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HERE.[Call to Order]
HEY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.THE TIME IS 9:05 AM UM, I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER TODAY OF OCTOBER, 2020.
WE GONNA RUN THE CALL, PLEASE? MS. BROWN? HERE.
CAN YOU GET, DO YOU HAVE NO VIDEO? NO.
I'M TRYING TO WORK IT ON MY END.
I, I DON'T EVEN HAVE MYSELF ON A VIDEO.
I'M TRYING TO WORK IT ON MY END.
JESSE ZUNIGA, LENCIA GUILLORY.
ALSO PRESENT IN THE MEETING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OR ERIC BURNS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AMAIN TOMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR EZ DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER MICHAEL ESTI, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
COULD WE GET OUR SPANISH SPEAKING SERVICES TO PLAY, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
AND THESE, THESE TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS AND THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK.
I'LL READ THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT AS SOON AS IT COMES UP ONLINE.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE OR ANY DEVICE THAT MAY DISRUPT THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
NO PERSON SHALL DELAY OR DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR DISOBEY THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A CASE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO MINUTES.
HOWEVER, AN OWNER OR OWNER REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE A LIMITED TIME.
PLEASE KEEP ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THE CODE VIOLATION AS ADVISED AS IF ADVISED PRIOR TO THIS VIRTUAL HEARING.
THE CITY WILL PROVIDE TRANSLATION, SERVICE, OR ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
IF IT IS OUR, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS AS ADVICE IN THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OR LIEN HOLDER OF A DILAPIDATED PROPERTY STRUCTURE IS TO DEMONSTRATE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, DISCUSSION OF DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH A COST FOR EACH ITEM LINING THE ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE CODE OFFICER.
NUMBER TWO, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PROOF OF FINANCIAL, UH, ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE PROPOSAL WORK AND DISCUSS THE ABILITY OF REPAIRS DEPENDING UPON THE MONEY BY HAND.
AND NUMBER THREE, REQUEST THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO BE TO WORK.
ALL ABATEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD SHALL BE COURT.
ALL WORK PROPOSED MUST BE DONE WITHIN THE CODE, UH, REGULATIONS WITH REQUIRED FROM PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK WE MAY HAVE PAID ALL PERMIT SOME THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED IN 1901 SOUTH ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 0 4.
IF IN GOD AS TO THE PROCESS, UH, DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
ANY OWNER OR LIE OWNER DISSATISFIED WITH THE ORDER TO CHAIR MAY FILE AN APPEAL IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE ORDER IS MAILED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UH, THE ORDERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT SERVICES STAFF
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BY PHONE AT TWO ONE ZERO TWO OH SEVEN FIVE FOUR TWO.PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON PRESENT, UH, TO SOLICIT OR SERVICES REGARDING ANY PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION.
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA 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 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW DOT SAN ANTONIO.
DO GOV SLASH DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT TWO TEN TWO ZERO 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 UNLI UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK ON THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENDA ITEMS. 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 WILL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENTS.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE OWNER WOULD THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH AN UNLIMITED TIME LIMIT, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OR QUESTION.
[Approval of Minutes]
I'M SORRY.THE, THE MINUTES THAT I LOOKED AT WERE FROM SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, I BELIEVE.
THAT IS THE LAST FINAL BE MEETING.
SO DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A, UH, DO I HAVE A OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MINUTES.
UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANYBODY? THIS DUANE NELSON? I MOVE, I SECOND THE MOTION.
SO, UH, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
[Staff Reports]
REPORTS PLEASE? UM, GOOD MORNING BOARD.HOW Y'ALL DOING? ALRIGHT, WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, START WITH THE, UH, ITEMS TODAY.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO BE PULLED.
IT IS A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CASE.
IT IS 3 3 3 9 SCARLET O'HARA AND DISTRICT THREE.
THE REASON WAS FOR A NOTIFICATION ISSUE, THE TENTATIVE RESCHEDULED DATE IS NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, REQUEST FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN TO, UM, RESET A CASE ON THE AGENDA THAT, UH, UH, THAT, UH, ADDRESS IS 57 23 AL WICK.
AND THE REASON THEY WANT TO RESET IT IS BECAUSE THEIR, UH, B S B REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT PRESENT
UH, SO WE WERE WONDERING WHAT THE BOARD WOULD WANNA DO WITH THAT CASE BEFORE WE PROCEEDED AGAIN.
THAT'S, UH, 57 23 WICK, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN IS REQUESTING TO RESET THAT.
SO THEIR BOARD REPRESENTATIVE IS APPEARED.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OR THE REASON WHY THEY WANT THE RESETS.
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RESTATE THAT, PLEASE? UH, YES, SIR.THE, UH, REASON IS, IS BECAUSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE WHO SITS ON THE BOARD IS NOT PRESENT, UH, THAT THAT REPRESENTATIVE IS CURRENTLY ON VACATION.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO, UM, APPEAR, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD CIRCUIT.
DID YOU SAY THAT REPRESENTATIVE THAT SITS ON THE BOARD IS NOT AVAILABLE? IS THAT WHY THEY WANTED TO, TO YES.
THE BOARD MEMBER THAT THEY SELECTED BOARD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN IS NOT AVAILABLE TO RESET.
CORRECT? I'M SORRY, I I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE MANY QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO, TO, UM, TO VIEW THIS CASE AND REPORT ON IT.
AND TO ME THAT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE.
WELL, THAT IS YOU, THE BOARD'S DECISION NOW.
I NEED THE VOTE ON IT OR WHAT DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT OR NOT? WE WOULD NEED THE, THE BOARD'S DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO RESET THE CASE OR HEAR THE CASE AS AS NORMAL AGAIN.
OKAY, MS. CHAIR, THIS IS LEGAL.
YES, PLEASE HAVE NO VOTE IS NECESSARY.
THAT'S NOT A VALID REASON TO RESET A CASE.
I AGREE THAT'S NOT A VALID REASON.
WE HAVE MORE THAN QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD TO REVIEW ANY CASE THAT COMES BEFORE US.
AND, UH, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT DISTRICT SEVEN IS GONNA GIVE THEM A LITTLE EXTRA BOOT, I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, THAT'S IMPROPER.
SO WE, WE WILL HEAR THE CASE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL LET THE, UH, WE'LL LET THE OFFICER KNOW TO BE READY TO PRESENT THE CASE, UH, DURING THE NORMAL SCHEDULE ON WIDGET SCHEDULE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? KAY, DO I, NO, MA'AM, I DO NOT.
THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE, MA'AM.
[1. 20-5797 (CD-1) 1614 W Summit]
GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD, I'M DENISE HASTINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED AT 1614 WEST SUMMIT AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N T D 1 9 4 7, BLOCK 25 BLOCK 19 AND 20.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS AS LISTED ON BEX COUNTY APPRAISAL RECORDS, IS ROGER RODRIGUEZ JR.
PROPERTY IS UNDER NOTICE FOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATION OF SECTION 3 0 4 0.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT, WHICH STATES EXTERIOR SURFACES SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND GOOD CONDITIONS.
EXTERIOR WOOD SURFACES SHALL BE PROTECTED BY PAINTING OR OTHER PROTECTIVE TREATMENT.
SIDING AND MASONRY JOINTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED, WEATHER RESISTANT AND AIRTIGHT METAL SURFACES SUBJECT TO RUST OR CORROSION.
AND ALL SURFACES WITH RUSTIC CORROSION SHALL BE STABILIZED AND COATED TO INHIBIT FURTHER RUST AND CORROSION.
OXIDATION STAINS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM EXTERIOR SURFACES.
THE CODE OFFICER MADE AN INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY THE 27TH OF 2020 AND OBSERVED EXPOSED UNPAINTED WOOD MEMBERS ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE HOUSE.
A REINSPECTION WAS MADE ON MARCH, MARCH 3RD, 2020.
THE CODE OFFICER NOTES THAT REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE SURFACES AT THAT TIME.
RE-INSPECTIONS WERE MADE ON APRIL THE 29TH, JULY 27TH, AUGUST 27TH, AND SEPTEMBER THE NINTH OF 2020.
EACH TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAD MADE AT PROTECTIVE TREATMENT TO THE EXPOSED WOOD.
I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER'S WIFE, ELISA RODRIGUEZ ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2020.
SHE INFORMED ME THAT THEY DO PLAN TO FINISH PAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, BUT THE FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON.
FIRST I ASK THAT THE BOARD FIND THIS PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3 0 4 0.2 OF
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THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND ORDER THAT THE EXTERIOR EXPOSED WOULD BE, UH, PROPERTY WEATHER PROTECTED.THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO CAN SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, WE DO HAVE THE OWNER ON THE LINE.
MS. ALISO RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND MY ADDRESS IS 1614 WEST SUMMIT AVENUE.
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY.
WELL, UM, I, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS.
WHEN WE STARTED, UM, WE, WE GOT THE FIRST CODE VIOLATION.
I DO UNDERSTAND IT WAS MESSED UP IN THE, IN THE FRONT.
WE WERE GONNA TRY TO PRESERVE THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CODE VIOLATION WE JUST DID THE BEST WE COULD.
WHEN I FIRST SPOKE WITH THE OFFICER, HE SAID ALL I HAD TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THAT MY FRONT PORCH WAS STABLE AND IT IS NOW.
AND THEN HE DID MENTION ABOUT THE PAINT, AND I DID TELL HIM THAT I WOULD BE, WE WOULD HAVE TO START DOING THAT OURSELVES.
I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS RIGHT NOW TO PAY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO THIS.
UM, BECAUSE I HAVE TWO KIDS IN COLLEGE.
I'M PAYING THAT $24,000 A YEAR FOR COLLEGE TUITION, AND I HAVE ONE GRADUATE IN DECEMBER, ONE GRADUATE IN MAY.
AFTER THAT, I WILL HAVE THE MEANS TO FINISH IT, BUT IN MEANTIME, I'M ASKING FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO KIND OF DO IT IN STAGES.
UM, SINCE WE FIRST GOT THE, WELL, SINCE MARCH, SO NOW I'VE SAVED ABOUT $4,000.
MY TWO, MY, UM, FOUNDATION IS GONNA RUN BETWEEN EIGHT AND $10,000.
FROM THE BIDS I'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
AND, AND THEN PAINT THE HOUSE AS WELL.
THE FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE DONE FIRST BECAUSE IT'S GONNA DAMAGE AS, AS, AS WE LIFTED UP IT IS GONNA DAMAGE AGAIN.
SO I FEEL THAT I I, TO DO IT CORRECTLY, I NEED TO DO THE FOUNDATION, HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND, AND, AND, UM, FIX THE REST OF THE FRONT AND TAINT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
I I, I DO SEE THAT, UM, I, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
WE, WE HAVE BEEN STANDING IT, WE'RE DOING IT OURSELVES.
WE'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL, SO MAYBE IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN IT SHOULD, BUT WE WE'RE DOING IT ON WEEKENDS AND WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE AFTER WORK THAT THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS MY FRONT BEING STABLE, IT IS STABLE.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT WAS STATED FROM THE OFFICER TO ME.
THAT THAT WAS THE, THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS THAT THAT WAS NOT STABLE.
MA'AM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR YOUR FOUNDATION, YOU'RE JUST HERE FOR A PROTECTIVE COVERING, WHICH WOULD ONLY, UH, BE THE, UH, PAINTING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE, THE PIC THE PICTURES THAT ARE THERE? I'M SORRY.
ARE ARE, ARE YOU, UM, ABLE TO SEE THE PICTURES THAT ARE OF MY HOUSE THERE? WELL, I WAS, OKAY, JUDY, CAN YOU BRING THE PICTURES UP AGAIN PLEASE? YES, ONE MOMENT.
IF YOU ALL COULD WORK ON THE PAINTING, MA'AM, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK ON THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE YOU, YOU CAN WORK ON THAT.
BUT WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING, YEAH, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN, WHEN WE DO THE FOUNDATION, IT'S GONNA LIFT IT AND CRACK SOME OF IT.
WE DIDN'T FEEL OUR FOUNDATION WAS THAT BAD UNTIL WE GOT THE ESTIMATES.
OUR FOUNDATION IS OFF BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX INCHES FROM THE BACK OF THE FRONT.
AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE SAYING AS THEY LIFT IT, IT'S GONNA MESS IT.
SO IF I GO PAY $4,000 TO SOMEBODY TO COME PAINT MY HOUSE, AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK IN THE SAME POSITION BECAUSE IT'S GONNA MESS UP IN SOME, SOME PLACE DURING THE REPAIR OF THE FOUNDATION.
I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT I DON'T, I DON'T MA'AM.
I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU SAID THAT YOUR FRONT PART, GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE.
IF YOUR FRONT IS STABLE, YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT YOUR FRONT WAS STABLE, YOU COULD PAINT THAT NOW, BUT YOU NEED TO REPAIR THE WOOD ON IT ALSO.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING AND ONCE WE LIFT IT, IT'S GONNA CRAFT MORE OF IT.
THE, THE SID THAT I HAVE ON MY HOUSE IS, IS NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD BUY AT HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S.
IT, IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE MAILED.
AND SO, I MEAN, I I I FAILED THE, THE FRONT ARCH IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE, THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS, IS WHAT THE OFFICER TOLD ME.
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON STANDING EVERYTHING DOWN.
WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD MUCH GOING ON DURING COVID BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU NEED TO PAINT, MA'AM.
AND IF YOU COULD, I'M SAYING THAT YOU JUST NEED TO PAINT
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THE FRONT PART.YOU COULD PAINT, SO YOU JUST WANT US TO PAINT THE FRONT PORCH.
YOU COULD PAINT THE FRONT OF IT AND UNTIL YOU GET THE FOUNDATION DONE, LEAVE THE OTHER FOR ANOTHER TIME.
SO YOU'RE SAYING JUST SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, LET ME EXPLAIN.
I'M, I I, I DON'T WANNA DO IT JUST HALFWAY.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE TO TAKE OFF ALL THE PAINT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO STAND THE REST OF THE HIGHER PARTS THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO THE FIRST TIME AND MAYBE JUST PUT A BASE OVER IT.
WELL, AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THE FOUNDATION FIXED AT ANOTHER TIME.
GET MORE MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, I, I THINK MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT THE CODE OFFICER, IF WE TALKED TO HER, SHE MIGHT ACCEPT AND THE BOARD MIGHT ACCEPT PAINTING THE FRONT PART.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
WHO WAS THAT? I, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS SPEAKING.
UM, I DID PLACE HIS, HIS MICROPHONE ON MUTE.
OKAY, WELL I, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANNA TALK TO THE CODE OFFICER ABOUT PAINTING THE FRONT AND FIXING THE WOOD ON THE, ON THE CURVATURE ON THE FRONT PORCH UNTIL YOU CAN GET TO THE, UH, UNTIL YOU GET TO THE FOUNDATION, THEN DO AN OVERALL JOB OF PAIN.
AND, AND CAN, CAN I, CAN I HAVE, THAT'S, THAT'S A SUGGESTION.
I I NEED TIME TO DO THAT THOUGH.
THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION ON MY PART.
NOW WE NEED TO TALK TO THE, WE NEED TO RENDER THAT A DECISION HERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. BROWN COMMENT ON IT.
THERE, THERE ARE EXPOSED SURFACES ON THE SIDES OF THE HOME AS WELL AS THE FRONT OF THE HOME.
AND ALL OF THOSE EXPOSED SURFACES NEED TO HAVE PAINT COATING APPLIED.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE FRONT PORCH, IT'S ANY AND ALL, UH, BOARDS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER NEED TO BE PAINTED.
SO, UH, DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD, UH, MRS. RODRIGUEZ, BUT SHE DOES NEED TO PAINT ALL OF THE EXPOSED SERVICES ON THE, UH, AND I GUESS, I GUESS HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ.
UH, YOU HAVE TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS, TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS, TWO COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? I, I DO, I'M STILL, I'M, I'M PAYING OUT 24,000 A YEAR.
DON'T, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO SCHOOL? AT U T S A.
UH, SO THEY'RE LIVING AT HOME? YES, THEY ARE.
UH, IT WOULD NOT BE A DIFFICULT TASK TO TEACH THEM HOW TO TAKE A FOUR INCH PAINT BRUSH AND A ONE GALLON PAINT CAN AND PAINT THOSE EXPLORER BOARDS.
UH, SO I THINK YOU HAVE A SOLUTION, UH, LIVING IN YOUR HOMES.
I, I, I DON'T NEED THAT SOLUTION.
WHAT I NEEDED IS JUST MORE TIME TO FIX IT CORRECTLY TO, TO PRESERVE THE, THE INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSE.
THIS HOUSE WAS BUILDING 1921 AND, AND I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
BUT, UH, MR. MR, MR. CHAIR AND MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY GO AHEAD.
I DO WANNA REMIND EVERY, ALL PARTIES INVOLVED THAT WE ARE BEING RECORDED.
MS. RODRIGUEZ, I WOULD URGE MS. RODRIGUEZ, I WOULD URGE THAT YOU ALLOW THEM TO FINISH THEIR QUESTION BEFORE YOU RESPOND, PLEASE.
MS. RODRIGUEZ, ARE YOU THERE? YES, MA'AM.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? THAT WAS OUR ATTORNEY SPEAKING TO AND ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? UM, YES, THE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WAS SPEAKING AND THEN SOMEBODY TOLD ME TO LET HIM SPEAK, SO I WAS LETTING HIM SPEAK.
AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT WAS YOUR RESPONSE? WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I SAID IS, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
I KNOW MY KIDS CAN PAINT AND THEY HAVE HELP THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD EVEN BE BROUGHT UP.
THE, THE, I DO HAVE TO FINISH WHAT I NEED TO DO IN THE FRONT.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND I NEED TO COVER THE, THE EXPOSED BOARD, BUT HOW I DO THAT IS MY OWN THING.
OKAY, MA'AM, YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PAIN, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO DO THAT, OKAY? OKAY.
AND SO, UM, WHAT I, I, I NEED A TIMEFRAME WHEN I NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE, CAN I AT LEAST HAVE 120 DAYS? MAYBE WE CAN GET THE REST OF IT.
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MA'AM, LISTEN, LISTEN TO US.WE WILL MAKE A DECISION ON THAT AND, UM, AND YOU'LL KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR CODE OFFICER ABOUT IT, OKAY? OKAY.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE OWNER? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CODE OFFICER.
IS THERE ANY HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANY, WHAT'S THAT HISTORY? NO, NO, JUST THE, UH, THE WOOD THAT WAS ORIGINALLY RIDDEN UP IN THE, ON THE FRONT PORCH, UH, ON IT, AND JUST PAINT.
SO DID YOU HEAR THAT, MA'AM, MS. RODRIGUEZ? YES.
SO YOU NEED TO FIX THE WOOD AND DO THE PAINTING, MS. BROWN.
UH, ON THE FRONT PORCH, IS THERE A COLUMN MISSING? THIS IS THAT SUPPORTED THE PORSCHE? MA'AM, CAN YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? MS. MS. RODRIGUEZ, CAN YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? YES, I CAN, BUT BOTH COLUMNS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
UH, SO, SO THE PICTURE THAT'S SHOWN THERE, IT'S ONLY ONE COLUMN THERE, OR TWO? WELL, THE, THE OLD PICTURE SHOWS ONE COLUMN.
THE NEW PICTURE HAS BOTH COLUMNS REPAIR.
YOU ALREADY HAD BOTH COLUMNS? YES.
ONE HAS A COVER, THE OTHER ONE DOESN'T.
THAT HAS ONE COVERED AND WHATNOT.
DID YOU SEND ANY NEW PICTURES, MA'AM, OF THE COLUMN? UM, THE, THE OFFICER WAS HERE TAKING PICTURES THE OTHER DAY, AND I THOUGHT THAT IT DID SHOW BOTH OF THE PICTURES.
PICTURE 26 SHOWS THAT THE, UH, COLUMNS HAVE BEEN ENLARGED, IT LOOKED LIKE AND PAINTED.
OH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PICTURE.
THAT'S AN OLD PICTURE WHERE I FOUND IT.
THAT'S WHEN I FIRST GOT THE VIOLATION.
OKAY, THIS SAYS 9 25 20 CHAIR, THIS IS JUDY.
UM, SLIDE NUMBER 26 IS DATED 9 25 20.
UM, IF THE OWNER IS FOLLOWING ALONG ONLINE, THERE IS A BILL DATE.
SO BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS THE LATEST PICTURE RIGHT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.
OH, WE WERE LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF BEFORE.
OKAY, MA'AM, SINCE YOU, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FINISH.
IT JUST TAKES TIME AFTER WORK AND WEEKENDS, WHENEVER WE GET A CHANCE TO FINISH DOING THAT.
I WAS JUST ASKING FOR TIME TO EXTRA TIME TO, TO GET IT DONE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAND THE BUS OFF.
IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING, TAKING ALL THAT PAIN OFF.
WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BOARD SAYS, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? HELLO? BOARD, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? HELLO? HELLO? DO, HELLO? DO WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? THIS IS
OKAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
WE DECLARE THAT THE MAIN ACCESSORY BUILDING LOCATED AT 1614 WEST SUMMIT TO BE SUBSTANDARD IN VIOLATION OF SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, ESPECIALLY THE EXTERIOR COVERING THE PAINTING AND, UH, TO BE, TO BE COMPLETED IN 30 DAYS AND FOR THE CODE OFFICER TO REPORT TO US IN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 30 DAY REPAIR ORDER, AND THE CODE OFFICER WILL REPORT BACK,
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UH, TO HER FINDINGS.ROBERT TAPIA, WE SECOND? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CAN WE GET ONE CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? A THANK YOU MR. ANDES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE GONNA TRY EMILY.
MR. ANDIS IS STILL HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THIS AUDIO.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
GET WITH YOUR, THIS IS RODRIGUEZ, GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU ALL WHAT HAPPENED HERE, MA'AM.
[3. 20-5799 (CD-7) 5723 Alnwick]
UM, STRUCTURE IS, UH, 57 23.THAT GOOD MORNING BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOHN SANCHEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 57 23
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION, N T B 1 5 0 2 6, BLOCK TWO, BLOCK 15, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS ANN AM MORSE, WITH THE MAIN ADDRESS OF 57 23 ALLENWOOD.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT, THAT THE BOARD NOT PRESENT.
DOES THE BOARD WITH CHIP CLOSELY? YES, WE DO.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTACT WITH THE OWNER AND THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFIRMED ON JULY 17TH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 27 23 WICK WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT, CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RE, WAS NOT RETURNED.
A SECOND NOTICE WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON RECORD ON JULY 20TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON JULY 28TH, 2020 ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2020.
THE NOTICE OF V S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 57 23.
ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020, THE NOTICE FOR THE B B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER ON RECORD.
AS OF TODAY, THE OWNER HAS NOT PROVIDED A SCOPE OF WORK LETTER OF CREDIT ENGINEERS REPORT, AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 57 23.
THE LAST TIME THE PROPERTY WAS ABATED AND SECURED WAS SEEN AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS ON JULY 19TH, 2020.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS $2,574 AT 67.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABATED FOUR TIMES SINCE OCTOBER 6TH, 2018 WITH THE FEES TOTALING OVER $4,000.
THE STRUCTURE IS WITHIN 1000 FEET OF, OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO UTILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE STRUCTURE FIRE REPORT ON RECORD.
THE DATE OF THE FIRE WAS FEBRUARY 18TH, 2020.
PHOTOS FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE'RE TAKING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020.
THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A SLAB ON GRAY WOOD FRAME WALLS, GABLE ROOF SYSTEM, SHINGLE COVERING, AND THE INTERIOR IS SHEET ROCK.
THIS IS THE, UH, FRONT OF ELEVATION.
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AT THIS FRONT RIGHT, UH, FRONT LEFT ELEVATION, YOU START SEEING SOME OF THE DAMAGE ON THE, UH, ROOF AND THE SMOKE DAMAGE OVER HERE BY THE, UH, CABLES.THIS IS GONNA BE THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE, UH, ELEVATION.
YOU SEE, HERE'S WHERE THE, UH, SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE OVERHANG CHIMNEY, UH, TO, UH, AGAIN HERE.
THIS IS THE, UH, REAR SLIDING DOOR AGAINST OUR SCENE, UH, CHARRED WOOD MEMBERS.
UM, THE, UH, STOP THAT HAS OVER THE PORCH HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO THE FIRE.
HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE, UH, CHIMNEY AND THE, UH, OVERHANG.
AGAIN, YOU START SEEING SOME OF THE, UH, THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRE INTO THE INTERIOR, UH, WITH A LARGE HOLE, UH, WILL BE SHOWN HERE SHORTLY AGAIN, UH, RIGHT REAR OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE.
SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGH, UH, THE OVERHANG AND THE SOFFIT.
THIS IS THE, UH, REAR ELEVATION AGAIN, UP WHERE THE GABLE VENT IS AT.
UM, AND THE, UH, SIGN IS BECOMING DETACHED.
YOU START SEEING, UH, SMALL DAMAGE.
HERE'S, UH, PHOTOS OF THE WARRANT THAT WERE, UH, EXECUTED FOR THE, UH, PHOTOS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS, UH, GOING INTO THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN.
YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF TRASHING DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THIS IS HERE, THE LIVING AREA, AGAIN, UM, LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASHING DEBRIS.
AGAIN, VERY, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT HERE.
GOING INTO, UH, THE LIVING AREA.
YOU SEE THE LARGE HOLE, YOU SEE THE, UH, TRUSSES, UH, THE CHART WOOD MEMBERS DETERIORATED, UM, SHINGLE COVERING AND DECKING.
HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE, UH, SHARK WOOD MEMBERS HERE GOING INTO THE, UH, DINING AREA.
AND NEXT PHOTO'S GONNA BE THE, UH, KITCHEN AREA.
YOU START SEEING WHERE THE, UH, SHEET ROCK HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO THE FIRE AND WATER DAMAGE.
AND THE INTERIOR IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENT.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE, UH, BACK PORTION OF THE, UH, STRUCTURE AGAINST NO DAMAGE.
THIS IS THE, UH, RIGHT REAR BEDROOM WHERE YOU START SEEING THE, UH, COLLAPSING OF THE, UH, SHEET RUN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SAME BEDROOM.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S, UM, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE, ALLOWING THE, UH, WEATHER.
THAT'S FAR AS THE K THE, UH, INTERIOR.
AND THIS IS THE, UH, GARAGE AREA.
THAT ARCH PLYWOOD, UH, TRIANGULAR CUT WAS MADE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, BATTLING THE BLADE.
THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SITS ON THE REAR LEFT.
IT'S A EIGHT BY EIGHT METAL STRUCTURE, FOOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
YOU START SEEING THE, UH, THE WALLS BUBBLING, SOME SAGGING IN THE ROOF.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH FIRE DAMAGE TO THE TUBE TO TWO OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE GABRIEL ROOF SYSTEM HAS MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE TO THE TRUS TRUSS DECKING AND SHINGLE COVERING.
THERE'S A LARGE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE CAUSED BY THE FIRE EXPOSING THE INTERIOR TO THE ELEMENTS.
THE RIGHT EXTERIOR WALL HAS CHARRED WOOD, WOOD MEMBERS, AND DAMAGED SIDING.
THE INTERIOR HAS A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF TRASHING DEBRIS, CREATING A DANGER OF EGRESS.
SHEET ROCK OF THE CEILINGS HAVE COLLAPSED DUE TO THE FIRE AND WATER DAMAGE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS AN EIGHT BY EIGHT METAL STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE IS LIFTING, THE ROOF IS SAGGING, AND THERE'S A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF TRASHING DEBRIS INSIDE.
TO RECAP, THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 5 7 2 3:00 AM W ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56 SUBSECTION FOR THE MAIN 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15 FOR THE ACCESSORY.
1, 4, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18, IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL CONDITIONS OF THE DEFECT HEREIN DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING, ANY HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS, DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD, OR UNFITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSES A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION FOR BOTH STRUCTURES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 57 23 HOURS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER?
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WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION.CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? I THINK I'M ON UNMUTED.
UM, THIS, THE FIRE OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
OKAY, SO THIS IS OCTOBER AND THIS IS A THOUSAND FEET FROM, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO COME TO THE BOARD? UM, I KNOW THERE WAS, THIS CASE WAS TAKING OVER BY OTHER OFFICERS.
UM, AND I KNOW ORIGINALLY IT WAS TRYING TO GET EXPEDITED BY MANAGEMENT.
UM, I JUST CAN'T ANSWER AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE TIME LAPSE, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT OFFICER? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO, UH, TO SPEAK ON THIS TODAY? NO, MA'AM.
THE OWNER, THE OWNER DID NOT REQUEST A CALL BACK DURING THE LIVE MEETING AND DID NOT SUBMIT ANY ITEMS FOR REVIEW.
ALSO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM BESIDES THE CONCERN THAT MR. RETI PRESENTED THIS MORNING.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT THE MAIN AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 7 2 3.
AND WHAT, UH, IF PUBLIC NUISANCE ARTICLE FOR THE PAIN 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15, AND FOR THE ACCESSORY SUBSECTIONS, 1, 4, 8, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE REASONS AS ADDRESSED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND THAT THE BUILDING BEED IN 30 BUILDINGS BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
AND WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR, UH, 57 23 WICK.
FOR THE MAIN ACCESSORY, IT WOULD BE SUBSECTION 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, AND 15.
AND FOR THE ACCESSORY WE HAVE 1, 4, 8, 15, 17, AND 18.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? YES, BROWN.
MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE ON SEVEN TO ZERO.
[4. 20-5800 (CD-5) 1822 Monterey St (accessory structure)]
AND WE HAVE ITEM FOUR.1822 MONTE STREET, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE A, UH, PRESENTER HERE.
MS. LIN CRUZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OH, HERE WE GO.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO S PREMISES OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1822.
1822, THE STREET RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION ACCORDANCE WITH CITY ARTICLE CO WITH CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HURT FOR THE BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NC B 2 3 5 1, BLOCK ONE, BLOCK SEVEN, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS CRUZ ALEXANDER M AND BELINDA S WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1822 MONTE EIGHTH STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THIS CASE.
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BELINDA CRUZ.THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 1ST, 2019.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT SIGNIFICANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVERALL FABRIC.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1822 MONTH OF STREET WAS CONDUCTED ON 2 8 19.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 2 14 19 AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON 3 12 19.
ON TEN ONE TWENTY TWENTY, A PRE-BOARD CONFERENCE HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE FOLLOWING IN ATTENDANCE.
BELINDA IS AND ALEX CLUE AT THIS TIME.
UH, BOTH OWNERS CONCUR THAT THE GARAGE, UH, NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN AND THEIR INTENTIONS ARE TO TEAR IT DOWN.
THEY, UH, THEY DID NOT WANT THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED IN, UH, DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE, OR THEY DID NOT, THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN SIGNING A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
THEY, UH, THEIR INTENTION IS TO DEMOLISH THE GARAGE, UH, THEMSELVES.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO CRUZ, ALEXANDER, M AND BELINDA.
HIS AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED.
UNLA, WE'LL GO TO THE PICTURES NOW.
THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE GARAGE.
UH, THERE'S NO MAIN STRUCTURE IN THIS CASE.
UH, THIS IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME GARAGE.
IT HAS DAMAGE TO THE FRAME, UH, TO THE ROOF.
UH, IT HAS A FRAME, UH, AT THE BOTTOM AROUND THE PERIMETER, BUT IT HAS NO, UH, FOUNDATION.
UH, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY SITTING ON, ON GRADE OR ON THE DIRT AFTER IS THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE, TO THE SHEETING OF THE SIDING.
TRANSITION, UH, THE WALLS HERE AND THERE IS, THERE IS DAMAGE THERE, AND THERE IS A SAGGING TO THE ROOF.
THE ROOF IS A TIN ROOF AND IT IS VERY LOOSE AND VERY RUSTED OUT.
UH, HERE'S JUST A CLOSER LOOK AND, UH, THERE'S, IT'S GOT AAG RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOF.
IT'S TUCKED IN, UH, AMONGST SOME TREES.
SO, UH, THE EXTERIOR PICTURES WERE, UH, NOT AS, UH, CLEAR, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE TREES AS I WANTED IT TO BE.
THIS IS A, UH, SIDE VIEW OF, UH, OF THE NORTH WALL.
SO IT DOES, IT DOES APPEAR TO HAVE PROBLEMS THERE.
UH, WITH THIS SIDE OF THE FRAME AND THE, AND THE SIDING.
THERE'S, UH, JUST GOING BACK AROUND THE CORNER.
LOOKING AT THIS, UH, TRANSITION HERE.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S ROTTEN AND DAMAGED.
NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE, IS LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR.
SO, UH, IT DOES LOOK WATER DAMAGE TO THIS WALL HERE.
UH, THIS WILL BE THE NORTH WALL HERE.
IT LOOKS, UH, LIKE IT IS COMING APART AT THE BOTTOM, BOTTOM.
UM, ALSO I NOTICED WATER DAMAGE AT THE TOP.
HERE IS A LOOK INSIDE, LOOKING AT, AT IT FROM THE FRONT, UH, DOOR, UH, GOING INTO THE GARAGE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE ROOF IN THE REAR, UH, HAS ALREADY COME LOOSE AND, UH, AND IS MISSING.
AND, UH, I DID NOTICE THAT THE, THE RIDGE BOARD MAY BE, UH, NOT OF ADEQUATE SIZE.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A ONE BY SIX.
UH, COULD BE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
OH, ON THE FRAME BEING, UH, BEING LOOSE AND COMING APART.
WE HAVE THIS, UH, SUPPORT BEAM HERE FOR BRAKES.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SOME DAMAGE THERE.
UH, AND THEN THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S LEANING OVER.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SOME, SOME DEFICIENCIES THERE.
JUST ANOTHER LOOK HERE, UH, AT THE CENTER.
WASN'T ALLOWED OF ROOM TO WALK AROUND.
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HE DOES HAVE TWO VEHICLES IN THE GARAGE.THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE CORNERS ON TOP AND MOST OF THE FRAME IS LIKE THIS.
UH, RODDY, UH, JUST WATER DAMAGE.
NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE, IS ANOTHER CLOSER.
CLOSER LOOK, UH, AT THE FRONT.
THIS IS, UH, AROUND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AND, UH, THIS HAS A LOT OF TREES AROUND, BUT I DID NOTICE, UH, THE ROOF COVER WAS LOOSE, RUSTED OUT, AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, UM, ALL AROUND THIS SIDE AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST A PICTURE THAT I COULD GET FROM THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK ANY, ANY DIFFERENT THAN, UH, THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A VACANT SINGLE STORY, WOOD FRAME, GARAGE SHED.
ROOF TIN IS RUSTED, LOOSE AND DAMAGED.
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALLS AND FRAME ARE DAMAGED.
THE STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1822 MONTERA IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6, 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 50, WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OF ALL THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECT HEREAFTER DESCRIBED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
SAFETY AND WELFARE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS AS DEFECT OF DILAPIDATION, SUBSTANDARD AS FOR UNFIT FOR EVEN HABITATION WAS A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1822 MONTE STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTION.
IS THE, UH, IS THE OWNER ONLINE, OR, I MEAN ON PHONE? YES.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, YES, BELINDA, 18 22 7 8 2 7.
PLEASE BEGIN WITH YOUR TESTIMONY.
SO, UM, I REALIZED THAT THE, THAT THE GARAGE EXTREMELY WORK.
UM, IT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT.
1929, I THINK SO, SO OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO, UM, GET, UH, REBUILD IT, GET IT OUT, YOU KNOW, UNDO IT OR JUST AISH IT AND THEN EITHER MAKE A SHED OR ANOTHER GARAGE.
I CAN'T JUST DO IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN A MONTH OR TWO.
MY HUSBAND IS DISABLED, HE IS ON DISABILITY, SO I DO NEED TO GET SOME HELP.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL ALLOW ME MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DO THIS OR YOU COULD GET STARTED.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, IT'S, THE GARAGE HAS BEEN THERE FOR, LIKE I SAID, SEEMS THE HOUSE ITSELF.
SO I THINK FOR BEING A HOMELESS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD IS NOT BAD LOOKING.
IT NOT, I MEAN, IT'S BAD, BUT IT'S NOT AS BAD ABOUT THE STATE THAT SOMETHING THAT'S SOMEWHERE ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OLD WAS, WILL BE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
I MEAN, IT JUST SITS RIGHT THERE BY THE ALLEY SO PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BREAK INTO IT AND, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
SO JUST TRY TO, TO PATCH IT UP AS FAST AS IT COULD SO PEOPLE DON'T GET IN THERE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I, I'M JUST HOPING THAT THEY ALLOW US SOME TIME TO GET IT FIXED OR LEGAL.
I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD YOUR PHONE, UH, YOUR HAND OVER YOUR, UH, RECEIVER OR WHAT, IT DIDN'T COME TO VERY CLEAR TO ME.
I ASK YOU THIS, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? JUST THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS PLEASE.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF PROBABLY, UM, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HELLO? I CAN, I CAN HEAR YOU.
I THINK IT'S THE, THE MICROPHONE SOMETHING.
HOW ABOUT NOW? NO, I, I CAN ALL OF YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S SAYING? CAN THE BOARD UNDERSTAND HER? YES, I HEAR HER KILLER.
IT'S COMING IN CLEAR ON MY, OKAY.
WELL MY REQUEST WAS TO SEE IF I CAN GET TIME IN ORDER TO REBUILD IT OVER AGAIN.
I JUST, I CAN'T DO IT IN A MONTH OR TWO AND TAKING THE TIME TO GATHER PEOPLE TO HELP ME.
ONE AND TWO, I DO REALIZE IT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, TO BE REDONE.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR, SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1929.
UM, SO YES, IT LOOKS BAD, BUT NOT AS BAD.
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IT SHOULD LOOK FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.MY, MY REQUEST IS TO SEE IF I COULD GET TIME, LIKE I SAID, TO REBUILD IT.
BUT MONEY-WISE AND THIS PANDEMIC, I'M ONLY WORKING THREE DI THREE DAYS OUT THE WEEK.
MY HUSBAND'S ON DISABILITY, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US TIME.
WE DON'T WANT THE CITY COME AND DO IT BECAUSE THEY CHARGE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN WHAT IT WOULD TAKE US TO JUST BUILD MAYBE JUST A SHED.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I, I DIDN'T, JUDY, COULD YOU, JUDY, I BELIEVE MS. CRUZ IS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET THE ACCESSORY, UM, REBUILT.
SHE DOES NOT WANT THE CITY TO COME IN TO DO THE DEMOLITION BECAUSE THE CITY WILL CHARGE ADDITIONAL COSTS.
IS SHE GONNA KNOCK IT DOWN HERSELF? MYSELF, BUT I'M GONNA GET HELP.
SO THIS, THIS PRO, HOW LONG IS THIS PROPERTY, UH, THE CODE OFFICER? HOW LONG HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN BEEN IN THIS, UH, THIS REPAIR SHAPE? IT HAS BEEN FOR WHAT, UH, I WOULD SAY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT LEAST, UH, HAVE BEEN IN THIS SHAPE.
UH, OF COURSE WE'VE HAD THE CASE, UH, ON ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
BUT IT, IT HAS BEEN IN THIS CONDITION AND, AND QUITE SOME TIME, UH, TYPICALLY TAKES, UH, YEARS FOR, TO GET IN THIS CONDITION.
UH, IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RENOVATION, UH, THE UPKEEP OF IT THROUGH THE YEARS, UH, CAUSED IT TO BE IN THIS CONDITION.
SO MA'AM, DID YOU HEAR THAT? YES, I DID.
BUT LIKE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID ON THE REPORT, IT'S GONNA LOOK BAD.
WE NEVER, NO ONE EVER COMPLAINED IT, DIDN'T IT, IT'S NOT, NO ONE HAS EVER GOTTEN HURT OR COMPLAINED ABOUT IT UNTIL NOW.
AND OF COURSE IT'S GONNA LOOK BACK.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S ORIGINAL GARAGE.
IT WAS BACK, BACK BUILT THE 1929.
I MEAN, I, I DIDN'T JUST, UM, I DID NOT SAY THAT IT JUST CAME OUT ACROSS LIKE THAT.
NO, IT, IT, OF COURSE IT'S OLD, MA'AM.
IN MY AREA, IN MY AREA, I SEEN WORSE THINGS IN MY, IN MY GARAGE.
MA'AM, WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T, UH, FIXED THE BROUGHT, BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE NOW? I MEAN IT
I SAID IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE THIS, THIS HEARING YOU'VE HAD FIVE OR SIX YEARS MAYBE OR MORE? WELL, BECAUSE YES, I MEAN, MONEY-WISE THINGS ARE NOT, I, I, I JUST COULD NOT AFFORD IT.
LIKE I SAID, MY HUSBAND JUST GOT ON DISABILITY.
I HAD, I RAISED FOUR CHILDREN AND SO THAT, THAT ALONE TAKES, IT'S JUST, I, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE COME TO A HEARING.
THEY MIGHT HAVE COMPLAINED FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT NO ONE EVER CAME TO US AND SAID, OH, THIS AND THIS AND THAT.
AND WE, WELL, PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO BREAK IN.
THERE'S, AND WE TRIED, WE'VE PATCHED IT UP TO REBUILD A WHOLE NEW ONE.
NO, I I I, I DIDN'T HAVE THE PHONE AT THAT TIME.
WHO SAID POINT OF ORDER? SUNGA.
OKAY, LET'S, UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, THE HONOR? OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? CHAIR, THIS IS JUDY FOR THE RECORD.
UH, WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE DID ATTEMPT TO CALL MR. ALEXANDER CRUZ TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY, HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? HELLO? BOARD.
I MOVE THAT THE MAIN ACCESSORY AT 1-822-MONTEREY STREET IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 6 1 5 6, SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15.
IT'S PRESENTED BY THE COURT OFFICER
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AND THAT THE MAIN, THAT THE ACCESSORIES STRUCTURES ARE BEYOND THIS VISIBILITY OF REPAIR IN ORDER THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED IMMEDIATELY WITHIN 30 DAYS IN A MOTION.WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER, UH, MR.
HEY, CAN HE CORRECT THAT FIRST OPENING BECAUSE HE SAID THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THEN HE WENT INTO ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? NO, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
RIGHT, BUT YOU OPENED UP THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
BUT HE'S, WHEN HE OPENED, HE SAID THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND I SECOND THE MOTION IF HE CORRECTS THAT RECORD.
DO YOU WANNA CORRECT THAT MR. ZUNIGA? OH YEAH.
SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND MS STANDARD? YES, WE DO.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED 1822 MONTEREY FOR, UM, THE SUBSECTIONS 5, 7, 8, 12, AND 15.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE OF 7 2 0.
YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AND HE'LL EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT'S, UH, WHAT WE JUST DID OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
[5. 20-5801 (CD-5) 1111 Patton Blvd]
OUR NEXT CASE IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE BOULEVARD.MY NAME IS ISRAEL VIA DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1111 PATTON BOULEVARD WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE OF CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS N C B 1 1 3 3 6 BLOCK 16, LOT 39 40, 41, 42, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS THREE NIDA RODRIGUEZ WITH A MAILING ADDRESS OF 1111 PATTON BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7.
ALL NOTICE OF THE HEARING WE WERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY TO SUPPORT, TO PROCEED.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR RO RODRIGUEZ, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JANUARY 10TH TWO, UH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1111 PATTON BOULEVARD WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 4TH, 2019.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT ON JUNE 7TH, 2019, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM ON JUNE 13TH, 2019, ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BILLING STANDARDS COURT HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1111 PAT BOULEVARD ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 20 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, AND THE STRUCTURE IS VACANT.
ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED TO CONDUCT PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE
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STRUCTURE.AT THIS TIME, NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OR CREDIT ENGINEER OR REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THE FOLLOWING PERMITS, UH, I'M SORRY, AS OF OCTOBER 3RD, 2020, THERE ARE NO PERMITS ON FILE FOR 1111 PATENT.
THE LAST TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEAN AND SECURED BY THE CITY WAS AUGUST 6TH, 2019, AND A TOTAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS 2000, I'M SORRY, $267.
THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S UH, LACKING WEATHER PROTECTION.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT STUCCO AND IT'S ALREADY CRACKED AND COMPLETELY DILAPIDATED FALLING OFF, AND IT'S EXPOSING THE WOOD MEMBERS THE FOUNDATION TO THE ELEMENT.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE SAME.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ROCK AND THE CUR.
UH, THE DECORATION FEATURES HAVE ALREADY COLLAPSED.
THE GAS METER HAS BEEN REMOVED, UH, DUE TO THE SHIFTING OF THE FOUNDATION.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE, THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE SAME BLACK WEATHER PROTECTION AND DETERIORATION TO THE STUCK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM CLOSEUP OF THE FOUNDATION.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S STARTED TO SHIFT AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S ALREADY STARTED TO DETERIORATE TO THE EXPOSURE.
A TREE HAS FALLEN ON THE STRUCTURE.
UH, THERE IS, UH, SOME DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION OF THE EXTERIOR WALL COVERING THE WOOD MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION AND THE EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE REAR PROPORTION OF THE STRUCTURE AT THE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOUNDATION THAT THE SHIFTING.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DETERIORATION TO THE DECKING.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOUNDATION SHIFTING AND THINKING IN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION, HOW IT'S ALREADY PARTIALLY COLLAPSED DUE TO THAT, UH, FALLEN TREE.
AS WE WALK INTO THE MAIN OR THE STRUCTURE, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE, UH, LIVING ROOM AREA.
UH, FROM WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THAT THERE'S A GRATS THAT GET IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SECURED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY KEEP KICKING THE BACK DOOR IN.
YOU SEE DETERIORATION, UH, LACK OF MAINTENANCE, SOME OF THAT PAINT HAS STARTED TO COME OFF.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VANDALISM PULLS ON THE WALLS.
THIS WOULD BE THE DINING ROOM AREA.
YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WALLS HAVE BEEN KIND OF STRIPPED.
THIS IS THE SAME ROOM TOWARDS THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COVERING FOR THE CEILING HAS A DETACHED, COLLAPSED.
AND ALSO, UM, I BELIEVE THE RODENTS ARE BOTH NESTING AND HARBORING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE AMOUNT OF, UH, RODENT DROPPINGS AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT EXTERIOR ARM, SORRY, THE INTERIOR WALLS, HOW THEY HAVE BEEN, SORRY, HOW THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, VANDALIZED.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE, UH, WATER IS GETTING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN THE RIGHT THERE AT THE WOOD.
THE CEILING COVERS, AND THIS IS JUST THE SAME HALLWAY JUST AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT DEBRIS THAT'S FALLING FROM THE CEILING.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE, UH, WHERE SOME VAGRANTS MIGHT BE GETTING IN AND STAYING INSIDE, INSIDE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE SECURED THE PROPERTY MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP KICKING THE BACK DOOR IN.
IT'S JUST A PICTURE OF THE CEILING.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WATER SPOTS.
A LITTLE BIT OF WATER DAMAGE THERE.
KITCHEN AREA, UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE VANDALS JUST GET IN AND START GOING THROUGH THE STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.
UH, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DAMAGE IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRASHING DEBRIS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SAME, UH, EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR WALL.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT SEPARATION.
AND AGAIN, THE DETERIORATION TO THE TOP DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE COMING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
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TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE.AGAIN, SOME OF THE VANDALISM, THE TRASH AND DEBRIS, THE EXPOSED WIRES.
AND THE, THIS, AGAIN, THIS THE CEILING.
AND YOU CAN SEE DAYLIGHT AND SEPARATION BETWEEN THE REAR WALL AND THE CEILING.
SO THE SAME ROOM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GRAFFITI.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE CRACKING DUE TO THE SHIFTING OF THE STRUCTURE ON THE INTERIOR WALLS.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HOLES THAT BEEN MADE BY THE PANELS GETTING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS EXITING THE PROPERTY THROUGH THE REAR DOOR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION DUE TO THE ELEMENTS.
AND THEN AGAIN, MORE CRACKING OF THE SHEET ROCK FROM DUE TO THE SHIPPING.
AND AGAIN, UH, CLOSEUP OF THE CEILING WHERE THE TREE HAD FALLEN IN THE BACK.
THIS IS A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION TO THE, AS TO THE ASPHALT ROOF COVERING, ALLOWING THE WEATHER ELEMENTS TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AND DAMAGE THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
WOOD FRAME WITH EXTERIOR WOOD SIDING, MISSING WEATHER PROTECTION, SEPARATION, AND DETERIORATION.
VISIBLE, VISIBLE ON THE REAR ELEVATION.
PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE POST B FOUNDATION HAS PARTIALLY SANK IN AND SHIFTED THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.
VAGRANTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY NEIGHBORS BREAKING INTO THE PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1111 PATENT BOULEVARD IS IN VIOLATION CITY CODE ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 8 11, 12 15, 17, AND 18 IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WITH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS HERE AND 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 UN FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION, POSSIBLY THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1111 PATH.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER, MR. GIL? I DO.
SO THERE'S SOME VEGAS AT THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY COPS CALLED OUT TO THE PROPERTY, HAS IT? I DON'T HAVE ANY POLICE REPORTS.
THE NEIGHBORS, UH, HAVE, UH, STATED THAT VAGRANTS GET IN AND THEY JUST KIND OF GO OVER THERE AND THEY ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
UH, A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF PEACEFUL.
THEY DON'T ARGUE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY JUST TAKE OFF.
AND SO SINCE YOU'VE LAST LAID EYES OR ANY OF THE CODE OFFICERS SEEING THE PROPERTY, UM, HAS IT BEEN SECURED? I, I HEAR THAT YOU SAID THAT IT'S BEEN SECURED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT SINCE YOU'VE LAST BEEN OUT THERE, HAS IT BEEN SECURED OR DID THEY BREAK BACK INTO IT? THE BOARDS WERE PLACED BACK ON THERE.
I DID SEE THAT THE FRONT DOOR HAD BEEN OPEN, BUT THERE IS A, UH, METAL SCREEN DOOR IN THE FRONT, UH, PREVENTING ACCESS TO GET IN.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE A THE BACK DOOR HAD BEEN KICKED IN AGAIN, BUT I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY MAYBE LATER ON TODAY AND SEE IF IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING VISUAL AND MAKING SURE THAT IT HAS BEEN SECURED OVER TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ACROSS THE COURT? I'M SORRY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.
IS THE OWNER HERE, CHAIR, THIS IS JUDY.
THE OWNER DID NOT REQUEST A CALL BACK DURING THE LIVE MEETING AND DID NOT SUBMIT ANY ITEMS FOR REVIEW.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
ALRIGHT THEN ALL WE NEED IS A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION CHAIR? THIS IS ROBERT
I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS IS A MO THIS IS A MOTION, UH, FOR DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1111 PATTON BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 3 7 IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS 2 4 8 11 50 12, 15, 17, AND 18 DUE TO THE REPORT GIVEN BY THE OFFICER AND THE DETERIORATION OF, AND ROTTEN FLOORS AND, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR BEING REPAIRED AND ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS HEARING.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO, A DEMO ORDER FOR 1111 PATENT BOULEVARD MADE BY MR. COPIER.
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AND THE SUBSECTIONS ARE 2 4 8 11, 12, 15, 17, 1 18.I SECOND THE MOTION SECOND BY MR. QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, WAS THAT SEVEN DAYS OR 30 DAYS? 30 DAYS.
OKAY, WE HAVE, I SECOND THE MOTION.
OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. ANDERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH THE VOTE AT SEVEN TO ZERO.
[6. 20-5802 (CD-5) 1524 18th St SW]
NEXT CASE IS ITEM NUMBER 6 15 24 18 STREET SOUTHWEST.MR. REYES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE, SIR? MR. REYES? JESSE REYES.
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
IS THAT HEARING OFFICER HERE? YES.
WE DO HAVE MR. REYES ON THE LINE AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO REACH OUT TO ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON THAT WANTED TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE, UM, FROM EL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ANTHONY DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AFTER ALL, SO WE, WE CAN GET STARTED.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS ROLAND ALONSO, DANGEROUS PREMISES OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 1 5 2 4 18TH STREET, ALCO WEST FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DEMOLITION IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CITY CODE ARTICLE A CHAPTER SIX.
THIS CASE IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HEARD BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION IS N CCB 3 6 87 BLOCK 24, LOT 84, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS
ALL NOTICES OF HEARING WERE PROPERTY ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
DOES THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? YES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2019.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVERALL FABRIC.
FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
MY FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 1 5 2 4 18 STREET SOUTHWEST WAS CONDUCTED ON 6 21 18.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON 6 22 18.
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CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED AND CLAIMED ON 7 16 18.THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 1 5 2 4 18TH STREET SOUTHWEST ON 9 22 20 20.
THE NOTICE FOR B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO RES
THIS IS A, UH, VACANT SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE.
FIRE, UH, WAS ON JANUARY 15TH, 2020.
UH, DID, UH, DAMAGE THE ROOF, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE HOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT HAS SMOKE DAMAGE ON THE TOP.
MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE IS, IS ON THE INTERIOR, UH, THE EXTERIOR WALLS, UH, OR ATTACK, UH, TO THE WALL CONNECTION ON THE INTERIOR.
AND, UH, THE FIRE, UH, DID NOT AFFECT OR, OR CLAIM THE, THE FOUNDATION.
UH, THE FOUNDATION DOES HAVE, UH, LEVELING ISSUES, HOWEVER, UH, AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE, TO THE BEAM.
UH, HERE'S GOING TO TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE.
UH, THERE'S SOME SMOKE DAMAGE HERE, SOME, UH, DISPLACEMENT OF SOME BOARDS HERE.
UH, HERE'S JUST, UH, STANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
LOOKING TOWARDS THE LEFT, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME SMOKE DAMAGE THERE, UH, TO THE FRONT, UH, OVERHANG.
JUST COMING TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE, UH, TRANSITION AND, UH, JUST LOOKING TO SEE, UH, HOW THE EXTERIOR WALLS, UH, WERE IN PLACE OR ARE, ARE NOT DISPLAYED IN THIS CASE.
NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE WENT AROUND THE LEFT TRANS, UH, LEFT SIDE TRANSITION, AND, UH, UP ON THE TOP YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UH, THE SMOKE DAMAGE DID, UH, DO THE FIRE DAMAGE, DID DO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE TOP WALL FRAME.
UH, NEXT, UH, NEXT PICTURE PLEASE.
HERE AT THE BOTTOM, UH, FRAME AND FOUNDATION PERIMETER BEAM.
UH, THERE IS SOME DAMAGE HERE.
LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PRIOR TO THE FIRE.
UH, IT DOES HAVE SOME DEFICIENCIES HERE.
HERE'S A PICTURE FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT IS THIS SAME AREA.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A DISCONNECTION THERE, THE PERIMETER BEING TOO COLD AND, UH, OF COURSE THE SIDING AND SHEATHING IS MISSING THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, PART OF THE THIS, UH, THE LOWER LAP IS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE HAD THE, UH, UTILITY ROOM.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SOME CONCRETE AT THE BOTTOM AND IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE FRAME IS NOT ATTACHED OR COMING APART.
UH, JUST THIS SECTION HERE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE FRAME DOES HAVE DAMAGE THERE.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK, UH, COMING AROUND, UH, TO THE LEFT OF THE SAME SECTION HERE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE, YES, UH, THE TRANSITION HERE IS DISCONNECTED.
WE'LL GO UNDERNEATH, UH, TO CHECK TO SEE IF ANY OF THE FIRE HAD CLAIMED THE FOUNDATION, UH, DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE REACHED THE FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT DOES HAVE, UH, ITS LEVELING PROBLEMS HERE.
JUST LOOKING, UH, FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR AGAIN TO CHECK TO SEE IF ANY OF THE FIRE HAD DAMAGED ANY OF THE FOUNDATION PORTION.
UH, DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT, UH, CLAIMED THE FOUNDATION.
HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE, UH, SOME, UH, EFFICIENCIES AS FAR AS, UH, LEVELING
HERE WE GO INTO THE INSIDE, THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR AND SEE WHERE THE COVER, THE DECKING, UH, WAS COMPLETELY BURNED OFF.
UH, EVERYTHING, UM, IS PRETTY MUCH ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS ON THE CEILING SHE BROUGHT.
AND THEN, UH, PRIOR TO THE FIRE, UH, THE HOUSE WAS VACANT AND, UH, THERE WERE SIGNS OF VANDALISM WHERE THERE WAS JUST SCATTERED, UH, ITEMS ALL THROUGHOUT THE, THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
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YOU'RE JUST WALKING INTO, UH, THE LIVING ROOM AND MORE ITEMS ON THE FLOOR AND JUST A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE, TRASH AND JUST DEBRIS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.HERE'S THE VIEW OF THE ROOF TO WALL CONNECTION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS ARE STILL INTACT, UH, TO THE EXTERIOR WALL CONNECTION.
HOWEVER, THE ROOF HAS BEEN COMPLETELY BURNED, BURNED OFF FROM THE COVER TO THE DECKING AND PRETTY MUCH, UH, TO THE CEILING JOIST.
UH, LOOKING AT THE LOAD-BEARING WALL CONNECTION AND THE SHAPE IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, DID THE, DID NOT CLAIM THOSE, BUT DID, UM, DO, UH, OVER 50% DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF, UH, ANOTHER WALL.
UH, AGAIN, UH, LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR CONNECTION, SEE IF, UH, EVERYTHING IS HOLDING UP THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT WATER, SMOKE AND FIRE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE TOP.
ANOTHER PICTURE OF ANOTHER ROOM AND, UH, HAVE A LOAD BEARING WALL.
THERE ION SEEMS TO BE OKAY, EXCEPT FROM THE TOP OF COURSE, WHERE THE FIRE DID DAMAGE.
WE LOOK, UH, AT THE FLOOR, WALKING UP THE FLOOR, LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM CONNECTIONS TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE THERE.
UH, LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB FOR NOW, BUT, UH, AGAIN, UH, A LOT OF THE TOP, UH, NOT AS, UH, NOT AS FORTUNATE.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE HERE AND AGAIN, UH, TO THE TOP, COMPLETELY GONE.
THIS IS WHERE, UH, GOING TOWARDS THE REAR CORNER AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST DEBRIS, TRASH THROUGHOUT, UH, WATER DAMAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE AND WHATEVER WAS LEFT WAS FIRE DAMAGE.
THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE THE BATHROOM.
AND, UH, JUST A LOT OF SMOKE DAMAGE, A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE.
HERE WE'RE WALKING OUT THE DOOR JUST TO LOOK AT THE CORNER TRANSITION HERE.
WALL TO WALL APPEARS TO BE HOLDING UP THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, HOWEVER, UH, THE TOP IS IS COMPLETELY GONE.
THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 5 2 4 18TH STREET, SOUTHWEST
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF 1 5 4 18TH STREET SOUTHWEST.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.
JUDY, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTION? CHAIR? THIS IS, THIS IS ROBERT
UM, I WELL THIS QUESTION MAY BE TO, TO JUDY AND, AND THE CODE OFFICER, BUT, UH, THE OWNER FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, MADE AN ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE AND THEN CAME IN AND THEN DECIDED NOT TO, UH, TO PRESENT HER CASE OR HIS CASE.
I MEAN, IS THERE SOME UNDERLYING, WAS THERE A REASON FOR, FOR DECLINING, UH, REPRESENTATION THAT, UH, MAYBE WE NEED TO KNOW? UM, SIR, THIS IS JUDY.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY AND THEN CHANGE THEIR MIND.
WE DO HAVE ON THE LINE THE OWNER'S SON THAT WILL BE PROVIDING TESTIMONY.
YES, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, SIR, THIS IS THE, THIS IS ROLAND, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE OWNER, UH, IS AVAILABLE, IS DECEASED VERY WELL.
UM, THE, THE OWNER OR THE REPRESENTATIVE? YES, MR.
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REYES, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? HI, MY NAME IS JESSE REYES.I'M AT FOUR 15 WA IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 2 5.
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY.
SO THE REASON WHY I'M CALLING IS WE DID RECEIVE THE LETTER, THE CERTIFIED LETTER REGARDING THE PROPERTY.
UM, MY MOTHER, ISABELLE TRE, IS THE DAUGHTER, THE SOLE HEIR OF ISABELLE TRUJILLO, WHO IS, AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, IS DECEASED.
HE PASSED AWAY BACK IN, UH, 1995.
HE WAS THE FATHER ALONG WITH MY MOTHER.
SEVEN OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE NAMED TO THE DEEDED, INCLUDING GILBERT TRUJILLO.
GILBERT TRUJILLO WAS LIVING THERE UP UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2000 AND, UM, THREE, HE WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF EDWARD PUENTE, WHO SIGNED AN AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP REMOVING GILBERT TRUJILLO FROM THE DEEDED.
HOWEVER, SHE MAINTAINED RESIDENCE AND HER SON EDWARD EO MAINTAINED RESIDENCE LIVING AT THE PROPERTY.
WE HAD NO CONNECTION TO THE COMPANY OR TO THIS, TO THIS FAMILY.
WE HAVE NO CONNECTION TO OUR, THIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY AT ALL BECAUSE AS I SAID, MOST OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SINCE PASSED.
ISABELLE IS NOW 90 WITH DEMENTIA.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE IN HER, IN HER, UH, IN HER, UM, PRESENCE IN HER, IN HER REPRESENTING HER.
SO, UM, MY RESPONSE IS TO, WE TAKE NO EXCEPTION TO DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUALLY SEEN OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND, AND BY THE PRESENTATION, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE, THAT IT IS A VERY BIG THREAT TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE, WE, WE DON'T TAKE ACCEPTANCE TO THAT.
WE ALSO DON'T, UM, WE DON'T WISH TO CLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, UP UNTIL 2000, UP UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO, ACCORDING TO C P SS RECORDS, EDWARD EO WAS STILL LIVING THERE RECEIVING GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICE AND, AND, AND, AND C P S SERVICES.
SO, UM, SO, UM, WE DID NOT KNOW OF THIS AFFIDAVIT OF AIRSHIP.
WE DO KNOW THAT NO TAXES HAVE BEEN PAID ON THE PROPERTY SINCE, I WANT TO SAY THE 19, 19 98, 90 DAY.
UH, SO IT'S $24,000 BACK IN BACK TAXES.
THE AMOUNT OF OF REPAIRS FALL UPON THE ET AL PROPERTY, WHICH STILL LISTS MY MOTHER AND SEVERAL OF HER SIBLINGS WHO ARE NOW ALL PASSED.
AND THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT IS THE WAY THE LAW WORKS, IS IT, SINCE THERE WAS NO WILL, IT FALLS TO THE NEXTS OF KIN.
SO THAT MEANS THERE ARE 42 STAKEHOLDERS.
HOWEVER, MY MOTHER'S THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN CONTACTED.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEP IS, UM, WHAT, WHERE DO WE MOVE FROM HERE? WHAT, WHAT IS NEEDED OF US, SIR? OH, I'M SORRY, SIR.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU DO NEXT.
OUR JOB IS TO DETERMINE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
ARE WE GOING TO DEMO THIS PROPERTY? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO WITH IT.
YOU NEED TO ASK AN ATTORNEY ABOUT, UH, OKAY.
SO I, I HAVE CONSULTED SEVERAL ATTORNEYS, INCLUDING THE, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
THEY BOTH BASICALLY SAID THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO.
HOWEVER, WE'RE BEING, BECAUSE MY MOTHER'S NAMED AS THE PRINCIPAL, ET AL MY CONCERN IS NOT FOR THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO CONCERN OVER THE PROPERTY.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY PROPERTY.
WE DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY, BUT YET SHE'S STILL LISTED.
SO WE DON'T TAKE ANY EXCEPTION TO WHATEVER THE BOARD DETERMINES AS DEMOLITION OR NOT.
OKAY, THEN, THEN YOUR PART IS DONE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING US AND GIVING US THE BACKGROUND.
NOW THE, THE ONE THING I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IS HOW WILL IT AFFECT MY MOTHER AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD? AS I SAID, SHE HAS TROUBLE MAINTAINING HER OWN PROPERTY CHAIR.
I'M SORRY, THIS IS LEGAL CHAIR.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A PROPER QUESTION.
ASK THIS BOARD, NOR IS THE BOARD GONNA ANSWER A QUESTION LIKE THAT.
QUESTIONS SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OR ASKED OF THIS BOARD, ESPECIALLY A QUESTION SUCH AS THAT.
THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ANSWER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU CAN CONTACT OR GET WITH YOUR CODE OFFICER AFTER A DETERMINATION IS MADE BY THIS BOARD.
UM, AND THEY COULD HOPEFULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OR POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT THIS BOARD IS NOT, CANNOT ANSWER THAT THAT OKAY.
AND, UH, RELATING YOUR SIDE OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, BOARD MEMBER, DO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, WHAT IS THIS? A LETTER.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, IT UP ON THE, I'LL BE READING IT NOW.
IT IS ACTUALLY FROM MARIA DEL ROSARIO CORPUS, UH,
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REGARDING 1524 SOUTHWEST 18TH STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7.UM, SHE STATES, ATTENTION PLEASE.
THIS HOME HAS BEEN IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME.
UPON HER DEATH, IT WAS LEFT TO MY UNCLE WHOM NOW HAS ALSO PASSED.
HOWEVER, A DEED WAS NEVER CHANGED TO REFLECT MY UNCLE'S NAME.
THEREFORE, THE HEIRS ARE NUMEROUS.
MY MOM, JANIE ZOS, AND HER SIBLINGS, WHOM ALSO NOW HAVE PASSED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE AUNT ISABEL REYES, WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS AT THE WRONG ADDRESS.
I AM THE DAUGHTER OF JANIE ZEL.
I LIVE AT 5 3 7 5 SANTA CRUZ STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 2 8.
OTHER LETTERS ADDRESSING THE HOME ISSUE WERE SENT TO MY NEIGHBOR'S ADDRESS AT 5 3 7 8 SANTA CRUZ.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, SINCE THE PASSING OF MY SIBLING OF THE SIBLINGS, THE HEIRS THEN BECOME THE CHILDREN, AND THAT IS CORRECT.
WE ARE TALKING OF ABOUT 45 TO 50 HEIRS.
NO ONE THAT I AM AWARE OF IS INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THIS HOME.
DEMOLITION APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY OPTION.
I WILL NOT BE ON THE CALL TODAY AT 9:00 AM HOWEVER, IF FURTHER CONTACT IS NECESSARY, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME BY MAIL OR THIS EMAIL.
SINCERELY, MARIA DEL ROSARIO VA CORPUS WITH HER EMAIL ADDRESS AND HER MAILING ADDRESS.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1524 18TH STREET.
SOUTHWEST IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
FIVE TO ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56, SUBSECTIONS ONE, EXCUSE ME, SUBSECTIONS 2, 5 8, 11, 12 AND 15.
UH, DUE FOR THE REASONS THAT THE OFFICER STATED PRIMARILY THE FIRE DAMAGE, UH, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT FEASIBLE OF BEING REPAIRED IN ORDER THAT THE BILL BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS.
WELL, JUST A MOMENT, MR. LEMME, LEMME REPEAT THE ORDER.
WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION BY MR. UM, UH, I, SORRY, MR. NELSON FOR 1524.
SO 18 THREE SUBSECTIONS 2 5 8 11, 12 15, A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. ZUNIGA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MS. GUI? THANK YOU MR. RIVERA.
[7. 20-5803 (CD-4) 5338 Gwenda Lea (accessory structures)]
THIS IS OUR LAST PROPERTY.UM, JUDY, BEFORE WE LEAVE, I STILL HAVE TO GIVE THAT ADDRESS TO DANNY IF HE'S STILL AVAILABLE, PLEASE.
OKAY, OUR SEVENTH AND FINAL ITEM IS, UH, 53 38.
IS THAT WENDA? WE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
MS. MORRIS, ARE YOU ON THE LINE, MS. MORRIS? I BELIEVE SHE DISCONNECTED.
WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GET THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER BACK ON THE LINE IF YOU JUST A MOMENT PLEASE.
MS. MORRIS, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? UH, I GUESS I AM
WE'LL GET STARTED MOMENTARILY.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MARTINEZ, DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE STRUCTURE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS LOCATED AT 5 3 3 EE 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 1 5 6 3 4 BLOCK 0 0 3, LOT 12, NO LABEL NUMBER OR SERIAL NUMBER LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
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MORRIS A H AND CHARITY WITH A MAILING ADDRESS, 5 3 3 8 WINDOW, LEE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 1.ON NOTICE OF HEARING WHERE PROPERLY ISSUED AS REQUIRED, THE OWNER ON RECORD IS NOT PRESENT TODAY, BUT HAVE THE DAUGHTER, ROXANNE MORRIS PRESENT.
DOES THE BOARD WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? I'M YES.
NO PHONE NUMBERS WERE FOUND FOR, FOR MORRIS AH AND CHARITY, NOR HAVE I SPOKEN WITH THE OWNERS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH AND IN AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER, ROXANNE MORRIS, REGARDING THIS CASE AND THE PROCEDURES.
THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS CONFIRMED ON JULY 14TH, 2020.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR BOTH ACCESSORIES.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE FIRST INSPECTION REGARDING 5 3 3 GW LEE WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2020.
ORIGINAL NOTICE WAS MAILED ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2020, AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON MARCH 17TH, ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020.
THE NOTICE FOR THE B S B HEARING WAS POSTED AT 5 3 3 GW LEE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020 THE NOTICE OF B S B HEARING WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER AND THE CERTIFIED RECEIPT WAS RETURNED ON CLAIM.
NO SCOPE OF WORK OR FINANCIAL PROOF OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR ENGINEER'S REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS OF OCTOBER 2ND, 2020.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT PERMITS ON FILE FOR 5 3 2 8 WITH THE LEASE.
UH, THE FIRE DID OCCUR FEBRUARY 15TH, 2020 WITH THE CASE NUMBER AND THE PHOTOS THAT WILL BE BE, UH, THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WERE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 20, I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME SHED BUILT IN 1967.
THE ROOF COVER, DECKING AND ROOF FRAME HAVE CONS WERE, WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE MAJORITY OF THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALLS DAMAGED BY THE FIRE WITH A SMALL PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATION WHILE REMAINING CEILING JOINT INTERIOR WOOD MEMBERS HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FIRE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
NUMBER TWO IS A SINGLE STORY WOOD FRAME SHED BUILT IN 1967 AND HAS SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE TO THE RECOVERY DECKING AND FRAME THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALL, WALL FRAME SIDING, SHEETING ARE FIRE, WATER, AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
THE FLOOR AND FOUNDATION HAVE ALSO SUSTAINED WATER AND FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
MOVING ON TO THE PHOTOS IN THE FIRST SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE PROPERTY WITH THE MAIN STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT AND THE TWO ACCESSORIES IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST ACCESSORY.
UM, THIS IS TAKEN FROM AN ANGLE, UH, FROM THE LEFT ELEVATION.
THE, UH, ALL THE WALLS THAT HAVE HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN CONSUMED BY THE FIRE AND NOW ARE LAYING ON THE GROUND WHAT'S REMAINING FROM THE FIRE.
THE REMAINING WALL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT ELEVATION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE HERE ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
THAT IS MAINLY THE ONLY WALL THAT IS CURRENTLY STILL REMAINING STANDING AT THIS MOMENT.
HERE'S A FRONT ELEVATION PHOTO JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS ALL THE, THE REMAINING WOOD FRAME, UH, FROM THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT REMAINS ON THE, ON THE GROUND AT THIS TIME.
THIS WILL BE A CLOSER LOOKUP OF THE, THE REMAINING DEBRIS THAT IS REMAINED FROM THE, FROM THE FIRE THAT HAD OCCURRED ON THIS PROPERTY.
IN THIS SLIDE HERE, THE, UH, THIS IS JUST A CLOSER VIEW OF THE WALL THAT DOES, THAT STILL REMAINS STANDING AT THIS TIME.
AGAIN, THAT IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION WALL TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE AND JUST SHOWING AGAIN THE, UH, THE STUDS AND THE WOOD WOOD MEMBERS THAT, THAT ARE SHOWING THE CHARRING FROM THE, FROM THE FIRE DAMAGE.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE SECOND ACCESSORY.
UH, THIS IS JUST THE FRONT PHOTO OF THE FRONT ELEVATION SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO THE, THE WALL SIDING, THE, UH, THAT HAVE FALLEN, UH, SHOWING THAT THERE ARE HOLES GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE AS WELL, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS TO GO IN INSIDE AT THIS MOMENT, AT THIS TIME.
IN THIS PHOTO HERE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE LEFT ELEVATION.
UH, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE DAMAGE THAT WAS SUSTAINED BY THE FIRE.
THE, UH, THE ROOF COVERING IS, THE METAL ROOF COVERING IS NOW DETACHING AND AGAIN, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS TO GO INSIDE AS WELL AS THE, THE EXTERIOR WALLS SHOWING THE, THE STUDS THAT REMAIN, THAT ARE
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CHARRED.AND AGAIN, WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF HOLES THAT ARE, THAT ARE ON THAT WALL WITH THE, THE SIDING THAT HAS FALLEN AS WELL.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A BETTER PHOTO BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE IT IS TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE STRUCTURE DOES LIE ON THE PROPERTY LINE AS WELL.
GOING INSIDE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, THIS IS JUST THE PHOTO OF THE REMAINING DEBRIS THAT, THAT REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S WATER DAMAGE.
THE, THE SUBFLOOR THERE IS SOME FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL.
UH, LOOKING AT THE WALLS IN THE BACK SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF FIRE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED WITH THE CHARGE, THE WOOD MEMBERS.
THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS IS THE PHOTO OF THE ROOF SYSTEM, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE, THE RAPTORS THAT ARE DAMAGED AND CHARRED.
UH, THE, THE LARGE HOLE THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE ROOF SYSTEM AS WELL ALLOW, AGAIN, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS TO GO INSIDE WITH, UH, SOME OF THE WOOD MEMBERS THAT HAVE ALREADY, THAT WERE CONSUMED BY THE FIRE THAT ARE CURRENTLY MISSING.
SOME OF THESE, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM.
UH, THIS INTERIOR TAPE FOR THE LEFT ELEVATION, AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE HOLES ARE ON THE, IN THE WALL AND THE SIDING, AS WELL AS THE DAMAGE TO THE WOOD MEMBERS AND THE STUDS AS WELL.
FROM THE FIRE, THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK OF THE LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM WHERE THE METAL ROOFING IS STARTING TO DETACH AS IT WAS FALLING DOWN INSIDE OF THE, OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AND THIS SIDE, THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOF SYSTEM, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE, THE DAMAGE THAT HAD OCCURRED TO THE FIRE WITH THE RAPTORS AND THE OTHER WOOD MEMBERS AS WELL.
IN THIS PHOTO, UH, THIS IS THE RIGHT CORNER ELEVATION WALL, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT WAS OCCURRED FROM THE FIRE.
AS WELL AS THAT, THERE'S ALSO HOLES THAT'S STARTING TO OCCUR ON THE RIGHT WALL AS WELL.
TO RECAP, UH, THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 3 3 8 WHEN DELETE IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE ARTICLE, A CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 56 SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER ONE AND SUBSECTIONS 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17TH, AND 18TH FOR ACCESSORY NUMBER TWO IN WHICH ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS ANY OR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR DEFECTS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONDITIONS OF DEFECTS OF DILAPIDATIONS, OF STANDARD OR ON FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION POSE A THREAT OR POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR HUMAN SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS DEMOLITION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR 5 3 3 GLY.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER? NO QUESTIONS.
WELL, I GUESS I DID, I WAS LOOKING AT THE POLICE.
I MEAN THE FIRE REPORT AND THE FIRE REPORT TOOK PLACE IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS FEBRUARY, SO FEBRUARY 15TH, AND THIS IS ALMOST OCTOBER THE 15TH.
IS THERE SOME KIND OF DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE, THE, UH, THE CODE? I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I GUESS THAT'S A, A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO I WILL, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN WHEN THESE FIRES OCCUR AND WHEN THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT PLACE I, YOU KNOW, IT JUST LIKE, IT COULD BE KICKED DOWN.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS DWAYNE NELSON.
I MOVE THAT PROPOSED OUR PRESENT THAT QUESTION AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE MEETING RATHER THAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO DO WE HAVE A, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? YES, WE DO HAVE THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER ON THE LINE.
MS. ROXANNE MORRIS, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
HEY MA'AM, CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY? I AGREE WITH, WITH OFFICER MARTINEZ TO, UH, TO TAKE DOWN THE BUILDINGS.
ALL MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BOARD SAYS.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MS. GOOD.
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HERE, I HAVE A MOTION.THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AT 5 3 3 8 GWEN LEE ARE PUBLIC NUISANCE AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER SIX DASH 1 5 6 SUBSECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY 1 1 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18.
AND ACCESSORIES 2 1 2 4 7 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 FOR THE, UM, AS STATED BY THE CODE OFFICER AND THE MAY OH, NO, NO, NOT FEASIBLE FOR REPAIR AND ORDER, A 30 DAY DELI DEMOLITION.
AND WE HAVE A 30 DAY DEMO ORDER FOR 53 38 GWM, UH, FOR ACCESSORY ONE.
THE SUBSECTIONS ARE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18 AND ACCESSORY TWO 12, I'M SORRY, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, AND 18 SECOND.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? JUST A MOMENT, MR. DOGA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FIRST? DO WE HAVE MOTION? WE NEED A MOTION.
YOU JUST REPEATED THE MOTION FROM MS, SO THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. BROWN? AYE.
MOTION PASSES WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
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YOU STARTED A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TOOK FROM THE FIRE UNTIL THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE BOARD, UH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE BY ME.UH, AND UH, PERHAPS THERE IS A DISCONNECT, BUT SOMEONE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
ANYBODY FROM STAFF ON? I CAN GRAB MY WATER REAL QUICK.
ALRIGHT, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? SORRY.
OKAY, WE WANNA, I, I GUESS, UH, MR. UH, MR. NELSON AND MYSELF, WE BROUGHT UP SOME QUESTIONS AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, UH, I'M, I BELIEVE MR. VAN BROUGHT THIS QUESTION AT ONE TIME TOO ABOUT THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TIME THAT FIRES OCCUR AND CAUSE LOTS OF DAMAGE AND THE TIME THAT THE CITY GETS THE, UH, GETS THE PROPERTY AND BRINGS IT TO THE BOARD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE CASES AND THEY'RE REALLY BAD, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF 'EM WAS ACROSS FROM A SCHOOL TODAY, AND WE'VE HAD THAT BEFORE AND WE WANNA KNOW WHY.
IS THERE, IT, IT APPEARS TO BE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
I WANNA KNOW, UM, IS THERE A DISCONNECT OR ARE THEY NOT TURNING INTO YOU ALL OR HOW CAN THAT BE RENOVATED? NO, THERE'S NOT A DISCONNECT.
EVERY WEEK WE GET A, UH, FIRE REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LETTING US KNOW WHERE THE FIRES ARE AND WE DISPATCH, UM, CODE OFFICERS OR DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICERS TO INVESTIGATE THE LOCATION.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HEARING THE, UH, C OVID 19 EXCUSE, BUT DUE TO C OVID 19, OBVIOUSLY THERE'VE BEEN OFFICERS OUT AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING TO DO AS BEST AS WE CAN.
UH, BUT THERE IS NO DISCONNECT.
WE DO GET THOSE ITEMS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T CALL US TO LET US KNOW THAT IT IS AN, IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
UM, WE'LL GET IT ON THE REPORT AND WE'LL SEND THE OFFICERS OUT TO GO INSPECT.
AND LIKE I SAID, DUE TO STAFFING, UH, ISSUES DURING THE DURATION OF COVID OVID 19,
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UH, WE'RE WORKING TO GET TO THOSE.DO APOLOGIZE IF THERE WAS ANY, UH, IF IT DOES GIVE THAT APPEARANCE, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THOUGH.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY.
IF THERE'S A FIRE AND IT'S AN EMERGENCY, WE'LL GET A FIRE CALL FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'LL LET US KNOW, WE'LL SEND OUR STAFF OUT AND THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT STARTED FOR AN EMERGENCY.
IF FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T DEEM IT TO BE AN EMERGENCY, SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR 'EM TALKING.
UM, THAT'S THE WAY WE DO WORK IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS, I I DON'T MEAN TO DI TO DISRESPECT ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO, BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AND IT GOES BACK A LONG TIME AGO, EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE HERE.
IT JUST APPEARS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATES OF THE FIRE AND THAT IT, THAT THE PROPERTY COMES TO THE COURT, IT'S LIKE, OH, IT CAN SIT THERE FOR A WHILE UNTIL I GET TO IT.
AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE CODE OFFICERS ARE VERY BUSY AND I KNOW THEY HAVE MORE THAN ONE CASE ON THEIR HAND.
THEY PROBABLY GOT, YOU KNOW, 30 CASES TO LOOK AT.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT THE, THE EMERGENCIES OR THE FIRES COULD BE, UM, COULD COME UP TO I GUESS A, A BETTER STANDARD OF WHAT IT'S NOW, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE ACROSS FROM A SCHOOL.
THAT'S JUST, UM, THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON IT.
MR. NELSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT 'EM? NO, MA'AM.
I WAS JUST CLARIFYING FOR YOU, UH, OR FOR THE REST OF THE MEMBERS, THE REASON WHY WE MOVED IT TO ADMINISTRATIVE RATHER THAN HAVING IT DISCUSSED DURING THE ACTUAL, UH, PROPERTY DISCUSSION AND MR. ANDERS HERE, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD IN THAT TODAY WE HEARD IT AGAIN, ONE OF THE STRUCTURES HAD OVER 50% DAMAGE ON THE ROOF.
AND THE ROOF IS A VITAL STRUCTURAL TO HOLD THE WALLS TOGETHER.
THERE SEEMS TO BE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM DETERMINING WHERE WE DEFINE WHAT DETERMINES A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND WHAT DOESN'T WHEN IT BECOMES A FIRE ISSUE.
IF IT'S MORE THAN 50%, THEN THAT WOULD KIND OF, TO ME PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
AND IF IT WAS 30 OR 40 OR LESS, 49 OR LESS PERCENT ON THE ROOF DAMAGE, THAT'S, AND, AND WE KEEP GOING BACKWARD THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR.
AT LEAST FIVE TO SIX OF THESE HOMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN AUTOMATICALLY DEMOED INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL WE PUT IT ON A LIST AND WE'RE ROLLING DICE THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA GO IN THERE MM-HMM.
AND IF SOMEBODY DOES, THEY'RE GONNA GET HURT.
WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT UP WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, UH, DISCUSS IT WITH, UM, THE MANAGEMENT, UH, HERE.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT YOU'RE SAYING IF ANYTHING IS OVER 50% BURNED IN THE BOARD'S DETERMINATION, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY AND THAT, UM, IT SHOULD BE DECLARED EMERGENCY.
IS THAT THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, YEAH, I, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ANER, BUT IT SHOULD BE CATEGORY TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST AN AVERAGE DEMO.
IT SHOULD BE PUT IN A MORE OBSERVED, MAYBE SEND THEM BY A WEEK IF IT'S 50% OR MORE.
MAYBE HAVE, UH, A ONE OF THE CODE GUYS GO OUT THERE MAYBE EVERY WEEK OR ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ISSUES.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU LOSE THAT STRUCTURE INTEGRITY, YOU'RE GONNA START LOSING THE BUILDING.
MAYBE JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
IN FAIRNESS TO THE CODE OFFICERS, IN FAIRNESS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THERE IS THE ISSUE OF ON SITE VERSUS PHOTOGRAPHS ON SITE WILL TELL YOU MORE THAN WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS.
UH, THE REAL ISSUE IS, IS THE BUILDING GOING TO COLLAPSE OR LIKELY TO COLLAPSE? AND IF IT'S GONNA, THEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY, UM, IT'S NOT GOING THAT IT'S NOT.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT PHYSICALLY THERE WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND, YOU REALLY DUNNO FOR SURE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME LEEWAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES THAT LOOK LIKE IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, SUBJECT TO FALLING DOWN IN REALITY BECAUSE YOU'RE ON SITE, YOU SEE IT.
SO, UH, I GUESS I MODERATE THE COMMENTS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE VIABLE IN TERMS OF IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT MORE CLOSELY, UH, AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, UH, LITERALLY ON A TIMEFRAME THAT'S, UH, APPROPRIATE.
BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW IS THE BUILDING GONNA COLLAPSE OR NOT GOING TO COLLAPSE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE.
BUT INDEED, PICTURES LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO COLLAPSE, SO I GIVE YOU SOME LEEWAY ON IT AND MAYBE, UH, EVELYN DOES NOT GIVE YOU THAT SAME LEEWAY.
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ALSO I'M A TRAINED FIREMAN AND I KNOW I'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FROM MILITARY TRAINING, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN SOMEBODY WHO HAS NOT BEEN, UH, LITERALLY A FIREMAN.UH, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE DISCUSSION COMES UP.
UH, AND ALSO UNDERSTAND, UH, FROM A FIREMAN'S POINT OF VIEW OR FROM A FIRE REPORT POINT OF VIEW, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IMMINENT COLLAPSE, UH, OR IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE.
UH, IF YOU CAN GET INTO A STRUCTURE, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY BECAUSE YOU CAN CAUSE COLLAPSE BY BEING INSIDE.
SO, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME LEEWAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE, THE COMMENTS ARE ALL VALID, UH, FROM, UH, BOTH MS. BROWN AND FROM MR. ANDES.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE THE BOARD GAVE US AND WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THEM AS DO, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL DISCUSS IT WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
UH, SO JUST F Y I THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED TO DETERMINE IF THE BUILDING WILL COLLAPSE OR ONE WALL GONNA COLLAPSE OR YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
NORMALLY, IF UH, THEY NOTICE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY IMMEDIATELY CONTACT US AND WE DO GO OUT THERE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WE GO OUT THERE ANYTIME THEY CALL US.
WE HAVE TWO DEDICATED, UH, PEOPLE WHO GONNA GO OUT THERE, THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND THEN A SUPERVISOR FROM, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE TRAINED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO CHECK FOR, HOW DO THEY FIGURE OUT IF THE THE STRUCTURE IS STABLE OR NOT.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT STABLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CALL US AND WE VISIT THE SITE AND DETERMINE THE SAME THING, NORMALLY WITHIN A DAY OR TWO MAX, IT, IT, IT WILL BE SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR AS EMERGENCY DEMO AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
IF THE STRUCTURE, EVEN IF THE STRUCTURE IS BURNED A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT IT STILL STANDS AND THERE IS NO FEAR OF COLLAPSE, WE CANNOT CALL THAT EMERGENCY DEMO.
YES, IT'S BURNED, BUT IF IT'S STABLE, IF IT DOESN'T FALL, WE CANNOT DETERMINE, MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
SO EVERY WEEK WE DO GET A REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRES THAT HAPPENED THAT WEEK.
AND AS, AS MIKE SAID, WE, WE DO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT ALL THOSE LOCATIONS.
BUT AS I SAID, IF IT'S EMERGENCY, UM, AND DUE TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSE, WE, WE GET TO THE FIRE, THE FIRE IS GOING ON.
WHAT, WHAT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE.
HOPEFULLY THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.
MS. BROWN, I'M GOING TO UNMUTE YOUR MIC.
COULD WE SEE WHILE I'M IN IS ON THE PHONE, COULD WE LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES OF AGAIN? I THINK JUST THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE GOOD.
ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THIS IS STABLE OR YOU TELLING ME THAT JUST BECAUSE THESE, UH, THE ROOF IS THERE, THAT IT'S NOT ANY MUCH.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY, IT WAS BURNED HORRIFICALLY AND NOT ONLY IS IT BURNED, BUT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FOR LIKE EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS.
I MEAN, THIS IS CRAZY THAT WE LIVE IN A BIG CITY THAT'S TRYING TO BECOME A EVEN, EVEN BIGGER METROPOLITAN AND WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS.
AND IT DOESN'T COME BEFORE US FOR EIGHT MONTHS LATER.
REALLY? I, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS ONE.
I MEAN, WE ARE HUMANS AND I'M SURE WE DO SOME STAKES HERE AND THERE, BUT, UH, THIS LOCATION, WE WERE NOT CALLED THE DAY THE FIRE HAPPENED AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT CALL US.
JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU IS THIS, THIS MIGHT FALL ANY MINUTE.
SO WE WERE NOT CALLED TO THIS LOCATION AT THE TIME OF FIRE.
UH, NOW WE DID GO AFTER THE FACT AND, YOU KNOW, DUE TO COVID AND ALL
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THAT SINCE MARCH, WE KIND OF LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CANNOT PROCEED WITH BECAUSE THE COURTHOUSE WAS CLOSED.SO NOW WE ARE COME COMING BACK TO FINALIZE THOSE LOCATIONS.
BUT THIS, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMERGENCY DEMO THE DAY THE FIRE HAPPENED.
SO I WILL TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE FIRE CHIEF AND FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY FOR US TO BE THERE WHEN, WHEN THEY, THEY SEE THIS KIND OF, UH, FIRE.
THANK, UH, LEMME PASS THIS ADDRESS ALONG TO DANNY, PLEASE.
I DON'T WANNA HOLD PEOPLE NECESSARILY, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT WAS A, THAT BUILDING WAS TERRIBLE.
I MEAN, I JUST, UH, WE WE'RE GONNA, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE AND IN OUR ANNUAL MEETING, BIANNUAL MEETING AND WHAT, WHEN IS THAT MEETING? NOVEMBER.
THE BOARD IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 19TH.
SO WE CAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DISCUSS THEM.
'CAUSE I WANT ALL OF US TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
I I DON'T WANT ANY DISCONNECT BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE CODE AND THE BOARD AND THE BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO DEFEND THEIR PROPERTY OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I WANT ALL OF US TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WOULD SOMEBODY, WOULD YOU PASS THIS ADDRESS ALONG TO DANNY FOR ME, PLEASE? IT'S ONE THREE, I'M SORRY, 1 3 7.
THIS, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND CODE.
THIS HOUSE WAS ON THIS HOUSE BURNED AND IT SET IN A VERY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT NINE, I BELIEVE.
AND THE, THE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FEELS LIKE THEY ARE FINALLY, THEY TORE IT DOWN AND THEY'RE DOING, UM, RENOVATIONS NOW, BUT THEY, WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE CONTRACTORS, THEY DON'T SEE ANY, THEY DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF, UH, ANY KIND OF REPORTS ON THE FENCE.
AND THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.
AND I WAS OVER THERE JUST THE OTHER DAY AND, UH, THEY ASKED ME FOR A COPY OF THE FIRE REPORT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD GET THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING DANNY COULD I GET A COPY OF IT TO GET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S HERE.
IT'S, UH, TO ME THEY'RE USING, UM, UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T APPEAR TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO
THIS IS JENNY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME AGAIN? DID YOU GET THE ADDRESS? YES MA'AM.
I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU SINCE I GET MY HANDS ON A COPY OF THE REPORT.
IF YOU GET A COPY, WILL YOU MAIL IT TO ME PLEASE? SO THAT I CAN GIVE IT TO THEM? THIS IS, THIS IS LEGAL.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, I, I'M, I WANT TO, I WANNA STOP THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'M NOT, I'M TELLING YOU, I'M NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, I, WHAT I WOULD RATHER THE BOARD NOT HAVE, UM, IS ADVOCATING FOR ANY OTHER PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER AREA, THIS BOARD SHOULD BE IMPARTIAL THAT THERE MIGHT BE PROPERTIES FROM THAT AREA THAT COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
UM, AND I DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANYBODY IN THE POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES 'CAUSE UH, UH, BECAUSE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT.
SO WHAT I AM ASKING IS INQUIRING ABOUT AREAS IS NOT AN ISSUE.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD TO THINK THAT YOU CAN INQUIRE ABOUT AREAS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH OR SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE.
YOU ARE A CITIZEN, YOU HAVE THAT.
WHAT I WOULD RATHER US NOT DO AS WE'RE SITTING ON THIS BOARD ADVOCATING FOR A PROPERTY OR, UM, DOING CERTAIN FAVORS FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN A CERTAIN AREA.
'CAUSE THEY ASKED AND THEY KNOW WE'RE ON THE BOARD.
I, I, BY NO MEANS DO I THINK ANYBODY HERE HAS ANY ILL WILL, BUT I, UM, PERCEPTION CAN BE REALITY.
UH, AND I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING THAT THIS BOARD TO DO TO BE MISCONSTRUED.
SO I'M GONNA END THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE OR ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING THOSE UP.
IF BY SOME CHANCE AS A CITIZEN YOU HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE PROPERTY, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT AS A CITIZEN TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT PROPERTY.
BUT I DON'T WANT US TO DO IT HERE AT THIS, AT THIS FORUM.
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DON'T, I I, IT DOESN'T RUB ME THE RIGHT WAY.ALRIGHT, SO WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTIES THAT I HAVE BROUGHT TO, UH, STAFF AND, UH, THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT ARE BURNING AND, UH, IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, WOULD GO AND YOU SEE THEM.
SO IS THAT OKAY TO REPORT? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT O H P OR UM, STAFF IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT 'EM WHEN YOU GO, WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND NOTHING BY NO.
SO YOU CAN'T REPORT THIS EITHER.
A AS, AS, UH, CITIZENS, UH, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO, UH, REPORT SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IS A, IS A VIOLATION.
YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
WHAT I DO NOT WANT US TO DO IS USE THIS FORUM TO DO WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING ON YOUR OWN.
I DO NOT WANT TO USE THIS FORUM AS WE'RE HERE TO HAVE SPECIAL CONNECTION TO SOMEBODY IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HAVING THEM IMMEDIATELY SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTED UPON.
I JUST, AGAIN, AS, AS ONE OF THE CHAIRS OF THIS BOARD, I DON'T THINK IT'S A, IT, IT OPTICS, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
AND SO SHOULD I GO BACK TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TELL 'EM THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO CALL IN TO ASK FOR IT? SURE.
YOU LET THEM AND, AND, AND, YEAH, BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS GOING TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT ANY CITIZEN IN THE CITY OF ANTONIO HAS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT SPECIAL BECAUSE, UM, OF THE POSITION YOU HOLD AT THE, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO.
IT SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AS CITIZENS.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S AFFECTING YOU AND YOU THINK THAT YOU NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CONTACT CO-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES THAT WAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS ISSUE.
SO I DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO THINK THAT THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP SHOULDN'T BE ADDRESSED.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND ASK FOR THOSE.
OTHER THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, I MOVE, WE ADJOURN.
I HAVE A QUESTION BY YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, SIR.
I'M SORRY, WHO IS THIS SPEAKING? THIS IS ROBERT TAPIA.
UH, THIS IS TO JUDY AND, UM, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE PROCESS OF, OF ON THE MORNING OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, DOWNLOADING AND SENDING US THE, THE, THE MINUTES TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE CASES CAN, CAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE IN THAT EMAIL THE, THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO THE, TO THE MEETING AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE CONNECTION IN A SEPARATE EMAIL IN THAT FOR SOME OF US, I GET 10, 15 EMAILS, I'VE GOTTA FIND THAT EMAIL AND THEN CLICK ON IT TO GET INTO THE MEETING.
AND THAT MIGHT BE A REASON WHY SOME OF US ARE GETTING INTO THE MEETING SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, IF, IF WE COULD HAVE IT ALL FINAL IN THAT ONE EMAIL THAT LISTS THE CASES AND, AND HAVE THE, THE CONNECTION TO THE MEETING IN THAT EMAIL, EVERYTHING IS RIGHT THERE.
WE CLICK ON AND WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE CONNECTION TO THE MEETING.
WE, WE CAN ATTACH THE MEETING, INVITE TO THE EMAIL WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT'LL MAKE EVERYTHING, UH, ALL TOGETHER AND RIGHT THERE, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FISHING FOR THE, THE, THE, THE, THE ORIGINAL EMAIL TO CONNECT TO THE, TO THE, UH, WEBEX.
SO BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, OKAY, THANK YOU GUYS.