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GOOD AFTERNOON.[I. PRAYER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL ]
AUTHOR CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER AT, AT TWO, AT TWO O'CLOCK JANUARY 18TH, 2024.WE'LL, NOW HAVE A PRAYER LED BY MR. WE HAVE A PRAYER.
WE HAVE A PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? STAND HEAVEN.
WE ASK YOU THIS AFTERNOON THAT YOU THANK YOU, LORD, FOR KEEPING US WATCH TRAVEL AT ALL THE TIME.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE COUNTED OF RICHES.
NOW, THE WORD THAT YOU ESCAPE ALL THE TIME, WE COME TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON, HEAVEN.
FATHER, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESS.
WE ACTUALLY, AS WE GO ON THAT WE COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
WE, WE, WE SPEAK EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS OVER TALK EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND HOW THIS DIDN'T, AS SUCH FOR THE CITY THAT YOU, UH, CONTINUE TO TEACH US AND, AND, AND TOUCH US AND GUIDE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHERE, AND FATHER, DEEP PRAYERS, THESE BLESSINGS ARE GIVEN, COME THE HOLINESS DIVINE.
OUR PIA FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES, A MAYOR, THE PUBLIC, WHICH YOU STANDS, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL BY MS. FLANIGAN, THE BOARD MEMBERS ROLL CALL CHAIRMAN.
STAFF MEMBERS OF DARLENE THOMAS PIERRE.
I'M MARCEL SHARON LANNIGAN, DEMOLITION SUPERVISOR.
VICTORIA HERNANDEZ, DEMOLITION SECRETARY.
DEMOLITION ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK IN PROGRESS.
[II.A. Public Hearing Review - Nineteen (19) properties for condemnation (Part 1 of 2) ]
MAKE A MOTION TO, TO SUSPEND THE BUSINESS MEETING AND GO INTO THE PUBLIC MEETING.NEED A MOTION? I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, SUSPEND THIS BUSINESS MEETING AND CONVENE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
HOW MANY PROPERTIES DO WE HAVE TODAY? WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 19 MS. OKAY.
AND YOU FIRST, SHOULD EVERYBODY SIGN IN? WE HAVE A SIGN.
SO WE WE'RE GOING, THE SPEAKERS WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, UH, CALL IT IN ORDER THAT YOU, UH, CAME.
MR. S WE'LL TRY TO GET EVERYBODY OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD HELP YOU IF WE CAN.
AS HE STATED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE CITIZENS JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT, WHAT WE CAN.
WE JUST HAVE TWO MORE RESIDENTS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND WANT ME TO READ THE FIRST ONE OFF.
THE FIRST RESIDENT IS ERICA LLOYD.
UM, ADDRESS IN, UM, QUESTION IS 1645 EIGHTH STREET.
HER ADDRESS IS 22 FORDHAM STREET, BORDER, BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
AND THAT IS NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
AND I GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY? I'M, YES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE FOR, FOR THE RECORDS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? ERICA LORD.
AND YOUR CURRENT AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS
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FOR THE RECORDS? MY NAME IS ERICA LORD.I LIVE AT 2220 BOURBON STREET, MONT, TEXAS.
UH, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY? WELL, WE, I FILLED MY MOTHER'S OUT FOR THE IFICATION 'CAUSE I, I WASN'T SURE.
I CALLED TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO SEE IF IT COULD BE REBUILT AND THE LADY SAID THERE WAS NO FUNDING.
AND, UH, I WAS, WE WERE ON A, A WAITING LIST.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING I HEARD IS, UH, THEY WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN.
AND, UM, MY MOTHER'S WISHES ARE NOT TO TEAR DOWN HER FATHER'S HOUSE.
BUT NOBODY HAS ANY MONEY TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
IT IS, WE'RE AT THE POINT, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS EITHER YOU, UH, GET THE MONEY, GET THE HOUSE FIXED, GET IT UP TO, TO, TO CODE, OR THE CITY'S GONNA TEAR IT DOWN.
EXCUSE ME, MS.
UM, THE PROPERTY PROPERTY IS 1645 EAST EIGHTH STREET.
THE OWNER IS EDWARD LORD, AND IT'S IN STATE.
THE ADDRESS IS 1 3 8 0 1, UH, EAST HIGHWAY 37.
NUMBER 3 0 9 IS CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 7 8 4 1 0.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED JUNE 2ND, 2023.
AND THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON, UM, DECEMBER 11TH, 2019.
NOBODY'S BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR, NO ONE'S LIVING IN THE HOUSE.
UH, DO YOU, UH, CAN YOU SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, MY, I BROUGHT MY DAD UP HERE AND, UH, THERE'S PAPERWORK AT THE DEMOLITION OFFICE NOTARIZED FOR ME TO SPEAK FOR THE HOUSE.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT AS FAR AS THE HOUSE BEING DEMOLISHED? ARE YOU TRYING TO FIX IT UP OR WHAT HAVE YOU? WELL, WE WAS HOPING THAT, THAT WE QUALIFIED FOR THE, THE HELP FROM THE CITY TO GET THE HOUSE REBUILT.
MY MOTHER CAN GET BACK IN THE HOUSE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
THE LAST THING I HEARD WAS THERE WAS NO FUNDING FOR, UM, THE RE BEAUTIFICATION DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, SO YOU HAVE TRIED TO GET THE HOUSE DEMOLISHED? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SO ANOTHER HOUSE.
I HAD TRIED TO GET THE HOUSE, UH, REDONE, REDONE, REDONE UHHUH
I CALLED AND UH, I WAS PUT ON, UH, I DO NOT RECALL THE LADY'S NAME 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY PAPERWORK ON THAT CONCERNING THAT ISSUE? I, YEAH, I REALIZE THAT DIFFERENT, YOU RIGHT.
SEE IT IN JUNE, MR. EDWARD CALLED MR. WE'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM YOUR DAD.
IS THAT THAT'S MY DAD, MR. EDWARD.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM HIM.
WELL, YOU CALLED ON, UM, IN JUNE.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNDING TO REBUILD THE HOME.
UM, BUT SHE DID CALL IN JUNE ON, UH, JUNE 30TH ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND, UM, INQUIRING INFORMATION.
UH, AS FAR AS FUNDING, LIKE, LIKE MS. RANKIN SAID, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HANDLE THAT.
THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
I'M TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S JUST THAT YOU DID TRY, IN OTHER WORDS.
AND RIGHT NOW Y'ALL, DO YOU HAVE FUNDS TO, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I THINK MY, MY MOTHER'S ON A FIXED INCOME.
MY FATHER'S ON A FIXED INCOME.
MY BROTHER DOESN'T HAVE A FIVE STAR JOB, SO.
ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU FOR MS. LORD? WERE SOMEBODY LIVING IN THE HOUSE DURING THE STERN? NO.
READY? OKAY, MR. BROWN, COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW ON THAT? IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD HERE FROM THE PICTURES.
COULD I GET A LITTLE OVERVIEW ON WHAT WE GOT GOING HERE? THAT I'M THE ONE, MR. WATSON? THAT, UM, MR. THE VISUAL ON IT, UH, WHEN I DID THE INSPECTION, THE HOUSE WAS IN, IT WAS OPEN IN THE BACK, UH, GOT SOME ROOF DAMAGE AND THE EAVES ARE BAD.
UH, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ROTTEN OUT BY THE, I GUESS, RAIN WATER.
UH, THE WALL'S BEEN RAINING BEHIND THE WALLS.
IT'S GONNA NEED A TOTAL REWIRE.
UH, I WOULD, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY NEED AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT THAT HOUSE JUST TO TRY TO PUT ANY KIND OF MONEY IN IT.
I, I WOULD DEFINITELY GET SOME ESTIMATIONS ON IT.
BEFORE, BEFORE YOU WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT WORKING ON IT, I WOULD GET SOME ESTIMATES.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT.
ALSO, UH, AS MS. RANKIN SAID PREVIOUSLY,
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UH, LIKE IT WAS ABOUT $9,000.SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TOO.
UM, WITH, WITH THE, UH, YOU'VE TRIED TO GET FUNDING TO HAVE IT REDONE AND YOU'VE RUN TO, YOU KNOW, A DEAD END ON THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, UM, YOU HAVE NO MORE OPTIONS, UH, UH, OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE ON FIXED INCOME.
YOUR PARENTS ARE ON FIXED INCOME.
SO, UM, DO THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO TRY TO FIX IT BASED ON, BASED ON THAT, UM, I HAVE ONE, UH, AVENUE THAT I COULD TAKE THAT I, I HADN'T CAUGHT UP WITH HIM YET.
I HAVE A COUSIN THAT MIGHT HELP, BUT IT'S 50 50
BUT DEMOLITION IS, IS THE LAST RECOURSE, THE LAST RECOURSE THAT YOU HAVE, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, YOU HAVE A, A SITUATION WHERE THE HOUSE IS FALLING APART AND YOU CAN'T JUST PATCH IT UP.
YOU'D HAVE TO START FROM THE GROUND UP.
SO THAT'S, IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE GONNA BE BUILDING ANOTHER HOUSE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO GET INTO THAT KIND OF A COMMITMENT, BUT MY MOTHER'S GOAL IS TO GET BACK IN HER HOUSE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOALS ARE, BUT THE REALITY IS SLAPPING YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE.
AND SO AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THOSE REALITIES.
ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS FOR, FROM THE BOARD HERE NOW, UH, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR, UH, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT, UH, AND FIND OUT AND DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT WE DECIDE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU WANNA SIT DOWN AND LISTEN, YOU CAN, BUT WE ARE GONNA RUN THE DECISION LATER ON.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS 34 32 NINTH STREET, AND IT'S NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA.
AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE.
DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR THAT PROPERTY? WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP, SIR? WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS PLEASE, SIR, MY NAME IS THOMAS CRANE.
MY ADDRESS IS 39 31 SOUTH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023.
THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON AUGUST 14TH, 2003.
AND THE OWNER IS THOMAS CRANE.
AND HIS ADDRESS? THE, WHERE'S THE POST OFFICE BOX 40 79 AND PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
YEAH, THAT'S I GAVE YOU WAS, IT'S ACTUALLY MY NEW MAILING ADDRESS.
SAME LOCATION, BUT NOT THE PO BOX ANYMORE.
AND YEAH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THE CURRENT.
SO THERE WASN'T EXACTLY CURRENT ADDRESS.
AND YOU, YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AM I CORRECT? YES, I AM.
SO WHAT ARE YOU, UH, WISHES FOR THIS PROPERTY? WHAT NOW, SIR? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY? OKAY.
UH, THESE GUYS KNOW I HAD ORIGINALLY DID THE SIX MONTH TRIAL.
TRIED TO GET IT BACK IN SHAPE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH SOME HEALTH ISSUES, FINANCE WORK, I DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
AND, UH, THEY SAY THAT CONTRACT JUST SIGNED WITH HER MONDAY AND I HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEKEND WITH HER TO GO THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
BASICALLY, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A DELAY ON ANY ACTION TO GIVE IT A CHANCE TO BE SOLD.
TAX GOT BEHIND BECAUSE THE ESTATE GOT HELD UP AND THE EXECUTOR DID NOT TAKE CARE.
YOU KNOW, IT HELD UP BECAUSE OF COVID.
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OWNERSHIP.ONE AREA IN THE HOUSE ON THAT ONE SIDE.
UH, THE DAMAGE THERE IS IN IS FOR THE HOUSE.
THE PRIMARY DAMAGE IS CONFINED TO THAT ONE AREA.
UH, FROM MY EXAMINATION OF IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE ABOUT A TOTAL OF 18 FOOT WORTH OF, UH, BEAM AND THEN RE AND THEN, UH, REPAIR ABOUT FOUR FLOOR JOIST AND RE REBUILD THAT SECTION OF ROOF.
JUST, YOU KNOW, TO GET IT CLOSED BACK UP AGAIN.
THE OTHER WORK, UH, OH, THERE'S SOME DOWN CEILING TILES INSIDE FROM THE HURRICANES WHEN THEY HIT AND SUCH.
THERE'S SOME OTHER MINOR WORK TO DO, BUT THE MAJORS JUST CONFINED TO THAT ONE CORNER OF THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S THAT ROOM.
THE BACK END OF THE HOUSE WAS CLOSE, AS I CAN TELL, WAS AN ADD-ON TO THAT HOUSE, UH, AT SOME TIME IN THE PAST.
I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSE FROM THE FORMER OWNERS, UH, BACK TO 1965 AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE HOUSE.
YOU CAN TELL ON THE INSIDE, THERE'S STILL THE OLD WOOD IN WOOD SIDING, UH, ON THE INSIDE WALL, ON THE WALL ON THAT BACK PART OF THE HOUSE GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
UH, I SAY I'VE LOOKED AT IT AND, AND DETERMINED THAT, UH, EASE OF, UH, REPAIR AND COST WOULD BE SIMPLY TO REMOVE THAT ROOM FROM THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT IS NOT PART OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND THEN REDO THE ROOF IN THAT AREA.
PROBABLY MAKE A LITTLE PORCH OUT A PART OF IT, BUT IT CAN BE FIXED.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR TIME FOR THE BROKER TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO DOES.
HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU, YOU, YOU, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, 60 TO 90 DAYS AT THE OUTSIDE, I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I'D RATHER NOT LOSE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.
THAT WAS AN INHERITANCE HOUSE, BUT BECAUSE OF DELAYS, THE DAMAGE HAPPENED ON THE ROOF DURING THE HURRICANES WHEN I WAS NOT THERE.
UH, WELL THE FIRST HURRICANE, THE DAMAGE, I WAS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE HOUSE AND THAT WAS, UH, RITA.
SO I DID GET THE FRONT PART OF THE HOUSE REROOFED, AND THEN SOMEBODY VERY NICELY STOLE ALL MY BUILDING MATERIALS AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY TO FINISH IT.
SO, MR. CRANE, AGAIN, UM, YOU, YOU WANT AT LEAST 60 TO 90 DAYS TO FLIP THE HOUSE TO? YEAH.
UM, LIKE I SAY, I'VE GOT SOMEBODY WORKING ON IT NOW.
YOU THINK THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN, SHE FEELS SHE CAN FIND SOMEBODY THAT WILL TAKE THE HOUSE IN 30 TO 45 DAYS.
AND IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WHAT, WHAT THEN? UH, I WILL EITHER TRY TO DO THE REPAIRS THAT I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU BY REMOVING THAT ROOM AND FIXING THE SEALS IN THE OTHER PART, OR SITTING CITY GONNA END UP HAVING IT.
I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
I WOULD RATHER SOMEBODY BUY IT THAT CAN EITHER REPAIR IT OR REBUILD A NEW STRUCTURE THERE TO KEEP A HOUSE ON THE CITY.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY TRIED THAT ONCE? YEAH, I'VE TRIED IT ONCE AND, UH, I, I'M, UH, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SHRIMP DOCK ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THE TIME WE DID THAT WHEN I HAD TO GO AND DO IT, THAT WAS THE BUSIEST PART OF OUR YEAR.
I WAS PUTTING IN 12, 14 HOUR DAYS, SIX AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNLOADING SHRIMP BOATS.
AND THE TIME JUST WAS NOT THERE.
I, UH, I'M LISTENING HERE AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIX IT OR SOMEONE WILL FIX THE DUE.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY BIDS, HAVE YOU PRICEWISE WHAT IT WOULD COST YOU? ANY ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT IT THE WAY THIS HOUSE IS LOOKING LIKE IT'S GOT A PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
YOU HAD THE BEAMS AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE YEAH, BUT LIKE I SAY, NO, I HAVE NOT HAD AN INTERIOR LOOK AT IT.
UH, I'VE DONE HOME REPAIR AND SUCH IN THE PAST.
I CRAWLED UNDER THE HOUSE TO LOOK AT THE ROT AND WHERE IT WAS.
AND BASICALLY THERE'S AN INTERIOR WALL THAT WOULD, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO ROOMS AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE THAT ABOUT
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SIX OR EIGHT FEET OF THAT WALL WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT AND REPAIRED OUTSIDE WALL.THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED FROM THE WINDOWS TO THE BEAM.
THE REST OF IT, LIKE I SAY, I'VE LOOKED AT IT AND ACTUALLY COST-WISE, THE MOST REASONABLE WOULD BE TO REMOVE THAT ROOM.
'CAUSE I CAN TAKE IT BACK TO A CERTAIN POINT, LEAVE PART OF IT TO MAKE A OUTDOOR, A BACKYARD PORCH AND REUSE A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT DAMAGED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AND NOT HAVE THE, BASICALLY THE BULK OF THE NEW MATERIALS NEEDED.
'CAUSE I'LL BE ABLE TO REUSE THE, REUSE MOST OF THE BEAMS THERE TO FIX THE BAD BEAMS. SO MOST OF THE NEW MATERIAL WOULD BE LIMITED TO, UH, THE RAPTORS AND ROOFING.
UH, MOST EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE HANDLED BY REPURPOSING THE MATERIALS THAT ARE THERE.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, THE DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO ABOUT, BETWEEN THE TWO WA WHERE THAT CENTER WALL IS, WHERE THE VALLEY COMES DOWN, THE DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO ABOUT, ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THE SUBSTRUCTURE TO ABOUT SIX FOOT, EITHER SIDE OF THAT, EITHER SIDE OF THAT VALLEY COMING DOWN AND ABOUT SIX FOOT BACK.
I'D SAY IT LOOKS A LOT WORSE THAN IT IS.
IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED, THE WEIGHT OF THAT ROOF.
THAT WALL, THEN WE HAD ROT IN THAT CORNER AND THE WEIGHT OF THAT ROOF COLLAPSED.
THAT ONE WALL COLLAPSED THAT WALL.
AND THAT'S WHAT DID IT, I'D SAY I CAN PROBABLY DO IT FAIRLY REASONABLY BY REMOVING THE ROOM AND BY DOING WAY, I, I'M LOOKING AT DOING IT.
I TAKE THE, I TAKE THE VERY BACK WALL BACK ALMOST TO THE BREAKER BOX SO I DON'T HAVE TO DISTURB ANY OF THE WIRING THERE.
I JUST TAKE IT OFF TO THAT POINT, PUT A NEW ROOF JUST TO COVER THE PORCH AND ON THE OTHER SIDE COMING DOWN TO MEET IT.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT GOING TO, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE RIGHT? ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING.
AND, AND HAVE TO, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE BY UH, CERTIFIED LICENSED PEOPLE.
WELL, LIKE I SAY, THERE WILL BE, WHICH IS SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS.
VERY LITTLE ELECTRICAL TO BE DONE.
THERE IS NO PLUMBING WORK TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA.
SIR, THERE IS NO PLUMBING IN THAT AREA.
THE HOUSE HAS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
SO WELL TAKES, I SAY IT WAS INSPECTED, UH, WHEN MY DAD BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
WHEN WAS THAT? THAT WAS, UH, DON'T, DON'T DRAG ME TO EXACT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS AROUND, UH, THE YEAR 2000.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WAS ALL IN CODE.
SO I'M NOT ANTICIPATING ANY REAL ISSUES WITH THE PLUMBING 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD ANY.
AND THE ROOM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HAS NO PLUMBING.
AND ANY WIRING WORK IS JUST GOING TO BE DISCONNECTING SOME EXISTING WIRING IN THERE.
MR. MINKINS OR MR. BROWN, HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THIS OVER? YES, SIR.
UH, COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? I'M THE ONE WHO WALKED THE INITIAL, UH, WALKTHROUGH WITH HIM THE FIRST TIME.
THAT HOUSE IS GONNA NEED A, UH, REALLY ENGINEER FOR THE WHOLE START OVER.
IT IS BEEN THIS SUSTAINED A LOT OF DAMAGE.
UH, PARTIALLY THE ROOF IS GONE.
UH, IT'S GONNA NEED TO BE A TOTAL REWIRE, TOTAL RE-PLUMB.
THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GONNA LET IT.
EVEN, I, I'M SURPRISED THAT ENERGY WON'T EVEN DO ANYTHING, SHOOT ANY KIND OF POWER TO THAT STRUCTURE UNLESS EVERYTHING'S ABOVE THE CODE FROM THE DAMAGE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
AND WHEN I LAST SPOKE TO YOU, YOU SAID THAT YOU WAS GONNA GET RIGHT ON IT TO DEAL WITH THIS STUFF.
WHEN WE DEALING WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SEE IT, THEY CALL US AND WE HAVE TO KEEP ACTING TO IT AND SURE.
VALENCE GOING IN AND OUT OF IT.
SO THE HOUSE ITSELF, I MEAN REALLY IT'S JUST ME GUESSING YOU LOOKING AT IT RIGHT.
AF RIGHT AT ABOUT 60, $70,000 RIGHT OFF THE WHOA.
OFF THE TOP PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL FROM WHAT ME, THEM BEING AROUND US EVERY DAY.
IT'S ABOUT 10,000 JUST TO GO IN THERE JUST TO GET STARTED ON THE REWIRING.
YOU GOTTA REALLY MAKE SURE YOU WANNA DO THIS BEFORE YOU GET INVOLVED IN IT.
WELL, LET'S SAY THAT'S THE MATERIAL IS HIGH NOW.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET IT SOLVED.
THE GOAL IS TO SELL IT BECAUSE, UH, AND YOU TALKING ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO ON IT THAT YOU KNOW
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HAS TO BE DONE.AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR SIX TO 90 DAYS TO DO IT.
KNOW BASICALLY I'M ASKING FOR THAT TO GIVE THE BROKER A CHANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
TO BE HONEST, I'M THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL.
THAT'S YOU'RE SELL THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTED TO, I'VE GIVEN THE BROKER INSTRUCTIONS THAT I'LL TAKE ANY UNREASONABLE OFFER FOR IT BECAUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE, IF THEY'RE EITHER GONNA HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN OR PUT MONEY INTO IT, ONE OF THE TWO, JUST THAT SIMPLE.
BUT ALSO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE, PROPERTY VALUE AIN'T GREAT.
BUT THE PROPERTY HAS SOME VALUE TO IT.
AND LIKE I SAY, I TOLD HER, GET ME WHAT I CAN.
I'M ACTUALLY HOPING TO GET ENOUGH TO GET A SMALL DOWN PAYMENT TO GET MY BROTHER.
TO ACTUALLY BUY THE HOUSE ADJOINING AT THE BIG YELLOW HOUSE.
THAT WAS MY DAD'S HOME BEFORE HE PASSED.
HE'S GOT A TENANT IN IT, BUT HE WANTS TO GET OUT FROM UNDER, HE DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE.
AND I JUST, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SELL THIS ONE, BUY IT, GET RID OF MY TENANTS AND HAVE ME A NEW HOME TO LIVE IN.
IS THIS A, A ALL WOOD STRUCTURE? IT IS ALL WOOD WITH, UH, THE, PROBABLY WITH THE AGE OF THE ASBESTOS SIDING ON IT.
WITH A BRICK AND CONCRETE PORCH IN THE FRONT.
IT'S A PUR IT'S A PURE AND BEAM HOUSE PILLARS.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU REPAIR.
ACTUALLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU'RE TEARING IT ALL DOWN AND STARTING OVER SINCE IT'S AN ALL, WELL, TERMITES ACTUALLY AREN'T THE ISSUE ON IT.
THERE ISN'T, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE TERMITES.
UH, I'M ACTUALLY A FORMER PEST CONTROL TECHNICIAN.
I HAVE BEEN UNDER THERE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX TIMES CHECKING ALL THE PIERS FOR TERMITE INFESTATION.
UH, THAT WAS, THAT HOUSE WAS TREATED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THEY USED THE PESTICIDES.
WE ARE GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AFTER.
UH, IN THE MEANTIME, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ, UH, MS. JOHNSON? SHE JUST JOHNSON, SHE'LL BE A PART OF RE MS. JOHNSON IS PRESENT.
Y'ALL OBJECTION IF I GO AHEAD AND GO, I NEED TO GET NO, NO PROBLEM.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE MY SPEAKER ON, BUT MS UH, JOHNSON IS PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT IN MIND THAT, UM, WE ARE IN PERSON, BUT WE DO WANT TO KEEP THE, UM, SPEECHES AT FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON.
UH, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT, UH, THAT FIVE MINUTE THAT WE, I DIDN'T LOOK THAT WAY, UH, AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, NOW WE'RE HERE FOR THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR, BUT WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, UH, TO STATE THEIR REASON FOR BEING HERE AND WHAT THEY WANNA DO WITH SAID PROPERTY.
SO TRY AND LIMIT YOUR, UH, SPEECH OR TALK.
SHOULD I SAY TO FIVE MINUTES SO WE COULD GET EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO TALK? OKAY.
IT'S NUMBER 17 ON THE AGENDA AND I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP WITH THE RESIDENCE.
SPEAKING ON 3 49
STATE YOUR NAME, HOW YOU DOING? I'M DEWAN VERSO.
WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER PLEASE, SIR? DEWAN SSO, UH, 27 11 VERNON STREET, NELAND, TEXAS.
DID EVERYBODY FIND THE ADDRESS? YEAH.
THE ADDRESS IS, UH, 3 49 REVEREND RANSOM HOWARD STREET.
THE OWNER IS CLARENCE DURSO AND IT'S IN THE STATE.
HIS ADDRESS IS 39 0 1 FIFTH STREET FOR ARTHUR, TEXAS.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON, I LOST MY PAPER.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023.
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THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON AUGUST 5TH, 2021.HOW WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME IF YOU DON'T, AND, AND A LITTLE LOUDER SO WE CAN GET IT.
I'M STARTING, THE MIC'S COMING A LITTLE TALL.
UH, 27 11 VERNON STREET, NELAND, TEXAS.
AND WE SEE HERE THAT, UH, IT IS, UH, UH, STATE PROPERTY OR WHAT, OR DO YOU OWN THE PROPERTY SALE? I, NO ONE THERE, THERE IS AN ESTATE, BUT THERE'S NO ESTATE.
NO ONE HAS, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY SET UP AN ESTATE WITH, UM, ATTORNEYS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, MY, MY DAD PASSED, UM, IN 22 AND WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES THAT HE LEFT BEHIND.
HE DIDN'T LEAVE ANY ANYTHING BEHIND.
I JUST GOT A BRIEFCASE FULL OF, UH, RANDOM THINGS.
UM, MOST OF OUR FUNDS HAVE BEEN GOING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT HE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER TO, UM, TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, AND GET, YOU KNOW, TO, TO KEEP UP.
I WILL SAY IT DOES HAVE SOME ISSUES.
IT'S BEEN THROUGH A BUNCH OF HURRICANES.
IT'S A PRETTY SOLID STRUCTURE, BUT DUE TO THE VANDALISM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THAT AREA, IT HAS TAKEN A REALLY GOOD BLOW.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE, THE CONTENTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT HE LEFT BEHIND FOR CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE JUST THAT HE JUST LET PEOPLE JUST KEEP THEIR CARS IN THERE FOR YEARS.
SO, UM, I'VE PRETTY MUCH TRACKED DOWN EVERYONE THAT I CAN.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UM, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF SENDING OUT LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE THAT I CAN'T CONTACT BY, BY THE, UM, BY GOING THROUGH THE, UM, THE LICENSE PLATES AND EVERYTHING AND SENDING THEM LETTERS THAT THEY NEED TO COME PICK UP THEIR CARS OR IT'S GONNA BE TRANSFERRED INTO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLES, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET ALL THOSE VEHICLES OUT OF THERE.
UM, UM, AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY GOES, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, UM, I HAVE SOMEONE TRYING TO BUY IT.
UM, PRETTY MUCH HE'S READY TO BUY IT.
UM, BUT, UM, MY ISSUE IS THE PROPERTY HASN'T BEEN, UH, LEGALLY TRANSFERRED INTO AN ESTATE TO WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY TAKE CONTROL OF THE, UM, THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, I HA I INAPPROPRIATE OR ANYTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
SO YOU REALLY CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PROPERTY ITSELF, CAN YOU? UM, AS FAR AS THE FAMILY GOES, YES.
THE, I I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE.
I'M THE OLD, I'M, I'M THE OLDEST.
I TOOK CARE OF ALL THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THE FAR, AS FAR AS LEGALLY GOES, NO SIR, I'M NOT RIGHT.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THERE, RIGHT THERE LEGALLY, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THIS OWNER OF THE SAID PROPERTY.
AND IT, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD 'CAUSE YOUR DAD DIDN'T LEAVE ANY, UH, A WILL AS SUCH AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD ACTUALLY SPEAK FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET HIM SOME TIME TO WHERE, UH, WE COULD E WE COULD SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE I COULD SELL IT, I NEED TO GET THE VEHICLES TO THE CUSTOMERS THAT HE HAD IN THERE.
UM, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH LAGGING BEHIND ON GETTING THEIR VEHICLES.
UM, RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONE GUY COMING BY THIS SUPPOSEDLY, 'CAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY MY FOURTH OR FIFTH TIME CONTACTING THIS GUY, UM, TO COME GET HIS VEHICLE, WELL, HIS VEHICLE.
'CAUSE HE, I THINK HE HAS THREE VEHICLES IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE DID SEND OUT A BOARD OF LETTER TO MR. UM, BATIS.
HAS IT BEEN, UH, BOARDED UP? WE DIDN'T, UM, WE WAS JUST WAITING ON THIS PART OF IT TO GO THROUGH, BUT WE DID, MS. DARLENE WAS LOOKING MORE INTO, UM, BOARDING IT UP.
JUST A REC AS A RECOMMENDATION.
BECAUSE IT'S STILL STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
IT'S JUST 'CAUSE OF THE GRAS AND EVERYTHING.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BREAKING INTO THE PROPERTY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
THEY'VE TAKEN ALL OF THE CADILLAC CONVERTERS OFF OF THE CARS, UM, TIRES.
THEY'VE BROKEN THE WINDOW IN THE BACK, JUMPED IN, TAKEN TIRES.
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I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH.UM, THIS PAST, WAS IT THIS WEEKEND? THIS PAST WEEKEND? THIS PAST WEEKEND WE WERE THERE.
UM, AND, UH, ONE OF THE, THE GUY, THE GUY THAT, ONE OF THE GUYS THAT WANTS TO BUY IT ACTUALLY CAME BY AND, UM, HE WANTS TO BUY IT AND HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT, UH, THE STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING.
HE JUST WANTS TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
I'M JUST, I JUST HAVE TO DO THE LEGWORK TO ACTUALLY GET IT TRANSFERRED INTO MY NAME SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY SELL HIM THE PROPERTY AND PAY OFF THE LIEN.
THIS IS WHAT I HAD REFERENCE TO MR. MANKINS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, DO WE HAVE HIS, HIS NUMBER? YES.
UH, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST FOR AS THE VEHICLE, THIS MAY HELP YOU A LOT.
LET US DO THE VIN AND GET OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE.
THAT WAY YOU WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOLDING ONTO THEM CARS UP IN THERE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN LEAVE HER YOUR NUMBER OR WHATEVER YOU GET WITH THEM AND GET WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND HAVE A A DAY, HE CAN MEET YOU AND HE CAN GO IN AND GET THE VAN OR LICENSE PLATE AND SEND.
THE CITY WILL ALSO, UH, HAVE SOME RECORDS OF THOSE VEHICLES.
THAT WAY WHOEVER DON'T PICK THE VEHICLE UP AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO REMOVE THEM, THEY WOULD'VE TO DEAL WITH THE SALVAGE OR THE RECORD.
IT WOULD NO LONGER BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ONCE YOU SENT IT OUT.
UM, AND CAN I GET THAT INFORMATION HERE OR YEAH.
YOU, YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN GET IT.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN GET IT THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE FIXED UP.
WELL, AND, AND THEN TOO, YOU HAVE TO TAKE, TAKE CONSIDERATION.
UH, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY SPEAKING FOR THE FAMILY AS SUCH BECAUSE IT, IT HASN'T BEEN PROBATED OR ANYTHING, BUT THE TAXES ON THAT IS LIKE $9,000 ON THE YES SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HERE? WHEN UH, MAY I ASK YOU, WERE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY GETTING, UM, GOING TO COURT, TRYING TO GET IT PROBATED.
UM, THAT JUST TAKES A LAWYER AND THEM SETTING IN THE COURT FOR YOU IF YOU'VE GOT HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE.
I'VE ORDERED SEVERAL, I HAVE SEVERAL DEATH CERTIFICATES 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY KEEP 'EM IN ALL.
WELL IF YOU GO AND FILE IT AT THE PROBATE COURT YOURSELF.
IT'S CALLED A WAIVER OF SERVICE.
IF EVERY MEMBER SIGNS THAT WAIVER OF SERVICE AND IT'S NOTARIZING, YOU BRING IT WITH A DEATH CERTIFICATE THAT PUTS YOU AS THE EXECUTOR AND YOU KINDA BYPASS ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
BUT YOU GUYS ALL GOTTA AGREE TO IT.
I I, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN GET MY FAMILY TO DO THAT.
BUT WHEN I WENT TO SPEAK TO A LAWYER, I'M GLAD YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT BECAUSE I WENT TO A SPEECH TO A LAWYER AND HE TOLD ME HOW DID YOU ALL AGREE THAT YOU CAN BE THE EXECUTOR? YES.
AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.
I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THAT BY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT LEGAL YET.
AND THEN YOU CAN, I MEAN, JUST, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING THAT
SEE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT ON MY OWN.
AND WHEN I WENT TO SPEAK TO, I WENT TO SPEAK TO SEVERAL LAWYERS.
ONE, THIS WAS A WHILE BACK PROBABLY, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UH, NOT, NOT TOO LONG AFTER MY, MY DAD PASSED AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME 7,000 AND I HAD ALREADY GOT DONE.
SPENDING MONEY ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
UPWARD TO WHAT YOU GET 'EM ALL, YOU CAN PULL IT OFFLINE AND GO TO A STATE, UH, TEXAS GO DO STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN PROBATE ESTATE.
IT'S CALLED A WAIVER OF SERVICE.
EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE TO SIGN IT AND HAVE IT NOTARIZED.
SAYING THAT YOU RECOGNIZE HIM AS THE EXECUTOR.
TAKE THAT AND HAVE HIM PUT IT ON FILE WITH HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE IN 90 DAYS.
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NEARLY $7,000, BUT ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR, I'M SORRY.
ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE TIME, UH, AT LEAST 90 DAYS OR SO, HOWEVER LONG YOU GUYS CAN EXTEND US TO US TO TAKE CARE OF MY MY FATHER'S AFFAIRS SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING, UH, TO, TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S UP TO CODE AND DO EVERYTHING IN A LATER PROCESS.
BRIAN, I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD YOU INTERJECTED THAT ALSO.
WE WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING AND THANK YOU AND REALLY, UH, EXPLAINING IT TO US.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE Y'ALL, Y'ALL DID SAY YOU BOARDED UP OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND YOU WILL BE, UH, HEARING AS FAR AS OUR DECISION THAT WE WILL BE RENDERED TODAY.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS 2046 SIXTH STREET.
IT'S A RESIDENCE AND IT'S NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA AND I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.
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OKAY.WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS LANDRY PATTON JR.
AND THE PROPERTY'S 2040 SIXTH SIXTH STREET? YES, MA'AM.
UM, OWNER IS LANDRY, EXCUSE ME, PATTON AND DEBBIE PATTON AND CENTER STATE.
THE ADDRESS IS 2040 SIXTH SIXTH STREET FOR ARTHUR, TEXAS.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON JUNE 22ND, 2022, 2022.
THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON MAY 19TH, 2022.
OH, WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS AGAIN, PLEASE, SIR.
MY CURRENT ADDRESS IS 32 24 12TH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2.
AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, THE STATE, ISN'T IT? YES.
UM, HAS REPRO MY MOM'S ALSO, UH, OWNER.
AND WE'LL BE SIGNING IT OVER TO ME, UM, SOON, GETTING A DEED DRAWN UP AND EVERYTHING TRANSFERRED OVER.
I'VE ALREADY STARTED ON REPAIRS.
UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, UH, THE BEAM WAS, UH, MESSED UP.
HE RAN INTO IT BEFORE HE PASSED AND KNOCKED IT OVER.
SO I'VE ALREADY GOT THAT BEAM REPLACED AND FIXED.
UH, I'M WORKING NEXT ON, UH, PLUMBING AND THE ROOF.
I WAS THE, I JUST WANNA STOP YOU RIGHT THERE.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON IT ONCE IT'S RED TAGGED.
OH, UH, IT, SO YOU'RE DOING THE WORK WHILE YOU WERE SPRAY TAG? I STARTED GET, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THE WORK WHILE BEFORE.
OKAY, WELL YOU'RE GONNA STOP THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.
WOULD YOU CONTINUE, PLEASE? UM, YES.
BUT, UM, MY PLAN, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? YES SIR.
MY PLANS ARE TO RENOVATE IT AND MOVE IN.
UH, I HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO.
HE DIDN'T WANT IT TORN DOWN, SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT I, UM, PUT THE MONEY NECESSARY INTO IT TO BE REPAIRED.
UM, HE WAS LIVING IN IT UNTIL THE DAY HE PASSED.
I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH REPAIRING THE HOUSE.
AND I, I'D LIKE ONE OF THE, OKAY, MR. MICKENS, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THEM ABOUT THE WORK PLAN? OKAY.
UM, BEFORE, ONCE I, A TRUCTURE HAS BEEN RED TAGGED, YOU CAN'T WORK ON IT WITHOUT PULLING PERMITS, THE PROPER PERMITS.
WE WOULD SET UP A WALKTHROUGH BEING THAT IT'S PUT INTO YOUR NAME, YOU ONLY CAN DO THAT ONCE YOU KNOW IT'S IN YOUR NAME.
YOU KNOW, AND WHAT, WHAT IT IS, WE'LL WALK THROUGH IT WITH YOU.
IT'LL BE MYSELF, A PLUMBING ELECTRICIAN TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UP TO CODE.
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A PUNCH LIST.
EVERYTHING YOU FOLLOW THAT VERBATIM FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO TO BRING THE STRUCTURE UP, THE CODE, AND, AND FOR THE, UH, THE BOARD.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT SOME COSMETIC ISSUES WITH IT.
REASON WHY I WENT THERE AND TAGGED, I'M THE ONE THAT RED TAG BECAUSE OKAY.
PORCH BEANS ABOUT TO FALL AND YOU, YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE PROPER WAY OF DOING IT.
'CAUSE WE CAN WRITE YOU A CITATION FOR THAT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR, YOUR THINGS IN ORDER BEFORE YOU START AND WE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, TO GET WITH US AND WE'LL, AND LET YOU SET IT UP ONCE YOU, UH, DO ALL THE PROPER PAPERWORK, THAT'D BE PERFECT.
SIR, I GUESS YOU ARE WILLING TO DO IT, SIR, AM I CORRECT? YES.
MAY, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE, MR. PETTY? UM, WITHIN ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS, GETTING IT ALL DONE BECAUSE I'M REDOING EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE AND YOU KNOW.
ONCE YOU SET UP THE WALKTHROUGH, YOU'LL LEAVE, UH, ENROLL INTO WORK PLAN AND IT'S SIX MONTHS.
AND IF YOU NEED AN EXTENSION, YOU HAVE TO GET WITH THE INSPECTOR AND PENDING THAT SO MUCH OF THE WORK IS DONE.
IT'S GONNA SAVE ME A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME SOUND LIKE, SO THANK YOU.
SO YOU FEEL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? OKAY, MR. PATTON, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT WITH US, SIR.
AND I'M SURE YOU LEARNED A LOT TOO TODAY.
YOU LEARNED TO STOP? SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A, A DECISION ON THE PROPERTY TODAY.
IF YOU WANT STAY AND YOU KNOW YOUR MOM, YOU CAN.
BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT WITH US.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS 33 12 12TH STREET AND IT'S NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA.
AND WITH THE OWNER, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE IT? OKAY, YOU HAVE IT.
THE PROPERTY IS THIRD 33 12 12TH STREET.
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OWNER.IT IS ATLAS M THOMAS AND IT'S IN THE STATE.
HIS ADDRESS IS 4 0 9 WASHINGTON AVENUE AND IT'S ETTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 1 4.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON, UM, AUGUST 29TH, 2023.
AND THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON JULY 2ND, 2018.
UH, WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS, PLEASE? THOMAS ATLAS, 4 0 9 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ANAAC 7 7 5 1 4.
OKAY, MR. THOMAS, AND THIS IS, UH, THE STATE PROPERTY.
SHERIFF SALE, SIR, WAS FROM SHERIFF SALE.
TELL US ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS ON FOR THE PROPERTY? WE ALREADY, UH, DEMOLISHED THE ENTIRE INSIDE AND UH, IT USED TO BE A DRUG ADDICT PLACES, SO THEY ARE NO LONGER THERE.
AND, UH, THE HOUSE IS CLEANED UP AND READY TO BE REBUILT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE COMPLETELY.
SO THERE IS ONLY BEAMS LEFT OVER THERE IS NOTHING THERE.
MR. THOMAS, DID YOU PULL APARTMENTS? YOU DID COME IN AND PULL A PERMITS, A DEMOLITION? NO, AFTER HERE YOU HAVE TO PULL APARTMENTS AND ALSO, AND ALSO FOR YOUR INFO, UH, THE TAXES HAS BEEN CHANGED.
UH, THERE IS NO LONGER $550 IS $25.
UM, I RE I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS SOME, SOME LITTER THAT WE GOT THE COMPLAINT ABOUT.
IT'S BEEN BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING ON IT.
YOU CAN'T WORK ON IT, RIGHT? NO, NO, WE DIDN'T WORK ON IT.
IT IS BEEN FREEZING AND NOBODY GONNA GET OUT HOUSE ANYWAY.
BUT WE ARE GONNA COMPLETELY BRING IT BACK TO ORIGINAL.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOORS, WINDOWS, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ROOFING, SIDING, EVERYTHING.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT? UH, ONE YEAR.
ONE YEAR? YEAH, BECAUSE I'M INVESTING MY OWN MONEY.
AND ALSO ON THE WAY COMING DOWN HERE, I GOT ANOTHER JOB BY HOBBY AIRPORT.
MR. THOMAS, BE MINDFUL THAT ONCE YOU DO PULL THE PERMITS, YOU'LL HAVE TO SET UP THE WALKTHROUGH.
AND THEN ROLL INTO OUR WORK PLAN.
AND THE WORK PLAN IS FOR SIX MONTHS.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN IT FOR THE RECORD.
AND UM, AND I CAN EXHIBIT PENDING THE PROGRESSION OF IT.
UM, WE DO ALLOW EXTENSIONS, BUT YEAH, I KNOW ALL THE BUILDING, IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON HOW MUCH WORK YOU HAVE TO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING CODE.
SO YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME TIME TO DO THE WORK.
IS, AM I CORRECT? I KNOW THE TIME.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT HOUSE, I HAVE SOME PICTURE FOR YOU.
OH, THE NEWER PICTURES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AND I FEEL BAD FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND UH, THEY HIRED PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND THEY STOLE THEIR MONEY.
BUT YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND FOR OUR DECISION TO BE RENDERED.
WE HAVE CURRENT, WE HAVE THE PICTURES THAT FROM THIS, WE DON'T HAVE THE PICTURES THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT HAVE YOU.
WHAT IT IS IS YOU HAVE BEFORE.
I HAVE AFTER THE HOUSE IS VERY SOLID, UH, AND HAS POTENTIAL IN IT.
UH, MR. KINS, UH, SOMEONE, HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT THE, UH, PROPERTY RECENTLY? I'VE BEEN, YEAH, I WENT THERE.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, I WAS THERE YESTERDAY.
UH, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CLEANING PROPERTY.
IT WAS A LOT OF TREES, DOWN TREES.
THE BACK, THE SOUTH WALL WAS TOTALLY GONE.
I WALKED RIGHT IN IT AND, AND UH, I THINK IT, IT IS THE ROOF.
HE BASICALLY REALLY NEED TO JUST REBUILD IT.
IF HE'S SAYING HE GONNA DO WHAT HE SAY HE'S GONNA DO, IT'S GOING TO BASICALLY BE A NEW HOME.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT IS GONE.
WHAT I'M LOOKING AT NOW IS GONE.
THE FOUNDATION IS SLOPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT, THEY RANSACKED AND HE GOT ALL THE STUFF OUT OF THE YARD AND I'M, I'M REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
GETTING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
THE SIDE WALL THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
I WAS LITTLE BIT LATE, ONE HOUR LATE AND MY GUY, I TOLD HIM TO CLEAN UP AND HE KNOCKED ON THAT WALL.
HE SHOULDN'T, NOW HE'S, IT LOOKS BETTER, BUT DEFINITELY HE TOLD REBUILD.
BUT THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ON A FOUR CORNER PERIMETER IS FINE.
WHAT'S HAPPENED WAS THEY HAD A LEAK IN THE BATHROOM AND SOAK IN THE CENTER.
I SEEN THEY JUST NEED JACK TO COME UP AND LEVEL WITH THE PERIMETER.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY PROBLEM IT HAS.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE GOING INSIDE OR NOT.
THE ROOF IS STILL HOLDING GUN.
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FRONT OF THE ROOF IS GOOD, BUT THE BACKSIDE WHERE THE WALL IS GOING, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REPLACED.YEAH, I SEEN AND I TOOK IT DOWN, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT ROOF OFF.
THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE GONNA BUILD A, A PATIO IN THE BACK AND THE ROOF GONNA COVER THE PATIO IN THE BACK.
SO IT'S GONNA SPREAD BACK THERE.
MR. THOMAS, YOU DID STATE, UM, WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU OVER THE PHONE THAT YOU'RE A CONTRACTOR CORRECT? FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
HUH? YOU DID STATE WHEN I SPOKE WITH YOU ON THE PHONE THAT YOU, YOU ARE A CONTRACTOR, RIGHT? 40 YEARS.
I JUST WANTED TO, I WORK IN, UH, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO.
TOMORROW MORNING I'M GOING TO AUSTIN AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
THESE PICTURES ARE NOT, HE, HE'S CLEANED ALL THAT UP.
ALL IT'S IN THE FRONT YESTERDAY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS STATING YOU, UH, FROM WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WE'RE SITTING UP HERE LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES.
THESE PICTURE, IT IS NOT THE SAME.
THE HOUSE IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION, BUT THE DEBRIS AND TRASH AND DOWNSTREAM, THEY, THEY GOT IT GOING.
IT IS 100% WAY BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS.
I HAPPENED TO GO BY THERE YESTERDAY AND I APPRECIATE THE GOOD PART ABOUT IT IS, UH, THERE WAS DRUG ADDICT, THEY MOVED OUT.
SO THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE, BUT I HOPE, DO YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THEM? I HOPE THEY'RE GONNA FIX THE SEWAGE LINE BECAUSE THE SEWAGE LINE BROKE UP THERE AND ALL THE MESSAGE COMING INTO THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S ANOTHER, I HOPE THEY FIX IT.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
TALK TO LET US KNOW OFF THE RECORD THE GUY THAT YOU TALKED TO THAT, UH, HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HOUSE.
I GOT HIS ADDRESS TO GO AND LOOK AT IT.
IF HE CAN, IF I CAN BUY IT, IF HE HAS POTENTIAL.
JUST OFF THE RECORD FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW.
I TRY TO MAKE THE HOUSE THIS AREA BEAUTIFUL.
AND DO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
WE NEED MORE CITIZENS LIKE YOU.
I'M, I'M, I'M CALLING SOME OTHER CONTRACTOR TO COME IN.
YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, THESE PEOPLE IN, UH, FOR ARTHUR THAT THEY CALL CONTRACTOR.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, SIR FOR COMING, SIR.
THE NEXT ADDRESS IS 54 0 1 TERRACE AVENUE.
AND IT'S NUMBER 19 ON THE AGENDA.
AND I GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES MA'AM.
THE ADDRESS IS 54 0 1 TERRACE AVENUE.
OWNERS ARE HOWARD BRUCE BRUSARD AND IVER MAY BRUSARD AND IT'S IN STATE.
THEIR ADDRESS IS 37 15 BOWEN DRIVE.
THAT'S BEAUMONT, TEXAS 7 7 7 0 8 DASH 4 6 0 8.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON JUNE 12TH, 2023.
THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON MARCH 18TH, 2002.
THE TAX, EXCUSE ME, THE TAXES ARE DELINQUENT.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN? MY NAME IS CAROLYN BRUSARD.
MS. BRUSARD, PULL YOUR MIC UP A LITTLE BIT.
MS. BRUSARD, WOULD YOU SPEAK? CAROLYN? BRUSARD SAMUEL.
AND MY ADDRESS IS 37 15 BOY DRIVE.
NOW THIS IS, UH, THE STATE PROPERTY.
HAS IT BEEN PROBATED YET OR WHAT HAVE YOU? NO.
UM, WELL I WAS CALLING TO COME, UH, REQUESTING A EXTENSION.
UM, WE RECEIVED THE LETTER AND I, I DO ADMIT, YOU KNOW, MY DAD JUST PASSED AWAY.
I JUST BURIED HIM ON THE SIXTH OF THIS MONTH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM THAT THEY HAD TAGGED THE HOUSE OR WHATEVER AND SO HE CALLED THE CONTRACTOR.
SO I, I DID HEAR HIM SAY THAT IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE WORK DONE.
WE DID CUT THE GRASS, EXCUSE ME, SOME TREES, EXCUSE ME, SPEAK CLOSE TO THE MINE.
WE DID CUT THE, UH, CLING AROUND THE PROPERTY, CUT SOME TREES AND CLING AROUND IT.
BUT WE HAD SOMEONE, HE HAD SOMEONE GO LOOK AT IT AND ACTUALLY THEY, THE WEST SIDE, I THINK OF THE HOUSE THAT THE BOARDS WERE ROTTEN AND FALLING DOWN, THEY REMOVED THAT TO SEE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND SO MY DAD GAVE ME HIS LOWE'S CARD AND I PURCHASED THE
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BOARDS TO REPLACE THAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS SOME TWO BY FOURS THAT WAS ROTTEN UNDER THERE THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.SO THAT PART OF THE HOUSE HAS BEEN COVERED WITH TARP.
ANYONE HAS A QUESTION? MR. BAKER? I, I'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE BEFORE.
YOU'VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE? YEAH.
THIS WAS BACK IN 18, I BELIEVE.
SO, UM, THE CONTRACTOR GAVE US A LIST OF, UM, THE SUPPLIES THAT'S NEEDED TO GET THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE DONE AS WELL.
AS I SAID, WE DIDN'T ALREADY PURCHASE THE BOARDS TO DO THE OUTSIDE, SO I WAS ASKING FOR LIKE, AN EXTENSION FOR MAYBE SIX MONTHS TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE.
BUT ALSO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF WITH AN ATTORNEY TRYING TO GET HIS WHEEL PROBATED AND GET THE PROPERTY PUT IN MY NAME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MISS SIMEON, HOW LONG HAS THE HOUSE BEEN VACANT? UM, I THINK MAYBE 2016, RIGHT BEFORE THE HURRICANE, BECAUSE HAD SOMEONE, UH, DID THE SHEET ROCK IN THERE AND, UH, I GUESS THEY GOT WITH THE CITY AND THEY HAD HAD TO HAVE SO MANY OUTLETS ON EACH WALL AND THEY HAD DID ALL THAT IN THERE AFTER THE, THE TENANT MOVED OUT.
SO IT HAD BEEN VACANT SINCE THEN.
HAVE YOU BEEN ACTUALLY IN, INSIDE THE HOME SINCE YOUR PARENTS DIED? YEAH, I, I'VE BEEN IN THERE RECENTLY.
YEAH, IT'S JUST THAT, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HURRICANE THAT NEEDS SUBFLOORING AND THEN LIKE THAT WEST WALL, THE MAIN BOARD AT THE BOTTOM, IT HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, TERMITE ROTTEN.
SO THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT I ALREADY HAVE THE TWO BY FOURS AND THE WALL JUST NEED TO, I HAVE THE LIST OF THE SUBFLOORING AND THE SHEET ROCK.
HOW MANY SHEETS OF SHEET ROCK WE NEED TO DO THE INSIDE.
MS. SAMUEL, HAS Y'ALL HAD THAT HOUSE GUTTED AS A RESULT OF THE FLOOD? AM I RIGHT? YES.
AND ALL OF THE, UH, DAMAGED WOOD, THE SIDE, UH, THE WALLS AND, AND, AND FLOORING HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
SO IS IT STILL IN THAT CON THAT SAME CONDITION? THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT IT, YES.
AND I, WHEN I DID MY WALKTHROUGH, UM, MOST OF THE STUDS AND, AND, AND INSIDE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN GOOD SHAPE FROM WHAT I COULD SEE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONE SINCE THEN, BUT WHEN I FIRST, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THERE AT THAT TIME AND I WAS DOING MY ASSESSMENT, IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD AND JUST NEEDED SOME WORK AND SOME ASSISTANCE TO GET THE INTERIOR WALLS BACK UP.
AND ALSO THE PLUMBING IF I'M, IF I'M CORRECT IN THE BATHROOMS. YEAH.
WELL THE, THE, THE TOILET AND THE TUB IS STILL IN THERE.
BUT YEAH, IT PROBABLY JUST NEED TO BE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE, I DID SEE ON THE NOTE THE, THAT MR. UM, KINS HAD LEFT US THAT IT NEEDS A NEW ROOF.
SO IS IS, IS WATER LEAKING INTO THE HOUSE? NO, THERE'S NO WATER LEAKING IN THERE A LOT BECAUSE THE LAST, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HURRICANE BEFORE HARVEY, WE HAD PUT A ROOF ON IT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT LEAKING INSIDE.
MR. MANKINS, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? IT'S ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
I, I, I HAD A PHOTO BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT ON THIS, BUT IT IS A PORTION OF THE ROOF WHERE IT'S KIND OF SLOPED DOWN IN THE BACK.
SAID IT KIND OF HAD A LITTLE WATER.
SAID THE GUY WHO WENT OUT THERE, HE DID UH, HE DID SOME RAFTERS AND THE EVE AND HE PUT SOME F BOARDS ACROSS.
ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BACK, BACK A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, BUT AS FAR AS THE WOOD INSIDE, LIKE MR. BAKER WAS SAYING, IT'S STILL SOUND THAT'S, THAT HOUSE WAS, SEE THE WOOD IN THERE? IT'S PRETTY IN GOOD SHAPE.
YOU JUST NEED TO GO ON ROCK AND GET IT, UH, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR PLUMBING AND EVERYTHING BACK UP THE PAR AND YOUR ELECTRICAL.
YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS FOR MR. HEARING.
HE HEARING, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT DONE TO THE PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE DONE TO THE PROPERTY AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND WE WILL RUN THE DECISION DATE TO LET AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
SO WILL Y'ALL CALL ME? UM, OR DO I NEED TO STAY OR? OH, WELL YOU COULD STAY IF YOU WANT TO.
YOU GONNA GET A CERTIFIED LETTER? YEAH.
YOU GONNA GET A LETTER ANYWAY LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT DECISION HAS BEEN RENDERED.
NO, I WAS JUST ASKING 'CAUSE I LIVE IN BEAUMONT AND UM, I NEEDED TO GET BY THE FUNERAL HOME.
OH, THAT'S 'CAUSE THEY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THAT,
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UH, HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE WAS READY.WELL YOU GO TAKE CARE OF THAT BUSINESS AND I'M SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISION IS RENDERED, THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW.
AND YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY? YES MA'AM.
NEXT, DID ANYONE ELSE PICK IN TO SPEAK? SIGN IN.
THAT WASN'T THE SHEET THAT WAS DOWNSTAIRS.
SINCE YOU'VE SIGNED IN MS. FLANAGAN, WOULD YOU TELL US THE WHATEVER PROPERTY THE ADDRESS IS? 82 25 DAVIS.
AND THAT IS NUMBER, UM, 12 ON THE AGENDA BOOK.
AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE OKAY.
THE ADDRESS IS 85 25 DAVIS AVENUE.
THE OWNERS OF PARKER JOHN M, SENIOR ESTATE CARE OF JOHN M. PARKER, JR.
AND IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE STATE.
41 34 BLACKBERRY LANE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 7 7 6 4 2 DASH 7 2 0 9 IS THEIR ADDRESS.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023.
THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2004.
WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, JOHN JOHN PARKER, JR.
41 34 BLACKBERRY LANE FOR ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2.
UH, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS SAID PROPERTY? UH, WE'RE GOING TO, WE, UH, GOT THE THING WE'RE GOING TO TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN THAT WE CLEANED UP ALL THE, UH, SHE AND EVERYTHING AROUND THE HOUSE.
AND WE DECIDED WE'RE JUST GONNA TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN BECAUSE NO ONE LIVED THERE.
THE HOUSE WAS FALLING DOWN AND, UH, I WENT TO THE DEMOLITION OVER HERE AND TALKED TO THE LADY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO GET THE CENSUS EAST.
THEY HAD TO GET ALL MY SISTER AND BROTHERS TO SIGN A NOTARY PAPERS, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE AND HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FROM Y'ALL BEFORE I COULD TEAR IT DOWN.
SO I GOT THIS LETTER THAT SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT REPAIRING OR ANYTHING, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA REPAIR.
YOU WANT TO DEMOLISH IT? TO ABOLISH IT.
ALRIGHT, MS. UH, MS. PLAN, WHAT'S THE, UH, PROCESS NOW, SINCE HE HAS THE PAPERWORK AND WHATEVER THE SIGNATURES AND THAT IT'S IN HIS NAME TO, UH, DEMO.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS, UH, COME UP TO, TO THE PERMIT'S DIVISION AND PULL A PERMIT.
BUT YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO, UH, DEMOLISH IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAUL OFF EVERYTHING.
I THOUGHT SHE, I THOUGHT SHE TOLD ME 90 DAYS WHEN I WENT LAST, LAST YEAR WHEN I WENT OVER THERE TO THE PERMIT DIVISION.
TO, TO TEAR IT DOWN, REMOVE IT.
I'VE NEVER KNOWN IT TO BE 90 DAYS.
IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, YOU JUST, YOU KNOW.
SO THE PERMIT GROUP, Y'ALL BY HAND OR Y PROPERTY? NICE.
YEAH, WE, WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET ONE OF THE BLUE BOXES.
I GOT A FRIEND THAT'S GOT A, A TRACTOR.
ESSENTIALLY GONNA PULL IT DOWN.
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BOX.UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WEATHER BEING LIKE IT IS, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 30 DAYS.
SO IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THE PERMIT, DO WE NEED TO COME LIKE A WEEK BEFORE THE OLD COMPANY JUST BEFORE IT EXPIRES? MM-HMM.
I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, COMING TO LET US KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO.
THAT THIS WAS, UH, THIS WAS PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT WHAT HAPPENED IS, LIKE I SAID, MY BROTHER HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE DEMOLITION BOARD.
AND WE WERE IN THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
SO WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE HAD TO BE HERE OR IF WE, YOU KNOW.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UH RIGHT.
GET EVERYTHING DONE SO THAT YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO TODAY.
THANK YOU'ALL MAN AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
ALL I'M SURE A LETTER WILL BE SENT TO YOU.
MR. SA LETTER WILL BE SENT TO YOU.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY? YES.
ALRIGHT, WHAT WE GONNA NOW WITH A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING.
WHAT WE GONNA NEED NOW IS TO, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE BACK INTO OUR BUSINESS SECTION SESSION I SECONDS.
[III. Discuss and possibly take action on condemning the structures as described in the following lists, and ordering demolition and/or work plans. (Part 1 of 2)]
UM, LIKE IT CAME IN THE FIRST PERSON AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND LET US KNOW THAT NUMBER ONE WAS, UH, THE FIRST ONE WE LOOKED AT WAS, UH, 2046.NUMBER FOUR IS THE FIRST NUMBER ONE WAS FOUR A.
WHAT'S THE ADDRESS, SIR? THE ADDRESS WAS, WHAT WAS IT? WHAT'S THE 1645 MM-HMM.
AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDS TO FIX IT? NO FUNDS, NO FUNDS ON THAT.
AND THERE IS NO AVAILABLE, UH, FUNDING TO ASSIST IN, IN THE DEMOLITION AND REBUILD OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO I THINK SHE'S PROBABLY EXHAUSTED ALL AVENUES TO TRY TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF THEM DOING IT THEMSELVES.
SO, UM, I I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS, UH, JUST MAYBE DOING A RAISE ORDER ON THIS ONE.
UM, COULD I GET A MOTION ON THAT? YES, SIR.
I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE GIVE IT A 30 DAY RAISE.
I SECOND IT IS THE PROPERTY MOVEMENT SECOND FOR A 30 DAY RAISE.
NEXT DEMOLISHED GONNA HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN
SO THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN TO FIRST TIME, SAY DEMOLISHED AS A BILL FOR, HOW DOES THAT, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN IT TO HER DAMAGE? IT'S A DAMAGE THAT BE PLACED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
AND YOU CAN GO AND TALK TO, UM, I THINK IT'S, UM, LEGAL, LEGAL, LEGAL ABOUT SETTING UP A PAYMENT PLAN.
AND THEY, THEY, THEY'LL WORK WITH YOU.
THEY, MA'AM, WHERE IS LEGAL IS ON THE SECOND, FOURTH FLOOR.
BUT YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY GET THE PAPERWORK.
YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOU GET THE PAPERWORK AFTER THE, THE, AFTER THE DEMOLITION IS COMPLETE.
AND ONCE THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND YOU WANT TO SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN, THEN YOU CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO SEE ABOUT DOING IT.
AND THEY'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS, MA'AM? YEAH.
THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO STEP BY STEP.
THAT'S JUST LOSING THE HOUSE, BUT NOT THE LAND.
I'LL BE, THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR MAJOR CONCERNS.
STILL WANTED THAT YOU WANT THE HOUSE, BUT WE CAN THE LAND TOO, OF COURSE.
BASICALLY GET A BRAND NEW ONE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING AND LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU, UH, REALLY WANTED.
AND HOPEFULLY WE HELPED YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
AND YOU'LL GET THIS, THIS DECISION BY CERTIFIED MAIL AS WELL.
AGAIN, YOU HOW MUCH A MILLION
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING, MA'AM.
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THAT WAS MR. THOMAS CRANE.HE WANTS TO SELL CRANE THOMAS.
WHO AM I SPEAKING TO? OH, I'M SORRY.
I, THIS IS JULIE
I MUST, AND I SAID I CLOSED THE MEETING TO DISCUSS.
SO WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT YOU WERE, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
WE DO IN PERSON AND THEN ONLINE.
UH, MRS. S FLANIGAN, WERE WE AWARE THAT SHE WAS ON? I WASN'T AWARE ZOOM.
UM, IT IS LIKE THREE OR FOUR OF US ON THAT.
I CAN SEE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE.
MS. APO, THE LETTER THAT YOU GOT, IT DIDN'T STATE THAT IT WAS IN PERSON.
I, I, I EVEN TALKED TO MS. DARLENE AND I THINK MS. VICTORIA, THEY SAID I I CAN COME IN PERSON OR DO IT OVER THE, UH, ONLINE AND THEY SENT ME THE ZOOM INFORMATION.
UM, WE'LL HAVE IT FIXED NEXT TIME, BUT CAN WE REOPEN UP THE, UM, WE JUST, UH, UM, UM, MS. MS MS. VITTA, WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE, I WAS GONNA ASK THE LAWYER.
YEAH, WELL WE DO HAVE THE LAWYER PRESENT, SO LET HER YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA USE MY PHONE.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WAS IT ADVERTISED THAT THE PEOPLE CAN BE ON ZOOM.
AND WERE YOU ABLE TO PUT THEM ON THE SCREEN? OH, YOU DID.
YOU COULD REOPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU KNOW THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHERS ON THE LINE AS WELL? THAT WHITE? IT'S A FEW.
YOU MUST GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SPEAK THE LEGAL ASPECT OF MS. VITO.
[II.A. Public Hearing Review - Nineteen (19) properties for condemnation (Part 2 of 2) ]
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SUSPEND THE BUSINESS PORTION AND GO BACK INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON ZOOM WHO WE NEED TO HEAR THEIR, UH, PROPERTY.JULIE APO AND HER MS. APO STATE YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
72 35 ROYAL MEADOWS, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2.
I'M SORRY, THE ADDRESS YOU'RE CALLING IN REFERENCE TO 33 48 30 NINTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2.
AND THAT'S NUMBER 1111 ON THE AGENDA.
AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES, MA'AM.
39TH STREET IS A RESIDENCE CARPORT AND SHED, THE OWNERS ARE JULIE APPLE AND VANITY PERKINS.
AND IT IS AN ESTATE AFTER ADDRESS IS 72 35 ROYAL MEADOW STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2 DASH 6 8 5 7.
AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON JANUARY 25TH, 2022.
THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2010.
AND IT IS A JUDGMENT THAT'S BEEN PLACED OVER THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF TAXES ARE OVER.
UM, NO, ALMOST 20, ALMOST $20,000.
SO NOW THAT STATEMENT IS INCORRECT.
SO IT'S OVER 20, IT'S OVER 20, OVER 20,000.
THE JUDGE HAS BEEN PLACED ON IT OKAY.
IT, IT HASN'T BEEN PLACED ON THE JUDGMENT.
I HAVE TO GO BACK ON THE, UH, NEXT MONTH.
UH, I HAVE ANOTHER COURT DATE FOR THAT IN FEBRUARY.
SO THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T PLACE A JUDGMENT ON IT.
WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY.
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SHE WANTS TO, UH, WANTS US TO STILL DO SOMETHING.MS. ALCO, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE PROPERTY, I KNOW ME AND YOU HAVE, UH, TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND YOU DID SPEAK WITH MS. DARLENE AND AT THE TIME WHEN WE SPOKE, UM, BACK IN DECEMBER, OCTOBER, UM, YOU HAD TOLD ME THAT YOU WANTED TO RE REPAIR A STRUCTURE, BUT, UM, THE CONTRACTOR WAS KIND OF LIKE AN ISSUE AND THAT YOU HAD RIGHT.
YOU FOUND ONE AND THAT YOU WAS GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND THEN YOU CALLED BACK IN, UH, DE DECEMBER TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT BY THAT TIME WE HAD ALREADY, UM, DID THE, UH, INFORMATION, SENT OUT THE INFORMATION TO, UM, HAVE IT GO BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND, UM, JUST ADVISED YOU IN DECEMBER THAT ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS, UH, SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND LET 'EM KNOW YOU DO WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, RENOVATING YOUR PROPERTY.
THE CONTRACTOR WAS AN ISSUE IN DECEMBER, BUT WE COULDN'T, UM, JUST POSTPONE THE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY DID THE ADVERTISEMENT AND EVERYTHING, MA'AM.
THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING THIS BOARD MEETING AND, UH, SPEAKING WITH THE BOARD AND JUST EXPLAIN TO 'EM THAT YOU DO WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, RENOVATING YOUR PROPERTY.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK MS. APPLE.
IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS SAYING THAT AT FIRST WE WAS GONNA GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH THE, UH, PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE NOW, WE GOT THE RIGHT CONTRACTORS AND WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH TRYING TO, UH, UH, REBUILD, WELL NOT REBUILD, BUT, UH, REMODEL IT.
UM, I KNOW WE NEED TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS AND, UH, ONBOARD IT UP UNTIL WE CAN START THE GETTING THE WORK DONE WHERE IT WON'T BE WIDE OPEN ANYMORE AND WE JUST ASKING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO HAVE IT REDONE.
AND Y'ALL, AND Y'ALL DO HAVE THE, UH, MONEY AVAILABLE TO, UH, TO FIX IT UP AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? DO Y'ALL HAVE THE FINANCES NEEDED TO, UH, FIX IT UP AND BRING IT UP CODE? YES.
NOW WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE FINANCES NOW APPROVED TO FIX IT UP.
UH, THE WINDOWS AND STUFF THAT ARE JUST OPEN LIKE THAT.
HOW LONG HAS THAT CONDITION BEEN IN, IN EXISTENCE? UH, OH, I'M NOT SURE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHEN THEY, WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD'VE TOOK THE WINTERS OUT ABOUT MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY TOOK THE WINTERS OUT AND I DIDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT BECAUSE THEN WE WAS TALKING ABOUT DEMOLISHING IT ANYWAY.
BUT THEN NOW THAT WE ARE NOT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE 'EM.
SO YOU'VE LEFT IT IN THAT LIKE, IT OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO GO IN AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.
UH, UP, UP, YOU SAID, SO IT'S, IT'S STILL OPEN THEN, RIGHT? YES.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL I HAD COME THROUGH THE BOARD AS FAR AS CLOSE, UH, BOARD IT UP.
'CAUSE WE CAN PUT SOME, UH, EITHER PUT THE ONES BACK OR PUT SOME SHEET ROCK, UH, TWO BY FOUR, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO PUT ON IT JUST TO SECURE IT UNTIL WE CAN START WORKING ON IT.
WELL THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL IN PROTECTING YOUR INVESTMENT, MA'AM.
WE CAN PROTECT IF YOU LEAVING, IF YOU LEAVE IT OPEN, THEN ANYBODY CAN GO IN THERE AND, AND MAKE IT WORSE THAN WHAT IT ALREADY IS.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN INVITATION FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND JUST VANDALIZE YOUR PROPERTY.
ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. ALPO? MS. ALPO, HOW LONG HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN VACANT? IT IS BEEN BA VACANT SINCE, UH, LEMME SEE, I WANNA SAY IT BEEN VACANT SINCE MAYBE 2010.
ONCE MY MOM DIED, THAT'S WHEN THE PROPERTY BECAME VACANT.
THANK YOU FOR, I'M SORRY, MR. LINCOLNS OR MR. BROWN, HAD YOU ALL BEEN INTO THIS PROPERTY LATELY TO LOOK AT IT? YES, WE UH, WE HAVE BEEN TO THAT PROPERTY.
IT IS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE WINDOWS, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME JUST AS WHAT THE ACTUAL PHOTOS IS ACTUALLY SHOWING TO Y'ALL ON THE CURRENT DAY.
AT ONE TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY PLACED IN A PACKET FOR DEMOLITION.
SO YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ALREADY PLACED ON THAT, UH, STRUCTURE FOR DEMOLITION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD AT THE CURRENT STATE WITH THAT PROPERTY DATE, SIR.
AND MR. APO, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT YOU STILL HAD TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
WHAT THREW IT OFF IS WHEN YOU ADDED YOUR DAUGHTER AFTER WE SPOKE IN OCTOBER, WE STILL HAD TO MOVE FORWARD AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
'CAUSE WE HAD TO NOTIFY, UM, YOUR DAUGHTER AS WELL, LEGALLY BY LAW.
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OKAY? MM-HMM.HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT SITUATION? WE MAKE A DECISION.
I JUST MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE THE PROCESS STARTS, IT STARTED OFF ALREADY START.
WHEN IT COMES TO US, WE MAKE A DECISION.
YOU SAID HELLO? HI, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? WHO ARE YOU MA'AM? I'M VANITY PERKINS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES, UM, WITH THIS PROPERTY AND A GUY THAT MY MOM WAS DEALING WITH THAT PRETTY MUCH GOT HER IN THIS MIND THAT SHE'S IN.
UM, SHE'S BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS WITH THIS GUY AND I JUST, SHE DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT IT UNTIL WE, YOU KNOW, FINALLY PUT ME ON THE PROPERTY AND I'M STEPPING IN TO HELP HER.
BUT, UM, THEY GAVE HER A LOT OF RUNAROUNDS.
SHE TRUSTED THIS MAN FOR YEARS, IT NEVER GOT DONE.
AND NOW THAT I'M INVOLVED, WE ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO GET THE PROPERTY DONE.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PROCESS.
WE JUST HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THIS COURT DATE TO ACTUALLY GO GO FORWARD WITH GETTING IT DONE, MS. PERKINSON.
SO I JUST DIDN'T, MA'AM, I APOLOGIZE.
SO Y'ALL DO STILL HAVE THE CONTRACT AT HAND TO START THE, UH, RENOVATIONS? YES MA'AM.
HE WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO START ONE DAY AND THEN I GUESS MY MOM WAS LIKE, YOU CAN'T, I COULDN'T HAVE HIM START BECAUSE WE HAD TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
SO HE'S ACTUALLY READY TO START.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO PAY THE TAXES AND EVERYTHING ONCE WE FINISH THIS MEETING TO MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
MAY I ASK YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR IN PLACE, UH, WHAT TIMEFRAME IS THAT CONTRACT GIVEN YOU? AND POSSIBLY, UH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS REPAIRS? 'CAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S WRONG.
SO I'M, UH, VERSUS WHAT CAN BE REPLACED.
WHAT CAN BE REPAIRED, AND THEN THE TIMEFRAME FOR IT.
SO HE TOLD ME AT ABOUT ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS, BUT I LIKE TO GIVE IT AT LEAST EIGHT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW THINGS GO WITH CONTRACTORS.
THEY SAY ONE THING AND THEN IT CHANGES.
LET ME EXPLAIN MS PER, ONCE WE, UH, IF WE DO ALLOW YOU THE WORK, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UM, CALL AND SET UP A WALKTHROUGH WITH THE INSPECTORS, ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS, AND THEY'LL MEET YOU OUT WITH, UH, AN ELECTRIC INSPECTOR AND A BUILDING INSPECTOR.
FIND MINDFUL THAT, UM, ONCE WE DO THE WALKTHROUGH, YOU'LL HAVE TO ENROLL INTO THE WORK PLAN PROGRAM.
THE WORK PLAN IS FOR SIX MONTHS.
PENDING EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRESSION, UM, YOU, UH, DO TO THE HOME RENOVATIONS.
BUT WE DO GRANT EXTENSIONS, BUT, UM, THE WORK PLAN IS ONLY FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND SO IF I NEED A EXTENSION, HOW DO I, LIKE, AT WHAT POINT DO I ASK FOR THAT? YOU WOULD CALL THE INSPECTOR THAT'S WORKING YOUR CASE AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE'LL, UH, GRANT THE, UH, PERMIT EX THE EXTENSION TICKET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU FOR THE RECORD.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR, WE WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, FOR LETTING US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANNA DO WITH THE PROPERTY AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THE DECISION WILL BE RENDERED TODAY AND YOU WILL BE, UH, NOTIFIED AS TO WHAT WAS DECIDED.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.
EXCUSE ME, MEAM, THERE'S ANOTHER LADY ON THE LINE, UH, THAT'S WRITING IN A CHAT SAYING THAT SHE CAN'T TALK, I GUESS, BUT SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT HER PROPERTY AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO Y'ALL HERE? YEP.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT CALLERS.
WE'LL GIVE 'EM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, OKAY? ALRIGHT.
ONE, ONE OTHER THING WITH ME, UH, THIS IS JULIE.
I, AGAIN, I HAVE ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT'S ON THAT LIST THAT SHE TOLD ME THAT, THAT YOU GUYS WOULD TALK TO ME ABOUT.
RANSOM HALL STREET? YES, MA'AM.
UM, THAT'S NUMBER 18 ON THE AGENDA AND I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.
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THAT'S NUMBER 18.DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? MM-HMM.
REVEREND RENTON HOWARD STREET.
IT'S A COMMERCIAL SHED ON THIS JULIE APO.
HER ADDRESS IS 39 0 1 FIFTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON JUNE 21ST, 2021.
UH, MS. ALPO, UH, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS SAID PROPERTY? WHAT? OKAY, FIRST, FIRST, LET ME, LET ME SEE THE ADDRESS.
WHAT THE ADDRESS SHE WAS SAYING ON FIFTH STREET.
IS THAT, WHAT ADDRESS IS THAT? THAT'S NOT MY ADDRESS.
NO, THAT'S 5 5 19 REVEREND RANSOM HIGHWAY? NO, THE, THE ONE OFF FIFTH STREET? YES MA'AM.
WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? 39 0 1 FIFTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR.
THAT'S PROB IT'S PROBABLY THE TYPO THAT'S PROBABLY ON OUR END.
SO WHAT PROPERTY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THE FIVE 19? THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE SAID PROPERTY? OKAY, SO IT'S A SHED AND ALREADY CONTRACT, UH, CONTRACTED, UH, A CONTRACT THAT WILL GO AND, UH, SEE ABOUT, UH, TEARING IT DOWN.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST SITTING TO THE BACK.
IT WAS THERE WHEN I GOT THE PROPERTY, SO SHE WANTED TO DEMOLISH IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
WITH THE CALLER CALLING FROM 4 6 9 7 8 5 3 7 2 2.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE PROPERTY YOU'RE CALLING IN REFERENCE TO PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS CHARLTON WADE AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO, UH, PROPERTY AT 1828, UM, 15TH STREET.
THAT'S NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA.
AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.
THE PROPERTY IS 1828 15TH STREET.
THE OWNER IS TW MILLENNIAL REALTOR GROUP, LLC CARE OF TARON J WADE.
OWNER ADDRESS IS 1100 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, SUITE, UNIT 21 0 1 WASHINGTON, DC 2 0 0 0 3.
THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2020.
THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2001.
AND A JUDGMENT, IT, IT'S AN ACTIVE JUDGMENT ON IT THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY APPRAISER DISTRICT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORDS, WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR? UH, CHARLTON WADE, UM, 1100 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, SOUTHEAST UNIT 2101 WASHINGTON DC 2 0 0 0 3.
WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY, SIR? UM, JUST WANNA GIVE SOME CLARITY.
A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION THAT THE YOUNG LADY JUST MENTIONED IS ENDOWMENT AND NOT ACCURATE.
THIS PROPERTY WAS A PROPERTY THAT I PURCHASED, UM, FROM A, UM, A SALES, A TAX AUCTION, UM, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
UM, AND I GUESS, UM, MY INFORMATION MUST HAVE GOTTEN ADDED TO THE MAILING LIST, UM, BECAUSE THESE TAXES HAVE BEEN, UH, BROUGHT UP TO DATE, UH, ONCE I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND, UM, I JUST GOT THIS NOTICE SAYING FOR THIS HEARING, UM, THAT YOU GUYS WERE CONSIDERING DEMOLISHING IT.
SO I WANTED TO STATE, UM, MY PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY, UM, AND JUST TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY ON, UH, NEXT STEPS.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY? AND YOU ARE THE OWNER, AM I CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UM, I'M THE OWNER OF TW MILLENNIAL REALTY GROUP.
UM, I PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, AS I MENTIONED, FROM A, UH, A SALES AUCTION.
UM, I, AROUND THE TIME I PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, UM, MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR CANCER.
UM, AND I WAS PLANNING ON MOVING INTO THIS PROPERTY TO BE CLOSER, UH, BACK
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TO HOME TO HER.UM, I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO START DOING ANY, UM, WORK ON THE PROPERTY.
I'VE, I'VE LIVED CURRENTLY IN WASHINGTON, DC UM, AND I'M WAITING ON A TRANSFER FROM MY, UH, FROM MY JOB TO RELOCATE BACK TO PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
UM, IN THE TIME THAT I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY UP UNTIL NOW, I'VE HAD A FEW CONTRACTORS GO OUT TO DO BIDS.
UM, BUT CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, AS I MENTIONED, I'M AWAITING FOR MY JOB TO RELOCATE ME BACK TO PORT ARTHUR.
UM, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UM, MAKE ANY PROGRESS TOWARDS ANYTHING, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, REHABILITATION OF IT.
SO SIR, YOU HAVE NO TIMEFRAME IN MIND AS TO WHEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY? UM, SO MY PLANS ARE, AS I MENTIONED, TO RELOCATE WITHIN THE NEXT 90 DAYS.
AT THAT, AT THAT POINT, UM, I PLAN TO COME AND DO WHATEVER THE WALKTHROUGH IS THAT YOU GUYS REQUIRE TO START PULLING PERMITS TO, TO RE UH, TO DO A REHAB ON.
YOU ARE, YOU, DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDS ON DURING THIS PROPERTY? WHEN THEY, WHEN WE GIVE YOU A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, ARE YOU READY TO, TO GO WITH THE WHATEVER WE NEED, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO ON THAT PROPERTY FINANCIALLY WISE? NO, SIR.
AT 90 DAYS, IT'S JUST THE TIMEFRAME THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN GIVEN TO RELOCATE THERE AT THAT TIME.
I PLAN TO THEN START THE PROCESS TO, UH, BEGIN REHABBING IT.
NO, WHAT I WAS SAYING, DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDS ON HAND WHEN YOU GET HERE TO START THE WORK? ARE YOU SAYING FORMS OR FUNDS? FUNDS IF YOU IN THE MONEY.
MR. MINKINS, IS THAT, IS THE BUILDING OPEN? UH, AT THIS TIME? I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES.
RIGHT? THEY, YES, I RECEIVED A NOTICE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE PROPERTY THAT IT NEEDED TO BE BOARDED UP.
AND I DID THAT BACK IN DECEMBER.
YEAH, THEY, UM, HE BOARDED UP, UH, THEY GOT A PART OF IT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OPEN.
IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN, IT'S LIKE AN ADD-ON TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FALLON? HEARING? HEARING? NO MORE QUESTIONS AS SUCH.
UH, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO TO THE PROPERTY AND, UH, DECISION WILL BE RENDERED TODAY AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS DECIDED AND YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.
UM, WOULD THE CALLER TAWA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE PROPERTY YOU'RE CALLING IN REFERENCE TO PLEASE? WOULD THE CALLER TAWA PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE PROPERTY YOU'RE CALLING IN REFERENCE TO PLEASE.
WILL A CALLER CALLING FROM 5 6 2 4 8 0 8 4 9 7? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE PROPERTY YOU'RE CALLING IN REFERENCE TO PLEASE.
WILL A CALLER CALLING FROM (562) 480-8497? PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR PHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE PROPERTY YOU'RE CALLING IN REFERENCE TO, PLEASE.
THAT COULD BE THE CALL COULD BE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE BEST ONE.
UH, WOULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE? THAT'S PRETTY, THAT'S IT.
SO IS THIS TWO? SO THAT'S IT THEN? MM-HMM?
WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION AGAIN? YES SIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION AGAIN THAT WE SUSPEND, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND GO BACK TO THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
LET US LOOK AT WHICH ONE WERE WE ON THERE? WE ONLY DID THAT ONE.
THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE WE DID WAS ONE.
[III. Discuss and possibly take action on condemning the structures as described in the following lists, and ordering demolition and/or work plans. (Part 2 of 2)]
I HAVE MARKED AND Y'ALL HELPED ME OUT TOO.THE NEXT ONE WAS, UH, MR. CRANE.
TELL THAT THAT WAS CRANE NUMBER FIVE.
UH, AND HE WANTS TO, HE WANTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE GUY THAT'S WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO BUY IT.
HE WANTS 90 DAYS SUPPOSEDLY TO, UH, YOU GET IT TOGETHER.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN EITHER.I MAKE A MOTION THAT, GO AHEAD.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GIVE HIM A 90 DAY RAISE ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY.
HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT GETTING AN ENGINEER.
HE DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT DOING ALL THAT WORK.
YEAH, BUT WE KNOW HE AIN'T GOING TO TAKE 90 DAYS.
AND THAT'S THE, UH, DSO, NOT DSO, BUT THE, WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? DSO? YES.
YEAH, THEY WANT ALL THE CARS MOVED.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UH, THEY GOT A LETTER UP TO BOARD IT AND JUST TO SECURE IT TO STRUCTURE SOUND.
SO WHAT KIND OF ACTION YOU WOULD WANT FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? JUST TO SECURE THE BUILDING AND KEEP THE PREMISES CLEAN.
SO THAT WOULD BE A MOTION THAT WE COULD ENTERTAIN? I THINK SO.
WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ORDER OR HONOR ORDER THE OWNER TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
AND KEEP THE PREMISES CLEAN AT ALL TIMES.
OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES NUMBER FOUR.
WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? OKAY, THAT'S UH, NUMBER FOUR.
THAT MR. OH, THAT WAS THE, THEY WANNA DO THE WORK.
REMEMBER THAT GUY? WHAT ONE, YOUR HONOR? OH, MR. PATTON.
HE STARTED HIS, YEAH, HE WAS WORKING ON IT AND HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON IT.
I BELIEVE HE'S ALREADY GOTTEN WITH, UH, WITH Y'ALL ALREADY.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO A 90 DAY RAISE OF REPAIR.
WHAT ONE? THAT WAS ON NUMBER ONE.
THIS IS THE ONE OUT ON BOWING.
GIVE, YEAH, I'LL GO WITH THAT.
WOULD RECOMMENDATION 90 DAY RAISE OF REPAIR FOR MS. JOHNSON.
COULD I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
IS BEEN PROPERTY MOVED IN SECOND.
AND THEY WANTED, HE'S DEMOLISHED.
HE'S READY TO, HE'S GOT ABOUT TO DEMO.
30 DAY RAISE OF MR. 30 DAY RAISE.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I MEAN, CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ISN'T PROPERTY MOVED IN SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I DUNNO WHAT TO EVERYBODY HAS CONVENIENTLY LIVED IN THIS HOUSE.
I'M, UH, AND I THINK IT'S CONTINGENT UPON LOOKING AT THE DE TREE OR THE TAXES.
SO EITHER WE'RE GOING TO GET HER OR THE TAXES SOMETHING SOONER OR LATER.
SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING MS. FLOYD A 30 DAY RAISE? 30 DAY RAISE.
SHE BE HERE FOR A 30 DAY RAISE ORDER.
WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE, NUMBER NINE.
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AM I RIGHT? YEAH.THAT'S WHAT DEMOLISH SHE WANTS TO DEMOLISH.
EVERY WHO? MOTION AND WHO? SECONDS FOR RECORD.
WHO'S MOTIONING? ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? YOU MAKING? YES.
YOU SECONDING IT MR. WATSON? YEAH.
AND SECOND THAT WE GIVE A 30 DAY DEMOLISH.
THAT'S THE GUY WE JUST CALLED, RIGHT? JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH YEAH.
THAT'S THE LAST ONE FROM WASHINGTON.
CAN I GET A MOTION? AND THE SECOND, SO FOR THE RECORD, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ISSUE A 90 DAY RAISE OF REPAIR ORDER ON THIS PROPERTY.
I SECOND IS THE PROPERTY PROPERTY MOVED IN SECOND.
LET US CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING.
MS. FLANIGAN, WOULD YOU READ THE ROMANIA? YES.
UH, 52 12TH SEVENTH STREET GARAGE.
IT'S RESIDENCE 300 EAST 12TH STREET RESIDENCE 1748 EAST 18TH STREET, RESIDENCE 700 EAST 19TH STREET.
RESIDENCE SLASH GARAGE 9 0 1 DELAWARE DRIVE A GARAGE.
2200 GUFFY DRIVE, COMMERCIAL STORAGE BUILDING 27 35.
LAKE SHORE DRIVE, RESIDENCE GARAGE.
A APARTMENT 25 48 PROCTOR STREET, COMMERCIAL BURNED FOURPLEX.
CAN I GET A MOTION EXCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION FOR RAISES? ORDER FOR THE REMAINING STRUCTURE FOR THE REMAINING ORDER.
THAT MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, I THINK THAT'S, YEAH.
PRIOR TO, UH, APPROVING THE MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT INTO THE RECORD.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A MOTION THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER 9TH, NOVEMBER 9TH, NOVEMBER THE NINTH OF 2023, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BE RATIFIED AT THIS TIME.
COULD, I HEARD THERE'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.
OKAY, SHALL WE, GOING TO THE APPROVAL
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OF THE MINUTES.I BELIEVE WE ALL GOT, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES PER THE RATIFICATION.
DID YOU READ THAT INTO DO WHAT? THAT NO, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PER, WITH, PER, WITH, WITH THE RATIFICATIONS INCLUDED.
SO YOU'RE CALLING FOR A MOTION ON CALLING FOR A MOTION ON THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023.
I SO, UH, MOVE THAT THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 9TH AND AND RATIFICATION STATEMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN, UH, WILL BE STATED, UH, THAT THE RATIFICATION STATEMENT THAT WAS STATED, UH, BE APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, LET US GO INTO, UH, FUTURE ITEMS.
[V.A. Receive status report: Exceptions from previous hearings]
NO, I'M SORRY.UM, RIGHT NOW FOR THE OLD, UM, BUSINESS, WE ARE STILL, UH, IN THE PROJECT PROCESS OF, UM, PREPARING A NEW PROJECT.
WE HAVE FIRE BURN THAT WE DID SUBMIT AND THEY HAVE BEEN BIDDED OUT AND A WATER TO LAW CONSTRUCTION FOR DEMOLITION.
WE ALSO, UH, ALSO SUBMITTED, UH, THE REGULAR PACKET TO PURCHASING TO SOLICIT IT FOR BID.
TRANS SITE IS A LIST OF, UH, OF, THAT'S FOR FUTURE.
I'M SORRY, BUT THE OLD STUFF IS STILL, UH, THE BURN THEN THE 28TH.
THAT'S THE OLD BUSINESS, RIGHT? YES SIR.
SHOULD I SAY, WHAT ABOUT AS WELL AS THE TRANS AS WELL? I MENTIONED THAT LAST TIME TOO.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR FUTURE ITEMS? THE FUTURE ITEMS? FIRST THING IS RENEWING THE BOARD
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MEMBERS, UM, GETTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.I DID, UH, SPEAK WITH, UH, KELLY AND CHERRY VIA EMAIL, UM, ABOUT, UM, GETTING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SOLICIT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RE-READ THE, RENEW THE TERMS. I RECOMMEND SOMEBODY YES.
UH, AND I'M THAT, UH, BE ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM HER WHEN I EMAILED HER THE OTHER DAY AND SPOKE WITH HER.
ABOUT HAS SHE HEARD ANYTHING ELSE? SHE HADN'T.
AND THE SECOND THING, UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE DONE, UH, WE HAVE FIVE STRUCTURES DOWN THAT WE'VE, UH, DEMOLISHED IN PROJECT E.
WE HAVE ONE LEFT, WE HAVE SIX FOR GROUP F THAT'S COMING UP.
WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET COMPLETE THAT, UH, THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE, UH, PROJECTS FOR 2020 2023.
FOR 20 2024 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
WE HAVE, UH, SIX POTENTIAL CLOSEOUTS FROM THE WORK.
WELL NINE TOTAL FROM THE, UH, WORK PLAN PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CLOSING OUT WHERE THEY CAME INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THE WORK PLAN IS WORKING? IT IS WORKING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY? NONE SIR.
I SO MOVE WITH, WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO THIS MEETING.
I SECOND THAT MOTION THAT IS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.
PUT OFF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS MEETING.
JANUARY 18TH, 2024 IS ADJOURNED AT WHEW.