A. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 23-000296: 631 N. 13th St. (COLLEGE DRIVE REPLAT, BLOCK 1, LOT 2, 2A, 3 & 3A, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Rogers, Tessie c/o Billy Rogers

[A. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 23-000296: 631 N. 13th St. (COLLEGE DRIVE REPLAT, BLOCK 1, LOT 2, 2A, 3 & 3A, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Rogers, Tessie c/o Billy Rogers]

DATE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE READY FOR OUR

FIRST CASE. >> GOOD MORNING, I AM ROBERT MARSH . TODAY WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT CASES TO PRESENT TO YOU. I WILL PRESENT THE FIRST THREE . THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS PUBLISHED FOR THIS HEARING. WE WILL START WITH CASE NUMBER 23-000 296 LOCATED AT 631 NORTH 13TH STREET. THIS IS THE CHECKLIST OF RECORD SEARCH . VERIFIED PROOF OF OWNERSHIP. ALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT. THE RECORDS SHOW WARRANTY DEED NAMING TESSIE ROGERS AS THE OWNER.

SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS NO ENTITY UNDER THIS NAME .

ATTACKS RECORDS ARE NOT APPLICABLE. UTILITY RECORDS SHOW THEM IN ACTIVE SINCE JANUARY 7, 2009. TESSIE ROGER LOOKS TO BE THE OWNER THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE OR THIS HEARING THAT WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE FRONT NORTH SIDE. THE REAR SOUTH SIDE. THE EAST SIDE. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE. THE WEST SIDE. THESE ARE THE SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE FOUND, INADEQUATE SANITATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARD, HOW DOES ELECTRICAL WIRE, PLUMBING, AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DILAPIDATION INVOLVED WITH THE DILAPIDATION THAT WAS FOUND --

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SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE . ON THE INTERIOR WE HAVE STRUCTURAL HAZARD, A STAIRCASE THAT HAS FALLEN DOWN. SOME STRUCTURAL HAZARDS ON THE INSIDE AND INADEQUATE SANITATION. SOME MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING ISSUES. INADEQUATE SANITATION. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION AND STRUCTURAL HEATHERS MEASUREMENT HAZARD ON THE INSIDE. THE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURAL HAZARD ON THE LEFT FROM THE INSIDE. THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS, OCTOBER 11, 2021, WE RECEIVED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT FOR BROKEN INTO VANDALIZED IS BUILDING. WE OPEN A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE CASE AT THAT TIME. DECEMBER 22ND OF 21 WAS THE FIRST CONTACT WITH THE DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED PROPERTY OWNER.

SHE WANTED TO FIND OUT OPTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY AND WAS INTERESTED IN DEMOLITION FOR JANUARY 12TH , 22, THE NEXT CONTACT WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE OWNER. THE FAMILY WANTS TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY. JANUARY 21ST, 2022, THEY DECIDED TO WORK WITH AN ATTORNEY TO GET THE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THEM SO IT CAN BE SOLD FOR MARCH 9TH, THEY REQUESTED A LIST OF DEMO CONTRACTORS TO GET AN ESTIMATE IN DEMOLITION JUNE 14, 2022 , THE FAMILY IS NOW NOT WILLING TO REPAIR AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING. THEY ARE STILL ATTEMPTING TO CELEBRATE FEBRUARY 23RD OF 2023. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPAIR PLAN BUT WE OPEN A CONDONATION CASE AND OPEN A CASE AT THE COUNTY CLERK. WE SENT THE NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION TO THE SUM OF THE PROPERTY OWNER I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ASPIRIN MARCH 6 OF 2023, WE MET WITH THE SON OF THE OWNER AT CITY HALL AND HE LET ME KNOW HE IS ATTEMPTING TO GET THE PROPERTY IN HIS NAME SO HE CAN DEMOLISH MARCH 27TH OF 2024, STILL NO CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. APRIL 4TH OF 2024 NOTICE OF THE MAY HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE. APRIL 11TH WE COMPLETED A FULL INTERIOR INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING AND FOUND IT TO BE IN EXTREME DISREPAIR AND DANGEROUS BUT APRIL 16TH OF '24 THE NOTICE OF THE MAY HEARING WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY HEIRS.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO FIND THE PROPERTY A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. THE OWNER IS TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH YOU ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MARSH? THANK YOU, MR. MARSH BRENT AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING -- EXCUSE ME -- ON THIS CASE. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR

THE RECORD. >> GOOD MORNING. CHANTE FLEMING , ABILENE, TEXAS. ABOUT THIS PROPERTY --

>> EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? DO YOU SWEAR AND AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU GET IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?

>> I DO. >> THANK YOU.

>> THIS PROPERLY LOCATED ON NORTH 13TH STREET , I DID CALL AND WAS TALKING TO MISS WHAT IS IT? CODE COMPLIANCE. THAT WHAT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I CALLED AND WE WERE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SOME THINGS HE WANTED TO DO TO SEE HOW WE COULD PRESERVE DESPERATE THIS IS IN AN HISTORIC BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO SEE IS IF WE COULD SAVE IT STRUCTURALLY. WE DO KNOW THAT ANY VACANT BUILDING THAT SITS YOU HAVE SQUATTERS AND PEOPLE -- IT IS ALL AROUND TOWN. THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH SOME OF THESE LISTINGS ON HERE. WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS SEE HOW IT WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND OR IF IT WAS, EVEN IF WE GOT IT OUT. THE ONE THING THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE SON, BRANDON, HE HAD TO LEAVE. HE ASKED ME TO STAND IN LIEU FOR HIM. WHAT OTHER THINGS WE ARE ASKING -- I KNOW BUT

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NORMALLY WHEN THE CITY TEARS DOWN A STRUCTURE, A LIEN GOES ON THE PROPERTY AND THE PERSON IS CHARGED FOR IT, RIGHT? WE ARE LOOKING AT -- WHICH WE HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE, WHAT WILL IT CHARGE -- WHAT WILL BE BE PAYING OUT IF WE HAD TO TEAR DOWN OURSELVES TO PREVENT THE LIEN BEING ON IT? THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HE IS TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WITH GETTING IT OVER INTO HIS NAME. WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF SIBLINGS BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON TAKING CARE OF TAXES AND THAT PROPERTY, THEY HAVE ALL DECIDED TO LET HIM DO IT. THIS IS ONE PERSON TRYING TO KICK -- TAKE CARE NOT JUST THIS PROPERTY BUT THERE IS SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES. WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS SOMETIME TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IF IT IS BETTER FOR THE CITY TO TEAR IT DOWN AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT COSTS. OR IS IT BETTER FOR US TO TRY TO GET IT AND SAVE IT? OR DO WE LOOK AT TO DEMOLISH IT AND START OUT WITH SOMETHING NEW THERE. WE ARE REQUESTING MORE TIME TO FIGURE OUT SOME OPTIONS. I JUST GOT INVOLVED A FEW MONTHS AGO BUT REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR BLACK HISTORY THAT IS DOWN THERE. WE KNOW THEY ARE DEVELOPING THERE AND THAT IS GREAT WE ALSO WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT EVER WE CAN AND WHAT THAT

LOOKS LIKE. >> FORGIVE ME, I DID NOT CATCH WOULD YOUR RELATIONSHIP WAS WITH THIS PROPERTY. ARE YOU AN

ERROR? >> NO, I AM FRIENDS WITH THE FAMILY. VERY CLOSE TO THE FAMILY. THE SON, BRANDON, HE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. THAT IS WHY I AM HERE.

>> ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, ALL THE HEIRS WANT TO

DEMOLISH IT. >> THAT IS FINE . JUST LIKE HE WAS SHOWING PICTURES, I HAVE NOT BEEN INSIDE. I HAVE SEEN PICTURES BUT NOT LIKE THIS. IF THEY WANT TO DEMOLISH IT, THAT IS FINE. WHAT I AM SAYING IS, DO WE LOOK AT THE CITY DOING IT OR DO WE WANT TO DO IT? THE COST EFFECTIVE WAY. I KNOW THAT WHEN CITY DOES TEAR DOWN A PROPERTY , IT IS NORMALLY A LIEN PUT ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF I AM RIGHT OR WRONG HERE BUT I THINK SO. OKAY PUT A LIEN IS PUT ON THAT AND THEN IT IS A DEBT THAT IS THERE. WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO KNOW IS THE AMOUNT. WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET CONTRACTORS TO DEMOLISH IT OR IF THE CITY DID IT. WE ARE NOT WANTING THE CITY TO DO IT IF WE HAVE TO PUT A LIEN ON IT. TEARING IT DOWN -- IF IT HAS TO BE TORN DOWN, THAT IS FINE. THE WHOLE ISSUE IS NEEDING MORE TIME TO GET CONTRACTORS UP THERE TO SAY HOW MUCH THEY WILL CHARGE TO TEAR DOWN AND WE PAY FOR IT OR THE CITY THE CITY TEARING IT DOWN AND PUTTING THE LIEN ON THEIR.

>> IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THE FIRST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEMOLITION GOES WITH THE OWNER. YOU DO REALIZE THAT?

>> I DO. WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET CONTRACTORS OUT THERE FOR THE DEMO PART. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE WHEN THEY HAD CALLED UP ABOUT SOME VANDALISM AND STUFF OUT THERE. WE WALKED AROUND IT BUT I DID NOT GO INSIDE OF IT BECAUSE I AM SCARED OF EVERYTHING . I CANNOT DO THAT.

I WALKED AROUND. JUST LIKE I SAID, WE WORKED WITH SOME PEOPLE BUT WE DID NOT DO THE WHOLE DEMO PART. I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO GET WITH CONTRACTORS TO SEE THE COST FOR

THE DEMO. >> YOU HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE HEIRS TO ASK FOR MORE TIME?

>> YES, BY BRENDAN RODGERS, YES, SIR.

>> NORMALLY WE LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM THE OWNERS OR HEIRS.

>> IF HE COULD BE HERE, HE WOULD BE HERE TODAY. IT WAS A LAST-MINUTE EMERGENCY. HE SAID I GOT THIS, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND IN FOR ME? THAT IS WHY I AM HERE

>> HOW MUCH TIME IS HE ASKING FOR?

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>> IS AT 30 DAYS ? CAN YOU TABLE IT AND WE COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? I AM IN PLANNING AND ZONING. I AM A LITTLE BIT NEW TO THIS. I'VE BEEN HAVING TO RESEARCH IT IN TWO DAYS. IF ALL YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS TO GET CONTRACTORS OUT THERE TO BID ON IT, THAT CAN BE A FAIRLY SHORT TIME.

>> OKAY. >> EVEN IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY 'S RECOMMENDATION, YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL IN DISTRICT COURT. IF YOU WERE TO GET A BID FROM A CONTRACTOR AND SO WE WANT TO GO THIS ROUTE, YOU CAN APPEAL THAT AND SAY WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT OURSELVES.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> YOU SAID THEY WOULD ISSUE

AND THEN YOU STOPPED -- >> THE CITY 'S RECOMMENDATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION. EVEN IF WE MOVE FORWARD, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN FOR 30 DAYS. YOU HAVE A 30 DAY PERIOD TO APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE DISTRICT COURT. DURING THAT TIME, THAT GIVES YOU TIME TO CONTACT SOME CONTRACTORS, GET SOME BIDS AND MAKE THE DECISION IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO ON YOUR OWN. IF IT IS, APPEAL THE DECISION TO DISTRICT COURT AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN TAKE CARE OF THE DEMOLITION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> THAT DOES. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> NOTHING THAT COMES TO MIND.

>> THIS IS A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. IS IT NOT UNDER A

PERMIT FOR ASBESTOS SURVEY? >> YES.

>> THERE IS OR IS NOT ASBESTOS. JUST A HEADS UP, THAT IS AN

EXPENSE. >> WE LOOKED AT THAT TOO BUT WE DID NOT KNOW. IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. WE WOULD TAKE THAT UP WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO SEE WHAT THEY FIND OUT BECAUSE WE DO NOT

KNOW. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> ONE MORE THING. IF THEY FIND ASBESTOS OR IT HAS TO BE ABATED, IS THAT SOMETHING THE CITY -- IF YOU WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT IS ANOTHER EXPENSE THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO

HAVE IT TORN DOWN, >> I WOULD ASSUME THAT WHOEVER TAKES ON THE DEMOLITION OXO -- ALSO --

>> IT COULD BE PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY. THE COST OF ABATEMENT IN THE DEMOLITION SCENARIO IS TYPICALLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN ABATEMENT FOR RENOVATION. IT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKING CARE

OF. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE ? STEP FOUR AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 23-000296. OPENED THE FLOOR FOR

DISCUSSION AND MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE GO WITH THE

STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> MOTION BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE PROPERTY IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEATH , WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> SECOND BY MR. TURNER. ROLL

CALL, PLEASE. >>

>> THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH IT.

>> MOTION BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND BY MR. TURNER. ROLL

CALL, PLEASE. >>

>> THANK YOU. NEXT CASE, MR. MARSH.

[B. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 23-001201: 317 Bois D Arc St. (LT 9 172 OT ABL TIF#1, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: New, Monica.]

>> THE NEXT CASE IS NUMBER 23-001201 LOCATED AT 317 BOIS

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ARC STREET. NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT AND THE COUNTY RECORDS SHOW A WARRANTY DEED . TAYLOR COUNTY SHOWS MONICA KNEW TO BE THE OWNER. SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS NO ENTITY AND OF HIS NAME. TAXES ARE NOT APPLICABLE. UTILITY RECORDS SHOW THEY HAVE BEEN INACTIVE SINCE OCTOBER 13 OF 2016. AND THE SEARCH REVEALED MONICA KNEW TO BE THE OWNER. THIS IS A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE FRONT WESTSIDE. THE REAR EAST SIDE. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE REAR EAST SIDE. THE NORTH SIDE. AND THE SOUTH SIDE. SOME OF THE SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATION EVER FOUND, INADEQUATE SATYR STATION, ELECTRICAL WIRE , AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION -- SOME HAZARDOUS PLUMBING . SOME OF THE INTERIOR DILAPIDATION -- SOME STRUCTURAL HAZARDS. SOME ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. MECHANICAL HAZARDS.

INADEQUATE SANITATION . THIS IS THE STRUCTURE IN THE BACKYARD, A SMALL SUBSTRUCTURE THAT HAS FALLEN DOWN. THE TIMELINE EVENTS JANUARY 25 OF 2023, THE CURRENT OWNER ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY. APRIL 26 OF '23 WE HAVE A DAY OF CONDEMNATION THAT WAS FOUGHT AT THE COUNTY CLERK FOR THE OWNER SAY THEY WANT TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY. APRIL 28, NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION WERE SET TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. MARCH THE EIGHTH OF 2024 WE HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE OWNER NO LONGER PLAN TO REMODEL THE HOME AND PLAN TO SELL IT WE INFORMED THE OWNER BY PHONE THAT -- APRIL 16TH WE SENT NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE HEARING BUT THE STAFF RECOGNITION IS DUE FIND THE PROPERTY A PUBLIC NUISANCE IN A HAZARD. REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARSH? AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 23-001201. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE, STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR

NAME FOR THE RECORD . >> I AM DOUG NEW, MONICA NEW 'S HAS BEEN WE PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY AND GOT THE DEED TO IT ON THE 25TH OF JANUARY. FIRST THING WE DID, WE HAD ELECTRICITY TELL US A PRICE ON GIVING ELECTRICITY BACK UP TO CODE HE SAID IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO TEAR OUT ALL OF THE SHEET ROCK INSIDE AND GET ALL THE ELECTRICITY OUT AND THEY COULD COME AND REDO THAT. WE HAD A CONTRACTOR LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE. HE SAID IT WOULD NOT PASS CITY CODE BECAUSE THE TWO BY FOURS WAS NOT THE RIGHT WIT. AND THE ROOF WITH THE EASE OF THE ROOF WAS NOT RIGHT. ANYWAYS, WHAT IS THE COMMON PRACTICE ? WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE BACKYARD. WE GOT THE ELECTRICIAN TO DO THEIR STUFF AND THEN HE GOT CONDEMNED. HONESTLY , WE WORKED FULL-TIME. WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN OURSELVES. WE OWN OTHER PROPERTIES IN ABILENE I HAVE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. I GREW UP IN A HOUSE WORSE THAN THAT I KNOW IT IS NOT NICE TO SAY BUT I DID. WE WERE FIXING IT FOR OUR STEPDAUGHTER SO SHE WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HER OWN.

WE WERE GOING TO PAY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. THEN I GOT CONDEMNED. WHAT IS THE COMMON PRACTICE WITH SOMEONE PURCHASES

A PROPERTY ? >> WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION

OF HOW IT GOT CONDEMNED. >> I CAN TELL YOU I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IF IT CONDEMNED. IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO GET BACK TO CITY CODE AND PAY $18,000 THAT WILL PUT -- WE

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WOULD HAVE NOT GONE IT. -- DONE IT.

>> DID NOT MEET MANY OF THE THRESHOLDS REQUIRED TO MEET THE CONDEMNATION CODE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT ON THE RADAR FOR THE CITY. IT IS OBVIOUSLY BARE AND OBVIOUSLY CONDEMNED

>> WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO OVERTURN IT? WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE IT RIGHT. IT CANNOT GO UP TO TODAY'S COVERT WE CAN GET THE ELECTRICITY AND PLUMBING UP TO CODE BUT AS FAR AS THE STUDS AND THE WALLS AND THE EAVES IN THE ROOF, WE CANNOT DO THAT.

>> IN THE STATEMENT OF POLICY, THE FIRST ORDER IS TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION WITH ALL THE COST ESTIMATE. IF YOU DO THAT , DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MILESTONE ? YOU HAVE TO DO PERMITS ON ALL

THAT >> I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT IF YOU DO ALL THAT WE MAKE US CHANGE THE STUDS IN THE WALLS? THAT IS

NOT FEASIBLE. >> IT HAS TO MEET THE CURRENT

CODES. >> THEN IT WILL HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED. IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO CHANGE THE STUDS TO CITY CODE. ELECTRICITY ANDERSON AND THE PLUMBING I UNDERSTAND IT YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE. IT WAS BUILT IN THE '20S IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE STUCK WITH A $30,000 LOT, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME. YOU ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS FOR THIS? >> LET ME JUST CLARIFY SOME THINGS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY BEING BUILT IN THE 1920S WERE BUILT AT A CERTAIN STANDARD AND THAT THE CODE AT THE TIME YOUR PERSON THAT GAVE YOU THAT INFORMATION IS NOT EXACTLY CORRECT. THERE WOULD BE THINGS WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT TO MAKE IT BETTER IF WE NEEDED THAT.

>> IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US -- >> IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECONSTRUCT OR RENOVATE A HOME WITHOUT TEARING IT DOWN AND MEETING TODAY'S STANDARDS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL THAT WILL NEED TO MEET CURRENT CODES.

>> THAT IS THE REASON WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THE SHEET ROCK DOWN

FOR >> I THINK YOU WERE GIVEN MISINFORMATION. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION AND SEE ITS STATUS. AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

>> COULD WE CONTACT TO DO THAT?

>> THIS PROCESS, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STAFF.

THAT IS ALL IT IS , RECOMMENDATION. YOU HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. DEPENDING ON THAT

DIRECTION -- >> WE ARE WILLING TO DO THE PROPERTY IF WE DO NOT HAVE TO CHANGE THE WALLS , TWO BY FOURS IN THE WALLS AND THE STRUCTURE AND ROOF. THE ROOF IS FINE. IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, WE WILL HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT AND WE WILL BE STUCK WITH A $30,000 LOT. IF WE CAN GET BY WITH LEAVING THE STUDS IN THE WALLS , AND WE CAN DO THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY UP TO CODE, WE CAN DO THAT STUFF. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ALL THE TWO BY FOURS AND CHANGE THE EASE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT IS NOT UP TO CODE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT AND WE

WILL GO FORWARD FROM THERE. >> THE MAIN THING WE WANT YOU TO DO IS HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION.

>> WE NEED TO KNOW IF IT WILL MEET SAM'S BEFORE WE SPEND

MORE MONEY ON A LOT. >> WHAT THE WILL COST. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION, DO WE WANT TO GO

FORWARD WITH THIS OR NOT? >> MY FIRST STEP IS TO GET WHATEVER CITY WILL GO UP THERE AND TELL SO WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THE WALLS MEET THEIR STANDARDS . IF WE GET THAT

DONE, THE REST IS FINE. >> THAT IS NOT UP TO THE CITY.

THAT IS YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR. THEY GIVE US THE INFORMATION OF WHAT IS THERE. WE WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION WHEN THEY COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION.

>> WE CAN DO THAT . >> WE DO NOT GO OUT AND DO

THAT. >> WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE,

WHO INSPECTS ? >> WE ARE GOING TO INSPECT.

>> WHY CAN THEY NOT COME IN AND SAY THIS IS GOING TO GO, AND

THIS AND GOING TO GO? >> THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBLY AS A HOMEOWNER. YOU AND I WILL SPEND MORE MONEY TO GET THIS DONE SO YOU CAN SAY, NO. YOU GETTING A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE WILL NOT COST ANYTHING UNTIL YOU START PAYING A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK. ESTIMATES ARE FREE. WE CAN WORK WITH YOU UNTIL YOU START SPENDING MONEY.

>> WE WILL GET A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE, WHICH WE ALREADY DID. HE

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TOLD US IT WOULD NOT BE CODE UNLESS HE DID THIS, THIS AND THIS AND TOLD US IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE. IF I GET ANOTHER CONTRACTOR AND HE SAYS COVERED UP A SHEET ROCK AND WE ARE

GOOD, WILL THAT WORK? >> NO, SIR. WE ARE GOING TO SIT

HERE AND BANTER ALL DAY LONG >> I KNOW WE ARE BECAUSE I'M

STUCK WITH A $30,000 LOT. >> UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK. THAT IS BEFORE YOU SPEND ANY MONEY.

>> WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY WE ALREADY GOT THE PLACE LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER. WE CLEAN THE BACKYARD UP AND DOING WHAT WE CAN. FOR PROPERTY TO GET CONDEMNED THREE MONTHS AFTER YOU BITE, THAT IS ONE REASON WE ARE FIXING TO MOVE OUT OF ABILENE BECAUSE OF STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU ARE NOT MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO WORK BUT WE ARE NOT FLIPPING HOUSES,

WE ARE MAKING FOR OUR KID. >> THE FIRST STEP IS FOR YOU TO HAVE 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE THIS PLAN OF ACTION WITH ALL THE COST ESTIMATES. THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION OR ARE WE GOING TO JUMP OFF IN THE DEEP END ?

>> WHATEVER CONTRACTOR I GO WITH, YOU WILL SAY, YES, THAT

IS FINE FOR >> IF HE IS LICENSED. THAT IS BETWEEN YOU AND CITIES -- CITY STAFF FOR

>> I GET A CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY SAYS, NO. EVEN THOUGH THE CONTRACTOR SAID IT WAS YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IF HE IS LICENSE, HE WILL KNOW WHAT THE CODE IS.

>> I CAN GET THAT DONE . >> THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS DONE. THAT IS WHEN THE PROCESS STARTS. WHO DOES THE ROUGH IN INSPECTION?

>> THE CITY. THAT WILL BE ELECTRIC ROUGH IN, A PLUMBING ROUGH IN, A HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING ROUGH IN. THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE, STEP OR IS IT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 23-001201 . AND OPEN THE FLOOR

FOR DISCUSSION OR MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE THE OWNER 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE A PLAN OF ACTION PUTTING A TIME FRAME FOR REPAIRS AND ESTIMATES TO OBTAIN PERMITS AND IF THIS DONE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN INSPECTIONS. THIS IS DONE , ALL FINAL INSPECTION SHALL BE COMPLETED BY THE EXPIRATION OF ALL

PERMITS. >> MOTION BY MR. DUGGER .

>> SECOND >> SECOND BY MR. MCNEIL.

>> THE OWNER HAS 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE A PLAN OF ACTION INCLUDING A TIMEFRAME FOR REPAIR AND COST ESTIMATES. AT OBTAIN ALL PERMITS . IF THIS IS DONE, 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN ROUGH AND INSPECTIONS AND IF THAT IS DONE, ALL FINAL INSPECTION SHALL BE COMPLETED BY THE EXPIRATION OF ALL PERMITS. ROLL

CALL, PLEASE. >>

PASSED. >> GOOD LUCK.

[C. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 24-000017: 1333 Chestnut St. (NORTHINGTON, HUGHES & SAYLES 7-12, BLOCK D&E, LOT 20, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Fuentes, Carlos]

>> THE NEXT CASE I MEAN JENNA IS CASE NUMBER 24-00017 ON 1333 CHESTNUT STREET. COUNTY RECORDS SHOW WARRANTY DEED NAMING CARLOS FUENTES TO BE THE OWNER. UTILITY RECORDS OF VENUS POLITY SHOW IT IS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 2007 BUT THE RESEARCH REVEALS CARLOS FUENTES TO BE THE OWNER THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS HEARING THAT WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE FRONT WESTSIDE. THE REAR EAST SIDE. THE NORTH SIDE. AND THE SOUTH SIDE. HERE IS SOME OF THIS SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE FOUND IN STRUCTURAL HAZARD, NOOSES, AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTIONS. ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION . AS YOU LOOK INTO THE FRONT DOOR, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE. ELECTORAL HAZARDS, STRUCTURAL HAZARDS.

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TIMELINE OF EVENTS, JANUARY 3RD OF 2024 WAS THE INITIAL INSPECTION WE GOT A BANK AND AN ADDED PROPERTY WITH NO PERMITS ON FILE. JERRY 11 '24, DILAPIDATION OF CONDEMNATION WAS FOUND THAT THE COUNTY CLERK JANUARY 16TH, NOTICE OF CONSUMMATION WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. APRIL 1ST OF '24, NO CONTACT FROM THE OWNER AND NO RECORD OF ANY PERMIT.

APRIL , NOTICE OF THE MAY HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE BUT APRIL 16TH THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO THE ADDRESS OF RECORD FOR THE OWNER AS WELL AS A RELATIVE. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO FIND THE PROPERTY AS A PUBLIC NOOSES AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC, HEALTH SAFETY AND REPAIR WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. THE OWNER IS ORDER TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH.

>> ANY CONTACT WITH THE OWNER AT ALL?

>> WE HAVE CONTACT WITH A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY THIS MORNING THEY SHOULD BE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE PROPERTY. YOU ANY QUESTION, MR. MARSH? THANK YOU, MR. MARSH. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000017 . ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE, STEP TOWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME

FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD MORNING. UNFORTUNATE, MY NAME IS CARLOS FUENTES TO BUT THAT WAS MY DAD'S NAME ALSO. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2007 THAT IS WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN ELECTRICITY. WE HAVE SIX SIBLINGS . MY DAD DID A LIVING WELL. MY LITTLE BROTHER WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY FOR 17 YEARS. WE FINALLY CAME INTO GRANDMA BECAUSE I GOT THE BALL ROLLING . I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. WE CAME TO THE AGREEMENT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED. THAT IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR. I SPOKE WITH MY SIBLINGS LAST WEEKEND AND WE ALL CAME TO AN AGREEMENT. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THE PROCESS GOING THROUGH OF GETTING IT

DEMOLISHED. >> CITY STAFF CAN HELP YOU WITH

THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE? LEAST UPWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK.

>> SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000017 . AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR A MOTION.

>> PROPERTY IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. IS THERE A

SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> SECOND BY MR. TURNER. >>

>> I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE OWNER IS ORDER TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL THE ORDER TO THE COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY

DEMOLISH. >> IS HER SECOND?

>> I SECOND. >> SECOND BY MR. TURNER. ROLL

CALL, PLEASE. >>

PASSES. >> NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[D. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 23-005400: 1126 Mulberry St. (4 204 31 STEFFENS & LOWDEN OT ABL, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Jennings, James]

>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS TERRY DOLLAR. I WILL PRESENT THE NEXT THREE CASES TO YOU ALL. THE CASE WE TALK ABOUT HIS

CASE -- >> CAN YOU GET CLOSER TO THE

MIC, PLEASE? >> I AM OFTEN ACCUSED OF BEING LOUD SO I THOUGHT I WAS OKAY. CASE NUMBER 23-005400 . 1126 MULBERRY STREET. WITH THE WRONG WAY, I AM SORRY. CHECKUP RECORDS SHOW A TEXAS CLAIM TO JAMES JENNINGS AS OWNER. TAYLOR COUNTY SHOWS JAMES JENNINGS AS THE OWNER. SECRETARY OF THE STATE KNOWS NO AND THE END OF THE NAME. UTILITY RECORDS SHOW THE MUNICIPALITY HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE SENT SEPTEMBER 2021.

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SEARCH REVEALS THAT JAMES JENNINGS IS THE OWNER. THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS HEARING ON THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS THE FRONT EASTSIDE. THE REARREST SIDE. THE NORTH SIDE.

ANOTHER OF THE NORTH SIDE. THE SOUTH SIDE. CODE VIOLATIONS WE FOUND SIX BUT THERE IS INADEQUATE SANITATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARDS, NOOSES, HAS ELECTRICAL, HAZARDOUS PLUMBING AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION , MORE EXAMPLES OF DILAPIDATION IN THE FAULTY WEATHER. INTO YOUR DILAPIDATION AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. STRUCTURAL AND IN ADEQUATE SANITATION. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE ANOTHER STRUCTURE BUT ON THE RIGHT IS ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. ANOTHER STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT, PLUMBING HAZARD ON THE RIGHT. AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE NUISANCE OF THE PROPERTY. TIMELY EVENT IN AUGUST OF 2022, THE CASE WAS OPEN FOR DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE BUT WE HAVE SEEN CITIZENS COMPLAINTS OF VAGRANTS AND THERE BUT THE PROPERTY WAS NEVER SECURE. IN MAY OF 23 THE PROPERTY OWNER CALLED AND SAID HE WOULD DEMO THE HOUSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN JUNE, THE HOUSE WAS SOLD TO A NEW OWNER ACQUIRED IT. IN NOVEMBER THE HOUSE WAS FOUND UNSECURED AND ACTUALLY DILAPIDATED ON THE INSIDE BUT WE FILED AN AFFIDAVIT OF CONDEMNATION WITH THE COUNTY. NOVEMBER 30, 2023, NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION WAS SENT TO THE NEW AND PREVIOUS OWNER AS THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DEED. THE CORRECTED DEED WITH SEED -- RECEIVED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. APRIL 4TH, THE NOTICE A MAKE HER ON THE STRUCTURE. APRIL 16TH WE SENT THE NOTICE TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS OF FINDING THE PROPERTY IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. WE RECOMMEND AND ORDER THAT THE OWNER IS TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL THE ORDER TO THE COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH FOR

>> MR. JENNINGS IS THE NEW ORDER? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK

YOU. >> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 23-005400 . ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 23-005400 . OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION OR MOTION.

>> I MOVE THAT WE GO WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

>> MOTION BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE PROPERTY IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> OR APPEAL TO THE COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY

DEMOLISH IT. >> MOTION BY MR. ALLRED THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL THE ORDER TO THE COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH. IS OUR

SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND BE

>> A SECOND BY MR. WYATT . ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[E. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 24-000130: 2970 S 6th St. (FAIR PARK ACRES OUTLOT 3, BLOCK 3, LOT 4, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Armstrong Electrical Supply Inc.]

>> THE NEXT CASE I WILL PRESENT IS 24-000130 AT 2970 SOUTH 60TH STREET. THIS IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY COUNTY CHECKLIST FOR RECORDS SHOWS THE COUNTY RECORD NAMING SEVEN AS THE SUPPLY COMPANY. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS TO HAVE FORFEITED

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EXISTENCE BUT THE TAX RECORDS FROM YOU SPOUTING ARE NOT APPLICABLE FOR UTILITY RECORDS SHOWS THE MUNICIPALITY UTILITIES HAVE BEEN IN ACTIVE SINCE 2006. THE SEARCH REVEALS THAT ARMSTRONG ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY IS THE OWNER.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS HEARING THAT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE FRONT SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE REAR NORTH SIDE. THE EAST SIDE. AND THE WESTSIDE. SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATION, THEY HAVE SEVEN IN ADEQUATE SANITATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARDS, NUISANCES, ELECTRICAL WIRING , HAZARDOUS PLUMBING, HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION.

SOME EXAMPLES OF EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION ON THE BUILDINGS .

INTO YOUR DILAPIDATION . THERE WAS A FIRE AT THIS LOCATION IN 2015.

YOU SEASON IN AQUATIC -- IN ADEQUATE SANITATION THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT. SOME INTERIOR DILAPIDATION. THE BASEMENT HAS SEVERAL FEET OF STANDING WATER. AS I STATED, THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE STRUCTURE . AT THE TIME THE DAMAGE WERE ESTIMATED AT $10,000 IN OCTOBER 12, 2021, INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY WAS CONDUCTED, OPEN A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE AT THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. IN AUGUST OF 2023, OF PMI MEMBERS SPOKE WITH THE OWNER BY PHONE AND ASKED HER TO COME UP WITH A REPAIR PLAN AND CALLS BACK . NO CALL RECEIVED AND NO REPAIRS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT IN GENERAL THIS YEAR WE SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE PROPERTY AND DISCOVERED THE STRUCTURE HAD INTERIOR DAMAGE AND NEEDED TO BE CONDEMNED. 10 DAYS LATER WE FOUND THE AFFIDAVIT A CONDEMNATION WITH THE COUNTY CLERK. ON FEBRUARY 5TH, WE SENT NOTICES AND 30/60 TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON MARCH 27 I MET WITH THE GRANDSON OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DISCUSS CONDEMNATION AND THIS MEETING ON APRIL 4TH. IT WAS PLACED ON THE STRUCTURE AND ON APRIL 16TH I MAILED THE PAPERWORK FOR THIS HEARING TO THEM. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE ASK THE OWNER TO REPAIR WITH 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE A PLAN OF ACTION AND OBTAIN ALL PERMITS. IF THIS IS DONE, 60 DAYS TO ATTAIN ROUGH IN INSPECTION ALL FINAL EXPECTION SHALL BE COMPLETED BY THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMITS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? HOW LONG HAVE THE CURRENT OWNERS OWNED IT?

>> I WOULD NEED TO LOOK THAT UP BUT IT HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. I'M NOT SURE OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD .

>> LOOKS LIKE THEY ACQUIRED IT IN 2006.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. DOLLAR? THANK YOU . AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000130 . ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE, STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> I AM RICK ARMSTRONG. WE HAVE THAT PROPERTY. I NEED TO GET IT OUT AND GET ALL THE STUFF OUT OF IT. THE BUMS HAVE GOT IN THERE AND ELECTRICAL IS PRETTY MUCH GONE. THE REASON THAT BASEMENT HAS WATER IN IT -- I NEED TO TAKE THE WATER BUT IT DOES RUN BACK IN WHEN IT IS RAINING. IT IS NOT A LEAK OR ANYTHING. IS JUST WATER IN IT. I NEED TO PUT A FENCE AROUND IT BECAUSE THEY ATTACK THAT BUILDING LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. IT IS JUST A SAD DEAL. I WANT TO GET IT CLEANED OUT OF

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THEIR AND HAVE THE ELECTRICAL REDONE IN IT AND THE LIGHTING.

WE REALLY JUST WANT TO USE IT FOR STORAGE. IT IS JUST TOO BIG IF THIS IS BIG OF A BUILDING FOR HOUSE. THAT IS MY BROTHER INTENDED TO DO IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT BUT MAKE A BIG HOUSE.

TWO MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS 100 MILLION OTHER HOUSES -- ANOTHER GUY WAS TALKING IN THE CAFETERIA PART NEEDS A NEW ROOF. PROBABLY GO BACK WITH METAL ON IT . NEED MORE ECONOMICAL , PLUS IT IS EASIER TO HEAT AND COOL. ALSO, THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. WE HAVE THAT WHOLE LOT THERE. IF THE CAFETERIA WAS GONE, YOU HAVE FOUR LOTS TO BUILD HOUSES ON WE NEED TIME TO CLEAN IT OUT AND GET CONTRACTORS IN THEIR TO GET A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING DONE.

PLUMBING ACTUALLY JUST NEEDS TO BE A NEW TOILET SET AND ALL OF THAT. IT IS ALL COPPER . COULD NOT GET TO THE COPPER EXCEPT

FOR ON THE WALLS. >> WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE '15 TO IT? IT DOES NOT APPEAR THERE HAS BEEN ANYTHING

>> NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. WE WERE BUSY. I AM SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH AND THE ATTACK THE LOT. THEY PUT STUFF. YOU CANNOT GET A DOOR THAT IS SERVICEABLE. THE FIRST THING IS TO GET A FENCE AROUND IT SO, I GET DOORS WERE GUYS CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THERE. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. SEEING AND NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT, YOU WALK THROUGH THERE. WHAT IN THE WORLD? THE VAGRANTS , IT IS --

>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A GRASP ON WHAT THE STAFF

AUGMENTATION IS? >> WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET -- YOU HAVE TO MOVE A LOT FASTER.

>> MOST DEFINITELY. WE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME TIME.

COVID AND SHORTAGE , IT IS HARD TO FIND PEOPLE TO WORK. WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE ARE KIND OF IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. WE HAVE THE GUYS GET OVER THERE AND GET IT. IT HAS GOT LAYING CEILINGS AND ALL OF THAT. UP THERE IS PLASTER CEILINGS. YOU HAVE THIS REALLY NICE PLASTER CEILING. ENFORCING , THEY SHOT DRIVE IT'S INTO IT. THE FIRST FLOOR HAS A NICE LOOKING CEILING IN THERE. IT IS KIND OF A FLASH FIRE IN THERE.

ALL OF THAT HAD TO COME OUT OF THERE. AS FAR AS THE ROOF ON THE TOP, IT IS STILL GOOD OF WE HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT UP THERE. I WANT TO GET IT OFF THERE. WE NEED TO GET IT CLEANED UP. PROBABLY GO THROUGH THE EPR ROOF ON TOP. THINGS HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THIS BUILDING. HAS A COAL CHUTE IN THE BOTTOM BASEMENT. THERE IS THE CHIMNEY RIGHT THERE. OF COURSE, THEY CHANGE IT OVER TO OIL AND THEN HE WENT TO NATURAL GAS. IT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY TO THAT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS, MR. ARMSTRONG? THANK YOU, MR.

ARMSTRONG. >> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE, STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000130 . OPEN THE FLOOR FOR EMOTION AND

DISCUSSION. >> IMOVIE EXCEPT THE STAFF

RECOMMENDATION . >> MOTION BY MR. TURNER THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO REPAIR AND HAS 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE A PLAN OF ACTION INCLUDING A TIMEFRAME FOR REPAIR WITH COST ESTIMATES AND OBTAIN ALL PERMIT . IF THAT IS DONE, 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN ALL INSPECTIONS BUT IF THAT IS DONE, ALL FINAL

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INSPECTIONS SHALL BE COMPLETED BY THE EXPIRATION OF THE

PERMIT. >> SECOND. IT

>> A SECOND BY MR. MCBRAYER. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[F. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 24-000346: 450 Peach St. (4-5 185 3 WISE PIEDMONT ABL OT, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Christian Broadcasting Co.]

>> GOOD LUCK. >> THE LAST CASE OF PRESENT HIS CASE 24-000346 AT 450 PEACH STREET. CHECKLIST FOR RECORDS SHOW WARRANTY DEED NAMING CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY AS THE OWNER. TAYLOR COUNTY SHOWS CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY AS THE OWNER. SECRETARY OF STATE LIST WRETCHES OF AGENT TO WHICH NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT. TAX RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPALITY ARE NOT APPLICABLE. UTILITY RECORDS OF THE MOON SPOTTY SHOW NO SERVICE AT THIS ADDRESS. THE SEARCH REVEALS CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY TO BE THE OWNER. HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING POSTED ON THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE FRONT EAST SIDE. THE REAR WEST SIDE.

THE NORTH SIDE. AND THE SOUTH SIDE. WE FOUND SIX SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS, INADEQUATE SANITATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARD, NUISANCE, HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL WIRING, HAZARDOUS PLUMBING AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE STEERED LEVITATION ON THE BUILDING.

STRUCTURAL HAZARDS ON THE INSIDE AND ALL OF THE INTERIOR PICTURES THAT I WILL SHOW YOU ARE TAKEN FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING AS WE DID NOT ACCESS THE FIRST FLOOR. WE HAVE STRUCTURAL HAZARDS ON THE LEFT WHERE THE FLOOR IS FAILING AND ON THE RIGHT, THERE IS FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION IN THOSE WINDOWS. MORE FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION AND STRUCTURAL HAZARDS. MORE ELECTRICAL. IN ADEQUATE SANITATION AND MORE STRUCTURAL HAZARDS. FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR WITH BASICALLY A STAIRCASE MISSING. FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION . TIMELINE OF EVENTS, DECEMBER 2021 , THE CASE WAS OPENED TO ADDRESS THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE OWNER . APRIL 13, 2022, THE PROPERTY SOLD A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO THE NEW OWNER WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE NEW OWNER TO LET US KNOW EXTERIOR REPAIRS WOULD BE COMPLETED RIGHT AWAY FOR JUNE OF 2022, EXTERIOR REPAIRS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BUT NO PROGRESS MADE OR CALLS TO EXPLAIN . EVERY 12 OF 20 FOR AN AFFIDAVIT A CONDONATION WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.

APRIL 4TH OF 2024 NOTICE OF THE MAY HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE . ON APRIL 10TH, WE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE UPPER FLOOR AND APRIL 11TH THE CONDEMNATION NOTICE OF THE MAY HEARING WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE REGISTERED AGENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. AND THE ORDER IS THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL THE ORDER TO THE COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH. THE DOOR THAT WE MADE ENTRY THROUGH WAS

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TWO WALLS AND A STAIRCASE STRAIGHT UP. AFTER WALKING ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITH MY TWO LARGER TEAMMATES, WE DETERMINED IT WAS NOT SAFE TO WALK AROUND DOWNSTAIRS UNDER THAT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000346 . ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DID THIS CASE, PLEASE COMPORT AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR

THE RECORD. >> GOOD MORNING, I AM GARY HILL WITH CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY . THIS IS MY ENGINEER , ARNOLD. WE HAVE -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES AND YOU GO, NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING WE HAD 22 OF THE 30 YARD CONTAINERS OF STUFF THAT WE HAVE PULLED OUT OF THAT BUILDING. AT ONE POINT, I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE HAD PICTURES WHEN WE HAD IT IN A MODE AND THE TREES. PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD SAY, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WAS THERE. ALL OF THE TREES AND THE BUSHES AND EVERYTHING HAD JUST ENGULFED THE BUILDING, LITERALLY. SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SEEN WITH A LOT OF THE PICTURES AND THE FRUSTRATION THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH IS WHEN YOU ARE HAVING -- PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE GOOD BUT WE WANTED TO BE GOOD. WHEN THERE IS JUST PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THERE AND TRASHING STAFF. MR. PATTERSON , PAT PATTERSON ORIGINALLY OWNED THE BUILDING. HE DONATED IT. HE WANTED IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BLESS THE STATION AND HELP US OUT FINANCIALLY. WE DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD TURN INTO WHAT IT HAS TURNED INTEMPERATE THE FRUSTRATION IS , WHAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DEALT WITH, IT IS AMAZING . I WOULD WANT TO TAKE PRIDE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA , IT IS LIKE -- WHEN MR. PATTERSON WAS ON ME, I'M CAUSALLY HAVING TO REPLACE WINDOWS BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING SMASHED OUT. WE WANTED TO BE NICE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE ALSO NEED HELP BECAUSE THE RADIO STATION IS NOT RIGHT THERE. IT IS A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY. IT IS FRUSTRATING . WE WERE HOPING THAT COULD BE A THING FOR US TO STORE A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT IN AND ALL OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WANT TO LEAVE MY EQUIPMENT THERE WITH WHAT WE ARE FACING.

IT IS FRUSTRATING. WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE A BLESSING TO THE RADIO STATION -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS REALLY BEING A BLESSING OR NOT. IT IS A BATTLE, IT REALLY IS ERIC .

THERE IS'S DARK PICTURES I HAVE FOUND BACK IN HIS GLORY DAYS WENT AND HAD A MODEL T IN FRONT OF IT WITH THE HORSE AND BUGGY.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. IT IS JUST SAD. IT IS SAD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE BUILDING . IT IS A FRUSTRATION, IT REALLY IS. I WILL LET MY ENGINEER SPEAK A LITTLE BIT. HE HAS WRITTEN DOWN SOME NOTES.

>> MY NAME IS GLENN ARNOLD. I AM THE CHIEF ENGINEER FOR KG NZ. WE HAVE DONE SOME REPAIRS TO IT ALREADY AND SECURE THE BUILDING TO KEEP THE VAGRANTS OUT. LIKE GARY SAID, WE ARE DEALING WITH BREAK ENDS. OUR GOAL OR MAIN FOCUS WITH THIS BUILDING WAS TO BE FOR A STORAGE BUILDING FOR THE RADIO -- EXCESS EQUIPMENT STORAGE. BEFORE WE CAN PUT MOST OF OUR STUFF IN THERE -- WE HAVE STUFF IN THERE ALREADY. THE BUILDING IS SEPARATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR. IT IS HARD TO GAIN ENTRY FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. THE 450 ADDRESS STORE, WHICH IS THE VERY NORTH DOOR IS WHERE A LOT OF THE MAJOR CLEANUP HAS BEEN DONE. YOU DID NOT GET TO SEE PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS. AS GARY STATED , WE HAVE PAID FOR 22 CONTAINER HALL OFFICE ALREADY. IF YOU NOTICE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ALL THE SHEET ROCK WAS MISSING FROM THE STUDS. THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE KNOCKED IT OUT. WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON IT. MAYBE NOT TO

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YOUR STANDARDS BEING QUICK ENOUGH BUT WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. IT WAS DONATED TO US. WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH FUNDS TO WORK WITH. SOME OF IT IS VOLUNTEER WORK AND SOME OF IT IS PAID STAFF TO GO HELP US TO GET THIS BUILDING IN ORDER. WHAT OUR MAIN GOAL WAS TO TEAR DOWN THE SOUTH PARK, THE WOODEN PART AND THE METAL WHITE -- THAT WAS -- WE KNOW THE STRUCTURE IS UNSAFE. WE AGREE WITH THOSE WHO SAW IT. WENT IN AND LOOKED AT IT. WE DO NEED ROOF REPAIR. WE DID GET A ROOFER TO COME OVER AND GIVE US A BID. SINCE THEN , WITHIN THREE MONTHS, HE DIED. NOW, WE ARE STUCK AGAIN AND NEEDING TO GET BIDS ON GETTING THE WHOLE OF THE ROOF REPAIRED.

MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY IS THAT WE ARE GIVING -- WE ARE GIVEN MORE TIME TO, AT LEAST, DEMOLISH THE SOUTHSIDE AND THEN RE-RESURRECT THE NORTHSIDE, THE 450 ADDRESS SIDE SINCE IT IS RED BRICK AND STRONGER CONSTRUCTION ON THAT. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME. WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE TIME ON THIS. THAT IS JUST ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR US. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE TOTAL COST WILL BE TO GET THAT TO WHERE YOU WANTED TO

BE? >> WE NEED MORE BIDS. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ALL OF THE BIDS YET. I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

>> YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD LIMITED FUNDS.

>> YES, SIR. >> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW LIMITED? IN COMPARISON WITH THE BIDS YOU ALREADY HAVE?

>> I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WE OPERATE OFF OF DONATIONS. THAT IS HOW OUR RADIO MINISTRY IS FUNDED FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE STATION. THAT IS WHAT I MEANT BY LIMITED FUNDS. I DO NOT HAVE THE BUSINESS RECORDS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. I KNOW THEY ARE MINIMAL. AS I SAID EARLIER, WE OPERATE ON DONATED TIME AND FUNDS THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HELP US OUT WITH ON THIS. I HAVE VISION FOR IT. THERE ARE THOSE THAT DON'T AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DEMOLISHED. WHILE I WAS OVER THERE LAST WEEK CLEANING UP AND SOMEONE HAD REPORTED US THAT THEY THOUGHT WE WERE BREAKING IN BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING REPAIRS.

I GUESS THEY CALLED TERRY , BEHIND ME, TO LET ME KNOW. THAT WAS ME AND MY SON. I HIRED HIM PERSONALLY TO HELP. THE DOORS , OR SOMEONE ELSE HAD BROKEN IN. THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING TO STEAL IN THERE BUT THAT IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT I TOLD ANOTHER PASSERBY , SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON SINCE HE RENTS A HOUSE THREE DOORS DOWN. I TOLD HER WE ARE TRYING TO CLEAN THE PLACE UP AND MAKE IT PRESENTABLE AND A GOOD STORAGE BUILDING OUT OF IT. WE HAVE ANOTHER GUY THAT DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT AND HE IS ONLY WITH US ON THE CLEANUP.

WE ARE NEEDING ANOTHER HELPER TO GET THIS WORK DONE ON THE CLEANUP AND ALSO THE DEMOLITION. DEL MORRISON ALSO OFFERED TO PUT HIS BOND ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. HE WILL CLEAN THAT UP . IF THE BOARD DOES NOT SEE THIS AS A VIABLE SITUATION , THEN WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT DEMOLISHING THE WHOLE BUILDING. WE WILL GO WITH THAT BUT WE ARE

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NOT RECOMMENDING IT BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE THIS PLACE BENEFICIAL TO THE MINISTRY OF KGNZ .

>> IS YOUR LONG-TERM GOAL TO UTILIZE THE SECOND-FLOOR? THERE

SEEMS TO BE -- >> OF THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING, WHERE YOU SAW PICTURES OF THE HOLES IN THE FLOOR, YES. YES, THERE WILL BE SOME CONSIDERABLE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO RESTRUCTURE AND REFRAME. ALSO, LET ME SAY THIS. I KNOW THERE WAS -- IT WAS POSTED WAS NOT HABITABLE FOR HUMANS. THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO BE LIVED IN, IT IS A STORAGE BUILDING. WE WILL NOT NEED WATER OR ELECTRICITY FOR THIS BUILDING OR SEWER. IT IS MAINLY USED FOR STORAGE. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR , YES, IT DOES NEED TO BE REPAIRED. I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO REPAIRED THE STRUCTURE OF THE SECOND-FLOOR TO MAKE IT SAFE. YES, THERE IS PLACES UP THERE. I HAVE BEEN UP THERE MYSELF. THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN WE DID MAKE AN EFFORT. WE HAVE CLEANUP TWO OF THE LARGE ROOM AREAS ALREADY . IT TOOK A CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO DO THAT AND ALSO TRYING TO CLEAN UP -- IF YOU WOULD HAVE SAW THE BUILDING BEFORE IT WAS DONATED TO US -- GARY IS CHUCKLING -- IT WAS A MESS WITH A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE THAT HAS BEEN HAULED OFF. WE DID MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THIS

PLACE. >> ANY QUESTIONS? I NOTICED THE BACK LOT IS GROWN UP. DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT

ROW KWIK-E-MART >> NEXT WEEK. MY SON AND I HAVE ALREADY DONE THE FRONT. AND DID SOME STRUCTURE -- EXCUSE ME, SOME DOOR REPAIRS WHERE VAGRANTS HAVE BROKEN AND SECURED THOSE. THE CURB APPEAL IS THERE AGAIN . THERE IS FLOWERS ON THE CORNER BUT WE LEFT THOSE THERE TO HELP MAKE IT LOOK PRESENTABLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NICE AND HAVE CURB APPEAL. SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT MIND LIVING NEXT TO.

>> I CAN ONLY SPEAK PERSONALLY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE TOTAL PROJECT WOULD BE PRETTY QUICK .

>> YES, SIR . IT >> THAT WOULD ENABLE YOU TO MAKE A DETERMINATION . THERE IS SOME SUBSTANTIAL COST THAT ARE OBVIOUS TO ME AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF THE BOARD THINKS THAT THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING. I KNOW YOU RELY ON DONATIONS . THEY MAY NOT COME IN A VERY TIMELY. THAT IS JUST

MY THINKING. >> AGREED.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO GET THE BIG PICTURE PRETTY FAST. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD DO THAT IN 30

DAYS? >> THE BID , YES. GETTING IT TO WHERE YOU MAKE EVERYTHING FIXED, NO

>> JUST GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE COST WILL BE.

>> YES. WE WILL MAKE THAT A VERY IMPORTANT EFFORT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PRODUCING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000346. AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND EMOTION. PERHAPS, THIS IS ONE THAT WE COULD TABLE TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET THERE TOTAL .

>> I MOVE THAT WE TABLE IT. >> TABLE IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING? MOTION BY MR. ALLRED THAT WE TABLE US UNTIL THE NEXT

MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

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

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>> THANK YOU . >> GOOD MORNING, RICKY WRIGHT,

[G. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 24-000049: 2218 Russell Ave. (CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 2ND ADDN, BLOCK 2, LOT W50 OF 3 & E12.5 OF 4, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Davis, James R & Nancy J]

PROPERTY INSPECTOR CITY AVENUE. I WILL HAVE THE NEXT TWO CASES BUT FIRST ONE IS CASE NUMBER 24-000049 AT 2218 RUSSELL AVENUE. COUNTY RECORDS SHOWS JAMES DAVIS AND NANCY DAVIS AS OWNERS. JAMES AND NANCY DAVIS ARE THE OWNERS. SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS NO ENTITY UNDER THIS NAME. TAX RECORDS OF THE MENSA PARTY ARE NOT APPLICABLE. UTILITY RECORDS IN THE MUNICIPALITY INACTIVE SINCE JUNE 23RD OF 2023. RESEARCH REVEALED JAMES AND NANCY DAVIS TO BE THE OWNERS. THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED. THIS IS THE FRONT SOUTH SIDE .

REAR NORTH SIDE. THE EAST SIDE. AND THE WESTSIDE. THE SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS ARE INADEQUATE CENTER STATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARD, NUISANCE, HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL WIRING , HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION.

THIS IS SOME OF THE EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION. THERE WAS A FIRE AT THIS HOUSE. THIS IS THE CURRENT INTERIOR CONDITIONS AFTER THE FIRE. ALL OF THAT STUFF YOU SEE IN THERE WAS THERE PRIOR TO THE FIRE. INADEQUATE SANITATION. TIMELINE ON JANUARY 5TH, 2024 IS WHEN THERE WAS A STRUCTURAL FIRE.

FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO BE 50,000. TAXABLE VALUE IS $55,000 FOR JANUARY 10, 2024, INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND MET WITH THE OCCUPANTS ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS IS THE SON OF THE OWNER. THE FEMALE OWNER LISTED IS DECEASED. THE MALE OWNER , HER HUSBAND IS CURRENTLY IN A HOME RIGHT NOW BATTLING DEMENTIA. CANNOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON THIS. WE INSTRUCTED THE OCCUPANTS THAT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONDEMN THE PROPERTY AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STAY THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN STAYING IN THE BACKYARD IN A SHED SINCE THE FIRE. WHICH IS STILL HAPPENING. JENNER 11, 2024, AFFIDAVIT OF CONDEMNATION WAS FILED AT THE COUNTY CLERK. GENTRY 17, 24, NOTICE OF COMBINATION -- CONDEMNATION WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

JANUARY 17TH , RECEIVED SINCE THE COMPLAINT FOR TRASH AROUND THE HOUSE GOING INTO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES BUT OCCUPANTS STARTING FIRES IN THE YARD AND UNATTENDED FIRES WITH TRASH BLOWING AROUND. JANUARY 29TH , RECEIVED ANOTHER CITIZEN COMPLAINT FOR TRASH AROUND THE HOUSE AND FIRES BURNING AT NIGHT. AND THEY ALSO LET US KNOW PEOPLE ARE STILL STAYING IN THE BURNED HOUSE. MARCH 20TH, 2024, PHONE CALLS FROM THE GRANDSON OF THE OWNER . HE LET US KNOW THAT THE MALE PROPERTY OWNER IS IN A NURSING HOME AND IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE HOME DUE TO HIS CONDITION THE FEMALE OWNER IS DECEASED. THE GRANDSON SAID HE IS TRYING TO GET THE HOME PUT IN HIS NAME SO HE CAN GET IT DEMOLISHED. MARCH 22ND, 23 FOR A PHONE CALL FROM THE DAUGHTER STATED SHE IS TRYING TO GET POWER OF ATTORNEY AND IS INTERESTED IN DOING A CONSENT FOR THE CITY TO DEMO BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUE THE PROPERTY IS CAUSING FOR THE NEIGHBORS. I BELIEVE IN YOUR NOTES, YOU HAVE A LETTER FROM THE DAUGHTER THAT WE RECEIVED HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE STUFF THAT SHE HAD SET IN THAT LETTER. APRIL 4TH, NOTICE OF HEARING POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE . WE DISCOVERED A LARGE UNMET A BIGGER BELONGINGS HAD BEEN MOVED ONTO THE BELONGINGS. HAD TO WALK ALL OVER THE STUFF JUST TO POST. THE PILE LOOKS TO BE UNSANITARY AND HAD A SWARM OF

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FLIES OVER IT. ON APRIL 11, WE TOOK A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TO CLEAN UP. THEY ARE STILL LIVING IN THE SHADOW. THERE IS A COUPLE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE SHED IN THE BACKYARD BUT WE DID SECURE THE HOUSE THE BEST WE COULD. AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, THEY ARE NOT GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A SIDE WINDOW WHERE THEY MIGHT BE CLIMBING THROUGH. THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEY WERE LIVING INSIDE THEIR AFTER IT WAS CONDEMNED. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE SHED. THEY ARE STILL THERE. ON APRIL 16TH, WE RECEIVED A REPORT LETTING US KNOW THERE HAS BEEN 75 CALLS TO APD BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST OF 2023 AND APRIL 15TH OF 2024. THEY RANGE EVERYTHING FROM DISTURBANCES TO ANIMAL CRUELTY, DRUG USE, TRANSIENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY STILL BEAR AN ASSAULT SPURRED ON APRIL 16, NOTICE OF MAKE HEARING SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ERRORS. I KNOW WHAT OF THE NEIGHBORS IS HERE TO SPEAK TODAY TO SOME OF THE STUFF. AND SHE HAS NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE GIVEN HER STATEMENTS AS WELL. I CONTINUALLY GO BUY THIS PROPERTY TO CHECK ON IT.

IT IS STARTING TO GET TRASHED UP AGAIN IN THE BACK. AND THE SAME PEOPLE IN AND OUT. WE HAVE ADVISED THEM THEY NEED TO FIND OTHER LIVING SITUATIONS. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS IS TO FIND THE PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH , SAFETY, AND WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE AND TO ORDER THE OWNER TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT WITH IN 30 DAYS OR THE

CITY MAY DEMOLISH. >> ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THIS DEMOLITION ORDER INCLUDE THE SHED?

>> LET'S, IT DOES. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 24-000049 . ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE, PLEASE, STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR

NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE RODRIGUEZ. HERE I HAVE SOME STATEMENTS FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS OF JAMES DAVIS AND NANCY DAVIS. IN 2021 NANCY DAVIS HAD PASSED AWAY . RIGHT AFTER THAT, JAMES DAVIS WAS SENT TO THE NURSING HOME. THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS RESIDING THERE WAS THE SUN, WHICH IS JAMES MICHAEL DAVIS. AT THIS MOMENT IS IN TAYLOR COUNTY. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STAYING THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS, DRUG ADDICTS. THEY HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT. WE DO HAVE CHILDREN THAT COMPLAIN BECAUSE WE ARE PROTECTIVE OF OUR CHILDREN. THEY CANNOT GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. WE HAVE COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS. THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING ANIMALS THERE AS WELL. THERE HAS BEEN ABUSIVE -- I HAVE VIDEOS OF EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE GOING AND COMING, THE FIGHTING ARGUMENT , THE YELLING AT COPS AND EVERYONE THAT SHOWS UP THERE. LAST NIGHT, A MATTER FACT, ABOUT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, WE HAD TO QUIET THEM DOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS THINGS BEING THROWN WITH THEM ARGUING. THEY WOULD LIGHT FIRES IN THE BACKYARD , UNATTENDED. TRASH IS EVERYWHERE. IT IS FILTHY. THERE IS FLIES EVERYWHERE. DOGS ARE, BASICALLY, FLEA INFESTED. THEY DO NOT FEED IT. THEY DO NOT WATER THEM. MICHAEL DAVIS HAD LIVED THERE -- CONTINUE TO LIVING THERE AFTER THE PARENTS -- THE MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND THE FATHER WENT INTO THE NURSING HOME FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS WOULD COME IN. THEY TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY . THERE IS A FEW PEOPLE. ONE OF THEM IS NAMED ALBERT WHO WAS TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY. HE TOLD THE COPS THAT HE WAS FAMILY . HE IS NO LONGER A FAMILY MEMBER OF THEM. THEY TRIED TO SELL IT TO MY FATHER AND MY FATHER ONE TAUGHT TO HIS FATHER BUT HE IS NOT IN THE RIGHT STATE OF MIND IN ORDER TO SIGN ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTS OR ANYTHING TO GET THAT HANDED OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE. ALBERT , WHO WAS JUST SOMEONE OFF THE STREET , CAME IN AND TOOK OVER THE PAPERWORK AND THE HOUSE. HE RECENTLY MOVED OUT AFTER CITY HAD CAME OUT RECENTLY AND BOARDED IRVING

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UP AND SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING. THERE WAS AN ELDER GUY NAMED TRACY AND HE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE AS WELL AS ALBERT AND SOMETIMES ANOTHER ONE WOULD STAY THERE. MIKE HAS BEEN OUT SINCE THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. HE NO LONGER HAS BEEN LIVING THERE. HE JUST COMES AND PICKS UP STUFF ALL THE WAY UNTIL 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING. THERE HAS BEEN DRUG ACTIVITY . THE INVESTIGATOR HAD TOLD US THAT IT WAS A CANDLE THAT HAD STARTED THE FIRE. AND THAT THERE WAS PARAPHERNALIA FOUND EVERYWHERE IN THE HOUSE. WE HAD A FEW INCIDENTS WHERE THEY WOULD BE OUTSIDE ARGUING.

PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP TRYING TO FIGHT WITH THEM. THEY WERE STEALING STUFF AND STOLE MONEY. IT IS AN EVERYDAY THING , AN EVERY OTHER DAY THING. THERE IS TWO PEOPLE BUT RESIDE THERE AT THIS MOMENT. SELENA AND SEAN HEARING, I BELIEVE THAT IS HIS LAST NAME. THEY ARE DISRESPECTFUL. THEY BEAT ON THEIR DOGS. AND THEY JUST HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC TO THIS DAY IN AND OUT OF THAT SHED. IT IS FILTHY THERE THE CITY CAME OUT AND CLEANED IT OUT. IT WAS CLEAN, LOOKED BETTER THAN WHAT IT DID BEFORE. RIGHT AFTER CITY LEFT, THEY STARTED BRINGING STUFF BACK OUT. RIGHT NOW, I HAVE THAT PROOF THAT I CAN PULL UP AND IT IS A TOTAL TRASH BACK THERE. AS ALBERT, WHO CLAIMS TO BE COUSIN /BROTHER OF MIKE DAVIS , HE JUST TOOK OVER. MIKE DOES NOT TELL THEM ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE HE IS SCARED. HE APPARENTLY SAID HE WAS TIRED OF EVERYTHING AND WANTED TO MOVE . THAT DID NOT HAPPEN BUT THEY RECENTLY TOOK HIM IN BECAUSE OF WHATEVER FAMILY HE HAD CAUGHT. THESE POOR DOGS ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE THEIR BONES. THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES AND DOG POUND HAS BEEN CALLED MANY TIMES. COPS HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT BUT WE ALREADY HAD SOMEONE PULL A GUN OUT ON US BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THEY WERE ARUING AND FIGHTING. THEY JUST CANNOT SEEM TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY. WE ARE JUST TIRED OF IT. WORK ON THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN . HERE I HAVE ALL THE STATEMENTS THAT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT IS NECESSARY. IF YOU WANT TO, THAT IS FINE.

>> DO YOU LIVE NEXT-DOOR? >> I DO. I HAVE STATEMENTS HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ IF YOU, I WILL GIVE THEM TO YOU ALL. THIS IS JIMMY GREENE. THEY ARE NEIGHBOR FROM 2241 RUSSELL.

ON THE STATEMENT THE FALLING OF THEIR CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS OVER THE PAST YEARS AFTER NANCY DAVIS/MICHAEL DAVIS' MOTHER DIED. THESE CONCERNS STARTED OCCURRING. FREQUENT TRANSIENTS GATHERED IN THE YARD COMING AND GOING AT ALL HOURS. CONSTANT LOUD ARGUING AND CURSING, RAISED VOICES, THREATENING BEHAVIOR TOWARDS EACH OTHER. DOGS CONSTANTLY BARKING AND RUNNING LOOSE. FECES IN NEIGHBOR'S YARDS. ALSO DOGS WERE LEFT WITHOUT FOOD/SELTZER -- SELTZER -- NASTY LIVING CONDITIONS LEADING TO UP BUYER OCCURRING UNATTENDED CANDLES.

NO ELECTRICITY OR WATET . HOUSE WAS CONDEMNED AS AN HABITABLE. HOWEVER IT THESE STREET PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE THERE. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS CALLED INTO ANIMAL CONTROL, APD, CALLS FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE STATEMENTS. HUMAN, DO YOU HAVE?

>> I HAVE FIVE PER >> CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE CITY

GETS THAT FOR THE FILE? >> I WILL DO THAT. YOU MAKE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALWAYS

APPRECIATE A NEIGHBOR COMING. >> ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CASE CAN LEASE, STEP OR IS IT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE 24-000049 AND HOP -- AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION OR

MOTION. >>

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>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. WHITE, SECOND BY MR. BRAYER. THE PROPERTY IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. I HAVE A QUESTION BUT IN THIS SITUATION, THE DAUGHTER SIGN THE DEMO DEGREE?

>> I AM NOT SURE. WHOEVER HAS THE AUTHORITY THEY CHECK THAT IN BUILDING INSPECTION. THE OWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO PULL PERMITS TO DO ANY KIND OF WORK INCLUDING DEMOLITION WORK, IF IT IS ORDERED IF THE OWNER DOES NOT DO, THE CITY WILL DO IT. IF BUILDING INSPECTIONS HAS A QUESTION ABOUT MAJOR, THEN THEY

WILL CONSULT OUR OFFICE. >> MY QUESTION WAS, SHE IS WORKING ON GETTING POWER OF ATTORNEY?

>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE -- >> IT WOULD SPEED THINGS UP.

>> I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

>> SHE IS WORKING TO TRY TO GET POWER OF ATTORNEY?

>> THAT HAS BEEN TOLD TO US WE DO NOT KNOW 100% IF THAT IS GETTING DONE. WE JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE POSSIBLE ERRORS THAT ARE ALL FOR DEMOLITION.

>> THAT WOULD SPEED THINGS UP CONSIDERABLY. THANK YOU THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. WYATT AND SECOND BY MR. MCBRAYER. THAT THE OWNER IS ORDERED TO DEMOLISH OR APPEAL THE ORDER TO THE COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE CITY MAY DEMOLISH. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[H. Case for Rehabilitation, Demolition or Civil Penalties - Case# 24-000345: 502 N. Willis St. (WESTWOOD PLAZA, BLOCK 1, LOT 101 REPLAT, ACRES 1.0553, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS), Owner: Advance Capital Commercial LLC]

>> THE LAST CASE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. CASE NUMBER 24-000345 AT 502 NORTH WILLIS STREET. COUNTY RECORD SHOWS GENERAL WARRANTY DEED NAMING ADVANCE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL LLC TO BE THE OWNER.

TAYLOR COUNTY SHOWS ADVANCE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL LLC TO BE THE OWNER. SECRETARY OF STATE, NO ENTITY LOCATED IN TEXAS.

ALSO UNABLE TO LOCATE IN CALIFORNIA, SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED, ACCORDING TAYLOR CATBIRD TAX RECORDS ARE NOT APPLICABLE. UNTIL THE RECORDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY , IN ACTIVE SINCE JULY 29TH, 2018. AND THE SEARCH REVEALS ADVANCE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL LLC TO BE THE OWNER.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR. THIS IS THE FRONT EASTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. STILL THE FRONT EASTSIDE. REAR WEST SIDE. THE NORTH SIDE. AND THE SOUTH SIDE.

THE SUBSTANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS ARE INADEQUATE SANITATION, STRUCTURAL HAZARD, NUISANCE , HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL WIRING, HAZARDOUS PLUMBING, HOW DOES MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND FAULTY WEATHER PROTECTION. HERE IS SOME OF THE EXTERIOR DILAPIDATION AND FAULTY MECHANICAL ISSUES. THERE WAS A FIRE INSIDE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH ONE OR TWO OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGS INSIDE THAT HAVE BURNED. THE WHOLE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETELY VANDALIZED AND STRIPPED OF ANYTHING THAT COULD BE RECYCLED OR TAKEN. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE , IT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ON EVERY FOUR. IT IS A SIX-STORY BUILDING, I BELIEVE.

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THIS IS ONE OF THE MECHANICAL ROOMS THAT HAS BEEN STRIPPED AND VANDALIZED. THIS IS THE ELEVATOR SHAFT , SO THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SOME OF THE BATHROOMS. TIMELINE , ON MAY 1ST, 2018, THERE WAS A STRUCTURE FIRE. ESTIMATED DAMAGE AT $30,000 PER EVERY 24, 2023, RECEIVED COMPLAINTS A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE. CONTACTED THE OWNER AND HE AGREED TO MEET WITH US TO INSPECT THE INTERIOR. DID COMPLETE INTERIOR INSPECTION AND OWNERS PLAN WAS TO REPAIR.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 COMIC CASE OPEN FOR DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.

RECEIVED SAYS A COMPLAINT FOR GLASS AND PARTS OF THE EXTERIOR FALLING FROM UP HER LEVEL OF THE BUILDING CITIZEN ALSO COMPLAINED OF VAGRANTS BREAKING IN OFTEN THERE IS A CAR REPAIR DEALERSHIP JUST TO THE NORTH EAST OF THAT. THEY CONDUCT BUSINESS DAILY AND THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THE DEBRIS WAS FALLING ONTO THEIR LOT. SEPTEMBER 14, 2023, HE IS LOOKING TO SELL THE PROPERTY. NOVEMBER 2ND OF 2023, OWNERS THAT AN UPDATE THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON PROPERTY SALE AND HAVE A POTENTIAL BUYER. GENERATE 22ND OF '24, OWNER INFORMED US HE MAY HAVE A BUYER IN THE COMING WEEK SAID THE NEXT UPDATE WOULD NOT BE FOR ANOTHER ONE TO TWO MONTHS AFTER THAT. FEBRUARY 12, WE FILED THE AFFIDAVIT OF CONDEMNATION AT THE COUNTY CLERK. ON FEBRUARY 28, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A NEW PROPERTY OWNER AND EXPLAIN CONDEMNATION AND STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO REMOVE IT FROM CONDEMNATION ON MARCH 4TH, NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION WERE SENT TO THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER. MARCH OF '24, OWNER CALLED AND INQUIRED ABOUT DOING REPAIRS ON ONE FLOOR AT A TIME AND ALLOWING OCCUPANT UNREPAIRED FOR WHILE THE OTHER FLOORS ARE STILL UNDER REPAIR.