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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE
[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD Council Chambers at City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas October 24, 2024 6:00 p.m. ]
CITY OF GARLAND MEETING OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD TONIGHT.IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS BOARD TO BEGIN EACH MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION AND REC AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
NO MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE, AND SUCH DECISION WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THEIR RIGHTS OR BOARD'S DECISION.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE BOARD IN THE INVOCATION OF THE PLEDGE, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AS WE STAND FOR PRAYER, WHICH WILL BE LED BY OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBER DALE LONG AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE PLEASE STAND MR. MR. LONG BY HEADS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR DEMOCRACY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU PUT YOUR LOVING HANDS ON ALL OF US AS WE DELIBERATE WITH THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
TOUCH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AS WE ARE HERE TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND KEEP US DURING THIS TIME.
AND AS WE GO, GO, GO BACK TO OUR HOMES, THESE AND OTHER BLESSINGS WE ASK IN THY NAME WE PRAY.
THANK YOU MR. LONG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, FRAUD.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE PREVIOUS MINUTES IN OUR PACKET, THIS EVENING'S PACKET.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL REVIEW THE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL.
WE'LL HAVE A REVIEW, REVIEW OF MINUTES FOR APPROVAL.
MR. EARNEST, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL THE 11TH 2024 MEETING.
WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MS. GI, MS. OWENS? I MOVE TO A SECOND TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. EARN.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. OWENS.
WE WILL VOTE NOW TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED FROM APRIL 11TH, 2024.
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ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED FROM APRIL 11TH, 2024 AS PRESENTED.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, THE SWEARING OF WITNESSES.
WE HAD THE SWEARING OF THE WITNESSES DONE PREVIOUSLY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
KIRK, EVERY, ALL THE SWEARING IN OF, OF, I MEAN THE SWEARING IN MEMBERS YEAH.
WE HAD, YEAH, WE WE GOT THAT SQUARED AWAY.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SWEARING, OF WITNESS.
ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, THAT, THAT ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE AT THIS TIME, RISE.
DO YOU HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU PRESENT TO THE BOARD TONIGHT WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
ALRIGHT, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS, RICK.
NUMBER FIVE, HAVE THE ELECTION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ELECTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN OCTOBER IS, UM, OUR POLICY TO VOTE ON OFFICERS OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO WE ARE HERE AT THIS OCTOBER MEETING.
WE ARE, WE, WE WILL CONDUCT THE, UH, THE VOTE OR MOTION FOR THE CHAIR AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE ANY MOTION, MS. OWENS? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE DAVID PERRY FOR PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LONG TO, UH, FOR DAVID PERRY TO BE THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND? ANY SECOND OR DISCUSSION? I SECOND IT.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. OWENS.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET'S TAKE A VOTE AT THIS TIME, PLEASE.
THE MOTIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED IF YOU WANT.
WE WILL VOTE FOR THE CHAIR OF DAVID PERRY AT THIS TIME, PLEASE.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DALE LONG, THE SECOND BY MS. OWENS.
AND I'M GONNA CLEAR THE MOTION SO WE CAN, YOU GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA, OKAY.
ACTUALLY, I SHOULD HAVE NOMINATED YOU.
SO DO WE NEED TO DO THIS OVER? YES, PLEASE.
MR. CHAIR, I NOMINATE DAVID PERRY FOR THE OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
ANY SECOND? CAN YOU HIT THE MOTION? MOTION? THE MOTION WAS MADE.
I, NO, WE, HE'S TRYING TO MOTION, BUT MR. PERRY, OH, SO HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE LUNCH.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO A HAND VOTE.
OH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CLEAR MOTIONS.
MR. THAT'S YOU GOTTA DO IT THIS WAY.
LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO IT BY HAND.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR, FOR NOMINATION, NO NOMINATION.
NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE CHAIR.
HERE'S A WAY TO DO IT, MR. CHAIR.
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CAN WE DO THAT? NO, LET'S JUST DO IT AND GET A SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. OWENS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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ON THE FLOOR FOR THE VICE CHAIR? WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MANUALLY.WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR MS. OWENS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. LANDER, SECONDED BY DAVID PERRY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MS. OWENS BEING VICE CHAIR.
OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEFORE US THIS EVENING.
UM, MR. UH, SEAN WEINSTEIN, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY BEFORE US IS 5 0 5 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD.
DOCKET NUMBER 2023 DASH OH SIX.
WHETHER GETTING THE SCREEN SET UP, THIS IS 5 0 5 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD.
IT IS DOCKET 2023 DASH ZERO SIX.
IT IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS LOT ONE AND LINDA HEIGHTS TERRACE BLOCK FIVE LOTS 8 13, 19, AND IS 4.361 ACRES OF THE SILVER LEAVES RETIREMENT HOME EDITION.
IT IN IS, IT IS IN A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF MULTIFAMILY TWO, AND THERE IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THE IMPROVEMENT VALUE IS $130,100.
THE OWNER IS TR SCOTT CAPITAL LLC, SERIES 5 0 5 AND TROPHY CLUB CONSULTING, LLC AT ONE 20 PEBBLE BEACH DRIVE, ROANOKE, TEXAS 7 6 2 6 2 9 7 8 3.
THIS IS THE ORDINANCE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROPER HEARING.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL, I'LL PASS BY THIS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PROPERTY HERE THIS EVENING, AND SO WE HAVE SATISFIED THE PROPER NOTICE FOR THIS HEARING.
THIS SLIDE DEALS WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN THIS IS ALL THE TRACKING INFORMATION.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS, WHICH WAS POSTED ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS WAS TAKEN SEPTEMBER 18TH WHEN THE NOTICE WAS POSTED.
TIMELINE OF ACTIONS AT THIS PROPERTY BEGAN IN AUGUST OF 2019.
CODE CODE COMPLIANCE BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS THAT VAGRANTS WERE LIVING IN THE PREMISES.
MAY 21ST OF 2 20 20, THE CO COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR TREND VEGETATION AND REMOVED TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY.
AND ON JULY 5TH, 2021, THE CONTRACTOR REMOVED TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY.
FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022, DCA INDICATED A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP TO THE CURRENT OWNERS.
AND IN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER OF 2022, THE CODE COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR MOWED THE PROPERTY.
IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR, CODE COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR BOARDED SEVERAL WINDOWS AND DOORS TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, CODE COMPLIANCE CONDEMNED THE PROPERTY.
AT THAT TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION, THE, UH, ELECTRICAL SERVICE CONDUCTOR WAS ATTACHED TO THE POLE AND WAS LAYING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FOR SAFETY REASONS.
CODE COMPLIANCE REQUESTED THAT IT BE REMOVED AND GPNL REMOVED THE ENTRANCE CONDUCTOR.
THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2023.
THIS IS THE NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION, CONDEMNATION ON ONE OF THE FRONT DOORS OF THE PROPERTY.
THESE PICTURES WERE ALSO TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION.
THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT IS A BROKEN WINDOW WITH GLASS SHARDS.
THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS OF SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS.
THERE'S AN OPEN, UH, METER BASE WITH EXPOSED CONDUCTORS, AND THEN SEVERAL OTHER ELECTRIC PANELS, WHICH HAVE BEEN, UH, STRIPPED OF ALL THEIR WIRING.
THESE PICTURES WERE ALSO TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION.
PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS BRICKS BROKEN THROUGH AN EXTERIOR WALL WITH SHEET ROCK FROM THE INSIDE, SHOWING THROUGH THE HOLE, AND ALSO SHOWS, UH, DOORS THAT WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS KEEPING SECURED, AND ALSO SOME ELECTRICAL AND, UH, AIR CONDITIONING CABINETS THAT WERE DISCARDED BEHIND THE BUILDING AFTER THE CONDEMNATION.
THE TIMELINE BEGINS AGAIN AT AUGUST OF 2023 WHEN OUR CONTRACTOR, AGAIN BOARDED THE WINDOWS AND DOORS TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
THEN ON, ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2023, SCOTT INGER, WHO WAS A PART OF THE OWNERSHIP GROUP, PRESENTED A DETAILED PLAN TO THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
THE PLAN INCLUDED DEMOLISHING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SENIOR INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER.
A WEEK LATER ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE GDC, CHANGING THE ZONING FOR THE PREMISES AND APPROVING THE DETAIL PLAN TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND BUILD AN ELDER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY.
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, CODE COMPLIANCE SECURED THE PROPERTY AGAIN IN MAY OF 2024.
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GPNL REMOVED ALL EXISTING ELECTRICAL FACILITIES FROM THE PREMISES TO PREPARE, PREPARE FOR DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE.JUNE 5TH, 2024, AND AGAIN, IN JULY OF 2024, THE CO COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR REMOVED TRASH AND DEBRIS AND MOWED THE PROPERTY.
THEN ON JULY 9TH, 2024, CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONDUCTED A WARRANT INSPECTION OF THE PREMISES TO DETERMINE IF ANY REPAIRS HAD BEEN DONE SINCE THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION, AND TO ASSESS THE INTERIOR CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE FROM THAT WARRANT INSPECTION.
THESE THREE SHOW THE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE INTERIOR.
THE, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS TYPICAL OF MOST OF THE HALLWAYS.
UH, THE CEILING HAS EITHER BEEN PULLED DOWN OR HAS FALLEN DOWN, AND THE INSULATION IN THE CONTENTS OF THE ATTIC ARE WITHIN THE, UH, LIVING QUARTERS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS TYPICAL OF SOME OF THE ROOMS THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY ITSELF AND ALSO BROUGHT IN FROM OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY TO BE LEFT.
INSIDE THESE PICTURES SHOW SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT THE PROPERTY.
THE PICTURE ON THE FAR LEFT IS AT THE FRONT DRIVE OF THE PROPERTY.
A BEAM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AND IS KNOCKED ALMOST TO THE EDGE OF THE SUPPORTING COLUMNS.
BELOW IT, PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS SOME OF THE, UH, CEILING STRUCTURE THAT HAS FALLEN.
THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS A CORNER OF A CINDER BLOCK WALL, AND AT THE TOP OF THIS WALL, THE CINDER BLOCKS ARE STARTING TO PULL APART.
THESE PICTURES ALSO TAKEN JULY 9TH, 2024, SHOW THE DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
THE ELECTRIC PANEL ON THE LEFT IS TYPICAL OF MOST OF THEM IN THE STRUCTURE.
ALL OF THE WIRING HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM IT.
THE OUT OR THE, UH, SWITCH IN THE MIDDLE IS HANGING OUT OF THE WALL WITH EXPOSED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.
UH, THE, THE UNINSULATED PART OF THE CONDUCTOR IS READILY ACCESSIBLE.
AND THEN THE LIGHT FIXTURE THAT'S BEEN PULLED FROM ITS FIXTURE AND IS, UH, HANGING FROM THE WIRES, SEVERAL OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE PLUMBING SYSTEM AT THE EXTERIOR.
ON THE, ON THE LEFT PICTURE THERE, YOU'LL SEE AT THE EXTERIOR SOME OPEN, UH, SEWER CLEANOUTS.
AND THE OTHER TWO PICTURES ARE FROM THE INTERIOR WHERE SOME OF THE WASTE PLUMBING HAS BEEN PULLED OUT.
AND THE, UH, SEWER GASES ARE ESCAPING INTO THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THESE PICTURES ARE SOME OF THE IMPURE AND UNWHOLESOME MATTER THAT WE FOUND DURING THE INSPECTION.
THESE PICTURES ALSO TAKEN JULY 9TH, 2024, SHOW SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.
THIS IS TYPICAL THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE WITH SEVERAL DOORS OPEN.
UH, SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN SECURED IN THE PAST AND ARE OPEN AGAIN.
AND THEN ALSO BROKEN WINDOWS WITH GLASS SHARDS AND JUST SOME WINDOWS THAT ARE, ARE JUST OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR.
THESE PICTURES SHOW INDICATIONS OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF A CONDEMNED STRUCTURE.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS A PILLOW, SOME PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND BLANKETS FROM SOMEONE HAD BEEN, LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE HAD BEEN SLEEPING THERE.
THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS OF FOOD, UH, AND DRINKS THAT WERE SET OUT, THAT'S, THAT'S BREAD.
THERE WAS NO MILDEW OR MOLD ON THE BREAD.
IT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN LEFT THERE, UH, RELATIVELY SHORTLY BEFORE WE DID OUR INSPECTION.
AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS ANOTHER SPOT WHERE SOMEONE HAD BEEN EATING, UH, PIZZA AND TWINKIES AND SMOKING CIGARETTES AND HAD SOME OTHER PARAPHERNALIA LAYING AROUND.
THESE PICTURES SHOW SOME OF THE FAILING WEATHER PROTECTION.
THESE ARE TWO, TWO SEPARATE HOLES IN THE ROOF.
THE HOLES GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE INTERIOR AND CONTI CONTINUING THE TIMELINE.
AFTER THE INSPECTION IN AUGUST, AND THEN AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, CODE COMPLIANCE, REMOVE TRASH AND DEBRIS AND MOWED THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024, THE CITY OF GARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PREMISES.
THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO UC, STRUGGLING TO SECURE FUNDING TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE AND INQUIRED ABOUT ASSISTANCE THE CITY COULD PROVIDE.
THE DEFICIENCY LIST FOR 5 0 5 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD IS AN UNSECURED STRUCTURE.
IT'S OCCUPIED AND CONDEMNED AND DOES NOT HAVE UTILITY SERVICE.
IT'S UNSANITARY HAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, ROOF DAMAGE, DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, DAMAGE TO THE PLUMBING SYSTEM, BROKEN WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND DETERIORATED EXTERIOR SURFACES DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY ARE THAT THE BUILDING MUST BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION WITH REQUIRED PERMITS AND PASS FINAL INSPECTIONS BY THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, OR BE DEMOLISHED WITH A PERMIT FROM THE
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BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.IN THE MEANTIME, THE BUILDING MUST BE SECURED.
THE PREMISES MUST REMAIN FREE FROM TRASH AND DEBRIS, AND THE LANDSCAPING AND GRASS MUST BE MAINTAINED.
AND TO CLEAR UP CONFUSION, NOT THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN THE SHORT TERM.
HOWEVER, ULTIMATELY, THIS PROPERTY MUST BE DEMOLISHED TO COMPLY WITH THE DETAIL PLAN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE GDC, THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND SO AS A TEMPORARY MEANS, IT DOES, MIGHT NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE TO BRING IT INTO A HABITABLE CONDITION, BUT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY WITH THE, WITH THE PROPERTY.
THIS WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2024.
THIS IS A SIDE VIEW OF THAT SAME LOCATION AT THE FRONT OF THE PREMISES.
AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS, YOU'LL SEE A HOMELESS, UH, SMALL HOMELESS SHELTER, AND IT'S OCCUPIED WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN, THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM THE CHILDCARE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS ANOTHER, LOOKS TO BE A TEMPORARY, UH, SHELTER FOR A HOMELESS PERSON.
ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, THE OTHER ENTRANCE DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN FURTHER DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DAMAGED ROOF STRUCTURE, AN OPEN WINDOW, AND SOME MISSING BRICKS AT THE, AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO THERE.
THIS PICTURE WAS ALSO TAKEN YESTERDAY.
THIS IS A, A DOOR AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S WIDE OPEN AND SOME UNMANAGED LANDSCAPING.
THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN YESTERDAY SHOWING AN OPEN WINDOW, ANOTHER PICTURE TAKEN YESTERDAY SHOWING A BROKEN WINDOW, SOME FURTHER UNMANAGED LANDSCAPING AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE, UH, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS PART OF THE PARCEL AND SHOWS THE CONDITION AT THE BACK.
SO, IN SUMMARY, THE CURRENT OWNERS PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
A DETAILED PLAN WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2023.
THE DE DETAIL DETAIL PLAN INCLUDED DEMOLISHING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND BUILDING A SENIOR INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY.
THE DETAIL PLAN, INCLUDING THE DEMOLITION OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023.
THE OWNERS HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY SECURING FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO APPARENT PROGRESS TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE, AND MANY VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY ORDINANCE REMAIN THESE ONGOING VIOLATIONS OF CAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO SUFFER.
AND THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS.
CODE COMPLIANCE HAS HAD CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE OWNERS TO DIS DISCUSS REMEDY, HOWEVER, NO LONG TERM PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.
GARLAND CODE COMPLIANCE HAS ISSUED 18 MUNICIPAL COURT CITATIONS FOR FAILURE TO REPAIR A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING.
ON 11 OCCASIONS SINCE MAY OF 2020, THE CITY OF GARLAND CO COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT HAS SECURED THE BUILDING MOWED AND REMOVED TRASH FROM THE PROPERTY.
THE STRUCTURE IS ALSO AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE TO HOMELESS IN THE AREA, EXCUSE ME.
AND WE BELIEVE THE, THE, UH, PREMISES TO BE OCCUPIED RANDOMLY BY VAGRANT WITHOUT UTILITY SERVICE.
THERE HAVE BEEN 92 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE PROPERTY SINCE JANUARY, 2021.
MOST OF THESE CALLS WERE FOR SUSPICIOUS PERSONS RELATED TO HOMELESS ACTIVITY AND BURGLARY.
AND MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, OUR CI OUR ATTORNEY, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SOME COMMUNICATION THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE BOARD.
UH, THE OWNER IS REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.
AND WE HAVE COME TO SOME AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE INTO THE BOARD ORDER.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE THE, OUR STANDARD ORDER ORDERS OF THE BOARD WITH, YOU KNOW, A A DATE CERTAIN FOR THINGS TO BE DONE OR FINES AND, AND DEMOLITION CAN OCCUR THROUGH THE CITY.
UH, BUT, UH, WE HAVE COME TO SOME AGREEMENTS WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY.
AND, AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE.
UH, THEY DON'T APPEAR IN THE RECOMMENDED ORDER OF THE BOARD THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET BECAUSE WE JUST CAME TO THESE AGREEMENTS,
UM, BUT BASICALLY THE CITY AND THE OWNER HAVE AGREED THAT
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THE CITY, UH, THE OWNER SHALL, UH, SUBMIT A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024.IF THE OWNER SUBMITS A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION PERMIT ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024, THE OWNER SHALL HAVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY.
THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION PERMIT SHALL BE WITHIN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE CITY.
SO THE, THAT'S THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE INSERTING.
UH, AND THEN IT'S GONNA PICK BACK UP WITH THE RECOMMENDED ORDERS, IT APPEARS IN YOUR POCKET.
AND, AND WITH A SLIGHT, UH, MODIFICATION OF THAT, SHOULD A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION PERMIT NOT BE TIMELY SUBMITTED BY THE ORDER BY THE OWNER, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD, WHICH, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF IS FOR 60 DAYS, UH, TO, TO DEMOLISH.
SO IF THEY DO NOT, UH, HOLD UP THEIR END OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORDER OF THE BOARD.
AND SO THIS IS, IT'S KIND OF A TEMPORARY PAUSE TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION BEFORE, UH, WE, WE DO THAT AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND GET IT INTO THE ORDER.
ALRIGHT, UH, IS, AND THIS, YEAH, I, I BELIEVE THE, THE ATTORNEY IS HERE AND, AND WILL, I GUESS WHEN IT'S HIS, WHEN IT'S TIME TO TAKE, UH, SPEAKERS, HE CAN INDICATE THAT HIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS.
BUT BEFORE WE START, UH, THE QUESTIONING BY THE BOARD, I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE OUR LIMITATIONS OF QUESTIONING.
I ALWAYS COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND USE THIS ACRONYM.
THE N REPRESENTS OUR QUESTIONS ARE LIMITED TO NOTIFICATIONS, SO WE ONLY RESTRICTED TO ASK QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS PROPER NOTIFICATION.
THE, THE, THE ATTORNEY THIS EVENING HAS BASICALLY OUTLINED OUR REMEDY, UH, IN RESULT IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND VV IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO VIOLATIONS.
SO WE PRETTY GOT PRETTY MUCH HAVE STRAIGHT INSTRUCTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY THIS EVENING.
I JUST WANNA BE MINDFUL OF, OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, OF OUR LIMITATIONS OF OUR QUESTIONING.
AND ON THAT NOTE, MR. SEAN, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR, OR RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU'D LIKE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN READ THE ORDER IN ITS ENTIRETY OR THE, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN ITS ENTIRETY INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD FIND AND CONCLUDE THAT NOTICE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY ORDINANCE, STATE LAW, AND DUE PROCESS, THAT THERE EXISTS ON THE PREMISES OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
SPECIFICALLY THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 0 5 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD IN GARLAND, TEXAS.
THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE THAT THE CONDITION OF THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS SUBSTANDARD DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS AND HEALTH AND SANITATION VIOLATIONS, SPECIFICALLY DAMAGE TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE AND COVERING UNSECURED DOORS AND WINDOWS, FAILING WEATHER PROOFING, DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING COMPONENTS, MPU AND UNWHOLESOME MATTER, FILTH AND RUBBISH THAT THE STANDARD, THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY VAGRANT.
FURTHER, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD ORDER THAT NO PERSON MAY OCCUPY THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY CODE COMPLIANCE.
THAT THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE BE SECURED AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY BY OCTOBER 28TH, 2024.
THAT IF THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS NOT SECURED AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY BY OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN A WARRANT DIRECTING ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING A SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE OR CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY, TO ENFORCE AND CARRY OUT THE LAWFUL ORDERS OR DIRECTIVES OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD TO ENTER THE PREMISES, REMOVE ANY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE, AND SECURE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY AND PLACE A LIEN ON THE PREMISES FOR THE COST OF SECURING THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OWNER AND THE CITY, THE OWNER SHALL SUBMIT A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024.
IF THE OWNER SUBMITS A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024, THE OWNER SHALL HAVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY.
THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT SHALL BE WITHIN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE CITY THAT A COMPLETE, THAT SHOULD A COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY APPLICATION FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT NOT BE TIMELY SUBMITTED BY THE OWNER, THE OWNER, REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024,
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THAT THE OWNER OF THE PREMISES MUST ALLOW ENTRY TO CITY STAFF NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, TO INSPECT THE INTERIOR OF THE PREMISES TO VERIFY THE PROPERTY MEETS MINIMUM STANDARDS SO AS TO BE FOUND HABITABLE.SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION OR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS OTHERWISE FOUND TO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF BY CODE COMPLIANCE, REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE, THE PREMISES BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, REMOVED OR DEMOLISHED.
SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
BY JANUARY 1ST, 2025, THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN A WARRANT DIRECTING ANY POLICE OFFICER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING A SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE OR CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY, TO REMOVE ANY PERSONS FROM THE PREMISES AND THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AND PLACE A LIEN ON THE PREMISES FOR THE COST OF DEMOLISHING THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM MR. MR. WEINSTEIN.
ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, SEAN, THAT YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.
MR. CHAIRMAN, OUR FIRST SPEAKER CARD TONIGHT IS ROBERT NICHOLAS.
MR. ROBERT MICUS, YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
UH, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M ROBERT MLO, I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
MY ADDRESS, MY BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 2,500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 600, PLANO, TEXAS 7 5 0 6 3.
ALRIGHT, MR. MLO, THANK YOU FOR APPEARING THIS EVENING.
PLEASE PROCEED TO TELL THE BOARD WHAT YOU WISH US TO HEAR THIS EVENING.
UM, UH, UM, I GOT THIS CASE AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TRY AND WORK, UH, IN A MANNER TO HELP GET THIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THE ORDER AS REVISED AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ORDER PROPOSED ORDER FOR YOU ALL WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, THE IDEA IS TO, UH, GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETE AND CORRECT SO THE CITY CAN TAKE IT, UM, ISSUE IT, AND THEN UPON THE ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR THE DEMOLITION PERMIT, WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY AND WE'LL GO AND DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, I I, I THINK AGREEMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DO THAT AGREEMENT TO THE PROPOSED ORDER AND THE FACT THAT WE WILL GO AND DO THE DEMOLITION IS ALWAYS FAVORABLE VERSUS THE CITY HAVING TO GO TO DO THAT.
UH, SO I'D ASK THAT, UH, YOU WOULD APPROVE THAT ORDER AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT AS CONCISE AS I THINK I COULD MAKE IT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL STICK AROUND MR. NICHOLAS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT LIKE TO, THAT WILL BE ASKED OF YOU.
IS THERE, AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT, IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR MR. NICHOLAS AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU MR. NICHOLAS FOR COMING OUT THIS, THIS EVENING.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. KATHY JOHNSON.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? HI, MY NAME IS KATHY JOHNSON.
I LIVE AT FIVE 15 CANDLEWOOD IN GARLAND, 7 5 0 4 1.
THE PICTURE OF THE LOT THAT YOU SAW? UM, I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
WE'VE LIVED IN OUR HOUSE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT HAD BEEN DECIDED PREVIOUSLY BY THE DEVELOPER AND WE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PROMISED A LOT AND NOTHING HAS COME OF IT.
WE'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF VAGRANT, UM, PEOPLE WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS BUILT, UH, POUNDING ON THE BUILDING.
WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS OF THINGS OUT OF THOSE 90 SOME PHONE CALLS, I'M PROBABLY HALF OF 'EM TO BE HONEST.
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UM, I'M ALL FOR IT BEING DEMOLISHED.UH, WHO, WHOEVER DOES IT, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE EXTERMINATED THOROUGHLY BEFORE THEY DO IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RODENTS THAT ARE AS BIG AS CATS AND OTHER THINGS THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAMES OF.
UM, WE'VE PUT UP WITH A LOT OVER, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, BUT WE REALLY DO WANT IT DEMOLISHED.
UM, I KNOW THE CITY IS AWARE THERE'S ASBESTOS IN IT, HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPER SWEARS THERE ISN'T.
SO I'M SURE WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE CITY WILL ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND AS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, I WAS TOLD JUST A FEW OF US NEEDED TO ATTEND TODAY TO BACK UP OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE AND TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND OBVIOUSLY SO, BECAUSE THERE WERE 90 SOME OF US THAT SHOWED UP ORIGINALLY BECAUSE OF THIS 5 0 5 CENTERVILLE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
WE'LL POLL THE, UH, BOARD BOARD AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RICK BARKER.
AND ALSO OUR NPO HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AS WELL.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE WHEN I CALL AND THEY'RE BACK THERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
UM, BUT I'M JUST READY FOR IT TO BE OVER.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOHNSON.
ALRIGHT, YOU READY? OKAY, MR. SPEAKER, UH, OUR NEXT, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAM PIERRE AUGUSTUS AUGUSTI.
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
MR. AUGUSTA, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT FIVE 18 SHADWELL DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 5 4 0 4 1.
UH, I HAVE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS FOR 48 YEARS WITH MY WIFE ROSE.
AND, UH, IN THE 48 YEARS WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES COME AND GO.
UH, THE BUILDING WAS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, CIVIL LEAVES, NURSING HOME, AND, UH, IT CHANGED PROPERTY OWNERS SEVERAL TIMES.
AND AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, MOVED THROUGH ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, IT, THE MAINTENANCE GOT WORSE AND WORSE.
SO THE FACILITY WENT, UH, DOWN AND, UM, HAVING, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY, UH, MAINTENANCE ON IT DONE IN AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
UM, AT FIRST IT WAS A WELL RUN FACILITY, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
THERE WAS A, A WAITING PERIOD FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO IT.
IT WAS, UH, THE EMPLOYEES WERE, UH, UH, VERY GOOD.
AND, UH, HOWEVER, I I WILL SAY THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OLD LADIES THAT, UH, LEFT THE FACILITY AND WOULD COME IN OUR YARD.
WE LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO THE FACILITY AND I LIKE THE GARDEN.
AND SO, UH, SEVERAL TIMES THEY PICKED MORE POTA, MORE POTATOES AND, AND, UH, UH, TOMATOES THAN I DID.
BUT, UH, UH, THAT, THAT'S HOW IT IS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE, AS THE OWNERSHIP CHANGED, THE FACILITY BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND IT HAS BECOME TOTALLY DILAPIDATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MAJOR, AS THE GENTLEMAN POINTED OUT, THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ROOFING, WITH THE PLUMBING, WITH, WITH THE, UH, ELECTRICAL WORK.
AND THERE ARE RATS IN THERE BIGGER THAN CATS.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, A HUGE RAT WAS DEAD IN MY FRONT YARD AND, UH, I'M NOT A VETERINARIAN, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT DIED FROM OLD AGE.
SO, UH, THE, THE PLACE JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED TO COME DOWN.
AND I, I POINT THIS OUT AND THIS, I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, THE BUILDING WITH THE STRUCTURE OF IT.
AS, YOU KNOW, ANY LARGE BUSINESS THAT WOULD OCCUPY THAT BUILDING WOULD REQUIRE COMPUTERS TO BE USED
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IN DIFFERENT PLACES.WELL, THOSE CINDER BLOCKS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO RUNNING CABLE.
AND THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS DON'T ALLOW THE COMMUNICATIONS TO GO BETWEEN THOSE CINDER BLOCKS.
SO THAT BUILDING HAS OUTLIVED ITS TIME, THE TRUTH BE SAID.
AND THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.
BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO TO FACILITATE, UH, FACILITATE, UH, GETTING THE, UH, BUILDING DEMOLISHED.
AND UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE POINT THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT THE, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL THAT'S IN THE BUILDING.
AND I KNOW FROM THE AGE THAT IT IS THAT THERE'S USUALLY AS BEST AS IN THE BUILDING.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE ATTENTION TO BE PAID TO THAT MATTER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU MUCH.
ALRIGHT, MR, ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL POLL.
MR. MR SCH, UH, THIS WOULD BE, EXCUSE ME, FOR YOU AND MS. UH, JOHNSON WHO SPOKE EARLIER.
UM, HAVING HEARD, UH, FROM THE CITY AND, UH, THE DEVELOPERS' ATTORNEY, THE, THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, WOULD, WOULD THAT SATISFY, UH, IF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE MET, WOULD THAT SATISFY YOU ALL? YES.
IF THE BUILDING IS TOTALLY DEMOLISHED IN THE, AND THE, UH, CONCRETE PADS MOVE REMOVED.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION FROM MR. AUGUSTA? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.
YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER CARD WE HAVE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE.
I THOUGHT WE HAD, WE WERE OKAY.
SEEING THERE'S NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS IN THE AUDIENCE.
IS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHED TO COME FORTH AND TESTIFY IN, IN REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE.
MS. OWENS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, MA'AM? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS DEMOLITION, UM, WOULD IT INCLUDE ALL THE SEMEN PARKING PAVEMENT AROUND THE BUILDING? WOULD IT INCLUDE ALL THE SHRUBS AT THE BACK OF THIS BUILDING? THE DEMOLITION IT THERE, THERE'LL BE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONSIDER.
ONE IS IF THEY DEMOLISH IT AND IF WE DEMOLISH IT, UH, IF THEY DEMOLISH IT, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, A DEMOLITION TO SATISFY THEIR NEEDS.
SO IF, IF THE PLAN MIGHT INCLUDE SOME OF THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE, IT MAY OR MAY NOT GO AWAY.
IF THE CITY TAKES IT DOWN, I THINK OUR NORMAL IS TO TAKE IT DOWN TO THE CONCRETE, UH, CORRECT TO THE, TO RESTORE IT.
IF, IF THE CITY WERE TO, TO DEMOLISH IT, WE WOULD RAISE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
IT WOULD BE A, IT WOULD BE GRASS BY THE TIME WE LEFT IT.
SO, SO IF WE HAVE TO DO IT, IT'LL ALL BE GONE.
IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT, IT, IT MAY, THERE MAY BE SOME USE TO IT AND SO IT WOULD DEPEND, UH, I WOULD PROBABLY ANTICIPATE THEY WOULD TAKE IT ALL OUT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
'CAUSE THEY COULD MAKE USE OF SOME OF THAT PERHAPS.
SO TO GET A PERMIT IF THEY DO IT, IF THEY GET A PERMIT, DOES THE PERMIT STATE DETAILS ON WHAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE DOWN? IN GENERAL, THE PERMIT IS TO DEMOLISH AND I THINK IT WILL INDICATE THE EXTENT OF THE DEMOLITION.
DOES IT NOT? IT WILL, UH, IN PART OF THE DETAIL PLAN FOR THE LONG-TERM PLAN OF THIS PROPERTY SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD END UP REMOVING MOST OF THE CONCRETE FOR THE PARKING LOT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF WHERE THE CONCRETE IS, IS WHERE THE NEW STRUCTURES WOULD BE.
AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT DOWN NEW FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WHICH, AND SO PART OF WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE LONG TERM IS THAT THEY FOLLOW THEIR DETAIL PLAN.
SO THERE, THERE ARE TWO THINGS AT PLAY.
LIKE, LIKE KURT SAID, WE NEED DEMOLITION OF THIS STRUCTURE TO GET RID OF THE SAFETY AND SANITATION CONCERNS.
AND THEN THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WITH THEIR DETAIL PLAN TO SATISFY THE CHANGES THAT THEY MADE TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE DETAIL, THE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.
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UH, BUT IT WAS APPROVED IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE.UH, SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THOSE PLANS HAD IN IT OR WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE DEMOLITION, IF THEY UNDERTOOK IT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN, IT, IT APPEARS THAT YES, WE WOULD TAKE IT DOWN TO THE GRASS, SO TO SPEAK.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE CONCRETE'S GONE WELL.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW WITH THE CITY'S ORDER, UH, TO REMOVE THIS PROPERTY TO THE DEMOLITION OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, 'CAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS CONDITION MOTION.
SO, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT CITY STAFF, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, JUST ACCEPT THE, MY MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE CITY'S STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDATION WITH THE NEW ORDER.
SO THAT THEY HAVE TILL NOVEMBER 8TH TO GET THEIR PERMIT AND THEN 30 DAYS TO GET IT DOWN.
I SECOND AS WRITTEN OR AS READ? WELL, HE'S, SORRY.
BY SEAN AT, AT THE PODIUM THERE.
I'M HAVING TO ADJUST ON THE FLY.
SO SOMETIMES THAT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MS. OWENS TO ACCEPT, UH, STAFF TION RE UH, RECOMMENDATION WITH THE MODIFICATION MADE BY THE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SECOND BY MR. DALE.
LONG, ANY DISCUSSIONS? ANY DISCUSSIONS? NO DISCUSSIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WERE, WE WERE VOTE.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE MOTION MADE BY MS. OWENS, SECONDED BY MR. LONG TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND MODIFICATIONS MADE BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
OKAY, WE, THAT IS OUR ONLY CASE FOR THIS EVENING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LONG SECOND BY MR. SHOAL.