Yes, I can.

There we go.

All right, we're in we're in business now, Vanessa.

Yeah.

Perfect.

Um are you ready for me to call the meeting to order?

Yes, go ahead, Vanessa.

Just to remind you, uh item number four um has been withdrawn and the case is in compliance.

Correct.

Thank you for saying that.

I'm gonna go ahead and read something into the record uh quickly, and then we can go ahead and jump into our agenda.

Thank you to staff for setting up this virtual hearing for me today.

Um City of Tempe hearing officer is authorized by Arizona revised statutes and the City of Tempe zoning and development code.

The hearing officer is granted the authority to conduct public hearings to decide upon the abatement of code violations occurring on properties within the city.

These violations include deteriorated pools, structures or landscaping, storage of junk or refuse, and storage of inoperable or unregistered vehicles.

Abatement actions are brought before the hearing officer by the city's code compliance division, typically after numerous attempts at contacting the property owner to obtain voluntary compliance with the code.

The hearing officer may issue an order directing the owner, occupant, property manager, or other responsible person to remediate a code violation or may authorize the city to abate the property.

The cost of the abatement is the responsibility of the owner of the property where the violation occurs and will be collected as an assessment against the property in violation of the code.

Um agenda item number four has been brought into code compliance, so that leaves six remaining property abatements.

After which they may also be appealed to superior court.

Um, I had a chance to look at the minutes at that meeting, and they were sent to me right after that hearing.

So, and I believe that they accurately reflect what took place at that hearing.

So I'm going to go ahead and approve the minutes for March 17th, 2026.

Agenda item number two is a request for approval to abate public nuisance items at the Brown property.

This property is located at 1208 West Malibu Drive.

The applicant is the City of 10 P code compliance represented this afternoon by Code Inspector John Salazar.

Thank you, Madam Harry Master.

My name is John Salzer, and I'm code inspector supervisor with the City of Tempe Community Enhancement Division.

I am here this evening to request a hundred and eighty-day open abatement for the property located at 1208 West Malibu Drive in the beautiful city of Tempe, Arizona, 85282.

Uh, just FY, Madam Hearing Officer, this property has been previously abated multiple times.

This current case was initiated by a public complaint on December 11th, 25 for overhigh grass and weeds and an inoperable vehicle.

On December 11th, the property was inspected and found to be in violation of overhigh grass and weeds in the front and rear, an unoperable vehicle in the front driveway and rear yard, and a deteriorated fence in the rear yard.

The first notice was mailed to the residents.

On December 29th, the property was reinspected, and all the violations were still present.

A final notice was sent to the property.

We were advised by a Tempe Care 7 team member that the owner of the property, Kinton Brown, may have passed away several weeks ago.

There was no other information or family members located on the utility bill.

On January 14th of 26, the property was reinspected and all of it, and all the violations still exist.

I received the final correction notice back as return mail labeled vacant and deceased.

I left a pink flour.

I'm sorry, yes, ma'am.

I left a pink flyer with my contact information at the property in hopes of a family or friend would see it and reach out and make contact.

On January 20th, 26th, we received an anonymous complaint via 311 for overheight grass and weeds at the property.

On January 21st, 26 and January 23rd, the property was reinspected and still in violation.

No contact was ever received from the pink flyer left at the residence.

On March 20th, 26th, a notice of intent to abate was mailed and posted to the property for today's hearing for 2126.

I would now like to excuse me.

I would now like to present photos taken today of the existing violations.

Thank you.

As you can see in this first photo, this is a picture of the front of the house.

There is some deterioration over here on the side.

It's actually lapping over into the driveway and the sidewalk.

I thought I recognized this property when I saw it in my packet.

It's distinctive architecture.

Just those two windows kind of make it stand out.

Yes, ma'am, with all the brick.

This is just a side view of the front yard, just kind of shows the rest of it.

On the end here, you can see all the way down.

There is some structure of the sidewalks kind of grown in there.

You can see all the overhigh grass and weeds all throughout the front of the yard and on the side here.