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FOLLOWING WITH OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, WE ARE, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM WILL BE BOARD ORIENTATION, BOARD ORIENTATION REGARDING CHANGES TO OUR CODE COMPLIANCE ORDINANCE AFFECTING THE BOARD.
I'M NOW, I'M GONNA YIELD THE FLOOR TO OUR DIRECTOR, BRIAN, BRIAN MORRISON FOR THE ORIENTATION.
I'LL ACTUALLY COME DOWN HERE FOR A BIT.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE.
UH, WE HAD A RECENT CHANGE TO THE GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND THEY HAVE, UH, THE ORDINANCE DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD AS THE, AS THE APPEAL BOARD, UH, FOR REVOCATION AND FOOD PERMITS OR FAMILY PERMITS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT YOUR DUTIES WILL BE AS AN APPELLATE BOARD, UH, WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, THAN YOUR DUTIES, UH, IN REVIEW PROPERTY STANDARDS CASES.
SO WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HERE REAL QUICKLY, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK UP AND I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR LEGAL STANDARDS AND THAT KIND OF THING WILL BE ON THAT.
MY NAME IS MANDY PIPPEN AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF CLUE YOU INTO WHY, UM, HEALTH IS HERE NOW, AND TO, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT.
UH, AS TO OUR FOOD INSPECTION PROGRAM, IN SEPTEMBER OF 25, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT CHANGED, UH, THE APPEAL PROCESS FOR A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S FACING PERMIT REVOCATION.
IT USED TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD A CASE DO THAT.
SO, UH, YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST.
SO THEY CHANGED THAT PROCESS FROM CITY COUNCIL TO PROPERTY STANDARDS REPORT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, UH, A PART IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE TO HEAR THE CASE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF A REQUEST.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE BECAME, UM, EFFECTIVE IN NOVEMBER.
SO JUST A LITTLE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT OUR INSPECTION PROGRAM.
UM, OUR MISSION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND THE BIGGEST WAY WE DO THAT IS THROUGH INSPECTIONS.
SO OUR INSPECTIONS ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY BY ENFORCING THE FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS TO PREVENT FOOD, CORN ILLNESS.
AND WE EDUCATE THE STAFF ON PROPER FOOD HANDLING PROCEDURES.
UM, GARLAND HAS 1,157 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, AND WE INSPECT THEM ALL ONCE A YEAR.
UM, IF THEY HAVE, UH, HIGHER RISK, UH, OPERATIONS, OR THEY SERVE LIKE A, A HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION LIKE THE ELDERLY OR THE CHILDREN, THEN WE WILL GO MORE OFTEN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, PLACES THAT SCORE BELOW 69 WILL BE INSPECTED AGAIN IN 90 DAYS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE, UH, BANDWIDTH FOR THAT.
UM, INSPECTIONS USUALLY REQUIRE A RECHECK TO MAKE SURE THE VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED.
AND THEN WE ALSO, IN INFOR, UH, WE REALLY PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON PROACTIVE SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE, UH, RESTAURANTS AND WE, WE DO EDUCATION FIRST.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEW INITIATIVES.
ONE IS CALLED THE WELCOME WAGON, WHERE NEW ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE NEVER HAD INSPECTION CAN KIND OF GET LIKE A, A MOCK INSPECTION WHERE WE'RE EDUCATING ALONG THE WAY.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST PUTTING ALL THESE THINGS IN PLACE TO, TO PREVENT THIS KIND OF SITUATION.
UM, ALSO, THEY ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO THE INSPECTOR, SO THEY CAN CALL ANYTIME, EMAIL, ANYTIME.
UM, OUR INSPECTIONS ARE DONE ON THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES 47 ITEM FORM.
IT'S MUCH LIKE SCHOOL WHERE THE MAXIMUM SCORE IS A HUNDRED AND FAILING IS BELOW 70.
UM, ON THE NEXT SCREEN, AND I CAN'T REALLY SEE IT THAT WELL, BUT, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE, ON THE ONE ON THE LEFT, IT'S KIND OF BROKEN IN THREE SECTIONS.
THE TOP SECTION IS THE PRIORITY VIOLATIONS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING PEOPLE SICK.
THE TOTAL FOR THAT SECTION IS 60 POINTS, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY.
THE SECOND SECTION IS THE PRIORITY FOUNDATION ITEMS. THOSE ARE OFTEN LIKE CLUES THAT YOU MIGHT FIND PRIORITY ITEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, A PRIORITY FOUNDATION ITEM WOULD BE LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE A THERMOMETER.
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HAVE A THERMOMETER, IT'S PROBABLY REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT LET'S GO CHECK TIPPER.'CAUSE IF THEY AREN'T EVEN CHECKING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOME VIOLATIONS.
SO THOSE ARE WORTH TWO POINTS EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 26 IN THAT SECTION.
AND THOSE HAVE A CORRECTION TIME OF 10 DAYS.
AND THEN THE LAST SECTION IS, UH, CORE ITEMS. AND THOSE ARE WORTH ONLY ONE POINT.
THEY'RE THINGS LIKE CLEANING, MAINTENANCE, BROKEN FLOOR, FLOOR TILES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THOSE SOMETIMES CAN JUST WAIT TILL THE NEXT INSPECTION TO BE CORRECTED.
THE DOCUMENT ON THE RIGHT IS THE WAY OUR FORM LOOKS, UH, COMPUTERIZED.
SO IT'S THE FORM FORM ON THE LEFT PUT INTO OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM.
SO FAILING INSPECTION SUPPORT, THAT'S ANYTHING 69 OR BELOW.
ONCE THEY SCORE 69 OR BELOW, THEY ARE STRIKE ONE.
PER ORDINANCE, ANY ESTABLISHMENT SWORN 69 OR BELOW THREE TIMES IN 24 MONTH PERIOD IS SUBJECT TO A PERMIT.
PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS THREE INSPECTIONS IN 18 MONTHS, AND THEY HAD, THEY COULD GO AS LOW AS 59.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT.
UM, BUT WE, WE INTENTIONALLY DID THAT 'CAUSE WE, WE SAW PEOPLE JUST HANGING OUT IN THOSE, THAT MIDDLE RANGE, 50 TO 60, AND THEY EITHER NEED TO DO BETTER OR, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON
BUT WE, WE INTENTIONALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT, UH, MORE, UH, STRICT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MISSION.
UM, ON THE THIRD STRIKE, UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT, THAT THEIR PERMIT IS REVOKED.
UM, THEN THEY HAVE FIVE DAYS TO REQUEST AN APPEAL, AND THAT WOULD BE TO YOU GUYS.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE TO HEAR THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR REQUEST, UM, WHEN THEY DO HAVE A STRIKE ONE, IT'S A CLOSURE FOR 24 HOURS, THEY GET A WRITTEN NOTICE.
THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF A MEETING WITH ME AND THE OPTION TO DEVELOP WHAT'S CALLED RISK CONTROL PLANS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE EACH PRIORITY ITEM THAT THEY GOT AND BREAK IT DOWN LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC HEALTH? HOW CAN WE FIX IT? WHO'S GOING TO BE CHECKING ON THIS? SO IT KIND OF REALLY JUST BREAKS IT UP TO, TO ENSURE THAT HOPEFULLY WE DON'T SEE THIS VIOLATION AGAIN.
THERE'S ALSO A NEW RECHECK FEE AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE, $200.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO REACH, UH, CORRECT ALL THE VIOLATIONS BEFORE WE REOPEN THEM.
STRIKE TWO HAS SIMILAR, UH, STEPS, BUT IT IS A CLOSURE FOR SEVEN DAYS.
AND THEN THE MEETING WITH ME AND THE RISK CONTROL PLAN IS, UH, MANDATORY.
UM, BOTH SITUATIONS, CITATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
AND THEN THE LAST STEP IS WHERE WE ARE PERMANENT RELOCATION.
SO WHERE DO WE STAND RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE ABOUT 35 PLACES OUT OF 1157, UM, IN STRIKE ONE, AND THEN EIGHT IN STRIKE TWO AND TWO IN STRIKE THREE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT.
THE WAY THAT THESE WILL GO IS WE WILL PRESENT OUR CASE WITH PHOTOS.
YOU HAVE PACKETS THAT HAVE THE INSPECTION HISTORY, UM, AND THE PHOTOS AND CITATIONS IN, IN YOUR PACKET THERE.
THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY.
THEN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT OWNER WILL COME SAY WHAT, WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SAY, AND THEN YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF THEM, AND THEN YOU'LL COME TO A DECISION.
THE CHOICES OF THE DECISION ARE TO AFFIRM OUR DECISION TO REVOKE THE PERMIT, OR YOU REVERSE THE DECISION TO REVOKE THE PERMIT.
I THINK KURT'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PART? I KNOW I ASKED, I MIGHT HAVE ONE.
UH, WHEN BUSINESSES ESTABLISH RESTAURANTS IN GARLAND, IS THERE A SCHOOL THAT THEY GO TO, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GET SOME FOOD SAFETY TRAINING? YES.
THE EMPLOYEES AND THE MANAGER HAVE TRAININGS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HADN'T MET ME BEFORE OR MAYBE KNEW ON THE BOARD, MY NAME'S KURT PENSKI, UH, SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY HERE AT THE CITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS NOW OR SO.
I LOST COUNT SOMETIME IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST GUESS THESE DAYS.
UH, BUT I'VE BEEN SITTING WITH THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD FOR, UH, SIX YEARS OR SO NOW.
UH, AND THIS IS NEW TO ME AS IT IS TO YOU.
UH, AND AS, AS MANDY EXPLAINED, THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY, THEY USED TO TAKE IT TO THE, TO
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THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, VERY RARELY IF EVER HAD APPEALS, AND THEN THEY CHANGED IT UP AND SUDDENLY WE, WE'VE GOT APPEALS, UH, WHICH MAY NOT BE SURPRISING, AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS GO SOMETIMES.UH, THIS IS THE STATUTE THAT, OR THE ORDINANCE THAT REFERENCES, UH, THE REVOCATION GOES THROUGH PRETTY MUCH, UH, WHAT MANDY JUST WENT THROUGH AS FAR AS WHAT IT TAKES IN ORDER TO GET, UH, REVOKED.
UH, AND IT'S BASICALLY COMES DOWN TO THREE, UH, 69 OR BELOW SCORES WITHIN THE 24 MONTH PERIOD.
UH, AND IT PROVIDES FOR THE APPEAL TO YOU, UH, OF THAT REVOCATION.
UH, EXCEPT SHELBY HEARD ABOUT THE PROPERTY STANDARDS REPORT.
UH, SHE REFERENCED A COUPLE TIMES.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A 30 DAY APPEAL WINDOW OR FIVE DAY APPEAL WINDOW, AND THEN HAS TO BE HEARD WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, GOING TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE TO OUR GENERAL HEARING DATES FOR THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD, WE TRY TO HEAR CASES QUARTERLY.
UH, SOME MONTHS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CASES, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, TRY TO TIME, UH, THE REVOCATIONS, UH, TO THESE, TO THESE RESTAURANTS, UH, SO THAT THE 30 DAY APPEAL WILL, WILL MATCH UP WITH THE CALENDAR THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PROPER STANDARD STORE.
SO, UH, THE HOPE IS IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE MORE HEARINGS, UH, BUT AS THIS IS A NEW PROCESS, UH, THINGS COULD CHANGE.
STAY TUNED, UH, TIMING OF APPEAL, 30 DAYS.
UH, YOU'LL HEAR TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE FROM BOTH SIDES.
UH, WE HAVE TRIED TO STRUCTURE IT TO WHERE IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR WHAT YOU'VE HAD, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH PROPERTY STANDARDS CASES, UH, WHERE THE STAFF WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, ASK QUESTIONS.
THE OWNER CAN THEN, UH, MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS THERE, AND OF COURSE, STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS IF THEY COME UP A, AFTER THAT PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WE'LL BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR A BOOK.
UH, THE DECISION OF THE BOARD IS, IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND IN THIS VOCATION PROCESS, IF YOU ARE SITTING AS BASICALLY AN APPEAL BOARD, UH, TO COMPARE IT AS PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD, OUR PROPERTY STANDARDS CASES, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH LIKE A TRIAL COURT.
UH, AS ON, ON THESE APPEAL ARE THESE REVOCATIONS.
YOU'RE ACTING LIKE AN APPELLATE COURT.
AND SO YOUR, YOUR OPTIONS ARE PURSUANT TO THE OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE.
EITHER YOU UPHOLD, UH, THE REVOCATION OR YOU REVERSE THE REVOCATION.
UH, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY STANDARDS CASES TO, UH, TO, TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING A RECOMMENDATION.
YOU'RE, YOU ARE RULING ON THE REVOCATION AND IT'S THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN, AND THAT'S GONNA BE IT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LOT SHORTER PROCESS PROBABLY FOR THE, FOR THE DECISION MAKING SIDE OF THESE THINGS.
UH, THE STANDARD OF WHICH YOU'RE GONNA APPLY HERE IS GONNA BE THE, THE ARBITRARY CAPRICIOUS STANDARD.
AND ARBITRARY CAPRICIOUS IS, IS A GOVERNMENT ACTION THAT IS MADE WITHOUT RATIONAL BASIS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO GUIDING RULES OR PRINCIPLES OR WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A FAIRLY, UH, HIGH STANDARD, UH, AND, AND IT, AND IT GIVES SOME DEFERENCE TO STAFF AND THEIR TRAINING AND THEIR EXPERIENCE AND, AND, AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, OR IT DOES MEAN BASICALLY.
AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL, IN THE FORMS YOU SEE AND THAT KIND OF THING THAT THE INSPECTOR FOLLOWED, THE ORDINANCES, THE INSPECTOR APPLIED THE CORRECT STANDARDS.
THE INSPECTOR RELIES ON INSPECT INSPECTION RESULTS, DOCUMENTATION AND APPLICABLE RULES.
AND THIS, THE INSPECTOR MADE A DECISION THAT A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD MAKE, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DISAGREE OR YOU WOULD'VE COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT DECISION.
UH, YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH, WITH THEIR DECISION, BUT STILL FIND THAT THEY DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY OR CAPRICIOUSLY.
UH, IT ALSO IS NOT AIMING FOR THE BEST OR OR WISE, THIS OUTCOME.
AGAIN, IT'S WHAT A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD'VE DONE.
AND YOU'RE NOT HERE TO SUBSTITUTE YOUR JUDGMENT FOR THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE INSPECTOR.
UH, YOU'RE HERE TO, UH, DETERMINE IF THEY ACTED REASONABLY IN WHAT THEY DID.
AND WE USED A GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF ORDINANCES OR STATUTES TO GET THERE.
UH, AND YOU SHOULD ESSENTIALLY FOCUS ON THIS QUESTION.
DID THE INSPECTOR ACT WITHIN IT'S HIS OR HER LEGAL AUTHORITY, FOLLOW THE APPLICABLE ORDINANCES AND MAKE A DECISION SUPPORTED BY FACTS AND INSPECTIONS? OR DID THE INSPECTOR ACT UNREASONABLY AND CONSISTENTLY OR WITHOUT EVIDENCE? UH, ONE THING THAT CAME UP, UH, IN DISCUSSING THIS WITH SOME PEOPLE WAS, UH,
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I KNOW THAT WITH PROPERTY STANDARDS CASES WE'RE LIMITED BY STATE STATUTE AS TO WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INQUIRE ABOUT DURING THE QUESTION PERIOD.THIS, UH, THIS APPEAL BOARD IS A, IS A CREATION OF CITY ORDINANCE.
AND THEY'RE, YOU'RE NOT LIMITED BY STATE LAW AS TO WHAT YOU CAN INQUIRE ABOUT.
AND SO YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT, UH, AM I ALLOWED TO ASK THIS QUESTION? AM I NOT ALLOWED TO ASK THIS QUESTION? UH, YOU ARE, YOU ARE FREE TO EXAMINE, UH, THE WITNESSES ON WHAT WHATEVER SUBJECTS YOU, YOU THINK MAY BE RELEVANT TO YOUR DECISION, WHETHER THEY ACTED ARBITRARILY OR CAPRICIOUSLY IN REVOKING THIS, UH, PERMIT.
AND THAT'S ALL I GOT, UH, OTHER THAN TO SAY, UH, WE TRIED TO DESIGN THE PROCESS TO NOT BE ENTIRELY FOREIGN TO THE BOARD, UH, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH NEW MEMBERS, IT'S ALL FOUR OF YOU AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, WE DID TRY TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IT WOULD BE FAMILIAR, SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE USED TO WORKING WITH.
UH, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WE WERE GIVEN.
UH, AND, UH, WE, WE THINK WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD, UH, BUT WE WILL WORK THOSE OUT.
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I FEEL CERTAIN WE'LL GET BETTER AT THIS AS WE GO ALONG, GO THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND DECISIONS, UH, THAT YOU GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WITH THAT.
AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR, UH, PROCEEDINGS TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE MANUAL PROCESS AS FAR AS, UH, RAISING OF HANDS FOR APPROVAL.
UH, AND SECOND, THOSE MOTIONS LIKE THAT, THE FIRST PERSON, THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT USING THE TECHNOLOGIST, NOT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE MADE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PROCESS THE APPROVAL PROCESS THIS EVENING.
UM, ON THAT NOTE, WE HAVE OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT IS THE OCTOBER 24TH APPROVAL OF THE BOARD MINUTES.
SO WE'LL TAKE A FEW MINUTES OUT, UH, TO GO THROUGH AND READ THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 24TH, AND THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD AND MAKE, HAVE APPROVAL OF THESE MINUTES ON FROM OCTOBER 24TH.
YES, MARTHA, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 24TH.
SHOW OF HANDS, WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS EVENING WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO COME FORTH AND HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS
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IN REGARDS TO THIS HEARING THIS EVENING? DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YES, I HAVE A CARD MADE OUT.THIS, NOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE RELATE.
IS IT RELATED TO THE PROPERTY? YES.
WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT FOR THE, THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, WE'LL WAIT FOR, WE'LL WAIT FOR THE PROPERTY TO COME FORTH TO BE PRESENTED.
BEFORE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT'S BEING PRESENTED THIS EVENING? ANY, ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.
WE'LL HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO OUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ONCE A YEAR, WE, WE HAVE AN ELECTION AMONG OURSELVES AS A BOARD TO VOTE FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE AN APPEAL FOR, UH, THE VOTING OF THE CHAIR OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY EMOTIONS FROM ANYONE? I MOTION? UH, I REC I MOTION THAT DAVID PERRY BE THE CHAIR.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM MS. OWENS, AS FOR AGAIN, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MARTHA.
ALL THE OPPOSED, WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND, AND, UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS A OIL WELL OILED MACHINE.
SO I, I REALLY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU, APPRECIATE EVERYONE.
MOVING ON TO THE NOMINATION, THAT'S ALSO A CUSTOMED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT WE HAVE THE VOTING AMONG OURSELVES AS A BOARD, AS THE, FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE VICE CHAIR? YES.
MS. MS. OWENS, I MAKE A MOTION FOR CALEB EARNEST TO BE VICE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR CALEB EARNEST.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. SPRO.
WE HAVE A, A UNANIMOUS DECISION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE, THE OFFICERS ELECTED FOR, FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN THIS ORDER.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE PROPERTY STANDARDS, ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE PRESENTED FOR US THIS EVENING.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE, THE, THE HEALTH INSPECTION LAST.
SO THAT'S THE WAY OUR AGENDA IS GOING TO BE PRE PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH THOSE, UH, THE PROP IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY.
THOSE WHO HAVE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER, SPEAKER CARD AT THIS TIME BEFORE I, WE START CALLING NAMES, EVERYONE THAT HAS FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD THIS EVENING, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND RISE SO YOU CAN BE SWORN IN, PLEASE? THOSE YOU ON TESTIFYING.
DO YOU, SO DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PRESENT TO THE BOARD WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO, YES.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE PROPERTIES, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE PRESENT.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN AGENDA HERE, BUT WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE WITNESSES, UH, TIME HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE ONES WHO HAVE THE WITNESS COURT FILLED OUT.
I HAVE, LET'S SEE HOW MANY I HAVE HERE FOR THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START FIRST WITH, UH, DOCKET NUMBER 20 24 0 7.
IF WE CAN START THERE FIRST PLEASE.
UH, CHRIS HARRIS, CITY OF GROUND CO COMPLIANCE, UH, ONE THE CODE MANAGER IN THE DEPARTMENT.
KURT, DO I NEED TO READ MY ADDRESS? HUH? WRITE THE ADDRESS.
2 1 0, UH, CARVER STREET, SUITE, UH, TWO 10 GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0 IS THE ADDRESS.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE, UM, MEETING IN NINTH OR THE PRESENTATION WITH, UH, 1 1 3 DOCK,
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I'M SORRY, DOCKET NUMBER 20 24 0 7.UM, THAT'S, UH, 1113 KING BRIDGE DRIVE.
THIS FOURTH NUMBER IS THE PREMISE.
IT'S A COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE HERE THE DA, THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAIS DISTRICT LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
IT HAS AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $332,730.
AND THE, UH, DCA OWNER IS IN THE NAME OF THE ESTATE OF RAY NELSON HATFIELD AND MICHAEL A. HATFIELD.
AND YOU SEE THE ADDRESS THAT THEY HAVE FOR DCA THERE.
UH, INSIDE THE CIRCLE YOU WILL SEE THE ACTUAL PROPERTY ITSELF.
IT'S CORNER LOT SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS COOPER ELEMENTARY, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS OUR, THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT PER OUR ORDINANCE, UH, SECTION 32 28 B.
SO I'LL GIVE THAT, DO THAT THERE FOR A MINUTE.
FOR ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK, BUT THAT IS DESCRIBES OUR ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICE.
SO NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN THE COURT OF CHAPTER 32, 28 B FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCE 1211 ON, UH, 12 11 20 25.
THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE AND PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON DECEMBER THE 12TH OF 2025.
THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL PROPERTY.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER 22ND, 2025, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SEVENS, UM, WAS SENT, UH, WAS CERTIFIED, DELIVERED BY THE US SERVICE, UM, TO ANY PERSON OR VESTED OWNER, UH, AND ON RECORD THAT IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS.
SO, UM, ON THIS, THE CITY OF OUR ADMINISTRATOR, SOME OF THESE TRACKING INFORMATION, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD ANY SORT OF VESTED INTEREST OR OWNERS OF THE ACTUAL PROPERTY ITSELF.
I'LL DO THAT IN THERE FOR A MOMENT.
SO, ON THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDS, THEY WERE POSTED ONTO THE PROPERTY ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2025.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE AT THE TIME OF THE POSTING, YOU SEE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THAT'S GONNA BE THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT, THE ACTUAL POSTING ON THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEN THERE'S A PICTURE FROM THE, THE STREET OR FROM THE SIDEWALK.
ON JANUARY 27TH, 2023, THE GROUND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT THIS PROPERTY, APRIL 8TH, 2024, CODE COMPLIANCE BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LACK OF REPAIRS.
SINCE THE TIME OF FIRE, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024, CODE COMPLIANCE CONDEMNED THE PROPERTY.
IN SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025, THE CODE COMPLIANCE CONTRACT PERFORMED AN ABATEMENT WORK ORDER FOR HIGH GRASS.
AND THEN IN MOST RECENT, IN NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025, THE CO COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR PERFORMED AN ABATEMENT WORK ORDER FOR LANDSCAPING, ENCROACHMENT VIOLATIONS, TRASH, HIGH GRASS FENCER REPAIR, AND TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
THESE, UH, THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE AT THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION ITSELF.
ON THE LEFT IS THE ACTUAL NOTICE THAT WAS, UH, THE CONDEMNATION NOTICE THAT WAS PUT ON THE FRONT DOOR ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE A PICTURE FROM THE PUBLIC EASEMENT.
THESE PICTURES WERE POSTED ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024.
SO THE DEFICIENCY LIST FOR 1113 KINGSBURY CREAMS BRIDGE DRIVE, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT, UH, DAMAGE CAUSED BY FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER.
AND CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ON AN, AN NOTICE FOR THE VIOLATION OF HIGH GRASS.
THE CRIME IS TO APPLY THE, UH, THE PERMIT MUST, UH, BE REPAIRED TO HE CONDITION WITH REQUIRED PERMITS, PATHS, AND FINAL INSPECTIONS BY THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN SECURED, THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN FREE FROM TRASH AND DEBRIS AND LANDSCAPING AND GRASS MUST BE MAINTAINED.
THIS IS A, UH, CURRENT PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, AS OF JANUARY 22ND, 2026, TAKEN THIS MORNING.
WENT AHEAD AND TOOK YOU IN THIS PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF, IF YOU LOOK ALONG THE EVE LINE, WHICH IS JUST UNDER THE SOFFIT, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE ITSELF.
AND THEN THIS IS GONNA BE THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
UM, IN THE MIDDLE LEFT OF THAT WALL IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE METER HEAD IS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE METER'S BEEN REMOVED.
THERE'S SOME WIRES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT METER WAS REMOVED AT THE TIE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE SUMMARY OF THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY SUSTAINED HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE ON JANUARY 27TH, 2023.
CODE COMPLIANCE BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY IN APRIL OF 24.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, THE PROPERTY WAS CONDEMNED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
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OF THE FIRE, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, MULTIPLE ABATEMENT WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO ADDRESS ONGOING VIOLATIONS.ADDITIONALLY, NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS REGARDING THE CO CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND CONCERNS FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SCHOOL LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
AS OF JANUARY 21ST, 2026, THE CITY OF GARLAND'S ABATEMENT LABORERS LIENS AGAINST THE PREMISE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,675 AND 44 CENTS.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BO UH, BOARD FIND AND CONCLUDE, BEGINNING WITH THE STATEMENT OF FACTS, NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY ORDINANCE, STATE LAW, AND DUE PROCESS.
THERE EXISTS ON THE PREMISES OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAIN, UH, THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1113 KINGS BRIDGE DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS.
THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURE IS SUBSTANDARD DUE TO THE STRUCTURAL HAZARDS MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS SPECIFICALLY FIRES, SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE DUE TO THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE, THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY NOT OCCUPIED.
FURTHER SEPARATE AMENDS THAT THE BOARD ORDERED THAT NO PERSON MAY CO OCCUPY THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE BY DEPARTMENT.
THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE SHALL REMAIN SECURED AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY THAT THE OWNER REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.
REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE BY FEBRUARY 22ND, 2026, THAT THE OWNER OF THE PERMIT MUST ALLOW ENTRY TO CITY STAFF NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 22ND, 2026.
TO INSPECT, UH, THE INTERIOR OF THE PREMISE.
UH, FURTHER, UH, SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABIT CONDITION, REMOVE THE SUB, UH, SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
BY FEBRUARY 22ND, 2026, CIVIL PENALTIES, PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PREMISE BEGINNING FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.
SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
BY MARCH 23RD, 2026, THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN A WARRANT DIRECTING ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE 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 PREMISE FOR THE COST OF DEMOLISHING THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
UH, THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER AS, UH, DURING OUR BOARD ORIENTATION WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY, OUR INQUIRIES RESTRICTED, I LIKE TO USE THE ACRONYM NRV.
OUR IN OUR LIMITATIONS IN INQUIRY IS LIMITED NOTIFICATION, REMEDY AND VIOLATION.
NOW AS A, AS A PROTOCOL COURTESY, ALSO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR, UH, DELIBERATION PROCESS IS COMMON COURTESY TO GIVE THE, THE, THE BOARD MEMBER IN WHICH THIS PROPERTY RESIDES THE, THE, UH, THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO, TO VOTE ON, JUST TO GIVE COMMON COURTESY TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
IF THIS PROPERTY IS IN YOUR AREA OR IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU WILL BE, WE'RE EXPECTING YOU TO MAKE THE, UM, THE MOTION FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD AS, AS OUT OF COMMON COURTESY.
SO THIS PROPERTY, AS CHRIS INDICATED, IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, DALE, THAT'S, THAT IS YOUR DISTRICT.
SO AS WE GO FORTH IN OUR QUESTIONING, JUST REMEMBER THAT THE THREE ACRONYMS THAT, THAT WERE LIMIT TO ASKING IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, DO WE AT THIS POINT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY? ANY QUESTION TO CHRIS? FOR CHRIS, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING MANUAL.
SO IT HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE FIRE, NOT VACANT, SINCE THE FIRE, BUT IT HAS REMAINED VACANT FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR.
SO NO ONE'S LIVED IN IT THE LAST YEAR, CORRECT? THAT, THAT'S A CORRECT THING? YES.
UH, AND SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, SINCE THE FIRE, THERE HAS BEEN NO ATTEMPT TO REMEDY, NOR HAVE ANY PERMITS BEEN FILED, IF I READ THAT CORRECTLY, IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS TALK ABOUT REMEDY.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE, BUT NO, NO SUBSTANTIAL IN ACTION TOOK PLACE AFTER THAT.
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AS A POINT OF REMEDY, CHRIS, UM, HA HAS THE, HAVE YOU MET WITH THE OWNER TO, FOR, FOR THEM TO PROVIDE A GANG? GANG? I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THE GUN, NO.ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS AT THIS TIME? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? CHRIS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
WE'RE GONNA GO AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IN, IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY IS THE NAME OF BARRY SWITZER.
STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME'S BARRY SWER, 1109 KINGSBRIDGE DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0.
I AM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO THE PROPERTY OF 1113.
UH, LIKE CHRIS HAS SAID, IT BURNED, UH, JANUARY 27TH, 2023.
UH, I GOT WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY MY NEIGHBORS SCREAMING THAT THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, FROM THAT POINT ON, WELL THAT NIGHT I WAS, THEY WERE SITTING ON MY PORCH AND I BROUGHT 'EM INTO MY HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR FREEZING THAT NIGHT.
AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION, UH, I FOUND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ANY BEARING ON THIS, BUT FROM THAT POINT ON, THERE HAS BEEN NO, THERE'S BEEN PROMISES OF REPAIRS TO THE HOUSE, BUT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
AND UNTIL CODE COMPLIANCE CAME, UH, I GUESS IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO OR A MONTH AGO, UH, TO DO THE FULL LANDSCAPING WITH FIXING THE FENCE AND ALL THAT, UH, IT LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME FROM JANUARY 27TH TILL THEY SHOWED UP AND CLEANED IT UP ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AND ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS IN THE BACKYARD HAS BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING ANY OF THOSE.
UH, I, AND I'VE TALKED TO MIKE.
UH, I'VE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO THESE PEOPLE FOR 56 YEARS.
I LIVED, MY PARENTS OWNED THE HOUSE AND I BOUGHT IT FROM THEM.
AND, UH, I LIVED NEXT DOOR TO RAY AND HIS WIFE.
AND THEN AS RAY GOT OLDER, MIKE, HIS SON, YOUNGEST SON, MOVED IN AND, UH, TOOK CARE OF HIM UNTIL HIS DEATH.
AND HE'S LIVED IN THE HOUSE PAST, UH, EVER SINCE, UH, RAY HATFIELD HAS PASSED AWAY.
UH, YEAH, I FEEL REALLY SORRY FOR THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE, UH, I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP THE GARAGE CAT WARM ON A COLD NIGHT AND HAD A, UH, HEAT LAMP THAT BASICALLY CAUGHT THE HOUSE ON FIRE.
AND, AND THEY LITERALLY GOT OUT IN THEIR UNDERWEAR AND WITH THEIR DOG.
AND THAT WAS, THEY'D BEEN IN THE HOUSE A FEW MORE MINUTES, THEY WOULDN'T COME OUT.
UH, AND THEY HAD REALLY NO RESOURCES AFTER THAT.
THEY LIVED IN THEIR TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS OFF AND ON.
THEY'D HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO STAY AT A HOTEL FOR A WEEK AND THEY'D BE BACK FOR THREE WEEKS LIVING IN THE TRUCK.
UH, I TRIED MY BEST TO HELP 'EM, I OFFERED ALL KINDS OF HELP.
UH, I HELPED THEM HELP MIKE PROCURE A ROLL OFF DUMPSTER FROM THE CITY.
I TOLD HIM, I SAID, ALL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS PAY THE TIPPING FEE WHEN THEY TAKE, TAKE THE DEBRIS AWAY.
I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE UNIT, NONE OF THAT.
THEY'LL BRING IT OUT, DROP IT OFF.
WELL, HE FINALLY CALLED HIM AND THEY BROUGHT IT OUT, SAT THERE FOR A SOLID MONTH.
HE NEVER PUT A SINGLE THING IN THAT ROLL OFF DUMPSTER.
AND UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE I GET TO LOOK OUT MY KITCHEN WINDOW AT IT EVERY DAY.
UH, HE'S LEFT LOTS OF STORAGE CONTAINERS ALL AROUND THE HOUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, UH, IT WOULD DRAIN AND THEY WOULD JUST FILL UP, UH, WITH WATER.
I MOW THIS, THE AREA BETWEEN OUR HOUSES.
I WAS GETTING EATEN UP BY MOSQUITOES.
I WENT OVER THERE AND THEY WERE LITERALLY BOILING WITH MOSQUITO AR BUYING.
SO I DUMPED ALL THAT CRAP OUT IN THE YARD AND THAT, AND HE WOULD SHOW UP
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EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO MOW THE YARD.HE NEVER EDGED, I MEAN, ALL HIS LAWN EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED IN FIRE.
UH, HE WOULD RENT A MOWER AND HE WOULD COME AND MOW THE GRASS.
BUT, UH, I MEAN THERE WAS JUST TRASH AND DEBRIS ALL AROUND THE HOUSE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND, UH, IT'S IMPACTED MY ABILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SELL MY HOME AND MOVE TO SAN ANTONIO.
MY WIFE IS LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW, TAKING CARE OF HER 101 YEAR OLD MOTHER.
AND I'D LIKE TO SELL MY HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TO SAN ANTONIO TO BE WITH MY WIFE, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT WITH THIS HOUSE BURNED NEXT DOOR.
AND, UH, OR IF I DID, I'D TAKE A BIG HIT ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY CAT FIELD ABOUT HIM TRYING TO FIX THE HOUSE.
AND I GET 10 DIFFERENT STORIES.
HE'S GOT A RICH NEPHEW THAT'S GONNA GIVE HIM THE MONEY, HE'S GONNA SELL IT, HE'S GONNA DO THIS.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME SORT OF EITHER OWNERSHIP ISSUE OR SOME SORT OF FAMILY DYNAMIC THAT'S PREVENTING THEM FROM SELLING THE HOUSE.
AND HE HAS ESSENTIALLY, WE HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION THAT GOT A LITTLE HEATED LAST SUMMER, THE LAST TIME HE WAS AT THE PROPERTY MOWING.
AND, UH, HE HASN'T BEEN BACK SINCE.
AND THAT'S WHY CHRIS AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONTRACTORS COME OVER AND, AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY'VE DONE A NICE JOB OF, I I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO CLEAN UP.
UH, IT ACTUALLY LOOKS HALFWAY DECENT, UH, FROM THE PICTURES THAT YOU SAW.
IF YOU'RE STANDING ON THE STREET, THE HOUSE DOESN'T LOOK DAMAGED, BUT THE ENTIRE BACK HALF OF THE HOUSE IS BURNT OFF THE GARAGE.
THE LIVING ROOM, THE UTILITY ROOM, AND THE BACK BEDROOM, THE, THE ROOF OVER THE GARAGE HAS CAVED IN TO THE POINT AS FAR DOWN AS IT CAN GO.
AND THE ROOF OVER THE BACK LIVING ROOM IS, HAS CAVED IN.
AND UH, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A BIG MESS IN THE SUMMER.
WE HAD LITERALLY HAD TWO VULTURES, TURKEY VULTURES, ROOSTING IN THE HOUSE.
IT'S SOMETHING WHEN YOU
THEY'RE BIG AND THEY'RE UGLY
AND UH, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NONE OF THE FOOD ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE WHEN IT BURNT HAVE EVER BEEN REMOVED.
SO IT'S, I'M SURE THAT RATS AND, AND MICE ARE ALL KINDS OF MING ARE ARE IN THAT HOUSE.
AND, UH, IN MY OPINION, UH, THE HAT FIELDS HAVE BASICALLY WALKED AWAY FROM THIS HOUSE AND, AND NOTHING'S GONNA EVER HAPPEN WITH IT.
AND FOR IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY COULD BUY IT AND FIX IT, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
BUT THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SOME SORT OF ISSUE WITH OWNERSHIP OR FAMILY DYNAMICS THAT'S PREVENTING THAT.
AND UH, SO THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT MAY BE THE ONLY OPTION THERE WAS 'CAUSE THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY JUST WALKED AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE PICTURES I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES OF, BUT IT'S A MESS.
MR. SWER, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME OUT TO COME OUT THIS EVENING TO GIVE US YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TESTIMONY IN REGARDS TO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
I'M GONNA GO AROUND THE BOARD TO SEE IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SWITCHER? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY BY THE NAME OF STEVEN DON.
STEVEN DON, I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN BACKING UP HIS TESTIMONY AS TRUE.
AND ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED IS THAT PROPERTY MAY BE A BIOHAZARD AS WELL, AND IT BACKS UP TO A DRAINAGE DITCH.
AND THAT SUB, WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY, IT'S GONNA FILTER OUTTA THAT GARAGE DOWN INTO THAT CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO A CREEK.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY DEMOLISHED, PLEASE.
MR. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU SPEAK YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? I'M SORRY?
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STEVEN.DONALD AND 2 3 2 1 PEMBROKE STREET.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE? ONE MORE.
LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
ANY SIR? QUESTIONS FROM MR. DOME? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, LEMME GO TO THIS PROPERTY.
LESLIE INGER, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
HI, MY NAME IS LESLIE REISINGER AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I AM MY CAPITAL DAUGHTER, THE PERSON WHO IS ENTITLED, HE'S HALF OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY, AND MY SISTER, MYSELF, MY HUSBAND, AND MY SISTER'S HUSBAND, WE ALL GOT CERTIFIED MAIL REGARDING THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THE MOMENT WE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED MAIL, WE STARTED MAKING CALLS TO THE CITY OF GARLAND.
THE PERSON LISTED ON THE CERTIFIED MAIL APPARENTLY IS NO LONGER EVEN WITH THIS DEPARTMENT.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NAME, MY SISTER'S NAME, WHICH I THINK MY SISTER FINALLY GOT AHOLD OF CHRIS, WHICH I HAD ALSO LEFT MULTIPLE, UM, VOICEMAILS FOR CHRIS.
AND I NEVER GOT A RETURN PHONE CALL.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL REMOVED FROM THIS BECAUSE WE ARE PERSONALLY, AND I THINK KATHY, UM, SMITH WAS LISTED AS AN HEIR.
SHE'S BEEN DECEASED FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE NO PART OF THIS PROPERTY.
I JUST WANT MY NAME, MY HUSBAND'S NAME, MY SISTER'S NAME, AND HER SPOUSE'S NAME REMOVED FROM THIS.
MR. MS. RYING, YOU, THE CITY OF GARDNER IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT.
UH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS, BUT, AND I ALWAYS LEAD BACK BACK TO YOU UNFORTUNATELY.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF WHAT THE, AS FAR AS THE POINT OF REMEDY, WHAT IS YOUR, GIVE US YOUR COMMENT OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE WHAT CITY, WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING TONIGHT FOR US TO VOTE ON.
I, I I, MY GRANDPARENTS BUILT THIS HOUSE FROM THE GROUND UP.
MY FATHER, WHO I HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, HE CAME IN AND DESTROYED IT.
AND I, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY AN EYESORE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR, I'M AN ESCROW OFFICER.
I'VE BEEN ENTITLED FOR 27 YEARS.
UM, I, SO I GET THAT SIDE OF IT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE, SO, SO WHAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE IS FROM THE, FOR THE CITY FOR RECOMMENDATION.
YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT? NO, I JUST WANT MY NAME REMOVED FROM IT.
UH, YEAH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THIS IS AN ACTION AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
SO YOUR NAME CAME UP IN OUR INTENT TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, BUT AS FAR AS WHATEVER ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE BOARD, IT'S NOT AGAINST YOU, YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR SISTER OR ANYBODY ELSE.
AND, AND SO AND SO IT SHOULD, IT WILL NOT AFFECT YOU PERSONALLY AND WE WILL FROM, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE OFF ANY KIND OF FUTURE.
AND CAN I GET THAT IN WRITING PLEASE AS WELL? UH, IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT, UH, TO ME AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'LL, I'LL SEE ABOUT, UH, WHAT I CAN GET TO YOU THAT'LL, THAT'LL MAKE THAT, 'CAUSE WE WILL BASICALLY, YOU WON'T BE ON NOTICE LIST ANYMORE.
BUT THE ACTION ITSELF THAT THE VORTEX IS AGAINST THE PROPERTY, NOT THE OWNERS.
SO EVEN IF YOU DID HAVE AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST, I DON'T, YEAH, WE JUST, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY, WE DO, WE TRY TO FIND AS MANY PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, IF NOT HAVE AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST, REMIND THE PERSON THAT DOES OR KNOW THE PERSON THAT DOES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW YOU, YOU GOT NOTICE, OKAY.
WELL, AND THEN WHEN WE TRIED CALLING TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAR IT UP, WE NEVER GOT A RETURN PHONE CALL.
UH, THAT, UH, I, I GO AHEAD AND THE PERSON LISTED ON THE CERTIFIED MAIL THAT WE RECEIVED, WHEN I DID FINALLY GET SOMEBODY PRESS ZERO AND GOT LIKE AN OPERATOR, SHE'S LIKE, OH, HE HASN'T BEEN WITH THAT DEPARTMENT SINCE 2024.
THAT THERE, THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME RETIREMENTS AND THINGS RECENTLY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S, IT, IT, IT, THERE'S NO PEOPLE.
I JUST NEED MY INFORMATION, MY HUSBAND'S INFORMATION AND IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE REMOVED MY SISTERS,
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BUT I WANT IT FROM YEAH, I WILL.WE HAVE NO, JUST, JUST LIKE, I MEAN THE SAME THING SHE ASKED US TO REMOVE IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING.
SO WE PULLED IT OFF THE SLIDES.
AND CA KATHY SMITH, SHE'S BEEN DECEASED FOR YEARS SO HER HEIRS ARE AROUND AND OKAY.
BUT, BUT IF YOU'LL REACH OUT AND, UH, I'LL COME DOWN AFTER WHILE THEY'RE VOTING ON THIS AND I'LL GIVE YOU CONTACT INFORMATION.
YOU CAN GIMME A CALL, I'LL GIVE YOU THE ASSURANCES YOU NEED THAT YOUR NAME'S NOT, NOT ON THE PROPERTY.
KURT, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
MS. RICE, RICE ZINGER, RICE ZINGER, WRIGHT RICE ZINGER.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, UH, POLL THE UH, BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR MS. REISINGER? ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU FOR THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING OUT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY BEFORE ME.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES THAT ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY? SEEN NONE.
MR. LONG, THIS PROPERTY IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE SIR? MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF AS WRITTEN AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, FROM MR. TROLL.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE, SHOW OF HANDS WITH THE MOTION BEING PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR SHALL RAISE OF HANDS.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PROPERTY DOCKET.
THIS IS, UH, WE HAVE TWO PROPERTY, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON IN THIS PART, PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR 20 20 25 0 9.
WE CAN DO THAT ONE FIRST PLEASE.
LET'S, LEMME SEE IF I'M GOING IN THE RIGHT ORDER HERE.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON ON THAT ONE.
DO WE KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THIS ONE IS IN? I MEAN KNOW WHAT DISTRICT? IT'S DISTRICT FOUR.
NAME WAS LANCE HOL WITH THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE MANAGERS DEPARTMENT.
TWO 10 CARVER SUITE 1 0 1 TEXAS FOUR.
THE PROPERTY DOCKET NUMBER, DOCKET NUMBER 25 0 9 9 22 MEADOW CODE CIRCLE.
LEGAL TION EASTERN MEADOW IS BLOCK THROUGH BLOCK 30 RESIDE.
THE VALUE OF HUNDRED 71,930 OF RECORD BY
ALL PERSON'S BEST NUMBERS OF RECORDS IDENTIFIED BY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS THE CERTIFIED TRACKING SUMMON FOR MS. BAKER WAS MARKED UNDELIVERED ON DECEMBER 29TH, 2025.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY GUARD ON STAFF CONTACTED MS. MS. BAKER VIA PHONE ON JANUARY 9TH, 2026 AND INFORMED HER OF THE HEARING.
SHE STATED SHE WOULD BE ATTENDANCE OF THE HEARING.
FOLLOW UP EMAIL WAS ALSO SENT THE ORDER AT THE TIME THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDS
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POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2025.THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR TAKEN FROM THE CLOSING DOOR.
TIMELINE OF ACTIONS ON JANUARY 29TH, 2025 GARDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE FIRE OF PROPERTY.
CODE APPLIES, BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE AND THAT NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE FIRE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025.
STAFF POSTED THE PROPERTY WITH A NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION.
HARPER WAS POSTED WITH NOTES PROCEEDINGS FOR THIS HEARING ON JANUARY 9TH, 2026.
THE PROPERTY, HERE'S A PICTURE, TAKEN THE TIME AND CONDEMNATION.
A PICTURE OF THE COMBINATION NOTICE OF THE FRONT DOOR.
YOU SEE A PIECE OF PLYWOOD TURNED IN THE FRONT DOOR AT THAT TIME.
ADDITIONAL PICTURES TAKEN AT THE TIME OF CONDEMNATION.
PICTURE TAKEN FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE FRONT SHOWING EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY.
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
UH, THE PICTURE OF THE RIGHT IS A PICTURE TAKEN FROM THE FRONT PORCH AT THE TIME OF THE POSTING SHOWING THE INTERIOR DAMAGE ZONE.
THE EFFICIENCY LIST FOR 9 22 MEDICAL CIRCLE IS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS CAUSED BY FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER.
9 22 MEDICAL CIRCLE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY THE BUILDING MUST BE REPAIRED TO HAVE A CONDITION WITH REQUIRED PERMITS AND PASS FINAL INSPECTION BY THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT BUT BE DEMOLISHED WITH THE PERMIT FOR THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING MUST RETAIN, MAY REMAIN SECURE, THE PREMISES SHALL REMAIN FREE OF TRASH, DEBRIS AND THE LANDSCAPING ADDRESS MUST BE MAINTAINED.
CURRENT PICTURES TAKEN JANUARY 22ND, 2026 THIS MORNING.
FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, YOU SEE THE NOTICE PRECEDES THE FRONT DOOR.
THE FIRE DAMAGE STILL PERSIST.
UH, PICTURE TAKEN FROM THE FRONT LEFT EXTENSIVELY DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE.
TWO ADDITIONAL PICTURES TAKEN FROM THIS MORNING.
ONE FIRST PICTURE IS STATE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU SEE THE ELECTRIC METER, NO METER'S BEEN INSTALLED SINCE THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE THERE AND MORE EXTENSION, PICTURES OF THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
IN SUMMARY, THE CARPET WAS SUSTAINED.
FIRE DAMAGE ON JANUARY 29TH, 2025 CODE APPLIES, BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS OF THE PROPERTY AND AT THAT TIME THE STRUCTURE WAS CONDEMNED.
TO DATE, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED TO EITHER REPAIR OR DEMOSS THE STRUCTURE.
NUMEROUS UH, HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS REMAINDER RESOLVED.
THESE ONGOING VIOLATIONS HAVE THE NEGATIVE NEGATIVELY PRACTICE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND CO COMPLIANCE AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM NEARBY RESIDENCE.
COMMUNICATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS BEEN LIMITED AND NO LONG TERM REMEDIATION PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
IN SUMMARY, THE STAFF MENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD FIND TO CONCLUDE THAT THOSE PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN MAIL PUBLISHED, HOSTED IN ACCORDANCE OF CITY ORDINANCE, STATE LAW AND DUE PROCESS THAT THERE EXISTS ON THE PREMISES A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 9 22 MEADOW COAST CIRCLE IN GARDEN, TEXAS.
THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE, THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURES, THE SUBSTANDARD DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS AND MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS SPECIFICALLY FIRE, SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS CONCURRENTLY NOT OCCUPIED.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT NO PERSON BE OCCUPIED SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE UNTIL THE TIME IS THE FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY CODE COMPLIANCE.
THAT THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE REMAIN SECURED AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY THAT THE OWNER SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE BRING TO CAPITAL CONDITION.
REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE BY MARCH 22ND, 2026 THAT THE OWNER OF THE PREMISES MUST ALLOW ENTRY TO STEVE STAFF NO LATER THAN MARCH 22ND, 2026 TO INSPECT THE INTERIOR OF THE PREMISES.
DID THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO HAVE A CONDITION REMOVE THE STAMP STANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUB STRUCTURE BY MARCH 22ND, 2026, CIVIL PENALTIES AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PREMISES BEGINNING MARCH 23RD, 2026.
AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE SUB STRUCTURE IS PREPARED TO HAVE A CONDITION REMOVED OR DEMOLISHED.
SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUB SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE TO HAVE A CONDITION REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUB SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE.
BY APRIL 23RD, 2026, THE THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN A WARRANT FOR E PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE, INCLUDING SHERIFF CONSTABLE, CHIEF OF POLICE IN THE CITY TO REMOVE THE PERSON, THE PREMISES, AND THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE SUB STRUCTURE IN PLACE OF BEING ON THE PREMISES FOR THE COST OF DEMOL, THE
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SUB STRUCTURE THAT'S INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION QUESTION.LAST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MY, AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR QUESTIONING AND MY, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HAVE WHAT TYPE OF FAR AS POINT OF REMEDY, WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION HAVE YOU HAD WITH THE OWNER IN REGARDS TO RESOLVING UH, THESE UH, CITY VIOLATIONS? OUR COMMUNICATION EARLIER THIS MONTH, UH, THE OWNER DID NOT HAVE A PLAN THAT'S AT THIS POINT ABOUT TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY.
SHE IS PRESENT AT THIS HEARING.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION FOR LANCE.
ANY MORE, ANY MORE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR LANCE AT THIS MOMENT? NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU LANCE, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD, BCA BAKER.
BCA BAKER, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY NAME IS CIA BAKER AND I AM THE OWNER OF 9 2 2 MEADOW CODE CIRCLE, UM, IS BURN ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025.
UM, IT WAS JUST ME AND MY MOM.
WE GOT OUT WITH JUST THE CLOTHES WE HAD ON IN THE HOUSE.
UM, WE WERE PUT UP IN A HOTEL AND WE HAD TO COME, I HAD TO COME BACK AND DEAL WITH ALL THE INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, PROBABLY TWO, NOT EVEN EIGHT DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT ON THE FIRE.
THE FIRE THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I HAD A CAR WRECK.
FIVE DAYS LATER MY MOM, SHE HAS DEMENTIA AND SHE HAS AFIB AND I WENT TO WORK AND WHEN I CAME BACK I COULDN'T GET IN THE ROOM 'CAUSE SHE COULDN'T WALK THAT FAR.
UM, SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY SAID THAT IT'S A GOOD THING I GOT HER IN THERE BECAUSE SHE PROBABLY WOULD'VE DIED BECAUSE SHE HAD SMOKE IN HER LUNGS TOO.
UM, AFTER THAT SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
SOMEHOW SHE CALLED COVID IN THE HOSPITAL.
SO WE HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH AND THEN THEY FOUND OUT SHE COULDN'T WALK.
SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH REHAB.
WE TO REHAB FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
SHE WALKED GOOD ENOUGH TO GET HOME.
SOON AS I THINK THAT PROBLEM IS OVER, I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT PASSED AWAY, ANOTHER RELATIVE THAT PASSED AWAY.
THEY PICKED HIM UP FOUR TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING IN HIS TEMPORARY HOME.
UM, HE HAD STAGE FOUR KIDNEY DISEASE, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND DEMENTIA.
SO NOW I'M DEALING WITH TWO PARENTS WITH DEMENTIA.
I HAVE A BROTHER THAT 12 YEARS AGO HE HAD A BRAIN ANEURYSM.
I HAVE LITERALLY QUIT MY JOB JUST TO HELP MY PARENTS.
I GOT THIS LETTER SAYING THAT THEY WERE GONE.
AND I JUST HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE MY FATHER'S BEEN IN AND OUTTA THE HOSPITAL IN AND OUT OF PLACES THAT'S SUPPOSED TO TEACH HIM HOW TO WALK.
UH, JUST EVERY DAY IT'S SOMETHING.
RIGHT NOW MY FATHER'S IN MY LIVING ROOM,
AND I'M LOOKING AT HIM HUMILIATING EVERY DAY I WAKE UP AND I THINK HE'S GONNA BE GONE.
I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND DEAL WITH THE HOUSE.
AND PLUS MY MOM HAD ALREADY TOLD ME AND SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE, I'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE FOR 23 YEARS.
THINGS THAT MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE ME.
THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T GET 'EM BACK.
AND THEN I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THINGS.
SO NOW I HAVE PEOPLE CALLING ME EVERY DAY, DO YOU WANNA SELL THE HOUSE? I SAID, YES.
JUST WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET IT OUTTA MY NAME AND MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE.
WE HAD AN INCIDENT WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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A CHECK TO, UH, WELLS FARGO.UM, BECAUSE I KNEW I WASN'T GONNA BE LIVING IN THE HOUSE.
I WAS LIVING IN A HOTEL AND I WORKED FOR HOTELS AND I KNOW HOW MAIL GETS SWITCHED AROUND.
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT HERE AND THEN SOMEBODY, A NEW PERSON COME IN.
SO I DIDN'T WANT THE CHECK FLOATING AROUND.
COME TO FIND OUT THE CHECK IS NOT WELLS FARGO DIDN'T HAVE THE CHECK.
SO NOW WE GOT A, HE'S CUTTING A NEW CHECK AND I'M SELLING THE PROPERTY AND I HAVE THE INFORMATION OF THE COMPANY THAT I'M SELLING IT TO.
THEY TOLD ME, WE'LL GIVE YOU $50,000 FOR YOUR HOUSE, BUT THEN WE GOING TO TAKE 30,000 FROM YOU AND BE ABLE TO TURN THE HOUSE DOWN AND THE TREES.
AND EVERYBODY KEEPS TELLING ME THAT'S NOT YOUR RES.
IF YOU SEND ASK IF PROPERTY, THEY SHOULD JUST SETTLE FOR, GIVE YOU THE 50,000.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU GOT YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WALL, YOU SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.
AND THIS IS ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS SELL MY HOUSE FOR GET $20,000 FOR UM, I HAVE TO PLAN ON LOOKING FOR A PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THIS PROPERTY THAT I'M IN, IT'S THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS PAYING FOR IT AND IT ENDS IN MARCH.
SO I GOTTA MOVE MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER.
MY DAD IS WHAT THEY CALL, I GUESS SINCE HE CAN'T WALK, HE'S BEDRIDDEN.
AND, AND DEALING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT HE HAS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON ME.
JUST REALLY, 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN UP A FIRE, I'VE NEVER BEEN A ROT.
ANYBODY THAT BEEN UP A FIRE FAR AS UP TO DATE.
AND I'M JUST LIKE THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S DEALING WITH THIS AS FAR AS MY MOM, SHE CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.
'CAUSE SHE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS HERE.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY, I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 24 YEARS.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO LOSE ANY MONEY ON THEIR HOUSE.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE.
WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE NEXT DOOR AND THE LADY THAT STAYS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ME, WE'RE CLOSE.
SHE KEEPS AN EYE ON MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS GOING.
NOTHING, NOBODY'S TRYING TO BREAK IN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA DO WHAT I GOTTA DO IS SELL THE HOUSE AND DO WHATEVER.
WHAT'S THE NEXT THING FOR ME TO DO? IT'S FROM, IT'S MORE FOR ME, MY PARENTS, AND MY SON TO STAY UM, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.
LIKE I HAVE THE INFORMATION IF YOU ALL WANT TO SEE THAT.
WE ALWAYS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE HOUSE AND, UM, HOPEFULLY I CAN FIND ANOTHER HOUSE IN THE AREA.
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN IN, UH, GARLAND FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I CAN DO IS DO WHAT YOU ALL ASKED ME.
MS. BAKER, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO COME OUT AND, AND GIVE US YOUR, YOUR STATEMENT THIS EVENING.
UM, IN REGARDS TO POINT OF REMEDY, HAVE, HAVE YOU STUDIED OR READ THE, THE, THE DETAILS OF WHAT THE STAFF IS, WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING, AND WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? UM, I READ THAT THEY'RE GONNA CONDEMN THE PROPERTY AND TEAR IT DOWN.
AND I WAS LIKE, I GOTTA DO WHAT I GOTTA DO.
AND LIKE I SAID, ONCE THE, THE PEOPLE SAID THEY WILL BUY A HOUSE, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE ARE IN CONTRACTS WITH THEM TO BUY THE HOUSE AND ME GETTING MY INSURANCE CHECK.
IT'S JUST, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE ON TOP OF EVERY LITTLE THING WITH PARENTS IN AND OUTTA THE HOSPITAL.
I JUST, TWO DAYS AFTER THANKSGIVING, MY FATHER CODED AT BAYLOR RALEIGH AND THEY CAME IN AND SAID, DO YOU WANT US TO SAVE HERE? I SAID, YES, I WANT YOU TO SLEEP HERE, BUT THIS HAPPENS AGAIN.
SO HE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL THREE WEEKS, CAME HOME, HE WON'T EAT, HE WON'T DRINKS.
WE HAVE A FORCE TO EAT OR DRINK SOMETHING.
AND WE JUST TO THE POINT WHERE DOING JUST ONE, UH, MILK.
THE MILKSHAKES THEY GIVE PEOPLE.
ANY MOMENT I COULD WALK IN THE HOUSE OR GO TO SLEEP AND MY FATHER WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ALIVE.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS PROPERTY 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.
NUMBER ONE FATHER THAT DIED IN THEIR PROPERTY AT ALL.
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THAT THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO ME.I TOLD MY SON IN 2025, DON'T HURRY UP AND GET OUT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE OF, NOT SUICIDAL, BUT JUST THE IDEA.
YOU KEEP GOING THROUGH STUFF, YOU KEEP GOING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A WAY FOR YOURSELF.
AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO CONDEMN THE HOUSE AND NOT GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SELL IT, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.
'CAUSE I, I CAN'T ARGUE AND FIGHT WITH PEOPLE WHEN I KNOW I GOT OTHER THINGS THAT I CAN USE THAT SAME ENERGY TO FIGHT FOR MY PARENTS.
I UNDERSTAND MS. BAKER AS A POINT OF REMEDY.
I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE AT STAY WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
JUST A QUESTION FOR LANCE AND OR BRIAN HERE, MORRISON, AT THIS JUNCTURE WITH THIS HARDSHIP SITUATION, HERE'S MY QUESTION TO THE CITY, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED, UH, AT THIS JUNCTURE? UH, ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE? IS THERE ANYTHING OUT THERE? ORGANIZATION FUNDING THAT CAN, THAT CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO A HOMEOWNER IN A HARDSHIP CASE, UH, TO, TO HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, HAVING THIS, THESE VIOLATIONS RESOLVED, RESOLVED OR ADDRESSED? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
THERE ARE CITY PROGRAMS, BUT FUNDING FOR, FOR THIS SIZE OF A PROJECT, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S FUNDING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S USUALLY BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO I, I DUNNO IF WE CAN OFFER, FIND OUT WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE, UM, WE LOOK IN THIS HARDSHIP CASE LOOKING FOR A POINT OF REMEDY.
NOT TO RESOLVE EVERYTHING, BUT GIVE HER AN OP, GIVE HER A DUE PROCESS AND OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IN REGARDS TO TIMETABLE, A TIMEFRAME, I'M JU I'M JUST, JUST, WE, WE GOT A DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION A NOTICE SHE'S GOING THROUGH SOME HARDSHIP WITH, WITH HER FAMILY.
UM, IS THERE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT CAN MITIGATE OR PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, UH, UNTIL SHE GETS HER FEET ON THE GROUND, THAT'S MM-HMM
I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANY, ANY CITY RESOURCES THAT WOULD, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE REPAIR IS, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR, OUR GOES OUT TO YOU.
UM, JUST FROM WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE REPAIR IS, IS VERY EXTENSIVE.
UM, SO OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITED TO A SMALLER PROJECTS.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, MS. BAKER IS IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL REMEDY, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF LANCE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANY INFORMATION TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INSURANCE CLAIMS. MM-HMM
THE TYPE OF FUNDING THAT'S PENDING AND, AND THE CONTRACT.
UM, MATTER OF FACT, LET, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHEN WAS THE, WHEN ARE YOU SET TO CLOSE ON YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT? THEY WOULD, WELL WE HAD TO CALL THE INSURANCE, UH, COMPANY AND FOR THEM TO SEND OUT ANOTHER CHECK.
THEN THEY SAID THAT I HAVE TO WAIT TWO, I GET THE CHECK 'CAUSE I HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND PAY THE LOAN OFF.
SO THEY CAN'T TOUCH IT UNTIL I GET THE CHECK, WHICH WE DID THAT LAST FRIDAY.
I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT HE SENT THE CHECK TO MY NEW ADDRESS.
UM, AND THEN THAT WELLS FARGO CLEARED OUT WHAT I OWE THEM.
AND THEN THEY CAN, THEY CAN BUY THE HOUSE.
THEY, THEY CAN'T BUY WHILE I'M STILL, I'M STILL THE OWNER.
SO ONCE THE INSURANCE CHECK CLEARS MM-HMM
YOU PAY OFF THE BALANCE, THEN YOU CAN YEAH.
PROCEED FORWARD IT WITH SELLING THE PROPERTY? YES.
I WOULD BE JUST THE OWNER, NOT THE, UM, I WON'T HAVE A LIEN HOLDER ON IT.
SO WE WERE ASKED FOR, FOR 60 DAYS BEFORE STILL COMPANY TO START.
IS THERE A, A CERTAIN TIMELINE BEYOND THAT THAT WOULD HELP YOU? UM, I'M JUST, I'M JUST FOLLOWING THEIR LEAD FOR AS THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAY HE SENT THE CHECK.
SO THE MINUTE I GET THE CHECK, I GO AND I HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PAPER TO SAY THAT I AM PAYING A LOAN OFF.
IT HAS TO BE CERTIFIED FOR THEM, UM, THE COMPANY THAT'S BUYING THE HOUSE.
AND THEN I CAN SIGN PAPERWORK SAYING THAT.
'CAUSE I SIGNED A FEW THINGS TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO TALK TO WELLS FARGO.
AND SO EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE, I'M HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR, AS THAT PART OF IT.
AND THEN THEM GIVING ME A CHECK AND I CAN MOVE ON.
'CAUSE I, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TO BE OUT OF THAT HOUSE BY MARCH.
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I'M STANDING A TEMPORARY HOME.I'M STANDING, I HAVE TO BE OUT OF THERE IN MARCH.
I THINK I SIGNED A CONTRACT, UH, FOR I THINK IT WAS LIKE MARCH 24TH OR 25TH FOR THE HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, FOUND ANOTHER HOUSE, WHICH I SAID IF I HAVEN'T FOUND A HOUSE, THEN I MAY HAVE TO STAY IN A HOTEL FOR A COUPLE WEEKS UNTIL WE FIND SOMETHING THAT'S SUITABLE FOR US.
UH, THE COMPANY THAT'S, UH, BUYING THE HOUSE MM-HMM
ARE THEY AWARE OF THE CITY'S TIMELINE AND ARE THEY YEAH, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, 'CAUSE AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, DO Y'ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY IS BURNED, THIS IS NOT A, A A TOGETHER PROPERTY.
AND THEY SAID NO, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, SO THEY WENT OUT THERE, THEY SAW THE LETTER BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THE MEETING WAS ON THE 26TH AND I'M SO GLAD THEY DID.
AND UM, SHE SAID, WELL, ONCE THEY EMPTY CLEARS, YOU SIGN IT, THEN WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION OF PULLING IT DOWN.
AND THERE'S SOME TREES THAT THEY WANT TO PULL DOWN TOO.
SO THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING THE CITY'S TIMELINE OF MARCH? YES.
COMFORTABLE PURCHASING THE HOUSE.
THEY ALL WERE THAT, BUT THEY WAS LIKE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MARCH ON THERE, BUT EVERYTHING CLEARING REALLY CLEAR IN TIME, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
IS IT CLEARING ON TIME? UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT I'M, THAT WAS MY, UH, IT'S A BLANK.
HE SAID, I'LL SEND YOU THE CHECK, RESEND THE CHECK OUT.
I JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S TRIED TO CASH THE CHECK, THE FIRST CHECK.
UM, BECAUSE I WOULD'VE, EVEN WAY BEFORE THIS, I WOULD'VE FOUND OUT, BUT I WAS THINKING THE CHECKLIST AT, UM, WELLS FARGO.
'CAUSE THEY WASN'T CALLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR MONEY OUT AND THEN, 'CAUSE I HAD TOLD THEM MY MOM CAN'T LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
EVEN WHEN SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, THEY KEPT ASKING ME WHAT HAPPENED AND I TOLD 'EM WHAT HAPPENED.
I SAID, YEAH, SHE'S PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOME NIGHTMARES BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT I GOT STUCK IN THE HOUSE.
AND THEN I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T GET STUCK.
I WAS JUST SURPRISED AT WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY GETTING DRESSED TO GO TO WORK THAT NIGHT.
AND I'M GLAD I WAS THERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MY MOM COULD TO BEEN ABLE TO TELL THE PARTNER WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD'VE GOT OUT, UH, IN TIME.
BUT YEAH, THEY KNOW WHAT TIME LIMIT THEY READ THE NOTE ON THE DOOR.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST PRAYING THAT WE MAKE IT IN TIME.
DOESN'T, I THINK CHRIS HAD A QUESTION.
CHRIS, DID YOU HAVE A, OKAY, ANY MORE, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MS. BAKER? IF WHEN YOU SAID MORE TIME, WELL, HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU REFERRING TO? I'M, YOU GUYS ARE SAYING YOU START FINDING ME ON THE 22ND OF MARCH.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INSURANCE GUY, HE SAID HE SENT THE CHECK.
BUT HE DID SAY I, AND I MADE SURE THAT HE SENT IT TO MY, THE PROPERTY THAT I'M GETTING MAILED AT NOW.
I EVEN SPELL EVERY WORD SO HE WON'T GET IT MIXED UP.
SO HOPEFULLY THE CHECK IS HERE IN A COUPLE DAYS.
HOPEFULLY BY, SO, SO IF WE, IF WE PUSH THIS BACK ONE MONTH FROM APRIL TO TO MAY YES.
WOULD THAT BE, YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YEAH, I WOULD.
MY QUESTION PREVIOUSLY WAS REGARD THE STATE, THE CLOSING.
SO WITH YOU, WHAT YOU HAD SAID THAT ONCE YOU RECEIVED THE CHECK, YOU THEN TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP ON IT.
I HAVE TO GIVE FULL OWNERSHIP OF IT.
FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUY IT FROM, CORRECT.
SO, SO MY QUESTION WITH THAT IS, YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO ALREADY HAVE A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY AND YOU SAID THEY WOULD THEN, THEN YOU WOULD'VE THE CONTRACT.
SO DO YOU HAVE I HAVE A CONTRACT THAT I SIGNED WITH THEM THAT I'M PURCHASING.
THEY'RE, I'M SORRY, THEY'RE PURCHASING IT.
UM, AND THEN ONCE I FREE, ONCE WELLS
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FARGO NAME IS TAKEN OFF OF IT, THEN I CAN SAY, HERE I CAN SIGN THE PAPERWORK SAYING THAT I AM SPECIFICALLY SELLING IT TO THEM, BUT IT'S ALREADY IN.AND I CAN SHOW YOU THE EMAILS AND STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH.
MY QUESTION IS, FOR IT TO BE A LEGAL CONTRACT FOR BUREAU ESTATE, THERE WOULD BE A PROPOSED CLOSED DATE THAT YOU ALL AGREE.
THEY HAVEN'T GAVE ME THE DATE, MY CLOSED DATE.
THEY JUST SAID THE MINUTE YOU GET THE CHECK, YOU GET IT TO WELLS FARGO AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO A SPECIFIC PERSON.
UM, TO CLEAR OUT WHAT I OWE WELLS FARGO.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM MS. BAKER AT THIS MOMENT? THANK YOU MS. BAKER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
DO I NEED TO STAY? 'CAUSE I, I GOT MY PARENTS AT HOME AND I, I NEED TO GET BACK BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR MY MOM.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A QUICK DECISION HERE.
OKAY? IS THERE ANY MORE? I I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS IN REGARDS TO SPEAKER'S CARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MS. LUMPKIN BELL IS NOT PRESENT.
SO FIRST, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A IS THERE ANY MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY IN ABSENCE OF MS. LUMPKIN BELL? IS THERE ANYONE, MS. OWEN? I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE AMEND THIS AND GIVE HER 30 MORE DAYS.
OKAY, SO THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WE JUST PUSHING EVERYTHING BACK.
LIKE, LIKE FOR THE, UM, DEMOLITION.
DEMOLITION THAT THE STRUCTURE BY APRIL, WE'RE JUST PUSHING THAT BACK TO MAY.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. MS. OWENS.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO, TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
EVERY, ALL THE DATES, BACK 30 DAYS.
AND MS. BAKER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO SPEAK WITH, UH, THIS STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
LET'S SEE IF I HAVE THESE CASES.
CHRIS, IS THERE MY PAPERWORK? I'M TRYING TO GET MY PAPERWORK STRAIGHT HERE.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY WE HAVE IS THE, IS IT 20 25, 10? YES SIR.
20 20, 20 20 25, 10, 20, 25, 10.
AND THIS IS IN DISTRICT WHAT CHRIS? UH, DISTRICT EIGHT.
THANK YOU CHRIS, PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED.
UH, THIS, UH, THIS IS DOCKET NUMBER 21, 20 25 10.
THIS IS FOR 2013 LYNNWOOD LANE.
NONE IS PURPOSE COUNSEL, DISTRICT EIGHT, DESCRIPTION DA.
AND THE IMPROVEMENT VALUE IS $307,700.
UM, AND I DO BELIEVE THIS HERE TO SPEAK.
AND, UH, THAT IS THE OWNER ADDRESS.
AS FAR AS DA GOES, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, SECTION, UH, 32 28 B THAT SPEAKS TO THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION.
AND NOTICE THE PROCEEDING IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDS WITH CHAPTER 32, 28 B FOR THE STATE OF GROUND CODE ORDINANCE DECEMBER 12TH, 2025.
CITY OF GROUND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DECEMBER 15TH, 2025.
CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE CITY PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND THE DECEMBER 23RD, 2025, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS ISSUED, UH, CERTIFIED MAIL BY THE US POSTAL SERVICE TO ANY PERSON OR VESTED UNDER END THE PROPERTY END THE PERMIT.
SO AS FAR AS OUR CONTACT GOES, AS OF THIS WEEK, ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, STAFF DID SPEAK WITH THE OWNER IN THE, UH, UH, IN PERSON.
HE WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THE HEARING.
AND, UM, HOWEVER, STAFF WENT AHEAD AND ITERATED THE TIME IN PLACE.
UH, THE CITY OF GR ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS TRACKING INFORMATION WAS SENT TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE.
I'LL LET YOU TAKE A LOOK REAL QUICK.
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THIS IS A, THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDING.FOR THE NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDING.
UH, THESE PICTURES WERE POSTED ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2025.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS OF THE NOTICE ITSELF.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS ON THE ACTUAL PREMISE OF THE, OF THE ACTUAL PURPOSE TIMELINE OF ACTIONS.
SO JUNE 18TH, 2025, THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT THE PROPERTY ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025, CO COMPLIANCE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE FIRE.
NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, CO COMPLIANCE CONDEMNED THE PROPERTY.
NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025, CO COMPLIANCE CONTRACTOR SECURED THE HOME.
DECEMBER 11TH, 2025, THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT DID CONDUCT A FREE FIRE REPAIR INSPECTION.
JANUARY 20TH, 2026, COMPLIANCE STAFF SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS, THESE ARE PICTURES AT THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE.
ON THE LEFT IS ACTUAL, UM, NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION.
AND THEN THE, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS FROM THE PUBLIC EASEMENT.
THESE ARE SOME PICTURES AT THE TIME OF THE CONDEMNATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FRONT DOOR UNSECURE WINDOWS BROKE.
UH, ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE FUR, FURTHER WINDOWS, UH, ALL WINDOWS, WELL, I CAN'T SAY ALL THE A ALREADY OF THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN ON AT THE TIME AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THE 2020 TH UH, 2013 GLEN LYNN, REALIZE I SPELLED THAT WRONG FIRE.
GLEN WOULD LAYING DEFICIENCY LIST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE CAUSED BY FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER.
THE HOUSE MUST BE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY.
THE HOUSE MUST BE REPAIRED TO A HABIT CONDITION WITH REQUIRED PERMITS AND PAST FINAL INSPECTION BY THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN SECURED.
THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THE LANDSCAPING AND GRASS MUST BE MAINTAINED.
THIS IS YOUR CURRENT PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY TAKEN TODAY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 2026.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IN THE PICTURE, IF YOU SEE THERE ARE NEW WINDOWS ON THE PICTURE.
WHEN I SAW THIS, I DID REACH OUT TO SEAN WEINSTEIN, THE, UH, THE NEW BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF GROWN.
UH, AND HAD HIM CHECK, THERE WERE NO PERMITS PULLED FOR THE WINDOWS THAT WERE INSTALLED.
THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE FENCE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED.
THERE'S SOME STUFF IN THE BAG.
I I BELIEVE THERE'S JUST PROBABLY SOME CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL OF THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE SUMMARY, THE PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED BY A FIREARM ON JUNE 18TH, 2025.
CO COMPLIANCE BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY IN AUGUST OF 2025.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, CO COMPLIANCE CONDEMNED AND SECURED THE PROPERTY.
DECEMBER OF 2025, THE OWNERS WERE AT THE OWNER'S REQUEST.
BUILDING'S INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED A PRE-FIRE INSPECTION, WHICH REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF SIX WINDOWS AND THE COMPLETION OF MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING INSPECTIONS.
SOME REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED TO ADDRESS THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS.
DURING A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF IN JANUARY, 2026, THE OWNER EXPRESSED THAT INTEREST OR TO REPAIR THE HOME.
AS OF JANUARY 21ST, 2026, THE CITY OF GARLAND HOLDS ABATEMENT, LABOR LIENS, AND AGAINST THE PREMISE IN THE AMOUNT OF $846 AND 58 CENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD FIND AND CONCLUDE ONE, THAT THE NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN MAIL, PUBLISH POST IN ACCORDANCE OF THE CITY OF ORDINANCE, STATE LAW, AND DUE PROCESS.
TWO, THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THE PREMISES SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2013 GLENWOOD LANE.
AND IN GARLAND, TEXAS, THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURE IS SUBSTANDARD DUE TO THE STRUCTURED HAZARDS AND MINIMUM HOUSING, STANDARD VIOLATIONS, SPECIFICALLY FIRE, SMOKE, WATER DAMAGE.
DUE TO THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE, THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY NOT OCCUPIED.
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 SHALL REMAIN SECURE AGAIN AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY, THAT THE OWNER REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.
REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISHED A STRUCTURE BY APRIL 26TH, 2026, THAT THE OWNER OF THE PREMISE MUST ALLOW ENTRY TO CITY STAFF NO LATER THAN APRIL 22ND, 2026 TO INSPECT THE INTERIOR OF THE PREMISE.
SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO REQUIRE, UH, TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABIT CONDITION, REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE BY APRIL 22ND, 2026, CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PREMISE BEGINNING APRIL 23RD, 2026, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IS REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION.
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THE OWNER FAIL TO REPAIR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, REMOVE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.BY MAY 23RD, 2026, THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN A WARRANT DIRECTING ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE OR CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY, TO REMOVE ANY PERSONS FROM THE PREMISE AND THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AND PLACE A LIEN ON THE PREMISE FOR THE COST OF DEMOLISHING THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UH, IS THERE POINT OF REMEDY, WHAT TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS OR ANY, AND ALL THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH THE OWNER IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED OR, OR RESOLVING THESE VIOLATIONS? SO I HAD NOT HAD ANY, THERE HAD BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF UP UNTIL THIS DATE, TO THIS DAY.
THERE HAD BEEN COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF IN THE PAST, ESSENTIALLY RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, ESSENTIALLY SAYING, I WANT GET THE PROPERTY FIXED, I WANT GET THE PROPERTY TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED THE, UH, PRE-FIRE INSPECTION REPORT.
AND THEN ESSENTIALLY THERE'S BEEN MINOR STUFF BEING DONE.
THE INSIDE OF THE HOME HAS BEEN GUTTED AND HE HAS BEEN, HE'LL GO IN, HE WILL, UH, REMOVE THIS, UH, THE BOARDS TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN HE HAS BEEN RESE SECURING THE RESE, SECURING IT AFTER HE LEAVES.
UM, HOWEVER, ONCE AGAIN HE CAME IN THIS WEEK, THERE WAS NO TIMEFRAME THAT WAS GIVEN.
UH, WE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED OUR TIMEFRAME PRIOR TO SPEAKING TO HIM THIS WEEK.
SO, UM, WHENEVER HE COMES UP HERE, HE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT HIS TIMEFRAME.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
WHAT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT PERMITS? IS IT YES.
SO I, I, I CONFIRM I DID CON IF YOU, SO IF YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PICTURES, THE ACTUAL WINDOWS THEMSELVES, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY WERE NARROW OR THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS WERE NARROW.
AND THE WINDOWS THAT ARE PUT IN NOW, OKAY, TO DO THAT, THERE'S A FRAME.
KINGS DOES, THERE ARE FRAMES THAT GO UP AND UP THE SIDES TO SECURE THE STABILITY OF THAT FRAME.
FOR THOSE WINDOWS TO HAVE BEEN WIDENED.
THE, THAT FRAMEWORK WOULD'VE HAD TO BEEN ADJUSTED IN EXPORT.
THAT'S WHY A PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
SO NO PERMIT WAS, WAS EXTENDED OR, OR NO PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR OR APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT HE'LL HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE DONE RIGHT.
SO HE CAN, HE CAN STILL, I MEAN, IF IDEALLY THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE COVERED UP ON INSIDE, BUT HE CAN CONTACT BONE INSPECTIONS, APPLY FOR THE PERMIT, THEY'LL ISSUE THE PERMIT COME OUT, THEY CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, HOW IT NEEDS TO FIX IT, WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.
BUT BEFORE ANYTHING, THE BOARD CAN GET BACK TO US.
THE, UH, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND THEN THE PERMITS FOR THE WINDOWS, THOSE WILL ALL HAVE TO BE APPLIED FOR ISSUED AND GREEN TAG PRIOR, BEFORE HE, BEFORE HE CAN COME TO US TO, TO GET THE FINAL LOOK AT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? CHRIS? THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME YOU MAY BE EXCUSED.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD IN REGARDS TO THIS, PAT, IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
MARIO EGAS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR THE PICTURE.
GIVE YOU YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, NAME AND ADDRESS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, MY NAME IS MARIO IGA.
UM, AZI, KNOW MY HOUSE, 2 0 1 3 CREEKWOOD LINE.
AND I WANT TO START LUIS, UM, SORRY, WEST WHAT CITY AND ZIP CODE? OH, IT IS 7 5 0 4 0.
UM, I WANT TO START TO DO THIS, UH, SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WAS LIKE AT A HOUSE FIRE, BUT, UH, I WASN'T LUCKY I GUESS WITH THIS SITUATION.
BUT, UM, AS I TOLD, I WANT TO START TO SAY LIKE, UH, BAD THINGS SOMETIMES BRING GOOD THINGS.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE FOR THIS SITUATION, I HAVE TO MEET A BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THE CITY.
WHAT MADE ME HAPPY? BECAUSE IF NOBODY'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY, IT'S GOING TO BE BAD.
SO THANKS FOR BEING CHECKING AND LOOKING THE HOUSES, AND I MEAN, THE CITY, UM, ON THE STARTED WHEN I HAVE THIS FIRE WAS, EH, BECAUSE NOBODY, I SAID TO, NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE THIS BY THE HOUSE AND
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NOBODY HAS THE MONEY TO BE READY TO HAVE TAKE THIS BAD SITUATION.AND SO I WAS THE BAD SITUATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS ALREADY GOOD TIME TO FIND ONE OR SOMETHING.
ANYWAYS, SO I KNOW I RECEIVED LETTERS, BUT AS I TOLD YOU, IT WAS BAD FOR EVERYTHING.
AND AT THIS POINT, I WANT, I I, I SAW THAT, UH, I HEAR THAT, UH, THE INSPECTOR SAID THAT ABOUT THE WINDOWS.
UH, I WENT TO THE CITY, I MEAN THE PROVISIONS FOR THE, FOR THE BUILDING HOUSE.
AND THEY TELL ME THAT, UH, I HAVE TO BRING THE PAPERWORK TO APPROVE, TO HAVE THE WINDOWS, RIGHT? SO I BRING THE PAPERWORK AND AFTER THEY SAW THE WINDOWS, THEY SAY, YES, YOU CAN PUT THE WINDOWS BECAUSE I, I, I WANNA ASK BEFORE DO SOMETHING, THEY SAY, YES, YOU CAN PUT THE WINDOWS.
AND BECAUSE ALSO I WENT TO THIS, TO THE PLACE, WHICH IS CALLED, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PAGE, BUT THIS IS LIKE A HOME STATE SO I CAN DO BY MYSELF.
SO I PUT EVERYTHING READY, HOW TELL I CAN PUT THAT WINDOWS.
AND NOW I KIND SURPRISED THAT I KIND A ATION BECAUSE THEY SAY, YES, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE WINDOWS, BUT NOW I HAVE TO BE APPROVED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE THEY SAY, YES, I CAN PUT THE WINDOWS.
AND THEN AFTER I PUT THE WINDOWS, THEY'RE GOING TO COME HERE, THE INSPECTORS TO SEE THAT.
HOW, HOW IS THE WINDOWS? UM, NOW AS YOU SEE THE PICTURES, THE PICTURES ARE MADE THAT ACTUALLY THE PICTURES THAT I USED BEFORE IS THE PICTURES THAT, UH, IS ON THE, IS YES, YOU KEEP TALKING.
YES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS THAT, UM, I TRIED TO MAKE BETTER EVERYTHING.
UM, PERSONALLY, I WENT TO, UH, ASK, UH, MR. BRIAN MORRIS TO SEE WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO FIRST? AND HE SAY, FIRST YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO, UH, ALSO I LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE WORK THAT I DID BECAUSE WAS NOT VERY EASY TO DO THAT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT PICTURE THE RESULTS AFTER I WORK TO MAKE MUCH BETTER THE HOUSE.
AND YEAH, HERE IS THE WINDOWS, NEW WINDOWS THAT I PULLED.
AND AS THE PERMISSION ASKED ME TO PUT THE WINDOWS IN THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE IT'S NO ISSUES BUT THIS.
SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, AND I APPRECIATE REALLY, IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A LOT MONEY TO BUILD A HOUSE OR IF YOU CONTINUE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, BUT I THE WAY TO FIX THIS THING, UM, THINK YOU ASK THAT.
THE FIRST IS FOR ME, AN HONOR TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
AND ALMOST I SAW IN THE TV THINGS LIKE THIS.
I NEVER SAID THAT GOING TO BE HERE IN THIS SITUATION, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY TO MEET BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND, AND, AND SOME, MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, TO US TONIGHT? AND WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK OR OPINION ON WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED AS FAR AS THE TIMEFRAME IS CONCERNED? UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME IN DIFFERENT WORDS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? I'M SORRY.
OKAY, BRIAN, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS IN YES, SIR.
BORROW YOUR ACTION APRIL 22ND.
THE, THE CITY IS RE RECOMMENDING APRIL 22ND.
OH YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND.
I, I'M JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CLEARLY UNDERSTAND YES.
WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING FOR THIS, FOR THIS, FOR YOUR PROPERTY.
ARE YOU, WHAT IS, HOW DO YOU FEEL OR WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE, THE TIMEFRAME OF WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING ON THIS PROPERTY? UM, I'M STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY THIS TIME TO HAVE MONEY TO DO THAT.
SO HOW WILL ASK YOUR HEARTS, GIMME A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO FINISH ALL OF THESE IF YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND THE WAY TO MAKE THE RIGHT WAY.
HOW DO YOU DEFINE MORE TIME? WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF MORE TIME? UH, I HEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 23RD OF, OF MARCH OR APRIL.
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YES.IF YOU GIMME AT LEAST JUST ONE MORE MONTH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE UP, GOING UP AND THE PERMISSIONS AND GO TO THE INSPECTIONS THINGS.
BUT MAYBE I'M GOING TO DO FASTER, BUT I WANT TO HAVE ROOM JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WHERE HUMANS, UM, WE ARE NO MATCHING AND WE CAN MAKE A PROGRAM AND SAY, OKAY, THIS MY CLUB IS GOING TO BE BY 6:00 AM WE ARE HUMANS.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS MR. EGAS.
I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE TABLE HERE TO SEE IF ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. EGAS? ANY QUESTIONS, MR. JUSTIN? YES.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, I KNOW YOU WERE SAYING YOU WANTED MORE TIME.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO COMPLETE THE WORK? IS THERE ANYONE ASSISTING YOU? IS THERE A THIRD PARTY COMING TO COMPLETE THE WORK FOR YOU OR, UH, NO, EVERYTHING IS COMING FROM MY POCKET BECAUSE I'M HAVE BEEN, EVERYTHING IS COMING FROM MY POCKET, BUT MY PARENTS IS TO DO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE CHILDREN.
SO IF WE WERE TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME, REALISTICALLY, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY.
IS THE HOUSE ABLE TO BE OCCUPIED? OKAY.
ANY, ANY MORE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. ASSE AT THIS TIME? OKAY, NOW YOU ARE WORKING ON THE WINDOWS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS SOME EAL PROBLEMS AND PLUMBING AND SO FORTH.
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THAT? UH, THIS, THIS ALMOST READY, BUT I HAVE TO FINISH TO MAKE SOME DETAILS.
BEFORE THE INSPECTOR OF ELECTRIC, UH, INSPECTORS CAME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO LIKE, UM, BRING HIM AND SEE SOME ISSUES.
IT IS ALMOST, I WANT TO SAY 85%.
I WANT TO JUST CHECK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE GOOD BEFORE THEY CAME AND SEE.
SO, UH, AND NOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU HAD ANOTHER MONTH FURTHER THAN THE CITY RECOMMENDED, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CALL IN THE INSPECTORS AND SEE.
CAN YOU GET THE PERMITS TO OC OCCUPY THE HOUSE AGAIN, UH, ONE MONTH BEYOND THEIR RECOMMENDATION? YES.
UH, YOUR QUESTION IS KIND OF TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE GOOD AND AFTER THEY GIMME THE FREE TO BE THERE, YES, I WANT TO BE THERE, BUT NOBODY'S IN THE HOUSE UNTIL THEY GIVE ME THE PERMISSION TO OCCUPY THE HOUSE.
UM, WE, WE HEARD THAT NO PERMITS WERE PULLED FOR THE WINDOWS.
ARE, HAVE YOU PULLED OTHER PERMITS, UH, FOR ELECTRICAL WORK, PLUMBING WORK, THE OTHER INSPECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE? YES.
AND WITH THIS EXPERIENCE, I WILL GO AGAIN TO THE PERMISSION TO SEE IF I HAVE TO DO STEP AND SLOWLY, LIKE STEP BY STEP SEEING THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE GOOD.
I WILL, I WANT TO START TO BE MORE, UM, AS MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, HOW GOING TO DO THIS.
BUT YES, UH, I WOULD START TO MAKE MORE RELATION WITH THE PERMISSIONS.
SO, SO YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED? UH, YES, AS AFTER THIS RECOMMEND WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE THE DUE DATE.
AS, AS I TELL YOU, IF YOU CAN CHOOSE AFTER THAT ONE MORE MONTH IS I GUESS GOING TO BE MORE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
OKAY, MS. OWENS, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY.
ARE THERE PLACES OR SOMETHING GUIDELINES TO HELP HIM UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? LIKE THE PERMITS FOR ELECTRICITY, PERMITS FOR PLUMBING? IS THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY SOMEBODY WHO CAN LIKE GUIDE HIM ON WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO SO THAT HIS HOUSE IS INSPECTED AND PASSES? IF I MAY? UM, SO YES, HE ACTUALLY, THE, THE ONE PERMIT THAT HE DID PULL WAS OUR, THE PRE-FIRE INSPECTION PERMIT.
SO THE PROCESS IS AFTER A FIRE, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU PULL THAT, THAT IN PERMIT ITSELF AND INSPECT BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
THEY COME OUT AND THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME THEY GIVE THEM A REPORT STATING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
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IN THIS REPORT IT WAS THE WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THEN ALSO THE MECHANICAL, THE PLUMBING AND THE ELECTRICAL.AND THEN THE PERMITS FOR ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, THE PERMITS WOULD'VE TO BE PULLED FOR EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL INSPECTIONS.
AND THEN THOSE INSPECTIONS WOULD'VE TO PASS.
AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION OF IT BEING IN A CONDEMNATION ORDER, THEN AT THAT TIME, ONCE ALL OF THAT IS DONE, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO CODE.
WE WOULD DO BASICALLY LIKE A MAKE READY, IF YOU WILL, JUST DOESN'T VERY LAYMAN'S TERM, BUT GENERALIZED INSPECTION, MAKING SURE IT'S READY FOR SOMEONE TO MOVE IN AND SAFE AND FIRE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IS ENGLISH YOUR, IS SPANISH YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE OR ENGLISH? UM, AND FIRST NAME WAS, WAS IN SPANISH, BUT I'M SORRY, DID YOU FOLLOW SOME MICRO ENGLISH? NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'M JUST SAYING AS THE CITY, HAVE WE PRESENTED HIM MATERIALS IN SPANISH SO THAT HE UNDERSTANDS? I THINK SO BE BETTER.
IT YOU, YOU NO, I RECEIVE ALL THE LETTERS IN ENGLISH, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS MUCH BETTER, MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
I MEAN, HAVE WE GIVEN HIM THE REPORTS WITH THE SPANISH VERSION? SO I, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
I, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE PROCESSES AS FAR AS NOTIFICATION WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR DEPARTMENT.
UM, HOWEVER, JUANITA, UH,
SHE'S A FLUENT SPANISH SPEAKER.
SO WE CAN VERIFY IN HIS VERIFY THAT IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO COULD SHE LIKE, TALK WITH HIM? I MEAN, JUST SO HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT'S SAYING THAT HE NEEDS TO DO AND THE STEPS HE NEEDS TO TAKE.
CAR, CAN YOU SWEAR IN REAL QUICK? OKAY.
DO YOU SOLEMN SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE PROVIDING IN THIS BOARD IS WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
SO, SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, SO JUANITA, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS EXPLICITLY WHAT IS REQUIRED OF HIM.
THAT THE, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ORDER? THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR AN EXTRA MONTH ONCE PUT THE, THAT, THAT FIRST DAY UP TO MAY 22ND.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EXPLICITLY UNDERSTANDS.
OKAY? SO, SO WHEN CAN YOU, BEFORE YOU PROCEED, COULD YOU, I'M SORRY, SHE HAD STATE HER NAME AND OH YEAH.
MY NAME IS JUANITA RE MY ADDRESS IS TWO 10 BOROUGH STREET, SUITE 1 0, 1, GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0.
UM, OKAY, SO COMPLIANCE, OKAY,
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UM, CONSTABLE.ANY QUESTION FOR ME? THIS IS HE STILL COMFORTABLE WITH PUSHING EVERYTHING BACK? ONE MORE? YES.
IS IT FEASIBLE? JUST ONE MORE.
IS IT FEASIBLE INSPECTION COMPLIANCE? YES.
SAY AGAIN? NOW HE DOES THINK THAT, UH, ONE MORE MONTH WOULD BE FEASIBLE, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAY.
SO REALLY THE CITY'S DATE WAS APRIL.
AND HE WANTS TO EXTEND IT TO MAY 22ND.
ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. E IGAS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MR. EGAS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EACH OF YOU.
WE DON'T, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
MR. MR. DALE, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, SIR? SIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I MOVE THAT WE, UM, GIVE THE HOMEOWNER AN EXTENSION FROM APRIL 22ND UNTIL MAY 22ND TO THE APRIL TO OCCUPY HIS HOME.
AND THE OTHER DATES THAT ARE NOTED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT, IT, IT, IT FOLLOWS SUITS TO BE EXTENDED 30 DAYS AS WELL? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. LONG.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. MS. MOCO.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION.
THE AMENDED MOTION, UH, THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY MR. LONG SECOND BY MS. MS. MOCO, SHOW UP IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THAT.
TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED MOTION PRESENTED BY BY THE STAFF.
MAY WE RUNNING A TWO HOURS STRONG? I'M GONNA, LET ME, LET ME TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BOARD.
WE NEED, WE NEED TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
YOU WANT JUST FIVE MINUTES SO WE CAN GET OUTTA HERE? OKAY.
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WE, IT IS 7 55.LET'S RECONVENE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
WE JUST HAVE TWO MORE CASES LEFT.
SEE IT? WE WILL READ ADJOURN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
WE'LL START WITH THAT PROPERTY FIRST.
HEY EVERYONE, MY NAME IS ALIA REYES AND I'M ONE OF THE HEALTH INSPECTORS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT PLAZA AT 31 25 SOUTH FIRST STREET CONSOLE, DISTRICT FIVE.
THE OWNER IS LUIS HUERTA, MANAGER ALEJANDRO ERTA.
INSPECTION HISTORY DATING BACK TO 2005.
UH, THE MOST RECENT INSPECTIONS HERE WE HAVE FROM JANUARY 21, 25, UH, WITH A SCORE OF 57.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS ON APRIL 15, 25.
THEY WERE CLOSED FOR SEVEN DAYS, JULY 21ST, 25.
THEY WERE CLOSED FOR NINE DAYS.
AND THE LAST ONE, THEIR MOST RECENT ONE FOR THIS YEAR, IT WAS DONE ON JANUARY 5TH, 26TH.
AND THE CURRENT CLOSED WITH A SQUIRREL.
THIS 1257, THERE WAS PRIORITY VIOLATIONS SUCH AS IMPROPER COOKING TEMPERATURES, EXPIRED FOOD, CROSS-CONTAMINATION, FOOD CONTACT SURFACE, NO CLEAN OR SANITIZED, INCOMPLETE EMPLOYEE HEALTH DOCUMENTATION, IMPROPER HAND WASHING, WASTE WATER DISPOSAL ISSUES.
UH, THERE WERE ACTIONS TAKEN, LIGHT CLOSED FOR 24 HOURS.
THERE WAS A MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR, MANDY.
TWO CITATIONS ISSUED, AND THEY WERE RECHECKED, UH, IN THE VIOLATIONS OF OUR COURTS CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO BE REOPENED FOR APRIL 15TH, 2025 WITH A SCORE OF 56.
UH, PRIORITY VIOLATIONS WERE THE INAPPROPRIATE COOLING EXPIRED FOOD, ADULT FOOD, CROSS-CONTAMINATION, FOOD CONTACT SURFACE, NO CLEANER SANITIZE, NO EMPLOYEE HELD DOCUMENTATION, INAPPROPRIATE HAND WASHING TOX SUBSTANCES, AND PROPERLY STORED AND USED WASTE WATER AT DISPOSAL ISSUES.
UH, THEY WERE ACTIONS TAKEN AND THEY WERE CLOSED FOR SEVEN DAYS.
IT WAS ANOTHER MEETING WITH MANDY OR DIRECTOR.
TWO CITATIONS ISSUED AND THEY RECHECK.
UH, THEY RECHECK AND OPEN AFTER THEY RE, UH, COMPUTER VIOLATIONS.
AND FOR THIS PICTURE ON APRIL 15, 25, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, WE CAN OBSERVE TAX BEING STORED IMPROPERLY.
TAG ARE REQUIRED TO BE STORED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND KEEPING A CLEAN DESIGNATED LOCATION.
IN ADDITION, THE TAG WERE MISSING THE DAY OF THE LAST SOLD FROM THE, FROM THAT BADGE.
THIS INFORMATION IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF AN OUTBREAK, PROPER DOCUMENTATION IS NECESSARY TO TRACE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION AND DETERMINE IMPORT IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION MET AND DATES AND IMPROPER STORAGE PREVENT EFFECTIVE TRACEABILITY.
UH, FOR THIS PICTURE, FOR APRIL 15TH, 2025, UH, WE CAN OBSERVE RAW MEDIA STORE IN AN OPEN BED AND WAS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.
THIS CAN LEAD TO CROSS-CONTAMINATION.
UH, IN THIS PICTURE WITH THE CORN WAS OBSERVED BEING COOL.
HOWEVER, THE PERSON IN CHARGE WAS NOT AWARE OF HOW LONG THE FOOD HAD BEEN.
COOLING, UH, PROPER COOLING REQUIRES SPECIFIC TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLS.
I COULD MUST BE COLD FROM COOL FROM 1 35 TO ONE 70 WITHIN THE TWO HOURS, AND THEN FROM 70 TO 41 WITHIN THE ADDITIONAL FOUR HOURS FOLLOWING THIS TIME LIMIT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IMPROPER COOLING ALLOWS BACTERIA AND TOXINS TO GROWTH, WHICH CAN LEAD TO POISONING.
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UH, FOR JULY 21, 25, UM, AGAIN, THEY GOT A SCORE OF 58 PRIOR VIOLATIONS IN PROPER COOLING, COLD HOLDING ISSUES, EXPIRED FOOD WHEN APPROVED SOURCE, CROSS-CONTAMINATION FOOD CONTACT SURFACE, NO CLEAN OR SANITIZED, INAPPROPRIATE HAND WASHING, TOXIC CHEMICALS, NO LABEL IT.INAPPROPRIATE DISPOSAL WASTE WATER.
THEY WERE CLOSED FOR NINE DAYS.
TOOK THAT LONG TO CORRECTIONS OF VIOLATIONS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IT.
UM, THEY HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH MANDY, OUR DIRECTOR RECHECK.
THEY RECHECK LIKE THEY, THEY RECHECK, WE RECHECK THEM AND THEY CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS IN THOSE NINE DAYS.
AND THEN FOR THE JANUARY FOR THE LAST, UH, INSPECTION ON JANUARY 25 OF THIS YEAR, THE SCORE OF 66, UH, PRIORITY VIOLATIONS, SCHOOL HOLDING ISSUES, CROSS-CONTAMINATION, GOOD CONTACT SERVICE, NO CLEAN OR SANITIZED, INAPPROPRIATE HAND WASHING, TOXIC CHEMICALS NO APPROPRIATELY STORED.
UM, THE ACTIONS SNEAKING WERE LIKE THE PER THE PERMIT WAS SUSPENDED AND PENDING VERIFICATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE MORE PICTURES FOR THIS.
UM, INSPECTION, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE ON THIS PICTURE, IS THE INTERIOR OF A ICE MACHINE WITH A VISIBLE ORGANIC BUILDUP.
THE INTERIOR OF A ICE MACHINE IS CONSIDERED A GOOD CONTACT SURFACE AND MUST BE CLEAN AND SANITIZED REGULARLY TO PREVENT ANY CONTAMINATION.
HISTORICALLY, PERFORMANCE SINCE 2005, IT SHOWS THAT THEY FAILED 55% AND AND THEN ONLY PASSED 45%.
UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS A PERMANENT PERMIT REVOCATION OF PLAZA THAT SOLD, UM, AS SHOWING THE THREE INSPECTIONS.
THE FACILITY HAS REPEATED VIOLATIONS AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE.
MOST OF 'EM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE, UH, THE CRITICAL, THEY WERE REPAIR LIKE A FEW TIMES IF THAT HAS MADE IT EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THEM ON FOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS REQUIREMENTS AND THEY CONTINUE TO FAIL TO FOLLOW AND COMPLY.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE, WE WILL GO AROUND THE TABLE TO SEE IF, UH, THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR DOLLAR IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
THIS, THIS HEALTH VIOLATION? YES.
MARTHA? UM, DID YOU TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE? 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT.
DO WE HAVE THAT'S IN THE NEXT PIECE.
YEAH, I TALK ABOUT THAT AS ORGANIC BUILD UP.
OH, THEY GAVE IT TO YOU? YEAH, SO PROBABLY WHEN THEY DO THE PAPERWORK.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE SAME PICTURE DURING THESE, YOU, YOU HAD A PIE CHART THERE, WHICH, WHICH WAS INTERESTING SINCE 2005.
YOU HAD 50, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 55%, UH, FAILURES.
WAS THIS WITH THE SAME OWNER OR WAS IT DIFFERENT OWNERS? SAME OWNER, SAME MANAGER, SAME OWNER, SAME MANAGER.
AND I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION FOR DD.
ANY DALIA? DALIA, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DALIA.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR DALIA ANYMORE? SEEING NONE, DALIA, THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING OUT.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, 31 25 SOUTH FIRST STREET, LOUISE M HERTA.
PLEASE COME FORTH AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M LUIS HUTA, 5 2 6 CAR DRIVE, GARDEN, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 4 3.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE.
AND I'VE BEEN OWNER OF THE LASSO FOR THAT LONG FOR, I OPENED IT 1996 ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, I'M SORRY FOR ALL OF THIS, UH, THAT I WAS NOT GONNA COME.
I JUST WENT AND CLOSE THE RESTAURANT AND TRIED TO PASS IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT, UH, SOMEHOW I WANT TO COME HERE AND, UH, UH, EXPLAIN WHY ALL THIS IS HAPPENING.
LACK OF, UH, WHAT I SAY, INTEREST FROM MY SIDE, I GUESS, UH, NOT BEING THERE FOR, SINCE I HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO WORK.
BUT, UH, I WAS HOPING THAT, THAT THIS TIME, UH, YOU CONSIDER ME TO REOPEN IT, DOING SOME CHANGES
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AND, UH, I GUESS BE, UH, HIRED DIFFERENT MILITARY, BE THERE MORE AND MORE OF THE TIME, WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN.AND, UH, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET ANYBODY SICK.
THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF ME AND YOU KNOW ME SINCE, UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE FACTS ARE THERE AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO GOOD AT, UH, INSPECTING THEM.
AND, UH, FROM NOW ON, I JUST, UH, HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER IF, UH, IF NOT, THEN I JUST, UH, SINCE I HAVE A LEASE FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE CAN RUN IT IF I CAN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE THERE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT BEST OF IN THIS PARTICULAR, I'D APPRECIATE YOU.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION? IS THERE A QUESTION FROM MR. OH, YOU WAIT TO, UM, AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT THE FULLTIME MANAGER? I'M NOT.
I'M JUST THE OWNER, JUST THE OWNER.
MY BROTHER IS THE MANAGER, SO I'M NOT AT THE OTHER PLACE.
I HAVE, AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING IN GARLAND SINCE SO MANY MEMORIES AND GOOD CLIENTELE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT, UH, NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP IT UP.
AND THIS LAST INSPECTION ACTUALLY WAS NOT LIKE AN ISSUE OF TEMPERATURE.
THEY WERE MORE LIKE THE HELP THAT THE PERMIT WAS EXPIRED ON THE JANUARY THE FIRST.
SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO AND PAY FOR UNTIL, I MEAN, I CANNOT, THEY SHOWED UP ON JANUARY THE SIXTH, ON THE MONDAY, SO I WAS NOT PAID TEMPERATURES ON, ON ALL THE RED, THE COOLERS AND THE BREAK TABLE, THEY WERE OKAY, BUT IT WAS A GLASS, NOT COOL, COOLER THAN HE WAS.
ACCORDINGLY TO MY BROTHER, HE WAS 36.
ACCORDINGLY TO, UH, INSPECTOR WAS 47.
HE WAS TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE ON THAT IN BETWEEN.
AND WE HAVE THE PROOF OF THAT, BUT AGAIN, WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY, MAYBE THREE PHONES, TWO PHONES.
BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S HOW WE WENT.
AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT BEING A GOOD OWNER.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, MR. LONG QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MANDY? WHAT, WHAT DISTRICT IS THIS? IS THIS RESTAURANT IN, PLEASE? IS IT FIVE? FIVE? IT'S IN FIVE.
GAIL, LOOKS LIKE THIS IS, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, MR. HUARTA? YOU MAY BE EXCUSED.
YOU MAY, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME, UNLESS THERE IS THERE ANY MORE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR VIOLATION? SEEING NONE, MS. OWENS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, MA'AM? UM, I FEEL WE SHOULD GO WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ABOUT MS. OWENS TO, TO ACCEPT STAFF CITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALRIGHT, WE MANDY, WE HAVE OUR, OUR LAST RESTAURANT CASE FOR THE NIGHT, UH, 34 65 WEST WALNUT.
I'M ONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISORS.
UH, I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UH, REGARDING
UH, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE THE PAST INSPECTIONS FROM 2025 AND 2026.
UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ORDINANCE, WHICH CHANGED THE FAILING SCORE FROM 59 AND BELOW TO 69 AND BELOW, WENT INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2025.
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UH, WHICH IS WHAT THE SCORE FROM SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025 DID NOT RESULT IN ENFORCEMENT CLOSURE.UH, IT ALSO HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION, UH, BUT WE CAN HAVE IT AVAILABLE IF WE, UH, REQUEST, REQUEST, EXCUSE ME.
UH, ON A FINAL NOTE, UH, ALL RESTAURANTS PROVIDED, UH, NOTICE OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, UH, ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025, UH, THE FIRST EXPRESSION OF THE YEAR.
UH, IT RESULTED IN THE RESTAURANT EARNING A 52, UH, THE PROPRIE VIOLATIONS OF OBSERVED INCLUDE COLD FOODS, UH, NOT GET COLD, HOT FOODS, NOT GET HOT, UH, UNFIT OR ADULTERATED FOOD.
CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF FOOD EQUIPMENT USED TO MAKE FOOD NOT CLEAN OR SANITIZE, LACK OF ILLNESS, REPORTING, TRAINING, AND IMPROPER HAND WASHING OR GLOVE USE.
UH, DUE TO EARNING A LOW SCORE, THE FACILITY WAS CLOSED AND REQUIRED TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR AS LONG AS REQUIRED TO CORRECT A VIOLATION OF OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTION.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS TWO DAYS.
UH, THE OPERATORS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO MEET WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PRIOR TO REOPENING.
IT WAS DURING THIS MEETING THAT THE OPERATORS WERE PROVIDED WITH A NOTICE OF POTENTIAL RELOCATION PENDING REOCCURRING LOW SCORES.
UH, ADDITIONALLY DURING THE, UH, THIS INITIAL INSPECTION, FIVE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
UH, THE SECOND INSPECTION, WHICH WAS ABOUT, UH, 90 DAYS LATER ON JUNE 9TH, 2025, UH, RESULTED IN REGRESSION EARNING OF 56.
UH, VARIETY VIOLATIONS INCLUDED NOT COOLING FOODS, QUIGGLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT BACTERIAL GROWTH.
COLD FOODS NOT KEPT COLD, HOT FOODS NOT KEPT HOT.
CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF FOOD EQUIPMENT USED TO MAKE FOOD NOT CLEAN OR SANITIZED AND PROPER HAND WASHING AND GLOVE USE.
AND FINALLY, TOXIC SUBSTANCES NOT PROPERLY STORED OR USED DUE TO EARNING A LOW SCORE, THE FACILITY WAS REQUIRED TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR AS LONG AS IT WAS REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTION.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS THREE DAYS.
THE OFFICERS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO MEET WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PRIOR TO REOPENING.
THAT WAS DURING THIS MEETING THAT THE OPERATORS WERE PROVIDED WITH A NOTICE OF RE REVOCATION PENDING REOCCURRING THOSE FOUR.
UH, ADDITIONALLY DURING THAT THIS INSPECTION, UH, FOUR CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION RESULTED IN THE FACILITY EARNING A 62.
UH, IN THE INTEREST OF UNBIASED OBSERVATIONS FROM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD AT DIFFERENT INSPECTORS AS TO PERFORM THIS INSPECTION.
THE PROVI PRIORITY VIOLATIONS INCLUDED NOT COCO QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT BACTERIAL GROWTH.
COLD FOODS NOT COLD, HOT FOODS NOT KEPT TAUGHT CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF FOOD EQUIPMENT USED TO MAKE FOOD NOT CLEAN OR SANITIZED.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES NOT PROPERLY STORED OR USED.
UH, DUE TO EARNING THREE SCORES OF 16 OR LOWER, LOWER WITHIN 24 MONTHS, THE PERMIT WAS PULLED.
UH, TO THAT POINT, IT WAS DURING THIS INSPECTION THAT THE OPERATORS WERE PROVIDED WITH A NOTICE OF IMMINENT, UH, PERMIT REVOCATION.
UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES FROM THE JANUARY 7TH, UH, INSPECTION.
UH, THIS FIRST PICTURE, UH, YOU'LL SEE NOODLE BEING HELD AT A TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
UH, THIS IS FAR ABOVE THE REQUIRED, UH, MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 41.
UH, THAT TEMPERATURE IS OF COURSE REQUIRED TO PREVENT BACTERIAL GROWTH.
UH, AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, HERE WE SEE NOODLES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HIGH PROTEIN CONTENT.
UH, AND HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF BLEACH.
UH, WHEN WE SEE THIS TYPE OF CONCENTRATION AND A RESTAURANT, UH, WE DETERMINE IT AS A TOXIC SUBSTANCE BECAUSE, UH, IF WE USE IT AT ANY, UH, FOOD CONTACT LOCATIONS OR PREP LOCATIONS AS A POTENTIAL OF, UH, GETTING INTO SOMEONE'S FOOD, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS AFFIRMING THE PERMIT REPLICATION, UH, OF THAT POINT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T SEE A PIE CHART OF THE PASS FAILS OR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE LIKE WE DID ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.
DID, DID I MISS SOMETHING? DID I MISS THAT ONE? NO.
THEIR HISTORY, THEIR HISTORY IS NOT THAT EXTENSIVE.
UH, I THINK THEY'VE ONLY HAD TWO OR THREE OTHER INSPECTIONS OTHER THAN ONES THAT WE POSTED.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU.
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HAVE A SPEAKER.WE HAVE A SPEAKER BY THE NAME OF MAX DON MAX DUN.
STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS MAX DAN, AND UH, MY ADDRESS IS 3 4 6 5 WEST WALNUT STREET.
AND, UH, I'M THERE TODAY TO ASK FOR FAVOR TO KEEP MY RESTAURANT OPEN BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I I TRY MY BEST TO, TO FIX OUR PROBLEM BEFORE, UH, BUT, UH, MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE TEMPERATURE, LIKE COLD HOLDING AND HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE, UH, VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT, UH, AND UH, WE TRY TO, UH, START LIKE TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE DISHES.
SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY TO MAKE IT THAT I AMERICAN FOOD OR SOMETHING, UM, BECAUSE, UH, EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO, TO COOK IT, SELL DIRECTLY AND, UH, KEEP IT COOLING DOWN UNTIL LIKE CLOSE TO, UH, ROOM TEMPERATURE BEFORE WE PUT IT INTO THE COOLER TO, UH, TO REACH UH, 41 41 DEGREE.
AND THAT'S, I MAKE EVERYTHING THE SAME WAY.
FRIENDLY, THE SOUP, THE NOODLE, THE VEGETABLE, THE, UH, SEAFOOD, YOU KNOW, SELL BRADLEY.
AND I JUST, UH, DO THE SAME WAY LIKE GIVE THEM, UH, COOLING OUT AND PUT IN THE COOLER LATER.
AND, UH, WHEN THE INSPECTOR INSPECT THE, CAME RIGHT AFTER THE, THE TIME COOLING DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GREAT TO 41 YET, BUT IT'S ABOUT LIKE 60 OR SOME 70 SOMETHING AND, UH, SOME ALREADY IN THE COOLER AND SOME STILL IN THE COOLING DOWN PROCESS.
AND THEY CHECK THE TEMPERATURE THUMB AND IT CAN REACH TO 41, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT IS MY PROBLEM.
AND, UH, I TRY TO FIX IT, UH, BY LIKE, UH, AND KEEP IT, UH, OUT TO PUT DOWN LITTLE BIT LIKE AROUND 80 DEGREE AND I PUT IT RIGHT IN THE COOLER OR FREEZER TO MAKE IT COOL OUT AS BAD POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW.
AND, UH, UH, AND WITH THE NOODLE YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON THE PICTURE WE HAVE TO MAKE IT LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE, UH, FOR 10, 20 DISHES A TIME.
SO WE MAKE IT LIKE ABOUT TWO HOUR EACH.
LIKE WE, WE DO A LITTLE TWO HOUR EACH, SO, SO IT IS, IT IS STILL OVER 41, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME TO CHECK AND YEAH.
AND THAT IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM.
AND, UH, AND WITH THE INSPECTION, WE REPORT, UH, I GOT, UH, TOOK UP LIKE, UH, SOME, UH, SPORTS BY THAT TEMPERATURE, LIKE MULTIPLE TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SEMI SEAL, UH, WITH, BECAUSE WE DO, UH, EVERYTHING SELL CORRECTLY AND THEY CHECK EVERYTHING AND THEY, THEY TOOK UP, UM, OUR STORE EVERY TABLET.
SO, UM, I THINK WE, WE WOULD, UH, HAVE OVER LIKE 70, UH, PORN IF THEY, UH, JUST TAKEN UP ONCE, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, I, I, I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR A FEVER TO KEEP DOING TO SOME, UH, COMMUNITY.
UM, I WILL TRY OUR BEST TO MAKE IT BETTER.
ALRIGHT, MR. D, THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
I'LL HOLD THE ROOM, THE TABLE TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? I, I, I RECALL YOU SAYING THAT YOU TRIED YOUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THE KIND, THE, UH, TEMPERATURES.
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DO IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY REQUIRES? YEAH.UH, I, I, I TRY TO, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE MAKE LIKE A REALLY BIG PART OF SOUP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE VIETNAMESE, UH, NOODLE SOUP.
SO WE WANNA, WE, WE WANT DO LIKE COOLING DOWN IN LIKE SMALLER THING TO MAKE IT COOL OUT, UH, FASTER.
UH, BUT YEAH, YEAH, BEFORE WE PUT IT IN THE COOLER TO MAKE IT, UH, PROBABLY 41.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
YOU, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.
CALEB, THIS IS IN YOUR, YOU HAVE MR. PERRY? YES.
UH, WE DID FILL OUT A CAR, BUT, UH, IN THE SAME CAR.
SO MAYBE MY NAME IS NOT RECOGNIZED, BUT I AM COUNSEL FOR THE BUSINESS.
I I DO NOT, I DON'T HAVE A WE'LL GET A SPEAKER CARD AFTER YOU, YOU GET ALRIGHT.
MY NAME IS, UH, WILSON BU I AM HERE WITH MAX.
UH, HE'S, UH, I'M HIS ATTORNEY.
I'M NOT AN OWNER OF THE BUSINESS.
UH, UH, SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
WILSON BU AND I'M COUNSEL FOR
THE ADDRESS IS ON WALNUT STREET.
UH, WHERE HAS, UH, KURT, HAS HE BEEN SWORN IN? KURT? I, HE HA HE HAS.
SO, UM, MY CLIENT NOT BEING VERY FLUENT ENGLISH, TRY HIS BEST TO EXPLAIN TO THE PANEL THE EFFORT AND THE ISSUES THAT HE HAS IN COMPLYING WITH THE NEW, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT WAS PASSED LAST OCTOBER.
'CAUSE NOT ONLY THAT, UH, THIS IS A TREND, BUT THIS RESTAURANT HAS BEEN A, UH, HALLMARK, A, UH, GATHERING PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS OP EVER IN ITS OPENING.
HE PUT THE INVESTMENT INTO THE PREMISE RENOVATED SO THAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN OUR HOME COUNTRY WHEN WE WALK INSIDE.
THE FAMILY, ALL WORK THERE, COOK, WAKE UP EARLY, UH, GETTING READY FOR THE, GETTING READY, UH, TO SERVE CUSTOMER EVERY DAY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, NOBODY EVER SAID ANY BAD THINGS ABOUT THIS RESTAURANT, INCLUDING MY OPEP.
WE, WE, WE, WE VISIT THE RESTAURANT EVERY, EVERY WEEK ALMOST, OR FOR DINNER.
NOTHING HAPPENED IN 2024 UNTIL THAT NEW REQUIREMENT WAS PASSED IN 2025.
AND, UH, THE, THE SCORE SHOWED THAT HE TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT, IT'S GONNA INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT'S NOT A SHOWING FOR A LACK OF AN EFFORT.
IT'S JUST THAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS NEW AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORK ACROSS THE BOARD, HOW IT WORK ACROSS DIFFERENT, PRELIMINARY.
'CAUSE EVERY CULTURE IS THE WAY, EVERY, THE COOKING STYLE IN EVERY CULTURE, THE CUISINE IS, IS REQUIRE DIFFERENT METHOD OF COOKING.
SO SHUTTING DOWN THE BUSINESS FOR REVOKING THE PERMITS IS KIND OF PREMATURE AT THIS POINT.
WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE ASIAN CUISINE GONNA REACT TO THIS NEW REQUIREMENT, WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME.
AT LEAST GIVE HIM SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO, TO SEE IF HE COULD IMPROVE THINGS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE PANEL.
I, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE ATTORNEY.
IS, IS THERE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MARTHA, YOU GOOD? MARTHA? UH, ONE ATTORNEY TO THE OTHER, UH, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I ACTUALLY KNOW MR. RU.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS AT, AT THIS TIME? OKAY, CALEB, THIS IS IN YOUR, THIS IS IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, CALEB.
AND I'M TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE DO HERE VERSUS PROPERTY STANDARDS IS WE ARE VOTING TO AFFIRM THAT THE CONCLUSIONS, UH, THAT,
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THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ARRIVED AT ARE, UH, WHAT WAS THE TERM, UH, REASONABLE.REASONABLE CALLED A, UH, A REASONABLE PERSON AND NOT ARBITRARY REES.
UH, AND I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF, UM, SEVERAL INSPECTIONS, I THINK IT IS, UH, REASONABLE AND SUPPORTED BY PLENTY OF EVIDENCE, UH, TO AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MR. EARNEST, TO ACCEPT CITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.
ERIC SCHROLL, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND BY MR. SCHROLL? ANY DISCUSSION? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ACTUALLY, IF THE CHANGE IN THE REGULATION WAS IN OCTOBER OF 2025.
UH, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PASSING PRIOR TO OCTOBER, 2025? AND THEN WHAT'S PASSING AFTER 2025 OR THE OCTOBER, 2025 PAGE? I CAN ANSWER THAT.
UH, PRIOR TO, UH, THAT DATE, A PASSING SCORE WAS A 59 OR BELOW, UH, AFTER THAT DATE, FAILING 59 OR BELOW.
BEFORE THAT TIME, AFTER OCTOBER 5TH, 2025, IT WAS CHANGED TO 69 AND BELOW, BELOW, CORRECTION ON THE DATE.
SO IT PASSED COUNSEL IN SEPTEMBER OF 25, AND THEN WE HAD TO WAIT 60 DAYS FOR IT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE DUE ORDINANCE IS NOT FAILING WITHIN, IT'S NOT THREE FAILING GRADES WITHIN THE PAST, UH, TIME.
HOWEVER, THESE, THE, THE GRADES WOULD BE THE SAME, I BELIEVE.
AND YOU CAN CONFER, BUT IT'S THE SAME INSPECTION.
SO IT, SO IT WAS ONLY THE PASSING NUMBER THAT, THAT CHANGED.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MR. EARNEST.
ALL OF ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT'S MADE.
ALL OPPOSED, SEEING THAT WE HAVE ONE.
ALRIGHT, LILY, WE GOT, WE GOT EVERYTHING RECORDED, LILY? I DON'T THINK SO.
LILY, WE GOOD ON THE, ON THE VOTE? THAT WAS JUST CASTED? YES.
THAT, UH, WE PRE I THINK THESE, THIS FIRST, UM, GO AROUND WITH THE WHAT THE HEALTH WENT PRETTY WELL.
IT'S JUST, JUST, IT'S, IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE HAVE TO GET USED TO AS A BOARD.
I APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYONE'S OBJECTIVITY AND FLEXIBILITY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS NEW PROCESS THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'LL, UH, CONTINUE TO GROW IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND, UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER.
ON THAT NOTE, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADJOURN? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO ADJOURN? MS. MS. KU IS MAKING A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY, I'LL SECOND BY CANYON.
ALL IN FAVOR TO ADJOURN? SHOW OF HANDS.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.