUT SHE IS HERE WITH ME.
SHE RESIDES AT 1 71 GARDEN VALLEY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 7.
YOU CAN PLA YOU CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR AND SPEAK WITH ME THIS MORNING.
I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE TO, UM, THE CODE OFFICER.
UM, I DID SPEAK WITH HIM BACK IN 2019, UH, WHERE WE STATED WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY AND AT THAT TIME AS WELL, WHAT I HAD TOLD HIM AND IS WHAT IS ON THE INSPECTION INFORMATION THAT IT WAS, WE WERE TRYING TO CHANGE THE TITLE TO MY MOTHER'S NAME.
UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM AS MUCH AS I WOULD WANT TO.
I, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A VERY VIOLENT DOMESTIC ABUSE, UM, SITUATION.
SO MY PHONE GOES DIRECTLY TO VOICEMAIL AT THAT TIMES BECAUSE I CAN'T HAVE MY PHONE ON ME.
UM, SO JUST TO, I WANNA APOLOGIZE TO HIM.
UM, THIS IS MY MOTHER'S CHILDHOOD HOME.
IT WAS, UM, PURCHASED BY HER MOTHER AND FATHER SOMETIME IN THE FORTIES AND BUILT IN THE FORTIES.
UM, MY, HER FATHER PASSED IN 1996 AND SHE TOOK CARE OF HIM FROM THERE.
UM, HER MOTHER PASSED IN 2009 AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SEVEN OTHER SIBLINGS, UM, IT WAS BASICALLY LEFT TO MY MOM TO PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY MAINTAIN AS FAR AS TAXES AND MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PAID FOR HER, UH, PAID BY HER AND, UH, MY FATHER.
UM, THE HOUSE DOES NEED TO BE PROBATED.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE GOTTEN THREE, UM, AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIPS AND NON-INTEREST SIGNED, FORMED BY THREE SIBLINGS.
IT'S PROVED VERY DIFFICULT TO GET, UM, SOME OTHER, UM, OTHER SIBLINGS, UM, IN 2008.
SO AFTER I HAD SPOKE WITH, UM, WITH MR, UM, I'M SORRY, I THINK IT WAS ES I THINK, UH, IN 2000 MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, WHICH, UM, IT LEFT MY MOM.
HER, UH, HER INCOME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED.
UM, HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY FOR 21 YEARS, BUT THAT WAS CUT OFF FROM HER.
SO SHE, UM, IT LEFT HER IN FINANCIAL STRAIN, UM, NOVEMBER, 2019.
SO THE, THE INTENTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY WERE TO GET IT CHANGED OVER AND, UM, WE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED FOR ONE SON THAT THEY HAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAS NOT BEEN OF ANY HELP AND HE HAS NOW INCARCERATED.
SO THE INTENTIONS TO REPAIR ARE NOT, UH, FEASIBLE ANYMORE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN COVID HIT AS WELL, WE WERE GIVEN A LOT OF, UH, ROADBLOCKS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO NOW OUR INTENTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY IS TO, I'M NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE IN PROBATE.
MY MOM IS NOT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN PROBATE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH TRYING TO GET THIS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER, SPEAKING WITH, UM, SOLUTION HOME BUYERS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER HOME BUYERS HERE TO TRY TO GET THEM TO, UM, SPEED ALONG THE PROBATE PROCESS AS, AS BEST AS WE CAN TO GET IT PROBATED OVER TO MY MOM.
'CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, UPWARDS OF MAYBE 40, $50,000.
SO INSTEAD OF IT JUST GOING INTO A LIEN AND BECOMING A EMPTY LOT, WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE HER SELL IT FOR HOWEVER MUCH SHE CAN GET IT FOR AND RECOUP SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT SHE'S BEEN PAYING FOR THE PAST.
WE DID TRY TO WORK WITH THE DEMO COMPANY, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE, THEY COULD NOT GET AHOLD OF THE OTHER HEIRS AND, UM, IT WAS NOT IN MY MOTHER'S NAME.
THEY WOULD NOT WORK WITH US AS WELL AS SEVERAL CONTRACTORS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, UM, I DO WANT TO AGREE THAT IT DOES NEED EXTENSIVE REPAIR.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT DOES WARRANT IMMEDIATE DEMO.
UM, ALL THE ELECTRICAL AT ONE TIME WHEN IT WAS TRYING TO BE RENOVATED FOR, UM, MY MOM'S, UM, BROTHER, ALL THE ELECTRICAL WAS REMOVED.
THE, UM, GAS LINES WERE REMOVED.
EVERYTHING WAS REMOVED, AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE PICTURES.
UM, IT HAS BEEN SECURED, UM, SOMETIMES BY MY DAD WHEN HE WOULD DO IT.
AND ALL THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WAS PAID, UM, BY MY MOM, UM, THIS PAST MAYBE SIX MONTHS.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DONE SOME, UM, SECURE,
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I'M NOT SURE SECURE, BUT MAYBE, UM, TO THE LOT ITSELF.AND, UM, THOSE ARE PAYMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE FOR THAT.
UH, I DO, YOU KNOW, PICTURES OF THE LOT ITSELF.
IT IS FREE OF DEBRIS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DON'T SEE IT AS BEING AN IMMEDIATE DANGER AS FAR AS ELECTRICAL WISE OR ANYBODY, ANY TRANSIENT BEING ABLE TO GAIN, UM, ENTRY INTO THE HOUSE.
UM, I DO SEE THAT ON THE, UM, DIFFERENT, I'M SORRY, WHAT I, WITH ON THE, UM, INSPECTION THAT HE HAD PUT THAT THE ROOF WAS SAGGING AND THERE'S HOLES, HOLES IN THE ROOF AND IT'S ROTTED AND DAMAGED, UM, BY THE PICTURES.
I DO SEE THAT ONE HOLE, WHICH IS THE VENT, WHICH, UM, IT COULD BE COVERED.
UM, THE POST, THE POSTER BEAM FOR THE FOUNDATION, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK.
I, I MEAN I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK ON WHEN THAT WAS ALL DONE.
UM, IT WAS PROBABLY DONE BY SOMEBODY WHO WAS LIVING WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ALIVE, NOT MY MOM, BUT OTHER SIBLINGS WERE LIVING THERE.
AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DID ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, THE FIRE THAT YOU SEE THERE.
SO THAT FIRE, I REMEMBER STORIES AND I'M ASKED MY MOM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT THE PICTURES, WHEN THAT WAS DONE AND THAT FIRE WAS IN 90, ABOUT 1980.
AND AT THAT TIME, UM, WHEN IT, WHEN THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, I REMEMBER, UM, IT NOT BEING, UM, WELL NOT ME REMEMBERING, BUT IT HAS, UH, THE STRUCTURE STOOD FOR MANY MORE YEARS AFTER, UM, THAT FIRE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT HOME BUYERS AND TRYING TO, UM, NOW KIND OF SPEED ALONG THE PROBATE PROCESS.
I'M NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THAT.
IF ANYBODY CAN GIVE ME RESOURCES ON DOING THAT WITH THE SPEEDY PROCESS, UM, I WOULD, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. GONZALEZ? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
UH, STEPH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, INPUT ON THIS CASE? NO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS CASE.
THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
I FIND THE PROPERTY AT 4 27
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY 4, 5, 12, AND 50.
AND I FIND THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR, UH, DUE TO ROTTEN FLUID FLUIDS, UH, YOU KNOW, DETERIORATED WALLS, HOLES IN THE ROOF, AND, UH, THE PROPERTY AS LIKE I SAID, IS NOT FEASIBLE.
MR. BROWN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REPEAT THE SUB CODES FOR THE MAIN.
UH, I I HAVE 1 4 5 7 11 12 5 BUT YOU DID NOT INCLUDE 1215, YOU DID NOT INCLUDE FIVE IN YOUR MOTION.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT? YEAH, MISSING FIVE.
WELL LET'S JUST PUT A FIVE IN THERE.
UH, SO THE SUB CODES 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR THE MAIN AND SUB CODES.
4, 5, 7, 12, AND 15 A 30 DAY DEMOLITION.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? MICAH HARPER.
ANY DISCUSSION? STEPH, CONDUCT A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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AYE.WE WILL MOVE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WOULD BRING UP AS ADMINISTRATIVE OR THE STAFF BRING UP AS ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES? NOT HEARING ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT UNLESS THERE IS OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.