The time is now 9 o'clock on 11 December 2025.

The San Antonio Belief Standards Board will come to order.

If we could, let's have a roll call, please.

Dwayne Nelson.

Joel Solis.

Present.

George Grimes Jr.

Present.

Dr.

Linda Lopez Rodriguez.

Present.

Kayla Miranda.

Yvonne Addison.

President Fred Andes.

Present.

Ryan Baldwin.

Present.

Also present in the meeting from the City of San Antonio or Eric Burns from the City Attorney's Office.

And from Development Services, Melissa Ramitas, Deputy Director.

Alice Cohardo, Development Services Manager.

Melissa Garza, Administrative Assistant 2.

Estor Tees, Development Services Specialist 1, and myself, Judy Kroom, Development Services Specialist Supervisor.

Chariform is present.

Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

The board has received minutes of November the 13th, 2025, and hopefully everyone has had a chance to go through them.

Do I have a comment of changes or motion to approve?

Mr.

Chair, this is Brennan.

As is.

The motion was to approve the minutes as drafted for November the 13th, 2025.

Do I have a second?

This is Joel Slay.

Thank you, Joel.

Second.

Any discussion.

No discussion.

Thank you.

All in favor of the motion to approve the minutes of November the 13th, 2025.

Say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed say nay.

The motion carries unanimously.

As stated previously, a quorum is present.

Please silence your cell phone and excuse me while I do exactly that.

Or any other device that may disrupt this public hearing.

No person shall delay or disrupt the proceedings or disobey the orders of the chair.

If you wish to speak on a case, you'll be allowed three minutes.

However, an owner or owner's representative will have unlimited time.

Please keep all information relevant to the property in question and the code violations.

As advised prior to this public hearing, the city will provide translation services for anyone needing assistance.

It is our understanding that you have made such arrangements as advised in your notice of hearing.

Our expectation is that you've submitted the required documents prior to this public hearing.

Your responsibility as a property owner or lienholder of a dilapidated structure case is to demonstrate the following.

Number one, provide the required documents, discuss the detailed scope of work with cost of each item outlined in order to bring the property into compliance to the satisfaction of a code officer.

Number two, to submit the required proof of financial ability to pay for proposed work and discuss feasibility of repairs depend upon monies at hand.

And number three, request the amount of time needed to complete the work.

All abatements ordered by the board shall be enforced.

All work proposed must be done within code regulation with required permits prior to commencement of the work.

You may obtain all permits from the Department of Development Services located at 1901 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78-204.

If in doubt to the process during this time, please contact the code enforcement officer.

Any owner or lienholder dissatisfied with the order of this board may file an appeal in civil district court within 30 days after the date that the order is mailed.

If you have any questions regarding the orders, please contact the code enforcement officer or development services staff by phone at 210-207-5422.

Please note that it is unlawful for any person present to solicit or pedal services regarding any property under consideration by this board during the course of this public hearing as per city code section 16-236.

Thank you.

At this time we have uh a presentation or not a presentation uh update on uh information from the city, and we have a staff report, please.

Good morning, board members.

For the record, my name is Alice Cuardo, Development Services Manager, Code Enforcement Field Services.

Items pulled from the agenda today is going to be item agenda number six dangerous premises case at 10414 Dreamland Drive in City Council District 1.

Reason for the case being pulled is the owner has obtained a demolition permit.

Emergency demolitions on record.

The structure located at 5431 Godek Drive in City Council District 4 was demolished as an emergency on November 14, 2025 due to the extensive fire, which occurred on November 10th, 2025.

Pursuant to Chapter 6-175.

No further action is needed by the board at this time.

The structure located at 3132 Vera Cruz in City Council District 5 was demolished as an emergency on November 26, 2025, due to the extensive fire that occurred on November 20th, 2025.

Pursuant to Chapter 6-175, no further action is required or needed at the time by the board at this time.

Thank you.

This concludes my presentation.

Any questions?

Thank you, Alice.

Good morning, board.

Good morning.

For the record, my name is Jaime Hasso, dangerous premises officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 655 Humboldt Street with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code Article 8, Chapter 6.

This is the first time this property is being heard before this board.

The legal description is NCB 8972 block 5 lot 7, located in City Council District 5.

The owner on record is Cantu Abel with a mailing address of 655 Humboldt Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78211.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

And Mr.

Abel Cantu is present to speak on behalf of the property.

Does the board wish to continue?

Yes, please.

After December 2nd, 2025, contact has been made with Mr.

Kantu.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on November 17th, 2025, the property is not eligible for historic designation.

The following is a timeline of events regarding the notification process.

The first inspection regarding 655 Humboldt Street was conducted on March 24, 2021.

The original notice was mailed on March 25th, 2021, and the certified receipt was returned claimed and signed by Mr.

Abu Kantu.

On March 17, 2022, utility disconnects were submitted and confirmed.

On January 13, 2023, the structure was entered into a demo diversion program.

On March 27, 2024, a 30-day extension was granted for the demo diversion program.

On June 3, 2025, an updated inspection was conducted on the property with the district supervisor.

On August 20th, 2025, an abatement was executed on the property, and an updated notice of violation was sent to the owner.

The notice of violation was delivered on August 28, 2025.

On October 1st, 2025, a notice of vacate was issued to the property.

On November 24th, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

And on November 25th, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 655 Humboldt Street.

As of December 11, 2025, no scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers report has been provided.

And as of December 11, 2025, there is one active permit on file for the replacement of three windows, two doors, siding, and flooring.

The property is located within a thousand feet of Columbia Heights Elementary, and it has been confirmed with CPS and SAWs that there are no active services.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken on November 10th, 2025.

This front photo shows the front elevation of the structure.

As you can see, there is damage to the overhang, facial boards are lacking weather protection.

There is a lot of uh items and debris towards the front under the porch overhang that does pose an egress concern.

This is the left elevation of the structure.

You can see that there is the electrical panel is open, is uh exposed wires present.

There is no electrical service to the property.

The structure is resting on grade.

There are holes present in the walls.

There is damage to the damage to the masonry siding, and there are um items and debris scattered on this on the property.

This is a close-up of that large hole that is present on the left elevation.

Here you can see that there's items that are exiting from the structure.

You can see the exposed wood members are weather damaged, and there is damage to the foundation wood members.

Here's looking up at the roof section of that where that hole is present.

You can see that there is plywood that is being placed on the roof to hold uh keep the elements out.

Um there is a sag to the roof line, and it is uh there are damage to the shingles.

This is the rear elevation of the structure.

Here you can see that there is broken windows, uh, there is damage to the masonry siding.

Uh, the facial boards are missing or lacking weather protection, and there is items sticking out from the windows.

Here is a closer look on the right side of that uh front porch elevation uh overhang.

Here you can see that the plywood is separating from the decking, there is water damage, and it is starting to uh sag.

This is uh further back view of the right hand elevation of the structure.

You can see that there is that sag to the roof line.

Uh, you can see that there are uh holes present towards the center of the photo and the in the roof line there where the shadow is, there are holes present where that um the roof is damaged.

Uh this is entering into the structure from the front door.

Uh here you can see that there is a lot of items and debris uh scattered throughout that does pose uh egress concern for the resident and for first responders.

Uh looking further into the structure, you can see that the ceiling drywall is missing, exposing the rafters and the decking.

Uh, there is a lot of items and debris that are within the structure that do pose egress concerns.

Uh looking towards the left side of the structure, you can see that there is more items, and that structure is uh full with those rooms not accessible.

This is looking into that rear right room of the structure through the window where the items were sticking out.

You can see that there is damage to the ceiling drywall.

There are exposed wires, uh, their exposed ceiling wood members and more items and debris.

This is the door on the right hand elevation going into the structure.

You can see that there is a lot of items on the steps.

The steps are detaching from the structure, and it does post an egress concern for the resident and for uh first responders.

Going inside the structure, looking towards the front, uh, you can see that there's more items.

There's a motorcycle that's parked inside the structure as well, uh, more uh electrical cables that are running throughout the inside.

And looking towards that left elevation where the hole is present on the exterior, you can see more uh exposed electrical wires.

You can see more damage to the ceiling drywall, missing walls, and exposed wood members for the roof structure.

And then this is looking towards that front room on the left hand side of the structure, more exposed wood members that are damaged.

Uh there's starting to see show some sag, and there is more exposed electrical wires.

This is accessory number one in the rear of the structure.

You can see that is it is a storage, uh, it is missing a front facade.

There is no wall, only exposed wood members.

There are studs that are missing.

Uh there is a sag to the roof line, and it is full of items and debris.

This is a close-up of the right hand side.

This structure is located within two feet of the right-hand property line, uh and then about two feet as well from the rear property line.

Uh, you can see more significant sag to the roof line.

You can see that there are holes present uh where the elements are entering the structure through the rear, and of course the front missing wall.

This is a look at the foundation.

There are uh concrete posts present, but there is also cedar posts, and there is uh shimming that's visible where the there's been added support to that.

And here you can see a more uh detailed look of where that shimming does exist.

Uh, some of those posts that are sinking or are falling over, and there is damage to that foundation wood member.

Uh this is accessory number two.

Uh it is a makeshift structure uh that was done with uh corrugated metal and uh fencing material.

Uh it does not have a foundation or a roof structure, it is just walls.

Um it is being used for storage, and there are pieces missing or falling off of that uh support or framing.

This is a front look of that uh makeshift structure where there are items that are uh being stored into this area, and there is um missing portions of that fence line.

And this is a right-hand side look at that area.

Um this is where there's more uh items being stored here.

There's more uh debris, and again, it's a makeshift structure that does exist uh next to that accessory number one.

This is accessory number three.

It is a uh travel trailer that is in the front driveway.

Um it is the frame is resting on the driveway concrete.

There are no wheels or um axles present.

Uh the framing is rusted, windows are broken, and the siding is damaged and uh missing weather protection.

This is a left-hand elevation, the door is uh halfway missing, uh broken windows visible on the front elevation.

Um, this area also does stick into the right-of-way, it does pose uh hazard for pedestrians uh from that front tow hitch.

And this is a right a rear elevation of it.

Uh I can see that there is broken windows, there is no uh licensing or uh registration for it, and again, this is being used for storage.

Uh look at the interior of that.

This is the rear wall.

Uh, you can see that the items that are being stored here, there is weather damage and water damage to the wood uh that is being used as siding.

And this is looking towards the front area of that travel trailer.

Uh more items that are being stored here.

Um more wet uh water damage to the wood siding that is present.

Uh to recap, the structures located at 655 Humboldt Street are in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6, 156, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15 for the main, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15 for accessory number one, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15 for accessory number two, and subsections one, two, five, seven, eight, twelve, and fifteen for accessory number three, in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects here and after described shall be deemed to be a dangerous building and a hazard of public health, safety, and welfare, provided that such conditions and defects of dilapidation, substandardness, or unfitness for human habitation pose a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition, and that concludes my presentation of 655 Humboldt Street.

Thank you.

Are there any questions of the code officer?

Uh yeah, Mr.

Sherman.

Go ahead, George.

Did you say that there were some building permits issued for this property?

There is current one active building permit, yes, sir.

And do you know when that was issued?

Uh I don't have that on top of my head.

Uh it was issued in August of 2025.

Thank you.

Any additional questions?

Yes.

Um what type of permit was it?

It was a residential repair permit.

Repair.

Yes, sir.

Uh because on the I think it was the left side.

Yes, sir.

Yes.

And oh the other one.

They had brand new windows.

Yes, he does have uh materials that he does have outside uh where he's mentioned that he has doors and windows where that he plans to replace.

So would that fall in the same permit?

Yes, sir.

He does have a permit to replace uh windows and doors.

Okay.

And the repair is presumption on that one wall that's a hole in it or uh the repair the permit doesn't specify which wall he's gonna be repairing, it just specifies that he has permits to repair the structure.

Right, but he's already got some of the siding on in the back, be on the other side of the wall, the hole.

And then it looks like he started to do some on the front.

So he's in the process of repairing, correct?

Yes, he is he's been uh every conversation that I've had with Mr.

Kantu, he's uh he's always working on the structure and plans on the repairs of the structure.

And that's only on the main right now.

Yes.

So there's nothing pulled on three accessories.

Yes, sir.

So the main is being worked on.

But he doesn't have a roof permit, correct?

There is no re-roof permit, no, sir.

So to do that, he'd have to pull a roof permit to fix that hole.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Thank you.

Additional questions?

Joel?

Yeah, if you could just take us through the uh demo diversion, what is that all about?

I know you you gave a 30-day extension.

Uh we do have uh neighborhood and housing services department here to speak on behalf of that program.

Oh that'll be you.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Officer Brandon Gillam, if you would please come forward.

And if you would, sir, please state your name and your station.

Uh good morning, board.

My name is Brandon Ginn.

I work for the South uh substation.

I'm a safe officer there.

Um I picked up this district, uh, this address, 655 Humboldt back in August.

And uh we went to the location to go uh help co-compliance, dangerous premises, secure the location.

Uh when we s went that one time, um Mr.

Gantu was confrontational.

Uh and to start uh my presentation, uh I'm here in regards to just what I've been through when I when I've been there, but we have nothing criminal at the location.

Uh but when we do go there, he is confrontational, and we do have the warrant on hand to secure the location for co-compliance, and uh it's always been confrontational.

Um we do secure it, it's it it's the at the pictures right here uh don't uh it doesn't show the before uh where we when we showed up, it was uh very hard to secure because you had to climb over objects on the outside and the inside.

When it got to we were going through the inside, as you can see on some of the pictures here, even to this day, uh on those pictures, it's still hard to get in.

I would have to tell co-compliance.

We're stopping right here at the doorway, we're not gonna make any further entry because it is a hazard.

Uh so they took their pictures from from the doorway.

Um I have been there when services have been offered as far as uh Department of Human Services offering to maybe outreach is to get them somewhere else.

Uh so I have seen them there to also uh offer their services.

Other than that, uh that's all I have to say.

Uh as far as you know, you know, again, it's it's always a confrontation when we go there with uh when we with co-compliance and the contractors when they do go over there and clean up.

We have to actually stand there and be security because he would get in the way of uh them doing their job.

Okay.

Questions of Officer Cantu?

Uh yeah, I have a question.

George.

Does the owner occupy this property currently?

Yes, he does.

And so the property, as far as you know, has electric and water sewer?

That I know of no.

I've seen a generator out there, uh, and he has admitted to using the generator when he has to, but uh as far as uh power, water, electricity, uh, to my knowledge, there is none.

Uh dangerous premises, Officer Jaime Hasso.

Uh sir, there is no active service for electric or water.

Thank you.

I'd also like to provide a clarification to the board on the repair permit.

Um the repair permit is for the replacement of two doors, three windows, and cosmetics, uh cosmetic repairs to the flooring.

There is no framing permit, no foundation permit, and also no re-roof permit present.

Any questions of the code officer, though, on the permit?

None.

Any additional questions of Officer Gillum?

Officer Gillam, thank you very much.

Thank you for your time.

Officer Vincent Gonzalez.

And sir, if you would please also state your name and your station.

Yes.

Good morning, board.

I am Officer Vince Gonzalez with the Sansible Police Department's Up Safe Unit.

I work closely with Brandon Ghean here.

Uh and my area was that area that we're talking about uh before Officer Ginn took over.

Um I don't have a whole lot more to say other than then I I back up what Officer Ghean said.

Uh yes, Mr.

Cantu is confrontational at times when we get there, but knowing how to speak to him, knowing how to talk to him, he we we we do get along, so we got a special kind of relationship understanding and respect for each other.

So that's why I'm here.

But for the most part, everything that Officer Ginn said is is basically what Very good.

Questions of Officer Gonzalez?

This is Fred Landis.

How long did you have the district before uh the safe before it was transferred over to officer?

Uh I couldn't say, but I I I've been there since basically we started it back in 2021.

So your your engagement with the individual was regular or not?

Um only when Code would call us, as far as that goes.

Uh occasionally I'd stop by just to check on him, uh, see how he was doing.

We'd stop and have decent conversations and so forth, uh just to just to see how he was.

You've appeared before this board before?

No, sir.

Okay.

Has this house been a routine problem like some of them in the district are?

As far as the Any anything other than what we're here for today.

No, we've never had any kind of I've never dealt with any kind of criminal activity, any kind of disturbances, any kind of nothing.

Nothing of that nature.

All right, thank you.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Doc, are you okay?

Thank you very much, sir.

Appreciate it.

Mr.

Albert Cantu, if you would please come forward.

And yes, sir.

I'm sorry.

Able, I apologize.

Uh and Abel, if you would go ahead and state your name again.

My name is Abel Kantu.

Thank you.

And you're sorry to meet y'all guys like this.

And uh good morning to all to all these people over here.

Well, what they said is correct.

The pictures are bad.

All of that is true.

But this is my house before they got before they got to me.

My house is beautiful.

This is it back then when we started.

One moment, sir.

If you want to show that, can you give it to them and they can put it on the pool?

And then I and then I've got it of where I'm repairing it right now because I can't let them see what I'm doing.

So I have to put these makeshift fence up because I have priv I put up uh cedar fences, I put up metal fences.

It I had cyclone fences already.

Uh just just so we can uh can see what you're trying to uh go ahead and give your phone to the ladies and let them put it up on the screen.

Yeah, but it's gonna I gotta make pictures in here and it's not kind of it's like are we all that dulse here?

No, you know, but I can I'd rather show them individually because I I might pick up another case for putting the wrong picture or something.

I'm just getting around.

But yeah, y'all I can show it to you.

No, to the ladies, please.

All right, and the reason for that, Mr.

Kentucky, is so that we can actually see what you're doing.

Sure, sure, sure.

And I was hoping that I've never done this before.

I'm gonna be 60 years old.

I started remodeling my house in 2020, right before COVID.

My house wasn't in any need of repair.

I was gonna remodel it because my just passed it to me.

All the other houses that I own and properties I own, I maintained them.

I was buying one for each one of my kids.

Well, when COVID hit, I was working in the mountains.

I was only here 20, I was 21 days gone a month.

I was getting money from the government, man.

So I'd bring home stuff.

I couldn't work on it, I go back to work.

I was stuck in my cheese.

In other words, my my material, my windows, my doors, my siding, everything.

Because I was gonna upgrade it because I um my family grew up.

They all graduated from private school, Catholic school.

I got five children, a wife who became uh R and while with me, and I have two businesses.

Able and able modern designs, and I have uh all state buildings and renovators, that's my commercial building.

So I've got tools galore, I've got I've had property, right?

But I'm a product of what I feel that the city of San Antonio court enforcement department has done.

I'm a product of that because when they send me something, they say Mr.

Cantu.

You can't have a couch on the ports.

I live within my means, sir.

Around my surroundings or what the surrounding is like.

And I my my budget.

Well, thank God that I was able to pay everything off.

The only thing I owe is my taxes.

So I I was teaching my kids to make American American dream.

All right, so yeah, COVID hit.

COVID flipped everybody's script up.

It didn't flip mine.

It flipped those who came to my house during COVID when there was quarantine, no movement.

Code enforcement shows up at my house with trucks to remove my property.

Which was look pictures are they only take the pictures that they leave behind from the months before because I tell you what, they make a mess when they go to my house.

But they take the fences, they take the all my materials, my doors several times over.

And the thing about it, if you go to my house right now again, you're gonna see more doors, more windows, because every time I buy them, they come and they and they take them.

And and that big old hole in the wall that looks ugly.

I agree with you totally.

It wasn't there before.

They entered my house and the yard with a bobcat, ran over my water lines, took down my fence, hit my that hole in the wall.

They hit it with the bobcat.

They took out my water heater, same spot.

They left them behind and covered the whole wall with six sheets.

They were taking my plywood, but they decided to leave them behind because I came home and I said, What they leave me the plywood?

They left it standing up.

When I took this when I took the plywood off, all my stone wall was knocked over.

And then I called.

I came and I got a permit that same day.

The next day they show up at my house saying that my house is dilapidated.

And I was like, sorry, buddy, I took pictures already.

And I already went and got the permit because I knew y'all were gonna try to cover y'all's butt.

But they said what they should have done is gone over here, reported it, instead of going to the recycling place and making that money and coming back the next morning thinking I wasn't gonna be ready for that.

I'm a businessman.

I don't make, I don't get all acquire all that stuff.

They've done that, and I'll show you the pictures that I have of last night.

They said my house is still like those pictures.

The phone's gonna show you that last night and this morning I was gonna take the pictures.

My house is beautiful, man.

I've got two houses in the same spot.

One house in between both houses.

They're both not dilapidated, not one of them is appetized.

They're trying to, they're taking one and mixing the other one, and they're giving me a hard time is what it is.

And I'm compliant with what they tell me.

Another thing I notice is when I take my stuff out, because they say they're gonna go inside the house.

I make room, I take stuff out.

And mind you, I'm a businessman, two companies, I get good stuff.

We gotta get in, so I take my stuff out.

Lo behold, if I'm not outside cleaning the easement in front of my yard.

They'll take pictures of the of the stuff that I just took out that they told me to take out so they can get in there to take pictures.

If I'm not outside, or if I just step away, they don't see me, they take they'll take a picture and take off.

They think I don't see them when they're driving off.

I go, why don't they talk to me?

Why do they take pictures behind my back?

What they've what I've seemed to have done and I thought they were doing was they know how to do this.

I don't.

So by the time I find out, I'm a dollar, a day later and a dollar short.

But I'm on stupid.

So I go get the book.

I read the book and I let them lead me blind.

I let them lead me, guiding me.

Look, this is the way it is.

Both of my houses.

Why do both of them get warrants at the same day?

So I can't take something from this house to try to save it and salvage it in that house because it's fraudulent and all this stuff that is sticking in and out of the doorways.

When they get there with the trucks ready to take all my stuff, Mr.

Cantu, and I'm like, yeah, I ain't taking nothing, man.

They said, No, no, no, we're taking everything.

I said, That ain't garbage, bro.

Read the warrant.

The warrant says eight inches of grass or greenery, vegetable.

I don't have no grass.

Every photo you're gonna see, I ain't got no grass.

So where they don't take no trash.

But man, I've I still got tools that I think they're expecting to go and pick up some more.

So they're carrying through with a demolition or whatever, because they go to the inside and they see what I got in the inside.

The other day they went, they wanted to take my four vehicles.

I don't know if y'all know classic cars, 62 shaved pickup, best tan.

It's not pretty, but it's expensive.

I grab classic boards, panel trucks, and trucks that I drive, motorcycles for my grandkids.

I got all kinds of stuff, man.

I don't owe nobody nothing.

I work for my money, I don't drive around in somebody's truck getting paid, not knowing nothing.

And by the way, sometimes people talk in their experience shows.

Because when I show you the proof that that house is not dilapidated, there's gonna be some changes because you're gonna find out in reality that a lot of things were written more of like an essay for school than the truth.

And they can take all the pictures they want.

I'll use their very own pictures against them and show what they were taking, what they made me take out because they told me to take everything out so we can walk in.

Those pictures you're seeing is when I take the stuff out, and they take it because it's outside.

And then they come.

Well, I'm not gonna say the names, but they come and they're like, hey, Mr.

Cantu.

And I'll be like, what do y'all want, man?

I'm trying to work here.

Whatever, whatever, I get agitated, yeah.

Um I mean, I'm not always gonna be polite to anybody who's gonna come and take my stuff.

I hope y'all understand that.

You know, they're Jehovah's Witnesses, perhaps.

You know, I'd open the door, give them some coffee and stuff, they're the opposite with a badge, though.

That's worse.

You know, so and I and I don't know the law when it comes to that stuff, but I started learning it.

I started fighting back.

I'm only one man.

You got a team, conspiracies.

You got one talking to me over here while the other ones are, and then by the time I get to that side, they really took my wheelbarrows, they really took my grandkids' brand new toys, brand new swimming pool.

They take it all, everything they want.

My dad's scaffolding, my scaffolding, my company tools, my work tools, and and I could tell, I could tell Mr.

Gonzalez or one of the officers, I'd like to make a citizen's arrest here.

That's not garbage.

That's not even debris.

They're loading up the metals, my materials, and taking it away and making me finish the job without my tools, without my material.

And I tell them, look, you all came, y'all took my material right off the walls.

Y'all took my doors, y'all knocked over my wall.

Y'all don't have any accountability to that.

So I've I stood I stood up for my property.

So I didn't know any better, and I'm a plumber.

I'm an electrician and I'm a home builder and a builder.

But these people they put me in a place to work.

If I do anything outside, it's trash.

But it's not trash.

They said, this ain't outside trash.

This is outside placement.

So I said, okay, it's not trash.

He goes, that's not trash.

It's outside placement.

You know, that led me to believe that my stuff was okay.

Because they're bikes, they're wheelbarrows, lawn and garden tools, Mr.

Chair.

Staffing.

Sure.

Mr.

Chair, this is this is legal.

Um I I I do not want to um insinuate that the owner is isn't allowed to speak.

Uh however, I'd like for us to see if we the focus can get back to whether this property is a dilapidation.

I'll tell you what, sir.

This is one of those techniques that like what y'all do to me at the house where you try to manipulate the situation, and then I follow them.

Mr.

Canton.

And then you do things like this.

And I'm a low-abiding citizen.

Mr.

Chair, just for real quick.

Council, go ahead.

Mr.

Cantu, I I mean no disrespect.

I I just want to make disrespecting me and I hope these people see that.

I would just like to interrupt me.

I didn't interrupt none of these officers.

You want the floor?

Come over.

I would just like to make sure and make sure everybody understands that we are being doing research on my household.

Mr.

Cantu.

If you would let him speak in that way, it'll be shorter for you.

And then I get back to you because I've got some questions for you.

Yeah, it's the first time I've ever done it.

Oh, stand fast just a minute.

Council, go ahead.

I I I do want to remind everybody that we are being recorded, um, and we also are being streamed.

So uh the best way to do this is let's try not to um speak over each other.

I did need to point out, Mr.

Chair, I'm not trying to limit Mr.

Cantu's uh time to speak.

He has as much time as he'd like.

But I would like to make sure that we are focused on whether this um structure is truth, perhaps.

Oh sorry.

Whether this property is a dilapidated structure, and if it is, uh what is uh the uh property owners um uh steps and um to address that property being a dangerous premise.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Cantu, it yes, you heard what he said.

Yeah, I always hear the end, but they remember.

Let me uh let me ask you as as chairman of the board.

Sure, sure, sure.

Let me ask you to address uh specifically the property issues per se.

That's correct.

Uh and I'm gonna ask you a couple of questions and I'm gonna invite the board to ask you a few questions.

Number one, you said that you're a plumber and electrician, are you licensed plumber and electrician?

Well, what happened is once I got hired by the government, I just I just let it go because my reputation It's a real simple question, just real quick.

Yeah, are you licensed?

At this time, no.

Okay, thank you very much.

Appreciate that.

Uh the next question that I've got for you is uh the first inspection basically that the uh that we were told was in March of 2021.

Right.

Uh and you were provided information at that time in terms of things that were that needed attention.

They wanted me to get uh uh FOIA.

If I wanted that information, they wanted me to go get a FOIA on that.

Instead of him telling me right there, I told him, Can you tell me what you just went inside and saw in my house that I could address?

We can work on that.

He goes, nope.

I can't show them to you.

I said, You can't show me the pictures of what you're taking so I can address that.

And he goes, You need to get a FOIA.

I said, So you're killing time.

You don't want to work with me to tell me like this needs to be fixed, Abel, or Mr.

Cantu, this take a look at this, this needs to be repaired.

No, I had to get a FOIA.

But they did give you information on what needed to be done.

No.

Uh that's unusual because almost all the cases.

I think I think what I've gone through is a kind of let me go to the next question.

Sure.

Uh utilities have been disconnected reportedly since 2022.

Is that a correct statement?

Well, let's put it this way.

I disconnected them.

Uh that's fine.

Yeah, yeah.

But they've been disconnected since 2022, is that correct?

Yeah, because I have my generators and my own my own water.

I pay everything in advance.

If I want to if I want the light on, I pay for the guest first.

I don't get a bill later on at the end of the month to tell me how much I use.

Okay, I want to shower and bathe or drink water, I gotta pay for it before.

So I take it to my house.

And so in other words, I pay in advance.

And I understand the the history in terms of the information that you provided in terms of what they were doing when they came out.

Do you understand the the importance and the criticality of a warrant from a judge?

Well, yeah, but uh but uh it you gotta consider the source all the time, uh Mr.

Chairman.

You know, sometimes some sources could be pretty persuasive and uh or you know you develop a some kind of report with them where they think they don't say everything totally the truth and they say yeah, go ahead.

But to understand the criticality of well, no, not really because uh nobody ever explains nothing to me because I tell them uh can you give me the paperwork or whatever I need because every time I put it with a little scotch tape with a pamphlet of papers, it's gonna fly off.

So that that is a no that you do not understand the criticality of a warrant.

Uh no.

Uh and the last when I read it this last time, I did because I I also brought it to the attention of the officer Gonzalez and uh Mr.

Martinez, I believe, and I asked them on a Tuesday, because they were supposed to be at my house five days in a row.

For five days they were going to be cleaning me out.

Monday, Monday they brought a warrant.

I didn't read the warrant because I was I wasn't expecting nothing like that.

But when they left Monday, they were going to be back Tuesday.

I read Monday's warrant that they had done.

Nothing in that warrant was followed.

They went by their own rules.

So Tuesday morning when they got there, I said, I pulled Mr.

Gonzalez, Officer Gonzalez.

I pulled him over and I said, Hey, look.

Did I ask him, did you read the warrant?

I said, Who signed this warrant as an officer?

I believe he said he did.

And I said, Did you read it before you signed it?

And uh he looked at me like and I said, I also asked him, do you have your cop cam on?

He said, Yes, he did.

I said, because the reason being, if you didn't read this and you signed this, and I'm telling you, these guys are taking my material, they're not cleaning my yard because I don't have no grass.

I don't have no eight inches and up.

But I do have lots of tools.

Thank you.

Lots of material.

Okay, understand that.

Uh you had indicated that you have two properties.

Did you say they were adjacent to No, they're not adjacent.

Uh so the other property is at a different location.

Yes.

Uh okay.

And is that a home for you or the family, or is that my son?

So your son lives there.

Okay, very good.

Thank you for that.

Yeah.

Okay.

Uh and I got pictures of that home this last night too, so you can see because they take every time they take me one warrant, they they put a warrant on the other one.

So it's like I'll do a pair.

So in other words, hey, let's say it for both houses.

I can only they want to keep me busy.

And I realize this, and I'm going through all the motions.

You know, uh a man's gonna do what they tell him to do, because even if you don't want to be the man that day, but you gotta be the man every day, so you show up.

Like I showed up here today.

I'd rather be at home working at my house.

I'd rather be sweating, dirty, getting my house to the way I was gonna be when this when all this started.

Because every time when I once I started doing that, they start just taking, taking and never letting me comply, never letting me finish.

Okay.

Property, I mean the the house itself is the things that I'm primarily interested in.

I'm gonna I'm going to defer my questions to see if the panel has any additional questions for you.

Thank you for your patience, because uh quite welcome, sir.

You know, that's what we're here for.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh does the board have any questions on Mr.

Cantu?

Mr.

Chair, this is Fred Anderson.

Go ahead.

You stated you were also a contractor, is that correct?

Yes, sir.

License?

You have a license?

Not at this time.

I haven't been working in the next in the last five years since it started in COVID.

I've been going through this, so it's not right for anybody or for me to go and commit myself to a business or a job that I have when I'm not can't be there present.

So what I've done, I've just been putting up with it.

These people right here.

But I'm going through the what I call harassment and bullying.

Now you this has been since 2021.

Yes, sir.

Before even.

Well, it's I'm guessing.

Yeah, yeah.

It's been a little longer.

324, 2021 to today.

Now you've only pulled one permit, correct?

No, sir.

I pulled several permits.

What were the other permits and what fencing and to try to finish my house like I was starting before they started taking my stuff?

I said I'm gonna do it anyway.

I gotta do it.

My houses, they're calling my house dilapidated when they made it like that.

So I gotta do something.

So every time I go get it, they have like a defense mechanism where they come and take my stuff.

And I was I'm doing this last night.

I just took pictures of the brand new doors that I'm buying again.

And and I and I'm putting them in those spots where it's like that, but I'm afraid to advertise that I'm doing anything, so I get used fences because they took six brand new ones.

So whenever somebody throws privacy fence away, I go get it so they don't see that all this way.

I'm living in an embarrassment, man.

And of course, leading the pack, I know it's hard to believe, but court enforcement.

Now all the time that from 2021 to now.

Mm-hmm.

They made a lot of money off of me.

Hold on, let me get my question.

Did you ever go up and have a meeting with any staff member other than the code compliance officer?

Yes.

But I but I every time I approach them or they go to my house, they say altercation, altercation.

Not at your house.

Oh.

Here.

Have you ever met with any other other than the code officer?

From here, no.

No.

But I've been paying at my house.

They all go to my house.

Yeah, but what did I need help for?

I just needed to be left alone.

Sir, I'm asking a simple question, yes or no.

You don't know.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think I got offered some help, but then when uh when I came out, I wasn't thinking what I was saying, and they said, Hey, how are you doing?

I'm fine.

Do you need any help?

I'd say, No, I don't need no help.

I just need to be left alone so I can finish.

And then uh, of course, I don't receive anybody with a uniform at my house very good because look, when things when you're being feel that you're being harassed, and everyone around you is telling you that hey, but what is still messing with you, man?

Look, you're this is and they think all they do is take your stuff, take your stuff, take your stuff.

If they're trying to help you, they they would help you move forward.

When I was in a program that they put me in, I would they told me that they were gonna give me a dumpster.

I didn't want to be in the program.

I didn't want to help.

I I like my house the way it was.

All I wanted to do was remodel it for me.

I like the stone exterior.

I like that it was I'm honoring my mom and dad.

I just wanted to do a couple of little things.

But nah.

So ever since then I wasn't able to finish.

Then like I said, it started snowballing from there to their benefit to where it's like they I don't have the camera.

I'm just busy, busy, busy and trying to get more windows, trying to get more doors.

And uh I'm not done with it, but I got more doors, more windows.

If I could just and I even got the permits.

You see, and the thing about it was I was trying to tell these guys when they go to my house.

They say, but when are you gonna finish?

And I'd be like, well, we're Mr.

Kentucky.

I'm I'm gonna interrupt you and I apologize.

Sir, that's fine, that's fine.

But I I need to have conversation about the house.

Yeah, house, the house.

That's what it's about.

But you when I ask a question, you don't need to go on.

I it's simple questions.

Have you ever sought legal counsel?

Oh, yes, yes, sir.

Twice, right?

Uh I had Miss Kelly Hogue.

Uh uh, which is uh uh she was working for uh what do you call it?

Um Texas legal aid.

Legal grand legal legal aid, yeah, legal aid.

And there was another one before that?

No, just legal aid.

I do believe there's two of them in the in the notes here.

Well, I don't know.

Uh there's uh uh Samson?

So I think so.

Yes, Samson and Hogue.

Okay.

So there were two.

There were two, but they've worked out of the same entity.

Okay.

So all this time, you left a big hole in your wall.

When was that hole done?

No, no, just there's a hole in the wall.

You left it because they put the plywood up and you didn't try Yes.

I'm listening, I'm listening.

So when was that hole done?

Simple date.

That was March 23rd, 2020 or 22.

So that hole's been there for four years?

Yeah, they put that hole for there four years ago.

And I've been telling them they told me fix it.

I said, I'm will you keep taking my tools, let me fix it.

And they come take my tools again.

They take my material again, and they tell me fix it.

And I said, Yeah, I'll keep taking my tools and my material.

Every time I get my material to do it, they they come and pick it up.

And you don't have water or electricity at the house.

Yes, I do.

Yes, I do.

That's what they think.

They think it sounds better on the paper that it doesn't, that I don't.

Electricity is from generator.

Well, no, no, no.

You don't have water.

Yes, I do.

From city.

Well, I don't know who makes the water, but I buy water.

You need to get on the mic, sir.

Oh, I buy water, yeah.

You buy water.

I buy water, yeah.

You don't have what the city requires a city hookup and water provided to you, and it's running water and running electricity.

Yes, I mean you're running water, sir.

In your faucet.

Look, I just took a bath.

In your faucet.

Yes, sir.

From the city.

Yes, sir.

You see the conflict of interest here.

Questions asked and answered.

Move on with another question, please.

The the information was told to us that you don't have electricity and water.

I do.

I do.

From the city?

From the city.

It's not under my name, but I have it.

It's at the property, but I have it.

I'll need code declared.

But it sounds a whole lot better.

Go to structure, please.

So I saw some windows out there.

Brand new ones.

I saw it.

Yes, sir.

That's the fourth or five times out of my.

But you still haven't repaired the wall or the roof in four years.

They keep taking my material.

They keep taking my tools.

All right.

And my windows.

I just bought some more windows and doors because I'm not working.

Thank you.

Any other questions, Mr.

Cantu?

You sure I got questions?

There are four questions.

There are no other questions.

Mr.

Cantu, is there anything that you have not told uh this board?

I have a lot to say, but uh um unfortunately it looks like I'm not gonna be able to.

I think the I'm hoping that uh that there is some uh research, more further research.

And if somebody would go to my house right now, they say, Man, these guys, those pictures are ugly.

I agree.

They took them if you look at them, like I said, my house is beautiful.

Other than the hole that they put there and the repairs, I'm not allowed to do because they keep taking my stuff, but I'm gonna do it.

We've been over that.

Uh does Mr.

Cantu have his phone back.

Thank you all so much.

Mr.

Cantu, if you've got anything else, I'll be happy to let you share anything different than what we've talked about so far.

Well, yeah, as uh uh thank y'all for giving me the opportunity for this, and uh and uh just uh just uh consider the source.

Thank you very much, sir.

You might be saying you only showed one picture.

Yes.

Is there any other pictures on there?

Yeah that you would like to show and put them in the record.

Sure, sure.

You see, you you got the one you got the one before the before my house was before cocaine.

Now I'm gonna show you one of last night.

Do you right before Don?

You can go through the pictures, and then you can describe that way you get them on the record.

Okay.

Let's give you my phone.

Well, that's no, we don't we can't see it like that.

It has to be because this is televised.

Yeah, okay.

And Mr.

Chair, while he's doing that, we need a clarification for from our officer.

Uh boards officer uh things promise officer high my house, so I do want to provide a clarification.

Uh Sauce does they do he does have an active water account.

There is active water to the property.

Um I also want to remind the board that Operation Rebuild Neighborhood and Housing Services Department is here present.

Uh should have any questions on that uh demo diversion program.

He stated earlier, and you said earlier that there was no electricity at the house.

That's correct.

There the electricity is cut off, water is active.

But he just said he has electricity from the city.

He has electricity from a generator that he uses at the property.

Thank you.

Yes.

Mr.

Cantu, as soon as you find the one of the photographs, give it to the ladies, please.

And if you could describe that picture, please.

And I didn't want to miss these or speak bad about anyone.

I still don't.

That's fine.

This is still don't just go ahead and show us the photographs.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

And also, one thing I did do else.

If I may, man.

Okay.

Uh you know how you get bolt pickup.

And uh supposed you're supposed to pick up your stuff because you do get a city bill for the pickup, trash pickup.

Well, they seem to always pass mine up.

Knowing that I've got to clean it out, it gets well.

I had a big old big maybe a ten foot piece of a trunk, and I put it outside it for say the book pickup can take it along with my trash.

They didn't take it.

So what I had to do is I ended up picking up that trunk, replanting it, and decorating that as my Christmas tree, because they won't take it.

And I don't want to get a violation on it.

And uh, okay, look, you see, obviously you can see the pictures that you're trying to show us.

Mr.

Chair, I don't think your mic is on.

I'm sorry.

I was going to say it again.

Sorry about that.

Now that I can't be heard.

Uh repeat again, Mr.

Cantu, just to make sure everyone heard the comment.

We're gonna show pictures, or you're gonna have pictures if you would make comments on each one.

There's a short video right there.

It shows it.

There's a short video right there that explain everything to you.

I took it last night.

Sir, you can put up the pictures and and that way.

So if you want to put the video up, you just we're letting you put in the pictures you need for the record, okay?

Okay, okay.

Okay.

So whatever you want to put in there, that's up to you.

And if you could describe it to us as you put it up.

Okay.

All right.

That's my house right there.

I love my house.

It's not bad.

I don't have no grass.

I never had any grass.

You know what I'm talking about?

That that fence right there that's ugly, that privacy fence right there.

For context, could you explain where this part is at your house, okay?

Is it the left, right, front, but the front of my house?

Okay.

Um the streets right there.

I'm standing in the sidewalk.

And as I'm looking that way, I have to put up that ugly fence.

As I'm repairing that part of the area, and what's I'm gonna replace get rid of the fence, but on photos they look ugly.

So that's what you see in a lot of.

And uh look at if we can if we could look at the house.

If we can switch the page, please.

That's my sidewalk.

It's clean.

And you see the vehicles in the back?

That's my neighbor.

They've got all kinds of basketball courts, cars in the street.

They're blocking the they're blocking the sidewalk for five years, and they don't tell them anything.

Are you talking about this?

Yes.

Oh, that right there, those are all broken those next door to my house.

For the record, let's just concentrate on your components of the property.

Okay, well, I I take pride in cleaning the sidewalk, and that's y'all's eve.

I take pride in that, so I was just showing that.

Sorry about that.

You see that stump behind that bike?

That's the stump they didn't take on trash collection there on both on the on the on the 21st or on the 16th.

So I had to get Christmas ornaments and and stand it up, bury it, and uh just so they all don't get fined.

Because I put on the sidewalk or the street and then we'll take it.

That's the trunk right there.

That you see, look, that's where I buried it in the ground.

So it could look like a tree.

So that's my Christmas stump.

That green, that that green piece right there is a strip of grass, fake grass, artificial grass.

That's the only grass I have.

See, my house ain't bad.

I love my house.

But it's that privacy piece of privacy fence right there that that looks bad.

That's the same one.

There you go.

There's the other side.

And that trash can are full of trash.

They don't take it.

They don't take them.

I gotta, I'm gonna confess.

I break the law by burning my stuff sometimes.

Because they won't collect it.

So yeah, I'll break the law, I guess.

You said there was a video?

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Chair legal has not reviewed a video.

I didn't know that that was something that he wanted to watch.

Did not hear that.

I apologize.

Lego did not review a video.

I did not know that was something that he wanted to show.

Legal does not do a lot of things.

If you would bring the video up and sure will legal look at it.

You see, oh conspiring they do, they have to do it right.

Uh board, uh dangerous premise officer Hyman Husso.

Um, I want to provide another clarification.

Um, as far as the trash service, uh, it is tied to CPS service.

Uh, you do pay for the environmental fee through your CPS bill.

Um, and I do also have confirmation from CPS as uh early as November 13th that they have uh had the disconnect since March 17th of 2022 for that property.

And my disconnect date was again uh March 17th, 2022.

Thank you.

What's that?

Okay.

Oh I got I lost me in the tone when I got interrupted.

Oh this is what happens to me when I'm trying to speak to one three or four, three or four uh multiple court enforcement officers going at the same time.

I don't know if that's common practice or or that's the way they do it, but I can only speak to one person at a time.

But sometimes they'll tell me that this is the supervisor, and then this one's one day say he's a supervisor, and you know, so I understand.

Yeah, and it can be kind of rough sometimes.

You know, trying to yeah, why they're looking at the tape.

Wait, wait, wait.

Let him look at the tape and then we'll talk.

But it's okay.

Yeah.

Oh, you have a specific tell, make sure he doesn't press delete.

Why why they're viewing it?

You obviously want to repair.

I want to honor my mom and my dad.

Hold on.

So that's an obvious.

How many days would it take you to pull your permit and get that house in code compliance?

It doesn't have to be the palace, just where it meets code compliance.

Uh, give me 30 days.

Do you have the finances?

Look, yeah, I I'll get what I need to do to repair all that.

Just keep these guys away over my shoulder.

Yeah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Stick with the question.

Yes, yes.

We already won't know the other stuff.

Let me let me ask all of this to stop.

And that's bring the video up.

And Mr.

Cantu, if you would address the video specifically.

It speaks for itself.

It speaks for itself.

Thank you.

So remember, uh, we're all adults here, right?

Because I'm taking it for myself.

But then I find myself, if anybody finds it, and then I find myself that I gotta clear my, you know, so go ahead.

Okay, right there.

Can I describe it for you?

We're not gonna listen to the volume.

Okay, right.

I'm doing right there.

I'm taking a look at my house from the front side, what my neighbor would be looking at, my front door neighbor.

See, look at my house.

Pretty, except for those trash can.

That's my neighbor.

But I'm gonna take a look at the houses across the street.

I'm gonna bring the micro street.

Just so that way they can hear you.

See, I'm not a pro at this.

If I had a guitar right here, I'd have it right here, you know.

But you see, okay, well, why not look at what I'm doing?

Judy, is his microphone on?

Yes, it's on.

Okay, now so you can't even see the houses.

Now that's shrub that's way be beyond six feet.

And look, they got cars galore, everything on the and look, you see all that?

None of those cars work.

Now I cross the street and I'm walking towards my house, right?

And if you can hear what I'm saying, that guy you can't, but I'm saying, look at all these people that have all this garbage that's trash, and I don't want I'm not writing out my neighbors.

But it's a point to where nobody sticks up and nobody says the truth.

I gotta show a video.

Look, you can't even see their houses from behind all the stuff they have, broken cars and everything.

Look, Mr.

Cantu, I'm gonna interrupt you.

Uh is there anything different or unique about this video that gets me to the to your house, to your property?

Yeah, that's what I'm going to.

Look at the difference.

Right there, it's gonna go night and day.

There's no reason to be targeting me when when all these people are broken cars, and you look, here's my beautiful house right here next to it.

Watch.

See, you can't even see those?

Look at this.

And I'm proud of my house.

Look at that.

You can see my house clear.

That's my house.

Clear, clean, nothing in it.

Everybody else in that house is got clutter, clutter, clutter, clutter, clutter, clutter, clear, clear.

Me, they made me make that.

I'm a product of their doing.

So I have to defend myself.

Everything they let's put this, I have to capitalize on the damage they've done to me.

So they do this, I have to make the best of it.

So I instead of throwing it away, I stand it up and utilize it.

You know, look look look at the difference.

Now when I walk to my other house, my other house is beautiful too, but for some reason they're saying it's dilapidating, or not dilapidating, but now they're telling me I need water there.

I said, What do you water there?

I'm having the same situation.

I'm I was born without a whole you can't depend on anybody.

You can only depend on yourself, mindset.

So I don't rely on the city.

I rely on myself, and I help the people, and I don't do nothing against the law.

He just opposed to said, well, we never got trouble from this man's house.

As a matter of fact, we go to my neighbors, they they always give me thanks and thankful with this and that.

But there's another house.

It's a beautiful house.

And they're going after that one too.

And once the ball starts rolling, I can't get them off my back.

Five years I haven't worked.

And I'm a businessman and I make money, and I help people out.

They help me out.

I can't help nobody, nobody can help me.

So we're gonna stand the thing.

Well, everybody's coming and just taking everything else I got.

It's already paid for.

I'm not stealing, I'm not borrowing.

I pay in advance as I go.

If I need to turn on the switch, I gotta put gas in the generator first.

I don't get a bill at the end of the month.

If I want to take a bath, I go buy the water and then I set myself up.

You know, preparation, you know.

I mean, it's not everybody lives the same way.

I'm a hard worker and I work all day, all night to do this.

And I uh and I love doing what I do, but I just don't love when I'm being going to be going through the motions of when they don't even know what they're talking about, but setting me up because I tell you what, I do believe the profits are good when they take it to the recycling place.

I mean, I and it's like look, look at how pretty my house is.

They don't want to account.

I don't they don't even look, they won't even admit it.

Admit it at least, and I'll move on.

It admitted you broke my water lines and we admit that you knocked on the wall and the and a water heater room and that you caused that dilapidation that you say it is, because when you find out it's not dilapidated, they're gonna find out what kind of uh contractor you are.

You don't know what you're talking about.

So I had to let it, I had to go through the I had to go through the process of, and I'm still going, I don't even let my grandkids go to my house because I don't want them to think it's good to live like that.

But I have to be there, or else they'll set me up for failure.

And I'm not gonna look, I've already apologized, and I'm gonna apologize publicly again to these people because when they come to my house, yeah, I was aggravated.

I was agitated.

I work all night, and then sometimes they catch me asleep or wake me up for what I call ripping off.

I think they call it outside placement.

You know, but then uh again, thank you for at least letting me say my piece.

I I didn't think it was gonna be that.

I I didn't think it was gonna be that I mean I kind of figured out it, you know, yeah, yeah, it's been me against the world forever.

And I got an bad to say about this people, but you gotta consider the source, really.

Same on you too, bro.

Same on you, too.

That's bad.

Mr.

Garza, unless there's something else that you can say that we're going to be able to see from the video, I'm gonna bring the video to an end.

Is there anything else that's on that video that we have not looked at previously?

There's so much.

I just I'm just gonna go with that, but there's so much if I could just really be heard, but but I can't help but have to present what happened to me before I go any further with anybody.

Any time somebody comes to my house, I have to tell them why they're here and how we got here.

And then we can proceed with violating my rights.

So then I go ahead and show them whatever they got to do.

But but I gotta address the situation and tell them in advance.

Did you did you love me in that did this and then they start saying that I'm getting angry?

But they're not getting me off the record, they're not gonna they're not closing my cases.

They went to pick up uh four of my vehicles the other day.

This is Mr.

KT, if we get them on and get them whenever we'll close the case immediately.

Just what they didn't think I was gonna get them.

They went over there, they were upset this money that they were gonna take.

And then I said, Okay, can uh can you get me off close the case?

She goes, I can't do that.

I said, You said as soon as you didn't think I was gonna do this.

Okay, I'm gonna interrupt you again because we're we're about structure.

Structure, structure, yeah, but still money.

That's what they that's what's going on.

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Mr.

Garza, if there's anything that you have not talked to us about in terms of structure, it's gone too, but uh yeah, yeah, yeah.

All I can say is they're doing.

I'm just I'm just waiting for them to finish me off so I could start putting my life back together and and complete it.

Very good.

I got materials to finish everything that's taken apart.

But you know, but uh, thank you, Mr.

Garza.

Excuse me.

I mispronounced the name, not mispronounced, I've missed stated because I was anticipating bringing Diane Garza up.

So Mr.

Mr.

Cantu, thank you for your testimony, sir.

Well, no, have a seat, sir.

Diane, if you would please state your name and your council district.

Diana Garza.

And you can go ahead and pull the the microphone down where it's more comfortable for you.

Okay.

In in I live in Atlascosa.

And Natasco, okay.

And your testimony, please, ma'am.

Um my testimony why I'm here.

Okay.

My testimony is that I was gonna verify that he has water.

And it's been it's been paid for him because I know he can't get out and work.

Because every time he works, um this one he's afraid they're gonna come in and take all his things.

We've been at the legal aid office.

When we come back, we return.

They're already in there.

And we have pictures where we where he's talked to the police, to Mr.

Gonzalez, I believe, and and confronted them.

And when well we've been gone.

So he's he doesn't get out of the house because he's afraid, really.

Because he's doing his work, and and I've seen it all a few years, all this time.

Because I'm the one that helps him.

He's got no one else to give him a hand, or sometimes even eat or whatever, so I make sure he gets his food and he gets uh if if it's hot, I want to check on him that it's too hot.

So um I'm the one that's want seeing all this going on.

And if anybody's gonna be doing the house repairs, he's a good carpenter.

He built my he remodeled my house.

And and it's a beautiful home.

It's a beautiful home.

He did it.

So it's just that he doesn't have the time, he does not have the resources because he can't get out and work.

Because it this has been going on for too long.

I don't know what else to say.

Okay.

Any questions?

Thank you, ma'am.

You may be seated.

Welcome.

Thank you together.

The question was, do we have any additional speakers?

Uh go ahead, if you would please.

Board uh supervisor code with code enforcement, Joshua Martinez.

Just wanted to state, I know it was mentioned earlier about NHSD and operation rebuild.

We do have a representative here to speak on behalf because they did have a case that they were working on regarding this property as well.

And if we could just bring her up at the present time.

Thank you.

Good morning, board.

Erica Ragsdale with the neighborhood and housing services department.

Um our department supports the operation rebuild demolition diversion program.

There was a question earlier about that program.

That is a home rehabilitation program that takes a trauma-informed approach to engaging with the homeowners.

So that means that our first interaction with the homeowner when we are looking to assist is sending out our licensed social worker to do an assessment of family need, provide any connections to resources, and try to get us to the point of being ready to scope a project to rehab the home and move into construction.

And that's a program that primarily focuses on homes that are on a path towards city initiated demolition because of uh dangerous premises.

And so we do focus on owner-occupied homes in this situation.

We worked with Mr.

Kentu for about a year and then issued a letter outlining really milestones that we needed to hit to be able to move forward and were not able to move forward with those milestones.

They were not hit, so we ended up terminating our efforts with this home.

So basically then you began working on the the diversion program in 2023.

That's right.

And you worked for almost a year with specific target dates and targeted issues that did not get met, and therefore you have had to abandon.

We worked for a year uh our social worker with the homeowner for about a year, and then we issued the letter really outlining hard dates.

We try to keep it flexible uh in the early days to allow for circumstances of each family and each home.

Uh but after a year is when we issued the letter that you all saw on the screen.

Okay.

Are there any questions of that program or uh this case?

Ma'am, uh I didn't hear your name at first.

Could you put it in for the record?

Sure.

Erica Ragsdale.

Thank you.

Any other questions on it?

On the letter that was sent.

You met with him for a year.

It was that regular or periodically through the year?

Our social worker maintains regular contact with the homeowners that are in our program.

And so uh that looks different for each family, but typically they are in touch by phone, by home visits.

She'll drop by and just keep maintaining contact and trying to drive and track progress towards the Is it weekly, monthly, daily?

Uh I would say weekly is most typical for her.

So 52 weeks and what was his response?

Did she give any indication other than what this letter?

So we did make progress toward our objective was really to clean up the yard and clean up the property to a point where we could have a contractor scope the project.

And we made some headway in cleanups with volunteer-led cleanup efforts, and then the home and the yard uh would go back to its previous state where we were not getting any closer to being able to scope.

The contractors are part of your program, are they uh subbed?

We we bid out each home that we work on, so it's a different contractor.

We did not get to the point of selecting a contractor uh because we never had a scope development.

So that would be an independent set of eyes out there giving you back feedback instead of somebody from your department.

That's right.

Okay, thank you.

I have a question.

On the milestones um that are outlined in the letter.

Do you know what some of those um barriers were in which he was not able to meet the milestones?

Um I I would not want to speak for Mr.

Kentu.

I I know that maintaining regular communication was a challenge, and so we would go weeks without hearing, and we do have other homeowners that are more ready to participate and able to meet us in that.

And so we want to make sure we're you know giving our resources to those homes and those homeowners that are are ready to go.

End of question.

Any other questions?

Thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

Mr.

Cantu, I'm gonna give you one minute.

If you would please come back up.

And this is remember to the home or anything that you have heard since you uh departed.

Uh first of all, I'd like to introduce myself to her.

I've never seen her before.

Yeah.

No, that's immaterial.

Well, she went to Maha, she said.

No, it's actually immaterial.

Let me ask you let me ask you a question then.

Did you talk to anyone from their services?

I talked to them.

Yes, I did.

Okay.

That's fine.

Then we'll accept her testimony.

But I wasn't interested in it.

And give give me any other comment that you've got to make.

Okay.

I wasn't interested in in the in the and the in the help because I I already owned my home.

I was already ripped repairing it, remodeling it.

They interrupted me and then they brought in people to and they coerced me.

They put a dumpster in my yard.

You were you were not interested in getting the help?

No, because I didn't need the help.

I was it was being induced forcefully because I had it under control, but they had already come and stepped in and they just started doing things error after error.

And I said, Hey, y'all doing things wrong because I'm I'm reading those.

Okay, I'm gonna end the conversation on that one.

Let's go back to any conversation that you've heard from the staff.

Okay, now with the staff being said, this is what I told them.

They said, Mr.

Cantu, you put all your good stuff in this connects.

And I said, Why do I got to put in that conic?

Is it because we're gonna knock your house down and build you a new one for 250,000 dollars?

And I was like for me?

They said, Yeah.

So put all your good stuff in that one, and I was like, nobody just does that.

So then they put a dumpster on this side to throw all my stuff to empty the house.

I didn't want to throw my mom's stuff away.

I didn't want to throw my dad's stuff away.

But I and then I threw they told me, throw you away your refrigerator, you're still gonna get you everything brand new.

I'm still living in squalor without without the stoles, everything they said they were.

They didn't come through none of that.

Then I said, you know, Miss Ms.

Cruz, I kind of have distrust issues with any city the officials, because right now they're they're running me around and then I'd be up front, forward straight.

They're giving me half truth, and I don't feel right.

I said, Don't you think you're spending money, resources on a renting iconics?

When in reality, all you had to do is buy a little garage for the people, keep it there, it's less than the re than renting, and then you get more faith in that because okay, you're gonna keep it at the end, so just put all your stuff in there, build your house.

But these people want to spend the resources because I told them no, why are you getting iconics?

Why'd you just next time I said a section suggestion box by the people because they're gonna want to trust you or they don't trust you?

But if you tell them, look, this is gonna be yours, fill it up.

Nobody's gonna touch, fill it up, and then when we build your house, you bring it in as you need it.

That would save money, but they're they I said, because I can't trust y'all.

Y'all want me to put my goods up and you're making me throw away my the stuff I love, so I got rid of all the other stuff.

Lo and behold, they came to pick up the conics with my stuff is all in it.

Early.

They didn't let me take it out.

So I had to get in the confrontation with the driver and told him, You ain't taking my stuff.

That's my good stuff.

Y'all made me work for nothing to fill it up, just like I thought.

You were picking it up and taking it away.

I understand all of that.

Well, that's true.

Because you you've you've said that several times.

So the pictures right there, they were taking my all my good.

All right.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, sir.

At this time, the chair would entertain a motion on the property located at 655 Humboldt Street.

Yeah.

Point of order.

Go ahead.

Anything else that needs to be put into the record for this case, public comment.

That would that's your only point of order.

Okay, very good.

Chair, we'll go back to the comment or question.

Do we have a motion on the property located at 655 Humboldt Street?

Go ahead.

Mr.

Chairman, this is Joe Slice and I do have a motion for the committee to consider.

I move that the property located at 655 Humboldt Street, San Tony, Texas 7821 as a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6157, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time, and is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6156, specifically on the main sections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15.

Accessory structure number one.

One, two, five, seven, eight, twelve, fifteen.

Regarding makeshift accessory number two, one, two, five, seven, eight, twelve, fifteen.

And regarding accessory number three, the travel trailer, one, two, five, seven, eight, twelve, fifteen.

I move that the property be demolished within thirty days of the issuance of this order, and that it'd be free of trash and debris, and that the services be cut.

I believe the water is still there.

And there was a vacate order at one time?

Yes, and to vacate the property.

The motion is that the property located at 655 Humboldt Street is a public nuisance for city code chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6 157, and is not feasible being repaired at this time.

It is a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, and is not feasible repaired at this time.

It is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156, subcodes for the main 1257 and 8.

Subcodes for accessory 1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15.

Subcodes for article for accessory two, 12, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15, and accessory structure three, subcodes 12, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 15, that the buildings are to be demolished in 30 days.

Properties to be vacated, free of class of trash and debris, and services disconnected.

Do I have a second?

Then there's a second.

Any discussion?

Roll call, please.

Joane Nelson.

Joel Solis.

Aye.

George Grimes Jr.

Aye.

Dr.

Linda Lopez Rodriguez.

Aye.

Evon Addison.

Hi.

Fred Andes.

Ryan Baldwin.

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of 720.

The motion is unanimous and we will move to the next property.

It's going to be 214 Prosperity Drive.

She's going to go away.

She wanted to move it.

Good morning, board.

Good morning.

For the record, my name is Jaime Hassel, dangerous premises officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 214 Prosperity Drive with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code Article 8, Chapter 6.

This is the first time this property is being heard before this board.

The legal description is NCB 7437, block 15, lot 10, located in City Council District 5.

The owner on record is Sharon Peters Real Estate Inc.

with a building address of 300 back is road, San Marcos, Texas, 7866.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The following individual is present, Ms.

Sharon Peters, owner of the property.

Does the board wish to proceed?

Yes, please.

As of December 10, 2025, contact has been made with the owner, Sharon Peters, and engineer on record, Mr.

Lauren Drum.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on March 24th, 2025, that the property is not eligible for historic designation.

The following is a timeline of events regarding the notification process.

The first inspection regarding 214 Prosperity Drive was conducted on February 25th, 2025.

The property was declared an emergency demolition on February 26, 2025, due to a fire that occurred.

On February 28, 2025, uh Engineer Mr.

Lauren Drum submitted a letter under seal to the city's building official for a partial demolition and securing of the remaining structure.

On March 3rd, 2025, the building official concurred with the engineer that the hazard had been abated and the emergency demolition had been satisfied with repairs to be made to the structure.

The original notice was mailed on March 4th, 2025, and the certified receipt was delivered, returned, was returned delivered.

On November 24, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

And on November 24th, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 214 Prosperity Drive.

As of December 9, 2025, the owner has submitted a scope of work and financial proof.

As of December 10, 2025, there are no active permits on file, but there are three pending repair applications on hold pending BSB hearing.

The photos that are going to be provided for today's presentation were taken on November 12th, 2025.

This picture shows the front elevation of the structure.

And there is some damage and uh weather lacking weather protection to the front siding.

This is the left elevation of the structure.

Here you can see the electrical power has been cut.

There is smoke damage visible from the attic vents, and there is that damage to the rear of the structure where that partial demolition occurred.

This is a rear elevation of the structure.

The remaining foundation uh still on the property, uh, it is still attached to the structure that from where the uh previous partial demolition occurred.

Here you can see the damage to the or the weather damage to the remaining wood members.

Uh the structure is open still to the elements, um, allowing water uh to enter into that inside the structure.

And you can see that the plywood that was used to board up the rear uh is starting to bow, and there's that sag to the roof line.

This is the right elevation of the structure as seen from the rear.

Here you can see the smaller smoke damage that's visible from the attic vents, um, some slight uh lacking weather protection and a close-up to those wood members that are exposed to the weather to the elements and some of those uh wooden studs that are leaning.

Uh this is a close-up of that foundation that remains in the rear of the structure.

You can see that there are holes present.

Uh it does pose an egress concern.

There is water and weather damage to the floor joists and to the beams as well.

Uh entering the structure, you can see that there is plywood that's been placed as floor covering.

Uh, this area is spongy to walk on.

Um, and you can see those uh two by four wood members that are also um starting to list towards the left.

And here is a close-up of that uh showing the damage to the weathered uh wood members, and you can see those wood um studs on the left hand side that are listing towards the left of the photo.

Uh look into the interior of the structure.

Uh the structure has been um the damaged drywall has been removed.

It is just interior framing.

Uh, you can see that there is uh damage to the subfloor, subfloor that is missing.

Uh this is looking towards the front where you can see that there is uh the board entry or covering that front window.

This is looking towards the right hand uh of that from the rear.

This will be the left elevation of the structure.

You see more of that damage to the wood members from where it's been uh all the damaged sheet rock has been removed.

Uh looking towards the flooring and the front room.

Uh, here you can see that there is slight boeing to that uh foundation and that the floors are spongy to walk on.

Uh looking towards that left room on the front of the structure, uh you can see that there is subfloor uh exposed and there is damage to that subfloor.

And here is a close-up where there is the damage to the subfloor going towards the rear, uh where there is holes present where some of that wood uh wood members are damaged.

Uh looking towards that front room, uh here you can see the exposed wood members and the broken and uh damaged windows.

Looking towards the rear of the structure, here is where the plywood is being used to secure.

You can see the natural light that is entering into the structure.

You can see the water damage still present to the subfloor, and that the ceiling wood members are also uh there is a slight bow where that double top plate is missing on the exterior door.

And looking towards where the center of the structure where the bathroom is located, here we have exposed plumbing fixtures.

And here is the damaged subfloor uh leading towards that rear of the structure where there is water damage and holes present.

Looking up into the uh rear uh roof system, here you can see the smoke damage that was present to the joist and the rafters to the ceiling decking and where the top the double top plate is missing, and there is that slight sag.

Uh to recap the structure located at 214 Prosperity Drive is in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6, 156, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, in which any building or structure in which which has any or all of the conditions or defects here and after described shall be deemed to be a dangerous building and a hazard to public health, safety, and welfare, provided that such conditions of defects of dilapidation, substandardness, or unfitness for human habitation, post a threat or potential threat to life health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition, and that concludes my presentation of 214 Prosperity Drive.

Thank you.

Are there any questions to the code officer?

Um, just one, Mr.

Hassel.

Just clarification.

I think you did say this.

There's permits pulled, but waiting on decision from this board.

There is application submitted for permits, yes, ma'am.

No permit has been issued.

Okay, just application.

Um two things.

Um demoed that back portion with the it was done under the engineer on engineer on record by the property owner.

By the property owner.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

The permits pulled or I mean the applications are for what?

The applications, there was an application for uh repair that's been submitted.

What are the others?

They're uh there right now their applications for one on one was for a re-roof and for the structural repair of the interior and the entire structure.

But right now they're still again, they're just applications, so they're still going through the reviews.

So there's nothing for foundation or flooring or anything like that.

At this time, those have not been submitted pending BSB hearing.

Okay.

Thank you.

There was there was an engineer report that indicated that the rear portion of the structure had been demolished to the satisfaction of an engineering uh that it was no longer uh issue of engineering structure hazard.

Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

And that was done in February of twenty-five or about that time?

Uh it was submitted to the city on February twenty eighth, twenty twenty-five.

Okay.

Uh no, I'm not going to ask that.

I got a follow up.

Follow up, go ahead with your uh is that submitted that point because I saw the fire report.

Is that the same as the engineer's report?

Engine okay, there it is.

Thank you.

Back it up just a little bit, if you would please uh right there.

Go ahead and write it forward.

Any other questions of the code officer?

Thank you, sir.

You may be seated.

Thank you.

Sharon Peters, if you would please come forward.

And ma'am, if you would please take your name and the district that you live in.

Uh my name is Sharon Peters.

Um I actually live in San Marcus.

That's good enough, thank you.

Okay.

Um and I did I do have copies for most of you.

I I only made five.

I don't know why I didn't think that there would be more than five.

Um is it the same things I submitted to the two in advance?

What do you want me to do?

Council, have you seen those papers that or do you know?

She had submitted previously, she said it'll be if you've already submitted it, it will be entered into the I just didn't know if y'all wanted to see it.

Okay.

Judy.

On all those um dockets, excuse me, all the that stack of documents.

The last page is the Texas home check.

Correct?

Yes, legal is legally seen these, and we um I have no problem with the board looking at them.

Um if you need me to, I can pass them out.

I'd I'd rather the property owner not pass them, but I will pass them out, or you can look at what's on the um up on the screens.

So just let me know which one you need to do.

It's probably nice to see them because there's Did you have copies for the board?

I have five copies.

I have that to the ladies.

But uh the last picture, the last one should be pictures of uh pictures of a property.

Do you have that?

You said the last one.

Uh there were pictures of a property that weren't in front of this board uh property that's not in front of this board.

Did you keep a copy for yourself through the process?

Yes, sir, I do.

Okay, very good.

Hold on.

Judy, do we have do we have pictures of all those?

Ma'am, just a quick question for you.

Is there is there a reason that we need to show uh property that's not part of I I do believe so, yes.

Uh the reason, sir, is that as a property that was put in front of this board in July and I wanted to show the condition of the property at the time and then I had it successfully closed out within a four-month period.

I I don't I want to make sure you understand that what's in front of this board is whether the property at subject is considered a DP, a dangerous premise.

And if this board believes so, what should happen and what you are to provide or documentation to show um why you believe or to hold on to your stance.

I I don't know if before and after pictures of a f of a pro of a property that's not in front of this board now is is relevant to the property that's in front of the board today.

That is why legal chose not to show it.

Oh, can I state that the reason I think that that would be matter and I think is valid is the same reason that it's valid to ask for proof of funds is to show that you're able to do this and to show that I have experience with another fire structure that was deemed uh demolishable that I was able to show that I was able to in a in a less than four month period produce a property that looked very similar or actually worse probably than the than the one that we're looking at today, and that I was able to similar to showing that I have the funds to do it, I'm showing that I have the ability to do it with another property that was seen in front of this exact same board this year.

Okay.

And council, I would concur with that.

No, I I I have no I have no problem with if she wants to show um evidence that not only has she been in front of this board before, but she's handled property in front of this board.

I have no problem with that, ma'am.

Thank you.

No, but I don't mind them having it.

Are we going to see on screen the same thing that she's going to show us in paper?

Or if that's the case, then let's just go ahead and roll through the screen if that's okay with you.

The screen we're looking at obviously is is surrounding us.

So we will see the same information that you are talking about.

Sure, sure.

I decided to bring packets so I brought packets, but that's fine.

And also unless one of the board members wants to see the paper.

No, I would make the screen.

Yvonne.

You okay?

Are you do you want paper?

No, but I'm gonna i if you do need to elaborate on something, then same thing there.

If you need to elaborate it on screen, you can.

Oh, okay, okay.

Okay.

Um now then go ahead and proceed with your testimony.

Oh, okay, thank you.

Um I just wanted to give a little history on this property.

I purchased this property um in 2024 at the foreclosure auction.

I paid 74,000 for this property.

It was occupied by a relative of the prior owner, the prior owner had passed away, which is the reason for the foreclosure reverse mortgage situation.

Um I did try to work with the occupant as far as moving out.

He said he would.

He didn't.

Um unfortunately, two days after filing eviction through the civil procedure, the legal procedure.

Uh it is not objected to by this county, or everybody knows that the occupant uh set a fire in the backyard, I believe in purpose, but you know, they can't prove it.

Um that caused the house to catch on fire.

Um so when I bought the property, it was a intact property toward the end of 2024, and then uh, of course, it was uh burned.

Um I believe it was February of 2025, um two days after I filed for eviction.

So um of course I moved through as uh Officer Hasso described a process.

I did have an engineer go look at the property to see if it was worth saving or if demoing was in his opinion the you know financially, you know, what's the least worst of the situation now?

And he did think that there was some structure worth saving and that it would be uh, you know, loss of building materials and you know, towards affordable housing to demo it and completion.

So we did have um uh actually he um I am in a position of I am still constantly overwhelmed.

I I when I was last here, I explained that my dad passed away in 2024.

I'm still dealing with all of that because I'm still dealing with estate and my mom now who is 79 and and doesn't have my dad anymore.

So anyway, he offered to purchase the property for 40,000 and he would take it on and and remodel it and things of that nature.

So that was the plan.

Um so I essentially had him deal with it.

He did uh coordinate with the city to remove the fire damage portion that was at the back and secure it.

And then he had not followed through.

I mean, we hadn't fallen through under paperwork, he was still gonna do it.

Also during this time, his son um committed suicide, and he was dealing with some.

So it became a bit of a um we were both dealing with difficult things.

And uh and I know he was continuing to have the property mode and uh supposedly checked on for securing.

He was supposed to be here today, unfortunately he was sick, um, so he's not able to be here.

Um but in any case, I believed that everything was you know secured and fine with the city until I received this notice.

Now I did hear from Officer Hasso.

He was telling me because he and I spoke a couple days ago that he thinks it's about May the last time we communicated, and he told me some issue, and I um passed it along to uh engineer Lauren um who said he would handle it, and then my understanding is everything was handled until I received this letter, um, which was a surprise uh to me as well as um as Lauren because I said, Hey, I'm getting this letter about the you know, you know, going to the building standards board.

Uh so I assumed everything was fine.

Again, I knew he hadn't significantly I knew he had gotten off the back structure, um, you know, gotten gotten it off of a forced demo, and then since that time I knew he had gone in and pulled down the sheetrock to prepare it uh for a future uh um uh rebuild or a rehab, but then I but as my as far as I knew it was still uh completely secured and I knew it was on a regular mowing schedule.

Um so when I got this notice, of course, I still am the owner because he and I had not followed through on this.

I've known him probably 20 years.

Um so I wasn't super worried about it.

Um and so but the since the time of receiving this letter, I have done the following things.

I have engaged a licensed City of San Antonio contractor to uh work towards getting this property um you know up to standards and work toward rehab, explain to Lauren that I think I should take it on at this point because I just need to get this done.

It is still in my name.

Um I have applied, my contractor has applied for a repair permit.

My combactor has applied and been approved for a roof permit.

So actually is a re-roof permit that has been approved.

Um they also she also applied for a fire assessment, because with a prior proper, we were aware of doing that.

So fire assessment um has been pulled and completed, and you should have a copy.

Oh, I'm sorry, I should be saying the fire assessment has been pulled and completed since the time of of knowing about this.

And they did set say that it would require a uh a re rebuild because it has 40 percent of valuable structure.

Again, not you know, a total loss, a 40 percent valuable, which to me that's 40 percent of a house.

And so um we pivoted since that time, and the contractor has now um applied for a rebuild permit, which of course you can't get until you're past this committee.

Um and then Lauren, the engineer planned to be here, um, but he went ahead and he has now pivoted with this with the rebuild perm permit application to provide a different uh rebuild um uh proposal as well as a floor plan, both uh well the floor plan has an engineer stamp, which of course we'd all include um if we get past this to go to the um to go to the uh building re uh reapply application.

Um so basically we have uh made every effort once I've realized this was a current concern to move this property forward.

I have provided proof of funds that I do have the funds to take care of this project.

And as mentioned, I did have another property that unfortunately I also bought and was caught on fire um uh after I bought it.

Not a good trend.

And uh that one came to this board my first time ever with Officer uh Bledsoe uh Bloodso, who I knew is here in this courtroom from another uh hearing.

Um I did reach out to him.

He said he'd be happy to speak on my behalf, that I have always I did a good a good job.

I I was able to, I did I had did include some before and after pictures.

Are you able to show those?

Um basically to show that I had one a house that was uh up for demo as well.

It did look terrible because it had fire damage, but I was able in a less than four-month period to um uh it uh it turns out that there was no plywood behind the siding.

So I I thought I could reuse a lot of the siding, but ultimately, uh yes, those are the four pictures of the previous house that was on the board that was cleared just in November.

So in the same month I got one off and one added.

Um but anyway, this is a before fixture of the properties at 262 wing gate that was in front of this board this year, and then there are some after pictures of what it looks like now.

Um I think did you put those?

I think she's gonna get those.

Um and so anyway, um I was able to pull off the siding, install uh new plywood and water bury under the siding, install new siding, do the framing necessary at the back, um install new windows and new roof, all of course with building permits in less than a four-month period and get it cleared from building standards.

We now have moved on and have gotten a uh the rough in uh plumbing has been completed and passed, and this house is well on its way to being another affordable house in San Antonio.

And I believe I can do the same thing with the House on Prosperity.

So the reason for showing these pictures is to show that I've done it before, and I believe that I can do it again.

I do think the one on Press Berry will take a little longer because now it's not this one was able to go through a a repair, and they're saying they because of the fire assessment they wanted to do rebuild.

So I expect it will take longer, but I think it can be done and it's worthwhile doing.

And how much time?

Um he proposed six months.

Uh the engineer, it's on the time frame.

There's there's two I think both I originally had a contract of repair with my contractor who is here, if you'd like to speak to her, she's here.

She's the same one that did Wingate property.

Um she's been engaged on this property as well.

And uh she estimated 180 days, but then when we pivoted to the new one, he put six months as well.

I do think uh, you know, if you wanted to give me less time and to show progress, that would be it, that would be fine as well.

But I do think this has a 40 percent structure home.

I think that um, you know, I didn't as far as I knew I was not overseeing it, but I'm having to take it back on now to make sure that it gets done and it's moved forward and that it is secure.

Board have any questions of Ms.

Peters?

Uh yeah.

Can we put that slide back up to the uh drawing?

Just as a reference?

Sure, sure.

And I don't know if y'all saw all the things, but we saw the the the piece I'm in to uh scroll up or down.

I mean, yeah, right there.

If you could pivot now, on the slides, they showed the part that was demoed.

Right, yes.

In reference to this, is that the rear?

Um well the part that on the picture where it was.

Oh, that was demoed as a rear, yes, sir.

So on here, would you kind of let us know exact uh almost where that line was back to Probably I mean this is just a I'm gonna guess maybe uh you know, probably a little bit behind where you see the bath that were the second the bath towards the right where it says rear?

Probably around there, perhaps.

Yeah.

Okay.

I believe you have about 900 square feet right now.

Right.

So the addition is going to be kind of in the middle of that kitchen back to the end of that wall, right?

On the rear?

Master bedroom yeah, the master bedroom dining essentially, correct.

Yeah, yeah.

So all of that's gonna be the add-on.

Correct.

And then you're gonna re-roof and and so that would be new construction, correct?

Well, correct, yes, correct.

So that so the part, I mean again, this is just a rough estimate, but but the part where you see the bathroom moving forward, because you have about 900 square feet now is already there.

Right.

And you have a lot of um, you know, you do have a lot of uh, you know, of course, lumber is really expensive now.

Yeah.

So you do have a lot of valuable that can uh valuable lumber that can still be utilized.

Right.

But for the reference, it's gonna be from there from the kitchen about midway kitchen back to where that rear is and well I'm thinking kind of like towards the back of the kitchen, my more where the fridge is.

But anyway, yeah, that's just too much.

So so all of that's the new construction.

Did you put in for electrical plumbing heating?

Well, at this point we had we put in a when just we just had the it was like I think two or three days ago that they did the fire assessment.

So since that time we've had to apply for the rebuild, but you can't do it until it gets past this this.

So you just want to get it dried in to both for the Well for for uh to get it off this board.

I mean uh to get off this board at this point if we are doing the addition, um well, I mean I suppose we could either I mean I guess you'd probably want to go ahead and have the addition, or we could just close off the back to the point of it being enough.

But uh but it seems like you'd probably want to go ahead and do it all because otherwise you're kind of doing it and then on the yeah, and you have to pay for the roof twice.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So all the permits you pulled are on file right now that are on hold.

Well, one is actually enforced.

The re-roof permit was it was um uh given.

So that one's active, I believe, and then of course the fire assessment was completed.

So the fire assessment is done, which you have to do before you can do building permit.

Right, and it's in here.

We've I've saw that.

So that was done, and then um and then of course we had to pivot from the repair to the rebuild, and the rebuild permit has already been requested, but again it can't go through until unless it goes off this board.

And uh so you've met all your requirements.

Financial statement, you've got the uh um scope of work.

Scope of work, you've got your hundred and eighty days, right?

Six months?

Correct, yes, sir.

You your request for a hundred, and so right now you're just waiting.

And the other one you finished in four months.

Right, less than four months, correct.

Because I remember you coming in before.

Okay, yes, yes, sir.

Um but that one was a re repair versus where rebuild, so it's gonna probably be.

Yeah, yeah.

And and your engineers cleared everything, so oh, that's the other one is your engineer's report.

So everything right now, you're just waiting on this board and the permit.

Right, right.

Because I can't get the permits until because again, I thought he was gonna do it, but then I mean, like I said, it's a it's been awkward because he still wanted to do it, but then he hasn't quite you know, but I I didn't think there was a I thought we were secured and we didn't have an issue with the city for the moment because we're maintaining mowing.

So when this came up, I'm like, okay.

We haven't technically bought it from yet, so I I need to you know make sure we don't lose a valuable structure.

So I'm prepared to take it back over if necessary.

All right, thank you.

My humor is when you get an engineer and a contractor involved.

We we think weird word things.

But uh that's what calls some of his questions.

Oh I'm the contractor.

Oh, I see, I see, I see.

It's just us weird people in it.

Deep question.

Oh, I see, I see.

And then I do have my contractor here if you would like to speak to her.

I'm gonna bring her up in just a minute, or at least ask, give her the answer opportunity to come up.

Any other questions of Ms.

Peters?

Yeah, the only thing I noticed that that was missing is you didn't talk at all about that rear porch, but I guess that's because you're gonna go over it with a rear addition to the house.

That wasn't a porch.

That was part of the house.

That was part of the house.

It's taking it all out and then rebuilding.

Oh, yeah, the part that was burned on the back has already been removed.

Okay.

Yeah, that was part of the house.

There you go with the engineers.

I I think there's no other questions.

And I have none at all.

So I'll bring the engineer up and make life miserable, the contractor up.

And I apologize.

And Monica, I hope you're the Monica.

If you would state your name and your Monica Leos, and I'm in District 8.

Thank you.

And your testimony, please.

Okay.

So I just Sharon just told me about this property last Friday.

So I knew it had a fire, so I immediately requested the fire assessment on Friday.

I also put in for an application for rebuild because I knew it would be pending the fire assessment, and then I also pulled the roofing permit.

And the fire assessment happened on Tuesday.

When I met with the inspector, he stated that it had you know 60 percent needed um repair.

Um, and so I would need a new build permit instead.

And with that, that I needed to provide the um engineer plans and all the MEPs, and I could pull all of those permits when I submitted for the new build.

So then I applied for the new build permit, um, and then I just got the this with the pretty much the breakdown of the what is gonna be needed um yesterday.

Uh and so I need to upload this, and then uh we still need um the MEPs like really detailed out, and we know we need foundation done.

Um on the other house, it was kind of the same thing, foundation, uh all new electrical HVAC plumbing and all those things.

On this house, um the original with before knowing that we were gonna do a new build was just to cut it off like where the bathroom is, go all the way straight down, and it would become it's the total uh property originally was uh 1,008 square feet, and now it's 660 something square feet, and so it's about 330 something that burnt off.

Okay.

So like to kind of save time and money, we were just gonna cut it off where it was, rebuild that into a tiny two-bedroom, one bath.

Um, but since we have to or do a new build, might as well just rebuild the whole property as a whole and make it into uh you know a three-two.

So um that's kind of where we're at right now.

Okay.

Any questions?

Mrs.

Freddie, now she was saying remote uh you're doing a rebuild, which means you're tearing it down?

No, no, no.

We're gonna use what the first time.

You're already gonna use the but it's considered a new build because of the amount that we have to rebuild.

Um and we're going to redo the foundation and just use what we have.

But it's we're gonna use most the 40 percent of the structure that's there, we are gonna use that.

So you're only gonna rebuild the new part that was burned.

No, we still have to uh correct some of the old structure.

Right.

Well, yeah.

But you're gonna rebuild that back half.

Yes.

Okay.

And that'll give you your 1,000.

1008.

It will go, it'll go back to the 1008 square feet.

So you're keeping the same footprint.

Yes, we're keeping the same thing.

So it's not an addition.

It's just rebuilding what was there instead of making it smaller.

Now you six months or do you think it's six months is plenty to get completed to get.

I mean, all I don't know what the uh time frame is to get uh new build plans approved.

So once we get those new build plans approved, then the exterior moves, you know, the foundation exterior moves pretty fast.

Uh so you know it's just uh matter of how long is it gonna take us to get the plans approved?

And I think six months is plenty of time to pretty much get the house done.

And definitely the uh exterior, so it'll look like the Wayne Gate property.

Well, this makes our decision a lot easier when you bring in all the stuff that we need.

So uh we appreciate it.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Monaco, don't wait.

Don't go yet.

Any other questions?

Now then.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

Chair entertain a motion on the property located at 214 Prosperity Drive.

I'll make a motion.

Please go ahead.

I move that the property located on 214 Prosperity Drive is a public nuisance per City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, which is feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156.

Um, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen.

I move that the property be repaired within 180 days from the issuance of this order.

Motion is that the property located at 214 Posterity Drive is public news for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, and it is feasible being repaired at this time, but it is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156, subcodes 12, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, that the structure is to be rebuilt in 180 days.

Uh do I have a second?

I second, and I also have a friendly amendment.

Uh go ahead with your friendly amendment first.

That uh code gets an update every 30 days.

The friendly amendment is to update uh the code uh city uh code officer every 30 days.

Friendly amendment acceptable?

Acceptable.

It is acceptable, and now then you can suck up both of those if you wish.

Second both of them.

Okay.

Any discussion.

There's go ahead, Joel.

I just have a little discussion.

Is there a need to secure this property since it's already been lit on fire once?

I do believe it is secured.

Uh but the back wall on the right side started to peel a little bit.

So I do believe it is secured, other than that one part.

If I'm not mistaken, is that correct, Code?

Uh dangerous premise officer Heimhassel, yes, the property is secured.

It does have a fence around the exterior as well.

Uh utilities?

Uh active water, no electrical.

Okay.

That's good.

Any other discussion.

Uh this one sounds simple to me, so I'm gonna do a voice vote.

All in favor of the motion say aye.

Aye.

Aye, aye.

Those opposed, nay.

The motion carries unanimously.

Our next property is going to be 1906 San Fernando Street.

Good morning, board members.

Good morning.

For the record, my name is Bergarian Bletzel, dangerous premises officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 1906 San Fernando Street with the recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code, Article 8, Chapter 6.

This is the first time this property is being heard before this board.

The legal description is NCB 2422, block 2, lot 10, and east 12.5 feet of 9 located in City Council District 5.

The owner on record is Yabata Santos, estate of with the mailing address of 11210, Hollywell Road, Atacosa, Texas 7802.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

No one is present on behalf of this case.

Does the board wish to proceed?

Yes, please.

No contact has been made with the property owner or any persons of interest in the property.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on April 18th, 2025, that this property is not eligible for historic designation.

The following is a timeline of events regarding the notification process.

The first inspection regarding 1906 San Fernando Street was conducted on June 5, 2024.

An original notice was mailed on June 10th, 2024, and the certified receipt was unclaimed on July 15, 2024.

A pre-board conference hearing was scheduled on April 28th, 2025, and no one attended.

On November 24th, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

On November 24th, 2025, the notice for the BS hearing BSB hearing was posted at 1906 San Fernando Street.

No scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers report has been provided as of today, December 11, 2025.

No permits have been obtained as of today, December 11, 2025.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken on November 6, 2025, and December 2nd, 2025.

Picture presentation consists of a single story main structure in dilapidated condition.

In this photo, you can see this is the front elevation where the roof is sagging in the middle.

The porch overhang is sagging on the left side and it is also detaching from the main structure.

The facial boards are worn and deteriorated.

The metal porch columns on the left are shifting to the right.

This is the rear elevation where you can see the structure is resting on grade in the middle.

Continuation of the worn and weathered wood members.

Also, the wall is bowing outward on the bottom left, and it the uh roof is compromised with lifting shingles.

Going back to the left elevation, still at the rear, this is a close-up of the missing roof overhang with the worn rafters and wood members.

Going back to the front elevation, this is a close-up of that detaching roof overhang, the porch roof overhang with the worn and weathered wood members.

Looking under the porch, standing somewhat in the same area, looking under the porch to the right, porch overhang.

You can see that in this area, it is sub supported by a single piece of wood that is bending.

The level two was placed at the correct angle to show the extent of how it's bank its bending to the left, and you can also see the detachment roof decking at the front of it.

And this is just a close-up to show the level uh bubble position, which is uh to the left, indicating the extent of how the porch landing is uh shifting.

The porch column is shifting.

This is the same area looking up.

You can see a view of the porch roof decking that is worn weathered, and it contains severe water damage in that area.

Going to the rear elevation, this is the worn wood members that is resting on grade with the separation between the door frame uh at the wall at the bottom, and the floor decking is also worn and it's very weathered there.

Walking inside, this is a view of the floor surface with the hole, and you're able to actually see all the way to grade.

Standing over to the right of that area, I placed uh my level two down, and I just wanted to show that um this the area that behind the missing water bottles.

There's also the wall is also missing in that area.

And this is the level bubble showing that that is positioned to the to the right, showing how much the uh floor is unleveled.

Walking further into the structure, this is a large accumulation of trash, debris, rubbish, and miscellaneous items.

Also the walls and the floor surface is worn and very deteriorated.

This is a view of one of the rooms to the right.

You can see a close-up of all the accumulation of the miscellaneous items that are blocking the window, which is causing an egress hazard.

Same spot looking up in that same area.

This is the ceiling which is bowing inward.

The ceiling contains a hole in the middle and also on the far right corner, the far corner on the right, where you can see natural light coming in, and the remaining ceiling decking is detaching.

Walking further in, this is a view of the kitchen with the deteriorated walls with the hole on the ceiling.

And here is a close-up of that hole that is allowing in natural light with the ceiling deck and that is worn with uh severe water damage.

Going back to where I entered the structure and looking to the left, this is a view of the deteriorated walls and floor surface.

You can also see a large hole in the wall on the left side, and there's also graffiti on the wall on the right.

Same spot looking more further to your right.

You can see a close-up of the of the worn and water damage ceiling decking.

You can also see the deteriorated walls.

This is a single-story residential structure, zoned R4 and built in 1924.

The property is located within a thousand feet of Barclay Ruiz Elementary, Dave Zavala Elementary, and Lanier High School.

The structure is resting on grade on the left elevation.

There is holes in the ceiling and floor surface on the interior.

The exterior wood siding is worn, deteriorated, and lacks weather protection.

Also, the wood siding on the left elevation is missing in some areas, and the remaining siding is detaching.

The drywall on the interior is worn, deteriorated, and detaching.

There is a large accumulation of trash, debris, and missing miscellaneous items that are causing egress hazard.

To recap, the structure located at 1906, San Fernando Street is in violation of City Code, Article 8, Chapter 6-156, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18 for the main in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects here and after described shall be deemed to be a dangerous building and a hazard to public health, safety, and welfare, provided that such conditions of dilapidation, substandardness, or unfitness for human habitation pose a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition for the main.

That concludes my presentation of 1906 San Fernando Street.

Thank you.

Yeah, this is Fred Henderson.

Go ahead.

Utilities have all been cut?

Yes.

No utilities, no wall, no water, and no CPS.

So I know it had some secure windows.

It has been secured.

Yes.

But apparently somebody has been living in there.

At the time that the a code officer was dealing with the case prior to me being assigned to the case.

When I was assigned to the case, it was secured, which was back around my first inspection.

At that from that point on, no one has been present on each inspection that I that conducted.

I haven't seen anybody inside the property.

So the picture, the first picture they showed, the front elevation with the two drills on the sidewalk.

That was prior to you.

The front the first picture that you saw?

No, that was our city contractor.

A work order was generated in order for us to issue a warrant to enter the property in order to obtain uh current updated interior for the city.

For that, the two drills belong to the city contract.

And the yellow backpack that was in there.

Okay, sir.

That's the contract.

Okay.

And the utilities are cut, and right now nobody seems to nobody.

Okay.

Because I I frequently go by the property in my other inspections, and I don't, there's no one at the party.

All right, thank you.

Additional or final questions.

There are none.

Thank you very much.

You may be seated.

Chairman entertain a motion on the property located at 1906 San Fernando.

Go ahead, Joel.

Mr.

Chairman, this is Joel Salais.

I mean that the property located at 1906 San Fernando Street is the public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6.

Article 8, Section 6157, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time.

And is violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6156, specifically sections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

I move that the property be demolished within 30 days of the issuance of this order.

That it be secure and free of trash and debris.

The motion is the property located at 1906 San Fernando is a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, and is not feasible to be repaired at this time, but it is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156, subcodes 125, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18 that the properties be demolished in 30 days, secured and cleared of trash and debris.

Do I have a second?

I second.

And we have a second.

Any discussion?

All in favor of the motion say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, nay.

The motion carries unanimously.

And our final structure is going to be 513 Duvall.

Good morning, board.

Good morning.

For the record, my name is Cynthia Santana, Dangerous Premises Officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services.

The structure being presented today is located at 513 Duvall Street with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code Article 8, Chapter 6.

This is the first time this case is being heard before the board.

The legal description is NCB 495, Block S 1 half 2, lot 5 and 6, located in City Council District 2.

The owner on record is JJL Property Group LLC with a mailing address of 34 Century Court, Stafford, Virginia 22554.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The owner on record is not present today.

Does the board wish to continue?

Yes, please.

A phone number was found for the owner, and I have spoken with him.

The Office of Historic Preservation is confirmed on September 24th, 2025.

The property is not eligible for historic designation.

The following is the timeline of events regarding the notification process.

The first inspection regarding 513 Duvall Street was conducted on June 17, 2025.

Original notice was mailed on July 8, 2025, and the certified receipt was claimed on July 12, 2025.

On November 24th, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 513 Duvall Street.

On November 24, 2025, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner, and the certified receipt has not been returned.

No scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers report has been provided.

As of December 9th, 2025, there are no permits on file for 513 Duvall Street.

The photos that are being presented for today's presentation were taken on November 12th.

This first photo is of the front elevation as it faces the street, showing a single story accessory structure in a residential zone built without any permits and no foundation.

The structure has plywood and particle board siding, a flat roof with corrugated plastic covering, and is 242 square feet.

The structure is not located within a thousand feet of a school.

This structure remains after an emergency demolition.

This front elevation, I'm calling it the front because this is what faces the street.

The roof is sagging in several locations, and portions of the roof covering have lifted from the rafters.

On the right elevation, the particle board siding has deteriorated and detached from the studs.

The studs have begun to bow outwards away from the structure.

The studs are exposed to the elements and show signs of weathering.

This is looking into the structure from the rear elevation.

There's a chain link fence directly at the right edge of the photo, preventing me from being able to get a direct on uh photo of that elevation.

Here you can see the damage to the corrugated polycarbonate roofing panels on top and some of the accumulation of the rubbish.

This is a more complete photo of the interior showing no foundation.

The posts are directly into the grade, and rubbish includes a mattress that appears to have been used in the structure.

The rafters are exposed to the elements and lack weather protection.

The roof covering panels are broken, allowing water to enter the structure.

The supporting top plate on the uh under the rafters is water damaged and deteriorated.

Ceiling rafters, wall studs, and exterior wall coverings exhibit extensive water damage.

Support posts in the center is made up of several pieces of wood scabbed together on top of the support post and connected to the rafter.

The support posts are also scabbed together where they enter the grade.

They are damaged and deteriorated.

This is another photo of uh the support post on the right elevation.

It's constructed in the same manner with several pieces of wood bolted together.

The wall support studs on the right elevation are listing to the exterior of the structure and have begun to separate from the water damage.

The front elevation that faces the street shows sagging in the roof on the left side.

And this photo is of the left elevation.

The best I could oops.

I missed one, sorry.

That's what happens when you're not looking at the screen.

This shows the hole in the uh front elevation on the roof and the fascia and the rafters are separating.

This is the left elevation.

Um this is as close as I could get to it.

There's a chain link fence right there.

Um the plywood siding shows a lack of weather protection.

This is a close-up of the plywood that was in the center of that front elevation that's pulling away from the studs.

This is a single-story accessory structure left behind after an emergency demolition of the main structure.

And despite the owner stating that he would have it demolished, the accessory continues to deteriorate and to be utilized by vagrants who leave behind large accumulations of rubbish.

To recap, the structure located at 513 Duvall Street is in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6-156.

Subsections 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects herein, after described, shall be deemed to be a dangerous building and a hazard to public health, safety, and welfare, provided that such conditions of defects and dilapidation, substandardness or unfitness for human habitation, pose a threat or potential threat to life health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition.

This concludes my presentation for 513 Duvall Street.

Thank you.

Are there any questions to the code officer?

There are no questions.

You may be seated.

Thank you very much.

Chair would entertain a motion on the property located at 513 Duvall Street.

Mr.

Chairman, I have a motion.

Please go ahead, George.

I move that the property located at 513 Duvall Street.

The accessory structure is a public nuisance per City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time.

It is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156.

Subsections 128, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

I move the property locate the accessory structure located at the property at 513 Deval Street.

Be demolished within 30 days of the issuance of this order, that it be secured free of debris and trash.

The motion is that the property located at 513 Duvall Street is a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157.

It is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156, subcodes.

128, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18 that the property be as demolished in 30 days.

The accessory structure is to be demolished in 30 days and secured.

Do I have a second?

And we have a second.

Any discussion.

All in favor of the motion say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, nay.

The motion carries unanimously.

With that, uh Ryan Baldwin, we recognize you and thank you very much for joining us.

Thank you for being here today.

Also, uh, it secured our quorum.

So thanks for sure.

Uh and Ivonne, welcome back to you for for your I guess second or third.

Third, very good, third meeting.

It's good to have you all here.

Uh, and thank you all for being here.

And I do want to personally say thanks to Joel for letting me attend my 56th wedding anniversary on a cruise.

It was wonderful.

So thanks very much.

I hope that all of you had a very good Thanksgiving and personally do wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

And since we won't be here until next year, uh happy new year to it.

And with that, Judy, we'll turn it over to you for any other administrative issues.

Thank you.

Judy Kroom Development Services.

Also like to like to welcome Ryan Baldwin.

Um he was appointed by City Council on November 6th.

He is a council district one representative, and he will join panel A as a professional property manager.

Also want to make note that in January, Mr.

Nelson will become chair of panel A, and Kayla Miranda will become chair of panel B.

Additionally, Robert Tapia seat will be moved over to panel B to ensure both panels are at seven members each.

And as Mr.

Nelson mentioned, and the next meeting is for panel B on January 22nd, and panel A will meet on February 5th.

Thank you.

Judy, what was the thing?

January 22nd.

Yes, ma'am.

January 22nd for panel B and February 5th for panel A.

Any additional administrative issues from the board?

From the staff.

You do how many more?

We still got one vacancy, correct?

Yes, we do have one vacant at large position.

Pending losses.

I'm sorry, what's the question?

Pending losses, any pending losses?

We don't have any pending at this time, no pending applications.

How about uh I see some of them haven't been uh reapplied or applied?

Are they new?

No, we do have two current board members that require reappointment.

That's district six for Miss Doris Ole and Council District 2 for Mr.

George Grains Jr.

I have made several attempts to contact both city council offices, but I will follow up again to check on the reappointment memos.

How about Mr.

Tapia?

I have not made any personal contact with Tapia.

I did call him several times to reach out to him.

I know he has missed several meetings, but I will again try to contact him today.

All right, thank you.

Final chance, any issues from anyone else on the board or from the staff.

Unless there are any objections, we are adjourned by unanimous consent.

I still want to meet this unanimous consent.