May 19, 2020 Special Magistrate Hearing

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>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO BE HEARD I WILL CALL YOUR CASE SHORTLY. ONE THING TO BE REMINDED OF, YOU ARE BEING RECORDED. EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS BEING RECORDED AND IT'S TELEVISED. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE STAND FOR

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: COURT

[A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES]

(SWEARING OF COURT OFFICERS.). >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ORANGE.

BEN CLARK, CALL THE FIRST CASE.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: OKAY. THE FIRST CASE IS 6 G. THE CASE NUMBER IS 1914 70 ADDRESS 428

[G. 19-1470 428 N 20th Street Randolph, Curtis Shaun Coss]

>>MALE SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. CROSS

YOU CAN PROCEED. >>MR. COSS: THIS IS CASE NUMBER 19-1470. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY CURTIS RANDOLPH. THE VIOLATIONS ARE THE 304.730 5.3 INTERIOR SURFACES, 305.4 WALKING SURFACES 60.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS HAZARDS AND 304.2 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT. THIS CASE CAME BEFORE YOU OCTOBER 15, 2019. AN ORDER DETERMINING A VIOLATION WAS FOUND PROVIDING 60 DAYS TO COMPLY. ON DECEMBER 31, 2019 A 90 DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS PROVIDED TO MR. RANDOLPH. ON MARCH 30, 2020, AND AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED AND HE FINDS BEGAN AS NOT ALL OF THE PERMITS NECESSARY TO COMPLY TO THE CASE WERE ISSUE. O DATE WE HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR. THE PERMIT WAS APPROVED THROUGH PLAN REVIEW. HOWEVER THE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS NOT PAID FOR NOR PICKED UP THE PERMIT. NO OTHER PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR OR ISSUED TO CURE THE VIOLATIONS.

HE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AFTER BEING SPEAKING TO ATTORNEY RANDOLPH IS TO PROVIDE A 60 DAY STAY OF THE FINES TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PERMITTING.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>>MR. COSS: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR.

RANDOLPH? >>MALE SPEAKER: NOTHING FURTHER

EXCEPT THAT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I WILL STAY THE IMPOSITION OF FINES FOR 60 DAYS SO THAT YOU CAN OBTAIN PERMITS AND GET GOING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[H. 19-2386 1604 N 18th Street Randolph, Tommie & Curtis Shaun Coss]

. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THIS IS CASE NUMBER 19 Ã13 NOT -- THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THOMAS AND TOMMY RANDOLPH. THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY ARE THE IPMC MAINTENANCE GO THROUGH 4.7 ROOFS AND DRAINAGE, 305.3, INTERIOR SURFACES; 304.13.1 GLAZING, 605.2 ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES, AND CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED.

HIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU NOVEMBER 21,605.2 ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES, AND CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED.

HIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU NOVEMBER 21, 2019. AN ORDER WAS FOUND PROVIDING 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMITS FOR COMPLIANCE. N JANUARY 9, 2020, NO PERMITS HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR AND A 90 DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED.

N APRIL 28, 2020, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR AS OF YET. THE EXTENSION OF TIME HAD EXPIRED AND HE FINDS BEGAN. HE MASSEY NOTICE WAS MAILED TO THE 1712 AVENUE ADDRESS. UPON RECEIPT, ATTORNEY RANDOLPH CAN TESTIFY FURTHER IF NEEDED, HE NOTIFIED ME THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CASE. HIS BROTHER, TOMMY, IS

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'M SORRY, TO STATE THE ACCRUAL OF THE FINES FOR THE 90 DAYS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MR. RANDOLPH?

>>MALE SPEAKER: AM IN AGREEMENT .

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION I WILL STAY THE FINE GIVE YOU 90 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMITS AND DO WHATEVER WORK IS REQUIRED.

[F. 19-1181 1401 N 22nd Street Boston, Homer Shaun Coss]

>> I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IT. ON BEHALF OF MY STEPSISTERS AND MY STEPBROTHER.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: 6 F. >>MR. COSS: WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM CURRENT THE APPEARS THAT SHE IS REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY. I WILL PROVIDE THAT FOR THE RECORD. ATTORNEY RANDOLPH IS INTERESTED IN THIS CASE IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF MS. PIERCE VIA PHONE, HE IS INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >>MALE SPEAKER: WHAT I EXPLAINED YESTERDAY I WOULD TRY TO GET HE CALLED UP AND I CAN CALL HER RIGHT AFTER. THE PROPERTY, SINCE HE RECENTLY PASSED, IS IN PROBATE. NEITHER ONE OF THEM IS A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AS OF YET. I HAVE GOTTEN A 90 DAY EXTENSION BACK 21ST WAS COMING THIS WAY.

HE CAME -- SINCE THEN HE PASSED. THEY HAVE AN ATTORNEY DOING THE PROBATE OUT OF JUPITER. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FILING THE PAPERS. YOU'RE ROBABLY GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL TIME AND A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 90 DAYS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANY COMMENTS FROM THE CITY.

>>MR. COSS: I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE CONTACT MS. PIERCE SO THAT SHE IS INVOLVED SINCE SHE'S THE ONE THAT REPLIED TO THE NOTICE.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT DOCKET TO SEE IF

YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH HER. >>MR. COSS: SHE PROVIDED THE

PHONE NUMBER. >>MALE SPEAKER: I HAVE A PHONE

NUMBER IF YOU NEED TO CALL HER. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ARE WE

GONNA CALL HER? >>MR. COSS: SP1 OKAY. GO

AHEAD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I CAN

LEAVE IT APPEAR. >> THANK YOU.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: MS. PIERCE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN AUDIO ATTENDANCE OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU WILL HEAR IS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU GOOD MORNING.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CALL YOU AND. MR. CAUSE, YOU WANT TO RESIDE WITH THE VIOLATIONS ARE WHILE MS. PIERCE IS ON THE PHONE AND WE WILL TAKE FURTHER

ACTION. >>MR. COSS: YEAH. THIS IS SEAN COSTS. THIS IS CASE 19 Ã1181 414 01 N. 22ND STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY HOMER BOSTON AFFORD PIERCE FLORIDA. THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY ARE A CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. HIS MATTER CAME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SEPTEMBER 17, 2019. YOU PROVIDED IN ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION AND PROVIDED 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMITS FOR COMPLIANCE. ON JANUARY 6, 2020, A 90 DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED. WHEN THAT 90 DAYS EXPIRED WITHOUT PERMITS BEING APPLIED FOR OR OBTAINED, THE AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED AND THE FINDS BEGAN ON APRIL 8, 2020. INCE THAT TIME STAFF SENT THE MASSEY NOTICE TO MR. BOSTON. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED SINCE THAT TIME THAT MR. BOSTON HAS PASSED AWAY. MS. PIERCE HAS REPLIED THAT SHE'S REPRESENTING THIS PROPERTY AT LEAST AT THIS TIME. SO THE STAFF WILL WITHHOLD OUR RECOMMENDATION TO WE HEAR FROM HIS PEERS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MS. PIERCE, HER THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MR. CAUSE?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES COMMENTED.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALSO, FOR THE RECORD ATTORNEY RANDOLPH IS ALSO PRESENT.

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>>FEMALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: WELL FIRST OF ALL, YOUR HONOR, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL ME I'M IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE UNDER THE -- OUR GOVERNOR HAS US UNDERRATE STAY HOME RESTRICTION BECAUSE OF COVID. I WAS INFORMED THAT JUDGMENT WILL FIRST LET ME SAY MY FATHER DID INFORM ME, I'M HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER, THAT HE OWNED PROPERTY. BUT UNTIL RECENTLY, PRIOR TO MY DISCUSSION WITH MRS. BACK, I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ARRANGEMENTS HE HAD IN REGARD TO HIS PROPERTY. I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU AT THAT POINT UNTIL AROUND THAT TIME HOW MANY PROPERTIES HE ACTUALLY OWNED. SOME JUST BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR. MY FATHER DID LEAVE A WILL AND I AM LISTED AS THE EXECUTOR. BUT I'VE JUST RECENTLY HIRED AN ATTORNEY WHO IS IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO HIS ESTATE TO INCLUDE PROPERTIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO MY FATHER DIED ON APRIL 2 AND AS I SAID, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION FOR A PROPERTY UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO CONTACTING MS. BACK. IN MY -- I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR A LEASE FOR CONSIDERATION IS MY FATHER WAS TERMINALLY ILL AND IN SEPTEMBER, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS. AND HE WAS VERY HEADSTRONG AND BELIEVING THAT HE WOULD BE WELL. HE WAS A VERY PRIVATE PERSON AND HE DID NOT EVEN INFORM MYSELF OR MY OTHER SIBLINGS. HE KEPT TELLING US HE WAS SICK BUT HE NEVER TOLD US THE EXTENT EVEN UP UNTIL THE POINT WHEN HE DIED. I MEAN, I KNEW WHAT HIS ILLNESS WAS BECAUSE I WAS INFORMED BY HIS DOCTORS. HE WOULD JUST SAY HE DID NOT FEEL WELL. WHEN HE WAS IN FLORIDA, HE HAD TO MOVE IN WITH THE FAMILY RELATIVE WHO BASICALLY HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIM AND HE JUST GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT HE MUST'VE BEEN IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN OR SICKNESS THROUGHOUT THAT TIME.

HE -- I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT HE DID NOT READ CORRESPONDENCE PAY ATTENTION TO CORRESPONDENCE OR I BELIEVE HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS. I DID HAVE A SISTER WHO DID COME DOWN FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT HER ROLE WAS REALLY TO CHECK ON MY FATHER TO SEE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND SEE THE SERIOUSNESS OF HIS CONDITION. I, AT THAT TIME COULD NOT COME BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN ILL MYSELF AND MY DOCTORS THAT I COULD NOT TRAVEL. SO WHAT I'M BASICALLY ASKING FOR -- AND I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE THE FINDS RESCINDED IF POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE MY FATHER DIED APRIL 2. I'M WORKING WITH AN ATTORNEY. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REQUIRED. I HAD NEVER SEEN THE PROPERTIES. I KNOW THEY EXIST. I'VE SEEN THEM ON THE PROPERTY WEBSITE. BUT I NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SEE THESE PROPERTIES, UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I'M SENDING MY LAWYER, WHO IS -- MY UNDERSTANDING, FOREIGN EXECUTOR, JUST ILLEGALLY, BEFORE THE COURT, OFFICIALLY MAKE ME THE EXECUTORY. SHE IS JUST IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET ALL OF THAT STUFF DONE. SO I APOLOGIZE. THAT THE PROPERTY FELL INTO THIS HAND. WHAT IF WE HAD KNOWN MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY, BELIEVE ME I WOULD'VE BEEN SURE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. IF I HAD KNOWN MORE ABOUT WHAT MY FATHER'S ILLNESS, WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN IN TOUCH FASTER. BUT EVEN UP UNTIL THE WEEK HE DIED, THE MEDICAL STAFF WAS THAT YOUR FATHER IS STRONG-WILLED. HE'S JUST REALLY TIRED. BUT AGAIN, HE NEVER VERBALLY SET I'M DYING. SOME ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION. I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER THE COURT NEEDS DONE TO RECTIFY THIS, BUT I REALLY NEED TIME. AS SOON AS WE ARE RELEASED, I WILL COME TO FLORIDA TO PHYSICALLY SEE THE PROPERTY BUT WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

T THIS TIME SINCE MR. REAL LOVE IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?

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>> MR. RANDOLPH, JEFF ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY.

>>MALE SPEAKER: I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME. STAY DEFINED AND GET THEM RIGHT WITH THE ESTATE ITSELF AND THEN START PROGRESS OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY REPAIR IT OR SELL IT. I THINK WE NEED MORE THAN 90 DAYS, THOUGH.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WELL, IF SHE -- IF THE ATTORNEY FILES THE PETITION AND THEN APPOINTS AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT WOULD BE -- I'M ASSUMING MS. PIERCE, YOU WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATOR?

>> YES. THE ATTORNEY HAD US FILL OUT 26 QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY. SHE'S IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING -- FOR HER PARALEGAL. AND THE GOAL IS FOR ME TO BECOME THE EXECUTOR. I WAS LISTED AS THE EXECUTOR IN THE WELL. BUT SHE HAS TO DO HER DUE DILIGENCE.

>>MALE SPEAKER: YOUR HONOR WITH THAT, IT HAS NOT BEEN FILED YET. THE ONLY BENEFICIARY WOULD HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED IN THE -- BEFORE THE COURT WOULD ISSUE THE LETTER SHOULD HAVE TO GET A RESPONSE BACK EITHER BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THEM IS NOTICE AND SO FORTH FOR THEM TO SHOW TO SHOULD THE LETTERS. AT THAT POINT SHE WOULD START AS THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE. THAT USUALLY TAKES BETWEEN 45 TO 60 DAYS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW MANY BENEFICIARIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ROUGHLY?

>> I THINK THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. OKAY. MR. CAUSE?

>>MR. COSS: I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF MS. PIERCE IF SHE KNOWS THE ANSWER. IF THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY TENANTS?

>>MALE SPEAKER: SHE WOULDN'T KNOW BUT IT'S NOT.

>>MR. COSS: IT'S NOT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE:

>>MR. COSS: AS LONG AS THIS PROPERTY REMAINS VACANT -- THIS CASE IS SIMPLE. THIS IS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A QUAD WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS. WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR IS A PERMIT TO CONVERTED BACK TO A SINGLE FAMILY OCCUPANCY. AS LONG AS THE STRUCTURE REMAINS VACANT UNTIL THAT IS DONE, STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO CONTINUING THIS CASE UNTIL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST FOR A DATE CERTAIN TO CONTINUE THIS FOR 120 DAYS?

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANY OBJECTION?

>>MALE SPEAKER: NO OBJECTION. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, I WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 120 DAYS. RESPECT -- ALL RIGHT. MS. PIERCE, DID YOU HEAR WHAT WE JUST DID OR SAID.

>>. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE THIS FOR 120 DAYS. AND YOUR HONOR, I WILL -- I'M NOT SURE WHO THE COUNTY CONTACT IS, IF IT WILL BE -- I THINK IT WAS MR. CAUSE I MAY BE SAYING YOUR NAME INCORRECTLY. I WILL KEEP THAT PERSON ABREAST OF WHAT IS GOING ON. I'VE NEVER HAD TO SERVE IN AN EXECUTOR BEFORE AND AS MR. RANDOLPH, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY AND HAS EXPERIENCE, HE HAS BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIMEFRAME THAT I WOULD SO I RECEIVE THAT FOR MY ATTORNEY.

SO I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU -- OR KEEP YOUR CONTACTS INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS THAT I'M GOING THROUGH AND I WILL DO -- ONCE I AM OFFICIAL, I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THIS VIOLATION REMOVED. I DON'T LIKE BEING IN TROUBLE WITH THE COURTS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT .

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING AVAILABLE. WITH THAT BEING SAID THE CASE IS CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 120 DAYS AND GOOD LUCK.

>>MALE SPEAKER: YOU WILL STAY THE FINDS ON THOSE?

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES. I WILL STAY DEFINED.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NEXT CASE .

[A. 18-311 1811 N 16th Street National Debt Relief Services Inc. Shaun Coss]

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: SIX LETTER A. NATIONAL DEBT RELIEF SERVICES INCORPORATED IS THE OWNER.

>>MR. COSS: THIS IS CASE 18 Ã 311 FOR 1811 N. 16TH STREET IT'S BY NATIONAL DEBT RELIEF SERVICES. THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CORPORATION PRESENT. THE VIOLATIONS WERE CITY ORDINANCE FIVE ÃCITY ORDINANCE FIVE Ã 1.1051 PERMIT REQUIRED. THIS

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THE NUMBER OF TIMES VIOLATOR PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN VIOLATION BY THE BOARD SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THERE WAS A QUASIJUDICIAL PROCESS WHERE ADMITTED GUILT IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING WERE -- THREE TIMES PREVIOUSLY. NEW PARAGRAPH STAFF CALCULATED THE COSTS IN THIS CASE. THE COST FOR THIS CASE IS $1804.86. AND STAFF, INITIALLY, THIS CASE WAS SCHEDULED AS A MASSEY HEARING BEFORE THE CASE WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED A SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM THE OWNER. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM TO SEE WHAT HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE

RIGHTREDUCTION WOULD BE. >>MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU YOUR

HONOR AND STAFF. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN. SWORE IN WITNESS.).

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>>MALE SPEAKER: WE HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUES. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A REDUCTION TO

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR $500. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING

ELSE. >>MALE SPEAKER: WHICH COULD BE

PAID TODAY IF THAT'S AN OPTION. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. CAUSE

. >>MR. COSS: WHAT IS YOUR

RELATION TO THE CORPORATION. >>MALE SPEAKER: I AM THE

PRINCIPAL AND OWNER. >>MR. COSS: OKAY.

>>MR. COSS: IN EVALUATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, $1250 OF THIS COST IS A SOFT COST WHICH WOULD BRING IT TO APPROXIMATELY $550. STAFF WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO REDUCING HIS FINES OF $500.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT?

>>MALE SPEAKER: YES. THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I WILL REDUCE THE FINE TO $550. YOU HAVE A WEEK TO PAY. YOU SAID YOU COULD PAY TODAY? YOU NEED TO GET WITH RESPECT TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET THE PAPERWORK AND GET A PAID TODAY.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: THE ORDER HAS TO BE RECORDED FIRST AND THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO PAY AFTER THAT.

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

YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS TO CONTACT MR. MARTINEZ.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES. WAS IT 500 OR 550.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: 550 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NOW IF YOU DON'T PAY THAT MONEY WITHIN THE TIM PERIOD THAT I ORDER, IS GOING TO REVERT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT, WHICH IS $9630.

>>MALE SPEAKER: HOW WILL WE BE COMMENTED -- CONTACTED.

>>MR. COSS: IF YOU CONTACT US WILL CONTACT YOU AFTER -- GIVE YOUR ADDRESS. WILL CONTACT YOU

AFTER. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THE NEXT

[D. 18-2940 3217 Orange Avenue Manuel Esquivel Concrete Contr. Shaun Coss]

CASE. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THE NEXT CASE IS 60 Ã3217 ORANGE AVENUE. CONCRETE CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED IS THE OWNER.

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>>MR. COSS: THIS IS 18 Ã 294-0432 17 ORANGE AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MANWELL ESQUIVEL CONCRETE CONTRACTOR IN. THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY OR CITY ORDINANCE FIVE-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. PERMIT WAS REQUIRED FOR PAVING A PARKING LOT AT THIS FACILITY. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE A VIOLATION WAS FOUND IN JULY 17, 2019 PROVIDED FOR 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMITS PER COMPLIANCE. ON SEPTEMBER 23THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY OR CITY ORDINANCE FIVE-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED.

PERMIT WAS REQUIRED FOR PAVING A PARKING LOT AT THIS FACILITY. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE A VIOLATION WAS FOUND IN JULY 17, 2019 PROVIDED FOR 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMITS PER COMPLIANCE. ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 90 DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED. ON JANUARY 2, 2020, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED IN FINDS BEGAN. SINCE THAT TIME, THE RESPONDENT HAD REQUESTED A MASSEY HEARING THAT CAME BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY 2020. IT WAS ORDERED THAT THE FINES BE STAYED FOR 60 DAYS TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO OBTAIN PERMITTING. THAT HEARING WOULD'VE COME BACK LAST MONTH HOWEVER, THAT HEARING WAS CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19. SO IT'S BACK BEFORE YOU TODAY. AT THIS POINT, THE CONTRACTOR DID SUBMIT FOR PERMITTING. HE SUBMITTED REVISIONS TO THE PERMIT IN APRIL WHICH WERE REJECTED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. SO AT THIS TIME THE CONTRACTOR DOES NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL REVISIONS FOR PERMITTING. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE THE STAY OF THE FINES FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS TO ALLOW FOR

PERMIT ISSUANCE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

AND WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK? BOTH OF YOU?

>>MALE SPEAKER: I CAN SPEAK. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BE SWORN

(SWORE IN THE WITNESS.). >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HEARD MR. CAUSE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE STAY THIS CASE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS.

>>MALE SPEAKER: YES. ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE WAITING ON THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE COUNTY -- BECAUSE OF COVID-19 THE RECORDING -- WE HAD TO DO THE RECORDING FOR THE COUNTY AND YOU HAVE TO DROP IT OFF AND WE ARE WAITING NOW FOR WE CAN HAVE FOR THEM TO GET BACK WITH ME.

TO GET THE DOCUMENTS RIGHT FOR THE CITY. 90 DAYS WOULD BE GREAT.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> PIMCO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION, I WILL CONTINUE THE STAY IN THIS MATTER FOR AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. NEW JOB BEGINS: 00:54:36

[B. 18-2405 508 Palm Avenue Martin County Properties LLC Shaun Coss]

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE PRESENT FOR PALM AVENUE. OUR NEXT CASES 6 B. PALM AVENUE. MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTIES LLC IS THE OWNER.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING.

>>MR. COSS: THIS IS CASE 18 Ã 2045. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTIES LLC OF 265 BERMUDA BEACH DRIVE FORT PIERCE FLORIDA. THE VIOLATIONS WERE THE IPMC CODE 304.13 WINDOWS DOORS AND FRAMES. 504.1 PLUMBING FIXTURES. 506.2 SANITARY SYSTEM DRAINAGE AND 305.3 INTERIOR SURFACES. THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU MAY 21, 2019. YOU FOUND AN ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION PROVIDING 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMITTING. AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED NOVEMBER 26, 2019. WHEN NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. INCE THAT TIME, PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. ALL WORK IS BEEN COMPLETED. THE FINAL INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED MARCH 9, 2020. WHEN THE FINAL INSPECTION WAS APPROVED. HE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DEFIANCE THAT ACCRUED WERE $6530 OF WHICH $30 FOR RECORDING FEES. STAFF RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR A REDUCTION OF FINE FROM JB JONES JUNIOR AND KERRY MARTIN. THE REDUCTION PROVIDED FOR AN OFFER AGREEMENT TO PAY $1000. THERE ARE THREE CRITERIA IN CONSIDERING THE REDUCTION. THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION WAS MODERATE, ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATORS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN BY ANY OTHER OWNER OR PARTY OF INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY TO BRING THE VIOLATION INTO COMPLIANCE. THE PROPERTY OWNER HIRED A CONTRACTOR AND OBTAINED A WINDOW REPLACEMENT AND ADDRESSED REMAINING VIOLATIONS. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR HAS BEEN FOUND IN VIOLATION BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD OR SPECIAL

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TAFF CALCULATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THIS CASE. IT WOULD BE $1229.60.

BASED ON THE OFFER THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE OWNER AND OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, THE STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO REDUCE SUPPLY AND $1000, PAYABLE WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME ONCE WE

HEAR FROM THE RESPONDENT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME AND BE SWORN.

(SWEAR AND WITNESS.) .

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO MR. CAUSE HIS OFFER OF $1000 TO SETTLE THE MATTER WHICH IS AN AGREED OFFER THAT YOU MADE.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: I MISSED THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THE AGREEMENT IS FOR $1000 AND YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT?

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING

ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WE MOVED.

YOU COULD LOSE YOUR BUSINESS WITH FINES. WE HAD MOVED -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN UPDATE OUR ADDRESS. WE TRY AND TAKE CARE OF OUR PROPERTIES AND HAVE GOOD REPORT FOR THE CITY. YOU CAN PUT THAT INTO FIXING YOUR ISSUE IN YOUR PROPERTY. I JUST NEED TO UPDATE MY ADDRESS WHEN WE

MOVE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. MAKE SURE THE CITY KNOWS AND THE APPRAISER.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: RIGHT. BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, REDUCE THE FINED $2000. 30 DAYS TO PAY AND IF YOU DON'T PAY WITHIN 30 DAYS HE REVERTS BACK TO THE

ORIGINAL AMOUNT. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: I UNDERSTAND.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: DO I NEED PAPERS.

>>MR. COSS: NO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE HAVE YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS NOW, RIGHT ACCESS.

>>MR. COSS: MS. MARTIN ONCE THE ORDERS BEEN RECORDED. THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MADAME CLARK?

[E. 19-560 106 N 29th Street Chen, Qing Shaun Coss]

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: THE NEXT CASES 6E. KING JANE IS THE OWNER.

>>MR. COSS: THIS IS CASE 19 Ã 564 106 N. 29TH STREET. THE OWNER IS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA. THE VIOLATIONS ARE SECTION 5-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. THE -- THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU JULY -- THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU JULY 17, 2019. YOU ORDERED 60 DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 AND 90 DAY EXTENSION WAS GRANTED. ON JANUARY 3, 2020 AN OUTFIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED. FOLLOWING THE MASSEY LETTER BEING SENT WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR A MASSEY HEARING FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS HEARING WAS HELD BEFORE YOU FEBRUARY 18, 2020. YOU AGREED TO STAY THE FINES FOR 60 DAYS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO OBTAIN PERMITTING. AT THIS TIME THE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS NOT SUBMITTED ANY REVISIONS FOR THIS PERMIT. STAFF IS UNAWARE OF ANY CURRENT UPDATES OR WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY IS. PRIOR TO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION I WOULD LIKE TO

HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, STATE YOUR NAME AND BE SWORN?

(SWEAR IN THE WITNESS). >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOUR

RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY? >>MALE SPEAKER: MY WIFE.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO YOU RESPOND.

>>MALE SPEAKER: SINCE THE LAST HEARING THE ENGINEER DEPARTMENT THEY RECOMMENDED FOR ME TO GET A SURVEY. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. THEY HELP THEM TO DO A SURVEY. AFTER THAT, WAS THE CODED AND THEN STOPPED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO THEY GIVE ME A QUOTE ON DOING THIS SURVEY. SO, I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY. THEY GOT A CLEAN FOR ME TO DO THE

[00:35:15]

TO THE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

YOU HAVE AN EMAIL. >> I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THE SURVEY COMPANY. AND HOW SOON CAN THEY PERFORM THE SURVEY?

>> USUALLY THEY SAY LIKE TWO WEEKS.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER? SO I DO TEXT ANOTHER GUY THAT GAVE ME -- TO SEE THAT HE CAN DO THAT FOR ME SO BESIDES THE ONE THAT I DID I HAD ANOTHER GUY LAST WEEK TO SAY THAT HE CAN LIKE ÃOKAY. ON THE SURVEY?

>> SO ONCE WE GET THE SURVEY DONE AND IT PASSES APPROVAL, THAT HE CAN BEGIN THE WORK?

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AM NOT SURE IF THAT WAS THE ONLY REDUCTION COMMENT ALL COMMENTS WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ONCE YOU HAVE THE SURVEY, YOU WILL NEED TO SUBMIT IT AS A REVISION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE WILL ROUTE FOR REVIEW. ONCE YOU GET THE SURVEY PROVIDED TO YOUR CONTRACTOR SO HE CAN SUBMIT THE SURVEY.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: CAN WE CONTINUE THIS -- WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR HIM TO DO THAT I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. CHIN I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS FOR MONTH AND I UNDERSTAND COVERED.

I'M WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO INSPECT PROPERTY SO I CAN CUT DOWN A TREE NOT BEEN DELAYED MAKE SURE YOU STAYING GOOD LUCK TO YOU THE NEXT CASES 6C.

[C. 18-2610 210 S 25th Street R & D Mgmt & Investments Inc. Shaun Coss]

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: I HAVE TO CALL THE OWNER.

>>FEMALE SPEAKER: YOU ARE AN AUDIO ATTENDANCE OF A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING. THE ONE YOU'LL HEAR NEXT IS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

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

MORNING, SIR. >>MALE SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I'LL LET MR. CAUSE PRESENT HIS CASE AND THE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AFTER YOU SWEAR -- WE SWEAR YOU WIN.

>>MALE SPEAKER: OKAY. >>MR. COSS: THIS IS CASE 18 Ã TWO 610-4210 SOUTH 25TH STREET THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY R&D MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT INCORPORATED IN PORT ST. LUCIE FLORIDA.

HE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY WERE CITY ORDINANCE, SECTION 5-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED PERMIT TWO. HIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU FEBRUARY 20, 2019. DEFENDANT ORDER VIOLATION PROVIDING 90 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMITS TO OBTAIN -- TO TAKE CARE VIOLATIONS. SEVERAL PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR THIS PROPERTY, TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. IN FACT FOR PERMITS WERE ISSUED . SO DUE TO THAT, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS UNDER THE BELIEF THAT EVERYTHING WAS BEING HANDLED PROPERLY. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE PERMITS DID EXPIRE. WHEN A PERMIT EXPIRED, THAT'S WHEN THE AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS

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TAFF HAS CALCULATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST. $1650.30. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS A FINE REDUCTION. NO MEETING WAS RECORDED. THERE IS A $250 ITEM ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. THE OWNER HAS SUBMITTED A FIRE REDUCTION APPLICATION IN WHICH HE IS REQUESTING THAT THE FINE BE REDUCED TO $100. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AFTER SCRUTINIZING THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY, AND CONSIDERING THE HARDSHIPS THAT THE PROPERTY IS GONE THROUGH STAFF CANNOT AGREE TO $100 REDUCTION BECAUSE IT WILL COVER THE COST. HOWEVER, STAFF WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO REDUCING THIS TO $400.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU, ANYTHING FURTHER?

>>MR. COSS: NO MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DID YOU

HEAR THE COMMENTS BY MR. CAUSE. >>MALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HE'S ASKING YOU TO GIVE $400 TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. ARE YOU

IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. >>MALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN, PLEASE

(SWEAR IN THE WITNESS.). >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND ANY PREVIOUS TESTIMONY NOT UNDER OATH OKAY. THANK YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE $400 OFFER?

>>MALE SPEAKER: I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION HERE. EVERYTHING SHAWN SAID IS CORRECT. AND IT WAS A TOTAL -- SOMETHING WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE WAY THAT THIS -- THE WHOLE THING WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A CARPORT AND WE DIDN'T -- WE DID NOT REDO A CAR OR WE DID A NEW ROOF ON A CARPORT WHICH WE THOUGHT THE ROOF WAS CLOSED OUT BACK ON 12, THREE, 18 BY OUR -- WITH OUR ROOF PERMITS.

SO THERE WAS CONFUSION THERE. AND I DO ACCEPT THE $400 REDUCTION. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN I AM THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS OVER

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>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. HOW MUCH TIME DO NEED TO PAY NOT?

>> I WILL PAY IT RIGHT AWAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. I

CAN GIVE YOU 30 DAYS. >>MALE SPEAKER: PERFECT.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I WILL REDUCE THE FINE PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS. I HAVE TO ADVISE YOU, IF IT'S NOT PAID WITHIN THE 30 DAY PERIOD, THEN REVERTS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT, WHICH IS $11,930.

>>MALE SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HIGHWAY PAY IT? CAN I PAY WITH A CREDIT CARD OR GO ONLINE? HOW DO I DO IT? MS. BECK, DO YOU

WANT TO INTO THAT FOR HIM. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: THE ORDER HAS TO BE RECORDED FIRST. I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU. ONCE YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR POSSESSION, WE CAN MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR YOU TO PAY ONLINE IF YOU SO DESIRE.

>>MALE SPEAKER: PERFECT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE DO

HAVE A GOOD ADDRESS FOR HIM. >>FEMALE SPEAKER: YOU.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>>MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME.

>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MADAME CLERK, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE READINGS ARE BEING NOBODY ELSE

PRESENT? >>FEMALE SPEAKER: WE HAD 7A 18

[A. 18-1524 1005 Ohio Ave Pacheco, Lisa M. Chase Shaun Coss]

JUNE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. IS THAT IT? EVERYBODY ELSE WAS PRESENT? ANYTHING FURTHER, COMMENTS?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.