A. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition, or Civil Penalties - Case No. 22-000354: 2112 Ambler Ave. (SEARS PARK, BLOCK 1, LOT 16 & 17, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Joy, Oral D

[A. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition, or Civil Penalties - Case No. 22-000354: 2112 Ambler Ave. (SEARS PARK, BLOCK 1, LOT 16 & 17, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Joy, Oral D]

AND THE RIGHT TO REQUEST PRESENCE OF CITY STAFF FOR THE PURPOSES OF QUESTIONING AT THE HEARING.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE READY FOR OUR FIRST CASE.

WHICH IS 2112 AMBLER AVENUE. >> 'SWAS TABLE,

>> MOTION TO REMOVE? >> I MAKE A MOTION MOTION BY DOCTOR PARIS, SECOND BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE CASE BE REMOVED FROM THE TO IMPAIRED ROBOCALL, PLEASE.

>> AYE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOTION PASSED.

>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JOSH (NAME?), CONDEMNATION PROGRAM. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE CASES ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. THIS WAS PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS SENT OUT PRIOR TO BOARD MEETING.

CASE ON AGENDA, ROLLED FROM THE TABLE, OR HOLD ON JOY IS THE OWNER. DOWN JOY TO BE THE OWNER.

SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS NO ENTITY UNDER THIS NAME.

TAX RECORDS MUNICIPALITY ARE NOT APPLICABLE.

UTILITY RECORDS MUNICIPALITY INACTIVE SINCE AUGUST 1989.

SEARCH REVEALS ORAL DAWN JOY TO BE THE OWNER.

PUBLIC NOTICE POSTED FOR TODAY'S HEARING.

THIS IS THE FRONT SOUTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.

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THIS IS THE REAR NORTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.

THIS IS THE WEST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.

AND EAST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THESE WERE THE SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED UPON INSPECTION.

THAT WAS STRUCTURAL HAS BECOME A NUISANCE, HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION.

THE FIRST IMAGE IS RIGHT THERE IDENTIFIED IS THE STRUCTURAL HAZARD. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROOF AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL.

NUISANCE VIOLATIONS OF DILAPIDATION THROUGHOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. INADEQUATE SANITATION.

FECAL MATTER LOCATED AND IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF COLLAPSED AND BEAMS COLLAPSED AND DETERIORATED. MORE DILAPIDATION THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE MAYBE SOME CEILING MOLD AND COLLAPSED AND ROTTED CEILINGS.

MORE AREAS OF DILAPIDATION INTERIOR STRUCTURE.

YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, SOME WALLS RIPPED OFF TO BE DETERIORATED. HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

HERE IS SOME COLD AIR CONDITIONING UNITS SEVERAL BARRIERS OF THE ÃALL PERMITS PLAN OF ACTION TIMEFRAME FOR REPAIR AND COST ESTIMATES. IF THIS IS DONE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN INSPECTIONS. THIS IS DONE ALL FINAL EXPECTIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EXPIRATION OF ALL PERMITS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. (NAME?)?

>> THE ABATEMENT, WAS THAT PAID FOR BY THE CITY?

>> YES, SIR IT WILL BE. ASK AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

>> YES, SIR. >> THE REASON WE TABLE THIS WAS TO ALLOW THE NEIGHBOR AND THE OWNER TO HAVE SOME NEGOTIATIONS. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT HAS TAKEN

PLACE? >> I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBOR OR THE OWNER SINCE. NO, SIR.

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. (NAME?)? THANK YOU.

>> YES, SIR. >> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 22-000354.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> GOODMAN, MY NAME IS SONNY WOODWARD, 1910 MEADOWBROOK.

ABILENE, TEXAS. I'M REPRESENTING MY FATHER WHO DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL.E DID SPEAK TO MS. JOY.

WE TRY TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT. HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT WANT TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH US. WE JUST FOUND, YOU KNOW, SHE WANTS THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE PROPERTY VALUE PRETTY MUCH IS IN QUESTION AND WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT YOU HAVE TO CLEAN UP.

IT'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THEY ARE ASKING TO CLEAN UP.

WE LOOKED AROUND AT A COUPLE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, CLEANING PLACES HERE IN ABILENE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DESTROY EVERYTHING, CLEAN UP EVERYTHING, AND IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE HAD TO OFFER TO HER, I GUESS.

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SO, SHE DID NOT WANT TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS.

I DON'T KNOW. HAVE TO DEAL WITH HER,

UNFORTUNATELY. >> SO, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS HAVE

GONE NOWHERE? >> RIGHT, PRETTY MUCH.

I MEAN, WE ARE WILLING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, BUT SHE DIDN'T

WANT TO WORK WITH US AT ALL. >> THE (WORD?) IT'S TAKING CARE

OF TO YOUR SATISFACTION? >> YES, PLE CAN GO BACK THERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET STUNG OR ANYTHING.

WHY DIMENSION THERE IS A LOT OF TRASH IN THE BACK PART OF HER PROPERTY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIRES THAT ARE PILED. AGAIN, THAT CAUSES, LIKE, A STING OF WATER. EVERY TIME IT RAINS IT STINKS UPWARD THERE. A WHOLE BUNCH OF WATER JUST STAYS THRE. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S CAUSING THEM ON OUR SIDE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPERTY WHERE THE WATER IS GOING UNDER ÃSORRY. I AM TRYING TO TRANSLATE THIS IN MY HEAD. IT'S GOING UNDER, SO IT'S PULLING UNDER THE ÃHOW DO YOU SAY THIS? STRUCTURE. IT'S PULLING EVERYTHING FROM UNDERNEATH AND CRACKING THE FOUNDATION.

THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. >> IN OTHER WORDS, IS CAUSING

DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY. >> YES.

>> BECAUSE SHE REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING.

>> PRETTY MUCH. I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS WHAT'S THERE. SHE HASN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN YEARS IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE CONVERSATION WE HAD.

SHE HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN THERE TO LOOK AT IT.

SHE HAS PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY GRASS AND WHAT NOT TO MAKE A LIVING DECENT FROM THE FRONT.

BUT THE BACK IS WHERE ALL THE STUFF IS PILED UP.

AND THAT ART IS NOT TAKING CARE OF.

>> DO YOU HAVE VANADIUM HOW MANY YEARS THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN ÃI WILL USE THE WORD ABANDONED.

>> I MEAN, MY FATHER HAS OWNED ALMOST 8 YEARS NOW.

AND WE HAVE ÃNO ONE HAD EVER BEEN THERE EXCEPT, YOU YOU KNOW, THE GUYS THAT COME IN AND CLEARED THE GRASS AND WHATNOT.

AND BEFORE THEN THE PERSON THAT HAD BEFORE THEN, I THINK HE KNEW HER. BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN

DILAPIDATED, I GUESS. >> BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ÃA BILITY DOES NOT GET IN THAT SHAPE IN SIX MONTHS.

>> RIGHT. >> I WAS WONDERING 20-25 YEARS

PLUS. >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. >> I WOULD ASSUME.

BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW. SHE'S LIKE, I HAVE EQUIPMENT IN THERE. AM LIKE NONE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO WORK AS BAD AS THE WEATHER HAS GOTTEN IN THERE.

>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED YOU LAST TIME IS TO HAVE AN ESTIMATE OR SOME IDEA OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR FATHER'S PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF HER NEGLECT?

>> AS OF RIGHT NOW WE STILL DON'T.

WE ARE IN TALKS WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO SUPPOSED TO GET EVERYONE OUT THERE. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION

PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING. >> OKAY.

>> BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT BACK AT.> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OF THE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> THEY CAN. >> ANY ONE WANT TO SPEAK TO THE CASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING ON CASE 22-000354.

AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

FOR MOTION ASK MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY DID NOT GET IN THIS SHAPE IN 5 OR 10 YEARS.

I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE LAST MONTH BECAUSE SINCE WE HAVE THE OWNER AS WELL AS THE NEXT-DOOR BUSINESS OWNER WILLING TO LOOK AT APPEAR BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND SO, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION Ã THIS IS A CIVIL CASE.

BASICALLY ABANDONED PROPERTY WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. AND I JUST THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO THE NEIGHBORS, CERTAINLY TO THE GENTLEMAN NEXT DOOR.

AND SO MY MOTION IS PROPERTY AS PUBLIC MRS. AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY, WELFARE, AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE ON

READABLE. >> SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> MOTION BY DOCTOR PARIS. SECOND BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE PROPERTIES DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC, SAY, WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMENTS? ROLL CALL PLEASE.

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>> AYE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOTION PASSED.

>> I WOULD FURTHER MAKE A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL TO THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH.

>> I SECOND THAT MOTION. >> MOTION BY DOCTOR PARIS, SECOND BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL THE ORDER TO THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> AYE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOTION PASSED.

[B. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition, or Civil Penalties - Case No. 22-000384: 2829 S 2nd St. (SCOTT HIGHWAY PLACE, BLOCK 5, LOT 4, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS) Owner: Tedfor, L D % Nicholas Tedford]

>> NEXT CASE, PLEASE. >> NEXT CASE ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER 22-000354 FIVE. LOCATED AT 2829 S 2ND ST..

CHECKLIST FOR THE RECORD SEARCH COUNTY RECORDS UNABLE TO FIND DEED RECORDS AND COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.

SHOWS LD TEDFORD TO BE OWNER PROTECTS RECORD MUNICIPALITY NOT APPLICABLE. UTILITY RECORDS INACTIVE SINCE JANUARY 2018. SEARCH REVEALS LD ÃIN THE EAST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.

UPON EXPECTION THESE WERE SUBSTANTIVE CODE VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED. INADEQUATE SANITATION, NUISANCE, HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL WIRING, FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION, FIRE HAZARD, AND INADEQUATE EXITS.

THIS WAS A NUISANCE IN FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION IDENTIFIED AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT THERE IS A HOSE UNDERGROUND AND TO THE RIGHT WE GOT DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.

SHINGLES AND TARP PULLED UP. ELECTRICAL WIRING, EXPOSED WIRES BACK THERE. THERE IS NO METER BOX YOU CAN TELL PROPER ELECTRICITY HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED.

INADEQUATE EXITS PROPERTY SECURED BY THE CITY.

ACCESS INADEQUATE EXITS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE AS WELL. THIS IS A SECONDARY STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY. DILAPIDATION TO IT.

YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.

INADEQUATE SANITATION. YOU CAN SEE SANITATION AREAS IN FACILITIES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.

ÃMAINTAIN. SHOWERS, ANYWHERE FOR SANITATION ISSUES. NUISANCE VIOLATIONS.

DILAPIDATION THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF WALLS THAT ARE RIPPED OUT AND COLLAPSED.

SIMILAR DILAPIDATION ION ISSUES.

CEILING IS COOKED LAPSED AREAS THROUGHOUT STRUCTURE.

ELECTRICAL WIRING. SEVERAL LOOSE WIRES SEVERE ELECTRICAL HAZARD WITH A LOT OF EXPOSED WIRES.

TO THE RIGHT THE SAME THING. EXPOSED WIRES RIGHT THERE.

APPEARS TO BE FROM A LIGHT OUTLET OR HING.

FIRE HAZARD IS TOO BUSY TO LEFT, COMBUSTIBLE ITEMS RIGHT THERE RIGHT ON TOP WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TOASTER OVEN OR A MICROWAVE. TO THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE PROPANE TANKS AND OTHER COMBUSTIBLE ITEMS INSIDE ALONG WITH LOOSE ELECTRICAL WIRING. TIMELINE OF EVENTS ON FEBRUARY 15 THIS CASE WAS INITIALLY OPEN. ALONG WITH ABUNDANCE OF

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NUISANCE VIOLATIONS. FEBRUARY 17 AND MINISTRATION ORDER EXECUTED. INTERIOR PHOTOS TAKEN.

DEEMED UNINHABITABLE. TILL APPLICATION CASE CLOSE REFERRED TO CONDEMNATION PROGRAM.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022, INITIAL NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION SENT TO THE LISTED OWNER. ON JUNE 14, 2022, NOTICE JULY BOARD OF BUILDING HEARINGS STANDING, CERTIFIED RESUME.

JUNE 27, 2022 A PHONE CALL FROM MR. NICHOLAS TEDFORD STATING HE DID NOT WANT THE HOUSE TO BE CALLOUSNESS WHAT HE NEEDED TO BE DONE TO GET OUT CONDEMNATION.

HE WAS EXPLAINED HOW THE CONDEMNATION AND PERMITTING PROCESS WORK. HE SAID HE WAS CAPABLE OF REBUILDING HOUSE TO GET CONTRACTORS LINED UP TO SUBMIT THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED PRETTY WAS REMINDED THAT ALL HIS CONTRACTORS NEED TO BE LICENSED, CERTIFIED, BOND WITH THE CITY.

HE ASKED IF HE NEEDED TO ATTEND THE MEETING, ENCOURAGED TO DO SO, HE SAID HE WOULD BE WORKING OUT OF TOWN AND HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY TO COME SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.

THIS TIME ORDER THE OWNER TO REPAIR.

30 DAYS TO INCLUDE A TIMEFRAME FOR REPAIR OF COST ESTIMATES.

IF THIS IS DONE, 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN INSPECTIONS.

THIS IS DONE, ALL FINAL INSPECTIONS SHALL BE COMPLETED

BY THE EXPIRATION. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. (NAME?)? THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE NUMBER 22-000384. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR

THE RECORD. >> JOSHUA BROWN.

I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY ABOUT A YEAR AND 1/2 AGO FROM NICK TELFORD. SIGNED A BILL OF SALE FROM HIM.

I ASKED HIM IF I CAN GET THE PERMIT THAT WE NEED A DEED TO SIGN SO IF YOU GET THE PERMITS AND ALL THAT STUFF FOR.

HE'S NOT ÃI CAN'T GET HIM TO SIGN THE DEED FOR.

ALL OF THE PICTURES THEY SHOWED WAS MY GARAGE ON THESIDE OF THE HOUSE , DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK ON IT.

IT'S NOT DONE YET. THAT BACK PART WHERE YOU SEEN THAT STUFF ON THE GROUND COMING OUT, THAT WAS DONE AFTER THEY CONDEMNED MY HOUSE AND KNOCKED IT OUT.

I MEAN, THEY CAME IN, BOARDED UP THE HOUSE, THREW ME IN THE MINISTRY, TOBY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.

THAT'S WHEN I BROKE MY LEG WAS I HAD NOWHERE TO GO DRIVING AROUND 2:30 A.M. IN THE MORNING, NO PLACE TO STAY, CRASH MY BIKE, BROKE MY LEG. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET AROUND TO GET ALL OF THE PERMITS.

I GOT A CONTRACTOR THAT SAID HE'S ESTIMATED HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND ALL THIS STUFF.

I'VE GOT A PIECE OF PAPER, HE SENT ME AN ESTIMATE ON MY PHONE. SO, I MEAN, THE ONLY PLACE OF GOD TO LIVE. I SPENT ALL MY MONEY BUYING THE PLACE. CANNOT GET NICK TO SIGN THE DEED. CAN'T GET PERMITS THAT I NEED TO FIX THE HOUSE. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHY KATE WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.

I AM ON DISABILITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HURT MY BACK IN THE OIL FIELD. I THEN MUST'VE REALLY BEEN.

I CAN'T GET AROUND AND DO STUFF LIKE I USED TO.

IT'S REAL HARD FOR ME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL WANT ME TO SAY.

ONLY PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.I AM LIVING IN A FRIEND'S LIVING RIGHT NOW.

I GOT SOMEBODY WHO SUPPOSEDLY CONTRACTORS GOING TO FIX THE ELECTRICITY. LECTURE SAYS RUNNING FROM THE HOUSE, THE CITY CODE OR WHATEVER AS LONG AS I HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT I CAN DO THAT.

I CAN RUN ELECTRICITY FROM HIS HOUSE TO MY HOUSE AND TOLD HIM I FIX. IT'S AS I CAN.

THE CITY CODE, THEY CAME AND CUT MY CORDS EVERYTHING.

CUT MY $100 EXTENSION CORDS, CUT THEM UP TO THE MINISTRY.

I'M TRYING TO DO THE BEST I CAN HEAR WITH MY HOUSE.

I AIN'T GOT NOWHERE TO GO. KICK ME ON THE STREET WITH A BROKE LEG, MUST'VE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP ME LIKE CHURCH FUNDS THAT WILL HELP ME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I AM ON DISABILITY. LIKE THE DOOR THAT IS BROKE DOWN, BATHROOM IN THE PICTURE. THE CITY DID THAT.

THEY KNOCKED THAT DOWN. AS FAR AS NOT HAVING SANITATION. I HAVE A SISTER THAT LIVES LIKE TWO BLOCKS DOWN. I GO TAKE SHOWERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT DOWN THERE. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO IT.

BUT IS FAR AS GETTING IT ALL REPAIR, THINK WATER LINE IN THE BACK I NEED TO GET FIXED. THE TOILET AND SHOWER IN THAT MEETING ROOM. BUT ALL OF THE PICTURES OF THE NO ROOF AND STUFF THAT WAS AN OLD BUILDING THAT IS NOT THE ACTUAL HOUSE. IT'S AN ON STORAGE ROOMS, YOU

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KNOW.I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AS FAR AS LEGAL WISE AND NOT SMART ABOUT THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO, BUT I GOT PAPERWORK'S SAYING I'VE GOT A CONTRACTOR COMING TO LOOK AT.

HE CAN'T GET IN BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS CONDEMNED.

THEY GOT IT BOARDED UP SO I CAN'T REALLY GET HIM TO GO IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT HOW MUCH IS GOING TO COST ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO THEM WHERE THEY WILL ON CONDEMNING AND WORTH I CAN FIX IT.

>> YOUR INTENT IS FIX IT UP, REHABILITATE, LIVE THERE?

>> YES, THAT'S MY HOUSE, IT IS.

ONLY PLACE I GOT TO IVE. WORK IN THE OIL ELD REQUIRED TO SPEND ALL MET ON THE OUSE. ONE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AGENTS OFFICERS HAS A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST ME.

I DON'T KNOW EVERY TIME HE COMES BY HE WRITES ME 10 OR 12 TICKETS. HE HAS WROTE TO ME TICKETS SAME THING IN THE SAME DAY. LIKE TWO IN THE SAME DAY.

TWO TICKETS. LIKE GETTING PULLED OVER GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET AND GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET.

EVERY TIME HE COMES OVER, I DON'T WANT TO COME ON MY PROPERTY MORE. I DON'T WANT THAT DUDE COMING ON MY PROPERTY. EVERY TIME HE COMES HE WILL SAY, RV YOU HAD OUT THERE IS LONG AS IT RAN, PROVED THAT IT RAN AND IT WAS FINE FOR YEAR. I DID THAT.

IT WAS FINE. THE OTHER DUDE, SAME DUDE UP THERE AND SAID IT WAS FINE, ROMY TWO MORE TICKETS FOR IT.

I CAN'T DEAL WITH ST] I LOST ÃLIKE A GRAND OR SOMETHING. HELP ME FIX MY IX MY HOUSE.

I WORK ON DISABILITY HERE. THAT'S ALL I GOT.'M PAYING 20,000 TICKETS FOR BULL CRAP. I CAN AFFORD THAT AND FIX THE

HOUSE, YOU KNOW, SO Ã >> YOU ARE STILL WAITING ON THE

DEED TO GET SIGNED. >> I HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THAT DEED TO GET SIGNED ABOUT A YEAR AND HAVE NOW.

I HAVE TRIED TO CALL HIM LIKE 20 TIMES.

HE WON'T DO IT. HE WON'T DO IT.

HE JUST TRIES TO ADMIT IT TELLS ME WELL BECAUSE OF THIS AND THIS AND THIS. HE KEEPS, YOU KNOW, FEEDING A BULL CRAP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET HIM TO MAKE HIM SIGN IT.

I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE A BILL OF SALE, SIGNED AND NOTARIZED BY THE CITY EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT I BOUGHT IT STRAIGHT OUT. I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T GET HIM TO SIGN THE THING, SO I CAN'T GET THE

PERMITS. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

BY THE BOARD? >> YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY ÃHOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY A CONTRACTOR TO WORK ON IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY?

>> I GET A DISABILITY CHECK EVERY MONTH.

I'VE GOT TO FIND ONE THAT WILL WORK WITH ME TO MAKE PAYMENTS.

PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS. I MAKE ABOUT 1300 A MONTH, YOU

KNOW. >> SIR, WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT

ADDRESS? >> I'M LIVING IN MY FRIENDS LIVING RIGHT NOW. 858 ELM STREET.

HE LETS ME RENT IT OUT ABOUT 4-$500 A MONTH.

I I'M ON THE HE COUCH. I AIN'T GOT NO RIGHT.

I'M LUCKY I DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK HERE TODAY.

CALL FRIEND TO ME RIGHT APPEAR TODAY.

IT'S BEEN ROUGH, IT'S BEEN REAL ROUGH.

I DON'T HAVE THE HOUSE. THEY KICKED ME OUT OF THE STREET, THEN I CRASH MY MOTORCYCLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO. THEY CAME OUT FOR MY OWN SAFETY, SEE HOW THAT WORKED OUT. MEAN, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME KNOW ÃNO WARNING SAYING FIND SOMEWHERE TO GO.

CAME IN WITH MACHINE GUNS FOR SOME REASON AND KICKED ME OUT IN THE STREET. I WAS LIKE, I HAD OTHER PEOPLE STAYING THERE HELPING ME WITH THE PLACE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE EITHER. IN THE FRONT ROOM I WAS READY TO GO TO THIS ONE PERSON. IN THAT GARAGE IN THE ONE ROOM

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UNDERGROUND CELLAR ROOM. HAD A FRIEND OF MINE LIVING DOWN THERE TRYING TO HELP ME OUT BEST I COULD.

BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY GET AROUND MUCH.

HARD FOR ME TO DO STUFF.Y BACK IS MESSED UP.

THEY WANT TO DO SURGERY ON MY BACK.

NOW MY LEG IS MESSED UP. IT'S REAL HARD FOR ME TO GET AROUND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PHYSICAL WORK, I WOULD DO IT MYSELF, BUT I CAN'T DO IT. TRYING TO FIND SURVEYED THAT WILL HELP ME WORK WITH ME ON THE PAYMENTS TO FINISH IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND

ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS DAVID TEDFORD, 470 NORTH CROCKETT, NICK EDWARDS LITTLE BROTHER.

HE'S AT WORK. HE COULD NOT BE HERE IT IS SPEAK. HE ASKED ME TO COME TO RELATE WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY. ARE YOU THERE?

>> YES. >> PUT UP TO THIS, TALK.

>> I GOT CONTRACTORS ALREADY TO GO IN THERE.

>> HOLD UP, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND HIM?

>> NO. >> ALL RIGHT, TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. HE SAYS HE HAS CONTRACTORS COMING TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND WHAT ELSE? AND HE HAS TALKED TO THE CODE ENFORCER ABOUT THE (INAUDIBLE) PERMIT.KAY. THAT'S ALL YOU WANT TO SAY? THEY ÃTHEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU PLAN TO THIS HOUSE OF THIS.

>> YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND TALK.

HOLD ON A MINUTE. HE MAKES $4000 A WEEK.

HVAC LICENSE. TALK TO CODE ENFORCER.

TALK TO CONTRACTORS ABOUT GETTING PERMITS PULLED FOR THE HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS DEAL WITH THEM WAS. I WASN'T PART OF THAT.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT. I MEAN, HE REALLY WANTS TO KEEP THE HOUSE. YOU ALL TAKE IT OR GET DEMOLISHED. IF IT GETS DEMOLISHED, I MEAN, IF HAS TO BE, THEN IT HAS TO BE.

THEN HE WAS TO TRY TO PUT A PREFAB HOME ON THEIR IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW.IT WOULD BE UP TO YOU ALL ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY.

I WISH HE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT THIS.

HE DOES NOT WANT THE HOUSE TO GET DEMOLISHED.HE HAS THE MEANS TO PAY A CONTRACTOR TO GET BACK TO CODE.

HE JUST REALLY NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.

THESE ARE TALKED TO SUBCONTRACTORS.

>> SO, HE'S KEEPING THE HOUSE? HE'S NOT SELLING IT TO .

>> I MEAN, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM WHEN I GOT OVER THERE.

I'VE NOT SEEN A WORK ON THE HOUSE FOR MY BROTHER SO TO RELIST TIME BY ONE OF THEIR, I DIDN'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON IT. YOU SEE, ME AND MY BROTHER INHERITED IT WHEN OUR DAD DIED. DID NO MY DAD WAS MARRIED, BUT SHE INHERITED IT. SO, WE DID NO AND SHE RENTED OUT OR LESS OF A LIVE THERE. AND THEY DESTROYED THE HOUSE.

AND WHEN WE FINALLY FOUND OUT BECAUSE THE TAXES WERE NOT PAID. WE INHERITED IT AND NOT HER IT WAS IN THE CONDITION IT WAS IN. THEN THEM TO WORK A DEAL OUT.

LIKE I SAID, I WAS NOT A PART OF THAT I DO NOT KNOW.

I HAVE BEEN OVER THERE A FEW TIMES SINCE JOSH STARTED LIVING THERE. I HADN'T SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON IT. IF ANYTHING, I'VE SEEN MORE DILAPIDATED THAN IT WAS.IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.

>> ANY QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD? >> I AM TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PLAYERS HERE. NUMBERS ON THEIR JERSEYS OR

SOMETHING. >> MY BROTHER JUST SAID THAT HE CAN'T SIGN A DEED BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THE DEED BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN OUR GRANDDAD'S NAME. LIKE THEY SAID, THEY CAN'T FIND THE DEED. MY BROTHER HAS BEEN TRYING.

HE DID TRY TO GET THE DEED TO SIGN OVER TO JOSH, BUT UNABLE TO BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR GRANDDAD'S NAME AND NO ONE HAS

BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIM. >> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT YOU JUST SAID IN A Q. WEEK THE PROPERTY. THEN YOU SAID YOUR BROTHER CAN'T GET THE DEED TO SIDE OVER JOSH.

SO, THE QUESTION IS WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?

>> AT THE TIME ÃI'M TALKING TO THEM, NICK.

AT THE TIME THEY MADE THE DEAL IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO UNCLES.

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NOW WE HAVE ONE UNCLE AND AN AUNT.

THEIR NAMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THEIR, TOO.

THEY ALL INHERITED IT AS WELL. THEY SAID THEY WOULD SIGN IT OVER TO US IF WE COULD GET THE DEED.

>> OKAY. ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS SIMPLY THIS. ONE, DOES YOUR BROTHER HAVE THE

DEED, YES OR NO? >> DO YOU HAVE THE DEED? (INAUDIBLE) HOLD ON. NEXT, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT

THAT. >> LET ME EXPLAIN ¦

>> YES OR NO? >> I GUESS NOT.

>> OKAY. SECOND QUESTION, DID HE SELL THE PROPERTY TO JOSH? YES OR NO?

>> DID YOU SELL THE PROPERTY TO JOSH? YES OR NO? (INAUDIBLE).

>> YES OR NO? >> NICK, THEY DON'T CARE.

DID YOU SELL IT TO HIM OR NOT? YES, HE GAVE HIM A BILL OF

SALE. >> HE GAVE HIM A BILL OF SALE.

SO IT IS SOLD. SO THE THIRD THING IS, YOUR BROTHER'S WISHES OF MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY IS IRRELEVANT.

HE NEEDS TO GET THE DEED AND GET IT TO JOSH.

YES? >> YOU GOT TO GET THE BEATING GIVEN TO JOSH BECAUSE YOU SOLD IT TO HIM.

HE SAID HE IS TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE DEED, BUT HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO BECAUSE THEY KEEP TELLING US IT'S IN OUR

GRANDDAD'S NAME. >> EXCUSE ME.] I LOSS ÃCAN'T GET INVOLVED IN CIVIL ISSUES OF THE PARTIES OR THE PARTY PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WHO WANTS THE DEED TO THE PROPERTY HE IS IN FACT NOT THE OWNER BY HOUR

RECORD SEARCHES. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU KELLY, VERY MUCH. I KNOW FOR THE QUESTIONS.

>> ANY OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THIS?

>> NO. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS TYLER HAMILTON.

I AM THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.

I HAVE MY BUSINESS THERE. >> WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS WHERE

YOU LIVE? >> 2818 S. SECOND.

>> THAT YOUR RESIDENCE? >> NO, THAT'S MY BUSINESS.

>> WHERE'S YOUR RESIDENCE? >> 1933 MIDDLEBROOK.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> OKAY.

FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE HOUSE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A CRACK HOUSE.

AS MANY AS 12 PEOPLE LIVING THERE AT ONE TIME.

CARS EVERYWHERE. A TOTAL WRECK.

IT'S TERRIBLE ON MY BUSINESS. AND JOSH HAS NO INTENTION OF FIXING IT UP OR DOING ANYTHING WITH IT AS FAR AS I COULD EVER SEE. CRACKHEADS COMING OVER TO MY SHOP WANTING THIS OR THAT. IT'S JUST TERRIBLE.

I'D RATHER BULLDOZE THE THING AND BE DONE WITH IT FOR IT TO

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BE TURNED BACK INTO THAT. AND THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAD TO

SAY.> ANY QUESTIONS? >> WOULD YOU GIVE THE TIMEFRAME, AGAIN, OF HOW LONG THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YOU IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> WELL, IT WAS LIKE THAT BEFORE JOSH MOVED IN.

I CONFRONTED HIM WHEN HE MOVED IN.

>> OKAY. >> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE EVER DID LIVE IN THE HOUSE. HE LIVED IN HIS MOTORHOME THE WHOLE TIME. BUT WHEN HE DID MOVE IN, WHENEVER THAT WAS, IT'S BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS OR SO, MAYBE.

BUT IT JUST GOT WORSE AND WORSE.

P>> OKAY. >> IT HAS BEEN NICE SINCE IS

GONE. >> OKAY, HAS THE CORRECT USAGE

OF DRUG USAGE ¦ >> YET, NOBODY'S THERE.

AND IT'S ALL CLEANED UP. I MEAN, IT'S GOT BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS. BUT IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 22-000384. AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION OR A MOTION. DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BEFORE YOU THERE.

>> MR. IRMAN, I THINK THIS BOARD KNOWS MY VIEWS ABOUT CRACK HOUSES AND STUFF. CONCERNS ME THAT WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF WORDS, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF ACTION.

AT THIS ROBBERIES-THAT WEEK Ã THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT DEEDS. YET, TAKES SOME TIME AND IT TAKES A FEW BUCKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.

I LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY. AND I DON'T SEE WHAT'S REDEEMABLE ABOUT IT. I DON'T.

SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

AND IT IS A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC, SAFETY AND WELFARE INTO THE REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE.

>> MOTION BY DOCTOR PARIS THAT THE PROPERTY IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE

WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION.>> SECOND BY MR. ALLRED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> AYE.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> NO.

>> MOTION PASSED. >> I MAKE A SECOND MOTION THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH REPEAL ORDER TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH.

>> MOTION BY DOCTOR PIERCE OF THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH REPEAL ORDER TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS

OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> SECOND BY MR. ALLRED. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> AYE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> NO. >> MOTION PASSED.

>> GOOD LUCK, SIR. NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[C. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition, or Civil Penalties - Case No. 22-001295: 741 Mesquite St. (17 147 LEWIS OT 1 ABL TIF#1, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS) Owner: Greer, James S]

>> NEXT CASE ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER 22-001295.

LOCATED AT 741 MESQUITE STREET. CHECKLIST FOR THE RECORD EARCH COUNTY RECORDS, THERE WERE NO DEEDS ABLE TO BE FOUND COUNTY CLERK RECORDS. COUNTY SHOWS JAMES S GREER TO BE THE OWNER. SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS NO ENTITY OTHER THAN. TAX RECORDS ARE NOT APPLICABLE.

UTILITY RECORDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY SHOULD BE INACTIVE SINCE NOVEMBER 2019. SEARCH OF BILL IS FOR JAMES S GREER TO BE THE OWNER. PUBLIC NOTICE POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE FOR TODAY'S HEARING. THIS IS THE WEST FRONT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE REAR EAST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AND THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AND THIS IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF

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THE STRUCTURE. UPON INSPECTION THESE ARE THE SUBSTANDARD CODE LIKE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE DEFINED.

INADEQUATE SANITATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARDS, NUISANCE, HAZARDOUS PLUMBING, HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. STRUCTURAL HAZARD VIOLATION IDENTIFIED. YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE SEEMS TO BE BOWED OUT. ON THE LEFT, INDICATES POSSIBLE FOUNDATION ISSUE. NUISANCE, DILAPIDATION IN THE EXTERIOR THROUGHOUT DETERIORATION AND ROTTING.

MORE NUISANCE AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION.

THAT IS THE FRONT OF THE EXTERIOR.

THERE IS A LARGE HOLE. AND SAME THING ON THE REAR OF THE EXTERIOR. ABOUT THE SAME SIZE OF THE LARGE HOLE. HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT OLD AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, COMPLETELY EXPOSED TO DISMANTLE. FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION.

SEVERAL AREAS AND WINDOWS ARE SHSHATTERED.

IN ADEQUATE SANITATION. AGAIN, SEVERAL AREAS ASIDE, NO PROPER FACILITIES MAINTAINED. YOU CAN SEE THE KITCHEN SINK LOOKS TO BE ERODED AND FILLED WITH LOTS OF MOLD.

AND THE BATHTUB NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.