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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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- - YOU BEEN GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO CORRECT THAT AND AS OF NOW, YOU HAVE NOT AND WISH TO BE HEARD.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WISH TO BE HEARD, YOUR CASE WILL BE CALLED SHORTLY. NUMBER ONE, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE BEING TELEVISED ON THE LOCAL CITY OF FORT PIERCE SELLOUT TELEVISION STATION CAN ALSO BE AWARE OF THAT. ALSO, LIKE I SAID IF YOU WISH TO BE HEARD, WE WILL CALL YOUR CASE SHORTLY.

IF YOU DO NOT MIND,PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .

>> THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH

[A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES]

IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO TESTIFY, PLEASE REMAINSTANDING TO THE CLERK AND SWEAR HUMAN .

>> YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO

GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> I DO.

>> OKAY. >> WHEN YOU ARE READY MADAME

[B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED]

[F. 23-1027PK 100 Block Atlantic Avenue Jacqueline Susan Yazzie Charmaine Kirkland]

CLERK, CALL THE FIRST CASE. >> WE WILL START WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE THE RESCHEDULED.

23 Ã100 THREE SOUTH CAUSEWAY, GIBSON JUNIOR, 23 Ã964, 1406 HAVE AN AVENUE, JH CUSOM PAINTING LLC.

23 Ã100, JC PARK, GUERRERO. 23 Ã834, PELICAN BEACH LLC, 23 ÃEIGHT 57, 2400 S. OCEAN DRIVE UNIT 5325, MICHAEL AND ALYSSA THE YOUNG. 23 Ã861, 2400 S. OCEAN DRIVE UNIT 5211. 23 Ã1351, 100 BLOCK MELODY LANE. 23 Ã559 S. CAUSEWAY PARK.

23 Ã823, 1811 MALEKULA DRIVE. 23 Ã10 59 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã9-1-1 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã841 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã1045 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã1046 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã104 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã496 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã825 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã435 (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). 23 Ã1027 (STATES NAME AND

ADDRESS). >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, DOES ANYBODY HERE NEED AN INTERPRETER?

[A. 23-1201PK South Causeway Park David Talley, Jessica Noel Jernigan Michael Rabenecker]

OKAY, MADAME CLERK, CALL THE FIRST CASE.

>> WE WILL START WITH 23 Ã1201 , (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS).

WERE YOU ALL HERE TO BE SWORN IN?

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>> GOOD MORNING YOUR HONOR, MY NAME IS (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS), THIS MORNING BEFORE YOU IS CASE NUMBER 23 Ã1201, PARKING CITATION WRITTEN AT THE SOUTH CAUSEWAY PARK.

THE CASE WAS INITIATED APRIL 23, 2023, THIS IS A CITATION APPEAL. THE APPELLATE IS DAVID TALLEY BUT THE VIOLATORS HIS CAR WAS IN VIOLATION IS JESSICA NOEL JERNIGAN. THE CITATION NUMBER WRITTEN IS 19236 COME UP PARKING CITATION OF CITY ORDINANCE 34 Ã30 1P, PARKING AND HANDICAP ACCESS. THE CITY IS ASKING THAT ATTORNEY FOR $BE ASSESSED AND DEMONSTRATION FEE OF $10, TOTAL DUE TO HUNDRED $60. I HAVE PHOTOS THAT ARE DATE AND TIME STAMP, THE VIOLATOR HAS AMENDED PAPERWORK FOR APPEAL, PHOTOS THAT ARE NOT ACCURATE TO THE CASE BUT THEY ARE THEREFOR

YOUR REVIEW . >> I WENT TO QUESTIONS AGAIN BECAUSE I DID NOT RIVER SEEING YOU ALL, YOU BOTH SWORE TOTELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ? OKAY. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER YOU HAVE A LEGAL OBJECTION TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS.YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN, BUT THE ONLY QUESTION IF YOU THINK THAT THOSE ARE LEGALLY OBJECTIONABLE, MEANING THAT THEY ARE ALTERED OR SOME OTHER LEGAL OBJECTION AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD BE ADMITTED.

>> YES, I OBJECT THEM. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I WILL

DEFER TO YOU. >> WHAT WOULD YOU OBJECT TO? WHAT YOU OBJECT TOTHE PHOTOGRAPH ?

>> I OBJECT TOBEING PART IN THE HANDICAPPED .

>> THAT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT IS ARGUMENTATIVE.

DO THE PHOTOGRAPHS ACCURATELY DEPICT.

>> SO SORRY, YES. >> OKAY.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?>> I DO NOT.

>> OKAY, THEY WILL BE ADMITTED IN THE EVIDENCE.

>> THAT WILL BE CITIES COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I WILL GIVE THEM THE PACKET TO SEEK TO ADMIT ON THEIR OWN. QUITE FRANKLY, I BELIEVE THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PMISREPRESENTED, SO I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING THEM ON THEIR BEHALF.

CITIES COMPOSITE ONE IS OUR PHOTOGRAPH.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER COUNSELOR? >> NO MAN, NOT IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE HANDED IN THE APPEAL PAPERWORK IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, SO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THOSE IN DURING THEIR CASE,

THEY MAY DO SO. >> ALRIGHT, YOUR RESPONSE AND

YOUR NAME? >> MY NAME IS JESSICA JERNIGAN.

>> AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND? >> MY RESPONSE.

>> THE REASON WHY OUR PHOTOS ARE DIFFERENT.

>> YOUR NAME FOR THE - - RECOR .

>> THE REASON OUR PHOTOS ARE DIFFERENT IS THE DAY WE GET THE TICKET, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND NOT FIGHT IT.

BUT, WE WERE NOT PART INTHE HANDICAPPED SPOT .

I WENT BACK TO MY OWN PICTURES TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL BUT THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME BUT IT IS A CLEAR REPRESENTATION ALMOST OF EXACTLY HOW WE WERE. THAT IS THE REASON WHY THE

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PHOTOS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT . WE WANTED TO FIGHT THE CASE INSTEAD OF PAYING THE TICKET. THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY ARE DIFFERENT. I WENT BACK AND TOOK THE PICTURES THE SURE WHERE WE WERE PARKED AT TO BRING FORTH TO YOU

ALL. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THEIR PHOTOS AND, THEY CAN DO SO.

THE ISSUE IS THAT MY POSITION IS THAT THEY ARE INACCURATE AS TO WHERE THEIR PART FOR WHEN YOU GET THE TICKET, SO THERE FOR PRESENTING WHERE YOU ARE PART.

THAT IS MY CONCERN. >> I UNDERSTAND.

MY ISSUE WAS THAT I WAS NOT PART IN THE HANDICAPPED SPOT.

I WAS CLEARLY PARTWAY SAID NO PARKING BUT IT WAS NOT HANDICAP SPOT WAS MY ISSUE ON THE AMOUNT OF THE CITATION.

>> THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THE HANDICAPPED SPOT IS COVERED IN SAND. THE WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE PARKING SPOT FOR ONE.

PART TWO, YOUR CITY DUMPSTER IS ON TOP OF THE PARKING SPOT.

THE THIRD OBJECTIVE IS THAT IF YOU'RE HANDICAP SIGN DOES NOT STATE THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE, ALL IT SAYS IS DISABLED PERMIT ONLY. IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE AND A TOTAL WAY ON THE SIGN.

THAT IS NOT EVEN AN ADA APPROVED SIGN.

ONE, YOU CANNOT SEE THE SYMBOL, TWO, YOUR CITY DUMPSTER IS INSTEAD OF PARKING SPOT AND THREE, THE SIGN IS NOT A LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF AN ADA CYBER HANDICAP PARKING.

THE ISSUE IS AFTER I BROUGHT MY APPEAL P, YOU ALL WENT TO THERE AND YOU ALL CLEAN THE SAND OFF OF THE HANDICAP SPOT, AND YOU MOVE THE DUMPSTER. SO WHY WOULD THE CITY, AFTER I COME IN APPEAL MY CASE, I WOULD THE CITY GO THERE, CLEAN THE PARKING SPOT OFF SO YOU CAN SEE THE HANDICAP SYMBOL AND MOVE THE DUMPSTER OFF OF THEIR SPOT? THAT IS THE REASON WHY I AM FIGHTING THIS TICKET. YOU CANNOT CLEARLY SEE THE HANDICAP SYMBOL IN THE BLUE. YOUR CITY DUMPSTER IS INSIDE OF THE SPACE AND THREE, YOU'RE HANDICAP SIGN IS NOT A LEGAL SIDE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT STATE THAT THERE IS A $250 FINE.

THOSE ARE THE THREE REASONS WHY AM FIGHTING THIS TICKET.

I'M CLEARLY NOT INTO THE PARKING SPOT, I'M PARKED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SIGN THAT SAYS NO PARKING.

SO, I WAS NOT PART OF THE HANDICAP SPOT.

YOUR CITY DUMPSTER IS CLEARLY INSIDE THE BLUE HANDICA PARKING. THAT MEANS YOUR CITY DUMPSTER IS BLOCKING AN ADA HANDICAP PARKING SPACE.

YOU ARE VIOLATING THE SAME ROLE THAT I AM.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, COUPLE THINGS.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU INSTRUCT THE AUDIENCE TO USE DECORUM IN THESE CHAMBERS. WHENEVER HE IS DONE, I DO HAVE

QUESTIONS FOR HIM. >> I AM FINISHED.

>> PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF PLEASE.

>> ARE, YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME THAT THE GARBAGE CAN ISNOT A

VEHICLE, CORRECT ? >> IT DOES NOT MATTER.

>> IT DOES FOR A PARKING ROLE, RIGHT? NUMBER TWO, WERE YOU THE ONE DRIVING?

>> NO. >> WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE?

>> I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE BUT WHEN I TOLD HER THAT WHEN WE WERE NOT THERE, THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PARK AND I SAID PULL UP RIGHT HERE BECAUSE ALL WE WERE DOING WAS DROPPING SOME STUFF OFF AT A PARTY. I SAID JUST PULL UP RIGHT HERE . WHEN I WALKED BACK OUT OF THE CAR, HE WAS ISSUING ME THE TICKET AND I SAID, I JUST PULL UP TO DROP THIS OFF, THERE ARE FIVE OTHER CARS PARKED HERE.

HE SAID OH, WELL YOU WANT PARK YOU AGAIN WANT TO PAY THIS $250 TICKET. THERE IS A BATTLE FOR A CITY

EMPLOYEE. >> MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU SIR WAS WERE YOU IN ANY WAY CONFUSED THAT THE SPOT THERE IN

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BLUE WITH THE HANDICAP SPOT IN FRONT OF IT WAS A HANDICAP

SPOT? >> YES, I WAS.

I CANNOT SEE ANY EMBLEM PAINTED OR KNOWS OFFICIAL HANDICAP SPOT. YOU CLEARLY CANNOT TO THE

HANDICAP SYMBOL. >> SO YOU CANNOT SEE THE HANDICAP SIGN IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE?

>> YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PARKING SPOT

WHERE DISCOVERED IN SAND. >> DO YOU DISAGREE THAT THE WHITE ASK IS THAT YOU ARE PARKED IN HIS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING HANDICAP?> YES, I DO.

>> UW THAT IS FOR A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS?

>> I DO NOT. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

FORHIM SPECIAL MAGISTRATE . >> COUNSELOR, CAN THEY MAKE A CLARIFICATION OF WHAT WAS SAID? WHEN - - I SAID IT WAS A PARKING CITATION FOR PARKING AND HANDICAP ACCESS.

I DID NOT IN ANY WAY SAY THAT YOU WANT PARK HERE AGAIN, IT WAS ANSWER HIS QUESTION LIKE WHAT IS THIS AND I SAID IT IS INTUITIVELY DOLLAR PARKING CITATION FOR PARKING IN HANDICAP ACCESS, I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT MY COMMENT WAS.

>> THE WHITE STRAIGHT LINES NEXT TO THE HANDICAP SPOT, WHAT

ARE THOSE FOR? >> THAT IS HANDICAP ACCESS AND THE ORDINANCES YOU CANNOT OBSTRUCT ANY HANDICAP SPOTS.

IF THERE IS A HANDICAP VAN THAT PULLS IN THERE AND NEEDS A

WHEELCHAIR LIFT. >> EXCUSE ME, SIR.

PLEASE, NEW YOUR COMMENTS ALIKE AND LISTEN TO HIM.

YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK. >> THE WHITE LINES ARE HANDICAP ACCESS IN THE EVENT THAT A VEHICLE PULLED UP AND I NEEDED

A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS. >> IS THAT WHY THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES DIRECTLY TO THE LEFT OF THEM

THAT ARE YELLOW? >> YES.

>> WHY IS THAT? >> THAT IS BECAUSE THE YELLOW SLASHES ARE FOR THE NO PARKING ANYTIME SUNRISE TO SUNSET, AND THESIGN IS FOR THAT SECTION . THE SAME $20 FINE IS WRITTEN FOR BLOCKING HANDICAP ACCESS PARKING.

>> IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE, NOT THAT ONE.

YOU CAN SEE MORE CLEARLY WHAT THE DUMPSTER IS MORE FOR THE

RIGHT. >> IS IN THE SPOT.

IF YOU LOOK AT MY PICTURE, THE DUMPSTER IS THREE-FOOT INTO THE BLUE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A VEHICLE OR NOT, YOU ARE STILL WIPING ACCSS TO BIT WITH THE DUMPSTER AND YOU CANNOT SEE THE SYMBOL IN THE BLUE BECAUSE IT

IS COVERED INSAND . >> HAVE YOU SEEN THE

PHOTOGRAPHS? >> YES, I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME. THE WHOLE BLUE OF THE HANDICAP IS COVERED IN SAND. THE DUMPSTERSINSIDE THE BLUE

AREA . >> MAYBE I AM MISSING SOMETHING HERE. YOUR CARS THE WHITE CAR?

>> YES. MY CAR IS PART OFTHE YELLOW AND THE WHITE . MY CAR IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE NO PARKING SIGN EITHER WAY, THAT IS A NOPARKING TICKET .

HOW DOES IT IS A PARKING ISSUE IN THIS AREA AND NEEDTO BE ADDRESSED . ALSO WHY AFTER I HAD MY APPEAL TO THE CITY GO DOWN AND CLEAN THE SAND OFF OF THE HANDICAP SPOT AND THEN MOVE THE DUMPSTER AFTER I CAME HERE AND MADE MY APPEAL TO FIGHT THISTICKET . THREE DAYS LATER THE PARKING SPOT WAS CLEAN AND THE DUMPSTER WAS MOVED.THAT MEANS WHEN I CAME AND BROUGHT THIS OUT, SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING AND WENT AND SENT SOMEBODY OVER THERE TO CLEAN IT UP.

WE BOTH BLOCK THE HANDICAP SPOT.

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>> WHICH ONE IS THE HANDICAP? THE ONE WITH THE BLUE LINES?

>> YOU CAN'T EVEN NOTICE. >> HOLD ON, SIR?

>> YES, IT IS THE BLUE SECTION AND THE WHITE SLASHES THERE.

THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE SAME DAY.

THE CITATION WAS WRITTEN AT 2:46 P.M. THAT IS A SPOT HOW IT WAS THAT DAY. THERE IS AN ABOVE GRADE SIGN INDICATING THAT IS A HANDICAP SPOT.

>> THE BLUE SECTION I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS HANDICAP, RIGHT?IS THE WHITE SECTION ALSO HANDICAP?

>> THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE HANDICAP SPOT, IT IS THE WHITE

AND BLUE TOGETHER. >> WHAT WOULD BE A TYPICAL

CITATION FOR THIS AND THE FEE? >> $250.

IF YOU PARKING HANDICAP SPACE OR OBSTRUCT HANDICAP SPACE BY PARKING IN THE HANDICAP ACCESS, THE CITATION VIOLATION FIND IT

$200. >> WHAT IS A REGULAR CITATION?

>> MAGNIFICATION WOULD BE $50. >> THE REGULAR CITATIONS ARE UP TO $500. THE CITY TYPICALLY REQUESTS 50,

BUT THEY ARE UP TO $500. >> WELL, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MISLEADING AT SOME POINT.

IN ALL THE YEARS HAVE DONE THIS, I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE COME IN WITH A LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT FOR A PARKING CITATIO

. >> YES, MA'AM, THAT IS THE REASON WHY I AM HERE. I DO FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS, HOWEVER YOU MAKE A GOOD ARGUMENT.

I DO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IF YOU GIVE ME ONE SECOND, THIS IS A LEVEL IIIVIOLATION , SO I WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOUR PARAMETERS

ARE FOR A LEVEL III. >> THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH

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PARKING OVER THERE, BUT THERE IS AN ACTIVE PARKING LOT TO THE

RIVER, WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? >> NO MAN.

>> WE GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OVER THERE, I'VE GIVEN OVER THERE SEVERAL TIMES. NEAR THE RIVER, THERE IS

ADDITIONAL PARKING. >> I WAS NOT AWARE THAT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT, YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

>> SORRY, IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE A LEVEL III.

>> IN THAT PHOTO, THERE IS A BLACK VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO MY VEHICLE. I WILL ASSUME THAT THEY ALSO GOT A PARKING TICKET BECAUSE THEY WERE IN NO PARKING AND I WAS CURIOUS HOW MUCH THEIR PARKING TICKET WAS.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA AND I'M SURE THEY DON'T.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHINGFOR ME TO ENTERTAIN .

LISTEN, PARKING OVER THERE IS A PROBLEM.

WE KNOW IT IS A PROBLEM AND THE CITY HAS A PARKING COMMITTEE THAT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THE PARKING SITUATION HERE.

HIGHWAYS ARE FULL OF TRAFFIC AT 4:00 OR 5:00, 8:00 OR 9:00.

PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE LIKE CRAZY.

YOU CAN BARELY FIND A PLACE TO RENT HERE.

THE GROWTH HAS BEEN UNEXPECTED FOR THIS COUNTY.

THERE IS A PARKING COMMITTEE THAT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS PARKING. THE MAJORITY OF OUR TICKETS, I SAY OUR BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT, COME FROM THAT LOCATION.

PEOPLE LOVE AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DON'T GO TO THE OTHER PARKING LOT THAT IS NEXT TO THE RIVER, THEY JUST WON'T DO IT. THEY ALL WANT TO CROWD RIGHT THERE AND THEY GET TICKETED. THERE IS A PARKING LOT JUST TO THE EAST OF THAT THAT BORDERS THE RIVER.

PEOPLE WOULD NOT GO THERE AND PARK.

WHEN I SEE ME AS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THEY ARE PEOPLE WITH TICKETS AND THEY ALL WANT TO FIGHT IT.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD LEGAL ARGUMENT, BUT STILL YOU WERE ILLEGALLY PARKED. I SAW PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE A PARKING GARAGE HERE, THERE'S A PARKING GARAGE DOWN ON SECOND STREET. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AND I COMPARE IT WITH THIS. FOLKS CAN WALK ALL OVER DISNEY WORLD, THREE HOURS, FIVE HOURS. I KNOW THEY HAVE SHUTTLES BUT THEY WILL WALK ALL OVER THE PARK BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO PARK HERE WHEN WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR LEVELS OF PARKING IN THE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THE STREET AND PARK AND WALK BACK TO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE HERE AND A COUPLE CAME IN.

THEY HAD SOME VIOLATIONS BUT THEY WERE JUST DRIVING HERE.

THEY DISCOVERED FORT PIERCE AND TWO MONTHS, THEY BOUGHT A HOME BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE FORT PIERCE.

WHEN YOU SEE THE SIGNS, NO PARKING, JUST ON PARK.

>> IT IS ON THE SCREEN, CLASSES OF VIOLATIONS.

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FOR A CLASS III VIOLATION WHICH THIS IS UNDER THE CODE FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, THE REDUCED PENALTY IS $250, THAT'S THE PENALTY THAT ESSENTIALLY VIOLATORS CAN PAY AHEAD OF TIME PRIOR TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING.

THE CODE PERMITS UP TO FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE FINES THAT YOU CAN POSE. AS WITH ALL, YOU HAVE DISCRETION FOR ANY CASE ORDER ZERO DOLLARS UP TO $500.

>> IS THIS YOUR FIRST PARKING TICKET?

>> YES, MA'AM. I THINK YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE

ARGUMENT. >> I THINK YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT. I REALLY DO.

IN ALL THE YEARS I HAVE WORKED THIS POSITION, I'VE NEVER TAKEN THIS MUCH TIME TO MAKE A DECISION.

AM I ALLOWED TO GO ABOVE THE 50 AND BELOW 100?

>> YES, MA'AM, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE BETWEEN ZERO AND 500.

>> ALRIGHT. MR. TALLEY.

I DO FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS.

I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD ARGUMENT, BUT I ALSO SEE THE SIGN THAT SAYS NO PARKING. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR CAR WAS IN FRONT OF IT, IF THE PICTURES ARE CORRECT.

I WILL ORDER THAT YOU PAY $75, A $10 ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR THE COST OF THE CLERK FILING THE PAPERWORK AND STUFF.

YOU HAVE 14 DAYS TO PAY. I DRIVE OVER THERE BECAUSE WE GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM THAT ONE PARKING AREA.

SO, YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. FAILURE TO PAY COULD RESULT IN THE CITATION BEING FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM WHERE THEY WILL CHARGE YOU A COURT COST AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER FEES. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> NO MAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> HOW SOON CAN YOU PAY IT?

>> WE WILL PAY IT RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MEDICAL? >> THINK YOUR HONOR.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THE CITY'S HAVING THOSE MEETINGS ON THE PARKING SITUATION AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH THEM. THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE PARKING HERE. GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

[B. 23-1392PK South Causeway Park Sonnie Anderson, Christopher Adrian Anderson Michael Rabenecker]

>> OUR NEXT CASE IS 23 Ã3092, SOUTH CAUSEWAY PARK, SONNY ANDERSON AND CHRISTOPHER ADRIAN ANDERSON.

>> OKAY YOUR HONOR.HE NEXT CASE BEFORE YOU IS CASE NUMBER 23 Ã1392, PARKING VIOLATION THAT OCCURRED AT THE SOUTH CAUSEWAY PARK. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON THE MAY 13, 2023, THIS IS A CITATION APPEAL.

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THE APPELLANT IN THE CASE IS SONNY ANDERSON.

THE VIOLATOR IS CHRISTOPHER, ADRIAN ANDERSON, THAT IS TO WHO THE VEHICLE WAS LEGALLY REGISTERED TO.

THE VIOLATION IS A CITY PARKING VIOLATION NUMBER 19379, PARKING VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE 34 Ã30 1A, IMPROPER PARKING.

THE CITY IS ASKING THAT A $50 FINE BE ASSESSED AND AN ADMINISTRATION FEE OF $10 WITH A TOTAL OF $60.

>> THIS ON THE CITY WILL MOVEMENT COMPOSITE EXHIBIT THE PHOTOGRAPHS, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THESE?

>> NO. MA'AM, DID YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THEM BEING ACCURATE?

>> NOW. >> WE WILL MOVE IS A NICE CITY

COMPOSITE ONE. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO, YOUR HONOR. >> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

>> SONNIE ANDERSON. >> HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE

ALLEGATIONS? >> I WANTED TO STILL APPEAL IT, WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SAYING.

>> I AM ASKING YOU HOW DO YOU RESPOND.

>> DO I AGREE WITH IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? OR WHAT WHAT I NEED TO SAY ABOUT IT?

>> YOU EITHER WANT TO PAY IT OR CONTEST IT.

>> CONTEST IT. >> OKAY, LET ME HEAR WHAT YOU

WANT TO SAY. >> WHEN I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPOT, IT WAS ONLY ONE DESIGNATED SPOT, A HANDICAP SPOT. I PULLED THEM THERE.

I WAS TALKING TO MY HUSBAND ON THE PHONE AT THE TIME AND WHILE I WAS TALKING TO HIM, A CAR PULLED IN BESIDE ME.

AS ANYTHING PARKING HANDICAP SPOT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE PULLING IN AND TRYING TO - -. I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TO HIM, I SAT ON THE BEACH FOR A FEW MINUTES AND CAME BACK AND HAD A TICKET ON THE CAR. THERE WAS A FAMILY SITTING THERE, I KNOW THIS IS ONLY HEARSAY, BUT THEY SPOKE TO THE OFFICER AND STATED I WAS THERE FIRST AND THIS OTHER CAR HAD PULLED IN BESIDE ME. HE SAID THAT WAS NOT WHAT HE WAS GIVEN THE TICKET, IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS PARKED ON THE LINE. HE SAID IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEY BOTH SHOULD BE GETTING TICKETS BECAUSE YOU COULD TELL BARELY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE SAME AND THAT VARY EDGE THEY WERE ACTUALLY PARKED ON THE LINE ALSO.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TICKET, IT HAD ORIGINALLY SAID THAT I WAS PARKED WITHOUT A TAG. I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE OFFICER IN THE PARKING LOT TO MY CANNOT FIND THEM, BUT I DID TALK TO TWO OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE.THEY JUST RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE PICTURES OF EVERYTHING AND FILE AN APPEAL.I SENT THE AMENDMENT BACK OF IMPROPER PARKING FOR PARKING ON THE LINE.

I LET THEM KNOW THAT I STILL WANTED TO APPEAL IT, I COULD TELL I WAS PARKED ON THE LINE BUT I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE THAT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE PARKING IN ONE SPOT WAS THE REASONING FOR IT. I REALLY DON'T THINK, I DON'T

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THINK THE GUY DO NOT PARK THEIR INTENTIONALLY KNOWING THAT IT WAS AN EXTRA SPOT. THE SIGNS IN THE FAR LEFT CORNER OF THE ONE SPOT SO IT IS HARD TO TELL WHETHER PARKING AREA IS. MAYBE THERE WAS AN EXTRA SPOT THERE WHICH IS WIDELY APART. .

>> WHY DID YOU PARK THERE, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE OTHER GU

. >> I HAVE A HANDICAP TAG.

>> WAS YOUR TAG DISPLAYED IN YOUR VEHICLE?

>> YES IT WAS, IT WAS HANGING FROM A REARVIEW MIRROR.

>> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THE HANDICAP VIOLATION BUT IT WAS AMENDED LATER TO IMPROPER PARKING. FOR NOT BEING WITHIN THE LINES

OF THE SPACE. >> CORRECT.

THE REGIONAL CITATION AND CITATION IT WAS WRITTEN FOR 34 Ã30 1P, PARKING HANDICAP ACCESS.

SHE IS PART OF THE HANDICAP ACCESS AFTER FURTHER REVIEW IT WAS AMENDED TO A 34 Ã30 1A IMPROPER PARKING.

HER VEHICLE IS NOW WITHIN THE LINES OF THE HANDICAP SPOT.

THAT IS WHY IT WAS AMENDED AND REDUCED FROM $250 FINE DOWN TO

A $50 FINE. >> THE WHITE TRUCK WE CAN SEE,

IS IT WITHIN ALL THE LINES? >> THAT'S WITHIN THE HANDICAP

SPACE.>> CAN I SPEAK? I ONLY TOOK ONE PICTURE CAN YOU CAN REALLY TELL BECAUSE OF WHERE THE SAND IS, YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE IS A LINE UNDER THAT WAY CAR'S TIRE TO WHERE HE IS, IT IS BARELY. HE IS ON A VERY EDGE OF THAT CONCRETE AND THE LINE IS OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT.

HE WOULD BE OVER IT ALSO. I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT THE TICKET IF THAT IS WHAT IT WAS FOR.

>> MAY I ASK HER A FEW QUESTIONS? IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE PARKED THERE FIRST, THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE PART IN THAT

SPOT ANY PART. >> I DID.

>> WHY DID YOU PARK OVER TO THE ACCESS AISLE?

>> I HAD JUST PULLED IN THERE AND BEFORE I WENT TO SEE ANYTHING, I WAS ALREADY HAVING AN UPSETTING DAY.

THE CAR PULLED IN AND I DO NOT THINK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT MY

POSITION WAS. >> OKAY.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY SO FAR OVER.

IT IS A WIDE SPOT. >> WHEN I PULLED AND I WAS NOT THINKING EXACTLY MYPOSITION . I WAS NOT THWAINKING.

I WOULD HAVE IF I WOULD'VE SEEN THAT IS WHERE I WAS, SINCE I WAS BY MYSELF IN THAT AREA. I WOULD'VE STRAIGHTENED OUT.

BUT I WAS LIKE OKAY, I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TO HIM, YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY NOWADAYS.

I DO NOT SEE SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY SHOULD HAVE MOVED THE ONE I GOT OUT, I JUST DIDN'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION

EXACTLY WHERE I WAS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHO WAS THERE FIRST FROM YOUR OBSERVATIONS WERE SPEAKING

OF ANYONE ELSE ON SCENE? >> NO OBSERVATION OR ANYTHING

TO ADD. >> IRON OUT THAT PROVIDES

CLARITY TO YOU. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO YOUR HONOR. >> ANYTHING FURTHER MS.

ANDERSON? >> NO MA'AM.

>> BASED ON EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXIST AND YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION.

I WILL IMPOSE A $50 FINE, $10 ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR A TOTAL DUE OF $60 IT IS PAYABLE WITHIN 14 DAYS.

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HOW MUC TIME DO YOU NEED TO PAY IT?

IS PAYABLE WITHIN 14 DAYS. >> TODAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANKS YOUR HONOR.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> NEXT CASE.

[0. 23-1562 PK South Causeway Park Augusto Rollo Larry Stephens]

>> OUR NEXT CASE IS 23 Ã1562, SOUTH CAUSEWAY PARK.

WERE YOU SWORN IN? >> NO.

>> THAT'S OKAY. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. IF WE CAN HAVE ONE SECOND, WE HAVE HEARING DEVICES BACK THERE.

>> IT SEEMS HE IS HAVING TROUBLE HEARING US.

>> DO WE HAVE BATTERIES HERE OR SHOULD WE PASS HIM?>> OR, CAN

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YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

>> I CAN HEAR NOW. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAN

. >> YES, THANK YOU.

>> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO

GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> ABSOLUTELY, YES.>> GOOD

MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> THE MORNING YOUR HONOR, I AM LARRY STEVENS, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. THE CASE BEFORE YOU IS 23 Ã15 Ã62. THE DATE IS 5/27/23.

IT HAPPENED AT SOUTH CAUSEWAY PARK.

THE FIRST INITIAL IS A IMPROPER PARKING, BE IMPLEMENTED TO E, NO PARKING AT ALL. WE ARE ASKING FOR A $50 FINE, $10 ADMINISTRATION FEE WITH THE TOTAL DUE OF $60 FOR THE VIOLATOR WILL BE ASSESSED A TOTAL DUE INDICATED ABOVE.

FAILURE TO PASTE A FINAL RESULT IN CITATION BEING AFFORDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. I DO HAVE PHOTOS THAT INDICATE

THE VIOLATION. >> HAS HE HAD A CHANCE TO

REVIEW THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS? >> NOW.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ENTRY FOR THIS ONE.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY IN JULY WE SHOWED UP EARLY, THE NOTICE DATE WAS A LITTLE LESS SO HE IS HERE NOW AND WE ARE TAKING CARE

OF IT. >> IT WAS ORIGINALLY TODAY AND

GOT MOVED BECAME TODAY. >> WHAT IS THE CITATION FOR?

>> ORIGINALLY I WROTE IT FOR A COME IMPROPER PARKING, 3431, I HAD TO GET IT AMENDED TO E, NO PARKING.

MR. HONOR, I APOLOGIZE, I NEVER DID SAY HIS NAME, HE IS THE

OWNER. >> NO PROBLEM.

>> AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND AS

COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER MR. STEVENS?

>> NOT AT THIS TIME. >> PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME FOR

THE RECORD. >> (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS) LEX HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS?

>> BEFORE A PART IN THAT SPACE, I MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNS SAYING NO PARKING AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS AT ALL THAT IS NO PARKING. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY PARKED THERE. THERE WERE SEVEN MORE CARS NEXT TO ME AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS SAYING NO PARKING AT ANY TIME.

NO SIGNS AT ALL. >> TYPICALLY, THE PARKING SPACES HAVE TWO LINES AND YOU PARK INSIDE OF THOSE TWO LINES.

>> WHEN I WAS WATCHING, THERE WAS NO SIGN SAYING TO THE PARK.

>> IGNORANCE TO THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE.

>> ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I PARKED THERE BECAUSE THERE WERE

NO STANDING SIGNS. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO, YOUR HONOR. >> ALRIGHT.

BASED ON EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, I FIND THAT A

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VIOLATION EXIST AND THAT - - IS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. I WILL IMPOSE A $50 FINE, $10 ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR A TOTAL DUE OF $60.

THAT MUST BE PAYABLE WITHIN 14 DAYS.

FAILURE TO PAY WILL RESULT IN THE CASE BEING SENT OVER THE COUNTY COURT WHERE YOU CAN INCUR ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS. WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

THANK YOU.>> RATED BY PAY? >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 314 NORTH

[C. 22-3354 CE 314 N 18th Court Truman Perdue Sylvia Jones Heather Debevec]

18TH COURT, - -. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THIS IS CASE NUMBER 22 Ã3354, TRUMAN PURDUE AND SYLVIA JONES.

THE CASE WAS INITIATED DECEMBER 16 OF LAST YEAR.

IT WAS FOR - - DRAINAGE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE GENERAL, PROTECTIVE TREATMENT. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THEY REPAIR THE ROOF AND HE WILL ALSO ASK THEM IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, - - WAS DETERIORATING AND ROTTING AND PAID THE TRIMMING CABLES FOR THE PAINT IS PEELING. I DO HAVE PHOTOS IN WHICH TO

SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PURDUE.

>> I AM KEVIN PURDUE, SYLVIA JONES SUNDBERG MY FATHER CAN PURDUE HAS PASSED AND THE MOTHER IS CURRENTLY IN CHEMOTHERAPY, SO I'M HERE FOR THEM.

>> OKAY, AND SHE KNOWS YOU ARE HERE?>> YES.

>> HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS?

>> NO. >> YOU MAY TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO

THEM BEING ACCURATE? >> NOW.

>> AT THIS TIME, THE CITY WILL MOVE THOSE AND AS COMPOSITE

EXHIBIT 1. >> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS

SUCH. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NOT AT THIS TIME. >> OR, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO

THE ALLEGATIONS? >> AT THE TIME THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN, BACK NOVEMBER 9 2022, I CURRENTLY DO NOT LIVE THERE.

I RESIDE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA AND I DRIVE TRUCKS.

ONCE WE GOT THE NEWS THAT MY DAD PASSED, I AM CURRENTLY RESIDING HERE, TAKING CARE OF MY MOM AND SHE RECEIVES HER CHEMOTHERAPY. I WAS GOING THROUGH HIS THINGS AND SAW THAT THE LETTERS FOR THE CODE VIOLATIONS.

EVERYTHING FROM THE ARE NO LONGER LOOKS THAT WAY, IT HAS BEEN CLEARED OUT. I AM WORKING OUTSIDE IN, I DID OF THE OUTSIDE. IT IS NO LONGER THERE AS WELL ASTHE VEHICLES, THEY HAVEN'T MOVED .

I AM MAKING MY WAY TO THE ROOF AND ANY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW, MY DAD AND MOM RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR THE - - PROGRAM WHICH IS WHY HE IS WAITING ON THE THINGS BASED ON HOUSING IN THE ROOF AND I'LL HAVE IT REACHING OUT TO THEM AS WELL. THEY SAID HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF THE APPROVAL FOR THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LETTER TO COME IN THE MAIL. THEY SAID THEY WILL REBUILD THE HOUSE OUR REMODEL IT BASED ON HOW IT GOES WITH THE COST BUT THAT LETTER HAS NOT COME YET. I WAS GOING TO GO TO THE

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HEADQUARTERS IN FORT LAUDERDALE TODAY OR TOMORROW TO SEE IF I COULD SPEAK TO SOMEONE THERE ABOUT THAT BEFORE I START TEARING THINGS DOWN. THE MORE THINGS I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE AND RESIDENTS, I FIND A LOT MORE PROBLEMS. IT'S BEEN A STRESSFUL TIME FOR ME AND MY FAMILY . EVERYTHING BESIDES THE ROOF HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN TAKENCARE OF TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE MOMENT . JUST IN CASE THINGS DO NOT GO THE WAY I WAS HOPING TODAY, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO A LOCAL ROOFING COMPANY TO GET AN PESTIMATE ON THE COST OF THE ROOF TO MOVE THE BLUE TARPS. HE SAID THAT A LOT OF PATCHES IN THE ROOF IS LEAKING. I FIND ESTIMATE OF THAT LAST WEEK JUST IN CASE I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE HEAR ANYTHING BACK FROM REBUILD

FLORIDA. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, CAN ASK

A FEW QUESTIONS? >> YES, PLEASE.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THE HOUSE?

>> SINCE DECEMBER 19 FOR MY DAD PASSED.

>> SINCE MY DAD PASSED, IT IS JUST THEM AND THEIR ELDERLY AND I DO NOT KNOW THERE WERE ANY VIOLATIONS BECAUSE HE DID NOT TELL METHOSE THINGS . I MOVE BACK THERE TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOM WHICH IS MONITORED FINDING THINGS.

>> HAS BEEN PROGRESS ON THE PROPERTY?

>> NOT AS FAR AS WHAT HAS BEEN SIDED WITH THE RECENT DRAINAGE.

>> THE THINGS HE IS DISCUSSING WITH DEBRIS, THINGS LIKE THAT?

>> THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR WAS CITED.

>> SOME OF THAT WAS DONE BY HIS FATHER BECAUSE I REMEMBER SPEAKING WITH HIS FATHER. I DID SPEAK WITH THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT AFTER HIS FATHER HAD PASSED AND HE WAS LOOKING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, HAVE

NOTHING CHANGES ON. >> OKAY.

I WILL ASK STAFF IF THERE IS ANY OBJECTION TO RESETTING THIS FOR NEXT MONTH'S HEARING DATE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS CAN BE MADE BETWEEN NOWAND THEN .

>> STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION. I BELIEVE THE HEARINGS IN JULY

ARE THE 12TH AND 19TH. >> YOU HAVE TO BE IN AUGUST,

MA'AM. >> ALL THAT IS RIGHT, IT WOULD BE AUGUST 16 WHICH IS TWO MONTHS.

>> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?> I AM OKAY WITH THAT.

>> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE COMING OF MAN MAN?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYONE HELPING

YOU WITH THIS? >> CERTAIN SIBLINGS ARE COMING OUT, I AM FOLLOWING MY DAD'S ORDERS, WE SPOKE A LOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH HIS HEALTH DECLINING AND HOW HE WANTS ME TO DO THINGS. HE WANTS ME TO DO A LOT ON MY OWN BUT THEY ARE HELPING. THINGS WENT A LITTLE SMOOTHER WITH ME HERE AND TAKING CARE OF, I AM THE YOUNGEST BOY OF COURSE. DURING THAT DAY MY MOM THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS BUT I'M WORKING EVERY DAY.

>> YES, BUT ONE THING I WASN'T TO RECOMMEND TO YOU IS A MEMO TO RETURN TO THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY.

MAYBE GRANT ASSISTANCE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO YOU. DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT CAN HELP YOU WITH

THAT. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS

LOCATED? >> WE CAN DO WITH A PHONE

NUMBER. >> WE HAVE EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THAT REBUILD FLORIDA INITIATIVE AND THEY ARE VERY SLOW. THE BEST THING I CAN RECOMMEND IS IF YOU CAN PROVIDE US ANY PAPERWORK THAT YOU GET FROM THEM, I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM AND ANOTHER THEY ARE FAIRLY SLOW, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE A LOT OF PAPERWORK.

WHATEVER PAPERWORK YOU CAN GET, IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT.

>> I HAVE EMAILS FROM THEIR, ONE OF THE GUYS THAT TAKES CARE AND HAVE THE LAST EMAIL FROM THEM STATING THAT SIGNING THE

PAPERWORK. >> ALRIGHT, WE WILL CONTINUE

THIS UNTIL AUGUST. >> YES, THE 16TH.

>> THAT IS THE DAY I TURNED 70.

>> THAT WE WILL HAVE CAKE AS WELL.

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[LAUGHTER]. >> WE WILL CONTINUE THIS, GOOD

LUCK YOUNG MAN. >> THANK YOU.

[F. 23-899 CE 2502 Mohawk Avenue Moran Abutbul Heather Debevec]

>> THIS CASE MEDICAL. >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 23 Ã899,

2502 MOHAWK AVENUE. >> GOOD MORNING, WHEN YOU ARE

READY. >> THE CASE INITIATED ON APRIL 7 OF THIS YEAR - - OUTSIDE STORAGE OF INDOOR FURNITURE.

SECTION 123 Ã37 SUBSECTION 12, MINSKY MAINTENANCE.

IT WAS REQUESTED TO BRING IN AND REMOVE THE COUCH, MOW THE BACKYARD. THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS - - I DO HAVE PHOTOS INWHICH TO SUBMIT . THE GENTLEMAN THAT REVIEWED IN THIS MORNING - - ALL THE CITY TO HAVE THAT REMOVED AND GET-TOGETHER YARD WITHIN THE 10 DAYS.

I WILL MOVE THOSE AND AS CITIES COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1.

>> THE PHOTOS THAT HE SHARED WITH YOU, WERE THOSE ON HIS PHONE OR DID YOU GET PRINTED COPIES?> THE AROUND HIS

PHONE. >> MADAME CLEAR, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR ? I WILL ASSUME YOU WANTED TO SEE HIS PHOTOGRAPH SO YOU CAN QUEUE THAT UP. YOU WILL NEED TOPUT YOUR PHONE ON THE TABLE AND THERE WILL BE A PROJECTOR OVERHEAD THEY CAN

SEE IT . >> WHERE THE COUCH WAS, THIS

WAS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I WILLHAND

IT BACK OVER TO YOU . >> STATE YOUR NAME.

>> (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). >> YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE

PROPERTY? >> I'M THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

>> HAVE YOU CLEANED IT UP? >> SINCE THE NOTICE GOES DIRECTLY TO THE OWNER, A VIOLATION, I DID NOT GET THE NOTICE UNTIL LASTWEEK . I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR TWO WEEKS. HOWEVER, WE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE. THE TENANT HAS MOVED OUT, OBVIOUSLY. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START CLEANING AND RESTORING EVERYTHING ON MONDAY OR TUESDA . IT SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER FIVE

DAYS. >> ANY COMMENTS?

>> NO MAN, WE ARE REQUESTING 10 DAYS AND HE IS THAT HE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF WITHIN THEM.

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>> THIS IS A RENTAL PROPERTY I TAKE IT?> YES, MA'AM.

>> ANYTHING COUNSELOR? >> NO MA'AM.

>> HOW OFTEN DO YOU INSPECT THE PROPERTY?

>> THE RENTAL PROPERTIES FOR THE VACANT PROPERTIES?

WE HAVE NO VACANT PROPERTIES. >> I AM TALKING ABOUT THIS RESIDENCE RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN.

>> I INSPECTED IT YESTERDAY. I WAS OUT OF TOWN UNTIL MONDAY.

THE TENANT MOVES OUT MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS NOT IN TOWN AND I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY REZONING SOME PERSONAL MATTERS.

>> HOW THIS COME TO CODE. >> WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT DIRECTLY WITH THE BACKYARD BEING OVERGROWN.

YOU AND YOU CAN SEE IS WHERE THE FENCES OPEN?

>> HAPPENED TO NOTICE THE COUCH AND ALL THAT.

>> WE DID CUT THE GRASS AROUND 15 DAYS AGO AND HE GREW UP A LITTLEBIT . IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME.

I THINK I HAVE PICTURES. >> YOU DO NOT KNOW IS THAT I

PTOO. >> WE KNEW.

THAT IS CAN BE SENT THE GARDENER.

>> I DRIVE THROUGH THERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, TO AND FROM WORK.

>> I THINK I HAVE PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER.

LET ME LOOK FOR IT, HERE. THIS WAS TAKEN MAY 28.

>> I ASSURE YOU, I WORKED IN THE PAST AND I AM SURE THAT ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY WE SHOULD START AND BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BY NEXT WEEK, EVERYTHING IS DONE.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO MA'AM, I SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER STATING THAT WE WERE REQUESTING THE 10 DAYS.

TO GIVEN THE 10 DAYS TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO MA'AM.

>> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AT 2502 MOHAWK AVENUE AND THAT - - IS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY. I WILL GIVE YOU 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST

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YOU. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 23 Ã1970,

[0. 22-1970 CE 326 N 15th St Errol Stewart, Errol Stewart Jr Heather Debevec]

326 NINE NORTH 15TH STREET, ERROL STEWART AND ERROL STEWART JUNIOR. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON JUNE 9 OF LAST YEAR. IT WAS FOR SECTION 2019, SECTION 123 Ã37, SUBSECTION 12 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.

PROTECTIVE TREATMENT - - EXTERIOR STRUCTURE.IN OCTOBER 19 OF LAST YEAR, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT OF THE VIOLATION EXISTED IN ORDER 90 DAYS TO COMPLY OR $100 FINE PER DAY. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON OCTOBER 19 OF LAST YEAR SUMMER - - NONCOMPLIANCE FOR VIOLATIONS PROTECTIVE TREATMENT.

I PMC THREE OR 4.1, EXTERIOR STRUCTURE, GENERAL ONLY, ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLIEDAT THAT TIME .

JANUARY 4 OF THIS YEAR, - - WAS SENT COME JANUARY 9 OF THIS YEAR THE REQUEST WAS RECEIVED. I DO HAVE PHOTOS FROM INITIAL JUNE 19 THAT I WAS OUT THERE, JUNE 14, EXCUSE ME.

>> EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMPLIED WITH THE MALL VIOLATIONS?

>> HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS?

>> ARE YOU JUNIOR OR SENIOR? >> I AM JUNIOR, MY DAD IS IN

JAIL. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IF I CAN RESTATE, THE PROTECTIVE TREATMENT AND STRUCTURE IS STILL NONCOMPLYING. THERE WERE OTHER VIOLATIONS CITED WHICH IS WHEN OTHER VIOLATIONS ARE COMPLIED.

THE TWO THAT CONTINUE TO REMAIN AT THAT THREE OR 4.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT AND EXTERIOR STRUCTURE.BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A HEARING, WE SENT THE NOSE OUT ADVISING THE OWNER OF THE FINDS AND THEY RESPONDED IN WRITING REQUESTING TO CONTEST THE FINDS. I DO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION FEES, BUT AS IT IS NOT COMPLIED, IT IS HARD TO GIVE A FINAL TOTAL BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL RUNNING.

I CAN REVIEW THEM IF YOU WISH AND WE ALSO THECRITERIA THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED . .

THEY DID REMOVE THEWINDOW COVERINGS THAT WERE COVERED .

YOU HAVE ANY PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS AT THIS LOCATION.

>> WHERE THEY REVIEWED AND FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY PREDICT

THE PROPERTY? >> YES, MA'AM. CHARMAINE JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE GENTLEMAN HAS PHOTOS AND HE'S WANTED TO

SHARE THIS FORM AS WELL. >> WE WILL MOVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHS

AND ASCOMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1 . >> IS THE BUILDING OCCUPIED?

>> YES. >> THE YOU AND YOUR DAD THERE?

>> I LIVE IN THE HOUSE. >> I WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE RULING ON THIS WHEN THERE STILL VIOLATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

YOU HAVE BEEN YOU A FEW TIMES, I DO KNOW THAT.

>> I WORKED ON THE BUILDING ON THE WEEKENDS.

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>> THE POSITION SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT WE ARE IN AT THIS POINT, STAFF IS REQUESTING TO IMPOSE A LIEN BASED ON THE PROPERTY STILL BEING NONCOMPLIANCE.

ONCE IT IS BROUGHTINTO COMPLIANCE, THE PROCESS IS YOU COME BACK FROM IN REDUCTION AT THAT POINT , BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOW WE ARE IN JUNE 2023, SO I-YEAR-OLD CASE IS STILL NONCOMPLIANCE. WE ARE ASKING THAT THE LIEN BE

IMPOSED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

COUNSELOR? >> BUILDING WOULD BE IMPOSED BASED ON THE FINDS THAT WERE ORDERED,

>> WHY IS IT $100 PER DAY? >> PLEASE DO NOT YELL AT ME.

>> WHY IS IT $100 PER DAY? >> THAT IS WITH THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ORDERED AGAINST YOU ORIGINALLY.

WHEN TO BRING THEPROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE , YOU CAN COME BACK HERE AND REQUEST THE LIEN BE REDUCED IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CAN REDUCE IT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE

PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. >> THE THING JUST LIMITED TO PROPERTYWANT TO DO THOSE, YOU CAN HAVE THAT LIEN REDUCED .

>> ,YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE.

[SHOUTING]. >> I AM NOT LEAVING.

>> SIR, YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE I AM NOT GOING TO ASK YOUAGAIN

. >> OKAY.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO RECALL THIS

TODAY OR AT A LATER DATE? >> WE CALL IT AT A LATER DATE.

>> IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR NEXT HEARING DATE.

HIS DAD HAS BEEN WITH HIM A FEW TIMES COMING IN YOUR.

>> I REMEMBER HIM SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY. HE DID INDICATE HIS FATHER WAS INCARCERATED. I CAN DO A CHECK TO SEE WHEN HE

MAY BE RELEASED. >> THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN WITH HIM AT ONE POINT, NOT A GENTLEMAN.

>> WE CAN RESET THIS FOR JULY, HEATHER, IS NOT A MINISTRY TO FUNCTION SO WE CAN RESET IT FOR JULY.

>> WE WILL RESET THIS FOR JULY 19.

>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE DAD IS NOT BEING RELEASED FORANOTHER YEAR

[A. 22-1168 CE 214 Hialeah Ave Lester Spainhoward (Est), Vivian L Spainhoward Heather Debevec]

. >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 22 Ã1168,

(STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> WHEN YOU ARE READY.

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>> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 22 Ã 1168, (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). THE CASE HAD BEEN INITIATED ON MARCH 30 OF LAST YEAR. IT WAS FOR SECTION 125 Ã322 SUBSECTION C, SUBSECTION 1, HEDGES HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

ON OCTOBER 5 OF LAST YEAR, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ROSS FOUND THE OWNER AND VIOLATION GAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY OR BE FINED $50 PER DAY. NOVEMBER 18, EXTENSION TIME HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THE OWNER .

AFFIDAVIT PARTIAL COMPLIANCE FIRST POSSIBILITY OF CONTAINERS AND NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THE REMAINING VIOLATIONS SENT TO THE OWNER. JANUARY 4 OF THIS YEAR, A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE OWNER AND FEBRUARY 3 AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE PERCENT OF THE OWNER.

. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION WAS MODERATE AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FILER TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS COMPLY TO MINIMUM STANDARDS WITH ADDITIONAL WORK BEING COMPLETE .

ANY PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED WERE NONE.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, WE DID PREPARE A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF COSTS THAT THE CITY HAS PUT INTO PLACE DURING THIS CASE FILE. THE TOTAL COMES TO $1425.35.

WE CAN REDUCE THAT TO 50 WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY DONE - - I CAN REDUCE THAT TO 50. THE SOFT COST IS MONTHLY FOR HELEN THE CASE WAS OPENWAS APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS .

TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, THAT IS ABOUT $700 WHICH WOULD ROUGHLY DROP THE ADMINISTRATION COSTIN HALF .

THE TOTAL FINES ARE $2250. >> IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION

FROM THE CITY? >> THE CITY WILL RECOMMEND ROUGHLY HALF, $70 TO COVER THE DEMONSTRATION COST TO THE CITY.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO MAN.

>> YOU ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW DO YOU RESPOND?> ABSURD.

WHEN I WAS YOUR LAST TIME, I ASKED FOR THE DEFINITION OF THESE COSTS. I STILL NOTHING ANY PHOTOGRAPHS HERE. MY BROTHER AND I AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED THE SAME AS ALL THESE OTHERFOLKS THAT OME IN AND OUT OF HERE .

THIS IS THE SAME REWIND OF WHAT WAS GOING ON LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING LIKE WE HAVE REQUESTED LIKE REDUCING IT TO $100, WE'RE GOING TO REAL COURT. THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TO SAY, RIGHT NOW. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? IF YOU HAVE IT STILL, YOU SEEM TO BE HIGHLY COMPETENT TO ME.

YOU HAVE IN YOUR POWER. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME THATYOU'VE DONE GREAT WORK . YOU ARE A GREAT LADY AND EXCEPTIONAL. AS EVERYBODY, TIME GOES BY AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE ADEQUATELY ABLE TO FIT THIS CHAIR.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MEANS I REQUEST WE GO TO THE REAL COURT AND NOT THIS ONE. IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING AND DROP THESE RIDICULOUS EXTORTION FEES TO $100 AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, HE WILL NOT GO THROUGH WITH A LAWSUIT AGAINSTTHE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TO SAY . THE NEXT TIME YOU REQUEST, YOU HAVE THAT VIDEO? THIS THUMB DRIVE MS. ROSS, IT BETTER NOT BE DOCTORED, YOU UNDERSTAND? THIS ONE IS DOCTORED. I ASKED FOR A VERBATIM COPY OF

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THE HEARING AND I GOT SOME GARBAGE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO ME UP IN THE CORNER, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL THIS LADY TO TURN DISAGREE JUST FINE INTO A HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE AND BE DONE WITH IT. YOU HAVE THE POWER.WE ARE NOT GOING NOWHERE AND WE HAVE THREE CASES BECAUSE ON THE SAME STREET WE LIVE ON, THERE ARE HEDGES THAT'S RIGHT NOBODY IS FORTHCOMING HERE AND NOBODY IS AGREED TO BE EGREGIOUSLY ASSAULTED OVER SOME BUSHES. I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE OTHER HOMES ON OUR STREET THAT AT HIGHER HEDGES THAN WE DO AND THE ONLY PROBLEM WE GOT OURHEADS RESTRICTIONS .

IF WE ARE BEING FORCED EGREGIOUSLY TO PAY THESE FEES OVER A HEIGHT RESTRICTION ON OUR HEDGES, IT IS ALL EQUAL.

WE ARE EQUAL. YOU KNOW THE DEFINITION OF EQUAL. WE ARE EQUALLY ON EVERY STREET IN THE CITY. WE ARE NOT BEEN TREATED EQUAL, WE HAVE THE PROOF TO PROVE IT AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

AGAIN, I'LL ASK YOU KINDLY AND POLITELY TO LEAVE MY MOTHER ALONE. YOU GOT IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF.

YOU'RE CHARGING US.> EXCUSE ME, I HAVE HEARD YOUR REQUEST, I AM GOING TO DENY IT. IT STANDS AS WHAT IT IS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO COURT! >> GO AHEAD, THIS IS AMERICA.

>> YOU KNOW I'M NOT DOING NOTHING, BACKUP.

>> SIR, YOU HAVE LEFT THIS. >> IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO

RETIRE! >> YOU HAVE LEFT THIS COURTROOM BEFORE AND YOU HAVE MADE DISPARAGING REMARKS.

>> I AM BACKING MYSELF UP WITH SOME COURAGE AND KNOWLEDGE.

YOU FOLKS DON'T LIKE IT. YOU DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE

PUSH BACK IN YOUR AGENDA. >> WE WILL FIND THAT WITH THE

REAL LAW IS, THIS IS YOUR LAW. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE LIEN HAS NOT BEEN IMPOSED YET SO THE ISSUE TODAY IS HOW MUCH TO IMPOSE THE LIEN FOR. AT THIS POINT, THE TOTAL FINES ARE $2250. WE WILL IMPOSE THE LIEN OF THE AMOUNT BELIEVES APPROPRIATE. I BELIEVE I AM ACTUALLY STATING - - REDUCE IT TO A TOTAL OF 700 WHICH IS DENIED.

AT THIS POINT WE WOULD ASK THE LIEN BE AND POST AT $2250.

>> WE WILL BE HERE FROM EVERYONE OF YOU.

ESPECIALLY YOU MISS REBECCA, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE PICTURE. MY RIGHT NOT BEING RESPECTED HERE, WHY AM I DIFFERENT? BECAUSE THE HAT ON AND TALK A LITTLE SOUTHERN? OR IS IT BECAUSE AN EDUCATED AND WILL NOT PLAY YOUR GAME. WHERE ARE THE PICTURES? WHERE ARE THE ALLEGATIONS MS. ROSS?

HELP ME FIND OUT. >> THE ALLEGATIONS WERE READ TO

YOU ALL. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MONTHS

NOT APPEARING. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, HE HAS

BEEN THERE BEFORE. >> IF YOU SHOULD DO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, YOU CAN DO THAT.

>> AT ANY PUBLIC RECORDS! >> HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS AND STAFF IS ASKING THE LIEN BE IMPOSED IN THE FULL

AMOUNT. >> HE DENIED A REQUEST FROM US WE WILL RESCHEDULE. YOU CAN TAKE IT OVER THE MAIN

COURTHOUSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE. >> WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK

EVERY TIME. >> HE WILL BE ABLE TO APPEAL ANYTHING UNTIL THERE IS AN ORDER ENTERED.

WE WOULD ASK THE ORDER BE ENTERED AND THE LIEN BE IMPOSED AND WE COULD FOLLOW WHATEVER LEGAL REMEDIES.

>> HE IS NOT PAID AN AMOUNT SO WE ARE SEEKING FOR THE LIEN TO

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BE IMPOSED AT THIS POINT AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LEGAL APPEAL

REMEDIES. >> THERE IS A REJECTION OF THE

70TH DOLLAR OFFER, >> ARE YOU DEAF? I WILL HAVE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF ME.

NOBODY IS GIVING ANY DOCUMENTS EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS I CAN BARELY SEE ON THE TV SCREE .

SHOW ME SOME DOCUMENTS. >> SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT AND THE CITY OFFICIALS WILL GIVE YOU COPIES OF THE DOCUMENT.

ADAM CLEAR, I'M DONE WITH THIS CASE, CAN YOU GET THEM OUT OF

YOUR OFFICER? >> WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THEREYOU GO, BY . >> IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, YOUR RULING IS THE LIEN IS IMPOSED AS A TUTOR 2000, $250?

>> YES IT IS. >> HOLD ON MADAME CLERK

[0. Lot Clearing 317 N 11th St Leslie Wexler Peggy Arraiz]

>> MADAME CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, CALL THE NEXT CASE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT CLEARING AT 317 NORTH 11TH STREET, WESLEY WEXLER. THIS IS A LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST THROUGH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR A LOT CLEARING SPARED THEIR MULTIPLE LIKE CLEARING CASES WE WILL BE ADDRESSING AS ONE. THE ADDRESS IS 317 NORTH 11TH STREET OWNED BY MISS LESLIE WEXLER.

THE CASE INITIATED THEIR MULTIPLE LOT CLEARINGS BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED, THERE ARE 29 LOT CLEARINGS FILED AGAINST THIS PROPERTY OVERTIME. THE HARD COST OF THE CITY, WE ARE AT $2462.11 WITH ADMINISTRATION FEES OF $2900.

OVER TIME, INTEREST IS ACCUMULATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $5570.90.COUNTIES HAVE ACCUMULATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $1112.55.THERE IS AN APPLICATION HEARING FEE OF $250 TOTALING $12,287.56. THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED HER PAPERWORK AND REQUEST SHE REQUESTED ALL COSTS AND FEES BE WAIVED FOR A TOTAL OF ZERO. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE HARD COSTS BE ASSESSED OF $2462.11 AGAIN FOR THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ISSUED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, THIS NUMBER CANNOT BE WAIVED OR REDUCED IN ANY WAY, IT IS A HARD COST.

INTEREST AND PENALTIES BE WAIVED COMPLETELY - - TOTAL FOR THE LOT CLEARINGS - - THAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

>> THANK YOU. HAVE YOU ALL THIS MORNING?

>> YES, MA'AM COMBAT IS CORREC .

>> WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK? >> MY NAME IS CRYSTAL STONE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR MISS LESLIE EXLER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES, EARLIER, WE WERE SPEAKING WITH THE YOUNG LADY TO THE RIGHT AND SHE HAD ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A LIEN OF $70,000.

WHEN WE HAD INITIALLY SPOKEN PREVIOUS TO COURT IT WAS AT THE FEE OF 7000. WE DO SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN BETWEEN HERE OF THE REDUCTION UP TO THE 5612. AM I INCORRECT, MA'AM?

>> THIS IS JUST A LOT CLEARING. >> THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE AM I CORRECT? THIS IS FOR THE LATIN $5612 FOR IN THE PROCESS, SHE ACTUALLY PURCHASED A HOME OR A VACANT LOT IN LINCOLN PARK IN AN AREA UNDERSERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED. THAT LEVEL ON 11TH STREET BLOC , LESLIE HAS BEEN ACTUALLY PROACTIVE AND INDICATIVE OF BREAKING RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA. I PERSONALLY HAVE WORKED ON MORRIS CREEK WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND MARINE CLEANUP

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INITIATIVE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT LAST NINE YEARS.

HAVING LESLIE BEING PROACTIVE AND BENEFICIAL COMMUNITY HAS NOT ONLY BEEN INCREASING TO THE PROPERTY VALUE BUT ALSO THE HOMEOWNERS. I CAN PERSONALLY LET YOU KNOW THAT THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEFINITELY SUPPORTED LESLIE AND HER ADVOCACY IN REGARDS TO WHAT SHE IS INITIATED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRANSACTION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LIEN AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL RATE REGARDING THE SECOND ONE, THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF COMPLICATED QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO MISINFORMATION.

LESLIE CAME HERE AND PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SHE THOUGHT SHE TEMPTED TO DO AS DUE DILIGENCE. THIS IS ALSO A PROCESS THAT I AM SEEING THAT SEEMS TO BE FALLING SHORT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND MAGISTRATE AND I MUNICIPALITIES WEATHER SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AND REAL PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES PURCHASING THIS PROPERTIES AND NOT AWARE OF THE FULL TOTALITY OF WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH IT.

THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE AT ON BOTH SIDES.

THE ENTIRE TOTAL FOR THAT IS 70,000, AND I CORRECT?

>> WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODA .

>> I UNDERSTAND BUT I'M JUST ASKING.

>> LETTER ANSWER. >> SHE PRESENTED TO US 70,000

WHICH IS WHY I AM ASKING. >> WHAT IS BEING ADDRESSED BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE NOW IS STRICTLY THE LOT CLEARING LIENS. THERE'S A DEMOLITION LIEN WHICH IS SEPARATE AND WE WILL ADDRESS SEPARATE.

I HAVE ALSO SAID I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, WE ARE GOING BY AND ESTIMATES.

THIS IS FOR THE LOTCLEARINGS ONLY .

THUS THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I APOLOGIZE, DURING THE PRESENTATION, I DO HAVE TO READ TO THE RECORD, SO THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE MINOR.

IT WAS LOT CLEARINGS OVER TIME. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATORS TO CORRECT, NUMBER DONE. THE VIOLATIONS WERE COMPLIED AND VOLUNTARILY THEIR CITY VENDOR.

THE REMAINDER OF THE SEVEN CRITERIA EITHER DON'T APPLY.

IT IS NOT APPLICABLE BECAUSE THERE WERE 29 OVER MANY YEARS, SO IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW MUCH TIME UNDER EACH CASE.

THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS FOUND UNDER VIOLATION BY A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THERE WERE NONE BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL LOT CLEARINGS.

THE NUMBER OF NOTICES OF VIOLATION AGAIN RELATED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, THERE WERE NONE. I THINK HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO AMEND SOME OF THESE TWO BE MORE SPECIFIC TO LOT CLEARINGS. THE SPECIFICS ARE ALL ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY DON'T TYPICALLY APPLY.

IT IS UNKNOWN ANY EXTENUATING FACTORS BECAUSE I WAS A PRIOR OWNER. I NEEDED TO READ THOSE INTO THE

RECORD. >> AS WELL AS LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORING PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO OTHER PEOPLE

ABOUT THIS, ARE WE ALLOWED TO? >> YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU SO

MUCH. >> AM I ALLOWED TO TALK?

>> HERE'S MY QUESTION AND I'LL ASK THIS OF MR. WEXLER, THE PEOPLE'S - - YOU'RE USING THEM IN THIS CAPACITY? SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT YOU'RE USING IS FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? IT'S REFERENCING THE GOOD YOUTH

IN THE COMMUNITY. >> THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT IN

GENERAL. >> THERE'S AN AFFIDAVIT SIGNED, DO YOU WANT HER TO REVIEW THIS AS WELL?

>> THOSE OTHER SIGNS PAID FOR THE POLICE PATROL THE PROPERTY.

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>> YOU DON'T WANT THOSE MOVED INTO EVIDENCE?

>> ACTUALLY, PLEASE PUT THOSE IN.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY EVIDENCE MARKERS?

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I WILL MARKERS FOR THEM.

>> ALSO, CAN I PROVIDE TO YOU SINGLE BULLETPOINTS OF THINGS COME TO THE PROPERTY IN THE PROCESS OF THAT FOR EVIDENCE ?

>> DO YOU HAVE A CASE NUMBER? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THESE

FOREVIDENCE . >> THANK YOU.

>> I WILL PUT THIS AS ONE EXHIBIT.

>> ALRIGHT, ANYTHING FURTHER? >> ARE WE ALLOWED TO ADVISE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THE VISION IS? OR IS THAT TIED UP IN PAPERWORK

AND YOU LOCATED? >> ANYTHING FURTHER COUNSELOR?

>> WE WOULD NEED A REJECTION OF THE CITY'S OFFER TO REDUCE THE 12,000 TO THE 5000, SIX 1211. I DON'T KNOW IF MISS WEXLER

HERSELF AND TO THAT QUESTION. >> I AM PRETTY SURE MISS WEXLER HAS ASKED FOR A REDUCTION OF ZERO AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE ANDINITIATION FEES THAT COULD BE WAIVED IN SOME MANNER

. >> WE WOULD ASK THAT MISS WEXLER ANSWER THE QUESTION AS IT CAME OUT THAT SHE STANDING

RIGHT THERE. >> I WOULD LIKE FORYOU TO REDUCE THE LIENS EVEN FURTHER . I AM PUTTING SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK INTO CREATING THIS VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT WE HAVE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO.

THE MONEY I WOULD BE PAYING THE CITY COULD GO FURTHER INTO THE

PROJECT THAT I HAVE CREATED. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, CAN ASK A QUESTION?MISS WEXLER, HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH CHEYENNE HARNAGE ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM?

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, I DID. >> HER PROGRAM, ALL OF THE SOFT COST WILL BE WAIVED AND THE HARD COST WOULD HAVE TO BE WAY PAID UP FRONT I WANT TO COMPLETE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY TO WHATEVER GOALS ARE AGREED UPON, I BELIEVE 50% OF THE HARD COST GET RETURNED TO YOU.

>> I DISCUSSED THAT, HOWEVER I DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WITHIN TWO YEARS.

PLUS, THE COST OF WHEN I WAS BUILDING AT THE TIME FOR COVID, IT WASSOMETHING I SAW AS POSSIBLE THE RIGHT NOW , IT IS NOT SOMETHING, I CANNOT STAY WITHIN THOSE GUIDELINES .

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I DID NOT PURSUE THAT. >> IS THERE ANY TYPE OF WAITING FEES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PARTICULAR BOARD THAT THEY WEIGHED MORE THAN 50%? I KNOW WE ARE GROWING AS MUNICIPALITIES ONE OF THE THINGS CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW THINGS ARE FLUID WITH THAT IN THAT WE CAN REVISIT THAT WITH MISS CHEYENNE.

>> THE PACIFIC PROCESS, GOING REDUCTION PROCESS.

>> MOVING FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE TOO APPROACH THE COMMISSION,

IS THAT CORRECT? >> METERING TO THE SPECIAL

MAGISTRATE. >> THE TOTAL LIEN IS $12,297.5

, RIGHT? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION TO $5612.11.

>> THERE ARE TWO MORE LIENS IN ADDITION TO THAT.

>> I UNDERSTAND HOWEVER AGAIN, >> I CANNOT AND IT ENTERTAIN

WHAT I DON'T SEE. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THE CITY WAIVED THE INTEREST AND THE PENALTY ON THE PROPERTY. THEY WAIVED THE PENALTIES OF 1190 - -. THEY HAVE WAIVED PRETTY MUCH HALF OFTHIS .

>> THEY HAVE. BUT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE ONLY QUESTION IS THAT THESE WERE INCURRED FEES ON THE PROPERTY PRIOR AND SHE, IT WOULD BE ONE THING SHE PURCHASEDTHE PROPERTY, SAT ON THE PROPERTY AND WE WERE STILL IN THIS POSITION . IF WE WERE TO LOOK AROUND THE PICTURES ON THE PROPERTY AND KNOW WHAT WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY, IT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.

I CAN TELL YOU THATTHERE IS AN ALLEYWAY , THERE IS A LIGHT THAT SHE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

I HAD AN ARGUMENTABOUT THIS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE . DUE TO LESLIE'S ADVOCACY AND ME NOT STOPPING, LESLIE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE ALLEYWAY IS A LITTLE BIT SAFER. WE HAVE A HUGE AREA OF CRIME IN THE AREA OF MORRIS CREEK. THE AREAS OF VERY HIGH CRIME RATE. BY ENSURING THAT SHE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FISCAL TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND MITIGATING THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THEY'RE HERE TO DO.BETTER THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE ON A LOWER INCOME

LEVEL. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO MAN, UNLESS YOU WANTED TO REVIEW THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, WE CAN SUMMARIZE THEM FOR YOU. THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT WERE ISSUED BY THE CITY COMMISSION INDICATE THAT THE HARD COST CANNOT BE REDUCED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND IF YOU FIND CAUSE, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST ANY OF THE OTHER FEES SUCH AS THE ADMINISTRATION FEE, INTEREST, PENALTIES AND SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING FEE.

THEY ARE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO ADJUST AS YOU FEEL THE

CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT. >> MY COMPUTER DIED, BUT I BELIEVE THE TERMINOLOGY IS ESSENTIALLY GOOD CAUSE AND THE

BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. >> HOW MUCH PROPERTY ARE WE

TALKING ABOUT? >> I OWN TWO BLOCKSSIDE-BY-SIDE . I INSTALLED A TEMPORARY FENCE TO STOP THEM FROM DRIVING TO MY PROPERTY.

I PULLED OUT A MASSIVE BRAZILIAN PEPPERTREE.

ANOTHER NONPROFIT PULLED OUT A MASSIVE BRAZILIANPEPPERTREE .

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>> THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS VISIBLE TO EVERYONE.

THE FACT THAT ONCE THE FRUIT TREES, WE HAVE.

>> OVER 40 FRUIT BEARING TREES. THE IDEA IS TO USE THE PROPERTY AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM TO TEACH GARDENING AND

HORTICULTURE. >> IN WORKING TOGETHER WITH A NONPROFIT SUCH AS THE MARINE CLEANUP INITIATIVE BECAUSE WE LOVE LINKIN PARK SOME ADDITIONAL AGENCIES THAT ARE

WILLING TO BE INVOLVED. >> I LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN HERE OFTEN BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT PROPERTY AND HAD TO FIX IT UP AND CLEANED IT UP.

THE CITY HAS KIND I'VE BEEN GENEROUS IN REDUCING FEES AND COSTS. YOURS HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF.

>> RESPECTFULLY I AGREE WITH YOU 100% BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE WAS A TRANSPLANT TO OUR COMMUNITY WAS ABSOLUTE ENGAGED THEIR LIFE TO BE BETTER AND FIND PROVIDE STEWARDSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS LINKIN PARK THAT IS 100% NEGLECTED ON MANY VARIABLES. WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE LOAN TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES WITHINTHAT DEVELOPMENT . WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING THINGS BALANCE AND EVENING.

>> YOU VIEWED THIS PROPERTY BEFORE YOU PURCHASED IT, RIGHT?

>> YES. >> A FEW TIMES A YEAR, WE COME IN HERE WE HAD BOUGHT PROPERTY FROM TAX - - PAST DUE TAXES AND

GET IN OVER THEIR HEAD. >> THIS IS THE PROPERTY I COULD AFFORD BECAUSE OF THE AREA I WAS IN.

IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO DO TO CREATE A VISIONTHERE .

IF YOU READ MY NEIGHBORS LETTERS, THEY ARE ATTESTING TO THE FACT THAT I DEFINITELY HELPED THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND VERY DEDICATED.

>> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THAT AREA.

>> YOU ARE AWARE - - PROPERTY THAT IS ABSOLUTE BEEN IN LITIGATION AND UNDER AS WELL. I WANT TO PUT ONTO RECORD WHEN THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE LOOKED AT AND VIEWED IN REGARDS TO MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THERE'S PROSTITUTION, DRUG SYMBOLS ACTIVITY. I WOULD LIKE TOPLACE THAT ON

RECORD . >> I UNDERSTAND AND NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME COMING IN HERE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. NOW NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN INTEREST IN HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT AN OWNER.

I'M GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO SPEAK BUT PLEASE, LET'S BE CORDIAL. WE HAD A LATER HERE SOME MONTHS AGO WHO BOUGHT A LOT OF PAST TAX PROPERTIES.

SHE GOTTEN OVER HER HEAD BECAUSE SHE CANNOT MAINTAIN IT.

I BOUGHT TAX PROPERTY, I BOUGHT A LOT FOR $25.

PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME. JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY WE DO THIS, WE ARE FIXING UP THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THAT'S FINE, I'LL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNINGHOW YOU HELPING THE BLACK COMMUNITY . WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS.

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THE CITY IS CUT IN HALF THE TOTAL DUE.

>> THE TOTAL IS 17,000 FOR ALL THREE OF THEM AND THAT WAS IT.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY ARE CUTTING THIS ONE IN

HALF AND REDUCING IT TOHALF . >> I NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

THEY HAVE DONE THREE REDUCTION REQUESTS, TWO CORPORATE LOT CLEARINGS AND ONE WAS FOR DEMOLITION.I COMBINED THE TWO LOT CLEARINGS TOGETHER INTO ONE ITEM FOR THE CONSIDERATION SO IT IS NOT GETTING CONFUSED. THE TOTALS ARE THE SAME IF HE TOOK THE TWO LOT CLEARINGS THAT ON THE REQUEST FOR COMBINED TOGETHER JUST FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE.

THESE ARE TWO OF THE THREE MEANS HERE.

>> THE CITY IS GIVING YOU A BREAK.

>> THE WAY FINANCE REPORTED, THEY REPORTED AS TWO DIFFERENT AMOUNTS DUE. I DID A TOTAL HARD COST FROM THE TWO AND ADDED THEMTOGETHER .

THE TWO ADMINISTRATION FEES, ADDED THEMTOGETHER .

THEY ARE ALL LOT CLEARING LIENS AND THE COMBINED TOTAL TOGETHER TO ONE PRESENTATION. THE NEXT ONE IS THE DEMOLITION

AND HAS TO REMAIN SEPARATE. >> YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

>> YES, I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

>> YOU STILL HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE $5612 BUT YOU HAVE TO

PAY? >> IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

>> OKAY CAN ANYTHING FURTHER? BASED ON EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY, PRESENTED, I WILL AGREE TO THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THE LIEN LOT CLEARING NUMBER ONE FROM $12,297.56 TO $5612.11. HOW SHOULD THAT BE PAID?

>> AND THE RECENTLY YOU HAVE GONE AS FAR IN THE FUTURE TO PAY AT 24 MONTHS. ANYWHERE BETWEEN ZERO AND 24 MONTHS IS WHAT YOU BEEN DOING RECENTLY.

>> HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? WE CAN YOU 0 TO 24 MONTHS.

YOUR FIRST PAYMENT WILL BE ONE? >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

>> NO. WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE

PAYMENT, MISS WEXLER? >> IS THERE AN APPEALS PROCESS?

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS APPEAL, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE THE FIRST

PAYMENT? >> IN 24 MONTHS I CAN MAKE THE

FIRST PAYMENT. >> JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND, WE ARE ASKING FOR A REVISION.

IF SHE IS NOT PAID WITHIN A 24 MONTHS YOU HAVE ALLOWED, IT WILL REVERT BACK TO THE $12,297.56.

>> UNDERSTOOD. >> SHE WOULD LIKE TO WAIT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT.

WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT SHE HAS TO MAKE HER FIRST

PAYMENT YOUR HONOR? >> QUESTION MY DISTRICT, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BEFORE THAT WE DO NOT ESTABLISH A PAYMENT PLAN FORTHEM . RECENTLY INDICATE HOW MUCH IS DUE AND WHICH THEY MUST BE PAID BACK.

IT IS UP TO THEM TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL MAKE SIX PAYMENTS, 24 PAYMENTS OR 12 PAYMENTS. OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN.

THEY ARE GIVEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE AND WHEN IT IS DUE BY.

THAT'S FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.>> I WATCHED

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PREVIOUS VIDEOS OF WHAT IS GOING ON HERE AND HAVE SEEN PAYMENT PLANS MADE FOR INDIVIDUAL STANDING HERE.

>> INDIVIDUALLY TO TELL US WHA THEY ARE DOING WHICH IS WHY IS ASKING YOU . WHEN DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR

FIRST PAYMENT? >> I WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL

BEFORE I MAKE MY FIRST PAYMENT. >> SOLD, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WHAT YOU COULD DO AS A PART OF YOUR RULING IS IF YOU WANT TO REQUIRED TO MAKE A PAYMENT - - HOWEVER MUCH TIME YOU GET HURT ON THE PHONE NOT ONLY TO BE PAID BY THEN IF SHE DOESNOT , THEN I WILL REVERT BACK TO OUR FINANCE FROM YOU WILL TAKE AS MUCH AS OFTEN AS FREQUENTLY OR INFREQUENTLY #TOPAY, JUST HAVE

TO BE THERE BY THE 24 MONTHS . >> CAN YOU MAKE THE FIRST

PAYMENT AUGUST 1? >> IS THERE A MINIMUM PAYMENT

AMOUNT ON THE FIRST PAYMENT? >> NO.

>> I'M JUST TO CLARIFY, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD,

MA'AM. >> YOU CANCLARIFY FOR YOURSELF, BUT LESLIE IS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT .

THAT IS ME TO TALK TO. >> CAN YOU MAKE YOUR FIRST

PAYMENT BY AUGUST 1? >>YES.

>> YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID? IF YOU DON'T PAY WITHIN 24 MONTHS AND IT WILL REVERT BACK

TO THE $12,297.36. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO MAN.

>> WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK WITH THE NEXT ONE.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. >> IS THAT ON THE DOCKET?

>> BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE SIDETRACKED, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS ANNOUNCE THE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL, SHE HAS 30 DAYS.

>> THE NEXT CASE IS THE DEMO AT 317 NORTH 11TH STREET, LESLIE WEXLER. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE COMMENCED THE DEMOLITION LIEN BEEN REFERRED TO PREVIOUSLY, THE ADDRESS IS THE SAME IN THE OWNERS OF THE SAME.

I WOULD REALLY AMOUNTS TO EXIT THE CRITERIA.

THE CITY INCURRED FEES FOR THIS WAS 1000 HUNDRED $55.16 WITH

$100 ADMINISTRATION FEE. >> THIS IS THE ONE I HAVE IN

FRONT OF ME. >> THESE NUMBERS, I NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT OUR CLERK IS OUT ON EXPECTEDLY.

THESE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED YESTERDAY, WE WERE SCRAMBLING WITH HER NOT BEING HERE.

I WILL MAKE A VERBAL CORRECTION TO WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF US. DEMONSTRATION FEES ARE $100, INTEREST IS 2900 - - PENALTIES THAT $505.78.

THE HEARING APPLICATION FEE OF $250 FOR A TOTAL OF 5000 - - $0.23. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS WITH QUICK MATH BUT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY INCURRED FEES WHICH IS $1965 AND $0.16. THE INITIATION FEE OF $100, STAFF RECOMMENDS WAVING THE INTEREST FEE AND THE PENALTY AND DOING A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING UP TO TWO $50 AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT MATH REAL QUICK.

>> $2215.16. >> I WILL DOUBLE CHECK MYSELF.

$2300.15. >> THE OF THE CRITERIA FOR THIS

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ONE? >> I DO.

AS REQUIRED BY OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THE GRAVITY RECEIVED OF THEVIOLATION WAS MINOR .

IT'S WHY DEMOLITION FEE OF LESS THAN 2000 IS IN PLACE.

IT WAS COMPLIED ANTHONY BENDER VOLUNTARILY AND AS INDICATED BEFORE, THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS ARE NOT APPLICABLE WHETHER IT IS DONE. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY EXTENUATING FACTORS BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR OWNER AND THERE IS NOTHING CURRENT. IT WAS A MINOR ISSUE THAT WAS CORRECTED BY A CITY VENDOR. THAT IS WHY IT IS LESS THAN

$2000 FOR THE DEMOLITION. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO MAN. >> MISS WEXLER, TO BE HERE WITH THE STATE AND CITY JUST SAID? THEY REDUCED IT OF 2003 AND

$50.16. >> AT HER THAT MAN.

>> YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I SUFFER THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY. IT IS STILL A LOT FOR ME TO PAY. I COULD BE PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO DOING MORE FOR THE PROPERTY AND CREATING OUTER CLASSROOMS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT TO DO BECAUSE WE LOVE LINKIN PARK.

UNFORTUNATELY I FEEL LIKE THAT MONEY SHOULD BE GOING INTO THE PROPERTY AND THE VISION OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, I HAVE CUBAN NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME AND HAITIAN NEIGHBORS.

THIS IS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT COMING IN US AND SAVE YOU TO COME AND HELP UPLIFT THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THAT IS NOT MY IDEA, IT IS A HEARING DIVERSE

COMMUNITY HERE. >> ANYTHINGFURTHER?

>> MINA ASKED THE FEES PRIOR TO THE VENDOR, BUT WITHOUT ABOUT ? WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO LESLIE PURCHASING IT AND WHAT WAS THIS LIEN HERE?

>> UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME, THE THE DEMOLITION CLOUDS WERE HANDLED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SO YOU NEED TO DO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO GET ALL THOSE RECORDS.

>> 'SJOURNEY WE WOULD ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE ON THIS AND ACQUIRE THOSE RECORDS AND THEN COME BACK?

IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? >> NO MAN, THE BATTLE MATTER WAS HANDLED MANY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME, THAT IS ALL BEEN APPROVED. THE LIEN IS IN EXISTENCE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE NOW ADDRESSNG, NOT WHAT CAUSED IT.

>> I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE PAPERWORK WAS.

I WILL REQUEST THAT. THE OTHER THING IS OUT OF CURIOSITY, THE ONE THING PRESENTED HERE AND I'M SURE THE MAGISTRATE HAS PRESENTED MANY PEOPLE BEFORE YOU HAVE COME IN, AND WE SPOKE EARLIER BUT THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS, THERE ISN'T SOMETHING THE CITY IS PROVIDING WHEN PEOPLE COME TO PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO BE ABLE TO GET EDUCATED BESIDES

DOING A DILIGENT SEARCH? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IF IMAY

. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY.> SHE DID NOT PURCHASES THROUGH THE CITY, SHE PURCHASED IT THROUGH A TAXI WITHTHE COUNTY . IF IT'S A PRIVATE PURCHASE, HAVING A TITLE SEARCH DONE IN A TITLE COMPANY, BUT WE DO NOT

PURCHASE FROM THECITY . >> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY,

THE CITY WAS NOT THE OWNER. >> OUT TO CLARIFY WHAT WE

PCOULD'VE DONE BETTER. >> NEED TO GET A TITLE SEARCH

DONE PRIOR TO GETTING PROPERTY. >> 20 MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT?

>> SAME AS THE DATE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

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>> WE WOULD BE DUE BY AUGUST 1. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> IT WAS REDUCED TO $2215.16 WITH THE REVISION IF IT IS NOT PAID WITHIN THE 24 MONTHS TO THE 5873 AND $0.23?

>> YOU WILL GO BACK TO THAT AMOUNTS IF YOU DON'T PAY IT.

THANK YOU COUNSELOR. >> MISS WEXLER, IBELIEVE THAT YOUR EMAIL, WE WILL FORWARD YOU THE APPEAL PROCESS .

HOPEFULLY MISS CATHERINE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY AND HELP US

WITH THAT. >> IF YOU NEED COPIES OF ANY OF THOSE BACK, WE CAN REQUEST WE CAN MAKE COPIES OF ANYTHING THAT YOU GAVE US. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DOING UP A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND AM I RIGHT OR WRONG? JUDY, CAN YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION TOO SHE WILL MAKE

COPIES FOR YOUR REAL QUICK. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> YOU ARE WELCOME, GOOD LUCK.

[A. 96-6085 CE 909 N 13th St Love Center Regeneration Ministries and Fellowship Inc Peggy Arraiz]

>> ANY OTHER CASE MANAGER? >> ANNEX CASE IS 96 Ã6085,

(STATES NAME AND ADDRESS). >> THAT IS BROUGHT THIS BACK IS A REHEARING. I WILL READ IT IN AGAIN AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON. THIS IS CASE NUMBER 96 Ã6085 ADDRESS IS 909 NORTH 13TH STREET OWNED BY LAWSON TO REGENERATION, IT WAS INITIATE OCTOBER 29, 1996 AND AGAIN, THIS IS A STAFF INITIATE A REQUEST FOR A REHEARING.

THIS IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIE , NOT LOT CLEARING OR DEMOLITION AS IN THE PRIOR CAS , CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN THAT ACCUMULATED $25,500 WITH RECORDING FEES OF 1850 IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING OF $2500.

ON APRIL 19, YOU HEARD THIS CASE AND AGREED TO REDUCE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $5000 WITH 24 MONTHS TO PAY.

AS WE WERE PREPARING THIS TO GO BECAUSE HIS APPEAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION THAT'S MICROCLIMATE OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE REHEARING.

WE CAN FULFILL ALL OF OUR ADMINISTERED OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS ALL THE ITEMS. HAVING SAID THAT, THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION WAS MINOR. THERE WAS SOME GRAFFITI AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ISSUES. THEY WERE CORRECTED BY THE PRIOR OWNER. THE BUILDING WAS REMODELED AT APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO BEING COMPLIED. THERE WERE NO OTHER LIENS ON THIS CASE AND NO OTHER PRIOR NOTICES OF VIOLATION WE DO HAVE ONE ACTIVE LOT CLEARING ON ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNED BY THE LEFT-CENTER BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED.WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS REVIEWED SO IT MOVES

FORWARD. >> ESSENTIALLY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THIS IS WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN AND STARTING OVER.

WE WOULD NEED YOU TO VACATE THE ORIGINAL ORDER THAT WAS DONE APRIL 24, 2023. YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERING IT.

I THINK WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE CRITERIA BUT IT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY PLACED ON RECORD. THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING TO REDO THIS WITH A CLEAN SLATE AND DETERMINATION.

>> OKAY, I WILL VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED.

>> ON APRIL 24, 2023. >> OKAY.

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>> SO WE WILL REDO IT LIKE WE DIDN'T DO IT BEFORE, YES, MA'AM. DID YOU GO TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION?

>> I COPIED WHAT WE DID THE LAST TIME.

THE STAFF ACCLAMATION AT THE TIME WAS $10,200.50.

I COPIED IT OVER TO THIS ONE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR PRIOR RULING WAS TO REDUCE IT TO 5000 WITH 24 MONTHS TO

PAY. >> THAT RECOGNITION IS BASED ON THE RULES AND PROCEDURES AND WHAT YOU COULD HAVE A GREATER FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PRIOR TO COMING TO SPECIAL

MAGISTRATE HEARING. >> CORRECT, THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE OTHERS, IT WAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WHICH LIMITED STAFFS ABILITY TO

REDUCE ANY FURTHER.>> I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU ULTIMATELY WANT

TO GO BACK TO REDUCING IT? >> HE WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT TO THE 5000 SO I DON'T THINK YOU WILL STILL BE IN AGREEMENT TO

THE 5000, AM I CORRECT?>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU WANT TO AGREE TO THE 5000?

>> CORRECT. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, ESSENTIALLY IT IS CLEAN SLATE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO REDUCE THIS TO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I THINK YOU CAN PRESENT ANY TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE THIS TIME AROUND FOR

YOURCONSIDERATION . >> THAT YOUR NAME?

WERE YOU SWORN IN EARLIER? >> NOW.

>> OKAY, MA'AM CLEAR? >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT

HAND. >> YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>>YES, MA'AM . >> OKAY.

>> YOU HAVE WHAT MR. REYES SAID, $25,768.50?

>> YES. >> THAT WAS REDUCED TO $10,250,

RIGHT? >> YES.

>> DID YOU PAY ANY OF THAT? DID YOUPAY ANY OF THE $10,200?

>> NO. >> WHAT IS IT YOU ARE ASKING

FOR THIS AFTERNOON? >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET THI REDUCED AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS A MAJOR OVERSIGHT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OVER 25 YEARS WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY, WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY FOR GRAFFITI. THE COUPLE OF WANT TO BE HAVE BEEN PUNISHED AND NEVER GET PICKED UP OVER THE YEARS ACTUALLY NONRANDOM TITLE SEARCHES OVER THE YEARS.

>> RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CITY? >> IS THE INITIATION COST WHICH

WE TYPICALLY REVIEW. >> THE TOTAL NUTRITION COST IS $7.35. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE 650 HERE IS THE NUMBER THE STAFF CONSIDERS A SOFT COST IT COMES TO ADMINISTRATION FEES AND UP TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

THE RESTAURANTS ARE HARD COST FROM THE STAFF POINT OF VIEW.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE REDUCTION.

>> THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST IS $1235.25?

>> ANYTHING FROM THE CITY? COUNSELOR?

>> NO MAN. >> THE REDUCTION FROM 25,000 TO

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5000, THAT IS CONSIDERABLE. AND YOU HAVE 24MONTHS TO PAY .

ANYTHING FURTHER? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALREADY BEEN APPEALED

THE CITY COMMISSION. >> LET ME CLARIFY, THE ORIGINAL APPEAL WILL NOT EXIST BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A REHEARING.

IF HE IS UNHAPPY WITH THE RULING TODAY, YOU HAVE TO RE-APPEAL AND APPEAL THE RULIN TODAY .

JUST SO YOU KNOW. >> AM HAVING FURTHER TO ADD.

>> I WILL KEEP IT AT $5000 WITH 24 MONTHS TO PAY, THAT IS A SIZABLE REDUCTION. WE WILL LEAVE IT AT 5000, THAT'S A SIZABLE REDUCTION LIKELY WILL EMAIL YOU THE PAPERWORK TO GET THE PROCESS THROUGH IT IF YOU WISH TO STEAL

APPEAL. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT CASE.

[B. Lot Clearing Liens 701 N 19th St Ocean Creek Developments LLC Peggy Arraiz]

>> OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE A LOT CLEARING LIEN 701 NORTH 19TH STREET GOSHEN REDEVELOPMENT LLC.

>> I WAS GETTING TOO READY TO LEAVE ON VACATION ÃMY FILE LISTING PRESENTED. I'M SENDING THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN THE THAN THE FIRST HEARING.

THESE ARE FOR MULTIPLE LOT CLEARING LIENS AGAINST 701 NORTH 19TH STREET ON NETWORKING CREEK DEVELOP AN LLC.

I HAVE ONCE AGAIN TAKEN TWO AMOUNTS FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND COMBINE THEM INTO ONE SO THIS IS JUST A LOT CLEARING'S THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED HERE.

THE CITY INCURRED FEES ARE $2461.18.

THE INITIATION FEES ARE 1500. INTEREST ACCUMULATED $2884.05.

THE PENALTIES ARE $572.30 AND THE HEARING FEE TODAY FOR 200 TOTALING $7668.53. IT IS BEFORE YOU FOR A REHEARING AGAIN BECAUSE WE DID FAIL TO FOLLOW ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATION RULES AND THE CRITERIA WE WILL REQUEST THAT YOU VACATE THE ORDER FROM PRIOR AND STAFF THIS TIME IS RECOMMENDING VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, THE HARD COST, THE ADMINISTRATION COST AND THE HEARING FEE.

THOSE $2461.18, AND ADMINISTRATION FEE OF $1500 AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING OF $250.

WAVING THE INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR A TOTAL OF $4211 AND $0.18. TO ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW ALL OF OUR RULES, THE GRAVITY AND SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATIONS ARE MODERATE. ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR, THERE WERE NONE. WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN WAS COMPLIED BY CITY VENDORS AND IN A VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY NOT APPLICABLE.

THERE WERE 14 TOTAL LIGHTNING VIOLATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS ON RECORD. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS NOTICES THERE WERE AT LEAST 14. UNKNOWN IF THERE ARE ANY CONTINUINGCIRCUMSTANCES AND WE STILL HAVE ONE ACTIVE LOT CLEARING AT 701 NORTH 19TH STREET .

I'M NOT SURE OF THE CURRENT STATUS BUT IT IS ACTIVE IN OUR

SYSTEM. >> SO YOU ARE ASKING FOR

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$4211.18? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU FOR GOOD AFTERNOO , STATE YOUR NAMEFOR THE RECORD

. >> (STATES NAME AND ADDRESS).

>> YOU ARE THE CITY'S OFFER, HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> WE ARE APPEALING IT. >> THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO AGREE TO THE $4211 OR DO YOU WANT TO ARGUE AND PRESENT EVIDENCE FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

>> OUR POSITION AGAIN IS WE ARE AT THE VIOLATORS, WE INHERITED IT VIA TAX SALE. AMAZINGLY, PORT ST. LUCIE HAS AN AMNESTY PROGRAM WHERE I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE HARD COST THE CITY INCURS HAS TO BE PAID, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND INTEREST PENALTIES, THAT WAIVED.

I DO UNDERSTAND WHY FORT PIERCE AND HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR.

THE REST OF IT, NO.YOU WILL BE APPEALING THAT.

LAST TIME I BELIEVE YOU COUNTED ALL THE PAPERWORK AND THERE WAS

A $10 ADMIN FEE. >> WILL BE THE LAST TIME WAS WE WERE TRYING TO FIND WHAT RECORDING FEES HAD BEEN DONE.

THE ONLY COULD FIND IN THE FILE AT THE TIME WAS $10.

THE ONE FILING. THE ADMIN FEES ARE MORE THAN

FILING FEES. >> A POSTER BOARD HAS TO BE PUT ON THE PROPERTY AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE ADMINISTRATION FEE.S SET BY THE CITY BY $100 AT THE CASE.

>> OF EXIT 14 EARLIER, THERE ARE 15 CASES I WAS ABLE TO

IDENTIFY, YES. >> THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT DUE WAS $7660.53? STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS $4211.18. THERE WERE 15 SEPARATE LIENS?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> I WILL FOLLOW THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR 4000 AND IMPOSE A RECOMMENDATION FOUR THOUSAND $211.18. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

>> WERE YOU GIVEN TWO YEARS BEFORE TO PAY?

>> NO, IT WAS SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE OF THE APPEAL PROCESS.

IT WAS SIX MONTHS. >> ASSUMING THE APPEAL IS NOT ON YOUR FAVORITE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY THE $4211, HOW LONG WILL

IT TAKE YOU TO PAY THAT? >> SIX MONTHS?

>> WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE TIME IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> THAT IS FINE, SIX MONTHS IS FINE.

>> YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO PAY, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE

FIRST PAYMENT? >> SHE IS ASKING WHEN? THE FIRST PAYMENT. SHE WILL BE ORDER THAT YOU HAVE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO CONTINUE PAYING IT OFF.

WHAT THEY WOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT BY?

SEPTEMBER 1. >> OKAY, SEPTEMBER 1.

>> IF YOU DON'T PAY IT, IT GOES BACK TO THE $7668.63.

YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO PAY BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1, 2023.

GOOD LUCK. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WILL GO RIGHT TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO THE SAME PROPERTY 701 NORTH 19TH STREET AND WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE DEMOLITION LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, WE ARE REQUESTING A REHEARING BECAUSE WE DID NOT FOLLOW ALL OF OUR

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ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS THAT WE NEEDTO DO .

AS A PART OF A RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE ASKING YOU VACATE THE PRIOR ORDERS THAT YOU ISSUED. THE CITY INCURRED FEES FOR THE DEMOLITION WITH $3055 WITH A $100 ADMINISTRATION FEE.

INTEREST IS ACCUMULATED TO 4006 AND $23.84 WITH PENALTIES ACCUMULATING $725.68 PER THERE IS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING FEE OF $22. THE TOTAL DUE IS $9854.32.

THE APPLICANT HAS OFFERED TO PAY THE HARD COST OF 3055.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE HARD PARTS, ONE DOLLARS ADMINISTRATION FEE AND THE $250 HEARING FEE FOR A TOTAL OF

$4305. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS IS MAJOR, THERE WAS A BUILDING REQUIRED TO BE DEMOLISHED BY A CITY VENDOR DUE TO NO ACTION TAKEN BY THE PRIOR OWNER. THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOT CLEARING CASES ON THE PROPERTY AS STATED BEFORE AND IT WAS UNKNOWN THAT THERE WAS ANY EXTENUATING FACTORS FROM THE PRIOR OWNER.

>> WE ARE TAKING CARE THE VIOLATION.

>> THANK YOU TOMMY THAT WE WILL DO THAT AFTER.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, THANK YOU.

>> YOU ALL CAN SEE ANY EVIDENCE OR TESTIMONY THAT YOU WANT TO

PROVIDE. >> YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE $4305? YOU WILL MAKE THE SAME PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT MADE BEFORE CUSTOMER FIRST.

YOU 24 MONTHS TO PAY. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU SAID YOU WERE OKAY WITH THE 4003 TO $5 AND YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHAT YOU ARE OKAY WITH IT NOW? OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> THE ADMIN FEE IS FAIR IN MY OPINION.> UNDERSTOOD.

AGAIN, WITH BOTH. >> WE HAD YOUR EMAIL AND THE COMPUTER SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE. IT WILL BE FOR MS. JAN OR

CATHERINE. >> LIKE AT ALL THE PREVIOUS GENTLEEN, EVEN THOUGH YOU APPEAL BEFORE, SINCE DETER NEW HEARINGS YOU HAVE THE FILE THAT APPEAL IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THA

. >> OKAY,

>> WE OF ALL PEOPLE STILL HERE. >> WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO TELEPHONE ONE BUT IT WILL BE CONTINUED.

>> TO BE ON THE CALL THAT AND CONTINUE IT REAL QUICK?

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CASE 23 Ã 11 - - MOHAWK AVENUE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS MATTER BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE HEARING WHICH WILL BE INAUGUST .

>> OKAY, THAT WILL BE CONTINUED.

>> THE PARTIES WHO ARE NOT PRESENT, HOW WILL THEY BE

NOTIFIED? >> WE HAVE NOT DONE THOSE YET.

HOW MANY CASES DO WE HAVE LEFT? >> SIX?

>> DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREA ?

>> WE HAVE FIVE. >> IS EVERYBODY OKAY PUSHING

THROUGH? >> THEY WILL BE FAIRLY QUICK,

THAT ALL CITATIONS. >> WE CAN DO THOSE.

[C. 23-1221PK 600 North Indian River Drive David Barber Michael Rabenecker]

[02:40:03]

>> THE PERSONAL WE 23 Ã1221, 600.

INDIAN. >> THIS IS A CITATION APPEAL.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND RECENT SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

>> GOOD MORNING YOUR HONOR. OR AFTERNOON.

THE CASE BEFORE YOU IS CASE NUMBER 23 Ã22, PARKING VIOLATION THAT OCCURRED ATTHE 600 BLOCK OF NORTH INDIAN RIVER DRIVE . THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON MARCH 19, 2023, IT IS LIKE A CITATION APPEAL.

THE VIOLATOR IN THE CASE CAME BACK AS DAVID BARBER.

CITATION NUMBER IN HIS 19188, PARKING VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE 34 Ã30 1A. THE CITY IS ASKING $50 FINE BE ASSESSED AND THAT ADMINISTRATION FEE OF $10 FOR TOTAL

[D. 23-610PK Gulfstream Beach Access Cecile Fernandez Alex Fernandez Michael Rabenecker]

[E. 23-1022PK 100 Block North Depot Drive Pamela Denise Westfall Charmaine Kirkland]

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>> INCURRED ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS. >> THANK YOU YOUR HONOR.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> NEXT IS 23Ä022. 100 NORTH BLOCK DEPOT DRIVE.

PAMELA, DENISE, WESTFALL. >> WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON YOUR HONOR.

JERMAINE KIRKLAND ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

CASE NUMBER 23Ä022 IS A PARKING CITATION WAS ISSUED ON 100 BLOCK OF NORTH DEPOT DRIVE TO MS. PAMELA DENISE WESTFALL. CASE INITIATED APRIL 2023. CITATION 18842.

CLOSED SECTION 34Ö1 A PARKING FINE OF $50 AND IF HE OF $10 LATE FEE OF $18 TOTAL TO $78 PER THE CITY REQUEST A SPECIAL MATCH VALIDATED WILL EXIST AND WILL BE INDICATED ABOVE.

FAILURE TO PAY SUCH FIND WILL RESULT IN CITATION IN THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.

AND I DO HAVE PHOTOS THAT PREDICT THE DATE AND TIME OF THE VALIDATION.

>> AT THIS TIME, THE CITY MOVEMENT COMPOSITE CITY ONE PHOTOGRAPHS.

RECENTLY REPRESENTATIVE ON HER BEHALF. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTING A VIOLATION EXISTS AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION.

I WILL WAIVE THE $50 FINE AND A LATE FEE OF $18 FOR TOTAL DUE OF $78.

THIS AMOUNT IS PAYABLE WITHIN 14 DAYS. THE PARTY SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT FAILURE TO PAY AT THIS TIME COULD INDICATE AND FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM, WHERE SHE WILL INCUR ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

[A. 23-986 CE 709 Easter Ave Alyssa Reveal Isaac Saucedo]

>> WE HAVE ONE MORE? >> NEXT CASE MAGISTRATE CLARK. >> 10Å976 EASTER AVENUE.

ALYSSA REVEALED. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> OH, YES, AFTERNOON, SORRY. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS CASE NUMBER 23Å80 JUNE 7, 2009 EASTER AVENUE. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON APRIL 10 OF 2023. THE OWNER IS ALYSSA REVIEW. IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT.

SORRY. PMC 2.7 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. SUBSECTION 24Ä920 21 AND SUBSECTION 11. ALL TYPES OF STORAGE AND INDOOR FURNITURE.

SUBSECTION Ã31 SUBSECTION 12 FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AWARD TO REMOVE OR REPAIR THE FENCE FOR DETERIORATION HAD OCCURRED. REMOVE ALL INDOOR FURNITURE LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE CARPORT AND TO TRIM ALL OVERGROWN BUSHES AND TREES, AND SHRUBS AND GRASS. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS, THEY WILL BE GIVEN 10 DAYS OR A FINE OF $150 A DAY TO BE ASSESSED.

WE HAVE PHOTOS HERE. >> TODAY FAIL TO ACCURATELY DETECT THE OBSERVATIONS AS YOU

DEPICT THEM? >> YES. >> THE CITY WILL MOVE THOSE

COMPOSITE EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> FOR ME, NO, NOT AT THE TIME. >> I FIND THAT THEY REVEAL IS NOT ÃÃTHE REVEAL IS NOT PRESENT. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE ON HER BEHALF.

WE FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND SHE IS IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION.

I WILL GIVE HER 10 DAYS TO COMPLY OR HUNDRED AND $50 PER DAY.

AND ASSOCIATES. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >> 90.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> THE NEXT CASE IS 22Ö321. 301 NORTH 30TH STREET.

[B. 22-3321 CE 301 N 30th Street Douglas Knight Heather Debevec]

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DOUGLAS NIGHT. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THIS IS 22Ö321.

301 NORTH 30TH STREET, DOUGLAS MAINE. CASE WAS ADMINISTERED ON DECEMBER 9 OF LAST YEAR. FOR I PMC 3.02 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT WAS REQUESTED THAT PAINT THE TRIM OR PEELING DISCOLORED AROUND THE HOME. PAINT THE BARE WOOD OF THE SHED. POWER WASH THE SIDE OF THE HOME WHERE IT'S DISCOLORED BUT IF THAT DOES NOT WORK, THEN PAINT. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THEY WILL BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO COMPLY OR HUNDRED AND $30 PER DAY TO BE ASSESSED.

I PHOTOS IN WHICH TO SUBMIT TO THE ACCURATELY DEPICT ON WHAT I SAW ON THAT DATE.

THEY ARE DATED AND TIME STAMPED. THE ONLY THING ON THIS LIST THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN COMPLETED IS THE WATCHING OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT'S DISCOLORED. IN THE UPDATED PHOTOS TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU WILL SEE THAT HE HAS DONE SOME PAINTING BACK THERE. BUT THE SHED HAS NOT BEEN

TOUCHED. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE THE PHOTOS TO COMPOSITE

CITY ONE. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> AS HE TAKING CARE OF ANY OF THE VIOLATIONS? >> HE HAS DONE SOME PAINTING.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS Ã ÃFROM JUNE 13 ÃÃHE'S PAINTED A PORTION OF THE HOUSE.

HE IS PRESSURE WASHED THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT'S DISCOLORED.

BUT THE SHED HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED. >> ALL RIGHT.

DOUGLAS NIGHT IS NOT PRESENT. NEITHER IS REPRESENTATIVE ON HIS BEHALF.

HOWEVER BASED ON TESTIMONY, WE RAN OUT OF TIME IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS.

301 NORTH 30TH STREET IS IN PART RESPONSE WILL FOR THE VIOLATION.

I WILL GIVE HIM 30 DAYS TO COMPLY OR FIND OF $150 PER DAY AND HE HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

>> THANK YOU YOUR HONOR. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> ARE WE DONE?

>> ARE WE DONE? [LAUGHTER]

YES. >> NOTICE, WE DO YOU NEED TO DO NOTICE NOW.

YES. >> HOW WHERE THEY NOTIFIED? >> OUR CASE IS REQUIRING A HEARING PER STATE STATUTE 162. 12. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR CERTIFIED MAIL. THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED AND SIGNED, IT'S PLACED IN THE FILE.F THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED UNSIGNED OR UNCLAIMED, AN AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING ENCLOSED IS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR REGULAR U.S. MAIL.

10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING, NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD.

SORRY. AND CITY HALL. A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WITH AN AFFIDAVIT POSTING. IF IT'S NOT REPORTED TO THE ENCODING DEPARTMENT 30 DAYS WITHIN THE HEARING, IT'S COMPLETED IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE CARD WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. NOTE MAILING OF THE NOTICE AND HEARING ARE HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER STATED PRIOR. THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED UNSIGNED OR UNCLAIMED OR RETURN 10 DAYS WITHIN HEARING, NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN CITY

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