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IT IS. 3:58 AND WE WILL CALL OUR BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. AND TO START IT OFF HERE.I WILL CALL AN OPEN FORUM. IT IS AGAIN 3:58. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY? SO FEEL FREE TO COME UP IF NOT.
FIRST ACTION ITEM FOR 803 NORTH NEWARK STREET.
[III.1. The Commission to receive updates on the property owned by Anna Juno Bible located at 803 N Newark Street City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas also described as Proctor Addition Block 54 Tract 4 and 5 that was deemed substandard by the commission on February 18, 2026, and an Order of Demolition was issued on May 18, 2026. (Code Case #3454)]
MR. DENNEY, WHAT UPDATES DO YOU HAVE FOR US? OKAY.803 NORTH NEWARK. THEY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO DO THE DEMO THEIRSELF.
THEY'RE DOING IT BY HAND. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITH EQUIPMENT OR DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCING.
WHATEVER THEY THEY'RE DOING IT BY HAND, BUT THEY'VE GOT THE WALLS DOWN TO THE PRETTY MUCH THE FLOOR.
I'VE BEEN CHECKING ON IT REGULARLY. THEY'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON IT.
I'VE STOPPED BY AND VISITED WITH THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
SO I THINK IN THE NEAR FUTURE THEY'LL HAVE THE REST OF THAT CLEANED UP AND HAVE THE DEMO COMPLETE.
THEY'RE PRETTY TOUGH DOING A DEMO LIKE THAT. EVEN A SMALL STRUCTURE LIKE THAT BY HAND.
[III.2. The Commission to receive updates on property owned by Aguillar F&F Companies, LLC, located at 302 South Lane Street, City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas also described as Block 48 Tarleton Addition that was deemed substandard by the commission on June 15, 2026, and the property owner was given 90 days to repair, remove or demolish the building and have a permit in place by July 20, 2026. (Code Case #3348)]
AGENDA ITEM 2 FOR 302 SOUTH LANE. OKAY. 302 SOUTH LANE.WE GAVE THEM 90 DAYS TO GET TO EITHER REPAIR THE HOUSE, REMOVE IT, OR TO DEMO IT.
THEY HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GO IN AND TRY TO REDO THE HOUSE.
THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND ON THAT. AND THEY CAME TO OUR OFFICE AND SAID THAT THEY.
BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE 90 DAYS WHICH IT PUT IT UP TO SEPTEMBER BEFORE THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE IT BY THEN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO? IF IT'S NOT COMPLETED BY THAT 90 DAYS, WOULD THAT COME BACK TO US AT THAT POINT? UNDERSTOOD. YEAH.
[III.3. The Commission to receive updates, consider and take action on an order of demolition on the property owned by Kamy Real Property Trust located at 300 South Houston Street City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas also described as Block 50 Tarleton Addition, that was deemed substandard by the commission on May 18, 2026, and given 30 days to repair, remove or demolish the building and to secure the structure until the property is brough into compliance. Staff is requesting that an order of demolition be issued. (Code Case #3498)]
ALL RIGHT. NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 300 SOUTH HOUSTON STREET.YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. WE DID HAVE THE STRUCTURE DECLARED AS SUBSTANDARD AT THE MAY 18TH, 2026 BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING. WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING WITH ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS AFFECTED ON THAT AND DID DECLARE IT SUBSTANDARD.
THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION DID ORDER THE STRUCTURE TO BE REPAIRED, REMOVED, OR DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT MEETING. IT WAS SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL.
HE DID RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED MAIL SIGNED FOR IT.
AND SO THEY HAD, THEY WERE PROPERLY NOTIFIED OF THAT.
THE PROPERTY OWNER DID COMMUNICATE TO ME WITH ME THROUGH EMAIL AND YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED THAT EMAIL.
HE ASKED THAT THAT EMAIL BE GIVEN TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION FOR YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
BUT I DID TELL HIM THAT THERE WAS MORE AND THAT I DID HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT HE BE PRESENT, AT LEAST IN A CAPACITY REMOTELY SO THAT HE COULD ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IN PERSON.
HE HAS STILL NOT SIGNED ON, SO HE'S NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
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AND SO WE DID PUSH THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND DECIDED TO BRING IT TO YOU AT THIS SO THAT THEY HAD THEIR FULL 30 DAYS PLUS SOME TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT.WE DID MAKE NOTIFICATION AGAIN THAT THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS AND THAT A DETERMINATION WOULD BE MADE AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE PROPERTY.
WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE SOME LUMBER AND WERE ABLE TO BOARD UP ALL OF THE, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS SO THAT ACCESS WAS NOT ABLE TO BE MADE INTO THAT HOUSE. ROOF IS STILL IN THE CONDITION THAT IT'S IN.
BUT YOU SEE HERE WHERE WE HAD TAKEN AND PUT PLYWOOD OVER ALL OF THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO HELP SECURE THAT STRUCTURE SO THAT NOBODY COULD MAKE ENTRY INTO THAT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE PASSED THE 30 DAYS THAT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION HAD GIVEN TO REPAIR OR REMOVE OR DEMOLISH THIS. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID WANT YOU TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE FOR THAT. AND SO I WOULD TURN THAT OVER TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE DETERMINATION ON THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION. SO I KNOW WE PUSHED IT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T QUITE AT 30 DAYS LAST TIME, BUT HE DIDN'T EMAIL UNTIL THIS PAST FRIDAY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WAS, WHAT ABOUT DAY 50? 55? YES.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE HOUSE ITSELF, THERE WAS AN OUTBUILDING AS WELL THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS LIKE A WIND AWAY FROM COLLAPSING ON SOMEBODY? YES. OKAY.
YES. IS THE CITY SECURED IT OR THE HOMEOWNER? THE CITY IS THE ONE THAT DID THIS. NOW WE HAVE NOT SECURED THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IT'S REALLY NOT UP TO WAYNE TO DELIVER A REQUESTOR'S REQUEST.
THE OWNER'S REQUEST. I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT.
IT'S NOT WAYNE'S JOB TO DELIVER THE REQUEST THAT THE HOMEOWNER SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
EXACTLY. WE DID ATTEMPT TO TRY TO GET HIM TO EITHER COME IN PERSON OR JOIN BY THE ZOOM AND SEND HIM THE LINK AND EVERYTHING AND ABLE TO SO HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ARE WE HAVING ANY COOPERATION WITH THIS HOMEOWNER AT ALL? JUST THESE EMAILS. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM HIM.
OKAY. HE'S ASKING FOR 12 MONTHS TO EXTEND IT.
BUT HE JUST ASKED AND JUST. I'M GUESSING BECAUSE.
NO. ANYWAY, SO HE HAS TO OPEN UP A HEARING FOR COMMENTS.
DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THE PROPERTY OWNERS OWN THIS? IF I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT, IT WAS 15 MONTHS? 15 YEARS 15 YEARS. I'M SORRY. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY AND WHERE IT'S AT.
RIGHT THERE AT THE. SO HOUSTON IS VERY SHORT STREET AND IT CIRCLES AROUND SHOEMAKER'S ON THE TOP SIDE OF THIS. AND IT KIND OF TUCKS IN IN A CORNER RIGHT THERE.
AND IF YOU JUST PASS BY IT, YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE THAT IT'S A DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE, BUT SEEING THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY UNTIL YOU GET ON THE PROPERTY, AND ESPECIALLY GO AROUND TO THE BACK WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF.
IT'S HARD TO SEE FROM THERE. WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON THE ON THE STRUCTURE, AND THAT'S WHY WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS CASE. ONCE WE KNEW WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY WAS.
IS THERE A STAFF RECOMMENDED TIME FRAME THAT WE NEED TO MEET HERE OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN? SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS CASE WHENEVER WE ASK FOR THE ORDER OF DEMOLITION, ONCE YOU.
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ISSUED BY THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION BY OUR ORDINANCE AND BY STATE LAW.HE HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL THAT DECISION. OKAY.
AND THAT APPEAL WOULD GO TO DISTRICT COURT. OKAY.
SO IN THAT TIME, WE WILL NOTIFY HIM ONCE WE SEND THAT NOTIFICATION OUT TO HIM.
THE TIME STARTS ON THAT. AT THE END OF 30 DAYS, WE WOULD TAKE ACTION TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
ASSUMING THERE'S NO APPEAL? ASSUMING THERE IS NO APPEAL.
HE SAID HE HAD THIS PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS.
HE SAID WHEN HE BOUGHT IT, THE STRUCTURE WAS IN BAD SHAPE.
NOTHING'S BEEN DONE FOR IMPROVEMENTS OVER THAT 15 YEARS.
HE SAID THAT WHEN HE BOUGHT IT, SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD, AS LONG AS HE KEPT IT MOLD, THAT IT WOULD BE FINE THE WAY IT IS. SO THERE'S BEEN NO UPKEEP AT ALL ON IT FOR THAT 15 YEARS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL WERE AWARE OF THAT. AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANYBODY THAT TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD KEEP THE PROPERTY IN THAT CONDITION. THERE'S NO RECORD OF THAT. THERE IS NO.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO? NO ONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING, PAM? YES. OKAY. IT IS 4:10, AND I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
FROM YOUR LEGAL STAFF PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE POSING A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAM. I DO NEED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR THAT WAS SENT OUT FOR THIS WHENEVER THE BUILDING WAS DEEMED SUBSTANDARD.
WE GOT THE WRONG DATE IN THERE. IT DID SAY THAT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2026, AND DETERMINED IT SUBSTANDARD. NOW, YOU CONTINUE TO READ IN THAT LETTER, AND IT DOES TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO REPAIR OR REMOVE OR DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE BY JUNE 20TH. AND SO THAT WAS THAT.
THAT DATE WAS CORRECT IN THERE. WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT HE DOES HAVE A UPDATED VERSION OF THAT INITIAL SUBSTANDARD ORDER. OKAY. SO THAT I UNDERSTAND.
SO WE ISSUED THIS, THIS. DEAL HERE WITH HIM. AND WE GAVE HIM FROM JUNE TO YOU KNOW. FIX IT. FIX IT OR DO WHATEVER. SO NOW WE'RE INTO JULY AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE OTHER THAN AN EMAIL SENT TO YOU RIGHT BEFORE THIS ASKING FOR A 12-MONTH EXTENSION.
YES, SIR. AND SO CAN WE NOT JUST SAY, OKAY, WE GAVE YOU YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM 30-DAYS NOTICE.
BUT I MEAN, HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. I MEAN, HE HAD ALL THAT TIME, 15 YEARS DID YOU SAY? ANYWAY. AND HE'S HE HAS NO DESIRE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT PROPERTY.
AND THE EMAIL SAYS SO TOO. TODAY WE WOULD APPROVE THE DEMOLITION.
THAT'S. YES. IF WE WANTED. OKAY. IF THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO, YOU CAN.
OR YOU CAN ISSUE THE ORDER OF DEMOLITION. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WE CAN I DIDN'T SEE A WRITTEN MOTION IN HERE. YEAH, IT IS RIGHT HERE.
BASED ON THE TESTIMONY, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER FOR THE DEMOLITION.
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WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. FEATHERSTON. I SECOND.AND A SECOND FROM MR. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[Items IV.1 & IV.2]
MOVING ON TO SOME NEW ITEMS, IT APPEARS. ON 502 NORTH NEWARK AND 204 WEST BRADY.WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US, MR. DENNEY? OKAY. 502 NORTH NEWARK.
WE BROUGHT THAT UP SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT'S A SMALL HOUSE WITH IT'S BOARDED UP AND IT'S SECURED NOW.
IT'S IN REALLY BAD SHAPE, BUT IT IS SECURED. WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER CASES THAT'S COME ALONG SINCE THEN, LIKE THE 204 WEST BRADY. IT'S A LARGER STRUCTURE THAT THAT IT IS SUBSTANDARD.
THEY'RE ACCEPTING LETTERS. THEY HADN'T CALLED OUR OFFICE BACK REGARDING THIS.
THEY'VE GOT TWO OF THEM, I BELIEVE, NOW. AND BOTH TIMES THEY'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE ACCEPTED THE CERTIFIED LETTER HADN'T REACHED OUT IN ANY WAY, SO WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ONE UP ON THE LIST BECAUSE IT IS IN A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA. THE OTHER ONE, NOT SO MUCH AS THIS ONE IN IT.
AND ONE OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES HAD RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON IT? RIGHT? THE THAT WAS 300 SOUTH HOUSTON HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS.
ARE THESE HOMEOWNERS IN TOWN? ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS? THE BEST I REMEMBER THE ADDRESS THAT WE MAILED THE LETTERS TO ARE IN DECATUR, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS, I BELIEVE. AND BOTH OF THESE WILL BE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA? YES. ANYTHING ELSE FOR US, MR. DENNEY? THAT'S ABOUT IT.
JUST MOVING ON TO OUR LAST ITEM HERE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS MR.
[V. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
SMITH HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND REPRINT THOSE MINUTES BASED ON THE OPEN HEARING, AND WE WILL BE APPROVING TWO OF THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING.I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM. NEW AND FUTURE BUSINESS.
[VI. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ASSUMING THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND WE WILL BE HERE AGAIN ON AUGUST 17TH.GET TO USE MY GAVEL HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.