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[CALL TO ORDER]
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE BUILDING ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD.[1. Minutes of the Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Building Advisory and Appeals Board Meeting]
IS, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025.SO I'LL LET THE BOARD HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
YOU ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION NOW? YES, SIR.
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 0.
[3. Hearing concerning Dangerous Structure located at 1215 E. Main St., Grand Prairie, Texas]
ON THE AGENDA IS A HEARING CONCERNING DANGEROUS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 32 AND 1 34 NORTHEAST NINTH STREET STAFF.WELL, I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM MR. RUNNING LATE, SO I SEAT, UH, EAST MAIN IS HERE.
IF IT'D BE OKAY TO FLIP FLOP THEM.
WELL, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD.
DOES, UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING ITEM NUMBER THREE TO TWO AND MOVING TWO TO NUMBER THREE? I THINK EVERYONE FOR TWO IS HERE AND EVERYONE FROM ONE IS NOT.
FIRST, THE HEARING CONCERNING DANGEROUS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1215 EAST MAIN STREET.
THIS WAS THAT, UH, UH, THE ABANDONED RESTAURANT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE STARTED THIS, I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR WHEN FOLKS WERE BREAKING IN AND TEARING THINGS UP AND WHATNOT.
UH, SO THE OWNER, I THINK, INITIALLY STARTED, HE WANTED TO FIX IT AFTER WE, UH, WE ISSUED THE ORDERS TO, TO FIX IT, STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW WELL THE MAIN REASON THEY HAD THIS PROPERTY OR THE, THE INCOME VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY IS THE CELL PHONE TOWER IN THE BACK CORNER LOT.
AND SO THAT'S, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN KEEPING THAT INCOME PROPERTY AND THEN JUST PROBABLY JUST SELLING THIS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DECIDED ON.
IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT, UH, OF TIME TO GET THE REPL D DRAWN, DONE, PERMITTED ZONING.
CVA HAD HERE, HAD A VARIANCE ON IT THAT WAS GRANTED.
UH, AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE PURCHASERS HERE, THE SELLERS REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE.
THEY HAVE A PLAN TO SCHEDULE TO CLOSE ON OCTOBER 20TH FOR THE FINAL CLOSING.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE TO REPORT ON WHAT THEY'VE GOT DONE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
THESE WERE OUR ORIGINAL FINDINGS THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS AND SUBSTANDARD.
THIS IS WAY BACK IN OCTOBER, LIKE I SAID, OF LAST YEAR.
AND THESE WERE OUR ORDERS 30 DAYS TO REPAIR, REMOVE, OR DEMOLISH.
WELL, SINCE WE'VE MOVED, MOVED ON THAT, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, UH, LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE REPLANTED GOT IT APPROVED.
THEY'RE READY TO TO, TO CLOSE ON THE 20TH.
THEY CALLED AND GOT OUR, OUR LIEN PAYOFF REQUEST EVEN.
SO I'M GONNA LET YOU TALK TO THEM, I IMAGINE
SO THEY'RE HERE UNLESS YOU GET ANY QUESTIONS FROM ME.
ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? YES, GO AHEAD.
ARE THERE ANY PHOTOS SINCE, UM, ALL SINCE WHAT? ANY PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY? WELL, I MEAN THE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
IT'S SE IT'S SECURED, IT'S CLEAN.
THERE'S NOTHING ON THE INSIDE.
THEY HAVEN'T STARTED ON THE INSIDE YET.
THEY, THEY DID DO SOME TEMPORARY REPAIRS OF THE ROOF.
THEY DID CLEAN IT OUT FROM THE ORIGINAL TIME.
DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YEAH.
MY NAME IS LETICIA SANCHEZ AND MY ADDRESS IS, UH, 2 26 NORTHEAST FIFTH STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
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THE HELP IN THIS PROCESS.UH, WE ARE READY FOR MAKE THE CLOSING.
FINALLY, THE PROCESS FOR REPLAYING IS DONE AND, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
AND IT'S ALL WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
WE ARE READY TO MAKE, WE, UH, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN AROUND AND UNTIL WE GIVE THEM THE KIDS, WE ARE GONNA STILL YEAH.
TAKING CARE A FEW MORE WEEKS, TWO WEEKS MORE.
IF YOU NEED, I HAVE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT FOR, FROM THE TITLE COMPANY.
I HAVE THE COPY OF THE MONEY, I MEAN THE CASHIER CHECK FOR EARNEST MONEY.
SO WE ARE VERY SERIOUS IN THIS CASE TO MAKE THE, UH, THE CLOSING.
DO Y'ALL WANT TO SEE THAT OR DOES OKAY.
YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT TO STAFF.
I'M LIVING AT, UH, 44 21 WOODRIDGE DRIVE, ARLINGTON, TEXAS.
UH, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MR. THE DOLE FAMILY, WHO'S THE, THE, UM, THE BUYER OF THE PROPERTY FROM MS. SANCHEZ.
UM, WE, WE ARE READY TO COME INTO CLOSING, WHICH IS ON THE 20TH OF THIS MONTH.
UM, WE HAVE THE FUND READY AND AS SOON AS THE CLOSING DONE, WE GOING TO HAVE OUR ARCHITECTURE ENGINEER TO, TO DO, TO PRESENT TO THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, UH, THE CITY OF CRANBERRY.
I DEAL WITH ARLINGTON ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S WHY
IT'S FUNCTIONABLE AS WELL AS ALL THE MVP NEED TO BE REPAIRS, UH, THE PLUMBING, THE MECHANICAL AND THE ELECTRICAL, UM, UP TO CODE, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO UTILIZE THE BUILDING.
OUR ARCHITECTURE ENGINEER IS STANDING BY AND WAITING.
AS SOON AS WE DO THE CLOSING, WE WOULD, WE TURN OVER TO HIM.
IT TAKES FOUR TO SIX WEEK FOR HIM TO COMPLETE THE DRAWING AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY FOR, FOR APPROVAL.
UM, SO WE NEED SOME MORE TIMES AFTER THE CLOSING TO GET THE BUILDING, UM, FIXED, UH, UP TO CODE AND FUNCTION OF ALL SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT WHETHER WE LEASE THIS OUT OR WE, WE USE THIS FOR, FOR SOME OTHER BUSINESSES AS WE PRESENT BEFORE THAT, WE, WE INTEND TO USE THIS AS THE EVENT CENTER.
SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE UP TO CODE.
LET'S SEE IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
SO I THINK, UH, THE DEADLINE, UH, THERE FOR THE EXISTING ORDERS WAS TODAY OCTOBER 6TH, 2025.
AND SO I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO EXTEND THESE ORDERS OUT TO ALLOW THE NEW OWNERS TO TIME TO GET THE PERMITS ARCHITECTURAL, TURN THE, A DETAILED PLAN OVER TO STAFF AND MAYBE PROVIDE IT TO US TOO.
UH, SO, UH, WHAT ARE Y'ALL THINKING BOARD ABOUT 60 DAYS, DAYS MORE THAN AT THE SAME TIME PUSH FIRST OF THE YEAR? WELL, HERE'S MY QUESTION.
UM, THIS CAME TO US UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CURRENT OWNER.
ONCE IT SWITCHES HANDS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT UNLESS IT COMES BACK UP AGAIN AS THE BUILDING BEING IN VIOLATION.
WELL, IT SWITCHING OWNERSHIP HANDS.
THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.
MY, MY MIND IS JUST 'CAUSE IT SWITCHES OWNERS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S UP TO THE ATTORNEYS.
SO THE BUILDING'S STILL A BUILDING.
BUT IT, BUT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE.
WELL, UNTIL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD AS TO WHETHER IT'S FULLY IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT, BUT UNTIL IT'S FULLY IN COMPLIANCE, THE, THE ORDER STANDS, UM, AND UNLESS IT, UH, EXPIRES AND THE ORDER PROVIDES NOTICE TO FUTURE OWNERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CLARIFIED ANYTHING.
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BUT THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT A PLAN TO REDEVELOP, THERE'S A CONDITION ON ALL OF THE ORDERS THAT SUBSEQUENT PURCHASERS PURCHASE IT SUBJECT TO THE ORDER.OTHERWISE YOU COULD HAVE THEM CONSTANTLY SELLING PROPERTIES TO AVOID ENFORCEMENT OF ANY BOARD ORDER MM-HMM
AND SO THE NEW OWNER, UNTIL THEY BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS MM-HMM
IT IS STILL A VIOLATION AND IT IS STILL SUBJECT TO THE ORDER.
ONCE THEY BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS, THE ORDER WOULD BE RELEASED AND AT THAT TIME, THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE SUBJECT TO IT.
SO WOULD, HOW LONG CAN WE EXTEND THE ORDER OUT THE CURRENT ORDER THAT'S IN PLACE THAT'S WITHIN Y'ALL'S DISCRETION BECAUSE THEY, THEY DID ALREADY PROVIDE Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY ENTERED A FINDING THAT THEY PROVIDED A DETAILED TIMELINE MM-HMM
SO THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY AND Y'ALL HAD TO DO THAT TO GIVE THEM TIME TO GO THROUGH THE REPL PROCESS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, WHICH HAS DELAYED THE CLOSING.
SO Y'ALL CAN BRING THEM BACK WHENEVER YOU WANT TO BRING THEM BACK.
AND, UM, YOU'LL JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU CAN NEVER SHORTEN THE TIME.
YOU CAN ALWAYS EXTEND THE TIME MM-HMM
SO LONG AS YOU'RE STILL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ORDER MM-HMM
SO, WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT BULLET NUMBER THREE HERE ON THE BACK OF THAT PAGE.
IT SAYS, THE OWNER SHALL PROVIDE AN UPDATED AND EVEN MORE DETAILED PLAN AND TIMELINE, WHICH INCLUDES THE STATUS OF ALL PERMITS ON AND BEFORE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2025 TODAY, WHICH IS TODAY.
THAT IS WHAT Y'ALL HAD BASED THAT ON.
NOW, IN ALL FAIRNESS, WHEN Y'ALL ISSUED THAT DETERMINATION, IT WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS GOING TO RE BE, RE PLATTED AND CLOSED YEP.
ABOUT A MONTH IN ADVANCE TO GIVE THEM AN, A FEW WEEKS TO GO IN AND INSPECT AND SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY NEEDED.
YOU, SO AT THIS POINT, SINCE THEY HAVEN'T CLOSED, THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD OKAY.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? BOARD, SO, CAN I HAVE MR. LEE? YES.
SO, MR. LEE, WHEN YOU GUYS CLOSE ON THE 20TH YES MA'AM.
YOU'RE GONNA TAKE POSSESSION THAT DAY.
ARE YOU SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH CONTRACTORS, ARCHITECT OR, UH, ARCHITECT OR ANYTHING? UM, AFTER THE CLOSING, WE ARE IMMEDIATELY, UM, UM, EMPLOY AN ARCHITECTURE TO, UM, TO DO THE DRAWING.
UH, WHICH INCLUDING THE FACE LIFT OF THE BUILDING MM-HMM
THE MVP, WHICH IS MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMPING MM-HMM
AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO THE CITIES.
NOW IT'S UP TO THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM.
IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF JOBS, OUR JOBS CAN BE IN QUEUE.
USUALLY IT TAKES 46 WEEKS, SOMETIME EIGHT WEEKS FOR HIM TO COMPLETE MM-HMM
AND THEN, AND THEN WE REVIEW THEM, UM, AND THEN WE SUBMIT IT TO THE CD FOR APPROVAL.
UH, AND THEN WE, WE DO THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UM, MR. O FAMILY HAS INVEST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE PROPERTIES.
UH, I MEAN THE, UH, THEY HAVE TO PAY INTEREST IN ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY WANT UTILIZE THE BUILDING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT TAKES TIME FOR ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO DO IT.
THEY HAVE TO DO WITH WITHIN THE CODE OF THE C OF THE CITY AS WELL AS INTO THE COMPLIANCE.
BUT WHEN THAT THING DONE MM-HMM
THE BUILDING WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE FOR SURE.
AND THE PLANS ARE SIX, SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OUT BEFORE YOU GET THEM.
YOU'RE ANTICIPATING FROM THE ARCHITECT FIRM? YES, MA'AM.
USUALLY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR THE, UH, FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL SUBMITTAL.
BY THEN, WE KNOW THE CITY PROPERLY KNOWS STAFF KNOWS THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE NEED TIME TO DO CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I, I PERSONALLY MEANT FOR CONVERSATION.
UM, I THINK THAT THEY HAVE, UM, PRETTY MUCH COMPLIED IT TO THE POINT MM-HMM
IN THE CITY'S SATISFACTION'S BEING MET MM-HMM
SO IF CLOSING IS ON OCTOBER 20TH, UM, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS FOR DRAWINGS AND WHATNOT, I COULD BE OKAY WITH BRINGING THEM BACK ON JAN.
ON OUR, UM, I THINK IT'S ON THURSDAY, JANUARY ONE MEETING.
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JANUARY 5TH, I THINK THE FIRST OH, YEAH.
WELL, I'M, I'M READY TO GET THIS BUSINESS DONE.
UM, SO JANUARY 5TH IS ON A THURSDAY? NO, THAT ONE'S NOT.
I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE IT IS THE HOLLI OR WELL, HOLIDAY SEASON, IF WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, IT MAY BE FEBRUARY.
I'M OPEN WITH FEBRUARY, I'M OPEN, YEAH.
IN FEBRUARY, BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OF THEIR DRAWINGS, PLUS ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE THEY CAN SUBMIT IT MM-HMM
IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO GET THE PERMITS.
SO BY THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD UPDATE BY THEN.
SO WHAT'S THE FEBRUARY MEETING? THE SECOND WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THAT? MONDAY? THAT'S MONDAY.
SO, I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION IF, UNLESS YOU GUYS WANNA HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION.
SO MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE BRING THEM BACK ON FEB MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, UM, WITH, UM, UH, WITH, WITH THE FUTURE PLANS AND, UH, DRAWINGS FOR THE, UH, PROPOSED RENOVATIONS.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CLARIFICATION.
ARE YOU ALSO WISHING TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE TO THAT DATE AS WELL? YES.
WHAT ABOUT 1158
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, POLICE? AYE.
MOTION CARRIED BY VOTE OF EIGHT ZERO.
[2. Hearing concerning Dangerous Structure(s) located at 132 and 134 NE 9th Street]
IS A HEARING CONCERNING DANGEROUS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1 32 AND 1 34 NORTHEAST NINTH STREET STAFF.THIS IS THE DUPLEX UP THERE ON, UH, NORTHEAST NINTH THAT, UH, IT STARTED BACK IN JANUARY.
THE CODE OFFICER'S ATTENTION WITH, THERE WAS A TRUCK PARKED IN THE, IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
WE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF, OF ILLICIT ACTIVITY AROUND, UH, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE.
UH, SO THE HOUSE IS OCCUPIED BY A WOMAN AND HER SON, THE OWNERS, THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WAS THE WOMAN'S DAUGHTER THAT LIVED IN COLORADO.
AND THEN TO KEEP THE FAMILY GOING IN THIS, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER BROTHER THAT'S HERE TONIGHT WHO HAS TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO GET THE HOUSE FIXED UP.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UH, THIS WAS IT ORIGINALLY, IT'S A, IT WAS A DUPLEX, IT WAS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
THE ROOF WAS BAD, THE WALLS WERE BAD.
THEY, SOME OF THEM WEREN'T EVEN THERE.
AND I CAN, YOU CAN FAST FORWARD IN YOUR MIND.
THEY'VE TORN ALL THAT OUT AND IT'S CLEANED OUT NOW.
AND THEY'VE STARTED ACTUALLY SOME SHEET ROCK REMOVAL.
UH, THEY'VE FIXED THE ROOF, CLEANED ALL THAT, ALL THAT HAS GONE.
THEY'RE TURNING THAT PORCH INTO LIKE A DAY ROOM.
THERE'S THE, SOME OF THE PROGRESS.
THE ROOF IS REPLACED, REBUILDING THE FRONT OF IT.
SO THE FELIPE ESPINOZA, HIS, HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS MOM OR HIS BROTHER LIVING THERE ANYMORE.
THEY DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
THE OTHER TENANT'S BEEN EVICTED SO THAT THE HOUSE IS EMPTY.
AND, UH, THEY'RE, LIKE I SAID, CLEANING IT AND DOING SOME PARTIAL DEMO ON THE INSIDE TO GET TO GET STARTED.
THEY STILL HAVEN'T GOT THE PERMIT SECURED YET.
HE, UH, AND THIS WAS TODAY
UH, MR. ESPINOZA HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CHIEF ABO ABODO, I DUNNO IF
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I CAN SAY HIS NAME, BUT THE BIG TALL GUY,AND, UH, AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, I, YOU CAN SEE IT'S BOARDED UP.
SO THE POLICE HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE THERE.
SO HE'S WORKING ON GETTING IT DONE.
UH, THAT'S ANOTHER PICTURE FROM TODAY.
THESE WERE ADOPT THE ORIGINAL ADOPTED FINDINGS, UH, SUBSTANDARD AND DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
THE ORIGINAL ORDERS 30 DAYS, PREPARE, REHAB OR DEMOLISHED.
IT'S SINCE BEEN EXTENDED TO, TO WORK WITH HIM.
UH, SO HE, UH,
SO I'M GONNA LET HIM EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
IT'S LIKE FOUR PAGES ON THE, ON MY PHONE.
SO I'M GONNA LET HIM TELL YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? NO.
UH, MR. ESPINOZA, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1 1 2 4, 1 MCCREE ROAD IN DALLAS.
UH, AND I'M HELPING, I'M THE PROPERTY MANAGER HELPING MY SISTER.
AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER OBVIOUSLY WAS MY PARENTS.
AND THEY'VE, UH, UH, MOVED OUT.
UH, ESPECIALLY MY BROTHER AND MY MOTHER MOVED OUT.
AS YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY AWARE, UH, PEOPLE DRAGGED THEIR FEET AND, UH, WE'RE FINALLY, THEY FINALLY, THEY'RE FINALLY OUT.
ONE OF YOU, THE COUNSELORS, UH, SAID, HOW COULD I LET MY MOTHER LIVE THAT WAY? WELL, I SUCCESSFULLY, YOU KNOW, I, IT KIND OF, I HURT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
AND NOW SHE'S LIVING, SHE LIVES IN AN APARTMENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH RUNNING WATER, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE MODERN CONVENIENCES, SO MM-HMM
AND, UH, I, I'VE DONE ABOUT 15, UH, DUMP TRAILERS.
PURCHASED A DUMP TRAILER, UM, COMPLETELY CLEANED AROUND IT FROM THE SIDE.
I MEAN, I, I DID HAVE, I DID GIVE THE, UH, UH, ALLEN SOME, UH, PICTURES, EXTENSIVE PICTURES OF THE WHOLE PLACE.
THE, THE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW THERE, EVERYTHING'S GONE.
UH, THAT, THAT, OBVIOUSLY I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE.
BUT, UH, MY SISTER DID HELP FINANCIALLY BECAUSE SHE DID, UH, SECURE A $50,000 LOAN TO FIX THE ROOF.
WE HAVE, UH, THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE DOING IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE, MY, UH, SISTER'S.
I'M IN ON MY, UH, SISTER'S HUSBAND'S SIDE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF HELPFUL.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE DONE AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.
I DO, I DO HAVE A, THE MASTER PLAN THAT THEY SENT, YOU KNOW, 30, 60, 90 DAYS.
IT'S FAIRLY LENGTHY, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
BUT IT, IT IS NOT JUST WORK AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A HOUSE, YOU FIX IT UP.
YOU KNOW, UH, I PUT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN JAIL.
THE LA LAST PERSON WAS IN JAIL.
HE, UH, HE DID TRY TO ATTACK ME.
AND, UH, THANKFULLY I DIDN'T GET TO HURT HIM.
SO HE GOT, UH, 75 DAYS IN JAIL.
UH, HE'LL BE OUT, HE'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE STREETS.
BUT THAT STRUCTURE WAS VERY DANGEROUS.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT, HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS.
THE CHIEF SAID THAT THAT'S THE, THE WORST CRIMINALS, THE WORST PROSTITUTES, THE WORST DRUG DEALERS THERE.
AND I WAS THERE SOLO, YOU KNOW, FEARLESS.
BUT, UH, HE THANKED ME FOR THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT HE THANKED ME.
THAT I WAS ABLE TO, UM, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, EVICT EVERYBODY, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO EVICT PEOPLE.
THERE'S MULTIPLE DRUG DEALERS, METHAMPHETAMINE, DRUG DEALERS AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, I DID, I DID HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF, UH, DANGEROUS SITUATION.
I'VE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN JAIL.
I MEAN, I'M NOT A POLICE OFFICER, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY I DID CALL THE POLICE WHEN I, WHEN I HAD TO, AND I'M NOT A, UH, VIGILANTE.
BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK, UH, IF I WASN'T AS AGGRESSIVE AS I WAS WITHIN THE LAW, IT WOULDN'T BE DONE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF, I I, TO THE CHIEF AND TO THE CITY OF HOW BAD IT WAS, BECAUSE IT WAS BAD.
WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 30 TO 50 TRANSACTIONS.
'CAUSE I, WE PUT CAMERAS, YOU PROBABLY SEE A CAMERA THERE, BUT THERE'S, WE HAVE FOUR CAMERAS THERE.
AND IT WAS CRAZY HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE BETWEEN 30 TO 50 PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE, I APOLOGIZE TO THE CHIEF, UH, THAT IT WENT TO THAT WAY.
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'CAUSE LIKE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BAD.I THINK HE SAID HE WAS GONNA ABATE IT BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THERE.
UH, THANKFULLY THERE'S NO MORE SANCTUARY.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE GOING SOMEWHERE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT NOT, NOT THAT HOUSE ANYMORE.
SO THAT'S WAS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING AS TO ACTUALLY, UH, EVICT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
AND, UH, NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, IT'S SAFE NOW.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CAMERAS THERE.
WE, THE PEOPLE COME, COME AND THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT BEEN LOCKED UP OR WHATEVER, THEY'LL CHECK IT OUT.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD, THEY KNOW THAT IT WAS A DRUG HOUSE AND THEY CHECK IT OUT.
AND THE CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERAS DETECT BIRDS AND BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS.
SO IT'S A FAIRLY SAFE, SAFE PLACE.
I FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO HAVE MY CHILDREN THERE NOW.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT WASN'T, IT WAS DANGEROUS, BUT, UH, I'M ALWAYS PROTECTED.
I ALWAYS FEEL PROTECTED AND, AND, AND PROTECT MYSELF.
BUT ANYWAY, SAYING ALL THAT, THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING FOR ME IS TO, IS TO GET EVERYBODY OUT.
UH, THEY BUILT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTORS WITH, WITH THE FAMILY FROM MY, UH, SISTER'S SIDE.
THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN BUILD THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GAS, ELECTRIC AND WATER.
SO, UH, THERE'S PICTURES I SENT TO, UH, CO COMPLIANCE ALLEN, UH, OF THE, UH, DEMOLITION.
NOW, I, WE DID THE DEMOLITION INSIDE WITH THE, UH, THE KITCHEN, THE BATHROOM LIVING ROOM AREA.
AND, UH, AND WE, UH, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A DUPLEX.
UH, WE WENT INTO THE OTHER SIDE, BASICALLY.
I ONLY HAVE ONE ENTRANCE THERE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO OPEN UP AND EVERYTHING.
AND BECAUSE IT'S GONNA, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE IT.
AND, AND THEY'VE, THEY'LL COME THERE AND, AND IF WE'RE NOT ALERT, THEY'LL COME THERE AND TRY TO SQUAT IT AGAIN.
UH, BUT, UH, THEY'VE BEEN HELPFUL.
UH, WE CALL THE POLICE EVERYBODY EVERY TIME IF SOMEBODY GOES THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IS THIS PLACE, UH, MY SISTER WANTS TO COME BACK AND LIVE HERE, MOVE BACK TO, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE FROM COLORADO EVENTUALLY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE GO, UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IN A FEW YEARS.
AND, UH, MEANWHILE WE CAN RENT IT AND RENT, RENT IT TO, UH, LEGITIMATE RENTERS.
NOT, NOT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN A NUTSHELL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
THANKFULLY, MY MOTHER IS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE STORY OF THIS HOUSE.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, THE MAIN PRIDE THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UH, THERE'S NO MORE SANCTUARY FROM THERE.
THE, THE POLICE HAD THEIR HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK, UH, IT TOOK SOMEBODY STRONG TO STAND UP TO THESE PEOPLE.
AND, UH, I'M NOT LIKED BY THEM.
WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT OTHER PERMITS ARE YOU NEED TO BE PULLED ON THIS PROPERTY? UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME PERMITS AS FOR GENERAL REHAB, THAT, THAT ALLOWS US TO, UH, TO DO THE DEMOLITION AND STUFF.
BUT, UH, THE, THE MAIN PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE GONNA PULL THE PERMIT PERMITS IS THE, UH, THE CONTRACTORS.
UH, AND THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE A 30, THEY HAVE A THIRTY, SIXTY, NINETY, A HUNDRED TWENTY PLAN.
WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TOO MUCH, OBVIOUSLY.
'CAUSE THE DAY, YOU KNOW, MY SISTER GOT THE LOAN, AND THE LONGER THE, THE LONGER THAT THE, IT'S DOING THE CONSTRUCTION, THE MORE MONEY THEY LOSE.
SO, I'M WANTING TO BUILD, I'M WANTING TO FINISH AND MOVE THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, I'M OBVIOUSLY, I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISE 'CAUSE THIS IS MY SISTER'S, UH, DECISION.
BUT, UH, THE MAJOR THING OF, OF GETTING EVERYBODY EVICTED, THEY EVEN ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE PROPERTY THERE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN GET OUT YET.
YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING'S KIND OF BOARDED UP STILL.
AND THERE'S LAWS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE THERE, I DON'T KNOW, 30, 60 DAYS, WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE JUST KEEPING IT THERE.
WE SENT THEM LETTERS, BUT, UH, AND, UH, I MEAN, HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU NEED TO BE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AS FAR AS COMPLIANCE? I MEAN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE LENGTHY, UH, LENGTHY, UH, UH, NONCOMPLIANT THINGS THAT WERE THERE.
MR. ESPINOZA, LET ME INTERRUPT IT.
THIS IS THE, UH, DOCUMENT YOU SENT ME.
IT'S A FOUR PHASE PLAN, 30 DAYS PER PHASE.
AND SO IT ENDED END OUT 20 DAYS, HUNDRED 20 DAYS.
AND IT'S GOT, UH, IT'S REALLY DETAILED PLUMBING AND THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT GET IT DONE, THE REHAB PERMIT WILL DO IT.
THEY'VE APPLIED FOR IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REMITTED.
OH, IT'S GOTTA BE RESUBMITTED.
SO IF THIS CONTRACTOR HASN'T INITIATED THAT YET, BUT HE'S GOT THIS PRETTY DETAILED, BUT IF WE EXTEND 120 DAYS AND I CAN'T PULL A PERMIT FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS, THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THAT 120 DAY, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, TOTAL TIME OUT.
BUT I THINK HIS FIRST, HIS FIRST 30 DAYS,
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FIRST 30 DAYS, FIRST PHASE WASI MEAN, THEY BUILT, THEY BUILT THE ROOF.
YOU GUYS SAW HOW IT WAS BUILT? UH, THEY BUILT IT IN ONE DAY.
LET ME SEE IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS TO ABOUT FEBRUARY 2ND? YEAH, WELL, YOU A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S FOUR MONTHS, BUT IT'S MAYBE A, ANY QUESTIONS TO THE LEFT OF MR. ESPOSA? YES.
AND I PERSONALLY WAS QUITE FOR YOU INITIALLY.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PROPERTY, UM, COMMUNITY AND, UM, FOR THE FAMILY.
I JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO, TO GIVE IT A, I, WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE BASICALLY GOING TO DEMOLISH IT.
AND I, UH, STOOD UP AND SAID THAT I'M GONNA STAND UP AGAINST THIS PEOPLE AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT HAPPEN.
THAT THOSE FOUR PAGES, ARE THEY GONNA BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT? UM, READ IT, NOT HAVE, NO, I MEAN, I JUST, THE NOISE YOU WERE HEARING GOING OFF WHEN YOU WERE SITTING DOWN, I WAS, THERE WAS THE MESSAGE COMING THROUGH.
BUT IT'S, IT IS A, IT'S FAIRLY DETAILED.
IT, IT CAN BE EMAILED TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THE BE, UH, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I LIKE THE BOARD MOTIONS TO, UM, FEBRUARY 2ND, SECOND.
HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE, THE ORDER TILL THE FEBRUARY 2ND TO DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
WHO WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION? OKAY.
I MS. AVERY AND A SECOND BY MS. OLIVER.
MOTION CARRIED BY VOTE OF EIGHT ZERO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
ANY CITIZEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ADJOURN IS THE ADJOURNMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN.
THAT CARRIES BY VOTE OF EIGHT ZERO.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:33 PM ONE SECOND.