[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. I NAME IS FRAN MOSS. I AM THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MATTER BEFORE THE CITY. YOU WERE GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO COMPLY HER TAKE CARE OF IT. YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO AND YOU WISH TO BE HEARD. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO BE HEARD, WE WILL CALL YOUR CASE IS SHORTLY. IN THE MEANTIME, 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, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES] >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHAT ALL OF YOU REMAIN STANDING SO THAT YOU CAN BE SWORN BEFORE YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? (SWEARING IN OF THE WITNESS) >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: FOR THE RECORD, EVERYTHING WE DO IS BEING RECORDED ON LIVE, LOCAL TELEVISION. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. MADAME CLARK, HOW DO YOU WANT TO [B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED] PROCEED. >>THE CLERK: WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CASES THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE, FIRST. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >>THE CLERK: AND THAT IS CASE 20-790, 407 DECODER COURT. NUMBER C, 20-788, 412 COURT RECORD. D, 401 THE COURT RECORD. NUMBER E, -- F 2784 F 2784 1902 DELAWARE AVENUE, G, 2780-404 DECORDRE COURT. H, 45 DECORDRE COURT, B. 305, DECORDRE COURT. AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE CASE 20-03 1809 AVENUE M AND 2005 2612 30 AVENUE B. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE PEOPLE ARE PRESENT. [Q. 20-0458 CE 130 Alma Court Orange Ave Land Co LLC Heather Debevec] >>THE CLERK: THE FIRST CASE WILL PRESENT TODAY IS CASE 20-458, 130 ALMOST COURT, ORANGE AVENUE LAND COMPANY, LLC. >> SINCE EVERYONE WAS MORNING ALTOGETHER, WE COULD JUST HAVE EVERYONE STATE THEIR NAME THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE TESTIFYING THIS MORNING AND STATE WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN SWORN? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. I AM READY WHEN YOU ARE. >> GOOD MORNING, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >>MS. DEBEVEC: PREVIOUSLY SWORN THIS MORNING. CASE NUMBERS 20-OH FIFTH20 -0458C. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON FEBRUARY 18, 2020 IT WAS FOR SECTION 16-46, 47, 48, SUBSECTION 105 OUTSIDE STORAGE. WHICH I AM REQUESTING R&D FOR. SECTION 16-46, 47, 48 SECTION 11 OUTSIDE STORAGE INDOOR FURNITURE. I'M REQUESTING R&D FOR. SECTION 16-25 SUBSECTION C, RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTAINERS. IT'S REQUESTED THAT THEY STORE TRASH IN THE SIDE OR REAR OF THE HOME. THE CITY IS REQUESTING IF YOU FIND VIOLATIONS, THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $50 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. I DO HAVE PHOTOS TO WHICH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DID REVIEW AS HE IS HERE TODAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >>MS. DEBEVEC: HE DID TAKE CARE OF QUITE A FEW THINGS AT THE PROPERTY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY? >> I AM, YOUR HONOR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON. UNTIL YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE. >> WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? >> MY NAME IS LUIS PFEFFER. I'M ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS -- >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I'M SORRY. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. YOU ARE ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ORANGE AVENUE? >> YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO YOU RESPOND. >> WE HAD THIS ON FOR 15 YEARS. [00:05:01] WE RENTED. I THINK ON ONE OTHER PROPERTY HAVE BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. WE WERE NOTIFIED. WE CORRECTED MOST OF THE VIOLATIONS. WE HAVE A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TENANT, WHICH IS A DUPLEX, IN TERMS OF THE TRASH AND RECYCLABLE COLLECTOR. IF IT IS NOT RECTIFIED, ONCE WE -- WITH NOTIFIED THEM BOTH ORALLY AND IN WRITING, IF IT IS NOT TAKING CARE OF, THEY WILL BE EVICTED. SIMPLE AS THAT, YOUR HONOR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> BUT I DON'T THINK THE EVICTION IS GOING -- I THINK THERE IS A BE ON UNTIL AUGUST 1 NOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO, YOUR HONOR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THESE WILL BE ADMITTED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE 1. WITH REGARDS TO 16-46, 47, 4H, SUBPARAGRAPH ONE AND FIVE, OUTSIDE STORAGE, AND ALSO 16-46, 47, 48 SUBPARAGRAPH 11, OUTSIDE STORAGE, INSIDE FURNITURE, I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTED BUT WAS CURED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS HEARING. THE VIOLATOR SHALL BE ONE THAT IF THE VIOLATION REOCCURS PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE, ADDITIONAL COSTS AND PENALTIES MAY BE ASSESSED. WITH REGARD TO THE REMAINING VIOLATION SECTION 16-25SUBPARAGRAPH 11, OUTSIDE STORAGE, INSIDE FURNITURE, I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTED BUT WAS CURED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS HEARING. THE VIOLATOR SHALL BE ONE THAT IF THE VIOLATION REOCCURS PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE, ADDITIONAL COSTS AND PENALTIES MAY BE ASSESSED. WITH REGARD TO THE REMAINING VIOLATION SECTION 16-20 5C RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTAINERS I FIND THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT ORANGE AVENUE LAND COMPANY LLC, WAS REPRESENTED HERE THIS MORNING BY MR. LUIS PFEFFER. >> YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. I WILL GIVE YOU 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR YOU WILL BE FINED $50 PER DAY UNTIL THIS MATTER IS CLEARED. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. JUST SO I AM CLEAR, THE VIOLATION WITH THE -- WITH THE TRASH CANS IN THE RECYCLABLE BINS, THE CITY CODE REQUIRES THEM TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, CORRECT? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WILL LET THE CODE PEOPLE -- >> IT IS TO THE SIDE OR REAR OF THE HOME. >> OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. >> THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE OBSCURED BY ANY FENCE OR ANY OTHER -- THEY SIMPLY HAVE TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE? >> CORRECT, SIR. >> THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. THESE WILL BE ADMITTED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE 1. NEW JOB BEGINS: 00:23:29 9:08 AM [B. 20-792 CE 406 Decordre Ct Castor, Simon Isaac Saucedo] >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT CASE IS 20-792 406 DECORDRE COURT, CASTOR. MR. CASTOR, WE WILL HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN. (SWEARING IN OF THE WITNESS). >> GOOD MORNING. >>MR. SAUCEDO: THIS IS CASE NUMBER 20-792 OF 406 DECORDRE COURT. THE CASE INITIATED ON APRIL 1, 2019 BY MYSELF. THE OWNER IS SIMON CASTOR OF 207 DIXIELAND DRIVE, FORT PIERCE, 34982. THE VIOLATIONS ARE SECTIONS 16-46, 47, 48 NUMBER ONE AND FIVE OR OUTSIDE STORAGE. THE OUTSIDE STORAGE INDOOR FURNITURE, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLIED -- COMPLIANT. THE CITY REQUEST THAT OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $150 PER DAY. I HAVE PHOTOS IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THEM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DID MR. CASTOR SEE THE PHOTOS? >>THE CLERK: WHAT WE'RE SHOWING MR. CASTOR THE PHOTOS, THE OFFICER COULD PUT HIS NAME AND TITLE ON THE RECORD. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY SWORN THIS MORNING. >>MR. SAUCEDO: ISAAC SOLLECITO. CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. >> WE WOULD MOVE THE PHOTOS IN A CITIES ONE COMPOSITE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HE WILL BE ADMITTED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE 1. [00:10:08] I AM LOOKING AT EXHIBIT 1A AND 1B AND I SEE A CHAIR THAT LOOKS LIKE A TABLE OUTSIDE NEAR A WINDOW AND ALSO NEAR THE DOOR AND A CAGE OF SOME SORT, IT LOOKS LIKE AN ANIMAL CAGE. >> CORRECT. AND THERE'S ALSO BY THE SIDE WINDOW, SOME PLYWOOD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: STR CASTOR, HOW DO YOU RESPOND? THESE WILL BE ADMITTED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE 1. >> WE WENT OVER THERE. WE ARE TRYING TO -- (INDISCERNIBLE) -- AND THEY STILL HAVE THIS IN THE YARD. SO I WILL GO BACK THERE TODAY AND MAKE SURE IT'S OFF. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO. I DON'T SEE ANY TABLE FOR THERE ANYMORE. AND I DON'T SEE ANY FURNITURE OF ANY KIND. BUT THIS IS A BUCKET OUT THERE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY SENT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THEY LEAVE A LOT OF PLANS. I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE Ã(INDISCERNIBLE) -- FOR A PLANT, IF THAT IS SOMETHING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. TALK -- >> I DON'T KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO SPEAK WITH (ROLL CALL). I SEE PLANTS OUTSIDE. GET WITH (ROLL CALL) AND YOUR TENANT AND VERIFY OR EXPLAIN TO THEM AGAIN THAT IT'S YOU WHO KEEPS GETTING CITED AND NOT THEM. YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KEEP THOSE THINGS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT DOOR. IN THE YARD. ANYTHING FURTHER. >> NO. THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU SAY COMPLIED WITH THE FIRST VIOLATION LISTED? >> NO. WOULD BE SECTION 11 OUTSIDE STORAGE, INSIDE FURNITURE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HE COMPLIED WITH THAT? >> YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY I FIND THAT WOULD WITH REGARD TO 16-46, 4748 SUBSECTION 11 THAT A VIOLATION EXISTED BUT HAS BEEN CURED AS OF THIS DATE. WITH REGARD TO THE REMAINING VIOLATION, OUTSIDE STORAGE, I DO FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS. YOU WILL BE GIVEN 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR BE FINED $50 PER DAY UNTIL THE MATTER IS CLEARED. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOUR NUMBER? >> WE WILL DISCUSS THAT OUTSIDE. THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU, MR. CASTOR, FOR COMING. P >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE TWO LIEN [A. 19-2726 Lien Red. 1800 Oleander Avenue Hudson, Adrian Curtis Margaret Arraiz] [B. 06-2191 Lien Reduction 1800 Oleander Avenue Hudson, Adrian Curtis Margaret Arraiz] REDUCTIONS CASE 621-91, 1800 OLEANDER AVENUE, CASE 19 2726, 1800 OLEANDER AVENUE AND IS ADRIAN CURTIS. >> GOOD MORNING SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> GOOD MORNING. >> CO COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR FOR THE RECORD. I WAS PREVIOUSLY SWORN. WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS ADRIAN CURTIS HUDSON. I NEED REDUCTIONS ON BOTH CASES. THE SECOND CASE ACTUALLY, I DID NOT EVEN KNOW I WAS BEING FINED BECAUSE EACH TIME I CAME HERE THEY ALWAYS SAY I AM IN COMPLIANCE, BUT I GOT A LETTER STATING THAT I HAD A FIND THAT OCCURRED. SO NOT GOING TO ARGUE THOSE THINGS I'M JUST HERE TO ASK CAN I GET A REDUCTION BECAUSE I AM ON DISABILITY AND I GET INCOME ONLY ONCE A MONTH AND THAT INCOME BASICALLY PAYS MY BILLS AND TO HAVE A FINE OF THIS MULTITUDE, I DO NOT KNOW THAT I CAN EVER PAY IT. IF IT IS LOWERED, I THINK THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO GET THEM PAID. [00:15:05] >> OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ IT OFF FOR THE RECORD. >> OKAY. >> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 19-Ã 2726 1800 OLEANDER AVENUE, OWNED BY ADRIAN CURTIS HUDSON. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON OCTOBER 18, 2019. THE VIOLATIONS ARE 16-46, 48 -- 47 AND 48 OUTSIDE STORAGE. ON DECEMBER 18, 2018 A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CROSS FOUND AGENT -- ADRIAN CURTIS -- JANUARY JANUARY 7, 2020 AND INSPECTION WAS MADE IN THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THE FINES BEGAN. EVERY 27, 2020 AND INSPECTION WAS MADE IN THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE -- NOW IN COMPLIANCE -- AND A FINE STOP. MARCH 10, 2020 THE ORDER ASSESSING FINE OPPOSING WAS RECORDED. MAY 4, 2020 RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR REDUCTION OR RESENTMENT OF THE FINES. MS. CURTIS IS ASKING THAT THE FINES BE WAIVED. THE TOTAL FINES ARE $2580. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, DO WANT ME TO READ THE SECOND ONE OR JUST LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE FIRST ONE? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET'S DO THE FIRST ONE FIRST. TO 8 -- NO. YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE LIEN REDUCTION THROUGH THE VIOLATION. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT WAS THE CRITERIA? >> YOU CAN READ IT INTO ME THE SEVERITY, HOW LONG THEY WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE CAME INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN. >> THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION WAS MINOR. ANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR, THEY CLEANED UP THE OUTSIDE STORAGE. WERE GOING TO SKIP THE SECOND ONE. THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WAS FOUR MONTHS. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS FOUND VIOLATION, THERE WERE THREE INCLUDING THIS ONE. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AND NOTICES THE VIOLATOR HAS RECEIVED IN THE PAST, 17 INCLUDING LANDSCAPING COMMERCIAL, THEY WERE COMPLIED RESULTED IN FINES AND LIENS. ASK WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT THESE ARE EXTENUATING FACTORS WAS TIMELY COMPLIANCE MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL. THE SEVENTH. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE -- THE CITY IS WILLING TO GO -- ASK FOR $1100 IN 12 MONTHS TO PAY ON THE FIRST CASE HE. >> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MS. HUDSON, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> MY ONLY QUESTION DO THAT, IF IT IS NOT PAID, THEN IS IT LIKE -- WHAT HAPPENS IF IT IS NOT PAID WITHIN THE 12 OR 11 MONTHS THAT YOU ARE SAYING. WHAT HAPPENS? DOES IT GO AGAINST THE HOUSE OF THE HOUSE IS SOLD OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT IF YOU DON'T PAID DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME. SO THE 1100 WOULD ACTUALLY GO BACK -- TO 580? YES. >> THAT'S STILL A BIT MUCH. ALL I CAN DO IS SAY I'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. I DON'T SEE ME BEING ABLE TO BUT I HAVE TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. I'M ON A FIXED INCOME NOW. I WAS WORKING BUT DUE TO DISABILITY, I AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I DO NOT WANT TO PUT YOU IN A POSITION WHERE IT'S GOING TO REVERT BACK TO THE 2580, THAT'S -- THAT'S COUNTER TO WHAT WE TRY TO DO HERE. WE TRY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE. >> THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER DEAL, >> IT IS. IT IS. I DO UNDERSTAND. >> HOW MUCH CAN YOU AFFORD TO PAY A MONTH? LET'S JUST CONSIDER YOU HAVE TWO PROPERTIES ACCORDING TO THE RECORD, YOU HAVE 17 POUNDS VIOLATIONS. DO YOU LIVE ON THE [00:20:21] PROPERTY. >> A LOOK AT THIS HOUSE. I DON'T -- I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING AT IT AS YOU KNOW, IF MY CARPORT WAS CLOSED AS A GARAGE THERE COULD BE A FINE BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED A STORAGE AREA SO THAT'S WHERE WE PUT OUR ACCESS, YOU KNOW, ITEMS ON THE CARPORT OR EITHER IN THE BACK SCREENED IN AREA. I NEVER KNOW WAS A PROBLEM, BUT THE MINUTE I GOT THE NOTICE MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. SO I WAS TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE ON MY OWN. I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND I HAVE BAD DAYS AS FAR AS I HAVE TWO KNEE REPLACEMENTS. SO I WAS TRYING TO DO THEM ON MY OWN AND YES IT DID PROBABLY TAKE LONGER THAN AVERAGE TO GET THEM DONE. BUT MY SIN WAS EVERY TIME I WOULD GET A LETTER TO COME HERE, WHEN I COME HERE, SHE WOULD LOOK AT MY ADDRESS AND SAY YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE. SO MY THINKING WAS IT WAS TAKING CARE OF BECAUSE I'M BEING TOLD THEM IN COMPLIANCE WHEN IN ACTUALITY, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW I WAS GETTING FINED UNTIL ONE DAY I TALKED TO HEATHER AND SHE SAID YOU ARE BEING FINED. YOU'VE BEEN GETTING FINED EVER SINCE SOME PAST DATE. UNLIKE HOW? THEY'RE TELLING ME I'M IN COMPLIANCE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. I FIXED THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. WE FIX THE HOUSE THAT I WAS GIVEN STAFF -- I WAS GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY EVERYTHING WAS PUSHED BACK BUT APPARENTLY, THEY WANTED THE CARPORTS COMPLETELY CLEARED AND THAT'S ABSURD BECAUSE THAT'S MY STORAGE AREA. I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO JUST HAVE A CLEAR. SO WE JUST CLEARED IT, WE JUST PUT EVERYTHING OUT GAVE EVERYTHING AWAY CLEARED IT. AND ONCE IT WAS CLEARED THAT'S WHEN I KNEW ALENE WAS ALREADY THERE AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I CAME UP AND GOT THE FORMS FOR THE REDUCTION IN STAFF. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO WE HAVE ANY RECORD OF HER BEING SERVED WITH THE NOTICES? >> NO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: TAKE YOUR TIME. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I DON'T HAVE ANY -- ANYTHING IN THE FILE. BASICALLY, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. THERE WAS ONE, ACTUALLY BACK IN -- YES, 2019. THIS IS THE NOTICE FOR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT WAS MAILED REGISTERED MAIL IT WAS ACCEPTED AND SIGNED. I HAVE ONE FROM NOVEMBER 18, 2019. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: FOR THIS PROPERTY? >> YES. THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTATION WAS MAILED -- ARE YOU GETTING MILKY. >> I GOT A LOT OF MAIL FROM YOU GUYS AND I LOOKED AT IT I DID WHAT I CAN DO. I'M NOT GOING TO FUSS. I'M JUST HERE TO TRY TO GET A REDUCTION THAT'S ALL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, COUNSELOR AND STAFF, AND A RESERVE RULING ON THIS CASE UNTIL YOUR NEXT CASE. AND THEN I WILL RULE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO, IF YOU WANT TO -- ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS CASE? [00:25:08] >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT WE CAN DO THE NEXT CASE. >> I AM CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER. THIS IS CASE THIS IS CASE 6-21 NINE ÃMEDLEY REDUCTION. 1800 OLEANDER AVENUE OWNED BY ADRIAN CURTIS HUDSON. THE CASE WAS INITIATED JULY 6, 2016. THE VIOLATION ARE AS FOLLOWS 16 Ã 46, 47, 48 SUBSECTION 10 D NONOPERATIVE VEHICLE SECTION 5 Ã368 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN SECTION 16 Ã4647 AND 48 15 OUTSIDE STORAGE. ON JULY 11 2007 FOUND ADRIAN CURTIS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATIONS AND GIVE HER 30 DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE OR FINE OF 250 WOULD BE ASSESSED. THE ACTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS. SEPTEMBER 19 THE ACTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS. SEPTEMBER 1920INSPECTION WAS MADE IN THE PROPERTY WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THE FINES BEGAN. MAY 30, 2008 AND INSPECTION WAS MADE AND THE PROPERTY WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE IN THE FINES STOPPED. SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 IT WENT INTO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IT WAS REDUCED FROM 63 -- 63 5000 TO 3500 PAYABLE IN SIX MONTHS. SHOULD THE FINES NOT BE PAID TO A LIEN WILL BE RECORDED FOR THE 3500. JUNE 21, 2010, AND ORDER OF RESPONDENT REQUESTED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND MATTERS WERE RECORDED AS A LIEN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? >> TAUGHT ME TO GO THROUGH THE RULE 17 OR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. FOR THE RECORD. >> FOR THE RECORD, THE GRAVITY OF SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION WAS MODERATE. ANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS SHE BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AND REMOVE THE VEHICLE. THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE 22 MONTHS. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN VIOLATION, FOUR TIMES, INCLUDING THIS CASE AND ANOTHER CASE THAT RESULTED IN ANOTHER RECORDED LIEN. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AND NOTICES THE VIOLATOR HAS RECEIVED 20 WITH TWO RESULTING IN FINES AND LIENS. WHETHER OR TO WHAT EXTENT THE WORK TIMELY COMPLIANCE MEDICAL. SHE IS ON DISABILITY. HUSBAND IS DECEASED AND FINANCIALLY CANNOT AFFORD THE FINES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? >> THE CITY AGREES TO GO WITH 1100 PAYABLE IN 12 MONTHS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE'RE LOOKING AT, FOR BOTH CASES, A TOTAL OF $2200? >> YES. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM EITHER PARTY? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU. THE MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THESE WERE FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE NOT OPERABLE VEHICLES IN ONE CASE AND JUST OUTSIDE STORAGE. THE CITY IS ASKING OR OFFERING TO REDUCE THE FINES IN EACH CASE WITH THE LIENS IN EACH CASE TO $1100 PAYABLE IN 12 MONTHS THAT'S LESS THAN $100 MONTH. THAT'S LESS THAN 100 A MONTH. SO, -- AND THAT IS IN EACH CASE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT, MS. HUDSON? >> LIKE I SAID, I WILL DO WHAT I CAN DO. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE DONE. I MEAN, I HAVE ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT LEFT WHEN I DO PAY MY BILLS AND -- AND I DON'T KNOW. [00:30:01] >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO EVEN RESPOND TO ANY OF IT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SHOULD SHARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT YOUR HARDSHIP AND EVERYTHING I UNDERSTAND. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A -- HERE YOU GO. HOLD ON. LET ME DO SOME MATH HERE. >> THIS VIDEO BACK IN 07, THE THING THAT WAS TOLD TO OZ BECAUSE IT SET UP UNDER THE CARPORT AND THE JUDGE WAS SAYING HE HAD PROBLEM WITH THE GUYS THE CARPORT -- IF IT WAS A GARAGE, OUR CAR WOULD BE IN IT AND HE DIDN'T GO AS HARD -- BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE HAD THROWN THAT OUT ACTUALLY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK AS TO WHAT THE OUTSIDE STORAGE WAS. BUT I DON'T KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON. I'M TRYING SOMETHING HERE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. HERE IS WHAT I'M WILLING TO DO. IN COUNSELING, YOU MAY DEFINED WITHIN THE LAW HERE. IN THE FIRST CASE, THAT'S 19 2726, THE CITY IS ASKING THAT THE FINE BE REDUCED TO $1100. AND THAT ONE WAS FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE FINE IN THAT CASE, THE LIEN 2580. >> 2580 WAS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT. >> ON THE 2726. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I SEE IT HERE. 2580 IN THAT CASE. I DO NOT WANT TO SET YOU UP TO FAIL, OKAY. I REALLY DON'T. >> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION. SO HERE IS WHAT I AM LOOKING AT AND I'M SORT OF NEGOTIATING HERE. SO IF I CROSS THE LINE, LET ME KNOW. BUT WHAT I AM WILLING TO DO IS REDUCE EACH LIEN TO $1100. AND I'LL GIVE YOU 18 MONTHS TO PAY THE FIRST ONE CAN WE DO THAT? >> I BELIEVE IT'S WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO SET THE TIME SCHEDULE TO HAVE THE RESPONDENT PAY. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO, MS. CURTIS, MS. HUDSON, IS REDUCE IT TO THE $1100 IN EACH CASE. BUT IN EACH CASE GIVE YOU 18 MONTHS TO PAY. IF YOU CAN PAY IT SOONER, THAT'S FINE, BUT SHE WILL HAVE 18 MONTHS IN THE FIRST CASE. ONCE THAT IS PAID THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS TO PAY THE SECOND CASE. NOW, THAT CALCULATES OUT TO ABOUT $61.11 A MONTH. NOW, YOU HAVE 18 MONTHS TO PAY IT, SO LET'S -- YOU KNOW, YOU GET THAT DONE THEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS TO PAY THE OTHER ONE. >> WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST ONE IN THE SECOND ONE? IS THE FIRST ONE THE 2580? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. >> THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE? >> YES AND THE SECOND. >> IS 3500. AND THAT ONE WAS REDUCED ORIGINALLY FROM 63,500. >> AT FIRST PRICE WAS WITH WHAT I PAID FOR THE HOUSE. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT PRICE. I DIDN'T PAY THAT MUCH FOR THE HOUSE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT HOUSES COST YEARS AGO 26 YEARS. I DON'T PAY THAT MUCH FOR THE HOUSE. >> I'M IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. TRUST ME. SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN LIVE WITH? >> I THINK I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. I THINK MY SON WILL BE HOME BY THEN AND HE CAN HELP. BUT HE'S NOT HERE NOW, SO. >> OKAY. I'M GIVING YOU THE 18 MONTHS. AT $61.11 ACCORDING TO MY PHONE CALCULATOR. BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT YOU BACK IN HERE. [00:35:21] I DON'T WANT ANYMORE FINES OR LIENS ASSESSED AGAINST YOU. I THINK YOU'RE A NICE PERSON BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE FINDING YOU ANYMORE. >> ON WITH THAT QUICK SO ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? >> I THINK I CAN WORK WITH THAT WHEN. >> OKAY. THEN I WILL SAY BASED ON THE STIPULATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND -- IN 19 Ã2726, I WILL REDUCE THE LIEN TO $1100. YOU'LL HAVE 18 MONTHS TO PAY THE LIEN FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER WHICH WILL BE SIGNED BY ME MAYBE TOMORROW. AND YOU'LL GET A COPY OF IT. >> OKAY. >> AND, IN 06 Ã2191, I WILL REDUCE THAT LIEN TO $1100. AND MADAME CLERK, THAT LIEN WILL START OR BEGIN TO BE PAYABLE 18 MONTHS SUBSEQUENT TO THE PREVIOUS LIEN. NOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IN BOTH CASES, IF IT IS NOT PAID, THEN IT WILL RESORT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LIEN. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> AND SOME TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? >> JUST A MOMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, MY QUESTION TO STAFF WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE SECOND LIEN ON Ã 2191 WOULD NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE WERE GOING BELOW $3000. WE ARE THINKING NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO ADVISE THE RESPONDENT OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT IF ANYTHING TURNS OUT DIFFERENTLY, WE WILL CONTACT HER AND LET HER KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL. >> NOW HERE'S -- I HAVE MY LITTLE CHEAT SHEET HERE, BUT I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING INCORRECT ON IT THAT MAY BE RIGHT OR WRONG BUT IT SAYS 3000 AND OVER. >> OKAY. THERE WE GO SO IF IT'S LESS THAN. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL. >> WE HAD A LIEN THAT WAS IN EXCESS OF $3000, SO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. SO, >> AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTIME. >> WE ARE GOOD. SHE DOESN'T NEED TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL? >> I THINK WERE OKAY. IF WE FIND OUT ANYTHING DIFFERENT WE WILL CONTACT HER AND LET HER KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? >> THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FURTHER, BUT IF I DECIDE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME, DO I NEED TO PUT TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS? AM I GOING TO GET COUPON BOOKS WHERE I MAIL IT IN OR SOMETHING. >>THE CLERK: ILL GET AN ORDER FOR EACH ONE AND THE CASE NUMBER WILL BE ON THEM AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ON THE CHECK OR WHATEVER, YOU PUT THE CASE NUMBER. YOU CAN DO THE FIRST 1/2ND ONE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY JUST SO WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR BOTH OF THEM. >> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: TAKE CARE, ADRIAN. >> I WILL. THANKS. NEW JOB BEGINS: 00:54:37 9:39 AM >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT CASES ARE FOUR CASES THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TODAY. IS ISAAC STILL HERE? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ISAAC DISAPPEARED. (LAUGHING). HEATHER, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT YOURS? [K. 20-0715 CE 606 S 5th Street Unit 2 RJK LLC Heather Debevec] CASE 20-715, 606 S. FIFTH STREET UNIT TWO. RJK, LLC. >>MS. DEBEVEC: SO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WITH REGARD TO THE CASE NUMBER THAT WAS JUST READ AND ANY OTHER CASE WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE FAILED TO APPEAR TODAY, WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY BE REQUESTING A RESET AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RESCHEDULE THOSE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> EVEN IF IT'S STRICTLY JUST A [00:40:04] -- (INDISCERNIBLE) -- >>MS. DEBEVEC: WE CAN DO THE R&D, BUT AS FAR AS ANY CASE WHERE THERE IS AN ACTIVE CASE AND WE ARE NOT IN R&D WERE GOING TO ASK FOR A RESET. I APOLOGIZE. >> THE REST OF MINOR. >> FANTASTIC. (LAUGHING). >> ALL THE SAME ADDRESS. >> PERFECT. >> IF WE COULD READ THE STUFF THAT WE ARE ARE AND BEING INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE R&D'ING >>MS. DEBEVEC: THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON MARCH 12, OF THIS YEAR. IT WAS FOR SECTION 9-16 A, SECTION 920 7B DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT ATTACKS, 920 C FOR THE ENFORCEMENT. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THEY OBTAIN A VALID BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT WHICH I'M REQUESTING THE REVIEW AND DETERMINATION AS ALL ADS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT'S 20-0715? >>MS. DEBEVEC: YES, MA'AM. SPEE21 A REVIEW AND DETERMINATION. >>MS. DEBEVEC: PLEASE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I FIND THAT A VIOLATION DID EXIST BUT WAS CURED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS HEARING. THE VIOLATOR SHALL BE ONE THAT IS A VIOLATION REOCCURS, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE, ADDITIONAL COSTS AND PENALTIES MAY BE ASSESSED. THE NEXT CASE? >> THESE ARE CASES FOR THE SAME ADDRESS JUST A DIFFERENT UNIT AND ITS -- I'M GOING TO READ THE CASE NUMBERS AND THEN HEATHER CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND DO EACH ONE.. CASE 20-716, 20-717-, 20-718, 20- 719. IT'S [L. 20-0716 CE 606 S 5th Street Unit 5 RJK LLC Heather Debevec] [M. 20-0717 CE 606 S 5th Street Unit 6 RJK LLC Heather Debevec] [N. 20-0718 CE 606 S 5th Street Unit 7 RJK LLC Heather Debevec] [O. 20-0719 CE 606 S 5th Street Unit 8 RJK LLC Heather Debevec] ALL 4606 S. FIFTH STREET, RJ K, LLC. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THOSE CASE NUMBERS PERTAIN TO IN NUMERICAL ORDER UNIT 5, 6, 7, 8? >> YES. >>MS. DEBEVEC: FOR CASE NUMBER 20-716, -- ALL THESE CASES IS FOR THE SAME THING, WHICH -- AND ITS OWN BY THE SAME INDIVIDUAL RJ K, LLC. THEY WERE FOR SECTION 9-16 A IMPOSE, 27, DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT ATTACKS, 20 7C ENFORCEMENT. THEY WERE REQUESTED TO REMOVE ALL ADS STOP RENTING AND OBTAIN A VALID BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. ALL OF THE ADS FOR ALL OF THE UNITS HAVE BEEN RARE-- BEEN REMOVED SUMMER REQUESTING REVIEW AND DETERMINATION FOR ALL OF THE UNITS, ALL CASES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? >>MS. DEBEVEC: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT WITH REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 20-716 CE UNIT FIVE, 20-717 CE UNIT SIX, 20-718, UNIT SEVEN, AND 20-718, WE FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS BUT HAS BEEN CURED AS WAS STATED. THE VIOLATOR SHOULD BE WARNED THAT IF THE VIOLATION REOCCURS PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE, ADDITIONAL COSTS AND PENALTIES MAY BE ASSESSED. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL ON EACH CASE. [I. 20-783 CE 405 Decordre Ct A & B Lazarre, Ermith Isaac Saucedo] >>THE CLERK: WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH ISAACS? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: >> WE WILL JUST -- IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT FOR THAT CASE. WE HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT IT IS IN R&D OR COMPLIANCE? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHICH CASE ARE WE REFERRING TO? >> 20 Ã783, MADAM COURT?. SO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IF THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE CASE HAS BEEN ARE INDEED OR COMPLY WE ARE ASKING TO RESET IT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE WILL DO THAT. WITH REGARDS TO 20- 80 73E. >> FIRST OF ALL, CAN YOU CLARIFY IT'S NOT IN R&D AND IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLIED, CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> SO IN LIGHT OF CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THEY RESPONDED IS NOT PRESENT, WE WOULD BE ASKING TO RESET THE CASE AND GIVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR A NOTICE. SO YOU WOULD NOT NEED TO READ EVERYTHING INTO THE RECORD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.