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WE GONNA PICK EACH OTHER UP.[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER PRAYER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
AFTERNOON.I WILL NOW CALL THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEAL TO ORDER.
UH, FIRST WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL.
HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT.
DARLENE THOMAS PIERRE IS ABSENT.
UM, MS. HERNANDEZ WILL BE MANAGING THE MEETING FOR US AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF STAFF.
UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE, AND A PRAYER AND A MEETING WILL BE CALLED ORDER, THEREFORE, AFTERWARDS.
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FIRST I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, MR. MAXILLA, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN A PRAYER? NOW I'LL CALL A MEETING ORDER.
[III.A. PUBLIC HEARING-Review Twenty-Six (26) Properties for Condemnation ]
UM, I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO, UH, SUSPEND THE BUSINESS MEETING AND, UH, MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.AND SECOND THAT WE SUSPEND THE BUSINESS MEETING AND MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE STAFF.
AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PEOPLE, UH, OR CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR.
GONNA BE ITEM NUMBER 18 ON THE AGENDA.
AND WHAT IS THE CITIZEN'S NAME? THIS IS GONNA BE 49TH AVENUE TWO.
SHE AND THESE TWO SHARES HAVE BEEN IN OUR PROCESS SINCE JULY THE NINTH, 2021.
MR. OTTER, WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR, YOUR NAME AGAIN AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE? JOHNNY HURAY OR TWO.
WITH THAT SAID, UH, YOU, UM, UPCOMING BEFORE, AND I GUESS YOU WANNA MAKE A PRESENTATION AS TO, UM, THE STATUS OF WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY? YES.
DID YOU NEED MY HOME ADDRESS OR NO? YES, SIR.
4 6 3 3 RICE FARM ROAD, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 2.
I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY THE 24TH OF JUNE LAST MONTH.
I COME TO CDC BY GETTING A PERMIT AND THEY MADE ME SIGN THIS LETTER, UH, DATED JUNE THE 25TH.
GAVE ME 15 DAYS TO, TO REPAIR IT.
I TRIED TO GET A PERMIT, THEY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME.
THEY SAID BECAUSE A RESIDENCE HAD TO BE ON THE PROPERTY.
I CHECKED WITH THE ZONING AND IT'S ON COMMERCIAL, UH, PD 14, AND THEY TOLD 'EM WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS GO IN THERE, GIVE 'EM A SITE PLAN, GIVE 'EM WHAT I PLAN ON DOING WITH IT IN ORDER TO GET A PERMIT TO OPEN ANY KIND OF BUSINESS THERE.
I GOT PICTURES OF ALL THE REPAIRS BEEN DONE TO THE PLACE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE 'EM.
SOMEONE FROM STAFF, PLEASE, UH, GET THE PICTURES.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
UH, WHEN YOU, UH, ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, DID THEY, UH, LET YOU KNOW THEN THAT THE PROPERTY WAS, UH, PROBABLY UP FOR, UH, CONDEMNATION? IS THE PROPERTY WHAT NOW? I'M SORRY? WHEN YOU
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ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, DID SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN TAGGED FOR CONDEMNATION? ALL I SEEN WAS WRITTEN 42 0 1 ON THE BUILDING.THERE WAS NEVER A RED TAG THAT I SEEN.
BUT THE OWNERS DID NOT TELL YOU AS WELL? NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR.
UM, YEAH, I WANT TO ADD ON TO THAT.
UH, I'M THE ONE THAT INITIALLY TAGGED THOSE TWO SHEDS, AND WHAT HE'S SAYING IS ACCURATE.
UH, THE GUY WHO PREVIOUSLY OWNED THEM, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO WITH 'EM.
HE WAS GONNA TAKE 'EM TO BRIDGE CITY OR SOMETHING WITH 'EM.
HE SAID HE WAS GONNA MOVE 'EM, BUT HE NEVER DID.
SO, UH, ASSUMING THAT YOU, YOU PURCHASED THEM FROM HIM.
AND THE REASON, AND, AND IT IS RIGHT, YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO SHARES AND NO STRUCTURE ON IT, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IF IT'S ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, YOU AND YOU GOING BEFORE THE BOARD OR, AND, AND Y'ALL GOT SOME AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AS LONG AS IT'S ON IT'S DONE.
I'D PUT A WATER AND SEWER AND PUT A BATHROOM AND HAVE AN OFFICE.
HAVE AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, I CAN DO THAT.
I'VE GOT ONE MORE THING, GUYS.
DID YOU BRING THE SITE PLAN? DID YOU BRING, UH, THE SITE PLAN IN ALREADY? NO, NO.
I JUST GOT THIS PAPER YESTERDAY.
IT'S GONNA TAKE ME A LITTLE WATER TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
I'M LEAVING OUT THE COUNTRY MONDAY FOR THREE WEEKS.
I WON'T BE BACK TILL AUGUST 18TH.
SO THESE ARE JUST TWO SHEDS ON A, ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND WHAT WAS THE, UH, RESPONSE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING REGARDING YOUR I'D HAVE TO FILL, FILL OUT PLAN, FILL OUT A APPLICATION, A SITE PLAN, WHAT I PLAN ON DOING WITH IT, ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS.
HAVE YOU SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION TO THEM? NO, I JUST GOT THE, I DIDN'T FIND OUT YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS ON.
THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ON RESIDENTIAL AND I COULDN'T HAVE IT.
THEY, THEY SAID IT WAS ON WHAT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS RESIDENTIAL.
I HAD TO HAVE A HOUSE THERE TO HAVE THOSE BUILDINGS THERE.
WHEN I TALKED TO ZONING YESTERDAY, THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT IT IT'S OWN COMMERCIAL.
I DIDN'T FIND THAT UNTIL YESTERDAY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IT'S ZONE COMMERCIAL.
AND WHAT WAS YOUR PROPOSED PLAN FOR IT? AND I'M GOING TO PUT AN OFFICE IN IT AND HAVE AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM.
DID THEY KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SPOKE WITH THEM? YES.
SO, UH, THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ARE GONNA SERVE AS WHAT? OFFICE? WAREHOUSE.
SO YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THE PLANS TO 'EM FOR REVIEW ANYTHING? NO, NO.
IT'S GOT, THERE'S LIKE EIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS GONNA TAKE ME TIME TO PUT TOGETHER.
THEY WANT A SITE PLAN, THEY WANT KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO WITH IT, UH, WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY THEN? OH YEAH.
YEAH, I HAVE OVER A HUNDRED PROPERTIES ALL OVER.
I'VE BEEN BUYING RED TAG HOMES SINCE LAST 50 YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO, ANYTHING, BUT THIS BUILDING'S FIXED UP NOW.
ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
YEAH, I GOT ONE MORE ON THE BOARD.
UM, WE WAS WONDERING, DID YOU PULL PERMITS? 'CAUSE I SAID LOOK, I WENT, I TRIED TO, AND THEY TOLD ME SINCE IT RESIDENTIAL DIDN'T, BUT THEN THEY GAVE ME A LETTER SAYING I GOT 15 DAYS TO FIX IT, SO I FIXED IT.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF BACKWARDS.
WE DON'T NORMALLY, NORMALLY ONCE IT'S RED TAGGED, WE GOTTA SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO EVEN, BUT YOU CAN'T DO ANY WORK.
THEY TALKING ABOUT YOU GET A PERMIT, THEY WOULDN'T DO NOTHING.
THEY SAID IT'S OWN RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S, IT IS ON LIKE THAT, YOU NEED, LIKE I SAY, YOU NEED TO GO BEFORE THE, UH, THE OTHER BOARD WITH THAT, BUT YOU CAN'T DO ANY WORK BECAUSE WHEN I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT, IT HAD LIKE A NEW ROOF PUT ON ONE.
I MEAN, I, I WENT BY THE LETTER, HAD 15 DAYS TRYING TO HURRY UP BEFORE THIS TO HAVE IT DONE.
THAT'S KIND OF A MIX UP ON THAT.
BUT YEAH, I KNOW IT IS KIND OF MESSED UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO, UH, YEAH, BUT I DID, CAN'T WORK ON IT WHOEVER OWN RESIDENTIALS WHERE THEY MESSED UP.
DID YOU PULL IN THE PERMITS? SAW THAT.
OKAY, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE, MISS AHEAD.
DO YOU PLAN ON PUTTING, DOES THIS, HAVE THESE FACILITIES HAVE WATER AND SEWER? NO, I'D LIKE TO GET WATER, SEWER TAP.
YOU HAVE TO GET WATER AND SEWER TAP.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO APPLY FOR A TAP AND EVERYTHING.
JUST EVEN PERMIT SEWER, EVERYTHING.
PERMIT GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY GAMUT.
DO YOU PLAN ON DOING THAT, SIR? WHEN YOU GET BACK OUT THE COUNTRY? RIGHT.
AND NO MORE WORK OCCURRING? NO, NO.
SO THE BUILDINGS ARE IN SOUND CONDITION IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SORRY? THE BUILDINGS ARE IN SOUND CONDITION.
THE ONLY THING I NEED TO DO IS PUT 2 36 INCH DOORS.
I HAD SOME THAT'S GONNA BE STOLEN, SO I GOTTA REPLACE THE DOORS ON.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT YOU NEED JUST, YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET PERMISSION TO, UH, PROCEED WITH A WORK PLAN TO UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR, UH, BUSINESS PLAN.
AND, UH, YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANYTHING JUST YET? NO.
DO BUT YOU HAVE PREPARED YOUR PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING OH YEAH.
UM, MR. MAG, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF
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THE LETTER? WHO TOLD YOU FIRST THAT IT WAS RESIDENTIAL? WHO I TALKED TO? WAS IT YOU? YEAH, SHE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD ME IT OWN RESIDENTIAL.I DIDN'T TELL HIM IT WAS RESIDENTIAL.
WE WERE JUST, SINCE THE FILE'S BEEN CREATED, IT'S BEEN NOTED THAT THOSE CANNOT BE ON A VACANT LOT WITHOUT A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
SO HE WAS TOLD THAT HE'D BE GETTING A LETTER TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD AND HE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS IT HERE.
BUT SINCE THEN, HE'S MADE THE REPAIRS AND DIDN'T PULL ANY PERMITS.
SO YOU MADE THE REPAIRS TO IT WITHOUT, YOU MADE THE REPAIRS WITHOUT, WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT YOUR LETTER.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU GOT A LETTER FROM SOMEBODY.
WHERE'S THE LETTER? DO YOU HAVE PROOF OF THE LETTER? 15 DAYS TO REPAIR IT? I WAS, AFTER I ASKED FOR THE PERMIT THAT SHE TOLD ME, SIGN THIS LETTER RIGHT HERE.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU'VE BEEN REPAIRING HOMES FOR YEARS, YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES BOUGHT JUNE 24TH.
YOU KNOW THE PROCEDURE RED TAG IS RED TAG.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT? AND SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT, WHEN IT'S RED TAGGED, THAT THERE'S NECESSARY STEPS THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
A PROPERTY RED TAG, IF YOU JUST HAVE AN ADDRESS, NEVER HAD A RED TAG ON IT.
I'VE PASSED THAT YEARS FOR YEARS.
IN THE PICTURE HERE, I SEE THE ADDRESS IN RED.
RIGHT, WHICH TYPICALLY IS THE FIRST SIGN OF OF EVIDENCE.
MAYBE FROM 2001 Y'ALL HAD ONE.
USUALLY I'LL PUT ONE ON YOUR, YOUR PAINT RED AROUND IT.
YOU'RE SAYING Y'ALL FIRST INSPECTED 2001 IN THE LETTER.
SO THE PROPERTIES WERE TAGGED, THE SHEDS WERE TAGGED JULY 9TH, 2021.
AND IT IS CORRECT, THE 42 0 1 IS SPRAY PAINTED THERE IN RED, WHICH MEANS IT'S RED TAGGED AND WE'RE FIXING TO DEMOLISH, WE WERE FIXING TO DEMOLISH THESE, THESE SHEDS.
THIS PICTURE DOESN'T SHOW IT, BUT IT WAS PROPERLY RED TAGGED.
YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT? WELL, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MR. ART SHOWS THAT YOU DID SAY IN YOUR OPENING STATEMENT THAT ALL YOU SAW, YOU DIDN'T SEE A RED TAG, BUT YOU DID SEE THE NUMBERS PAINTED ON THE BUILDING.
AND BASICALLY WHEN YOU PAINT THE NUMBERS ON A BUILDING THAT INDICATES THAT IT'S BEING SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION.
AND SO THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DEAD GIVEAWAY THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON BEFORE AT THAT POINT PARISH? NO.
I MEAN, WHEN THEY PAINT NUMBERS, THAT MEAN THEY HAVE SCHEDULED IT FOR DEMOLITION, SIR.
WELL THAT'S WHAT S ME, YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR YEARS AND YOU GOT HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES AND THEN YOU GET HERE AND THEY HAD A RED TAG WITH RED PAIN INDICATES IT'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR DEMO.
BUT REGARDLESS OF THE FACT HE DID DO SOME WORK AND I THINK AT THIS POINT A PENALTY CAN BE ASSESSED BY THE STAFF.
IF HE DID ANY WORK THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
UH, OUR DECISION HERE WOULD BE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO ALLOW TO GRANT HIM ANY ADDITIONAL TIME TO, TO DO WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO DO ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO THIS PROPERTY, WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT STAFF NEEDS TO DO, UM, IF HE VIOLATED ANY PART OF THE ORDINANCE IN REGARDS TO DOING WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT OR NOT TAKING THE PROPER STEPS, I THINK YOU HAVE A FIRM CASE AND MAYBE FILING CHARGES, UH, FOR HIM IN BEING IN VIOLATION OF THOSE THINGS.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. ORDER? OKAY, THAT'S IT THEN.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS GONNA BE 7 36 STILLWELL BOULEVARD.
THAT'LL BE NUMBER 15 IN THE AGENDA.
THIS IS GONNA BE 7 36 STILLWELL BOULEVARD RESIDENCE SHED.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN OUR PROCESS SINCE MARCH 18TH, I'M SORRY, MARCH 28TH, 2018.
WOULD YOU PULL THE MIC DOWN PLEASE? SO YOU CAN SPEAK SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I NEED YOUR NAME AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS MS. PUN AND MY ADDRESS IS 1-815-PROCTOR STREET, PUTTA, TEXAS.
UH, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS STRUCTURE? THE STRUCTURE IS ALMOST COMPLETE THIS BUT 10%
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LEFT TO BE DONE.COULD I OBJECT ON IT? I'M SORRY.
UH, YEAH, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS CORRECT.
THE THING IS, WITH US, WE JUST WANT 'EM TO COMPLETE IT AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT IT IS TAKING A LONG TIME.
IT'S JUST BEEN IN OUR SYSTEM FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED 'EM TO COMPLETE IT SO WE CAN CLOSE IT OUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T CLOSE IT UNTIL THEY, EVERYTHING IS, IS MET.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING ON.
THEY'RE JUST SO SLOW, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
THEY, THEY JUST NEED TO COMPLETE IT, YOU KNOW? THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE WITH THIS HERE.
I WENT OUT, UM, YEAH, UH, I WENT OUT, UH, IT WAS LIKE, ABOUT, I'D SAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEY HAVE LIGHTS ON ALREADY, I THINK.
DON'T YOU HAVE LIGHTS ON? THEY LIGHTS ON THERE? YEAH.
SEE THEY HAVE LIGHTS, THEY GOT ACTIVE, ALWAYS HAVE LIGHTS, RIGHT.
THEY SAID THEY ALWAYS HAD LIGHTS.
THEY NEED TO JUST FINISH THE DRYWALL UP.
BUT THIS, WE KNOW THEY CAN DO IT.
THEY JUST GET FINISHING IT UP AND PUT, DRAGGING IT ON.
THAT'S MAINLY WHY WE GOT THEM HERE.
JUST WE NEED TO GET IT OUT THE SYSTEM.
SO, SO THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE KIND OF LIKE STRUNG THIS WHOLE PROCESS OUT RIGHT.
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND YOU JUST, YOU, YOU STILL AT 10% AND YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED IT.
IT'S GOT MAYBE LESS THAN 10% TO FINISH.
YEAH, THEY, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, NEED A DRYWALL AND SOME FLOORING DONE AND YEAH.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I SEE I GOT A NEW, THE DOING THE NEW ROOF, NEW SIDE IN NEW WINDOWS.
IT ONLY, WHAT'S LEFT TO DONE WAS THE INTERIOR AND THE GUY WHO WAS WORKING IN THE HOUSE, HE HAD TO GO.
SO THIS THE SAME GUY THAT STARTED WORKING ON IT IN 2018? NO, HE HAD SOMEBODY ELSE WORKING.
COULD YOU POSSIBLY GIVE US A TIMELINE? BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 2018, SO DO YOU KNOW? YEAH, IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE OF ALL KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN FLOODING, UH, BAD WEATHER, YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY ONE PERSON.
I USED TO HAVE MY SON AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING MA'AM, DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE IN WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FINISH THIS? DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN MONTH PLACE TO HELP YOU RIGHT NOW SINCE MAYBE IN ONE MONTH, 30, 45 MINUTES.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD BEFORE YOU CLOSE? UM, YOU SAID ON IN A MONTH YOU NEED A YEAH, YOU NEED A MONTH? YES.
I JUST WANT TO, TO BOOK THE BOARD TO KNOW.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I REPEATED IT.
I JUST WANTED HER TO BE SURE WHAT SHE WAS SAYING IS ACCURATE SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT SHE'S REQUESTING.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO GIVE ME MORE TIME.
SEVEN YEARS IN ONE MONTH? I DON'T THINK SO.
OH, THEY HAVE PLACES IN THE CITY WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE REFINERY FOR 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS AND NO FINISH.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM.
BUT OUR PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE PROBLEM IN THE WORLD TO DO SOMETHING TO PROGRESS.
MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WE'LL CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAVE SOMETHING UNFINISHED.
THE NEXT PROPERTY IS GONNA BE 43 20 LEWIS DRIVE.
THAT'S GONNA BE NUMBER 10 IN THE AGENDA.
43 20 LEWIS DRIVE IS GONNA BE A RESIDENCE CANOPY CARPORT GARAGE.
THE OWNER'S NAME IS VANESSA LIZETTE DELAROSA.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN OUR PROCESS SINCE OCTOBER THE 24TH, 2022.
UH, ANY TAXES, OUR CURRENT, ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.
I'M, I'M HERE TO TALK ON BEHALF OF MY MOM.
SHE DON'T REALLY TALK IN ENGLISH, BUT OKAY.
UH, WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS, SIR? IT'S CARLOS DELAROSA AND IT'S 31 0 7 14TH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
SO WE ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY PROBABLY LAST YEAR,
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UM, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.AND WE HAD SIX MONTHS TO FIX IT UP.
UH, THERE WAS SOME DEMO WORK THAT WE HAD TO, UH, GET DONE AND WE DID THAT AND UM, WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME AND OUTTA BUDGET.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT BUDGET.
WE DIDN'T REALLY LOOK INSIDE OF IT MUCH AND IT WAS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BUDGET, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE MONEY AND WE CAN FINISH IT UP PRETTY QUICK NOW.
WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT? MM, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS MAX.
WHEN DID YOU ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, SIR? UH, IT WAS SOMETIME AROUND OCTOBER, NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
THEY PURCHASED IT OCTOBER THE FIRST, 2024 FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S CELL.
AND THIS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN IN THE SYSTEM HOW LONG? 2022, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN IN OUR PROCESS SINCE 23.
SO THEY WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS? CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD STRUCTURE? MR. MICKENS? THIS STRUCTURE'S REPAIRABLE UP TO CITY CODE.
UH, SEE THEY DONE SOME FOUNDATION WORK, WHICH WE, THEY RAN OUT TIME.
LIKE THEY SAID, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE.
'CAUSE IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET TO THAT POINT.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED 'EM TO, IT'S ANOTHER ONE, WE JUST NEED 'EM TO GO ON AND STEP IT UP.
SO THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE PROCEDURES THEN? AS OF RIGHT NOW? NO.
I THINK THEY HAD SOMEBODY, THE PERMIT DATE EXPIRED.
RIGHT? I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK IT WAS A PERMIT EXPIRED AND WE HAD TO GRANT MORE TIME, BUT IT WAS ALREADY SO LONG IN THE SYSTEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KIND OF RAN OVER THEIR TIME, SO, OKAY.
THEY NEEDED, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO, IT WAS THE FACT THAT THEIR SIX MONTHS ON THE WORK PLAN PROGRAM WAS UP, THEY CAME INTO TRY TO PULL A PERMIT AGAIN, BUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE WAS NOT, IT WAS MINOR.
SO THEREFORE WE DECIDED TO BRING IT TO BOARD AND LET THE BOARD MAKE A DECISION.
EVERYBODY GOT THAT? YOU ALL RIGHT? OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE SIR, BEFORE WE CLOSE? NO SIR.
IT IS JUST, UH, LIKE BEFOREHAND WE DID SEE, UH, I MEAN THERE WAS A LOT OF FOUNDATION WORK.
LIKE, UM, MR. RONNIE SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF FOUNDATION WORK THAT I GUESS FROM THE OUTSIDE YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IN A LOT OF DEMO WORK THAT WAS, UH, TAKEN INTO.
SO YOU'RE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS? YES, SIR.
AND YOU DO HAVE THE FUNDING TO YES, SIR.
COMPLETE THE WORK THAT'S CORRECT.
WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME? YES, SIR.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE I CLOSE? UH, YES.
WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN FOUR, FIVE MONTHS? SPECIFICALLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? UH, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, DRYWALL, UH, WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE SHEETING.
AND DO YOU NEED TO PUT PERMITS FOR THERE? UH, ELECTRICAL PERMITS, PLUMBING PERMITS, AND, UH, UH, SHE JUST CORRECTED ME WINDOWS ALREADY DONE.
AND THEN, UH, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHECK IF THERE'S ANY LEAKS, BUT THAT'S, SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FOR, FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE GONNA NEED A BUILDING PERMIT JUST FOR THE OVERALL BUILDING PERMIT.
WELL, TO TURN THE POWER BACK ON, IT'S GOTTA BE BROUGHT OFF THE COAST.
SO Y'ALL JUST NEED A BUILDING PERMIT.
IT'S GETTING THE PIECE BY PIECE UNDERSTANDING, BUT FOR WHAT Y'ALL DOING AND WHAT I SAW, YOU NEED A BUILDING PERMIT.
Y'ALL COMING UP LEVELING AND EVERYTHING? YES, SIR.
Y'ALL ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN PULL THAT PERMIT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE STAFF BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY.
MR. DE LA ROSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT PROPERTY'S GONNA BE 8 48 PECOS.
THAT'S GONNA BE NUMBER 13 ON THE AGENDA.
A 48 PECOS AVENUE IS GONNA BE A RESIDENCE ATTACHED GARAGE.
THE OWNER IS INEL MOORE ESTATE, AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN OUR PROCESS SINCE FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.
AND THE TAXES ARE IN ARREARS, $11,631 AND 32 CENTS AS OF JUNE, 2025.
ALRIGHT, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GREAT.
UM, UH, WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME? ABSOLUTELY.
AND MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE? I AM BEVERLY KING.
I'M THE DAUGHTER OF EEL MOORE AND ALSO THE EXECUTOR FOR THE ESTATE.
UM, MY BROTHER ALSO IS ONE OF THE OWNERS.
HIS NAME IS DEREK MOORE, AND I
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REPRESENT BOTH OF US TODAY.WHAT IS YOUR MAILING ADDRESS? MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 4 4 5 HENRY O. MILLS BOULEVARD, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 0.
YOU MAY BEGIN IN, YOU MAY BEGIN MA'AM.
8 48 PECOS WAS PREVIOUSLY BEING PURCHASED BY JANICE THOMAS.
SHE ABANDONED THE HOUSE AND FAILED TO PAY ANY OF THE TAXES.
UH, WE WERE, WELL, MY BROTHER AND I WENT, WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT SHE WAS CONTINUING THE PURCHASE OF THE HOME AS WELL AS THE PAYING OF THE TAXES, WHICH SHE DID NOT DO.
UH, SO NOW IT'S BACK IN OUR POSSESSION AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO REPAIR THE HOME.
AND WE HAVE A PERSON THAT'S, WELL, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE HOME.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, UH, FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SELLING THE HOME.
UH, WE, I WILL NOT BE LIVING IN IT, BUT I WILL BE SELLING IT.
AND IF WE NEED TO REPAIR IT TO THE POINT FOR RENTERS, I NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM AND WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO THAT I'LL KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FUNDING WE'RE GONNA NEED.
UH, YOU HAVE A BUYER THAT WANTS TO BUY IT AS IS OR DO YOU WANT TO RENT IT OUT AND FIX IT UP AND RENT IT OUT? WHAT, WHAT? BOTH, I HAVE BOTH.
I HAVE PEOPLE CALLING ME ABOUT THE HOUSE AND THERE'S A LADY THAT WANTED THE HOUSE, BUT NOW SHE'S HAVING, UH, SOME PROBLEMS BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER, ANYWAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. SO IT'S JUST A, A MATTER OF WHO CAN COME UP WITH THE FUNDING FIRST.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS PROPERTY? PROPERTY? UH, JUST TO MR. MINKINS, WHEN WAS THE PROPERTY, UH, ORIGINALLY TAGGED? I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE NOTES.
I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.
UH, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ON WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
THE HOUSE IS DOABLE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST NEEDS TO, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE SECURED FOR ONE THING 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING IN IT.
AND THEY, THEY HAVE BROKEN SEVERAL WINDOWS OUT, BUT IT'S DOABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO REMOVE A PERSON THAT HAD BEEN LIVING, LIVING IN THE HOUSE.
I KIND OF NOTICED THAT WHEN I WENT YEAH.
EXPECTED SOMEBODY LOOKED LIKE THEY, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN STANDING INSIDE.
ANYTHING ELSE, MS. MOORE? UM, WELL, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S MY, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME.
I'M A MORE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
UM, WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US NOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HOUSE? WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENTS? DO WE GET A PUNCH LIST OR SOMETHING? OR, OR NO.
IF, IF Y'ALL GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HOUSE, THEN YOU NEED TO GET CONTACT THE OFFICE AND SET UP A WALKTHROUGH.
I THINK YOU WHAT THE FIRST STEP IS RIGHT NOW, MS. KING IS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IT TO US AND, AND WITH US REVIEWING IT, IT WOULD BE WITHIN OUR PRIVY TO GRANT YOU A, A, A WORK REPAIR, UH, RAISE A REPAIR ORDER, WHICH GIVES YOU A LOT, UH, ABOUT 60 TO 90 DAYS TO BEGIN REPAIRS ON THE STRUCTURE.
BUT, UH, BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGIN REPAIRS, AGAIN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED A PUNCH LIST, THEY WILL DO A WALKTHROUGH WITH YOU TO POINT OUT ALL OF THE, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED.
AND AT THAT POINT, YOU PR HAVE TO PULL THE PROPER PERMITS, MAKE SURE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IS INSPECTED AND, UH, YOU GO FROM THERE AT THAT POINT.
UM, LOOKING AT THE JCAD AND OUR TITLE REPORT THAT CAME BACK FROM THE TITLE SEARCH, IT SHOWS THAT THIS IS IN MS. IEL MOORE'S ESTATE.
HOW WOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IF IT'S IN AN ESTATE? MS. KING, DO YOU HAVE THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO SHOW TRANSFER PROPERTY? WE HAVE A PROBATE ON FILE.
OUR PROBATE IS ON FILE, SO THEREFORE I'M GOING TO GO TO JEFFERSON COUNTY TO GET IT CHANGED.
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE RECORDS, SO YEAH, YOU WOULD PROBABLY, I GUESS HAVE TO CONTACT THEM, MAYBE SUBMIT SOMETHING TO THEM SO THAT THEY COULD CHANGE IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE RECORDS.
DO YOU NEED A COPY OF THE WILL OR ANYTHING? NO, YOUR PROBATE AND YOUR PROBATE CLAIM NUMBER.
I HAVE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT, THAT'LL PUT YOU IN CHARGE AS THE EXECUTOR AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS.
I HAVE THAT, I HAVE THAT NUMBER.
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IT ON THE, UM, JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS ALSO, BUT I'LL MAKE COPIES AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COPY OF EVERYTHING.BECAUSE BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CHANGE THEIR RECORDS AND, AND PUT EVERYTHING IN YOUR NAME MM-HMM
UM, THEY'LL NEED TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT SURE.
FOR THEIR FILES, AND THEN YOU CAN PULL PERMITS AND HAVE ALL AUTHORITY AT THAT POINT.
JUST, JUST LOOKING, UH, JUST LOOKING AT YOUR, AT THE PICTURES HERE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ADVICE ON IT.
UH, HAVE YOU SEEN IT RECENTLY? WE CLEANED IT UP.
SO, NO, I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHERE YOUR DAD'S HERE.
THE YARD LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY LIVES THERE NOW.
AND MY NEPHEW TOOK CARE OF REMOVING THE BRUSH THAT WAS NEXT TO THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LOOKS LIVABLE.
UM, BUT THE GUY THAT WAS IN THERE, MAN, HE HAD BEEN LIVING THERE A WHILE.
SO ANYWAY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU RECOMMEND, SIR? WELL, I, YOU SAID YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BUYING.
SO I WOULD JUST, FROM MY EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS, I WOULD, I WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT ALL MY OPTIONS BECAUSE IF POWER'S OFF AND YOU HAVE TO GET POWER BACK RESTORED, THEN THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO CURRENT CODE.
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE PHOTOS, THE SEALS ON THIS, UH, HOUSE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE SOME TERMITE ISSUES.
SO THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE CAN I GET A COPY OF THAT? I DON'T HAVE THOSE PICTURES.
IS IT POSSIBLE? I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS CHECK WITH THE STAFF.
AND THEY'LL HAVE WHATEVER YOU KNOW, YOU NEED.
THIS IS JUST AN OBSERVATION FROM WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER FOR US.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR BEING THIS BEING OUR NATURE AND BUSINESS.
WE, WE CAN KIND OF SPOT THINGS FROM A DISTANCE, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO SOMETIMES WE HANG ON THE FAMILY HEIRS AND LOOMS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAVE THEM ALL THAT.
JUST WATCH ALL YOUR OPTIONS, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR OPTIONS ON THAT BECAUSE IT COULD, IT COULD, IT COULD GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER REAL QUICK.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS OR THE STAFF? MR. BAKER, GO AHEAD.
WOULD YOU IDENTIFY MA PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF, SIR.
JAMES BROWN, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISOR.
UM, AS I'M LOOKING AT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND I'M LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING ALL OF THESE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF ON THIS HOUSE, ON THIS STRUCTURE, BUT IT'S STILL OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE.
IS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS PROPERTY CLOSED IN UNTIL THE WORK GETS STARTED? OKAY.
SO YOU'D LIKE ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS BOARDED TO, TO ELIMINATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SOMEBODY ELSE MOVING INTO THE HOUSE AGAINST YOUR WILL.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THE, TO HAVE THE BUILDING CLOSE OR BOARDED UP UNTIL THE WORK GETS STARTED? YEAH, I THINK IT'S AUTOMATIC.
THAT'S TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DID HAVE A PRO, A, A, A PERSON THAT LIVED IN THERE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR AUTHORIZATION.
SO YOU WANNA PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, HAPPENING AGAIN.
UH, THERE WAS A PERSON THAT GAVE THE APPEARANCE OF THEY WANTED TO MOVE IN AND START WORKING ON IT, BUT THEY'RE HAVING A FEW LITTLE PROBLEMS. SO WE'LL BOARD IT UP UNTIL THAT TIME PERIOD.
BUT, UH, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW I NEED TO BOARD IT UP AND THEN I HAVE HOW MANY DAYS THAT I NEED TO DO THE WALKTHROUGH? WELL, WE'LL BE TAKING ACTION TODAY.
TO EITHER GRANT YOU AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MEETING IS ABOUT RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT.
AND ONCE WE MAKE A DECISION, THEN THE, THEN THE STAFF WILL BE GETTING WITH YOU, UH, VIA A CERTIFIED LETTER.
UH, OR EITHER IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN STAY AND I'LL STAY.
LISTEN TO OUR DECISION AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO SEND YOU A CERTIFIED LETTER TO LET YOU KNOW OFFICIALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER OUR DECISION IS.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT PROPERTY PLEASE.
NEXT PROPERTY'S GONNA BE 2201 MEMORIAL BOULEVARD.
THAT IS GONNA BE NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA.
2201 MEMORIAL BOULEVARD IS A BURN TRAILER HOME AND A SHED OWNERS ARE IVAN J PACKARD AND GABRIEL ORNA.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN OUR PROCESS SINCE APRIL 16TH, 2025.
AND JUST FOR EXPLANATION, MR. PACKARD IS THE OWNER OF THE RV PARK, I BELIEVE, AND THEN MR. ORNA IS THE OWNER OF THE ACTUAL TRAILER.
SIR, I NEED YOUR NAME AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE.
RENEE ARENA, 7 2 7 EIGHTH STREET, PROTHRO 7 7 6 4 0.
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I LIVED IN A TRAILER.I SUPPOSED TO BE IN MY NAME, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS IN MY NAME, BUT IT'S MY LITTLE BROTHER'S NAME.
YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN, UH, Y SENDING LETTERS OUT ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHEN I SAID I HAD ME AND MY TWIN BROTHERS, YOU KNOW, TO SAVE VETERANS.
I DO WHAT I CAN AND I'VE BEEN, UH, SINCE Y'ALL SENT THE
AND I TEXTED TOLD ME, HE SAID, I CAN DO SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH TIME I GO OVER THERE.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY WOULD HELP, BUT THEY DON'T SHOW UP.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT ONE PERSON, HE'S REALLY TO HAUL IT OFF, BUT THEY WANT TO TEAR IT DOWN OR HAUL OR, UH, PUT LOAD ON, ON A FLATBED.
WE GOT FIND PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND HE HAUL IT OFF.
BUT ANYTHING ELSE I CAN GET IN FRONT OF MINE, DO NO WORK ON IT.
WE GOTTA DO IT MYSELF, ME AND MY BROTHER.
SO I'M DOING WHAT I'M CAN AND GOT PICTURES OF MY PHONE SAYING WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WORK, IT'S BEEN CHANGING EACH DAY I, I FINISH, I TAKE A PICTURE.
SO, SO LET ME LET, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MINUTE, SIR.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING? YES.
AND YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE WORKING ON IT? YEAH, HE HELPS SOMETIMES, BUT MOSTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, GET BORED.
HE GETS BORED, SO I GO OVER THERE, DO WHAT? I CAN, TAKE A BREAK, DO SOME MORE.
SO MOST OF THE TIME I'M UP MYSELF.
I HAVE A QUESTION, ANOTHER QUESTION.
DID YOU LET THE STAFF KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT THE CITY, THE CITY STAFF? NO.
YOU DIDN'T, NOBODY CONTACTED? NO, I WAS JUST, SO THEREFORE YOU DID NOT PULL A PERMIT EITHER.
DID YOU PULL A PERMIT TO DO THE DEMOLITION? UH, NO.
HIS BROTHER OWNS IT, SO HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL A PERMIT AND HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LETTERED BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE OWNER.
BUT THERE'S A DEMOLITION OCCURRING WITHOUT A PERMIT, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THAT'S THE POINT I WANNA MAKE.
YOU KNOW, UH, HE'S WORKING WITH HIS BROTHER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DEMOLISH IT.
WERE YOU AWARE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DEMOLISH IT? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, COMMUNICATION FROM, FROM EITHER ONE.
I THINK THE WIFE CONTACTED US.
HIS BROTHER'S WIFE CONTACTED US.
FIRST OF ALL, SINCE YOU'RE NOT THE AUTHORIZED DONOR, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, REALLY HAS NO IMPACT ON US AT THIS POINT.
WE NEED TO BE TALKING TO YOUR BROTHER BECAUSE HE HAS THE U UTMOST AUTHORITY OVER THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND HE NEEDS TO CONTACT THE CITY STAFF A ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND HOW HE WANTS TO PROCEED SO THAT HE CAN GET PERMISSION SO THAT, BECAUSE IF HE STARTS, IF Y'ALL CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU, YOU CAN END UP GETTING A TICKET.
SO YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR BROTHER AND Y'ALL NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE STAFF REGARDING THIS.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION TODAY, BUT IN, IN, IN LIEU OF THAT, YOU NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOUR BROTHER, OKAY? OKAY? YES SIR.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE AT THIS TIME? STAFF? YES.
WHERE WILL YOU PUT A, BRINGING THE WOOD, THE BURN WOOD? BECAUSE I, WHERE Y'ALL STACKING THAT UP AT? ON SIDE STREET OR YEAH, BY THE DUMPSTER.
YOU, YOU CAN'T EVEN PLACE THAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THAT WOULD'VE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE LANDFILL.
IS IT STILL THERE? NO, THE CITY ALREADY PICKED IT ALL UP BY A DUMPSTER YOU SOMETHING TO TREAT THEM AND, AND FURNITURE THERE.
DON'T, DON'T, WE DON'T SIT IT DON'T DO THAT.
JUST, JUST RIGHT NOW, LET THEM MAKE A DECISION ON IT.
DON'T PLACE ANYMORE THAT AT THE GREEN ROAD LIKE THAT.
WHERE THAT ALVIN PACKARD PASSED AWAY.
TRUCK OWNER? I DIDN'T, I WOULDN'T, HE'S UH, THE GUY HE USED TO SLEEP IN.
THE OLDER GUY HE OWNS THE TRAILER PARK.
I DIDN'T, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
SO THAT WHAT I WAS TOLD THE BANKS GOT HOLD OF AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE BOARD MEMBER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
NOTHING ELSE? IS THIS PART, JUST SAYING THIS PICTURE ON O EVAN B, IS THIS PART OF THE DEMO THEY'RE DOING THEIR SELF? OR IS THAT JUST IT BURNED? IS IT RELATED AND IT BURNED AND SOME OF IT IS.
UM, AT THIS POINT, GET WITH YOUR BROTHER THEN YOU AND YOUR BROTHER GET WITH THE STAFF BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE THAT'S GONNA PUT Y'ALL IN JEOPARDY OF GETTING A TICKET.
LIKE, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL MAKE A DECISION TODAY REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY, BUT, UM,
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Y'ALL NEED TO GET WITH THE STAFF.THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE, SIR.
UH, WITH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE SPEAKING ON ANY OTHER PROPERTIES, I NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO OUR BUSINESS MEETING, UM, BACK TO OUR BUS.
IS THAT A NEED, A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO OUR BUSINESS MEETING AT THIS TIME SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT, THAT ARE BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? MS. MS. HERNANDEZ? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECONVENE THE BUSINESS.
I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE.
AND SECOND THAT WE, WE, UH, DISBAND THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND RECONVENE IN OUR PUBLIC OUR, UH, BUSINESS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND ALSO THE PROPERTIES THAT THE, UH, BOARD HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED TO US.
ALL OPPOSED THEN THE MOTION PASSES.
[III. Discuss and possibly take action on condemning the structures as described in the foregoing lists, and ordering demolition and/or work plans. ]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER THE STRUCTURES, UH, WHERE THE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.UM, WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME BEFORE US? 42.
THIS WAS THE PROPERTY THAT MR. ORDER, UM, PURCHASED AND, UM, DID SOME WORK ON IT.
AND HE HAS A BUSINESS PLAN TO TURN IT INTO A OFFICE.
UH, AT THIS POINT HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE, UM, HE, HE, HE, IT'S TAGGED AND THERE'S A PROCESS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH BEING TAGGED AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE FOLLOWS THOSE PROCEDURES AND, UM, IT'S UP TO US TO EITHER GRANT OR DENY HIM OR REQUEST FOR A RAISE OF REPAIR SO THAT HE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND FIX THIS BUILDING BACK UP.
SO AT THIS TIME, I, ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? JUST A REALLY BRIEF DISCUSSION.
I'M STILL CONFUSED SINCE WE TAGGED IT AS A RESIDENTIAL, BUT THEN HE CAME IN AND SAID, ZONING SAID IT WAS COMMERCIAL, SO WHICH IS IT? BECAUSE IF IT'S COMMERCIAL, THEN WE HAD NO REALLY, UM, BUSINESS BEING THERE.
BASICALLY, I LOOKED AT THE JCAD RIGHT NOW AND THE TERMINOLOGY FOR THE ZONING CHANGE, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT WHEN IT WAS TAGGED, WE CREATED IT.
AND AS A RESIDENTIAL FILE, WHETHER THAT HAS CHANGED, I DON'T KNOW.
I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
WELL, LET ME CLEAR, TRY TO CLEAR IT UP.
A BUILDING IS A BUILDING, DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL, HOWEVER IT WAS TAGGED.
UM, DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT WAS SUBSTANDARD AND IT WAS TACKED AND SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE ON THE BUILDING.
SO AT THAT POINT THEY HAD IT SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION, SO IT WAS PRETTY BAD.
UM, BUT HE DID COME IN, HE BOUGHT IT, UH, BUT HE DID SOME WORK ON IT WITHOUT CHECKING WITH THE STAFF.
SO THEN NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT TO WHERE REGARDLESS OF BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL, HE WANTS TO FIX THE BUILDING UP AND TURN IT INTO A BUSINESS.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
I FIND IT BEING IN A TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE THE WORK IS DONE AND WITHOUT ANY INSPECTIONS BEING INVOLVED IN IT.
SO, UH, FOR US TO MAKE A JUDGMENT ON SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT OUR OFFICIALS GOING OUT AND PROPERLY INSPECTED WOULD BE SHOOTING IN THE DARK.
UH, I, I, I UNDERSTAND HE DONE THE WORK, BUT HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK, HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM AND HE SAID THAT ITSELF.
WELL THEN IF I'M LOOKING AT THE INSPECTION LETTER, IT WAS DATED SEVEN NINE 2021.
THIS IS NOW 2025, BUT HE WASN'T THE ORIGINAL OWNER.
WAS HIS, IS HIS NAME ON IT? YES.
HE JUST PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
OKAY, SO THAT WAS JUNE, 2015 WHEN, SO THEY ORIGINALLY TAGGED IT, THE ORIGINAL INSPECTIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, I THINK AS A BOARD WE CAN REQUIRE THAT THIS PROPERTY BE INSPECTED PROPERLY BY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, CRAFTS, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CODE AND STANDARDS.
UH, AND THAT CAN BE DONE WHEN YOU DO A WALKTHROUGH.
AM I CORRECT? AND USUALLY WHEN YOU DO YOUR WALKTHROUGH, YOU, YOU HAVE PEOPLE
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FROM BUILDING INSPECTIONS GOING THROUGH THE BUILDING WITH YOU.THOSE SPECIALISTS CAN POINT OUT ANY DEFECTS OR DEFICIENCIES THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH OUR CURRENT CODE.
YOUR ELECTRICAL, YOU HAVE YOUR ELECTRICAL AND YOUR, UH, THE CITY PLUMBER, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. RIGHT.
THERE'S REALLY, AND SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT, THAT WOULD BE PART OF ON THE WORK LIST OR THE PUNCH LIST THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CORRECT.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LICENSED PEOPLE DO THAT WORK.
SO WE CAN CORRECT THAT AND CATCH WHATEVER THOSE PROBLEMS ARE IN THAT STAGE.
IF HE'S INTENDED TO PUT PERMIT IN, WE ALREADY HAVE IT ON, BUT AS A REQUIREMENT OF ANY FACILITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ELECTRICITY AND SO, SO AT SOME POINT YOU WILL BE NEEDING ELECTRICITY.
SO THAT, THAT THAT'LL BE PART OF YOUR PUNCH LIST MORE THAN LIKELY.
ANYTHING ELSE? QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM.
AND SO AS WELL, WE NEED THE PLANS.
HIS PLANS AREN'T SUBMITTED AS WELL, CORRECT? YEAH, WELL HE HASN'T SUBMITTED THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE NOT ALLOWED HIM TO SUBMIT 'EM YET.
BUT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY EACH DIFFERENT, UH, DEPARTMENT AND THE, AND I GUESS THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS WILL BE INSPECTING THOSE, THOSE PLANS AND SIGNING OFF ON THOSE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED THAT WILL BE CAUGHT IN THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE HE EVEN GETS A PERMIT.
GO AHEAD, MR. I RECOMMEND THAT WE, WE STOP ANY FURTHER, ANY HALT, ANY, ANY MORE CONSTRUCTION OR ANY MOVEMENT ON THE PROPERTIES UNTIL IT'S DECLARED, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL AND THEN PROPERLY INSPECTED, WHICH MAY REQUIRE REMOVING SOMETHING TO SEE IF THE NAIL PATTERN'S, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU PLACE DECKING ROOFING SHEET, YOU PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
SO THOSE THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK EVERYTHING NEEDS TO CEASE UNTIL WE DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, UH, BUT COME, COULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, SIR? HE'S SAYING IT'S ALREADY DONE.
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S DONE TO IT.
THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL, NO PROBLEM.
THAT'S TO YOUR ADVANTAGE AND, AND YOU BEING EXPERIENCED AND BEEN DOING IT THESE MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW THAT.
WELL, LET'S JUST STICK WITH THE FACTS OKAY? AND LET'S KEEP THIS AS, UH, OBJECTIVE AS WE CAN MR. MAGDI.
ON THAT PUNCH LIST WITH THE, UH, FOR THE PERMIT OR FOR THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLANNING BOARD ZONE, I'M GONNA MEET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ELECTRICIAN, PLUMBING DEPARTMENT, EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT'S ON THERE.
WELL, UM, WE CAN ISSUE A RAISE OF REPAIR ORDER AND WE CAN PUT IN ALL THOSE STIPULATIONS AS PART OF THE, UH, RAISE OF REPAIR ORDER TO MAKE SURE HE COMPLIES WITH ALL THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS THAT THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO STAFF TO HOLD HIS FEET TO THE FIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE COMPLIES WITH EACH PART OF THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH.
THAT WILL ALSO, UH, ALLOW, WELL IT WILL PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING ANY PERMITS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, HEY, I'M GONNA GET MY PERMITS ONCE I GO BEFORE THE BOARD.
THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND IT ALSO ALLOWS STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME EITHER FOR A RAISE REPAIR OR A RAISE ORDER, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD TO DO THIS BEFORE I INITIATE ANYTHING.
OKAY, WELL I'LL, I'LL OPEN THE DOOR.
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ISSUE A RAISE AND REPAIR ORDER FOR 90 DAYS.
UH, MR. ORDER WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS, BUSINESS PLANS, UH, ALSO SUBMIT PLANS SHOWING THAT THE STRUCTURE IS COMMERCIAL AND IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY EACH, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
AND, UH, IF IT'S, IF THERE'S ANY, IF HE FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY PART OF THIS RULE, THIS REGULATION OR THIS STIPULATION, THEN UH, HIS PERMIT WILL BE DENIED.
DO I GET A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
UH, WITH THAT WE HAVE A RAISE OF REPAIR AND HE HAS TO ISSUE PLANS AND HAD TO HAVE IT REVIEWED BY STAFF.
UH, GET A WALKTHROUGH, A PUNCH LIST SHOWING ALL OF THE DEFICIENCIES AND DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE ANY PENALTIES, BECAUSE WE DID THE WORK BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT PULLED THE, UH, PERMITS.
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SO THANK YOU MA'AM.UM, YOU DID DO SOME WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.
SO IT WOULD BE ON THE, IT WOULD BE UP TO, TO THE STAFF AT THIS POINT TO CITE HIM FOR FAILURE TO PULL PERMITS AND NOT GET THE PROPERTY PROPER INSPECTIONS, UM, ON THE PROPERTY, ON THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL ISSUE A RAISE AND REPAIR ORDER 30 DAY, 90 DAYS.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE ALL OF THE STIPULATIONS AND ONE, AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HE HAS TO ADHERE TO.
NEXT PROPERTY'S GONNA BE 7 36 STILLWELL BOULEVARD.
NOW THIS PROPERTY HERE, UM, SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE A WHILE AND IT'S 10% THAT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED.
AND THE REASON IT WAS BROUGHT TO US IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TAKING SO LONG, SO IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
IT'S NOT POSING ANY HAZARDS, BUT SHE'S JUST BEEN DRAGGING HER FEET.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S UP TO US TO JUST GO AHEAD AND GRANT HER ADDITIONAL TIME TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE PROPERTY.
UM, BECAUSE SHE'S FIXED IT UP TO THE POINT NOW WHERE IT'S ALMOST READY TO BE OCCUPIED.
MR. BAKER, I WILL ENTER IF YOU'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A RAISE, ORDER RAISE AND REPAIR ORDER.
SHE DID, SHE WAS VERY SPECIFIC.
I ASKED HER TWICE, I ASKED HER TWICE.
ALL OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES.
UH, NOW FOR THE NEXT PROPERTY, NEXT PROPERTY IS 43 20 LEWIS DRIVE.
THEY RAN OUT ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY LAST YEAR.
THEY RAN OUT OF TIME AND MONEY AND NOW THEY DO HAVE THE MONEY TO FINISH IT.
AND THEN THEY, THEY WERE REQUESTING FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS, UH, FROM THE BOARD TO GET PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND, AND TRY TO FINISH THE WORK THAT, DID I MISS ANYTHING? DO THEY NEED TO APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT? THEY WILL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER NEW PERMIT AND EVERYTHING.
CAN WE RECOMMEND THAT THE OWNERS APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN 30 DAYS? AND IF SO, THAT'S PART OF THE RAISE REPAIR ORDER.
PART OF THE RAISE REPAIR ORDER AND THEN GIVE 90 DAYS THAT GIVE FOUR MONTHS.
WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT SIR AGAIN? AS, AS PART OF THE RAISE AND REPAIR OWNER, APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
IF THAT IS SECURED THROUGH THE CITY OWNER WILL RECEIVE 90 DAYS, UH, EXTENSION FOR THE REPAIRS TO GET THE PROPERTY UP TO CURRENT CODE.
DID Y'ALL GET THAT? IS THAT OKAY? YES.
THAT RAISE THAT RAISE A REPAIR ORDER.
THAT WAS A SE I MEAN SECOND ON THAT MOTION.
AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THAT, THAT, UH, RAISE A REPAIR ORDER, UH, FOR THE 90 DAY EXTENSION.
PLUS HE NEEDS TO 30 IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS HE NEEDS TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT.
ALL OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES.
NEXT PROPERTY'S GONNA BE 8 48 PECOS.
UH, MS. KING HAD A, UH, BORDER THAT LIVED IN THE HOUSE FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT HER AND HER BROTHER HAVE TRIED, HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING THE PROPERTY BACK UP TO STANDARDS AND LIVING STANDARDS AND CLEAN IT UP.
AND, UH, THERE, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING IT AND SHE EITHER WANTS TO EITHER SELL IT OR EITHER RENT IT OUT AT SOME POINT.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE ASKING, I DON'T THINK SHE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A TIME.
DID WE GET A TIME ON HOW MUCH TIME SHE'S GONNA NEED ANYBODY? NO, BUT I, I WILL, IF YOU WILL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF ARRANGE AND REPAIR FOR 90 DAYS THAT WILL GIVE HER TIME ENOUGH TO DECIDE WHETHER SHE WANTS TO REPAIR IT OR SELL IT.
WELL, WE NEED TO ALLOW 'EM TIME TO GET THE PROPER PERMITS.
PROPER PERMITS AND STUFF SO THAT IT'LL BE THE SAME ONE WE JUST GRANTED, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
TO GIVE THEM TIME TO GET THE PERMIT AND WALK THROUGH.
SO SHE'LL, SHE'LL HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S
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NEEDED.SO WHAT YOU WANNA DO? FOUR MONTHS, JUST LIKE WE PREVIOUSLY DID THE 30 DAYS AND THEN THEN THE 90 DAYS, RIGHT? FOUR MONTHS.
A RAZOR REPAIR FOR FOUR MONTHS TO GET PERMITS, GET THE PROPERTY, UH, INSPECTED.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? I DO.
WHO MADE THE MOTION INITIALLY? MR. JOHNSON.
AND, UM, MR. MCDONALD'S SECOND.
OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE, UH, ISSUE A RAISE REPAIR FOR FOUR MONTHS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.
WE HAVE 2201 MEMORIAL BOULEVARD.
WHICH ONE IS THAT TRAILER? THAT'S GONNA BE THE BURN TRAILER IN SHED.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER ON IT? WHAT PAGE NUMBER? THAT IS NUMBER 11.
AND TO BE TOTALLY HONEST WITH YOU, WE CANNOT ENTERTAIN ANYTHING THE GENTLEMAN SAID BECAUSE HE DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY AND SO ALL THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN GONE TO HIS BROTHER.
AND AT THIS POINT IT'S, IT'S BAD.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND IT'S NOT HABITABLE, HE'S NOT TRYING TO FIX IT.
THEY WERE TRYING TO DEMOLISH IT.
SO ALL WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS, IS A 30 DAY IT, 30 DAYS A RAISE ORDER DAYS, RAISES ARE REMOVED.
RAISE AND DOESN'T HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FOR DON'T REPAIR.
SO WE HAVE, CAN THIS ONE JUST BE, HAVE ALLOWANCE AND TIME, PULL THAT PERMIT.
I NEED A MOTION ON THE RAISE ORDER FOR THIS PROPERTY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RAISE THIS PROPERTY.
NEED A SECOND PLEASE? A SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE GET A 30 DAY RAISE, RAISE ORDER ON THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE US AND SPOKE.
WHEN WE HAVE A PROPERTY OR A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT, UH, THE OWNERS OWN THE TRAILER, BUT THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DIDN'T GET IT DEMOLISHED AND CLEANED UP, WE PUT A JUDGMENT AGAINST JUST THE, THE TRAILER ITSELF OR THE, THE, THE RV PARK OWNER.
SO HE'S RESPONSIBLE? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
SO THIS IS A REAL, THIS IS JUST A, WELL, IT'S ANOTHER ONE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE STAFF IS GOING TO GET WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO GET CLARITY AND DIRECTION.
WHERE DO, WHICH WAY DO YOU GO WITH THAT? RIGHT.
ONE WAY I COULDN'T HAVE LET HER GO TO BOTH THE RV PARK OWNER AND THE TRAILER TRAIL HOMEOWNER, BUT THE OWNERS, UH, DECEASED AGAINST, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING THAT, UH, THAT GOES AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AROUND.
WE JUST NEED TO STAY IN OUR LANE.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE A DECISION ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S ENFORCE.
WELL, WE NEED TO BE EDUCATED WHAT OUR LANE IS.
WE CAN GET THAT EDUCATION AFTER.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO IS ASK FOR A FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAID ON THIS PROPERTY, SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN SOMETHING COMES LIKE THIS BEFORE US, UH, WE'LL BE AWARE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED HERE AND WE CAN ASK THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.
UH, WHEN WE GET READY TO MAKE A, BEFORE WE EVEN GET READY TO MAKE A DECISION, WE GOT TO, I WON'T MAKE A DECISION.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT JUST HANGING OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW MR. BERGER, BUT IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE, TO ME, THE, IF THE OWNER DID NOT SHOW UP, THAT, THAT SUE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIALLY MM-HMM
AND SO SINCE WE NEVER TALKED TO THE OWNER AND THE LETTERS WENT OUT TO THE OWNER, DID NOT COME BACK, DID IT? AND HE SAID BY HIMSELF THAT THEY, HE HAD RECEIVED THE LETTERS.
SO I MEAN, THE OWNER DID NOT SHOW UP.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THEY DO KNOW ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO, OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING IT AND HE WAS DOING IT FOR HIS BROTHER.
SO HE UNDERSTOOD VERY CLEARLY WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UM, FOR FUTURE EDIFICATION, JUST FOR THE BOARD'S SAKE.
AND, AND, AND MR. MAGILL BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT LEGAL, HOW, HOW LEGAL STANDS ON IT.
AND, AND ALL AND, AND MAKE SURE IN ORDER TO COVER ALL BASES.
YOU, YOU SENT A LETTER TO THE R THE TRAILER PARK OWNER AND A, AND A LETTER TO THE PERSON WHO OWNS TO THE TRAILER.
WE SENT BOTH THE RV, WE SENT LETTERS TO BOTH.
DID YOU, DID YOU READ THAT INTO THE UH, MINUTE? UH, WHEN I, WHEN YOU TOLD, WHEN I READ THE NAMES, I EXPLAINED THAT WE LETTER BOTH INDIVIDUALS.
AND ACTUALLY THE WIFE TO THE, UH, TO HIS BROTHER
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CONTACTED OUR OFFICE.SO WHEN YOU GET READY, WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION ON THIS, BOTH PEOPLE, BOTH PARTIES ARE GONNA GET A LETTER? YES.
WE'RE STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO LETTER BOTH PARTIES, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HE STATED THAT MR. PACKARD'S, DECEASED UHHUH.
WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO LETTER BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, HE'S THE OWNER ON PAPER.
IT, WE'LL JUST MAKE IT TO HIS ESTATE.
DID THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT? YES.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A RAISE OUT ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER PROPERTIES.
THAT'LL BEFORE EARTH AT THIS TIME TO CONSIDER FOR, UH, ACTION.
AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT NO ONE CAME TO SPEAK ON.
UM, SO ALL WE WOULD NEED FOR YOU TO DO IS READ THESE INTO THE RECORD AND WE CAN CON, CON, UH, CONFER, UH, WITH YOUR, UH, REQUEST FOR A RAISE ON THESE PROPERTIES AND, UH, CONDEMN 'EM.
AKA 47 48 DRYDEN ROAD, REAR RESIDENCE, GARAGE SHED.
48 12 DRYDEN ROAD FRONT RESIDENCE.
APARTMENT NUMBER ONE TWO STORY GARAGE, APARTMENT NUMBER TWO, REAR RESIDENCE CARPORT.
EL PASO BURNED RESIDENCE CARPORT.
1830 FORT WORTH AVENUE RESIDENCE 64 15 FRONT AVENUE RESIDENCE, RV TRAILER 1121 GRANITE AVENUE RESIDENCE 1133 GRANDIS AVENUE, RESIDENCE GARAGE, CARPORT, 10 25 HARDING AVENUE RESIDENCE TWO SHEDS 82 44 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE RESIDENCE 9 0 1 RIO GRANDE AVENUE, RESIDENCE GARAGE, 38 49 WENTWORTH AVENUE, BURN RESIDENCE.
TWO STORY GARAGE, APARTMENT SHED.
8 27 WEST FIFTH STREET, BURN RESIDENCE CARPORT, 2606TH STREET, RESIDENCE GARAGE, 30 25 SEVENTH STREET, COLLAPSED STORAGE BUILDING, 10 48 EAST 12TH STREET.
FRONT RESIDENCE, 10 48 EAST 13TH STREET, BURN RESIDENCE.
1209 EAST 14TH STREET GARAGE, 5 36 WEST 17TH STREET RESIDENCE.
30 70 WEST 57TH STREET, CARPORT SHED GARAGE.
AND IT HAS BEEN TURN, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT EACH OF THESE STRUCTURES LISTED ABOVE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND IS DETERIORATED TO A POINT THAT IT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SUITABLE FOR REPAIR.
UH, THE STAFF IS THEREFORE REQUESTING THAT, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD FOR APPEAL OF APPEALS DECLARE THESE STRUCTURES TO BE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES AND, UH, ISSUE HAVE THE OWNERS ISSUED A RAISE ORDER, UH, FOR 30 DAYS TO TEAR THE, THE STRUCTURES DOWN.
I NEED A MOTION ON THAT PLEASE.
I DO MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURE STATED, UH, BE, UM, ISSUED, DESIGNATED AS 30 DAY RAISES.
AND SECOND, THAT THE STRUCTURES THAT THE LISTED STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN READ BEFORE US, UH, BE ISSUED A RAISED ORDER, UH, FOR DEMOLITION.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
UH, NEXT ITEMS FOR BUSINESS HERE.AND MS. HERNANDEZ, YOU CAN HELP GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS.
IT'LL BE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UM, HAS EVERYONE REVIEWED THOSE MINUTES? YES.
ANY OBJECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR SUBTRACTIONS FROM THOSE MINUTES? SO WITH THAT SAID, IF WE HAVE NONE, THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
MOTION TO PLEAD THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OF FEBRUARY 20, 20, 25.
AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING OF 20, UH, FEBRUARY 20, 20, 25.
AND THAT MOTION PASSES OLD BUSINESS,
[V. OLD BUSINESS - Status Report: Exceptions from Previous Hearings ]
UH, MS. HERNANDEZ? YES, SIR.FOR OLD BUSINESS, WE HAVE SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE'VE DEMOLISHED A TOTAL OF 36 STRUCTURES.
WE'VE HAD SEVEN CITIZENS THAT HAVE ENTERED THE WORK PLAN PROGRAM.
WE'VE RED TAGGED SEVEN NEW PROPERTIES AND WE HAVE CLOSED OUT THREE, EITHER OWNER REPAIRED OR OWNER RAISED.
THAT'S SINCE THE LAST MEETING? YES, SIR.
YOU SAID WE REQUIRED SEVEN NEW, WE'VE RETAGGED SEVEN NEW.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS ONLY 36 STRUCTURES.
HOW MANY CONTRACTORS? UH, WERE WORK OR JUST ONE CONTRACTORS WITH THE, WITH THE STRUCTURES? I THINK WE HAD TWO CONTRACTORS.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF TWO CONTRACTORS ON THOSE.
AND ONE OF THE ACTUAL, UH, PROPERTIES, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A OWNER DEMO.
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AND HE HAS PERMIT.SO THAT WOULD BE THREE TOTAL? YES.
AND ONE BEING A HOMEOWNER DOING HIS OWN BUSINESS.
[VI. FUTURE ITEMS ]
ANY FUTURE ITEMS? YES SIR.WELL, WE JUST OPENED BIDS YESTERDAY FOR 43 43 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND WE ARE PREPARING THE CONTRACTS FOR THOSE AND, UM, PREPARING TO DEMOLISH THOSE.
WHEN WOULD THAT VOTE, THAT PACKET BE OPEN? WE ALREADY TOOK, WE ALREADY ACCEPTED THE BIDS YESTERDAY, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE BID TAB FROM PURCHASING TO BE ABLE TO DRAW UP THE CONTRACTS AND GET THAT GOING.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? UH, WE DIVIDE EACH PROJECT INTO GROUPS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX PROPERTIES.
SO WE HAVE PER GROUP, WE HAVE A, A, B, C, D, F, G.
WE HAVE, YEAH, SEVEN GROUPS, WHICH ARE TOTAL.
WHICH TOTAL THE 43 PROPERTIES.
ANYTHING ELSE? BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, BEARING WITH ME IN THIS MEETING.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA BE HERE, BUT I'M GLAD I SHOWED UP ANYWAY BECAUSE, UH, OUR PRESIDENT, OUR CHAIRMAN ACTUALLY IS ILL.
SO, UH, EVERYTHING WORKED OUT FINE.
AND I THANK Y'ALL FOR ASSISTING ME IN THIS MATTER, BEARING WITH ME.
I WHY'D YOU LOOK THAT WAY AND SAY IT
OKAY WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE, UH, MOTION TO ADJOIN THE MEETING.
AND SECOND THAT WE ADJOIN THE MEETING.