Apr 23, 2026 Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals

[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER PRAYER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE MEETING OF THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. APPEAL IS CALLED TO ORDER APRIL 23RD, 2026 AT 2:00. WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRAYER LED BY MR. MAXWELL, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE STAND. FATHER, WE COME IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. JUST SAYING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. MY FATHER, AS YOU COME TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS AS USUAL, LET US HAVE YOUR WISDOM, YOUR PATIENCE, AND YOUR LOVE. AS WE KICK THINGS DECENT AT ALL. AND THEN WE'LL BE MINDFUL TO GIVE YOU ALL HONOR AND GLORY IN THE DAYS TO COME. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS BROWN WILL NOW CALL THE ROLL. I AIN'T SAYING NOTHING. OKAY. CLIFTON BAPTIST, CHAIRMAN PRESENT. LAWRENCE BAKER, VICE CHAIRMAN HERE. GERALD HATCH. ABSENT. LAURA MARIE JOHNSON HERE. TOM MCDONALD HERE. BRIAN MAXWELL. RENEE JACKSON HERE. OKAY. THAT'S THE BOARD MEMBERS. STAFF MEMBERS ARE DARLENE THOMAS PIERRE, CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER ABSENT. SHARON FLANAGAN, DEMOLITION SUPERVISOR PRESENT. LAKISHA ARMSTRONG, DEMOLITION SECRETARY. BRANDON SONYA WILKES, DEMOLITION ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK. TWO. EARL BROWN, SENIOR DEMOLITION INSPECTOR HERE.

RHONDA MICKENS, DEMOLITION INSPECTOR HERE. CHERIE VITAL, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. AND

[II.A. PUBLIC HEARING -Review Sixteen- (24) Properties for Condemnation ]

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. WE'RE GOING TO GO ACCORDING TO THE SIGNING LIST AM I CORRECT. YES SIR. AND WHO IS THAT FIRST. OKAY. WITH THE RESIDENT THAT OWNS 5137 FIFTH STREET, THE GARAGE. JORDAN BARRON, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. AND STATE YOUR NAME. JORDAN. VARYING. OKAY.

AND THAT'S NUMBER NINE ON THE AGENDA BOOK. I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP. OKAY.

NUMBER 998998. OKAY. AS SOON AS WE GET IT TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES. OKAY. OKAY. THE OWNER IS.

HOLD ON A SECOND, I APOLOGIZE, Y'ALL, IT'S NOT NUMBER NINE A, IT'S GOING TO BE NUMBER TEN. I APOLOGIZE TEN, TEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. I LOOKED AT IT ON. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND THE THE OWNER IS THE ADDRESS OF. EXCUSE ME. LET THEM ALL FIND EVERYONE HAS IT. EVERYONE HAS IT. OKAY. THE PROPERTY IS 5137 FIFTH STREET. IT'S A GARAGE OWNER IS JORDAN PATRICK BARRON AND ANDERSON ESTATE. HIS ADDRESS IS 8181 FANNIN STREET, NUMBER 14, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054. THE PROPERTY WAS INITIALLY TAGGED ON JANUARY 29TH, 2020 FOR TAX STATEMENTS. IS CURRENT AS OF 2025. $1,260.24. WATER HAS BEEN TERMINATED. OKAY. FOR THE RECORDS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CURRENT ADDRESS? JORDAN BEARING 4525 SUNKEN COURT, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77642.

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I MEAN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE OR THE GARAGE? IT'S ONLY THE GARAGE IN QUESTION.

YES. THERE'S NOTHING ACTUALLY WRONG IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE OR THE ROOF OF THE GARAGE. THE ROOF IS NEWER. THE STRUCTURE JUST NEEDS A HONESTLY, IT'S JUST CUTTING DOWN SOME BRANCHES AND ALL AROUND IT AND REPAIRING THE FASCIA. SO YOU'RE HERE ASKING US FOR WHAT NOW? I WOULD LIKE TO REPAIR IT AND GET RID OF IT. HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I'M NOT SURE WHETHER Y'ALL NORMALLY ALLOW KNOW HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I'LL BE HERE WITH A NURSING CONTRACT UNTIL JULY, SO END OF JULY IS PROBABLY PREFERENCE AT LEAST. EXCUSE ME.

YES. YOU STATED END OF JULY. IS THAT GOING TO BE FINISHED? END OF PROJECT, END OF JULY OR STARTING THE PROJECT END IN JULY? NO, I WOULD EXPECT TO BE FINISHED WITH THE GARAGE AT THE END OF JULY. I TRIED TO START MYSELF, BUT APPARENTLY I'M ALLERGIC TO POISON IVY, SO I'LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT. YOU GOT A LOT OF IT THERE. YEAH. YES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS FIRST LOOKING AT. YEAH. MAY I ASK, HAS THE PROPER PERMITS BEEN PULLED? HAS THE PROPER PERMITS BEEN PULLED? NO. NOT YET. THERE'S PERMITS FOR REPAIRS. WELL, ONCE YOU'RE TAGGED, THEN NOW YOU HAVE TO COME TO US AND SAY. THIS IS WHAT I PLAN ON DOING. OKAY? I JUST WASN'T INFORMED OF THAT PORTION. I'M SORRY. MR. MANAGER. YOU HAD A QUESTION. YES, TENNESSEE. I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A HOUSE. YES. SO YOU'RE SELLING BOTH PIECES? YES, YES.

THEY'RE TOGETHER. YEAH. THEY'RE TOGETHER. IS THIS PROPERTY YOU OWNED OR INHERITED? IT'S COMPLICATED. IT WAS MY MOM'S CHILDHOOD HOME THAT WAS SOLD TO A SISTER AND PURCHASED FROM THAT ESTATE. SO, YES. HAVE YOU ALL BEEN TO PROBATE WITH IT? YES, BECAUSE IT WAS TECHNICALLY OWNED BY MY DAD BEFORE THAT, AND HE PASSED IN 2024. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN A PROCESS.

SO YOU DO OWN THAT THE TITLE IS FREE AND CLEAR. YES. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU DO SELL IT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET THE NEW OWNER. WELL, YOU SHOULD BE TO DEMOLISH THE GARAGE BY THEN. I'M SORRY. WELL REPAIR. REPAIR. YES. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THE ROOF IS NEW, THE STRUCTURE IS NOT REALLY IN BAD SHAPE. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE FASCIA AND THE LIKE. OUTSIDE.

YOU SELL IT AFTER YOU MAKE THE REPAIRS. YES, YES. OKAY. IT'S JUST NOT DOING IT ANY JUSTICE AT ALL. IT DOESN'T LOOK REPAIRABLE. NO, I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK REPAIRABLE. IT'S MORE THAT SOMEBODY PUT UP A LIKE PRESS BOARD FOR GARAGE DOORS. THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

AND THEN THE. THE BRANCHES AND ALL. BUT NO, I WENT BY THERE TODAY. I DON'T SEE WHY IT'S NOT REPAIRABLE. THE STRUCTURE IS NOT AN ISSUE. THE ROOF IS IN GOOD SHAPE. DO YOU HAVE ESTIMATES FOR THE REPAIR? NO. NOT YET. I WILL TRY TO GET THE BRANCHES CLEARED FIRST AND THEN GET SOMEBODY OVER THERE TO GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY. HERE. HEARING NONE, MR. BARRETT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. OKAY. NORMALLY YOU COULD SIT DOWN AND WAIT UNTIL AFTER THIS MEETING. OKAY.

NOW YOU COULD DEFINITELY. THEY'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL PROCEED WITH THE NEXT PROPERTY OWNER. THE PROPERTY IS 526 19TH STREET.

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MISS FLANAGAN, WOULD YOU TELL US, DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? DO EVERYONE HAVE THE PROPERTY? YES.

OKAY, I'LL GO READ. GO AHEAD AND READ THE DESCRIPTION. IT'S 5266 EAST 19TH STREET IS A RESIDENCE GARAGE STORAGE OWNER IS EVANGELINE, AND IT'S AN ESTATE. HIS ADDRESS IS 2817 CUSTER DRIVE IN CORINTH, TEXAS, 7776210. THE PROPERTY WAS INITIALLY TAGGED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024. THE WATER WAS TERMINATED ON OCTOBER 13TH OF 2009. TAXES ARE DELINQUENT $564.02 AS OF JULY OF LAST YEAR. OKAY. IS THAT A. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS, PLEASE? MY NAME IS CHRIS MILLER. I LIVE AT 2817 CUSTER DRIVE, CORINTH, TEXAS. WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? WOULD YOU PLEASE? CHRIS MILLER.

MILLER. MILLER. MR. MILLER. OKAY. YES, I'M MARRIED TO EVANGELINE. WE BOTH PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THROUGH A TAX AUCTION. ALL RIGHT. AND SHE WAS JUST THE ONLY ONE LISTED AS OWNER ON IT. OKAY, OKAY. WHEN WE DID THE PAPERWORK. SO IT'S YOUR WIFE, YOU SAID. PARDON? IT'S YOUR WIFE THAT PURCHASED IT. YOU BOTH PURCHASED. I MEAN, BUT SHE WAS ON THE. SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S LISTED, AM I CORRECT? YES. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? WELL, I'D LIKE TO REPAIR THE HOUSE. I THINK IT HAS GREAT BONES. I MEAN, IT'D BE A SHAME TO DEMO IT OVER A HOLE IN THE ROOF AND SOME ROTTED FLOOR. AND BASICALLY A STORAGE AREA BEHIND THE GARAGE. THE HOUSE ITSELF IS IN GREAT SHAPE. TRUE. IT NEEDS A LITTLE FASCIA, A LITTLE SOFFIT, LITTLE, LITTLE REPAIRS HERE AND THERE, SIDING, WHATNOT. BUT. I'M TRYING TO HANDLE ALL THAT. I'M ACTUALLY A CARPENTER BETTER THAN 40 YEARS, SO I HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO DO THE STUFF. IN FACT, I'M DOWN HERE ESPECIALLY FOR THIS MEETING AND TO DO SOME WORK ON IT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BASICALLY THE FLOOR AND REPLACE A CEILING RAFTER COMING DOWN AND OUT THE SIDE OF A STORAGE AREA. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S ALL THAT SERIOUS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PICTURES, RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, ARE Y'ALL IN AT 22 F Y'ALL? ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT THAT? I MEAN, MY WIFE HAS CLEANED IT ALL UP THE YARD. SHE GOES OVER THERE REGULARLY AND MOWS IT. SOMEBODY STOLE ONE OF THE TRACKS OFF OF THE GARAGE DOOR, SO THE GARAGE DOORS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE WEIRD. THEY TRY TO BREAK INTO IT. I'M TRYING TO FIND WHERE I CAN BUY A GARAGE DOOR TRACK AND ACTUALLY NEEDS THREE ROLLERS, AND THAT THE SIDE TRACK FOR ONE OF THE GARAGE DOORS. SO HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO BRING IT UP TO CODE AND WHAT HAVE YOU? WELL, SEE, I LIVE IN DOWN IN DALLAS. SHE LIVES HERE IN ORANGE. THERE'S

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THAT'S THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE ALL THIS IS GOING. IF YOU FIX IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THREE MONTHS AND THEN LEAVE IT FOR THREE MONTHS. AS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID, WE ARE, ONCE WE GIVE YOU A TIME LIMIT THAT TIME LIMITS UP, WE DEMOLISH THE HOUSE AT YOUR COST AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO REPAIR THE HOUSE GOES INTO THAT DEMOLITION. EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE, YOU'RE JUST DOES NOT MATTER, SIR. BULLDOZE. IT DOES NOT MATTER. ONE SIDE HOUSE IS TAGGED. IT'S TAGGED FOR A REASON. AND IT'S EITHER TAGGED, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY TAGGED IT, BUT ONCE IT'S TAGGED AND IT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DEMOLITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANNING. AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING, THEN YOU'RE HAVING TO COME UP AND TALK TO THE OFFICERS HERE AND TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. AND IN THAT FRAME, IN THAT PLANNING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TIME FRAME. AND ONCE THAT TIME FRAME IS GONE, THEN AS A CITY, WE NOW HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT. NO MATTER HOW MUCH WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO IT, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME ADD ONE THING.

AND THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY. WE HAVE INSPECTORS, TRAINED INSPECTORS THAT GO OUT AND THEY DETERMINE THE PERCENTAGE OF DAMAGE THAT'S THERE IN THE EXISTING HOME AND 50% THEN IT COMES TO US. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE OUT HERE AND YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND GREAT PLANS, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT'S AT 50%. CORRECT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE. WE'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES AND WE'RE GOING BY THE EXPERTISE OF THESE GUYS THAT GO OUT AND DO THE INSPECTIONS PRIOR TO US GETTING THE INFORMATION. SO JUST BE CAREFUL WITH IT. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME SOME ROTTED HOLE ON THE FLOOR. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S SIDEWALL ON HOLE IN THE CEILING, TERMITE DAMAGE. THERE'S THERE'S RAFTERS, THERE'S SIDING, THERE'S JOINTS, THERE'S THE ROOF. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT ROOF ALSO? WELL, IT'S AT 50%. THAT'S A BIG GAMBLE, A BIG RISK. YEAH. AND THE REASON MR. MILLER WAS, WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT YOU FROM PUTTING MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE WORTH IT. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU LOSE ANY MONEY, SIR. IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH MONEY BECAUSE ALL ALL THE WOOD I PROBABLY NEED IS IN THE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO MEET CODE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME MONEY. NOW, WHAT YOU CALL TOO

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AND TELLING ME NOW THAT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO COST YOU ANYTHING. I'M THINKING YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WELL, MAYBE NOT. I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE TELLING ME STUFF. I'VE DONE THIS FOR A WHILE AND YOU GOT YOU GOT YOUR HANDS FULL. YES. MR. BROWN, GOOD EVENING. JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, TO BRING OUT SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. 526 EAST 19TH STREET. IT WAS IN THE WORK PLAN PROGRAM. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY WORK DONE ON THE STRUCTURE. YES, THEY HAVE MAINTAINED THE YARD, BUT AS OF WORKING ON THE STRUCTURE, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANY WORK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SENT OUT NONCOMPLIANCE LETTERS. WE RECEIVED RESPONSE BACK FROM THEM, BUT NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY AND IT'S BEEN WELL OVER SIX MONTHS ON THE PROPERTY. YES, SIR. THEY IT HAS BEEN SINCE LAST YEAR, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING AS FAR AS WHAT MONEY THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. SO THAT WAS MR. MILLER IN THE. MR. YES, SIR. THE SAME ON THE WORK PROGRAM? YES, SIR. AND THEY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE WORK? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, MR. BAKER. AND ONE LAST FOOTNOTE. IF IF I LIVED AT 528, THIS IS 526. YOU LIVE IN DALLAS. I LIVE AT 528 HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. I WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN FAITH IN THIS PROJECT BEING REBUILT. AND THEN I'M LIVING NEXT DOOR TO IT, AND I'M HAVING TO LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. AND SO WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS, THIS BOARD, THIS ARE THE THINGS WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, NOT JUST UP HERE TO SMASH SOMEBODY OR KILL SOMEBODY DREAMS, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN ALL OF THESE THINGS. WHEN WE GOT PEOPLE LIVING IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS AND EVERY OTHER AREAS, AND THEN THEY'RE DRAGGING THEIR FOOT ABOUT FINISHING AND REPAIRING THESE HOMES, WE GIVE YOU 90 DAYS, YOU KNOW, LAST DITCH EFFORT TO GET IT DONE. WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CITIZENS THAT'S PAYING TAXES AND LIVING HERE NEXT TO THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH RODENTS AND OTHER FOLKS LIVING IN THE HOME AND VANDALIZING IT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE WILL DISCUSS IT AND WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT I THINK THAT WE HEARD ENOUGH. YOU'VE TOLD YOUR SIDE AND WE ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU THE BOARD, YOU CAN STAY AND SEE WHAT IS RENDERED TODAY. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING, OKAY. AND LETTING US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

OKAY. YEAH. MY INTENTIONS ARE HONEST WITH THE HOUSE. YES, SIR. I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE.

YES, SIR. GET PULLED AROUND FROM THE CONDITION SET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PINE FISSURES YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY RATTY. RIGHT. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, WE WANT TO, BUT IT HAS COME A LONG WAYS ALREADY. JUST BEING CLEANED UP ON THE PROPERTY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. AND I'M HERE TO DO EVEN MORE. I GOT YOU COVERED. ALRIGHT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. WE'LL WE'LL DECIDE ON IT TODAY. ALRIGHT. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND AGAIN THIS BOARD IS REALLY TO TRY AND HELP YOU. WE'RE A CITIZEN BOARD. DO YOU UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE TALKING LIKE THIS IT MAY SEEM TO THE OTHER THAT WE WANT WANT TO DEMOLISH EVERYTHING AND WE REALLY DON'T. YEAH. WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE A SAD THING TO SEE IT DEMOLISHED. YES. JUST FOR SOME HOLES OR GARAGE DOOR. OKAY.

MISSING CHUNKS OF SIDING AND STUFF. I GOT DAMN SHAME. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR.

CARPENTER OF 40 YEARS. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MISS FLANAGAN. OKAY, I'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT RESIDENT WITH THE RESIDENT OWNING PROPERTY AT 1527 EAST 14TH STREET. COME UP TO THE PODIUM, MISS BEVERLY MOORE KING, AND THAT'S NUMBER 18 IN THE AGENDA BOOK. AND I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP BEFORE I SPEAK. CAN WE SEE THE PICTURES? EXCUSE ME. CAN WE SEE THE PICTURES THAT YOU'RE SEEING? THE REASON I'M

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WE HAVE A PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW. I APOLOGIZE. EVERYONE IS IS A BOARD SHOULD I SAY OKAY LOOKING AT THE SAME THING. YES, YES. OKAY. THE PROPERTY IS 1527 EAST 14TH STREET. IT'S A FRONT RESIDENCE, REAR RESIDENCE ON A BEVERLY KING AND DEREK WAYNE MOORE SENIOR. IT'S AN ESTATE POST OFFICE, BOX 573036, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77257. AND THE PROPERTY WAS INITIALLY TAGGED ON JULY 21ST, 2025. THE WATER WAS TERMINATED IN OCTOBER OF 2015. TAXES ARE $3,352.91. OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION AS TO THE PO BOX. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. MY NAME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BEVERLEY KING AND I AM THE PROPERTY OWNER ALONG WITH MY BROTHER DEREK WAYNE MOORE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PO BOX IS COMING FROM BECAUSE MY ADDRESS IS 445 HENRY O MILLS BOULEVARD, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. SO IF ANYTHING WAS MAILED TO THAT PO BOX, I NEED TO FIND OUT WHY. AND WHERE IS IT? WHO IS THAT PERSON? WE ARE THE OWNERS AND WE HAVE NOT SOLD THE PROPERTY. AND IT'S NOT ON CONTRACT. UNDER CONTRACT, Y'ALL. Y'ALL HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROPERTY? WELL, THE FIRST THE FIRST THING THAT I RECEIVED IS, WELL, WHAT I'VE RECEIVED IS COMING TO THE MEETING, BUT THE PO BOX IS QUESTIONABLE. I NEED TO FIND OUT WHY AND I APOLOGIZE. IT'S A TYPO. WE DEFINITELY HAVE FOUR, FOUR, FIVE HO MILLS BOULEVARD, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640. OKAY. ON THE ON THE SHEET, THE DEMOLITION CLEARANCE CHECKLIST. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. JUST CURIOUS. SO YOU HAVE IT DOWN AS JULY 21ST, 2005. YOU SAID 2005 OR 25, 2025, 2025, 2025. OKAY. WE HAVE HAD, I'M SORRY, STATUS. WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO. YES, MA'AM. GO FORWARD. YES.

TELL US EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. YOU AND YOUR BROTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY. WE HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT THOUGHT HE COULD LIVE IN THE HOUSE AND FIX IT. HE FAILED. AND HE IS CURRENTLY. YOU KNOW, HE'S NO LONGER IN THAT HOUSE, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONTRACT ON IT YET. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ALLOWING HIM TO WORK ON THE HOUSE IN THINKING THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO DO THE WORK HE HE WAS UNABLE TO FINISH IT, ENDED UP HAVING HEALTH ISSUES. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING THE HOUSE BACK ON THE MARKET AND TRYING TO SELL IT. AND IF WE WANT TO REPAIR THE HOME, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE THE TIMELINE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, THIS BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP AND DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. OKAY. AND THE TIME, IF GRANTED, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. BUT RIGHT NOW, MAN, GO AHEAD, MISS MOORE. YES, MISS KING, WE'RE YOU'RE HERE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED FROM THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IN OUR DECISION MAKING. OKAY. YOU JUST INDICATED THAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO SELL IT IF POSSIBLE, BUT IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THEN YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE GOING TO TRY TO REPAIR IT. YES. THEN WHAT'S THAT TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING? SIX MONTHS. SIX MONTHS TO WHAT? SELL IT.

BOTH. BOTH. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT BACK ON THE MARKET. AND WE'VE HAD A FEW INQUIRIES SO FAR. AND AND WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, IF WE'RE NOT THERE. NOW, THIS HAS BEEN THIS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN TAGGED SINCE 2025. OKAY. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL IT IN THE INITIAL GUY THAT YOU HAD IN THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO TRY TO REPAIR IT AND LIVE IN IT, RIGHT? THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO AT THIS POINT, YOU WANT TO TRY TO SELL IT AGAIN. YES. AND DURING THAT

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OKAY. BUT YOU'D HAVE TO BE ON A DECISION FIRST. WHAT THEY COME UP WITH. OKAY. YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO ADDRESS THE DELINQUENT TAXES? THE TAXES ALREADY PAID? THEY'RE PAID.

THEY'RE UP TO DATE. I DON'T THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS I JUST GOT. I JUST GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF. AS FAR AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LAST YEAR'S TAXES, LAST YEAR'S THEY'RE THEY'RE PAID BECAUSE WE WE HAVE A. AND IT'S A. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU FROM THIS YEAR WE IT THE TIME FRAME. YEAH. WE CAUGHT IT IN BETWEEN FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL IT IS. YEAH. YEAH. TAXES ARE THE TAXES ARE PAID. THEY'RE UP TO DATE. WELL I'M SEEING ONE THING ON THIS. I KNOW THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE PICTURE BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS TOO AS TO I GAVE YOU MY PICTURES THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE. YEAH. I TORE MY PICTURES OUT OF MY BOOKLET AND GAVE THEM TO YOU. THAT'S THE NEW THIS. THANK YOU. BUT THIS IS A NEW ONE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS PHASES OF THIS PROPERTY THAT I'VE SEEN. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH PHASE YOU GUYS ARE SEEING, BUT OKAY, SO BASICALLY YOU'RE TELLING ME MY ONLY OPTION IS TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE REPAIRING IT. YOU'LL GIVE ME SIX MONTHS TO TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, MA'AM. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT. OKAY, WHEN WE GO BACK IN SESSION. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING HERE. OKAY. WELL, WE CAN BE. I DON'T IT SEEMS LIKE I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SELL IT, BUT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY CONTINUES TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE CITY. IT'S A GREAT PROPERTY AND I THINK IT CAN BE DONE. SO I'LL NEED TO GO INTO THE OFFICE TOMORROW MORNING, BUT THAT'S IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO TEAR IT DOWN. IS THIS THIS AM I GETTING? EXACTLY, EXACTLY. BECAUSE I CAME IN HERE WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS EITHER OR ON THE SALE OR THE REPAIR.

BUT IF REPAIRING IS MY ONLY OPTION, PUT ME DOWN FOR REPAIR. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A

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SO YES, WE WILL BE REPAIRING. I JUST NEED TO KNOW, DO WE HAVE SIX MONTHS TO DO THAT? BUT I HAVE TO WAIT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO I'LL WAIT AND THEN I'LL KNOW TO GO INTO THE OFFICE IN THE MORNING. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE IF AFTER SIX MONTHS, I DON'T WANT YOU TO. TO LEAVE. YES. LEAVE THE PODIUM SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE SIX MONTHS AND THEN YOU DECIDE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT IF YOU WAIT, OUR DECISION WILL BE RENDERED TODAY. OKAY? OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH, I NEED TO, I NEED TO WE WANT WE WANT TO KEEP THE PROPERTY VITAL. YES. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S OUR STANCE. AND MY ONLY STANCE IS THAT THAT WE WILL NEED TO BE DOING THE REPAIRS. SO YES, WE WILL BE DOING THE REPAIRS. AND THEN I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO GOING FORWARD. DO WE HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GET IT IN SHAPE? THAT IS MY QUESTION. SO I WON'T KNOW UNTIL YOUR MEETING IS OVER.

SO I'LL BE READY NOW. MISS. MISS KING, NOW THAT YOU'VE STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT, ARE YOU ALL PREPARED TO WORK ON IT ONCE? IF A DECISION IS MADE FAVORABLY TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IT, Y'ALL READY TO GO TO WORK IMMEDIATELY? IMMEDIATELY? YEAH. AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE WITH THE STAFF, BECAUSE THERE'S A WALKTHROUGH PROCESS, OKAY. AND THEY GIVE YOU A PUNCH LIST, OKAY, OF ALL THE DEFICIENCIES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF, I THINK YOU ENROLL IN A WORK PLAN. OKAY, TO BEGIN THE WORK ON THE HOUSE. OKAY. AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET ALL OF THAT DONE WITH THE CITY, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT? THEN I AM GOING TO YES.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE PROPERTY VITAL. SO WHATEVER IT TAKES, WE WILL BE DOING THAT. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. BECAUSE AS WE WERE TELLING OUR OWNER, ALL WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT PICTURES HERE AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING BY.

YEAH, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. OKAY. I'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT CALLER, THE RESIDENT, THE RESIDENT ON 1220 EAST NINTH STREET. CLAY ROY, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. AND IT'S NUMBER 12 A ON THE AGENDA. CAN I GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP? OKAY, BEFORE I SPEAK ABOUT IT. 12. EIGHT. YES.

DOES EVERYBODY HAVE IT? IT'S NOT 128. 12 A IT'S 3220. THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S NOT IT. NO, THAT'S NOT IT. I'M SORRY. I LOOKED AT IT WRONG. IT'S RIGHT THERE UNDER TIMBER. 1313 1213.

YES. NUMBER 13 RIGHT AFTER THIS. AGAIN, AS I STATED, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF IN THIS. SO IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO FIND IT AND LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO SEE EXACTLY WHEN SHE TELLS US ABOUT THE PROPERTY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN ASK THE CORRECT QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 13 A, AM I CORRECT? OKAY. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES. OKAY. THE ADDRESS IS 1220 EAST NINTH STREET. IT'S A GARAGE. OWNER IS CLAY. CLAY ROY. IT'S IN THE STAGE. ADDRESS IS 1220 EAST NINTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640. THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON. JANUARY 29TH OF 2026. THE WATER WAS TERMINATED. TAXES ARE DELINQUENT $5,896.60 AS OF 2025. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? CLAY ROY, 1220 NINTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? THE GARAGE IS WORTH A ZERO. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS A PROGRAM THAT

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WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHEN, NOT WHEN, BUT WHAT THE BOARD DECIDES. I GOT YOU, I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHO TO SPEAK TO. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. IN CASE WE DO DECIDE TO DEMOLISH IT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I CAN GIVE YOU. I CAN LET YOU KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED, Y'ALL. I'M JUST HOPING TO GET ON THE PROGRAM. I GOT YOU TO WHERE WE CAN DO SOME OTHER THINGS ONCE IT IS GONE. GOT YOU. I DON'T WANT IT THERE EITHER. OKAY, SO I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT, SO HELP ME OUT IF YOU CAN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM ME? NO, SIR. NO, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. LETTING US KNOW. MR. FLANAGAN. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE, I'M ON TO THE NEXT CALLER. 5252 25TH STREET. LOYCE. WOULD YOU PLEASE, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM? AND THAT'S NUMBER 23 ON THE AGENDA. I GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP BEFORE I SPEAK ON. OKAY.

YES, MA'AM. EVERYONE DOES HAVE IT. OKAY. THE ADDRESS IS 5252 25TH STREET IS A RESIDENCE OWNER IS LUIS A GOMEZ? IT'S AN ESTATE. HIS ADDRESS IS 3905 LAKE ARTHUR DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642. THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON. 25TH MARCH MARCH 5TH, 2025.

THE TAXES ARE TERMINATED ON MAY 29TH OF 2018. TAXES OCCURRED. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS, PLEASE? LUIS GOMEZ, 3905 LAKE ARTHUR DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77642. OKAY. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY, SIR? I'M PLANNING TO REPAIR AND TRY TO SELL IT. I'M LOOKING AT IT. HAVE YOU STARTED ANY WORK ON IT? YEAH, NO. OTHER THAN CLEANING AND CUTTING GRASS AND. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THE PROPERTY HAS A TERMITE INFESTATION TO TERMITES. YES. MR. MAYOR, MR. GOMEZ, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INSIDE? WELL, WE BOUGHT IT LIKE THAT, SO SOMEBODY DESTROYED IT. WE WANTED TO FIX IT. OKAY. YES, SIR. MISS, MISS FLANAGAN JUST INDICATED THAT THERE'S TERMITES IN THERE. HAVE YOU DID ANYTHING TO. NO. NOT YET. EXTERMINATE THEM. NOT YET, NOT YET. OKAY, BUT. BUT YOU WILL, AM. I WILL, IF GIVEN A CHANCE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? YES, SIR. WELL, QUESTIONS THAT WE NORMALLY ASK ARE. ARE YOU READY TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FINANCES

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NOT REALLY CLOSE. NO. NO, SIR, I DON'T HAVE NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE. ALSO, THIS PROPERTY IS IN MY PROJECT TO BE DEMOLISHED. WE'VE ALREADY. WE PREPARED A PROJECT. SO. HOLD UP. YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE, MA'AM. YEAH, I PREPARED A PROJECT ALREADY THAT'S WAITING TO BE SUBMITTED TO CONTRACTORS TO BE DEMOLISHED. THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S. IT WAS SO BAD. IT USED TO GO BY. WHAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS IN OUR APARTMENT? THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY PREPARED AND READY TO BE DEMOLISHED. I MEAN TO THE CITY FOR DEMOLITION. WELL, I'M PLANNING TO FIX IT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S UP TO THE YES, YES. YES, MA'AM. YES, IT'S ALREADY. WHERE DID YOU PURCHASE THE HOME? THROUGH THE AUCTION OR FROM SOME. FROM SOMEBODY INDIVIDUAL? YES, SIR.

DID THEY TELL YOU THE STRUCTURE WAS TAGGED? NO, SIR. OKAY. SO WHEN DID YOU FOUND OUT? AFTER YOU BOUGHT IT THEN THAT IT WAS TAGGED BY THE CITY? YES. OKAY. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOMEONE ON THE BOARD JUST ASKED ONE OF THE OWNERS THE SAME QUESTION. BUYING PROPERTY SOMETIMES. AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE THE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO. AS I STATED, THAT WE TRY TO HELP OUR CITIZENS. BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW THE BOARD. WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. OF COURSE. CAN I YES. GO AHEAD. MR. GOMEZ, YOU SAID YOU INDICATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT A YEAR. YOU NEED A YEAR BASED ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THIS BODY. HERE. WE CAN ONLY GRANT YOU X AMOUNT OF TIME.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT 90 DAYS, 90 DAYS. AND SO AT THAT POINT, THE STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND EVALUATE YOUR PROGRESS. AND IF AT THAT TIME THEY DETERMINE THAT YOU'RE NOT MEETING OR MAKING ANY ADEQUATE PROGRESS, THE STRUCTURE COULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WORK PROGRAM AND THEN AT THAT POINT COULD BE SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION. SO WHATEVER INVESTMENT YOU PUT IN HAVE PUT INTO IT, YOU WOULD LOSE. SO BE AWARE OF THAT. OKAY? OKAY. SO ANYWAY, YOU CAN GIVE ME SIX MONTHS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE ONLY OBLIGATED, WE'RE REQUIRED BY OUR BY LAW TO GIVE YOU MAYBE 90 DAYS IS THE MOST WE CAN GIVE YOU. YEAH. NICE. WELL. YEAH. DO WHAT, MR. FLANAGAN, I WAS SAYING THAT THIS THIS IS THAT YOU DO HAVE THE FINANCING, BUT IF IF HE APPLIES FOR THE WORK PLAN, WHICH WOULD GRANT HIM SIX MONTHS. OKAY, THEN YOU BE IN COMPLIANCE AT THE END OF THAT SIX MONTHS, COULD HE REAPPLY? HE CAN GET AN EXTENSION. WE HAVE TO SEE A GOOD YOU'D HAVE TO SEE SIX MONTHS OF PROGRESS. YEAH. AT 50%. AND I DO BELIEVE OUR INSPECTORS ARE BEING GENEROUS WHEN THEY DO 50%. YEAH. BASED UPON WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, THIS IS 8,090%. SO IT'S 50% IS NOT A REAL NUMBER. REALISTIC NUMBER. SO SIX MONTHS YOU NEED SIX MONTHS. WE NEED 50% IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WHICH IS GETTING IT IN AFTER THE 60 OPEN DOORS AND WINDOWS. OR THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS TO BE BE SECURED. DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WINDOWS AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND ALL THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING. YES, SIR. AND THE REASON I SAY ALL OF THAT, SIR, IS JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A CLOCK RUNNING AND WHEN YOU IF WE GRANT YOU THAT TIME, THAT CLOCK IS GOING TO BE RUNNING IN THERE.

AND ONCE THAT CLOCK HITS A CERTAIN POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. IF YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BRING THIS HOUSE UP TO CODE AND MAKE IT LIVABLE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN. YOU THOSE REPERCUSSIONS WILL OCCUR. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF IT. OKAY? SO THAT'S THAT WAY YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT HAPPENS. I'M HOPING IT. I HOPE YOU FIX IT UP. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU FIX THIS OLD HOUSE UP BECAUSE WE

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WE CAN'T SIT HERE AND GIVE YOU TIME AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THE HOUSE.

AND IT SITS LIKE THIS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, OKAY? IT DOESN'T. OKAY. THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S OKAY. CONDITION OF THE HOUSE IS WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH. I UNDERSTAND NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU SELL IT OR DON'T SELL IT. OKAY. EXACTLY. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YOU COULD BRING IT UP TO CODE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THIS IS WHAT OUR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, OKAY? OKAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO LET US KNOW. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

ON TO THE NEXT CALL. THE ADDRESS IS 639 WEST 13TH STREET. MR. RIGBY, IT'S GREAT. TO THE PHONE. THAT'S NUMBER 16, AND THEN I'LL GIVE IT A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP BEFORE I SPEAK ON IT.

16, EIGHT. OH OH. LOOK AT SEAT. YEAH. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YEAH. OKAY. THE ADDRESS IS 639.

WAS 13TH STREET IS A RESIDENCE OWNER IS PAMELA J. ODOM. AND RICKY LEE IS FREE. SENIOR SSA ADDRESS IS 2519 SUZANNE CIRCLE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77459. AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON.

2018. FEBRUARY 27TH, 2018. WATER WAS TERMINATED ON AUGUST 6TH OF 1998. THE TAXES ARE CURRENT AS OF 2025. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MR. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. RICKY, I GOT YOU. OKAY.

HAS HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN PROBATED YET? EVERYTHING'S CLEAR THAT YOU OWN OR WHAT HAVE YOU? WELL, WE, ME AND MY FIANCE, WE PURCHASED THIS THROUGH A SHERIFF'S SALE AND DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE TAGGING PROCESS OR WHATEVER. BUT IMMEDIATELY WE WENT IN AND JUST, MAN, I MEAN, IF I'D HAVE KNOWN HOW BAD IT WAS AT FIRST, BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF STUFF AND THE ROOF WAS FALLING IN, IT WAS BLUE, IT WAS A BLUE ROOF WAS BLUE ROOF. IT WAS ALL RIGHT. AND RAINING INSIDE THE ROOF HALL COLLAPSED. IT WAS INSIDE EVERYTHING TO THE WAIST. SO I HAD TO GET LIKE TWO DUMPSTERS, THE LARGEST ONES YOU CAN GET, AND GET ALL THAT OUT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN START. THEN I HAD THE WHOLE ROOF TORE DOWN AND REFRAMED, REDONE ALL NICE WINDSTORM CERTIFICATE THAT WE DO HAVE ON IT, AND ALL THE RIDING BOARDS INSIDE BASEBOARDS. ALL THAT FIX IS NICE. GOT IT CLEAN, SUPER NEAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THEN WE WENT INTO THE CULVERT AND EVERYTHING AND OTHER THINGS FOR RESOURCES IS BEYOND MY CONTROL. BUT WE WANT TO FIX THIS HOUSE, MAN. I MEAN, WE GOT ABOUT LIKE 50,000 INVOLVED IN IT AND NOT INCLUDING WE COVERED ON THE TAXES. CITY'S GENERATING OVER 1000 SOME EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN CURRENT. NEVER WAS DELINQUENT ON THAT. THE PROPERTY IS SUPER NEAT. I TAKE CARE OF THE LAND MAN. IF YOU SEE IT WAS IT WAS IT KNOWS IT DOESN'T POSE ANY KIND OF THREAT TO THE PUBLIC FOR US. YOU KNOW, INTIMATE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC IS SECURE. I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH EDDIE COLLINS WHERE PEOPLE USED TO RUN TO THAT HOUSE TO HIDE. BUT THIS THE TREES IN THE BACKYARD. YOU COULDN'T EVEN GO BACK THERE, MAN. I HAD ALL THAT CLEAN AND SUPER NEAT. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF DELAYED ME BECAUSE IT'S A FOUNDATION IS SETTLED. AND THAT'S WHAT STOPPED ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LIKE SHEETROCK OR WHATEVER AND GO BACK AND THEN EVERYTHING CRACK. SO I WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT AND GETTING BIDS ON THAT AND TO GET THAT DONE. SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A GOOD DEAL ON THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT HAPPENED, EVERYTHING GOING TO BE LOOKED AT. BUT FOR US FINISHING IT AND EVERYTHING, I CAN DO A LOT OF THAT WORK, MAN. I'M GOOD. I'M A GOOD CARPENTER AND ALL THAT STUFF MYSELF. BUT WE JUST NEED A LITTLE TIME, YOU KNOW, TO TRY IT. IF YOU KNOW THE BOARD, APPROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE WE DIDN'T KNOW THE THE CONSEQUENCES BEHIND BEING TAGGED WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, BUT I JUMPED IN IT AND MAN AND YOU KNOW, IT HAD A LOT OF WORK DONE. I MEAN, IT LOOKS ACTUALLY AT FIRST IT WAS AN EYESORE TO

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I'M VERY PARTICULAR. I'M. THAT'S NOT THAT'S GOOD TO SAY. IT GOT TO BE RIGHT, MAN.

EVERYTHING GOTTA BE RIGHT FOR ME. GOTCHA. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? JUST ONE. I DID NOTE THAT HE WAS ON THE WORK PROGRAM IN 2019. MR. MEEKINS, DOES HE QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM AGAIN? YES HE DOES. FROM WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WHEN I WENT OUT TO INSPECT IT, HE GOT EVERYTHING CLEANED, THE PROPERTIES CLIPPED, PUT. HE DID PUT A LITTLE MONEY IN IT. SO HE EVALUATED THAT ALSO. SO SO IT'S NOT A THREAT ANYMORE. IT LOOKS REAL GOOD OVER THERE. YEAH.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR. SO YEAH. SIX MONTHS. YEAH. HE'S GOOD ACCOMMODATING. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MR. BROWN? THE. THE BUILDING LOOKS AS THOUGH IT'S OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE AT THAT FRONT DOOR. AS THAT FRONT DOOR BEEN. IT'S LOCKED DOWN. IT'S BOARDED OFF. AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE. NO ONE CAN PASS THROUGH IT. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET IN THAT HOUSE IS THROUGH THE THE GARAGE. SO THAT FRONT DOOR SECTION HAS BEEN IT HAS BEEN ANCHORED DOWN. YES.

IT'S IT'S IT'S BEEN CLOSED OFF AND YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE. OKAY, OKAY. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

I'LL MAKE SURE I COME THERE EVERY WEEK. I'M OVER THERE. I'M LOOKING AT THEM. I'M CLEANING UP THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. FIRST OF ALL, MR. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH US WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE, AND WE'LL HAVE A DECISION TODAY. THANK YOU. MR. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO ME. YES, SIR.

NO PROBLEM. THANKS. HE HAS YOUR. MOVE TO THE NEXT CALLER. CALLER WITH THE ADDRESS, 3848 FOURTH STREET, CHARLES GUIDRY. APPEAR. AND THAT'S NUMBER NINE IN THE AGENDA BOOK. I WILL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT BEFORE I SPEAK ON IT. NUMBER NINE. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT, MISS FLANAGAN? OKAY. THE ADDRESS IS 3848 FOURTH STREET.

IS A RESIDENCE. GARAGE OWNERS CHARLES RAY GUIDRY, AND IT'S AN ESTATE. HIS ADDRESS IS 3912 LAKESHORE DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642. THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024.

WATER WAS TERMINATED ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. TAXES ARE DELINQUENT $18,738.61 AS OF 2026. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. GUIDRY. WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE BOARD, PLEASE? THAT'S CHARLES GUIDRY, 3912 LAKESHORE DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU OR WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT? WELL, I'M JUST ASKING FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS SO I CAN CLOSE THE SALE ON THIS PROPERTY AFTER 30 DAYS.

IF THEY DON'T CLOSE ON IT, I GOT A RIGHTS TO TEAR IT DOWN. 30 DAYS TO CLOSE. SO YOU HAVE A SELLER AND WHAT HAVE YOU, RIGHT? I HAVE A BUYER, A BUYER. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. DO THEY KNOW IT'S

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RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU. MR. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WHAT DECISION HAS BEEN RENDERED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. AND I HAVE A NOTHER ADDRESS. AND OKAY, I'LL MOVE TO THAT ONE AFTER THIS ONE TONIGHT WITH THE CALL THE RESIDENT FOR 219 SIXTH STREET. PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY NUMBER 11 AND THE AGENDA BOOK. I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP BEFORE I SPEAK ON IT.

OKAY. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES, EVERYONE HAS IT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THE ADDRESS IS 219 EAST SIXTH STREET. IT'S A SHED. THE OWNER IS DEVORA. AND I DO APOLOGIZE IF I SAID IT WRONG.

IT'S AN ESTATE. 219 EAST SIXTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. 77640. AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAGGED ON. OCTOBER 29TH OF 2025. THE WATER WAS TERMINATED AND TAXES ARE CURRENT. AS OF 2026.

THAT'S IT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MY NAME IS ENCARNACION AND I LIVE IN 21963 PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY? I LIVE IN THE PROPERTY. ARE YOU LIVING THERE? YES, I LIVE IN THE PROPERTY. MY CHILDREN LIVE IN THE PROPERTY. THEY KNOW THERE BECAUSE MY SON IS IN THE ARMY RIGHT NOW. MY DAUGHTER IS WITH MY OTHER DAUGHTER. THE SISTER IS SICK. I WAS SICK WHEN THE LAST STORM. SO I HAD SURGERY. I HAD SURGERY, ONE IN MY ARM, ONE IN MY NECK. MY ARM IS BACK. ALSO, MY HUSBAND DON'T HAVE A JOB AT THAT TIME BECAUSE HE TAKE CARE OF ME AND HE LOST THE JOB. SO WE TRY TO FIX THE PROPERTY LITTLE BY LITTLE BECAUSE I BUY THE PROPERTY IN 2008. BY THE PANDEMIC AND MY SICKNESS. SO EVERYTHING IS IS BAD. SO HE CLEANED THE PROPERTY.

SO THE DAMAGE FOR THE SHED WAS IN THE LAST STORM. SO THE ROOF WAS TEAR DOWN APART. SO HE HE HE TAKE IT UP, HE TAKE IT AND HE CLEANED THE AREA LAST MONTH. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE REPAIR OR MORE CLEAN IN THAT AREA. SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP. I UNDERSTAND ARE WE LOOKING AT THE SAME PROPERTY. YES YES YES MISS DEVORA, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE SHED. YEAH. YES. AND THERE'S A STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL, RIGHT? YES.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR CONCERN IS, THE SHED. SO COULD YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR PLANS FOR THE SHED IS? WE WE USE THE THE SHED TO STORAGE. SO WITH THE LAST TIME WE HAD TO MOVE EVERYTHING IN THE GARAGE BECAUSE IT SHED WAS TEARING DOWN THE ROOF OF THE, OF THE OF THE SHED. SO THE ROOF GOING TO THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S WHAT THE INSPECTION WHEN THE

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EVERYTHING NOT THE HOUSE. NOT KNOW I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT APART. EVERYTHING. OR WE CAN REPAIR. LET ME SPEAK ON THIS. ON THAT PLEASE. YEAH. LET ME. WHAT YOU GOING TO ALL WE WANT IS THAT PART THAT Y'ALL GOT ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. IT HAS TO BE ATTACHED TO. YEAH, IT JUST NEEDS TO GO ON. THE PART THAT'S BEEN FELL DOWN. IT JUST STUCK TO THE WALL. THE BUILDING BEHIND IS FINE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR HOUSE. IT'S JUST YOUR BASIC THE LITTLE GARAGE YOU GOT IN THE BACK. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST THE SHED Y'ALL PUT IT UP AGAINST. SO IT HAD TO BE TORN APART BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY GONE. AND THEN WHAT THE BOARD DECIDES TODAY, THEY'LL MAKE THE DECISION. YEAH, THEY'LL MAKE THE DECISION. SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE WERE LOOKING AT THE THE SHED ONLY. AND YES, MY HUSBAND TAKE CARE FOR HIS WEATHER AND HE USED IT TO WELD OVER THERE BECAUSE IT'S BIG METAL TO REPAIR THE HOUSE. THAT THAT SPACE IS PROPERLY MADE FOR SAFETY REASONS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE ORDERED THERE. SO TO NOT CATCH FIRE, HE PUT ON LIKE A BIG METAL AND MADE THE SPACE LIKE THAT. THEY MADE THE SPACE LIKE THAT FOR THIS REASON. SO WHEN THE STORM COME. WE GOING TO REPAIR THE ROOF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE SITUATION. GOTCHA. BUT THE SHED ITSELF IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE SHED ITSELF. BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIRST CAME UP, WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOME. WHEN YOU SAID LIVING IN, EXCUSE ME, THAT Y'ALL LIVING IN IT THREW US ALL FOR A LOOP BECAUSE WE KNEW. SO IT'S ONLY THE SHED. THE SHED IS WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH TODAY.

YOU DID SAY YOUR HUSBAND MADE SOME REPAIRS TO THIS ROOF ON THE SHED. YEAH, IN THE LAST MONTH? YEAH, IN THE LAST MONTH? YEAH. LAST MONTH. THE ONLY THING THAT HE HAD TO DO IS PUT THE, THE NEW STUFF. HE HE HE HE TAKE ALL THE DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING. DID HE PULL A PERMIT BECAUSE WE SPOKE TO HIM? NO, HE ONLY CLEAN. WE TOLD HIM BECAUSE HE HAD TO, HE HAD TO TAKE THE MAKE THE PERMIT TO, TO DO THE. YEAH. TO DO THE ROPE AGAIN. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE BECAUSE THEY REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO BE MESSING WITH IT. NO. HE ONLY CLEAN THE AREA.

WHAT THEY THEY TOLD HIM TO DO IT. SO WE CLEAN THE AREA. ONLY PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? NO HEARING NONE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT Y'ALL WANT. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES. SO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO FIX FIX THE SHED UP. YEAH. IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE OR INSIDE. LET ME FINISH. LET ME FINISH. YOU WANT TO FIX IT UP SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE IT? YES. HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU GOING TO NEED? AT LEAST 3 OR 6 MONTHS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID HE WELLS IN THERE, RIGHT? YES. HE'S A WELDER AND HE DOES SOME WORK ON THE SIDE. YES. HE USES THAT FOR FOR HIS INCOME AS WELL. SO HIS STORAGE AND FOR THE TEAM. BUT HOW IS HE MOVED THE TEAM TO THE TO THE GARAGE TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING WET. GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND REALLY EXPLAIN TO US WHAT YOU WHAT Y'ALL REALLY WANT TO DO. THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON IT AND LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS IS THE LAST PROPERTY WE HAVE. IT'S A PROPERTY 2220 2811 STREET. 14.

IT'S NUMBER 14 ON THE AGENDA. I WAS TRYING TO READ THE HANDWRITING. I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO READ THE OKAY. OWNER NUMBER 14. LAST ONE. DOES EVERYONE HAVE IT? YES. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT, OKAY. THE ADDRESS IS 2028 11TH STREET. IT'S A RESIDENCE SLASH GARAGE. PIER WOOD PARTNERS, LLC, AND

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THANK YOU SIR. WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS OR PLANS, SHOULD I SAY FOR THE PROPERTY? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS WITH THE PROPERTY SINCE DAY ONE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY RENT IT OUT. WE BOUGHT WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. WE WERE NOT AWARE ABOUT THE RED TAG WITH IT. WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO US. IT WAS SOLD FROM A REALTOR IN HOUSTON WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO ASSIST WITH THE CONSTRUCTION REPAIRS ON THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS ASSIST WITH THE RENTING OF THE PROPERTY. THE REPAIRS THAT WERE QUOTED TO US WERE VERY, VERY LOW. WE STILL WENT THROUGH WITH THE PURCHASE, FIGURING THAT WE COULD STILL RESCUE IT. BUT THEN WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE PROPERTY WAS RED TAGGED, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, IT WAS ABOUT A 2 OR 3 MONTH PERIOD WHERE WE COULD NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PERSON WHO SOLD US THE PROPERTY AS TO WHAT NEEDED TO GET DONE. AND SO AFTER REVIEWING SOME OF HIS WORK, WE CHOSE NOT TO USE HIM. AND WE CAME IN TO PULL PERMITS OURSELVES. AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY RED TAGGED. THAT WAS APRIL, MID APRIL OF LAST YEAR. AND AFTER THAT WE WENT ON A, I GUESS, A SPREE TO TRY AND FIND A CONTRACTOR TO DO IT. WE HAD FOUND SOMEBODY IN END OF JUNE TO START ON THE PROJECT. THEY APPARENTLY CAME IN TO LOOK FOR PERMITS. THEY ACTUALLY CALLED ME FROM, I GUESS, WHAT WAS THE PERMIT OFFICE HERE? ASKED ME A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THEY WERE PULLING PERMITS, BUT IN THE PROCESS, I COME TO FIND OUT THAT NO PERMIT WAS ACTUALLY PULLED FOR THE PROPERTY, SO THAT CONTRACTOR WAS QUICKLY REMOVED OFF OF IT. WHEN WE REALIZED HE COULDN'T START IT IN A TIMELY MANNER, WE ISSUED IT TO ANOTHER CONTRACTOR, DID GIVE SOME MONEY UP FRONT FOR IT, AND THEN FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE NOT COMPLYING TO WHAT THE CITY WAS STIPULATING IN TERMS OF NOT USING A GENERATOR, NOT BORROWING ELECTRICITY FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS. THEY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PULL A PERMIT AND SET UP A TEMPORARY POWER POLE. AND WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T, WE YANKED HIM FROM THE PROJECT. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

IT WAS ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY WAS ONE OF MANY PROPERTIES THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR. JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE MORE REMOTE ONES HERE. OUR FOCUS WAS ON THE CLOSER PROPERTIES. AND WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS THING WAS NOT MOVING ALONG THE WAY, IT SHOULD BE, WE STARTED ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT, OBVIOUSLY THIS WE MET WITH ACTUALLY EARL EARL BROWN AT THE PROPERTY A FEW WEEKS BACK, AND HE INFORMED US OF THIS, OF THIS MEETING. WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING IN THE MAIL. AND GRANTED OUR PO, IT'S NOT A PO BOX, IT'S A UPS STORE. AND SO WE DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED THAT WE HAD SOMETHING DELIVERED THERE VIA CERTIFIED MAIL. SURE, SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS THERE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH YOU. BUT WE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING CONTRACTORS AND HAVE SECURED A CONTRACTOR TO START THE REPAIRS ON THE PROPERTY. THEY'VE ASSURED US THAT IT CAN GET DONE IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT THE CITY WAS REQUIRING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS, THE SOME INSULATION THAT NEEDED TO GET DONE. WE DISCOVERED AFTER THE PURCHASE THAT THE PROPERTY HAD TO GET REWIRED. THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS WITH THE PLUMBING THAT THE CITY WANTS BROUGHT UP TO CODE. SO OUR BUDGET IS COMPLETELY SHOT. WE DO HAVE FUNDS SECURED FOR THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE IN ESCROW THAT WE CAN TAP INTO, AND THE REST OF THE FUNDS CAN COME OUT OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS, PROFIT FROM OTHER PROJECTS. SO THE MONEY IS NOT THE ISSUE. IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF FINDING

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NO, WE WE GIVE THEM OUR OUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBERS AND THEY DON'T CONTACT US FOR ANY REASON. IT'S THE POWER POLE IS IN IN AN EASEMENT. I BELIEVE THE EASEMENT BELONGS TO THEM.

AND I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT WE HAVE TO, I GUESS, MAINTAIN OUR AREA OF THE YARD FOR THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE THE TREES ARE TOUCHING THE TRANSFORMER. SO ANY CREWS THAT WE HAVE THERE ARE NOT WANTING TO TOUCH IT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE KEEP CALLING AN EMERGENCY REPAIR OUT FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND AT LEAST CLEAR IT FAR ENOUGH BACK WHERE WE CAN TAP INTO IT FOR A POLE. HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE WITH THE CITY? THE PROBLEM? NO. THE ONLY PERSON WE'VE TALKED TO ABOUT IT WAS EARL BROWN JUST THREE WEEKS AGO ON IT. I THINK WE MAY HAVE.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE BROUGHT IT TO SOMEONE'S ATTENTION PRIOR TO THAT, BUT NOT TALKING TO ANY BUILDING DEPARTMENT NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. OKAY. IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WHATEVER OUR DECISION IS TODAY, THAT'S WHO YOU PROBABLY NEED TO START OUT WITH, BECAUSE I THINK HE CAN PROBABLY CALL ENTERGY AND PROBABLY TRY TO EXPEDITE YOUR SITUATION. OKAY, OKAY.

ACCOUNT SET UP WITH ENERGY. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I DON'T, I DON'T THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY DON'T TALK TO YOU. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. WELL, THE FIRST I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS, IS WE GRANT HIM WHATEVER HE NEEDS. AND THEN HE GETS THROUGH A, HE HAS TO HAVE A WALKTHROUGH. AND THEN AT THAT POINT HE GOES AND PULLS PERMITS. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THEN CONVERSATION WITH THE ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WILL PROBABLY GET THAT PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. THE ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR WITH THE CITY. YES, I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALREADY WALKED THROUGH. WE HAVE A HIT LIST FROM THE CITY AND FROM IN TERMS OF THE ELECTRICAL, THE ELECTRICAL AND THE PLUMBING THERE. BUT SINCE YOU'RE IN THIS PROGRAM AND YOU'RE BEFORE US TODAY, THAT'S PROBABLY HOLDING YOU UP. OKAY. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. AND SO IT ALERTS YOU. AND AS WELL AS THE STAFF THAT THEY NEED TO DO SO THAT THAT WON'T BE A HOLD UP FOR YOU MOVING FORWARD IF WE GRANT YOU THAT. SO I WOULD ESTABLISH AN ACCOUNT WITH ENERGY IMMEDIATELY. YES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE JUST NOT. SO EXCUSE ME, SIR, WOULD YOU. MY NAME IS RICHARD LONG. 227 BLEDSOE. I JUST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND I WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ENTERGY THING. NO. WELL, BECAUSE I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THAT HE DOES. OKAY.

WE'RE CALLING YOU LATER. LET US JUST FINISH THIS. I'M I'M TRYING TO GET Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND HIS PROBLEM. YES, SIR. BUT IF HE IS ON A SECONDARY LINE, ENTERGY SAYS THAT THEY WILL NOT CLEAN THAT BECAUSE I'VE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM. AND IT'S SITTING ON TRANSFORMERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR OVER A MONTH TO GET THEM OUT TO MY PLACE SO THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I'VE GOT PERMITS WAITING OVER. OH, YOU HAVE ACROSS THE STREET OVER THERE TO DO SOMETHING. BUT ENTERGY, I JUST GOT AN ENGINEER OUT THIS MORNING, AND THEY WANT TO DO EVERYTHING BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. OKAY, SIR. BUT, SIR, FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME? AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DID. RICHARD LONG 227.

BLEDSOE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. YEAH. IT'S INTERESTING. SO SO OUTSIDE OF MAYBE ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT, YOU'RE SAYING YOU SPEAK TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH. THEY'LL TRY TO HELP. BUT YOU HAVE A UNIQUE SITUATION GOING ON.

SOUNDS LIKE VERY UNIQUE. AND SO IT'S GOING TO IT'S IT'S THAT THEY'LL ASSIST YOU, SIR. OKAY.

I THINK IF ANYBODY CAN HELP YOU, THEY SHOULD. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IS THERE ANY. BUT THEY'LL THEY'LL CONNECT YOU WITH HIM. OKAY. JUST GET WITH

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BEFORE YOU CONTACT ANYBODY ELSE, YOU NEED TO CALL ENERGY AND GET YOUR ACCOUNT SET UP IN YOUR LLC, YOUR BUSINESS NAME AND GET THAT GET THAT ESTABLISHED. WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT FUNCTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A METER THERE. THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT'S THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT'S THE STARTING POINT. YOU'LL NEED A TEMPORARY POLE WITH A LICENSE. WELL, ACCORDING TO MY BUSINESS PARTNER, THEY WON'T LET US SET UP AN ACCOUNT. SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN ENTERGY. THEY WON'T LET YOU SET UP AN ACCOUNT. I DON'T KNOW, I'VE NOT HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THE EMERGENCY. BUT AS FAR AS SETTING UP, MY BUSINESS PARTNER HAS BEEN THE ONE TRYING TO DO THAT. CAN WE ASK HER TO COME UP AND LET HER SHARE? AND THEN WE CAN COME IN ON WHAT YOU SAY IF YOU. YEAH, YEAH. MY NAME IS. MY NAME IS KELLY MICHAUD. I'M THE OTHER PARTNER FOR PARTNERS.

1909 DARLING LANE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77089. SO WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT THEM, NOT NOT ALLOWING US TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT IS THAT EVERY TIME I TRY TO CALL, THEY, WHAT THEY EXPLAIN IS THAT WE CANNOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT UNTIL AFTER AFTER THE CITY ALLOWS. LIKE I THINK THE CITY HAS TO CLEAR IT, CLEAR IT. YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS TAGGED. CORRECT. BECAUSE IT WAS TAGGED.

EXACTLY. SO THEY WON'T DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A POLE. SO UNTIL THEY THEY CONNECT IT AND THEN WE CAN GET AN ACCOUNT WITH ENTERGY. THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T ACTUALLY EVEN CONNECT A POLE BECAUSE THAT TREE IS ON THE TRANSFORMER. AND EVERY TIME WE CALL THEM OUT, THEY COME AND LOOK. OUR NEIGHBOR, OUR NEIGHBOR CONNIE, LETS US KNOW THAT THEY'VE COME TO LOOK. AND THEY'VE. THEY, OUR NEIGHBOR ALWAYS SEES THEM OUT IN THE EASEMENT, OUT IN THE LITTLE ALLEYWAY IN THE BACKSIDE. BUT THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR. THEY LEAVE AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY CLEAR THOSE TREES. MA'AM, SINCE I WAS I'M RETIRED FROM THAT DIVISION IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS. I WAS THE DIRECTOR. I KNOW THAT ENTERGY HAS HOLES ON PROPERTIES. SO YOU FIRST HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THIS OFFICE. OKAY. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET CLEARED THROUGH THIS OFFICE AND THEN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY TO HOOK IT UP. THEN THEY'LL WORK THROUGH THAT AND EXPEDITE IT. OKAY. BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S A RED TAG STRUCTURE. YEAH. SO SO THERE'S A HOLD. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANY POWER UNTIL YOU GET THE THEY GET THE OKAY FROM THE CITY. SO I GET THAT. BUT WHO IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO CUT THAT TREE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT? ENTERGY, ENTERGY BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO NOT WANT TO DO THAT. THEY JUST SEEM TO NOT WANT TO. WELL, I CAN'T CONTROL THE CITY CAN'T CONTROL ENERGY.

ENERGY IS THEIR OWN ENTITY IN THERE IN AND OF ITSELF. BUT EVENTUALLY THAT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT. OKAY, MR. BROWN, BOARD MEMBERS, BASED UPON YOUR DECISION TODAY THAT Y'ALL MAKE UPON THIS PROPERTY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK WITH THEM AFTER THE BOARD HEARING AND ACTUALLY LET THEM KNOW THE PROCESS, WHICH THEY ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. AND SO I'LL GO BACK OVER IT WITH THEM. BUT IT'S BASED UPON YOUR DECISION, WHAT YOU ALL GUYS, WHAT YOU ALL Y'ALL DECIDE UPON. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. WE NEED TO GET IT OFF OF THE DEMO LIST, I GUESS, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT WE CAN WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 90 DAYS. IT'S JUST A MATTER ACTUALLY. THE CLOCK PROBABLY TICKS ONCE WE GET THE THE TEMPORARY POWER POLE UP, TO BE HONEST. GOTCHA. I UNDERSTAND AND THE STAFF IS VERY FLEXIBLE, SIR. THEY UNDERSTAND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR SITUATION. AND SO I'M SURE THEY'LL THEY'LL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO ACCOMMODATE YOU WITHIN REASON, AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION, TOO, IN REFERENCING THE TIPO, BECAUSE I JUST HAD ANOTHER RESIDENT THAT WENT THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR. ENERGY DEFINITELY GAVE THEM A TIPO. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY COULD DO THAT UNTIL I WENT TO THE OUR SENIOR BE A BUILDING INSPECTOR. YEAH, THEY DID NOT. ELECTRICITY IS A DIFFERENT THING, BUT THEY DEFINITELY GRANTED THE TIPO. I'M JUST JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH YOU. BUT ONCE YOU GO THROUGH US, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOU. OKAY. YOU MAY HAVE TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO ELECTRICAL WORK ON THAT STRUCTURE ITSELF. GRANTED THAT THE BOARD DOES GIVE YOU PERMISSION, BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT ONCE WE THEY MAKE A DECISION. WELL, OUR INTENT IS TO REWIRE THE ENTIRE THING. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF. AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT ALREADY BY THE BY, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK THERE WITH ANY ANY OTHER TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. IT HAS TO BE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TIPO ON. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ABIDE. AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP GETTING RID OF CREWS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING ANXIOUS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USING STUFF THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING AND JUST TRYING TO GET OUT. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AND YOUR NEEDS. AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT DURING THE MEETING. IF YOU WANT TO STAY, YOU CAN STAY. THANK YOU. YOU GIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. BUT WILL THE

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OKAY. IS THERE ANY CALLERS ON ZOOM? NO CALLERS ON ZOOM. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES THE IN-PERSON RESIDENTS. OKAY. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO NEED A MOTION TO RECONVENE. OUR BUSINESS MEETING.

I MAKE A MOTION. WE MOVE BACK INTO OUR BUSINESS PORTION. I SECOND. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES. WHAT WE'RE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? SEE, PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR. THIS IS WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE AS FAR AS YOUR PROPERTY IS CONCERNED. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT AND YOU KNOW, FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE WAS WHAT THE FIRST PROPERTY IS, 5137 FIFTH STREET, THE GARAGE. JORDAN BARRON AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER. THAT'S THE NUMBER. NINE IN THE AGENDA. BOOK NUMBER NINE. AS MR. MR. BARRON. AND YOU'RE ASKING. OKAY, HE'S NOT HERE. HE HE SAYS THAT HE. YEAH. HE'S 30 DAYS. 30 DAYS. MR. MR. BARON IS HERE. HE'S HERE. HE WANTS TO SELL. HE WANTS TO GET IT. YEAH. NO, HANG ON NOW. WE'RE ON THE WRONG PROPERTY. WE'RE ON THE WRONG PROPERTY. NUMBER ONE IS IT'S NUMBER TEN. YEAH. OKAY.

WE'RE ON THE WRONG PROPERTY. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN SITTING HERE DOING THAT. YEAH. THAT'S MR. YES, SIR. YOU WANTED. HE WANTS IT FIXED. FIXED? YES. YES. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY TO GO OVER THERE AND CLEAN IT UP REAL QUICK, AND THEN START. GO AHEAD. CAN YOU GET IT DONE IN 60 DAYS? YES. YES, MA'AM. THEN I WILL MAKE THE MOTION FOR A RAISE IN 60 DAYS. NOW, UNDERSTANDABLY, AFTER 60 DAYS, IF YOU DO NOT GET THAT DONE, HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK THOUGH? JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL BE DEMOLISHED. NO, NO, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT. HANG ON. I HAVE TO MEET WITH Y'ALL. NO, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'M SORRY. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. WOULD YOU REPEAT IT? I SAID I WILL ASK FOR A RAISE OF 60 DAY RAISE. MOTION IS FOR A 60 DAY RAISE. CAN I GET A 60 DAY? YOU GOT A SECOND? NO. YEAH, WE GOT 60 DAYS. OKAY, SO HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? OKAY. BASICALLY, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO GET IT REPAIRED AND GET IT UP TO CODE. PLEASE TALK TO THE OFFICE. AND AFTER THE 60 DAYS, IF THAT IS NOT DEMOLITION WILL OCCUR, BE IMMINENT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET 90 BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR 90. MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS 60. OKAY. WELL, AND WHEN DO I SPEAK WITH Y'ALL? TOMORROW OR OFFICE. AND THAT'S WITH THEM. GET WITH THAT OFFICE AND I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT. YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM DEMOLITION OFFICE, AND YOU CAN CONTACT US THAT THE LETTER I ALREADY RECEIVED IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. NO, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER LETTER WITH THE BOARD DECISION. AND YOU CAN CONTACT OFFICE 60 DAYS. START THE 60 DAYS, START AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THAT LETTER.

SO THE DATE OF THE LETTER. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT SIR. OKAY. OKAY. AGAIN, THANK THANK YOU FOR COMING AND LETTING US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED DONE. WHAT IS THE NEXT ONE? OKAY, THE NEXT ONE IS 526 EAST 19TH STREET. IT'S NUMBER 22 IN THE AGENDA BOOK 22. THAT'S ALL I ASK, MR. MILLER. LET ME LET EVERYBODY FIND IT AGAIN. IT'S THE ONE HE WANTS TO. HE WANTS TO REPAIR THE 22. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE. NO, NO. RESIDENTS HAVE TO SPEAK. NO. NO ONE HAS TO SPEAK. YOU WISH WE HAD YOU TO SIT OR ASK YOU TO SIT SO YOU COULD HEAR THE DECISION OR WHAT THE DECISION WAS RENDERED. BUT WE'RE BACK INTO OUR OTHER MEETING. BUSINESS MEETING AS

[III. Discuss and possibly take action on condemning the structures as described in the foregoing lists, and ordering demolition and/or work plans. ]

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OKAY. MOTION PASSED. I HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. DID YOU. YEAH I DID. OKAY. THAT'S JUST JUST.

IT'S DONE. JUST STARTED. THAT'S JUST RAISE 90 DAY RAISE. 90 DAY RAISE IS WHAT WAS STATED. OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK, BUT OKAY. WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? WELL. USUALLY IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE 90 DAYS, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO REPAIR IT. SO IT'S EITHER A 90 DAY RAISE OR REPAIR. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING A 90 DAY RAISE, 90 DAY RAISE REPAIR, OKAY. OKAY. YOU, YOU DID MEND IT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FIX IT, RIGHT? TO FIX IT. SO THE MOTION IS WHAT MOTION IS. IT WAS FOR RAISE A 90 DAY. SO HE'S AMENDING IT. OKAY. AMENDING MOTION 90 DAY RAISE REPAIR. I MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I WILL SECOND THE MOTION FOR RAISE OUR REPAIR 90 DAYS. QUESTION NOT JUST BE REMINDED BOARD MEMBERS. THIS PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN OUR WORK PLAN PROGRAM. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO WITH YOUR DECISIONS, PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY NO DEMOLITION PACKET FOR DEMOLITION. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE NUMBERS ON THAT TO WHAT WAS GETTING READY TO DEMOLISH. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. DID Y'ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. BROWN SAID? I UNDERSTOOD, YEAH, AND WE'RE STILL GOING WITH THE RAISE OR REPAIR 90 DAYS. OKAY.

THAT'S YOUR DECISION. UNDERSTANDABLY, AFTER 90 DAYS, IT WILL BE. DEMOLITION IS IMMINENT. YOU HAVE 90 DAYS TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY. GET IT UP TO CODE. YEAH, IT HAS TO BE. IT HAS TO BE. IT HAS TO BE. WE'RE GIVING YOU 90 DAYS. AND LIKE MR. BROWN SAID EARLIER, IT WAS ALREADY ON THE LIST TO BE DEMOLISHED. YES, I THINK YEAH. MR. MILLER, WE TOLD YOU AT LEAST I, I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT IF YOU PUT ANY MONEY IN IT AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING ADEQUATE PROGRESS, IT COULD BE DEMOLISHED IF WE GAVE YOU TIME.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS 90 DAY RAISE OF REPAIR IS. YOU HAVE TO BE MAKING SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRESS OR YOU CAN'T PATCH IT. YOU HAVE TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL THE CURRENT CODES. YOU HAVE TO PASS ALL THE INSPECTIONS. IF NONE OF THAT IS DONE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU PUT IN IT, IT'S GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED. AND I THINK MR. MEEKINS DID TELL YOU, AT LEAST UNDER THEIR INSPECTION, 75% OF YOUR CHECKLIST HAS TO BE DONE IN THOSE 90 DAYS. SO THE BOARD IS BEING VERY GRACIOUS, GRACIOUS, GRACE AND MERCY GIVEN, GIVEN THIS BOARD IS COMPASSION GIVING YOU BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WHAT YOUR RATING IS AT A 50%. NOW, WHAT DO I HAVE TO RAISE IT UP TO? WHAT PERCENTAGE WISE, SIR? THAT'S A DECISION THAT THE BOARD THAT THE THE INSPECTORS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE. THAT'S YOUR JOB. OKAY WITH YOU? HE WILL GO THROUGH THAT CHECKLIST. YEAH. AND HE'LL LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT. AND ONCE AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT 50% IS NOT A REALISTIC NUMBER. THIS THIS IS THIS IS BEYOND 50% REPAIR. GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT WHAT WE DID. YEAH. YOUR OPINION IS DIFFERENT. AND AND AND I RESPECT THAT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED. YEAH. WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

BUT THIS IS IT. THAT'S IT. WE'RE WE'RE GIVING YOU MORE TIME TO BRING IT UP TO CODE FOR THAT. YEAH. OKAY. YES. SO BEST TO REPEAT THE INPUT. YEAH. WE. I THOUGHT WE DID. I CAN REPEAT IT AGAIN. 90 DAY RAISE AND REPAIR 90 DAYS. I RECOMMEND YOU A SECOND, MISS LLOYD. I SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THE THIRD PROPERTY IS 1527 EAST 14TH STREET. IS NUMBER 18 ON THE AGENDA? THAT'S MISS MISS KING. OKAY. WE TRY TO REPAIR IT.

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OKAY. THE FIFTH PROPERTY IS 5252 25TH STREET. AND THAT'S NUMBER 23 ON THE AGENDA. REPAIR AND CELL NEEDS A YEAR. THAT'S MR. GOMES. YES. I MAKE A MOTION FOR A 90 DAY RAISE OF REPAIR. I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 90 DAYS. RAISE OUR REPAIR. ALL IN FAVOR? I MOTION PASSES 90 DAYS. THE SIXTH PROPERTY IS 639. IS IT OKAY FOR ME? NO, MA'AM. NOT AT. NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. NOT AT THIS TIME. THE SIXTH PROPERTY IS 639 WEST 13TH STREET. AND THAT'S NUMBER 16 ON THE AGENDA BOOK. 16. THAT'S MR. ESPER. HE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK. HE'S MADE IMPROVEMENTS. SLAB HAS AN ISSUE. HE DID ASK THEM REQUEST FOR A WORK PROGRAM. YES. I WOULD GRANT HIM THAT. MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. WHAT IS IT? I WANT THE WORK PROGRAM. SO IS IT 90 DAYS? 90 DAYS. RAISE THE REPAIR. GET A SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. NUMBER SEVEN IS 3848 FOURTH STREET.

AND THAT IS NUMBER TEN ON THE AGENDA BOOK 10 OR 1111. WHAT NUMBER IT IS NUMBER EIGHT.

NUMBER TEN. THAT'S. MR. IS IT? I'M PICKING ON YOU. NO, IT'S NOT NUMBER TEN. NO IT'S NOT TEN IS BARON. YES. NUMBER NINE, NUMBER NINE. OKAY. WE HAD SOME TYPOS, I APOLOGIZE. WE TRAIN NUMBER NINE IS CHUCKY. YEAH. IS IT TRUE? OH. CHUCKY GUIDRY. YEAH. YEAH. 38. 40. I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ISSUE A 30 DAY RAISE. ORDER A SECOND IS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. NUMBER EIGHT IS 219 EAST SIXTH STREET. AND THAT PROPERTY IS NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS A. YEAH, YEAH. OH, THAT'S. THAT'S. OKAY. I RECOMMEND 90 DAY RAISE AND REPAIR. SECOND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE QUESTION DISCUSSION ONLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SHED CORRECT. YEAH. SHED ONLY. SHED ONLY. AND I THINK MR. MICKENS WHAT YOU WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE CONDITION THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A ROOF ON IT. AND IT'S BASICALLY IT JUST STUCK TO THE BACK OF IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN JUST THE ATTACHED. YEAH. WE JUST NEED THAT PART GONE. THAT'S ALL. WE'RE NOT LOOKING. OH YEAH. WELL, OKAY. IT'S JUST A LITTLE ADD ON. THEY STUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. OKAY, THAT'S BASICALLY IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A PICTURE,

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YEAH. YES. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHAT THEY GOT GOING ON HERE TO HELP YOU OUT ON THIS. DON'T HELP ME AT ALL. THEY GOT THAT STUCK TODAY. THAT DON'T HELP ME AT ALL. THERE'S NO ROOF UP THERE. THAT'S A BAD PICTURE. YEAH. I DON'T LIKE THAT PICTURE. THAT'S THE. UNDERSTAND? WE'RE DOING IT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. LET ME. LET ME LOOK AT THIS QUESTION. YEAH.

MY QUESTION IS WHY SHE WANTS IT THERE. YEAH. BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WORKS OUT OF IT. HE WORKS OUT AND HE STORES HIS EQUIPMENT IN IT. YEAH. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE REGULATIONS ON THAT? YEAH. I THINK 90 DAYS TO ATTEMPT TO. YEAH. TO BUILD A WHAT'S THE REGULATIONS ON THAT? ONE AT A TIME, ONE AT A TIME. IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING HUSTLE RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, THAT'S MY QUESTION. OKAY. IS IT IT'S A SAFETY THING.

SAFETY. THAT'S SO OKAY. IT'S A SAFETY. WHO MADE THAT INITIAL? OKAY. SHE NEVER SHE NEVER CONFIRMED THAT. HE WAS JUST. HE WAS WORKING AND MAKING A PROFIT OUT OF IT, BUT HE WAS KEEPING HIS WELDING EQUIPMENT IN THE BUILDING. I WASN'T AWARE THAT HE WAS. HE WAS CONTRACTING BUSINESS OUT OF OUT OF THE SHED. IT WAS BASICALLY TO KEEP HIS WELDING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN WELDING IN THERE. SHE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING OUT OF THAT. MY HUSBAND DOES. YEAH. OKAY. I MISSED THAT THEN. YEAH SHE DID. SHE DID. DEFINITELY. OKAY. MR. MR. YOU WANT TO RESCIND YOUR MOTION? WELL, DID YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT OR WHAT? I BRING MY EQUIPMENT HOME EVERY DAY. WELL, I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING WE SEND IT. I AM SAYING WE. MAYBE IT'S BOTHERING HER BECAUSE SHE'S MY NEIGHBOR. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THAT, MR. JOHNSON? I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW. OKAY. IT'S A SAFETY THING. IT'S A SAFETY THING. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO ASK HIM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE SAFETY RULES. SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR PLANNING AND ZONING WHAT WOULD BE LIKE A SAFETY STIPULATION. WELL, LIKE WAIT, LIKE IF WE IF WE GET A RAISE, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN THE MOTION. YEAH. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. I DON'T WANT TO GO AGAINST OUR ZONING ORDINANCES.

WE HAVE ZONING ORDINANCES AND WE MUST FOLLOW THOSE AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE. THE STIPULATION THAT WE BE PUT ON IT AT THAT NO BUSINESS COULD BE CONDUCTED. NO RETAIL BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS NOT ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL. GOTCHA.

NOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING WELDING THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AS FAR AS FIRE SAFETY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH SHE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD PLACED A METAL BARRICADE OR METAL BARRIER. YES. TO KEEP THAT. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE FINE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF IT'S. MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO MR. BROWN THAT IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO GIVE LATITUDE TO THE OWNER TO PUT A ROOF ON THE HOUSE, ON THE BUILDING AND TO USE IT TO TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU MONITOR THAT LOCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT NO OPERATION, NO BUSINESS OPERATION IS OCCURRING, THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND IF I MAY ADD ONE COMMENT TO THAT. NO OFFENSE TO YOU, MR. BROWN. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M SEEING AND WITNESSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY'RE WELDING SCHOOLS. THAT'S POPPING UP NOW. THESE GUYS ARE PUTTING UP TEMPORARY WELDING SCHOOLS AND GIVING WELDING LESSONS TO SEND THESE GUYS OUT INTO THE PLANT.

THEY'RE GETTING CERTIFIED AT HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S IT'S RESIDENTIAL. IT SHOULD AND IT SHOULD BE IN A COMMERCIAL ZONE. AND SO I, I'M AWARE OF THAT. I JUST, I GUESS I MISSED THAT WITH THEM. NO, THAT'S ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALRIGHT. BUT THEN AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE WE ARE NOW CATCHING SOME OF THOSE. YEAH. THAT IS BEING TAKEN PLACE. THEY'RE TAKING THOSE LITTLE CARDBOARD DEALS AND CONVERTING THEM INTO WELDING BOOTS AND, AND PUTTING GUYS IN THERE AND GETTING THAT CERTIFICATION TO GO OUT IN THE PLANT AGAIN. MISSING THE SEMI. BECAUSE I DON'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT BUSINESS OR ANYTHING. OKAY. OUTSIDE. OKAY. BUT HE KEEPS HIS EQUIPMENT THERE AND ALSO HE KEEPS EQUIPMENT THERE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHEN WE GET IT. BUT I WAS SO HURT. THE

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WITH THE STIPULATION THAT ZONING MONITOR THAT LOCATION, ENSURE THAT NO NO WORK IS BEING DONE AT THAT LOCATION. OKAY. OKAY. I'M I'M, I'LL GO TO THE LAST. WE HAVE EVERYBODY CLEARED.

NO, THE LAST PROPERTY IS 2020. HANG ON. WE NEED ALL IN FAVOR. YEAH. I'M SORRY. SHE WAS GOING TO THE NEXT ONE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THE NEXT PROPERTY IS 2028 EAST 11TH STREET. AND THAT PROPERTY IS NUMBER 14. AND AGENDA. OKAY. THAT'S THE 60 DAYS, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK HE WAS ASKING FOR THE 90 DAY RAISE AND REPAIR. YEAH. CORRECT. HE SAID 60 BUT WE'LL GIVE HIM 90. YEAH. YEAH. ONLY BECAUSE I, I FEEL FOR YOU WITH ENERGY 60 DAYS TO REPAIR. BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON. YES. I FEEL FOR YOU WITH ENERGY. WE UNDERSTAND. I NEED A RECOMMENDATION. WE CAN SHOW SOME PROGRESS. AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE AN EXTENSION. YES. OKAY. WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE MOTION? SO THE MOTION IS FOR 90 DAY REGION REPAIR, 90 DAYS RAISING REPAIR. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. GOT 90. OKAY. IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT. IF WE HAVE TIME, I KNOW WE CAN.

YEAH, IF I JUST REVISIT 16 A WITH MR. ASHBURY. AS MUCH PROGRESS AS HE'S MADE. YOU KNOW, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE WORK PROGRAM AS WELL. THAT'S WHAT HE HAS TO GET IN. YEAH. HE HAS TO AUTOMATICALLY. OKAY. WELL I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GET 90 DAY RAISE AND REPAIR FROM A 90 DAY, BUT SINCE HE COMES INTO THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET THAT AT THE TIME. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. I'M JUST MAKING SURE ONCE THEY SEE YOU'RE ACTUALLY WORKING AND WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU CAN GET IN THE SIX MONTH PROGRAM. YEAH. HE GET THAT EXTENSION BE RUSHED. SO THAT WAY YOU GOT MORE TIME. 90 DAY YOU WILL HAVE TIME. YEAH.

YEAH. HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT IT. I COULD SEE IT. WE WILL HAVE TIME TO GET THAT. 90 DAYS IS AWFUL FAST TO GET CONTRACTS OUT THERE AND GET IT ON THERE. ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU GO INTO THE WORK PROGRAM AND YOU GET THESE OTHER ONES. I FEEL PRETTY, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS.

OKAY. WE'LL WORK WITH HIM. MISS FLANAGAN, LOOK, HANG ON A SECOND. YEAH. LET HIM GET OUTSIDE. HEY, HEY HEY, HEY. TAKE CARE OF YOU. HEY. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. LET'S.

LET'S GO ON AND CONTINUE THE MEETING. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT. MISS FLANAGAN, WOULD YOU READ THE REMAINING REMAINING STRUCTURES, PLEASE? 1030 DELAWARE DRIVE RESIDENCE. TWO SHEDS, CARPORT GARAGE. 615 THE QUEEN BOULEVARD TWO STORY RESIDENCE. 2936 NOT LOST THOMAS DRIVE, GARAGE, 715 LAKEWOOD STREET, RESIDENCE OF TUSCARORA. 2240 OAKLAND DRIVE, RESIDENCE, 901 WEST PARK STREET, THE WORLD'S CORPORATE. 1016 SAN ANTONIO AVENUE, SAN JACINTO AVENUE RESIDENCE FOR WORLD SHED. 520 THOMAS BOULEVARD COLLAPSED SHED. OKAY 3345 12TH STREET, GARAGE. 639845 EAST 13TH STREET RESIDENCE. 1910 EAST 15TH STREET RESIDENCE. DEC 15274 I'M SORRY. 231 17TH STREET RESIDENCE CARPORT, 2040 EAST 18TH STREET RESIDENCE GARAGE AND 2926 9020 SEVENTH STREET RESIDENCE. OKAY THAT'S IT. COULD I GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I MAKE MAKE A MOTION THAT THE STRUCTURES THAT WERE JUST READ BY THE DEMOLITION SUPERVISOR, THAT ARRAYS OUGHT TO BE ISSUED FOR ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES. I SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. MOTION PASSES. MISS FLANAGAN, WILL YOU READ OUR OUR WAIVERS? OKAY. YES, SIR. WE HAVE THREE WAIVERS AND THEY ARE 5045 LAKESHORE DRIVE, GARAGE. 1027, REVEREND RAYMOND SCOTT AVENUE RESIDENCE, TWO SHEDS AND 54.

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[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[V. OLD BUSINESS - Status Report: Exceptions from Previous Hearings]

[VI. FUTURE ITEMS]

WE HAVE THE REGULAR PROJECTS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 52 THAT'S READY TO BE SOLICITED TO A CONTRACTOR. WE HAVE 17 TRANSIT AND SIX COMMERCIAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BUSY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. I SEE. ANY OTHER BUSINESS COME BEFORE THE BOARD? HEARING NONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING. I SECOND. PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I PULLED OUT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS MEETING HELD ON APRIL 23RD, 2026 IS HEREBY. JOHN AT

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