Good afternoon.

Today is Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026.

This is the first meeting of the month for the hearing officer.

My name's Vanessa McDonald, and I'm going to be conducting the hearing this afternoon.

I have something to read into the record, and then we can go ahead and jump right into our agenda.

The

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 to correct the violation.

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.

On today's agenda, we have four items.

We have a set of minutes from October 20th, 26th, and three property abatements.

Any property owner who is aggrieved by a decision of the hearing officer may file an appeal within 14 calendar days after the hearing officer has made a decision.

Abatement appeals are heard by the Board of Adjustment, after which they may also be appealed to Maricopa County Superior Court.

A property owner has 14 days after the hearing officer's decision to either file an appeal or bring their property into code compliance.

If an appeal isn't filed or the property isn't brought into compliance within the required 14-day time frame, the property will be abated by the city.

First item on our agenda is a set of minutes from the October 20th, 2026 hearing.

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

So I'm going to go ahead and approve the minutes from October 20th, 2026.

This is a request for approval to abate public nuisance items at the Moroni property located at 1952 East Concordia Drive.

My name is Michael Moreno,

and I

am a code compliant

compliance inspector

with the City of Tempe Code Compliance Division.

I am here this evening to request a 180-day open abatement for the property located at 1952 East Concorda Drive, Tempe, Arizona, 85282.

This case was initiated on February 18th of 2026 after code compliance.

Received an anonymous complaint about a deteriorated landscape, trash and debris in the front and rear of the property, and an inoperable unregistered vehicle.

On February 26th of 2026, an initial inspection was conducted and the violations were confirmed at that

time.

The first notice was mailed to the property owner, Patrick Moroni.

On March 18th of 2026, a follow-up inspection was conducted at the property.

The violations had not been corrected, and a final notice was mailed to the property owner, Patrick Moroni.

On April 2nd of 2026, another follow-up inspection was conducted at the property.

The violations had not been corrected, and I had attempted to contact the property owner on site and by phone.

On April 15th of 2026, I spoke with the property owner, Patrick Moroni, on the phone regarding the violations and granted the first extension.

On May 8th of 2026, I conducted another follow-up inspection of the property.

Progress had been made on the property, but ultimately the violations had not been corrected.

I attempted to make contact with the property owner on May 13th of 2026 on site and by phone and received no answer.

On June 17th of 2026, I conducted another follow-up inspection at the property and observed new trash and debris in the front and rear yards.

A revised final notice was mailed to the property owner, Patrick Moroni at that

time.

On July 10th of 2026, a citation was issued to the property owner, Patrick Moroni.

The fines and fees have not been paid for that citation.

On August 26th of 2026, I attempted to contact the property owner on site and by phone and received no answer.

On October 1st of 2026, the notice of intent to abate was mailed and posted to the property

and

mailed, excuse me, to the property owner, Patrick Moroni.

I

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

Thank you.

Well, over the past eight months, you've certainly made numerous attempts at trying to contact the owner.

So the first photo here is on the north side of the property facing south.

This is just to kind of give us an overview.

As you can see, we have lots of overheight grass and weeds, clumps and stuff like that, all within the dirt landscape here, all on the side.

And

I know it's difficult to see, but also back on the side of the property, there is also overheight grass and weeds.

And taken from the same angle but zoomed in just a little bit.