The San Antonio Building Standards Board met on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 9:05 a.m. under Chair Dwayne Nelson. The board heard three dangerous-building cases (resets from February 5, 2026), received a staff report on emergency demolitions, and welcomed new members. The meeting recessed from 10:38 a.m. to 10:47 a.m. and adjourned at 11:07 a.m.
Okay. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The time is 9 05 on 7 May 2026. The San Antonio Building Standards Board will come to order. My name is Dwayne Nelson. I'm the chair for this morning's meeting. If we could, let's have a roll call, please. Joane Nelson. Present. Paul Hernandez. Present. Doris Elise. Robert Benke. Here. Fred Andes. Here. Ryan Baldwin. Dr. Fazal Hussein. Here. Also present in the meeting from the City of San Antonio or Civita Ray from the City Attorney's Office and from Development Services. Jenny Ramidez, Interim Code Enforcement Administrator, Melissa Garza, Administrative Assistant 2. Estor Tees, Development Services Specialist One, and myself, Judy Kroom, Development Services Specialist Supervisor. Chair Quorum is present. Thank you. The City of San Antonio provides translation services for anyone who may need that translation service. Let's have the translation of that offering. Good morning. Buenos días a todos. Thank you. We would like to welcome Dr. Faisal Hassan to the board this morning. He will be uh observing the practice for the building standards board. Uh, in case you wonder why he was not vote on everything, the board goes through some intensive training. He has not completed that training yet, so he will be observing what we actually do in a public meeting. Uh a quorum is present as we stated, please sign your cell phone or any device that may disrupt this public hearing. No person shall delay or disrupt the proceedings or disobey the orders of the chair. If you wish to speak on the case, you'll be allowed three minutes. However, an owner or owner's representative will have unlimited time. Please keep all information relevant to the property in question and the code violations. As advised prior to this public hearing, the city will provide translation services for anyone needing assistance. It is our understanding that you have made such arrangements as advised in your notice of hearing. Our expectation is that you submitted the required documents prior to this public hearing. Your responsibility as a property owner or lienholder of a dilapidated structure case is to demonstrate the following. Number one, provide the required documents. Discuss your detailed scope of work with a cost of each item outlined in order to bring the copy the property into compliance to the satisfaction of a code officer. Number two, submit the required proof of financial ability to pay for proposed work and discuss feasibility of repair depend upon monies at hand. And number three, request the amount of time needed to complete the work. All abatements ordered by the board shall be enforced. All work proposed must be done within code regulations with required permits prior to commencement of work.