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and trades board for AUGUST
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27th 2026.
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>> we get a roll call mary folk
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out here.
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>> randolph mcdonald here.
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Frank dalton here.
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>> bob warner here in front
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of me.
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>> yeah heidi I was walking
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right?
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Right.
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I did roll call.
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I need disclosure of x party
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communications.
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>> okay.
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No.
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>> and we want to read for
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approval of the previous
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meeting minutes
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.
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>> I'll approve to approve the
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minutes for JULY 23rd, 2026 a
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second.
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>> the motion.
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Mary flicker?
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>> yes.
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Randolph mcmahon.
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Yes.
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>> frank dalton.
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Yes.
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Heidi has walker.
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Yes.
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Bob warner yes.
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The motion carries.
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Let the secretaries who are in
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the city staff and anyone
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wishing to speak on behalf
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of the property owners or
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wishing to speak regarding the
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case before the board please
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rise.
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Please stand and raise your
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right hand
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in the matter to
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which you are about to give
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testimony.
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Do you swear or affirm to tell
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the truth, the whole truth and
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nothing but the truth?
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The witnesses have been sworn
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in
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.
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>> the first case is five a blt
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that's 00025 that's 2026 350
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mission drive officer barbara
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goebel presenting.
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>> good afternoon.
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I have some information I would
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like to submit as an exhibit.
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It is the order from the
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previous hearing that was
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requested by the board to give
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some clear detail on what the
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property owner needed to do.
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So I just want to submit this
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copy to each of you so you can
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review it.
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Thank you.
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How is it looking?
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The building.
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Oh, okay.
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Thank you
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.
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Oh okay.
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Good
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.
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>> okay, so this case was
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presented on JULY 23rd, 2026
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and at that hearing the
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building trade board continued
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the case to the AUGUST 27th,
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2026 hearing.
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Based on the testimony and
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evidence presented to the board
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on JULY 24, 2026, the board
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ordered to continue the hearing
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outlining actions needed to be
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completed by the property owner
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teresa and gascon and or entity
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was mailed certified mail to
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the property owner and was
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signed for and accepted on JULY
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30th 2026.
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The property was also posted on
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JULY 20th ninth 2026 and an
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affidavit of posting was also
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completed for the file.
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At the last hearing the owner
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had a permit for electrical
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work that with an initial
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inspection that had been
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completed by the building
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official.
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>> the final inspection to my
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knowledge has for the work was
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also completed on JULY 23rd
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2020 sachs.
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>> the permit was issued to
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replace the toilet and to make
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the drywall repairs.
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To date no other permits have
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been applied for.
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On AUGUST 4th, 2026 I followed
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up with jay, the husband of the
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property owner, to discuss the
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board order to make sure that
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he understood what the board is
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requiring.
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>> and jay stated that he did
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understand and he was working
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on getting an engineer.
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After that day I did not have
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any other contact with the
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property owner and the will
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update the board at this time.
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>> thank you.
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Thank you.
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>> good evening, ladies and
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gentlemen of the board.
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My name is steve woodworth and
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the building official in new
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smyrna beach.
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I have not had any contact with
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the property owner since the
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last meeting.
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He has pulled no additional
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apartments that I am aware
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of or that we show on the
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building department record.
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Given that I cannot offer any
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new information or testimony to
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this case, I prefer to defer my
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time to the property owner.
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The only questions that will be
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available for whatever
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questions here.
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>> thank you.
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Okay.
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Thank you so I don't know.
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I don't know.
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okay.
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>> got it.
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Yeah.
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Sir, would you like to speak?
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Good afternoon.
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I have a complete some of the
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paper which is a report from
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the engineer and also
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engineering firm and also from
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the home inspector.
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And I have here and I any
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question I can answer you?
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I think I can receive a report.
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>> yeah, that's what I know.
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So would you mind passing the
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documents so we can take a look
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at them in the house now
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?
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>> sir, do you have a copy
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of those reports or is this
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your only copy?
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>> I can hear you well.
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Is this the only copy you have
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or can we keep it for our
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records of the report that you
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just submitted?
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>> yes.
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The report that you just
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submitted.
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>> do you have a copy?
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Can we keep this copy?
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>> yeah.
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Thank you
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.
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>> so, sir, it appears the
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engineering report states that
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the second there are in.
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Yeah, that makes two of us.
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You're welcome to come up here
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and you're.
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>> so it appears the
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engineering report you
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submitted it speaks of the
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property being rebuilt.
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A bowl.
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>> I guess the disconnect here
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is what is it that's preventing
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you from communicating with the
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building department about
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proceeding forward with this?
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are you preventing what what's
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preventing you from
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communicating with city staff
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and the building department to
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proceed forward with getting an
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appropriate permit for these
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repairs?
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You're asking me what in that
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report?
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>> I'm asking why you're not
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communicating with the building
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department.
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>> why did I apply for office
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permit for all electrical
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systems that they completed?
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Okay.
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And the best inspection the
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inspections delivered.
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>> okay.
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Do you believe you're done with
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the.
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No, I'm still working on it.
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Okay.
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I know I let you know I didn't
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go in for the minor things
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which are whichever it was.
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Questionable stuff I.
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>> I wasn't able to fix it and
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I spent all that to fix their
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property.
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Okay.
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So I did whatever.
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>> so the photographs that this
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board is currently looking at
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are.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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This
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okay?
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Yeah, I will.
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Okay.
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So again there you go.
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We'll be able to hear each
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other now.
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So the photographs that we're
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looking at here are months old
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obviously what is the current
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condition of the property?
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What is your plan for next
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steps?
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>> all right.
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There are some pictures of that
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property inside and outside
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compared to what you see.
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There's nothing that looks like
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this all gone.
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And what are the plans for the
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private property?
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What are your plans for next
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steps?
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There's saying they need to
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have I wrote down that paper
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and that paper has a link I
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have to if I can get that paper
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I will look at it.
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Okay.
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So what it is right now I want
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you to paint inside and they
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one of the people that came and
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those homeless people they did
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graffiti inside.
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And I'm trying to not try to I
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have to paint the whole
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building inside.
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And also I'm putting two new
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toilets and I have to do
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questionable to interior doors
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which I'm replacing it and also
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the whatever maintenance needs
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to be done inside outside.
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So I'm on it.
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And do you currently have a
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contractor that's working on
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getting you prices or do you
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intend to do this work yourself
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?
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That I for the for drywall I
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have permit to do myself.
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I'm a handyman also I did a
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dental work in my past so I
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know most of the this work so
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it's not a big thing study.
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I have a question on your roof.
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I don't see a roof inspection
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and details.
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>> I'm still looking here and
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it was leaking a few spots
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which I fixed it.
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Okay because I still see mildew
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a stasis maybe you in the walls
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in there.
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So I guess you pass the roof
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inspection so you're ready for
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paint.
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And so what your next step is
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going to be paint or not ready
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for anything.
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The interior walls you've done
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that you've done the drywall
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repair.
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I did not do yet.
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I'm still collecting all the
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still doing terrible.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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So what's your plan of action
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and what's your timeframe for
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fixing the home?
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I'm doing as quick as possible
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because I have I'm doing I have
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another project.
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You have another project?
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No, I mean not here.
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Okay.
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I'm busy in a different things
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are there so as as much as I.
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I have first priority as soon
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aseave time.
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Right.
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Go ahead and do the job.
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Okay.
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One more question.
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Yeah, I have a question for you
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.
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There were questions in regards
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to the aluminum structure the
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aluminum addition that was
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built on to the back of the
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house.
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You know what I'm talking about
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that aluminum room that was
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built there were questions in
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regards to the aluminum
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structure that was added to the
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back of the house has one other
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thing was they inspected in one
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speak and art that was
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inspected it when I apply like
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1213 years ago there was the
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permitted and engineered.
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Okay.
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So so I'm understanding that is
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not engineered for habitation.
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It is engineered green room but
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not for a part of your house
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for an interior living space.
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Was that addressed by the
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engineer?
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Yeah, that he checked it out.
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Whatever.
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He checked the whole building.
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There was two engineers.
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And are your intentions with
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that room to try to make it
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living space again or are you
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trying to tear that down from
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this green room on the back?
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The aluminum room?
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No, no, no, no.
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Not on the porch on the back on
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that there's going to be porch
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space.
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Yeah, porch both to the front
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and back.
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And so it was also using the
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system for the building is
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concerned.
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I mean we have an engineer this
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is structural adjustment.
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Okay?
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Based on structural.
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Okay.
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So so just for clarity, was
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there a large aluminum addition
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to the back of the home like a
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metal frame room that supports
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it?
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I didn't have any.
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Okay.
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No structure.
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All right.
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Just just a short.
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Okay
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.
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Is this the owner of the home?
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>> is that picture the rear
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of the home?
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yeah, right now?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I did a lot of work.
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Okay.
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That's awesome.
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Okay, here's all your
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paperwork, sir.
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>> yeah.
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Forec record.
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>> oh, yeah.
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So again, you're going to keep
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it for the record.
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We can keep this.
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You have copies?
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Yes.
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Yes, I have another.
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They give me threeieopies.
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>> you have handwritten notes
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here.
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So you have copies of it.
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You can give me that.
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Okay.
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So I know it does invoicing.
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Okay.
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I'm going to go ahead and hand
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this to you.
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You can go down and speak with
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the attorney directly.
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There you go, sir
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.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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You have it, sir.
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Right here.
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You got that
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MISS Heidi as well
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as walker of your speaking.
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Can you speak on the
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microphone?
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Yeah, I apologize.
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Yeah, we're not capturing what
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you're saying.
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Yeah, I'm sorry.
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No, I was just saying that I
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think we should have some
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discussion.
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It does look like he's
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progressing and making an
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effort.
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so I would like to make a
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motion to give him an extended
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30 days and to see if he's
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still progressing.
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Can I second that motion?
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>> can I clarify when you're
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giving him an extended 30 days,
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do you want him to still comply
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with all the previous requests
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that were in the original order
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dated JULY 23rd, 2026?
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Yes.
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The list of five things yes.
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We have a second chance.
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Yes.
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Very very good.
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Mary five second.
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Yes.
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Mary if I could.
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Yes.
[18:25]
Randolph mcmahon.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
[18:28]
Frank dalton yes.
[18:31]
Bob warner yes.
[18:31]
Heidi hales walker yes.
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The motion carries
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.
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The next case is a request to
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appear seven a 67 cottingham
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drive.
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Officer barbara both will act
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presenting this case as belle
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de dash 200029-2026 property
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location at 67 cunningham drive
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this is a variance case the
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property owner donny and stacy
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hunt 67 cunningham drive has
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requested to appear before the
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building trade board to request
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a variance to the existing
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finished floor for the new and
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proposed additions to 67
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cunningham drive.
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They would like the floor
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elevation to be remain at 8.26
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and eight feet two inches 26in
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as originally constructed in
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2012.
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In lieu of the new ffa for new
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construction that was
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implemented during the 2020 new
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f b c r building code cycle
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requires f e to be two foot
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zero inches above the flood
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elevation.
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So they're asking for a
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variance to leave it at their
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current elevation and stead
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of meeting the new flood
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elevation.
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This is like the question I
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have is I well I guess we'll
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just let steve do his thing
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first or no.
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>> yes.
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This is not my expertise.
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What perfect.
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Thank you
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.
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Good evening again board steve
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woodworth for the city of new
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smyrna beach.
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I am in building and official
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and for the record I am state
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license building official plans
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examiner building inspector and
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an icc certified property
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maintenance inspector.
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You got a question, ma'am?
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I did.
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I guess my my question is has
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it ever flooded before in the
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past I can't speak to whatever
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it's flooded in the past.
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It hasn't flooded since 2012
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when it was constructed.
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I'd like to provide the board a
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little background information
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of why we're hearing this and
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how we got here.
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New smyrna beach is part of a
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community rating system where
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we get a a grade, if you will,
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on how we enforce the flood
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provisions of our code and
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whether they are stricter than
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the minimum standards and new
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smyrna beach decided in 2020 to
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make our code stricter than the
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minimum standards.
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>> so we got a higher grade in
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our community rating.
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So that's what we're here
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discussing tonight.
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It is not that this house was
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constructed below base flood
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elevation it when it was
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constructed it met all the
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applicable laws and our
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required freeboard since the
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time it was constructed we have
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increased our level
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of compliance.
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We've elevated our minimum
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elevation by 12in.
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So this house when it is
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improved it would meet the
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minimum requirements or it
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would be a level of substantial
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improvement which defaults into
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meeting the new flood elevation
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which is why we're here this
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evening.
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>> the house is 14 years old.
[22:15]
It has not flooded however it
[22:16]
would not meet our current
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minimum flood elevation.
[22:23]
>> a staff report from the city
[22:24]
engineering department was
[22:28]
submitted with your agenda.
[22:28]
It did not carry engineering
[22:32]
department approval.
[22:33]
>> they've worked very hard to
[22:35]
get the c r d c r s words that
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and they are afraid that a
[22:39]
deviation would be noticed
[22:43]
under audit and we would get
[22:43]
docked for that.
[22:47]
With that being said, it is up
[22:47]
to you if you would like to
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allow this allowance in the
[22:51]
free board element not the base
[22:54]
flood element.
[22:55]
>> how many square feet is the
[22:58]
addition do you know?
[22:59]
I do not remember off the top
[23:00]
of my head sir.
[23:02]
I'm sure that the property
[23:03]
owner has that information and
[23:03]
could provide it in this
[23:04]
testimony.
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>> understood.
[23:11]
>> any other questions?
[23:11]
>> not at this time.
[23:12]
All right.
[23:14]
For now for you, steve.
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>> I will be available if
[23:16]
needed.
[23:16]
Thank you.
[23:16]
Thank you.
[23:17]
Thank you.
[23:21]
Is the owner here with you?
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>> I'm sorry.
[23:25]
>> good evening.
[23:26]
Thank you for hearing me and
[23:30]
our thoughts about this
[23:30]
variance.
[23:33]
My name is donnie hunt.
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>> we moved here permanently in
[23:34]
AUGUST.
[23:37]
We bought this home about two
[23:38]
years ago on the search for a
[23:38]
home.
[23:41]
We looked at a lot of different
[23:42]
homes.
[23:42]
We look at other homes in this
[23:44]
neighborhood that most of the
[23:45]
homes are built.
[23:47]
>> I think in the 50s and 60s
[23:48]
as he stated, the home was
[23:52]
rebuilt 12 years 13 years ago
[23:55]
we did not think we had any
[23:55]
issues.
[23:59]
We had the original survey.
[24:00]
I didn't see it up there and my
[24:02]
architect is here also and I
[24:03]
think he has a copy but it does
[24:05]
show the 100 year flood line in
[24:09]
the front of the house at sachs
[24:11]
foot which is fema's line with
[24:16]
that being said, we felt we
[24:19]
were meeting everything.
[24:23]
We were unaware of the extra
[24:26]
12in I least I was and so we
[24:30]
bought this house thinking
[24:31]
we've got a house that's
[24:31]
already been rebuilt.
[24:32]
>> it's it's way higher than
[24:34]
the neighbors.
[24:35]
i have a picture and I can give
[24:37]
this to you guys to pass around
[24:38]
extremely higher than the
[24:41]
neighbors house.
[24:41]
>> this portion that they're
[24:45]
talking about is only a back
[24:46]
bedroom which is going to turn
[24:49]
into a dining area, a bathroom
[24:53]
and part of another current
[24:53]
bedroom.
[24:54]
>> we are not changing that
[24:57]
part of the slab at all.
[24:58]
What we're doing is taken off
[24:58]
the garage on the front
[25:01]
enlarging it and going to store
[25:02]
two stories with it with hopes
[25:05]
that we have three kids that
[25:06]
there will be room for them to
[25:12]
come home to the lines that
[25:13]
they talked about.
[25:19]
Fema's line we we are above by
[25:19]
one foot this state.
[25:23]
We are above the county.
[25:26]
We are above because we're at
[25:26]
8.26.
[25:29]
It's just the extra 12in we've
[25:33]
talked about the house flooding
[25:36]
since 2016.
[25:40]
There's been one, two, three,
[25:40]
four, five.
[25:41]
There's been sachs storms cat
[25:44]
two kapoor, cat five, carrefour
[25:44]
cat one got three.
[25:45]
The home has never flooded.
[25:47]
I asked that when we purchased
[25:50]
that small portion that falls 7
[25:51]
or 8in short is the big
[25:52]
question here.
[25:54]
I was also told by city staff
[25:58]
that if my dollar amount wasn't
[26:02]
above 50% they wouldn't even
[26:02]
care about this elevation.
[26:08]
So I'm just here saying this
[26:09]
house is 13 years old.
[26:10]
I really don't want to have to
[26:13]
tear it down and start over.
[26:13]
I've already moved out of the
[26:17]
house because I have a pool
[26:20]
contractor who's already got
[26:21]
his permit to start the job.
[26:24]
he was actually going to start
[26:25]
and I halted him.
[26:26]
We're not in the home anymore.
[26:28]
We're out in another home and
[26:30]
time and just going to delay
[26:34]
and delay and delay just trying
[26:35]
to make this our final home.
[26:38]
And I don't know if there's
[26:39]
anything else that my architect
[26:41]
mark can add if you don't mind
[26:41]
.
[26:45]
Sure.
[26:50]
So that's fine.
[26:57]
So so good evening.
[26:58]
>> hi.
[26:58]
I'm martin israel.
[26:59]
I'm the architect of can you
[27:00]
speak into the microphone?
[27:01]
I am mark nasrallah, the
[27:03]
architect of record.
[27:06]
I've been working in new smyrna
[27:07]
since the 80s so I am aware
[27:10]
of all of the building codes
[27:14]
and local codes ordinances and
[27:14]
I hate making mistakes.
[27:18]
When we went into this project
[27:22]
we got our survey with all
[27:25]
of our bfi's everything we done
[27:26]
added the fema lines which is
[27:30]
the very first thing I told
[27:30]
lonnie we have to do because
[27:32]
we've done a lot of work on the
[27:33]
water.
[27:35]
We understand there is a two
[27:36]
foot minimum about the fee
[27:39]
we're required for.
[27:40]
Our survey right there in
[27:43]
yellow says flood plain 6.0
[27:46]
we're at 8.23.
[27:49]
I said we're good to go here is
[27:50]
not the first seven elevation
[27:54]
on this and when it says that's
[27:57]
my fema line we just assumed
[27:58]
terrible word that we're good
[28:01]
to go it wasn't until
[28:02]
engineering pointed out and
[28:04]
even our we have a civil
[28:05]
engineer david blunt he's never
[28:08]
even seen it this back left
[28:09]
corner of the house has a seven
[28:12]
touch unit and we don't know
[28:13]
why we can't explain it because
[28:16]
the elevation back there is
[28:17]
five and four and everything is
[28:20]
falling off and why we have a
[28:21]
seven at that back corner we're
[28:23]
like you know we we don't
[28:24]
understand but it's there.
[28:27]
It's on the fema map.
[28:28]
I did not check the fema map
[28:30]
because my surveyor said we're
[28:31]
at sachs so we that's why we
[28:34]
have a finished product.
[28:38]
I'm not one to do and ask for
[28:38]
forgiveness.
[28:39]
We had everything we thought we
[28:42]
had everything we thought
[28:42]
checked out done is done as
[28:48]
mentioned we're nine inches
[28:48]
short.
[28:51]
The majority of the
[28:52]
construction proposed is the
[28:56]
garage and above the garage the
[28:57]
main house pretty much remains.
[29:00]
We have because I told him
[29:01]
don't touch the existing house
[29:05]
it's good let's build a by the
[29:05]
garage.
[29:07]
So that was actually 90% of our
[29:11]
work is new garage for above
[29:16]
which is about 2000ft so and
[29:17]
also when we're done we're
[29:21]
going to have all new windows
[29:22]
to meet all of the new when
[29:25]
zone loads we're going to have
[29:26]
all of our all the new
[29:27]
structure will meet the new
[29:29]
current code so the house will
[29:33]
be pretty close to meeting all
[29:33]
of the current levels.
[29:34]
And then as I've mentioned to
[29:37]
donny we meet the federal code,
[29:40]
we meet the state code, we meet
[29:41]
the county code for minimum
[29:41]
floor.
[29:44]
It's only new smyrna that we
[29:45]
are denied which is below.
[29:48]
So that is what our request is
[29:49]
for the variance so we
[29:51]
have any questions not at this
[29:55]
time, no.
[29:55]
Good.
[29:55]
Thank you.
[30:02]
Thank you.
[30:03]
I feel since the house is above
[30:06]
the road that there probably
[30:07]
won't be any flooding
[30:10]
situations but would there be
[30:11]
any problem if he goes to sell
[30:14]
and doesn't have those
[30:15]
requirements done?
[30:17]
That's no problem in the
[30:17]
future.
[30:24]
I agree that is do we have a
[30:28]
motion of do a motion that he
[30:32]
does not have to improve the
[30:32]
property to or he doesn't have
[30:35]
to do the elevation in order to
[30:36]
get a permit to complete the
[30:39]
house??
[30:40]
That's correct.
[30:45]
I second that for the variance
[30:46]
.
[30:51]
Mary baker yes.
[30:52]
Randolph opinion yes.
[30:52]
Franklin yes.
[30:53]
Bob warner yes.
[30:54]
Idaho's walker yes.
[30:58]
The motion carries.
[30:58]
Thank you.
[30:59]
If you'd like to collect your
[31:05]
photographs, good luck.
[31:11]
Enjoy
[31:20]
.
[31:23]
I was just moving on to the is
[31:27]
there anything else on this and
[31:28]
solve the business.
[31:28]
Do we have any old business to
[31:30]
discuss?
[31:34]
I just want to update you all
[31:35]
that the two houses that were
[31:35]
approved for demolition were
[31:38]
done out this week so the two
[31:41]
houses and the sheldon home and
[31:42]
the palm street those were
[31:46]
demos this week and they'll be
[31:48]
finishing up the 428 palm
[31:48]
street tomorrow.
[31:49]
>> thank you so much for the
[31:51]
update.
[31:55]
good work.
[31:59]
>> okay any new case business
[31:59]
to go over?
[32:00]
We're going to adjourn.
[32:00]
There's none.
[32:01]
Okay.
[32:02]
We'll go ahead and adjourn the
[32:03]
meeting.
[32:03]
It is for the record.
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6:04 P.M. Thank you