Time is 6:00 pm we'll call the meeting to order the building advisory appeal board.
first item on the agenda is the minutes, uh, from monday, april 6th, 2026.
you review the minutes and then I'll entertain a motion.
I had like to make a motion. Go ahead. I'd like to make a motion that we
accept the minutes as is from the
april 6th meeting. Have a motion. Do I have a second?
second. I have a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed
that motion carried by vote. Seven zero. Next item on the agenda
is a hearing concerning dangerous structure located at 1605 acosta. We'll turn it over
to staff at this time.
I don't have a lot to say.
I'd like to think of my thing would work, but maybe it's not.
oh, so this is 60 0 5
acosta. Remember where it is on the map, uh,
between beltline and carrier, north of marshall,
south of south of, uh, jefferson.
this was the house, or probably the first
we met back in april of 2025
and I got progressive pictures. This was the interior at the time. It's worse
now than I believe, than it was then.
progressive pictures, uh,
the grass gets greener, the holes get a little bit bigger.
there's a dumpster there. At the time, ms. Malone thought she could secure funding
to get it, uh, financed and it, it, that didn't come through.
uh, this was after it
had come through, but, and they, they, the contractor bought
materials found out that we had to do a lot more, uh, engineering and study
to get, get it fixed the correct way.
and so that was even in last month.
this was saturday? No, this was today actually. Uh, when
I went there saturday, there was a, a, an engineer walking
around measuring with this wheel. And I ask him, hey, are you here for the house? He
says, yes. And he says, the gentleman that's here tonight to speak with you folks,
I hired him to do an assessment of what it would take to fix it, what
y'all asked for to be presented at this meeting. So he,
he was there on saturday and I commented that if
things didn't get done in the last minute, that things, so many things get done in the last minute, more
than any other minute in the, in the day. So, so that's good. So,
uh, these were the rec
original recommended findings. It's dangerous in,
in the 29, 18, all those 2, 2, 7, 9, and 11. And, and,
uh, oh, it's substandard and then dangerous 29, 28.
and these were the original orders as a 30 day time period that's been pushed back
now until june. Uh, and then with the
order was for someone representing the, the company that's,
that's, that's got the release, the mortgage representative of the mortgage company
or attorney to present a de more detailed plan.
and I believe he was here tonight. I, I spoke to him and he's got a,
a document that I just, I haven't seen it before you guys did. So
that's what I got. Gotcha. Any questions to my right?
any questions to my left? No. No. And chad's back. Thank you. Hi,
chad. We
do have a speaker card. Uh, kyle,
if you would come forward, state your name and address for the record, please
just tell us your position. Hi, good evening. My name is kyle
piic. Um, I, business address is, I'm with
the law firm, barrett dafen, and I'm here on behalf of, uh, the mortgage company, mid first
bank. That's ms. Malone's mortgage company. My business address is 4 0 0 4
beltline road in suite 100. And that's addison, texas 7 5 0 0 1.
um, thank you for, uh, having me tonight and I apologize for,
for coming on such short notice. My colleague thomas bracket, who's been here several times,
uh, he, he's just returning from his, uh, 50th birthday and 15th anniversary,
uh, today. So he asked me to come down here. Um, he had
let me know what was going on and what was, what went on at the last meeting. Um, the update
that I'm aware of is that the, um, mid first bank is willing or
did come forward and, and offer to take on the cost of the repairs.
um, the latest progress was that on saturday the
engineer went out and did prepare the, uh, report, which I provided a copy to
each of you in front there. Um, I do see that the very last
page, which is the recommendations page, is in the smallest font possible that I
couldn't even read. So if you'd like, I'm more than happy to provide the electronic
copy that I have. Um, so you can take a look at that. Um,
there's not any sort of real plans. It reads like an engineer's report. It's
very clinical, um, describing exactly, you know, the, what standards
needs to be done and, and so on and so forth. So I, I think what, uh, your
honors are looking for is more of a, a realistic prescription
of this is what we're gonna do, this is how we're gonna fix these problems,
more of a plan of attack, more so than just a diagnostic, which I think is what the engineer's report
is. Um, so I understand that I did request from my client as of
friday that they have the general contractor who's gonna be overseeing this project here tonight.
and they told me that that wasn't gonna happen at about 4:00 pm today.
so I'm here hat in hand, well, I should say report in hand. Um,
just to reaffirm that from what I've been told, they still plan on going forward with
the repairs, even knowing what they have in this report and that, um,
I would carry back your, uh, your directions to them with the emphasis
on the need to get moving on this. Let's, uh, see if the board has
any questions. Any questions to my right?
any questions to my left? No, I have a question.
so what we were looking for is a timeline
of completion, not necessarily what type of materials,
um, you would be using because we understand that's gonna be approved
from the city as what type of materials you're using.
but more or less a timeline. It could, it, is that something that we can get?
how long will it take to complete this job?
uh, I understand tonight. I don't have an answer for you on that. Okay. I know hiring
the, um, the engineering age for full scope of the work was really a big part of
that. Mm-hmm . My understanding of it is that the next step will be for them
to internally, um, pick a contract or sit down with that. So
if I can carry that specific instruction that that is a mandate
from the board to have a, um,
a specific timeline mm-hmm . Um, for next meeting, that that is something
I will be able to carry back to them. Okay. Thank you. You're very welcome.
I and I, there's no other questions. Thank you very much. Thank you. Alright.
uh, so the chair will entertain any motions at this time. I will remind
the board then our last motion that we just
approve the minutes on, advised
the owner or their representative in the order for a detailed
progress report of all work completed and
a projected timeline being presented at the may meeting.
I don't have a timeline. I don't have a, a detailed report of what work
was accomplished. Uh, so
just wanna put that out there for y'all's consideration.
go ahead and, and just to remind the board, so currently the order is
actually not set to expire until next month. So the board does not have
to take any action today. The board can choose to take action, however, the board cannot,
at this time reduce the time that has already been given. Gotcha.
thank you. So the chair will
entertain any motions that the board has.
go ahead. You need to say something. The board is also more than welcome to share their
thoughts and comments with the, um,
attorney if they so wish in the public meeting.
well, what I was gonna say is the order is in place until june 5th.
our next meeting is june 1st.
the expectation is that the timeline,
the detailed timeline that we asked for last
meeting is presented on june 1st.
uh, oh, well this says bay meeting right here,
that last sentence. Right. But they don't have it.
right. The, the motion, which was made
last time and put in the order is they were to appear with a timeline at this meeting mm-hmm
. But the repairs were not required to be completed until june.
so at this point okay. They have not complied with the order of the board because they
have not presented a detailed timeline. Gotcha.
well, it's my opinion that we don't do
anything. We, we just allow it to carry out
as is.
what are you thinking, miss bull? That there's a really annoying noise that we
just sorry, like a chirping? Yeah,
something. Uhhuh, uhhuh , uhhuh, , . I don't know,
I I'm sorry. I have a follow up to the gentleman sir. I'm sorry. She go ahead. Go ahead.
did you, just to make sure I, you right you in, you guys with the
homeowner far as funding that,
right? Yes, that's correct. We, um, mid first has, uh, stepped up and offered
to undertake the, um, the cost of the repairs. And in doing so, they're
also taking on the, um, uh, all the
organization of and the paperwork of, so, so really ms. Malone, I mean, she's
not outside of it, obviously, she's benefiting from it and, and she's been great throughout the
process, but it's not as if we're relying on her to find a contractor. In fact, it
was, it was sort of the opposite. She wanted to use some of the stuff that people she'd been working with
and, and mid first has a, a required, no, they have their own set
of vendors and their own procedure to do that with. So, um, I I
think long story short is that no, yes, they're gonna come forward, essentially put a lien
on the back end of her current mortgage, but, um, step up and, and get it fixed
to full compliance. Perfect. Appreciate that.
any other questions before we sit stand?
no further questions. Thank you. Thank you.
so what is the wishes of the board at this point?
I'm inclined to, uh, I know,
put on the record instructions,
no bearing as said.
um, question, put record.
yeah. The second motion and not, don't take any action until that
fourth listen. So the secretary can add that onto the minutes that y'all
vote on at the next meeting. And if you believe that whatever's on there does
not sufficiently reflect the conversation, then y'all can make a motion at that time to amend them,
to ensure that it reflects that opinion. Great.
thank you.
so do we vote on the, the dog action or what? So
there's not actually a motion. Okay. So you have a couple of different options. Okay. You open the floor up for motions.
okay. If you don't have a motion in a second, then you can just go ahead and consider this item closed
and then move on to the next matter on the agenda. Or
if somebody wants to actually take a, make a motion and have a second
to just say no action or to say whatever y'all want.
if there's something you want to do, um, y'all can make a motion on that.
and you can't limit the timeline
by which they have. But since you were not
provided a timeline, if y'all wanted to put some type of a requirement
on them to provide that to code enforcement by a certain date, you could.
if you just want them, they're already required to show up at the janu the june 1st meeting.
so y'all could do no action and they, they could come with that there.
it's, it's really up to your wishes. Mm-hmm .
I'd like a to make a motion that we take no action.
so is that a table or is that would be a table? Would that be considered a table? No,
just no action. Okay. No action. So have a motion that we take no
action. Uh, do I have a second? I second. Have a second. All
in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed,
that motion's carried by a vote of seven zero.
next item on the agenda is citizens comments. Don't see
any citizens out there. Next item on the agenda is
the adjournment. Uh, need a motion to adjourn, please? I make a motion
that we adjourn. I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All in favor,
please say aye. A aye. Carrie, seven zero. We are adjourned at six
15. Thank you.