[00:00:04] OPENING THIS MEETING AT 3:54. AND THE FIRST ITEM [Call to Order] [ITEM 1: Discuss and take appropriate action regarding October 21, 2024, Minutes.] IS DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING OCTOBER 21ST, 2024 MINUTES. WE NEED APPROVAL FOR THOSE. DO I HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION FROM MR. MUHAMMAD. I'LL SECOND. MOTION SECOND FROM MR. DAVY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THAT PASSES 5 TO 0. OKAY. ITEM TWO. DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025. [ITEM 2: Discuss and take appropriate action regarding February 19, 2025, Minutes.] DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 19TH? GO AHEAD. I'LL MOVE FIRST. FIRST MOTION. MOTION MADE BY MR. DAVEY. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND FROM MR. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER THREE. [ITEM 3: Provide update to the Commission on progress of property owned by Keith Dawson at 605 North Arthur Street City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas also described as Lot 2 Block 12 of the Hale Addition. (BSC 25-0001)] PROVIDE UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION ON PROGRESS OF PROPERTY OWNED BY KEITH DAWSON AT 605 NORTH ARTHUR STREET. SEEING DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. DESCRIBED AS LOT TWO, BLOCK 12 OF THE HALE ADDITION. MR. SMITH. MAKE SURE RICK DENNY DIDN'T RUN OUT ON ME. I GOT RICK DENNY HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER ON ARTHUR STREET FROM THE PROPERTY. THAT WAS BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING. YOU DID GIVE HIM 90 DAYS TO WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT THOUGHT WE'D GO AHEAD AND GIVE AN UPDATE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE. EVERYBODY WAS MOSTLY HERE ANYWAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND THEN GIVE AN UPDATE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND SCHEDULES THAT WE HAVE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO RICK DENNY AT THIS TIME. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WENT BY AND CHECKED ON THE PROPERTY TO SEE IF ANYTHING, IF HE'S DONE ANYTHING AT THE PROPERTY AT ALL. THERE IS. HE'S MOVED SOME OF THE THINGS, OR SOMEBODY HAS MOVED SOME OF THE THINGS AROUND IN THE HOUSE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE CLEANED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S NOT A VERY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU CAN SEE SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN HAULED OFF, AND I THINK SOME OF THE PICTURES KIND OF SHOW WHERE MAYBE SCRAP IRON AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN HAULED OFF. BUT AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT AT ALL IN THE STRUCTURE. IT STILL AS IS. SO IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE THE UPDATE ON, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND ON THAT. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? AND I UNDERSTAND, MR. DENNY, YOU WEREN'T HERE. BUT, MR. SMITH, DID YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. DAWSON AFTER THE MEETING? AND HOW DID THAT GO? IT WAS FINE. WE. WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL ITEMS. HE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HE OWNS AND HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS THE MAIN THINGS THAT HE WAS BRINGING OUT DURING THE MEETING. BUT I THINK THAT WE GOT HIM TO A GOOD SPOT AND HE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND SAID THAT HE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH DEMOLISHING THIS PROPERTY. SO AS A AS A BOARD, WE GAVE HIM 90 DAYS, WHICH IS MAY, SOMETIME IN EARLY MAY. MAY 20TH. YES. MAY OKAY. MAY 20TH, WHICH I THINK IS A YEAR AFTER MR. DENNY ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. SO, I THINK IT'S STARTED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THEN, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE CAPTURED IT IN OUR, IN THE, IN THE NOTES. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN REASONABLE. SO I HOPE HE MAKES PROGRESS IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. HE HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE HOPE THAT THAT SPEEDS UP AND MOVES ALONG DURING THIS TIME. DOES HE HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY AFTER THE DEMOLITION. I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOES OR NOT. I'M NOT SURE. HE WAS DISCUSSING THE BUILDING OF A BARN FOR STORAGE OR SOMETHING IN THERE. WE DID DISCUSS SOME OF THAT. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WOULD GO ON. BUT YEAH, THAT'S HOW THAT PROPERTY IS ZONED. AND IT WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR JUST A STORAGE USE ON THAT. BUT MR. DAWSON IS AWARE OF. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. HE DID TELL ME THAT HE HAD CONSIDERED SELLING THE PROPERTY AND HAD HOPED THAT MAYBE HE COULD. THIS WOULD MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR SUCH A SALE. [00:05:09] THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE UPDATE WE HAVE ON THAT FOR NOW. YES, SIR. OKAY. NOT AT ALL. YES. ON THE UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT A HOUSE AT 503 WEST WARD STREET. [ITEM 4: Discuss current code enforcement actions and schedules.] IT'S AT IT'S ON A DEAD END, PART OF THAT STREET. WE STARTED THIS CASE AUGUST 29TH, 1923, AND 2023. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY LONG. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. THAT'S PRETTY LONG, BUT THAT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE STARTED IT. EVEN THEN. AND THERE WAS NO PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THAT. I TALKED TO THE OWNER BEFORE. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO WORK ON TRYING TO GET IT DEMOED. HE'S BEEN BETTER ABOUT KEEPING IT MOLD, BUT THE HOUSE STILL STANDS AS IT WAS. SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE THAT AT TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE ON THAT. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP ON IT, AND THAT HOUSE IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE, BUT IT'S KIND OF SETTING BACK ON A DEAD-END ROAD, AND WE'VE HAD SOME BIGGER PROJECTS COME UP, SO WE'VE BYPASSED THAT TO GET SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS TAKEN CARE OF. SO, DON'T Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. SO JUST IN MY IGNORANCE. SO, WHAT'S THAT ALMOST A YEAR FOR COMING UP ON A YEAR ON SOME OF THEM. AT WHAT POINT THEN WE STEP IN. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT? IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY JUST TELL ME, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE ONE ON WARD STREET? OH YEAH, ON THE WARD STREET ON THIS ONE. JUST ANY OF THEM. JUST AGAIN, FOR MY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, THE NEXT STEP AFTER WE DON'T GET ANY COMPLIANCE IS TO BRING IT BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THAT. SO WHETHER IT BE FINES OR I MEAN, WHATEVER YOU ALL RECOMMEND, IT'S EITHER GETTING IT BACK INTO CODE BY REBUILDING IT, GETTING IT, MEETING ALL THE CURRENT CODES OR DEMOING IT OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET IT BACK WHERE IT'S SAFE. ULTIMATELY, MR. DAVEY, WE CAN ASK YOU TO ORDER THE DEMOLITION OF THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? THE CITY. WE CAN DO THE WORK AND PLACE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. OKAY. YES, IT WILL. IT WILL COME BACK. AT THIS POINT. AT THIS POINT, WE'VE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD. WE'RE GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNER TIME TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF IT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD IN THAT TIME FRAME THAT HAS BEEN SET BY THIS BOARD, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND ORDER THE DEMOLITION OF IT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S, THAT COVERS ALL OF THOSE. THE INFORMATION ON ITEM FIVE IS NEW OR FUTURE BUSINESS. [ITEM 5: New and/or future business items.] I WE DO HAVE ONE THAT BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 16TH, 2025. AND WILL DEFINITELY INCLUDE UPDATES ON THIS, BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY RESPONSE FROM ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WHETHER WE BRING THAT FORWARD, ANOTHER PROPERTY FORWARD ON THAT. BUT WE WILL HAVE A MEETING TO AT LEAST BRING FORWARD UPDATES FOR THE CURRENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE THERE. AND THAT MEETING IS THE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH DATE. OKAY. I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL. WE USUALLY MOVE THAT MEETING TO THE THIRD WEDNESDAY WHEN THE THIRD MONDAY IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ELECTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, IT WILL BE THAT THIRD OR SECOND WEDNESDAY THAT'S ON THERE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ALL RIGHT. LET ME CLOSE THE MEETING. ARE YOU READY FOR QUESTIONS? I MOVE WE MOVE TO ADJOURN AT 4:04. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.