[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:05] >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS FRAN ROSS AND I AM THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WHO WILL PRESIDE OVER THIS MORNING'S HEARINGS. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED A PARKING CITATION OR MAYBE YOU SAID IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF A CITY CODE OR ORDINANCE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO BE HEARD I WILL CALL YOUR CASE SHORTLY. EVERYTHING IS BEING TELEVISED SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. DOES ANYBODY HERE NEED AN INTERPRETER? >> WE DO HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKER, BUT HE HAS BROUGHT HIS OWN INTERPRETER. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDERGOD, UNTKAU VISIBLE -- UNDYE [A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES] VISIBLE -- INDIVISIBLE FOR JUSTICE AND ALL. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> ALL RIGHT. [B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED] WE WILL START WITH THE I'D KAEUGTS -- OF ID OF CASES. Z799, 3220 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 12B SCORE. 21-3309, SOUTH 28TH STREET. MARTIR VILLANUEVA ALFARO. 21-3035 SOUTH 28TH STREET. ARMANDOHUTADO ESPINOZA. 21-3460 1404 BOSTON AVENUE. >> 20-2484 1147 OCEAN DRIVE. 21-3046 SOUTH 28TH STREET WENDY R LOUDS. [B. 22-195 CE 1505 Citrus Ave J Canto Velazquez Isaac Saucedo] OUR FIRST CASE IS 22-195 1505 CITRUS AVE J CANTO VELASQUEZ. >> YOU CAN SIT DOWN OR STAND UP. IT IS UP TO YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> JCANTO VELASQUEZ. >> BEFORE WE GO FARTHER, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ENGLISH? HE JUST CAN'T SPEAK? WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN AS AN INTERPRETER. WHEN YOU ARE INTERPRETING, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO REPEAT EVERY WORD I SAY EXACTLY AS I SAY IT AND WHEN HE SPEAKS YOU HAVE TO REPEAT EVERY WORD HE SAYS TKPABGT -- WHAT HE SAYS EXACTLY AS HE SAYS IT. IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THIS IS SPANISH, CORRECT? IS IT SPANISH? IT IS A VERSION OF SPANISH? >> IS IT BROKEN ENGLISH? >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO PROPERLY AND ACCURATELY TRANSLATE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO SPANISH OR THE VERSION OF SPANISH YOU SPEAK AND THEN FROM THAT LANGUAGE BACK TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? >> >> SORRY. SHE IS ASKING YOU. >> YES. I HEREBY SWEAR I WILL TRANSLATE EVERYTHING YOU ARE TELLING ME WHAT YOU TELL ME AND WHAT HE SAYS BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 22-195 1505 CITRUS AVENUE. >> YOU CAN JUST REPEAT WHAT HE SAYS. >> THE CASE WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 19TH OF 2022 BY MYSELF. WHATEVER I AM READING JUST INTERPRET BACK TO HIM. THIS IS 22-195 AT 1505 CITRUS [00:05:05] AVENUE. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON JANUARY 19TH OF 2022 BY MYSELF. JANUARY 19TH. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS J C ANTO VELASQUEZ. THE VIOLATIONS ARE IPMC304.13, WINDOW, SKYLIGHTS AND DOOR FRAMES, SECTION 24-19, 24-20 AND 24-21 SUBSECTION 1 AND 5 FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE. SECTION 123-37 SUBSECTION 12, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. AND SECTION 30-28 SUBSECTION C FOR RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTAINERS. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD THE IPMC 30.14 HAS BEEN COMPLIED. THE SECTION 30-28 SUBSECTION C HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLIED. THE OTHER TWO REMAINING SECTIONS ARE STILL IN VIOLATION. I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE MY RECOMMENDATION. THE CITY REQUESTS IF THEY FIND A VIOLATION EXISTS BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO COMPLY INSTEAD OF 10. OR A FINE OF $150 PER DAY BE ASSESSED IF NOT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. VELASQUEZ RIGHT BEFORE THE HEARING. HE AGREES TO THE 30 DAYS AND HE SAYS HE WILL HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE THE 30 DAYS. >> YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE THAT. >> THAT'S ALL FROM ME. >> AND MR. VELASQUEZ, HOW DO YOU RESPOND? >> THAT'S FINE. >> ANYTHING FURTHER FROM EITHER PARTY? >> NOT FROM ME. >> NO. >> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND A VIOLATION EXISTED AT 1505 CITRUS AVENUE AND J CANTO VELASQUEZ IS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. AS TO THE VIOLATION IS IPMC, SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAME, THE VIOLATION HAS BEEN CURED AS OF THIS DATE. AS OF 30-28C THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION, BUT THAT HAS BEEN -- >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? CAN YOU GIVE HIM A SECOND TO REPEAT. THAT WAS A LOT THAT YOU SAID. >> THE REMAINING VIOLATIONS, NUISANCE OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE [00:10:10] AND THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. I FIND THOSE VIOLATIONS EXIST AND THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED. I WILL GIVE YOU 30 DAYS TO COMPLY. IF NOT YOU WILL BE FINED $150 PER DAY. >> OKAY. >> YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE DECISION THAT I MADE. THANK YOU! ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. HAVE A NICE DAY. >> MA'AM, HERE IS THE NAME OF THE INTERPRETER FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. >> DANIEL VELASQUEZ. >> I THINK WE HAVE CALL INS NOW? >> WE DO. 1908. [B. 21-1572 CE 22-0852 CE 1908 Avenue N Josephine Isaac (EST) Ray L Isaac (EST) Ondrey Isaac Peggy Arraiz] >> OUR NEXT CASE WILL BE 21-1572 AND CASE 22-852 FOR 1908 AVENUE N, JOE -- JOE SAW SEEN ISAAC, RAY ISAAC AND ONDREY ISAAC AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM NOW. >> HELLO? >> MR. ISAAC? >> YES. THIS IS KATHERINE AND I'M CALLING YOU ON SPEAKER LIVE IN THE COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS FOR A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING THIS MORNING. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE LETTING THE CITY PRESENT THEIR CASE FIRST AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AFTER. >> OKAY. >> I'M GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MR. ISAAC? >> ONDREY ISAAC. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I AM GOING TO BE PRESENTING THIS CASE ALTHOUGH CODE OFFICER HEATHER DEBEVEC AND SHARMANE KIRK LAND ARE HERE. THEY ARE THE OFFICERS WHO DID THE CASES. I WILL PRESENT IT AS A WHOLE AND THEN -- >> OKAY. >> FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THERE ARE TWO CASES HERE AND THIS IS A MASSEY HEARING FOR BOARD WORK THAT WAS DONE. IT WAS NUISANCE UH -- ABATEMENT WORK DONE AND THEY ARE PROVIDED THE SAME OPTIONS TO REQUEST A MASSEY HEARING REGARDING THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE DUE FOR THE MASSEY. THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT CASES, CASE 21-1572 AND 22-0852. BOTH ARE FOR 1908 AVENUE N WHICH IS OWNED BY JOSEPHINE ISAAC ESTATE AND RAY ISAAC ESTATE AND ONDREY ISAAC WHO I BELIEVE IS THE SON OF THE OWNERS WHO IS THE REQUESTING PARTY. 21-1572 IS JULY 15TH OF 2021 AND 22-0852 WAS MARCH 3RD OF 2022. THE VIOLATIONS WERE FOR 103.341 VACANT BUILDINGS, 24-19 NUISANCE ON PROPERTY PROHIBITED AND 24.21 NUISANCE DEFINITIONS. ON JULY 15TH, 2021 THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO SECURE THE VACANT STRUCTURE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE OWNER OR THE ESTATE TO SECURE THE BUILDING. SOME WORK WAS DONE. THE GRASS WAS CUT AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS DONE. HOWEVER, ON OCTOBER 21ST -- [00:15:02] ON OCTOBER 2021, I BELIEVE MR. ISAAC STATED IT WAS OCTOBER 2ND, THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE. >> OCTOBER 2ND. >> THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FILE WAS AFFORDED TO THE BID LIST VENDOR AND ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2021 A CITY VENDOR SECURED THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS. AN INVOICE FOR 20850 DOLLARS DASH $20850 -- $2850 WAS SENT TO THE OWNER. ON MARCH 3RD, 2022 DUE TO COMPLAINTS BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE A NEW TPH-LTS OF VIE -- NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS SECURED THE FIRST TIME WAS SENT TO SECURE THE CARDBOARD. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN SO THEY SECURED THE CARPORT AND THERE IS A SECOND IN -- INVOICE FOR 2500 SUBSEQUENT TO THIS ORIGINAL REQUEST. TRYING TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS HERE. >> SHOULD WE SUBMIT MR. ISAAC'S REQUEST AT THIS TIME? >> THAT'S FINE. WE CAN DO HIS REQUEST AND THEN WE CAN DO YOUR DOCUMENT -- DOCUMENTATION. >> MR. ISAAC, I AM ACTUALLY TURNING IN TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE RIGHT NOW YOUR REQUEST AND THE DOCUMENTATION YOU PROVIDED TO ME. >> OKAY. >> WE HAVE THIS MARKED AS RESPONDENT'S EXHIBIT 1. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> WE ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR HER TO ALLOW YOUR INFORMATION. >> OKAY. >> BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. I HAVE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> YES, MA'AM. >> I THINK THIS WILL BE EASIER. EXHIBIT 1 -- WHAT IS IN EXHIBIT 1? >> EXHIBIT 1 IS THE REQUEST FOR PAYMENT. THIS IS WHAT WE SEND TO FINANCE TO GENERATE AN INVOICE AS WELL AS THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTO THAT'S WERE PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR WHO DID THE WORK. >> DID YOU SEE THE STRUCTURE IN THAT CONDITION YOURSELF? >> I DID NOT SEE THE STRUCTURE IN THAT CONDITION, BUT I GENERATED THE REQUEST FOR INVOICE. >> WHO SAW THE STRUCTURE IN THAT CONDITION? >> EXHIBIT 1 IS 21-1572 AND THAT WAS INITIATED BY HEATHER DEBEVEC. >> I WILL SHOW YOU THE PHOTOGRAPH IN CITY'S EXHIBIT 1. DO THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND [00:20:02] ACCURATELY DEPICT THE STRUCTURE AS YOU OBSERVED IT? >> I DO. >> WE WILL MOVE CITY'S EXHIBIT 1. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> MR. ISAAC, IF WE CAN CONFIRM, I EMAILED THESE TO YOU YESTERDAY, CORRECT? >> THE PICTURES OF THE HOUSE AFTER IT CAUGHT FIRE. >> CORRECT. > YES. >> EXHIBIT 2 IS FOR CASE NUMBER 22-852, THE CASE THAT WAS STARTED IN MARCH OF 22. IT IS A REQUEST FOR PAYMENT THAT I GENERATED TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE THE INVOICE AND THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS FROM THE VENDOR FOR SECURING THE CARPORT. THIS CASE WAS GENERATED BY OFFICER KIRKLAND. >> I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU CITY'S EXHIBIT 2 AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS CONTAINED THERE IN. DID YOU OBSERVE THE STRUCTURE IN THIS CONDITION. >> I DID. >> DO THESE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE STRUCTURE? >> THEY DO. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE INTO EVIDENCE COME -- COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 2. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> WHAT IS IN CITY'S EXHIBIT 3 STP. >> CITY'S EXHIBIT 3 IS THE CASE FILE FOR CASE 21-1572. THERE IS THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THE TAX CARD WHICH SHOWS THE OWNERSHIP, THE AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING AND POSTING, A PHOTO OF THE POSTING, A FOLLOW-UP LETTER WHICH INDICATED THAT SOME WORK HAD BEEN DONE WHICH I STATED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE WINDOWS STILL HAD NOT BEEN BOARDED, ASKING THEM TO BOARD THE WINDOWS AND PAINT TO MATCH THE HOME. THE CERTIFIED MAIL THAT WAS RETURNED AND THESE WERE ALL GENERATED BY OFFICER DEBEVEC. >> HE CAN LOOK THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IS EVERYTHING YOU GENERATED AND IT FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY IS THE STRUCTURE AS YOU OBSERVED IT. >> IT DOES, MA'AM. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE INTO EVIDENCE >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> CITY'S EXHIBIT 4 IS THE CASE FILE FOR CASE 22-0852. ENCLOSED IS THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION THE CORRESPONDING TAX CARD DATED 3/3-22 AND THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE CARPORT THAT WAS NOT SECURED DURING THE FIRST TIME AND WAS STILL SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING AND POSTING AND THE CERTIFIED MAIL WHICH WAS RETURNED. I WAS GENERATED BY OFFICER KIRKLAND. >> I WILL SHOW YOU THAT PACKET. IF YOU CAN LET ME KNOW WHETHER THE DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IN THERE ARE THOSE YOU GENERATED OR WHETHER THE PHOTOGRAPH FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICTS THE STRUCTURES YOU SAW THERE. >> YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE INTO EVIDENCE AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 4. >> THANK YOU. IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> AND ANYTHING FURTHER FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? >> TWO ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, IT WAS AFTER THE FIRST BOARD UP THE DAUGHTER OF THE OWNER CALLED ME. SHE DID INDICATE THAT MAIL WAS STILL BEING RECEIVED AT THIS LOCATION, BUT IT WAS ONLY BEING CHECKED PERIODICALLY AND THAT THE -- WELL, WITH THE TWO CERTIFIED MAIL RETURNED, THE REGULAR MAIL THAT WAS DONE WAS NOT RETURNED. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THEY WERE RECEIVED AS THE POST OFFICE DID NOT RETURN THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE TO US. I DO HAVE AN ACTIVE CONDEMNATION ON THIS CASE. IT IS NOT BEFORE YOU, BUT THERE IS A THIRD CASE THAT DOES GET INVOLVED. IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING ON CONDEMNATION, THERE IS AN ACT OF CONDEMNATION ON THE PROPERTY. >> CAN I SAY SOMETHING? >> ONE SECOND, SIR. YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. >> OKAY. >> THE MAILINGS THAT WERE SENT CERTIFIED MAIL, THEY WERE ALSO SENT U.S. MAIL REGULAR DELIVERY? >> CORRECT. >> AND WHAT ALL WAS ACTUALLY POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF? >> THERE IS A POSTING THAT WE USE FOR ALL OF OUR NUISANCE CASES. THE REGULAR YARD SIGN-TYPE SIGN WITH RED WRITING SAYING THIS IS A NUISANCE. [00:25:01] THE LETTER IS ENCLOSED AND IT PROVIDES THE OWNERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A HEARING OR BE NOTIFIED THAT FAILURE TO DO THAT THE WORK WOULD BE DONE. >> WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME BETWEEN WHEN THAT IS POSTED PHYSICALLY ON THE PROPERTY AND WHEN THE WORK IS ACTUALLY DONE? HOW LONG A LAPSE? >> THE CODE AND WHAT IS POSTED ON THE SIGN BOTH INDICATE 10 DAYS. I BELIEVE IN BOTH CASES, I WOULD NEED TO REVIEW AGAIN, BUT I BELIEVE MORE THAN THAT WAS DONE TO ALLOW THE OWNER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. >> SO A MINIMUM OF 10 DAYS ? >> A MINIMUM OF 10 DAYS. >> ANYTHING FURTHER FOR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? >> NO, MAN. >> OFFICERS KIRK LAND OR OFFICER DEBEVEC, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM EITHER OF YOU? >> NO. >> NO. >> AND NOTHING FROM THE CITY AT THIS POINT, MA'AM. >> OKAY. WAS THIS HOUSE OCCUPIED WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED? >> NO, MA'AM. [INAUDIBLE] WAS IN THE HOME. IT WAS FURNISHED WITH STUFF. >> BUT SHE DID LIVE THERE? >> NO, MA'AM. >> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> I AM NOT SURE IF MR. ISAAC HAS ANYTHING FURTHER HE WANTS SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO KNOW, BUT THIS WOULD BE HIS OPPORTUNITY, I BELIEVE. >> WELL, YEAH. I RECEIVED THE LETTER. I WAS REQUESTING -- THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE CITY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARGES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CAUSE THE FIRE. IT WASN'T THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO PAY IT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY COULD BEHELD LIABLE FOR THE CHARGES BECAUSE THEY CAUSED THE FIRE. [INAUDIBLE] WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BECAUSE IT WAS SO DAMAGED. WITH THE CONDEMNATION, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING OF CONDEMNATION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> CERTAINLY. RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE HAPPENED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTACTS THE CITY TO NOTIFY US OF THAT. WE WENT OUT. I BELIEVE OUR FIRST INSPECTION WAS 10/7. SO IT WAS FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FIRE. WE HAD AN INSPECTION DONE AND A CONDEMNATION NOTICE IS ISSUED. CONDEMNATION NOTICE IS NOT A CODE VIOLATION. IT IS A STATUS. IT SAYS THE BUILDING IS UNSAFE. THAT PAPERWORK WAS ISSUED. I HAVE THE CASE FILE WITH ME. IT WAS ISSUED ON 10/21. I KNOW YOUR SISTER DID GET THE PAPERWORK, BUT SHE CONTACTED ME AFTERWARDS. THE CONDEMNATION IS A STATUS. IT IS NOT A CODE VIOLATION. IT JUST SAYS THE BUILDING IS UNSAFE. >> OKAY. BASICALLY I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE RESPONSIBLE WHO CAUSED THE FIRE. IF WE HAVE TO PAY, WE HAVE TO PAY. BUT HOW DOES THAT IN TURN LOOK WHEN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE. IF THEY ARE AND I CAN RESPOND IU WOULD LIKE, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO RESPOND. >> WE ARE HERE FOR -- WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANYTHING REMEDIED FROM THE FIRE AND HE WOULD NEED TO PURSUE THAT IN A DIFFERENT VENUE. STRICTLY AT ISSUE IS THE HOUSE NOT BEING BOARDED UP AS REQUIRED AND THE CITY HAVING TO INCUR THAT EXPENSE. >> GOTCHA. >> SO NO ONE LIVED IN THE PROPERTY OR ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. DURING THE FIRE, NO ONE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE. BUT IT IS OCCUPIED. WE WERE THERE, BUT NO ONE WAS LIVING THERE. >> OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE -- NOT MY QUESTION, BUT MY STATEMENT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE]. >> WELL, THE TOTAL IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECT WITH THE INVOICES, THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE INVOICES, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT $5,350. >> OKAY. NOW ARE THERE ANY PAYMENT PLANS OR HOW DO WE DO THAT? >> I WILL LET THE CITY RESPOND, BUT UNTIL -- AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY IS IN YOUR NAME OR THE SISTER'S NAME OR YOU ALL ARE THE HEIRS, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP AND WHATEVER ELSE [00:30:04] HAPPENS. >> AND THAT'S TOTALLY TRUE. WE HAVE A FEW CODE VIOLATIONS AND I SENT THE PICTURES. WE HAVE FIXED EVERYTHING ON THE OUTSIDE THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE FIRE CAME. AND THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, WE JUST COULDN'T AFFORD IT AT THE TIME. WE ARE WELL AWARE AND THAT'S WHY WE DID SO MUCH. THEY SHOWED THE PICTURES OF THE UPKEEP IN THIS CASE? >> I HAVE THE UPKEEP. I CAN SEE TWO SETS OF PICTURES. ONE IS WITH THE FIRE AND THEN PROBABLY BEFORE THE FIRE. >> THEY WERE THE PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY MR. ISAAC. >> THAT WAS PROBABLY A WEEK BEFORE THE FIRE WE HAD ALL THAT DONE. >> TO ANSWER MR. ISAAC'S QUESTION, THE CITY DOESN'T EXACTLY DO A PAYMENT PLAN. WHAT THE CITY CAN PROVIDE IS TIME TO PAY IT. AND THEN IT IS UP TO THE OWNER TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR PAYMENT PLAN WILL BE. SAY IT IS PROVIDED SIX MONTHS TO PAY, IT IS UP TO THE OWNER OR MR. ISAAC TO DETERMINE WHAT HE CAN PAY EVERY MONTH. >> GOT YOU. >> IT IS UP TO HIM TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT TO PAY EVERY MONTH. >> OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> AND I DON'T -- MR. ISAAC, YOU MAY WANT TO CONTACT CITY STAFF REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION BECAUSE THERE ARE STEPS FORTHCOMING. YOU MAY WANT TO CONTACT HER REGARDING WHAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION SO THAT THAT CAN BE RESOLVED AS WELL. >> OKAY. GOTCHA. WHO DO I CONTACT FOR THE CONDEMNATION? >> MR. ISAAC, I WILL EMAIL YOU WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE OFFICE AFTER THE HEARING. IT IS MR. SEAN COSS AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU IF THE BUILDING CAN BE REPAIRED OR IF IT HAS TO BE DEMOLISHED. THAT'S UP TO A BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND AN ENGINEER. THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. I WILL EMAIL HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AFTER THIS HEARING. >> OKAY. AND PROVIDE THE REPAIRS [INAUDIBLE] REPAIR OR KNOCK IT DOWN. DO Y'ALL GET INVOLVED? >> WELL, AGAIN, WHEN WE DO THE CONDEMNATION NOTICE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SAYING IT IS UNSAFE AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. IT IS UP TO THE OWNER TO DECIDE WHAT STEPS THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE AND THEN TO TAKE THOSE STEPS. >> GOTCHA. >> AGAIN, I'M GOING TO -- YOU CAN SPEAK WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AFTER. AND I WILL EMAIL YOU THAT INFORMATION. >> OKAY. AND THEN THE TIME FRAME TO PAY. DO YOU EMAIL ME THAT OR HOW DO WE -- DO WE DISCUSS THAT NOW? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? >> WE CAN DISCUSS A PAYMENT PLAN NOW. I TAKE IT YOU ALL DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE ON THIS PROPERTY? >> WE DIDN'T HAVE FIRE INSURANCE >> OKAY. WELL, LIKE I SAID, THE TOTAL AMOUNT ASSESSED IS $5,350. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PAY THAT? >> I WOULD SAY SIX MONTHS. >> OKAY. AND YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AMOUNT OF $5,350. >> I MEAN, IT IS AN INVOICE AND I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO, MA'AM. >> THEN, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, THERE IS A VIOLATION AND THIS IS A MASSEY HEARING SO YOU'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT CASE NUMBERS. THE 21-1572 CE AND THE 22-0852. I FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT IS DUE AND OWED, $2850 AND THEN THAT WAS THE INVOICE SENT TO YOU ON DECEMBER 10TH OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHEN THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WERE SECURED. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER IN -- INVOICE SENT ON APRIL 19TH OR THEREAFTER, SOMETIME THEREAFTER, FOR 2500. >> THE ONLY REASON WE HAVEN'T MADE PAYMENT IS BECAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE COULD HOLD THE UTILITY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR FAULT. [00:35:01] >> THAT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT -- >> RIGHT. >> THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE -- YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO DO THAT. YOU PROBABLY WANT TO SEEK COUNSEL SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND FIND THAT THESE VIOLATIONS DO EXIST IN BOTH CASES, 21-1572 CE AND 22-0852 CE IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 530 AND YOU ARE SURE YOU CAN PAY IT IN SIX MONTHS? >> I WILL GIVE YOU SIX MONTHS TO PAY THAT AMOUNT. >> YES, MA'AM. >> GO AHEAD. >> I CAN TALK WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED. I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT. >> I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT -- >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS TRIBUNAL IS FOR. IT IS JUST -- YOUR PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION AND YOU NEED TO CORRECT IT AND IF YOU DON'T CORRECT IT, THEN YOU DO END UP HERE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT ANY OTHER LEGAL PROBLEMS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO PURSUE, YOU ARE GONNA HAVE TO SEEK COUNSEL OR SOMEBODY TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH THAT. >> GOTCHA. >> WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THE FIRST PAYMENT? >> I COULD TALK TO MY SISTER. NEXT MONTH. MAYBE THE THE OF -- MAYBE THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. >> THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN DO IT? I DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANYMORE PROBLEMS FOR YOU. >> WHEN CAN I START THE FIRST DAY? IS IT UP TO ME? I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. >> IT IS NOT UP TO YOU, BUT I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU TIME. I DON'T WANT TO SAY STARTING THE FIRST OF JUNE WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AWAY. >> AGAIN, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE JUST GIVE HIM THE TIME TO PAY AND HE CAN ESTABLISH WHEN THE PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE. >> HE COULD WAIT AND PAY IT ALL -- >> ALL AT ONCE? >> RIGHT AT THE END. OR HE COULD MAKE PAYMENTS ALONG THE WAY AS HE IS ABLE TO. THAT IS UP TO HIM. >> DID YOU HEAR THAT, MR. ISAAC? >> YES, MA'AM. >> SIX MONTHS WILL START WHEN HE RECEIVES THE ORDER. >> SO THE ORDER WILL PROBABLY BE SIGNED TOMORROW. AFTER YOU GET THAT ORDER YOU WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT TO PAY. >> YES, MA'AM. >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SORRY, SIR. THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS AT THIS POINT I DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT ANYONE SAID HERE OR THE FACT WE ARE NOT ARGUING WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY THE FIRE IS, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE MISCONSTRUED AS US ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CITY OR FPUA. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS CHAMBER HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE WAY THE FIRE STARTED AT THIS POINT. SO WE ARE JUST NOT ADDRESSING IT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE FOR HERE TODAY. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE TODAY, THEN YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL, BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT HERE. >> WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT. >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MADAM CLERK, ANY QUESTIONS. >> NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> IS IT OVER? >> YES, SIR, IT'S OVER. WE WILL BE SENDING YOU AN EMAIL SHORTLY. >> AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL ORDER OR THE ORDER WILL COME THROUGH THE MAIL? >> WE CAN DO BOTH. >> OKAY. >> SO I WILL MAKE SURE MS. KATHERINE DOES IT BY EMAIL AND BY REGULAR MAIL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> YOU TOO. [A. 21-1152 CE 2501 Sunrise Blvd Erin Patrick Isaac Saucedo] >> ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT CASE IS 21-1152, 2501 SUNRISE BOULEVARD ERIN PATRICK. >> YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> ERIN PATRICK. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH. >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 21-1152, 2501 S*P KUPB RISE BOULEVARD OWNED BUYER REUPB PATRICK. ON MAY 25TH, 2021 PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT 2501 SUNRISE BOULEVARD WHILE ADDRESSING OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THE AREA. MAY 30TH, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO ERIN PATRICK AT 2501 SUNRISE [00:40:02] BOULEVARD. ON JUNE 9TH, ERIN PATRICK CALLED AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL ASKING IF SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO RECEIVED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION BECAUSE SHE FELT TARGETED BY HER NEIGHBOR. THAT SAME DAY I CALLED HER BACK AND LEFT A VOICE -- VOICEMAIL AND NEVER HERD BACK FROM HER. NOVEMBER 17TH, 2021, THE CASE WENT TO HEARING AFTER SEVERAL INSPECTIONS AND NO COMPLIANCE. ERIN PATRICK DID NOT SHOW UP THAT DAY AND HAD 21 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $150 PER DAY BE ADDRESSED -- OR ASSESSED I'M SORRY. JANUARY 31ST, 2022 A LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM ERIN PATRICK STATING SHE RECEIVED THE LETTER -- THAT SHE NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER FOR A HEARING AND WAS REQUESTING AN APPEAL. MARCH 2ND, 2022, A MASSEY HEARING WAS SCHEDULED AND ERIN PATRICK CALLED AT THE LAST MINUTE STATING SHE COULD NOT ATTEND. MARCH 16TH, A SECOND MASSEY WAS SCHEDULED AND THAT HEARING WAS ALSO CANCELED BUYER REUPB PATRICK -- CANCELED BY ERIN PATRICK. APRIL 6TH A -- ANOTHER HEARING AND SHE WAS A NO SHOW. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MS. PATRICK AND EXPLAINED WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THE PROPERTY TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALMOST A YEAR LATER NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND THE PROPERTY IS STILL IN VIOLATION. I DO HAVE PHOTOS. >> THESE ARE OLD. THESE AREN'T EVEN CURRENT. THESE ARE ALL OLD. I HAVE HAD A LAWN SERVICE GUY OUT THERE AND DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS ALL NOT CURRENT. >> THOSE PHOTOS ARE ACTUALLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING SINCE WE STARTED THE CASE UNTIL MONDAY. SO -- >> SO THE LAST ONES WOULD BE THE CURRENT ONES ? >> THEY WILL BE DATE AND TIME STAMPED. YOU CAN SEE THE DATE AND TIME THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. >> THESE ARE ALL OLD. THERE ARE THREE CURRENT ONES WHICH IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY OF THE LAWN WHICH IS STILL A VIOLATION ON THERE AND THE NUISANCE OBJECT WHICH ISN'T A NUISANCE OBJECT. IT IS MY CAMPER THAT HAS A CURRENT REGISTRATION. NOBODY IS LIVING IN IT WHICH I GUESS HE THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS LIVING THERE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THAT. I AM WORKING ON IT EVERY CHANCE I GET. IT IS MY MOTHER'S THINGS. WE HAD A FIRE AT MY FATHER'S HOUSE AND I HAD TO GET MY MOM'S THINGS OUT BECAUSE SHE PASSED AWAY AND I I JUST AM DOING IT. I'M A SINGLE MOM AND DOING WHAT I CAN. HAVE I A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK. >> DO THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION AS YOU OBSERVED IT UNTIL MAY 17TH? >> YES. >> NO. >> HOLD ON. YOU WILL GET A CHANCE. >> I AM JUST PUTTING THIS BACK IN ORDER IF I CAN HAVE A SECOND, SPECIAL IMAGINE STRAIGHT. >> JUST FOR THE RECORD, SOME OF THE PHOTOS THE DATE -- >> I WAS GOING TO ASK. IT APPEAR THAT'S YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MAY 25TH OF 2021 AND THEN SEPTEMBER 27TH OF 2021 AND THEN NOVEMBER 16TH OF 2021, JANUARY 2ND OF 2022 AND THEN MAY 15TH OF 2022. SORRY. THAT IS MARCH 15TH OF 2022 AND THEN APRIL 5TH OF 2022 AND THEN MAY 17TH OF 2022. >> CORRECT. >> AND DO ALL OF THOSE FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE PROPERTY AS YOU OBSERVED IT ON THOSE DAYS. >> CORRECT. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE INTO EVIDENCE AS COMPOSITE 1 -- EXHIBIT COMPOSITE 1 THE PHOTOGRAPHS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER EXHIBITS MARKED YOU WOULD LIKE ADMITTED TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? >> THE OTHER EXHIBITS PRETTY MUCH THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO HER, THE NOTICE OF HEARING SENT OUT AND WE ALSO HAVE A CARD THAT WAS RETURNED. >> IS MY SIGNATURE ON THAT? >> THE GREEN CARD, HOW IS IT MARKED WITH THE SIGNATURE? >> IT SAYS COVID-19. >> I THINK THE MARKINGS THE POST OFFICE PUT IS C19 IS THAT CORRECT? AND WHAT OTHER EXHIBITS DO YOU HAVE? >> ONE OF THEM IS STATING THAT THE TIME PERIOD THEY HAVE TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $150 PER DAY [00:45:08] CONTINUED AT THAT TIME. OTHER ONES ADVISING THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING FOR A MASSEY. ALL OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT OF THOSE MASSEYS THAT WERE CANCELED. >> NOW, WHICH NOTICES -- AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE I CAN HAVE MR. REYES TESTIFY TO IT, WHICH NOTICES ARE SENT CERTIFIED VERSUS REGULAR MAIL, U.S. MAIL? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. >> THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT REGULAR U.S. MAIL. THE HEARING NOTICE IS SENT CERTIFIED MAIL AND WHEN THE POST OFFICE RETURNS THE GREEN CARD, NO FURTHER ACTION IS TAKEN AS THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THE NOTICE WAS PROPERLY DELIVERED. ANY FURTHER NOTICES, CONTINUATION LETTERS, ET CETERA ARE ALL DONE REGULAR U.S. POSTAL. >> WAS ANY OF THE MAIL FOR MS. PATRICK THAT WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL RETURNED UNDELIVERED? >> NO. >> ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL TAKE THE OTHER NOTICES. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THOSE IN. LET'S SEE HOW THEY'RE MARKED. THEY ARE GOING TO BE MARKED -- I'M GONNA CHANGE THESE NUMBERS, ACTUALLY BECAUSE WE MOVED THOSE IN AS ONE. SO THEY WILL BE CITY'S 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6. IF WE CAN SHOW THESE TO MS. PATRICK. >> SEE, THIS IS THE ONE I NEVER RECEIVED OF THE INITIAL HEARING WHERE I APPEALED. MY SIGNATURE IS NOT ON THERE. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE ACCURATE BECAUSE THE OTHER VIOLATIONS I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ARE NOT TAKEN OFF OF THERE. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE THOSE EXHIBITS AS NUMBERED ANNOUNCED INTO EVIDENCE. >> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> IF I CAN CALL MR. REYES. MR. REYES, WAS THE VOICEMAIL MSE DEPARTMENT, WAS THAT PUT ON TO A USB DRIVE. >> YES, IT WAS. >> IS THAT WHAT IS CONTAINED IN CITY'S EXHIBIT 7 STP. >> YES, IT IS. >> AT THIS TIME, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE WILL MOVE THAT VOICEMAIL IN AND PLAY THAT. >> GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT. IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> IT CAN PLAYOFF THE BIG ONE. >> WILL IT PICK IT UP ON THIS ONE? >> WE'LL TRY IT THAT WAY. >> WE CAN HAVE ISAAC DO IT TOO. >> WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS, HOW DID THIS COME BEFORE CODE? >> THIS WAS ACTUALLY ADDRESSED FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THE AREA. >> PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA? >> CORRECT. >> SO WAS IT REPORTED BY SOMEBODY. THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WERE YOU JUST DRIVING AROUND? ALL MY NEIGHBORS HAVE THE SAME VIOLATIONS AND HAVE HAD THEM FOR YEAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY AREN'T HERE AND I AM. THE PLACE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME AS BOARDS ON ALL OF WINDOWS. >> THAT'S ACTUALLY A GARAGE. >> IT IS NOT A GARAGE. THE HOUSE NEXT TO ME HAS HURRICANE SHUTTERS. >> WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS -- >> I KNOW WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS. THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING TAR -- TARGETED. MY NEIGHBORS -- MY NEIGHBORS HAVE THE SAME VIOLATIONS AND I AM THE ONE HERE. >> YOU ARE NOT WORKING ON THEM. >> I AM WORKING ON THEM. THERE IS NO NUISANCE. [00:50:03] THAT IS MY CAMPER. I DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY. HAVE I TWO SKINNY PIECES OF CONCRETE. MY LANDSCAPE, I HAVE HAD ALL OF MY TREES TRIMMED. I HAVE A LANDSCAPE GUY THAT COMES EVERY OTHER WEEK. THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. I'M CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE STUFF ON THE CARPORT. LIKE I SAID, IT IS MY MOM'S THINGS THAT I HAD TO REMOVE FROM MY DAD'S HOUSE WHEN THERE WAS A FIRE AND I'M JUST SLOWLY GOING THROUGH THEM BECAUSE IT IS EMOTIONAL AND I CAN'T JUST THROW IT ALL AWAY. I FOUND CERTAIN MOMENTOS IN THERE. I AM SLOWLY GOING THROUGH IT. I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT DONE, BUT I ONLY HAVE SO MANY DAYS OFF. I HAVE TWO TODDLERS AND I AM A SINGLE MOTHER SO I CAN'T HAVE THEM OUT BY THE STREET RUNNING AROUND. IT IS A DANGEROUS STREET. I AM JUST WORKING ON IT AS I CAN. I TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT UP SO IT LOOKED NICE AND TIDY AND I GOT RID OF A LOT OF STUFF. I GOT LANDSCAPE TAKEN CARE OF. I AM WORKING ON IT AS I CAN. THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. >> MR. SAUCEDO, I BELIEVE YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. >> YOU HAVE TO ASK ME AGAIN. >> YOU SAID THE NEIGHBORS -- >> BY ADDRESSING OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THE AREA. IT DOESN'T MEAN THIS WAS A COMPLAINT. DRIVING BY -- >> AND YOU SAW IT. >> CORRECT. >> DO YOU RECALL SPECIFICALLY WAS WHEN YOU OBSERVED -- ONE YOU OBSERVED YOURSELF OR INITIATED BY A COMPLAINT? >> NO. IT WAS SOMETHING OBSERVED BY ME. >> WHILE RESPONDING TO SOMETHING UNRELATED TO HER? >> CORRECT. IN THAT SAME AREA. >> I CAN PLAY THE VOICEMAIL, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> I'M READY. GO AHEAD. >> HI. THIS IS ERIN PATRICK AT 2501 SUNRISE. I WANT TO KNOW IF EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED A CODE VIOLATION OR IF I AM BEING TARGETED ONCE AGAIN BY MY NEIGHBOR. EVERY SINGLE HOUSE NEEDS TO BE PRESSURE WASHED AND THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE MUCH WORSE THAN MINE. GIVE ME A CALL BACK. >> AND AGAIN, THE DATE ON THAT WAS JOHN 9TH OF -- JUNE 9TH OF 2021. >> YES. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF UNLESS THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. IF MS. PATRICK HAS ANYTHING FURTHER, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR HER AFTERWARDS. >> DO YOU WANT TO ADMIT THIS INTO EVIDENCE? >> YES, MA'AM. >> I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, JUST TO GO BACK ON WHAT MS. PATRICK -- >> ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> IN REGARDS TO HER WORKING ON SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS. THERE ARE OTHER VIOLATION THAT'S ARE STILL ACTIVE. JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS ARE COMPLIED, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT WILL COMPLY THE WHOLE PACE. I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THERE ARE STILL VIOLATIONS OUT THERE. >> AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS ORDERED, AND I'M KIND OF LEADING YOU, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS ARE FOUND BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. SHE IS GIVEN X NUMBER OF DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE TOTAL WHICH APPLIES TO ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS ARE ORDERED, IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SO TO COMPLY FOR THE WHOLE CASE SHE HAS TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING? >> WE CAN COMPLY THE VIOLATIONS LIKE A PARTIAL COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T COMPLY AND STOP THE FINES ON THE WHOLE CASE BECAUSE IT'S BASED PRETTY MUCH LIKE ON A CASE NUMBER. >> CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO THE 150 PER DAY DOESN'T CHANGE BASED ON ONE OUT OF FIVE VIOLATIONS BEING COMPLIED. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING. THE HOME -- >> I'M SORRY. THAT'S UP TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> YOU MAY SAY SOMETHING. >> THE WHOLE FINE STARTED FROM A HEARING THAT I WASN'T INFORMED OF. I DIDN'T SIGN THAT CARD. I DIDN'T EVER GET THIS CERTIFIED LETTER. THEN THE HEARING WAS AND THE FINE STARTED AND I DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL I GOT THE LETTER AFTER THAT AND THERE WERE FINES AND I COULD APPEAL. I SENT A LETTER, A CERTIFIED LETTER. I TRIED TO HAND DELIVER IT AND THEY TOLD ME I COULDN'T. I SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE TOO. HAVE I A CUSTODY CASE GOING ON AND I JUST GOT OUT OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIP. I'M DOING WHAT I CAN. IT IS -- MY MOM PASSED AND THEY ARE ALL HER BELONGINGS AND IT IS HARD TO GO THROUGH THEM. >> DO YOU HAVE SIBLINGS ? >> SHE JUST MOVED TO CONNECTICUT AND IT IS JUST ME. I DON'T HAVE ANY HELP WITH THE KIDS. MY DAD HELPS WHEN HE CAN. >> HOW OLD ARE YOUR CHILDREN? >> JUST UNDER 1 AND A HALF AND 2 AND A HALF. >> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> I DID WANT TO ASK BECAUSE I DID -- MS. PATRICK, I CALLED THE [00:55:03] POST OFFICE BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T GET THAT CERTIFIED MAIL. WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS THE WAY THAT THEY SIGN THOSE -- THE C19 IS IF THEY HAVE HAND DELIVERED IT TO YOU. >> NO. >> AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT CONTACT DURING THE BEGINNING OF COVID, AND I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY STILL GOING O THE POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE WOULD SIGN IT C19 AFTER YOU HAD RECEIVED THE LETTER. >> I DIDN'T RECEIVE IT. >> YOU'RE SAYING -- >> I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF A HEARING. I WAS HERE LAST TIME I HAD A HEARING AND TRIED TO RESCHEDULE BECAUSE I HAD WORK OR MY KID WAS SICK. I I HAVE BEEN CALLING AND TRYING TO RESCHEDULE THIS HEARING. IT IS NOT LIKE I AM JUST NOT GOING TO SHOW UP. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS IN EXISTENCE. >> YOU ARE SAYING NO ONE AT THE POST OFFICE GAVE ASSERT FIGHT LETTER AND YOU NEVER RECEIVED SOMETHING FROM THE POST OFFICE CERTIFIED. >> I RECEIVED AN ORIGINAL LETTER AND LEFT A MESSAGE. AFTER THAT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING UNTIL I GOT THE LETTER SAYING THERE WAS A FINE. I WOULD HAVE COME TO THE HEARING. I CAME TODAY. HAVE I BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING IN RESCHEDULING IT. >> DO YOU LIVE AT THIS HOUSE? >> I DO. >> AND YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN? >> YEAH. I WORK NIGHTS. I MEAN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS ANYMORE. THE PICTURE THAT IS UP, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON IT. THAT'S JUST A BOX OF THE FOOD. >> DO YOU HAVE TRASH PICK UP IN YOUR AREA? >> I DO. THIS ISN'T TRASH. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THIS IS MY MOM'S BELONGINGS THAT I NEED TO GO THROUGH. THEY WERE STILL IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, BUT THERE WAS A FIRE. WE HAD TO PACK IT UP AND DO FIERY MEDIATION TO GET RID OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE. >> WHEN DID YOUR MOM PASS? >> SHE DIED AT THE END OF 19. >> 2019? I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I HAVE LOST PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. >> I AM ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT. >> WHAT TYPE OF WORK DO YOU DO? >> I WORK IN A HOSPITAL IN THE LAB. WE ARE SHORT STAFFED AND EVERYONE IS WORKING OVERTIME. I WORK THE NIGHT SHIFT. I HAVE TWO JOBS. I AM WORKING AT TWO LABS. LCMS STUFF. >> SO YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ARE DOING HEALTHCARE AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF KEEPING A PLACE CLEAN. >> I DO. AND IT IS CLEAN. I MEAN, IF I HAD A GARAGE DOOR THIS WOULD BE IN MY GARAGE, BUT BECAUSE I HAVE A CARPORT, I HAVE CLEANED UP THE WHOLE YARD AND I HAVE MY YARD MAINTENANCE GUY THAT COMES EVERY THURSDAY AND HE WILL BE THERE TOMORROW. I HAD THE TREES ALL TRIMMED. I HAD TWO DEAD TREES REMOVED. I WORK NIGHTS. THAT'S WHY MY SHUTTERS ARE DOWN. THEY ARE NOT BOLTED DOWN. THEY ARE JUST DOWN. IF I LEAVE THEM UP MY BILL IS $600 A MONTH. IF THEY ARE DOWN IT IS 300. IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT BOLTED. BOLTED ELECTRICITY-WISE. >> MS. PATRICK? >> YES, MA'AM. >> THIS IS CALLED LIFE. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> AND IT IS ALSO CALLED RESPONSIBILITY. I TOO HAVE BEEN A SINGLE PARENT ALL MY LIFE WITH TWO CHILDREN, BUT THIS IS IN -- INEXCUSABLE AND I AM EVEN MORE CONCERNED WHEN YOU TELL ME YOU HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN. >> THIS IS JUST A CARPORT. THE INSIDE IS FINE. >> THAT'S FINE. YOU CAME HERE LATE THIS MORNING. >> I WAS STUCK AT WORK. >> YOU JUST GOT ONE EXCUSE AFTER ANOTHER. >> I CAN SHOW YOU A TEXT FROM MY MANAGER. >> MS. PATRICK, YOU HAVE ONE EXCUSE AFTER ANOTHER. I UNDERSTAND BEING A SINGLE PARENT. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE FINES ARE STILL RUNNING ON THIS. >> I SEE THAT. >> SO THE OPTION TODAY -- THE ONLY OPTION TODAY IS WHETHER TO SUSPEND THE FINES. >> YEP. >> AND THEN SHE WOULD HAVE TO -- ONCE SHE COMPLIED THE CASE SHE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO REQUEST A REDUCTION JUST SO MS. PATRICK UNDERSTANDS THAT SO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE COULD SUSPEND IT FOR X NUMBER OF DAYS TO COMPLY AND HAVE THEM BEGIN TO RUN AGAIN IF IT IS NOT COMPLIED. AND THEN ULTIMATELY IF SHE WANTS THE AMOUNT LOWERED SHE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO MAKE THAT REQUEST. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, MS. PATRICK? >> EVEN THOUGH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE ORIGINAL HEARING WHERE THIS FINE WAS IMPLEMENTED. >> WELL, IN LAW -- PLEASE TELL HER THE PRESUMPTION IS ABOUT [01:00:04] MAIL AND LAW. >> IT IS PRESUMED THAT IT IS DELIVERED. >> BUT MY SIGNATURE IS NOT ON IT. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF A CERTIFIED LETTER, RIGHT? >> IF YOU WANTED TO CONTEST THAT YOU CAN DO THAT AT THE MASSEY HEARING ONCE IT IS COMPLIED. AT THIS POINT YOU COULD ARGUE IT TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND SHE CAN TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WITH WHAT SHE IS DOING TODAY. TODAY THOUGH WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR IS WHETHER TO STOP THE FINES AND FOR HOW LONG FOR TO YOU COMPLY IT. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, MS. PATRICK? >> I DO. >> CAN YOU DO THAT? >> ON MY DAYS OFF, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. OUT THERE WORKING ON MY DAYS OFF. I ONLY GET ONE DAY TO TWO DAYS OFF A WEEK WITHOUT THE KIDS. >> MS. PATRICK, IT'S CALLED LIFE. >> I DON'T WANT MY CHILD TO GET RUN OVER LIKE THE ONE ON OLEANDER. >> MS. PATRICK, PLEASE, DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD. I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOTTA BE A BIG GIRL, OKAY? PLEASE DON'T SAY ANYTHING. I JUST LOST AN AUNT LAST FRIDAY. >> I LOST AN UNCLE LAST WEDNESDAY. >> BUT LIFE GOES ON. DOES IT HURT? OF COURSE. AND SHE WAS MORE LIKE A SISTER THAN AN AUNT BECAUSE WE WERE SO CLOSE IN AGE. YOU DON'T STOP LIVING. DO YOU GRIEVE? YES. I'M CONCERNED REALLY ABOUT THE CHILDREN. ALL OF THIS STUFF. SIT DOWN AND SORT IT OUT AND KEEP WHAT YOU HAVE TO. HAVE A GARAGE SALE IF YOU WILL AND THROW OUT THE JUNK IF THERE IS JUNK IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? I'M GONNA STOP THE FINES FROM RUNNING. >> THANK YOU. >> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE WANT TO GIVE HER TO CLEAN THIS UP? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK, THIS CASE WAS INITIATED A YEAR AGO. >> I'M LOOKING AT IT. >> WE GAVE THE NOTICE A YEAR AGO. VERY LIMITED WORK -- I AM NOT SAYING NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, BUT VERY LIMITED HAS BEEN DONE. STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND A MAXIMUM OF 90 DAYS. >> YOU ARE BEING MORE GENEROUS THAN I WOULD BE MRS. REYES AND I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU TO -- WITH YOU FOR 15 YEARS. >> I UNDERSTAND. AGAIN, I LOST A PARENT RECENTLY AS YOU ARE AWARE, AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE STUFF, BUT I DID HEAR MS. PATRICK WITH WORK AND WORKING NIGHTS. I HEARD ALL THAT AND THAT'S WHY, YES, I AM BEING A LITTLE MORE GENEROUS THAN I NORMALLY WOULD, BUT I WANT IT FIXED. >> ALL RIGHT. MS. PATRICK, ARE YOU LISTENING? CAN YOU GET THIS DONE IN 90 DAYS? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> MS. PATRICK, I AM LISTENING TO YOU. >> I SHOULD BE ABLE TO. >> I AM NOT TRYING TO BEAT YOU UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON -- >> IT IS A WHOLE FAMILY ISSUE. AFTER I HAD MOST OF IT CLEARED OUT I GOT THREE MORE LOADS THROWN ON THERE FROM MY SISTER BEFORE SHE DECIDED TO MOVE, BUT WHATEVER. >> WELL, GIVE YOUR SISTER HER JUNK BACK. >> SHE LIVES IN CONNECTICUT. >> SHE IS WHAT? >> SHE IS IN CONNECTICUT. >> IF SHE LEFT IT HERE -- >> IT WAS MY MOM'S STUFF. SHE DUMPED IT ON THERE WHEN I WAS DEALING WITH WHAT WAS THERE. >> LOOK, ALL OF US HAVE OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN LIFE, ALL OF US. IT IS HOW WE HANDLE THEM THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF US CAN TELL A SIMILAR STORY. LOSION -- LOSING A PARENT, A GRAND PARENT OR SIBLING, AN AUNT, UNCLE, COUSIN, THERE WERE [01:05:11] 14 PEOPLE IN MY DADDY'S FAMILY. YOU KNOW HOW MANY FUNERALS I GO TO A YEAR? OKAY. WE'LL GIVE YOU 90 DAYS TO CLEAN IT UP. I WILL TELL YOU THIS THOUGH, IF YOU WORK WITH THE CITY, THEY WILL WORK WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS? >> NOPE. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. > SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, JUST TO CONFIRM, IF IT IS NOT COMPLIED IN THE 90 DAYS -- >> IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AND IT WILL BE RESET FOR A HEARING AND I WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION THEN OF WHAT I'M GONNA DO TO YOU. >> MA'AM, IF YOU -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET A HEARING FOR 90 DAYS OUT AND GIVE HER A DATE AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT TO SEE IF IT IS COMPLIED THEN? >> IS THAT -- >> SORRY. GETTING THE MOUSE WORKING. >> MOST LIKELY THAT WOULD BE AUGUST 24TH. 17TH. >> AUGUST 17TH. OKAY. LISTEN, I WORKED HERE FOR SO LONG IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL THEM AND SAY, LOOK, I'M HAVING A PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP ME? YOU HAVE TO GET THIS STUFF CLEARED UP. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING FURTHER. GOOD LUCK. >> THANKS. >> AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT 9 A.M., MS. PATRICK. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT CASE. [A. 22-1345 5400 S US Hwy 1 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Peggy Arraiz] >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 22-1345, 5400 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1, ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR. I WILL CALL THIS ONE IN AS WELL. >> WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. >> DID YOU GET THE -- I HAVE THE NUMBER IN THE EMAIL. >> IT IS THE 76 NUMBER. YOU DO THE 9 AND THE 1. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. IS THIS MS. ROSALES. >> THIS IS SHE. >> HI, THIS THIS IS KATHERINE AND I AM CALLING YOU LIVE IN THE COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS FOR A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING THIS MORNING. >> HI. >> I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO LET THE CITY PRESENT THEIR CASE AFTER I SWEAR YOU IN AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. OKAY? >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GYRO SAL LESS. -- ROSALES. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THIS IS AN ALARM APPEAL. HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN FRONT OF YOU IN AWHILE. WHEN FALSE ALARMS -- FALSE [01:10:03] BURGLAR ALARM OCCUR THERE IS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT AFTER ONE DIFFERENT FEES ACCRUE. THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS 22-1345 THAT OCCURRED AT 5400 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1 WHICH IS THE END PRIZE RENT A CAR. THE CASE WAS INITIATED DECEMBE. IT IS AN ALARM APPEAL, AS I STATED. WE HAVE MS. DARLING ROSALES AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE WITH THE CORPORATE OFFICE FOR ENTERPRISE? >> YES. >> WHO MADE THE REQUEST FOR THIS APPEAL. THERE ARE EIGHT ALARM CHARGES THAT ARE BEING APPEALED. THE FIRST ONE OCCUR OWED 5/15/202 AROUND 6:00 IN THE EVENING FOR WAREHOUSE NUMBER 2 MOTION. >> CAN YOU TELL ME THE INVOICE NUMBER BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY? DO YOU HAVE INVOICE NUMBERS? >> I CAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME WHILE I GET THAT PAPERWORK OUT. >> YES. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY FOR ME -- IF YOU WANT ME TO RUN THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. >> THE FIRST WAS MAY 15TH, 2021 AND IT HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 IN THE EVENING. IT WAS FOR WAREHOUSE NUMBER 2 MOTION. COST IS $250 AND INVOICE NUMBER 39351. AND THEN WE HAVE ALARM NUMBER -- TECHNICALLY NUMBER FOUR. I AM GIVING THE NUMBERS THAT OUR CONTRACTOR PROVIDED US AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS. IT HAPPENED ON MAY 22ND, 21 AND AGAIN JUST AFTER 6:00 IN THE EVENING. IT WAS FOR WAREHOUSE 2 MOTION AND DOOR. THAT COST WAS $450 AND INVOICE NUMBER 39388. UH NUMBER -- ALARM NUMBER 5 OCCUR OWED 5 SHR-RBGS 23, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON FOR WAREHOUSE NUMBER 2 MOTION. THAT CHARGE IS $550 ON INVOICE NUMBER 39390. ALARM NUMBER 6 OCCURRED ON JULY 23RD, 2021 AROUND 6:30 IN THE MORNING. AND THAT AGAIN WAS WAREHOUSE NUMBER 2 MOTION FOR $550 AND INVOICE NUMBER 40710. THE NEXT ALARM IS MARKED AS ALARM NUMBER 9. JUST REAL QUICK, THERE WERE TWO ALARMS IN BETWEEN THESE, BUT BOTH ARE MARKED AS PAID. A PAYMENT WAS MADE AND THEY APPLIED THEM TO THE TWO. THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERING IS A LITTLE OFF. SO SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER TO 8 IN THE EVENING FOR GARAGE BAY RENTAL BUILDING, THAT CHARGE WAS $550 AND INVOICE NUMBER 42131. >> OWE COULD I -- OKAY. >> AGAIN ALARM NUMBER 9 WAS RENUMBERED BECAUSE THE TWO INVOICES WERE PAID. IT HAPPENED DECEMBER 25TH, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON FOR WAREHOUSE NUMBER 1 MOTION. THAT CHARGE IS $500 AND INVOICE NUMBER 43344. THE NEXT ONE MARKED IS ALARM NUMBER 10. IT HAPPENED ON MARCH 31ST, 2022. I'M SORRY. IT WAS AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING. IT WAS FOR SHOWROOM LEFT, MIDDLE AND RIGHT MOTION ZONES, 9, 10 AND 11. THERE IS A $500 FEE FOR INVOICE NUMBER 44992. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE MARKED ALARM NUMBER 10 HAPPENED ON APRIL 17TH OF THIS YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. MAIN ROOM DOOR AND SALES ROOM MOTION. BACK SALES MOTION. AGAIN A CHARGE OF $500 AND THAT IS INVOICE NUMBER 45305. >> OKAY. APRIL 17, INVOICE NUMBER WHAT? >> 45305. >> AND I GOT THE MARCH 31, 44490? >> YES. >> AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT, 43344, WHAT DATE WAS THAT? >> CHRISTMAS. 1225. 12/25. >> OH, YES, I REMEMBER THAT ONE. OKAY. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I DO HAVE A RECORD HERE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MS. ROSALES WHERE SHE COMMUNICATED WITH ADT AND THEY REMOVED THE WAREHOUSE MOTION SENSORS FROM THEIR PROGRAMMING COMPLETELY. THE REQUEST WAS MADE ON MARCH 11TH AND THE CONFIRMATION THAT THE PARTICULAR ITEMS WERE MOVED ON [01:15:02] MARCH 13TH. SO IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE FINAL TWO ALARMS, MARCH 31ST AND APRIL 17TH, ARE NOT THE WAREHOUSE, BUT ARE NOW IN THE SALES ROOM. THOSE TWO ALARMS CAME AFTER THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO ADT. SO THOSE ARE THE FACTS PRESENTED. THE TOTAL DUE IS D -- $3850. BUT IT IS AN APPEAL SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. ROSALES TO STATE HER CASE. >> DO WE HAVE THOSE INVOICES ? >> I HAVE A RECORD OF THE CALL LOGS AND A RECORD OF THE INVOICES. >> OKAY. IF SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WOULD LIKE THEM? >> WE WILL MOVE THOSE IN. >> THAT'S FINE. THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> MS. ROSALES I EMAILED THESE TO YOU LAST NIGHT? >> YES. >> ONE IS THE INVOICES AND EXHIBIT 2 IS THE CALL LOGS. >> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH, COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO, MA'AM. >> MS. CO SAL LESS -- MS. ROSALES, HOW DO YOU RESPOND? >> SO MY CASE WAS PRETTY MUCH THAT AS AS I -- FIRST OF ALL I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT SINCE DECEMBER I HAVE BEEN -- THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO GET ALL OF THESE NOTIFICATIONS AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THERE WAS NO ALARM ISSUES PRIOR TO NOVEMBER, AND THEN I CAME NEW IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE IN MY DEPARTMENT GOT LAID OFF DUE TO COVID, AND I CAME IN AROUND APRIL OF LAST YEAR, APRIL, MAY, AND DUE TO THE TPABLT -- FACT I DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES OR AWARENESS I OVERSEED PRETTY MUCH LOCATIONS FROM THEIR REACH DOWN TO KEY WEST. A LOT OF CITIES DON'T HAVE THIS PROGRAM. IT IS UNBE KNOWNST TO ME UNLESS AN ISSUE ARISES. ONCE IT AROSE THERE WERE SO MANY BACK TO BACK ISSUES THAT HAPPENED AND THEN FINALLY IT CAME TO ME, AND THEN I HAVE TO INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND IT WAS THE WAREHOUSE MOTION AND IT WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN NOBODY WAS WORKING. I SPOKE TO ADT AND THEY SAID NO DOORS ARE OPEN AT ALL. IT IS A MOTION INSIDE. IT WAS IN THE WAREHOUSE AND WE CAN ONLY ASSUME IT IS A CRITTER. I'M LIKE, OKAY. SO I'M LIKE, THAT'S THE REASON I WANTED TO APPEAL IT BECAUSE I JUST FIND IT -- IT IS PRETTY MUCH UNFAIR AND JUST TRYING TO -- I AM DOING MY BEST TO TRYING TO FIX THE MATTER WHICH I DID, AND I REMOVED IT. I REMOVED THE MOTION. IT TOOK AWHILE FOR ADT SINCE THEY ARE BEHIND AS WELL, AND IT IS A MISSION FOR THEM AS WELL TO GET TECHNICIANS OUT THERE AND TO GET THEIR INQUIRIES RESOLVED. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM AT WITH THAT AND I AM HOPING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY APPEAL ALL OF THE ONE THAT'S WERE IN THE WAREHOUSE MOTION ISSUE. IN REGARDS TO THE LATEST TWO, THOSE ARE NEW ONES. THEY ARE DIFFERENT CASES. I THINK IT IS FAIR I WILL PAY FOR THOSE LAST TWO, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE OTHERS, I THINK I GOT THEM RESOLVED. AND ONE MORE THING. ALSO THE SAME THING WITH THE PROGRAM REDUCTION, THEY DON'T GIVE ME ANY DETAILS AT ALL. ALL OF THESE DETAILS I GOT WERE FROM ONCE THE CITY HAD CALLED ME. SHE GAVE ME A LIST OF THE EXACT DETAILS AND TIME AND DATE AND THE INTRUSION AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY DETAILS WITH ADT AND THEY JUST KEPT SAYING WHICH -- WHAT ALARMS CAME OFF AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM UNTIL I GET A LETTER FROM THE REDUCTION PROGRAM. WHEN I LOG INTO THE REDUCTION PROGRAM SITE IT DOESN'T TELL ME THE DETAILS AT ALL. >> MS. ROSALES, CAN I ASK YOU WHAT STEPS YOU TOOK BETWEEN MAY WHEN THIS FIRST FALSE ALARM WE HAVE CHARGED THAT HASN'T BEEN PAID AND THEN IT TOOK UNTIL MARCH OF 2022 TO HAVE THAT MOTION AND WAREHOUSE 2 REMOVED? WHAT STEPS WERE YOU TAKING FOR ALMOST A YEAR TO RECTIFY THAT? >> ALMOST A YEAR? [01:20:02] WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> THE FIRST ALARM THAT WE HAVE ON HERE FOR WAREHOUSE 2 MOTION IS MAY 15TH OF 2021. YOU DID NOT REQUEST ADT TO REMOVE THAT MOTION SENSOR UNTIL MARCH OF 2022. THAT'S ALMOST A YEAR. >> I DON'T HAVE THAT. MAY 21ST? >> MAY 15TH OF 2021. THE VERY FIRST -- >> LIKE I SAID, I CAME IN NEW AND I DID NOT GET NOTIFICATIONS. I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UNTIL LIKE MONTHS LATER, I GUESS. YOU WERE SENDING OUT THE LETTERS. I GUESS IT WENT TO CORP -- CORPORATE AND IT WAS SENT TO ME TO FIGURE OUT -- TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE ISSUE. >> SO ARE YOU NOT NOTIFIED WHEN AN ALARM GOES OFF IN THE BUILDING? >> NO. WE HAVE THE BRANCH MANAGERS TO ANSWER THAT. >> BUT SOMEONE -- >> I CAN'T ANSWER -- SO EVERY BRANCH WE HAVE 200 LOCATIONS IN OUR GROUP FOR ENTERPRISE HERE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. AND EVERY SINGLE BRANCH, THE BRANCH MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT MANAGERS, THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE CALLS IF THERE IS AN INTRUSION ALERT. >> BUT SOMEBODY AT ENTERPRISE, SOMEBODY AT YOUR COMPANY IS NOTIFIED EVERY TIME AN ALARM GOES OFF, CORRECT? >> AT THE BRANCH. YES. NOT ME. AT THE BRANCH. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE BRANCH IS YOUR COMPANY, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD TO RESPOND ON EACH ONE OF THESE DAYS TO A FALSE ALARM AT YOUR BRANCH. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? >> I UNDERSTAND. AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE TIMES AND A LOT OF THEM, THEY ARE WHEN THEY ARE OFF. >> AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE FALSE ALARMS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ACTUALLY AN EMERGENCY, RIGHT? >> YES. AND THIS HAPPENS TO A LOT OF OUR LOCATIONSES AS WELL. WE HAVE CREW THAT'S COME IN AFTER CLOSING TIME, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE. AND SECONDLY, NOT EVERY SINGLE CITY HAS THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. IF WE HAVE A FALSE ALARM, IT IS A FALSE ALARM AND NOBODY TAKES FURTHER ACTION. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS KIND OF PROGRAM. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? >> I DO. THIS IS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. THIS IS NOT A DIFFERENT CITY. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> WHEN THIS ALARM GOES OFF, I HAVE ACTUALLY AN ADT ALARM SYSTEM. AND WHEN MY ALARM GOES OFF, THEY CALL ME. THEY SAY, MS. HEDGES,ING WE HAVE AN ALARM AT YOUR HOUSE. IS EVERYTHING OKAY? DO YOU NEED THE POLICE TO RESPOND? I SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, DANG, I DID THIS OR DID THAT AND IT IS MY FAULT AND I TURN IT OFF AND NOBODY SHOWS UP. >> CORRECT. >> SO DOES THAT PROGRAM APPLY TO YOU? >> YES. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL, BUT THEY CALL IN A TIME WHEN THEY ARE SLEEPING SOMETIMES. YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEE DOES NOT ANSWER BECAUSE THEY ARE AT HOME. WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE WE HAVE SOMEBODY 24/7 TO ANSWER A CALL AND FIGURE OUT SHOULD WE SEND THE POLICE OR NOT. WHICH WAS WORKING IN PLACE. WE ARE GETTING RID OF ALL OF THE ADT. SHOW -- SLOWLY BUT SURE -- SURELY WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN INTRUSION SYSTEM SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE. SO WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN ALARM. >> I'M SORRY. MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MA'AM, IS WHAT STEPS DID YOU TAKE TO REMOVE WHATEVER CRITTER IT IS THAT IS SETTING OFF THESE ALARMS? >> WE SENT -- I WENT AHEAD AND MADE SURE THERE WAS NO HOLES AND NOTHING IS GOING INSIDE OF THE WAREHOUSE AND I CALLED ADT TO REMOVE THE SENSORS IN THE WAREHOUSE. >> DID YOU SEND AN EXTERMINATOR OF ANY SORT TO INSPECT THE BUILDING? >> THAT WAS SO LONG AGO. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES. I CANNOT RECALL. >> OKAY. MR. REYES -- MS. REYES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> THIS IS PEGGY ARRAIZ AND I AM THE ONE WHO EMAILED YOU YESTERDAY. I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING WITH MSD ON THIS. AT ONE POINT WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS FILE I DID NOTE THAT YOU DID HAVE REPETITIVE ALARM ON THE 22ND AND 23RD. I BELIEVE MS. JACKIE RELAYED TO YOU MY OFFER TO WAIVE A FEW OF [01:25:01] THE FINES. >> UH-HUH. >> BUT YOU DECLINED MY OFFER FOR REDUCTION AT THAT TIME. >> THERE WERE ONLY THREE. >> CORRECT. I WAS MAKING -- I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS THE ONE ON THE 22ND AND THE 23RD AND SO I OFFERED TO WAIVE THOSE. THAT'S $1,000. AND I ALSO OFFERED TO WAIVE THE ONE ON JULY 23RD AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, JUST A -- AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THIS WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL $550. YOU DECLINED THAT OFFER IN TOTAL, CORRECT? >> CORRECT BECAUSE ONCE JACKIE SENT ME MORE DETAILS FOR EACH OF THOSE CHARGES FOR THE OTHERS THAT YOU GUYS DID -- DENIED TO WAIVE, I WAS READING AND THEY SAY WAREHOUSE INTRUSION OR WAREHOUSE -- NOT INTRUSION, BUT THE WAREHOUSE MOTION. >> CORRECT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MAY 22ND ALSO WAS A DOOR. I'M NOT SURE A RODENT WOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN A DOOR, BUT THERE WAS A DOOR ALARM ON THAT DAY. I DID MAKE THE OFFER TO WAIVE $1,550 WHICH WAS REJECTED. STAFF IS STILL OPEN TO THAT, BUT STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND WAIVING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. >> IS THAT 39390? >> I DON'T HAVE THE INVOICE LISTED IN FRONT OF ME ANYMORE. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. >> IT IS THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH ONE SHE WENT OVER. IF YOU WROTE THEM DOWN IT WOULD BE THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH ONES. >> IT WAS INVOICE 39388 THAT OCCURRED ON 5/22. 39390 THAT OCCURRED ON 5/23. AND I ALSO OFFERED TO WAIVE INVOICE 4010 THAT OCCURRED ON 7/23 FOR A TOTAL OF $1,550. STAFF IS STILL AGREEABLE TO THAT OFFER. >> IF SHE REJECTS THAT OFFER, ARE YOU ASKING THAT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WAIVE THOSE OR IMPOSE THOSE? >> NO, I -- I MEAN, [INAUDIBLE] I FEEL LIKE I AM READING THIS STUFF AND IT IS WAREHOUSE INCLUDED. A LOT OF THEM ARE WAREHOUSE SITUATIONS. >> MS. ROSALES, IF I CAN, WHAT MR. ARRAIZ IS OFFERING AT THIS POINT IS SHE IS SAYING THAT STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO WAIVE THOSE THREE. THE REST WOULD BE IMPOSED BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. SO ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT TO THAT OR DO YOU WISH TO GO FORWARD IN THE SPECIAL -- AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DECIDE HOW MUCH YOU OWE TOTAL? >> YES. I WILL TAKE THAT OFFER FOR THOSE THREE. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THOUGH THAT THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMAINING BALANCE WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL IF MS. ARRAIZ -- WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF THE THREE THAT YOU -- >> I'M SHOWING $2,350 IF WE WAIVE THOSE THREE AT THE AMOUNTS INDICATED. >> SO ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT TO PAY THAT AMOUNT, MA'AM? >> WHAT IS THE REMAINDER? >> I'M SHOWING THE REMAINDER -- THE ONES WE WAIVED ARE 550 AND 550 AND SO THAT IS 1100. AND THEN THERE WAS A 450. SO THAT MAKES IT 15 -- ACTUALLY PROBABLY 1550. DO THE MATH FOR ME. >> YES, MA'AM. >> IT SAYS 2300. >> YES. 2300. SO THE OFFER THAT THE CITY IS MAKING TO YOU, MA'AM, WOULD BE THAT THE THREE WOULD BE WAIVED. YOU WOULD OWE A TOTAL OF 2300. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THAT OFFER? >> I MEAN, WHAT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS HEARING. SHE IS ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? >> SITTING RIGHT HERE IN AN OPEN FORUM. >> SO YOUR OTHER OPTION IS TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD AT WHICH POINT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CAN IMPOSE UP TO $3,850 OR THEORETICALLY SHOO -- SHE COULD IMPOSE 0. IT IS HER PER ROG TKPWRAU -- PEROGATIVE. WE MADE THAT OFFER TO YOU THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY REJECTED. BUT SHE IS OFFERING THAT TO YOU AGAIN AND WE WANT CONFIRMATION AS TO WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO STILL REJECT IT OR ACCEPT IT AT THIS POINT. >> I MEAN, HONESTLY, I REVIEWED EVERYTHING AND I FEEL LIKE I DID [01:30:03] MY PART AND IT IS THE SAME SITUATION. I FEEL LIKE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AGREES THAT WE ARE IN THE TYPE OF INDUSTRY SHORT STAFFED WITH COVID. I FEEL LIKE I DID ALL OF THAT ON MY PART WITH COMMUNICATION. I AM GOING WITH THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH THIS COMPANY? >> FOR THE COMPANY IN TOTAL OR THIS POSITION? >> THIS POSITION. >> THIS POSITION FOR A YEAR. >> SO YOU WERE AWARE THAT THESE PROBLEMS EXISTED BEFORE YOU GOT THIS POSITION, RIGHT? >> NO. I DID NOT. I HAVE TWO NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS NEVER HAD TRAINING FOR. THE COMPANY AND THEY WERE RESTRUCTURED IN DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. >> I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT HERE. THE CITY HAS AGREED THAT THE NEW FEE COULD BE REDUCED TO $2300. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? >> YES. >> AND YOU ARE REJECTING THAT OFFER? >> WELL, I JUST FEEL -- LIKE I SAID, IS THAT INCLUDING -- THAT WAS -- I AGREE THAT I WILL PAY WHATEVER 2022, I DON'T MIND PAYING. FOR WHATEVER WAS RECEIVED BEFORE THAT, I THINK I WAS VERY COOPERATIVE WITH THE REDUCTION PROGRAM AND I EVEN APPEALED IT AND IT WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND IT WAS TIME THAT IS PASSING BY. SO I FEEL LIKE I DID MY PART. >> YOU DID YOUR PART. >> I WILL AGREE TO PAY 2022, THE YEAR OF 2022 ALARMS, BUT FROM BEFORE THAT, I AM LOOKING AND READING THE DETAILS AND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH ALL WAREHOUSE, WAREHOUSE, WAREHOUSE. >> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU. I HAVE HEARD THE EVIDENCE. I AM READY TO MAKE A RULING. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO AGREE WITH THEIR OFFER, THEN I WILL RULE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED. >> WERE YOU ABLE TO READ THE DETAILS THAT EACH INVOICE INCLUDED THE ALARM FOR THE WAREHOUSE ISSUE? >> MA'AM, THEY ALL BELONG TO ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR. WHEN MY ALARM GOES OFF, I AM LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE. THEY CALL ME AND I EITHER RESET IT ON MY PHONE AND TELL THEM I'M OKAY AND I FORGOT IT OR WHATEVER. BUT I DO GET A RESPONSE. AFTER YOU GET SO MANY YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. >> I DON'T -- I DON'T -- I FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE DON'T HAVE CITIES. WE HAVE -- WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF CITIES AND I AM LEARNING EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME. I CHANGED MY ADDRESS. I CHANGED THE -- I CHANGED ALL OF THE NOTIFICATIONS TO BE SENT TO ME. I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD CUT ME A LITTLE BIT OF SLACK. >> I DID CUT YOU A LITTLE SLACK. THEY REDUCED THIS BY $1,550. THEY CUT YOU SOME SLACK, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT THAT. >> BECAUSE AS I WAS GIVEN ALL OF THE DETAILS THERE WERE STILL WAREHOUSE STUFF. >> WELL, THAT IS ENTERPRISE'S PROBLEM, NOT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE HAVE TO RESPOND. >> I GUESS I WILL GO FOR -- SO WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? >> YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I CAN'T GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE. I'M TELLING YOU THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS $3,850. THE CITY HAS SAID THEY WILL ACCEPT $2300. NOW YOU MAKE THE DECISION. IF YOU DON'T, IN A FEW MINUTES I'M GONNA RULE. >> OKAY. I WILL TAKE -- I WILL PAY THE $2,300. >> I THINK THAT IS STILL AGREEABLE TO CITY STAFF. YES, MA'AM. >> THAT'S AGREEABLE TO STAFF. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO. >> AT -- HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PAY THAT? [01:35:06] >> A WEEK? I CAN TRY TO MAKE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I I WILL CALL ACCOUNTING. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE STANDARD IS A 30-DAY PAYMENT. >> WE WILL GIVE YOU 30 DAYS TO PAY IT, OKAY? >> OKAY. >> I FIND YOU ARE IN VIOLATION. I WILL BASICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT DUE FROM $3,850 TO $2300. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO PAY. >> OKAY. AND SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND MS. ROSALES, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE'S ORDER WILL BE FORWARDED BACK TO CRY WOLF AND YOU WILL -- THA*SZE PAYMENT WILL GO TO THEM. THEY WILL CONTACT YOU WITH A NEW INVOICE. >> OKAY. PERFECT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> WILL I RECEIVE IT BY EMAIL AS WELL? >> WHEN WE GET THE ORDER, WE WILL EMAIL YOU AS WELL AND SEND IT TO CRY WOLF. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. >> GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> BYE. >> NEXT CASE, MADAM CLERK. >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 22-242, 502 [A. 22-0242 CT 502 Quincy Avenue Heart 2 Heart Reliable Transport LLC Jessica Washington Heather Debevec] QUINCY AVENUE, HEART 2 HEART RELIABLE TRANSPORT LLC AND JESSICA WASHINGTON. >> GOOD MORNIN. >> GOOD MORNING, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 22-242 FOR 502 QUINCY AVENUE. HEART 2 HEART RELIABLE TRANSPORT, LLC, JESSICA WASHINGTON. CASE INITIATED ON JANUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR FOR A CITATION 1304 CE, CODE ENFORCEMENT UNDER SECTIONS 125-315, SUBSECTION I, SUBSECTION 2, SUBSECTION V COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR BE ASSESSED THE TOTAL DUE AS INDICATED ABOVE. FAILURE TO PAY SUCH FINE WOULD RESULT IN CITATION BEING FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM AND I DO HAVE PHOTOS IN WHICH TO SUBMIT. >> DO THOSE PHOTOS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVED IT. >> YES, MA'AM. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY MOVES INTO EVIDENCE COMPOSITE 1. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> AND I BELIEVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE DATE AND TIME STAMPED. >> YES. THEY ARE DATE AND TIME STAND -- STAMPEDED. >> AND DO THEY SHOW THE MORE THAN 24-HOUR LAPSE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL THERE? >> YES. >> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NOT AT THIS TIME. >> I FIND THAT JESSICA WASHINGTON IS NOT HERE AND INNER IS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE -- AND NEITHER IS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND SHE IS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION, PARKING A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I WILL FINE HER A TOTAL OF $260. SHE HAS 30 DAYS TO PAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [A. 21-1398 CE 1136 S Ocean Drive Keith Danks Meridee Danks Heather Debevec] >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 21-1398, 1136 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE, KEITH DANKS AND MERIDEE DANKS. >> WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> THIS IS CASE 21-1398, FOR 1136 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE FOR KEITH AND MERIDEE DANKS. IT WAS TPHEURB -- INITIATE OWED JULY 2ND. IPMC304.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT. THE PROTECT TIFF TREATMENT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN RND ON AS THEY HAVE DONE THE PAINTING. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THEY PLACE UNIT NUMBERS OR LETTERS TO IDENTIFY THE UNITS AND THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO COME PLAY OR A FINE OF $50 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. I HAVE PHOTOS TO SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU. >> DOT PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION AS YOU OBSERVED THEM. >> I DO. >> THE CITY WILL MOVE AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1 PHOTOGRAPHS. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> IN FAIRNESS TO THE RESPONDENTS, HAVE THEY PLACED NUMBERING SOMEWHERE? [01:40:02] >> THEY DID PLACE SOME SMALL NUMBERS ON A GATE WHICH YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT IT IS NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. THERE IS INDIVIDUAL UNITS WHICH NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AS WELL. I HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JESSICA GRIMOND. I THINK SHE IS A PROPERTY MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW HER FULL CONNECTION. BUT SHE IS THE ONE I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH PRESIDENT -- COMMUNICATING WITH. SHE HAS NUMBERS OR LETTERS OR SOMETHING ON ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE UNITS, BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN IT WOULD BE IN. SHE JUST KEEPS ASKING FOR A COMPLIANCE LETTER WHICH I HAVE EXPLAINED THAT THESE ITEMS STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE IT CAN BE COMPLIED. >> AND GIVEN THE TIME GAP THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AT THIS TIME ARE YOU ASKING THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO MOVE FORWARD? >> YES. >> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NOT AT THIS TIME. >> DID SHE GIVE YOU A REASON WHY THEY WOULDN'T JUST PUT UP THE LETTERS OR NUMBERS OR SOMETHING? >> NO. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS THEY WANTED TO PAINT FIRST BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE REDONE THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOORS. THEY HAVE -- THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE WAITING ON THAT. AS FAR AS THE BUILDING NUMBERS, AGAIN, THEY HAD IT ON A GATE OFF TO THE SIDE THAT IT IS NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE. >> I BELIEVE COUNSEL, YOU SAID THIS ORIGINATED ON JULY 2ND, 2021? >> I DO BELIEVE THAT IS THE DATE ON THE AGENDA WHEN IT WAS FIRST -- WAS THIS A COMPLAINT BY SOMEONE? >> NO. ACTUALLY THIS WAS INITIATED DURING SEA TURTLES LAST YEAR. I WENT TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC UNIT AND WAS A BIT CONFUSED. I MADE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY AND FOUND THAT THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL UNITS. >> THE PURPOSE OF HAVING ALL OF THESE UNITS NUMBERED, THAT'S A SAFETY CONCERN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, STUFF, ANYBODY RESPONDING TO THAT AS WELL. >> VERY MUCH COULD BE. YES, MA'AM. >> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NOTHING FURTHER, MA'AM. >> ALL RIGHT. THEN BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THIS CASE WAS INITIATED ON JULY 2ND, 2021 I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT KEITH AND MERIDEE DANKS ARE THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. I WILL GIVE THEM 30 DAYS TO JUST PAINT THE NUMBERS -- PAINT THE HOME AND PLACE UNIT NUMBERS. >> THE HOME HAS BEEN PAINTED, MA'AM. >> WE WILL DO AN RND ON THE PAINTING OF THE HOME, BUT IN MATTERS TO ADDRESS IDENTIFICATION I FIND A VIOLATION EXISTS AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $50 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >> I THANK YOU, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. [C. 21-2503 CE 1800 Boston Ave PFJ Enterprises LLC Isaac Saucedo] >> OUR LAST CASE TODAY IS 21-2503, 1800 BOSTON AVE, AND PFJ ENTERPRISES, LLC. >> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 21-2503, 1800 BOSTON AVENUE. THE CASE WAS INITIATED BY MYSELF ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2021. OWNER IS PFJ ENTERPRISES LLC WITH AN ADDRESS OF PO BOX 990021 IN NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34116. THE VIOLATIONS ARE SECTION 123-37, SUBSECTION 12, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. SECTION 24-19, 24-20, 24-21, SUBSECTION NUMBER 1 AND 5 FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS BE GIVEN 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $150 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. I DO HAVE PHOTOS HERE. >> DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVED THEM? >> YES. THE VIOLATIONS -- THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE MAJORITY OF THE VIOLATIONS. >> AND I WANT -- DO YOU HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRINTED OF THE ORIGINAL CONDITION? >> NO. WELL, ACTUALLY I HAVE THEM HERE. WE CAN SUBMIT THEM. >> WE WILL MARK THOSE SO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CAN SEE THAT -- BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. IS THAT ACCURATE? >> YES. THEY HAVE. THERE IS A SMALL SECTION OF OUTSIDE STORAGE THAT HAS BEEN -- >> THE FIRST BATCH WE WILL MAKE [01:45:03] EXHIBIT'S EXHIBIT 1 WHICH IS THS THE CURRENT CONDITION AS OF MAY 16TH, IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> THIS OTHER BATCH, THESE ARE FROM -- >> THOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN WHEN THE CASE WAS INITIATED. >> SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021. >> CORRECT. >> DO THOSE FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION AS IT BEGAN? >> THEY DO. >> THAT WILL BE CITY'S EXHIBIT 2. WE WILL MARK THAT, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. JUST -- >> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NOT AT THE MOMENT. >> I CAN SEE GAS BURNERS. DO YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE COOKING OUTSIDE? >> ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL KNOW TOES? THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS ? >> THAT'S NOT THERE NO MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE USING THEM FOR. >> ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AT 1800 BOSTON AVENUE AND THAT PFJ ENTERPRISES LLC IS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. THERE IS A NUISANCE -- >> OUTSIDE STORAGE. >> WE HAVE AN RND ON THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND REVIEW AND DETERMINATION OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT HAS BEEN CURED AS OF THIS DATE. WITH REGARDS TO THE REMAINING ALLEGATIONS, NUISANCE OF AN OBJECT OF OUTSIDE STORAGE I FIND A VIOLATIO EXISTS FOR THE RESPONSIBLE TPAERTS AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $150 -- LET'S SAY $100 PER DAY SINCE THEY DID ONE. $100 A DAY BE ASSESSED. >> OKAY. >> YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THAT'S IT. >> FOR THE PARTIES THAT ARE NOT HERE, HOW ARE THEY NOTIFIED? >> FOR CASES REQUIRING A HEARING PER STATE STATUTE 162.2, A NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS SENT TO THE VIOLATORS CERTIFIED MAIL. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED SIGNED IT IS PLACED IN THE FILE. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED UNSIGNED OR UNCLAIMED AN OF A -- AFFIDAVIT IS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR REGULAR U.S. MAIL. 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN CITY HALL. A NOTICE OF HEARING IS ALSO POSTED AT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING. IF THE GREEN CARD IS NOT RETURNED TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING THE POSTING IS COMPLETED IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE CARD WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. FOR CASES NOT MANDATED BY STATE STATUTE, MAILING OF THE NOTICE OF HEAR R-G HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER DATED PRIOR. IN IT IS UNSIGNED AND UNCLAIMED A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD ON CITY HALL. >> THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? WE ARE ADJ * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.