Good morning.

It is 914 on January 22nd, 2026.

Welcome to the Building Standards Board.

My name is Kayla Miranda, and I am the chair of this panel.

I call this meeting to order.

Can we have a roll call?

KaylaMiranda?

Present.

Dr.

Arlinda Lopez Rodriguez.

Joel Solis.

Present.

George Grimes Jr.

Yvonne Addison?

Present.

Robert Tapia.

Dwayne Nelson.

Present.

Fred Andis?

Present.

Also present in the meeting from the City of San Antonio.

Our Savita Rye from the City Attorney's Office and from Development Services.

Alice Gohardo, Development Services Manager.

Melissa Garza, Administrative Assistant 2, and myself, Esther Ortiz Development Services Specialist 1.

Chair Aqua is present.

The City of San Antonio provides interpretation services.

Can we have that statement in Spanish?

Chair, if we can um skip the chairman's statement, we are waiting for our Spanish translator.

Okay.

He's right here.

Okay.

My name is Jay Rincón.

Estoy acá al servicio del public.

Gracias.

As previously stated, a quorum is present.

Please silence your cell phones and any device that may disrupt this meeting.

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

If you wish to speak on a case, you will 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 violation.

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 submitted the required documents prior to this public hearing.

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

Discuss your detailed scope of work with the cost for each item outlined in the order to bring the property into compliance to the satisfaction of the code officer.

Submit the required proof of financial ability to pay for proposed work and discuss feasibility of repairs dependent upon monies at hand.

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 regulations with required permits prior to the commencement of work.

You may obtain all permits from the Department of Development Services located at 1901 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78204.

If in doubt as 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 member 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 the consideration by this board during the course of this public hearing as per city code section 16-236.

Thank you.

First, we will do the selection of B panel vice chair.

I will take nominations.

Do we have a second?

Madam Chair, I take it.

Is there any other nominations?

Madam Chair, I move that we elect Joel by acclamation.

How do I respond to that?

Follow a second.

Oh, can you I get a second?

Madam Chair Hans, I second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Okay, Joe Felice is our vice chair.

Congratulations.

Thank you all.

Madam Chair, this is Fred Anderson.

I'd like to uh make a motion to approve the minutes of December 11th, 2025, as is.

Do we have a second?

Second.

So moved.

All in favor.

Aye.

And it passes.

Um next we'll have our staff report.

Good morning, board members.

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

Emergency Demolitions.

The structure located at 247 Benita Street was demolished as an emergency demolition on December 6, 2025, due to the extensive fire which occurred on December 2nd, 2025, pursuant to Chapter 6-175.

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

The structure located at 2106 East Crockett Street was part was demolished as an emergency demolition on December 12, 2025, due to the extensive fire, which occurred on December 8th, 2025, pursuant to Chapter 6-175, and no further action is needed by the board.

My apologies.

No further action is needed.

And finally, the structure located at 1115 Denver Boulevard was demolished as an emergency demolition on December 22nd, 2025, due to the extensive fire which occurred on December 16th, 2025.

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

This concludes my presentation.

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 a 150 Allendale 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 12301, block 3, lot 42, located in City Council District 5.

The owner on record is LA Solutions Ventures LLC with a mailing address of 24626 Bogee Ridge, San Antonio, Texas, 7260.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The following individual is present on behalf of this case, Mr.

Lionel Alvarado.

Does the board wish to proceed?

Yes.

As of January 16, 2026, contact has been made with owner Leonel Alvarado.

On April 17, 2025, contact was made with owner Oscar Hineta.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on April 16, 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 150 Allendale Drive was conducted on October 4th, 2024.

The original notice was mailed on October 9th, 2024, and the certified receipt was returned claimed, left with the front desk on October 11th, 2024.

On February 11th, 2025, ownership per the Bear County appraisal district was changed.

Notice was mailed to the new owner on March 24th, 2025.

On March 21st, 2025, new owner's attorney made contact with the dangerous premises officer stating an eviction was being processed.

On April 17th, 2025, the eviction was executed and met contact was made with the owner on site by uh Oscar Haneta, and the process was explained.

On May 20th, 2025, uh Department of Human Services, Animal Care Services, and San Antonio Police Department and the owner made location due to the property being broken into.

The owner didn't did not provide any further updates on the property repairs or abatement.

On January 7, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

On January 8th, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 150 Allendale Drive.

As of January 22nd, 2026, no scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers report has been provided.

And as of this uh January 22nd, 2026, there are no active permits on file and no repair applications have been submitted.

The property has been abated twice by the city of San Antonio.

This property is located within a thousand feet of John F.

Kennedy High School.

And it has been verified with uh CPS and saws that there are no active services at the property.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken on January 13th and January 20th of 2026.

This front photo shows the front elevation of the structure.

Uh here you can see that there is some uh smoke damage that is coming up from the attic, and the siding is lacking weather protection.

This is the left elevation of the structure.

Here you can see that the skirting has been removed.

There is water and weather damage to the uh wood members and the foundation.

There is exposed silk plates.

Some of the siding has been removed, exposing the interior wood members, uh, and it the siding is also lacking weather protection.

This is the rear elevation of the structure.

Here you can see more smoke damage coming up from the siding and up in the attic.

Uh, you can also see some siding that is missing, holes present, exposing the interior wood members and the damage to the foundation.

Um, the structure also appears to be resting on grade from the rear elevation.

This is the right elevation as seen from the rear.

Uh, here you can see that there is siding missing uh on the top where it meets the roof.

There is smoke damage and some fire damage visible.

There is some visible separation uh where the rear and the right hand elevations meet, and the siding is also lacking weather protection.

And here is more visible that the structure is resting on grade.

Entering into the structure, we can see that there is uh graffiti on the walls.

Uh, this photo was edited due to the vulgar nature of the graffiti.

Um, there is trash and debris and items inside that pose a danger to first responders.

Uh, looking towards the rear of the structure, you can see that some of the doors have been boarded up.

There are holes present.

Uh, there is more um graffiti and uh has also been uh edited due to the graphic nature.

This is the enclosed garage area on the right hand side.

Uh you can see that there is uh missing dry wall, there is smoke damage, there is fire damage to this area, natural light that is entering from the exterior of the structure where the siding is uh open to the elements.

Uh looking towards the front, here you can see that there is some bracing being used for uh for the roof system.

Uh you can see more smoke damage.

Uh it's hard visible due to the natural light that is entering, uh, but there is natural light entering and visible on the left-hand side of the photo.

Uh, here's a photo of that right elevation wall, more natural light that is visible, um, allowing the elements to enter into the structure.

Uh walking into the front bedroom and the structure, you can see that there is a large amounts of items and debris on the ground that does pose an egress concern.

Uh, entering in here was uh difficult due to the amount of items that were present and the soft uh walking surface.

In this front room, we can see that there uh is evidence of previous vagrants that have been staying at the property.

Um, as mentioned before, the property was abated twice by the city of San Antonio and these windows have been boarded up since uh going into the bathroom.

Uh, here you can see there's more evidence of vagrants in the house.

There is also more trash and debris present.

Looking at the plumbing fixtures, these plumbing fixtures, there is no active water service to the property, and there is signs that they the bathroom has been used.

Uh going towards the rear room on the left hand side, uh, more evidence of vagrants that have used the property.

Um there is unsecured windows here as well.

And walking to the room on the middle rear here, you can see more trash and debris, more items uh post that pose an egress concern and more trash and debris present.

Looking into the structure, there you see that there is more graffiti on the walls.

Uh there are holes present leading into that enclosed uh garage area and that drywall is damaged.

Uh going through here, the structure, you can see that the exposed wood members and there is more evidence of vagrants using this other room.

Uh this is the same room that we saw in the first photos of the attached enclosed garage area.

Uh there we see natural light that is entering.

We can see that tarps are being used to keep the elements out.

Um, and we still see some uh the fiber damage that was present to the structure.

And looking towards the front, uh you can see more uh trash and debris, more items.

This is the hole that is present going into that front room.

Um again, this all poses an egress concern.

Uh to recap, the structure located at a 150 Islandale drive 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 structure 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 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.

That concludes my presentation of 150 Island Dale Drive.

Are there any questions for the code officer?

This is Fred Anderson.

You said abatements.

What was the cost?

Uh the first abatement, the cost was 1,800.

The second abatement was 1,000, and the total cost for all the abatements together is 2800.

And that's only for the plywood, correct?

I'm sorry, sir.

You didn't pick debris up.

That was just to board up the uh no, sir.

It was to clean the property, cut the grass, and to board up the structure twice.

And the one that we saw the open window, you said that has already been closed.

Yes, all windows have been boarded up as of our last abatement.

Is there any outstanding or any new abatement orders?

Not currently, no.

And the house is vacant at this time?

Yes, sir.

Have you talked to the owner since the removal of people?

I've spoken to uh Mr.

Lonel Alvarado on January 16th, which was last Friday.

Um I have not spoken to the other partner uh owner since I think the last time we spoke was when we met there on May 20th of 2025.

What was your conversation dealing with the property?

Uh with the previous owner with Mr.

Oscar Hineta, we had explained the whole deep dangerous premises process of repairs that needed to be done uh since he took over ownership.

Uh we also explained the requirement to keep the property cut clean and secured.

Um but since then he's not kept up with the property uh with Mr.

Alvarado.

I've only had a conversation with him prior to coming to this board.

Um and I explained to him that he would have to come before the board and explain what's going on with the property with the property itself.

Did he give you any um information that he would keep the people out of there so they wouldn't come back or he did on the day that the eviction he did get with the police department and they're here to speak on behalf of that, uh but he did sign a trespass affidavit for the advisor officers.

By going by it, or was it uh uh 311 or uh it was reported to me by the area code officer.

So you don't know uh uh the school is a thousand feet within the a thousand feet rule.

Yes, sir.

Do you know if that's a heavy traffic area for children?

Uh it is uh significantly uh it's a large neighborhood.

Um it is an active neighborhood.

I know the community, uh some of the neighborhood association uh board members also live on that street.

Um so I have seen children um playing on the streets or in the area as well.

Every age.

Yes, sir.

Even though that's an I think it's an elementary uh there's uh it's closest to it's within a thousand feet of the high school, uh, but next door to the high school there is uh middle school as well.

Okay.

So it's pretty close, so you got all ages going throughout that area.

Yes, sir.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um next we'll have uh the SAPD officer.

Um please uh state your name and the district that you conduct this is.

Yes, ma'am.

Good morning.

My name is Alexandria Odako.

I have been working for the San Antonio Police Department for four and a half years and have been working at the safe unit uh for two years now.

For most of my career, I've actually had 150 Allendale in my district.

Um it's been a neighborhood concern for several years now due to the amount of calls uh we have received on patrol for unknown of property damage costs, constant disturbances caused by homeless individuals being a constant nuisance at the property, and frankly, the residents not being cooperative at that property.

When the new LLC business owner took over 150 Allendale um after Anthony uh left, I was very hopeful to have a new owner to help rebuild the vacant property into a beautiful home, uh frankly to help restore the community.

However, this didn't happen almost immediately after our first contact with the new LLC owners, uh, which I was in contact with Oscar.

I would patrol by and check on 150 Allendale multiple times throughout the week.

Um and there would be trash dumped all over the front yard.

Almost every point of entry broken and exposed, along with both front and back fences broken.

Um there's an alleyway in the back where the fence is completely broken, and it's hard to see because the grass was always overgrown.

Um but that alleyway, we would get constant calls for people going in and out, and there's a lot of elderly on this street.

Um I mean I can I can take you all there on different day.

Um but I'm I'm very known with this street.

Um the grass was constantly overgrown, like I said, and I had received multiple complaints from residents along with the Thompson Community HOA president, uh Mr.

Rudy, he lives down the street, and so do his parents, maybe like a few houses down on both sides.

And when I would check the interior of the house, I would always find in every room drug paraphernalia scattered.

Um it has been known that the previous residents were into drugs because frankly I I arrested them.

It was in my district, like I said.

Um so I was constantly at that house making arrests for drugs, and if it wasn't new charges, it was warrants for drugs.

And it wasn't just uh one person, it would be multiple homeless individuals that they would go frequent down the street by John F.

Kennedy High School and Brentwood Middle School, which is like a previous Dangerous Premises Officer Hustle said, within that thousand uh yards.

And frankly, all the arrests were coming from the Allen.

If not, uh it would be caught down the street, and they were known to be vacated or in like the tent in the backyard of that area.

Um let Oscar know, send him pictures, uh constant messages, just to kind of help him, like, hey, I'm checking the area.

This is what I received, and that's kind of our what we do.

We help try to secure it as best we can whenever we are able to go.

But we're not a private security company, we're not gonna be there all day.

Um I would never receive any response from Oscar.

Uh the only help, frankly, I've ever gotten was from Dangerous Premises Haima Hasso.

And this has been a neighborhood nuisance based on the arrests.

Um I hate to keep repeating it, uh, but that's how that's how I frankly feel about this house.

Um because of the neighborhood it's in, there's a lot of elderly, it's a generational area.

So this is three, four generations that they've been living there, and they're Kennedy Rockets, you know, they're down the street.

I've received complaints for speeding, so to answer your question, I believe you asked it.

It is a heavy traffic area.

Heavy, heavy traffic area because they're that type of uh development.

A lot of the parents they work 12 plus hour shifts.

So kids are constantly walking home, they're walking to the local stores, and you pass Allendale to get to apartments, to get to the other side of Alendale Street, um, and it connects to multiple popular streets.

Um so this has been a constant nuisance.

And I'm I'm frankly glad we're here today because of the lack of cooperation we've had with the owners.

And it's it's a concern whenever we keep getting calls there, and we keep having the same answers for the people there.

And it's not right for them to look at that and to have homeless individuals because homeless individuals, they don't just bring vacancy, they bring crimes.

And then one thing I will tell you working at the safe unit for how long I have.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Are there any questions for the officer?

I've got a few, but I want to ask uh council.

Is it permissible since it wasn't a dark case that we can ask for criminal history?

No, uh you can rely on the officer's statement as to the frequency of the activity occurring.

Uh but uh the criminal history uh uh as related to the specifics calls for service uh are not before this board.

Okay, thank you.

Um you've been in this district for you said three years or just as a safe?

Safe for two, but I've had the actual same district for four.

I got lucky going into the safe unit and I had the same.

So you're familiar, and I'm not sure what shift you work, but you're familiar with daily activity in that area.

Yes, sir.

I used to work one thirty to nine thirty evening.

Before I became a safe officer.

So you're familiar with both evening and morning yes sir.

Activities.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

And this house in itself has been an issue.

Yes, sir.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions for the officer?

Okay, thank you.

That's good.

Um the owner representative Lionel Abrado.

Please come approach the podium and state your name and council district, you reside or conduct business in for the record.

It needs to go, yeah, there you go.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um his name is uh Oscar Alvarado.

Lonel Alvarado y el S el Due Property.

And he's the owner of the property.

La propiedad me fue dada in pago or Oscar Genera, de un dinero que me devian.

Uh, the property was given to him by Oscar Levera.

Genera.

Genera.

Uh due to some money that he that he owed him.

The home was uh acquired due to a foreclosure.

Sin embargo, quien la quiere comprar nos dice que tenemos que esperar Abril de este año de 2026 para poder tener el derecho absoluto.

So he's attempted to sell the home.

Uh he's being told that he has until April to sell the home because uh in order to retain his default ownership of the home so that he can sell it.

So uh the reason he hasn't been able to sell the home is because the person that is uh wanting or shows an interest to sell the to to buy the home um doesn't want to take the risk of the the foreclosure falling through and then it owns to somebody else.

Momento.

Um you did not translate the part where it's a foreclosure and it's a warranty deed, he doesn't have full ownership.

Um that's important detail.

Okay.

Okay.

That started in that will start in February all the way through April in the hopes that by the time that you know the full closure comes through the home is already rent renovated.

He has the plan to uh the remodeling plans and the funds from the bank as proof.

Can you give the funds?

Okay, uh I'm sorry.

Um momento.

Uh Mr.

Anders had the question if the house was foreclosed.

No, the house was bought at a foreclosure.

Um it's a warranty deed.

And it's not clear until April.

Okay.

Well, I did remodelarla ya in February, terminar in Abril y poder la vender being.

The plan is to remodel, begin remo uh remodeling the home in February, all the way through April once the foreclosure finally closes, then being able to sell the home to restate.

And for that reason it no work has been done prior.

Uh he acquired the property or he received the property in March of 2025.

We're gonna ask that he explains what this is.

Okay.

You ready?

Okay.

Uh explicit por favor uh commission.

Yeah.

Uh his contractor is coming up.

Uh well basically we're related to the case.

And then we need to stay in your name is Rafael Torres.

And the district that you reside in.

Uh yes, my name is Rafael Torres.

I'm partnered with Leonel.

And what city council district do you have in or your address?

Uh Riggs V306, San Antonio, Texas.

Okay.

Okay, we're trying to make a plan to repair this house.

Uh the first thing we need to do is try to clean the property and make it secure so that way we stop the issues that has been happening, and that's the main thing until we get uh the permits or approval to start to do all co or repairs.

Uh as you see on that paper, um we have to replace some windows and do as much uh please turn up your problem.

Thank you.

And do as much as we can.

Uh we specify everything we need to do in there, plus whatever extra we we need to do to make it great.

Um I think one of the most problems is that the house is vacant, so everybody's going into it.

So even if we we demolish the house, we pretend to make another house, and it's gonna be the same problem because on the process that we make it, people is gonna try to be into it.

So we decide to repair it and sell it.

So we just waiting for the period of time to do it.

Okay, is this young document?

Oh no, there's more.

Okay.

Yeah.

That's it, and so we did an opportunity in February.

So he's just asking the board to give him a a little bit more time so he can begin uh remodeling uh in February does he have anything else to say?

Yeah, thanks so much for your attention.

All right.

And any questions?

Okay.

Uh you indicated that you acquired the property in March of 25.

And what is your relationship with uh LA solutions ventures?

So you're going, I'm owner.

He he is the owner.

And yet you've only had the property since 25?

Yes.

When he was uh making his statement, he did say that it was bought at a foreclosure by someone named Oscar, and then Oscar owed him money, so he gave him the property instead.

So LA Ventures actually acquired the property earlier than 2025.

No recuerdo, no recuerdo.

He does not remember Pablo and it was uh a payment um like um Chair Miranda said.

Uh from a company named Apex.

A base investors.

Apex investors.

Uh Chair, this is legal.

Uh would the board be able to ask uh the uh uh owner to explain the uh the uh I can't think of the word, but explain the fact that uh La Solution Ventures that he is the owner of uh acquired the property uh through general warranty deed on November 20th, 2024.

Uh the foreclosure, the sheriff sale occurred prior to that.

And so could he explain the discrepancy because uh title records indicate he has been in uh possession custody and control of this property since November 20th, 2024.

And that's where I was headed counsel, uh, in terms of uh how long LA ventures has been involved in the property.

That's the reason for the question itself.

So the uh the council's question was can you explain the difference between the D date of November of 2024 and the acquisition or the takeover of March of 25?

Can you explain the difference between those two dates?

Uh the records the uh uh demuestrank la propiedad was LA Ventures, LA Ventures in November 24, but También Dice Lo Records queuel fue la verdadera fecha que recebieron la no recording November 2024 is the choice caran a las personas dentro y ganar el juicio.

The the date uh he is confirming that it is November of 2024, but they had to pay people to help vacate the premises of of the location until he acquired it again fully in uh March of 25th.

Officer Casso helped vacate the premises from the people that were in the property.

That's all I have.

Mr.

Yeah, this is very interesting.

I'm gonna ask you the technical side now if your contractor could come up slightly so you can interpret.

Uh okay.

Do you need help translating?

No, I don't think so.

Okay.

All right, you are the contractor, correct?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

On your list, you gave a uh description of everything you're gonna do.

No, we still need to do more things.

Um it's kind of uh you know eventually when you start something right.

I'm a general contractor myself, so yes.

When you gave the list, you you already said there wasn't some other stuff on it, which is understandable.

But the list you gave us is your itemized list, which is required, your financial statement, and he said something about starting on February 1, and he said to April, is that just to April 1 or is it beyond?

Uh what is your timeline?

Uh I'm thinking about since once we started probably you're thinking we I'm thinking about a couple months.

So about 60 days?

About.

You know, always.

Give it days.

Right.

Always goes one week later.

You know, it's like or depending on when you can get your permits.

Depends well.

Yeah.

I know it depends on that.

Uh have you tried applying for permits?

Uh we're gonna plan to apply for permits.

Okay.

So that's gonna depend on your timeline as well.

Correct.

Okay.

So you're talking sixty days, you have your uh list, and then you have your financials.

Yes, we do.

So you're asking for a repair, are you asking just all we require is you bring it up to code?

Correct.

The rest of it's on you.

I understand.

Okay.

So that's all we're requiring.

We're not requiring you to make the Taj Mahal, we just want you to repair it.

You think you can get it up to code within sixty days?

About, yes, sir.

Okay.

Thank you.

Since we started, once we started.

Now that's yours, you're gonna secure it as well, right?

Correct.

And it has no power right now?

No one.

No, no.

Water, no electrical power.

Uh minus well, um, I was talking to Leonel, and what we can start to do is make secure the property, like get a dumpster, clean the inside, in and out, and you know, close windows, doors, and try to put a fence so that way we keep people away from the property.

Okay, now this one may go to him.

The question I asked, so he may have to come back.

My understanding is that the owners, you have signed a trespass with the SAPD for anybody who comes on the property, they can be trespassed.

Is that correct?

Uh I'm I'm not, I'm not sure.

I'm not sure.

That's why I ask it maybe go to the owner.

If you could ask him that.

Yeah, it's a trespass um, what is it?

Uh it's it's basically they sign it with SAPD.

Did SAPD can arrest anybody that's not supposed to be on the property for trespassing?

I forget the name of it.

Um trespass affidavit.

Trespass affidavit.

I travel con uh SAPD para firmar un documento para que preva prohibir personas para tres passar in la in the prophet.

Or this is uh dangerous premises officer Jaime Hasso.

Uh just gonna make you aware that the previous owner or Mr.

Oscar Haneta is the one that has signed that paperwork with uh San Antonio Police Department.

Okay.

So he hasn't done it with the uh previous owner.

Okay.

Thank you.

Do you mind if I translate that part?

Yeah, yeah.

So uh looking preguntando is que si on.

He needs to be on the mic.

Uh let's see I firm documento que decía que prohibie uh prohibie st personas entrar in la in la propiedad.

Are there any other questions?

One question I have really is for the contractor.

The the houses on the on the ground, there wasn't anything about foundational repairs or find foundational checks.

Is uh the house is sitting on post.

Is not on concrete.

So that makes it easy for us on on that point.

So the actually looking at the the the foundational support.

Yes, sir.

Is that gonna be part of the review?

Everything needs to be done.

We have to do it.

So we we need to first of all, like I say, we need to clean it up and see the expectations of the property and whatever he needs is gonna be done.

And do we have a date certain of when the the property is gonna be secured and clean, bring that dumpster and certainly uh is first of all that's uh something that we need to talk to Tollio now.

I'm thinking uh it matters uh coming up uh next week, starting next week.

Fantastic.

We have to order a dumpster and try to clean the property.

That's that's a main thing I think for now.

Clean in and out.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

You can be seen.

That's all we had to sign up.

Um to speak for public comments.

I'm open to a motion.

Madam Chair, this this is Fred Anderson.

I'd like to make a motion.

I move that the property located at 150 Avondale 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 156, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18 for the main.

And I would like to give them 60 days to repair with these stipulations.

It stays the property must be secured.

Cut off all utilities except what's needed.

They can turn that back on.

Code officer to be updated every 15 days.

Okay, so the motion is that the property is feasible for repair.

And it is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-15.

With sections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

The order is a 60-day repair to keep the property secured to cut all utilities and to check in with the code officer every 15 days.

Oh, sorry.

Other than that, everything is correct.

Okay, do we have a second?

This is Yvonne Addison.

I second.

Any discussion.

I don't know if now is the right time because of the vote has not been taken and should not be taken yet.

I am concerned a little bit about the fact that the property has been owned since 2024.

The change of ownership happened in our uh or at least change of uh person in charge in March of 2025.

We're now talking about January of 2026.

Uh there appears to be nothing that has occurred since the fire occurred in itself.

Uh in addition, there's uh uncorporation according to the LA to the uh police department that uh the owner is not cooperative.

There's the issue of of the school, there's the issue of the date, and then there's the issue of the amount of repair uh because uh based on just a real quick review and real quick cost calculations, the repair is understated.

Uh and uh I'm not real sure that that this is a property that uh is repairable at this time.

Any other discussion uh yeah, um I understand all that, but if they're willing now when they get all this clerical stuff done, which it sounds like that's what they were doing, I'm willing to at least give them the opportunity to try to make good, and if not, then we come back here.

I I do understand uh your point.

Uh but when I when I just look at the property uh from the date of occurrence to basically the photograph that I look at was done in January of this year.

Uh there appears to be absolutely nothing that's been done, and as a result, I'm not real sure that the repairs would be done accordingly.

Uh I understand what you say.

If it's not done, it comes back.

Uh so uh that's a very valid point uh that I did consider.

And per cost overrun, in reality, if they have that money, then the cost overrun is gonna burn through that 250,000 dollars.

That would be true.

And I understand of the the low bid, but he also also stated that if there is additional things, it will be picked up.

I saw that point.

And I'm more for trying to save if somebody's trying to save than tear it down and have a vacant lot where vagrants can still go in there and camp.

And that's that's my train of thought on that.

Is we've done enough of these to know that we'll get some back that fall through, and he's willing to make the deal, then you know.

I'm think we're willing to at least try.

And if not the first time we've had them come back, so call the motion, Chair.

Madam Chair.

Uh yes.

I would like to request an executive session to discuss legal matters.

Okay.

The time is now 10 04 a.m.

on January 22nd, 2026.

The Building Standards Board will recess from the open meeting and convene in executive session to consult with legal counsel to discuss attorney client matters pursuant to section 551.071 of the Texas government code.

The time is now 1031 a.m.

on January 22nd, 2026, and the Billy Centers Board will now reconvene in open session.

No official action was taken in the executive session.

Just for clarity, can you repeat your motion, Mr.

Andis?

Yes, madam chair.

The motion was to repair within 60 days.

The utilities will be cut off until the contractor can put them back on.

If uh secure the property, and a report to the code officer every 15 days.

Okay, and we already had a second, and we were in discussion.

The 60-day repair order is less than the property owner asked for.

And the actions that have been taken is still of a huge concern.

As a result of my concern, I would like to add a friendly amendment to your motion.

And that amendment would be that the property, if not repaired in 60 days, would fall into a automatic demolition process.

So if it's not repaired within 60 days, it automatically defaults to demolition.

Yes.

Yeah.

Do you accept that from the amendment?

This is Yvonne Addison.

I accept any other discussion.

Let's do a roll call vote.

Kayla Moranda?

Aye.

Joel Solis?

Aye.

Avon Addison?

Aye.

Dwayne Nelson?

Aye.

Fred Andis?

Aye.

Motion passes with the vote of five to zero.

If you have any questions, you can get with the code officer.

Thank you.

Yeah, we go out of order.

They give me a list.

Good morning, board.

Good morning.

For the record, my name is Cynthia Santana, Dangerous Premise Officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 215 Ruleman Avenue with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code Article 8, Chapter 6.

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

The legal description is NCB 1217, block 15, lot 12, located in City Council District 2.

The owner on record is Maldonado, Rosendo, and Guadalupe with a mailing address of 215 Ruleman Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 78208-2023.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The following individuals are present on behalf of the case.

It would be the owner Rosendo Maldonado and Guadalupe Maldonado.

Also present are representatives from NHSD.

Does the board wish to proceed?

Yes.

A phone number was found for and I have spoken with the owners.

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

The first inspection regarding 215 Ruhlman Avenue was conducted on February 19, 2025.

The original notice was mailed on September 18, 2025, and the certified receipt was not returned.

The notice to vacate was posted at 215 Ruhlman Avenue on October 29, 2025.

On January 8, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 215 Ruhlman Avenue.

On January 7th, 2026, 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.

There are no permits on file for 215 Ruhlman Avenue.

On December 8th, 2025, an administrative warrant was obtained to take the photos being presented today.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were also taken on March 24th, October 30th, and December 8th of 2025, and January 14th and January 20th of 2026.

This is the main structure at 215 Ruleman Avenue.

It is a single story structure in a residential zone.

The structure was built in 1920 and is approximately 1,450 square feet.

The structure has a Pierre and Beam foundation, wood framing, wood siding, and a gable roof with shingles.

The structure is not located within a thousand feet of a school.

The structure is occupied and has active water, gas, and electrical services.

The front elevation shows missing fascia on the right corner of the roof and a large accumulation of outside placement and rubbish on the porch and yard, creating egress violations.

This is the left elevation of the structure, showing more damage on the soffit and the fascia boards there towards the center.

Both the front and the left elevation lack weather protection towards the bottom of the walls and has detaching trim on the front left corner.

The siding is separating from the structure underneath the air conditioner.

The structure is unlevel and is sinking towards the grade at the rear left corner.

The sewer pipes are running along the ground next to the house with makeshift rubber couplings.

The skirting is missing from the foundation.

This is the rear elevation of the main structure.

The roof decking is warped from water damage.

The trim and the siding are deteriorated from lack of weather protection.

There is a water heater behind the draped cloth on the right side.

If you look to that right edge of the rear elevation, you can see how the rear section is listing to the right.

Additional photos will show a failing foundation on that corner.

This rear section is an addition built onto the home at some point.

Bear County appraisal district district indicates the home is 868 square feet with an 84 square foot porch on the front.

However, current measurements show it at approximately 1450 square feet.

There are no permits for this address in the city database, nor in the Hansen Legacy portal, which is an archived permit database.

This is the right elevation of the main structure.

The fascia and the soffit are damaged on this side as well, over by where the 2x4s are leaning up against the structure.

The wood siding, the floor joists, and the sill beams are deteriorated at the bottom under both windows.

The roof is unlevel and rises upward on the right side as it goes over where the addition was put on.

This photo is a close-up of the seal beam on the front elevation.

There's a notch cut out of the sill beam, and it is being supported by what appears to be a 2x4.

The seal beam is not resting on the cedar post, and the wood siding is deteriorated from a lack of weather protection.

Here's the underside of the structure at the front elevation showing the foundation.

The floor joists, if you'll notice, are scabbed together, and one end of the floor joist there is not resting on a sill beam.

This is consistent throughout the foundation under the structure.

The cedar post that is the second from the left one is listing towards the rear of the structure.

The one the seat, the post that is in the center is shimmed with wood pieces.

The seal beam to the right of the post is split at the point where the nail is driven into it, and the nails are there because this is not one solid beam.

It appears to be two by sixes adhered together.

Here you can see those two boards that are adhered together.

This is the junction at where the addition to the rear meets the original structure.

The beams are twisted and stacked on the post, and those sewer lines are above ground.

The support beam, if you can see under there, is rotted away and is resting on grade.

Uh, where the addition was attached to the main structure, and you can see that it's pulling away.

The bathroom in the home is in this addition, and you'll be able to see natural light coming through the walls at this location once we get to the interior photos.

This is a contextual photo of both the rear and the left elevation.

It gives you a better perspective of the condition of the roof decking.

There's no fascia here, and the decking is severely water damaged.

This is a close-up of that damaged fascia on the right elevation.

The ridge in the roof, uh, you can see that there just to the right of those two by fours is the section where the unpermitted addition begins.

You can see that the addition is pulling away from the original build on the right elevation as well.

This is the entryway to the front door.

The morning that I took this photo, they had stuffed towels underneath the door to prevent the cold air from coming in due to the large gap under the door.

There's a large gap between the porch and the main structure.

The flooring is damaged on the entryway here, exposing the subfloor.

This is looking into the front door.

There's a medical bed up against that far wall where Mrs.

Maldonado has to sleep, and that is her wheelchair.

There are so many items in the room on the floors that Mrs.

Maldonado is unable to navigate to other rooms, including the restroom in her wheelchair, which is not accessible for handicap.

Egris violations make it very unsafe for her.

You can also see the hole in the wall near the floor in the drywall.

At the other end of the couch is the front door.

Excuse me, the kitchen.

These clothes and items on the floor had been placed in the entrance to the room, creating more agress violations.

There's a two by four in the room providing support to the ceiling joist.

The entire room, the floor of the entire room is not visible due to the large accumulation of clothes and items on the floor.

This was the condition of the floor in the kitchen.

The subfloor was exposed when I visited in March of 2025.

It was covered in dog urine, according to Mr.

Maldonado, and it did smell of urine when I entered.

The floor was very spongy to walk across.

The sink cabinet shows the movement of the structure.

The burner there you can see on the stove was running with no pot over the top of it.

A Spanish-speaking safe officer present with me that day asked Mr.

Maldonado for me why it was burning.

He stated it was to warm the house.

On a previous visit, I had placed a level in this room and measured the floor unlevel sinking towards the rear elevation, which is that wall on the left side.

Again, they're notched out on the ends.

There is no permit on file for the foundation repair, nor a minor building repair in the city's permit database.

On that previous visit, this was, like I said, the grandson's room and electrical extension cords had been run into the room to provide electricity.

This is also, like I said, in the addition that's pulling away and sinking into the grade.

You can see the separation at the floor between the two rooms.

You can also see natural light coming through the area where the exit was boarded up.

This is natural light coming into the bathroom between the shower and the toilet from the exterior wall where the addition is separated.

This is a contextual photo that of that area showing the amount of deterioration.

The floor toward the exterior wall is lower than the interior towards the entry door.

Bear County appraisal district indicates the structure is 180 square feet.

It measures at 264 square feet.

The siding is missing from the front elevation and the roof decking is deteriorated, damaged and falling from the structure.

This is the right elevation, which shows the missing siding.

Wall studs and interior drywall are exposed to the elements.

There are several holes in the roof and water damaged decking.

The wall is missing, and the structural members are weathered.

The fascia lacks weather protection.

This is the rear elevation of that accessory structure.

The fence and the large accumulation of outside placement in the rear yard prevented me from taking a more contextual photo.

Here you can see more of the missing wall, damaged wall studs and missing siding.

As you walk into the accessory structure, you can see the water damage decking and the natural light coming in on the left top of the photo.

The decking is separated, allowing the elements to enter the accessory structure.

I'm unclear as to whether or not those are rafters or trusses.

Either way, they are water damaged as well, and what appears to be a top plate is also water damaged.

This is looking to the rear of the accessory structure where you can see a large amount of natural light coming in at the wall and the roof with collapsed insulation and drywall.

The center beam right there across the top of the ceiling is damaged.

The structure at 215 Ruhlman Avenue has deteriorated for several years without any permitted work.

Unpermitted alterations, both historical and those completed within the last two months, have created unsafe structural conditions.

Significant separation of walls along with holes in both the walls and the floors has allowed rodents and other pests to enter the structure.

During the summer, Mrs.

Maldonado reported that roaches were crawling on her at night.

Prolonged exposure to weather has caused rot in the structural components.

The foundation is uneven, contributing to these separations and creating hazardous walking surfaces for the occupants.

Because the foundation lacks proper engineering, it poses a risk of falling failing to support the live and deadloads in the structure.

Additional hazards have been created by occupants running extension cords to supply electricity to habitable rooms that have no power.

Due to the severity of these unsafe conditions, a notice to vacate was issued for the safety of the occupants.

Despite the notice, the occupants continue to reside in the structure.

The structures, I'm sorry, located at 215 Ruelman Avenue are in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6-156.

Subsections 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, and 15 for the main structure, and subsections 1 to 8, 12, 15, and 18 for the accessory, in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects there and 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 defect of dilapidation, substandardness or unfitness for human habitation, pose a threat or potential threat to life health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition.

That concludes my presentation for 215 Ruleman Avenue.

Do we have any questions for the code officer?

Yeah, this is Predandis.

I'm gonna there are certain dates that caught my eye.

Yes.

925.

The daughter refused access to you?

I'm sorry, 1922.

92525?

What was the question?

The daughter refused access for you to enter the home?

Correct.

107, OHP, in bold letters here.

Um destruction required.

Correct.

The home is of an age that if it were to be demolished, that uh deconstruction would have to happen first.

Not not just demo, it would be deconstructed.

Correct.

Is what they're recommending.

Yeah.

Um notice to vacate was signed on the 20 10 27 25, and it was issued 1029 25, correct?

Correct.

And we already know they got power because we saw the the gas is on, the electric's on, and the water's on.

Correct.

The notice of vacate was issued.

Did you get a hold of CPS to cut services?

I did not.

They in the notes, they were looking for another property to or another place to rent, is that correct?

Uh I don't know what their intentions were.

Mr.

Maldonado had said to me that he didn't have the physical ability or the um monetary ability to repair the home.

Um speak on some of the things that they've tried to help them with.

It was uh right there at the very beginning that we put them on an eight-month hardship.

Yeah, and there is pieces in here where it says the the thing came up that they were looking, especially at some apartment in there.

Um I guess the question would have to go to this.

An individual in a wheelchair.

No, you noted all of the egress issues, especially one by that bed.

Yes.

Can that person be evacuated in a reasonable amount of time if there's a fire to get out one of the egresses other than the door?

It is my belief that that would be a difficult situation.

Even though she's by a window, and I agree with you on that, even though she's by the window to try to move in an individual with a wheelchair or without the wheelchair, even.

How close is the nearest egress other than that window that's blocked to that person's bed or wheelchair?

The bed is located in the front room, which is I would say probably ten to twelve feet from the front entry door.

The problem with the front entry door is the porch is uh heavily has a lot of uh outside placement and a lot of rubbish.

How close would be the next person to assist the person that would be in that bed, that medical bed or the wheelchair?

Mr.

Maldonado is sleeping in the very first bedroom that was at the end of the couch.

Um I'm I'm not sure with his disability that he would be able to assist her either.

Uh the second room was being occupied by a daughter, uh second room towards the rear, um, and then the third room was being occupied by the grandson who is an adult also.

So your question is I don't know if Mr.

Maldonado was able to assist her out.

Um, anybody in the room, because they would not be where she's at.

Ms.

Randis, uh this is uh legal.

The dangerous premises investigator is not qualified to uh adequately respond to your questions as to uh ability.

So uh what she can address are uh questions related to the condition of the structure, the outside placement blocking points of egress.

But uh she is certainly not qualified to answer your specific questions.

Uh well okay.

Uh I'll strike that one.

What I'm I'm trying to get at is if you're in that room and you're looking at that, and you're looking for egresses.

My train of thought would be who could get to the person to move them to the nearest egress other than that window.

So and she couldn't answer she can't answer that, right?

She's not qualified.

Uh she's not an expert uh in that uh area.

And so if uh that your question would be a judgment call made by the board members based on the evidence presented.

All right.

So the nearest egress would actually be that window.

Correct.

She's the beds in front of them.

The nearest window is um to the bed, has uh uh safety bar violation.

The it has um and the one furthest from that then is open, does not have safety bars on it.

The other one would be the front the other one would be actually the front door then.

Yeah, if we were looking at the front elevation on the very first um photo.

What I'm asking is is if they have to move an individual, either by the wheelchair or put them in the wheelchair, what would be the nearest egress would be the front door.

So that was my question would be okay.

So it would be the actual front door to get her out in an emergency.

Correct.

Okay.

So that's your front door right there.

It yeah, the porch, it's uh facing the porch, the front door is.

Okay.

And they've been assisted throughout this whole process according to the notes.

They were being assisted by not uh OHB, not the other one.

It's uh NHSD, correct?

NHSD has made several visits to them.

Uh I'm aware that adult protective services has attempted to provide assistance as well.

I spoke with Officer Connor on a couple of occasions.

And they're still living in the house even though all this is still happening okay.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh let's hear from NHSC first.

Uh Lydia.

I'm sorry, I don't want to chop up your last name.

Okay.

Good morning.

My name is uh Lydia Ramiro with the NHSD housing advocate.

I've been working with Ms.

Guadalupe and Mr.

Los Sando Maldonado since we received the referral from DSD back in March of 2025, and we've been working with them since then through uh I believe as of yesterday.

We've been offering uh services uh directly to them.

We've made several home visits.

Uh my colleagues and myself, along with the code officer, Ms.

Santana.

And um they have um I know Ms.

Guadalupe, we've been in communication with her by phone and also with the home visits.

She has been making contact with different organizations that are nonprofit, but according to uh Ms.

Guadalupe, the funding is limited.

So and had they've been reaching out to different agencies, uh, for example, ACOG, um, MedSez, Blueprint, SA rebuilt.

Um, and I believe if I'm not mistaken, uh I know that they are behind on their taxes, so some of these programs require that you uh be current with your taxes on property.

So that makes it a little more difficult for them to qualify for the programs.

Okay.

And as of yesterday, my other colleague did speak with Ms.

Guadalupe at about 4.40 or so late in the evening, afternoon, and um we did also make some referrals for her to go and look into other uh places for uh to live.

Uh I believe we had referred her to the Whitley apartments, and she did go.

Um that's what she mentioned.

She attended and she went in, and they did offer her a two-bedroom apartment, and based on the information that we received from her, she did mention that the apartment was too small for her.

No, she is limited on income, and she is on a fixed income.

forty or so late in the evening afternoon and um we did also make some referrals for her to go and look into other uh places for uh to live uh I believe we had referred her to the Whitley apartments and she did go that's what she mentioned she attended and she went in and they did offer her a two bedroom apartment and based on the information that we received from her she did mention that the apartment was too small for her no she is limited on income and she is on a fixed income and we've been working with her on trying to find a place any questions and we can all agree this is Fred and this we can all agree that this is not an ADA home correct correct and the apartment she was looking at is that one of the issues is ADA yes there the Whitley apartments are senior uh they work with uh senior six years of age and older so they are able to uh you know there are a DA approved and they are able to accommodate her but I believe according to what would Miss uh Maldonado uh the two bedroom that was offered her offered to her um she refused so all the help that's come to her she's basically refused it correct okay thank you have any other questions any other questions the packet you gave her is it the same one that we got in our full board meeting I believe so we've had we've yes that is correct and all these other agencies did you you guys reach out to they she has to do most of the legwork we provide her with the the resources um we uh follow up with her to find out did you already reach out to a BC which did you already reach out we follow up with her and um she did say that uh most of the agencies didn't say that uh she had to be meeting those requirements or no funding was available uh based on what she provided to us so basically comes down to the catch twenty two microscope that we come into it basically comes down to the cash twenty twos pretty much and this one is a little more complicated because of disability disability and the the delinquent taxes thank you you're welcome and now just want to thank you for all that you've done with this one thank you you're welcome any other questions thank you thank you there's another you don't need to speak okay um so next is uh the owner we're gonna talk to the neighbor before the owner can uh su nombre la direction de la propiedad uh desea desea cre uh usar la propiedad Rosendo Maldonado aquí en San Antonio Texas uh his name is uh uh Mr Maldonado he lives at the address listed here uh and he wants to speak before you tengo eh me quieren demoler me la casa y yo pienso que no es gusto yo aquí algunas cosas que quiero que sepan ustedes um he feels that he's here to present before you and speak but he wrote some letter some uh words that he wants to share with you he doesn't feel that uh the demolition is just uh in his opinion desde mil novent the manera que tengo como 57 años uh he's worked uh in carpentry for most of his life fifty seven years uh he's lived at that home dependice uh he's worked uh all his life and uh he's been self-sufficient uh and independent for all his years y declarab mis ganancias al señor Jerry Sifuentes el bookkeeper que yo tenía antes uh he used to uh do his own bookkeeping and he hired a bookkeeper mister Jerry Sifuentes to help him with the bookkeeping uh for his property and he's paid his taxes mandaba al gobern lo que le correspondia según mis ganancias he would uh send his taxes every three months uh depending on what his earnings were uh to the government or the municipality

Uh he used to uh do his own bookkeeping and he hired a bookkeeper, Mr Jerry Suentes Fuentes to help him with the bookkeeping uh for his property and he's paid his taxes.

He would uh send his taxes every three months uh depending on what his earnings were uh to the government or the municipality.

Because of necessity he learned how to do his own plans for his home uh and then how to submit them for uh the department.

Uh he has uh he did bring those plans here as proof uh if needed and he is willing to present them before you enter the manera que you lesablo porque la construction y caro defenderme inesta o caso de algunas fallas.

Uh he does have experience with construction and he wants to address some of the the issues that have uh brought up before in in through this meeting.

Uh the first instance of the code officer talking to him was about uh vehicles on his property uh that were not moving and that they needed to be moved.

Some uh vehicles needed uh battery change, other ones needed just to uh fix a tire, some tires to get them moved.

Uh he would like to again thank and uh congratulate Ms.

Santana for all the help that uh they've provided him.

Uh he worked with her and then he got the vehicles up and running again and he was able to move them and he was happy that he was able to do so.

Yaki se mealolo que Tenia Kelimpiar with time she came back and she explained to him what he needed to do to clean his house and uh and what he needed to address.

Uh she put it in the record uh that uh he the code officer told him that uh he had fixed the cars and then he was uh starting to address all the other issues uh within his home and he was happy to address them.

Okay.

Uh she came back with uh a certain amount of time and uh to once again tell him that he needed to uh clean his property and uh clean around his home.

Uh he was happy to do so and he did address it.

She then came back and asked for permission to enter the home so she can inspect and uh he provided her with the permission to enter her uh his home.

The home is uh long 43 feet and um and the ten feet uh wide um the from the bench to the yard la ciudad to my quantity cosa que ponga in frente como una mesa el recoger manger y eso dale porque la yarda está muy cortita.

He says that in his opinion the dimensions uh that were provided were wrong, uh mainly because of the different uh the different areas that you could take the measurement from depending on the different parts of the home in the front yard.

He believes that the the city is at fault uh for measuring correctly um the uh the city has their own uh regulations uh that they go by but it is not the uh inhabitants' fault that they measure it incorrectly.

One more time uh the officer Santana comes in and uh asks permission to enter the home to point out other things that are wrong within the home.

Yaudita le faltan le Fatan mask la silla de Miseora de Ruas Electrica que utiliza is muy pesada y los despegarlos los plasticos.

The officer said that uh the um the home was missing some squares to enter the home uh in its uh it impre it doesn't allow for egress or aggress uh from from the door of the home that it doesn't allow for his wife who's in a wheelchair to enter or or exit.

In unclosed de la sala Iuna Bugero de Chi Rock for eso to Vimoskepone in Todd Lacasa yes.

Uh the officer did uh uh make them aware of the hole in the roof and they were able to patch it up uh to avoid you know anything coming in from the roof.

The puzzle de la cocina calpiso necessitary parasion y anivela y también dijo que el banjo el toilet service a reglarse y el quarto que está in frente del serviceo, el quarto de bano del quarto de Bano.

Uh they did tell him as well about the uh leveling issues throughout the home, uh specifically in the bathroom uh that there are some leveling issues coming in and out of the bathroom.

Mijo que tenia que cambiar oroises reparations.

Uh they did make them aware that they needed to fit fix some joints uh throughout the home and that other small uh items needed to be addressed.

Uh as soon as he got a social security check of 989 dollars, he began uh to invest in the home and trying to get it up in uh and repair to address all the issues uh that were highlighted.

Um he began to work on repairing the the floor um as well as a buying two doors that uh to fix the the doors that were uh that were said that they were uh you know broken.

Uh he he bought joints for the bathroom uh for the living room and for the uh bedroom where uh his daughter is currently residing.

Uh he also bought paint to paint uh the home and then he hired a contractor to uh uh assist him with uh with the painting and uh fixing the other parts of the home.

Yo a S Travador con el paragarle con Mueble King on Caro Conuna Jeep Commander.

Uh he made arrangements with the contractor to pay him uh uh by uh giving him uh his uh Jeep Commander 2007 as payment as a form of payment to the contractor.

And so veneer la señora inspectora, la señora Santana, y me dice que no siga asendon nada para que pare hasta que venga el inspector.

Uh then uh officer Santana came over uh to his home and told him to stop all work so that uh that inspector could come and uh validate all his work.

Your staparado el trabajo viene que el trabajo no está terminado, no va a ser mi culpa que no había been al inspector.

Uh he's saying that uh as of right now the w the the work has stopped at the advisement from the officer, so if they come right now nothing's changed because they has a stop order waiting for the inspector to come and perform his inspection.

See, it clouds la casa da mule aspecto, pero no poder trabajar in ella.

Of course if you look at the home right now, it looks in really bad shape because the stop order stopped the work from being done.

Meanwhile he had to go on an emergency trip to Mexico, he found out that uh the inspector, Signora San uh Miss Santana came over and uh with a vehicles from the city and uh he stopped there.

Okay.

Okay.

When he came back, he found out that that uh they had taken an air conditioning unit that was worth $350, as well as a wheelchair and a uh like a trailer that were all taken uh when things the officers came.

They took uh they also took an oven worth 450 dollars and uh and other uh valuables from his home, uh meanwhile he wasn't present.

Nosotros vendemos in elecadito para sacar un dinero para los gastos de la casa.

Uh his during that time his wife was uh in dialysis, so she was not at home, and they also sell um uh items in the market to uh live by venue la Signora Santana conos papelles que le firmar y yo penso que los deberia vermano firmado antes que ya viniera a ser la limpieza.

Later uh Officer Santana comes by and uh asks him to sign some documents, and it is his belief that he should have signed those documents prior to them taking anything from his home.

You firm say English yo pienso que me engañou.

He signed because he was under belief that they were gonna provide him with a place to live, and he feels that he was um lied to uh when they proposed that idea to him.

Uh when he began repairing uh his living room and his bedroom, uh he wanted to or the kitchen rather uh he wanted to change out the the fridge and other apparatus, electrical apparatuses from his home, um but he hasn't been able to lay una lista diciendo que la electricidad está in malas conditions for lineas than you a cavalho de la cocina la lineas provisionales.

Uh the wires that were exposed or the lines that were exposed in this home when they did the inspection were temporary.

He would he just had them placed it there meanwhile he created his repairs or he maintained his home.

He he understands that having those wires on the floor uh and on his home exposed, it's dangerous and that uh he has cleaned them up and is uh and fixed them around his home.

I mean no me avian informado que no is nada hasta que el inspector like he said before uh he he was told that he couldn't do anything uh around his home until the inspector comes.

You pensava que la ordin de la señora Santana, la inspectora dabla ultima palabra como inspectora.

It was he was under the belief that uh the through the code officer Santana and the inspector that they had the last word on what to do.

They give him uh what sounds like two lists, uh one of ninety-four lists of things that he needs to do and an additional list of about 20 things that he needs to do around his home to get it up uh up to code.

I quarantine three details exigen components the immediate.

But he had to stop because of the stop word.

His wife uh he's come he's just uh uh on his 73rd birthday and his wife uh just um celebrated her sixty-fifth.

Uh he pleads with the the board to please allow him to stay in his home if he has to make the decision of living under the bridge or living in his home, he prefers living in his home.

His wife is receiving dialysis three times a day.

She can't uh she's not independent, she can't bathe herself, she can't move upon his own, and she can't go to bed on her own.

And him uh senor Maldonado or Mr.

Maldonado has also uh suffers from diabetes, he's had some vein work uh on his uh on his arms and uh yes.

Uh he also suffers from high uh high tension, high pressure.

Uh he's had to go multiple times to the doctor because of all of these issues.

He questions all of the uh errors in the joices, for example, because uh he doesn't know how she would know that uh if the joices are covered by cheat rock on top and or on the bottom and the roof on top.

Uh all of the all of the joices and other parts of the roof have been repaired with the assistance of FEMA in back in two thousand and three.

Uh in repairing different pipes, and uh that's why the holes in the in the roof currently exist.

Uh anything else that hasn't been repaired has hasn't been repaired because of the stop order.

Uh again he states that the officer is doing her job and he thanks her for a job, but she doesn't seem to understand that they are both very ill.

There are no uh joices that are rotten, there are no holes uh in the home uh currently um there are no other remaining big issues throughout the home that have hasn't been fixed because prior to the work order, the stop work order.

uh joices that are rotten there are no holes uh in the home uh currently um uh there are no other remaining big issues throughout the home um that have hasn't been fixed prior to the work order the stop work order size and thus you have to answer no staba no stuff if there was uh clean up that occurred prior to her approaching him uh he doesn't believe that that was done correctly lo digo con todo el respecto a las ruedas electricano la cuide y la bendiga y que viva muchos anjos a la suscaridos de todo corazon le pido a mi dios once again he would like to thank the the the the officer uh the for assisting him and he would wishes her the best intentions and long life with his family her family that is all questions this is for and can you ask him I've got several not to embarrass her anything but there's uh I know one maybe two instances where the code officer saw her in the car when she's talking to her but I read in here that she can't move without assistance is that correct uh passou el official de codigo a blarle stedes uh des carro pero is verdad que su sposa no se puede mover fuera de la silla de ruedas cargar el minuto is previousue de la Camalacía de la Sia del Service Ruedas de la Cia Rueda del Carro uh his grandson helps her uh his wife move around he um he moves her all over the place takes her to the to the car or from the car or moves her to the bed or from from everywhere the instance is stated in here that everybody else was sleeping in the house and she was in the car by herself can you clarify she to me so I can translate to him the officer or the if everybody if the officer approaches the coat officer approaches an individual in the car if everybody's in the house asleep how did she get in the car but if she can't move okay uh see those standard in in la casa um I I well it goes to the it's it's not a question of her ability to move or not let's keep it to the house.

Well it is because she stays in the statement here did the grandson has to move her in fact Mr Andes remember the board's job is to ask questions specifically related to the condition of the that's what this I understand but uh your early your question as to ability to move and or uh ability to exit the property uh has been answered I would recommend moving on to questions if any regarding the condition of the structure that's what this relates to her grandson moves her from inside carries her to a wheelchair outside I understand Mr Andis but again uh I remind the board uh the issue before you is the condition of the structure uh nothing else so uh her being in the car or how she got there is uh not relevant to the issue of whether this structure uh is a public nuisance is feasible to be repaired and or if the board feels it presents a danger uh to uh persons inside as well as outside the property he has not pulled any permits what with all the other construction before he was notified you can't work no more there was no permits pulled no as a carding permiso de la ciudad para uh no so all the work he's done has been even if repairs before they told him to stop has been done by himself correct in la casa lo I should mismo antes de que le dijeron que parar al trabajo principal muchacho anda la ciudad anteriormente si was uh construy the centers architectura ahora que ya cambional la ciudad ahora son mil pies si van a construir arriba mil piezas

Yo no estoy haciendo ninguna de las dos cosas.

Okay, bueno translate.

He's saying uh yes, he did hire some help, uh which is what he stated in his letter uh that he paid with or he is gonna pay with the Jeep uh the 2007 G.

So that's the first part.

But he also would like to state that um any architecture requirements, he doesn't believe he he falls under because of regulations from the city that has changed from 800 feet requiring an architecture requirement to one thousand uh one thousand feet.

So he he's not doing any renovations or uh in in any of that kind, so he doesn't believe he needs any of that.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

What's the plan to go forward with the house?

Uh the work if you come up with a uh I mean just restate that a plan to do the repairs.

Uh he wants to be given more time and then he wants to follow with the rules of that that the board sets on him.

Does he have an estimate for how much the repairs will cost?

Tiene como una quota quantovacostar los repers de la casa.

No, no tengo.

He does not.

And the ability to pay for those repairs, is there anything more than just the Jeep that he has that if he's gonna border to repair?

Uh as he gets funds from the checks that he receives, uh he plans to administer the money and to to repair the home.

Thank you, it's all for me.

Any other questions?

Madam Chair, we have speakers.

Yes, uh thank you.

Thank you.

So we do have a long list of speakers.

Um we find up.

Do you want to speak?

Take or take her the microphone.

Because we have such a long list, can we keep it simply to the repairs?

Hold on, ma'am.

She's gonna give her a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of microphone.

Yes, ma'am.

Yeah, I had another ten minutes, okay.

Yes.

She has off the right hand, so it's hard for her to press.

I uh I came because a lot of things, but it seems that when she said all that, the day she came to clean, I was on my way out to dialysis.

And um I told her not to take a tub of stuff, because I buy and I used to buy and sell at the flea market.

And she took the tub.

I told her, don't take my power chair, don't take the air conditioner and chairs that were on the porch.

They had nothing to do with trash.

And I feel that that was wrong because that was my things that I sell.

Anyways, she took them and I never got back.

Um I feel that uh I've been asking her when she called me all the time.

I don't have a place to go.

I've been trying to find everything so expensive.

I said, Do you want me to live on the streets?

I can't do that.

In my condition, I don't think I can do that.

They offered me a place at the shelter, but I couldn't take it because I need my daughter that takes care of me and my grandson.

At the shelter, I asked the lady, I would need somebody to move me around.

She said, we don't have nobody like that.

We only offer a place to sleep.

I said, okay, thank you anyway.

And at the place where the lady said that I didn't accept everything they offer, I I don't I I need to deny.

Um that place it didn't have handicap access.

I couldn't take it.

She said, call me back or keep calling, maybe we'll get an apartment.

I said, okay, I will.

They haven't had a handicap apartment.

That's why I can't accept what they take.

So just to clarify, um you dispute that you did not deny the apartment because you didn't want it, but because it did not have pain to have access.

Yes, ma'am.

And because you need rooms for your caregivers, your full-time caregivers.

Well, mostly because if I go to the party, there's no hand grab to grab to get up or to try to get up.

Because uh ever since the amputated last year in August, um, I can't stand up.

They rehab is told me how to get up, but this late is not strong enough yet.

They're already in the process doing the process, and they're gonna show me if I can walk.

I'm so glad if I can.

I thank God if I can because I've been praying and praying not to go that poor return on the street.

I can't live on the streets.

I've seen people like that in my condition, and it's not good.

And I'm a very cold hearted person.

I don't think I could last the week out there.

I don't think you said that right, Mom.

Boy, cold hearted.

I mean, oh well, I don't think she said that right.

She's cold, always cold.

That's what she means.

Yes, but in my house, in my house, even though it only needs repairs.

It's not construction remodeled, nothing like that.

It's repairs.

So when they when they repair my house, my husband, I want to be living good.

And right now I've been living well over 40 years.

It wasn't it hasn't been that bad just for a while now, but I mean my husband has it warming there for me and everything, so I just need for somebody to give my chance to repair the house.

I told him, I said we could get a loan, maybe, because I've been offered a lot of loans, but I always tell him no, no, because I don't want to owe no money.

But in this case, I rather owe that money to fix my house and pay it in payments, you know, because I could afford that a little at a time yet.

Okay.

No, I just wanted to say too that um that my husband, he's he doesn't do no more work, but I mean he can't do heavy work.

He's got a heart condition too, but he can't do it himself.

But he's got his brother that works now.

The same thing, his nephews and all that.

They told him already that when he's ready and gets all the material, they'll help him.

He's got part of the material.

He just said he needs a little more, and he'll call them.

But we can't do that until see on the permit.

We didn't know about that.

At first, we thought it's only repairs.

It's not remodeling.

I was told by the colleague later, that's some advice.

They said only when you're gonna remodel and all that or construction, but not for repairs.

So that's why we didn't go see nothing.

Okay.

Anyone have any questions?

Let me ask you this.

Yes, sir.

You're on dialysis three times a day.

Yes.

You're you've got somebody in the house with you 24-7, correct?

Yes.

Somebody's around.

I'm I'm there Tuesday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday dialysis.

Today I'm supposed to be there, but I called them and told them I wasn't gonna go.

And the nurse said it's really bad for you not to lose your dates.

I said, I know, but I gotta go see about my house.

The concern we have, or I have is your safety.

Oh, yes, if something happens.

When you say ask my husband, how did they get me out?

My grand is just like throw me out the door, like from here to where she is, the door.

It's not that far.

He just hits me in the and he'll send me fast.

He tried it the other day.

Let me try and move you, well, so you see you're gonna be safe.

Because I'm always scared at everything.

He sat me and put me out, and then he came back in to see about as well, and my daughter was already getting it.

Our concern is your safety.

Point of order.

Anything else?

Point of order.

Yes.

The issue before us is the structure itself, and we understand your concerns, but we need to work on the structure and information that will help us understand the condition of the structure and the potential for the structure.

Okay.

No more questions.

Anyone else?

Thank you.

Um, our next speaker will be Rose Hill.

Also, I'd like to give my time from uh Miss Bobai.

She's gonna give me her time.

Um good afternoon, commissioners.

Um, my name is Rose Hill.

I'm president of Government Hill Lines Neighbor Association.

Uh just a little bit real quickly about who we are and what we do.

We're very active neighbor association.

Um this is not our first rodeo.

Uh we were just recently gonna have a cleanup in our neighborhood in January, but we had to cancel due to the weather.

Um our responsibility is to go around and we help those in need.

Um we have had a similar issue like this before in our neighborhood, uh, and we came in and we helped them.

Umfortunately, since February, uh we have not had a code officer come to our neighbor association.

Every month we have that those relationships.

I know we were short, uh, a code uh officer, and I know that the officers do a good job in our neighborhood.

We work together, we have a relationship, open relationship of communication, but I think somewhere here the communication got dropped.

If we had known this was happening, we would have immediately come in to help.

Because what's happened here is that you have somebody that's elderly, they're sick, uh, they don't have the nat lack of knowledge of resources, where to go, who to contact, how the city operates, what the rules and regulations are, what the codes are, we do.

Um I've been doing this for 40 years here at the city.

Um a civil rights uh act grassroots leader in the in my community, and I'm also uh over all the presidents in district two, and we all try to communicate and we all try to work with the code officers.

Here what I see is happening is um they yes, sir, there was a lot of trash in that neighborhood, and we hadn't got to that area because where they're very in the in the back.

So uh my apologies we hadn't got to that area.

But if we had known and had that communication of what was happening here, we would have already had them with an engineer, we would have already contacted.

We have people in our JB constructions in our community, we would have reached out to them uh to say these people need some help.

Um I think what we're I'm here today is asking for them to give not demolish the house because I think that that house is not demolition.

We have worse houses in uh government hill right now.

I have 802 Mason Street that's in worse condition than theirs is in.

We were able to have the city come in, they're doing foundation work on 802.

You can go back and research that one.

We had $50,000 uh raised in Government Hill, had that house with a brand new roof put on there.

Right now, those two people had been moved out so they could do the repairs.

Uh the daughter, uh one of the uh ladies is blind, the other gentleman is has problems work walking.

Uh my main concern here is yes, I see that there is some severe need and some severe concern there.

But you have people here that are that don't want to leave leave their home.

Is it safe?

Probably not.

But I think if we could come in, get granting us the association the opportunity to come in and do finish up the cleanup and come in, bring in, try to uh have get a meeting together.

We have a meeting actually Tuesday, come in and be able to say with the engineers or somebody, what can we do to come in and help these people?

Because right now the association is that's what that's what our responsibility is.

We care about our community.

And you have two seniors here that excuse me, that uh my heart goes out to them.

Um if my mother is 105 years old and she's still alive, God bless her.

But these people need help.

And so I'm asking that you uh not demolish in this house, that you give us an opportunity to get in there.

What we do, we have a reputation of getting in and helping and getting the job done.

So I'm not here to tell you asking you saying, give us, you know, we're we're we want to come in and help.

We will get the job done if you give us that opportunity and give us.

I want it I can tell you it's not gonna be 30 days, at least 90 days to get it get us in there to really get somebody to really come in and evaluate.

As I'm hearing today, I didn't see an engineer report.

I didn't see an electrical report from the city, I didn't see uh a roof uh estimate of roofs.

Uh you asked him what is the cost going to be?

That's a good question, because I think we need to go back and do an analysis of the entire walk the entire perimeter of the property, get a thorough analysis of what is that exactly going to be needed, get inside right away and clean that house up and help them so she can have uh Cali ACOG to fix that that uh ramp to get it fixed.

There's a lot of resources out there.

What's happening here, ladies and gentlemen, they don't know where to go.

They don't know who to talk to.

They I I commend the lady that was trying to help.

Uh, but I think still lack of knowledge and their age, they just don't understand.

They don't comprehend.

You can you can tell them to their blue in the face, but they just don't understand.

So I'm asking this to have some compassion today uh to not demolition that house, give us an opportunity.

If we do not cannot come in and fulfill within, say 90 days, come back with an actual report of what we've come up with and who we've contacted, then I could say let's demolish it.

But right now I say not don't take away their home.

Let's see what we can do to fix this and give us an opportunity.

Um code here, we work with them a long time, and I they have done some great work in our neighborhood.

I've worked with Santana in the past.

So what we're doing here is that um I just like I said, I don't know why we weren't contacted because if they and this happened since February.

So we're working in our neighborhoods diligently to constantly have helping uh our seniors in our neighborhood, those are our first priority.

So, like I said, I know that they got a lot of work and um God bless them, they do they're doing their job, okay?

They are doing their job.

But I think here is that we need to come together, code uh and us and the community, JB Construction is right down there in Sigreen Street.

If I call them and they come back in, I'm sure that they're will be willing to help uh do something.

But right now I'm asking you to give me an opportunity to come in with resources, uh evaluations and work with code to what we can do to preserve this house and help these people because I think that we owe them, they are the foundation of our community.

They were there before I'm I was born and raised in that neighborhood.

And um these people were there way before me, maybe before I was even diapers, but I think it's our responsibility to help our seniors uh and right now they need help.

So I'm asking you to sincerely take into consideration uh what we can do.

Um I speak by my reputation because I've done this before.

This is not my first rodeo, and 802, excuse me, 802 Mason Street is a good thing that what we did, the same situation came here.

We came to the city, asked them for help.

That house is even worse condition because the second the house is literally falling out.

What we did, we moved them out.

There's a container in front of their house, and then we moved all the furniture in there.

So now right now they're in the process of doing the foundation.

The roof has already been done.

So I ask you, please uh take that in consideration.

Does your association have the ability to clear the tax liability?

No, we do not, but we can we can we can definitely we have to have a fundraiser to help them some way.

I don't know what I don't didn't know that they were bad.

We don't have those kind of funds.

We don't as far as money is concerned, we cannot come in and uh guarantee that we're gonna come in to fix all the properties with money.

We can't do that.

But what we do have is we have resources and we have contacts.

And we can contact somebody that can come in and say um we you know would the construction company be willing to come in and donate some materials, and they know they are registered with the city of San Antonio, they know the rules and regulations, and they know whether they can do or they can't.

But we don't know that until we can approach them with giving them the permission and the time to come in and do it.

Do you have cash available immediately or do you have to go to the fundraiser uh immediately to We don't have we don't have any cash?

Our organization is not to come in.

Our our membership is based on our on membership dues.

So we don't have the foundation or the financial aspects to come in and help them fix that house.

But what we do have is we have knowledge, we have communication, we have no we know who to go to and who to talk to to come in and be able to evaluate the situation.

This is the first time that we heard this.

Had we had had more time back in February, I guarantee you by now they would be ha they would have had their house leveled, they would have had a they would have had a cleanup, they would have everything.

We can't what we can do is we can go in there right away and finish cleaning up all that needs to be cleaned up.

Everything you saw there within 30 days, I that I can guarantee you we can go out there and do because we've done it before, and you can ask the code.

We came in and we cleaned up a house a person that was living there was a hoarder, completely hoarder, and we we we provided the the the uh donations far as getting the trailer, getting out there doing the cleanup.

So volunteers, uh organizing, I'm good at that.

We can do that.

We can do that.

But as far as funds know, because we need to get out there, and if if if worse came to worse, we could plan a fundraiser, but to immediately say no, we have funds on hand, no, because we just found out about this about last week when we got the notification from the city.

Do I understand that you have an engineer available immediately to the other?

I don't have one.

No, I don't have one immediately, but we can find one because we do we have work with engineers in our within our neighborhood, and we have some engineers that live in our neighborhood.

So that's what I'm saying.

I I can't I can't promise something.

All we're asking is for time, um, a little consideration, uh, because we just found out about this.

Had we known more, I would have I would have been more than happy to have had uh an engineer report for you, sir, and uh been able to say yes, we can do this and the other.

All I'm asking you is that this is a this our organization, our neighborhood association is very well known in our community for helping and getting the job done.

And all I'm asking for you is to get have a little consideration for these people, give us some time to get in there.

We have not gone inside the house.

So I I I am retired.

I used to have uh uh remodeling business.

I I don't do that anymore.

But I what I do know is I can see what we can do to help them.

So I want to thank y'all very much for the opportunity to speak.

Thank you.

Um the next speaker is David and I'm sorry, I'm having trouble reading the last name.

Um the previous owner of the property.

Madam Chair.

Yes.

Uh the live stream has been interrupted.

Okay.

Uh due to internet issues.

And so uh I would rec recommend taking a pause until that is resolved so we can comply uh with our obligations uh in conducting uh open meeting.

Okay.

Um the time is 1209 p.m.

We're gonna take a short resource until we can get the internet back up.

Okay, and it is 1215 p.m.

and we are resuming uh our session.

We are still on Q15 Rollman Avenue.

The uh next speaker is Robert.

I'm sorry, I don't want to figure your last name.

That's okay.

Yeah, it's uh Robert McAtee.

Uh so yeah, good afternoon, everyone.

Uh you can adjust that mic.

No.

Thank you.

And if you can please uh state your name and the city council district that you live in.

All right.

So uh yeah, my name is uh uh Robert McAtee.

Uh I believe I'm uh Council 10, is that right?

Uh up north uh of Bear County.

And um I'm actually the owner of two level enrollment, so I am the neighbor.

Um I've had that property since about 2015.

Uh so I've had about a good 10 years of knowledge of what's going on in this uh neighborhood.

Uh so I'm advocating kind of for two things today.

Uh number one, you know, I know Mr.

Maldonado a little bit.

We've talked several times when I've been out there uh both in English and Spanish, so we've done a little bit of both.

Um kind of assessed the situation out there across these ten years, and um I think there's a couple of things going on.

Well, number one, you know, I had a similar situation with my grandfather.

He lived in his house till he was 84 uh when his wife when my grandmother passed away.

Uh he was unable to take care of the house on his own, and it just started getting a little bit worse and worse, and it didn't get this bad, obviously, but we came in and we got him out of there.

So I think number one, that's what needs to happen here.

It's very clear that even in his own words, both mentally and physically, they're not able to keep this going.

You know, and I knew him ten years ago.

So I've seen it slowly decline year upon year, day upon day.

So uh so number one, I think that's what needs to happen.

In terms of the property, uh, I am advocating for it to be demolished.

Um, I'm a licensed HVAC technician.

I've seen the property myself.

I've laid eyes on it.

Of course I have to do maintenance on my property.

It's in a very bad way.

Uh and it's been getting worse every single year.

Uh in the last couple of years, that new structure has popped up uh and it's expanded, or I guess I guess it was a shed.

Now it's a house, a second house behind the house.

And I think that's where we're getting some of the commentary about, you know, hey, my other options are too small.

I mean, they have probably, you know, half dozen people living there or more.

Um and so there's a lot going on.

Um so kind of moving forward here, um, you know, it's not a just a recent misfortune.

It's been a chronic years-long situation.

Um there's been some issues out there.

Um, you know, um I remember he had a boat stolen out of his front yard, uh, so it's been some crime.

I think there was a uh indigenate person found on the railroad tracks across the road, uh dead.

Um the whole easement's covered in trash, uh, both his and others.

Uh illegal dumping is going on back there all the time.

Uh so it it really is a a huge problem spot for that area.

Uh it was in it was zoned industrial for a very long time.

Now it's not.

Um so you know, I understand, you know, I I I'm I'm kind of really conflicted.

I was conflicted about even coming here because you know it's his property, I believe in people's property rights, but it's the city's easement, it's the neighborhood, it's the area.

You know, it's a tough thing.

It's a tough situation, and I'll just leave it at that.

But the the property is in a very bad way.

The structure is dilapidated, it's been expanded a few times on his own, and he's not able to do it anymore, you know.

And it's uh it seems brutal to say that, you know.

I'm saying yes, take them out of their home for 30 something years.

But at some point it is m is more cruel not to.

And uh I believe we reached that point here, both in the structure and in the family.

So uh that's what I'm advocating for today.

I know my time's up.

Really thank you all for letting me kind of bump up here.

Uh got to run back to work.

Um so thank you all.

Have a good day.

Uh and the final speaker, um Guadalupe and Maldonano.

No, uh the granddaughter.

They both have the same name.

Hi, good afternoon.

My name is Welleman.

Yes.

Okay, please.

Oh, date.

Okay, thank you.

Again, state your name and your city council district.

My my name is Guadalupe Maldonado and my city council district was 10.

Um I'm here this morning to be on speak on behalf of my parents.

I'm the um the daughter's owner.

Oh, the owner's daughter.

My parents are elderly and I and I know that they need help.

So I just want to ask for some time to think to get things up to city code.

The only ones that are living in the household are my parents and my son who is my mom's provider.

Um he's there 24-7 with her.

Um I didn't know about neighbors association until just now.

And what I'm asking is to please allow us to work with the neighbors association to get because they have the knowledge that we don't.

And resources that we don't.

Um I don't want to take too much of air of your time, and that's pretty much it what what I have to say.

Thank you.

Okay, um, did you want to say something else?

Dangerous premises officer Cynthia Santana.

Uh there's a couple of things I wanted to clarify uh for the board if I could.

Um when I first came across this property, I was a code officer.

And uh there had been an ongoing issue with the amount of rubbish and outside placement in the property.

A citation had previously been issued.

When I came, the property still wasn't cleaned, and I issued another citation to Mr.

Maldonado.

He did not uh appear in court for either of the citations.

And at that point, uh the city created a I created a work order for the city have the property abated.

We abated that property in February, uh I believe on the 19th.

Um this for you.

That abatement ran uh $1,956.

It wasn't much longer after that.

Um, once we got the property abated, that's when I saw the condition of the house.

I could see it more clearly because we had cleaned all the items that were stacked up around the yard and around the house.

Uh that's where the dangerous premise case began.

Uh it wasn't long after that that the property began to gather rubbish and egress issues again.

Um they had two trees in the front yard that were posing a threat to the structure and to the occupants.

Uh at that point we um we went to the senior assistance program and we got some money to take the trees down for them.

Um that came to $1,475.

Both those citations were $300, those were never paid.

Um when he says that we took things, I just want to explain the city had to abate the property to get it cleaned up.

You saw the recent photos, that's where we're at again after um having cleaned the property already.

Um as soon as we got in there, we understood that uh there was an issue with disability and an issue with elderly, and that's why we immediately signed them up for the hardship.

Um that was eight months, and during that eight-month period, no work was done on the house.

And the property began to be uh littered again with outside placement and rubbish.

Um it was only after the case was uh submitted for BSB that uh Mr.

Maldonado uh wanted to try to get things taken care of uh around the structure.

Um the work that he did, I just want to remind the board um there were no permits pulled for.

Um there was no stop work order, and there is no inspector.

Um no permit was ever pulled, so no inspector is coming to inspect anything.

Uh I'm not sure about the confusion with that issue.

Um we issued a notice to vacate and for good reason.

Um the safety and the the hazards that are presented to the occupants.

Um we've asked them to please leave.

Um because of Ms.

Maldonado's um medical condition, we did not cut the utilities.

When I dealt with adult protective services, I dealt with Officer Connor, and she stated that they have helped them get resources several times to get their utilities paid.

Um they also helped them get some FEMA funds that Mr.

Maldonado referred to.

Um Miss Guadalupe told uh Officer Connor that Mr.

Maldonado took the funds from FEMA uh that were supposed to be used to repair that bathroom, and he went and repaired some other home.

Um we have uh done what we could to try to get them into assistance programs through operation rebuild uh under one roof, and because of the taxes, uh we have been unable to secure them any assistance.

When I came with the warrant on January 14th, that warrant, uh nobody was home.

Uh but that warrant was only for the accessory structure.

We did not enter the home.

The only time we've ever been in the home is when the owners were present.

So I just want to ask about the the notice to vacate.

That was back on October 29th.

Uh what would be the next step here if the the occupants don't vacate the for us is to bring the the case to you.

And then the decisions you make from there would be the next step.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um can you refresh my memory and those who don't understand what hardship when you place them on hardship what that means?

We stop all um we stop all enforcement at that point.

Um we look for assistance for them.

Um we involve NHSC to also look for assistance for them.

Um we we looked at several different programs, and each time they did not qualify.

And hold uh um that is specific time, right?

It's not indefinite.

It's eight months.

And during that eight-month period, like I stated, uh no work was done.

Can it be well, I guess that would be asking staff.

Can that be done again or is it a one-time offer?

Uh it has not my been my experience that we do it again, especially since we've already issued a notice to vacate.

Madam Chair, can I just clarify this is Melissa Damita's deputy director?

Where it's a nine-month uh time frame.

My apologies.

Okay.

That's all right.

I'm just refreshing my memory and giving people who don't understand it.

It's the dilemma we have.

It can only go one time per case or uh the uh way the code is written is uh one time hardship provision for a maximum of nine months uh and uh limited to specific categories of uh persons.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

I am open to motions.

This is uh Joel Slace.

I'm going to move that the property located at uh 2011 ruleman uh is a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article.

Sorry to interrupt 215.

Yeah, take a mulligan on that one.

Sorry about that.

Okay.

Uh I'm with that the property located at uh 215 Rollman Avenue is a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, uh, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of City Code Chapter 6.

Article 8, Section 6-156, specifically for the main one, two, five, eight, twelve, and fifteen, and for the accessory, one, two, eight, twelve, and fifteen.

And eighteenth, sorry about that.

I thought I got that in there.

Uh, that the uh the property be demoed within thirty days, that it be vacated, the utilities be cut, and the property be secured.

I started the motion.

So I'm just gonna repeat this.

Um the order is that the property at 215 Bowlman Avenue is a public nuisance per city code chapter six, Article 8, Section 6-157, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156, uh, for sections on the main one, two, five, eight, twelve, and fifteen, and on the accessory one, two, eight, twelve, fifteen, and eighteen.

And for the property to be secured, demoed in 30 days and and cleaned.

And cleaned.

Oh, I noticed a vacate.

Vacated and cut the utilities.

Yes.

Thank you.

And we have a second from Mr.

Nelson.

Any discussion.

Kanda Miranda.

Aye.

Joel Solist.

Aye.

Elon Addison.

Aye.

Joy Nelson.

Aye.

Brian Andes.

Motion passes with a vote of 5 to 0.

If you have any questions, you can uh get with your code officer.

The next case up is going to be 1906 Texas Avenue.

All right, good afternoon.

Good afternoon, board.

Good afternoon.

For the record, my name is Brian Garza, Dangerous Premise Officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 1906 Texas Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 78228, 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.

No block number, lot 13, located in City Council, District 7.

The owner on record is Galvan Josephine, our estate of and Gutierts, Eva Marie, with a mailing address of 1906, Texas Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 7828.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The owner is present today for the hearing.

Does the board wish to continue?

Yes.

Contact was made with Miss Eva Gutiettis on one of the listed property owners in person and by phone.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on July 22nd, 2025.

The property is not eligible for historic designation.

The following is a timeline of events, including the notification process.

Building standards board packet was provided and signed by the occupant on April 2nd, 2025.

A notice to vacate was issued and posted at the property on April 25th, 2025.

An updated notice was mailed due to the change of ownership on May set May 7th, 2025, and a certified receipt was returned to the individual picked up by USPS on May 12th, 2025, signed by Jay Lada Jr.

A building standards board packet was provided and signed by the listed property owner, Eva Gutierrez on November 10, 2025.

On January 7, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 1906, Texas Avenue.

And on January 7, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner, and the certified receipt has not been returned.

On January 6, 2026, Miss Eva Gutierrez Adami access inside to obtain photographs of the structure that is being presented for today's building standards board hearing.

No scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers report has been provided.

As of today, as of today, January 8, 2026.

There is one permit on file for foundation repair for 1906 Texas Avenue.

The property has been cleaned and secured twice, once on April 28, 2025, and August 21st, 2025.

The property is within a thousand feet of Marin B.

Fenwick Academy.

CPS was disconnected on April 29, 2025.

Does have a criminal code history.

They only have one call for overgrown alley and a call for a call to the strike team that was found with no violation.

The photos that are being presented for today's photos presentation were taken on April 4th, 2025, December 8, 2025, and January 6, 2026.

1906 Texas Avenue is a single story residential structure, zone R4 built in 1942.

1906 Texas Avenue is in a neglected condition.

The exterior siding is missing, broken and deteriorating in certain areas.

The structure's roof system is weathered and worn.

The interior is up is unkept and unsanitary.

The ceiling has large cracks, missing drywall indicators, indications of water damage is present, and there's there are exposed electrical wires.

Facial boards are deteriorating and lack of weather protection.

The interior to the first accessory structure, the floor is unable to be seen due to the trash items.

There is missing and damaged drywall, exposing the wall studs and ceiling joists and graffiti is present.

Natural light is observed, indicating elements that are making the entryway of the pitch of the roof.

The second accessory structure is on grade.

Exterior walls are rotting and deteriorated.

The roof is damaged with holes.

The interior wall framing is fully exposed with signs of water damage, and the ceiling joints, ceiling joists are broken and deteriorating.

So this photo is the front elevation.

The hip belly roof system is worn and weathered.

Transit siding is missing in several areas.

The skirting is also missing.

The next photo is a close-up of the front elevations cement stairs showing entry through the front door.

This shows how much the foundation has sunk and has shifted.

Next one.

This is the left elevation.

It's weathered siding and rotted siding.

Also rotted window framing and window glazing is present.

The skirting is also missing all around.

It's a close-up showing how the framing was rotted and lacking weather protection.

Parts of the siding and window framing have detached and fell off.

Alright, this is the left rear elevation wall that is separated and detaching from the wooden frame.

Tree limbs have grown onto the structure.

Also the tree vines have grown up and down on the structure.

Alright, this next photo is a structure.

The rear structure that was demolished without permits.

This is the elevation, rear elevation.

The roof system is bowing inwards and weathered.

Siding lacks weather protection and debris shown in this photo of the rear structure that was demolished without any permits.

Alright, this is the living room walking into the main structure.

You can see the damage to the ceiling drywall.

A blue tarp and sheet metal was placed on the hole, and you can see debris falling out, including insulation.

This is another view of some of the this is another view, same room.

Walking in from the front door, you can see the ceiling is uh collapsing inwards.

This is the front right room dining room.

This photo shows cracks in the ceiling and the elevation drywall from the foundation damage of collapsing.

This photo is the kitchen.

The floor tile is loose and uneven.

Some of some has detached.

The kitchen door does not close correctly due to the shifting of the foundation.

The next photo is the same kitchen.

Shows the holes in the ceiling drywall.

You can see the wooden members exposed and the insulation falling.

This photo is the restroom.

Photo of the restroom, the wooden framing is exposed.

The floor has no covering, and a few tiles in this area are soft and spongy.

This is the same restroom, but showing the shower area.

The drywall's damage exposing the plumbing.

And there's no shower and no sink in that.

This is a close-up photo of the shower floor and wall.

You can see how the tiles fell off.

And you can see where the tiles detaching.

And there's no barrier between the sink and the flooring.

This photo is a right rear bedroom.

There are cracks in the drywall and ceiling running through showing from the foundation damage.

This is another view of the same room showing the multiple cracks in the drywall and on the ceiling drywall.

This is a photo of the rear left bedroom, multiple holes in the drywall, rotted window framing, and window glazing are present.

Electrical wires are exposed by the ceiling.

This is the same room.

Close-up of the damaged drywall.

There's a pipe coming into the room of the exterior, and that is not kept.

So this right here is our first accessory structure.

That's a wooden shed with a gable roof system.

The wooden siding is deteriorated and lacking weather protection.

The gable middle roof system is rusted.

The accessory structure sits on grade.

This is the front right elevation.

Showing deteriorated wooden siding, also lacking weather protection on this side.

You can see how the boards have detached.

The fascia boards are missing on one side.

And the structure is unsecured from the top area of that door.

Exposing the wooden members.

The drywall's also separated at the frame.

Trash and debris are scattered in this room.

This is a close-up of the roof system.

You can see the damage to the ceiling joists.

You could also see the separation of the drywall and at the top plate.

I mean to the second accessory structure.

This structure consists of a flat middle roof system with deteriorated wooden siding.

The front is covered with some kind of tarp to keep it from exposing whatever's inside.

They both left peacefully, and they knew that they weren't supposed to be there, but she said it was cold and she needed shelter.

This is the back elevation.

I couldn't get a good picture of it due to the angle and the closest of the fence.

Uh this is what it looked like from the interior past that tarp.

Uh once I remove the tarp.

Um, all the wooden members are exposed.

Uh you can see the grade, trash and debris are in there.

And that one's lacking weather protection as well.

And this is just a close-up of the middle roof system from the interior looking up.

You can see the wooden framing and the joist are completely rotted.

Uh to recap, the structures located at 1906 Texas Avenue are in violation of City Code, Article 8, chapters 1-156.

Subsections for the main structure are one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

Subsections for number one, accessory number one, are one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen, and subsections for accessory number two are one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen, in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects here and after are described to be deemed and pose a dangerous building or a hazard to public health, safety, and welfare, provided that such conditions of defects of dilapidation, substandardness, or unfit for human habitation, posed a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, or human safety staff recommends the demolition.

That concludes my presentation of 1906 Texas Avenue.

Any questions for the card officer?

You uh this friend, you stated earlier there was abatement.

Yes, you have a cost.

A cost on that was and how many times?

Or is that a total of all?

Okay, so the first uh abatement was 1,000 and 66, and the cost of the second abatement was 778 dollars.

Um both totaling the cost for both abatements totaling 1,844.

So as of today, uh no, that's it, 1,844.

What was the second one?

Uh 778, 778 dollars.

All right, thanks.

Um all the uh electricity and everything has been shut off, power, gas and all that, right?

Uh I think you mentioned that in there.

I know that one of them was disconnected.

The water was turned off on April 28, 25.

Yeah, and you said electric and the gas meter in the front didn't, it's no meter there.

Um correct.

The foundation in here it not permitted, or was it permitted in the it wasn't permitted?

So they just did the foundation work without permit.

They got the the permit, I think, afterwards, if I'm not mistaken.

Let me check my notes.

This was um foundation is being repaired with no permits.

Yeah, you recommend it.

You recommended on the 28, 26, 25 that they pull permit to do that.

Okay, it yeah, it talks about the permit in there that uh make sure that the worker that they that is done, and they are permanent, is pretty much what that says.

Um so they got it now.

There's a permit uh on it or no for the foundation.

I believe so.

I believe there is a permit now.

Current active, and that's the only permit that's been that's only permit.

So what didn't have permits was a demo for the the rear, the rear of the main.

Which is the debris that was on that one piece.

That was off of the house, right?

That was all connected to the house.

No permit.

No permits for that.

And the debris was still there or is it gone?

It was there when I was there.

Uh most of it was gone, but you still see like a lot of remnants from it.

So it wasn't completely gone.

Okay.

So the two sheds are still there.

Left and the rest of the house.

Yes, sir.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Yeah, can you pull up the map on the on the on the lot that had that shows the two accessories in the main?

So both of those accessories are still standing, or that the two accessories you're talking about in these demo orders are actually one of those accessories.

It looks like it's actually been split into two.

Is that right?

Well, half of the main in the back.

Like where the N is to the to the center, that area was demolished, and then we still have the two accessory structures.

So they're right in line with each other.

So this one is a little bit more accurate.

So there's your accessory one to the right, and right behind it is accessory two, which is that smaller for that like black sheet or plastic, whatever it was, vinyl.

So it was demolished was some of the main, some of the rear of the main.

That's we saw all that wood debris for that main.

So it just the plot diagram that was originally with our package, that's not right.

This is more accurate representation.

Thank you.

Has a copy of this updated one been provided to the board.

So meaning, no, they have the one that um presented on the screen.

Okay, if you could um if the board needs to see the physical copy, but uh a copy of this uh has to be included in the record.

So you're amending the new copy is what you're basically doing here.

Yeah, the old copy, you're amending it with this new version.

Correct.

Okay.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Um I believe the owners here uh Eva Gutierrez.

If you can please approach the podium and state your name and the setup council district 11.

Hi, my name is Eva Marie Gutierrez, and I carved the property in April where legally my name is on there.

But before I had been taking care of that house since 2018 when my aunt passed away.

And uh, but um we had the foundation lifted, so that's why there's no skirt because they had to go under there and stuff, and they haven't put the skirt back on because the inspector has to come out and the engineer has to come out and give the clear that it is done and correct and stuff.

So now with the lifting of the house, that's why you see all the the cracks.

And then uh Casa Verde came to the house last week, and they said that they had because of my disability, my income, that they could help me.

And he says they would do first the roof, then they would do the wiring of the house because it's the original wiring from 1942, and then they in turn would do the redoing the sheet rock, and they would uh put the insulation on the once the roof is done on the top, between the walls and under the house.

And then they would do what was it, the wiring, the insulation, the roofing, and the ten windows I qualified for.

So they said I'm in the list and stuff, and that's as far as I know.

That's as far as I have.

And on that second structure, that used to be a like a garage, but my grandmother would use it for her plants, and the structure behind it, it's attached, it's wall to wall.

That used to be her chicken coop, and that was back from the 60s.

So that's not something new.

But they did catch a homeless with her dog back there.

This document being presented is this from who?

From the city?

That is the permit or the foundation.

So you just pulled this permit.

Yes.

And the foundation work was already done.

No, what happened?

The gentleman doing the foundation said he was going to go under the house to clear all the debris on the there.

And that's what the when the co-compliance lady called me that she wanted to see the house.

I said, I'm not there.

I'm at a doctor's appointment, but go ahead and go in.

She says I see some guys under the house, and I said, Yes, they're uh cleaning out the debris.

But yes, that's correct.

They were there and the permit wasn't until January the second because y'all had like the holidays that we all were closed.

So they actually didn't do work, they were just prepping.

Yeah.

So no dug in and just remove debris and the siding and all that just to we had a flood, like the sewer line that runs between the alley had busted and it was all running through the house under the house and stuff, like um like this much water, and yeah, it was nasty.

So it drew like a bunch of trash under there because I kept figuring, how can all this trash get under the house?

But that's what it was.

So the foundation, they're just waiting on the engineer to come out and do the final engineer's report.

And you said who was going to help you?

Casa Verde?

Did they give you any documentation?

Well, all he gave me was like a paper, uh it's in that packet.

Uh paper saying the which companies would help me, the the roof and the people uh something called uh blueprint.

Uh the lady Barbara called me and said, Yes, your uh your application is in, and um so I'm just waiting.

Okay.

So nobody's gonna help you until the application is approved, correct?

Yes, until Casa Verde is going to be out.

I mean signed all the documents.

What was that again?

Casa Verder approved you, or you're waiting for approval.

But it's just um the ones that are checked off off that list are the ones that um will come out.

I talked to Barbara from Blueprint, and she says you're on the list, so we should be calling you in a couple of weeks to check your email.

I haven't received anything as of today.

So there's hope.

But it's I'm confused because you said you haven't been approved yet, but you're saying you have been.

No, no, I have been approved by Casa Verde, but then she gave me a sheet with different agencies, the ones that are circle, and I talked to Blueprint Barbara, and she says, You're on the list, just wait on the email saying that when we can come out and start doing it.

But the roof has to be done first before they can do the insulation and the wiring of the house.

And once they do, they'll put the insulation on the ceiling and on the walls and under the floor.

And I asked him, how do you do it under the floor?

He says, in between the studs, they run in the insulation, then with the chicken coop wire, they staple it to keep it up.

So that's why there's no skirting, also because they're gonna have to go up there and tear it up anyway.

So you got three companies out of a list, and you're just on a waiting list for the three companies to come in and do email, yes.

You know, you yeah.

So really you there's no through the approved contractor for the program.

Yeah, but they she can't even give us a date because they haven't given her one yet, which is one of the requirements is a timeline, and you can't have it because you haven't been giving it to you because well, what the gentleman from Casa Verde told me from that date, I had a whole year for them to complete the job, and I asked him, Do I get uh permits or stuff?

He says, No, we take care of everything.

Yeah, but in the board we can't give you a year.

No, no, no, no, that's what I'm saying.

What he said, right?

But I'm saying here we have to have a and you don't have that yet, so no, I haven't gotten the email yet.

So you don't even know when the guy's gonna come in and do so.

The timeline you don't have, we need yes, I understand and I don't want to inquire about the accessory.

Was there any work thoughts about working on the accessory?

They need the back shed and the chicken coop.

Well, they had talked about uh take tearing it down, the co-compliance and stuff, but um it's like I said that was sentimental because the back end was the chicken coop, and as a little kid I used to go get the chickens, um eggs and stuff, so it's like memorable, but it's the interior, it used to be like um like a car port or something, and then they covered it because she had her plants in there, but I mean I can take the inside part out, but the exterior the the roof and stuff to me it's the metal looks good to me.

Any other questions?

No, thank you.

You're welcome.

Okay, I am open to motion reset, madam chair.

I'll make a a motion.

I would like to reset this case until we get more information of how this is going to be done because they don't have timelines, we don't have timelines.

I would like to reset for the earliest.

Well no, then the most convenient because we can't reset it for the early next available next the next available session if that would be possible because we don't have enough information to but will we get will we get any information before that discussion with a motion?

It's a motion, uh yeah, and then we'll discuss it.

Do we have a second I'll second?

No.

Okay, discussion.

Will we get any of information in terms of timeline?

That that's the problem is they can't give her a timeline right now because she's on a waiting list.

We can't have a timeline, and if we give her 30 days, then there's a problem there.

Okay.

Um I would like to set it to where it gives the there are people there doing it, they just don't have a timeline for her yet.

Can I make a suggestion?

Yeah, yeah.

That's what discussion is about.

Okay.

Questionnaire council on it, uh, if I may.

Council, are we able to split the uh accessory structures from the main structure?

Uh because I have an opinion that the accessory structures are beyond feasible to be repaired.

Uh and I concern I I concur with Mr.

Anderson terms of the main structure, but can I split them?

Yes, you can.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Even for even for a reset on the main, we can reset the main and make an order on the accessories.

Yes.

The uh motion would be the uh reset main structure and uh repair or demolish accessory one, accessory two.

Uh that can all be in one order.

Okay.

And uh yes.

Uh my suggestion was well, I I guess I would want to spread me in the um do the same thing for the accessories.

We're in discussion, then you can make a friendly amendment after that.

After everybody's had a say, then we can go to the amendments.

Okay.

For this the main accessory, there's no need to issue a uh a notice to uh keep the house vacant or a need for secure.

It's already done uh in the and you can on an amendment, but mine is to allow them the time because they don't have the time, and we can't give them 30 days because once you lock a date in, then we are obligated to either demo it or it comes back here.

But yes, on the accessories and the and you can offer that in the amendment because I just want the main to be separate, and I didn't I overlook some of that other stuff, but yeah.

Um that all can be done as an amendment, but we're saving the main structure for right now until they get a date for us to get a date.

That's what I was trying to make if we're resetting it, re-resetting it, you cannot add conditions to the reset.

Is that correct?

Well, the uh you can add uh that it be maintained uh securely until the hearing but uh agreed uh reset uh can't uh require any terms except for the securing.

Okay.

Okay, and my suggestion was is some sort of documentation.

We need something, even just like the approval approval letter from Casal Verde or whatever, just something, some sort of documents, and that that's what we're resetting for is to obtain documentation.

Specifically, we're resetting for meeting the requirements of the three points.

Three points would be what is your scope of work, what's the money availability, and how much time do you need.

So those are the three items that we would reset for uh for the main in terms of of not I mean not that's not his initial motion, but as far as his motion on the reset, it would be those three points we must see on the reset.

Yeah, because if you look at your timeline, you have to have all that anyway, and we don't.

Right.

But also the engineers report could be added in there as well because they have to get that for the since they started the foundation, and all that can be in your and you're right, that could be added in there as well because I don't know if Casa will give us the financials.

I don't know if that's but we can get the rest of the letter and everything up because that said there were three people, and she's on a list, and they can provide us that information of approximate date or XYZ, whatever they need, and that that's fine with me.

I just wanted to make sure that we start this so we all can discuss the process of the other stuff we can demo.

That's fine, but the main structure we can secure in, reset, and then the documentation.

You can I don't know if it go to code or if it go, but that can be added in there, and then they can the staff can work that one out.

That's what's required to come here.

Yeah, okay.

But she doesn't get it because she's still on the list.

Okay, all right.

So repeat back the motion for me now.

My motion was to reset the main structure, and I'll just add everything so we don't have to uh amend is secure the main structure, um require in document from whoever is providing the uh probably from the individual construction companies, and and what was it uh Casa?

Is that right?

And and Casa's letter of a letter of intent and then the construction companies to divide to supply the documentation as the full list of what they're done and the cost, and that should come from the companies, not CASA.

Uh demolition of the two structures, uh one and two, accessory structures.

What was the other one you recommended?

That was two, right?

Secure demolition and then documentation.

That's right.

Yes, okay.

Uh is there anything else we need to add?

Okay, can you read it in actual order?

You didn't do the okay, yeah.

I'll read it, I'll read it in.

All right, yeah, because I now that I add that to it, I'll have to read it in.

All right.

Um, yeah, I got we're gonna start.

We're starting the same motion over.

Okay.

There we go.

Yes, uh, madam chair.

I'll um let me ask this since we've already put it on the thing for the reset.

Can I amend the because I didn't read in the the stiff yet because we were reset, but since we're gonna add the demo, I just read that into the record.

We have to go through the uh I would recommend uh for the vote.

I mean for the board to vote on the current motion.

Okay, so guess the uh it dies then uh do the second motion to include what you want to add.

Okay.

So um so we vote on the reset first.

No, we're voting on the original motion that you already gave.

Reserve on the second question.

We're voting on the first motion.

Okay, which was reset.

Well, that's what I'm saying.

We vote on that's it.

We vote on the reset first, and then the other you remote you'll re you'll make a new motion.

Yeah, we have to kill this one first before we can.

Oh, okay.

Okay, so there we go.

Okay.

That's okay.

So um I would say you know you know by uh unanimous consent all all in favor of or all of yeah, all in favor of the motion as is all opposed to the reason I because it's dead.

The reason I because it's dead.

It's dead.

Okay.

All right.

So the first one is killed for nay.

All right.

I um Madam Chair.

I motion.

I moved to I moved at the property located at 1906 Texas Avenue.

Okay, can we have the is a public nuisance per City Code Chapter 6, Article 6, Section 6157, which is which is feasible to repair the main structure.

And the the main is 1278.

I'm gonna stop you right there.

Since uh you are resetting the main, uh you take no further action.

So you don't need to uh make uh the oh so we're doing the demo on the yes, you just uh all you need for the main is it is to be reset to the next available hearing uh with what uh the documents and to keep it secured until then.

You don't need to go into the codes, nor do you need to make a determination at this time whether it is feasible or it is not feasible.

Oh, for the main, but I want to demo then I go into the code for okay.

All right.

Uh I motion that we reset the main structure at nine one nine zero six Texas Avenue to the next available date.

Date.

Um with the documentation from CASA from the construction companies working need to have the construction working, I can't remember the title.

Um need to have the list of uh repairs and a cost engineers report needs to be provided.

Is that all of them, right?

And and secure the main structure.

And that does it for the main, right?

Okay.

And to demo uh I I find that the accessory structures one and two are not feasible to repair and should be demoed within 30 days, and the accessory one, subsection one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen, and subsections for uh accessory two, one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

They are not feasible, and they present a safety hazard to life and property.

That's good enough.

Within 30 days of the demo.

Okay, let me let me read this back.

Um the motion is to reset the main structure for the next available date, um, as long as the property remains secure or to secure the property um and uh provide required documentation.

Um the order is for a 30-day demo for accessories uh one and two, um, both of which have subsections one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

I second.

It has been seconded.

Any discussion.

Can we have a roll call vote, please?

Kayla Miranda?

Aye.

Joel Solis.

Aye.

Yvonne Addison.

Aye.

Dwayne Nelson.

Aye.

Fred Andes?

Aye.

Motion passes with the vote of five to zero.

Awesome.

Uh, any questions?

Get with your code officer.

Okay, our next property is 1902, Fairwell Drive.

Farwell.

Farwell.

Thank you.

Fairwells too.

Good afternoon, board.

Good afternoon.

For the record, my name is Hassan Alazawi.

I'm a dangerous premises officer with City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 1902 Farwell Drive, San Antonio, Texas, with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Article 8, Chapter 6.

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

Legal description is NCB 1318 block 4, lot 6, located in City Council District 1.

The owner on record is Welch Troy Glenn with a mailing address of 1106 was West Aguarita Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 78201.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The owner on record is present today, Mr.

Welch Troy Glenn.

Does the board wish to proceed?

Yes.

I have maintained contact with the property owner, Mr.

Welch Troy Glenn in person and over the phone.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on June 5th, 2025, the property is not eligible for historic designation.

The following timeline of events regarding the notification process.

Notice was claimed on November 20th, 2023.

On January 7 2026, the notice for BSP hearing was posted at 1902 Farwell Drive.

On January 7, 2026, the notice for BSB hearing was mailed to the property owner, Mr.

Welch Troy Glenn.

Conference meeting letter was mailed on November 26, 2025 to the property owner, Welch Troy Glenn.

Conference meeting was held at the property at 1902 Farwell Drive on December 4th, 2025.

BSB packet has signed and provide a copy to the property owner.

No scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineer's report has been provided as of today, January 22nd, 2026.

No permits on file as of today, January 22nd, 2026.

The property is within a thousand feet away from uh Jackson Killer Elementary School, located at 1601 Jackson Killer Road, San Antonio and Texas, 78213.

The photos are being provided for today's presentation were taken on January 14, 2026.

The first photo showing the front elevation of the structure, a single story residential structure with slap one grade foundation, combination of brick and wooden siding with gable roof system with asphalt shingle covering.

The siding is weather worn with some holes near the main entrance door.

The next photo is a closer view for the front elevation.

Smoke damage to the front entrance door.

The overhang is fire damage.

The next photo showing the front left elevation of the structure.

The siding is weather worn.

The overhang is rotted with smoke damage.

Some part of the wooden siding towards the left elevation of the structure is fire damage.

The next photo showing the front-right elevation of the structure.

The wooden siding is damaged and missing in some areas, with fire damage to the overhang and the window.

The next photo showing the right rear elevation of the structure.

Excuse me.

The wooden siding is damaged, missing, and weather worn, lack of weather protection, the overhang, and the facial board is fire damage.

The next photo showing a closer view to the wooden siding with a large hole exposing the interior to the elements, also showing some damage to the bottom plate.

The next photo showing the rear elevation of the structure.

The rear siding was missing due to the fire damage.

It was secured by the city.

The gable roof system is rotted.

The overhang is rotted and fire damage with some graffiti.

The next photo showing a closer view to the wooden column that is supporting the rear porch covering.

It is extremely charred and fire damage.

The porch covering is charred and fire damaged.

The next photo showing the left rear elevation of the structure.

The wood siding is damaged, missing in some areas.

All windows are broken.

The overhang and the facial board is fire damage.

The next photo is from July 6th 2025 when the property was abated by the City of San Antonio contractors, showing the rear elevation of the structure.

The whole siding is missing.

The next photo showing the living room.

The wooden members are exposed.

The ceiling covering is missing damage.

Visible natural lighting from the siding and the roof system.

The roof decking is fire damage.

The next photo is a closer view to the decking.

Ceiling joys are smoke damage.

The ceiling rafters are chart and fire damage.

The ridge board is damaged, visible natural lighting exposing the interior to the elements.

The next photo is another angle of the decking showing the damage all the way to the other side of the structure.

The next photo showing the first room on the left side upon entering the structure.

The wooden member exposed the sheet rocks is missing and damaged.

The ceiling joists are exposed and smoke damage with multiple holes with natural lighting visible.

The next photo showing the next room towards the left side of the structure.

Broken windows with some trash.

The sheet rocks are missing and/or damaged.

The ceiling covering is missing.

The next photo showing the other room towards the left, the left rear side of the structure, visible natural lighting exposing the interior to the elements.

The sheet rocks are missing and fire damage.

The next photo showing another angle of the same room.

The ceiling joys are rotted and smoke damage.

Ceiling covering is damaged and missing.

The sheet rocks is missing and damaged.

The wooden members is chart and fire damage and visible natural lighting exposing the interior to the elements.

The decking including the ceiling joist and rafters are chart and fire damaged.

The next photo showing the hallway towards the right side of the structure interior.

Large hole towards the lower corner of the interior siding.

The sheet rocks is missing and damaged with scattered trash and debris.

The ceiling joists are smoke damage, the ceiling covering is missing.

The next photo showing the garage area.

The sheet rocks are damaged and missing in some areas with some graffiti.

The next photo showing the decking area of the garage.

The rafter, ceiling joys, and the ridge boards are charred and fire damage.

The next photo showing the other side of the garage, sheet rocks are missing.

The next photo showing the main entrance of the main structure.

The sheet rocks is missing, damage, and fire damage in some areas with some scattered trash.

Smoke damage to the right and the rear sheet rocks.

This is a single story residential zoned R5 built in 1960.

The main structure has sustained major interior fire damage within which included.

The main structure has sustained major uh interior fire damage, which included the gable asphalt roof system, the rear exterior wall has suffered major fire damage, and wall section is missing in some areas, as it's seen throughout the structure.

The rear exterior wall has severed suffered major fire damage and wall section is missing in some areas.

As it seems throughout the structure.

The decking and the ridge board suffered suffered severe fire damage with uh separation allowing visible natural lighting, exposing the interior to the elements.

Interior ceiling covering and sh uh sheet rocks is damaged with missing sections.

Structure also has broken windows throughout.

Bottom plate is exposed and it seems to have uh some rotted areas prior to the fire, electrical system exposed, and seems to have damage and missing in some areas.

To recap, the structure the structure located at 1902 Farwell Drive is in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6-156, subsections one, two, four, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen, in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects, hearing after described shall be deemed to be dangerous building and hazard to public health, safety, and welfare, provided that such conditions or defects of dilapidation, substandardness or unfitness for human habitation, pose a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolitions.

That concludes my presentation of 1902 Farwell Drive.

Does anyone have any questions?

This is Fred Endis.

The abatement cost was how much the abating uh the abatement cost, it was $2,263.

And that was the background area, right?

Yes, sir.

That's the only abatement that was done.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

The next one is on um 6 4 2025.

An email was sent to VB VBP and to OHP.

OHP responded back.

Did B B VBP respond back?

Yes, sir.

So due to the new ordinance, the the OHB review has completed, like uh prior to that, when when after I I have assigned to the case.

So to the due to the new ordinance, any property that OHB review completed before September 2024 needs to be re-reviewed.

So that's what we did.

We send a new email with updated photos to Office of Historic Reservation to make the re-review.

What about BBP?

Vacant it stands for vacant building program.

Right.

What about them?

Did they respond back?

They both concurred that the property is not subject for vacant building program, nor uh uh have it like a historical.

Yeah.

And they they say deconstruction is not required on OHP.

Okay.

So they got it back because I didn't see it anywhere in the notes that vacant building program had got back to you.

I didn't see that anywhere in the notes.

It may be, I just didn't see it in there.

But you did send an email in the uh they did get back with you on that, okay.

And no vagrants.

I I mentioned it in my uh outlines at the beginning.

Okay, I may have missed it.

I was reading.

Uh so there's no vagrants going to this place, right?

There is no what I'm sorry.

Vagrance going to the place?

It was in the past.

I I was working closely with the property owner.

There was also uh before June uh June 6, 2025, there was an R V that was occupied by uh individuals.

I was working closely with the property owner.

He actually complied the the RV is no longer on the properties.

So at the at the beginning, we're our uh we were taking the structure with an accessory structure because we were treating the RV as an accessory structure because it's not self-propelled uh vehicle, it's just uh a camping RV.

But uh the good news is the property owner complied and the RV is no longer there.

All right, thank you.

Yes, sir.

Okay, um thank you.

And uh there's only one person signed up to speak.

Uh the owner, Troy Wals.

Um first of all, I I wanted to apologize uh to the community for letting my house become uh a nuisance for the neighborhood and my neighbors uh was never my intention, but it that is what happened, and so I have a responsibility and shame for that.

I originally had planned on one moment.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Yes, he concentrated.

Thank you.

Okay.

Okay, continue.

So I originally had planned on repairing the house.

I mean, uh the sheet rock and everything, it was just down on the floor.

So I um had that most of that taken out while we could.

We got a um a dumpster and filled it up and uh got what we could out of there.

But um a couple of extenuating circumstances as far as why this has gone on so long.

Um, I I've I've had physical issues for a number of years, but um I had a I was in a car wreck in January of 2024, and um uh unfortunately that led to uh two spinal surgeries.

I had one um August uh cervical fusion, August of uh 2024.

Um and but unfortunately that my symptoms in my legs just kept getting worse until finally they figured out that the uh the wreck had um had uh uh snapped uh my second lumbar fusion uh at the L3 to four uh and then over a period of months the process the that's the screws and everything, hardware all got loose, and so it was just getting worse and worse.

Um was gonna have surgery originally as early as July.

Um that got post postponed back and back because of my insurance is just was just uh crawling on it.

So I didn't end up having the surgery until September 26th.

And um and in fact um uh Officer Hazan um I guess called me um not too long before the surgery, and um that's when he told me that uh he had uh submitted uh the house for uh demolition and he gave me this date.

And my my response to him was um uh well I sh I should uh it's been in my intention for over a year now to just sell it.

I don't have the means to to uh repair it anymore.

And um uh but I told him I thought uh I could have the house sold before this date or at least have it under contract.

Um and originally I uh wanted to sell it to the next door neighbors, they really wanted to buy the house.

Uh three generations living in under one roof, and they wanted to get the house next door so they could get out from underneath their parents.

Um but uh unfortunately they they just ended up in having the means to do it.

Um but um so um and then I had the surgery I've this was my third lumbar fusion, and and uh the the prior two I had bounced back pretty quick and I figured I'd be up and around within a month or so and I could take action on this and get it rolling, and it it just didn't happen that way this time.

Uh I woke up from the hospital and I had horrible nerve pain, and they say this happens sometimes that you know decompressed nerves and just go crazy, and and that's what happened.

So I was pretty much just bedridden for two months and really couldn't do anything.

And um I did reach out to one uh company that expressed interest in the house several times, and uh he he did look at the house, but unfortunately it gave me a really low ball um offer.

Um so uh one thing I wanted to do was uh I I have a the summary from the uh the fire uh damage assessment report.

This was uh done by uh Officer Flores, uh his badge number is 115.

And um what he said here, and and I think this is important to understand, um most damage is to the back wall of the home, and a few trusses look charred.

A few trusses will need to be replaced, no plans need needed for submittal, but will require an engineer's uh letter for trust repair and observation.

Notice a few charred wires through the residence along with some plumbing.

The remainder of damage is mostly smoke damage throughout the house.

Please note at the time of the inspection the walls were gutted, uncovered, floors and ceilings were mostly removed.

Um did you want to set up?

Um and the the reason why I want to say that is that uh the majority of of the the actual uh framing um is is still usable.

So I wanted to sell the house, and anybody buying it, it's gonna have to be a flipper, somebody with with financial means that knows what they're doing.

And because it's gonna be a whole redo.

But the frame does have a lot of value.

And that's what he said is that just there's just the back end trusses in the kind in the middle that have damage, and then of course, all along the the edges, the eaves, and then the back and about two-thirds of the back wall.

And then there's um there's a little bit of damage to interior wall, uh, interior framing uh on the bathroom.

But the rest of the house, the framing is still in decent condition.

There might be yeah, there might be a few places where there's some rotted wood that has to be replaced, but but this the structure is still sound.

Um the house is secured at this time.

Um that little hole that was in the kitchen, I've already closed up, and um I can show you a picture of that.

Uh I I just put uh some plywood in on the inside.

I actually didn't do it, I had a friend help me with it.

I held the flashlight.

But there's two pictures here as that's from the outside and that shows on the inside.

So it's nailed up there.

And I intend to get my son or my friend to go ahead and put another piece on the outside, but I hadn't got to that yet.

Um over the course of the last year or so, I've I've had lots of people contact me, either through mail or text or letters, whatever, um, interested in in the the house, buying the house.

These are these are all people that are for the most part um flippers.

And um I saved those just in case, and I made it uh uh a list here uh of 20.

There might be a few more, but these are ones that I had could kind of uh uh accumulate together and for your listing.

But my my intention if of course it's all uh contingent on whether or not y'all grant uh an extension on this is to was to have an open house on the the property uh on Saturday, February the 9th, weather permitting, and contact all these people, call them and um let them know that I'm gonna have it for open for inspection and let them know what the situation is with the house so that anybody that does come out uh will knows what they're getting into and knows that they they need to to be able to move on the house.

Um I have uh personal liabilities that uh are attached to the house.

Um the the abatement um and then some back taxes, and then I have some judgments that personal judgments, but my understanding is those will have to be taken care of.

Um here's this before title can be transferred.

Um and um these were um unfortunately um uh credit card uh that that went the link went back uh about five years ago when I got real sick.

And um so the property as it is now with the the house and uh the framing um intact uh I I think it's it's a quarter acre lot, it's it's it's it's it's a decent neighborhood, and I think that I I could should be able to get enough okay.

Um I don't did y'all want to personally see these.

I made some copies.

No.

Okay.

All righty.

Um but with with the the house uh framing intact, uh I think that I could get an offer enough to take care of my of the of the what needs to be paid to get the title transferred in somebody else's name.

Um that's not only what's best for me, but I think it's what's best for the neighbors because if y'all go ahead and demolish this house and just leave a slab, um it's gonna be hard to find somebody that's gonna want to be you know uh take that on to build a new the framing and and and start a house off.

It just I'm not saying it I couldn't do it, I'm just saying it makes it a lot harder financially, and it's it's and it's it's most likely that that the slab's gonna sit there for a while.

Um I don't and I just you know I'm I've been paying down these these judgment debts, but um it's still substantial amount.

Um I will say that um I was a little surprised when Officer Hassan told me that the house was gonna be up for demolition.

I had I kind of got bounced around on co-compliance officers.

There were at least three.

Um Officer Hassan kind of came in late to the game.

Uh but for la last year I I was doing my best to comply with everything that was asked of me as it was being done.

The abatement that happened before that happened, um I had a um 30-cubic yard uh rolled away dumpster brought to the house.

And um and another thing is I have uh had a um the the the the problem he was talking about with the vagrant, whatever that was actually a um uh a strange mentally ill son of mine uh that had uh just started squatting on the property.

It took a long time to get him out of there uh because he had squatters rights, so I actually had to go through eviction process, and from the time I started to finally get him out of there by him getting arrested, it was several months.

And um, but I that was something that the previous co-compliance officer told me I needed to do, and um and so I I worked on that, and then he had I was told that um I need to get the backyard cleaned up.

So me and uh a friend and one my youngest son went out there one day, and this is when this a strange son is there, and he's he was hostile.

Um had to call the cops twice to get him to leave the property while we were cleaning up, but we spent all day cleaning up the backyard.

We didn't get it spotless, but we got Mr.

Welch.

Uh this is the uh uh legal.

I just uh uh uh ask that you stick to uh what it is you're asking the board for.

All right.

Uh specifically so that uh the board can take action.

Uh my point was just that I I've done my best, and and also I have uh I had done the the trespass authorization for the police department so that that you know if somebody goes on the property they have access.

Um so I tried to do whatever I could, but I the last two years, like I said, have been really rough on me physically, and then also dealing with the the sun problem, and he he did a lot of damage to the property.

So what I'm asking is an extension to give me enough time uh to find a buyer for the house as is, um and and um and get get uh get the time to find the buyer, get the house um closed, and then give that new owner at least enough time to uh get started on it, you know, uh a building permit and everything.

And um that's that's what I'm asking for.

Any questions?

I got one for clarification.

The first sheet that we saw, who is Officer Florida or Mr.

Flores?

Flores?

It didn't seem to be.

He's a a fire inspector uh with the co with the co code uh compliance office, I believe.

I had a hard time finding the right office to do that, and but well that's why I asked because I didn't see anything on there to fit fire department or anything.

It just is the fire department, it's co it's it's some of it's one of a department of co-compliance.

It's kind of weird.

Uh it's really hard to find on the internet.

Um Sir Um Madam Chair, we don't have anyone that does fire assessments within um the DSD.

That would be the fire marshal's office.

So our code enforcement team wouldn't be doing that, just to clarify.

It's uh it's an initial S and then Flores badge number 115.

Yeah, but at the top I didn't see like from whatever, but that that's the clarification.

No, I don't need to see.

I just wanted to know who was.

Okay.

I I uh like I said, I had a hard time finding them too.

Okay.

But this was his this was his uh report.

And Mr.

Welch, you talked a little bit about having uh some time to find a buyer uh to settle some of the financial.

Can you give me an idea of what kind of financial issues you're expecting or you needing?

Well, I have uh liabilities of about 27,000, 26 to 27,000 that have to basically come out of proceeds.

And so I just need uh I know originally I had hoped to don't explain it, just 27,000 was the answer.

So that's fine.

So basically I was what I wanted to do was get people there, get bids, take the high bid that could that had uh the resources to to do it, and uh and then you know pay pay uh pay what I needed to pay just to transfer the tile.

It has to be done.

I don't have the money to do it.

I have about $500 a bank, you know.

In the in the previous attempt to sell, uh you had indicated that it was going to be a next door neighbor.

And what was the final uh well, the final outcome is obviously they decided not to.

But what was the primary concern causing them to back out of the just didn't have the money?

Okay, so it's they couldn't get the money up front.

We originally, you know, over a year ago it they talked about buying.

I had had an offer from this one guy uh said he would pay $80,000 for a house, and this is at least a year and a half ago.

And uh and the market has softened.

But um uh and then I told them and they asked if I could take anything less, and I said, yeah, I'll you know, I'll I I go 75 for you.

And uh they kind of acted like that they thought they could do that, and um and then later on we started talking something about maybe doing some kind of financing, but this this made that impossible.

I mean, it's just uh I I realize there's no way that I can you know finance the house.

It has to be it has to be transferred to someone who has the means to get the house uh restored, and it has to be done fast, and they they just can't do it.

Uh the other guy that I had had uh actually went out to see the house.

I mean, he's the one who originally had said he would pay me $80,000 for the house, and then he came back with uh a bit of of 20, and so I we you know we parted ways.

Um the lot itself is worth 40 plus, you know, it's a quarter acre lot.

It's kind of unusual for that neighborhood.

And you were asking for time.

Talk to me about time.

How much time do you think you would need to be able to do it?

I think a minimum of 90 days, but if I could get 120, that would be better because that gives the new owner enough time to get them themselves, you know, get get going on the house and before they have to report back with information about what's getting done.

I assume the for the first thing they would have to do is just get the structure outside structure uh compliant and then you know be the most important thing.

But I uh I I'm sure these these flippers are this is a lot of them they this is old news to them, and they've they've done this stuff before, they know what to do.

But I think a 90 days a minimum because I mean if I sh if I have an open house in two weeks, you know, we're talking about three weeks at least for a contract, and then closing with the with these things I have to clear off could take um uh easily a month.

Your total input, however, is to sell to somebody as is, and then all the requirements for them to come in.

These are flippers.

They're all they're all you know, some of these are you know the the ugly house people and there's some of these are pretty big people, some of them are not.

Um is uh a guy that is a neighbor on the street.

Mr.

Voss.

Yeah, go ahead and to uh the request for the board.

So your request is uh requesting 90 days to uh sell the property.

Yes.

Um it's becoming repetitive.

So the house is secure now.

There that um I mean Office Hassan can tell you there's been no one in the house in the last few months.

There's no signs of anybody getting in.

And yes, I know there was that hole, but I don't think anybody ever went in through it because there was just no signs of anybody being in there since since we had done cleanup work in the house.

We um there we you know, I had uh two two um uh um rolled away dumpsters, you know, uh last year at the property.

One was in April to clean up before that abatement had to be done.

Unfortunately, my my son sabotaged that and then the other one was uh was in um I guess August or after after he was out he was a taken away uh you know removed from the house and we taken uh got the um the travel trailer and a boat taken out and everything.

We cleaned up the whole back the back the the outside of the house now there's it's it's there's nothing there.

I even had okay, I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Any other questions?

Everybody wants to go home.

Yeah.

Is there anything pertaining to the action you want us to take that you want to add?

I'm I'm asking for an extension on your decision for demolition for for at least 90 days.

Okay, thank you.

And um, like I said, uh, we'll take any offer that's will allow me to do that.

I just at this point, I just you know don't want to be sitting on a a lot that uh and then and then not be able to to sell it uh just be stuck with it.

Okay, thank you.

Madam Chair, yes.

We did receive one public comment that we will be reading into the record.

Okay, go for it.

Good afternoon.

Thank you for notifying us about the item on the BSB agenda.

Our office is familiar with this address and would like to provide some background information and context.

Since 2024, our staff has made multiple attempts to communicate with the owner's son who has resided on the property.

During this time, neighbors contacted our office with concerns related to animal care services and code compliance.

At that time, the main structure on the property had sustained fire damage, and the son of the primary owner was reportedly living in a shed on the premises.

In August of 2025, a criminal trespass notice was signed, and the son was removed from the property due to ongoing reports of threats towards ACS personnel, lack of property maintenance, uh accumulation of trash in the backyard, and homeless activity that negatively impacted neighbors' quality of life.

Although the original BSB hearing was scheduled for November, it is our understanding that the property owner began cleaning up efforts, which resulted in the hearing being rescheduled to this month.

Neighbors have consistently reported concerns about this property and primarily related to ACS issues and assess of trash and concerns that the structure was unsafe.

Please let us know if any additional information would be helpful.

Best district one.

Who was that to sent the letter?

Um it was yes, from Allison uh Martinez, City Council, uh District One.

On oh, received on Friday, January the 16th at 4 p.m.

Okay.

Now I am open to motions.

Thank you, Secretary.

Oh, okay.

Thank you.

Madam Chair, I move that the property located at 1902 Farwell.

It's a public nuisance for city code chapter six, Article 8, Section 6-157.

It is feasible to be repaired at this time.

It is in violation of City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-156.

Uh subcodes for it.

It's 1245 78, 11, 12, 15, 70, and 18.

That we should allow 60 days to sell the property, and if not sold, then the building would be demolished, and the property would have 60 days after sale to be repaired, otherwise to be demolished in 30 days.

Okay, and we repeat that.

The motion is that the property at 1902 Far Well Drive is uh a public nuisance and is feasible for repair at this time and is in violation with subsections one, through four, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

Uh the order is sixty-day to sell um the property, or it goes up for demolition and sixty days after uh the change of ownership to allow for repairs.

That's correct.

Correct.

Okay.

Do we have a second?

I don't think we can do that.

I second.

This is Yvonne Addison.

Okay.

Now counsel.

We can't order a repair and uh and say that we're allowing somebody 60 days to sell the property, correct?

Uh what your uh the the board is uh allowed to order such.

Uh what you're basically doing is uh providing for a total of 120 days for the property to be repaired, and uh and if I'm not mistaken, uh board uh member Nelson stated if it is not sold in 60 days, then it is to be demolished.

Okay, any other discussion.

We'll have a roll call vote.

Kayla Miranda, aye.

Joelle Solis.

Aye.

Evan Addison.

Aye.

Dwayne Nelson.

Hi.

Fernandes.

Motion passes with the vote of four to one.

You can get with your code off, sorry.

And we're we're done with your case.

Thank you.

Um the last.

Um the last case.

Thank you for being so patient.

Uh 2707 Morales Street.

This is probably the longest meeting I've evernoon, board members.

For the record, my name is Bregarian Bledsoe, Dangerous Premises Officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structures being presented today are located at 2707 Morales 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 2221, no block number, lot 11A and 11B located in City Council District 5.

The owner on record is Tell Yes Miguel Angel with the mailing address of 2707 Morales Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78207.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

No one is present on behalf of this case as the board wish to proceed.

Yes.

Contact has been made with a Miss Maria Esther Patran, who stated she was the owner's sister.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on May 15, 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 2707 Morales Street was conducted on February 15, 2024.

An original notice was mailed on February 15, 2024, and the certified receipt was unclaimed on May 3rd, 2025.

A pre-board conference hearing was scheduled on May 26, 2025, in which no one attended.

On January 7th, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

On January 7th, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 2707 Morales Street.

No scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers' report has been provided as of today, January 22nd, 2026.

No permits have been obtained as of today, January 22nd, 2026.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken on December 2nd, 2025 and January 12th, 2026.

Picture presentation consists of a single story, main and accessory structures in dilapidated condition.

Here you can see the front elevation of the main structure where you can see the worn and deteriorated wood siding that does contain smoke damage on the upper portions.

This is a view of the left elevation looking from the of the main structure, looking from the rear to the front, where you can see the skirting is also missing at the bottom.

Continuation of the worn deteriorated wood siding with smoke damage on the upper portions, and you can see the rotted wood members at the overhang area at the rear.

This is a view of the rear elevation of the main structure where you can see the structure is resting on grade on the left side, and there is a large crack in the attached uh porch floor surface, the concrete porch floor surface, and you can also see that the missing wood and remaining wood is charred with smoke damage, and those porch columns are shifting to the right.

Going back to the left elevation, this is a close-up view of the shifting post where the beam is separated from a beam and a pier uh under the structure, and also the post on the far left is deteriorated.

It's kind of hard to see in that photo, but on the far left it is deteriorated.

Still on the left elevation.

This is a different view of the foundation where you can see uh oh, sorry, we're not there's a case.

Uh you can see the use of wood for shimming where that pier is sinking into grade.

Going back to the right elevation, you can see a close-up of the roof that is sagging um with the uh rusted metal covering.

Same elevation, close-up of the lifting metal coverings on the roof.

Also, you can see uh the rafters are charred in this area.

This is a view when you first enter the structure walking slightly to the right.

You can see the deteriorated wood siding that is charred with smoke damage, and also the smoke damage roof decking that is missing in the middle.

Same spot looking up.

This is a better view of the smoke damage ceiling decking that isn't missing in the middle.

And you can also see the rotted and uh deteriorated uh rafters and sealant joists a little bit better.

Walking to another room further into the main structure.

This is the floor surface that is completely covered by leaves due to the large hole in on in the roof.

Uh, the walls are missing in some areas, and the remaining wall is charred with smoke damage.

Looking up in the same area, this is a view of that large hole on the roof that is allowing an outside elements.

Turning to the right, uh, this is a view of the rear of the main structure where there are holes in the wall on the left side, and charred charred siding, rafters, and ceiling joists.

Walking further into the structure, this is a view of the deteriorated wall, siding and ceiling uh wood members.

Also, there's holes in the wall at the rear, which are allowing natural light in that window area.

This is just a view of the bathroom area where you can see the deteriorated floor surface and the walls, and also there is a hole in the floor surface where the uh wall intersects with the floor near the toilet on the right side.

Walking further in this in the structure and looking up, this is a continuation of the worn and deteriorated walls.

There's also another hole in the roof with worn wood members.

This is a room that is closest to the front elevation of the main structure.

You can see the floors are completely covered with debris.

I was unable to put my level two down due to the fact of the amount of debris accumulation of debris on the structure to see how uneven it was, but it did feel uneven.

Uh, continuation of the deteriorated and smoke damaged walls, and also hole in the ceiling, which is allowing in the natural light at the top.

Turning around, looking at the rear of the structure where I did enter the uh main structure.

You it's just showing the debris on the floor surface and the hole in the ceiling.

And this is just a view of the kitchen area where you can see there are some there is some charred wood siding on the left, smoke damage wood cabinets over the counter.

Exit in the main structure.

This is a view of the front elevation of the accessory structure, which is further to the rear yard on the property, where you can see deteriorated wood siding, the wood the and also worn and deteriorated facial boards, and the roof is sagging in the middle area and missing on the far right.

This is the right elevation where you can see a continuation of the wood siding that is worn and missing, um, that is deteriorated, better view of the roof overhang with the missing roof covering and detaching wood members.

This is a view of the real elevation, just a continuation of the worn and deteriorated siding, and also a continuation of the roof covering that's missing.

This is the left elevation where the wood siding is bowing outward or at the on the at the rear on the bottom, and the roof covering is missing on this elevation.

Here is the view of the interior of the accessory structure due to the accumulation, the large accumulation of debris within.

That was the furthest that I can open the door, but it does display where the entire roof surface, I mean roof um decking, the roof is missing.

That is exposing just the cover to missing um the wood members in that area.

And this is just a better view.

I was able to stick my hand in a little bit further just to get a better view of the uh missing roof.

This is a single-story residential structure zoned R4 and built in 1919.

The property is located within a thousand feet of Irving Dual Language Academy and Crockett Academy.

The rear exterior wall under the roof pitch and the and near the rear door is charred.

The exterior wall in this area is missing, and the remaining wall is detaching with holes.

The fascia boards at the rear are charred along with the rear porch overhang.

The attached rear porch contains rotted and charred studs.

The rafters and ceiling joists are charred on the interior.

The interior, the entire floor surface is covered with drywall, trash, debris, and garbage.

There's also an accessory structure that contains a sloping roof system that is completely missing with exposed wood members that are deteriorated and detached in some areas.

To recap, the structures located at 2707 Morales Street are 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 and accessory in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects hereinafter 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 pose a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition for the main and accessory.

That concludes my presentation of 2707 Morales Street.

Anyone have any questions?

Well, that's a first.

No, no, no.

No, it's right.

Thank you so much.

I'm open to Madam Chair.

I moved that the property located at 2707 Morales Street is a public nuisance for City Code Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-157, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time, and is in violation of City Code Chapter 6.

Article 8, Section 6-156.

Subcodes for both the main and accessory is 125 78 11 12 15 17 and 18 that the property, I mean the buildings be demolished in 30 days.

You can secure it.

Okay.

So the emotion is to demo in 30 days.

Yes.

Okay, I can go ahead.

So the address uh 2707 Morale Street is a public nuisance.

Per chapter city code.

6, Article 8, uh, section 6-157, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6, 157, subcodes for the mean 125, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

And for the accessory, one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

And to be demolished within thirty days.

Okay.

Do we have a second?

Madam Chair, this is Fred Anderson.

Okay.

Any discussion.

All in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Aye.

Passes.

Is there any administrative items?

No.

Okay.

So by unanimous consent, we are adjourned.