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OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

IT MIGHT BE EARLY I JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SATELLITE OVER THERE.

I ASKED HIM, HE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

TELL ME TO WEAR SUNGLASSES.

VICKI.

I DID THAT IN A VERY NOSTRIL.

YOU DIDN'T PRESENT IT THAT I SEE IT WAS TAKEN TOTALLY OUT OF CONTEXT.

DID YOU NOT SAY WE'RE A SECOND CLASS? I SAID, BUT I OFFERED THAT AS A, AS A POLITE SUGGEST.

THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IF, IF THAT COMES TO FRUITION, YOU'D BE, YOU'D BE AT THE HIP IS BOARD MEMBER HERE IN THE TRUCK.

SHE SAID, MS. LUMPKIN, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? NO.

NO.

I SAY THAT.

COME TO FRUITION.

YOU HIT THIS BOARD MEMBER HERE.

IF THIS BOARD MEMBER, OH, WELL THEY'RE IN THE CAR.

CAN I GO GET THEM? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM.

JANUARY THE 13TH, 2022.

THE PROPERTIES, THE CITY OF GARLAND PROPERTY STANDARDS, BOARD PRE MEETING IS NOW CALLED INTO SESSION.

EVERYONE I'M ASSUMING HAS A, AN AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU IN YOUR PACK.

TODAY'S TONIGHT'S PACKET.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOING OFF.

THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYONE HAS A PACKET, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, WE HAVE EVERY BOY, EVERY DISTRICT HAS BEEN BASICALLY FIELD TO SELL ONE.

WE GOT ONE VACANCY, CORRECT? RICK? UH, YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHTY.

UM, IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL TO FEEL MANY VACANT POSITIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BUT I, I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY, UM, THAT POSITION'S BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME AND WE ANTICIPATE A, UH, WITH AN ELECTION COMING UP SOMETIME SOON THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SURE HE MIGHT POSSIBLY GET A NEW BOARD MEMBER AT THAT TIME.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.

UH, AS EVERYONE IS AWARE WHERE GOING THROUGH ANOTHER PEAK IN THIS PANDEMIC, SO VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND, AND, UM, NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND THE RISK THAT WE, THAT WE EXPOSE OURSELF IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SO WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT THIS, UH, THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A SAFE, SAFE MANNER TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY IN REGARDS TO BEING, UH, EXPOSED.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO COME AND YOUR, UH, YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION IS TRULY APPRECIATED AND WE ARE GOING FORWARD ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

THE SECOND ITEM IN THE PRE-MEETING IS THE BOARD CERTIFICATIONS.

UH, I KNOW LAST MEETING, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SWEARING IN AND ACKNOWLEDGING TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS MS. MS. BELL WOULD REPRESENT THE DISTRICT FORWARD.

WE LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU.

WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T SCARE YOU OFF.

SO THERE'S GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK WITH US AGAIN.

MA'AM AND, AND, UH, TAYLOR EARNEST.

WELCOME BACK AGAIN.

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE,

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UH, FROM THE FIRST MEETING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

UM, IN REGARDS TO, UH, CERTIFICATIONS, WE GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE CERTIFICATIONS OF ALL OF OUR, OUR CURRENT AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE.

UM, EVERYONE IS BASICALLY, UH, HAS COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THE CERTIFICATIONS.

WE HAVE ONE, UM, WE HAVE ONE, UH, CALL THE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF TONIGHT.

IN REGARDS TO MR. SHELL, WE MISSED YOUR LAST, LAST, UH, MEANING THEY LOCKED YOU OUT.

OH BOY, WE GLAD THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS TIME.

SO SINCE YOU WERE NOT SWARMING IN SWORN IN, AT THE LAST, UH, AT THE LAST, UH, PREMIUM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BUSINESS, THAT ORDER OF BUSINESS AT THIS CURRENT TIME, WE'RE TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO COME FORTH, OR IF HE CAN STAY WHERE HE IS, HOW DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE? YOU READY TO RIGHT HAND? DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AND THE PROPERTY PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD OF THE CITY OF GARLAND AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THIS STATE.

SO HELP YOU, GOD HAS BEEN SWORN RIGHT? MRS. SHOW.

WELCOME.

WELCOME ABOARD ONCE AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, NOT PRE-MEETING AS AGENDA, ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, TRAINING ON THE USE OF EQUIPMENT TRAINING ON THE USE OF EQUIPMENT.

WE TEMPORARILY TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE BASIC FUNCTIONS, BUT ALWAYS A REFRESHER OR RETRAINING.

RETRAINING IS ALWAYS NECESSARY.

AS TECHNOLOGIES ALWAYS IS ADVANCING.

SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR OUR STAFF TEAM TO, UM, TO SHOW US, UH, TO CONTINUE THE TRAINING OF THIS, OF, UH, OF THE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT WE GOT BEFORE.

SO BASICALLY WHEN WE HAVE TO DO A VOTE, UH Y'ALL KNOW, SOMEONE HAS TO DO A FIRST WORLD TREND.

SOMEONE HAS TO DO A SECOND MOTION.

SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO DO A MOTION ON THE SCREEN AND LET ME CHANGE THE LEAD SO, AS YOU'VE SEEN HERE ON THE, I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN TOO.

YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ONE MOTION AND THEN SECOND, UM, AFTER THAT I, MYSELF, AFTER MR. PERRY'S OR AT, LET ME KNOW THAT WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SET IT UP OVER HERE.

AND THEN EVERYONE LOVED SO NOW IT'S SET UP TO VOTE.

SO IF YOU AGREE TO SAY, YES SO AFTER THAT, AFTER EVERYBODY VOTED, THE RTS MIKE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER, THAT'S THE REQUEST TO SPEAK.

AND THAT SHOWS UP AND JUST THE CARRIERS QUEUE KNOWS WHO'S WHO'S LOOKING TO SPEAK ABOUT AN EMOTION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TRY IT AND YOU'RE NOT PRESENT SOMEONE PRESSED THAT BUTTON.

AND SO LILY, WHEN THERE'S A REQUEST TO SPEAK, IT WAS WHAT TUBE WOULD THAT SHOW UP IN? USUALLY WHEN WE GET TO THE VOTING SCREEN, ALL THE SPEAKING HAS BEEN DONE.

SO AFTER THIS SCREEN, I'LL TAKE IT OFF, I'LL RECORD THE VOTE, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, HERE, WHEN SOMEONE REQUESTS TO SPEAK.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING A VOTE.

IT'S NOT SHOWING UP YET.

DON'T PUT IT ALL RIGHT.

UM, BUT YOU ALREADY CAN SEE IT.

YOU DON'T SEE THE MOST NEXT TO YOUR NAME.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T PRESSED THE BUTTON, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE COULD SWITCH BETWEEN I'LL RECORD THE VOTE.

SO YOU'D GO BACK TO THIS AND BACK TO THAT.

OKAY.

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WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM AFTER THAT.

AND THEN WHEN THERE'S A REQUEST TO SPEAK BY A BOARD MEMBER THERE, MIKE, I HAVE TO, I HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE THEN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE TURNED DOWN.

YES.

OKAY.

I LIKE THESE.

SEE VICKY AND THE CUTE RIGHT NOW.

NO, I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE HOMETOWN.

OKAY.

I DO NOT SEE IT.

OKAY.

I SEE VICKY.

SO I HAVE TO HIT HER NAME.

AND I HIT, I HIT KAITLIN.

RIGHT? I GET THAT.

JUST HAD TO VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN TURN ON LIKE ALL THE MICS AS FAR AS YEAH.

BECAUSE HE USUALLY SELLS UP.

OKAY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

VICKY'S HIT REQUEST TO SPEED AND THAT'S IN YOUR QUEUE.

AND THE GUY THAT SITS THIS OFFICE.

OKAY.

SO WE JUST SO FORTH FOR TONIGHT.

OKAY.

EVERYBODY GOT TO HAVE A HOT MIC AND THEN, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY'S MIC IS HOT.

YOU CAN'T TALK TO THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, THEN WRITING HOW MANY OTHER QUESTIONS EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH, HOW THE VOTING WORKS.

REALLY, THE ONLY BUTTONS WE'LL BE USING IS A WAY TO DO ABOUT, SO YOU'LL, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE SCREENS WITHIN THE FIRST TWO, THEN THE SECOND ONE WILL FIT AND THEN I'LL SET IT UP TO RECORD THE VOTES AND THEN EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO.

OKAY.

THANKS LILY.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE, THE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT TONIGHT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS ARE YOU ABLE TO TURN ON AND OFF THE REASON I'M ASKING IT'D BE BETTER TO LEAVE THEM OFF.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT, SAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN TURN IT ON? I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE THAT.

THE ONLY IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WHEN THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SPEAK, WHEN I HIT THE BUTTON FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, IT TURNS IN MY PHONE AND WE'RE HAVING SOME COMPLICATIONS THIS EVENING THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

AS FAR AS HAVING THE CAPABILITY OF TURNING EACH MEMBER'S, UH, ON AND OFF, I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.

AND IF Y'ALL WANTED TO REQUEST TO SPEAK, I'M ABLE TO DELAY FROM MY SCREEN.

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BUT, UM, YOU JUST SORT OF WANT TO HAVE, UM, MR. PERRY IN THAT PART.

SO I'LL BE ON THE LOOK OUT THERE FOR YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOU SAID THE EQUIPMENT TONIGHT, SEEING NONE.

MY NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ROBERT RULES OF ORDER.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LEFT'S RISK ATTORNEY TO EDUCATE US ON THE ROBERT RULES OF ORDER.

UM, PROBABLY NOT GOING TO EDUCATE MUCH, JUST GONNA REMIND YOU OF THE, UH, UH, IF I GET A LITTLE LOUD OR LOUDER THAN NORMAL, UH, I'VE GOTTEN HERE INFECTION.

SO I'M NOT HEARING VERY WELL, I WOULD WANT TO HEAR.

UH, AND SO I MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOUD TONIGHT.

UH, I USUALLY DON'T NEED A MIND.

AND SO IT MIGHT BE REALLY MAD.

UM, UH, ROBERT'S RULES WAR, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW IS KIND OF THE FUEL THAT WE USE FOR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND HOW TO PROCEED DURING OFFICIAL MEETINGS.

AND IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN LONG BEEN AROUND SINCE 1876.

UH, IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY A GUY NAMED HENRY MARTIN, ROBERT, WHICH I'VE GIVEN THEM.

IT DOESN'T HAVE AN S ON THE, AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME HE WAS PROBABLY ROADWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT, UH, BUT BASICALLY IT'S A, IT'S A WAY TO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEETING STAYS IN ORDER, UH, THAT THE SECRETARY FOR THE MEETING CAN MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS WHAT'S BEING VOTED ON.

WHAT'S BEING VOTED DOWN, WAS BEING VOTED POSITIVELY.

UH, IT'S JUST, UH, A WAY THAT EVERYBODY KIND OF AGREES TO MAKE, UH, TO GO, TO MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER.

UH, ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS IT'S NOT A SET OF LEGAL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE TO USE AS OUR WAY TO MAINTAIN ORDER.

UH, SO ON THE, ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, THAT MEANS THAT IF WE VIOLATE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, IT'S NOT GOING TO MEAN THAT WE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT WE DID.

UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S JUST A WAY TO KEEP ORDER AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, THE CITY HAS ADOPTED ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AS OUR METHOD OF MAINTAINING ORDER IN MEETINGS BY ORDINANCE, OH, I'M SORRY.

THE COURT HAS SET OUR, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

UH, I LEARNED THIS AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING THAT I WAS HERE.

WE ONLY HAD FOUR MEMBERS THAT WE, UH, IT'S FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MUST BE PRESENT FOR MEETING TO BE HELD.

UH, THERE WAS A GOOD REASON.

I MESSED THAT ONE UP AT THE TIME WE HAD TWO NAKED SEASONS.

SO I WENT ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT TOOK A MAJORITY OF THE ACTUAL CITY MEMBERS, BUT THAT WAS INDEED NOT THE WAY IT GOES.

AND IT'S GOTTA BE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO IF WE ONLY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS AND WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES, WE NEED ALL FIVE MEMBERS.

IF WE HAVE LESS THAN FIVE MEMBERS, WE CAN'T HAVE THE MEETING AND ANYTHING THAT'S DONE IN THOSE MEETINGS IS NOT GOING TO COUNT.

IT'S NOT SET BY ROBERT'S RULES.

THIS IS SET BY CITY ORDINANCE.

AND THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP BEFORE, UH, WHETHER, IF ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF STAYING SAFE, I THINK IF WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS HERE AND ONE ABSTAINS, DOES THAT TAKE US BLOOD AND QUORUM OR NO, IT DOESN'T IT'S MEMBERS PRESENT, NOT MEMBERS VOTING, UH, WOULD LEAVING THE ROOM EFFECTIVE WHORE.

UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF, NOBODY SHARED THEY'RE HERE AT THE MEETING, BUT THEY LEFT THE ROOM FOR WHATEVER REASON.

UH, IF THEY HAVE LEFT THE ROOM TO, UH, VISIT THE RESTROOM OR WHATEVER, I WOULD SUGGEST WE WAIT UNTIL THEY COME BACK BEFORE TAKING ANY VOTES.

UH, THE QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, I GUESS IN, IN SOME SORT OF SITUATION, PROBABLY NOT THIS BOARD, THIS BOARD DOESN'T GET VERY CONFRONTATIONAL.

UH, I SUPPOSE SOMEBODY COULD TRY LEAVING THE ROOM TO PREVENT A VOTE ON A CONTROVERSIAL ITEM.

UM, BUT LET'S JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY STAYS IN THE ROOM.

OH, I'VE GOT ONE MORE EXTRA COMMENT ON THE CORN.

IF WE HAVE, IF THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT, WE'VE GOT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, WE GOT SIX TO NINE.

WELL, THAT'S HYPOTHETICAL.

WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS AT ONCE.

THERE'S ONE RECRUIT RECUSAL.

IT WAS THAT THERE'S ONE RECRUIT RECUSAL.

UH, RECUSAL IS SAME THING AS ABSTAINING.

THEY'RE JUST NOT VOTING ON THAT PARTICULAR PARTICIPATING IN THAT PARTICULAR DISCUSSION AND VOTE.

SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE PRESENT,

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THEY COUNT TOWARDS THE COURT.

UH, NOW THE MOST COMMON WAY TO BRING NEW BUSINESS TO THE, TO THE BOARD, UH, WOULD BE BY MOTION.

UH, THERE'S NO MAGIC WORDS, UH, THAT GO INTO, UH, BRINGING YOUR MOTION, UH, GENERALLY, UH, WHEN, WHEN REQUESTED OR WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE IT, YOU CAN SAY, I MOVED THAT, OR, UH, I WANT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT AS LONG AS WHATEVER WORDS YOU USE, MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE CHAIR IN THIS CASE THAT YOU WANT TO BRING A MOTION TO THE BOARD, THAT'S GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT AND THE CHAIR CAN SOLICIT A MOTION.

AND WE SEE THAT A LOT HERE.

UH, CAUSE WE DON'T, THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES WHERE YOU CAN CLOSE DISCUSSION AND HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE A DISCUSSION AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT THE CHAIR CAN SOLICIT EMOTION.

WHEN, WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, UH, THE CHAIR CAN ASK, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MOTION? UH, AND THAT'S USUALLY THE WAY IT KIND OF HAPPENS HERE BECAUSE OF OUR UNOFFICIAL POLICY, UH, THAT IF THAT THE MATTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, WE WILL DEFER TO THAT MEMBER AS FAR AS MAKING THE MOTION.

AND SO, UH, IT'S MORE OF A PRODDING TO NOW'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK.

UH, AND ONE THING, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S CONTROVERSIAL.

UH, THE CONCEPT I ALWAYS USED TO TURN THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR, BE IT MAN, OR WOMAN, UH, THERE'S NO REAL PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS THE CHAIR.

UH, IT HAS BECOME COMMON FOR A MALE CHAIR TO BE JOYOUS AS MR. CHAIRMAN OR CHAIRMAN AND A FEMALE TO BE ADDRESSED IS MADAM CHAIR OR CHAIR, WOMAN.

UH, BUT REALLY FROM STANDPOINT, MAN IS REFERRING TO MANKIND THERE.

AND SO THE MR OR THE MR. CHAIRMAN OR MR, OR MADAM CHAIRMAN WOULD INDICATE THAT THE SEX OF THE CHAIRMAN, BUT IT'S EASIER FOR ME, UH, TO NOT STEP ON ANY TOES.

I'M JUST USE THE TERM CHAIR WHEN I REFER TO AS THE CHAIRPERSON.

UH, AND IT'S JUST EASIER IN A WAY, BUT IT'S NOTHING THAT YOU MAY HAS TO DO AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET HIS ATTENTION, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MR. CHAIRMAN OR MR. CHAIR IS AS LONG AS YOU GET HIS ATTENTION, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO SAY MOSTLY BY PUNCHING THAT BUTTON AND ASKING HIM FOR REQUEST TO SPEAK.

UM, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THAT OUR COST, OUR CUSTOMERS IS NOT SET BY ROBERT'S RULES, BUT OUR CUSTOM HERE IS THAT, UH, THE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AS THE ONE THAT WILL MAKE THE MOTION.

ONCE IT'S MADE, UH, THE MOTION MUST BE SECONDED.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE NECESSARILY WITH THIS, UH, BOARD, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY THAT CONTROVERSIAL, UH, AMONG THE MEMBERS, BUT, UH, THERE ARE TIMES IN SOME MEETINGS WHERE EMOTION WILL BE MADE AND NOT SECONDED IT.

IF IT IS NOT SECONDED, THE BOARD CANNOT CONSIDER THE MOTION.

SO THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES IF, IF NOBODY'S QUICK ON THE DRAW OF THE SECOND EMOTION, YOU MIGHT GET A, THE CHAIR WILL REMIND YOU, DO WE HAVE A SECOND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE CAN'T PUT IT TO A VOTE IF SECONDED, THE MOTION IS IN PLACE BEFORE THE MEMBERS FOR DISCUSSION.

UH, AND THIS IS AGAIN WHERE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS WILL KICK IN, UH, TO CONTROL HOW THE DISCUSSION, UH, OCCURS.

UH, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSS, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IS THE IMPORTANT PART.

IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, UH, STAFF WILL BE, UH, VERY THOROUGH IN THEIR PRESENTATION AND IT MAY NOT BE ANYTHING THAT, UH, Y'ALL REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS.

UH, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S BRENDAN MOVED TO.

UH, UM, ONE THING IS ONCE A MOTION HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY THE CHAIR OR PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND BELONGS TO THE BOARD.

UH, SO IF YOU MAKE A MOTION, YOU CAN'T PULL IT BACK, UNLESS THERE IS A CONSENT OF THE REST OF THE BOARD AND PULL THE MOTION BACK.

SO YOU'VE KIND OF THROWN IT OUT THERE.

IT BELONGS TO THE BOARD, UH, AND MAYBE, UH, TOYED WITH THIS, THE BOARD PLEASES, UH, THIS WILL COME UP IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO AMEND MOST OF THE TIME IN MOST CONTEXTS, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS, SOMEBODY WHO WILL PUT A MOTION OUT, UH, AND THEN ANOTHER MEMBER MAN MAY WANT TO AMEND IT.

AND AT THAT POINT THEY ORIGINAL MEMBER MAY NO LONGER WANT THAT MOTION TO BE OUT AND TRY TO RE RETRIEVE IT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE UNLESS EVERYBODY AGREES TO TAKE THE EMOTIONAL AT THE TABLE

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ARE OFF THE OUT OF CONSIDERATION CAN DO THAT.

UH, AND THAT'S PART OF THIS AS, YOU KNOW, NO, NO NEED TO ASPIRATION OF THE MAKER TO AMEND THE MOTION.

SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE, A LOT OF TIMES IT'LL COME UP WITHIN OUR CONTEXT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE WE'LL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GIVE SOMEBODY 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS, UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HEAR DURING DISCUSSION SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAKES YOU THINK, WELL, THAT'S TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH TIME.

UH, AND SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT YOUR MOTION, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I MOVED AWAY MEN TO 120 DAYS RATHER THAN NINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S USUALLY WHERE WE'LL PROBABLY SEE EMOTIONAL MEN SHOW UP, UH, BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE, MOST OF THE AMENDMENTS, WE MAY TEND TO BE TO HOW LONG WE GET IN SOMEBODY TO, UH, TO FIX UP THE PROPERTY, UH, THE DEBATE ON THE MOTION, AGAIN, NOT SET BY ROLE, UH, BUT BY CUSTOM, THE ONE WHO MAKES THE MOTION IS USUALLY GIVEN THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT PLAYS PRETTY WELL INTO OUR CONCEPT OF, UH, OF USING THE MEMBER FROM THAT DISTRICT.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN, UH, WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

YOU MAY WANT TO DRIVE THE DISCUSSION IN A CERTAIN WAY.

UH, AND SO YOU WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, UH, THE DISCUSSION LILLY PROCEED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

THE WAY WE HANDLED THAT IS THE REQUEST TO SPEAK.

I BELIEVE I'VE NEVER SAT IN THAT CHAIR, BUT I BELIEVE YOU GET THEM IN ORDER THAT THEY MAKE THE REQUEST TO SPEAK.

AND HE CAN GO THROUGH THAT IN ORDER RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE WHO REQUEST TO SPEAK, UH, THE ELECTRONIC METHOD IS, IS MUCH EASIER THAN THE RACE TO RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN SOMEBODY STOPS.

CAUSE OFTEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY STOPPING DOING ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.

SO IT WORKS PRETTY WELL WHEN THE ELECTRONICS WORK AND IF THEY DON'T, WE'LL REVERT TO RAISING HANDS, UM, YOU'RE NOT LIMITED.

UH, YOU CAN'T SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE, UH, BUT UH, ONLY AFTER OTHERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO IF YOU SAY SOMETHING AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S, AND THERE'S THREE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE, UH, YOU MAY WANT TO RESPOND TO THE PERSON WHO SPEAKS DIRECTLY AFTER YOU, UH, THE ORDER THAT THEY WILL GO IN AND WE'LL BE YOU'LL.

IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK, YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE THE BACK OF THE LINE, EVERYBODY WHO ONCE EVERYBODY'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO SAY YOUR PIECE AGAIN.

WE GENERALLY, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.

UH, WE MAY HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, QUESTIONS OF STAFF, BUT OUR, IN OUR, THE WAY WE OPERATE, UH, WE GENERALLY, YOU CAN REQUEST AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A QUESTION.

AND GENERALLY THE CHAIR WILL GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO ASK YOUR QUESTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO THEN ASK DIRECTLY TO THE STAFF, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHT, EVERYTHING RUNS THROUGH THE CHAIR, BUT THEN THE CHAIR CAN DELEGATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK DIRECTLY TO A STAFF OR TO, UH, ANY OF THE WITNESSES DREW PRESENTED HERE.

IT'S KINDA LIKE IN COURT, UH, ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK TO THE JUDGE, EVEN THOUGH I'M SAYING THINGS TO THE OTHER SIDE, UH, DEBATE THE MOTION.

UH, AND AGAIN, GENERALLY NOT A PROBLEM WITH IT.

WE GENERALLY GET ALONG PRETTY WELL, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL AMONG THE MEMBERS, BUT, UH, WHEN DEBATING THE MOTION, YOU SHOULD AVOID INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE.

UH, AND IN THE DEBATE, ONE THING IS IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION, YOU CAN THEN REQUEST OR MAKE, UH, OR SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION.

YOU CAN'T THROW A MOTION OUT THERE JUST SO YOU CAN KILL IT.

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE AGAINST IT, BUT YOU, IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION, UH, YOU CAN SPEAK AGAINST IT.

UH, SECONDING THE MOTION.

DOESN'T RESTRICT YOUR ABILITY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION.

SO IF YOU JUST WANT A SECOND, UH, JUST TO MOVE THINGS ALONG, THAT'S NOT GOING TO RESTRICT YOUR ABILITY, AMENDING EMOTION THAT I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE, UH, MAYBE MADE IT MUST BE DECIDED ON BEFORE VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IN OUR EXAMPLES, WE'VE GIVEN SOMEBODY 30 TO OUR STAFF IS RECOMMENDED 30 DAYS, AND THE MOTION IS MADE FOR 30 DAYS.

SOMEBODY SAYS, YOU KNOW, I HEARD HIM TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE 60 DAYS.

THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, WHETHER THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO BE MADE.

SO SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION TO AMEND TO 60 DAYS.

IT'S SECONDED.

IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON BEFORE WE CAN THEN GO BACK AND VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

WE CAN JUST BAIL OUT ON THE AMENDMENT.

WE HAVE TO DECIDE THE AMENDMENT, THEN GO BACK BECAUSE YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION.

IF YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S A MINUTE, IT MAKES SENSE.

BUT SOMETIMES

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IT DOES NOT MODIFY THE MAIN MOTION.

IS IT FAILS? THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE BOAT DONE.

STILL GOT FIVE RIGHT AFTER I MENTIONED THAT IN THE ROOM.

UH, WE CAN STILL TALK.

WE HAVEN'T DROPPED.

UM, IF IT, IF IT FAILS OR SOMEBODY SAYS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT TO 60 EVERYBODY VOTES, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT AT 30.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESTATE THE MOTION.

UH, WE'LL JUST GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, WELL, THIS GOES TO THE CLASS THAT TAKES PRECEDENT OVER THE MAIN MODE.

UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, THAT WE USED TO DO THAT CHANGED HOW WE DO IT.

SPEAKING EMOTIONS.

A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL, UH, OR WE USED TO READ THE RECOMMENDATION AS WRITTEN OR AS WE WANTED TO ADOPT IT FROM STAFF.

UH, WE DETERMINED THAT WE ARE ALLOWED SINCE THE STAFF, UH, BRIEFING IS WRITTEN.

UH, WE ARE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT THE MOTION CAN BE MOVED.

WE ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS WRITTEN, UH, THAT WAY WE DON'T CAUSE IT WOULD GET CONFUSING AT TIMES WE'D HAVE TO READ ENTIRE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

IF CHANGES ARE MADE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY READ IT, INSERT THE RIGHT WORDS.

YOU CAN JUST SAY, AS LONG AS IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE MOTION IS, WE'RE GOOD.

WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE MOTION WAS, WHAT THE VOTE WAS SO THAT WE CAN RECORD IN THE OFFICIAL CITY RECORDS, WHAT HAPPENED.

SO, UH, MOST OF THE TIME HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE ACCEPTED AS WRITTEN BACK BY STAFF.

SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT SAY WITH IT, WITH AN EXTENSION OF RATHER THAN MARCH 3RD, SEPTEMBER 3RD, OR WHATEVER, THAT CAN BE.

UH, A LOT OF TIMES THIS WON'T COME UP, COME UP A LOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING BESIDES A MAIN MOTION AND AN AMENDED MOTION, A MOTION TO AMEND COME UP IN OUR CONTEXT.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME MOTIONS ARE DEBATABLE, MAY MOTION, A MOTION TO POSTPONE A MOTION, TO AMEND THE MOTION TO RESEND, UH, OUR EMOTION, RECONSIDER EMOTION.

THESE ARE ALL DEBATABLE.

THAT MEANS ONCE IT'S THROWN OUT THERE AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT, UH, THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN CALL THE VOTE.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE NON DEBATABLE, UH, SUCH AS A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS BASICALLY A MOTION TO SET THIS MOTION ASIDE UNTIL A LATER MEETING, UH, OR TO TAKE IT BACK OFF THE TABLE, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT MEETING TO COME OFF THE TABLE, ADJOURN.

THESE THINGS ARE NOT DEBATABLE.

WE CAN'T ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN, WHICH KIND OF SURPRISED ME THAT WAS NOT DEBATABLE, BUT IF SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT THE END, WE DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT IT TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO VOTE ON IT.

IF WE VOTE TO ADJOURN, THEN IT'S MEETINGS OVER.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST ROBERT'S RULES.

THESE ARE LAWS.

SO IF SOMEBODY MANAGES TO TALK ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

UH, AFTER THE MOTION IS MADE, AFTER EFFORT'S BEEN SECONDED, AFTER ANY DISCUSSION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED, THE CHAIR WILL LIVE CALL TO CALL FOR THE VOTE.

AND YOU WILL HAVE ESSENTIALLY, I THINK, AS RESTRICTED BY YOUR KEYPAD, THERE, YOU CAN VOTE.

YES, YOU CAN VOTE.

NO.

ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE WITH STATE? I THINK THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS.

ARE THEY PHRASED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY? THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR YES, NO.

AND I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE.

OKAY.

BECAUSE I'M HAVING IN SOME CONTEXTS, I GUESS IT WOULD BE SUPPORT, NOT SUPPORT.

YES, NO ABSTAIN.

THOSE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.

I MEAN, YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER OPTION AGAIN, UH, WITHIN, SO ELECTRONIC VOTING, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU DON'T REALLY GET ANOTHER OPTION.

SO NOAH, NO DISCUSSION REMAINS, UH, WHICH NORMALLY HERE IT WOULD BE AFTER ALL THE WITNESSES SPOKEN, SPOKEN.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, CHAIRMAN PEREZ, UH, CUSTOM IS TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.

AND WHEN THE HEARING NONE, HE WILL SAY, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN YOU WILL ASK FOR A VOTE OR ASK FOR A MOTION AND THEN YOU WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

SO A MORE, A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST, UH, CARRY, UH, IF SOMEBODY ABSTAINS, THERE HAS TO BE A MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT ACTUALLY VOTE.

SO EXTINCTION WILL AFFECT WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN, BUT IT WON'T AFFECT WHETHER THERE'S AN AND YOU'LL VOTE BY TECHNOLOGY.

TAKE ALL THESE WONDERFUL UNTIL IT DOESN'T WORK.

UH, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT WORK, UH, WE WILL VOTE BY

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PROBABLY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND, ALL THOSE OPPONENTS, RAISE YOUR HAND.

IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T RAISE THEIR HAND AND I'LL ASK, UH, IF HE MAY HAVE STAYED AND THEN THE ACTION WILL BE COMPLETED, UH, WHEN THE VOTE IS REVEALED ON THIS, WHETHER THE MOTION IS CARRIED OR THE EMOTION IS NOT SUCCESS, I THERE'S A TIDE OF THOSE LOST, UH, TODD DOES NOT GO TO THE RUNNER.

IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE TO WIN.

THE MOTION HAS TO WIN IN ORDER TO BE CARRIED.

UH, THEN THERE'S SOME WHAT THEY SECONDARY EMOTIONS.

UH, AND THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES OF SECONDARY EMOTIONS.

THERE'S PRIVILEGED SUBSIDIARY AND INCIDENTAL.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANDER INTO THESE VERY OFTEN.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS, AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY OF THESE SHOW UP.

UH, THESE ARE GENERALLY THINGS THAT COME UP IN, UH, VERY RARELY, EVEN IN THE CONTEXT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, WHICH GO MUCH FURTHER INTO THE WEEDS THAN WE NORMALLY DO.

UH, PRIVILEGED MOTIONS, UH, ARE EMOTIONS THAT DON'T RELATE TO THE MAIN MOTION TO RELATE TO MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A MOTION, UH, A SECONDARY MOTION MIGHT BE OF, YOU KNOW, IF DISCUSSION IS GOING ON, SOMEBODY MAY NOT MAKE A MOTION TO SET A TIME TO ADJOURN TO KIND OF GIVE HER READY THE HEADS UP.

HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS ALL NIGHT GUYS.

UH, BUT THESE DON'T DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE MOTION THAT THEY WILL AFFECT THE MOTION.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED PRIVILEGED EMOTIONS AND SECONDARY, UH, SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT RELATE TO DIRECTLY TO THE MOTION THAT HAND MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE.

A PREVIOUS QUESTION LIMIT THE TIME OR STINT TO DEBATE, UH, TO POSTPONE FOR A CERTAIN TIME REVERTED COMMUNITY OF MEN AND POSTPONED IN DEPTH.

THESE ARE THE TYPES OF SECONDARY EMOTIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED SUBSIDIARY EMOTIONS BECAUSE THEY DO DIRECTLY AFFECT, UH, THE, THE MOTION ITSELF.

NOW I WILL GET OFF INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE WITH THESE.

THEY MAY COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THEN YOU HAVE INCIDENTAL LOTIONS, UH, ARISING FROM THE PENDING BUSINESS, WHICH WOULD BE THE MOTION, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AFFECT THE MOTION.

UH, AND AGAIN, THERE'S YOUR LIST.

UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER ANY OF THOSE EVER COMING UP.

UH, AND THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT, UH, THAT MIGHT BRING IT ON A MOTION OR QUESTION BACK AGAIN BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY.

UH, THESE ARE, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, UH, THINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BRING SOMETHING UP THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DISCOVERED I PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AND VOTED, VOTED ON.

MAYBE WE, UH, VOTED TO TABLE THE MOTION.

UH, THAT GENERALLY MEANS JUST TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING OR TELL A FUTURE MEETING, NOT TO SHOW THE NEXT MEETING AGAIN, DOESN'T COME UP A LOT HERE.

I SUPPOSE IT COULD.

IF SOMEBODY HAD A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES GOING ON WITH THEIR HOUSE WITHOUT SAYING, HEY, WE'LL TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER.

UH, I THINK IT MIGHT COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME.

IF WE HAD LIKE A NEW OWNER COMES IN AND SAYS, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'D LIKE TO GET THE CHANCE WE CAN TABLE THE MOTION.

AND THEN JUST SAY, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN.

UH, ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE TO A MOTION RECONSIDER MOTION RESEND.

UH, THESE COULD COME UP IF, IF SOME NEW INFORMATION COMES UP AND I CAN SEE IT COMING UP THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER SAY WE HAD A NEW OWNER WHO SWEPT IN AFTER OUR HEARING AND SAID, LOOK, I'M, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SAID, Y'ALL WERE GONNA TEAR THIS DOWN.

I CAN GET IT FIXED.

WE MIGHT PUT IT BACK ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.

WE'LL ASK IF THE BOARD WANTS TO RECONSIDER WHICH POINT THE BOARD COULD VOTE TO NOT RECONSIDER IT.

ARE THEY GOING TO RECONSIDER? RESEND WOULD BE AGAIN, IF SOMETHING CHANGED AND THEY CAME TO THE CAME BACK, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO RESCIND IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTED TO, TO GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS, UH, THERE'S OTHER MOTIONS AND QUESTIONS, BUT GENERALLY, AND, AND JUST LIKE IN BRINGING A MOTION THERE'S I MOVED THAT.

I MOVED THAT WE DO THIS, I MOVED TO THE BOARD.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WHATEVER, UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT KIND OF LANGUAGES THAT YOU CAN USE.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO MAGIC WORDS.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST WANT A MOTION TO GO AWAY, YOU DON'T SAY, OH, I DON'T WANT THIS MOTION TO GO AWAY.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN SAY A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY CHANGES, MOTION TO AMEND, UH, TO ASSIGN A COMMITTEE, TO INVESTIGATE THE VIEW, TO REFER TO A COMMITTEE.

UH, THEY'RE ALL FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU,

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I MEAN, ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL MOTION IS SAY A MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.

IF SOMEBODY JUST SAID, HEY, I GOT A MOTION THAT WE QUIT TALKING ABOUT THIS, OR I GOT A MOTION.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT THREE MORE SPEAKERS AFTER THAT.

WE VOTE, UH, AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHAT THE INTENT IS OF THE MOTION, IT'S GOING TO GET IT DONE.

UH, WE DON'T NEED MAGIC WORKS.

UH, THOSE JUST AREN'T REQUIRED.

UH, AND AGAIN, HERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS.

IF WE WANDER OFF THE AGENDA, UH, THE MOTION IS FORMERLY CALLED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE CALL FOR ORDERS OF THE DAY, BUT YOU COULD JUST SAY, HEY, I MAKE A MOTION.

WE STICK TO THE AGENDA AGAIN.

AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHAT IT IS, UH, WE CAN GET IT DONE BECAUSE THIS, THESE ROBERT'S RULES ARE HERE, UH, FOR Y'ALL'S USE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN Y'ALL'S.

HERE ARE Y'ALL'S HEARINGS, UH, SO THAT THE STAFF CAN KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT Y'ALL WANT US TO DO, UH, TO PUT DOWN IN TO THE RECORD, UH, AND TO KEEP IT, KEEP EVERYBODY IN ORDER.

WE JUST LIKE STAFF.

THEY SERVE AT YOUR PLEASURE.

YOU USE THE RULES AS YOU WANT TO USE THE RULES.

IF YOU WANT TO USE SOME DIFFERENT RULES, YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE YOUR OWN UP, BUT IT JUST WOULD SEEM KIND OF SILLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD COMPREHENSIVE SET OF RULES THAT THE ROBERTS FOLKS NOW MAINTAIN AND KEEPS ORDER PRETTY WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ONE THING I DID WANT TO SAY, UM, AND THIS WAS, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A WHILE, PROBABLY UNDERSTAND FROM TIME TO TIME, A QUESTION MAY COME UP, UH, AND THE PERSON WHO IS FORMERLY CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, UH, IS REFERRED TO AS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN.

WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL PARLIAMENTARIAN, BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS NOT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF MEETINGS.

UH, GENERALLY THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A PARLIAMENTARIAN, UH, IT WILL, UH, FALL TO THE CHAIR TO MAINTAIN THE ORDER AS HE SEES FIT.

UH, SO THERE'S DISAGREEMENT ON HOW THINGS ARE RUN WITHOUT AN ASSIGNED PARLIAMENTARIAN.

UH, UH, TIE GOES TO MR. PERRY, IF WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT AND MR. PERRY IS ON ONE SIDE, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO BECAUSE OF DEFAULTS, AS FAR AS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN DUTIES TO THE CHAIR, UNLESS HE SIGNS IT ELSEWHERE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE WERE AT, I WAS AT A CONFERENCE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS ABOUT ROBERT JEWELS AND THE FIRST SLIDE CAME UP THERE AND HE SAID, YOU ARE NOT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR COUNCIL.

AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, GOOD.

BECAUSE I DON'T, I MEAN, WE USED TO HAVE FORMER DISTRICT FOUR MEMBER SAY HE KNEW THOSE THINGS BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP UP AND JUST KNOW THEM ALL MR. JEFF, HE KNEW IT BACKWARDS.

AND SO I WOULD DEFER TO HIM EVERY TIME A QUESTION CAME UP BECAUSE HE AND WE, AND WE GOT TESTED ON IT PRETTY, PRETTY FREQUENTLY.

OKAY.

PRETTY QUICK.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY.

YEAH.

I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT FIGHTING THEN.

UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT WE CAN CONSIDER OURSELVES REFRESHED ON ROBERTSVILLE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, KURT.

UH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS PRESENTATION THAT'S PRESENTED THIS EVENING? CAN WE AS A BOARD MEMBER, CAN WE RECEIVE THIS ELECTRONICALLY? YES, I WILL SEND IT TO BILLY AND SHE CAN GET IT OUT.

OKAY.

THANKS AGAIN.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEMS, NUMBER SIX, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, IS EVERYONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE RELATIVELY NEW.

WE'RE ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE GETTING A SIMULATED.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT REQUIRES FUTURE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OR TO GET, UH, FOR YOU TO GET ACCLIMATED FOR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO HAVE SOME TRAINING SESSIONS OVER OR TO BE DISCUSSED IN OUR NEXT, NEXT MEETING, UPCOMING MEETING? IS THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE FUTURE DISCUSSION ITEMS? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, A GREAT JOB RIGHT THERE FOR US PUTTING THESE TRAINING MATERIALS TOGETHER, THEN YOUR STAFF.

WE HAVE ABOUT 19 MINUTES BEFORE OUR PUBLIC REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, IT'S ABOUT 6 41.

A PRE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

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OKAY.

LIKE THE WELCOME EVERYONE.

IT IS APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM, JANUARY THE 13TH, 2022, LIKE TO SAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

THIS WILL, WE WERE CONDUCTING OUR VERY FIRST MEETING OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

LET ME BEGIN BY MAKING A STATEMENT.

IT IS A CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS BOARD FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD TO HAVE AN INVOCATION, EVERY SILO OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF OUR PUBLIC MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.

HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE.

THE DECISION TO PARTICIPATE IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF PERSONAL CHOICE AND HAS NO BEARING ON THE MATTERS TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE DURING THIS MEETING.

SO AT THIS TIME, AS WE COMMENCE OUR PUBLIC HEARING THIS, THIS, THIS EVENING, I WILL ASK EVERYONE TO STAND AND OUR APPLICATION, WHICH WILL BE LED BY OUR BOARD MEMBER.

ERIC SHOW FOLLOWED BY THE PLATES, THE TEXAS PLEDGE, WHICH WOULD BE LED BY, BY CALEB EARNEST.

MR. SHOW, UH, I WAS CHAIRMAN PEREZ SAID, UM, WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

UM, WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

I'M GLAD I, IT HOPEFULLY, UH, OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT PRESENT TONIGHT ARE IN GOOD HEALTH AND NOT HERE BECAUSE OF SICKNESS.

UM, AND IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT, UH, OUR HEADS AND SATISFIED WITH HER, IF YOU WILL, BUT FOR ALL THOSE, UH, THAT HAVE FALLEN ILL OR THAT WE HAVE LOST TO, UH, THE COVID VIRUS, OKAY.

LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLEDGE, PLEASE TURN IT AND FACE THE TEXAS FLAG HONOR.

THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE IN ONE AND INDIVIDUALIZE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. SHOW.

AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. EARNEST AND W YOU MAY BE SEATED AT THIS TIME.

IN OUR PACKET THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2021 MEETING.

AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL HAVE A REVIEW REVIEWING OF THE MINUTES AND WE'LL HAVE A MOTION AFTER READING OF THE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE READ, READ THE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL.

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WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED FROM DECEMBER THE SECOND, 2021 BOARD MEETINGS.

WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY .

THANK YOU.

ONE LENDER.

SECOND BY MR. MR. EARNEST, ALL IN FAVOR OF SETTING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED WITH BOTH AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER.

THE SECOND BOARD MEETING THAT UNANIMOUS DECISION MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED AS APPROVED, APPROVED AS PRESENTED OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

AND OUR REGULAR MEETING WOULD BE THE SWEARING IN OF WITNESSES.

IS THERE ALL WITNESSES THAT HAVE SIGNED A WITNESS CARD? WILL YOU PLEASE STAND SO THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL SWEAR EVERYONE WHO'S COMING BEFORE US THIS EVENING, YOU HEAR ABOUT SWEARING, THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL ARRIVE IN THE SPORT AND BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH I DID.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KURT.

YOU WOULD CONTINUE ON OUR CASES, OUR DOCKETS THAT'S PRESENTED TO US THIS EVENING.

UM, I MUST BRING TO THE ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO THE BOARD THAT, ALTHOUGH IN OUR PACKET THIS EVENING, WE HAVE FIVE CASES ON THE DOCKET.

ONE OF THE CASES BASICALLY IS A DUPLEX.

ONE OF THEM WILL BE REMOVED OR HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO THE DEMOLITION OF THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

THAT IS THE, UH, PROPERTY B UH, DOCKET NUMBER OF 2021 DASH 11.

DECK.

THAT PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE DOCKET WILL BE REMOVED, WILL NOT BE PRESENTED THIS EVENING.

THAT'S A DUPLEX PROPERTY BECAUSE DUE TO DEMOLITION, SO WE WERE PROCEED WOULD THAT WOULD NOT BE PRESENTED TONIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN REMOVED.

SO WE WERE PROCEED WITH OUR FIRST CASE THIS EVENING, UH, THE CASE DOCKET NUMBER 2021 DASH 10.

MR WEINSTEIN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO THIS IS THE OTHER HALF OF THAT DUPLEX.

THIS IS DOCKET AT 2021 DASH 10 FOR THE JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

HEARING THE ADDRESS IS 48 33 SPINDRIFT PASSAGE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT.

NUMBER FOUR, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS BLOCKED TO LOT 13 OF THE MEADOW CREEK VILLAGE EDITION.

IT IS DESCRIBED AS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH A PROPERTY VALUE OR AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $116,320.

THE OWNER IS JANET MARIE REARDON OF 1425 DOUGLAS DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 1 4 9 0.

TO NOTICE THAT THE PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021 CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE A PROCEEDING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY.

DECEMBER 17TH, 2021 CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE OF PROCEEDING WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2021 CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS ARE SENT BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY TO PERSON VESTED OWNER OF RECORD IDENTIFIED BY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS.

THERE EXISTS ON THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 48 33 SPENDER PASSAGE, GARLAND, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

WE'LL CALL IT THE PROPERTY, THE SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS, AND THAT ARE ON THE HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS.

THE CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEREAS THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND A FINAL INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED BY AUGUST 19TH, 2022.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, AND IF FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, BY AUGUST 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING AUGUST 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022,

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THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING IN SPINDRIFT PADS THAT IT'S AT THE CORNER OF SPINDRIFT PASSAGE AND ARROWHEAD CIRCLE, AND IT BACKS UP TO NORTHWEST HIGHWAY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR WAS PROPERTY PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THIS HEARING AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE SEARCH COUNTY, PROPERTY RECORDS, CAD PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE APPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS AND ASSUMED NAME RECORDS ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.

STAFF NOTICE POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING OF THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 22ND, 2021 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE FOR JANET MURRAY REARDON 1425 DOUGLAS IN GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 1 4 9 0 2.

ALSO ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE TO JANET BY PHONE.

AFTER SHE HAD RECEIVED A NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS ON DECEMBER 25TH, 2021 CERTIFIED IN MINNESOTA ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS MARKED IS IN TRANSIT ARRIVING LATE BY USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR JANET MURRAY REARDON AT 48 33 SPENDER AND PASSAGE IN GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 2 4 3 4 9 1 9.

THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE POSTING OF THAT NOTICE OF PROCEEDING ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AT 48 33 SPENDERS PASSAGE.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.

WHEN THE NOTICE WAS POSTED 48 33 SPENDER PASSAGE INSPECTION RESULTS SHOWED A STRUCTURE THAT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A FIRE AND A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

48 33 SPENDER PASSAGE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY, OR THAT ALL THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FIRE SMOKE AND WATER MUST BE REMEDIED REMEDIATED, AND THAT THE STRUCTURE MUST BE REPAIRED SO THAT THE WELL DWELLING IS IN A HABITABLE CONDITION.

THIS IS THE TIMELINE OF ACTIONS FOR 48 33 SPENDER PASSAGE STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2021.

WHEN THERE WAS THE PROPERTY FIRE IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, THERE WAS A DEMOLITION PERMIT OBTAINED FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONDEMN THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 22ND, 2021.

THE OWNER JANET RIORDAN REACHED OUT TO COBRA APPLIED STAFF.

AFTER SHE HAD RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THIS HEARING BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2021, THE CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE WAS INSTALLED AROUND THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 3RD, 2022 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONFIRMED THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY WAS WELL UNDERWAY.

JANUARY 4TH, 2022 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE TO JANET RIORDAN ABOUT HER PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY AND ABOUT THIS HEARING ON JANUARY 7TH, 2022 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE TO MS. RIORDAN AND HER CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, JEFF MORELAND, AND MR. MORELAND SHARED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND HAD A CONCISE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND PLAN THAT HE SHARED WITH STAFF.

THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AT 48 33 SPENDERS PASSAGE.

YOU NOTICE THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF WORK DONE SINCE THE INITIAL POSTING.

THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW THAT WE TOOK THIS MORNING, JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

THERE'S A CURRENT CONDITION.

THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TAKEN THIS MORNING, JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

UH, THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT WE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.

IT WAS, IT WAS SITTING APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE DUMPSTER IS THE OWNER'S PLAN IS EXPRESSED TO STAFF BY HER CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, IS THAT THE OWNER, JANET RICHARDSON HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SINCE RECEIVING THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THIS HEARING, SHE HASN'T BEEN WORKING WITH HER INSURANCE COMPANY AND HAS HIRED A CONTRACTOR WHO HAS BEGUN A PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THIS PROPERTY.

HER PLAN IS TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AS POSSIBLE TO SAFELY USE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN DIFFICULTIES.

SHE INITIALLY BELIEVED THE PROCESS COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR TO COMPLETE RECENTLY, A PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO BY HER CONTRACTOR.

THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO STAFF BY MR. JEFF MORELAND, WHO IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DATES ON HERE.

START DATES AND FINISH DATES.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT IS ON THE SECOND PAGE HERE, AUGUST 19TH IS THE FINISHED DATE FOR THE FINAL CLEAN.

AND SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE SCHEDULE WILL BE ACCURATE AND THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SCHEDULE.

SO IN SUMMARY, THIS, THIS PROPERTY WASN'T DUPLEX, MS. JANET RIORDAN OWNS BOTH HALVES OF THE DUPLEX.

BOTH PROPERTIES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY A FIRE IN AUGUST OF 2021.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE WAS NO APPARENT

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PROGRESS MADE TOWARD REPAIRS OR SECURING THE PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, AFTER SPEAKING WITH STAFF, MR. RIORDAN IMMEDIATELY HAD HER CONTRACTOR BEGINNING, PARTIAL DEMOLITION, AND THE CHAIN LINK SECURITY FENCE WAS INSTALLED AROUND BOTH PROPERTIES.

MR. VERDIN DOES HAVE A PLAN AND IS MOVING FORWARD WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTIES.

IN FACT, THE OTHER HALF OF THE DUPLEX HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED TO THE FOUNDATION AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PROPERTY MIRRORS, THE PLAN PRESENTED BY THE OWNER'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

SO THEREFORE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR 48, 33 SPENDER OF PASSAGE IS THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

AND THE FINAL INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED BY AUGUST 19TH, 2022.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, AND THE FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY AUGUST 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING AUGUST 20TH, 2022.

AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

AND A FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

IF THE BUILDING'S NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING, MR. CHAIRMAN THAT'S.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT IN REGARDS TO OUR QUESTION, THIS, THE QUESTIONING THIS EVENING, WE'RE RESTRICTED WITH CERTAIN AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS.

AND I ALWAYS PREFER TO THE ACRONYM IN RV AND RV QUESTIONS.

THE END REPRESENTS, WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO PROPER NOTICE.

THE R REPRESENTS REMEDY.

WE CAN, WE CAN REFER A QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO REMEDY OF THE PROPERTY AND VI VIOLATION REPRESENT VIOLATION.

I, OUR QUESTIONS CAN ONLY BE LIMITED TO VIOLATIONS.

SO ON THAT NOTE WITH RESTRICTIONS IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS OF QUESTIONING, WE WOULD PROCEED TO ASHLYN ASKING QUESTIONS OF MR. WEINSTEIN FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND, AL I'LL START OFF SAYING THIS.

YOU INDICATED SEAN, THAT YOU MET WITH THE OWNER, CORRECT? YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO THE OWNER.

I HAD SPOKEN TO THE OWNER AND JUST BETTER THIS EVENING.

OKAY.

IN REGARDS TO THE SCHEDULE, WE KNOW WE WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND WE'RE DEALING WITH A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE WITH THE PANDEMIC AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.

AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET THIS PROPERTY REHAB, DO THEY, IS THERE A PRACTICALITY OR REASONABILITY IN REGARDS TO THE DATE DATES THAT THE CITY IS SETTING FOR US, FOR US TO VOTE ON TONIGHT? YES.

I BELIEVE I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH MR. JEFF MORELAND SEVERAL TIMES.

HE'S THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT I DID, UH, PRESENT MS. RIORDAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND GETTING SUPPLIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND HE DID NOT SEE IT AS A, AS A PROBLEM.

HE, HE FELT HE HAD ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM IN HIS PLAN THAT HE'D BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE SCHEDULE.

THANK YOU, SEAN.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD POSE THE BOARD TECH TECH QUESTION ABOVE BOARD.

IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SEAN AT THIS TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR SEAN? ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHANNON SEEING NUDGE SEAN AT THIS TIME YOU MADE THE NEGATIVE.

EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE SOME WITNESS CARDS IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY BEFORE US THIS EVENING, WE HAVE THE NAME OF, UM, JANET, JANET RIORDAN.

WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? MS. RIORDAN AS YOU APPROACHED MS. RIORDAN, UH, FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE MIC BECAUSE THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE RECORD.

MS. RAVEN, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? HEY, MY NAME IS JANET RIORDAN CURRENTLY RESIDING AT 1425 DOUGLAS DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 75,004 ONE.

THANK YOU, MS. RIORDAN, PLEASE PROCEED IN YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.

WHAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO HEAR? OKAY.

UM, THE FIRE OCCURRED, UM, AUGUST 22ND AND IT DIDN'T START IN MY BUILDING AT ALL.

IT WAS THE NEIGHBORS BUILDING KIND OF ON THE HOME NEXT TO 48, 35 AND HER GRANDCHILDREN STARTED IT SOMEHOW ON THE PATIO AND IT WAS THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND IT WAS A VERY HOT FIRE.

AND MY DOG ALERTED ME.

I, THERE WAS

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SOME SMOKE, WENT BY THE WINDOW UP FRONT.

I GOT UP AND I THOUGHT SOMEBODY'S BARBECUE'S OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT OUTSIDE AND I COULD TELL MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.

MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT WAS LOSING MY CAR CAUSE I HAD A BRAND NEW CAR WITH 1800 MILES ON IT PARKED AND WENT BACK AND GOT THE BALL WENT OUT IN THAT TIME.

IT HAD SPREAD TO THE FENCE AND IT WAS JUST TOO HOT.

SO I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

AND, UM, WENT BACK IN AND I WAS TRYING TO GET THE DOG ON A LEASH.

AND MY NEIGHBOR FROM DOWN THE STREET CAME DOWN AND SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT.

SO I GOT OUT THE CLOTHES ON MY BAG AND MY PURSE AND A WALKER.

AND FOR TWO HOURS, I SAT THERE AND WATCHED MY HOUSE BERG.

I HAD LIVED THERE OVER 40 YEARS AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, I THINK I'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD CITIZEN OF GARLAND.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE NEVER LAID ON PROPERTY, TEXAS NEVER LAID ON BILLS, NO PROBLEMS. MY FATHER, UH, MOVED DOWN HERE AND BUMPED THE 48 33 SIDE IN 1995.

AND HE LIVED THERE UNTIL HE DIED IN 2009.

AND THEN IT WAS DEEDED OVER TO ME.

AND I KIND OF HAPPILY LIVED ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE I WAS, I DIDN'T GO UPSTAIRS MUCH.

SO I KIND OF LIVED ON BOTH SIDES.

AND IN 2019, MY BROTHER WHO'S ALSO DISABLED ASKED IF HE COULD MOVE IN.

AND I SAID, YES.

SO HE WAS LIVING IN THE 48 33 SITES ANYWAY.

UM, I CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY THAT NIGHT AND ALERTED THEM TO THE PROBLEM.

AND THEY GOT THE CLAIM PROCESS STARTED.

BOTH MY CARS WERE TOTALED IN THE FIRE.

UM, THE SIDE 48, 33, WHILE IT WASN'T DESTROYED, EVERYTHING WAS SMOKED WET AND JUST BASICALLY DESTROYED NOTHING, HARDLY SALVAGEABLE.

ANYWAY, UM, I TALKED TO THE GESTURE, TOLD HIM I WANTED TO REBUILD.

AND HE SAID, OKAY.

HE SAYS, NO, YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO MOVE SLOW AT THE BEGINNING.

IT ALWAYS DOES.

YOU'RE GOING TO THINK YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANY ACTION, BUT WE'D HAVE TO GET A PLAN.

WE'D HAVE TO GET COSTS INVOLVED AND GET UNDERWRITERS TO APPROVE IT.

AND JUST A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS.

SO THEY HAD FIVE NATIONAL CONTRACTORS THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND TO DO THIS TYPE OF REBUILD.

AND ONE OF THEM WAS HERE IN DALLAS.

SO I MET WITH HIM AND HE WAS ENDORSED BY MY CONSTRUCT.

MY IN HIS CONSTRUCTION FIRM WAS ENDORSED BY MY INSURANCE AND GUARANTEED THERE, HIS WORK FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER IT WAS COMPLETED.

SO WE NEGOTIATED AN INITIAL CONTRACT, UM, AND WE SIGNED IT SEVEN SET CANTERBURY.

SO WITHIN TWO WEEKS AND OTHER IMMEDIATE NEEDS WERE TEMPORARY HOUSING.

AND THEN THEY WANTED US TO FIND A HOUSE THAT WE COULD LIVE IN FOR THE, AND THEY, THEY STARTED LOOKING AT HOUSES WITH A RELOCATION FOR AMOUNT OF PHOENIX THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST.

SO WE WERE LOOKING AT HOUSES AND THERE WAS A PART OF THE ANYTHING AVAILABLE IF YOU OFFER THEM, YOU UNDERSTAND THEM.

ANYWAY, WE FINALLY FOUND A HOUSE BY LOOKING AT A HOUSE IN RICHARDSON AND THE GUY SAID, I'VE GOT A GOOD HOUSE IN GARLAND.

I THINK IT WILL WORK FOR YOU.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN THAT HOUSE ONE OCTOBER, AND JUST FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A CAR THAT I COULD USE BY THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER.

SO ALL THE TIME, ALL THIS IS GOING ON, I'M DEALING WITH TWO ADJUSTERS ON THE CARS.

I'M DEALING WITH THE ADJUSTER ON THE BUILDINGS.

I'M DEALING WITH THE ADJUSTER ON THE BELONGINGS AND I'M WORKING.

I COORDINATED WITH GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT.

I'M TURNING OFF THE STUFF AT THE DUPLEX AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN CALL THEM AND GOT IT SITUATED TO TURN IT ON AT THE NEW ADDRESS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WENT DOWNTOWN HERE AND SET IT UP.

SO IT COULD BE PAID DIVIDEND AUTOMATICALLY ON MY CREDIT, OUT OF MY CHECKING ACCOUNT.

SO ANYWAY, THE REAL HOLDUP WAS WHEN I CALLED THE SERVPRO SAGA THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY WANTED ME THAT ARE SERVED FROM, TO GO IN AND DO WHAT THEY CALLED A PACK-OUT OR INVENTORY.

AND SOMEHOW THAT WORKS INTO WHAT THEY DO ON THE APPRECIATION OF STUFF.

EVEN THOUGH I HAD FULL COST, FREE REPLACEMENT VALUE IN MY INSURANCE.

BUT ANYWAY, SO I MET WITH THEM THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND THEY WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING AND HE CALLED ME AND HE SAYS, WE JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH IN THERE TO THAT WORTH THE EFFORT.

AND I SAID, WELL, YOU NEED TO CALL THEIR GESTURE, TELLING HIM THAT.

HE SAID, I WILL MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, I THINK AUGUST 12TH, I GET A CALL FROM THE ADJUSTER AND HE'S PANICKED.

HE SAYS, WHY IS IT SERVPRO DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO? I SAID, CAUSE THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WORTH THEIR EFFORT.

AND I SAID, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CALL AND TELL YOU THAT.

AND HE SAID, WELL, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD.

SO HE CALLED HIM.

SO THEN I GET A NOTICE SAYING CERTAIN PROCESS I CAN GET IN THERE AND DO IT 19 NOVEMBER.

AND I SAID, THAT WON'T WORK.

IT'S THE

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LAMEST WE'VE GONE IN, ASKED FOR DEMO PERMITS.

AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.

SO WE SAID, OKAY.

AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS YOU TO DO IF YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THE STUFF.

SO ANYWAY, ON OCTOBER 19TH, I SIGNED THE FINAL CONTRACT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR AND THEN SHE WOULD STOP ME IN THE UNDERWRITING DEPARTMENT, HAD LOOKED AT IT AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY CUT ME A CHECK FOR 90% OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD DO.

SO I'VE GOT THAT WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO MEET SOME OF HIS GOALS AND HE'LL GET PAID.

UM, ANYWAY, ON NOVEMBER 17TH, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE LEAD ADJUSTER AT, BY INSURERS SAYING THAT CCS HAD RECEIVED THE DEPARTMENTS AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A PERMANENT FOR TERM TEMPORARY POWER.

AND I WENT BY TO MEET WITH ON THE 19TH TO MEET WITH THE SERVPRO PEOPLE.

AND I DID SEE SOME, I THOUGHT THEY WERE ORANGE PERMITS UP THERE.

I ASSUME THEY WERE THE DEMO PERMIT.

SILLY ME.

ANYWAY, I DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON, YOU KNOW, DUMP SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, I GUESS THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT SHOOT FOR THE SEAN.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW.

I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE THE DEMO PERMITS.

AND AFTER THEY FINISHED SERVPRO FINISHED THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY, TOWARD THE END OF NOVEMBER, I GOT THE REPORT AND UM, I CALLED MY CONTRACTOR AND THEY SAID THEY WERE WAITING ON THE PLANS FOR 48 35 AND THE CONTRACTOR I CALLED THE, THE ARCHITECT.

AND HE SAID, THINGS HAVE BEEN BUSY AND LET THEM GET, GET THEM DONE UNTIL JANUARY.

SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WENT ON.

ANYWAY, THOSE LETTERS THAT I GOT ON THE 23RD OF DECEMBER WERE THE FIRST I HEARD THAT WE WERE IN MONMOUTH.

I KNOW IT WAS NASTY, BUT I MEAN, IT, IT JUST TAKES TIME TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND EVERYTHING.

WHEN I WAS TRYING TO DO WHAT THE INSURANCE TOLD ME TO DO.

ANYWAY, THOSE WERE THE FIRST I'D SEEN THAT.

I MEAN, I GUESS I DON'T READ THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.

I GET THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND I CAN READ IT ONLINE, BUT I NEVER SAW ANYTHING PUBLISHED.

ANYWAY, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY CONTRACTOR AND I CALLED SHAWN AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.

I'M SORRY.

WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

OR I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

AND, AND BY THE END OF BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE, HE HAD THE FENCE ERECTED AND A LOT OF THE DEMOLITION DONE, AND THEN THEY CONTINUED TO WORK ON IT AND THEY'VE TAKEN THE HOUSE WHERE I LIVED IS JUST DOWN TO THE SLAB AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REBUILD THAT COMPLETELY.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN HIDING OUT OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, UH, I IMMEDIATELY TURNED IN, YOU KNOW, HAD ALL MY MAIL HELD AND I WENT AND PICKED THAT UP.

I TURNED IN THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO THE POST OFFICE.

ON 23 SEPTEMBER, I HAD MY HOME PHONE NUMBER.

I PAY EXTRA TO HIM.

IT STILL KEPT GOING AND FEED FORWARDED TO MY CELL PHONE.

UM, THE FIRE MARSHALS HAD MY NUMBERS.

HOA ASSOCIATION HAD MY MANAGER, I'VE CONTACTED GPL.

I'VE CALLED G I S D TO GET THE TAX STATEMENTS.

I CALLED THE CITY OF DALLAS TO GET THE TAX STATEMENTS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET FORWARDED ME ON TIME.

AND SO I THOUGHT I'D CONTACTED EVERYBODY.

I COULD TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE I WAS AND WHATEVER IT'S DOING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO ANYWAY, UM, I'M ATTEMPTING TO HANDLE EVERYTHING I COULD AND JUST IN THE BEST MANNER I COULD, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS ON CONSTRUCTION IS NOT MY REALM OF EXPERTISE, BUT I GOT IT INTO AND I'VE LIVED IN THAT RESIDENCE FOR 40 YEARS AND IT WAS ALWAYS MY DESIRE TO REBUILD IT.

I LIKED THE TOWNHOME LIVING, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE CLOSENESS AFTER THIS FIRE, BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT SIDE OF THE ROOF AND THE, IT HAS GREEN AREAS AND THEY, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE FRONT YARD.

AND SO FOR A SINGLE PERSON, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NICE THING TO BE ABLE TO PAY OTHER PEOPLE, TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT THE INSURANCE WAS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO REBUILD A HOUSE AND IT APPEARS LIKE IT IS.

AND SO ALL I WANT TO DO IS REVEAL MY HOUSES.

I JUST HOPE YOU'LL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

OKAY.

IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS.

YES.

MA'AM I MS. RAY AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR EFFORT AND COMING OUT THIS EVENING, UM, YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR CHALLENGES THAT YOU PRESENTED AS WELL AS WELL THOUGHT THROUGH, AND IT'S WOOD IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE WERE VERY SYMPATHETIC OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING ON THAT NOTE YET SEAN INDICATED IN HIS PRESENTATION AND IN YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING THAT YOU HAVE

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WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH, WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE.

I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST, YES.

MA'AM I APPRECIATE ALL HIS EFFORTS.

YEAH.

AND IT LEADS ME, LEADS US TO THIS POINT.

YOU AWARE W WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING, I'M ASSUMING YOU UNDERSTANDING, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMEFRAME THAT THE CITY IS PRESENTING TO US THIS EVENING? MY CONTRACTOR DOESN'T MEAN, HE TOLD ME INITIALLY IT WOULD TAKE EIGHT MONTHS TO GET THE WINDOWS, BUT HE WAS GOING TO START ORDERING THIS AS SOON AS I SIGNED THAT CONTRACT IN SEPTEMBER.

SO I FIGURED THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, HE DOESN'T GET HIS FIRST THIRD DONE UNTIL THE ROOF IS IN PLACE OVER BOTH OF THEM.

SO, AND THEN ONCE HE GETS ALL THE INSIDES, A DUB, HE GETS ANOTHER THIRD AND THEN HE GIVES HER ANOTHER THIRD UPON COMPLETION.

SO IF HE THINKS HE CAN GET IT DONE, I HOPE SO.

I HOPE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT HE CAN CALL AND LET YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE AN INNOCENT HAMMER OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT THE SITE, THE CITY IS VERY UNDERSTANDING.

YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT SEAN SAID, AS LONG AS YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

AND THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE WITH EITHER SUPPLIES OR SOMETHING IN THE PIPELINE OR ANOTHER COVID THING.

I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, I'M COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.

AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK MY CONTRACTOR HAS SHOWN HE CAN MOVE OUT AND DO STUFF.

SO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MA'AM I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. RIORDAN.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A POLL OF, OF THE BOAT BOARD.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. RAY READING AT THIS TIME FROM THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS, SEEING THAT MS. RIGGEN THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AGAIN.

AND YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.

WE DO NOT.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS, A WITNESS CALLING IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY.

IS THERE ANYONE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO TESTIFY IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE IN CONTINUITY SEEING THAT MS. LUMPKIN BAIL, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT? WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I'VE PASSED THE MOTION TO, I'VE ASKED THE MOTION TO ABOUT MORE TIME FROM THIS REALLY TO COMPLETE THIS WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME THAT SHE MENTIONED, OKAY, MS. MS. LUMPKIN BAIL, AS YOU COULD SEE BEFORE US, WE HAVE THESE STATED SPECIFIED TIMEFRAMES THAT'S RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY.

SO THIS THING IN YOUR, THIS PROPERTY BEING IN THEIR DISTRICT.

SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK SPECIFIC OF WHAT TIMEFRAME OR DATES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MODIFIED, WE WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

I AGREE WITH THESE DAYS THOUGH, AUGUST 20TH, 2022.

AND IF AT THAT POINT IN TIME, SHE NEEDS TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, ADDITIONAL EXTENSION OF TIME TO GET IT COMPLETED, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.

THEN I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING HER DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE UP TO THAT POINT.

RIGHT? AND IN HER TESTIMONY, WHY, WHY YOU WERE ABSENT AND WENT IN HER COURT, IN HER TESTIMONY AND PRESENTATION, SHE DID INDICATE THAT SHE HAS HIRED A CONTRACTOR WORKING WITH STAFF AND THE CITY, AND THAT SHE FEELS FULLY COMFORTABLE CONFIDENCE THAT THE TIMEFRAME WORKING THROUGH HER CONTRACTOR THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT IS, IS, IS DOABLE.

OKAY.

SO IS SAYING WELL, SAYING THAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

AUGUST 20TH, 2022 IS ACCEPTABLE.

OKAY.

SO BASICALLY WE MAKE AN, A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION, EXCEPT THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MIST LUMPKIN VALE, DISTRICT FOUR TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? YES, SIR.

MR. MR. SHELL.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. SHELL.

OKAY.

WE HAVE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION AND THEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME, SEEING THAT AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ACCEPT THE MOTION THAT'S BEING MADE.

WE HAVE A VOTE AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE A UNIT AND YET UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DOCKET.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CASE DOCKET THAT'S COMING BEFORE US

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IS DOCKET NUMBER 2021 DASH 12.

MS. MR. WEINSTEIN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO THE CITY IS DOCKET 2021 DASH 12 FOR THE HEARING THE SEAT IN JANUARY 13TH, 2022, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1502 RAVINE CROSSING DRIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.

IT IS BLOCKED THREE LOT.

ONE OF THE FALL CREEKS EDITION IS DESCRIBED AS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AND A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, 0 0 5 2 DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $269,600.

THE OWNERS KIM LEE, THE WIN A 35 ON NINE RIMFIRE DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 4 6 2 5 1.

AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS PROPERTY HAS HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THIS LAST WEEK.

AND SO, UH, THERE IS ACTUALLY BEEN A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AS A MONDAY, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE THAT THE, UH, THE OWNER IS STILL INDICATED AS MS. WINN BY THE COUNTY, BY THE TAX RECORDS, BUT IS NOT THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE, AS OF MONDAY.

UH, BUT NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THIS MATTER WERE GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021, THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2021 NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A PAPER, A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2021, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY TO A PERSON INVESTED OWNER OF RECORD WAS AS IDENTIFIED BY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS.

THERE EXISTS ON A PROPERTY OR PREMISES LOCATED AT 1502 RAVINE CROSSING DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS AND MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

WHEREAS THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT A CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE BE INSTALLED BY JANUARY 20TH, 2022.

AND THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE DEMOLISHED BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022.

IF THEY CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE IS NOT INSTALLED BY JANUARY 20TH, 2022 CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JANUARY 21ST, 2022.

IT CONTINUING CURRENT ACCRUING UNTIL THEY CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCES INSTALLED ALSO THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE DEMOLISHED BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT DEMOLISHED BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

IF THE BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY OR OWNER, THE CHAIN LINK SECURITY EVENTS WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T RECALL EVER DOING BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE STAFF THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT.

THE REASONS FOR THIS WILL BE MANIFEST AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

BUT AS I'VE MENTIONED, THERE, WASN'T A SALE OF THIS PROPERTY.

ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK OF CLOSING ON A SALE, UH, WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE NEW OWNER AND, UH, SHE HAS PRESENTED A PLAN TO US.

AND THIS, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS, IS BASED ON THAT PLAN PRESENTED BY THE NEW OWNER.

I'LL READ IT AGAIN AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARDS THAT AFTER EVERYTHING'S KIND OF MADE CLEAR, BUT THIS, THIS ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF IS THAT A CHAIN LINK SECURITY FENCE INSTALLED BY JANUARY 20TH, 2022 OR CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JANUARY 21ST, 2022, AND CONTINUING ACCRUING UNTIL THEY CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCES INSTALLED AN ENGINEER'S REPORT MUST BE PROVIDED TO CODE COMPLIANCE STATING THAT THE BUILDING IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND REPAIRABLE.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND A FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY MAY 13TH, 2022 PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

BEGINNING MAY 14TH, 2022.

IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEGUN A KOREAN BECAUSE THEY CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED AND CONTINUE ACCRUING UNTIL REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

AND A FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO HABITABLE CONDITIONS AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY JANE JUNE 14TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1502 WE'RE BEING CROSSING DRIVE IS RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF HER BEING CROSSING AND HARVEST RUN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14.

PROPERTY WAS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THIS PSB HEARING AND TRUSTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE

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SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS.

DECAB PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE REPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS.

AND ASSUMING THEY RECORDS DECEMBER 15TH, 2021 STAFF POSTED A NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING WITH THE PROPERTY.

SO FOR 22ND OF 2021 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS IS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USPS TRACKING SERVICE FOR FALL CREEK ESTATES, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC PO BOX 4 6 0 0 5 7, GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 6 0 0 5 7, JANUARY 4TH, 2022.

THE CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS PENDING BY USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR KIM LIEN, THE UN OF 35 0 9 RAND FIRE DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 4 6 2 5 1 ALSO ON JANUARY 4TH, THIS YEAR, STAFF SPOKE TO MS. WAYNE IN PERSON AT THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICE DURING THE DISCUSSION STAFF HANDED IN THIS ONE, A COPY OF THE, OF PROCEEDINGS THAT HAD BEEN POSTED ON THE DOOR FOR 1500, 200 MAIN CROSSING DRY AGAIN ON JANUARY 4TH, 2022, STAFF SPOKE TO MS. FAM IN POTENTIAL BUYER OF THE PROPERTY BY PHONE DETAILS OF THE TIME AND LOCATION OF THIS HEARING OR PROVIDED TO MS. FAM.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS AS IT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT 1502 OR BEING CROSSING DRIVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.

WHEN THE POSTING WAS WHEN THE PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED, 1502 WERE BEING CROSSING DRIVES AND INSPECTION RESULTS SHOWED A SEVERELY S UH, STRUCTURE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.

THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY FOR 1502 ARE BEING CROSSING DRIVE, OR THAT A CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE MUST BE INSTALLED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.

IF THE OWNER PROVIDES AN ENGINEER'S REPORT STATING THAT A PORTION OF THE REMAINING STRUCTURE CAN BE USED IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, SHE MUST OBTAIN A PERMIT FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO DEMOLISH THE DAMAGED PORTION AND REBUILD THE STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

IF NO ENGINEER'S REPORT IS PROVIDED, THE STRUCTURE MUST BE DEMOLISHED.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOUNDATION FENCE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND THE DRIVEWAY DEMOLITION PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THIS MORNING FROM THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF 1502 RAVINE CROSSING DRIVE.

IT SHOWS THE CURRENT CONDITION.

THIS PICTURE WAS ALSO TAKEN THIS MORNING AT 1,502 WE'RE BEING CROSSING DRIVES FROM THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE.

YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE WELL, THE HUNTING THE CAR, BUT IN THE FRONT YARD IS A LARGE TRAILER AND BEGUN REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF 1,502 RAVINE CROSSING DRIVE TAKEN THIS MORNING.

IT'S THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY TAKEN THIS MORNING.

IT'S A PICTURE OF 1500 TO ROUTINE CROSSING DRIVE.

TIMELINE OF ACTIONS BEGAN IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 28TH WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE.

THE CAUSE OF THE IGNITION WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNINTENTIONAL ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND MADE CONTACT BY PHONE.

ALSO ON OCTOBER 29TH, DUE TO THE DANGER PRESIDENT, THE PROPERTY, IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS OUT FROM HALLOWEEN.

SO CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF PUT ON A TEMPORARY SAFETY FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY, AND WE MADE THE OWNER AWARE OF THE NEED FOR A PERMANENT MORE SECURE FENCE, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONDEMN THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, MADE THEM AWARE FOR THE NEED OF THE SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY IS ONE STILL HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED.

AND DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND ALLOWED ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO INSTALL A SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AND TO PRESENT A PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE PROPERTY.

THE OWNER WAS ALSO REFERRED TO THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN PERMIT DECEMBER 1ST CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF WAS CONTACTED BY THE OWNER'S INSURANCE COMPANY AND TOLD THAT THEY HAD SETTLED THEIR CLAIM AND TOLD THE OWNER TO CONTACT CODE COMPLIANCE ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 16TH, 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE, COMMUNICATED BY EMAIL WITH TRACY LEE, WHO IS AN ESCROW ASSISTANT FOR FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE.

SHE WAS AWARE OF A PERSPECTIVE BUYER AND SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS HEARING AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY WITH THAT BUYER AND WITH THE CURRENT OWNER, DECEMBER 30TH, 2021

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CO COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATED EMAIL WITH TRACY LEE.

AGAIN, SHE MADE STAFF AWARE THAT THE INITIAL CONTRACT HAD BEEN CANCELED AND THAT THERE WAS A NEW ONE.

SHE COPIED THAT POTENTIAL BUYER ON THE EMAIL TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THIS BOARD, JUNE, UH, JANUARY 4TH, 2022 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE TO MS. PHAM, THE NEW POTENTIAL BUYER OF THIS PROPERTY STAFF SPOKE TO HER ABOUT THE HEARING THIS EVENING AT OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD ON THIS FAMILY HAD NOT, WAS NOT YET IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY.

SHE EXPRESSED THAT HER PLAN WAS TO, TO REPAIR AND SELL THE PROPERTY.

UH, JANUARY 4TH, 2022, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY CAME TO THE OFFICE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICE TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION ON THE RED TAG DUE DATE.

NO EXTENSION EXTENSION WAS GRANTED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY.

THE LACK OF A SECURITY FENCE WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN, AS WAS THIS HEARING.

SHE DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY OTHER THAN TO SELL IT.

AND THEN ON JANUARY 12TH OF 22, 20 22, AFTER RECEIVING THE COMPLAINT, STAFF REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD CLOSED ON THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 10TH, WHICH WAS MONDAY OF THIS WEEK.

THE SALE WAS TO MS. SPAM AND STAFF COMMUNICATED WITH HER AGAIN, SHORTLY AFTER THIS DISCOVERY, MS. PHAN HAS A PLAN.

THIS IS THE PLAN PRESENTED TO US BY THE NEW OWNER, MS. VAN, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, MS. PHAN PLANS TO PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED THE STRUCTURE, REBUILD IT, AND THEN SELL THE PROPERTY.

MS. FAN WILL OBTAIN AN ENGINEER'S REPORT STATING THAT A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE IS SALVAGEABLE AND CAN BE USED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION.

MS. FAM IS AWARE OF THE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY INSTALL A CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY AND TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION AND OR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY.

MS. FAM HAS TOLD STAFF THAT SHE BELIEVES SHE CAN COMPLETE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STRUCTURE IN 90 DAYS.

SO IN SUMMARY, THIS PROPERTY WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR FIRE ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2021, DESPITE SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OWNER TO INSTALL A SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE STRUCTURE, NONE HAS BEEN INSTALLED THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE CLOSED ON A SALE OF THE PROPERTY.

ON MONDAY THIS WEEK, STAFF HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEW OWNER WHO DOES NOT, WHO DOES SEEM, I'M SORRY.

SHE DOES SEEM TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND HAS PROVIDED AN OUTLINE OF A PLAN.

HOWEVER, THE STRUCTURE REMAINS AS IT WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FIRE.

AND THERE'S BEEN NO APPARENT ATTEMPT AT THE ACTUAL REPAIR A CREW BEGAN OR MOVING DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY YESTERDAY IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION, A BUILDING INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION JUST THIS MORNING.

AND I DO HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE NOTES FROM THE INSPECTOR WHO CONDUCTED THAT INSPECTION.

SO THIS IS THE REPORT FROM BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND IT READS UNSAFE STRUCTURE MUST SECURE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY.

MOST OF THE STRUCTURES DESTROYED MUST SUBMIT COMPLETE SCOPE OF WORK, INCLUDING AN ENGINEERING REPORT TO BUILDING INSPECTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF RECONSTRUCTING BUILDING OR ALTERNATIVELY THE DEMO PERMIT TO RAISE THE BUILDING.

ANY NEW BUILDING ON THIS SITE MUST CONFORM TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS AS THE STANDARD IS THE BUILDING IS DESTROYED GREATER THAN 60%.

SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR 1502 RAVINE CROSSING DRIVE.

UM, AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, AND THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET ON THE ORIGINAL CASE HISTORY PAGE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

THIS WAS UNDER THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL OWNER AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE WHO HAD NOT BEEN MAKING PROGRESS AND HAD NOT INSTALLED A FENCE, UH, COMMUNICATED WITH STAFF, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE A PLAN.

AND SO IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, UH, OUR NEW RECOMMENDATION AND OUR FAVORITE RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU WILL, IS ACTUALLY THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH I PREFER TO READ TO THE BOARD THAT'S SO THAT ALTERNATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, GIVEN THE NEW OWNER, UH, HER COOPERATION OR COMMUNICATION WITH US AND HER, UH, WELL, SHE'S ALREADY BEGUN CLEANING DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY.

SO NEW RECOMMENDATION IS THAT A CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCE BE INSTALLED BY JANUARY 20, 20, 22 OR CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JANUARY 21ST, 2022, AND CONTINUE OCCURRING UNTIL THEY CHAIN-LINK SECURITY FENCES INSTALLED AN ENGINEER'S REPORT MUST BE PROVIDED TO CODE COMPLIANCE STATING THAT THE BUILDING IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND REPAIRABLE.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, AND THE FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY MAY 13TH, 2022.

SO WE'LL FILL THESE IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

BEGINNING MAY 14TH, 2022, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEGUN ACCRUING BECAUSE THE CHAIN LINK SECURITY

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FENCE HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

AND A FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

IF THE BUILDING HAS NOT REPAIRED, DO I HAVE THEM WILL CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY JUNE 14TH, 2022.

THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN FOR YOUR DETAILED PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

I JUST, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH QUESTIONING, MY QUESTION IS IN YOUR OPENING PRESENTATION, YOU INDICATED THAT THE NEW OWNER INDICATED THAT SHE CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE AT 90 DAYS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND BY LOOKING OR READING, REVIEWING THIS ALTERNATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, IT DOES INCORPORATE EVEN, EVEN IF IT GIVES A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM WITH THOSE 90 DAYS, BUT AS FAR AS THE TIMELINES ARE CONCERNED, THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'VE GIVEN 120 DAYS.

WE ARE TRYING TO BE ACCOMMODATING FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE HER WORK THAT SHE'S ALREADY DONE.

AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SUPPLY CHAIN DIFFICULTIES AND SHORT STAFFING ISSUES AROUND, THANK YOU, MISTER.

WHEN I STARTED, I HAD NO FURTHER QUESTION.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE DETAIL AND, AND THE, UH, THE EMPHASIS IN THE, UH, ULTIMATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE? UH, I DO NOT SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. WEINSTEIN RAISING OUR HAND.

OKAY.

I WAS LOOKING FOR LOOKING FOR CUTE.

YOU HAD AN ANTICIPATED THAT THE CITY HAD AN ENGINEER AND GO OUT AND EVALUATE THE PROPERTY.

AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS GREATER THAN 60% DAMAGED.

AND THEN PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT TO PROVIDE THE CITY THAT IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A CONFLICT TO ME.

THE CITY INSPECTOR WAS NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT A BUILDING, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, INSPECTOR, A STRUCTURE INSPECTOR WITH THE CITY.

AND IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE.

I UNDERSTAND FOR THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO REQUIRE EITHER AN ARCHITECTURAL PLAN OR AN ENGINEER'S REPORT IN A DENTAL EDITION OF THIS NATURE, WE'RE PART OF THE STRUCTURE WILL REMAIN.

AND THE IDEA THERE IS THAT, UM, FOR THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE QUICKER TO REBUILD IT AND LESS EXPENSIVE IF SHE'S ABLE TO RETAIN SOME OF THE STRUCTURE, BUT FROM THE BUILDING PER BUILDING INSPECTORS PERSPECTIVE, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE TO ADD ONTO AND USE AGAIN.

OKAY.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? AND THERE'S THE WINE SIDE SAYING THAT SEAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU MAY BE EXCUSED.

WE HAVE A WITNESS FORM IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY PROPERTY BY THE NAME OF ROBERT SHEPHERD, ROBERT SHEPHERD, YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD NAME TO EVERYONE.

UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT SHEPHERD ON RESIDE AT 2010 HARVEST RUN GONE IN TEXAS 7 5 4 0 AND THE SAME SUBDIVISION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'LL EXPEDITE QUESTIONS.

MOST OF THE ACRONYM OF THE END, THE NOTICE HAD BEEN ANSWERED FOR ME.

THE, OUR RECOMMENDATION SOMEWHAT HAS BEEN ANSWERED AS A CONCERN RESIDENT OF, UH, THIS SUBDIVISION JUST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.

WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THIS RESIDENCE.

UH, MORE PARTICULARLY CONCERNING ACTIVITY.

WE'VE SEEN, UH, PERSONS WHO HAVE CROSSED OBOE OVER THE TIPPERARY, UH, BORDER OR THE TEMPORARY FENCING.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN SCRIBING FOR MAIL, UH, UNITED, UH, MYSELF, AS WELL AS OTHER NEIGHBORS.

WHO'S BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS PROPERTY FOR A CONCERN WE'VE BEEN CALLING THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WENT UP IN VERY, UH, UH, EXPEDITIOUS IN GETTING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BOUNDARIES PER SE ARE EXITED OUT OF OUR PROPERTY.

MY CONCERN AND QUESTION IS, UH, BASED OFF THE NEW REPORT, THE STAFF HAS GIVING HIM MORE PARTICULARLY ABOUT A SECURE FENCE.

MY QUESTION IS, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE REPORT.

DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY CODE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF THAT SECURE FENCE REASONING? WHAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE IF IT'S A STANDARD FOUR FOOT HIGH FENCE, I DON'T SEE HOW THEY WOULD DETER ANYONE FROM ENTERING INTO THAT PROPERTY.

MY CONCERN IS SINCE SCHOOL IS BACK IN

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A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, CHILDREN WALK, UH, THEY MAY, FOR SOME REASON, WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED AND CROSSOVER.

SO I WONDER IF THAT FENCE MAYBE WILL HAVE A HEIGHT OF SIX FOOT AT A MINIMUM, MAYBE EIGHT FEET.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW HOT AND HOW SECURE WOULD THAT FENCE BE.

AND THEN SECONDLY, IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE OR CONTINUE POLICING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT NO VANDALS, UH, INTERNET PROPERTY, AND THEN LASTLY, AS A RESIDENT OF THAT SOUTHERN VISION SINCE 20 2004, UH, IT IS AN EYESORE.

IT IS A VERY MUCH AN EYESORE.

UM, I WOULD RATHER THAT IT BE DEMOED QUICKLY, UH, AND REBUILD SO THAT THE ESSENCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COULD CONTINUE THAT, UH, UH, IN WIDGET ONCE WAS.

SO AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS THE DIMENSIONS OF THAT SECURED FENCING IN, IS THERE ANY WAY OF MAYBE PUSHING THE EXPEDITION OF THE DEMO AND THE REBUILD, AND I KNOW I'M PUSHING, BUT I JUST HAD TO ASK, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD.

UH, I NOW GO AHEAD AND GIVE BACK MY TIME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.

UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO THESE THREE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING OF THE FIRST TWO IN REGARDS TO THE HEIGHT OF THE REQUIRED FENCING AND THE POLICING.

I'M GOING TO DEFER THOSE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS TO STAFF RE RICK STAFF OR OUR CITY ATTORNEY WE'LL WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH OUR STAFF AS FAR AS, UH, HIS MR. SHEPHERD.

MOST OF THE SECURITY FENCES THAT WE REQUIRED ARE TO GET A SIX FOOT FENCE, SIX FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE.

AND SO THAT HOPEFULLY, UH, THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE'RE ACTUALLY HIRED BY THE NEW OWNER.

I DO BELIEVE THEY BEGAN BY SCRAPPING AND GETTING THE, THE METAL AND SUCH THAT THEY COULD SELL PROBABLY QUICKLY.

BUT, UH, IF YOU'VE SEEN TODAY THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE FINALLY STARTED REMOVING SOME OF THE OTHER DEBRIS AS WELL, BUT, UH, WE WILL HAVE THEM INSTALL IT, BUT THERE'LL BE A SIX FOOT SECURITY FENCE IS WHAT'S KIND OF THE STANDARD OUT THERE.

I ASKED THEM THIS POINT AND SECURED, CAN YOU SPECIFY SECURITY AS IT JUST VOTED DOWN AND CHAIN LINK? I MEAN, WHAT SPECIFICALLY? IT'S A TYPICAL, UH, IT BE A FREE-STANDING SECURITY FENCE, A CHAIN LINK FENCE.

AND SO IT HAS A BIT OF A PEDESTAL AT THE BOTTOM WITH A SIX FOOT POLE ON TOP OF IT.

IT'S I MEAN, I SUPPOSE IT COULD BE SCALABLE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL DETER CHILDREN FROM GOING IN AS THEIR PHILOSOPHY OF SCHOOL IS A TEMPORARY SECURITY FENCE.

YES.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE REST OF YOUR QUESTIONS, MR. SHEPHERD.

THE SECOND QUESTION IS REGARDING POLICING.

SEAN, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? UH, I CAN'T SAY THAT I DIRECTLY SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS.

UM, MR. SHEPHERD INDICATED I THINK THAT THEY HAD BEEN PRETTY QUICK TO RESPOND, SO I'M SURE IT'S ON THEIR RADAR.

UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND LET'S SEE.

AND THE, OKAY.

AND THEN THE CITY POPE, THE POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN PRETTY RESPONSIVE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

MR. SHERIFF.

AND MAY I ASK PRIOR TO THE LAST TWO DAYS, ONE OF THE DEMO COMPANIES ARE DOING PLANNING, UH, THERE WAS SCRAP METAL PERSONS THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING, SO THEY WERE NOT PART OF THAT CREW THAT'S THERE NOW.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND YOU, AND YOUR THIRD QUESTION IS FOR QUICK DEMOLITION, THIS IS A, A BOARD THAT GOES THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS PROCEEDING.

SO IN ALL FAIRNESS, YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A SPEAKER COME BEFORE US, PREFERABLY THE OWNER, AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE OWNER, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DUE PROCESS.

UH, YOU CANNOT RUSH TO JUDGMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

SO AS CITIZENS, AS CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, WE TAKE PRIDE IN HOW OUR STATE CITY APPEARANCES LOOKS AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN, THE LEGAL DUE PROCESS.

SO WE CAN'T RUSH TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT WITHOUT HAVING PROPER DUE PROCESS.

SO WE ALL THE BIG TESTIMONIES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US THIS EVENING WILL BE UNDER CONSIDERATION AS FOR THE TIMEFRAME OF ADDRESSING THIS PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR THIRD QUESTION.

SO, UH, AND ADDRESSING YOUR THIRD QUESTIONS.

SO ON THAT NOTE, MR. SHEPHERD, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR COMING OUT AND WE WILL, WE WILL TRY TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

UH, AND THE REST OF THE TESTIMONY IS BEING BROUGHT ABOUT BEFORE US THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

DID WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS CARD IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

WE HAVE A DIANA FAN DIANA FAN, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

THAT'S YOUR TARIFF.

WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ANY WITNESSES THAT CAME IN AFTER THE SWEARING ANDREW'S WORN IN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WE, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME THAT CAME IN AFTER WE SWORN THEM.

OKAY.

MR. SHEPHERD, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN TONIGHT?

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YOU WOULD NOT SWORN AT MS. FAM, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN YET? OKAY, THANKS.

THANK YOU, KIRK.

I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL NOW HAVE, WAS SQUARE BOTH AT THE END KIRBY, WE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR THAT ANY TESTIMONY YOU WILL GIVE OR HAVE GIVEN BEFORE THIS BOARD TONIGHT WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? NOPE.

THANK YOU, CARRIE.

MS. FAM, UH, PLEASE PROCEED IN YOUR TESTIMONY.

WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO HEAR THIS EVENING? YES, I AM DIANE ON FAM.

I AM THE NEW OWNER FOR THE PROPERTY, 1502, RIGHT BY CROSSING.

AND YOUR ADDRESS? UH, 1401 WAS THE DRIVER WAS FILLED ZIP CODE 75,600.

THANK YOU, MS. PHAM, PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED.

WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, FOR US TO HEAR THIS EVENING? YES.

SO WE JUST BARELY ACQUIRED A PROPERTY AS YOU CAN SEE ON MONDAY.

AND WE JUST STARTED THE PROCESS, UH, IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE GOT THE NOTE FROM THE TITLE COMEDY ABOUT, UM, THE FIRE AND THE PENALTY, AND THEN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.

SO WE ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT AWAY BY THAT TIME WE ACQUIRED A PROPERTY.

SO, UM, AT FIRST I DIDN'T, I TALKED TO MR. RICK PFEIFFER ABOUT, UM, THE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY WE EXPECTING ABOUT 90, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF WE CAN GET TIME TO GERMANY IN JUNE 14.

UM, AND, AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE PERMIT, THE PLAN AND EVERYTHING APPROVED BY THE CITY, WE WILL, WE WILL PROCESSES.

SO FOR US, WE TRY TO PLAY IT UP, UM, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, LIKE TOTALLY BE, OR WE CAN, UM, PARTIALLY RATE USE SEPARATE PROPERTY.

SO WE DON'T KNOW YET UNTIL WE DO A GLEANING RIGHT NOW.

AND WE CAME TO THE CITY YESTERDAY.

AND AS ABOUT, DO WE HAVE, DO APARTMENT FOR GLEANING, YOU KNOW, TO REMOVE ON A DIFFERENT, AND THEY SAY NOW, UM, BECAUSE WE MOVE IT IN A CD, WE'VE COME OUT AS WANTING TO DO AN INSPECTION AND SEE WHAT IS SCOPE OF WORK WE HAVE TO DO.

OKAY.

YES.

THE ALTERNATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS YOU HAD TO HAVE EVERYTHING UP TO SPEED BY MAY 13TH OR CIVIL PENALTIES IS ABOUT, IT WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY MAY 22ND, MAY 14TH, 2022.

SO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

YOU REQUESTING ANOTHER MONTH, JUNE, JUNE, IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED OR TROY HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY JUNE 14TH, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH.

OKAY.

UM, I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR US AND TO JUNE.

UM, WE USE IT THERE CAME PROCESS AND FINISH MUCH FASTER THAN THAT, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE.

AND THE QUESTION IS IF WE CAN NOT FINISH BY THE END, CAN WE STILL GO AND ASK FOR THE EXPANSION? WELL, NOT HISTORICALLY THE WAY THE CITY HAS CONDUCTED, UH, RE REHAB PROPERTY OR PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE.

IF THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE FLEXIBILITY WOULD BE HIGHLY CONSIDERED.

OKAY.

AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYBODY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM MS. FAM.

IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTION FROM MS FAM AT THIS TIME? ANY MORE QUESTIONS, SEEING THEM AS FAN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE WITNESS CARDS IN REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT LIKED TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK ON OR TESTIFY IN TO GO INTO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SEEING NONE? WE WILL MISS THE SHOW.

THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, SIR? I MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CITY'S ALTERNATIVE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION, ALLOWING FOR THE JUNE 14.

UM, FINALLY, OKAY.

WE HAVE A CONDUCTED.

SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PORTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION, WHERE IT SAYS A FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE BY JUNE.

WE'RE GOING TO SAY JUNE 13, 14, JUNE, JUNE 14TH.

OKAY.

BUT THERE IS A PORTION UP IN THE, THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S REFERRING TO.

MAY, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT THE SAME OR DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT? NO.

KEEP, KEEP THE ALTERNATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, ALTERNATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND KEEP THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS IS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THE ALTERNATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS MANDATION AS PRESENTED.

DO WE HAVE BY MR. SHAW? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RAISE THE, OUR TECH WE HAVE IN TECHNOLOGY DIFFICULTIES.

MS. I SAW MS. LENDER OR IS THAT, WAS THAT A FIRST MOTION? THE SECOND MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. SHOW

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SECOND BY MS. WALLANDER.

ANY DISCUSSIONS, ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.

WE CAN'T VOTE AT THIS TIME.

HOW IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE? ALL IN FAVOR, WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE ALTERNATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY.

MR. WEISS RUSHING YOUR ALONG HERE ARE OUR NEXT ITEM.

NEXT CASE DR.

CASE IS DOCKET NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 2021 DASH 13.

MR. WEINSTEIN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, 2021 DASH 13.

THIS IS A 52 22 LONGHORN TRAIL AND COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR IS BLOCKED FOR LOT 26 OF THE NEW WEST THREE EDITION AND IS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AND A SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $91,920.

THE OWNERS ARE ROBERT S AND CONCEDE OF BODIE, 5,222 LONG HORN TRAIL, GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 3 3 5 1 5.

NOTICE THAT THE PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN MAIL PUBLISHED AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021 NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 17TH, 2021.

THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE THE PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY DUE PERSON AND INVESTED OWNERS OF RECORD CAUSE IDENTIFIED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS.

THERE EXIST ON A PREMISES LOCATED AT 52 22 LONGHORN TRAIL AND GARLAND, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS AND MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEREAS THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, IT SAYS ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022.

AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

AND THE FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE URBAN PARKS DEPARTMENT.

IF THE BUILDING'S NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY MARCH 15TH, 2022, THE CITY HAS AUTHORIZED AT ALL.

DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF 52 22 LONGHORN TRAIL.

IT IS ALMOST AT THE INTERSECTION OF LONGHORN TRAIL AND STAGECOACH IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.

IT WAS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THIS DSP HEARING INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS D CAD PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WERE CLICKABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS AND ASSUMED NAME RECORDS OCTOBER 22ND, 2021 CODE COMPLIANT.

STAFF DISCUSSED THE HEARING THIS HEARING, THE HEARING THIS EVENING WITH ROBERT HANDGUN, SEATED BODIE AND PERSON AT THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 15TH, 2021 STAFF POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDING FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING AT THE PROPERTY.

DECEMBER 22ND, 2021 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED DELIVERED BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE OR ROBERT S AND COULD SEE THE MOD AT 52 22 LONGHORN TRAIL GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 3 3 5 1 5 DECEMBER 22ND, 2021 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE FOREFRONT SESCO OR TALANI MCCARTHY AND THE WHOLE OFFICE LLP 1255 WEST 15TH STREET, SUITE 10 60, PLANO, TEXAS 75 OR 75, DECEMBER 23RD, 2021 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SELLINGS WAS MARKED AS UNDELIVERABLE, A US TRACKING USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR HARBOR FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, 9 0 5 WEST 27TH STREET, SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA 6 9 3 6 1 ALSO ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2021 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE FOR GSMP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2 0 0 4 DASH FOUR, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 6,200 SOUTH CADET STREET IN GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 8 0 1 1 1.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDING POSTED ON THE FRONT OF 52, 22

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LONG MORMON TRAIL.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.

WHEN THE NOTICE WAS POSTED TIMELINE OF ACTIONS AT THIS PROPERTY HAVE BEEN ONGOING, UH, AND GO BACK.

AS FAR AS OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM WILL GO IN 2016 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS WORKED 45 CASES FOR VARIOUS VIOLATIONS AT THIS PROPERTY.

THE VIOLATIONS, A DRAFT THRUST BY STAFF, INCLUDING A PROPER STORAGE TRASH OCCUPIED STRUCTURE WITHOUT UTILITY SERVICE, DILAPIDATED ACCESSORY BUILDING MIDDLE AND HOUSING VIOLATIONS ON THE HOUSE.

PARKING ON UNAPPROVED SURFACES, ACCUMULATION OF SHOPPING CARDS, JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES, FENCE MAINTENANCE AND GRASS, OCTOBER OF 20, OCTOBER 22ND, 2021 GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT MET CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF AT THE PROPERTY TO DELIVER A VACATE ORDER FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND BUILDING OFFICIAL AND INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE OWNERS WHO WERE PRESENT IN OCCUPYING THE HOUSE AT THE TIME PICTURE FROM THAT INSPECTION WILL FOLLOW IN THIS PRESENTATION, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021, THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE CAUSE OF IGNITION FOR THAT FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, OCTOBER, 2021 THROUGH JANUARY OF 2022 CODE COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR HAS SECURED THE PROPERTY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, 52, 21 52, 22 LONGHORN TRAIL INSPECTIONS.

RESULTS INDICATED A SUBSTANDARD AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, AN OCCUPIED HOUSE WITHOUT UTILITY SERVICE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE, TRASH AND IMPROPER STORAGE OF THE EXTERIOR AND EVIDENCE OF TAMPERING WITH THE ELECTRIC METER, 52, 22 LONG LONGHORN TRAIL REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY, OR THAT ALL THE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED.

A DETAILED LIST AND PICTURES ARE INCLUDED ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING, AND THE SHED IN THE BACKYARD MUST BE REPAIRED OR DEMOLISHED ALL IN PROPERLY STORED ITEMS AND TRASH MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN VACANT UNTIL REPAIRED.

DO I HAVE THE BULL CONDITION UTILITY SERVICES RESTORED, AND A VACATE ORDER OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IS REMOVED.

THE FENCE MUST BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED AND ALL REPAIRS OR, AND OR CONSTRUCTION MUST BE DONE WITH A PERMIT OBTAINED FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF 52, 22 LONGHORN TRAIL.

THIS IS THE VACATE ORDER POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

THE NOTICE IN RED THERE, THE NOTICE DIRECTLY BELOW IT IS THE LETTER FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.

I'LL READ THE BODY OF THAT LETTER.

THIS WAS POSTED ON THE DOOR, HANDLE IT OVER TO THE BOWTIES AND ALSO MAILED CERTIFIED DELIVERY AND RAISED REGARDING 52, 22 LONGHORN TRAIL.

DEAR MR. AND MRS. BODHI, IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT 52 22 LONGHORN TRAIL IS BEING OCCUPIED WITHOUT WATER AND OR ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE HOUSE.

ADDITIONALLY, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE ISN'T AN UNSANITARY CONDITION.

THE SPECIFIED CONDITIONS ALONG WITH OTHERS ARE EVIDENCE THAT THE STRUCTURES UNSAFE TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 52 22 LONGHORN TRAIL IS HEREBY ORDERED TO BE VACATED.

THIS STRUCTURE MAY NOT BE REOCCUPIED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND UNTIL ALL CODE VIOLATIONS ARE CORRECTED AND THE BUILDING IS SUPPLIED WITH PROPERTY UTILITIES SIGNED BY JIM OLC.

OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING THE INSPECTION WHEN, UH, ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2021, THESE ARE THE UNSEEN AND SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF THE UNSANITARY INTERIOR IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, ALL IN SANITARY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE MUST BE REMEDIED.

IN ADDITION TO COMPLY, ALL ELECTRICAL HAZARDS MUST BE REPAIRED AND AN APPROVED SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY MUST BE RESTORED AND ELECTRICAL BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE ATTAINED TO THE END, WORK THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT THERE SHOWS SOME, UH, SOME, AND THEN SHE'D WIRE.

THIS IS KIND OF THE CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, WHERE THERE ARE HOLES IN THE WALLS AND WIRES EXPOSED.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NO SWITCH PLATES OR OUTLET PLATES, UH, IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE, THERE IS A, AN OUTLET BOX OR A GANG BOX RUN OFF OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN EXTENSION CORD AND SITTING ON THE FLOOR WITH FURTHER EXTENSION CORDS PLUGGED INTO IT.

THIS WAS KIND OF SEEN THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS A BREAKER PANEL WITH THE DEAD FRONT MISSING.

ONE OF THE INTERIOR CLOSETS.

IS THERE SOME OTHER ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS, UH, THE METER BASE ON THE LEFT AND THEN IN THE RIGHT AND SEE ANOTHER EXTENSION CORD SITTING ON THE FLOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

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OTHER COURTS PLUGGED INTO IT.

THESE ARE SOME OTHER VIOLATIONS.

THIS INDICATES THE PROPER CONNECTION TO WATER SUPPLY AND SANITARY SEWER MUST BE RESTORED.

A PLUMBING BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED BEFORE BEGINNING WORK.

UH, THE BUCKETS ON THE LEFT, THERE ARE HOW THEY WERE STORING AND USING WATER.

THERE WAS NO ACTIVE WATER SERVICE TO THE HOUSE AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE A DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE PICTURE, BUT THERE IS A, UH, A P TRAP SITTING ON THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE SINK.

THERE WAS JUST THE DRAIN WITH, FROM THE SINK WAS OPEN TO THE CABINET UNDERNEATH.

THERE'S ALSO NO CONNECTION TO THE SANITARY SEWER.

WASN'T WORKING OTHER VIOLATIONS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED OR THAT ALL BROKEN WINDOWS AND DOORS MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS.

PROPERTY MUST REMAIN FREE OF TRASH AND IN PROPERTY STORED ITEMS ON THE RIGHT THERE.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE SHED MENTIONED IN THE ORDER TO COMPLY.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THIS MORNING, JANUARY 13TH, 2022, THAT'S THE FRONT VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

IT SHOWS THE CURRENT CONDITION.

YOU'LL NOTICE IN THIS NEW SET OF PICTURES THAT THERE'S A TARP ON THE ROOF.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A FIRE.

AND YOU ALSO SEE A BIT OF SMOKE DAMAGE COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE EAVE TO THE, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO WHERE THEY HAD BEEN WINDOWS IN THE FRONT.

THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TAKEN THIS MORNING, JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY TAKEN THIS MORNING, JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE SMOKE DAMAGE AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF THE BRAKES AND THE EVE.

YOU ALSO SEE ANOTHER SHOT OF THE SHED.

UM, THERE'S PIECE OF PLYWOOD LEANING UP BETWEEN THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AND THE SHED.

IT SEEMED TO CHANGE ORIENTATION EVERY DAY OR SO.

AND THE DOOR ON THE SHED IS, IS FAIRLY NEW AND ON HINGES.

UH, WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY OCCUPYING THE SHED OR THE SPACE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHED.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN AT THIS PROPERTY IN THE PAST.

YOU ALSO SEE SOME IMPROPERLY STORED TIRES AND OTHER TRASH BEHIND THE SHIT.

LET'S SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THIS PICTURE HERE.

IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, THE TARP ON THE ROOF, WE BELIEVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE BY A CONTRACTOR.

UH, WE WERE UNDER WE'RE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO GO TO A FORECLOSURE SALE VERY RECENTLY, AND WE BELIEVE MAYBE A BANK, UH, FIELD SERVICE COMPANY PUT THE TARPS ON THE ROOF.

SO IN SUMMARY, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF 45 COMPLAINTS AND CASES.

SINCE 2016, CODE COMPLIANCE HAS ISSUED NINE WORK ORDERS TO OUR CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE TRASH AND DEBRIS MO AND SECURE THE STRUCTURE.

AS A RESULT, THE CITY OF GARLAND HOLDS $9,010 AND 3 CENTS IN LANES AGAINST THE PROPERTY DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR, WHILE THEY'RE DELIVERING AN ORDER TO VACATE CODE COMPLIANCE, DISCOVER MANY ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY WHILE PREPARING FOR THIS HEARING STAFF LEARNED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A RECENT FORECLOSURE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, NOTHING HAS BEEN RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY YESTERDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 2022 STAFF COMMUNICATED WITH A TITLE COMPANY AND LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A PENDING CONTRACT ON THE HOUSE WHERE THEY POTENTIAL CLOSING DATE OF FEBRUARY 4TH, 2022 STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR 52, 22 LONG MORE TRAILS, THAT THE BILLING BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED, DO I HAVE A LITTLE CONDITION? AND THE FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022.

AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.

AND IF FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY MARCH 15TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN.

UM, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH FURTHER QUESTIONING, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO POINT OF NOTIFICATION, WE HAVE THE NOTED ONLY HERE BY THE NAME OF, UH, ROBERT AND CONSIDER THAT CONSIDER BOTH BOOTY BOATING.

HAVE THEY BEEN NOTIFIED OR HAVE THEY, HAVE THEY RESPONDED? IS THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSE BY THE, BY THE DOCUMENTED OWNER AS TO THE HEARING THIS EVENING? YES.

AND NO RESPONSE? OH NO.

WE, WE, UH, DELIVERED, UH, THEY

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WERE, THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME THAT WE PRESENTED THE VACATED ORDER.

AT THAT TIME, WE DID DISCUSS THIS HEARING THIS EVENING, THE TIME THE DATE AND THE LOCATION OF THIS HEARING.

UH, WE ALSO POSTED THE NOTICE ON THE, ON THE, WHAT HAD BEEN A DOOR, BUT WAS APPLYING WITH.

AND THEY ALSO HAD A, UH, THEIR, UH, NOTICE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS CERTIFIED DELIVERED.

AND I CAN GET BACK TO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE MR. CHAIRMAN, I FOUND MY, UH, MR. BODIE IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND HAS FILLED OUT SPEAKER CARDS.

SO HE IS PRESENT.

THANK YOU, RICK HAS GOTTEN RIGHT TO THE POINT THAT WE, SO THE OWNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND THERE'S ESA RESPONSE CAUSE HE'S PRESENT TONIGHT.

SO THAT, THAT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

I, THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR OTHER FUTURE QUESTIONS FROM MR. WEINSTEIN.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FUTURE WALKING? UH, I DON'T REMEMBER IF HE MENTIONED TO B MORTGAGE COMPANY GET NOTIFIED AS WELL.

I BELIEVE SO.

THERE WERE TWO, TWO MORTGAGE COMPANIES I BELIEVE.

AND THEN WE SPOKE WITH A TITLE COMPANY YESTERDAY FOR A PENDING SALE, BUT THERE IS NO, IT HAS NOT CLOSED YET.

SORRY.

AND MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD, WE DO HAVE A BANK LIEN HOLDER REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER CARD AS WELL.

SO YES, I BELIEVE SO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MARTHA.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR WEINSTEIN? ANY MORE QUESTIONS SEEING NONE, SEAN, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER THAT THE NAME OF OFFICER DANSON DAWSON.

I'M SORRY, DAWSON.

I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND BADGE NUMBER.

UM, MPO DAWSON.

THAT'S MY DISTRICT.

MY BADGE NUMBER IS 1 0 9 4 6.

OKAY.

UM, I'VE BEEN NPO FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW.

AND I'LL SAY THIS ADDRESS IS BEEN A NEEDLE ON MY SIDE AND EVERY NEIGHBOR COMPLAINS ABOUT IT IS ABOUT TRASH BEING THROWN INTO THEIR YARDS BY THE RESIDENTS, AND THEN NOT A DRUG ACTIVITY THAT COMES FROM THAT HOUSE.

UM, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT OUR UNDERCOVER OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSIDE THAT HOUSE AND PURCHASE DRUGS FROM THE BITCH CAN SAY THAT MS. BODIE, THE, THE RESIDENT THERE AND, UH, BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND THE, BOTH THE BODIES', UM, I THINK IT'S ROBERT BUDDY AND COULD SAY IMMODIUM AND DEALT WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS, EVEN BEFORE I GOT THERE, I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.

SO IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN SOLVING.

I THINK THAT IF THIS PROBLEM GOES AWAY, THAT IT'LL BE ONE OF THOSE CAREER THINGS THAT I HELD OFF I'LL HOLD HIGH AND I'LL USE THIS AS A STANDARD ON, ON OTHER HOUSES LIKE THIS IN MY AREAS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MAINLY WHAT ELLEN SAID ABOUT THE SENATORS PUSHING THE GUN.

MR. DAWSON, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BEING PRESENTED AT OUR BOARD MEETING THIS EVENING.

WE ALWAYS WELCOME ALL PROCEEDS AND OUR MEETINGS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK, BESIDES THIS FEEL FREE TO COME, HOPEFULLY I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE.

I JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU.

TAKING, TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO COME AND MAKE YOUR TESTIMONY.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM OUR OFFICE WITH DAWSON.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DAWSON AT THIS TIME? ANY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

OKAY.

MR. ROBERT BODIE, ARE YOU PRESENT MR. BO FIRST? YOU'D HAVE TO BE SWORN IN IF YOU CAN, IF YOU COULD JUST APPROACH THE, UH, THE PODIUM, SIR, WE'LL HAVE YOU SWORN IN BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

FIRST, WE HAVE THIS WARRING IN ABOUT BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE THE BOARD THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

OKAY, MR. BODEY PLEASE PROCEED TO TELL US YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.

UM, DID YOU POINT YOU'RE GOING TO MORE TRAILS AND THE TEXAS TWO BEDROOM.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE ARE AND UCL IN A PROPERTY.

AND WHAT WOULD BE THE WHITE FORECLOSURE? UM, FEBRUARY 4TH IS POSTED AND THE CLOSING DATE.

UH, I REMEMBER SAFE.

WELL, I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK INTO THE POINT.

ARE YOU SURE THERE'S A QUESTION.

AS FAR AS PORT POINT

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A NOTICE OF A POINT OF REMEDY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RESTRICTED TO ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS.

WE ARE GAS QUESTIONS ABOUT REMEDY.

AND ON THAT NOTE, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO YOUR PROPERTY? ARE YOU, ARE YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION? OKAY.

WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK OR OPINION ON THE RECOMMENDATION? WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY OVER THE FIRE.

UM, IS IT CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 4TH? IT'LL GET HIM UM, I, YEAH, THE POINT OF REMEDY IS YOU HAVE THIS 45 45 COMPLAINTS AGAINST THIS PROPERTY AND YOU'RE YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THE TIME CONSTRAINTS IS THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TONIGHT.

AM I UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, SIR? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. MR. BODIE.

IS THERE ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. BODEY AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS YOU MISSED THE BOAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND YOU MAY BE EXCUSED.

OKAY.

WE'D HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS BY THE NAME OF STEVE GONZALEZ.

MR. GONZALEZ, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR, YOUR HONOR, I'M SORRY.

MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS STEVE GONZALES.

I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM ON MCCARTHY POULTICE.

UH, WE REPRESENT HERE TODAY.

THE SERVICER FOR THE PROPERTY DOES INDUSTRY WITH THE CODE VIOLATIONS TODAY.

UM, BEAR WITH ME.

I NORMALLY DON'T CARRY MY ADDRESS IN MY HEAD WITH THE FARM.

UM, I WROTE IT ON MY CAR IT'S IT'S ON WEST 15TH STREET AND PLANO, TEXAS 7 5 0 7 5.

THANK YOU WITH REGARD TO OUR PARENTS TONIGHT, YOUR HONOR.

UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, WE ARE HERE SIMPLY AS WELL TO OBSERVE THE, THE ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION TONIGHT.

WE ARE NOT IN THE LEGAL TITLE.

WE ARE A LIEN HOLDER ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, IT IS IN FORECLOSURE, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT HAD A FORECLOSURE DATE SET, IT LOOKS AT IT POSSIBLY WOULD BE IN MARCH, UH, THE POTENTIAL FORECLOSURE OF THE PROPERTY WE'D GIVEN PROPER NOTICES AND THEN FILED PROPER, UH, SUCH, SUCH AS THE TRUSTEE WITHIN A CITY OR COUNTY RECORDS HERE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE MADE AN INSURANCE CLAIM ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.

WE ARE PENDING THAT RESPONSE AS TO WHAT THE INSURANCE WILL BE ON THAT MATTER.

UH, WE WERE NOT IN AT ALL.

AT LEAST I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL CLOSING OF THE PROPERTY ON ANOTHER CONTRACT FOR SALE AS REPRESENTED FOR FEBRUARY 4TH.

AND IF POSSIBLE, BEFORE I LEAVE TO SEE IF I COULD MEET WITH, UH, WITH YOUR STAFF AT LEAST TO GET THE NAME OF THE TITLE COMPANY THAT YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN WITH SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT C UH, WITH THAT, UH, POTENTIAL CLOSING WOULD BE, I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE CONTACTING US AS WELL, BUT I WASN'T AWARE OF IT TONIGHT.

SO I'D LIKE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT.

UM, YOUR HONOR, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ARE, UH, AGAIN, NOT IN TRUE TITLE, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, THE TARPING THAT WAS PRODUCED TONIGHT, IT WAS DONE BY OUR POLICE, OUR CLIENT, AS A REMEDY, AT LEAST TO PROTECT WHATEVER THE ASSETS STILL RETAINED AFTER THE FIRE.

UM, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING REPAIR WORK, PENDING, WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DOES TONIGHT AND THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS AS WELL.

UH, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE IN FORECLOSURE MODE, BUT NOT SET ON A TRUE SALE DATE.

UH, AND AGAIN, GIVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT THAT THERE MAY BE A POTENTIAL CLOSING OF THE PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH BY SALE, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD SATISFY OUR INTEREST IN THEM.

WE WOULD NOT BE A PART AT ALL INVOLVED WITH EVEN A LIEN HOLDERS POSITION ON THIS.

SO, UM, I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO, UM, UH, AT LEAST, UH, GRANT US, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO PURSUE, TO SEE WHAT THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS WOULD BE SINCE WE HAVE A PENDING CLAIM ON THAT NOW.

BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A POTENTIAL SALE CLOSING, WE'D LIKE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THAT AS WELL, UH, TO SEE IF, AND THAT INDEED THAT IS A LEGITIMATE SALE.

SO THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD AND TRY TO REMEDY THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT, UH, TOWARD, UH, ANY TYPE OF, UM, UH, DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY OR RECOUP OUR LOSSES WITH THAT, THE PRIOR DAMAGE.

OKAY.

MR. GONZALES THEN FOR THE POINT OF REMEDY AND ADEQUATE DUE PROCESS, YOU HAVE, UM, YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING TO THE SCENE, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, WHAT

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TIMEFRAME DO YOU CONSIDER THIS TIMEFRAME REASONABLE, UM, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, BY ALL MEANS I CAN UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSION'S POSITION IN TERMS OF IT BEING A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD.

UM, AS, AS NOBODY, IF THERE IS TRULY A CLOSING SALE OF THE PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH, IT'S GOING TO PROCEED DATES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.

UM, IF NOT, THEN AGAIN, UH, THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION DIRECTLY WOULD NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR POSITION AS A LIEN HOLDER WOULD BE MORE ON THE BOONIES SITUATION AS THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW AGAIN AT THAT POINT, UH, THE OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO GO FORWARD AND FORECLOSE.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION TONIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, UH, PARTICULARLY THE ADDITIONAL LANES AND THE AMOUNT OF $9,000 PLUS, UH, THAT AGAIN, WE WILL TAKE BACK TO OUR CLIENT AS WELL.

I'VE BEEN ASKED THE COMMISSION AND, AND ALSO TO THE STAFF, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A DETAILED REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED? NOT THAT I CAN FORWARD THAT TO MY CLIENT AND ADVISE THEM EXACTLY WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY IS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT NOW, UH, TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AGAIN, UM, UM, I LIKED THE OPPORTUNITY OF OUT MY CLIENT TO TRY TO GET THIS LOOKED AT PROPERLY FOR THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SPINNING UP TO DO ANYTHING.

BUT AGAIN, OUR HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED AS, SINCE WE'RE NOT LEGAL OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT GOES TO FORECLOSURE GIVEN THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY AND OF ITSELF.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD DO ANYTHING, BUT PROBABLY GO BACK AND REVERT BACK TO OUR CLIENT.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BECOME AN ISSUE FOR US.

SO I, I'M NOT QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO TO SEE THING, BUT I WILL ABIDE BY WHATEVER THEIR DECISION IS AND THEY PULL MY CLIENT RIGHTFULLY SO, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING IN TERMS OF MOMENTUM TOWARDS, UM, SOME SITUATION.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE US AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSE.

MR. MR. GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TO SEE ME.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION.

WE'RE GOING TO POPE POLL THE REST OF THE BOARD TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. GONZALEZ AND MORE QUESTIONS SAYING, MR. GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO SEE ME.

OKAY.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WISH TO TESTIFY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SEEING THAT MS. LUMPKIN BELL, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MA'AM, I'M KIND OF CONCERNED.

UM, MR. UH, THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT AS AWARE AS I WOULD'VE THOUGHT HE WOULD'VE BEEN.

SO WHEN WAS HE INITIALLY CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROPERTY? WE WERE CONTACTED AT 20, THE LADDER ENDED DECEMBER BY THE TIMELINE THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY TO THE BOARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE NOTICED OF THIS HEARING, PARTICULARLY ON THE LATTER PART OF DECEMBER.

AND AS SOON AS THEY WERE NOTICED, AND THEY HAD CONTACTED OUR LAW FIRM TO LET US KNOW THAT OF THE HEARING IT WAS SET FOR TONIGHT.

UH, SO AGAIN, PERSONALLY, AND I DON'T MEAN TO MISREPRESENT MS. MUSLIM HIMSELF PERSONALLY, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S WHAT I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO TAKE BACK TO MY CLIENT TOMORROW AND LET THEM KNOW THE EXACT POSITION OF WHERE WE DEALT WITH THIS PROBLEM.

SO YOU CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT AFFORD TO BE RESOLVED THEN, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE A NEWLY ACQUAINTED WITH THIS PROPERTY.

I WOULDN'T GO WITH THESE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP TO PAR WITH THIS AND ADDRESS IT IN THIS TIMELY FASHION, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF MS. .

WE WOULD LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT AGAIN, 90 EXTENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY AND KNOWING WHERE, WHERE THE CONDITIONS ARE.

I REASONABLY CAN UNDERSTAND YOU'RE CONSIDERED TO GO TO THE COMMISSION TO TRY BEFORE THIS MATTER.

BUT GIVEN THAT WE JUST RECENTLY BECAME INVOLVED, AS I SAID, WE HAVE A PENDING INSURANCE PLAN.

WE, UH, AGAIN, ARE NOT LEGALLY ENTITLED TO THE PROPERTY AS OF YET.

I'M ASSUMING IF WE GET IT FOR CLOSURE, THAT POSSIBLY BECOME THE ISSUE, BUT THAT IN ITSELF MAY NOT HAVE HEARD AS EARLY AS THAT UNTIL MARCH.

SO I DON'T WANT TO DELAY AND JEOPARDIZE THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY, AND NEITHER DOES MY CLIENT, BUT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO CATCH UP ON SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY DRAMATIC CONFESSION.

OKAY, MS. LONG, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? UM, I SUGGEST WE, UH,

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FOLLOW THE MOTION HERE FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION BY MS. LUMPKIN BELL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND, MR. MR. SHAW, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION, SEEING THAT WE WOULD TAKE A VOTE, A MANUAL VOTE AT THIS TIME ON THE MOTION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED ALL IN FAVOR, SHOW OF HANDS.

DO YOU HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION MADE BY MS. LUMPKIN BILL SECOND BY MR. SHOW, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND OUR, AND OUR LAST CASE FOR THIS EVENING IS DOCKET NUMBER 2021 DASH 14, 20 21, 20 21 DASH 14.

MR. WEINSTEIN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN THIS PROPERTY IS 7 0 5.

HIGHLAND IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT.

NUMBER TWO, THE DOCKET NUMBER IS 2021 DASH 14.

THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS BLOCKED THE LOT 13 OF THE HIGHLAND EDITION.

IT IS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IN A SINGLE FAMILY, SEVEN DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $197, SORRY, 197, $610.

THE OWNERS ARE ROMERO BEDINA AND ESTELLA OF 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET IN GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 0 7 7 3.

NOTICE THAT THE PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN MAIL PUBLISHED AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.

AND STEVE GARLAND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS IS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 17TH, 2021.

THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, DECEMBER 20TH, 2021, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY TO PERSON INVESTED OWNERS OF RECORD IDENTIFIED BY COUNTY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS.

THEY WERE JUST ON A PREMISES LOCATED AT 705 HIGHLAND STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, THE PROPERTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS AND MINIMUM HOUSING, MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEREAS THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED.

DO I HAVE A BOWL CONDITIONED BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022? IF THE BUILDING'S NOT REPAIRED, DO I HAVE A BULLET CONDITION? AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE COCONUT CLIENTS DEPARTMENT BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDINGS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY MARCH 15TH, 2022, THE CITY HAS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF 705 HIGHLAND STREET.

IT IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHLAND AND BELMONT DRIVE THAN IT IS IN COUNCIL.

DISTRICT.

NUMBER TWO WAS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THE PSP HEARING AND TRUST INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFY AND GET A TITLE SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS, DECAL PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE APPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS AND ASSUMED NAME RECORDS AND ASSUMED DECEMBER 15TH, 2021 STAFF POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR IT'S NICE HEARING AT THE PROPERTY, EXCUSE ME, JANUARY 3RD, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS RETURNED BY USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR RAMIRO THAT GINA AND ESTELLA HAD KOSTIA OF 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 0 7 7 4 3.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS THAT WAS POSTED ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AT 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON DECEMBER 15TH, THE DATE OF 2021, WHICH IS THE DATE THAT THE NOTICE WAS POSTED, TIMELINE OF ACTIONS BEGAN.

AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK ABOUT AS FAR AS OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM HAS RECORDS BACK TO MAY, 2016 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS WORKED 33 CASES OF THE PROPERTY VIOLATIONS HAVE INCLUDED IN PROPER STORAGE, TRASH BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT, WHOLE OCCUPATION, HOMELESS, CAMPING ON THE PROPERTY AND MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS IN JUNE OF 2021, GARLAND POLICE AND CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF BEGAN A JOINT EFFORT OF ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT DUE TO AN INCREASE OF ACTIVITY AND VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY.

IN AUGUST OF 2021, GARLAND POLICE AND CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF MET THE OWNER RAMIRO TO AINA AT THE PROPERTY TO DISCUSS ON ONGOING VIOLATIONS, MR. BAY, HE NOT ALLOWED AN

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INTERIOR INSPECTION OF THE HOUSE.

MR. BAIN WAS ALSO MADE AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THIS BOARD AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY AUGUST THE 2021, DUE TO THE FINDINGS OF THE INSPECTION, A VACATE ORDER WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND BUILDING OFFICIAL.

THIS IS THAT VACATE ORDER POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR OF 7 0 5 HIGHLAND.

IT'S THE RED NOTICE THERE ON THE LEFT.

THE WHITE NOTICE IS A COPY OF THE VACATE ORDER ITSELF, WHICH WAS MAILED CERTIFIED TO THE OWNER RAMIRO ARENA AND A STILL A AHAB OF 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS 75, 0 4 0.

IT READS DEAR MR. JOHANNA AND MS. FOLLOWING A REQUEST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE A DANGEROUS BUILDING AT 7 0 5 HIGHLAND AND INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE PROPERTY ON AUGUST 13TH, 2021.

FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WERE IDENTIFIED UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS WITH FILTH TRASH, RUBBISH, RAT FECES AND DEBRIS IN EVERY ROOM, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND WIRING THAT IS UNSAFE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING A FIRE OR ELECTROCUTION, PLENTY CONNECTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWING SEWER GAS TO PERMEATE THE DWELLING, NO WATER TO THE PLUMBING FIXTURES, STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE FLOOR JOIST SYSTEM IN THE MAIN STRUCTURE, NO OPERABLE SMOKE DETECTORS, HOLES AND OPENINGS IN THE CEILING WHERE LEAKS HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE, RIGHT? INFESTATION, MOLD, INFESTATION, UNSECURED STRUCTURE WITH BROKEN WINDOWS AND GLASS FRAGMENTS.

THESE SPECIFIED CONDITIONS ALONG WITH OTHERS ARE EVIDENCE THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE TO OCCUPY THE BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET ARE HEREBY DECLARED A DANGEROUS BUILDING AND SHALL BE VACATED.

THESE BUILDINGS MAY NOT BE REOCCUPIED WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL 7 0 9 HIGHLAND STREET INSPECTION RESULTS.

DURING THE INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WERE UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS WITH FILTH TRASH RUBBISH RAT FECES THROUGHOUT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS WERE AND WIRING THAT IS UNSAFE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING A FIRE OR ELECTROCUTION PLUMBING, CONNECTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWING SER GAS TO PERMEATE THE DWELLING, NO WATER TO THE PLUMBING FIXTURES, STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE FLOOR JOIST SYSTEM, NO OPERABLE SMOKE DETECTORS, HOLES AND OPENINGS IN THE CEILINGS WERE LEAKS HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE BRAT AND MOLD INFESTATIONS IN AN UNSECURED STRUCTURE WITH BROKEN GLASS AND WINDOWS.

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING THAT INSPECTION DONE AUGUST 13TH, 2021.

THESE PICTURES ARE INDICATIVE OF SOME OF THE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS THAT WE FOUND WITHIN PROPER EXPOSED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.

UH, THIS BREAKER PANEL DID NOT HAVE A FRONT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE, THERE, THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN EXTENSION CORD RUN INTO THE BREAKER PANEL AND DOUBLE LOGGED INTO THE SYSTEM ON THE RIGHT THERE, YOU'LL SEE AN EXPOSED WIRE JUNCTION THAT THOSE WERE WIRES JUST HELD TOGETHER WITH WIRE NUTS, LAYING LOOSELY ACROSS THE FLOOR ON THE LEFT THERE, THE ABOVE ALSO A REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WOULD BE THAT THE IMPROPER SEWER CONNECTIONS MUST BE CORRECTED AND THEY MUST HAVE A SOURCE OF WATER TO THE FIXTURES.

THERE WAS NO RUNNING WATER ON THERE.

AGAIN, BUCKETS OF WATER BEING USED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE FOR THE FIXTURES AND FOR THE TOILETS.

THE ROTTED AND DAMAGED FLOOR.

JOIST MUST BE REPAIRED ON THE LEFT.

THERE IS THE KITCHEN.

UH, THERE WAS NO WATER AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, BUT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE FROM A PREVIOUS WATER LEAK FLOOR.

JOYCE WERE COMPROMISED.

THERE WAS NO CELL FLOOR AND THE, UH, THE BARE GROUND WAS EXPOSED BENEATH DURING THE INSPECTION.

WE COULD SEE RATS RUNNING ABOUT ON THE GROUND BELOW THE SUB FLOOR.

UH, THERE WAS MOLD AND EVIDENCE OF ROOF LEAKS THERE ON THE RIGHT, ALSO IN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE SOME HOLES IN THE WALLS, EXPOSING WIRING AND SOME MISSING, UH, PLATES, ALL BROKEN WINDOWS AND AN UNSECURED DOORS MUST BE REPAIRED.

THIS IS THE BACK DOOR THAT WOULD NO LONGER LATCH.

SO THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN UNSANITARY CONDITIONS MUST BE RENOVATED, INCLUDING THE RAT INFESTATION AND WILL ALL ELECTRICAL BILLS IN ELECTRICAL BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED.

AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MUST BE REPAIRED TO MEET ELECTRIC CODE.

ALL IN PROPER WIRE.

JUNCTIONS MUST BE RENEWED.

A PLUMBING BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED AND ALL PLUMBING

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CONNECTIONS MUST BE REPAIRED.

WATER SERVICE MUST BE RESTORED.

A BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED AND THE FLOOR JOIST SYSTEM MUST BE REPAIRED.

ALL HOLES IN THE ROOF STRUCTURE AND CEILING MUST BE REPAIRED.

ALL BROKEN WINDOWS AND DOORS MUST BE REPAIRED AND ALL TRASH AND A PROPER STORE STORAGE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THIS MORNING.

UH, JANUARY 13TH, 2022 SHOWS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET.

THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF 7 0 5 HIGHLANDS STREET ALSO TAKEN THIS MORNING, JANUARY 13TH, 2022.

SO IN SUMMARY, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF 33 CASES SINCE 2016 IN JUNE OF 2021, THE GARLAND POLICE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTS BEGAN RECEIVING AN INCREASE IN COMPLAINTS REGARDING ACTIVITY YET.

AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY, THE DEPARTMENTS BEGAN A JOINT EFFORT IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THESE VIOLATIONS.

AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS ATTEMPTING TO GAIN COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION WAS ARRANGED WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

DURING THAT INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE WAS WORSE THAN EXPECTED.

AND THE VACATE ORDER WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND BUILDING OFFICIAL.

THEREFORE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR 7 0 5 HIGHLAND STREET, IS THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION BY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2022.

IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, THEN IF FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT FEBRUARY 13TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022.

AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED.

DO I HAVE A LITTLE CONDITION? AND IF FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY MARCH 15TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENT.

THANK YOU, MS. MR. WEINSTEIN.

UM, WE HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER BY THE NAME OF, UH, RAMIRO HAINA AND S E N D COSTA COSTA LAYER.

HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK OR RESPONSES FROM THE, FROM THE NOTED OWNERS ON RECORD? UH, NOT, NOT RECENTLY AFTER THE INITIAL INSPECTION THAT THEY WERE CONTACTING OUR INSPECTOR FOR A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO COMPLY, BUT IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION FROM MR. WEINSTEIN.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR WEINSTEIN AT THIS TIME? ANY, ANY QUESTION SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, SEAN, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, OFFICER SMITH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BADGE NUMBER FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR, I'M OFFICER MATT SMITH.

BADGE NUMBER IS 8 0 1 9 OF ANACAPA TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS RESIDENCE.

I'M NOT GOING TO ELABORATE ON, UH, WITH MR. WEINSTEIN ON THE CODE VIOLATIONS.

THERE WERE TWO SETS OF ISSUES GOING IN CONCURRENT, RUNNING PARALLEL.

THERE WERE THE CODE VIOLATIONS AND THEN THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

AND I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THAT, UH, DELIVERY OF METHAMPHETAMINES HEROIN, STOLEN VEHICLES, NUMEROUS STOLEN VEHICLES WERE RECOVERED BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP AT THE LOCATION.

SO THAT'S HOW I WAS FIRST NOTIFIED THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT WERE SHOWING UP ON THE STREET, UH, STOLEN WEAPONS, UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF WEAPONS.

THE RESIDENTS BECAME A SAFE HAVEN FOR CRIMINALS OF OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

WE MADE ARREST FOR, UH, THOSE THAT WERE IN 705 HIGHLAND IN FRONT UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS, PATROL, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, NUMEROUS ASSAULTS, OBSTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE, ASSAULT, BURGLARY OF HABITATION THEFT, EVADING INTERFERENCE, HEROIN, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, ASSAULT, FAMILY VIOLENCE, IMPEDING BREATH OF EVADING UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE RESISTING ARREST.

SEVERAL GANG MEMBERS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE LOCATION.

THERE WERE SMALL CHILDREN.

WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE, UH, THE FEMALES THAT WERE STAYING THERE WERE TRADING SEX FOR DRUGS.

UM, FORTUNATELY, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO GET WHERE ON HER COVER AND OUR SWAT TEAM WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN, BUT WE CAN NEVER ESTABLISH ENOUGH DRUG BUYS.

UH, THEY HAD AN ELABORATE, UH, SECURITY SYSTEM THAT THEY HAD RIGGED UP WHERE THEY HAD CAMERAS ALL AROUND THE HOUSE AND THE BEHIND HAS HAD SEVERAL DRONES.

SO THEY KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING.

WE DIDN'T FIND THIS OUT LATER.

THEY KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE WE WERE, WHEN WE SHOW

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UP, SHOWED UP ON THE STREET, THEY WERE READY AND THEY SHUT DOWN SHOP.

SO THEY WERE PREPARED TO GET RID OF ALL THEIR EVIDENCE, THEIR DRUGS, THEY HIT IT.

THEY WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WALK AROUND THE BLOCK TO IT THAT IF WE HAD UNDERCOVER PEOPLE SO THEY COULD IDENTIFY IF WE HAD POLICE IN THE AREA.

SO THEY HAD A VERY, UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN IN MY TIME, UH, AN ELABORATE SYSTEM SET UP TO PROTECT THE BUSINESS.

THEY WERE RUNNING UP THE AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE SELLING DRUGS.

SO LUCKILY, UH, 23 YEARS, I'VE NEVER, I WAS, I BECAME AN MPO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I NEVER DEALT WITH CODE VIOLATIONS, TALL GRASS, AND ANY OF THAT STUFF.

SO, UH, LUCKILY AFTER DEALING WITH CODE AND TACKLING FROM THAT ANGLE AND, UH, MR. LET US GO IN.

HE DISAPPEARED, LIKE, UM, I GUESS HE OWNS NUMEROUS PROPERTIES FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING AND HE'S JUST NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH 7 0 5 ISLANDS.

SO WE, I KNOW I FULLY BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES AND COME BACK STORIES, BUT, UM, 7 0 5 HIGHLAND HAS IGNORED LAWS.

THEY'VE IGNORED CITY ORDINANCES.

THEY'VE DISRESPECTED THE RESIDENTS ON THE STREETS.

SO, UH, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF YOU DROPPING THE HAMMER ON THEM.

THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, OFFICER SMITH, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH AT THIS TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT LIKED TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING NONE? WE HAVE THE BOARD MEMBER, MR. JOHN SPENCER IS ABSENT.

SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD FIRST, FIRST COME FIRST OR DOES IT MAKE ME ANY DIFFERENT FOOD? MR. SHOW MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MOTION, TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. SHELL TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND, MR. MS. WALLANDER WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. WOVEN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND MICHELLE SECOND BY MS. WALLANDER ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

AND SECOND SHOW OF HANDS.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING HAS PASSED.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR LAST PUBLIC LAST PROPERTY THIS EVENING.

MY NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS IN GERMAN.

IT IS NINE MINUTES UNTIL NINE.

WE ARE, WE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THIS ONE LINE THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU IN THE EARLIER PROPERTIES, WHEN YOU WERE WAVING YOUR HAND, I THOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT WAS WORKING.

I APOLOGIZE.

AND I SEE IT TO REALIZE IT.

WASN'T YEAH, I SAT THERE STARING AT THE SCREEN TECHNOLOGY.

YOU'LL HAVE SOME ORDERS TO SIGN THIS.

NO PROBLEM.

NO PROBLEM.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAUSE WE CAN'T COME TOGETHER AS.