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I'LL THE ORDER OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARINGS FOR APRIL TWENTY ONE 2021, IT'S 1:00 OR
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2:00 P.M.. MY NAME IS JAMES BEEDLE ON THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO ACT A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT MEANS BASICALLY THE PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL COME UP INTO THE MICROPHONE, IDENTIFY HIM OR HERSELF.AND THEN AS THE APPLICANT, UM.
BUT THEIR CASE, AS FAR AS BASIS FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE CITY WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE AND THEN THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR REBUTTAL TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
AND THAT'S THE GENERAL PROCEDURE.
[SWEARING IN:]
A CLERK WILL SWEAR IN ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO TESTIFY.I'LL TURN IT OVER THE COURT. RIGHT.
WHEN YOU GIVE TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THAT'S GOING TO COME UP ON ANY EVIDENCE.
YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU MAY BE SEATED.
[PETITION FOR RELIEF:]
FIRST CASE TO BE HEARD TODAY IS CWB 19, SEVEN SEVEN SIX, DASH ONE NINE FROM 13 90 ATHENS DRIVE NORTHEAST AND THE CODE OFFICER, SABRINA PERKINS.THOSE ELEMENTS COMING FROM THE.
MY NAME IS ROSE BATTLEMENT, PROPERTY OWNER, THAT ADDRESS.
OK, THAT'S A MODEL HOME THAT WE WE BUILT THAT HOME.
THERE'S SOME TIME MY SON MOVED INTO THAT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS ONE DAUGHTER AND HIS WIFE WAS EXPECTING AT THE TIME THAT HE MOVED IN.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE BUILDER HAD, I GUESS, OR SOMEONE HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT THAT HE WOULD.
THAT WE WOULD. I HAVE TO CHANGE THE GARAGE DOOR FROM THEIR FRENCH DOORS TO AN OVERHEAD DOOR. IT WAS AFTER SOME TIME THAT HE WAS IN THE HOUSE WITHOUT THE NOTICE.
SO THEY WENT TO A CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I DID NOT ATTEND THAT MEETING.
THEY WENT TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING.
AND WE WE HAD ANOTHER HOUSE ON THE CONSTRUCTION THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO.
SO WE ASKED THAT HE COULD STAY THERE BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS ABOUT FIVE DAYS OUT OF HAVING THE SECOND BABY. AND IF THEY COULD STAY THERE UNTIL WE MOVED INTO THE OTHER HOUSE AND THAT THAT WAS GRANTED AN EXTENSION WAS GRANTED, I BELIEVE, UNTIL NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR.
BUT IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR, AND THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAULT.
I DIDN'T I WAS SUPPOSED TO THEY TOLD ME I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE.
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE COME IN AND ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME.
HE DID FINALLY MOVE IN AND ON JUNE 15TH OF TWENTY TWENTY WAS OK.
HE FINALLY MOVED INTO THE HOME AFTER MANY DELAYS OF BEING STOLEN.
YOU HAVE TO REORDER IT DELAYS IN BUILDING THINGS LIKE THAT.
AT THAT TIME AFTER HE MOVED OUT, I, I WHAT WE DID WAS WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT, KEEP IT AS A MODEL HOME.
WE JUST WEREN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
MY HUSBAND DECIDED, LET'S SELL IT.
I SAID, WELL, WE GOT WE GOT TO PUT THE GARAGE DOOR ON, WE PAINTED IT, BUT OUTSIDE WE WATCHED EVERYTHING. WE PUT IT ON THE MARKET.
WHEN WE PUT IT ON THE MARKET, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CITY HAD FILED LILLIEN.
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
SO AT THAT POINT, I GUESS I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR A TILL THIS DAY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THE FINE IS.
AT THE TIME THAT MY SON MOVED OUT AND IN JUNE OF TWENTY TWENTY, WE WEREN'T SURE WE REALLY WEREN'T IN VIOLATION ONCE HE LEFT BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE CHOSE TO KEEP THE DOORS THAT WAY IF WE WERE GOING TO KEEP IT AS A MODEL.
AND IT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT THAT WE DECIDED TO SELL IT.
AND WE KNEW BECAUSE THEY SAID WE HAD A GARAGE DOOR FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE.
THAT'S WHEN WE PUT THE GARAGE DOOR, THE REGULAR CLOSING GARAGE DOOR, SO THAT THOSE WERE LIKE AN ARAB COMEDY OF ERRORS.
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SO. UM.I WANTED TO SEE IF IT WAS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NEVER ANY DANGER.
NOBODY WAS IN DANGER. MY SON WAS THE ONLY PERSON WITH HIS FAMILY THAT WAS LIVING THERE.
THE PROPERTIES NEVER IMPLIED THERE WAS NEVER ANY SORT OF THE CITY.
I MEAN, NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED OTHER THAN HE WAS THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS POINT? NO. PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED.
I'M SABRINA PERKINS, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, CITY OF POMMIE PROPERTY'S BEEN INSPECTED.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT VIOLATIONS.
THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO REDUCTION OF FINES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THAT IS INCURRED REGARDING LATION? THE ADMITTED ADMINISTRATION COSTS ARE GENERALLY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER CASE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION OF THE CITY IS, IS THERE A.
SO THIS PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE A VIOLATION? OF. PARTICULAR CODE PROVISION THAT WAS CITED.
IF THERE'S NO ONE OCCUPYING THE PREMISES.
OH, BUT SINCE IT WAS A MOBILE HOME, THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING IN IT.
I'M SORRY, BUT I'M JUST SAYING ONCE THEY LEFT.
VIOLATION WOULD HAVE CEASE, CORRECT, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE ADJUSTED WHEN SHE CAME IN AND GAVE ME WHERE THEY HAD PUT THE GARAGE DOOR AND CHANGED IT UP TO THE WAY IT NEEDED TO BE. WE DID BACKDATE IT TO APRIL 1ST, WHICH WAS WHEN THE GARAGE DOOR WAS PUT IN AND COMPLETED, BUT.
ANYTHING FURTHER IS BATTLEBORN.
I THINK WHAT WHAT? TRYING TO SAY IS ONCE MY SON MOVED OUT IN JUNE OF TWENTY TWENTY, THERE WAS NO VIOLATION ONCE BECAUSE WE COULD ACCEPT THAT AS A MODEL AND KEPT THE DOORS AS THEY WERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE COULD HAVE. I SUPPOSE YOU DO.
HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S OK ONCE, ONCE THAT MY SON LEFT IN JUNE OF TWENTY TWENTY, WE COULD HAVE OPTED TO KEEP THE DOORS THE WAY THEY WERE.
NOBODY WAS LIVING THERE AT THE TIME.
IT WOULD HAVE REVERTED RIGHT BACK TO THE MODEL HOME.
THE ISSUE WAS IF SOMEONE WAS LIVING THERE, THEY WANTED US TO CHANGE THE DOOR.
ONCE MY SON LEFT IN JUNE OF TWENTY TWENTY, THE VIOLATION STOPPED IN MY EYES BECAUSE.
WE COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP IT, AND IN FACT, WE DIDN'T MAKE THE DECISION UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER TO SELL IT LATER, LATER ACTUALLY WE DECIDED TO SELL IT, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN DECEMBER, JANUARY.
TO ADVISE YOU THE FINES THAT HAVE ACCRUED TO DATE ON THE PROPERTY OR SIXTY SIX THOUSAND.
OH MY GOD. SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY ONE CENT.
HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAN, OH, IT'S JUST JUST A GARAGE DOOR, LIKE I SAID, IT WASN'T NOBODY WAS IN DANGER.
I WASN'T A BLIGHT ON THE CITY.
ALL RIGHT. BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, IN FACT, THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO REDUCTION THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATION BACK TO FINES.
OR A THIRD OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE NORMAL EXPENSES CASE THROUGH.
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UM. A REDUCED FINE TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M SORRY THE ORDER NORMALLY PROVIDES THAT THE LINE MUST BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS OR EARNED FINE WILL BE REINSTATED. AND I PAY IT TODAY.THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PLAY IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO PUT IT NO PROBLEM.
NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS KVI ONE NINE NINE FIVE SEVEN DASH ONE NINE FROM SIXTEEN TWENTY SEVEN GIACINTO AVENUE NW AND THE COURT OFFICERS, ANGELICA MARTINEZ.
HELLO, SIR, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
UH, MY NAME IS STEPHEN SMITH ON THE HOMEOWNER OF SIXTEEN TWENTY SEVEN JACINTO AVENUE.
JUST RECENTLY IN NOVEMBER HAVE MOVED OUT OF MY HOUSE AND SPOKE WITH A RENOVATOR TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, TO GET IT READY FOR INTERNALLY FOR SALE.
AND AFTER LISTING AND COMING IN TO MY CLOSING, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT BACK IN JULY OF TWENTY NINETEEN, I HAD A FIFTY DOLLAR A DAY OCCURRENCE, FIND THAT AROUND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WAS.
REALLY, REALLY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD, I HADN'T RECEIVED ANY ANSWER, PHONE CALLS OR PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING ELSE, SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST CONTINUOUSLY OCCURRING.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
UH. IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, OF.
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME I'VE LIVED THERE, I HAVE TRIED TO DO THE BEST I COULD TO MAINTAIN THE GRASS CUTTING, WHICH WAS WHAT THE FARM WAS OVER AND THE DAMAGED FENCE.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME AFTER JULY, THAT SOMEBODY HAD BROUGHT A PAPER OUT TO MY DOOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE POSSIBLY FROM THE CITY. THIS HAD HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND I CAME IN AND SHOWED PICTURES AND I ASKED FOR ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE FROM THEM TO SHOW THAT I CAME IN SO THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEY SAID, AS LONG AS I TOOK CARE OF, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
GOING FORWARD, UH, LIKE I SAID, I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS, I'M SURE I HAVE IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
LOTS OF ISSUES. AND I'M LOOKING TO TRY TO GET THIS REDUCED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY SO THAT I CAN GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.
I DID THAT, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF, EVERYTHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED THAT SOMEBODY SAID THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE AND AROUND DECEMBER THAT I MOVED OUT IN NOVEMBER AND HAD A REALTOR THERE AND PICTURES TAKEN OF THE HOME THAT SHOWS THE YARD THAT WAS ALL MANAGED.
LET ME. LET ME. YES, TO THAT, BUT THE ISSUE IS THE RISE OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED NOT LAST YEAR, IT HAPPENED IN TWENTY, NINETEEN YEARS AGO.
BUT YEAH, NO, IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED.
LET ME JUST LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THE FILE, JUST SO AWARE OF THAT.
THERE'S A PICTURE IN THE FILE THAT SHOWS THE GRASS BEING RELATIVELY HIGH.
WHY 12, 19, RIGHT? AND IT SHOWS THAT.
PRESIDENT. IN TWENTY NINETEEN, WE'RE HEARING.
OH, I KNOW, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'VE GOT A THING IN HERE THAT SHOWS IT TO YOU OR DELIVERED AT YOUR HOUSE.
OH. THOSE THAT THEY POSTED THE NOTICE THAT.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T GET NOTICED, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO FILE IT POSTED IT, THEY DELIVERED A POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THAT OVERGROWN GRASS AND 20. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU.
I CAN'T REVISIT WHAT THE BOARD DID.
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OR BEHIND. SO, UM.ALREADY MADE THAT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT INFORMATION, THE.
BUT. JELICA MARTINEZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CODE VIOLATIONS AND.
ACTION TO THE REDUCTION OF FINES.
THE CITY AND COST THE CITY ADMINISTRATION COST IS FIVE HUNDRED.
ALL THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
MS.. PAPERWORK THAT I'VE BEEN PROVIDED DOESN'T SHOW WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE OF. I HAVE HERE MARCH 1ST, 21.
MARCH 1ST OF TWENTY ONE IS WHENEVER I WAS BROUGHT THE HOUSE, THE MARKET WAS IN MY CLOSING. WHENEVER THE CLOSING AGENT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE WAS A LANE, THE HOUSE WAS IN COMPLIANCE.
MONTHS AND YEARS PRIOR TO THE.
HONESTLY, CONTINUE TO GO IF I WANT TO ENLIST IN MY HOUSE, I HAD NO IDEA.
ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, THE ITEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER.
NATURE OF THE VIOLATION OF THE END FOR ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AT SOME POINT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT SO.
HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REDUCTION ON.
INDICATED IN THE PRIOR PERSON.
UM. PROBABLY PUT IN THERE 30 DAYS.
OH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU OR NOT.
ABSOLUTELY. I'LL HAVE IT PAID BY THE END.
AS I ALSO INDICATED, THE PRIOR CASE, I PAID WITHIN THE 30 DAYS TO GET REINSTATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THAT EFFECT TO.
NEEDS TO BE HEARD IS SEAB TO ZERO SIX FIVE SIX DASH TO ZERO AT NINE SEVENTY THREE IVANHOE STREET NW AND THE COURT OFFICERS MANASSERO.
SO DO WE HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN? WHERE TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YOU MAY SIT DOWN. THANK YOU.
HELLO. IDENTIFY YOURSELF IF YOU CAN PULL THE MIKE DOWN TO THE.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR ADDRESS AND.
LET ME KNOW. FACES ARE THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR PRODUCTION.
I HAVE A LOT ON, UM, I HAVE A HOME.
I MEAN, 973 IVANHOE STREET NW.
AND LAST YEAR, I SEND SOMEBODY THERE AND THEY CHARGED ME EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UH, LAST YEAR, I WAS CLOSE, I HAVE A BARBERSHOP, I WAS CLOSE THREE MONTHS THIS YEAR.
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I'VE BEEN OFF FOR A MONTH AND A HALF BECAUSE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA.AND. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
THE NOTICE FOR THE THE END OF LAST YEAR, YES.
WHAT THE HEARING? NO, I CAME TWICE AND I CAME THE WRONG DAY.
YOU HIRED SOMEBODY LAST YEAR TO.
WHAT WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CLEANED THE BAR, THEY JUST CLEANED THE FRONT AND THE.
GO OUT AND SEE THE WORK BEFORE YOU PAY THEM.
NOW, REALLY? SINCE I DON'T KNOW, INSTEAD OF HIRING THE LAWYERS, THAT I GUESS IT'S A GROUP.
HIRE WHO DID YOU. OH, WHO DID YOU PAY? EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS, SOME PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, THEY COME TO MY SHOP AND THEY SAY THEY KNEW HOW TO DO IT. OR.
SO THIS POSITION. POOR OFFICER, YOUR MAN WOULD SITTING ON MY PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO CODE VIOLATION THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO REDUCTION OF THE FINE.
HAVE ANY COST INVOLVED ON THIS? ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IS 500.
YOU HAVE HARDCORES BALDWIN IS THE TARGET FOR CUTTING.
IT'S ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY.
I WAS CUTTING THE FRONT, THE TWO SIDES IN THE REAR.
THE CITY ORDINANCE TO COME EVERYWHERE WHERE THERE'S A HOUSE BILL BEFORE THAT FOR WHICH THE COMPLAINANT DOUBTS ALL OF IT.
THEY JUST RECENTLY. ALL AROUND, EVERYWHERE, THERE'S A HOUSE.
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QUESTION ON THE. THAT'S WHY THE.EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY ONE CENTS.
THAT INCLUDED TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN DOLLAR.
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS, BUT I'M GETTING.
INDICATED IN THE PRIOR HEARINGS, WE NORMALLY PUT 30 DAYS.
TALKING ABOUT MAKING PAYMENTS, HOW LONG A TIME PERIOD? THIS, BUT THEY GIVE SIX MONTHS.
YOU DON'T GIVE THEM. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU 30 DAYS.
I'VE GRANTED SOME LONGER TIMES THAN THAT.
BUT I'M ASKING YOU, WHEN DO YOU THINK, UH.
AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO MAKE UP THE FULL AMOUNT.
I GUESS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO IN 30 DAYS, BUT I'M ASKING YOU, WHEN DO YOU BELIEVE YOU COULD DO THAT? WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PAY THE TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY OF THOSE NEXT MONTH? I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT.
I REDUCE THIS TO TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS.
NORMALLY, WE HAVE IT PAID IN 30 DAYS.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO NEED LONGER THAN THAT.
QUESTION IS, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY THE TWELVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY DAYS? I HAVE TO REALLY I CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE TIME.
I'M ASKING YOU, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PAY IT BACK? UH. I CAN MAKE TWO PAYMENTS.
NEXT MONTH, AND THE BABY'S 60 DAYS COULD BE 60 DAYS HERE, AND I'LL DO THAT, I'LL DO IT 60 DAYS. THANK YOU.
THEY'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF AN ORDER.
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IS TO BE HEARD WILL BE BCB TWO ZERO SIX FIVE ZERO DASH TO ZERO AT SEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT WAMSLEY'S STREET SOUTHWEST.CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, MY NAME IS JAMES BEEDLE.
I'M THE PERSON WHO WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO ACT A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTION IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FINDS.
THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS THAT YOU, AS THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT YOUR CASE AND THEN THE CITY WILL RESPOND, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER THE CITY PRESENTED, YOU UNDERSTAND? OK, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
WHAT THEY DID AND SO THE CODE VIOLATION.
MANAGED TO WORK WITH IT AND GET IT CLEANED UP.
A. TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY, THEY WOULD.
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I.ORDERED THE. TO TAKE A FIVE WEEK OLD.
A. THEY THINK TO GET OUT OF THERE, BUT.
AND I PICKED UP PEOPLE GOING OUT AND REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL AND.
TAMPERED WITH IT AND ORDERED THE ELECTRICITY PUT IN PLACE OF INTELLECTUAL.
WE'RE TAKING THE POINT THAT IT COULD BE COMPLETELY WHOLE, LIKE.
ON. I NOTICE THE SUMMARY THAT YOU SUBMITTED ALSO SAID THAT YOU HIRED SOMEONE TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY LAST YEAR, THAT THIRTY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS.
IT IS THEIR PROPERTY AND I DID NOT.
THOSE. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSE? WHY GARLAND CITY UPON BIG FINES, OFFICER? PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO CODE VIOLATIONS THAT HE HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO REDUCTION OF THE FINES.
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UP. A.THEY DID GO TO THE CODE BOARD OR THEIR.
IT WAS A CASE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN I STARTED THE COURT OFFICER IN JANUARY, UM, WE WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS TENANTS THAT WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO IN THEIR.
THE OFFICER AT THE TIME HAD WORKED WITH.
THE LANDLORD AND I GOT THE CASE, IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY AND.
I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE MORATORIUM AND I WAS GOING OUT AND I WAS SEEING THAT OVER TIME THAT THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT.
I DID SPEAK WITH. INVESTMENT PROPERTY OWNER, PROPERTY OWNER.
AND THEY WERE ON TOP WITH ME, AND I DO RECALL ONE TIME AROUND MARCH, I SAID THAT THERE WAS BIG IMPROVEMENT, BUT.
WE'LL HAVE LIKE A HOT TUB AND SOME DRESSERS AND BIG FURNITURE THAT HAD SO I COULD NOT LIE ON MARCH SIX AND ALL THAT STUFF WAS REMOVED.
BUT LET ME GUESS, MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, IS.
STARTING IN JANUARY, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH.
DEMANDS AND LET'S JUST SAY IT'S AN AVERAGE OF 30 DAYS A MONTH, THAT'S THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT FROM, SAY, NINE THOUSAND.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY COSTS RELATED TO THIS IS.
THAT HE USUALLY CHARGES ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO.
OR SOME BOARD. I DON'T HAVE ANY HARD COSTS INVOLVED WITH THIS CASE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AND.
REBUTTED EVIDENCE FROM THE LANDLORD ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN.
UM. THIRD, TRYING TO REMEDY THIS ACTION, I AM GOING TO I'M GOING TO.
IS TO FIND A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND. NORMALLY FOR 30 DAYS, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
THIRTY DAYS AND YOU'LL BE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT.
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THE NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS C.B ONE SEVEN SIX FIVE TWO, DASH ONE SIX AND TWO ZERO FIVE ZERO ONE DASH TO ZERO.TWENTY THREE NINETY ONE MANTELLO AVENUE SOUTHEAST.
AND TO WHOM AM I SPEAKING? MY NAME IS JAMES BEEDLE.
I'M THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FINDS.
DID YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE? OH. WHO ARE YOU IN? I'M DOING ANYTHING FOR YOU.
I FINISHED IN. YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE.
MR. PHILOSOTHON, WHAT'S MR. FELDSTEIN'S NAME? WHOEVER WHOEVER YOU'RE INTERPRETING FOR.
OK. WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MS. PHILOSOTHON? RELATIONSHIP.
RELATIONS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMAN.
OR. THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT OTHER YOUR RELATED BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND, I MEAN, WHAT DID? DO YOU HAVE ANY INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE FILED WITH THE CITY? HE WAS TOO LATE.
MENTIONING THE 1916, WHICH WE DON'T YOU SEE THAT ONE? WELL, LET ME LET ME LET ME GO BACK ONE STEP.
I WANT TO YOU DIDN'T REALLY ANSWER MY QUESTION.
YOU HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MATTERS THAT ARE IN THESE APPLICATIONS, OR IS YOUR INFORMATION FROM MS. PHILOSOTHON? NOT A YES OR NO ANSWER, EITHER YOU DO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OR MS. PHILOSOTHON GAVE YOU THE KNOWLEDGE.
WHICH ONE IS IT? SHE GAVE ME THAT KNOWLEDGE.
OK, SO YOU HAVE NO INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ANYTHING IN THESE APPLICATIONS.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS FROM 2020.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY FOR THE SAME VIOLATION.
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SO. WHAT IS MS., WHAT IS MS. PHILISTINES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THESE TWO CASES THEN? THIS CASE. 16.RECEIVE ANY PAPER BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE ACT WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
AND. YOU KNOW, THE FUNNY THING IS, I'M 16.
STEVE, ANYTHING BEYOND THAT TIME SHE WAS SEEK? HE. SAY THAT WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE LAST LETTER HE WENT TO.
BETTY. AND IF YOU ALREADY GET IT DONE.
A CHARGER, IF SHE'S REALLY ABLE TO PAY ALL THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO WE WILL ASK YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH.
WE ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN, YOU SEE THIS AGAIN, ERROR AND I DECLARE.
THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS FOR THE PROPERTY IS SEVEN, SIX FOR NORTHWEST OR THIRD ST. LOUIS DE FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, THREE THREE THREE ZERO NINE.
IS THAT HER ADDRESS? WELL, THAT'S THE NO.
THAT'S WHERE THE NOTICES WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT FOR BOTH CASEY.
SO I DON'T KNOW I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY SHE DIDN'T GET THEM, BECAUSE IT WAS SENT TO HER ADDRESS, SO.
THE THIS TO THE END, SHE DIDN'T EVEN DO IT.
I UNDERSTAND SHE'S SAYING SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I'M JUST INDICATING TO YOU THAT THE NOTICE OR THAT CASE WAS SENT TO THE ADDRESS THAT I JUST STATED TO YOU.
AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THAT WAS HER ADDRESS.
SO THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO HER ADDRESS.
WHETHER SHE I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE DIDN'T READ IT OR WHATEVER, BUT THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO HER ADDRESS. I WAS 16.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO OUR BLANDY.
EXPLAINING THAT SHE WAS THINK WOULD BE A BIG DEAL IF IT'S ONE INTO A 16 YEAR OLD.
OK, WELL, LET ME LET ME SUGGEST SOMETHING ELSE TO YOU AND LET ME JUST LET YOU KNOW THIS.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES PALM BAY.
WHEN THEY DO CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS, THEIR ONLY OBLIGATION IS TO SEND NOTICES TO THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE MAINTAINED.
BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE AND OR THE TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE.
AND THAT INFORMATION ORIGINALLY IS OBTAINED FROM THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE PROPERTY OWNER TO NOTIFY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OR THE TAX COLLECTOR THAT THOSE ADDRESSES OR THAT INFORMATION HAS CHANGED.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR WHOEVER IT IS, IS ONLY OBLIGATED TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THE NOTICES.
NOW, PERHAPS MAYBE SHE DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE ADDRESS, IT HAS MR. PHILOSOTHON AS THE OWNER.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHY THE LINE ATTACHED TO IT AND I GUESS BASED ON INFORMATION SOMEBODY PROVIDED, IT LOOKS LIKE MR. PHILLIPS AND PASSED AWAY IN TWO THOUSAND NINE NOTHINGS, BUT NOT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO CORRECT THAT OR REMEDY THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE CITY BASICALLY GAVE NOTICE TO THE INFORMATION OR THE PERSON AND THE THE ADDRESS INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR WHERE THINGS FELL APART, BUT THAT'S
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WHAT THAT'S HOW THEY DO THAT.SO THEIR ONLY OBLIGATION IS TO GIVE NOTICE AS PROVIDED BY LAW, AND THAT'S WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES. OH, I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NOTICE BACK THEN, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE ADDRESS THAT'S MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE. SO YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO CHANGING THAT OR CORRECTING THE.
UM. YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? TO. AND WE DON'T DOING PAID.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE UNITED STATES, THEN ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, I JUST READ TO INVEST IN THE AMOUNT.
WELL, THAT'S WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE CASE YET.
I'M JUST ASKING, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD RIGHT NOW? OK. CITY POSITION ON THIS, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
BUT COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY, ITS PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO CODE VIOLATIONS, SAID HE HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO REDUCTION OF.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COSTS RELATED TO THIS, THESE CASES? THERE ARE ADMIN FEES OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER CASE.
THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN CASE, THERE IS A COST TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS. TWO THOUSAND TWENTY CASE MOWING COST ONE THOUSAND TWENTY SIX SEVENTY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, SIR. MR. CANTOR, DID YOU HAVE ANY DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE CITY TESTIFIED TO? HELLO. MR. CANTABILE, DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE CITY TESTIFIED TO? OK. YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE CITY TESTIFIED TO? AND THAT'S WHY I GET BACK TO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO TO BE THE PLACE I WAS.
UH. WELL, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THE CITY HAVING NO OBJECTION TO REDUCTION IN THE FINES. I WILL REDUCE THEM SOMEWHAT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED.
A LITTLE CURRENT FINDS FOR 2016 CASE.
ELEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY THREE CENTS.
TOTAL FINES FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ONE CASE.
TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FOUR CENTS.
AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH CASE ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, WELL, ARE YOU THE PROPERTY? THE PROPERTY, FRASERS, TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS.
AND TO DO IS I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINES.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR BOTH, FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE HARD COST THE CITY HAS AND THE TEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENTS AND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE, THAT AMOUNT TOTALS THIRTEEN HUNDRED TWELVE FORTY FIVE.
OH, NORMALLY, MR. KHATAMI, THE CITY OR THE ORDER, NOT THE CITY.
THE ORDER FROM THAT I WILL BE SIGNING PROVIDES FOR A PAYMENT PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, WHICH NORMALLY IS 30 DAYS.
I HAVE ALLOWED LONGER PERIODS UNDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
WITH MS. PHILOSOTHON PAYING THE FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS AND 30 DAYS.
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YES, SIR. FOR BOTH CASES.I'M ASKING, DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH PAYING IT IN 30 DAYS? AND YOU MAKE THE PAYMENT IN 30 DAYS.
OK, THEN I'LL PUT THAT IN THE ORDER OF 30 DAYS TO PAY, IF YOU DON'T PAY AT THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL FINE AMOUNT WILL BE REINSTATED.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? OK, WELL, THEN I'LL GET IN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT.
I'M GOING TO SEE THAT YOU'LL GET A COPY OF AN ORDER, YES, SIR, BUT IT'S 30 DAYS FROM TODAY. NOT THAT NOT WHEN YOU GET THE ORDER.
CAN YOU CONTACT YOU YOU CONTACT THE CODE DEPARTMENT CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND TALK WITH THEM? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT NUMBER YOU CALLED OR I'M JUST THE MAGISTRATE HEARING THE CASE IS I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
HAVE A GOOD THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR THE BOARD MAGISTRATE.
ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 4:00 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.