Are you ready?

Good morning.

Welcome to the Building Standards Board.

My name is Kayla Miranda.

I'm the chair of today's session.

The time is 9 09 a.m.

Can we have a roll call?

Kayla Miranda.

Here.

Joel Solis.

Present.

George Grimes Jr.

President.

Dr.

Linda Lopez Rodriguez.

Yvonne Addison.

David Valpieta.

Jamie Little.

Present.

Brad Andes.

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

Arcevina Rye from the City Attorney's Office.

And from Development Services.

Danny League is interim assistant director.

Kathy Rodriguez, development services administrator.

Jenny Ramides, interim code enforcement administrator.

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

Chair Accormis present.

Can we please have that statement?

Good morning.

Thank you.

As previously stated, a quorum is present.

Please silence your cell phone or any device that may disrupt this public hearing.

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 case is to demonstrate the following.

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.

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 persons present to solicit or pedal services regarding any property under consideration by this board during the course of this public hearing as per city code section 16-236.

Thank you.

Can we have a motion on the minutes?

We already did it.

We already did it.

This is Joel Slace.

A motion to approve the minutes as written.

Do we have a second?

Second.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say nay?

Motion passes.

Um the time is now 9 14 a.m.

on May 14th, 2026.

The building standards board will recess from 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 9 27 a.m.

on May 14th, 2026, and the building standards board will now reconvene in open session.

No official action was taken in the executive session.

We'll go now to legal for an announcement.

But I just wanted to make everybody aware that uh that is the new policy in regards to uh allowing concealed or holstered weapons into open meetings.

Okay.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

We didn't have anything from stock.

Okay.

So our first uh property will be uh 2781 West Jet Road.

Good morning.

Go ahead.

Good morning, board.

Good morning.

For the record, my name is Stephanie Sanchez, Dangerous Premises Officer for the City of San Antonio Development Services Department.

The structure being presented today is located at 2781 Westjet Road with the recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code Article 8, Chapter 6.

This case is a reset and the second time being heard before this board.

The legal description is CB 4189 P-1 P-1A P-1B ABS 157 South Side Study Area 3 annexation located in City Council District 4.

The owner on record is Ross Phillip M with a mailing address of 1006 Hallbrook Road, San Antonio, Texas, 78218.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

Mr.

Philip Ross is present on behalf of the case.

Contact has been made with the owner in person and by phone.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on March 12, 2025, that the property is not eligible for historic designation and no deconstruction is required.

The first inspection regarding 2781 West Jet Road was conducted on January January 24th, 2025.

Original notice was mailed on January 28, 2025, and the certified receipt was returned claimed on January 30th of 2025.

On March 6, 2025, a conference meeting was held with the owner present.

On January 29, 2026, the notice for the original BSB hearing was posted at 2781 Westjet Road.

On January 29, 2026, the notice for the original BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

On February 12, 2026, the original BSB hearing was held with a reset order for accessory number one.

On April 28, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner, and a certified receipt is pending.

On May 1st, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 2781 Westjet Road.

On May 5th, 2026, a warrant was executed to obtain photos that are being presented today.

At this time, no scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit has been provided, or an engineer's letter has been provided as well.

As of May 13, 2026, there are no active permits on file for 2781 Westjet Road.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken between January 24, 2025 and May 5th, 2026.

Here we do have an original photo from my original inspection on January of 2025.

This is the front, which is also the south elevation, as well as the right and the east elevation.

You can see that there is metal framing.

Items in the interior ground level are visible.

This is also another photo from January of 2025 with the south and west elevations.

You do see the metal framing with the top level service deteriorated.

At the time of the inspection, the structure was not secured.

Photo from January 2025.

This is towards the rear of the left of the west elevation.

This is a ground level balcony or patio.

There is no safe walking surface that was able to enter further onto the structure.

There are wood poles that are charred.

Next level towards the rear metal frame.

On the next level above, the metal frame is twisting and sagging with signs of rust and oxidation.

This is also another original photo from January 2025.

This is the interior surface and the interior walking surface that is present.

This portion is from the east elevation.

There is no safe or stable walking surface at the time of this inspection.

This is also from January of 2025.

This is a viewing point of from the west elevation, showing the different multi-levels and different stories that are present.

We are moving forward.

This is photo is from March of 2025.

Here is the south and east elevation.

Notice that there are circular domes that have been attached to the upper levels.

Items on the east wing balcony, metal frame and panels.

This is also a photo from March of 2025.

This is the rear ground level balcony patio on the west elevation.

Still, there is no safe walking surface.

The charred poles are still present as well as the middle frame has signs of rust and oxidation.

Directly above the metal frame has been warped.

Metal frame can be seen twisting with signs of rust and oxidation.

The charredwood poles are continuing to extend forward or upward.

I'm sorry.

Here we are according to current time.

This photo was taken May of this year on May 5th of 2026.

This is from the front right-of-way of the property.

You can see, which is from the south elevation.

The structure is extending past the tree canopy line.

This was the most safest entry point.

Here we are following up with a close-up to the south and east elevations.

There are additional items that have been added to the elevations.

There is a car that was placed on the east wing balcony.

Behind the dome, there is a gap.

There's gaps and holes where you can see the lighting coming through.

Also, please notice that there are a bunch of pallets and items that are blocking the access to the structure.

Here we are going under the east wing balcony.

There is some warping and sagging that is in the metal framing cover and the cup wells.

Excuse me.

And the covering with rust and oxidation present.

Here we are going towards the rear of the east elevation.

There are some windows that have been added.

There is a yellow extension cord that is wrapped around some of the metal framing that is supplying power to lights that are were currently on at the time of inspection.

This is just a view of the upper level with some water damage as well as charring to the wood members that are present.

There is missing covering and multiple holes.

Does show signs of rusting to the supporting railings.

Here is the ground level from the south view.

The fence panel is restricting entry into the structure, which can also be a concern for ingress and ingress in case of fire or in case of panic.

This is the view of the most west elevation I was able to obtain due to the overgrown vegetation and items that are throughout the property.

Pallets have been added above as a subfloor support on the overhanging extension.

The above ground level, the upper level has holes and missing covering.

This is the west elevation viewing towards the north.

There's a little bit of brush and debris present.

The charred wood poles are still present, as well as the metal extension toward the rear is warped and sagging with rust and oxidation.

This is the viewing point of the interior of the structure from the west elevation.

There is still no safe walking surface present, no subfloor floor covering, and there are also some items and debris present.

The stairway towards the rear also does show signs of rust and oxidation.

Here is a better view of that metal extension that is warped and leaning with signs of rust and oxidation.

This is the topmost level that is metal railing that is leaning and has signs of rust and oxidation.

This is a part of the interior photo for the second level and above that is above ground.

There is damage and deterioration to the subfloor and covering, deterioration, deteriorated items and metal, deteriorated items and metal coverings that are coming through the metal members, which pose a potential threat to fall.

With the staircase, that is next to the up going to the next level, showing signs of rust and oxidation.

Here is an aerial view facing the north taken by SAPD's Raven Drone Unit from March of 2025.

Notice that there are a large amount of items that are accumulated throughout the property.

You can also see directly behind the property to the north, is Medina River and Medina River Greenway Park Trail is visible.

Here is an aerial footage, again taken of January of this year in 2026.

This this footage is taken from viewing from the south.

Here we do have the aerial view of the east elevation.

There is you can see the vehicle and large barbecue pit and grow and other items that are placed throughout the second level from the ground.

Windows that have been added.

The top level has multiple wood pallets, sheet metal, metal metal wire mesh, miscellaneous debris.

Toward the northwest, metal members are warped and tagging towards the south.

Metal framing has signs of rust and is listing into the structure.

There is a stair stairway leading up to where the sign is currently placed on the front elevation.

Here we do have the aerial view of the north elevation.

There's a closer view of the third level from the grain, the north area where there is missing covering and a large hole.

The west wing balcony is visible from with a missing covering.

Aerial view from the west elevation, which a better view, you can see the west ring balcony that is present, and then the large hole on the upper level.

And then here's just an aerial view just to show how close a structure is and where it was built to Medina River.

And here we do just have a screenshot of the floodplain map showing part of the structure that was built in a floodplain zone.

Accessory number one is a multi-story structure consisting of telephone poles, sheet metal, vent piping, box slid, railroad, railroad rails, guardrails, and staircases.

Foundation appears to be wood utility poles and metal members.

Framing consists of welded metal members with minimal bolts visible.

There is no roof system and no siding present.

Evidence of fire to the interior of the structure, framing and floor and subfloor.

The subfloor and walking surface is non-existent and making entry inaccessible.

Concern for safe for surface hazards are present.

Several metal members are warped and twisting with rust and oxidation.

Extension cords and string lighting are visible with active lights on.

Structure is exposed to the elements and wildlife.

Currently, access into the structure has been restricted with miscellaneous material, metal gate, and fence panels.

To recap, the structure located at 2781 West Jet Road, are in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6-156 subsections for the accessory are 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 herein after described shall be deemed to be a dangerous building and a hazard to public health safety and welfare, provided that such conditions of defects 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 property to be cut and cleaned and removed of all items, debris and brush, and for the property to be secured and stay secured.

That concludes my presentation of 2781 West Jet Road.

Anyone have any questions?

Okay.

That is put up wood, brick, whatever.

To include this metal structure.

What's required for a protection against rust?

I do not have that information, sir.

We did well.

You can't have it exposed to weather.

It has to be some type of barrier, correct?

So primer.

Correct.

For most structure, we do require any weather proofing to help prevent against the elements.

And yes, and doesn't have that.

Not to my knowledge.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Madam Chair.

Yes.

Um, is there electrical service to this structure?

There are um active CPS meters on the property, um, specifically from where they are coming from directly.

I have not been able to locate.

Um, there is one that is closer towards the east of the property, um, where there is the meter box located, but directly to this structure where there is a um the utility box or electrical meter for this structure specifically, I have not been able to locate.

Okay, can you see it on the Joel's place?

Let me just clarify regarding the electrical power there on the property.

Are there any uh tie-ins into those electrical panels from anything?

Not that I've been able to see or to know there is electricity on the property, um, there is an extension cord, but I was not able to follow it to see exactly where it was coming from, if it was underground or already existing within the structure, but there is active electricity at the property.

And regarding the structure itself, is there any bonding at all or earth grounding of the structure?

It's very difficult to to get through to see.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll hear first from the fire department.

Um Robert Westbrook.

Um please state your name and uh the city council district that you conduct business.

That we're conduct business in.

Yeah.

Oh yeah, the fire, so everywhere, okay.

Yeah, I was like, one through ten.

I'm sorry about that.

We did the rest.

Robert Westbrook, uh division chief, uh, office of the fire marshal.

Um we conduct business throughout the city of San Antonio.

Any questions or did you just sort of a general presentation?

So if you can, I don't know who's controlling it.

If you go back to roughly one eight, one eighteen, one nineteen.

It was a photo of the entrance on this one we entered.

It's one eighteen.

Yeah, okay, that that one right there.

So what I'm trying to do is paint a narrative of if the fire department shows up to this property, right?

And so this is during the daytime, but imagine if it was at night.

So even if it was during the daytime, this is what you would see.

Um limited entrance, especially for the size of a fire apparatus.

Um, and so narrow, and it's on a sort of a gentle but uh declining area.

So once you get through this gate, if you could, it's gonna go to a decline, and then you're gonna come to the structure maybe 10 20 yards up past this gate if you fast forward, maybe 120.

Yeah, that one right there.

That one will do.

So uh, first when I say a first end unit, we'll probably go in there trying to identify the problem, a situation size up.

Uh but based upon that structure there, and the officers I talked to at fire station uh 50, which is the nearest one to Toyota, um, when there was a fire there, I've approximately 10 years ago, maybe a little bit longer, they went defensive.

And by defensive, they just said they um assess that that structure was too dangerous to enter and navigate around.

When I accompanied uh the uh building code inspectors there, I think approximately two weeks ago, there was difficulty navigating in and around this structure.

There were materials, I don't want to say debris, but there were tires, uh logs, building materials all around the structure that made it very difficult to navigate.

So if there were a life safety issue there, it would be very difficult to sort of navigate, save an individual, and or put out a fire, and so this it would be a lot of concerns here from a safety standpoint from a fire from a fire officer standpoint.

Any questions?

Yeah, this is fair end.

Uh, we see it one third.

Your explanation is is now we can see an aerial to get into that gate at night to try to fight a any fire in that area, would be hazardous.

Yes.

If you have to get more water, you would have to find a hydrant.

Correct.

Because you don't have the pumps to pull out of that river, correct?

Out of out of that river, um, no, I don't fire station 50.

To my knowledge, and I uh Chief Bennett may be able to allude to this or speak on it.

I don't think they have the pumping capacity to come from Medina River all the way up into the structure because they would have to go behind it.

However, I do think on our computer aided dispatch, if there is a fire hydrant along that main road, we can tap into that system and it will provide water, and you can sort of shoot water onto the structure from the street if there's a nearby fire hydrant.

But you also have to look at everything around there, and I'm like it'll be looking at the top of the picture, especially to the left.

Yes, sir.

Oh, yes, sir.

Well, essentially, so the on-seen fire officer will assess the whole, I'd say the whole property, and so you would have to take in consideration wild land issues, brush, uh debris there.

I think there were some tires and debris.

I hate to say debris, I'm seeing materials over to the left side of that structure.

So the the fire officer is he's supposed to assess the whole entire property, right?

All hazards, all risk assessments uh that will endanger his firefighters, you know, on that scene.

So he would say, Man, there's a lot of materials and debris over to the left over here, and so it would be a very defensive fire and our rescue.

So this would be known as fuel to the fire.

All of that debris, all of those, yes, and then it goes to trees that are there's a bunch of dead ones in there.

Or at this time the picture was taken.

I'm not sure when this one was, but anything that's going to fuel that fire once it gets going is gone.

It will be gone.

We will have difficulty putting it out with the that's on scene, man.

It's heavily brushed, trees, undergrowth.

That's there's a lot of fire fuel there, yes.

Yeah, and then it will go from property to property if it's not contained.

I would like if it's not contained, yes, sir.

All right, thank you.

But can you zoom in on this picture?

Um I can zoom on my computer, I don't know if you can.

You can't.

Um, if you could if you can zoom in, anyone can zoom in.

You see that it's almost impossible to walk to the left of the structure.

Like you can't get through that if there's a fire, correct?

Correct.

Once we you once you get once you go through the gate and go down, maybe about 10 12 yards.

Um, I think there was a photo that she put up there, like to the left.

Um, yeah.

Right there where there, it's very difficult.

There are like some logs or boards that are stacked up.

There's like some metal machinery that's there.

The ability for the average firefighter to sort of navigate without risking injury is um, that's gonna be very difficult to do.

That's the main structure.

I'm not even talking about the rest of the property.

Okay.

Okay, any other questions?

Okay, thank you.

I mean, let me do a follow-up here.

Okay, you guys did an assessment.

The fire department did an assessment with co-compliance.

Yes, I went out there myself with co-compliance.

Now, some of the structure that blocks the bottom.

So, and technically there's really only one way into that structure, correct?

Which would block you in if that area got blocked.

Yes, from my yes, which would be looking at it would be right at the um get my little toy here.

Would be right in here.

Yes, that's the clear path.

Now, all this, if I remember right, there's a fence that's right next to.

There's a fence and the gate.

I think there was a picture in there there with a gate that precluded sort of entrance into that bottom bottom floor.

So if you're doing anything in here, and this starts coming down, that actually blocks the only way out, correct?

Yes, that could be dangerous, which goes to the uh safety in the structure.

So it's an egress in, and maybe not an egress out if things go wrong.

If things go wrong, correct.

There is the if things go wrong, and I would hope a fire officer would not put their firefighters in that situation.

But yes, if things go wrong, things are gonna go so when you were assessing the tower, you did not climb on it, you did not allow you visually inspected the tower.

I visually only, yes.

Is it the only safe way to do it?

I don't know if there is a safe way to do it.

I mean it was done safely.

I did not get injured, but um from my viewpoint trying to navigate around, you're gonna you risk um uh twisting the knee, an ankle, getting injured, just walking around.

I mean, you have to step over some.

It was a hurdle just to sort of go to left to right.

Uh I was unable to get to the uh what we would call the sort of the charlie side, the back side of the structure, the one that faces the river.

Um big slope.

Yeah, the big slope.

That's it's I can say it's very dangerous trying to go in and around that structure, much less trying to climb up to if you have to rescue or anything else.

And there was a burn pole there uh from years back, and that pole is still there.

I would imagine it safety-wise should be removed to some extent, but yeah, there was some inside it too.

Um on JPEG 136.

Now we talked last time about the uh flood we zone, yes.

On this one here, is this a current flood or is it an old flood zone?

Because I know they did the new ones this year because of the stuff that happened in Kerville.

This is dangerous premise officer Stephanie Sanchez.

I did update this map to um what showed.

I'm sorry, I did update the floodplain photo last week.

So this is as of last week that I got off of the website, okay.

So this would like so chief, um in this aspect here that also adds to your firefighting capabilities as well, correct?

Your floodplains the flood plane adds to our firefighting capacity.

It it restricts your firefighting capacity.

Oh, that yes, it does do that one.

Um, if during the rainy season, if it's marshy, it restricts your ability to navigate, yes, yes, sir.

Uh so with the slope the way it is in that front drive down, you may not get a truck in there at all.

I don't think a fire officer would actually try to get a fire truck in there.

It's the it's gonna be narrow one, you've got to try to get water, right?

There's just gonna be a lot of hurdles.

It would put firefighters in danger in order to get an apparatus down that slope.

Yeah, I don't think a fire officer try to fight a fire hoping that that slope doesn't give way of the weight of whatever.

Exactly.

So that also in in when you did your inspection, it was a it wasn't very rainy.

So you don't have that, but you do have that in the back of your mind, all of the other aspects that could happen.

Yes, a good fire officer, and I met the uh captain uh biocar out there.

Uh most fire officers are trained uh to sort of assess the whole situation, so yes, um terrain, uh water capacity, um ability to find a fire, ability to rescue.

They're trained to basically do a situation size up within the first you know 30 seconds to a minute uh being on scene.

All right.

Thank you very much.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, I can just follow up.

Is there any um I want to say uh permit for occupancy of the building itself, the structure?

Not that I'm aware.

There's no um so occupancy is done by the developmental services, um, but there are no permits that I'm aware of from the officer of the fire marshal that allows them to construct a construct that he's there's no permits on our behalf, no.

Yeah, last time we we had this case, we we knew that uh children were allowed to uh run through the facility through the building.

In that situation, how would you deal with that of having to do a life safety operation on the structure itself?

Would you call that inherently dangerous to do?

I would call it dangerous.

Um the fire department is equipped.

We have we have Fire Station 50, we have technical rescue.

We do have the capacity if need be to rescue somebody from that structure.

I'm just saying it would be extremely dangerous to do so.

So we do have the capacity.

Um I think you don't have to worry about that one.

We will get the job done, but based upon the structure and the um we don't know how well it's constructed.

I think that would be a big concern.

So we would probably call it a technical rescue and get the job done.

We would have to bring resources from how far is fire station 50, um not fire station 50.

Anyway, from a different side of town.

So regarding buildings that um you move forward, especially these with the fire that are structurally unstable.

How do you go about condemning a building so that no one goes into the premise?

That it's inherently dangerous.

We do have this office of the fire marshal does have a um a dangerous premise structure sort of policy, and so what we would do is go around and go visit the structure with our safety department, um, the office of the fire marshal, developmental services, and determine that it is dangerous, and then we would put like this sign on it.

It's like a anyway, red and white sign, it essentially says it's a dangerous structure, do not enter.

That's what we would do.

The office of the fire marshal does have that capacity to do so.

Um, that's how we would label it as a dangerous structure or unsafe structure.

I think is our policy says an unsafe structure.

Thank you very much.

Okay, thank you.

Um, our next speaker is also the fire department.

Uh Chief James Bennett.

Good morning.

Chief James Bennett with the uh San Antonio Fire Department Office of the Fire Marshal.

Um, as part of uh our overarching um purview within the Office of the Fire Marshal, we also uh conduct inspections and investigations.

And so one of the things that concerns me is the uh the lack of security on premise.

As you mentioned, there might be children in around the structure from neighboring areas, uh, who uh you know could be injured as a result of of playing on the property, but also um as children often do experiment with different things.

So the fire that occurred there, I can't speak to the the origin or cause, um, but you know, the structure itself poses an inherent risk to anybody in and around it.

Uh, if we were to be called out to do whether it was a rescue or an investigation into this, um we have we have a risk assessment that we would we would uh expect our uh investigators to to run through, and and this would not be a structure that we would probably enter.

Um, and so I just want to reiterate what Chief Westbrook has said already.

Um I don't want to rehash any of that, but uh just to add to the complexity of this uh our main point is to ensure that uh you know any individuals that were inside, trapped, hurt uh in and around the building were rescued, and that uh our responders also would not be uh um additional victims to to the structure.

So uh unless you have any other questions, I don't have anything else to add.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Was there anyone else from the department?

No.

Okay.

So we have uh Joanne Rivera.

Please approach the podium, state your name and city council district that you reside in.

Um Joanne Rivera, district two.

Okay, you you can just pull it down a little bit.

Yeah, my channel.

Your voice isn't a note.

There we go.

Okay, okay, go ahead.

I I would just like to address this.

Um this was originally county property, not city property.

When the city annexed it in, they annexed it as it is, as it still is, and as it was.

There was a fire back in 07, I believe, but I personally, I'm 69 years old.

I've been all over this.

I walked on it, crawled on it, climbed through it, been all over the property.

It's an art structure, it is not a building per se like this.

It's not a city convenient building, it's not a home.

It is a structure made out of metal.

It has been inspected after the fire.

I believe those documents were presented to the city back then, after the fire.

But I think there's different ways of looking at this.

You're talking about children running through.

It is rural.

There is absolutely no neighbors out there.

There are no children.

If someone goes onto the property, they're then trespassing because they shouldn't be on the property.

There are signs everywhere.

It is a difficult rural property.

It's at the edge of the river, so it does have a steep decline.

You can't easily drive through it.

You can walk into it.

I just think you need to look at this differently because it's coming across that it's a building.

It's not a building conventionally.

There's no sheetrock.

There are no, there's no ways to be closed inside the building.

Would it be difficult if there was a fire to get in?

Even if it was a perfect building, it would be difficult just because of its location because of the terrain, natural terrain.

It's almost impossible during a raining season to drive down in there.

You'd have to access it from the road.

The debris and things like that, I think it's a funny thing because when it was county, nobody cared about that road.

Garbage was dumped everywhere.

Mr.

Ross came along and started cleaning up the road, and then he decided to turn trash into treasure and make it into art.

And then it then it gained, I guess, publicity because it would became an art wall.

But it was really people's garbage.

Your neighbors who decided that they could just take it and dump it on Jet Road and nobody would know because the county didn't care.

And it's so far out on the city.

The city didn't really care either.

So you had one person who came along and started cleaning it up and turned it into an art project.

So basically, it is a structure, not a conventional building.

I mean, it is an art display that says a lot of things about people turning their trash into treasure, turning other people's trash into treasure, and into making it something somewhat beautiful.

You may not think it's beautiful.

A lot of people didn't think the booths outside of North Star Mall were beautiful.

That was junk art.

So it's all in how you interpret it.

Those are the kinds of things I think we should look at too.

Not just that it's it's not conventional, it's not in a neighborhood, there are no children, there's no playground, there's no school.

There's literally nothing out there but farmland and then the Toyota plant.

Now it seems like CPS, and there's some development going on somewhere further away that people that bought all this rural property out there are now having to deal with what they consider to be unsightly issues like CPS power lines and things like that.

But when it comes to this property, again, I've been all through it, even just recently, I've walked all through it.

Um, and I don't think anybody would go in there thinking it's a playground.

It's not.

It is an art structure.

It's made out of steel, it survived a fire.

It was cleared by an engineer after the fire, and you guys should have that report from way back in 07 or 08 when that was done.

Um, building hasn't changed since then.

So I hope you reconsider some of your ideas about this property.

Thank you.

We'll now hear from Philip Ross, the owner.

Please approach the podium.

State your name and city council district where you reside.

My name is Philip M.

Ross, City Council 4.

I'm the owner of the property.

Uh some of you may remember or not that I was here a couple of months ago on defending my property rights and advising you as a landowner, not as an attorney, that you don't have the legal authority to condemn this property under the current procedures that are set in place for a review of any decision you might make or order you might make, ordering me to demolish my property because it's a nuisance.

Um I was educated at the University of California at Berkeley before I left California receiving a bachelor's degree.

I came to Texas and I got a law degree from St.

Mary's University.

I spent 34 years practicing law as a sole practitioner, and a significant portion of my practice had to do with property rights as well as civil rights.

Some of my first cases were uh condemnation statutory condemnation cases against my property, and clients of mine by the city of San Antonio.

I successfully defended those condemnation cases, recovered substantial amounts of money as damages and expenses, and it cost the city about a million dollars to try and take my property unsuccessfully for the proposed Apple White reservoir 40 years ago.

It seems like it needs to be about the code violation.

We've had this discussion last time you're here.

I'm telling you what you need to know about this situation, not conforming to what you think you need to know.

We need to know about the code violation and the property.

And if you could stop interrupting me, this will go a lot quicker because I only have a few words, and I do thank you for taking me out of turn because I do have an appearance, Mr.

Vera and I are involved in a statutory condemnation case in probate court.

We can't discuss any other cases, sir.

You really need to stick to the power.

I have to leave here in a few minutes, and I have a few things to say, and if you stop interrupting me, it'll go a lot quicker.

There is a Texas Supreme Court case.

It's entitled City of Dallas versus Stewart.

It's number 09-0257, Supreme Court of Texas from 2012.

And it states that a board of appointed individuals such as yourselves, building standards board, do not have legal authority to legal news.

Can we go ahead and stop this?

That results in the condemnation of private property.

Could you uh please respond as to what you would like to do with uh accessory number one?

I intend to continue using it as I have been for the last 40 years and will continue to since I built this structure.

This property is suitable for my purposes, it is not a public nuisance, it's not a danger to the public, it's private property that's secured by a perimeter fence around the property and a perimeter fence around the structure.

As your own staff have told you, they cannot enter the structure.

As the fire department has told you, they do not intend to try to enter the structure.

And I would happily sign a waiver that I do not request any services from the city of San Antonio.

In fact, I fought against the annexation for this very reason that when the city of San Antonio annexed this area, they started trying to enforce city codes that were against properties that were legal under the county rules and regulations, but then were considered a nuisance once the city annexed the area.

We don't want to be a part of the city of San Antonio, and I would welcome the opportunity for deannexation of Jet Road, and all my neighbors feel the same way.

Now I only have three neighbors, two neighbors to the west and southwest, residential neighbors who've been out there not as long as I have, but they've been out there for a substantial amount of time.

And the Chacone family that live a half a mile south of Jet Road on the Chacone Ranch, about a 200-acre ranch.

Now, my structure, which is built from salvage material from city public service, is going to fit into the neighborhood that is developing in that area based on information that I have in the last couple of months.

My neighbors, all three of them are going to have a 65 kilovolt power line running through their property with a 200-foot wide permanent easement and a hundred and ten foot tall transmission towers built out of the same materials that my structure is built from.

I purchased the materials from CPS to build that structure, and it includes polls, it includes galvanized steel from the lattice structures that hold up the power lines that power this city and power the whole state of Texas.

Well, within a thousand feet of my building, there is going to be a new power line running across the middle of Jeff Molina's property to the west of me.

It's going to cross the road and go across Joanne Lockheed's property, and it's going to deprive them of the use of their property that they had intended, which is residential use.

And it's going to go south of the Chicago's property, right through the occupied area of their property.

Sir, that is enough.

It has nothing to do with the code violation.

When you were here last year, last time they we asked you for certain documents.

Did you bring in you those documents?

I talked to an engineering firm about getting another updated engineer's report, and he told me it would cost about $24,000 if he was going to do the report.

And I told him I'm not going to incur that expense, it's not necessary for my purposes.

The building standards board ordered me to get that report.

But if the building standards board condemns my property by declaring it to be a nuisance in order to demolition, we're not here to just discuss that.

We're already in litigation, ma'am.

And you are a party to that litigation.

And you cannot discuss that.

Mr.

Ross, you're here for accessory number one.

If you are going to talk about your pending litigation, I'm going to have to stop you.

I'm not going to talk about my pending litigation.

These people have not been formally served yet, but you will be.

And you will be through litigation if you order demolition of this property.

Please have a seat, thank you.

Now I have a court to attend to, so I'm going to close my statement now on my own volition, not on the basis of anything that the chairman has said out of order.

Thank you.

Okay, for the board.

That is completely separate from this board's charge, which is to issue orders for the abatement of a public nuisance.

Two completely different issues.

So I just want to clarify again for the board.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um, Madam Chair, I have a motion.

Go ahead.

Could we get the information about the property?

Thank you.

I move that the property located at 2718 West Jess Road Accessory Number One is a public nuisance which is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 156, subsections 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, seventeen, and eighteen.

I move that the property be demolished within 30 days of the issuance of this order, uh, and that it uh any utilities, uh utilities, if any, be uh disconnected.

Okay, so the motion is that the property located at 2781 Westret Road is a public news, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of chapter six, article eight, section one five six, subsections one, two, four, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen, and that the property be demolished within 30 days or in 30 days, um, and uh that the utilities be cut.

Is there a second?

This is Joel Slaysall second.

Okay, um, excuse me, the dangerous premise officer Stephanie Sanchez, and my recommendation also asking for the property to be cut clean and secured.

Yes.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um friendly amendment.

Okay.

Madam Chair, did we also maintain vacate?

Clear property.

Well, yeah, clear the whole property.

Clear that section and secure.

Okay.

Um, do you set second?

I'll accept as well.

Okay, um, so uh it is for the utilities to be cut, maintaining the order to vacate, and it be uh cleared.

Um I would also like uh cleared and secured, cleared and secured.

Do we specifically have to say cut?

I'm sorry, could you repeat?

So this connection was part of the original motion.

No, uh, do we specifically have to say uh cut uh the okay no and for the yard to be cut and cleaned out?

For uh to keep in mind for the board, is that uh this order is solely for accessory one, and so the clearing and securing is uh just around accessory one, all right.

Okay, we good.

All right, let's do uh roll call vote.

Oh wait, one moment, one moment.

Wait, I I do I did not call for discussion.

Is there any discussion?

Madam Chair, let the record uh reflect this is right and let the record also show that uh according to our order of last time that none of these were met, which is uh part one, which was engineers report, did not bring it, and part two work, uh written scope of work was not presented to the board, which was a requirement from your last order.

Let that be in reflected in the record.

Okay, and also I I know that it's not the exact same members uh scene at this time, but just for you know a reminder uh the last uh time that that he came in.

Um he brought a uh teacher with him that uh her uh public comment was that she took her class to the property, so there were kids on the property and they were running around.

So just as a reminder.

All right, is there any other discussion?

All right, yeah, roll call book.

No, vote.

Kayla Miranda.

Aye.

Joel Solis?

Aye, George Grimes Jr.

Aye.

Jamie Little, aye.

Fred Andis.

Aye.

Motion passes with the vote of five to zero.

Okay.

I'll make it.

And uh he's gone already, so he can if you can get with Mr.

Ross.

Madam Chair, could we take a brief brief?

Yes, just take a uh five-minute recess.

Yeah, the time is 10 20 a.m.

Coming back from break.

The next property up is one uh two eight Hillary Street.

Good morning, board.

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

The main structure being presented today is located at 128 Hillary Street with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with city code article eight, chapter six.

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

The legal description is NCB 10750 block 3, lot 23, located in City Council District 2.

The owner on record is Juanita Casillas with a mailing address of 6 620 Evergreen Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78212.

All notices of the hearing were properly issued as required.

The following individuals are present on behalf of the case.

And then Mary Ann Cortez, which is another owner's sister, and then Robert Vella for Alliance for Alice Santilian, which is the oldest sister.

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

The first inspection regarding 128 Hillary was conducted on November 6, 2024.

The original notice was mailed on November 13, 2024, and the certified receipt was not returned.

An administrative warrant was executed on December 19, 2025 for interior inspection and photos.

The BSB packet was given to Michael Casillas, which is the owner's brother, on December 19, 2025.

A second administrative warrant was executed on April 10, 2026 for updated interior photos.

On April 30th, 2026, the BSB notices were mailed to 620 Evergreen Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78212.

And on May 1st, 2026, the BSB notices were posted at location.

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

As of today, no permits are filed.

The school is within a thousand feet of Democracy Preparatory at the Stewart campus, which is a pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade students.

On April 10, 2026, an administrative warrant was obtained to execute for an inspection and to take photos for today's presentation.

This is the residential main one-story single structure that is zone R4 and was built in 1940.

The structure has a gable roof system with asphalt shingles.

The roof system is Boeing and has holes.

Portions of the roof system have collapsed and the facial boards are damaged and some missing.

The exterior wall elevations are listing.

The post and beam foundation is rotted and damaged.

This is the right elevation of the structure.

The wooden siding is deteriorated and lacking weather protection.

The facial boards are missing and the soffit is weathered.

The wooden framing is rotted.

The skirting is missing, exposing the wooden post and beams, and the foundation.

Window glazing is present on this side of the elevation.

This is a close-up of the wooden post on the right side elevation.

The wooden posts are deteriorated and weathered.

Several posts are broken, not making contact with a grade and frame.

Several pieces of wood, rock, and stone are supporting as a substitute for a one wooden post.

This is another photo of the right elevation taken from the rear to the front.

Portions of the wooden siding are missing, exposing the wooden framing.

Window glazing is present.

You can see the exterior wall elevation has detached from the wooden framing.

This is a close-up of the deteriorated weather damage wooden framing on the exterior.

Several wooden members have detached and from the framing and the wooden members are rotted.

This is the rear elevation of the structure.

You can see the entire roof system is bowing and has holes.

Tarps are used to cover the holes.

Most of the siding is missing, and there's a large hole in the exterior wall.

The facial boards are missing.

The skirting is missing, exposing the foundation, and the foundation has sunk on the right side of the rear elevation.

This photo shows several tarps that are being used to cover up the deteriorated wooded framing and the holes.

The wooden exterior stairs are frail and are like and are a walking hazard.

The wood and bottom plate is damaged.

The exterior door is damaged.

There is an opening where the elements and wildlife could enter the structure.

This is a close-up of multiple rocks being piled up and being used as a substitute for a wooden post.

This is a photo of the second exterior door located to the right of the rear elevation.

The exterior steps are missing, the skirting is missing, exposing the wooden frame and the exterior wall has detached from the wooden framing.

The bottom plate is rotted and the exterior wall has holes in it.

A wood pallet was being placed and used as a step to enter.

This photo is the exterior of the right rear corner.

You can see the exterior wooden members that have detached from the wooden framing.

The top plate and bottom plate are damaged.

Siding is missing, and a piece of the plywood is used to cover up a large hole.

This is a photo of the left elevation.

The photo was taken from this angle due to the close proximity of the fence line.

Window glazing is present.

The wooden siding is deteriorated and lacking weather protection.

The wooden window framing is also rotted.

This is the front dining room as you walk into the structure.

Sheets were placed on the ceiling to hide the damage to the sheet rock.

The front interior wall has detached from the wooden framing and the top plate.

This is a photo taken of the opposite side of that same room.

Seats are being used to cover up the damages to the sheet rock.

Window glazing is present, and the walls have been painted up to cover up the miscellaneous holes.

This is a photo of the hallway that leads to the restroom and to the middle room in the rear bedroom.

The rear bedroom was blocked off, preventing access.

The floor system is soft and spongy and is a walking hazard.

When I walked on this surface, my foot almost fell through the floor.

This is a photo of the hallway restroom.

The plumbing pipes are exposed and damaged.

The floor is soft and spongy.

A water hose is ran through a broken window from the exterior leading in, so that way the shower, the people could take showers.

A large bucket of water was filled and was also present.

The sheet rot was detaching and missing in several places.

Duct tape was being used to cover up the damages.

This is a photo of the rear middle bedroom.

The ceiling is damaged and missing sheet rot.

There's a large portion of the rear interior wall that is missing, allowing the outside elements and wildlife to enter the structure.

A sheet was being used to cover up the opening.

Duct tape was placed to hold the subfloor boards together.

The floor is soft and spongy, making it a walking hazard.

This is a close-up of the exposed and damaged ceiling in the same rear middle bedroom.

You can see the weather damage and water damage on the wooden members.

The water damage is from the holes from the roof system.

This is a photo of the interior closet in that same room.

The sheetrock is damaged, exposing the electrical wires.

The electrical panel was severely damaged, and the covering is missing.

Most of the copper was removed.

This is a photo of the kitchen.

The sheet rock was has separated from the wooden framing.

Half of the ceiling sheet rock has collapsed.

This photo shows the flooring in the kitchen.

The subfloor has water damage and soft and spongy in several areas.

Some of the subfloor is loose.

When you walk in it, duct tape was being used to hold together the plywood and to keep the subfloor from separating from each other.

This photo is the rear left room just past the kitchen.

The room has water damage to the interior elevations.

Debris are scattered in this room.

This is a photo of the deteriorated water damage ceiling.

The wall elevations and window glazing is present.

This is a photo of the right rear bedroom that was blocked from the hallway.

This photo was taken from the exterior window.

The wooden framing has water damage.

The top plate also has water damage and has deteriorated.

The left and rear interior walls have detached from the wooden framing.

The room is filled with trash and debris.

This is the front left elevation room that was also blocked.

This photo was taken from the exterior through a broken window.

Sheetrock is damaged and multiple holes on the multiple holes we're seeing on the subfloor.

This room is also filled with trash and debris and other uh miscellaneous items.

To recap, the the structure located at 128 Hillary Street is in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6-156, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, in which any building or structure that has any or all conditions of defect 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 defect of dilapidation, substandardness or unfit for human habitation, pose a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, and human safety.

Staff recommends demolition.

That concludes my presentation on 128 Hillary Street.

On an electrical box, is there electricity in the house?

No, sir.

They're using candles and other methods to provide light.

There's water.

The water has been disconnected.

So I don't know where they're getting the water from.

Gas?

No gas.

No utilities.

No utilities are active as of right now.

Alright, thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh we will hear from uh SCPD Officer Dupree.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

My name is Officer Robert DuPay with the San Antonio Police Department's East Side East Safe Unit.

I appreciate you taking the time to hear us, hear me out on this uh property.

I've been uh I've been part of this uh, I've been part of this neighborhood for a little while now, and I've met pretty much everybody on that street.

Um, uh we've had a number of calls for that property for service.

We've had over 50 calls for service at this location due to a number of issues ranging from family violence to burglary to disturbances, suspicious persons, narcotics, um, assaults, uh, and uh along with a number of other miscellaneous calls.

I've been asked by the family at one point to speak on their behalf, but they are also I do have we do have uh family members here also that will be able to speak.

But a couple of the big issues that we're having.

Michael is the resident at the location.

He forced his way into the property after Juanita uh passed away.

Uh Juanita told me to have him removed.

I had him removed.

Uh he left and then everything was fine until when he took fell ill.

Uh, when she fell ill, she went with sisters, and you'll be hearing from them here shortly.

Um Michael went back into the property.

Uh we tried to get it boarded up prior to him going in, but the city couldn't get the services there, and when he went in there, he basically started to do his own form of renovations, along with a number of his fellow narcotics usage individuals.

Um, there is a lot of foot traffic, is what we call drug activity going in and out of this cul-de-sac area, this dead end street uh that we've been having a number of issues behind the property for theft and uh theft also along that street, which is which correlates with drug activity.

Um the biggest problem for this property is is I've been in there to either have conversations with Michael or following a uh in a suspicious person, and uh the property is dangerous.

It wasn't he's tried to fix it up, but he has no rights, he has no say in the property.

When I was and I did, I was at the hospital when Juanita was sick at one point, and she told me she didn't want him in there anymore, and that family is gonna be in charge at that point.

Uh I believe I even had it on body camera at the time, uh, but that was one of she.

If I remember, and I just spoke with uh one of the sisters is that was the first time she was in, the second time when she went in, she was not coming out.

So my biggest issue is that Michael has no issue, no power for the property.

That's one the reasons why he's using it is for his drug activity.

We're having issues on that street because of this house.

Yesterday I was uh requested to go two houses down for an individual that was burglarizing an old lady's home that was that what had been living with Michael in this residence.

So it's it's starting to progress outside of this house on that street, and it's one of my biggest concerns.

Um because the house is falling apart, and there's a one of the and I wish we you can pull up the front picture, the front of the the first picture, I guess.

If you guys can look at, and I'll show you where how this is happening.

There's two doors, the brown door and that window, both those windows uh that you see where the trash can is and the burglar bar window is where Michael would uh do his hand-to-hand transactions for his narcotics.

Uh his uh drug of choice is heroin and methamphetamines.

Uh guys would come in through the gate, walk up to the window, get their drugs, and walk out, and they would either go down to the street into the ravine where the waterway is, or they would go back up street.

Some would even stay in the in the front living room area where you saw the bed and that mattress area, and that's where they would do their drugs.

Um, this is a pup this is a nuisance house, and that how by the way, where that tarp is the back part of it has completely falled fell in.

So that's those are pictures you could not see, um, which is also a dangerous hazard, and it's been like that since Juanita was there.

So uh major issues that we have here.

Um, if you have any questions, I can gladly answer them for you.

Any questions?

This is Fred Endis.

Two questions here.

Is this it's biased a thousand feet from the school?

It's a thousand feet from a school.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Is this major traffic for children?

So that's a very good question, sir.

So we have a bus route that goes right down the street from there, and yes, so the homeless and drug addict populace that comes down that driveway, or basically that dead end, they go right back up into that bus stop that what's on the corner of Hillary and Pioneer.

So, yes, they're seeing it consistently.

I get complaints all the time from family members about children seeing drug addicts that are acting out, having their moment in drugs, and so that yes, yes, sir.

Uh, because it's so close to the school, uh, the school has also notified me of issues coming from that area.

Yes, sir.

Okay, and the next question would be: when you make an appearance in that area, is it the same personnel connected to this property and other issues in that neighborhood?

Absolutely, yes, sir.

Uh it that's the biggest thing.

They all know me, they all call me Dupree.

It's DuPay, but they call me Dupree, and my name is tagged everywhere over there.

They don't like me because I make I'm making their life miserable.

But yes, sir.

They the drug activity is so predominant and it is at that location.

And there's several other locations in that area, but they all connect.

They all they all work their way to Hillary 128 Hillary, yes, sir.

Is it family sign and no trespass?

As a matter of fact, Juanita did at one point.

She did.

She wanted a no prost, she put a no trespass warning, and we put gave Michael, the current guy that's been staying there.

We gave him a criminal trespass warning, and he was evicted.

He was actually evicted through this uh through through precinct four, and he's back at back at the place, and he claims that he has squatters rights or something to this effect, which he does not.

So unlike some properties that we've run across in this board, they're actively working with you.

Yes, I'm sorry, the owners are actively working with you to solve this.

That's a great question.

There is no owner.

There is no owner.

I did all did my research and I found that Juanita did take out a loan of some form, and I believe you're gonna be hearing from that that attorney here later.

Um but I don't know.

There was no uh there was nobody that owned the property other than Juanita.

She did not have a will, she did not have power attorney, an actual power attorney for property.

I believe her only power attorney she had was maybe a medical power attorney.

I don't know that for sure.

Um, but I do know that Juanita didn't want Michael in there, and that was it.

And so then when Michael goes back in and he's bringing his riffraff, that's the biggest problem.

The uh that that's the only and I trying to contact everybody that could be affiliated to the property.

And I was also uh privy to when I was talking to the family that there was an individual that wanted to purchase that property, but I guess there was a falling out.

Don't know exactly what happened there, but okay.

I'm reading in here and it says Juanita.

Now that would be the one that Juanita was the owner of the property, but she passed away, yes, sir.

Oh, okay, because it says here she was the legal owner.

I thought that was.

Yes, sir.

She was a legal owner, and I do have a copy of her death certificate to prove that she is no longer with us.

So as of right now, that's the last person you had contact with for the property.

That that actually owned that property, yes, sir.

All right, thank you.

I appreciate you.

Thank you.

Um, a little hard to read.

Uh, Renee Vella.

Okay.

My name is Renee Villa.

One moment, can you uh state your name and your the city council district either that you reside in or you conduct business then?

My name is Renee Vella.

Uh, my name's Renee Vellant.

What was the the next question?

The city council district that you reside in or conduct business in either one.

Um well uh I reside in Burney, Texas.

I conduct uh business all around Texas as an attorney, okay.

And of course here in Bear County.

Uh I've been asked to uh come here represent the interest for a Carrington mortgage services, um and it's my understanding that we believe we have an interest in the property.

Um we are asking today for a for a reset.

I understand this is the first hearing for this property, and we're asking for a 90-day reset.

It's my understanding there's a um a lawsuit in the 57th district here in Bear Corney uh Bear County, um, and we're trying to obtain the property and proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure.

One of the issues we're having, it's my understanding that we're trying to serve an Alice Santian, who apparently is maybe uh a sister to the to the property to Juanita, and it seems like the issue here is that she's out of state, which is one of the problems we're having to subpoena her.

So, um, that's all we're doing here today is was asking for a reset so that we can I guess get a court order that we own the property so that we can go forward.

Um, that's all that's that's basically my business here today.

Okay, so you're not sure if you own the property or not.

Well, I I'm not sure if we own the property, and that's probably why we're going to court is to make sure we get a judge's order or court order saying that we own the property.

Okay.

Is there any other questions?

So just to make sure I understand uh you represent a lender.

Yes, sir, mortgage service, yes, sir.

Okay, and and what the lender is doing is seeking to foreclose their lane and acquire title to the property.

That's what it appears to be.

I I I was asked yesterday to show up today, so my knowledge on the subject is quite limited, but that's what it appears to me.

And they're trying to serve all the potential potential owners because as the officer stated, there's no will, nothing in the record as to who owns the property, and I believe we're stepping in to say, hey, uh we believe we own the property, and therefore we need a court order for that.

But they need but they're trying to serve all the potential potential owners, and they haven't served this Alice, who I believe is a sister to uh Juanita.

I don't believe Juanita had any children or uh uh a partner, and therefore they're trying to serve everybody with a potential interest in the property for the proceedings.

Do you know if Alice is here today?

I don't believe Alice is here today.

Okay, and uh in the in the record of this, there is a record of a person named uh Sean Mills, uh, who is an asset provision preservation coordinator?

Uh is that person engaged by your client?

Unknown.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Madam Chair, uh may I ask a question?

Okay.

So who do you represent?

What is the name of the uh mortgage that's uh I have I believe the case name in the in Bear County is Carrington Mortgage Services LLC versus Alice Santian et al.

So Alice Santia with some other maybe the other sisters.

So I represent Carrington Mortgage Services, and uh did they replace Deutsche Bank because Deutsche Bank is listed as uh the trustholder, unknown, I don't know that.

And uh how did you become aware of this hearing?

How did I become aware of this hearing?

I'm with court appearance professionals.

Um they sent me an email.

Hey, can you appear?

I said sure.

They said okay, got nine o'clock.

Let's go.

I said you got it.

We need a reset.

I'll do my best.

Okay, so the lawsuit you refer to uh is between uh the alleged mortgage company against the heirs of what the potential heirs.

I understand the heirs potential heirs are the sisters.

Okay.

And Alice is one of the sisters, and that's who we're trying to subpoena.

And we're probably trying to subpoena all the sisters, but that that's what I think.

So I I just want to confirm this is not a judicial foreclosure by Bear County.

No, I don't believe so.

Okay.

The officer indicated that she may have taken a loan for the house, and that might be where we fit in.

But I'm I'm speculating.

I don't know, I'm not a hundred percent on that.

Uh thank you.

Uh Chair, may I be given about five minutes to go through the title documents?

Sure.

Thank you.

How about we uh take a five-minute recess so you can do that?

Uh the time is 10 55 a.m.

And we're at recess.

We're time to 11 11, and we're back.

Um, did you have a chance to look at the papers?

Uh yes, uh Carrington Mortgage Services was a signed uh the deed of trust executed back in 2006.

Um they were uh signed the deed from home one two three corporation on May 8, 2025, February 24th, 2025.

An affidavit of airship was filed.

Uh the owner, Juanita Casias, uh at the time of her death, uh, had no children, therefore, uh, and also she uh passed without a will.

Uh and what happens when uh you don't have children, then they first look up uh to see if her parents were still living, they were not, so then they go across.

Uh there are seven uh heirs to the property, uh seven siblings of the owner.

Uh they each have a one-seventh interest in the property, and one of them is deceased, Jose, and there are five of his children that have inherited his one-seventh.

So uh bottom line, uh the property has uh not been probated uh based on what was stated to this board by the uh attorney Carrington Mortgage Services, who he represents, is attempting to foreclose on the property.

And uh what he was referring to is uh you cannot foreclose on the property until all identified errors are served with notice of the lawsuit.

All that to say that the ownership of this property is in question.

At this time, property is still listed under Juanita Cassius.

Uh the board just needs to look at the property, make a determination regarding the property, issue the order, and uh as far as the foreclosure process and all that uh that's going to have to be addressed outside of this board.

Uh depending on what the board order is, uh the mortgage company uh does have uh vested interest in the property, so the mortgage company will also have the ability uh to appeal the board's order just like any of the heirs.

What very convoluted way of saying uh right now what Juanita Casillas owns the property, she is deceased.

Uh the board just needs to look at the property, issue the appropriate order, and then all that needs to be addressed civilly.

Okay, thank you.

Our next speaker is Mary Ann Cortez.

Please approach the podium, state your name and your city council district.

My name is Mary Ann Cortes.

I'm the sister of Juanita Casillas.

I live in Bestrop, Texas.

Okay.

Go ahead with your comment.

Well, I've been I've been served so many papers, and I want this to stop.

Okay.

So you have um you just don't want anything to do with the property?

No.

We've been served from Carrington to code complaints to from everywhere.

But I don't want nothing to do with that house.

I don't think nobody else does.

Okay.

My sisters, Alice, Banji, Elida, myself, we don't want nothing to do with that house.

Nothing.

We just want it to stop.

Okay.

Thank you.

Um next speaker.

Is that okay?

And when you get up to the microphone, please state your name and your city council district.

My name is Eliva Carrasco.

I live in Natascosa County, Pleasanton, Texas.

Okay.

And you have any statement?

Uh Officer Dupree and the Officer Garza hit it right on the nail.

Nobody wants the house, as you can see.

It's not livable, and it's just an eyesore there.

But no, I personally do not want anything to do with the house, you know.

That's all I have to say, you know.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Is that everyone speaking on the property?

Okay.

All right.

I am open to a motion.

Chairman.

Yes.

Excuse me.

Chair, may I ask a question of the representative for the mortgage company?

Sure.

It needs to be on the mic, so it's come up to the podium.

Yes, ma'am.

Since uh ownership is in question, uh Carrington uh does have the pending loss foreclosure lawsuit.

Uh Carrington does have a um lienholder uh right to the property.

So uh my question is, is Carrington going to take care of this property?

I don't know what their intentions are with regards to the property.

I could, I mean, I could speculate, but I would imagine they would want to fix it up and sell it, but or rent it out, but I that's just me purely speculating.

All I understand is that at this time they're trying to figure out who the ownership is, and then from there decide what they can do with it.

Okay, uh I just want to make sure you make your client aware of they are just as responsible for complying with this board's orders as uh any of the listed potential heirs.

Uh that includes if uh the board requires securing the property, vacating the property, uh your client is going to be held just as responsible for complying.

And that includes not only orders from the board, any uh notices, orders issued by development Services code enforcement.

Your client is also responsible for addressing those violations.

Uh I will update them accordingly.

Thank you.

Okay.

Now I'll take a motion.

Madam Chairs is Freddie.

Yes, Madam Chair.

I move that the property located at 128.

Hillard Street.

Is a public nuisance which is not feasible to be repaired at this time.

It is in violation of chapter 6, Article 8, section.

156, subsections.

128, 578.

I'm sorry, 125, 78, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

And is it in violation?

And poses a potential threat to life health safety or property.

And I ordered to be demolished within 30 days, vacated, secured, and cut all utilities.

Okay, so the motion is thank you.

And that the property located at 128 Hillary Street is a public nuisance, which is not feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of chapter 6, Article 8, Section 156, subsections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, and that the property should be demolished in 30 days.

Correct.

That is correct.

Can we have a second?

Okay.

Is there any discussion?

Madam Chair, may I have a a moment for staff?

Um this has been revised.

The statement has been revised.

Yeah, the script.

Yeah, you it from the old script was taken out 157.

It jumps right into 156, section 156.

Normally we would read uh code chapter six.

I'm gonna stop you will uh address that matter under administrative.

Okay, okay.

Can we have a roll call vote?

Oh, was there any other discussion?

No.

Okay.

Roll call vote, please.

Kayla Miranda.

Aye.

Joel Solis.

Aye.

George Grimes Jr.

Aye.

Jamie Little.

Aye.

Fred Andes.

Motion passes with the vote of five to zero.

Okay, you can get with the code officer.

Further instructions.

The next property.

Which one's next?

Uh 1906, Texas Avenue.

Good morning, board.

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

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

San Antonio, Texas, 7828, with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with City Code Article 8, Chapter 6.

This case is a second time being heard before this board.

The legal description is NCB 6922, no block number, lot 13, located in City Council District 7.

The owner on record is Galvin Josephine R.

Estate of and Gutierrez Eva Marie with a mailing address of 1906 Texas Avenue.

San Antonio, Texas, 78228.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The following individuals are present on behalf of the case, Eva Gutierrez.

Contact was made with Eva Gutierrez, 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 regarding the notification process.

The first inspection regarding 1906 Texas Avenue was conducted on March 28, 2025.

Original notice was mailed on April 1st, 2025.

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.

A updated notice was mailed due to change of ownership on May 7th, 2025, and a certified receipt was returned as individual picked up at USPS on May 12, 2025, signed by J.

Laura Jr.

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

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

On January 7th, 2026, the notice for the first BSB hearing was mailed to the owner and a certified receipt has not been returned.

On May 1st, 2022, the notice for the reset BSB hearing was posted at 1906 Texas Avenue.

On April 30th, 2026, the notice for the reset BSB hearing was mailed to the owner, and the certified receipt has not been returned.

On April 27, 2026, Eva Gutierrez allowed me access inside to obtain photographs of the structure to present before the building standards board today.

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

As of today, May 14th, 2026, there are two permits on file, one for foundation repair and one for residential repair for 1906 Texas Avenue.

The property is within a thousand feet of Marin B.

Finwick Academy.

CPS was disconnected on April 29th, 2025.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken on April 27th, 2026.

This photo is of the front elevation of 1906 Texas Avenue.

1906 Texas Avenue is a single story residential structure zoned R4 and built in 1942.

The siding is broken and detaching.

The window framing is rotted and deteriorated and lacks weather protection.

There are holes at the pitch of the roof that allow the elements to make entry into the structure.

This photo is a close-up photo of the front entryway.

You can see the steps have detached from the right elevation, causing a tripping from the back elevation to the front.

The skirting is missing, exposing the foundation.

The wood siding lacks weather protection, is broken, rotted, and deteriorated, and the other siding is missing.

The window cells are extremely rotted and deteriorated.

Wood siding wood members are lacking weather protection.

This photo is up close photo of the right elevation.

There's exposed plumbing.

The interior wood members are exposed and rotted and deteriorated.

The material that is behind those wood members that is placed from inside the structure to cover because that does go directly into the structure.

This photo is a left elevation.

The skirting is missing, the foundation is exposed.

Exterior wood members are rotted and deteriorated.

There is holes at the pitch of the roof, allowing the elements to make entry into the structure.

This photo is a close-up photo of the same elevation.

You can see that these at the corner, the wood members are separating.

Windows are boarded and broken.

There are exterior interior wood members on the left of this photo that are also exposed and deteriorated.

This is also of the left elevation looking to the front elevation of the structure.

There's also a separation at the corner of this of this angle.

The siding lacks weather protection, is rotted, deteriorated, and the windows are boarded.

This is of the back elevation.

The foundation is exposed due to missing skirting.

Siding wood members are lack weather protection.

Doors and windows are boarded.

The overhang on the roof is rotted and deteriorated, and the roof.

When I first made entry into the structure, you can see that there are large holes in the walls.

The walls have large cracks.

This photo is in the same room looking the opposite direction.

You can see that the drywall is missing on the ceiling, exposing the wood roof members.

You can also see that there is exterior light making entry into the structure, and the tarp and metal pieces are also covering other holes, and the windows are boarded.

This photo is of the next room.

The walls have large cracks.

The ceiling also has large cracks, and there is exposed electrical.

Windows are boarded, causing an egress concern.

This photo is of the kitchen area.

There is the floor covering lacks, the floor lacks floor covering.

You can see natural light coming through the wall and around the doorframe, and then the items that are stored under the window in this photo are of that area that was explained on the outside where the exposed plumbing is.

Those are the items that are blocking that hole from anything making entry.

This photo is of the ceiling in the kitchen.

You can see the drywall is missing, falling, there are large cracks, and exposed electrical.

This photo is of the bathroom, the sheetrock is missing, exterior interior wall wood members are exposed.

The floor was soft to walk on.

This photo is of the shower, the floor is broken, the wood members are extremely rotted and deteriorated with a large amount of a water damage.

Plumbing is exposed.

And tiles are broken and damaged.

This photo is a close-up photo of the floor.

There is a large crack causing a tripping hazard in the shower.

If you look at the bottom left corner, you can see that there is a separation between the floor and the shower.

There was natural light making entry through the foundation in this area.

This photo is of a first bedroom.

The walls have large cracks.

The window framing is rotted and deteriorated.

This is a photo of the ceiling in the same bedroom.

There are large cracks, and the electrical is exposed.

This photo is of the second bedroom.

This room has large holes in the drywall, the window framing is rotted and deteriorated, and there is duct tape holding the window framing together.

There's also signs of water damage, and these windows are boarded, causing an egress concern.

This photo is in the same room looking back out towards the door, and there are large holes in the sheetrock.

The holes are covered by a material taped to the wall.

This photo is of the hallway.

There are large holes in the sheetrock.

The large hole on the left, there was exposed electrical wires, and the flooring lacks floor covering.

1906.

Indications of water damage is present.

There are exposed electrical wires, broken and boarded windows causing egress concerns.

To recap the structures, the structure located at 1906 Texas Avenue is in violation of City Code Article 8, Chapter 6-156.

Subsections for the main structure are one, two, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen, in which any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects here within 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 pose a threat or potential threat to life, health, property, or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition.

Staff recommends the property remains vacated.

Structure remains secured from unauthorized entry.

Utilities remain disconnected with demolition to the main.

This concludes my presentation for 1906 Texas Avenue.

Are there any questions?

I get a couple.

It says a thousand feet from a school.

Yes.

Is this a high traffic area?

Yes.

For children.

It is, yes.

And the backyard is not fully fenced, and the school is caddy corner to the backyard.

Okay, so the debris in the backyard that was there is in where there's no fence.

Yes, that is correct.

Now you said there was no permits on file.

There are two permits on file.

Is it one on foundation?

One was for the foundation and one is a residential repair that included the demolition of the back of the structure.

Okay, because I was gonna ask you because the foundation looks like it had been yes, the the foundation has been repaired.

There is a permit on file, but it has not been finalized.

So it has not been inspected.

I'm waiting for the engineer's list.

Yes.

Oh okay.

Electricity.

The electricity was cut um on March 28th of 2025.

Water has been disconnected as well.

So is the gas meter still there?

The gas meter is gone.

It was on the right the front elevation and it has been removed.

So no utilities, but is there a sign of vagrance?

Um there has been signs of vagrance.

Um in the past, more recently there hasn't been signs of vagrance.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Thank you.

And uh well now here from Eva Gutierrez.

If you can approach the podium, uh state your name and city council district.

Hi, I'm Eva Marin Cuitieres, and I live in District 7.

On I have a permit where we're supposed to do the interior of the sheet rock and uh the plugs, the plugs were pulled out by the squatters.

A lot of the damage was done by the squatters, and the last time that they were there, they were in the chicken coop, and that's when we were here in I think March, that if they were to be demolished, which they have been demolished, and that was the last time the squatters were hanging around the house, and um I'm getting assistance and I'm on a waiting list where they do a lot of the repairs like blueprint ministries.

I'm on their waiting list, and they do the roofing, the flooring repair, and electrical and sheed rock, and um I gave a copy to the young lady where I'm on the waiting list, but it's like you don't know when they'll call you and stuff, and on the skirting on the house, they can't put it on until they do the electrical and put on the uh what the insulation, and then they can finish off and put on the skirting, so that's why it is exposed.

And 10 windows have already been ordered, but they can't put on until the roof is done, so I'm caught in a limbo.

Okay, and the first document.

Who is that from?

Was that the name of the company?

Blueprint?

Yes.

Blueprint ministries.

They're they're here on that home repair financial list.

I mean, it's right here.

No, no, no, no, okay.

All right.

Well, I just saw the first one.

I was looking at the first one that was handwritten.

Oh, that's just copies.

I that was me, the scope of it.

And that's yours.

I was figuring things out.

So you haven't got any of the groups to give you because you're still waiting.

I'm still waiting.

I'm on the waiting list.

Right.

Yeah.

So you're still waiting for them to even come out and look at it.

No, they already came out and looked at it, but out of all the homes, they have to select which one needs it more than the other.

But as far as uh according to my income, I qualify.

So that's right on the waiting list.

But you don't know when they'll be able to start because you haven't been notified officially yet.

So on the electrical, that hasn't been uh contract or nothing.

You're just oh that's part of the blueprint.

Right, okay.

So that's part of their deal.

Mm-hmm.

The roof, the electrical, the insulation.

It's all part of there.

Right.

The windows you said were already ordered or they're already ordered, but I can't put them on until they do the roof.

Now, on that debris that was behind the house.

Well the debris that was behind the house.

What was that from?

That was from um the chicken coop and the garden room, all of that.

Who tore that down?

We had to tear it down on the last meeting.

They told me to tear it down because squatters were now moving into the chicken coop.

This is a reset.

Yeah, but when you tore it down, you didn't have it hauled off yet.

No, no, I haven't had it hauled off.

The guy that's going that came by to do the roofing, I asked him how much he would charge me to take it up when they did the roofing, and he says, I'll just throw it in free.

So I'm still waiting.

All right, and the only thing we really addressed last time was the demolition.

Yes, which it was the two buildings.

So you're at the well, you can't even give us a timeline because you don't have okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Okay.

Uh Madam Chairman, I have a question for the owner.

Oh, okay.

Go ahead.

I walked away without saying goodbye.

I'm sorry.

So uh you have had some work done on the foundation?

Yes, sir.

And is that work complete?

Well, no, because they have to still come and put the skirting on, but they can't do the skirting because they have to go under the house to put that insulation.

So, which is part of the blueprint ministries.

Oh, okay, but the the foundation work is complete.

The foundation is complete.

And uh on the roofing work, do you have a contract for that roofing work yet?

If that's part of that blueprint ministries, and what is blueprint ministries?

Uh they help you with um according to your income to repair your home.

They'll do the roof, they do windows, they'll replace the sheet rock, the wiring inside the house.

And have have they agreed to do this work yet, or are you waiting for a response from them?

Well, all they tell me I'm on the waiting list, and they were already selecting homes.

A gentleman came by and did inspection of the house, and then he says you're on the list, so you should be hearing soon from us, but that soon was back in March.

We're already in May.

Thank you.

Now I can step away.

Okay, thank you.

Madam Chair, this is Esther.

We did receive one public comment that we will be reading into the record.

Okay.

From Woodlawn Lake Community Association sent Thursday, May 14th at 8 a.m.

Good morning.

WLCA has no objections to the demolitions of this building.

JD Morales?

Thank you.

Okay.

You ready for a motion?

Just clarify.

Who is WLCA?

The neighborhood association?

Yes, that is Woodlawn Lake Community Association.

Madam Chair, before you uh I would like to ask staff as soon as they get out of their legal consultation, uh is it because she's on a list?

Is there a way that instead of resetting this or ordering a demo?

And if she's on a list and they're just waiting for her name to pop up and it pops up and they're in process of demoing.

Is there a way staff can kind of facilitate something or it's not in the staff's because it did this?

Here's an opportunity.

It seems like there's there, it just hasn't hit yet.

We don't have to order a demo.

Well, even if we repair we can order a repair, right?

But it has to be within so many days, and if the company hasn't, but what I'm asking is is in order to to do that, it sets a timeline.

But if they if the list if her name isn't on that list, it's on the list, it just hasn't.

Her name is already on the list, right?

She's not at the top of the list yet but yeah what I'm saying is is if we order a reset or a repair, that starts the clock.

Is there a way that we can monitor this without having to go through that through staff or staff doesn't have that ability to assist for that and hold this almost like a whole harmless it just takes it off of us for because if we do the other thing we set the clock.

Am I correct in assuming that if we order a repair and we say okay the repair has to be done in six months and six months from now like several repairs are done but the entire repair is not done or that's when they come up to the top of the list that it's up to the code officer to bring it back to the bill board for demo two answers one the board can grant the maximum of 180 days to repair the structure but keep in mind that if you go over 90 days the statute requires certain orders to be issued the uh the property needs to be secured during the entirety of that progress reports need to be submitted on a 30 day basis and uh the board then at 180 days uh has to look at whether the owner has other property in Bear County if the appraised value of all properties is a hundred thousand or more then a bond needs to be required.

That's why I was asking that because it trips a whole lot of things when you do that you trip the clock for a lot of paperwork and if the staff goes out there to follow up and they still haven't been on the list yet then technically she's noncompliant so I'm trying to figure a way out that we're not ticking a clock but allows that to take place without a reset and reset you can we say a reset at the more because we can't set the date for reset right it's just the nearest available date no the but the board has the ability to reset for uh whatever time frame the board determines is appropriate uh the reset is uh not always to the next schedule okay it can be uh reset for 30 days uh reset for 60 uh but I would caution that uh whatever time frame the board decides if resets the option that um security measures need to be uh in place uh especially in light of the fact that it's within a thousand feet that's that's fine I just want to make sure that we can have an open ended reset for a specific like 180 days whatever example but with all the other elements in there without actually putting a bigger clock on them and then once 180 days and if she still hasn't made the list so I think a reset but that that's why I'm asking is there another way that we can so it doesn't really damage if she's on the list and moving her way up the uh the board can reset uh I would caution against uh 180 day reset so if the board wants uh to provide the owner the opportunity uh to work her way up the list uh yes you can reset but I would encourage the board to include conditions uh because it has been presented as uh a threat to the public health safety welfare, so unlike other resets, if that's uh the option y'all choose, is that uh you need to make a the finding do you consider it a public nuisance?

Then once you determine it is a public nuisance, then second question feasible to be repaired.

If uh you do believe that then uh you can add conditions to a reset order without the finding of the public nuisance.

Uh you can't uh if you just reset it, you cannot include any additional orders, only if you first find it's a public nuisance.

Okay, all right, open to our motion.

Uh Madam Chairman are you ready for a motion?

Yes, I move that the property located at 1906 Texas Avenue is a public nuisance, which is feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of chapter 6, Article 8, Section 156, subsections 128, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

Move that the property be repaired within 90 days of the issuance of this order, that the property be secured, uh free of trash and debris, and uh kept vacant.

So the motion is that the property located at 1906 Texas Avenue is a public nuisance, which is feasible to be repaired at this time and is in violation of Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 156, subsections 128, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, and is to be repaired in 90 days, and the property to remain vacated and secured.

Is that is that right?

It's correct.

Okay, um, do we have a second?

Mrs.

Joel Slace, I'll second.

Is there any discussion?

That kind of that's what I was talking about.

If we set a clock on it, that means and she's not on that list for 90 days, and we're in there having her repair it, and she can't repair it now.

That's that's why I was saying that.

Is it we she's beholden to somebody who says she's on a list and they're just waiting for her to come up the list?

In 90 days, there's no guarantee she's gonna come up that list, and now we've ordered her to repair her property.

That's what I was trying to avoid is getting it without a significant time limit on it because once you order the repair, it has to be done, and then she's in violation, and yet she really hasn't moved up the list that we know of because we have no access to the list.

The only way to find out is if she's uh commit uh told that she's on the list moves up.

I was kind of hoping to avoid 90 days, but anything over 90 days requires a lot of more paperwork that she doesn't have and can't get.

As I understand it, uh, if she has not made progress on the repairs at the end of 90 days, then it comes back to this board.

Is that right?

Okay, that's what it comes back.

And there is some discretion on the part of the staff.

In if they see that repairs are underway and it appears feasible that they will be completed in the time set out in a billing permit, for example, then uh in their discretion, they might not bring it back to the board in exactly 90 days.

Is that correct?

Did you didn't order that in there that the staff has that's not in the order, so that would come back to the board because staff doesn't have the preview of viewing and keeping it out.

As I understand it, the staff has that discretion regardless of whether it's in our order.

Correct.

Uh sorry, uh the uh director of development services or uh assistant director over code, the code administrator, uh they set the agenda.

They will determine when a property comes back.

Uh so keeping that in mind, but second, if uh the uh board uh votes in favor of the repair in 90 days, uh the remember the owner has an absolute right to file an appeal, which stays for the proceedings, and at that point uh there is an option to engage in settlement discussions, uh, based on uh options uh she may be able to provide for a longer time uh without the requirements that this board is duly obligated to require if you go over 90 days, so as I understand it in the worst case, if if nothing happens with that property in 90 days, then it comes back to us, uh unlike many of the cases we see, and this is my argument in favor of my motion, uh we we have a an identified owner who can uh get building permits.

She has a plan for financing it, which may or may not obtain uh and and the house at this point appears uh feasible to be uh repaired, and we have no complaints about uh trespassers on the property.

So of the cases that we see that seems to me this this one has the potential for rehabilitating this house more than many of them, and so I I uh would ask you to support the motion.

It's not about that, it's it's the company bringing it up.

She can't repair within 90 days without the say so of that company.

That's my concern is we gave her 90 days to have it repaired, and she's on a list that we don't know if she'll hit within the 90 days, and your repair was to make some repairs, which she can't make, and the other part was that she could take it if the 90 days comes that she could file an appeal, which we go back to that financial.

She doesn't have the money to file an appeal, she doesn't have money for repairs.

I'm trying to keep it so we have a not putting a lot of pressure.

Yes, we all agree that she wants to do it, but right now she's that business hasn't given the green light.

So in the worst case, it comes back to us after 90 days, unless we give it to staff to deal with it, which we've done before.

And I do that as a friendly amendment, uh, if we don't have a resolve in 90 days, has staff review it all that time and let staff make the decision if it comes to the border, if they want to because that way it doesn't tie this board up unnecessarily if the stuff starts working out.

We've done it before, that would be a more uh Fred uh I think you and uh you're in agreement with uh Mr.

Grimes.

I mean, y'all are essentially saying the same thing.

Uh going back to my earlier statement, development services sets the agenda.

They make the determination of uh when a property is brought back, or if it's not brought back, because uh there's been action towards compliance.

But uh so keep that in mind, and so I friend, you're you're actually I mean you you're in agreement with George's argument for this.

And I I think I'm just hung up on the day, the 90 day because it's locked.

That's what I'm hung up on.

But it's it's fine, it's fine as long as we don't leave somebody out in the cold.

It's trying, and we and he's right, we've seen it before, and we've done it before when we gave an every opportunity, and this one is not her fault, it's a listing.

Yeah, I agree, I agree.

I just want to make it me.

It's the time is the day because we locked it in.

So that clock is but that's fine.

If it's all in I want to it's at their discretion to set it on the agenda, so we're we're we're good.

Um, I do have uh friendly amendment though.

Um I it doesn't say clear, so I would like to add clear like all of the the stuff in the backyard that from free of trash.

Yeah, uh clear and free of trash, yes.

And debris, um, the the um staff has the discretion to decide.

This has to be cleared, and if it's not cleared, then the city will clear it and just file a lane, right?

I mean, can that happen on this property?

Yes, that's correct.

It's absolutely correct.

We'll continue to monitor it, monitor it for being secured for being cleaned, and if we need to step in and take that action, yes, that will that's not precluded by any repair order or any reset.

That is part of our continuing process and monitoring of the property.

Okay, so it's not necessary to amend the motion to provide that that property be cleaned up.

That is up to the board.

We we don't stipulate one way or another, but it it doesn't if it's not in there, it doesn't prevent us from doing it.

If it is in there, it's it's somewhat of a duplication because we will continue to monitor this property.

Okay, I accept the the uh amendment to the motion.

Okay, can you?

I'll accept as well.

Okay, all right.

Let's have a roll call vote.

Kayla Miranda, hi Joel Solis.

I George Grimes Jr.

I.

Fred Andes, motion passes with a vote of five to zero.

Okay, you can get with your code officer.

All right, uh last property, uh one oh three querida avenue.

Good afternoon, board.

Uh, afternoon already.

Good afternoon.

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

The structures being presented today are located at 103 Garida Avenue with a recommendation for demolition in accordance with city code article eight, chapter six.

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

The legal description is NCB 8183, block two, lot 31, located in City Council District 5.

The owner on record is Vasquez Maria C with a mailing address of 103 Carida Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 7826.

All notices of hearing were properly issued as required.

The owner on record is not present today.

Does the board wish to proceed?

Yes.

As of May 14th, 2026, no contact has been made with the owner or interested parties.

The Office of Historic Preservation has confirmed on December 18th, 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 103 Carita Avenue was conducted May 7th, 2024.

The original notice was mailed on May 15th, 2024, and the certified receipt receipt was returned undelivered on May 21st, 2024.

On February 24th, 2026, a new notice was mailed to the owner, and the certified receipt was returned undelivered on March 13th, 2026.

On September 1st, 2025, a pre-board conference was held at 1901 South Alamo.

No owner or interested party attended.

A property maintenance placard has been posted on the property on the following dates.

August of 2024, February 2026, and April 2026.

On April 30th, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was mailed to the owner.

And on May 1st, 2026, the notice for the BSB hearing was posted at 103 Carita Avenue.

As of May 14, 2026, no scope of work or financial proof or letter of credit or engineers report has been provided, and there are no active permits on file.

This property is not located within a thousand feet of a school, but I would like to inform the board that it is located within an active railroad.

The photos that are being provided for today's presentation were taken on April 14th and May 12, 2026.

This is the front elevation of the structure.

Here you can see that there is an attached porch overhang and an attached carport towards the rear left.

The front porch overhang is deteriorated.

There is holes present, the wood members are rotted, the shingles are detaching, and there is damage and uh deteriorated roof shingles.

This is a left elevation of the pick of the structure.

Here you can see a close-up of the attached carport towards the rear that is detaching from the main structure.

It is listing towards the left.

There is uh lacking weather protection.

There is deteriorated and damaged shingles, and you can see more uh the damage to the porch overhang.

Here's a close-up of that damage.

You can see that some of the shingles are missing, the decking is missing, um, there are holes present, and that the wood members are rotted.

This is the right elevation of the structure.

Here you can see that there is some damage to the skirting where there is a hole present.

Um, there are broken windows that have been uh boarded up, um, and there is um some of those that have been that had to be resecured.

Uh, this is as best we can get of the rear elevation.

This is uh one structure that is in a U shape.

Uh that rear window uh was previously boarded up and has been resecured recently.

Some of the siding has been detached and removed.

Uh there is a large hole that is present between those two uh structures.

Uh making entry into the structure.

Here you can see that the walls are vandalized.

There is large a large amount of trash and debris in the interior.

Uh, there was carriage bolts placed towards the window securings to prevent unauthorized access.

Uh moving towards the bedroom, you can see that there is holes in the drywall.

More trash and debris.

Um, there is evidence of vagrants that have used this property.

Into the bathroom area, you can see that there's a hole present.

Uh, that is great that is visible.

There is water damage, and that floor was soft to walk on.

Uh, looking into the bathroom facilities, you can see that they have been used.

Uh, there is no water service to the property, but there is evidence of vagrants that have used this.

Uh walking towards the rear, you can see that that uh kitchen window has been used to enter the structure.

There is damage to the drywall, there are holes present, and there is trash and debris.

This is looking towards the rear of the structure.

Here's the rear door that has been carriage bolted.

You can see the natural light is entering in the structure.

There is damage and missing drywall exposing interior studs.

This is a close-up of that carriage bolts that's been placed on that exterior door.

There is evidence that somebody has tried to gain entry into this property.

They were not successful through this door, but there is still damage to the framing.

Walking towards the rest of the structure, you can see that there is a large hole present, natural light that is entering.

There is drywall debris, trash, and items on the walkway posing an egress concern.

And here's a close-up of that.

Uh hole that is present in the exterior.

That is a city securing uh plywood in the rear, that is visible in the photo where the drywall is damaged and missing.

That is a large hole that is present.

Uh, this is a look at the rear room.

It is full of trash and debris.

There is damage to the ceiling joists to the decking to the ceiling covering that is not collapsed into your into the interior of the structure.

And here's a lookup in into the same ceiling in the bathroom area that shows the water damage that has uh allowed the elements into the structure.

This is the detached accessory uh located in the rear of the property is a front elevation.

Here you can see that the this structure was being used uh by vagrants.

Uh it has been secured by the city.

This is a left elevation of the structure.

Uh, due to the proximity of the neighboring property, it was difficult to get a good photo of this, but towards the rear, there is uh missing siding and it is exposed, only studs are present.

This is the right elevation.

This appears to have been uh two different structures that have since been connected into one.

There is roof uh material that has been used as siding scrap material that is being used as uh building material as well, and there is a sag to the roof line.

Uh this is a close-up of the rear elevation.

Uh, you can see some of the siding is missing, some of that uh wall is bowing inward and outwards as you move towards the left.

Make an entry.

You can see that there is uh some siding that is missing, natural light that has been entering this accessory, and it is full of trash and debris.

This is looking into that left elevation where I said the siding was missing.

There are studs that are present, they are not attached to the rest of the structure, and they are in the details deteriorated condition.

Making entry there, see that there is no step into the structure, uh, it is exposed and it does post egress concerns.

This is looking into that front room on the that was visible from the front elevation.

It is full of trash and debris and items.

There is exposed ceiling joists that are weather damaged, and there is natural light that is entering into the structure.

And moving forward, you can see that there is large large amounts of trash and debris evidence that vagrants had used this uh structure on the plywood on the right is uh from a city securing that we had to secure that area.

To recap, the structures located at 103 Kerida Avenue 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 125, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18 for the accessory, 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 pose a threat or potential threat to life health, property or human safety.

Staff recommends demolition, and that concludes my presentation of 103 Kerid Avenue.

Are there any questions?

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

I am open to the motion.

Yeah, this is Joel Slace.

I'll move that the property located at the 103 Getty Avenue is a public nuisance, which is not visible to repaired at this time, and is violation of chapter 6, Article 8, Section 156, specifically for the main one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

And for the accessory, one, two, five, seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen.

I move that the property be demolished within 30 days from the issuance of this order, that the utilities remain disconnected, the property remains secure, and that it be free of trash and debris.

Second, you can see vacated.

Okay.

All right.

Uh the motion is the property located at 103 K Avenue.

Um is a public nuisance, which is not feasible to repair it at this time and is in violation of chapter 6, Article 8, section section 156 subsections for the main 1257 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18, and for the accessory 1257 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

That the property be demolished in 30 days and uh vacated, secured, and clean of trash and debris.

And this there was a second.

Okay.

Yeah, second.

Any discussion?

Okay.

Let's do a real call vote.

Kayla Miranda.

Aye.

Joelle Solis?

Aye.

George Grimes Jr.

Aye.

Jamie Little.

Aye.

Fred Andus.

Motion passes with a vote of five to zero.

Okay.

Legal.

Do we still need uh any session?

No.

Okay.

All right.

Um I believe.

Madam Chair.

Yes.

I do have an update for the board.

Okay.

Go ahead.

I would like to um welcome newly appointed board members David Valtiera and Jamie Little to the building standards board.

Mr.

Valtiata was appointed to the BSB on April 9, 2026, joins panel B and fills the architect category.

Miss Little was appointed to the BSB on April 30th, 2026 and joins panel B as the Mayor Mayorial appointee.

Additionally, uh Dr.

Fazal Hussein was appointed to the BSB on April 9, 2026, joins panel A and fills the veteran category.

The BSB now has full membership.

Additionally, the BSB full board meeting is scheduled Thursday, May 28th, 2026 at 9 o'clock a.m.

Thank you.

Okay, there was an item that Mr.

Andes wanted to bring up.

Yeah, when I was reading the uh proposal or the motion, uh, we've been reading this one, where it has in after its uh a public nuisance per city code chapter six, article eight, section one, six, five, uh six-one five, seven, and then all of a sudden this one skips that and goes right to one five six.

That's why I just don't think I was like we've got used to reading this one, and this one is totally different.

This is the one I've been reading for quite a while.

Well, this is the one we've been reading.

This is the one we've been getting.

That was from last week.

Uh we'll uh uh follow up with Judy to uh see uh about the discrepancy, but the correct one is that it's uh public nuisance as defined by 6-157, uh based on the following conditions pursuant to uh one five-six, and then you list the code.

Yeah, it it on this one we read today.

Misses the one five seven part and jumps right into the one five six part.

Yeah, it was uh yeah, that's why it kind of stomped me when it because we were told we have to read both parts because it follows both parts.

Correct.

So uh we'll address that.

Okay, all right.

Um, and our poll board reading is next Thursday, correct?

The two Thursdays.

Okay.

Uh, did someone get a hold of the um the land trust on the or the uh deconstruction?

Yes, yes, Kayla.

We're we're coordinating that.

We're still finalizing all of our agenda process, and we are um doing a couple of combination items, but there will be um an addressment part of that in one of our presentations.

All right, do we have a list of what we asked to bring to the full board as far as people that are on the like the fire department?

Fire marshal.

Uh we don't have the agenda finalized just yet.

We're still reviewing that to make sure on the timelines that we don't keep you here till six o'clock.

So we're reviewing all of those pieces to see how we can best coordinate and serve.

So some items may not rise to the top.

We do go by priority and the amount of information we do need to update you on.

So there is never anything um purposefully left off, but there are some things that will be combined.

There are some things that will be prioritized just because we can't be gone the whole day of eight hours, and we don't want to hold you guys here for a whole eight hours.

So we want to be very concise trying to keep it around the two hour mark if possible to get as much information as in.

If we don't carry it, I can guarantee that Judy does a really good job of keeping it on the list, and we can roll it over to the next to the next full board.

So that is also something to consider uh to consider.

Judy does keep track of those items that have been requested, whether they're verbally requested or whether they're sent in emails.

Um, she does a really good job of keeping that, but um she puts it together and then we do a final review of just the time and um consideration for everybody.

Well, I don't remember if I've uh if it is on there, but I was uh I was gonna request today the farm marshals that were in here today, uh, for some questioning on on some specific stuff about the stuff they do uh for the new people.

If that's not, then we can probably put it to the second one.

100%.

Yeah, I'll make sure Esther documents that for Judy.

I don't think Mr.

Andis will be able to make it on this full board.

It's a pretty packed agenda already, but we will keep it on the list for the next full board.

And that that's an absolute, and more questions may come up.

That'll also give uh them Chief Bennett, um, who we work very closely with him and his team.

Um, that'll give them also some time to uh prepare something.

Yeah, that is applicable.

Yep.

The new chief is fairly new.

No, not not new to the department, not new to the inspections, but um, no, he's been around, but we've been very very busy on a couple of hot items.

Things are going right now, but um that doesn't mean uh he won't be aware, and we'll give him a heads up and give them plenty of notice as well.

That'll work for us.

Absolutely.

That's board because we don't want to just put somebody in a hot seat.

Right, and we definitely we're definitely listening um to all requests.

We just have to definitely conform to our time restraint and also uh keeping everybody under this.

We know everybody volunteers and we don't we don't want to go overboard.

We've had a few very very heavy agendas and it gets a little taxing.

So we're we're trying to take a double look at that just to make sure we get the most bang for our buck on that.

All right, I I don't problem with that.

Also, if we need to just do boards individually, but if if need that too is is an option.

If we don't get everything in one board, for quick for quick turnarounds we do, yeah.

For quick turnarounds, and that that has happened as well when the ordinances or things are updating that we don't want to wait for a full board, those are critical items.

We will do two presentations, one for each board hearing.

Sometimes you'll hear it twice if you're attending both meetings, but for the full board, we definitely want uh those in depth presentations and then the time for the questions and follow up.

It's not just a one sided, so we try to take that all into consideration.

Thank you guys for all your work you do for us.

Thank you.

All right, um, the words, thank you.

By unit unanimous consent.

Uh it is 1222 and we are adjourned.

Okay.