Wed, Dec 11, 2024·Sacramento, California·Other

Sacramento Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board Meeting - December 11, 2024

Discussion Breakdown

Housing Code Enforcement40%
Landlord Tenant Issues30%
Financial Hardship20%
Indigenous Acknowledgment10%

Summary

Sacramento Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board Meeting

The Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board met on December 11, 2024, from 5:30 PM to 7:12 PM at Historic City Hall. Board members present included Chair George Antablian, Vice Chair Brandon Fisher, Barry Boyd, Tammy O'Brien, and Ali Ahmad.

Opening and Roll Call

  • Meeting opened with land acknowledgment and pledge of allegiance
  • All five board members present
  • City staff included Peter Lemos (Code Enforcement Chief), Bo Cosley (Principal Building Inspector), and Arvinder Kaur (Deputy City Attorney)

Consent Calendar

  • Approved minutes from November 13, 2024 meeting unanimously

Public Hearings

  • Reviewed six contested housing code violation cases and one uncontested case bundle
  • Notable case: 3811 Florin Road fire damage and demolition
    • Two separate fires occurred December 8-10, 2023
    • Property was commercial strip mall divided into multiple units
    • Board reduced monitoring fee ($305) to $0 and reduced demolition costs from $4,894 to $3,624 for one owner due to financial hardship

Key Outcomes

  • Upheld city fees for 5901 Mack Road ($1,597.50 and $1,318.99)
  • Upheld fee for 3709 22nd Avenue ($380)
  • Reduced fees for 3811 Florin Road unit owner
  • Approved uncontested cost recovery for multiple properties (lines 1-36, 38-62, and 65-110)

Public Comments

  • No public comments on non-agenda items were made
  • Meeting adjourned at 7:12 PM

Meeting Transcript

you The board consists of five members who are not employees of the city. The board is an impartial decision maker. The board is appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. Your board members are myself, Mr. Antapoleon as the chair, Mr. Fisher as the vice chair, Mr. Boyd who will join us probably in about 20 to 30 minutes, Ms. O'Brien and Mr. Ahmad. Additionally we have Lay Billings, the secretary of the board, Peter Lemos, code and housing enforcement chief, Bocazali, principal building inspector, Avender Carr, counsel to the board. Secretary please call roll. Ablian. Here. Here. Here. Boyd. Ahmad. Here. O'Brien. Here. All right at this time I will ask that everybody stand for the land acknowledgement and the pledge of allegiance. We'll start with the land acknowledgement. Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, the Nisanon people, the southern Maydu Valley of the Plains, Miwok, Patwin, Wintown's people and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe. May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather today. In the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation of Sacramento's Indigenous peoples history, contributions and lives. In addition, we will do the pledge of allegiance. All right, you may be seated. All right. For items two through six today on the agenda, we're here to consider the expenses incurred by the city in the notice and order and the repair demolition or securing of any building or structure done in the housing and dangerous buildings case before us together with any protests or objections. The question here is are the fees, costs or other amounts claimed by the city reasonable and justified? The board may revise, correct or modify the proposed charges as we deem just. Once the sport is satisfied with the correctness of the charges, we shall then make a decision confirming or rejecting the charges. Any written protests and related information received have been forwarded to us for consideration in our decision. You will hear our decision today and receive formal notification of our decision in the mail. Our decision will be forwarded to the city council for a determination whether this hearing was conducted in accordance with the city code. All right. So each item will be called in order of those requesting to speak unless staff or board members request. Otherwise, the owner representative should state their name and address and explain the nature of their appeal. Please be concise. Staff will identify themselves and provide a summary of the case, including the recommendation and then the owner can respond. The secretary will swear in the appellants and city staff prior to each case. All right. Let's go ahead and get started. Item one approval of the minutes of the November 13, 2024 meeting. I'll move. I'll second. Tablion. Yes. Fisher. Yes. Ahmad. Yes.