Nov 19, 2019 Special Magistrate Hearing

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>>FRAN ROSS: GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT YOU WERE IN VIOLATION OF A CODE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MATTER BEFORE THE COURT.

YOU MAY BE HERE BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED A CITATION REGARDING LICENSING.

BUT HOWEVER, WE WILL CALL YOUR CASES SHORTLY. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN YOUR IS TELEVISED. SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT, YOU ARE ON LOCAL TV. NOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE STAND WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WITH THE CODE OFFICERS, BUILDING OFFICIALS COME FORWARD AND BE SWORN.

>>CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

[F. 19-2074 3207 Avenue D We Brothers Enterprise Inc. Kevin Grant]

>>FRAN ROSS: MADAME CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY CALL THE FIRST CASE FIRST CASE IS CASE NO.: 19-Ã2074, 3207 AVENUE D. THE OWNER IS WE BROTHERS ENTERPRISE INC.

>>MALE SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KEVIN GRANT.

I'M A BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I'M HERE TODAY FOR 3207 AVENUE D. THE INVESTIGATION WAS COMMENCED FOR WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT PERMITS. CASE NO.: 19-2074. , 32 SEVEN AVENUE D. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON AUGUST 5, 2019. THE OWNERS ARE WE BROTHERS ENTERPRISE INC. AND THEIR ADDRESS IS 8480 MANNA OR ROAD PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA 33418.

VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5 ÃONE POINT 5 Ã1.105.1.

PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR WORK -- PERMITS ARE REQUIRED. CORRECTIVE ACTION, OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR BUILDING OF THE CARPORT, METAL STRUCTURE WITH METAL ROOF AND ROLLUP GARAGE DOOR. WITH STRUCTURAL FRAMING AND BERRIES PART OF THE BUILDING.

NEW ELECTRICAL PANELS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL WORK. AND INSTALLED MECHANICAL APPLIANCES AND ALL OTHER WORK DONE WITHOUT PERMITS.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATIONS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT; OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS, UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED; COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS; AND, YOUR ALL OTHER COLLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY THE ASSESSED.

>>FRAN ROSS: ANYTHING FURTHER? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT WERE PUT ON THIS PROPERTY AND IT WAS NOT LISTED AS THAT ON OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION. AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES FOR VIEW IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM.

>>FRAN ROSS: HAVE YOU SEEN THEM, CITY ATTORNEY. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I HAVE NOT.

>>MALE SPEAKER: FOR THE RECORD, THE RESPONDENT IS PRESENT THIS MORNING AND HAS REVIEWED THE

PHOTOS PRIOR TO THIS HEARING. >>FRAN ROSS: HE'S HERE? >>MALE SPEAKER: YEAH.

HE IS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: SPECIAL

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PHOTOGRAPH THEREIN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SO ADMITTED.

THE PICTURES OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS, ARE THEY IN HERE? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WILL ALLOW THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS TO BE COVERED UNDER THE

CORRECTION AND ALL OTHER WORKS DONE WITHOUT PERMITS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING

FURTHER. >>MALE SPEAKER: AN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HEAR FROM WE BROTHERS ENTERPRISES. WITH THAT PERSON PLEASE COME FORWARD? STATE YOUR NAME, SIR, FOR THE RECORD.

>>MALE SPEAKER: MY NAME IS ROLAND DAWSONVILLE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO

YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS? >>MALE SPEAKER: I'M FROM GEORGIA AND I'M AN ASSOCIATE CONTRACTOR. I'M WORTHY TO PULL THE PERMIT TODAY.

I'M WAITING FOR MY JUDGMENT TO BRING THE LETTER. SO I REQUEST IF WE COULD HAVE

60 DAYS TO GET ALL THE PROCESS DONE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

ANYTHING FURTHER? >>MALE SPEAKER: THAT'S IT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU BEEN

HERE BEFORE? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU THE GENTLEMAN WHO HELPED OUT SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED HELP AND YOU DID THE WORK VOLUNTARILY?

>>MALE SPEAKER: MIL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DID THAT TURN OUT?

>>MALE SPEAKER: EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. I JUST REMEMBER THAT THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO BE NO FURTHER EVIDENCE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I DO NOT BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN SWORN JUST IN CASE HE'S GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO INQUIRE AS TO THE STATUS POSITION -- >>MALE SPEAKER: STAFF IS

AGREEABLE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. SWEAR HIM IN.

>>CLERK: RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU GAVE OR

ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE I FIND THE VIOLATION EXISTS AT 30'S -- 3207 AVENUE D AND THAT WE BROTHERS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION.

THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY MR. ROLAND DORS AND BILL. I WILL GIVE THEM 30 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AND APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN ORDER NOT REQUIRING THE PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. THANK YOU.

>>MALE SPEAKER: JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT WAS 60 DAYS, CORRECT?

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DID I SAY 60? BEFORE YOU SAID 30.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. >>MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. ALL RIGHT. SECOND CASE WILL BE 5H CASE

[H. 19-2386 1604 N 18th Street Randolph, Tommie & Curtis (Sr.) Paul Julin]

>>MALE SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILL. AND FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW MR. RANDOLPH WE PRACTICE HERE AND IN THE SAME COURTROOM FREQUENTLY.

AND THAT WILL NOT AFFECT MY DECISION HERE. >>MALE SPEAKER: WE RECEIVED A NOTICE ON IT AND WE ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS THAT I SEE THAT ARE HERE. WE WILL NEED 60 DAYS AND WE MAY NEED AN EXTENSION, BUT WE WILL

START OUT WITH THE 60 DAYS. ANYTHING FURTHER? >>MALE SPEAKER: I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SINCE -- SINCE THIS IS -- THIS IS NEW TO ME AS FAR

AS THE TRANSITION. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN AGREE THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION AND THEN I'LL RAKE -- MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION .

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: I TOOK IT TO ME NOT CONTESTING THE ALLEGATIONS I WANT TO INQUIRE AS TO STAFF WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED AS FAR AS THE

TIMEFRAME? >>MALE SPEAKER: STAFF STIPULATES TO THE TIMEFRAME.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN BASED ON THE STIPULATION

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COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

[A. 19-798 1305 Avenue E 10425-27 SW 177TH ST LLC Shaun Coss/GC]

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. NEXT CASES 5A CASE NO.: 19-7 -- Ã798.

THE OWNER IS 10425-27 SW. 177TH STREET LLC. >>MALE SPEAKER: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OVER THIS CASE INTO THE RECORD. THE CASE WAS INITIATED -- IS NO LONGER AN INSPECTOR. WE HAVE RESPONDED PRESENT AS WELL.

THIS IS CASE 19 Ã798-4130 FIVE AVENUE E. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY 10425 Ã27 SW. 1/77 STREET LLC. 218 POND WAY SECOND FLOOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK 10303.

THE REGISTERED AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY IS VANESSA APPOLON. THIS WAS -- IT STARTED AS A TENANT COMPLAINT. THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY WERE FIVE Ã1.105 1.1 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING REPAIRS. THAT PERMIT WAS ISSUED. THE VIOLATION IS BEING PRESENTED FOR REVIEW AND DETERMINATION. THE OTHER VIOLATION IS THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 504.1 PLUMBING FIXTURES.

SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE CASE WAS INITIATED FOR -- IS A LEAKING PLUMBING.

THE TENANT -- THE INTENT OF THE PERMIT WAS TO CORRECT THE LEAKING PLUMBING.

WE DID HAVE A PLUMBER WHO CAME IN AND PULLED THE PERMIT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS, SINCE IT IS A RENTAL PROPERTY. WHEN THE PLUMBING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR FOUND THAT THE PIPING WAS NOT INSTALLED TO CODE.

SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS TO VERIFY THAT THE ISSUE HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THE PLUMBER HAS CONTACTED OUR OFFICE INDICATING THAT HE -- THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AS TO CHANGING THE CONTRACT AND ADDITIONAL MONIES TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AT HAND.

IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THE PITCH OF THE PIPE IS WRONG. THE PIPE IS NOT GOING DOWNWARD.

SO THE PLUMBING IS NEVER GOING TO DRAIN EFFICIENTLY WITHOUT REDOING THE ENTIRE SANITARY DRAINING SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT SPOKE TO THE OWNER MYSELF.

BUT HEARING FROM THE PLUMBER, HE HAS INDICATED THAT IT IS A FINANCIAL ISSUE.

DISREGARD OF THE ORDINANCES. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE

MAKING A RECOMMENDATION. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, STATE YOUR NAME AND BE SWORN?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: VANESSA APPOLON. >>CLERK: DO SWEAR THAT THE

TESTIMONY YOU GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO

YOU RESPOND? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WHEN I RECEIVED THE VIOLATION I HIRED THE PLUMBER. I SPOKE WITH A LADY. PART OF ME.

HER NAME IS MISS KAREN WILSON. THE AGREEMENT WAS TO PAY $500 FOR THE PERMIT, WHICH I DID.

AND THEN SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME GIVING ME A PROPOSAL FOR WHATEVER WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

THE NEXT CALL I GOT FROM HER WAS A CALL THAT SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD ALREADY DID THE JOB AND I/O HER ÃAND I/O HER 1070 -- $74.60. AT WHICH POINT, I WAS LIKE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I CAN'T -- YOU NEVER GAVE ME A PROPOSAL.

LONG STORY SHORT, I WAS BASICALLY FORCED TO PAY HER THE THOUSAND DOLLARS WHERE SHE SAID THE INSPECTION SHE SCHEDULED THE NEXT DAY WOULD NOT BE DONE. SO FOR PIECE OF MINE AGREED TO GIVE HER THE MONEY.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE FAILED INSPECTION. EVEN AFTER SHE FAILED THE INSPECTION, SHE TRIED TO BLAME IT ON ME. IT WASN'T HER FAULT.

UNTIL I CAME TO THE CITY AND FOUND OUT THE MAIN REASON OF THE FIELD INSPECTION.

AND AT WHICH POINT, I CONTACTED HER AND LET HER KNOW. SO SHE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT -- AND REQUESTED MORE MONEY. OKAY? WE -- SHE DID NOT MENTION THE AMOUNT. I SAID NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANY MORE MONEY. AT WHICH POINT SHE SAID SHE WILL RETURN THE PERMIT AND

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I EMAILED HER MANY TIMES, OKAY. THE ONLY REPLY IS A COPY OF THE EMAIL THAT I SENT HER.

BECAUSE I TRIED TO GO TO HER OFFICE. SHE HAS AN ADDRESS ON MIDWAY, I BELIEVE. WHEN I GO THERE, WHEN I WENT THERE IT WAS LIKE A -- AND ABANDONED TRAILER. I HAVE A VIDEO OF IT AND EVERYTHING.

I WOULD NOT EVEN BELIEVE THAT WAS THE PLACE UNTIL I SAW THE PLATE ON THE FLOOR STATING DISPATCHING PLUMBING.

THE POINT IS, I GOT VICTIMIZED. AND I KNOW IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY I WILL REQUEST THE CODE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND GIVE ME MORE TIME SO I CAN HIRE A PLUMBER.

TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING

FURTHER? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I HAVE A -- WELL, LIKE I SPECIFY, I TOLD HER, THE WORK WAS DONE -- ABOVEGROUND WHEN SHE -- WHEN SHE WAS HIRED -- SO SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE DID THE PLUMBING ACCORDING. I HAVE A RECEIPT.

SHE PUT DOWN INSTALLED NEW SEWER LINE, CLEANED OUT THE VENT -- WHATEVER SHE PUT.

SO SHE BASICALLY TOOK CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS HER RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE I PAID HER TO BRING UP TO CODE.

SO, AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT THINK I'M GOING TO GET ANYTHING BACK FROM HER, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY ASK THE CITY TO ALLOW ME MORE TIME TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? >>MALE SPEAKER: MISS APPOLON,

HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU REQUESTING? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: BEING THAT I'M NOT FROM HERE FOR ALMOST 3 MONTHS ALREADY AND I SEE HOW THINGS RUN SLOW.

I WOULD REQUEST THE MAXIMUM, BUT I PROMISE YOU, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BE SOLVED. OKAY. ASAP.

I HAD CONTACTED ANOTHER PLUMBER AND THERE WAS SOME ISSUE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HE DID WANT TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO CREATE ANY ENEMIES JUST IN CASE I WAS TO TAKE FITZPATRICK TO COURT. HE DID NOT WANT TO TESTIFY AGAINST IT.

ALL THESE TYPE ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO RUN INTO.

SO THAT IS WHY I WOULD JUST WANT TO COME BACK HERE SO WOULD BE PRESENT AT THE COURT WOULD ALLOW ME THE MAXIMUM TIME BUT I PROMISE YOU, YOUR HONOR, I WILL TRY MY VERY BEST, OKAY, TO GET

THIS ISSUE SOLVED. ASAP. >>MALE SPEAKER: MISS APPOLON,

WITH 60 DAYS PROVIDE YOU SUFFICIENT TIME? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I BELIEVE SO.

DEFINITELY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO ONE ISSUE AT A TIME. WITH REGARDS TO SECTION 5-1.105.1, PERMIT REQUIRED. I'LL DO A REVIEW AND DETERMINATION THAT A VIOLATION EXISTED, BUT HAS BEEN CURED AS OF TODAY'S DATE. WITH REGARD TO THE REMAINING VIOLATION, I'LL DO BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

I WILL GIVE YOU 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU A LITTLE MORE AFTER I'M DONE READING THIS. 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.

OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE

ASSESSED --'S IS TO 100? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ONCE YOU GET THE PERMIT YOU HAVE 180 DAYS TO COME INTO FULL COMPLIANCE.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THAT'S GREAT. IF HER PLUMBER OBTAINS A NEW PERMIT, THE PERMIT THAT FITZPATRICK PLUMBING CURRENTLY HAS IS STILL VALID. THE PLUMBER HAVE AN OPTION TO DO A CHANGE OF CONTRACT AND SUBMIT A REVISION TO THAT PERMIT.

BUT THE ORIGINAL EXPIRATION DATE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME WITH THAT PERMIT.

THAT WOULD SAVE YOU MONEY FOR PERMITTING FEES. OR THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION OF OBTAINING A NEW PERMIT, WHICH WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING PERMIT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE YOU

180 DAYS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: CAN I SAY SOMETHING? MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN ORDER FOR ME TO DO A CHANGE OF CONTRACTOR I MUST BE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PLUMBER, THE ORIGINAL PLUMBER, BECAUSE I BELIEVE I HAD TO SEND HER A LETTER, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. SO IF THAT IS CORRECT, I HAVE NO WAY OF CONTACTING THE OTHER

PLUMBER. SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER ISSUE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT. BUT IF YOU GET WITH STAFF, THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOME GUIDANCE ON

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HOW YOU CAN GET THAT DONE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BECAUSE YOU DID COMPLY ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS. SO THAT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE

MAKING -- YOU HAVE INTENTIONS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YOU SAID I

DID COMPLY WITH ONE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. THE PERMIT REQUIRED.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: THE OTHER VIOLATION? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IT'S AKIN TO IT. IT'S THE PLUMBING FIXTURES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S

HERE BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL THIS MORNING. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: OKAY.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU MADE PROGRESS. YOU MADE PROGRESS AND I'M

TAKING NOTE OF THAT. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>>MALE SPEAKER: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GET WITH BUILDING AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU

SOME GUIDANCE HERE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. NEXT CASES 5B CASE NO.: 19-1476, IT'S 2801 AND 2803

[B. 19-1476 2801 & 2803 Citrus Ave Hatfield, James Shaun Coss/GC]

CITRUS AVENUE. THE OWNER IS JAMES HATFIELD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD

MORNING. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING. >>MALE SPEAKER: BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS CASES WAS INITIATED BY THE INSPECTOR. THE BULK OF THE ISSUES WERE INTERIOR VIOLATIONS. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO INSPECT THIS PROPERTY.

I SEE THAT THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THIS MORNING AND I'M ASSUMING ON BEHALF OF MR. HATFIELD. OKAY. I HAVE NOT MET THIS PROPERTY MANAGER WHICH MIGHT BE NEW SO STAFF WILL BE AGREEABLE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO ALLOW FOR

AN INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT

HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME. >>CLERK: YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTAMENT THAT YOU

GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND YOUR

RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I AM A PROPERTY MANAGER AND A PERSONAL

ASSISTANT TO JAMES HATFIELD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. SO ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE THE CASE SO YOU CAN -- THEY CAN GO WOULD LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM.. THERE WAS A CAR THAT WAS WORKING FOR US THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CODE VIOLATIONS THAT UP AND QUIT AND DID NOT LEAVE ME OR ANYONE ELSE ON GUIDANCE ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OR HASN'T BEEN DONE. SO, I WAS -- I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE WE STAND. I KNOW SHE GOT HER ROOF PERMIT AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I'M NOT 100 PERCENT SURE I WOULD LIKE AN EXTENSION TO TRY

AND HANDLE IT MYSELF. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 30 DAYS AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET WITH THE CITY AND KNOW WHERE YOU NEED TO GO AND DO WHAT HAS OR HAS NOT BEEN DONE. THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY?

>>MALE SPEAKER: YES. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THAT'S CASE NO.: 19 Ã2085.

THAT'S A 5G BY THE WAY. THE ADDRESS IS 211 AVENUE A ALSO OWNED BY JAMES HATFIELD.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: FOR THE RECORD, STATE YOUR NAME. >> LEON.

>> AND MS. LEONE, OR YOU MAY, >>FEMALE SPEAKER: ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY IS THAT THE

SAME SITUATION WITH THIS ONE? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE WILL

CONTINUE THIS FOR 60 DAYS. >>MALE SPEAKER: I BELIEVE THE INSPECTOR WAS PAUL JOY -- AND I BELIEVE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY. BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RECORD, MS. LEONE, ARE YOU CONTESTING THAT THIS VIOLATION EXISTS?

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GO AHEAD, MR. JULIAN. >>MALE SPEAKER: CAN YOU TELL ME

THE CASE NO.: AGAIN? >>MALE SPEAKER: 19 Ã0852 11 AVENUE A.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IT'S 5G IF YOU HAVE THE PACKET. >>MALE SPEAKER: IS HERE

SOMEWHERE. GO AHEAD AND READ IT IN? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES.

>>MALE SPEAKER: EXCUSE ME. CASE NO.: 19-2085. ADDRESS IS 211 AVENUE A. THE HATFIELD/JAMES. THE CASE INDICATION WAS FOR INITIATION I SHOULD SAY AUGUST 5 AUGUST 5, 2019. THE VIOLATIONS ARE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE AND OVERHANGING

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ASSESSED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND WE WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR ANOTHER 60 DAYS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BASED ON YOUR PREVIOUS TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAD OTHER PROPERTIES. THE PROPERTY MANAGER LEFT AND YOU WERE LEFT OUT IN THE DARK.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: OF THIS 21 -- SPECIAL MAGISTRATE YOU CONTINUE THE FIRST CASE 30 DAYS WAS IT YOUR INTENTION TO HAVE THEM RUN TOGETHER.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. LET'S DO 30 DAYS ON THE CONTINUANCE TO SEE WHERE YOU

ARE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT WE

WILL KEEP THEM TOGETHER ON THE SAME DOCKET. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

[I. 19-2527 610 N 14th Street Torres, Ignacio Shaun Coss/GC]

TORRES IS THE OWNER. >>MALE SPEAKER: JUST ONE SECOND, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

EXCUSE ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS CASE NO.: 19 -2527.

IN FORT PIERCE FLORIDA. THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY ARE FIVE Ã1.150.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. THE MAINTENANCE CODE 304.13, WINDOWS DOORS AND FRAMES.

304.13.1 304.14 SCREENS, 506.2 SANITARY DRAINAGE. 605.1 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

605.3 LUMINAIRES. 704.6.1 SMOKE ALARMS. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE YOU MAY RECALL THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY MR. TORRES WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN ORDER DETERMINE VIOLATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO MR. TORRES. DURING THE TENURE OF THE CASE, THIS PROPERTY WAS FORECLOSED ON. THE OWNERSHIP REVERTED BACK TO THE MORTGAGE HOLDER WHO IS MR. JACK AREAS. A NEW CASE WAS INITIATED AGAINST MR. JACK AREAS AND AT THIS TIME, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED BACK TO MR. TORRES.

SO THIS IS A HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE TO KEEP AND ENTER AN ORDER AGAIN AGAINST MR. TORRES PROVIDING A NEW TIMEFRAME TO COMPLY. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING IF MR. TORRES HAS MADE ANY PROGRESS IN CURING THESE VIOLATIONS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MR. TORRES, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

>>CLERK: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >>MALE SPEAKER: YGNACIO TORRES.

>>CLERK: DUES WHERE THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>>MALE SPEAKER: YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THE PROPERTY IS YOURS AGAIN?

>>MALE SPEAKER: YES. AND I HAVE DONE SOME THINGS, BUT I'VE KIND OF HAD A LITTLE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, BUT AM GOING TO GET SOME MONEY COMING IN.

SO I CAN PAY -- PAY SOMEBODY TO DO THE WORK. SOMEBODY WITH A LICENSE.

THAT'S MY HOLDUP BECAUSE THE MONEY I HAD I GAVE IT TO MR. AREAS SO I CAN GET THE PROPERTY BECAUSE HE TOLD ME HE HAD GIVEN HIM THE REST OF HIS MONEY JUST OF THE PROPERTY.

SO I'M IN A LITTLE FINANCIAL BIND, BUT I SHOULD BE -- >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW MUCH

TIME DO YOU NEED? >>MALE SPEAKER: IF YOU PROVIDE ME 60 DAYS I SHOULD GET THE MONEY WITHIN 20 TO 30 DAYS AND I CAN GET ROLLING TO GET THE PERMIT AND HAVE THE MONEY TO

PAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >>MALE SPEAKER: TO PAY THE

PEOPLE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?

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>>MALE SPEAKER: STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO 60 DAYS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION DOES EXIST AND THAT YGNACIO TORRES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. I'LL GIVE YOU 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME.

GOOD LUCK. >>MALE SPEAKER: YOU, TOO, SIR. >>CLERK: LAST ON THE AGENDA IS

[4. PUBLIC HEARINGS - CITATIONS]

THE ADDRESS WAS 1815 S. 28TH STREET. AND IT'S ELIZABETH BRUIZUELA,

JJ P.M. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GO AHEAD. >>MALE SPEAKER: THIS CASE IS 19-2493. THE ADDRESS IS 1815 S. 28TH STREET.

THAT'S CORRECT? OKAY. ELIZABETH BRUIZUELA.

JGB M. THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019. THE VIOLATION IS UNLICENSED CONTRACTOR AND THE CITATION IS 335 AND THE CODE SECTION 5 Ã53 (A) (SIX) UNLICENSED

CONTRACTOR. >>MALE SPEAKER: WE HAVE ANOTHER PARTY THAT IS PRESENT.

I'M LEARNING THERE IS A LANGUAGE BARRIER SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIND AN INTERPRETER.

YOU MAY WANT TO HOLD THIS CASE MATERIALLY? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WILL.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MS. BRUIZUELA, IF YOU WOULD JUST BEAR WITH US FOR A FEW MINUTES

UNTIL WE FIND AN INTERPRETER. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE WILL GO OFF THE RECORD FOR THE TIME

BEING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE,

OR YOU CAN STAND. >>MALE SPEAKER: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WOULD YOU LIKE TO

[C. 19-1671 702 (700) S 25th Street Garcia, Herlindo & Maria Paul Julin]

PROCEED WITH THE CASES WHERE THE PARTIES ARE NOT PRESENT? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE CAN DO

THAT. WE WILL GO BACK ON THE RECORD. >>CLERK: CASE IS NOT PRESENT ARE 5C 19-1671 702 AND 700 S. 25TH STREET. IN THE OWNERS OR THE GARCIA'S.

[D. 19-1764 1008 Bell Ave 1008 Bell Ave LLC Shaun Coss/GC]

LETTER FIVE -- NUMBER 5D. 19-1764, 1008 BELL AVENUE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I'M SORRY TO

INTERRUPT GO AHEAD. OWNER IS 1008 BELL AVENUE LLC. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MIGHT HAVE US MOVE THINGS ALONG IF YOU LET ME INQUIRE OF STAFF, JUST TO.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTIME YOU WANT, COUNCILL. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: DID YOU WORK

ON THE CASE? >>MALE SPEAKER: CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH CASE.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: 19-1671, IT'S GOING TO BE 5 C ON THIS MORNING'S AGENDA.

>>MALE SPEAKER: I SEE. OKAY. OKAY.

I'M PUSHING SOME STUFF AROUND THE MAP IN OUR TIME -- 5C. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES.

WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO THAT CASE? I'M GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTION JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION.

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. THIS IS FOR 5 C ADDRESS IS 702. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: 72 S. 25TH

STREET CORRECT. >>MALE SPEAKER: YES. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WERE YOU

ASSIGNED TO THAT. >>MALE SPEAKER: YES BEFORE CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WAS THE

VIOLATION YOU OBSERVED? >>MALE SPEAKER: -- BEFORE REQUEST -- OR BEFORE I RESPOND TO THAT, SO, THE -- IT WAS REPAIRS AND REPLACED THE HOOD AT A BUSINESS.

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PEVALUATION FOR REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT INSTALLED. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: FOR THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH WAS THE PERMIT REQUIRED, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLIED WITH, RIGHT?

>>MALE SPEAKER: >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WE ARE REQUESTING AN R&D.

>>MALE SPEAKER: I BELIEVE SO. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THE FIRST ITEM IS STILL OUTSTANDING,

STILL HAS NOT BEEN CURED OR CORRECTED? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: >>FEMALE SPEAKER: DO YOU HAVE ANY PICTURES?

>>MALE SPEAKER: I DO. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: IN THE ABSENCE OF A RESPONDENT WE WOULD ASKED TO SUBMIT THE PHOTOGRAPHS AS CITIES ONE COMPOSITE.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I KNOW THERE

ARE SEPARATELY LABELED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ADMITTED. YOU MAY CONTINUE,

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS?

NO? >>MALE SPEAKER: I DON'T THINK SO.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN WITH REGARDS TO CASE NO.: 19-1671 WITH REGARDS TO SECTION I PMC 6301 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTED WITH REGARD TO SECTION 5 Ã1.1051, I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT HER LINDA AND MARIA GARCIA ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. I'LL GIVE THEM 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT REQUIRE AN EXPRESSION AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS AND COMPLY WITH PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OR BE FINED $100 PER DAY. AND THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO

APPEAL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NEXT CASE.

THIS PAST FRIDAY. WE HAVE REACHED A VERBAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THIS VIOLATION. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROPERTY ONLY IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING TODAY. WE HAVE STIPULATED THAT THE VIOLATION BE GIVEN 90 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED.

AND COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A FIRE WATCH AS REQUIRED BY THE ST. LUCIE FIRE DISTRICT OR A

FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING

FURTHER? >>MALE SPEAKER: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I FIND A VIOLATION EXISTS AT 1008 BELL AVENUE AND THAT 1008 BELL AVENUE LLC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. BASED ON THE REPRESENTATIONS PAID BY MR. COSTS I'LL GIVE THEM 90 DAYS TO COMPLY COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDES

MAINTAINING A FIRE WATCH SPEECH TO THAT'S CORRECT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND CURE OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER

DAY BE ASSESSED SPEECH YOU THINK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: 30 DAYS

TO APPEAL. >>SHAUN COSS: THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE

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WELCOME. AND THAT'S IT? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE HAVE

AN INTERPRETER PRESENT? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: MA'AM, THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THAT PARTICULAR INTERPRETER. YOU MIGHT KNOW SOME OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED SO YOU'RE

TRYING TO GET A NEUTRAL PARTY TO INTERPRET. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THEN WE

CAN -- IS OR >>FEMALE SPEAKER: IS A CASE CONCERNING ADDRESS 1815 S. 28TH STREET AND THE PERSON CITED WAS ELIZABETH BRUIZUELA WITH JGB M.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. JULIN. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I BELIEVE MR. COSTS IS GOING TO -- MR. COSS IS GOING TO. WOULD YOU LIKE MS. BRUIZUELA

SWORN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. ALSO THE INTERPRETER AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT NEEDS HELP WOULD YOU SIT NEXT TO HER SO SHE CAN INTERPRET, PLEASE?

LET'S HAVE THE INTERPRETER BE SWORN FIRST. >>CLERK:

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: CATHERINE

CAULDRON. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: PULLED OUT MY DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, MADAME CLERK. >>CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL ACCURATELY TRANSLATE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTO THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

AND SIR, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND BE SWORN. NOW CATHERINE YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM WHAT I SAID. WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND BE SWORN.

>>CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUT

. >>MALE SPEAKER: YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: JUST TO

CLARIFY, YOU UNDERSTAND SOME ENGLISH? >>MALE SPEAKER: YES.

I SPEAK A LOT OF ENGLISH, IT'S JUST NOT FLUENT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

SO CATHERINE, YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE WORD FOR WORD. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: HE SAYS HE

SPEAKS SOME ENGLISH. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HAVE TO SAY I SPEAK SOME ENGLISH

BEFORE I SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT IT IS NOT FLUID. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO ALWAYS HAVE TO DO FIRST PERSON.

OKAY. ANYTHING? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I THINK THE PARTIES HAVE BEEN SWORN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MS. BRUIZUELA BECAUSE SHE'S THE RESPONDENT HER NAME IS ON THE PAPERWORK. IF YOU'D LIKE TO EVER SWORN

THAT WE CAN PROCEED? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU. >>CLERK: STATE YOUR NAME FOR

THE RECORD. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: ELIZABETH BRUIZUELA.

>>CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: CATHERINE YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY TO HIM. IF HE INDICATES ANY TIME AT ALL THAT HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, LET ME KNOW SOMETHING. AND I WILL CLARIFY FOR HIM.

OKAY. PROCEED. >>MALE SPEAKER: THIS IS CASE NO.: 19-2493. ALL THE INFORMATION ON WRITING IS ON THE SCREEN UP THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG. THE LOCATION OF THE VIOLATION IS 1815 S. 28TH STREET.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THE RESPONDENT IS ELIZABETH TRUELA OF JGB M. J BM.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THIS CASE WAS INITIATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 UPON RECEIPT OF A CONTRACTOR COMPLAINT FROM MR. REYES. MR. REYES INDICATED THAT HE HIRED JJBM TO INSTALL NEW

WINDOWS AND DOORS AT HIS CURRENT HOUSE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HAVE

TO INTERPRET WHAT HE SAID HE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: HE SAID THAT SHE WAS CONFIRMING THAT THAT

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>>MALE SPEAKER: THE BUILDING INSPECTION DID NOT PASS SO MR. REYES CONTACTED THEM TO FIX THE

PROBLEMS. >>MALE SPEAKER: MR. REYES CONTACTED THE CONTRACTOR, JJBM.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: I'M SORRY. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE -- >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON.

YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK. LET HIM FINISH. >>MALE SPEAKER: MR. REYES ADVISED US IN A SUPPORT AFFIDAVIT THAT HE CALLED THREE TIMES AND THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THIS DAY, WHICH WAS SEPTEMBER 12, 2019, THEY DID NOT COME BACK TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AS YOU MAY RECALL THIS CASE CAME BEFORE YOU AND THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHO ACTUALLY DID THE WORK. THE RESPONDENT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD ALLOWED A FRIEND TO USE HER COMPANY'S NAME IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A DISCOUNT AT HOME DEPOT FOR THE SUPPLIES. IN SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, YOU CONTINUED THIS CASE TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER AND COMPLAINANT TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.

THE ALLEGED VIOLATION IS FIVE Ã 53 -- THIS IS A FIRST OFFENSE WITH A $500 FINE.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET HER TRANSLATE PART OF THAT. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WHAT SHE SAYING IS THAT THE HOME DEPOT PURCHASED -- WAS PURCHASED BY SOMEONE ELSE, ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ. AND THAT HE WAS THE ONE THAT INSTALLS OR DID THE WORK ON THIS PROPERTY, NOT THE ACTUAL COMPANY. SO I'M GOING TO TELL HER THAT

THERE IS A FINE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: SPECIAL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: CAN I JUST -- JUST SO THAT WE HAVE ORDERED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: I WOULD ASK THAT THE CITY BE PERMITTED TO COMPLETE ITS PRESENTATION AND THEN GIVE MS. BRUIZUELA A CHANCE TO SAY WHATEVER SHE WANTS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING SHE'S FLUENT IN ENGLISH. SHE SPOKEN IN ENGLISH BEFORE.

I WOULD ASK THAT SHE SPEAK IN ENGLISH TODAY SO WE ARE GOING TO GO ONE AT A TIME AND WERE GOING TO GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

SO I THINK THAT THE ISSUE NOW IS REALLY TO INQUIRE OF MR. REYES WHAT HAPPENED AND WHO WE HIRED. SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. IT'S REALLY JUST A FACTUAL ISSUE.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON. SHE'S GOT TO INTERPRET ALL OF THIS.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: MIL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET HER FINISH AND THEN WE WILL TALK,

OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HAS HE BEEN SWORN?

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET'S DO ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME. SO HE SAID I'VE ONLY SPOKEN TO JOSC) BRUIZUELA AND THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON I SPOKE TO. THE PEOPLE I ONLY TALKING CONTRACT WAS JOSC) BRUIZUELA AN I TOLD HIM CAN I SPEAK WITH ANTONIO? BUT HE NEVER TOLD ME THAT HE WAS THERE EVER ONE OR THE ONE OF THE COMPANY.

OKAY? SO, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT FOR ME, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT HE NEVER SHOW UP WHEN -- WAS THE NAME -- THE INSPECTOR -- BILL.

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AND HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY EX WIFE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT AM I GETTING MY HOUSE, SHE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT. SO -- I CALLED BACK JOSC) ABOUT THE INSPECTION AND ALL THAT AND HE SAY I'M GOING TO BE THERE TOMORROW. HE NEVER SHOWED UP.

SO I CALLED TWO TIMES MORE. HE NEVER SHOW UP. SO I -- I STARTED DOING BY MYSELF. OKAY? AND I WAIT FOR HIM AROUND THREE MONTHS, BUT BEFORE THAT, HE GAVE ME ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ CELL PHONE NUMBER.

BECAUSE HE MENTIONED THAT IS GOING TO SHOW UP AND FINISH THE JOB.

BUT ANTONIO, HE NEVER SHOW UP. AND SO I JUST WAIT THREE MONTHS AND I FEEL LIKE -- AND THAT I GET THE COMPLAINT. SO WHEN HE RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE CITY, THEY START COMING, BOTH OF THEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE POLICE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP HERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I SAY OKAY.

. THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE JOB AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE CITY AND CIAL THAT STUFF AND I DON'T KNOW -- THEY NEVER SHOW UP.

ESPECIALLY WITH ME. THEY ALWAYS CALL ME. AND I HAD MY PHONE MESSAGES ON VIDEOS AND OTHER STUFF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I BELIEVE YOUR TESTIMONY. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: DO YOU GUYS

NEED BE TO TRANSLATE ANY OF THAT? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NOT ENGLISH. MINE IS PRETTY DECENT. SO HOW MUCH --

>>MALE SPEAKER: ABOUT THE LICENSING, WHEN I GET JOSC) BRUIZUELA'S INFORMATION, MY NEIGHBOR, HE TELL ME THAT HE HAS HIS LYSING AND I SAID HE HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS AND HE IS LICENSED IN ALL THIS STUFF. SO WHEN I ORDERED THE WINDOWS AND DOORS AT HOME DEPOT, I WAS TALKING WITH THE WORKER AT HOME DEPOT AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS EVERYTHING.

SO I NEVER GO THROUGH ASKING FOR LICENSING APPROVALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN ALL THESE PROBLEMS STARTED HE TOLD ME -- HE TELL ME HEY, I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE.

I HAVE NOTHING. WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING? AND I SAY YOU ARE LYING TO ME.

YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU HAVE A LICENSE. SO I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INQUIRE, COUNSEL?

>> I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE

YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS OUT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I'M SATISFIED.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: OKAY. >>MALE SPEAKER: I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. REYES.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I WOULD LIKE

TO FINISH HER PRESENTATION JUST TO BE ORDERLY. >>MALE SPEAKER: MR. REYES, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING YOU SAID THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH SET I AM NOT

LICENSED. WHO WAS A ENTLEMAN? >>MALE SPEAKER: JOSC) BRUIZUEL.

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. WHEN YOU FIRST DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT FINDING JOSC)? WERE THEY ADVERTISED?

DID THEY COME TO YOU? DID YOU FIND HEM? >>MALE SPEAKER: SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS, THEY GIVE ME THE CELL PHONE NUMBER. AND TO OTHERS, TO FRIENDS.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THEY WERE REFERRED TO BY OTHER PEOPLE. >>MALE SPEAKER: YES.

I PAID TO HIM 2500. IT WAS GOOD MONEY. HE ORDERED THE WINDOWS WAY TOO

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AND I AGREE BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS INSTALLING THE WINDOWS, HIS WINDOWS LOOK LIKE NICE AND STRAIGHT. HE SAID I'M NOT FINISHED YET. HE SAID LET ME FINISH.

WHEN HE LEFT I CHECKED THE WINDOWS AGAIN. AND I SEE THE WINDOWS ARE NOT STRAIGHT THEIR WAY TOO BIG WHAT ABOUT THIS? DO I HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE ALREADY INSTALLED THE WINDOWS. I HAVE TO CALL THE INSPECTION AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY PROBLEMS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT SO WHEN I CALLED THE INSPECTOR IT WAS THE

WHOLE THING WRONG. >>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. THEY'RE TOO FAR FROM MY HOUSE JUST LIKE THAT.

NOTHING. I SEE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THEY SAY THAT'S NOT GOOD, THAT'S NOT GOOD. THE WINDOWS, THE DOORS, NOTHING.

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE $2500 THAT YOU PAID

JOSC), HOW DIDYOU PAY THAT? >>MALE SPEAKER: HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT HE REPORTS

EVERYTHING SO CASH OR CHECK IS FINE FOR HIM. >>MALE SPEAKER: DID YOU PAY HIM

WITH CASH OR CHECK? >>MALE SPEAKER: CASH. >>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS THAT WHEN I TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF MY ACCOUNT.

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. AND DID HE EVER INDICATE THAT HE WAS WORKING FOR SOMEBODY

ELSE OR THAT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE CASH TO SOMEBODY ELSE? >> NO.

HE NEVER -- ACTUALLY, ANTONIO CALL ME WHEN THEY NOTICE ABOUT THE COMPLAINT I HAVE A CELL PHONE NUMBER WHEN YOU CALL ME AND I DON'T KNOW -- BUT, BUT THE FIRST GUY IS JOSC) NOT

ANTONIO. >>MALE SPEAKER: SO YOU SPOKE TO ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ AS WELL.

>> UH-UH (AFFIRMATIVE). >>MALE SPEAKER: DID HE INDICATE WHAT HIS ROLE WAS IF HE WORKED

FOR JOSC) OR HOW HE WAS INVOLVE IN THIS? >> HE NEVER MENTIONED ABOUT THAT. BUT HE MENTIONED SOMETHING WHEN HE WASN'T STALLING THE WINDOWS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ORDER. HE SAID JOSC), THE WHOLE WINDOW ARE NOT GOOD. THE WHOLE WINDOWS ARE TOO BIG. YOU NEED TO RETURN IT.

YOU NEED TO GET THE RIGHT SIZE. HE SAY, NO. HE SAID THERE'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM A LITTLE MORE DEMO AND THAT'S IT. SO ANTONIO GOES AWAY AND JOSC) STARTS TALKING ABOUT THAT AND WHEN HE -- WHEN HE GOT THE NOTICE FROM THE CITY THEY

STARTED FOR THE COMPLAINT AND LATER HE TOLD ME THAT -- >>MALE SPEAKER: WHO INSTALLED

THE WINDOWS AT YOUR HOUSE? >> IT WAS JOSC) AND ANTONIO BRUIZUELA.

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ OR ANTONIO BRUIZUELA? >> ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ AND JOSC)

BRUIZUELA. BOTH WERE WORKING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DID THE WINDOWS OVERPASS INSPECTION? HOLD ON. I'M TALKING TO HIM.

>> BILL, HE HELP ME WITH THE INSPECTION. HE TOLD ME THAT -- HE SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE KID AND YOU BEEN FOUR MONTHS TRYING TO FINISH WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THEN I GIVE YOU A GOOD INSTALLATION.

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BUT I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WINDOWS AND I STARTED DOING IT BY MYSELF BECAUSE I CALLED (INDISCERNIBLE) AND DOMINGUEZ AND THEY NEVER SHOW. SO I HAD MY LITTLE GET IN THE SUMMER -- I HAD THE WHOLE SUMMER WITH THE WINDOWS NOT SEALED OR NOTHING.

HAD TO DO BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE KID. SO, I WENT LIKE THREE MONTHS.

I CALLED THE SECOND INSPECTION. I NEVER MENTIONED SOMETHING TO HIM ABOUT THE FIRST INSPECTION.

I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT HIM OR BILL. I MEAN, THEY -- THE HELPMATE WITH THE INSPECTION AND EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST ONE JOSC) AND ANTONI.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BUT THE WINDOWS EVENTUALLY PASSED INSPECTION? YES. BUT I THINK I'M NOT A -- THE WINDOWS ARE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED BECAUSE THE WINDOWS ARE NOT STRAIGHT AND HOW YOU SAY THEY MISS A LOT OF SCREWS AND HOW TO INSTALL IT AND HAD TO SEAL IT. I HAD TO DO A LOT OF THINGS BY

MYSELF WHEN I PAY FOR THAT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER?

CITY? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: NO, MA'AM. IF WE COULD JUST COME AGAIN, SO WE HAVE ORDER, IF WE COULD HAVE MR. REYES HAVE A SEAT SO THAT MS. BRUIZUELA CAN COME FORWARD?

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. MS. BRUIZUELA? EXPLAIN TO HIM IN CASE HE

MISSES ANYTHING. EXPLAIN TO HIM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: MEAN, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HEARING FROM THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, THAT'S ALL I KNOW. AS FAR AS I KNOW, HE -- HE WHO IS HE?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: MR. REYES, WANTED SOMEBODY TO HELP HIM INSTALL HIS WINDOWS.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAYING THAT HE DID SOME OF THE WORK BECAUSE HE, AS WELL, WAS INSTALLING THE WINDOWS WITH ANTONIO. IT WASN'T JUST ANTONIO. AND HIM SAYING MY HUSBAND WAS THERE INSTALLING IS UNTRUE. THE ONLY PARTICIPATION WE HAD WAS LETTING HIM USE THESE THINGS AND DISPERSING THINK THAT THE WINDOWS DIDN'T FIT, THESE MEASUREMENTS WERE DONE BY HIM. HE WANTED WINDOWS THAT WERE BIGGER THAN WHAT HE HAD.

SO NOW HE'S COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY HAD A DEMO THE PIECES THAT WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO

WITH THAT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

IS YOUR HUSBAND A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. P>> NO HE IS NOT.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. >> I AM NOT.

THIS IS A CLEANING BUSINESS. >> HOLD ON. BUT YOU LET SOMEONE USE SOME --

WHAT DID YOU? >> IS A MEMBERSHIP AT HOME DEPOT WHEN YOU BUY THINGS IN BULK, THEY GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A CLEANING BUSINESS OR CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER IT IS, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IT WHENEVER YOU BUY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WINDOWS OR DOORS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU -- THEY PUT IT THROUGH A BID ROOM AND IT LOWERS -- HE GIVES YOU A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF THE WINDOWS. A LITTLE DISCOUNT.

BUT THAT'S -- YOU KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WELL, WHERE IS JOSC) THIS MORNING? HE IS HERE IN FORT PIERCE. HE CAN SPEAK. BECAUSE I SAID ALL I'M REPEATING IS WHAT I HEARD FROM THE OTHER TWO. AS FAR AS HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH MR. REYES, I'VE NEVER HAD NO DEALINGS OR ANYTHING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO CALL AND SEE IF HE'S DOWN STRAIGHT OR SOMETHING HE CAN BE HERE IN FIVE MINUTES.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NO. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: HE CAN GIVE HIS PART.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT THIS MORNING. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO RESCHEDULE AGAIN SO WE CAN GET ANTONIO AND JOSC) AS WELL IN HERE.

HONESTLY, THEY SHOULD BE HERE, NOT ME BECAUSE ALL I CAN SAY IS WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME KNOW.

WE ARE NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHY WOULD YOU LOAN HIM YOUR LOYALTY CARD, ALL SAY, TO PURCHASE THE SUPPLIES?

>> WE KNOW ANTONIO. SO, YOU KNOW, IS JUST ANOTHER PERSON TRYING TO GET ANOTHER

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. AS FAR AS THE INS -- THE INSPECTOR PASSING WITH MISSING SCREWS YOU MISSED TWO SCREWS I NEVER PASS THE INSPECTION. I NEVER HEARD THEM PASS AN INSPECTION THAT WASN'T RIGHT. MR. REYES, CAN YOU COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM.

>> THE WINDOWS IMPACT -- PASSED INSPECTION? >> YES.

I HAD TO DO THE REST OF IT. THE SPECIAL WAS THE WINDOWS WERE WRONG AND BILL, HE TELL ME I'M GOING TO PASS IT BUT YOU HAVE TO FIX IT. SO NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE INSPECTOR. HE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP ME. BECAUSE I AM A LITTLE KID FOR

THAT REASON. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I REMEMBER THAT.

OKAY. >> BUT THE WHOLE WINDOWS, WHERE -- THEY WERE WAY TOO BIG.

. ACTUALLY, WE WENT -- BOTH OF US WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THE -- I TAKE THE MEASUREMENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF

FROM THE WINDOWS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT DID YOU THINK THAT WHAT MADE YOU BELIEVE THAT JOSC) AND ELIZABETH BRUIZUELA HAD A LICENSE TO INSTALL THE

WINDOWS? >> IT WAS IN MY PROPERTY WITH AROUND SIX OR SEVEN WORKERS AND HAD A TRAILER WITH HIS COMPANY CAR IN THE TRAILER WITH THE SIGN AND MY NEIGHBORS, THE HOME DEPOT WORKERS, THEY MENTIONED THAT HE HAS -- JOSC) HAS EVERYTHING STRAIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I NEVER ASKED FOR A CARD, BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IS THERE A SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER?

>> YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE SIGN SAID?

>> JJBM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: NOT FOR MR.

REYES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MRS. BRUIZUELA?

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER, COUNSELOR? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: VERY BRIEFLY.

SO, YOU OWN THIS BUSINESS ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, CORRECT? >> YES.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: IT'S A CLEANING BUSINESS? >> CLEANING BUSINESS.

BUT WE ARE PROPERTY MANAGERS AS WELL. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT. WE DO THE HANDIWORK. WE WORK FOR MAXI PLUGS AND HE OWNS A LOT OF PROPERTIES HERE IN FORT PIERCE. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HE SAID HE HAS SEEN SIX OTHER WORKERS BECAUSE AS WELL, WE HAVE LAWN MAINTENANCE PEOPLE AND ALL THE

EQUIPMENT. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY THAT YOU WERE

NOT PRESENT WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE BEING INSTALLED. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: NO.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: CORRECT? >> NO. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YOU HAVE NO

FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE. >> ONLY WITH THE OTHER TWO HAVE SPOKEN BETWEEN 2 ABOUT WHAT WAS

GOING ON. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS MATTER HAS COME BEFORE THIS BODY.

IS THERE A REASON WHY YOUR HUSBAND IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING?

>> NO. SINCE I WAS THE MAIN PERSON HE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED TO BE

HERE. >> SURE THE MAIN PERSON ON THE WHAT.

>> ONLY VIOLATION. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND YOU DO HAVE A BUSINESS CALLED JJBM.

>> I DO. THERE ARE THREE TRAILERS, BUT NEITHER OF THEM HAVE A SIGN

THAT SAY JJBM ON THEM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WELL, THE TRACTOR PULLS THE TRAILERS IS

THERE. >> NEITHER. AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU CANNOT HAVE NO SIGNS ON VEHICLES IF YOU ARE NOT LICENSED CONTRACTOR.

AND NONE OF OUR VEHICLES HAVE ANYTHING ON THEM, WITH NO KIND OF -- WHAT IS IT CALLED? TO PUBLICIZE. WE DON'T. WELL, WE DON'T NEED -- I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE DON'T REALLY DO ANY SIDE JOBS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR WORK IS WITH THE INVESTOR. WE STRICTLY WORK FOR HIM. WE DON'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.

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HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU ALLOWED MR. REYES TO USE YOUR NAME TO OBTAIN THE MATERIAL TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT, DID YOU DO THAT PERSONALLY.

>> I DID NOT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHO DID NOT.

>> MY HUSBAND, JOSC). IT WAS HIM AND ANTONIO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

ANYTHING FURTHER? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, I FIND THAT YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE UNLICENSED CONTRACTOR AND THAT YOU BE FINED THE $500.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PAY THAT? >> I CAN PAY RIGHT NOW.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND HERE IS WHY I AM BASING WHAT I'M BASING THAT ON.

>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NUMBER ONE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME

THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COUR . >> YES.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: FIRST. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND JOSC) DID NOT MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE.

NUMBER TWO -- AND KEY YEAR, IS THAT YOU ALLOWED MR. REYES TO USE YOUR NAME TO OBTAIN MATERIALS TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT. RIGHTFULLY OR WRONGFULLY SO, HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU HAD A LICENSE BECAUSE OF THAT.

APPARENTLY, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH INSTALLING WINDOWS, THEY EVENTUALLY GOT INSTALLED, BUT THIS MAN, IT APPEARS THAT HE WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE LICENSED CONTRACTORS.

THAT IS MY RULING. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. >>MALE SPEAKER: MS. BRUIZUELA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ A FEW MINUTES YOU CAN FOLLOW MS. BACK UPSTAIRS AND PAY THE $500.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? >>MALE SPEAKER: DID WE ADDRESS

ITEM 7A? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN CONTINUED.

>>MALE SPEAKER: WE PULLED UP FROM THE AGENDA, THE VIOLATION IS STILL -- STILL EXISTS.

SO COUNSELOR? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD DULY NOTIFIE

. YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: FOR THE

RECORD, THAT IS MR. REYES. >> IF IT IS ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT HE TOLD ME THAT I'M GOING TO SPEND PROBABLY 8000 AND I SPENT WAY MORE THAN THAT FOR HIS FAULT, FOR MR. BRUIZUELA. AND MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE I WENT TO HOME DEPOT ASKING FOR A DISCOUNT, YOU KNOW, DISCOUNT OR SOMETHING, MONEYBACK FOR THE INCONVENIENCE FOR THE WINDOWS, BECAUSE THAT WAS MR. BRUIZUELA'S FAULT THAT I SPENT MAYBE SIX MONTHS WITH MY WINDOWS AND NOISY IN MY HOUSE. AND I WANT TO GET SOME MONEY BACK FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND I TOLD -- I TOLD BRUIZUELA THAT HOME DEPOT HAS TO GIVE ME THE MONEY BACK.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: SO. >> I SAY -- >>FEMALE SPEAKER: MR. REYES I DO NOT WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT NOBODY HERE CAN GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE. SO THE ONLY THING WE ARE HERE FOR TODAY WAS TO DETERMINE

WHETHER THERE WAS UNLICENSED WORK DONE. >> I KNOW.

BUT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ME SOME PAPER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HERE IS THE CITY AND I HAD TO

TAKE THIS TO THE COURT. >> RIGHT. WELL WHATEVER ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DOES TODAY WILL BECOME A PUBLIC RECORD AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET A COPY OF THAT ORDER. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO NEXT, NO ONE HERE CAN GIVE

YOU THAT TYPE OF ADVICE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE CAN GIVE A COPY OF THE ORDER IF YOU WANT TO CALL TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY, THE ORDER SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO OKAY.

FOR THOSE NOT PRESENT, NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE VIOLATORS CERTIFIED MAIL IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED SIGN IS PLACED IN THE FILE. THE GREEN CARD IS UNSIGNED OR UNCLAIMED AN AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING IS MAILED TO THE VIOLATOR. 10 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING A NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT

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A COPY WAS PLACED IN THE INSPECTORS FILE. 10 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE CITY IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL.

NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING.

IF THE CERTIFICATION CARD IS RETURNED -- IS NOT RETURNED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, POSTING IS COMPLETED THE SAME WAY AS IF THE CARD WAS RETURNED

UNCLAIMED. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.